M c M innville , O regon , M onday , J anuary 24.
VOL. II. NO. 19
The Daily Reporter,
A FRENCHM AN’S TRICK.
How he Reap« a Goldeu Harve.t iu New
York City.
Entered in the Postoffice at MoMinnville for
“Parlez-vous Français, monsieur, s'il
Transmission Through the Mails as Sec­
vous
plait?' asked a figure that 'topped
ond Class Matter.
out from the shadow of a tree into the
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E. L. E. WHITE.
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D. C. IRELAND.
D. C. IRELAND & Ce.,
PI HI ISH1H'.
T he D aily R epobteb is issued every day
m the week exoept Sundays, and is delivered
in the oity at 10 cents per week. By mail. 40
cents per month in advanoe. Rates for ad­
vertising same as for T he W eekly K epobteb .
Book & Job Printing-.
We beg leave to announce to the public
that we have just added a large stock of new
novelties to our business, and make a special­
ty of Letter Heads. Bill Heads, Note Heads,
Statements, Business Cards, Ladies Calling
Cards. Ball Invitations (new designs) Pro­
grammes. Posters, and all descriptions of
work. Terms favorable. Call and be oon-
yinoed.
D. 0. IRELAND A CO.
0. W. GOUCHEB.
E. E. GOUCHER
Coucher & Coucher.
PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS
M c M innville
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O regon .
Office and residence, corner of Third and
D. streets, next to the postoffioe
ssa. m ’ oain .
H. HUBLEY.
McCain & Hurley,
ATTOmEYN.AT.LAW
AND NOTARIES PIBL1C,
Lafayette, Oregon,
Especial attention paid to abstracts of title
»nd settlement of estates in probate.
Offioe—Jail buiding, up stairs.
Mrs. M. Shadden.
Fashionable Dressmakers
tJT~The Taylor System of Cutting and Fit­
ting employed.
Third street, Next to Bishop & Kay’s store,
MoMinnville, Or.
DR. I. C.
TAYLOR.
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Late of New Orleans, La.,
Pilei* anil FiMula a Spe­
ciality. Consultation
tree. No Cure
No Pay.
1-4*“ Offioe with H. V. V. Johnson, M D._
MoMi_nville, Oregon.
" -^McMinnville
Hair Cutting, Sharing and than,
pooing Parlor.
15c SHAVING 15c.
C. H. FLEMING, Proprietor.
(Suooessor to A. O. Wyndham.)
Ladies and children’s work a specialty.
MF“ I have just added to my parlor the
largest and finest stock of cigars ever in this
•itv. Try them.
D C. IRELAND
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CO.,
Fine Job Printers,
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middle of one of the walks in Madison
square the other evening. The reporter
said he did. a very little, and then look­
ed inquiringly at Viis questioner.
The latter touched his battered cap in
true military style, and then thanked all
the saints in the calendar that he had
found some one in this forlorn country
who could understand him. He was a
soldier, a veteran of Magenta and Sol-
ferino, of Sedan and Metz. As lie said
this he straightened his lean figure,
twirled the long mustache under his
aquiline nose, and drew the stiffly-waxed
imperial through his fingers.
• But now,” said he striking hi' breast,
over which the shabby frock-coat was
buttoned tightly up under the chin,
“now, 1 am starving—without a sou!
Would monsieur be merciful enough to
help an unfortunate one who had been
vainly looking for work ever since he
came over from Pahs, five weeks ago?”
The reporter gave him a quarter. The
ex-soldier of Solferino saluted and march­
ed down the path away from the electric
light.
Ten minutes later the reporter was
crossing the square again. As he stop­
ped in the shadow of a tree to light a
cigar he saw the figure of the veteran
oome up a narrow path and stop in front
of a lauy and gentleman who were ap­
proaching. The same question which
had been asked before was again asked,
this time with a bow in honor of the
lady. The gentleman evidently answer­
ed in the affirmative, for the veteran
launched forth in an impassioned ap-
fBal in French for a little money to keep
im from starving. The gentleman put
his hand into his pocket, then into the
veteran's hand, and then passed on with
his companion.
Hardly had they turned the corner of
the path when a young man in a bob­
tailed overcoat and very high collar
with the ends turned over loomed up.
The veteran met him as he had the
others. The young man in answer to
the question, “Parlez-vous Français,
monsieur?' stammered out an incoher­
ent answer, whereat the veteran said in
English that he was “very hungry,” and
then began to recite in French his piti­
able condition. The young man listen­
ed as if he understood it all, and then
'ing him a half-dollar walked on witli
givinj
smile on his smooth
a sen-satisfied
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face.
“See here,’' said the reporter stepping
out of the shadow, “if you’ll tell me how
long you have been playing this game,
and how you do it. I'll give you half a
dollar.”
The. veteran scowled, but as tin- half-
dollar glittered in his questioner's hand
he hesitated a moment
and then
laughed.
“Of course you aren’t a Frenchman?”
said the reporter.
“Oh, yes, surely, monsieur,” said the
beggar, earnestly; “but I am not exactly
a veteran. 1 was a regimental cook
once, but I have lived in America for
five years. Business was dull last sum­
mer and I bethought myself how to
make money. At last 1 had a little idea.
Said I to myself, everybody admires be­
ing thought to speak French, and if I
cun make myself a flatterer to their van­
ity they will pay for it. So 1 came out
one night and began, just as I asked
you to-night, ‘Parlez-vous Français,
monsieur, s'il vous plait!' It is certainly
not every gentleman 1 meet wfio will
■top. but the great number do. If they
are with ladies they are more sure to
stop a minute and let me tell them my
story, for in that way they make an im­
pression on the fair one with them.
Many a one does not understand the
)«n<ni»<7v>. and so hp hesitates. Then I
say in English that 1 am hungry, and
then I go yn in French. The/ know
isst .
then that I am asking tor money, and
they listen and pretend to understand.
They almost all give me money, but the
most liberal are the pshuUrtatut, or
dudes, as you call them, like the one
with the cane ami the overcoat that just
went past. But. voila, it is a fair ex­
change. They think they impose on me
by pretending to understand me. and 1
make them pay for thinking so. Merci,
monsieur; bon unit." And with another
salute he pocketed the silver and march­
ed dawn, the path toward Broadway,
where among the hundreds of theatre­
goers fie resumed the carrying out of his
little linguistic idea.- AT. F. Sun.
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Tulips.
As in the case of hyacinths, the sin­
gle varieties of these foroe earlier and
better than the double anos. Tulips
require the same soil and treatment as
hyacinths, only that several roots
should be potted together in one small
pot iu order to form a good group. Ro­
man hyacinths are valuable on ac- |
count of their earliness, as they can, if
potted in September or August, be
easily had in flower in November. They
are useful for decorative purposes if
Sotted or planted pretty thickly, but
eing scentless, and otherwise inferior
to the common hyacinth, they are sel­
dom grown after the latter comes in.
Both snowdrops and crocuses force ear­
ly and freely, and should be potted
thickly in pots or pans in about four
inches of sod, and forced very gently
as soon as rooted, under the same treat­
ment as hyacinths before potting. They
make an effective display in a cool
house between Christmas and April,
during which period they may be had
in flower by introducing batches from
the cool frame every ten days or so.
The polyanthus narcissus of different
sorts have always been favorites for
forcing, but of late the daffodil section
has become popular for this purpose,
and very handsome pot plants they
make; and the beautiful N. bulboco-
dium, or small hoop petticoat daffodil
is one of the beat It does better in pots
than out doora, as a rule, and stands
a good while in perfection. There are
no neater subjects tor pot culture, and
those who grow it once will grow it al­
ways. The small bulbs should be pot­
ted early in the autumn— say August or
September—kept cool till rooted, and
then forced into flower in gentle heat
The whole of the daffodils force in this
way. N. Horsfieldi is one of the best
large-flowered sorts for the purpose as
it flowers very freely, does not grow
tall, aud is one of the very best of its
class. The large-flowered single N.
maximum is also good; so is the com­
mon double daffodil; and the little N.
nanus makes almost as neat a speci­
men as N. bulbocodium. The larger
kinds must have pots from six to eight
inches in size, and the small varieties
will succeed well in four to tive-iuch
ones, aud in any ooiuidod soil thut is
light and saudy. All are extremely
easy to force, aud the bulbs are com
paratively cheap. — London Field.
The Rest Thrown In.
“Darling,” said a young department
clerk to a pretty Georgetown girl,
whose waist his arm encircled, “what
do you think your dear papa would say
if I were to ask him for your handr'
“1 don’t think he’d like it, Harry,” she
lisped. “No?” he said in dismay, for
be thought he was very dense with the
old gentleman. “No? Why notf”
“Because, dear,” she smiled, “he
wouldn't want his only daughter muti­
lated in that manner. Ask for all of me,
Harry, and 1 have a vague suspicion
you’ll get me mighty quick.” Harry
gave her a squeeze as big as a dime mu­
seum anaconda, and saw the father
next day in a moat successful manner.
— Washinulon Critic.
A Philadelphia oysterman say« that the
bivalves should be thoroughly washed be­
fore being eaten.
PRICE TWO CENTS.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Headquarters for
STAPLE AND FANCY
DRY GOODS
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Assortment of these Popular Goods
ALL THE LATES1
NOVELTIES, NEW
AND DESIRA­
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Plpast Call and Examine,
W hat we G uarantee
FOR THE DRESS GOODS OF OUR
MANUFACTURE.
To be made from the very best ma­
terial, by skillful workmen, with the
latest and most approved machinery,
and to be the cheapest goods in the
market when service is considered.
Arc so thoroughly finished that they
can be worn in damp weather, or in a
shower, without fear of being ruined
by curling or shrinking.
The manufacturing, dyeing and fin­
ishing is done in such a manner, that
the goods can be washed if desired
without the least injury to fabric.
Our goods are wool dyed, and colors
as fast as the purest dyes and gree.test
care and skill can make them.
Goods show just what they are and
will be until worn out, as there is no
weighting, stiffening, or artificial lus­
tre used to increase the weight or fin­
ish ; as is the case with a large class of
goods in the market, but which disap­
pears after a few days’ service.
As manufacturers we have taken
great pains to supply an article in
every way reliable, and unsurpassed
by similar goods, either foreign or do­
mestic, and would respectfully ask an
examination of the various styles and
shades to be found on sale by mer­
chants who are agents for the goods.
All goods of onr manufacture should
bear the name and trade mark of
B roadhead W orsted M ills ,
Jamestown, N. Y,