STATE RIGHTS DEMOCRAT STATE RIGHTS DEMOCRAT. TEE BEST ADYERTI8HG HDHJI IN THE WILLAMETTE YALLIY. Hpeclal business notices ha Local Oat mans 15 ante per line. Regular Loewt noiioes 10 cents per line. For legal ana transient sdvertJeesnen ts K 5 gr square for tbe first isserttoaed insorUrmPer ",Ure for ch ublat' Rates for other advertisements saaste nown on spplkstios. ISSUED EVERY FRIDAY STITES & NUTTING. BIT SI N KS&OFFIC Kln Desnfternt UuH.liua Broadalbta street. fHUIS OF SUBSCRIPTION tarf copy, per yor. In advance 3 60 tagi op, par ysar. si end of year y. (v veer, el end of year sogi it TV 8 00 eiwie copy, ilx months 1U If II . ,X A. ALBANY, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1884. siasH cony, three months 75 I w NO 28 (cm number 10 Stab Bcmorvat. PROFESSIONAL CARDS. U FU. . K. CHAM BKRXAIN. FLINN 4 CHAMBERLAIN, ATTORNEYS AT LAW Albany, Oregon. jar-Office tn Foster's Brick Blook.- Yl5nl8tf. R. 8. STRAHAN. ATTORNEY AT LAW. Albany, Oregon. TIHLL PRACTICE IN ALL THE f f Courts of this SUte. Will aivs rMwdal attention to collections Std probate Office in Poster's new brick. 49tf L. H. MONT ANTE. ATTORNEY AT LAW AND Notary Public. Albany, Office upstair, over John Brigs' store, 1st street. twoii J. X. WEATHERFORD, (NOTARY PUBLIC,) iTTORNEY AT LAW, ALBANY. OREOX. ttf ILL PRACTICE IX ALL TllB COURTS OK THK TT trtele tlpsmsl eUesuos given is euaecuone ai prebsto nsttsr. , Is Odd FelleWe Temple. ps j. c. powklu "VtTBU POWRT.L fe BILYEU. vTTORNEYS AT LAW, Ana oouciiurs iu ua"VF ffoN Collections promptly made on all points. BssTOfflce in Foster's Briok.-wJBi vl4nl9tf. J. J. WHITNEY, Attorney And Counsellor At Lav AND Notary Public. ALBANY, OBECON, Will practice in all of the Con Ha of this State. All business intrusted to him will be promptly attended to. gar Office in OToele's Block. L W. LANCDOM & CO., DRUGGISTS. Books. Stationery and Toilet Articles, A Large Stock and Low Prices. OITT DEUQ STOBB, tyl 4 LB 1ST. ORECOX. POSHAY & MASON, WSOULaU ASS SSTaB Druggists and Booksellers, ALBANY, OKEGOS. Tl6n41tf REVERE HOUSE, 4 erar , Stat and Ell worth Albany Chat- Pfeiffer, Prop'r. TUt aa-w Rolsl is Bsted op in Brat stria. Tables wmimA with the best the market affords. Spring Been la every Boom. A gooc tor Coen- I Travelers. Coach to aad frees the HoWl." T. J. STITES. ATTORNEY AT LAW AND Notary Public. Ottce in States Rights Democrat office. DRS. 1. W. & MARY T. COLE. Physicans & Surgeons. ALBANY, ORE GON . Offer their profeasional services to the citizens of and adjacent counties. Office and reetdeace Mar court flsu. Call at Laagdoa sad Co' Drug Store. Aioany Bath House. 1S.UE DHDKRSIttHSD WOULD RESPECT f ally iaform the oitissss of Albany sad vi sinUy that I have taken charge oftbii Eitablii h men t, and, by keeping elsaa rooms and psyin ftriet attention to bosinsss, expects to sait si those who stay favor US with their patronage Having heretofore carried on nothing est First-OI ass Hair Dressing Saloons szpeets to give entire tstisf'ttion to si JBBCllien and Ladies' Hair neatly en shampooed. J08 WEBBER. RED CROWN MILLS. ISO, LAKNIKG 4 CO., PROPR'S. BBW PROCESS FLOCK SUPERIOR TOR FAMILIES AND BAKERS USB. BEST STORAGF ?4CJLiTIES. Highest Frice in Cash for Wheat ALBANY OR. PHENIX INSURANCE COMPANY OF BROOKLYN, N. Y. Assets. Dec. 1882. 3,295,326 Premium income 2,607,139 Safe, reliable and quiek to pay in case of loss. ARCH MONTEITH, Agent. Albs ny, Oregon, D. BROWN, Judicious ADVERTISING, Discreet SXJBSCKIPTIOIT San Francisco, GaL THE DISSEMINATOR. Published every Saturday AT Harrisnurg Oregon, STONE AND 'MARBLE WORKS. THE UNDERSIGNED WISHES TO Inform the public that be is now pre pared to tto an Kinus oi atone auu mar me a a A it s - work on snort nouoe. ah worn is war ranted to alve satisfaction. Will work anv end all kindu of stone, but deal prin clpally in Oregon City granite. Cleaning rerjairiae aad resetting a upeolalty. Csll and examine mv nrioes before ourchas ing elsewhere as 1 will not be undersold. hop on west siae oi rerry street oppo site post office. G. W. HARRIS, Prop. JOHN 8CHMEER, LIYERY, FEED AND SALE STABLE, AlbanyOregoB. " Wnt on Maanrtahlt terms Horses and buggies let to suit the times. Corner Beoona sua Kiiswonn etroets. ROBT. OROSBY THE DRAYMAN. nirKIMA AMD MOVING PI L AXON, orgnns sad fnralture n specialty All hnnling within the elty promptly attended to. LOUIS CAMPEAU'S Barber Shop. fihavlnor done with neatness and snarn razom. which are always kept in good condition, asd hair cut in the very best style. SAN WA VIG. LAUNDRY AMD CHINA MERVHANHISO BUSI NESS. Rice, tea end Japanese foods. Ladies' andarclothee. eoid t bottom prices, Contractor (or Chine labor. SSTSsxt to CUT Bank. HENGr TENG. washing and Ironing in the city. No. 11, Ellsworth Street. One door south of Revere House. NEW BARBER SHOP. . JACKSON - Proprietor. Opposite Revere House (Then In it and hair dressing done In flrst- cless styie. Fli si-class betb rooms. Bath for ladies and gentlemen t all boars. Terms reasonable. '83 A GRIP COMBINATION '84. STATE RIGHTS DEMOCRAT AND THE LOUISVILLE WEEKLY COURIER-JOURNAL. no year lor only 3.50. Two papree for little nore than tb price of ooe. Bypsyisg ostS-SOjoo srill receive for ooe year tout borne paper sritb the "Courier Journal, the reprssesUUra newspaper at the South, Pessorestts aud for a tariff for revenue ooty. sad the beet,hrb. tend shiest family weekly In the United States. aew hodestrs to essjnlne a ssaspto copy of the oriar -Journal" can do sost this efSes. W. H. GOLTRA DEALER Ilf Farm Machinery, WAGONS, HACKS, BUG GIES, Plows, Harrows, HAY PRESSES, STEEL GOODS. DOORS, WEIGHTS, PULLEYS AO CORDS. WINDOWS. jBTConntT dealers are respectfully io sit ed to call and examine our stock, note our prices and fayorsble terms. Send for Price List. WILSON & BROTHER. ' Mannfaelnrers, Wholesale ad Retail Dealers, 18, 20, 22, DrummSt., San Francisco , Cj scie mam directory. MONTGOMERY & DULY. DEALERS IU CLOCKS AND WATCH ES. Keep s full line of jewelry. Watches and clocks repaired in first-class oraer. 8CIO OREGON. We W. HIORROWe DEALER IN STOVES, TINWAKK, copper and sheet iron ware, crockery, table cutlery, etc., etc. SC10 - - OBECON. BRIDCEFORB & BEARD. KEEP A FULL LINE OP PURE crrnmriea. freth candies, nuts, and all kinds of confectionaries, tobacco, ccsrs, etc., etc. Cash paid for proauce oi kinds. SCI0, OREGON. W. H. TALCOTT, DEALER IN DRY GOODS, CLOTH ING, boots, shoes,' bats and caps, groceries, cigara, tobacco, etc. Main Street - - 8CIO, OB. J. J. DORRIS, Bridge Builder AND GENERAL CONTRACTOR, SCIO, OREGON. NOTICE OF PUBLIC LE TTTNGS SO LICITED. Plans and .specifications furnished on short notice. POWDER Absolutely Pure. Hill powder nerer varies. A nerval sf pnristr, ""HW e end w the ordinary kinds, sad cannot ba an LI In eomtMtiUua srita tha noUttnde on low test, saert wsigbt, alost or phoapaate powders. Sold only ta cans Ketal. Basifcs Powsaa Co. I0S Wall Street, N. Y. NOTICE. JULIUS URADWOHL of this oitv. havinfir taken the machinery agency of Q. F. Simpson, for Frank Brothers, of Portland will carry a full line of FARMING IMPLEMENTS suited to the trad 3. 1 3 wit: WAGONS, HARNESS, PLOWS, AND DRILLS, CUTTING BOXES, and all FABMHSTO- implements of less note They will keep the LA BELLE WAGON, also the RUSHFORD a new wagon with all the late improvemits and warranted on of tha best wagons in th9 mirk 3 ALBANY FOUNDRY -AND- HACHIXE SHOP. EJITABLINIIED 163. By a. F. cherry, situated at corner or Fust and Montgomery Streets. Albany. Oregon. Hsring- taken charge of the a bo ve named Works, we are prepared to manufacture Steam En sines. Maw and Grist Mills. Wood-working Machinery, Pumps, Iron and Brass Castings of every description. Machinery of all kinds repaired. K De nial attention given to repairing farm ma chinery. ratters BUfclag eJene ta all lis fereae. lftllyl A. F. CHEERY A SON. SAM COHEN. Keeps the best brands of Imperial and domestic cigars. Also the FINEST AND BEST BRANDS OF TOBACCO, POCKET-KNIVES AND ALL KINDS OF NOTIONS. Keeps the finest billsrd bsll In lbs city. I will also sell real estate, morohajdlae household goods, etc., st suction for any one in the cityor county Store opposite Kevere ileus., Albany, or. 6if SAM COHEN. AYER'S Cherry Pectoral No other complain t are so Insidious lu their attack as those affecting the throat an4 luugs: none so trifled with by the aiajoriry of suffer ers. The ordinary cough or eotd, resulting Ierhaps from a trifling or useosseioss es xure, is often but the beginning of a fetal rickness. Avxa's Chkbht PscroaAL has well proven its efficacy in a forty years' light with throat and lung diseases, and should be taken iu all oases without detay. A Terrible Congh Cosext. " In ISS7 I took jl severe oold, whieh atfseted my lnngi. I had a terrible eoMgu.and aassed nitsht after night without c!p. The doetors pavo me up. I tried Ayku'h CMSBMV JS t'ikal, which retlered siy lnsgs, Inducod 9mt. Hud nffor.hil me the rest uecessnry lor Hie recovery of my atreugth. By the continued use of the l'rxrouai. a perrssy sewt cure was effected. I am now at yeaia old, hale and hearty, and am satisfied yeut C'iikuby Pkctoual saved me. llODACK FAIKHROTIIKB." Ilockingham, Vt., July 16, lt2. Croup. A Mother's Tribute. " While In the coontry lstt winter my Utile boy, three years old, wss taken 111 with erous; It seemed as if he wonld die from strangu lation. One of the family suggested the use of Aykr's Chbbby Pkctobai., a bottle of which was always kept is the house. This was tried in small and frequent doses, and to our delight in less than half an hour the little patieut was breathing easily. The doc tor said that the Ciikkby PBCTOSAIt hnd naved my darling's life. Can you wonder at our gratitude V Sincerely yours, Mhs. Emma Okoxfv." 1M West 128th St., New York, May 16, m. "1 have used Aykr's Ciirbry Pfxtoral in my family for several years, and do not hesitate to pronounce it the most effeetusl remedy for coughs and colds we have ever tried. A. S, Chakb." Lake Crystal, Minn., March 13, 182. " I suffered for eight years from Bronchitis, and after trying many remedies with no suc cess, 1 was cured by the use of A Yen's Chrb by Pktoral. Joskpu Waldes." Byhalia, Miss., April 5, 1882. ' I cannot say enough in praise of AYKR's Chkhky Pectoral, Believing as I do that but for its use I should long since have died from lung troubles. K. Bbaodov." Palestine, Texas, April 22, 1882. No case of an affection of the throat or lungs exists which cannot be greatly relieved by the use of Aykr's Cherry Pectoral, and it will alwayt cure when the disease ia not already beyond the control of medicine, j PREPARED BY Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass. Sold by all Druggists. WHO WERE THE MOOT BUILDERS ? Editor Democrat : In answer te numerouB requeftf, I give you a brisfacuount of recent d- velopmsuts af the marks of snoisnt a aa mounu builders of Unn county. Ac cording to previous arrangements Messrs Alfred Blevins, Jag. Audawsy asd the undersigned, last week, with pick sod aboval started for mounds situated l 1 1 ea . nan onus west of Mr. Blevins' bouse and seven miles southwest of Albany, hoping to find something that would scite the attention of the curious to the invBtttgatioo of th. "things that were " From this place for a apec. of seven or sight miles up and nssr'tbe bank, of the Csispooia river there am a number f those mounds, but no ons before, so far aa I have Won able to learn, hsa si temp led their exploration. Tha mound thai we selected tojdig tha first prospect hole iu ia about two hundred fast long from east to watt and one hundred feet wide from north to south. On the south aid. is an oak stump, or snsg, thirty ioohos In diameter. Either from age or storm this tree had fallen many years ago. Ob the north west end there is a standing oak tree about two fost in diametor. On th. n.rth side Is aa oak stump, th. Ires having fallen si lb. first mentioned, thai by measure ment ta forty-two inohes in diameter. Years ago Mr. Blevens .out from the tip and trunk of this tree'lhrao or four corda of wood. Twenty feet east of t hit ia a growing fir tree that is between thro, and a half and four test through. These trees are all on the edges of th. mound sod from obosrvatioaa we decid ed that they had grown entire since th. mounds were built. Smeller trass and much underbrush are to bo found grow, iig permisoousiy oror th. meund. This mound Is in sll reipects similar to others in ths vicinity and a dsaeripiien of the general exterior of ooe ia e de scription of all. The surface soil any where in the vicinity i a yellowish, tenacious clay, almost aa adherent as glue. The soil composing the mounds is a black, rich loam, similar to heaver soil or the alluvium of a river bot that is subject to annual inunda tion-. From the foot to th. top of the mound is a gradual ascent. The on. ve gore moot attention to, end thai I am attempting to describe, is of svsrsg. sise and height with the remainder. Near each mound there ta a large hole corresponding to length and width to the adjacent mound. At this time of the year these holes are full of water which prevented us from examining their bottom sil. Lsrge trees are thickly atudded throughout those lakes. No doubt but what dirt oom posing these mounds was tranepott! by human bands from these lagoons. The sides of these mounds sr. uniformly smooth but when ths top is reached occasional depressions of vsrioue wtdtha and lengths, from ten to twelve inches deep, are found. In ooe of these depression! we determined to aink a shaft. Th. black dirt of wbioh the mound was composed would have been easily shoveled had it not been for a complete net work of large roots from adjacent trees. We laid off a land four by nine feet and proceed to ply the shovel. When four fe.tjd.wn we found a human skeleton lying on th. right aide, head to the west, facing the south, band under the head, the lege flexed with the knees drawn np towards the abdomen, aaifin a quiet sleep. Tho only trinkets found with it were a few flints, two or three rudimentary arrow heada made of biack flatt, four beaver tusksjja bone about three inches long the ait. of a lead pencil at one end aod gradually aloping to a sharp point. This awl we supposed to have been bis kit of tailoring implements. A pipe three end s half inches long, one and a half inches wide at top and one inch at the bottom. Near the bottom there is a creass out around the bowl and a email bole passing from surface to central cavity. There was no tobacco scent rec ognizable, but it is reasonable to suppose that the great length of time it must have been in the ground would remove all odor, and it ia equally as reasonable to suppose that as this Indian weed ia not indiginous to Oregon soil, a substi tute was seed. The pipe u composed of a hard, light colored reck, free from aand or other grit. Lying near the pipe was a flat rook ten by twelve in ches, apparently a soft slste and unlike sny thing usually met with in this lo cality. A few years ago a similar rock was picked up on one of these mounds on which were carved numerous hiero glyphics. Before attempting particu larly to describe the skeletons I will describe their position sod earthly wealth. Four feet north and in a direct line with No. 1, we came across Ny. 2, lying aa the first, in possession ef a well formed spoon, composed either of bone or very evenly ereined wooJ. wbioh ia v sf V not easily to decide, a string around the neck composed of wild flax or some grass fiber, on which wss numerous thin rolls of ooDuer. varying from one half as w - to two inches in length. Frequently intsrsDsrsed with these copper tubes -a r were white beads, made of a amall salt water shall, know as Oaukaobiok. In former times this shell wss th. abori ginal money and consequently prised highly. Under the heed was a piece of fttattitig, fairly woven, as lsrgw as e man's hand, composed ef Ilk. msterisl to the string above alluded to ; a few looks of jet black hairabout three Inohsa long and of fine taxtete, evidently from the aaalp, were with the mat This, I believe, composed the worldly effects Q( Nos. 1 and 3. A few days later we add od to our workingforoe Geo. Cochrane end Fred. Holaappls. Wo continued tho seaiob north. beut five tee. whew w. cam. upon Nol 3 in direct line with the others, fsoe turned to the nortb,lsga flexed like the first, bat unlike the oibere the arms wee. extended by the aides ; trinkets, feurelid copper rings f large wire, open between th. ends at least one inch, and plseed around the right arm between 'the band and elbow, a buck -skin string with copper tubes as th. second, and foar'ugly green glass beads and a few atone beads, two fist headed.squsre brass nails one inch long, aloping from near the head to a sharp point ; nesr ths points wete notches cut end thread composed of ssme ms terisl as tb. mat tightly rapped around them ; a bone five inches long sad twice the site of an ordinary lead pen- oil at th. large end, aloping from nesr the center to a blunt polos. This bene wss slightly curved and from the eon cave to the oonve aide was a hole one iaeh and s halfinj'length, transversely this bole were four smooth, evenly formed bonce three inches long and twice theelrcumferenoe of a large knitting needle. Those bones arc supposed to have been need io weaving their mat ting. We also found near the seme place traces o' what we took to be rod paint. We then dug a ditch fifteen feet long st right angles with the one just described, and to the north of the with negative rem1'. We next turned attention to a'alight depression eighty feet oaci of the shove. It was ascertained abet a ranted hole twenty-seven inches across bad previ ously been sunk. This we knew ho es use the dirt over thst spare was not packed wbilo that around it was. We dug s hole sufficiently lsrge to wcrk in, four and a half feet deep.whaa we came BO a ekeletCA sitting up, facing the oast. The added soil at this place was three foot before coming to the clay. This was the oaly ekeletoa wc f jund "that had been put below the baas of ths mound, and it was sitting in the original clsy four and a half feet below the surface. Triaketc consisted of a bone spatula something in shape and thickness of a paper knife, bat showing no special akill ia make , a few email, poorly shaped beads cither of atone or glass, on j string to first msntioneJ and three brass sewing thimbles, each bsving boles punched in the closed and with a dimiuuti ve clapper attached ; evidently ornamental bolts. One ether bole was sunk ea this mouo-i with n rstttlt, sa wss ale. ooe sa a large mound a half ils south. Wherever wo dug we fsund occasional spot of charcoal and ashas, Indicating thst during ths process of erection the builders had mtde firea on their work for orne purpose. Stones from the sis? of a mau'a fit to amall pebbles were found from surface te day. The original soil is fres from grsvsl. I forgot to state that with etch ekeletoa a number of fresh water ola m shePs found. The skeletons were in tolerablo good state of preservation, soma of the small bonce end the porous portion af the large bones were decsysd. The first found had a remarkably lare hetd, huge un der jaw from 'which three teeth had been extracted, as shown from the heal ing of the alveolar process. One toeth had a deep cavity from decay ; aeme of the remaining teeth were badly worn, but were sound. Tue bjnai of the legs and arms were very large and long The head of the thigh bone is at least a third larger than ordinarily found, and the socket in which it works is aarresDomiinfflv wide and deep. This skeleton when compared with an ordt 1 9 j nary sized skeleton wbioh I have in my office is an anomaly, and those who inspected it suppose tho individual, when alive, to have been at leaat seven faet tall. No. 2 wss average size, teeth g cod. No. 8, ordinary size, three teeth of lower jaw badly decayed and had large cavities from the orown to the jaw bone, three teeth had been extrac ted, no roots left. The skulls of these three are peculiar in hsving flat foreheads without the uaual frontal ridge th-t is found with people of the present day. From the eyes to the top of the head the f rental bone recedes mere thsn that even of the ounniag Indian of our time. They are not what is known among Indians as flat heads, and it would seem a little strange if artificial means were used in their infancy to ohange the shape of their foreheads, that it was not carried to gteater extreme, as Io dians did in the early settlement o Oregon. No. 4 had a large well devel oped cranium. Nothing unuaual,except great width of under jaw, teeth good. 1 here are some snstsmicsl matters that arc ef minor importance to the general reader, but arc of In tercet te tho anatomist and anthropologist, which I will not take apace here to mention. The reason why I mention the condition of their tooth is, that so fsr sa my observation gees or informs lion from others has boon obtained, the origins! Indian of this country, before the sweet meats and high season ins; of civilised races were esrried'into their wigwam, their teeth were frequently worn down, but never decayed. The esmi-civllised young digger of tho pros ea slay, ahona tons coo, oats taffy and drinks whisky, , and enjoys the tooth ache with as much gusto as the umpire of any ef our modern cxemplsry socie ties. Wsrm Spring Johnny, s whits maa, who lives with the Iadisns and claima to have been captured and raised by them from io fancy, oallsd aad examin ed the trinkets and volunteered an opinion. It ia gcnorslly believed this fellow will flinch from the gelling yoke of truth, especially when it conflicts with his ideas of personal prowess, but say one who hss taken the time to read the history of the cliff builders of A rise ns and Mexico must acknowledge, sfter eonvorsstioa with bim.thst he baa aeen much of those osuntrles and has a rich store of Indian legendry at head. He aaya he never knew or beard of cop per orncmcotc smoag fndisns, but the most positive evidence that this ia ths wcrk of s race of people long since ex tinct is thst each tribe, as far back as tradition goes, bsd s definite pattern for an arrow hoed, and under no cir cumstances could ons infrings upon the mskc of others or change what they bsd adopted ' as their tribal mark. Opposing tribes met sod hsd hunting matches, snd whsn gsms was killed tbe srror iliot in tbe esreass, in case of dispute, settled tbe question. This county baa been the home of the Gala poote tube exclusively, n.a far back as Iodiaci history extends, and those flint beads ere unlike any he ever saw or heard of before. As to the mounds, neither Indian tradition nor mythology offers a word. He eayc the old Indians any before tbsy knew of the existence of tbe white man there were big canoes Mtan ships) beached at Port Orford end 5 job Bay, from which queer things wo obtained. They describe having gotten an instrument harder than rock and in the shape of a tomahawk that astonished them by eating wood so fsst a broad aXa. Abo nails snd othsr things to them strange. The farm en wbioh wc made theee excavations was homes teed ed by c white man thirty-throe years ago, snd ths gsnsrsl history of Oregon reaches much father back than that, but who the aund builders were or who wore in- terred in them is answered by silence . The mounds evidently date to the came era of the mounds of the middle sad southern ststos snd are of prebistorio times. So fsr aa known they are the ounds efa race that lived before the Pilgrim fathers, but te theorize I have on time just now. This artiole was hurriedly written, without time for revision, but I hope the future will give me time to pay just sttcntion to this interesting subject, and I would also ke thankful if anyone who may feel interested enough, as I hear many are atnoe theee developments, to W w open up these mounde would note all minutia and report the aamc to me for compilation for a distant scientific in stitution that has made a like request of me. Moat Respectfully, J. L. Hill. Albany, Jan. 30th, 1884. roi'i lib aclases. It appears that the leaf of a pleat can transform into useful work ss much as forty per coat ef the solsr energy it re ceives snd absorbs. The aand of the desert of Sahara is of a yellow color, aad oonsiats of about ninety per cent of well-rounded quarts grains and nine per cent of feldspar. Other minerals found in It, but in very amall quantitiea, are ohslk, clay, halitz, aylvite, magnetite, ohromite, garnet, olivine, amphibole and pyroxene. A French meteorologist has, in the exposed court of his house, two bars of iron planted in ths esrth of which is fixed a oonduotor of coated wire, ter minating in a telephonic receiver. His practice is to consult the apparatus twice er thrice every day, and it never fails,through its indications of earth our- rents,to give notioe of the approach of a storm twelve to fifteon hours ahead. In Derbyshire It Ij considered a bad omen to gather eggs and bring them Into the house after dark. Eggs ought not to be brought In Sunday, and no hen must be set on that day. The number of eggs for a Betting must be either eleven or thirteen ; the num bar must be odd, and if 12 eggs are eatudon, the hen will scarcely suc ceed In hatching them ; or, if she hatches, thechlcken3 will do no good. TEIPERAHCE DEPARTMEHT. BDfTBD BY TUB Wimci'. CbrUUti rtDpereiee I ni oo ' i i .i si. - The W. a T. U., of Ohio, are open log another campaign. They ere circu lating a petition which, on the ground thst many votes oast last fall Ice con stitutions I prohibition oere not counted, will ssk the legislature sgsio to submit to the people such amendment. Miss Lucia . F, Kimball, National Superintendent of 8. 8. work, ia having a moat til tour io Iowa. Ths P oftbeRomsn Ce(fce! lie Total Abstinence Convention Bo no u need thst be hsd sdminittered daring tbe car temperance pledges to riy 12,000 persons. The Union Sijjuil snd National Tm- pmxmoe Advocate bsve been ordered for the College reading room. Mrs. L. B. Blain snd Mrs. M. J. Townaend organized a W. C. T. U. at Lebanon last Wednesday, Jan. 23rd, ilh eighteen members. The ladies of Lebanon seem quite earnest, end we trust grest good may be the result of their labors. Tbe Presbyterisn minis ter was present and seem -5 1 rau-jh in terested. By our next meeting we ho,ie to be in our headquarters st the corner of First snd Wash ing ton Streets. Here wc hope to mske not only s genuine home for tbe W. C. T. U.. but. ss we sre prospered, cheery, inviting rooms to which all shall be welcome to come for pleasure snd improvement. IBS WILLABBTS A rasiisrBS) At Ute Tenth Annual Meeting at Detroit, Mich. ,Oetober 3 Jet to November 4lh,1881. TIK DBfABTMEBTS OF VOBK have reached a dignity and importance thst renders quite superfluous' any spe cific mention in this general survey. Each National superintendent is "a host io herself," snd the reports of all, with tbeir public addresses and official re commendations will form tbe salient feature of this oonvention. The flower mission snd kitchen csrden deusrt- its, with tbst of work for soldiers and sailors, were the only new ones added last year, except too department for railroad rates. All these have abundantly j as tils a oar bopev. Many arc hero to-day whose absence wc should hsve Ismented, but for the self denying labors of those true yoke fel lows. Mrs. T. B. Csrsc snd Helen Hood. There is something strangely pathetic in the devoted work of 'our invalid superintendent of the flower mission, Miss Jennie Casaedsy,cf Louis ville. Doubtless the magic growth of her department in a single year is due to tbe same aslf-forgetting love that haa made her sick room tbe whispering gallery of Louisville philantropists. Surely beyond any other in our ranks shs hss "a heart at leisure from itself, to sooth snd sympathize." Miss Mary MoClees, of Yonkers. N. Y., ia cleerly the right young woman in tbe right place for the key work, workman tbst needeth not to be asham- s l s e e so, sna wnoss treso, vigorous powers are consecrated to a form of Christian endeavor which has proved more win ning to our city girls than any other. Tbe work for aoldiers and Bailors hss been well begun, ss yu will see from tbe report of the superintendent, Mrs. & A. MoClees. Its success in Wash ington, D. C, haa been really marvel ous, constituting, with tbe work of Miss Jennje Smith and her coadjutor Miss Addie Shsrmso, the chief evangeliatie feature of the year's record. In the recumc of recommendations I have auggested several new superinten dences. For the W. C. T. U. is a compact of magicians whose divining rods locate the cold water movement in unlooksd for places. Hence our multi plying departments, none of them obli gatory, but all helpful and suggestive, intended to develop special workers and to apread leaves :f healing, "wi le as the curse is found." TOTAL ABSTIXKNCK. I am profoundly impressed with the importance of ooustantly making fresh accessions to the total abstinence rank. Have we not unduly slackened our efforts in this regard t At every meeting the pledge should be offered or the audienoe canvassed for names. Dear sisters, let us stir each other up to due diligenoe in this quiet work of bringing forward the muster roll and recruiting the army. England has never seen a year so blessed as the present one, by reason of the blue ribbon work, which has penetrated alike to cottage aad palaoe. Chief Justice Noah Davis, of New York, says of the founder of that movement, our brother Francis Mur phy, that nosing!e effort in temperance a at' sa '.! . annala has done so much to unite America and England. Do not then incur the criticism frequently beard of late, thst the pledge is not offered in our meetings, for unless our moral suasion work keeps pace with thst of legal suaaion, tbe W. C. T. 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