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Year: 1877

When the mists have rolled in splendor


From the beauty of the hills,
And the sunshine, warm and tender,


Falls in kisses on the rills,
We may read Loves shining letter


In the rainbow of the spray;
We shall know each other better


When the mists have cleared away.


We shall know as we are known,


Never more to walk alone,
In the dawning of the morning,


When the mists have cleared away
If we err in human blindness,


And forget that we are dust,
If we miss the law of kindness,


When we struggle to be just,
Snowy winds OF peace shall cover


All the pains that cloud our day,
When the weary watch is over,


And the mists have cleared away.


We shall know as we are known,


Never more to walk alone,
In the dawning of the morning,
When the mists have cleared away.
When the silvery mists have veiled us


From the faces of our own,
Oft we dream their love has failed us,


And we tread our path alone;
We should see them near and truly,
We would trust them day by day,
Neither love or blame unduly,
If the mists have cleared away.
We shall know as we are known,
Never more to walk alone,
In the dawning of the morning,
When the mists have cleared away.
| When the mists have risen above us,
AS our Father knows His own,
Face to face with those that love us,
| We shall know as we are known;
Love beyond the orient meadows
Floats the golden fringe of day;
Heart to heart we hide the shadows,


Till the mists have cleared away.
We shall know as we are known,
| Never more to walk alone
When the day of light is dawning,
| And the mists have cleared away.
Year: 1877

horse bank any how, and he doesn't
see any sense in making such fuss
about it-like the worthy Mr.. Broad
head of the Clairmont Bank.


1t seems like old times, when man
buys good Wamsutta and linen shirt
ready made for dollar, and calico
wrapper for his wife for another dol
lar, and a pair of button boots for his
six-year old for another dollar still.
There are plenty of six dollar yard
goods for fine ladies, but the prices
are low enough where they should be,
on cheap things such as ordinary peo-
pie want, and often wish that read
ers who live where prices take profits
off the big harvest, could benefit by
the cheap eonveniences of city life.


The grape yield is enormous, and
fine Concord grapes are selling daily
in the streets for FIVE cents pound.
Potatoes are fifty cents q bushel,
coal three..dollars a ton, and if flour
and beef fall, as they must soon, it
will not take large wages to feed
and keep family in New York next
winter.


The fall hats out are q style like
the masculine helmet hat in gray felt,
with scarf of dark moss plush,
.hick in its pile as the tufted wood
MOSES that wrap themselves about
an old trunk. A twist Of the scarf
about the crown, and q silvered
birds wing. added, and the simple
trimming is complete. For early fall,
black chips aud straws are shown OF
reversed gypsy shape, that is, coming
close on the forehead, with full trim
ming of satin loops and roses behind,
filing the upturned brim. The bright
geranium red is largely seen in the
flowers and ribbons mixed with fal
trimmings, and an occasional hat with
long full lace barbes indicates thai
lace is coming back to use.


The Breton habit is one of the late


importations in dark camel's-hai


with bands of moss cloth in mixed


shades and buttons for trimming com
ing with the pattern. The moss clotl


is lsandsome relief TO quiet antnm,


colors. Suits of Scotch waterproof ii


the tartan plaids have long been fa


vorites for service in England, bu


this fall is the first time they have


been worn here. A firm is making


them in fine goods, principally in tn


Argyle plaid. The dresses are mad


up in either the large or small plai'


of these eolors, and suits of this kim


for both ladies and young girls cal


not be too highly recommended. Th


sacque seen on nearly all the fall suit


is of such simple and convenient Gu


that country readers are advised t
procure patterns without delay.
is known as the French sacque, iii


ting closely in the back with two q
four pieces as desired, ard fitting tn
, figure gracefully in front by slngl
dart and gore directly under the arr
; without any cross seam at the wais
Ladies will recognize how easily snc


a sacoue can be fitted and made, bl
will keep in mind that its style d.
pends on the neatness. Seams presse
till almost invisible, side gore hit
den under the arm, and not u partic
y of fulness more than is necessary
: 90 over the hips, for which the dres
maker takes the measure as close


as for the bust. Such q sacque


made up as part of suit, OF as Il
d outside garment in heavier Got
If The length in the back is abo
o thirty inches, in front twenty -seye
Q SCRIBE.
Year: 1877

Whatever the positive gain to the state
may be from raising beef for foreign export.
it is very plain that Portland has unriyalled
opportunities for advantage merely as a port
OF transhipment. Chicago made large ex-
ports Of live and dressed beef to Liverpool via
Montreal the last season and is evidently
counting much upon the Grand Trunk line
Tor future facilities. A portion of Ontario
and Quebec may be relied on as a source of
supply-at least during the winter. Vermont
and New Hampshire can be conveniently
accommodated here, the former state sending
more cattle and sheep to the Boston market
at present than all the other New England
states.


Whenever the enterprise and capital of
Portland can be directed in this channel it
can create aud control enough of this new
business to strengthen materially her great
railroad lines, to hold line of ocean steamers
the year round, and to add hundreds of fami-
lies to the population by giving them employ
ment and support,
Year: 1877

WHEN the Cronin villainy was first ex-
posed it was not believed that the Democrats
would rely upon it to secure the election OF
Tilden, but the fact that the party organs and
managers are again defending it shows that
Tilden intends, il possible, to get the benefit
of the large sums of money which have been
sent to Oregon to buy vote There is moth
ing in his character as man or politician to
create any doubt that he is capable of accept
ing an election obtained in this manner.
Year: 1877

JUDGE STANLEY MATTHEWS opened his
argument before the commission with this
neat hit: 'It is, Mr.. President and gentle
men, fortunate feature of your legal con-
stitution that you can make no mistake. 1t
was quaint saying of Seldom in little essay
on papal councils, where he was treating of
the doctrine that they were enlightened by
the presence of the Holy Ghost, that he had
generally found that the Spirit dwelt in the
odd man."
Year: 1877

We do not read anonymous letters and communi-
cations. The name and address of the writer are in
sll cases Indispensable not necessariyfor publication
but as guaranty Of good faith.


We cannot undertake to return or reserve eommu-
nications that are not used.
Year: 1877

There are few traps for the female sex
any more deadly than the side.saddle, and
no one Of any sense grieves at the decay
of the "noble art Of horsemanship" as
long as art cannot be practiced except at
the imminent risk Of the ladies doing So


English people are devoted horsemen' and
the ladies as we'll as the men take the
highest pleasure in galloping after the
hounds. But recently an English lady


who enjoys what is considered an enviablt
fame for skill and daring, in riding CLOSE
to the hounds, and who is also patterr
wife and mother, has announced that shf
will risk her life no more riding on SIDE


saddle, but in the next season will ride I
Ia clothes-pin. Her announcement mas Sc


the whole fashionable world to talking
since she is q woman Of spirit, and it is be
lieyed she will do as she says. 1t she zoe
she will have followers, without DOUBT
and it may be that this Will lnau


gurate the long expected dress rs7olu
ton. aga q aa a.eot'& ~
Year: 1877

Every Saturday morning the Dutch wo'
men wash their houses q the outside,
scrubbing them from pavement to chin
ney. Any point that is too high for
broom OF ladder they reach by fore
ing pump. Out of nearly window may be
seen . woman, stretching herself halfway
out, perhaps, with brush and cloth reach
ing after some fancied dirt-spot, or dashing
q pail of wat er at it.


1t is understood at this time that the
town is given up to cleaning, and the
passers-by on the pavement below have no
right to complain if they get shower Of
wafer and suds over their heads. The
spiders have been driven entirely out Of
Holland, or left in disgust; and l do not
think / ever saw a fly anywhere in tho
county. No swallows are allowed to dir
ty up their houses Of stables, and, strange
to say, one sees no birds about whatever,
except the omnipresent storks, which are
allowed, by special favor, to build theil


nests in the chimney-tops, owing to
particular veneration which the Dutch


have for this bird, likely because 1t is q


waterfowl, or rather water and land


fowl; or, like the Dutch themselves, an


amphibious swamp animal. sS a@,. al
As you go through . Dutch town tht


most common sight is the women washing
in the canals. On both sides, from ons


end of the street to the other they be seer
at all times of the day, washing every
thing, from baby's stocking to a table
cloth; and, when they have nothing els
to wash, they wash out their brooms ant
brushes and tubs and themselves. Some
times the whole canal has the appearance
of flowing with soap-suds.


The Dutch have learned the art Of wash
ing, and everything connected with it, y
well that other countries often send thei
linen there to be washed and bleached
| especially the large manufactures. Th
meadows outside of a Dutch town are fail
" white with washed articles stretche
over them.-Ladies' Repository.
Year: 1877

The Secretary of the Treasury has decided to suspend the issue for the present at one dollar greenbackS in sums exceeding ten dollars This is done for the purpose of bringing silver coin into more general circulation; and as a further step towards Specie pay ment, under the act of 1875, he will al- SD in retiring legal tenders select notes of the smaller denominations when il is practicable. All payments of drafts upon the Treasury when change is de sired will be made in silver instead 0t paper.-Washington Republican, April
Year: 1877

UNDER the new mana cement of the Prescott Miner, the variety if not the number of its liars has been increased The old set of lies are still on hand but a new lot has been accumulated. Beach is evidently enraged. He says he owns his own property. This may have been a necessary statement; but one that he uses it in very subServ- tent way, would be unnecesSary-every reader of his can understand that.
Year: 1877

1.-All officers shall be elected by ballot at the annual meeting on the the second Tuesday in April.

 2.-All officers at the expiration of their term of office shall deliver the property belonging 10 the Institute in their charge to their successors in of fee.

 3.-The Treasurer shall give a re- ceipt 10 his predecessor for all moneys or other property received by him, keeping a record of the same
Year: 1877

The happiest moment in the life of a
mosquito, who is so constituted as to en-.
joy all there is of this leeting existence,
is when he makes the sudden discovery,
during the silent watches, clocks and
other chronometers of the night, that he,
of all his race, is the sole occupant OF the
mosquito bar, and that there is no one to
divide his banquet with. Reflect, for n
moment, what il is to be the only mos
quito admitted to the bar, with the privi-


ege of practicing in all the courts krOwn
to mosquito jurisprudence. A mosquito
with man all to itself! No hurryng,
no cOrroiing fear that some other mos
quito is getting his work IN ahead OF
him, no apprehension lest there shouldn't
be enough to go around, no boiling
down of his dinner in the momentary ex-
pectation of the arrival of horde of
hungry and unemployed mosquitoes,
bearing a red banner inscribed: BREAD
or BlOodm Of course no mosquito OF
epicurean tastes likes to be disturbed in
his dainty meal. And when man is
exasperated by general and simul'a'
neous attack, he is apt to toss AMI pitch
about, superinducing fever of the blood,
which any mosquito with proper knowl-
edge of hygiene understands renders the
blood impure, aud consequently unnutri-
tious, if not positively hurtful. There are
thousands of mosquitoes, we are conf
dent, limping about at this moment with
health gone and constitutions hopeless
wreck, all on account of Ignorance or
carelessness regarding the simplest laws
of health


Our solitary mosquito within the bar
is monarch of all he surveys. He de-
scends in easy though eccentric circles
and drops gently down upon the
end of the gentleman's nose. If
an impatient hand be raised to
sweep him away, he only huns good
Daturedly - feeling entirely at hum
there-and gently retires for moment,
seeming to say, "No hurry at all, old fel.


low, take your own time. lean wait till
the second table if you like" He even


lights on the mosquito bar and jeers his
gaunt and voracious comrades, who are
cinging with the desperation Of hunger
to the outside Don't you wish you had
him ~ indicating who "him" means by
throwing his thumb over his shoulder in
the direction of the sleeping victim
mice fat fellow, isn't he! and he's all
mine, mine" Then they dance around
and tear their hair, and use cuss words,
and are mad as lot of boys on the out.
side of circus when they peer in the
door and see one of their number who
has eluded the guard and crawled under
the canvas.


The lucky fellow feasts off his victim
with the utmost leisure. AT times he
takes rest, swinging in an improvised
hammock among the threads Of the net
ting, secure in the thought that he can
return to the feast at any time. To the
victim that monotonous hum in the still
ness of the night, and the drowsy con-
sciousness of persistent attack from a
solitary mosquito, have carried more ter
ror to the soul of Richard, than could the
substance of ten thousand mosquitoes
who dropped in on him little while and
then flew away about their business.
Year: 1877

"PooR AND PRoUD."-Young men out
of business are frequently sadly hampered
by pride. Many young men who go
West take more pride than money, and
bring back all the pride, and no money
at all. A young man who "works for his
board," no matter what honest work he
does, has no reason for shame. A young
man who cuts the bread OF idleness, no
matter how much money he has, is dis
graced. Young men, starting in life,
ought to aim, first of all, to find a place
where they can earn their bread and but
ter with hoe, ak, spade, wheelbarrow,
currycomb, backing brush, no matter
how. Independence first. The bread
and butter question settled, let the young
man perform his duty so faithfully as to
attract attention, and let him constantly
keep his eyes open for chance to do
better. About half the poor proud young
men, and two.tlirds the poor discouraged
young men, are always out of work. The
young man who pockets his pride, and
carries an upper lip as stiff as a cast-iron
doorstep scraper, need not starve, and
stands good chance to become rich
Rome Sentinel.
Year: 1877

One of the most curious reptiles known
to man is the chameleon, which is very
plentiful in the Eat, and especially in
The Holy Land. The Rev. j. G. Wood,
author of several works on animals, had
A chameleon for several months and thus
enjoyed exceptional opportunities of OBJ
serving the habits and peCuliarities of the
reptile. He says:


"When the chameleon wished to pass
from one branch to another it used to
hold firmly to the branch by the tail and
one hind foot, and stretch out its body
nearly horizontally, feeling about with
the other three feet, AS if in search of a
convenient resting place. In this curious
attitude it would remain for consider
able time, apparently suffering no incon-
venience.


"The reptile does not necessarily as
sumo the color of any object on which it
is placed, but sometimes takes a totally
different color. Thus, ii my chameleon
happens to come upon any scarlet sub
stance, the color Immediately becomes
black, covered with innumerable spots of
light yellow. The change was so instan-
taneous that as it crawled on the scarlet
cloth the color would alter, and the fore.
part of the body would be covered with
yellow spots, while the hinder-parts re-
tanned their dull black. Scarlet always
annoyed the chameleon, and it tried to es-
cape whenever it found itself near any
substance of the obnoxious hue. The
normal color was undoubtedly black,
with slight tinge of gray. But in a
short time the whole creature would be.
come of vivid verdigris green, and, while
the spectator was watching it, the legs
would become banded with rings of yell
low, and spots and streaks of the same
color would appear on the head and body.
When it was excited, either by anger or
by expectaton-as, for example, when it
heard a large fly buzzing near 1.-THE
colors were singularly beautiful, almost
exactly resembling in hue and arrange
ment those of the .jaguar. Of all the
colors, green seemed generally to pre-
dominate, but the creature would pass so
rapidly from one color to another that it
was scarcely possible to follow the vari-
GUS gradatiOns of hue"
Year: 1877

CHASE AND THE BREAD AND MILK
SUPPER.-"lt is a very curious thing"
said an old stager to Leader reporter
recently, show small thiAgs often turn
the scale in close elections. When Sal.
mon p. Chase was running for Governor
the first time, he came, remember, dur
ing the canvass, to little rural town in
Montgomery county. was travelling
with him at the time and we were both
to speak in the same evening. Mr. Chase
had not been feeling very well all day,
and this fact, together with what followed
from it, did him much more good than
both our speeches. 1t happened on this
wise: An honest farmer had come some
ten miles over the country on purpose to
see the Governor, as he was even then
called. He saw, but was not satisfied +;
he determined to dine with him, in order,
as he said, to see what Governor would
eat. Mr.. Chase, not feeling well, as J.
have said, did not care to partake of a
regular meal, and 50 simply ordered some
bread and milk. The farmer was de-
lighted. Chase is the man for Governor,
he said to his friends. He only eats
bread and milk. He is no stuck-up fel-
Ter. He is like us. He is the farmers
candidate by all means And the story
went all through the country and even
beyond. The enthusiastic farmer would
tell it with all the needed variations
and intonations, and when the votes were
counted it was ascertained that the Whig
majority was much larger than it had
ever been in that country before, aud all
on account Of that one bread and milk
supper"
Year: 1877

BENzrNE and common clay will clean
marble.


IF you buy carpets for durability,
choose small figures.


KEROSENE and powdered lime, whit
ing, or wood ashes, will scour tins with
little trouble.


A FEW drops OF ammonia in bowl OF
water will remove all greasiness and dis
agreeable odors from the person added
to foot-bath it will absorb all noxious
smells.


WHEN your refrigerator needs clean
ing, scald it with hot suds; rinse With
vinegar and water first, and after with
soda in Gear cold water, and wips thor
oughly dry.


For SCARLET FEvER.-An eminent
physician of Chicago says he cures
ninety nino out of every hundred cases
of scarlet fever, by giving the patti ent
warm lemonade with gum arabic dis
solved in it. A cloth wrung out in hot
water and laid upon the stomach should
be removed as rapidly as it becomes
cool.


ONIONS cut in slices and placed in a
room WI ere person is sick, it is stated,
will absorb the poison of the disease and
prevent it from spreading. They should
be changed every hour. II placed in a
room where there is small pox prtient,
they will swell mp and commence to de-
cay at once. 1t is simple experiment,
and worthy the attention OF nurses. :.


To REMOVE freshly split ink from car
pets, first take mp as much as possible
with teaspoon. Then pour cold sweet
milk upon the spot and take it up as
before, pouring on milk until at last the
carpet becomes only slightly tinged
with black. Then wash with cold water
and absorb with cloth without too
much rubbing.


HOP SIRUP FOR A CoUGH.-To one
ounce Of hops and one pint of water add
one tablespoonful of faxseed. Put all
in saucepan and boil it till reduced
one half. Strain it of. add one hall
pint Of molssses, or, for those who pre-
fer it, quarter of . pound OF brown
sugar. Bou this until 1t becomes thicl
Year: 1877

Sad Case of n Young Lady of st. Louis


Her Mntilsted Remains Sent to Her


Mother con


The st. Louis Republican tells a sad
story of the Ashtabula horror, the vic
tim being Miss Maggie Lewis of that
city. The case was an unsurpassably sad
one. The mother of the young lady, who
is very respectable lady, is q widow,
and has for several yeas maintained
herself by keeping board, rs at No. 2241
North Tenth street. Her daughter Mag
gle was a young lady of high degree
OF intelligence, of more than ordinary
beauty, and OF very pleasant disposi-
tion. Ambitious for her girl, Mrs. Lew
is determined, at whatever cost, to give
hNra good education, and thus place
her in an independent position In the
world. Two or three years ago Miss
Maggie went to Buffalo and entered "A
school there, where she remained until
shortly before the holidays, when she
graduated and passed the examination
required Of candidates for teachers in
the public schools of that place. She
had secured position, but determined,
before entering upon the work, to pay
visit to her mother, whom she had not
seen for so long, and to make truly glad
the holidays for her. The meeting
was looked forward to by the
mother with such feelings of Joy as only
proud mother can experience, and
plans were made for the week during
which they were to be together. Two
days before the time at which they had
fondly hoped to be reunited, however,
came the dread tidings of the broken
bridge and the holocaust at Ashtsbula.
TIE fears which naturally arose in the
mothers breast we're confirmed on the
day following by the list of the dead,
which was published, and there was no
other comfort left to her than that cold
one of burying the loved one for whom
she had entertained such high hopes.


The railroad officials, in brief tele-
graphic correspondence, assured Mrs.
Lewis that her daughter g remains would
be sent home free of expense, and yes
terday mor.ing the afflicted lady went to
toe Union depot TO receive that terrible
item OF freight. ii came in plain box
"a charred, mangied corpse but when
the mother made application for it she
was coldly informctR that il had been
sent &C. o. d." and that she could
only obtain possession Of it by payment
of Sa3. She had not this amount OF
money, and Of course Was wholly taken
by surprise. There was no alternative,
however she could not have the corpse
of her child till the S33 was paid, and so,
through the kind offices of friends, she
succeeded in satisfying the demand and
taking the plain box home.


Tar SECOND trial of Josenb Ia psoa
Year: 1877

Be Earnest.
Be earnest in thy calling,
Whatever it rsy be;
Times sands are ever falling,
And will not wait for thee.
With zeal and vigor labor;
And thou wilt surely rise;
Oh suffer not thy neighbor
To bear away the prize.
Be earnest In devotion,


Old age is drawing near;
A bubble in hfe's ocean
Thou soon wilt disappear.