1
THE INDEPENDENT.
DO YOU MKMBXBERt
Bca we on? drove toethr :
In the mxnllbt over lue enow,
WHO the sharp belia rinsing their tinkling
ehlme,
go many ayeerago.
Bo, now, "I ber them Jingle,
The winter come buck again,
Tboocb summer allra in lue heavy trees.
And the wild roM seenta (be lane,
W aether onr for around us. -
Our feces tbe aeeu air stings,
And noiselessly we fly o'er the snow-hnste 1
wono, , ,
Almost as if we hsd wing. '
Fnoueh t Ike Jot of mere Miring,
Enough 1 lb bleo.i'.qulea lUrill;
e ars simply bPpy -I cere not wby
- We ere happy beyond our will.
The trefi are with Iclclee Jeweled.
Tbe welle ai e o'er-urled with now;
Tne hnusee with marble whiteness roofed,
in tbelr windowe tbe home-lights (low.
Thronh tbe tense, elear sky above ae
The keen etara d ub and giearn.
And wrapped In ib'lr silent abroad o I enow
, Tbe broad fleide lie and dream.
And Jingling with low, iweet olaahlng,
Hlo IUe blls as ooriMKXl horse goes,
And tossing bis bead, from his nostrils red.
His frosty breath be blows.
Andeloeely yon nestle against me,
Wbllearountl your waist my arm
I bare sllpped-'tls so bluer, bitter cold
It Is only to keep us warm.
We talk, and then we are silent;
And suddenly you know why
I siooped-could 1 help liT-You lifted your
face . . . .
We kissed there was nobody nigh.
And no one was ever tbe wiser.
and no one was ever tbe worse;
Tbe skies did net fall as perhaps they oujrht
And we u. ard.no paternal curse.
I never told It-did yon, deai T
from that day to this;
Bat my memory keep in lis utmost recess,
Use a perfume, that innocent kiss.
I dre say yon bave forgotten,
T was so many rears go;
Or you may not cbonae to remember It,
Time may bave ohsoged you so.
Tbe world so chills us and kills ne,
perhaps yon may scorn to reoall
Tbat night, with lis lunooent Impulse
Perhaps you'll deny It all.
But If of that fresh, eweet nature
1be veriest vestige survive.
Yen remember tbat moment's madness y
You remember that moonliicbt drive. .V
Atlantic Monthly.
BCBGURIOUsLY AMD FELONIOUSLY.
We had just locked up tbe safe
and I had put the key in my pocket
I am the accountant of the North
and South of England Bank, and its
Padsey branch, W. R. Yorks. I had
got my hat on and bad taken np my
umbrella, when a man came running
into the bank witit a bag ot money
in his hand.
"Am I in time?" ho cried.
I shook my head.
"JJeuco tune it, i said: "but we
can't take the money."
"Well, then, what is to be done?
Here's 22,000 in this bag, and those
drafts of mine come due in a couple
ot days. W ell, you II nave to take
'em op," he said. "I can't, unless
you take the money in to-night."
I know tbat these drafts were com
ing due, and that our n anager was a
little anxious about them, tor I hey
were rather heavy, and the other
names on them were not rery good.
Black, too that was the man with
the money bag was a cupital cos
tomer; and not only a good customer
himself, but bo brought good acounts
with him, ana we were a young
branch ana on our mettle.
j Well, here was tbe money to meet
the drafts, any now, and 1 should
have been a great fool to Bend it away
because it was after hours. So
counted it all over; there was about
19,000 in checks and notes and
3000 in gold
"Come and bave a glass of beer
with mo," said Black, on tbe way to
tho station.
I pat the bag c m0ly in -my desk-
and
iockcu,' i would como
back"prventj &n(j jiave it t in the
af- t 111 .:.u
d. 1 waiKeu 10 tuu etnuuii mm
Jlack; we had some beor together,
and then he went off Americawards,
and I on my way to JNemophillar
Villas. You soe 1 was rather in the
habit of calling for a glass of beer as
I went borne, and then going on, and
consequently, from tho lorce of habit,
I'd almost got home betore l reinem
bered the bat: ot money. It was
- vexing, too, because we had a tea-
party that night, the first since oar
marriage, and it began at 5 o'clock,
and I'd promised to be homo an hour
earlier to draw tbe corks ana help
get thiDgs ready. And here it was 6
o'clock, and I had to go back to tbe
bank
All tlio way back I went as hard
as I could pelt.
However, tho money was all right
in ray desk, and now I'd put it in the
sale. "Tell Jttr. Cousins our man
ager, you know I said to the ser
vant who had let me in, "that I want
the key of the safe. But you bad
it. in your pocket, you say, which
shows that you are not acquainted
with the rules and regulations of the
.North and Mouth of .England Hank,
which say that the acountantor chief
casbier shall be responsible tor the
duo custody of tbe cash while it is in
his possession in the daytime, and at
night all moneys and securities shall
be carefully socured within the office
safe, which shall be secured by two
keys, ouo of which shall be in tbe
custody of tbe manager, and the see
ond in that of tho accountant or cash
ier. But you say again, us long as
- yon had one key, what did you want
ot twor There, I own, the regula
tions are obscure. They wero drawn
tip by somebody without any literary
skill; if they'd consulted me about
them, 1 could bave suggested a good
many improvements. What they
meant to say was tbat the safo was
secured by two locks, and tbat a key
of each, not interchangable the one
with tbe other, was to be in the cus
tody, etc. Now you understand why
X wanted Mr. Cousin s key.
"Eh, my!" said the servant, open
ing her mouth wide, "and what
might you want Mr. Cousin's key
lor?"
Just as stupid as you, you see. I
was mad with the girl, lown 1 al
ways get out of temper with those
Yorkshire people. If you ask them
the simplest question, tirst tbey open
their mouth and gape at you. When
you've repeatod the question twice
they shut their mouth and think a
Lit. Then the idea seems to reach
the thing that does duty with 'em for
brains, and excites a sort ot reflex
action, for, by jingo"! instead of an
swering your question they go and
ask you one. And that makes me so
madl Oh, they're a very dense race,
those Yorkshire people.
"Why, to open the safe, you stu
pid," said I. "Where is he?"
"Don't you know?" says she.
"Know!" I cried in a rage; "what
should I ask you for if I did know?"
"Didn't you know ho was at your
house?"
Ah, so he was. I'd nearly forgot
ten that ho was one of the guests at
my wife's party. Clearly, I coufflft't
get the sale open, and I didn't like
to leave the money in my desk, so I
put it in my pocket and took it home,
thinking I'd give it to Cousins with
my key, to put it la the safe when
t returned. t
A nice mess I got into when I got
home, for you see it had been ar
ranged that I was to go up stairs and
dress before anybody came; and that
then the room was to be made ready
for the ladies to take their bonnets
off for they! were n(jt all carriage
people. Well, you never saw such
a Using. When I g ot home and
crept up stairs to dreia, tho people
had all come bo tbe servant said
there were six muffs, ajad four bon
nets, and five pork-pis hats, and a
half doaen shawls on the beds, and
one lady had left her every-day
eurls banging over trie looking glass.
Upon my word, I didn't like to per
form my toilet amotig all these fem
inine gear; and IheVe was no lock to
the door; and my-dress clothes were
all smothered 'ujf among these muffs
and things. Brct I got through pret
ty well, and hi. d just got one of my
legs into my trousers, when bang,
atrop-dop-dofj! such a rattle at the
knocker, ana l heard my wife scut
tling away into the hall.
They were the Mark by s our trump
card, who kept their own carriage,
and everything grand.
"bo kind ot you, my dear, said
my wife, kissing Mrs. Markby. most
affectionately. 1 I could hear the re
port where I stood.
"bo delighted! Jieally, bow nice
ly, how beautifully you arrange ev
erything. I can't have things ar
ranged, with all my servants, and"
"Hud up sti.irs, dear, do, said ray
wife. "You knuw he room my
room, right hand, nt the top of the
stairs, i ,
I heard tbe flutter of female wings
on the stairs. S v hat was I to do? If
I could bave managed the other leg,
I wouldn't buvo minded, but I
couldn't. I hadn't worn theso dress
things for a good while, and I don't
grow any thinner as I grow older.
No, for tho life of me I could not dis
pose of that other leg at such short
notice. What could I do? I could
only rush to tho door and set my
back against it. Did I tell you that
tins was our bousewarming party:
Did I tell you our landlord bad al
tered the house for us, making our
bedroom larger by adding a slip tbat
that bad lormed a separated room?
I think not. (And yet I ought to
have told you all tlieso circumstan
ces to cuubto you to uuderstand the
catastrophe that followoJ. In a word
the door opened outward. I'd for
gotten that peculiarity, never having
had a room so constituted before,
and never will again. The door
went open with a crash, and I bound
ed backward jnto Mrs. Markby s
arms. Smelling salts and sal vola
tile! was there ever such an unto
ward affair? i
The music struck up for the dance
as l hopped back into my room. 1
hid my head among the bolsters and
muffs and almost eried, for I am such
a delicate minded man. Yes, it hurt
mo a great deal more than it did
Mrs. Markby, for, would -ou believe
it r ho told the whole story down
below, to the whule company, with
pantomimic action, and, I when
showed myself at the door of the
drawing room, I was received with
shouts of inextinguishable laughter.
I think I called tho Yorkshire peo
ple dense just now, didn't I? Well,
I'll add another epithet -i-coarse
dense and coatee. 1 told em so
and they laughed the morel
The guests wore gone, the lights
weae out, slumber had just visited
my eyes, when right into my brain,
starting me up as if I had been shot,
came a noise. I wasn't really certain
at nrst whether l heard a noise or
was only dreaming. ,Was it only my
pulse thumping ipto my ears, or wero
those regular beats tbe trampiug of
-SdrBSDody s mufflol feet? lhen
beard an unmistakable sound creak,
creak, creak a door opened slowly
and cautiously. j All in a moment
the idea flashed into my head 22,
000. You sec, all this dancing and
junketing, and laughing and chaffing
bad completely driven out of my
mind all thought of the large sum.
had in my possession. I had left it
in a great coat pocket, which was
hanging up in the ball down stairs.
Puff, a gust of wind came through.
tlio bouse, rattling the doors and
windows, and then I heard a door
slam, and a footstep outsido jof some
one cautiously stealing away.
Away down stairs I went like a
madman, my one thought to put my
band on tbat great coat, with long
tails, and two pockets behind, and
little cash pocket on the left-band
side in front, and this breast pocket
in which I had put the bag of
money. This pocket wasn't as usual
on the left-band side, but on the
right. Thero was no other coat
hanging on those rails, only my
wife s waterproof. What a swoop
made to get hold of that coat! Great
heavens, it was gone!
I had carefully hatred and chained
tbe front door bcloro I went to bed
now it was unfastened. I ran cut
into the street, and looked up and
down, hopeless and bewildered. It
was a damp, dark night; the lamp at
the corner threw ;a long, silky
ray
but
down the streaming pavement.
there wash t a soul to bo seen
Everything was still and cold and
dark. j
The money was j clean gone yes,
it was gone. I repeated those words
mechanically to myself as I crawled
up Btairs. All tbe results of this
loss pictured themselves before me
dismissal from tho bank, ruin of all
my prospects utter ruin, in fact,
What could I do? To what turn?
The blow that had fallen upon me
was so heavy and sudden that it bad
benumbed my faculties. My chief
desire was to crawl into bed and fall
asleep, hoping never to wake. But
morning would come surely enough
morning and its attendant miseries.
Then tbe thought came to me:
Should I go to bed and say noth
ing at all about it? No one knew
of my having received that money;
not a soul but Black, the man who
had deposited it. I had given him
no receipt for it, no acknowledg
moot. Black had gone to America
a hundred things might happen
he might never return; at all events
there was respite, immediato relief.
i could go Xo tho bank next morn
ing, hang up my bat as usual, and
everything would go on as before,
It islack returned, my word was as
good as his. The notes and checks
would never be traced borne. But I
don't tbink I retained this thought
long. Did yoa ever consider how
much resolution and force of will it
takes to initiate a course of crime
and deception? I had neither the
one nor the other.! I should have
broken down at once. I couldn't
have tbat fellow's eye on me and tell
him I had never had his money.
I woke my wife; she had slept
through all tbe trouble. "JIary, 1
said, "we're ruined;! there's been a
robbery." j
"A rdbbery," she cried, clasping
her hands; "and are the men gone?"
"Yes," I said. j
"Oh, thank heaven!" she said,
"then we're safe. Never mind the
rest, Jack, as long as our lives are
safe. But there's my . waterproof,
Jack oh, do run and see if tbey
nave taken that." j
Then I told her the story of the
22,000. She wouldn't believe me
at first, but when she heard the
whole story she was frightened
enough. Yet she had wits about her
more than I had.
"You mujst run off to the town
hall, Jack,? she said, "and set the
police to work. They must telegraph
to all the stations to London and
everywhere. Oh, do go at once,
Jack this very moment! Every
second lost may be ruin to us!"
Away I went to the town hall.
This was a large classic edifice, .vith
an immense portico and a huge night
of steps; but you didn't go into tbe
portico to get into tho police office,
but to the side which wasn't classical
at all, but of the rudimentary style
of architecture, and you went along
a number of echoing stone passages
before you reached the Superin
tendent's office.
When I told the Superintendent
tbe story "Ah," he Baid, "I think I
know who did that job."
"Oh," said 1, "how thankful 1 am!
Then you can put your hands on
him and get back tho money. X
want the money back, Mr. Super
intendent, never mind him. I
wouldn't mind, indeed, rewarding
him for his trouble if 1 could only
get the money back. '
"Sir," said the Superintendent,
severely, "the police ain't sent into
the world to get people's money
back nothing of tbe sort. We aron't
going to encourage composition of
lelony; and for putting our hands on
Flashy Joe for he did tho job, mark
you well, what do you tbink the
liberty of the subject is for? Where's
your evidence?"
I was obliged to confess I hadn't
any, whereat the Superintendent
looked at me contemptuously.
"Now, let's see into tho matter,"
be said, after be'd made some notes
on a bit of paper. "How came they
to know you d got tho money in
your coat?"
' 1 said I didn't know.
"Ah, but I know," said the Super
intendent, "you went to get a glass
of alo after you left the bank, young
man ."
I was obliged to confess I had
done so.
"That's how property gets stolen,"
said he, looking at me severely.
"And what's more, you had a glass
with a friend. Ah, 1 knew you had.
And perhaps yeu got talking to this
friend of yours?"
"Yes, iudeed, I had."
"Very well; and you mentioned
about the money you'd just took?''
"Very likely."
"Then this Joo, dopeml up it, was
in tbe crib at the lime uiul ho heard
you, and he followed you back to
tbe tm n U; ami you haven tgul blinds,
but a wire notiing over the window,
and unyboay outside, i-nii see you
counting out tlio gold uiul silver.".
"Thai's true," 1 said.
"Yes, I see ii nil," said the Super
intendent; "just as Joe saw it. He
follows you up iiero to yonder, and
ho sees you put your money in your
coat pocket, and then he follows you
borne, and when alls quiet be cracks
the crib. Oh, it's all in a nut shell,
and that's how property goes. And
then 3'ou como to the police.
"But if you know it's Joe, why
don't you send after him and catch
him?'
"Oh, we know our own business,
sir; you leave it all to us; we shall
have Joo tight enough, if not for this
job, anyhow for the next. We'll
give him a bit of rope, liko."
I couklnt put any fire into the
man, do wbat I could; he was civil,
that is, for a Yorkshircmau; impas
sive, he'd do what was right. I'd
given the information very well; all
the rest was his business.
So I came home miserable, despair
ing. It was just daylight by this
time, and as I opened tho shutters
the debris of our feast was revealed ;
the lees of the lobster salad, the
picked bones of the chickens, the
melted residuum of tho jollies; while
about everything hung the faint
smile of sour wine. I sat down amid
all this wretchedness and leaned my
head on my arms in dull, miserable
lethcrgy. Then I sprang up, and as
I did so, I caught sight of myself in
tho looking-glass. Good heavens!
Was this wretched, hang-dog looking
follow myself? Did a few hours'
misery change a man liko this? Why,
I was a very felon in appearance, and
so I should be thought to be. Who
would believe this story of a robbery?
Wby the police didn't believe in it,
else they'd had taken a different
tone. No, I should bo looked upon
as a thief by all the world.
Then my wifo came down stairs,
and with a few touches restored a
little order and sanity, both to out
ward matters and to my mind. She
brought me some coffee and an egg
aud some bread and butter, and after
I had eaten and drank I didn't feel
quite so bad.
"Jack," she said, "you must go to
London at once and see the directors.
Have the first word and tell them all
about it all the particulars. It was
only a little bit of carelessness after
all, and perhaps they'll look over it."
"Yes, that's all very well," I said.
"But how am 1 to get there? I've
got no monoy. This wretched party
has cleared us right out."
"Borrow some of Cousins."
"He asked me to lend him a sover
eign last night, and I couldn't."
Now, you'll say, "Here's a man
without resource. Why didn't he
pawn bis watch ?" To tell the truth,
that's what I did tho week before,
and the money was all gone. "Then,
under the circumstances," you'll add,
"it was immoral to give a party."
But, you'll bear in mind, tho invita
tions bave been out for a fortnight,
and wo were then in funds.
"Well, Jack," said my wife, "you
must get the man the P. B. to give
you some more money on the wateh.
Sell it to him right out. It must at
least be worth ten pounds, for it cost
thirty, and you've only bad five upon
it. Sell the ticket."
"Yes; but where was tho ticket?"
Wby, in the little cash pocket of my
brown great coat. Still, I had heard
tbat if you'd lost a ticket you could
mako the man give you another, and
Brooks, the pawnbroker, was a re
spectablo fellow, who, perhaps, would
help me out of my difficulty. I went
to him, anyhow, on my way to the
station. I felt like a ticket of leave
man as I went into his shop. But I
put a good faoe upon it.
"Brooks," I said, "that watch you
know the ticket it's stolen."
Brooks gave a most portentious
wink. He wasaslowspeeched man,
with a red face and a tremendous cor
poration. "Nay," be says, "my lad, thou'rt
wrong there."
"What do you mean?" I said, col
oring up furiously. Every one sus
pected me, it seemed.
"Whoa, it might ba' been stolen
once, but it aren't no; 'ave got it here.
This is how it were. A cadging sort
o' chap comes in, and he says, 'Mas
ter, wbat'll you give me for this tick
et?' Now, you know tbe hact don't
allow us to give nought in that kind
of way, but 1 say to the chap, let's
bave a look at it; and then I saw it
was yours, and I said to the man:
'My lad, you aren't come honest by
this."-
"And you gave him into custody;
ho's in prison? Old Brooks, what a
capital fellow you are! "
"Nay," ho said; "I knowed better
nor that. Do you think I'd hex pose
a customer? I know you gents don't
care about these little matters getting
abroad; and so I slaps my fist on tbe
counter, and I says, 'Hook it!' just
like that. And away he went like a
lamplighter."
I sank down on the counter, over
powered with emotion.
"And whats more, went on
Brooks, "he never took up tho money
I'd lent him for tbe coat."
"What coat?" he criod.
"A very nice brown coat he put up
with me. About fit you, I should
think. See, hero it is."
It was my identical brown great
oat, wrapped up in a bundle, and
tied round wita my own handker
chief. I made a dart at it, opened it,
plunged my hant' into tho breast
pocket there was the roll of money,
there were tho 22,000.
How did I go to the bank that
morning on legs or wings? And
how did I get home, as soon as I had
put tho money sale away? Mary
knew by my face that it was all
right; and didn't we have a dance of
joy all round bousol
My burglar had been only a sort
of snouk after all, who had got in at
an opon window, and bolted with the
spoils of the hall : but if be had UkeB
the pains to look into the pockets of
the coat, he d have been a rich
though miserable and insecure man,
and I should havo been utterly and
deservedly ruined. j
Wcodcock Carrying ih?lr Yonng.
It is now pretty well known that of the
woodcocks which arrive in the iintish
Islands in October a large number re
main each year to pair and nest in suita
ble localities, and this being so, the fol
lowing curious habit of the parent bird
has only to be called attention to to be
fully corroborated. The late Mr. Lloyd,
in his " Scandinavian Adventures,"
wrote : If ia shooting you meet with a
urood of woodcocks, and the young ones
cannot fly, the old bird takes them
separately between her foot and flies
from the dogs with a moaning cry ; and
Mr. Harting, in the November num
ber of his journal, the Zoologist, has
been at the trouble to collect all the
records of so strange a bub it, from which
record it would appear that there is a def
ence among observers as to whether the
young birds are carried in the claws of
the parent bird or pressed lietween her
breast and legs. One of the brothers
Stuart, in tho second volumo of the
"Lays of the Deer Forest," in a very
graphic account of the troubles which
the old woodeoeks have with their young
ones, says that he saw a woodcock rising
with a youug bird in her feet, her long
legs dangling and swinging with her lit
tle btmlen, like a parachute. She light
ed at no great distance, but as he at once
came upon her she got up. In
her hurry she dropped the young
bird. She came to the
ground, however, almost at the same
time as the young one; running back,
she sat upon him and rose again with
him in her claws. Mr. C. St. John, in
his "Natural History and Sport in
in Moray," declares "that the old wood
cock carries her young even when larger
than a snipe, not in her claws, which
seem quite incapable of holding up any
weight, but by clasping the little bird
tightly between her thighs, and so hold
ing it tight towards her own body;" and,
further, "tbat in the spring and summer
evenings the woodcocks may Vie seen so
employed, passing to and fro and
uttering a gentle cry on their
way from the woods to tho
marshes where they feed." This
account has also been confirmed by sev
eral observers in Ireland, but some other
observers stilt declaro that they have
seen the young birds actually carried in
the claws of the old ones. So while it is
placed beyond a doubt that the wood
cocks can carry their yonhg irom place
to place, not only when flying from ene
mies, but also when going out to feed
and returning, there is vet some uncer
tainty as to the exact method; but don ot
less this will soon be settled bv farther
observations. According to Andubon
the same habit has been observed in the
American species, and, apparently, it
also sometimes occurs in our comutou
snipe. London Times.
Widow and Censns Taker.
It was a dilapidated' man that bundled
himself off the evening tram recentlv,
entered the station and took a seat. He
hod a wholesale liquor breath about
him and steaming up through him, and
his nose was as the wintergreen berry,
red and round and distinctively bright,
as if all tho checkerberry he had pnt in
all the rum he had drank all through his
abandoned life has flowed into his em
purolod proboscis and there lormed a
gem, which made him an ornament to
bacchanalian society.
"Does the widow Marslimeadow live
here now?" he inquired of officer
Mowry. -The
officer, with his wonted courtesy,
directed him to her residence. It was
11 o'clock, when he arrived there and
summoned her to the door.
"Don't be embarrassed, madame," he
said, with wonderful mildness of tone
and manner, "because yon don't know
me. History has ever been partial and
Dmitted from her bronzed and statuesque
pages the names of her proudest sonp.
This omission imparts uniqueness to a
man's fame. I am the census taker. I
have taken every name in town but
yonrs. The hour is late, and exhausted
nature requires, in fact imperatively in
sists npon refreshment and the restora
tion of sleep. I cannot proceed further
with this sublime undertaking until I
have both."
"Yon may come in and stay over Sun
day," she said, "and in the morning I
will have killed a pair of yellow-legged
chickens."
It was 12 o'clock, and the census taker
still sat at the widow's table, and her
third bottle of old currant wine before
him.
"I shall put your name," he said, with
incomparable tenderness of tone and
address, "somewhere about the middle
of tho book, and nndcr the head of
'Remarks' shall add the following: 'Cozy
residence, tastefully ornamented, latch
string always out, beautiful fruit trees
and quince bushes, here abound in um
brageons abundance, yellow-legged
chickens always to be fonnd on the
premises, their legs become stained to a
beautiful yellow by constant wading
through the yellow leaves of the maples
that glorify the lawns and approaches of
the bounteous homestead."
The widow smiled delightedly, and
concluded to put the pleasant census
taker in her best bed chamber, where
all night long his nose shone in his
facial firmament like a lone star of
Bacchus.
Hajjo on Like a Bbaveb. When our
Tom was six years old, he went into the
iorest one afternoon to meet the hired
man, who was coming home with a load
of wood. The man placed Master
Tommy on the top of the load and drove
homeward. Just before reaching the
farm, the team went pretty briskly down
a steep hill. When Tommy enteredthe
honse his mother Baid: "Tommy, my
dear, were you not frightened when the
horses went trotting so swiftly down
Crow hill?" "Yes, mother, a little,"
replied Tom, honestly; "I asked the
Lord to help me, and hung on like a
beaver.". "Sensible Tom! Let his
words teach the life lesson; in all
troubles, pray and hang on like a beaver;
by which I mean tbat while yon ask God
to help yon, yon mnst help yourself
with all your might. Young Pilgrim.
Gen. Crook was nearly frozen to death
last week, having lost his way while
hunting in the Platte Valley.
. Traits ef Animals.
A bullfrog rently' caught at West
chester when opened was found to have
swallowed a full-grown mouse.
A cat was sent by express, ' carefully
boxed, from Dansviile to Rochester, a
distance of fifty miles. Not many days
afterward, tabby came walking into her
old home. .
When a good house wife of Kirkaldy
went for a ham that had hung from the
rafters, it had a fair exterior, but it was
a perfect shell, skin and bone only re
maining to show its form, while the rat,
after living so sumptuously, had built
a nest in the center, and was easily cap
tured. At Priest's Hnfal. m ilia fffitvt
Calaveras Grove to the Yosemite, is a dog
wno one nour Deiore the arrival of the
stage, goes leisurely down the road to
meet it. then hnnmla W.V ti.a
yard, catches chickens, bites their heads
, i . I .... . . -r-r
vu, nun ut&s mem to me cook. iie
takes one chicken for each gentleman
in the stage, never making a mistake.
An expert in antique coins in Paris is
a poodle. The money being placed
Ulon a table, the Anrr in intWlriuJl anA
after nosing among them will knock off
me taoxe ail tne oaa pieces with his paw.
After acquiring great fame it was found
the whole thing was a trick. His master
took care to handle only the bogus coins,
and the poodle's decisions were arrived
at by faculty or scent.
A couple of seals, the pronertv of Mai.
Urch, of Portsmouth, N. H., were kept
in a tank, and were as tame as dogs. One
of them died recently, and Maj. Urch
concluded to give the other its liberty, it
seemed to grieve so much at ite loss. He
took the tank to the river bank and re
leased the seal, thinking it would swim
eut to sea. ; I Bwam all around the river,
but soon returned crying in distress, and
flapped into its old quarters on the bank,
and stubbornly refused to be ejected.
A monkey belonging to a gentleman of
the south of France often helps the cook.
Being given a pair of partridges to pick
one day, he seated himself in an open
window. A hawk flew down and seized
one of the birds, when the monkey
tricked the hawk by secreting himself,
and, waiting, soon saw him come for the
ether, when the monkey caught the
thief. Plucking both the hawk and the
remaining partridge, betook them to the
cook, and the change was not discovered
until the game (?) was served at table. :
An enormous eagle in Georgia swept
down upon two little girls aged three
five years, throwing them to the ground.
It buried its talons in the face and arm
of the elder and attempted to carry off
the child, but was prevented by her
struggles. A little brother, seven years
of age, came to her assistance with a
carving knife, slashing the eagle s legs,
when it turned upon the boy, who was
soon released bv the annearance of Joe
Betzler. a neighbor, upon the scene, who
shot and killed the bird. It measured
seven feet from tip to tip of wing.
K. O. BAKXR.
When Col. Baker had returned to San
Francisco as United States Senator from
Oregon, there was a great rush of con
gratulating friends to meet him on the
landing of the ship, some of whom had
helped to drive him out of the city dur
ing the vigilance revolution, to take
shelter in Carson Valley.
A meeting was called at the old Ameri
can Theater, and long before the time set
the street was thronged with people,
waiting to get in. The house would hold
4000, under an excessive jam, and two
mmnte& after the doors had been opened
nothing could be seen but heads. The
immense stage was also crowded full of
ladies. All the beauty, fashion and man
hood that could squeeze between the
walls was there, sweltering, fanning and
waiting for a great speech. By great
good fortune I had been shoved into
seat in tho dress-circle, close to the stage.
where 1 could hear and see all. Baker
got in at the rear door and waded through
billows of silks and satins to the front of
the stage, causing a prodigious uproar.
ladies standing up und wavinc their
handkerchiefs, and the men cheering
with all fonrs and at the top of their
lungs. It was the triumphant culmina
tion in the life of the orator. It was the
exiled Aristides returned to Athens, after
the cruel ostracism; it was an ovation
after Marathon. Standing with his arms
crossed before him. and his white hair
glistening with the brilliant gas light, I
could see the swell of his heavy respira
tion, and that he was undergoing tre
mendous excitement.
Presently the noise ceased to a dead
stillness, and he began. "Now when I
onght to make the best speech of my life
I am sure I am going to make the very
worst! " But nobody else thought so, anil
everybody was wrought up to that
nervous condition which an orator can
himself feel as existing among the peo
ple. The drama opened with a scene
of indescribable maiestv and splendor.
and every spectator was an actor under
the control of the great master-player.
I cannot here recall much of what was
said then. It was never reported. There
were several reporters on the stage, but
in thoir excitement and under the tre
mendous inspiration of the orator,
heightened by the boisterous scene in
front, they forgot their business and let
escape what could never be recalled
One poor fellow, a Mr. Hart, who was
there to report for the Bulletin, and was
in the latter stages of consumption,
sprtng from his table, swung his arms
about and cried out frantically, You
are right, Colonel! By God, we are all
slaves!" and then sank abashed into his
chair, white as a ghost and trembling
violently. Nobody laughed at him, but
after a few seconds the whole house,
from sleeper to roof-tree, shook with
stormy applause, such as I have never
heard before or since. The people
seemed about crazy with one consent,
and every now and then, without regard
to what the speaker was saying then, the
electrical wave would start again and
roll over the audience, as from the effect
of some previous impulse only half
subdued.
"O, Liberty!" he cried, and it rang
like silver bugles from the four walls
and down from the roof. "O, Liberty,
how imperishable and immortal! Grind
it to powder, thrust it through with
darts, burn it to ashes and scatter them
to the winds, and it will yet arise in a
panoply of steel! Years, years ago, I
took my stand by Freedom, and where
the feet of my youth were planted, there
my manhood and my age shall march!"
Ko Seed For Coat or Wood.
A correspondent has sent us a start
ling letter from MM. Betam-Edwards,
from which we give an extract: "I send
you the following particulars of a recent
scientific invention, just patented, and
destined without doubt to play a very
important part in our economic history.
I think it may be regarded as a solution
for once and for all of the great coal
question, not only among ourselves but
abroad. M. Bourbennel, of Dijon, the
celebrated lion and panther slayer,
lighted upon tho following discovery by
hazard, and after six years' persistent in
vestigation brought it to entire workable
perfection. He discovered by means of
two natural substances, inexhaustible in
nature, the means of lighting and main
taining fire without wood or coal; a fire
instantaneously lighted and extin
guished; a tire causing no dust, smoke
or trouble; afire costing one-tenth at
least of ordinary fuel, and what is more
wonderful still, a nre the portion of
which answering to our fuel is everlast
ingthat is to say would last a lifetime.
M. Bourbennel's invention. The f res
could be on the minutest scale or on the
largest. They would be used for heat
ing a baby's f ood or for roasting an ox.
Being lighted instantaneously, there will
be a great economy of time. M. Bour
bennel at once patented his invention
and a body of engineers and savant
from Paris visited him, and pronounced
his discovery one of the most remarkable
of his age. I have seen these
fires and stoves. There is no mistake
about the matter. It is as clear as pos
sible that we have a perpetual and
economic source of fuel. Two hundred
years ago the discoverer would have
been buried as a wizard."
ADAS' HOKCatKST.
The following, from UieElniiraSwMday
Telegram, would indicate that one place,
at least, holds the great progenetor of
tho human race in fond remembrance;
despite the considerable . number of
years intervening between the times of
the two parties interested:
Those who imagine that the proposed
monument to Adam exists only in the
minds of facetious editors and newspaper
paragraphers have yet to learn that
committee consisting of Rev. T. K.
Beecber, M. H. Arnot and Henrv E.
Drake, has been appointed to correspond
with the leading sculptors of this and
other countries, looking to the selection
of a design for the proposed memento to
our much-abused forefather, familiarly
known as Adam. In design it is to
represent as nearly the figure of the
original man as the sculptor can conceive
and execute; it ia to cost somewhere in
the neighborhood of $20,000; is to be
dedicated sometime next June; and
Mark Twain is the man who is to orate
upon the occasion. At least that is what
tby Calculate on. Already several
prominent European sculptors have
been invited to contribute designs, and
another meeting of the gentlemen inter
ested in the affair is to be held as soon as
replies ! to their nronositi oris are rervtivnd.
Mr. Hall assured a representative of the
leiegrwn that the thing is no myth.
which simply exists in their minds, but
a practical display of patriotism upon
the part of iumira s enterprising citi
zens, and a worthy way to show our re
spect U our ancient ancestor. Mr. Ar
notj injreply to several direct questions,
regarding the scheme, said he saw no
reason why it shouldn't succeed, as men
of means had the matter in charge, and
would push it as fast as practicable. He
sail he had already entered into corre
spondence with several noted sculptors.
and; as soon as anything definite was de
cided npon, ho would take pleasure in
giving any desired information to the
public. He was confident a monument
of some kind would be erected but the
style and cost of the same yet remained
w ue ueciueu upon.
The only person who seems to have
fully appreciated the value of Secretary
Sherman's report was the chap who
oieit.
Genuine Enterprise. Mr. Albert
Bartsch, 143 First street, Portland, has
the largest and best selection of musical
instruments in Oregon. Among the sev
eral makes is the world-renowned Stein-
way grand, square and upright pianos,
which have won by their actual merit the
admiration of - all artists, both here and
in Europe. You cannot appreciate these
instruments unless you hare examined
their many improvements, superb work
manship, and listened to their perfection
in tone. The name Steinway is a house
hold word and is spoken with great
pride, as the achievements made by this
nrm surpasses ali other piano nianu
facturers in the world, Mr. Bartsch has
also a tine selection of sheet music.
books and musical merchandise, and is
constantly studying the demands of the
trade. If you are in want of anything
in his line don't fail to send to him, as
his prices are lower than any house this
side of San Francisco, and you can de
pend on receiving prompt attention to
any inquiry.
Anr One Hftrlc with nervous debility,
exhausted vitality, or from ihe fffecta of
louiuim routes or eicnwi In muturer years,
can be thoroughly and quickly cored by uelriir
the great Eugli.h remedy, -Sir Aniey Cooper's
Vital Restorative " It la not an excitant,
bul an honest core. Price, $3 a boitle, or four
times the quantity, j:o, and can be obtained
of Hodob, Davis x Co., hoiesle Avenls, or
director A. K. Miutle, M. !., U Kearney Street,
Pllla f Hoi id bold are not worlb as min-h
to the victim of Dyxpr-psla or UIHoane as
Dr. Mintle'a Kogito Dandelion Liver and Uys
pepxia Pill. U clears tbe Liver of bile, tones
op the stomach, cures twl breath, coated
ion, ue, pain in tbe side or back, water-brash,
RIUU1UTH, rUSU Ol DIUIHJ VJ lilB 1130, ptmpleS,
sallow complexion; Is Kagar-ootted, and no
mercury or other mineral lu It. Kor sale by all
druggists. Hodge, Davis dt Co., wholesale
ageoiB.
K bile's Prairie riowsr.
Taking Iwfore retiring will insure a good
niebt's rest, with an awakeninir in the nov morn
to health, courage and vigor. For coated "tongue,
bad breath, sick headache, or any disturbance
arising irom avBpefieia or toryim liver, it is with
out a peer. lis action on disease is entirely dif
ferent from any medicine ever introduced, ouiet
nig (wins almost instantly, ine hue and cry
raised against it by patent medicine men. who
have foreseen- in its advent the destruction of
their nefarious business, and tho thousands of tin
solicitci testimonials flowing in front all parts of
me jiew world, is a sure indication of lU great
merits. Trial size at all drag stores. Half
pound bottles, 75 cents. For sale by all res pec.
uiuie uruguna.
or In making any pnrrnaae or la writ.
t act a response Isasj advertisement la
tola paper yen will please mention the
name of the paper.
MR WALLACE, SECRET DETECTIVE
and Collector. RusloeM at a distance
promptly aitenoeu to. r. -tin and Haimon.
IJONEY LOANED - OOOUH BOUU1IT-
i'J r-roauce nolo Accounts Collected. T.
A. WOOD & CO., Principal Keal Estate Agent
Tt PKINTKHR.
We have 300 pounds of Brevier In excellent
oroer wnicn we win sen for 35 cents per pound
w. u. r-AL.nr.il. it.rtiand.
Portland Business Directory
PHYSICIAN AND 8URGEO.V,
CAftnWELL, W. B. W. E. cor. First and Mor
rison, over Jiorse'i raiace or Art.
DK.TIST.
SMITH, DR. E. O. 167 First street,
Portland.
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I now piepared to famish
Insldes, Ouuides and Sup
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Box 69. Portland, Dr.
r M'MURRAY'S
Adjustable Strainer
AND
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Either or Both Fitted to any S),
THE 8TEAMER8 WILL SAVE THE
price of themselves in two weeks in - -
family. They can be. used with equal advantage
in boiling, as it is impossible to burn Wuesl or
vegetables to the bottom of vour kettleA When
they are used in steaming, whatever bu are
cooking is inside of the kettle, thereby getting
the full bencGt of the heat. They are just what
is wanted in canning fruit. Either the Strainer
or Steamer ran be removed with a knife or fork
when hot, and are easily adiuitd. No corners
or joints about either that are hard to keep clean
Mold by Agents for 73 Cents Ee
County Rights for Sal , Address
JAMES McMURRAY,
East Portland, Ot
Great Auction Sale,
Every Friday and Patnrdar at 10 k. St.,
During tbe Month of December al the Auction
uouse 01
I. Mertliuiv
lea First Street. Portland, Oregoa.
New York and Philadelphia consignments oi
Harness, Baggy Robes, Horse Blast
nets. Halters, anreiacles.
Also large consignments of
Boota and Buoea, Umbrellas, detains;.
Mirrors, Jewelry. IM.
B HeARIBCR, Auctioneer.
WM. COLLIE B.
UIVIOIV XTtOJS WOBKO,
(SUCCBSSOBS TO COLLI &' I EOS W0SXS.) ' . 1
MACHINISTS AUD IROrj FOUNDERS
Manufacture and keep on band Steam Krjglnesanl Bollem, Turbine "Water Wheels, Or
and Baw Mills, BhafMug, Pulleys and Hangers. Pattern Making
BlacksmlthUig and repairing done at short notice.
IRON AND BHAS3 CASTINGS.
Ppecial attention given to Wood Working machinery. Csran Froat Msd Wstla
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nmi
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Go or send to V. D. Ladd 4 Co., No.' 48 First
street, Portland. Oregon. Branch Honse of Ho,
82' Kearny street. n Francisco, for tbe late!
Improved Wlnrunler HI new. of all mod
els-lfeS. I1-73, 187t). ISTV-nsing all the latett
sona neaa carinutres ot toe Winchester ronite.
A laree st-K-k of C. D. Ladd'simoroved loading
implements for all kinds and sir-s of cart
ridges, etc, and sole agents for the nallard
Rifle and Daly hot Unas on tbe Pacific
Coatt. Also, a large stock of other kinds on
hand. Breech and muzzle loaders. A large
stock of Cartridges f all klnda constantly
kept on band. Doi-'t lull to give them a call.
Country orders promptly attended to.
KRIBS&M'MILLEN,
DEALERS IN
Cook, Parlor and Box Stoves
COOKING RANGES AN DiH EATING
FURNACES.
Manufacturers of all kinds of
TIN COPPER AND SHEET-IRON WARE
Booflog- and all kinds of Job Work
Promptlyattended to
No. 13 Hint street. Portland, Oreson
A. C. GIBUS.
E. tV. BINGHAM
CIBBS &i BINGHAM,
Attorneys and Counsellors at Law
Portland, : : : Oregon.
Office, 8 and 9, over First National Hank
Particular auen'ion paid to business In tbe
umusu nuti.es courts.
BARTSCH'S
New Music Store,
143 First St. Portland.
(Odd Fellow' Building,)
Mr. A. Bartsch, the General Agent of the
world-renownea,
STEINWAY PIANO,
lias opened new Music Kooras at the
above place.where he keepu the celebrated
Steinway. Kranich & Bach
AND
Ernst Gaoler .cv Scale Pianos
AND BURDETT ORCANS
As well as a full supply of Sheet Music,
Music Hooks and Musical Mekciiaxdisf
Country orders promptly attended to.
ORANGE S. WARREN, Business Manager.
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Cards Cat to Order.
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weiiritnown Black and
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TYPE FOR SALE.
We have several fonts of Job Typn
(nearly new), which we will sell low.
Cases, Galleys, Leads, Rales and
Printers' necessaries generally kept on
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Newspapers outfitted at list price
freight added.
COMPOUND OXYGEN,
With free use as adjuncts of PHOSPHORUS
and CAEB0S compounds.
A new treatment for the cure of Consumption,
Bronchitis, Catarrh, Neuralgia, Scrofula and the
worst cases of Pyspesia and Kervous Debility, by
a natural process of Vitalization.
The following cases treated within the last few
months are selected as showing its range ot 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 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 eases of nervous debility of women
'doctored to death." One cured in seven and
the other in sixteen days.
10 U 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 Onygen Treatment
and all enquiries answered, rest febi, on ap
plication. Also, references to patients who have
taken, or are now using the treatment.
Addrena Dr. Pllklugtoa, or. First aai
Wathingten nta.. Portland,) Un.
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THE
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10.000
or which bave been sold on tbe Pacific Coast.
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Possessing all the power and sweetness of the
higher cost instruments. Kverr Organ fully
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THE LEADING
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Have moved into their Splendid Establishment
in union diock, on ciarz ana nrst streets. An
inexhaustible stock of well-selected
STATIONERY.
And 4n unlimited supply of books are alwavt
uu uuuu. x ins uouse uas a compreuensive as
sortment oi everymtcg Known to too trade, and
its prices are always reasonable.
Drop in and tee the premises.
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The undersigned having been appointed agents
ior tne ccieorated
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and contr-ton to that brand before purchasing
eiaewncre. w e snail endeavor to Keep a lull sup-
l"v on uanu at an times ana at tne lowest market
rates.
WtDHiM ELLIOTT
COGGINS & BEACH
Wholesale tad Retail Dealers in
AVERILL AND RUBBER,
MIXED PAINTS.
Doors, Windows and Blinds, Paints, Oils.
Brushes, etc., etc.
103 Front Street, Portland, Or.
(Formerly occupied by T. A. Davis A Co.)
-Contractors and Dealers are renuecteri
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lAsbmiitt A Oat m no, and other citisens oi
Portland. The paint will be unpolled bv
Hodge. Davl. A Co.. Portland, at 11 so nor .'.
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and 1 sauitre shineie roof baton uL dim
esssry. Full directions accompany each pack
ace. All Information wltb renin! la th nit
can be had by addrerainc
McKIKSTRT t HENDBYX,
' '-' Portland. Or.
JOHN J. SCHILLINCER'8
Patent Fire, Water end Frost Proof
ARTIFICIAL STONE.
THK UNDERSIGNED PROPRIETOR OF
tbta valuable patent on tbe Pad lie Coast,
m hvw iiciwiti4 w vmuL. u oruers ior uie
above stone for walks, drives cellars, floors,
and oil bnlldlnsr pnrnoeea. This stone Is
laid In ell shapes and In anv color or nrmir nt
colors. Orders may be lelt at 84 Front street,
opp'Mlte the Holism Ponse, Portland. Terms
given and estimate made by mail.
n. n. 1JHKHIHP Proprietor.
D. W. PRENTICE & CO.
MUSIC STORE.
iwls aOESTs ron rn
CELEBRATED WEBER;
f TAIN EH & BROS.' AND PBARE A CO.3
AA. umnd, Square and Upright Pianos, and
Eatey end Standard Organs.
ior riret atreet, Pertlnnd revest
PAPER
v .. . .s
General Ccrnsr.l:si:n Kcnt.ir.is
FOBTLASD, ObEOON.
My Annuel 'nsnlareef Vegetable and
riower needs fer Jfcee.
Eich in engravings from photographs of tbe
originals, will be sent FREE to all wlto spply
My old customers need not write for it. I oilw
one of the largest collections ot vegett-ble seed
ever sent out by any Heed House in America, a
large portion of which were grown on rov six ,
seed farms. Full dirttiiont for cultivation en tarh
package. All seed warranted to be both rah axtt
true to name; so far that, should it prove other
wise, I unit re fill ike trier arati. The origins!
introducer of Ihe Hubbard Squash, Fhiuney's
Melon, Marblelieai'. Cabbages, Mexican Corn,
and scores of other vegetables. 1 invite the pa
tronage of all who art anxious to kmt their mot
directly from the grower, reek, true, and oj the
very befrt drain
Ifrtr V ec-eUtblee n Spertmlty.
JAMfcS. U. GREGORY, Marblehead, Mas.
DeclU-lSw
BiLRG-iliniD !
IToi- Everyone.
We would inform the public that in the
line of goods we carry thiit we bave the
BEST BARGAINS IN THE STATE.
Foil information and prices furnished on
application.
Parties having articles to be sold will do
well to consign their goods to us, as we
have superior facilities for selling the
NATIUN V . "WIGHT
AUCTION A- COMMISSION
Merchants.
Cor. First and Pine streets.'I.Portland, Or.
REGrLAB'sALB DAYS,
WEDNESDAYS AND bATURDAYS.
Will purchase and sell Real Estate, Mer
chandise, Furniture, etc.
Carriages, Buggies, Wagons, Harness ana
-Horses a Specialty.
DR. W. KOHL EiR,
DENTIST.
Dr. Kohler has now located st his new and
ELEGANT DENTAL BOOMS,
CORNER FIRST AND MAIN STREETS,
(Over Dr. Plumer's drug store)
Portland, - . - - Oregon.
Where he will be glad to see his old
patrons and the public in general.
no ME BIT FISMXISSWOBK IOIIK
WEBTERU
Fire & Marine Insurance Co.
Or CALIFORNIA,
409 California Street, San Franclsc
P.J. White, Pres't. Jons Fav.V. Pres.
Geo. O. Smith, Jn., Sec'y- : "
BOARD OF DIRECTORS: "
Geo. II. Sanderson, J. McDonoogh, :
John F. Boyd, W. W. Dodge,
P.J.White, John Fav,
Wm. W. Lent, Wra. WiIHh,
P. Alfcritz, Henry Casanova.
Michael Kane.
A. P. HOTALINC & CO.
45 Front St.. Portlanti.
General Agents for Oregon and Washes
ion .territory. ,
HENRY DOBINSON. - - - Maxaokr
OLDS & SUMMERS,
3 IT1 1 It ST 8TREK T,
Depot for the Celebrated .
STARLIGHT OIL!
The Cheapest and Beet Oil la nse.
FULL LINK OF '
Crockery, classwarE
Ann
XAXXb? stocil
KSyAU orders Imn lhA
meet with prompt attention. Address all
orders to
OLDS A. SUMMERS,
183 First Street, Portland, Oregon
LATEST c
Slicot I2iicIo !
Slieot Ouclc I
Vocal and Instrumental,
Continually receives all the latest more f
faat an rnilillKhjwl .! . I.
dress on application. Send f
for Catalogue. ?
All Kinds of Zlnsical In-;
trnmenta at
D. W. PRENTICE & CO.'S
MnBBBs - '
107 First St, Portland, Oregon :
ACKNOWLEDGED
By All to be "THE"
OF OREQOM IS
Frank g. abel!
And ichen to Portland don't faU t" '.
Call and Visit His Gallery.-
Stf All the Latsmt Impkovexskts j
PnoTOCBANfY at THIS EstAblishateci
Handsome Reception and Dressing Eooir.
Bet Morrison and Yamhill,
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