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lJTTI.Ii8l'IiHT.
t .iblnll' or eottaire home,
WlSrtvU guileless childhood roams,
As busy tread ot little Icti.
Tl,o si-Ming breeze, the ocean's roar,
n c MulinS "11. the organ s iwcr,
1 Y stir -tie soul, but none so deep
tiny tread of little feet.
When forth we go at early morn,
To meet t he world and I .rave its scorn,
Vlo'vn rue gardeii walk so neat,
We .-see the print ot little feet.
.,.,- uli,.iilmmcv;ir(hve repair.
Willi achin- limbs and brow of care,
'Hie vnitV rin-' out clear anl sweet
Then comes the rush of little feet
The knives are lol, the dishes stray,
The toH are spirited away,
Vd vh.M we go the lost to eek,
We take the trail ot little leet,
Vat when the an-el Death hath come
Vnde He 1 tl.eth.w'ietsti oni our home,
O , ,rVsi vr- silence rt-ijr ns n 1 .U'CJ 5
We miss the sound of little leet.
Then tool . are safe, no dishes stray.
N.mI.m.is -o .damming all the nay;
r.ut O 'twould give " pleasure sweet
To hear a sum tho.se noisy leet.
Sort n'-'hc hath come; all are a sleep;
Yes all b it me. I vigil keep.
Hush' hush', mv heart and cease to boat
Was that the step of my little feet?
Yes mother, 'tis the softened tread
Of him vo l niissand mourn as dead,
ud oiler in your sweetest sleep,
You"U dream oi hearing little, lert.
Vhd when this pilriina-je is o er,
n.l von approach the sliming shore,
The lir-t lo run vmir soul to gr et,
Will U y: ur darling's little lei i.
Tlit Siiare ot The Fowler.
rfcU"t'-o"S
r.i-rs njt' a
J'lilit:NLUV.
teui-JP in
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Kro..i "' I". lover Ilevi-le.
When Professor Fowler was in
tliis eitv, a short tune since, a young , order to sect
geutlenia-.i of imr acquaintance at
Tended hi public: lectures and be
came mil h impressed with wiiat lie
had hearl, especially on the sub
ject of liHt'imony. He hoard the
Professor sav that it was meet Unit a
dark-haired person should ni:Me in
matrimony with a light Jndred-one.
js'ow this young fellow's hair is of
the hue . f the raven's wing; and
it li:inoeiK'!that at tlie time, ho was
Sound and Sensible Views.
Senator Thurman, of Ohio, was
interviewed not long since and in re
ply to a question, as to what he
thought of the Allen county move
ment, that gentleman said: ' He did
not question the motives of those en
gaged in what is called the Allen
county movement, hut thought it a
mistake. If the Democratic- party
should ever conclude to disband its
organization, its purpose to do so
will not be left in doubt. No such
dissolution unless the great mass of
the party was thoroughly convinced
that it ought to take place. Were
they so convinced, the organization
would be abandoned at once, not in
this or that spot, but all over the
country. Ihit we see nothing of the
kind. In every State the parry
maintains its organization, and the
talk about abandoning it is not the
talk.jf the masses, but of politicians,
and the masses will never be brought
to abandon, by being told thpt their
party is odious, that there is an odor
of treason about it, and the like of
fensive expressions that are frequent
ly heard or seen in the papers. They
regard such talk as an insult, and
the onlv ellect is to make them ad
here to the party with more tenacity.
Too much stress was laid upon the
fjet that the party had been con
stancy defeated for the hist twelve
years. Its opponents, under one
name or another Federalists, Na
tional Republicans, or Whigs had
been defeated for more than three
times twelve years; yet they ulti
mately triumphed iu 1S-K), and agun
in and again, iu l-SUO. If they
could persevere, although defeated
so often and for such long periods,
the Denocrs'tic party could perse
vere. Some "fople supposed that
sd! that was iieces.-.iM-v to be done in
p snc.ct s-j was to drop
the name of Pemoc at; but nothing
'onld bo mo-e . i-foneous. What
good has result. ) to the Federal
paily by droppiii;.-' its name and tak
ing that of National Republicans,
afterward abandoning that for Whig?
A mere change of name eil'e-ts noth
ing, and au attempt by politicians to
form a new party with no higher ob
ject than success, never did and
i i rm x i .
never will succeed. iiw j Jomociats
I'urtner Description of the late Dis
covered Pass.
undi:r SUSPICION.
shining a young lady whose hair j nnj Liberal Republicans might well
is well, ome people call it auburn; e.iough act together, and it will not ;
at vonng man. ami not
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commit nimseii iui-ij,
others red; it s a mere matter oi i;'Me
ativhow. so, to be gallant, we win
call it aiiluurn. He had been paying
hs addresses to the aforesaid young
time: but. being a
very p:ud
wishing to
he relr.-i.ied from making known the
true tato of his feelings to the
object of his aiVcciions before he had
obtained a thorough insight into her
n.du.e and character. The arrival
of so distinguished a phrenologist as
.ob's-.or Fow'er alloiMcii mm toe
ired opportunity to gain mis iu-
sight. ('ailing upon toe JLVotessor
hi? stated his iv.se; that he admired
the vomwi l.'dv: that she v.;is his
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e.uiid in soiial uosition, et
be tlie fault of the einocracy if they
did not. It was mere suing to talk
about Ronrbou IVmocraev. To ap
ply s!icli au epithet to a party that
could sacrifice its pride ana preju-
r
lie
e. pud in social position, etc.; but ne
wanted toJLnow if she suited to him
coiP;eni.d7l The Professor inform
ed hi, a tVt if the young lady in
question and himself would suoinn
to a pher.iologicid examination, he
would sett.; that question in the
winki ig "f ;l cat s tail. Accordingly
at tiie request 'f our young iriend,
Cthe lady , isited the rooms of the
Professor i.nd had her bumps av
sayed, tho. gh unawan of the gen
tleman's object in making the re
.pies't. but i.s he aid all expenses
she tiidn't care. The young l. ly's
he;iil was iluly examined, and sub
sequently tlirt young man's, after
winch the Professor gave it as his
opinion that they were admirably
suited to e;u-h other. The young
man was hi-'hlv elated with the re
sult, and m ide up his mind to pop J s0nes for ambitious politicians.
th question at the earliest oppor-!
taaity. That opportunity occurred
hist evening, lining left abiiw in a
ihoiu witn tlie object ot ins aaora
tion, he at once made known his
heart's desiue, and asked her to be
his wife. It is not known how she
might have answered had lie stopped
there but lie didn't. He went on
to tell her how Professor Fow er had
said they were suited to each other,
and how a black-haired man was
-Matrimonially suited to a red-headed
girl. lie didn't get any further than
this. She just reached down for the
parlor poker and let out at him,
saying: " Yon hvnte! you'll go and
get them bumpologists to fool
111 'Kill 'IVl. I-.I'II V . t . . . -
ought to mnvrv me because I'm red !
headed? I'm red headed, am I. you
wretch? Git!" Our young friend
got. He says if Professor Fowler
was to exaiiine him now he would
find that he had developed a number
of new and "prominent bumps since
the last exa nination.
dice, as the Democratic pp.rty did
last yerf was simply injustice ami
abuse.
He (Mr. Thurman) had boon rep
resented as opposing the dissolution
of the Democratic party from sel-
i fishness a-nl ambition. He domed
; that he was actuated by any such
i motives. There is no man in public
I ihe who will leave it with less regret
; than be will when the people -.ee lit
to retire him.
In answer to a question what he
thought oi the farmer s movement no
said that his information was vry
limited, but he supposed the gcan
r,.s itr't inated in the same wav that
' blinr unions rrose. Jr m thed-. i e
! of tho fa-.-mers to protect and advance
their own psirLieulr.v industry. Ho
i thought that the farmo,".. as a ela -s,
were oppvassed, uu as much as two
vea'-s ago, in a s ech in the Senate
. he had so sai., ami given at consid-
erable leii'-tb his reasons for so be -:
lieving. As to the details of the or
nidation of the granges he had no
j iforma.tion. He observed that at
: ienqds were being made to turn
them to political account and p-"-'
mote the aspirations of poliliciaus oc
. woi'hl-be-politiciaus, but if wisdom
: m-erailed in their councils' they
would not be made mere steppmg-
From the Salem Statesman.
Before entering upon a further
description of this pass, I will here
say a few more words as to the fall
of the stream, as that will constitute
the down grade from the western
rim of the Deschutes vallev to Sa
lem. Of course it is an estimate I
give, merely from sight. (We could
not obtain a barometer in Salem).
The fall of the ground from James
X. Smith's ferry just below the
month of the Little North Fork,
twenty-six miles from Salem, I judge I
to be about twentv feet to the mile, i
This point is two and a half miles j
within the timber belt, nud the
construction of either a railroad or
canal or both would be an easy mat
ter. The rate of fall from this
point, twenty-five miles further east
ward, I should place at forty feet
per mile; and J. om thence eastward
from forty to seventy feet per mile.
There are only two places we saw at
which the stream made an abrupt
fall. About eight miles above Hen
ess', or forty -eight miles east of Sa
lem, the river rushes and falls at two
leaps about ten feet, and then at its
present stuge becomes confined with
in a chasm of rock not more than
seven feet across at one place. A
few yards below this narrow place,
a tower shaped rock forty to hfty
feet high stands like a sentinel, the
pass I call the spot the falls of Mar
ion Linu as the counties come here
so close together that a man may
easily step from one to the other,
and as the fall drops at two leaps,
the name (though fanciful perhaps)
is still appropriate, as the word
" Linn " is the Scotch term for wa
ter falls. This place and the stretch
of the river of which it is a part,
constitutes a piece of scenery which
will insure the visits of lovers of tlie
beautiful. About twenty miles east
of this, the river falls at another
place about eight feet. The general
character of the stream is a brawling,
tumbling current running to waste
in one of the finest timbered valleys
of th Pacific Coast. The thickness
and the sameness of the timber shuts
out the view to the traveler up the
valley, so that, though passing
amidst the grandest of mountain
scenerv, he sees but little, of it,' and
Ihe sameness of the river ami timber-clothed
mountain side, soon be
comes comparatively uninteresting.
The varieties of timber are, from the
belt, sixteen miles east nearly, red
and yellow tir, with some good ash,
maple and able:; from that eastward,
hemlock and eci.ar become mixed
with the 15 r growth, and, by the
tiuio we reach the middle of States'
valley, thirty mile.s higher up, cedar
seemed to me ml y one-third of the
In places, there is good
will
you see to
" Uncle Joseph,
the lugage ?" J
"Certainly, madam," I replied. I
always called my brother's second
wife "madam." We never quarrel- (
ed, but each thought the other the I
most disagreeable person in the uni
verse, and as each knew what the
other thought, it may be imagined
that our intercourse was not of a very
cheerful kind.
I did see to the luggage, and took
their tickets for the York express by
the Great Northern Railway. !
Fortunately wo had a compartment
to ourselves--that is, Mrs. Webster,
my neice Clara, and myself.
"Clara, my dear, you look as ill as
you can look; no one would think
that to-morrow was your wedding
day."
"Do I look ill, mamma?" said
Clara dreamily.
" Yes, my dear, and wretched, too,
Iwonderyou'venot more sense atyour
age, a girl of twenty-five, and break
ing her heart for love of a man who
for four years has not taken the
slightest notice of you."
"Why, it is one of the conditions,
Mrs. Webster, that he should not
write," I exclaimed.
Clara said nothing but looked her
thanks at her old uin.'le.
" However,Uncle Joseph, he ought
to have come back and taken his dis
missal quietly. I have no patieuce
with these poor men blighting a girl's
chance of getting well settled in life
in this way. However, thank good
ness, it's all over now; the four years
have trone this three months, and to
morrow she will be the happy wife of ' jt,ffc hand, w ith 1 he words 'From Her-
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a man wnose age win commanu ner : bert on the ins re.
The man who seemed to be look
ing out for somebody, now asked,
"All right, sir?"
"All right," said the station-master,
coming to the door and opening
it. "This way Miss."
"What does this mean?"
"Step into my otlice; I dare say
it's all right. Better not say too
much here you know."
We followed him through the lit
tle crowd of passengers and porters,
accompanied by a policeman in uni
form. As we passed, we heard fragmentary
observations of the most pleasing
kind.
"Which is it" said some one.
"It's the girl, I .think.".
"No; it's the old woman. She
looks as if she would do any one mis
chief, if it suited her."
"old man looks too soft for any
thing." i We went into the office, and I iti
dignrutly turned to the station-mus
ter.
"What is the roea ning of this, sir?"
"Oh, ii's simple sir; a telegram
lias arrived from the police in Lon
don wii h ome s to t;top this young
lady; here it is."
, I'took it and rer.d:
-'The young lady looking very ill,
: dressed in black si'lk mantle, white
straw boi.net with white ilowecs, is
io b - dctainct: at !he staMou 1 11 1 tlio
' arrival oi the atle' iioon mail. She is
seated in the middle compartment of
the third first-class carriage from the
end of tlie train. Her present name
is Clara Webster. To avoid the pos-
1 sibililv of a mistake, she has a dia
mond ring on the third linger of the
solicitor, Mr. Blake, the bearer, are
at her disposal."
"Well, Mr. Blake," said I, "you
see we shall not require your services.
I shall await the event, aud if not
cleared, shall employ mv own solicit
or in the matter. AYill present my
kind regards to Mr. Francis Tred gar,
and express my own and my neice's
admiration of his gentlemany courte
sy and kindness. I would write to
him if I did not consider that a cor
respondence with such a miserable,
cowardly scoundrel was too utterly
degrading to be thought of."
" I shall faithfully convey your
message, sir, and allow me to assure
you I was quite ignorant of the con
tents of the letter, and that it shall
be the last time I will ever bear one
from him; and now, as you
will not let me help you as his solic
itor, allow me to pvofler my services
as a friend."
"With all my heart, Mr. Blake;
come in here a few moments before
the train arrives, and we shall be
glad of vonr help."
"Was I not right, dear Uncle?"
caid Clara, as soon as we were alone.
"Oh ! you can't tell how happy lam;
I can live now. Oh, this glorious
mistake! it is the most fortunate
thing that has happened to me in all
my life. Now you are glad, Uncle,
nien't yon?" and she came up tome.
"Yes, darling, I am glad more
glad than I can find words to tell.
Your fate linked to sucli a man as
this scoundrel would have been
living death. I am heartily glad,
Clara."
OWl ').
ed maple, and about two miles
Miner's poi.it, at tiie entrance
valley, there is some cotton
; or oabn.) At t he upper end
O
V 1V.KI-: Siiavk.-Dm imr the late war
a barber, wiio kept a lillle loiis..i ial de
pot in Washington, exhibited Ihe h.i
low -hvx benevolent sign over his door;
'i:noKi:x-noWN- saii.ous suavku t u.i r-
1S."
A poor seaman, with a beard of two
weeks' lirowlii, and without a shot in
his locker, espying this philanthropic
invitation, entered the shoo, and after
explaining his destitute circumstances
to the roprietor, elanneil tlie luini
ment o the promise. I It consented,
and having wcM lathered his unpro
ductive customer, commenced opera
tions with a razor si -leered for that pur
pose, the edge, of which . was in no
daiv-er of turning, as it w'a- veiy dull,
and lad !revioosl v leeii used in cut
ting kindlings. At very rasp the tears
were ready to start to poor Jack's eves
and the blood rushed to his face. Dur-
hi'-i the operation a dog commenced to
howl most pilionslv in I h street. 'What
tlie d nee is the matter whh thai dog?,
exclaim the barber, momentarily sus
jH'inling his work, '"Oh," said" Jack,
with a leeble attempt to smile, "I sup
pose soiim ilinty-heartcd liarber i.s shav
ing him for nothing." A tliiVcrent razor
was selected to finish that job.
aide- :
abo re
to ihe
WO. Jo
of the alley is some siigar pi.ie ir
Uk bo.iom ami a larger proportion
of that timber on the ridge
up which we went towards Mt. Jef
ferson. The undergrowth is vino
maple and hazel in largest propor
tion in the west end of the valley, in
cluding the district from the timber
belt. From Brightenbnsher's fork,
eastward, it consists of vine maple,
hazel, chinchapin, chesnut, upland
willow, young growth of hemlock,
and occasionally very ugly patches
or laurels. The land upon which
the timber and underbrush nourish
es is for tlie most part very stony.
Then! is occasionally a stretch of
cedar bottom which looks as though
it had deposit enough of soil for
cultivation, when the timber shall
have been removed, but so far as I
could see, there is scarcely enough
to supply the wants of a logging or
lumbering population. Of course,
as the timber and undergrowth is re
moved, grass seeds will take root
and flourish winter and summer, but
at present the grasses which find a
footing in the open timbered bottom
are limp, watery . and maintain but
a feeble existence against the. thick
mat of rich mouses which lay there
as beautiful to the eye and as solt to
the foot as the finest Brussels carpet
of a lady's drawing room. The stock
raiser will see from this that there
is no inviting field to cause him to
seek a perina ient location in this
allev. It otters him now as so.ui as
a trail shall be cut out, a cheap,
easv, secure and short route to pass
with breeding stock to Eastern O re-
con and the same means of returning
respect, and whoso position will se-
cure for her every comfort."
"And, mamma, when nothing on
earth bat mv solemn promise to my r
poor dead father would make me call
husband."
"Well, my dear, it's fortunate for
your future' interests that you made
that promise. I'm sure Mr. Tred gar !
is a man after my own heart. If I
hadn't other views for my children's ;
sake, I'd have set my cap for him ;
myself." !
" Im sure, madam. Mr. Tredgar ;
would feel only too much honored if i
he knew your sentiments; the candid j
avowal ot them is, 1 think, highly
calculated to add to Clara's happi
ness under existing circumstances."
"Well you know, Uncle Joseph, I
am candid to a fault."
"jJeeidedly, madam; most decid
edly," I replied; a remark which
caused Mrs. Webster to read a yel
low covered novel fore some time in
silence, though shortly afterwards
j fp) dropped asleep.
Clara stole to my side of the car
riage and leaned her head on my
shoulder.
"Oh, Uncle, I wish I were dead; '
cn it be so very wrong to die? 1 ',
dread to-morrow. Oh! why will not:
tloii pity mo and lake my life away?"
"Mv dear Clara, don't there's a ,
ood c'lild; iC's wicked to talk iutliis
wav; life must be borne. I have felt ,
as you feel ami yet I live; only a
vague, shadowy" regret for what j
mi'dit have been .stands like a cloud ;
between me and the happiness that
might be mine. Yours are keen suf
ferings, but bear with them patiently
and use will dull the pain."
"But Uncle why did ho not let me
hear from him as mother says?''
"Because he was a man of honor.
The four years were up only in
April, and this is but July; who
knows where he is? Wherever he is,
he is faithful and true, I know."
" h, Unclcle! Cod bless you for
those words! I know, too, but what
m I do? I cannot delay longer;
f t i , i . . . .....
inv poor liuuers uynig worn, m.
solemn promise to marry this man,
my step-mother's persecutions what
can I do. Three months have I
fon -lit. aud now I wish I could lie
down and die. Oh, Uncle, is there
no escape? I have a dread that he
will come back after I am married,
per
her
It certainly was a correct descrip
tion, pnd the names there might be
two Ci.i a Webstet-s. though.
"Lei me ci oe r ei't hand dear."
She pr'Vi of he.- glove and there
w ,s the ring.
"Lei me see that 1 lag with the dia
moou on it."
'Uec'e. v.h. t does this mean? Is
aaytiiing v, roog at home?"'
"I'll tell yon presently, dear; give
me the ring."
She took it oft" and gave it to me,'
and I read "From Herbert'' on the
iu -ide.
"Why that is ihe ring Mr. Lang
lev ';; VP Villi"
"-What has he to do with this?"'
sa'dMrs. Webster. -Perhaps he "
"He what, madam?"'
"Perhaps it did not belong to him,
I was going to say."
I saw it was no use to struggle;
when the ottieer came down he would
"This way, sir. The young
son is in the house; she gave
word not to attempt to leave; t he old
fientleman is with her.
This we he. ml thi ough the door as
i.he statioj-mas'er came along the
passage, uur menu, .vi r. j.mhe, mw.i
arrived some time before.
The stition-masJer entered, and
behind him a tall, broad-shouldered
niau.wdh bushy be.i- d and mustache
concealing all the lower pat i of the
f.u-e.
"Will you have a light, sir," said
the station-masiec to the officer.
j "Thank you, no."
C'ara started at the sound of that
i voice and laid her hand on me.
"Now, my good man,: began Ma.
Blake, "perhaps you will explain the
matter; you telegraphed down from
London to stop this lady, and here
she is. Now, if you please, explain.'
"This gentleman," said I to the
fiicer, " is my neice's legal adviser.
I assume it as a mistake-, still v. e shaU
be "lad of voui- explanation. Y'ou
" 'Oh, certainly j sir. Did yon
catch that man the other day. I
heard of it from one of our clerks."
Oh, yes; caught him safe and
sound; he's in Newgate now." "
4 Indeed, sir,' " said the lad.3
You'll send that at once; the
train's due in less than an hour. I
will see von do it."
He did send it; and as I heard
the click, click, click, it wa like the
throb of a new heart circulating the
fiery blood in my arteries, for I knew-.
it would enable me to see you. Clara
dear, and then I came down, as vou
see, by the train, an4 feel disposed
now to embrace ail the teleirraijh
clerks in the kingdom."
'Well, 3'oung man it's a dangerous
game; 1 suppose you are aware its
an offense not lightly punished to
pretend you are an officer of the po
lice i said Mr. JJlake. '
'My dear Mr. Blake.f it were
death on the instant of discovery ,and
I was in the same strait, I should do
the same thing over again. . o
"Y'ou must find a prosecutor. Mr.
Blake," said Clara, "and as I, the
principal person concerned, am not
goiug to prosecute the oliicer, X
think he will escape."
'And why," said I, "did you not
telegraph to Clara direct?"
" Because I feared that 3Irs. V eb
ster might possibly lire vent our nieet
iu." Mr. Blake left us with his eyes
twinkling, and muttered something
to me about "servitude for life.". :
A month after this I had the pleas
ure of giving away my neice to Her
bert, and two months later I had the
pleasure of reading in the Timet the
announcement of the marriage of
Mrs. Webster to Francis Tredgar,
Esq., of Tredgar Hall, to which cer
emony, need I scarely say, I was not
invited.
Clara, Herbert and I live together,
and to this day he is spoken of among
his inmates as Herbert Langley,
that active and
o
coh'iii the mistake.
d.
Where can we wait ! 1 psseii
Wait Uncle Joseph; w hat for? '
"Madam, this telegram orders the
r --est of your daughter and her de
teniioa until lhean.-Malof.au officer
iYom Londou."
Bui what for?"'
f carinot tell yon; it is useless to
coal ) ;M "now; we me-t
ore a detective I presume
0"'
'No. sir, I am not; mv name is-
0 11"
- l:.d
Ii.:'l at- o''-i
and -Mr. J
mo g
o
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of the kind,
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Omoix of the Name. The town
of Fairidar, Colorado, so named
from tho f-iir manner in which its
eople play, poker, was enlivened not
ong since by a game whose satisfac
tory result will commend it favora
bly to all who In-come entangled in
like dispute. Before the "draw"
Mr. Graves held a " king full " and
Mr. Walker rejoiced in three aces,
but after that interesting ceremony
Walker exhibited four aces and
claimed tLo stakes, whereupon
Graves drew a six shooter aim reck
oned his hand .was the best. W alker
immediately supplemented his four
aces with a'b'jwie-knife, and the dis
pute was settled to the perfect satis
faction of th3 outsiders. There was
enough in the "pot" to purchase
two handsome coffins, and the next
day both gentlemen took rip perma
nent residences, side by side, in the
beautiful ce aetery that reflects so
much credit upon Fairplay.
If time is money, a man ought to
bo w orth something pretty handsome
after serving ten years in State
Prison.
It is tlie Bow liner Green Democrat
which tells this: " During an address
by Mr. , in Allen count v. a few-
days ago, a gentleman in the audience
arose partly to his feet, and with pa
thetic tenderness remarked. "Ouch!"
He had been sitting on a wasp and
the wasp had just noticed it."
A Detroit man disguised as a Mo
doc went seeking whom he could
devour. He w as taken in hand bv a
dozen patriotic newsboys, w ho near
ly drowned him. and were liannv in
the thought they had avenged "the
death of General Cauby.
A Fort Wayne, Indiana, man who
had been married over twenty years,
never fully realized the happiness oi
the wedded state until one day last
week, "when his wife fell down and
bit her tongue so badly that she
could no talk.
The principal of a young ladies'
seminary, up town, where especial
attention is paid to deportment, was
horrified the other day to find the
big girls playing " leap-frog " in the
backyard.
w ith his fat stock. I here is in that
valley alone enough of good m .te-
ial to make into barrels, and enough
of hemlock bark lor tanning pur
poses to barrel all the Meet ami tan
all the hides that Eastern Oregon
can produce for a generation to come.
I will close this already long com
munication by a short reference to
its security for travel. It lays so
near an east and west course as to
shelter it from our prevailing south
west and northwest winds, especially
the latter. The high mountains on
either side protects it as a high
wall around a garden. The sun
strikes the mountain sides at the foot
of which' the road will run and hence
o-ives both reflected heat and shelter.
It is to these facts that I ascribe the
cause of wild flowers blossoming
there this far in Novemuer, aau tlie
tender wood sorrel, young fern and
wild pea are green yet, as though
frost never came in Autum there. I
i-.i l.lossoms of the mouotain
l:ni rpl bWlintr heart, wild lettuce
and a 'variety of princes feather
we came in on the return trip.
and then no! it would be worse
than his death to see him! the temp
tation! oh, why cannot I die?
"Poor child! my poor child !"
was all I could utter.
Bound by a vow made at her fath
er's death-bed, she was going, the
next day, to marry a man who was
old enough to bo her father, and who
but for tiie fact of his persisting in
his claim, in spite of her openly ex
pressed dislike of him. was esteemed
a very good man.
Trite Clara was beautiful and ac
complished beyond the average of
women of her class, and it would be
a struggle to any man to give up
such a prize backed as he was by the
assurance of the tep-motner tnat it
was a mere girlish fancy, and that
love coming after marriage was more
to bo trusted and more lasting than
if it c.iine before.
I confess I was a poor counselor
under such circumstances; still I
love her yen truly she was almost
as my own 'daughter, for I was a
childless widower, and I would have
'dven mv life to save her. But it
"I
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down."
"Prav, do not, madam: there is no
occasion to make mo.-e noise than
can be' heloeil. '
"I shall remain with Chra; you
had bet'e.- go on and say we are com
ing verv shortly."
"Your instructions do not include
this hi.lv and myself ?"' I enquired.
"Not' at nil. sir: bnt the young
ladv will have to star."
"Where?"
"Well, sir, I'm s'.ve there's some
mistake, aud was so from the moment
I saw the young lady, so if you'll
iive me vonr word hot to go away,
I'll take you into my house out ot
the bustle of the station."
Mrs. Webster went off, and Clara
end I went to the house.
"What cau it be, Uncle?"
"Can't say, my dear; it will be
something to laugh at by-and-by,
thoii'di it's not idcasant now."
"But about the ring? Do you
think it is possible what mamma
said ?
"Possible, my dear; it's ridiculous.
The vihg is a hundred years old,
and I dl'-e. say it belonged to his
mother Tip fore he gave it to you."
."I can not think what it can be."
"Don't think of it. Jfs a mistake,
that's nil. It will be cleared un in a
few honr.s. We-'ll have some dinner
and ;ass the time as well as we can."
"Do you know, LTm.-'e. I feel al
most glad of this; it seems like, a
break in the dullness; it puts off
mv wedding at least a week. Mam
ma herself coeld not press it for to
morrow after this.
We had dined and got to be quite
cheerful over the blunder as we sat
at the window, when a rap at the
door startled us both.
A gentleman entered.
"Miss Webster." ;
Clara bowed.
"Miss Clara Webster" he said,
reading the name from a letter.
Clara bowed again.
He handed her the letter, which
.! onened. read, and dropped on
intelligent officer.
was impossible, and to-morrow would J floor exclaiming: "Thank God!
as
A Missouri girl, on her wedding
day, sold her piano and bought a
sewing machine and material enough
for a suit for husband and herself,
and at once set to work making them
up. Her husband blowed it. In
two weeks her four sisters were all
married,
seal her fate
It was not a pleasant journey, that:
Mrs. Webster read and slept at in
tervals the whole time, and w hen she
slept Clara nestled close to me.
We arrived at York about six
o'clock, and just as the train was
slackening speed into the station a
guard jumped upon the platform,
either locked or unlocked the door,
and remained there until the train
stopped.
"Have you all your parcels, mad
am?" V,
"All, thank you, Uncle Joseph,
except my umbrella oh., that's un
der the seat," said Mrs. Webster.
"Now, guard unlock, the door."
"Are you with that young lady,
sir?" pointing to my niece.
"Yes certainly; unlock the door."
"Better not make a fuss, sir."
"Fuss! What do you mean?"
-!" and then
Oh. Uncle, 1 amsonappv
chair fainting.
I picked up the letter, and calling
the people of the house, very soon
brought her to. and we were once
morefalone with the bearer of the
note, which ran as follows:
TiiETxiAK Hall.
"Mr. Francis Tredgar presents his
compliments to Miss Webster, and
begs to state that he must decline
the fulfillment of his promise to
make her his wife. The unhappy
circumstances of Miss Webster's
public arrest, on the charge of being
in possession of a diamond ring
stolen by her former lover, will at
once account for his decision. Mr.
Tred gar's wife must be above sus
picion. ' .
" Mr. Tredgar also begs to inform
Miss Webster that the services of his
"Herbert! Herbert! my dear Her
bert, is it you ?"
Clara had gone to him, and he was
clasping her in his strong arms,
while her face was hidden in his
great beard. .
"My own, my darling, mv own
true darling she loves me still."
"But why describe their meeting ?"'
Mr. Blake 'said '-to me at once :
" My dear sir, I am not wauted
here, and I doubt if you are."
In half an hour we thought it pos
sible we might be less in the way,and
we went in. They sat on a sofa at a
great distance from each other, look
ing as happv and as foolish as possi
ble. "And now, dear Herbert, please
explain to us what has taken you at
least half an hour to make clear to
my neice."
"Well, my dear uncle I may call
you uncle ?"
"Oh. yes. A month sooner is not
of much consequence."
" Don't, uncle." said Clara.
".Y'ou know how I weot away, with
just enough to pay for my tools and
on Hit and passage. 1 went to Ca
forma to t he diggings, and was lucky,
and rot a good claim, worked it
made a little money, took shares in a
machine, worked the claim, improved
the machinery, became manager, di
-rector. L:ot rich, started six months
ago to come home to Clara, took the
fever at Panama, was down for two
months there, not able to move han
or foot, and arrived only last night
in Liverpool. There I met an ol
friend and heard all the news about
Webster's death, the promise, the
rest, and above all that to-morrow
was the day. I started by the first
train to London, thinking that the
marriage would take place there, and
that I should be in time. Looking
out of the w indow- of the carriage as
the trains were passing each other at
Petersborongh, I saw Clara and her
mother. I did not see you; I was
mad; they both started; I could not
get out. There was Clara going from
ine, and I going from her, as fast as
express trains could take us. WThat
could I do? I knew nothing of
where she was going, and yet my in
formation was positive that she was
going to be married to-morrow, sole
ly 1 ecause she would keep her prom
ise." "
"Can you wonder at my doing as I
did? The train did not stop till it
leached London, and " I found that
by the time I had hunted up the ad
dress to which you had gone from
the srvants at home, I should have
lost the last train and not been able
to get here until long past midnight.
What to do I could not think.
"In the carriage in which I sat
somebody had been talking about
the murder of Tawell, and the tele
graph, the police on the doorstep,
and so on. It flashed on mv mind in
an instant.
" I went to the telegraph office and
looked. There w as only a young lad
there. I went in and cal'ed him.
- 'Can vou telecrraph to York for
me?'"
. , " 'Certainly, sir,' "
"I wrote the telegram you saw."
" 'Y'ou must sign this, sir.'"
" No, I must not, voung man,
and I drew him towards me by the
shoulder, " Mv name is Field, In
spector Field; do you understand.
" As it Was ix the EeorvxixG."
When I was a little baby, gals could
never 'let me be,' for every one
would snatch me and place me on
their knee; then to kiss and hug me,
and sure that 'Dad' and 'Mam' must
lave wondered how I survived it
but I stood it like a lamb! And again
while in boyhood they'd tempt me
rom my home, through cpleasure
grounds, over fair spots to roam;
then with lucious fruits and sweet
meats my small tummy they would
cram, and liali stine me witn Kisses
but I stood it like a lamb! When
older still, they would lure J ine
through a dingle, dale or dell, to
gather nuts, or nowers, or lerns
aud they seenied to love it well! Yet
startled off attifles, with a shriek that
seemed no sham, they would flirg
their arms around me but I stood it
ike a laml ! At last a charming crea
ture, who could most my soul en
trance, by wondrous archness and a
tender melting glance, seemed to say::
Y'ou know you love me; why not
take me as a man ? and I felt obliged
to do but I stood it as a lamb! Thus,
through childhood, youth and man
hood, ay! each moment of my life,
my heart has felt the winning power
of girl, or maid, or wife; and the
spell will never leave me, for, like a
potent dram, charms subdue me ever
but I stand it like a lamb.
A Butnxo in BANKiirrTCY. At
torney General Williams, on the
question submitted to him by Secre
tary Bichardson as to whether a val
id payment can be male, nrst, to a
person who has committed an act of
bankruptcy, and against whom pro
ceedings have been instituted r and
are pending in bankruptcy, but "who
has not yet been adjudged bankrupt;
second, to a person who is known to
have committed an act of' bankrupt
cy, but against whom proceedings
have not as yet been taken, he says:
First that the payment made ly a
debtor to a creditor who has com
mitted an act of bankruptcy, and
against whom proceedings have beea
instituted are pending, but who has
not yet been adjudged bankrupt,,
will not be valid in the event of an
adjudicaton of bankruptcy m suck
proceedings if the payment is trans
ferred subsequent to the filing of the
lietition therein, and that a payment
made by a debtor to creditor who is
known to have committed an act of
bankruptcy, but against whom pro
ceedings have not at the time been
taken, is valid in so far as it is affect
ed by existing Bankrupt laws.
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The cook had gone to a quilting,
his wife was sick and a jroung mar
ried man in town had to milk last
week one rainy evening. He got tho
cow to 'saw,' set the peggin on the
ground and squeezed a teat, pinched
too hard and the cow- raised her left
foot and put it in the piggin, switch
ed her muddy tail in his face, and
sent him backwards in the mud.
Falling backward he grabbed for
somethiner to support himself, and an
his blindness grabbed for the. cow's
tail. She waited tust lonK enough
to bellow once lefore starting for the
other end of the lot, which amazed
the milkman so that he forgot to let
loose the tail, and before he could
make up his mind to secede, he had
made corn furrows with his nose half
way across the lot. He arose with
the melancholy conviction that the
man who said that " tail holt rwas
better than no holt at all," was a
nat'ral born phool. Pnhuski Citizen.
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Ixnocence and ViKTUE. Innocence
is not virtue, "and those who fancy
that it is make a fatal mistake. In
nocence is simply the ignorance of
evil; virtue knows it, appreciates it,
rejects it. Infancy is lovely in its
innocence, but life, with its stern
realities, demands the strong, ripened
rigor of manly virtue to : resist its
evil, to protect its good, to build up
character and to bless the world.
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