BDfO OX Bins;, in(? on. en though no listener Softly doth chide tueo, Sweetly dotb praiae. Bine, sing on, tor thy glad musio Thrills through the azure, Brightens the day. Some heart o'er weary, , Some soul benighted. Mayhap the BiniufC Gently bath drawn Out of the darkness, Into the sunlight; , ? Sweetly to cheer hur Sing, slug on. Can 31 an Hibernate t "Is it possible for man to hibernate ?" inquired the reporter. ' ' , 'I think so," was the reply. "We of ten hear of persona falling into a coma, all the faculties being suspended and the patient looking perfectly healthy after daya and weeka without food. Tbore is no reason why the highest of mammals should not be open to similar possibilities as the lower. In fact there is a case on record of undoubted hibernation. It occurred some years ago in India. A native fakir boasted that he had this happy faculty that only certain lower animals possessed, and offered for a consid erable sum to make the experi ment. A number of officers and sci entific men undertook to tuke charge of the ex) o.-iment. The man prepared himself by placing something iu his throat, and. was actually buried alive, and kept thore under guard hr several months. At the end of the time the ex perimenters dug up the body, expecting to find it dead, but found it perfectly fresh, and when the object was takeu from his throat the native recovered and in a few hours was as well as ever. He merely claimed that he was enabled by force of will to cause an almost total suspension of all the faculties, so much so at least that there was no waste, no drawing upon the system, and conse quently no need of fuel or food. What is the secret? Well, that's hard to an swer. It is like a great many prob lemswe know it and there our knowl edge ends. Monopolies in Spain. There were recently three or four great trade monopolies held by the Spanish government tobacco, gun powder, quicksilver and salt. Thejast named and most onerous of these the salt monopoly is now repealod, and in its place and with its name is levied a sort of income tax, graduated, not ac cording to the consumption of salt, but the means of the taxpayer. The old gabelle has, however, left its survivals. Abandoned deposits of salt are to be seen in many of the small towns. Away from the large towns salt is never seen on the table, uncleaned rock salt is used in cookery, and if you should call for salt a little of this will be brought to you in a piece of dirty paper. Pepper, mustard or other condiments known to the civilized world are not to be ob tained. For a wonder the monopolized cigars are good better than in any part of Europe or America at the same price. One can smoke a verjr fragrant regalia for a roal (5 cents). The money of this province is entirelv metallic chiefly gold, 100 real pieces; silver, 10, 8, 4, 2 and 1 real pieces, and coppers of vari ous sorts, mostly, but not all on the decimal system. In some provinces, Catalonia, for example, the duodecimal coppers are preferred to the decimal, and the latter, although legal tender, are refused. Dank notes circulate in Madrid, but not far beyond it. Paper money has had its day in Spain, and that day, at least for a long time yet, is over. The Percentage of Active Old Men on the Increase. In a young country like this, where life is continually at fever heat, and where action rather than reflection car ries the day, old age seems out of place. In the staid old towns and cities of England, Hawthorne tells us in his "Old Home," that he observed that old age came forth more cheerfully and generally into the sunshine than among ourselves, where the rush, stir, bustle and irroverent energy of youth are so preponderant that the poor forlorn grandsires begin to doubt whether they have a right to breathe in such a world any longer, and so hide their silvery heads in solitude. Hut "fast" as this country and this period both proverbially are, it is a fact that the percentage of old men who continue in active life, and who do not show their years except to a close scrutiny, is on the increase. Erect aud activo octo genarians, even, are not unknown on our streets, whose appearance still makes them pass current as being jjw tho executive period oi me. ine coa-iij stint improvement in the average stylly f9 1 iVirt rr in tins matffir nf du'allintr fnn? I S and raiment, . perceptibly promotes longevity and increases the number of cases of it. A Ton of Gold In Teeth. "Did you ever think that all the gold that the delvers in the earth are work ing so hard to get out of it is being gradually put back again?" asked a Cleveland dentist. "It's a fact. There are about 17,000 dentists in the United States, and they pack into the teeth of the American people a ton of pure gold every year. I guess about five times that weight of less precious metal, such as tin, silver and platinum, go the same wav. Now, these metals are worth $1,000,000, and, in the twenty-first cen tury, all the com in the United States will be buried in the graveyards." "Is the decay of teeth increasing or diminishing among the people of tliu, country?" "Oh, increasing. Two hundred years ago one perton in five had sound teeth. A hundred years ago, but one person in twenty-five had perfect teeth, and in J.e nineteenth century, age of reform, our very latest statistics show that but one person in eighty has perfectly sound teeth." The inhabitants of Massachusetts are 'orth an average of ? 1,500 apiece. What Brrotitrn of Deal Chinamen, "In this country," said Mr. Wong Foo, editor of The Chinese American, to a reporter, "tiio Chinamen of each province live by themselves and take enre of their dead. There is a Chinese plot at Greenwood and another at lh'lleville, X. J. I sue that several bodies have been removed from the lat ter place and prepared for shipment to China. Even in tho grave the dead of toeh province lie by themselves." "Are- all the Chinamen who die among barbarians ultimately taken home?" "Most of them, not quite all," replied tho editor, glancing over the proof of a slashing leader on the spiritual e fleet of amputating cues. "There are about 5,000 Chinamen in New York. Forty of them return to China every month, and of this number perhaps one-third come back. If any one going back to the old country has dead frionds here he takes them along. I do not believe that more than 5 pjr cent, of the China men who die in the United States are permanently buried here. Friendless Celestials are left here, and no one cares whether they go to heaven or not." "Can not one of your race get into paradise unless his bones rest in Chi nese soil ?" "No, sir; Chinamen believe that the only road to heaven lies through thoir cpuntry." "But if a good, virtuous Chinaman who has kept his pigtail and conscience intact dies in a strange land, will he be excluded from heaven because he is poor and friendless?" "That's the doctrine," said Mr. Wong. "According to Christians, no man can be saved except through a certain be lief, no matter how good he is; accord ing to Chinamen, there is no salvation outside of China. One belief is about as rational as the other." "Where you dig up the remains of your countrymen do you have any ser vices at tho grave?" "We burn a little incense-paper, may be, and tike a drink, just as Amer icans do on all occasions." "What does the drink signify?" "It's what you would call a toast. We drink peace to the soul of the de parted, and a prosperous journey to the body. We use any liquor that comes handy. Sometimes tea or whisky, or, in extreme cases, water." "How are the bodies prepared for shipment?" "They are embalmed if they are fresh enough. If not, the meat is scraped off and the bones only are carried away." Ciettlnt Her Father' Conaent. "I tell you, sir," indignantly ex claimed Colonel Webley, addressing a voung man who aspired to the hand of Lis only child, "that I shall never give my consent to a union which I know would be unhappy." "We love each other," replied young Balchuff. .-, "Love be eternally blowed! So J could have said twenty years ago. I was devoted to the woman I married and she was devoted to me." "You have lived happily with each other, have you not! "Happily!" the colonel contemptu ously repeated, "I didn't have money enough to insure happiness. Even in Arkansas a man must have money. His wife may be devoted to him, but if he fails to provide those little delicacies which make life so enjoyable to a woman she will speak of this sad lack of comfort, and, instead of attributing it to financial inability, will regard it as will ful neglect. At times she will be melt ing with affection and vow that your love is all that she cares for iu this world; but when sme one who, in worldly goods, seems no richer than yourself, rides in a buggy with his wife, she loses sight of the great sustaining love and hankers after tangible affec tiona street display of love." "I am ayoungmau of energy and good business capacity. I can work and earn money." No use in prolonging this conversa tion. I have told you that you shall not marry my daughter. I shall keep a close wateh, and if I see you here again I shall act with violence." "Well, colonel," said the young man with firmness, "as the gentler resources have failed, I am compelled to adopt the last resort. Some time ago, before you suspected that I was attached to your daughter, you borrowed $10 of me do not wince, sir, hear me through. You thought that I had forgotten the trans action7'but I haven't. Now, sir, I in tendo;l to marry your daughter. If yon persist in annoying me 1 shall dun you for the mouey-'every time I see you." The colonel sat for a moment in deep thought. Finally he said: "Say, Bob, don't sav nothing more about the ilO: end me $5 more and take the girl." isruiU aiidvUrlddle-Cakes on the There was a novel trial of speed on the farm of James Lawton, near Car roll ton, Mo., during the recent harvest. At 6 minutes and 10 seconds after i the reaper stood at the corner of the grow ing wheat. Men were stationed every few feet along the line of grain ready to seize an armful as it fell from the reaper, and to rush with it to the thrasher close by. The mill was just sixteen rods distant. At the drop of the hat the mules sprang to work, and in a minute and a half about a peck of thrashed wheat was in the sack and on a horse that began a race for the mill. A minute aud seventeen seconds Inter the flour was delivered to Mrs. Lawton, and in 3 minutes and 55 sec onds from the starting of the reaper the first griddle cake w as eaten. In i minutes and 30 second) from the starting of the reaper a pan oi b.s cuits was passed out to the spectators. The Ncrrrt Out. At some of (lie western fairs this year a "great secret ' i sold in scaled envel opes at 10 cents apiece. The folloivin? is the secret : "Never h'.i? an erl.'cle before examining it. If you h id Lnn.in this before you would not luiv,- puM 1 J cents for a worthless envelope v. hen vca could have got a dozen irooj opes SCREENS AND POSES Device which Photairanher l'e to Make Unod-I.nnklnc Picture. "Now, then, air," said fie sitting ar tist of a photograph gallery, lo ciug the back of the reporters head into the vise, "keep tho hes-l about o w itli the chin up; and just tr valid wnile, will yo:i?" The reporter attempted to smile, but didn't see why he should hold up his chin so high. "That is to prevent a deep shadow under the lower jaw. You se. our light conies through the roof. Some times we have to fix ft screen to throw tho light under the chin. We use si le screens for people who like a whito line all along the nose. Others are troubled with hollow cheeks, and we have to throw light from the screens into these cavities, and fatten them up, so to speak, with sunlight. Now keep quiet, and look at this corner. Wink, not often, but naturally. Now smile. You are speaking of screens," continued the artist, growing talkative, as tho operation was over. "Well, the chief things I lave to know are how to use those screens and how to pose custom ers. If a somewhat lean lady comes here for a picture I must till her out; if she has wrinkles I must smooth them. Suppose I reflect a screen light across a lady's wrinkles; they will look almost like painted lines in the finished picture. But let me fill the creases with light, and they will become deli cately accentuated tracings. And, of course, such an operation would take ten or fifteen years off her pre sumable age. . A brilliant photo graphic artist in Sixth avenue said to me the other night: 'dive me just the light I waut and the proper screens, and I will make you a Venus da Milo out of an old hag, provided she has simply the structural proportions of that statue.' In principle he w as right, though he might not be able to hit the mark exactly in practice. "So if we go to a real photographio artist," said the reporter, "we are more likely to get a pretty picture than a faithful likeness." "That doesn't follow. Our power of modifying a person s appearance must be used with judgment. And yon must remember that to photograph people just as they are is precisely the way to make a poor likeness. When you meet persons you are acquainted with they talk and smile, express some emotion, or evince a certain amount of animation in their faces, which, unfortunately, thev leave behind them at the photog rapher's door. That's why I always advise people to take a friend with them when they go to a gallery. And that's why I've often taken a better pio- ture of a mother while she was holding a child in position for a photograph than when she was sitting for her own picture only. When caring for the child she appears just as her friends see her. You know that we seldom see faces as they really are ; we only see an appearance. Oet an absolutely exact picture of a lady who is sitting alone, engaged in doing something which does not interest her, and compare it witu her appearance in general. In, the first instance, the eyes are more sunken, the corners of the lips lowered, the mouth more compressed, the cheeks haug slightly, the jaw has dropped a little, the eyebrows are straight er and their lines are less varied. All these changes may, to a non-professional observer, appear unimportant; but . their com bined influence in making up a picture would be very marked. Now, while it is true that our screens and poses and the animated conversation we some times start up with a customer do not restore his habitual appearance, they go far to compensate for the loss of it." Davy Crockett. Davy Crockett was, in his day, the member of the house of representatives most asked for by strangers. Reared in the log cabin of a Revolutionary sol dier, he became noted as a bear-hunter and rifle shot, and. he commanded a battalion of mounted riflemen under (Jen. Jackson, in the Creek campaign. Ho finally was elected to congress from Tennessee, and his speeches were al ways listened to with interest. He was a middle-sized, fine-looking man, w ith resolute features, and a rather defiant air. Espousing the cause of the bank, he gave offonse to many of his constit uents who were friends of Gen. Jack son, and published a book written for him at Washington, on the title page of which was his motto : Remember this when I am dead, fie sure you are right then go ahead. The book and his frank speeches re turned him to the favor of his constitu ents, but when the American settlers in Texas made an appeal for help, he went there in command of u company of Tennessee riflemen,' and was killed while gallantlv fighting at San Antoine de Bexar, in March, 183G. John W. Crockett, a son of David, was elected to congress soon after his father's death, aud served for two terms, after which he was elected by the legislature attor ney for the Ninth district of Tennessee. Removing to New Orleans, he was for a time associate editor of The National, and he went from there to Memphis, where he died in November, 1852. Healthy Buhlneaa Klvalry. "Here y'are, now; two packages for 10 cents !" yelled a seedydooking en velope peddler in Grand street. "Hore y'are, this wny; two packages for 5 cents!" howled another envelope ped dler, almost crowding his fellow-merchant off the sidewalk. Women out shopping noted the difference in price, and soon bought out the two-for-five-ceut man. Then both peddlers drifted around the corner, and the one who had sold no envelopes divided his stock with the other, remarking, with a chuckle : "It works boss, pard, don't it?" Carerul o.'llia Cnarartsr. The WorcesterMass., town recor.ls show that, in 1779, a 0-year-old boy had his ear bitten oil by a horse, and tho selectmen drew up a certificate showing the minncr of the injury and recorded it on the town b ks. so t!i:it tho loss should not bo prejudicial to the boy when he grew up. MB THE ATTENTION OF HOUSEKEEPERS AND 1 tho public in general Is called to the following facts : The value of Baklnr Powder It determined by the amount of gut it contains and the freedom of the arti cle fmm anv injurious ingredient. The GIANT UAKI.NU KlWUKil I absolutely pure, and contain! about one-quarter more (rat than any brans! of Hairing Powder in use on this Coast, Three cant of GIANT BAKING POWDER are eu.ua) tofourcani of any other brand. Study economy and use none other. Youi grocer will luniUh you with a sampls can free. Try It. FACTS. tun FAxnco, Jew IS, 1SSS. DOTH IN MANt'FACTl'HING CO., Usstlsmx : The ean.pl. of GIANT DAK1NO POW. DKK you handed me, alto samples of the following brandt of Baking Powdert purchased by mt In open market, I have totted for total quantity ol available rat, with results at follows : GIANT 1M cubic inches per ounce avoirdupois. ROYAL, 1SW cubic Ini-hrs, NEW FNOI.AKO, 110 cubic Inches. PIONKKR, lnT rohle Inches. 0f.rRV PATH, M7 cubic Inches, PR. PKlfK'H, no cubic inches. Youn, renpecthiHv, THOMAS MCE, Chemist Sax Fsascjsto Sent 14. 18SS. H. E. BOTH IN. President Bothin Manufacturing Co. Dar Sir : After a careful and complete chemical anal) nil of a can of GIANT BAKING POWDER, pur chased by ut in open market, we find that it doea rot contain alum, acid phosphate, terra all, or sny in- iurious substances, but Is a pure, healthful Cream 'altar Baking Powder, and as such can recommend it to consumers. lours, respectfully, WM. T. WENZELL CO.. We concur ! Analytic. Chemist R. Bsvsslt Coli, M. T. J. L. Miasm, M. D., Health officer. Alfred W. Psrrt, H, l. Members of the W. A. Poi'ulam. M. D. Ban Francisco Aco. Alms, il. 1). J Board of Health. HA-irrAcruRiD ir mi BOTHIN MANUFACTURING COMPANY 17 ard 18 Mais St., Sax Fraxcisco IT FOR SALE BYALL DEALERS T PIANOS. PIANOS 5,000 New and Beoond-hand Planet It price, nanus 7B aim up. AuU lano Kaotorjr, iik Ellis Ut. 8. 1 IIDDIiUTl 9lnnnutnred by Cat U r K I U H I Piano Manuf'ir Co. BEST If AUK. Ill A linC 1 1 WALTER 8. PIERCE, Art 8u New rlAnyd 1 1 Montgomery mmt(lalaos Hotel.) tlr Senil tor Otaloirue. Encourage Home Industry, nAKKliTOX PtANON, HEXHAM Pianos, Standard Organs, Sheet Miulo, and M usical MerehuidiM of everv dpserintlon at the MmpJ n Music sjtorr.i:i MnrkrlHlrret, Mb lrm. U CISCO. Bend lor our catalogue oi lucent nuiua CHAH. 8. EATON. A. M. BEN HAM. T)IAKOH-reeker Broa, Behr Bros., Emerson, and J I aud O. Fisher. Mimical Merchandise. Orans Mason, Hamlin A Chase, Kohler k i Hiasc, H7 Post Ht, ,8. 1 CTCIUWAV KKAXHH et BACH. O I Ll 11 I f A I .Gabler, Roenlsh Pianos; Burdett Organs, band instrument, largest stock of Sheet Music and Bonk a Bsnds supplied at Eastern prlcea, M, GRAY, DM Post Street San Francisco. $66! a week in sour own town. Terms and $6outft free. Address H Walls-it 0o Portland. Main f C Tfl nfl perday at home. Samples worth i.1 trn 3 J IU JZU Address Btixkoh Co,,Portland,Maine : .'.I ; CsiES WHtll All USE IAILI, 1 1 Best Cough Byrup. TsstesR-nod. 4 TJselntlme. Holdbydnirdists. 1 AWKELIlli dav al nome easily mailt. Oestll outfit tree, Address Taut A Co., Anfusta, Maine. 3 JOMJgL iiiii ri - ' '" " - nnnm Villi CM fh watchmakers. Brauiltto, Otroulart S. F. N. U. No. 79-N. P. N. U. No. 2. M As an invlgorar .mITlT rPKl Hostel tor's titon IJV Kltmm Jposltlve Imlora V merit fmm nmltin As an invlgorant, ra re st indorse. mcnt from eminent physicians and has long occupied a fore most rank among standard propriota- ry remedies. Its r properties as an al lerunvenr nisoruer ed conditions of 'the stomach, liver ' and bowols, and a preventive of mala. rial discuses are no less renowned. ror wile by Druir- kIhIh and llealci-u. to whom apply for llosiellcrs Alma uac (or 1881. 'A BOOK OF HORRORS.' NEW PUBLICATION! To be isiuod December IS, 1SS3. The Drimesl LatterDaySaints BY A MORMON OP 1831, v -OIVIXO A Full Expose of Mormonism, PRICE, - - - - 25 CENTS, Liberal discount to the Trade. Trade supplied by A. J. LEAST, Publisher, 402-404 Sanaome Street, 6. P. 11 " & H 9 ST Aa s.V FT - a ' f tw AsTB mw IP r Pi F.aTABLlailKD WILLIAM BECK & SON WHOI.KMALK AND RETAIL DEALER IJf GUNS, PISTOLS, CUTLERY AND SKATES. Skates), oxlu g (JloTfS, Masks. V. ' . Bnrwry ic Herri "t let) ktea, llrnlry's Roller Nkalrs, Pffk Ol djdrr's Antovittlt abates, Munhntlam Kuller Nkalra. IAS aua 1A tnnd IU Portluad, Ores. J. KELLOGG & C0.'S STEAMERS JOSEPH KELLOGG s TOLEDO FOB COAVLITZ RIVER. JOeErH KEIXOGa leaves Portland, loot of Yamhill Street, Inr Freeport, TUESDAY, THUMDAT and SATURDAY, at T a.m., ia Willamette Slough, tourhln(r at St. Helens, Columbia City, Kalama, CarroUs Point, Hainier, Cedar Lamltair, Monticello and all intermediate points. Returning, leaves rraeport, at am., Monday, Wednesday and Friday. STEAMER TOLEDO leaves Portland, toot ot Yamhill Street, lor Cowllti Prairie, MONDAY and THURS DAY, a a.m., via Willamette Slough and above landings, touching at Freeport, A'kaiuaw, Olequa and way landings. Returning Wednesday and Saturday. Skates ! Feck & Snyder American Club, Barney & Berry Iron and Wood Top Skates, Rush and Piston Roller Rink Skates. ALSO CHEAP SIDEWALK ROLLKK H.ATEtX aVad for CutaloM tt) TII0MPS0N, DclIART & CO., - - IMFOKTEK Or Hardware, Iron aud Steel, Wagon Material, Cumberland Coal, Blacksmith and Wagonmaker Tools. sXtTRtrlied Prices since completion ol Northern Pacific Railroad. PALMER SCOTTISH -AMERICAN IMPORTERS Printim; and Lithofirapliiiifi: Presses and Material, and Printers' Machinists. ELECTROTYPINC AND STEREOTYPING. Prorrietors of tie S. F. Newsier Union, 1 1 Newspaper Union, Pacilc States Alyertlsim Bureau. Ho. 114 Front Street, corner Washington, PORTLAND, OR. J f V i i THE MORGAN PORTABLE STEAM DRAG SAW. The Greatest Invention for Woodmen of the Age! . Can be Moved Anywhere in the Timber by One Man! Cuts from 15 to 18 Cords of Wood Per Day witb the Hels of Only One Sawyer! WEIGHT OF MACHINE AND SAW 150 POUNDS. The Morgan Portable Steiim Dmp; Snw Is nn Invention that fllln a long felt want for woodmen. The nw and engine are ho li(;ht that it ran be rurrlod riht to the lojpt in the wood and will cut them riRht where they lay. No need of heavy teams- to haul the Iokh to the engine, the name a where the donkey engines are uned. Any man of ordi nary intelligence can operate the Haw. 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