THE INDEPENDENT.
. BOTH BIDES Of IT.
Two iUwen am a rlngln' do bell,
Listen tods warnlo';
One eona to heb'n and one to hell
Farly In de mora In'.
Ohl dorkleeglton bo'ddls erart.
Listen to de weniln';
Vi" gwlne to Mart de gospel raft
Early In de morolo'.
. Pta ta de only line to take.
Linen (ode wamlu';
To get to tieb'o wtdont mistake,
Early Id de mornln'.
Dedeboel runsde odder line.
Listen todewarnln1;
He runners out to bb you Jine,
rly In de niorni"'.
Pon't bean a word de debbel say.
Listen lode warning .
Wi-'a swine to start at break ob day,
, Early In de morulu'.
Tocou-li all inpers.uch as you.
Listen lode wrMu';
Dp debbel's steamer' painted new.
Early in a rooruiu-.
But If yu Kit on bo'd wld blm.
Listen lode warnln';
'T bll sou will be landed ID.
Karly lo de morula'.
AS USFORtJOTlES LESBOS.
The timo vna about a fortnight before
Christmas. There were not many trav
elers, and I bad a compartment in the
early tidal train to myself. . My destina
tion wan Paris, my errand to convey from
my father (a London jeweler and silver
Bniitli) to his agent in that city a very
Ycluulilo ring. "The diamond in it are
worth 300 if they are worth a penny',
jay father uaa saiu to me, "so 1 nope vou
vnll take special care of the rinsr, jfed.
and neither lose it on the war nor allow
yourself to be robbed of it. I smiled
a little superciliously as my father spoke.
As if it were at all likely that I should
either lore it or allow it to be stolen from
me! I was inst turned one and twenty.
and my father had no right to speak to
. ir .- .
jne as n jl were suu a Doy,
J had got tne ring saio in an inner
pocket of my waistcoat, as I took care to
ansnre myself from time to timo. I had
not Been it since my father put into a
little velvet box, in which it was still
shut up. When I had finished my first
ciear. and liad got through with the
morning news, the thought struck me
that I might as well have another look at
the ring. There could be no harm in
that vou know. I took the box out of its
hiding place and opened it. My eyes
were dazzled as i looked, mere laid the
darling in its nest of purple velvet. Who
could have resisted the pleasure of tak
ing it out and trying it on? Certainly
sot 1. first on one linger and tnen on
another I tried it. Had it been made
ior the third finger of my right hand it
could not have fitted me better. I looked
e im 11? exquisite.
How I come to think of it, was there or
could there be a safer hiding place for the
ting than my ringer? I had only to
l.ecp my glove on and not a soul would
J.now anything about it. It was far
tafcr there than in my pocket. In such
I, case to hesitate was folly. I placed the
ling on my finger and put the empty box
in my pocket. As I was alone there was
no occasion to put my glove on just then
po I mused and smoked, and watched
the many colored rays of light that
Hashed from the brilliants, and wondered
what great swell s finger it was destined
to decorate. How I wished that I could
call it mine.
There was no harm in dazzling the
nyes of the ticket collector with it. He
.was only a railway official. But I took
. care to pull on my glove and button it
before alighting from the train. A quar
ter of an hour later wo were steaming
out ol Hover harbor.
There were not more than a dozen
passengers on deck. The day was cold
and clear, with just enough sea to make
tue voyago unpleasant lor bad sailors,
Only two ladies were visible. One was
a stont, middle-aged person, who was
eating and drinking nearly all the way
across evidently an old salt. The other
wag well, simply the most charming
creature I had ever set eyes on. In
Doint of fact. I could not keen mv eves
off her. I passed her and repassed her
as i paced tne decs: from end to end, ami
every time icasseu her 1 looked at her,
What LOvely gray eyes! What superb
jellow hair ! But as for the complexion
if wnnlil talrjft n muif f r slauffiHA IliA -i 1 , 1
rose tints. Onoo or twice her eves met
mine just for a moment, and it struck
ine that thev were f nil of a wistful sad'
ness. Ho far as I could judge she was
, entirely alone. We were about half
way across when, as I passed her for the
fiftieth, time, she spoke: "Would you
Monsieur, have the goodness to ask the
steward to bring me a little Cognac?"'
Mie spoke in i rench. As the song says,
"Her voice was low aud sweet." I was
too flattered to answer her. I could only
tow and grin and make a bolt for the
htcwurd's den. Of course I took the
Cognac to her myself. You should have
een how prettily she thanked me. She
nipped it as a canary bird might do,
that bird were in the habit of drinking
brandy. "I hope Mademoiselle is some-
wiiat revived, 1 ventured to tioserve
presently.
Yes, very much revived, thanks to
Monsieur. I am not mademoiselle.
a widow. She pressed ber handkerchief
o her eyes as she spoke. How interest
ing, nay, how touching, was the simple
confession. This wistful sorrow in her
eyes was at once accounted for. Would
hat it had been my happy lot to com-
lort iicr.
There was a camp stool close by. Pres-
cntly I ventured to draw a little nearer
tint! sit down on it, blushing at my tern
fcnty as I din so. She did not seem at
til offended, and we were presently in
the midst of an animated and interest
ing conversation. There was no hauteur
about Madame. On the contrary, she
Was candor itself. She had only been
three days, she told me, in London. She
had been staying with Sir Henry Fitz
Evaus, who had charge of her late hus
band's interests in England. She was
now going back to seclusion, going back
to the little cottage in which she dwelt
ever since her husband's death. She
would not be able to go forward by the
tidal train, she told me, having a busi
ness call to make in Calais. She would
go forward by the evening train.
All this was told me with a charming
frankness. There was no reason why I
ahould not wait and go forward by the
evening train if sho would only allow
me to do so. When I threw out a hint to
that effect, she offered no objection. She
admitted at once tluit she was fond of so
ciety, and then she looked at me, and
veil, I could almost have sworn that she
blushed. I had already told her that I
tvas bound for Paris on a special errand
for my father; but I had not said a word
about the ring, or had she ever seen it.
I had put on my gloves before leaving
the train at Dover, and I still wore them.
A little while longer, and we found our-f-elves
in Calais. When we landed, lnail
Knie admitted that she was hungry, and
that luncheon would be a desirable fea
ture of the programme. Accordingly,
while she went about her business, I
took a voiture and drove to the Hotel
Pessin. There, in the course of half an
Jionr, madam joined me.
Now, one can't very well partake of
luncheon in kid gloves. The question
was whether I should partake of mine
with the ring on my finger, or whether I
Khonld put it carefully away in the box
end hide it out of sight. If you have
any knowledge of what human nature
at 21, especially when there's a pretty
woman in the case, you will know the de
cision arrived at.
Madame pecked a little at this and
that, but hardly ate more than a sparrow
might have done. How swiftly the min
utes seemed to fly! I could have linger
ed on in that cozy little room for a year.
When the cloth was drawn and we were
left to ourselves, with a bottle of hock
n the table between us, somehow our
chairs seemed to gravitate towards each
other. Or, perhaps, it was the stove
that attracted us, for the afternoon was
chilly. Jj, anT paga we found ourselves
in closer proximity. Thenaiid madame.
'Do you smoke, monsieur?" "Yes, con
siderably more tiaa is good for me, I am
afraid." "Then smoke now. Oblige
Jne. I like to see a gentleman smoke."
Jlrose to get a cigar-case out of the pock
ft of my overcoif. Madame laid her
liana lightly on my arm and what a
charming hand it was! "Tenez. I am
tfotng to make a confession." said she. I
moke, too moi. Cigarettes. I lived
lor several years in Spain, where nearly
all the ladies smoke. You are not shock
ed at the idea of a lady smoking cigar
ettes?" "Shocked, madame "
"No, of course not. You are too much
a man of the world. You are above such
insular prejudices. Eh bien, yon shall
smoke one of my cigarettes." From the
satchel by her side she drew an embroid
ered case which she opened, and bade me
choose a cigarette." I did so, and she
took another. ; Then with her own fair
fingers she struek an alluniette, and held
it wnuo i lighted the weed. Then she
lighted her own. She could not fail to
see my ring as she lighted the match.
'I dare say you find the flavor a little
Eecnliar," said madame a minute or two
tter. "These cigarettes are made of ner-
fuuied tobacco. I never smoke any oth
ers. I hope you don't find yours disa-
greeaoie. i.
On the contrary, madame. I am auite
in love with it.. As you say, the flavor
is slightly peculiar, but aromatic and
pleasant very pleasant." To tell the
trutn, 1 don't like it at all, but I wouldn't
have said so for worlds.
W e smoked on in silence. What would
this superb creature say to me, I won
dered, if I were to tell her how madly I
had fallen in ; love with her? or would
she I gave a sudden start, and was
shocked to find that I had been falling
asleep. Fortunately : madame had not
noticed me. iter large, melancholy eye
were bent upon the stove. There was
certainly something very soothing, some
thing that inclined to slumber and happy
dreams, about madame's peculiar cigar
ettes. II X had but 'JUW a year now,
and this sweet creature to share it with
me, how happy could I be! Certainly
she must have been some six or seven
years older than myself, but I never was
one to care for your chits or school gins,
who set up for being women before they
are out of their teens. Here was an angel
who had been cast on a bleak and unfeel
ing world, who had pined for a heart and
a home for a heart that brimmed over
with love. Gracious goodness! I had a
heart that yearned toward lier that
that why, eh how was this? And where
was I?
I awoke with a shiver. But for the
court-yard the room would have been
quite dark. My head was aching fright
fully. I got up and staggered to the
window. When I looked out and saw
the familiar court-yardj, everything came
back to me like a flash ! of light. Where
was madame? Why had I slept so long?
What a boor she must take me to be.' J
groped for the bell and rang it violently
Up came a waiter with a candle. "Where
is madame?" I demanded. "Madame.
he answered, "went out nearly three
hours ago, saying she wanted to make a
lew purchases, and would bo bacK in a
little while. ; On no account, she said,
was her brother, who had suffered terrv
bly from mal de mcr in crossing, to be dis
turbed. Madame," he added, "has not
returned."
Oone three hours ago! Her brother!
Mal de mer! What could it all mean? As
I sat down, utterly bewildered, my arm
pressed against the little box in my
pocket. Mechanical! I glanced at my
nnger. The nnsr was no longer there
My heart turned sick within me. I sank
down and buried my fade in my hands.
Tho waiter thought I was ill, and ran to
fetch some cognac. I saw it all now.
Fool fool that I was! I had allowed my
self to be swindled, and by a common
adventuress. i
At a o'clock next morning I stood be
fore my father a miserable, haggard.
woe-begone wretch. I told my tale, but
as 1 did so I could not keep down my
tears tears of mingled shame and vexa
tion. He listened to me with a curious
cynical smile. When I had done he went
to his bureau and opened a drawer. "Set
your mind at rest, Ned," he said. "Here's
the ring, safe and sound!"
I could only stare at him in open
mouthed astonishment.
"When madame, with the ring in her
possession, left you fast asleep, she was
just in time to catch tho afternoon boat
back to Dover. The ring was in my
hands again before 10 o clock last night,
"But but," I stammered out, "
don't understand. When she had once
got the ring in her possession, why did
she bring it back to you ?
"Because she was paid to do so. Be
cause Bhe was hired by me, through the
agency of a private inquiry office, to act
as she did act. Madame, by profession,
is not a thief, but a thief-catcher. You
had grown so half-conceited of late,
Master Ned, you had got such a mighty
tall opinion of yourself and your abili
ties, that I thought that it would do you
no harm to take you down a peg or two
1 hope I have succeeded in convincing
you that there are people in the world
quite as clever, or it may be cleverer,
than a certain young nincompoop of one
and-twenty years. If yon will profit by
the lesson, my money will have been
well spent."
An hour or two later I said: "But
wasn't it rather a risky thing to do with
a ring worth 500 ?"
My father winked at me with the
solemnity of a judge, "My dear Ned,
what do you take your old dad for ? The
diamonds were nothing but paste.
A Great Grandmother. To the latter
venerable condition our Queen attained
before she had completed her sixtieth
year, a circumstance which we believe
cannot be said of any ofj her predecessors
on the throne; scarcely any of whom,
indeed, lived to see their children of the
third generation. There was a time
" 'tis sixty years since" and more when
the nation was confidently looking for
ward to the birth of a great-grandchild
of the reigning monarch and his Queen,
a child who might now tiave been our
King had he lived. Who shall say that
Providence has not ordered events other
wise for the great good of this nation ?
Who that considers the parentage from
which she sprang can wish that the
Princess Charlotte had lived to succeed
her father? Little did those who
mourned in November, 1817, imagine
what compensation was in store for all
who loved their country's best interests,
under the rule of another Princess not
born until eighteen months later. That
Queen Victoria should have lived al
ready to see her eldest daughter a grand
mother seems to be in accordance with
those outward signs of prosperity which,
by the rules of poetical justice, such a
life and such a reign as Her Majesty's
deserve. And when we pray vicat
JSegina, we are inclined to add, "And
may she live to be a great-great-grandmother."
In tho classes who marry
early, which are the highest and the low
est, it is not such a very uncommon
thing for persons to live to be great
grandparents. Probably every country
parish can produce one or two specimens
among the poor. And in the annals of
the great and noble, carefully preserved
by such chronicles as Sir Bernard Burke
and Captain Dodd, we sometimes moet
with curious cases of longevity and ( to
coin a term ) great-grandparentage. We
could name, for instance, a noblo Duke
and Duchess who are great-grandparents,
though wanting still two or three years
of seventy; a Viscountess, some years
vounger than the present century, who
has a great-granddaughter aged twelve;
one Earl whose son is sixty -one, and an
other whose grandson is thirty-seven. It
is less than ten years since the widow of
tho twentieth Lord Grey de Ruthvn
died, and had she been living now she
would be, though not older than eighty
seven, a great great-gTandnioiher, for her
Ladyship was the grandmother of the
late Countess of Loudoun, whose grand
son, the Earl of Arundel and Surry, was
born last September. London Society.
"No man on earth can move me from
my position," says Lucy Stone. Let
her sot. Who cares whether she moves
or not?
Every time two women meet on the
street and kiss, the thermometer sinks
seventeen degrees and people hustle
around and bank up their cellar win
dows, i
The Chilians don't brae! much almnt.
their Bunker Hills and their forefathers,
but when called to the front they don't
let nobody nor nothing drive em up
trees.
Mr. W. W. Corcoran savs thatth f nil-
length portrait of Washington in the
White House is onlv a noor cam of
the original by Stuart, which is at New
port. i
Doom of the Czar.
Tbe Borlin correspondent of the
London Daily News has received
from St. Petersburg a copy of & proc
lamation issued by the .Revolution
Committee on the day that tbe Czar
returned to St. Petersburg. It roads
as follows:
Ou the 9th of this month, on tbe
Moscow and Kursk Railway, by or
der of tbe Executive Committee, an
attempt was made on tho Jifo of Al
exander II. by moans of an explosion.
The attempt failed. We do not find
it convenient to publish at tho pres
ent time tho reason of the failure.
We ure convinced that our agents
and our party will not bo dishearten
ed at the failure of the attempt, but
will gain lrom it a now experience, a
lesson of precaution, and at the same
time fresh consciousness of their own
power and of the pose i I ility of a suc
cessful issue. Addressing ourselves
to all honest Russian citizens who
valuo liberty, to whom the national
will and the national interests are
sacred, wo once Again point to Alex
ander II. as the personification of a
despicable despotism of all that is
cowardly and sanguinary. Tho reign
ol Aloxanuor 11. from the beginning
to tho end is a lis, in which tbe fam
ous emancipation ot tho sort ends
with Makotfs circular. From tho
commencement to the end it has
been devoted to the consolidation of
the classes hostile to the people, and
tho destruction of everything by
which tho people lived and wished
to live. The will of the people was
never so contemptuously disregarded
and trampled ou. The present reign
has supported by every means all
those who rob and oppress tho peo
ple, and at the same time systematic
ally exterminate all who are honest
and devoted to tho nation. There is
not one village that has uot supplied
martyrs, who have been deported to
Siberia for supporting communal in
terests and for protesting against the
administration. From among the in
telligent classes tens of thousands
drag in an interminable string to Si
beria to tho mines, exclusively for
having served the cause of tho peo
plo in tho cause of liberty and in or
der to attain a higher level of devel
opment. The ruinous procces of ex
termination of every independent
element is at last simplified. Alexan
der II. is the usurper of tho nation's
right, and the main pillar of reaction,
tho chief author of the judicial assas
sination. Fourteen executions weigh
on bis conscience. Hundreds of suffer
ers cry for vengeance. Ho deserves to
die for the blood he has spilled, for all
the suffering he has inflicted. He do
serves to dio, but it is not alone with
him that wo have to do. Our object
is tho national welfare. Our task is
to emancipate the people und make
them masters of their fate. If Alex
ander II. would recognize what a
dreadful calamity ho is inflicting on
Russia, how unjust and criminal tbe
oppression he creates, and renouncing
his authority, would transfer such to
an Assembly freely elected by uni
versal suffrage and provided with in
structions by its electors, then only
would we leave Alexander II. in
peaee,and forgive him all his offenses.
Until then, a struggle, an implacable
struggle, while there remains in us a
drop of blood, until, over tho ruins of
despotism, there waves tho standard
of national liberty, and the wi'l of the
people shall become the law ot Rus
sian lite. We appeal to all Russian
citizens to support our party in this
struggle. It is no easy task to sup
port tne wnoie pressure ot the gov
ernment forces. The failure of the at
tempt of tho 19th of November is an
instance of tho many difficulties with
which even separate and comparative
ly unimportant episodes in tho strug
gle are attended. We want general
support in order to break up despot
ism and return to tho people its right
and authority. We demand and ex
pect such support from Russia.
St. Petersburg, Nov. 22, 1879.
A Literal Application,
Professor II., one of the oldest tu
tors of ono of tho oldest colleges in
the country, was as accentric as ho
was learned. His judgment anywhere
in the field of natural science and
philosophy was to bo taken as law.
No ono ever thought of questioning
it. The mathematical knot was never
wrought which he could not sever.
On a certain occasion Profesaer H.
wanted a servant. Several applicants
presented themselves were tried
and discarded. Finally one" came
whose looks the pedagogue liked.
"Now, look ye, my man," tho sav
ant said, "if you can remember and
earry out one course of procedure, I
think wo may get on. I cannot afford
to waste words, nor can I afford to
find thoughts for a stupid servant.
You must do your own thinking and
understand iny wants at a hint. For
instance, wnen i say vuring mo a ra
zor,' you will comprehend that I am
going to shave: so you will under
stand that I want hot wator. soaD.
towel, comb, brush, and so on. And
so with everything. My initial order
you will take as a cue, and of your
own thought supply all possible ac
cessories and contingents."
ine new servant proved himself
equal to the occasion, and his master
was more than satisfied.
One day tho professor came home
pale and shaky. Said he to bis ser
vant: "John, I am not reeling well. Go
and call the doctor."
Tho man bowed and departed.
An hour passed two hours and
yet no doctor and no servant Final.
ly, however, the doctor arrived, and
in a moment more in came the ser
vant. "How is this, John," demanded tho
professor. " Why have you been so
long?"
"You told mo to call the doctor,
sir. '
"Aye, you could have done it in
ten minutes."
"But, sir, you told mo vou were
not well. I took your simple order as
a cue to all you might need. I found
the doctor absent and left word for
him. Then I went to call watchers in
case you should require attendance
through tho night. Then I called
upon your lawyer, in case you should
desire to make your will. And then,
ir, I had to hunt np the undertaker,
that he might have all in readiness
in case"
"Stop, stop, John! That will do.
Bless me I you can be literal in your
application of a hint."
"Yes,Bir. Any further orders, sir?"
"Not now, John. You may go."
The professor is still living, and
John still serves him
Senator Plumb's new article of war
provides that no senior officer at
gambling shall win the money of a
junior, tinder penalty of dismissal from
the service. The article is a good one.
The junior officers of the army reeeive
the least pay, and they ahould rake in
the pile when they sit down to a little
game of draw.
American Cartridges.
Russia was among the first to make use
of the American metallic cartridges, and
she attempted in vain to imitate them.
After wasting 10,000,000 of cartridges
made of inferior material, she wisely con
cluded to buy here, as other foreign na
tions have since done. Some of the
American cartridges sent to Russia were
subjected to the unparalleled test of a
five weeks soaking in the waters of New
York harbor, the vessel carrying them
having sunk off Staten Island on her
way out. They were fished up as good as
new, ana, triumphantly passing tne or
deal of a new test of their firing quality,
went on their way again, and have, no
doubt, long since added their quota to
the return of casualties. For good cart
ridges American copper is needed, a fact
which the Europeans are beginning to
learn. Even so long ago as the days of
the mound-builders it was discovered
that our Luke Superior region produced
a copper ore of uncommon purity. Ore
of eq'al purity is not, it would seem, to
be found elsewhere, and perhaps the pro
cess of annealing is not so well under
stood abroad. At all events, the brass
made of the foreign copper, abounding in
the sulphurets, lacks the necessary
strength and ductility, and for some rea
son tbe metallic cartridges made abroad
are liable to deteriorate in quality. Dur
ing her war with Turkey, Russia pur
chased large quantities of brass here, one
Connecticut firm alone supplying $2,000,
000 worth of sheet brass. Other govern
ments have, no doubt, been purchasers.
Ready-made cartridges have also been
sent abroad in such quantities that a mil
lion has become the unit of calculation.
Three forms of cartridge are
given in tho illustrations one showing
the United States Government cartridge
another the Peabody-Martiui cartridge,
and the largest the fcharn or itemmgton
special long-range cartridge.. The Gov
ernment cartridge contains seventy grains
of powder and a hardened bullet, com
posed of one part of tin and sixteen parts
lead, weiuhinn 495 erains. The Peabody-
Martini has eightv-flv grains of powder
and a bullet of the same composition,
weighing 480 grains. The long-range
bullet has one part of tin to fourteen
parts lead, and weighs 550 grains, the
charge of powder beiug 100 grain. The
advantages of the. heavier cartridge are
well kuowu in the experiences of the
Turkish war already referred. Whatever
else they may lack, the Turks have cer
tainly shown superior intelligence in the
armament of their troops. The English,
who use the same gun, had on a smaller
sealo an experience similar to that of the
Turks. The rille used by the rifle bri
gade in the campaign against the Afghans
were sighted lor 2,0K) yaids, and at 2,100
yards were found effective. , The rilles
with which our own army is provide 1 are
sighted to l,2iK) yard, as wilt be seen
from the cut on puge 4"0, showing the
military s;ght. S-jme of the sights used
by riflemen in l ius-rango shooting are
also shown, the Vernier sijht and a sight
combining a spirit-level and a wind
gauge. The ordinary Vernier will regis
ter to the tho '.'uiid'lh of an inch, and
Verniers have been made so as to regis
ter the twenty thousandth of an inch,
these finer sights being used to regulate
the ordinary a:ght. These very line
sights are uot adapted to military ser
vice, in which the rifle is subjected to a
very different usige from that prevailing
at Creedmoor, where the long- range rifle
man is able to give his weapon all the
Care that a musician would take of bis
precious Stradivarius violin or his Tour te
bow. Scribner's Monthly.
Austria and Prussia In European History
There is nothing more remarkable in
history than the simultaneous aggran
dizement of the House ol Hapsbnrg,
both eastward and westward, at the close
of the fifteenth and the commencement
of the sixteenth century. Before that
date it had indeed occupied a consider
able position. On the extinction of the
House of Babenberg it had wrested Au8'
tria, after a sharp struggle, from the Ot
tokar of Bohemia, and had given more
than one Emperor to Germany. But its
position was the reverse of undisputed.
It was in reality the fear of the Turks
and of the French, and the conscqnent
recognition of the necessity of some kind
of union among heterogeneous princ
polities and powers which finally made
the Empire of Germany hereditary in
the House of Hapsburg and united it to
the crowns of Bohemia and Hungary.
The union was not altogether willing
the decree of fate was long struggled
against. But t'.ie fall of Constantinople
in llo3. the warlike policy of the t rench
Kincs and the all but successful in
trigues of Francis the First to be elected
Roman Emperor settled the question.
The history of the House of Austria in
its broader features for the two centu
ries which followed is the history of the
double struggle against her two great
enemies east and west. The final defeat
of the Turks before Vienna, and the vie
tories of Eugene and Louis of Baden on
the Rhine and the Danube at the close
of the seventeenth and the commence
ment of the eighteenth century, altered
the situation forever. The huge ever-
srrown dominion of the House of Ham
burg wis no longer a necessity as a de
fence against the Turks, and the world
soon began to find it out. It may sound
paradoxical, but the fact is that the pow
er of the Hapsburgs was destroyed by
its own victories. Meanwhile, in Ger
many another power was arising which
hail no foreign dominions or alien sub
jects, and therefore considered itself a
better guardian of German interests at
home and equally able to protect them to
the West. The statesmen of France made
no short-sighted calculation in allying
themselves with the Hapsburgs against
the Hohenzollerns in the great struggle
of the Seven Years' War. Bnt the stars
in their courses fought against them, and
against the French Empire when it aimed
at accomplishing the same object. Ros-
bach was in this sense the forerunner oi
Gravelotte, and Leuthen of Sadowa. The
peace of Hubortsburg led inevitably to
that of Prague, and the treaty of Pres
burg was their connecting link. The his
tory of Germany from 1756 to 1866 is the
history of the attempt of France to im
pose the headship of a weakened House
of Hapsburg on a weaker Germany, and
of the determination of the Hohenzol
lerns not to allow it. Austria by 1866
had ceased to be a necessity to Germany,
and the peace of Prague only sanctioned
the decree which fate had long since
registered. Lady FiU Maurice in the
Acadany. ;
When to Marry. ;
In Hungary, males marry at fourteen
and females at twelve, whereas in
Austria, persons are minors until they
attain the age of twenty-four, and they
must not marry before that time without
the formal consent of their parents.
There is no restriction on the ground of
religion, however; although children of
both sexes under fourteen are forbidden
to marriage. In Denmark a man may
not marry under twenty, nor a girl un
der sixteen, but in other parts of
Scandinavia a man must be twenty-one.
In Belgium and France, eighteen and
fifteen are the respective limits, and in
Bavaria there are no less than four laws
in operation, each having a reference to
a particular district. The ages fixed by
these range from twelve to fourteen for
girls, and fourteen to eighteen for boys
for so in truth we must call them.
About two or three and twentyyears ago,
a law was passed in Hesse-Darmstadt
prohibiting males from marrying before
they had attained the age of twenty-five,
bnt since this law has been amended, and
twenty-one is now the limit. In Switzer
land there is no uniformity at all, each
canton apparently having gone its own
way in the business. The ages appointed
there range- from twelve to seventeen i
years for girls, and fourteen to twenty !
for the other sex the lower ages being j
always found to obtain in those districts
where the old cannon laws are still re
spected. In two cantons people may
marry at any age after their first com
munion. In Greece the ages are
eighteen and fifteen; so they are in
Roumania, bnt in Russia they are
eighteen and sixteen. In Turkey there
are no laws on the subject at all, but it
is worthy of note, remembering the
social affinities of tbe Laps, that in Lap
land boys marry at seventeen, and girls
at fourteen, provided they haye attained
the requisite knowledge of the Christian
language. ;
Highwaymen The elevated railway
companies.
TUe Use or Lager Beer.
The virulent vaporings of the Prohi
bition party, reported a few days since
in these columns, and its attack upon
the ex-President of the State Board of
Health ex-President of the American
Medical Association, the most honored
leader of Massachusetts physicians, a
noble gentleman, who has devoted his
life to the welfare of humanity have
educed already two responses relative,
the one to the moral, the other to the in
tellectual value of such statements.
As a temperance man of nearly forty
years' standing, one of the earliest to re
eeive; the pledge at the hands of Father
aiauiew, and one of the founders of a
temperance society when a studennt of
Harvard; as one who has examined the
principal breweries of the United States
from Milwaukee to Machias, and during
five years abroad those from Burton to
Beersheba, and made a careful study of
the statistics of intoxication in the
various beer, wine and spirit drinking
countries, I may be permitted a word as
to the physical consideration involved in
the suicidal policy of prohibiting the use
of lager beer.
1. It is an incontestable fact that every
nation always has used, does' and will
use, some sort of external agency
capable of temporarily accelerating or
retarding the action of the mental
machinery. The finding of the least
narmiui among such agents is the desid
eratum of sensible humanitarians. The
least harmful agent is lager beer, the
proportion of alcohol in this being no
more, may be properly taken as food;
for physiologists have now ascertained
that alcohol, in small amount, is a normal
constituent of the tissues of the human
body. I do dot speak of "ale," which is
not beer.
2. Lager beer is too bulky to produce
intoxication; particularly in the case of
Americans, who drink, as a rule "stand
ing." If those drinking it would only
sit down, as the Germans do, the rest
obtained would be as valuable as the
tonic effects of the beer, and the sitters
would be more likely to substitute beer
for bitters.
2. Beer is not a stimulent, like spirits,
which are like an application of a whip
to an already over-tired horse; it is rath
er like a good meal of oats. It is a tonic
and fattening food (being composed of
malt) and a nervous sedative (from the
hops in combination.)
i. While spirits stimulate to violence
and lust, beer produces merely somno
lence. 5. A taste for beer drives out or de
stroys the liking for spirits, thus proving
its raison d'etre, if only as the lesser of
the twq evils, one of which must exist in
answer to the demand (real or fancied)
of humanity.
6. The physical and psychical abnor
malties of the New Englander are gaun
tiness of the body and nervous excita
bility. The characteristics of the beer
drinker are adipose tissue and a mental
placidity bordering upon stolidity. The
philosopher, the philanthropist, the
patriot and the physician may well pon
der upon the relations of cause and
effect, and be grateful for a fluid so
anmirably caculated to obviate the
effects of onr every-day atmosphere. As
a step in the right direction may be
noted in a little announcement in the
Advertiser on the 11th inst. , viz. : "The
grog to be served on the Jeanette is to be,
not spirits and hard liquors, but beer,
ooffee and tea.
7. In Maine, where beer is prohibited,
bad whisky, being of lesser bulk, is tak
ing its place with bad effects. Boston
Advertiser.
A Splendid Olem.
I have recently leen favored with a
sight of one of the most famous jewels of
tue world a stone mat nas us msiory
and its pedigree, and is celebrated in the
annala of the noted gems of liiiirope.
have held it in my hand and admired
beneath the rays of the sunlight the
finest sapphire that is known to exist.
This beautiful and well-nigh priceless
stone combines in a singularly perfect
degree the leading qualifications of size,
shape, color and water. In form it is a
flat oval, being about two inches long by
an inch and a half wide. It is cut
slightly en cabochon on top, and into a
multitude of small faoots beneath Its
hue is perfect, being a warm, lustrous
Marie Louise blue, not so dark as to
show black beneath the gaslight, but
having all the velvety softness and purity
of tint that is required in a really fine
gem of this description. Its weight is
300 carats, and it belongs to a noble and
wealthy Russian family, in whose
possession it has been for the past two
centuries, and it has been placed by its
owner in the hands of one of the great
diamond merchants of Fans for safe
keeping. One of the Rothschild family
has offered for it no less a sum than
$300,000 but the offer lias been refused.
I asked the courteous gentlemom in
whose care it has been left as to the
actual value of the stone. He told me
that, as it was perfectly unique, no pre
cise valuation could be set upon it, nut
that he was inclined to estimate it at
some 400,000.
He also showed me a string of enor
mous graduated pearls of extreme
purity and fineness (the center one was
as large as a small cnerryj ana ne toia
me that the necklace belonging to the
noble Russian was composed of six
similar strings of equal beauty and ex
ceptional size. The great sapphire was
mounted to be worn as a brooch, being
surmounted with large diamonds of
some twenty carats each. Its guardian
informed me that the pendant belonging
to this brooch was composed of a large
pear-shaped sapphire, weighing sixty
carats, and set in diamonds. The whole
collection of jewels belonging to this one
family is worth over 82,000,000. "There
is no suoh sapphire as the largest one,"
continued my informant, "even among
tho crown jewels of Russia. I furnished
myself two very fine oneR to the Em
press, each weighing six carats, bnt they
do not compare with this magnificent
srem. The gentleman who spoke was
well qualified to give an opinion, as he
is one of the few diamond merchants of
the world, and is, moreover, a noted
expert. He it was who was recently
sent for by the Russian Government to
go to St. Petersburg to make a full esti
mate of the value of the crown jewels,
and he furnishes whatever ornaments in
precious stones are purchased by the
members of the Imperial family.
FOR THE LADIES.
The young Queen of Spain prefers
shoes to boots.
The ex-Qneen Isabellas royal son
Calls her "Mamma."
New plaid stockings have the plaids
set diagonally.
Fountain foam is a new tint, a little
paler than sea foam.
Bonnets of close shape vary the poke
for evening wear.
Reception and dinner dresses have
trains three yards long.
Visiting bonnets are in combinations
of satin and velvet in all the shades of
red.
A new slipper is cut very low and
fastened across the instep by a real
gold bracelet.
During the last week bonnets came
out in distinct shades of crimson and
magneta.
A new waste basket is in the form of
tall hat, and, strange to say, it is
very pretty.
Dressing bridesmaids m costume sug
gesting the four seasons is an English
freak.
The latest f ancv in feathers is a group
of birds with folded wings and closed
eyes, suggests death. ;
All departments of the shops are
sacrificed now to the all-important dis
play of Holiday goods.
Miss Sara C. Jewett, the author of
"Deep-haven," is not only a clever young
lady, but a "real beauty. - :
The most elegant, and at the same
time the simplest hat of the season is
the wide-brimmed beaver.
: A woman who hasn't got a seal-skin
aacque can comfort herself with the news
that they are unhealthy.
Mr. Gladstone says: "I use the ex
pression women with greater satisfaction
than I use the name of ladies,"
SHORT ITEMS.
Modjeska is in Poland.
J. C. Flood is about to retire from
stock operations.
M. Leon Chotteau is again en route for
America.
No lady can wipe her nose too often on
a $10 lace handkerchief.
A French cook can take a rib of
mutton and turn ont a spring pullet.
There are 5000 treeB in Joe Jefferson's
orange orchard in Louisiana.
The Empress of Austria visits L-eland
again in February for the hunting
season.
Rochester men prefer death to being
quoted "N. G. in . the Mercantile
Agency.
Ohio's first colored jury found a
verdict of: "Not guilty, 'cause he didn't
done it."
This is good weather to "froeze ont"
college professors and freeze in boxing
teachers.
; Frank Leslie has many different publi
cations and he steals the matter for all
of them. !
! Mr. Moody isn't a man of the world.or
he'd a' known better than to have tackled
St. Louis. -
Mr. Holyoake, the English apostle of
co-operation, is praising America since
returning home.
Ex-Governor Seymour has a complete
collection of biographies of American
statesmen in his library.
A Mexican Governor at a dinner had
seventeen courses of hash served before
tho main part of the meal.
A cur that no one will own will get a
tin kettle over a given distance as
quickly as a $100 imported dog will.
Venus was the first person who had
her boat sawed in half, when she came
ashore on the half -shell. ;
"Can a man marry his widow's sister?"
He. can provided he is a "California
widower," and his wife is willing.
London police stations have hot and
cold water. The hot water is to throw
over prisoners who kick the bars.
The Rev. Morgan, of Boston, can see
no difference between church fairs
and lotteries, and is aiding to suppress
both.
Col. Robert G. Ingersoll,. from his
frofession and lectures, earns from
40,000 to $70,000 a year, and spends
most of it.
Owls talk with each other by each one
holding the end of a straw in his mouth.
That's what gave birth to the audi
phone. A minister in one of the small Illinois
towns was the unfortunate loser of sev
eral dollars the other night. He had a
donation party. f
Ohio school girls drink red ink become
very ill, send for their lovers, make np,
get well, and are heroines for the next
four weeks.
Lovers in New Jersey now get married
at midnight, so as to be joined between
two days and be a little more spooney
than other folks.
Susan B. Anthony has just celebrated
her twenty-second birthday. Free Press.
Does this mean that she was born on the
29th of February.
It was a happy thought that suggested
during the war, the using of cotton for
breastworks, and the practice has been
kept np ever since.
Don Carlos, of Spain, swears that he
will have his rights or perish; but we all
feel the same way, and are as much of a
hero as he is.
Mr. W. W. Corcoran of Washington.is
the owner of the beautiful Sevres dessert
service which was once owned and used
by George Washington.
Nevada has a town named Zero, and
neither the weather nor the thermometer
man can get the start of the place.
Strangers may expect a cool reception.
New Jersey wants to make a legal
holiday of tho birthday of Christopher
uoiumnus. bhe believes he discovered
New Jersey when he did tho rest of
America.
Just as soon as a man imagines tint
the world owes him a living he will seek
to collect the debt from which some one
has gained his own living and laid
up Bomethmg besides.
"How far is it to Butler if I keep
straight on?" "Wall, if you're a goin' to
keep straight on, it's about twenty-five
thousand miles, but if you turn round
t other way it s about half a muo!
Observing little brother's remark be
fore a room full of company: "I know
what made that red mark on Mary's
nose; it was the rim of John Parker's
hat." And there are girls who believe
that little brothers never go to heaven.
We feel obliged to remind the Presi
dent again that the country is getting on
swimmingly without any minister at
either the English or Russian Court.
But we admit that Ohio is being neglect
ed. Boston Globe.
A contemporary says Eve is as de
serving of a monument as Adam, and he
snrgests "Give them a monument apiece."
But why not treat them as this country
has George Washington give them a
piece of a monument.
It will soon bo time for the members
of tho New York Legislature to have
their button-holes lined with sheet-iron
to save them from breaking ont when the
Senatorial candidates hook their fingers
in them.
Commodore Vanderbilt once visited a
spiritual medium, who commenced busi
ness by saying, "lournrst wife wishes
to commnnicate with you." "Perhaps
so," said the Commodore abruptly, "but
that is not what I came here for.
"Why, Dick," said a lady teacher the
other day, "you are gettting to be an
awfully good boy, lately; ever so much
better than you were last vear. How is
it?" "Oh. pshaw! Miss Hetty," said the
youngster, - "I don't have so much tum-
nuck-ache now.
A school teacher, who has just been
telling the story of David, winds up
with: "And all this happened over 3000
years ago. A little cherub, its blue
eyes dilated with wonder, after a mo
ment's thought: "Oh, dear, marm,what
a memory yon must have.
A little girl passing the Washington
statue lately asked a lady who was with
her if Washington was bnried there.
"No," said the lady. "Where is he
buried?" said the little girl. "I don't
know," said the lady. "Then I guess
you don t read the Bible much, said
little innocence.
Remarks a writer: "A gentle hand can
lead an elegpant by a hair." Now. what
foolishness that is to put into the minds
of children? Why, bless you, elephants
don't have hair; they have just hides,
that's all. Perhaps a gentle hand might
lead him by tho tail, but, mind you. we
have our doubts even of that.
The man who marries under the im
pression that his wife gives np every
thing for him father, mother, brothers,
sisters and home finds out sometimes
that, however much the wife may have
given up, the father, mother, brothers,
sisters, etc., have not given her up.
Gen. Meigs was devoted to his wife.
who died a few weeks ago, and has been
greatly depressed since the affliction.
During the last week of her life Mrs.
Meigs frequently said that she "never
felt warm except under furs," and so
her husband insisted that her coffin
should be wrapped closely in a snowy
white bears furs, i i :
A man was standing on a corner the
other day, gazing around at nothing in
particular, when a friend stepped tip and
said: x see you nave a mourning Dana
on your hat," "Yes, I have; it's for my
mother-in-law," replied the man in
mourning. ' Why, I did not know she
was dead. "Well, she isn t, she s re
covered."
A "drummer" for a New York house
called on a merchant recently and
handed him a picture of his betrothed
instead of his business card, saying he
represented that establishment. The
merchant examined it carefully, re
marked that it was a fine establishment,
and returned it to the astonished man,
with the hope that he would soon be ad
mitted into partnership. The last seen
of the drummer and merchant they were
talking about the outrages in Maine.
It is a Pleasure To trade with, or
patronize a house which tries in every
way to give satisfaction. When you go
to a store and find the proprietor or clerk
anxious to fill your orders, is pleasant in
manner and agreeable in conversation,
without any extra disgusting airs, you go
from there with pleasant thoughtsevenif
you are unable to find what you want.
Such a place is BartscVs music store,
143 First street, Portland. The proprie
tor is a gentleman of genial qualities,
while Mr. Warren, its business manager,
has a smile and kind word for everybody,
making them feel perfectly at home, and
all the time studying to keep such goods
as will please the most exacting. This
store has a very complete stock of music
and books, musical goods, pianos and
organs. It will pay you to go there and
examine the stock.
Any AnfforlvB "itb nervous debility,
exhausted vitality, or from tbe effect or
youthful follien or exeewK- In rnaturer yeri,
can be thoroughly and quickly cured by mlug
the great KDgllh remedy, "Sir Atley Cooper's
Vital Bsmtosativk " It In uot n excitant,
but an hooesl cure. Price, S3 a boille, or four
lllunllVlUifUlllj. tlV,.IIU UMU U. HUM UCU
of Honoc, 1)avi A Co., Wboleoble Alien ts, or
direct of A. K. Mlntle, M. D., 11 Kearney Street,
San Frunclcco.Cal.
Health. Btrenvth aud Vlarar or the Kid
neys and Bladder always follow the nse ot tbe
great Bucbo Compound, "Dr. Mlntle's Nepnre
tlcum." Bright' Diseatte, Diabetes, InBamma
tlou, Hmartlug aud Private Uiaeaae are
quickly cured by 1U For Leucorrboea, It baa no
equal. Don't be persuaded to take soy otber
preparation. Every one wbo has tried It
recommend IL For sale by all druggists.
Hodge, Davis A Co., wholesale KnU. Price
81.00 per bottle or six bottles for tS.Ou.
Forewarned forest m d.
Phvaicians and invalids use with coufidenc
The Kaiser Celebrated (ieruian Elixir for Con
sumption and throat aud lung diseases. It is
rich in the medical properties as tar, wild
cherry, etc. Is rendered perfectly harmless to
the youngest child, ibis would have proved an
Angel of merry in tbe household of those un
happy parents at Vallejo, Dixon, Beaver, Utah,
and numerous other places, whose children were
slaughtered by a quack 'medicine recommended
by its owner to cure croup, possessing no prop
erties calculated to cure it, but instead a
deadly drug which has slain its thousands. Be
sure you cut only Gt rman Elixir. The genuine
bears the Prussian coat of arms and the fac-simile
signiture of Dr. Kaiser. Samples at all drug
Biores. iart;e sue, io cents, for sale by all re
spactable druggists.
VI u making Buy parcbaaeor 1st writ.
In- to respouge to aay advertisement !
hi paper you will pica nulls tbe
name of I lie piper.
Portland Business Directory
PHVSlCIAJi A.D SIRGKOJT.
CARnWELL, W. B. B.E. cor. First and Mor
mon, over Morse's raiace or Art.
DKKT1ST.
SMITH. DR. E. O. 167 First street,
Portland.
A. B. SINGLETON & CO'S
NORTHWEST COAST
Detective & Collection Agency.
Collections matte Promptly and Detective Buti
nets Attewied to with Secrecy and Dispatch.
Offlw, Room 10, De hum's building, Vorthweat
cor. irsi aua w aim id? ton gin., i-oniaoa
COMPOUND OXYGEN,
With free use as adjuncts of PHOSPHORUS
and CARBOX compounds.
A new treatment for the cure of Consumption,
Bronchitis, Catarrh, Xeuralgia, Scrofula and the
worst cases of Dyspesia and Nervous Debility, by
a natural process of Vitalization.
The following cases treated within the last few
months are selected as showing its range ot ap
plication :
1, 4. Four cases of consumption two of them
having cavities in the lungs are all entirely
well.
5. Mr. T. R. G., of Bay Centre, W.T., Chronic
Bronchial difficulty of years' standing, also gen
eral and nervous debility, threatening complete
wrecking of health. Cured in October.
8, 1. Two cases of marked blood poisoning.
Cured in few days.
8, 9. Two cases of nervous debility of women
'doctored to death." One cured in seven und
the other in sixteen days.
10 b 14. Five cases of chronic dyspepsia,
ralarrh or serofulus ailment. All cured or
greatly relieved in a few weeks' treatment.
A small pamphlet on the Oxygeu Treatment
and all enquiries answered, bent rsRI, on ap
plication. Also, references to patients who have
taken, or arc now using the treatment.
Addre nr. PllhlnKtoa, Cer. First and
Washington tit-. Portland,! Oca.
THE OREGON
NEWSPAPER PUBLISHING
Company
In no ptepared to furnlsb
!nnldes, Ouioide and Sup
plements on t lie shortest no
tice. Address IK. It. Palmer.
Box 69. Portland, Or.
ONLY $90!
Famous Standard Organ.
10,000
Of which have been sold on the Pacific Coast.
OvLY $90 A FIVE-OCTAVE ORG4V,
Elegant High-Top CaseFive Slops,
with Octave Coupler A. Sub-Bass,
Possessing all the power and sweetness of the
blxher cost instruments. Every Organ fully
guaranteed for five years. Addn ss
W. T HUNAIIAN,
Morrison St., between Second and Third,
PORTLAND, OR.
Bole Agent for the Northwest Coast.
BARTSCH'S
New Music Store,
143 First St. Portland.
Odd Fellow? Building.)
Mr. A. Bartsch, the General Agent of the
world-renowned,
STEIN WAY PIANO.
lias opened new Music Hooms at the
above place,where he keeps the celebrated
Steinway, Kranich & Bach
AND
Ernst Gabler Kew Scale Fianos
AND BURDETT ORGANS
As well as a full supply of Sheet Music,
Music Books and Musical Merchandise
Country orders promptly attended to.
ORANGE S. WARREN. Business Manager.
NEW BOOK STORE.
THE LEADING
STATIONERS,
J. I. GILL, & CO.,
Ilave moved into their Splendid Establishment
in Union Block, on Stark and First streets. An
inexhaustible stock of well-selected
STATIONERY,
And an unlimited supply of books are alwavf
on hand. This house has a comprehensive as
sortment of everything known to the trade, and
its prices are always reasonable.
Drop in and see the premise.
JOHN J. SCHILLINCER'8
Patent Fire, Water and Frost Proof :
ARTIFICIAL. STONE.
THE UKDERSIGSED PROPRIETOR Of
thi valuable patent on tbe P.ciflc Coast,
I now prepared to execute all order for the
above stone for walk, drive cellar, floor,
aud all nlltiagt twr)nea. This stone Is
laid In all shapes and In any eolnr or variety of
colors. Order may be lett at 84 front street,
oppoMite the Holton Pouse, Portland. Term
given and estimate made by mall.
luad. a. uumutouf, rropnetor.
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Portland, Oregon, July 29, 187V.
My Kidneys were in a very bad condition.
The urine was like brick dust, and 1 suffered a
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unavailing until I tried OKEGON KIDNEY
TEA., which gave me almost immediate relief.
II. HAMILTON.
Portland, Oregon, Augujt S, 1870.
Having a severe back ache last winter, I was
induced to try the OREGON KIDNKY TEA. I
found it very beneficial in its result. It was not
more unpleasant to take than other tea. I would
recommend it to those afflicted as I m
JOHN P. FARMER..
Portland, Oregon, July 31, 1879.
Tne OREGON KIDNEY TEA has cured my
back and kidneys, and 1 am at a loss to express
my gratitude. I shall always remember the
OREGON KIDNEY TEA with pleasure and
esteem, and highly recommend it to all my
frieudsand acquaintances.
J. H. P. DOWNING (at P. Selling's).
Portland, Oregon, July 31, 1879.
While I was at Tillamook last winter I was
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almost impossible for me to reach Portland.
When I got here I was induced to try the ORE
GON KIDNEY TEA. I drank, at my meals,
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were afflicted as I was. E. COHN. -
Ecgknh Citv, Oregon, Oct. 20, 1879.
I hereby certify that was suffering from an
attack of back ache so severe that I went about
doubled up, and could not straighten up. I used
one package of the OREGON KIDNEY TEA,
and I am fully persuaded that I was restored by
its help. JOHN W. LENGER.
IIarrisbi r.o, Oregon, Dec 31, 1879.
The OREGON KIDNEY TEA has done my
wife as much if uot more good than any of the
many remedies she has used for pains in the
back, and I believe it to be a good remedy for the
diseaws which it is recommended for.
A. M. COX.
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PRICE, ONE DOLLAR.
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821 Ken my stiwt, sd Franclxco, for the latest
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E. W. BINGHAM
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Portland, t : : Oregon.
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Bedsteads, Bureau, Parlor Table, Dining
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II Uon to these new and beautiful furniture
Caster, consiatiug of floe, poilehed. Hint glass
bail, ntid in claws or nne oen metai, or oi mal
leable iron, nickel plated. Beside tbelr exceeding
btautv. which is a suSuient Inducement tor their
adoption, THK.Y PO&IES.'i MAN V DECIDED AO
VAMAUB.3 HVIK TUB VUIIIII KWlVELi
CAHTKKS. The are test superseding the old
strle a fct that they poaseM advantages of so
mean merit. 1 hey are easili put on furniture In
stead of the old style '
They add Materially to the wectae ami
On which they are used, by Insn attng the Instru
ment. This statement we suostsnuaia ny reiiati
testimonials, at hand. These Casters have attract
ed the attention of eminent musicians, who have
thoroughly tested their merit, and nnbestatlngiy
recomm ua tnem ior improving ine quantity ana
quality of tone. In addition lo the valuable testi
monials 01 proxDloeni musicians ommi. in our pos
session, we quote tbe following from gentlemen of
rar- musical attainments, well known to the pro
fession in Oregon :
Mewbs. a ik km A- A i.i. an : After yonr having
placed a set ot the " A 1gte Qm BaU Casters" on
mv riano. I mtut say that I am pleased with tha
effect. I find tbe lntutimtst wonderfully Im
proved In volume and brilliancy of tone. 1 can
also certify to their advantages as a caster over the
old style swivel action. My Piano can be moved
about over the carpeted floor with much greater
ease with the-e Carters than with the old styla.
Kerpecuuuy, 1. u i-akkoti,
Profeseor of Music.
East Portland, Jan 10. 18H.
PoH-gRYAToav o Music 1
Portland. Or.. Jan. 12th, W.
We take great plessure in eetttfvlna to the 1m
pro Yemeni in our Piano sicce haviu tb " Adgate
ulast BaU Casters' at tacfaed rhe vol 0 me of fine
Is creator and the treble much mora brilliant, and
oar only regret M that we did not nas ttaem before.
W. B. KINRO-W.
I FRAMClo ViNlOS.
Poktlahd. Or.. Jan. ISth. 1880.
We have tested the merits of the "Adgate Glass
Bail Casters', as used on Pianos, and we heartily
Indorse tne opinion ot Messrs. Kinross and Vinton
in regard to same. I. W.PKKNT1CK ACO.
Cool's Mimic Parloks,
POKTLAitn; Or.. Jan 16th 1880, f
Misms AlgSH A UJll-(Weffl; After care
folly testing my Piano, on which you have placed
the "Adgate (iltt 3aU Casten," I unhesitatingly
ay that they possess all the coerits claimed lor
them. They clearly add to the brilliancy and vol
ume of tnoe of the Instrument. Tbe Glass Ball
' Center-Bearing " Caster I think I of great lot
parlance. RespecUuUy. K. COOK.
Oar onraplete stock is on exhibition at McKer
Cher A Thompson's Book 8tora. 106 First St., Port- j
land, Or. A liberal dveonnt allowed to tb trade.
Order by mail promptly Ailed
AIKEN ALLKit. Sole Agent 1
For Oregon, Washington and Idaho Territories.
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in its Natural State,
a4 tor odeofUf. wnaersu dlffl.
Astobia, Oregon, D.-c. 28, 16.79.
I take pleasure in testifying to tbe merits of
the OKEGOJf KIDNEY TjCA. For tbe past
three years I have been suffering from kidney
troubles, and during that time have Med nearly
every kind of kidney medicine in the market,
almost without any relief. Having beard that
the OREGON KIDNEY TEA possessed wonder
ful properties, I purchased a package, and from
the first dose obtained relief, and by the use of
w vuv fjouuigc Mjei completely cureo.
SAMUEL GRAT.
Harrisbcro, Oregon, Deo. 31, 1879.
I have used the OREGON KIDNEY TEA fir
pains in the back, and I am satisfied with i s
effects and do not hesitate to recommend it as m
mild and safe remedy. Z. T. SCOTT.
IIarbisspro, Oregon, Dee. 31, 1879.
Some three months ago i wa attacked with
severe pain in mv back. I bought a package of
the OREGON KIDNEY TEA, and by the time
I bad used one-half of it I wa entirely relieved
and have not been troubled since. I cheerfully
recommend it to all who may be suffering from a
lame or weak back a a pleasant, safe and gced
remedy. . B. J. GRIGSBY.
Portland, Oregon, Jan. 13. 1880
Having a severe back ache last summer, I tried
the OREGON KIDNEY TEA. I used one can,
which effected a radical cure. I would recom
mend it to all who are afflicted as an unfailing
remedy. JULIUS ACH.
' Ikdcpkbdehce, Oregon, Dee. 13, 1879.
Both myself and wife have been for some yean
afflicted with disease of the kidneys, and had
tried many femedies without obtaining any per
manent relief. About three months ago we were
induced lo trv a oackaee of the OREGON KID
NEY TEA, which has apparently cured both of
us. as since taking it two weeks we bave felt no
symptoms of the disease. We can heartily rec
ommend it to others similarly afflicted, as we be
lieve it will do all that is claimed for it.
M. L. WHITE.
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