The Douglas independent., April 22, 1882, Image 4

the Castle of bojtcourt.
A ilream warta ma back to rny childhood
. Disturbing my hoary head;
How come ye, again, oh t ye pictures !
That long groined forgotten and dead T
High rises, on shady euclosure,
A. glittering castle, in state
The battlement know I, the tower,
The olden stone bridge and the gate.
I eme on the gilded escutcheon
The Lions, familiar to me,
I salute thee, my dear old acquaintance
' And hie to the court-yard with glee.
There lieth theSphynx by the fountain;
The big tree is green by stream I
And yonder behind the old window
Dreamed I, sweetly, my life's first dream.
I enter the dear castle chapel,
' And seek for my ancestor's grave
. There it is there, hang by yonder pillar :
Old weapons, once worn by the brave.
My dim eyes can't read the inscription,
The traces yet lingering there
llowe'er clear, through the painted windows
. The light breaks with golden glare.
So standest thou, home of my fathers
In my heart, oh, so true and fair I
And yet from the earth thou hast vanished
- The plough goes over thee there.
Be fruitful, oh soil, well beloved,
I bless thee! with love and a tear
And bless him two-fold, who shall ever
Move the plough o'er thy bosom so dear I
But I will arise from my dreaming
With my mournful harp in my hand;
I will wander the wide world over,
Still singing from land to land.
the mail robber.
"Fourteen years ago I drove from Dan
bury to Littleton, a distance of forty
two miles, and as I had to await the ar
rival of two or three coaches, I did not
Btart until after dinner and very often
had a good distance to drive after dark.
It was in the dead of winter, and the
season had been a rough one. A great
deal of snow had fallen, and the drifts
were plenty and deep. The mail that
I,' carried was not due in Littleton by
antral until 1 o'clock m the morning,
but that winter the postmaster was often
obliged to sit up a little later tnan mat
hour for me. .-, -
V One day in January when I drove up
with my mail at Danbury the postmaster
called me into his office.
"Pete," said he with an important, se
rious look, "there's some pretty heavy
money packages in that bag," and he
pointed to it as he spoke.
He said the money was from Boston
to some land agents near the Canada
line. Then he asked me if I had any
passengers who were going through to
Littleton. I told him that I did not
know,
"But suppose I have not?" said I.
"Why," said he, "the agent of the
lower route came in to-day, and he said
that there were two suspicious characters
on the stage that came in last night, and
he 6Qsi jects that they have an eye to this
mail; sJ it will stand you in hand to be
a littlefoareful this evening."
He laid the agent had described one
of them as a short, thick-set fellow.about
fort; Vears of age, with long hair, and a
thicjf heavy clnmp of beard under his
eiin but one on the side of his face.
He did not know about the other. I
told him I gnesed there was not much
danger.
"Oh, no, not if you have passengers
all the way through; but I only told you
this so that you might look out for
your mail, and also took out sharp when
ou change horses."
I answered that I should do so, and
then took the bag under myjarm and left
the office. I stowed the mail away
tinder my seat a little more carefully
than usual, placing it so I could keep
my feet against it, but beyond that I did
not feel any concern. It was past one
when we started and I had four pas
sengers, two of whom rode only to my
first stopping-place. I had reached
Gowan's Mlls at dark, when we stopped
, fcx swpper, and where my other two
passengers', concluded to stop for the
night. - J
- About six o'clock in the evening I left
Gowan's Mills alone, having two horses
and a pung.
J had seventeen miles to go, and a
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nam seventeen, in was 100. adb nignt
was quite clear, but the wind was sharp
and cold, the loose snow flying in every
direction, while the drifts were deep and
closely packed. It was slow, tedious
work, and my horses soon became leg
. weary and restive. At the distance of
six miles I came to a little settlement
called Bull's Corner; where I took fresh
horses. I'd been two hours going that
distance.
As I was going to start a man came up
and asked if I was going through to Lit
tleton. I told 'him I should go through
if the thing could possibly be done. ; He
said he was anxious to go, and as he had
so "baggage I told him to jump in and
make himself as comfortable as possible.
I was gathering up my lines when the
hostler came up and asked me if I knew
that one of the animals had got a deep
cork cut on the off foot. I gave such
directions as I considered necessary, and
was about to turn away when the hostler
remarked that he thought I came alone.
I told him I did.
"Then where did you get that passen
ger?" he inquired.
"He just got in," I aswered.
"Got in from where?"
I don't know."
-nWell, now," said the hostler, "that's
kind of curious. There ain't been no
such man at the house, and I know there
ain't been none at any of the neighbors."
"Let's have a look at his face," said I.
"We can get that much, at any rate. Do
you go back with me, and when I get
iuto the pung, just hold your lantern so
that the light will shine into his face.f
He did as I wished, and as I stepped
into the pung I got a fair view of such
2ortions of my passenger's face as were
not muffled up. I saw a short, thick
frame, full, hard features, and I could
almost see that there was a heavy beard
under the chin. I thought of the man
whom the postmaster had described to
me, but I did not think seriously upon
it until l naa started, remaps l nad
gone half a mile when I noticed the mail
bag wasn't, in its place under my feet.
"Hello!" says I, holding up my horses
a little, "wnere s my mail? '
My passenger sit on a seat behind me,
and I turned toward him.
"Here is a bag of some kind that slip
ped back under my feet," he said, giving
- it a kick as though he would shove it
forward.
.Tnst At this moment mv horses lnm
tared into a deep snow drift, and I was
forced to get out and tread down the
snow in front of them, and lead them
throueh it.
This took me all of fifteen minutes,
nnd when I got in again I pulled the
mail bag forward and got my leet upon
' it. As I was doing this I saw the man
taking something from his lap, beneath
the buffalo, and put it into his breast
pocket. This I thought was a pistol. I
had caught a gleam of the barrel in the
starlight, and when I had time to reflect
1 knew I could not be mistaken, i
About this time I began to think some
what seriously. From what I had heard
and seen I soon made up my mind that
the individual behind me not only
wanted to rob me of my mail, but was
prepared to rob me of my life. If I re
sisted he would shoot me, and perhaps
lie meant to perform that delectable
operation at any rate. While I was pon
dering the horses plunged into another
puow drift, and I was again forced to get
oat and tread down the snow before
them. I asked '. my passenger if he
wouldn't help me, but he didn't feel very
well, and wouldn't try; sol worked all
alone, and was all of a quarter of an hour
getting my team through the drifts. -
When I got into the sleigh again, I te
gan to feel for the mail-bag with my
feet. I found it where I had left it, but
when I attempted to withdraw my foot I
discovered it had become fast in some
thing I thought it was the buffalo, and
tried to kick it "clear; but the more I
kicked the more closely it held. I
reached down my hand, and after feel
ing about a few moments, I found that
my foot was in the mail-bag. I felt
again, and found my hand in among the
packages of letters and papers. I ran
my fingers over the edge of the opening
and became assured that the stout leather
had been cut with a knife.
Here was a discovery; I began to
wish I had taken a little more fore
thought before leaving Danbury ; but
as I knew making such wishes was only
a waste of tiuie, I - quickly gave it up,
and began to consider what I had better
do under existing circumstance. I
wasn't long in making up my mind upon
a few essential points. First, the man
behind me was a villain; second, he had
cut open the mail-bag and robbed it of
some valuable matter he must have
known the money letters by their size
and shape; third, he meant to leave the
stage on the first opportunity; and,
fourthly, he was prepared to shoot me if
I attempted to arrest or detain him.
I revolved these things m my mind,
and pretty soon thought of a course to
pursue. I kuew that to get my hands
safely upon the rascal I must take him
wholly unawares," and this I could not
do while he was behind me, for his eyes
were upon me all the time, so I must re
sort to stratagem. Only a little distance
ahead was a house, and an old farmer
named Longee lived there; and directly
before it a huge snowbank stretched
across the road, through which a track
had been cleared with shovels.
As we approached the cot I saw a light
in the front room, as I felt confidant I
should, for the old man generally sat up
until the stage went by. I drove up,
and when nearly opposite the dwelling,
stood up, as I had frequently done when
approaching difficult places. I saw the
snow-bank ahead, and could distinguisli
the j deep cut which : had been
shoveled through it. I urged my
horses to a good speed, and when near
the bank forced them into it. One of
the runners mounted the edge of the
bank, after which the other ran into the
cut, thus throwing, the sleigh over
about as quick as though lightning had
struck it. My passenger had not calcu
lated on any sach movement, and wasn't
prepared.
He rolled out into the deep snow with
a heavy buffalo robe about him, while I
alighted directly on the top of him. I
punched his head in the snow and called
out for old Longee. I did not have to
call a second time, for the farmer had
come to the window to see me pas, and
as soon as he saw my sleigh overturned
he had lighted his lantern and hurried
out.
"What's to pay?" asked the old man, as
he came up. "
"Lead tho horses into the track, and
then come here," I said.
As I spoke I partially loosened my
hold npon the villain's throat, and he
drew a pistol from his bosom; but I saw
it in good season, and jammed his head
into the snow again,and I got it away from
him.
By this time Longee had led the horses
out and came back, and I explained thai
matter to him in as few words as pos
sible. We hauled the rascal out into the
road again, and, npon examination, we
found about twenty packages of letters
which he had stolen from the mail bag
and stowed away in his pockets. He
swore, threatened and prayed, but we
paidno attention to his blarney. Longee
got some stout cord, and when lie had
securely bound the villain- we tumbled
him into the pung. I then asked the
old man if he would accompany me to
Littleton, and he said, "Of course I
will."
So he got his oveicoat and muffler.and
ere long we started on.
I reached the end of my route with my
mail all safe, though not as snug as it
might have been, and my mail bags a
little the worse for the trick that had
been played on them. However, the
mail robber was secure, and within a
week he' was identified by some officers
from Concord as an old offender, and I
am rather inclined to the opinion that
he is in the State prison at the present
time. At any rate he was there the last
time I heard of him.
This is the only time 1 ever had any
mail trouble, and I think that, under all
the circumstances, I came oat of it
pretty well.
John Went worln on Calhoun ana Ben
ton. ; John Wentworth.of Illinois, delivered
a lecture in Chicago recently on remin
iscences of some great statesmen whom
he has known. In it he said of Calhoun:
"He invited me to his residence one
evening, and he had me alone. He was
the most charming man in conversation
whom I ever heard. He spoke of Chi
cago very interestingly, of -which he had
derived considerable information
through his official intercourse with the
officers of Fort Dearborn while Secietary
of War from 1817 to 1825. , He spoke of
the West as the natural ally of the
South, and of tho Mississippi and upper
lakes as great inland seas, deserving the
same governmental consideration as the
oceanic waters. He presented me with a
book : containing his biography
and speeches with his com
pliments and autograph. I
wrote a narrative of the evening's
conversation and pasted it in the book,
but the Chicago fire has prevented me
from giving you the seuuetive language
of one who had been for years plotting
the dissolution of the union to a young
and inexperienced member of congress.
I overtook Colonel Benton on my way
home, and when he ascertained where I
bad been and saw my book, he became
extremely violent, averring that he
could tell me every word that Calhoun
had uttered. He said it was Mr. Cal
houn's custom to early procure inter
views with young men and instil into
their minds the seeds of secession, nulli
fication and treason. At the close of the
Tyler administration he went into pri
vate life, and there he remained until he
came to the senate in December, 1845,
where he continued until his death,
March 31, 1850. I heard his last speech,
and was at his funeral."
They Didn't Catch On.
"Of all the rustics that stop at this
house, the natives from Bodie take the
matza," said the room clerk of the
Baldwin to a Post reporter the other day.
j "Sorter green eh?"
"Green? Well, I should 8nic:ger. You
see, because they've been making a iittle
coin up that way they think they know
it all. A party of four got here yester
day morning, and started out shopping
right after .breakfast. At dinner they
came in all shaved, trimmed up and
togged out with new , suits, and I'm
blessed if each didn't have a red flannel
chest protector hung round his neck out
side of his coat. They actually believed
they were some stylish new arrangement
to protect the clothes from being soiled
while at the table. S. F. Post.
They are always discovering some
thing wonderful out in California. The
latest thing in wonders is a canary who
refuses to sing unless a mouse, for whom
the bird has been struck with a consum
ing passion, is with him in the cage.
Boston Transcript.
A London Editor.
The editor of the Morning Chronicle
during Mr. Clemenst' proprietorship was
John Black, a man with the spirit, of a
Drawcansir and the habits of a Car
thusian monk. He had in person, ac
cording to James Grant, all the blunt
and bluff appearance of a thick-set
farmer. He was never, during the many
years of his editorship, to be seen on the
streets without being accompanied by a
large mastiff, and a robust stick, which
he, himself, called an honest, sturdy
cudgel, in his hand; and generally, ac
cording to the recollections of another of
his staff who knows him as well as . Mr.
Grant, with a couple of books under his
arm, which be had picked up as a bar
gain at one of the second-hand book
stalls that abounded at this time in the
Strand. All his habits were of a piece.
Dressing, as he did, in the plainest pos
sible manner, he had an insuperable ob-
i'ection to having his editorial sanctum
tept tidy. This extended even to the
dusting of his books; the dustier they
were the better. They lay, like Dr.
Thirl wall's, in heaps all over the
floor, and the whole room was
in glorious confusion papers piled
upon papers, books upon books.
The place was Chaos. Black found his
way about the room.it is said.by instinct;
but he knew the place of every book,
and when chatting with a visitor about
any of the questions of the day.he would
walk across the room, take down a vol
ume to prove his point,read the passage,
and return the volume to its place with
out removing more of the dust than the
operation absolutely required.
Henry Hunt was once asked, in cross
examination, in a libel case against the
Morning Chronicle, whether he had ever
been in Mr. Black's room. "Yes," said
Hunt. "And how was the editorial
sanctum furnished splendidly ?" asked
the counsel. "I can hardly say that it
was." "Can you give the jury some idea
of the interior? .What do you suppose
would have been the value of the furni
ture ?" said the counsel. "I
should not think," was the answer,
"the whole of the furniture, if sold
at auction, would have fetched more
than seven pence-halfpenny." "Are you
serious, sir?" asked the counsel; "re
member you are on your oath, sir." "I
da remember that," said Hunt, "and
remembering it, I have not put too ex
travagant a price upen the furniture."
"Then, please to explain, sir," replied
the counsel. "How do you arrive at the
conclusion that the whole of the furni
ture in the editorial sanctum of the
Morning Chronicle is not worth more
than sevenpence-halfpenny? Explain
how you make that out." "Why," said
Hunt, amid the inextinguishable laugh
ter of the Court, "there was no furniture
at all in the room except a table and two
chairs, and while the table would not
have fetched sixpence, no one would
have given mofo than three half-ponce,
as the utmost, for the two chairs to
gether."
Yet, John Black, with the manners of
a bear, possessed the soul of a Saladin,
and although he did not care sufficiently
for his best friend to walk across the
street to shake hands with him, he was
ready, at a moment's notice, to unlock
his pistol case and fight a duel with the
first man who, like Roebuck, impugned
the honor of the fourth estate or its rep
resentatives. He was personally the
soul of honor, and so proud, personally
and professionally, that, although in
constant commuaication with Her Maj
esty's ministers during the administration
of the Whigs, he never asked a single
favor of one of them.
"You are the only man," said Lord
Melbourne to him on one occasion, when
chatting with him in his study, "who
forgets that I am Prime Minister." "How
so, my loru?" asked Black, supposing,
for tbe moment, that he had inad
vertently omitted to pay proper respect
to the rank of his visitor. "Well," said
Lord Melbourne, "you are the only man
I know who never asks a favor of me."
"I have no favor to ask, my lord," re
plied Black. "I have no favor to ask of
any one in the world. You are Prime
Minister of England, but I am editor of
the Morning Chronicle, and I would not
change places with the proudest man
in England not even, my lord, with
you." f C. Pebody in "English Jour
nalism." Brother Gardner or Jeremiahs.
"Dar am sartin folkses I want to keep
away from," began the old man as the
voices of the Glee Club died away on the
last strains of "Sarah Jane's Baby."
"I mean dat class of people who groan
oberthe wickedness of the world, an
who have heartaches an sorrows to ped
dle aroun' de kentry at the reg'lar mar
ket rates. Dar' am de ole man Turner.
He comes ober to see me now and den,
but be can't sot still kase somebody stole
his dog, or hit him wid a brick-bat, or
beat him out of seventy-five cents. He
fully believes dat de world am gwine to
smash at de rate of fifteen miles an hour,
an' it would eanemost kill him to lose
his ole wallet an' find a man honest 'nuff
to return it.
"De widder Flumsell comes ober to
borry some butter for supper, an' she
draps down on a cba'r an' heaves a sigh
as big as a barn doah an' goes, on to say
that dis am a cold an' unfeelin' world.
'Cording to her tell all men am dishonest
all women extravagant, an' all chill'en
just ready to come down wid de measles.
Tears run down her cheeks as she tells
how she has to work an' plan while
eberybody else has money to frow inter
Lake Erie, an sbe'wipes her nose on her
apron as she asserts dat dis wicked world
can't stan' mo' dan fo' weeks longer.
"Deacon Striper draps in to eat pop
corn wid me of a Friday e ben in', an' he
hardly gits out from under his hat befo'
he begins to tell what his first wife died
of; how his second runaway; how his
third broke her leg by fallin off a fence
and cost him $28.14 for doctor's bill, an'
befo' he gits frew you couldn't make him
believe but what de hull world was dead
agin him. He predicts a late spring, a
hot summer, poor crops, high prices, a
bloody war, an' goes home feelin' dat he
am stoppin' on airth only to accommo
date somebody.
"I have no sorrow of my own. I've
been robbed, but dat was kase I left a
winder up. I've been swindled, but dat
was kase I thought fo' queens would beat
fo' aces. I've bet on de wrong boss; I've
bought lottery tickets which didn't draw;
I've "bin sick unto death, and I've bin
shot in the back wid a hull brickyard,
but I do not sorrow an' I do not ax fur
sympathy. De world am plenty good
'nuff fur de class of people livin' in it.
Honest men am not lonesome fur com
pany; an' honest woman am sartin to be
appreciated. De janitor will now open
fo winders an' we will purceed to biz
ness." Detroit Free Press. '
D6o's Presence of Mind. Persons
who chanced to be near the Commercial
street bridge yesterday, say the Buffalo
Express of March 14th, about 4 o'clock,
were greatly impressed by the intelligent
way In which a large Newfoundland dogt
belonging to a fisherman, saved a little
boy from what might have been a very
serious injury. The boy was riding on a
big two-horse wagon, and at about the
point mentioned piched or fell out head-,
foremost. ' In an instant his face would
have struck the pavement, but jnst in the
nick of time the dog rushed up, seized
him by tbe collar and eased his fall. The
boy could hardly have been more than
seven or eight years .of age, was dressad
nicely and was scared about out of his
senses. As soon as he regained his feet
he ran off crying and screaming with
fright. The name of the owner of the
dog is unknown.bot the animal certainly
deserves handsome treatment.
HOlil I CULTURAL ROTES
Tie Rural World says: An orchard is
as indispensable to tha farmer ah b. rn.r
den. It furnishes a healthful food, a
great luxury. It attaches children to
home. It pnhftn till) v&lna nt ira
farm. It pays-to plant fruit trees. " All
! A il . a a
wwner long, me larmer, u ne nas an
orchard, htw got an unfailing supply of
apples to go to. They can be cooked,
eaten raw, converted into cider, or sold
at good prices. Orchards are as neces
sary as cows, or sheep or hogs. Don't
fail to plant good orchards.
One of the most successful orchardists
who destroys the codling worm by turn
ing sheep into his orchards, is J. S.
Woodward, f Lockport. ;.: His rule is to
put in twice as many sheep as the grass
of his bearing orchard will feed, and to
make up the deficiency with grain. To
prevent all the danger of the sheep at
tacking the bark of the trees, he makes a
mixture of carbolic soap, and the drop
pings of the sheep, And coats the bark of
the trees with the mixture by means of a
coarse brush, as high as the sheep will
reach.'..
In Mr. Butter's late excellent work on
the peach, he shows that the free use of
alkaline washes and manures, especially
potash and lime, will preserve a peach
orchard from the yellows, as well as
from other destroyers of its fertility. Mr.
Butter has had thirty-five years of very
extensive and varied experience, and his
reliability is beyond question. So far
as regards the boreis, the carbolic acid
of coal tar is most convenient and effec
tive. It mixes in water well by stirring
it first into hot, strong soapsuds. A pint
of the crude acid, oostiag twenty-five
cents, is recommended to four or five
gallons of soft soap; which, diluted, will
make twenty gallons of wash, to be ap
plied , in June, and again in August for
assured effectiveness, although the June
application usually suffices.
. According to the English authorities,
1881 will be remembered, as the worst
onion year on record, the onioa grub
having totally destroyed the crop, ex
cept in a few instances where special
precautions were taken against this in
sect. Crowded Churches.
Of course tho Boman Catholio
churches are crowded; they always are.
The Boman Catholics during Lent have
their regular services, and go to church
"between meals," as well. How is it
with the Episcopalians ? I went to Trin
ity the other day, and I had to stand
round for half an hour before the
gowned verge could find me a seat, and
when he did find me one, just at the be
ginning of the sermon, it was in the
aisle. I weni to St. John's Church one
evening; it was crowded to the door. I
went to the Church of St. Mary the Vir
gin, and was sjeated behind a stone pil
lar, where my view of the gorgeous cere
monial was confined to a dozen candles,
which flickered on the extreme right of
the altar, and to an acolyte who sat near
the altar rail and made eyes at a pretty
girl in the congregation. No wonder
there was a crowd. Such vestments,
such incense, such lights, such singing,
and such painted saints on the wall I
Surely the congregation was not fallen
off here. The Baptists well, go to Dr.
McAithur's, and yon must be early to
get "a seat; or go to Mr. Judson's,
where you'll surely find a crowd, though
you may always count on a seat, even if
some of the regular congregation have to
give up theirs to you. Go to almost any
Baptist church, and you'll find almost
as many people as the church will con
tain. The Methodists never have small
congregations; one of their proverbial
virtues is church going. In short, go to
any well established church of any living
and working denomination, and you'll
find out how absurdly false is the per
iodical paragraph about failing congre
gations. But go where agnostism is
preached and you will see a beggarly
number of empty benches. The vaga
ries of spiritualism and the agonies of
second adventisra are no longer popular.
The predicaments of the former and the
predictions of the latter have proved dis
astrous. As far as New York is con
cerned, I believe that the proportion of
church-goers to the population is as
large as at any time in the city's history
and larger than in most New England
villages. New York Correspondence
Boston Traveller.
A Brave Girl.
About a mile from the village of Pres
ton, Conn., a girl of 19 lives alone with
her father. The other evening the father
went off to the village, leaving the
daughter by herself in the house. Some
time after dark she heard a rap at the
door, and on opening it she found a lit
tle negro, leaning on his stick and evi
dently very feeble, who asked for some
thing to eat. The girl would probably
have turned back to find something for
the beggar, but she suddenly caught
sight of the negro's eyes and saw that
they were blue. Now, a blue-eyed negro,
as the intelligent young lady was aware,
is something of a rarity, and she at once
touched the little old man's ' face
with her finger, causing
some charcoal from the one
to stick to the other. The pretended
beggar no sooner saw that his fraud was
detected thau he tb.rew..off' all disguise,
revealed himself a tall, powerful man,
and rushed upon the girl before him.
She struggled with all the strength
which her terrible position gave her.and
at last succeeded in getting near the
fire-place. With a great effort she freed
her arm, grasped an iron poker and put
her whole soul into a blow on the ruf
fians head. He was stunned for a mo
ment and the young lady lost no time in
tying bis feet and hands together. Hav
ing done this she went out and hitched
the horse to the wagon, came back and
forced the helpless prisoner into the
vehicle, drove off and only thought her
work done when the fellow was in safe
keeping in the village.
Salt for tbe Throat.
In these days, writes a correspondent,
when diseases of the throat are bo uni
versally prevalent, and in so many coses
fatal, we feel it our duty to say a word
in behalf of a most effectual, if not pos
itive, cure for sore throat. For many
years past, indeed, we may say during
the whole of a life of more than forty
years, we have been subject to sore throat
and more particularly to a dry, hacking
cough, which is not only distressing to
ourselves, but to our friends and those
with whom we are brought into business
contact. Last fall we were induced to
try what virtue there was in common
salt. We commenced by using it three
times a day morning, noon, and night.
We dissolved a large tablespoonful of
pure table salt in about half a small
tumblerful of water. With this we gar
gled the throat most thoroughly just be
fore each meal time. The result has
been that during the entire winter we
were not only free from coughs and colds
but the dry, hacking cough has entirely
disappeared. We attribute these good
results solely to the use of salt gargle,
and most 'cordially recommend a trial
of it to those who are subject to diseases
of the throat.
When a Kentucky congressman was
informed that he could have all the gar
den seeds he wanted from the agricul
tural department, he exclaimed, "Seeds 1
what do I want seeds for? But hold on !
Yes, yes; I believe I do want a few."
And he forthwith sent for a half bushel
of cardamom seeds, the only seeds be
had any use for.
all sort rs.
- Bats always shear off the wings of flies
before eating them.
Boaz, of the Bible, had his Ruth, but
modern bores are ruthless.
Everv good man who has had a second
wife will be a Mormon in heaven.
There is about 820,000,000 of railroad
property in Jersey City exempt from
taxation.
- There are ten railroads chartered to
cross the line between the United States
and Mexico.
Chicago has the largest Hebrew popu
lation of any city of equal numbers in'
the world.
When Dana) saw Jupiter descending
in a shower of gold.she simply remarked,
"The rain is ore."
liiverpool seems to Dr. Lyman Abbott
fan odd combination of Boston solidity
aadj Bowery garishness." t t
iAn innocent person asked an editor
tie difference between prose and poetry,
ndi the editor replied that prose was
ead. . ., s
If it is your purpose in life to make
our face your fortune, you must look
rell to it or it will turn out to be ! your
isfortune. : -v.'
A lecturer is telling "How We Hear."
t is easily told. Somebody tells a friend
of ours, and tells him not to tell; that's
the way we hear. '
j Montenegro has mobilized her army,
which will march upon Vienna as soon
as a proper outfit of shoes and stockings
can be provided for him. . f
The man who never told lie never
paid a compliment. A compliment, by
the way, is relished by the recipient in
inverse ratio to its truth.
- Arabella (whose soul is wrapped in
science): "Charles, isn't this nice?"
Charles (who is deeply interested in Ara
bella): "Nice! it's delioious."
People who are tired of this weary
world had better move to Glendive. M.
T. Of the thirteen people who have died
there, only two died a natural death.
Brown and Fogg fell on the slippery
walk, the other morning. Fogg says
he isn't exactly acquainted with Brown,
but they have been thrown together in
society.
"Woman," says Mrs. Eastman "is a
problem." So she is; and though a
problem we can never hope to solve, it
is one we shall never .never be willing to
give up.
It is calculated that in London a child
is born every five minutes. Ex. A
child that is born everv five minutes
must be a world of trouble and expense
to its parents.
A poem entitled '
Farewell," has been
young lady in Iowa.
Three Kisses of
received from a
The old gentle-
man seems to have
early that evening.
come home rather
When a party of respectable Cincin
natiana go to Paris to see the sights, it's
a little mean in certain newspapers to
announce that "Cincinnati hams have
invaded Paris in force."
Magistrate "Do you know the i
of an oath, my boy? Witness (pr
nature
irompt
ly) "Yes, sir. 'Must take it, sir 'relse
I can t be memb r o Parh'mect, sir r
I asked him where he had taken up his
abode. "Oh ! he replied, "I'm living
by the canal for the present. I should
be delighted if you'd drop in some even
ing." Then I left him.
M. Bichenbach, in noticing the state
ment that Dr. E. C. Spitzka found in
the egg of a turtle a live maggot, says
that he once found in a hen's egg a small
piece of printed paper.
Some years ago Miss Libbie Minkler
of Boohelle, III., lost both arms by fall
ing in front of a reaper. To-day she is
earning a good living by oil painting,
holding the brush in her teeth.
Miss Julia Test of Richmond, Ind.,
has just recovered a watch lost in a Pull
man sleeper three years ago. In rebuild
ing the car the workmen found the
watch wedged in a corner of the birth.
Why Stone Walls are Damp.
The walls of a stone house and some
times of a brick house, aie covered with
dampness. This is due to the very same
cause by which due is deposited on
grass, or moisture on the side of a glass
or pitcher that is filled with ice-water
and brought into a warm room. The
walls become cold, and as stone is a non
conductor of heat, they remain cold for
a long time. When the weather changes
suddenly from cold to warm, the air be
comes filled with moisture, for the
warmer the air is the more moisture it
will absorb. When this warm air strikes
the cold walls, the moisture is deposited
on them from the air, which is sud
denly cooled by contact with them, and
as the warm air is continually coming in
contact with the wails, the dampness ac
cumulates until it appears like dew upon
them, and pours down in streams at
times. No plaster should be directly on
brick or stone, but furring strips should
be nailed to the wall and the lath put on
these. Cellars are frequently very damp
in the same way by too much ventilation
in warm weather. The warm air pour
ing in is cooled, and its moisture de
posited on the walls and floor until they
are so wet as to surprise the housekeeper,
who wonders how it is the cellar will not
dry, and the more it is aired the wetter
it becomes. :
Tbe I.SMtlea' Knperlnm.
Mrs. M. A. Winnie, manager of the
Ladies' Emporium and Lace House, 167
Third street, Portland, is in receipt of a
full line of Hamburg and Tortian edg
ings and insertions, as well as many,nov
el ties in neck wear. This old established
honse always keeps in the lead, and
ladies in search of beautiful and reliable
goods can always be pleased and satisfied
by visiting the Emporium.
OREOOH TO MASSACHUSETTS.
Some tim ago Hesmn. Hodge, Paris h Co., of this
city, read in a Huuchirti paper tbst Hon.
Cbftrlea B. Ladd, auditor of t&at state, was afflicted
with an incurable kidney disease, and bad been
obliged to give up work and return to bis home.
They immediately sent bim a box of their celebrated
Oregon Kidney Tea, and from time to time sent him
other boxes. A few days ago they received from
him the following letter: f
Commonwealth or Mawuchusitts, 1
Auditor's Pep't, Boston, Nov. 11, 1881. f
Messrs. Hodge, Davis k Co.: Dear Sirs I have do
hesitation in saying that I have been much benefited
by the nee of tbe Oregon Kidney Tea as a remedy for
a kidney difficulty whion baa troubled me for six or
eight years. I can heartily recommend it to those
who are similarly afflicted, as a safe and agreeable
remedy. I shall test it virtue rurther. for I have
great faith in it as a specific for many diseases of
tbe kidneys. Respectfully yours.
CHA8. B. LADD,
Tbe original of this letter can be seen by calling
rk Messrs. Hodge, Davis a Co., Portland, Oregon,
and tbe Oregon Kidney Tea can be bought of any
druggist or dealer, in Oregon or Washington. Price
fl per box. . -
Send name and address to Cragin &
Co., Philadelphia, Pa., for cook book,
free, . , , -
Dr. Henley's celebrated California II L Bit
ters always relieve Dyspepsia and Indigestion.
Send $1.00 to W. D. Palmer, Portland, for one
year's subscription to the Paci6c Overseer, the
great semi-monthly A. O. U. ft. paper.
8hset Music: Largest stock on the northwest
coast, orders filled promptly. Send stamp for cat
alogue and journal, Wiley B. Allen 153 Third
street, Portland
The galaxy of stars at the Elite theater in Port
land, is drawing crowded bouses nightly. Re
member the popular prices, 25 and 60 cents to
any part of the house.
All sensible people suffering with rheumatism
use Plunder's Oregon Blood Purifier. Sold at
$1.00 a bottle, v - ---.y,
Turk isb Rues. Send to Jobn B. Garrison
167 Third street Portland, for caUloguee ot de
sigfts.' i.--.
The Gold Medal gallery or Portland, owned by
F. G. A bell, Portland, is alvays bringing oat
novelties in tbe photographic line. His country
patrons are always pleased with their treatment
as well as the work obtained.
For that headache! Try the Oregon Blood
Purifier, tbe vegetable remedy, it's the cure.
Garrison repairs all kir,Ls of sewta; machines
O- K. P. On. rNeWr'tSi. N' 'i '
Porilai lies Diroclsryl
AUHVKYOR.
W. B. MiVBK AH TllXV mTKOWSIJ
Civil lsjigii.errs, Contractors and surveyors. Olllw
W fctartc a rtet. Union BkK-k, Furl and, Or.. w4h
Ferry A While, Rvui Emt Axeittn. Surviving
done In any part i.f Orng..i or Washington.
JBAKEK1KWT
EMPtRfc BAKHV2 WashTHgtmu Voss
Fuhr, Props. Manufacturers ot Pilot bread, crack
era, etc. Pork and beuns and Boston brown bread
every Wuiidav morning.
ARSAYKBS.
a. B. MelNTOSH, Cor. Front and Stark. Chem
ical analysis made of coal, mineral waters, etc. Or
dinary always of gold, silver, lead or copper, from
ATTORVET.
D. P. KK5farF.Y..A.ttomey and Counselor M
Law Room & Oekana'a handing, 'fjegal bUKinm
pertaining to Letters Patent for Inventions, before
t he Patent Ofiiee or in the Courts, a specialt v.-
EYE & EAR INFIRMARY
AND
SANITARIUM, OR HOME FOR THE SICK.
Macadam Road bet. Porter and Wood Sta.,
Month Portland, Or.
- Dr. Piiknfcton,lat ProfessorofRye A Kar Diseases
In tbe Medical Department of Willamette University
has erected a fine building, on a beautiful elevation in
the south part of the city and is prepared to accomo
date patients suiferiiur from all diaeanesof tle hVE,
KAR or THROAT. Also will pay ecial attention to
persons laboring under Chronica Nervous uffeetions,
and to dheases peculiar to women, and recleve a limi
ted number of cases expecting confinement.
The intention is to provide a Hotne for such cases
wtth all the best hygienic agencies, combined with the
best medical skill to be had in the metropolis.
Consulting phynlcian and surgeon Dr. Philip Harvey,
Prof, of diseases of women and children in tbe medical
department Willamette University.
Also Or. J. M. F. Browne, Prof, of Physiology med
den't. Willamette University.
For any amount of references and dmnlar, address
UB. J. B. PILKI.TO.,
Cor. 1st nnd Wnhltigtw Sts.. Portlauid, Or.
PALACE
0
"Warranted First Class
83 PPWAROU,
1 SIMON HARRIS,
SOLE AG K NT,
48 First t., Portland, Or.
Catalogues) mailed Free.
SPORTSMEN'S EMPORIUM.
"WEI. BECK & SON.
. . Importers and dealers In .
GniiSi Rifles, and Revolvers
XMJUS
Reels,
Sinkers,
Floats,
Sturgeon
Baskets, .
Lines,
Hooks ol
all kinds.
Leaders,
F.T8HI1TG- TJiuCICX.E,
Braided and Tapered Oil 811k fines.
Six Spliced Split Bamboo Rods,
165asd 187 Hecond nt., Portland, Or.
1850. 32 Years Practical Experience. 1882.
John A. Child
DRUGGIST,
Pealer in
fine Chemicals,
Perfumery,
Toilet Articles,
Sponges, Soaps,
& Rubber Loods.
Cor Morrison ft 2d stf
Portland, Or. .
' Special attention
pa'd to orders by
mail when accom
panied'vitb the eh.
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MAKE USE OF THIS VEGETABLE KINGDOM
A 8TTRK REMEDY FOR
BLOOD and LIVER COMPLAINT
" For sale everywhere Il Do.
PACIFIC COAST
ureau,
A COItPOKTllM.
President WENDELL. EATON
Vioe Pre, and Geo. Mtnaper ....... GEO. W. FRISK
Treaarer... AKG O-CAUFORfiUN BANK
8ecretary... .... ... f. b. WILDK
Board of Dircctois.
J. O. ELDRIDGE, 5 I -Ra.NT 1. TAGG ART,
Q. W. KKINK, 1 F. . WILDE,
WENDELL BOSTON
' Principal Plwce of BcuttstNS.
22 Montgomery Street, San francisco
snb-Agencies a ech county feat of the State.
Aarene) for Hale and xctne f "arm
! nrf. I. r(e trcis s-lxll vlded
and a .id at aurtton or private .
i-Colonist and Immigrants located Careful
appraisements made tor Bnk. Uourts Adminis
trators, Trustees, e c. Legal forms x mpl'ed with.
Full records of aales in each county on file at the
General Office. Assume entire charge oi property
pay taxes, innranee etc. etc.
mn v i okx
SEWING MACHINE : STORE,
16t Third (Mrect, Portland
JOHN B. GARRISON, Proprietor,
: iGINT FOE THS
White, Improved Singer, Crown, Howe New
Home, Davis, Wilson, l'D" Howe, Royal
St John,
And General Agent for Oregon and Washington
Territory for tbe :
Household Sewing Machine.
Dealer in all kinds ol Sewing Machine Attach
menu Needles oils. Etc.
W-Sewlng Macolnes tepairwd ou 'hort notice.
WILLIAM COLLIER,
IMI .A. O ZEE I UST 1ST-
..;. Dealer In Sfew and
SECOND IIA.X1) MACHINERY,
8 Madlaoa St., Partlaad, Or.
Parties or1rfnf Roller. Kna-lae or SAW
MILL. M A. CHI. NEK Y eaa aeeare
by addreaeias; Mr. Collier.
New and Second Hand Machinery
Boocnt and aold r tradrd ta a4vjn.
SALVREEN.
A ready relief aad aula extractor M at
eve. r
family shoald have at aaad. .,
It cure Corns, Bunion. Rums. Bru ses. Boil. Felons,
Old sores. Khenmatle pains. Ho re eyes, More throat,
ftprains, fleers. Tooth arhe, Side arhe, Worn, Knit
rheum, Bfnamorm, etc Hemuves inflammation iih
stsntly Price 25c t. For sale by all bnurgwts or sent
on receipt of price by tbe Household. Supply Co. of
P rtland, Oregon. -
THE "WHITE." WE HAVE THIS DAY SOLD
our entire Interest in, and transferred the arency
of the White Hewing Machine to Mr. John B. Uarri
son, of 187 Third str et. Portland, Or. Mr. Uarrfaon
will hereafter supply the growing deuuuid fur lh
superior and popular sewing machine.
aii& - HILL ft BAHR,
f. COME 1
F 'jjr AND Mk
I SEK ME. H
o IfP
asoirrjLBan MjtBCHo. 1879.
THOMPSON, D3HABT k CO.
Iron & Steel
MEKCHANTS
AND DBA1XS3 IN v
Shelf and Heayy Hardware,
BLACKSMITHS' TOOLS,
Farmers and Mechanics' Supplies,
WAGON AND CARRIAGE
WOOD HTOCK,
CARRIAGE HARDWARE.
I 12ak TROOtESTGS
Flies, Twist Brills, Hammers, Sledgcx,
Tongs, Stocks and Dies,
Norway and Refined Iron, Horse Shoes
. and Nails, Cumberland Coal,
CHAIN. CORDAGE OF ALL KI9TDS.
Blocks, Oakum, Oars, Capstans, etc
BOLTS, RIVETS, SPIKES nails.
OTJB STOCK OF
WapafiflCaffie Material
LARGEST AND BEST ASSORTED
ON THE COAST.
14 rirat fct. 143 and 11$ Front St., earner
. Yamhill, Portland, Or sua. .
BUCKINGHAM & HECHT'S
BOOTS AND SHOES
Are the BEST and COST, NO MORE than
Other Brands, and if the Merchant with
whom jon Trade does not keep our Goods
it is because it PAYS better to sell a
pair of Boots or Shoes eTery TWO
Months than eyerj FOUR r FIVE.
WE WARRANT EVERY PAIR
We make. All Merchants In Good Credit
can procure these Goods at our Ware
houses in PORTLAND or San Francisco.
TRY OUR "HERCULES" BOOTS
HECIIT BROS. & CO.
FerConsinniptton, Arthma, Rronehl ti.
Catarrh, I vwpep! . Headaebe Debit
fly, Mearaigria, KbenmaUam, tutd mil
Ihronieand Aiervona Iiordera. Pitek.
agex may be conveniently sent by s
prew, ready tcr Immediate use nthossM.
Send for free trattae en tbe Oxygea
treatment. Address the proprietors, -1109,
1111 Uii irdfttreet, Phlla., Fa.,
or II. E.niTHKWS, Pacine I e punitory,
06 'Ioutsromery hi Sun FraxK-iaro. )aL
CARPENTERS' TOOLS.
The largest and best assortment in the city
Rest Makers in the United States,
AT THE LOWEST BATES.
. -- at
F. E. CHOWS,
" SEALER, IN
Shelf and Heary Hardware.
S4S FIRST ST, aear "ADf, POBTlUTD.
ARE YOU GOING to PA 1 XT
THEN V8E THE
Averill Mized Paint.
The Best, Most Durable, Most Beautiful
and. the Cheapest.
IS PREPARED IX LIQUID FORM AND SOLD
by the mtlnn only, in any riered quantity,
KKADY FOR THE BRUSH, requiring no lurtber
addition of oil or spirits.
It is of Pure White and of any rtuvte or color. Sam
ple curd colors and PrW List mailed on apniicatfon to
ORRIfR, Jeaeral Agent,
No. 403 Market Kt., opp. Front, Hau Francisco, ("al.
Also, SOLE AGENT for tbe C'elebraud Kan Fran-
UUKUKH 1IXKI PAINT,
And Dealer In
PAINTS, OILS. VARNISHES and PAINTERU
MATERIA l
For sale by F. E. MEACH Jb CO.,
Portiaad, Or.
1882 SPRING 1882
MRS- O. H. CLARKE,
Fourth and Columbia sts., Portland, Or.,
Would announce to the ladies of this county that
be has received her
SPRING STOCK
OP ;
ORDERS GIVEN PRC MPT ATTENTION.
HUDSON'S GUN STORE,
BS Fin street, Portiaad, Oresaa.
SUM, PlaTOl ADD AM9CI.KITIOX
Tofh'y ?r Btut PCrlattoa.
.'.07
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Tf T --r
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DIVEST
fill
(CHIXt'HOSf A KUHKA.)
. Tba Ftneot BITTER) la the WOKLn.
; THEY EFFECTUALLY CUR'S
UAIsARIJlL DISEASES,
Vitalise the -.t-ai and arrrM the ravacea
taa Dreatlfai Aleohal Habit,
UirsUHAKlA.
Ask (year Walat or Wise Merekaat far
- the ak
WILMEHD1AG A CO., Aceata, aa Praa
- elueo.
W. J. TAX WIHTTVEB A CO.. Porttaad.
'if
!ittH6!!SS
e ' t,l I f"y t f ,
!iA!L
t' infill
11
Recommended by al! Physicians.
Bead I he Cettlfleitea a back Of BotUa.
A sore cure for It-dke tion 1-ow of Appetite,
and tbe Best Livex Regulator known.
-OI,l ONLY IN GLASS,
To fill or sell any bet the genuine article ot of
our bottle is fe oiy, and when detected, srin b
prosecuted to l be lull extent of the Isw. Trad
supplied by AHP HARASZrMY A
530 Waaklnjcton St.. Man fraacisca, tal
A -sH
1 Y Nervous and i'i!v.id
!iomiy, i-wmmai vveatt-
m ! " e s s . etpermatorrB'H-m
- I y r.nitsHioufMii
nitKjienev E-
lV il'lJ S haunted Vitality. I'renia-
P fcr " lh1S,",r' Iieellne and IA'a
I Ilfirl'All!iliOPllAJIi,,ool' J',,m
kMU lr&rr1l UiigfwiiatevercauHeprtiirvL
asiwraaaEgssa eaiKa " ennenens ana iur!ti
the Hiood, hirei,ibei)8 me Nerves, Brain, kfuacies
Digestion, Pv productive Or?ns, and riivwRl nl
Mental FacultKe, It stops a iy unnatoral di'tui!umg
drain upon the system, preventing involuntary luswi
debilitating drefauis. seminal iosneii wub the unne,
etc., to destructive to mind and body. It k sure
eliminator of all KIDNEY AND riLAPDKH tX' f
PLAINTS. IT CONTAINS NO INJUHliiLrt IN
GREDIENT. T.ttm terlnc from theeffevta
of yoathrul imilwrttli, w extiata, a .reerv,
tk.ranfh and Brrautaeat ( l'K J i A
AJVTEEII. Prk e. 9 HO per boUKsor live botu.-s u
case with full directions and advice, WIO. tent &e
care from observation to anv address upon receipt of
price, or C. O. D. To be had onlv of
Jr. C . Malfleld, Kl Kearny street,
Han FraiK-teoo.Csl. Con9ultaUonssiricUveoiinib.nliaL
ha. ).. .... .... ..Hi ! ' t.- I - . 1 . . : ... Z
patientff. and In order to aeeure pwfeet secrecy . I Jis ee
adopted a private addrew, under which all package
- tk'iax. BOTTLE FSKK
Sufficient to Rhow Its nvrit, will be -nt to anv One
applying by letter, stating his symptoms and age,
Communications strictly confidential.
STURGES, LARSEfl & CO.,
tiiiiPi?rrrG Ann.
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Wholesale Dealers In
Tea Canned (roods, Syrups, Honey, Dried
Fruits, Provisions, etc etc
' Shippers of
Ch-aln, Floor, Wool, and Country Prod ate.
Consignments solicited aud Liberal Advances made
when desired.
sn. a. fRO.vT STKET, POItTL4 Jfl. OB.
I L-' -'
.... - .. -
la jsla.lca--st.'a
BCSTAVKArr THE BEST IH TIIK CIT
AU Modern Improvements. Open ai day.
, J. H. BSmEH, Prorrlatar
A GRAND KEV0LUTI0H
In the Boot and Shoe business.
' - AT THE '
Kew Yort Boat ana Sbc3 Hci3
WO. &08 MKST aTBJEBT.
faring enlarged mv ore and Just received ahusa
invoice of Ladies', Oents' and Children's
FINE BOOTS AND SHOES.
From the largest and best EaMem Houwa. The
public can rely upon get ting a flrmrariVke than
ever before oifered in Portland aud at
LOWfcH I-HlCrA
Call and see for Yourself and be convlaced
H. GAIjLICK,
.Vr York Boot aad Rkae Hoaas, Ba, IK
....j... . .. ..-. Flrt Ktreet.
Land pl a si eu
IN AKY QUANTITY, BY
Everding & S'arreil,
FRONT & ALDER STS., PORTLAND.
fllFSTfsw
STESXlLS
V
SEALS
SAX. JEBTOmAl'SS. 8 TIMMT KT,
FOSTLAXB, OB,
SSIaPJS
Plants, Trees, Etc..
ILLUSTRATED CAT A I-OGTJS FRSS
L ; J. K.TRDHBDLL.CO ,
l and ai Sanaime street, fiaa Fmneyeo.
W Mi dm for MM-
I iqtJTO R I'ltY, PMlCKli; ATM',-HrK5C
AJ InsntKators, price 50c, Dry tmreand IbmiOiu.
torsmailetio.il receint of nce, wiih full direction f.
street. PortlaiHi. Or. Agetita fo? the i. r'-e
XTKB. -AKVONK WHO WILL LFtp.X
- . JU MyMeai of t rm
ad Cioaa uuto simJ, with a corr-t vi u
ure and perfect cuttii g, prwiuce a l-ui 5
Kannent. iseveral In ,pnveraents Uf,',.
been made. Agents u, wil and usw-ti , i,
.'!5,'t-t.'own: Wood agents can muVf
I0 topper day. Kllf.UXiO A; JiU
t'liei ev, HiKikHtn. T. .i- V
j "y
1
1 1 1 1''" xll 111' rttimate result of over
Hi ' ; "-A" I i v'a of praclKnl eriv.-t-
V? tfSx U l'nee-and CI Kr VU i ;I
.i iN ; 'wt (.'X FAILING! KRTAi:
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