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The Great Clown. Joe erinaldi.

In Grimaldi's hands the clown became the great
mirth- maker of the scene, and the extraordna-
ry talent of the actor gave it patent of pre-
emnence for the future. Grimaldi s dress wos
different from that now in vogue, He ''made
up" to represent a lubberly, loutish boy-a
clown, in fact, as the character ought to be-
His trousers, large and baggy, and well defined
in the posteror quarter by the aid of stufing,
were buttoned on to his Jacket, and around his
neck he wore schcolboy's frill-a part of the
dress borrowed directly from the Spanish Cap
tain and the French PerrOt He did not chalk
aud paint his face in the elaborate mander now
adopted, and which makes all our modern
clowns look exactly alike, but put on some
patches of red, so as to give the notion of a
greedy boy who had smeared himself with jam
in robbing a cupboard. Grimaldi produced all
his effects by the genuine humor of his acting,
by the comic faces which be drew, and by the
grotesqueness of his pantomic action, by the
naivette of his blunders, and by the humor of
his practical Jokes He did not, like the clowns
of the present day, call in the aid of acrobatism
and dance upon stills, walk upon barrels, or
play the fiddle behind his back; nor did he seek
to gain the applause of his audience by aston
ishing leaps and feats of strength. He trusted
all to the force of his natural humor; and such
was his power that he made the success of pie
ces which were utterly wanting in even the
have all heard of the famous pantomine of
Mother Goose; but this pantomine was only fa-
nous on account of Grimaldi's acting. 1t was
very poor piece, and nothing was done for it
by the management. Grimaldi was possessed of
infinite resource; he could transform himself
with anything that came to hand, with bunch
of carrots or turnips, saucepan, pillow, a la
dy's muf, or tabecloth Many of these Won
derful transformations he effected on the spur
of the moment, with stage properties which fell
in his way by accident. He refers to one of his
favorite drolleries in his rhyDing adieu to the
| stage;
Ne'er shall build the wondrous verdant man,
Tall, turnip-headed, carrot-fngered, lean,
Meier shall /, on the very newest plan,
Cabbage -bady-old Joe Frankenstein,
Nor make fire, nor exc compose a coach
Of saucepans, trumpets, cheese, and such
sweet fare.
Sorrow hath taen my number encroach
No more upon the chariot, but the chair.
London Society
, 1865-07-28

THEY give books very odd names nova
days -" What will be do with it ?" "Ou
of the depths, Such things are" and tn,
like. A dry fellow stepped into bool
store on Main street the other day, and
asked the keeper:
Have you got the Woman in White?'
eyes," replied the keeper
"All Alone 2" said the inquirer.
Yes, sir"
"In the Dark 2" inquired the stranger.
1--WE have"
"En Disbabillo 2" still queried the stran-
ger.
Yes, sir" again promptly replied the
keeper
~Well," retorted the questioner, as he
turned to the door, all I've got to say is
that you We got mighty nice thing Of it
Good bye p
The keeper stood aghast and with mouth
wide open as the stranger passed out Of the
door, but medical man thinks his facial
muscles will yet relax.
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Will he Come P

Sitting in my humble doorway,
Gazing out into the night,
Listening to the stormy tumult
With kind of sad delight,
Wait l for the loved who comes not
One whose step long to hear
One who, though he fingers from me,
Still is dearest of the dear.
Soft he comes-now heart be quick,
Leaping in triumphant pride
Oh it is a stranger footstep,
Gone by on the other side.
All the night seems filled with weeping
Winds are wailing mournfully,
And the rain-tears together
Journey to the restless sea.
can fancy, sea, your murmur,
AS they with your waters flow,
Like the griefs of single beings,
Making up nations woe
Branches, bid your guests be silent
Hush a moment, tretful rain
Breeze, stop signing; let me listen;
God grant not again vain
In my check the blood is rosy,
Like the bushes of bride,
Joy alas a stranger footstep
Goes by on the other side.
Ah how many wait forever
For the steps that do not come
Wait until the plying angels
Bear them to a peaceful home.
Many in the still of midnight
In the streets have lain and died,
While the sound of human footsteps
Went by on the other side.
, 1865-07-28

AN EXPLANATIoN.-Yo Young ladies are Of
ten asked why they blush SO when spoken
to about their lovers, but they are seldom
able to give satisfactory answer. Taking
pity on their bashfulness, a writer in the
American medical Gazette furnishes the fol-
lowing lucid explanation Of the phenome-
non: "The mind communicates with the
center ganglion the latter, by reflex ac-
tion through the brain and the facial nerve,
to the organic nerves in the face, with which
its branches inosculate." The mystery is
now perfectly clear, and the wonder is that
nobody ever thought of it before
, 1865-07-28

A REMARKABLE Casa most singular acci-
dent occurred in the year 1884, and which at
the time created great sensation. On the 26th
of February of that year, man named John
Taylor, aged 20, native of Prussia was at
work as a sailor on board the brig Jane, of
Scarborough, then in the London Docks, and
while guiding the iron pivot of the trysail mast
into the mainboom, the tackle broke, and the
mast, (Which was 80 feet long and GOO pounds
weight, descended upon Taylor. The iron ply
OF tore off half his scalp, which fell over his
face, then, striking his lower jaw, bgoke it and
knocked him down; lastly, piercing his chest
obliquely, came out in the lower part of his
back, and fixed in the deck. When thus trans
fixed and otherwise injured, the man subae-
quenty stated that he felt no pain. ~ was in
heaven, said he nor was he at all inconven-
fenced during the withdrawal Of the mast from
his body by bis fellow seamen, but Immediately
afterwards experienced "unutterable agony,
and at each act Of inspiration the air rushed out
from the wound in his chest, proving thereby
that the lung was injured. He was carried to
the London Hospital, where he SO far recovered
in FIVE months from the effects of his severe in
jures as to be able to walk distance of some
miles He ultimately returned to his duty as a
sailor, and has ever since, during period o.
twenty-seven years, enjoyed, without in
terrupron the most excellent health.
, 1865-07-28

MEN FIND THEIR OwN LEvEL.-The hattery
with which our assembled working -casses are
apt to be served, doubtless contributes to keep
many Of them content to make no higher attain
ments. If they are not received with open arms
by the educated and refined, they attribute it to
their occupation, not to themselves; to the un-
responsible pride and prejudice of Others not to
their own deficiency. But water is not the only
thing that finds its own level Genius wit,
learning, ignorance, coarseness, are each at
tracted to its like. Two painters were over
heard talking in the room where they were at
work. "LordP' said one, ~ knew him well
when he was a boy. Used to live with his
gran father next door to us. Poor as Jobs tur-
key. But l amt seen him since, till / hearn
him in - ball, tother night. Don't suppose
he'd come anigh me now with ten foot pole.
Them kind of folks has short memories, hal hal
Can tell who poor working man is, nohow."
No, no, good friends, you are in the wrong.
There is indeed a great gulf between you and
your early friend but it is not poverty. To say
that it is is only a way you have Of fattering
your self-love For, if you watch those who
frequent your friends house, you will find
many a one who lives in lodgings, with the
eommonest three-ply carpets, cane-seat chairs,
and one warm room; while you have a comfort
able house of your own with very likely, tapes
try and velvet in your paror, and registers all
about. No, sir it is not because you are poor,
nor because you work; for he is as hard a work
er as you, though perhaps, not so long about it;
but because-begging your pardon--you are
vulgar, and ignorant; because you sit down in
your stting-room at home, with your coat off,
and your hat OBJ and smoke your pipe, because
you plunge your own knife into the butter, and
your own fork into the toast, having used both
in your eating with equal freedom, because your
voice is loud, your tongue staggering, and your
grammar hideous, because, in short, your two
paths from the old school-house diyergedj his
led up, yours did not; and the fault is not his.
You both chose. He chose to cultivate his pow
ers. You chose not to do so. Call things by
their right name Gail Hamilton.
, 1865-07-28

Go1NG AT THE OLD PRIoE.-The Knickerbock-
er Monthly is responsible for the following good
story;
Somewhere in Connecticut there is a family
by the name of Barstow who were never noted
for cleanliness On the contrary, the name was
proyerbial for flthiness. They were farmers
and Mrs. Barstow was engaged in the dairy bus
mess. Each week she posted her way to a vii
lage near by and disposed of her butter to
Squire Walker who dealt in country produce
and groceries. Ere long she learned that she
did not get but half as much for her butter as
her neighbors were receiving, and this aroused
her unusual quiet temper, and she determined
10 demand an explanation of Squire Walker the
next time she went to market. So the follow
ing week, with her regular amount of butter,
she presented herself at the grocer's counter
and said esquire Walker, what are you pay
ing6or butter to-day?' He opened her boxes,
and after careful survey of the contents, re-
Piled; "Twelve and a half cents" "Twelve
aid half cents Twelve and half centsW she
,2eated Chow sitthat you pay Mrs Perkins
twenty cents pound, and only allow me q nine
pence-and this you have done all along p
"Well, said the Squire, coloring and hesita-
ting on each word, "The fact is, Mrs. Barton
your butter is not so clean as hers, and find it
hard work to get rid of it at that price, even
when people knew who made it," 90, if that
fdent air, "I will show them that | can make
as good butter and as clean butter as anybody"
Mrs Barstow, all excited hurried home not
withstanding the oppressive heat of the after
noon, and seizing the milk strainer and wiping
the perspiration from her face, exclaimed to her
daughter: "Betsy Ann, Squire Walker had
the impudence to tell me my butter was not so
clean as Nancy Perkins, and now l mean to
show him that can make as clean butter as
She" "Du tell think should try mother"
replied Betsy Ann sympathetically. Mrs. Bar
stow commenced semming her milk and pour
ing the cream into her tall, old-fashioned churn.
It was all in but the last PAN when mounted
upon stool, she was reaching after that but
unfortunately she slipped, and one of her dirty
feet slipped into the churn until it brought up
on the bottom, scattering the contents in eyelv
direction. Extricating herself as soon as she
could, she commenced scraping the cream from
her limb and throwing it back into the churn,
remsrking in a slow, celebrating tone to her
daughter, who was laughing in very unbecom-
ing manner at her parents mishap: "Well,
Betsy Ann, guess my butter will have to go at
the old price once more p
, 1865-07-28

In a town in Connecticut resides a man VIII o
made fortune in the milk business by not
giving the fall measure: as he grew rich he
thought he would change his occupation to
something more respectable, and accordingly
bought grist mill. In conversation with his
wife, he said he did not feel right about the
cheating he had practiced in the milk business,
and wished some way could be devised whereby
he could repay in the grst-mill what he had
cheated in the other. At last they settled on
the following plan, which was to have the
measures which they took toll with, as much
too large, as the milk measures were too small.
, 1865-07-28

TASTES differ with regard to birds The
infant delights in crows, but hates the
thrush some lunatics are raven mad
gluttons are fond of swallows; persons bad
with colds indulge in hawks; artillerists
fancy PARROTS; misers cultivate golden ca
gles gamblers ike pigeons and gulls
thieves so in for a Robin; fast men glory
in lark; and every good husband loves
his little duck Of a wife.
, 1865-07-28

NEGRo PEoNAGE.-From the first it has been
thought by those who looked beneath the sur
face that the negro would derive but little ben
eft from being set free. The system of forced
labor already introduced into Louisiana and
other Southern States, leaves the negro nomi-
nally free, bnt to all intents and purposes a
slave A correspondent Of New York paper
describing the system, says:
Many of our citizens are experimenting with
negroes on Southern plantations lmet one OF
them and asked him how they worked it. He
told me it worked we'll They had hired the old
overseer and paid the negroes wages. HWill
they work regularly2| l asked. eyes, when
they have no money" "But you said you paid
them wages" "Oh, yes but we keep them al
ways in debtH
, 1865-07-28

Mr. REYNOLDS, the dramatist, once met free
and easy actor, who told him thathe had passed
three festive days, at the seat of the Marquis
and Marchioness of -, without an invitation.
He had gone there on the ption that as
my lord and lady were not on speaking terms,
each would suppose that the other had asked
him, and so it turned out.
, 1865-07-28

CURE FOR DRUNKENNEss.-There is said to be
prescription in use in England for the cure of
drunkenness, by which thousands are said to
have been assisted in recovering themselves
The receipt came into notoriety through the ef-
forts of John Vine Hail. commander of the
Great Eastern steamship. He had fallen into
such habitual drunkenness, that his most earn
est efforts to reclaim himself were unaFaiing.
At length he sought the advice of an eminent
physician, who gave him prescription which
he followed faithfully for seven months, and at
the end of that time had lost all desire for iq-
or although he had been for many years led
captive by most debasing appetite. The re-
ceipt, which he afterwards published, and by
which so many other drunkards have been as
sisted to reform, is as follows Sulphate Of
iron five grains nagnesa ten grains; peppers
mint water, eleven grains; spirit Of nutmeg,
one drachm; twice q day. This preparation
acts tonic and stmulant, and SO partially
supplies the place Of the accustomed liquor,
and prevents that absolute physical and moral
prostraton which follows a sudden breaking
of from the use of stimulating drinks.
, 1865-07-28

He who, by his conduct, makes good friends
on the one hand, and bitter haters on the other,
gives evidence that there is something Of the
bold, independent upright man in his compo-
stion; while the chicken hearted, imbecilo char
acter is capable of making neither friends nor
foes.
, 1865-07-28

A FOOLISH fellow went to the parish priest
and told him with long face that he had seen
a ghost. "Whon and where" inquired the
pastor "Last night" replied the timid man,
81 was passing by the church, and up against
the wall of it beheld the spectsr.' In what
shape did it appear?" asked the priest. Ut
appeared in the shape Of great ass" GO
home and hold your tongue about it" rejoined
the pastor; ''you are a very timid man, and have
been frightened by your own shadow"
, 1865-07-28

LIFE IN NEBRAsKA--A citizen Of Nebraska
thus posts up an Eastern correspondent who
questioned him as to the territory and life
there;
'What kind Of country do you live in ~
Mixed and extensive. 1t is made up princi-
pally of land and water.
"What kind of weather.
Long spells Of weather are frequent. Our
sunshine comes off principally during the day
time.
''Have you plenty of water, and how gotH'
A good deal of water scattered about, and gem
orally got in pals and whisky.
''Is it hardP
Rather so, when you have to go half mile,
and wade in mud knee-deep to get it.
'fWhat kind of buidingsW
Allegoric Ionic, Anti-Baloric Longand Slabs.
The buildings are chiefly out of doors and so
low between the joints that the chimneys all
stick out through the roof.
'What kind of societyp
Good, bad, hateful, indifferent, and mixed.
"Any aristocracyY"
Nary one.
"What do people do for living, mostlyr'
Some work, some aze around; one S a shrewd
business manager, and several drink whisky.
''Is it cheap living there?"
Only five cents glass and the water thrown
in.
"Any taste for music?'
Strong. Buzz and buck-saws in the daytime,
and wolf-howlng and cat-fghting at night.
"Any pianos there2
No; but we have several cow-bells, and tin
pan in every family.
"What could genteel family in moderate
circumstances do for living?"
Work, shave notes, fish, hunt, steal, or if
pinched, by and sell town property.
, 1865-07-28


WHAT PEACE WILL BE TO THE SoUTH.
The editor Of the Raleigh Progress, who
has been contemplating possibly abbrevi-
ated allowance of eatables during continu-
ance of the necessary suferings imposed up
on North Carolina by the rebellion, discour-
ses in the following hopeful manner
The prospect Of getting back into the
world again recalls long forgotten thoughts
and feelings. Who, for years past, has
thought of coffee, and tea, and sugar, and
cheese, and mackerel, and Goldfish and rails
ins, and candy, and silks, and calicoes, and
beaver hats, and broadcoths, and thou
sand other good things that now naturally
recur to memory? Or, if we did think of
them, the very thought was punishment,
for we knew they were unattainable Now
we contemplate such things with a reasona-
bic hope Of soon enjoying them, and the
contemplation is very pleasant. While we
were looking anxiously forward to the black
berry crop to help save US from starvation,
angel-footed peace is, we trust, upon our
border, with all her blessings. Let no SEN
tinel be posted to bid her" halt" rs.
, 1865-07-28
NEW TIN SHOP.
Painting.

IF. B. RAWLEY, HOUSE AND SIGN AND
Carriage Painter. All kinds Of jobs in the line done
with neatness, and satisfaction guaranteed.
Paper-Hanging and Glazing done to Order.
Shop on Main Street, 8 doors below Kraft's Livery
Stable.
Walla WaIla March 81, 1861 l7tf
, 1865-07-28
IptIIOI OIu NGUOD odldraC,
Vintage 1894.
Watch Repairing.

TTyHE subscriber would inform the citizens G2
L. of Walla Wala and vicinity that any .k1aR
work entrusted to his Through the ex- s4A2@s
press) will receive his personal attention, From his
long experience in the bdsuess he is enabled to per-
form it in manner unsurpassed in the State.
Charges as low as elsewhere, and all work war
ranted
Hes also preparedto fill any orders in the Watch
and Jewery Business with dispatch at the lowest
possible prices. JACOB COHEN.
Portland, Oregon, Aprl7, 1892 Tl9m6
, 1865-07-28

at goes far" said Lady Montague "to recon
cile me to being a woman, when reflect that
On in no danger Of marrying one"
, 1865-07-28

The New York World is reported to have
come out in favor Of Negro stffrage If that is
so the Union party has bought it over to their
side It's influence wiz be worth more to the
party of ''great moral ideas" than hundred Of
their small fry Negro suffrage sheets.
, 1865-07-28
NUMBER 33.

wanting line to fill up corner, gave
"shoot Folly as she hies"--PopE.
In setting up the above, the printer had
it.
Shoot Polly as she Hies"-Pop.
Exceeding the foregoing in absurdity
are the blunders made by the printers dew
il, in setting up the bad copy which some
times falls to his lot Were these not cor
rected before the sheet meets the public eye,
many grotesque sentence would be issued
from the public press. "The Harpy, an
other of six iron steamers" was rendered by
p D., "the happy mother of six iron steam
ers" And in following his scribbled copy
as faithfully as he could, he described a
missionary as having been compelled to live
several months in a coffe-pot instead of
Caffre hut Wearied muscles and aching
homes" he turned into 'Worried mules and
aching horses" A person being wanted
competent to cut carpets, was described as
competent to cut capers" We might null
tiply examples; but concltde by reminding
the reader that although blunders do oc-
casionally occur, the marvel is that so great
degree Of accuracy is attained. -English
Paper.
, 1865-07-28

A gentleman passing through one Of our pub
lie Offices was affronted by some clerks, and
was advised to complain TO the principal which
he did, thus ~ have been abused here by
some of the rascals Of this place, and came to
acquant you of it, as understand you are the
principal I''
, 1865-07-28

DoN'r marry a soldier You may fancy
It will be all love and May, but it will prob.
ably be all love and March
, 1865-07-28

ScRoGGINs says he can't for the life Of
him understand why gaming house is
called hell for if a man wanted a pair O
dice upon earth, surely the discovery would
be made there.
, 1865-07-28

There is peculiarly forcible kind Of whskey
lately come in vogue in London branded L. L.,
and when a cockney says, "come and have
dram of double hell, he undoubtedly gives the
right title to it.
, 1865-07-28

The CLIMATE OF CALHoRNIA.-Dan Marble
was once stfolling along the wharves in Boston,
when he met tall, gaunt-looking figure, a
"dgger' from California, and got into couver-
sation with him. Healthy climate, suppose2"
Healthy? it amt anything else. Why, stran-
ger, there you can choose any climate you like
hot or or cold, and that without travelling more
than fifteen minutes. Jest think o. that the
next cold morning when You get out of Bed
There's a mountain there with a valley on each
side of it, the one hot, and t'other cold. Well,
get on the top Of that mountain with double
barreled gun, and You can, without moving,
kill either summer or winter game, jest as you
will !" ''What have you ever tried it2"-
"Tried it often; and should have done pretty
well, but for one thing "Well, what was
thatP' ~ wanted dog that would stand both
climates. The last dog had froze off his tail
while pintin' on the summer side. He didn't
get entirely out of the winter side, you see--
trew as you live" Marble slOped.-[St Louis
Herald.
, 1865-07-28

IT is a beautiful custom in some Oriental
lands to leave untouched the fruits that are
shaken from the trees by the wind, these being
regarded as sacred to the poor and the stranger
, 1865-07-28

FIGURE IT UP.-lt costs forty cents a
gallon to make whisky and the Government
tax is 50 gallon total S240. Yet the
beverage is sold for S210 and the sellers
wax wealthy.
, 1865-07-28

The great man should retire occasionally
from the stage, to avoid wearying admiration;
for however brilliant the sun may be, II would
he wrong for it nsvsr to set
, 1865-07-28

To start balky horse: Fill his mouth with
dirt or gravel from the road and he will co.
Now don't laugh at this, but try it, The phil
osophy of the thing is-it gives him something
else to think Of. We have seen it tried hum
dred times, and it has never failed.
, 1865-07-28
Challenge Saloon.

M ain Street, Walla w ALA, W. T.
RYAN g. GREEN,
HAVING PURCHASED THIS POPULAR ES-
4 Enlistment from Ball & Stone, have improved
and retted it in superior style making it in all its
departments a First Glass Saloon And as it has
always been the house where Everybody goes, -
they intend that it shall be in future place where
every body will be made comfortable. They keep only
The Best Quality of Wines and Liquors,
Among which is a large stock of
Superior Old Nabob sazarac,
Vintage 1894.
Full files of all the Sporting papers and also all the
prominent California, Eastern and European papers
and periodicals always be at the Challenge.
Sept. 2, 1864. 3Stf
, 1865-07-28

II you and your sweetheart vote upon the
marriage question, you for it and she against 1t,
don't fa.tsr yourself as to its being tie.
, 1865-07-28
Undertaking
EHEARSE.
WESTERN HOTEL.
CORNER OF FIRST AND MORRISON STREETS PoRTLA
S. ID. SMITH, Proprietor.

S. ID. SMITH, Proprietor,
GTNHIS HOTEL, during the last two months, has
i been entirely repanted, reftted and enlarged by
AN addition of number of new rooms, and the pro-
pretor is now able to offer additional inducements to
the patrons of the house, and also solicit increased
patronage from the travelling public.
Especial attention is called to his SUITS OF Rooms
and arrangements for the accommodation Of families.
The RESTAURANT T is under his immediate SUI
pervsion assisted by experts in the art c sine and
he atters himself able to crafty the tastes and
wishes of all. BS-Hotel open at all hours.
Portland, May 26, '65. 24ly