The Douglas independent., December 06, 1879, Image 4

Z3T A rjf o' rjtoimz.&
A an eagle, from to tefgut.
Looking d-wo epoa tbe lands.
On fotesu bj ack u night,
r air ueiU aud desert undl,
Sees the traveler below
Losing netrt.aa league on league,
long wlidnF iHin show
JSo tttd to 0i fatigue.
fe - - .
Bo Faith am Id her stars,
Beholding r beneath
Tne bright ot gloom j bar
In tli web oi life aud deatli.
Sees weary tearts that derm
The dark breadth la tba whole,
Bs happy haaru tbat dreum
l'ne bright raa all tnelr goal.
AM rstthls faith be ours '
Tbat even 'aid tba pain,
Above tbe present rowers, ,
And aaeaUi Bearing gain.
Waite, breadth by breadth, appeara
Aa from tb. weaver's band.
Toe pattern of tbe years
Wbirh tfcxt himself baa planned.
; THE MaIS BRIDGE.
It wa past m idnight the lights on the
atone bridee which crosses the Iiiver
Main at Frankfort were still burning,
thongh the footsteps of passengers had
died away for some time on its pave
juent, when a young man approached
the bridge from the town with hasty
stride. At the same time another man,
advanced in years, was coming toward
liim from Sachenhansen, the well known
smbnrb on the opposite side of the river.
The two had not yet met, when the latter
turned from his path .and went toward
the parapet, from the bridge into the
Tia.S
The young man followed him quickly,
snd laid hold ot him.
"Sir," said le, "I think you want to
crown yonrscu. -
"What is that to yon ? ?
"I was only going to ask yon to do me
the favor to wait a few minutes,' and
allow me to join you. Let us draw close
together, and, arm in arm, toko the leap
together. The idea of making the jour
ney with perfect stranger, who has
chanced to come for the same purpose, is
' really rather interesting. For many
' years I have not made a request of any
hnman being. Do not refuse me this
one, which must be my last."
The young man held out his hand.
His companion took it. Re continued,
with enthusiasm: ''So be it; arm in arm.
I do not as you who yon are, good or bad
come, let ns d rows . "
The elder of the two, who had at first
been in so great a nurry to end bis ex
ititence, now restrained the impetnosity
01 me younger.
"Stop, sir." said he. while his wearv
eyes tried to examine the features of his
companion. ' "Yon seem to be too yonng
to leave life in this way; for a man of
your years life must nave still bright
prospects. -
"Bright prospects ! In the midst of
rottenness nd decay, vice and corrup
tion I : Come, let us end it f"
"And .so young 1 Let me go alone.
and do yon remain here. Believe me,
there are many good and honest people
who could render life charming to you.
Seek them, and yon are sure to find
them." -
"Well, if life presents itself to you in
uues so Dngnt, X am surprised yon
should, wish to leave it."
"Oh, I am only a poor old sickly man,
-unable to earn anything, and who can
endnre no longer that his onlv child, an
angel of a daughter, should work day
and night to maintain him. To allow
thi longer I must be a tyrant, a bar
barian." "What, sir," said the other, "yon have
an only daughter sacrificing herself for
yoursater'
"And with what patience, what sweet
ness and love, what perseverance ! I see
her sinking under her toil and her de
privations, and not a word of comnbunt
1 1,-, - . . .
vmatpea uer pauia tips. - ene worlts and
starves, and still has a word of love for
uer father, 1 -".
"And you commit suicide ! Are you
"Dare I murder that angel f The
-tnongnt pierces my heart like a dagger,
Bait the old man. Bobbin?. -
u mux! have supper with me;
I . i,.-, tn open yonder. Come, tell
.mo your tory, and I will tell you
mine. There is no occasion for your
leap into the river. I am a rich man;
your daughter will no longer have to
wort, ana shall not starve."
The old man allowed himself to be
dragged along by his companion. In a
few minutes they were seated at a table
in the tavern, with refreshments before
them, and each examining curiously the
features of the other.
Refreshed by the viands, the old man
Deganthus:
' "My history is soon told. I was a "mer
cantile man; but fortune never favored
me. I had no money myself, and loved
. and married a poor girl. I never could
begin business on my own account. I
took a situation as book-keeper, which I
neiu until x became useless from age,
and younger men were preferred to me.
inns my circumstances were, always
circumscriDed, but my domestic happi
ness was complete. My wife, an angel of
love kindness and fondness, was good
ana pious, active and affectionate; and
my daughter is a true image of her
mother. Bnt age and illness have brought
me to the last extremity, and my- eon
science revolts aeainst the idea of the
best child in the world sacrificing her
me lor an old and useless fellow. 1 can-
j not have mnch longer to live, and I hope
. the Lord will pardon me for cutting off a
few days or weeks from my life in order
to preserve that of my dear Bertha."
"You are a fortunate man, my friend,"
exclaimed the young man. "What yon
call misfortune is sheer nonsense, and
caife.be cured. To-morrow I shall make
(rjij w fH, and you shall be the heir of my
possessions, and to-morrow night I shall
take the leap from the Main bridge alone.
But before I leave this world I must, see
Bertha, fori am anxious to look upon
one who is worthy of the name of hnman
being."
"Hit, what could have made you so un
happy at this early age?" said the old
man, moved by compassion.
"I am the only son of one of the rich
est bankers in Frankfort. My father
died Ays years ago, and left me heir to
an immense fortune. From that moment
every one that has come in contact with
a has endeavored to deceive and defraud
me. I was a child in innocence and
confiding. My education had not been
" neglected, and I possessed my mother's
loving heart. My friends, and to whom
I opened my heart, betrayed me, and
then laughed at mynimplicity; in time I
gathered experience, and my heart was
tilled with distrust. I was betrothed to
a rich heiress., possessed of all fashiona
ble accomplishments. I adored her with
with enthusiasm, and love, I thought.
would repay me for every disappoint
ment. But I soon saw she wished to
make me her slave, and yoke all other
men beside to her triumphal chariot. I
broke the engagement, and selected a
poor but a charming girl a aweet inno
cent being, as I thought, who would be
my life's own angel. Alas 1 I found her
- one day bidding adieu, with tears and
kisses, to a youth whom she loved. She
. kad accepted me for my wealth only.
My peace of mind vanished. : I sought
diversion in travel. Everywhere I found
the same hollownesa, the same treachery,
the same misery. In short, I became
disgusted with life, and resolved to put
an end this night to the pitiable farce. '
"Unfortunate yonng man," said the
other, with tears of sympathy; "I pity
you. I confess I have been more fortu
nate than yon. 1 possessed a wife and
daughter, who came forth pure and im
maculate from the hand of the Creator.
The one has returned to Him in the
whiteness of her soul, and so will the
other."
"Give me yonr address, old man, and
permit me to visit yonr daughter to-morrow.
Also give me yonr word of honor
that yon will not inform her, or insinuate
in any manner, that I am a rich man.
Tbe old man held out his hand. "I
give you mv word. I am anxious to con
vince yon that I have spoken the truth.
' My name is William Schmidt, and there
is my address," giving him at the same
time a bit of paper which he drew from
..fsj,' pocket. - " ,
AiT3 my name is Karl Traft. I am the
Bln of Anton Traft. Take these bank
notes, but only on condition that you do
not leave this house until I fetch you
. .. x7'i 1 w.iv. 41.;..
irom It. v mwjr 1 wi cuio
gentleman. Yon require rest, Herr
Schmidt. Good night. Tomorrow yon
will see me again." j
II. -
In one of the narrow and ill-lighted
streets of Sachsenhausen in an atie of a
lofty and unsightly honse, sat a blonde,
about twenty years of age, j busily en
gaged with her needle. The furniture
of the room was clean and tasteful.. The
girl's whole dress would not have brought
many kreutzers, but every article fitted
her as well as if it had costs hundreds.
Her hair locks shaded a face (brightened
by a pair of eyes of heavenly bine.
The spirit of order, modesty and cleanli
ness reigned in everything around her.
Her features were delicate, like those of
one noble born; her eyes betrayed sleep
lessness and anxiety, and ever and anon
a sigh rose from the maiden's breast.
Suddenly steps were heard on the stair
case, and her face lighted up witlsijoy.
ewe listened, ana aouot seemed to
shadow her brow. Then came a knock
at the door, which made her tremble so
mnch that she almost wanted the con rage
to say "Come in.". A young; man, shab
bily dressed, entered the room and made
a low and awkward bow. J
"I beg pardon. Miss." said he: "does
Herr Schmidt live here?" I
"Yes, sir; what is yonr pleasure ?"
"Are yon his daughter, Bertha ?"
lam." : j
"Then it is you that I seek, I am from
your father." j
' or heaven's sake, where is he ? Some
thing must have happened he has stayed
away all night." ! ;
"The misfortune is not very great."
"Oh, my poor, poor , father. What
shall I hear ?"
The young-' man seemed" :to observe
these visible marks of anxiety with great
interest, tie said:
"Do not be frightened; it is nothing of
great importance. Your father met last
night an old acquaintance, who invited
him to a tavern. Thev had lannrjer to
gether, but when the landlord came for
his bill your father's friend had de
camped, and left him to pay the score.
He had not sufficient money for this, and
now the host will not let him go until
1 is paid, and declares that unless he
gets his money he will send him to
rison.
"To prison !" exclaimed the girl.
"Can yon tell me how much the bill
comes to?"
"Three florins and a half ."
"Oh, God !" sighed the girl. "All I
have doea not amount to more than one
florin, but I will go to Madam Berg and
beg ot her to advance me the money." ,
"Who is Madam Berg?" I
"The milliner for whom I work."
"But if Madam Berg does not advance
the money what then ?'. j -
The girl burst into tears, i
'l am afraid she will refnsel I already
owe her one florin, and she is very hard.
"For what purpose did you borrow the
money you owe her?
The girl hesitated to reply
"You may trust me."
"Well, my father is very weak and
requires strengthening. I borrowed the
money to get a quarter of a fowl for him."
"Under these circumstances I fear
Madam Berg will not give you any. I
possess nothing. Have you any valua
bles more ? Here is one florin, bnt that
is all upon which we could raise some
money." i .
ltertha considered for a moment.
"I have nothing," she said, i at length
"but my poor mother's prayer book. On
her death-bed she entreated me not to
part with it, and there is nothing in the
world i hold more sacred than her mem
ory and the promise I gave her; bnt
still, for my father's sake, I must not
hesitate." With trembling hand she took
the book down from the shelf. "Oh,
sir," she said, "during many a sleepless
night I have been accustomed to enter
the secret thoughts of my heart on the
blank leaves at the end of the book
hope no one will ever know ' whose
writings they are. Yon will promise me
that?'"
"Certainly, Bertha; I will take care
that your secrets are not profaned. But
now cet readv that we mav ro.?' -
While she left the room to put on her
bonnet and shawl, Karl Traft (for the
young man was no other than our hero)
glanced over the writing in the book, and
his eves filled with tears of emotion and
delight as he read the outpourings of a
Sure and pious heart. And when they
ad left the house together, and she was
walking beside him with a dignity of
which she seemed entirely unconscious,
he cast upon hei looks of respect and ad
miration.
They first went to Madame Berg, who
did not give the advance required, bnt
assured the yonng man that Bertha was
, i 1 1 . rw , .
an angei. tenamiy our. irait vaineu
this praise higher than the money he had
asked. They pawned the book and the
required snm was made np. Bertha was
overjoyed.
"Bnt if you spend all that money to
day, remarked the young man, "on
what will you live to-morrow ?'
"I do not know, but I trust in God.
hall work the whole night throngh."
When they went to the tavern, the
young man went first to prepare old Air.
Schmidt for the part he wished him to
act; then he fetched Bertha. It is impos
sible to describe the joy he felt when he
saw the young girl throw herself in her
father's arms and press him to her heart.
She paid the bill and triumphantly led
him home. Traft accompanied them,
and said he had a few more kreutzers in
his pocket; she had better go and get
something to eat. It was Lite before
Traft went home that night; bnt the leap
from the Main bridge was no more
thought of. He came to the house every
evening, in order, as he said, to share
with them his scanty earnings.
About a fortnight after, as he was going
away one evening, he said to Bertha
" Will yon become my wife ? I am onlv
a poor elerk, but I am honest and up
right."
Bertha blushed and cast her eves to
tne gronna. ;
A few days after the yonng couple.
simnly bnt respectably attired, and ac
companied by Herr Schmidt, went to
church, where they were , married in a
quiet way. When they came out, man
and wife, an elegant carriage was stand
ing at the door, and a footman in rich
livery let down the step.
"Come," said the happy husband to
his bewildered wife, who looked at him
with amazement.
Before she could utter a word the
three were seated in the carriage, driving
away at a qmck pace. The carriage
stopped before a splendid honse in the
best part of Frankfort. They were re
ceived by a number of domestics, who
conducted them to apartments decorated
for them in the most costly style.
the servants, "and her commands von
have henceforth to obey. Mv darlintr
wife," said he, then, turning to Bertha,
"I am Karl Traft, one of the wealthiest
men of this city."
In Candallar, when a young woman
becomes sweet on a young man she sends
him a hairpin, meaning, "that is the
kind of a hairpin I am." If the yonng
man is like Barkis, he pins a handker
chief to his cap with the hairpin, signify
ing: "Yon can bet yonr sweet life I am
on - it worse than an Injun." This
amounts to an engagement and a notifi
cation to all the folks of the fact, and
then they get married. This plain and
simple way of doing the business, saves
a deal of swinging on the gates, burning
kerosene oil of nights, buying ice-cream,
and standing off the liveryman for
baggies . :
A negro was asked if he knew the
nature of an oath, to which he replied:
"Oo, yes, boss, for sartin. My ole mar
ser 'strncted me in all dem tings."
"Well," asked the jndge, "what is your
notion of an oath?" "Why, boss, ; it's
jes dis:. If I once tells a lie, I'm to
stick to it clean t'rongh to de end."
"People who compare Mary Anderson
to me should remember that I have
earned $175,000, and have a colt, both of
which feats Mary, as yet, has failed to
achieve." f Goldsmith's Maid.
England is spoken of as the ''tight lit
tle island," but there is a city over the
channel in France that is Toulouse. '
Running a Sewspaper.
There was only one newspaper in this
town, a semi-weekly. : : I arrived at the
place in the afternoon, and it was dark
before I cave an lookintr for a piano, f
had not visited the newspaper office and
did not intend to do so until the next
day. But after supper I learned that the
paper was a semi-wee kly and wonia De
issued next day. .- A .
Anxious to get in an advertisement and
a notice before the paper went to press I
hurried to the office as soon as I obtained
the information. On arriving there I
found the employees, who consisted of
two young women and a boy lonnging
around in great discontentment and dis
gust. The cause was soon explained. A
man lay on the floor with his head on a
pile of newspapers. He was in a drunken
stupor. - -
The employees explained that he was
the editor and proprietor. He had been
drinking for two or three days and bad
undertook to sober himself np that
afternoon, to write his editorials, by
drinking whisky and seltzer. His effort
at sobering up had been attended with
the result that presumed itself in his per
son. Generally speaking he was a
sober man, bnt occasionally fell into
temptation. This was one of his peri
odical departures from the path of
sobriety. '
The employees had set up all the copy
that had been given to them and now
waited for more. Not a line of editorial
had been written for the paper, and they
Jjared that its issue would be a day late
as had happened to be the case once or
twice previously.
"What are the politics of the paper?"
I inquired. .
"Republican," was the answer.
"All right," said I,"you can take your
sticks, I will write some editorials. But
first I will give yon my advertisement.
Let that be set np first. It must go into
this issue. Don t be afraid ; we'll get out
the paper."
I took off my coat and sat down at the
editor's desk. The work was not new to
me. I headed my first editorial "The
Advantages of musical culture." Under
this head I said as mnch in favor of
musical education as could well be said
in half a column, of space, brevier type,
and closed by saying:
"In this connection it gives us pleas
ure to state that our citizens will soon
have an opportunity of observing the
wonderful strides we have taken in
musical culture within a decade. A
glance at the displayed advertisement on
our inside will recall the pleasant memo
ries of the past and excite joyous antici
pations of the future. He is coming
among ns again the great ! the
prince of violinists! Coming again! the
Jupiter of the musical firmament! at
tended by a galaxy of stars of the first
magnitude. Shall he have a welcome?
It is for our music loving citizens to
answer. They will answer! That an
swer will be a crowded house."
My next editorial was on politics. The
State was in the throes of the fall cam
paign, and, although something of a
mild Democrat myself, yet appreciating
my position as temporary editor of a Re
publican paper I gave the Democrats
particular toridity, charging them, like a
good Republican as I was for the time
being, with all the crimes in the calen
der. I closed this rousing editorial as
follows:
"But while we claim that Republican
supremacy is necessary to the nation's
welfare, while we enter the emphatic
declaration that this political strife must
go on until we are victors, while we
stand party opposed to party, at daggers
drawn as it were in the assertion of our
political principles, it is a pleasure to
reflect that we can still meet on one com
mon gronnd in the affairs of social life,
and as citizens we will see to it that we
will raise one united and unanimous
shout of welcome to the great when
he comes amongst us one week from to
day see ad. inside." '
I nattered myself that this was a very
neat way of bringing in the name of the
leading card of the company, while, at
the some time, it took a little of the
rough edge off the editorial itself; with
out in the least weakening its Republi
canism. "' My third editorial was entitled "Music
in the Home."- My remarks on this sub
ject had reference to the influence of
music in promoting harmony in the
family circle. I also gave this a neat
turn in a closing paragraph bringing in
the concert company. These editorials
were sympathized by expressions I
sandwiched in between them, such as,
"Secure your seats early!" "We predict
an nnparalled ' nsh for places 1" Our
citizens will do injury to their reputation
for musical enthusiasm and social hospi
tality if they do not turn ont en mame to
receive the great- on his arrival here!"
Boston Commercial BtiUetin.
Ta'.Ises tbat iok Alike.
If the trunk manufacturers do not quit
making so many thousands of valises ex
actly alike, somebody is going to get
into some awful trouble about it some
time, and some trunk maker will be sued
for damages enough to build a court
house.
The other day an omnibus full of pas
sengers drove np town from tne union
depot. Side by side sat a commercial
traveler, named William Macaby, and
Mrs. Winnie C. Dumpleton, the eminent
lady temperance lecturer When the
omnibus reached the Barret House, the
commercial missionary seized his valise
and started out. The lady made a grab
alter him and he halted.
, "I beg your pardon," she said, "bnt
you have mv valise."
"You are certainly mistaken, madam,"
tne traveler said, courteously bnt firmly,
"this is mine."
"No, sir!" the lady replied, "it is
mine, x wonia Know it among a won
sand. You must not take it."
Bnt the traveler persisted and the lady
insisted, and thev came very near quar
reling. Presently one of the passengers
pointed to a twin valise in the omnibus,
and asked:
"Whose is that?"
"It isn't mine." said the traveler: "it is
lust like it, but this is mine.
"And it isn't mine." said the ladv: "he
has mine, and 111 have it, or I'll have
the law on him. It's a pity if a lady
can t travel alone in this country with
out being robbed of her property in
oroad daylight.
r inally the traveler said he would open
the valine to prove his property. The
lady objected at first, saying she did not
want her valise opened in the presence
of strangers. But as there was no other
means of settling the dispute, she at last
consented. The traveler sprung the lock,
opened the valise, and the curious crowd
bent forward to see.
On the verv too of evervthinsr lav a
big, Sat flask, half f nil of whisky, a deck
of cards, and one or two other things that
nobody knows the name of.
The traveler was the first to recover
his self-possession and speech.
"Madam, he said, you are right.
The valise is yours. I owe you a thou
sand apolo ,T
But the lady had fainted, and the trav
eler relocked his valise with a quiet
smile. Early in the afternoon a sign
painter down town received a note in a
feminine hand, asking him tocomo to the
Barrett House to mirk a red leather
valise in black letters a foot and a half
long. Hawkeye.
Dr. L. is cautiously treating a sick man
concerning the nature of whose disease
he is quite in the dark. "Well," he
says to the nurse, on making his nsnal
morning visit, "how do we find ourselves
to-day? Did he sleep well? How did
the medicine act?" "Yes, sir, he slept,
but I left the gas burning, turned down
very low." "Ah, he slept well, did he?
I thought he would. And yon left the
gas burning, turned down low? Very
good, very good; all is going very
nicely." And he takes his hat. What
doctor ! Have you no instruction no
prescription nothing?" The doctor
(sagely, and after mature deliberation!
"Yes, keep the gas burning turned
down very low." ' -
The true philosopher does not scold,"
observes Nat Burbank, of the New
Orleans Picayune. Ye men with scold
ing wives, take this and paste it up on
the enrtain. V
The flower of the family is generally
found in a sacque.
i Perfsmea ana Uirls.
A remarkable scientific discovery is
alleged to have been made by the emi
nent scientific person, Dr. Piero Fabris
of Venice. Dr. Fabris was preparing an
exhaustive work on "The Function of
Perfume in Flowers', when the thought
occurred to kirn: " Are not all .our im.
pulses due to the influence of perfumes-
and it is not possible to make the human
nose the greatest influence of education?
This thought led to the long series of
careful experiments which finally en
abled him to formulate rules for the pro
duction of female character at will.
Dr. Fabris's experiments were made
with the aid of seventy -eight girls of
between ten and fifteen years of age.
These girls he divided into six classes.
Each class was kept day and night in an
atmosphere steeped in some particular
perfume. - The effect of these scientific
perfumes were carefully studied, and the
resnlt is really startling.
The class of girls in musk consisted of
thirteen members chosen at random. At
the end of six months every girl, with
out exception, had become , plump,
languid and conspicuously good tem
pered, unless nnder extreme provocation.
Thongh Dr. Fabris found musk produced
a desire for wearing fine clothes and
jewelry, it is also evident that it did not
stimulate a taste for personal neatness,
though perhaps this was due to indispo
sition to take any unnecessary trouble,
wiich is the characteristic effect of musk.
This experiment convinced the investi
gator that an amiable, languid and
showy girl, with a tendency to undue
postponement in the matter of collars
and cuffs, may be produced in from five
or six months ont of the most scraggy,
spiteful and viciously active material.
The effect of the perfume of the rose
was precisely opposite to that of musk.
The girls of the rose class grew thin,
abnormally neat, excessively prudish
and decidedly unamiable. A curious
unwillingness to tell the truth was de
veloped in twelve of the thirteen girls
subjected to this experiment, a resnlt
which was the more remarkable since, in
other respects, they were unusually
strict in obeyirg the teachings of the
church. For this style of girls there is,
of course, little or no demand, except in
those parts of New England where every
girl is "expected to become a school
teacher. -
Geranium was found to produce a fair
sample of a girl. Those subjected to its
influence developed the plumpness of
the musk girls, a decidedly independent
spirit, and a tendency to free thinking in
matters of religion. This kind of girl
would probably meet a large demand in
our Western and Northwestern States,
where personal beauty and strength of
character are much prized, and where
orthodoxy in religion is not regarded as
essential. IDr. Fabris is inclined to
think that by the alternate action of
geranium and violet a modified girl
might be produced, would be a decided
improvement upon either a pure gera
nium or a pure violet girl.
Very satisfactory results were obtained
by the use of violets. The girls upon
whom this perfume was employed be
came gentle, and truthful. They also,
however, doveloped some indications of
melancholy, and were as a rule, lacking
in physical and moral force. So for as
the doctor's investigations have been
pushed, violet appears to give the best
results. It is hoped that his expectations
as to the alternative use of violet and
geranium will be justified; for in that
case we shall be able to produce girls
who will be almost faultless.
The only other perfume with which
lJi. t abris experimented was patchouli,
and tbe results were most discouraging.
At the end of two months the girls of the
patchouli class had developed every nn
desiring quality, and it was perhaps a
good thing that a mob, justly maddened
by the scent of patchouli which radiated
from the doctor's laboratory, broke into
the premises and destroyed nearly every
thing that they could lay their hands on
WIT AS I) HCAOK.
Very bad taste A bite of stale egg.
A Revenue Cutter Ye clipper of
coupons.
A young lady carries a sun umbrella
to parry Sol s rays.
Unlike the flea, when you put your
ringer on a hornet he is there.
Isaac Ream's suffering from consump-
lon during this warm weather.
Kearney has plenty of sand in his lots.
out not lots 01 sand in nis craw.
New York policemen are evidently of
xungiisn extraction as they are Aers.
"Now I am undone," as the package of
sugar said when it fell from the grocer
wagon.
It was the man who wrote his final be
quests on a piece of stove plate had an
iron will.
One half of the world don't know how
the other half live and it's none of their
business.
A train of cars may run on a standard
gnage, while a train of thought runs on
language.
JJJJames Redpath, the lecture bureau
man, ha4 been missing for three weeks,
Aot strange. , '
It hardly seems credible that the great
Koscoe Conklinga poolitical grave
should have for a head stone a Rhode
Island clam.
What a miracle it would be to feed a
multitude upon five loaves of such short
weight bread as Toronto bakers sell
nowadays.
We know of a man, a victim to
tobacco, who hasn't tasted food for
forty-seven years. The tobacco killed
him in 1832.
Bob Ingersoll is trying to start a new
party. There is a certain wicked old
party who will start some day if he
uoesn t look out.
The only line that a woman takes when
she starts ont on the journey of life is
usually a masculine.
A Mr. Olds, of Columbus has invented
an improved refrigerator. He must be a
gentleman of the Olds cool. , ...
The admittance fee to the Long Branch
pier, is nothing more nor less than a
species of modern wharf-fare.
Tis passing strange that amid all the
mistakes of the world, nobody ever
passed a quarter for a twenty-cent piece.
"No more" is a sweeping angel; "too
late" is a mocking fiend. , Sorrow is the
concomitant of the one, remorse that of
the other. , ;.
Parch brown a tablespoonful of rice;
put into a cup of cold water and let it
come to a boil; sweeten a little.
We see no excuse for having let the
race called sharp-shooters die out. There
are still book agents in the land.
These are the evenings for courting
strolls. Yonkers Statesman. Better for
courting girls.
We've noticed that's it's most always
the aggressor in a dog fight that gets
licked, and it a a good deal so with
men. . '
Show ns the man who hasn't indulged
in a picnic. we want to snake hands
with him as a gorgeous exception to the
general rule, and kill mm.
A young man who lost a bet of the
oysters with three of his friends, said
he wouldn't pay unless he was four
stew. . . '
How doth the busy bee? Oh, well as
can be expected under the circumstances
We've just smashed him for unfolding
lus mterest-sting tail, ding bat mm.
We are about to divulge to an honest
people, and to our delinquent subscrib
ers, a fact, perhaps somewhat startling to
the majority of readers, which contains
tne ingredients oi train ana poetry
with the latter in the minority.
"Doctor, what is to be done? My
daughter seems to be going blind, and
she's just getting ready for her wedding 1"
"Let her go right on, if anything will
open her eyes marriage will.
Two men started out on a wager to see
which could tell the biggest lie. No. 1.
commenced: "A wealthy country
editor'' wherenpon No. 2 stopped right
there and paid the forfeit.
The patient boy went to a neighbor's
for sour milk. "I haven't any bnt
sweet," said the woman. "Then I'll
wait till it sours," said he. pulling out
his marbles.
. lit Italian Canse Celebre.
. The cable announces that after a long
trjal at Borne Cardinali and his mistress,
Baffaolla Saraceni, the widow of Captain
Fadda, have been found guilty. Car
dinali was convicted of the murder of
Captain Fadda, and sentenced to death.
The woman, Saraceni, was convicted of
complicity before the fact in the mur
der, and sentenced to hard labor for life.
Captain Giovanni Fadda, of the Thirty
second Italian Infantry, was murdered
in Borne. He lived in the Via della
Marmorella, a great, old-fashioned street,
that had never been the scene of so
much excitement as when, on October
6, 1878, a man was seen to stagger, half
dressed, from a house, to make a few un
certain steps down the street, and, cry
ing "Murder !" to fall dead in a pool of
his own blood. Instantly a hue and cry
was raised, and the inhabitante, swarm
ing tin every balcony, saw a big, strap
ping fellow, fighting in the midst of a
throng of workmen and' police. He was
captured after a desperate resistance. At
the station they knew him at once. It
was Cardinali, the circus rider. He was
as handsome and well built a man as
modern Rome could produce. He was
in the front rank of his profession. He
kid performed with most of the compa
nies that were wont in summer time to
pitch their tents opposite the Coliseum,
and whether as jongleur in a small
troupe, or as bareback rider in Guil
laume's, the spectators never failed to
notice his splendid proportions, perfect
as those of an ancient gladiator. Lat
terly he had started a circus on his own
account, and, in the course of his wan
derings, had given a performance at the
Neapolitan town of Cassano. Among
the audience on that occasion was a cer
tain lady of fashion, the Signora Raflaela
Saraceni, who had been discarded by her
husband, Captain Fadda, and was living
with her mother. The handsome circus
rider had no sooner appeared in the ring
than the lady of fashion was infatuated.
It is needless to follow the course of her
base intrigue. She was a well born
woman, and Cardinali's vanity was
tickled. She easily persuaded him to
keep his circus fof another week at Cas
sano, and, at the week's end, had made
up her mind that, come what might, she
would marry him. The difficulty was
her husband. "Cospetto!" said Cardi
nali; "we'll make short work of him."
There were in his company three people
who were devoted to him. One was
Enrichetta Carrozza, his leading eques
trienne, who had borne him two children,
and whom he bullied and beat; another
was Carluccio, the clown, and the third
De Luca, the ring-master. He at first
selected the clown to mnrder Captain
Fadda, bnt Carlnccio's courage failed.
So Enrichetta was left at Cassano to con
sole Raffaella for the rider's absence, and
Cardinali set off with his ring-master for
Rome, swaggering in his cups at a hos
telry that a great lady had given him her
love, and that he was going to murder
her husband. He took rooms at the Via
della Marmorella, from which he could
watch the movements of his victim. He
dictated to De Luca a letter, purporting
to be written by a married Roman lady
to Captain Fadda, and saying: "I pray
you to discontinue your visits. My hus
band knows all. t I am. in hourly dread
lest he kill us both." He then called at
the Captain's house, got his servant ont
of the way upon some errand, crept up
behind him as he wrote and stabbed him
to the heart. His stiletto was found on
the floor. Beside it was De Luca's letter,
craftilv intended to divert snsnicion. On
the table, spotted with blood, was a copy
of verses which the Captain had been
writing. There were fifteen stanzas, bit
terly lamenting Raffaella s infidelity
De Luca was arrested and died of con
sumption in jail. Raffaella was placed
on trial with Cardinali. The poor drudge
Enrichetta was speedily acquitted. Rome
flocked daily to hear the case. Nothing
for years has excited more interest, and
certainly no trial has ever shown more
plainly that in modern Italian life there
still may be found those vic.es which
Jnvenal scourged in ancient Konie.
' General Hooker in Hospital.
I remember the first time X ever saw
General Hookeir at a reception given by
President Lincoln in the year 18(51-02
a tall, handsome man, keen gray eye.
proud, sensitive nose of the Roman
Hebraic mongrel type, a soldierly and
chivalric bearing. The imagination lin
gered on him, and looked ahead, and saw
him at the head of affairs.. Me had all
the qualities of a good leader, except one
patience. Napoleon lacked that, too,
but he was such a master that he didn't
need patience any more than the sun
needs a watch, or lightning a pair of
crutches.
I next saw Hooker on a little cot in the
Insane Asylum Hospital, across the East
iSrancn, opposite Washington. It was in
the fall of 1861, jnst after An tie tain. He
was "mad." He half reclined, with his
well foot on the floor, and the foot which
had been shot throngh in battle, on the
cot. I interviewed him for the New
York IVibune. - "You can say for me,"
said he, ' that the battle was managed
with inexcusable stupidity, and that we
ought to have driven Lee into the Poto
mac and captured all his artillery and
half bis men. And you can say for me,
he added, rising npon his elbow, and
accenting every word by pounding his
crutch on the floor, "you can say
that General Hooter says
that General H
damned coward !
"Shall I say that, General ?" I asked
him.
He earnestly enjoined me to say it for
him.
I scarcely remember now, but I be
lieve I did not say it, for I considered
that the man was suffering from his
wonnd, that he was irritable and unrea
sonable, and very likely unjust. But
the man he mentioned never rose any
higher in rank, and was shortly retired
to a position where personal courage was
not required. I have omitted to'mention
his name, for he is still living, and to pain
him wonld do nobody any good,
And McClelhtn, whose chef dtetttre of
Antietam, Fighting Joe criticised so se
verelv. nrobablv smiled grimly a few
months Utter, when Hooker was in com
mand and lost a big battle at Chancel-
lorsville. and had his right wing rolled
up like a carpet by the midnight onset
of Stonewall Jackson. Jev xorKMjeuer.
A Genial Fellow's Death. Some of
my readers who have had the entry to
artistic and high class Bohemia in Lon
don will remember a square headed and
bright young man, who was to be met
with at many convivial houses. He was
tlifi Ablest son of Hen worth Dixon, and
godson of Douglas Jerrold, after whom
he was christened Jerrold. A few weeks
ago he came rushing into my house in
his honeful. Banguine way to say "Good
bye, old fellow, I'm off to Dublin by the
night mail." He had been appointed
Secretary to the Dublin Sanitary Com
mission. A week ago i neara mat ne
was going well and making his way to the
hearts of some of the leaders of society
m the Irish Capital. Recently 1 saw a
telegram announcing his death. The
Commission had completed its work
verv short time afterward. Younsr
Dixon (he was 31 years old) had posted
up his work. He was not quite well.
He died before any member of his family
could get over to Bee him. He was a
genial and pleasant fellow, and his death
is mnch lamented among a large circle of
other genial and pleasant fellows.
Thongh a '- barrister by profession
he preferred to walk in ; the hard
and thorny paths of literature and jour
nalism. He wrote occasionally for the
He wrote occasionally for theMrespect lawyers have for each other.nntil
Examiner, contributed several short,'
lively stories to Belgravia and the
Theatre, and for a little while con
tributed a London letter to a New York
evening paper. One of his comediettas
was produced at the Opera Comique.and
he had, in collaboration with Julian
Hawthorne, written an unacted comedy.
He was one of the contributors to
Dicken't Dictfonarv of London, and his
highest ambition latterly -has been to
make a tour through the United States.
f Paris Corr. N. Y. Times.
Tb 1 very fond of little boys." she
said, as she tripped on a string stretched
across the pavement. "I, feel as if I
could eat a couple of 'em this minute,
raw.
; Italian Prisoners. '
"Cursed be the man," said an Italian
sitting beside me in the Court of A size
the other day, ; "who invented extenuat
ing circumstances," and as I turned from
the speaker to the male prisoner in the
dock, and contemplated his ' cool, self
possessed demeanor under the most inre
fragable proofs of his guilt, I could not
help agreeing with my interlocutor, who
had already foreseen the regulation ver
dict of Italian juries, and the confidence
it would inspire in the prisoner that his
neck was at least safe.
Even under the conditions of penal
servitude for life the convict has much
to solace him. Come with me to the vast
prison of Civita Vecchia, and let us see
Low the criminals there get through the
twelve hours. : Though not so unexcep
tionally clean and tidy as our great
county prisons, the "bagno," as it is
called, of Civita Vecchia is swept and
garnished to a degree undreamed of even
in middle-class Italian houses. The
criminals not including those who en
dure solitary confinement) lead lives of
luxury, compared at least with what a
majority of them have been accustomed
to. Certainly, their lot might be envied
by many a herdsman or plowman of the
adjacent Campagna.
The obliging Superintendent will con
duct you into the worshop for litho
graphy, where every facility is afforded
for perfecting one's self in the art. The
room is large and copimodious, with two
handsome windows, and the walls are of
a brilliant whiteness that . does the eye
good to oontemplate. The iron gratings
outside those windows are j thoughtfully
concealed from the froze of i inmates by a
lovely arabesque of convolvulus, and in
the o?nter of this fragrant and eye-soothing
arbor a canary trills his thick-warbled
not 38 from an elegant cage. And
for whom has this Well-appointed lithograph-studio
been Reserved? For con
victed forgers of bank notes! And these
prominent votaries of realistic art, when
they proceed f ron labor to refreshment,
how do they fare? They have, at fixed
hours, their rations of rich warm soup
and their fresh rolls of bread, such as
millions of hard-working Italians taste
only on special occasions. But that is
not enough for them. Every prisoner
can spend from titty to sixty centimes a
day in the bettolino, a sort of canteen
where refreshments of a more cxhiliarat
ing kind than those recognized in the
regulations may be hid for money. Nay,
if supplied by friends outside, or if suc
cessful in gambling, they can lay ont
from one to two francs on creature com
forts per diem. On inquiring into the
earnings of the prisoners, I found that
150 centimes a day was by no means an
uncommon waga, and of these there are
50 paid to the establishment, while 75
may be spent as the earner likes, and 25
are put in the savings bank for him,
against the day of his getting ont. The
average sum each prisoner lays out upon
himself in the bettolino is 50 centimes
per diem a snm about equal to that as
signed for their table expenses for infe
rior officers in the army. And how su
perior it is to the pay of the soldiers of
the line the flower of the Italian youth
who are every year called out to serve
with the colors who get no more than
10 centimes, or a penny a day.
Two of the greatest ruffians now im
mured in Italian prisons are Agnoletti
ana uiuseppe juciam. Uoui are sen
tenced to penal servitude for life, but
how do they pass their time? Agnoletti,
till the other day, was living in complete
idleness, varied by reading. He is now
the schoolmaster of the prison, and en
joys a life of comparative ease. As for
Luciani, the muaderer of Sonzogno, he
finds life pretty comfortable with his
books and writing materials in the pleas
ant waters of Gae'a. He could never
bring himself to wear the green cap, the
badge of life prisoners; he would never
don the waistcoat of the bagno; and he
would never put off his air of "Gentle
man Luciani. A recent visitor to the
hulks of San Stefano found him a dandy
in dress, scrupulously careful of every
detail ot the outer man, while his hands,
unlike those even of his fellow-prisoners.
were as smooth and white as when he
used to gesticulate with them to demo
cratic audiences in Roman cafes.
Such or similar is the lot Pietro Car
dinal! evidently promises himself
should he be convicted. But has not the
lax prison discipline on which he counts
the reverse of a deterrent enect on crun
inals like himself? and does it not (along
with those "accursed extenuating cir
cumstances" which Italians themselves
denounce) does it not, I say, in some
measure explain the fact affirmed by the
Liberia tliat "there are more murders
every year in one Italian Province than
in the whole United Kingdom of England,
Scotland and Ireland 1 London Aewt.
Living In Hopes.
There is no particular reason why
tramp should wear a polished white
shirt, but they had one at the central
station one day last week with a shirt so
terribly in want of a soap-suds bath that
the oldest man on the force gathered
around the fellow and declared that they
never saw anything like it under the
blue canopy of heaven. When asked
how long ho had worn it without
washing the man seemed hurt, and re
plied:
"Give me a chance, won't you? You
see, I had this shirt on seven months
ago, when I broke my arm. I couldn't
get it off then, of course."
"Bnt your arm got well," protested one
of the officers.
"Yes, it got well, and then "my sister
tuea.
"What of that?"
"Why she made this ere shirt with her
own blessed hands, and I kinder thought
it was my duty to wear it in memory of
her for a while. I'm a hard-looking
pill, I know, but I loved my sister. Poor
Sarah! she's up there where they don't
need clean shirts and never have their
hair cut." t
"Well, haven't you worn it long
enough to ease your sister s spirit?
"Gentlemen, I should have got this
washed some time this week, bnt last
night I lost my dog an animal that had
stuck to me three years.
"And what had the dog to do
with it?".
"If I should get washed up. and
cleaned np, and seem to be somebody,
and should come across the dog, he d
look at my hair, give one sniff at mv
clothes, and then ne d turn tail and keep
up the search till he fell m his tracks. L
don't want to go back on my own dog,
do 1? l don t want to pay any contem
tible tricks on a canine which has turned
to and eaten shingle-nails and old oyster
cans when he was on the tramp and I
couldn't get nothing for myself but
shelled corn. How I'd look going back
on a dog that never laid down beside
me at night without hunting aronnd to
see where I could pick up turnips for
breakfast?"
"After yon find your dog you can
wash up," suggeated an officer.
"Well, I still live in hopes," was the
dubious reply. Life is but a span, you
know. We come up like flowers and are
cut down; and I tell you I'm not going
to run risks or take any chances for the
sake of having a clean shirt to spit to
bacco juice on." Uetroit Free fres.
ALL hOKTS.
The little boy, proud of his new
jacket, informed his sister he was a six
button kid. ;
Snake stories should not generally be
credited unless she name and residence
of the snake be given.
The world never knows the great
one dies and there is a meeting of the
bar.-j
An Irishman ! describes a savings bank
as a place where you can pnt your money
in to-day, and get it ont to-morrow; by
givmg tmixy uay s notice.
When a boy becomes ashamed to sit in
his mother's lap, he is generally in busi
ness for himself holding some one in
bis lap.
In some cities, where the blue ribbon
does not prevail over much, the other
side of the soda fountain does the most
business.
"A tail that tolled," remarked the
gatekeeper when he caught a horse by
the conclusion while he made the rider
pay the fare. -
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Bight's rest, with aa awakening in tba rosy morn
Us health, courage and vigor. For coated tongue,
bad breath, sick headache, or any disturbance
arising Irom dyspepsia or torpid liver, it if with
out a peer. . - lis action on diwxuse u entirely dif
ferent from any medicine ever introduced, quiet
ing pains almost instantly. The hoe and cry
rawed against it by patent medicine men, wbo
have foreseen in its advent the destruction of
their nefarious business, and the thousands of un
Kjlicitei testimonials flowing in from all perta of
tbe Sew World, is a sore indication of its great
merits. Trial size at all drug stores. . Half
pound bottles, 75 cents. For sale by all respec
table druggists.
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reliable book by which to calculate the
value of wheat in this market: when
?uotrd at any price in tbe Liverpool and
.ondon markets has long been felt, but
which is now happily met in the "Wheat
Dealers' Guide," compiled by J.K. Parish,
manager of the Merchants' Exchange, in
this city, and which he has arranged to
sell at the exceedingly low price of 25
cents per copy cash to accompany or
ders. 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 gov
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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 cancerous
humor. ;
Do not be humbugged by physicians
who will show you a number of caucer
tumors, cut from patients and preserved
in glass jars. True, tbe cancers are there,
bnt too often the patients from whom
they were cut, can be found only in tbe
grave. ,
Call and see the Doctor, and, instead of
showing you printed or written certifi
cates, he will refer yon to reputable, liv
ing citizens of Portland and elsewhere,
who will gratefully testify tbat they have
been permanently cured by him, even
after hayipff been pronounced incurable
and left to d o by other physicians.
Office consultation free. Chronic and
diseases peculiar to women a specialty.
Office. 13o First St., SStrowbridge's build
ing, Portland, Oregon. ; ol-rilni
COMPOUKD OXYGEN,
With free use as adjuncts of PHOSPHORUS
and CARBOX compounds.
A new treatment for the cure of Consumption,
Bronchitis, Catarrh, Neuralgia, Scrofula and the
worst eases of Dysposis and Neroua)ebiIity, by
a natural process of Vitalization.
The following cases treated within the last few
months are selected as showing its range oi ap
plication :
1,4. Four cases of consumption two of them
having cavities in the lungs are all entirely
well.
S. Mr. T. R. G., of Bay Centre, W. T., Chronic
Bronchial di (Tieul tr of years' standing, also gen
eral and nervous debility, threatening complete
wrecking of health. Cured in October.
6,7. Two eases of marked blood poisoning.
Cured in few days.
8, 9. Two cases of nervous debility of women
'doctored to death." One cured in reven and
the other in sixteen days.
10 to 14. Five cases of chronic dyspepsia,
catarrh or srrofulus ailment. All cured or
greatly relieved in a few weeks' treatment.
A small pamphlet on the Oxygen Treatment
and all enquiries answered, sisr rsar, on ap
plication. Also, references to patients who have
taken, or are 110V nsing the treatment.
Addrews Dr. Pllhtngtoa. for. First ana
WsMhlasitem Fta , rsrllsas, Oa:.
ROCK SOAP I
The Heat Soap Made
Ask tout Grocer far it.
M. G. NEWBEBBY,
123 Front 8t , Portland, Or.
Agent for Oracon and Washington Territory
SIC mSTRY'S PATE1T
EUSTP, FIRE &rW4TER-PQQF
PAINT!
For Roofing both on 1 In an I Shingles
fWHE BEST PRESERVATIVE OP TIN AND
C shioicieroof In tbe world. Will stop leaks
nn any rooi. we reier oy permission 10 j. r.
Donovan, Jules Knano. Aliskv A Herele. Da.
Lashmutt A Oatman.and OLtaer eltlaena ol
Portland. Tha paint will be supplied by
Hodge, Davis A Co., Portland, at tl 60 per gal
lon. Each gallon will cover V, squares tin
anu 1 su.unre sningie rooi out one coat is nec
essary. Full directions recomnanv each Dack.
age. All Information with regard to the paint
cau oe dwi uy auiirawiDf;
McKINKTRY HENDBY3C,
Portland. Or.
FREE TO ALL!
FOR THE
Championship of the Northwest
A Six tlay -sa-Ye.Plas) Contest, at
tbe Pavlllosi, wmnsesietit(THUHJ
Dl, December th, at 14
O'clock, P.M.
POBTLAN l. OREGON.
BlTBtSCE FEE, $33.
Tha Winner to receive ihe CHAMPIOS
(GOLD( Belt, manufactured by Ilenrichsea A
r..nw,andTliiedstS150.and 60 per ct out
of one-half of gate money after expenxes being
paid; iA to receive to percv.; on 'v
per ct.; 4th to receive tu per - .
' Tk ...bin am miles will reive flOO;
those making S75 miles will receive $75; those
l; 9i niioi vill receive $50; those mak
ing 325 miles will receive 25. jpT For par
ticulars apply comer Third and Mam Jets
. DOLAAD A 81MM0AS.
C. GIBBO. K. W. BWGHAM
CIBBS & BINCHAM,
Attorneys and Counsellors at Law,
FortUnd, tit wre?o".
Office. 8 and, 9. orer First National Enk
D.rfi..,.r uumtioa paid to to sir ass In tha
Dulled States courts.
v.vpv . .
; HOUSE,
i Csinter Third ami a,.;
Fwtland, Or.
This popular eotne bavtnt
: been tnoroag hly renoraied
under the pfttsent saanaee
sent, la now open to tua trsr-
simg public.
i ho pains will be apaTa to
make this on or u:e bnt and
ssoat comfortable Hotels la
.inedty.
PRICKS t
i Frem Si to li bi p, r ear. ao-
j . coJ lug to rooms.
f KRstK COACH
J
io ma iron ine aouse.
I fKETLafl li.
UAKAG3B.
A, CAMPBELL.
CLACKAHAS PAPEE CO.
Manufacturers and Dealer! ta - :
102 Front Street, Portland, Or
HI STOCK t
NEWS PRINT, White and Colored. j
BOOK PAPERS, White and Tinted.
FLAT PAPERS, of all descriptions.
LEDGER PAPERS.
ENVELOPES, of all sizes and qnaliliif
WRITING PAPERS.
CARDBOARD of all kinds.
GLAZED AND PLATED PAPERS
COLORED MEDIUMS.
MANILA PAPERS.
BUTCHERS' PAPER.
STRAW PAPER. .
PAPER BAGS.
STRAW and BINDERS' BOARDS -TWINES,
Etc., Etc.
Cards Cat to Ordetr.
Agents forShattuck & Fletcher
well-known Black and.
Colored Inks.
TYPE FOR SAT.T..
We have several fonts of Job Type
(nearly new), whicb we -will sell low.
Cases, Galleys,: Leads, Rnles and
Printers' necessaries generally kept on
hand.
Newspapers outfitted at : list price
freight added.
M'MURRAY'S
Adjustable Strainer
and;
CAST IRON STEAMER.
Either or Doth Fitted t any SUi.
THE STEAMERS WILL SAVE THE
price of themselves in two weeks in anj
family. Thev can be used with equal advantage
in boiling, as it is impossible to burn meat or
vegetables to the bottom of your kettle. When
they are used in steaming, whatever yon are
cooking is inside of tbe kettle, thereby getting
the full bene6t of the heat. They are just what
is wanted in canning fruit Either the Strainer
orSteainer ran be removed with a knife or fork
when hot, and are easily adjait d 'o corners
or joints about either that are bard to keep dean.
Sold by AgcmU fftx T Cemta . rae '
County Rights far Sal, Address,
JAMES McMURKAY,
East Portland, Ot.
NEW BOOK STORE.
THE X-EAXJIUGr
STATIONERS,
J. K. GJUL, Ac CO.,
Have moved into their Splendid Establishment
hi Union Block, on Stark and First streets. A a
inexhaustible stock of weli-eelected
STATIONERY,
And an unlimited supply of books are always
en hand. This house baa a comprehensive as
sortment of everything; known to tlie trade, and
its prion are always reasonable.
Drop in and sea the premise.
JOHN J. SCHILLINGER'S
PatMt Fire, Water aisA Fraat PtmI
ARTIFICIAL STONE.
T??. UfDERSIGNKD PROPRIETOR OF
this valuable patent on the Paciae Coast,
la now prepared to execute all orders for tba
"b2..,,n?.IOT drives, cellars, floors.
a"d "II bundle parpMca. This stona S
laid in all shapes and in any color or variety of
eolore;. Orders may be lelt at M Front street,
onnnaita thji RAltnn o,.u ............
given and estimate made by mail.
CHAH. R DUHRKOOP. Proprietor.
TfiEXKUASI & YFGLFF.
MACHINISTS..
And Manufacturers of "'
Tool for Planing, Molding and Tarnlur.'
C,J ". Warn, tram
!!( I.r resMNm, sm4li Alma
t Brewery jrrti ssuMl
rsur. .
also Farm Machinery repaired on abort ttotlc
Mill Picks mads and repaired.
""ram Street, rsrtlsaa, '
BARTGCH'O
New Llusic Store,
143 First St. Portland.
Odd Fellow" Building.)
Mr. A. Bartecb, the General Agent of tbe
vorta-renovnea,
STEINWAY PIANO,
Has opened new Muaio Rooms at the
above place,wbere he keeps the celebrated
ASD
Ernst Gabler Sew tzLz riiC3
AND DUnDCTT C.1CA?i3
As well aa a, fall supply of Hrbi t Momc,
Music Book and Mcsicai, Metkbaxdisk.
Country orderf promptly attended to.
ORANGE S. WARREN, SittlBesA EaR;sr.
PAPER