"I Wonder."
A eliild ran laughing an the beh,
The sun shone wwin and bright
Vpon her waving golden hair,
llor Tiny orm so slight.
"I wonder why the world's so lair,
So lull of sun and song,
I wander why big folds don't laugh
: And play the whole day Jong."
, A maid was walklnir on the strand,
She gaged far out to sea,
Where o'er the sunlit waters rode,
A bark so gallantry.
"Ah, lore ia coming o'er the waves.
Is coming soon to me.
I a-onder how in this sweet world,
-Old folks such shadows see."
A woman stood upon the shore,
Her eyes with weeping red.
Looked sadly on the cruel sea
That ne'er gives up its dead.
"I wonder why the world was made
So dark and full of care.
No wonder that life's burden Seems
Too groat for one to bear."
Near by the window's ledge there sat
A granddame old and gray -The
window looking out to sea
Where ships at anchor lay.
"I wonder when mine eyes shall see
i Life's shin at anchor lie
Within God's harbor peacefully
For all eternity, . -
THaTMOXK'S pbopuecy.
"Curious, isn't it, how old customs
still hold their own 1 Here is the fash
ion of penance by pilgrimage still in
vogue, with the additional aggravation
of calling it ' traveling for pleasure.' "
" Well, Edward," said a sweet voice,
" that's a very pretty compliment to us
your companions, I think I ought to
make you do penance for that."
" That's right, Miss Wentworth ; keep
him in order," chimed in a third speaker.
However, going abroad has this one ad
vantage for us English, that there we can
sometimes venture to seem amused with-
out xnereoy comminuig tue seveu auia
. 1 1 i . -
in one.
Such was the chat that passed among
the group of four two ladies and two
gentlemen seated at lunch on the bal
cony of the Hotel du llhin, at Shauff
hausen, one sunny afternoon in the lat
ter part of .May. The first speaker was
a fine looking young man of three-and
twenty, whose comely features, dark,
curling hair, and tall, well shaped figure
amply bore out the name of " Handsome
N ed, given by his intimates, x oung,
rich, good looking, popular with high
and low, in the plentitude of health and
vigor, lately betrothed to the charming
girl whose soft lustrous eyes were watch
ing him half tenderly, half archly, from
the other side of the board Viscount
Montague migh fairly account himself
an extremely lucky fellow. But upon
that bright, young face, firm 5 and manly
as it was, brooded the doomed look
which haunts one in the portraits of
Montrose, of Claverhouse, of Charles I.
ominously bearing out the tradition
among the elders of his native country,
that " the last of the Montagues" was so
in a double sense, and that with him
the , grand old line which had Iaft its
mark upon every age of English his
tory since the days of the Tudors was
doomed to pass away forever.
Beside him sat his inseparable asso
ciate; Sedley Burdett, whose square mus
cular figure, and frank, sunburnt face
looked the very embodiment of Young
England at its best Side by side, the
tAro young men had shot buffaloes on
American prairies, stalked moose through
.Canadian forests, "bowled over" royal
tpgers in Bengal, and hob-nobbled with
Ssegro kings on the coast of Africa, and
they were now, faute de mieux, escort-
xig meir x lower ot xvent anu ner
s ... av : : a .11 a ii i.
Switzerland, not without a secret hope
that some unsealed mountain might af
ford them a chance of breaking their
necks in the good old British way.
"Did you see how old Johann eyed
me as he brousrht in the lunch 1" said
Montague. jf
" He's evidently a devout believer in
the Continental creed, that an English
man's natural pastime is to knock some
body down, or Bet a house on fire, or
make a heavy bet that hell jump head
foremost out of the window, and then do
it forthwitli."-
( 4 In. Til, .cf -l,n
Dr. Buchmann said to me yesterday :
Mien Herr I those countrymen of yours !
When I was in Saxony I had no peace
fotthem ! First thing in the morning,
1 kling ? kling ! at my door. " What is
it 1" " An Englander, who has broken
his leg trying to scale the Teufeis-horn,
which no one ever ascended yet" I set
the Herr Englander's leg, and am mak
ing him comfortable, when kling ! kling !
again. " What now V "An Englander
nearly drowned in swimming across the
Elbe, for a wager." I wrap Herr En
glander in hot blankets and bring him
to. Before half an hour is over, kling !
kling! once more. " Mein Herr! what's
the matter 1" " An Englander, who has
broken a blood vessel in trying to run
1 2 miles an hour, because somebody said
. he couldn't" Mein Herr, I am sorry to
have to say it, but your countrymen are
equally devoid of fear and of reason."
' " But you won't do any more of these
horrible things now, Edmund," said
Marion Wentworth, entreatingly ; " you
. promised to be more careful, you know,
while you were with us."
" Don't be f reightened, my child," an
swered the viscount, with his gay laugh;
" believe me, I have no intention of be
ing killed any sooner than is necessary.
Would you believe it, Sed! this unrea
sonable young woman is making herself
miserable, and daily expecting a notifi
cation to attend my funeral, on no bet
ter grounds than an old monk's proph
ecy. "An old monk's prophecy" echoed
Burdett, inquiringly.
"What, haven't you heard of it!"
cried Montague. " Well, this a treat to
find one man to whom that story's new.
You must know, then (as those fellows
in Sanford and Merton' keep saying),
that the estate which Harry the Eighth
bestowed on my respected ancestor, Sir
Anthony Browne, included Battle Ab
bey, and the land belonging to it ; and
mighty short work he made of the poor
old monks, if all the tales be true. But
after they were expelled, it began to be
whispered that one monk remained in the
old walls, and that he was not to be
driven out by either king or lord."
"My word!" cried Burdett; "that's
just the Black Friar of Narman Stone
over again. Do you remember with
what dramatic energy our old tutor used
to rejeat that verse
" Beware, beware of the Black Friar !
lie still retains his sway,
For he is still the Church's heir,
Who'er may be the lay,
Amundeville is lord by day,
. But the monk is lord by night ;
?J vm nOT wmM'i can raise a vassal
To question that friar's right."
"Well," pursued Montague, "when
my worthy forefather came into his
property, the first thing he did was to
give a big dinner in the great hall of
Battle Abbey (if he found it half as tire
some as the dinner I had to give
when I came of age, the impiety must
have been its own avenger), and they
lit up the old place with a perfect blaze
i . ; i i i v a:ii r J
of torches, and new nign revei im uuu
night. And then, all of a sudden, a
chill blast of wind came moaning through
the hall, making all the banners and
mail coats alone the wall clank and rus
tle; and the huge door swung slowly
ooen. and in the midst ot the guests, no
one could see whence or how, appeared
the shrouded figure of a tall monk, it
glided like a shadow up to the dais
where my ancestor was seated, ana, in a
deej), hollow voice that seemed to make
the very torches grow pale as it spoke :
" Anthony of Cowdray I thou hast en
riched thyself with the spoils of God's
Church, and for that" deed His judg
ments are upon thee and thine. As
snow melts in the sunshine, so shall thy
race decay, until the end come ; and it
shall come suddenly, in one day, by fire
and by water!"
It was strange enough to note how
Montague's light tone deepened into
tragic solemnity as the dismal tale pro
ceeded, and how the shadowy impress of
doom on his shadowy face came v out
plainer and plainer with every word.
The anxious look in Marion Wentworth's
eyes grew into absolute terror as he
ended ; and she seemed about to speak,
when the waiter's entrance with a dish
interrupted her.
As he entered, Mrs. Wentworth, evi
dently wishing to change the subject,
spoke to him.
" Waiter ! when did you say the night
illumination of the falls was to be 1"
"Tuesday week, gracious lady ; but it
will hardly be so good as the one we
had last year, when they sent a big
boat over the falls, hung round with
lanterns."
" Was there any one in her 1" asked
Montague.
" What do you say, Milord 1" gasped
the old man with a stare of blank amaze
ment " Was there anybody in the boat V
"The boat, Milord? The boat went
over the falls, I tell you,"
"Well, why shouldn't somebody go
with her to keep her straight I
"Why" echoed Johann, goaded be
yond endurance. "Because we Rhine-
landers are no fonder of being drowned
than other people. I've seen many a
thing done in my time, but a man shoot
ing Shafihausen Falls in a boat I've
never seen yet, aud never shall."
The sudden gleam in Montague's dark
eye and the glow on his handsome fea
tures sufficiently betraved the wild
thought suggested to him by the honest
Germans last words. The significant
glance exchanged between him and Bur
dett showed that the same idea was in
the minds of both, though the latter ac
companied his looks with a warning
gesture, reminding the reckless viscount
of the effect which the words that were
just about to break from his lips would
have uon two ladies. But when they
had retired, Montague could contain
himself no longer.
" Glorious idea ! We'll do it eh,
Sed?"
"Do it? I should think we would !
After the Gueule d'Eufer' rapids in
Canada, this thing'U lie a joke ! 4 Never
seen it yet, and never shall,' eh ? We'll
give Mr. Johann another story to tell
to-morrow, one that'll last longer than
his present stock."
Our two heroes were not men to loiter
over any enterprise, however desperate,
upon which they had once resolved, and
they lost not a moment in setting out in
quest of a boat But to find one was no
easy matter. Some were unseaworty ;
others failed to please the critical eye of
Sedley Burdett, who, with all his reck
lessness, knew. better than to leave any
chance uncared for in a match where
life itself was at stake. More than
one conscientious native, on learning the
nature of the proposed expedition, flatly
refused to have anything to do with it,
nor was it till late in the afternoon that
they at length met with a less scrupu
lous individual, who, on receiving the
full value of his boat in advance, and a
handsome gratuity the use of her, con
sented to let the "English madmen"
have their way. He agreed to leave the
boat at a convenient spot, and then took
his leave.
It was considerably past 1 1 o'clock
that night, and Burdett, mindful of the
tough work that awaited him the next
morning, was preparing for bed, when
Montague, (who slept in the next room)
burst in, 'with a flush of unusual excite
ment on his face.
"Sed, old fellow, we must alter our
time of starting. Those meddlesome
asses, the local authorities, are going to
put a spoke in our wheel !"
" Do you mean that they'll try to stop
us?" asked Burdett, with the natural
amazement of an Englishman at any
one presuming to oppose his wilL
"I do indeed ! That prating fool of a
boatman (see if I don't punch his head
when it's all over !) must have let the
cat out of the bag ; for, as I came through
the hall just now, I heard the landlady
say to her husband : " Ought we to let
them go ? It's really no better than a
suicide !' and the old sinner answered
with a chuckle : ' Be easy, my Gretchen
when these young, distracted ones get
to their boat, they will find it in charge
of certain Gerichts Diener (policemen)
who are less foolish than they, and no
harm will be done !' "
" J ust like their confounded cheek !"
cried Burdett " What will we do then?"
" Do ? Why set the alarm clock two
hours earlier (I'm safe to hear it where
I am) and start at four instead of six ;
and we'll just meet the ' minions of the
law' on our way back to breakfast, and
a jolly sell it'll lie for them ? My word,
every mortal thing seems to have con
spired against this venture of ours ; but
I'll go through with it, no matter who
stands in my way."
For one moment a thrill of super
stitious awe shot through the stout
heart of Sedley Burdett Could it be
that tese countless hindrances were
really a last barrier vainly opposed to
the fatal impulse which was hurrying
them both to destruction? The unnat
uial excitement of his comrade's manner
the feverish lustre of his eyes, the heated
flush in his usually pale face, were all
terribly suggestive of one goaded to his
doom by some irresistable frenzy flash
ing upon Burdett's mind with ghastly
vividness the sudden memory of a long
forgotten painting of the young German
knight lured to his death in the hungry
waters of the Rhine by the sirensong of
the Lorelei. He opened his lips to pro
pose the abandonment of the whole pro
ject, but the fear of ridicule (that fear
which has been the destruction of many
a gallant man) withered the wholesome
impulse, and the favorable moment went
by forever.
Morning at last a bright, breezy,
glorious Summer morning, over which
all things in earth and heaven seemed to
rejoice. The blue skies, the waving
woods, the green, sunny slopes,; the
broad, bright stream of the great river
itself, all seemed to smile a welcome to
the eyes that might so very soon be
closed forever. Even the two English
athletes, absorbed as they were in their
perilous enterprise, felt the influence of
the hour, and muttered with involuntary
admiration:
"What a royal day?"
One vigorous stroke sent the light
boat out into the swift, dark current,
down which it shot like an arrow from
the bow. Bocks, trees, houses seemed
racing past on either side. No need to
strain at the oars nowl all that could be
done with them was to keep the boat's
bow perfectly straight, so as to offer as
little space as possible to the rush of cur
rent which seemed well able to carry off
an entire city.
Suddenly there came a dizzy plunge
a shock that threw both men from
their places and all around was one
boiling whirl of foam, and the boat was
flung to and fro, and dashed up and
down, amid an uproar that seemed to
rend the very sky. ior one feverish
moment life and death seemed to hang
by a single hair; and then the two dar
ing men found themselves floating on
the border line of calm water that sep
arated the first fall from the worse peril
of the second.
"Hurrah!" shouted Montague, glee
fully, "who can say that it can t be done,
now? Keep her straight ahead Sed my
boy, and we 11 come out right yet
The triumphant cheer was answered
by a cry of dismay from the shore and
the two oarsmen, looking up, beheld
Marion Wentworth rushing distractedly
toward the edge of the high bank that
overhung the second falling, followed
by Montague's English servant At
the sound of his betrothed's voice, Mon
tague turned his face toward her and
waved his hand cheerily: and seldom has
any painter conceived such a picture as
the one that moment branded forever
the memory of those who saw it The
stern black rocks on the other hand,
flecked with the living green by the
slirubs that clung to their craggy sides;
the vast hill of leaping foam, half way
down which the boat hovered like a leat;
the rainbow arch that spanned the black
howling gulf beneath; the glory of the
sunrise stealing softly into the pure,
peaceful sky, in strange contrast with
the rock-rending uproar below; the stal
wart figures of the two gallant lads
straining every nerve to accomplish their
perilous task; the handsome, reckless
face of the "last of the Montagues,"
with a gay smile on his short curved
hp, and an ommom glitter in his large
dark eyes.
"Good morning, my pet," cried he
gayly, "you are just in time for the end
of the play.
These were the last words that vis
count Montague ever spoke. That mo
mentary negligence had allowed the
boat's head to deviate slightly from the
direct line, and in an instant the whirl
of the current threw its side full against
the rush of the tremendous cataract
One frantic struggle to regain the lost
ground, and then boat and men vanished
forever into the mist of the roaring
abyss below.
From that fatal hour life 'was over
for the "Flower of Kent" All that re
mained of the once bright and beautiful
girl was a pale, silent, joyless phantom
a body, as it were, without a soul.
Neither the tender care of her heart
broken mother, nor tho skill of the most
accomplished physicians, nor even the
sight of her dead lover's home (the
burning of which, on the very day
of its master's death, fulfilled, by a mere
coincidence, the dismal prediction) availed
aught to break that deadly 1 ethargy
which she endured for the remainder of
her brief life, checkered only by the
spasms of convulsive agony invariably
produced by the one sound which her
ear still had power to recognize the
sound of rushing water.
Capturing a Cocktail.
"A relic of old decency," in the form
of a dilapidated specimen of humanity,
with a varicolored nose, walked into a
Montgomery street saloon last evening
and jauntily waltzed over to the lunch
counter, remarking to the barkeeper, en
passant, "Mix me a stiff cocktail, ple.ase;"
and proceeded to ,lopp off a section of
corned beef as large as a, basalt block
and covertly dump about a half pound
of crackers through a hole in the lining
of his coat The cocktail being ready
the customer leisurely swallowed it, and
taking the measure of the cocktail dis
penser through the bottom of the glass
asked:
"Has 'Goosey' been around here tc
night?" B. K. replied that he had not the
honor of that individuals acquaintance.
"What? Don't know 'Goosey?' Why,
he hangs around here every night
You must know him. He walks in this
way."
He walked toward the door, imitat
ing the waddle of a goose. Having
reached the entrance he vanished into
space. When the barkeeper recovered
from the paralytic stroke of astonish
ment he prescribed for himself three fin
gers of "Old Blue Grass," charged two
drinks on a customer's card, and fell to
moralizing on the advisability of mount
ing a small howitzer somewhere within
range of the front door.
A Parisian Joke. The defendant,
having been proved guilty of the ofl'ence
of calling the complainant opprobrious
names, as " thief," " robber," etc., is duly
fined. He pays his fine and asks the
Judge, "Your Honor, there is, I under
stand, a law against calling an honest
man a thief ; does the law forbid a man
to call a thief an honest man?" "Of
course not," replies the magistrate.
" Then, sir," Bayst he defendant, turning
to his prosecutor with a triumphant air,
"you are the most honest man I hare
ever met"
The most signal triumph of a boy's life
is not realized until he succeeds in steal
ing into a base-ball ground.
A Broken Heart,
A man is said to be "red" or "white"
with rage. In using these expressions
we are physiologically speaking of the
nervous condition of the minute circula
tion of the man's blood. "Red" rage
means partial paralysis of minute blood
vessels; and "white" rage means tempo
rary suspension of the action of the
prime mover of the circulation itself.
But such disturbances cannot often be
produced without the occurrence of
permanent organic evils of the vital or
gans, especially of the heart and of the
brain. One striking example is given
by Dr. Richardson, in the case of a
member of his own profession : " This
gentleman told me that an original irri
tability of temper was permitted, by
want of due control, to pass into a dis
position of almost persistent or chronic
anger, so that every trifle in his way
was a cause of unwarrantable irritation.
Sometimes his anger was so vehement
that all about him were alarmed for him
even more than for themselves ; and
when the attack was over there were
hours of sorrow and regret in private
which were as exhtusting as the previ
ous rage. In the, midst of one of these
outbreaks of short, severe madness he
felt, to use his own expression, as if his
heart were lost He reeled under the
impression, was nauseated and faint;
then recovering, he put his hand to his
wrist, and discovered an intermittent
action of his heart as the cause of his
faintness. He never completely rallied
from the shock, and to the day of his
death, 10 years later, he was never free
from the intennittency. " " I am broken
hearted." he would say, "physically
broken hearted." And so he was; but
the knowledge hi the broken heart tem
pered marvelously his passion, and saved
him many years of a really useful life.
He died ultimately from an acute febrile
disorder.
A Wonderful Curiosity.
One of Peoria's prominent lawyers
went home the other day to dinner, and
found that his little bov had had his
head clipped in accordance with the pre
vailing style. Affecting not to notice
it, he began to speak of a wonderful
curiosity on exhibition in Washington
City, in the shape of a living creature,
with the form something like that of a
human being. Its head was as round
as pumpkin, its ears stuck out like clam
shells on a cocoanut, its nose projected
like a figure four from what seemed to
its face; it walked upright, and its bead
was covered with a growth of bristles
about one-sixteenth of an inch in length
and for want of a better name, the crea
ture had been called the "What is it ? "
And placing his hand on the boy's head,
the father said, " W hy, here it is now
Here's the very thing I've been talking
about."
The boy replied, as he buttered
piece of biscuit, "They've got a blamed
sight worse
looking thing right here in
Peoria."
"What kind of a thing is it ? " said
the lawyer.
"It is the father of the 'What is it?'
retorted the lad.
The subject was dropped,
Bitter Sweets.
He bought A pound of the twenty-five
cent kind, and then, seeking to hide the
economy of the purchase under the ap
pearance of reckless extravagance, so
dear to the fair ones, purloined from his
cardinal haired sister's room an empty
b)x that had contained candy of the
d jllar kind.
Chuckling a bit over the harmless de
ceit, he tastefully arranged therein what
he had purchased under the humbler
labal, and hied away at even (ide to his
lady to whom he carelessly tossed the
box.
In their happiness the sweets were
forgotten, and he went home mussed and
in ecstacy.
Next day brought to his eager fingers
a note and a box. The box contained
his candy, "of which," said the note, "he
might eat the entire twenty-five cents
worth, and then return the box to the
red haired girl who had before kept her
combings in it."
A Turkish Birth. No sooner is it
born than the Turkish child is wrapped
in clothes as tightly and compactly as a
bologna sausage, with a bright red silk
cap and a charm on its head to avert the
"evil eye." Onions are set about the
room also to banish evil. The father, so
soon as the child is all bundled up, is
ushered in and takes it in his arms. He
at once goes behind the door, and shouts
its name three times into its ear. Then
he clears out The friends of the mother
begin to call as soon as the news is out,
and the sick chamber is the scene of a
constant reception, with feasts of sweets,
coffee, sherbet and cigarettes. The as
sembled ladies treat the infant with
feigned disdain, and every now and then
it is spat upon by one of the visitors.
The sun is 320,000 times larger than
the earth ; but it doesn't feel near as big
as an eighteen-year-old boy does the first
time he dons a high hat
The boy that gathers up his fishing
tackle and empty basket as the sun is
sinking in the west knows that his
mother stands watching and waiting for
him at the garden gate, and the knowl
edge that the kindling wood remains un
cut is such a source of weakness to him
that to march along and whistle " What
is home without a mother ?" is an utter
impossibility.
The Willamette Fever nod Ague BHxtnre
Prepared expressly for thin climate by
Messrs Pfunder & Co., Portland, has
been found to be the best Fever and
Ague medicine ever oflered to the citi
zens of Oregon,
for sale.
All druggists have it
The Singer Sewing Machine Company
received one medal and three first pre
miums on their machines at the State
Fair. This was the only medal awarded
to sewing machines, and all their pre
miums were on the machines and not on
the attachments. : The "Singer" has al
ways stood at the head of the list of
sewing machines, both in excellence and
number sold and in use.
The justly celebrated Estey Organ le
ceived the first premium at the Oregon
State fair. For sale only at D. W.
Prentice fc Ca's Music Store, Portland,
Oregon. . .
See Hansen's tree and seed card.
Th Wilson.
Without' making invidious distinc
tions, we believe that it is generally
conceded that the display nude hyMr. J.
B. Garrison, of the New Wilson sewing
machine, is the bast at the Mechanics'
Fair. First comes a variety of their use
ful machines of various styles of work
manship, from the plain, practical and
convenient machine at $30, to one of
elaborate design and exquisite workman
ship, costing $300. On the great value
of these machines it is not necessary for
us to enlarge, (or the reason that their
display of 2 2 medals and six silver cups
awarded by the judges of different expo
sitions and 1 1 first premiums awarded at
the late Oregon State Fair attest, the
opinion of those who have made a care
tul examination. One of these medals
is for the "best exhibit at the Oregon
State Fair," another "for the best sewing
machines for all purposes," and still
another for "best machine for family
use." and so on. In fact, the Wilson
got every premium it entered for,
including the gold medal for family sew
ing t machines. The Wilson has had
many other medals, including an award
byjthe Centennial exhibition at Philadel
phia and the International exhibition atVi
enna. At one end of this Wilson pavilion is
suspended the triumph of the embroider
ing art, being a magnificient quilt of che
nille work, wrought entirely with the
Wilson machine, and valued at $2500.
Other beautiful specimens of fancy work
and embroidering are hanging about, in
cluding a beautiful white horse, childrens
wear etc. Surmounting the whole is the
proud bird of liberty, the eagle taken
from the Turn Verein hall carrying in
bis beak streamers of the national colors,
flags and ribbons supporting the canopy,
make up the rea ly beautiful display.
We thought Northrup couldn't stay
out of Hardware altogether; he is get
ting in a large stock of Carriage 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. Northrup & Co.,
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
ing goods of this make and buying no
other.
Messrs. Thompson, Dellart & Co.,
have extended their store through to
First street, now occupying the whole
front of Yamhill street, between First
and Second, and both comers. They
carry the largest sock of hardware, iron
and steel and carriage makers' goods in
Portland, as well as having the finest
store.
; True.
As a purely vegetable family remedy
Pfunder's Oregon Blood Purifier cannot
be surpassed. It regulates the bowels,
liver and kidneys. Removing all
scrofula and impurities from the blood.
Buy it, try it
The Mansfeldt fc Notni Piano received
the first premium at the Oregon State
fair. For sale only at D. W. Prentice
fc Co's Music Store, Portland, Oregon.
te In making auy pnrchnse or in
writ lux In reiMne to any advertise
ment lu this paper you will please men
tion tbe name of the paper.
DRY GOODS.
T APIES AT A DISTANCE FROM PORTLAND CAN
1 i deal with man satisfactorily as at our counters.
as we have sevial clerks whose business it is to answer
letters, sena out samples aim snip goods by man or ex
press. We keep the Largest and Finest Stock of
Dry Goods, Dress Goods, Silks, Cloaks,
And everything requisite to a strictly FIRST-CLASS
KSTABLI.SHMKaNT, in Oregon, and the well-known and
to lis flatU'ving reputation of our house is a guarantee
that we mean what we say now in offering
Belter Goods for the Money
Than any other house on this Coast can (rive, and taking
more (nuns than ever before to give satisfaction.
It will cost very little to send to us for samples and
prices, and it will enable everybody to take advantage
of the recent decline in the price ol DRY GOODS.
We also keep a Full Line of
CENTS' FURNISHING COOD8.
Clarke & Henderson,
Corner First and Washington Streets,
PORTLAND, OREGON.
Oregon Standard Soap Works,
IRVIXO WEBB, Proprietor,
PORTLAND, OREGON.
The only steam factory north of San Francisco. Send
for circular and price lint.
A BELL,
PHOTOGRAPHER.
No. 167 and 169 First Street
Portland, Oregon.
JOHN H. WOOSRUM,
CIGAR MANUFACTURER,
AND DEALER FN FINE HAVANA CIGARS, Ci
garettes, and the best brau ut Chewing and
Smoking Tobacco. No Chinese Employed.
No. 69 First Ntr Portland. Or.
W00DBURS NURSERIES.
Fruit, Shade, Ornamental and Knt
Trees, Vlnea and ttbrubbery.
Choice Trees, 25 cents each, $16 per hundred. Send
for Catalogue and Price List.
J. H. SETTLEMIER,
Woodburn, Oregon.
Morning Star Restaurant.
Corner Second and Washington Streets, Portland, Ogn.
. V. RIDER, Proprietor.
Board, per month, from ...$!0 00 to $30 00
Board, per week, from 6 00 to 8 00
Board, per day, from. . 75 to 150
Board, per meal, from 25 to 60
Private Rooms for Ladies and Families.
TOMBSTOM'IIB,
And all kinds of Marble Work.
Send for illustrations. Designs and Price List before
you order from anybody else.
WILLIAM YOUNG,
' " Portland, Oregon.
SCROLL SAWS!
HOLLT & WALNUT. SAWS AND PATTERNS.
t-T Write for Price List ft J
DITTOS &
Hall,
Portland, Or.
Coker's Employment Agency,
Furnishes HELP of aD Kinds FREE OF CHARGE.
OT Correspondence Solicited.
J. R. COKER, Portland, Oregon.
1S36.
Front, First
This cut represents the BAIN THIMBLE-SKEIN
plete, with Top Box, Holler Brake and Sprinif Seat.
known to the farmers and freighters of this coast that
say anything- in its praise. We have sold thum for the
CELEBRATED
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 wairon sold. This
fact speaks louder than anything we can say in their
Patent (skein Tiantener,
On the Bain Wagon is a valuable improvement, and is
the coining season all farm wagons will have the new
Patent Oil Tubes with Brass
Which avoid the necessity of taking off the wheels tooil the axles an arraiicniciU
which teamsters will fully appreciate. We feel safe in asserting that there is rto
other wagon in the market that will compare with tbe Bain as now made in quahov
of materia! used, and in completeness and excellency of workmanship. Our
wagons are made to order, ciecially fur our trade, and we pay extra to have ail
the timber bxtka sklkcteu out of thoroughly seasoned stock. All the wheels alio
put throughsoaked in boiling linseed oil before setting of tires, making shrink
age impossible. Mr. Bain does this in a more thorough manner than some other,
who simply make a pretense of doing it, and make the application, at all, only Hi
"homieiKitiiieduseB." The wood work, tires and ironinir arc extra heavy, but at the
same time everything is well pro)ortioiicd. We challenge the most critical comparison with any and every other make 01 arvu, and wbils we do not claim to sell th
"cheapest" wagon, as far as dollars and cents are concerned, we do claim to sell as good a wagon as can be made, and one that will prove the cheiest in the end.
tdT Send for Circular aud Price Lists. v
OREGON HACK OR FOUR SPRING WAGON.
GUARANTEED
THE LARGEST STOCK. THE BEST A SSORTMENT.
The Oldest and Leading House in the Trad j and Prices always
FRANK BROTHERS & CO.,
IMPORTERS AKD DEALERS IN
AGRICULTURAL IMPLEMENTS.
The Celebrated La Belle Wagon.
Pride of the Pacific Coast; most durable; best made;'
finest painted and lightest running wagon. -
BfcKherry Improved Force Feed JGraln
lrlll and Keeder, Warranted to sow all kinds of
Grain. .
BROWNE
The Following
T. B. Wait, Salem, Oregon.
A. M. Koor, Albany, Oregon.
M. V. Koostz, Ifalsey, Oregon.
Baber & C'oiTfTiss, Harrisburg, Oregon.
T. O. Hendricks, Eugene,-Oregon
J. B. Smith, Oakland, Oregon.
Sheridam Bros.. Rusebunr, Oregon.
Kkamks Bros., Jacksonville, Orecon.
For Circulars and Price Lists write our agents or
Milwaukie Nurseries.
ESTABLISHED 1847. '
FOR SEASON 1878-79
LARGE STOCK,
LOW PRICES,
Send for Our Xew.Catalojrne.
Seth Luelling & Son,
Milwanhie. Oregon.
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,
jVt Ta. IC. G. HAIITII'H,
Corner Front and Stark Streets, Portland, Oregon
BLUE VITRIOL,
BY BARREL OR BOX.
A Large Lot of our own Importa
tion, and will be sold very low.
HODGE, DAVIS & CO.,
Wholesale Trusrarlsts.
EYERDIXG FARRELI
Dealers in
Grain and all Kinds of Produce,
BACKS. ETC..
Cor. Front and Alder Rls., Portland, Or.
GREAT B EDUCTION IN PRICES.
J. SIMON & CO.,
Dealers in
Doors, Windows, Blinds and Glass
WEIGHTS, CORDS AND PULLETS,
128 Front sc. bettWaakULSt Aider.
Jetlm PORTLAHD, ORBOOX
gt -- o 1
2 ZZz?'h -V X
and Ash Streets, Portland, .Oregon,
impobtIsrs OF ' v
I
PlRMjlIPLEMENTS indACfflNES.
BAIN FARM WAGOItf.
WAGON, medium size, com
The Bain Watron is so wel
it seems needloHS for as lo
past thirteen years, arid
praise. The
on no other wagon
Fr
Serew Caps,
TO BE THE BEST HACK
Cahoon Hand and Power Sower,
The cheapest power in tiie Market,
a ajt rnlrno nnen sku
.KnwU w.c.n --.
Racine Farm and Warehouse Fan Mills.'
SULKY PLOW.
are Our Agent.4, where Our Goods
Sphdrt. & Tract, Corvalis, Oregon.
j. a. rowKLb, .vonraoutn, uregon. i
Hartmax Bros., McMimtville, Oregon. '
W. J. McConnrll, North) Yamhill, Oregon.
Riley Cave, Uillsboro, Oregon.
Siioret & Tn,usrNewaukum, Wanhington Territory.
L. L. Andrews, La Conner, Washington Territory.
FINE CATALOGUE.
AN EXAMINATION UF MR. HANSEN'S ILLUS
t rated Catalogue of Fruit Trees and Seeds will
convince any one that it is the best publicatio of the
kind in Oregon. It is well worth perusal, and is fur
nished free on application. Mr. Hansen is thoroughly
rename anu is doing a very large Business, torcata-
logue address
11. tlAAStlS,
Portland, Oregon.
SOLE AGENTS
FOR
THE UNRIVALLED
ESTEY ORGANS,
STANDARD AS
D
D. W,
PRENTICE 4 CO.,
Musid
Dealers, Portland, Oregon.
SEEDS.
SEEDS.
IIAC1IENEY & BEX0,
SEEDSMEN,
NORTHWEST COR. FIR IT AND TAYLOR STREETS:
Portland, Oregon.
HAVE ON HAND FULL, COMPLETE AND
Fresh Stock of Fie .1, Flower and Garden 8cedi,
Shrubs, Fruit and Ornamental Trees, Bulbs, etc., which
hare been carelully selected, and offer the same for sale
at the lowest market rate.
.-'Catalogues furnished on application.
Children can Male Money Raising;
Chickens.
Luther Myers,
SALEM, OREUX
Ked for
Cat
logue
and
direc
tions for
miking
.T.
AM8KY ft IIEGELE,
Wholesale Cand
Manufacturers,
15 FlraJt Street.
FACTORY 29 Alder Street, adjoining Odd Fellows'
. Hall, Portland, Oreg mJ
USE NONB BUT THE
COLUMBIA
COAL OIL.
THE BEST IN
THE MARKET. - j
IE. ACHEBXAN CO., .
Sole Agent fur pe North Pacific Coaa,
aud S North Front Street, Finland, Ogn.
WIS
)
1 s
Description and Trices.
RraK No. 2. Patent wheels, three feet eight Inches
and four feet tw inches high. Solid collar axles, one
and one-eighth inches; plain bed, with patent round
corners ; two steps ; top of body bound with Iron;
leather dash; two cushioned seats, with lazy back; ill
pole and ratchet brake. Capacity, 800 pounds. Pi lea,
with patent wheels, $200. -
Size No. S. Solid collar axles, one and one-fourth
inches; same style and finish aa size 2. Capacity, 1,000
pounds. Price, $210.
Sizk No. 4. One and three-eighths inch solid collar
axles; same fittings ae other. Capacity, 1,500 Bounds.
Price, with patent wheels, $220.
Same wagon with longer bed and three eats, (230.
IN MARKET.
THE LEADING MACHINES.
at the Lowest Liting Sates.
La Dow's Jointed Patent Wkeel FalTeiv
izlngr Harrow.
n roaght Iron Frame, no wood work excepting pole
md douibletrees; most durable and most simple pVver-
cTwwhiT m"rket w froBtt 12
The Browne Sulky Plow.
This well known Sulky speaks for itself.
Over three hundred now in use in Oregon.
First Premium Oregon State Fair, 1877. This
Plow is all made of iron and steel; will scour
in any coil. Price, with Doubletrees, Neck
oke, Boiling Cutter and Extra Share. ..$$0)
Black Hawk anT clipper Sock
Island Cast Steel Walking Flow
fl ood and Iron Beam. Our Black Hawk
Plows have been found to scour in all kinds
of soils. Even in the red soil of Waldo Hills,
around Salem, where no Steel Plow was ere
known to work before.
Collins' Cast Cast Steel Plows.
- ALL RINDS OF
HARROWS, CULTIVATORS,
ETC., ETC.,
A Full and Complete Line ol
Farming: Tools,'
At the Lowest llarket Price
can he Found:
G. O. Hallrr, Coupville, Washington Territory.
Z. F. Moody, The Ualles, Oregon.
3. H. Koontz, Umatilla, Oregon.
Oias. Goodnouoii, Island City, Oregon.
Frank Bros. & Co., Walla Walla, Washington Terr
T. M. M at, Dayton, Washington Territory.
ArTW & Joxbs, Colfax, Almota, Lewistun, W, T.
FRANK BROTHERS & CO.,
104 and 108 Front Street, Portland, Oresroa;
BUKTOlM MOUSE,
Corner Tblrd and F Street.
Near the Steamship Landings and Railroad Depot,
PORTLAND, OREGON.
Lewiston & Fretland, Proprietors
(Late of Minn sola House.)
will spare no pain nor expense to make this house
THE BEST HO TF.I. I3T PORTLAND
No. 8.HantotheCMef2Io. 8.
WHEELER & WILSON.
THE NEW No. , STRAIGHT NEEDLE. BACK
Feed, Lock Stitch .
SEWING MACHINE,
Ii pronouneot1 by the people everywhere to be tbe Best
Familr Machine in use.
tT Machines sold on the note and installment plan.
A Liberal Dlaeonat for Caati.
95 Third Street, Portland, Ogn.
F. W. GODARD,
NO 8 Hanarer. 3Mo 8
DANIEL JT. HAUBHtr,
Shipper,; Commission Merchant,
And Wholesale Dealer hi
GRAIN, FLOUR, FEED, DAIRY PRODUCE, PRO
visions. Hops, Hides, Bags, Aftric-dturaJ Seeds,
Staple Urooenes. Consignments and ord rs solicited.
Offlee and Warehouse, No. 46 First street, Portland, Or
Ban Francisco Office, $46 Davis street.
OREGON COBIJ.
148 Bushels to the Acre.
FTER IS TEARS OF EXPERIMENTS I HAVE
XX. produced a new variety of
WWto 3Bll3xt Oora
That ripens thoroughly and yields large crops in the
climate of Oregon, la enable farmers tone urea change
of crop and produce another more prufitab t than wheat
I will seil this seed at the following brice for thi.
son: tl 60 Dcr bushel delivered m th. l .
City, or in one pound packages, postage paid, twenty,
five cent each. P. M. KIN EAR. iOS,
Oregon City, Oreg n.
FINE FABM FOR SALE.
OOO Acroa.
ONE OF THE BEST FARMS IN ORIX30N. IN A
fine state of cultivation, fully femed, excellent
buildings, steam power and all late improvements in
agricultural machinery. Everything to be aokl at a
bargain, it produced lO.Ouo buaiMis ot t.-Jhei in 1877
and ,UX bushels in 187. Is rood for aa average of
nine thousand bushels every year.
Price (JO per acre, terms to suit tbe bov jr.
IX H. 8TEARJ4 i a CO.r
Betl Estate Jtjenu, port, an, Oregoa,