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I no longer heanl her singing at her work. When 1 read the best] „» i u«_ Silks and satins, scarlets and vcl ------ i i. i, i „,.,. 1.1 The other evening, round at Mc- *-r to i>anlon criminals 1 know I was a «elfish old idiot dreamily on some ; Governa saloon, the boys were put- vets, put out the kitchen fill1. ..pascli bv the executives of near-1 now, wher I look around me and *_......t,..r «.'.„ w Kimr ting up an elaborate practical joke Time and the mule should always ly all the States and by the Presi-1 see the mercies given me in my " w o k e writh^stàrt "â* j <*n aomebody, and they t . asked . . . old be taken by the forelock, never by |Ospt- Skuldy, who had just hap- ^ futlockf dent.of the United States is a rem- helpless old age, feel the warm lovu fretful questions. ** sides * ’ - 1 realize, . .* that I P«ned in, to take a hand. _ ^ | A ...... of au egoSsUcai nant of a kingly prerogative. It ¡around me on all an< wag ----- seh-i 11,0 winter came iu ..Xo> gentlemen,” said that cs- . ... . ... the desolation my ewn haml reaeh- is a power without limitation oi . . . . J . , ,. , writer: Somebody should take pity .1 forth to grasp'; but I was blind 1 mg up ti$ht, and \ho \ ° ld legal check, and has kept its place to the future in those days when 1 lon’t catch me taking part in any on Ins readers and put out his is. cold was intense. in our system for many years, sitn- so nearly wrecked all its happi coal The most sacred obligation is the in the stoves, listed doors, and practical jokes. 1 went out of that P*y because responsibility to the ness. windows—that is, Ruth did the, business for good over ten yearn marriage contract. Ibe most s&cictl This was how it happened: A f work, and I enjoyed the result; hut aci°; people has measurably prevented .. . .. duty is to maintain one’s health. ter Martha died—my wife, I mean, there came one cold dav—one Fri-1 “How wan that f asked the At a printers’ festival the follow its abuse. Hut, of late yoais it has . , , . with whom forty happy years of dav -w hen it seemed no coals, no group of beer exterminators, ing toast was offered: “ Woman! been extended and applied fot pur- my ¡¡fc wer0 „pent— and all my listing, could conquer the cold.— ! “ 'Veil, it Wag in the " i 'i cr Second only to the press in the dis pose« not originally contemplated, children were dead or married, ex- Children froze on the way to 70, may be f l. 1 «as i\ing i semination of news.” This power was lodged in the hands ccpt Ruth, there fell upon me the school that day, and were found, lfcvenport. Iowa, and a man came “ Well,” said an Irish attorney, t>f the Executive to remedy injus- heavy misfortune that has chained stiff and stark, leaning against the round there riving balloon ascen- “if it plze the court, if 1 am wrong . . * .» i . ii me to this chair, or mv boo, for nf- fencos. Food froze on tîio tables., s’ons- One itay it was ad\orti tice. It Ifa. found that occasionally tecn w yeais. r had been a On this cold Friday, Ruth hur- that the Mayor of the town was ¡in this, 1 have another point equal- an accused person was found guilty . i,ar(i .Woi-kiiig man all my life— a ried through her work in the 8°lng up wl‘ ll i T Now' the Iy as conclusive, In the courts, whom after acquired wheelwright by trade—with a large morning, making my room the Mavor was a lug, :fat man wlro ai- ..Rosjns for dressing plainly on testimony proved to be innocent, | family to rear, to clothe, to feed, to wannest place in the house, cover- w ays wore a light sm 0 c ®. 'f* Sunday” is the title of a little essay ! i one to . or, extenuating circumstances came ,. educate, " l by ...... one *‘ . and, , ah ii me ........ l . * • , i 1 ring my arm-chair with soft wool- and a white hat. 19 P'1 ,n. , on social ethics. Most of us have the 01,1 old c,,u1 churchvard, to li-'ht which the jm y did not con- bu,‘ >' ‘ .n ’ tbu. rcl‘ :V‘1.^ ’ * till . ' in lens, and moving it near the stove, the notion of working off a joke th(j bc9t reasons for dressing J 3 Mary, James and ltuth, on. , w’„ llM tlie window, on the people. I got acquainted , , ' Sunday. «ider. To prevent the innocent baby, were left to me. Mary mar- * . " „ T “ lV,?.'L' " Z ! ‘^ s with the a-ronaut, and he agreed to for my glimpse of out-door life was ^ X e “wheme7 We” then | '“I say, Patrick, that is the worst- from suffering, and to relieve cases ried, and went with her husband to too precious to resign; but I wax of Ibriit clothes and looking horse that I have ever seen the far West. James took his small of exceptional hardship, the Amer not, as usual near it. for Ruth .said ¿ J , we filled !in harness. Why don’t you fatten ican system has retained one of the fortune of a few hard-earned dul- there might be a draught. " Pnd “ tha{ it weighed about 1 him up?” “ Fat him up, is it? Iaix ; lais and left us for the golden land prerogatives of royalty. Rut the \\ hen all was done »n-doors, 1 2Q() anJ' wQuld therefore> dr0p the poor baste can scarcely carry | of promise, California—and only d h ’ Hkc a man.— i the little mate that’s on him now! power has outgrown its usefulness. • iYttfe‘ R” 'th was left us. Then the saw from my chair Ruth, with a j and hood thrown over an;f i rcnliptl Fat It has lieen made in this State, at an^gel of death came for Martha, scarlet cloak to the the well with an The day of the ascension there replied Pat. her, going least, to sliield the g.ii'.ty, and to and only six months later 1 was empty bucket. She stepped along «'ere .‘50,000 people on the ground, “Fruit eaten at night is baneful. - — frozen ! and the excitement wise axioms ¿turn k*»c upon s o c i e t y , criminals stricken helpless with patal) sis along quicklv over the hard, . . . was . . . very r. great, - • i 'phis ----- — is one , ef those , But even in that f . . time . . of . rebell- • .rround, and I was admiring the as there was a light wind blowing proved to ^ true by Adam. His who might to have remained in th OUS murmuring, of bitterest repm -,» . , f t and the daintv fiff-1“ 4 the time. After the balloon got trouy e was caused by eating an ap- giAiitetitiary. I he frequent con - in„ UlCre WAB SOme consolation.- j w her slide to the »p about a mile, and maybe that j Ie after Eve. mission of crimes by those fresh First, the.e was the house and five — J ^ above the weH far South of the town, they dropped j John„ Wentw.rth, ex- from the arms of Executive clem- acres of land, my very o w . free of j waHs a*d fal, she bad slipped, the dummy oyer Mayor of Chicago, is entirely bald, ency teaches that the power ought <>b¡or'mortgage, a n d s m a l l s in ftud s])e , j l)Ubled up between; “ Big sensation then, eh? „ ' t a little tuft 0f hair behind to be abridged. The law throws ‘ i1 10 >an.’ ’ b U1,lts ul ,.,! c ‘ the two wooden steps and the “ Well, I should say so 11 Jthe cam and on one occasion, when of tlia w STEAM ENGINES, MILL MACHINERY, |[ th resh ers ALSO, , pu m ps , etc ., etc , “ENTERPRISE” PLAN EH ANl) MATCH Ell, STICKERS AND I S r n » « tim i I r o n C to H tln ff« f t i r n l n l i o c l o n S h o r t Agent for Degroat’s Patent Oran ***T ______________________ _ ***»-No ML A- >’ M o n tlM tl tost f«U atcr Wheel Governors of best pattern known. Furniture CHAMPION F I T m anufactured K (Ç 2 and*- No. *02, I 0 IiODOE—No. 7:.1 — ^ j Monday P* b Ï i : 1 W O p p o s it e Vandir, vonos -No. 42, I. o . o . «nek !»ll kinds ef Beds and by d > ! Ili CXI 9 > ekcx Loiws—No. 21, A. B .T' Shades and I rames ami Hoods in that H>„ '!»•« «•liines and Marhis, L e s t ir n S5 ____ Oils, a ronipkt, ¿•toy eT*nin* * fair A t Independence, P olk C ounty, Ogn. kets t a s e s q a n d Tempenuicet . A ^ ’ ^ T Lectur T "' roiuiiionest u n,,( has for tome mi nt fill orders in m, i. through (his Stat., I N o t ic e . SOLE RICHT FOR POLK & BENTON COUNTIES. f th* Or«n<* p o d g e , beforo s a d has We are selling it >P1*' ^ hut . . sok«r began b y saymf ,f perhaps, justly call Cheaper than ti,» ^ *“ mniLM ^ixty-one years. W e n strong -uan?. arounAtlic liberty O S Rn^ *.!» A - * * * * » • Give us a c a l commenced, unless son the accused. The State has always She was just twenty when her „ . , l betides moral suusii T h is Dryer is the latest improvement in Fruit Dryers, having been to fight its way to a conviction 1 mother died, and others beside her and she raised herself half way up, I o® thc ground, rolled over and backwoodsman shouted: “Stranger, patented in August, 1881. It Las the largest capacity of any Fruit Dryer wavs find us hsppt-found m^eqaate to < tin, as if her laughed until 1 was sick. against odds. The criminal is now only to fall back again W o u ld ! drive ’em up into the clearin’ and sold at the price, and is the most easily and economically operated of any you goods and rau,;'< intemperance, wliii ... i.... “ HhouId*'thinkThe*'m'owd Shan .1 think the crowd would ____ *V».» H r a m l ; V./UO iu i m ui,. allowed to appear before the Grand ] bluest eyes, like the patches o’fsum- you can catch era all in nre min uriah in apite o f the of sum- l»“ V» would not support her. have taken a tumble, too,” sug- on the market. The fruit trays are raised by an elevator, operated by a look un, pow I gested i l l B I , , p m pls, O f the c utes.” Jury with his witnesses. The S ta te , mer ^ and hair'tlmt was the I And — I could ™ ^ only ^ the audience, lever at the bottom, and can be put in or taken out without loss of the l^ja, alt cannot be told “Speakin' ’bout the Arkansaw after indictment, must make out its, co]0r of corn silk, and nestled in a ronv of i t , -p(J know #1,e was “But just wait. Of course, the heated air, and without exposing tbs fruit to a cold draft. It has also a ager,” said the man with the sandy case before the petit jury beyond a litth baby curls all oyer herAiead- . *» - w ie ' to rigc nd I helpless! crowd m a d e a break out . of town , , I u s e , m ill a lie i ii less , . , . . • j feature not possessed by any other dryer, to-wit: It has reflectors at the 1U often rebellious h liairr would never reasonable doubt, widely .often « « - f that h ai w..,,!.l I - screamed and - called for! to scrape up the remains, and 1 goatoe and squmt eyes as he laid bottom that throw the fresh air on to the furnace, thus heating the air be said that every in: lie straight under any coaxing, but Silas was somewhere, I ! rushed home to get my fishing • back in his chair, “that s where you means no doUot ? ne- kinked in tangles that were full of ” P‘. !e believed that to 1» could not tell where, and I called tackle, for it struck me that the j saw my heart strings in case I ve fore it goes to the fruit. This is a very important feature. These dryers cu>sj»l here has the 5 ■ m lif ^f a ¡sunlight. Her skin was white as will be built only on orders, ana orders should be sent in early, in order to I could see after « x » 4 healthy thing I could do got any left to saw on; t ul the »1 t , loudly for him. 1 could see, a f t e r i« » » ■«»‘ « ‘j .* V ' , ' smgb* negative to prevent l.is con milk f her cheeks of a “Did you ever live there?” .■eks like -ike the heart heart of a . J that Ruth, after her frantic would be to go a fishing for a day insure their being filled. j one to kill the pup. vicuou. Every e’-i g the plush rose, an “Did I? Well, I reckon I sort o’ ind her «pule K:!0 ’ei struggles, was growing drowsy with or two. Before I left the house, The dryer can be seen at Mr. »*ul Hiltebrand’s on Luckiamute, or at rows of pearly teeth . 1 h deatli-sleep ^ath-sleep of eoh|, The sear- however, I was arrested for mur- existed in them parts goin’ on thir Robert McLaughlin’s, l i miles north of Buena Vista. We guarantee sat many technicalities which the law the prettiest ro..o t----- j ....... <olll--NlT10Nm-«.“ a r a le - t h e r e 7 “ chibit a poor, laUu teen yeais.” has raised for him, inures to his j let hood droopod more and more, uel- isfaction to any one who will purchase a dryer. Orders can be sent to the and all the riches > f “And you had the ague?” Front Stre.t, I- , . . For murder?” benefit. And then, after every repinings by coming to me for di lui i„ ,c m u < 1 - , «..c t purchase a man to b “Had it! Whv I wallered in it. undersigned at Independence, Tolk County, Oregon. I indulge iu no and the. blue-veined lids closed over1 “ Exactly. A lot of the boys ac ,y is an infernal fram boasting, but am willing for all to see and examine for themselves. thing in his favor, if lie is convicted, rections, making me feci that my j ^ cs The sight called from compamed by the Sheriff, rushed Gentlemen, gaze on me eyes. PORTLlNt, l „ a the fiery worm u I ndependence , Oregon, January 21, 1882. I - C f )X • liis friends almost immediately set head was still needed to direct the | ^ i i? n d collarred me. They - ^ “y ^ n 1 ìn u gh ■ t -1 in a and 1 hey claimed The crowd gazed, throat o f its bloated that the dummy had fallen on a about to obtain his release from the work, though my feet would never ,, ^ heard for miles, A. r. AUMSTR0N0 R .. interest in farmer and driven his skull clear J A. WE.SCO , . . Whiskey a« au Educator. punishment provided by l a « . - | Th sh/ fitted for Ine a ,arg0 t was heard. A moment later, IN C O R P O K A T E D IN 1 H (M . important to know t into thc heels of his boots. They With what success this is done, let 11 ^ rocm that overlooked most of |Joh“ “ d Cage*' aid that the balloonatic had turned — he fight. I t is not to „ ,. , , , . , . ,, ( f h e t u iWuun^ iy.ip,.dforU »M n.a. Intemperance cam., equal chance. The convict who is night.” cxammatioii on enUrtnj." "* away. T he BOouc terest of liquor to prevent prohib fortunate in having influential by the window, where 1 coukl see 1 “R,,th! Ruth!” 1 screamed. “She “That was rough.” d the magnitude of I itory laws. the barn, the poultrV-yard, the well ls flcozing to ,ll;ath by the well.” friends, is soon pardone 1. The less K sin of TB,r. T he law aancti “Well, so I thought. I wast just and the fields of waving corn and He stopped to hear no more. Out The idea of whiskey being an ed fortunate and friendless fellow, wheat. Sho mai ie mo “feel myself “ ,,on tI)c lmr,,> slippery ground, scared plum to death, and I begged si’iiol.ARaHIP, B u S ms C ni respectable; at Ion; ucator is interesting. Whiskey TELEuRAPiiY, Compiwtanotable people will pi having no one to present his claims, of importance by giving me thus ^ *Tvn ^ ‘l’ sR'ps with swift, rapid the boys to stand by aad protect W'RITI no , per mnoth Wocatee that the le“ turned schoolmaster! That is good. mo. I ponied up $.>0 for legal ex the mastery over my own little do strides, and then I saw him stoop languislies in prison. penses, and they hid me in the gar — ed. There has beer I\ hiskey is indeed an old professor, and lift the little scarlet-cloake And so, there is grown up a prac main; and she brought up her own figure in his amis and c ¡me swiftly ret of a neighbor’s house. They and has been engaged some ccn- PEN-WORK i, ameng tempssance meals to eat with me in my room tice never contemplated by law.— iii.mi.r o r, u-.nablo nu. h * „„n n in e pffort ••Coll«*. Journal,- cnott, 5“ genuine enort. where my infirmity held me pris back, bending his face down over kept me there ten blessed days, t„ ries ¡„ the busincss of teaching, and cuts oi Orn The Governor is allowed to reverse oner. their efforts there w asnta day but — they u „ , , " CAPITAL, Paid up in U. S. Gold Coin, the senseless one on his arm, w h ile and ---- --------- -----------—j $300,000.00 mo fnr n t.wcntv nr t.wm fnr cie lias many colleges and univer- God-speed. Tl the carefully considered judgments She devised little dainty dishes hot tears rained down his brown struck me for a twenty or two for 0 ,as many colleges a . p. m 642,841.001 cheeks. He put her on a lounge ■ contingencies. One night the whole »‘ties all over the land. All the COIN ASSETS, December 31, 1SS0, rat they are temper:, of thc courts made up from evi tempt Mi M d by the following 1. Income for 1S80, : : : ; dence lief ora them fresh and full; 340,641.00 I might cheat myself into fancying tor su°w- i u,3 money, mind you and said him charters, and in many instances tV I lo-rf ill rmwil »r. ’ may I ° go out j to i and this reversal is allowed to be niri.t ot o„ Furti.n'i Bu«r« 4 , yen oiay, my uau. ! what was out-doors ns their pel” ' “ llub ,l0r- rub her “ I tbeY had concluded, as an a.ldi- given him magnificent endowments. Losses, paid since organization, : 1,635,202.84 I«tri»ng, w lioni t have knowni ypUC clothes on a lllC made on a whim, a petition, a pa ! fume crept on the air; she assured iU" Soillg fur n‘>' mother.” j Monal precaution, to hide me in the poriencetl Teacher and » j the wa \ es, whiskey is a noted educator. Reinsurance Reserve, : : Before it seemed possible h e ! hollow o f an oak tree about three sing spasm of spurious sentiment, me, petted me, loved me, till even 1 ! 174,989.60 takr Did you ever see his pupils? They TheLegislature should take away P0.Tti,0,Ant«n.,W.Ï'>'WJlV - I . my . ‘misfortunes seemed II blessings --.ssings coulJ liave crossed the lots to h is; miles out in the woods. I saw : : 200,000.00 _______________ n interests, they r ...........’ " home, his mother was with me, and through the whole business then, all Wear badges— red noses and Losses Paid in Oregon, from one man the ; ower 1 1 nullify !dri w'ng ns nearer together. that they won’t supi J. E. COOPEK tin- Inw-s. It should bring it to I And when she was all tlie world b*tod Ruth away from the fire to »nd drove ’em out with a club. It bloated faces, for the one class, and who opposes then the bed. The doctor came, and the was a good square case of the biter pa s that, when the law, and the to me, all that saved me from pale faces and sunken cheeks for their resolutions T his lead in g and p o p u la r co m p a n y offers s u p e r io r courts in accordance therewith, sav ery, John Haves asked me to <>ive two Wur*'c‘d till my heart sank with bit, I know, but they never let up Whiskey qualifies his get togetlu’ 1 could j llttt'r hopelyssneas, before the blue calling me ‘Dummy Skiddy’ after another. ths punishment for acrime shall be j him Ruth for his wife. advantages to those d esirin g re lia b le in d e m n ity a g a in s t b e dene, they say graduates for busincss. He turns again, or tlie breath until they actually run me ten voais in prison, it shall be ten have struck him dead w „ hen ..w, „ he „ ’ '-VC9 °pcned _ _ > oarefuL” H e » yeaiii. It should w rite over the 1 stood before me, a young giant in I duHen:d through the pale lips. out of town, anil I had to emigrate thieves, murderers, wrife-be&ters, loss and dam age b y fire, bein g solid in assets, co n s e rv a - 1-out prohibition: * door of the States’ Prison: “ Who j strength, with his handsi ,mo sun Bufc k ,lid at last. and John | to this jumping off place of crea- and nlakcs widowg and orpbabs by tive in m anagem ent, m oderate in rates and p r o m p t a n d their sentiim? enters here leaves hope behind.” burnt face, glowiie- with health .l',lll< d In« «■ fervent “Thank won, and the Captain shook b»s ' the thousands lib e ra l in th e ad ju stm en t and p a y m en t o f losses. ordinary ‘ Veareful' ■ " ■ and wniiteilto take away my one ' 0 o d !” j head with a disgusted air as he It s a fine school—and then comes T he State Temperance Alliance ' b!essiii|t, mv only cJ»iIff. " had broken her leg,! P*dd for bis hot Scotch and walked the degree, for whiskey always con assembled in Salem last week, held 1 “ I w 111 be a true son to you, M r.: ? nd , wo .knew tbat s1 ll° , lie out.— S. F. Post. LIVERY Martin, he said earnestly. ‘ I will Ipicas for many weeks before she fers on its graduates a doctorate— an onthusia«tic and successful scs-1 *' n r * * ! ? ? ’ 0 0 0 *0 0 dePosded in Oregon for the further security of never take Ruth away from here; ;co,,^d ^*e our own active bright girl | ■low to M ake n T e le p h o n e . U. D., untimely death. This doc I obey Holders in Oregon, Washington and Idaho sion. The question of intemperance S T A B l ^ T i licei but let me come and share her life, )aoa' n- unient is highly ornamented. It is Some of our young readers may is exciting un won tod interest, nil and lift some of the’burdens from 1,0 not Snovc ao.” be said gent- 4 ‘ t v . 4 - !'>'• will live.” i I ike to make their own telephones. written in the blood of wives and Bankers, Ladd & Tilton. over the State. If practical wisdom hor shoulders.” 'Vasserman, of Masserman k Co.; teat opposition dc 1 banks to you, 1 said. “ Oh, It will be great fun for them to try children by a pen of sorrow. A 1 laughed bitterly. I knew well shall l* evinced in dealing w ith tin- FISSI SUSS lin k in g m en o r th< rattling skeleton, stands in fire and ! "b a t such s! aring' would bo when , ;Jobn’ jf shc 2cU woM sh« you re. j and rcaily , s ucceed and bc able t'0 («LO. L. STORY, .Manager Oregon *llraneli •natter, the present agitation will , . . k . - m J P rohibition Ie mi Ruth had a husband and nerlisn« ,,lve ‘'rr your strong arm for life, . , , . , D. B. BUSH, Special Agent. sad at lower p n e w t h » * ^ ^ “ .. . ' "usimnu, anu pel naps i i.„i„i ’ j connnunicato, from house to house, holding hissing serpents in each result in benefit. Drunkenness may I ohi.dren, to take her tune and love , hn’ lnattad of my helplessness. . , hand, which entwine the skeleton’s not be abolished hut it may be mad Aornmlni*luting l bou ld want to J ______ H’ J ‘ FERGUSON, Agent, Dallas. - -. away from me. But I was not !**tJ to-dav where my selfisli love such »»portant matters as boys and neck and bite his heart, is the coat .«trinity. I* lose ro te s j oth to take iu place alongside its kin bai.,b 1 did not tnr i this suitor bits nearly cost her her life.” girls have to talk about. HORSES BOARDED? A r ^ 1 . ^ ^ . . dred crimes, larceny, in ntiouancss. f roni ,„y bousei and bjd novcr ap^ak ^>u V°u llleal1 that? John asked To make a cheap and serviceable of arms inscribed on the terrible and murder. m;d receive tho- eon-1 Satisfaction guAruitwl | to dictate in busi to Ruth again, much as I longed to ,w.ith a I'ttlc trembling in his voice, telephone, good for three or four parchment. We prefer our chil demuntiou of all good people. do it. I worked more cautiously. df 3^'u fea|lv mean that ? blocks or so onlv reouiies enoueh dren should be trained in the school July CT ISSI 1 ’ *‘h l INDEPENDENCE, ORKOON. ... ' I let him go from me to Ruth and 1 do- lndeud- L?t her stay here, | U . K } requires enough of prohibition.— Little Rock, Ark., T h R usual biennial political huh wlu.n he ^ ft her and she came to Jo,m‘ 1 " 'U1 not he a bnnien on l!,l,e a n d two C1» ar bo-«»- first, F U R N IT U B E A . W i n g , Proprietor. bub has begun, Tlu.so periodiial mC( aj| rosv blu»he«, to tell me, ^our urue, for thc house and farm! select your boxes and make a hole Bo 11 ner. excitements cannot ut he ddri- with drooping lids and moist eyes an<^ Mr. S. 'V. Allen neH «'*» g o o d , aqnare, 1 ^ have saved are Ruth’s; about half an inch in diameter in ----- KEEPS----- ”1 don t see how I’d git along A Mcrwin » hard»u» (■ " were not temper mental to the business interests of of her new happiness, I worked but let her give me what time and the centre of the bottom of each without Mary, nohow,” Mrs. Bluch- a fine lot of furniturt, tw e he had fouir the count!y.. It would be well if upon her love and her sense of duty T w a « ^ ^ th a,ltl tben one in each of the er observed, pausing to wipe the Canned Fruits and Vegetables All modern improvements. Restaurant till she believed herself a inonstei , 1 1 ie 1 a until the . , .. TOBACCO, the best in the city. Open all day. they were less frequent. Elections of ungiatcful wickedness to think banns were called in church three '“ 'uses you wish to connect; then perspiration from her aged features J- H. BREN N ER, P ro p ‘ r. CIOARS, should not occur oftener than is of leaving mo or taking anv divid l' llin, though ho came to us that (p-'t five pounds of common stove- and put another ladle of soft soap W indow »halle«, interested in mak necessary for the safety, economy ed duty upon her bands. * frame», bracket», »»' m an ia a gai CUTLERY1 da)’> caring for me with the to-nder- j pipe wire, make a loop in one end into the steaming suds, while her o . A. W A L L E R , daughter’s voice at the piano could ness ot a I line. All order» will h f V , j , * * ! « * » » „ »ndeffli-iencv of the government ' j 1 l we>t,' if she ,u>ss OYSTERS, wept, asked asked her her if she could could ,M ’9' S L 0n'„,',vbbR b* 4 n,oRlui' and put it through the hole in Vour be distinctly recognized floating ‘ 1 n I They h o v ipiiwi Inna to- i • * clergy pi g u n s m i t h , and all work requit'd ^ were n alone 1 . , 0 , lith ey should occur once m four face her dead mother after deserting “ ,w? ctl Kuth Ami dealer in as we were, and they had c “ ar '*>*■ and f“ tcn lt w,th a nal1; out from the adjoining parlor ; “I years, we believe that no public in- bcr helpless father. I pointed out gctlier, ........... I done with tight to the other box, don’t see how I'd git along without Neatness and QUKEXSWARE, to her the unceasing round of wifelv xhut up their house, and couie to ^‘lcn Gnus, Hi lies, Revolvers,! Col. Long, in his lecture, struck live with us, never to leave again, supporting it when necessary, with that gal nohow. Al’avs on these duty that would keep her from my f i s hi ng t a c k l e , c u t l e r y , the note that is just now sounding ¡side, and proved to her that the hor one morning, Ruth was dressed stout cord. You can easily run lays, when I hev tlie tiringest IXDEPKXDRXr*, all over the United States legal tics of wife and child must clash, in white by Mrs Haves, and was your line jntq the house bv boring woik, she just picks out her nicest ! I store, h"'è«ì7d’ò»1.tÌ0n “ ’¡J *- ¡Wjtrta* rwaUy »a #t’ '’PP^ite Smith's pieces, “like ‘Sweet rest by-and-by,’ u .* , A < l l il l i i l -lr**or prohibition. Petitions arc tiring if undertaken under such circum- propped up with pillows, and we A u 1 *1 ________ »P« had a welding in the little room. a holei throl'8h ,thu cIass' S,,PP°rt and ‘Mother’s growing old,’ and C a s h Store J Cumtux stances as were proposed. Whereas I, "• f ^ cimilatcd asking thc next Legisla- M v chair was moved iif, and the } owr boxes at their ends with slats sings ’em fur me afore she goes out Ihnen«, now hefor. the publie « ou ran ninke money faster at the 3d day of J***® , on the lawn to play croquet with tnra of Oregon to pass a prohibitory c, !.!'' i,*,' 1 ''f / ' " RIi b)!'* « ork for us than at any thing else. pointed adimnistis**^ w 1. to me, and John was tearfully dis- neighbors came from far and near nailed across the w indow, and your other young folkes. Taint every j »'wletl. We will start , - , law. Such a law like other whit- missed. to hear the solemn words that made telephone is complete. T^ ^ Juur:!iri) *-n most . “ « t , ^ ! . h' "D* h’ lhi I Thoma. Birch, d gal as ’ud be so thoughtful, I kin key laws on our .Statute liook, will Through the warm autumn John and Ruth man ami wife. s S î x  F r ’ Ç -‘ ’Ä Ä ’ * « ! th e 'cô n n ty Court “ f M tell yon. Now most on ’em ud jest Î 2 d a* .TÎ Â * * “ ‘ And happiness has shed its true be a dead letter, unless the temper- months, when the corn ripened and See the Horse-Car. How Full it hang away with 'Jordan is a hard GROCE RIFS S J f J S 2 ® ? j Ä C Ä “S therefore, a» »«ch light upon our homo over since.— snee people have the courage of was garnered— when our crops were is. Now it is Not so Full. See road to *----- travel,’ or ■"’ ‘Whoop era up * DRY GOODS,  1 ’ — *  r  î E S I give notice that »H P" their convictions anil r/eif a legisla- blessed and the little bank fund Ameruxii) Seutn/. How the People run Out of it.— Eliza Jane.’ hut she ain’t none o’ Hst*' Cap«, rV*. H»ntwa„ H.U, H ,n i .,r ,. -p,,, .he mid '*""*'**- **''*"* T rvuk Co again»* tnra to do their bidding. The peti- w as increased by the price of farm 1— — ware with proper vouch«* There is a Woman with the Small-; that sort. She’s a pile o’ S o r t Z Z f A ' Z t tion hegs what the ballot ran com- preduce Ruth grew very quiet and “ Why,” the boy asked do w p eM you J ox 111 the l orner. Seethe Woman to me—a pile of comfort" and ^ from the date of th» »ine both mand. Sav, the temperance ele- subdued. She was not sad, having blow down the' muzzle of your Laugh! Is not that a Pretty Trick Mrs. Blucher fanned hereelf’ vic <.r. r°°‘ “ ■ prte~ Mor* reretu-u« . I v .w W. Robertson » ‘lrug'*1? ' T- F . SMITH. M. D„ meat iaaot strong enough to elect, always a cheery word and a pleas- gun?” “To see," re eplied the man. the Woman has played? cnee, Polk county-1««" How ously with her aoiley apron nre- TERMS, strictly cash Then it is not strong enough to cn- ant smile for ine; but the prettv "if it is And just then he dis- would \ oil like to have Such a paratory to running the c’lothea , Prio" •*'°w« ‘ h* Physician and Surgeon, Jan. 7th, 1 * « don’t law, rose tint left bur round cheek«, ami covered it was, Trick Played on You» Uuongh the second water. BrtT * Pie**» n. INDEPENDENCE. ORKOON. m BUSINESS r i s t A “::: ‘ ?rr — Our liquor dealers circular talks HOME M U TU A L FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, j j to to eat; put saucers ° i gang came arouna . full , ,7 of , . beer—on states have at all times granted of flowers ine on my she table, that 1 n(:ar n>y chair, and then dashed out mis-1 C0 0 PEE1 nut Sü2"tï mDEPEraraaK IL , - P -. «.....- t r«: GROCERY STORE SARDINES, DECT Attorneys h* * z t