The Douglas independent., May 29, 1880, Image 4

THE INDEPENDENT.
TUB C0VNTRYQIRU8 LETTER.
Essa Rib Her I tin In tbe city;
Cousin Minnie is kind aa can be. .,.
. Uncle Jobn calle ran "dear Utile dauhtr,"
Ana yet, 8ia, beteKn yoa and ,
I am awful y fcomwlck thla mornln
For tha little walla hooae by tb mill. .
The word seems ao wide louud aboul ma,
Mncna wae Utile cornet 1 all. ,
Crusfn Minnie baa beaollfnl rmenta
AwalllBg ner waarlus;. ionlaay
Anftblog toouideer Utile mother
My cashmere la made the wrong way;
And tsee Aanly looking unhappy
lie cauae It don't set a 11 ought ;
And ineeut-away bltebea In wearing-
Lton'lset Ilka the one Minnie lKuut.
BiA don't breathe a whisper to mother.
WHO Iblokal am eiylibly dressed;
I'll try not to care about (aablon,
Or whispers; "She came from out Weal."
Mr. Austin comes her to ae Mlnnl,
I tbliik bt' ber lover. AO. me.
It be really faaelee, and lovea ber.
How bappy that girl ought to be!
I'm afraid of bl eyea. blue and ateady.
He tblska I am awkward, I know.
That's ttie reaaon ha auraa at me, often,
And make my hot ebeeka redden ao.
Well bis not ray world forever.
WDbI matters It any way, tueo?
But 1 want tocome home, little alaler,
And never leave Willow again.
' POSTSCRIPT.
Idon't know. I'm aore, bow to tall yon,
I'm daaed. aod It will not seem ttue.
Bat be loved me lualead of fair Minnie!
He talk" about roeee with dew
On tbelr freshness. He aeema not to cars
In tbe leant about beanttful elolbea;
He's going to father to-morrow
To ash for a wild country Koae.
HUGH'S CHOICE.
BT ETHEL1KD BAT.
From the Evening Telegram.
Hugh McKay had made up his mind
to get marrietL He - waa thirty years
old, and considered himself no longer too
young to invest in a partner for life, pro
vided be could find one that exactly
soited hi fastidious fanfty.
lie summed tip a list of the personal
attractions which be deemed indispensa
ble to the future Mrs. Hugh, thnsly:
She must be tall and stately, with the air
and carriage of a queen; she must have
calm, serene, blue eyes, a high, intel
lectual brow, straight nose, sfnall mouth,
and luxuriant hair of a pale gold tint;
and she must not have dimple in her
chin, (that was a sign of weakness), nor
wear her hair "banged," nor her hat on
one side nothing, in short, must she do
or wear that would attract the attention
or admiration of "street loungers." -
She mnst be qniet, modest, ladylike,
never indulging in slang, and always re
serving her warmest smiles for him, and
her coolest ones for all others of the
masculine "persuasion." -.
But after finishing his list, he snddenly
realized, with a blank feeling in his
heart, that the next thing to do was to
"find her," and he soon discovered that
this was a more difficult task than he had
at first imagined. ,
In vain, he haunted the theaters, balls,
churches -every place, in fact, ' which
might be the resort of the fair, pure
flower he was so longing to pluck from
the parent stem, and transplant to his
own tender care.
For a long time he was unsuccessful,
but, at last, that fickle , dame. Fortune,
kindly befriended him, and caused him
to be introduced to Miss Josephine Page,
who, he immediately decided, was "just
the girl for him!"
She was just talT enough, plump
enough, stately enough ohl she really
could not have suited him better if she
had been "made to order." and he has
tened to cultivate - her acquaintance,''
showering bouquets ana presents and
-snimr j-attentions upon her, until the
poor girl's head was almost turned.
Well, two or three months passed
away, and one morning he called at the
home of Miss Josephine, with the inten
tion of offering to marry her, for it never
once occuiTed to him that she, or any
one else, would refuse l$m. ".ti ; ;
lie crossed the veranda, stepped
through the low,' French window into
the drawing-room and finding no one
there, threw himself lazily into an easy
chair, . to await tho entrance of his
diilrinea. ;
As he did so, his eye fell on a folded
slip of paper lying on the carpet, and
picking it up, he found that it was a tele
gram, and read as foltows:
"Will be home Thursday.
"CharlotW". Weanel- An! That was
Josephine's step-sister; he had often
heard Josie speak of her as a very wild,
unmanageable sort of girl.
"Oh, Mr. McKay," she had said to him
once. "I do hope you will not be shocked
at Charley when she comes home.,. .You
can't imagine how 'she grieves poor
mamma and iae with berjuang and care
less ways.
She's real pretty, to be snre, and her
father thinks the world of her,, but
mamma and- I really feel quite ashamed
of her!" - -
And so Charlotte, (or Charley, as she
insisted noon lieinR called) was coming,
or. perhaps, had come, for this was
Thursday, thought Mr. McKay, loung
ing back in his chair.
Just then some one entered the adjoin
ing room, singing "Baby Mine" in the
loudest, clearest and sweetest of voices.
Then some one else entered, and Jose
phines low, even voice said, "Charley,
it is not ladv-like to sine so loudlv!" "Is
that so?" exclaimed a clear, merry voice
in reply. "Well, Josie, what U ladylike?
I can't sing, I can't whistle, I can't wear
my bat on one side, or anything else with
vour consent! Must I paste my hair
down flat, and discard 'bangs' and hoops
and all such abominations? If so, 111 die
at once!
"Detestable!" muttered Hugh, under
his mustaohe. "A regular girl of tne
period"
But his soliloquy was at that moment
interrupted by the entrance of the
yonncr lady. ;
There she stood before him slender,
slight, gracefull A white hat with an
immense, blue-lined brim was placed
firimly on one side of her head; her black
hair puffed and frizzed and curled in the
latest fashion; her -parasol under her
. arm, ner gloves tucked in ner belt and
her dark eyes flashing with a sort of
"make-iun-oi-everytmng expression.
When her eyes fell upon him, she
stopped still, stared at him a moment;
then pulling her hat over a little more to
one side, called out in a distinct voice.
"My goodness, Josie, here's a man !"
Josephine came in quietly, and gave
Hngh her hand in her slow, graceful
way: then introduced her cousin, Char
ley Deane.
Charley gave him her. band with a care
less nod, then seated herself at a distance,
and proceeded to draw on her gloves.
Hugh carried on easy conversation with
Josephine, but his eyes never once wan
dered from Charley's bright, impudent
face.
Suddenly; when he least expected it,
she lifted her head,' and looked squarely
and roguishly into his eyes:
"Well,! she said saucily, "what do
you think of me? Or haven't you decided
Fnr the first time in his life, Hugh
McKay colored clear to the roots of his
liair. ..
"IH tellyou what I think of yoa,"
continued Charley, taking a hair-pin out
of her pocket, and deliberately button-
t.. 'T tliinfe vnn'rn pnnpnirwl t
um is''f - : r ,z
Good by; I am going for a walk."
And with ber parasol under her arm
she sauntered out, slamming the door
behind her. .
Somehow, it seemed to Josephine that
Hugh was not quite so enteitaining as
usual that afternoon, bat she attributed
it to her cousin s rudeness, and Kindly
made allowance for him.
"How old is she?" asked Hugh sud-
ileilr. "How old is who?" said Miss
Page, in surprise. "Your cousin," stain
mnrwd Huffb. blushing.
"Oh. Charley! why, let me see, said
Arias Pace sweetly; "she is only eighteen
.quite childish you must really excuse
her for her rudeness, will you not?"
And just' thon Miss Josie looked so
sweet and innocent and ladylike, that
Hngh suddenly remembered, for the
first time during his call, that he had
come to propose,-
"Josie," he' said, leaning forward and
toiking her hand in a very practical way
indeed, " I had almost forgotten that I
come this morning to ask you " ......
The window flew up with a crash, and
Charley came tumbling into the room,
screaming at tha top of her clear, sweet
voice": .
"Oh! oh! dear! oh, myl There's a yel
low jacket biting me stinging me, I
mean! O, horror I murder! thievet! what
ifiWIdo?" i
"Where where is it?" gasped Jose
phine, for once startled out of her grace
ful composure, 'f Is it in your sleeve? "
"Worse than that! " groaned Charley.
' It's its in here!" tugging bravely at
the fastening of her dress. "O, what
will I do? Won't somebody, please, to
take it out?" i
Hugh evidently considered himself
"somebody" just then, (what gentleman
would not under such circumstances?),
for he arose with alacrity and advanced
to proffer his assistance; but to his sur
prise Miss Charley drew back with hot
cheeks and eyes that suddenly flashed
fire. ' !. - .
"I should think you had better sense!"
she said hotly. " The idea! " And still
tightly grasping one particular fold in
her dress, she sailed out of the room,
leaving poor Hugh feeling more decided
ly "snubbed" than be had ever before
felt in his life. .,
"After all," he thought, as Charley's
pretty, graceful form disappeared, "I
believe I won't ask Josephine this morn
ing there's plenty of time and that
cousin of hers is a deuced handsome
girl, by Jove!" i
After that, each time he called, Charley
was present, and he was forced to post
pone his proposal from time to time.
The days glided into weeks, and the
weeks into - months, until three had
passed, and still Charley was always in
the way with her nonchalance and impu
denoe, alternately teasing, shocking,
horrifying and fascinating poor Hugh,
until, sometimes; he scarcely knew
whether he was standing on his head or
feet. ;.- v.- f ; " '
Meanwhile, Josephine was just as cool
and easy, and self-possessed, and lady
like as ever, and; Hugh thought every
time he saw her, how nice she would
look at the head of his table, during one
of his splendid dinner parties; and once
he actually surprised himself in the act
of comparing Josephine and Charley,
greatly to the disparagement of the lat
ter. - -
"How do you like Charley?" Josie
asked once, when they were alone.
"I don't like her at all!" he answered
promptly; he was in a very good humor
then, for Charley had been making some
very insulting remarks about his whis
kers, which, to tell the truth, were not
tbe prettiest color in the world. He bad
found her in the drawing-room, when he
called that evening, and she had looked
so sweet and provoking, curled up on the
sofa, that he had crossed the room and
taken her hand, almost before he
knew it.
"Heavens:" said Charley, laying down
her novel and favoring him with a cool
stare, "How I detest black whiskers!
Why don't you Bhave them off? you look
like a regular bear!"
And Hugh dropped her hand angrily
(he thought so mnch of his whiskers,
poor fellow) and went in search of Josie;
when he returned with that young lady,
Charley hail vanished.
"I'm sorry you don't like her!" mur
mured Josie, in answer to his vehement
assertion, "But, of course she is wild "
; "She is a flirt!" interrupted Hngh,
with an angry red spot on either cheek.
'-Just see how many fellows are paying
her marked attentions, and how coolly
she receives them all! I pity the man
she marries from the depths of my heart!
a sorry old time he will have of it!
She has no more heart than than my
cane!' I
"Yes I know! faltered Josio, looking
a little frightened. . "But if you will ex
cuse me now, I must go and take my
music lesson. You may amuse yourself
with my drawing until I return." And
she retired from the room, wondering
why Mr. McKay should become so ex
cited over only Charley.' v
Huirh. left alone, began to feel a little
bit ashamed of his sudden outburst of
temper. Suppose Josie should tell her
eousin what he had said! , How badly
poor, little saucy Charley would feel, and
oh ! how she would hate himj
And only last night she hod given him
a spray of heliotrope, and1 asked him
shyly, and actually with a little blush
(he had not known before that she could
blush) if he knew the language; and he
had thought, with a strange, little thrill
in his heart, as he looked down into her
sweet, blushing, upturned face, that if he
could but once see a tear-drop glittering
on her lashes, he would believe that.
with all her wickedness, and coquetry
and wildness, she had a heart bidden
away under her gay, saucy exterior. For
it was part of Hugh's religion, that a
girl who could neither blush nor weep,
was not worth winning.
- "Poor, little, naughty Charley!" mur
mured Hugh, with a sigh; and just then
the door opened, and the footman ap
peared with an afully white face.
"Oh, sir," he gasped, "the ponies ran
away, and poor Miss Charley was thrown
out on a rock, and they are bringing her
home to diet" i
And here the poor fellow broke down
completely, and wept like a child.
"Yon wonld not blame, me, sir," he
cried, " if you knew what a kind heart
she has, God bless her! And how she
used to make cakes and nice things with
her hands, and bring them to my poor,
sick wife, and tell us not to tell, because
Miss Josephine : would kill her! And
now she s going to die !
- And as he spoke, Hugh, who had lis
tened to the man in dumb horror,, heard
the slow, steady tramp of feet on the
stairs, and again; the door opened, and
carried her in, and placed her tenderly
on the sofa, and Hugh, with stilled heart,
looked down at the white, sweet face that
had blushed last night under his gaze.
Poor Charley ! dear little Chorl ey 1
All her saaciness and coquetry were
gone ! i
"Is she dead 1 asked Hngh with cold
lips. - i-A - t- v
And the doctor only shook his head
gravely, and sent them all out of the
room. Hugh waited at tbe head of the
stairs, with the farm laborers who had
carried there, and oh, how bitterly he re
proached himself as he heard them tel
ling of all her good and kind deeds
among tbe poor and sick. He had never
dreamed of this, and now, oh, if she
should die ! !
At last the doctor appeared, and taking
Hugh by the arm, led him into the room,
then went ont again, closing the door.
"Charley," said Hugh, kneeling be
side her, and taking her in his arms.
" Oh, my darling, I thought you were
dead!" !
Charley opened her eyes, and a smile
flashed over ner face.
" I wanted to die, Hugh," she said
faintly, "because because Josie said
you hated me !"
" Hate you ? Oh, Charley, I love you
and I have just found it out ?" " ;
" But Hngh," whispered Charley, with
a faint flash of her old sauciness, as he
pressed .his lips to hers, "do yon love a
girl who wears 'bangs? and and
Hugh, from the depths of your heart,
pity the man who marries me ? There,
you dear old fellow, kiss me, and I won't
tease any more !"
And Charley did not die, bnt lived to
make the light and joy and happiness of
Hngh's life ; but she still " banged " her
hair and wore her hat on one bide.
Tire Quail's Danger-Environed Life.
The existence of the qnail is very pre
carious, from the fact that it always
builds its nt-st on the ground, is not mi
gratory, generally takes short flights and
feeds in open fields, it incurs constant
risk of being destroyed by predatory ani
mals and birds. When these dangers
are successfully passed during the spring
and summer, the leaves are scarcely
browned by the autumn frosts before the
bird is hunted far and wide, and if it es
capes the guns of the sportsmen and the
snares set to enthrall it, it has the vicis
situdes of winter to contend with, when
the snow-clad earth not only deprives it
of sufficient food, bnt redoubles the
watchfulness of its antagonists, the owl
and hawk, Thus the life of the quail is
environed with wore dangers than that
of any other of our native birds, and it
is a wonder it continues to be so numer
ous.
' The board of education The school
master's shingle.
"USE DAJUB SEULE."
We were nearing tbe Christmas holi
day and had planned at! sorts of festivi
ties; gifts and games for the children, a
Christmas tree, dancing and all that, when
my brother received a letter which sum
moned" him to England. He would be
absent from Paris several days would re
turn Christmas morning, or at the earliest
ihe night before. His two boys, one
eight, the other ten, had been left at
Stuttgard in the family of a learned pro
fessor who charged himself with their
instruction. My brother bad arranged
to go for the children to bring them to
Paris for the holidays, when this unfore
seen demand upon him mruie the carry
ingoutof the plan impossible. We talked
the matter over at the breakfast table,
thinking of this and that way of getting
the boys home. It wasout of the question
their mother's going for them she could
not be spared from the little ones at home.
It was an emergency, and I found courage
to suit tbe occasion. I am convinced
heroines are made not born.
"I will go to Stuttgard and fetch home
the boys," I said.
My brother looked up, astonished.
"You go to Stuttgard alone!"
"Yes, I will go to Stottgard."
"Mais, mais,'' began his wife.
"Don't say a word. I want to go. I
know the road; it is all plain and simple;
it will be a pleasant excursion. I will
leave here in the morning, spend the night
with the professor and his good wife, and
the next morning, with a nephew under
each arm, I will take tha train for Paris.
Oh! I shall enjoy it ever so much."
My brother and his wife were persistent
in their efforts to dissuade, but I overrul
ed every objection and, as a result, I found
myself one tine morning in a tram going
eastward.
I has one companion at the begining
a lady with her maid and a Spanish poodle.
From Paris to Strasbourg not a word pass
ed tbe lips of mistress or maid; tUentium
was the order. . The lady was stoutish in
figure and a good deal encumbered with
wraps; she was fresh in color with pale,
hay-colored hair partly concealed by the
white Shetland scarf with which ber
maid had replaced the bonnet that was
carefully bestowed in the rack above.
The maid was tall, thin, with wide-open
eyes, in every way tbe opposite from the
lady. Her black, scanty vestments ding
ing to her scniitily-made person made
her a contrast indeed to the rather corpu
lent mistress in a large, scarlet, circular
cloak, who sat with closed eyas and with
her hands folded over her red-covered
guide-book. I could have made this dis-
cription more brief by saying simply that
my vis-a-vis was a symphony in red.
Though I did not speak during all this
journey, I felt I had company that I was
not alone.
At 9 o'clock we reached the station at
Stuttgard. and I confess I felt a little the
worse for wear, as my breakfast had been
but a cup of coffee at Strasbourg I had
made the slenderest sort of repast. My
hope buoyed me up. 1 should soon be at
home with the brave profestor aud bis
kind-hearted wife, and in the warmth of
their welcome and in the joy of seeing
our dear boys I should forget how dreary
it has been during the last four or five
hours of the way, with the dark and some
other disareeiitiU-s that I have not set
down. I found a cab at the station. I
mentioned tne street and number. There
seemed to be some needless delay in start
ing, especially as tbe driver eaw fit to
leave his horse and vehicle while he ran
off to speak with a comrade. The house
I sought I remembered to have been not
far from the station, but the way by which
it was reached on this occasion seemed
interminable. I peered out, from time to
time, in search of some familiar object or
land-mark to help me to guess where I
was.
To shorten the story, as 1 would have
the journey the carriage stopped. I got
out with my wraps and hand-bag; paid my
cabman; stepped toward the door, saw
that it was unfamiliar; looked around and
found tbat it was in a region altogether
new to me.
It was strass, it wa,Ko. 10, but not
"10 A."
I held my breath for a moment, then
recovered, and re-entered the cab; 10 A
was a new house at the other end of the
street, and we coon reached it. I recog
nized it by a tree before the door leafless
now but with the same twisted trunk. I
was surprised when the cabman demand
ed another fare, but paid it and bade him
good night as civilly ss I could as I mount
ed the steps to the house I remembered.
. The house as I had seen it in the autumn
I bad thought almost shabby in its
characterless newness but now it was
the House Beautiful. I rang gently, once,
and again. The third time I pulled vig
orously, for the cabman bad mounted to
his seat, and I begun to regard him. as a
friend, though I knew he might prove a
costly one. The door opened and the
hau meider put fourth bis head. What
did I want, fie asked. .
"Prof. Fersten."
Tbe head protruded a little further,
then a hand reached out, and a little lamp
in it was waved two or three times before
my face.
"Do yon want to see Prof. Fersten?
He's eone to Paris."
I uasped.
"His wife Mine Fersten."
"Gone to Augslurg will be back next
week."
The cabman had gathered up his reins,
was making a preparatory chirping to his
horses. I shouted to him to stop. I
learned that the professor had gone, with
my two nephews, to Pari?, and his wife to
visit ber friends. There was no onein the
apartment. Whether this intelligence was
conveyed to me in a lew words or many,
I do not know. I turned away.
"Madame surely knows it is the custom
to reward the ftatut mrister when be is call
ed upon at a late hour!"
Madame did know, and she put a half
franc into the outstretched hand. I re
turned to the carriage.
"You must take me to some hotel."
"Which, madame?"
I did not think to ask the hammeidero
recommend me one, and I do not believe
he could have in his then stupid condi
tion. I suddenly remembered my brother
had spent a night in Stuttgard once the
hotel was near the Btation. I did not
know the name, but the cabman did. We
found tt or a substitute. I paid "thrice
the fare," as did the grateful stranger to
the boatman in Uhland's verses.
An unkempt man a stable boy in ap
pearance, represented the landlord. O,
yes, they had a room! and a woman who
bad evidently been suddenly roused from
her slumbers took a light to' show me to
it. We passed . first through a room,
where at two or three tables, men were
playing cards as I saw through almost
blinding smoke then through a kitchen
where a maedchm with her head on a table
was souudly sleeping and where a smalt
black dog came out from somewhere to
growl at me then across a stone passage.
It was a small, low room wo found, with
a porcelain stove that occupied consider
able space, a short bed, a chair, a wash
tand and two trunks. The room had that
forlorn air of tidiness that a room may have
that is never occupied. The bed was
covered with a handsome enough knit
cover, ana tne winaow-curiains were
crocheted. The floor was bare bnt clean.
There were two colored French lithographs
on the walls heads and shoul lers of
blandly smiling women. On the top of
the stove was a pile ol- bed-cloths, with
which the woman msde the bed with a
dexterity that surprised me, she was eo
heavy-looking. I ventured to try my
limited German on her by asking if I
could have my tea and some hot rolls anil
butter brought to my room, for I felt the
need of establishing a connection with
somebody in my dreary condition. The
woman evidently did not understand me,
though she responded "J a, Ja." Her du
ties quickly over she bade me good-night,
and lighting a crumb of a candle tbat she
found amonng other crumbs in her apron
pocket, departed.
How desolate I felt! Tired, hnnirry,
sleepy, and not a little nervous at the
proppect of spending the night in such
unpromising quarters. But 1 determined
to begin well by making myself a little
tidy lor my tea. I soon found that I had
counted without my host, or had no host
to count on. My washstand contained a
hand basin, but no ewer, and so no water. I
must wait till my tea was brought for
there was no bell to my room. I tried to
be amused at the sitnation, to see it in its
ludicrous aspect, bnt 1 was so cold that any
attempt at a smile must prove a fearful
grimace. I shivered so that I could not
sit still aud I got up and tried to pace
around my little circle. The clock struck
11. I waited a while longer for my tea,
my teeth chattered with cold and dread of
the long night before me. At length I
took my candle and sallied out into the
passage to try if possible to call some on
to serve me, for I was sadly in need of
something refreshing. I crept noiselessly
along the u alighted corridor to the head
of the stairs aud began to decend when
the door suddenly opened below me and
let out upon the passage two or three such
sinister looking individuals that I quickly
returned breathless to my room. To my
door there came up tho sound of shuffling
feet and excited voices and a good deal of
underlined noise that I was glad to try to
shut out. With suspense and some
anxiety the minutes dragged, but at length
tbe clock on some near tower struck 12.
I gave up all hopes of even an apology
for a supper and decided to make the best
of it. There was no lock on my door, and
no way of fastening it, so I made a barri
cade before it by piling one trunk on the
other and putting my chair on that in a
way that any pressure ou the door from
the outside would throw it to tbe ground.
I could not think of going regularly to bed
under the circumstances, but I lay down
on it and over myself a big, over-stuffed
couvrt pied, which fell to the floor the
moment I dropped asleep. That, however,
must have been near morning fori count
ed several of the hours as they struck,
and my spluttering candle had burnt it
self out, leaving only a suggestive odor I
wonld gladly have been rid of.
At length a gray morning made itself
visible, and as soon as I cculd see I made
my way to the lower regions, still dark,
where I found the man of the night before
with a lantern in his hand. An old woman
was called and a fire lighted in the kitch
en stove, where I watched the brewing of
my coffee while I warmed myself. I did
not criticise my bread which I ate with a
compote of stewed pears and mustard
for the butter was an indignity nor my
account neither though it was exorbitant
and when the morning train came up
from Munich I was the first to enter.
I was alone in my compartment that
for "lone woman," and the excessive
cold aggravated my general wretchedness.
No notice was taken of me by anyone, and
I got safely to Strasbourg, nursing my
physical discomfort. At Strasbourg the
ofUcers of the train were changed, and I
became an object of interest and attention
two of the guards one a big middle-aged
man with half gray side whiskers, tbe
other younger, a tali, stooping individual,
who smiled in at my window on every
occasion, with light blue eyes of most
inane expression.
How uncomfortable those two men
made me ! At the second station after
Strasbourg the elder of the t wo demanded
of me my passport. I replied that I had
none that none was necessary on a jour
ney from Stuttgard to Paris. At this the
younger aai informed that my name was
uretchen, but it was impossible to say to
which part of Germany I belonged. At
the next station I wa) asked for my visit
ing card, with my I'aris destination. 1
produced it while the old man waiched
with evident. enjoyment my apparent dis
comfiture. .
As we approached Paris the miles seem
ed louger.. The train I knew wonld ar
rived alter dark and but 1 will not follow
the thoughts of fancies that, stimulated
by my fears, tilled my mind. At X. the
ttain stopped, and I saw mv two persecu
tors looking down toward me. and, O,
joy! I saw on the platform of the station
my good old friend Mr. C -.tranquilly
smoking a cigarette. I waved my hand
kerchief I slioute i:
"O Monsieur! Monsieur C!"
No fettered Andioraeda ever welcomed
a coming Perseus with more delight than
I did this old friend of my childhood.
My shout attracted his attention; he was
soon at my side. "'Why, Marie, Where
are you coming from where have you
been?"
Don't ask me anything. Come into
this compartment; I can't stay alone any
longer."
'Bnt I will not be allowed. This is ponr
les dames seules.
"Then take me with you anywhere I
don't care where, only take me."
The light by which I write this shines
on the beautiful face and gray hair of the
good man I have reterreil to.
In years he is twenty my senior, but in
all but wisdom and goodness be is very,
voniiff.
I have just read him this account of a
journey to and from Paris, and he responds
with And that was the dav you ottered
yourself to me asked me, iu short, to
marry you.
"Aad," I replied, "it is a dreadful thing
to be 'tm dame scale.' " Springdeld Re
publican.
Carljlc's Advice to a Literary Amateur.
In a collection of Covenantor ballads
lately published at Edinburgh there are
a few characteristic letters by Uarlyle.
One of them is addressed to a friend who
had endeavored to interest Carlyle in a
cousin whose ambition it was to win a
place among writers for periodical litera
ture. It sets forth in snch a vigorous
fashion the hardships and uncertainties
of the literary career that it is worth
quoting for the benefit of yonng writers
in general, who are apt to be so dazzled
by the brilliant career of the few who
succeed that they do not rightly estimate
the wretchedness of the many who fail
Carlyle writes: "There is no madder
section of human business now welter
ing under the sun than that of periodi
cal literature in England at this present
day. The meagrest bread-and-water
wages'at ony honest,steady occupation, I
should say, are preferable for a young
man. I mistake much if your cousin
were not wise to stick steadfastly by his
law and what benefits it will yield him;
studying, of . course, in all ways to per
feet and cultivate himself, bnt leaving
literary glory, etc., to lie in tho distance,
an obscure possibility of the future,
which he might attain, perhaps, bnt also
could do very well without attaining. In
another year, it seems, his official salary
may be expected to increase into some
thing tolerable. He has his mother and
loved ones within reach; he has, or by
diligence can borrow and have, some
books worth reading; his own free heart
is within him, to shape into humble
wisdom or mar into violent madness;
God s great sky is over him, God s green,
peaceable earth around him. 1 really
know not that he ought to be in haste to
quit, such arrangements. Nevertheless,
if he persists in purpose to write, which
in my ignorance of the details of his
situation x anow not mat ne suoniu ab
solutely avoid doing, let him by all
means try it. If he turn ont to have the
fit talent he will decidedly find an editor;
if not, it is better in all ways that he do
not find one. They, the
editors, will make short work - of the
business and answer truly, 'That is all
they will answer. In conclusion, I
should say that your cousin ought de
cidedly to try for some other subject to
start with than criticism on Shakspeare.
Doubtless ho must know best what he
has the call to write upon, if we have
really an inward call. Bnt the thing he
will nave the chance to write entertain
ingly upon will be something he
specially himself has seen, not probably
Shakspeare, I should say, which all the
world these two eenturies has been doing
its best to see. Excuse this abruptness.
Heaven knows I wonld gladly help your
cousin if I could."
Necessary Part op EDtioAnos. To
learn to work skillfully with the bands
must become a part of common educa
tion. Bich and poor alike should be
taught how to work, for it is quite as
likely that the rich will become poor as
that some of the poor will become rich;
and that is, and always must be, a poor
education which fails to prepare a man
to take care of himself and his depend
ents in life. We understand what to do
with criminals. We confine them and
set them to learning a trade, especially
the yonng criminals. Tbe reform schools
never leave out the elements of manual
industry. Why is it not just as legiti
mate to teach the virtuous how to take
care of themselves without crime, as it is
the vicious. f J. G. Holland.
A Tough Question. Children are
often puzzled by questions which are
not understood by thei elders. During
the late Franco-Prussian war a Sunday
school scholar read about the prayers
which the Germans and French were pe
titioning Heaven for success to their
arms. "Mother," asked a little girl of
her parent, "I don't see what the Lord
can do under the circumstances, do you?
He ean't give the victory to both of them,
and it seems to me like a terrible
dilemma to be placed in." Her mother,
who was not entirely satisfied with the
role which Great Britain plaved in the
affair, remarked, "Well, trm dear child,
perhaps he will do as thefeiglisn da,
and remain neutral."
AaroB Suit.
A correspondent of the Louisiville
Courier-Journal, who has been visiting
the vicinity of Blennerhassett's island,
mentions an incident in the life of Aaron
Burr, which it is said has never before
been published. It is related by Dr.
William Crump of Powhattan county,
"Va., the charges d'affaires to the court of
Chili during the administration of Presi
dent John Tyler.
Dr. Crump was an elegant and courtly
gentleman of the old school of Virginia
"quality." He had married Miss Maria
Moody of Williamsburg, an heiress and
ward of Mr. Tyler, and the reigning bell
of Virginia about the time that Mary and
Rebecca Belling of Petersburg, were in
the zenith of their beauty and belledom.
It was at a dinner one day during the
canvass between General Winfield Scott
and Mr. Pierce, that I heard a remark
able conversation between Dr. Crump
and Hon. W. S. Aroher, Senator from
Virginia. It occurred at Letione, the
mansion of Dr. Crump. The mail was
brought in, and, between the courses,
Dr. Crump obtained a copy of the En
quirer, the Democratio organ, edited by
the celebrated Mr. Ritchie. Dr. Crump
read a few moments, and then suddenly
dropped the paper, striking the table
with his fist and exclaiming :
"My God! Mr. Aroher. we have a
prophet with us, and Aaron Burr is that
prophet r
Startled at the name of Aaron Burr.
Mr. Archer drew up his aristocratic head
the fire of Whig hate gleaming in his
eyes.
And what of Aaron Bnrr r he said.
with coldness and hauteur, as only a
self -poised, thoroughbred Virginian can
assume.
" Mr. Archer, I tell you that Aaron
Burr was a prophet, and has a sort of
prophetic second-sight, as they say over
yonder at Mr. MoCrea's, my neighbor,
who is a Scotchman as well as a gentle
man Mr. Colin McCrea," said Dr.
Crnmp, and then he continued:
"A few years ago I was dining in New
York with General Scott. He invited a
limited number of gentlemen, and among
them was Aaron Burr. . I remember it
was the first time I had ever seen or met
Colonel Burr. He was late in arriving.
and when the distinguished visitor was
announced every one was hushed, into
silence and every eye was fastened upon
the little, old, withered figure that en
tered the room, with the eye of an un
tamed eagle and the air of an exiled
prince or dethroned emperor. General
Scott rose to meet him and shake hands;
then presented him formally to each of
his guests. I don't know how it was,
Mr. Archer, but it seemed natural for
Mr. Burr to lead in conversation ; and
he talked and we all listened. I never
before heard snch a flow of wit and hu
mor, so rich a blending of wisdom and
wit, and pathos and eloquence. We lis
tened, entranced, to this little old man in
a seedy coat, whose tongue and beauty
had charmed women and subdued men
to his will ; whose eye was still like the
eagle's and whose very courtly air
and natural sweetness were undimned
and unaltered. I could not have
talked if I had wished. I shall never
forget his reply to Scott, when the gen
eral alluded to the calumnies that hod
been heaped upon him in former years.
General Scott, you know, is a gentle,
lovable man, as he is a brave and gal
lant officer. He wished, in the goodness
of his heart, to make Colonel Burr feel
at ease in this company, and Scott often
told me that Burr was the keenest poli
tician in the country, and as to being a
traitor, he scouted the idea. Well, as I
said, General Scott Spoke consoling
words to the faded old man, and de
scanted on the ingratitude of princes and
republics. Burr listened, while his eye
hi ightened and gleamed with tbe fire of
inspiration. He spoke on, and I will
never forget his reply. He said, 'Gen
eral Scott, what you say is trne, and is
more so in my case than with many oth
ers far more illustrious than myself. But
I will tell yon. General Scott, while you
are in the heyday of your glory and your
greatness, while the glorious sun does
not shine on a greater warrior or nobler
man, the time is coming, and not far dis
tant, when your countryman will declare
that you were a coward at Lundy's
Lane.' '
"It seemed that lightning had struck
in the room. Snch a declaration pro
duced an astounding effect on the whole
party, and every glass was left untouched
and the wine untasted. The silence was
appalling. The little, old faded man, in
faultless linen and coat much worn,
seemed inspired with the indignation he
felt at a nation's ingratitude and the
malevolence of party spirit of which ho
was a victim. It was many minutes be
fore the company regained its compo
sure, and very soon they dispersed. Col
onel Burr drinking no wine and dining
verv abstemiously, as was his custom..
Tali of personal magnetism! Mr. Bnrr
possessed it as n other man I ever saw;
he commanded and subdued men and
charmed women by his wonderful elo
quence and his matchless beauty, just as
he willed it."
"And now, Mr. Archer," continued the
venerable charge d'affaires, "here is
Burr's prophecy literally fulfilled. Read
yourself and see what the Enquirer says."
He passed the paper to Senator Archer,
nerhans at that time the proudest man in
Virginia, a devoted Whig and friend of
General Scott, and who hated uurr as
much as any good Whig ever hatred a
sound Democrat.
And. sure enough, there it was, all
written in the Enquirer, which Senator
Archer read slowly, and he read wen
perhaps better than anyone else of his
day, unless it was his sister, Miss Betsy
Archer, a most gifted and beautiful wo
man. That dining party separated at night;
the campaign waxed warm, and General
Soott was overwhelmingly defeated, and
the prophecy of Burr fulfilled to reple
tion. I have heard Dr. Crump repeat
edly say that General Scott firmly be
lieved that the reputation ol liurr would
be fully vindicated in later years, and
and posterity wonld do him justice as re
gards the charges of treason.
JOKINO WITH AN ExGLISH SUBALTERN.
As soon as. a subaltern joinB his regi
ment he is submitted to a course of prac
tical jokes, ill treatment and bullying all
around, to which he must oner no re
sistance, or his career will be a short
one. For instance, a few years ago a
man named Royd joined his regiment,
and on tne first evening among his new
comrades was "drawn ;" that is to say, he
was visited iu his room during the small
hours of the morning, and ordered to go
down into the ante-room for court
martial, the charge against him being
that he had risen from the dinner-table
while an officer senior to him had re
mained sitting. Boyd being of hnge
stature and gigantio strength, stoutly
resisted, and eventually picked up the
largest man in the room, carried him out
to the landing, and dropped him over
the baluster on to the flagged passage
below. The enect was magical, in an
instant all the hubbub was hushed, and
the injured man was raised. .Fortunately
the result was nothing worse than a
sprained ankle and a severely bruised
hip. He took it very quietly, and
merely looked up at Koyd, who was
standing near, and said coolly, "I'll
have you out for this." Very possibly
this new comer did not think much of
the threat, but his career was virtually
over; at every hour of the day and night
did he have cause to repent" that hasty
action, and during the autumu maneu
vers of that year the climax came. It
was in this wise: On a pouring wet day.
or rather, night, he had to visit the pick
ets, and as, for some reason, he had no
horse, was compelled to do the rounds
on foot. On coming in after a tramp of
some miles, thoroughly soaked and tired
out, he was ordered to visit yet another
outlying picket, six or seven miles away.
Then was bis tormentor's opportunity;
he would not permit him to take a troop
horse, though be himself was riding.
Tired, cold and wet, this young sub
altern reached the picket. Something
went wrong, as did his temper, and he
swore at one of the men. His fate- was
sealed. His senior immediately puthim
under arrest, and he was - told by the
colonel tbat he must send in his papers
or undergo trial by court martial. Of
course he left the regiment. London
Society.
" Farm and Fireside.
By washing the trunks of young trees
in a preparation ot an ounce of carbolic
acid to a pail of Boap suds, you will be
able to keep away all animals and in
sects that destroy the bark.
There is nothing like having a good
quantity of bedding for all animals. It
makes their repose more comfortable and
serves an excellent purpose of absorbing
the liquid excrements.
Bread Pndding:j Soak the bread
crumbs in sweet milk until" they will
mash fine; add two eggs, a cup of rais
ins, one cup sugar, and flavor to taste;
bake in quick oven. Serve with sweet
ened cream. . ;
Save all the ashes that are made upon
the farm even coal ashes are nseful as
an absorbent and aj divisor of the soil
but by all means save all the wood ashes
for their supply of potash, which is an
important element of fertility.
Laying hens need a great deal of
lime, in order that their eggs may have
the proper thickness of shell. Nothing
better can be given than raw bones
crushed fine. .They are of special value
on account of the fatty matter contained
in their cells. j
Wash! for Mossy Trees: Heat an
ounce of sal soda to redness in an iron
pot, ) and dissolve it in one gallon of
water, and while warm apply it to the
trnnk. After one application the moss
and old hark will drop off and the trunk
will be quite smooth.
Moderately fat animals are the most
profitable. Every fat animal has been
fed at a loss during the latter part of its
feeding. When an . animal is ready for
market sell it; if there is feed left, buy
some more lean animals and feed them.
"The nimble sixpence" brings the profit.
Apple; Trifle: Peel, core and boil till
tender, a dozen tart apples, with tho rind
of a lemon grated; strain through a sieve,
add sugar to taste and pnt into a deep
mm dish. Make a custard of a pint of
eream and the yelks of two eggs with a
little sugar. " When cold lay it over the
apples with a spoon and over the whole
place whipped cream. ;
For flesh, producing nurnoses sweet
corn is the best, but, for making good
bread meal, white Hint corn is the best.
possessing more starch and flesh pro
ducing properties and less oil than the
yellow corn. The white corn is also bet
ter for working animals, bnt for butter
and fattening purposes the yellow corn is
the best.
A calf will draw milk in three minutes.
and the nearer a milker can come to that
time the better. A slow milker makes
the cow impatient and often causes her
to hold up her milk. The strippings are
the richest part, and if a cow is milked
quietly, as well as quickly, there will be
more as well as richer milk, because of
the strippings.
This advioe comes from an old lady
seventy-three years old: "Tell your
readers to put one pint of salt and-one
pint of soft soap (it ought to be farmer's
soap) to ten gallons of water and uso it
on currant and gooseberries." I'll war
rant them a fall crop. Put plenty of
ashes, coal or wood, around the roots to
increase the size of the berries.
Parsnip Fritters: Scrape and halve
the parsnips, boil tender in hot, salted
water, mash smooth, picking out the
woody bits; add a beaten egg to every
four parsnips, a teaspoon ful of flour,
pepper and salt at your disci etion. and
enough milk to make into a thick batter;
drop by the spoonful into hot lard and
fry brown. Drain into a hot colander,
anaaisn.
Sulphur, one ounce to a gallon of wa
ter, and sprinkled or syringed over
grape vmrs just at nightfall,. will destroy
insects and mildew, and leave no bad
show afterward.. When sifted as a pow
der it nas an unpleasant and oftentimes
injurious effect, although it is ackhowl
edged a specific manure of value, even
when applied broadcast upon the soil.
French poultry fanciers who make a
specialty of raising fowls for the market
are now feeding their poultry with bar
ley and steamed carrots. Their rapid
fattening qualities are something won
derful,, and it is said that the roots also
impart a peculiar flavor to the flesh that
suits the taste of the French epicure ex
actly. The long yellow carrots are con'
sidered the best for this purpose.
An "old tnrkey raiser," who has been
experimenting as to the effect of charvoa
upon turkeys, says he shut four turkeys
up in a pen and fed them on meal, boiled
potatoes and oats, while four others from
the same brood were given the same
food, except that a pint of finely powder
ed charcoal was mixed with it every day,
and a liberal supply of it was placed in
the pen. The eight were killed the same
day, but those given charcoal weighed a
pound and a half apiece more than the
others, while their flesh was much ten
derer and better flavored.
Heine at Home,
I soon found the house, which was on
the corner of a little narrow street that
bends off the rue du Faubourg Poissoon
niere. It bore the number of 46.
mounted three flights of narrow, danger
ously polished stairs, and stooped before
a small brown door, by which there was
a green silK bell pull. I rang, and a
corpulent, rather youngish lady opened
tne uoor, cast a sharp looK at my father
land coat, and said that S"M. Eene" was
out. "I am sorry," said I in French,
with real chagrin, "not to find M. Heine.
I come from Leipsic and bring him a
letter from M. Laube. When, madame,
can 1 have the pleasure?"
"He is not out! He is not out!" cried
a very thin voice from within, and a
small man neither old nor young, with
his head bent forward, appeared at the
door in a dressing-gown that flapped
about his naked legs. It was Heinrioh
Heine, and a pressure of his soft
hand greeted me. "Entrez tou jours!
Eiitrez tou jours! I have just come home
must change my clothes because I am
bathed in sweat," said he, coughing, but
as loud as if he were talking to a half
deaf person. "Yes, my dear, this is a
friend from Germany, who brings me a
letter from Laube," he explained to his
wife. "Mme. Heine will not permit Ger
mans to see me. She knows them at a
glance," and he rushed back into the
next room.
" Ja, mein err," said madame, smilling,
"I recognized monsieur as a German at
once." "By what?" I asked. "Oh, mon
Dieu, by your clothes and your shoes."
1 cast a glance at my coat and shoes
Dresden make and I couldn't see any
thing remarkable about them, still they
must have lacked samething of style. To
tell me so was not polite, however. "And
why," I asked, "are the Germans so
treated by you? Yet I can well imagine
tbat your husband is overburdened with
visitors."
"I cannot deny it," said Heine, who in
the meanwhile had appeared in a more
respectable toilet. "There seldom comes
anything agreeable to me from the Fath
erland. The Germans who present them
selves here are often of a doubtful na
ture. But if a worthy fellow-countryman,
whose name is known to me, does
me the honor to pay me a visit he can be
sure of a friendly reception. Bnt come,
come into my room ; we mast have a long
chat."
Now I had a closer look at Heine. He
was still far from being the sick man of
whom we are accustomed to think. True,
the right eye-lid bad fallen and nearly
concealed the eye, but no other trace of
the coming apoplexy was visible in his
face. The face was of a singular beauty.
The forehead was high and broad, the
nose finely and nobly modeled. A reddish-brown
beard shaded a well-formed
mouth and concealed the chin. The
dark brown hair of the head, which hung
down upon the neck, betrayed no trace
of age. The general expression of
Heine's face was one of dreams melan
choly, but when he spoke or moved an
unexpected look of energy appeared,
and an astonishing and almost demoniac
smile. He was then in his 48th year.
The disease which later made such
frightful ravages had only began to
show slight, almost unnotieeable marks
of its presence. Alfred Meissner,
"I am : astonished my dear young
lady, at your sentiments; you make me
start!" "Well, sir, I've been waiting for
you to start for the last hour."
Dickens and his Wife Again.
The manifest fact that everything near
or remote about the late Charles
Dickons is yet a source of interest in
America must be my excuse for quoting
in exteiuio from the Boulevard a series of
paragraphs "inside" paragraphs I sup
pose they call them concerning poor
Mrs. Dickens, une nas auunaant rea-.
son so know that the writer is well in-
formed. The Boulevard, I may ob-J
serve, is a society paper printed in Eng- '.
lish, and published in rans ior circula
tion there, and also on this side of the
channel. It has a large and steaduy in
creasing circulation. The proprietor is
a ladv named Burke, and the editor, con
jointly with hor, is Clifford Millage, a
Paris correspondent of considerable con
tinental experience. Now for the para-
graphs: ? , .
"The novelist, being oi au men uie
greatest admirer of the useful virtues in
women, of course chose a wife lor good
looks and good nature alone. She be
longed to a generation in which hyster
ics and attacks of nerves were indulged
in by all women as a matter of course
whenever the affairs of life seemed griev
ous to them ; they were dowdy, slow.
sincuy iemmine, ana xauaaoiy inuuueu
of aesthetics; but the love of excitement
inseparable from human nature, found
its vent in fits of screams and tears.
Without any wish to speak unkindly of
the gentlewoman who is just dead, it
must be owned that she was eminently ae
son siecle. Dickens was not very tole
rant of any form of sensibility, and his
wife's hysterics 'gave' on his nerves past
endurance. This alone, all scandal not
withstanding, was the one cause of the
rupture and final parting.
The domestie discomforts of David
Copperfleld and Dora are no exaggera
tions of the real miseries of the Dickens
household under the flaccid management
of its mistress. Things happened there
which could never by any possibility
have occurred under any other roof
tree, as Dickens himself used to declare
in desperation of spirit. I have seen
their house barricaded and garrisoned
by a drunken cook, who executed a war
dance at the drawing-room windows,
hurling defiance therefrom at the exclud
ed family and the assembled inhabitants
of the neighborhood. On one occasion a
somewhat numerous party was gathered
at the dinner table, when Maclise re
marked to his neighbor in an innocent
voice, "I'nt there something curious
about the table-cloth ? It doesn't shine!"
On examination, it struck the person ad
dressed that the dinner was served upon
a sheet. Far more trying to the guests,
however, than any li'.tle eccentricity was
the strong language with which the
host received the conventional blunders
of the poor little hostess.
Miss Hogarth took her sister's place in
the household by reason of her order,
briskness and managing powers. The
world's suspicions of her and her brother-in-law
were absolutely without found
ation. She was happily exempt from
the weakness of her time, never had hys
terics, and always kept brown paper par
cels and pieces of string out of view of
the ferociously orderly master of tho
house. Whether the course she took
was altogether sisterly may be question
ed, but its usefulness and self-sacrifice
oan hardly be a matter of doubt.
The brothers Dickens wor9 not fitted
for the holy estate. Nevertheless they
all rushed young into the bonds. Of
four, only ono lived with his wife. Pri
vate separation, the divorce court and
flight to America pnt an end to the mar
riages of the three others.
Cun ol sneer.
We would call the attention of our
readers to the advertisement in another
column of Mr. W. Green, of Salem. We
are acquainted personally with some of
the parties who have their names to his
certificates and can vouch for their gen
uineness. Mr. Green has been well
known in Oregon for some years, and has
made many wonderful cures, having m
moved cancer and birth marks without
the use of the knife. He proves his
faith in bis power to do what he under
takes by making no charge until the pa
tient is cured, and then making but mod
erate charges. Mr. Green visit any part
of the State to see patients.
From a Well Known t'ltlsenaf ChlcitffO.
CHICAGO, III., Jan. 1, 1880.
P . Warner to.. Rochnter. JX. Y.:
Okhtlkhsn: I have awed Warner' Bale
Kidney and Liver Core will) the greatest pt
iafactlon. It In the only remedy I have ever
naeu tbat I can recommend to my friends, a it
haa cared larof Brtgni's dUeaae of iook stand
ing, after baving vltdted tbe Wblie KulpMir
Hprinxa of Virginia, and tiytri? lnmineruM
real led "remedies," of tbe day. Ilmo; te
sldeU hrre for forty-teven yearn, my f.in-tl
will be glad to see this statement, rnad'tt uv
erer la, iadeeil, a publin beaefnc".
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,491, Wabash avenue, jiear Tweaty-imib
A fireat Dlacotery b n Great Mnu.
Tula, primarily, la what Warner's st- Ner
vine la. Tbe greH man is one of tne ap 1 1
mons living physician.. He louml a i,rmi. as
remedy fir all kinds of paln.otliem lmpr.-v.-vi
It, and tbe final result is, the raft Ni-rlie
now manufactured oaly b H. 11. Waru. r t
Co
rinmaklBcaax parenate ac la ril
I x In response to any ndverl lem nl I
thie paper yon will pleaae ineflu the
name or tne paper.
Office of MBixisRao C. )
li FIB-.T 8T.1Z7 Froht Sr., S-PoBTittND.Os-,
May L 1S80 J
ORDER DEPAETMENT.
To Country Kexidents:
In addition to our immense
HOME TRADE,
We are now doing the largest
OBDEB BUSINESS
Of any house in Oregon. Every mail
brings us orders from every district of
the Great North west, and we receive
hundreds of letters expressing satisfac
tion with the goods we send.
Write to us for Anything you Want.
We will fill your orders at the same
prices as if you were purchasing at our
counters.
We will Guarantee Satisfaction.
If goods do not suit, you may return
them.
KE WILL SEND YOU NEW GOODS.
' - FOB
E DO NOT KEEP OLD ONES.
You will find pnr prices astonishingly
under any others you have had quoted,
and our goods .
AS GOOD AS THE BEST.
We want your trade; we will try to de
serve it. Send for samples and catalogue
M ELLIS BROF. & CO.
Grand Mammoth Dry Goods Bazaar,
Runs I kronen Suo Feet, from 12S First
at io la7 Front Mt.. Pnrilaxd. "r.
A. C. GIBBS.
W. BINOnAV
GIBBS & BINGHAM
Attorneys and Counsellors at L?w
Portland, : : : Oregon.
Office. 8 and 9, over First National Bank
Particular attention p:d to business In the
Unit! r.(it emirts
B.C. KKROKS.
ALFBtn VOSPEB;
MERGES & VOSPR, j
MARBLE WORKS i
47 Stark St. Portland. Or.
Monument. Oravestosea, Mantels, :
Wuh Ml&rw. TshlA Tnna. etn. done In ItAl. i
Ian aud American Uarble. Also Deal
ers In Scotttti and American Granite
Monument. Parties el a distance will
be furnlah.d with deahrna to aeleet from
I by writtn for the same.
The Boss Puzzle,
OR CAME OF FIFTEEN
yoa sale.
Wlioleasnle and Retail,
... BY
THEODOn CARLTON,
So 8S First Street, Portlnaa), Oregon
Tbe fame will be sent to any arfdrets for 60
eants. Wben It la not convenient to send
money, postage atarnpe can be aenV. Mr. Carl
ton baa added tneficure IStotbepczale.whicb
gtvea It addliioi al Interest. Tbe 16 poxtle la
made by arranging; tba blocks ao aa to have
tuem count op U In every direction. n23-lw
J. i. case TiinEsnriG
New Improved Threshing Machine for 1880
LESS BELTS. NO CLOGGING OF SEIVE3. NO CRACKING OF GKAIN.
NO WASTING OF THE FARMER'S GRAIN.
Jt Is the Hacalne Tor Tbresbermen to Buy, ' .
THE CELEBRATED DINGER WOODBURY PO WE R
FOTJtt BULL PINIONS. NOT A COG BROKEN IN FOUR YEARS.
Warranted to Bun Lighter and be Stronger than any other Power. 2000 aoM hi IST'1.
SELF-FROPUXXZHG ENGINES FOR 1880. ;
Reversible Forward and Backward. Sizefr-nS, 10, 12, and 15 Horse-power.
J. z. casseIieader.
BSWARE OP IMITATIONS. , t
The Hodges Case and Woods Case are not made by us. They only assumed these
names to sell their worthless machines. The J. L Case Header is only sold by us and
onr authorized agents. , . J-I, CASE T. M. CO.
Send forClranlnr and Price List. Branch Haas at Portland, Oreacait.
may2lml " G. W. STAVEB, Agent for Oregon and Washiatoa.
Dr. SPINNEY
NO. I I KEARNY ST.
- Ban Francirco, Cal.
Treats all Cnronte and Bneclal Diseaaea.
YOUNG MEPT
WHO MAY BR KOFKEIUNG FROM
tbe effect ot youthful follies or indis
cretion, wl 1 1 do well loavail themselves of Ibis
tbe greatest boon ever laid at the al'ar ornQfler
ing hamanitr. IR. ttPINNEY will guarantee
to forfeit t'UHI for every case of Hemlnul Weak
ness or private disattnq of any kin-1 or charac
ter which be nnriert- ken sndfaiU to cure..
SIIDDLK-AGED SIEW.
There are many men at me aire ot tblrtyto
aixty who are troubled with too fp qntmt evac
uations of the bladder, often accompanied oy
aaliKht smarting or turning senxation and a
weakening of the j!iin in a manner the pa
tient cannot account f' r. On examining tbe
urinary depn'f. s rur; nt"lmait l!l often be
found, and artmeiiUft! email paiticle of alln
roeii will appear, or I cx.lor wi'l beotathin
tnliklb hue, iignij rtitngme ti a drk and
torpid appearance. There -re many men who
die of Hum dlfUcully, luii'innt ot Ihe cause,
which is I he M cond steire -remtHl weakness.
lr 8. will Ettxmntee a periwt cun- In all such
case, an I a healthy restoration of the gnlto
arlnwry orgqn.
Office Honri 10 to 4 an'! 8 to 8. Sundays
from IU to It A St. Consultation Irve. Ttirm oh
examination xbdalvicv. Si.
Call or ad. Ires.
OB.SPl.VSEV tCO.
Ko. II Kenruy mien. fen KraiiCiaco.
P. S. For private diseases of short standing
a lull course of medicines sufficient to rur-,
with vwkm-v instructions, will be sent to
any addses on receipt t ten dllats.
JEWETTS HE fiOILEa
ASl) RiW
Strictly Pure Atlantic
WHITE LEAD,
WINTIOW GLASS, BEU8HE3. VARNISHES,
C.T. KAYJiOLUS 4 OO.'-- COLOK8. liia
'Window end Blindei.
CCCCINS A BEACH,
l FRONT STREET, POKTl.AND. OR.
General Agency AVER1LL Mixed Taint. Oldest
an i beat. lebZuml
IIOLMAN'S
FEVFR AND ACUE
LIVER PAD.
Knre Cure for Fever and
Ague, Dyspepsia. Neoralgia
and Rheumatism. No Med
icine nqulred. For sale by
ill druaststs. Price t2. tci.t
17 mail. WATSON t CO,
!24 Market sl. an Franeseo,
Agents for tha Panide Onast.
BARTSCH'S
MUSIC STORE,
. 143 First Street, Portland,
GKKCRAt. AGENT FJU
KRANICH & BACH, aod ERNST GABLER
New Scale Upright Pianos & Burdett Organs.
Instruments said on the Installment plan
Ftheet MuKin, bc-oks and Musical Merchandise.
Catalogues iiirnlshed nn application. Country
orders fllied on application. sp(H.f
ESS
THE OREGON
NEWSPAPER PUBLISHING
Company
la now ptepared to farnlshl
nsides, Ouutdes and Bup-1
u'ements on theshortest no-fc
lice. Address W. D. Palmrr.X
Box 59. Portland, Or.
LIBERAL ADVANCES
Mad on Consignments cf
BY
Cliristy Ac Wise,
Wool Commission Merchants,
607 Front 8u, San Francisco,
it4 Front St., Portland.
a'Jtdlm
Wffl. BECK & SON,
Importers and Dealers in
GUNS, RIFLES &, REVOLVERS
Of Every Description.
Remington's, Sharp's, Ballard &. Winchester
REPEATING RIFLES.
Headquarters for
Base Balls, Prize Bats, Croquet Gtmes,
Velocipedes, Archery, Lawn Tennis,
FISHING TACKLE,
Of every description and quality.
Rods.
Reels,
Lines,
Baskets, n
'Floats,
:$ Sinkers,
Sturgeon lines and Hooks of all Kinds.
Cr. FftOIlT at A LDER a treats, Prtlnl
- mr - wntt -
f.iag::i::e cg2?::sv.
A'
3ir
S
HEALTH FOB A.1U..
TIHATKIQBTMARK-HALAfUAT. KtVr-.R
has arrived lo all ltauopleaaanlj-ea ( a-
artoot drags are taken in large quaii'lti-- nt
tuner expense, aoanttdoe that chilly, cr.-epiMt,
snaaiDK feeling wlib no oiber roaull iia:
Impair to system. Pfonder's Sure, H ife .1
ftpeedy Fever end Agu Mixture, a regeia ua
compound, wilt not only save you from i -u
snaKing, dm win aiao reuuos yimr eip
Price f 1 per bottle. Tried. aptrnve-l atxi
ommen lel by many. Your elrncrl hs r
will gel It for yoa. 'The Original." iufct-tu,. .a
saving It.
CANCER AND TUH0R CURCD.:
Birth Marks and Wens removed wtlhno -t
ate or the knife or loss of blo-d. Ri-eripi t4
of Cancers In bottles to show. Foroov ol r r- '
ttflc&le from leading citizens ttf cum r, jie
years ago In Oregon, and tuil partlcniar i
dr W. GREEN, Sa'ein, Orevo .
Until September, lfetjO, and after that Hi." at -
UBKiina,uununiis.
Ha Vtll h. ,Hh. AMMU, filaU WlLm 4. - . . T
Tnoal'e nf Mr. Job n Brooks, ontvxile (rest .
nt r-airuronnde;ordropa, letter In I Lett. a
Poatcffice. He eipeft to visit- vnltia .
Tear during the Male Fair; also Port an' j-t
before or arter the Fa'r.en-l can be ..o:..t f
tbe leading hotel all of which t nieljr
will be given in tbl snd nttser leucine ..
Ko pay required until care l etTeeted. s
niu.v lertiiiOrtU-s ere fmav awua i.f m- i ,
men in ihe Ktste. and nan v.-uca t-tt u r
veracity. 17l certiflrjilr wcalu till an i i
column in One prim. .
JOHIt KP-PEKLY.
, C. rr:K;-.
John Epperly & Co.
nave Jnst opened a new
Feed and Commission Hou
KO Iff. Pmnl Blfinnf JwvaMM -.aW - . .
Fill M faun ft fa. iimn)tttm nlrwb- u. .
,rprOregon Fruits and Prod to
aspects I ly.
.:iTiIea!Et" Vl 1 lble. Corner Front and
Market. Tb only targe eon-all in tsecM for
stocjt.
Wen.iT'a ate s-il an an Ira nedisto
stimulus for a Torpid I.nr, and enrs C-etivs. .
Bess, I)rsrrla,Bil!ooaness,BIIons WMTtMaa,
Malaria, Tever and A cue, and are t wful Tai
times la nearly all Diseases lo canse a rea ami
rerular action ofa Bowaia. Ta B at anU.
dots tocau atsiarial Foiaao. Itoce, Sa a box.
Wrnwr" fcftHervtne "uneMy c! es Hen
and bleep to the snfterlns, cures Keadiebs and
r.enraiia. Prevents pileptie Fits, aid n tl t
best remedy tot bervoua rrastnuloa brmelit
on by excessive cms King, over-war, menial
shocks i and other combs. Itralievea t m Pana '
of all Uisesses. and Is never tnjuxio? t to in i
system. Tbe best of ail Nervines, J) alios of
f 1 '") a two slwai pi ous, boo,
I . " V Wmratr'm Safe
I 1 atiB41a are
(oldbyDmxrrlata
nnd lacafcsni tu
(Ifjdlela my
whera,
v n rrririvm !
Proprietors,
senseats. M. Y
I sHr-Bend for l ampbld
' aad Test; menial.
RON!) DATIS at lwV Afrrnle. '
- - - Poriliud. Or.
The Great Eiglisli Remedy
I a never-fa Mo f ure
tor Nervous Debility,
Exhausted VI (all y,
Hemlnal 'esknns,
Ppertnatnrrti'ia, If
mHUU, Iroro
teney, Para yds. '
atl tna Irrrtld effe l
of Keif Aboea, youth. .
fui tollies, and exeve
ae In anatun r ya r-
snch aa Lrsta or Mi'in
oryXaaaliurio. Nee r
nai k.uiiKoa, avemuu tosooiely, Dunnes, or
Vis on, Noise In tba bead, tha nl 0 -i
passing unobserved In tbe urine, and mr y
other disease that land lo Insanity aidde- 'i.
1)11. KISTIK wi l agree to forft lt Five
Hnndred Dalian for aeaaeof this kind i -
VIIALNkloaAllf Kloodet b s pe- I
advice and treatment; will not cone, or ( r
anything Impure or fnjnrioos round to tv.
IH. MtflTlk treats all Private Diet sees n
eesafolly without mercury. Cawaultatr.
Free Thorough examination and a vie- ' .
eluding analysis of artne, 15 01 Price of tl tl
Kewturatt. S3 00 per bHr, f tout ' ''
the quantity for I0 60; ' to any ld.-
r.o receiptor prio. or 13. u. P.. f c", 'row - ..
elation, . nTln ffST' ' -
II Kearny street, r mnrlaee, ai.
itPR "l ici'af.eorea all kind f Kkl y
and Bladder Complaints. Oonorrnes , HI; I,
"JeJcSrrrasa. For sale .by all drag. ; tt -
an? be and e bee pest BtsHEPIU I
rtllTioVMeareio tbe ma-ket. fotaMe mM'
Ms!fcl'st wi) 0. Portia n .
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