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ROSEBURG, OREGON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 25. 1883.
NO. 20.
THE
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J.JASICULEK
PRACTICAL
WATCHMAKER, JEWELER,
OPTICIAN.
AND
ALL WORK WARRANTED.
Dealer
In Watches, Clocks, Jewelry,
Spectacles and Rygiasss,
And a Full Line of
- Tobaccos and Fancy Goods.
Cigars,
Tbe only reliable Optometer la town for tbe
: proper adjustment cf Spectacle ; always on band.
Depot of the Genuine Brazilian Pebble Spec
tacles and Eyeglasses.
OFFICE First door aouih of post office, Rose
burg, Oregon.
Boot and Shoe Store,
ROSBBURG, OQN.,
On Jackson Street, opposite the Postoffice. Keep
on band tbe largest and best assortment of
Kastern nnd Han Francisco Boots and
Shoes, Gaiters, MMppers
And everything in the Boot and Shoe Line and
SELLS CHEAP for CASH.
Boots and Shoes Made to Order Perfect
i Fit tiuaranteed.
. . I use tbe Best of Leather and Warrant all
my work.
REIA.IIlIVti Neatly Done
On Ehort Notice. I keep always on hand
TOYS AND NOTIONS.
Musical Instrument and Violin PtrinM a Spe
cialty. . LOUIS LAflGKSHKKO.
DR. M. W. DAVIS,
DENTIST,
ROSEBURG, OREGON.
OFFICE-ON JACKSON ETREKf,
Up Stairs, over 8. Marks & Co.'s New Store.
fl A HONEY'S SALOON
Nearest to the Railroad Depot, Oakland
Jag. Mahoney, Prop'r.
The finest of wines, liquors and cigars in Dowf
las county, and the bast
la the State kepi in proper repairs
fartits traveling on the railroad will find this
place rery handy to visit daring the top
ping of the train at the Oak
landj Depot. Giva me a call.
Jas. iaAnONEY.
JOHN FRASER,
Home Made Furniture,
WILBUR,
OREGON.
Upholstery, Spring Mattrasses, Etc.,
Constantly on hand.
CIIDIJITHDET 1 the best stock of
rUnill I Unn. lurniture south of Portland
And all of my own manufacture.
No two Prices to Customers
Residents of Douglas eounfty are requested to
give me a call before purchasing elsewhere.
g- ALL WORKVARRANTED.-
DEPOT HOTEL
OAKLAND, . . OUEUOIC.
Richard Thomas, Prop'r
rpHIS HOTEL HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED
A for a number ol years, and has become rery
popularrith the traveling public. First-class
SLEfcPINQ ACCOMMODATIONS.
And the table supplied with the best the market
affords. Hotel at the depot of the Railroad.
Hs C. STANTON,
v Dealer in
Staple Dry Coodsl
Keeps constantly on hand & general assort
ment of
EXTRA FINE GROCERIES,
WOOD, WILLOW ASD GLASSWARE,
ALSO
Crockery and Cordage
A full stock of
WCHOOL
BOO MS
Such as required by the Public County Schools,
All kinds of STATIONERY, TOYS and
FANCY ARTICLES,
To suit both Young and Old.
BUYS AND SELLS LEGAL TENDERS,
furnishes Checks on Portland, and procures
Draft on ban rranrisco.
SEEDS ! rSEEDS I
SBE1S !
ALL KINDS OF BkSST QUALITY
ALL ORDERS
Promptly attended to and Goods shipped
with care.
Address. Hacbeney & Reno,
Portland, Oregon
A Catfish Causes Tbotjble. For
several days the Rock Island water
works hare been practically useless. The
authorities telegraphed to Ira Holly,
and he having concluded an examma
tion. made a special report to the city
council. lie foutid that the pumps were
working with power that should produce
27,000,000 gallons per day, but that tbe
city was 6nly getting about 6,000,000
trallons. Taking the pumps apart he
found in them a catfish three feet nine
inches long and' weighing fifty pounds.
TJpon removing the fish, which had to
be done in sections, the pumps worked
fOl right. ,
LATEST NEWS SUMMARY.
OT TFXEeKAPU TO HATS.
The Republicans of. Iowa opened the
campaign on Tuesday. '
A Victoria special of August says: A
gentleman arrived from Quatsano re
ports that the West Virginia Coal Com-
pany, composea 01 oan xranoiscians.nas
struck a fine seam of bituminous coal in
their claim.
L. C. Dunn, a traveling salesman, re
siding at Effingham, 111., gave his wife a
revolver, with instructions to use it upon
prowlers. He returned from a trip Fri
day night and climbed a tree to enter a
window, when Mrs. Dunn -shot him in
the side and he will probably die.
A Chicago dispatch of Aug. 15th say a:
At a late hour to-night the United States
Rolling Stock Company's shops, five in
nffmber, were burned. The loss is esti
mated at from $200,000 to $500,000. The
shops were located in the southwestern
suburbs of the city, and as the fire oc
curred late, particulars will be meager.
The New York Times Washington
special of the 16th instant says: Confer
ences are being held daily at Graystone
between Tilden and his trusted lieuten
ants, and the sage of Gram mercy park
is putting his best foot forward to carry
next year s convention. This discovery
has filled McDonald with alarm, and he
is doing his best to patch up the broken
places in his forces.
A London dispatch of August lo says:
A riot broke out in New Pesth, Hun
gary, yesterday, against a Jewish banker,
whose house was wreoked. Tbe mob was
dispersed by the police, who arrested
fifty persons and wounded a large num
ber. There were also anti-Sematio riots
at Oldenburg, Germany, where a mob
was charged by cavalry and eighty-nine
persons arrested.
A New xork dispatch dated August
16th says: At the Western Union com
pany's office it was said that thirty-rive
circuits of this city were interferred
with last night by throwing fine wires
over the regular wires. The superinten
dent said he had taken back seven of the
striking operators this forenoon. They
were taken baok at the same salaries
formerly paid.
A London dispatch dated August 15
says: There are alarming signs of an
earthquake on the island of Serrana. On
the island of Ischial the springs are dry
ing up and smoke is issuing from fissures
in the ground. The minister of public
work has issued an order for the imme
diate erection of huts for the accommo
dation of the people in case they are
compelled to vacate their houses.
" A New Yotk dispatch dated August
15th says: Tbe executive board of the
Telegrapher's Brotherhood sent a com
munication to General Eckert stating:
"Since all our attempts to affect a Con
ciliation have proved futile, we now de
sire to state it is the intention of the
members of the brotherhood to ignore
your ultimatum and carry on the fight
with renewed vigor and determination,
by every legitimate means in our power.';
A Denver dispatcn of Aug. lzth says
The formal opening of the Atlantic and
Pacific railroad to trafiio occurred on
Friday, when the general superintend
ent, accompanied by other officials,
passed over the road and met with a
warm reception at the Needles from the
inhabitants, and the representatives of
he Central jfacmo. This opens up an
other route to the Pacific coast via Al-
bnauerque. Wingate. New Mexico and
Winslow, Arizona.
The prohibition state convention met
on the Easton Rapids on the loth mst.
They voted to raise $100,000 as a cam
paign fund, mdoised the platform of the
national convention at Chicago, declared
in favor of constitutional and statutory
prohibition of the manufacturing of
liquors as a beverage, arraigned the re
publican party for bad faith in not sub
mitting the question to the people, and
declared that party incompetent to deal
with the liquor question.
A cablegram states that the British
government is deeply annoyed by the in
telligence that Cetewayo is not dead
The news that the guileless monarch had
escaped from Usibepee s warriors appears
to be confirmed, and he is therefore still
a living and troublesome issue. The
members of the government had with
difficulty concealed their relief when his
death was announced, as it absolved the
government from an awkward responsi
bility and opened the prospect of an in
dependent settlement of th e Zulu diffi
oulty.
A Washington dispatch of Aug. 16th
says: notice is given that on wednes
day, Aug. 22d, and on each Wednesday
foilowrnj?: United States bonds em
braced ori the 121st cl will be redeemed
at the treasury department in Washing'
ton to the amount of $0,000,000, without
rebate interest. Bonds presented at the
department on the day named for re
demntion will be paid iu the order o
their presentation, and if an excess of
85.000.0o0 be presented on either dav
sueh excess will be first paid on the next
redemption day.
A Chicago dispatch of August 15 says
Ruf us Hatch yesterday, speaking of the
prospects of the Northern Pacific, said
"How can it help being a great success
when it will have six states and territories
with no competition for business. There
are Washington, Idaho, Wyoming, Mon
tana. Oregon and Dakota, where it wil
have no competition. Then it has back
ing that would make any road a suocess
It has 42 000.000 acres of land belong
ing to its line, and that is all worth
something. The Illinois Central road
only had about 2,000,000 acres behind It
and see what it did. The Northern Pa
cific has more than twenty times as
much."
A New York dispatch of the 14th inst.
sat; Charles Truesdale created some
thing of a sensation at Niagara falls by
rowing throngh the rapids from the
American shore, starting from the head
of the hydraulic canal and landing at
the npper end of Goat island. This feat
of Truesdale is evidence of the craze in
spired by Captain Webb's rash and fatal
swim through the whirlpool rapids. The
local papers at Niagara'are daily publish
ing o tiers and appointments of cranks to
do all sorts of mad feats in the Niagara
riyer. and it is more than possible that
an effort to obtain notoriety may lead
some of them to throw away their useless
lives.
A St. Paul dispatch of Aug. 13th says:
On Thursday- at daylight the dividing
rock wa3 broken through in the Mullen
tunnel on the Northern Paeific, and En
gineer J. D. Dodge made the passage
through the mountain. Forty-five miles
of main line remain to be completed.
A Richmond, Va., dispatch of the 16th
inst says: The straight Republican con
vention met to day. A platform was
adopted in favor of strict adherence to
Republican principles and a protective
tariff. It indorses James G. Blaine for
president, condemns the action of the ad
ministration in aiding General Mahone
in repudiation. of one-third of the state
debts, and declares that the power thus
given Mahone has been for the persecu
tion of life long Republicans, and that
the power ptven by the ad ministration to
Mahone makes him virtually president of
the United States for the state oi Vir
ginia.
A New York dispatch dated August
14th says: Of sixty-four railroads, whose
July statement of earnings is published
in the Financial Chronicle this morning
two show a decrease as compared with
July of last year, the more important be
ing Manitoba, which heads the list with
a loss of $202,530 on the business of the
present month, Wabash following withJ
$?z0z,4i in earnings tor seven montns
ending July 31. Of sixty-two roads that
aggregate $156,050,770, thirteen show a
decrease amounting to $19,940,892. which
makes a net increase over "last year
$1,256,979 on an increased mileage of
about 4600 miles. Among the decreases
are found the Central Pacific, $711,720;
llinoia Central, $233,474, and Union
Pacific, $398,264.
A Washington dispatch of Aug. 16th
! "T TT 1 L O a.
says: Jbamuei x. xjamonsion oi ot.
Louis, who claims, with others, a large
portion of land embraced within the
imits of Washington, including South
Washington and much of - what is now
be capitol grounds, is m the city, r ihis
property, was sold by James Greenleaf to
he government iu fee, ana .bamonston
claims that Greenleaf s interest was only
a lease of ninety-nine years, which has
or is about to expire.and those who have
purchased it have-only a fee simple title.
t is understood that Edmonston is will
ing to settle with the present occupants
and give each a good deed on a basis of
$3,000,000 for all the property involved.
A San Francisco special of August
16th says: The amusements provided for
visiting knights include a number of
excursions to watering places and short
trips to the interior, besides the usual
attractions in this city. It is understood
from well informed sources that quite a
arge number of knights, especially
hose from Atlantic states, are desirous
of returning home by way of the North
ern Pacific railroad, and that arrange
ments are being made to carry out their
heir desires. The great obstacle to be
overcome is that most of them hold re
turn tickets over the Central Pacific and
Union Pacific roads. At all events ar
rangements; are progressing which, if
carried out, will result in at least 1000
Kuights visiting Portland and returning
home by the Northern Jt'aciho.
A San Francisco special of the 15th
rwfm 1 1 s - y"""V
says: The headquarters oi uregon
commandery, Knights Templar, at Sara
toga hall, are being handsomely decorat
ed. A reception hall will be located m
the theater, while an extensive dormi
tory is being fitted up in adjoining
rooms. The front of the building is
hung with streamers and garlands, and
immediately above the entrance is a
large Maltese cross, with a Masonic in
scription, and lettered, "Headquarters
of Oregon Commandery." Along the
windows of the second story festoons and
wreaths, joined by long arched rows of
evergreens, extend to th9 eastern end of
the front. The theater itself is profusely
decorated with banners and the usual
Masonic insignia, in addition to a liberal
display of. bunting, wreaths and string
ers. Everything will be iu readiness
on the arrival of the northern knights.
A Dubuque, Iowa, dispatch of August
13th savs: The wife of United States
Senator W. B. Allison committed suicide
by drowning herself in the Mississippi
river sometime during last night. She
left home yesterday afternoon, shortly
after 1 o'clock, informing her servant
that she was going to one of the neigh
bors. Instead, however, of taking the
direction indicated, she went in an oppo
site direction toward the country, where
she had been accustomed to take almost
daily walks. It was ascertained that she
wandered around in the outskirts of the
city, and during the afternoon she was
see'n by several persons walking rapidly
and apparently very much excited. Hot
returning by nine o'clock, not being at
the place she was, supposed to be, an
alarm was,givtvnd search instituted
and maintained throughout the night.
This morning her body was discovered
by the outgoing train at 7 o'clock, in the
river almost a mile! below, the city. She
had cut up ' her gossamer, placed some
stones in it. and tied them securely
about her neck, and then had walked de
liberately into the river.about thirty-five
feet from the bank, and laid down and
drowned where the water was only two
and a half feet deep.
A Chicago dispatch of August 16th
says: A: Washington correspondent tele
graphs that visitors at the capital yes
terday morning were much startled by
loud words of a orank He stationed
himself in the hall of representatives
and began to address an imaginary au
dience. He was dressed fairly well,
while an old slouch hat was pulled down
over his eyes. ' In the midst of his dis
course he read a letter from ex-President
Hayes, promising him an office. Ho
grew noisy, and was finally escorted out
of the building by a policeman. Investi
gation proved Hayes' letter to be genu
ine. A gentleman who knew the crank
said that a few years ago he was a pros
perous merchant in an interior town in
Ohio. One day he received a letter from
Hayes, inviting him to Washington, say
ing he would get him a position-in the
government . service. The unfortunate
man sold out his business and started for
Washington. He danced attendance on
the White House for a year,asd then his
money gave but. He never got an offioe
and he lost hja mind : from disappoint
ment. When! last seen he was trying to
enter into negotiations with some one to
hire a hall. He will be sent back to
Ohio, v
HEART-CONTENT.
A simple lesson, hard tt learn.
is this heart of content
And yet life's jarrin notes by it
In harmony are blent. .
The grandest symphonies sustain
A. tender, la life
Tbe strongest souls are those which grow
'Gainst wind and storm and strife.
Sometimes a fierce slrocoa blows
Or flaming aun rays born
Dead calms of waiting force the cry,
0 wind unpitying. turn I
The dally freti of circumstance
1 he hope made desolate
Tbe oteWcles which bar our path
Bend hearts beneatb their weight.
But need and use bring greater strength
Weak souls full 'oeath despair;
Wbile love, de.ermined will and faith
Rise up to do and bear. ., .
' -
The tnbtle, happy art, t... rj
Some good from all thai s sent;
This is ine blessed set-ret of
A quiet heart-content.
S. S. Times.
ALBIOX'S FALL.
In the country town of Countycorn it
used to be a custom for tbe lads and
lassies to enjoy a horseback ride to
Powder Hill one May morning. Noth
ing ever prevented a general assembling
of the young people but a downright
storm, when the excursion was post
poned till the first fair day.
Looking toward the hill, which com
manded a fine view of the surrounding
country, two old farmers were watching
a company of riders returning from one
of the annual expeditions. They were
doing the home stretch in splendid style,
the foremost leaders speeding ahead side
by side, and without a break for some
distanoe.
"That oolt of Stickney's is a fine un
thin in the neck and thick in the flank,
and those long hind legs giye him a pow
erful stride. See him git over the road,
will yer? Jinny's old roau is hard
pushed to keep up, but she'll make him
if she oan. She ain't goin' to be beat if
she kin help it."
It was a' cold, raw morning, and the
old farmer drew his coat sleeve slowly
along under his nose as he looked admir
ingly down the road. His companion
shrugged bid shoulders before answering
advisedly.
"It's mighty risky riding, Runnels,
that's what 'tis. The colt ain't half
broke, no more than the one that's riding
it. But Stickney can't help it, I sup
p'ose; young folks will be risky."
And now the cavalcade rode gaily up
and drew rein by the speakers.
"Well, Mr. Runnels, what think you
of our mount this year" called out one
of the party.
"Fust-rate, fust-rate, and no mistake;
a good turn-out, that's a fact. Albion
here looks as if a leap over Raddy's
Gulclu wouldn't be nothin.' to him or his
nag," said the man addressed as Run
nels. "Come on, boys, let's go home that
way and try it," cried out the leader,
half turning in his saddle and starting
forward. The others followed laughing.
"What on aiith d'ye want to put that
in his head for, itunnels? He s wild
enough to try it." . '
"I guess not. He knew I were only
jokin'. But, thunder and Mars! They
are turnin' into Raddy's field but they
won t try ltl No-no they won t be so
foolhardy ! Albion's only goin' to scare
em.
Still, the man looked after the retreat
ing forms a little anxiously, while the
other declared "the young 'un's blood
was up he'd dare anything."
Probably not one of the merry group
anticipated aught but sport as they rap
idly neared the ravine just outside the
village known as Raddy's Gulch, when
suddenly the Stickney oolt and rider
essayed the leap across, and would have
been successful but that the opposite
bank, which had been frozen, proved an
insecure footing, and gave way before
the colt could scramble up the sides.
None too quickly did the reckless young
man loosen his feet from the stirrups.
iu the tierce struggles of the colt to re
gain a firm footing, he was borne to the
ground. The gulch was not very deep
or very dangerous, and the colt, sliding
and slipping half way down, soon ob
tained a foothold, appearently unhurt;
but his rider was picked up and carried
home in an unconscious condition; no
one knew how badly he was hurt. And
thus the day which had begun so
brightly closed for some with gloomy
forebodings.
For months Albion was closely con
fined to the house and carefully nursed
by his devoted mother. There were
those who said he never would walk
again.
A bed had been arranged for him in
the sitting room, to be handy to the
kitchen and make the Work easier for
those who had to wait on mm. lie ap-
pearea to nave verv nuie interest in
every day affairs, but once he spoke to
his mother as she sat by the window
sewing, and asked her if Jennie Burr
had ever been in to see him.
"When you were first-taken," was the
answar. "She's coming down the road;
been up to neighbor Abbott's with some
eggs, I guess," she added.
"Call her in, mother; call her in.
want to see her," he said.
Mrs. Stickney looked at her son cau
tiously, put down her work and went to
the door.
The girl, upon being-spoken to, came
up the walk slowly, and her plump, rosy
face did not lighten when told that Al
bion wanted to see her."
"You go right in, and I'll look after
my kitchen fire first and then follow
you?' . : f-iM '
Mrs. Stickney bustled away, and
went slowly into the sitting room, where
after exchanging the usual greetings, she
sat down near the door, -f
'T wzy.V rT vtx A sT rvaa ma mnnrt 1
said the sick man. "I heard you were
A. awavaa tw uvu v qui g auo UVU
out riding with Ed Barton."
"Oh, yes, we do we all do," Jinny
said, humdly. 4 -
"I suppose he thinks it's too bad for
yer to be tied to a fellow like me, and
it's more than likely that you think so
yourself. Albion continued, bitterly.
The girl wound1 the fringe of her shawl
in and out between her fingers, and did
not look upl
"Well, he has hinted, and perhaps
you don t mind, she said, vaguely.
"I do mind it, Jinny Burr; but if
you've let him hint, that's all I want to
know. You may have him if you want
him, for I'll have no girl 'round me
that's sweet on another man. But what
if you had got hnrt and I had treated
you so?"
The excited voice, with its tono of
feverish pain, reached the mother's
ears. She came hastily into the room
and began to put down the shades.
"There, Albion dear, do keep calm.
You'd better not talk any more to-day;
it'll putyprj blck."
Jinny, with a look of relief, went out,
as Albion's flushed face, changing to
white, sank back upon the billows.
"Mother, mother, ' mother, isn't it
hard?"
Thus appealed to, Mrs. Stickney com
forted him as only a mother can.
About this time the district school was
to be lengthened by the ingenious device
of boarding the teach ar around in? thoo
families who sent children to- school.
The Stickney boys and girls had long
been loud in their praises of the teacher,
and when she came to their home the.
overworked mother did her best and
most to make her welcome, but fell ill in
doing; it was too much. The teacher
proved equal to the emergency. She
made the worn-out woman go to bed,
and waited upon her faithfully before
and after school hours. Minna Stickney,
the eldest girl, had told her Albion did
not wish to see any strangers, so she did
not mean to go into his room ; but one
day Minna carried with his dinner the
wrong sauce for the pudding. It would
be spoiled, and Bhe had taken so much
trouble to make it! Without thinking
how she looked, she rushed into the sit
ting-room just as she was, her sleeves
rolled up, and a big apron up to her
neck and down to her feet. "Don't look
at me," she said, "but you've got the
gravy for the meat, ohild; here is the
right sauoe for the pudding;" and, mak
ing the exchange, she ran out into the
kitchen.
"Who is that?" Albion looked won-
deringly after her.
Miss Motley, our teacher. Isn t she
good to take right hold so? Mother
thinks everything of her already. I
told her you didn't want to see her, and
that why she told you not to look," said
Minna, naively.
"What did yon tell her that for? What
must she think?"
"Oh, she don't mind.- She says we
must take folks as we fiLd them. But I
do wish you'd let her come in and look
after you to-night. We wont to go
down to Churley Drake's; he's going to
have a popcorn party, and she could
take care of you and ma too, if you'd let
her, and we children could go, I guess.
Won't you, Ally?"
The children went to the party, and
Mr. Stickney in search of help. His
wife lay in blissful rest, quieted and as
sured by the energetic Jeaer-that
everyiuing was going on njht,'and there
was no cause to worry; the more she
gave up and rested the sooner she
would get baok her strength.
harrying in the tea and toast, she no
ticed there was not a book or paper in
sight, and so asked him if he would not
like to look at some illustrated maga
zines she had.
"It is nice to have so much time to
read," she said, smiling brightly, and
did not wait, but went at once and
brought the books.
Albion had never thought before of
anything nice being possible in his con
dition. She had aroused a little inter
est. He found himself wondering what
she would say next. After awhile, as
they became better acquainted, she
asked him if he had studied into his
case, and if he were not interested in
physiology and anatomy. She told him
she had a cousin who was a physician
and surgeon, and she would like his
opinion. He might suggest, possibly, a
more strengthening treatment.
She succeeded in arousing Albion to
courage and hope from indifference and
almost despair, and from time to time,
in a quiet way, loaned him text-books.
These engaged his mind, and as he be
came stronger, occupied more and more
of his attention.
One afternoon, his day's labor ended.
Mr. Stickney sat on the piazza, watching
his boys finishing the chores. The
teacher sat near him, busy with some
work. This man had not failed to enter
tain her with his grumbling, as he did
very one who would listen. Ho consid
ered himself au ill-used, unfortunate
person, wny a son of his should do so
foolish a thing as to spoil hisprospeots
for life and lame a valuable" colt, was
more than he could see, and right at the
beginning of the ploughing and planting
season the worst time in the worjd. He
was sure none of his "creatur's" ever
would know anything.
His wife heard him uncomplainingly,
and so did the teacher ence, but she did
not mean to again. She wonld give him
something else to think about, and so in
quired what was tbe highest wages he
had ever paid a hired girl to do his
housework for him.
"Three dollars a week," was the an
swer.
"And then she did not uo as well as
your wife manages, I presume?"
"Bless you, no: twouia take a smart
one to oome up to Harner; she can turn
off work without wasting nothing." -
"And did you ever hnd a hired gir
a a an
wining to wait long for her pay? was
the next innocent query.
"No, that's the plague on't; always
want their money soon as their work is
done, and be glad to git it afore,!'!! war
rant.
Mr. Stickney gave a grim chuckle as
he tilted his chair backwards.
"Whyisittha farmers' wives should
have to wait so long for their wages.
should rebel if I were one," Miss Motley
said, demurely.
"Farmers wives! They don't have
any wages," he said, surprised.
"They ought to, then," was the quie
response.
They have all they want food,
clothes, and git carried to church
and stores and camp meetin'. What
more can a woman want?"
"A feeling of independence such as
the possession of even small wages, if
paid regularly and cheerfully, alone ean
give." was the firm rejoinder.
"Well, I never heard my wife com
plain." "But don't you think she might have
a cause for complaint, Mr. Stickney?
Doesn't the ever say anything about the
books the children are needing, or the
shoes that ought to be mended ? There
are so many things."
"La! children are always wan tin'
sometbin'; but as for Harner, she knows
how to wait. I have to wait for my
money."
"But when you get the cash for a load
of hay and potatoes, does she share half
and half with you?"
Of course she does. Who pays the
taxes and all the store bills, and works
on the road, and keeps things going gen
erally?".
"Isn t that offset by her keeping the
household affairs moving smoothly? I
have noticed sometimes, when a man in
creases the number of bis hired men, he
never thinks of supplying' additional
help indoors, although the work has
been all the woman of the house could
well do before. Then she gets sick, and
extra money is paid out, which, if ap
plied before, might have saved much
suffering."
Mr. Stickney was getting uneasy, and
Ellen Motley knew when she had said
enough, and now carried her work into
the house.
"I tell ye what," said the farmer not
ong after to his wife, "this 'ere school-
ma am beats all a talkin to me. She
says I ought to buy an orgin for Min."
"bhe has been so kind as to give the
child music lessons, and says she has
quite a taste for it. Don't you think-it
would be better than buying the land of
Westcott? We have land enough, now
Albion can never be a farmer."'
The gentle suggestion did not at once
appeal to the practical sense unused to
uxuries. -
Seems to me you're gettin' to have
expensive tastes, Harner. These twim-
min folks 11 be the rum of me. Whv.
'other day I was p'intin out the place I
thought of buy in' for Albion against his
marryin' and settlin down, and tellin'
how he wouldn't need it now, and she
up and says he would want the monev
hat tbe farm would have cost to pre
pare him for a different situation than
the one Le dreamed of; and I said I
dunno 'bout his succeeding in anything
else, but she stuck to it he would."
The organ was bought one of the
many innovations that almost impercep
tibly introduced a new and better wav
of living in the Stickney family. It was
set up in the place of the sick-bed which
had occupied the sitting room for so
ong a time, and no one seemed more
pleased than Minna's father to hear her
performances upon it. He would stretch
himself upon the loungeand tell her "to
play away and rest him a spell," and say
the sound of the music rippling off from
her finger tips was like the dripping of
rain upon a tin roof.
About a mile from the little oountry
village of Countrycorn, some" fifteen
years later, a stout woman was toiling up
be hill leading to a farm-house. It was
after ten in the evening, and no moon.
She hurried on alone, and at last came
to the door, where she stopped almost
breathless. Entering the kitchen, a
amp on the table revealed the figure of
a man dozing in a chair by the stove, pipe
in hand, bhe touched him, and he started
up, exclaiming, "Jinny, is't you?
Where ye bin to enneyway? Never
knew ye to be off so long at night."
"I ve bin down to the town hall, Ed,
to a lecture didn't know of it till I got
over to biocom s. They was all goin .
and I went along. The hall was full.
and who do you suppose lectured? You
wouldn t guess from now till tbe middle
of next week. Dr. Albion Stickney?
Yes, sir. And his mother was there
with a new bunnit on, and his father
dressed up in his go-to-meeting clothes
as much as to say, 'lies my son; I
raised him.' Lor'! ye never saw such a
change in anyone so slim and tall. I
never could have believed he d grow so
good looking Albion, I mean. After
it was through they all went up to speak
to him. I didn't go; I came home. His
wife was there, too. She used to teach
school here. Her hands didn't look
much like mine."
The woman's eyes rested on her own
hard hands, large and brown with toil.
"Sho," said her husband, "you don't
tell! That fall of his was the makin' of
him, instid of the everlastin' ruination,
as some said. You know they had it
he'd better have died than live to be a
drag all his life on other folks. Strange
how things turn out, Jinny; but I've
heard 'em say as how old Stickney says
his son's wife is the smartest little wom
an in the country." Woman's Journal.
Life in Russia.
In the reign of the Czar Nicholas, at
a soiree given in the Winter Palace at
St. Petersburg, the conversation turned
upon luxurious beards, when the gov
ernor of a distant province remarked
that he had frequently noticed a venera
ble Jew in the chief town of his govern
ment who was possessed of a most luxu
riant one. "How much I should like to
see him," smilingly replied one of the
ladies. "Your Highness least wishes are
commands," replied the . governor, and
he forthwith dispatched a courier with
orders to forward the Hebrew without
delay. The local authorities, despite
the Jew's protestations of innocence, for
warded him post haste. The police,
when thsy found that such expedition
hid been used to forward the luckless
Jew, concluded that he was a criminal of
the deepest dye, and causing his hair and
beard to be clipped close, confined him
in the deepest dungeon. Weeks passed
and the lady's whim and the governor's
order had both been forgotten. No
questions were asked about the Hebrew,
who would probably have remained in
prison until death, had not some of his
friends, wealthy traders, stirred them
selves to learn the cause of his detention.
VI hen they succeeded m directing offi
cial attention to his case it came out. to
a a a m at .
tne inuniie. amusement or the JSassian
court, that his beautiful beard, the causa
of his detention, had long since ceased to
exist.and with it the cause of hi soionrn
j at St. Petersburg. He was, therefore,
set at liberty, and solemnly warned
"never to do it again." London Daily
A celebrated circus manager is on the
nuns for a new curiosity for his show.
He is seeking to find a young married
man whose wife can cook as well as his
mother did. Twenty-six states have
been explored thus far without suoccis.
A Chapter on Candy.
"Have you any potatoes?" asked a
lady who, elegantly dressed, stood at the
counter in the candy department of a
prominent grocery store.
"No potatoes to-day, said the "sweet
clerk, who was filling a box with goodies;
'but we have Abbott kisses . and apricot
slices, and all the nut creams and
candies."
"I don't like Abbott kisses, they are so
sweet and large; but I dote on potatoes.
Give me a mixed box with plenty of
marsh-mallows and Venetian walnuts."
"What are Abbott kisses? and why are
you out of potatoes There must be
plenty in the market, asked and sug
gested a rearesentative of The Post and
Tribune to the good-looking proprietor.
who cad one eye on his customers in
sidt of the store and the other on two
ladies outside," who were trying to npsat
a buggy on the Campus Martins.
"Did you ever see our potato patoh?
he inquired pleasantly, when he had
reconciled his visual organs. "Come up
stairs, and I will show you how we grow
our potatoes, and how Abbott kisses "
Then the voice became indistinct, and
the elevator being brought into requisi
tion, the visitor was taken up into the ,
third story into a "sugar room," where
the interesting process of making candy
was fully explained.
It was on a large scale; some dozen or
moro of copper boilers, over hot fur
naces, were simmering with sweet de-
cootions that gave out fragrant odors.
and men in linen clothes and paper caps
were ladling out the sweet stuff into
shapes and essences. At a row of long
tables stood pretty, clean, modest-looking
girls who were "sugaring off" or fin
ishing off all the delightful pink, white
and chocolate creams that are indispens
able to those who have a sweet tooth.
Trays and trays by the dozens and hun
dreds were loaded with the dainty bon
bons. A sheet of caramel substance was
laid on a striped measuring table, and
tfith a machine cut into squares of geo
metrical precision. Other girls wrapped
the single caramels one at a time in
little square pieces of white paper called
paraffine.
"Here are our potatoes, said the pro
prietor, taking up some small brown
balls. They were white within and brown '
without; oft enough to bite into, cinnamon-flavored
and delicious, with some
quality that prevented them from pall
ing on the taste.
"And the Abbott kisses?"
Mr: Hull discovered a tray filled with
triangles of sugar and oocoanut in irreg
ular sections. They tasted so much bet
ter than thev looked that the name
m -n a
seem accounted for. Then tnere were
Spanish kisses and a delicate but rather
unsubstantial sweet called the "Langtry
kiss," a sort of elusive, sublimated,
ethereal thing with sugar coating.
There were bairels of white, sugar
standing about everywhere, and the vis
itor thoughtlessly asked where the glu
cose and flour were kept.
"W An-n't nan thAm " BftuI Mr Hn
and we can make all the money we want
without either." Ours is the only candy
manufactory open to the public. Any
one can see, the process and what we
use."
A very "sweet" girl was dropping
pink nut-creams from a knife into cun
ning little shapes of regular size and
beauty. The best candies are not mixed,
but go into the cases each kind into a
separate division. It is the customer
who decides the mixing.
It is the way the ladies dissipate.
They go to the public library and get a
novel. Then they stop at the candy
counter and get a pound of sweets. On
Saturday nights it is like Macy's bargain
counters in New York. Men, women
and ohildren waiting their turn. The
variety of the candies is endless; so is
the variety of customers. As a rule a
man asks for a "box of your-best can
dies," and the clerk asks him if he will
have a one-pound or a two-pound box.
Then he stops to think. If he is middle
aged with a bald spot on tne top oi nis
head, he says one pound; but as a rule
he is not middle aged, or if be is, his af
fections are not. - The clerk knows his
customer. He gives him a box with lace
edges on the inside, a two-pound box,
and he crowds in the best and choicest
sweets. Very likely he knows "her"
tastes, and he makes the box of candy
weigh two and a half pounds, and there
is not a word of complaint.
The dashing young man buvs a pound
unless he is very muoh in love; then he
wants a cornucopia filled or a fancy
basket with a ribbon bow on the corner,
and gotten up "regardless." The cheap
young man with a small salary and large
ideas sometimes makes the mistake of se
lecting a cheapcandy for a sub-stratum
with big fat creams and rose walnuts for
a top layer, and if his girl is sensible she
will see through his pretenses and buy
her candy henceforth.
The father of a family may be known
by the way in which he selects his half'
pound and stows it away in his coat-tail
pocket. It would never do to approach
his domicile with the package in his
hand. When the children have gone to
bed he takes it out, and after he surfeits
himself the mother takes what is left up
to their dormitory and leaves it where
they will see it in the morning. If the
father gives it to them he tells them
it is sure to make them sick, destroy
their teetb.spail their complexions,make
them cross, and take away their appe
tites, all of which is arrant nonsense and
he knows it.
"It is a great mistake," said Mr. Hull
as he stood at the oandy counter and com
mented on the crowd, whioh now includ
ed a prominent lawyer and doctor of
divinity, "to suppose that men do not
like oandy. They are really fond of it,
and unless they have impaired digestion
eat heartily of it whenever hey get a
chance. I know a young m n in this
city who spends one evening in every
week with some excellent yonng ladies,
and he always takes them' a two pound
box of candy, and they explain laugh
ingly, that Mr. was so fond of the
candy that when he brought them a box
he ate it nearly all himself. Detroit
Post and Tribune.
It takes a good deal of courage to
write out the announcement: "Gone
down intfl the country to sponge off my
father-ih-law. .Will be away all summer.