THE INDEPENDENT.
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WIDOWS FEE5S, AXD BOSAXCE.
CHAPTEB I.
"What possible connection can there
be between these ?" says one.
Is it sarcasm, meaning to insinuate
that those yrho indulge in romance are
crept), like ferns?
No, my dears ; for if it referred to color,
the folly might as truthfully be termed
gray; and ve have all learned that ro
mantic ideas are not confined to the
' green age of youth.
- It was a lovely day in September that
a party was gathered in the porch of
Kose Cottage, discussing the feasibility
of a trip up the mountain-side for ferns
and mosses. ' .
If Hi. Norton could go to-day with
them, all agreed that it would be charm
ing. Hi. was their favorite guide, and
an excursion was readily postponed if
there was any hope of having Hi. by
waiting.
Our party was composed of James and
Hannah, John and Maria, pretty gray
haired Mrs. Bedell (a widow whose sor
row had some time ago reached the pen
sive, interesting stage) , Dr. Malbone,
and poor, insignificant I, that in our
rambles was paired off with Hi.
Little did I care, for Hi's "talk" was
far more interesting to me than that of
my companions ; such original remarks
and ideas of things as he treated me to,
brimful of natural wit and keenness ! It
was he that first opened my eyes to the
fact that Dr. Malbone was infatuated
with our sweet-faced widow of forty,
but neither fat nor fair. Surely it was
not physical beauty that rendered her so
charming; yet charming she was to all,
male or female, young or old.
James and Maria had each accomp
anied their respective spouses upon their
annual trip to escape the affliction of hay
fever, that now common pestilence.
The afflicted Hannah and John were
happy to feel that there was one spot at
least upon this earth where they might
find rest and comfort; and their consorts
were content that they were relieved,
though Yankee thrift must have sug
gested to them that it was a moneyed
pity that the hay-fever patients had not
been mated it would We saved half
the annual expense. Thus the innocent
must suffer even in their pocket.
The doctor was taking his annual va
cation of two months, which tells its
own tale, that he was a popular New
York (N. Y.) surgeon, with an extensive
and remunerative practice, who could
well affor 1 to leave his few summer pa
tients to the poorer doctors.
We must tell tue wnoietrutn, mat tue
'relinquishment was not as great as seems
at first sight, his practice being among
the upperest tendom ; during the summer !
months the best of it might be found at ';
tno mountains, among uie iat.es, in uie ;
Canadas, England, Scotland, Ireland, i
ana waies, as weu as gvuBriuiy uis-
Pacific Isles; in fact, for four months of S
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leagued boots or a winged steed to have ! P.en WM gratefully accepted in bea, tng
attended bis then widely-spread practice. I L,m onward, and none hinted that it was
J r 1 ; unwomanly or indicative of strong-
" ' . 'APTSBn. . f mindedaea. Our assistance was freely
There was something strange about j ask anJ ; regardless of our femi
the first meeting between Grace Bedell , njnjtyi j
and JLr. fliaiDone, uiougn i must coniess ;
that stupid l snouid never nave no
ticed it but for Hi.'s calling my attention
to it.
We six, the two wedded couples, the
widow and myself, had just returned
from a sunset picnic upon the side of
the smaller mountains, and Hi. had met
ns at the gate as we returned, to learn of
our plans for the morrow; at that very
moment we discovered on the porch with
our host and hostess the most noble
looking man that I ever saw.
A form neither tall nor slender, short
nor stout, but thoroughly pleasing to the
eye, and figure that inspired confidence
at once one of those few fo and
faces that one colls to instinctively for
help, with never a thought of the lack ef
previous acquaintance.
Our hostess advanced, toward us, say
ing that she would introduce us to "her
annual boarder, Dr. Malbone."
I bowed first, and then stepped back
ward so that I stock beside our guide,
--fiiHe spoko jai low voice, "Look at
Mrs. BodeiT,' ma'am." I looked in
amazement; the sweet face was con
vulsed with an agonizing expresssion;
but with a womun's self-control, her
features were calm, though pale, before
the doctor had shaken hands all around.
He bowed gracefully to Mrs. Bedell, but
when he raised his head it was he that
was embarassed. He had not observed
her before, and apparently the name was
unknown to him ; but the lady herself
had certainly at some time been far other
than a stranger to him.
The old, old story, loved and parted!
The unwritten history of the world!
Could we "a-bear" to read, even with
one skilled enough to write it?
Hod the doctor and Grace stumbled
face to face over the tripping graves of
buried hopes? How the pathway of life
is crossed by these mounds, and each
sees only its own.
CHAPTER 111.
The constraint at first noticeable be
tween the doctor and Grace, in our free
and easy life soon disappeared entirely;
whether they iound opportunity for some
mutual explanation, or concluded to be
friends upon trust, none of us were able
to say; yet they were apparently friends,
and that knowledge sufficed us.
Nothing is more disagreeable for a
small party than to know that there are
two persons present that you must for
ever . bo planning to prevent coming
in contact lest it destroy all harmony.
With us now all was sunny; the doc
tor gallantly cared for the widow on all
our excursions. If we geologized, he
faithfully chipped and hammered each
rock that struck her fancy; if we botan
ized, his middle-agedness appeared no
Obstacle to his clambering up to all sorts
of impossible heights, or down to dusky
depths to assist in adding to our lists of
hard-to-get-at-able plants.
If piscatorially inclined; he patiently
wormed tier hooks, though it must be
acknowledged he that did join w ith the
other horrid men in laughing at the idea
of strong-minded, politically inclined
females, requiring one of the sterner sex
to stand at her elbow to arrange her bait
so that she could catch her fish. He
thought her vaunted independence but
an empty boast.
And then, too, he would say that he
should either have to bring his ether to
soothe the poor fish's agony, as we
landed them so awkwardly, or else
should, in case his conscience troubled
him, complain to some local Bergh.
He would laughingly argue against
our protest that fish were sluggish and
non-sensitive, and say that woman never
had any mercy upon her game.
To-day it was ferns and mosses, and
the doctor said that he was glad that our
spoils to-day were inanimate; for we
were so heartless in onr pursuit of pleas
ure, it pained him to be a witness of our
nnkindness.
James facetiously said that if we were
heartless, there must be thieves around;
he had suspected Hi for some time, but
he had just begun to think that possibly
Grace was in some danger.
I did not see but their mutual blushes
we!C jnst as becoming to them as to
younger lovers' for lovers they are most
certainly now, whatever may have been
their relation in the youth that is forever
left behind them.
CHAPTER IV.
Ferns and mosses well worthy of the
name did Hi. pilot us to that day. Che
nille moss, more elegant than all the
chenille art ever produced.
Soft, orispy mosses ; soft, velvety
mosses; lichens of all kinds and descrip
tions, upon trunks of trees that looked
sound and rich with verdure, but into
which one would sink untold depths if
they ventured to attempt foothold upon
its treacherous surface.
The lovliest of rock ferns upon boul
ders of tons weight, which rested firmly
. against the side of the mountain as if
maintaining their position by mere force
of their rocky will, in opposition to the
laws of gravitation. '
How daintily we selected from the
- wealth around ns, scorning and rejecting
more beautiful moss and fern than we
hail ever before seen.
But we forgot that; and, now we had
an opportunity, we were as fastidious as
though to the "manor born.' This was
not perfect enough; that was rather
coarse, and yet all of those daintier than
any we had ever saw before; wealth and
good fortune makes critics of us all.
Grace outdid us all in fastidious seek
ing, but even she found that one lovely
cluster of ferns was beyond her power.
The doctor admiringly watched her
perseverance, assisting her until even
with his help she had to acknowledge
she could go no further.
"I thought a woman could do anything
a man could do; how is that ? You have
failed; I will succeed," and he began to
clamber toward the coveted cluster; he
reached it, waved his hand proudly to ns,
placed one foot upon a fallen trunk that
was one fairy mound of lichen; as he
turned triumphantly to return, his foot
suddenly sank through, Mid, without a
moan, he lay as still as death. How to
reach him was the next question. Grace
for a moment nearly faiuted; then, like a
woman, i was calm and ready for any
emergency.
His long experience in the woods -was
invaluable then.
Following his advice and with his help
the two gentlemen at last readied the in
sensible doctor. It was no Rlight work
to bear his still form down to us, and
even then there was the greater question,
how to get him home.
No carriage could como through the
forflet to ns: nothing could be done now
but to bear him forward until we reached
the mountain road, when we could send
forward for some conveyance.
A litter must be improvised from the
boughs of the forest. First, Hi. cut sev
eral limbs from the supple birch; then
took two of the longest, and laying them
side by side a short distance apart he
proceeded with the ever-present Yankee
jack-knife to cut off four Bhort pieces be
sides. He then emptied the contents of
his pockets, and so did John and JameB;
and never a Grain will I laugh at a man's
propensity for putting all sorts of things
1X1 1113 pUCJLtjUS.
What: should we have done in this
emergency without those strings, nails
screws ana tacks.'
Then there was wrapping-twine, large
cord, small oord, and even bits of rope!
Sixpennys, tenpennys, and various odd
sizes; a patent knife of John's proved
enual to a small tool-chest; a nice piece
! of granite served grandly for a hammer,
and soon a good slat-bed was ready lor a
mattress of i ' tammarack," spruce and
fir boughs; I the large bags full of moss
made an excellent pillow, and the doctor
was caret ally laid upon it, and our sod
journey toward home was begun; once
j the doctor Imnrmured something about
I "Grace's ferns." and moved his hands
i vatruely; as if seeking something.
t Then we noticed for the first time that
Grace was tenderly caring for the ferns,
for which so much had been risked. The
slender rootlets drooped mournfully, as
,f conscious of all the trouble they bad
indirectly wrought.
1
CHAPTEB y.
The doctor proved no light bnrden,
and the slight he'p of us three weak wo-
Tlie doctor unconscious of
The poor doctor
his helpers, or he might have apologized
for his previous sarcasm at our expense
At lost the rood was reached, and Hi,
and John left us: one to go to the hotel
to seek a surgeon, the other to get the
nearest ; possible conveyance. Dreary
was the waiting, but more so after the
doctor regained consciousness of his suf
fermgs.i
Bravely he exerted himself to learn
what was the matter, and he assured us
that he had only injured his knee
slightly; no bones were broken. His
suffering was intense, and it was small
comfort to know that the bones were not
broken.
The doctor from the hotel and the
mountain wagon arrived about the same
time. He verified Dr. Malbone's own
opinion; the knee Vas badly sprained
but that was probably the only serious
part of the accident.
He chaffed his brother doctor about
being borne home by the ladies; but to
do this he did not delay placing him in
the wagon, which
Xroved sufficiently
large for all the party; and somehow, I
know not how1 it was
arranged, yet Grace
supported his head during the homeward
drive, and despite liis extreme pain he
carefully held those I ferns that had cost
so much. ;
At lost we were at
home, and Dr. Mai
bone's knee
was properly attended to
but he
was told tli at it would need
careful nursing for a long time
Poor fellow ! How a man at his time
of life, when sick anil suffering, must re
gret that in his youth he did not woo and
win some fair woman to be his bride in
sunshine and his nurse and waitress in
storms!;
i CHABTEB VI.
Didn't we miss the Doctor and Grace
in onr after excursions? les, we cer
tainlv did. 1
The Doctor was assisted down to the
sitting-room each morning, and somehow
it was very soon quietly understood that
Grace would amuse and care for him
through the day without any assistance.
It was puzzling that they never seemed
dull nor stupid when we came back at
mailt. The Doctor made various "forms'
of twigs for us to fill with chenille moss
and growing ferns, rooted in their own
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111x113 velvety ueiia uj uuiuio a lua.tug
he did say that the work would De
aidjin keeping off the blues, but there was
never any apparent danger of being thus
amicted.
Grace s dearly-purchased cluster was
most daintily imbedded in the best of
chip-dirt, whose surface was concealed
by short, crisp moss.and its edges fringed
with the loveliest bits and varieties or
moss imaginable ; carefully she watered
A j-... Ail. Jn n A oi-iA r a sf"rt 1 . 1 oun rlwit if
it each day, and soon we could see that it
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really was growing, urace una linogiaeii
it was for some time, but now the delicate
fronds were expanding, and tiny bits of
baby ferns could be seen peeping their
cunning heads saucily out of the moss,
saying gently, "I'm coming to see what
you folks are all about."
The Doctor and Grace both seemed to
feel that that basket and its ferns was
something a little more choice than any
of the others. j
One day they asked us to b.'ing them
each day curious roots and odd-shaped
branches, and the Doctor began the
making of a rustic stand, which was not
finished until the last evening of onr
stay. It was a beauty, and the Doctor
proudly placed the mossy bank of ferns
upon it, and told us in a matter-of-fact
manner, that "It will adorn our libraiy
this winter Grace's and mine."
Thus cooly was the engagement an
nounced to the world, and we never
knew a word ol how it happened, nor
what had been j their previous relation
to each other ; perhaps they thought it
was nobody 'b j business. I shouldn't
wonder in the least ; some folks are just
so odd. ; I
We knew it was no use to "act mad"
because: our curiosity was not gratified,
so we cordially congratulated them, and
bade them a cheerful good-by, promis
ing to attend the wedding at Christinas,
The Doctor was not yet quite strong
enough r to return to New York, and
Grace was too old to feel prudish about
staying i with him after our departure.
Onr kind host and hostess were nice
fatherly and motherly people, and would
properly care for the young (?) folks, so
we conld leave them without regret.
Grace will return to Boston when the
Doctor's health permits, to prepare for
that wedding.
I have ordered a painting of ferns,
mosses and autumn leaves for my wed
ding gift to Grace and the Doctor. ,
j Comments.
Prof. J. M. Gregory, President of the
Illinois Industrial University says:
"Every editor is a teacher, a teacher of
men as well as of children. The news
paper is the freshest of books.
"It is the latest history, the newest
science treatise, the current political
economy, the manuel of the arts, the
text-book of a living philosophy.
"That school-room, other things being
equal, will be . brightest, freshest and
most productive in practical learning
into which the newspaper penetrates."
TOO HANDSOME TO BE HONEST.
"Blue I the floweret called the fbrcet-me-ootj
Wear it upon your heart and think of me
Floweret and bope may die,
Yet love wltb at will stay,
That cannot pa away,
Dear one believe!"
Major BenBhawe was gallant and hand-1
some, and looked every inch a soldier,
m TT(7iT i Ue . 8
softly this little German love song to a .
very pretty girl. .... I
ijotue ay suoos ner curiy neatl douDt- ;
not see the tears in her eyes,
6';."" v "o imgui I
jverybouy had warned her aeainstthe
dashing young officer, who hod been in
town for a few weeks drumming up re
cruits for the army. But for all their
warnings, Lottie liked him very much
very, very much, although she was de
termined that he should never know it.
Now to-night he had come to say eood-
by, for his work in that country town
being completed, he was to return to
'the front to be killed, mat as likely as
not, thought Lottie, with a great pain
somewhere in the region of her heart.
xes, ne looked very handsome and a
trifle pale as he hummed the quaint lit
tle song, but that might have been the
effect of the moonlight, and so Lottie
tried to steel herself against him when ho
lifted her slim fingers to his lips
"well, little one, he said, this will
not do for mo. I might stand here for
ever, but I must not. Uood-by, good-
by ! If the gray coats spare me, I shall
see you again some day
W ith that he smiled hall sadly at her
downcast face, and went striding away iu
the moonlight.
Unce he paused to look back, kissing
his hand to the girl who stood watching
him. He caught the flutter of a white
handkerchief, and then went on, while
Lottie sped up the path to her home.
weary, weary months waited Liottie; a
year two years.
Une July day, when all the air was
fragrant with new mown hay, Lottie was
sitting out in" the porch picking over
raspberries for tea.
Up the walk came Aunt Hannah
presently. She had been making colls
in the village, she sat down in the
doorway to rest, and fanned herself vig
orously with her shade hat.
"Well, Charlotte, she said, "it does
beat all how things come to pass."
Why, auntie, what has come to pass
now?" queried Lottie rather absently, as
she dislodged a worm from a particu
larly fine berry.
W hy, you know, proceeded Aunt
Hannah, with a slightly malicious em
phasis, "I alius told you that that air
Major what s his name Hensaw
Kenshawe, corrected Lottie, rather
faintly, as she bent lower over her dish
of raspberries.
''Well, Renshawe. I alius said he was
too han'soine to be honest, and I hain't
no faith in his mooning around artcr you.
lwasn t likely that a gay, dashing chap
of such style would remember a country
girl two hours arter she was out of sight,
And here he is back in town stopping at
the tavern with his wife, for 1 was in
Ruth Henderson's sitting-room and seen
them with my own eyes out on the
piazzy, walking arm in arm, her dress
trailing a yard behind her, and she
smiling at him the sweetest. Iiuth says
they came last night, xou see, now, how
well I knew him.
In the evening, Lottie, walking idly
up the road, heard the click of a horse's
hoofs behind her. She stepped aside, as
she recognized the rider Major rank
Kenshawe!
Poor Lottie clasped her hands and
watched him -eagerly, unconscious
that he had seen and recognized her
ne reigned his horse, and dismounting.
walked directly toward her.
"Well, Lottie, how do you do?
This was the most commonplace of
greetings, and Lottie star-mered rather
incoherently.
I I thought you did not see me!
tie laughed
"Well, I had an impression that yoa
were close by. Come, haven t you
something to say to me after these long
years? Do you not remember the old
davs, sweetheart?
Lottie moved on in a very dignified
way for so small a person.
"I remember nothing that it is a weak
ness to remember," she said, in the cold
est of voices.
But his quick glance had caught the
quiver of the sweetest mouth in the
world, and so after a moment's silence
he said, with gieat carelessness:
"Oh, then you have decided to live a
life of single blessedness, like Aunt
Hanuah. because of the sinfulness of
man!"
For her life Lottie could not have re
pressed that little laugh, for Renshawe's
drawl was inimitable.
"For shame, little one," he said, facing
her sudddenly, and forcing her to look
at him. What do you mean by treat
ing your own true love m this fashion!
He was laughing at her. His bonny
blue eyes were full of repressed fun. He
caught her hand in his, and she could
not free it.
"For shame yourself. Major Ren
shawe!" she flashed out at length, half
crying. "What right have you to talk
so to mer
"The best of all rights, my dear; I
love you.
"I hate you!" cried Lottie desper
ately
"He was quite grave now, and said
rather sternly:
"Is that true, Lottie? Do you hate
me? Then you shall tell me why.
Lottie began to feel very much as
though she were the guilty party.
What business had he to look and talk
so when his wife was, at that very mo
ment, perhaps, watching for his return?
How noble he looked ! Not the least bit
like a villain, and yet he had been mat
ing love to her, and he was a married
man.
"Maior Renshawe, I think that
! had better return to . wife
. . .....
JOd
My wife'"
Frank Renshawe threw back his head
and burst into a clear, ringing, merry
laugh, which woke the echoes about
them, and swept the last cobweb of dis
trust from Lottie's mind.
He dropped his horse's bridle, and let
the animal wander away to nibble at the
grass, while he drew Lottie close to his
heart.
"I have no wife, Lottie; but I have
dreamed many times in the past two
years of a little girl whom I would like
for a wife, if she can forget that she 're
members nothing that is a weakness to
member.' And if any one has told her
that the lady at the hotel is my wife, that
person has made a grand mistake, for the
lady is my sister."
"You were a little goose," he said
later, when Lottie told him how Aunt
Hannah had cautioned and surmised.
"You were a little goose not to know
that I loved you to distraction before I
went away; but I did not like asking you
to pledge yourself to me then, for, as a
soldier, my fate was uncertain, and there
would be years of dreary waiting "
"Ah! and do you think the years of
waiting were not more dreary because I
did not know if you cared for me?"
"Forgive me, dear," he said. "In
trying to be unselfish I committed the
very fault which I endeavored to avoid.
But why did Aunt Hannah doubt me?"
"She said," faltered Lottie, "that you
were too handsome to be to be"
"Honest," prompted Henshawe with
another laugh. "Well, Lottie, in that
case I have ample cause to doubt you;
and, in the future, if I ever discover you
in any bit of treachery, I shall at once
give your sweet face the credit of it. I
brought my sister here in order that she
might make your acqnainance, and, as
we shall return to Boston in September,
I would like to take my little wife with
me. Dare you leave you home and your
Aunt Hannah to follow the fortune of a
'handsome' man like me?"
"I will go anywhere with you," whis
pered Lottie, the meekest damsel now
that ever drew breath.
I do not think Aunt Hannah ever fully
pardoned Major Renshawe for turning
out so differently from what she had
prophesied.
But Lottie's parents gave her a God
speed and an outfit fine enough for even
Frank Renshawe's wife.
And this is how it came to pass that
little Lottie Fay left her country home
for a handsome brown-stone front in
Boston . -.
Knklag a Living.
So many times have we heard farmers
complain of not making anything that
we sometimes wonder it tney ever stop
to think that they, of all others, are al
ways sure of a living. We believe there
are numbers of farmers who never take
into consideration the fact that it costs
POOP1 thot liTe town something to
don't seem to appreciate the
fact that bread and meat costs money.
Tljey Lave ot 80 accustomed to having
plenty of wheat to haul to the mill to ex'
plenty of whea
change for flour; plenty of hogs to kill in
the full or winter to moke meat for
spring and summer use; plenty of pota
toes to dig in the fall to store away for
use when wanted; a chicken to kill for a
change any time; eggs and butter to eat,
and the surplus to take to the store and
exchange for coffee, sugar and other ne
cessaries. All of these things save pay
ing out so much money. But you say it
is the same as so much money. Hardly.
Yon raise all this on your farm. It grows
and increases when you are asleep as
well as when you are awake. It grows
when you stop work to go to town or to
visit your neighbor. You spend it as
you use it, and hardly feel the oost.
Just reverse everything. Buy every
thing you eat flour, meat, molasses, po
tatoes and all the little necessaries that
f o to make up a living board for a fam
i ' y. Every time you want flour you have
f reach down in your pocket and draw
ov t tire6 dollars for one hundred pounds
of flour, that will hardly make bread for
your family a month. Reach down again
and draw out money to buy meat, eggs,
butter, molasses, etc., and see how many
times a week you will have to do it and
how much it will amount to at the end of
a month or year.
in town you have to pay for every
thing house rent for a house to live in,
wood to keep you warm and things to eat
and keep you alive. These, with many
farmers, are never taken into considera
tion. Unless they have considerable
money over and above expenses, they
think they are not making. Just think
of the thousands of struggling mechan
ics, laboring men, and lots of times mer
chants, physicians and lawyers, who are
glad enough to know that they have kept
even and made a living. To them, mak
ing a living and paying for it as they go
along, is doing a great deal. They ap
preciate it, because they realize that, to
live, it takes so much money, and that
they earned, while the farmer gets his
and stores it away and rests easy, know
ing he has a supply on hand to draw
from when needed. So farmers, after
all, as a rule, do as well as the common
run oi humanity. This is one of the
great reasons why farmers can afford to
be more independent than any other
class. Let what may happen in respect
to other things, they are always sure of
a living. Sometimes they may think it
a pretty hard one; but, hard or easy, it
beats mine a long way.
Who Struck Billy Patterson!
Many persons who have heard the
question, "Who struck Billy Patterson?
without knowing the origin of it. I pro
pose to enlighten them a little on the
subject. W uliam .Patterson was a very
wealthy tradesman or merchant of Balti
more, in the State of Maryland. In the
early days of Franklin county, he bought
a great many tracts of land in lie coun
ty, and spent a good portion of his time
in looking after his interests there. He
was said to be as strong as a bear and as
brave as a lion, but, like all brave men
he was a lover of peace, and, indeed, a
good, pious man. .Nevertheless his
wrath could be excited to a fighting
pitch. On one occasion he attended
public gathering at the lower part of
Franklin county at some district court
ground. During the day the two oppo
sing bullies and their friends raised
row, and a general fight was the conse
quence. - At the beginning of the affray,
and before the the fighting began, Billy
Patterson ran into the crowd to persuade
them not to fight, but to make peace and
be friends. But his efforts for peace
were unavailing, and wnile making them
some of the crowd in the general melee
struck Billy Patterson a severe blow from
behind. Billy at once became fighting
mad, and cried out at the top of his
voice, "Who struck Billy Patterson?
No one conld or would tell him who was
the guilty party. He then proposed to
give anv man $100 who would tell him
"Who struck Billy Patterson." From
$100 he rose to $1,000; but not $1,000
would induce any man to tell him "Who
struck Hilly .Patterson.' And years af
terward, in his will, he related the above
facts, and bequeathed $1,000 to be ppid
by his executors to the man who would
tell "Who struck ' Billy Patterson." His
will is on record at the Ordinary's office
at Curdesville, Franklin courty, Ga., and
anyone curious about the matter can
there find it and verify the preceding
statements. jCarnesville (ua.) Register,
How to Avoid a Bad Husband.
Never marry for wealth,
life consisteth not in the
A woman
things she
possesses.
Never marry a fop. who struts about
dandy-like in his gloves and ruffles, with
a silver-headed cane and rings on his
fingers. Beware! there is a trap.
Never marry a niggardly, mean, close-
fisted, sordid wretch who saves every
penny, or spends it grudgingly. Take
care lest he stint you to death.
Never max-ry a stranger, whose charac
ter is not known or tested. Some girls
jump into the fire with their eyes wide
open.
Never marry a mope or a droneone
who draggles through life, one foot after
the other, and lets things take their own
course.
Never marry a man who treats his
mother or sister unkindly or indiffer
ently. Such treatment is a sure indica
tion of a mean and wicked man.
Never on any 5 account marry
gambler, a profane person, one who in
the least speaks lightly of God or of re
ligion, buch a man will never make
good husband.
Never marry a sloven, a man who is
negligent of his person or dress, and is
hithy in his habits. The external ap
pearance is an index of the heart.
Shun the rake as a snake, viper,
demon. Avoid him.
Finally, never marry a man who is in
the least addicted to the use of ardent
spirits. Depend upon it you are better
on alone than you would be tied to
man whose breath is polluted, and who
is being destroyed by alcohol.
A Colonial Governor's Strategy.
Gurdon SaltoiVbtall resigned his func
tions as a preacher for the office of gover
nor. A religious sect arose, professing
allegiance to Christ only, and acknowledg
ing no authority in the civil law. among
other peculiarities of their creed was the
right to contract marriage without tli
sanction ot the civil authorities. A man
named Gorton was their leader. He ap
peared oeloro Uovernor Saltonstall one
day, as his excellency was peacefully
smoking his long pipe, and announced
that he was married to a woman whom
he had brought with him, and that with
out tne sanction oi tne law . lhe gover
nor serenely removed his pipe, and '-ki
'And thou art determined to have th
woman to thy wife?'
'I am,' replied Gorton.
'And you, madam, have taked this man
foryour husband?'
That I have, sir,' was the prompt reply.
Then,' exclaimed the governor, 'by the
authority and in acdordance with the laws
of the Stale of Connecticut, I pronounce
you legally man and wife.'
'Gurdon, thou art a cunning creature,'
replied the discomfited Gorton. Harper's
Mugazine.
Esse non Videm. "Gem'len," said
the old man as he got his legs under
him, "a pusson who labors under the
ideah dat he am foolin de world will
sooner or later git de grand laff. A pus
son can deceive de public for a few days,
or a few weeks, but as soon as de fraud
am exposed he am a gone coon. You
may stand yer hats ober on yer ears,
hang out yer brass watch chains, an'
puff away at yer cheap cigars, but de
majority of men will see right frew yer
like a buzz saw choppin' np cheese.
What we am we am, an let ns b'ar in
mind de solemn fact dat while skim milk
has its value an' its uses, it won't make
icecream or deceive de babies." De
troit Free Press.
- Mozart's Spirit Home.
Sardou was at one time an ardent be
liever in spiritualism, and I have often
heard him repeat the following incident:
His familiar spirit was that of Beau
marchais naturally enough and , on
one occasion the author of "Les Pattes
de Mouche" asked his invisible friend in
what part of infinite space dwelt the
pint oi the great Mezart oardou s
favorite composer. "Take a pencil,",
rapped Beaumarohais. Sardou obeyed,
and began, under the influence of the
author of "Marriage of Figaro," to draw
shapes and lines on the paper before
him. Suddenly he came to the end of
his paper. What was to be done? "Go
to the boulevard St. Michel, such and
such a number," rapped Beaumarohais:
you will find there the paper you need.
Sardou jumped into a cab, and was at
the given address in the twinkling of an
eye; but, alas! to bis disappointment
there was nothing like a stationer's shop
to be found in the house indioated by
the defunct Beaumarohais. On his re
turn home he again put himself in com
munication with the deceitful spirit.
Return." rapped the invisible tvraht.
laconically. Back went Sardou, and af
ter making many inquiries he found that
there did live a wholesale paper mer
chant in the house indicated by the
spirit. To buy the necessary quantity of
paper, return home, and seat himself
once more, pencil in hand, was but the
work of a few minutes, and then oh.
wonder of wonders! he beeran involun
tarily, and without any impulse of his
own, to draw the most extraordinary and
fantastic palaces, without doors and of an
unknown style of architecture. It was
there' the spirit of Mozart dwelt! The
drawing was so extraordinary and so
marvelously well done that Sardou was
vnxious to have it engraved, but no en
graver .could be found in Paris who
would undertake it, so complex and Bub
tle were the lines, and in such a grand
chaos of confusion, although forming an
artistio unity. The spirit of Beaumar
ohais rapped Sardou out of this dilemma
by instructing him to begin the sketcn
over again, but this time on lithographic
paper. Sardou did the work within the
space of a few minutes, and it is Una
marvelous lithograph, known as "La
Maison de Mazart," which the brother of
the author of "Dora" the well known
bookseller in Brussels sells to a few
privileged amateurs! It seems almost a
pity that the spirit of Beaumarchaiswas
not by Sardou when he wrote
'Daniel
Rochatl Whitehall Jievtew.
Eloping En Deshabille.
The neighborhood of Elizabeth Ci.y, N,
, is in a state of great excitement over
the recent elopement and marriage of a
gusaing young couple, Jonathan ivy and
Florence Seymark. The young lady's
parents did not apbrove the young Ivy's
advances, and forbade him their houje.
lhe lovers, however, managed to meet i
clandestinely, and had made up tae'r
minds to an elopement which was to have 1
occurred one mum. uiu man rieyiu.-.t
by some means or other got wind of the
proposed escapade, and went fctiiinin
that day for Jonathan. Coming up with
the gay young lover he blazed away at
liini, snooting In ui in the shoulder and
inflicting a painful but not dangerous
wound. Florence was overwhelmed with
grief at her father's hasty conduct, but her
passion for her wounded lover was inten
sified a thousandfold. She sent him a
letter telling him she would fly with him
that night if he would come to her. So
that night young Ivy put in appearance
with a close carriage about 1 o clock. Miss
Florence was in a terrible dilemma, for
her cruel parents, to insure against any
excrpade.had not only locked the girl into
her room, but had also taken away almost
all her clothing. But she was not to be
baffled. She made a rope out of the sheet
of her bed and let herself down to the
ground, with no other garment bnt a night
dress. She told the coachman to'iook
the other way," and after her bver had
helped her into the the carriage and cover
ed her with the carriage robes she made
him sit on the box with the coachman.
They drove to the houee of a friend,
where t lorenee.was attired in proper gar
ments, and then proceeded to the house
ofa sympathizing preacher, where the
lovers were speedily united in wedlock.
Baltimore Gaulle.
Richard the Third's Red.
In the corporation records of Leicester
there is still preserved a story curiously
illustrative of the darkness and pre
caution of Richard's character. Amoag
the camp .baggage it was the custom to
carry a cumbersome wooden bed stead,
which he averred was the only couch he
could sleep in; but in which he contrived
to have a secret receptacle for treasure
so that it was concealed under a weight
of timber. After Bosworth Field, the
troops of Henry pillaged Leicester; but
the royal bed was neglected by every
plunderer as useless timber. The owner
of the house afterwards discovering the
hoard, became suddenly rieh, without
any visible cause. He bought land,
and at length became Mayor of Leices
ter. Many years afterward his widow, who
had been left in great affluence, was as
sassinated by her servant, who had been
privy to the affair; and at the trial of
this culprit and her accomplices the
whole transaction came to light. Con
cerning this bed, a public print of 1830
states that "about half a century since,
the relic was purchased by a furniture
broker in Leicester, who slept in it for
many years.and showed it to the curious,
it continues in as good condition ap
parently as when used by King Richard,
being formed of oak, and having a high
Eolish. The daughter of the broker
aving married one Babington, of
Rothley, near Leicester, the bedstead
was removed to Babington 's house, where
it is still preserved." -
Rather a Good Idea.
Once in a while, say once a week, as
that seems to be the order, let us be
good. Sunday is a good day for the
business. Now don't make fun at the
suggestion, turn up your nose, giggle,
or do anything in that line. The idea is
not a bad one. We can all feel good,
act good, and look good say pleasant
words, be thankful, forgiving and so on
mnltitudinously.
The week has gone, with its intermina
ble wrangles and petty squabbles, its en
vies, jealousies and ambitions. Blows
have been given and received; let them
pass forgotten if possible anyhow for
given, and to-day, Sunday, let's be good.
Why not? Are any afraid? Does any one
doubt propriety of the suggestion? Can
it do any harm? The bells are chiming.
Some men and women are praying.
Listen, how the notes of the deep-toned
organ, blending with human voices, float
out upon the morning air, float out and
np, up Heavenward. - See the children,
bright-eyed and rosy-cheeked, as they go
by in troops to Sunday school. Yes,
this the day let's be good. There is
not a bit of foolishness in the suggestion;
there is nothing weak-kneed about it.
One day in seven may be made on earth
a type of Heaven
Day of alt the week the best
Emblem of eternal rest."
Thb Smokiso Kcisancb. The smokei
who Is wedded to the habit, cannot read
ily understand why everybody else does
not like the same odors. But the fact is
patent that the scent of tobacco is not
only disagreeable to some persons, but
also absolutely poisonous. It does not
mend the matter to say that it is mere
prejudice or weakness. You have no
right to make others uncomfortable for
your own satisfaction. No gentleman will
thrust himself in close proximity to ladies
with his coat saturated with stale smoke.
No gentleman will pass through a car
carrying a lighted cigar in bis hand, and
leaving a train of offensive smoke behind
him. No gentleman will get in a stage
carrying a smouldering stump in his
hand, aud keep it there until it smoulders
out and emits a more hideous Bmell then
than before. No gentleman will puff out
his costly smoke on the platform of a
horse car, when the passengers inside
cannot escape some portion of the fumes.
But yoa can find men doing all these
things any day in the week. New York
Bulletin. . ' ' ' ' '
"If yon grasp a rattlesnake firmly
about the neck he cannot strike you,
says a Western paper. To be perfectly
sale it will be well to let the hired man
do the grasping.
SHORT BITS.
Tilden is fond of maccaroni. I
" Jenny Lind is sixty years old.
They dress most exper sively who go to
the lawyer for their suite.
When a shipping firm owes for a ves
sel, they call it a floating debt. i
Lamarhne: There is a woman at the
beginning of all great things.
Anon: Manners are shadows of virtue;
habits are the fetters of vice.
Anon: The serpent gave the woman
his tongue after having seduced her.
Some of the dearest spots on earth are
the aces, held in another man's hand
Representative J. C. S. Blackburn, of
Kentucky, has a pet East India donkey.
There has been no issue of silver b
cent and copper 2-cent pieces since
1871. ,
Mr. Ole Bull celebrated the seven
tieth anniversary of his birth not long
ago. !
More tobacco is consumed on Chews
day than on any other day in the
week.
Woman is called man's lietter half,
and Hans says "Effry man better haf
one."
That man is independent of the ice
dealer who makes his ey.M water with an
onion.
Tue most comfortable hat a man can
wear in cold weather is one that is a little
s love.
Tine happiness consists not in the
multitude of friends, but in the worth
and choice.
The friendshids of the world ate oft
but confederacies in vice, or leagues of
pleasure.
Oh, flattery! how soon thy smooth,
insinuating oil supplies the toughest
fool.
Miss Wade, of New York, recently
made her debut as a professional vocalist
in Milan.
Chinamen cannot understand why
Englishmen hate nice little mice and love
tripe.
Franciscan friars have gone into the
wine business extensively at Los Angeles,
California.
Authors are spoken of as dwelling in
attics, because so few of them are able to
live on their first story.
It is very strangti that the man who
first invented sleep did not extend the
invention to babies.
Lengree: Prayers and supplications
have sometimes the power to call love,
but they can never recall it.
A lioston artist painted an orange
peel on the sidewalk so naturally that
six fat men slipped down on it
A man in Utah who has only the legal
number of wives is spoken of as, "com
paratively speaking, a bachelor.
There are two classes who no not bear
prosperity one of them being those who
do not gt a chance to bear it!
"Quail on toast" was what he ordered
Quail on trust" was what the inn-keeper
caned it some months altei ward
A man will compl.iin of Lis wife's ex
travagance, and yet treat a crowd to a
dollar's worth of cimm without a mur
mer. A sea c&ptain might mako sure of a
supply of chickens for the longest voy
age, by putting enough eggs under the
ha.chway.
Peter Cooper was eighty-nine years of
age a week ago, nine years older than his
only brother, W llliam Cooper, who t'led
recently.
A philosopher says: "You require- in
marriage precisely the same quality that
you would in eating sausages absolute
confidence.
The poet who sang, "1 m sailing o er
the brine knee deep," was evidently a
timid man, and afraid to venture far
from the shore.
f 'poire: "(jot your eye in mourning
again, I see, Pat." Pat: "Oi have! It's
in mourning for the battle I gavo that
brute Rafferty this day!"
Washington never told a lie, but if the
gem puzzle had existed in his dry we
fear that he might have have said; "Oh,
I've done it lots of times, but I cau't t.-ll
iow just now."
Mock Misck 1'ies. Four Boston cra'-k-ers
rolled, two-thirds cup cold water, one
cup molasses, half cup sugar, lu-lf tup
vinegar, one egg, raisins and spices an for
mince pies.
Well Paid Preachers. This muni ion
of church mutters reminds nut of lie
handsome addition lately made to l'r.
Hall's salary. Next to Mr. Beechcr, lr.
Hall is the best paid preacher iu Atnerii-a.
He came to New York ten years ao
under contract to receive $10,000 aye.ir in
fold. The amount is now increased to
15,000. But this is not all. Dr. Hall ttlso
gets a flue house; rent free. This house
is worth at least $3,000 a year, si :h Poc
tor's salary is rexily $18,000. Mr. Bweher
is paid $20,000, but gets nothing more, lie
lives in his own house which carries a
pretty heavy mortgage, and pays all his
own expenses. Next to Dr. Hall, the best
paid pa.- tor is Dr. Potter, of (.race Church,
who receives a salary of $1,000 and a
house to live in besides. The bouse ad
joins the church and seems to be apartot
it, but is, in fact, entirely distinct. Dr.
Dix, of Trinity, who has lately received
so much troublesome attention by postal
card from "Gentleman Jo." is also paid a
salary of $12,000, but whether his house
rent is paid in addition or not, I cannot
say. The pastor of St. Thomas' Church
receives $10,000, aud there are few other
pastors, I belive, who get from $8,000 to
$10,000. But the minister who gets above
$5,000 is a lucky man. The number of
such ministers is small, and constitutes
scarcely a corporal's guard besides those
who are paid from $2,000 to $3,000. 1
could name half a dozen talented preach
ers whose combined salaries do not reach
the total including house rent, now paid
to Dr. Hall. Hartford Times.
Tbce Happiness. The most common
error of men and women is that of look
ing for happiness somewhere outside of
useful work. It baa never yet been
found when thus sought, and never will
be while the world stands, and the
sooner this truth is learned the better
for every one. If you doubt this
proposition, glance around among your
friends and . acquaintances and select
those who appear to have the most en
joyment in life. Are they the idlers and
pleasure-seekers, or the earnest workers?
We know what your answer will be. Of
all miserable human beings it has been
ovr fortune or misfortune to know, they
were the most wretched who had retired
from useful employment to enjoy them
selves; while the slave at his enforced
labor, or the hungry toiler for bread,
were supremely happy in comparison.
ADccaIjLovk Stout. The Princess
Duchess de Malakoff, of Paris, is a Span
iard by birth, the daughter of a Marquis
with a very long family name. She was,
in spite of her very long family name,
very much in danger of remaining an old
maid, when the ex-Empress Eugenie,
who was distantly related to her, re
solved to marry her to Marshal Pelissier.
So one fine day at St, Cloud, as the Mar
snal was strolling in the garden, he met
a lady, who, at Uie instance of Eugenie,
handed him a rose saying: "Monsier le
Marechal, I would have liked to offer you
laurels, but yon have plucked them all.
Will you be content with this ro6e?" The
Marshal took the rose, kissing the hand
that gave it. Afterward he asked for the
hand itself, and its owner became the
Marchioness, and in time the Duchess.
A Thriving Firm.
A few days since we visited the large
furniture establishment of Shindler &
Chadboume, who occupy a la rye store on
Urst street, running clear through to
Front street, between Morrison and Yam
hill. The gentlemen who comprise this
firm are men of good standing in business
circles as well as in society. Mr. J. S.
Chadbourne is a resident of .San Francisco
where he owns one of the largest whole
sale furniture stores on the Pacific coast,
and being associated with Mr. Shindler he
is enabled to add attractions to their busi
ness which cannot be excelled by any
competing firms, as he constantly imports
large lots of furniture from the Eastern
States, and is enabled thereby to lav them
down at very low figures in this market.
Mr. G. Shindler is so well known here
that little is needed to be said of him. In
185 he started in business with Mr. Hur-
gren, and under the firm' name of Hur-. '
gren & Shindler, he has become known as
one of the most reliable business men in
the city. In September, 1877, he formed
a co-partnership with Mr. Chadboume,
and his twenty years' experience gave
a pretty definite idea of what was neces
sary to suit the wants of this community.
Their large store is1 divided up into differ
ent departments, and in the whole will
cover a space of 50x200 feet, two stories in
height. Entering on First street, we find
a large display of ciirpets, mats, mirrors,
fine bed-room sets, etc. ; On tho Front
street side wc find a more general assort
ment of a cheaper grades On the second
floor in one portion is a mattniflcent dis
play of parlor sets, among whicn Hre some
handsome ash sets, upholstered with
leather in a unique design, and being
their own make are warranted as durable
as they look. They have also a number
of handsome parlor sets upholstered in
white, and ready; o be finished up with
any class of goods purchasers may select.
In other departments we nna an innu
merable variety of valuable furniture.
such as fancy hall racks, handsome side
boards, bed-room sets, eoonizeu wna
mahogony panels, with writing desk at
tachments, etc.; fine office furniture of
every description, and in fact every arti
cle in this line that can be expected to be
found in a first-class furniture store. iney
have a number of hands employed here
in various lines of the business, but the
largest portion of their work is done at
their factory on the east side of the river,
about four miles above East Portland,
where they keep a force of about twenty
men employed in manufacturing furni
ture for their store. This factory is run
bv water power, and therefore considera
ble ol a savins, and this advantage they
turn to good account by making favorable
reductions on their goods. With all the
advantages which this firm possess, it is
not to be wondered at that they enjoy a
large trade, which is constantly increasing
and adding wealth and prosperity to the
community in which they live.
Kincsford's Oswego Corn Starch, on ac
count of its delicious purity, is the best
for children and invalids.
HA LABIA DESTROYED.
. v . , l . .. a n L. llt n I. -
tlflos thai be was prostrated by a malarl&l d
ease contracted in Teiaa, and wm quickly d
ocrpletely cured by Ide line or warnen -; :e
P.lls nnd Sfe Bitter. He .lil: ! nball rver
travel In tbnl climato wltlion' your Bale PJ'h
aud Hitlers as patter roy oatnt."
HKTI KK flMtS.
The balne revival and now era ol roRpr
Ity wl.lcli i uo.t fairly Ihaui-uratert. it in keep
I n K wli.li the ilii-iv.iM'cl heidtli and luippineta
neeu all over Uie laod. and ih one til ' e Jesuits
o tit Hi n nl fr.-m the Intro luction ol Warner'B
-'afe Kluuev hihI Liver Cure. '-The rUtogrm
wrought ! tills remedy," H.J s Rev. Ur Harvey,
eeem but fill le less than miraculous."
M-lBdiAklnv nny pnrcnaae or In writ-J
lurlurexjtonse liuy al vertlaemeutla
tli In paper yon will pleaae mention lhe
nnme of the pnper.
They Purify the Blood.
DR. HENLY'S
CELEBRATED
OREGON
WILD GRAPE ROOT
I X L SITTERS.
They Cure Dyspepsia.
Wonderful vlrtuesof the Oregon WIldGrv-j
loot, tbe principal com rcnem of tbe 1.X1
Hitters. A tableapooDful of tbe I X L Bii'.era
taken Immediately afiei every meal ia a cer
tain cure for Dyapepxia. Junlm3
OFF1CK of M Itl.l.n Raos. A Co,.
l- FlKT MT.IW Kront St.,
I'oRTLA.ND.Oa., May I, 1880.
ORDER DEPARTMENT.
To Country Resident:
In addition to our immense
HOME TRADE.
We are now doing the largest
OKDEIt HTJNIINKiisS
Of any house in Oregon. Kvery ma'l
brings us orders from every district of
the Great Northwest, and we receive
hundreds of letters expressing satisfac
tion witu tne goods we send.
Write to us for Anything you Want.
We will fill your orders at the same
priees as if you were purchasing at our
counters.
We will Guarantee Satisfaction.
If goods do not suit, you may return
them.
WE WILL SEND YOU NEW GOODS.
FOR
WE DO NOT KEEP OLD ONES
You will find onr 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. Seud for samples and catalogue
MEL LIS BROS. & CO.
Grand Mammoth Dry Goods Bazaar,
Runs Ihrongh 800 eel, from I2 First
tit. to 1-17 Front ft.. Portland. Or.
OXYGEN !
Dm. Rtarkey A Falen.of
Philadelphia, have deposit
ad wltb me supplies of their
Compound Oxygen
v i ii '
HOME TREATMENTS
For Invalid;!. A valuable
Remedy. Semi for free p.m.
pbleU.
AUDIPHONES
Enable tbe deaf to hear. Head for circular and
and term of trial before purchase. 1 f they fell
you need not try any oilier 'phone. Addreaa
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The Great English Remedy
I a never-fulling ( are
for Nervoui lbl'itj".
Exhausted Vita l y,
PemlD! W( aknesf.
Hperma'orrhea, I.OHT
MAKHtl, Impo
ency, pnralyaU. and
all tbe terrible effect
or Self Abuse, youth
ful Jnlliee, and ezcee
e. In maiurer ye n
aacb a Lor. or Mem
ory, LMsUu.de, Noctur
nal Kmlxaton, Averaiun to society, Ulmnew or
Vision, Koine. In tne nead, tne vital nuia
paiuti n K unobserved In tbe urine, end many
other dle.ae tbat lead to Insanity and death.
DK. MINTIK will agree to forfeit Five
Hundred Dollar for a case of tbla kind the
VII Al, HKVlOKA'lIVlcju.ider hi. .pedal
advice and treatment; will not cure, or for
anything Impure or Injurlou. found in it.
)H. MiSTIK treat, all Private Diaeaaea aun
resafully without mercury. Conenltntloa
Free Thorough examination and advice. In
cluding analygla or utine, 15 On. Prioeof Vltail
Hfttrtl. (3 00 per bottle, or tour time,
the quantity for $10 00; tent lo any adddreM
on receipt of price, or U. O. D.. (eoure from ob
servation, and In private name If deeited, by
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bo' tie; .lx bott lea tor to 60.
DK. MINTIfc' OAWOHI.IOl PILLS
re tbe beat and cheapest DYSPEPSIA and
MILlttUK cure In tbe ma-ket. for tale by all
driipglnti". -
IIOIIUK, . CO. Portland. Or.
tiolnle Agent. marlltf
CANCER AND TUMOR CURED.
Birth Mark, and Wen. removed without tbe
ore of the knife or loai of blood. 8 peel met a
of Cancer in bottle to show. Fur copy of cer
tificate from leading citizens of cures made
year aao In Oregon, and lull particular, ad
dress W. GltKEN, Salem, Oregon,
Until September, 18SU, and after that lime at
Oakland, California.
He will be at tbe Oregon State Fair In Jul v.
Inqulieor Mr. Jobn Brook, opposite west gate
of Fair Ground; or drop a letter In the Uaieia
Poatoffice. He expects to visit Halem every
year during the tsiale Fair; also Portland lust
before or after tbe Fair, and can be found at
tbe leading hotel, all or which timely notice
will be given In thi end other leading paper.
H pay repaired nmtll ears la eflfeeted. HI.
many certldeatea are front some or tbe beat
men in the Htate, and we can vouch for their
veracity. His certificate would Oil an entire
column in floe print.
8HINDLER & CHADBOURUE.
r-lariiifacturci7G of furniture
f if 1
JVHT KKCEiyEa A SEW LOT OF
WALL::-.PAERS
Direct from Eastern Manufacturer.
WABEROOns,
Front and First Sts. bet Morrison and Yamhill.
PORTLAND. ORKGON.
WHAT DO YOU REaUlBE
Knapp, Surrell CI Co,
C3 and 34 Front, and 32 and 34
DEAXEBH IH AGHICUI.TIWA1 MMJMKHTS. TC.
Sell the Bain Wagon! Hodges' Header with Improvements for 1880, Marsh Harve!er
with beif-BinUers, McCormiik Harvesters with Self-Binders, Uiger bulky ltake,
l'humas Sulky Rake, Buffalo Pitts Separators and Powers, Spring Wagons, Oliver
Chilled Metal Plows, Moline Plows, Garden City Plows, Friedman Patent llai rs,
.... ... ' , 1 I .1.1.1 A . ' J O 1 ,, . '
Lm i)ow Wheel Harrows, .Broadcast eeeaers ana wuiuvature, uaruva oeea uriiis,
Horse Hay Forks, Champion Grain Registers, Pacific Fanning Mills, French Burrh
Old Quarry Mill Stone, Mill Picks, Proof Staffs, Bmutters, Bolting Cloth, Leather i.nd
Rubber Belting, Scales, Hoes, Churns, Cider Mills, Feed Cutters, Scythes, Snailtg,
Cradles, Forks, Road Scrapers, Canal Barrows, Grindstones and Fixtures, Threshing
Kngines, Portable and Stationary Engines, baw Alius, caws, r ence v ire, uarDeu atiu
Plain, etc Reduced Prices on Bolting Cloth and Grist Mill Machinery, of which we
keep only the best quality. .No second-liana or eonaemnea gooes in siocn.
If you have their Catalogue for 1879, send for Supplement and trk last for 1S.S0.
Ask for the Catalogue if you do not have it. jun4titl
J. I. CASE THRESIliriG
N ?
.rru&f, y,., .,. ,. ,. . j.Jmf)
New Improved Threshing Machine for 1880.
LESS BELTS. NO CLOGGING OF SE1VES. NO CRACKING OF GK.V1.T.
NO WASTING OF THE FARMER'S GRAIN.
It la tli Machine for Thrtebormcn to Buy.
THE CELEBRATED DINGER WOODBURY POWER
FOUR BULL PINIONS. NOT A COG BROKEN LN FOUR YEARS.
Warranted to Run Lighter and be Stronuer than any other Power. 2000 sold in IS.':..
SELF-PROPELLING ENGINES FOR 1880.
Reversible Forward and Backward. Sires 8, 10, 12, and 15 Horse-power.
J- I. CASEHEADER.
BEWARE OF IMITATIONS.
The IloJgea Case aud Woods Case are not made by us. They ouly assumed lit :
names to sell their worthless machines. The J. 1. Case Header "is only sold by us a.;. I
our authorized agents. " J. I. CASE T. M. CO.
Send for Circular and l'rlce Llal. Itrnitvh llouae at Partlaad, Oreav
may 21 ml G. W. STAVER, Agent for Oregon and Washington.
J. W. aTRAsrOE. Aral. Bufbnrr. "
Dr. SPINNEY
NO. I I KEARNY ST,
lan Francisco, Cal.
Treats all Chronic and Special Diaeaaea.
YOUNG M KIN"
WHO MAY BE StJFFKKrNQ FROM J
tbeeBfct of youthful follies or India-
e. on.wili do well lo avail tbi motives of thl i
tue greatest boon ever laid at the al'ar nifler
'.K humanity. DR. SPINNEY will guarantee "
to forfeit S50O for every case of 8eml uxl Weak :
oeas er private disease of any kind or t-barao
ter which he undertake, and falls to cure.
HIDDLE-..GED ME..V.
There are many men at tbe age ol thirty to
sixty who are troubled with too frequent evac
uation of tbe bladder, often aooompanted by
b (light smarting or burning sensation and a
weakening of the system Id a manner the pa
tient cannot aooonnt frr. On examining tbe
urinary deposits a rop; sediment miM often be
found, and sometimes small particle of albu
men will appear, or tbe color will be of a thin
mllktoh hue, again cbangtng to a dark and
torpid appearance. There are many men who
die of this difficulty. Ignorant of the cause,
which 1. the second stage of seminal weakness.
Dr S. will guarantee a perfect cure Iu all such
cases, and a healthy restoration of the genito
urinary organ..
Office Honrs-10 to 4 and 6 to 8. Sundays
from 10 to 11 a.m. Consultation free. Thorough
examination aud aiviec, ti.
Cal I or address,
DK. SPIN !tKY at CO.
No. 11 Krvn; street, Kan Francisco.
P. H. For private disease, of short standing
a lull course of medicine sufficient to cure,
with necessary Instruction, will be sent to
any address on receipt of ten dollar.
Tt 1 . kl BlMl Kl ... A Ml-al.
every function to more healthful acUon, and i
uiu m Qeneni in ati aiaeaaea.
In eliminating tbelmpuri tie of the blood, th
natural and necessary remit Is the care of Hcrof
uloua and other akin Eruptions and Diseases,
including Cancers, Ulcers and other Korea.
Srspepsla, Weakness of UieHtomscb. Conati
on, jDitxiness, General Debility, etc., are
cured by the Safe Bitter. It la aoeaaaled
as ao appetiser and rerutar tonic.
It a, a medicine which abould tie In every fam
ily, and wbicb. wherever used, will save the
payment of many doctors' bill.
Bottles of two siaes; prices, so cents snd tlXKX
"WiM-iier'a
Safe Heme
dies are said
by DrufCKiMt
and Dealers
In Medicine
everywhere.
EEWAESERiCO,
SMI
luvinw,,
Tend for Pamphlet
and Teatituontaia.
HOUUr, DAVIS a CO., Agenta.
Portland. Or
JEWLm FIRE. E0ILED
A.D RAW
Strictly Pure Atlantic
UniTEJEAD.
V? JPJ.SHS8.' BRCBHEfl. VARNISHES,
C. T. KAYJNOLU8 A UO.'S COLORS, BTGL
Window and Blimda.
COCCINS At BEACH.
MS FHOMT KTRKKT, PORTLAND, OR.
beneral A gency AV ERILL Mixed Faint. Oldest
and beet, febMatl
(Hiliri
i'Hl -a. - I
V "mil" " --
Wholesale and Retal Dealt rt
C A R P C T S
FURNITURE,
MIRRORS. WALL PAPER. FTC.
rVBSlTUBB FACTOBY.
Four Miles from East Portland.
Jan7ml
HARVEST OF 1880 ?
First Streets, PORTLAND, OREGON.
MACIIinE COUPAftY.
HEALTH PORALli.
I have got it bad -that annoylnr rinel-
sound In my ears and ean but blame Qali Lie
for 1 which 1 t-mk, in vain, to cure the ft .er
and Ague. Buch you can hear every .
a . ata., , lwid wit Dpevtiy rever :tm
Ague mixture, a purely vegetable remedy, end.
Malaria will not molest yoa.
Prtee One Dallar per Bollte.
Vntl, n. rvi . Ka. I. .,, ' a ,a a
- ft .a. i ,T win kt-l it aory If
"The Original." Iusi.t upon Aaving It
BECEC &SON,
Importer and Dealers in
GUNS, RIFLES & REVOLVERS
. Of Every Decriiion. j
ReiRgto',SliarB',8tHartl & Winchester
REPEATING S.IFIXS.
Headquarters for :
Base Balls, Prize Bats, Croquet Games.
Velocipede, Art&ery, Law Tenaw,
FISHING TACKLE,
Of every description and quality.
Rods, f?"'' Flies,
Reels, p VRoats,
Lines, '1 J' jsinker
Baskets, Leaders
Sturoeoa Lines and Hooki ef all Kleds.
fwr. gROHTAaftaaireew, Psrtla.l
LIBERAL ADVANCES
Mad on Cotu.snnient of
BY
Oliristy Sc Wise,
Wool Commission Merchants,
7 Front St., San Feuiclaco,
3-4 Front Nt., Xoa-tlaa&
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