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Oregon City, Oregon.
ity-Will pra.-:i.'o in all the Courts of the
Stat--, .i'eial attention iven to cases in 1
the 1. S. Land U.tic at ( iro
on City.
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'i-jltir.njr the .Summer
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OAXUIES.
i.r sal..- in
.aantities to suit.
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The Faded Wrapper.
" Are you not sorry that father has
gone away to stay over night, Alice?"
said one of MrsMontgomery's chil
dren to his sister. Tt. ruins sr flint
no one will call; and now mother
will wear llmf. fWlpi. wrntmpr nil Aa.v
I heard her tell Barbara she would
j have a good long day for sewing,
i She doesn't think it worth whilt
rhile
to set even the dining room table
just for us.
"Don't you wish she would spill
spill ink on that dress, Philip?" was
the answer. "Then she wouldn't
wear it any more."
"No, indeed, I don't want it any
worse, for she would wear it just
the same rainy days and when pappa
is away."
Now, mamma in the next room,
heard this discussion of thi children,
and arose to take a survey of herself
in the looking-glass. It was not a
very jleasing picture that the pol
ished surface gave back to her view.
" Now Harry Warren's mother,"
said Philip, " is always dressed nice
ly, any time of day."
" She wears such pretty bows on
her hair and neck," said Alice. But
she isn't half so plcasauj as our
mother," she added loyally, " if she
does look prettier."
The mother's eyes glistened as she
looked down on the old wrapper.
" To be compared to Aunt "War
ren," she thought, " and by my own
children, too. Who would have
thought they were such sharp little
things? They notice every trirle."
Mrs. Montgomery's spirit was
quite stirred. She would not allow
such a rival, she said to herself, if
she could eclipse her. '
" You shall be disappointed about
the old wrapper, for once, Mr. Phil
ip, ".she added smiling, so she took
a soft bright dress, just the tiling to
enliven a dull day. Then she pulled
her hair in her prettiest style, and
proceeded to dress herself with unu
sual care. The delicate lace collar
was adorned
with a bow of palest
pink, and her hair was tied back
with a ribbon to match.
It is wonderful hmv these simple
additions to the toilet changed her
whole appearance. A little taste
does much for a woman's toilet, and
yet how small, often is the cost. A
simple knot of violet or crimson vel
vet will make a dull dress look
bright and even elegant. As a great
painter said, trifles make perfec
tion, but perfection is no trille."
Mrs. Montgomery's face wore a
brighter look than usual that day, aii
she entered the nursery. Her dress
had actually raised her spirits; but
s e was hardly prepared for the
burst of admiration that greeted her.
Ir is not often that compliments are
sincere ami heart-felt as were those
of her little ones that day. But her
ciiildrens tones quickly changed to
one of anyiety.
" Are you going away anywhere,
mamma?" they asked directly.
"No dears, I am going to sew on
the machine all day; so we can have
a nice time together."
Little Alice hung over her chair
a minute, admiringly, and fingered
her buttons as she s .id, with a smile
of deep content in eye:
" You look nice, mamma."
Mrs. Montgomery smiled, as sho
threaded the needle ( f her machine,
while l'liiliji added proudly:
"She looks nicer than Harry's
mother, even when she has her silk
dress tn."
That was reward enough; she had
eclipsed her rival.
"I'll remember this lesson," said
the mother, in her own heart; and
she did remember it.
The rainy day dress was doomed,
and they helped to rip it up with
sincere pleasure. It made excellent
linings for a new one, and it often
preached its old sermon over, as it
hung, wrong side out in the closet.
Mothers, when you allow your
selves slovenly ways among the lit
tle ones, in the seclusion of the nur
sery, remember there's a child there
"a takin' notes." Those notes will
Ik rad even when your head lies
low. Of -all the bright pictures that
hang on memory's wall, there is
noe (o nle so faj t j j
. , n-i- 'wn
moher, whose appearance was al
ways neat an-i tasteful, even in work
ing dress. Children may love an
untidy mother, after a fashion, but
can never respect her. She cannot
keep the hold on them in after years
that one of the ojtposite habits" pos
sesses. Besides, if you are untidy
yourself, they will probably grow up
to imitate you. Don't neglect the
details of dress, that add so much to
appearance, because there will be
" no one about but the children."
Sd.
TiiE Social Inflcexce of the
Grange. On this subject a Missouri
1 ulron says: The grange has already
effected a great good to our part of
the country. Its efficiency has al
ready been attested; its strength is
everywhere felt.
Nor does it show its jiower and
virtue to better advantage in any
other of its works than is exhibited
in that pleasant and genial sociabil
ity it causes to pervade society. The
hand of friendship is grasped with
different feelings; their sympathies
for each other awake, in fact it is a
grand medium through which is dif
fused a higher estimate of the vir
tues of our neighbor."
Latino Down the Law. A horse
thief on trial at Hernando, misplead
ed insane; ex-Governor Clarke, who
was acting as District Attorney, ar
gued thus to the Jury: "If the pris
oner is insane, he should be sent to
Jackson to the luuatio asylum. If
he is a theif he should be sent there j
to tho State Penitentiary. If he is '
partly a thief and partly an idiot, he
6nouui ue sent xnero u me- ouue
Xjfcgi&laturs
The Chinese Treaty.
Senator Hager's remarks in introduc
ing the resolutions of the California
Legislature in the Senate have had
a good effect in directing public
attention in the East to the Chinese
evil. Judge Hager did not make a
set speech on the question, as at the
time he was not in prime physical
condition; but he said enough to
bring the matter intelligibly before
the Senate and the country. His
immediate predecessor in the Senate
from this State made several earnest
endeavors to place this Question in
its proper ligbt-before the country,
through the medium of Congress
ional action, but it seems next to im
possible to dispel the dense clouds
of ignorance and predjudice that op
posed every effort to obtain relief for
the people of this Coast from the op
pressions produced by the operation
of the Bnrlingame treaty. Mr! Cas
serly raised the point and ably sus
tained it, that this so-called Chinese
immigrtion was but a coolie importa
tion, a slave traffic, and as such even
under the Bnrlingame treaty, suscep
tible of repression by the Govern
ment. As a question of immigration
simply, nothing can be done with the
Radicals; as they look upon any ac
tion ot prohibit it on the ground of
race, as inconsistent with their posi
tion on the negro question. But as
legislation to prohibit the introduc
tion of coolie slavery and Chinese
prostitution, they are now inclined
it Vi.rr.ii-! if n-i'll. ,.n.,, rill...
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akinit in private converse, that hith
erto they have not understood the
question of Chinese importation as
possessing any features distinct from
the general question of immigration
from Europe and elsewhere. We are
inclined to think that Judge Hagar
has laid the foundation for some per
manent relief either at this session
or the next. We understand it is the
Senator's purpose to c-all the atten
tion of the Secretary of State to the
modi'ication of the treaty. Our new
Minister, to China, Hon. Bnj. P.
Avery, ought to be of good service
upon this question from his intimate
familiarity with Pacific Coast affairs,
his sympathy with the sufferings of
our people, and his ability to impart
his ideas to those competent to afford
relief. Examiner.
" Lonely To-Night."
Husband traveling. Scene 1.
R )om in hotel. Spittoons full of
.gar stumps. Bourbon whisky.
A'i hands equipped for a night's
spree. Husband, in a hurry to be
off, writing home:
" Deaii Sl'sie: My time is s"o occu
pied with business that I can hardly
spare a moment to write to you. Oh!
darling, howl missyou, and the only
thing that sustains me during my
abseuce is the thought that every
moment thus spent is for the benefit
of my dear wife and children. Take
good care of yourself, my dear.
Feed the baby on "one cow's milk.
Excuse haste," Ac.
Wife at home. Scene II. Parlor.
All the gas lit. Thirteen grass wid
ows; Fred, from around the corner,
with his violin; Jim, from across the
way, with his guitar; Sam, from be
low, with his llute; Jack, from above,
with his banjo; lots of other fellows,
with their instruments. Dancing
and singing, sideboard covered with
nuts, fruits, cake, cream, wine, whis
key. Wife in a hurry to dance,
writing to her husband:
" Dear- Hi iusy: How lonesome I
feel in your absence. The hours
pass teeliously. Nobody calls on me,
and I am constantly thinking of the
time when you will be home and
your cheerful countenance light up
the rotine of e very-day life. My
household duties keep me constantly
employed I am living as econom
ical as possible, knowing that your
small income will not admit of friv
olous expense. But, now, dear, I
will say good-bye, or I will be too
late for the monthly concert of
prayer. In haste, yours," &c.
A writer in the Medical Journal,
London, states that in whnoninrr
cough in the last stage that is, after
the third week he has had one
ounce of the strongest liquid amonia
put into a gallon of water in an open
pan, and the steam kept up by means
of half a brick madeled hot through
out, and put into the boiling water
containing the amonia, and the pau
being placed in the middle of a room
into which the patients were brought
as the amonia steam was passing off.
The method, he says, was used in
the evening, before bed time, and it
proved so efficacious in ab .ting the
spasmodic attack, and after three or
four days terminating the malady,
as to establish, bey 011 tl doubt, the
value of this mode of inhaling am
monia as a theapentic agent in tran
quilizing the nervous system to the
whooping cough.
VAiA'AHi.EBECEirTS.-Table-cloths,
napkins, and, in fact., all linen,
should be very damp when ironed,
and ironed until perfectly dry.
In case we want to pour anything
verv hot into glasses, we may safely
do "so if we set them upon a cloth
wet in hot water.
For removing grease spots from
any fabric, use ammonia nearly
pure, then lav white blotting paper
over the spots and iron thoroughly.
- Prints that are likely to fade if
washed in ordinary soap suds, will
retain their colors admirably if rub
betl in starch water.
If silverware is dipped in clear
hot water, without soap, and imme
diately wiped with a soft linen cloth,
it will look much nicer than if soap
were used.
Biblically Incltned. A New
Hamsbire- lady died recently after
having read the Bible through thir-t.-four'ticifce.'
Summary of State News Items.
Yamhill has opened the camp
meeting season. '
The Salem "Woolen Mills are
again running on full time.
Caterpillars by the million are
making their appearance in the
vicinity of La Grande.
Several thoasand pounds of wool
of this year's clip have already been
shipped from Pendleton.
J. M. Frier, an old resident of
Portland, committed suicide in Yam
bill county a few days since.
The several Granges""throughout
Polk county are making grand prep
arations to suitably celebrate the 1th
of July.
The residence of George Miller,
on Rock Creek, Baker County, was
destroyed by fire last week. Nothing
saved.
Geo. Marshall, of Junction City,
and Chas. Goodchild, of Eugene,
have purchased the woolen factory at
Ashland.
The hardwarestore of R. M. Wade
at Salem, was entered by burglars a
few evenings since and various arti
cle i s oln.
A school house and Grangers' hall
will be erected at Knox's Bntte,
Linn County, as soon as possible.
A union of two great benefits.
The Yamhill Reporter says that a
young man named Pierce committed
suicide a few daj-s since on the prem
ises of Mr. Hager, in East Chehalem
precinct.
The Albany Democrat says there is
connected with the eleath of Perry
Herren at Salem, a dark chapter that
has not yet come to light, and proba
bly never will.
Salmon fishing at the' mouth of
R )gue river is good. Tho canning
establishment is putting up 2.5(H)
2 -o'ind cans per day. Another es
t b.iihment is proposed.
McConnell, late of Corvallis, was
one day last week examined, at Al
bany, by Drs. Gamble and Tate, and
declared insane. He was conducted
to the Asylum on Wednesday.
A Linn county man whipped an
other severely, three times in one
day, last week, because the latter
h id taken improper liberties with a
little daughter of the former.
Tolman ran for Judge in 1872 and
only lacked 1,138 votes of beating
Judge Prim. The latter received
1,10S votes, and the problem that
only a lightning calculate! can solve
is: how manyotes did Tolman get?
The Journal learns that the Oregon
Military Road Companv disposed of
their road and lands to the Pacific
Lind Company, of California, the
first of the week. The amount paid
was 120,f'K)0, as wc learn, $50,000
being paid down.
The Independents of Columbia
County have nominated the follow
ing ticket: For Representatives, J.
S. Rinearson; County Judge, Dean
Blanchard; Sheriff, G. W. Maxwell;
Clerk, Geo. F. Moeck; Treasurer,
F. A. Fowler; Assessor, E. J. Ford;
School Superintendent, John E. Gil
breath; Coroner, John Gunn.
At a recent meeting of the stock
holders of tho V. W. Mfg Co. the
following officers were elected: Di
rectors, John F. Miller, of. Salem,
Edwin Russel and W. S. Ladd, of
Portland; President of the Board
anil Managing Agent, John F. Miller;
Secretary, Samuel R. Irwin.
The Democratic nominees of Jos
ephine county are as follows: For
Representative, Wm. Fiddler; Coun
ty Judge, M. F. Baldwin; County
Commissioners, Geo. S. Mathewson
and Jas. Neely; Sheriff, Dan. L.
Green; County Clerk, Chas. Hughes;
County Treasurer, Wm. Naucke;
Assessor, John Howell; School Su
perintendent, B. F. Sloan; County
Surveyor, Wm. N. Sanders.
Information is wanted of the where
abouts of Newell C. Hulen, who left
Monroe county Mo., about lhe 15th
of last March under peculiar circum
stances, and it is supposed he is
some place in Oregon, Willis II.
Fountain, of sturgeon county, Mo.,
will liberally reward any person who
will send him any information on
the subject.
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Waste Paper. Few housekeepers
are aware of the many uses to which
waste paper may be put. After a
stove has been blackened, it can be
kept looking very well for a long
time by rubbing it with paper every
morning. Rubbing with paper is a
much nicer way of keeping the out
side of a tea-kettle, coffee-pot, or tea
pot bright and clean than the old
way of washing it in suds. Rub
bing them with paper is also the best
way of polishing knives and tinware
after scouring them. If a little soap
be held on the paper in rubbing tin
ware and spoons, they shine like
new silver. For polishing mirrors,
windows, lamp-chimneys, etc., pa
per is better than dry cloth. Pre
serves and pickles keep much better
if brown paper instead of cloth is
tied over the jar. Canned fruit is
not apt to mould if a piece of writ
ing paper, cut to fit each can, is laid
directly on the fruit. Paper is bet
ter than straw to put under carpets.
It is thinner, warmer, and makes
less noise when one walks over it.
Two thicknesses of paper, placed
between the other coverings on a
bed are as warm as a quilt. If it is
necessary to step on a chair, always
lay a paper on it, and thus save the
paint and wood work from damage.
The "Beast" to go. Abroad.
There is a growing belief in Wash
ington that Ben. Butler will accept
the Vienna mission. His suddenly
broken health seems unlikely to be
restored -unless- he retires froinr-a-c-.
five life.
COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY,
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA,
The Tendency of fiovernment.
The second inaugural message of
Governor Ingersoll is a document
full of sound sense concerning the
a'ifairs of his State and comprehen
sive views of national matters. Speak
ing of the results of the operations
of the "federal revenue system, in
comparison with the exhibit made of
Conneticut's fiscal coudition and ca
reer under Democratic rule, which
exhibit is manifestly to the latter's
advantage, he very truly says that
while public indignation has been
most justly excited by recent disclos-
ures of the corrupting manner in
which tho collecting service of the
General Government has been ad
ministered, it will fail in its object
of reform, if its force is spent in de
nunciation of individuals, while the
system, in which -the corrupting in
fluence adheres, is allowed to remain.
That system, growing up as it has,
under the sudden necessity of a state
war, and shaped in such large degree,
as the circumstances under which it
grew up favored its being, for other
purposes than the simple one of ob
taining revenue, has become so com
plicated and intricate in the ramifi
cations of its powers, as to make es
sential to its execution a multitude
of officials, extending through all
unpopular and frequently disreputa
ble grades of a detective system,
with powers most arbitrary in char
acter and demoralizing in tendency.
It is a' prolific source of that demor
alization so generally deplored in
the official service of the Govern
ment and should be a most worthy
object of that administrative reform
now so seriously engaging the atten
tion of the country. But it would
not be just in noting the comparison
just indicated, to overlook the pow
erful influence of that great under
lying distinction between the local
and general governments, which sub
jects the one to a close popular scru
tinty that in the case of the other
can rarely, and only under excep
tionable circumstances, be had. It
is hardly possible for any serious of
ficial abuse to exist in a state like
Connecticut without being very soon
made known to and clearly under
stood by its people. And in this
rests the security of its institutions.
Indeed, as we recede from that
period of extraordinary emergenc3T.
when the Government of the Union
felt itself bound to use all powers
needful for its own defense, without
scrutinizing their relation to a con
dition of peace, the strength of our
State Governments anil their admir
able adaptability to the administra
tion of those powers of government
most closely affecting the great mass
of society, lie-comes more clear. The
tendency of all government is toward
centralization or an aggrandizement
of its own pojver. The jealousy
which resists that force in a govern
ment which, like that of our Union,
comprehends within its sphere of
action a teritory almost continental,
embracing every diversity of climate
and a corresponding diversity of so
cial organizations and interests, how
ever liable to abuse it ruay be, is nec
essary to the harmony of the entire
system. And though the future his
torian of our times may not wonder
that the passions aroused by the
migh'ty struggle through which we
have passed, did not at once allow
free scope to the healing influence
of this principle, in the rehabilita
tion of our disorganized States, he
will, nevertheless, admit that by ig
noring that influence, a condition of ;
affairs resulted, of which the pitiable j
degredation of South Carolima and
the shameless usurpation which
holds sway in Louisiana, remain as
monumen ts to-day. Exam in er.
PoTAsn for Peach Orchards.
According to the statement of a Mr.
Shcpard, at a meeting of the Cincin
nati Horticultural Society, says the
Country , Gentleman, potash is a cheap
and excellent manure for peach
trees. A barrel, costing $35, lasted
four years for an orchard of twenty
five acres. He dissolved the potash
in water, making it of a strength
to float a potato, and then gave each
tree two quarts of this liquid each
spring. From 2,000 peach trees
treated thus he treater. thus he sold
1,500 bushels in 1867. GS0 do. in
18G8 and last year (1871 we suppose)
800 bushels, and prospect still good
for satisfactory crops in the future.
He claims to have sold t?12,000 worth
of peaches from this orchard in live
years. This would be on an average
of $120 per tree for each year; a
good vield certainly. If potash in
such small quantities will produce
such an effect, it must soon come into
general use.
How- the Germans Appropriated
! theFrench Indemnity. The French
indemnity paid to Germany on ac
count of the Franco-German war,
! amounted, together with interest, to
i S1.0G9.87J,7i7 in gold. With this
sum (rermany created a iuna 01
$10,000,000 for invalid pensions,
made compensation to the German
shipping interests and to the Ger
mans expelled from France by the
war, established railways- to the
ceded provinces, built fortifications,
made grants to meritorious generals
and statesmen, dismantled French
fortresses, paid for siege material,
established fortifications on the
coast, restored railways in France,
constructed telegraph lines for the
use of the army of occupation, paid
for the expenses of civil administra
tion in the occupied jrovinces, and
restored about $8,000,000 to the
Naval Ministry for war expenses.
The sum total of these appropria
tions and expenditures, with the
valne of the ceded railways of Alsace-Lorraine,
was over $432,000,000
' in gold, and there remains $G36.000,
. 000 to be divided among the States
' cf the Gerosn Ecjpir.
That Kiss of my Mother.
George Brown wanted to go some
where, and his mother, was not will
ing. He tried to argue the matter.
When that would not do, instead of
saying, "I should really like to go,
but if you ennnot give your consent,
dear mother, I will try to be more
content to stay," he spoke roughly
and went off, slamming the door be
hind him. Too many boys do so.
George was fourteen, and with four
teen years' experience of one of the
best mothers, one would have thought
better of him. "But he w-as only a
boy. What can j-ou expect of boys?"
So say some people.
Stop! hear more. -That night
George found thorns in his pillow.
He could not fix it in any way to go
to sleep on. He turned ajid tossed,
and he shook ami patted it; but not
a wink of sleep for him. The thorns
kept pricking. They were the an
gry words he spoke to his mother.
"My dear mother who deserves noth
ing but kindness and love and obedi
ence from me," he said to himself,
"I can never do enough for her; yet
how have I behaved? How tenderly
she nursed me when sick!"
These happy thoughts quite over
came him. lie would ask her to for
give him in the morning. But sup
pose something should happen be
fore morning. He would ask her
now, to-night, this moment. George
crept ont of bed, and went softly to
his mother's room.
"George," she said, "is that you?
are you sick?" For mothers, you
know, seem to sleep with one ear
and eye open, especially when the
fathers are away, as George's father
was.
"Dear mother" he said kneeling
at her bedside, "I could not sleep
for thinking of my rude words to
you. Forgive me mother, my dear
mother! and may God help me nev
er to behave so again!"
She clasped the Penitent boy in
her arms and kissed his warm cheek.
George is a big man now, but he
says that was the sweetest moment
of iiis life. His strong, healthy, im
petuous nature became tempered by
a gentleness of spirit. It softened
its roughness, sweetened his temper,
and helped him on to a true anel no
ble Christian manhood.
B03-S are sometimes ashamed to
act out their best feelings. Oh, if
they only knew what a loss it is to
them not to do so!
Attorney Central "tVilliams" I.andau-
lei to he Exhibited ia the tVest.
From the AVashinfrton Cor. of tho Cincinatl
Commercial
Judge John J. Wright, of Iowa,
late an Indian agent, and recently
tried and acquitted for his frauds
committed while holding that posi
tion, has just purchased the famous
landaulet which Attorney General
Williams bought for his private use,
paying for the same out of the Con
tingent fund of the Department of
Justice. It will be remembered that
Wright made publications not long"
ago of charges that Williams and
Delano had maliciously persecuted
him. He has purchased four mag
nificent horses which he proposes to
attach to the landaulet, with which
to make an overland trip to Logans
port, Indiana, stopping by the way
at Lancaster, Ohio, his old home,
nd with his magnificent turn-out,
and accompanied by a coachman and
footman in livery, illustrate to the
simple-minded, horny-handed and
honest ruralists the luxury and ex
travagance of Washington official
life. The judge proposes to attend
political meetings and other public
gatherings this fall in all parts of
the West, for the purpose of giving
the speeches that he will deliver on
the dishonesty of our rulers due and
telling point and effect.
Inherence of Appetite for Al
cohol. A striking instance of this
kind has been recently brought to
our knowledge. A lady, wife of the
Mayor of an Atlantic city, was a con
firmed inebriate, and in spite of the
most assiduous efforts made by her
husband and others to restrain her,
continued to drink until her life fell
a sacrifice to the indulgence. Her
grandmother were intemperate, and
they both died of drunkenness.
Several of her brothers were inebri
ates. She had a child, a daughter
who exhibited in childhood a marked
appetite for strong drink, and who
drank to intoxication whenever she
had the opportunity. This child died
at the age of six years. During her
brief life she was known to have been
repeatedly drunk. So inveterate
was her appetite for liquor that she
resorted to the most cunuing tricks
in order to procure it tricks such
as would do credit to the ingenuity
of an adult. Pacific Medical and
Surgical Journal.
"Nes." for President. The Cap
ital, published at Washington, in
speaking of Col. Nesmith, of Or
egon, says: "In this hour of revo
lution, a revolution that breaks up
party lines and resolves political or
ganization back into the masses, it is
difficult to foresee the future. But
if the instincts of the people remain
active as ever, here is a leader round
whom all thoughtful minds and true
patriots may rally." Wouldn't it be
grand fun for the boys to see "Nes."
President of the United . States; the
man who was rejected by the Demo
cratic ConvejiotT ot Oregon, for a
sixteenth-rats' - country-; J- Attorney?
Strangef",.things have happened in
the politics of this' country. Ex.
Prompt Beplt.-wA little boy who
had not been well coached was being
examined with a view of developing
his theolegical attainments. To the
question "What becomes of men who
get rifm by cheating and stealing?"
he promptly replied: "They go to
Europe, air."
"Is Your Note Coodt"
A Boston Lawyer on-School street
was called on a short time ago by a
boy, who inquired if he had any
waste paper to sell. The lawyer had J
a crisp, keen way of asking questions,
and is moreover, a methodical man.
So pulling out a large drawer, he ex
hibited his stock of waste paper.
"Will you give me twenty-five
cents for that?"
The boy looked at the paper
doubtingly a . moment, and offered
fifteen.
"Done," said the lawyer, and the
paper was quickly transferred to tl
bag by the boy, whose eyes sparkled
as he lifted the weighty mass.
Not till it was safely stowed away
did he announce that he had no
money.
"No money! How do you expect
to buy paper without money?"
Not prepared to state exactly his
plan of operations, the boy made no
reply.
"Do you consider your note good?"
asked the lawyer.
"Yes, sir."
"Verv well; if you say your note's
good, I'd just as soon have it as the
money; but if it isn't good I don't
want it," q
The boy affirmed that he consider
ed it good; whereupon the lawyer
wrote a note for fifteen cents, which
the boy signed quite legibly, and
lifting the bag of papers trudged off.
Soon after dinner the little fellow
reappeared, anel produciug the mon
ey, announced that he had come to
pa- his note.
"Well" said the lawyer, "this is
the first time I ever knew, a note to
be taken up the day it was given.
A boy that will do that is entitled to
note and money too;" and giving
him both, sent him on his way with
a smiling face and happy heart.
The boy's note represented hia
honor. A boy who thus keeps his
honor bright, "however poor he may
be in worldly things, is au heir to an
inheritance w hich no riches can buy
the choice promise of God.
Advertise.
It pays to advertise, and also to
treat our fellow-men kindly, as the
following incident among the thou
sands which are constantly occur
ring in every newspaper office, de
monstrates: A few days since an intelligent
looking young man called nt the of
fice of the Washington Chronicle,
and stated that he had been com
fortably well off, when misfortune
overtook him, carrying away every
thing, leaving him without a cent in
the world; that he was tolallf desti
tute, hungry, and without a place to
lay his head at night, unless provid
ed for bycharity; that he had rela
ttves who were well off, and some in
fluential friends, but that he would
rather starve than let them know of
his real condition.
Well, said the party addressed,
what is the object of this narrative?
What do you wish?
"Nothing," said he, "but to ad
vertise for employment in any hon
est calling. I am a good bookkeep
er, a fair business man, but am will
ing to work at anything that's hon
est. I have not, however, one penny
to pay for the insertion of an adver
tisement, and called to see if the
gentlemen of the Chtoniole Compa
ny would publish it and take the
pay ont of my first earnings."
He was answered in the affirma
tive. He wrote out his notice; it
was inserted, and afterward a card
was received from him. saying:
"I have secured a situation. I
thank you for inserting the 4aeV for
me, and will pay for it from my first
receipts on salary. Please discon
tinue the 'ad.' Very respectfully
and gratefully, yours."
It pays to advertise. If you want
employment, advertise; if you want
help, advertise; if 3-011 want to sell
anything, advertise; if 3-ou want tQ
purchase anything, advertise.
Jointly, if the fish can be obtained
the Columbia river canneries could
this year put up (as they have the
facilities for doing so), 300,000 cases
containing 14,400,000 cans, of one
pound each, valued at $2,100,000, to
produce w hich they pay' $1,000,000
for cans, boxes, etc., and distribute
$525,000 among the fishermen for
fish, 2G.O0O for incidental expenses,
leaving a balance of $18,231 to each,
net profits for the season. We say
this might be done, could they got
the fish, but what will be, none can
tell.
It is well known that Texas is the
most extensive grazing State in the
Union. One breeder of cattle there
boasts that he will have seventy-fnre
thousand calves to brand this season.
He branded sixty-five thousand the
lyear preeeedmg. A great many
calves are producert in otuer pans 01
the country, but it is doubtful
whether any other single man has
more interest in common weal than
the prosperous Texan aforesaid.
Two Irishmen were working in a
quarrj-, when one of them fell into
a . deep quarry hole. The other
alarmed, came to the margin of the.
hole, and cried out, "Arrah, Pat,
are you kilt intirely? If you're dead,
spake," ; Pat reassured him from the
bottom by saying, in answer: No,
Tim, I'm not dead, but I'm spach
less." CmiED Him. A young' wife once
cured her husband of a disposition 0
to absent himself from home at night
111. r I lflnf
bv providing him wiin au c v..---'
dinner, and saving to him afterward
"George, . if you find sweeter
spot . than our home describe it to
me, and I will rival it if I die in the
attempt." A kiss and a few tears
1 completed the victory. r
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