THE INDEPENDENT. BWBBT SIXTEEN. Dear little Sadie was "iwert sixteen," . Vieio( tne softest, sweet blue,- . ir of the sunniest golden sheen, Vaee of an angel, fair and tia; . daintier fairy there never was seen J bia dear little rtadie at 'tweet sixteen." Ttio nine wbltfl hand that lay In my own, 'ilnild it pressure, I feel It yet; ff.njer Ibe mulo ber llpa lnftne, Kwetet ol voices. I cannot forget ! ' isweettr than warble of song birda, I ween, -auies low laujnter at "sweet sixteen." Hometinies 1 feel 'lis dream, I know iter 'ear tare bending clone to my own; ,i 1 hear in tu twl life bt. soft and low. -Mr own name called in her sweetest tone; Tail, unkcne, wbeo sha was sixteen, you see, v;e you, my boy, 1 waa tblrty-three. Burlington ilaxtkeye. WHO IS MY SE1GUD0BI BY ANSIS A. PRESTON. "Oh, whut a lovely bunch of pansies! Is it jiossible they are for me?'' I ex dnimed, to a tiny, brown-eyed girl who yliweJ a fragrant lxraqtiet of the goli Hud pnrplo dewey blooms in a liammook in wiucu l M-as ltuy swinging under the hie maple "Anntie Lee sent them," said the lit tlo chiltl, "and she hopes the mountain air will soon make you well, and she's yonr neighbor down under the hill." "Who is this neighborly Auntie Lee?" I asked the woman with whom I board ed, when next day she came within hear ing of .bit voice. "Uu, men, sues sent you some posies?" replied the talkative Mrs. Evans, coming briskly from the garden and sit ting down on the steps of the little porch no that she might entertain me while she was shelling the peas, thus "killing tew birds with one stun," as she said. "I was a-wonderin' not tew minutes ago how long 'twould be aforo shed find out tvbout ye an' send ye suthin', I can't see. for my part, how she can afford to do as klio does." "Why. what does she do?" I asked "Oh, she says she aimsto be neighbor ly, and if anybody happens to be sick anywhere around she sends 'em little things to eat and flowers to eheer 'em up, 'as sho says, and she always has her knit ting work in her pocket, and her odd jobs of knitting, as she calls it, grows out like tnagie into gloves and mittens and wristlets, and stockin's that she gives away." ' ' - "To her friouda people fully able to buy them, I suppose?" . . "Oh dear, no. To poor children and to olc men and women that I s'pose are really needy, and that set great store by her warm and handsome presents, for her varus are as bright as her flowers. and I've told my man a good many times that the color went ball toward makin her little gift so welcome. An' then she has so much oomp'nv." "Rich people from the city, whose 'vis its she returns?" "Oh land sakes! no; poor folks that are tickled almost to death to get an invita tion to her pleasant little home, -les, her home is an amazin' pleasant one, thoneli her man is onlv a uoor mechanic. She's always a sayin' that she'd rather do a little good every day as she goes along than to le a-waitin' tew do some great thing when she gets able, an' then, per haps: lose her opportunity and never do nothin . X told her one day last year, says I, 'Miss Lee, I should ruther be puttin' somethin' in the bank for a rainy day than be givin' away all the time.' And Bays she, 'Mrs. Evings, that's your way, and it's a good way. , I don't find no fault with it, but all these things that I give away would never get into the bank, and so yon see they'd be lost, an' should pas away without ever doin' any thing for my Master. An I don't want to go to bed at night without thinkin' that I have tried that, day to brighten some fellow-mortal s burden, brought smile to some face or a streak o' sunshine ... to some heart, if its only givin' a bunch o posies in the right speret. rf "And those flowers cost her a good deal, at first and last, I suppose?" said I caressing my pansies. "Oh, 'twould cost me a good deal to run suh a garden as she does, but Miss fresh air, sun paths and exercise in her garden and" Spends htfr time workin' in there instead of vieitin'. She returns all her calls by sendin' her compliments with a bunch o' posies." ' , "She hires some one to carry them alont, I presume?" "Massy, no. There isn't a child in the village but would run its legs off for Auntie Lee," and having finished shell ing her mess of peas, my talkative little hostess trotted off about their work again, saying, as she disappeared through the doorway, "It's well enough to be neighborly, of course; but Miss Lee might see the time when she'd a wished she had a little somethin' out at interest." The Vermont air agreed with me, my health- gradually improving, and I staid on and otf, week after week spending a part of my time, when the weather did not positively forbid, in my hammock under the maples. Asyetlhad not once seen my neigh bor, Auntie'Lee, but grew to love her on acconnt of the pretty nosegays that con tinually found their way from her hand to mine by one and another of her child ren messengers. One night, late in August, there was a heavy thunder-shower. The sudden downfall of rain swelled the little river that skirted our village to a veritable mountain torrent. A milldam some miles np the stream had broken away and the angry Hood came rushing down, sweeping all before it. "Auntie Lee's husband's shop is gone," shouted my hostess, Mrs. Evans, as alio knocked at my door in the early morning after the storm; "and that'sot the worst on't, for her garden is all washed out and undermined, so that'll take a pretty pile o' money to fix it up again. I won der now ef Miss Lee don't wish she hadn't been so neighborly, and so had a little somethin' out at interest," and it really seemed to me as if the little wom an was chuckling to herself as she patted down the stairs. - In less than half an hour she came back to my room- with as doleful a look ing vissage as I ever saw. "Whatever is a-goin' to become o' me and my man?" she cried; "and we a-gettin' to be old folks, tew. Our savin's were all in'the stock oomp'ny up to Minotsville, in there be cause they paid more interest than the bank; we only tuk it out o' the bank a littlo while ago, an' now. their old mill has gone clean off, an' they'll all go to gineral smash and we along with 'em ;" and this time she went groaning down the stairs. I could hardly help pitying the poor woman from the bottom of my heart. There was great excitement in the lit tle village, as a matter of course, but Auntie Lee was reported to be as "chip per" as ever. The nosegays came to me every day as usual, not quite so many nor so great a variety as formerly, for a part of the garden had been wasted away, but enough to give mo an increased ad- - miration for the sweet old lady who was no persistent and unwearying in her neighborly acts of kindness. ..- The next Monday's local newspaper had this unique notice at the head of the village items : - "All who have ever been the recipients of kindly deeds from Auntie Lee, and who would like to reciprocate now in their day of misfortune, are invited to 1 - it ' . iirmg uieir supper to uaK Urove on Thursday afternoon at five o'clock, and talk the matter up over a neighborly cup of tea." , At the time appointed I had a carriage come to take my hostess and me, and my basket of cakes and buns f resh from the bakery, to the beautiful grove. As we were driven along I was surprised to see so many people, lunch-basket in hand, speeding in the same direction. "Almost every body in town is going," said Mrs. Evans, "high an' low, rich an' poor," ; ' " . As I was being assisted to a seat, a gen tle, motherly little woman spread a soft shawl over the back of the chair intended for mand quickly folded another shawl for my lame foot to rest upon. "This is Auntie Lee," said Mrs Evans, and the sweet-faced little woman and I looked into each other's faces with a lit tle curiosity, perhaps, as well as sympa thy, and shook hands cordially. "I don't know what all these good peo ple are to do with Elijah and me," she said,- with a smile that was as genial as a sunbeam, "but the minister would have us come, and he and; his wife drove around for us." ' The minister ascended the platform just then, and after tenderly yet impres sively invoking the divine blessing, he looked down benignly upon the faees up turned to his, and with a touching into nation of voice asked "Who is my neigh bor?" He then went on to tell how Auntie Lee answered that question in regard to himself . ; "When I first became acquainted with Mr. and Mrs. Elijah Lee," he saitL ,"I was finishing my theological Btudies here in tne village with XJr. Mills, and they had inst married and settled down in their littlo house yonder, which they had inherited. One day I was sent for. to Teach on trial in the adjoining town of Luxboro'. My only coat was worn threadbare, extensively patched, and I had no way of procuring another. Feel ing sorely grieved and dispirited, x started out for a walk, and for the sake of telling my trouble to some fellow crea ture, and with no thought of receiving any aid in the premises, X turned into Mrs. Lee's house, and read to her the in vitation I had from Luxboro', and frankly told her why I could not go at present. "iieave it to the Xjord, said the good wo man, and forthwith she proceeded to take my measure with a piece of tape, uo home. she continued, 'write your ser mon and come here again on Saturday morning. I obeyed. I subsequently found that the woman had actually taken a piece of cloth that she had laid by in the house for a cloak for herself, and, tailoress as site was by trade, had cut and made me a coat from it. I preached my first sermon in it, and shortly re ceived and accepted mv first call. I Oh. dear, whispered Auntie Xjee from her seat by my side, "he's jbaid me for that coat every New Year's siiice, and it wasn't much for me to do after all;" Major Sanford, the richest maij in the town, was the next to take the stand. The old people smiled and nodded their beads, but the young loins looKea at each other and wondered what he could be indebted to Auntie Lee for. When I was a boy," the Mator began, "I was bound out in H to: a very, very bad master, from whom x deter mined to run away X availed myseit of an opportunity to escape one Satur day afternoon, when X was sent to uie pasture to salt the cattle. I caine straight - . i x ii i .. over me mountain . io mis piautj. wanted to cet out of the State as soon as Sosaible, so came directly to the bridge own there at the river which is, yon know, the New Hampshire boundary, Just after I had stepped upon Vermont soil. I overtook on the road Mr. and Mrs Lee. young people then. TheNr had a basket and a spade, and had been! digging up wild flowers to transplant in their gar den. Although an entire stranger, they accosted me kindly. ; .Noticing that X had been crying, Mrs. Lee asked; me my trouble. Before I knew it I ha4 blurted out the -whole storv. and had been in vited by her to go home with ilhem and stay over Sunday. I was, of course, only too errateful to accept the invitation After supper we set out the plants. and then Mr. Le tobk me with him down ; to the hill to the bank of the brook, as we called it then, and into his little machine shop evinced my fondness for tools, and con fided to him an invention that had in crude form long had possession of my brain. Being a natural mechanic, he saw the utility of my invention at glance. The subject was not mentioned on the morrow, which was a quiet, rest ful day to me. Mrs. Jjee loaned me clean linen suit belonging to (her hus band, and I went to church with them The next day Mr. Lee went over to H and made terms with my master, because Mrs. Lee said she could not allow me to feel like a runaway. Then Mr. Lee took me into his employment and gave me -corner in his shop, where I could, at odd moments, work at my model. My in vention proved a success, and , made my fortune, as you all know. I am thankful, my dear friends, that I am able to repair the damage done to the dear little home stead and to rebuild my old friend's shop," and Major Sanford sat down, wiping his eyes with his handkerchief, while his delighted audience applauded vociferously. "Dear heart !" said Auntie Lee to me, "what was he talking about? He's paid us over and over, and he's tried and tried to make Elijah go into partnership with him, but he would not, and I won't let him." Then quickly followed one-minute speeches by the score. "They kept me three months when I was sick and homeless," said one. "I made their house my home for weeks when I was out of work," said another. Ten homeless working girls were mar ried in their parlor, and went out into the world with their blessing. There was a great number of touching little speeches from those who had received flowers and delicacies in illness, and warm garments in time of need. And so from them all flowed contribu tions of money, the greatest part of which was safely placed in bank for the benefit of the Lees when old age and failing strength should overtake them. "Dear me!" said Mrs. Evans to Auntie Lee, "you've been lendin' to the Lord, and he pays the best interest- after all. I never could understand before; but I do now." "There are some of us so poor that we cannot give such as we have. A smile or a kind word even will come back to us in kind," said Auntie Lee, and we all brushed away the tears that we could not suppress while these touching speeches were being made, and we went to .our homes. Dickens a a Pedestrian. "Are you a walker?" inquired the English friend who drove me to the sta tion from which I was to start for Gad's Hill, on my first visit to Charles Dickens. "Pretty fair," I replied, with that Amer ican confidence in my ability to do any thing which has made my countrymen famous. "All right," responded my friend, with a quizzical glance at the thin soled gaiters affected by New Yorkers in 1866 a glance which I did not thor oughly appreciate until forty-eight hours afterward, in my room at the Gad's Hill place, when I endeavored to coax those very gaiters off from my swollen, burn ing and painful feet. During that inter val I had met Charles Dickens, and we had taken one of his walks together. Professional or amateur, there was never a more enthusiastic pedestrian than Dickens. He loved walking for its own sake; he practised it for its beneficial efiects upon his health ; he utilized it as a means of observation ; he preferrod it to any other means of locomotion; he found in it rest, recreation and unlimited enjoyment. To ask you to walk with him, in town or country, was one of the highest compliments which lie, who r aid so few compliments, could offer. Many are the happy hours, along London streets and Kochester roads, that memory now tenderly recalls; but these pleasures do not obliter ate the recollection of the exquis ite pedestrian ! pains that followed my first walk with Dickens. There was nothing, except my friend's tentative question at the station, to prepare me for the sacrifice. A basket-carriage was waiting at Gad's-hill station to drive me to the Dickens mansion io time for din ner. Next day the host himself drove me about Cebham park. It was not un til the second morning, when we had be come better acquainted, that he proposed that walk to Rochester , around Roches ter, through the marches, to Gravesend, by Chalk .church, that sent me back to London footsore from unaccustomed ex ercise, but with head and heart full of the genial and wise gossip of the great novelist. "Not quite twenty miles and back," said Dickens, as we reached Gad's hill gate, "but good walking for five hours and a half considering the country." Considering, too, he might have added, the stoppages for hearty laughter; the episodes of flower-gathering and stair climbing; the visits to roadside hostei ries, old churchyards and curious, rains; the talks with tramps, with children and inquisitive dogs, and the merry accom paniment of anecdote, reminiscence and remark, that made each mile a miracle of delight to one who was, for the first time, alone with the Dickens of his boyhood's adoration and his youthful dreams. Aquatic MontMy and Sporting Gazette, la Praise of Light Brabmas. Every variety of fowls has one or more points of excellence, but by almost uni versal consent the light Brahma combines the largest number of good qualities.. A dozen poultry fanciers may disagree about the merits of the breed of fowls they severally prefer, but they will all unite on the light Brahma as their second choice. "If fine feathers" alone made "fine birds," there would be no other Ugjgiil the poultry yard than the Domr inione and the silver-spangled namDurg. - . . . it. Xf one desires "a cock uiai crows m mo morn," and a hen that will do a large amount ol wors in tue- vegeiaoie ami flower garden, he can not do better than keep the ordinary barnyard fowls. If a i p . . it person Jteeps poultry ior tne purposu ui witnessing "lively chicken contests," he will find the game fowls exactly suited to gratify his desires, lhe Java lowi is more elegant than the light Brahma, the black Spanish supports a more lofty comb, the Xjeghorn produces more eggs, the buff Cochin will attain a larger size, the Dorkin will endure more severe weather without injury, and the Houdan will aaord more aeiicate nesu. luere are also breeds that mature earlier, that are more persistent Bitters, or that re quire an incubator or a hen of another I breed to hatch their eggs. In short, that is a breed of fowls that excels all others in some desirable characteristic. For a "general purpose fowl, how ever, there is none tuat compares wun the light Brahma. It has a comely form and good size. It has fine plumage, that is not liable to injury unless the bird is confined in close, dirty quarters. When allowed the run of an open yard or a small, clean lot, the feathers are not Ua- . . ' . i , i ml. 1. 'a- bie to become discolored, xne wuikj feathers that cover the body of the bird are relieved by the dark ones about the neck and on the wings and tail. The plumage of the light Brahma is not liable to injury in the coops in which they are sent to market. It is generally remarked that chickens of this breed arrive at a dis tant market in a more presentable condi tion than those of other varities, and on this account, if no other, they ordinarily obtain ready sale. They have no droop ing tail leathers to be broKen, no large wattles and combs to be injured during transportation. The eggs of the Brahma are of large size and well shaped. A dozen of them will weigh more than an equal number of those produced by hens of almost any other breed. As winter layers they have an established reputation. As eggs laid in winter are worth from two to five times as much as those dropped during the spring or summer, the value of the eggs produced by a Brahma hen is gen erally greater than of those laid by fowls that are regarded as better egg pro ducers. The hens are faithful, but not persistent, setters. They will rarely abandon a nest of eggs on which they have commenced to set. It is compara tively easy, however, to break up their desire for setting, when they will return to laying. As the Brahma hen is heavy, she is likely to break the eggs of those breeds which produce thin shells, but the eggs of her own production are of sufficient strength to sustain her weight on the nest. As mothers, the Brahmas are kind, affectionate, faithful, watchful and provi dent. Being peaceable and quiet in their dispositions, they never engage in quarrels with other fond mothers who are rearing families in the same neigh borhood. Their example in this respect might Je followed to good advantage by other birds, as well as by human moth ers. As Brahmas seldom wander far from the place set apart for their occu pancy, their chicks are not liable to be carried off by hawks or devoured by small animals. As the body of the Brahma is heavy and its wings compara tively small, it is not inclined to attempt to fly long distances. It is easily fenced in or fenced out of a yard. It uses its feet for the purpose of walking upon the ground, and not for that of scratching it in pieces. It has respect for flower beds, in which matter it shows its superiority over many men. It endures confinement submissively, but rejoices in the free dom of the open neid. In short, the light Brahma is a comely, useful, respectable and well-behaved bird in all the walks of life. Its virtues are many, its faults are few. Apparently, it does not Know tne meaning oi vice ii any of its various forms. During a some what protracted stay in this country it has endeared itself to thousands in every State in the Union. It has made many friends and few enemies. It is a favorite with persons of all ages and of both sexes. It has trained its excellent and wide-spread reputation through merit alone. It never sounds its own praise with a loud voice. The male seldom crows, and when he does it is not in the tone or manner of the braggart. The cackle of the female is only loud enough to inform her owner that a visit to her nest will not be unrewarded. Among the gayer and more boisterous birds of the poultry yard she walks a quiet, mod est Quaker, conscious that her life is well spent and that the world is better for her presence in it. But the benefits conferred by the light Brahma fowl do not terminate with death. Its body is left as a rich legacy for the living. On the table, at the market or the mansion, dressed or un dressed, raw or cooked, plain or garnish ed, it presents a tempting appearance, and this appearance is by no means de ceptive. The flesh is tender, white and of delicate flavor. The fowl when tol erably well matured is very plump, the flesh well supplied with fat.The whole covered with a skin of rich and most agreeable color. A few very peculiar people who delight in the rapid develop ment peculiar to Young America, who admire boys who carry a revolver at ten, and girls who wear long dresses at twelve, condemn the light Brahma because it has not a full coat of feathers when it has been out of the shell but eight weeks, and because it is not in prime condition for the gridiron when the first strawber ries appear. These persons, however, are chronic grumblers whose complaints are unworthy of consideration. The First Sewing Machine in India. rcbamber's Journal. In the days when the sewing machine was in its earliest infancy, a lady residing in India imported one, and for a long time 'kept its mysterious workings hid from the ken of her native tailor. This functionary was the very slowest of his proverbially slow "cast, and wasted no end of time drawling over hem and stitch. One day his mistress comes to him arm laden with yards upon yards of dress fab ric. "Dirzee," says she, "how long will it take you to run these breadths to gether?" "Tree days, missis," replies Dirzee. "Missis, please, plenty too much work." "Three days? Nonsense! Three hours, you mean, ,You ore a very lazy man, and I'll cut your pay. Give me the stuff; I'll do it myself." Then the lady retires to her boudoir, from the inner most penetralia of which a sharp and continuous click and whirr reaches the tailor's ears. He can't make out what the sound is, and is much too lazy to speculate on it. He continues to "chew betel," and yawningly to ply needle and thread. After an hoar or two "Missis" comes back, and throwing at Mr. Dirzee's feet the raw material now fastened into a completed skirt, says: "There! See! You wanted three days, you sleepy fel low, to finish t'ais, and I have done it already." Astonished, Dirzee turns over the drapery, examines the seems, scrutin izes the stitch, and satisfies himself that all is proper and according to tailors' rule, 'He is confounded. It passes his understanding. There lies the work done and no mistake. But how?. He springs up from the mat on which he had been squatting; he kicks over the little brass vessel which holds his drinking water; he scatters right and left thread, needles, thimble; he stops not to put on his san dals or to adjust loosened turban and waist cloth. Scared and bewildered, he runs for very life into the bazaar, shout ing as. he goes along: "Shitan! shitan! (The EvU one! the Evil one)! He do tailor business that Mem's house. I listen I hear! He cry "Cleek, cleek, cleek!"- Two hours time he neber stop cry. Den I Plenty too much true dis word I tell. Ebery bit true. All work done finished! I not go back to dat bnngolow." And he never did, -- . Vi: . : v. V. .. Smitten with tho Circus Fever. After the performance was over at the circus, says a Nevada exchange, a young man called on Uluamu and said he want ed to see him on private business. The veteran took him into his office, and re ceived him with the usual politeness. "I came up all the way from Carson to see the show, and I'd like to join," said the young man.. "Gh, I see, said the circus man; "you are a well-formed, healthy-looking young fellow, and I like to encourage such as you." The youth's face brightened. "You don't chew, smoke or drink, I hope?" ' ; "Oh, no; honor bright except soda and beer." "You must leave off these bad habits. They weaken the muscles and paralyze the nerves. You can soon stop drinking, but your salary will not be large until you have overcome these tendencies. A little lemonade circus lemonade is all the performers drink. Call at 11 o'clock to-morrow morning and I will see what I can do. You musn't expect over 50 a week, though, at first. We never pay high salaries until we know what a man can do." The delightful Carsonite went away; and next morning was on hand. Chiaiini took him to a tent where three immense Bengal tigers were -caged. Handing him a curry-comb and a pair of shears, he remarked: "Your duties will be .comparatively light at first. You will go into the cage and curry the tigers down every morn ing, and about once a week cut their claws; keep 'em down pretty short, so that when they attack the tiger-tamers, Mr. Wilson, they won't lacerate him much. Sometimes, but not more than once a month, you may have occasion to hie their teeth. ou past tnrow me am mal on his back and hold his head be tween your knees. If he acts rough, belt him in the nose a few times. Keep pelt ing him until he oniets down. "Haven't you got a vacancy in the art department? ' asfced the young man irom Carson. "Is art in your line?" inquired Chiar ini. "Yes." drawled the young man. "In the circuses I have always run with was employed to print the stripes on the zebra. I'killed so many tigers keepin' 'em straight that the boss wouldn't let me handle 'em. He said I used 'em too rough." Chiarini swears that the terror from Carson shall have the first vacancy. The Australian Exhibitions. Mr. O. M. Swneer. United States Con sul General at Melbourne, Australia, transmits to the Department of Sttte a very full report of the proposed Xxlii bitions at Svdnev and Melbourne. The first opens on the 1st of September, ivtv, and will close on the 31st of March, 1880. That at Melbourne opens on the 1st of October. 1880. and closes on the dist ol March. 1881. This Exhibition will be held in the Carlton liardens, comprising nn area of 65 acres. Nearly ali the leading European goverments have signified their intention of being present oy royai com missionors. All of the Australasian colo nies have entered heartily into the enterprise. The English Government has taken a warm and decided interest in it. The Prince of Wales and others of the royal family will visit the Exhibition, The Duke of Genoa will come out in an Italian man-of-war. and France and Ger many will be represented in a similar manner. The relation which exists be tween the Sydney and Melbourne exhib itors is one of eenerons rivalry and cor dial co-operation. The two cities will soon be connected by railway. There are several lines of steamships now ply ing regularly between tho two places with low rates for freight. rIhe expense tt tranBfwrrintr crnndt from Svdnev to Melboure will be moderate, including storage. Goods will be received at the latter exhibition building on tho 1st of June. 1880. All the usual facilities accorded at pre vious international fairs in other conn tries will be liberally afforded at Mel bourne. The protection of inventions capable secured, decide of -war, of being patented is fully Should the United States not to send out a man it is advisable to ship all heavy goods in sailing vessels, via the not later than February. 1880. Goods from the Pacific slope and parcels of great value and small bulk may be shipped via San Francisco by the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, wmen runs monthly line of steamers from San Fran cisco to Sydney. Show cases, shelving beltincr. etc.. may be procured in Mel bourne at low rates, at the cost of the exhibitors. Seient ific A merica n. What Our Boys and Gikls are Read iso. Sunday Afternoon for .September, says: the nashy newspapers that are sold upon the news-stands, and the vile publications that are hawked about more secretly, are not, however, the whole of the mischievous readmit that falls into the hands of our boys and girls. - Tho libraries, the public libraries, the Sunday school libraries, furnish them with a great deal ol reading that, as they use it, is ex tiemely hurtful to tliera. The statistics that our librarians give us, showing the great excess of novels over all other classes of books issued to the patrons of the libraries, give us food for rather dis couraging reflection. From the Hartford Public Library one boy took 102 novels in six menths, and a girl 112 in the same time. Think of the condition of these children's minds at the end of such a carnival of sensations! Even though no books of positively immoral character are admitted into the public libraries, it is clear that the provision of so much men tal excitement for our young people is doinj: them great damage. The late con vention of librarians in Boston discussed this matter very earnestly and tried to reach some practical conclusions. One radical suggestion was that a city or town has no right to tax the people for the furnishing of mere amusement to any body, and that therefore no fiction that is not clearly educational in its character should find room upon the shelves of the public libraries. Another proposition was that school children (and the restriction need not be limited to children at school) should not be allowed to take more than one story a week. That rule ought to be immediately adopted and rigidly enforced in all public libraries. It is simple de bauchery for any young person to read more than one novel a week. Boardino Houses on Wheels. in a letter just received from a threshing machine man, who is in active duty in the harvest field, he discourses as fol lows: "In the estimation of the ranchers, we are what we call 'way up,' and have everything our own way. The cook house is certainly a great convenience to all concerned, and I heartily approve of it; at all times, providing farmers are willing to pay the difference. It inspires a man with an abundance of home inde pendence. It is your own vine and fig tree, where none dare molest or make afraid. Here we are at home on the open plains, and we all enjoy it, I as sure you," The traveling boarding house is indeed a great convenience to the farmer as well as to the thresher, and in the last few years it has come into use in many places. It brings many bless ings to farmers' wives, who used to worry and lie awake nights thinking how they would manage to cook for thirty men and be up in the morning to have breakfast ready at five o'clock. With this con venient arrangement, which may lie con sidered a part of the machine, the far mer's house is not turned upside down and inside out: everything goes on as ' usual at the ranch house, and the ma chine man can feed his men as he choos es, have meals at his own hours, and em ploy a cook to snit his own purposes. The house always stands near the ma chine, and saves long journeys to meals, besides being near by to prevent acci dents, and the men are handy by to do repairs. So far, the experience with these cook houses ore favorable, accord ing to all accounts we have received, ' Tulare Lake, thirty-three by twenty two miles, has been Jor two years past gradually drying up. Great wheat fields cover a great area over which, three years ago, steamers floated. Cali fornia fashion, the lake sinks, through which its waters find outlet into aubter ranean channels, whose course and des tination are not traceable. 'Fish abound, and thousands are continually whirled away in the vortexes. Kosciusko' Will. A Charlottesville, Va., paper has the following: "Among the records of the clerk's office of the Circuit Court of this county there is a document which, from the notable position the parties con nected with it have held in the history of our country, is of interest. The docu ment in question is the will of Thaddeus Kosciusko, the Polish patriot, the friend of liberty and of Jefferson. Thaddeus Kosciusco was born in the Grand Duchy or Hiuiciana in lioi. He was sprung of noble ancestors and inherited a consider able estate. Early in life he espoused the cause of civil liberty, and one of the first acts of his manhood was to break the fetters of his own serfs. After the partition of Poland, in 1772, he retired to Paris and sought in her schools a mil iary education. It was here that his at tention was first directed to America, and the struggle in which the colonists were then engaged against the mother country ottered a wide field of usefulness to his liberty-loving heart. He arrived in this country in 1775, and in the same year as appointed by the Colonial Congress a colonel of engineers. , His services m the cause of liberty were signal and val uable. He was ever selected for the most dangerous and difficult work, and besides planning the fortifications of va rious other important forts, the works at West Point were designed by him and built under his personal supervision. As memorial of the valuable services ren dered in this case, the uadets at West Point have erected a statue to him within the fortifications. In 1783, as a reward for his great services, Congress bestowed upon him the rank of Briga dier General, and passed a vote declara tory of " their high sense of his faithful and meritorious conduct. Between Kosciusko and Mr. Jefferson there existed the warmest friendship and intimacy. He was a welcome guest at Monticello, where-he spent some time, and the mu tual love of these two great men for lib erty and freedom made their companion ship highly congenial. With the price of his sen-ice as a soldier in the American army, he had purchased American secu rities, and in these consisted the property comprised in his testamentary disposi tion. On the eve of his departure from this country, in 1798, he made this will and left it in the possession of Mr. Jefler son. The ruling passion of his life that of gaining for his fellow men liberty and freedom is manifested clearly in this quaint instrument. It reads as follows : X, Thaddeus Jiosciusko, being lust on my departure from America, do hereby declare and direct that, should I make no other testamentary disposition of my property in the United States, I hereby authorize my mend x nomas jenerson to employ the whole thereof in purchasing negroes from among his own or any others and giving them their liberty in my name, in giving them an education in trades or otherwise, and in having them instructed for their new condition in their duties of morality, which may make them good neighbors, good fathers or mothers, husbands or wives, and in their duties as citizens, teaching them to be defenders of their liberty and ooun try and useful; and I make the said Thomas Jefferson executor on this 5th day of May, 1789, T. Kosciusko. At the bottom of the will is the usual memorandum of its probate, as of the 12th day of May, 1819, and the memo randum also contains the statement that "Mr. Jefferson, the executor therein named, refuses to take upon himself the burthen of the execution of the said will. Teste, John Carr. C. C." In a letter to an eminent Frenchman, written about this time, Mr. Jefferson states that he now "too old to undertake such an onerous duty, but is striving to have the philanthropic wishes of the donor discharged." The probate of the will gave occasion to a very interesting correspondence between Mr. Jefferson and Wm. Wirt, then Attorney-General of the United States, as to where the will should be proved. It was decided as Mr, J. held the evidences of the debts, the Circuit Court of this county was the proper forum for its probate. It nowhere appears whether the pro visions of the will were carried out or not. William Wertenbaker, the venera ble Librarian of the University, was clerk in the office of the Circuit Court at the time, and remembers the circum stances of the recordation of the will What became of this property is not known. The securities may have been worthless, and it is highly probable that the philanthropic wishes of the donor were never carried out. After Kosciusco had assisted our fore fathers to establish the temple of free dom he returned to his native land, where he fought bravely for liberation, but failing in this he retired to Switzer land, where he died in loll. Humor la tne Family. Good humor is rightly reckoned a most valuable aid to happy home lire. An equally good and useful faculty is a sense of humor, or the capai-itv to have a little fun alontr with the humdrum cares and work of life. We all know how it bright ens things tip generally to have a lively, witty companion who sees the ridiculous points of things, and can turn an annoy ance into an occasion for laughter. It is a great deal better to laugh over some domestic mishaps than to cry and to scold over them. Many homes and lives are fdull because they are allowed to become too deeply impressed with a sense of the cares and responsiDtttiies oi me iu reco- oirnize its brizht. and especially its mirth ful side. Into such a household, good but dull, the advent of a witty, humorous friend is like sunshine on a cloudy day. While it is always oppressive to hear per sons constantly striving to say witty or imnv thinus. it is comfortable to see what a briehtener a little fun is to make an effort to have some at home. It is well to turn off an impertinent question some times, and to regard it from an humorous point of view instead of becoming irrita te almnt it. "Wife, what is the reason I can never find a clean shirt ?" exclaimed a good but rather impatient husband, after rttmsging ttirougn ait tne wrong uraweru Xlis wife looted at mm sieauuy ior moment, half inclined to be provoked then with a comical look, she said : "1 nAvpr ariiesa conttn drums : I give it up.' Then ha lauehed. and they both laughed. and she went and got his shirt, and he felt ashamed of himself, and kissed her, and then she felt happy ; so what might have been an occasion for hard words and unkind feelings, became just the contrary, all through tho little vein of humor that cropped out to the surface. Some children have a peculiar faculty for giving a hu morous turn to thintrs when they are reproved. It does just as well oftentimes to laugh things off as to scold them; laughter is better than tears. Let ns have a little more of it at home. Manw faclurer and Builder. Gibls on the Stage. The young women of Philadelphia never grqw old. A theatrical manager who advertised for twenty-five beautiful girls complains that old women who would pass for his grand motherand who is not a spring chicken himself answered the call. These were women who had capered before the foot lights for years, and tossed their ringlets at the front rows for a generation, and yet they still fancy they are young, sprightly and beautiful. "I tell you," remarked the manager in a confidential chat with a reporter, "although this may seem to be an easy way to make a living, yet I know the life is fraught with hard ships and spiked with dangers I know it, and knowing it, act accordingly. Now, the other day, two young girls called on Ede pretty little girls, too and wanted to go on the stage. They were willing to go at just enough to keep them. : I took those two little stage-struck girls aside and talked to them like a Sunday school Superintedent. They said they were working in a shirt factory and were only making 84 50 a week, and could not get along on their wages. When I found mat ont I doubled my argument, and I think I have persauded them that stich ing shirts at 4 50 a week is better for mem thou to undertake the hardships of a life in tights and tinsel. Women get it bad sometimes. "There is plenty pf fun with a young man who wants to play kings and tyrants by casting him for a policeman m a pantomime, and whang ing him with stuffed clubs and property produce. One week of this effects a per manent cure; but when young women get it the only thing to do is to talk ear nestly and honostly to them." tf I Julian Ctesar the Second. , Many persons will be interested, and many more, perchance, considerably as tonibhed to learn that an effigy of Julius Cicsajr has recently been added to the National Portrait Gallery. The pleasing circumstance is duly recorded in the twenty-second annual report of the Trus tees to the Lords Commissioners of Her Majesty's .Treasury, and from this in structive document we likewise learn that the nation has come into possession of portraits, among numerous others, of Lord Bacon, Richard Baxter, Thomas Britton, the "musical small coal man;" Geoffrey Chaucer, Archbishop Cranmer, Oliver Cromwell, the Duke of Cumber land who is politely styled Hero of Cul loden in the catalogue Andrew Marvel, St. Evermond, "Cyclopedia" Rees, Hum phrey Wanley of the ''Little World of Wonders;" General Lord Cutts, popularly known as the "Salamander;" "La Belle Hamilton," who married Count de Grammont; Thomas Holcroft, the dramatist, and Lodowick Maggie ton, founder of the sect of pietists called Muggletonians. But how, it may be asked, did Julius Ctesar obtain admission to this miscellaneous but eminently dis tinguished company ? It is a matter of history that on the 26th of August, B. C. 55, Julius Cffisar, with the infantry of two legions, cast anchor off the British coast somewhere between Dover and Deal. We have all heard how the stand ard bearer of the tenth legion leaped with his eagles into the sea, calling on his comrades to follow him; how there was a fierce combat on the beach be- ; tween the Roman invaders and our ancestors; and how Ctesar, albeit he gained the struggle, found the ancient Britons, all naked savages as they were, remarkable tough customers. Looking at the season of the year at which this engagement occurred, Crosar probably wore the full panoply of a Roman gen eral, minus only those pantaloons which were subsequently introduced into the imperial wardrobe by his nephew, the chilly and rheumatic Augustus; but at the first blush it may be somewhat per plexing to learn from the catalogue al ready referred that the Julius Ctesar in the National Portrait Gallery wears "a tall cap trimmed with white lace receding from the forehead, and an elaborate laco ruff." It is added that the countenance of Julius wears a benevolent expression, that he was celebrated for his charity, an eminent antiquary, and was formerly called Sir Henry Spelman. Mighty Ctesar was assuredly an eminent antiquary, and a sedulous collector of the coins and objects of vertu of his time in the shape of booty oi war; and Mark Antony, in the cele brated funeral oration reported by Shakspeare, claims for the hero whom Brutus and company slew, the possession of many benevolent qualities. He was, again, called many names during his time, but the historians mit to inform us mat he was ever mistaken for Sir Henry Spelman. Our doubts, however, may be at once resolved by ascertaining from further reverence to the catalogue that the Ctosar in tho National Portrait Gallery is not Caius Caesar of the Julia gens, but Sir Julius Ctesar, Master of Rolls in the reign of King James I. and lung Charles I., and whose last known lineal descendent was a Colonel in the Guards, and one of the many protectors of X'eg vYofhngton. Jux. Orchards. Every farmer should set apart several acres of his land for fruit growing. He can make use of the land for various pur poses while the trees are growing. Indeed it is probably the better plan to set the trees so far apart that they will never meet and overshadow the ground so much that a crop of some other kind cannot be raised between them. After all that has been said and written against raising croDS in the orchard, the omnion annears to be that it is better for tho trees and also for the proprietor, to keep on cultivating the soil and keep on raising tillage crops than to lav it down in grass, borne crops are more suitable for orchards than others. Hoed crops of any kind are beneficial, because the soil is kept in a fine state ot tilth, weeds are ban ished, and the surface of the soil, being shaded by crops, retains moisture, which is grateful to the minute, sponge-like mouths of the fibrous roots of the fruit trees. The cost of fruit trees, even of the Kafit vnrinriiio la fAm wa f t tr& r atviall an) lbOK IHIIVl(VO tfcj luWU4pni Mill UIIIUII) MUV the land need not be idle while the trees are coming to a bearing age, for the orchard, by proper cultivation, may be made to produce excellent crops of vari ous kinds. When an acre of apple trees is in its prime, it will produce about 400 bushels of fruit, and if these are of the best variety they will be worth one dollar a bushel. There will be windfalls and inferior fruit which will be of much use feeding hogs or cattle. Some orchards, it is true, -produce crops only every second year, because, having borne a very heavy crop, they need recuperation. It is a com mon saying: "One year for wood and one for fruit," but it is also a well established fact that, by proper management, such as judicious pruning, and the application of special mauures, the trees may be caused to yield a crop of lruit every year. Peaches and plums are uncertain fruits; yet, if precautions are taken, fine crops may be obtained. If peach trees of the best varieties are planted in suitable soil, and in favorable situations, they will bear almost every year. They do best when shaded from - the morning sun and exposed to that of the noon and evening, as in this case the frozen branches thaw gradually, and the slender tissues ol the wood are not fractured by rapidly thawing after being frozen. The best ol all the remedies for the curculio is to re move the soil to the width of three feet and to the depth of six .inches from around ' the plum trees, scattering it thinly over the surface of the orchard or garden, so that the puptc of the curculio may be exposed to destruction. This should be done when the trees commence to biossom. The cavity around the trees should be filled with rich muck or com post. In every large orchard a considera ble portion should be set apart for grow ing peaches, plums and pears, as these fruits find a ready market, and when they succeed well are very prohtaoio. ' Hallo Yourself 1 Burdett, writing from Canada to the Burlington llaukeyc, says : One morning i waiKea out by myself. All along the marsh roads the farmers were busy mow ing and turning their hay. A couple of reguiany ordained tramps, idle and aim less as myself, and much better acauain- ted with the road, passed me, and I tagged along in their lounging wake. Presently the voice of a farmer came over the sweet scented meadows : "Hallo !" The tramps halted. "Hallo yourself!" snoutea one oi tnera. "Do you wont to hire?" veiled the farmer. Judge of my astonishment when both tramps chorused back : "Yes!" Well, I thought, they aren't American tramps anyhow, or they wouldn't disgrace the profession in this way. But I stood still to listen and watch, for it was an tin- UBual sight two tramps going to work "Then come over here !" yelled the isrmer, ana tne two ieiipws sprang over the fence and trudged across the meadow with the brisk air of men who really wanted work and meant business. The farmer stood still, leaning on his pitch fork, gazing intently at my motionless figure. Presently his voice broke the silence once more: "Don't that other fellow want to hire, too r ne yeiiea. The two tramps turned and glanced at me for my reply. I shook my head sadly but firmly, and moved on, without wait-, ing to hear the farmer's muttered com ments on my laziness. An American may die, but he never works- i . 'i - r A finn art sallerv is to be oeened in London, the character of which will be purely dramatic, and the object to bring together a variety of paintings illustrative of theatrical art, including portraits of deceased and living actors. It i intended, also, that the distinguishing feature of the collection shall consist solely of contribu tions from actors and actresses of the British stage, although a collection of pic tares by the most talented of our scenic artists will likewise be added, Moat of the leading actors aud actrtxsses have al ready subscribed their uaines in the list of contributors, . What military officer is like a man ust removed from a house? The left enant, Sot Yery Funny Items. A big revolver The world. ' ' Tan-bark A terrier's yelp. Reor-ly too bad Tho mule's hind feet. ' . A bird on toast is worth two on feather. It is easier for a rich man to go through a needless sigh than to sign a subscrip tion for a new church. Fun duLac lie porter. A wag who had lent a minister a horse that had run jaway and thrown the cler gyman, claimed credit for spreading the gospel. - Josh Billings has noticed that the man who rides on the cars every day is satis fied with one seat, but he who rides once a year wants four, ' .: ' Women always claim to be anxious to have as good husbands as possible, and yet we never attended a wedding where the bride married the best man. Boston Post. It is said that an old man and bis son, in Independence county, Ark., have found $30,000 in silver buried in the ground, some of which is Spanish coin, dated 1804. A party of tourists sought accommoda tion of a Quakeress in Nantucket. She said: "I can give thee all board, but thee must sleep in Coffins." They went went away hastily. A boy will fight like fury for his place at the first table, but when it comes to turning the grindstone after dinner he s harder to find than five aces in a deck of cards. Elmira Gazette. William Hart, of Cambridge, Mass., sat up night after night to read the Bible, but the more he studied it the more he was puzzled, and in final des pair he committed suicide. Watermelons sell for seventy-five cents a wagon-load in Kansas, and a State where the pleasure of stealing water melons is thus destroyed ought not to at tract another negro exodus. A cotemporary asks: " How shall wo men carry their purses to frustrate the thieves? Why, carry them empty. Nothing frustrates a thief more than to snatch a woman's purse, after following her half a mile, and then find that it con tains nothing but a recipe for spiced peaches and a faded photograph of her grandmother. jsorrmoicn Herald. Parties who go out in balloons are re quested to unload their sand-bags in homeopathic doses. A citizen recently stopped a hve-pound bag with bis hat, and now his hat isn't any good, and his friends had to dig the sand out of him before they could get up a respectable funeral, and the mud ran off the ice and spoiled the new parlor carpet. A weary looking individual who was found lying in the gutter lost night abont 12 o'clock, with his nose buried in thm earth, said he was "perfeckly shober." "Merely lookin for the planet Jup hio Iter, whish the papers say is shplen didly bright (hie) now at midnight. He was gathered by a "star, but not the one he was looking for. Xorrhtoicn Her ald. Ismail in Seabch of a Home. For some weeks past the ex-Khedive has lived on board his yacht in our port. He seems to have inspected, one after the other, all the country seats in the neigh borhood, and it has several times been confidently reported that he had actually struck a bargain for the temporary use of a villa. One day we heard from a trustworthy source that he .had offered a heavy sum to the Conte de Bulzo, the owner of a large house and handsome grounds at Capodimonte, bequeathed to him by Queen Isabella (whose husband he became after the death of Francis I., King of the two Sicilies) ; the next it was asserted that his Highness was in treaty for two ad joining villas on the other side of the same village. Then the magnificent property at Posilipo, formerly belonging to the Bourbon Prince Luigi, and sub sequently inhabited by the Co rate de Haute, attracted his attention, and within the lost few days the charm ing house and ground, well known to our compatriots as the scene of the summer hospitalities of the late Lady btraenna were supposed to have riv eted his ever-varying fancy. It is, how ever, now a fact that himself and sons took up their abode at the Hotel Royal on the I'zia inst., and the harem was trans-shipped from the Mahroussa (or dered home) to another vessel sent ex pressly from Egypt for their accommo dation. To-day's journals positively assert that the ex-royal residence La Lavorita, at Portici, will, through the mediation of Count Aghemo, be put at his Highness's disposal. It is stated, however, that the palace will be put in repair and furnished at the expense of the Italian Government, which is already in treaty for the recovery of the land alienated not long ago. One cannot forbear smiling at a concluding paragraph in the journal from which 1 gather information. It is gravely an nounced mat tne ex-iUiedive has ap plied to the Sultan for permission to land his harem. ISaples Vorrexjwndence of "Girls" and "Young Ladles." I call you a girl, but it is not the fash ion any more. The girls are gone, and there is nobody left but young ladies. I like girls best. There used to be a flock of Carolines in Lowville, and as fair flock as ever wore muslin. There were Caroline Collins, Caroline Northrup.Tar oline Devan. and ever so manv more. There were Cornelias, Janes, Elizabeths, Marys and Paulinas. They were all girls, and they never scorned the title. Now they would be Carries, and Nellies, Lizzies, Mamies, Jennies an Comics, and young ladies withal, eveiy daughter of them. Let us not end our names : i "ie." Let us not forget that affectation is the act of being a fool according torule. Let us learn to work worsted cats of impossible pink, if we must, but let ns know how to make Indian puddingy and a golden loaf oi corn bread as well. l,ct us talk trench. if we can, but let us avoid "slang" as we would pestilence and famine. Pure and undefiled English never sounds so music ally as it does from the unadulterated lips of a genuine girl. Let us learn the ex quisite art of keeping young. You read of Roman ruins. I think 1 have heard Tyre, Tadmor and Thebes mentioned once or twice, but there is nothing bo ancient in all this world as an old dilapi dated heart. It is everybody's duty, especially every girl's, to keep young. Now, to you and your classmates : Dear glrla, I pray yon read the book of Ruth, That old love story beautiful truth. Ol one who Uvea In everlaatlng youth; And aay with her Truth, "forever thine." "Thy God my God. and thy people mine!" Bo shall yoo keepin loving step with time. And life'a aweel cadence prove a perlect rhyme. And when at last the song ! done, And level ahlnea the dying tan, Another dawn will anew 1W early light. And bid Good morn" though you baveaald Goodnight." Ben. F. Taylor. Bismabck and MoLTKE. Prince Bis marck was present and in the best of moods. Defeated at the beginning of the session over the odious muzzle measure, he has now succeeded in vanquishing his foes and securing victory on all points. While the vote was being taken his High ness sat waiting for the end on the raised seat occupied by the Federal Council, full in front of all the House, an arrange ment which makes the German Parlia ment like a crowded Court, with the Judges sitting in banc. The Prince leans back in his chair, and, throwing one leg over the other, complacently slaps the sole of his right foot with his left hand, or playfully tilts up his sword and topsy-turvies the papers on the table before him. And Moltke, who is stand ing immediately below, seeing mat his great companion in renown is not em ployed, mounts the few steps leading to the Prinee's side his sword hilt becom ing entangled in the rail and slightly im peding his ascent to offer his sincere congratulations on the triumph won. And for some minutes the two engage in. an animated conversation, the great strategist speaking with a fulness and animation quite unusual in his quiet and silent nature. -They stand in profile be fore the Strangers', Gallery and what a pair of heads! Through a singular freak of nature, Moltke decidedly looks a di plomatist and Bismarck a soldier. Ber lin Letter, . Charles Sumner used to say that he had heard Lord Broughman make use of the wickedest oaths that he ever heard fall from fe lips of mortal man. This is doubtless true, but we don't believe Charles Sumner ever heard a hired girl quote Shakespeare to a cook stove that wouldn't draw. , Why is an author looking for writing fluid like a coroner discharging the duties of his office? Because he is hold ing an ink quest. ' 1879. STATE FAIR. 1879. REED'S 0PER4 HOUSE. THE ATTRACrtON AT THIS POPULAR place of amusement during the eomlng State fatr will far excel anything of the kind ever presented at this hon.e during any aimi lar ocoaaion. being no leas than the appear ance of Magulre' Hoperb Dramatic Company, (mm the Baldwin Theatre, Ban rraneleoo. This irnmenM company la the moat perfect on the American stage, coin priaing only artlata ot superior excellence, apeeially selected fortbeir tuperiorlly io dram alio art - The plays to be produced will emnrace an we laieat uovriuca, nut nn the .Lara with entirely new scenery and mechanical effect., under the auuervialon of the experienced actor and manager Mr. John Magulre, the ieaaee of the Portland The ater. Our readers will do well to avail them selves ofthta opportunity to enjoy the great treat which will bepreientedtothem at Reed's Opera House during the Fair. 80 great a com pany aa urn can not fan 10 paca me nuuw ki Iu greatest capacity nightly. A silver cornet band In uniform will parade the grounds daily. JOHN MACrUIKK, rroo. ana nanajrer. Portland Business Directory PHYSICIAN AUD SURGEON. CARPWEI.L, W. B.-8. E. cor. First sod Mor- rleon. over Morae-. raiaee 01 An. ATTORMKT-AT-L.AW. ADAMS, W. H. 9 Dekom'a Bulld'ng, eornrr Washington ana Finn. ; dentist. SMITH, DR. E. 0.-167 First street, Portland. MB. WALLACE, SECRET DETECTIVE S and Collector. Buslne. at a dltance promptly attended to. Cor. 4tu and Salmon. MONEY LOANED GOODS BOUGU f- iTI Produce Sold Account Coilectrri. T. A. WOOD A CO., Principal Real Eatate Agent ramana TO PKISTKHS. We nave 300 ponnua ot Brevier in excellent order which we will aell for 35 con U per pound. w. u. riLMEK, roniauu. MC ROSTRVS PAT El T ELASTIC, FIRE & WTEt?i.C0F P AI NT I For Hoofing both on Tin an I Shingles THE BEST PRESERVATIVE OF TIN AND shingle roof in the world. Will atoo leaks nn any roof. We refer by permlaaion to J. P. uonovan, juiea ivnapp. AltBy A liege le, LK -Utlimittt Oatman.aod other citiaena of Portland. The paint will be aupplled by Hi dge. DhvU A Co., Portland, at 1 60 per gal lon. Each gallon will e -ver 'i quar tin and 1 square alitnsie roof but nue oat la nec earn ry. Full direction nccowp my even pack axe. All information with resurt to Ike paint can bo had l y atldreaaiua; McKINSTRY A ITENDHY, Portland, Or. J. JASKULEK, PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER AND JEWELER, Xlosebura;. Oregon, NO MORE USE TO SESD YOUR FISE Watches to Portland for repairs. A fine assortment of Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Spec tacles and Eye-glasses always on hand. The only reliable Optosieter in Rosebarg for the proper adjustment of Spectacles and Eye glasses, which will preserve add strengthen the eyesight. fiAll work warranted. Jewelry, Watches, Diamonds, Silver and Plated War, At Greatly Reduced Prices. No Failure, No Forced Sale, No Deception. To make room for a new stock of goods which I am about to select personally in the East and in Europe, I offer all articles in my line At Coat During; September- Customers are invited to call and inspect, and be convinced of the good faith of my statement. J- VAN BEURDEN, IflS Flrat Street, Portland, Or. n NATIONAL BUSINESS COLLEGE. Prepares for Bnalaieaa And the practical duties o life In a systematic course o instruction In Bookkeeping Bnainesa Forms, Bnainear Arltbraetlc.Penmanshtpand the English Branches. K01 full Information address De PWtve White, Pnrtlnmi i COCCINS & EJEACH, . Wholesale and Retail Dealers in AVE FULL AND RUBBER MIXED PAINTS Doors, Windows and Blinds, Paints, Oils. Brushes, etc., etc. No- 65 Front Street, Portland- sWOon tractors and Dealer are requested end for our list of prices. TBEXKItUXX & WOLFF, MACHINISTS, And Manufacturers of Tools for Planing, Holding aud TarnlBir. Cattle Brands, Iron Hense Work, Iron Stalling for tVncro, end all kinds ef Brewi ry Werk made te erder. Also Farm Machinery repaired on short notice Mill Picks made and repaired. He. 62 and f 4 Prent Street. Portland. Or. LIME ! UME : The undersigned having kn appointed agent iur me ceieDraico. ' EUREKA " SIS UAS USE, Would respectfully call the attention of dealers wuirwjHn w tuab uranu oeiore purchasing elsewhere. We shall endeavor to keep a full sup ply on hand at all times and at the lowest market ratea. WaDB&HS ELLIOTT OLYMPIA OYSTERS ! I WiLL SELL OLYM PIA OYSTERS AT SI 50 m. per aacr, and will always sell aacneap as any other dealer in the trade. : W. 8. FAILIVO, II and 13 Central Market. ROCK GO API The Best Soap r Made Ask yonr Grocer for it. M. GJ. NEWBERRY, 123 Front (St Portland, or. Axent for Oregon and Washington Territory GEMS! GEMS! GEMS! G. H. JUDKIKS, ; Herrleen Street, Bear the Peat OOSee. PORT1AIB, OftCdoV, v - Is prepared to furnish St Gama for SO cent; 18 donble-sl d Oemt for 60 cents; 12 card size for tl 85; BoB-toBf for fl; exit), to frame, $1 Sb. Children pictures a specialty. U ADDISON C. GIBBS A 1 1 orne y fc Co u nselora at Xaw Portland, ill CregOH. Rooms 8 an J over First is'attBnal Bank Particular attention 3peid to business la ths United btates court. CLACHAHAS-PAI'ER CO. Manufacturers and Defers in PAPER 102 Front Street, Portland, Or- IN STOCK 1 NEWS PRINT, White and Colored. BOOK PAPERS, White and Tinted. XJ JLAT FAPEKS, of all descriptions. LEDGER PAPERS. ENVELOPES, of all sizes and onalttiea. 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 Cat to Order. Agents for Shattuck A Fletcher's well-Hnown Black and Colored Inks. TYtE FOR SALE. We have several fonts of Job Type (nearly new), which to -will aell low. Cases. Galleys, Leads, Rules and Printers' necessaries generally kept on hand. NewspaierB outfitted at list price freight added. c r T.HR ABOVE 18 A NEW STYLE OF . hangrr for flower-pota In residences hav ing Inside blinds where brackets cannot be nsed For S pota. $2; 4 pots, t i 50. Send 10 eta. for our GO pace illustrated catalogue of Ferneries, Aquariums, Lawn Vases and Ornmenfs. Over 1C0 different styles, nnflnz In pi fee from $3 to 2U0 each. All artioios shipped di rect from the manufactory and tnaraaieed so arrive In good condition. Call at ouroffioe 113 Morrison street and examine aamplea. U 3AM DEL, Sole Agent for Oregon, Washington and Idaho Farmers Take Uotice t nfHE OREGON AND WASHINGTON COL--- ony Land Company have superior advanta ges for selling lands, and persons wishing to self will do well to consult either or the following AGENTS t Harvey Cross, Oregon City, Oregon. A. Gray, Hubbard, Or. Samuel Brown, Gervaia, Or. Wm. H. Holmes, Salem, Or. George Hunt, Sublimity, Or. t J. C. Powell, Albany, Or. Smith & Brass field, Junction, Or. ThomfMon A Bean, Eugene City, Or. F. A. Chenowitb, Oorvallis, Or. B. F. Fuller, MeMinnville, Or. H. B. Somtuerville, Sheridan. . W. G. Piper, iLdependenoe, On Charles Hubbard, Dallas, Or. T. W. Pittenger, Hillaboro, Or. Bvron Daniels, Vancouver, W. T. John S. Baxorth, Pekia, W. T. James E. Bourn, Walla Walla, W. T. Albert Howk, Spokane Falls, W. T. J allies Ruby, Pendleton, Or. I. N, Munoey, Canyon ville, Or. If not convenient to consult either of the above agents, eommut irate in person or by letter with the head office at Portland, Oregon. Oregon and Washington Colony Land Co. Rooms 8 and 9 First Kational Bank B'ldg WJ.VanSclrajver & Co. VIIIE AI3D GFOIT MEHCIIAKT3, 03 Prsatsaanrinttla, Feniand, Or. :-AGINT3 FOR Cyrus IToble Distillery, Lynchburg, Ohio, . A' hand a large assortment of the fol lowing UTorite brands of WlUBKIESi UNITED WE STAND. WELLER'8 OLD BOURBON. CONTINENTAL BOURBON. OLD HICKORY BOURBON." OLD COPPEK DISTILLED EYE. ' ALSO lSd Bomeslle Wines, Braidlrs Slat, Bbbi. asd an tie Lfdls Bi aadi ot Elttert and Case Gaodi. '1 ICHLITI (fllmer) 1ILW1VIH BUB. MMURRAY'S Adjustable Strainer AND ' CAST IRON STEALER. Either or Both Fitted to any SIse. THE STEAMERS WILL SAVE THE price of themselves in two weeks in soy family. They can be' used with equal advantage in boiling, as it is impossible to burn mest or vegetables to the bottom of your kettle. When they sre used in steaming, whatever yon are cooking is inside of the keJtle, thereby setth. the full benefit of the best. They sre just hat is wanted in canning fruit. Either the Strainer or Steamer ran be removed with a knife or fork when hot, and sre easily feljujtxl lf0 corner or joints about either that are hard to keep clean. Mold by Agents tor . TS Cents Back A genU will call on von shortly. Address JAMKS Mc.'s-URRAY, ' Port&od, Qr." JOHN J. SCHILLING S1V8 Patent Ft re, Mmi aad Frost n naiT ARTIFICIAL RTOIVT? THE UNDERSIGNED PROPRIFTOB OT this valuable pateat J the Pact fcCoaat. 5ST?..f"'.fo.' wlk"' en.ars. Boon!! ,i v.-i rrr lit? ? "r5 wyr OOOO.IUI Iha MrilTnn CVuii- dIITT. j nliMr"5 given and estimate made by mat). ' , - - WWV, . VI ttlftUU. Terma CHA8. B. DUiiK iOOF. Propfletor. d. "w.pheittecs z CO. MUSIG STORE. soli agists roa ths CELEBRATED WEBEFt, HAINES A BROS.' A.'fD PRAe!5 CO. -8 tiraod, Hqaare and Upribl i-umoa, and r Katey and standard Organ i. lest, fares StmMrsfUsBS ZSvegea