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FINEST JOt? OFFICE
IM K TOLAS COUNTY,
CARDS, BILL HEADS, LEGAL ULAKXSc
And otb.tr printing, including
Large and Heavy Posters and Showy
Hand-Bills, ' ;
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DOUGLAS COUNTY PUBLISHING CO.
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WATCHMAKER.' JEWELER, AND
OPTICIAN.
ALL WORK WARRANTED.
Dealer In Wnlctitit, CIeka, Jewelry,
Spectacle m d -ttars,
And a Fall Line of
Cigars, Tobacco and Fancy Goods.
The only reliable Optometer la town for itae
prop r adjustment t-f fcpectaclea ; always oo baod.
Depot of the Genuine Brazilian Pebble Spec
tacles and Eyeglasses.
OFFICE F!n.t door south of post office, Rose
bare Oregon
r.lAHONEY'S SALOON
Nearest to the RaProad Jepot, Oakland
Jas.
3Xalioney Prop'r.
The finest of wines, liquors and cigars in Dowf
las county, and the beat
.IX,XIfrXir TABLB
in tha R Vni la nntnar main
Fartiea traveling on the railroad will find tab
place Tery handy to riait during the stop
ping of the train at the Oak- '
land, Depot. Giva me a call.
J as. HAxiOliEY.
JOHN FftASER,
Home Made Furniture,
WIIiBl
OREGON.
Upholstery, Spring Mattrasses, Etc.
Constantly on hand.
niRMiTIIRC 1 hve the best stock, o
lUn 111 I UllC. luruiture ROUtti of Portland
And nil nf mv own mnniifswllire.,
No two Prices to Customers
Residents of Douglas eounty are requested to
ive me a call before purchasing elsewhere.
jBvALL WORK WARRANTED.-
DEPOT HOTEL-
OAKLAND, - . OREGON.
Richard Thomas, Prop'r.
ffiHIS HOTEL HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED
for a number ot years, and has become very
popaiarwith the traveling public. 1 i rat-class
SLEWING ACCOMMODATIONS.
And the table supplied with the bst the market
affords. Hotel at the depot of the Kailn.ad.
"1 "Jf AVI NO ON AND A LARGE LOT OP FINE
Spanish Merino
I offer the same for sale. Cheap for Cash, at my
Farm in Douglas county, six miles from Koseburic
HENRY CONN, Sr.
H. C. STANTON,
I Dealer in
Staplej Dry Coodsl
Keeps constantly on . hand a general assort
ment of
EXTRA FINE GROCERIES,
WOOD, WILLOW AM) 0I.ASSWARF,
I ALSO
Crockery and Cordage
A full stock of
H C II OO L
BOO lis
Such as required by the Public County Schools
All klucla of STATIONERY, TOYS and
FANCY ARTICLES
To suit both Young and Old.
BUYS AND SELLS LEGAL TENDERS
furnishes Checks on Portland, and procures
Drafts on San Francisco. . . ; ,
SEEDS SPEEDS!
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ALL KIXDS OF BkJM QIAL11Y
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Promptly attended to and Goods shipoed
with care.
Address, Ilncheney & Beno,
Portland. Oregon
Jfotlce.
Notice is hereby given, to whom it .nay concern, that
the umleraittucU has been awarded tha contract for
keeping Uie Douglas county Paurwr f-w tiie p-riod of
tw- rears. All persons l. need of awUttncn lrom-atd
ri.. miiat first nrocure a certificate to that effect
from wit member of too County Board, and prwent it
m . i . i . ....... .-Kn ra o iir n .IF.
lo one oi me ionowins immcu pc.-uiu., . 7
ircd to, and will care tor those presenting such certtfloiite
w i. r. .,,.- RnnhiirrT L. L. Kelloirtf. Oakland ; Mrs
Brown, Lookinir Glass. Dr. ScrojrifS is authorized to
tarnish medical aid to all persons in need of the nme
ho have been declared paupers oi uouicib cuuiuj.
WM. B. CLARIili, Supt. of Poor,
tbaimmn, Or.. Feb. 15. 1880
Patched Wlin 80C Pfccs.
Mr. Arkell. Vice President of the
Saratoga & Mt. Gregor Railroad, though
only twenty-seven years old, has sur
vived incredible perils. He has 80G
nieces of flesh from as man v other
hnman beiners grafted upon him, having
beer injnred in eight rilroad accidents
and taken out for dead from a fire and
explosion in a mill ovsped by his father
and himself. Manv others were killed
by all these accidents, and skillful treat
ment bv surgeons and a wonderful vital
ity alono saved tbi young man. In eon-
sequence of the injnries received Lis
flesh had to be renewed br grafting and
patching flesh from 80G different persons.
It would seem that at least a portion of
the energy, enterprise and cheerfulness
of each of those whose flash he wears
was injected into Mr. Arkell's svsteni.
He is the ideal Mark Tupley.
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LATEST NEWS SUmiAltY.
BIT TELEGRAPH TO BATE.
F. Pritchard, claim agent af Washing
ton, has been arrested, charged with
forgery.
Recent contributions for the Garfield
hospital from United States consuls,
amount to $12,000.
It is announced in Paris that negotia
tions for a treaty between France and
Corea are merely suspended.
The new steamship Belgium. 4000 tons.
built at Aberdeen for tho American trade,
was totally wrecked on her trial trip.
Every mill on the upper dam at Mill-
town, Maine, and a large amount of
lumber has been burned; loss $30,000.
A hearty reception was ffiven fa Presi
dent Arthur in Boston on the 11th, The'
streets were densely packed with people.
An intimate friend of Folger, says he
will not resign before the last of Decem
ber and not then unless elected governor.
Workers in the rolling mills and spike
shops in JTiedegar, Va.f have stopped
work because of the dismissal of one
roller. x
Rhinehart Chapman, a Baptist minis
ter of Austin, Texas, stabbed and killed
John Turner in a quarrel. Chapman es
caped.
The Irish conference at Dublin has de
cided to invite a much wider circle of
representative men than was at first con
templated. The report that Smith and Wise fought
a duel near Washington is not credited,
as both men have been seen alive and
well in Richmond.
Explosion during a Are in the hardware
establishment of Jacob Knoershield, at
Milwaukee, barned three firemen dread
fuM; one fatally.
Yellow fever is abating at Brownsville,
Texas. At Pensacola, Florida, there are
48 new cases reported, making a total of
1300 this year, of which 112 have died.
The Sessions-Bradley bribery case in
New York, growing out of the attempt t
return Conkling to the senate after he
resigned, has been put over till Decem
ber. At Bridgeport, Conn., a barrel contain
ing 50,000 breech-loading caps exploded
with terrific force, destroying the build
ing in which it was located; no person
hurt.
At a baptising at Canton, Ga., a bridge
fell into the river and precipitated 200
persons into the water. No lives were
lost, but many legs and arms were
broken.
A strong reinforcement has been sent
to Southern Tunis with the object of car
rying on operations on a large scale
against the insurgents during the cold
season. , .
Henry Kenema, a carpenter at work on
the tower at St. Xavier's Catholic church
in Cincinnati, fell a distance of CO feet,
on tuo lztu, to the stone floor and was
instantly killed.
Theo. Finny, a 10-year old boy living
at (ilenwood, JNeb., suieided on the bth
The reasons given for the act are that the
boy's mind was filled with blood and
thunder literature.
John Finnerly, the prominent young
Irish journalist of Chicago, has received
a call from 5000 independent democrats
of the 21 congressional district to run
for congress and has accepted.
The body of Fannie Parnell will be re
moved from Bordentownon the 18th inst.
and taken to Philadelphia, thence to New
York and Boston, whence the body will
be taken to Ireland for interment.
The North Staffordshire, England, coal
mine owners have acceded to the appli
cation of the miners for an advance of 10
per cent, in their wages. Twenty thons
and men are affected by the decision.
The central committee of national lib
erals at Berlin, have resolved not to pre
sent an address to the electors. Their
prospects are favorable in western, but
less encouraging in eastern provinces.
The beer brewers of Chicago have de
cided, in view of the failure of the hop
crop and the high price of barley, that it
would become necessary within the next
two months to increase the price per
barrel.
Maggie O'Neil, an employee of San
ford's mill, in New York, stabbed another
employee, Jane Bradt, in the face with a
pair ol scissors, on the 12th, inflicting
twenty gashes. Borne of which are ser
ious. The Smithsonian Institute have re
ceived news from tho academy of Vienna
of the discovery by Prof. Schmidt, at
Athens, on the tith of Oct., of a comet
with the same motion in right ascension
and deli nation.
Lord Erring ton, who is reported as
endeavoring to effect a modus vivedi be
tween Great Britain and the Vatican.
has arrived at Rome. He has had an in
terview' with Cardinal Jacobini, pontifical
secretary of state.
There is a scandal in the census bureau
that will probably call for an investiga
tion. It is alleged the returns on which
the last census was figured were made up
of speculation and are worthless. Other
irregularities are spoken of.
Peruvian papers say the peace negotia
tions conducted by Minister Logan, be
tween Chili and Garcia Calderon, have
failed. It is remored that Calderon will
not hear the proposals of Chili, and Chili
prefers to treat with Pierola.
The Georgeville mill dam at Provi
dence having become dangerous, the su
preme court has ordered the water drawn
off as far as possible. If the dam should
go a large business section of the city
could scarcely escape destruction.
The Evening Journal's. Pine Bluff,
Ark., special of the 11th says: Daniel
Camp, a well known planter, died fro a
the effects of carelessly eating a water
melon which he had poisoned for the
benefit of thieves who made raids on his
patqb. Three of his children who also
partook are likely to die. .
The steamship Newborn, while being
taken ont at the north wavs on the 11th.
for overhauling, slid back and was
.a ma
thrown over on her side. The steamer
now lies on her beam ends in the mud
and it will be very difficult to get the
vessel in position again. No one Was
injured but the machinery of the steamer
is thought to be seriously damaged by
the shock.
John Duffy fell overboard off the ship
Detroit dnriDg the passage from Rio
Janeiro to Seattle aud was lost.
The grave of John Knox, a prominent
citizen of Amsterdam, N. Y., in the cem
etery at West Sharlton, has been robbed.
No traces of the remains. The robbery
was discovered by the opening of the
grave to change the position of the body
preparatory to the erection of a monu
ment. ' i
A Seattle dispatch of Oct. 13th says:
An account was sent yesterday of the
drowning here of a little girl named
Koundberg, 2 years old, in a tub of
water. The child's mother waa afflicted
with dropsy, and a few days before went
to Victoria for treatment. Word comes
now that the mother died about the time
her child was drowned, and the report
telegraphed to her of the accident here
was received too late to be communicated
to her. The body of the mother will be
brouphi here to-morrdw and buried with
that of the child in one grave.
John Sharpe, chairman of the people's
territorial central . committee of Utah,
telegraphs the journals at New York de
claring that the statement published in
the dispatches on the 10th that the Mor
mons were using energies and money to
defeat Cassidy's election in Nevada is
emphatically untrue. Sharpe says Mor
mons prominent in political and business
circles deny all knowledge of it. but
think the statement has been' made in
Cassidy's interest to create sympaty for
him at the expense of the Mormons.
While Cassidy'B defeat would be gratify
ing to the Mormons, and the democratic
Mormons in Nevada will vote against him
or .stay away from the polls, they will use
no money or other illegimate means to
defeat him. Sharpe further says the
Mormons are taking no part whatever in
California politics.
George D. Rice, cashier of the Leb
anon, ra., Dime Savings bank, was
robbed of a satchel on the 13th contain
ing $50,000, all in bills. He had just
returned from Philadelphia, and before
going to the bank stopped at his house
for supper. While on his way to the
bank after supper, and when about a
square from his house, he was passed by
two men and directly afterwards he re
ceived a stunning blow, knocking, him in
the gutter. He held onto the satchel
and cried murder. The robbers, who
had been beating and kicking him all the
while, fearing his criee would bring as
sistance, moved off a short distance, but
returned and wrenching his hands off the
satchel, secured it. Rice was covered
with blood. No clue. Rice has offered
a reward of $1000 for the capture of the
robbers. The mony belonged to the
bank.
An Indianapolis dispatch of Oct. 13th
says: A large gang of counterfeiters
were arsested in Tipton last night aud
brought to this city to-day. About a
year ago a man named Hobb, gave in
formation to the secret service of the
existence of the gang, and a detective was
sent there by the government to work up
the caee, which resul-ed in the arrest of
the following parties last night and to
day: James Small, Jacob Masters,
Christopher A. Masters, Wm. Shope,
Jacob B. Johnson, A. A. Smiih, Jasper
i. Wright, Geo. King, Jos. F. Small,
Charles Booth, John T. Small and Lor
enzo Howorth. Two days ago the special
agent and the detectives arrested James
Campbell, Hawey Gerposter and Wm.
Crull, members of the same gang, on a
train going to Logansport. They were
brought to this city and kept secretly.
John Keating, a saloon keeper of this
city, was also arrested to-day. Most of
tho captives are residents of Tipton
county.
The commissioner of the land office at
Washington, D. C , in his annual report
states that lands how embraced within
the limits of tho public domain amount
to 900,000,000 acres, including Alaska.
He recommends that the pre-emption
law be abolished as the homestead laws
cover all cases now aiising. Public
sales of land last year amounted to 7933
acres, embracing 5016 acresnear Toledo,
Ohio, which sold for $16,735, an average
of $338 per acre. Respecting forfeiture
of railroad grants the commissioner says:
"The Btatus of various grants for railroad
purposes where tho roads have not been
constructed within the time prescribed
by law were reported to congrsss on
March 28th last. The absence of legisla
tive action touching removal of these
grants or declaring the forfeiture thereof
seriously embarrassed the work of this
office. It is not deemed expedient to
certify additional lands to the railroad
companies, nor to award to companies
lands in dispute between them and set
tlers or other claimants, pending the
determination of congress in the prem
ises. A large umber of settlers are oo
cupjiDgr each lands and it is important
to know whether they can receive titles
from the United States or whether they
will be required to purchase them from
the railroad companies."
A Seattle dispatch of Oct. 13th gives
the following in regard to the trial of
officers of the ships Harvester and Chal
lenger for outrages perpetrated on their
crews. Frank Liliey, second mate of
the ship Harvester, ha been put through
a course of Pnget Sound justice of a
sharp and decisive character. He was
bronght here on Tuesday, indicted on
Wednesday and tried and convicted on
Thursday. His sentence will probably
be postponed until the complaints against
other mates and masters are disposed of.
Liliey was convicted of assaulting Chas.
Scudder," a seaman in the Harvester,
while at sea on the 18th of June last,
beating him cruelly with a bar of iron.
Twenty-eight seamen of the ships Har
vester and Challenger are now in jail
here, detained to testify in the suits
against the officers. James Bennett, first
mate of the ship Harvester, was tried in
the district court here to day on a charge
of striking Thomas Sullivan, a seaman
on the same ship, in the mouth with a
belaying pin on the 20th of June last
while off Cape Horn. The proof was
plain and incontrovertible and the trial
was fair and without unnecessary waste
i of time. The inry was out only four
l
I iliuuks, ur jubt long t'Doagu io tase a
i vote aod prepare a verdict. Both Liliey
1 and Bennett were indicted again to day
j on other charges of cruelty to the crew.
I r , til. Ii .. n
tiiucu5 aiiru, ruasLt-r ui me Harvester,
will be tried to morrow on like - charges
of cruelly to men under his command.
WIFE.
We had jtipt finished breakfast. Tom
laid down the egg spoon he bad been
playing with, and looked across at!
mother.
"Aunt Anne, I think I'll take a wife,"
he said, exactly as he . might have said,
"I think I'll take another cup of coffee."
"Take a wife?" repeated mother, by no
means receiving the information as tran
quilly as it had been given. "What for?"
"Well. I don't know," answered Tom,
thoughtfully. "It's a notion I've got in
my head, somehow." ...
"All nonsense!" said mother, sharply.
"Do you think so?' said Tom, appar
ently doubtful, but not in the -least put
OUt.
"Thrckso? I know it What in the
world can yon want wiih a wife? After
all these years we've lived so comfort
ably together, to bring home somebody
o turn the home upside down! And,
then, w bat's to become of that poor
child?"
"The "poor child" that was I red
dening at being brought into the argu
ment in this way, was about to speak for
herself when Tom interposed, warmly:
"I'm sure May knows I would never
have any wife who would make it less a
home for her don't you, May?"
- "Of course," said I.
"And I'm sure she knows nothing of
the sort," persisted mother; "nor you,
either, Tom Dean. How can yon an
swer for what a wife may take it into her
head to do, once you get her fixed? You
can't expect her to forget, as you do, that
May has no real claim on you."
"That I have no real claim on her, I
suppose yon mean, ma'am," Tom put in
for the second time, just a I was getting
thoroughly uncomfortable. "But, for
all that, I intend to keep her that is,"
added Tom, with one of his short-sighted
blinks sideways at me, "as long as she
shall stay with me eh May? And
whoever has anything to say against that
arrangement will have to go out of the
house to say it not that I'm afraid of
any such result in this case and on the
whole, Aunt Anne, I should like to try
the experiment."
Mother smiled grimly, but Tom was
so evidently bent on his "experiment,"
as he called it, that she gave up the
argument.
"You can dacce if you're ready to pay
the piper, she said, shortly. "And,
pray, how soon do you mean to be mar
ried?" Tom's face fell a little at this question.
"Well," said he, "I can't say exactly
I suppose we shall have to be engaged
first."
"What?" said mother, opening her
eyes; "why yon never, mean to say.Tom,
you haven t spoken to her yet
"Not yet," answered Tom, cheerfully
"Time enougn for that, you know, alter
I had spoken to you."
Mother, as a minister's widow, was not
much given to the idle mirth that is as
the crackling of thorns under a pot, but
now she leaned back and laughed till the
tears stood in her eyes.
"Well," she said, "if it was anybody
else, I should say that you were cracked;
bnfc you were never like other people
and you never will be, Tom Dean. But,
at least, vou have fixed on the lady?
' Oh, yes," answered Tom; "but, if
you will excuse me. Aunt Anne, I would
rather not say anything about her just
yet, for, if if anything should happen,
it wouldn't be pleasant for either party,
you know." With which veiled allusion
to his possible rejection, Tom took his
hat and left the room.
Our household was rather queeily put
together. There was no particular rea
sdn why I should have been of it at all,
for I was not really related to Tom, nor
even to "mother," as I called her.though
we were as dear to each other as any
mother and daughter could be. She
was the second wife of my father, who,
like most ministers, had been richer in
grace than goods, and left us at his death
with very little to live on. Then it was
that Tom Dean had come forward, and
insisted on giviug a home to his aunt
and to me, whom he had scarcely seen a
dozen times in my life before. All I bad
to do was to go where mother went, and
while she gave her energies to house
keeping, I gave mine to growing up,
which, by this time, I had pretty well
accomplished. But perhaps for that
very reason for one sees with different
eyes at twelve and eighteen my posi
tion in the house had already begun to
seem unsatisfactory to me; and the
morning's words put it in a clearer light,
since it had been used as an argument
against Tom's marrying. So it must be
my part to prevent his own kindness be
ing turned against him now. Still, it
was not easy to see how I was to provide
for myself, in case it should become ad
visable. What could 'I do? Draw and
sing and play tolerably, but not in a
manner to compete with the hosts that
would be in the field against me. Lit
erature? I had read so many stories
whose heroines, with a turn of the pen,
dashed into wealth and fame. That
would be nice, only I was not the least
little bit literary. There was some clerk
ship, or a place in some family, and
there was Will Broomley!
That Jiay seem like going away from
he point, but it was not, I had a pretty
clear idea of what was bringing Will to
the house so often as he had taken to
coming lately. There was a "situation
then, that would give me the home life
i liked best, and felt myself best suited
for; but would it answer as well in
other respects? I had not come to any
decision, when I was called down stairs
to see Lettv Walters.
Letty was the prettiest, I think, of all
my friends, and certainly the liveliest.
om called her the torn j,- and used to
augh heartily at her bright speeches. I
suppose it was this that made mother fix
on Letty as his choice. Tom came home,
mother took care to mention that Letty
had called
"What, the tonic?" said Tom. "Too
bad I missed her." :
"But for your choice being already
made." said mother, with a covert scru
tinv of his funo "T rlaiv
8ii you might
have as much of the tonic as you liked."
"Bat I go on the homeopathic princi-
pie, you know," answerlfid Tom, with a
twinkle in his eve. i
Attar that mnthat-'a holiof in 1 .att.v'a
rmiltinoau vavsmil XJav DiianiAiiina wars
transferred from one td another of our
TOM'S
acquaintances, but always with the same!
nnsatisfactory results.
it passes my comprehension she
said to me despairingly, one day. "Iam
positive 1 could tell the .right one by
Tom's face in a minute, and yet I
have mentioned everybody that we
know."
"Perhaps it's somebody we don't know."
I suggested ;"some friend of his we have
never seen."
"What ! a perfect stranger!" said
mother, sharply. "Never talk to me.
child; Tom's not capable of that!"
1 was silent, bat 1 did not want to
worry her; but that was my opinion all
the same.
Tho same evening it was rather-more
than a week since Tom-had hurled that
thunder boldt of his at us mother began
about it openly. "
"When are you going to introduce
your wife to us, Tom? I suppose you
have come to an understanding by this
time?" .
'Oh. there's no hurry," Tom said, as
he bad said before; but this time he did
not speak so cheerfully. "The fact is,"
he continued with a little hesitation,
"there's there's a rival in the case."
"A rival?" repeated mother, with un
feeling briskness."
"Yes, a young fellow younger by a
good deal than I am," and Tom's face as
sumed an absurdly doleful look. "He
is always there now. I confess I don t
see my way clear; I'm waiting for her to
make up her mind."
"And she is waiting most likely for
you to make up yours," said mother,, for
getting in her own propensity to right
matters, that she was playing the ene
my s game.
"There's something in that that never
occurred to me," said Tom, Lis face
brightening. Mother saw her mistake
and made a counter move at once.
"But the ways of my time are old
fashioned now; young ladies, nowadays
take matters into their own hands. If
she cared for you, you may be pretty
sure she.wouldn't have waited till this
time to let you see it; that is, I judge by
girls I am in the habit of seeing, but if
this one is a stranger to me " (here
mother rivited her eyes on Tom's face;
ob, dear, my unfortunate words!) "If she
is an entire stranger I cannot pretend to
from any opinion of her, of course.
"Of course," repeated Tom, absently.
"Not that 1 have any such ideas, re
sumed mother, growing warmer; "I
have said, and I say again, that to bring
a perfect stranger under this roof, is not
my opinion of you, Tom!"
I felt mother s words like so many
pins and needles; for Tom was looking
meditatively across at me, and I felt
myself for very vexation getting redder
every moment, till.it grew intolerable
"It was so warm here, l said, for an
excuse, turning toward the French win
dow. "I am going to get a breath of
air."
I went into our little strip of garden
ground; Tom followed. I thought I
should never have a better opportunity
to say what I had in my mind to say, so
I waited for him by the bench under the
old pear tree.
"Sit down here, Tom," I said, "I've
something to say to you."
"Have you?" said Tom.- "That's odd,
for I well, never mind that, just yet.
What is it. May?''
"Tom." I said, still surer now he had
misjudged me. and more resolved to set
myself right, "I want a place."
"A place! What kind of a placer'
"I don't know." 1 said, for, indeed, my
ideas were of the vaguest; "I thought
you might, being in the way of those
things. .Now, pray, Tom,' i went on
quickly, "don't fancy I am discontented,
or or anything of that sort; the truth is,
ever since 1 left school 1 have wanted
something to do, and had it in my mind
to speak to vou about it.
With this I looked at Tom, fearing he
night be vexed, but he did not look
vexed, only preoccupied.
'I do know of a place, as it happens,
he said, after a while, "only Im not
sure how it would suit you."
"That's soon seen," said I. "What is
it like?"
"Well, it's a sort of of general use
fulness
"Why, it must be to run errands,
said I, laughing. "And where is it,
Tom?"
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"it s with me.
"How very nice!" I exclaimed, "flow
soon can I have it?"'
"The sooner the better, so tar as i am
concerned," said Tom, and with that he
turned round and looked at me, And
directly I met his eyes I knew somehow,
all in a moment, what it was he meant;
and I knew, too, both that I could not
have passed all my .life with Will
Broomly, and why I could not
1 am sure that Lietty waiters, wno in
terrupted us just thes, must have
thoueht my wits were wandering that
evening, and. indeed, they were, for I
was completely dazed with the sudden
turn things had taken. But Tom, who
had the advantage of me there, took it
auite coolly, and laughed and talked
with Liettv lust tne same as ever tui sue
went away.
It was pretty late when we went in.
Mother sat where we had left her knitting
in the twilight.
Wasn t that Letty Walters with you
a while ago? she said, as we came up
"Yes, said I, with a confused feeling
of an explanation of something being
necessary: "she inst came to bring the
new crochet pattern she promised me.
"H'inl" said mother, as much as to
say s..e had her own ideas as to what
Letty came for.
Tom had been wandering about the
room in an absent sort of fashion, taking
up and putting down m the wrong
places all the small objects that fell in
his way. He came up and took a seat
by mother. I became of a sudden very
busv with the plants in the window, for
I knew he was going to tell her.
"Wish me ioy. Annt Anne, said he.
"It's all settled."
"Settled, is it?" said mother, in any
thine but a joyful tone. "So it's as I
suspected all along. Well, you have
my best wishes, Tom; perhaps you may
be happy together after all. I m sure I
hope so. t ,
"I'm sorry you're not pleased,
he
I RAlil. after S DSUSe: I
had an idea,
I RHITIaIiOW. VOU WOuld be.
"f don't know from what yon judged
But there is no use crying over spilt
milk, j Youll be married directly, I pre
sume. : I must be looking out for a
house," and mother stroked her nose re
flectively with a knitting needle. :
"What for? said Tom; "I thought of
keeping on here all the same."
"I never supposed otherwise," mother
said. ," Of course I did not expect to
turn yon out of your own house."
"But what is the need of looking out
for snother, then?"
"Why, for myself." .
"For yourself !" repeated Tom, in a
tone, of utter amazement. "Going to
leave ua jnst now? Why, Aunt Anne, I
never heard of, such a thing!" .
"Now, Tomj" said mother, speaking
very fast and making her needles fly in
concert, "we might as well come to an
understanding on j this subject. I am
fully sensible of your past kindness;
now inst let me finish I say I appre
ciate it, and have tried to do my duty by
you in return, as I hope I should always
be ready to do. 1 wish all good to yon
and your wife, and shall bo glad to help
her if ever I can, but to live in the same
house with her is what would turn out
pleasantly for neither of us, and, once
for all; I can't do it."
"Annt Anne!" said Tom, pushing5 back
his chair, and staring in mother's excited
face, "either you or I must be out of
our wits."
'It's not me, then, at any rate," re
torted mother, getting nettled.
Amusement and certain embarrass
ment had kept me a silent listener so far,
but there was no standing this; I tried
to speak, but could not, for laugh
ing. 0
"I think you are all out of your wits
together, ' said mother, turning sharply.
What ails the child? It's no laughing
matter.
"You don't understand each other," I
gasped; "oh, dear! it's not Letty oh
oh, dear," and relapsed again.
"Not Letty? repeated mother, turn
ing to Tom. "Then why did you tell
me so?"
"1 never told you so," said Tom.
"Why, yes you did," persisted
mother. "You came in and told me
you were going to be married."
"xes.so I am, said Tom, still at cross-
purposes.
"Now, Tom Dean, said mother,
rising and confronting him, "what do
you mean Who is going to be your
wife
"Why, May, of course," answered
Tom.
"May!" and then after a pause of in
expressible astonishment, it was moth
er's turn to laugh. "Do you mean to
say, Tom, it was that child you were
thinking of all the while? '
"Why, who else could it be, said
lorn, sharply.
"Well" said mother, "I ought to Lave
remembered you never did anything
like anybody else. ! But, still, why in
the worm do vou go to wora in sucn a
round about wav?"
"I wanted to see how you took to my
idea, said Tom.
And how do you suppose we were to
guess that your idea meant May?
mother asked.
"Who else could it be?" repeated
Tom, falling back on what he evidently
found an unanswerable argument. It
wa no use talking to him. Mother gave
it up with a shake of the head.
"And you won t want another house.
then, Aunt Anne?" said Tom, suddenly.
That set mother off again. Tom joined
with her, and, altogether, I don t think
we ever passed a merrier evening than
the one that made na acquainted with
Tom's wife.
Appearance or Am nlc Eaters
"Whenever you clap your eyes on a
woman as plump as a partridge, witn a
milky whiteness of complexion, puffy
eyelids and swollen skin, you've found a
victim of the habit, said a physician to
a reporter in alluding to the growing
ub6 of arsenic among ladies. "If there
is a delicate tinge of red on the cheeks,
don't be deceived. Paint, not nature, is
responsible for the bloom, made hideous
and ghastly by contrast with the corpsey
whiteness of the rest of the face. The
arsenic eater is seldom downcast or
despondent, come what may, for the
drug not only affects the skin, but pro
duces mental exhilaration. The plump
ness produced by arsenic is not
natural plumpness, but rather a dropsi
cal condition of the skin. Cessation of
the habit causes this water-dislended
skin to collapse, and wrinkles and sal
lowness are the inevitable results. Of
coarse no woman is willing to submit to
this ordeal when it may be prevented, at
the mere sacrifice of health and intellect,
by a continuation of the drug. The in
evitable results of the arsenic habit are
hideous and incurable cutaneous erup
tions and loathsome diseases of the scalp,
falling out of the hair, dropsy ,and often
times iusanity. But what care the foot
light favorites or the society belle for
these trifling after-inconveniences so
long as they can borrow illusive charms
and fictitious beauty by the use of a
deadly drug?" -
Plato.
To great minds, immortal truths are
self evident.
In every age of the world some one
man has reigned, despised, scorned,
hated and ignored by the world at large
bnt still a king in the realms of intellect.
This is the only royalty approved of
God, the kingship of intellect.
It is well to draw courage to support
our own ideas from the corroboration of
great'and noble men.
What their minds all agree upon as
truths we should have no doubt of.
And it gives us a newer courage and a
more aggressive will to read in the musty
and yet ever shining pages of the great
est sage of the ancient world.the funda
mental principles of liberty.
All men are by nature equal, made all
of the same earth by one Workman; and
however we deceive oureelves.as dear un
to God is the poor peasant as the mighty
priuce. ' '
'A man's .own conscience is Lis own
tribunal; and be should care no more
for that phantom "opinion," than be
should fear meeting a ghost if he cross
the churchyard at night.
HOUSEUOLU.
Thin slices of bread dipped in tomato
sauce, and then fried in batter until they
are brown, take the place of an omelet.
This is a good way to utilize stale
bread. - - ' .
The rind of a lemon is recommended
by a noted cook as giviug a delicate
flavor to tomato catsup. It should not
be put in until the catsup is done and is
cool. Cat it in small pisoes.
When about to broil fish it is a good
plan to grease the gridiron well with a
little lard. You will not be troubled
then by having about half the fish stick
ing to the gridiron when you attempt to
remove it to the platter.
If you wish to clean your spioa-mill,
you will find that by grinding a handful
of raw rice through it this "can be accom
plished. The particles of epioe and pep- .
per or coffee wilt not adhere to it after
the rice is ground through it. ' .
Pretty and odd chairbacka are mada of
squares of linen and of satin. This
seems -at first a strange combination, bat
the , effect is excellent. Where . the
squares are joined cover the seams with
fancy stitches. The satin squares may
be left without ornamentation, and all
the work put on the linen ones. Em
broidery, or painting, or etching are the
favorite methods employed.
Sometimes the mackerel intended for
breakfast is not fresh enough in the
morning to be eatable; it is then a good
time to serve boiled mackerel. Wrap
the fish in a cloth securely, so that you
can lift it from the kettle when it is
tender without breaking it. If you
change the water two or three times, it
will freshen in a very jew minutes; do
not ehange from boiling water to cold,
but pour from the teakettle each time.
Lemon shortcake requires a rich and
very light crust; it must not oo too
thick, either; when based, cat it open
and spread butter, on the upper and un
der parts; then put in a filling made .of
the rind, mice and pulp of two lemons.
one heaping cup of sugar, and cup of
cream; if on cannot procure' cream,
make the filling as for lemon jelly cake,
with water thickened with cornstarch,
in place of cream; cook in a basin set in
a pan of bailing water.
Tomato salad is an agreeable entre.and
goes exceeedingly well with almost any
dinner, but particularly well with, fried
or roast meats. To half a dozn me
dium-sized tomatoes, with the skins re
moved and the tomatoes sliced, add the
yolks oi two hard-boiled eggs, also one
raw egg, well beaten and mixed, with a
tablespoonf ul of melted butter, a table
spoonful of sugar, with cayenne pepper
and salt to suit the taste. When all
these are mixed thoroughly, add half of
a small up of vinegar.
Bill Jive-Ism.
Somehow we feel as though we were
going into the present campaign without
having been sufficiently subsidized.
The Texas Sittings sage says that some
men are born bores, some become bores
and others have bores thrust upon them.
Salting mines is no new thing. They
have found a mine in Austria 2000 years
.11.1 a ." 1..A -.1.. TTT 11 . a.
oia mat is notuing out sau. vveu oet
some Egyptian tenderfoot got it in the
nose on tha mine.
A household journal heads a health
hint article with this, "Lay a fainting
person down." That's all right enough;
now bring on your fainting person, and
don't be all day about it either.
Washington people are fleeing by hun
dreds from the miaua of the capital,
and it is thought there will bs an epi
demic and grand New Jerusalem hegira
if Gaiteau's brain isn't buried pretty
soon. - I.';
Somebody wants to know whether
dueling is murder and we reply in
clarion tones that it depends on how
fatal it is. Dueling with monogram note
paper at a distance of 1200 yards is not
murder. . ' - i
The Eye is authority for the statement
that Wilbur F. Story has been denied
editorial oontrol of the Times. We are
sorry, Wilbur, and sympathize with you,
but if you want to oome and edit the
croquet column of the Boomerang, we
will try and make room for you.
A letter from our private prospector
in North Park, relative to the condition
of oar Golconda property, states that he
finds upon a thorough examination of
the mine that has been a foot wall on
one side and an injunction on the other.
This settles the fact that it is clearly
defined lead.
A mild-eyed youth wearing a dessert
spoon hat and polka dot socks went into
Middle Park the other day and claimed
to be a mining expert. The boys in
veigled him into driving a stick of
Riant powder into a drill hole at the bot
tom of a shaft with an old axe, and now
.i & : a a i u : i t
ground with ammonia and a tooth
brush. Mm. He Ions' Letter.
The following letter of thanks to the
Nautical school graduates, clasa of 76,
who recently presented her with an elab
orate memorial in honor of her brave
husband: -
New York, Sept. 7, 1882.
To the Graduates of the New York
Nautical School, Class of 79: Dear
Sirs: It is impossible for me to express
offering to be as a tribute to the memory
of my husband. I am too deeply touched
to command any language that can con
vey to yon the greatness of my apprecia
tion. In my dreadful affliction and be
reavement my only consolation has been
that my husband died nobly, without a
murmur and in a grand cause. I will
take pew solace from your sympathy for
me, your love, respest : and. admiration
for him. HU memory I can. leave in
your hands, foryou young men, starting
in life, will cherish and preserve it. Un
der all circumstances you have shown
how faithfully he worked for good when
he was yonr instructor. His heart and
soul were ever in his work, and no testi
monial of any kind would have brought
him the gratification and satisfaction
yours would were he among us. Thank
ing yon from my heart for your apprecia
tion and sympathy, and wishing yon all
success aud happiness in life. I am, sin
cerely yours, Emma De Lono.