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I don't i - " ..tLisafeunisliipj-
beeaie II : ubout it; but he
js Kiitl t j I ' y Lf.it ct tlie com
nian.l'r.i r . t i acy, Mliicu .boasts
of never ' ' I t a. ihip nor a pas
senger , many years it has
plows H ix e.Iy own acquaintance
with I . L -t U'D solely on shore; be
cause .- 'i I ft'tx never in a condi
tion t l. m q'lHuit ('owith anybody,
Tliore n p -uu (olka 'whose' sea-sickness
'goea J" a! -or a certain nambw of
t days. 1 eaa oiuy say that I should like
to I now tho nu. nber. It has never " gone
cl" yi-h me daring even the longest
ravage ."between this country and the
Uil Ud Stotoa, or vice versa. Pehap it
would " go oiT " if I extended my travels
to i-iouth Ajneiica, but my impression is
that I should ro font. , Nature herself
w?f .ns to have net bounds, ia my ease, to
the wish to ra age. If I had been born
" oo the Continent, I might have been a
p-reat traveler; but, being insular, no
desire for foreign travel ever stirs within
me. My bark is on the shore, and never
goes beyond it, if I can help it. I can
sit on a pier (if it is not one of those
cliain pier whi ;h swing), and watch the
ripple of the wave with much satisfac
tion ; but not a U the blandishments of all
the boatmen i l Great. Britain would in
duce me to embark upon it for pleasure.
. Of all poems, Byron's "Address to the
Ocoan" is my favorite, because (under
pretenw of frismWiip) be shows what a
, monster it is. " The wrecks are all thy
' deed V-a stroi gisli expression to use. at
- I a time when I rench ships of battle were
sunk by score by the English gins, but
i l use lum au t us Detter lor it. "A thou?
sand-lleets , sweep o'er .thee iu vain.
which, though not "quite a correct state-
i lent, is eroin ntly true as regards sea
sickness, lot may try any number of
vessels, and all kinds of them, but to that
complexion ( f seagreen, with black
about the eyes) you come at last, with
wiuea you started,
I hate the tea- .for certain reasons,
however, I am compelled periodically to
cross the Ailai tie, and on the first occa
sion I had a let ter of introduction to good
Captain 'Cole, "We shook Tiands: the
screw" besraa t move, and I rushed to my
caum, -wii' T" t remaineu urouguout tne
voyage, j. Deueve ne came to see me
very often m try misery. " Yisitinsr the
sick " at sea is a much more unpleasant
imng man on B&ore, remember, but
urn a i s-flow ma i man i care, x saw
him to know him again at New York;
ami la short, tiougn on board his ship he
i'i f m- its ve ue in its rnauer tor au x saw
l i l.im, ve rae ; on shore both in the New
aad Old Wor'd pretty frequently. He
knf w OUarles Dickens, and being himself
a " nhd fellow, was personally much at
t M.. if 1 to him, but he could never forgive
3 . .. v lH t he I&b written of the dangers
f i: la i rei of i steamer emmney at sea.
It v,-3 tho only part of the great novel
i,t',wri','ia'a that seemed to have come
m. t Ida no' k-e (indeed, the gallant
t U; tia never read anything but bis own
' !-. and the pc ints of the compass), and
t . caused ti n to have an unfavorable
. v of him as an author. " No, sir," he
Jtr5wlen I would endeavor to
s . .bat ilda i3ea, "" he was a great man,
a n A. e, generras, fine-hearted creature.
but as a writer he was nowhere like what
: are," he would sayf with a wink of
i. c eye and a roll of his head, "when
j - j, Ve aboard ship." In spite of which
jreetnent t f literary opinion the cap-
t - &r.4 1 grew to be last meads.
i .a c 'itain?d a colossal contempt for
t" ! laud and ll belonging to it (except
l.;5 fellow cr Jatures), which amused
me vastly ; but especially for its modes
of J jccmotion. Cabs, coaches and omni
bunes were all in his eyes senseless and
dim gerotis; anl as to getting astride a
hor -se, I don't believe any sum would
"fcWre inyed him to attempt it. He had
tTr rt'.Tra'i'cy'rvt however, for an express
traia, or rather for the engine of it,
which, flying through storm and tleet
from starting-point to terminus, re
minded him p-jrhaps of his own gallant
r.i.l lordly a thought or a topic
in c.ki.pa, jt wMtiAtaral that our social
inU-pef v se to)k 6 narrative shape, I
toht hLii storif 8 (which, as he had never
read anything, had the merit of novelty),
and he recipmcated with yarns. I was
foolish enough at first to suggest a chan
nel for his recollections shipwrecks, of
the records of which, a a thorough-going
landsman, I was naturally fond. "Hit, ,
he said, drawn g himself up and getting
very red in the face, " you forget that
you are bilking to the captain of a Cun
arder. What the here he inserted a sea
term do we know about shipwrecks?
However," he added, more benignly,
" there was one occasion when I thought
the Bjcll of our company's good fortune
w as about to be broken, and that I should
be the critter to do it.'L f
"It was several years ago, and in the
summer time, that the ship was making
lir voyage out, and a very good voyage.
The whole way the sea had been like a
duck pond." 1 ' .
Here I shook my head incredulously.
I had seen the Atlantic in the condition
referred to, andfelt it.; y ; ; ; -
"Well, I should not perhaps have
said 'the whole way,'" lie admitted,
with a smile, "for when we were about
100 miles from land we met with a breeze
of wind." ;'.:,.
The captain always talked of "a freeze
of wind, just as some shore folks talk
(though with less Jautology, for sherry
is not always wine) of " a glass of shefry-
"I remember the breeze, because we
. picked up a little sailing boat with only
one man in her, and very short of pro
visions, who had been blown out to sea,
and whom we took on board. About
half an hour after that incident I was in
formed that one of the passengers wished
to speak with me in private upon a very
important matter.' Accordingly he came
to me in my cabin, a little thin wizened
man looking like a tailor.whom I hardly
noticed as being on board; indeed he was
insignificant enough in every way save
for the expression of his face, which cer
tainly exhibited the most intense anxiety
and distress of mind. Of course I thought
he had been drinking, and in fact waa on
the verge of the jumps,' which is what
the Yankees term delirium tremens.
" ' Well, my man, what is it? said I,
severely; we shall soon sight hmdx
have no time to throw away.
" That is very lrIIfcTtain., ha an:
, quavering vojcb, uu
with a stronR American accent, .
vour time will be even shorter than you
imnrine unless you listen to what I have
cot to say to you. Yow wiU never see
land and much more make it, if yon are
not t'repared to act at once on the imfor
motUl am about to give you. Neg
lect it, and your ship will be at the
bottom of the sea in " he looked at his
waieh 7es exactly an hour and a
1 a'f " " ' '
' "All right, my man, said I, 'you
myffo. I " senJ the ship's doctor to
look at you; V for of course I thought he
mi in wandering i n Ids wits. v ' " .
Then what had seeroe 1 anxiety in his
face became mortal fear genuine abject
terror, such as no actor eould have imi
Uted. He threw himself upon his knees,
and, clapping his hands together, bo
Muglit ni not' to treat his words with
incredulity. - . - -
" Tlien why, sir,' I replied, ' do yon
talk nneh nonsense about my ship ? '
Becanse it's true, captain,' he
groatiel. ' There's dynamite on board,
and clockwork f machinery ' connected
, h it. As I am a living man, if the
thiug i not at onoe looked to the ship
and fill on board of her will be blown to
kf oms within tlio time I have mentioned.'
At this I confess I felt a cold ahud-
. . 1 1.
drr down the'-wpe of my neck, for not
il.ree months before the very catastro-
r v.a ut. which he hinted had UKen place
It (t think) liremerhaven, and had
- i-ut k terror into all ships' captains like
- !!. Borne infamous villain had in-
- ,"W I a vessel very heavily, -and had
I'lfans lot us aestrucuon on s
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va -o in this very manner, omy me w-
u l u,a lane bad msm on tue quay,
t Bcoros of people, and its inventor
' iic
,1 Wycus. i2n 'ten me all,',!
zd , - Ukly.V. i"--'
, bnt J '; i".,;andlcau-ha
. nnk'3! .1 iftve ,- your ' solemn
-rtl never betray me.
pleaded,
3d in a M-l-n of your word
and that will sufiice for me. You must
promise, whatever may happen, never to
allude to the conversation that we are
now having, or to make use of it in any
way to the disadvantage of myself or
others." r .
" Well," said I, I promise. Now,
where is this cussed dynamite ? r
"One moment, captain. There is
still time and to spare, now, since you
have listened to reason, and I must prove
to you that though I once barkened, to
the whisper of the devil, I repented, and
would have undone the mischief if I
could. This ship is insured in London
never nana where and how for a huge
sum, and I have been employed to sink
her. I brought the machinery, set to
this very day (for yon have made the
voyage quicker than was thought possi
ble) , down to Liverpool in a small port
manteau which was sent on board the
night before she sailed. It was a stipu
lation that I should sail with you to see
tnai nothing interfered With the execu
tion of the plan. But I swear to you.no
sooner did I touch the deck than I re
pented. . I wanted the package placed in
my own cabin ask your own man if it
was not so in order that x might have
some opportunity of getting it thrown
overboard in the course of the voyage.
They had already, however, put it be
low where, indeed, it was intended to
go with the other baggage. It's a small
portmanteau of bullock's hide, and they
might as well have let me have it in my
cabin.
"The dread had passed away from the
man s voice directly 1 had given my
promise that no harm should happen to
nun. , He had doubtless every confidence
in the clock-work machinery, but that, of
course, was not mv case.
"Come up on dec, you scoundrel,
cried I, 'and identify this infernal thing.'
"I set twenty men to work at once to
bring up the luggage on the deck, which,
since we had hot yet even sighted land,
astoishend them not a little.
"'Quick, quick, my good fellows;
there will be extra grog for you, I said,
'if you turn the things out within the
hour. --..' : , -
"The passengers who had not been
across the water before, thought it a
natural thing enough perhaps, but my
officers imagined I had gone demented.
There I stood with this Yankee tailor (as
he looked like) by my side, who, though
he affected to be quite unconcerned,
kept a sharp eye on everything that came
up, and was to let me know by a nod
when we got to the dratted thing. The
luggage of a Cnnarder is no joke in point
of quantity, but in quality it varies more
perhaps than any similar collection to
be found anywhere else. .There were
arl s belonging to fine ladies, large
enough to go to sea in; chests that con
tained clothes and tools of emigrants;
dapper portmanteaus of gentlemen tour
ing for pleasure; bags of carpet-baggers
that had no other luggage nor property
on earth; hampers full of English fare to
astound the natives of New York; and
photograph cases smelling of nasty stuff
lor twenty leet round em.
"I won golden opinions from the la
dies, throusrh my beinar so very particu
lar, and calling out, 'Gently, gently;
handle 'em smart, my men, but be care
ful not to shake 'em,' which of course,
was put down to my carefulness of their
precious possessions, : whereas I was
thinking of the dangers of dynamite,
which explodes, you know, by concus
sion. That blessed portmanteau, as it
happened, was at the bottom of all a
mangy, m-ioojung uusg enongn,
though small, as heavy as lead. 'Now, '
just throw that overboard, my fine fel
lows.' said I. 'will von. and be verv
careful not to knock it agaiast the bul
warks. ... . ,
"Nobody, of course, questions the or
ders of a ship's captain when at sea and
over it went with a splash; but I saw the
first mate look at the second with an ex
pression that conveyed 'he's mad' as
clearly as if he had given words to it.
It was this circumstance, combined with
the sense of complete security from the
awful peril that had threatened us, that
for the first time put it into my mind
that I had been made the victim of a
hoax. If it had been o, I verily be
lieve I should have thrown the little
tailor after his portmanteau; but when I
called to mind the face of the fellow
when he first came into my cabin, I
could not quite believe that. However,
I took an opportunity of speaking to
him once more alone. 'Look here,' said
I, 'you unmitigated thief and villain;
there's one point in your story that wants
clearing up. Your life is not very valu
able, it is true, but I daresay you your
self put a very fancy price upon it, and,
that being bo, how could you take per
sonal charge of a- machine that, accord
ing to your own account, was to blow us
all to splinters how comes it, I mean,
that you were on board with it your:
self?'
" 'Well, captain,' he replied, 'you see
I'm a poor man, and the money was a
good round sum; and, as I told you, my
employer insisted on my seeing the thing
was going right with my own eyes; there
was a risk, of course, but the fact is, ar
rangements had' been made for meeting
me in this very latitude. The man in the
boat whom we took on board was on the
look-out for me, and it was agreed should
take me off the ship.'
" 'What! did he know about the dyna
mite, too ?' I broke out; 'is it possible
that there was a third villain, beside you
and your employer?'
'"Well, yes, captain, I'm afraid there
was, but you can't touch him, you know,
without touching me, and you have
passed your word that I shall not be
harmed. Besides, you must remember
that I might have got off and clean away,
leaving you all to bust up, if it had not
been for the extreme delicacy of my con
science " There was a sly smile about the fel
low's mouth for which I could have
wrung his neck, but for the safe conduct
I had given him; his whole manner as
well as the expression of his face had
changed, now he had got his way; and
instead of a villain who had repented of
a great crime, he looked more like a suc
cessful schemer.
"However, the dynamite was over
board, thank heaven; we were nearing
land, and I had other things to talk
about.
" When we were still some way from
H niirV, - met by a police
Toat, the chief officer Of which demanded
to be taken on board to speak with me.
" Hullo! ' I said, when we were in the
cabin together f 'no extraordinary busi
ness, I hope? There is no murdering
Englishman among my passengers, is
there?'
' 'Well, no," he answered; 'but I've
reason to believe there's a citizen of the
United States who would neither stick at
murder nor anything else.'
" Then I thought of the dynamite, of
course, and rejoiced that the villain had
been discovered without any betrayal of
his secret on my part.
" 'You have a warrant for his appre
hension, I conclude?' '
" 'Well, no, Captain, that's just nry
difficulty; for I don't know which man it
is; but I've an order to search the lug
gage. Information has come by wire
that a whole plant for forging American
bank notes is being imported by your
ship; it will not be down below, but in
the man's personal luggage in his cabin.'
" I smelt a rat at once, and I dare say
looked pretty blank and bomboozled..
"No one has left the ship since you
started, has there?' inquired the officer
anxiously; ' there has been a small boat
hanging on and off the harbor, and we
have reason to believe that this man's
confederate may have had a hint by tel
egram ' -:'. i- '
" No, no, interrupted I, 'everybody
is on board that sailed with ns;' and I
miirht have added 'and one more,' but I
thought he might just as well find that
out for himself, x duin t want more peo
ple than was necessary to know that I
had been made such a fool of. .' '
" 'According to my instructions,' con
tinued the officer, 'the plant is oontained
In a portmanteau of bullock's hide, with
brass nails around the rim, and therefore
easily recognizable.'
"I nodded, for indeed I myself recog
nized the thing from his &)&mplk.ll'Afrj.
readily. Had I not told ttvsm to be very
careful with it and not to kz&ck it against
the bulwarks, and seen ifc -Cropped over-
boardwitHmy own eyds? thus making
myself an accomplice i. the escape from
justice o! a Yankee fo
" Of course the officer didn't find the
portmanteau among the personal lug
gage,' though I am bound to say he
looked for it very carefully, and scandal
ized some of my saloon passengers not a
little by his unwelcome 'attention; nor
was it among the larger articles, though
they all lay exposed on the deck, as if
for especial behoof and inconvenience.
His imagination was, he said, that his
' information,' as he called it, had been
incorrect, and that the bullock-hide port
manteau must be coming over in the
next ship, which I said was possible
Decause everyimng is possioie, you
know though, I own, I did not think it
very probable, -
"As to the owner of the article in
question , he contrived to keep out of my
way, and supped out of the ship on tne
very first opportunity. His story was so
far true that he had intended to keep the
thing in his cabin, to be got quietly on
shore, only that the steward had objected
and caused it to be taken below, xuat
information had been telegraphed from
England to the New York police, and
was known to the confederate, who had
come out to warn him, and they would
no doubt have saved me ail the trouble
by dropping the portmanteau overboard
themselves, only it was among the other
luggage. How to get it out and dispose
of it without discovery was the problem
they had to solve, which they accom
plished by means of the dynamite story."
James tttyn. :
The Ocean Floor.
There is an end of all romance about
hidden ocean depths. We can speculate
no longer about pearls, or mermaids,
heaped treasures, and dead men's boues
whitening the coral caves. The report
of the exploring expedition sent out from
London in H. M. S. Challenger has lately
been published. Nearly four years were
given to. the examination of the currents
and floors of the four creat oceans of the
world. The Atlantic, we are told if
drained, would be a vast plain, with a
mountain ridge in the middle, running
parallel with the American coast. Another
. . . . f 1 1 i .
ridge crosses u irom newiounumnu w
Ireland, on the top of which lies a sub
marine cable. The ocean is thus divided
into three creat basins, no longer "un
fathomable depths." The tops of these
sea-mountains are two mites below a shin.
and the basins, according to Keel us, fif
teen miles, which is deep enough drown
ing, if not for mystery. The mountains
are whitened for a thousand miles by a
tiny, creamy shell. tfie depths are red
in color, heaned with volcanic matter.
Thoueh the black, motionless waters of
these abvsses move gigantic abdormal
creatures, which never rise to the upper
currents.
. There is an old legend coming down to
us from the first ages of the world by
which these scientific deep-sea soundings
throw a curious lisht. . Plato and Solon
recorded the tradition, ancient in their
days, of a countrv in the western seas
where flourished the first civilization ef
mankind, which, by volcanic action, was
submerged and lost. The same story is
told by the Central Americans, who still
celebrate in the fast of Izeall, the fright
ful catastophe which destroyed the land
with its stately cities. DoBoureborc and
other archrtlogists assert that this lost
land extended from Mexico beyond the
West Indies. The shape of the plateau
discovered by the Challenger corresponds
witii this theory. Joan Sunday I ima
Dr. Dufaur, a French physician, reports
this interestinz case: A common brown
owl built its nest beneath the projecting
roof of a farm-honse, where it had a brood
of young. One day the farmer, moved by
curiosity, drove away the old bird, took
out the young owla, and, after looking at
them, replaced them uninjured. In the
evening, as he was entering his house
with his servant, the latter suddenly
heard the beating of wings; and felt the
claws of the owl on his chin, and before
he could defend himself received a blow
from its beak directly under the eye. On
the following day an unsuccessful hunt
for the bird was instituted, but in the
dusk it appeared again and attacked the
farmer himself, striking him directly in
the eye with its beak. Dr. Dufaur found a
wound of the cornea and an abundant
hemorrhage, The sight of the eye was
completely lost and the other eye was
subsequently threatened with sympa
thetic inflammation.
- Mr. Joseph Arcb, the champion of the
agricultural laliorers, who visited the
United States and Canada a few years ago
to ascertain the advantages this continent
offered to immigrants, in a letter on the
existing condition of English agriculture
says: "The law of primogeniture and
entail must be abolished, so that large
estates may be disposed of. Large farms
bave been a hindrance to the prosperity
of our agriculture, and an injury to the
country. The game laws must be abol
ished, as one-third, and in some castes
one-half, the farmers' crops are devoured
by game." "In addition," he says, "there
must be an easy and cheap system of land
transfer, and removal of the heavy land
charges in short, equal laws for rich and
poor." When this is done he thinks there
will be little fear but that the land will be
properly cultivated, and the now waste
twenty-seven million acres brought under
the plow.
They had staid at the promenade con
cert rather later than she wished, aud
they were on their way homeward at last,
she leaned her head against his shoulder,
and her blue eyes looked into his as she
murmured, "Dear love, won't you try to
notice my eyes the next time, and read
from their silent pleading when I wish to
go ? " He said he would, in fact swore he
would, but be probably forgot, because
after they had been married about seven
years she tore oft the tail of his coat one
night when she wanted him to come away
from a church sociable, and after she got
him home, she kicked him twice in the
stomach, pulled his ear nearly out by the
roots, sat on bis new hat and said : "You
thick-headed old mackerel-eyed old
idiot, the next time I tell you to come
home you climb into your hat and come,
or I'll tear the lungs out of you with a
croquet mallet!" He "come" the next
time. Scientific American.
Mrs. Hooper tells this story of Carlyle :
"An American gentleman once called to
see him, and was greeted in the follow
ing manner: 'Weol, sir, and sy ye come
from that big country where the vote of
the greatest scoundral on airth is equal to
that of Jesus Christ j And ye ttdnk much
o Jarge Washington, but he was no great
mon, he was a eood surveyor, but he was
no great mon ! ' " .
"What organ," inquires Olive Logan,
" has such a-djapason as the human, soul?'.
We don't knowbttt suppose most any
manufacturer will clatra that his organ
cau beat the diapason of the soul, on a
dead level, best two in three, pp., and
five the soul ten yards the start. Oil City
ferrick.
: At the dry goods store : : "Mme. wishes
'' I want a pair of garters." "Here
are some pink ones. That's the color most
worn this year." "Oh, no; they won't do
for me. ' You see my furniture is blue,
and they wouldn't match, ;
Thv manufactures of the State of New
Hampshire amounted to over $96,000,000
last year, among them being $30,588,200
worth of cotton goods, $11,760,000 of boots
and shoes, $9,222,000 of woolens.
; What is Supposed to be the largest tree
ia the Southern States, is a tulip-bearing
poplar near Augusta, Oa., which is 155
feet in diameter, its lowest brancnes being
fifty-five feet from the ground. 1
" Prof. Benj. Pierce, of Harvard College,
says the whole number of comets which
are capable of being seen from the earth,
and which are Contained in our sun's
sphere, may be fairly estimated at over
five million.
Half the money that ia spent for politics
in this country in one year .would estab
lish every poor uutn in the' country on a
good farm, with all the stock and machin
ery be would need to support his family
comfortably.
"My dear," said a husband to his wife,
on observing new red striped stockings
on his only heir, "why bare yo" Tnade a
barbe1i8r-i5f our&ro' . "Be-
rsSuSo ne-oiiUtle shaverAwas theNPPiy'
' The stubbornness with which the 5t5"n
men imprisoned in the 1 PennsylvSsm
mine held out- to the end may be ac
counted for by the fact that they sub
sisted oa mule's flesh, y.
Wreck of the E. J. HcKiaacn.
A Terrible Tale f Sufferluc Ylclorino
Lopes the Sole Survivor Twenty-!
Two Bays on the Wreck j
Ills Oirn Story.
Beading a Prayer to Sad far Water by a
'Dying Han. "
Something over two and a half
months ago the bark . J. McKinnen
sailed from San Francisco with a full
crew among whom was Victorino Lo
pez, the sole survivor, aud who tells
the following story: On the 30th of
March, six days after the fated vessel
sailed from San Francisco, she was
overtaken by the storm. That night
the vessel lay to, and, just before day
light on the 3 1st, having fallen off for
a moment, was struck by a wave
which upset her. Lopez was at the
wheel, which was lashed, and held
fast to it. The mate and two men,
wfco were on deck at the time, took
refuge in the rigging. The sea, pour
ing into the forecastle, prevented the
watch below from escaping, and they
were drowned in th-ir bunks. The
captain, who with the second mate
had come on deck when the vessel
capsized, climbed to the side of the
schooner, and held on there until a
huge wave swept him away, and he
was seen no more. When daylight
came, Lopez with his sheath-knife cut
away the rigging: the masts broke,
and the vessel thus freed partially
righted. A small keg of whisky, a
box of fruit, and a sack of potatoes
were procured from the cabin; but
these were washed overboard. On
the third day ttre mate died of exhaus
tion, and the survivors threw his body
into the sea. Another sack of pota
toes was fished up from the hold; on
these the unfortunate men subsisted
until the ninth day. Then Lopez,
who to a greater degree than his com
panions retained his strength of mind
and body, with great difficulty fash
ioned a hook out of a piece of iron,
and with this began to fish in the fore
castle. He first brought up the body
of a ship mate, but further attempts
were more successful, and he obtained
a box of butter and another sack of
potatoes. All this time the men had
been obliged to drink salt water, and
Lopez now lost his reckoning of the
days. He remembers that one day he
killed a gull which was greedily devour
ed, except a small portion reserved
for catching hsh; a few fish were
caught and eaten at once. A man
named George was the first who died
Lopez asked him if he thought he was
going to God, and, on his replying
that he did think so. Lopez with a
world of meaning in his words said.
"George, when you get to where God
is tell him to send us some water.
The dying man said that he would do
so, and presently he died. Drinking
salt water had made the mate crazy.
and he died shortly afterward. This
death was followed by that of Lopez's
only remaining companion and he was
alone on the wreck. Lopez thinks
that George's intercession was success
ful, for shortly after his death there
was an abundant fall of rain. This
was before the others died, and they
lapped the water from the planks like
so many dogs. Lopez caughed his hat
full and carefully hoarded it. But he
had now become too weak to obtain
more provisions, although he made
many attempts to do so. He could
scarcely stagger to his feet for a few
moments at a time,- His mouth and
throat were parched ; his tongue swol
len so that he breathed with difficulty;
so wasted was his body that his flesh
was drawn tight' over his ribs. He
thought that for him also the end
would soon come, and that, should
the wreck be found, it would be
known who he was, for his name was
tattooed on his arm.; Despair had
seized him, but one day he painfully
rose to his feet in order to take one
last lingering look for deliverance; he
saw a vessel apparently standing from
the wreck, and endeavored to shout,
but no articulated sound escaped from
his paralized throat. Making one su-
iTJreme effort, he shook his sou'wester
above bis head and feu back uncon
scious as ne caugnt a glimpse of a
small boat coming toward him. He
was taken on board the Otaga in an
insensible condition and kindly cared
for. Upon arriving at Port Townsend
he was taken to the Hospita where
he remained two months before being
able to depart. He then went to
ban Irancisco where the simple story
of his Unparalleled sufferings - met
with great sympathy and he was soon
the recipient of substantial , favors
which will henceforth make his broken
life more bearable and remove the ne
cessity ot labor or again experiencing
the horrors of a ship wreck on the
open sea. -
A Curlou Lake.
In Colorado there is a ten-acre field
which is no more nor less than a subter
ranean lake covered with soil about
eighteen inches deep. On the soil is cul
tivated a field of corn, which produces
thirty or forty bushels to the acre. If
any one will take the trouble to diff
hole the depth of a spade handle, he will
find It to fill with water, and by using
hook and line, fish four or five inches
long can be caught. The fish have neither
scales nor eyes, and are perchlike in
shape. The ground is a black marl in its
nature, and in all probability was once
an open body of water, on which was ac
cumulated vegetable matter, which has
been increased from time to time, until
now it has a crust sufficiently strong and
rich to produce fine corn, though it has to
be cultivated by hand, as it is not strong
enougn 10 bear tne. weight of a horse.
While harvesting, the field hands catch
great strings of fish by punching a hole
in the earth. A person rising en his heel
and coming down BudVenly can see the
growing corn shake around him. Any
one having the strength to drive a rail
through the crust will find on releasing it
that it will disappear altogether. The
whole section of country surrounding this
field gives evidence of marshiness, and
the least rain produces an abundance of
mud. Jiut the question comes up, has
not this body an outlet? Althouch
brackish, the water tastes as if fresh, and
is evidently not stagnant. Yet these fish
are eyeless and scaleless, similar to those
found in caves.
England's Indebtedness to France.
A petition lately -presented to the
French Senate by a M. lis Baron sets forth
that the English Government is indebted
to France in no less a sum than 64,776,132
francs, and prays that restitution of the
sum may be claimed from the English
Taeasury. It is stated that by the treaties
and conventions between Eugland and
France in 1814, 1815, a sum of 6,500,000
francs, payable annually for a certain
number of years (representing a capital
sum of 130,000,000 francs), was awarded to
England as indemnity for the losses suf
fered by English subjects in the destruc
tion or confiscation of their property in
the execution of the revolutionary laws,
and on understanding that if any balance
was left unappropriated after payment of
the claims of various sufferers, the bal
ance should be refunded to the French
Treasury. It is calculated on what
grounds' is not clear' that the sun" of
nearly 65,000,000 francs remains in the
hands of the English Government unap
propriated, and the petition suggests that
its payment should be demanded. As an
equivalent it is proposed that England
should surrender to t ranee Mauritius, the
Seychelles, and neighboring islands, and
TwviM.?n?h uPrtmacT in Eastern
7;P0fiu-,; Madagascar,
Africa am -
imerican Sheep Husbandry.
Dr. Hayes, in his recent address before
the National Agricultural Congress, re
marking that an inadequate idea is given
of a nation's resources by the number of
sbeep. raised the character of the ani
mals being of the first consideration
proceeds to show some of the character
istics Of American sheep husbandry. He
stated that the sheep of the United States
consist, first, of what are called native
sheep: second, descendants from im
proved English races; third, the Mexican
sheep found in Texas, New Mexico, Colo
rado and California; fourth, the merino
sheep, and crosses of that breed with the
three preceding races. The merinos con
stitute the principal and characteristic
race of the United States ; and this is the
most important fact in. the enumeration
of our resources for sbeep husbandry and
the wool manufacture. England boa no
merinos, except in her colonies. Russia
has about 12,000,000 merinos, and franco
9,000,000. The merinos and grades in the
United States exceed 25,000,000. Merino
wool is for clothing . what wheat is for
food ; it is the chief material for food ; it
is the chief material for cloth at the
present day, the coarsest as well as the
finest. While the softest, it Is the strong
est of all fabrics. From its fulling and
spinning qualities, it is the best adhesive
for the cheap fabrics coarser wool, cot
ton or shoddy ; the mixture of merino
wool increasing indefinitely the material
for cheap clothing. An abundance of
merino wool Is the greatest boon the
world ha? received from the animal king
dom in the last centurv. It is. in fact, in
its extended culture, the product of the
last century. A century ago all the
merinos in the world,confined exclusively
to Spain, did not number 1,000,000 ; 1805
marks the epoch or the first transporta
tion of the merinos to Saxony ; 1786, to
France ; 1793, to Australia ; 1802, the in
troduction of the first merino sheep to
this country; and to General Humph
reys, of Connecticut, and to the introduc
tion to ti farm of 21 rams and 70 ewes,
may be directly traced the most cele
brated breeds of the American merino :
producing individuals actually sold for
$5000 each ; others from $2000 to $300,and
one for which $10,000 was refused.
Michigan Farmer. ,
Temperance During the Past Fifty
; Years. . v
From a Private Letter by William E. Dodge.l
: But those of us who can go back to the
very commencement of the temper
ance reform well know that in all parts of
ine country outside ouria'-ge cities there
has been a most remarkable change in the
customs of the great mass of people as the
result of temperance efforts. Then there
was hardly a family of any standing that
sat don to dine without some kind of in
toxicating drink 011 the table. Men were
hardly expected to work on the farm or
in their shop without their regular allow
ance. It was kept in every country store;
was used at all public gatherings, and, in
ray remembrance, was passed among the
attendants at funerals. As you sat down
at the hotel tables every second man had
bis bottle or glass of some kind of intoxi
cating drink. Now we know that to a
great extent this is changed. Go where
you will throughout the countrv. sit down
to the tables of a great majority of our
ia mines, ana you win and no intoxicating
drinks. Sit down at our hotels 011 the
great hues of travel and you will not see
one person using strong drink, where
fifty years ago you would have seen ten.
Had it not been for the vast increase of
population from the old wond during the
last half century, the results of the tem
perance movement would be more ap
parent. But thoie of us who have watched
it feel that itscrogress has been most en
couraging. 1 have just returned from an
absence of two months, iu which I have
traveled through ten States and over 2000
miles, and 1 have seen less drinking and
fewer drunkards than ever before in the
ame time and distance.
Fish Sot a Brain Food.
Dr. J. W. Draper, in an article iu far
per't Magazine for April says : Since dur
ing the acts of sensation and intellection
phosphorus consumed in the brain and
nervous system, there arises a necessity
to restore the portions consumed, or, as
the proper expression is. to use brain
food. Now, as everybody knows, it is the
property of phosphorus to shine in the
dark; and as fish in a certain stage of
putrifactive decay often emit light, or be
come phosphorescent, it has been thought
that this is due to the abundance of phos
phorus the fish contains, and hence they
are eminently suitable for the nourish
ment of the nervous system, and are an
invaluable brain food. Under this idea
many persons resort to a diet of fish, and
persuade themselves that thev derive
advantage from it in an increased vivid
ness of thought, a single improvement in
the reasoning powers. But the flesh of
fish contains no excess of phosphorus nor
does its shining depend upon that ele
ment. Decaying willow wood shines
even more brilliantly than decaying fish ;
i. V - 1 . -if V 1 t . Mt
11 may oe aisceraeu aiur on at nignu xne
shining in the two cases is due to the same
cause oxidation of carbon, not of phos
phorus, in organic substances containing,
perhaps, not a perceptible trace of the lat
ter element. Yet surely no one found
himself rising to a poetical fervor by tast
ing decaying willow wood, though it
outrht. on these Drincioles. to he r hetter
brain food than a much larger quantity of
nsh.
Dell eaey of Mint Scales.
The fine gold-weighing scales made in
Philadelphia for the New Orleans mint,
and placed in position recently, are mar
vels of mechanical invention and accurate
workmanship. The larger of the two has
a capacity of 10,000 ounces troy, or about
6S6 pounds avoirdupois, and, when loaded
with its full weight, will indicate a varia
tion of 1-1000 part of an ounce, or 1-100,-000
part of its weighing capacity. An
other pair of scales is the one intended
for weighing gold only. It has bsarings
composed 01 tne nnest agates, which have
been ground with wonderful precision
So delicate is this machine that it will
give the precise weight of a human hair,
and is susceptible to the slightest atmos
pheric changes. Millions of dollars worth
or precious metals will be weighed an
nually upon these scales.
Coffee-Ba.slng In Florida.
While in Georgia tea culture is begin
ning to attract attention, in some portions
ui-ciunun we tuiiui t) w cunee is excit
ing interest. The Tampa Iribune says :
"Mrs. Joe At zeroth, living on the south
bank of Manatee river.near Braidentowu,
was two coffee trees, bearing this year
for the first time, as we learn from
a irfintleinim.' recently -from thorn
With proper core and judicious efforts
there certainly can do no doubt of the
practability of raising coffee in South
Florida, especially iu certain parts of
Manatee county and in the Caloosahatchie
county, it would be interesting to know
if any efforts have been made in this lat
ter region to grow mis tree, and 11 so.witu
what success.
In His Way.
Mrs. Morrell was an Irish lady, lately
deceased, who in her youth was a mem
ber of the Milbanke household when
Lady Bvron, after many quarrels with
her husband, returned to her father's
house. These quarrels ended one morn
ing at breakfast, when Byron was in a
"tantrum," and his wife brought matters
to a crisis by asking pointedly, "Byron
am I in your way x" - JJyron, leaning
against tne maniiepiece. answered sav
agely. " Yes. damnably 1" Lady Bvron
immediately left the room, and soon after
the house, blie never saw her husband
again, and "damnably " was the last word
irom ner ups wuicu ien upon uer ear.
The Deepest Well is the Wokxji.
The Warren Farm Well, one of the
deepest, if not the deepest in the world,
waa commenced on the South Downs
above Brighton In 1853, and after four
years persistent digging the water was
reached at a depth of 1285 feet, the shaft
being 6 feet in diameter down to 400 feet,
and 4 feet for the remainder. The opera
tion cost between 6000 and 7000, and
was watched with the greatest interest by
geologists. '.:
IIoHK-MiDE Vikegar. A cheap and
wholesome article of vinegar may be
made of water, molasses, and yeast, say
twenty-five galloni of water, four of mo
lasses and one of yeast. This, when it
ferments, will yield very good vinegar. A
fair imitation of white wine vinegar may
be made of mailed raisens aridwaU
kept in a warm pce far a month.
: Why Hen Will Hot Marry.
The expenses of women cause matri
mony to be dreaded by men ; - so many of
them prefer the splendor of wealth and
the show of enjoyment to the simplicity
of the manners and the pure pleasures re
sulting from it. Thus wrote "Brissot," of
New York society many years ago, and
the same might be written with as much
troth to-day. How few there are that
give any thought to the matter, or stop
for a moment to realize how this love of
expensive and costly amusements is
growing to be a mania. The craving for
excitement, for unsatisfactory pleasures,
for indulgences that not only money can
buy, is bringing Borrow into homes all
over the land.
Men think they can't afford to marry
unless they can find some one who baa
plenty of means, and the mass of women
are searching for rich husbands, and both
are wasting their lives in a wretched
manner, and growing false to the better
promptings of their nature all the time.
There I are so many womeu out in the
world struggling to make an honest liv
ing, going forth to labor in any calling
that will bring them the means to sup
port themselves and aid others, perhaps,
depending upon tneir earnings. Kenned,
well educated, reasoning girls, that know
life to be earnest, and are by uature, edu
cation, and wise experience fitted to make
noble wives and motbers,of whom men can
well be proud, if their selfish instincts did
not blind tbein to the truth. The noble
army of patient wot kers are usually
passed by for and preference given to the
dinty creatures clad in purple and fine
linen, who toil not, neither do they spin
who, when reverses come, sit down
with folded hands aud drive their hus
bands to distraction by their fretful re
pinings.: They have cultivated such a
love for expensive dress, pleasures and
show that nothing else gives any delight,
n .1 an h . !. .....n.,n . . 1. ..." -a - T.. f..
tneir wants it matters not now or irom
whence they come. So husbands become
ruined and wives have no inward re
sources to fall buck upon. . The mass of
men are seihsh ; they want their high
toned suppers, their fast horses, their ex
pensive wines, their fine flavored cigars,
their personal comfort and pleasure faith
fully attended to, and when they marry
they want a wife who either has or is
able to earn enough by singing, writing,
lecturing, or anything that brings in a
plentiful amount, so they shall reap no
discomfort by taking unto themselves a
helpmeet, it both sexes would only learn
to be resigned and contented with less
bIiow and more reality, come out of their
dreams of frirolty aud cultivate more
simple tastes, more true happiness would
fall into the lives that now are so barren
and meaningless.
If young men were more sensible, they
would not grow into old bachelors wait
ing to find a wife w ho has money and if
girls were brought up to know how to
take care of themselves and and be in
dependent, there would be a far less num
ber of miserable marriages in the world.
Fortunately, we are growing so progres
sive that nowadays women do not feol as
if marriage was the only destiny for
which they are created, and many prefer
to remain single rather than wed. If
money was used to minister higher needs,
and devoted less to glitter and display, to
keeping up an appearance beyond your
means, to entertaining those you really
cared for, instead ot numbers with whom
you had not a thought in common,
living would be such a continual uurest
and such an unsatisfactory sort of ex
istence. The best things are real clear
to the core and most to be desired. Ex
travagance must not debar men from
matrimony if they choose to look wisely
for the true.noble girls that would help to
make them not bankrupts, forgers and
spendthrifts, but honorable members of
society ; who are free from false pride, an
ambitlou to shine in merely fashionable
society ; who can live contentedly within
their means, are not hollow and heartless
and superficial, with hearts deadened by
a life of fashionable and light fri volt j-, but
are good, lender and true. . xlve.
She Took the Cow. Over in Wind
fall, says the Tipton, Ind., Times, recently.
a man and his wife got to that point of
disagreement so graphically described in
'Betsy and I Are Out." They decided to
separate, and the assets of tne partner
ship were divided up until only the baby
was left, when the father said, "If you
will leave the baby with me I will give
you a good cow." The mother considered
a moment, and decided that a good cow
was worth $25, and a baby well, pretty
poor property. So she took the cow.
The little child, who has just broken
out with the chicken-pox, is asked by the
mother, "What do you think your "papa
will say when he sees his darling girl in
such a plight?" "Oh, I s'pose he 11 say,
Why, damme! it's too bad."
Fntozoa. A group of invertebrate an
imals which during some period of their
existence live within and derive nourish
ment from the bodies of other animals,
and with but few exceptions belong en
tirely to the class of helminths or worms.
Animal parasites form in fact a sort of
sub-fauna, and their number is only to
be estimated by the extent of the animal
kingdom. The presence of helminths or
worms in mankind is alarmingly baneful
and prevalent, and their existence until
recently was so little known that many
persons have died from this cause who
were treated for some other ailments.
Indeed it is only within a few yeirs that
heminthoiogy has attained to the position
of a true science, and chiefly through the
labors of a few observers in Germany.
Dr. Yandenberg has on exhibition at his
office, No. 212 First street, Portland, a
large and varied collection of these won
derful and mischievous internal parasites
which by his medicines he has expelled
from many well known individuals in
Portland and elsewhere. As the doctor
charges nothing for advice, the af
flicted should consult him.
DR, JAMES KECK,
THE CELEBRATED CATARRH DOCTOR,
of Chicago, formerly of : Aurora, 111., is
now located in Portland, Oreiron, wber be
gives (at his office) a FKEE TRIAL of a .
Sure Cure for Catarrh !
Tka Doctor treats successfully all Chronic
disease and Female Weaknesses ; euros Cancers
without tho use of any knife, and free
from pain; ha a NEVER-FAILING CURE
for FEVER and AGUE. Medicines sent to all
nartt of tho country, and all Droner auostions an
swered through the mails promptly by enclosing
two stamps. Office' oonsultation FREE. Write
or call aud see the doctor if yon are needing ined
ical aid.
As an evidence that my Catarrh Remedy is
no patent, worthless nostrum, and that I moan
what 1 say, I will forward, on application, to
parties at a- distance, a sample boUle Free of
Charge.
DR. JAMES KECK, 135 First 8treot, Port
land, Oregon. ' Postollice box 369. I'lcaae men
tion in what paper you saw this notice..
JOHN FRA8ER,
Heine Hads Furniture,
YILBCH, m , OliKGOHr.
Upholstery, Spring Mattrasses, Etc.,
Constantly on hand.
ff li ilil l ill air lurnltoro south o( Portland
And all of nty own manufacture. , .
No two Prices to Customers
1 Residents of Douglas county are requea'ed to
give me a call before purchasing elsewhere. -
ALL WORK "WAP.BANTED.-
P fONET 1X1 A NEC OOOUS BOtjOHT
it S Pmdnr Bold Accounts Collected. X.
wnroou IXV, principal Heal Batata Agent
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PHTSICIASt AKD 8CHGBQN. "
EATON. F. B. Southwest cor. First and Mor
rison streets; disease of the eye and oar a
specialty.
CABDWELIn W. B.-B. E. cor. Flrat and Hor
rlson, over Mome's Patiuw of Art.
ATTORSKY-AT-LAW.
WOODWARD k WOODWARD 105 First BUj
Alisky & Hegele Building.
GREGORY, W. M. 105 First street; Alisky k
Hegele's Building.
ADAMS, W. H. 8 Dek-um'a Building, corner
W aaamgioB ana nm.
BOOKS, STATIONERY, KTC.
HIBSTEL.CHA8. A CO. 106 First A 107 Front.
SADDLERY AID HARNESS.
CRON1N. PVJ. 11 Alder street. Good ai the
best; eneap as toe eneapest. , -
DENTIST." 1 - ' .-
KOEHLER, Wat., Db,-.
$tttcr DENTIST 8Bnjt
i- . - OFFICE l7 Pirat Street.
Dr, J.P.P. Van Deniergli,Sr
No 212 First St., bet. Taylor A Salmon,
. rorUsusd, Ore.
TEE GREAT WORM EXTERMINATOR
Lata of Ssa Fiandseo.
Would inform the sick generally tht abont M yesra
extensive pnwtius of medicine and surgery In Europe
and tbe United States, of which 29 have been ia Cali
fornia, hts, by clone observation and great expetuneata
oome to the conclusion that there are more acute and
ebouic diseases by worms, hyadadids, animaonhs or
otlie. species of eutosoa. Tbe public generally, or the
profeauoo at bus, ara not aware of the number of pa.
tienu wbo are treated by eminent physicians for this,
that, or such a oompLunt, without any relief. If the
disease has been understood, a few doses of Dr.Vaa Den
berg's Sovereign Worm Remedy would have immedi
ately cured the eomiaaiot, and have saved many a great
many Uvea. Dr. Van Denberah s has collected a Luge
variety of California roots and herbs, which, by analys
ing, close observation and extensive experiments, be
e&u conscientiously sav that be has discovered oev ram
edles for successful cure of the following diseases:
Dyspepsia, Chronic Affections of the Liver aad Kid
neys, first and second S e of Consumption, White
Swelling, Palsy, Spermatorrboa or Local Weakness,
Nervous Debility, Kpiieptie sits. Rheumatism, taeural
gia. Diarrhea, Incontinence of Uriae, Gravel, Fluor
Altms, Diabeiut, Dropsy, and all these diseases which
are known under the name ot Venereal, such as Syph
ilis, in ail its forms. Gonorrhea, Gleet, Strictures, False
aasages, luftammation of the Bladder and Prostrate
Glands, Kxotiriations, Pnetules, Piles, Pimples,
Blotches and all Cutaneous Eruptions of the Skin. Can
cer Tumors cured with or without operation. Ia recent
Venereal Diseases the Doctor effects a cure m from
three to six days, or no charge.
For the eyes, ear and throat. Dr. Van Denbergh pos
sesses new and' invaluable remedies.
Dr. Van Denbergh would advise those ladies troubled
with Irregularities of the Uteros to try bis new reme
dies and get cured.
Dr, Van Denberyh's Infallible Worm Syrup for Chil
dren. lrice !. Warranted to expel lbs worms, or the
money refunded.
By consulting snd undenroinf a simple examination,
the aifluted can learn if tbeir diseases are caused by
wossai or not; at ail events, ur. sn uenbergn oaa
tell them from what diseases they are suffering.
Consultations aad examinations I rev sf ebsursr).
In sll cases. Dr. Van Denbergh guarantees in all cases,
to expel the worms, or ao charges. .
A Largs Teacup Fall r Worms Bx
palled.
This Is to certify that Dr. Van Denbergh expelled
a large teacup full of worms from m. some meaa
ortng eight to ten Inches in length, and vow I fee!
like a new man again. I reside on Twenty-aeeoiid
street, between a and F, Portland, Oregon.
A. LoaaDtM.
Over 3000 Warms Kxpelled.
One bottle of Dr. Van Denbergh s Worm Syrup
expelled over 2000 worms from my son 12 years of
age. E. 8 Griffith, b Salmon tcieea.
roKTLlD, MiY 21, !t7.
Harder Will Omt.
One I ott'.e of Dr. Vsn Den Bf rgo's Worm Syrnp
expelled nver!WX worms from my son Louis, and
bad the effect of caring him of Nervous Hpatmt. X
reside on Klghteemh aud one -half street between
PandQ .-fllgNJtms H. Nva.
roBTLy wftofTgv 'ii U:i .
A Ufe&nved abrs ftp.it h Seemed IbctIU
i bl.
Sk Fasxtuco, Uarch 4, 187A
?Thl is to certify that I had been lingering for fifteen
yfars with a otmipliculion of chronic dUnases and for
ufoulhs oniittnod tu my bed without receiving any Ben
efit from many eminent doctors wbo attended toe.
Given up to die by tbe physicians and my friends, I was
taken to Dr. J. P. P. Van Denbergh, senior, office No.
63 Sixth street, S unable to stand or walk alone,
after a dose and careful examination Dr. V. said sll mv
ailments and misery were created by a specie of worms,
and to my and my friends surprise, tbe Doctor sxp lied
from me over 8,000 well developed worms within two
boars which gave me immediate re1i -ind was able to
walk and did walk oa the sniewiH tif it days after
wards and two weeks alter tbe we u a were expelled
1 weih nine pounds more than 1 d;u ..i"ie I believe
I should now ne dead but Ivr the skillful treatment o
Dr. t. P. P. Van Denbergh' saving my life is consid
ered by myself and friends a miracle.
K. B. LOV1NK.
I certify that tlie above facts are true and 1 have
known sir. K. B. Lovine for a number of years during
bis sickness. CHAS. C. U DONSKLL, M . D..
Office 808 Kearny street, Ssa Francises.
4. Taunt. -.'''- '
' Da. J. P. P. Via Dasaxaeii Bear Sir! I deem it my
duty to make tbe following statement: For the last
three years 1 have been suffering with constant gnawipf
pain and a quivering sensation in my stomach; also
pain in mv cheat aad heart; my iooq wonia not aigest.
and I was so nervous that it was with difficulty I could
follow my occupation, which has been here in Salem for
tbe past ten years, as a practical dentist. In fact, from
from tbe eonstaut pain and misery, I had wasted to a
mere skeleton. I bad been doctoring a great deal
without any benefit, and believing there was no help
tor me but to linger on until death would relieve me at
any suffering. Some of my friends thought 1 had worms,
and had better see Dr. Vsn Denbergh. He told me at
ones that worms were the cause of all my troubles, so
be gave me five small powders, and m about four hours
about 700 worms, from one inch to ope aad one half
Inches long, came away from me that day, and the fol
lowing nignt some more came, and I am now happy to
say 1 feel like another man again, and am gaming
strength from day today. H. SMITH- H. D.
Salem, Oregon, September 23, Wl.
C. O. BAILEY,
Southeast corner fecond and B Streets
PORTLAND
OREGON,
SEALER IS
Lime, Plaster
AND CEMENT,
GARDEN AKD GRASS SEED?,
Flour and Feed,
FOREISfi AKD DOMESTIC FRUITS.
ALBERT BARTSCH,
Piano UaHcr and Tnner.
Sole AReul for the World-Renowned
Kranich & Bach PIANOS,
Gabler's New Scale Upright PIANOS,
Burdett UKUAN5,
Fine Piano Stoolf . - :
Tuning anil Repairing of Ia jtrumonU a specialty
IV a, re rooms Third Ht-y stear Taylor, Port
Don't Fail, if You arc Buying
FURNITURE !
To call at the establishment of ,
Ps YEBEB,aoS 'IBST ST, PORTLAND
He keepa a'tnrjre stock on hand, and doe all
he Upholstering himself, and gives Full Satisfac
tion. Prices Lower than iu Buy other house
in Portland.
Remember the Placet MOS Flrat Street.
FIREWORKS.
I "WISH TO CALL ATTEffTION TO THOSE
fn want of Fireworks that I am prepared to
furnish at my
Hew Laboratory, en Twenty-third Street,
.' net. r susai ..
Bombs, BockeU, Candles, Bengolias,
Volcanoes, rountaine, bigaal
Lights, Signal Rockets, and
Small Exhibition Pieces. -
LARGE EXHIBITION PIECES made to order
of any desired sin or design, at short notice.
For further information send tor circular. It is
Deceessarr for all orders to be sent in time, as tome
of the works will not keep that are urad for Exhi
bitions, and have to be net up after receipt ' e
order. AU works warranted, Address . -
GEO. HUGHES, Prrutechaist,
V. 0. Box 138, Portland, Or
0
The W estinghouse.Threshing LfcchiiiD, Tka
Clute & Co. Portable Engines.
By request of the manufiioturers vre have aocept el
tlie agency for this Ktnte and the adjoining- territories
of the abovejustly celebrated Machines.
We have natisaedourselres chat the above nrereal
ly SUPERIOR Machines, and are recommended ly
fiirniera who used them ilast season as : BEST
Machines they hare ever seen.
Sendfor Catalognes and descriptive circulars.
Agents wantedin every county In this tate anil
the Territories. .
E. J. HORTHRUP &CO.,
PORTJLA.NX, OHEGOX.
ATaXTfi & BLACK,
.sVtrenttj for
E. P. ALUS & CO., cf miwfiniee, ULsicz:
LL CBILDEC3,
AND MILL FURrilGHEOG.
W a have on band and are constantly reoeirlnf, '
Steam Engines. Flour XXill HacMnery,
SIUl Stones, Fortaatls Flemr aad Ssvvr mils. BeitlstsT Cloths. Ssmwttarc, Sep
tors, IseKtber ajsd slabber Bclllm, aiftd Ceiral Mill Farabihla go.
f-So?e Agents for Ue Celebrated Becker Brash Machines; Eclipse and Victor Water wheals
al.U OnrUss ng ines and Allir Saw si Ills. Send for Frioea and description.
apM
Re, 10
M. C. NEWBERRY
General
Commission Merchant,
Wholesale Dialer In Oregon and
California
Fruit, Produce, Mill Feed, etc.
122 FRONT STREET,
P.O Hex ass.
55
Sewing- 3Xeliiiies
STILL TAKE THE LEAD.
QCC A Of) GENiUXE SIXGEE" MA
OJUftOt. chines sold in 1878, being nearly
three-quarters of all the machines sola in the
world.
BUY THE BEST-
wastb so HO.ier o " cheap " corBTEFreirs
The Singer M'f'g Co.
l-t3 First St,, Portland.
AGENTS EVERYWHERE.
ROCK SOAP I
The Best Soap Made.
Ash your Grocer for it.
M. G. NEWBERRY,
139 front t., Portland, or.
Agent for Oregon and Washington Territory.
c aior aw, a. D.
IDA E. ANDREWS, ST.D
Drs . J. . & Ida . Andrews,
Office, Residence and Bath Rooms, .
Ko. 251 Front 8k, bet. Main & Madison,
Portland, Oregon.
fpiIEIR APPARATU8 FOR THE C HEM
'S, ical analysis of urine gives them Superior
Facilities for determining .
Obscure Diseases of the Kidneys
and Bladder.
While their
STEAM, SULPHUR
AX0 OTHER
Medicated Baths
Are valuable aids in'the treatment ol all
ACUTE AKD CHROMIC DISEASES
ESPECIALLY
Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Asthma,
Heai t Disease, Catarrb, Elc.
TV" Parties living at a distance will do well
to CORRESPOND with them relative to their
ailment; and any wishing to remain in Port
land for treatment will be provided good board
ing places at reasonable rates.
Cliartres Very Reasonable.
Information for the million 1
TWs bare the Largest aad Ftaeat
Stock la the State, aad will aell jraa Kara
Goods for 1mm Mobct thaa yon caua bar
elsewhere.
Bead for ear Price List and Catalogue,
mailed free to any address. '
J. Kohn's Clolhln? Palace,
PORTXAJfD, ORKGOH.
D. W. PRENTICE & GO
Music Store.
' SOLE Jlf.KNTS FOB THE
CELEBRATED WEBER,
HAINES BROS. AND PRAMS CO. -8
UrantI, Sqnare and Upright Pianos, and
Estev and Standard Organs. .
1SS rtrat Btreot. rsrllssa, Cregaa
BURTOTJ HOUSE,
: ferasr Third aa4 V streets
Wear Steamship Landtnt-s aad Railroad Depots
FORTLANP, ORXOOtt. .
Lewlsloa V Fretland, Proprietors
" (Late of Minnesota Eoaae.1
Will spar no pains nor expense to Osaka
-. Ibis bouse.
1IU BKST HOTEL IU PvMIXaSI.
Portland Straw Works
5 MAIST ST., bet. 3d and 3d.
IIATM AIVI BOKNET8.
Cleaned, Dyed susd Pressed. -
Feather Cleaaed CsrW. ttata
- Pressed aad Ketairacd by
Mall ripm,
IB TH S VsTKT LATS8T STYIS AT SBTOJcT STOTICS,
TO MJVB. AS SW SI lit.
8AM DSL SIMMONS. Proprietor
Hsnr.iAnn iursch,
MANUFACTURER OP
BILLIARD TABLES,
SHOW CASES, ETC.
Wo. 04, JFMOIVT BTBEET,
. Acrmt for - .
P. Li ea nielli's lUilr&s .&& ZTUl'.jr J
Viooua.
SINGER
North Prawt Straws. PsMtlauseV tH-ss.
PFUinJBB'D:
(U 1 (U M U
FEVER & A
nixTunc
EVERY DR USB 1ST ScLlS IT.
HEW FII11I ASD HEW GOODS I
Bedrock Prices.
R0BBINSa17d YATES,
i
as '
UE
PORTLAND, - ' - - OREGON,
Wholesale and Retail DeiJers in
Holdings, . Engravings,
CHBOMOS, FRAMES. VELVET ,
FRAMES, PASS APARTOUTS, V
VIEWS, STEREOSCOPES, ; -MATS,
ETC., ETC.
Whitney & Holmes
Violin. Strings, Harmonicas, Aeoordeons,
Instruction Books, and Matucal
Merchandise. . ;
300 Choice American and German Chromes
Frames of any size made to order ; old
repaired or made over. Give ns a ce ll. Batista
tion guaranteed. . rt
First Street, bet. Mala suad IsTmsa.
ADDISON O.
Attorney fc Counselors at 7aw
Portiand, t t Credos
Rooms 8 and 9, over First Natioiwl Bank
Particular attention paid to brnJasas In the
United fclatea eourta.
Printer's Supplies.
PRINTER'S SUPPLIER OFALL KINDS
turnisneo. Collections made and
Prompt Return. Address,
PACKARD & CO.,
Box T84, Portlmal, Orrgism
FOR GALE.
PRIimUG OFFICE.
Press, Type and Material, Little'
Worn. ' -
For Fartiealar. addreaa
r PACKARD & CO.,
Boa 18, PorUaad, Ort jaa.
PALACE
LODGinC HOUSE,
.'.- AUsJtj.Hsle'aNew Bnlld ng.)
CorMorrlson Tltlrd Htm,.
PORTLAND, OREQOX.
JohnJ, Sclslllintrc rrt
Pateat Fire, . Water and Frost Proof'
ARTIFICIAL STONE..
THB VSTDERerOiffBD PROPS.! J TOR OP
tbls valoao'e patent on tlie lo Cowl,
Is so prepared to exeectia all ord. rs. ta.s
sione Is laid in alt sbapes and In any color or'
variety of eoiora. Orders ma; be 1111 (4i
Front street, opposite he Holton Po ise lort
land. . , CHAS. B. DUERKOOP. P ,rri wr
Cishc? Sc3tt Gran:r.ir Wzizi
tatfer tie htperrhla cf CULcj Esrria
The JCastat Term begic .
Jaaaarjr list, aad. Eads Jaavej IttSk.
THE 8CHOOL IS Rrvvp WtZZ rrfj
way. with irot J. Vf. Kv!U i
ter, assisted y foor roaWeat Uaiiw M ,,
Ibetn Mr. A. Loola siastr. .
Boys PrtareJ fcrTftUes or 23 ifucu
MUSiO AKO MOSEXa LA EC 1XCZ1
Tsof nt by resident ac&ers of 1m rzd
lSilijr. ,
lssTurcncs rrcr-cus r.
Particular attention raid to tht txst vaton
- ENGLISH IS HAT' CIS. E- - '
And sv''! fsi 's?3 n . " t'.s p ,
!& Wa itt te ttitowi.
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