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Year: 1879

BAD MEN. The E,,S Oreyoaiah believes
that the Indians are the only bad lnsn IA
Umatilla county, and therefore blames them
for everything bad that is done. jim, vou
know that there are as bad set of rawhile
white men to the square acre in yonr county
as can be scared up anywhere on the slope
We had a little experience Of them after the
Birch creek fight last summer when Howard s
command was bothered more by them than
BY the Indians. they hal to fight indians
ali day and watch the whites at night And
also. jim, they tried twice to steal our little
saddle from under our weary head twice in
one night. No jim, Your neishbors ala t all
angels exactly, but there are lots of them
that ought to be- The fast is. you have
some of the best and lot OF the worst men
living III Umatilla county, and no one knows
it better than your own sweet self
Year: 1879

PIyEIARTS fEJrNs ACAIN.-The Indians
whom our dispatches report as surrounding
lieutenant Catley, are a portion OF those
who made their escape from the starvation
process at the Malheur agency last summer.
They preferred taking their chances in the
field Of battle, than dying by inches. Rine-
hart has much to be responsible for. With the
same treatment the Indians received under
the former agent Sam Parrish, IN outbreak
wocld have been impossible. But this fei-
low, Einehart, vas SO detasted by them that
he had to make his escape On the back of a
government mule, aud arrived in Canyon
city in Eis si.irt tail He is the man who
rushed down to the Willamette valley to
get baptised in order to graduate from the
sect to whom he ewes his appointment.
1t is said thai il was the only time In his
life when he was wet all over.
Year: 1879

RED FISH.-A writer in the Perdieton
lntePsnciem shows his ignorance by stating
that tile red fish found in the Wallowa lake
are nothing but sickly salmon flom Snake
river. Ho" is it then that they are only
found IN lakes and streams .saat empty iptu
the lakes where they are found. Red 6sh
are as distinct in make, shape and flavor
from sa.iuon as the writer of the article is
from an observing man. and are never found
IN streams below the lakes. They are also
found IN enormous quantities OH .ire Payette
lakes, where there are two fisheries We
question whether that writer ever saw or
tasted red fish, or he would not write SO
foohshlv.
Year: 1879

Tue YAKIMA COUNTRY Many corres-
pondents write 10 cnauire where there are
any vacant farming lands in Washington
territory, and where is the best place to 90
We know OF no better country for men Of
moderate meals, than the great Yakima
country The lana is very fertile. fruit,
gram and vegetables grow. as iney seldom
grow anywhere else. and timber and water
exist everywhere. By the tine new conner
gets his farm in gool shape, the iron horse
will be snorting through the land. and he
will be comfortable for life.
Year: 1879

JIMMY HAET.-The anticipating Walia
Wal!a, Boise correspondent OF the Waits
burg Times, tried to Kill Judge Clark and
Jimmy Hart OF with one stone. but the
Judge lives, and Jimmy thr.ves like a green
bay horse. The best men OF z community
are always the victims Of those who are no
good to ther.sselves,or anybody else. They
try to make US believe that Governor Bigger
staff did it. Go to Jimmy Hart, in Boise,
and he viii give you the whole business.
Year: 1879

STATE SENATOR Ford. al Maryland. met
his death in the surf at Ocean city on San
day like man. Some "f the party who
were attempting rescne got close to him,
he being nearer to the shore than Mrs.
Emory. but he cried CJt: go to her, save
her never mind me
Year: 1879

TIiE Cincinnati COMMERCIAL commends
John Sherman for his honesty IN saying
frankly he desires to be president. Nobody
ever questioned him on that point. The
people Will I've equally honest IN frankly say
ing this kind of virtue must be content with
its own reward
Year: 1879

A DIRTY little whiffet " is the most con-.
plimentary term We have heard applied to
the Grant County Dish Rag monkey. 1t
has been suggested that worn out old he
mule be sent over to him in order to inject
brains into his skull through his ear by :.
well known old time frontisr process.
Year: 1879

The Grant County Dish Rag is edited by
a notorious leech they call s II. Shepherd I;
he is the ga OF some old drah imported years
ago who never could, with all her filth. ralse
enough to take her out of peonage. OF the
thousands who might hare Jeea no man ever
claimed him for his SON
Year: 1879

MERCHANTS EXCURSION TO RICHMOND
There will be an important meeting OF the
Board Of Managers Of the Commercial Club
OF Richmond this evening at $3.50 O'Clock at
the Club-rooms for the purpose OF consid-
erlng the proposition made by the Chesa-
peake and Ohio Railroad Company with re-
gard to an excursion to Richmond for mer-
chants along their line OF railway. Major
Hotchkiss will present the proposition.
From what we have learned OF the matter to
be proposed the experiment will no doubt be
representins as it does the largest portion
favorable Opportunity p pass for getting
together in this city so many merchants
from this end to the western terminus OF
tIls great railroad.
Year: 1879

!. He further said to her, I" | want to see
them on ''-an expression which, he SAID.


was very customary in his business, to sat
isfy whether there was good tit. She de-
clined to put them on, and he walked with
her out to her phaeton and helped her in.
he stated that her friend was sitting In the
phaeton on the side next to the pavement,
snd that In getting In, the lady had to step
rather across her feet land Id doing SO
Year: 1879

The curious development of art in
Stincts and art capacity in the Bushmen
of South Africa and their failure to grow
toward civilization in other respects, is
sharply presented in a recently-published
work on that country: "How strange it
is that these creatures, so low in the So
cial scale, should have possessed artistic
skill superior to most savages! Fhey
have portrayed on the rough rocks scenes
of the chase and of native customs with
such vigor, with few colors of so per-
manent a character, that the spectatoH.
might take them for rough, first sketches,
by some unframed artist, executed only a
short while since. Each animal is char
acteristically rendered, and the manner
of chasing and securing it, with the fig
ures of those who assisted in running it
down, are faithfully shown. Possessing
such admirable talents in so high a de-
gree, these people were yet incapable of
attempting the erection of any descrip-
tion Of house, but sheltered themselves in
such caverns and rocky inches as nature
happened to provide. Some of these
drawings include forty or fifty figures,
correctly representing the chase Of the
lion, the Gland, the rhinocerOs, the gnu,
the blesbok and many other wild ami
mails, all vigorously drawn and colored
in species of distemper These little
people are described as wonderful hunt
ers, their sense of sight being scarcely
surpassed by that of the eagle, or their
sense Of hearing by that of the wolf.
Their hardihood and endurance far sur
passed that of any animal in the field,
while their cunning and adroitness was
only equaled by the fox
Year: 1879

The story is told of Victor Hugo,
Frances greatest living author, that
many years ago the father of the pres
ent head of Partisan publishing house
was offered n manuscript by pale
young man with large forehead. The
publisher glanced over ~the pages and
saw that the work was in verse. With
out attempting to read it, he handed it
politely back to the young author with
a few of the usual phrases about poe
try being a drug in the market, de-
preston of trade, etc, etc. % am
sorry, for your sake said the young
man, inipressively, as he pocketed the
rejected manuscript. was about to
propose to you contract by which l
would have assured to you the right to
all the future productions 0f laF ear


1t was a fortune that | was about to
offer to you-but you refuse, and so no
more need be said He bowed and
Withdrew. The publisher, struck by
his manner, reflected for a moment, and
then hastened after his visitor to call
him back. But he was too late-the
young man had already disappeared.
Never before or since" the old gen
tleman was wont TO say when relating
this story, "haye l ever met with a
young author who so fully believed in
his own powers, nor with one that had
so much reason for such belief, for my
visitor was Victor Hugo
Year: 1879

Sweet little maiden,
Modest little maiden,
Blushing little maiden,


Thirteen
There's an airy spell about you,
There's dainty charm about you,
There's a modest grace about you,


ween.
Would you know wherein the spell lies, little
maiden


maidenY
Shall tell wherein the grace lies, little maiden


Nay, nay
Y For were TO tell,
Indeed, 1 know full well
Il would surely break the spell,


Little maiden.
But III whisper in your ear
A word for you to hear
just hint-never fear,


Little maidens
Be always bright and ready,
Press onward strong and steady,
Ever help the poor and needy,


Little maiden;
And the charm and the grace
That are sealed on thy face
Will never loose their place,


Little maiden.


Boston Transcript.
Year: 1879

At the eoncluEion of the performance 2so slips oi pasteboard bearing the members those on the prize tic cts will be deposited n email box. under the supervision of committee selected from the audience, the box will be closed aud shaken and number drawn therefrom by httle girl blindfoled the holder of the corresponding number will receive the prize.
Year: 1879

MOBILE Register 18th There was
considerable talk on the streets yes
terday in regard to yellow fever in
Memphis. The absence of any def.
mite information led to all kinds Of
rumors and copjectures. Of course,
as is always the case, these rumors
and conjectures were of a glommy ma
ture, for mankind generally seems to
prefer to look on the dark side Of
things. The dispatch we publish this
morning shows that there is q strong
probability Of no further spread Of the
disease in the panic-stricken city.
And we do not blame Memphis, in
view Of its last years experience, for
being panic stricken. We hope sin
cerely that Memphis may escape a
second visitation of the pestilence,
and if sickness should appear there
or at any other point, we think it best
for our people to await definite infor-
nation before spreading reports as to
the number of cases, etc.
Year: 1879

From an Interview with Ex-Gov. WarmOth.l


"What do the people of New Or
leans think of the probability of a
return of Yellow Jack this summer ?"


There will be no yellow fever
there this summer, you may rely upon
that. The fever never visits us when
we have had a very cold winter and a
dry and backward spring. Last
winter we had snow, and for three
days in succession the icicles hung
from the caves Of the houses. Besides,
large sums have been raised by sub
scription for sanitary purposes, and
water is pumped regularly from the
river into the cutters to keep them
clean. / don't think there will be a
single case Of yellow fever in New
Orleans this summer"
Year: 1879

THE graSShoppers have again made
appearance in the West. Dacotah,
portions of Southwestern Minnesota
and Northwestern Iowa are suffering
greatly.from their devastations. Most
of them seem better equipped for
their work this season than they were
in past years. They settle down to
business Systematically at the very
dawn Of day, and keep at it as if the
world were coming to an end before
sunset. Persons of lazy habits could
obtain some valuable hints by visiting
the grasshopper regions.
Year: 1879

Louisville POST 18th.


There is no demand, as yet, even
from the most timid, for a quarantine
as far north as Louisville. But we
are glad to say that, as far as our
observation goes, there will be no
such demand. Our physicians, how
ever much they may be divided on
other questions, seem to justify the
course pursued last year. We are in
condition to act in the same manner
this season. Louisville, it may be
safe to say, will not, in any state of
affairs likely to be brought about, turn
away the refugees from the South.
Those who come sick, will be relieved !;
those who come seeking safety, will be
allowed to stay or pass on. The hor-
rors Of such plague as that of last
summer are great, no doubt; so much
the stronger reason for not intensity
ing them by quarantine, where and
when a quarantine is useless.


The news from Memphis to-day is
cheering Cases such as have occurred
were alarming only as they indicated
the presence of the disease in an epi-
demic form. The conclusions now
must be that they were only sporadic,
and consequently furnish no grounds
for panic.
Year: 1879

A MOST important event in the his
tory Of spirit photography is the
invention of a process for producing
phosphOrcscent portraits, which can
be seen only in the dark. Imagine
the effect on superstitious mind Of
suddenly exhibiting, in darkened
room, portrait of a departed relative,
shining by its own light. g4t 8
Year: 1879

CINCINNATI Enquirer, 18th Re-
ports from Southern cities, and par
ticularly from Memphis, give ground
for hope that the yellow fever is not
to become epidemic again this year.
There have been no new cases in
Memphis since Friday, and the panic
has almost subsided All previous
experience with the fever is against
its appearance two successive years in
one locality in epidemic form, and it
is to be sincerely hoped that the fears
of the people themselves win not
bring the disease upon them in def
ance of all former preeedents.
Year: 1879

A NEW YoRK paper says One Of
the honest, practical reasons Robert
Collyer gives squarely to his Chicago
congregation for quitting them for a
New York one is, that he will get a
chance here to preach old sermons,
which will be new to an Eastern
audience gl 0agUm0f
Year: 1879

will be much more serious reflection upon
his judgment as practical politician II 1t
turns out now that he has been drawn into
the support of measure whose practical
operation will defeat his own honorable am
bition.


1t seems to lis of the highest importance
that the Republicans should carry the State III
November, and that the work of the CANVASS
although only members of the Legislature are
to be chosen-should he Immediately begun.
The only danger is the old one ofsgenerai
apathy. 1t takes good deal to wake up the
Republican voters of Connecticut, and there Is
but little time left in which to do 1t.
Year: 1879




There is no relation OF life in which


the natural selashness Of man comes out


SO strongly as in travelling. People


who, when at home or among their
friends, are not OILY polite, considerate
OF the comfort Of others, but even self
sacrificing in triAes, often become grasp.
ing, repellant, morose, when they get
on railroad train to go travelling. Too
often they seek their own comfort to the
disregard OF the rights Of others. A man
will enter train end take q whole seat
and 30 arrange his baggage as to cover
the whole OF it, 80 as to keep any one
else from occupying part Of it. He
only pays for one seat and he knows
perfectly well that he has no right to
occupy two, and yet he does so frequently
until he is forced to yield, and then he does
so with as bad grace as possible. II
matters not that other men may be
standing mp in the cars. he rarely has
the grace to invite one Of them sit by
him. He sits and looks as forbidding as
possible or turns his back and gazes
out OF the window, 80 as to prevent if
possible any one from requesting him for
seat beside him. The ladies' are in this
respect no better than the men, and they
are more perfectly masters Of the situa.
tion. She is protected by her sex in her
selfshness and her disregard of the
comfort OF her sisters. A gentleman does
not like to ask her for seat, though he
has perfect right to do 60. Even anoth-
er lady is at disadvantage in asking
her for seat. A cold, naughty, inro-
lent manner and an intrenched air Of
possession usually enables her to hold
her double seat against all corners. The
politeness Of men to women rarely fails
in America, and it is no unusual thing
for two gentlemen to rise to give a lady
a whole double seat because another lady
fails to offer her seat. Now in this case
each lady secures her double seat at the
price of the discomfort of two fellow
travellers. When it is a man who be-
haves thus the remedy is comparatively
simple. There is even a sort OF pleasure
in applying it. The passenger who on
entering the car finds ell the double seats
occupied by men who refuse to make
room for him is often tempted to pick
out the most exclusive looking of them
and go up and coolly and business like
tell him to make room and then sit down
by him in as roomy and spacious
style as possible and then hum and whis.
tie some slow plaintive air---kind O. sad
Like. This inAiots agonies upon the ex-
elusive traveller and gives to the new
conner that calm inward repose which
comes from the infiction of righteous
punishment. Yet how much better it
would be for the ladies to make place
for their fellow female travellers and to
exchange the little courtesies that
brighten journey; how much better il
would be for men to promptly make
room for the newcomers and get into
friendly chat by the way. This selfish
exclusiyeness in travelling does not pay.
One doesn't get the most out of the voy-
age in that way.
Year: 1879

1t seems an easy thing to make bou.
quet as one looks over the garden and
sees the beautiful flowers. But after all
it is difficult matter and one sometimes
forgets that flowers have their afinities
and preferences, as well ns the human
race. Above all give them room and not
crowd them. When flowers are massed
heavily together oil lose their beauty. 1
saw an arrangement OF flowers yesterday
where two lovely day lilies that would
have been beautiful it grouped alone in
q slender vase with few ferns or green
spires, but whose effect was ruined by
being put in the center Of mass Of lark
spurs and common garden flowers, The
common flowers only looked the more
common in contrast with the lilies, aud
the lilies looked as though caught in very
coarse company.


For vases and bouquets of any sort
there should be plenty of white for the
foundation. When stemIess flowers are
used, like o tuberose or a single gera-
mum, stems can be made by putting the
ends inside OF straws and then wiring it
in: when arranged in the bouquet the
straw cannot be seen, but the flowers con
be kept fresh by absorbing the water.
A pretty arrangement is to take a spike
Of scarlet gladiolus, with it's brilliant
coloring, arrange it with feathery grass
es and CLEANS of white feverfew here
and there, and you will have a lovely
spot of coloring for some dark corner.
Again, petunias and morning glories are
difficult to combine with any flower, but
give them widemouthed vase and a
few leaves and they are positively grace
full. ALI lilies I think are prettiest il no
other flowers are mixed with them.


For small vases very good way is to
clip them off and put them in carelessly
as they come, then they will look natural;
too much arrangement often spoils the
looks Of q vase of flowers. For either
hand or vase bouquets do not put too
many colors together.
Year: 1879

Though the tropical scrubs Of Queens.
land, Australia, are very luxuriant and
beautiful, they are not without their
dangerous drawbacks, for there is one
plant growing in them that is really
deadly in its effects-that is to say,
deadly in the same way that one would
apply the term to FIRE; as, il q certain
proportion Of ones body is burnt by the
stinging tree, death will be the result.
It would be as safe to pass through fires
as TO fall into one of these trees. They
are found growing from two to three
inches high to ten and fifteen feet; in
the old ones the stem is whitish, and red
berries usually grow on the top. 1t
emits peculiar disagreeable smell, but
it is best known by its leaf, which is
nearly round, having point on the top.
and is jagged all around the edge, like
the nettle. All the leaves are large
some larger than saucer.


Sometimes says o traveller, while
shooting turkeys in the scrubs / have
entirely forgotten the stinging tree till
warned OF its close proximity by its
smell, and have then found myself in
a little forest Of them. I was only once
stung, and that was very lightly. Its
effects are curious. It leaves no mark,
but the pain is maddening, and for
months afterward the part, when
touched, is tender in rainy weather, or
when it gets wet in washing, etc. I
have seen a man who treats ordinary
pain lightly roll on the ground in ago.
ny after being stung; and I have known
a horse 80 completely mad after getting
into grove Of the trees that he rushed
open-mouthed at every one who ap-
preached him, and had to be shot in the
scrub. Dogs when stung will rush
about, whining piteously, biting pieces
from the affected part. The small
stinging trees, a few inches high, are as
dangerous as any, being SO hard to see,
and seriously imperiling ones ankles.
The scrub is usually found growing
among palm trees.
Year: 1879

A farmer Of Oynthian township went
to town to make few purchases II
happened that he called at an establish
ment where an elevator lis in use. In
order to furnish the articles desired it
was necessary to 60 intoa upper story,
and the salesman said to his customer,
Just get on; and we will go up The
startled granger looked around and
said, 'On whefe3 Ie was given the
desired information, and they started
up. The upward flight was evidently
something new TO the farmer, who at
tested his appreciation Of IL by remark
ing, This beats all nation, don't II I
The salesman smilingly said he rather
thought it did. In the meantime, q son
Of the farmer became impatient, and
came into the storeroom below looking
for him. The farmer seeing bis son,
stepped to the hatchway and said, you
can't come up here, son; I came up or
the cellar door, and it's up here yet
Year: 1879

A prayer in the handwriting OF the
prince imperial has been found among
the papers in his desk at Camden Place.
The following is a translation


MY God: give to Thee my heart;
but give TO me faith. Without faith
there is no strong prayer, and to pray is
a longing Of my soul. pray, not that
Thou shouldst take away the obstacles
Of my path, but that Thou mayst per-
NIT me TO overcome them. l pray, not
that Thou shouldst disarm my enemies,
but that Thou shouldst aid me 10 con.
quer myself. Hear, oh, Godl my praye
Preserve 10 my affection those who are
dear to me. Grant them happy days.
If Thou only givest on this earth GER
tain sum OF joy, take, oh, God | my
share, and bestow it on the most worthy,
and may the most worthy be my friends.
II Thou seekest vengeance upon man,
strike me. Misfortune is converted into
happiness by the sweet thought that
those whom we love are happy. Hap
piness is poisoned by the bitter thought
while 1 rejoice those whom love q
thousand times better than myself are
suffering. For me, oh, God no more
happiness. Take it from my path. l
can only find Joy in forgetting the past.
If forget those who are no more, /
shall be forgotten in my turn, and how
sad the thought that makes one say,
Time effaces ALL The only satisiac :
tion l geek is that which lasts forever,
that which is given by tranquil con-
science. Oh, my God | show me ever
where my duty lies, and give me strength
to accomplish it always. Arrived at the
term of my life 1 shall turn my looks
fearlessly TO the past. Remembrance
will not be for long remorse. Then /
shall be happy. Grant, oh God that
my heart may be penetrated with the
conviction that those whom / love and
who are dead shall see all my actions.
My life shall be worthy Of their witness,
and my innermost thoughts shall never
make them blush,
Year: 1879

A novel idea Is proposed by the Mas
sacbusetts society for the prevention Of
cruelty to children. The society requests
that at least one article Of the children's
clothing be marked with their full name
and residence, in order TO aid the police
and the officers Of the society in return
ing lost or stolen children TO their homes.
II this advice would be followed by oil
parents they would save themselves q
great deal Of uneasiness during the un'
explained absence Of their children and
their little ones much suffering,