The Douglas independent., October 06, 1883, Image 4

THE LBTTEE CARRIER.
Bii dally round with patient tread
The troy lef.er-carrler goes, '
Through summer iron beat ou dm head
Or1 round him whirl the winter1 snowr,
Tarongh rain and sleet, through cold and heat,
Ha follows his well appMnted beat
Arrayed In suit of sober grAy,
His leathern pouch upon bis side.
And loitering never by the way.
He presses on with lusty stride;
Alert and strong, bc bowis along.
Unbeedful of the Jostling throne.
"Yet oft a moment at the door
Of lowly cotor mansion proud,
He pauses, from his varied store
To yield a part with summons loud.
From near aud far where gleams the Star
Or slows the Cross his tidings are.
But who may guess what fateful news'
Each well-sealed packet doth enclose!
Hard word, perchance, that beat aud bruise
The quivering heart like angty blows.
Or bounteous store of tender lore -
Prom Love or Friendship, running o'er.
Shall we not ask, "Good carrier pry
What message for that smiling maid
Hast brought But now from farawajT
What word to yonder matron staid?
Why trembled so the hand of snow
That clutched the letter black with woer
Nsy, question not ye ask In vainl '
My task's to carry, not to know
The secrets, or of ioy or pain.
These lettei 8 bear to high or low
And lane and street the sounds repeat
Of summons loud and hurried feet.
So day by day, through lengthening years.
The trusty carrier comes and goes,
Unconscious scatt'ring smiles and tears.
Life's radiant Joys, U's sombre woes,
Aad seeking mill, with natient will.
His humble duty to fulfill,
Harper's Weekly.
TI1AT TERRIBLE SCAB.
Midnight had tolled its solemn chime,
vet Btill the weary watcher sat beside
the hearthstone plying her busy heedle.
Her eyes were dim and sunken, her
cheeks thin and pale, her lips pinched
and'purple, and her slender fingers so
shrivelled with the icy chill that was
fast palsying her that the plain gold
ring on her wedding hnger and the
thimble that she held were ever now and
then dropping into her lap. Her very
delicate .form was shivering under
the - heavy shawl that she had thrown
:. about her shoulders, and she looked of
ten with a wistf al glance at the little
basket of fuel that stood beside the fire
place.
Another hour passed and the clock
struck' one. .
"He mast be here soon," whis
pered she, in a frightened tone. "I will
T a . m
lay aside my wora and mate things as
cheerf al as I can."
So she brushed the ashes from the
hearth, drew the coals together, threw
on them a handful of the carefully saved
fuel and fanned the faint name till it
flamed high in the chimney. Then she
looked about the room to see if aught
oould be mended ; but the few articles it
held were in their wonted places, and
everything , as neat as the hands of
love oould make it. An arm-ohair was
drawn from a corner close to the crack
ling fire, the dressing gown that hung:
upon it spread out anew and a pair of
slippers were upon the fender. The
lamp had been trimmed afresh, the table
dusted, and beside it was placed a knife
almost as bright as though the blade had
been silver instead of steel.
"I have done the best I can," said the
pale watcher, as again she sank into her
chair. "Oh, if I were sure of only one
kind word, sho continued. "Hark!"'
Bhe started up and listened. "It is he
and how he bangs the gate! I shall
have a fearful time with him."
She hastened to the front door and
gently opened it.
A man staggered in, and reeling this
way and that, reached hnally the room
his gentle wife had made so bright and
oaeerful. , But what was her reward? A
ii , it r v it .
voiiey oi oatu so ioui mat it seemed as
if n army of fiends had spoken with one
voice. He cursed the niggardly fire,
though to make that she and her chil
dren had been ha f -frozen all day; he
swore at the patched dressing gown.
though out of her own thin wardrobe
she had planned it: he raved at the
bread and meat, though her lean hands
had earned them both. And when angel
like and woman-like, too, she gave him
a smile for every frown, an endearing
epithet for every oath, and would have
wound her arms about him to win him
back to reason and to himself, he raised
his heavy hand and dealt her a pow
erful blow; aye, he struck her till every
nerve (quivered with anguish, and she,
his wife and the mother of his beaute
ous children I And now, when she lay
prostrate before him, he raised himself
to kick her from thence. A slight young
hand pushed off the booted foot even as
it was falling on the ' trembling woman,
andla voice agonized in its tones, ex
claimed:
"Forbear, my father, for though your
wife, she is yet my mother, and I will
save her from your rage!"
The eyes of the drunkard quailed a
moment before the upturned gaze of his
first born, so mournfully holy was the
look that beamed from his tearful face
then a fiendish glare burned in his own.
and exclaiming :
"Yoo, tool must I level my house
hold ere I can find peace?" he seized the
glistening knife and struck bis child.
.,-.
"Will he live? mourned the poor
mother to the surgeon, when he had
bandaged the boy's head. "He is very
pale and weak?"
"It is a ghastly and dangerous wound,"
said the surgeon; "only the eighth of an
inch deeper and it would have been
fatal yet with care he might survive."
"Mother," there was a pathos in the
tone that drew her eyes earnestly to the
speaker, a stripling of about 17 years
'mother, I am going away."
"Away I and where Ernest?" she in
quired., "I cannot say," he replied; "God
must direct my steps but go from here
I must. The curse of the drunkard's
. son is on me. None will regard me
none even give me work. And more,
mother, if I stay here I mnst forget my
Bible, for how can I honor my father
when he so dishonors himself ?"
Very long did the boy talk and plead
ere he won the tearful consent; but she
gave it at length, and with a. little knap
sack on his back, his mother's Bible in
one pocket and her slender purse in the
the other, Ernest went forth in the great
world to seek, not so much fortune or
fame, as that peace and joy which a
' drunken father would not give him in his
home.
Years passed away, and there caune no
tidings from Ernest, save that after the
first one, and each quarter brought the
mother a remittance, and each succes
sive one of a higher figure. Welcome,
too, were they all; for, but for such
generous aid the workhouse had claimed
her and her children; for, downward,
still downward, went her husband, his
absence no longer counted by hours, but
weeks and months.
In a bustling city, many miles from
his , native town, a stranger one night
found him in a gutter, half frozen,
starved, weary and sick. Like a good
Samaritan, he picked him up, and as he
was too weak to walk, placed him in a
conveyance and had him taken to his
ewa home. A warm bath, olean gar-
merits, wholesome food and a soft bed
I were freely offered him, and passive as a
child when worn and languid, he suf
fered them to deal with him as they
chose and soon sank into a deep, refresh
ing slumber.
It was hours ere he awoke, and then
he seemed as in a dream. The filthy
gutter in which he had lost his con
sciousness was now exchanged lor a
downy bed, with pillows soft and white
as snow, with scow-white counterpane
and damask hangings. His rags had dis
appeared, and in their stead he saw him
self robed in white linen. The dirt was
washed from his face and h&nds, his hair
was combed, and his tangled beard neat
ly shorn. He put back the curtains.
Glad, golden sunbeams were stealing
through the crimson drapery of an al-
coved window, and their brilliant light
showed a lofty chamber, with frescoed
walls, a carpet from Oriental looms, and I
furniture that a prince might covet. "It
is a dream," breathed he, and he closed
his eyes. Light footsteps aroused him
soon, and unclosing them again he saw
bending over him a noble-looking man
in uie s eariy prime, and beside him a
lovely woman, and in the eyes of both
large tears were standing.
"leli me," he said, eagerly, "do I
dream, or am I the poor drunkard so
greatly cared for?"
"xou are sick and we must minister to
you, replied the lady.
"Sick! ay, sin sick," he said. "But
you do not know how rile I am, or you
would cast me out at once. Listen. I
have broken the heart of my wife. I
have driven my only son from home; ay,
and half killed him first; and I have ill-
treated my other children till they fear
me more than the evil one. will you
care for me now ?
He almost shrieked out the question,
and it seemed as though life and death
hung on the answer.
"We must forgive even as we would
be forgiven," said the master of the
house. "While you can be happy, stay
with us."
A week passed away, and still the old
man tarried in that beautiful home, now
toying gently with Lily, the wee, deli
cate babe, and then playing pranks
with Harry, the pride of the household,
a boy of four summers; now dreaming
in the pleasant chamber where he first
awoke again to manhood, and then loll
ing in an arm-chair in the parlor, tears
and smiles chasing each other over his
wrinkled cheeks as the lovely lady of the
mansion sang, now a gay ditty and then
a solemn hymn. But he never offered to
eross the threshold.
"I dare not," he would say, when
asked to ride or walk; "there is danger
in the street, and this calm is so verv
sweet. If it could only last." And then
he would sigh, and sometimes weep and
sob like a child.
"There is to be a grand rally of the
friends of temperance to-night the new
and splendid hall is to be inaugurated
Banners will wave, music ring, and
ladies smile ! Shall I invite you. my
wife, to accompany me ? said the mas
ter of the house.
"Of course, after such a programme,"
said she, gayly, "and you may depend
upon my going, too. How soon must I
be ready ?"'
"In an hour's time," he replied. "I
will send a carriage for you, and meet
you myself at the door of the hall. Be
sure that you are ready, f er there.will be
a tremendous crowd.
"I will be in time trust me for that,
said she, hastening to perform her
duties to the little ones; but what was
her astonishment when she returned to
the parlor, all bonneted and cloaked, to
find her stranger guest awaiting her.
"I cannot surely be tempted there,"
said he, in a low, sad voice; "but if you
will suffer me to ride with you I will
gladly go. It may be that I snail com
plete there the salvation here com
menced.
Gladly did the lady acquiesce in the
request, -and they were soon at the door
oi the thronged hall. Not her husband,
but an intimate friend of his joined them
there, and led them to some reserved
seats near the platform.
There had been stirring music by the
band, fervent prayers by the clergy and
thrilling speeches from orators from
distant parts of the country, the hearts of
that vast multitude were aroused as they
had never been before to the dangers of
the cup. Then, while yet they were all
riveted to the subjeot, the president an
nounced "a voice from our home."
There was a breathless silence for a
moment, and then loud and long accla
mations greeted the good Samaritan of
our sketch as he bowed to the waiting
throng. It had seemed to them as the
last speaker hushed his voice, that the
theme, world wide as it is, was quite ex
hausted, but so impassioned was the elo
quence that now mastered it, that they
hung upon every word as if he had
spoken of something fresh from heaven.
Where others had generalized, he indi
vidualized. He did not take the mass of
drunkards, but only one out of them all,
and he portrayed his oourse in such
vivid colors that the audience seemed
gazing upon dissolving views rather than
listening to chosen words; and so
wrought up were they that when he
pictured that horrible scene in the
tragedy of drina. where the husband
levels, to the floor the wife which once
slept so sweetly upon his bosom, the
wife that is the mother of his children,
they seemed to hear the gentle and
wronged one fall, and sobs and sighs
broke forth from the assembly. The
speaker paused till they were quiet,
wiping, meanwhile, the tears from his
own cheeks.
"Do you ask," said he, when he again
resumed his theme, "do you ask why I
stand here to-night and speak these
things? Why, I not' only speak but feel
them? Look at this," he said, lifting
the glossy locks from his left temple.
"Do you see that soar on my forehead?"
In the brilliant gaslight it was per
fectly visible to many a watchful eye; it
was a ghastly, frightful looking scar,
marring the beauty of a brow that might
otherwise have b.en a painter's model.
Slowly and solemnly. did the speaker
utter each word, then as he stood push
ing back the raven hair, continued:
"After the drunkard had felled his wife
to the floor he would have kicked her
prostrate form but that her young son
rushed between the two. What did the
drunkard do then?" he exclaimed in a
voice of thunder. Another pause and a
breathless hush. More slowly, more
solemnly did he speak: "He seized a
knife," he continued: "aye, and the one,
too, his gentle wife herself had laid be
side his plate for him to carve the dish
her worn and weary fingers had earned
to sustain his life; he seized it and did
this!" and he pointed to his forehead.
"To my grave shall I carry this soar and
not till I rest in my grave shall I cease
to plead for the drunkard's children."
With these words fresh on his lips he
withdrew. There was no applauding,
but a silence as of death rested in the
vast hall. Ere it was brolea by prayer
or hymn an aged man, older though it
seemed with grief than years, tottered
upon the platform. Trembling in every
nerve and muscle, he leaned against the
desk, and finally grasped it for support.
Many tames did his lips move ere he
ould utter an audible sound, and when
he did speak his words were rather felt
than heard.
"The son has spoken, he said, ''now
let the lather. With the scar on his fore
head yet bleeding, my Ernest, my first
born, my noble boy, went from his home
to seek among strangers the peace his
father would not give him on his own
hearthstone. Ten years from that time,
one week ago to-night, that son picked
up his father from a gutter, and instead
of spurning hira as a fallen sinner he
took him to his home as though he had
been the angel instead of the demon of
his youth. Deep is the scar on his fore
head, but deeper are the scars on my
heart. We have heard him ye see me.
Let the story and the sight be your sal-
vation. as it even now is my own.
The old man was exhausted and
fell
back into his son's arms. Truth.
The Late John J. Hastings.
By the death of Hugh J. Hastings the
older race of journalists in New York
loses one of its most conspicuous mem
bers. The veteran editor was thrown
from his carriage at Long Branch, Sep
tember 3d. and the injuries sustained
led to paralysis of the heart, of which he
died September 12th.
He was born in the north of Ireland,
August 20th, 1820. His father emigrated
to this country and was followed by his
wife and children when Hugh was eight
years of age. They finally settled in
Albany, and the boys were sent out to
work as soon as they were old eneugh
Hugh was always willing and industri
ous, and began his struggle for a fortune
in a dry goods store on William street at
the age of 16.
Though he never shirked the manual
labor which devolved upon him, there
were higher aspirations in his breast
which led to his first efforts in journal
ism, at Albany, in 1810. The acceptance
of his first articles encouraged him in
his new venture, and he applied for a
position en the Albany Atlas.
Jb irst as a leporter and aiterwards as
city editor, he contributed crisp, ringing
paragraphs, so new and taking in their
style that public interest was aroused
and the circulation of the paper was
doubled.
In 1843 he determined to start a paper
of his own, and the unicEer Docker was
founded on a cash capital of $7 50, as a
daily, penny paper.
Courage, industry and confidence
made the paper a success at the very be
ginning.
Mr. Hastings attracted attention, not
only as a brilliant and promising jour
nalist. but also as a shrewd. Keen and
enthusiastic politician, with the interest
of the whig party ever uppermost in his
mind.
He was a friend of General Taylor's,
and when the latter gentleman became
president, he made Mr. Hastings col
lector of the port at Albany, which office
he resigned after General Taylor's
death, because of his dislike of Fill
m ore's administration. His sympathies
being with Weed and Seward, he used
all the power of his rapidly increasing
influence in behalf of the whig party,
and was s delegate to the whig conven
Hon of looz, where he voted on every
ballot for General Scott. In 1854 he
was made clerk of the state senate.
He was one of the organizers of the
Republican party and from 1840 to 1880
he was a preminent and active agency in
every whig and republican national or
state convention. The organizing of
legislature, or the election of a United
States senator were always episodes in
political history which bore the stamp o
Hugh Hastings' individuality.
In 1867 he came to New York and pur
chased a control ing interest in the Com
mercial Advertiser. The paper had been
running down and .was without spirit
and enterprise. Mr. Hastings threw into
its existence the enthusiasm and ardor
which had characterized his managemen
of the Knickerbocker, and placed it once
more upon a sound and solid basis.
His office door was always open to vis
itors, and no one was too humble to find
admission and a patient listener.
He made short work of frauds, how
ever, and could detect them almost at a
glance.
In 1879, 1880 and 1881 he published a
series of articles in the Uommerciu Ad
vertiser under the title: "Ancient Amer
ican Politics," which attracted much at
tention and gave evidence of his studious
habits and intimate acquaintance with
the leaders in American political history.
Tender and genial to his friends, fierce
and scathing to his enemies, he was ever
ready to change the bitterness of hate to
the fidelity of friendship. He has made
his mark upon the century, both in jour
nalism and politics, and while his strong
personality was productive of ill feeling
at times, while he was alive, his death
has called for universal recognition of
his ability and manhoood, and the ban
ishment of personal animosities.
A Thrilling Prairie Incident.
What is that?
Look closer and yon will see that it is
a gaunt, grim wolf, creeping out of the
little grove of cottonwoods toward
buffalo calf gamboling around its
mother.
Rai3e your eyes a little more and you
will see that the prairie beyond it is alive
with buffalo. Count them! You might
as well try to count the leaves of a great
maple! They aie moving foot by foot as
they crop the juicy grass, and living
waves rise and fall as the herd slowly
sweep on. Afar out to the right and
left, mere specks on the plain, are the
flankers brave old buffaloes, which
catch a bite of grass and then sniff the
air and scan the horizon for intimation
of danger. They are the sentinels of the
herd, and right well they can be
trusted.
The wolf creeps nearer.
All the afternoon the great herd has
fed in peace, and as it slowly moves
toward the distant river it is all uncon
scious that danger is near. Look you
well and watch the wolf, for you are go
ing to see such a sight as not one man in
ten thousand has ever beheld.
Creep crawl skulk now behind a
knoll now drawing himself over the
grass now raising Lis head above a
thistle to mark the locality of his victim.
It is a lone, shambling, skulking wolf,
lame and spiteful and treacherous.
Wounded or ailing, he has been left to
get along as best he may; and his green
eyes light up with fiercer blaze as he
draws near to his unconscious prey.
- Creep creep creep! Now he is
twenty feet away now fifteen now ten.
He hugs the earth, gathers his feet utder
him, and he bounds through the air as if
shot from a gun. He is rolling the calf
over and over ou the grass in three sec
onds after he springs.
Now watch!
A cry of pain from the calf a bellow
from the mother as she wheels and
charges the wolf a startled movement
from a dozen of the nearest animals, and
a rush begins. The one wolf is magni
fied into a hundred, the hundred into a
thousand. Sham, short bellows notes
of a larm and in fifty seconds jafter the
wolf has wet his fangs with oiooa, mat
flying mass is in motion- to get away
rom an unknown terror. 1
The waves rise higher and higher as
he confusion spreads. One instant it
seems as if 10,000 solid acres of prairie
were moving bodily away; again waves
rise and fall as the cowards behind rush
upon those in front, who want to sniff
the air and learn the danger.; In one
minute the alarm runs down the herd
to the leaders, and farther than' the eye
can see the entire herd is going off at a
mad gallop, heads down, eyes j rolling,
and no thought but that of escape. If
Lake Erie were to dash itself against a
wall, the shock would be no greater than
the awful crash with which this mass of
rattling hoofs, sharp horns and hairy
bodies would meet it. The clatter of
hoofs and rattle of horns would drown
the noise of a brigade of cavalry gallop
ing over a stone paved road. j
.Bide out on their trail.. Here where
the stampede began the ground is torn
and furrowed as if a thousand i cannons
had been firing solid shot at targets.
Here and there are calves which had been
gored or crushed, here and there older
animals with broken legs and disabling
wounds. Here, where the, herd was
fairly off, you might as well hunt for a
gold dollar as a blade of grass. You look
for three miles as you look across it. It
is a trail of dirt and dust and ruts and
furrows, where half an hour, ago was a
carpet of green grass and smiling flowers.
The most dreadful cyclone known to man
could not have left more horrible scars
behind.
Miles away, on the bank of a winding
and growling river, are three white
topped emigrant wagons. A camp-fire
blazes up to boil the kettles. Men,
women and children stand about, peer
ing over the distant mountains at the
Betting sun, and glad that their 'journey
is almost done. Bntteraies come and go
on lazy wing, the crickets chirp cheerily
in the grass, and the eagles sailing in
the blue evening air have no warning to
give.
Hark! Is that thunder?
Men and women turn in their tracks
as they look in vain for a cloud in the
sky. That rumble comes again as they
look into each other's faces. It grows
louder as women turn pale and men
reach for their trusty rifles. The ground
trembles, and afar off comes a din which
strikes terror to the heart. "Indians!"
they whisper. No! A thousand time
better for them if savage Pawnees dared
ride down where those barreled rifles
could speak in defense of the peaceful
camp.
"A stampede of buffaloes!" gasps one
of the men as he catches sight of the ad
vance guard under the awful cloud of
dust. Bifles are held ready for a shot,
and the children climb up on ihe heavy
wagon wheels to see the 'strange pro
cession gallop past. I ;
Here they come! Crack! crack! crack
from three rifles, and a shout as each
bullet tells. Next instant a shaggy head,
followed by a dust-brown body, rushes
through the camp. Then! another and
another. The men shout and wave their
arms, the women and children turn paler
yet.
The roar and din shut out every other
sound, and the wagons jar and tremble
with the concussion . Now anbther shag
gy head! another! half a dozen! a score!
a hundred! a great living wave which
sweeps along with the power of a tor
nado, followed by others more fierce and
strong, and the camp is blotted off the
face of the earth more completely than
by any power of heaven. Nothing to be
seen, no shout to be heard. Wave fol
lowed wave across the spot, over the
bank, into the stream and across, and
when the last of the herd has passed the
keenest hunter can find nothing on that
spot of wood or iron, of cloth, or bone,
or flesh, to prove that a dozen men, wo
men and children were there wiped out
of existence and reduced to shreds and
dust. J
Saved o i Account of Being Homely.
A Galveston man tells how the In
dians captured in J838 a Mr. Chism, who
was then a blacksmith at San Felipe, and
regarded as the ugliest or homeliest man
in Texas. The Indians kept Mr. Chism
a captive about three days, and during
that time, as he related himself to my
informant, as he was able to understand
their language, he was made the subject
of their ludicrous jests in regard to hi
ugliness, and was compelled to run foot
and mule races for his life and constant
ly threatened with shooting if he got
beat in the race. He was finally, at the
close of the third day, told to ride away
on his mi 1 3, as ho and the v. e:e t O ugly
to kill, unless it was done in self-defense.
Mr. Chism never claimed! to be good
looking after that, and accepted the In
dian verdict, and thought it extremely
fortunate that he was ugly, j especially at
that important juncture, as it saved his
life. This escape enabled him to live to
a good old age and to die a natural
death. It paid that time to be ugly.
New Orleans Times Democrat.
Some boys recently tied a dish-pan to
a dog's tail by a long rope, and the dog
picked the pan up in his teeth and ran
quietly down behind a barn, crawled
under it and went to sleep in the pan.
The dog just opened his mouth and
smiled way down to his hips when he
saw the pan purloiner's mother come
out and grab the young miscreant by
the neck, and hammer him long and
hard with the end of a picket that had
several nails sticking through it.
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T A I IS nVILDKBS.
JIISllOP fc SMITH, 8. W. eot. front and
f. stair rails, balusters and posts fun.ished to
order. Country orders promptly attended to.
HOTELS
TnE IXTEBN ATI A L. Corner Third and
k. rne oest one oouar a dy bouse on the coast.
Passenge s aud baggage conveyed to and from ail
tra'Jia aud boats free. K. Lewi ton, proprietor.
ABATERS.
W. O. JEN ME Ss CO., Bfo & Wiuhlnctrw tit.
. Analysis of ores, metals, coals, etc. ous assay for
gold and sliver, $3; 4 assays, 10. Orders by mail
promptly attended to.
atvsiu HOUSE.
W. W. PRKJtTTCE, 107 First Street-Leading
music dealer. Planos,organs, sheet music and every
thing tn the music line.
ST. Y. JGWEtBTCO.
C A. OOVE, Manager, 107 Fl.rt Street
Diamonds, watches and Jewelry. The Itockford
Railroad watch. Country orders solicited.
mmmmymut-M iMiiJumumaama an ma mm mm mm mt
8AL EXGBAVEK.
C B. FETY, Xo. 33 Oak Street Seal engrav
er, manufacturer of notary and lodge seals, brass
aud steel stamps, steel letters, Ac; rubber stamps
and Htencils.
UABOWABK
OOO DNOUO K, SMITH fc COL EM AST, Afe.
J55 Neeond Importers and dealers m builders'
Hardware, mechanics' tools, cutlery, farming tools
and niarbleized slate mantels Country orders so
licited. DOORS, SASH AND BUSDS.
V. E. HEACH A CO.-103 Front St. Dealers
in Paints. Oils and UhuM, Doors, Windows aud
Blinds. Bend for Price List and Catalogue.
MAUBliK tVOBK.
MERGES fe VOSPER, 47 Stark. Monuments,
iomos, ueaastones, etc., furnished 111 Italian and
American marble. Country orders filled promptly,
bend for prices and d-signs.
. SUHVKYOns.
COOPER fe HAMILTON. Civil Knirlneers and
Surveyors, Hoom 14, First National Bank building.
.Portland, or. All Kinds or surveying aud oral ting
J,
BAKERIES.
EMPIRE BAKERY 42 Washington. Voss
Fuhr, Props. Manufacturers of Pilot bread, Soda.
Picnic, Butter, Boston, Sugar an -3 Shoe Fly crackers.
Orders from the trade bOlioited and promptly at
tended to.
attorWym.
n. p. KKX1VE1) YAUorivev and Counselor at
Law Roam & Dekam's building. Legal buslnep.
pertaining to letters .Patent for inventions, Deion
the Patent Ollice or In the Courts, a specialty.
JUST ItECEIVED AT GARRISON'S SEWING
Machine store, 1B7 Third street, Portland, Ore
gon, ltsy cases of Household Sewing Machines. Dur
ing two ami one half years' use in Oregon the House
hold has forced its wav to the front. Its superior
merits are now well known to the public. Agents
wanted to sell In every town in Oregon.
A FABULOUS DISCOVERY,
Worth M lllions to the Human Fam
ilyCelery as a Cure.
The habitual dally use of this vegetable is
much more beneficial to man than most people
imagine. The writer, who la familiar with its
virtues, is acquainted with many men and
women who from various causes have become
so much affected by nervousness that when
they stretched out their hands they shook like
aspen leaves, but by a moderate use of celery
they became as strong in nerve as other
people. We have known others to be cured of
palpitation of the heart. To this we may add
that we received of Dr. Ifeniey, of Portland.
Oregon, a bottle of "Celery, Beef and Iron."
By close analysis we state the preparation
called Celery, Beef and Iron Is wnat it is re
presented to be, absolutely pure, and every
one engaged in labor weakening to the nerves
should use "Celery, Beef and Iron." We find
also according to the formula received, each
bottle is composed of Liebig's extract of beef,
extract of celery, and pyrophosphate of Iron
with condensed wine. These combined we
pronounce the best known remedy for any ,
disorder of the nerves or neuralgia. The
most delicate nerves, even of birds, we give
celery, how much better will it subserve the -wants
of the human family ? Prf. B. H. Open
heigen in Journal of Chemistry.
t Prepared and put up by Dr. W. Hexlev,
Portland, Oregon. Office and Laboratory, 87
Morrison street, bet. Fourth and Fifth.
A Chair that makes a Lounge
or a Bed.
r
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(Closed.) j (Open.)
We have the Best Assortment of
FURSTITDRE, CARPETS.
WALL PAPER, BEDDIKCt,
And at LESS MONEY, than at any other house in
the city. You will save money by buying your F U JS
KITDKE from us.
G. SHINBLER & CO.,
10 First and 167 Froat 1..
NEAR MORRISON..... PORTLAND.
VFAGTORY-WltUbfts, Or.
H. P. GREGORY & CO.,
No. 5 North Front St., between A and II,
t
Portland, Oregon.
HIS
AND
HAW8,
Woodworking
Machinery,
Hitnm Rnglit.
anil Hollers,
Wining'
Machinery
BeHtns.
and How
Flour Mill
Mnehlnery,
WntrrWkedi
KUs. etc.
&4atrfti 1S51.
cfmpcztincj
QOYicfcsaCc SDtttggnb
fiLjeitti fox a&"m3 SrcptUtat 9ItoicUta,
dies. 92 and 94 Ficnt Stud
Sox. Statlu
cPcztfattd, Ozcgcn.
BUSINESS EDUCATION !
GO TO THE
Northwest corner Meund an 4 Bilaoa Stfc
W.S. JAMES, Principal. F. K. CHAMBK.RS, Bec'y
The C. C. Journal (new edition), giving full Informa
tion.sentFBKJC Address
JAMES Jt CHAMBERS,
Portland. Or. P. O. Box 66.
W. B. MAIIYE,
Clfil Engineer, Surveyor & Draughtsman.
ALL KI"NIS OF KNOINEERTNO EXECUTED
In the xtate f Oregon and Idaho, Washington
and Montana territories, i
: Room Xo. 13. over F'.rt National KonU,
PORTLA N JJ OltWKtN.
!P
Mi
USE ROS2 FILLS.
THE NELSON
which we have applied for letters patent.
fe-Send for Illustrated Catalogue and Price List.
Portland Carriage Manufactory.
88 FIRST STREET, PORTLAND. OR.,
Wholesale and Retail Dealers in
TEAS,. COFFEES, SPICES, BAKING POWDERS, EXTRACTS, &
As we are the onlv house of the. kind !n Oregon, parties from the country would do well to
avail themselves of the opportunity to buy at 4an Francisco prices. We guarantee satisfaction.
Orders by mail promptly filled. Send for prices. . .
J. I,. WHEELER iSc GO.,
Tea, Coffee and Spice Merchants.
I. F. POWERS, FURNITURE MANUFACTURER,
The largest and most complete asnortawnt of stae medians aad lowprleed fornttare In tht
eltjr, consisting r farlor, IAbrary, lMnlnlf aad Chamber Sets, both of Eastern aad my own man
ufacture. Also a large aad well selected stock of .
! Caarpets, Oil Cloth;, Curtains, Upholstery, Wall Taper and Bedding.
SCHOOL. BK8KJ9 A SPECIALTY.
J Intending purchasers will consult their interests by inspectrug my stock before purchasing
N0S. 185, 183 AND 190 FIRST ST. AND 184 SECOND ST., PORTLAND OR.
Factory en Water St.. bet. Msstwatry aad Harrison.
juijjjxjiJIlju ii-riurn " "
10? Third St, PORTLAND, OREGON.
JOHN B. GARrTsOH , Propr.
All tlie Leading Sewing: Machines, Oil,
IsetUej Attachments and Genu
ine l'arta for gale.
All kinds of Sewing Machines Repaired
and w arranted.
CESKRAL AGENT FOR
!e Houssbli ani Whits Sewing UacUnes.
PORTLAND
-BUSINESS COLLEGE,5-
N. E. Cor. Second and Yamhill Sts.,
PORTLAND. - - OREGOH.
A. V. Akmstrono,
). A. Wtsco,
Principal.
Penman and Secretary
Designed for Ihe Business Education of Both Saxes.
Admitted on any week day of the year.
Of atl kinds executed to order al reasonable rates1
Satisfaction guaranteed. '
The Collects " Journal," containine information
of the course of study, rate? of tuition, time to
enter, etc., and cuts of plain and ornamental pen
laaiiship, Irec.
Northern Pacific It. B. Co.
I LAND DEPARTMENT
(Western District.) ! -
This company offers for sale about fonr mCUon
acres of
i L.ANDS
' : in
Washington Territory and Idaho,
At low rates for cash, or on
EASY TIME TERMS.
OITDE3-?I?,rr3: ?0"WiT;
Balance la fonr annual payment, with Interest at 7
percent. Apply to
PAUL SCDTJLZE, Geal Land Aft.,
PORTLAND, ORFOON.
CHEAPEST HOUSE
FOR
AMERICAN WATCHES.
Elgin, Springfield or Waltham Watch,
la t onnee Sllrer Caw.... 13 OO
In 8 onnee Silver Cae. IS SO
In 4 onnee Sliver Case It CO
I mean bnslncss, nnd nrantee these Oensdna
Amerlean Movements no Imitation.
Also full stock of
JEWELRY, CICKS and SPECTACLES.
Goods sent "C Q D." to any part of the country.
JOHN A. BECK,
: Watchmaker and Jeweler,
19 Front St. (opposite the Eiaou),
Portland. Oregon.
EYE & EAR INFIRMARY
SANITARIUM, OR HOME FOR THE SICK
Si acadam Bond, bet. Porter and Wood Sts.,
i South Portland, Or.
Dr. PtHcington, late Professor of Eye A Ear Diseases
In the MeoloiU Department of Willamette University
has em-ted a fine buililiiitr. on a beautiful elevation la
the south part of tho city, and Is prepared to accomo
lute fmtlri'U Hiiilerinjr from all diKcaxes of the BYE,
EA H or XI I BOAT. Also will py special attention to
persons laboring under Chronic Xervoos affections,
and to disi-aKPs peculiar to women. and receive a lital
ted m1mlerof cases ex pectin? confinement.
The Intention i to provide a Home for such cases
with nil the best, hygienic agencies combined with the
ient inexticiU skill to be had m the metropolis.
For wiy wnount of references and clrcnlar. address
i DK. J. B. PI I.KIXOTOK.
I'or. mt and Vhlngt.n Mts.. Portland. Or.
E. jS. Larsen & Co.,
WHOLESALE OKOCER9
oHippraaE. S. Ij. & CO.
P.
Prodacs and Commission Merchant
Dealers In Tropical and Domestic Fruits, VnU ekv
Consignments of country prodnca solialted.
Ifes. IIS d 114 Pront Street, Portlaad, Or.
t
Full Set of Teeth for $10.
Best Set, 9 IS,
tux
TEETH FILLET) AT LOW RATES; RAT1SFAO
twu guaranteed. Gas administered. Dental grad
uates, i v
! PREIINIJR08.,
Portland. Oregon. -oom
$4 Union Block. Stark street entrance
Ste' Sire Cure for GatarrH"
J TQUin OR DRV, PHICE $100; "ATMOSPHERIC
.J Insufflators," price V lry (!ure and lnauftla.
tors mailed on receipt Of prloe, with full direction foi
aae.etc. H. (1. K K I DMOKK A Co.. Druggists 151 Flint
wtreet. Po-tiand. 't. a rent for the N. I'arlfi.
. VT rfTI ff" I I l a PtA -
k. K
Jffi3MiJ
ROAD CART.
MOST PKKFKCT
Two Wheeled
TEHICLE
THE WORLD.
Katy of acceos, shafts being low and attached directly to the
axle. Perfectly balanced, and entirely free from all Jerking' mo
tion of the I one, so dinagreeaole in other cart.
Rides better and is more convenient and desirable than a
buggy, at about one-half the cost, and It will carry a top fqnolly
as well. Refer by permission to parties who have used them
to prove that they are
THE BEST RIDIKO VEHICLES IX THE WOULD.
Several different styles and qualities from 1100 to $10. ,
There are several new and important features in this cart, for
A. X rOSIfW,
- 2M and 308 Fourth street, Portland, Oregon
H?H!tlalI?.
jj.
!
F. . AKIN,
Ben Ssxlinu,
If. E. Do
BOSS BOOTS ARE BEST.
THEY ABE ALL SADDLE SEAMS.
BUT NO OTIIEB.
See that Our Same U on Every Fair.
AKIN. SEXLIXB as CO. ,
; Portland. Oregoa, '
OREGON 1U000 PURIFIER- .
WILLIAM BECK & SON,
Wholesale and retail dc.-rs in
Sharp's, Remington's, Ballard's, Marlln
and Winchester Repeating Rifles
Colt's, Remington's, Parker's, Moore's and
Baker's Double and Three-Barrel
BREECH-LOADING SHOT GUNS.
FISHING TACKLE 1
Of every description and quality.
LEADERS, TL.Y IIOOK0, IS ARK. ETA,
U raided nnd Tapered Oil tfllk IJaes,
SIX SPLICED SPLIT BAMBOO E0D3,
Stnrceon Lines and Hooks of all Kinds.
165 and 167 Second Street, Portland.
FAIRBANKS'
STANDAI1D SC ALES
- pok
WAREHOUSE, STORE AND FARM USE.
GRAIX AJfD STOBK TUVCKs,
'Write for Price Uti
L. II. PARKER, Agent,
M Verta Front Htreet. Portlaad, Orecoa.
FRANK WOOLSKT,
Portland.
S. N. KSOWI.ES -Ban
Francisco
J. KNOWLES,
Shipping & jComm ission Merchant.
CONSIGNMENTS ioTlCITED;
WOOL A SPECIALTY.
Jlags. Mat.'hhiery, Farm Implement nnd nil kinds of
Soppllea furnished on snort notice.
OHtje: 107 FROST STREET,
Portland, Orccon.
J' Reference: First Natlona Bank.
F. W. DEARBORN & CO.
Mannfaclorcrs an J Dealers ia
DOORS,
VJIflDOVJS,
BLIIIDS,
GLASS,
107 Front Street, Portland, Or.
ESTIMATES PCKXIWIIKD. -
8. & G. GUM I' & CO.,
MAKUFACTURErS OF
Picture Frames, Monld'ngrs, Mirrors, Art
iioodg, Etc ,
Third Street (Alas -erf a Block),
OKTLAilO, OR.
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"tfc'msiisfsii',inriiipMsitfir-srr "J-v-t' --1F'
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irsz. ROSE PIXLS.