THE INDEPENDENT.
POLCiyO TO MARGARET. x
Th' wr-rlrt a -e up and the world iroee down,
ADd the nnnin- f Iowa the rata;
And jesiemay's -T, and yesterday frown,
Can nevefcom over again,
.-.i- ftweetwife, :.
Can never oome over a,In. . .
For woman i warm, though man ba cold,
Ami ihe night will hallow the day;
Till tte bear which at even waa weary and
old . . ..
. Can rise In the mora I nr. gy,
Bwnl wife, , .
, lo Its work in tb-morning; ray
, Th aau.ES KrNOl..Y.
Jck. . :
"A. mornui' like tiiis, with the arm a
sLinia", and the birds a aingin', and the
posies a blossoming in those beds down
there seems to chirk one up mightily,"
said Mrs.' Zib, flirting her dust rag vig
orously. Vlt's a pity you ain't able to
le up and get a peak at it. It'd do yon
more good than medicine, 'cording to
my notion. There's lota of folks gone
by already, the kind that has little to do.
Well, if I ever!" and Mrs. Zib's poke
bonnet and the edge of her sharp nose
seemed in imminent danger of going
through the shutter, she was so inquisi
tively eager in her inspection of some
passer by.
"It's that Hoke boy," she said pres
ently, withdrawing her head and pro
ceeding to set in order the vials on the
stand. "X declare he's a shaver to be
driving his own pony, a black one with
a ball face and a what do you call it
dogcart; I don't see why there's any
need of giving a decent wagon such an
outlandish name. He ain't more tlian
eight years old I'm sure, and is about as
sassy as they make 'em; but then some
. folks are able to make all sorts of fol-de-rols
for their children, and others are
put to their wits' end to get bread for
theirs, and yon can't help feelin' that
lots is various. Some do seem to get all
the plums in the pudding, and others
can't even get a whiff at the crust. It's
queer, but I suppose it's right."
She gave me an interrogative glance
. as she spoke, then spying some uneasi-
ness in the little, week-old morsel of hu
. inanity who was cuddled in my arms,
she took him away and sat down with
him in the low rocker. "You folks
make an awful fuss over him," she said
meditatively; "not that he is anything
out of the ordinary run, either, as I can
see, but samohow you seem to think he
is wonderful. S'posing, now, you had
" felt bad about his coming, not knowing
how he could be fed or clothed, and
s'posing nobody kissed or cuddled him,
and wondered whether he looked like
you or his father, or his grandmother, or
all the rest of 'em?" ;
"Mrs. Zib, please hand me that baby
right away. I want to kiss him."
"I ain't coins: to do any such thing,"
said the nurse peremptorily. "He's just
been fooled with enough this morning!
All them big girls in the family had to
have their foolishness over him before
they went to school, and I hain't counted
how many times you've kissed him.
He'll take it easy enough on my lap for
awhile. Yeller, ain't he? Well, that's
the iaunders: it makes 'em sleepy, too.
I once saw a baby just as likely for his
age as this one; but laws, he was blinkin'
and winkin away in a miserable sort of
a shanty, and nobody seemed to want
him in the world very much.' He was
one of them kind that never gets a whiff
at the pudding. . He belonged to the
Briggs, Dun'l and Melindy, and the be
longing to them wa'nt much of a bless
ing, for they were two of the shiftless,
slack, always behind hand sort of people
who never seem to know how to take
care of themselves rightly. Their folks
V 1 4.. an a wrtvlrlTl 0l little
on other folks land, doing an odd job
now and then, keepin' in vittels and
shabby clothes somehow, the women
gettin' cold vittles when they washed for
the farmers' wives, and some of the old
clothes it wa'nt no use to make over.
Dan'l, however, was the very cream of
the hull so far as slackhandedness and
downright laziness was concerned. It
wa'nt no trouble for him to do nothin',
and never troubled his conscience
neither, though perhaps he didn't have
nn MrtmAt.imOfl VtA irnt a Yob
in harvest or plantin' time, but gener
ally folks were shy about hiring him;
nobody, likes to pay a man for settin'
.-drnmmin his heels agin the fence, or
t.,jipiB-'.tv talk to everybody who hap
pens to go by. 'f he women folks said he
was a heavy hand, too, on the butter and
the meat. He was a great one to go
punning. You'd see bim slouching
along regular, two mangy, ribby hounds
a followin' after; such folks must keep a
dog, you know, even if they hain't
nothin' for themselves.
"Melindy used to say sometimes that
she wished Dan'l was a" little steadier at
his work, but if you went to blaming
him she always had some excuse for
him. 'Squire wanted him to work too
hard, or he had to take care of the baby.'
."There was always a baby in the
house, a li,t!e, half -dressed, generally
miserable creetur, for they never got the
right kind of fare, and wa'nt made the
least of, though Dan'l and Melindy liked
them in their way. I can't even say it
, was curious the little things' died off
after one another, but it did seem to me
fortunate, for there wa'nt no gainsaying
but what they were better off out of the
world than in it. Jack, though, he
toughed it out, though he had all the
drawbacks the others had, and grew to
be a little black-eyed youngster, hang
ing to Melindy's skirts, trottin' 'round
after Dan'l, or lyin' in the sun and sand
alongside them miserable dogs.
Melindy went when the seventh baby
come, ana she and the child were buried
together, and you wouldn't hardly think
it, but one day when one of my boys
went past the place where she was
buried, if there wa'nt that forlorn little
Jack a walkin' 'round and 'round it and
pipin', 'Mammy, mammy!'
"Misfortunes never come single, they
pay, and I believe it, and to prove it
DanTs gun went off all of a sudden one
day when he was climbing a fence, and
Homebody found him the same day lying
there clean shot through the heart. Af
ter he was decently buried no one knew
what to do with Jack. It wa'n't to be
thought of that anybody around should
want Aim, and the only , way seemed to
be to sead him to the poor house. I
remember he sat out on a big stone in
the yard, hiding his face from every
lody in his torn jacket sleeve, and cry
ing lor the dog that squire Jones tad
, took away 'cause he said he was a good
bird dog, and somebody or other had
. hushed him up quite sharp when he
called for 'pappy.' .
"Old Mrs. Fox asked mo if I didn't
' feel to take him, but I didn't mean to fly
in the face of providence by taking that
child when I had tough work to keep my
nwn. Hr -Tank went to ihrt mwr honn-
I'in sure we have to pay taxes to keep it
going, and it's fair somebody should be
' sent there once in awhile-
"Do you know the Brones? No? Well,
that's curious, for they live only a mat
ter of four miles away. - Likely as not
. , , L Xl . 1
you ve nearu euougu u uom w auuw
that they are awful closej but I'm free to
mj that of all stingy, scraping, rich crea
tures they are the very beat. . I was sent
for to come and nurse Tom's wife when
she had her baby a couple of years ago.
Tom came over beforehand to strike a
kAvmk;n with -mn. .fjriftrl tn tell m a f.lio
work would be light with Samantha, her
niece, there, and asked me right out to
take off a couple of dollars in my price.
But I knew the? Brones, and they knew
me, and I went for my regular wages or
not at alk" " You see, there is a great deal
to do on a' large frm like theirs, and
they " expected . me to be busy every
minute. . "" '- '"" ?
. "I soften wondered when I was there
what i was the use of money if you
couldn't enjoy it; They certainly didnt
seem to get any good, so to speak, out of
theirs. Their very table was mean,
mean for them who could afford better
sour rye bread, rusty pork and the small
potatoes they couldn't aell. Though
they' hud ft big lot of poultry none of it
ever came on their table, neither did
ecrgs or such, for -overythnig that could
fxtch copper went to market and if
they lived like that yoa can think what
aort ot vittl Jack got 1 Yes, Jack, for I
found Danl Brijrcrs Jack there. v
"You-see the first night when I see
that tall, shamblin'. erectur shufflin, in
with his head droppin' forrards I mis
trusted that I'd seen him somewhares be
fore, and X watched him while he eat bis
bread crnsts and cold potatoes, and alter
he'd gone oat I asked Samantha, 'Who's
her ,v
" 'Jack,' she says.
" 'Jack Briggs?' '
"And then I had it sure enough.
'Tom got him out of the poor house
some time ago,' she said, sharply; "he's
half a fool. . I hate him.' .
"Well, I wouldn't blame anyone for
being half a fool living on such food as
they gave him. Eat edges of pork with
out a bit of meat on them, cold potatoes,
and bread left to get hard and dry so he
couldn't eat so much of it. Bless you,
child, I'm not lying; I'm tellin' down
right truth;! I ve seen Christian folks
more than once play that trick on their
hired folks, -" ' - - r ' '' " '
"I spoke to him next morning as he
was washing outside on the porch. 'I
knew you folks once,' says I.
" 'Eh, said he, looking at me with
those dull, black eyes of his'n.
"Yes, and I knew you when you was a
litUe fellow; you've growed considerable
since. How did you get along at the
poorhouse?"
" I had fits sometimes, and tbey flog
ged me sometimes.'
" 'You don't say so,' says I, 'How
long have you been here?
" 'Quite a spell.' .
" 'You look kind of peaked and yel
ler,' says I, 'Don't you feel well?'
"He stared at me and real tears came
to his eyes, 'I've lots of pain here,' said
he, putting his hand to his side, 'and my
head hurts sometimes.'
"Four days after I went there, Jane,
that's Tom's wife, got word that her
father and mother were coming down to
see the new baby and spend the day.
She was mightily flustered when she
hearn it, for she hadn't a bit of pie or
cake in the house and she wanted me to
make some. She said though it must be
apple pie and a cake that wouldn't take
more than an egg or two, and but little
butter, say a tablespoonful. I concluded
to make it as best suited me, seeing I
had a fair field, Samantha having gone
to the village; and though Jane's bed
room opened into the Jutcnen, ner Dea
stood so she could not see the part of the
room where I was at work. All the
same, she made her tongue do duty for
her eves and kept telling me what to do
all the time till I clean lost patience, but
you may be sure then I mixed things my
own way. JNo Btaie drippings out oi the
old yellow bowl in the buttery went into
my pie crust, but I put into it good,
sweet lard out of the firkin'in the cellar,
and I didn't sweeten them pies with mo
lasses sugar either, but good granulated
went into them.
"When I begin with the cake she
called out, I guess, after all, it best be
molasses; that only takes one egg, and
shortening instead of butter.
" Well. I said, smiling to myself as I
stirred up a good eake which had plenty
of eggs and butter for once, iter speak
ing of molasses cake, tho' put me in my
mind to bake a nice, boh one, lor molas
ses cake when fresh, aint to be sneezed
at, yes, and I mean to tell yon that I
made a pie in an oldish saucer, and made
it thick and good and sweetened it with
molasses, and after it was baked I tucked
it away in the woodshed. After dinner
I looked to see if Jack had a' piece of the
pie we had cut, and that Jane had
grumbled over because it was so good.
But Samantha didn't give him any,which
was just what I expected. So I left Sa
mantha busy with the dishes, and tuck
ing that saucer-pie under my apron, I
went down in the vard alongside the barn
to look at some blankets I'd hung there
that morning. I looked sharp to see
Jack when he came along to go to
the meadow, then I called him soft like,
" What !" says he stopping short.
" ' Here,' says I, ' take this and set
down in the gate corner and eat it ; I'll
wait for the dish.
"It wasn't three minutes before he
brought the saucer back, every crumb
clean gone.
" 'I'll never forget it,' says he, a cry
ing. "It was tho next day the old folks came.
I baked good, sweet bread in the morn
ing and cut it fresh for dinner, too, al
though Jane was hurt about it, and what
with ham and decently mashed potatoes'
chopped cabbage and the sugared pie,'
we'd a good dinner, which everybody
enjoyed, especially Tom, who couldn t
stop bragging about it. But I had a plan
in my mind, so after we'd finished, I says
to Samantha : 'You're tired; so yoa go
set in Jane's room and hold the baby and
talk to granny, and I'll wash up the
things.' j
"She wasn't backward to accept, and
Tom took the old man out to see the
farm, and for once in his life I set Jack
down to a decent meal. Nothing was
sneaked off that table by me, and it gave
me satisfaction to see him eat. Samantha
screamed right out when she came in and
saw him finishing the pie. Ain't you
ashamed of yourself to let him make a
hog of himself?' she cried. But I
reckon that I set her down sharp for
once. I
"What did you ask me just now?
How they spent their evenings there?
Well, how do you suppose ? Like you
folks ; going into the parlor and lighting
it up bright, and talking and playing ? I
rather guess not. You don't think they
would ever sit in their parlor, do you?
If yon do. you don't know them. They
sot in the kitchen, burned one candle and
kind of grumbled when they felt like it.
I almost always sot in by Jane and the
baby ; our light came in from the
kitchen, for she wouldn't burn an extra
candle for herself. She was always hint
ing at something I might do evenings,
but I let her hint. Sometimes Jack
came in, fearful, like a dog not in place,
and sot down for a Bpell by the door be
fore he went to bed in the loft over the
out-kitchen, but Samantha was always
finding fault and picking at him. , One
night he came up by the table and asked
for a needle and thread to fix his jacket,
but she never pretended to hear him. 1
v, :,s clean put out with such meanness.
'J.ck,' says I, 'hand me that jacket,'
and I got my house-wife and put on my
specs and sat down to darn it.
" 'It's a dirty, miserable thing,' says
I, working away. ' It ought to go into
the rag-bag, and Tom ought to get you
a decent suit.' ;
"Tom's chair came down hard, and he
looked mad enough. 'Better dress a
beggar in broadcloth.' he growled.
" 'Oh ! no need of that,' says I, ' only
give a man working for food and clothes,
decent ones."
" 'I know my own business, and I hate
meddlers,' said Tom. ' Here Jack,
clear out to bed. -
" Of all 4 the queer questions Jack
would ask, though ; one day he said to
me, ' What's God?'
" 'You poor creature,' says I, 'ain't
no minister ever told you ? WeH, He's a
sperrit.t
' 'What's a Bperrit?' says he.
"Now I'm one that's satisfied with facts
rrlihout pryin' into them. I never mud
c'le myself a wondering ; but I seen by
his questions he was kinder stupid like,
so I says, : ' A sperrit is something that
ain't flesh and blood.'
"He shook his head backwards and for
wards. "'Where's God?'
" 'Why, in heaven, you poor heathen!"
"He looked down as if he was almost a
crying.
" 'If He was only down here, I might
find Him,' he says as serious like as
could be ; ' but I can't never find Him
np there,' , . ' . ; :
" Twan't no use for me to say more to
him, you see ; he showed me he was
lacking, and I wasn't no minister.
"Another time, when I was by the well
ho came along to fill the water jug for
the field. jTm a thinking, Miss Zib,'
any a iiw. ; :
"What about? :v
"Thinkin' if I got away to the edge of
the world, would I fall off?"
v"Of course," says I.
"Fall where?"
"The Lord knows," I says a little sharp,
for his silly questions pestered me. I
did kind of wonder tho to myself, where
a body falling off the land would land,
but I ain't a scholar and don't pretend to
say, besides I never expect to travel to
the world's edge myself.
; "It was that very afternoon Tom came
m the kitchen in considerable of a hurry.
'Where's the liniment?" he asked Jane,
who was sitting there, holding the baby.
"In the right hand corner of the sec
ond closet shelf. What do yon want to
do with it?"
" 'Jack fell off the mow and got hurt.'
'What did he want to do that for ?
Now don't waste that liniment on him for
nothing.' ' ;,, , ,
" 'Guess I'll go and see if he s hurt,
says I, thinkin' a fall from a mow wa'n't
no trifle. , ,
"I found him all in a heap on the barn
floor, and 'rhat was worse, he didn't
know anything. 'That's a high mow,'
says I, measuring it with my eye, and
how in heaven's name do you know
where he's hurt and wants to be rubbed
with liniment? The best thing yon can
do is to get a doctor.' :
" I want to get another load in before
it rains, says Tom, in that aggravating
slow way o' his'n, 'and it's no use run
nin' no doctors bills when it 'taint no
need. The liniment cured the old mare's
leg last week, and by an by when he
comes to we'll find out where he ails.'
" 'Tom Brones, says I, 'I feel good
telling yon you are the meanest man a
living. Look at that poor thing there!
It ain't enough you've starved and work
ed him to death, but you are going to let
him die like a dog. 1 m going to get
Sam Lemarest to go for a doctor.
" 'Hold on, yyu long-tongued Jezabel,
says he, 'and stop your meddling. I'll
go for the doctor myself;' and with that
he went to work saddling a horse, grum
blin' and swearin' to himself, and to me
for that matter, but I was trying to fix
Jack a little more comfortable and never
minded him.
"Samantha came up and looked in, and
screamed a little, and went away again,
Bull, the dog. came and Bmelled of him.
and whined, for the dog always took to
Jack, but nothing roused mm; ne
breathed heavy and looked bad.
"It seemed an age before Tom came
back. He was Blow always, and I needn't
have expected he would put himself out
of the way for Jack.
"The doctor seemed to think some
thing pretty serious was the matter with
Jack. He worked over him quite a spell,
examining, listening, growing graver
every moment. He tore away his poor
rags, even clipped away some of his
shock of hair. Then he shook his head:
'I can't do anything for him now. '
"An hour after it was all over.
"Neighbors, hearing the news, came
in and stood around, but Jack never
knew any of them; never knew when I
helped put bandages on his head, and his
hair was so pretty, thick and brown, and
with a curly wave into it.
"Jane grumbled some when we told
her he was dead, lie was a poor miser
able creature, not worth his salt, she
said, but hired folks was scarce just now
in harvest, and asked such ridiculous
wages. The town would have to pay for
his coffin, though, and was that liniment
left wasted in the barn ?
"It was the next day, Mr. Somers, the
old Methodist minister, came to the
house and made a prayer over him. Ac
tually, the first prayer I believe ever
made by anybody on his account, and
Tom and two or three of the neighbors
took him up to the wood-lot to bury him.
Jane had come to it, and let one of
Tom's white shirts be put onto him ; it
wa'n't one of the newest, and really he
looked as peaceful and calm as any baby
could, and he wa'n't bad looking seen so,
and I was glad to remember that I had
been kind to him, in them little ways
told you of.
"I just thought the last Sunday I was
there that I'd put on my bonnet and go
see where they laid him, so without say
ing anythin' I tramped up there. It was
a wild place enough, and of course there
was nothing to mark it, but the Lord
will know where he sleeps at the last
dav. and that is enough ain't it ?
"I kind o' wondered when I stood
there what had become of his soul ? He
was such a white heathen. It made me
think of the beautiful sermon I once
heard our old Dominie preach. 'No man
cared for my soul,' or some text moat
like it, and it did seem to me all of a
sudden as if no man cared for Jack.
"But I guess I had better put this lit
tle fellow down by you now, for he's
sound asleep, and I can go down and see
why nobody has brougut them lemons
yet. Tut, tut don't look so down. I
meant to chirk yon up a talking."
"Chirk me up? O. Mrs. Zib ! "
Marr.agre in France.
As a corrolary to the divorce question,
the Globe publishes some interesting sta
tistics on marriages in France, with the
remark that early marriatjes are steadily
diminishing in number. In the depart
ment of the Seine it appears that the
average age of men who enter the nuptial
state is 32 years ; in the provincial towns,
31; in the country( 30; while women in
the same localities range from 27 to 26
years. This is a great change from the
ancient regime, when exemption from
taxation during 10 years was accorded to
every male who was married before the
age of 20. Second marriages are more
frequent in the towns than in the rural
district?, in the lower than in the upper
classes. One female remarries out of 11
at Paris, against 1 to 13 in the depart
ments, and the proportion of these sec
ond unions is 18 per cent, in the depart
ment of the Seine, while it is only 6 per
cent, for all the rest of France. The
examination of' the question hy
gienically is no less curious. Previous
to 20 vears for men and 25 vears for wo
men, mortality is greater among married
people than among celibates, but after
those ages the married state is more
favorable to longevity, so that if it was
dangerous before, it is only because it
was premature. Up to the age of 60
widowhood is most perilous, but after CO
celibacy is still worsev Finally, from a
criminal point of view, celibacy must be
an incentive to all sorts of wickedness, as
53 per cent, of criminals have never en
tered the holy bonds of matrimony. From
1802 to 1816, when divorce was abolished,
the annual average of divorces was 243.
During the last 10 years the number of
judicial separations petitioned for has
varied from 2400 to 2600, generally after
from five to ten years cohabitation. Of
these, members of the liberal professions,
property owners, and people living on
their means furnish 26 per cent; trades
men, 21 ; farmers, 16; the working classes,
37, especially since the introduction of the
law on alimony. Finally, and not the
least remarkable detail, 91 per cent, of the
petitions have been filed by the women.
Curious People. At the recent coun
cil of that quaint body of Christians
known as Tunkers, held in Virginia, the
usual discussions on the subject of dress
were had, but these discussions did not
have the customary wide range. Noth
ing whatever was said whether coats
should be worn with a standing or a
rolling collar, or whether baptism in a
pool is valid. Five memorials were pre
sented in complaint oi the editors of cer
tain newspapers of the denomination
who had spoken "in unkind phrases" of
"straight jackets," "round-tailed coats"
and -"idolatrous clothes religion." It
was recommended by a committee that
these editors be asked to make humble
acknowledgment of their offences. A
menioer requested that the wearing
oi bats , by . ladies be not made a
bar to membership, but no change
was made in the rule against
hats. ; The single and double modes of
feet-washing were considered, it having
been asked that full liberty be given to
use the vsingle mode. A member from
southern Illinois favored granting the
liberty asked for, and said that of the
twenty-four churches in Southern Illi
nois fourteen wash by the single mode.
He thought it wise that tie request be
granted, since it would pti an end to all
agitation of the question; but the coun
cil deferred the case until another year.
Many readers perhaps do not kuow that
the double mode is where one person
both washes and wipes the feet of an
other, and that the single one is where
one person washes and another wipes the
feet of a brother. The doable mode is
considered more orderly than the single
one. -Uunng the recent . discussion a
member said: "Whenever yon show me
a church that is not living np to the
order of the brotherhood, it is one of
those that washes in the single mode."
For some time past it has been pro
posed to introduce some distinctive dress
to be worn by Judges in Germany while
administering justice, but opinion has
Wn divided a to whether that dress
should be a semi-military uniform or a
black gown. The government hft- jui-t
decided the question in favor of the lat
ter. The official dress of the Judges is
henceforth to consist of ft black gown and
black cap.
Banks' Babies.
Prom the New "Sorlt Weekly.
I was detained over Sunday in Barns-
bory, and on Sunday I resolved to go to
hurch. The first church I came to, ft
smau irame Biruciure with a wooden
steeple, had the doors and windows
tightly shut, but there was a man on the
steps whittling a stick, and I said to
htm :
"Are you connected with this
church ? " .. "
"Yes," he said, "I am the sexton."
"What is it closed for? "
"Well, mostly on account of Banks'
babies."
"Babies?".
"Sit down and I'll tell yon about it.
You kuow. Banks, he came down to this
town a few weeks airo. a perfect stranger.
and be rented a pew in this church. It
seems that Banks hud three little bits of
babies, triplets, not more'n two months
old, and then, beside thesehe had twins
about a year old. So nobody knew about
the babies, but Banks wanted to have
the little darlings baptized, and he al
lowed Mrs. Banks to rush the whole five
babies iuto church on one Sunday might
excite remark, you understand. So he
settled it that he'd have 'em christened
gradually, so to speak. Accordingly, the
next Sunday he tetched little jimmy, one
of the triplets, and all went off well
enough. On the followin' Sunday he
came a promenadln' up the aisle with
George Washington, another triplet, and
Dr. Binns, our preacher, nxed him up an
right. People thought it was queer, but
when on the next Sunday morn in' lianKS
and his wife came into church with an
other baby, William Henry, crying a
Pawnee war-hoop, some of the folks
couldn't help snickiriti.
, "Uowsomdever nobody complained,and
all might have been well if Banks hadn't
come along the Sunday alter witn wjan
llunsiker Banks,one ot the twins, every
body laughed, aud Mr. and Mrs. Banks
were furious mad as anvthine.you know.
and Elijah Hunsiker Banks hauled off
accidentally with his hand and hit Dr.
limns, who was holding mm during me
ceremony, a whack in the face, and the
Doctor dropped him in the water, the
congregation just fairly roared with laugh
ter. Mrs. Banks turned red as fire., and
looked as if she would like to murder
everydody.
"well, vou know, we an thought this
was the last, and public feeling kinder
simmered down on toward the end of the
week, when who should come booming
up the aisle on Sunday morning but Mr.
and Mrs.Banks, with Teoumseh Aristotle
Banks, the remainin' twin 1 Well, you
ought just to 've beard the congregation
laugh ! I never seen nothin' like it in all
my experience. Eveu Dr. Binns had to
smile. And the Bankses, they were per
fectly wild with rage. Anyhow, they
baptized Tecumseh ; and after meetin'
some of the elders got t jokin' about it
One allowed they'd have to apply to the
town Supervisors for an extension of the
water works ; ' another allowed that ar
rangements ought to be made to divert
Hncklebe-rv creek and run it down the
middle aisle ot the church ; another made
some kind of a joke about business being
good because so many Banks wereintown;
another said that Banks would need about
twelve pews when his family grew up.
Somebody must have told Banks about it,
for what does he do to revenge himself?
He sends down to Clarion county to his
two sisters to come up and bring their
children. So they had a couple of babies
apiece, and as soon as tbey arrived Banks
be begius to bring tuein into cnurru
gradually, like the others. You never
seen such meetings as them ! The church
was jammed fall of people just roarln'.
And when Banks came in on Sundry
with the fourth and last of the sisters'
jabies, the Trustees thought it was time
to interfere, uettin to be a larce, you
know. So Deacon Smith he stepped up
and said aomethin' or other to ianks,and
Banks, quicker 'n a wink, laid down the
babv and banged the deacon with bis
fist. And so I dunno how it was, but in
a minute there was Bank's, Deacon
Smith. Deacon Hubbard, Bank's sister's
babv and me. all a rollin' and a pumpin
over the floor, bittin' and kickin' and
whoopin' in a manner that was ridiculous
to behold. :
"And when we all come to and got
straightened out. Banks picked up the
battered babr of his sister and quit, and
the trustees held an informal meetin' and
agreed to close the church for a month, bo
as to kinder freeze uanks out, and now
we've shut no : but I reckon it is no use,
for I hear Banks has got his back up and
gone over and joined the Baptists."
So I said goodbye to the Bexton, and
went in search of another sanctuary.
American Locomotives Abroad.
Locomotives of American manfaeture
and railway plant as well, are meeting
with signal success wherever they may
have been introduced abroad. Ihe en
gines sent to Australia have shown their
adaptability to such an extent and have
given such great satisfaction, that orders
for several more have been transmitted
to Philadelphia. In cheapness, facility
of operation and economy of fuel, the
have been found superior to others wit!
which they have competed, while in fin
ish and strength to meet all requirements
they stand equally as high. Orders for
engines to go to Russia, Brazil and vari
ous other countries have been recently
given to American manufacturers, despite
severe opposition from transatlantic ma
chinists. In this issue we note the fact
that light locomotives built in sections,
which can be readily put together, are
going forward to bontn American coun
tries, there to be transported by pack
mules over steep and rugged acclivities
to their points of destination. The Lon
don Economist, like many other British
papers which have thoroughly consid
ered the facts and reasons which led to
this preference, makes an admission
which is not less extraordinary than it is
true. It says: "When we hear of
Americans taking contracts for locomo
tives, at prices which English makers
are compelled to decline, it is mani
festly not a question of the cost of the
raw material, or they would be under
selling ns in pig iron and rails, rather
than in manufactures of the lightest
quality. The truth seems to be that the
article supplied is better adapted to the
want of the buyer. Englishmen are too
apt to conclude that what suits this coun
try is adapted for all others." It further
says: "In tools, for instance, the Ameri
cans surpass us in finish and lightness,
and these are important requisites, when
working in a climate like Queensland or
Brazil. The use of machinery is, in some
departments, carried further Jn the
States than here, but this advantage can
be easily overtaken, and is of less mo
ment than diligence in studying the
special wants of our customers. Ameri
can Mail ana Jbxport journal.
A Good Word
for the Abused
melon.
Water-
Some people entertain an idea that a
watermelon is unwholesome. .Yet these
same persons, perhaps, will stuff them
selves in hot weather with hot biscuits,
ham, beef, rancid butter and fried bacon,
a diet suited to the latitude of Lapland.
the fruits of the earth and cf the tree.
i s this southern climate, were consumed
more liberally, there would be less sick
ness. If . the southern citizen would
jump from the frying-pan into the water
melon patch, he would be less liable to
catch the yellow fever. Of all the fruits
of the earth there is none more whole
some than a good watermelon. It is
composed of nothing more than water.
This water acts as a gentle diuretic, with
out leaving any acid in the stomach, as
is the case with other diuretics a good
thing in yellow fever times. The Creole
o" Louisiana lives to a marvelous age.
He lives so lone that he forgets his age.
But he lives principally on the fruits and
vegetables that grow around nun, and
ne is especially fond of a good water
melon. A curious case of hydrophobia has oc
curred in Paris. A young girl, living
in the Bue des Batignolles, had a pretty
li-ue Havana poodle of which she was
very fond. One day she noticed that
something was wrong with the little dog.
It was, in fact, going mad, and to her
great sorrow had to be killed. About ft
week after the girl became melancholy.
She shut herself up in a room and re
mained for hours in ft state of utter
prostration. On Monday she suddenly
rushed distracted out of the house, mak
ing horrible cries, and she has not since
been seen. Her sad condition ia ac
counted for by the circumstance that she
used to wipe . the foam off her pet's
month with her pocket handkerchief.
She is supposed to have committed sui
cide. '
Show EltpBftnts. ;
"There are about fifty elephants In this
country at the present time," said Pi-of.
George Arstingstall, the keeper and train
er of the ten mountains of flesh which
form one of the attractions of the Cooper
Bailey show. The first elephant ever
brought to the United States was b; r Hack
Bailey, in 1824. It was called Betst y, snd
is known in the profession as Betiey the
First. It was exhibited for font years
through New York State and New En
land. It was a great novelty. The owner
traveled with it at night, and it was al
ways exhibited in a building erecti d over
it. The old-timers tell about th ! great
excitement it created . tbroughcut the
country. The news of its cominj would
go before, and whole villages wou d turn
out and spend the night along tl4 road-
aifttft irk ttta hntulnf duu! i i rr i tX tftautllra
only known to them through pictures and
the works ef travelers. What thpy gen
erally beheld was a great shapeless tuas,
covered with tarpaulins, swinging along
through the darkness, carefully guarded
by attendants, who kept the cur.ous
rustics at a distance. It was not a very
big elephant, it came from Upper India.
It was anything but amiable, and bad a
habit of tearing out the side of its house
and starting off on ''go-as-you-please"
excursions. This was a fatal ; folly cf
Betsy's. One night Betsy was out near
Albany, New York. She was mad about
something, and venting her rage in the
exasperating shriek peculiar : to the
elephant. She got into a plucky farmer'
yard. He saw the monster. He did not
know what it was. The only thing that he
knew was that he was badly frightened
and that ho knew how to use a gun. He
fired at the creature, and the leaden
bullet pierced her heart. She sank to
the earth and died, moaning piteously.
tier keeper arrived, she wasstuDed.anu
I believe some museum has her now.
"Where are most of the elephants
from?"
"All those prior to 1850 were from Up
per India. The bulls were wild, restless,
creatures. Most of those now on exhi
bition are Ceylonese elephants. They
are much more tractable than their
brethern of the north. There are a few
African elephants, but tbey are not de
sirable, as they certainly lack amiability.
Prior to 1865 there were few shows that
had more than one elephant. ; The first
caravan of four was made when Cooper
and Bailev went into the business. One
of these was the world-famed Columbus,
the largest elephant ever living in cap
tivity. It was eleven feet five inches in
height. I will tell you something about
training elephants. Stewart Craven, who.
is now living quietly on his cattle ranch
in Texas, was the inventor of a new sys
tem of handling elephants, and he actu
ally broke everv performing elephant now
before the country, with the exception oi
the seven now with the sens urotners
show, which is over in Illinois. That
batch I trained mvself. Craver broke
the celebrated Hannibal and Komeo. In
1870 James Kellv. proDrietor of the Lon
don show, sent J3ill Shannon to Ceylon,
and Shannon sent him Dacit ten ele
phants. Thev were brought to Phila
delphia in 1871, and broken by Craven,
five of them were sold, the other five
came into mv charge. They were well
broke when I got them, but I trained
them to their wonderful ring perform
ances. An elephant is a tretcherous.cun-
mng and very intelligent animal. n
forms no attachment for his keeper. He
will, however, become deeply attached
to a dog or other animal. There are
three docs with mv elephants, and Babe,
my best elephant (Chieftain is my larg
est), has a pet camel called uicu. i.ue
camel will stand bv her side for hours in
contentment, and Babe actually fondles
him with her trunk. In handling
elephants fear is the only instinct to cul
tivate in tbeni. Kindness, such as you
would extend to a dog, or a horse, does
them no good. They are liable at any
time to harm vou if they are not kept in
subjection. They must be punished im
mediately after the offense, whatever it
may oe, is coiuruiiieu. v",CJti"" lul up
little rough the other day. I had him
overthrown and chained, and then
warmed him with a hoop-pole until I was
very tired and he was very sore. Their
skin is very tender, and they feel the
punishment. The usual persuader is a
short instrument shaped like a bill-hook
This punctures the hide, and is a very
valuable article to keep on hand when
vou are bossing elephants. Teaching an
elephant trick is exactly like teaching
any other animal. It requires only a
mastery of the brute. The first thing to
do is to get into the elephant's head what
you want to have done,and then to escape
punishment he does it. Put a bell in the
grasp of an elephant s trunk and teach
him that every time he drops it he will
be prodded, and he will Quit dropping it.
Then there is a way to reach an elephant
through his stomach. I worked for
months with the animal that mounts the
highest pedestal in the pyramid. I put
his food up there, and he soon learned to
go up after it, and then it dawned on his
brain that I wanted him to go up there;
that if he did go up he escaped punish
ment; and now he never thinks of balk
ing, and hardly ever needs punish
ment.
The Professor told about how one of
the elephants picked up a colored boy
who was making ur her bed in Kansas
City, and tossed him gently into a candy
stall ; how, when he was trying to give a
sick elephant a quinine pill at Giiuiore
Garden, in New York, she was angered
at the pain he caused her and threw him
thirty feet against a canvas screen, which
fortunately broke the fall ; he related the
details of the killing of Keeper Williams,
in Connecticut, by ltomeo about three
years ago ; told how, when an elephant
kills a keeper, it always tramps upon and
mangles the body : and the elephants all
being asleep, he concluded to go back to
the hotel and do likewise, as he passed
out he said to an attendant, "it the wind
begins to blow hard, come and wake me."
In explanation, he stated to a reporter
that elephants always get very excited
during a wind storm.
One more question the reporter asked,
and that was whether it was true that an
elephant will not lie down under a roof.
The professor said that it was true of bull
elephants, who would stand on their feet
all winter, being airaid to no down. Al.
Louis Globe Democrat, Aug.ll.
Effect of Diet on Liquor Drinkerg.
Charles Napier, an English scientific
man, has been trusting the truth of
Liebig's theory that liquor-drinking is
compatible with animal food, but not
with a farinacious diet. The experiment
was tried upon twenty-seven liquor-drinking
persons, with results substantiating
the Liebig theory.
Among the most striking instances of
reform brought about by a change of
diet, was thatot a gentleman of sixty, who
had been addicted to intemperate habits
for thirty-hve years, bis out-bursts
averaging once a week. His constitution
was so shattered that he had great diffi
culty in insuring his life. After an attack
of delirium tremens, which nearly ended
fatally he was persuaded to enter, upon a
iarinaceous aiet, wnicn, we are assured,
cured him completely in seven months.
He seems to have been very thin at the
beginning of the experiment, but at the
close of the period named, had gained
twenty. eignt pounds, being then about
the normal weight for a person of his
height. Among the articles of food which
as specified by Napier as pre-eminent for
antagonism to alcohol are maccaroni,
haricot, beans, dried pf-ai and lentils, ull
of which should be well boiled and flavor
ed with plenty of butter or olive oil. The
various garden vegetables are said to be
helpful, but a diet mainly composed of
them would not resist the tendency to
intemperance so effectually as one of the
maccaroni and farinacious food. From
this point of view, high glutrnous bread
would be of great utility ,but it should not
be sour, such acidity being calculated to
foster the habits of alcoholic drinking.
A like remark might be applied to the
use of salted food. If we inquire the
cause of a vegetarian's alleged disinclina
tion to alcoholic liquors, we find that the
carbonaceous starch contained in the
beans or oleaginous ailment, and there
fore repulsive, carbon in an alcoholic
form.
A newspaper correspondent at Wash
ington was asked by a friend to help him
to ft Position in the House or Hanata
The Washington man told him to keep
away from these, among other reasons ;
" Most of the Senate committee bar
keepers are from the south. You might
have been one of these barkeepers, at ft
salary of $2400 a year, if it wasn't for
the unhappy faot of your birth and bad
raising. When I say barkeepers l mean
clerks. Same thing. Every other Sen
ate committee-room is a bar-room, and
the clerk must be a good mixer. ' If yon
are not ft good mixer I would not recom
mend yon to apply." Baltimore Amer
ican,
JL Koree for smile.
A lady, describing life on a ranch in
Calaveras county, Oal., in the Philadel
phia Times, says: The Mexicans in their
wide sombreros, picturesque dresses and '
jingling spurs I particularly admired,
though at first I was afraid of them, as
they all looked so much like the pictures
of Joaquin Mnrieta, the famous bandit,
whose exploits were the terror and admi
ration of the State. But they weie so
excessively polite that this feeling grad
ually wore away. They often came down
through the j valley with pack-trains,
droves of wild horses or cattle, and
would always stop at our house as they
passed. Girls were so scarce that no
man would think of passing a house that
contained one without stopping on some
trifling pretext to get a glimpse of her.
The gallant ! greasers had very. little
English at their command, the whole
consisting of less than half a dozen
phrases. Their first greeting is, "Scnor
ita, yon are very pretty."
Not much of a compliment, as it was
applied to all females alike. Then fol
lows a request for a drink of water,
which is slowly swallowed, with their
eyes fixed on the obliging damsel. The
lady's condescension is always rewarded
by profuse thanks, sundry packages of
cigarettes, and a request that 'she will
honor him by taking her choice of his
Dand oi wild horses. This she is in
honor bound to do, as he would feel
highly insulted if she did not. When
the selection is made he brings all his
grace and skill into play in securing the
animal for presentation. The lady is ex
pected to look admiringly on while he
springs with marvelous speed and dex
terity into the saddle, coils his lariat.
and goes through some astonishing feats
of horsemanship, and finally lassoes the
wild norse in triumph.
Ihe horse is then tied to the nearest
tree, and the agile equestrian makes his
adieus. He swings himself almost to the
ground, keeping only one stirrup, re
moves ms bat, which he almost trails in
the dust and makes ft low bow. and tais
with his horse at full speed. In a moment
more he is out of sight, and the next
thing is to find some one around the place
daring enough to unloose the' gift horse,
wnicn is nnauy accomplished with much
difficulty, when he hastens away to join
his companions.
lo some of yon a horse for a drink of
water may seem a very unequal ex
change, but that is certainly all they are
worm, in lact, a nery, untamed
mustang is worth very much less than
nothing. In attempting to break one,
the chances are even that your neck will
be broken before the steed's spirit would
bend in the least, and it costs as much to
feed him as it does Parole ; in fact, I
think one of them could eat double t
much as supports the famous flyer.
Whist.
The first consideration why whist
stands deservedly at the bead of all
games of cards is, that each card, as it
falls from the player s hand, conveys in
formation. With his own intelligence he
endows it, and it accurately fulfills its
mission. This statement will read strange
ly enough to the educated man in the
smoking car, who flatters himself he is
playing whist, but who cannot read the
language that is spoken by any of the
carus mat lauupon the table at the club.
But it will be understood by the lover
and player of the true game, whose inter
est centres upon the fact. There are but
two legitimate methods of counting the
game : First, English short whist, in
which honors are reckoned and five
points make the game ; second, American
whist, in which honors are not reckoned
and seven points make the game. : Rub
bers are a consequence in both cases. In
dividual scores may be kept. The Caven
dish rules in the main apply to each. The
American game gives more latitude for
play, and insists on certain leads not set
down by the English method no devi
ation is made in the rule for the last card
of the deal to act as trump and to be
turned, such innovations as the cutting
the trump from another pack or the hid
ing the trump in the plaving pack being
of course rejected. In truth, each player
torms more or less his plan of play upon
the card, no matter what its denomina
tion, that is turned as trump. Much of
the beauty of calculation based upon the
tnimp exhibit would be lost by any mode
otner tnan mat wnicn auows each dealer
to show and to hold the trump card.
Lest it may seem to players of accord
with the English method that the term
American whist may lack significance, it
it may be asserted that at many of the
literary and some ot trie social clubs, and
by very many devotees at sessions in
their residences, the so-called American
game has utter precedence. Ont reason
for its adoption is that no party can more
than go out in a single hand, 'in contra
diction to the English game, in which it
frequently happens that a single player.
upon taking up his cards, could surely
count four honors and the odd trick. It
is, therefore, not conceded that a game is
luny piayed wnicn can be foreshortened
oy irequent strokes or fortune. Ex.
Harriet Martinkau and Her Trcmpet.
Of Harriet Martineau, when she visited
Cincinnati, a correspondent of the Com
mercial of that city gives an amusing de
scription. The correspondent was at that
time a little girl, and had gone to a book
store to execute an errand. Entering she
found about a dozen people: "some with
books and newspapers in their hands,
others standing idly leaning against the
counter, all gazing intently at two people,
who seemed to be making iumns at each
other and talking very loud. One was a
Elain looking woman who held something
right in her hand, which every now and
then she would raise to her head. The
other, an extremely neatly dressed old
gentleman whose name was Pace. He
was well known about town, and was as
dear as Miss Martineau herself. He also
held something iu his hand. One mo
ment Miss Martineau would take a step
forward, the old gentleman would raise
his bright instrument and she would put
her mouth to it and speak. Then she
would fall back and raise her instrument,
and lie would step forward and speak in
turn. She kept moving all the time, and
he followed her and so earnest wero thev
in what they were saying to each other
that they had no idea how ludicrous they
appeared to the lookers on. I stood in
amazement, having never seen an ear
trumpet before, and could not imagine
wnat tuey were doing. ,
A Cckiotjs Old Bock. A writer in an
exchange from the town of Tolland de
scribes a rock there which is about six
feet at the base and five feet high. It is
in a rude form; on either side are
crevices and holes from the depth of six
inches to three feet. In some of these
holes birds and squirrels or mice have
bunt their nests. The top of the rock is
in two parts projecting over from the
base. One part has the appearance of a
huge toad about to spring for a tly or
bug, the other part has the appearance
of a roughly sculptured heathen god or
one of the rude pyramids of Egypt in a
bent posture. The whole structure is
covered with moss, brakes and wild
honeysuckles. ' Some of the cavities run
entirely through the rock, or beginning
about three feet from the base run in an
upward direction and out at the top.
These crevices and cavities do not appear
to have been formed by nature, but by a
swift running stream of watery so much
so that we are led to queryjj Was that
rock, or the place where it now stands,
once the bed of a stream, or did the wa
ter once course swiftly by and through
it? We cannot suppose that the beating
storms of time modelled it into so curi
ous a form. New Haven, Conn., Pal
ladium. -
: As Enterprising Portland Firm. Cog
gins & Beach, at No. 63 Front street, have
an advertisement in to-day's paper, to
which we invite the attention of our read
ers. This firm has the agency for Averill's
Mixed Paint for Oregon and Washington
Territory, and are prepared to fill orders
at San Francisco prices. They are also
felling San Francisco Rubber Paint,
which has acquired a wide reputation as a
good article. This firm carries a large
stock of doors, sashes and blinds, in which
line they nave an immense trade and are
therefore able to give low rates to custom
ers. Contractors and dealers in the coun
try are requested to send for their list of
prices, which will be furnished on appli
cation. ,".;-
A Polish peasant - woman at Mankowe.
young, handsome, and with ft fine voice,
has established a new sect and chosen
twelve apostles to preach abstinence from
wine, meat and marriage.
EzLunrTBOXioaT. Of late years node
putment of natural history has attract
ed more attention than that of the study
of interaalparaaites in man and other
animals. To the great multitude and
variety of creatures thus fonnd, associat
ed by one common habit of life, have
zoologists given the general name of Hel
minths, which are a peculiar fauna des
tined at some time in their lives to occu
py an equally peculiar territory. That
territory is the wide-spread domain of
the interior of living animal bodies to
which, alas, poor humanity forms no ex
ception. It is unpleasant to think that
we may at any time become a prey to these
dangerous and mischievous depredators.
We were lead to these reflections by ft
recent visit to Dr. van Denberg s otuce,
when he had just completed the expnl-
: t"7t . r.. nr.. Tnl.nr,
BWU Ul VI V ilUIU I'll. ciiumu.
who stated that he had suffered for 12
years. They were all small, about one
and a half inches in length, excepting
one--a nondescript about three inches
long, an attrocions rascal of forbidding
appearance. Dr. Van Denberg is the
great worm exterminator of the century,
liead his advertisement in another col
umn. The Boston Herald says that General
Butler evidently expects Democrats to
vote for him on the grounds that he is
working to break up the Republican
party, and the Republicans on the ground
that he is stalwart and opposed to con
ciliatory policy toward the South. This
would be a remarkable double team for
anybody but a cross-eyed man to try to
urive.
J. JASKULEK,
PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER
AND JEWELER,
Ilosebursr, Urdgon,
NO MORE USE TO BEXD YOUR FIXE
Watches to Portland for repairs. A fine
assortment of Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Spec
tacles ana tye-giasses always on nana.
The only reliable Ontometer in Rosebunr for
the proper adjustment of Spectacles and ye
glasses, which will preserve and strengthen the
eyesight.
jbsr ah worn warranted.
1879. STATE FAIR. 1879.
REED'S OPERA HOUSE,
THE AT T R AC T ION AT THIS POPULAR
Dlitee of amusement daring the com tog
Stats Katr will far excel anything of the klad
ever presented at this house daring any simi
lar ocoas'on, being no less than tbe appear
ance of Maguire's nuperb Dramatic Company,
from tbe E.ldwln Theatre, Sao Francisco.
This immense company is tbe most perfect on
the American stage, comprising only artists ol
superior excellence, spealally selected for their
superiority in dramatic art. The plays to be
produced will em bra all tbe latest novelties,
pat on tbe stage with entirely new scenery
and meobanlcal effects, under tbe snpervuion
of the experienced actor and manager Mr.
John Maguire, the lease of tbe Portland The
ater. Our readers will do well to avail, them
selves of this opportunity to enjoy tbe great
treat which will be presented to tbem at Reed's
Opera House during the Fair. So great a com
pany as this can not fail to pack tbe house to
its greatest capacity nightly. A silver cornet
band in uniform will parade the grounds
daily. JOHN MAGUIRE.
Prop, and Manager.
Portland Business Directory
PHYSICIAN AND 8LRGEOX.
CARnWELL, W. B.-S. E. cor. First and Mor
rison, over aiorae-s raiaee or An.
ATTOHSEY-AT-LAW.
ADAMS, W. H. 9 Dekum's Build lig, corner
wasningion ana irsu
DENTIST.
SMITH, DR. E.O.-167 First street,
Portland.
MB. WALLACE, SECRET DETECTIVE
and Collector. Business at a distance
promptly attended to. Cor. 4th and lalmon.
MONEY LOANED GOO OS BOUGHT
Produce Sold Accounts Collected. T.
A. WOOD A CO., Principal Real EsUte Agent
raruana
TO PKIHTKaM.
We nave 300 pounds of Brevier in excellent
oraer wnicn we win sen mr k cenis per poaaa.
W. D. PaLMER. Portland.
ADDISON K7. GIBBS.
Attorney &. Counselors at XjW
Portland, : : Oregon.
Rooms 8 and 9, over First National Bank
Particular attention paid to business In tbe
uuiwu ouu.es couria.
LIME ! LIME :
The undersigned having been appointed agents
ior tne ceieoratca
LUKEKl " 813 JUA5 LIME,
Would respectfully call the attention of dealers
and contractors to that brand before purchasing
elsewhere. We shall endeavor to keep a full sup
ply on hand at all times and at the lowest market
rates.
WADHIKS ELLIOTT
TREMMASN & WOLFF.
MACHINISTS,
And Manufacturers of
Tools for Planing, Holding and Tornlnff.
Catlle Brands, Iron Hanse Work. Iron
tailing ler rraeea, atarfa.ll klaut
or Brewery Work nsade
tm order.
Also Farm Machinery repaired on short notice
Mill Picks made and repaired.
Ho. 3 ana 6 Front Street, Portland, Or.
WJ.VanSchnyver & Co.
VltiE AND SPIRIT
MERCHANTS.
63 Front and First 8U., Portland, Or,
AGENTS FOR
yxTLB Noble Distillery,
Lynchburg', Ohio,
Also keep on hand a large assortment of the fol
lowing lavonte o ran as or
WHISKIES,
UNITED WE 8TAND,
WELLER'8 OLD BOTJRBOX.
CONTINENTAL BOURBON.
OLD HICKORY BOURBOX.
OLD COPPER DISTILLED RYE.
. '.ALSO
Foreign and Domritle Wlnfi, Brapdlei,
Gins, Bams, and all the Leading
Brands of Bitten and Cue Goods.
; SCHL1TZ
(Pilsner) MILWAUKEE BEES.
CLACKAMAS PAPER CO.
Manufacturer and Dealers in
102 Front Street, Portland, Or-
IN STOCK i
NEWS PRINT, White and Colored.
BOOK PAPERS, White and Tinted.
FLAT PAPERS, of all descriptions.
LEDGER PAPERS.
ENVELOPES, of all sizes and qualities.
WRITING PAPERS.
CARDBOARD of all kinds.
GLAZED AND PLATED PAPERS.
COLORED MEDIUMS.
MANILA PAPERS.
BUTCHERS' PAPER.
STRAW PAPER.
PAPER BAGS.
STRAW and BINDERS' BOARDS.
TWINES, Etc., Etc.
Cards Cut to Order.
Agents for Shattuck & Fletcher's
well-known-Black and
Colored Inks.
TYPE FOR SALE.
-We liave several fonts of Job Type
(nearly new) , which we will sell low.
Caaea. Oallotra T.aAa PnU. .n.1
Printers necessaries generally kept on
hand.
Newsnartera nntflH-WI at Hot nrita.
freight added.
eiOHOP.ocoTGnAanARConcaL,
. J. "W. ZXXXX. B. A Head Il&ster, I'ortlasfi, Cr.
THIS INSTITUTION REOPENS SEPT. 2d, lfi79,WITH J. W.HILL, B. A. AS HEAD MASTER
assisted bv a full come of experienced teachers. The school is designed to meet the wants o
those fitting for college or lor business. The course of study is carefully graded, and individual at
tention seoired to every pupil, and especial paing taken with tbe younger scholars. The hoarders
are considered members of the Head Master's family and treated accordingly. Pupils may enter -any
time and ps7 from date of entrance. For further information or catalogue, address the Head
Blaster, j. ti. uilxi, a. a., or the itector, tne itu
Dr. J. P. P. Tan Denbergh, Sr
lo 212 first St., bet. Taylor k Salmon,
Pertlaad, Oresretk
TEE GREAT WORM EXTERMINATOR
Zaie el San Fraodseo,
: Would Inform the sick naeralr that about 46 reus
ztenslva praetk of memcin. and surfaty hi Europe
and Um UxiMd Mates, of which t bar been ia Cali
fornia, hsa, by dose obaeratkm and great axperlmwits
sbm to the eoaduskm that there are more acute and
ehonie dumm by worms, hyadadida, anhnacula or
othe. spacM of entoaoa. Th public feaeralljr, or tbe
prufeaaon at larga, are act soar at fb number of pa
tients wbe are treated by eminent phrsksuis for uiia,
that, or such a complaint, without an mltef . If tbe
lmli has bee understood, a tw doses of Dr.Van Den-
bergs BOTorelgn worm Itemedr would bare immedi
ately cured tbs eomntomt, and havs saved maayagrrat
away Uvea Dr. Vaa Danbergb's hsa eattected a larga
Variety of California roots snd herbs, which, by analys
ing, eloas obvervatioa and extondre experiment, be
can eonsdcotionsly mr tbat h. has discovered new rem
edies for sueoaMf ul curs of tbs foHowiiur diseases.
Dyspepsia, Chronic Affection, ot the Liver sad Kid
Beys, first and second stages of ConsumpUoa, White
Swelling, Pstav, 8 permit arroo) or Local Weakness,
Nervous Debility, Epileptic Fits, Kbeumstism, Neural
gia, Diarrhea, Incontinence of Urme, UraveL Huor
Albus, Diabetes, Dropsy, and all those diseases which
are known under the name of Venereal, such as 8rph.
ihs, in all its forms. Gonorrhea, Gleet, Strictures, False
sanges. Inflammation of the Bladder and Prostrate
Glands, Excoriations, Poetuka, Piles, Pimples,
Blotches and all Cutaneous Eruptions of the Skin. Can
cer Tumors cured with or without operation. In recent
Venereal Diieaees the Doctor effect, a curs ia trom
three to six days, or no charge.
For tbs eyes, ear snd throat. Dr. Van Denbergh pos
sesses new snd invaluable remedies.
Dr. Van Denbergh would advise those ladies troubled
with In-eguhvitie of the Uterus tw try his new reme
dies and get cured.
Dr. Van Denbenrh's Infallible Worm Syrup for Chil
dren. Price tl. Warranted to expel the worms, or tbe
money refunded.
By consulting and undergoing a simple examination,
the afflcted can learn if their diseases are caused by
worms or not; st all events. Dr. Van Denbergh can
tell them from what diseases they are suffering.
Consultations and examinations free ot .-barge.
In all ea9ea Dr. Van Denbergh guarantees In all cases,
to expel tbs worms, or o cLarges.
A Lara Tcacwp Fall of Worms Kx
pelteel. This Is to certify that Dr. Van Denbergh expelled
a large teacup full of worms from m, rim. meas
uring eight to ten Inches in length, and now I teel
like a new man again. I reside on Twenty-secoLd
street, between It and F, Portland, Oregon.
A. LVXSDM.
Over AOOO Warms Kx palled-
One bottle of Dr. Van Denbergh 's Worm Syrup
expelled over 2000 worms Irons my sou 12 years of
age. . B OKirrrra. 61) Balmost streea.
POBTLASD. Mat 21. 1879.
Harder Will Owt.
One bottle of Dr. Van Den Bergn's Worn Byrne
expelled over 2000 worms from my son Louis, and
had the effect of curing him of Nervous Rpams. I
reside on Eighteenth and one-half street between
P and Q. BsKMnui H. NTS-
POKTLaHD. OBX001I, JTJMI 24, 1879
A Life Sewed when Deallt Seemed Iwevtt
able. 8i Faaxcisco, March 4, 1879.
This is to eertifr tbat I bad been lingering for fifteen
years with a complication of chronic disaMS and for
months confined to my bed without receiving any ben
efit from many eminent doctors who attended ma.
Given up to die by th phrsiciaos snd my friends, t was
taken to Dr. I. P. P. Vac Denbergh, senior, omc No.
62S Sixth street. S P.. unable to stand or walk alone.
after a dose and careful examination Dr. V. said all mv
ailments and misery were created by a specie of worms,
and to mv aad mv friends eurprise. th Doctor exp, lied
from me over 1,000 well developed worms within two
hours which gave me immediate rcli' md was able to
walk and did walk on the sidewalk el? it days after
wards aad two weeks alter the wo a a were expelled
I weigh Bine pounds more than 1 dia .re 1 believe
I should now be dead but for the skillful treatment o
Dr. J. P. P. Vsn Denbergh'. saving my lit is consid
ered by myseu and menus s nuracto.
E. a LOV1NB.
I certify that th above facts are true and I have
known Mr. E, B. Lovine tor a number of yean during
ha) sickness. CHAS. U. t) DON nr. LL, M. l.,
OSes (03 Kearny street, San Francisco,
A Card.
Da. J. P. P. Vax DsssEitou Dear Sir: I deem It my
duty to mak th following statement: For the last
three years I hav been suffering with eoostantgnawirg
pain sod a quivering sensation in my stomach; also
pain m mv eoen ana nean; my ioog wauia not uigest,
and I wss so nervous that it wss with difficulty I could
follow my occupation, which has been here in Salem for
the past tea years, ss a practical dentist. In met, from
from ta constant pain and misery, I had wasted to a
mere skeleton. I had been doctoring a great deal
without any benefit, and believing there was no hlp
forms but to linger on until death would relieve sae of
say Buffering. Some of mv friends thought I had worms,
and had better ses Dr. Van Denbergh. Be told me si
ence that worms were tbe cause of all my troubles, s
ne gave ms five email powders, and in about four hours
about TOO worms, from one inch to one and one half
inches long, came away from me that day, and the fol
lowing night some more cam, and I am now hajpy to
Say I feel lite another nun aain, and am gaining
Birenirtu mir.i uay to nay. n. ajci i a. ai. u.
Balem, Orchil. Scirtinlr y., 1S71.
Another Slaughter.
I would state to the public that I have been af-
nicted lor about ten years and doctoring tor near
ly every complaint with many reputed good fhy
sicians. without any relief, until I consulted Dr.
Van Den Bergh, Sr., who said worms were the
cause of my complaint, liy taking live oi bis
worm powders I passed C7U worms in live Hours.
They are about one and a quarter inches in
length. Now all my ailments and pains seem to
have left me altogether. I reside at 'o. 127
Strrk street Joseph Lkhk ax
ro.tTLaUD, Or., August 2d, 1879. ,
Six Hundred and Eight y-Tnree Worms
Exoelled.
: After suffering for 12 years and lying in one
hospital for three months, and beinz stuued and
injected with morphine and drugged by manj
phvsicians for this, that and such complaints, till
I consulted Dr. Van Denbergh, of So. 212 First
street, Portland. He said it was worm which
caused ail my misery, and after taking 10 of his
small worm powders, t passed 68.5 oornoie loan
ing worms, some measured one and one-hali
inches in length, by mree-eignin oi an men in
thickness. I reside vtp stairs, at No. 211 First
street, rortland, Oregon. -
Fctcr B. Ericksos,
Ml. C. NEWBERRY
General
Commission. Merchant
Wholesale Draler In Oregon and
: California
Fruit, Produce, Mill Feed, etc.
122 FRONT STREET,
.-.. BexSSS.
NORTON HOUSE.
w P. NORTON, - Proprietor.
Fir. dc streets Portland, Ogn.
riHlS HOUSE 18 NEWIiY BUILT, 13 A
- fire-proof brick, newly furnished thmno-h-
out, for the accommodation of the traveling pub
lic in general. Two blocks from the steamship
and O. 8. N. Co.'s docks. Second to none.
Board and lodging per day, $1 and upwards, ac-
cording to room,
. r ree coach to and from the
bouse.
jy3-lm
OLYMPIA OYSTERS !
I WILL SELL OLYMPIA OYSTEB AT ti
any other dealerln tbe trade. -
W. 8. FAILIKC,
It and 1 Central Market.
JOHN J. SCHILLING Eft' A
Patiat (Hn. Water aa Pnu. Sh..
ARTIFICIAL STONE.
THE UNDERSIGNED PROPRIETOR OF
this valuable patent on tbe Pacific Coast.
-k'k - ' " wruera ior tne
above stone for walks, drives cellar, floors.
. . x ms stone la
laid la all shapes and In any color or variety of
colors. Orders may be leit atM Front siraet!
eppositethe Holton Pons. Portland. Tenna
a-" mwivv, asH-ii.
foa I4U ' V
A Bare f faawre for at Nmall. Cevad
i tvy MILLINERY STORE-GOODS,
Fixture mnA Fi.mi,..
tent location, fine store, spkn.iid trade secured,
and future tnccew assured. Will be soW at a
discount, as owner is going East.
TV1 inrnMHalu. - I .
4, T. Vr "l'Pv oratwres IeLEaaa
Ofcee, Portland Orsgoa, iulgtf
1
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a
tier. u. w. muitttis, u. v., romsna.
Tbia HaedseiM J ejiiarf am f a eaanrtl
w. rvw ayvw cweiaiaiei i ems Il
lustrated eatatlearsre ef
AQUARIUMS,
FXeR2?E2&TX3.
IaA"WII VASU3
& ORNAIIEilTS.
Brackets and Coaxidellers.
The samnle shown holdsSi callous of water:
la made of heavy flint class, witb Llgbly orna-
memeu iron siaua ana oraas entuns auaorna
menu. Price $7. Rarae style boldluu 14 el
Ions of water without chains, o. Other arti
cles at proportionately low price. Catalof ue
10 cents, which inay be deducted from the Aret
order.
I.. SASXUEIe.
113 Morrison St, Portland, Or.
Sole Agent for Oregon, Wash
ington and Idaho.
Farmers Take Notice !
HTHE OREGON AND WASHINGTON COL.
-- ony Land Company have superior advanta
ge for selling lands, and persons wishing to soil
will do well to consult either or the following
AGENTS:
Harvey Cross, Oregon City, Oregon.
A. Gray, Hubbard, Or. - -Samuel
Brown, Gervaia, Or.
Wm. H. Holmes, 8alero, Or.
George Hunt, Sublimity, Or. .
J.C. Powell, Albany, Or. ,
Smith k Brasbfield, Junction, Or.
Thompson k Bean, Eugene City, Or.
F. A. Chenowitb, Corvallis, Or.
B. F. Fuller, McMinnvilie, Or.
H. B, Sommerville, Sheridan.
W. G. Piper, iLdependence, On
Charles Hubbard, Pallas, Or.
T. W. Pittenzer,HiUsbDra. Or. -
x;iwn xauieis, Vancouver, w.T.
John S. Bazorth, Pekin, W. T.
James E. Bourn, Walla Walla, W. T.
Albert Howk, Spokane Falls, W. T.
James Ruby, Pendleton, Or.
I. N. Muneey, Canyonville, Or.
If not convenient to consult either of the
above agents, comtnut irai in person or by letter
with the bead office at Portland, Oregon.
Oregon aud Washington Colony Land Co.
. Rooms 8 and 9 First National Bink'BTdg.
1) T 1 - ... M
rrr.iuRRAYa
Adjustable Strainer
-ANT S - '
CAST mOU STEAK.1gft.
Cither or EtiKFittjd t aw i
THE STEAMERS WILL SAVE THE
price of themselves in two weeks in any
fainsly They can be nsed with equal advantage
in boiling, as it is impossible to burn mesl or
vegetables to the bottom of your kettle. When
j iu aiming, wnaieTer yon are
cooking is inside of tbe kettle, thereby getting
. unnnv, iney are just what
U Va&tM inMtitimi,fH.it XV. I i .
..u.K Aiuivr uie ouainer
or hteamer ran be removed with a knife or fork
u,tnore easily atUutt 4 o corner
or iointa about either that an hn) in vn i-
eld jr A grata ter ' T5 Cestta Bswkw
-8w wiu cmi on vou shortly. Address
, JAMES McMURKAY,
, East Portland, Or.
m kixstsfs nmi
ELASTIC, VjRE & YiTtS-PaCCF
PAINT!
For Booaag- bta on Tta an Shingles
Olf TTW 1KT)
on any roof ' 21Tari d- Will stop leak.
tnvj
'or'Saeh TafLS !nd. at $1 60 per 1
and 1 ioneVf .i?.w 11 Ter H squares tin
eseary Frti a 2.? roof-bu one coat k. nee
aire! All I irVih?,"01" "npny each pack
cbeAnU3 ird i "ent
. axta-UiHTBY HENDRY.
- Portland, Or.
n
n.
i - i mi iiMiMiitaMsrsaixaaUsBdsAiasJsaS v
NATIONAL
,3USI NESS COLLEGE.
j Prepares for Bwatakesa j
'n?4, ,h" PtaoUcal duties on
; Ife in systematte course ol i
J'natruetton la Bookkeeping.
A rlt b etie,Pee tnacshi p a n d
he Engllnb. Branches. Foi
; rJnl' formation addreaa
Frvnwvf Whit. Jyrtlftnii
..tew!
GOGCinO & REACH,
Wholesale am Retail tsMtlet In
AVERltL AND RUBBER
MIXED PAINTS.
Doors, Wind w and BUnda, Palate, Oil.
Brushes, eto., etc.
No. 65 rromtStrawat-PortLasid.'
.o-,r;..' , . "Du twaiers are requoatea
send for oar llstof price. .
X. XT, PH22JTIC33 Ss CO.
MUSIC STORE.
' SOLS AGKWS TOR THI
CELEBRATED WEBER,
HAINES A BROS.' AND PRAB CO.
Urend, Scoare and Uprlfol Pianos, as 4
Estey and Standard Organ.
mrirstiirsrs'UsM r
ROCit BO&P J
Trio Heat oP VMRd
. Aakl'cror Greeer -JJ.
G . IV JEiWD EKBV,
j23 frootet rortland, or.
Arent tor Ore, in and Wash tag ioa errrr&rj-
ey0 Mlfe;
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