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Why He Sighed.
I do not mourn, swept wife of mine,
Because those ruby lips of thine.
That marble brow.
Were kissed bv one who mijrht have been.
Had I not chanced to stop between,
Tliy husband now.
I do not frrieve because thy heart,
Ere C upid touched it with my dart.
For him would beat ;
Nor that the hand which owns my ring:.
Once wore his gilt, a "Mispah" thing
It was but meet.
I sijrh not that his arms were placed
Some score of times around your waist,
cSo sweet and slim.
Ah, no, my love! the woo you see
Is mine because you wedded me
Instead of him.
An 011 Lawyer's Story.
A great many years ago, when I
was comparatively a young man,
and still uumarrieil, I resided in u
certain city in Pennsylvania, and en
joyed the reputation of being the
cleverest lawyer known there. It i
not for me to say the praise was
merited, but I certainly fonud my
self able to discover loopholes of es
cape for tlio.se I defended which sur
prised even my fellow-lawyers. I
possessed by nature those qualities
which would have maile an excel?
lent detective, and I was a thorough
student of the law. There was no
mystery about it, but among the
more ignorant classes I gained a
reputation for more than human
knowledge. Perhaps it was not po
lite for them to say that the devil
helped, but they did.
However, I began te tell yon
about Madame Matteau. Hhe was
an old lady, who owned a little
house in the suburbs of the city.
She herself was of American birth,
but her husband had been a French
man, ami so the title of Madame had
ueen hestenved upon her. one was
a widow, and her daughter Ja
briella and her son Henri were her
only living rdathes. Her income
was but small, and she eked it out
by taking a few boarders, generally
steady old people who had known
her for years. These respected anil
liked her; but the city generally had
a prejudice against her. There had
been two sudden deaths in her
house. Each time the victim was a
stranger who came at night, and was
found dead in the morning. Each
time the jury was divided; some be
lieving that strangulation was tne
cause of death, some that the man
had died in a tit.
It was terrible that two such
deaths should have occurred be
neath her roof. Mad.-imes friends
pitied her. The rest of the Utile
world hinted that these were strang
ers, anl their trunks, which con
tained no one ki:ew what amount of
valuable property, remained in M i
dame's possession. Xo one said she
was a murderess, but every one s.iid
it was "strange," in an odd tone.
amVuo one since that second death
had visited Madame Matteau.
I myself perhaps because I ad
mired her a great u.v.l. and her
daughter much mote hud r.iway.s
insisted that it was merely a coinci
dence; that, in a world ia which
apoplexy and heart-disease were se
common, it was not such a marvel
that two men should have met sud
den deaths in the same house. ut
any faith in the theory was shaken
when, one morning, it was published
over the city that another transient
boarder had been found dead in
Madame Mat lean's house and that
she was arrested o:i suspicion of
having murdered him, his watch and
chain having been fonud in her pes
sessiou. Ue fore I had recovered from the
shock of this terrible? piece of news,
a messenger came to me from Mad
ame. She desired to see me. Of
course I went to her at once.
She had been taken to prison and
I found her in a little room with a
barreil window, and insuflicient fire
upon the hearth. The logs hael
burnt in two upon the andirons, ami
the white ashes were scattered over
the hearth. Almost in them sat Mad
ame Matteau, in her widow's dress of
sombre hue.
She was chilled with grief and ex
citement, ami had drawn her chair
close to the low fire.
She shook violently from head to
foot, and her face was deadly- pale as
she turned it toward me aud held
out her hand.
"Oh, I thank heaven you have
come!" she said; "I know you can
save me. Is it not horrible? How
could I kill a man ? Why should I ?
Why de people come to my house to
ilie? To die horribly, with black
faces and startling iyes, as if some
one had choked "them! U'gh! and
hee was a pretty yeung man the
night before. Oh, good Heaven!
how horrible!"
I sat down besi.de her. I took her
hand. "Madame Matteau," I said,
becalm; collect yourself. As your
lawyer 1 must know all. Tell me,
from first to last, what happened
what was said, what was done. If
yoa "
I paused; her black eyes had
flashed upon me. I could .not ask
her whether she had any confession
to make. I saw that she had not,
unless she was the best actress who'
ever lived. Madame Matteau was in
nocent of any crime.
"If you have any. suspicions," I
aded, "tell them all to me."
"There is no one to suspect,"
sobbed the poor woman. "In the
house was Gabriella, my daughter,
whom you have seen; old Hannah,
tbeook; Mr. and Mrs. Beaucamp,
friends of my poor, dear husband in
his boyhood, the best, the kimlest
people; Mr. Gray, a very old man,
too feeble to leave the house; poor,
deformed Miss -Norman, and the
librarian, Mr. Brassford. None of
these would murder a mouse. See
how kind they are; they remain in
my house; they send me worel that
they have no doubt of me. On the
contrary, how "
OREGON CITY, OREGON, FRIDAY,
HI. II,TM.-X UCTtnca , mm
"And this man who " I began.
"Yes," said Madame Matteau, "I
will tell you: he was a fair, young,
handsomely-dressed young man; he
asked Mr. Br; ssTord at the depot if
he knew of any ono who cm Id ac
commodate him. Mr. Brassford
brought him home. My only emptv
room was the one in which those
two strangers died. I could not
bear to nt him in there; but Mr.
Brassford laughed at me. It was
late when he retired too late for a
quiet household. Hannah had made
a fire. She came and told us she
hael done so. He said good night.
"After ho had gone we; found he
had left his waleh on the table. He
wore it only with a bunch of seals,
ami hael been setting it by the clock,
and showing it to us js t.o'nething
very handsome. I knocked at his
door to restore it to him. He had
left us but fifteen minutes before;
but he must have been asleep al
ready, for he made no answer. So I
kept it for the night, and wore it
down te breakfast next morning. As
I came down I met a gentleman in
the hall, lie iuquired for Mr.
CJIenn. This was the new-comer's
name. I sent Hannah to wake him.
She could not de so, and grew
alarmed. She had a key that would
open the door, ami used it. The
next thing I knew we were all in the
room, and the windows wore wide
open, and the doctor had been sent
for; and the young- man that hael
called was screaming that hisbrother
had been choked to eleath; and then
there was an inquest, and then they
arrested me. The brother said the
first thing he ncticed was that I
wore Mr. (lien's watch and seals. I
had forgotten it in my terror."
"So Hannah had a kev to the
roemi ?" 1 said.
"Yes; at least it v. as a key that
would emeu it. It was the key to
Mr. Brassford's door. She knocked
the other emt with a stie-k and 2,lt
that in."
"The people who were then there
on that night were your boarders
when the other men were found
(load?" I asked.
"Oil, ye-s."
"And Hannah was there also?"
"All my marrieel life Hannah has
lived with me."
"Your daughter oversees your
household in your absence?"
"Yes, poor child, with Hannah's
help."
I thought a little while.
"Maelaine," I said, "there is some
strange mystety in this ail air. I do
not despiir of proving to all the
world your entire innocence. Mean
time be as calm as possible, and en-de-aViir
to re?member everything con
nected with the sudden deaths that
have occurred in your house. The
incident that seems the 1 ust impor
tant may really be ef the most im
mense value."
h'o I left and went homo. Strange
enough, on the way I mt the doctor
who had been called in. lie was a
dull, heavy sort 'of j)erso;, eo:i.-dV..-r-ablv
::iven to beer-drinking, ;:nd my
opinion e;f his ability was not very
great. Howe'ver, I questttmeil him
on the subject; and he replied:
"Well, you see, I don't say the
old woman murdered him. If she
did, I should say by sitting on him
en-smothering hini with the bolsters.
1 suppose the cause ef his death was
asphyxia. Well, then, what is as
phyxia? Well, too little breath to
keep eme living. He died because
lie was s.:ort ot orealn
l wash my
hands e.f lli.it matter.
Onlv, there's
the watch; that locks dark."
I had learned nothing from the
doctor. The coroner lived near me.
His jury had been twelve of the
'most ignorant men in the town.
This is all he told me: "He was
smothered, that man was; so were
the other two. Men don't smother
themselves. We made it inscrutable
providence t'other time. We make
it murder this time. That watch,
you know."
Thus, without any new li.ht, I
went heme and formed my plans.
There was but erne way te penetrate
the mystery. I must enter the.
house; I must see tiie people there;
I must penetrate the room in which
these men had died so suddenly, ami
I must not be knejwn by my real
character. That Madame Matteau
was innocent, I fully believed; but
that some one beneath her rejof was
guilty, I made no doubt. It might
be the librarian, Mr. Brassford,
whose key fitted the dead man's
eloer. It was possible but no, I
would net harbor a mad supersti
tion. There couhl be no super
natural power beneath which human
beings dropped anil died. Death as
it came to us is mystery enough.
Wi.at had been said to me by a wo
man, who would have been a Spirit
ualist had she lived to-day, was a
mere obscurity.
"I believe that there is some hor
rible unseen thing in the room," she
saiel, "some awful, shapeless spirit;
and, when it is locked in with its
victim, it murders him. Let others
believe what thev will, I believe
that."
The worels haunted me, but I
laughed at them, of course. What
ever it was, I would try to know. I
had a plan.
At dusk that day, I went into my
bed-room myself. I came out a
strange man. I wore a. white wig, a
pair of green glasses, and an overcoat
the tail of which reached to my heels.
I had a muffer about my throat, and
a little bunch on one of my shoul
ders. I carried a thick cane, anel
stooped a good ileal as I walked. In
my hand I carried a carpet-bag, and
in my bosom a pair of pistals well
loadeel.
I passed out into the street, the
early moon was just rising; she lit
me on the way to Madame Matteau's
house.
It was opened for me, when I
knocked, by old Hannah. Her eyes
were red and swollen. Then I told j
her that I was a stranger, and had !
received Madame Matteau s address
from a gentleman in New York, and
I desired to stay under her roof all
night. She shook her head.
"I don't think you can," she said;
the ladv is away from home. Be
sides we are in trouble here. I don't
think Miss Gabriella would "
But here Miss Grbriella herself
appeared.
"I am an old man, miss, 1 said;
"and, as vou see, quite infirm. I
dreael another step. I should take it
as a kindness if you would accommo
date me, aud I will pay you any price
you ask.
Miss Gabriella looked at Hannah.
"We have onlv one room," she
said; "and that-"
I ended the question of my stay
byT be gging to be taken to it.
"You will have supper, sir?" asked
the girl.
But I declared I had eaten, and
wanted rest.
Her reply was: "Hanna, show the
gentleman to the 'blue room'" the
scene of the three sudden deaths or
murders. It was a small apartment,
painted blue. It hud also blue win
dow curtains, a blue coverlet on the
bed, a neat striped carpet, a set of
old mahogany furniture, and a very
handsome ewer and a basin of costly
china. It was at the time almost a
universal custom to burn wood. In
this room, however, was a small coal
file. I alluded to this as Hannah
came in with the scuttle.
"Yes, sir," she said; "Misses does
burn coals. Her son is clerk, or the
like at the new mines at Mauch
('hunk, and he sends it cheap to her.
but it's a nasty, dirty-smelling thing,
and I hate it. Xow it's built and lit;
'twill warm up in fifteen minutes. It
takes longei than wood."
She went out of the door and came
back in a minute with a little tray,
on which stood a pot and a cup and
and a saucer, also a bowl and a tiny
pitcher, anel something in a napkin.
"Miss sent a bit and a sip," said
she. "Tea rests ld folks mightily.
Good night."
"Good night," I said. "I expect
I shall sleep soon; I must be up very
early, though, for I have bills to pay.
E have some hundreds of dollars with
me to pav out to-morrow, and it's in
the bag."
She looked at me in a queer sort
of way, anel lingered beside ine. At
last she spoke:
"Look here, sir; I think old folks
of vour age do wrong to lock doors
on themselves. You might be ill all
night, and who'd get in to see you ?"
Wa-5 it this woman's practice to
beg travellers who stopped with her
mistress not to lock the door? Was
there some baneful potion in the cup
she had given me?
It was an innocent-looking cup
enough, an old-fashioned affair,
covered with little gilt sprigs. The
tea was fragrant Hyson; but the sus
picion that had crept into 1113' mind
lead tainted it. I fancied a strange
color, a carious smell. I put it from
me, and would mt have tasteel it for
a Kingdom.
I hail not intended to sleep, and
did not undress myself. I merely
removed my disguise, and sat down
by the table, with my pistols beside
me. That some attempt might be
shortly made te murder me, I felt to
be possible. I thought of all the old
tales I had heard of trap-doors and
sliding panels, ami secret entrances
to travellers' rooms. I was net a
ceiward, but I felt strangely nervous,
aud, singularly enough for a man of
my perfect he-alth, my hands were
growing cold and my feet were lumps
ef ice, while mv head was burning
hot.
Fifteen minutes had passed anil
the fire was kindled, but the room
was not warm. The blue flames
struggled among the black coals, and
flung forked tongues, tipped with
yellow tint, into the room. There
was nothing cheerful about the stove,
though it was one of the open style,
now called Franklin. Yet I drew a
chair toward it from habit, and sat
upon the hearth. I do not know
how long I sat there. Suddenly I
became aware that I was not myself.
I was losing 1113- senses. If unseen
hands had been clasped about my
neck, and an unseen knee had been
pressed against my chest, my sensa
tions could not have been different.
A thought of the spirit which my
friend had suggested faiutly strug
gled into my mind. As I struggled
to my feet, a noise like the roaring
of the sea was in my ear. The llame
of my candle turned to a great 3'ellow
blue. I barely retained strength
enough to stagger to the window
and fling it open. The fresh, cold
winter-air rushed in. It gave me in
tense 2ain, but it relieved me. In a
moment more I was able to clamber
out of it upon the sheel below.
There I remained until day-dawn.
With my returning senses, the truth
came to me: That which murdered
the three men was nothing more or
less than the coal-stove.
It was provided with a damper,
and this, being caught in a manner
which closed it, sent the poisonous
gas into the room. Had I thrown
myself on the bed, I should have
been found dead at daylight, in all
human probability.
As for the fact that neither doctor
nor Coroner discovered the truth, I
have but to say that they were not
deeply scientific men; thatcoal-stoves
were scarcely used in the place; and
that it had not been mentioned that
the blue chamber was thus heated.
Of course I rejoiced the household
by my discovery, next morning, and
equally of course Madame Matteau,
who was not only freed from suspi
cion, but became the object of uni
versal sympathy. She was always
so grateful to me, and she proved
her gratitude by giving, what I soon
asked for, the hand of her daughter
Gabriella in marriage.
FEBRUARY 11,
CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE.
Washington, Feb. 2. Allison, f
from the committee on Indian affairs, !
reported back the Senate bill to pro- j
vide for the payment of claims for
Indian depredations, anel askeel it be
referred to the committee on appro
priations. So ordered.
The Chair laid before the Senate
the unfinisheel business, it being the
House joint resolution directing the
commissioners of the District of Co
lumbia to pay interest on the bonds
issueel in pursuance of the act of
Congress 'approved June 20, 1S74.
out of any funds in the U. S. Treas
ury, subject to the requisition of
saiel commissioners, the pending
question being on the amendment of
Kernan, submitted yesterday, pro
viding that any further issue of 3-uo
bonds, under or by virtue of said act
of Congress approved June 20, 1874,
is hereby prohibited.
Sargent, Bayard, Morton, Allison
and Logan participated in the debate.
Without action the Senate ad
journed. Feb. 3. The Senate resumed the
consideration of the bill to pay inter
est on the 3-G5 District of Columbia
bonds, the pending question being
on the amendment of Kernan that
any further issue of 3-G5 bonds, un
der or by virtue of said act of Con
gress, approved June 20, 1874, is
hereby prohibited; agtved to.
The debate was continued by Ham
ilton, Morrill of Maine, Sargent,
Saulsbury and Bogy, the question
being on the amendment of Hamilton
to discontinue paving and grading
the! streets, etc.
Sargent said it was too sweeping,
and should not be adopted.
Morrill, of Maine, said the effort
would be to step all repairs here,
and certainly the Senate could not
want to say that money collected
from taxes eoulel not be expended in
paving or repairing the streets.
The amenelinent was rejected: yeas
31, nays 31.
The jeint resolution was then re
porteel to the Senate, and the ques
tion being first, on the amendment
proposed by the committee on ap
propriations to strike out the resolu
tion as it came from the House, that
the proviso that any further issue of
bonds is hereby prohibited, anel
provieleel that nothing in this resolu
tion contained, shall involve.1 the ge)
ernment of the United States in any
obligation to pav the principal or
interest of any such bonds which
have been issueel. contrary or not, in
the pursuance 01 law, it was concur
red in after fr.itlu-r debate. The
question then being on concurring
in the amendments made in commit
tee of the whole, they were concur
red in.
Hamlin moved to recommit the
bill to the committee on appropria
tions; rejected.
The joint resolution, as amended,
passed, and is as follows:
ll:.-nlri:il. That the Commissioners
of the District of Columbia are here
by directed to transfer to the Treas
urer of the United States for pay
ment of interest due on the 1st of
February, 187t5, on the bonds of said
District issueel uueler the provisions
of the act of Congress, approved June
20, 1874, entitled an act feir the gev
ernment of the District of Columbia
anel for other purposes, such sum as
may be necessary to pay the same
from any unexpended appropriations
heretofore made by Congress, or
from any revenues derived by taxa
tion em property in saiel District of
Columbia, subject t.i the requisition
of said commissioners, excluding
funds raised for the support of public
schools; provided that any further
issue of 3 Go bonds, under or by vir
tue of said act of Congress approved
June 20, 1874, is hereby prohibited.
And provided thai certificates here
tofore issueel by the board of audit,
including those converted into 3-G5
bonds and those which have not been
so converted, and the certificates
hereafter to be issued by the board
of auditors, or their successors in
office, shall not exceed in the aggre
gate the sum of .51,500,000.
Sec. 2. That there shall be no in
crease of the present amount of total
indebtedness of the District of Co
lumbia, anel any officer or person
wdio shall knowingly increase, or aid
or abet in increasing such total in
debteelness, shall be deeired guilty
of a high misdemeane)r, anel on con
viction thereof be punished by im
prisonment not exceeeling 10 years,
aud by fine not exceednig 10.000;
anel provided further, that this reso
lution shall not, in any way or man
ner, recognize the liability of the
United States to pay either interest
or principle of any such bonds as
may have been issued on or since
the 27th day of January. 187G.
HOUSE.
Washington, Feb. 2. O'Brien
offered a resolution instructing the
committee on foreign affairs to in
quire into the expediency of request
ing the President to negotiate a com
mercial treaty between the United
States ami the Republic of France,
placing the citizens of the United
States on as favorable footing as the
citizens of the other anel most favor
ed nations, in respect of duties and
charges imposed on imports into the
Republic of France; adopted.
The House then took up the bill
reported yesterday from the com
mittee on public lands, providing
for the sale of the Kansas Indian
lands to actual settlers. It author
izes the payment by settlers and
purchase under the appraisement
already made, of the appraised value
of their farms in six equal annual
installments; also provides for a new
.appraisement, After some discuss
ion the bill passed.
The House then resumed the con
sideration of the proposed eostitution
al amendment limiting the presi
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dential ternf.
Woodworth opjiosed the amend
ment. He declared that although he
hail voted for the resolution offered
by one of the gentlemen on the other
side against the third term, he would
prefer a thousand times President
Gfant to be re-elected rather than to
see the office filled by one of those
who, twelve years ago, were in arms
against the government.
Young remarked, as one who bore
arms against the government, that
there was no danger of such a per
son putting himself forward as a
presidential candidate,
Lane, chairman (?) of the judiciary
committee, closwl the debate with a
speech favoring the amendment.
Reagan offered an amendment as
follows: Nonerson has held or may
hereafter hold the office of President,
shall ever hereafter be eligible to
said office: that the term of the office
of President and Vice President shall
be six years.
Xew moved to recommit the bill
to the judiciary committee.
The vote stood yeas, 127; nays, 127
a tie vote. The Speaker's vote
was in the negative; aud the motion
was lost..
The vote was then taken on Rea
gan's amendment: the word "here
after" being first changed to "there
after." The vote resulted, 78 yeas,
184 nays.
The vote was then taken on F rye's
amendment, which was rejected;
yeas, 02; nays, 144, The vote was
then taken on the passage of the bill,
which, was lost. Yeas, 10G; navs.
144.
The House than adjourned.
Feb. 3. Clymer offered a resolu
tion directing the Secretary of War
te) report to the House Ihe entire
cost for the last fiscal year of the
signal service; aelopted.
Wheeler offered a resolution di
recting the committee on appropria
tions te insert an item appropriating
S2,r00 to the widow of the late II. A.
S t a r k w e a t h e r ; a d o p t e d .
Young introdnceel a bill to provide
for a customhouse at Memphis, Ten
nessee; referred.
Glover ollered a resolution recit
ing the belief that certain jmiiUcal
personal influence had been exercis
ed to secure the removal of the
Federal J aelge anel the appointment
ef another in Colorado for the cor
rupt purpose of procuring certain
orders and decrees concerning cer
tain mining interests now in litiga
tion, anel directing the Attorney
General to furnish copies of letters
and papers asking for the removal of
Judge Belforel, anel for the appoint
ment of Judge Stone in his stead;
referred to the judiciary committee.
The bill reported by Williams, of
Indiann, chairman of the committee
on accounts, for the payment of 14
disabled Union soldiers on the rolls
of the House, led to considerable
discussion, as to whether there were
se many Union soldiers on the rolls.
Fort mule-rtaking to deny there were,
anil llolman anel Williams of India
na, maintaining the coifutary; linally
ihe bill passed.
Kasson introduced a bill to encour
age the conduct of commerce in ves
sels owned by citizens of the United
States; referreel. The bill provides
that until the 1st of July, 1879, any
steamship of not less than 2,000 tons
burden that was built during or after
1870, anel of which at least four fifths
is owned bona fide by citizens of the
Uniteel States, and built in a foreign
country, may be registered as a ves
sel of the Uniteel States, and. entitled
to all the privileges of an American
vessel.
The House then went into commit
tee of the whole, Hawkins in the
chair, on the consular anel diplomat
ic approwriation bill, which appro
priates ii?,.22,847.
Anecdote of Alexander Hamil
ton. Hamilton was once applied to for
professional assistance by a man of
Xew York, who held the guardian
ship of several orphan children.
These children, then very young,
would, on coming of age, if they hael
their rights, succeed to the posses
sion of a large and valuable estate.
In the title deeds of this estate, the
guardian had discovered material
defects, and he thought he saw a
way, with the assistance of an able
lawyer, by which he couhl secure the
title to the whole property to him
self. He openeel to Hamilton the
whole business, exhibiting copies of
the title deeds, and explaining how
he would like to proceed. And he
promised the great jurist a large re
ward if ho would undertake the
business. Hamilton said he must
give to a matter so important due
th ought before he decided, and set
a time for his client to call again.
The guardian called according to
appointment. Hamilton had put in
writing faithful minutes of their
former conversation, which, upon
his second visit he read alcud.
" I think," said Hamilton, when
he had finished reading, " that is
1 true statement of yeur plans."
"Yes, sir," answered the client.
"That is correct. And now, if I
may ask, what have you decided?"
"I will tell you, sir," replied Ham
ilton, sternly; "you are now com
pletely in my power; and I consider
myself as the future guardian of
these unfortunate orphans. I have
decided that you will settle with
them honorably, to the very last
penny, or I will birht you from the
surface of the earth! "
It may be unnecessary to add that
the false-hearted guardian did not
pursue his nefarious scheme any
further.
Vulgarity is never so conspicuous
as in fine apparel, on or off the
stage, and never a3 self-conscious.
f Warner.
NO. 16.
Iron Hub, Iron Spoke Wagons.
G. R. Duval formerly of Salem,.
nMe f t .. r . i . . 1 1
" - '-'o " llt' t xj ao iu tia tern
new running gear for wagons, which
cjmbiues the strength of iron with
a lightness less than that of wood. G
The patent, issmd March 19, 1872,
is styled "improvement for wheels
of vehicles." He experimented at
Salem and built two such wagons
apout six years ago. A son of Ralph
Geer, Esq., bought one of them,
which is now run by Byrhgtou Geer
near Walla Walla, Ic April, 1875,
he built several at Dayton, Yamhill
county. Dr.' Johnson, Esq., of
Lafayette, has' or.a bugrpy, and Dr.
Littlefield also has one of similar
construction. Hon. T. Davenport,
of Marion county, has one of the
lumber wagons of this patent. He
can doubtless give information of its
value. .
One of the peculiarities of this 0
improvement is that the iron rod,
which is the spoke, acts as a Jensile
brace, holding the weight "by the
head, w hich is counter sunk in the
tire, live iron spokes share tne
weight on the heads at every" instant
of rest or motion. It is somewhat
like.the principle of the suspension
bridge.
A second peculiarity is that the
cap screws closely to the hub, and
lecks the nut on the lower end of
the spoke, and alse protects the in-Q
side : of the hub, which is a double
hollow iron cylinder, from wet and
dirt.
To explain further: The hubs are
double; that is, the iron box is a
hub. provided with two central flan
ges and a v. rought iron Land. The
double caps screw ed closely hold the
nuts of the spokes to their places,
and keep clean boxes. The weight
of the model is 5 pounds. It bears
up G25 pounds without bending
w heel or axle. Two of ns weight
of one 180 and of the other 105
pounds stooel upon it, and fqur
persons have done it, showing its
marvelous strength. Mr. Johnson's
buggy wheels weigh about 100
pounds. Wheels weighing 380 to
400 pounds have a capacity of 2,500
to 3,000 pounds load. Those weigh
ing 425 to 500 pounds per set have a
capacity of 3,000 to 5,000 pounds load.
A set of truck wheels sent to Messrs. .3
Miller it McCormick's, Eugene City,
weighed 450 pounels. The axle was
2l4 inches, and the power on the
street of 5,000 pounds, but the"
weight should be 500 pounds for
such trucks. Special care is now
taken that the plate or cap is screw ed
on a good thread, so as to hold firmly.
Mr. Duval is a wagon maker by
trade. He makes his own wooden
felloes, at present, but these will in
time be replaced with iron ones,
when the proper machinery can be
secured. He is now filling orders
for two hack-wheel sets, one for
Mr. Ball, of North Yamhill, and one
for Mr. Robinson, of Daton, at G5
per set, The price of wheels finish
ed is i?J5 to 70 per set, with 2,500
to 3,000 pounds power. Those with
power of 3,000 to 5,000 pounds cost
from $70 to 880. A two-horse wagon
has 41 to Gl spokes, a hack, 18; a
buggy, 20, Mr. Duval finds that
the advantages at Oregon City for
this manufacture are the best he has
seen. '"He is associated withJ. H.
Moore, Esq., a well-known machinist,
whose fine location anel abundant
water power just below the City
Mills, afford every opportunity for,
machinery, as well as convenience to
get materials and shipoffthe products
"of the shop. Judging from a brief
interview with Air. JJ., the inventor
of this -Improved wagon, and an in
spection of the model, ami the wheels
in the shop in process of construc
tion, the impression is maile that a
change will occur in the wagon
business as this becomes generally
known. Defects in the construction
will be seen and corrected. More
simplicity will obtain after trial.
As iron comes to be cheaper as well
as more durable than wood, the pub
lie will seek this light and strong
vehicle.
It will interest visitors to the city
to look into the shop and .examine
the model and specimens "and the
work. It will occupy but a few
minules and reward the effort to
learn something new. Mr. Duval
and Mr. Moore welcome and cour
teously answer all inquirers. 0
A new manufacturing interests al
ways claims attention. One that
will retain even a tenth of the money O
sent out of the State for wagons, will
be a perminent industry, teaching
our boys trades, and giving workmen
emyloment, deserves .encouragement
Oregon tan.
o
'Jones belongs to a gooe templars'
lodge in this city, but he recently
imbibed too freely of corn juice, and,
while trying to find his way home,
in a tangle-leggeel condition, he was O
met by Mr. Smith, another member,
to whom he frankly "acknowledged
the corn," whereupon Mr. S. prefer
red a charge against him in the lodge.
The case was t be investigated at
the next meeting of the lodge. In
the meantime Mr, Jones threatened
Mr. Smith with personal chastise
ment if he succeeeleel in substantial o
ing his charge. Smith is very r. ace
ably disposed, and he knew that Jones
would execute his threat, but he did
not want to "take water" before the
lodge. Indeed, he was placed beo
tween two fires, and when he was
called upon to "rise and explain," he
tried to excuse Mr. Jones without
committing himself, byQremarkiug:
"Worthv Chief, Brothers and Sisters:
After a 'sober' second thought it has
occurred to me that the evidence
against Bro. J. is not sufficient ty
warrant a conviction, as I only had
his word for it that he had been
drinking, and he was so drunk at the
time that I cannot conscientiously
consider him responsible for what
he said."
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