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LITTLK ORAVM.
, .y -tread softly 1 A baby's asleep
- Under tbs dall--s and grass;
Over hie bosom the violets creep;
Ah ! but btf lomber la tender sod deep.
Wrapped In tbe Orudis that rocketh alway,
Watcbed by the Father that lovatb bis owd,
Ab! HUle bety, sleep sweetly to-day ;
Ktat that la swselsr no baby btlb known.
Boftly-tread softly, sor waks from bis raat, ,
Ih daiilM and vraaa.
Tula bhy alacplDir with flower on Ita breast.
Miotiiiioiqilwiintfwmiiuu
Never the eorrowrul secrets of life,
Vahp (h M,ian Hllnvl Uff Iji dMtB.
For M was slreper. Ho'a dona with the
Q rave, urd falm closely, your blossoms be-
nsaiu. - , ,
Soma uiotb. r misses tbla babe from ber breaat.
Under the dalslee and grate.
Often at twillabt ahe barbed It to reat.
. Binning toe songs lost a uaoy loves nest.
Abl lAiUhe arm of the Motberof all
Wrappeih tbe Utile one eloaa 10 bar breaat;
Kind Mother Kartbt when IM night shadows
fall,
Qalht-r ua all to your bosom to reat.
km Odd Centeuarfaa.
Ii) tLe year 1816 there died at No. 9
Coldbath square, Cerkenwell, an eccen
trio lady of the old school Mm. Jane
IiUBon at the reputed age of 116 years,
having been a widow for three-score
years and ten. Her husband, whose
death happened as far back as 17C6, when
George ill. had been little mere than
five years on the throne, left her in pos
session of a very fair fortune; and as, in
spite of living in a very eccentric style,
she was most charitable and liberal, she
had the reputation of being very rich
richer, in foot, than she was in reality.
Though of a kind and generous disposi
tion, however, she was very self-willed
and imperious, and she lived a very
isolated and independent existence. Ex
cept one or two friends of many years'
standing, who were admitted at stated
times, she saw no company, but spent
her time partly in walking about her
Korden, partly in reading, and partly in
ministering to the wants of a number of
cats and other animals that were her
pets. She seldom stirred , out into the
street: and it was remarked that, al
though nominally a member of the
Church of England, it was her practice
never to attend a place of worship. Her
single servant, Mary, who had grown old
in her service, always sat in the samo
room with her, though at a separate
table, and under the strictest injunctions
to treat her with as much etiquette as if
she were the dame of a rich country
squire at the' least, and to address her,
not as "madam, but as "my lady or
"your . ladyship. Her house was
furnished in an antique style from top
. to bottom, and it was full of curious
pieces of old china and other articles of
vertu. .
On evenings this quaint specimen of
former age was always dreesed in the
most elegant attire, though not in the
newest fashion; for she would say that
company were coming, or that she ex
pected friends; though, as a matter of
fact, it was only with : great re
luctanea that she admitted the most
intimate of friends within the door of
her apartment. The fact is that she
went through all this ceremony in order
to assist her memory in recalling those
times vhich she chiefly loved to culti
vate, when she was in reality in the habit
of attending brilliant assemblies in what
was then the West End, surrounded by
the votaries of rank and fashion. Action
was not wanting to complete the illusion,
and to suit the scenery of the drama
which she thus represented on her pri
vate stage. For a time she would sit
down in her chair, musing and meditat-
; in g, and- then begin a conversation with
absent persons, answering herself in
feigned voice.- Her questions were often
addressed, and her formal salutations
made to persons once of the first emi
nence in the world of fashion or poli
tics, but Jkho had long since passed
away. AjfSd it was strange for those wno
liyeljfr-the nineteenth century to hear
Her address as if they were present in the
flesh the contemporaries of Lord Chester-
' field and the elder Pitt. All the famous
toasts and beauties of the early days of
George III. were thns gathered around
her, most ot them Known only Dy tram
tion. of course, to those who were privi
letnxl to hear her talk to them. The
fact is that in her early youth she and
her sister had been stars m the fashiona
ble firmament, and acknowledged lead
era of society among persona of "the
Quality." These imaginary cohversa
tions. it is said, often lasted a long time
she-would keep up the discussion for an
hour or two, and sometimes for an entire
evening.
The writer of an account of her which
appeared some years since in the Literary
Gazette, thus describes her from personal
knowledge: ,
"Mrs. linson was fond of dress, and
possessed a large collection of old ap
parel. One of her favorite dresses had
belonged to Cromwell's wife; another to
his daughter, Lady Falconberg, being
the dress in which that lady had waited
at the coronation of James II. Mrs.
Luson had also those which Cromwell's
daughters wore on- a day of par
tiomlar rejoicing, when the arti
cles of peace' were signed between
the States of England and . Holland
in 1655'56. One of these dresses was
valued at nearly 600 guineas. Added to
all these were other costly and splendid
specimens that comprised her own par-
-ucuiar waruroDe; uiew bud viwu viqw
ed with particular pleasure, and has been
known to boast that they once exceeded
in number the days, of the year. Many
of the most expensive she had not worn
for years, but they were regulorly once a
month or oftener taken out . of the large
mahogany coffers in which she kept them ,
aired and carefully inclosed again in flan
nel wrappers. In the middle of the night
he would sometimes call up her servant
to give directions about the alteration in
a gown or the padding of a pair of stays;
her favorite pair hod been altered, quilt
ed and padded so often that they were
nearly three inches thick, and actually
y weighed more than a . dozen pounds.
Over these, in the afternoon, she would
put on & single gown; but in the mom-
. rng she sometimes wore three or four
gowns at once. When indisposed (which
: indeed was not often), she would give
orders respecting alterations in some
particular dress; and, sitting up in her
. bed, she would put it on, dress her hair,
and ordering the gloss to be brought, ad
mire herself for hours in that situation.
Her head-gear was in the same style of
antiquity as her other habiliments; it was
a teto (such as had once been fashiona
ble, and which she never laid aside)
formed of dark hair, and nearly sixteen
inches high; she wore it regularly pow
dered, and her friends have affirmed that
it became her admirably. " She had the
greatest antipathy to soap and water,
never washing herself, but using a cos
metic, the composition of her mother,
from whom she learned to prepare it,
and which was composed of the finest
mutton suet clarified, with the addition
of some emollients and perfumes, the
particulars of which were her own secret.
As the color of her cheek decayed, she
sought to supply its faded bloom "with a
more injurious-composition, using an
immoderate quantity of paint, which, de
stroying her complexion entirely, left
her i4 length a singular spectacle,
erasing from the placid dignity of age
every One of its venerable beauty.
Mrs. Luson was always an early riser,
and during the lost few years of her life
she got up regularly at 2 o'clock in the
morning. If by chance, she happened to
lie in bed later than that hour, she would
scold herself in the hearing of her maid,
saying, "Ah! you've been a very idle
girl to-day, that you have!" She kept
.. very large fires burning in her apart
ments both winter and summer, and
some of her fire places were so large that
they would consume a bushel and a half
of coals a day. Soon after she rose she
had her breakfast of tea and between it
and dinner time she would have four or
- fiva other breakfasts served, partaking
moderately at each, and drinking nothing
; but tea; for during the course of her long
life, she partook of coffee only once, and
frequently afterward declared that hail
he drank it for one week together, it
would have occasioned her death. As
regarded more substantial food, she had
a most extraordinary choice of dishes,
one of which was sausages and boiled
and stewed turnips. On January 30th she
, l ways adhered to Mr, Lnstm's politic
custom of having a calf a head in ridicule
of the royal decapitation; in her case,
however, waa nothing mors tnan o
cherished memorial of the habits of her
deceased husband. She was undoubted
ly the last who practiced this long popu
lar custom. She had also other particu
lar dishes on certain days; and in the
course of her diurnal repasts sue ubbu
each room in the house alternately. The
entrance doors of her residence were
plated with iron and further secured by
nearly twenty bars and bolts, so fearful
was she of being attacked by thieves an
occurrence which her numerous precau
tions rendered almost impossible. Mrs.
Luron had no family. Whether it was
really the cause or effect of her sound
health, she never took a dose of medicine
or employed a doctor; and when she died
she passed away painlessly and gently,
apparently nattering irom no oisease, out
r 1 1. il 1 . f I, . ,' 1 nnir.
imply oy me uway vi uo uwiuj r" -
ers. What oecanie oi ner i property nun
curious collection of dresses I have never
been able to learn. jV. K; Tribune.
A midnight Battle.
We have a rat storv. which, as told b
Mr. Ii. E. Pettingill, clerk of the Mu
nicipal Court, is good; and as it is per
fectly true, is interesting.' it was oa
last Sunday, very early, that Mr. V. and
his amiable wife were aroused from
balmy sleep by strange noises. They
listened, and ever and anon, thump,
thnmn. would go something. Mr. i,
thought of burglars. He proposed to
cot up. arm uimseif and go lortn. xie
didn't spend any time dressing himself.
He only put on a seven-shooter and a
pair of slippers. He went through the
parlor, dining room, kitchen, -and found
It conld not be a ghost, thought Mr. P,
He was not afraid of ghosts, anyway.
He went into a store room. The noise,
which still continued, seemed to come
from an empty flour barrel. The cover
was rained. All was still. At the bot
tom of the barrel there appeared some
thing of a darkish color (the room was
dark) and Mr. P. reached down, think
ing what he saw was a piece of carpet or
a piece of cloth. It was a heap of Tats!
And when his hand touched them they
tore about at a frightful rate. They
could not jump high enough to escape
The cover was slapped on and Mr. P.
laid away his revolver and put on a pair
of thick leather gloves. : There he was
with gloves and slippers just in the
right trim for rat killing. ; The bloody
tragedy begun by Mr. P. reaching into
the barrel, gropping a rat and dashing
him to the floor or against the wall
This work continued until four or five of
the rodent rebels were dispatched, when
those in the barrel, appearing to realize
what was going on, made such desperate
efforts at leaping and scrambling that
seven or eight of them got out, and were
on the floor. J. he door had been closed
There was no chance for escape. A
lighted lamp on the shelf proved of great
service. Mr. P. . had full view of the
premises. Unfortunately there waa noth
ing at nana that he could use as a
weapon, and he dared not open the door
to go forth in search of something. - He
got down on his knees and went for the
ratship, belting them this way and that
way with his gloved hands. Jy and by
the rats in great terror : sought their
hiding places. Up went three or four
and hnng to his flannel garment. They
could not be shook off. The conflict was
deepening. Such a tearing about, Mr.
P. informs us, cannot be imagined. He
was fearful that the entire batch would
infest his body. He pounded the door,
to give alarm to Mrs. P. i She heard tho
same and appeared on the scene in a mo
ment. What a spectacle was presented
to her! But Mrs. P. did not do what
most women would do. scream and run
away. No; she rallied on the rascals
with fire Bhovel and poker. Mr. P. went
to work, and in a short time all the rats
lay dead. Mr. Pettingill tells us there
were eighteen in all. Madison, (Wis.)
democrat.
How Stantos Got into Lincoln's
Cabinet. Ward Lamon gives a Wash
ington correspondent this account of the
manner in which Lincoln made Stanton
Secretary of War: In December. 1801
only a few months after the date of the
btanton letter, recently published in the
North American Jleview, Mr. Lincoln
was talking with Secretary Chase about
the action of our Government in the
Trent affair. The President was asking
u the Secretary had heard or any opin
ions as to the Government's course by
prominent Democrats, when Mr. Chase
said he understood Mr. Stanton, who
was then in Washington, shared the
opinion of the President and upheld the
Government's course. The President
then asked Mr. Chase if he had ever
heard how Mr. Stanton had abused him
(tho President) in the McCormick case
at Cincinnati. Mr. Chase replied that
he had not, and the President told how
Mr. Stanton, being retained on the same
side as Mr. Lincoln, declined to consult
with him, saying he would have nothing
to do with the "long-legged and long
armed ape." "But," said the President,
as he concluded the story, "tell Mr.
Stanton I would like to see him."
Within a few evenings Mr. Stanton
called at the White House. The Presi
dent told him lie had heard that his visi
tor was upholding the legality and policy
of the Government's conrse. Mr. Stan
ton replied at some length, giving his
reasons for the opinions he held. The
President asked hiin if he would commit
it to writing. Stanton promised he
would, and this interview ended without
any other subject than the Trent affair
being alluded to during the whole of the
evening. It was within one or two
evenings afterwards that Mr. Stanton
called with the MS. of his opinion as re
quested. As he handed it to the Presi
dent, the latter said: "Mr. Stanton,
there is about to be a change in my
cabinet. Will you take the place of
Secretary of War?" Mr. Stanton was
much surprised, but before' he left that
evening he had accepted the position,
and during the next month, January,
1862, went into the office. I
Railroads in Iowa. Iowa has met
with the same complete success in giving
its railroad commissioners general power-f
to hear and adjust railroad, disputes as
Massachusetts. In their last annual re
port the Iowa railroad commissioners say
that not one suit at law arising from un
just or discriminating charges has been
brought since the commissioner system
was adopted, and "the commissioners
are not aware of an instance where any
railroad company has persisted in charges
held to be unjust or discriminative by
the board." Nor is the railroad system
of Iowa a small one ; it has a capital stock
of $90,612,451, a bonded debt of 870,
843,795, and the year ending June 30 last
gross earnings of 821,340,709. The net
earnings were $5,310,000, of which 11 per
cent was paid in taxes to Uie State, leav
ing less than 2 per cent. Jprofit on the
total capital and debt, or if the debt
charge is met outside of net earnings
about 5 per cent, on the capital. The
commissioners pronounce in favor of
pooling combination among the Eastern
trunk lines, as insuring stability, speed
and certainty. They are led to this con
clusion probably by the exceptional suc
cess of tie "Iowa pool," which has regu
lated the rates for nine years to the gen
eral satisfaction of all concerned, but has
just been broken up by the withdrawal
of the Chicago and Northwestern, one of
the results apparently of the appearance
of the great Wabash combination in
Chicago trade with a claim for a share of
the business across Iowa.
"Kerosine oil will fuddle as well as
whisky any how it makes a locomotive's
head light. fltem which appeared as
original in the Guzzle. Now that bit
of brilliancy originated with the writer
of this here article, Mr. Bourbon,
some months since, and in going the
rounds of the press lost ita credit, to
be cabbaged by a sizzors paragrapher.
Well, it's all right.
There is still living in Fulton county,
Ga., an old man named Gregg, who en
joys the distinction of having guarded
the Great Napoleon during his captivity
on board tbe Bellerophon previous to
his departure for St. Helena. Mr.Gregg,
who is now eighty-five year of age, was
one of the British marines on the Beller
ophon, and it was his duty to guard the
cabin door of the illustrious prisoner and
prevent iatrusion.
AX T.KVLV DEATH.
, The fact is yet fresh in the minds of
Post readers ihat on the morning of April
2, 1878, William Sidney Clements,' Earl
of Lcitrim, was found, shot to death, ly
ing in a ditch on the road from Milford
to Londonderry, Ireland. The motives
prompting the murder were alleged to be
the old man's lustful propensities, in the
first place, which had brought shame to
many a fireside on his wide estates, and,
in the second place, his love of power.
which had caused the arbitrary eviction
from their holdings of all opposed in
anything to his imperious will. The
affair caused the utmost commotion
throughout tbe kingdom. On its merits
public opinion was divided, the aristoc
racy ami governing classes looiung upon
it rs an agrarian outrage of the worst
type, while the multitude particularly
the multitude iu Ireland regarded it as
a retribution too long delayed.
To trace the murderers, the Irish and
Scotland Yard detectives, assisted by the
itoyal Irish constabulary, used their best
endeavors. Large rewards were offered :
by the Lord Lieutenant and by the pres
ent Lord Leitrim, but without a sem
blance of success. Many suspicious
characters were arrested, but they were
generally discharged after the prelimin
ary investigation before the sitting mag
istrate, no evidence being adduced to
connect them with the crime. Of the
last arrests made that of the McGran-
nigham brothers the court, after de
taining them over a year in Lifford jail,
finally granted them conditional release,
they giving small bonds not to leave Ire
land. Up to the present the matter is as
much a mystery as ever, and in its un
ravelment the government has found it
self impotent, bribes, cajolery and par
don proving alike unavailing.
A few evenings since a reporter
received information calculated to throw
some light upon the murder and add a
new chapter to its history. For obvious
reasons names are omitted. Suffice it to
say that the gentleman who vouchsafed
the information is an old citizen of this
State, has been in the Senate and Assem
bly of California, and has always been
looked upon by his fellow-citizens as a
man of integrity and honor. At this point
the following review of the murder will
not prove uninteresting: William Syd
ney Clemens, .tarl ot JLeitnm, and Huron
Leitrim, of Manor Hamilton, in the peer
age of Ireland, Baron Clements, of rul
macrenan, county Donegal, in that of the
United Kingdom, Lieutenant Colonel in
in the army, was born in 1800, and suc
ceeded his father as third Earl, December
31, 1854. His property in county Donegal
embraced about 60,000 acres. While his
father was universally beloved by all his
tenantry, his personal mends, and all.
in fact, who came in contact with him, it
is said of the late Earl that from an early
age he had made himself as universally
disliked. In the army he was looked
upon as a tyrant, and on his estates as a
man who would spare neither age nor sex
in the accomplishment of his designs.
The young girls of his tenantry dreaded
his presence, and favors from him were
received with fear and trembling,
Eviction was the rule where his desires
were thwarted, and, for aught he cared.
the poor people might go to "Hell or
America," which expression is said to
haye found frequent utterance from his
lips. That he was a brave man is, how
ever, not denied. His life was a series
of fights, in all of which he triumphed
but the last, and in that the struggle was
manfully if impotently made. Many
times was his life threatened, and often
has a bullet, aimed at him, flown in dan
gerous proximity, but until his hair had
whitened with age, and he was trembling
on the verge of the grave, he escaped un
harmed. The place where the murder
was committed is on a turn of lh'e road,
few miles from Milford and skirting Mul
roy bay. Perhaps a better place could
not have been selected for the purpose of
the murderers. The ground is rising, so
that a conveyance, in ascending, would
have to go at a necessarily slow pace. On
either side thick blackthorn hedges are
admirably adapted for concealment. Be
hind the hedge, next the bay, laid the
murderers iu waiting for the victim, and
as the car slowly ascended the hill, bear
ing Lord Leitrim, his valet and the
drive, the triple murder was completed.
Lord Leitrim's head was considerably
battered and his arm broken, but the
fatal injury was from a shot which pene
trated the heart. After the deed the
murderers hastily sped over the 200
yards that lay between them and the bay,
entered a boat in waiting, crossed over
and. have since disappeared from the
eyes of the law. About a hundred yards
behind xjata Jjeitnni s car was driven an
other, also in his employ, but, strange to
say, this car stopped at the distance
named from the spot where the murder
was committed, and did not drive up till
the men were rowing for the opposite
side. It is also said that the horse in this
second car was a faster animal than the
other, but on that morning he was going
almost dead lame.
In the interview with the gentleman
above referred to, the following facts
concerning the murder were elicited,
and are given to the public for the first
time: About a year prior to the affair, a
person arrived in San Francisco from
New York, bearing credentials from cer
tain people there to friends in this city.
Through their influence a sum of about
$1500 was collected, for a purpose not
specified at the time, but of which the
persons donating it were assured that
they would be informed at the proper
period. It is well enough to state here
that the persons contributing did not, for
a moment, suppose that their money was
going to supply a murder fund. They
gave it because they relied upon their
New York correspondents, that it would
be put to some purpose for the benefit of
the Irish national cause, which it was
not proper at the time to make public.
Some months after the murder a letter
waa received, however, vaguely hinting
that the object towards which San Fran
cisco had contributed had been accom
plished in the murder of Lord Leitrim.
Further information was repeatedly
asked for, but none of importance was
vouchsafed. The main facts, however,
came to light about three months ago.
One of the prime movers in the affair
having arrived in the city, told as much
of the affair as was safe, under the cir
cumstances. With the $1500 contributed
this city and the additional sum of
83500 contributed in New York and
Brooklyn, the fund was made up. Two
men were found whose grievances
against Lord Lcitrim were notorious in
the county Donegal about five years age.
With 8500 each in their possession, they
left. New York by the Anchor line
steamer about the beginning of March.
Landing at Greenock, they crossed over
to Derry, where they took up their resL
dence in a small hotel on Foyle street,
near the depot of the Irish Northwestern
Railway. From this place they entered
into communication with a tenant of the
estate, who, by the way, has since died
in prison, having been arrested on sus
picion of having committed the murder.
The night (April 1st) that the message
was left at Logue's hotel in Milford for a
ear to be sent over to Lord Leitrim's res
idence next morning, to convey him to
Derry, this man was lounging around
the place and heard it. Here he entered
into conversation with the servant, and
was informed that Logue had promised
himself to drive Lord Leitrim, as the
valet was to go forward with the traps
earlier, Lord Leitrim intending to take
a merning train for Dublin, from where
he intended to cross to London via Holy
head. Starting at once for Derry, tbe
men were placed in possession of the
facts, and the opportunity was consid
red too good a one to be lost. Accord
ingly that night, armed with pistols, and
a gun lent by the individual above
spoken of, and which gun was after
wards found in the boat, he at once pro
ceeded to prepare for their escape, and
the men went to the place of ambush.
It was not their intention to kill Logue,
as it was thought intimidation would be
sufficient to prevent him from even iden
tifying them in the event of their arrest.
They intended to stun him for the time
being only. Surprised and excited as
they were at the time, they saw no al
ternative but to kill all, when in place of
Logue, whose car they said .since the
could .hear in the distance, they found
two strangers seated with the Earl. They
cannot account for Logue's not driving
up; bat think he stopped through fear
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upon hearing the shooting. They
the reason for leaving the gun, hat andi
bottles in the boat was the excitementNl
under which they labored, assisted by
considerable liquor, which they had
taken to keep up their courage. Why
the McGranaghana were arrested, they
say is owing to an accident, on goingj
to the scene of the murder one of them'
pickednp a piece of paper lying on the
road. This was used as wadding, anfl
found afterwards by the police. Oait
was written in a school girl's hand:
"McGran , the completing piece being
found to belong to a sister of theMo-
Uranaghans, in a copybook in the sfhool
house adjacent. They say the MHxrana
ghans had nothing whatever to o with
the murder. The gun which vyas found
broken, and which was proven to have
belonged to a man named Heraghty, was j
broken in their hnrry to push off the i
boat. '
That they were not captured prior to
their arrival in New York, is a matter
of wonder. They traveled together,
and frequently got under the influence
oi liquor with the money in their pos
session. While often near the police,
they say, however, that they never
were thoroughly startled but once, and
that was when they got into conversa
tion with a police sergeant, an old
Fermanagh man, at present stationed
at Castletin, county Donegal, and who
partially conducted the search after the
murderers lie hod a way of loosing
suspiciously askance at them, and
drawing out long winded ayes that
was anything but comforting. After
crossing Milroy bay they left Ike boat
and started for Derry, putting up at
the same place. They read the account
in the Derry Journal and other local
papers with avidity, but were afraid to
make a move lest the police should
come down on them. To account for
their present idleness, they told the
hotel people they were sailors, waiting
for a berth in some outgoing vessel,
which they, in reality hoped to get.
No vessel offering, however, they de
termined on going over to Glasgow,
which they did on the Bear, a . small
channel steamer. One took a cabin,
the other a steerage passage. Landing
at Greenock, tho train was token for
Glasgow, tho steerage man having to
pay his fore, cabin passengers, it seems
being allowed to go either by boat or
car from Greenock to Glasgow at their
option. Taking different compartments
an anxious watch was kept for the po
lice, but none appeared. Landing in
(Jhutgow, a small hotel was selected in
a cut de sac, running off the Candle-
riggs, a narrow street opening on Ar-
gyle street, called Whyte's Temperance
ilotel. Costing lots as to which should
dare the walk along Argyle street,
which is the principal thoroughfare of
Glasgow, one was chosen who proceed
ed down that that street about four
blocks to a wide street running paral
lel with the Candleriggs, where is lo
cated the omce of the Anchor boats
Here . a steerage and a second cabin
ticket were procured for the Ethiopia
which sailed on the following day
Here another backset was encountered.
Instead of embarking directly, a tug
passage had to be taken to Greenock
where the steamer was lying. That
evenincr. however, thev sailed awav
without interference, although they sy
they say they were considerably alarm
ed at seeing a couple of the Greenock
police board the boat, coming, it seems
after a man who was trying to desert his
wife. Again, when the steamer stopped
at Moville, for the Irish passengers, they
were afraid of seizure, and not until they
passed Tory Island, and were on the
rude Atlantic, did they feel secure. On
a Monday night Fort Hamilton, New
York, was sighted. Here the vessel an
chored all night. Again were thev afraid
that a telegram would secure their ar
rent, Vint. Airain flipv n-ere mistaken, tihsh-
injj off the steamer unmolested about
middoy. The next week 82000 apiece
was handed them, with which sum one
is said to be conducting a saloon on At
lantic-avenue, Brooklyn, and the other
has gone west. Their real identity is
said, however, to be known to but a few
and those in that ring within the ring of
which the circle was composed. A. J"
Itt.
Bishop Colekso on tub Ecxo Wab.
Bishop Colenso, who has been through
out a steadfast opponent of the Zulu war.
as impolitic and uncalled f or.protests the
deposition and deportation of the African
lung uotewayo. lie styles the desenp
tion given of Cetewayo by Sir Borth
Frere a "malignant representation," and
points to the loyalty of the Zulu chiefs
and people to their King as inconsistent
with the theory that they have been liv-
j i. i 1 1 i ,i
ing Diiuer un luiuxeruuie, cruel auu uur-
barous rule. To the remark that these
Zulus betrayed his hiding place he re
plies that when five prisoners were
flogged to extort the secret, they would
not divulge it, and it was only when they
were deceived by hearing the sound of
cannon, and told that two of their
associates hod been blown to pieces from
the mouth of it, that one of the prisoners
told where Cetewayo was hidden. The
Bishop reprobates the conduct of Cete
wayo's consort when carrying him a
prisoner to Fort Dunford, in refusing
him meat when he asked for it, but ply
ing him with rum. Tho division of
Zululand into separate parcels, under
petty chiefs, the Bishop regards as likely
to lead to anarchy; and as to the appoint
ment of John Dunn (white man) to a
chieftaincy, he says "it is utterly con
demned by all right-thinking people of
Natal." He suggests that Cetewayo,
after some months' imprisonment, be re
stored to his sovereignty, with powers
duly limited, under a British resident,
who should be an English gentleman of
character and ability.
A Defence of Bed Haib. An admirer
of red hair, who has it himself glorifies
that style thus: "Throughout creation
nature appears to delight in red. It pre
dominates in the pleasure of the imagina
tion, for whatever is beautiful, agree
able, or sublime partakes of red. The
rainbow, the rose, and the charming lip
and cheek of beauty's self, tha sun, the
source of heat and light, are all red; as
is also the fire, the mighty autocrat of
the universe. The most brilliant flowers,
the most delicious fruits, the orange, the
apple and the peach are red. Through
the animal kingdom red predominates,as
in the king of beasts; the lion. But go
further: Adam, the first of mankind, was
red. The greatest of Grecians, Jupiter,
Apollo and Vulcan, were crimson
Samson, whose strength was gigantic,
derived his power from his red hair, and
the destiny of the empire of Athens de
pended upon the red hair of Nissus.
Queen Elizabeth had red hair; so had
Spencer and Shakspcare. Milton is an
other instance of the proof of my propo
sition. Also Defoe, the author of the
world-renowned story, 'Bobinson
Crusoe. Lafayette had red hair,
Bonaparte's hair was of this color.
Artemus Ward had red hair; so have the
Bed Indians, or else why so named."
The Advance in Pa pee in the East.
The extended drouth through the coun
try, both east and west, has borne heav
ily upon tho manufacturers of paper.
Many of the mills have been obliged to
close, and all of them have run on short
time. The result of it is that paper has
advanced 33 per cent., and it is diffi
cult to get it at that. Some of the large
dailies are in great trouble, not knowing
where their supply is to come from. Pa
per dealers too are in consternation, un
able to fill their orders, and picking up
all the odd lots and tog ends they can
lay their hands on. This, following so
soon upon a. glutted market, is phenom
enal. Paper lias sold down as low as 5
cents per pound. It is now worth 8
cents, and none to be had at that. It is
not likely that this condition of affairs
will last very long. As soon as the
streams fill up the mills will start again,
and the difficulty will be obviated.
Peoria (III.) Journal.
Base ball definitions: The right field
the field of duty. A base hit a blow
be!)wthe belt. A dead ball dancing
without music. A good catch one of
the Bothschild girls. Pat out on the
first the man who gets April fooled.
Never reaches the second the man who
refuses to fight a duel. The champion
pitcher the pitcher that goes often to
the fountain and remains unbroken.
The Tiro Oataldea.
The clerical-looking"gentleman and tLe
carded borderer were the only pas sen-
em on the Carson stage, seven hours
out, en route to Bodie. Thev occupied
the upper seat behind the driver, and
the tenor of their conversation indicated
that there was a slight misunderstand
ing between them a misunderstanding
that neither of them seemed capable of
gathering np the threads of skein
that was momentarily becoming more
and more tangled as some new phase
of the subject under discussion was
broached. .
"When I was there," the clerical
gentleman was -remarking, "the vine
yard was in a deplorable state."
"The vineyard!" interrupted his
bearded companion. !
"Yes; the Lord's vineyard. I mean: 1
the weeds were"
Hold on a minute, stranger." ex
claimed the other, hitching in his seat,
and turning so as to face his compan
ion "hold yer bosses. I - am t much
on this parable palaver, an X come
mighty near giving ye the lie on thet
vineyard bizziness, cause, ye see, there
ain't no sech 'ithin five mile o' the
camp. Maybe there's a few down to
Salt Lake, but nobody was ever fool
enough o speculating in vineyards
round my neighborhood. But it's all
right now; I'v cottoned to the right o'
the cose, an' I'm drawin' my Bights on
to Lord's vineyards."
As L was saying, resumed the oth
er "outside, "I found the held of
labor in a deplorable condition. ' The
weeds had long since choked the
wheat, and tares were flourishing with
luxuriance that might well sadden the
heart of the husbandman. Human sac
rifices were frequent in the interior,
and barborous executions for the most
trivial offenses were of weekly occur
rence along the coast. I attended one
of those executions, and if I ainlnot too
tedious in my narration 1 will relate
the circumstances in connection with
thn liftrrililfl affair. Am vnn mrrefthlftV
'Go ahead, ol' man, I'm listenin. I
like to hear a man tell a good
one while he's at it," and the bearded
passenger hitched back to his former
position and asked the driver lor "a
chaw o' that nigger heel."
"Well, it appears that the unfortunate
man was condemned to death for poach
ing on the King s preserves, lhey had
adjudged him guilty, and sentenced him
to be beheaded, and a more pitiauie
wretch it has never been my misfortune
to contemplate as he passed out of the
prison into the open court where he was
to be executed. He was made to kneel
and bend his not k, after which the ex
ecutioner dippeij his hand in a tub of
water, and, drawing his middle and fore
finger through the sand upon which the
doomed man was kneeling, applied them
to the naked ; neck of the shivering
wretch, leaving a brood and distinct
mark at which to strike. He then raised
his great double-edged sword, and with
one blow the head fell from the trunk,
while the great stream of blood crim
soned the sand."
The clerical gentleman paused in as
tonishment. His fellow-passenger was
staring at him with a strange expression
upon his sun-browned features, which
the narrator at first imagined was the re
sult of intense interest, but which he
gradually observed was produced by
disgusting disbelief in the statements
which he had just been making. He cut
himself short for the purpose of allow
ing his hearer an opportunity of reliev
ing his overcharged mind, knowing full
well that if he did not the bearded man
would explode," and render the situation
decidedly unpleasant, to say the least.
The man of the border made a great
effort to control himself, add in a tone
plainly indicating that he forced a calm
ness he was far from feeling, simply to
"clinch" the man who sat besido him
and prove to the grinning driver that no
man could with impunity "put up a josl
on him.
"That's the frozen truth, is it, stran
ger? he asked.
"Eyery word I have uttered is the
truth. I witnessed the sickening spec
tacle in the broad glare of a tropical sun
and I did not lose a single movement in
the barbarous tragedv," answered the
other "outside."
"What's your line?" abruptly asked
tho man with a beard.
"My profession ?" r
"The same."
"I am an evangelist a missionary."
"Oh, you're a preacher, eh?"
"A minister of the gospel yes."
"What shop?"
"Shop?"
"Yes; which track are ye travelin'
how'syer baggage checked?"
"I don't believe I understand you."
jso! well, what church are vou
swearin' by?"
"I am a Baptist."
"Good enough; Baptist goes. You
say you was on the missionary racket
we'en you saw all this?"
"I was engaged in the task of attempt
ing to convert the heathen from blind
ness, and teaching him the path he
should follow to obtain everlasting
Slor2- . . . . .
Jrieatnen is good, too, but wait a
minute, an' I'll tackle a remark. What I
want to know, was you givin' those
heathens, ez yon call 'em, the true biz
ness on the ten comman'ments?"
"I was inculcating the divine law
which Moses received amid the thunders
of Sinai."
"Kerreet; an maybe ye give 'em the
bizness about liftin' a man we'en he calls
ye a liar?"
"I did not counsel violence under any
pretext whatever; on the other hand, I
taught .them that fighting was sinful."
"Kerreet again, stranger; yer workin
'round to my side o' the shanty, an' I
guess I'll fetch ye into camp purty soon.
le told em lying wasn t a squar
game?
"I told them that a liar could not
hope to be saved." 1
"Tol' 'em a liar couldn't hope to be
saved? You saw thet duck git down on
his marrer bones?"
"I saw the criminal kneel down
yes."
"Ye saw the other 'ith a two-edged
sword made mud, an' plaster the back o'
the 'doomed wretch's' neck?"
"I did."
"Ye saw the sword-sharp chop his
head off?"
"Yes."
"Say, stranger, look here. I reckon I've
got you tighter'n a Mexican cinch. I'm
thinkin' you've tangled yourself up in
yer own lariat. What year was you out
thar, anyhow?"
"I went out in 1874; but, my friend, I
can't see what you are endeavoring to
accomplish by this question and cross
question." "I'll show ye afore I git through 'ith
ye. I'm agoin' to prove to this yer
driver o' this yer stage thet you can't
showdown the hand yerclaimin ye hold.
I'm goin' to show that yer givin me a
game."
"I don't understand you, sir."
"No? Well, s'pase I give ye dead away
on the sword racket, fust? S'poso I was
to say thet ther' ain't no thin' bigger'n a
sixteent-inch bowie in the hull camp?
S'pose I was to come down to cases, an
said ye lied about thet mud bizness?
S'pose I was to bring proof thet no man
in the camp ever hed his cabesa cut off
below the ears? 8 pose I was to bring a
hundred men to back me in the statement
thet hangin was all the go, w'en it was a
vigilante racket, an' thet nobody ever
died out thar 'ceptin' from hot lead an'
col' steel? S'poie I was to do all this,
what kind of a game would ye gi' me
then? I tell ye, stranger, I've been thar,
an I'm- posted,-1 am. I'm the best
posted man this side o' Denver, an' ye
can't play it very low down on me.
much!" .
"Do yon doubt my word, sir?"
"No, I don't doubt yer word; but ef
ye'd put a little more solid stuff into
what yer sayin" I'd be more likely to
take stock in yer yarns."
"My friend, I fear yon are attempting
to beguile me. I fear that you are im
posing upon a stranger in a strange land.
I am not accustomed to your peculiar
manners and customs; and you should
not take advantage of me in this abrupt
and nnceremorijoas way."
"I thought yetiowed ye'd been thar.
"Where?"
"In Shyann."
"CheiVennet : Tot at all. I never saw
the place. I tlfmght yon understood
from the first that I was a missionary to
Siam."
"What! Siam! Well, I swear, I take
it all bock, stranger; I throw np my
hand. Shake, stranger, an' we'll call it
squar. Shyann Siam,1 They rfo sound
alike, don't they?" '
London ProTlacUlism.
A keen observer once remarked that no
man who always lived in London could
could ever write a really good novel "he
would not see enough of life." The
epigram, paradoxical as it seems, has as
much truth in it as most other paradoxes.
People who live in London are neces
sarily thrown in contact with such a per-
i . It r J , , ?
uetuauT moving mass oi auman ueings
that they have no time to know anything '
of each individually. If a man really
wishes to study life and character, he
must migrate to some quiet country
town, where he can meet the same per
sons seven days in every week, and learn
a little more about them than can be de
rived from mere casual observation of
outward habits and peculiarities. In
deed, the tendency to provincialism is
stronger and more enacting in London
than in any other part of Great Britain.
It has more plausibility in its favor, and
therefore it succeeds in entrapping even
those wide-minded persona who would
elsewhere manage to rise superior to
prejudice. In proportion to the real
magnitude of the p'nce and its interests,
the tendency to identify it with the uni
verse grows stronger and stronger. To
the provincialism thus inevitably thrust
upon his soul the average middle-class
Londoner naturally succumbs. His
whole life has been spent in the great
overgrown city, and he has been taught
from his childhood upward to despise
the country ; and country people as in
ferior places and persons, beyond the
pale of legitimate civilization. He has
never been subjected to those healthy
counteracting influences; which prevent
the landed classes and the cultivated
section of society from falling into the
same pitfall. I ealthv proprietors spend
half the year in London, and learn that
London is capable of teaching them
superiority to merely local Englnsb feel
ing, and a healthy intercourse with the
English world in politics, literature,
science and art. But they spend the
other half of the year in the country or
abroad, learning the complimentary
lesson which the Bedentarv Londoner
never learns that England consists of
hill and dale and cornfield and pasture,
as well as of streets and clubs and ware
houses; that life is not entirely confined
to cities,, and far less to one city, how-
ever important, and that nature stall
exists side by side withlman, even in ourrtncluding Alaska which have been for
industrial England itself. More valuable
even than the widening influence of that
glimpse cf continental life which our
wealthier classes secure as a rule, once
in every year or so. The provincialism
of London gets broken down by the
Boulevards, tbe Champs Elysees, the
Theater Francais, though we can hardly
flatter ourselves that the provincialism of
Paris or Vienna will receive a similar
blow from the Strand, the Park, the
lioyal Academy or Urury lane pan
tomime. jjoiulon llevww.
The Atheist a a Witness.
In a recent trial in Tenncsse the Court
refused to receive a certain man's testi
mony, on the ground that he was an
atheist. Some of the religious papers
speak approvingly of this decision. Now,
we are willing to assent to almost any
thing that may be said or done against
atheists, but we think two opinions may
be held regarding the wisdom of the
Tennessee judge's ruling.
The object of the Court in calling wit
nesses is to arrive at a knowledge of
facts. Now, is the word of an atheist
good for anything as a guide in our
search after facts? Is there not more
than one atheist who may be believed
when he tells us that he has 'or has not
seen Jones this morning? That it did
or did not rain yesterday in his region?
or even on such a matter as that he will
pay his store bill on demand? No, if the
word of an atheist may be taken by his
neighbor or even a loan of money may
sometimes be safely made on it may not
tho Court receive it? The man may not
tear JJivine judgment lor penury, but,
nevertheless, there are certain consider
ations which have some influence on him
to lead to speak the truth. As to a be
lief in the punishment of perjury after
death, there are many witnesses in court
whose fears are less regarding that than
of the penitentiary, in caso they testify
misery.
Grant that a man's credibility is im
paired by a lack of belief it a God ; his
testimony may still be taken for what it
is worth. If a witness is very young, if
he is underwitted, if he is a man of bad
character, if he is strongly prejudiced
one way of the other, the jury may not
give the weight to his evidence they
would otherwise; but still it is listened
to. So the testimony of an atheist may
be worth something.
As to the suggestion that if ho deos not
believe in Ood he cannot take an oath
the answer is that, like the Quaker, who
refuses to take an oath, he can anirm.
In urging tbe rejection of an atheist's
testimony we may be cutting off our own
noses. It may bo society and not the
atheist that is injured. indeed, others
than atheists are generally glad to escape
being put in the witness box, but so
ciety may suffer if they are excused from
testifying. The atheist may be the only
person who saw with his own eyes the
transactions in question. To reject his
testimony may be to let the criminal go
free, to send the innocent man to prison,
to let the widow be defrauded, to injure
not him, but those who believed in a
God.
ALL S0STS.
"What are the wild waves saying?"
Seaweed.
A white man who hod married a
negress offered color-blindness as an ex
case.
. Curran Evans sings: "My wife wear
her hair by day on her head and by night
on a chair.
Mrs. Shoddy has sent to her jewelers
for a pair of those veeridgs she has heard
o much about.
A young man doesn't like to be called
green, but for all that he wants to live to
a green old age.
It is a malicious woman who will slyly
put long hairs on a man's coot just to
make his wife jealous.
A Delaware woman has buried her
seventh husband, and on resurrection
day there will be a lively game of seven
up.
"He took two drops of thought, and
beat them into a bushel of bubbles,"
waa the description given of a speaker
whoso rhetoric ran ahead of his logic.
Small boy: "Oh, please, sir, your
'orse has been and failed down." Irate
Carman: "Yer lie, yer young warmint!
I believe ye've been and shoved him
down."
' Secret kindness done to your fellow
creatures is as beautifal as secret in
juries are detestable. To be invisibly
good is as god-liko as to invisibly evil
is diabolical.
More men die at 63 the grand cli
materic or turn of life than at any
other age, leaving violent deaths aside.
A like critical period for feminine hu
manity is 47 years. ,
"Buy a trunk, Pat," said a dealer.
"And what for should I buy a trunk?"
rejoined Pat. "To put your clothes
in." was the reply, "And go naked?"
exclaimed Pat; "not a bit iv it."
Some ladies make a great bustle when
they enter a theater. And it's getting, so
we are told by a married compositor, to
be a femine fashion to put one of that
same kind of thing on before they start.
A well-known Evangelical clergyman,
n being accused of leaning toward
Uniyersalism, replied that he hoped
everybody would go to heaven, "and,"
said'he, "there are some persons I wish
were there now."
The male members cf the Keokuk bar
showed no jealousy when Miss Nannie
Smith waa admitted to practice. The
presiding judge descended from tne
bench to shake hands with her, and
the lawyers subsequently gave her ft
banquet.
Attfa of tuenerieaa Wild 14 tare.
j The following statement from official
Sources is calculated to give our readers
an idea of tbe magnitude of pasture land
area in the southern and western por
tions of our States and Territories. An
imaginative man may have a presage of
a magnificent future for our stock inter
ests by reading it: ,
The 'area of the States south of the
line of Pennsylvania and the Ohio river
includes) 570,000,000 acres, of which
three-eighths are in farms, or 211,000,000
acres, and little more than one-fourth of
the farm area is actually cultivated.
About one-tenth of tho entire area may
be considered in uso agriculturally; the
remainder, after deducting lakes and
rivers, roads, and town sites, and
very small area of sand and
rock washes, is productive of plant
growths in great variety. The forest
lands of this broad belt are estimated to
aggregate 270,000,000 of acres, or 47 per
cent of the whole area. A large propor
tion of these forests are ne. notably
those of the belt of 100 to 200 miles from
the coast, open to sun and air, compara
tively free from undergrowth interfering
with natural grasses which abound in
variety and quantity according to the de
gree of fertility of the soil. The south
ern country is four times as large as
i ranee; it is ten times as large
as Great Britain; it includes soils vary
ing from the granatic to the latest allu
vial; it is favored with a variety in cli
mate, resulting from a range of fifteen
degrees of latitude and 6000 feet of ele
vation. Making liberal deductions for
cultivated lands, water, town sites and
wastes, the uncultivated lands will reach
an aggregate of not less than 393,000,000
acres, nearly 69 per cent of the area; and
of this, after throwing out of considera
tion forests of deciduous trees yielding no
pasturage worthy of note, the area of
wild pasturage a portion in the west of
prairie, a part on the mountains of
glades, the hne lands and old fields, some
very good, and much comparatively
poor amounts to 233,000,000 acres, or
forty-five per cent, of the whole southern
area, auis is equal to tne areaoi r ronce
and Prussia together, with a better cli
mate and more fertile soil, producing
grosses that are unused sufficient to pro
duce more than all the wools Americans
can wear. It is a great mistake to show
that this section is not suited to grass
growing. The most exacting labor and
greatest expense in all the processes of
cotton culture are incident to the de
struction of grasses. Again, from Mex
ico to the British possessions, from the
Missouri river to the Pacific ocean, there
is an area of i,uai,ouu,uuu of acres not
years the home of countless numbers of
the bufialo, of the antelope, and on the
higher elevations of mountain sheep and
goats. At -so high a latitude as the
plains of Laramie, 7000 feet, the pastur
age is a wonder of freshness and abund
once. Like an inland sea of emerald.
the range stretches from horizon to hori
zon, relieved only by straggling patches
of motley color of bovine herds, or white
Rrenjii scarcely distinguishable flocks
C, ouhtain districts of Wyoming con
stit. one of the finest grazing districts
in jke world. Nutricions grasses are
kf t fresh by the water of a multitude of
mountain streams, and the rainfall is
great. Even in the northern latitudes
la-fce flocks of sheep and cattle often
pass the winter with no other feed than
the uncut grass of tho plains and val
leys, while the price of the best quality
ui uny is mereiy nominal. ; in iact mere
is quite as much risk from prairie fires,
to the grazing herds, as from the storms
of winter,
At a recent trial of a liquor caso the
witness on the stand was under exam
ination as to what he had seen in de
fender's domioile, which he said he
had visited "a number of times." "Did
you ever see any spirits there, or any
thing you regarded as spirits? ' asked
the presiding Justice. "Why, yes I
don't know but I have," was the reply
of the witness. "Do you know what
kind of spirits?" "Yes." "How do you
Know.' "x Kinder smelt it. "Well,
now,' said the Judge, straightening
mmseit ior . the convicting answer.
wnicn ne supposed would be given,
"will you please tell me what kind of
spirits it was?" "Spirits of turoen
tine!" As soon as the roars of laughter
that resulted had subsided the witness
was discharged, the opinion that his
testimony was not to the point.
Delane, of the London Times, died of
Bright s disease.
Pickpockets frequent all the greaat
i a norms in iew Xork, and are captured
by detectives shrewd enough to keep
tneir eyes on the members of the cortege
who seem to be the most deeply and
solemnly affected.
"The prudent man seeth the danger
aiar on and hiding himself," the text the
village clergyman took before descend
ing the cellar stairs, after he had caught
a glimpse oi a huge donation party loom
ing np on tne horizon.
The New Orleans Kmc thinks that
"one can not look upon the features of
Mr. Jay Gould, as expressed in the many
wood-cuts of him printed in the picture
papers, without being convinced that as
an angel he is profoundly disguised.
a woman raised to the third power
of widowhood has the- photograps of
her three departed lords in a group
with a vignette of herself in the center!
and underneath is the inscription
auo jjoru win provide. !
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yuutuiui mine r excesses in maiurer years,
can be thoroughly and quickly cared by urine
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but an honest care. Price, IS a bottle, or four
times the quantity, tio, and can be obtained
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Pllla of Hal id Mold are not wnr-.h a mn..h
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genia.
White' Prairie Flower!
Taking before retiriiie will insure good
night's rest, with an awakenine in the rosv morn
to health, courage and vigor. For coated tongue,
oaa oreatn, sick headache, or any disturbance
arising irom ayspppwa or torpid liver, it s with
out a peer. Its action on disease is entirely dif
ferent from any medicine ever introduced, quiet
ing pains almost instantly. Tbe hue and cry
raised against it by patent medicine men, who
have foreseen in its advent the destruction of
their nefarious business, and the thousands of un
solicited testimonials flowing in from all Darts of
the new World, is a sure indication of its great
merits. Trial size at all drug stores. Iialf
pound bottles, 75 cents. For sale by all respec
table druggists. -
-! making; say porenase oris writ-
taartn response to say advertisement !
Shiej paper you will please oteatlen the
name of (He paper, n
B. WALLACE, SECRET DETECTIVE
and Collector. Bualneasata dlstanca
promptly attended to. Cor. 4th and Halmoa.
ONEY LOANED GOODS BOUOUT
1" Produce Sold Accounts Collected. T.
A. WOOD A CO., Principal Real EstuM Agent
Portland
TO PHINTBKS.
We have 900 ponoda of Brevier In excellent
order which we will sell for 36 rents per pound.
W. D. PaLMEK. Portland.
Portland Business Directory
PHYSICIAJf ASD (SIRGEOSr.
CARD WELL, W. B.-H. E. oor. First and Mor
rison, over it one's Palace of Art.
DKNT1ST.
ftMITH. DR. E. 0.-1CT- First street,
Portland.
(I
.fL,
THE OREGON
NEWSPAPER PUBLISHING
. Company
Is now piepared to fdrn lab
nsldea, Ouialdea and Bnp
p?ementa on tbeshortest an
tic. Address W. D. Palmrr,
Box e. rortiana.ur.
WM. COLLIES, V- -. ' w.Ur.-
XJISXOIS TOiHO, -
(suocessowi to coiAtsa'a io works.)
r.iACHifiiGTO AfiP inon founders
ElaokamlUilQg and repairing done at ahortnouoe . .
XROZT AITO BRAC3 CASTCICS.
Rpeelal attention given to Wood Working macbinerr. (' ftmmt Wlm Rtreat
ee tlail. Orra-. - , ;
e-a3S8.?.f
sU9
Go or send to C. D. Lsdd A Co., No. 48 First
atreet, Portland. Oregon, Branch House of No.
821 Kearny street, Han Francisco, for tbe latest
Improved Wlaeheatev It I flea, of all mod-els-186,
11-73. 1878, 1 87 using all tbe latest
solid bead cat tndges of the Winchester make.
A large stork of C. D. Ladd's improved loading
implements for all kinds and aisca of cart
rid res, etc., and aole agents for the Ba'lmrd
Rifle and Daly root nna on tbe Pacific
Coaol. Also, a large stock of olber kinds on
baud. Breech and muscle loaders. A large
stock of Cartrideea of all kinds constantly
kept on band. Dot.'! fall to give them a call.
Country orders promptly attended to.
ONLY $90 !
Tfla
Famous Standard Organ.
10,000
Of which have been sold on tbe Pacifle Coast.
OILY $0-A PIVK-OCTAYE ORGAV,
Elegant Hiftu-Top Case Five Stops,
with Octave Con pier 4k Smb-Baaa,
Possessing all tbe power and sweetness: of tbe
higher cost instrument. Every Organ folly
guaranteed for five years. Address
;w. t. shanahaNi
Morrison SU, between Second and Third,
PORTLAND, OR.
Role Agent for the Northwest Coast.
Great Auction Sale,
Ererr Friday ud Patnrdar t 10 1. M.,
Dnring the Month of December at tbe Auction
House ot
X. TVIcrtlmr,
12 first Street. Portland, Oregon.
New York and Philadelphia consign menleot
Harness, Boggy Robes, florae Blan
keta, Halters, Surcingles.
Also large consignments of
Boots and nboes, Umbrella. C lotnlag,
Htrrora, Jewelry, Etc.
I KesR'HFRi Snctlsaeer.
COMPOUND OXYGEN,
With free use as adjuncts of PHOSPII0ECS
and CARBON compounds.
A new treatment for the cure of Consumption,
Bronchitis, Catarrh, Neuralgia, Scrofula and the
worst cases of Dyspesia and Nervous Debility, by
a natural process of Vitalization.
The following cases treated within the last few
months are selected as showing its range of ap
plication :
1,4. Four cases of consumption two of them
having cavities in the lungs are all entirely
well.
5. Mr. T. R. G., of Bay Centre, W.T., Chronic
Bronchial difficulty of years' standing, also gen
eral and nervous debility, threatening complete
wrecking of health. Cured in October.
6, 7. Two cases of marked blood poisoning.
Cured in few days.
8, 9. Two cases of nervous debility of women
doctored to death." One cured in seven and
the other in sixteen days.
10 to 14. Five cases of chronic dyspepsia,
catarrh or scrofulus ailment. All cured or
greatly relieved In a few weeks' treatment, -
A small pamphlet on the Oxygen Treatment
and all enquiries answered, bxnt rase, on ap
plication. Also, references to patients who have
taken, or are now using the treatment.
Address Dr. Pllklngloa, Tor. First nnd
Washington ttM., Partland,) Ogn.
Jewelry, Watches, Diamonds,
Silver and Plated 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 in
Europe, I offer all articles in my line
At Cost Daring September
Customers are invited to call and inspect, and
be convinced of tha good faith of my statement.
J- VAW BETJRDEN.
COCCINS & BEACH
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
AVERILL AND RUBBER
MIXED PAINTS,
Doors, Window and Blinds, Paints, Oils.
Brushes, etc., etc.
. 103 Front Htreet, Portland, Or.
(Formerly occupied by T. A. Davis A Co.)
asar Contractors and Dealers are requested
send for our llrt of prices.
KRIBS&M'MILLEN,
DEALERS IN
Cook, Parlor and Box Stores
COOKING RANGES ANDJIEATIN6
FURNACES.
Manufacturers of all kinds of
TIN. COPPER AND SHEET-IRON WARE
Roofing and all kinds of Job Work
Promptly attended to
K. 1J Pirat ntreet. Portland. Oreajei
TREXKHAXX & WOLFF,
MACHINISTS,
And Manufacturers of
Tools for Planing, Holding and Turning,
Cattle Brands, Iran Hosue Work. Iren
Minna; nt resets, a ad alt kino
of Brewery Work anode . -.
Also Farm Machinery repaired on abort notloi
still ncas suae. ana repaired.
He. ajswt S4 front Street, Portland. r
.orl!
2 " si
3. ;
25 I
1 JooiKt i
53 I
$Xj 11
CLACSA1IAS PAPER CO
Manufacturer and Dealers in
PAPER
102 Front Street. Portland. 0
HI STOCK i
NEWS PRINT, White and Colored.
BOOK PAPERS, White and Tinted. 4
FLAT PAPERS, of all descriptions.
LEDGER PAPERS.
ENVELOPES, of all sizes and qnalitic t
WRITISa PAPERS.
CARDBOARD of all kinds.
GLAZED AND PLATED PAPERS
COLORED MEDIUMS.
MANILA PAPERS.
BUTCHERS' PAPER.
STRAW PAPER.
PAPER BAGS.
STRAW and BINDERS' BOARDS
TWINES, Eto., Etc.
Cards Cut to Order,
Agents for Shattuck A Fletcher
well-known Black and
Colored Inks.
TYPE FOR SALE.
We have several fonts of Job Tjjhs
(nearly new), which we will sell low.
Cases, Galleys, Leads, Rales and
Printers' necessaries generally kept on
hand. .
Newspapers outfitted at list price
freight added.
F.V MURRAY'S
Adjustable ' Strainer
A'D '
CAST IROM STEAMER.
Either or Bota Fitted to any Sla
THE STEAMERS WILL 8 AVE TOK
price of themselves in two weeks in an
family. They 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 the kettle, thereby getting
the full benefit of tbe heat. They are just what
is wanted in canning fruit. Either the Strainer
or Steamer an be removed With a knife or fork
when hut, and are easily adjut d No corneri
or joints about either that are hard to keep clean.
Sold by Agents for S rents Kvae
County Rigkta for Sal .Andrea
JAMES McMURBAY,
East Portland, Ot.
BARTSCH'S
New Music Store,
143 First St. Portland.
(Odd Fetltm' BttilcUno.) -
Mr. A. Bartscb, the General Agent of (lie
world-renowned,
STEIN WAY PIANOS
Has opened new Music Rooms at the
above place,wbere be keeps the celebrated
Slelnway, Krauicli & Each
ASD
Ernst Gabler New Sealc Planes
AND BURDETT ORCANS
As well as a full snpply of Sheet Music,
Music Books and Musical Murcbandir.
' Country orderspromptly attended to.
ORANGE S. WARREN, Business Manager.
NEW BOOK STORS.
STATIONERS,
J. K. GILL JSc CO.,
Have moved into (heir Splendid Establishment
in Union Block, on Stark and First streets. - A u
inexhaustible stock of well-selected
s TATio n 13 nir.
And an unlimited supply of books are always
on hand. This house baa a comprehensive a
sortment of everything known to tbe trade, and
its prices are always reasonable. :
' Drop in and see the premises.
A. C GIBBS.
K. W. BRiGBjlM
; CIBBS & BINGHAM,
Attorneys and Counsellors at Law
Portland, t -1 t : Org-ra.
Office, 8 and 9, over First National Bank
Parlicu1ar attention paid to business In the
United States courts.
JOHN J. SCHILLING ER'tit
r Patrat Flra, WUr and frost Proof
ARTIFICIAL, STONE.
THE UNDERSIGNED PROPRIETOR OP
this valuable patent on tbe Pecine Coast,
la now prepared to execute all order lor the
Bhiw. itMi. Cnr walkr dM. Mil... eni-B
and all nnlldlna- smratoeea. Ttala anns"
laid In all shapes and in any eolor or variety of
colors. Orders may be lelt ai84 rroSiilreet,
opposite the Hoi ton Ponae, Portland. Terms
given and estimate made by mall.
CHAft. B. DUHRKOOP. Proprietor.
ROCK SOAP!
The Best Soap . Alatio.
Aak your Grocer for it. ' ,
M. 3. NEWBERRY.
133 Krout Ht . Portland, or.
Agent for Oreron and Washington Terrttor
tLIME t XJ2XE !
The undersigned having been appointed agents
for the celebrated
Would respectfully call the attention ef dealers
and contrfnrA to tht vf..M
elsewhere. We shall endeavor to keep a full sup-
vu uiuiu mi uuh auu afc me lowest marst
rates. i
' WADHtwn e KLLIATT
lift CITCvnt'ia mnDin
iuv m.iat.&is rAtaii:
ELASTIC. FiSE & W-TER-PitSOF
PAirJT! j
For Roofing both a lln ant 6M5rU.i
THK BEST PRIWBBVATIVKOFTIN AKI
atilngle roolk lo tut world. Will stop lest a
j wo rvier oy permission w i
Donovan, Jules Knapp. Allaky Hecale, Or.
rAahmtrtt rvu . . - ........ .
Portland. The paint will be eopplled I y
loa. Knob ralkm will cover squares tin
and 1 square sbingie roof out one ceat la Bo
run uirrcuoD. accompany eaco pae.
a. All Information wltb regard to tbs paint
can be bad by addresslus
MOaXKHTBr HEHDKYJC. ,.
Portland. On
D. "V7. PltEHTICS & C
MUSIC ST"
BOl.K 40f :
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