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About The Douglas independent. (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 12, 1878)
BUT JQ 1 TOV Whv do I lore you, my tuossy-eyed darling? Why do the flowers tiU look to the sunt Whr does tbe lily clone go it -t petais When the earth skcpeUi and davhgbt is done I jVhy do th stars, oa the brow of the evening, Burn the more brightly tbe darker tbe night T Whr do we tee the more beauty in heaven When the day fcdeijh and goiie it the light? AV me of all the secret thing hidden; I may not answer, my darling, my ow. ! Love Cometh to u at free and unbidden, Whither it oometa ia Jus as unknown. Only 1 Ioto thee, my hmrt teiieth to me; Wherefore I love thee J know not or care; lis not the charm of thy blue eye of beauty, Tie not the sheen ia the (fold of thy hair, r ii f uu imv lure u ii iw w i a jsnssvsn Why do I love thee, O heart of rare goldt Atk me no longer, my darling, my treasure. Love euch a mine ii may never be told. Just a untold a why itare love the heaven; Why ahute the lily cup Just ae unknown. Tbia ia the all I may whisper thee, dearest only I love thee, my darling, my own ! Agues, the Indian Girl. An Indian girl! " said Helen Dick son, with a littje scream. "Dear me ! I never expected to see anything like this, even m the Far West It was a spacious, roomy kitchen, fur nished with an odd intermingling of lux ury, privation and make-shift At one end a large fire of. walnut and pine logs roared up the great cavernous chimney ; at the other, twoor three girls sat around a table, working worsteds by the light of a solar lamp, while Ralph Davenant, ? the farmer, lay fast asleep on the chintz- ' cushioned lounge, lulled by the continu ous rushing sound of the great western river that bounded one extremity of his domains. ; j Guy Davenant sat near the girls a a tall, splendidly moulded young Apollo of the forest, with shady hazel eyes, and hair curling in black, silky rings all over his head. He looked up quickly as Miss JJickson spoke. - 'J Agnes. Oacawanda V he exclaimed. "In the outer kitchen 1 Why don't the women tell her to come ml "Guy?" reproved his sister. "An In dian interpreter's daughter 1 " "Helen- ought to see her," urged Guy, "bhe s as beautiful as a statue. "But she is old Oscawanda's daughter, and she lives down by the falls. "What then 1 She is as intelligent and cultivated as nine out of ten of the girls around here. Call her in I say, I'll go out there myself." or Julia Davenant rose with a curl to her lip, and opening the kitchen door, beck oned haughtuyto atall,sbght figurestand- ing by the fire beyond. "Come in, Agnes," cheerfully calletl out Gay as. if to atone for his sister's evident lack of courtesy, and Agnes Os cawanda entered, moving .with the slow, VJ.;ii.i c v, j: j She was dark, but not darker than many 4 brunette of unblemished Saxon lineage, Vith liquid, velvety soft eyes, raven blackhair, looped in heavy braids at the back of her head, and a delicate. oval face, wiyi features straight and pure as the outlines, of a' Greek model. Her 'dress was W some dark worsted stuff, with a scamet shawl folded across her shoulders, and a silk scarf was twisted about her hair. She hung her head with evident embarrassment at : Helena Dicksou's bold stare. "I only camf to bring Mr. Davenant the baskets he1 ordered of iny father," Bne said, in a w voice. "J3ut sit down and rest a few min- r fife you have walked' a long distance. V Agnes Oscawajnda hesitated. Had Guy Davenant's sifters confirmed the re- quest, . she would gauly nave rested a little, : But Julia and Clara sewed on, without looking up, amd Helenas super cilious clance called tha red blood to her dark cheek. Vv :,:" . No," she said q uietly a"! must go." "Then I will walk a part of the way with you, ' said Guy, jumping up for his hat "I don't think Agnes has accustomed herself to an escort through these woods," said Julia, rudely. "Indeed I am not afraid," said the in terpreter's daughter, "Afraid ! It isn't a question of fear," . said Guy. "Its a lovely starlight night, and I would like the walk. The three girls eyed each other as the door closed behind the Indian girl and her companion. "Very polite to rush off and leave Helena in that sort of way," said Clara, "the first night of her visit here." "Oh I don't care," said Helena, gig- cling. A . mere matter oi taste 1 am sure." "It's just like Guy," said Julia. "Ag nes Oscawanda ia well enough, I dare say, but she is only an Indian girl, and ,it is foolish to get her into the notion of .expecting the same attentions that we .receive.'?'.' - Meanwhile Mr. Guy was walking along the dreary forest paths with the beautiful young daughter of the Indian "Not that I care for Agnes, though -she is pretty enough to turn any man's head," thought the willful young man, "but IH teach those girls to treat her a little more civilly. What right have they to bully and insult herl I won't have it" " And so, although Miss Dickson had been invited to make a visit to the West era wildernesses, specially to carry out a darling design of Julia and Clara Davenant, that a " match" should be struck up or, perhaps, "ignited" would be the proper term between her and their brother Guy, the young gentleman persisted in treating her with nothing more than. regulation civility. 1 "It's too mean," said Clara, pouting. ,"When Helena has such a nice little property of her own, too," added Julia. And "Helena, herself, who was getting into the sere and yellow leaf of maiden hood, curled her hair and anointed her cheeks with Rose-bloom " more vigor ously than ever, for Guy Davenant was a husband well worth angling for. ..: :' .': ':':;;-";. ;;:.,-. . "But you'll ask Agnes Oscawanda to your picnic party, girls VV ; "Indeed we shall not!" Julia Dave nant answered, with a toss of her haughty head. "An Indian girl ! " What would people say?"- t "Then I shan't come to it ! " said Guy, . independently. - Julia burst into tears. "Guy, you are too hateful for any thing ! And Helena thinks so much of the picnic." '-. ,. "Not enough, it seems, to treat a harmless, pretty girl with ordinary de cency," said Guy, angrily. "She passed Agnes, yesterday, in the road without even speaking to her."- . "Do you expect us to receive her on gm equality vita ourselves 1 " "I do not know why you should not," was the brusque reply. "I believe Agnes Oscawanda has be witched you with some of her father's outlandish Indian charms," flashed out Julia. Perhaps she has," said Guy, laugh ing; "her father's or her own." ' ; "Guy, it is no jesting matter. "Did I say it was, Miss Spitfire 1 Do leave me in peace a little while now." "But Helena wants you to go with her and gather flowers and autumn leaves." '. "I shall do nothing of the sort," said Guy ; and he adhered resolutely to his resolution. The day of the much-anticipated pic nic came ; nut Uuy, instead ot escorting Miss Dickson down to the slope of ; vel vet grass, shaded by superbl forest trees, wnicn naa oeen selected as tne site oi the merry-making, took his gun and started off into the woods. "I won't be deafened by the cackle of these girls, quoth he to himself. "Dead ! Oh, father, father, he is not dead!" Old Oscawanda, the -swart-browed In dian interpreter, listened witn las ear against the stalwart chest of the fallen hunter, who lay among the yellow au tumn leaves, where Agnes had found him, bathed in his own blood. There had been some imperfection xn the lock of the new rifle what or where no one ever knew, but it was blown in pieces, andGuy Davenant lay like a dead man beside it They carried him to the little cabin beside the rushing Falls of the Matar- casca, and laid him on the rude couch of the old Indian, and then he struggled his way. back again to lira -1 v "Who bound up these wounds?" he asked with a slight shudder, as : he glanced downward at bandages and wrap pings, and began to comprehend the full extent of the peril from which he had so miraculously escaped. "I did," Agne3 Oscawanda answered. "You!" His eyes rested admiringly on her. calm, beautiful face. "There isn't one woman in a thousand who would have had such pluck as that I should like to have Helena Dickson see blood without fainting away, and as for Clara and Julia pooh! "Just their maneuvering !" said Julia, when she had sobbed and shrieked away her first terror at the frightful news of the accident that had happened to her brother. "Of course Agnes and her scheming bid. father expect to make profitable speculation out of it Why couldn't they just as well have brought you home i "They might have done so," said Guy, calmly, "but a corpse would have been all that was borne across the threshold. Oscawanda and his daughter have saved my life, and I shall never cease to -be grateful to them for what they have done.".. : liuty iispea Helena, "mayn t we come down and nurse you, dear Mr, Guy? I am sure it w6uldbe a pleasure, and these good people, although wel meaning, I dare say, cannot understand the refinements an invalid so much needs." "Your kindness is quite unnecessary," said liuy, coldly, "l nave every care and attention here." "The bold, sly thing?" said Clara, biting her lip as the three girls walked homeward again. "I saw her eyes flash tuumph when he spoke. Helena Dickson, however, resolved not' to give up the battle at this early stage 'of affairs. ; She determined to pro long her visit into the Winter months. when he recovers sufficiently, she thought ; and in that case I can easily bring him to the mark." For Helena had unbounded confidence in her own charms and powers of per suasion. It was a bright, frosty afternoon in late November, when Guy Davenant walked up to the door of the farmhouse, leaning on the Indian girl's arm. Julia rose to welcome him home. "I will help him into the house now," she said, coldly staring the. beautiful young girl in the face. "You need not trouble yourself any further, Agnes Os cawanda. "Stop!" said Guy, sternly, asiis sister would have motioned his supporter away. "She has the best and only right to be at my side now." "Guy! what do you mean?" gasped J ulia, scarcely understanding what sig nificance his words were intended to convey. , "I married her this evening," lie said, with quiet, exulting pride. "As my wife, she is your equal in all else in finitely your superior. Agnes, my pearl of the forest, welcome a" thousand times to your new home." . , And with a sinking heart, Helena Dickson saw Agnes Oscawanda, the In dian interpreter's daughter, elevated to the position she had so vainly tried to occupy. Hell Fire. The Manchester Ex aminer says that the Rev. William Im pey has resigned his office as General Superintendent of the Wesley an Mis sions in southeastern Africa. Some time ago Mr. Impey wrote to the Mis sion secretaries in JLondon exnressmg his inability any longer to enforce on his brethren, or on the Kaffir converts of the Mission, the -"plain grammatical sense" of the words in the Methodist standards, which require it to be taught that "hell is a dark and bottomless pit. full of fire and brimstone, in which the wicked will be punished for ever atA ever, by having their bodies tormented by the lire and their souls by a sense of the wrath of God." At the request of the secretaries he came to London and conferred with them, and the result has been that he was compelled to resign his position. His connection with the Wes- leyan Ministry has thus ceased after serving as a Missionary for 40 years. If you do not want to be robbed of your good name, do not havet printed on your umbrella. "I can't hold this baby any longer," called out the young husband and father,' "it's getting too-heavy." "Pshaw Ed ward," replied a muffled voice from the other end of the room, "you used to hold me for hours and never complain, and baby is "but a feather, compared to what I was." "I was a fool," said he. And she was too sleepy to dispute with him, . A Hunter's Tarn. -One day, a long time ago, about the time when Jackson ran for President the first time, perhaps, I was one day nuntmg upon tne ridge tetween Meadow Itun and Cucumber liun, which tumbles off the rocks just across there. 1 had known for some time by the signs that there was a nest of cub bears somewhere in the" neighborhood, so on that day I concluded to put m my time finding them, as a party up in Union- town wanted a pair to send over to Baltimore, to a friend who was fond of outlandish pets. xou see it was along about the 1st of September, and pretty warm J at that, and after walking up and down the ravines I began to get pretty tired. ., I was not so heavy then as I am "now, and did not weigh more than a couple of hundred pounds. As I said, I was a lit tle tired, and so on the top of the ridge I sat down, by the side of a smooth chestnut stump about twelve or fourteen feet high. I hadn't sat there more than a minute until I heard something inside the stump, and soon made : out that it was a couple of cub bears playing with one another. I looked on all sides of the stump to find an opening, but none was to be seen. Then I happened to notice the marks of claws up the side of the stump, and I understood it The hole went in at the top. I set my gun against a bush, up-ended the branch of a tree, and was soon at the top of the stump, looking in at the two cubs, which were about the size of full grown rat dogs. I was so excited that 1 jumped down into the stump and grabbed the cubs. They at first began to squeal then turned on me for fight But they were small enough to handle, and in a minute or so I had their mouths tied so they could not bite, and their feet fastened so that they could not scratch. I knew the old bear would be along pretty soon and make it hot for me if she found me in the nest, so I slung the youngsters into my buckskin belt pre paratory to getting out Get out? Did I get out? Land of loT?e! It makes me shiver to think of it yet I could no more get out of that stump than I. could fly, the hollow was bell shaped larger at the bottom than at the top so large, in fact, that I could not put my back against one side and my feet and hands against the other and crawl up as rabbits and other animals climb up inside of hollow trees. In no way could I get up a foot. lnere were no sticks inside to nelp me up, and I made up my mind I had to die certain. About the time I came to this conclusion I heard the old bear climbing up the outside of the stump. With only my hunting knife as a means of defense, and m sucn close quarters, you may possibly imagine the state of my feelings. The old bear was not more than half a minute, at the outside, climbing up the stump, but it seemed like a month at least At last she reached the top, but she didn't seem to suspect my presence at all, as she deliberately turned round and began slowly descending, tail fore most I felt as though my last hour had come, and began seriously to think about lying down and let the bear kill me, so as to get out of my misery as quick as possible. Suddenly an idea struck me. and despair gave way to hope. I drew out my hunting knife and stood on tip toe. When the bear was about : seven feet from the bottom of the hollow fastened on her tail with my left hand with a vice-like grip, and with my right hand drove my huntmg-knife to the hilt into her Launch, and at the same time yelhng like a whole tribe of Indians. "What did she do V chorused the whole crowd, who had been holding their breath. - - What did she do? Well, you should have seen the performance; She didn't stop to reflect a moment, but shot out at the top of the stump like a bullet out of a gun. A hair s breadth to a minute. I held on till we struck the ground, some thirty feet from the stump. Then the bear went like lightning into the brush, and was out of sight in half second. I was a little bruised by the fall, but that was alL I took the two cubs to Uniontown next day, and on ac count of the adventure I got $5 a piece for them, and in those times 5 was as good as 50 now. Jeuny Llnd's Childhood. ; There was once a poor plain little girl, dwelling in a little room in Stockholm, the capitol of Sweden. She was a poor little girl, indeed, then; she was lonely and neglected, and would have been very unhappy, deprived of the kindness and care so necessary to a child, if it had not been for a peculiar gift The little ; girl had a fine voice, and in her loneliness, in trouble or sorrow, she con soled herself by singing. In fact she sung to everything she did, at her work, at her play, running or resting, she always sang. The woman who had her in care went out to work during the day, and used to lock in the little girl, who had nothing to enliven her solitude but the company of a cat The little girl played1" with her cat and sang. Once she sat by the open window and stroked her cat and sang, when a lady passed by. She hears the voice, and looked and saw e little singer. She asked the child several questions, went away, and came back several days later, followed by an old music master whose name was Cre- lius. He tried the little girl's musical ear and voice and was astonished. He took her to the manager of the Royal Opera at Stockhelm, then a Count Pehu, whose truly generous and kind heart was concealed by a rough speech and a morbid temper. Crehus introduced his little pupil to the Count, and asked him to engage her as eleve for the opera. 'You ask a foolish thing,, said the Count gruffly, looking disdainfully down on the poor little girl. "What shall we do with that thing? She will never be presentable. No we cannot take her. Away .with her !' ; The music master insisted almost indignantly, "Well,"; exclaimed he at last, "if you will not take her, poor as I am, I will take her myself, and have ; her educated for the scene; then such another ear as she has for music is not to be found in the world." The Count relented. The lit tle girl was at last admitted into the school for eleves at the" opera, and with some dimculty a simple gown of black bombazine was procured for her. See Hansen's tree and seed card. PACIFIC COAST. . Constitutional Convention. Sacbamesto, Oct 2. The convention this afternoon, after long discussion, referred the matter ot phonographic report to a special special committee of five. - Three ballots for ergeant-at-araia were taken without choice, orkiocmen voting in a bodv for their man and other scattering. Sackahkhto. Oct 4. The convention this afternoon proceeded to fill the vacancies oc casioned by the death of Haight and Hard- wicic ana the resignation of Morns. Tne VVortdngmen placed Judge Sharpstein in nom ination. K. - if. Lloyd was nominated by Barnes, J. C. Burch by Eager and Smith B. Thompson by Harvey, Six ballots were taken, Sharpstein running 54 to 58, Lloyd 43 to 49, Thompson 16 to 22, and Burch 12 to ig. Adjourned. Fatal Family Quarrel. Lakkpoet, Oct. 3. A man named Gentry went last evening to the house Mr Bashaw, his father-in-law, and shot through the win daw at his wife who had separated from him and left her for dead. He then went to J as. Tenniaon's and told Mrs. -Tennison he had killed his wife and was going to kill himself, Shortly afterward, hearing a shot, some neigh bors on search fonnd Gentry dead. His neck was almost cat off by a charge of shot. The woman was also shot in the neck with bird shot, but ia not thought to be dangerously wounded. The parties had been married about six weeks. California Good Templars. VatLEJO, Oct 3. In tbe Grand Lodge to day the morning hour was spent in the elec tion of officers. G. W. C. T Wild Gould, of Los Angeles, re-elected; G. VV. C. T., Hob. Thompson, San Francisco; G. W. V. T., Tate S. Hart, Visalia; G. W. S., Geo. D. Katzen s tern, Sacramento, re-elected; G. W. T., G. S. Jualsey, valleto, re-elected; superintendent Juvenile Templars, Emma Pitt Stevens, San Francisco, re-elected; Grand Lodge Trustees, A. K. Stevens, J. T. Parkham, W. W, Lar kins; Orphans' Home Trustees, T. J. Halsey, A. G. Clark, Sam. Kittos. The next session will be lield at Stockton. . A Squatter War. Sam Fkahcisco, Oct. 5. More trouble is reported on tbe El Sobrante ranclio, arising from conflicts between squatters and land holders. Last Saturday Mr. McLean and two sons had a difficulty on his land with a squat ter named . Flynn, in which the latter was badly beaten with the stock of a gun. It is reported that Flynn had died from his inju ries. A woman wno was the companion ot Flynn was also badly beaten and is said to be in a precarious condition. The squatters are erpresented to have established themselves on the ranch of Victor Castro, four miles up ' San raDio creett. uastro nas gone up with a force to drive them off. There are from 20 to 25 squatters located on the Presag ranch, a part of El Sobrante grant. About a half dozen squatters are located also on Wyhe's larm, situated about seven miles east ot San Pablo, but were driven off by the claimant with a posse of armed assistants who fired a unmber of shots at the squatters. No one re ported tut. Most ot the squatters - are repre sented to do residents ot Berkley, Oakland ana ban if rancisco. . - Fatal shooting at Sacramento. Saceambnto, Oct 5, A shooting affray occurred last evening at about 7:30 ia the Mint saloon, at the corner of Second and K streets, in which Joe Hurtado shot and in stantly killed Jack Denny, who was released a few weeks ago from the State prison where he had been sent for robbery. Hurtado also shot his brother Peter throaeh 1 the right shoulder. Trouble arose over the division of some sixty odd dollars which the three had won of a countryman last night Hurtado began" the shooting, but is considered justified Irora the threatening manner or the other. who said that if he did not divide; he should not leave the saloon. They had also pre vionsly threatened to kill him. ' Peter's wound is probably fataL r 'Indian War. . President Diaz has organized a campaign against the Bio Grande Indians. It is be lieved that Diaz will remove the Indians to the Pacific Coast. A Woman In the Caae. San Fkancisco, Oct 7. Some of the miss ing funds due the citv from the late Alex. Austin, have been traced to the possession of ftuie Wilton, an actress, now in ii-ngland. since Austin s death, a letter has been re ceived here from her which will throw, light on the question of what became of a great portion ot the estate yet unaccounted tor. Miss Wilton has telegraphed to have the let ters destroyed, Jennings S. , Cox, partner of tbe late Austin in the brokerage business, has been cited to appear before the probate court to-morrow and divulge the contents of the letters or surrender them to the public admin istrator. ,: "o Faith In the Grecnbackors. "Dere ain't no use bodderinVwid me," siiid Si to Amos; "I smell wood 'round in dis naborhood an' I'se gwine ter feed my saw on hit fore sundown. . ."But, anser de queschin," urged Amos. "Well, Amos, look heah, boy, I'se bin outen town an' ain t bin readm de labils fin .de pollytishuns lately. Fron'erstan's yet you w one ob dese greenbackers V "Dat's de kind ob frackshunable kur rency I is," . 1 "Ant ez I furder on'erstans, dey is proposin ter run ginst de reg ler dimmy cratic nomynee V i ' "Dat's de trale he's on." "An' he's tryin' ter suppress on de publicans de needcessity ob wtltzm up to de poles an' 'sportin' ob him fer ter beat de dimmocrats i "Ennything ter beat dem." "WelL now, 'fore I'd go inter dat 'rangement I'd like ter hab de peddygree ob dat greenbacker er leetle mo sartain dan I'se got hit now. I'se feer'd he's ob dese crosses from der indypendent outen er sorehead. I likes er thererbred scrub." ; "Yas, but he's wid us now, sho'." ' "Wid yer now But whar 1 are he gwine ter be arterde leckshin? when yer comes fer ter ax him fer ter stan' on yer Wees warrint tell nex' week whar'H yer tree 'im at? Now, lemrae tell yer dese new brandid greenbackers is like onto dese summer lizzerds day's green on der grass, but when yer runs dem onto er rale day's ez gray es Confederat jeans. An' dey's got no chance 'ginst de dimmocrat party. Yer heah me! Hit's like ba'r meat de mo' yer chaws on hit de bigger it swells." And the old man felt cf his saw and ambled away. Means Well. A young theological student sends us an item of news which is something of a novelty in the way of composition: He writes: "A young man, named C topher G -dfrcy, rc sidingjat H lertown, jumped offa train, rushed into a restaurant, and called for a dish of d led crabs. . After ap peasing his hunger, he attempted : to board the train, which was moving off, when ho was dashed to the ground and had his head badly d maged." Our correspondent means well, but his forte doesn't lie in the direction of journalism. A man was sitting for his photograph. The operator said: "Now, sir, look kind o' pleasant Smile a little." The man smiled and then the operator exclaimed: "Oh S that will never do, it's too wide for the instrument" ' True, :. As a nurelv vegetable family: remedy Pfunder's Oregon Blood Purifier cannot be surpassed. It regulates the bowels, liver nnd lridnfeva. ' Removing all scrofula and impurities from the blood. JJuyit, try it - Cras Kobie CThlalty. 1 The following from the San Francisco News Letter's notice of th Mechanic Fair, speaks well for the Nobl?-v hisky, for which W. J. TanSchuyver & Co., of Portland, are agents : This celebrated brand of whUky occupies a promi nent portion ot Ute stand ul Metwnt. Tooliey a Co., u well known grocers, whow location in the fur ii di rectly opposite the office of too Mows Letter. This whixlty has, since its introduction on this coast, outri valed most oi the bitherto favorite bmrnls. The very tact that it possesses not the slightest iusil oil ought to be a strong point in its favor. When man of science, so well known to us as is Thos. Price, In handinit In his analysis of these Whiskies (Rye and Bourbon), states this, ia addition to his other encomiums, 1867 to 1873 distillations "Fmrn their great purity I can safely recommend them for medicinal purposes we must ad mit that his ceriflcate of approval is certainly a pretty eonvincinir testimonial that these whiskies, taken in moderation, are sot deleterious to health. ', The Willamette Fever and Ague Mixture Prepared expressly for thio climate by Messrs it under fc Co., Portland, has been found ' to 1h the best Fever and Ague medicine ever offered to the citi zens of Oregon. : All druggists have it for sula We thought Northr up couldn't stay out of Hardware, altogether; he is get ting in a large stock of Carnage and Wagon Hardware, Axles, Springs, Mal leable Iron, etc., so that now you can get not only the Woodwork but the Hardware for any kind of a vehicle you want Address E. J. NORTHRCP fc Co., v Portland, Oregon. The Willamette Stove Works, of Portland, makes the best Stoves sold in this market. Buyers should sustain home manufacture by insisting on hav injf goods of this make and buying no othar. : The sales of Singer Sewing Machines are wonderfully . large. Last year the Company sold 282,812 Machines. Such enormous sales are the best recommend the Machine could have. : tW la making1 any ; purchase or In writing: ia reaponae to any advertise meat ia tbia paper j ob will pleaae men. tion the ,nane of the paper. DRY GOODS. I- ADIES AT A DISTANCE FROM PORTLAND CAN J deal with us as satisfactorily as at our counters, as we have secial clerks whose business it is to answer letters, send out samples and ship goods by mail or ex press. We keep the Lai-Rest and Finest Stock of Dry Goods, Dress Goods, Silks, Cloaks, And everything reauisite to a strictly FIRST-CLASS ESTABLISHMENT, in Oregon, and the well-known and to us fiatteying reputation of our house is a guarantee mat we mean wnai we say now in onenng Better Goods for the Money Than any other house on this Coast can Rive, and taking mors pains than ever oelore to give satisfaction. It will cost very little to send to us for samples and prices, and it will enable everybody to take advantage ot tne recent decline m tne price of UK I uuuus. We also keep a Full Line of : CENTS' FURNISHING COODS. Clarke & Henderson, Corner First and Wnahlngton Streeta, TORTLAND, OREGON. ; COAL OILS, DOWNER'S, 150 Fire Test. STAR, " ' " " ASTRAL, " NONPAREIL, " . , And all the cheaper brand at the lowest market rates. H0DGE,SDAVIS & CO., : Wholesale Truerariet, Morning Star Restaurant. Corner Second and Washington Streets, Portland, Ogn, O. C. RIDER, Proprietor. Board, per month, from 20 00 to 130 00 Board, pur wesx, from . 6 00 to 8 00 Board, per day, from... ... ..... To to I 50 Board, per meal, from - S to 60 Private Rooms for Ladies'and Families. SCROLL SAWS ! ,.. HOLLY 4 SUALMUT SAWS AND PATTERNS. I3F Write for Price List. - .. . DITTOS & HALL, Portland, Or. Oregon Standard Soap Works, IRTIXO fc WEBB. Proprietors. PORTLAND, OREGON. The only steam factory north of San Francisco. Send tor circular and price list THE FIRST EXHIBITION OF THE rORTLAXD INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATION. Will be open to the public in the extensive warerooms . of Messrs. NEWBURY, CHAPMAN & CO., on Monday, October21, 1878, - And Continue One Week. PETER TAYLOR, President. CEO. H. HIMES, Secretary. Coker's Employment Agency, Furnishes HELP of all Kinds FREE OF CHARGE. aTy Correspondence Solicited. 1 - J. R. COKER, Portland, Oregon. ABELL, PHOTOGRAPH KB. No. 167 and 169 First Street Portland, Oregon. NEW MAPS!! Oregon and WashlnRton-............. 1 BO Waahinfrton or Oregon, elngrle. IOO These Maps are stmnirlr and hanilmmMv made, in pocket form, and are nuuie from Government surveva. complete, to June 1st, 1878. Address J. a. GILL CO., Portland. miw Mi TOMBSTOKTHa, And all kinds of Marble Work. Send for illustrations. Desiima and Prica t .lata Mnr you order from anybody else. WILLIAM YOCNO, Portland, Oregon. GREAT REDUCTION IK PRICES. J. SIMON Sd CO., a!rln Doors, Windows, Blinds and Glass WEIGHTS, CORDS AND PULLEYS, I2S Front UU bet. Waablnffton Alder. Jetlm . PORTLAND, OREQOX. W Q 5 L - .'KI'TAPP, BU, Front, First 'J THE CEEEBBATEB BAIH FA3I This cut renraaenla tha RAfV mnrni PJBKPTW WAfifYM mulimn n,,m plete, nith Top Box, Roller iiruke and Spring- Seat. The bain W ajrou ia so wel ktmwn to the farmers and freighters of this coast tliat it seems needless for us to say anything: ia its praise. Ve have ld theia for the past thirteen years, and warranted every one sold, and the total claims for defective material or workman ship during that time have not amounted to one cent on each wagon sold. This fact speaks louder than anything we can say in their praise. The - Patent bkeln lifftatexier. On the Bain Wagon Is a valuable Improvement, and is me coming season all farm wagons Will have tbe new - Patent Oil Tubew with Draws Which avoid the necessity of taking off the wheels too3 the axles an arrangement which teamsters will fully appreciate. We feel safe in asserting that there is no other wagou iu the market that will comjwre with the Bain as now made in quality of material used, and in completeness and excellency of workmanship. Our wagons are made to order, esjieciully for our trade, and we pay extra to have all the timber extra selected out of thoroughly seasoned stock. All the wheels are put throuirb soaked in boillnir linseed oil before aettimr of tima. tuakintr ftlirink. age impubsible. Mr. Bain docs this in a more thorough wno simply make a pretense ot doing it, and make the application, if at ail, only in "homaipathu: doses. "- The wood work, tires and ironinir are extra heavy, but at tha same lime everything is woil proortionud. We challenge uieaubi waj.'0'i, as mr as collars and cent are couverned, we do claim to sell as good a wagou as can bs made, and ons that will prove the cheapest is the end. IdT Send for Circular and Price Lists. .- ' OREGON HACK OR FOUR SPRING 7AG OIL GUARANTEED THE LARGEST STOCK. The Oldest and Leading House in the Trade and Prices always FRANK BROTHERS & CO., IMPORTERS AND DEALERS IN AGRICULTURAL IMPLEIOINTS. The Celebrated La Belle Wagon. Pride of the Pacific Coast; most durable; best made; finest painted and lightest running wagon. SfcSherr.r Improved Farce Feed drain lrili and tteeder, Warrauted to sow all kinds of Grain.' - BROWNE The Following T. B. Wait, Salem, Oreeon. A. M. Koor. Albanv, Oreeron. M. V. Koontz, Halst-v, Orosron. Baber A Cor ktiss, llarrisburir, Oregon. T. O. Hendricks, Eugene, Oregon. J. B. Smith, Oakland. Oregon. Siikkioak Bkos., ilosebunr, Oregon. Rkahes liKOS., Jacksonville, Oregon. For Circulars and Price Lists write our agents or Milwaukie Nurseries. ESTABLISHED 1847. FOR SEASON 1878-79 LARGE STOCK, LOW PRICES, Send for Oar Sew Catalogue. Seth Lnelling & Son, nrilwankie. Orearon. No. 8. Hail to the Chief Jfo. 8. WHEELER & 1VIIS0N. tTTHE NEW No. 8, STRAIGHT NEEDLE," BACK X Feed, Lock Stitch SEWIXO MACHINE, Is pronouneer by the people everywhere to be the Best rauuir diucfiiue in use, - . t3T Machines sold on the note and installment plan. A Liberal Discount for Cab. 95 Third Street, Portland, Ogn. ; F. W. GODAKD, No. 8. Manager. No. 8. FINE CATALOGUE. EXAMINATION OF MR. IUNSES'8 IXLUS . tnLed Catalogue of Fruit Trees and Seeds will convince any one that it is the best pubheatio of the kind in Oregon. It is well worth perusal, and is fur nished free on application. Mr. Hansen is thoroughly reliable and is doing a very large business. For Cata logue address , U. HANSKN, M. Franklin Bro. & Co., 125 First Street. :. Nei t door to First National Bank., WHOLESALE RETAIL Dry Goods House. IKVITES ETERTBODY TO CALL EODJfD AND Ex amine their stock. Will deduct from 10 to 20 per eent, on sverv dollar in comparison to other houses. Send for catalogs, with price list, free of postags. . Special inducement, to 0ry Ooodt Stors. : . ... V and Asli Streets, PcrtI FARMjUPLEIiIENTS andMACHIIIDS. I ' 1 fnWf..m.r -I,' n " ...i,.,., . . - " on no other wagon For' , ; Screw Capa, manner than some others. the most critical comparison with any ana tvery ocuur TO BE THE BEST HACK THE BEST ASSORTMENT. Cahoon Hand and PowerlSower, The cheapest Sower in the Market. AMER1CUS CIDER MILL. - Racine Farm and.Warehouse Fan Mills. SULKY PLOW. are Onr Agent v where Onr Goods SrEiDEi. t Tract, Corvallis, Oregon. a. . rowRu., nonmnutn, orejron. Hasthax Bros , Mi-Minnville, Oregon. -W. J. MoCONitBi.L, North Yamhill, Oregon. Rilkv Cavb, IlilUboro, Oregon. Suoret & Tuu.18, Kewaukum. Washington Trritory. L. L. Andrews, La Conner, Washington Territory. PRANK 104 and IMPORTANT Pacific Slope Agency MAKUFACTITRERS OF Mill Stones, Mill Picks, Portable Mills, Shaftinsr, Pulleys, Gearing, IJTJIXDEIIS OP THE i3irovi3r CORLISS EtlGIKES. BEARERS IN Bolting Cloth, Smntters, Separator, Pnrlflers, Bran Casters. Belling, Baebets, and Hill Furnt.nlnys Generally. ' . Correspondence invited from those contemplating bonding or repairing. Send for Catalogue and Pries List. P. O. Box 528. tSK NONE BUT THE COLUMBIA COAL OIL, THE BEST IN THE MAEKET. ML AOKF.RMAN A O., Sole Agent tor the North Pacific Coast, 6 and $ North Front Street, Portland, Ogn. -AJLISIfXT Sfc IIEGELE, Wholesale Candy 3iannfacturers, 145 First Street. FACTORY 2S Alder 8treet, adjoining Odd Feilnw' Hall, Portland, Oreg m. - DIRECT FROM EUROPE. The Finest and Largest Stock of Genuine Meerschaum and Amber Goods Ever brought to this Market. Also, GERMAN, FRENCH AND ENGLISH BRIER PIPES, A.t I,. K.. jr. HMITII'M, Corner Front and Stark Streets, - Portland, Oregon BUBTON HOUSE, Corner Third and F Mtreeta, . Near the Steamship Landings and Railroad Depots, PORTLAND, OREGON. Lewiston & Fretland, Proprietors : (Late of Minnesota House.) : Win spare no pains dot expense to mak. this boos THE Bf.'ST HOTEL IV POSTLAXD. Vmiat to - : Grain and all Kinds of Produce, SACKS, ETC.- Cor. Front and.Alder Htm., Portland, Or. Or uw n xutn.ii; mui wmle a-e do not claim to sell the Description and Prices. Siza No. 8. Patent wheels, three feet eight Inches and four feet tw inches high.- Solid eollar axles, on and one-eighth inches; plain bed, wii b patent round corners ; two steps; top of body bound with iron; . - leather dash; two cushioned seats, with laxy backs; with pole and ratchet brake. Capacity, 800 pounds. Price, . with pateut wheels, 9200. Run No. .8. Solid collar axlos, one and one-fourth inches; same style and finish at size 2. Capacity, 1,000 pounds. Price, $210. Sua No. 4. One and three-eighths inch solid collar axles; same fittings as other. Capacity, 1,500 pounds. Price, with patent wheels, $220. -4 Same wagon with longer bed and three seats, $230.' IN MARKET. THE LEADING MACHsNZS. at the Lowest Living Rates. La Bow's Jointed Patent TTleel TnlTer , izlug Harrow. . Wrought Iron Frame, do wood work excepting cols and doubletrees; most durable and mott simple pulver izing Harrow in th market. Wa have all sizes from It to 16 inch wheels. The Browne Sulky Plow. This well known Sulky speaks for itaetf. . Over three hundred now in me ia Oregon. . First Premium Oregon Stat Fair, 1877. This - Plow is all made of iron and steel; will scour in any soil. Price, with Doubletrees, N'eck Yoke, Rolling Cutter and Extra Slire.$iO k Clack Hank and Clipper Back Island Cast Steel lTalkiogr Tlow f r . i 3 t - Wood and Iron Beam. Cur Black Hawk Ploa-s have been found to scour in all kinds of soils. Even ia the red soil of Waldo Hills, around Salem, where no Steel Plow was ever known to work before. Collins' Cast Cast Steel Plows. ALL KINDS OF HARROWS, CULTIVATES, , ' ETC., ETC., AFull and Complete Lin of - ' Farming ools, At the Lowest Market Prices. : can be Found: O. O. TfAU.SK, Coupville, Washington Torritorr. J. H. Kookts, Umatilla, Oren. Crah. Ooodsofoh, island Citv, Omron. Fraite Bros. Co., Walla Walla, Washington Terr. . T. M. Mav, Dayton, 'Washington Tsrriw-y. Auirris & Jokes, Colfax, Alinota, Lewisti u, W, T. & CO., 108 Front Street, Portland, Oregon. TO HELLBIIS ! of Edw. P. Allis & Co., Gang Edgers, Log Rollers, . Lath 1 achinesr, Saw JIandr Shingle l.achines, Circular Saw Mills, LI, ALLIS & CLACK, Agents, ' Ko. 10 Front Street, Portland, Oregon. llanufacturer, Importer and Wholesale and Betail '. Dealer n HATS. CdPC. Portland, Oregon "P?1070-151 Tr Street. RETA1 L lttt First fctreot. - I V . . Si- SOLE AGENTS FOR THE IT.NEIViLLED STINOAKD iJfD f.ST CIIGASS, D. W. PRENTICE CO., - Muric Dealers, Porllan i, Oropon. ' BAKICL f. MiLAEHK!', Shipper, Commission Merchant, And Wholesale Dealer ; GRAIN, FLOTTR, FEED, DAIli? PROItTE, PP.O- , "oons, Hops, Hides, Batjs, Allricul aiml rieis. staple Groceries. Consignments and order- soiidtd, -OfBos and Warehow., Nn. 8 First street, 1 'ortmad. Or Ban Francnoo Office, S46 Davis street. FIXE FARM. F0S SJHE. . OOO Aorea. ONE Or TBE BEST FARJ!? INT OF.O ON. IV flu.. stat. of cultivation, fuliy imvx 1, exft .Vnt buildings, stMun power and ail lute imp Vf-,..,,, agncttlturJ inachinerv. Everj-tliing x-3 bi ij bargain, it produced 10,0u0 bustisis of wl eat iu I ' nine thousand bushels avery year. -Prios M per acre, terms to :ut tbe bv -, . D- a M CO., Seal EUt Aeu'rf, irsm. id, vft,-oa. w