Polk County itemizer., November 17, 1883, Image 2

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OREGON
THE GOLDEN IiL B : ARRAN FRON AYR.
BY DINAH NT LOCK CRAIK.
Deep li t In distant a a It lie*
The morning tsdovs float and fall
The noontiaf cloud* above It rise,
Then drop, a* white aa vlrgil's pall.
And sometimes, when tha shroud uplifts.
The fax green fields show strange and fair;
Mute waterfalls in sll?er rifts
Sparkle adown the hillside bare.
Bat ah! mists father, mors and more:
And though the blue sky has no tear
And the sea laughs with light all o'er,
The lovely Island disappears.
O vanished island of the blest!
O dream of all things pure and high!
Hid In deep
i. as faithful breast
ned to die
HldM I ovm that have but
Whether on seas dividing t
Or led through fertile lands the white,
Better lose all things than have lost
The memory of the morning isle.
For lo! when gloaming shadows glide;
And all is calm In earth and air,
Above the hea vis; o f the tide
T h j lensiy island rises fair.
Its purple peaks shine, outlined grand
And clear, as noble lives nigh done;
While stretches bright from land to land
The broad sea-pathway to tke sun.
He wraps it in his glory’s blase.
He stoops to kiss its forehead cold;
And. all transfigured by the rays.
It gleams—an h ie o f molten gold.
The bud may »et, the shadM descend.
Earth sleep, and yet while sleeping smile;
But it will live unto life’s end—
That vision of the Golden Isle.
LIKE MAN, LIKE HUSBAND.
Mr. M .rou s Wilkinson sat alone in bis
office, with a dainty tittle perfumed note
between bis Angers, and a puzzled frown
npon bis brow. The note, directed in u
graceful feminine band, was brief:
D e a r G u a r d ia n : I will be at the of
floe at ten in the morning, to consult yon
upon a matter o f importance.
M il l ie .
" A matter of im portance," muttered
Mr. W ilkinson, twisting the note ner­
vously. “ 0an my fears be true? Has
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flrril n»*»nnl,^
Very young, only eigtiteen, M illie
Bentley hod born early the sorrows of
life. Her father, having been wealthy,
boil failed in business, nud committed
suicide. Her mother, delicate and help­
less, had fought poverty feebly for two
years, and sinking under privation and
toil bad oontraetod a fatal disease. Whou
all hope of life was over, news came that
M illie's uncle, dying abroad, had left a
large fortune to bis only sister. A will
was mode by the dying woman, leaving
her own too lately woo independence to
.M illie, appointing their old friend,
Marcus W ilkinson, guardian to the heir
ess.
Sorrowing and womanly beyond her
years, M illie had turned from her own
grief to solaoe some of the trials o f those
with whom her own poverty bad made
her familiar.
A cousin hail come at Mr. Wilkinson's
request to make a home for bis ward,
and she resumed many long interrupted
studies. But a large portion of her time
was spent in the humble homes of those
who had been her mother's friends in
the dark days of her widowhood; and her
gentle charities soon extended far be.
yond the small circle.
She had beon an orphan for two years
on the day when she came to seek Mr.
W ilkinson, as already described, ami the
sorrows of her life had loBt some of their
bitter sting, leaving only a gentle sad­
ness behind.
"W e ll, M ollie,” the old gentloman
said, "w h a t brings to me the pleasure of
seeing yon to-day?”
“ It is about m yself,” M illie said, the
softest rose tints flashing in her cheeks.
‘ ‘ Dear me!
I don’t know how you
ever took snoh an insignifloant person
into consideration at all.
“ Now Uncle Marc, please don’t toaso
m e."
"S h e wants something enourm ous,"
said the old gentleman, mentally ad­
dressing the walls.
"W henever I am
Uncle Marc, I know what to expect
■ ext.”
B at jnst then the kindly man detected
signs of trouble in M illie’s lace; and the
jesting voice was turned to one of tender
gravity.
"W h a t is it, my child?”
"C y ril Ormsby came to me last even­
ing, and he will com e here to-day; hut
I wanted to see you first. He wants me
to be liis wife, Uncle Marc, and” —she
hesitated—"y o u do not like him?”
"W h o told you that?"
“ No one; I see it m yself.”
" W e ll, you are right.
I do not like
him. But my like or dislike has no con­
trol over you .”
" N o oon trol!” Minnie's voice was piln-
ons. "Please don't talk that way. I
come to yon just os I would have gone
to my father."
"T here, dear, I was wrong.
Tell me,
then, as yon would yonr own futher, do
you love Mr. Ormsby?"
" I think he is the noblest man I ever
knew.
If yoa see him with my poor
peoule, bow gentle and ooarteous he is,
yon would like him, too.
He lias given
me so much sympathy in my work, Un­
cle Mare, feeling as I do that the
possession of great wealth is but a stew
ardship.”
“ And so won yonr love?”
“ My respect and admiratipn, nnclc. I
cannot yet realize that a man so noble
and so good can really desire my com
panionship and help in bis life.
But,
eiDce he does, I am glad and proud that
to have won nis confidence."
“ H em — yee! Enthusiastic, but hesrt
w hole!” was Hr.W ilkinson's mental com ­
ment.
"S uppose yoa end I go for a
, walk?” he addtnl, aloud.
1
" A walk?” Millie said, in a tone of
surprise.
“ Yes, I have a friend or two I should
like to have you see.
When we come
beck I will tell you why I dislike Cyril
Ormsby, if,” he added mentally, "y o u
have not already found ou t.”
It was not exactly sneli a walk an one
would have mapped out for a gentle
mao’s invitation to a young, beantifal
girl; bat M illie followed, of coarse,
M o o in g npon tbe arm o f her gaardisn,
wondering o little, bnt never hesitating,
peat the respectable portion of the city,
to o quarter known eo tbe "F actory
B ow ,” a plaoe where Mr. Wilkinson had
■over before allowed hie ward to go; for
there w e n apt to be fevers and oonta-
geous diseaaes larking th en . It ley low
and wee unhealthy, ted the houses w. re
of the meaner! description.
"F o r a noble philanthropist, psrily
owning them factories and this qnsrtrr,
Mr. Ormsby easts neglectful,'' said Mr.
Wilkinson, dryly. " I bars sn interest
in the factories, aa yon o n sw a n , but
It M m OM o f these wretched houses.
I Ormnby’s.'
KBtwfijÄ,
rity Jot drink; they
i h» gins thorn, till
hi hit rfbtfei todo
U l i -,.
“ O h! step in here.”
It was a poor place, scantily fam ished
sad cheerless, Upon a cot bed a woman
lay in the lost stages of conanmptiou.
She looked up eagerly to Mr. W ilkin­
son.
“ I hope you aro better,” he said,
kindly.
‘ ‘ N o; I shall never^be better. If I
may only die in peace, it is all I ask.”
“ Mr. Ormsby will not disturb you
now?”
“ Jennie has gone to him. Yesterday
he sent word that if the rent was not
ready to-day at twelve, out we must go.
I ’ ve paid it regularly for five years, but
be don ’t think of that. All Jennie’s
made the last month she has had to pay
for fire and wood. Bhe’s bnt fitteen.and
her pay is sm ell.”
“ What do you tw o Cyril Ormsby?”
“ Thirty shillings'”
“ And if he is not paid to-day ho will
put you ont in the street to die?”
“ He says the workhouse is the place
for paupers.”
At this moment a slim, pale girl of
fifteen came in, crying bitterly.
“ Mr. Wilkinson was out,” she began,
and then seeing her visitors, she cried,
eagerly, “ O b, Mr. W ilkinson, you will
not let mother be put out in the street.
I ’ll pay every penny, sir, if you will
only wait until she is bettor, and I can
get my fall time to work.”
“ Have you seen Mr. Ormsby to-day?”
the old gentleman asked.
"Y es, sir. He said he had no time to
hear any whining. The agent will be
here at twelve, and if the money is not
paid he will pat us out.”
"M a y I?” whispered Millie.
"J u st as you please, my dear. P er­
haps this dying woman or child will
drink up your charity.”
"H u sh , hush!”
“ So tenderly, so deliostoly Millie gave
her charity that there was only deepest
gratitude awakened without the galling
sense of obligation. She left more tbau
sufficient for some weeks, and promised
to send delicacies for the invalid.
No word of herself passed her lips
until they were once more in the narrow
street.
"O h , Uncle Marc,” she said, "can it
be true that he is so hard, so false to
me?”
" " 'a i t , ' was the lwiof reply.
y went into the wide courtyard in
space stood the four great fac-
the joint property of Marcus
ism and Cyril Orm sby, long be-
ivided by the entirely opposite
iment of these two into two dis-
lepartments—one entirely under
itiol of tbe elder, the other of the
>r man.
kinson's absurd soft heurteduess,"
il mentally characterized it, had
ilia division absolutely necessary,
it was Dot into his own kindly
rd, well ordered departments that
Marcns Wilkinson led his ward. He
turned into a small room, whore a pale
man wus busily writing, and at the same
time overlooking a long room, where
about soventv girls were at work before
busily whirling machinery.
"G o o d morning, Watkins,” the old
gentleman said, “ I was in hopes that
yon were taking a holiday.”
“ Thank yon, sir,” was the reply in a
dejected tone. “ I can’ t well quit work,
sir. There's the wife and six little ones,
you see.”
“ Have yon told Mr. Ormsby tho
doctor says your lifo depends upon a few
weeks of rest and pure ail?”
“ Yes, sir. H e’s not keeping me; but
ho says if I go he must fill my place—
and that means starvation for my family.
I could never get a new situation as
feeble as I am now.”
“ How long havo you been here, Mr.
Watkins?”
"Seventeen years, sir. I was with old
Mr. Ormsby before you came sir.”
" A faithful servant seventeen years!"
said Mr. Wilkinson in a low tone; "an d
a few weeks’ rest may save his life!”
At this moment Millie shrank a little
nearer her guardian. Through the win-
dow from which Mr. Watkins overlooked
the long room she could see Cyril Orms­
by, walking briskly about, his voice
harsh and imperative, finding fault here
and there, and keonly scrutinizing every
item of the work. Not a face in the long
room was brightened by tho presence of
the muster. Fingers worked mure rapid­
ly, eyes were fastened persistently upon
the kiouis, and every one seemed aware
of a stern taskmaster’s gaze. But Mr.
Wilkinson obeyed the mute petition ex
pressed in the looks of his ward, and led
M illie out in the wide passage again to
another workroom.
It were too tediona a task to follow
every step as they passed from room to
room, everywhere meeting some assnr
unoes of Mr. W ilkinson’B own hold upon
the hearts of the "hands” and their
terror of Cyril Ormsby's harshness.
Ont ugaiu amongst the squalid lioinca,
where her gtiurdian had no control, hut
bestowed his kindly charity without os­
tentation; and here, more eloquently
than ever Millie heard how cruel a m ock­
ery were all the schemes of charity and
philanthropy that had beon poured into
her ear. It needed no apoken word from
her guardian to tell her that the noble
wordB uttered to win her wero hut those
of hypocrisy, which knew how it could
best plead its cause with her.
One ami another turning to Mr.
Wilkinson ns to a friend, unuwaro of tho
torture o f their words to tho kindly lady
beside him, told of eruol exactions *of
work in sickness or trouble, of olosest
calculation of timo, and of small wages
and heavy rents.
“ If wo won't live here and pay wo got
no work in the factories,” one said,when
asked why he did u otecoka more healthy
quarter.
" I am doing overtime to pay for my
child's funeral,” one said, “ for 1 lost the
wages for three days I stayed by to see
her die and to bnry her.”
" I am uneasy about the rent," another
said, "to r 1 lost a week by a full on the
ice, and it’s hard making it np again.”
Not one word of kindly sympathy, of
help in trouble or sickness. The "h a n d s”
under Cyril Ormabv were simply human
machines to do so mnch work, sick or
well to pay the price of an hour or day
of idleness, no matter how necessary.
There was no word apoken as Mr.
Wilkinson and Millie walked to the
office again. Once there the old gentle­
man spoke very gravely.
"A s your
gaardisn, Millie, I can speak to you no
word against Cyril Ormsby. He is a
rich man, of good social position, o f it-
reproacksble moral reputation, and a
man whose standing in business circles
is of the highest.
A man who is a good
match in every w c l lly sense. Ho much
for your guardian.
As yonr friend, my
pearl, who loves j i n , who knows every
noble impulse of y,.nr pure soul—as that
friend I tell yon I would rather see you
lying beside your mother than the
broken-hearted wife o f such a mao as
Cyril Ormsby.”
“ I came to you its a friend, aa almost
a father,” said Millie, "a n d I thank yon
for keeping me from a life long misery.
To know my hushend such a man as I
now know Cyril Ormsby to be would,
as you say, break my heart?
“ I would not tell you ," said her guar­
dian, " fo r you know I dislike him, and
might have thought that dislike preju­
diced me. But Millie, tell me yon will
not let this day's work shallow your life.
Yoa did not love Cyril, Millie?
“ No. I reverenced what I believed
a noble, generous nature. That rever-
•mee a mockery, I shall never breek my
heart for a m in I thoroughly deepise,
Unele Mare."
And so H happened that Cyril Orms
by, com ing to claim tha fortune he c e ­
llared to he within bis grasp, met only
, Mr Wilkinson, with Millie's polite but
distinct refusal to resign herself or her
tortune to his keeping.
Bnt he never knew how it was that
Millie learned the true value of liis hol­
low words of charity aud philsuthropy.
Bull Run Battle Field.
W e got a good dinner at Mauusses.and
hiring a team aud driver we set out for
the battle field of Ball Iir.n, foiir miles
distance, over the same road that Beau­
regard traveled to meet McDowul, July
21, 18C1.
The trouble now is not what to say
but what not to say in a single letter.
Briefly, then, the sonth was massing for
battle at this point. You can to this day
see miles of earthworks.
Fort Beaure­
gard is still an im|x>sing piece o. fortifi­
cation, earthwork with beech trees, peor
trees, willows, and in fact, all kinds of
wild os well as tame woods climbing
over. It is too heavy to level down and
restore again to the dominion of the
plow. But nearly all the other lines and
earth forts have quietly surrendered to
the hasbanilman, and mounting there
to-day, the tall oorn stands in regiments
flashing its green, bent sabres in tbe
sun.
The first ba'-tle of Bull Iiun stands
first in the alphabet of great American
battles.
Greater battles have been
fought hereabouts; a greater battle,
indeed, on this same ground.
Bnt the
first has fastened itself on us. There is
a savage fascination about which wc who
lived on that day cannot escape. And yet
it was not yesterday.
I saw lounging
against a lamp-post here at Manassas not
an hour ago, a handsome young south
erner pulling at
his
mnstacho.
I
approached and asked him o f the bat
tie.
He had been born since it
was fought! Ho you see it was not fought
yesterday, this battle of Bull Itun, when
the cannon shook the earth even to the
shores of Oregon. And do yon know the
north played the air o f "D ix ie ” in this
first battle? It is so. The south had not
yet learned it, but played "T h e Girl I
Left Behind M e.” Let us look in upon
this buttle field as we look upon the face
of one whom we knew nearly a quarter
of a century ago. By a wide, well-kept
country road, through corn fields and
clumps of oak, chestnut, walnut, hick­
ory aud half a dozen other kinds of scrub
trees, some of them badly shot to pieces,
we were driven toward the muddy, slug­
gish, crooked and ugly littlo stream :.f
Bull Hun. In this drive of four miles
we mot one man od horseback; we passed
one man od a horse and a barefoot negro
boy on foot, driving a littlo flock of
sheep. Overhead I saw a single raven;
not a bird, not a squirrel, on either
hand; but the crickets and grasshoppers
in the corn fields and clumps of wood on
either side of us chirped and suDg inces­
santly.
At the end of four miles wo turned
through a gate to the right into a field;
oows wore scattered here and there around
the crescent of the hill; on the crest of
the hill stood a long frame furm house;
hack o f this house a little brown
stono monument to the dead soldiers
soldiers; in front of it, in the door yard,
a graveyard. Tho bonse which formerly
Blood here had been torn to splinters
during
the
battlo.
The
lady
buried in the grave in the door yard was
killed here. She was the mother of tho
kind old gentleman who now inherits
this place. This battle-field was his
mother’s farm. It is now his, and he
shows yon over it. Ho was teaching
school down at Alexandria at the time
his mother was killed here; a school
teacher for forty years. He aud liis sis-
ter live in this old gray house together;
no one but these two old deaf people for
many n mile about. The peach trees are
breaking down under loads of fruit in
the heart of the battle-field; a little way
down the slope of the hill below the
grave in the door-yard. L o o g strings of
fat turkeys tread on tangled grass through
tho orchard, dinning tho grasshoppers.
Below this orchard, half a mile away and
curved around in a muddy crescent, but
hidden by a young growth of trees,
creeps Bull Hun. On tho morning of
the battle in tbe broad cornfields, and
away out yonder, miles away over tho
foothills, the federal bayonets gleamed
by tons of thousands. They were march­
ing for Beauregard’s rear, or rather for
tho Midland line, by which ho had come
up from the south. He had como out
from Manassas, four miles away, to stop
this movemont, ns all tho world knows.
The north was not to be stopped. Hence
the battlo. But this is trenching on his­
tory, and wo must draw the line. You
can see where the south retreated to
where stood Jackson,“ like a stone wall.”
Back of this house, where the old
sohoolmastor lives with his oldest „¡ster,
about a hundred yard*, and almost at the
top of tho gently sloping hill, on the
outer edge of the tall, rank corn, and
agsinBt u young growth o f pines, is the
plat e whore Jackson got down to pray.
And hore it was he sat on his horse,
wounded, and held his men in stubborn
line that day, while the storm of battlo
b e u t Against them, and bo won his singu
Inr name. On tho front o f this sloping
hill the dead lay thiekest when the fight
was done. The corn is rank ami tall.
But I do not see us some pretend to
when looking over the field of Waterloo,
that tho blood of brave men has put any
particular mark of vitality npon it. The
truth is, if Borne one did not point ont to
you all this, yon would know nothing
whutever of the battle of Bull Hnu.
Nature covers up all such scars; timo
heals, tho wounds on the breast of our
common mother, ns well as on our own.
Wander about here for a week, ns I have
done, nnd, save for the one littlo brown
stone monument here, the old earth­
works at Manassus and son e scarred old
trees, yoa would not know there had
e 'e r been nny battle here. I have picked
up one bullet and one button from a
soldier's coat; that is all. Bnt on the
earthworks near Manassas, under apeach
tree, while picking up peaches, I found
an Indian arrow head. Think of it, aud
follow these two facts : What otlior bat­
tles, what other races had fought for tho
fielda of Virginia ages and ages before ?
Not many people came to visit this
battlefield. I have seen a thousand at
W aterloo for s single visitor here.
The great trench where the dead were
buried on thia sloping hill immediately
under where Stonewall Jackson sat on
his horae during the battle, is still a
trench. This is a sore that refuses to
heal. It has liocome a little drain or
rivulet. The bones o f the dead were
mostly taken away at the close of the
war, and this opened the treoch anew.
This portion of the battlefield is a pasture
now. A little line of trees has grown
•long tbe banks of this trench. Under
these rank young trees a good many
aleek spotted cattle stood, chewing their
cuds and lazily switching flies. You
never bear a sound of any kind around
here at all, no com ing and going, sa at
Waterloo and other groat battlefields of
Europe. The trees are turning a little
red iu the blnsh of early autnnin. There
is a hazy gray atmosphere over all hore,
which makes the stillness seem more
still; a weary ghost of the smoke of war.
In the corners of the old Virginia worm
fences tbs wild berry grows rank end
red, aa if dripping with blood. The
very earth is red, as if tbe bosom of mo-
Iher earth bleeds perpetually for her
brave deed who fell m tbe battle hare.—
Joeqnin Miller.
HOUSE
AND
FARM.
' I AM NOW PREPARED
a qti
pounds of Hour, two pounds o f butter,
Ibree tablespoonfuls of yeast, two pints
of milk; make them into a dough aud
let them rise. Bake them in tins.
To &av to my customers that I have one o f the
Mint Sauce for Roast L am b—Take a
bunch of spear mint, wash it entirely
fiee from dirt and sand, chop it very
fine, aud mix with it one gill of vinegar
and a quarter o f a pound o f sugar.
Cornstarch Cake— One cu p sugar, one
half cup buttdr. three eggs, one-third
cap milk, one half cup corn starch,
one teaspoonful cream tartar, one-half
teaspoonful soda; flavor with rose of va­
nilla.
Egg Soup —Boat up an egg in a tea­
cup, add salt, pepper and pour over it
boiling water to cook it a little; butter
may be added if desired, also toasted
bread or crackers. A variety o f harm -
That has been placed on the market o f Dallas.
less dishes to suit the capricious appo-
tite of an invalid is sometimes difficult
to obtain.
You will find all tho staplo goods constantly on hand, and at priced
Nice Sweet Pickles— For two pounds
of fruit take one pound o f sugar and leaving very small margins for profit.
half a pint of vinegar, add cloves and
You will find our stock of Boots and Shoos completo in quantity and
mace to your taste. Boil the liquor and
pour over boiling hot six times. They
quality,
and at prices defying competition. Better goods and lower
are good and make a nice variety f j r the
table.
prices than can bo had clsewhero, TIIE BOSS BOOT BEING A SPE­
A Good Home Cake —Take four eggs,
one cup of butter, two cups of sugar, CIALTY.
one quart of flour, half a ca p of sweet
It is a conceded fact that our Clothing and Furnishing Goods aro
milk, three teaspoonfuls of baking pow­
der. Beat the yolks of the eggs aud the
sugar together; then beat in the butter, cheaper than ever offered before in this market, and we only sell the
then the milk, then the whites o f ¿lie best. OREGON CITY CLOTHING A SPECIALTY.
eggs beaten until stiff; stir in fionr until
thick enough, and add flavor ami baking
Dress Goods, Velveteens, Silks and Satins, Laces and Ribbons, La­
powder. Bake one bonr or a little less.
Curry—Take cold chicken, tnrkey, or dies’ Fancy Collarettes and Fichus, Kid and Cashmere Gloves, and all
cold lamb, out in small pieces, and put
in a frying pan with about a pint or manner o f Fancy Goods will be found especially cheap bargains. Our
more of boiling water; let it stow a few goods are up in tho latost styles in this department, and wo shall on-
minutes then take the meat out, thicken
tbe gravy with a little flour, add a tea- j deavor to keep them so. AND DON’T FORGET THE EMBROID­
spoonful of curry powder, pepper aud
salt to taste, and let it boil up once; ERY.
have some rice boiled whole and dry;
You will bo astonished at the prices being so low, after pricing goeds
put it around the outside of the platter,
uuil in the center put the meat, and
elsewhere.
throw the gravy over the meat, not the
rice, and serve.
In an ad. it is not possible to name all tho goods in stock, but you
Clam Fritters—Prepare a hatter with
one cap of flour, tbe yolks o f two eggs will find nearly everything then is usually kept iu a general store.
beaten well, one tablespoonful of olive
oil, and water or milk enough to make a
Please give us an opportunity to show our goods and name prices to
very thin better; add to this the beaten
whites of tbe eggs. Drain tbe clams,
you
when you desiro to mako purchases.
using the water to mix the batter if
yon do not have milk. Chop tho hard
part of the clams, ko ping the soft part
whole; mix them in the batter and fry
in small spoonfuls in deep hot fat, or in
Successor to W. C. Brown.
small cakes in u spider. If the clams Red Brick, Main St., Dallas, Or.
are small they need not be chopped.
How to Make Cows Give jM ilk—A
writer says that his cow gives all the
milk that is wanted in a family of eight,
and from it, after taking all that is re­
quired for othor purposes, 260 pounds
of butter were made this year.
This is
in purt his treatmeut of the cow. If you
desire to get a large quantity o f rich
milk give your cows every day water
warmed and slightly salted, in which
tiruD has been stirred at tho rate of one
quart to two gallons o f water. You will
liua if you have not tried this daily prac­
tice, that your cow will givo twenty-five
OF
per cent, more milk immediately under
the effect of it, and she will become so
attached to the diet as to refuse to drink
clear water unless very thirsty. Bnt
thiH mess she will diink almsot any time
HDd ask for more. Tho amount of this
drink necessary is an ordinary water
Is still at his old stand, in
pail at a time, morning, noon and night.
Firm Butter W ithout Ice —In families
where tho dairy is small, a good plan to
have the batter cool aud firm without ice
With an un usually
is by the process of evaporation, as prac­
ticed iu India aud other w arm »ountrics.
A cheap plan is to get a very large-sized,
pom s, earthen flowor-pot, with a large
saucer. Half fill the sauoer with water,
set it in a trivet or light stand—such us
is used for holding hot irons will do;
upon this set your butter; over the whole
invert the flower pot, letting.the top or
rim of it rest in and be eovered by the
water; then close the hole in the bottom
of the flower-pot with a cork; then dash
water over tbe (lower pot, and repeat the
Consisting o f
process several-times a day, or whenever
it looks dry.
If set in a cool place or
where the wind can blow on it, it will
readily evaporate the water from the pot,
and the butter will bn us firm and cool
us if taken from an ice-house.
MOST COMPLETE FALL &
WINTER STOCKS
OF GOODS
M . M . ELLIS,
STILL AT THE HEAD ! !
J. D. LEE,
THE PIONEER
Low Prices £ Good Goods,
T H E W H IT E BRICK,
Large Stock of the Most
Attractive Goods and
Novelties,
T liad S te v e n »’ B a p tism .
Mrs. Lydia Smith, the quadroon wo­
man who for twenty-four years managed
Thaddens Stevens' household, said the
other day to a newspaper correspondent:
"O u t of those very windows Mr. Stevens
once looked across to yonder pump aud
said that he wonld rather go a hundred
miles to be administered to by one of
those pure, tender sisters whom ho had
seen in Washington, than to send across
the street there for all the clergymen in
the country. On the afternoon of the
day of his death, August 11th, 1808, I
said to him, ‘ W ould you have any objec
tion to being baptised?’ 'N o ,' was the re­
ply, and jnst after two colored men,
many of whom from all parts of the
country to pray for his recovery, hud
left, two hours before liis death, Sister
Lauretta O 'R ielly, of W ashington city,
baptised him. A n d,” continued Mrs.
Smith, who is a devout Catholic, and
claims to .have induced Stevens to this
step, " I believe that he is safe in heaven
to-uey.”
A largo flash o f lightning, distinctly
seen, often leaves upon tbe mind an im­
pression that it has lastod fully a second
or more, but it is proved that such is not
the fact. Its velocity is at the rate of
288,(MX) miles per second. The utmost
duration of a flash from begiuuiug to
end is estimated not to exceed the six-
tieth part o f a second, though retained
upon the retina so rnuoh longer. This
may bo proved during a storm on a per­
fectly dark night by setting a wheel to
work so rapidly that in a steady light its
spokes appear to blend and become in­
dividually invisible. It being dark ami
the wheel rapidly revolving as above,
when a flash of lightning occurs the
wheel will appear tq the eye motionleas,
overy spoke being distinctly and separ­
ately visible and still. This was first
observed by Wheatstone, and is recorded
by him in conjunction wtih ether sim i­
lar experiments, as conclusive proof that
the duration o f the flash is excessively
brief.
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Ottoman and Brocaded Silks and Ribbons, Ser­
vian Suitings, English Checked Worsted, Satin
Damasse, Armures, Moires ¿j Ottoman Cash­
meres, Fancy and Staple
------- D R Y GOODS,--------
A full line of Men’s and
Boys’ Clothing, Boots
and Shoes of all
grades,
HARDWARE, GROCERIES & CROCKERY.
I will continue my regular importations of
Foster’s Kid Gloves,
Sailer Lewin Co.’s Philadelphia Fine
Shoes, Giant Steam Boots,
and my own brand
Basket Fired Natural Leaf Tea.
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BED R O C K PRICES.
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99
J
Main Street,
The New York W orld prints a list of
seventy New York widows and fifteen un­ J. N. SM ITH.
married female legatees, whose ttuited
wealth is about $123,000,000.
The
wealthiest are Mrs. A .T . Htewart, $10,-
000,<X'0; Mrs. E. I). Morgan, $5,000,(MW;
Mrs. Marshall O. Roberta, $5,000,000;
Mia. Edwin Htevens, $7,000,000; Mrs.
Paran Htevens. $3,000,000; Mrs. Moses
Taylor, $0,000.000; Mrs. Cornelias Van
derbilt, $5,000,000; Mrs. Jam»'» Brown,
$3,000,000. The) richest unmarried lady
is Catherine W olfe, $2,000 000, who also
leads tbe whole list io noble and nnos­
tentations charities. *
JOHNSON, LUNN & CO.,
d e a l e r s
in
Dry Goods, Clothing. S ate, Caps, Boots
and Shoos,
A fa ll lin e o f F u rn ish in g G oods nnd S ta ple G r o ceries
w h ich tee a r c p rep a red lo sell A T T U F I F U 1 L O WEST
It A TES.
A ll Kinds cf Farm Produce taken in Exchange for Goods.
JOHNSON, LUNN & CO.,
Com m ercial Street, Salem,
Closing Out Sale!
$ 15,000
STO C K
OF
GO O DS !
To be Slaughtered in the next Ninety
Days, as we desire to Retire
from Business.
Those wishing to purchase will do well to call
upon us before making their selections.
To our line of LADIES’ DRESS GOODS, BOOTS,
SHOES, and GENTLEMEN’S CLOTHING we call
your special attention.
N. B.-Those indebted to us MUST SETTLE
before the 15th of November,
BETTMAN & ROSENBLATT,
M a i n S t., D a ll a s , O r e g o n .
DALLAS PHARMACY.
B. M. SMITH,
Successor to J. L. H Y lf E .
Cor. Main & Mill Sts., -
Dallas, Oregon.
Huving purchased the wcll-kuown cornor Drug Store, I havo replaced
tho old stock with a now and
COMPLETE ASSORTMENT
----- O F ------
Drugs, Chemicals, Patent Medicines,
TOILET ARTICLES, Etc., Etc.
Also, a full Assortment of
PAINTS,
OILS, B R U S H E S ,
And everything pertaining to a FIRST-CLASS DRUG STORE.
I h a v e a ls o scou red th e se rv ic e s o f a c o m p e te n t
a n d e x p e rie n c e d P H A R M A C IS T fro m th e E a st,
w h o w ill b e fo u n d at th e S to re at a ll
h o u rs, B A Y O R N I G H T .
W e m a k e a S p ec ia lty o f lin in g P re sc r ip tio n s a n d
F a m ily R e c ip e s w ith th e b e st o f D ru g s,
a n d at r e a s o n a b le ra tes.
G IV E
H. W . LYON S.
LYONS
IT S
&
.A. C A L L !
C. P. SULLIVAN.
SULLIVAN,'
REAL ESTATE AGENTS,
DALLAS, POLK COUNTY, OR.
We have for sale on easy terms, farms of all
sizes from forty acres upward. Also,
GOVERNMENT AND RAILROAD LAND,
TIMBER LANDS, STOCK RANCHES,
TOWN PROPERTY, SA W MILLS,
ETC., ETC., ETC.
Parties nislmi" to Bny or Sell should call ami seo us.
DALLAS, OREGON.
GEO. K. GOO D
S M IT H & GOOD,
: ^ ~ A L L INQUIRIES CONCERNING LAND PROMPTLY ANSWERED.
L Y O N 'S & S U L L I V A N ,
Office on Main Street, two doors North of Post Office.
(S u c c e s s o rs to K. S . Ilu b b c ll,)
Druggists*- Apothecaries,
Moore's Block, Commercial St., Salem, Or.
Mrs. Anna M. Oreene, of Newport, R
i I., widow of the late Nathaniel Greene, |
celebrated her 100th b irth d a j, Nov. 9th |
Her husband's father, General Nathaniel !
Greene, was a friend o f George Wash ,
ington.
Her son. Professor G. W . I
Greens, Longfellow 's life long friend,
died lsst April, while at work npon a life j
A cat on a canal boat at Fair Haven, of tbe poet, in fulfillm ent o f an agree-)
Conn., notioed The other night that tbs ment that the one who died last should
gallant ersft had sprnng a leak, and, write a life o f the other.
renning to the oabm, awoke tbe captain
and his family, so that they got ont and
Miss W inslow, the new American
Prescription»
went ashore, minus even their elotbing, beantf in London, is from Clsveland as
druggists.
just as the gallant craft weut down.
well as her rival, Miss Chamberlain.
A lw a y s on h an d , a fu ll lin e o f
JA SP E R R. M IL L E R ,
< » r c c h s s o h m H i n a s .* h i l l h r ,
DRUCGI8T & APOTHECARY,
n i . A I . l K IX
P u re a n d F re s h D in g s ,
D R U G S , C H E M IC A L S , P E R F U M E R Y ,
TO ILET A R T IC L E S ,
Stationery, Toilet A rticles, Etc., Eto.
Perfhmery, and everything usually found in a first-
class Retail Drug Store.
Careful Iff Cota ¡founded /»»/ exfterienred
A L W A Y S ON H A N D A F IN E L IN E O F
MEERSCHAUM PIPES. CIGARS. TOBACCO, ETC.
M ill S treet, D alian, O r e g o n .
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