A PITIFUL ncruRE. !
81m a6l Uie price cf Crown Derby ware,
She looked at the Royal Worcester, .
Till to purchase at least a set or two
Tha clerk thought he'd really induced her.
She lingered long over Cloisonne, .
' She lovingly gazed at SaUuaia;
In fact, all the rarest, costliest things ,
, Were the ones which suited her humor.
' The gleam of toe beautiful jewel-like glass
Horned tothri'l her very soul,
And she lost her heart entirely in
A misshapen India bowl.
Then she turned away with a little sigh,
And murmured, "I wish I wire richer,"
And went to a counter, where she bought
A nity-cent Japaneee pitcher I
luarpers iiazar.
V. NEEDLE AMD TflBEAD.
,.'"VV
ulI' -i j bachelor?" inquired Honora
is an old ImoLt,.;' .,A wnA . . .
"Tliat'fl what ? JH me! ,U8t 80
many words," at mr, Z?"1-," !
?ho stood on the l0' 5 rill?
room, with her he1 .tied P 1D a t??t-
handkerchief, and ? liair-broom in her
hand, wherewith atf Mtionktfl, after
a tragic fashion, as Je talked, while
MiAaywoodallP. f njer as a wild
, lily, sUkxI in the Jlth ftr'
aSto nnder her d ber flight
fiKnre wrapped in a sb400 Diaci anawi.
"AndhJl. willingly 7 pnoe,
cash, every Sundayt- Never at-
tempted to beat raeown a J51"1! .lf
WU believe it, id"r-. e dnnks
only English breakfa, and he wants
bis piel-nst made fl best Alder
ney Wter, instead 8 good
v. fnr thftothe-PPJ andhemust
have ventilators to i1 fhet.wlu1dow8 and
an open grate instea.0 J ba(s6:barn
ing stove8; and-I fc; 11
fended, my de. rwv
' WS09" 8aid little
jnnsi-.' rdtfwng in spite of
-Ud he says, says he.XJ hope, Mrs.
the house. i piano.' says he.Jpky the
tlence with my nervous system its
everlasting turn, turn!' Those .ere his
words, ; my dear. So, my defar, I'd be
' grateful if yon won't mind dofng your
practicing until he's out for Lis daily
walk from one to three, just a regular
as the clock.
Miss Maywood looked piteous
Tip in
the landlady s face.
"I will do anything to oblige y
r .Pennypacker, she said earnest
liave not lorgotten now very mu
indebted to you. both in actual
and in kindness, which money cap never
repay." '
"My dear, don't say a wnd," said Mrs.
Pennypacker hastiV" "You've been
sick, and you've got little behindhand,
' and it's auite natural that you should be
a little low-SDirite now and then. But
you must not et discouraged. And
you are quite welcome to stay on here
until you're able tr settle up your little
account." V".
tVirlTs"Iywood sighed as she
-tight how of ten her little advertise
.ont had been inserted in the daily news-
, papers without attracting the least notice
from the world of patrons and pupils.
There were so many "capable music
teachers, willing to give lessons at mod
erate prices," nowadays, and how was
anyone to know how very much she
; teeded the money? ; ,
And as the time crept on and no pu
pils came, Honora began to ask herself
seriously, wnetuer sue should go out in
Rome menial capacity, or stay genteelly
at home and starve. -"Clothes,
ma'am."
Honora started from her revery as the
washerwoman's stumpy little carl bansred
' herself, like A human battering ram, up
inst the door, with a preposterously
larK., pk"Oq luj arm.
"Yes, said HoJljraii, coloring. "Put
' them down, Sally. But I I'm afraid
it isn t convenient to oay yonr mother
o-day."
"Mother didn t say nothing 'bout the
pay," said Sally, wiping her forehead.
with a whisk of her feet. "I was to leave
the clothes with her 'nmble duty,and she
oped they d suit, but it was that danm
on Monday and Tuesday as the starch
wouldn't stick. And she 'opes you'll
excuse all mistakes, as they U be done
better next time."
"I dare say they are quite right," said
Hon .ra, with a little sigh, as she
esy on the part of her Milesian
ireas. . '
t when Sally had stumped off down
--t, her flapping slippers beating a
sort of tattoo as she went, Miss May
wood took off the fringed towel that
covered that basket of clothes, and gave
a little start.
"Shirts," said Honora, "and socks,
and turn-over collars, No. 16, and great
big pocket-hankerchiefs, like the sails
of a ship, and white vests, and goodness
me, what does it all mean? Mrs. Mul
vey ba sent me some gentleman's ward
robe through mistake. I must send the
things back at once."
But then Miss May wood looked down
c-n the articles thoughtfully.
"I never had a brother," mused Miss
-Maywood, "and I can't remember my
; father, but this I am quite certain if
I had either one or the other. I should
thank any girl to mend their dilapidated
' wardrobes, if they looked like this.
And Mrs. Mul vey can't send before
night, and unfortunately I've nothing to
.do, so I'll just mend this poor fellow's
ciothe3, whoever he may be. A half
. Btarved student of theology, doubtless,
training for the Polynesian Islands; or,
jerha"pnj- nowepapep reporter, or a pale
clerk unue7the- skylight of some dry
goods houpe. At all events he is worse
off than I em, for he cannot mend his
own clothes, and I can."
And the suiles dimpled around Ho
nora Maywood's little rosebud of a
mouth, as she sat down to darn holes,
Bew on tapes and insert patches.
"He'll never know who did it," said
: nonora to herself, "but I dare say he'll
be thankful; and if one can get a chance
to do a little job in this world, he ought
not to grudge one's time and trouble."
And as Honora stitched away, she
mused sadly whether or not she ought
to accept a position which offered itself
of assistant matron in an orphan asylum,
where the .work would be almost unen
durable, and the pay next to nothing,
with no Sundays or holidays, and a
; ladies' committee, consisting of three
starched old maids to 'ait" -.upon her
, the first Friday of every month. ;
"I almost think I'd rather I Bta'rve,"
Honora said. "Bat dear me! starving
is a serious business, when one comes to
consider it face to face.".- y
! Sally Mnlvey came "back, puffing and
blowing like a human whale, in about
two hours. v
"Mother said she sent the wrong bas
ket," said she, breathlessly.
"I thought it very probable, Sally,"
said Mis3 Maywood.
" "And mother's compliments," added
Sally, "and she can't undertake your
things no longer, because she does a cash
business, and there hain't nothing been
i paid on your account since last Juno.
v Honora felt herself growing scarlet.
"I am very sorry, Sally," said she.
"Please tell your mother I will settle
.my bill as soon as I possibly can."
Sally flounced ont of the room, red
and indignant, like an over charged
thunder-cloud, and poor little Honora,
dropping her head on her hands, burst
into tears.
"PretW girl that very pretty indeed "
remarked Mr. Broderiok, an old- bache
lor, to Mrs. rennypacicer, the landlady.
"Do you mean, "
'Iu,Mr.
By. "l
fa 1 am
F mnnAV
"I mean the rounff ladv boarder of
ours that I see on the stairs now and?
then," explained Mr. Broderick. "Nice
figure big, soft eyes,' like a gazelle. I
believe some one told me she was a
music teacher. Is she?"
"That's her profession," answered
Mrs. Pennypacker. "But there ain't
many pupils as wants tuition, and poor
little dear, she has had a hard time of it."
"Hump!" grunted Mr. Brodeiick.
".What fools women are not to have a
regular profession! If I had a daughter
I'd bring her np a self-supporting insti
tution." And Mr. Broderick disappeared into
his room, in the midst whereof stood a
girl with flapping slippers, a pretentious
shawl, : and a bonnet which had origi
nally been manufactured for a wonio,n
twice her size.
"Who are yon, my good girl?" de
manded Mr. Broderick.
'Please, sir, I'm Sally, the- washer
woman's Sally," was the response.
"And what do you want here.'
"Please, sir, I've come to bring your
things," Baid Sally, chattering off her
lesson like a parrot. "And, please, sir,
her umble duty, and hopes they'll suit.
that it was that damp and muggy Mon
day and Tuesday as starch wouldn't
stick; and she hopes you 11 excuse mis
takes, as they will be done better next
time, sir." v' .
"Who mended thera? ' demanded Mr.
Broderick, whose hawk eyes had caught
sight of the dainty needlework upon his
gernnu.
"Nobody mended them," said Sally.
"And mother she says it's easy to see
as the new gent is a bachelor.on account
of the holes in his heels and toes, and
Htrings off his dickeys."
"I can tell you who mended 'em,"
said Mrs. Pennypacker, "for I see her at
it, the pretty dear Miss Maywood.
And says she, 'I don't know whose they
are, Mrs; Pennypacker, but they need
mending, and a kind action never comes
amiss,' No more it does, bless her!"
"Humph!" said Mr. Broderick; "Bhe
is right no more it does. And she's a
regular scientist at the needle, Miss
Maywood. Just look at that patch, Mrs.
Pennypacker! 'Euclid's Geometry'
couldn't produce a straighter line or
truer angles. See the toe of that stock
ing! It's like' a piece of Oobelin
tapestry That's the way I like to see
things doner
And Mr. Broderick never rested until
he had been formerly introduced to
Honora Maywood, and thanked her with
equal formality for
the good offices she
had rendered him.
It was a golden October evening that
Uonora came
downl
into
the kitchen
where Mrs.
pies for her
Pennypacker was baking
eccentric, boarder with the
crust made of the best Alderney butter,
instead oi lard.
Pennypacker; "what Ida awnl thing to be
an old bachelor, to b sure!"
"He won't be a bachelor much
longer," said Honora, laughing and col
oring as she laid her .cheek on the land
lady's shoulder. I '
"What do you inean?"v
"He has asked me to marry him after
only a fortnight's acquaintance. He says
that a girl who can mend stockings as I
do needs no other test,. And he says he
loves me, and and "
"Well?!
"I almost think Ho re him!" whiepered
Miss Maywood.
And so the problem of Honora's soli
tary life was solved, all though the mag
ic influence of needle and thread.
.Mount
LIT
rnon.
During the war, wien the bloodiest
battles on the Potomac were being
fought, the Southern and Northern
troops fraternized on this spot, and not
a shot was Hied or a blow exchanged on
the domain of Mount Vernon. It was
neutral ground. The soldiers exchanged
coffee and tobacco, and lolled amicably
under the trees, then went back to shoot
ing and killing each other as soon as
they were off the sacred ground. The
most irreverent scoffer must walk with
reverence through the ancient fiame
house in which so much of onr history is
embalmed. Hanging in the hall is the
great key of the Bastile, sent Washing
ton by Lafayette, and near it is the Gen
eral's field-glass, hunpr on its rack by
Washingtonliimself and never disturbed.
Of all the memories of Moount Yernon,
mone are more interesting than those of
Eleanor Unrtis poor Nelly who died at
twenty-two, and was her stepfather's
pet. In the room stands her harpsichord,
an immense machine, just the size of a
a grand piano of the present day, with
two banks of keys like an organ. Beside
it are some ancient blue chairs embroi
dered by her dead fingers a century ago.
In the ground stands her rose bush, be
side which, tradition says, she received
her first offer, and which the guileless
and credulous of her sex are persuaded
to walk around six times to bring about
a similar event. One of the ingenities
of the regents of Mount Vernon was to
have magnificent Turkish rugs made to
resemble, as far as possible, the rag car
pets which were the floor covering when
Martha Washington lived, and for that
purpose scraps of the rag carpets were
sent abroad to be simulated nearly as
possible. And way np high, under the
roof, is a little hip-roofed, dormer-windowed
rookery, which, after the death of
General Washington.his widow choose as
her own room, because it was from that
window only that a view could be had of
the brick tomb in which the mortal re
mains of the General lay.
Why It Pays.
A gentleman of Cincinnati, who had
become wealthy through his commercial
business, thus speaks his views on ad
vertising: "I have east my mind's eyo hurriedly
back over my experience in Cincinnati,
and I have pushed business to a standing
that it would have taken thirty years to
reach without advertising. In truth, it
is doubtfnl if I could at all attain the
results I have without the aid of news
papers. Certainly the great metropoli
tan newspapers are the cheapest and most
effective means of making your trade
known to the greatest number of people.
Printed circulars may reach possibly a
thonsand persons whose names you
know your old customers. Your an
nouncement in a leading journal will
reach a hundred thousand readers whom
you nover heard of. New dealers com
ing into the field will see your name and
business, and know where to find you.
The high' character of the journal in
which make your announcements will
materially aid you. Your standing ad
vertisement is a standing notification to
buyers' that you are alive and there. It
is a perpetual letter of introduction.
Exchange. j
Somnambulism.
A Philadelphia detective accused tbe
father and mother of a boy who was em
ployed in a dry goods store, of purloin
ing $65 85, which the boy had collected
and taken home with him in the even
ing, and which next morning he could
not find under the carpet, T7here he had
placed it. The father paid the monev,
but the next night, hearing a noise in
his sjn's room, he went in and found
the boy with a roll of bills in his hand,
which proved to be the exact amount of
the stolen money. The boy wasfa som
nambulist, and perhaps, while dreaming
of the concealed treasure, had risen
from his bed, descended to the dining
room, and removing the money from be
neath the carpet, carried it upstairs and
placed it beneath tbe matting of his bed
room. ' i .
Ihe Bank of England.
In his notes on his recent English tour
Howard Carroll, the New York journal
ist, says: Thanks, too, to one f these
same policemen, we may cross safely
through the mass of whirling and rum
bling and rattling carriages from the
Eoval Exchange, and the "merchant's
walk's," and the house of "Loyds" to
"the old lady in Threadneedle street,"
bo called by her London children, and
known to other people as the Bank of
England. Until some other corporation
ean boast a capital greater than 14,
550,000 perhaps they may be permitted
to call it as they do now, "the richest old
ladyin the world." The bank is a long,
low structure, which covers eight acres
of ground, and in which there are em
ployed a thousand persons, managers,
clerks, messengers and porters, whose
combined aaiaries amount to about
225,000 a year. It is a private corpora
tion or business, not a department of
the government, as many people ' sup-
Eose. It has existed for nearly 200 years,
aving been founded in 1691 by , a
Bhrewd Scotchman named Will
iam Patterson. As now arranged
the business of the concern is managed
by a governor, a deputy governor, and a
board of directors consisting of twenty
four members. Of these eight go out
of office annually, but they may be and
generally are re-elected term after term.
It is stipulated that the governor must
be a proprietor of the bank stock to the
amount of 4000, and that the deputy
governor and directors shall own stock
to the value of 3000 and 2000 respect
ively. 1 So well is the bank managed that
the dividend upon the stock is seldom
less than seven per cent., a high rate in
England. One share of the par value of
100 can usnally find ready sale for 200
Aside from its privilege of issuing notes
payable on demand crisp, fresh, beau
tiful notes they are, and good in all parts
of the world the Bank of England has
from the government the additional ad
vantage of being allowed to manage the
national debt. To secure the note issue,
as may be stated by the way, there never
is loss than 15,000,000, and sometimes
as high as 25,000,000, in gold bars and
silver, besides other securities, in the
the vault of the bank. Every bar of the
gold weighs sixteen pounds and is
worth about 800. . To protect this
militia is employed. For the manage
ment of the national debt, which now
amounts to 800,000,000, the bank re
ceives 200,000 a year, comparatively
small commission when it is remembered
that out of it must be paid the expenses
of keeping the many accounts connected
with the colossal debt, the paying of
dividends to its holders, the collection
of the income tax levied upon it, and the
transfer of stock.
And all this vast business, in addition
to the other affairs of the bank, is con
ducted with so much system and care
that losses or error are almost nnknown.
In the paying office, the telling room
and the rotunda, millions upon millions
are handlad every day, great heaps of
gold are shoveled about as though it was
as much sand, and piles upon piles of
bank notes are counted and sorted about
with the rapidity of the wind. Yet so
well trained are the clerks, and so deli
cate the weighing machinery that a light
coin or a false note is never passed into
the bank. That nothing is stolen from
it is due in great measure to the vigi
lance and fidelity of those quiet-looking
beadles who all day long sit so silently at
the doors. As we pass out they are
sleepy and listless apparently as when
we went in, but let a suspicious charac
ter or a professional thief enter.and their
oyes will never leave him until he is in
the street again. In short, it is no ex
aggeration to say that the Bank of Eng
land is the most carefully watched and
guarded institution in the world.
Borrowers.
What pests they are! Nothing is
sacred in their covetous eyes; they have
not a particle of regard for the rights of
property. They borrow everything.
With a grocery store on nearly every
corner and a green grocer's in nearly
every square, with "notion shops" ac
cessible everywhere, those chronic bor
rowers are continually sending in to
their neighbors on right and on left for
"a spoonful of lard," a "cup of flour," a
"little yeast," a "piece of tape," a "spool
of cotton," a "No. 6 needle," and so on
through a very curious and long cata
logue. These . same people and many
others beside, make a regular practice of
borrowing your newspaper, generally
with the polite but meaningless qualifi
cation that "they would like to look at
it for a few minutes, if you have done
with it." Of course they get it, whether
you have read it or not. And if it is
returned in good condition you are ex
ceptionally lucky, v Your pet magazine,
too, which you intend to have bound
some day, and desire to keep spotlessly
clean, is also iu demand, and yon are
considered "just as mean as mean can
be" if you refuse to trust it in other
hands than those of your bonsehold. But
yon must learn to say "No" to these
gentry, if you would protect yonr own
rights; nothing but decided snubbing
can rid you of the nuisances.
k Long-Lived Family.
A Pensacola, Florida, correspondent
of the Louisville Courier-Journal alleges
that Kobert A. Wright, of Santa Kose
county, Florida, is seventy-one years of
age, but in appearance, speech and ac
tion he would pass anywhere for a well
preserved man of less than fifty. He is
able to, and does, more and better work
than at any period of his life. He has
not lost a day from labor for thirteen
months. He is the father of five chil
dren, of whom his sons Burrell, Amos
and Akbab, are triplets, all now living
and fifty two years of age. He is the son
of John Wright, who is now living in
Canada, and is one hundred and sixteen
years of age; is the nephew of the late
Davis Eaton, who lived and died in Giles
county, Virginia, at the advanced age of
(as near as it could be computed) one
hundred and thirty-eight years, and who
has been one hundred and two years a
member of the Masonic order. Differing
from the conventional young old man,
he eats heartily at all times; formerly he
was an inveterate consumer of coffee and
tobacco, but has eschewed both for the
past five years.
Capture op a Herring Kino. A very
rare and highly interesting catch was
made the other day on the Norwegian
coast a so called "herring king." The
herring king ("regalecus") belongs to
the family of ribbon fishes so-called, and
has hitherto been found in three differ
ent forms, always of remarkable size,
nearly six metres long, thirty-seven cen
timetres wide, and of ribbon-like thin
ness. The animal lives at a considerable
depth, whence it is easily explained that
it rarely comes to the surface or is thrown
on the besfch. Very few zoological
collections may boast of possessing a
specimen ; none has a well-preserved
one, the different part1) of this remark
able fish being so tender and brittle as
to break even at the meie touch of tha
hand. The specimen above alluded to
was most carefully transported to Stanan
ger, and is without doubt the best pre
served one extant. ; It is a female, meas
uring four metres i in length, thirty-four,
centimetres in width and eight centi
metres at its, thickest pari; the ovaria
are ninetyfour centmetres long and filled
with millions of eggs of the size of a
grain of sand. The Stavanger museum
ordered a tin box made to keep it in, re
quiring forty litres of alcohol for the
purpose of proper preservation. Paris
American Register
A Si at hern Romance.
Five years ago, a maiden fair, whose
home was at a little town near Macon,
Georgia, anxiously awaited an important
letter from her absent lover: The sigh
ing lass haunted the postoffice, but the
postmaster's face always wore that look
of exasperating quietude common to
those from whom expected things never
come. The maiden thought her heart
would break, for she realized at last that
her lover was faithless. The scene
shifts. It is September, 1881. In Macon
dwells the same lady, but she is now a
happy wife with two children. She has
forgotten the faithless one of her days of
woe. She, therefore, is surprised when
from the town of her youth comes a letter
bearing as a superscription to her maiden
name that derived from her husband.
An accompany note from the postmaster
explains that in tearing away some of the
boards of a letter case the missive was
found. The envelope was postmarked
1875." The lady spanks the baby to
keep it quiet, while she eagerly devours
the contents. Heavens! It is from
John, who proposes in glowing words,
and begs lor a kind reply. The lady s
husband also enjoys the letter, and, ont
of curiosity, communicates with rela
tives of the former lover. It is learned
that he is a happy Chicago pork-packer,
with a wife and three- sons.
She Preferred a Carnage.
"Aw, my dear," said a young man of
sesthetio mien and close fitting garments
to a pretty young lady who leaned con
fidingly on his arm, as she stepped from
a train at the Grand Central Depot last
evening, "isn't this nice?" pointing to
the Fourth avenue cars standing inside
the depot, "to have the caws running in
undah the shed. Do you mind that in
Hawtford we had to go out into the
muddy road to get on the caws?"
"Oh, yes," was the. response, "it is
very nice to have the cars come in here,
but do you know, my dear," she said,
giving his arm an extra squeeze, "that I
like to ride in a carriage much better
than in those horrid cars? I am always
afraid of catching some horrid disease."
"Aw, my dear," he said, hesitating,
"I wonder where we can get a carriage
heah?"
"Cab?" . "Cab?" "Carriage?" "Cab?"
"Coupe?" "Carriage?" "Cab?" "Cab?"
"Want a cab?" "Cab?" "Carriage?"
was the next sound that greeted their
ears.
"Right out here, my dear," said the
lady, half pulling the incredulous young
man toward the front of the depot.
The young' couple went off in a cab,
the young lady beaming with j smiles.
f N. Y. Herald.
Mistakes Kindness.
Every one who has heard the story
of that down-East woman who, when en
tertaining her pastor at tea, poured so
much molasses into his enp (she conld
not afford the luxury of sugar) that he
remonstrated, whereon Bhe assured him
that if it were "all molasses it would not
be a bit too good for him." Through
the very kindness of her heart she erred.
There are a great many people like this
worthy womon. They will not allow
their guests to cry "enough." Their
habit of 'heaping" food and giving a
little and considerable more than is
asked for, has nothing to be said in its
favor, and a great deal against it. Un
less one has a firm, strong appetite that
only Jan earthquake or a tempest could
affect, a large quantity of food is appall
ing. It is much pleasanter to send one's
plate to have it replenished, than to be
obliged to leave food upon the plate. In
order to clear the plate one is prone to
over-eat, from the idea of "saving the
food." Economy does not signify a lack
of plentifnlness or stinginess. It means
enough for each and all, and nothing is
wasted, and when food is served in over
abundance, waste must be the result,
unless, indeed, the surplus is gathered
together again the simple idea of which
is disgusting. Moreover, it is a comfort
to get just what one asks for if "half a
cup of tea," that much and no more. -
How Jumbo Came Into Ills Cage.
Lile master like man is exemplified in
the caso of Mr. Barnum and his agent at
the Zoo, the latter proving himself un
commonly smart by the manner in which
he solved the problem of making J umbo
enter his traveling cage contrary to his
determination. "I suppose you get a lot
of money in tips when Jumbo comes
out?" was the question asked, with great
apparent innocence, of Scott, the keeper.
"Oh, yes, as much sometimes as five
pounds a day!" "You would not like
him to be kept in seclusion all day to
morrow, eh?" "No, indeed." "Then,
Mr. Scott, if he goes out it must -be
through the conveyance we have pre
pared for him." The next day Jnmbo
walked through the cage without objec
tion. Smart that, I .guess, and worthy
of Barnum himself.
A Bequest Tha Came a Dat Too
Late. The Troy Press Wednesday gaver
the particulars of the death of Herbert
Thayer, a brakeman who was killed hear
Fort Edward by the cars. It now ap
pears that the unfortunate had a brother
residing in the West. The parents and
grandfather of these yonn? men died,
bequeathing about $14,000 to be equally
divided between them. Herbert had
been notified of the bequest, and ex
pected to come in possession of the lit
tle fortune the daj of his tragic death, 1
and was on his way to that city for that
purpose. A short time prior to his
death he made known to his fellow-em
ployes the legacy that had fallen to him,
at the same time adding in a cheerful
way that this was his last trip. Scarcely
had an hour passed before Herbert
Thayer was a corpse, and when his re
mains arrived in that city there was a
letter at the postoffice transferring to
him $7000.
The Highest Bridge ik the Wohm.
A remarkable bridge is now in course of
construction over Kinzina . creek, near
Bradford, Pa., on the line of the New
York, Lake Erie and Western Railway.
The structure has a total length of 2051
feet from abutment to abutment, and the
height of the rail above the bed of the
creek is 301 feet. It consists of one span
sixty-two feet long, twenty spans sixty
one feet each, and twenty spans thirty
eight feet six inches each. . The bridge
will be, it is said, the highest railroad
bridge in the world. It is sixty feot
higher than Niagara suspension bridge,
and 170 feet higher than the great bridge
across the Ohio at Cincinnati.
A Blind Man's Queer Mistake. The
Americus, Ga., Recorder says a blind
negro wood sawyer has been a walking
wonder to ns since we came here. He
can wa'k the sidewalk as straight as any
body, and even follow the slightest de
viation in the walk; can tell you at any
time on what street he is on and whose
residen ;e he is passing, and what time
of day it is. But one night be got sold
bully, as at 2 o'clock in the morning he
was found sawiug wood for J. L. Price.
When aked what he was doing there at
that hour, he answered that he supposed
it was about supier time. Mr. Price
heard him sawing, but supposed it was
some cats in the yard.
Experiments made to test the mus
cular power of insects prove that the
smaller the insect the greater tbe pro
portionate muscular power. A bee is
for its .weight thirty times stronger
than a horse, for a bee harnessed to a
wagon can pull twenty times its own
weight.
SHORT BITS.
California's wine crop is short.
- Even Easter cards are esthetic.
Barnum has captured New York.
Florida has shipped all her oranges.'
De L asups is building a splendid
cemetery. i; -v ' ! .--
Panier effects are' taking a decided
place among spring styles. ,
The speech from! the thrown don't
bit a fellow when he's down. ,
The less we parade our misfortunes
the more sympathy we command.
A promising young man One who is
engaged to half a dozen girls.
The young lady who banged her hair
at a looking ghv ts did not break the
glass. ....
The man who is forever airing his
knowledge is never at loss for wind
power.
A lady says that it takes many men a
whole lifetime to ijearn t i carry a $10
bill home without breaking it.
A justice of the peace fined a man
twenty shillings for beating another be
cause it was the value of a pound.
Buckwheat given to hens makes the
yolk of-tbeir eggs) a very light yellow.
More corn will increase the color.
Bronson Alcott says: "The blonde
type is nearest to the divine likeness."
Very few newspapers use the blonde
type.
The Dallas Times thinks the German
newspapers would be more popular if
they were not published in a foreign lan
guage. The late Prof. Ko was a great admirer
of horse cars. But then the Chinese are
always different from any other folks,
yon know.
A man with a felon on his hand is en
titled to sympathy. How much more
the keeper of the State Prison,who has a
great many.
An appropriation is to be made by the
Queensland government to institute a
search for potable water on the artesian
principle.
Tbe Duke of Wellington's saying con
nected with early rising was not a bad
one: "Let the first turn in the morning
be a turn out."
Researches among the rock forma
tions of Western America show that it
is to the New World we must look for
a perfect pedigree of the horse.
It has been disooTered that the Con
gressional Library does not contain a
single work on temperaace, and the mys
tery is: What Congressman brought the
fact to light by inquiring for one? I
Henry Henkle, a Rochester inventor,
is engaged in a project to generate elec
tricity on an immense scale, and trans
mit the electric current to any point de
sired for illuminating and other pur
poses. Skip this paragraph. It is really unfit
for publication, got into this column by
mistake, and was happily discovered in
time to be turned on the press:
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Miqiaa jnoi pag ;,eq aq noi ng
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"There's too much horse-racing at onr
agricultural fairs," remarked Parson
Jones to the secretary oi the county
society. "I should like to know, sir,
what horse-racing has to do with agri
culture?" "Well, Parson," replied the
secretary, with a pleasant smile, "noth
ing, perhaps; or, at least no more than
church lotteries have to do with spread
ing the gospel." Parson Jones saw the
point, and changed tbe conversation im
mediately. Dr. Amat says that sea bathing "has
proved of great benefit in many cases of
disease of the eye. The improvement
appears to be due to two causes: 1.
The influence which such a course has
on the general health by curing anaemia
and elevating the tone of the system,
since sea bathing is in the highest degree
restorative. 2. Sea water and occasion
ally, also, the atmosphere of the sea has
a local irritant action, which should be
watched, since it is most serviceable
when there is a chronic, torpid and in
dolent inflammation, while it is exceed
ingly dangerous when the inflammation
it of the acute kind.
Great Little Men Upon examining
the biography of the greatest pro-e-writers
of ancient and modern times, we
find many of them haw been little men.
One of the great poets of Athens was so
small that his friends fastened lead to
his sandals to prevent his being toppled
over or blown away. And Pope was so
small and crooked as to be compared to
an interrogation point. Abbe Galiani
was the prettiest little harlequin that
Italy ever produced; but upon the
shoulders of that harlequin was the head
of Machiavelli. Moore, the Irish poet,
was so small that George IV. once
threatened to elap him into a wine
cooler.
The Ladles' Emporium. . ;
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 Tortiau edg
ings and insertions, as well as many hoy
elties in neck wear. This old established
house always keeps in the lead, and
ladies in search of beautiful and reliable
goods can always be pleased and satisfied
by visiting the Emporium.
OREGON TO MAMACUVInTI,
Some time go Hernm. Hodge, Dvii k Co., of thil
city. read-Tin Huuchuip)U paper that Hon.
Charles B. Ladd, andltor of that atate, was afflicted
with an incurable kidney disease, and bad been
obliged to give up work and retnrn to bis home.
They immediately sent him a box of their celebrated
Oregon Kidney Tea. and from time to time sent him
other boxes. A few days ago they receired from
him the billowing letter:
Commonwealth or Massachusetts, ' I -Auditor's
Dep't, Boston, Not. 11, 1881. (
Messrs. Hodge. Davis ft Oo.: Dear Sirs t bare no
hesitation in saying that I have been much benefited
by tbe use of tbe Oregon Kidney Tea as a remedy for
a kidney difficulty wliicn has troubled me for six or
eight years. I can heartily recommend it to thoae
who are similarly afflicted, as a safe and agreeable
remedy. I shall test its vtrtues further, for I have
great faith in it as a specific for many diseases of
the kidneys. Respectfully yours.
CHAS. B. LADD.
The original of this letter can be seen by calling
r a Messrs. Hodge, Davis It Co., Portland, Oregon,
and the Oregon Kidney Tea can be boaght of any
druggist or dealer, in Oregon or Washington. Price
1 per box. - , , .
Musical ! The largest stock of sheet music
and musical instruments north of 8a n Francisco
can be found at Simon Harris', Portland, Ore
gon. Catalogues mailed rnr.x.
Send name and address to Cragin &
Co., Philadelphia, Pa., for cook book,
free.
Or. Henley's celebrated California IX L Bit
ters always relieve Dyspepsia and Indigestion.
The galaxy of siarsat the Elite theater in Port
land, is drawing crowded houses nightly. Re
member the popular price., 25 and 50 cents to
any part of the house.
All sensible people suffering with rheumatism
use Plunder's Oregon Blood Purifier. Sold at
$1.00 bottle.
Who follow not virtue in youth can
not fully enjoy old age.
Turkish Rco.Send to Jobn B. Garrison
137 Third street Portland, for catalogues ot de
signs.' Tho Gold Medal gallery of Portland, Owntd by
F. G. Abel;, Portland, U alvays bringing out
novelties in tho photographic line. : His country
patrons are always pleased with their treatment
as well as the work obtained. .
Send $1 .00 to W. D, Palmer, Portland, for j one
year's subscription to the Pacific Overseer, the
great semi-monthly A. O. U. W. paper.
Sreet Mcsic: Larctwt stock on the northwest
coast, orders filled promptly. Send stamp for cat
alogue and journal, V iley B. Allen 153 Third
street, Portland.
For that headache I Try the Oregon Blood
Purifier, the vegetable remedy, it's the care. ,
Garrison repairs all kinds of sewing machines
Porta Dmu fluitorf!
MORVEYOR.
W. H. 11AYKE fc It. TII.L.Y BlSOWSrfi;
Civil Engineers, Contractors and surveyors. Offirv
29 Htark s reet. Union Block, Port and, Or., with
Ferry A White, Real KsUte Agents. Surveying
done In any part of Oreg'n or Washington.
EM PrKli'BAKKtfYirw-aslUiiKton. ' Vow A
Fuhr, Props. Manufacturers of Pilot bread, crack
em, etc. Pork and beans and Bostou brown bread
every Kunday morning.
ABt)ATXf.
J. B. MelftTOSH.-Cor. Front and Hmrk. Chem
ical analysis made of coal, mineral waters, etc. Or
dinary assays of gold, silver, lend or vopper, from
3to5. Dr. P. liarvey. ConsultiiurCtiemtKt.
ATTOBSETST
D. P. KESKKUY,--Attorney and Counselor at
Law Room S Ueavnu's building. Legal business
pertaining to Letters Patent for inventions, before
the Patent Office or in the Courts, a specialty.
EYE & EAR INFIRMARY
AND " ' '"' I
SANITARIUM, OR HOME FOR THE SICK.
Macadam Bond bet. Porter and Wood Sta.,
ttoatb. Portland, Or.
Dr. Pllktngton, late Professor of Eye A Ear Diseases
In the Medical Department of Willamette University
has erected a tine building, on a beautiful elevation in
the south part of tbe city and Is prepared to accomo
date patients Buffering from all diseases of th KYE,
KA It or THROAT. Also will pay special attention to
persons laboring under Chronic Nervous affections,
and to diseases peculiar to women, and recieve a Unit
led number of cases expecting confinement.
Tbe intention is to provide a Hoiae for such rases
with all the best hygienic agencies, combined with the
best medical skill to be had in the metropolis. :
Consulting physician and surgeon Dr. Philip Harvey,
Prof, of diseases of women and children in the medical
department Willamette Uidversity. i
Also Dr. J. M. F. Browne, Prof, of Physiology med
dep't. Willamette University. -
For any amount of references and circular, address
UR. J. a PILKIV6TOX,
' Cor. 1st and Washington Wt., Portlimd. Or,
BUCKINGHAM & HECHT'S
S3 !
BOOTS AND SHOES
Are the BEST and COST ISO MORE than
Other Brands, and lf the Merchant with
whom yon Trade does not keep our Goods
It Is becanse it PATS better to sell a
pair of Boots or Shoes every TWO
Months than every FOUR or FIVE.
WJ1 WARRANT EVERY PAIR
We make. All Merchants In Good Credit
ean procure these Goods at our Ware
houses in PORTLAND or San Francisco.
TRY OUR "HERCULES BOOTS
V.I HECHT BROS. & CO.
A GRAND REVOLUTION
In the Boot and Shoe business.
AT THE
MYorkBootaiSMoise
HO. &0S FIRST STREET.
Eavlug enlarged mys'oreand Just received a large
. Invoice of Ladles', Uents' and Children's
FINE BOOTS AND SHOES.
From the largest and best Eastern Houses. The
public can rely upon getting a finer article than
ever before offered in Portland and at
UWK PRICKS. -
Call and see for Yourself and be coainced
H. GAliLiICK,
New York Boot and Saoe Hobos, No. 1SS
Fin Street.
PACIFIC COAST
Land Bureau,
A CORPORATION. .
PreMdent WENDELL E ASTON
Vice Pre, and Gen. Manager GEO. W. FRINK
Treasurer......... ANGlO-CaMFORnUN BANK
Secretary........ .. f. B. WILDE
Hoard of Direct oi a.
J. O ELD R I Lib K, lx.R4.NT 1. TAGGART.
G. W. KKINK. I F, d. WILDS,
i WENDELL JlAHrON.
Prluclal Place of Bnlns.
22 Montgomery Street, San Francisco.
dab-Agencies a ech county seat ot the fitate.
Ag-cnc) lor stale and l.xchtnit of Kskrin
Ing land. A. -rax tracts ibdlsldrtl
and sil at auction or private sale.
49CoIoDiU and Immigrants located. Careful
appraisements made tor Bank. Courts. Adminis
trators, Trustees, e'c. Legal forms otmp!ie4 with.
Full records of sales in each county on file at the
General Office. Assume entire charge of property,
pay taxes, insurance etc. etc.
MO.KY TO lOAfl!
SPORTSMEN'S EMPORIUM.
WH. BECK fc SON.
Importers and dealers In
Guns, Rifles, and Revolvers
Keels, ;,S; Floats,
Lines,
Flies,
Leaders,
Hooks oi
all kinds.
PISHI1TG
I Braided and Tapered Oil HUk Lines.
Six Spliced Split Bamboo Rods,
165 and 16T gtceowd at., Portland, Or.
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MAKE USE OF THIS VEGETABLE KINGDOM
A STBK REMEDY FOR
BL000 and LIVER COMPLAINT
' For sle everywhere-Jl 00.
15ULLDE11S'
AND
GENERAL HARDWARE,
Carpenters Tools, Axes, Sledges,
Wedges, Bird Cages, Wood
and Willowware etc., etc
AT THE LOWEST RATES,
AT
F. It. CHOWN'S
HARDWARE HOUSE, 243 FIRST ST.,
LND PLtSrER,
IS ANY QUANTITY, BY
verding fe Farrell
FRONT & ALPER BTS., PORTLAND.
SALVREEN.
JL JKeaajr Belief aad Pala Kxtraetar wblea
Erery Faartly sa td Hwit Wand. -
It cures Porns, Bunions. Burns. Brnses. BoDs, Felons,
Old sores. Rheumatic paius, More eyes, fSore throat.
Sprains, fleers. Tooth ache, Hide ache, Worts, Salt
rheum, Rtnginonn, ete. Removes intiammatioa In
stantly PneeKcta For sale by all Druggists or sent
on rerelpt of prie by the Household Mupply Co. ot
Jutland, Oregon,. . . v
tsi.-., Uel
THOMPSON, B8HAHT k GO.
Iron & Steel
MERCHANTS
AND DEALERS UT
Shelf and Heary Hardware,
BLACKSMITHS' TOOLS,
Farmers' and Mechanics' Supplies,
WAGON AND CARRIAGE
WOOD STOCK,
CARRIAGE'
''"VteS&m TRIMMINGS
Files, Twist Drills, Hammers, Slcdgre s,
. Tongs, Stocks and Dies,
Norrraj And Refined Iron, Horse Shoes
and Nails, Cumberland Coal,
CHAIXS, COBQ1SE OF ALL KIXDS.
Blocks, Oaknm, Oars, Capstansetc
BOLTS, RIVETS, SPIKES nails.
OUR STOCK OF
.... - 1 is the - - ."-
LARGEST AND BEST ASSORTED
ON THE COAST.
14 First St., 193 and ITS Front St., corner
Yamhill, Portland, Oresjoa.
ALAOE
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Warranted First Class-
83 UPWARD.
SIMON HARRIS.
SOLE AOftNT.
48 First sr., Portland, Or.
CataJogacn mailed Pre.
1850. 32 Years Practical Experience. 1882.
John A. Child
DRUGGIST,
i
T eater in I
Fine Chemicals,'
Perfumery,
Toilet Articles, ;
Sponges, Soaps,
& Rubber Loods.
Cor. Morrison ft 2d st
Portland, Or.
8peclal attention
pa.d to orders by
mall when acoom
rtsnlrdvitb the cash.
This imt Atrensrta.
mine Remedy aasl
-Verve TOXIC ts the le
gitimate result of over U
vears of nrartfral exueri-
-nce. and CCRKS WITH
UNFAILING CERTAIN
TY Nervous and Physical
Debility, Seminal Weak"
n e r s , Spermatorrhoea
KniissimtH.Inipoteiirv Ex
i.u....... tri..i. n..
til re Decline and lAMtH
OF MAX HOOD, from
whatever cause produced.
It enrirheiis and purities
toe Uioou. hirentiihenH
Rerves, urain. Muscles
Mental Faculties. It stops a ly unnatural debilitating
drain upon Ihe system, preventing iuvolimtary losses
debilitating dreams, seminal losses with the urine,
etc., so destructive to miini and body. It is a sure
eliminator of all KIDNEY AND W.ADDKR COM
PLAINTS. IT CONTAINS NO INJURIOUS IN
UREDIENT. To those suffering from the erects
of youthful IndlarreUunaor excesses, a peelv,
thorousrh and Dernwiuelit ( l lli: IS J ITA K
A-NTKKD. I'rlce. &0 per bottle, or five bottles i&
case with full directions and advice. 10. Kent fc
cure from observation to any addrecs uion receipt ot
price, or C. O. D. To be had on I v of
Ir. I. Nalflvld, 816 Kearny street,
San Francisco, Cal. Consultstioiisairii-tly coiittiieiitlat.
by letter or lit oflice, FHEK. For t he con veulence oi
patients, and in order to secure perfect secrecy, 1 have
adopted a private address, under which all package
are forwarded.
TBI A I. BOTTLE FREE.
Hutncient to show its merit, will be s -i t to any one
applying by latter, statin h's syinptuins and age,
Communications strictly confidential.
ft EST A U BAST THE BFJtTIX THE COT
AH Modern Improvements. Open all day.
J. IT. BHEXWBB. Proprietor
STURGES, LARSEN &CQ.,
tJITPJ?nVO AND
COMMISSION MERCHANTS,
Wholesale Dealers In
Te-f, Canned Uoods, Syrups, Honey, Dried
Fruits, Provisions, etc, etc
Shippers of
Chrata, Floar, Wool, and Country Prod Bee.
Consignments solicited and Uberai Advance made
when desired.
. B4. FROKT STF.ET. PORTLAND. OR.
HUBS
aa a s s f - Vf
W 3 'an
T"iKr"mr
aVa.1. ENfiEAVEK, SS FIKST ST.
rOKTLda-NB. OS.
WILLIAM COLLIER,
MACHINIST,
Dealer la Sew and
SEC0SD HAXI) MACIIINERYi
S Madia
I Hi., Portland. Or. 1
Parties desiring Bollrrs. Eas;lnes ar SAW
HILIi MACiMXKKY ean seeure
by addressing Air. Volller.
New and Second Hand Machinerj
nought aad sold or traded to advantage.
MEN AND WOMEN,
Boys and irtrls, anyone who wants liM, pteasaat em
ployment in which from (:t to 10 per day can be mace
will send their name and postefnee adiiresRto lis im
mediately, and receiv? our dencrlptive circulars. Ad
dress. Is. II. Oetohelt Jk fit,, So. 187 Front street,
Portland, Oregon.
W Sure Cure forCalarf
LIQUID OR DRY, PRICE Tl 00; - ATMOSPHERIC
Insufflators," price 5oc Dry Cure and Insuffla
tors mailed on receipt of price, with full direction for
ornate S. O. 8KIDMORE A Co., DTngtrtts 1S1 First
street. Portland. Oi. Hole Air en Li for the N. Facile
Coast. marnl
THE "WHITE." WE HAVE THIS DAY SOLD
our entire interest in. and transferred the airency
of the White Hewing Machine to Mr. John B. Oarrl
son, of 167 Third sir et. Portland, Or. Mr. (iarrison
will hereafter supply the Krowtfe demand tar this
superior and popular sewing machine.
aplS HIM. & RARR.
Ik
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IHRCJaLFIFI lYnft
vr - AfM i u a
"---TnTrTta t "--""ir-'-T-f m mii tr
lfAltl: Vi I
PERMIAN
BITTERS
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(t'UMCHOXA JtL'llUA.)
Tbe Finest BITTKKt is tbe WOR
THEY EFFECTCAI.IY Ct'BK
MAXiARIAI DISEASES,
Vitalise the System and arrest the ravage
tbe Drendful Aleohol Habit,
llirsO.UA.1A
Ask Tyour Druggist or Wine Merchant for
thru.
WII.MERDI.NO fe CO., Agents, Saa Fran
cisco. W. 4. VAJi8Clll"l'VFR ctr CO.. Portland.
I M flR.H
f Ssi??': kill faj nasTs a?
ef. v -. -At IH ftfiril
;-r- (IktlUIUlUI
Recommended bv all Physicians.
Read tbe Certificates back tf Bottle.
A sure cure fcr li ditet nn Mas of Appetite,
and tbe Best Liver Begnlattr koowu.
MOI.O ONLY IN GLASS.
To fill or ee-1 any but the Rouuine srticle out of
oar bottle is (e:oiy. and when detected, will be
prosecuted to tbe fall r stent of the Isw. Trade
supplied by AK.tl MAK4KZIUV at Co.
539 Washington St., Satn Fraaelaeo,- C'
SEWING MACHINE STORE,
16 Thirl street. Portland
JOHN B. GARRISON, Proprietor,
!; &KNT IMF. TUB
White, Improved Singer, Crown, Howe. New
Home, Davis, Wilson, 4D" Howe, Royal
44. JUKUp
And General Agent far Oreiron aad Washington
Territory for tbe
Household Sewing Machine.
Dealer in all kinds of Seeing ilacbiue Attach
meats Neville tii. Ktc.
3.3cwlTiit Mar.siutH repaired no liort notice.
Ct Ink.
1i
JliW-raJlill
For Consumption, Asthmn,IlroiFhitla '
Catarrh, Iviepiin. Headache Jebil
Itjr, Neuralsia, KlieumaliMm, and all
Chronic mid Nmous ItiMordersu Park
ases may be coiitcnlcnlljr neat by 3t
prtMM ready for immediate im at house.
Mend for fife treatise on the Oxygen
treatment. Addreas the proprietors,
1109, 1111 ii trd Street, JPhila., Pa
or H. . MATH KM S Paeifle Depoaitory,
06 Montgomery Nt, Man Frauclaco. ttl.
HUDSON'S GUH ST0I1E,
' tW Plrrt street. Portland, Or anna.
ITXa, PISTOL AK1 AMMCXITIOX
Ttaslna; Tavealo of ltwit Ies itut1ao.
ARK YOU GOING to PAINT
TIIKX tsETHE
Averill Mixed Paint.
The Best Most Durable, Most Iteantiful
anfl the Cheapest.
IT IS PKEPA RKI) IN l.luVl It FORM AMD HOLD
by the eallon only, in any desired qnantttv
BEAPY FOK TI1F. BHUSII. requiring no further
addition of oil or spirits.
It is of Pure White and of nny ntiaile or onlnr. Ham
pie card colorsaiid Price I.lurt mailed on spnitcation to "
. Si. OBKM'K, MtSFrsl Ap-at,
yo. tot Market Kt., opn. Front, ban- Francisco, fal.
"Also, SOUS AGtEJfT for the Celt braled Ran Vrau
dsco
HUHHKH MIXED PAINT,
And Dealer In
PAIXT", OILS. VAKNISHFS and PAI!fTF.R-
MATEKIAI.
For sale byf . BKA( II A XJ
Port load. On
1882 SPRING 1882
V !!; MRS. ;' Q. H. CLARKE,
Fourth and Columbia sts.. Port lac d, Or.,
Would announce to the ladies or this couatj that
he has received her
SPRING STOCK
'.. OF .
Mil iLI Ti ER Y.
ORDERS GIVEN PRCMPT ATTENTION.
Plants, Trees, Etc.
f LIU8TBATKDCATAIXXiUE pree
L i. K.TarjisBULLfcro.
419 and 4S1 Sansome street, Ban Fra icuco.
01,000 BEWAIID
POR ANYOSE WHO WUA, t.V.MIX '---
. MetSaax fe JIHmo mlrm of I -,-vs -'
and ( took 4 uttiair, and, w -t h atorr.-i i u--
ore and perfect ettttli. proOoiN. a h.j f t;,. r
wrmmx. Heveral linprovements lav
Ih-rb made. Agents to fw'll a.id ' u- , '
n evert town, tift-xi mhik. fn .'.!..,. .
fit) topper day. Ki.U'i;i, v. j . t. , "
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