The Douglas independent. (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, June 16, 1883, Image 4

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    A DAY.
BtmrtM fresh, and the dMei small,
Silver the itvn with their starlets fair;
fiat the blouomi of noon luall be stately and
tail.
Tropical, luscious, of odors me;
Ah, well I k
... Noon shall be gorgeous beyona compare.
Koon, and the sky Is a Minding dare:
a Tbe fhwers have fainted, while we have
strayed;
We wandered too far to tend them there.
Andthty dropped for lack of tbe dew and
shade;
An, weill
Evening shall right the mistake we made.
Syeali g; 'tis chilly la meadow and glade,
1 he last pale roe has died In the west;
The happy hour is long delayed.
Oar wandering is bat a long unrest;
' Ah, well I
We will home .to the fireside. Home la best.
Nothing but ashes gray t Noblest
Faint gilmmer of light od roof or wall?
A weary search was ibis day-long quest,
ADdjon empty hands the shadows fall:
Ah, welll
Let as creep Into bed and forget It all.
- The Athenaeum.
CLOCK-WOBK.
My I no P said Mrs. Poysett, laughing
at tbe verj idea; "we ain't afraid to stay
in tne nouse one mgnt tnont men-folks.
Are we Lind j?"
"I guesa not," said the black-eyed
Linda oheerfully, washing her hands as
a preliminary to putting the bread in
tne pan.
"Frank says when John wrote to him
to come and stay over a day in Boston,
xou 11 be afraid, mother, with all Lin
dy s presents in the house.' And he was
. 1 a . i a m i v
reai put out at nrsc oecause 1 woman t
have some of the neighbors come in to
Bleep.
" Well, I don't blame you, ef you feels
ef you could sleep only two women
folks," said the caller, white-featured
Miss Haines, with prominent elbows and
emphatically clean calico. "It'ud on'y
"Yes," Mrs. Poysett went on, aocotn
panymg the slicing of apples for pies
with the regular swing of her rocking
cnair, wnue she now and then placed a
particularly thin and inviting pieoe of
tbe fruit in her mouth; "that's what I
thought. Ton 'leven Lindy, when
you go into the other room I wish you
would strike the clock round. It strikes
one too many."
, "Yes m, said brisk Lindy; and then,
try ins: to extricate tne recipe for compo
sition cake from inevitable dreams about
her wedding day, she forgot the clock
and made an incident for this story.
"Your presents air handsome, Lindy;
tuere s no mistake about that,' said tbe
visitor, turning the conversation skill
lully to the quarter toward which the
town interest was just the a tending.
"Yes, answered Lindy, blushing a
little. She had grown used to blushing
of late. "People have been very kind to
me.
"No more n you deserve." said Miss
Haines oracularly and with an emphasis
tnat leit no room for denial. "Folks say
to me: 'John Willey's been pretty stiddy
to go out west ana mage a borne, n tben
come back 'n marry the girl he's been
with ever sence they was child'en.' But
I say to 'em, 'no credit to him. No
more'n he orter done. Lindy's pure
gold and ne s got tbe sense to see it.
And she finished her eulogy on tbe door
step, perhaps to avoid having the matter
disputed, wuiie landa went back to her
coo king-table langbina. and still Grate
fully rosy over tbe sense tbat everybody
In general was far too good to her. It
was a case of the smooth rnnning of
deep waters. She and John "WilleX had
been prosaically faithful to each other
for yars before he asked her promise to
marry him. Eighteen months ago he
nau pone west f eet up in business as a
carriage builder, and now, having pros
pered, was coming east for his wife.
TT7 - I - . " m
wiiuiu two aajs journey oi come ne
nad written to ask rant .Linda s broth
er, to meet bim in Boston for a day's
Bigni-seemg and an evening at the thea
ter. Perhaps you would say that the
meat lovei snouid nave Hastened to bis
lady on the wings of the wind or with all
th power of steam; but Linda thought
differently. .
"It was just like him wasn't it, moth
er?" she said tbat very morning after
Miss Haines had gone, "to think that
Frank would be tbe better for a change.
Pd rather have him go to Boston for a
good time than to see John one day
sooner; And I'm sure nobody could
speak stronger than that; could they,
mother?"
"I d -n't know what I shall do without
you, Lindy," said the mother irrele
vantly, putting down the knife to wipe
away a furtive tear with her apron. "I'm
sure I don't."
Linda was at her side in an instant
with a tear of her own, and the two wo
men kissed, laughed and went on with
their work, as they had done a hundred
times within the last fortnight. For Mrs.
Poysett had the equable temperament
that sometimes accompanies rotundity of
iorm and a double cbin, and Linda, be
sides being sensible, could not keep mis
erable very long at a time. Thus you
perceive that circumstances were render
ing it as easy as possible for them to
weather the gale of the coming separa
tion. Meanwhile everybody in the township
was not rotund and possessed of double
chins; not all the houses were keepers of
new and sinning wedding gifts, and,
strange to say, not everybody was happy.
Pete Haydon, who lived down in'Tau
Lane, was poor and savagely discour
aged. He made shoes ordinarily, but
that winter there were no shoes to be
had. He was a fine and practiced hand;
he could do all sorts of jobs, from clean
ing a watch to building a chimney, but
nobody faw fit to have making or mend
ing done.' There had been only four or
five pieces of work since fall for Tinker
Pete, for none of which ooald he in con
science ask more than fifty cents. His
wife fell sick, the children's clothes were
too shabby for school, and just then some
one tapped him on the arm and tempted
him.
One morning a stranger strolled, into
town and stopped at Pete's little shop to
ask his w.iy. He was traveling to South
field, so ho' said. ;
"Where had he been?"
"Oh, anywhere," airily and jauntily;
"traveling about 'the country. Might
take up with work somewhere, if I found
any worth doing."
"Hard times," said JPete, looking
moodily at the little red stove. "What's
your trade?"
"I've been a sailor," said the man.fill
ing his pipe a process :Pete watched
greedily, for his own tobacco box was
empty. 'Twenty years before the mast.
I should have been a captain before this
but there's jealousies. So I got sick
of it. I call myself a landsman now."
"You don't have the look of a sailor,"
said Pete, his eyes traveling from the
shabby fur cap and the. dark face with
rather narrow, bold, black eyes down
over; tbe shabby suit of brown. '
The man gave a slight start and
glanced at him keenly. "You don't think
bo? Well, I've been on land soaie time
now. Salt water's easy to shake off.
What might your name be?" -
"fiayaon Pete Haydoa." i
"And mine's Job whettles. Queer
name, ain't it? Don't believe there's an
other like it in the country. Good day,
mate. If I'm round this way again I'll
look m on you.
And he did.
One day, as Pete was soldering a milk
pail for Mrs. Surge, this time whistling
a little, having work to whistle over, the
man came in without warning of rap or
voice.
"Thought you 's twenty-five miles away
afore this," said Pete plying his iron.
"Take a seat."
"Things don't please me much over
tbat way," said tbe fellow pompously,
again beginning to cut his tobacco, per
haps as a cover to his furtive glances. "I
may stay 'round here for a . spall. Per
haps I'll do a bit of work on somebody's
farm."
"Can't get it;" said Pete, briefly .view
ing his completed work with approval.
"Ain't no farm work to be had just
now." '
"Well, doing chores, I mean light
work. I'm not particular how little I do
for my board," with a ooarse laugh.
"Folks do their own work ronnd here, '
said Pete. "Some of 'em have got
money enough to pay, but they're able
bodied, a3 it happens, and don't want a
hired man round in the winter."
"Seems a pity don't it? that things
can't be equally divided, so that you and
I could have our share," said the
stranger puffing industriously at his
pipe, but not forgetting to watch the
tinker. "I should like to help myself to
somebody's pile; now, shouldn't you?
Honestly enough, of course, man. You
needn't jump. I mean, suppose the
young fellow that owns the big farm
over there Poysett? should say,
'Whettles, take half my bank stock. I
don't need it all?' do you think I should
say 'no'?"
Of course the tinker laughed at the
fanciful notion. He was a sunny tem
pered fellow; it hardly needed a very
bright thing to provoke his mirth.
. Where Whettles stayed at night was a
mystery. Sometimes Pete suspected he
might have slept in a barn, he turned up
so tonseled in the morning; often he
guessed tbat Toppan, the saloonkeeper,
had given him a lodging, from the fumes
that lingered about his shabby person.
He had money at times, for again and
again he treated Pete te a cheering glass
of whisky. Pete was not used to fre
quenting the saloon; ho did not in the
least approve of it; but it happened that
about this time the evil bird of prey
sought bis company more persistently
than did any more respectable person.
And Whettles was a sociable fellow; he
could tell more stories in half an hour
than any six of the honest people knew
taken together. He was, so Pete con
cluded, nobody's enemy but his own. It
would take more time than you are will
ing to give, and a deeper knowledge o
mental intricacies than I possess, to de
tail the process through which Pete was
brought to the point of promising to
creep into tbe Poysett farmhouse and
riflo tbe old desk tbat stood between the
sitting room windows. The grocer s bill
was growing longer, his wife was paler,
and she worried him by entreaties to let
Whettles alone and forsake Toppan s;
the aggregate of such straws is not
small.
Tbe opportunity came.fitting the mood
as exactly a3 if the mood had made it
Frank Poysett was going to Boston to
meet John Willey; the "women folks
would be alone.
"You take Poysett's," said Whettles;
"you know tbe lay of the land there; and
the same night I'll try Turner's, over on
tbe hill. We'll meet somewhere about
1, down there under the big elm. and
divide. After tbat I'll make tracks across
lots and take a train somewhere. No
body '11 think of you.
: Tinker Pete was equally sure of nobody
suspeoting him. He had always been
honest this he thought with a pang
and, being a simple minded sort of a
man, he never calculated the effect in
other people's eyes of having been seen
with Whettles.
! ''But s'spose my courage gives out,"
he said uncertainly. "I don't know.'s I
can do it, alter all. It's easy enough to
get it, but what if somebody shonld see
me? It might end in what's worse."
"Man alive!" said Whettles impatient
ly. "Afraid at your time of life? Well,
here's what I'll do. They go to bed
early, you can have it over by midnight.
Now, IH come back that way, and it
you're there and afraid to stir, I'll go in
and do li myself. But mind, I don t ex
pect you're going to back out. If I have
to do all the work I get all the pay."
"Oh, I mean to do it fast enough,
said Pete, doggedly. "Things can't be
much worse off than they are now."
"And if I ain't there by twelve you 11
knew something has happened and I
can t come, so you 11 nave to go on your
own hook. But be sure you are at the
big tree by 1."
Whettles, like many another skillful
tactician, did not tell his cat's paw all
his plans. He had no intention of doing
what might be done for him. It was only
polite to assure Pete of helping him out
should his courage fail him, for fear,
under too great dread, that he might
break away from the plan altogether.
Whettles, who had as little right to his
name as to many another article he had
possessed at various times, wa3 as truly
an arrant coward as a villian. All of his
ill-deeds, and they were numerous, had
been done, as far as he could manage it,
at the expense of somebody else. If the
robbery at Turner's seemed feasible
without too much danger.he would keep
his word ; if not, there was the excuse of
having been watched and prevented, and
Pete could be coaxed or threatened into
sharing what spoil he had from the Poy
stts'. That nigbt Mrs. Poysett and Linda
had an early tea, and having done the
in-door worft, and sat down for one of
hose quiet talks that was so precious
because they were soon to cease. The
ourney to Illinois was so long, and
mda s beginning a new life suoh a seri
ous matter ,that it seemed the two would
never have done talking over it. Hen
ry, the nearest neighbor's boy, had shut
up the barn long ago, the milk had
been strained, and the pails were washed.
"I've laid out a dozen of them coarse
crash towels for your dishes, Linda,"
said Mrs. Poysatt. "Yes, I know you've
got lots o' new ones, but you can't have
too many o' suoh things. There can't
be any such thing as bein extravagant
about keepin your disbes cleau and
shiny. You grandmother Poysett
used to say she believed I'd like a clean
towel to every oup. Linda, how glad I
am you ain't got to live with your mother-in-law
1"
A husky sigh of relief was here Mrs.
Poysett's tribute to 'the memory of the
woman who had made the first ten years
of her own married life a season of dis
cipline. "To think John and Frank will be
here to-morrow night at 7!" said Linda,
dreamily. "We'll have quince for sup
per, won't we, mother?"
"Yes, and I guess we'd better be abed
'ust as early as we oan g.t there. You
9 fastenin up and I'll wind up the
clock." Mrs. Poysett did that in the
dark, for Linda had taken the lamp into
the kitchen.
"Eightl Well, I declarel" said the
good lady as the clock struck after she
had groped her way up stairs. "And it's
right, too, for Lindy put it round this
morning. Seems to me it took you a
good while," she went on.as Linda came
in with the lamp. "I don't believe but
what you went thro some extra fastenin'
up, now, we're alone,"
"Not a bit, mother," said Linda, with
a smile cut short by a yawn." I stopped
to put the cat out." i
"I always think of what your father
said," mused the old lady. It was after
the Hampstead murder. We never had
our doors fastened in the world till then;
and soon as the news of that come every
body was soared to death, and your
father put a button on the back door.
And the first night he turned it, he laid
awhile a-thinkin' and he says, "If there
is one wooded button between me and
death, I guess I'll trust in the Lord and
not the button.' So he went down stairs
and turned the button back. What a lot
of hair you've got,Lindy, and how quick
you braid it!" j
When, Pete crept up to the house at
10, the women had been soundly asleep
for two hours. He tried the kitchen
window; it bad no fastenings and went
up noiselessly. He stepped in and stood
trembling. The clock in the next room
ticked with appalling loudness. His
knees smote together, but it required as
much courage to flee as to remain. Per
haps for ten minutes perhaps hours,
judging by his own exaggerated reckon
ing he stood in fear; and then, as the
clock ticked on steadily, as if it had no
reference to him, bis conrage crawled
back and his heart beats great fainter.
He crept toward the sitting room door
on his bands and knees. There stood
the old desk, with its high spindle legs,
half of it exaggerated shadow and half
thrown into light by a shaft from the
moon. Probably the key was in tbe
lock. He had seen Frank bring in a fat
roll of bills after selling his oxen, toss
them in there and put down the cover
without turning the key. There had
been no robberies in uelburn, and so
people trusted more in human nature
and less in wood and steel. But the sit
ting room was so light! He never should
dare to go in there; the very thought of
having his shadow tbrown on the wall,
distorted like those of tbe tables and
chairs, gives him another sickening
spasm of fear. What if tbere were onlv
women in the house? He was not a thief
by nature or training. He would orouch
down in a corner and wait for Whettles
to come. He had been there ages, when
the clock with an alarming whir, struck
twelve. He started up with an after
impulse of gratitude that he had not
snrieked. When had the hour struok?
It seemed- incredible that he must have
slept, but it must have been so or, what
was propable, he had been too much
absorbed to hear it. It was time for
Whettles. He crept back to tbe kitchen
window and waited in the cold draft of
air. Minutes passed, eaoh seeming ten.
He began to grow angry. Did the fellow
mean to play him false and not
come at all? As ager arose, his
courage to do the deed ebbed. I do not
believe conscience asserted itself very
strongly. Life was harder than it bad
been even one day before, and there was
no flour in the house now. He was still
bitterly at odds with life, but the after
effects of the whisky Whettles had giyen
him were nervousness and irresolution.
The clock gave warning for another
hour. False, friendly old clock, if he
could have seen your face he would have
known it lacked ten minutes of midnight
then; instead, be believed it would strike
one. Too late for Whettles. Perhaps he
was now at the o'd elm; be would hurry
there and bring him back to do his share
of tbe work. He closed the window be
hind him and hurried off to the rendez
vous. There was no one tbere. At that
moment the relief of having been pre
vented from sin overbalanced every
other feeling. Something must have
happened to Whettles; perhaps he had
been caught: perhaps he would say that
his accomplice "was waiting for him un
der the elm! He started on a swift run
for home, to find bis wife watching for
him in the moonlight.
She was too thankful at finding him
sober to worry at the lateness of his
coming. Being a woman of tact she did
not question, but went to sleep, while
Pete lay till daybreak in a cold bath of
fear, expecting a rap and summons to
jail at every tapping of bough or snap
ping of frost-bitten nail.
Whettles had lingered about Turner s.
a great house over the hill, in the hope
that the guests for there was a party
that night would take their leave. But
no, the house was lighted from cham
bers to parlor, and sleighs came instead
of going away. He walked up and down
tbe orchard, cursing himself to keep
warm. Later and later, and the singing
and dancing shadows on the curtain did
not cease. He would hurry over to
Poysett's and see if the cat's paw had
done his work there. He stole up to the
designated window, as Pete had done.
No one was there. He listened and
whistled softly. The dock struck one.
He had no idea it was so late. Pete must
be waiting for him at the elm. And so he
too, hurried away.
lint tbere was only a mammoth lace
work of shadow undor the elm. Where
was Pete? The master villain, himself
puzzled, reflected a moment. Perhaps
the fellow had the money and was hiding
it at home. Lucky though tl He would
go to the house and call him up, in spite
of disturbing wife and ohildren. Tben
see if he Would refuse to share! He took
the road, and, passing Toppan's saloon,
noticed a dim light in tne barroom. It
was rather unusual that it should be
there so late, but he had known it to
happen before. He had just about money
enough for a dram. He tapped, and
then tried the door; it was unfastened.
and he went in lightly. A man in a great
coat rose from his seat by the stove and
swiftly, dexterously pinioned Mm. Top
pan himself, always on the winning side,
was there to help, and Whettles was ar
rested for his last crime. .
Mts. Poysett and Linda were afoot
early the next morning, putting the
house in holiday trim.
"I declare if taint an hour earlier n I
thought," said Mrs. Poysett as she came
down into the sitting room where the lit
tle air-tight was already doing ardent
best. "Linda, you didn't strike that
clock round yesterday, after all."
"No, mother, I forgot it, laughed
Linda. "I should forget my head now
adays, if 'twasn't on."
"I tell you what it is " said the mother.
beginning to spread the breakfast table.
"l m just put oi patience with that clock,
strikin' the hours away afore they get
here It seems real malacious, tryin' to
hurry you off. Now, perhaps it is only
half a day's job or so: let's send for
Tinker Pete aad have him come up and
fix it."
So tbe chore boy was dispatched for
Pete. He came like a culprit, uncertain
whether the message was feigned to
cover surpioion of him or not. But so
t
uui tares persons, xne iatner, sou, and
tne gin in question, xney occupy an
old log hut. which is nearly readv to
tumble down. The crirl'a mother rliil
when she was a child and the poor
creature nas nad no one to train her.
Her mind has always been weak and she
was neglected entirely in every way.
one nas not been mside a scbool-room in
all her life: she can not read nr nrrifo
She is very sby of strangers. When she
sees a person aoDroachinor her h 111 RATI.
pear3 in the bushes and rooks on the
mountain. In the spring, it is said, her
iatner compels ner to go out on the hill
with a flock of turkeys, which she has so
trained that thev follow her thrnnh hn
thickets and woods from morning j until
uigut. ivmu neignDors nave several
times attempted to catch the girl when
she was out with the turkeys and care
for her, but all to no purpose. She runs
at the sight of a person and disappears,
with the fowls at her heels. Wheat
bread, the neighbors say, is unknown to
the creature; that her principal diet was
corn dodgers and a sort of paste ma.de of
dried rye flour. Her father generally
acts in tbe capacity of cook and baker.
Her dress consists of old rags, which are
tied about her body. Some time ago
one of the neighbors took compassion on
her and made a new oalico dress, which
was probably the only one the girl has
worn for several yaars. Head wear and
shoes are unknown to her in her ramblea
through the rough woods and moun
tains. Sue has long auburn hair, which
she wears hanging down over her shou
ders. Tbe household affairs of the
wretched family are said to be very
primitive, tbere being but one bed in
tbe house. Stories of a most outrageous
character ' have been circulated abont
this family. It is stated by good
authority that a number of citizens will
call the attention of tbe proper officials
to tbis family and have the matter
remedied. Philadelphia Times.
An Insurauce Carpenter,
The other day, during a oase in the
police court, a witness was put upon the
stand, who gave his occupation as that
of a carpenter.
"Where is your shop?" asked a lawyer.
"Hav'nt any," urbanely responded the
witness.
"How can you be a carpenter without
a shop?''
" Well, you see, I don't need one. I'm
an insurance carpenter."
"What's that?"
"Well; I'm employed by the insurance
companies to estimate damages to
houses. You see, it works this way: A
building catches fire and burns up a few
rooms; or, say, the roof caves in. The
Com Dan V fcenrla mo no an e-rnnrk anil T
. rf - j -,
look around, measure with this tapeline,
ana do a lot or Ugunngon a sbingle witb
a hisr red nenoil. Then T anv T nnn ra.
pair the damage for $8.70, or something
u&e mac.
"And how does it work?"
"Olll first; rfttfl. Thrt linnaA nwrnr
says he'll attend to the repairs himself.
He sends in a bill for three or fnnr hnn-
dred dollars. The company shows my
ocfi'mnta ma am V. tM nH?i.A.U.
man takes one-half, on which I erat mv
percentage, don't you see?" and the ex-
i- '1.3 1 - 1 I 1
pert amueu oenevoientiy.
"And so vou never sawed a board in
your life?" said the judge.
"iNo; nor drove a nail," grinned the
Witness: ,,bnt T tell vnn . rontlnmcn
' . " . .
tne companies couian t get on witbout
me."
No more thev could, centle reader? no
more they could. S. F. Post.
A Substitute for Wool.
A resident of this citv.'it is reported.
has come into possession of an interest in
a discovery which, it is said, will de
throne the woolen capitalists. It is a
process by which common yegetable
nbres are converted into a substitute for
wool. For six or "seven years Sidel
Brothers, of Zittau, Saxony, have been
experimenting, and a German chemist,
who was in their employ, came to this
country to sell tbe product. Finding,
bowover, tbat a duty of sixty per cent, is
imposed on the article, he has entered
into negotiations for the production of it
bere from the raw material. This
abounds in the forests and waste lands,
and is found iu inexhaustible quantities.
It may seem remarkable, but is strictly
iu accord witb the provisions of nature,
that where sheep produce the best and
heaviest wool, the material from which
the substitute is procured i3 found of the
best quality. Brooklyn Eagle.
Georgians Digging Pits to Hide In.
A number of the people of Monroe
county are digging pits to protect them
from the next storm that comes along.
There 13 evidently no way to insure
safety against the 1 fearful tornadoes
whioh of late years have swept over the
country; but the thing tbat comes near
est to promising safety is a pit, and we
are glad to know that some of onr people
are providing themselves with them. G.
R. Currev, Pritchard, G. W. Walker
and John Searcy and perhaps some whose
names we have not heard have already
dug pits, and others are prepared to do
one could look into Mrs. Poysett's clear
eyes for a moment, or hear Linda's clear
laugh, with even a lingering fear that
either had anything to conceal. When
they described the clock's malady Ij am
inclined to think Pete was as near being
faint with surprise as ever man was in
his life, and I think he touched the worn
old clock case reverently, thanking it for
keeping his deeds honest, however he
had sinned in thought. He stayed to
dinner, and Mrs. Poysett put up a pair
of goodies for the children. On hisway
home he heard the news. Whettlesj had
been arrested and taken away o4 an
early train. Again he walked in fear and
trembling; his hair grew used to stand
ing on end in those days. He expected
an interview with Nemesis concerning
his intended crime, but, whether justly
or unjustly. Nemesis stayed away, j
The wedding? It was a very quiet one,
and the happy pair went away next morn
ing, followed by blessings and old shoes.
Frank had such an extravagantly jgood
time in Boston, that he felt he could not
counterbalance it by plunging into jwork
deeper than ever. So he began cutting
timber in the old wood lot, and hired
Tinker Pete to chop there every day till
spring. Alioe Deering, in Lippincott.
A Wild Girl of the Mountains.!
On the northern slope of South moun
tain, in Millcreek township, Lebanon
county, Pa., lives a family, among whom
is a girl resembling a wild woman' and
who is kept more like a wild beast j than
a human being. The family consists of
1 i. ..I . m .
so. "I hear you have dug a pit to pro
tect you from the storms?"said a Method
ist to a primitive Baptist Saturday. "Yes,
I have," was the reply. "Well, if you
hardshells, who believe that whatever
will ba willbeanyhow.have gone to dig
ging pits, it is high time we Methodists
were at it." Monroe Advertiser.
11'
Tn EATSIGA X.
The "Whims'' theatrical companr, that is now
playing with so much success in Portland, will
make ah interior tour playing as follows: June
4, New Taooma; 5-6, Seattle; 7-8-9, Victoria; 11,
Port Townsend; 12, Port Gamble: 13, Port
Blakelj; 18, Vancouver; 19, Dalle3; Pendleton,
21-22; Walla Walla, 23; Day-on, 25-26; Waits
burg, 27: Dalles, 30; Oregon City, July 3; Sa
lem, 4: Eugene, 5; Corvallis, 6; Independence,
7j McMinnville, 9.
Mlaven's Vosemite Cherry Tooth Faate.
An aromatic combination for the preservation
of the teeth and gums. It is far superior to any
preparation of its kind i n the market. In large,
handsome opal pota, price fifty cents. For sale
by all druggists. Hodge, Davis & Co., whole
sale agents, Portland, Oregon.
DON'T BUY BOSS BOOTS UNLESS
YOU WANT THE BEST. SEE THAT
OUR NAME IS ON EVERY PAIR.
AKIN. SELLING & CO.
For the beat photographs in Oregon, go to F.
G. Abell's gallery, 167 First street, Portland. His
work will bear the most searching tests, for it is
made by genuine artists, who understand their
business.
Soaring cataracts of honest applause, foaming
oceans of fun, and the best show of the season
now being held at the Elite theatre, Portland,
Oregon. Regular prices 25 and 50 cents.
Turkish Boos. Send to Jobn B. Garrison,
167 Third street Portland, for catalogues of ie
Jigns. .
Garrison repairs all kind of sewing machines.
Take Wm. Plunder's Oregon Blood Purifier.
(O. ST. P. CX).-w Merles So. 8.)
PurOaiifl .-fiesnuiss -JBracterr !
TEXTS AXD AWIJVGS.
V. K. 8MITU, 3 4f .Vortta Front St., cor. ofC.
Ma.ntifntiirii- nf nil L-l4 w
hydraulic hose, wasron and other awnings. Flags jf
jui unuuiH n Bimcmiiy. w m nil country oniprn
KE.HOVA1-
ALIIKRT HlKriifini!un.. m.u.... .... j ,
; tM nu-i UliiAII
buUUer, and direct agent for tSteiuway & Ron's
..ivo, una n-tnuYCU Hum r I ttlUUUl lO l'HiVOUrtll
-PjP-PS. SAH AMD nun.
F. E. HRACH rfs CO. 1S Frout Mt,-J5ealers
i n Dull. 1 I M .
UKH VOSPEK, 47 rk.-Monuwents,
ii.m .iwu i.iaiu.c. uumiy uruers nuea promptly,
Hend for prices and d. sly iih.
URVRTORST
CODPEKA HAMICTOV, Civil Engineers and
nurveyure, aoom h, rirsi, National linns building.
' iki ius ui mm cj uig aua u railing
KAKKBIES.
EMPIRE ISAK.KRY.12 Wastnivrtou. Voaa A
Fuhr, Props. Manufacturers of Pilot bread, Hoda.
i iuihc, r uner, twston, sugar ana naoe l- ly cracKers.
Orders from the trade bolioited and promptly at
tenneu to, - ,
ATTO K V RVS,
D. KKNBTKJU V,-Atiornfc.v and Counselor at
Law itoont & Ikkum'a building. Legal business
priuii:iuvuiinwra runit ior luvcnttonn, Deiort
i he Patent OfHce or tn the Courts, a fxcialty.
IU8T RECErVEI AT OARRISOVS F.VINO
Xf MacDlne store, xr, mint street. Pot t land. ire
eon. lt9 cases of Hotiseho d Hwlng Machines. Dur
hold has forced Its way to the front. I's superior
merits are cow well known to the public. Agents
ing iwq ana one umr years' use In Oregon the House
wuieu iu ?u in every mwn in uregon.
BKTrKR Til AS GOLD.
CALIFORNIA FRUIT SALT.
A Pleasant and Efficacious Remedy;
fa jj
u
IF YOU HAVE ABUSED YOURSELF
By over indulgence iu eating or drinking; have sick
or nervous headache; dryness of the skin, with a
feverish tendency; night sweats and sleeplessness; by
all means use
Seven's California Fruit Salt,
And feel young once more. It Is the woman's friend.
Try It: it per bottle: 6 bottles for 5. For sale bv all
druggists. HODGE, DAVXS& CO., Wholesale Agents.
roriiano, urrgon.
CHEAPEST HOUSE
FOR
AMERICAN WATCHES.
Elgin, Spring-field or Waltliam Watch,
in w nance silver Caw. )13 OO
In 3 ounce Silver Cine. . . is SO
In 4 ounce Stiver Caie T SO
I mean biulaeaa, nnd guarantee these Genuine
American Movement no Imitation.
Also full stock of
JKWKLKT, CLOCKS nnd SPECTACLE.
Goods sent "C. O P." to any part of the country.
dWH3T A. BECK..
Watchmaker and Jeweler,
149 Front St. (opposite the Kimond),
j Portland, Oregon,,
E. S. Larsen & Co.,
WII03L.138A.LEl OnOCEllS
SHtPprNE. S. Iu. $5 CO. MRR
Produca and Commission Merchants.
Dealers in Tropical and fronieetic Fruits. Kate etc.
Consignments of country produce solicited.
Xo. OS Front Street, Portland, Or.
NINE CENT STORE.
Great Bargains in Fine Dry Goods.
Send for ptice list and sample. Frea. Address,
W. B. SHIViSLY, '
153 Third Nlreei, ortin, Oregon.
1SCO. 1S88.
J. A. STROWMUDGE,
DIRECT IMPORTER AND DEALER IN
LEATOER & FINDINGS.
SO. ISO FJBO.MT STREET,
Portland.
Oreav
THE BALDWIN
w the oxltt rmsT class
Family Restaurant iu Portland.
Full Set or Teeth for $ 10.
Best He t, SIS.
TEETH FILLED AT LOW RATES; 8ATTSFAO
guaranteed. Gas administered. Dental grad-
PUEIINBROS,
Portland. Orecoa.
Boom 54, Union Blocfe, Stark street entrance.
KOBTHWKST SOYEtTY COMPANY.
WAWT tut fmwm rvnurw u . . '
Mew lotandlenew Inventions Catalocme fc terms J
,r a g"insior specialties t ommldslons pakj
By to canvass for Novelties Port I m-.d, r.
USE JK PIJLLS. i
THE NELSON
31
10 7 Third St., PORTLAND, OREGON.
JOHN B. GARRISON, Propr.
Alt tl IJcHlin; So win a; Machines, OU
elle. Attachments and tieiiu
lne i'arlrt for iale.
All kind- of Sewing Machines Tleairel
and WttrranU-d.
GlvSEKAL. AGENT FOR
Tiis MiMl and Whits hmi Mm
GENERAL AGENT FOR
THE TURKISH RUG PA TTERNS.
GENERAL AGENT FOR
T.iS UNIVERSAL FASHION CO'S PERFECT
FITTING PATTERNS.
I.HMiijM i,i.H1j,i.,l v,.,r . yniiff?J
r --" . 'Iji " f - ,!, " '' , 1 1 !;-.
W ill r J
SAX FBAXCIKCO 6ALLEBT.
liotograplior,
turner First and Morrison Streets,
PORTLAND OREGON.
DR. SPINNEY,
Wo. 11 Kearny street, F..
TrU all Chronic and Special Dt
YOUNG MEN
TTTHO MAY BE PCPFERTNO FROM THE KP-
V fecta of youthful follies or Indiscretion, will do
well to avail themselves r,t this the greatest boon
ever laid tit the altar of suftVilug humanity. DR.
SPINNKY will guarantee to for elt fSOO for e- ey
f-ase of Hemlnal Weakness or private diseases of any
kind or character which he undertakes and ails to
cure.
MIDDLE-AO ED MEX
There are many at the age of thirty to sixty who aro
troubled with t o frequent evacuations of tbe bladdar,
often accouipa' i"d by a slUht smarting or burning
qensittlon ana a weakening cf the system in a manner
th pati-nt cannot accoutit for. On examining the
urinary deposits a ropy sediment will often be found,
and sofflf times small particles of albunu-r will appear,
or the color will be of a thin ni:lkih hue. Again
changing to a dark and torpid appearance. There aro
many men who die of this clifUeulty, Ignorant of tht
cause, which Is the second stuice of .Seminal Weakness.
Dr. S. will gttarantee a perfect cure In all such cases,
and a healthy restoration of the getiitor uniuary or
gans. Office Hours 10 to 4 and 6 to 8. Sundays from 10 to
!1 A. M. Consultation tree. Thorough examinattoa
niKl advice. 5.
Cull or adure s X5. SPINNEY db CO.,
No. 11 Kearny street, San Francisco, CaL
MILWAUKEE BEER
- '. Bottfed expressly for the
PACIFIC COAST TRADE.
Superior In quality and purity to all others.
One Trial Will Convince.
SOLE DEALERS,
CHARLES KOHN & CO.,
44 Frout Street. Portland. r.
XJSS ROSE PIJLLS.
EYE &xEAIl.INFIBMABY
SANITARIUM. OR HOME FORTHESICK
BXacadam Itnad, bet. Porter and Wood Su,
auuin i-oi umio, vr.
Xr. MlfeltiErton. late Professor of Iv Vat ntiuuLUMi
In the Medical Department of Willamette ITnlveretty
nan nmcii a uii uu.iiiiii((. on a oeauuiui elevation m
the onth part of the cif v. and is urenared to ummn.
date patients sitifertng from ail diseases of the EYE,
EAK orTHKOAT. Also will pav snecial attention tt
persona laboring under Chronic Nervous affections,
and t diseases peculiar to women, and receive a limi
ted number of ca.s expeeting confinement.
The Intention is to provide u lioiae fir such cates
with all the bert hygienic agencies wmblned with the
best medial Bklll to be had In the metropolis.
Consulting physician anlttnrgoon Dr. 1'hllip Harvey,
Prof, of disease of women and children In the medical
department Willamette University."
A Iso Dr. J. ?.f- i Browne. Prof, of Plivsiiolnirir maA.
dep'L-WiHamelte lTniversity. I
or any amount of references and circular, aidress
1IR. .1. 11. PiLinvmnv.
Cor. latnnd Vublaicton Partlind. Or.
ENLAESED PICTURES
MADE IN THE
Highest Style of the Art,
1. G. DAVIDSON
PHOTOGRAPHER,
PORTLAND, OREGON.
SyKes' 8nre care for GatarHi"
1
I rauiD OR DRY, PHICE flOO; "ATMOSPHERIC
iJ lnsufllators." nrlce. aje. f)FrrjiinH tmnM..
tors rnaUed on receipt of pn.-e, with fuU direction for
nse.etc. i. O. XKIDMORE ; Co.anlta 1S1 First
street. Portland. Or, Siiie Aeeits for the N. PiuHr
C. E. McBREEN'S
QUEENS WARE BAZAAR,
Morrtsoii Street Portland, Or., :
THE LEADIXO AND CilEAPEST HOUSE
furniKbina Store in Portland. Tea aad Dinner
Met a pvclulty.
, All Oodi below First Street Prieca. .
III PI lrifWMW
Phillip
Best's
ROAD OARTv
Ufltt Parfant O l. u ; . f - 11.. u..u
vnoi. ti nccicu TtmuiB in ino weno.
Easy of acces, shafts being low and attached direct to
the axle. Perfectly balanced and entirely free from all
jerking piotfon of t lie horse, no disagreeable to other
carts. Kfdes better and Is more con yenient and desirable
than a buggy, at about one-half the cost, and it will
carry a top equally as welU Four different atrles and
qualities, from Tiou to 150. Refer by Dermtssibn to all
parties who have used them to prove that they are th
UeitBldiHir V.kl.lMia k.
j.p.smoir,
roruana t-amage Manufactory, and 208 Fourth St.,
Portland, Oregon.
F. S. A Kin.
Bes Skixuci,
IT. E. DoacR
BOSS BOOTS ARE BEST.
THEY ARE ALL SADDLE SEAMS.
Bl't SO OTHEEC.
See that Onr Kame is on Exerj Pair.
AKI.V, SF.LLIKO fe CO..
Portland, Orecoa.
WILLIAM BECK & SON,
Wholesale and retail dealers la
Sharp's, Beniiiigton's, Ballard's, Marl In
and Winchester Repeating Rifles.
Calt'8, Remington's, Parker's, Moore's end
Baker's Double and Three-Barrel " '
BREECH-LOADING SHOT GUNS.
FISHING TACKLE!
Of every description and qualltf.
laCADEBS, FJLY HOOKS, HASK.ETS,
. Braided and Tapered Oil Silk I4ae,
SIX SPLICED SPUT BAMBOO RODS,
Sturgeon lanes aud Hooka of all Kind a.
165 and 167 Second Street, Portland.
DR. HENLEY'S
K8 Qmm
lemiiB
Howl
IP (UeMrt Enact).
IP tie Wca2ema"iatntlY8
U .
ail iBTigorator.
PfropuOspiaiE),'
Toms lor tne Elooi,
FooUor tus BraiL
'Anoth.er Great Victory in Medical
Scienoe t
Worth MiSlicns to tha Hainan Fastlly I
CELERY, BEET AND ERON j
Is acknowledged by all Physicians to t4
(be Greatest Medical Compound
yet discovered.
Is a never fulling Cnre for Xenraluttt
aad JNerToan llcbltity.
H. P. GREGORY & CO..
'o. 5 North Front St., between A and B,
lortVoad, Oregoa.
Wills
AXO
HAW8,
vooaworKirut
Machinery.-
-Mtrara Engine
Jrl andltolivrs,
ii Winlntf
nrltlnsr.
kMcklng
andlloae
I'lnnrSIIII
Machinery,
Etc. etc
NORTHERN PACIFIC
Land and Immigration Company.
Officei Kooms 10 and 41 Vuton Ittock,
PORTLAND, ORKQON.
P. O. Chtlstbom FajiRi Owen.
Presidtnt. Secretary.
This Company opprates throughont Oregon, Waih-
Uijfton, Idaho and Montana.
Lands of all kinds bought and sold.
Immigrant Colonization a Specialty.
Headqitorters tor all land seeker.
Description of Government and other wild laud
furnished free. j -
Information given on all branch of business.
Correspondence solicited and commiuiicatloni
promptly answered.
P. O. box 869.
OREGON DIGCD PURIFIER.
S1000 -HE WARD
WIXt, BB PAID TO A? r ,PKHSOJI PRODTJO
log a more effectual reiJ than
Tlr. Si ash-fa Knrs Pkh fn-
Wblcb baa stood tee test for fourteen years. Phyai.
dana, DroegiBta, and aU who have Qed and tuor
oothly teated ttpronounee tt sperl fie for tbe cure of
t taathsome disease. Try lb Your druggist has
u, price fu
Dr. Keck thoroorhly understands, and is eminently
vocceasfol In the treatment of aUehmnle ant. dlmV
ealt diseases of sexes and all ages, having
made a specialty of their treatment for fourteen years
Ha treats Oaarner without using the knife. HJataYor
It DrescrtDtinn la fnrniahad IaIiu). .ti..
No lady should be without It Youngr, middJe-aired or
old, male or female, k. sanity or a life of suffertoa Is
your Inevitabla doom unless, you apply tn time to Lbs
physician who understands, and la competent fc treat
Tour case. Waste no more tim nor monev with in.
competent physicians. AU communications attended
to With riiwnatrh and are strictlY confidential.
ciaes aeat to any part of the country. Circulars, taati.
mn ii ims, ana a ii oiprnupo quesuons lunusnea on
application. COW CX.T AXIOM fWKR. TnrJru
a three-cent stamp for list aad addres CO. JAMS
J a., wo. ua JTrwt street. Portland, or.
1,5 i BCfETl I fTv! i-
10 000 Pianos Ep'
i.vwy wroans.
.1
m
Cash. K.ncr.r
Iiimi !m.ua
AMTISfclL.
Piltff CIUUTRI m f
J .
c ;
illlllJia
USE ROSS PILLS,