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, 1877-09-28

YOU scr, &c laflnt any shrnuls a'a,ve thr fore:
tnI The 'Hrr hurst nu, Into Il it1'@h tn h -
Encss y''n ntycr hcartl tue Ike IF 1t. SrHt
n1ht, "ll'l, wa.- dark anI rainy, tli'. mate "r-
dercl this clap 10 10 nIofs n'n,ul ncthug,
md I'm duinfncd II fo didn't start un with m
utnirclln AMI lantern! lint no matter, he
male mighty E'asl saIlnr brfhte ttsi voyage
ww dtnc, ami We ha.! to hunt up s'ne-
thing cfsc 10 tnneh ut. Years R!l"rwar'. when
lafi foruut KEI about hitn. canlu int, 1}nstpn
mate Of ship and was loaang around tnwn
with the second mate, and It y. hn2uencl that
We step1H:'l fntn the Revere Home, thinking
may bc VIC would chance The ealt.I'otte In that
biz dlntng.roorn fur hycr, "a the loys aay.
Some fellows were tn'k!nv Just at our elbow,
and one says. Yont3cr's tlio new flovcrnor ot
M9:.a;husetts-at tho table over there with !he
tslicH.' We tnnk gtsAl iook, my mate nntl !,
for wc taln't either ot rs cvcr scen Governor
betars. looked and 'ot'kc'l a. Tint fa., md
then all Of asudcn 1t poppc.l on ME! But didn't
:" over nni shake hand. with him. eays i,s, Il
think see you doing IT, Says j, Mate, I'm
agotng u d0It' he, Oh, res, guess sol May
lc you don't want 10 bet You will, Tomr Says
he, rut It up, Ei;p Sic goes say. I, plank
ing the ca'h. This surprised him. Bot he cov-
eEeA II, and says. pYetir sarrastic4 1laan't ynn
butter take ynsir grub with The t5overtfor anil
s's ss !fa:s' r TS%r .ys s'{s T., Wi. To, sseS" s"
arc dun fool.' Says !, Mnsho I am, may
he amt. but tie main question Is, do you
wuht to rtkk two nrltl a IlNl{ that l wont 10
tr Make Il W says he. Donc,' says
/. atartcd, him giEgiing and s1apping his
hand TN his thigh, he felt 50 gnsl. went
over there and leaned my knuckies on the table
minute and Looked tho Governor in The fse.
and SAYS I, tMr. uardner, don't you know met
lie stared, md stirred, md he stared: Then
all Of suddcn hc sings out. Tom Bowling, ly
The holy uokcrf LaIfce. ft's old Tom Hnwlfnf,
tint you've icnr.i me talk -sfp.nats t,t
mine in tlts siary Ann lie ro.e up and shoot:
lals With inc ever 81 hearty, III sort OF glanced
around aud tuok realizing tense Of my mntc's
! SAUCER cycs,-And then eaYa the Govcrnnr,
Plant yourself, Tom, plant Yourself; you can't
cat your anchor again TIL you've hail feed
with mt and the |ai1ts.' I planted myecli
| aiunsstle the aovcsnor. and cantcl my eye
around toward INV mate. Welt, FIR. his dead.
lights were btlggesl cut like tompt0ns: ami LIS
| mouth stuuA that wide open that ynu coul.l
have fatst tlam III II without him nottcngft-H
There was prcnt applause at III: conclusion oi
This old Captains story; then. after moments
| silence, Efare, pale young man aatd:
"IIass sou ever met the HovcrnDr 1eforoln
Tho old Cap.ntn looked stcasllY at this in.
| 1u15cr awhile. ana then got .up and walked aft
| without making any reply. One passenger after
! another stole furttye glance At the inquirer
hut failed to Iiakc him OUT and 30 Ease him up
] il ipuk euInu 1ltlle work 10 get tho talk-ma
cncry TO running smoothly agalu after this Do
| tAnpcillGDt.
, 1877-09-28
CURRENT GOSSIP.

THE Duty or THE DAY.
We at with folded bands, and link what ne will do
With money tdlnc In ons purse.
We dream ont cnilcas plans. and usc of all bnt fcw-
Tho rest keep wcakliugly at nurna.
We uac alone tha pence, employ but cossses.
thouehA,
While gold and schemes the nchest ruEt.
Wo Idly rctrogradc, Invite tha hnrshest lrpughsA-
Afo beasts, and noundcs in tho dust.
The "Lovs ~ ond another" 4 hidden from ctr
sight;
Suspicious dust bcgrtmcs the page;
There comes up In the buelnces.tly no sun 10 light
This dark, uucontdent!ai age.
Act We like noble men, 10 Gods own Image made,
That moodlly We naught pcrtorm1
How would 1t DO 10 tnrn our utmost strength to
trade,
Our brothers trust, Ourselves rctormf
Untic the pnrsc. take OF the iettcrs from the mind
Lot circulate the thoughts and coins.
Such food With which are heads, and banks, and
gran'sles lined.
II needs To gird The Nations 1oins.
Wipe otl the page whcfcon Tho law Of lite Is writ;
We'd Faith and Work. b}cst pair, again;
Cali back tbs children to tho spindle, piow, and
plL
The railroad, river, lake, and NUN.
Let presses shrob, and platforms pulse, with frcsh.
est th4ught:
Let trnst push on Tho shius from sands;
Let gold Into recciped bills snd goods be wrought
Employ ti,u misunderstanding the hanls.
, 1877-09-28
A GENERALS TREATMENT.

A man who hadn't suy good clothes worth
mentioning, sud Whuss red nose wgs n,ore PROM
.ucnt than his old hat, entered Congress street
saloon yestcniay. gave tho barkecpcs military
salute, aud said:
"Let mo Introduce myself a Gen. Bartou.
lust from ihc plaius."
!" How do you 10, 1encral-gent1y now-ah,
there you 20 {" rrpIled tic tatkecper ~ he took
hIn by tl4s neck and pushed hun out On tho
walk,
The de2d-beat stood a. the eurb-stone and
looked baek In La1esi sort Of way, and waca
hs tnally crussetl tbs street he growle1:
never 70 tuto aaioon tu ask how far II Is 10
Chicago, that tha proprietor ,does not stand
ready 10 rai.o ! carbunele un my neck. Perhaps
It would llAye been bctter had called myself u
Senator {rutn Nevada
, 1877-09-28
%sMAIlOMET.ss Is -

8FN l07R 19Fd10-
ats vulgar to say "easy rhatr when you
can uoution tnsteal ~ thu cushioned receptacle
which later civilization has designed for m&n't
couiart," Z Eeutharn novelist hAl It. A
, 1877-09-28

writer flu' o:Icr raw Hent Int" n n'wfiA,yrr t'f
Il " .l'l .. |. = i've 4nt .'r l'c nj Nnhpattt
for sp.e 1si;"r i|'nt t11'i;> it that way IIr
was Immediately kicked down ttairs, I1r !Ic tll,!
E'ane Into = M'llamct utEicc. fhen te climbed
t!r sta|rt into MahntnmcI ntl!fe. nttl WAS let
ont TN the i1re-eHat.c gently, hut positively.
Srxt lie struck a magazine where tho prssjI-
readers were DarttsaHs Of the oil bchu1l 81 Mn-
tlanlmtt3, and nc went sally nwAY. nne man
practical journal informed him that Mrhctnet
was tie style there. An ftp,tr after lie was .cen
to br let down the coa1-hoc nf Mohamme'l es-
tablshrnent. Parents should always ksch their
children how to cptll.
, 1877-09-28
VETERANS,

fpeefal D4sp7scA 10 7hs CAlonoo T1oans.
Er.o,a, ILL.,, Sept. T.-The rhistJ-axth ReEs-
tncnt Of Iliiau,s Volunteers held ttIetr annual
re.iaion IN this city to-day. Soon after noon
tt,vs& present assembled Ia Mentlelssnhn Hail,
and about sou people partook Of bounteous re-
past. Alutr and spcec!les wcrc inicrsperseI.
Lowell made the aAascss Of wclcams and Maj.
larry responded. col. Grcysel, Of Iowa, tl,c
first Eolnprl Of the regiment, spoke, and also
CpI. J. i. Wilcox. The regiment then adjourned
to tile Courtroom tor bus!uess. Ono hundred
Aftcr transaeting considerable business, Mat.
Nlsidulph was rhtaeil ~ President J.C. Den[son
~ SECRETARY, 2nd u. J. I. Cornell Treasurer,
Next rear the regiment will meet st Monmouth,
III. Tic large nnnltcr prusent seemed to enjoy
thu OCCASION heartily.
, 1877-09-28

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~ pttsfs carriages stc money k,aEsa
10 Per ceAs rear. HAREla CO., lt4 Ha&< Aoasoa A.
ClrELlTf 6IUHAGK Company, ~ AND 0YAH
sot general tasscAAadl4s: liberal AlsAacxs II lexA
t1tGa; tSrt na9fAQst Akfety yAulu fvs v&HAa EuvSs
, 1877-10-06

A CITY UNDER A LAKE. engineer
ing problem, as interesting as the laying
open of Pompem, is involved in a strange
discovery which Is reported from the Lake
of Geneva A tourist haying lost his
trunk, two divers We're employed to search
for it. While they were below water they
found what they supposed to be a villege,
since covered by the Lake. Their state
ments led to an investigation of the spot
by the municipal authorities, who took
measures to ascertain the truth of the ex-
traordinary statements of the divers. On
covering the placid surface with oil, these
latter were able to Distinguish the plan Of
town, streets, squares and detached
houses marking the bed of the lake. The
rudy hue which characterized them led
the observers to suppose the buildings
had been covered with the famous YER
million cement which wss used by the
Celts. Cembri and the early Gauls- There
are about 200 houses arranged over an
oblong surface, near the middle of which
is a space more open, supposed to have
been used for public assemblages. At
the eastern extremity lies large square
tower, which was taken for rock. A
superficial investigation seems to indicate
that the construction Of these buildings
date from some centuries before our era.
The Council of Vaud has decided to have
the site of the dwellings inclOsed by a
jetty stretching from the land, and to
drain off the water, so as to bring to light
what promises to be one of the most In
teresting archaeological discoveries Of the
present time.
, 1877-10-06
Az ORrcoy Cry GIRL IN TROUBLE.

An OREGON CITY GIRL IN TROUBLE
Amelia Wohlfarth, formerly of this city. has
brought suit against George W. Lamberson,
of Polk county, for seduction under promise
of marriage Lamberson MIS- a clerk III a
hat store In Portland in 1873, and the young
lady was employed at the same place, and,
she SAYS, her ruin was accomplished at that
time, under promise of marriage. The IN
timaev continued until about the lst OF DC
tober. 1876, when Lamberson married a
Young lady OF Portland and moved to Polk
county, where he has farm. Amelia was
thus left in the mrch, and some time last
February she went to Victoria. where her
child was born. She has now brought suit
to make the sharer in her guilt provide for
the maintenance of their child. The Port
land Bee says: 1.-The young lady iuii name
is Amelia W. Peterson, her mother having
married man whom she afterwards dIscov-
cred had wife and family. By him she had
two children, Amelia and brother younger
On discovering her husbands bi5amy she LETT
him and with her children assumed her
maiden name They came to tins city sew
eraI years since, the mother and son still re-
siding in Oregon City, she poor hard work
ing woman whom both the son and daughter
assist in supporting. AmeEa-who by the
way is now about 20 years OF aSe-by those
who have known her for years, Is spoken OF
as an honest, industrious glrl, and she mas
numerous friends who sympathlZe with her
IN her present troubles. es.-ERjerprfse
, 1877-10-06

WHEN RoGUEs FALL Our Our old &C.
quaintance Geo. H. Williams, ex-attorney
general of the United States, in which posi-
ton he obtained the nickname of cold Lam
dauIet, and who fionrished in Oregon under
that of ''0ld Flaxbrake, commenced suit In
the st. Louis circuit court against William
Mckee, proprietor of the Globe Democrat,
who was convicted of defrauding the gov
ernment in the notorious whisky ring trials.
This suit is occasioned by that unsavory bus
mess 1t will be remembered that Judge
Williams was one of the counsel for General
Babeoek, and assisted that shining light In
his escape from the penitentiary, by the skin
of his teeth. In this Mckee matter he ap-
pears more in the light of broker than an
attorney. His suit against Mckee sets forth
that he was employed by that person to OBJ
tain for him pardon Of the sentence OF I'M
prisonment and that he was to receive If sue
eessful fee of $500 He succeeded In Sc
curing the pardon, being hand and glove
with Grant, then president, but Mckee has
refused to pay more than two thousand dol
lars, and Williams sues for the five hundred
dollars balance Mckee may have better
appreciation of what it Is worth to be saved
from prison experience than his pardon
broker. He is the one who onght to know
if ANYBODY, and no doubt has defence N
the action, although it has not been made
public. Telegram
, 1877-10-06
AUTUMN OF THE WORLD.

The last wan petals leave the rose,
The latest swallows plume for flight,
The Summers gone where no one knows,
With dead mems love, and spent years
Light,
And warm hearts buried out of sight.
Red roses are the crown of youth,
The warm light strikes on lovers lips;
Laugh thou, and fondle happy mouth,
And yet, remember, sweet time slips,
Death hurries on with full eclipse.
So short, so sad, o let not death
Find only faded flowers and wine
When, hungry for the joyous breath
That dreams not of the years decline,
He lays his cold white mouth to thine!
Cling to the flying hours and yet
Let one pure hope, one great desire,
Like song on dying lips be set
That ere We fall In scattered fire
Ourhopes may lift the worlds heart higher
Here in the Autumn month of Time,
Before the great new year can break,
Some little way our feet should climb,
Some little mark our words should make
For liberty and manhoOd's sake!
Clear brain and sympathetic heart,
A spirit on flame with love for man,
Hand swift to labor, slow to part,
If any good since time began,
The soul can fashion, such sonls can.
And so when We are dead and past,
The undying world will some day reach
It's glorious hour of dawn at last.
And we cross Times sunken beach
May smile one moment. each to each.
, 1877-10-06

A REGISTER OF DRAMs.-Riehmoad,
"a, Sept. S.-The Motfet register, or
bell punch" as it has been improperly
called, is now fixed fact, and on Mon
day it will go into operation IN eve;y
saloon IN this city where alcoholic and
malt liquors are sold. 1t was stubbornly
fought from its very inception first In
the Legislature, and afterwards in the
courts, its opponents (the hquor-dea!ers)
receiving a final quietus to-day IN the
dissolution of an injunction obtained
against the register In the United States
Circuit Court The law under which 1t
operates provides for tax of two and a
half cents on all alcoholic beverages
drunk, and half cent on all malt bever-
ages sold. This Will necessitate an In
crease of the price of whiskey drinks from
10 to 10 cents, and probable diminution
of the size of lager-beer glasses to pre-
vent the loss of the half cent to the saloon
keeper. 1t IS estimated that in this city
alone the amount of revenue to be deriv-
ed fromit will exceed SI75, 900 per annum
and if anything like the expectations OF
the projectors of the register are realized
it will bring the State Treasury 800, 600
a year. The register is a plain apparatus
about the size of small cigar-box, with
gas meter dial on the front and crank
in the rear. Inside is the necessary
machinery to register each drink, and a
gong which, with each revolution OF the
crank, gives notice of the fact. There is
no punch about it, that idea having orig
mated from its similarity to the car bell
punch The barkeepers and liquor deal
ers are greatly excited at the success OF
the register. They are violently opposed
to it, and threaten to defeat every can
didate for the Legislature who viii not
vote for the repeal of the law Its oper-
alton comes in very opportune moment,
when there is not cent in the State
Treasury, and while the State authorities
are trying to negotiate loan of 500, GOO
to carry on the State Government Five
hundred registers are ready in the hands
Of the State Auditor, to go into operation
on Mondey, and the entire state can be
supplied in few days. The novelty OF It's
operation was tested while the late State
Convention was In session, and 1t Is re-
garded as a success.
, 1877-10-06
gatfstat S*lsttssms.
N~~S~~~I~o~~.~oOe-~
MY FINAL HOME.

o dear, dear home.
Eternal heartsease blooms within your walls
Without your door God s sunlight softly falls,
And hutters DER earth's fair, fiowery breast,
As tired robin fiutters to his nest.
Oquiet home,
Green trees with spreading boughs rise all
around,
And cast their white, sweet blossoms to the
II now and then blossoms blown your way
'Tis caught BY little children there at play.
0, pea6e-a -at home!
The swift-winged hours pass DER you in their
flight,
And brush your messy roof with robes of
light,
You hold them not. All home, few more
hours
And shall dwell amid your heartsease
flowers.
o, restful home!
There is no space within Your one, still room
For spectral shapes with mocking smiles to
come
That room one tenant has-his name is Rest,
l long to lay my tired head upon his breast.
o, last, sweet home
Your heartsease keep for me until that day
When death shall draw the smiling mask
away
From my sad face Then will | come
And sleep forever in the grave-my home.
, 1877-10-06

A YOUNG man of twenty-one named Boyer,
lately drawn in the army conscnption at
Beaune, in France, was in despair at the
thought of being separated for five years
from a young sewing girl to whom he was
betrothed, and retired with her to Verlus,
on the river Soane, where they agreed tG
drown themselves With his cravat ne tied
her right arm to his left, her left arm being
thrown around his neck over his right shoul-
der. The handkerchiefs of each were ther
linked together and tied round the bodies o.
both. They walked steadily toward thu
centre of the stream until the rapid current
carried them away, and their bodies were
found, still enlaeed, at some distance below
, 1877-10-06

The MASSACRE OF TOURISTS. the
Helena Independent we take the following
particulars of the massacre OF National Park
tourists The party was in camp when the
Indians fired upon them, wounding Mr.
Cowan who Immediately fell. His wife
rushed to him and while holding his head an
Indian approached, and placing the muzzle
of a revolver to her ear, fired Scarcely had
the monsters turned away when several
Young lads approached and mashed their
victims head with stones. Frank Carpenter,
brother Oh Mrs. Cowan, was taken prisoner
as was also younger sister. The Indians
tied Mr.. Carpenter to tree and were going
to shoot him His sister begged them to
spare his life, but for long time the Indians
would not grant it, as they could not agree
At length he made the sign of cross and
they decided that he might live. After keep
ing them prisoners for two nights and day
the Indians permitted them to 60, and gave
each of the ladies broken down pony to
ride; upon which they succeeded in reach.
ing the Hot Springs MrS Cowan is said to
have kept up wonderfully until she reached
the Mammoth Hot Springs and all danger
was over, when she became perfectly ex.
hausted and could only be removed to Boze
man by slow stages.
, 1877-10-06
A Wonderful Creature.

There is now in this city one of the most
remarkable specimens Of humanity that
has ever been known to lnhabit the earth
since the DAYS of Adam. He Is colored,
goes by the name of DR.. George Thomas,
and seems to have literal control of hls
entire physical nature, being able, by the
simple exercise of his will, as it were, to
change at pleasure the location of the ma
chinery of his body, besides which he Is
possessed of muscle almost the consistency
of iron, which he is capable of developing
to most remarkable degree. For instance,
he takes solid bar of iron, of about three
inches in diameter and about three feet in
length, and, holding it in one hand, bends
it by repeatedly striking it across the dis
engaged arm, the blows being sufficiently
vigorous to break the limb of any ordinary
man, but which do not seem to have the
slightest effect upon his Own, the muscles
of which are as hard as the iron itself
He then straightens the bent bar IN the
same manner He asks you TO feel the
pulse in his wrist, and it beats with the
same regularity and power as that OF any
other mortal, but by sudden and almost
imperceptible movement OF the muscle oil
his arm, the pulsation apparently ceases
altogether, but is in reality removed from
its original position. BY the e1ertion OF
the same power it is then restored at pleas
ure to its proper place. He can also move
his ribs from the side to the abdominal
region, where they can be distinctly felt,
and return them to their proper place at
will, while by the exercise of the same
power the heart is changed from the left
to the right side of the body. Two of our
physicians, we understand, examined this
remarkable specimen of humanity and
were astonished at the extraordinary de-
yelopments which resulted from a practi-
cal test of the wonderful powers of the
man. One of the physicians was asked to
place his ear in the region of the mans
heart, and It's beatings were regularly and
distinctly noted, but suddenly there was
AN entire cessation Of the throbbing, and
on the instant his companion, who had
his ear to the right side of the body, ex-
claimed that he could then detect the beat
ing on that ide-Wiminyton Star.
, 1877-10-06
A Man WITH A STOMACH Full OF JEW

A Man WITH STOMACH Full OF JEW
EIRY.-A South American newspaper re-
ports an interesting instance of the remov-
Al of foreign substances swallowed by .
prisoner now in jail The jailor Is said to
have in his possession aeollection of Albert
chains, penknives, brass rings. etc which
he saws, he caused the man to vOmi: by
means OF emetics The man Is travelling
mountebank, who gave performances dur.
ine which he offered to swallow anything
his audience might select and he now has
in his stomach steel wateh-chain and .
large brass ring, which have been there
nine months. He asserts that he has had
two pounds Of jewelry in that receptacle
at one time, and that he has kept watches
there for twenty-four hours The releass
of fork by the French surgeon, Dr. Leon
Liable, from similar confinement vii bo
remembered by many persons; and the
South American case Just quoted, If cor
rectly reported, presents, according TO the
London tancct, features worthy Of beng
studied from physiological Point of
view"
, 1877-10-06

WHEAr-The price Of wheat has tuctu-
ated slightly during the past week II, IN tins
market. but at the present writing, Thurs
firm at that quotation. The fall rams seem
10 have begun IN earnest, and, unfortunate
lv for the country, there is still much gram
in the fields exposed to the drenching rams
From the best information we can gather
from all sections OF the State, we estimate
that there is at least one-iifth OF the entire
crop still uncut in the field or standing IN !,
tbe shock or stack. On that which Is well
stacked there viii be bat little loss, as We
Will eventually have sufficient dry weather
in which TO thresh it before the winter rams
fairly begin. But all that Is in the shock or
nncnt will, in all probability, be total loss
or at least only be fit for iced or seed
When fair weather comes again, as 1t un,
doubtedly will, much OF this damasfa for % psrt
Uaa,'s ~ crop The result to be gained Is at
ie.st worth an effort.-Satem Mercury.
, 1877-10-06

When A kitten crawls into bed with you
~ two o'clock in the morning, and you throw
IT out ON the floor, and it crawis back; anu
You pitch it out the window and a. IT slmos a1S
On the roof and comes In at the atuc and
takes its place in the bed again. what can a
,,nnr woman do but cry?
, 1877-10-06

Tzr foolish man rusheth out to see the
mob and is shot through the lungs, but the
wise man huggeth the constitution on tne
limited States to his bosom, and abidetn In
the cellar until the evil days be over.
, 1877-10-06

NINETEEN women out of twenty, when
they sit down to write letter, ask-'What
day of the month Is it and the twentieth
one sends her epistle without dating it.
, 1877-10-06

IT is in vain to hope to please all alike.
Let man stand In what direction he will
he will necessarily turn his back on one
half the world
, 1877-10-06

vIsrroR-'I see you have new gM
Housekeeper-"I took her week ont1,aA
yisitor-"And how DO You ike herr Hoase.
keeper-"The trial is almost more than I
can bear.
, 1877-10-06

THE engineers OF Marseilles have, it is
said, discovered that since the opening Of
the Suez Canal the level OF the Mediterrane-
an has sunk some eight centimetres, or say
three and quarter inches.
, 1877-10-06

An Irish Belle. wishing to perpetu2te the
name of her lover, called her cat Cleopatra,
because the cognomen had Pst in it.
, 1877-10-06
TNDERTAKER

OPPOSITE THE COUhI uOCoH'
THE UNDERSIGNED RESPECTFULLY -, III
forms the public that he now has on hand il.. ~.
assortment of COFFINS, which he VII sen NJ
reduced prices.
Ia one of the finest this side of San Francisco wnn
is rendered 70 the public free Of charee =.
Orders promptly attended 20 by lea,ins .ae" =
my residence, or at the Walls Waila SAnsGrl pI2Grrr