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SOCIETY XO TICES.
OiiF.GON L()lCfi NO. 3, I. I. O. F
Mivts every Thursday
cviMiin i :it 7 L o'clock, in the
O il IVUjws' Hall, Main
slroet. M Mn'ier.sof the Or
der art) invkod to attend, liy order
nr.iiKCCA iiu:iti:i: i,oik;i xo.
I. O. O. V., Metis on the ,;r
S.s;n 1 and Fourth Taos- UZ4&?
d.i v -v.ni:i? e.n-h month, jfry
:it J'j uVI n. in the Odd
IVilows' il ill. MiMiihorsof tho Decree
art; invited to attend.
m nomah iai)ih: xo. i,a.i
t'c A. M., Holds it -i regular com- A
iiiuiii.Mtions on t!ie First and vvT'
T.iird S t urU.iys in each month,
ill 7 u'elock froiii theliOlh of Sep. ,
t-mhT to th -J. 01 Ji of March ; and 7'v
o'.-lok from the :Wt!i of March to the
20th of September. iliethien in good
.m liir are invitod to attend.
l".y order of W. M.
r.vMs 5-;ncam:mijnt xo. 1,1.0.
O.K., M-ets at Old Follows q
H ill onth-i First and Third Tuos- X
tl iv of ei -a month. Iitri uehs
ia I st:iniin- are invited to attend.
n c s I -V k s s v a it n s.
a. j. :t )vr.s, si. r. J. w. nokris, m. d-
iioykr fc norris,
I'ilVSUIVXS N'1 Sl'iitiKOXS,
c'i"i ;;-sta';rs In f'iiarman's Brick,
Vain Sir - -t.
br. H .v -r r si.l'nc.- Third str-t. at
fi : of rli.f .siair.vay. tf
Dr. G PARKSR,
I'hysiciau te Surgeon.
C J I":-' I f:C N?it t: thar.ii:i:i'.4 Slire,
r:-siJ-ac--i)v.r W. Fish's s:ore, Main St.
E.nr.me; on tii- isi-l
Th l)f-; r is Kx iniinin.; Surgeon for
TMi-iio i-i. N. .wain i nation ( 'xa-pt "I'.i-n-iu.ii"
an 1 "i'-riodii-al") can i mads with
.it sjm'ci.iI ord -r.s iroiii t!i-i IVnsiou liuroau
V.'asiiiu'on. D. I.".
DK.JOIIN WELCH
DEHTiST,
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o:i::ciox city, okkbon.
III-;Hot r,i! lriie Paiil f jr County
Onlrr..
Rl- ATHEY,
a tto:i.m:v and coinseloiMT-law,
Onoii City, Oregon.
Spfplal attention given to tian'.ns Money.
ill-j Front room in Kntkkiii.sr build-in-.
July -lit f
H. 1 1 U K L. T
ATTORN EY-AT-L AW:
Oa33N CITY, - OSEGaiJ.
-OFFICE Charnian's brick. Main st.
omarlSTJ :tf.
JOHNSON & aicCOWN
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELORS AT-LAW.
Oroon City, Oregon.
t"Vill practice in nil the Courts of the
Stat. Special attention given to cases in
tlie U. S. Land O:!io at. or-.'oii t'ity.
oayrlSTJ-tf.
I.. T. BARIN
ATTORN EY-AT-L AW,
OREGOX CITY, : : OREGON.
OFFICE Over Tope's Tin Stor Main
atroet. 21niar73-lf.
NV. H. HKSIIFIELI).
F.tnblUlied iiltice 49, t the old stand.
.Main Street, Orinoa City, Orejion.
An assort !
nt of Wnt he. Jfwoi-
Wot h
onws' Weisht Clocks
o 1 1 rf rhic!
e warranted to be as
"It'.ptxirin don- on short notice, and
thankful for past P tronage.
J01IX3I. IUC0X,
IMPORTER AND DEALER Wj)
in nooks, .'Stationery, i vnuai- -pr r-
rr otr. olx ' vi rlftiii
Orfjon City, Oregon.
,At the Tost Office, Main street, east
!de.
RERflOVAL.
ALFRED KINNEY, M. D.,
suriCrEOisr,
HAS TtEXOVED HIS OFFICE AND
Resilience to the double house,
v. Cor
frt!i' rtlnd. Orcsrnn, where he can be
May t aDd niht"
5 tOS0 Day at home. Terms
17 - STINSjOM A Co.. Pnrtlnn -f
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"When a person buys a throno-h
ticket from Philadelphia to Boston,
a little card is also given entitling
him to a seat in the coach which
transports eastern-bound passengers
across New York City, from Court
land street ferry to the Boston depot.
In the fall of '6G, I arrived in Jersey
City, a Freshman, on my way to
Harvard college, armed with a
"Dobb's transfer ticket," freighted
with "the blessings of my parents,
and puffed up to such an extent with
ambitious ideas that I veritably be
lieve the presidential chair, at that
moment, would have been too small
for me. Thinking the coach would
be on tho Jersey side, I boldly ex
posed my trausfer ticket to let the
world at largo know that I was en
titled to a ride across New York City.
"Dobb's Express, young feller."
"Yes sir," I meekly squeaked, at
the same time proffering my ticket to
the very rough looking interrogator.
"I der want yer pasteboard, Peet
ie; gimme yer leather," said he, tak
ing possession of my sachel and lead
ing the way on board the ferryboat.
Having seated me very comforta
bly in the ladies' cabin, he went out
to see if there wore any more Eastern
bound passengers. It was not very
long before I saw him again with a
very seedy-looking individual in tow,
bearing down upon mo.
"This here gentleman is goin right
your way, right through toI3oston;
un'erstan'? It'll be more sociable
like, ch? what? Knowin each other
as a starter, see?"
With this left-handed introduction
Seeds and I were left to our own re
sources for the better cvltivating of
each other. He lost no time in strik
ing right out from the shoulder with:
"Your first visit to the 'modern
Athens,' I presume?
"Y-e-s," I murmured, hardly know
ing what he meant, "I'm going to
Harvard college, Cambridge, Middle
sex county, Massachusetts."'
"Umph! Yes, got it by heart like
a good little boy, I t-eo. Yoa must
give nic a call alter you get domicil
ed. I am a physician in Boston,
somewhat famous for my wine sup
pers and literary parties."
"Could this be Dr. Oliver Wendell?
but no; Dr. Holmes dosen't wear pa
per collars!" I thought. With a pro
fusion of thanks, I promised to do
m 3 self the mingled honor and pleas
ure of partaking of his hospitality at
no late date.
As my eyes wandered over the
Boston physician's shiny raiment and
.shapeless shoes, the reluctant thought
crossed my mind that either Boston
must be a surprisingly healthy place,
or else my friend's indifference to
outward appearance must be one of
the miny eccentric freaks of genius.
While thus cogitating we arrived on
the New York side of the rivir, when
the affable coachinan again took pos
session of my "leather," and after
walking a few doors up Courtlaud
street with ns, ho returned my bag
with "Now you fellers stan right
here, see? I'm goin' round to start
the coach, eh? what? Yes I am,
and when you hear the horn blow,
then I'm ready to skip; un'erstan'?
While the Doctor and I were scru
pulously fulfilling the instruction
about "stan'in' right here," a door
opened just behind us, and a very
fancy looking individual emero-ed
smoking what looked and smelled
like a piece of varnished leather roll
ed in cigar shape. Ho approached
us, announcing at the same time, to
us, and the traveling public at large,
the startling fact that Nogood's
watches were without an equal.
"I've got a watch, thank you, "said
the embryo President of the United
States with an air of importance.
"Mine, au contraire, has grown
very antiquated looking an old heir
loom in the family," said the M. D.
"I think," he continued, "I'll just
step in and look at the stock."
Seeing that I betrayed no curiosity
concerning their famous time pieces,
the Doctor asked me, as a personal
favor, to help him in his selection.
In I went.
The room was about 20 feet square,
one side of it being taken up by a
glass show-case, ia which were dis
played gold and silver watches, pis
tols, greenbacks, brass jewelry, &c.
Oa the top of the case was a box fill
ed with envelopes, put in side by
side, on edge.
"Each and every prize in the glass
case, you will observe, has a number
attached to it, and each and every
envelope in this box contains a num
ber corresponding with these in the
case. The investment of one dollar
may draw for you the 'red super' I
mean, gold watch, or the hundred
dollar note! Roll up gents! 'Faint
heart never won fair lady!' It is a
loDg lac that has no turn! Where
OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 3,
is the next man who wishes to be
made happy for life?"
To this eloquent appeal (notwith
standing my warning nudges) the '
Tl-M. c n " n rry Lewi 4 I
ouxvuu!.,, i. greasy dollar
bill was handed to Professor Gab, an
envelope selected, the number expos
ed, and lo! a similar number was al
so attached to a beautiful gold watch.
"By Josie!" exclaimed the propri
etor of the glass case, "you're as
lucky as a Philadelphia: !"
"Ah!" thinks I to myself, "this is
a little fly thrown for cay benefit, but
I won't risk worth a penny."
"Here!" said the envelope man,
"I'll tell you what I'll do with you,
gentlemen, just for a flyer, biz being
a little slack. I'll nut this card with
223 printed on it into this envelope,
see? and stick her right here along
with the rest of the envelopes."
Here the proprietor's attention was
called to the hundred dollar bill, and
he inadvertently left one corner of
the important envelope sticking out
of the box, in full view. I started to
tell him of this, but strange to sa3T,
the Doctor stopped me with "Hold!
we may make some money here."
"Now gents," continued the pro
prietor of the .beer saloon c;gar, "I
take this here hundred dollar bill
and slap paste-board number 223
right down on her, see? and am
ready to give it to the one who draws
the lucky envelope whizh holds the
corresponding number. Twenty dol
lars is all I ask for the trial, each
and every envelope holds a prize;
walk up gentlemen, and become mil
lionaires." Inducements were being offered,
and I was being strongly tempted.
The number was in the envelope, I
was sure, and there was the envelope
trying to get out of the box in its
anxiety to get to me. With such a
chance of getting $100. and with the
Doctor continually urging "nothing
venture, nothing win," who could
resist? Exemplary reader, whether
you could or not, I couldn't.
While the professor was busily
engaged turning over the prizes, the
Doctor prompted me to take out the
envelope and hand it to him, and he
would show me whether it contained
the winning number before ventur
ing my 20. I must ;:dmit I thought
this a rather questionable proceed
ing for a respectable Boston physi
cian, and admit my own duplicity;
but I was only a boy, Unshed with
expectation, with a character un
formed ahem!
I drew the envelope and handed it
to the convivial Doctor, who, turning
his back to me for a moment, then
showed me the card half way up
in the envelope, I seeing just the
tops of the numbers. This was
enough, however, to assure me. with
what I had already seen, that I could
invest my 20 with every probability
of becoming the future custodian of
the 100 bill.
I put down 20 (money given me
at home for a month's expenses) tak
ing the card out of its receptacle,
with a flourish of confident success,
I threw upon the glass case 233!
The truth flashed across my mind
in an instant the dear Doctor of
wine-supper fame was a "capper."
He had taken the right number out
of the envelope when his back was
turned to me, and bad substituted
one which, pushed only half way up
in au envelope, would have every
appearance of being the card origin
ally put in by the proprietor, for a 2
and a 3, yon know, are formed alike
on top.
"Too bad! upon my conscience,
too bad!" savagely whispered the
shabby genteel roper. "Try it again.
I'll take my affidavit I'll not make
such another faux pas."
Another month's spending money
came out of my pocket book, 223 was
again placed in the envelope, again
was one corner left sticking up ex
posed to view, and again did the
Doctor want to see if I could safely
bet; but "No sir," said I, taking out
the right number from the envelope
and throwing it on the cse, "I'd
thank yon for that 100 bill."
"The bl oak's tumbled!" exclaimed
the Doctor (?) regardless alike of ex
posure and diction.
"Yon looked! you're yon cheated,
you little chump, you! Do you think
I am such a duffer as to give yon
that bill when this Boston gentleman
says that a corner of the envelope
was left sticting up so you conld
make no mistake?"
I know not what course, in such a
predicament, others would have tak
en; but as I don't brag much on my
stock of valor, especially in small
rooms with gamblers and pistols in
unpleasantly close proximity, I threw
all my weight and dependence on my
discretion.
I soon discovered that I had better
abandon all idea of getting the 100
bill. So, after argument and threats
of police, the matter was compromis
ed by the return of my once lost 20,
and I can assure you it was no easy
iob to effect even that little.
As I went out of the door, Dobb's
coachman (?) was standing near by
frettinc: his boots polished. "You're
a nice rooster to go trav'lin', you
are! Why the coach has been gone
long ago. Where yer been ?"
Having confessed to a willingness
to cheat, my readers can think no
less of me when I say that my answer
io this "steerer was a lie. lhe
chance was too good to let slip.
ITerfl I had a chance of getting even
with this "roper," and of breakingup
the triumvirate in a row; so, without
anv qualms of conscience, I lyingly
said: "Why, I have been in that
room there, where I was fleeced out
of three hundred dollars!"
The news was too much for him.
He rushed into the place for his
"whack" of the "sugar." while I
took a daix temps step up into Broad
way, and was soon lost to them for
ever I hope.
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For music-lovers a Patti on a
Grisi plate.
Grant's Brother.
It is unspeakably infamous, and
greatly injurious to tho good name
of the American Republic, abroad,
that the President should use his
high office to advantage his relatives
and "churns" regardles of the inter
ests of the tax-payers of the country.
No worse manifestation of such a
dispositiou on the part of an occu
pant of the White House has been
exhibited than in the conduct of
Grant towards his brother Orvil,
some of whose transactions, and"
those of his confederates, are set
forth in a letter to the New York
World, from Bismarck, Dacota, Ter
ritory, which read as follows:
There is something the matter
with the traders on tho Upper Mis
souri. Several changes have al
ready occurred, and others seem im
minent. The Leightons have re
tired from the tradership at Fort A.
Lincoln, and also from the agency
tradership at Fort Peck, and report
ed to be converting their property
at Fort Buford as if intending to
travel; they are certainly concentrat
ing, and it is possible with a view to
retiring. The Leightons are towns
men of the Secretary of War, and lie
has been accused of being interested
with them. This, however, he de
nies, though there is no question
about O. L. Grant being interested
not only in all the Indian agencies
but in some of the military trader
ships also. The profits of the trad
erships are immense. O. L. Grant
receives 300 per month for his trad
ing privileges at Fort Peek; Chey
enne Agency and Standing Bock are
worth each as much more; Berthold
pays 150 per mouth and Fort Ste
vens 100; Forts A. Lincoln and B.i
ford are worth 500 per month. The
profiits at each of these josts will
reach 20,000 per annum. The sales
of whisky alone, at 25 oents a drink,
for a week after pay-day will aver
age 500 per day and sometimes
reach 000. Forts Rice, Sully and
Randall, the latter a very important
post, are also controled by the 'ring'
and take it all in all, O. L. Grant has
about as a good thing as the x resi
dent in the way of an income.
The traders are nearly always in
terested with the contractors, if not
the actual contractors, not only in
the matter of supplies, but for mail
routes, fcc., and make much monev
in that way. For instance the mail
route from here to Fort Buford was
let for 7,000 per annum and sub-let
for 3,500, and for some reason, not
only the friendship of the Bismarck
postmistress, but her active co-operation
became desirable. She with
held it, and the contractors openly
boasted that they could and would
cause her removal. They did cause
it, and W. B. S;iaw, who is one of O.
L. Grant's partners in the trader
ship at Fort Stevenson, was appoint
ed in her stead, and is retained in
defiance of the recommendation of
the Republican delegation from this
Territory, and in the face of a re
monstrance containing the names
of three fourths of the voters of the
country. So look out for postal
frauds iu this neighborhood, possi
bly in an attempt to place tri-weekly
service on the route from here to
Helena via Fort Buford, a distance
of 800 milec. Weekly service pays
the contractors over and above the
cost of operating, 7,000 per annum,
and of course tri-weekly service
would pay three times that, or 21,
000, and this on one route only. Re
ferring again to contracts for sup
plies, hay that this year cost from
G (o 10 per ton formerly cost the
Government from 20 to 30 per ton.
After vouchers were approved and
paid for hay at these high figures, a
convenient prairie fire not unfre
qnently destroyed the whole lot,
but in these cases the contractor
would always have .on hand alike
amount that he would put iu for,
and always a slight advance of con
tract price. The petty thieves re
ceived a pretty severe shock in the
conviction of Henry Guger & Co.
last spring. He was one of your
professional contractors, one of the
worst kind. He could burn a hay
rick or steal a wood-pile and couut it
two or three times in filling his con
tract, as neatly and unblushingly as
any man on the river. But he got
caught at last. Custer got wind of
his doings and put a job on him
which did not fail to catch him and
rive of his companions. They all
languish in prison now excepting
one, who got loose on the payment
of a fine. I said Custer put up a
job on them. He did it in this way
and for this reason: His command
had lost much stock, the cavalry
boys their horses, and tho Quarter
master Department many mules.
Forage was also disappearing rapid
ly from the Quartermaster's Depart
ment, and so a trusty sergeant was
intrusted to keep his eyes open, and
offer forage for sale to certain suspi
cions parties. They bought it, paid
for it, and came in the night and
hauled it away, but when the proper
time came Custer "gathered it in"
together with the thieves. They
were convicted, every one of them,
at the recent term of the Court of
this District. Custer is now after
others, and if they escape the peni
tentiary it will not be his fault, and
they may esteem themaslves exceed
ingly lucky.
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Tiiat's So. The Dallas Itemizer
says the following of Hon. L. F.
Lane, and coming from a paper that
belongs to the Independent side, is a
compliment of no small import. It
says:
Lafayette Lane, the Democratic
candidate, is receiving a good sup
port from the Democratic press, and
hugh are his qualifications to fill the
office for which he is a candidate.
In our opinion, Mr. Lane is the ablest
man in the field with perhaps a few
shortcomings otherwise.
COURTESY OF BANCROFT LIBRARY,
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA,
TTORKF.LTCY. CALIFORNIA.
Its Wonderful Vitality.
For full three quarters of a century
the Democratic party has had an ac
tive existence. During that long
period it has had its ups and downs,
its trying vicissitudes, and at times
it seemed a3 though it must yield to
the tremendous pressure brought to
bear against it. Party after party
has risen against it, and for a period
flourished like "the green bay tree
by the rivers of water," bnt one by
one they have wilted and died, and
to-day, its latest, and of all tho oth
ers, most successful opponent, is
upon its last legs, unsteadily sup
porting itself by grasping with a
death grip the remnant of power still
in its hands. On the other hand, the
great Democratic party, ever true to
the principles of its formation, is
again in the ascendant, with the pres
tige of well-asured victory to encour
age its members and prompt them to
redoubled effort to restore the Gov
ernment and the country to its right
ful prosperity. Senator Thurman,
in his recent speech at Mansfield,
Ohio, eloquently says of this won
derful vitality in our grand old or
ganization: No party can long exist in a free
country that has no other foundation
than power and plunder. Were that
possible, it would prove beyond dis
pute that the people are incapable of
self-government, and that free insti
tutions are consequently a failure.
We must look, therefore, to other
causes to account for the existence
and vitality of the Democratic party.
And these causes, we find, first, in
the general fact that, more strongly
than its adversaries, it is imbued
with a love of free democratic insti
tutions; that, more firmly than its
opponents, it believes in local self
government, aud is therefore more
conservative of the rig'.its of the
States; that, more ardently than oth
er parties, it is attached to the liberty
of the individual, and therefore de
fends the reserved rights of the peo
ple against all encroachments of
power, whether Federal or State;
that its legislation has been marked
by greater liberalities to immigrants,
greater respect for liberty of speech
and of the press, greater regard for
the rights of conscience, more deter
mined opposition to monopolies of
every kind, sounder views of curren
cy, commerce and trade, and a strict
er adherence to simplicity and econ
omy in every department of govern
ment, Federal or State, than has
characterized the measures of its op
ponents. Add to these, that its prin
ciples make it the enemy of all false
pretenses, and inculcate the dignity
as well as the usefulness of labor,
and we can arrive at no other con
clusion than that the Democracy is
the natural party of free institutions
in a Republic like ours.
We have, then, good reasons for
the rise of our party, its long and
unbroken existence, its many years
of unsurpassed usefulness in power,
its fortitude and perseverance when
in a minority, and its undying faith
that it is again destined to rule and
shape the destiny of the nation. It
is not a party, my friends, to be
abandoned for transitory causes that
suddenly arise and as suddenly pass
away. Its foundations are too deep,
its principles too closely interwoven
with the very nature of man, to per
mit its dissolution so long as free
Government shall exist. And with
out it, free Government in fact, what
ever might be its name, would soon
i o i i T v a"
' cease itseir to exist: xemocraue
principles are the very life-blood of
free institutions; without them, free
dom would have no place on tho
earth.
Badly Frightened.
There are eighty-six men in this
country who have done more to ter
rify the Radical party than all disas
ters which have befallen it at recent
elections. Sleeping or waking, the
trembling adherents of a crumbling
power see before them the forms of
eighty-six ex-Confederates who pro
pose to plump themselves familiarly
in their resjiective seats in the Capi
tol. Thus groans the Washington
Republican at the prospect:
Eighty-six Confederate Generals
will occupy seats in the next Con
gress. They will control eighty-six
yeas and nays. The country is wait
ing patiently to see how they behave
themselves. Nearly a hundred thou
sand gallant soldiers depending upon
their scanty pensions for support
are standing upon the ragged edge
of a pointed anxiety. Widows and
orphans who' obtain life's suste
nance through the humane and gen
erous enactments of a Republican
Congress are, in a measure, at the
mercy of those who opposed the en
actments, aud may attempt to make
them void. There is a check how
ever within the jurisdiction of a loy
al Senate.
We opine tho Republican's fears
are utterly groundless. Probably in
the annals of an American Congress,
no eighty-six men, en masse, ever
voted or actea with more determina
tion to do their full duty to the
country, than will the ex-Confeder
ates who are shortly to take part m
Federal legislation. They have pass
ed a fiery ordeal which, in our opin
ion, has purified and will elevate
them to the highest standard of
American statesmanship. In the
keeping of such men the liberties of
the people are in no danger.
Mr. Put Smith has sold to Wm.
Ross, living near Pendleton, 100 head
of thoroughbred Spanish Merino
sheep. Of the number C8 were ewes
and 32 were lambs. The price paid
per head was S10. The clip obtained
this season from the ewes averaged
pounds.
Abraham was the first sick man.
He had Hagar in the wilderness.
1875.
The Constitution and tho Flag.
From the San Jose Argus.
It was the request, when dying, of
the late lamented Andrew Johnson
that his body be wrapped in the
American flag, and a copy of the
Constitution be placed in his lifeless
hand.
To those who can hold themselves
above the partisan plane and look
upon the dead patriot, thus draped
for the tomb, the situation is severe
ly grave. The heedless aud flippant
may fancy tho scene touched up with
a flash of humor may remark of the
dead Senator as "still swinging
around tho circle" may speak of the
ruling passion strong in death &c;
but still there is a meaning and a
moral here which it would do well to
heed.
Remembering the life labors of
Aud re w Johnson; recalling the stir
ring scenes in which he was a prom
inent actor, we must, regardless of
party affiliations, accord the ex
President tho praise due most fear
less honesty. Judged from a party
standpoint his devotion to the Con
stitution may appear over-wrought,
blindly passionate; but if we reflect
upon the-severe treatment that in
strument has received in the last fif
teen years we can acknowledge the
Old Commoners appeals for con
stitutional restrictions were the
appeals of both seer and proph
et. Since the time when Ste
phens, then the inspiring genius of
the Republican party declared the
Constitution "a covenant with death
and a league Avith hell;" since the
day when the poet of the Radical
party, pointing to the starry flag.
"Tear down the flaunting lie," both
tho Constitution and the flag hzxe
met many perils; and because in An
drew Johnson these fanatical wor
shipers of a so-called "higher law"
found one of the ablest and strong
est antagonists, is his sudden death
so mucli to be regretted, and his
last wish to be enwrapped in the em-
Idem of his country s unity and
greatness, (a fitting close to a life of
such singularly pure and honest en
deavors) ought to come as admoni
tion and warning to those who would
yet further trifle with the liberties
of our confraternity of States.
lhe conservative element m politi
cal society; that element which
would arrest the tendency to disre
gard the obligation of constitutional
law, in the interest of faction and
party, lament the death of Andrew
Johson as a friend and advocate it
could illy spare, as one of whom in
the next four years in the nation's
councils much was expected. The
Senator fought with clean hands.
Untainted with bribery, he was the
determined foe to the manifold cor
ruptions which have become charac
teristic of the present Administra
tion, and of him, more than any
other man, corrnptionists had a
wholesome fear. For the Constitu
tion and the flag his regard may have
become a passion ; but it was a holy
passion, which ought to stir the
heart of every freeman; a passion we
would not willingly let die.
Won't do for a Tavern-Keeper.
Mr. Beecher is part owner of the
Twin Mountain House. Last Tues
day while wandering about the prem
ises at a very early hour he encoun
tered one of his partners, and broke
out in this vein:
"What a glorious morning! A very
brid of the earth and sky! What
softness! What tranquillity ! What
true inwardness of nature! It makes
the heart feel a throb of new life, and
it fills the soul with an ecstacy ineffa
ble. See how the deliquescent sun
shine trembles through the trees.
See how the hills lift up their misty
crowns to heaven. And there's that
ugly pig-pen I think I'll have that
covered with wild honeysuckles."
"Wild honeysuckles!" exclaimed
his practical partner, "cover a pig
pen with wild honeysuckles! You
might as well furnish feather beds
for the pigs."
Mr. Beecher was about to enforce
his peculiar views on the subject,
when the other interrupted him:
"Now, see here, Ward, don't, you
interfere in the management of things
around these premises. It ain't your
forte. You know Evarts says j-ou're
nothing. but an 'over-grown boy,' an'
over-grown boys ain't adapted for
this sort of business. It takes a smart
man to keep a hotel."
The pastor shoved his right thumb
in the arm hole of his waistcoat, and
pursued his walk alone. Argus.
SocrnEKX Outrages. Tho San
Francisco Post says: "Once in a
while wo hear of a 'Southern out
rage' of a kind that never finds its
way into the 'loyal' newspapers.
Here is a case in point: Leflore coun
ty in Mississippi, possesses one ne
gro who is the clerk of threo courts
and a United States Commissioner.
He has been eleven times indicted
for misconduct. He is accused of
perjury, embezzlement and forcrerv.
and of having been accessory to mu"r-
uer. iie lias robbed the county of
30,000 no difficult matter for none
of the Supervisors, all of whom are
colored, can write his accomplice
in a mail robbery is in Albany peni
tentiary, and yet the Republicans of
Leflore county are about to vindi
cate him by electing him to the Leg
islature. Such on t rages as these
the Department of Justice in Wash
ington is blind to.
A cotemporary philosophically ob
serves: "Time is money, and a great
many of our s ibscribers are paying
us in that currency."
"Resources andBnsinessDirectory
of Coos Conntv" is the tide of a book
issued by H. H. Gale.
NO. 45.
Wonders of the Microscope.
The other day a Detroit father
purchased a microscope for his sonj.
a boy of ten, patted the lad on thd
shoulder and said to hia:
"My son take this microscope and
go " out and study the beauties of na
ture." The boy left all other amusements
for that, and he took such interest,;
and improved so rapidly, that at th''
tea-table, to which several visitors
sat down with the family, he flt
that he must make some remarks'
Turning to one of the ladies he in
quired: "Did yon ever look at cheeso
through a microscope?"
"I don't think I ever did," she
pleasantly replied.
"Well yon just ought to see the
things crawl "
"John! John!" exclaimed the fa
ther, shaking his heal at the boy
across the table.
John subsided for a minute or
two, and when his mother passed the
cheese around, everybody said,
"Thaukyou, no." Pretty soon the
young student, desiring to mollify
his father, asked: &
"Father did you ever look at a
toad through a microscope?"
"I will talk with yon after sup
per," replied the parent, scowling at
the boy.
John was rather disappointed at
his failure to arouse enthusiasm, and
just as the strawberries were being
passed around he remarked:
"Well you just ought to look at a
strawberry once through a micro
scope! They look just like warts,
they do, and" you think you see bugs
running !"'
"Jawn!" said his mother.
"Boy!" warned his father.
"Well, they look wors'n flies'
heads!" protested the boy, who im
agined they doubted his veracity,
"for flies "
"Boy !" said his father making
a motion for John to leave the table.
John left aud as soon as it was con
venient for him to do so, the father
escorted the lad to the wash-room in
the basement, bounced him around
and said:
"My son, gimme that microscope,
and you take the ax and go out and
study the beauties of that woodpile!"
If that boy continues to feel the
way he does at present he will be
come a bank robber instead of a nat
uralist. .
The i'owcr of Trnllu
In a history of Persia is related
this beautiful and impressive story:
Abdool Kader, of Ghilam, had,
when a child, a vision which im
pressed him with the feeling that he
must devote himself to God. So he
went to his mother in the morning
and told her about it.
"She wept" he says, "when I in
formed her what I had seen. Then
taking out eighty dinars, she told me
tliat as I had a brother, half of that
was my inheritance. She made me
promise, when sho gave it to me,
never to tell a lie, and then bade me
farewell, exclaiming, 'Go my Bon; I
trust the to God; we shall not meet
again until the day of judgment.' "
"I went on well,' he adds, 'till I
came near to Hamadam, when our
kafillan was plundered
by sixty
horsemen. One fellow
asked , me
what I had got.
"Forty dinars" said I,
'are S2wn
under my garments."
"The fellow laughed, thinking no
doubt, I was joking with him.
"What have yon got? said another.
"I gave him the same auswer."
"When they were dividing the
spoil, I was called to a mound where
the chief stood. 'What property-
have you got my little fellnw? said
he.
"I have told two of youf men al
ready,' I replied; I have forty dinars
sewed up in my clothes.
"He ordered them to be ripped
open, and found my money."
"And how came you" said he, with
surprise, 'to declare so openly what
has been so carefully hidden?" .
"Because,' I replied, I will not be
false to my mother, to whom I have
promised that I will never tell a lie.
"Child" said the robber 'hast thou
such a sense of duty to thy mother
at thy years, and am I insensible at
my age of the duty I owe to my God?
Give me thy hand, innocent boy,
the robber continued 'that I may
swear repentance upon it.'
He did so, his followers all alike
struck with the scene.
"You have been our leader in
guilt,' they said to the chief, 'be
now our leader in the path of
virtue;' and thej' instantly, at his or
der, made restitution of their spoils,
and vowed repentance on my hand."
A Word to Bors axd Yocxo Mex.
There is no greater mistake a yonng
man can commit than that of being
indiffernt to the interest of hi3 em
ployer. Try to make j-our services
useful so that your boss cannot do
without you, and yon will never
want a place, and can always make
good wages. Be faithful in small
things, as well as in great things
be faithful in all things; be atten
tive to your duties, shirk no em
ployment that is not dishonorable,
feel that your employer is entitled
to every minute of the time which
you have agreed to give him for a
stipulated remuneration. The wages
may be small too small, but if yoa
have contracted to work for a dollar
a week, when your work ia worth
ten, stick to your bargain like a man
until your term of service has expir
ed. It may seem very hard, bat it
will instill the great principle of
being true to your word, and in time
you will become an employer your"
self. Sac. Eee.
How to do'It. The way for a des
olate old bachelor to secure betUg
quarters is to take a ''batter halt
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