THE OLD SETTLER'S BTORY.j r r. f. rowlakd. GooJ eyenin', neighbor Marcy,come in and take a cheer, . s If sort o' cold in the openinV tho' the tkj ia a trifle c'ear. , Martha, has jest run to the croesin' to see a tteigh- boror two, ;. -: I , And will be back in a minute so jf yer'Tenoth- tu'todo, . , ill spin yer a yarn how Martha and I fust struck this place J-gh onto thirty yean ago, when thar wasn't Ida nmftJlMft. tnM Of house or ferra in Bloomyille, thet'a eo fuU of .-uuo-ouo now Then we were young and hardy, with no fur ; rows on our brow. '.m Martha an I were childer, and lWed in a iea . port town, I Whar the hiiltcame alopin' greenish down to the waters brown. j we 'tended the village school, an' romped as K ana ooy I . Over the wooded uplands.with hearts chuck full And we learned to love each other strange wer i otherwise I had aech brownish clusters, she seech enchant ing eyes, An' the old folks said it was 'good an' Martha au a neia on An hive in the place wer" happier ah, how the . ears nave gone. Our fathers were honest sailors fishermen bold an' brave. i So Martha an' I hev often been out on the riley wave, An' the old folks had pretty houses, an' women good and kind, ! The best in the thrifty village thet any man ' could find; And they loved to see us together, because they wer eeUin old. I An' they'd hev .hated to see their children alone in the bitter cold. ! So the years went onn' the old folks lay under the sally tree, ! An' Martha an' I were spliced and happy as folks can oe. An' for years we lived in the old place, nor thought of goin' away, i Till the childer came (an' the childer is what one lives Tor, they say); t An' the village had grown to a city, an' was full O vil then With ita, evil minded women, an' drunken jT'f oesujuy men, I An' we thought if we raised the childer amid sech a heap o'sin ' They'd surely go to ruin and never enter within The Kingdom o God's selected, whar rich an' . poor are alike, i ' I Nor hearts are crooked with envy, with malice or uuuiae. So Martha and I had a chat, an' the upshot of .11 was au uns: We toek it into our heads thar to come to this spot o' bliss; So we sold every piece o' furniture, our cottage an' paten ot land, : An' faced for the Western prairie with axe in ' the swinrin' hand. An Martha was great as a woman(God bless her for what she's done), She swung the axe in the timber, under our scorchin' sun; An' drew tbe plow in the furrow, as good as Hie oe 01 men; Came home an' dusted the house clean then out to the field again. Were we very lonesome? Why no, we had - heaps to do. I Cleanin the land' o' timber, plantin', and gatb,- W 114 ( WW, An' teaching the childer learnin', and readin the y leased pace. i Jpfi their minds witn virtue (then at a tender age;. I But the neighbors came as the time went, an1 happy was Martha and I. I An' we'd many a "sleighin party" in the days that have flown by, An, then when the Parson came our hearts grew sudden light i An' the sky above dear Bloomville changed to a cneery prignc Come here to the window, Marcy,thar's Ransoni our eldest son, Over thar in the acre clearin, goin off with his doc and gun. 1 Mark you the stride o' the lad, the fr:e swing of un norny nana, as the mountain grizzly ah, his the best n the land I o the sound o' the axe clang 'tis Ru- . i j k i . ii wuu ueists tue uiow; you'll see yonder towerin' beach lay voice froon the kitchen, 'tis Ger weet, World's compass a merrier maid ' .akvuM meet. ' f .i' c-a we have the heartache, when God has been so good, We've allers been contented since this was a sol i - itude, We brought up our han'some children in ways that are true an' just, An in the bounty o' lleaven we alius put our j ' ' trust; . An' when Martha and I are gathered unto tho God we love, " We still will wtchour darlings out of the realms above; t But we are not skeered to leave 'emhey'll never go astray, An' when we do we'll meet 'em again on the reckonin' day. I'm wonderin' what's keepin' Martha, the sun ' is cloudiS' so; Aa a judge of the weather,I could swear it's goin' , to snow. It may be some neighbor's sick, that keeps her away so long; I reckon she'll soon be here Martha is not so ; strong -As when first we struck this place she's worked too much, by far. What figure's thar by the clearin' a mile away i over thar. Rupert has shouldered his axe and both are " headin' this way. Why it's Martha! My yision's duller nor it has been many a day. - , TWO GALLIC C0CXSEI8. THEIR EDYHIC VIEWS OF THE COUNTS! AND THE GUILELESS PEASANTS. One Saturday, toward 5 o'clock in tbe afternoon, Alphonse Mesnard came out o fthe Ministry of Commerce, and when Ins feet touched the pavement, he skipped and bounded with a step so light and agile that it would have prevented Morphenr from sleeping1. On the same day, at the same hour, Gabriel Rondeau crossed the threshold of the Ministry of the Navy, and no sooner did he reach the street than he burst forth, with a full voice, into a chromatic scale of which Mario might have been jealous. In the evening these two men met at the Ma bill e ball. 'Gabriel," said Mesnard, "theMinia er ef Commerce is a great minister." "Alphonse," responded Rondeau, "the Minister of the Navy must be greater still." : . . . "Do you know -what measure has Tbeea determined on by the eminent ad ministrator under whose orders I work at the rate of eighteen hundred lives a ; J ear?" taken this very day by the illustrious mariner who employs me at his office at the rate of one hundred and fifty francs a month?" , "fie has allowed me a leave of absence of six weeks." "He has consented to deorive himself - of my vaiuaDie services for about thirty days." "You have only a month liberty, and I Lave sir weeks at my disposal, whence I consider that my minister is greater than yours by a sixth." "A mistake, my dear fellow. It proves that the government can more easily dispense with your services and intelli gence than mine. That's the conclu sion." ' "How do you intend to spend your va cation?" "I have only one desire. It ia to flee from Paris and its suburbs. Born in the heart of the city, nearly twenty-six years ago, I do not remember to have -v passed the limits of the department of the Seine. Will you believe it? I am acquainted only with sheej) in the form of leg-of-mutton and chop. ; I know that it is a quadruped which has wool on its back, but I know it only by hearsay. It ; ; is shameful to confess, but it iitrue. I cm sick of politics, literature! civiliza tion, theaters, newspapers, arS, above ' all, the ministry. "Orus. qfotndo te aspickmf Whioh I shall allow myself to translate in this way: 'When shall I drink some unadulterated milk in the shade of an old moss-grown tree?' " "Give me your band," said Rondeau. "I, too, have hungered for verdure, for the open air, and for the warm sun. If you were born on the left bank of the Seine, I was born on the right. My long travels have been confined to the suburbs of the city. Once I went as far as Versailles. My family accompanied me to the depot, and our parting was heartrending. But, by my faith, to-day that is of no consequence. I have a va cation, you have a vacation. Let us take wing, and bless the ministers who have given ns this leisure." "Where shall we go? Italy is very far." "Let me attend to that. A friend has invited me to go and see him. You can come to Mesangerie with me." "But I do not know your friend." "I shall present you and then you can make his acquaintance.' "Will that suffice?" "'Parblne! Before we were intro duced to each other I did not know him any more than yon know him now." "That is so. Where does he live?" "In Poitou. Oh, Alphonse ! Do you appreciate your good fortune ? You are going to behold landscapes which will not revolve on themselves like the diorama. We shall roll on the moss and in the hay. I shall behold the woods I, who to this day have eeen the elm only after being cut into laths." . "Let us start to-morrow," exclaimed Mesnard, enraptured with this rural picture. "Agreed," said Rondeau. "To-morrow, then, at seven o'clock, at the Or leans Station, and may we travel in the company of charming women, as do the heroes of romance in the newspapers of the day. "Alphonse, I forewarn you that I re serve tbe brunette for myself." "That is fortunate, Gabriel, for I love blondes only. Vain illusion ! They traveled with a commercial drummer, a tutor, an army officer, and an insurance agent. As for charming women, there was not a shad ow of one. The more beautiful half of humanity was represented only by a venerable gray-haired nun, buried under the severe folds of her robe. After a short stay in the city, the two friends intended to proceed to Mosan gerie. Between Alphonse and Gabrile tbe following had been agreed upon They would start the next day at five o'clock in the morning precisely, and the first to arouse should awaken the other. When separating in the evening, Ron deau said to Mesnard : "Remembei, I depend on your ac customed punctuality. Mesnard answered : "Don't forget that I rely n your well-known prompt ness." That is why they did not leave iho next day. The well-known promptness of the one snored until eleven o'clock. As for the accustomed punctuality of the other, it awakened a little before mid day. Taught by experience, theytpok the wise resolution of entrusting to the servants of the hotel the care of arousing them at that unseasonable hour when daylight appears and the rag-pickers skulk away. Thanks to tbat precaution, the departure took place on the day named, and at tbe minute indicated. . It was a beautiful morning in Sep tember. The air was full of balmy odors, thousands of little birds flew from branch to branch with lively chirpings and joyful flapping of wings, and the sun, which rose in a sky of purple and gold, seemed a wonderful topaz taken from the jewel-boxes of the Almighty. "How fragrant it is here," said Mes nard, whose nostrils dilated with pleas ure. The fact is, that for two unhappy noses, condemned to inhale Parisian dust all the year, this morning odor was better than all the perfumes of Arabia. "What a beautiful green are the meadows ! What rich tints ! What an endless expanse of emeralds ! How pleasant to gaze upon, especially when one is reduced, like us, in point of ver dure, to the olive coat of the head clerk and the leather cushion of the second clerk." "Miserable man ! Why do you speak of second clerk and head clerk ?" inter rupted Rondeau. "I am no longer a clerk; I am a shepherd, and I answer to the pretty name of Nemorin. I would give the fattest and whitest lamb of my future flock to hear an air performed on the flute, the shepherd's-pipe or the bag pipe. It seems to me that all other sound would be misplaced in this beau tiful country. Ah, heavens !" 1 "What is the matter?" "Can I believe my eyes?" : "One can always believo his eyes. But what is the matter with you ?" j "A flock of sheep, of real sheep, is coming this way. Why, instead of browsing on the tender grass of the field do they travel like ns, in the dust of the road ? Let us ask the shepherd." : Having hastened forward they ap proached an individual of wicked mien who did not carry a crook, but instead, his left hand was armed with a formida ble club. I "Shepherd Cordyn," said Gabriel, "let us rest a moment in this charming spot. While we are taking shelter in this old beech tree, your lambs can graze on the thyme and flowering cytisus, and then they can quench their thirst in the stream of pure water." I The shepherd Corydon fastened on his interlocutor a look of suspicion, .and twirled his club menacingly i "What ! What !" said he; "I have no time to gabble. They are waiting at the slaughter-house for me and my compan ions. I am not Corydon; I am a butch er. A couple of fools 1" he grumbled, while moving off. sneering at them. The two men walked on for some time in silence: Suddenly, and with one ac cord, they stopped and listened. i"A thrush," said Mesnard in a low voice. "No: it is a nightingale. What light ness in its roulades ! What grace in its trills r f What melodious accents !" 'Must I acknowledge it to yon? I have never seen a nightingale." rl have seen one m tbe museum of natural history. It was stuffed." ' That s strange, observed Gabriel. "I could swear to have heard already some part of the air that oar nightingale is singing." And he commenced to hum it between his teeth: VTra, la. la, la tra, la, la, la. What is that air?" "Eh I I remember it now " exclaimed Mesnard. "It is 'LAmant d'Amanda." "On mv word vou are right, it is some bird escaped from a concert hall. It seems to prove that witn patience you can teach certain birds any song." "I have a curiosity to see this nightin gale. Where do the sounds come from, Gabriel?'' "From that hedge there." Mesnard picked up a stone and threw it with all his strenghth in the direction indicated. A cry was- heard behind the thicket. The two tourists stood stupe fied. "Sacrebleul" said a famous voice, "you avo iaB' missed breaking my skull." At the same time appeared a lit tle Sold man. With bis right hand he rubbed hiB head, and in his left he held a bassoon, hung by a black string to one of the buttons of his coat. "Gentlemen " said the little old man, "may I venture to ask why you stoned me in that man ner? What is my offense? It may be that you dislike the bassoon; but I love it, and I wish you to observe that tbe country is for every one; therefore I have a perfect right to amuse myself by mak ing the neighboring echoes resound with the harmonious notes of my favorite in strument." "Oh, sir! No excuses, I pray you," said Gabriel. "My friend took you for a thrush, and I for a nightingale." They hastened away, while the artist, who had never enjoyed a similar grati fication, cried to them in the sweetest voice: s "I am Eberle, professor of the bas soon, aud 'fagotto primo' in the orches tra of tbe theater, at yonr service. After an hour of walking, they espied a tavern, which they entered for refresh ments. "What shall I give you, gentlemen?" said the hostess, with a polite courtesy. "Some milk, chestnuts, and brown bread." "Would you not prefer an omelette with truffles, an 'entrecote bearnaise,' and a bottle of St. Emilion? While waiting, here is the 'Figaro' to pass away the time." "Are we in the Cafe-Riche in Paris, or are we in the heart of Poitou?" asked Mesnard. , ; "Is the country a chimera?" replied Rondeau. Two peasants, clothed in drugget, with wooden shoes on their feet and cotton caps on their heads, entered the estab lishment, and took places not far from them, before a bottle of wine. "At last!" said Gabriel, "here are two children of nature. We are going to know if potatoes are diseased, if the crops have been large, and if the wine will be good this year." "Your health, Father Bourdier." . "Yours, Father Gaury." , "Have you your Suez still?" "I sold them to take shares in Pan ama." "I made a good stroke in British con sols." "When does your son return?' "Very soon. He will be admitted as an advocate in five days. "You are very fortunate. Mine will not receive tbe degree of doctor until next year." "Let us go away," said Gabriel. "We are dealing with two citizens of the Place-Royale disguised aspeasants. After staying a week in Mesangerie, Gabriel noticed that Alphonse disap peared invariably at certain hours, and Alphonse observed that Gabriel vanished at a given moment every day. "Where do you go in the evening, after dinner?" asked Mesnard. v "Where do you stroll in the morning before breakfast ?" inquired Rondean. 'I can tell nothing. I have ptomised not to speak of it." "And I have sworn to keep an inviol able silence." "You have secrets from your old com rade 1" "Have you not some from yours?" "Oh, I? That is different. It con cerns a young woman whom I must not compromise." "I, too. My secret concerns a young girl. Do you think I ougbt to com promise her ?" "Are you not sure of my discretion ?" "Are you not certain of mine ?" "All that I can confess is, that I am the hero of a charming adventure." . "And I of a delightful romance." "The most adorable simplicity !" "The most piquant artlessness !" "Imagine, my dear boy " "Fancy, my dear fellow " "Fool ! What was I going to do ? "Stupid ! WThat was I going to say ?" "Good-by, Gabriel." "Good-evening, Alphonse." While they conversed thus, two villag ers accosted each other mysteriously, and withdrew from observation under a clump of chestnut-trees. "Well, Father Durand, how do affairs stand ?" asked the younger of the elder. "All right, neighbor Dubois! All right ! That's a blessing. What fools these citizens of Paris are ! Mine, es pecially." "Mine is not less so, I assure you. He is madly in love with my daughter, Valentine, and writes the most extrava gant things to her." . "Mine says that he is dead in love with my wife, Lucille, and addresses to her verses without rhyme or reason." "Never mind, my boy, they have most to laugh at who laugh last." "You think that they will suspect nothing?- "They ? No ! They will be complete ly dazed, and then we can wring from them that which will enable us to drink their healths at our ease." "Ah, so ! Your wife has practiced her part well." "Fear nothing there. And your daughter?" "Don't be uneasy. ' Valentine has her role at the tips of her fingers." The next day Alphonse said to Gabriel: "I have a favor to ask of you my friend." "So much the better, my friend ; I was going to ask a kindness of you." "Can you lend me an embroidered shirt ?" "Have you any perfumery at your dis posal ?" "Shall I be inquisitive if I ask you a question ?" "That will depend on the question." "Why are you obliged to appear more ornamented than usual ?" "Why do you wish to be perfumed more than ordinary?" "I am going to tell you." "You shall know." "I am going to see her this evening." "I am going to spend this evening with her." v "If you could know my Valentine!" "If you could know my Lucille!" "Eighteen years old and blonde as an ear of corn." "Twenty years old, and dark as the night." 'A simplicity that cannot be found in cities." "An artlessness that can be found only in the country." "My love affair is as sweet as an idyl of Theocritus." "Mine is as pure as an eclogne of Virgil." "Oh! when I think of the girls that I have been in love with." "Ah ! when I think of the girls I have sighed for." "I am ashamed of my weakness." "I blush for myself' Two hours afterward Mesnard knocked three times, mysteriously, at Valentine's door." "Is that you, Monsieur Alphonse?" asked a voice, sweetly agitated. "Yen, ray beautiful angel." The door quickly opened and closed noiselessly. The same ceremony took place at Lucille's door. Immediately this double cry resounded: "Heavens! My father!" "Alas! My husband!" Alphonse turned round. He saw the muzzle of a gun six inches from his breast. Gabriel looked up. He saw a hatchet menacing his head. "Robber!" roared Durand. "Scoundrel!" foamed Dubois. "I ought to kill you like a thief." "I ought to beat you like a dog." "The law authorizes me." "The five codes are on my side." "Mercy!" gasped Mesnard. "PityJ murmured Rondeau. What happened? Alas! let us cast a veil over the affair, or, if we speak of it, let ns speak very softly, very Bof tly, so that Theocritus, Virgil, and the rest of them, may know nothing about it. There ensued a scene of extortion. Alphonse and Gabriel remained to sign two bills oi exchange of three thousand francs, on sight at ninety days; the one for value received in dried walnuts, the other for value received in cloves of garlic. Mes nard and Rondean returned in great haste to Paris, but not without having entered a complaint in the hands of jus tice. And tbe idyl is being nufolded in the courts of assizes. Translated for the Argonaut from the French. What to Try. Try popcorn for nausea. Try cranberries for malaria. Try a sunbath for rheumatism. Try ginger ale for stomach cramps. Try c Tryc: am broth for a weak stomach. an berry poultice for erysipelas. Try gargling lagar beer for cure of sore throat. Try a wet towel to the back of the nock when sleepless. Try swallowing saliva when troubled with sour stomach. Try eating fresh radishes and yellow tnrnips for gravel. Try eating onions and horseradish to relieve dropsical swellings. Try buttermilk for removal of freckles, tan and butternut stains. Try to cultivate an equable temper, and don't borrow trouble ahead. Try a hot dry flannel over the seat of neuralgic pain aud renew frequently. Try taking your codliver oil in to mato catsup, if you want to make it pal atable. 1 Try hard cider a wineglassful two or three times a day for ague and rheu matism. Try breathing the fumes of turpen tine or carbolic acid to relieve whooping cough. Try taking a nap in the afternoon if you are going to be out late in the even ing Try a cloth wrung out from cold water put about the neck at night for sore throat. Try snuffing powdered borax up the nostrils for catarrh "cold in the head." Try an extra pair of stockings outside of your shoea when traveling in cold weather. Try walking with yonr hands behind you if you find yourself becoming bent orward. Try a silk handkerchief over the face when obliged to go against a cold, pierc np wind. Try planting sunflowers in your gar den if compelled td live in a malarial neighborhood. Try a saturated solution of bicarbonate of soda (baking soda) in diarrkceal troubles; give freely. Try a newspaper over the chest, be neath your coat, as a chest protector in extremely cold weather. Ihey Sever Get Over IU "Do you know, my dear," she sud denly said, as she looked up from her piece-work do you know that next week will be the twentieth anniversary of our wedding?" . "Is that so? By George! how time flies! Why, I had no idea of it!" "Yes, we have been married alm6st twenty years," she continued, with some thing of a sigh. "You have been a good husband to me, darling." "And you have been a blessed little wife to me, Susan. Come here till I kiss you. There!" "I was thinking to-day I was think ing of of " "Of that sickly-faced baboon who used to go home with you from prayer meet ing before I knew you?" he interrupted. "What do you mean?" "Why, that Brace fellow, of course." "Why, George, he wasn't such a bad fellow." "Wasn't, eh! Well, I'd like to know of a worse one. He didn't know enough to chew putty, and there you were as good as engaged to him." , "Yes George, but you know that you were keeping company at the same time with that Helen Perkins." "That Helen Perkins? Wasn't Miss Perkins one of the loveliest and pretti est young ladies in Liverpool?" "No, she wasn't! She had teeth like a horse!" "She did, eh? How about that stoop shouldered; white-headed Brace?" "And such big feet as she had! Why, George she was the laughing stock of the town." "Not much she she wasn't! She was a young lady who would have mide a model wife." "Then why didn't you marry her and all ber moles and warts and mushroom eyes?" "Don't talk that way to me! Her eyes were as nice as yours!" "They wasn't." "They was! I believe you-are sorry because you didn't marry Brace!" "And I know you are sorry because yen didn't marry that beautiful and ac complished Miss Peikins!" "I am, eh? I thought yon said I had been a ood husband to you?" "And didn't you call me your blessed little wife?" Then he plumped down and began to read the mortgage sales, and advertise ments in the paper, and she picked up her sewing and gave the cat a gentle kick. These old things will come up now and then, and somehow neither side ever gets entirely over them. Mine. Jillssou's Insane Husband. The Paris Figaro contains a piece of news which will be heard with deep re gret by the thousands of Mme. Nilsson's American friends and admirers. - M. Rouzand, the husband of the gifted prima donna, has fallen an innocent vic tim to tho prevalent mania for specula tion. He was, it appears, largely inter ested in the business of one of the Paris stock brokers. During the recent panic he was given to understand or fancied that he lost the whole of his fortune. This proved, happily, to be a mistake; but the excitement caused by the fear of his imaginary ruin turned his head, and yesterday evening it was found neces sary to remove him to tbe private asylum of Dr. Goujon, where he spends his time winning airy millions by fantastic rises in securities. M. Rouzaud had been for some time past inclined to hypochondria. He was generally and sincerely esteemed and one of the few men who married a prima donna without having to repent their temerity. Auguste Rouzaud was a native of the Isle of Bourbon, where his grandfather married a creole woman and amassed considerable wealth. M. Rouzaud, who had a fortune of about $100,000, was married to Mile. Christine Nilsson, the famous Swedish prima donna, in West minster Abbey, London, on the 27th of July, 1872. How beautiful is the exhibition of hu manity in the young. A boy found a poor, half-f rrzea wasp in the garret and placed it upon a chair before the fire to thaw out. Surely the angels must have looked down approvingly on such an act of kindness. When Bister Mary's beau called that evening he glanced at the chair, and seating himself in it mur mured: "Ah, bless her heart, how thoughtful sho is for my comfort!" Two minutes later there was as much noise and racket in the parlor as if it had been turned into a den of deamons. The wasp had thawed out; that is why Mary isn t married yet. The Boston Journal tells how a friend humourously and with applause related a story of his visit to New York. "I vos eating a long time, ven a vaiter he comes up and he says, 'Vil you haf somediug more?' Und I say, 'No, I vil not; pring me another slice of roast peef.' " "Hold the Fort." I notice a number of newspapers giv ing, or attempting to give, a correct statement of the circumstances under which our lamented friend and brother, Juilge J. W. McKenzie, performed the signal jact of heroism at Altoona, none of which exactly coincide with a detailed statement of the case as given to me by the I "hero" jhimself. I had been es pecially intimate with him for years. Not one worq has ever fallen from his lips relative to this matter, to my know edge. One day, learning incidentally from another, of his connection with "Hold the foift, for I am coming." I took occasion to ask i him about it. He seemed at first reluctant to tell me, but I pressed him, and this is substantially his own account of it. After describing the situation of the armies at Altoona and Kenesaw, he said: "General Sherman's signal corps had beenj trying to send dispatches from Kenesaw to General Corse. We could read, the dispatches with our telescopes, but could not receive or answer them back! because the rebel shots were so' thick. The rebels also had a lot of sharp shooters posted watching our squad, and every time a man would show himself they would pick him off. At this time General Corse came, np a: id said.address ing the signal corps,' Whc is in command here ?' Our Captain wa t absent, and I was in charge of the squad,and I replied. 'I am, sir.' The General then asked if a message could be sent to General Sher man, in answer to bis 'To hold the fort, for he was coming,' just read. I replied 'that it could be if it was absolutely necessary.' General Corse then wrote out the message and handed it to me. It read as follows: To General Sherman: I am short a cheek-bone and one ear, but can whip hell out of them yet. General Coese. "I took it and the signal flag and called for a volunteer from my little quad, No man responded. I then of fered the flagstaff to each man and asked if he would volunteer, and each declined. I then thought I would detail one, but my brother Tom was in the squad, and the thought struck me if I detailed an other than him they would say at once 'partiality.' If I detailed him and he was shot I would never forgive myself, and it seemed like certain death to any one to undertake it. At this moment of hesitation the general, seeing no man go ing forward, said to me firmly: 'Lieu tenant, I thought you said this message could be sent?' I replied, 'It can,' and without further de lay I mounted the signal station and commenced sending the message, expecting every moment to be shot. The flag was about eighteen feet long, and the wind was blowing some, and I found it very hard work, and felt as though I must give out before I was done. At this moment, when it seemed I could stand it no longer, a stranger, not a member of the signal corps, came up behind me, put his arms around me and along my arms, took hold of the flag-staff, and, standing behind me, helped me to wave the answer back to Sherman. I do not think I could have sent the whole message without help or rest." fDes Moines Register. SELECTED MlStELLAJ Y. Colton: We ask advice, but we mean appropriation. Cicero: There is sot a moment with out some duty. Teligu: Worship without faith is a waate of flowers. Disraeli: Everything comes if a man will only wait. Goethe: Every one must think in his own way to arrive at truth. Chamfort: In love, one who ceases to be rich begins to be poor. La Bruyere: Love dies of satiety, and is buried in oblivion. Arabia saying: A learned man with out works is a cloud without rain. Bruis: Coquetry is a net laid by the vanity of woman to ensnare man. Madame de Bassanville: Politeness is a wreath of flowers that adorns the world. 1 reneh proverb: Consolations console only those who are willing to be con soled. Goethe: When two men quarrel, he who owns the coolest head is most to blame. Anon: Services to be rendered recon cile friends whom services rendered have estranged. La Bruyere: One loves wholly but once the first time; loves that follow ore less involuntary. Lamennias: Conscience is a sacred sanctuary, where God alone has a right to enter as judge. J. J. Rousseau: All passions are good when one masters them; all bad when one is a slave to them. Brougham: A lawyer is a gentleman who rescues your property from your enemy and keeps it himself; F. A. Abbot: The truth is never a beggar; it rules by divine right, and I will therefore obey it if it ordains de spair. Russian proverb: Many a man wears a ribbon on his breast who had better wear a ropo around his neck. Levis: To judge of the real impor tance of an individual, one should think of the effect his death would pro duce. Anon: The men who make fewest conquests among women of the world are those who have the best opinion of them. Whittier: What is really momentous and all-important with us is tho present, by which the future is shaped and col ored. De Bonald: There are persons who do not know how to waste their time alone, and hence become the scourge of busy people. TOCXD AT LAST. A Potttlve nnd Kever Fa line Ctore tar Shea. tuatlsm, Neuralgia and (taut. Hundreds of testimonial! given to Dr. Henley, nil. solicited, are In bia poaseMion from bis own towni men, living right here araoiitf u, testifying to the wonderful curative powers of hia Khentuatlc Neu tralize. Dr. Henley refers only to tbe testimonials given by well known parties in our midst, and never relies ou far off aud unknown individuals, aa sup porting, what be claims to be true of bis Rheumatic Neutralizes tbat is, it wiU cure any case of Rheuma tism in existence. The doctor long since discovered the folly of applying external remedies for a disease that hss its seat in tbe deepest channels of tbe blood, and therefore set to work to discover a rem edy for Rheumatism, and mankind may rejoice in bia Itheumatlc Neutralizes , & DEHSITIOlt OS BHEUMATI8X. If you have a thorn or splinter in your finger and you put on Chloroform, or some other drug, you stop the aensibillty of pain for a time only. Tba thorn Is still there, and as soon as tbe effect of the drug dies away the pain returns. In order to get rid of tbe pain you must bare that thorn plucked out of the flenli. That is precisely the same way with' Bhenmatism; yoa might rub on the skin some drag to stop the pain for a little time, bnt the pain ia sure to return as soon aa the effect of tbe drug dies away. Now it bss been proven beyond tbe slightest doubt that Rheumatism is in the deepest Channels of the Blood, and that tnere ia no other way to reach it only through the Iiloo l. This has been demon strated right here in Portland by dozens of people tbat bsve been cured by Dr. Heuley'a Rheumatic Neutralizes That it Is the only Medicine that has Ever Reached the case and made .Lasti ng and Per. manent Cures. In fart, the only true principal for Eradicating Rheumatism from the system ia through the Blood. It in a pack of nonsense to attempt any other method, that is, if you would wish a Perma nent and Lasting Cure, Tbe Doctor baa come to tbe conclusion, after twenty-two years travel and close investigation, tbat tbe Liver baa a great deal to do with Bhenmatism. A man or woman with s good sound Liver seldom or ever bas any pains or aches. Tbe Doctor baa got up a Concentrated Liver Pill, one pill for a dose. One of these Pills has more effect in rousing the torpid Liver than a gross of other Pills. By all means use tbe Concentrated Liver Pills ia connection with the Neutralises - offick: 203 Third street, near Taylor, Portland Oregon. B.ODOK.? DAVIS CO Wholeeals) Anvats, OBUMtX TO MA8SAC11 VtTTTa. Borne time ago Messrs. Bodge, Dsvia k Co., of this city, read in a Massschnsetts paper tbat Hon. Charles B. Ladd, auditor of that state, was afflicted with sn incurable kidney dieesse, and bad been obliged to give up work and return to his home. They immediately sent him a box of their celebrated Oregon Kidney Tea, and from time to time sent him other boxes. A few days ago they received from him the following letters Commonwealth or Massachusetts, 1 Auditor's Dep't, Boston, Nov. 11, 1681. ) Messrs. Hodge, Davis H Co.: Dear Sirs I have no hesitation in saying that I have been much benefited by the use of tbe Oregon Kidney Tea as a remedy for a kidney difficulty whicn has troubled me for six or eight years. I can heartily recommend it to those who are similarly afflicted, as a safe and agreeable remedy. - I shall test its virtues further, for I have great faith tn it as a specific for many diseases of the kidneys. Respectfully yours. CHA8. B. LADD, The original of this letter can be seen by calling on Messrs. Hodge, Davis k Co., Portland. Oregon, and the Oregon Kidney Tea can be bought of any druggist or dealer, in Oregon or Washington. Price (1 per box. . PFJtSOXAL. Mr. A. M. Cannon, president of tbe bank of Spo kane Falls and treasurer of Spokane county, la here to purchase milling machinery. He seems to be well pleased with the present improvement of the Spokane country and regards its future established, as its natural resources and advantages are such that invite immigration and capital to develop It. As regards bis eyesight, he speaks in high terms of the operation performed by Dr. Pilkington, oculist, of Portland, who some months ago performed a deli cate operation upon the eye by cutting open the eye ball and removing a portion of iris and restoring perfect vision. Mr. Cannon will leave for home the fore part of the week. MiJy Ortgnnian. . One hundred and 6ixty-seven Third street, Portland, is the only place in Oregon where you can go and take your choice from all the leading sewing-machines now on the market. Mr. Garrison, the proprietor,! is not advocating the claims of any particular i machine, but presents to you a dozen or more from which to make a selection. In addition he keeps a full supply of parts ol all the different machines, with silk thread, etc. A firvt-clasg repairer and adjuster is always on hand to repair any make of machine at the shortest notice. Telegram. When you visit Portland seethe Elite Theater at the old and popular prices. Frankie Howard in her great soug and dance, Hallctt and Ray mond in their great sketches are among the attractions. Frank G. Abcll, the gold medal photographer of Portland, has returned frota a trip to San Francisco, where he bas been to procure new at tractions for bis gallery, and his work will now I.A 1 l I 11. uu wier wail rver. ; Music: Largest stock on the northwest coast, orders filled promptly. Send stamp for catalogue and journal, Wiley B. Allen 153 Third street, Portland. -. As Spring with its change of weather creates a revolution in the very bowels of the earth, so does Pfunder's celebrated Oregon Blood Purifier create tne desired c.ianee in the human system Send in your orders either direct to Pfunder k Co., or any wholesale house in Portland. Agents wanted by the Sew York Novelty Co., rortianu uregon catalogues mailed Tree. Send $1.00 to W.D. Palmer, Portland, for one year's subscription to the Pacific Overseer, tbe great senii-monthly A. O. U. W. pajer. A great vegetable Tonic tor delicate females is Pfunder's Oregon Blood Purifier. Garrison reiwira all kinds of sewing machines. N. P. Co YNewMerl i, N 49 PcfilaiS Mm jjirectory ! f IRVKYORt. Ifci A UTK fe W K it It Kit, CI VI I. KUI. KKKS A.U NIKVEVUUi. Ofnee-bur s r-et. I'iiIjii Block, I'ort'ttiid. Or. With Ferry & Wliite, Keul Estate Agents. Purveying done hi any pan if Oreg"ii or Wahirgton HAKKKIK-S. EM HI It IB TB A K E It VT5lTht7mrVo:w& Fuhr, Prolxi. Manufacturer)! of Pilot bread, crack ers, etc. Pork and beans and Boston brown bread every Sunday morning. EAL KXOKAVF.k. C JB. FET- ' Oak street. Seal Engraver, manu facturer of Steel and Bnu Stump. Idea, ttaters, notary and lodge seals. Orders rilled prompt! v. BUEXA VISTA POTTER V. WHOLESALE DEPOTiS, 267 and a Front. A. M. Smith Prop., manufactures drain tile, atone ware, tiower puts, vases, lire brick, etc Country ftnlers lilted promptly. ATTOKVEY." l. P. KEXSE1V, Attorney aud Counselor at Iaw Roan S llttnm'i building-. Legal business pertaining tn Letters Patent for inventions, before the Patent Office or In the Courts, a siwpjaH v. EYE & EAR INFIRMARY ' ' asd ; SANITARIUM, OR HOME FOR THE SICK. Macadam Bond bet. Porter and Wood Htm., Montb Portland, Or. Dr. Pilkington, late Professor of Eye A Ear Diseases In tbe Medical Department of Willamette University has erected a fine building, on a heautiful elevation in the south part of the city and is prepared to accomo date patients suffering from all diseases of the KYE, EAR or TJIROA'C Also will pay stiecial attention to persons laboring under Chronic Nervous atTectlona, and to diseases peculiar to women, and retrieve a limi ted number of cases eJtiMting roiifiiienienu . The intention Is to' provide a Home for such cases with all the best hygienic agencies, combined with tbe best niedical skill to be had lu the metropolis. Consulting physician and surgeon Dr. I'hillp Harvey, Prof, of diseases of women and children in the medical department Willamette University. Also Dr. J. M. F. Hrowne, Prof, of Physiology med dep't. Willamette University. For any amount of references and circular, address 1IR. J. H. PILKIXOTOti, Cor. 1st and Washington Htm., Portland, Or. NOTICE TO FARMERS. SEED WHEAT AND OATS, ' Imported from Australia and Kew Zealand. rilUE UNDERSWNED HAS JUST RECEIVED JL a shipment of sixty sacks of very choice Purple Straw and White Australian Wheat, from Ad elaide. Australia, and twenty sacks p( NhortCaaa. din a Outs, from Canterbury, New Zealand. The wheat la well adapted for this country, clean and without fault. It has been known to yield TO bushels per acre when changed to a wetter climate. The oats are clean, bright and heavy, and are what Is wanted for milling. This is a chance which seldom occurs for farmers to get a good change of seed. For further particulars as to price, etc., apply to WM. DUNBAR. J28 87 and 89 Front street, Portland. Dr. II. M. RUSS, Dentist. Kir the Interest of the public. I have resolved to do Orst-class work at these prices : ) Continuous Onm Work-Porcelula to 91 OO On Oold Plates. SO to IS Met of Teeth on Rubber.. SIS SO and upward Ket of Teeth on Celluloid lO OO and upward Oold Filling . OO and npward Silver and ltone Filling 1 OOand npward Extraction of Teeth, with Ga . 1 OO OFFICE 105 First street, over Prentice's music store. ' Or. II. M. SUSS, Dentist. - Ofllre hours, -nil hows. Teeth extracted without arris. SO eta. B EST A V IU NT THE K EST IX THE CITY All Modem Improvements. Open all day. J. II. BRENNER, Proprietor WILLIAM COLLIER, MAOHIITilST. Dealer la New and SECOND HAND MACHINERY, OS Hadlsoa St., Portland, Or. Parties desiring Boilers. Engines or SAW Mil. 1. MACHINERY can secure by addreaaliMC Mr. Collier. New and Second Hand Machinery Bought and sold or traded to advantage. AN IMPORTANT CHAN6E. HAVINO TRANSFERRED MY AGENCY OK the NEW HOME and CROWN 8KWINC1 MACHINES to Mr. John 1(. (Jarrtson, 1W Third street, Portland, Oregon, J take this method t inform my patrons and the general public when? these eoellen maceines may be found hereafter. H. T. HUI-HOJ. Portland. Or. tw it i?fCfI --z A PORTLAND, OREGON. TURKISH RUGS. XTEW' DESIGNS IN TURKISH AND PERSIAN JJi Rug Patterns, Hooks, Clamps, etc, always ou band. A catalogue of designs and cost of each may be had by addressing ; J SO. B. GARRISON fe CO., wit - J7 Third street. Portland, Oregon 91,000 RKWAItD FOR ANYONE WHO VflLV LEARN Kellogg At, Jlllson'a System of Breaa aad Clonk Catling, and, with acorret meas ure and perfect catting, produce a had fitting garment. Several Improvements have Just tieen made. Agents to sell and teach wanted In every town tlood agents can make irnni tli) to (25 per day. KELIXHIG & JILLSON, Cheney, Npokan Co., W. T BUCKINGHAM & HECHT'S Will JvS BOOTS AND SHOES Are the BEST and COST X0 MORE than Other Brands, and if the Merchant with whom yon Trade does not keep our Goods it Is because it PAYS better to sell a pair of Boots or Shoes eTerj TWO Months than everj FOUR or FIYE. WE WARRANT EVERY PAIR TYe make. All Merchants In O'ood Credit can proenre these Goods at our YFare- houses in PORTLAND or San Francisco. TRY OUR "HERCULES" BOOTS IIECIIT BROS. & C0. rivals great strength. -a. ening ueanedy anal .Verve TO IC is the le gitimate result of over 20 rears of practical ex peri- Debility. tSeminaJ Weak' lent. SiHTiimtorrhoea KmiHslons.l mnotencv. ex- iliausted Vitality, Prema ture Decline and lAftNM OP MAKItOOD, from whatever cause produced. It enrtchens and uurirles me r.joou, rureiiKiiiens me. werves, lintm. Muscles Digestion. Reproductive Organs, and Pbvsk-al und Mental Faculties. It stops any unnatural debilitating drain upon the system, preventing involuntary losses debilitating dreams, seminal losses with tbe urine, etc, so destructive to mind and bodv. It is a sure eliminator of all KIDNEY AND Bf.ADDKit COM PLAINTS. IT CONTAINS NOTHING INJURI OUS. To those suffering from the esTeets of youthful IndlsereUons or excesses, a speedy, thorough and prrnnmnt CIHL' 11 O I' AR AN Tfc Kit. Price, OOiK-r bottle, or five bottles in case with full directions and advice, 11 0. Kent &e cure from observation to any address upou receipt ol price, or O. O. D. To be had only of r. ttalftetd, 1 Kearny street, San Franctsco. 'ai. Consuliatinusstrictly confidential, by letter or at olllce, FREE. For the convenience of patient, and in order to secure perfect secrecy, I have adopted a private address, under which ail packages are forwarded. WOTICE. I will send a trial bottle of the Retnvenstnr aiffl oient to show its merit free of charge, to anyone niuicteu applying ny jctter, stating nis symptoms aud age. Communication strictly confidential. . BR. SPINNEY, Km. 1 1 Kearny street. SV . K-evta all Chronic and Special YOUNG MEN W -f, ?Ay BK, :VTk.?:r,Nm 'om thk ef- t f.-cts uf voutbful fellies or Indiscretion, will do v, .vail themselves nf this, the greatest booE Y" of nneriiig humanity. DR -,1 i.NM-.V w.U giiirantee to forfeit soo iof even aseof seintna! Weakness or private diseases of ji indort !isracter which be undertakes and falls U HICDMVAOEB MKJJ. " . t here are many at the age of thirty ta sixty whe are troubled with too frequent evacuations of tbe bladder, often accompanied by a slight smarting or bu ruing sensation and a weakening of the system In manner tbe patient cannot account for. On exam ining the urinary deposits a fopy sediment will often be found, and sometimes iinail panicles of albumen will appear, the color will bo ol a thin mtlkish boe. again changing to a dark and torpid appearance I here are many men who die of this dlfflt-ulty. Igno rant of the cause, which is the second stage of Semi nal Weaicne&s. Dr. B. wul guarantee a perfect cure Ir all such cases, and a healthy restoration of the geuili orinbry organs. Office Hours 10 tot and 6 to 8. Sundays from to u II A. M. Consultation frag. Thorough examlaat'oi and advice, t Call or address DB. 8PIK9I SY fe CO. No. 11 Raru v stroot. an KrncT. ol PH0S SOAP, 1 UNRIVALLED FOR i Curing Skta Diseases and for Preserving Jlealtny akin. Beware of imitations of both the above Justly cele o rated articles. The genuine made only by the TANIAKB SOAP COMPANY, who also manulacture the largest assortment of LAUNDRY and TOILET SOAP in the world. OFFICK 2M Sacramento street, San Francisco California. HUDSON'S GUN STORE, 8S First street, Portland, Oregoa. sins, rirnu and Anstiirnot Flaking Tackle of ESTABLISHED IN 1852. SPORTSMEN'S EMPORIUM. WBl. BECK SON. ' Importers and dealers in Guns Rifles, and Revolvers of Every Kind, All kinds of Fishing Tackle. Bird Cages, Beads, Toys, Baskets, Croquet Games, Base Balis, Wire, Paper, Waxed, Satin, Gold, Silver and Bullion Fringe, Bells, Stars, Spangles. Importers of and Dealers in Military and Society Goods Lodge Seals & Badges, 163 and 167 NconI .. Pottlaiitl. Or. ; G-.A Tj,E,ISOK"'S SEWING MACHINE STORE, 161 Third Street, Portland JOHN B. GARRISON, Proprietor, GKNT FOR THB IMPROVED SINCER, CROWN, HOWE, DAVIS, WILSON, NEW HOME, ''D" HOWE, ROYAL ST. JOHN, r And General Agent for Oregon and Washington Territory for the Household Sewing Machine. Dealer ia all kinds of 8elrig Machine Attach ments Needles oi:. Etc Ou8cwlng Mscrlnm repaired ou hort notice. SEVIN VINCENT & CO., Importers, growers of, wholesale and retail dealers In ell? We call the attention of farmers and country mer u itin up uur unusually low price. AVe tome the moat comnleU' miide to the CVtreriihlo and Flower (Jarden ever tamed upon ihlacoaMt. It tn handNUiuely illustrated, and contains full descrlptionx of Vegetable, Flowers, Uraane. Trees, etc., Willi full instructions as to trielr culture; mailed free on appli cation, i HEVIJI V1XCEXT, , CO. eowtniW ffl .Snnuome St. .San Francisco, fal. f VBl 0LY lil'R Ictl.K MNIiH FOH WAI.L9 1 and Ceilings It I cheaper nl he'ter than Kalsomine or Walt raprrattd snore etMly applied. Pure White and a var ety of beauiiful llnti. Fcr tale by all deler. tnas n, ksliii a, i u., i Ban Franc'fco, Csl , Rota Agentt for the PAclAe oast Syfees' Sure Gnre for CataIl, f IQUID OR DRY, PRICK 1 K "ATMOSPHERIC XJ Insufflators," price .10c, Dry Cure and Innutila tors mailed on receipt of price, witU lull direction for uae,etc H.U. 8K I DMOHK A Co., lrugita lftt Firs street. Portland, Or. 8ole Ageuta for the N. Paclrt OOSM . ' . . IBUMl nlU-N IU'f t Sik f sj B'nf-a"" l inns with ,-rt ' ' 1 eN FAILING CERTAIN. i li ' K .i U I'Y Nervous and Physical Kvery Deaerlattasv BITTERS mm (CIIIXCMOXA BtBBA.1 The Finest BITTERS la the WORLD, THEY EFFECTUALLY CURE ' MALARIAL DISEASE, Vitalise the Wjratena and arrest the ravage of the Orradfol Alcohol Habit, U1PSUMAMA. Aalt yonr Druggist or Win aWereaaat for them. WlXHERDIACr Ic CO., Agent. Sam Froar claeo. W. J. VA.V (M'HCTVKR A CO, PerlloBd. Xeuralgte and Senrem Headache. Cold la Head, Stoppage ef the KoaoJ Paaaoge, etc Rdiff Immediate. ' Cure Permanent. " Had Catarrh In its verv worst form. One bog o Sure Cure' eured me." Wm. Barr San Rafael. "Have used It with the'most gratifing result.. W. P. Aiorerosa, Editor "Sew Age," 8, F. "I had bees afflicted with Catarrh for 7 yearn; two boxes Dobj-ns' 'Sure Cure' cured me." Rev. T. U. It. Aaderaoa, Sacramento, Cal. 91 per boxt three boxes for SS. Ask year drngatat for IU HO DO to, DAVIS sz CO., Wholenrle agents, Portland, OregoiW' F. IV, WALKER, Sole Agt. PoclOeCoast. Sunaome street. Sau I'ranciaco, Col mm wmi --t'Tlt i J ForConsnmption, Antrum, BrnMt1e. Catsrrb, JDyxpepmin, Headache UebH ity NfurBigIa, JKheamaUsnt, and- oil Cbronie and MervoiM IHnortiem. Paek aeei msy be conveniently Mens by n pi-eM, ready for immediate nee at hea. Mend for free treatioe on the Oxyg&m treatment, Addrews the proprietor, UO, 1111 Cifrard rUreet, Phtla., Pa or II. , MATHKWN, I'arifit! Depository, 60S Moattcomery st San Fran claeo. Cat. LUNDBERG & D1LG, ELECTRICIANS and OPTICIANS 14 fOl'BTH ST., PORTLAND, Manufacturers of and Dealers in Telegraphic, Kleetrteal nnd Snrveyer la. trnmeotsand Materials. Optical Uoods of Every Description. -AGKVT FOR- GRAY & CO.'S GALVANIC GIRDLE. The Best In Use. Patent Models and Experimental Machinery a Spe cialty. Jobliingand re)4.lriug promptly attended to. CM iEc 3 Patent, Kov. 11,1879, jaecucaiAiiecwiciiy. ' .yrv DOUXE'S ELKCTRO-3IAGXETIOBKLT. (Th (Hit Gfnttine.i Rtcrived 1st Pmntmn state, pair. rWrtro-Xwaetie Brits w gtrta, ail EWtro-Biga, Blu, E(raAp)Uuw,aiSiKlnre.aaga.lMb,lomTnBMib,2a CUAKAXTiiED ON ft YEAR. BEST IK TUB liUl. Wul jiositivrty cure without mecuczne Rbeunausm, Hiraiyos, Keuraiia. kUaney Disease, I m potency. Rupture, l-iveff Disease Nervousness, Dyspepsia. Smal Disease, Ague, Pilcsaad otuc; disease,. srid for illustrated cataloeije.frce- Also, disease, aeria loruiustrav RUPTURE' UUAKAM'KU KELlfcVKH or Cured, cjend for lihiatrRfcc Ocaloeua. Hundredsof cure:. W T. HORNE, Prop, and MatavTr. 70V jaaritei bu, aan trsacucs, sai. 1850. 32 Years Practical Experience. 1882. John A. Child DRUGGIST, Tealer ia Fine Chemicals, Perfumery, Toilet Articles, -Sponges, Soaps, & Rubber Loods. Cor Morrison k M sta Portiaod, Or. Special attention I d to orders by mall when aneont psitfert tth tbe cash. AND i:4 SfcE WE. TTnms2 STEHCILS SEALS IAL CKOKATIB, SS PIRST ST rOKTIAKD. OK, r STURGES, URSEN&CO.. Plirppiso ATvr C03D1ISSI0N MEUCIIAXTS, Wholesuln Twu.1,1, in Teas, Canned Goods, Svrii?, Houpt, Dried V..t4 i.. i. ' Shippers ef Oral. Vloim. -. - . n . . , m w IHnu ft Consignments solicited aud Uheral Advances made when dered. KO. 84. r-KOXTMTFtrt'. 1H)BTLAD, OR. v0. Ii. B1BIV . KOXGEPATHIC PHYSICIAN and SUKCCOM. First afreet, aior tlorrieon, Pertly J. Or. ssl ..Voi3- i 11 1 .-T una fr 11 a 1 '"a. JT ; - - w oro in if S si WkMnauio v P.