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VOL. XIY, NO. 23.
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ATTORNEYS
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W. II. BARTON.
LAW AND JUSTICE
of the Peace. InrU 'ndetiee, Iowa. Will
attend to nil business pertaining to his office
promptly and satisfactorily. [li-21-.vl
^ATTORNEY AT
YNIKT. SJIYSER.
ATTORNEYdiligent
AND COrNST'.lJ.OH AT LAW.
Will (rive attention to Collections
and all legal business entrusted to his care.
Office over Chicago Clothing House, at Inde
pendence Buchanan Co. Iowa.
E. E. IlASXEK. AS. E. JEWKI..
IIASM5R i JEWEL,
ATTORNEYS
A XI) COUNSELLOR AT
Law, Notaries Public, Land and Collection
Agents. Remittances promptly made. Will
practice in nil the Courts of this State and Fed
eral Courts. Land and city property for sale.
Money tp loan. Office in ('oiuervatiee building.
C. E. It.VNSIKK,
FSRRCFSSOIT TO JAS. .TAMISON),
ATTORNEY
AT LAW, NOTARY PUBLIC
and Collection Agent. Office over First
National Hank, Independence, Iowa.
FRANK JENNINGS.
TTORNEY AT LAW. OFFIC© OVHtti
•J.\- O'Brien's Store, Independence, Iowa.
J. E. COOK,
ATTORNEY
AT LAW, INDEPENDENCE,
Iowa. Office over A. II. Frank's Restau
rant, Main St.
H. W. HOLMAK,
(SUCCESSOR TO J. 8. WOODWARD),
A TTOKNEY AT LAW AND COLLECTION
Agent. Office over Tabor & Son's Drug U
v I ndenenrteiifo. Inwa.
SHaarc, Independence, Iowa.
FRANK I. JACKSON,
ATTORNEYSecured,
AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW.
Patents Pensions, Bounties and
all classes of claims against the Government
solicited. No charges for prosccnting claims
unless successful. Special attention given to
Collections. Office over Chicago Clothing
House.
O. 31. GII.LKTT,
TTOKNEY AT LAW AND NOTARY PUB
Office in Osgood's building, up
stairs,
««tt to the river.
ATlic.
I). I). HOLDRIDOK,
,4 TTORNEY AT LAW, NOTARY PUBLIC
V and Land Agent. Office over Taylor's
Hardware Store, Independence, Iowa.
LAKE & IIAKMON,
TTORNEYS AT LAW, INDEPENDENCE,
A Iowa. Office in Munson's Block, Main St.
JED I-AKE. M. W. HARMON.
BRl'CKAKT & NEY,
AT LAW, INDEPENDENCE,
Iowa. Office over Morse's Store. Consul
tations in English and German.
D. W. BUl'CKAIiT. JOHN' J. NKY.
W. i. & J. If. DONNAN,
AW, CONVEYANCING. WAR CLAIM AND i
-J Land Agency Office. Office in First Nation-l
al Bank building. Independence, Iowa.
J. S. SNIFFIN,
Counsellor At Law,
Walker, Linn County, Iowa.
Conducts a General
Ranking and Exchange Business,
And give* special attention to Collections, &c.
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PIITSICIASTS.
A. I„ CLARKE, M. I).
PHYSICIANClarke's
& SURGEON. OFFICE OVER
over A. B. Drug Store, west end
of bridge. References, Dr. II. Brvnnt, Inde
pendence Drs. Staples. McClure, Waples and
other phvsicians. of Dubuque, and the faculty
of the Bellevue Hospital Medical College.
H. C. MARKKAM, M. D.
PHYSICIANnorthwest
AND SURGEON. OFFICE AT
residence, corner Chatham and
Gennessee Sts., Independence.
DR. If. II. HUNT,
OFFICE
AND RESIDENCE, CORNER OP
Court and Blank Streets, north of Catholic
Church.
W. A. MEI.I.KN, M. !.
HOM(EOPATHI8T,
INDEPENDENCE, IA.
Office and rooms in Burr's Block, Chat
ham Street, over Barnhart's Gr..eery. Office
hours from 8 to A. M. and from 1 to 1 and 4 to
6 P. M.
IIOl'SE & WILSON,
PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS, OFFICE
A over People's National Bank, earner Chat
ham and Main Streets, Independence, Iowa.
Will attend to calls in the city oreoiintrv. Con
sultations in English and German.
j. :. liot'sK. s. wn.sov.
BARBER SHOP.
f" JOHN IU KKE,
HE FASHIONABLE BARBER AND HAIR
Dresser. All the modern conveniences
known to the profession. Shopover Harnett &
Co's Store, Main street. Independence, Iowa.
AUCTION!] HP..
F. L. JACOBS,
-A.UL
i o neer,
O
Will crv sides on property of anv des
Office at W U. Telegraph Office, N
St., Independence, Iowa.
DENTISTS.
Jixh'prinlence, Intra.
All work at reasonable prices.
W. H. THRIFT^
E N I S
(Over R. R. Plane's Store).
Independence, Iowa.
Extracting. Filling, fOold or Silver) Regulat*
Ingr irregular teeth, &c., &e., at reasonable
prices.
E7m! BIS SELL,
Dental Rooms!
Over City of Paris Store,
INDEPENDENCE, I
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GROCERIES. GROCERIES.
G-KOCEEIES
Cor. Main and Walnut Sts.
Independence, Iowa.
The subscribers have on hand a
choice and well
selected Stock of
FAMILY GROCERIES!
Which tliey will soil at the very low«ot
prices. Their stock consists Of
Sugars, Teas,
Coffees, Spices,
Syrups. Confectionary^
CANNED AND DRIED FRUITS,
Kerosene Oil,
"Wood and "Willow-Ware,
lyr.
10 00
15 00
ISO 00
55 00
15 00 :S5 00 I 55 00 95 00
Earthen "Ware, &c., &c,
N. 11. -All they ask is to call and seo their
Roods before purchasing elsewhere. Highest
price paid for Produce. Itemenibcr the placa,
corner Main and Walnut streets.
EDWARDS & CO.
FLOURING MIJ.L.
FARMERS
OF
Buchanan County!
the
Independence Mills,
Having marie extensive improvements in their
mills this summer, arc ireiurel_to lo
I S I N
by the exchange method, giving- Flour, Mid
dlings, and ISran in exchange for wheat Our
rates of exchange are from U to l!ti pounds of
Flour to the bushel, with offal
1. We shall aim
to do what is just by all, and will give as good
I returns as can be made by any mills doing
ilrst-elass work. The excellent reputation of
our Hour warrants us in saying that we are do
ing better work than ever'before. The high
est market price paid for milling wheat.
_TO^THE TRADE.
GILLETT
lect her New Fall Stock of
W
and I flflioQ
UIU1XKRY P1HI.0RS,
Up Stairs, Over Myers" Store.
She tj oonfiiibtthat In the Variety. Quality
and Prices of her goods, as well as the excefe.
lemre and taste of her work, she can give
ENTIRE SATISFACTION.
She has the Latest Styles and Patters, and
guarantees to give good bargnins to .all who
may favor her with a visit.
Independence, May:.'!, isrs. l:!-44tf
FOL'X DRV
STAB FOUNDRY
Machine Shop!
All kinds of CASTINGS. including
COLUMNS,
ir/A'Doir
CAPS,
SILLS,
LINTELS,
SUGAR KETTLES.
CAST IRON FENCING,
SLEKUL SHOES and
s= FANCY WORK of all KINDS,
_____ Together with General .fobbing and machine
work, repairing, &c., executed with the utmost
p.iomptness, and in a satisfactory manner.
Prices, material and workmanship guaran
teed to be as satisfactory as at any establish
ment ill Iowa. Foundry East Side, near river.
FRANK MECOW. Prop'r.
DRUGS AND EPICIXES.
CITY DRUG STORE
A fresh arrival of
Fiare IDruLgs,
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"WINDOW GLASS and LAMPS,
GLASS AND
TO-EXPLOSIVE CHANDELIERS, &c.
Chicken Powder,
A poaiUv4M ure for Cholera in all kinds of poul
try- never known to fail. Also
HORSE POWDER,
The best remedy for Epi/.oot and Influenza.
The last two articles are my own manufacture,
and I can recommend them with confidence.
Swedish Leeches Constantly on Hand!
Prescriptions Carefully & Acurately Fill«d.
Everything fur sale at
Astonishingly Low Prices.
(37""Take a look.
Tisifion.
lx Main
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BOOK BINDERY.
JULIUS J. BOETTCHER,
JBOOK BINDER.
Ail styles of Binding executed in the best and
promotest manner. Orders solicited.
JW- Rooms next the river, over lingerer's
Bftstaurant, Independence. Iowa. l3-7yl
BANKS.
Wrst National Bank,
INDEPENDENCE, IOWA,
Corner Main and Walnut Streets.
CAPITAL, 9100,000.
Domestic and Foreign Exchange bought and
«old. Passage Tickets to and from Europe by
•he Cunard Line of Steamers.
OFFICERS:
a.
CJUMKLL, Pres. E. LEACH?
H. P. BBOWNE, Cashier.
DIRECTORS:
jLcampbell, J. Campbell, E. Leach, P."Munsofi
Ju. Jamison Jed Lake. H. A. Kirur.
A N it'.i UjACE.
I PIJHE
J. W. Johnston
Has just removed aid is now located in
LEYTZE'S BLOCK,
MAIN-St.
Where he keeps on hand ft large Stock of
Groceries, Crockery
Wooden
Ware
Please (five him a call and he will pay
ymi Cash for
ABUTTER AND EGGS.
FURXITLRI:.
).
Marquette,
DEALER IN
FTarnituire,
No. 6 East Main Street,
INDEPENDENCE, IOWA.
The largest and finest stock of Plain and Fan
cy Furniture in the city, at prices 1
aver than at
any other establishment.
Also Agent for Henry M.Sherwood's School
Fumit ure.
A:
LI'MBER AND BFIIiDIXG.
Money Saved in Building.
To save money in building, and to put Up sty
lish, well-proportioned buildings for less money
than usual, can be done by calling oil
E. ziisnsr,
Independence, Iowa.
Having in connection with my business
a lirst
class Lumber Yard, and always keeping on
hand a full assortment of Sash, Doors, Blinds,
&c., &e., and have also in my employ a gang of
first-class mechanics, 1 will be aide to take con- I
tracts and execute work for less money than
any one else. I also keep in my Lumber Yard 1
near the Depot, a complete assortment •!'all
grades and descriptions of
LTJMBE I
Which I will sell at the
Lowest Price for the Market.
Estimates and Specifications made out at
short notice. Also constantly on hand a large
supply of Coal and Lime.
33. ZX1TST,
1
Drugs and Medicines,
•I
Over tlw Ituzaur, Main St.,
Rates.
A. Jl. CLARKE.
Sign of the GOLDEN MORTAR.
largest, and BES1 Stock in the Ojty!
i
AT—
Smale Brothers,
Independence, Iowa.
MONEY TO LiOAN.
MONEY TO LOAN.
ENQUIRE OF
C- 13. TOITES-
"v 5
1?HE INSURANCE MAN.
Contractor and Builder
ABSTRACTS OF TITLE.
HAVE YOU
GJ-ood Titles?
BREWER BRO'S
Have now complete, after several years of
hard labor, u oinpU'te Abstractor all Titles
of all Real Estate in •Siicliaiian County, la.,
and are preoared to give reliable information
relating to lie same. There are many clouded
titles. Are you sure yours is all rightlly get
ting an abstract from us you can ascertain.
Remember that our office is in the Stone
Building, three doors west of the Merchant's
Hotel, Independence. Iowa.
Look to Your Titles!
W. C. & J. B. DONNAN,
OWSEHS OF A
COMPLETE ABSTRACT
Of all Titles of Lands and Village Lots In
liucliaiuin County, Iowa,
Are prepared to give prompt attention and re
liable information relating to the title of any
real property in the county. Several thousand
acres of Wild Land and several
VALUABLE IMPROVED FARMS FOR
SALE
In different parts of the county. Also, a num
ber id' Lots and Dwellings in the city of Inde
pendence. i-ff"'Pensions and all kinds ol'War
Claims attended to promptly.
HOC I? IES AND DRUGS.
1
GROCERIES
U S
NEW CASH t!tU\\,i:w \T.
1 will from this date sell both
Groceries and Drugs,
At my stores at west end of the Bridge,
Fur Cash or Country Produce!
At Prices that cannot be boat.
FARMERS' TRADE SOLICITED
m-Chod Good*, Small Profits and no
Combinations to keep
vp Prices.
Goods Delivered About Town.
A. B. CLARKE.
A CHOICE FARM FOR SALE,
Consisting of 120 acres, 70 acres of which are
ready for small grain. Located 3)i miles from
city limits: well fenced and good wnter: price
low. Inquire of T28tfl T. J. MARINTT8
On mc has turned the tables.
INDEPENDENCE. IOWA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 27, 1878.
TEN YEARS Vl TFIt.
Tela |rears ago, when she waston,
I used to tease and scold her:
I liked her, and she hived me then,
A boy some five years older.
I liked her, she would fetch my book.
Bring lunch to stream or thicket
Would oil my gun or bait iny hook,
And Held for hours at cricket.
She'd mend my cap, or find my whip.
Ah! but boys' hearts are sto'ityl
1 liked her rather less than Hyp,"
And far less than my pony.
Shelovc1 me then, tho* Heavenknows why.
Small wonder had she hated,
For scores of dolls she's had to cry.
Whom 1 decapitated.
I tore her frocks, 1 pulled her hair.
Culled "red" the sheen upon it
Out fishing I would even dare
Catch tadpoles in her bonnet.
Well, now I expatiate my crime
The Neines.s of fables
Came after years. -To-day Old Time
I'm twenty-five, she's twenty now.
Dark-eyed, pink-checked and bonny,
The curls arc golden round her brow
She smiles, and calls me "Johnny."
Of yore I used ln Christian name.
But now, through fate or malice.
When she is by my lips can't frame
Five letters to make "Alice."
I who could joke with her, and tease
Stand silent now before her
Dumb, through the very wish to please.
A speechl.iss, shy adorer.
Or, if she turns to me to speak,
I'm dazzled by her graces
The hot blood rushes to my cheek.
1 babble common places."
She's kind and cool—ah! Heavens knows
how
I wish she blushed ami faltered
She likes me, and 1 love her now
Dear, dear! how things have altered!
—London Graphic.
TIIE TWO ROBERTS.
The Argosy.
Singinjr softly to himself, Robert Ed
bury rode "over dale and over down,"'
in the sweet stillness of the July night.
Hardly a breath of air was stirring in
the branches of the trees. Now and
then an invisible night bird piped a sol
itary note to keep him company, and
soft waves of light streamed over the
hills as the queenly moon, well attended
by her guards, rode indolently down the
broad highway of Heaven. The blue
dome, looking as soft as velvet, was,
like the fabled path of love, strewn
thickly with the golden kisses of the
stars.
As he gained tho last hill, whoso sum
mit gazed on tho little watering-place
which was for a few weeks to be his
des tination, he involuntarily drew rein
and sat silent a moment, enjoying the
moonlight, scone. On his left an old
fashioned brick house reared its twisted
chimneys aloft. So close was he to it
that its sharp gables seemed to cut the
air over his head, and only a strip of
green lawn, bordered by horse-chestnut
trees, separated him from the windows,
gleaming in the moonlight.
Scepter and crown I'd fling them down.
if I might
Robert Edbury hushed his song when
he perceived, for the first time, his very
close proximity to the house and the
windows.
The substantial home of some sub
stantial farmer," he said to himself. "I
had better move on, or his daughters
may think am serenading them."
Too late! Just then a window was
opened softly overhead, and a lady's
face appeared at it. In the rush of
bright moonlisht Robert caught sight of
the long ripple of gold-gleaming hair,
and was sure that the face was lovely.
At any rate, the voice was.
Robert, dear, is it you?"
For half a minute Robert Edbury was
mute with surprise, anl uiade no an
swer.
It is you, Robert why don't you
speak?-'
lie spoke then, low, and with hesita
tion.
How did you know it was I?"
"Of course I knew it was you." There
was a dash of petulance in the sweet
voice now. "Who else but you would
be riding and singing in that absurd way
at this hour of the night, and halting
before the house? Have you a cold,
Robert9 Your voice sounds different
from what it usually does."
Perhaps it is the night air,"' answer
ed Robert, wickedly, and getting his
wits partially together. "Or 1 may have
cracked it with singimr." But still he
spoke in the most subdued of tones. "I
did not expect the pleasure of speaking
with you."
The very idea of your coming up on
horseback at this night hour! You
know you ought not to be out. Why
did you do it? Whore are you going?
Into Spafield?"
To be sure."
But what for?"
To see a friend."
"Who ii it?" came the quick re
sponse. "Not—not Nelly Cameron?"
with a shade of jealousy in the tone
now. "Are the Camerons receiving this
evening?"
Not that I know of," returned Rob
ert Edbury. promptly. '"I swear to you
I was not going to see Nelly Camerrin.
I have not spoken with a single young
lady to-day, except yourself."
Poor Robert," and a little laudi rip
pled lightly on the air. But do go.
You know what your health is. and that
you have no business to be riding at
this time of night. You ought to take
better care of yourself. You will be
laid up to-morrow your voice already
sounds strange and altered. CJood
niglit,"
"One moment," cried Robert Edbury,
earnestly, as he leaped from his horse,
fastened the bridle to the gate, and step
ped inside beneath the window, where
gleamed that mysterious, enchanting
face. "Won't you give mc a flower—
you can easily reach that clustering
vine by your casement. Perhaps—per
haps I shall wish to ask you sometime
to forgive me some great offense. Will
you not. give me a flower for a token?"
How strangely you talk! Of course
I would give you a flower but these are
only honeysuckles, and you know we
promised to give each other nothing but
roses. But stay! and the pretty voice
caught itself. "I have a bunch of vio
lets on my table. Would you like to have
them?"
Anything anything that comes from
your hands! whispered Robert, more
sincerely than he always spoke.
The bright face disappeared for a mo
ment from the window and then return
ed- a white hand gleamed in the moon
light.
There, take them now you must go.
Quick! I hear some one stirring. Sup
pose it should be mamma! (Jood-night,
dear Robert."
The window was softly closed, and in
an instant after Robert was groping for
the violets in the wet grass. He found
them:where they fell. But, as they fell,
the quick eyes of Hubert Kdbury had
discerned something, bright as a star,
falling too. The small strip of grass
whore he had stood was entirely in the
shade, hidden from the light by the
large horse-chestnut trees, and he had
to grope in the dark for this glittering
thing. An instant's search revealed it
to be what he suspected a lady's brace
let. It was a slender circlet of gold,
Studded with crystal. The quick move
ment had unclasped it from her arm
and Robert, with a smile, put it side by
side with the withered bunch of violets
in his pocket, as he rode awav.
Scepter and crown I'd fling them down,
sang Mr. Edbury, as he rode swiftly on
in the purple dusk of the trees. ''Scep
ter and crown, if I had them, I'd fling
them down for the one bare chance of
hearing the music of that lovely voice
once again."
He was alone there was no one to see
him. and, taking the violets out of his
pocket, he kissed them tenderly. It
was most absurdly silly of him to do it
but who of us does not do silly things
in the heyday of our youth's morning?
Silly things that we* blush for after
ward, perhaps just as Robert Edbury
blushed when putting the yiolets again
quickly away.
Scepter mid crown I'd fling them down.
If I might—
But his song got no further than that
it died away in thought.
Passing, arm-in-arm, down the crowd
ed dancing-room of the Spa the next
evening, with his friend Norton, Robert
Edbury's quick ear was caught by a
note which at once arrested his atten
tion. He had said that he should know
that divine voice again, hear it wherever
and whenever he might, and he was not
mistaken. A certain remonstrance lay
in its tone not to say misbelief.
But who could it have been, Robert,
if it was not you? It frightens me to
think of it. It—it was somebody of
{een
©ur height and figure. It must have
yourself, Robert."
"But tell you if was not, Jessie. I
should like very much to know who it
was."
He was a gentleman, I am sure"
ipth a stress upon the word. "You need
aot be put out, Robert."
Robert Edbury turned and saw, close
beside him, leaning upon that other
Robert's arm, a young girl surpassingly
beautiful. Roses mingled with the
bright gold of her hair, shone in the bo
som of her dress, and a bunch of theui
was somehow intertertwined with the
slender gold wrist chain attached to her
fan.
Mr. Edbury caught his breath, as,
turning her face, the girl's soft, violet
b]ue eyes rested for a moment unrecog
nizingly on his.
Who is she?" he whispered eagerly
to his friend. "IIow lovely she is!
What is her name? By heaven! I never
believed in divine loveliness before but
here it is, pure and undefiled. What is
her name?'
It is Miss Chassdane," was the an
swer. "She and her mother live at the
Grove, half a mile out of town."
"A farm house," remarked Robert.
No, it is not. It looks not unlike
one. They are people of property. Yes,
she is very pretty. I'll introduce you,
if you like."
Half an hour later Robert Edbury
was bending over the young lady's hand
in the pretty secluded gloom of a vine
wreathed window. They were as much
alone as it was possible for one to be in
the heart of a busy, unheeding crowd.
The first notes of a Strauss waltz were
beckoning the dancers, and gay couples
went laughing, hurrying by.
You are not engaged for this waltz?"
said Robert, eagerly.
Some remembered cadence of his
voice struck the young girl's memory,
and, forgetting to answer him, she look
ed at him doubtfully, while a rosy blush
swept over her forehead. She half knew
him and half did not.
Will you let me look at your card?"
he pursued, as, with perfect courtesy in
his voice and manner, he took the bit of
gilt and enameled pasteboard which she
had tucked away amid the roses at her
wrist.
I—I half promised this dance to
Robert," she stammered, flinging a quick
glancc over her shoulder into the sway
ing crowd.
Then 1 shall claim it," answered the
other Robert, with an audacious smile.
He stooped and picked tip a rosebud
that had fallen, and then held it tri
umphantly before the flushed and star
tled face by his side.
"See!" he said, gayly "I have saved
it from being crushed under foot. Will
you not give it to me?"
Kut she reached out her hand impul
sively. "I--I never give roses to stran
gers," she replied, with a cold, frighten
ed. angry air. "They are Mr. Robert
Stonor's roses. Give it back to me, if
you please."
My name is Robert, too." he said, in
the same gayly tender voice, though his
dark fact! changed a little at her frank
confession. "My name is Robert, too,
Miss Chassdane. Therefore, may I not
claim the rose?"
The soft blue eves, filled with tears,
flew up and met his. She knew him
then. Frightened and ashamed, and
trembling from head to foot, she rose
impulsively to her feet. He took a step
backward, and they stood so, facing
each other a moment in the gay, unheed
ing crowd.
I know you now," gasped Jessie.
"How dare you speak to me again—you
are very presuming, sir. I will not bear
it. Give me back my flower and leave
me."
Nay," he said gently, but in the tone
of a master, "is there cause for anger?
And in a low, reasoning, persuasive
voice he spoke to her for some moments,
and the rising spirit was calmed. In
spite of herself and against her will, she
was becoming irresistibly attracted to
this man.
Give me this one waltz, Miss Chass
dane, and then 1 will give you back your
rose. It will be a fair exchange. But
mind what 1 tell you, as sure as there is
a heaven above us, the day is coming
when you will offer me a rose unasked.
Come!
The old rose red flush drifted over the
young girl's face his words, and, more
than all. his manner, impressed her as
he meant they should. He stood, with
proffered arm, courteously still, beside
her, and, though protesting inwardly
with all her might that she would not
dance, she gave him her hand, and in an
other moment they were floating delir
iously together to the strains of the se
ductive music.
When it was over, Robert led her to
her seat near some friends her mother
had not gone to the rooms that night.
She looked very pale. The pretty rose
color had all died out of the sweet
round cheeks.
"Are you faint?" he asked anxiously,
bending over her. "Are vou tired?
Shall 1 get you some water?"
No, no!" she cried, shrinking away
from him. "1 am not faint --but look at
Mr. Bobert Stonor. 1 have offended
him. He is angry beciuse danced
with you. Oh, what shall 1 do? He is
my cousin, and has iii health, and he
must not be excited."
Ilobert Kdbury turned, and saw stand
ing near him that other Robert, who
threatened to lie nor perhaps was—no
mean rival. His ill health was evident.
One hand was pressed to his side as if
to still some pain there, and on his
handsome blonde face, which was mark
ed by unmistakable traces of confirmed
sickness, a. cloud of jealous anger rested
heavily.
The eyes of the two men met, and
each knew the other for a rival.
A half smile of scorn as he looked
curled Robert Kdbury's lips. In a case
like this a man has no pity for the ail
ments of another. With a grave face he
took from his pocket tho rosebud and
laid it in Miss Chassdane s lap.
Here is your rose," he said, quietly.
"I rwtore it to you at your wish. But
remember what. I said and, believe me,
time will prove me to be no false pro
phet."
Without waiting for an answer, he
bowed and disappeared amid the throng
of dancers, seeking her no more that
night.
Is Miss Chassdane engaged to that
man?" he questioned of his friend Nor
ton.
I believe there is no positive engage
ment," was the reply. "Mrs. Chassdane,
it is said, objects to it."
On what score does she object? Mo
ney?"
Oh no, Stonor has a small, compact
estate close by, and is well off. On the
score of his uncertain health. Also,
they are cousins."
What is it that is the matter with
him?"
"Some complication, connectcd with
both the lungs and the heart, which, I
conclude, renders treatment very diffi
cult."
Do you think Miss Chessdane cares
for him?"
I don't think she loves him, Edbury
if that s what you mean. It seems to
me that she likes him more as a brother.
When eligible attentions are paid to
girls, they feci flattered, you know, and
respond accordingly. Nine out of ten of
them understand nothing of their own
feelings, and mistake friendship for
love. Robert Stonor and Miss Chess
dane have grown up together—have
been like brother and sister."
Frequently they met after that. It
was an unusually gay season at Spafield
and entertainments abounded according
ly. In the morning drinking the water,
or making believe to drink it in the af
ternoons sauntering in the gardens, or
on the parade in the evening at the
rooms, or at, private parties two or three
times did Mr. Edbury and Miss Chass
dane meet, and linger together, and con
verse with each other. Robert Kdbury's
time was his own, and he stayed on.
He could have stayed forever. The two
or three weeks'sojourn he had intended
had more than doubled itself. For he
had •arned to love her passionately
and all the world might see it for aught
he cared. She. too, might see it, if she
chose but whether she did or not he
could not-tell, judginir from the sweet
dignity with which she met and bore
back his eager attentions.
At length there came an evening when
he was determined to put his fate to the
test to go on in this uncertainty was
worse than torment. They had not been
much disturbed by Robert Stonor a
paroxysm of his complaint had confined
that gentleman to his own home.
And so Robert Edbury went up to
the old gabled house, before which his
horse had halted that first night, and
sought an interview with Miss Chess
dane. She was quite alone. The long
I1 rench window by which she sat was
flung wide open, and tho low, red sun
light, streaming in over her, lighted up
her fair, gold hair and the roses in her
dress.
How beautiful she is!" he thought,
as he took her hand in his. "What if I
should not win her, after all? But I will
make a hard fight for it."
Jessie looked up inquiringly into his
face. "You are very silent." she said
and then, catching the earnest look in
his eyes, she blushed violently and drew
away her hand.
1 love you.' ho passionately broke
forth in a low, tremulous tone, breaking
his emotional silence. "I have come to
you this evening to risk my fate by say
ing this, to win or lose all. Jessie, you
must know how I love you how I have
loved you all along, from that very first
night that I spoke to you. neither of us
knowing the other. Will you not give
me some hope of love in return? Do
not send me from you an utterly broken
and discouraged man!"
Jessie was silent for a moment—one
long, cruel moment to Robert Edbury
then the small, sweet face was turned
to him with gentle dignity. He knew
his doom beforehand, ere she spoke the
words.
You must know how useless it was
to speak to me of this," she said. "You
knew, surely you must have known,
that I was engaged to my cousin, Bobert
Stonor."
Enfjaged to him?"
Yes. We are engaged."
Neither spoke for a time. The scent
of the flowers, blooming in the lonely
grounds on this side of the house, away
from the dusty and busy highway,
seemed to mock them with its sweet
ness the clustering shrubs and trees
waved gently in the summer evening
breeze.
He could not speak at once the sense
of liis bitter loss was too great. The
setting sun streamed in upon him,light
ing up his distressed face. It seemed
to him that the great old-fashioned
clock in the hall ticked out the jeering
words:
Lost Lost Lost
Engaged!" he said, at length, with a
long-drawn breath. "I did not know it.
But engagements, where no love is.
have been broken many times before
now."
"Hush!" cried Jessie. "Do not
speak like that again. It would kill
him! You do not know what you are
saying."
Kill him!"
It he heard it, I meant. He says he
trusts me.''
"And you are sacrificing yourself for
him -for a fancy! Hoar tho truth. Jes
sie. You care not for Mr. Stonor ex
cept as a cousin or a brother. Examine
your own heart, and it will tell you that
you do not. You care for me. You love
me. Many a half word, a half look, has
betrayed it to me. Yes, my darling, it
is Robert Edbury you have learned to
love, not Robert Stonor. Your blushes,
my love, are betraying it now. You—"
What was that?" shrieked Jessie.
A low. smothered sound, half groan,
half cry, had come in from the open
window. It was so full of pain that a
man would not care to hear it twice in a
lifetime. Before either could rush out,
Robert Stonor stood at the opening.
It was a figure never to be forgotten.
His handsome, fair face was distorted
with either pain or anger his pale lips
trembled his left hand was pressed,
with the old familiar gesture, upon his
heart.
False, false that you are! broke at
length from his bloodless lips, as he
seized Jessie with his right hand. "You
told me you did not care for Robert Ed
bury! You told mo
A pause, a stagger, and. with a fright
ful shiver, lie fell
oil
the carpet. Robert
Edbury broke the fall partially, but not
quick enoush to quite save him from it.
Jessie flew from the room for assist
ance.
Robert Stonor here!" cried the be
wildered Mrs. Chassdane. I thought
he was confined to his chamber at his
home.
He had been confined to his chamber,
but. alas! he had crept out of it that
evening and come up to the house to see
Jessie. With the fond hope of surpris
ing her in the usual evening room, he
had gone around the shrubbery, intend
ing to enter by the window, and had
heard all.
On tin- floor, there as he lay, with his
head raised on a cushion by tho hands
of Robert Edbury, he died. The medi
cal men said he could not, in any case.,
have lived many mouths, if weeks, but
that the great agitation had killed
him.
It was many long days after that,
when she had arisen from the sick bed
to which this shock of sudden death had
brought her, that Robert Edbury came
to say farewell to Miss Jessie Chass
dane.
The interview was brief, studiedly
brief, for, with the shadow of that dead
man lying between them, speech was
difficult to both.
Good-by, she cried, reachine out to
him an attenuated hand. "I hope you
may find happiness and peacc!"
But we shall meet again," cried
Robert eagerly. Surely surely—in
the future, some time. I may come to
you."
"Ilush!" she cried, the tears rolling
piteously down her cheeks. "You must
uot speak of that. Robert's shadow
would always come between us as he
fell down there on the floor. We killed
him! We killed him!" And she wrung
her pale hands together in strong ex
citement.
"Stop!" cried Robert Edbury, quite
sternly. You are taking an altogether
mistaken view of the truth. Ask your
mother ask any one, But you are
weak and ill yet, Jessie, and the time
has not come for me to insist on this.
Let us think of him, poor fellow, as one
who must, had he lived, have suffered
much, and who has mercifully found
pence in the rest of death."
He stood for a moment looking with
a fond longing into the small, sweet
face from which the summer roses had
fled with grudging haste. Then, taking
from his pocket a fragile gold and crys
tal circlet, he held it out to her. It. was
the bracelet, she lost that first night of
their meeting.
I found it under your window that
night with the violets," he said. "It fell
from your arm. Will you take it back
now?"
A faint, lovely tinge of red flickered
into her cheeks once more.
No," she answered, looking into his
dark face with a tender, gentle wistful
ness. "I—I don't want to recall that
night, or anything connected with it.
You may keep it, if you like."
So he kissed her hand and said fare
well. But he left a whisper behind
him.
When the roses bloom again, remem
ber me."
A year went by and nu.',..esssge came.
The second year he said to himself:
"Surely, she will send for me now!"
Rut May and June crept by, and July
came but not one word came from Jes
sie Chassdane. He was growing sick
with a wild and helpless despair, for he
felt how worse than useless it. would be
to go, uncalled when one day a letter
came fluttering like a white bird to his
heart.
The roses are in bloom, and there is
one for you."
Woman's Rights in Oregon.
The Legislature of Oregon, at its last
Good Order and Low Taxes.
Chicago Inter-Ocean.
cumstances.
WHOLE NO. CM).
session, passed a law in relation to the nf'Tf
propcrtv-rights of married women,
Facts without an interest in them are
of but little importance to the possess
or they will be but little used, and
soon forgotten but facts obtained
through a lively interest in them can
I not be soon forgotten.
I To compel a child to study a distaste-
1
arc the leading provisions of the law:
l.-That the property owned bv a fhc"],S
woman at the lime of'marriage, orac-
quired thereafter bv gift, devise or in-
heritance. shall not be liable for the
debts or contracts of the husband: and
that the wife may manage, sell, devise
and convey the same as fully as the
.husband can his propertv.
b.lr^rhi!rrailt,&
or contracts of the other.
3.—That an action may be maintained
by cither the husband or the wife
against the other for the recovery of
property of which the other has ob
tained possession, the same as if they
were unmarried.
4.—That for civil injuries committed
by the wife, damages can be recovered
of her alone, except in cases where the
husband is jointlv responsible.
5.—That conveyances of liens from
one to the other shall be valid
6.—That the one may constitute the
other his or her attorney for mutual
benefit, or attorney in fact.
7.—That the wife may recover the
wages of her personal labor in her own
name.
8.—That the expenses of the family
and the education of the children shall
be chargeable on the property of both
husband and wife, or on that of
either of them.
Does temperance pay? We have nev- master, shed bitter tears over some
er seen this question answered more text-book on Botany no young person
completely than by a few facts submit- ever shed tears in examining the mech
ted by the Clerk of the Circuit Court anism of philosophical apparatus, and
of Edwards county in this State. The witnessing the experiments, though he
information lie conveys is of interest to may have done so over the description
the whole country. He says: of these in his text book, under some
There has not been a licensed saloon severe taskmaster. Approach children
in this county for over twenty-five mentally in nature's way, and pleasure
years. During that time our jail has will accompany every process and stage
I not averaged one occupant. This coun- of their mental growth tears can then
ty never sent but one person to the be reserved for other purposes. In the
penitentiary, and that man was sent up name of nature's God. let no one boast
for killing his wife, while drunk, on that a young pupil shed tears because
i whiskey obtained from a licensed saloon of text-book lessons imposed upon him.
in an adjoining county. We have but'
very few paupers in our poor house,' Evils Among Young Men.
sometimes only three or four. Our
taxes are 32 per cent, lower than tliey Of all the evils prevalent among
are in adjoining counties where saloons young men, we know of none more
i are licensed. Our people are prosper- blighting in its moral effects than to
ous, peaceable and sober, there being speak lightly of the virtues of a wom
very little drinking, except near Gray-
1
From Babylon to Athens, writes- a
"Thy waves of blue
From celestial seas above thee
Take their mvn celestial hue."
Lazy schooners float silently by tuy
windows: Harvard athletes, with bare
I and brawny arms, dash by in racing
wherries snowy gulls come at mornine.
dipping here and there for prey curl
i ing smoke-wreaths stand out against
the sky while "The Bridge" is a never
failing delight—-the "bridge with wood
en piers." made effective at night by the
long rows of gas-lights, reflected in the
water below.
THK Marshall Times referring to the
recent change of front "by the State
It(/ister with reference to the Presi
dent. gives that paper, in its character
istically incisive way, the following bit
of wholesome advice:
Let lighting Hayes, and Hayes men
alone, and direct your guns upon the
common enemy in your own locality,
who walked in and stole your spoons
while you wore playing the fool by
ambushing the President and his
.•
EDUCATIONAL DEPARTMENT.
W3I. KLIJICN, Kditor.
The True Education.
i i S i i i i i U i v
A large a_mount of costly and preten
tious teaching fails dismally,
for no oth
er reason than because it is not directed
to any knowledge of the mode of action
of the organ to which the teacher end a
vors to appeal and mental growth, in
many instances, occurs in suite of teach
ing, rather than on account of it. Edu
cation, which might once have been
defined as an endeavor to expand the in
tellect by the introduction of mechanic
ally compressed facts, should now be
defined as an endeavor favorably to in
fluence a vital process and, when so re
garded, its direction should manifestly
fall somewhat into the hands of tho«#
by whom the nature of vital proces.seg
has been most completely studied. In
other words, it becomes neither more
nor less than a branch of applied physi
ology and physiologists tell us with re
gard to it, that the common processes of
teaching are open to the great objectitfc*
that they constantly appeal to the h»w
er centers of nervous function, wliicli
govern the memory of. and reaction up
on sensations, rather than to those higher
ones which are the organs of ratiocina
tion and of volition. Hence a great deal
of what passes for education is really a
degradation of the human brain to
efforts below its natural capacity.
is
1
bltt
excj.te^
-hl i"
t0
°T'
which puts that State in advance of al '{'^''"'^sss words,.ostensibly, to
others on this subject. The following
1
ui
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t0
an
°'ltra"e.
rJa
aSa!"*
"J!'
wn"der
the
,chtf
fi burning tears and the
i tfacIie[i
",otfto
8ay,1
1
f.lth+er'
than-L (^°d
,c?"
tor.such
:l tnb,,tc u
(th*
teacher's) skill in teaching, needs the
heathen mother, who thanks her god
I for the privilege of throwing her child
into the Ganges, to convert him. at
least educationally.
Nature never made nor meant that
1
r' •*&.<».
1 CVldenCe ol
violated law.
But these distastful subjects are not
to be neglected. The child must be
prepared for them. They must be ta
ken up at the proper time, and be pre
sented in a way that shall induce inter
est. Any other way is fatal to success.
It were like a physician who world fill
the already nauseated stomach of his
patient with solid food, thereby hoping
to make this patient weigh more a few
months hence. Let him first induce a
normal condition in the stomach, ami
the appetite will call for tho food, and
the digestive apparatus will take care
of it. The young are not dull and list
less. neither is their .reason all wild fan
cy. They are active and intensely in
terested in the outside world. In the
senses they live, and through these the
teacher must approach them. Gaining
knowledge of the outside world, in their
own way, in nature's way, never caused,
them to shed tears. A child never
cried at witnessing the analysis of a
flower in the hands of a teacher or par
ent, though he may, under some task-
an. Nor is there anything in which
villo. a licensed town of White county, young men are so thoroughly mistaken
near our border. The different terms as the low estimate they form as to the
of our Circuit Court occupy throe
four days each year, and then the dock
ets are cleared. Our people are so well
I satisfied with the present state of
I things, that a very large majority of
integrity of woman. Not of their own
mothers and sisters, but of others who,
they forget, are somebody else's moth
ers and sisters. As a rule, no person
who surrenders to this debasins habit is
them would bitterly oppose any effort to be trusted with any enterprise re
made in favor of license, under any cil'- quiring integrity of character. Plain
words should be spoken on this subject,
for the evil is a general one and deep
rooted. If young men arc sometimes
thrown into the society of thoughtless
and depraved women, they have no
more right to measure all other women
CHARLES RIVER.
A Picture from a Correspondent's Pen.
1
and mail that roaring, riotous whirlwind
which has just dashed down Beacon
street, stealing the hats of dignified
men, and making stately ladies look
like hens in a gale, forcing the dust
through double plate glass into my cosy
boudoir, the broezinoss would be cer
tain. On the other side of the house is
by what they see of these, than they
correspondent to the New York Trib- have to estimate the character of hon
une, eouies the re
most for a breezy let- est and respectable citizens bv the de
ter. Phew! If I could only imprison velopmonts of crime in our police
courts. Let our young men remember
that their chief happiness in life de
ponds upon utter faith in women. No
worldly wisdom, no misanthropic philos
ophy, no generalization, can cover or
weaken truth. It stands like the rec
ord.of itself—for it is nothing less than
this—and should put an everlasting
a grand and ever-changing view of the seal upon lips that are wont to speak
Char!
es River, sung by Longfellow, "its slightingly of women.
stillness" ruffled by white caps during"
the recent deluge, but more beautiful School Report,
as a peaceful mirror where
Renort of the school taught in Dis
trict No. 2, Liberty township, for the
month ending Dec. 20th. I STS:
No.-days taught. li: No. pupils en
rolled. Average No. belonging. 19.:
Average daily attendance, 18.2.
Names of pupils neither absent nor
tardy: Dora Copoland. Lila Copelaud,
Elsie Copoland. Gertie Copoland. De
witt Copoland, Lottie Anders, Jacob
Anders, George Leslie.
Names of pupils not absent, and tar
dy but once: Oetavia Murphy, Mary
Murphy.
Names of pupils not absent: Mattie
Rhone, Maggie Rhone,
Name of pupil absent but one day:
George Cecil.
Names of pupils who were 100 per
cent, in spelling: Oetavia Murphy,
Hattie Murphy. Dora Copelaud, lila
Copoland, Elsie Copelaud. Lizzie Mer
rill, Alice Cecil, Mattie Rhone, Lettie'
Anders. Mary Murphy. Maggie Rhone.
George Cecil.
Names of pupils who were 98 per
cent, in spelling: Jacob Anders,
friends. We. are disgusted with the id- George Leslie, Dewitt Copoland, Clar
iotic bellowing of the implacables, in ence Brooks, Melissa Brook". Lana
praise of the President now, but whom Congdon.
they abused and would have crucified, MARY E. S. A'I.VCKNT, teacher.
if they could in the past, and all be-1
cause he lias simply affirmed, in an em- BYROX T\vi\. Dee. 14th, 1778.
phatic way, what he lias said from the i Report of District No. for the
beginning. Oh. give us a rest, blarney month ending Dec. 1,'Sth.
is cheap and we have heard enough
it shoulder your error and own up
past foolishness like men.
Prejudices are like rats, and a man's
mind a trap they get in easily, and
1
then perhaps can't get out at all.
of i Names ot pupils whose general de
to portmont is perfect: Hattie Cramer,
Bertha W ilson, Frank Cramer, Charles
i Wilson anu Melvin Wilson.
ADVERTISING AND DRUMMING.—1The Raines of those whose deportment is
St. Louis Journal of Commerce, snys: over 90 per cent: Lizzie McDonald,
A Chicago wholesale grocery house, Armina and Edith Kirkner, Furlough
which a few years ago carried sixteen and Delbert Eddv, Henry Kirkner. Ida
drummers at an expense of £40.000 per and Lillie Francis. William Kelly and
annum, and did an almost profitless Clinton W"ilson.
i business, has abandoned the drummer
system, spends one-fourth their cost
annually in newspaper advertising, di
viding the balance among its customers,
i As a natural result, their trade has in
creased ten fold and the net profit to
i the house in 1877 was $130,000. This
year they will do still better.
No. •nrolled, 35.
GKO/N. COOKE, teacher.
An Insurance Actuary by the nape
of Williams is creating quite a stir
Davenport, among the patrons of some
Life Insurance companies of the high
est reputation. Even the old CounoU
cut Mutual, as wc understand, is charged
with withholding dividends which right
fully belong to its policy holders,—
Clinton Herald.