The Douglas independent., November 08, 1879, Image 4

THE INDEPENDENT.
k IGUSIEU'S STORY.
My nama is Carl Johaun Rocckel.- Iy
birth and nationality I am a Swiiss, but
cosmopolitan in 6 very tante and habit.
In my eorlv days I regularly followed
the profession of courier, as I do now
occasionally, when any of my old pat
rons or thmr friends require such ser
vices, uliich is rather infrequent, the
taste of the barreling public having de
generated into hasty Journeys by express
trains, with the consequent loss of all
enjoviuent of tho difl'ereut phase tf
scenery through which the travelers
are passing. In the course of my many
years experience I have been witness to
many strange occurrences, have assisted
in many secret aad adventurous under
taking, and have been subject to many
perils. From among snch varied expe
riences I give the folio-wing strange story,
suppressing for obvious reasons the real
names of those interested. ; ;
Many year ago I van engaged as
courier to hia Excellency the Honorable
Fredrick Eslington, embassador-extraor-dinary
of his Britannic Majesty King
George, on a special secret mission to
one of the great ; continental powers.
Having finished his duties and snccesa
fulljt attained the object of bis mission,
we started on our homeward journey in
the summer of 1 . The period was one
to be long remembered, from the politi
cal excitement which existed throughout
all . Europe, almost every government
having unxhtiathod the sword. We had
traveled a considerable part of the first
stage of our return journey, when his
Excellency, who was feeling the fatigues
of the incessant traveling in the heavy,
rumbling carriage, said he should stop
at the next town we arrived at, and take
rest and refreshment, both of which he
was much in need of, besides having im-
iortant stata documents to transcribe,
n due course we arrived at the small
town of S , on the confines of Ger
many, where we put np. We staid a day
and a half there; and I was then instruct
ed to have the carriage and horses in
readiness to continue our jonrnev. His
Excellency meanwhile had completed his
writings, to which he had assiduously
applied himself, and told me, as it was
a fine afternoon, he would take a short
walje, and on his return resume his jour
ney at once, and I must therefore make
alf necessary preparations. He accord
ingly left the hotel. . But he was never
seen afterward, nor was anything known
of his fate.
I waited for upward of an honr anx
iously, and then made a close search for
him, -which I continued for several days,
but not a trace could I discover of my
master. A villager, however, living out
side the town, brought to me at the hotel
a pair of overalls, which he stated he had
found in a neighboring copse. I recog
nized the garment as belonging to his
Excellency, and At once repaired with
the villager to the copse, and closely ex
amined the spot, but found no trace or
sign of any'struggle. : - -
Finding it useless to prosecute the
search, I at once returned to London
with his : Excellency's traveling gear,
which I handed to his family The Brit
ish Government at once instituted in-
Sniries, as also did his Excellency's fam
y, and large rewards were offered by
both, and advertisements widely dissem
inated for any information respecting
the missing ambassador; but they failed
one and all, to gain any information or
the slightest clue to his fate. A certain
amount of suspicion attached to me, but
it was only momentary, and I at once
cleared mvself of it, and assisted the dis
tracted wife and her missing husband's
family as much as lay in my power.
Well I remember the agonies of anxiety
and suspense caused to the ambassador's
wife and family by the distressing cal
amity. magisterial investigation was
mado. experts were employed, and every
endeavor made to penetrate the dark veil
of mystery surrounding the event; but
all efforts were unsuccessful. One of
his: Majesty's ambassadors had myster
iously and completely disappeared, with
out leaving a clew to light np the awful
obscurity wuidi envelopeu the tragic oc
enrrenoe.
Several years had elapsed since the
distressing event, and the memory, tho
painful memory of it, was beginning to
fade from my mind, when I happened to
be in Antwerp, on a short tour through
- Uclginni with patrons. And while list
lessly strolling by myself on the quay
one summer's evening, watching the
passengers disembark from the newly ar
rived steamer, I was accosted by a mean,
haggard-looking little man of beggarly
appearance, who spoke to me in Flemish.
Are you not Herr Boeckel, the cour
ier?" he said.
vYes," replied I. "What do you want
with me ? Who are you ?"
"I suppose you have quite forgotten
me?" said he.
I stared at him keenly.' The man's
features were somewhat familiar to me,
yet I was confused in my remembrance
- of how and where I had seen him, "I
dont know yon, said I.
"Yes von do. and verv well." renlied
lie. "My name is Ludwig Kuhl, and I
have frequently driven you in the first
. stage out ol V lenna, X uid so when von
were courier to his Exoellency, the Hon
orable Eslington, in the. summer of the
year ijv ."
(The courier is remembered even when
the patron in forgotten, for it is to us
that landlords and their sen-ants look for
their gratuities.)
I stared at him, and then recognized
the haggard looks. "True," said I; "I
remember yon well now. ' How goes it
with you ? What do here in Antwerp ?
At the old trade, eh?"
"Ah.no," be replied with a deeply
drawn sigh, "it's a long story, and I
can't tell it to you here in all tiiis noise
; and bustle. Let as go to a quiet cabaret."
I agreed ; and in our short walk I re
volved in my mind all those circumstan
ces, so dark and impenetrable in their
profound mystery, which had happened
years before. And I remembered how
oar postilion,Ludwig Kuhl, had assisted
me in the unavailing search for his Ex
cellency. Boon we reached a little cabar
et, their name is legion in Antwerp in
one of the back streets near the cathe
dral: and with a glass of his favorite
Booniekomn in front of him. he seated
himself, and told me the following sequel
to the mysterious disappearance:
"You must remember me, friend," he
began, "when I was in a better condition
than von now see me r and he scanned
his wretched garments, shrugging his
shoulder with an impatient air. ;
I nodded acquiescence. .
"Well," said he, "you must also kuow
in your long experience of travel mat all
classes of society on the continent, and
particularly in Vienna, have their secret
club. The postilions had theirs; but it
was subject to the rule of the Chief
Secret society. . In my younger days,
friend, I was induced, in an unlucky mo
ment, to enroll mvself as a member, and
take the oaths of the Secret Society of
Postilions. Bitterly have I repented
. since, for it is to that circumstance I owe
my present deplorable state of mind and
position." . . . . . -' - . ,
"But what lias that to do with the mys
terious case of his Exoellency?" I asked
of him, somewhat impatiently.
"Much more than yon imagine or can
ever know, friend," replied be, senten
tiously wagging his head. He panned
for a moment. "Well, I will tell yon,"
continued he, "though "yon must not
break my story with your inquiring com
ments. Firstly, then, you must know
that I was on the establishment of Herr
Sputzcn, tho carriage-master and stable
keeper from whom his Excellency the
Honorable Eslington lured his traveling
carriage and horses for his return jour
ney. It was known to the Chief Secret
Society that his Excellency was in pos
session of important papers, and it was
also known that he was upon the point of
starting with them for England, The
Chief Commander had important reasons
for obtaining these papers, or oopioB of
them, and of one in particular above all
others, by I ir means or foul; and what
the Chief says is to be done, is done in
variably at any cost, . The committee had
balloted for the person who must execute
their orders, and their choice had fallen
on me as postUion, and the more likely
to effect a successful result. By virtue
. of my oath I was bound to obey, or I
should have suffered a secret death, by
assassination probably. I need not tell
you my instructions; but a dreadful fate
awaited you in the event! of you or his
Excellency obstructing ohr wishes. In
every town through which we passed
there were emissaries of tile Chief fcioci
ety to assist me, so great as the organiza
tion ; and when I received your orders to
pull up at the next town,! which, if you
remember, was H , I knew the wishes
of the Chief Commander would be
effectually carried out. The landlord of
the hotel you staid at, and the head host
ler were known to me as members of the
Chief Society, and there were other resi
dents in the town also members, whom I
did not know. - So yon see my friend,
how his Excellency and you were encom
passed in a net from which there was no
escape " and he chuckled; to himself aa
lie said it. "Now yon remember how his
Excellency was always engaged in
writing bis dispatches add documents.
Well, there was consequently great diffi
culty in getting a view bf the papers
without adopting foal means, and timo
was of great importance j to the Chief
Commander. : ..
"What!" I exclaimed, in great aston
ishment, my hair almost on end with the
suddenness of the confession "what! Do
you mean to tell me, Carl Johann
Boeckel, that you murdered his Excel
lency in cold blood?" f
"Not exactly that, friend " he quietly
replied. "When His Excellency went
for that short walk, the head hostler also
went for a Btroll in the same direction.
A short distance from the town the host
ler met a friend, also a member, and they
quickly bound and gagged His Excel
lency and carried nun to uie cellar ox tne
tatter's house, ' where they kept him
secretly until after the excitement of tho
disappearance and search had subsided,
when he was taken to Vienna in the in
voluntary disguise of -a dangerous luna
tic peasant, and afterward " And he
made significant sign indicative of
strangulation. "The papers were ab
stracted by the landlord, and handed to
me, and I in turn delivered them to the
Chief Commander personally. Nothing
was ever said about the missing docu
ments if you recollect, because only one
other -person besides His Excellency
and the Chief Commander knew of them,
and he dared not say what they were."
"But how," asked I, "was everything
kept so quietly, as the British Govern
ment made a great ado over the matter.
and large rewards were offered ?"
"well." replied he, "those to whom
the matter was referred were mostly
members of the Chief Society, which.
yon must remember, nnmbered in its
roll members of all ranks and stations.
The pair of overalls fonnd in the copse
some days after the disappearance were
purposely placed there to lead and en
courage the belief that His Excellency ,
had been robbed and then murdered." .
"But you do not account for your be
ing here in Antwerp now," said I. ,
"Well, friend, continued, he, and he
drew himself closer to me and spoke in
a very low tone "well, the Chief Com
mander, is consequence of the stir made
by both the British and our Government,
and fearing disclosure on account of .the
large rewards offered, took effective
steps to prevent it by ordering the
deaths of those concerned in the tragedy.
The landlord of the hotel, however, sud
denly decamped to America where he
will be tracked, never fear after hear
ing of the deaths of the hostler and his
friend, who were found stabbed in their
beds; and I escaped here, by circuitous
routes, and I have remained in hiding
ever since. But I am really known and
discovered, and I go daily in fear of my
life. The sign of the Black Dagger
here" and he tore open his . vest and
shirt, disclosing the print of a dagger on
his breast "is known to all members of
the Secret Society. My death-warrant
has long ago been signed, and I am
studiously watched, I feel certain. Even
now " And he suddenly stopped, cast
ing a cautious glance around the room,
and pointing to a stranger who was
silently smoking and drinking, to all ap
pearance engrossed in their enjoyment.
"I must leave yon," he said, in a hur
ried hoarse whisper, "Good-by, friend;"
and he crept ont of the cabaret quickly.
The next morning Ludwig Kuhl s
body was found floating in the canal,
near its entrance to the Scheldt, pierced
in the breast by a short dagger with the
device in German on its flat black han
dle, "We wait." t ;
ATpbtm and Stcbobo) Fight. C.
8. S. Home, while fishing I recently in
Flint river Georgia,-was disturbed by
the continual falling of some heavy body
in the water. -After listening for some
time he concluded that something un-
ustirl was going on, seizing his gun,
went forward to investigate.! ; On the
opposite side of the river he saw a white
object with a large dark one attacking it.
A boat being handy, he bailed it, and ex
pediously and quietly passed over. He
struck the bonk about twelve feet above
the cause of the disturbance,' seized his
gun, and as the boat swung around with
the stream fired at the head of the dark
object. He then dropped the gun, and
as the beat drifted he lifted an immense
logger-head turtle into it, after which he
pulled in the other object, which proved
to be a large sturgeon.' Before he could
recross the river, the turtle, -which was
only Btnnned by the bird-shot, recovered
and showed fight. The situation was
lively and interesting. The boat was
leaky, and the water deep and swift, the
turtle large, strong and determined on a
fight. It advanced with open month, and
Cul's gun was empty. He gave the boat
all the impetus possible, stuck ' the
paddle in the beast's month, drew a little
penknife from his pocket and tried to cut
its throat. As the turtle kept its hold on
the paddle, he succeeded in this after
several efforts. He then carried his prize
home, and fonnd that it weighed fifty or
sixty pounds. The sturgeon, he sup
posed, weighed thirty or forty. Ameri
can lpjiblican
Wherx Americans LotrNGE in London.
In a letter to the Washington Jieptiblic
Olive Logan says: There is one short
street in London which has this pecu
liarity! At any season, perhaps at any
hour, you choose to go there( you will
always find at least one American, often
a group, lounging at the busiest corner.
As usual with loungers, the most of these
men look as if lounging were their pro
fession, and a very poorly paying one at
that; but often one catches sight of a
face which carries in every anxious line
a tale of disappointment, frustrated hope,
baffled energy, heart-sick ieffort. I
scarcely know why Craven street of all
the thoroughfares running off; the briny
Strand has been selected for; a rendez
vous of Americans. Perhaps, because
it was tho locality chosen as a London
residence by one of the greatest Ameri
cans who ever lived. Half way down
the street, on the right side going
Thames-ward, you see a pretty house,
which, on a level with the first-story win
dows, shows a blue "plaque" bearing
the following inscription: "In this house
lived Benjamin Franklin, ; Printer,
Philosopher and Statesman." In one of
the neatest of the small family , hotels in
Craven street has of late been staying
the charming Polish actress, Mme.
Mod je ska. . j
Keep thb Bodt Erect. An erect
bodily attitude is of vastly more impor
tance to health than most people imagine.
Crooked bodily positions, maintained for
any length of timo, are always injurious,
whether in sitting, standing or lying
posture, whether sleeping or waking. To
sit with the body leaning : forward
or to one side, with the heels elevated on
a level with the bead, is not only in bad
taste, but exceedingly detrimental to
health, it cramps the stomach, presses
the vital organs, mtcrrnpte the free
motions of the chest, and enfeebles the
functions of the abdominal and; thoracic
organs, and, in fact, unbalances the
whole muscular svstem. Man v children
kzd become hnmp-backed or severely
round-shouldered by sleeping with the
head raised on a high pillow.! When
any person finds it easier sit, stand, to
walk or sleep in ' a crooked posi
tion than a straight one, such person
may be sure his muscular system is badly
deranged and the more careful he is to
preserve a straight or upright position, j
and get back to nature again the better.
At a funeral service the minister in his 1
remarks, was dwelling upon his loss to
the husband, when the worthy spoke up:
"Never mind me. Just throw your heft
on the corpse," : .
Welsh Rose With Jersfj Lily.
The fierce light that beats about
beauty's threuo ha suddenly been
foenssed, through the means of a scur
rilous - London paper, upon the two
reigning belles of the metropolis. Mrs.
Langtry is 'the daughter of the Dean of
Jersey, an Island which is famous for
pretty people, aitnougn it Had not before
attained the distinction of furnishing
London with the beauty officially ac
cepted as snch. Her earfyl ife was pass
ed entirely in tue isie ox ner Dirtn, and
and there seemed no reason why she
should ever have left it, until one day an
adventurous widower, who had already
taken one wile from jersey, cainetuither
again and carried off Miss Le Breton as
his second. They came to London with-;
ont exciting any great enthusiasm or be
coming known to many members of so
ciety until 1876. v Then, through a con
currence of fortuitous circumstances,
Mrs. Langtry . was seen, admired and
invented asabeauty by certain amateurs,
who immediately sounded her praises
throughout the town. When the town
came to look at her, it found she was in
deed beautiful. She possessed wonder
ful eyes of a limpid transparent blue,
which always wore a winning expression.
She was observed to be extremely modest
in her dress, very quiet and unassuming
in her manner, and discreet in all her
actions. : Jealousy was disarmed; admi
ration increased, and Mrs. Langtry be
came one of those sights which the
"Spring Captain" yearns to see, and for
which the country cousins ; make long
pilgrimages by railway. "It seems but
yesterday," says a recent -number of the
Vanitu Fair, "when as a bride she an
I peared in the Park and set ten thousand
tengues a wagging, aince men sue nas
played a foremost part in the battle of
life, and this bravely and well. You are
spellbound by her ineffable sweetness
before you have exchanged hardly a
dozen words with her. Every well-bred
woman is of course free from gene, but
this one is gifted with a delicious manner,
simple and sympathetic as that where
with, mentallyj we endow Mignon, and
she talks at once so ; prettily and so
musically that you are insensibly
impressed with the , idea of her
aDsolute sinoerity. ' The bright, ringing
treble; the light, springy step; the happy
halcyon view of life characteristic of
girlhood, are still hers. Above all, she
is kindness itself incarnate. At Glasgow,
where that goes without the saying
she was cynosure, she astonished the
canny Scotch -by her generous im
partiality.. The plain and unattractive
partner claimed her hand in the ball
room, and he was not refused, though
Adonis stood at her elbow awaiting his
chance. Lily-like in every fibre, she has
preserved an exalted reputation for
womanly virtue, and this, although she
she has been flattered and followed,
caressed and made mnch of, more than
any living woman. She has remained,
however, the- same, true to the gentle
emblem forever hers, tha Jersey Lily!"
Lady Virginia Sanders is entitled to
the gratitude of London society for in
troducing to it her niece, Miss Fitzpat
rick, who subsequently married Corn
wallis West of Ruthin Castle. Buthin
Castle is somewhere in Wales and there
fore not a fitting abiding place for a
beauty whose duty it is to be everywhere
in London. To London, accordingly,
Mrs. Cornwallis West went, and she was
greeted bv an admiration almost sufficient
to console her for the most prolonged
absence from her Welsh castle. Her face
is that of charming and peculiar style of
beauty and has always moved mankind
more than the most regular features. She
has a very rich complexion on which an
occasional sreckle stamps a certificate of
fineness and thereby adds to the charm
of the general effect. A splendid head
of rippling hair which used to be very
long until she 'ent it into boyish curls,
clusters framewise about her face, pro
ducing an effect which many London
beauties have sought to imitate, but
which nono has approached. She is im
pulsive, original, daring and says upon
occasions the sprightliest things, and to
her it was given, some little time, to
throw the royal ball into dismay by an
untoward fainting fit which was at once
elevated to tho rank of a social event.
She dresses generally in a careless and
sometimes in startling fashion. She is
small in stature, of an admirable form,
and rides with a certain dash, both to
hounds and in Bottenrow.
V Queen Victoria and Her Uncle Leo
pouj. It is nearly sixty years since the
Dnke of Kent, having caught cold while
visititing Salisbury Cathedral, died in
the arms of the Duchess, who lost not
only an affectionate husband but the
means of subsistence as substance is un
derstood by royal personages. In fact,
the young Princess Victoria and her
mother were face to face with povorty,
in one of its comparative forms, when
Prince Leopold took them under his
protection. He had known something of
straightened circumstances himself, hav
ing only had an annual income of
400 to five on before he married the
Princess Charlatte and 50,000 a year.
He lost no time, therefore, in bringing
the aunt and cousin of his late wife, first
to Kensington and then to Claremont,
grovidingfor the maintenance of their
onsehold until, in 1825, Parliament
granted the young Princess an annuity of
6000. . . Those kindnesses have never
been forgotten by Queen Victoria; and
it is by the light of this early passage in
her life that the inscription which ac
companies the white marble statue of
King Leopold, which Her Majesty has
just placed in St. George's Chapel,
Windsor, should be read, "Erected, so
it runs, "by Her Majesty Queen Vic
toria, in loving memory of Leopold, the
first King of the Belgians, her maternal
uncle, who was as a father to her as she
was to him as a daughter. London
Whitehall Review. :
V Afghan Justice. The method of dis
pensing and carrying the law into execu
tion in Cabul seems to be somewhat
primitive, judging from the following in
cident which is supplied by the corres
pondent of the Lahore paper: In a quar
rel between two artillerymen and a sort
of accident of a kind that sometimes
happens on purpose, the bayonet of one
man became implanted in the stomach of
the other, and inflicted a wound that re
sulted fatally. The friends and relatives
of the deceased declared that they would
only be satisfied by the life of the de
linquent being left in their hands, and
according to the usual custom in such
cases, the prisoner who "mado over to
to do what they liked with him. It was
immediately agreed that hanging was
the most appropriate, and all the neces
sary preparations for the ceremony were
completed, when one of ; the relatives,
more bloodthirsty than the rest, de
manded tho privilege of cutting the un
fortunate man's throat. At an interest
ing period of the tragedy the Colonel of
the, prisoner's battery arrived on the
scene with a bag of lis. 1000,of which ob
tained an instant reprieve for the mori
bund artilleryman. Bombay Gazette.
Bismarck's Detectives in Vienna. -Prince
Bismarck was accompanied to the
Kaiserstadt by six Prussian detectives
mnder a leader, Herr Krieger. A great
crowd assembled in the courtyard and
around the portals of the Imperial Hotel
to see the Chancellor drive off en grand
temw to his audience with the Emperor;
and Herr Krieger, with his head doubt
less full of attentats, begged the Aus
trian police to clear the people away, as
is nowadays unceremoniously done in
Berlin when a swell has to pass. The
surly Prussian monchard, however,
started in astonishment when he received
the laughing rebuff by the Inspector.
"Sir, we in Vienna ' are accustomed to
allow the people to stand where they
like in the public street as long as they
behave decently. I have no order to
clear away the crowd, and you may rest
assured that there is not the least cause
for anxiety. .
' Tim r ,'n fUrvi! Jmtrnnl . Trfindnn.
m,A tl,A fallYirifr awntnit of a Tirol i fio
breeder: Mr. Win. Muthieson,-Banchory,
ia fnrtnnntA nnuiAHanr of a breedinn
sow, which daring the period of its ex-
latence (ten years; nas presented aim
with the enormous number of 304 pigs
viz., nineteen litters averaging sixteen
each litter.
Wbicb is the most ancient of trees?
The elder. ?
Good Stories About tho Prince or Wale.
The Priuco of Wales las scored
several points io the line of popu
larity this summer, at which ope
may bo the more satisfied because bo
never aims at popularity. InBtead
of the minors of fast flirtation at
Tronviilft or -. elsewhere, which in
other summers ; have reahed the
clubs "and percolated among the poo-
Ele, the gossip this year is all. of a
ealthy, hearty, rustic kind, such as
paterfamilias loves to rehearse to his
daughters as proof that the Prince
has sown his wild oats, and that the
high character of the throne is safe.
Tho Prince, has been picnicking in
Devonshire and yachting and making
himself agreeable to humble people.
On one occasion while picnicking
with aristocratic hosts it is found
the cream has been left behind; lea
is ready all but that. Tho Princo
cspios in the dt&tance another pa
nicking party, rushes off, and ex
plains to the ladies the mciuncholy
condition his party is in. He cries
"Wo are Dreamless!" , The ladies
give him plenty of cream, not know
ing to whom they were giving it
for the Prince has a taking way
among ladies which would avail him
were ne only Mr. A. Kd wards. And
now behold the Prince walking o'er
moor and fen, o'er lonely sands by
tho wild sea waves, bearing a jug
full ol cream without spilling ltl
This will remain, , for Borne future
laureate to place among the Idyls of
the Jung! or Emperor I c :
The other day the f nnce con
cluded be would like to see tho in
terior of Kent's Hole, which is just
outside Torquay. Popular tradition
I says that the cavern's name is de-
f rived fiom the circumstance that a
! dog which went in there once came
i above ground in Kent county, about
180 miles away. But the clerical
tradition is that it is a by-way to an
f unmentionable place where the
Prince of Darkness forges fossil re'
mains for skeptics to fling at Moses.
The scientific exploration of this
cavern is under the official superin
tendence of the geologist Pengelly:
; and it being necessary that a cave in
i which human remains are found
along with . extinct animals should
not be tampered with by fanatics,
j care is taken that parties shall not
i be admitted to the important part of
f the cave without Pengelly s permis
I sion. Pongelly , is nearly .always
- there, bat he happened to be absent
! when the Prince called. The Prince
: knew nothing of the regulations; bo
i walked about two miles to the spot;
: he found there a boy of sixteen at
; the door, As he was entering the
I boy said; "You ean't go without a
1 candle." "Will you please give me
I a candle?" asked the Prince. '1 am
ordered not to give a candle unless
! Mr. Pengelly tells me, and he is
away now." So spake the boy, and
a fare breathing -dragon could not
i have been a more effectual guardian
1 of that Hades. The Prince asked
j the boy for a light, lit bis cigar, gave
the lad a piece of silver and trudged
't back again, no doubt reflecting on
; Frederick tho Great's definition, "a
j Prince is only the first of subjects,1'
! weli enough translated in the motto
! "Ich dien." '
Finally, it is pleasant to know
that tho Prince of Wales, having
sent his sons on a voyage round the
j world, has gone on his yacht to
Copenhagen, no doubt to visit his
wife's relations. London Corr. Cin
Icinnati Commercial.
Eclipses lathe Tear 1880.
In the Year 1880 there will be six
eclipses four of the sun and two of the
moon.
1. Tho total ecliyse of the sun, Janu
ary 11. Invisible east of the line drawn
through St. Joseph, Mo., and Baton
Kouge, La. Visible to the western quar
ter of North America and to the Pacific
Ocean, being central and total along a
line distant twenty miles south of and
parallel to a line drawn through Mon
terey, CaL, Mariposa and Salt Lake City.
Elsewhere it will be partial. The eclipse
will begin as follows, Denver, Colorado,
4 h. 1 ru. p. m.; Santa Fe, 2J. Mex., 4 h.
lm. p, m. ; Salt Lake City, Utah. 3h. 24
m. p. m., the sun setting more or less
eclipsed.
2. A total eclipse of the moon, June
22. Invisible. Visible to Asia. Australia,
tho Pacific ocean and the western edge of
Korth Ameria.
3. The annular eclipse of the Sun,
July 7. Invisible, Visible to the south
ern half of South America, to Cape of
Good Hope, and to the South Atlantic
Ocean. '
5. A total eclipse of the moon, Decem
ber 16. Visible more or less to the world
generally, except to South America, the
West India Islands, the eastern portion
of Korth America. To the eastern sea
board it will be wholly invisible. To
the adjoining region as far west as the
Mississippi river, the moon will set in
the morning tinged with the advancing
penumbral shade. To the region still
further west, the moon will set more or
less in shadow. -
G. A partial eclipse of the sun, Decem
ber 31. Visible to the eastern portion of
North America, as far as Illinois and
Mississippi, to Europe and to the North
Atlantic Ocean. To all places in the
United States where visible, the sun will
rise partly eclipsed; the eclipse ending
in the morning at the times given, as
follows: Portland, Me., 9 h. 17 m. a. m.;
Boston, Mass., 9 h. 9 m. a. M.;New York,
N. Y., 8h. 50 m. a. m.; Columbus, O.,
7. 59m. a, m.; Philadelphia, Pa.; 8 h. 41
m. a. m. ; Washington, D. C, 8 h. 29m.
a. m. ; Charleston, S. C, 7 h. 58 m. a. m.
An occupation of Mars will occur
March 17. Visible to the eastern portion
of North America; happening shortly
after sunBet;ond lasting generally about
an nour ana a quarter.
Socjjdino Niagara. -The United States
Engineers have recently sounded the
Niagara river, a feat which has never be
fore been successfully accomplished, ow
ing to the bungling and unscientific
means employed by those who attempted
it. Bars of railroad iron, pails of stones,
and all unreasonable bulky and awkward
instruments had been attached to long
lines, and cast off the railway bridge and
elsewhere, but positively refused to sink.
The very bulk of the instruments was
sufficient, no matter what their weight,
to give the powerful undercurrent a way
to buoy them up upon the surface, or
near it. By means of a small lead weigh
ing twelve pounds, however, and a slen
der cord, the depths from the falls to the
lower bridge were easily obtained. One
of the sounding party says that the ap
proach to the falls in a small boat was
made with great difficulty. Great jets of
water were thrown out from the falls far
into the stream, and the roar was so ter
rible that no other sound could be heard.
The leadsman cast the line, which passed
rapidly down and told off 83 feet. This
was quite near the shore. Passing out
of the friendly eddy which had aided
them in approaching the falls, they shot
rapidly down the stream. The next cast
of .the lead told off 100, feet, deepening
to 1!)2 feet at the inclined railway. The
average depth to the Swift Drift, where
the river suddenly becomes narrow, with
a velocity too great to be measured, was
153 feet Just under the lower bridge
the whirlpool rapids set in, and so vio
lently are the waters moved that they
rise like ocean waves to the hight of
twenty feet above the surrounding level.
Here the depth was computed to be 210.
He walked up by the sign of a clothing
store spelling ont the letters, and then
soliloquised: "Summer suits; wall per
haps it does, but 'pears to me there was
a trifle tew much rain during haying,
and tew much drouth for the arfter feed
and then mebbe it suits year village
folks." I Marathon Independent. - i
Bismarck and Ills Dog.
"Mv doc! .Where is my dog?" wers
Prince Bismarck's first words on alight
ing on the" platform of the Westbahn
Railway Station last night,; and, sure
enough, there he was, the sleek quadru
ped who so seriously imperiled the pre
cious existence of Prince Gortchakoff
daring the congress. With a bound.
Sultan, who had traveled second class,
was at his master's aula, covering nun
with boisterous manifestations of canine
affection, and not taking the stightest no
tice of Count Andrassyand Prince Keass,
who kept a respectful distance until Sul
tan had satisfied himself that the Prince
was none the worse for his journey. The
meeting between Count Andrassy and his
illustrious guest was a cordial one, and
arm in arm they walked to the court car
riage, a private brougham of the Empe
ror s, that was waiting to take Prince
Bismarck to the hotel where he is
staying. ' 1
; Hardly were the two statesmen seated
and ready to start, ere down went the
window on the near side, and a sentorian
viee cried out, "Mein hund! Wo ist
mein hund?" If anything had befallen
that blessed dog while Prince Bismarck's
attention was momentarily turned in an
other direction, it is my firm belief that
it would have been all up with the Aus-tro-German
alliance, and the incensed
Chancellor would have taken the first
train back to Berlin. Sultan is, how
ever, an experienced traveler, and has a
very good notion of how to take core of
himself. In a twinkling he was at the
carriage door, and, awdstcd by two court
nun&eys, lie sedately took his scat on the
rug at the feet of the two gentlemen in
side. Judge of the stupification of the
crowd assembled outside of the Hotel
Imperial, on seeing the fonr-legged occn
pant of the court brougham leap out with
a bark, and, contrary to all etiquette,
greet the nearest bystanders in a most
unpleasantly demonstrative style. I nev
er saw such a ridiculous sight in all my
life. .: People fled in all directions, for
Sultan has a bad reputation. He nearly
apset the cbngress, by an unjustifiable
attack on tjie Russian Plenipotentiary,
and since then he has maimed one of the
Berlin Foreign officers for life, because
he sat down on a chair usually occupied
by Prince Bismark. The worst of it is
that he is not the genuine historical fa
vorite of the Chancellor, but only a spu
rious imitation. Sultan the original
Saltan I learn, was poisoned a couple
of years ago, and nothing can shake
Prince Bismarck's conviction that it
was two Social Democrats who did it.
BITS OF FD5.
The Sun says that New York preachers
preach for their salaries, and not with
any hopes of making New Yorkers bet
ter. That's honest 1 11 round. Detroit
Free Press.
The grand and awf 1 1 difference between
a tree and a bore is--hurrah, now! the
tree leaves in the spi ing, and the bore,
why, he never leave b. Syracuse Sun
day Times. .
A young lady's hat blew off and was
rnn over by a broad-wheeled cart. The
ribbons were somewhat soiled, but the
hat is now the very latest tall shape.
f Norristown Heralk.
There is prospect that the cruel war be
tween Pern and Chile is over, and the
army of each will therefore be afforded
an opportunity to pnt a raw oyster over
his black eye. Boston Post.
A college student, in rendering to his
father an account of his expenses, in
serted: "To charity," thirty dollars."
His father wrote back: - "I fear charity
cover a multitude of sins."
A Milwaukee girl suffering from lock
jaw was left alone with a mouse by the
shrewd physician, and she contrived to
open her mouth wide enough to give a
yell that mado the crockery in the china
clot rattle. Boston Post.
Old Tom Purdy, Sir Walter Scott's
favorite attendant, once said: ''Them
are fine novels of yours, Sir Walter;
they are just invaluable to me." "I am
glad to hear it, Tom," returned the
novelist. ''Yes sir," said Tom; "for
when I have been ont all day hard at
work, and come home tired, and take up
one of your novels, I'm asleep directly.
Miss Calino goes for the first time to
view the sea at Dieppe. At her departure
from home her sister recommends her to
carry some sea-water in a bottle. She
goes down to the shore and fills her vial
with water. : "Better not fill it np like
that, rnissy," said a sailor, "bekase; it
being low water now, when the tide rises
itll burst your bottle." Miss Calino,
quite convinced, pours out half the salt
water and departs.
Death of Cora Pearl. ,
' Emma Crutch, better known as Cora
Pearl, the "first horsewoman of the sec
ond empire," is dead at the age of fifty
years. The genesis of this pleasing per
sonage is uncertain. Her own story of
her birth and early life varied with her
auditor, and was romantic or prosaic as
was prompted by the foncy of the mo
ment. Certainly she was an English wo
man; probably she was the daughter of a
respectable music dealer, whose shop
was in Begent street. Being disowned
by her parents, and being driven out of
England by a prosecution for debt, she
took up her abode in Paris in the days
when the second empire was in the full
flood of its artificial prosperity. She had
not a handsome face, but she had a fine
figure, and she rode superbly. Liter
ally, she galloped into notoriety in Paris,
and under the rule of the third Napoleon
notoriety was fame. Her great conquest
was J erome Napoleon, whom she captured
whilst out with the Prince's staghonnds
at Mendon riding to hounds and riding
to heart's were pretty much the same
thing with this cheerful young person.
Counts a many and Dukes a few served
also in her train, and stray Americans
possessed of large fortunes were permit
ted to purchase her smiles at the ruling
rates of the market The ruling rates of
the market uniformly were high. With
the Franco-Prussian war and the com
mune the star of Cora's destiny paled ;
and as she was growing to be an oldish
woman by this time it never again
recovered its brilliancy. Astronomically
speaking, she! reached the point of
her highest ascension simultaneously
with the-; empire that is to say,
in 1867, the exhibition year. ' It was in
this year that she played Cupid in the
onera of "Orohee aux Enfers. " dressinc
the part expensively, tastefully, but not
excessively, in a zone and necklace of
diamonds. After the wreck of the empire
Cora returned to Paris having been tem
porarily domiciled in London and gath
ered together the remnant of her court
Bat it was a dark time in Paris; she was
growing old; her titled friends no longer
were numerous, and the few left to her
were far less friendly than of yore. But
she was rich, for, with commendable
prudence, she had garnered her harvest
wlule the sun still shone, j Under tlus
combination of circumstances the time
seemed favorable for her turning devo
tee. However, young Duval, the rich
proprietor of the many cheap eating
houses in Paris founded by the worthy
butcher, his father, appeared upon the
scene, and his plaint expressed fre
quently, and always in four figures was
heeded. All Pans laughed at this con
quest that the industrious Cora had
made in the youth of her old age, and
Cora laughed, too, for the f ranos that she
was winning were plentiful and real.
When the francs were all gone she
dropped the butcher's son as she would
have drop)ed an orange that she had
squeezed dry. The batcher's son being
refused admission to her apartment, in
continently shot , himself upon the
threshold. This was in Christmas week,
1872. The upshot of the affair was that
Cora was ordered out of France. Since
that time she has drifted abont Europe,
leading not a very satisfactory life; for
the never very great charm of her per
son has staled with custom and withered
sadly with age. ,
This is a story with a moral: A gentle
man in the midst of a stormy debate
thought to smooth matters oyer by a few
words of practical advice, ''Gentlemen,
all I want for the settlement of this whole
controversy is a little common sense.
Jerrold, who was present, disturbed his
equanimity by breaking in and saying,
"Yon are right, sir; that is precisely what
yon want."
The Kecoaulc-s' Fair.
From the Eremng Teiegram
The second exhibition of the Mechan
iea' Fair Association opened Monday eve
ning, October 21, under the most flatter
ing circumstances. The displays were
both large and varied, the following be
ing worthy of special mention: -
TUB OKEOOll riBJilTUEE COMFASV.
. Home made goods in Oregon used to
mean very ordinary work, but those who
have seen the display of furniture made
by the Oregon Furniture Manufacturing
Company in this city, in the north gal
lery of the pavilion, will at on e admit
that those who are satisfied only with the
finest and bent need not go away from
our State to find either the material or
the workmen to get it u .
;' ' '' "iv THS COMr ; !'V
Was organized about five years ago,
though its President, Mi . Samuel Loweu
stein has been engagerUn the furniture
trade in Portland for rtghteeu years, un
derstands it thoroughly, aud knows just
the kind of goods in this line that are
adapted to the wants off our people. He
is fully posted in all the minutiaj of the
business, and is thoroughly skilled in the
art of manufacturing the goods which he
sells. Mr. William Kapns, Secretary of
the company, is thoroughly competent in
the discharge of his duties, active, ener
getic, obliging and attentive to bis buxi
ness and to the company's patrons. By
fair dealing and truthful representations
concerning their goods, the company has
in a few years built up a trade which ex
tends to ail parts of the Northwest coast
and is rapidly growing in volume.
THEIR EXHIBIT
At the fair occupies three large rooms in
the north gallery, and throngs of visitors
are constantly gazing at the rich display.
Ascending the stairway to the left of the
west entrance, and passing forward a
short distance within the first railing, we
find a library set which is a marvel of
beauty, fine finish and durability. This
set is made of Oregon ash, elaborately
carved, and upholstered with leather in a
most substantial manner. It cousists
principally of a cylinder desk and book
cases, Grecian lounge of elegant pattern,
easy chairs, sitting chairs and rockers,
and a very handsuine ottoman with a
wrought silk cover and a puffed border of
worsieu ana satin.
THE PARLOR SET
Is one of the finest ever made or shown
in the city, and for beauty of design, ele
gance of appearance and fineness pf
nvi.iuonoutp, munub o exceueu vy any
of the celebrated eastern factories. A
handsome piei-e in this set is an Egyptian
easy chair, the upholstery of which is
richly embroidered by Mrs. Geo. Weidler,
the chair being made and upholstered by
the company for that lady. The set con
tains, also, sofa, other easy chairs, large
and medium sized rockers, upholstered
in the most artistic m inner with raw silk
covering and puffed satin borders. In
the rear center of thU magnificently fittjed
up parlor stands a laru mirror of French
plate glass, with an elaborately figured
gilt frame. The center tablo comports
in elegance of style and richness of orna
mentation with the ret of the set, and
supports, in frame, the medals awarded
to the company at the Philadelnhia cen
tennial, exposition universelle at Paris,
ana omer exnioiuons at wnicli their
goods have been shown.
THE DF.IR00l SET,
Which is displayed in the third apart
ment, is of the old English style, 'made
of black walnut and veneered with burl
of the same wood, all richly carved and
ornamented with heavy and elegantly
desigued mouldings. It embraces bed
stead, bureaus, dressing cases, chairs, etc..
and a large French mirror on a pier of
uie uueet, ponsnea maroie. ine wnole
set is one of the most attractive objects in
the pavilion, and combines alt that is re
quired for elegance or comfort, the bed
being covered with a rich Marseilles
spread, and the pillow shams of fine lace
made by Mrs. Harry lireeden. In this
apartment is a most beautiful footstool,
wim a wu uu buk cover, wrought oy
MissHattieJazgeraud upholstered bvthe
company for hi r. Tlx-ie is also n ele
gant bath tub, Willi the latest style fau
cets, and lined with copper, so prepared
as to receive a polish as brieht as silver.
the woodwork being of solid black wal
nut It was gotten up. at the establish
ment of Mr. John Barrett, of this city.
who is wun snow n tor nis nne work In
this line. - .
THE UKAI'EHY ANI 'A Itl'ETH
In the three departments of the Oregon
Furniture Manufacturiug Company's ex
hibit are all verv handsome, and excel in
richness any ever before shown in the
State. 1 he lambreauius are of raw silk
of beautiful color and figures of rate de
sign. The curtains are of the finest Swiss
lace, while the floors are covered with
carpets of body Brussels of elegant pat
tern and of rich color, to correspond with
the furniture of the respective rooms.
The arrangement of the drapery itself, or
tne roatte-up, - is most neatly done, and
is evidence of the skill of those emoloved
by the company in catering to the taste of
lovers ot tne oeautnui.
The ash set shown at the fair is part of
tne furniture tor tne u man Ha House at
The Dalles, which the company is fur
nishing throughout They have made
sixty-one bedroom sets, and sold Brussels
carpets for the entire house. They have
iust finished two fine ash office counters
for the hotel, which they intended to ex
hibit, but could not secure sufficient room
in the pavilion. The counters will be
shown at their salesrooms io a few days.
The bedroom set has been sold to a prom
inent railroad man in this citv.
The ratan furnitnre shown by this com
pany, and made at the Haywood factory,
in Massachusetts, is also very handsome,
and though very light, is reaiarkably
strong and durable, making it, fur many
uses, the best that can be bought
The factory of the company is situated
on the corner of Front aud Madison
streets, where from 50 to 60 men are con
stantly employed, many of them being
the most skilled that could be found in
Europe and the East, and engaged by this
firm for fine work here. This factory
turns out a very large quantity of such
work as we have just described, as one
can Bee by a visit to the extensive store
and salesroom on the eorner of First and
Yamhill streets, here enormous quanti
ties of furniture of every kind are kept
constantly on hand, and much of it will
compare favorably with the sets now on
exhibition in the pavilion, and all of it
first-class of its kind. On account of the
competition of importers of Eastern fur
nitnre, the company has put its prices
down to the lowest living figures, and
whatever is paid to them for their pro
duct is disbursed in this city to their
workmen and for material, thus keeping
the money at home and adding to the
business and permanent wealth of the
country. Such establishments deserve
support and liberal patronage from all
Who admire the good, the useful or the
elegant, and who wish to see the country
prosxrotis by the growth of home indus
tries. ' '
D.W. PRENTICE 4 CO.
Among the most prominent is the mu
sical exhibition of Messrs. D. W. Pren
tice & Co. Here are pianos of various
styles and manufacture, including the
Weber, which is one of the best pianos in
the market, and has many qualities which
recommend it to all lovers of music. It
is speedily being recognized as the lead
ing instrument in this State, and Pren
tice k Co. are selling large numbers of
them. They have also the Haines
Bros., Mansfeldt & Notni pianos, the cel
ebrated Estey organs, and an immense
display of aocordeons, harps, guitars,
tamborines, concertinas, violins, banjos,
flageolets, flutes, harmonicas, music and
music books and musical instruments of
all kinds and in endless variety. Their
stand is in the northeast part of the west
gallery, and attracts the crowd of visitors
by their really fine display. These mer
chants have been long established in this
business, and their goods have always
proved to be as represented, and the best
in the market. The fine tone of their
large Estey organ in the center of their
group calls out the talent of some of the
best players in the hall, and is a rival of
the band in the musical entertainment
Prentice A Co. in a few days will move
their store to that now occupied by J. K.
Gill, 117 First street, where they will
have facilities which will enable them to
transact the volume of business which is
now pouring in upon them, which their
present limited quarters will not permit
them to handle satisfactorily.
. msebkt or uu r. poweiw.
Prominent amongst the exhibits in the
Pavilion stands the really attractive and
useful display made by this gentleman.
In the manufacture of elegant furniture
he has no superior, and his workmanship
is known for its excellence, durability
and finish all over Oregon and Washing
ton Territory. The space, though some
what contracted for so large an amount
of furniture, is prettily arranged, and
tumhb nwp in urge group tuumnng
these articles so worthy of more than or
dinary attention, lieantiful bedsteads
neatly ornamented, gorgeous lounges,
pleasant sofas, magnificent sets," easy
chairs, rockers, bureaus, and everything
used to farnish a magnificent home are
here in profusion. ; The upholstery is
remarkably fine and must be seen and
contrasted with the workmanship else
where shown to be appreciated at its
true worth. The displays are merely
pieces that can be dn plicated to any ex
tent by Mr. Powers at very short notice,
he having in this city and near by two
immense workshops that afford constant
employment to fifty first-class mechanics.
His cabinetmakers command the highest
prices, and are equal to the most skillful
workmen of Boston or New York. ' Mir
rors, tapestry,: carpeting, gilded carv
ings, silk hangings, curtains of all kinds
and qualities are to be fonnd at his estab
lishment in r inexhaustible quantity.
The designs are as varied as the furni
ture and trappings, and either kind is
beheld by the thorough housekeeper
with emotions of lovely satisfaction. A
description of ; a few pieces will suffice
for the whole. A patent rocker stands
at the head with a beautiful silk stripe
running down the back and across the
seat, embroidered in silk with richly col
ored flowers, leaves and ripe grain; the
sides ore fancy silk coverings with crim
son satin pu fling. Another patent rocker
is exhibited, covered in French cash
mere and puffed in raw satin. Still an
other entirely different design of a patent
rocker stands in the corner, being what
is termed "over stuffed," with raw silk
covering and brown plush border. ' This
is ,a very rich looking and a very easy
chair. On the right stands a star-backed
divan, covered in fancy silk, plain
maroon velvet border, spring back.
Chairs may be also seen with fawn puff
ing, crimson plush border and eastlakG.
fringe, rich and beautiful. A black
walnut table with a marble top is a
gem, . and near it may be found
a footstool of curious design, buscuit
tufted in crimson plush and fawn-colored
pu ffiing. At the left, in front, sets a
solid walnut hall stand with large
French plate-glass and rich gilded carv
ings. In front of the center table rests
a most elegant sofa cushion that deserves
more than passing notice for its beauty,
design and finish. The center is wrought
in beautiful worsted flowers, bordered
with tufted red silk, and edges of rich
black silk; A Targe mirror, thirty-two
inches wide by five and a half feet long.
walnut frame, surmounted with walnut
and gold carvings, adorns the rear,
while on each side of it hangs a fine
landscape mounted in heavy, richly
carved gold frames. Elegant paintings
by Bobinson and Tavernier adorn what
might answer for a fashionable lady's
bondoir. Raw silk hangings make up
the rich background of Mr. Powers ex
hibit, and a rich tapestry carpet covers
me floor. Adjoining wis compartment
is another jointly ocenpied by Mr. Par
shall and Mr. Powers, in which the lat
ter has displayed some very fine school
desks in walnut and ash of the very latest
approved patterns, and a teacher s desk,
with some other substantial furniture
All of the furniture is of home manufac
ture, and the enterprising gentleman
whose buBisess tact originated and keeps
in motion so large and establishment and
provides labor for so many workmen, is
entitled to a full share of public patron
age. There is no valid excuse for peo
ple sending to eastern manufacturers for
furniture that .is equally well made and
Rold fully as cheap in Portland.
Marriage "SeitlemeDts" Waited.
A story was floating around New York
last winter concerning the rupture of an
engagement between a well-known for
eign gentleman and a young lady here,
It was freely bruited here that the suitor
told the father that circumstances would
not permit him to marry on his own
means alone, and mat tne latner tnen
offered an allowance. The foreigner.
however, pointed out to him that in view
of possible financial losses on the part of
tho father this arrangement was scarcely
satisfactory, whereupon tho father re
fused to "come down with a settlement,
and the thing was "off." Very likely
the whole story was in this ease a fiction.
yet there is no doubt that a counterpart
I.-.- . i l . i tm . ?
mar uut ooiiiuiB wt'urnxi. xm American
father, with j very rare exceptions, ex
pects his son-in-law to undertake entire
maintenance,' or, as the young man
graphically expressed it: "The utmost
the old man does is to offer yon a back
room at the house." When this country
was young and people's ideas of what
was necessary for living were on a more
moderate scale, this might have done
very well; but nowadays it is often pass
ing hard on the young. It is absurd to
say that a man is marrying for money
because he says he cannot marry without
it A young man with $3000 a year
makes a rash venture if he should marry
a girl reared in. great luxury with noth
ing but a trousseau; but if her father
would settle $'2000 a year on her the case
is materially altered. A mere allowance,
revocable at will, or certain to terminate
in the event of a financial catastrophe, is
very small satisfaction to the young man.
A principal reason why in Europe some,
however small, substantial settlement is
insisted on is with a view not merely to
the interests of . the married pair and
their children, but those of the families
on either side; for when Brown marries
Bobinson, old Brown and old Bobinson
clearly recognize the certainty of . young
Mrs. Brown and their children coming
down upon their respective families in
the event of trouble, unless such contin
gency is duly provided against by ante
nuptial provisions. ; In the case of per
sons of small means such provision is,
of coarse, but slender; yet, except in the
case of the very poor, it is usually suffi
cient to give a roof tree, with food,
clothes and fire. There is not a shadow
of doubt that the refusal of fathers to
make a settlement on daughters prevents
many woman from making highly desira
ble marriages, and tends more than
aught else to swell the rapidly augment
ing ranks of mature spinsterhood. New
York Times.
Mr. Parnell, the present leader of the
Irish people, is English by descent, his
family having settled in Ireland in the
reign of Charles II. Tho celebrated
poet Parnell, Archdeacon of Clogher, the
friend of Pope, Addison and Swift, was
an ancestor of his, as were also Sir John
Parnell, Bart, M. P. for Queens county
and Chancellor of the exchequer, and
Sir Henry, M. P. for Bothleagve, the
celebrated commentator on the penal
laws. Mr. Parnell's mother is an Ameri
can, the daughter ol one of our naval
officers, and resides now with her daugh
ters in New Jersey,- passing the summer
usually at Newport. He was educated
at Cambridge University, is only 33
years old, of very gentlemanly appear
ance and manners, and, though not elo
quent in the usual sense, is vigorous and
clear in speech. k Though his landed
estate yields only 1400 a year, he is rich
in American and other securities.
Impobtast to Farmers. 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 has long been-felt, b'.t
which is now happily met in the
"Wheat Dealers' Guide," compiled by
J. B. 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
aceompany orders. It is very important
to any and all who sell wheat to be able
in less than five minutes to tell (as they
can from this book) the price of wheat
in this market when based on English
prices, which govern the markets on this
coast. Calculations are warranted thor
oughly correct..'. y . -i. ;
- "Cham," the caricaturist, had very
long legs. One day he went into a
tailor's shop, ohoth and agreed to. the
price of forty-five francs for a pair of
pantaloons. The tailor took his measure,
and went lower and lower while his
astonishment went higher and higher. At
last he stopped a little below the knoea
and threw his measure over his shoulder,
"Well," said "Cham," "do you stop
there?" "Monsieur, for forty-five francs
I cannot go lower,"
; TJWIOIV IRON 7OHK0. ' ,
- (soocaesoxs to colli m's taow woans.)
nACISiniQTG AHD XXlOll FCUIlDlinG
-- -": l'j 'Z- ' ..'"--i. ' " ' " u ."-; '' v -"- - " ", -j-
Usonfaetar and keep on hn3 RWam Kaglascaixt Bollera. Turbine Water Whi.
BlacksralUiing and ropairmg don U hort notion
IXlQir AIJD BXLA53 CASTUIC3.
THE CHEAPEST
TO
Dry Goods, Clothihg, Groceries.
P. SELLING
CORNER FIRST AND YAMHILL ST., PORTLAND.
DR. JAMES KECE,
So famed for his great success In the treat
: ment and cure of
CATARRH.
Can, will and does, positively, radically,
painlessly, and without the tue of the knife,
CURE CANCER.
If afflicted with this terrible disease,
heretofore usually fatal, do not, as you
value your life, submit to the murderous
butchery of a surgical operation, which in
Variable leaves portions of the roots in the
flesh as germ, and all the cancerous humor
in the system as food for the growth and
development of one or more cancers,
more' painful, lareer and deeper seated
than the first.
: By Dr. Keek's method, the cancer, if
not too far udranced, is detolved 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 is used internally
to cleanse the system of the eancerous
humor.
Do not be humbugged by physicians
who will show you a number of cancer
tnmors, cut from patients and preserved
in glass jars. True, the cancers are there,
but too often the patients from whom
they were cut, can be found only in the
grave. : .
Call and see the Doctor, aud, instead of
showing you printed or written certifi
cates, he will refer you to reputable, liv
ing citizens of Portland and elsewhere,
who will gratefully testify that tbey have
been permanently cured by him, even
after having been pronounced incurable
and left to die by other physicians. .
Office consultation free. Chronic and
diseases peculiar to women a specialty.
Office. 135 First st, Strowbridse's build-
ing, Portland, Oregon.
0151 m
Jewelry, Watches, Diamonds,
Silver d Pltd Ware,
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 io
Europe, 1 oner all articles in my line
' At Coat Omrlas September
Customers are invited to call and inspect, and
be convinced of the good faith of my statement.
J. VAN BETJRDEN.
.n
n
NATIONAL
BUSINESS COLLEGE.
Prepare, for Bail.eu
nd tbe practical duties of
1 lie id a syiemiia course 01
instruction la Bookkeepinc.
Business Krnis, Business
ArithtnetlcPeomansblp 8d1
the English Hiaocbee. Koi
rull luAtrmatfnu address
Pe Fmnr A White. Pnrllmd
TSEMHAKK & WOLFF,
MACHINISTS,
And Manufacturers of
Tools for Planing, Molding and Tarnlnff.
Cattle Brands, Iroat House Work. Iroa
Hatllai for PraMwa, aadall kiaoa
of Brewery Work sastde -.
to order. . .
Also Farm Machinery repaired on sbort notice
Mill Pick made and repaired.
He. aad M Freat Street, Portlaae). Or
KRIBS &I.1T.TILLEN,
DEALERS IN
Cook, Parlor and Box Stores,
COOKING RANGES AND HEATING
FURNACES.
Manufacturers of all kinds of
TIN COPPER AND SHEET-IRON WARE.
Boono? and all kinds of Job Work
. Promptly attended to
Mo. li Flrat Street. PertlaadU Oreg-oa
LIUE ! LUXE !
The undersigned having been appointed agents
for the celebrated
' EUREKA" BIS JCA5 LIME,
Would respectfully call the attention of dealers
and contrietnrs to that brand before purchasing
elsewhere. Vfe shall endeavor to keen a full nip
ply on bend at all times and at the lowest market
rates.
J. JASKULCK,
PRACTICAL WATCHMAKER
AND JEWELER,
rtosetmrsr. Oregoni
NO MORE UBK TCT SEXD YOUR FI5E
Watches to Portland for repairs. A fine
assortment of Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Spec
tacles and Eye-glasses always on band.
Tbe only reliable Optometer in Hoseburg for
the proper adjustment of Spectacles and Eye
glasses, which will preserve and strengthen the
eresicht '
""AIl work-warranted.
ROCK GO API
The , Best Soap Mado.
Ask yoar Grocer for it. .
M. G. NEWBERRY,
laa From Ht , Portland, or.
Agent for Oretoo and Washington Territory
4GKNTLEMAN OF MEANS AND IN
tf litfrenee. who has lately come to Ore
gon wllb tbe Intention of maklnc H bis home
would be pleased tc correspond with a respect
able and Intelligent la,ly, between WanTfiO
year of age, with view to matrimony. Beat
of references given and required. Address,
! M . Lova. Portland, Or.
Portland Business Directory
PHYS1CIAX ASD SIR6KOK.
CARPWELfj, W. B.-S. K. cor. First and Mor
rison, over Mwwl Palace of Art.
DKKTIST.
SMITH, DR. . 0.-1 Klrat ,lr,e,
Portland.
TCT- ?-.WAI;L' ACE, SECRET DETECTIVE
M2H LOANED -OOO US BODUUT
pHrtufnd ' PriD0ll1 Kl fcL&le Agent
Tt PtUftTKBS.
IT ! In,a r Brevier in eieeilent
order which we will sell lorKrmu per pound.
W. U J'ALMLit, Portlasa.
HOUSE IN QEEGfQH
BUY
I CLACKAMAS PAPER CO.
Manufacturers and Dealer hi
108 Fromt Street. Portland, Or
EI STOCEt
NEWS PBIJiT, White and Colored.
BOOK PAPERS, White and Tinted.
FLAT PAPERS, of all description.
LEDGER PAPERS.
ENVELOPES, of all sizes and qualities
WRITING PAPERS.
CARDBOARD of all kinds. -GLAZED
AND PLATED PAPERS. .
COLORED MEDIUMS.
MANILA PAPERS.
BUTCHERS' PAPER.
STRAW PAPER.
PAPER BAGS.
STRAW and BINDERS' BOARDS.
TWINES, Etc., Etc.
Cards Cut to Orier.
Agents for Shattuck A Fletcher's
well-known Black and
. . Colored Inks.
TYPE FOR SAT.T:.
We Lave Beveral fonts of Job Type
(nearly new), which we will sell low,
Cases, Galleys, Leads, Rules and
Printers' necessaries generally kept on
band.
Newspapers outfitted at list price
freight added.
r.rr.iuRRAY'8
Adjustable Strainer
- asd;.
CAST IRON STEAMER.
Either or Both Fitted ta any SU
THE STEAMERS WILL SAVE THE
price of themselves in two weeks in anv
family They can be nsed with equal advantage
in boiling, as it is impossible to barn ment or
vegetables to the bottom of your kettle. When
they are nsed in steaming, whatever yon are
cooking is Inside of the kettle, thereby getting
the full benefit of jthe heat. They are just what
is wanted in canning fruit. Either the Strainer
or Steamer ran be removed with a knife or frn-k
when hot, and are easily adju it d. Ko corners
or joints about either that are hard to keep dean.
seU r Ageata tar T Cemts Carta
Comaty Rights for Sale, Address
JAMES McMUKRAY,
EsH Portland, Or.
SIC EHSTRVS PATEST
ELMTIi,. FISE & W'TES-PjKGF
PAirJT!
For Hoofing both 1 in au4 SMartr
rWVSE BEST PRE8KRV ATI VfeOFTIN ASD
M sutogle roofs In tbe wnrlu. Will slop leaks
on auy roof. We refer by permission to J. P.
Donovan, Jules Knapp.AUakv Hecele, le
Lbmiu A Oatmaa.and other ettisens 01
Portland. The palot will be supplied wy
Hodge, Davis A Co., Portland, at i o per eat
Ion. Each gallon will cover r.-i squares tin '
and 1 square sbingle roof but on coat la De
essary. Full directions accompany each pack
lie. All Information wiut regard to tbe Mint
can be bad by addressing "
MCKIK8TRY HEHDBTX.
Portland, Or.
COCCINS & DEACIf,
Wholesale aad BeUU Dealer ta
AVERILL AND RUBBER.
MIXED PAdTS.
Doors, Windows aad Blinds, Paints, 03.
Brushes, etc, etc.
103 rreatt Street, rerllaaa, r,
(Formerly ocennled bv T. A. rtai a r
OTOontjeUr and Daalert aro request
v axiwsj,
GAGL1CHT
for THE LliLHOn I
Safer tli an Kerosene !
Cheaper tn&n Coal G&s I
C2J
B"0 APPOINTED AGENT9 FOR THE
fri?,t.neli1 MeehlBe, we are bow pre
pared to Introduce Machines. Gas Pipes. Klz-r-"!,
'?!" Cof Residences. Hotels,
Rftcurles. Pn bile Buildings, etc.. So auy part of
Uie Slate or Territories. For further in forma
tioto apply or send for circulars.
JOHNSON A HOLDEV,
lw8 Front St Portland. Or.
ADDISON C. GIBBflU
Attorney a Counselor svt fm-w
Portland, i : : Orf&osv
Rooms 8 and ,oier First Natio; Bank
Partlcu'ar auentloa paid to bnuaeas la the
United htefee eourta. .
D. 7. PRE2JTXCE & CO.
MUSIC STORE.
SOUS AOESTK F TH '
CELEBRATED VVEBEh,
HAI5ES A BHtW.' AND PKAS A CO.H
Uraod, equate and Upright Pianos, akd
Eater and (standard Organs. ,
la first fttreet. rerllaaA r sparest
FOR SALE.
A First-Ct&sa Uginj i.'cs
IN THE BEST PaBT OF PORTLAND, WILL
be sold oa easy terms. Tbe boom has
oi eared ad pet month aader its present
meut. A rare banrata to tbe right person.
Address TKt,gonM otttoe. Portland.
JOHN J. SCHILLINGS ITS.
PateatFtre, Water eavd Free Preef
ABTIFICIAL STONE.
THE UNDERSIGNED FROPRTTTOl O"
tbls valuable patent oa tbe f0(a4,
la sow prepared to exrctile all enters inriaa
above stone for walks, drive et!ars, &Ma,.
aud alt fcwllsHsur inrww. 'l aisatooe I
Uid ta ail sbapes and la aT eo'nr or var:y ofc'
colors. Orders may " Front '..
opposite the b'olMon Pvue F.f '.Uu. Teruux
given and estimate bv r,n.
CiiAJs. ilfi.iaJlkOJi,, Proprietor
PAPER