The Douglas independent., November 01, 1879, Image 4

THE INDEPENDENT.
uxdkr tbk uuna
rrder the Rons of the fttrt on the hl'l
ltalie ate blotsomirg. putteri-upa tlll
rpln ry ramparts Hut nvnliuR vine fl'nei
II, U i! yeen luitdt-r sud fellers and cllna
, Vuter the sun,
Uutler tbe !iii,
t'niler the guua of the url on the hill.
(ruder the (tins ofttie fort on tbe hill
once khnolt the earth with lb canonade's
thrill,
Once iroa these batleieupa, fjet that, now
Htm,
Lie all t tn their trvnch by the iniii
Under tl gans,
Voder the gaua, '
Vnderthe nuuaof lue toiton the bill.
rndrrthe gtiosof the fort, on the hill.
Equal Ibe rata fa. In on k.hm! aud 6u 111,
Huit lira lliemoi.nlne.sUil tha Dmnk rub,
hull lull' the butoandtnan under the guns.
' Under tbe sum,
: Under tbe guns.
Under tbe gnus of the furt on the hill,
Underthf Reef Thy fort on tl a bill,
l.ortt! In Yliy maicy we wall on Thy will:
I oid.la ll war-that 1 hy wl-dom bal knows,
Lord, la It peace tbail by gootlneas stilt shows,
; Under the yana,
' Uuder the guus,
UDdertheganeoi Tty torton tbe hill.
"Bral llarte, in iMinlun Society .
j A.DELIKA.
ltwat the day fter Near Year' a cold,
clear Tneedey morning that I disconsolately
wemkd my way toectiool, wishing that hoi
iriavscemeoitener and stayed longer, and re
tiring ta il out 01 uitT-'iro tb-ie was on);
one week of uninterrupted pleasure. ,
The old red tcbool houses oo t at the iane-
t on of three roads, and an I tied the little
hiit j-ist before reaching it, 1 saw, coming
iruni toe oppv.it u:nrc in:, lulls DlacK
clad finure that looked like a movintr blot on
the unbroken wliitenem of t!ie snow covered
landscape. - ;
I never could tell what actuated me to lin
ger on her movement as I did, or why she
sottrongly attracted me, but from tha first I
think I must have loved tha child, eveu be
fore I was Old enough to slightly understand
tbe meaning of the word.
W reached tbe worn old door atone to
gether, and, being a boy, nut at all afraid ti
rtak to any one, tuueb leas to a timid little
girl, I very coolly asked her if this her
irra any at school.
" Ve ; and 1 dread it so much
It was the sweetest voice 1 i-ad ever heard
or hsve ever heard since. Tbe peculiar til
ing iullection on tbe last word was like tbe
short, clear low notes of a bird, aud as purely
juatnral.
" Do yon come every day T
" Haven't missed a day this winter."
"Ob, 1 am so glad."
" Why are jou so g'ad ? "
" Because jou are a pcod boy. Won't joo
I hwe tell roe your name ? "
" Ed ward Durand."
"I like the name," sbe said, sweetly, and,
boy as i was, I wondered bow any mortal
tver came by snub, au angel smile. Ail this
time sbe bad bem tiyin to umie the round
worsted strings of her hood, hut had only
succeeded in drawing tbent in o a tinnier
knot. -
"Won't voil nle&se nt:e ft forme. E lJie?"
Bbe heldp her little OjIU chin, and without
hesitating i Dent uown aa.l did as sh-t re
quested. It was such a tenJer, to.ritlmg
little face who could help loving it?. I pat
led encouraging the lOieitd cheek tirneJ
. toward me in pentis truthfulns-i, and bade
her not be afraid, for she bad as good a right
to co-na to school as any one.
"Hallo I where did thai little b!a-k bird
tome from?" cried hard hearted Ben Phil
lips as we entered. "Umn along, little girl,
and get warm, for you look h -If fro-on."
A general tillering and nudging followed
Ben's energetic seating of the new scholar,
; and one saucy little minx, not understand
ing its signidcancs, asked pertly :
"What are you looking so like a crow for?
1 bale a black dress."
"Hash 1" reproved ah older girl, who over
heard tbe remark, ''Hush, Sue; do.'t you
see she is in mourning ?"
. Tbe voice tint had so harmed me in the
entry answered tha question - in a strangely
qnieS way.
"My father is deid P .
A bash of death feii upon tbe noisy group
gathered aronnd the old cracked stove. The
unwonted silence was broken by tbe entrance
ol tbe teacher, who immediately rapped us
ti order, after wbfca he briskly called up tbe
new scholar.
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if UBIr 18 1 OUi UBIIIV I V
.' -'Adeline' ' ? ,
MrPike looked wise.
"Adeline Lagrange, I ituppose; and jo i are
the daughter ot tbe lady who has lutely taken
me uaiawm coiwe r
"yes, sir."
Wall mi maw lab ihli . " nnl.ll,,.
to a bench not tar flora where I was sitting.
nd with no furtnerqutstiouiug Adeline had
pawed through tbe try iiitT ordeal of 4 "Ural
tlay." and was duly cjuuted ona-of ua. ,
' ' ' r mother, it waa rumorjii. i a lady of
f ?ent and culture, but very piojd an J
iu ber demeanor fjr a pursuit who
as obll lo lech maio lor Mrs.
Uunnui 1 "l muJ ,m c w" 7uuili uaniiajnie
f .i'i,J' 'dowed at leasi Kie ien atti
U I. of her yell indicited to ohserv-
nd newnex t(j tb bereavenimt was
her. ' " "'-...
The summer term bronght Admin?- ?8a"J
la the old red school hou- buts cUatiKcV.
outwarilly that we hardly knew her for the
sombre "blackbird'' of the previous winter
Bhe Muttered in one morning d eased in
white, with sash and shoulder knots of char
ry ribbon the loveliest e eature I ever saw.
At noon she came to me and said, very
gravely :
"Afier to-day I am not coming any more."
"Why?
"1 am going to the city to live ; bat you
were kind to me tbe first day, and i tell you
for that reason and because you didn't mind
1 A l ... . II
untying utjr uuuu iui wr.
I lei i her going so keenly that I oould not
cturirr try aa 1 would, and in consequence
my grammar leeaou was a deciaed failure. 1
went home from school her way that day,
taking care that the oiLcr s.holars should not
kufect my motive.
When 1 came in sight of her she was stand
log motionless by the roadside, attentively
watching a yellow jacket buzzing for swett
in the downy heart of a white Canada thistle.
Years after, when miles and miles away
from tbat spot, I could snut my eyes ot a
hazy October sfierncen, wUn a 5 o'clock sun
clipping towards the tree tops, and see a little
actrl, lovely as the blush of the aanwt, gazing
I'eneively at a bee upon a common roadside
tiower.
' Did it sting yoa ?" ; I asked, assuming a
Aery sympathetic air. ,
'.Vo; bees never sting me, and I've watched
tliein dance on the thuile heads all summer."
" 1 diJ not know that jou loved them.
Most girls aro afraid of been."
" Vee. but I am cot."
Sbe turned ftotn the rank pjlch of thistles
and (lowly resumed her walx homeward.
WLe we came to the lane wucre o.r
tatbateparated.ahe pat up her It. tie anna .0
a lakeu and kissed before leaving me, a ate
sait', "to come back no more."
" be goad to yourself, 'Kldia, and next
artiilr :if Mntf liitli Innititf Adrilinaa r-ilitin
. u I I. 4i;,c-,iu iw ,uv w.u ,vu
bouse yonder te kind to them, as you were
to me."
Something choked in my throat, and I
could not say a word; but I kijsed her more
than once; and alter sbe had slipped from
my arms and was twenty rods away, I sat
down aud cried like a baby, because I was
never to see Adeline agaiu. ,
1; was not long before tbe rumor was rife
in the neighborhood that Mrs. Lagrange bad
married a middle aged city millionaire, and
that the young widow and ber child had
fonnii a new proUctor in the place of the one
...I.I i . ...... 1 ... 1 . ..1.1 rl.A aV..w.l.
Uratu had taken from tnem.
Yiars flitted by I was 24; I had fonLt
ti.rough the great rebellion entered lite army
a private ana came out of it a general, sha.
leied in health, and utterly d pieted iu
po kct, to find myself at home again, ill and
mu'getiivr uwiumiui i .... ... ....
in my fnqueut walks ti the village pott
. I! - . I ..... .. it h, nili Pt l
tuii;e, i viiiu ' . - -
1 onse, and never without a sigh of regret for
the many happy, tare-free days spent within
i-t bet.ered walia. -
. L. . lait.mlanitut In m MM mnfn.
int; was one post-marked New York, whkn
llltorioeii o -
tbroush the sntitrumentality of a Iriendif
K'lle WllOUl btl vuiunuus vu awto, uu-
dereif,Lfti Mr. Maxwell, had been indued to
et-nd"Ht tne a eonimertial opening atibe
libeial ta ary of $2,0tO a year, to be increased
if merited Iher was fortune fur me in the
otT.r, and I ecceptddit with alacrity.
Air. Maxwell, a rich Kew York merchant,
from tbe first took a lively iotertt in my ad-
aocouut for in any other way tha t by sjp-
: l.lm tn l iniA .ldittr nflti, r.l Kliotii
IHISlUg UM v '
htd Lefriended in the past.
Within a month 1 was fairly established at
my new post of doty, and sucoeeJed in pleat-
J .. .,.Mull U. wait ,t.ut u, ,1. t.,1.
ng ,n r. nuRcuw .....v . ." 1
ing ot my second year be sent us to Kurort
in the tutertst ot tiie house. When I re
1 limed -i was given a week's vacation, which
1 rpeul among the bmxy hills of my old
sauimer home, pasiing the pleasant Septem
ber days In tramping through the woods an J
fields and by-ways tbat were the chosvr.
haunts of my boyhool.
I was just then turning the enrve in tbe
road whete the Canada turtles grew, and ao
lost In my walking rever e that I was a. moat
opposite a lady standing in their niidt be
fore 1 was aware of ner presence.
"I am glad jou still love the old scenes,
Mr. Durand." ahe said without expressing
the least snrpilte. ' ,
X ws uft'Htifched. Here was a lady whom,
to Hie ties; of my knowleJ, I had never
en before, addressing me a familiarly as
if w bad known each other all our live. t
" Names axe treacherous things, and If I
were ever to r.irtuua-e as to have known
your, I am guilty of having-forjo.len It, x
TeplisU. .
u Men forget easy, I am fold!; bat I had
hoped to find you an exception to the rule."
Avery awkward ailenon on imv nart n.
sued. 8be took pity on mj evident embar
Knirut anu counnuea : i
" Has the battle with the world entirely
driven from your recollection j all the old
school faces?"
Her voice dropped lo the old, swe t. cUa?,
winning cadence, thrilling my whole being
with delight. j
"Addinar !
I eaught her band, and before I knew what
I was doing bad carried it to my lips and
kissed It. j . ,
" Excuse me," I stammered, bat I era so
glad to see you and voa seem jait tbe same
little girl I kissed here yeers ago no, a bit
taller, not a bit old.r-only Adeline, always
lovely and always loved "
" Then 1 told her all about myself, how
prosperous I was, and the strauge manner in
which I bad been brought to the notice of
my employer. When I had finished, she
merely said, in her simple wiy r
"1 know it."
" Yoa appear to know everyluitig Dj you
know Mr. Maxwell?" 1
" He is my fatler " f
- " And my nnkuown friend",
"Adeline." i
r I s'aggered back. In my soul ashamsJ that
I should owe ev.ry g o 1 in iif-f-verylbing
to woman who owed me nothing out the
favor of having once untied for hsr a wretch
ed black and wuiie. woisted hood.
' I turned away, cut to the heart, but she
put out a detaining baud j
"Don't go, Mr. Duraot -that !is," don't go
feeling hurt ; f.r it wo lid m-tke me very un
happy if you weie Ij go away angry with
me." i
"TJohappy! V,'hl am I thit a pain to
me should render you unhappy ?'' i auswered
biUerly. i
"I knew of no ohsr wiy in whi;h to ex
press my gratliuio " :;. 4
" Gratitude for wht?" Tns q'tssrijn Wis
rudely abrupt, but she took n j uuacj of my
ungracious speech. i
" Gratitude for me kindness give me long
ago, and which f have missed ever since toe
day we parted here by the roadsile." -
" Are you cjn ijus of what it is yon are
saying, Adelinar j
" Perfectly." ; i
" How am I l-y understand your words?"'
"That I leave tt sour good judjmuut,
sbe smiled, lowering her eyes. I . i.. :
Sbe had an instant illustration of my
"good jadgmeut" In the wiy Mmptiioned
ber two little hands in b h of mine, aud
kissed tbe swsetvst m jut i for its shyly wbij
pered promise. I
I walked home with Adelina bit, so hap
py', and when I tstel ber btnd Of ilt. Max
well, besaid: j
" 1 have anticipitel your request by keep
ing 50a under mv eye lor more than two
years. AdelUs is this OMi and truest girl in
ibe world, bat I leliev yoa to be es worthy
if her as any man living; and give her to
you, confident t jat you kuow how to prize
the treasure yon have won." j
And sj. not long thereafter, I married Ale
lina. the love of my boy ho J, au 1 the crown
iug g'ory of my latter years. J
- The Faemeb's Fowl. Mnbh has leen
written on he subject of the if owls best
adapted to tbe neoils of those who live on
farms, and. from the nature of their
BttrroundinKS, can handle certain varie
ties to better advantage than Others. We
are not now addressing the great mass of
farmers who keep mixed breeds, and
think they are venturing on hazardous
ground if they purchase a pure-blooded
cock of some of the Asiatic j breeds, .to
give size to their spring chickens, or a
Leghorn or Hoiidan to insure plumpness
and early maturity, but those who be
lieve in thoroughbred cattlej improved
farm machinery and pure-blooded poul
try. V ith this class the question is not
what degree of excellence w j to be ob-
turned but what breeds slia.ll receive
their attention, lo tins class then we
offer the following suggestions: Turkeys
are par excellence adapted to the farm
and eannot be as veil reared under any
other conditions. let the iariners pro
duce a gobbler of the Mammoth iironze
variety and a few hens, and (give them
the range of the farm, except when
the period of incubation arrives
and the before the poults shoot the
red, the care required to keep them
healthy and in good thrift i is almost
nothing, and after providing for them'
selves all summer, they will come home
in tbe fall in good condition for the mar
ket or the exhibition room, and show a
very acceptable profit and loss account.
Having disposed of the turkey question.
we turn our-attention to the choice of
fowls to be kept about the yard near the
house, and have a more perplexing mat
ter to decide. We oanuot lay down a
rule for choosing the variety! most suit
able lor this purpose, for the simple rea
son that farms cutter from each other m
their arrangements, as muck as they do
as a class from city or town lots. On a
farm whose arrangements gives little
space for range, some of the Asiatic vari
eties are most suitable, as they are con
tent with littlo space, and do nearly as
wen so situated an when allowed unlim
ited freedom. If there no garden plots
to suS3V tIie IjeShoms-or Polish will
prove veryNafcsft'-'fcyy. though white
fowls should not bo kep.on red clay
soil. If we want something ofTtiKrom-
posite order, wo have the .Plymouth
Rock, the vaunted farmer's fowl, which
is impervious to discoloration, and a
splendid table fowl. As we said before,
the matter cannot bo decided peremptor
ily in favor of any breed; bnlj from the
hints given, it will lie an easy matter for
each to select the most snital
le for his
place. Poultry Monthly.
V A It IE IV.
The royal road to marriage- -going to
court.
The route to the coal bin is a hod road
to travel.
A cricketer wants to know if Rowell's
farewell is a leg-bye.
' " What is so rare as a day in October?"
sings the poet, and the New York Mail
answers a day in January, beeauie it is
not only rare, tut sometimes actually
raw. . j
"Somebody's coming when! the dew,
drops fall," she was softly humming-
when the old man remarkea, f An you
bet yer sweet life, Maria, that he'll think
a thunderstorm's let loose when he gets
here," ; j
The handsome dentist who was accused
by a homely woman of kissing her while
she was under the influence ot chloro
form, in his chair, now boards at the
best hotel and keeps fast horse.
"What is the meaning of a backbiter?"
asked a gentleman at a Sunday school
examination. This was apnazler. It
went down the class until it Came to a
simple urchin, who said, "Perhaps it a
flea." j
Dr. Peters has bagged another asteroid.
This makes 202. if Congress does not
presently pass a law proliibiting the
hunting of asteroids at certain seasons,
Peters will soon put an end to i that sort
of game. Albany Journal.
A man out West lias sued a newspapor
for libel, because it said he killed a man.
The newspaper wants to compromise,
and advises him to maEe the report true
by killing somebody. He has accepted
the advice and is hunting for the editor.
The is nothing at present at is the
shopping season that delights the femi
nine heart so much as to be able to say
to a shopkeeper," I saw that j identical
piece of goods, same pattern', I assure
yon, at another store, six cents a yard
cheaper." j
The little boy who tried to Irest a big
melon on the park railing, sadly remark
ed, when he droprted it to the sidewalk.
"That's a pnrty sick lookin' melon, but
'taint nothing near as bad broke up as
111 be when 1 git home without it."
"Who was the meekest man j my son?"
said the Superintendent of a boys Bible
class. "Moses, sir." "Very well, my boy;
and who was the meekest j woman?"
"riease sir, there never was the meekest
woman. j
A little girl was visiting thei country,
and for the first time witnessed the
operation of milking. Watdhing the
proceeding intently for a while, she in
spected the cow minutely,. Jtnd then
launched this poser: "Where; do they
put it in?" ' j
"What," asked Prof. Miller of the
smart bad boy in the history class,
"what did the Pilgrim fathers first do
after landing ; at Plymouth Hock?"
"Licked a kackman," replied the smart
bad boy, who and went to the Niagara
Falls with Ids parents lost vacation.
Burlington Haw keye.
"My very d-e-a-r children said a
traveling Sunday school gimlet; "I love
you so much, I could talk all day tojyou,
tmt time forbids; but I h-o-p;e to. meet
you in heaven, and then " "I hope he
won't. Raid a restless, red headed boy.
"He'll talk ns to death, won't bio Jimt"
"Old SI,"
OM Si waited until the sienal bell of
the telephone ceased ringing. Then said.
he: . -,r--. . -. ,- -:
"You w'ite folkes is alius lamentin'
'bout de niggers in dis country not hTxmp
in derselbe an makin' ob er libin' like
onto odder folkes how yer 'speck dey's
gwine ter do dat wid all sich convenshuns
ez dat dor hangin' up on ebery wall in de
Ian1?" '
"Well, that ia a grave qneation of
political economy; but what has the
telephone to do with the negro making a
living?" -
"liar now 1 dat opens de marter fer
debate. I'm wid yer now. Dat's what
yer calls 'er laber-sabin convenshun ain't
hit?"
"Yes, it is."
"An whose laber do hit save? Not de
w'ite folkes' laber, do hit? No! Hit's
de nigger's laber all de time. 'Fore dese
tings cum .'round hyar- ebery time er
genl'man wanted fer ter sen' word to his
wife 'bout de company fur supper, er de
young bucks wished fer ter forred a
noter to dere sweetheart fer ter go ter de
theater, dey hunted up er slim limber
jinted, flat-footed nigger to gallup out
wid de note. Dat war laber dat pade de
nigger er big profit on de outlay ob
Btrenf but how am hit now? De teler-
phone dun saved all dat!"
"Ah! I see your point!"
"Well, hit's mo pinted dan dat! Hyar
dey puts on a'r brakes on all de tranes;
and 'schorges all de nigger brakesmen;
you'se all turn'd de niggers outen de
press room down stars an' ackchully dun
gone ter foldin papers by mersheenry;
an' down dar ter de boss's house de odder
day I seed dey had er flyin'-jinny on de
table dat skeers off de flies some kin'er
clockwork 'rangement!" .
"But, old fellow, these are great helps
to the world."
"Dat's what dey say. but I'se moughty
jubious on negger progriss in sich times
es dese. Ennybody what kno's er nigger
kno's dat he warn't cut out ter lib in er
country full ob Yankee noshinsan double
back-aekshun convenshuns ter beat 'em
outen de odd jobs dey was fotched np
ter do."
- "Yon darkeys must take advantage of
these things."
"Jess so! But how's we gwine ter do
hit? Dat's de pint wid me. But I
boun' ef I was turn'd loos' in de patent
oflis 'bout er day wid dis ole ax dere'd
be mo' laber foa niggers in dis country
de nex' week dan all dem what's heah
an' what's in Afriky sense de Zulus got
lick'd by de Britishers, could do! Don't
yer try me!"
And the old man made a mouth at the
telephone and went out whistling, "Auld
Lang Syne." Atlanta Constitution,
MJSiDAY KEAll(i.
There is a married gentleman who com
plains that his better half gives him no
quarter.
Never till man feels the fires of indi
viduality will he write his name among
the living forces. Dr. Peddie.
Such is the constitution of things that
unwillingness to goodness may ripen
into eternal voluntary opposition to it.
Julius Mnller.
The Interior says, "A man who can
not be recognized by those around him
as one of the elect may bo quite sure
that he is not recognized by him who
elects."
There is pleasure in contemplating
good ; there is a greater pleasure in re
ceiving good; but the greatest pleasure
is in doing good, which comprehends
therest.
An honest man with scarce a shilling
in his purse, bnt with a clear quiet eon
science, is richer than a millionaire
whose conscience has been sacrificed to
money making. Rev. J. P. Chown,
D. D.
The Methodist Bishop Peck is credited
with saying recently: "There is some
reason to believe that the old fashioned
camp-meeting will be crucified between
two 'improvements', railroads and recre
ations." I sleep most sweetly when I have trav
eled in the cold; frost and cold are
friends to the seed, though they are ene
mies to the flower. Adversity is indeed
contrary to glory, but it befriendeth
grace. Richard Baxter.
, As often, in the intervals of business,
our thoughts fly off to our homes and the
loved ones there, so onr thoughts, de
sires, and aspirations shoo Id ever bo go
ing np in prayer to heaven. This it is
to be praying always, this is the true
spirit of comniunien with Qod ,
I never knew one man or woman who
steadily evaded the house of prayer and
public worship on the Lord's day who
.habitually netrlected it, and had a theory
on ivhich it was neglected that did not
come to grief and bring other people to
grief. Dr. Bc'lows.
Praying, reading tl-bible and going
to meeting is not religion, . any more
than a carpenter's tools are a dwelling
house. These christian duties are the
instruments, in the use of which a man
underpins his life with christian princi
ples, to build theron a character of right
eousness. Golden Rule.
Paul wished the Thessalonians to pray
that he might be delivered from "unrea
sonable" men ; and the margin of our Eng
lish Bible makes them "absurd" men.
Both of these kind of men exist in these
days; and they often get in the minister's
way. But the Greek word means literally
"out of place;" and it is worth while to
remember that every one who is 6ut of
his own place is sure to be in somebody
else's way.
A Scotch preacher once said, "You
never saw a woman sewing without a
needle. She would come but poor speed
if she only sewed with thread; so I think
when we're wi' sinners, we maun aye put
in the needle of the law first; for the fact
is, they're sleeping sound, and they need
to be wakened np wi' something sharp.
But when we've got the needle of the
law fairly in, we may draw as langa
thread as we like o' Gospel consolation
after it."
I remember hearing of a Christian man
who had started in business. By-and-by,
some men in tha same line of business
came to him and said, "von must do this
and that as others do. We all have to do
it." But I cannot, I'm a Christian."
"Well, you can't live if yon don't.
"Then," he replied "lean die. I don't
care whether I live or die. It is a matter
of greater concern that I should be true
to the God whom 1 serve ana to my con
science."
Miserable I may have been made by
such events as we nsually call misfortune;
but I have lived long enough to see that
some' of the most afflictive of these were
the means of preserving me from far
greater evils. I see wisdom and good
ness and rnercv guarding and guiding
me, and overruling, for my good things
which most broke my heart when they
came upon me, and which seemed at the
moment to cut off all hope altogether.
James Montgomery.
If vou come to us and say you are a
praying man, we answer we are glad; bnt
, . , . . p . ... il.;i
we snoiuu line to asK your wne anu chil
dren what your praying is doing for you?
If yon say yon daily read the Bible, that
is right; but let us ask your partner in
business how much of its teachings you
practice. If you say yon are a member of
a church, we are glad of it, if you are a
worthy member, if not we are sorry for
the church. Hut let us go on to the
Rtreet to nee whether the. neonle vou
daily meet think yon ought to be a
church-member. iKuucn ituie.
How easy is pen-and-paper piety for
one to write religionsly! I will not say
it costeth nothing, bnt it is far cheaper
to work one s head than one s heart to
goodness. Some, perchance, may guess
me to be good by my writings, and so I
shall deceive my reader. But if I do
not desire to be good, I most of all de
ceive myself. 1 can moke a nunumi
meditations -sooner than subdue the
kast sin in my soul. Yea, I vas once in
the mind never to write more, for fear
lest my writings in the Last day prove re
cords against me. And yet why should
I "not write ? that by reading my own
liook, the disproportion betwixt my lines
and my life make mo blush' myself (if
not into goodness into less "badness
than I would do otherwise; that so my
writings may condemn me, and make me
to condemn myself, that so God may be
moved to acquit me. Thomas Fuller.
1 SieilT. HA GAMBLING HOUSE.
They were hard times for me in Sau
Francisco in the pioneer days of the
winter of 1852 and 1853. Recovering
from a severe and nearly fatal illness,
I was totally without means or any
steady employment. Educated, unfor
tunately, as a gentleman, and having
passed the greater portion of my life
among books, with strangers I made no
friends wiio might have assisted me in
obtaining work. Others, there were,
doubtless, who, like myself, preferred
hunger to making a confession of pov
erty, or asking aid from the mocking
lips of charity, for Californians of the
early days oould suffer silently without
making any loud complaints of their
needs. It seemed better to die rather
than beg from fellow men, and pretty
near I came to it that winter.
In a miserable garret, open to the
winds of heaven, unprotected from the
cold and assailed ' by hunger, I can
never forget those long, weary nights.
A dull, hopeless despair seized upon
me, and life and death were alike in
different. In the daytime -it was better;
some little employment could some
times be hod to ..keep away the wolf,
hunger, and make a few dollars.
I had obtained work for a few days,
and by that means pnt something in my
pocket, but still it was only a tempor
ary relief; and, after the small sum was
eked out to its utmost capacity for
broad, then, as had happened before,
another xeriod of suffering was to come.
All this, combined with past misfor
tunes, nearly broke down my spirit, ;
and hope was departing from the hori-
zou of my future. 1 was weary of dis
appointment, almost ol life. In this
unfortunate state of mind, reckless as
indifferent, I was one evening walking
along a street of San Francisco, which
led by a wharf to the water's edge. I
had a half - formed idea in my head
that on reaching its termination, I
should have before me the means at
least, by wliich conld be ended all mv
sufferings. As I recollect my feelings
at the time, I do not imagine that for
a moment I seriously contemvlated
suicide, but rather that there was a
certain fascination and pleasure in see
ing the way by which moral troubles
could be left lx'hind. In those days
gambling in all its varieties, was the
great feature of life in California, and
its hells were to be seen on every hand
over the city, but from inate feeling of
disgust, more than from reasoning, I
had never gambled; for it always seem
ed to me that a dollar obtained by in
telligence of the mind and honest la
bor was worth far more than many
dollars gained by mere blind chance
I had too much manhood to stoop to
the trickery of t;ards or dice for money,
I should have the power to gain by
more intelligent means.
Before reaching the end of the wharf,
I was roused from -my troubled
thoughts by the confused din of voices
and sound of music, amid which,
above all others, arose the shrill screams
of an ill-played clarionet. Turning
around, I found I was in front of one of
the vilest and most notorious hells on
tlir city water front, where rumor said
many crimes were committed with irn
pnnity, for Justice was very blind and
deaf then, and rogues often did what
seemed proper to their own eyes. As I
gazed within the large, crowded room, I
remembered that on acquaintance was
employed as a musician in the orchestra
on one side of the room, and, governed
by the impulse of the moment, I pushed
my way through the mass around the
tables to speak to him. After a few mo
ments' conversation, he turned and said
to me in a quiet, low tone:
"Whenever you come in this place,
never be tempted to risk a dollar on any
game played, for not a square game is
played here; and, more than that, the
worst tiling a man can do is to win
money here."
Saying this, he resumed his occupa
tion. Not caring much for the informa
tion, I gazed about at the scene, with a still
greater reckless depression of spirits; for
vice and virtue seemed mere words with
out meaning, and actuated by weak and
foolish thoughts, the question arose, Is
everything in life mere chance, like the
turning of dice and cords? Is there any
God who directs, who protects down
trodden virtue, or punishes successful
vice.
There lay in piles on the tables gold in
coin and dust ; and a very small portion
of one of them would nave made me
happy, end far better, would have ena
bled me to relieve from suffering others
far away, who were dearer than life.
Gold was changing hands constantly,
passing into the possession of those low
est in the great scale of. humanity, who
used it only in low debaucheries; where
was any kind Providence to be regarded
in all this? I walked carelessly np to a
roulette table, and from the feeling of
the moment alike indifferent to the
frowns or smiles of fortune threw down
as stakes the three dollars in loose silver
in my pocket. It was as quickly won by
the gambler, and indeed, I afterwards
met the very mechanic who made the
table, and who explained to me its secret
springs, by which other fools, like my
self, had been robbed.
Passing along with the crowd, I found
myself at the center of excitement and
attraction a faro table, aronnd which
were some newly arrived successful
miners, judging from the bags of dust
they had on the table. Under the influ
ence of bad whisky and the vicissitudes
of the game, they were apparently as
reckless as myself to consequences.
Taking from my vest pocket a ten dollar
gold piece, which was all I had in tbe
world, I threw it on a card at random as
a last stake. It doubled and doubled,
again and again, many times, and the
pile of chips grew larger, until at length
even the half drunken miners, who were
playing for such heavy sums, took an in
terest in such strange luck, and the mar
ble faced dealer, whose attention hitherto
had been entirely devoted to them,
turned his eyes with a sinister look upon
me. When my card won for the ninth
time I took up the chis, and received
from the bank $5120 in gold, with a stolid
coolness I have since many times won
dered at, and putting it in a bag given
me by one of the miners I thrust it in my
pocket. As I stepped asido to leave the
table the dealer, turning, said to some
jne, giving him a peculiar look of intel
ligence, and laughing:
"That's a heavy pile to carry."
I soon fonnd out the truth of his re
mark. Not wishing to elbow my way
throngh the crowd directly to the door, I
passed round behind the tables in the
back part of the room. Leading from it
were some badly lighted passages one
was quite dark, after the glare of the
main saloon. As I went by the latter,
before I turned towards the street door,
a man standing in the obscure shadows
beckoned me towards liim, with a warn
ing gesture. Without thinking, I step
ped through tho passage towards him, to
learn what he wished, and when within a
few feet of him, as I took a step, quick as
thought, the seeming solid floor passed
from under my feet and I was sinking
deep under tho waters of the bay. Witk
the instinct of self-preservation, I strug
gled for the life that, ten minutes before,
I had held so cheap. At length, after
what seemed a long time, almost suffo
cated, and weighed down by the fatal
gold, I rose to the surface.
A light from a dark lantern flashed
down from the mouth of what appeared
to be a square well, built in the waters
of the bay between the piles, and con
structed of very smooth planed boards.
In those few moments of time by that
ghastly light, 'mid the despair and hor
rors of the scene, a whole life of thoughts
and memories were before me. Not
withstanding all past misery, I could not
without a struggle die a dog'a death. I
could see above me in that interval of
time the pale looking faces of two ruffians
gazing down. One grasped iu his hand
a long pole, armed with a spear head,
and directly opiosite to me in the well,
within three feet of my face, was the
bloated face of a dead man that had, un
known to me, served to obstruct my ris
ing to the surface.
In the flickering light and disturbed
waters it appeared to mock and jeer at
me, moving nearer and nearer. . Just
then one of the men said to the other:
"Split his head and jab him under, or
he will sing out."
And down came the spear, grazing my
head, but not fatally injuring me. He
drew it np to throw again with morecer-
tain aim. Despair was in my heart, bnt
I watched his hand. At that instant of
time the reports of pistols, shrieks of
pain, mingled with the varied sounds of
deadly conflict; came to my ears; the
desperado above me, in haste, cast his
spear, missing me again, and then with
his companion rushed to the scene of
other murders, doubtless feeling per
fectly secure of his victim in the well.
The lantern hung on a nail about ten
feet above, and a piece of rope had been
carelessly dropped, in their confusion,
from what appealed to be a vertical trap
in the side of the well and opening out
wards on the tide waters.
Bodies were found in the bay so fre
quently in those days that they excited i
no great curiosity or comment. At a
glance I saw all I have described, and,
although wounded in my left arm by the
spear, there was yet a "small chance to
Save my life.- With the desperate J
strength of despair, I pushed the dead i
man's swollen body under my feet and
sprang to grasp the rope. Twice I failed,
and the big drops of perspiration fell
from my forehead as I thought the mur
derers were returning. The third at
tempt was successful, and I seized the
rope which, luckily, had a knot at its
end with a degres of strength I conld
not have used under any other circum
stances. I raised myself toward the
floor above, where I found on one side
of the well the vertical trap, a space of
about twelve inches wide, and perhaps
two feet longshore the bodies wore cast
out on the side. How I forced mvself
through this narrow space as quickly as
I did and encumbered as I was, I do not
know, for mv escape occupied but a short
time, and the events I have described
passed in a few moments,, although it
seemeu au oge to me.
I dropped myself down on the outside
into the tide water, and, passing quickly
as possible from pile to pile, under the
street and houses, I scarcely stopped to
breathe until I found myself far away
from the vicinity of the murderers and
their house. Onco I thought I heard
smothered voices and the sound of muf
fled oars, but if so they could not find
me, and I made my way to the solid land
very cautiouslfy, which was near by, for
I knew every means would be employed
to stop a victim who had escaped and
discovered their crimes. Exhausted and
weak by loss of blood from my wounded
arm I crept to my garret.
It was hite . the next morning when I
awoke, and Ieould not believe the events
of the past night except as a troubled
dream until, reaching out my hand, I felt
the weight of the bag of gold in the
pocket of my wet coatJ v
Arising, 1 bound up! my wounded arm
and went out. I then I took a good meal
and purchased a good suit of clothes,
also going to a barber, who materially
changed and improved my personal ap
pearance. After this i renovation many
would not have recognized me. In com
pany with a policeman I visited the
scene of my past night s adventure. As
we carelessly saunteried through the
gambling room not a single face met
mine that I could in the least degree rec
ognize. .
They had evident!y4-those implicated
as actors in crime fled away until all
possible investigations should cease.
The very dark passage in the back part
oi uie room, wnicn i naa sucn fearful
reason to remember, was so cunnintrlv
built up and altered that it was difficult
to suppose any such place ever existed.
In the afternoon of the same day, I
unexiiectedly met an old acnuaintance
from the States, who persuaded mo to g
with him to the northern mines, and it
was some lengtn ol time before I return
ed. As for tho gold I had so fearfully
won, it was invested, mostly, in a build
ing on Jackson street, which was after
wards burnt; but, nevertheless, from
that time fortune dealt more kindly with
me; as some atonement, perhaps, for her
past irowns.
HHOKT ITtM.
A humor comes from Paris that bon
nets aro to be worn on the head here
after. A new felt hat recently purchased bv
Mr. Evarts is believed to supply a long-
ien want. .
Memory would be the sweetest of all
blessings if we only had bright moments
to remember.
"I'll join you presently," said the min
ister to the young couple, as he went for
the church key.
The school-boys in California, when
asked "How is the earth divided?" an
swer, "By earthquakes."
"Gorhamighty!" is the alarmed cry of
those Republicans who hear the grief
that George is coming back.
The nights in Zululand are described
as cool. The English, however, found
the climate warm enough.
The biggest fool in the world is dead.
He told his mother-in-law she lied. She
did it with her little skillet.
Judges at baby shows in Kentucky
wear masks. It saves unpleasantness
after the prizes have been awarded.
"How to act in a sick room." Don't
act in a sick room. If you must act,
join a dramatic company or hire a hall.
Mr. Sullivan, of Starkville, Miss., in
tends to turn loose his newly-invented
flying-machine on the 1st of November.
The telegrams which the ex-khedive
sends off from his Italian residence are
currently reported to cost him 8400 a
day.
WTien you see a young gentleman es
corting a young lady with suspicions
regularity, yon can bet on that walking
match.
Any man who can swap horses or ketch
fish and not lie about it is just about
as pious as men ever get to be in this
world.
A Sunday school . boy, npon being
asked what made the tower of Pisa lean,
replied, "Because of the famine in the
land."
What is the difference between a
farmer and a bottle of whisky? One hus
bands the corn and the other corns the
husband.
A wag who had lent a minister a horse
that had run away and thrown the clergy
man, claimed credit for 'spreading the
gospel.
"No',' said Paperwate, explaining "I
wasn't really mad when the old man drove
me from the house, but I must say I felt
put out."
"Talk about the jaws of death!" ex
claimed a man who had a termagant
wife. "I tell you they're nothing to the
jaws of Jife."
"What is wisdom?" asked a teacher of
a class of small girls. A bright-eyed lit
tle creature arose and answered, "Infor
mation of the brain."
A newly-married couple can always be
"spotted" by their baggage. They are
sure to carry a paii of trunks and a pair
of traveling bags.
What must Brigham Young's feelings
have been on his death-bed when he
thought of all his thirty-six young and
artless widows marrying again?
Because a girl refused him, an Ohio
man attempted suicide. The silly fool
never stopiied to consider that no woman
wants to marry a dead man.
It is a singular fact that a man who is
second in command at home always wants
to rule the whole of creation when he
goto outside his gate.
An exchange says tliat Pennsylvania
Drtch girls make good preserves. But it
doesn't say how much sugar you take to
a pound of Dutch girl, nor how long yon
let 'em boil.
The other day a teacher asked an un
rr generate pupil what the gender of a
certain noun was. The pupil quickly re
plied: "I think it is neuter, sir. At any
rate it is neu-ter-me."
A little girl had a representation of
"Moses in the Bulrushes in her picture
book, "Here, grandma," said she inno
cently, "is a picture of Jesus in the
huckleberry bushes." .
. When the Princess Helen was born it
was told the Princess Royal that she had
got a yonng sister. "O that is delight
ful!" cried the innocent royalist, "do
let me go and tell mamma."
It mar be well for Victoria Woonhull
at once to understand that we do not
propose to have for President any one
married to an English nobleman. One
or the other must be dropped.
The Mecsauics' Fair.
Vow (he Evening Tetecmmt .
The second exhibition of the Mechan
iea' Fair Association opened Monday eve
ning, October 21, under the mosf flatter-1
ing circumstances. The displays were j
both large and varied, the following be-1
ing worthy of special mention: j
. w. t. shanahan's display j
Is very large and attractive. No dealer )
in Portland has ever approached Mr. j
Shanahan in the quality of steel en-1
gravmgs which he carries, nor has he
ever been excelled in his framing de- i
partment, always keeping up with the
latest styles as fast as they come out in
the East or San Francisco. Mr. Shana
han shows one of the rarest pictures in :
the State, from Mrs. Captain Hovt's col
lection, which has something of a history.
While residing in Florence, Italy, Mrs.
Hoyt purchased a painting, and after it
had been in ner possession some time
discovered that the picture she . had
bought was merely a cover to a real work
of art, which was painted underneath it.
The outer picture was rubbed off, and a
new picture, entitled David and Goliath
was fonnd in an excellent state of preser
vation. The picture bears the marks of
Raphael's brush, and is said by foreign
painters to be the work of that groat
master. Onr readers should not miss
seeing it, as aside from its fine history, it
is a work of great merit. Mr. Shanahan
also shows a fine picture of Charlotte
Corday, belonging to Mayor Thompson's
collection, which is attracting much at
tention. One thousand dollars have been
refused for this picture. Mr. Shanahan
shows a number of Clyde Cook's pic
tures, among which we notice " Mt.
Tacoma," "Snoqualmie Falls," "Mt.
Hood," "Head of the Dalles," a view of
the Cascades, and two small fishing
scenes on the Columbia. Mr. Shanahan
has shown commendable enterprise in
his display and it is worthy of examina
tion. MR. G. NEI1USYEB
HaB on exhibition in the south gallery,
near the east end, a fine display of tailor
work of the latest stylos and most elegant
finish. His work will bear the closest
inspection in respect to cutting, making
and in the material used. Mr. Neimeyer
asks a comparison of his work with any
made up in San Francisco. Now is a
favorable opportunity to moke the com
parison. Take a look at the goods, tho
linings, the trimmings, the bntton-holes,
the pockets, and everything that goes to
make up the man's furnishing, and
see if Portland cannot beat the
world in sujieriority in all these respects.
Mr. Neimeyer's place of business is at
No. 49 First street, and who want the
best of work and stock would do well to
see him.
THE PAVI8 BEW1NO MACHINE.
The new general agent, Mr. J. F. Mi
Intosch, has a large space filled wit
different styles of the Davis Sewing Mi
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uuuico udu mil? coat ruu ui fcuc goiiui.
The Davis is speedily coming to tlm
front as one of the leading machines, ant I
it is Mr. Mclntosch's intention to push
the machine into prominence in this
State. He shows samples of work done
with an ordinary cambric needle which
shows the adaptability of the machine to
all kinds of work. The samples run
from work done on a cigar box
cover, thence to two thicknesses
of flannel and from that to five thick
nesses and then down a sliding scale of
different grades to a single thickness of
muslin and a piece of tissne paper with
out once stopping he machine. The
mechanical principles involved in the
Davis sewing machine are new, and dif
fer widely from those commonly in use
combining simplicity, strength, dura
bility, economy, and an adaptation to a
large range of work, t 'ne thousand dol
lars will be given to tiny person, who
will with any under-fed machine, follow
"The Davis" through its great range of
practical work, while "The Davis" is
prepared to follow any other shuttle ma
chine in its range of work either for fun
or coin. They challenge the world to pro
duce ito equal for any and all kinds of
work, and guarantee to keep in repair for
nve years all machines sold, llie Davis
Company is one of the wealthiest in tho
sewing machine trade. It is backed by
men of heavy capital, and in the coming
break of small machine companies which
is bound ere long to ensue through the
immense competition, the Davis will be
the last to go to the wall. Since the or
ganization of this Company in
the year 1868, its bnsinesss has in
creased to au extent unknown in the trade
The Davis obtained tho first premium at
the Oregon State Fair this year. The
Pacific Coast general ftgency is at 130
Post street, San Francisco. We under
stand that Mr. Mclntosch will open an
office in Portland after the close of the
fair.
BCE5SA VISTA POTTEBY.
Mr. A. M. Smith, the proprietor of the
Buena Vista Pottery, has a large space
near the west entrance devoted to show
ing his work. In 1805 Mr. Smith began
tbe erection of works at Buena Vista, and
to-day has a large trade and extensive
grounds. He has works now to the
value of $25,000. Mr. Smith makes a
specialty of sewer piping, and has large
quantities of it in use in Portland, where
it is giving complete satisfaction. It is
made of pure, fine clay, and is strong,
tough and durable. Mr. Smith's earthen
ware is very strong and beautiful, and is
warranted to be much tougher than
Eastern ware. In his polish on the ware
he does not uso lead in any form, the
matter in use being slip clay, which
gives an excellent polish and one that
will stand as long as the wore. Some
handsome terra cotta vases are shown,
and tho display speaks well for Oregon
products. Mr. Smith sells his goods to
dealers at much less than Eastern ware,
and is prepared to fill all orders on short
notice, and guarantees his work as good
as any imported ware. J. L. Barnard is
the agent at Portland.
THE CLACKAMAS PAPEB CO.
This well known firm makes a remarka
bly fine display of paper of purely Ore
gon manufacture. Manila paper, wrap
ping paper, newspaper, book paper, note
paper, and in fact paper of all kinds,
whose excellence and superiority over
the imported article are conceded by the
best judges. Tne collection is one that
does infinite credit to the exhibitors and
is commented on by all who feel" inter
ested in the business and feel a just pride
in a manufactory that tends to build up
the State and whose interests are identi
fied with the jioople of Oregon.
CBOt'CH'S AUTOMATIC VESTinATOB.
Mr. F. J. Crouch, of Eugene City,
has placed in the Pavilion to-day, just to
the right of the east entrance, an auto
matic ventilator, which is one
of the best inventions over yet intro
duced as far as keeping rooms at a healthy
temperature. Mr. Crouch shows an or
dinary transom with his automatic ven
tilator attached, and by a lighted
lamp shows its workings. The ventila
tor is exceedingly simple in its construc
tion, and can be regulated so that a room
can be kept at just the temperature de
sired. ."The ventilator can be placed on
transoms, stores, chimneys, and many
other places where careful ventilation
is needed. The principle is a new
one and will be of great practical valuo.
Mr. Cronch will sell State and county
rights for its manufacture, and may be
found at the Pavilion during the fair,
and at Engene City after its close,. He
solicits correspondence with parties who
may feel interested in sanitary measures.
THK OBBOON GLOVE FACTOBT.
This valuable institution has an admir
able display of their workmanship on ex
hibition. Their gloves are made of the
liest obtainable material and are neat,
dnrable,and handsome. Beautiful kids for
ladies and gentlemen, comfortable buck
skin gloves, fur gloves of all kinds, and
in fact every kind of gloves manufac
tured. The firm has had thirty years' ex
perience in the business and can give
better satisfaction than foreign houses
with their imported trash.
oum a scJDtEBa.
The more than usually attractive dis
play of lamps, glassware, oils, crockery
ornaments, etc., made by this firm de
mands more lengthy notices than the
brief mention previously received by the
proprietors. The pyramidal structure
upon which their wares are displayed is
neatly framed and the collection of
rarely beautiful things filling every shelf
commands the immediate attention of
spectators as soon as they have passed
the Pavilion's threshold. Other exhibi
tors in different lines of trade may have
more space, but none are entitled to
more pains for the care taken and at
tractiveness of the whole display. The
activity manifested by these young men
show tnem to be active, enterprising fel
lows, whose energy and perspicacity are
indicative of business success. The pub
lic is far-sighted, and recognizing
these qualities, as well as the excellence
and cheapness of their merchandise, the
people throng to their store to purchase
what they can rely on as durable and
worth the purchase money. No store in
the city is more attractively furnished
than that over which Messrs, Olds &
Summers preside on First street, near
Yamhill. In addition to the many other
valuable articles they expose at the fair,
is a night lamp that is a perfect gem,
and invaluable to housekeepers. Inval
ids accept it as a blessing. It gives a
pure, clear light, and emits no disagree
able odor, an annoyance that becomes
unbearable to sick persons. They sell
an immense number of these lamps, and
the sale is daily increasing. ;
hab vet's hot wateb system.
In the department devoted to ma
chinery Mr. C. D. Harvey, of Oakland,
shows some hot water radiators and heat
inghpparatiiB, which should receive at
tention from every person who is inter
ested in heating their building.: Mr.
Harvey, the patentee, who is in attend
ance at the Fair, claims that the advan
tages of the hot water system as used bjr
him are, first, a mild, pleasant and uni
form temperature; second, economy of
fuel; third, simplicity in its construction
and operation; fourth, durability; fifth,
less danger from fire; sixth, cleanliness
and freedom from dust and dirt. The
hot water radiator can be used in con
nection with the ordinary cooking range,
warming one room from the same with
out any extra fuel being required. 1 Also,
with the open grate, warming three
rooms with the ordinary fuel of one fire.
Also, with the water stove, warming five
or six rooms with the ordinary fuel of
one grate giving a mild, . uniform,
healthful atmosphere, free of dry
heat or poisonous gas of the air-,
tight stoves or ,; hot-air furnaces.
Though Mr. Harvey has had the system
introduced but two years, he has placed
it in the County Hospital, at Sacramento,
heating ten rooms 76x23, and four rooms
16x20, and supplying water for 22 bath
rooms. It is also in use at the free read
ing room at Oakland, the Poston Semi
nary, Oakland, and in many of the resi
dences of such men as Rev. J. K. McLean,
A. J. Ralston, J. West Martin. Noah
Kelsey and other prominent CaliforJ
uutuH, m every instance giving per
fect satisfaction. Here in Portland
Mr. Harvey is placing lu'a radiators in
the Harrison Street School House, J. K.
Gill's new residence, and J. Donnebnrg's.
and will contract for a number of others
in the next few days. . We would advise
our readers to examine this system while
at the fair, and obtain Mr. Harvey's ex
planation of its merits.
schixdleb chadboukne's display
Of furniture is the center of attraction in
the gallery. It consists of furniture and
carpets for two rooms. One contains a
black walnut bed-rooin set, composed of
a bedstead; dressing case and wash
stand. The bedstead as well as the dress
ing case is of the finest French walnut,
with burl panels, inlaid with delicate
Oriental woods. The dressing case has
a French plate mirror, and an ingenious
extension for a writing desk. The other
furniture in the same room is a magnifi
cent ebonized and gilt patent rocker, up
holstered in finest spun and raw silk,
trimmed with silk velvet plnsh; also
Turkish divan of : the same ma
terial as the rocker. The covering
of the divan is one of the finest
specimens of the upholsterer's art. The
floor is covered with a rich body Brus
sels carpet, having a white ground with
scarlet and black figures, shaded with
light drab, all forming a pleasing bright
combination, and blending harmoniously
with the elegant furniture. In front of
the dressing case is a Smyrna rug, and
under the rocker a Persian rug, both of
unique design. The appearance of the
room is enhanced by the bed being made
V , with lace spread and pillow shams,
the latter trimmed with blue satin bows
and lined with blue satin. On the wall,
suspended from a brass Eastlake cornice
pole, hang a pair of elegant Nottingham
lace curtains of handsome pattern. The
other room consists of dining room and
library furniture. The principal piece
is a sideboard and book-case of entirely
new design. The bedstead, dressing
case, sideboard and book-case are,
without doubt, the handsomest
pieces of furniture ever shown
in Oregon. This room also contains a
beautiful walnut Eastlake extension ta
ble, trimmed with walnut burl, and
tastefully carved; and two large easy
chairs, and a sofa of old English style,
upholstered in raw silk, with plain plush
border and cheneille fringe. The floor
is covered with a dark Brussels carpet of
Eastlake pattern, in keeping with the
furniture. In front of the sofa is a large
Wilton velvet rug, vividly representing
a hunting scene. On the wall is a French
plate mirror, and a pair of handsome raw
silk curtains with darkf maroon silk bor
der, hanging from a black walnut cor
nice pole.
Their exhibit is of snch unquestion
ed superiority, and shows such rare
taste and harmony in design and blend
ing of colors, as well as excellence of
workmanship as to make it the center of
attraction in that department.
Impobtant to Fabmebs. The want of
a reliable book by which to calculate the
value of wheat in this market when
quoted at any price in the Liverpool and
London markets lias loner been felt, bat
which is now happily met in the
"Wheat Dealers' Guide," compiled by
J. R. Farish, manager of the Merchants'
Exchange, this city, and which he
has arranged to sell at the exceedingly
low price of 25 cents per copy cash to
accompany orders. It is very important
to any anu ail wuo sell wheat to be able
in less than five minutes to tell fas they
can from this book) the price of wheat
in tins market wtien based on English
prices, which govern the markets on this
coast. Calculations are warranted thor
oughly correct.
It is wonderful how many benevolent
men we find who have no money. They
feel for the cause of Christ, for the ne
cessities of the poor, for the welfare of
the heathen and a thousand other good
object, but really they have nothing
that they can give. They Lava lost ao
much, and property has depreciated so
greatly, mat uiey are restricted, and can
not do as they would. But how was it
when they had money ? Then they used
it for themselves and for their own ad
vantage. When it is gone they are very
willing lo give it, wav, uui wuiie tney
had it, neither God nor man oould
loosen their grasp upon it, They proved
themselves unfaithful stewards, and
have been nut out of their stewardshin.
They now have the opportunity of being
faithful over a low things," and u they
are thus faithful, the Lord can make
them rulers over many things. The les
son for us all to learn is to da good
while we can do it; while our hands is
on the plough is the time to out the fur
row. To-day we have the opportunity
to do something for the Lord. It may
be our lost opportunity; it may be our
only one. Let us do while we can do;
let ns give while we can give; let us
work while we can work. The night
oometh wherein no work can be done.
"Withhold not good from them to whom
it is due, when it is in tbe power of thine
nana to uo . rroy. H'he
Christian. .
"Will the angels come down for me
with a chariot and horses when I die?
asked a little boy of his Sunday School
teacher. "I guesa if you're a real good
boy," said the teacher. . The little fel
lows eyes sparkled with anticipation aa
he eagerly exclaimed: "And oh! do yoa
think they'll let me ait on the front seat
and drive?
It is said that Lucy Stone feels some
what grieved because no one has named
a trotting horse or a brand of cigars after
her. It looks as if the work of twenty
long years had been entirely thrown
away.
U. COLLIER.
I. uivioiv jxtorv WORKS,
j : (SOCCBSSOBS TO COLLKS'S taOB WOaxS.)
MACHINISTS AfJP IROH FOUNDERS
Manufacture and kenbana
j : Blaekamllbins and repairing done at abort noliee.
IRON AND B1ZAS3 CASTITTG3.
apmlal attention given to Wood Worklnc machinery. 'rar rretai Bad a)aai.i.
fo Hand. Oregon. "w 7 ,r,,,
77'7: ' . r '..s V'7 77- ; '"Vv '''.K 777k.; r '"777 1
THE CHEAPEST
TO
Dry Goods, Glothihg, Groceries.
R SELLING, :
CORNER FIRST AMD YAMHILL 8T8 PORTLAND.
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Portland Business Directory
P0SICIAS A3ID SUUGEOlf.
CA ftnWEI.L, W. B -. E. enr. First and Mor
ribon.over Mor.e'a falaoe of Aru
7 DK.MTIST.
SMITH. DR. K. O. 107 .Flint elreet,
Portland. ,
Ma WALLACE, HECRET DETECTIVE
e and Col lector. Builnm, alt dialance
promptly alta1eil t t. fur. 4h and "nlimin.
10NEY I.UA,;u-UOO! hOUUUl
ilM Produce Hold Acoouute Collected. T.
A. WOOHA CO., Prlnctj-al Keai tteUle Afent
Prtiand
We nave 800 pound nl Br vter In excellent
order whlcn we will aelirHr3SeenU per pound.
W. I. PaL.MKU. (Wand.
ADDISON C Gl BBH.
Attorneys Counselors at Law
Portland, t t : Oregon.
Rooms 8 an J ', over First National Bank
Particular aunMoa piltl to bnalneaa in tbe
United Htato. conrta.
FOR SALE.
A First-Class Lodging House
THE BERT Pa KT OF POKTLAN 1, WILL
M. be void on eaxy terma. Tbe bouaa baa
Cleared t'MI per nmntb under tla pn-arnt ntatt
aa mtit. a rar I ary-ln In the llgbl penton.
Addreaa Telkoram office. Port Una.
GASLIGHT
FOR THE MILLION !
Safer than Kerosene !
Cheaper than Coal Gas !
BT.VSQ APPOINTED AGENT FOR THE
Kprlncflelri 3aa Machine, we are now pre-
fiared tn totrnducA Machine. Gas Pipe. Plx
nre, etc. Into CouKtry Keatdcncea, Hotel,
foctorlra. Public Building", etc., tn any part of
theRtaieor Terrltoriea. Por further 1 11 forma
tion apply or aend for clr-tilar.
, JOHNSON A HOLPEV.
-" - I8Fmnt St.. Portland, Or.
COCCINS A BEACH,
Wholesale and Retail Dealer In
A VERILL A ND RUBB ER
MIXED PAINTS.
Doors, Windows and Blinds, Paints, Oils.
Brushes, etc., etc.
103 t roBt Street, Portland, Or.
'(Formerly occupied by T. A. Davla A Co.)
e-TOnntractora and Dealer are rcqueated
end for onr II -fnf price.
ROCK SOAP!
Tho Best 8oap Mailt.
Aalt yonr Grocer for It. -M.G.
NEWBERRI
133 FrontKt, l'ortland.or.
Agent for Oregon and Washing-ton TemtorT
D. "W. PRENTICE & CO.
MUSIC STORE.
SOLE a GENTS FOR THB
CELEBRATED WEBER,
HAINES A BROS.' AND PKAOK A CO.'S
Urand, Square and Uprtgbl Planoa, end
Eatey and (Standard Otaana.
ISA t Irat afreet. rertlad Crewoa
LIME I LIME !
The undersigned having been appointeJ egenta
for tlte celebrated
'LUBEKl'f SIS JDAS HUE,
Would respectfully call the attention of dealers
and contrutfora to that brand before purrhaaing
elsewhere. We shall endeavor to keep a full sup
ply ou hand at all tiiuca and at the lowest market
rati
WADHAMft r.l.L.teTT
J. JASKULEK,
PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER
AND JEWELER,
IloeeburB, Orceoru
NO WORE USE TO SEND YOUR FINE
Watches to Portland for repairs A fine
a wort men t ef Watnhce, Clocks, Jewelry, Spec
tacles and Eye-glaasea always on band.
Tbe only reliable Optometer in Koaeburg tot
the proier adjustment of Spectacles and Eye
glasses, which will preserve and strengthen the
eyesight.
iTAU work warranted.
DR. JAMES KECK,
So famed for liis great success In the treat
ment and cure of
CATARRH.
Can, will and does, positively, radically,
paioleesly, and vMout lite vteof the knife,
CURE CANCER.
" If 'uftliuted with this terrible disease,
heretofore tisuuily fatal, do not, as you
value your life, submit to the murderous
butchery of a sumicsl operation, which in
variable leaves portions 0 the roots inlha
Heah genut, mid all t he cancerous humor
in the hysteni as food for the growth and
development of one or more cancers,
more painful, lanter aud deeper seated
thrill the first. 1 .
By Dr. Keek's method, the cancer, if
not too far advanced, is iaolvrd by medi
cine, administered internally, and thus
carried from the system, never to return;
and in the more advanced stages, it is re
moved by a medicinal application to the
part, and the medicine i used internally
to cleanse the system of the cancerous
humor. i - . , , . .
Do not be humbugged by physicians
who will showiyou a number of cancer
tumors, cut from patients and preserved
in glass jars. True, the cancers are there,
bnt ton often the patients from whom
they were cut, ran be found only in tbe
grave. : ... I . :
Call and see the Doctor, and, instead of
showing you printed or written certifi
cates, be will refer you to reputable, liv
ing citizens of Portlund and elsewhere,
who will gratefully testify that they have
been permanehtly curat by him, even
after havitip been prouoonced incurable
and left to die by other physicians.
Office consultation free, Climnic and
diseases peculiar to women a specialty.
Office. 135 First St., 6tro bridge' build
ing, Portland, Oregon, ol51m
Kj (I
A. CAMPBELL,
HOUSE IN OREGON
BUY
i ULACKAMAS PAPER m
i - - - mm aauav Wi
Manufacturers aed Dealers la.
102 Front Street, Pertlud, Or
IN STOCK:
NEWS PKINT, White and Colored. :
BOOK PAPERS, White and Tinted.
FLAT PAPERS, of all descriptions.
LEDGER PAPERS.
ENVELOPES, of all sizes and qnalitiee
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.
7 Carda Cut te Order.
Agents for Shattuck & Fletcher's
well-known Black and
Colored Inks.
TYPE rOR SALE.
We Lave several fonts of Job Type
(nearly new), which we will sell low.
Cases, Galleys, Leads, Rnles and
Printers' necessaries generally kept 011
hand.
Newspapers ontfitted at list price
freight added.
r.VMURRAY'S
Adjustable Strainer
-AND-
CAST IRON STEAMER.
Either or Doth Fitted to any M
'pHE STEAMERS WILL SAVE THE
price of themselves in two weeks in any
family They can be used with equal advantage
in t-.,i;.. - ;.nMU:t.i . 1 .
- ''("" w ount in mi ur
vegetables to the bottom of your kettle. When
thevare used in steaming, whatever yoa are
cooking is inside of the kettle, thereby eettine
the full benefit of the heat. They are jurt what
-! ia cniiutug irutv ctuier me Mramrr
or Strainer ran be removed with a knife nr fork
when hot, and are easily adju4 d No corner
or joints about either tbat are hard to kep clean
. . .. . .
Canty RigkU for Sal., Addreaa
JAMES ilcMCRRAY,-
East Portia1, Or.
MC KIXSTRVS PATE1T
ELASTIC, FIRE & Wmg-PiCQF
PAINT!
For Sooflag- both en Tin an. chr.rits
BEST PRESKRVATI VKOF TIN AK D
ah In r is nvnfat Inih. mmri ir.. ... -.
ad mny roof. We re for by perrntwlon & j. p.
...... w, , . n it m j a neia, i te-
j ....... v.iiii.an,i outer en xns ot
Portland. The paint will be anpplled hj
Hodge Davis A Co., Portland, at tl W per fal
Ion. r.ach uiui wtti -nw .
and t sqnare shinxie roof bntoul mm la nee-
MttP, t II 1 1 . .. .
age. All Information wlin regard tn the paint
can be bad by addreralne;
McKINSTKY a niXDRTX.
rtlaad. Or.
Jeweirv, Watches, Diamonds,
;: Silver and Platad War,
At Greatly Reduced Prices.
No Failure, No Forced Sale, No Deception.
To make room for a new stock of fnods which
I am about to select personally in the tCast and ia
Europe, I offer all articles in my line
At Cost DmrlBg BeptemW
Customers are invited to call and Inspect, and
be convinced of the good faith of my statement.
. J. VA BETJ2UE2f.
JOHN J. SCHILLINCER'S
Patent Ftra, Water aad Frost Prasf
ARTIFICIAL STONE.
rTWE UNDERSIGNED PROPRIETOR OF
this valuable patent on tbe Pad Be Coaat,
la now prepared to eztente alt orders tor the
above atone fnr walka. drives cellars. Coots,
f r" sriee. This stotie la
laid In all ahapes and In any color or variety of
colors. Orders may he ielt at S4 Front street,
opp'ltelha Holloa Poom, Portland. Terana
given and eattmat. made by nail,
CU AS. a ItUHRKOOP. Proprietor.
KRiBSfcril'MILLEN,
HEALER IK
Cook, Parlor &nd Box Starrs,
" COOKING RANGES AND KEATIN37
FURNACES.
Manufacturers of all kind, nf
TIN COPPER AND SHEET-IRON WARE.
Hoofing- and all Linda nr Job Wert
, - Promptly attended to
ss.18 first Kireet rortlaatel. reoai
NATION A t
.BUSINESS1 COt LEGE.
I PrMM. fr Baat-tat
Praetleal dleni
(111" la a S)i, iu-u ooun oi
1 itstroetlou Iu Boot w.p.a
Hn.lpe. r" rota. Busts,,
iVrilbttift'e tVonianahlpsne
rite Kniiu Hwrh.
ull Information aodrewt
u
T&EHIUM & Vast.
MACHINISTS,
And Manufacturers of
Tools for Planing, Kol-lng and Tarnls .
attl Braada, Tvoa Il.sta Work, I mm
fcatllBg fmr fetter., smie.lt lte
t Brewery Wet It taunt
to rttev. ..
Also Farm Machinery repelred on sltort am tee ,
Mill Picas Bade and repaired. .
So.ast Frestt Bit act. fttl,U
PAPER