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OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 26, 1874.
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FRKXI U and AMERICAN CANDIES.
Ico for sale in quantities to suit.
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on general lir.jkeage business carried
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OHX 31. BACON,
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Orsron City, Oregon.
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Heart-True.
" It is snch a bother to be poor
There had been a lorjff interval of
silence in Mrs. Jameson's sitting
room, when Gertie made this excla
mation.
" What is the new bother, Gertie?
The pleased voice and tone of
kindly inquiry made the young girl
oiusu deeply as she replied:
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j, mamma, never minu: 1 was
only thinking aloud."
"Thinking of what?"
& f . r i i
kji some velvet nowers 1 saw
yesterday, which just matched this
ribbon, and Gertie held up a bon
net she was trimming. Velvet
flowers are so lovely for a winter
bonnet, and this one needs some
thing."
I am sure it looks nice, Gertie."
"Nice," said the girl, scornfully
emphasizing the word; "yes it is
very nice, and that turned silk is
nice, and the short sack made out of
your old cloak is nice, and cleaned
gloves are nice, and "
" Why Gertie!" cried her mother,
in a voice of amazement.
Lut there is nothing stylish or
handsome in cleaned gloves and re
trimmed bonnets, and old cloaks
turned into sacks, and so I say pov
erty is a bother."
" Gertie, put away that bonnet
and come here. Xow, little daugh
ter," said the widow gently, " tell
me the meaning of this sudden tirade
against poverty; of the restless toss
ing I heard from your room last
night; of the nervous unquiet of my
contented little girl since yesterday?"
There was no reply.
" Gertie, what did Leon Payne
say to you last evening?"
" He asked me to be his wife."
The words were jerked out hastily.
" An. i you answered"
"Jane came in to shut up the par
lor, not knowing he was there, and
she stayed; so he got no answer at
all."
" But he must be answered, Ger
tie, lie has spoken to me and I told
him it must rest with you."
" Mamma!" this after a long, deep
silence.
" He is very rich. When he mar
ries, his wife can have every luxury.
If if it is I, we can have you with
us, and Jane need not teach that
horrid school anv longer. We were
on street the other day, and
stopped to look into a jeweler's win
dow, and he pointed out the kind of
jewels he would wish his wife to
wear. I need not wear old silks
then, mamma."
" Then vou intend to accept his
otter ?"
I don't know; you see, there is
Hairy."
" But Harry cannot offer you jew
els." " No, poor Harry! If he h-d only
three thousand dollars, Mr. Ingra
liam would take him into the linn,
lie told me all about it last week.
But think how long it would take to
save three thousand dollars, and of
course his wife must save, and pinch,
and economize until he is able to
spend more freely."
" Yes, dear, there would be no
variation on the turned cloth and re
trimmed bonnets; no velvet flowers,
no jewels."
44 But such a noble, true heart;
such tender love!"
44 Leon Payne loves you."
"As much as he loves anything
leyond his own pleasure and com
fort. He is so thoroughly selfish, so
hard, and thinks so much of himself.
It is his wife that must be hadsome-
lv dressed, ride in her carriage, and
reflect credit upon his choice.
Mamma, he loves' me because I am
pretty and can sing well, and can
manage his house nicely. Harry
loves me because it is I."
There was a violent jerk at the
door-bell at that instant that called
her to the door. She came back
with flying feet
"Two valentines, mamma! I had
forgotten it was the fourteenth.
"Two?"
44 Yes, oh, mamma, look!"
She had torn the cover from a
dainty package in her hand and
opened a morocco case inside. Up
on the black velvet lining lay & par ti
re of glittering diamonds, flashing up,
where a stray sunbeam fell upon
them, into a glorious sea of color."
44 Leon Payne!" cried Gertie.
44 Are they not exquisite?"
Mrs. Jameson's lips quivered a
little as she looked at her daughter's
flushed face and bright eves, and
her heart sent up a silent praver
for the future, trembling before her
eves.
44 Look at the other." she said qui-
etlv.
44 Only a copy of verses," said
Gertie. 44 Violet eves and all that
sort of thing. But are not these dia
monds magnificent ? It is the very
set I admired so much when we were
out the other day."
Gertie, it is 11 o clock, and 1 must
go to Mrs. Lewis'. Little daughter,
you may have callers while I am
out." She drew her child into her
arms, and looked with anxious love
into her eves.
Gertie, mv daughter, be true to
vour own heart. And so sue leu
her.
True to her own heart. Gertie
Jameson sat down to ponder over
those words. The diamonds flashed
out their glorious waves of light be
fore her eyes; the copv of verses lay
open on the little work-table, and
Gertie sat musing. Pictures ofth-
past came in succession into her
memory.
It was ten years ago, but she could
still remember the day, since her
father had been called to the shadow
land. The luxnrious country home
where she and Jane, her eldest sister
were born. Her mother, one of the
finest amateur pianists of her time,
had begun to teach mnsic, and they
had lived upon her earnings until
Jane was old enough to take the
t. v
maiden lingered lovingly. There
was no part of her life so pleasant to
dwell upon as that where he figured.
Long walks and talks, duets over the
old piano, chats by moonlight, fire
light and gaslight. He was so ten
der and loving, so honorable and
true, so respectful to her mother, so
tender to Jane, and so ready to ad
vise or assist Jane's betrothed, a fel
low clerk, Who was waiting the turn
in fortune's wheel that would enable
him to marry. Was not such
love as he offered worthy of any sac
rifice? Leon Payne came to the scene on
ly six months before this musing fit
upon Gertie. She had met him at a
party and had bewitched him by her
pretty piquant beauty, her grace
and voice. He had da"zzled her by
his h andsome face Harry was not
handsome, poor fellow, Gertie sigh
edand wealth. But the young girl
knew, with a woman's intuition, that
under the courtly manners, flattering
attentions and devoted air, there was
a hard, selfish nature, a cruel jeal
ousy and a suspicious and hot tem
per. Yet he was so rich, and Gertie
knew all the torture and misery of
genteel poverty.
Be true to your own heart!" she
said aloud as she arose and walked
the room. 44 Do I love Leon Payne?
If he should lose his wealth would I
be a true and loving wife to him
still? Could I wear old bonnets for
his sake?"
She took up the diamonds and put
them on while she spoke. They
flashed brilliantly against the deep
crimson of her neat dress and height
ened the effect of her young, fresh
beauty.
44 If he were poor and ill could I
work for him as I could for Har
ry?" It burst from her lips in a sort of
cry, and she tore off the jewels and
replaced them in their velvet bed.
44 I could bear all this for Harrv but
not for Leon Payne. I will be true
to my own heart."
The winter was gliding into spring
when Mrs. Jameson sat in a luxuri
ous house on street, waiting
the coming of two brides. The par
lor in which she waited was richly
furnished. Velvet carpets covered
the floor, velvet curtains draped the
windows, long mirrows threw back
the light of large chandaliers; costly
pictures in heavy gilt frames hung
upon the wall. Above large bed
rooms were filled with handsomely
appointed furniture. In one room,
laces, velvets, flowers and silks fit
for a royal trousseau filled drawers
and wardrobe; the dining-room was
spread for a rich and varied repast,
and the widow's own dress, though
only black silk, was rich and hand
somely made.
"My little Gertie," said Mrs.
Jameson, softly, 44 how will she ever
reign over this palace?"
A quieter home, but pleasant, too,
was waiting for Jane, whose husband
had received an anonymous gift that
enabled him to accept a business
opening long looked upon as an un
attainable felicity. But Jane was to
spend a few days with Gertie before
going to her own home, and the
mother looked for two brides, as I
said before.
It was nearly midnight when the
crrriage drove up. Gertie was the
first to her mother's arms, and then,
as Jane took her place, the little
bride stood in the renter of the long
parlors pale with astonishment. She
had tossed off her bonnet, and the
soft grey traveling uress of the mis
tress of the house seemed oddly out
of place.
44 Where am I?" she gasped at last.
"At home, my darling," and her
husband passed his arm around her
waist.
" Home?"
44 It is not such a very long story,"
he said, looking down into her won
drous eyes; "but I did not tell you
before, because I wanted to see if
you loved me."
She nestled close to him, letting
her head fall upon his bosom.
"The farm, Gertie," he said softly,
"was full of oil."
44 Oil!"
44 1 sold it for more money than
Leon Payne ever possessed. Now,
Pet, run np-stairs; mother will show
you the room, and let me see how
some of the finery there suits you."
44 But it is nearly midnight."
44 Never mind, we want a queen to
preside over this supper."
MVs Jameson led the way, while
Jane and her husband stood as oe-
wildered as Gertie had been, sud
denly the bridegroom start id xor-
ward to grasp Harry s nana.
"Are we not brothers?" said Har
rv quietly.
There was a little talk then; with
husky voices and moist eyes, and
Jane was still looking gratetnlly
into Harry's face when the door
opened and Gertie flashed in. All
n,i rn;r a4SS ,ln a larSe seminary,
and Gertie to have singing schools
?5:?iej-b?t CVen with these
nL T ,ncome was e7 limited.
Close economy, self-denial, humble
fare and quiet dress, Gertie could
recall ranch more distinctly than the
wealth her father had squandered.
Where did Harry Clarke come up
on the scene? Gertie scarcely
kne.7 , Ite was a etep-son of her
mother s brother, and came to the
city to make his fortune. Far away
in the central part of Pennsylvania
nestled a small farm where Harry
was born, where father and mother
haf. died, and which was the boy's
sole patrimony. The rent of his do
main scarcely sufficed to clothe the
young clerk, but he had been win
ning his way in the house of I. &Co.
and now, if he could make three
thousand dollars, might be a part
ner. The farm might bring part of
that sum, where was the rest to come
from, queried Gertie. Yet over
Harry's memory picture the little
COURTESY OF
tnTTTTpnermv
the light had come back to her eyes
the rich color to her cheeks, and the
shining siik reveaieu snowy arms and
shoulders, while rich lace fell in
folds around the sweeping skirts.
Upon her clustering curls rested a
wreath of white flowers, and rare
bracelets clasped "her wrists. She
made a low reverence to her husband.
- lovely! ne cned, "but, Pet
wear the diamonds to-night "
44 What diamonds?"
4The ones I sent you for axalen-
tme."
44 You sent me, Harry! I sent them
back to Jeon Payne.
It was certainly ten years later
when, one evening at Mrs. Clarke's
reception, Mrs. Leon, Payne said to
her, pointing to her jewels:
44 It was the oddest thing about
these diamonds. Somebody sent
them to Leon for a valentine, years
ago. He never could guess where
they came from, for, of course, the
lady must have been wealthv though
why she sent a lady's parure to a
gentleman is a mysterv. Are they
not lovely, Mrs. Clarke?5'
44 Very lovely," said Gertie, and
smiled as she 'thought of the day,
ten years ago, when she was true to
her own heart.
The Sumpter Republican gives this
description of a jewel: Among the
many visitors who came to our city
on Saturday last, to sell their coun
try produce was a young lady from
an adjoining county, who had chick
ens eggs, and butter for sale.
Her beauty was transcendent ex
cellence. Bright, flashing, intellect
nal eyes and face round and rosy,
while her calico dress was plain and
neatly made fitting beautifully. Her
rich black hair flowed in luxuriant
richness. Highly educated she con
versed fluently and deported herself
with becoming modesty. She wore
no false bustle or purchased complex
ion; had no top-knot on her head.
or false fixings to present, but stood
in the majestic beauty of a created
intelligence that would not yield to
the despotic dictates of frivolous
fashion. It has been a long time
since we gazed upon such a sight.
The young men crowded around her
wagon with curiosity in their eyes
and admiration in their hearts. The
old men wept for joy that there was
one who had not bowed to Baal.
She sold her country produce, went
home, milked the cows, cooked sup
per for ten farm laborers, and went
to church that night with her sweet
heart.
The recenr distressing cases of
trichina spiralis at 1 lint and South
Haven, Mich., which resulted so
fatally, have been made the subject
of a patient and prolonged invest iga
t on by the Medical Society of Kal
amazoo. Pot-mortem examinations
of the bodies of the victims were
made, and these loathesome parasites
were found in great numbers in the
bodies. The pork and ham were
also examined, ami found to be alive
with them. It was furthermore as
certained that in each case ham had
been eaten raw. As there are numer
ous others liable to eat ham in this
condition, we commend to them the
following extract from the medical
report:
Eat no vucooJced or half -cooled hog's
jU'.sli. lhe raw flt-sh of the hog,
whatever its shape or condition.
whether ham. bacon, or pork, salt or
fresh, smoked or nnsmoked, is liable
to contain this parasite, full of life
j and activity that mav soon work a
remediless mischief in the human
body. Bologna sausage, if pork be
in it uncooked, is as dangerous as
anv other form of this meat, lhe
heat that cooks meat utterly destroys
the life and mischievous power of
these vermin, and no one need fear
any harm if this fact is observed.
Ox Shakes. A good story, and
all the better in being true, is told
of one of our citizens, who let apiece
of ground to a man on shares. The
man would hire the lot, bnt the own
er, doubtful of getting any money of
the tenant, proposed to let it upon
the promise of receiving half the
products.
Occasionally during the summer
he passed the spot, and was pleased
with the cultivation it was receiving
and with its goodly show of vegeta
bles. Harvest time came and pass
ed, and he heard nothing from his
tenant, till in response to a hint, the
latter sent him one watermelon and
three shriveled cucumbers. Indig
nant at this shabby treatment he
called upon the man and asked him
what it meant.
"Why, you see, squire," replied
the tenant", "the pesky boys stole all
vour half but the melon and cucum
bers." A Lawyer. It is related of George
Clark, the celebrated negro minstrel,
that, being examined as a witness,
he was severely interrogated by the
attorney, who wished to break down
his evidence.
44 You are in the negro minstrel
business, I believe?" enquired the
lawyer.
"Yes, sir," was the prompt reply.
44 Ain't that rather a low calling?"
demanded the attorney.
44 I don't know but what it is, sir,"
replied the minstrel, 44 but it is so
much better than my father's that I
am rather proud of it."
44 What was your father's calling?"
44 He was a lawyer!" replied Clark,
in a tone of regret, that put the au
dience in a roar. The lawyer let
him alone.
A good christian seldom sees a
wroqg in his neighbor. A pure lake
reflects a beautiful sky. A bad man
seldom sees a good trait in his neigh
bor. An imperfect glass reflects
nothing correctly. A perfect mirror
reflects nothing but bright and pure
images.
BANCROFT LIBRARY,
err i-i t T-nnnvi T a
Canada aud Free Trade.
The new receprocity treaty be
tween the United States and Canada,
of which our dispatches have lately
made mention, has the following
main provisions:
The free admission and inter
change of all natural products of the
United States and British provinces.
American and Canadian built ves
sels may carry cargoes and passen
gers from any port on the great lakes
and river St. Lawrence to any other
such port.
All canals on either side of the
bound ry to be open upon the same
condition to citizens of the two coun
tries. Lake Michigan to be open to Can
adians as the St. Lawrence has been
to Americans.
Canadians may purchase American
vessels and register as Canadians,
and Americans may purchase and
register Canadian built vessels in
like manner.
Of these stipulations the first one
is by far most wide reaching and im
portant, and if Secretary Fish should
succeed in obtaining its acceptance
by the British government and its
ratification by the United States, it
would be a triumph of Democratic
principles for which our party could
afford to forgive many of the sins of
President Grant's administration.
For, however Democrats may differ
and have differed on the currency
question, the free trade principle is
one of those cardinal doctrines of
Democracy upon which our party
has always been in theory at least a
unit, and which now no more than
ever demands its endorsements and
support. Of course it is not likely
that the principle can be carried out
to its fullest extent at once, by mak
ing trade free between the United
States and the other nations of the
world, but it is none the less proper
that the system should be modified
as rapidly as may be, and that we
might as well begin with Canada,
our nearest neighbor, and a neigh
bor with whom we have such exten
sive commercial dealings. There is
no doubt, that the experiment will
prove a complete success and lead in
time to the application of the same
principle to our commercial relations
with other counties.
One of the main arguments in favor
of the union of the thirteen States
that originally composed this repub
lic was to get rid of the tariff in our
own country, and the Democratic
party has since persistently tried to
abolish it altogether. The only rea
son for retaining it so long a time
was that it seemed to offer the cheap
est mode of Collecting taxes. But
with the growth of the United States
that object has vanished, and the
extention of free trade to all the
British provinces of America is not
likely to diminish our revenues per
ceptibly, while it will, without
doubt, materially increase the wealth
of the nation, and especially of the
western farmers, many of whose pro
duets' have been virtually excluded
from Canada by the high tariff and
who in turn, have had to pay most
unjust and ruinous taxes on Canadi
an exports. S. Louis limes.
The enforcement of such a treaty
would not onljr be a triumph of
Democratic ideas, but would be a
long step in the direction of a Conti
nental Republic. The benefits which
would flow from free trade with
Canada would impress upon the peo
ple of the United States as well as
the Dominion that the blending of
their interests in a federal form of
Government with the rights of each
State sacredly guarded, would be
better than to keep up this unnatur
al division.
A Few Short Lessoks for Ladies.
Conceal from others any little dis
cord or disunion that occurs between
you and your husband.
jje you ever .o conscious oi supe
riority of judgment or talent, never
let it appear to jour husband.
I know not two female attractions
so captivating to men as delicacy
and modesty.
If possible let your husband sup
pose vou think him a good husband,
and it will be a strong stimulus to
his being so.
No attraction renders a woman so
agreeable at all times to her husband
as cheerfulness and good humor.
How particular offensive is it to
see a woman exercise authority over
her husband, saying, "I will have it
so " 44 It shall be done as I like, etc.
A Tkctk. Young men! It was
like Jhe song of some wonderful
bird, and it made the air shine after
the sound had died away; and yet it
was just the remark of a brave young
man who walked past me one day,
arm in arm with a companion.
44 Depend upon it, Tom, old St.
Edmond, of Canterbury, was about
right when he said to somebody,
4 Work as though you would live
forever; live as though you would
die to-day.
Tom nodded and the two walked
on. From "Jack-in-the-Pulpit," St.
Nicholas for June.
. .
Apvice to Boys. If there is a bov
in vour school who has a club foot.
don't let him know yon ever saw it.
If there is one who wears ragged or
patched clothes, don't speak of it in
his presence.
If there is a lame boy assign him
some place in the play that requires
but little running. If there is a dull
one assist him in getting his lessons.
It is said that thprt ia a nnlnnv
about 300 Germans now on their way
from Kelton who are destined to set
tle either in Grand Ronde or Wal-
owa alleys.
Hon. P. C. Sullivan TlA.S nsonml
editorial control of the Dallas Republican.
r
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A Striking Indication
The Sun savs that one of the most
striking indications of demoraliza
tion which permeates every branch
of the National Government is found
in the unfair and dishonorable con
duct which characterizes the niajori
tv of both Houses of Congress in
'most everv case of a contested sent
Vobndv experts to see snch a case
decided on its merits nowadays, pro
vided one of the contestants is a sup
porter of the administration, and can
present any kind of plausible false
pretense to support his claim, even
if the strongest evidence is produced
to show the right of his competitor
to the place in dispute. Partisan
considerations are permitted to over
weigh the most convincing test:mo
ny. and the rights of the people to
select their own representatives are
trampled under foot by the highest
legislative body in the land, which,
by its official acts, has repeatedly
encouraged the corruption of the
ballot-box, as President Grant has
done presistently and systematically.
When the pretence upon which a de
feated candidate belonging to the
dominent party, urges his claim for a
seat is too barefaced even for the
Administration majority to recognize,
the difficulty is usually overcome by
permitting the fraudulent to take his
ent without prejudice to the right
of the legally elected member to
contest it, and then staving off inves
tigation until nearly the end of the
term. Thus the notorious ballot
box stnffer, ,W. T. Clark, of Texas,
was permitted to occupy the seat of
Mr. Giddings during nearly the
whole term of the forty second Con
giess; and thus Sypher, of Louisi
ana, a disreputable carpet-bagger,
who bases his claim to be considered
a Congressman upon certificates pur
porting to be from negroes, saying
that they were prevented from vot
ing for him certificates that Syph
er's own agent has testified before a
Congressional committee were forg
eries is allowed to vote and serve
on important committees when every
member of the House of Representa
tives knows that Col. Effingham
Lawrence was legally elected from
the district which this interloper
pretends to represent. The House
Committee on Elections has just
made a decision whicb further illus
trates the subject.
In 1872, Thomas M. Gunter, a
Democrat, was elected to Congress
from the Third District of Arkansas,
but was counted out by Clayton's
gang. Judge Wilshire claimed
&o.t on a. certificate of Gov. Baxter
that the Secretary of State had made
an abstract of votes, which was ap
pended, and showed an apparent ma
jority for Wilshire obtained by
throwing out a large number of the
rotes cast for Gunter; Gov. Baxter
neglecting to make his certificate a
declaration that Wilshire was elect
ed, an omission which very likely
was intentional. Nevertheless Judge
Wilshire, against the protest of the
majority, was permitted to take his
seat, Gunter being allowed the usual
liberty to further contest the case.
So the matter stood until the recent
Arkansas troubles broke out, and
Grant, falling -into the pit which
Clayton had dug for the liberal Re
publicans, was compelled, greatly
against his will, to acknowledge the
fraudulent election of Baxter as val
id, or virtually admit that the elec
toral vote of Arkansas had been
stolen for him when it was in reality
given to Greely. In this emergency
Judge Wilshire refused to submit
to Clayton s dictation and made some
exceedingly damaging exposures of
frauds committed by the two Admin
istration Senators from Arkansas.
This of course was rank treason, and
even a Democrat would be better
than a man who professes to be a
Republican, but who rebels against
his superior officers, tells tales out
of school, and has had the temerity
to say that the President's appoint
ing power is too great for the good
of the country. It canses no sur
prise, therefore, to learn that the
Committee on Elections has just re
ported unanimously that Judge Wil
shire was never elected, and that
Mr. Gunter is entitled to the seat he
has occupied so long.
The Brutalized Republican Par
ty. What a cheerful spectatle it
must be to the original Republicans
to the foundes of their party thrust
out of place and influence in it, and
a party of renagade Democrats rul
ing the roost! Adams, Trumbull,
Banks, Fenton, Curtin, Forney, Cas
sius M. Clay, and lately Seward,
Chase, Greely and Summer deposed,
Butler, Grant, Dix, Logan, Morton,
Sickles, II olden, Harlan, and "Lau
daulet" Williams lording it over the
party in their places. There is one
consolation that the disgusted orig
inal Republicans can take home to
to their hearts. It was such men
as Butler that brought about the de
feat of the old Democratic party pri
or to the war, and they are sure to
be equally a nuisance to the party
with which they now affiliate.
A lazy boy is sure to make a lazy
man. Who ever saw a boy grow up
in idleness that did not make a shift
less vagabond? The great mass of
criminals and paupers that fill our
prisons and poor-houses have come to
what they are by living in idleness.
All our great men come from our in
dustrious, laboring boys; self-made
men; the best and the greatest the
world ever knew.
Wool buyers in Umatilla county
are paying 2-i cents per pound, de
livered at Umatilla Landing.
The crickets, lately quite numer
ous in some parts of Eastern Oregon,
are happily disappearing.
Thos. Gerand is on trial at Salem
for the murder of Thomaa. Hnbbard.
The Word atj.
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A profoundly interesting and im
portant question has just been decid
ed at the London Court of Common
Pleas as to the meanirg of the word
place m the Act for the suppres
sion of betting houses, 16th and 17th
Y- chaP- 119- It arose in a case
stated on appeal from the decision
of the justices of Chester convicting
ue appeilaut ot" occi-.i ing a place
nd using it for the purpose of let
ting. It appears that on the 1-1 th of
'nly the appellant was on the Ches
ter nc--conrse standing on a stool
2 ft. 6 in. high, over which was a
arge umbrella of the " gig" variety,
apable of covering several persons
the stick being made in six joints',
like a sweep's brush, so as to be ta
ken to pieces, and being fixed in the
ground with a spike. It was a show ery
day, but the umbrella, it was
proved, was kept open wet or dry
On the umbrella was painted in
large letters, 44 G. Bows, Victoria
Club, Leeds," and a card was also
exhibited bearing the legend, 44 We
pay all bets first past the post." The
question was, whether Mr. Bow's
stool and umbrella together consti
tuted a 44 place" within the meaning
of the Act, and the Court has decid
ed that they do, and affirming the
conviction by the magistrates. The
spot, they held, was ascertained for
the time by the spike of the umbrella,
being put in the ground, and it was
certainly a place. Indeed the court
was not clear that it was not an
" office." The umbrella, which was
capable of covering several persons,
was 44 practically an operf tent." The
words 44 We pay here all bets first
past the post meant 4 If you will
resort or come under this umbrella,
here is the place you will be paid."
Great importance, it will be "-seen,-)
was attached to the fact of the um
brella being fixed to the ground. A
very nieeqnestion of law would have
arisen if Mr. Bow's umbrella had had
no spike and had been merely held
over his head by an attendant.
Would his stool alone have consti
tuted a place? and, if not, would a
camp-stool, armed, as some are, with
a spike, differ from an ordinary
three-legged stool in this respect?
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Panned Out Well. The Jafest
zephyr from Kansas, says- the Louis
ville Courier-Journal of May 28th, is
laden with the perfume of baked boy.
It is reported that cremation has
been inaugurated at Leavenworth,
and that on Thursday of last week, a
Mr. Miller placed the body of his
son, who had just died at the age of
ten years, in a furnace specially con-
structed for the purpose, and sub
jected it to the process of cremation
in the presence of a large number of
surrounding friends and admiring
physicians. The boy panned out
well, his ashes being all that could
be desired.
Hay Tea for Halves. A farmer
who had a calf of value and no milk
to give it was advised to give it hav
tea. He did so and the calf is renort-
ed as doing finely, though t has nei
ther received h y nor meal since he
got it. He cuts the finest and best
hay he has about two inches long,
and pours boiling water over it; lets
it stand until cooled to about the
heat of milk from the cow, when the
tea is given to the calf and the hay to
the cow. Both calf and cow thrive
on their feed. Rural New Yorker.
A modest young husband in New
York sent the following message
over the wires to friends the other
day: 44 See? ninth chapter of Isaiah,
sixth verse."
The dusty old Bible was hauled
down in an instant, and the above
chapter and verse were hunted out
and found to explain all.
The verse reads: 44 For unto ns a
child is born unto us a son is giv
en." How He Did It. Russell, in his
memoirs of Tom Moore, says: Tom,
pressed as to how he got his living,
niade this frank avowal: 4 4 On Sun
day I always dine with an old friend
of mine, where I eat so much that it
lasts me till Wednesday. Then I
buy some tripe, which I hate like
the very devil, and that makes me
so sick that I can't eat anything till
Sunday again." .
44 John," inquired a schoolmaster
of a hopeful pupil, 44 what is a
nailer?" 44 A man who makes nails."
44 Very good. What is a tailor?"
44 A man who makes tails." "Oh,
you stupid fellow."
44 Yes, master," returned John, "if
the tailor did not make tails to his
coats they would all be jackets."
A bet between two well known cit
izens of Salem was paid by the loer
playing a hand organ through the
streets, and the winner following
taking up a collection for the benefit
of the Orphans Home. A large
crowd gathered and over one hun
dred dollars were collected.
Daniel Drake, of Corvallis, whom
we mentioned as having been hurt
by young Cushman on the night of
election day, is now very low from
the effects of his wounds. Erysipe
las has attacked the parts hurt, and
the patient is now in a precarious
condition.
boats took to Astoria last Monday
morning a sturgeon whieh weighed
1 O S mo.na-rtfiryrr 10. foot 1 T"l
length and 2 feet across the bac1
This is probably the largest fish eT
taken from the Columbia river-
- t f
i j a oirn teTe were
no railroads, steamboat telegraph
lines, gas burners, fui-.
nhotoGT-phs. fnction
LWora percussion caps.
Indiarubber eho, free schools.
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