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MOORE'S RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
JUNE 4 X 
such terms. He must confer with his prin¬ 
cipals. And he went away. 
In a few days he came again, this time in 
company with three others. They w'cnt up 
and examined the water privilege, and then 
came back to Mr. Gripper’s house, where 
they informed that individual that if he 
would throw in ten more acrcB of land they 
would accept his offer. 
Gripper thought, he had them. lie had 
thoroughly digested the matter and had 
come to the conclusion that the w'atcr pow¬ 
er would bn of inestimable value to a com¬ 
pany able to improve it, and that they were 
bound to have it. 
“Gentlemen," said he, “my offer of two 
thousand dollars was made for your accept¬ 
ance several days ago. 1 did not leave it 
open to your pleasure. I have since been 
examining the property more thoroughly, 
and have concluded not to sell for less than 
three thousand.” 
“ Why, bless your soul, man,” cried one 
of the oompauy, “do you realise how our 
mills, erected on that site, would benefit 
you. The value of all the rest of your prop¬ 
erty would be doubled aye, quadrupled— 
the moment our wheels are set. In motion. 
We had supposed you would freely give the 
water-power to a responsible company who 
would improve it.” 
Mr. Gripper laughed scornfully. He 
knew his own interests better than that; 
they could take up his offer, or leave it, as 
they pleased. 
After much discussion, Mr. Bates spoke 
thus: 
“Mr. Gripper, we w r ould like your final 
offer to remain open to our acceptance three 
days, at the end of which time you shall 
have our answer. Will you accommodate 
us?” 
“ When T said throe thousand dollars,” 
replied Mr. Gripper, “ I meant to include 
only ten acres of laud. If you want ten 
acres more, 1 must call it thirty-five hun¬ 
dred.” 
And with this monstrous proposition, 
which was to bo open three days, the par¬ 
ties separated. 
One of the gentlemen of Mr. Bates' party 
was Bento McIntosh, tliu most accomplished 
civil engineer of the day. 
“You spoke of another fall below here,” 
lie suid, after they had left Gripper's res¬ 
idence, 
“Yes,” answered Bates, “But you will 
find it. utterly impracticable.” 
Still McIntosh desired to look at it, and 
thither the party bent their steps. 
The full was found to be a tumbling, dash¬ 
ing flood, pouring down a declivity of at 
least seventy feet in a distance of twenty 
rods, leaping and surging over the jagged 
shelves of rocks into a boiling chasm below, 
while on both hands arose perpendicular 
walls of solid granite, showing that at some 
period far remote the mountain t orrent had 
literally out its way through the adaman¬ 
tine ledge. 
McIntosh examined the land below the 
falls, and at a point not far distant in that 
direction he found a shallow swell, or gully, 
overgrown with grass and shrubbery, but 
with a deposit, of river sand upon its bot¬ 
tom. The appearance of the place attracted 
his attention. 
" Probably,” said Mr. Ba tes, “ it is where 
the melted snow and heavy rain find their 
course from the hills.” 
“ 1 think not,” said McIntosh. “ This sand 
is from the r*ivcr— not from the hills — and 
you will observe flint it could not have 
backed up by any rise f rom the wiiter be¬ 
low. Let us follow it.” 
So they struck into the water path, and 
followed It up around the ledge, by an easy 
and gradual ascent, until it led them upon 
the river's bank nearly a quarter of a mile 
from the fall. 
“Eureka! ” cried McIntosh, clapping his 
hands, exultantly. “ Here we have a water 
course, marked out and graded by Nature 
herself, which will yield a power immeasur¬ 
ably superior to the one above. And, more¬ 
over, all danger from flood is debarred.” 
The others quickly comprehended the 
value of the discovery. They saw that by 
cutting a eannl along the old water course 
over which the river had poured a stream 
at its highest flood, they would be able to 
control the water at will, and use it over 
and over again for mills, set one below the 
other along the gracefully curved track. 
And two things more—the sites were more 
favorable for building than were those 
above, with better timber land surround¬ 
ing, and the furious cataract would not be 
between their mills and the market. 
The next question was, Who owned the 
newly discovered privilege? It belonged to 
David Somerby. They visited him and 
carefully opened their business. 
“Look hero, gentlemen,” he said, after 
they had beaten the bush awhile—their ex¬ 
perience wit h Gripper had made them cau¬ 
tious—“ let us understand each other. Tell 
me plainly what you want, and 1 will tell 
you as plainly what I will do on my part.” 
Mr. Bates made up his mind that he had 
an honest man a straightforward man—to 
deal with, and he stated his ease plainly 
and frankly. lie not only told how the 
company would develop the water power 
and erect their mills, but he went on to 
point, out the advantages which would re¬ 
sult to the owner of the adjoining land, 
both in enhancing the value of the land in 
itself and also of the magnificent pine and 
spruce timber with which it. was covered. 
Mr. Sombery listened attentively, and at 
length told them to call upon him on the 
following morning. He wanted to sleep 
upon it. 
That evening Jasper Gripper called down 
to see his friend Somerby. He wanted to 
purchase five hundred acres, more or less, 
of the pine interval spruce upland adjoin¬ 
ing his laud. Gripper fought shy, and hung 
on, and Somerby only got rid of him by as¬ 
suring him that he was not at present at. 
liberty to sell. 
“Aba!" chuckled Gripper. “Them 'ere 
mill folks have been here. They want the 
land. Well, well, let ’em buy it; I shall 
own the land between it and their mills, 
and they’ll find it hard work to get their logs 
up without my consent.” 
And Gripper returned to his home, firmly 
persuaded that the company had resolved 
to purchase bis water privilege. Oh! why 
had lie not asked them five thousand dol¬ 
lars for it? 
On the following morning Mr. Bates and 
his friends were punctual, and when Mr. 
Somerby bad been asked whut conclusion 
ho hail arrived at, he spoke as follows: 
“ Gentlemen, I have thought the matter 
all over, and have made up my timid. 1 
have two propositions to make, and you can 
accept which you choose. All told, I own 
about fifteen hundred acres of land in this 
section, and the river cuts it nearly in 
halves. Full half of it is rich interval cov¬ 
ered with pine, and the rest Is upland and 
bill, with spruce, hemlock, and oak. First., 
I will give you the land for your course, am) 
deed you the power, and also give you all 
the land necessary for your mill buildings, 
provided that you, on your part, will set at 
once about devtdoping arid improving the 
power and putting up the mills. Or, I will 
turn all my land into the stock of the corns' 
pany, at a fair appraisal, and become one of 
you.” 
Mr. Bates was authorized to accept the 
first, on the spot, and to give bond, if neces¬ 
sary, for t he performance of the company's 
part of the contract. But, he liked the 
second offer best, though before accepting 
it, lie must confer at headquarters. 
Mr. Somerby informed him that the offer 
was open to him as long as he desired. 
On their way back, Mr. Bates and his 
companions called on Jasper Gripper. 
“Gentlemen,” said Mr. Gripper, as soon 
as mutual salutations had been exchanged, 
“you will understand that when 1 offered 
the twenty acres of land, 1 did not intend, 
for the price named, to include the timber 
standing thereon.” 
“It makes no difference,” returned Mr. 
Bates, with a smile, “we have concluded 
not to purchase your water privilege.” 
“How? Not purchase?" gasped Gripper. 
“No. We do not want it.” Mr. Bates 
didn’t think it necessary to tell him of bet¬ 
ter power which they had discovered. 
“ But, gentleman, there must be some 
mistake.” 
They assured him t here was no mistake at 
all. Mr. Gripper was in agony. He would 
take ?2,000; he would take $1,500; he would 
take whatever they were Willing to pay. 
He would give them the water and the 
land if they would only put up their mills 
thereon. 
But they would not do it. In seeking to 
overreach them he had overreached him¬ 
self. And they left him a prey to remorse 
and bitterness of spirit. 
The company before whom McIntosh laid 
t.heir report appointed a commission, with 
full power to decide and negotiate; and 
upon visiting David Somerby’s section they 
concluded to accept his second proposition. 
So he surrended his land into the stock of 
the company, mid became one of them; 
and we may here remark that six months 
later be was not a little surprised upon be¬ 
ing appointed superintendent of the lum¬ 
bering gangs, with a salary such as his wild¬ 
est dreams of wealth had never grasped. 
The water power was developed under 
the engineering of Bento McIntosh, and it 
proved greater than lie had anticipated. 
The mills were erected—first mills for saw¬ 
ing Lumber, aud then mills for grinding 
grain, and in time other mills for making 
cloth and for fabricating various other 
art icles necessary to the comfort of man. 
The land of Jasper Gripper was, of course, 
raised in value; but it availed him not. The 
sight of David Somerby, wealthy and re¬ 
spected and honored with offices of profit 
and trust, while lie was shunned and shut 
out from the public confidence, filled him 
with wrathful suffering. Verily, he had 
overreached himself in his narrowness and 
selfishness of spirit. 
To-day a flourishing town is in sight of 
David Somerby's section, and the hum of 
thousands of busy spindles makes cheerful 
music for the happy aud prosperous opera¬ 
tives ; and from its tireless looms and clang¬ 
ing forges flows out the wealth of the nation, 
-- 
AN OREGON ROMANCE. 
HOW A YOUNG IRISH WOMAN WON A GOOD 
HUSBAND. 
There were married in the city last even¬ 
ing a couple whose love-making and mar¬ 
riage furnish us a theme upon which to write 
a romance; but as we are not novel writing 
at present, we shall narrate the story as it 
comes to us plainly and concisely, leaving to 
some other one the task of writ ing the his¬ 
tory for publication in book form. 
During the Spring of last year there ap¬ 
peared upon the railroad a fair haired, 
smooth faced, muscular fellow, with a rich 
Irish brogue, who applied for work, express¬ 
ing himself as willing to do anything. He 
had “ an ould father and mother in the ould 
country that he wanted to help to America, 
and was willing to work hard for good wa¬ 
ges.” Tie was given a pick and shovel, and 
told to pitch in, which he did with a will. 
Although he was a little, awk ward at first, 
he soon mastered the science of handling 
the shovel, and came to bo regarded as one 
of the best men on the work. He had a 
pleasant voice, told a good story, and made 
runny friends among the workmen, who re¬ 
garded him with special favor. After a 
while Mr. Hallctt, the contractor, had his 
attention culled to the new hand, and, find¬ 
ing him quick at learning, gave him com¬ 
mand of a gang of men, and found that his 
confidence was not misplaced. 
In the same camp was another foreman 
who was as lithe and active a young fellow 
as can be found in any part of the country. 
Between the two a warm friendship sprang 
up, and when not at work they ware always 
together. The other men became somewhat 
jealous of Mike for occupying so much of 
Jimmy's time and drawing him away from 
their company, but of course could not say 
anything. 
The summer passed away and the winter 
months, with their rain, name, and when 
work got slack and men began to drop off 
and come into the City, Mike proposed to 
Jimmy to go to Portland, take a room and 
Jive until Spring The proposition, however, 
was rejected by .Jimmy, who declared t hat, 
he did not want to come to the city So the 
two remained at Eugene for several weeks, 
waiting for the recommencement of the 
work. 
Somehow or other, during the winter, 
Mike made a discovery—and that w as that 
Jimmy was not what ho had represented 
himself to be. That instead of being a man 
he was a woman. An explanation was made 
and Mike's feelings soon underwent a 
change, and he found that Cupid had pierced 
liis heart. He proposed to Jimmy to come 
to the city, where she would receive her 
proper habiliments, and then they would 
form a copartnership for life and in proper 
time return to work on the road as sub-con¬ 
tractors. The proposition was agreed to and 
last night saw Mike and Jimmy made mau 
aud wife. They have purchased a tent and 
gone down to Cowlitz Hiver, for the purpose 
of assisting in the building of the North Pa- 
cifio Railroad from Humphrey’s to Olympia. 
During the coming summer “Jimmy” will 
preside over the culinary department unless 
Mike should get siok, when, she declares, 
she will go out and “ boss ” the men. 
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Deep Volcanic Crater.— Far back into 
the history of the globe, the volcano of Pi- 
ehincha, the only one in Equador, formed 
for itself a chimney, funnel shaped, which 
is the deepest vent hole of the kind yet dis¬ 
covered on this earth. Its perpendicular 
depth is 2,500 feet, with a diameter at the 
bottom of 1,500 feet, expanding gradually all 
the way to the top, where the diameter is 
three-quarters of a mile. 
-- 
Speak kindly at all times, it encourages 
the downcast, cheers the sorrowing, and 
very likely awakens the erring to earnest 
resolves to do better, with strength to keep 
them. 
TRUST. 
BY LORETTA E. KNAPP. 
Dear Saviour, guide me in the right— 
I cannot see, 
But for the radiant lamp of light 
You set for me. 
There’s many a flickering transient light 
To lure me on. 
Then leave me in the darkest night, 
Lost and alone. 
When storms with dark portentious mien 
Gather on high, 
I on Thy loving arm will lean ; 
For Thou art nigh. 
What If the lightning’s vivid flash 
Terrors reveal; 
And deafening thunders near me crash. 
Peal after peal ? 
Above the storm Thy voice I hear, 
Cheering me on: 
Thy Lamp is showing, bright and clear, 
The pathway home. 
DIFFERENT CONCEPTIONS OF GOD. 
A groat many persons call the conception 
which they have, “Father.” I have no ob¬ 
jection to that. But, though they do not 
believe in Christ, if they should tell mo 
what it was they called “ Father,” I should 
find that every bit of it was what they got 
from Christ under a new name. Men who 
disagree in regard to the name of the being 
whom they worship are looking at the 
same Saviour, with the same qualities and 
under the same circumstances. And 
though there may be jealousy among wor¬ 
shipers of different faiths, there is no jeal¬ 
ousy in heaven between Father, Son and 
the Holy Ghost. Whoever approaches any 
conception or view of God with childlike 
faith, with yearning love, with a real desire 
to know the truth and to follow it, will bo 
accepted. God will not stand upon the et¬ 
iquette of a grace which requires thut ev¬ 
erything shall be done according to a pre¬ 
scribed method and in a certain way. Ho 
has a fatherly heart; and no father over re¬ 
bukes a child because if says “ mother ” in¬ 
stead of “father” when it rushes into the 
house after long absence from home. Moth¬ 
er Is father, and father is mother, so that 
the child’s love to either is love to the oth¬ 
er in ordinary circumstances. And if it is 
so with us ou earth, how much more is it so 
with Godin the heavenly land!— Bccclier. 
LOOK UPWARD. 
A YOUNG man once picked up a gold coin 
that was lying in the road. Always after¬ 
ward, aR ho walked along, he kept bis eyes 
on the ground, hoping to find another. And 
in the course of along life he did pick up, at 
different times, a goodly number of coins, 
both gold ami silver. But. all these years 
that lie was looking for them he saw not. that 
the heavens were bright above him. He 
never let bis eyes turn away from the filth 
and mud in which he sought his treasure; 
and when he died—a rich old mau—he only 
knew this fair earth as a dirty road in which 
to pick up money. 
There may be a knowledge without love. 
Did you never know any so cunning in the 
story of the Gospel that they could tell you 
the manner of Christ’s life and death, from 
point to point, and yet have no more love of 
Christ in them than there is fire in a fish 
pond? The scat of knowledge is the head; 
of love, the heart. The sun may shine clear 
in a frosty day, yet. for all his light, it may 
bo bitter cold, and the faco of the deep fro¬ 
zen. Our eyes may see when our bones shake. 
The beam of knowledge may fill our heads, 
aud yet winter lie oold at our hearts. 
A Scotch minister, of a most gentle na¬ 
ture and very reluctant to reprove, was 
traveling in the stage-coach between Stir¬ 
ling and Glasgow. A blustering fellow-pas¬ 
senger had, in the form of oaths, oftenmen- 
tioned the devil’s name. By-aud-by he be¬ 
gan to take the name of tho Deity in vain. 
“Stop, sir,” said the minister, “else one or 
other of us must go out. So long as you used 
the name of your own master I was silent; 
but I shall not hear you speak irreverently 
of mine.” 
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Be thankful for such mercies as you have, 
and if God sees it will be for your good and 
His glory, He will give you many more. At 
least, do not make yourself and others un¬ 
happy by your ingratitude and complaint. 
We cannot conquer fate and necessity; 
yet we can yield to them in such a manner 
as to be greater than if we could. 
