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LOHD BEACONSFIELDTa VALENTINll TO 1SSABSLLA PA1BLIB, A CUF KCTI. Tell me the star from which the fell, From out whose wild and perfumed bell, widening nour, Sprang fotth this fair and fairy maiden, Like a bee with hooey laden. They say those sweet lipe of thine Breathe not to speak; Thy very ears, that seem so fine, No sound can seek, And yet thy face beams with emotion Restless as the waves of ocean. Tis well; thy face and form agree, And both are fair, , I wold not that this child should be As others are; I lore to mark her in derision Smiling with seraphic yision, At our poor gifts of vulgar sense, That cannot stain Nor mar her mystic innocence, . Nor cloud her brain With all the dreams of early folly, And its creature melancholy. To thee I dedicate these lines, Yet read them not, Pursed be the art that e'er refines Thv natural lot; . ' Head the bright stars and read the flowers. And hold converse witb the bowers. AN ANCIENT LANDSCAPE. Faint breezes o'er Etruria' s vine-clad hills are blowing; All purple sinks the western god, in royal splen The piping of the shepheards proves of warring ' . the surcease, i And the cattle down the valley are the happy ' signs of peace. j A rain of light is falling from the heavens in the west, ' And hangs in mystio showers on the distant mountain's crest, : And it wraps the heightaf Veilpin in a cloak of wondrous gold ! By Junol such a gorgeous sight one does not oft . beheld! j Jnjiis low Etruscan cottage, by the homely open 1 door, i YVitrjfTi'S children sporting 'round him and prancing on the floor, . j His baby caressing, as she calmly, lightly sleeps, And patting now his trusty dog that faithful vir-f gil keeps, j Agricola,the farmer, resting, quaffs the evening air, i And prays the god to bless a scene so tranquil and so fair. Lost for Lore. So Constance has given him the phake?" -"Yes." " Tia well the Lady Gertrude hath not heard of this, else it were better for Beginald that the broad demesne o'er which he rales so haughtily held lightly in its grass-covered bottom his pallid corse. The proud, vindictive spirit of the Mulcaheys will sot brook an insnlt, and, by halidom, 'twere well for the young Lord of Topkinsville that he wear a steel corselet o'er his perjured heart this night ere the steel-shod hoofs of his p i'.frey are heard crossing the draw bridge that leads to the Castle Ma honoy. Mark you this, "Wilifred, 'tis not a light offense that one. e'en though he be young, and rich, and handsome, step in between a Mnlcahey and the one he loves." It was Miriam McCartey.eighth Duch ess of Connemarra, who spoke these words, and Wilifred O'Brien gazed at her with a sad earnestness as she leaned gracefully over the back yard fence, her Biinny countenance necked here and there by a dash of soap-suds, whose deli cate whiteness brought out in bold relief the vivid colors of her toseate complex ion. Wilifred was a pale, intellectual youth, and prided himself on his noble ancestry. Once he had said to the Jones boy (whose folks had always lived in this country) : "I am the descendant of a noble race. The blood of three kings ows in my veins." But the Jones bov niv tsirrchAii. in ma ennrsp. brntAi vm. ana replied tnat some day a man with a flush would come along and capture the three kings. Wilifred had brooded over this and other evidences of the bar barista that was continually out cropping in the lives of the poor, plebeian Americans wjbom lie was compelled sometimes to meet, and his naturally sunny disposition bad become so soured that he would of ten put down the hod and mutter strange oaths to himself, taking no heed of aught that was passing in the busy world about him, until a chunk of plaster from the hand of the head brick layer new merrily in his direction, and he hastened to re ceive the Duke of Galway, who should have been two places below him on the ladder. He loved Miriam McCarthy with a wild, passionate, soul melting love that, like the mighty glacier of the Alps, bore on its outward surface no indication of the tremenduous force within. Two years ago she had first seen him, as he walked along with his County Antrim stride along the streets, amid the blare of trumpets, the rattle of drums and the graceful and fiery prancing of the temporarily-off-duty omnibus horses, as the United Sons of Hibernia swept with stately grace past her ancestral home on Archer avenue. "I do not care," she said softly to herself, blushing as she spoke, "if he has got his grandfather's plug hat on; to me he is all that is noble, and manly, and pure, and good." Two weeks, later they had plighted their troth, and were now looking for ward with all the rosy hopefulness of youth to the ' halcyon days when they would be forever bound together by the holy tie of matrimony, and a dimpled babe coo me wily forth its dulcet cries when the eolic came in like a thief in the night and the paregoric bottle had van ished into the deep mystery of the Here after. "Are you going to the wake this even ing?" It was this that Pizarro McGinness, the young Earl of Ballyhooly, spoke to Miriam McCarthy, two hours after the above conversation had taken place. . "Who's the corpse?" asked Miriam, a bright smile illumining her features at the thought of " the unexpected society event which had come to her. "Cecil Clancarty," replied Pizarro. .Miriam's heart beat a great throb. "So then," she thought, "this proud beauty, who won my brother's love two sum mers agone, only to cast it aside when the picnic season was over, as carelessly as papa slings his dinner pail into the corner when he returns in the gloaming from the horse railway barns, is dead? She did not care when my golden haired Bupert came home full as a tick and carefully placed kis boots on the "eta gere" before retiring. The poor boy's heart was breaking for love of her,but she has died amid all her sins and follies, and six-button kids?' Then, mastering the emotions which had momentarily almost overcome Tier, Miriam turned to Pizarro and said: "What happened her?" "Aneurism of the heart, I believe,"was the reply. "You don't say so P' exclaimed Miriam. "I always said she would kill herself some day, the way she powdered and painted." "Well," remarked the young man, a triffle impatiently, "will you be there to night?" "Yes; IHcome." "And may I escort you home?" he continued. "I will see you later on that point," vr&a the witty response; and, with a light, nierry ha-ha-villain-I-scorn-your-prof-fered suit lauch on her Iids. Miriam sprang lightlv from the nshbarrel on which she was seated, and began to shoo. geese oat of the front yard. ' . . 'V "I caanot allow yon to go home with me, Mr. McGinniss," said Miriam, as she left the wake. "Why not?'' "Because my betrothed, Mr. O'Brien, has told me that you are lacking in the "savoir vivre," which every truly cul tured gentleman should possess; in other words, that yon are a 'far down.' " "If I had him here," hissed the young man through his clenched teeth, "me thinks my wealth of box-toed boot would toy with his custom-made pants awhile." "Would it, indeed?" said a voice from the steps of a neighboring sour mash emporium. "Then defend yourself as best you may." Each man spat on bis hands and sailed in. As they rolled around on the Bide walk,Miriam shrank in terror to the side of the building. The men fought as only those nerved by desperation can fight. Suddenly they disappeared from view, a dull thud being the only clue to their whereabouts. One glance, and the gitl saw all. - They had fallen through a coal hole. Cameos. The art of cutting stones, comprising the lapidary's art, ows its origin to the innate superstition that precious stones hung about the neck were a protection against evil spirits and witohes. Beside the brilliant and transparent noble stones or gems, like the diamond, topaz, ame thyst, ruby, emerald, sapphire, which were more rarely employed, the trans lucent and opaque or soapy-looking stones which take a fine polish were mostly employed. Among the latter are the opal, turquois, and agate, or com mon rocks like granite, syenite, and ba salt; or those of animal origin, such as ivory, coral, mother-of-pearl,and amber, as well as metals. These were variously ornamented by different kinds of cut ting. By deep cutting bold relief pic tures were formed; by slight cutting, the bas-relief. The latter are called cameo. The Greeks, who received the art of cut ting stones from the East, did some ex cellent work; they decorated many uten sils with jcameos, and in fact cnt out vessels of great beauty and of technical perfection. This is seen in the so-called Portland iVaf-e in the British Museum. The old Romans, too, who learned this art from the Greeks, are distinguished for excellence in it. In the early cen turies of the Christian era this art was cultivated in Constantinople especially, while it seems to have been but little known in the West. In the fifteenth century it was brought to Italy by Grecian workmen from Constantinople. It was cultivated there up to the time of the Renaissance in the sixteenth century, particularly in Florence. The fabrica tion of vessels and articles of splendor from rare stones, which had also been done in Greece, was renewed here in the finest manner. The cabinet of gems in Paris and Florence, the imperial treasury at Vi enna, the treasure chamber in Munich, and especially the Green Vaults in Dresden, all possess a large number of such works of art from the hands of Italian, French and German artists. In the seventeenth century, during the thirty years war, when all art was crip pled and retarded, the art of cutting stones also declined, and with the excep tion of a short revival in the eighteenth century, not much has been accom plished since. At the present time the manufacture of cameos is carried on chiefly in Genoa and Borne, as well as in Paris, as a branch of industrial art. According to the Tecbniker, cameo cutting was ex clusively confined to Italy and Borne forty years ago, but now Genoa has about thirty persons engaged in this art, Borne eighty, and Paris over three hun dred. 1 The cameo cutters of to-day employ not only precious stones, but shells, lava, etc. Certain species of univalvular mussles are especially suited for cameos, because they consist of several layers of different colored material, which also vary In hardness and texture. These shells are worked in such a manner that the direction of the leaves of the middle layer runs lengthwise. In these cameos the middle layer forms the body or the relief, and the inner layer the back ground, and the external differently col ored layer on the surface gives to the figure a different appearance or a special setting. In selecting shells with three strata, the artist selects one where the layers adhere together well, the middle One being quite thick, and the three dif ferent in color, while the inner one is of such a shade as suits the intended work. ! The shells are first cut into pieces of suitable size by means of a slitting-tool and diamond dust, or a steel knife sup plied with emery and water. These pieces are fastened on a four-sided oval, or other shaped stone, and the edges polished with an oil stone. They are then cemented on a piece of wood to serve as a handle to hold the cameo while he draws upon it the figure that is to be cut in it. The marks of the pencil are now followed by a sharp pointed instru ment which cuts the required outlines. Then finer tools of steel wire hardened and polished on the end, files, and en graver's chisels are employed to remove the superfluous parts of the wLite enamel, The surface of the cameo, so far as possi ble, is finished with cutting tools, because the sharp edges of the figures would be injured by polishing. After the figure is cut in relief, a final polish is given, using a little putty powder dry on a stiff brush. In this operation great cere must be taken not to scratch the surface. The cameo is then removed from its wooded handle, and is ready for sale. The pink conch shells make a very delicately shaded cameo that is highly prized for brooches and cuff buttons. Scientific American. ' Ostrich Feathers. During the war ostrich feathers went up to an enormous price in this country. When we had to pay as high as 260 for gold to pay not only for the crude feath ers, but for the work of preparing them for the market, and the heavy dnties ex acted upon them in their finished form, they became almost unattainable. At that time the arts of bleaching and dye ing feathers were hardly known in this country. A German, Isidor Cohnfeldt, was the first to establish the new indus try here, and already New York has the largest establishment for feather manu facture in the world, and is enabled to maintain a lively competition in this line of products with the principal European cities. This principal estab lishment employs in its busiest season the spring and summer months 525 girls and 36 men, and all the year round finds work for from 435 to 4G0 persons, turning out 1,250,000 worth of goods per annum. Few people have any idea of the amount of rough treatment an ostrich feather will stand and has to go through to make it the beautiful thing which eventually adorns some lady's Gainsborough hat or a Knight Templar's chapeau. As it comes from Africa in ita crude state, it is plain, rough, discolored and dirtv. In that condition it may be worth anywhere from $5 to 8250 per pound, according to its- length, fineness, absence of color and thickness. First, after being counted and tied together by their quills, with long strings, the feath ers are vigorously brushed one by one, to free them from the dirt. The work man lay them on one brush and works them in great tubs of soapsuds, rubbed with brown soap, and washed more vig orously than laundresses wash clothes. After that they are bleached by a process which turns even black feathers to snowy white. From the bleaching tubs they go to the dye vats. We now excel in this country the European feather dyers in the delicacy and dura bility with another, tousling, hackling and mussing them in such a way that their destruction seems inevitable. They are then soused of all our colors except the coral tint, in which the Old World is still ahead. However, that tint has not been much in demand by fashion. "When it is, our dyers say, "we shall of course beat them in that too." When thoroughly dried, beaten, redried, combed and sorted, the feathers pass into the hands of girls. The thick, un sightly stem of each feather is pared down thin on the under aide, and in place of its Btiff and ugly quill a tapering substitute of wire, covered witn cotton ana paper, is firmly fastened on. By careful sort ing, clipping, selecting out and match ing pieces from different feathers, a compostle second feather is made, to underlie the long and perfect one which constitutes the top of each completed plume, and these various pieces are se curely sewed together, so that it requires a sharp eye to detect that the fine con struction, of double thickness, is not a single feather. In exceptionally valu able plumes., the lower as well as the upper feather is whole and not made up of pieces, but in all cases the completed plume is double. If the stem of the upper feather is discolored it is carefully scraped. After steaming, to soften the feathers, they are next curled and "laid." In tht first process a girl by passing the fibers between her thumb and a dull knife blade, gives them a regular curl all along both sides of the feather, and the second consists in giving them a series of dex trous little twists which throw the curled ends upon the upper side of the plnme. All this work adds an average of ten per cent, to the value of the feathers. A pound of fine ones, suitable for plumes, will contain 150 feathers, sufficient for seventy-five plumes, and costs, say $250. The finished plumes command from $4 to $15 each, according to length and quality, but the general average is low ered by the small comparative value of the lower gra tes. An Electrical Experiment. "A curious electrical experiment is described in one of the French journals, as follows: A small pasteboard box is provided with a glass lid. which is coated on the upper surface with one or more thin layers of collodion, but not enough to render it opaque. A number of figures representing insects and the like, and made of cotton or spongo. are placed within the box. When now the collo dion surface is rubbed with dry fingers in dry weather, the insects are made to move about in an interesting manner as they become electrified." The Territorial Enterprise of February 7th, gives the following in the same direction, which will be especially inter esting to our young readers: , Over a year ago we published an ac count of this experiment. John S. Orn dorf, of the firm of Orndorf & Adkison, book sellers and stationers, in wiping off boxes - that had glass lids, discovered that particles of lint, bits of thread, paper and the like, flew up from the bot tom of the box and attached themselves to the glass, moving about as though they were alive. Further experiment showed him that the same thing took place in the show-cases, when the glass of the tops was rubbed with a hand kerchief, but on a larger scale. He made butterflies and other insects, some three inches long and two inches wide, of colored paper, also little bal loons and a great many other things which, being placed in a show case, per formed in a really comical manner wnen the glass was briskly rubbed. The air here being dry and light, no collodion coating is required. The show-cases used in the experiment are eight or ten inches in depth, yet the artificial insects would readily hop from the bottom up against the glass and dart abont from place to place. Often an insect would be seen to leave its place, swoop down almost to the bottom of the case, then rise and attach itself to the glass at an other point, from one to two feet away from where it had its first hold. Some times two or more of the insects would be seen to suddenly dart at one another, cling together and fall to the bottom of the case, as though fighting, and on touching the bottom of the case they would separate, and darting back take new places on the glass. When a lot of small insects made of the bright, arti ficially colored mosses imported from Europe are used, the effect is very fine, and those who see the experiment for the first time can hardly be made to believe that the bugs, worms, butterflies'and moths are not alive. The effect may be produced (in this climate) by laying a light of glass upon the lid of any ordinary paper box. Mo Ike. ' Finally the hour struck. The man had long been ready. Jn his sixty-Bixth year he first held a command worthy of His genius. The opportunity had ar rived late enough, but the use he made of it was unparalled in military annals. Never was a mighty enemy more quickly and completely crushed. KoniggraU is indeed a masterpiece; but it is the cam paign, taken as a whole, which is most astounding. The popular name given to it, of the Seven Weeks' War, unlike the generality of such terms, states less than the truth. The event was really decided in fifteen days from the declaration of hostilities. Honors came fast enough now to the man who had placed himself above tbem. In the space or a little more than four years he became Baron, Count, Knight of the Black Eagle, Field Marshal ; receiving, moreover, that species of reward of which his country is most niggardly, in the shape of large grants of money." The reason of his amazing success are not far to seek. It lias been suggested that the military ait may be no very pro found mystery, that "its principles are the principles of plain good sense, and that a quick eye, a cooi head, and a stout heart, will do more to make a General than all the diagrams of Jomini." TLese considerations do not quite exhaust the subject; but there is no doubt that the above natural qualifications, combined with the serious study of tactics, are pretty certain to produce a great captain fortune moderately favoring him. And Moltke has at least taken care that for tune has as rarely as possible been against him. "From Saarbriick to Sedan," it was said of him, "he left nothing to chance." According to a story which explains much, a friend of Moltke' s once met him in the streets of Berlin, on a memorable morning in the second half of July, 1870. The French ultimatum had just been received; and the friend, after a hasty greeting, was moving on. "Whither away so fast?'' asked Moltke. "Oh, I know you must be busy." "Not at all. Everything is ready." And, German wise, the famous strate gist carried off his companion to a cafe to talk philosophy over a glass of Bava rian beer. At Versailles the French wondered to see him so often "doing nothing," as it appeared to them. Even ing after evening, he strolled into the restaurant he had chosen, as leisnrely as any rich young officer in a crack regi ment; and stayed as long at table as others. Not that he is anything of an epicure his tastes being of the simplest. It was noticed that a favorite dish of his was roast goose. The Hour. Sunflowers are very valuable as food for bens, and yet people sneer at Oscar for admiring them. The Brlflal Tour. " "So you would wed with Alcibiades Doolittle, daughter?" said Thomas Tum suden, as he fondly stroked the golden head of his only child. "Aye, father. We love each rjther dearly, Alcibiades and I. And he is do ing extremely well, too, he tell me. He is, as you doubtless know, a law dark' "A dark, my child? What is a clark?" "Perhaps I should have said clerk, father," said Theodosia Tumaudon, flush ing slightly at her father's ignorance; "perhaps you would have understood me better; but at Mill's Seminary, where they have inculcated into my mind the purest principles of religion, together with French,, music and drawing, we were always bidden to say "clark." It is the English fashion and more elegant." "Be it so, my child," said Tnmsuden, fondly, "always talk in the most high tonedest fashion. Show your brung-up wherever yon go. But this young fellow is a clerk, you say?" "He is more," said Theodosia, "he is a barrister. He has been permitted to practice in the police court and before the justices of the peace, and he ekes out his income by other pursuits." "And what other pursuits?" asked her father. "He sweeps out and washes the win dows for his employers," said Theodosia, with a brilliant blush, "but, oh, father, he loves me so!" "There, there, daughter," Baid Thomas Tnmsuden, strangely moved, "do not weep. I peddled peanuts myself when I was a poor boy. He is a good and worthy youth, as I was. He shall have you for his bride. Go, my child rgo and pre pare your trosu. Never mind the cost." With a light and joyous step Theo dosia Tumsuden put on her sealskin and sallied out shopping. Did she use up four or five dry goods clerks that afternoon? Ah, you know not Theodosia! She used up six The nuptials were the most genteel, gorgeous, and magnificent that ever transpired in this locality. The bride was the most beautiful, the groom a finer specimen of manliness than ever before known. The ladies' dresses were per fectly elegant, and the wearers were all lovely. It was, in short, the regular wedding. Thomas Tnmsuden gave his daughter a magnificent diamond necklace, ten dia mond rings, a diamond tiara, and a check for fifty thousand dollars. To Alcibi ades he gave his blessing. But it was all in the family. The young couple started on their bridal tour amid the congratulations of rejoicing friends. When they were alone together, Theodosia spoke: "Alcibiades," Bhe murmured, "let us not make the usual trip through the usual interior towns; I would be far away from the kind though inquisitive eves of those who know and love me, on this, my wedding-tour. Let us journey far toward the Morning Land, Alcibiades even to the East." "Just as you say, my darling," replied Alcibiades. He let her have her own way. Hus bands always do. On bridal tours. : : Two months have flown. "Tumsuden," said a friend to him one day, "did you know that your daughter and her husband were back ?" "No." said T. Tumsuden, hurridly, "I thought they were still in the country." "No. I saw them to-day in a poor quarter of the city, and they both looked very wretched." . - . "Where did you see them?" "Stevenson street, near first." In five minutes T. Tumsuden was at the indicated place. It was a tenement house. As he mounted the rickety stairs and saw the squalid children playing on them, his heart grew sick within him. He reached a door pointed out to him by a frowsy urchin. He knoctced. "Come in," said a faint but still fa miliar voice. He entered. What a sight for a father's eye ! A bare and cheerless room, uncarpeted, furnitureless noth ing in it but a trnnk. Upon this sat his daughter and her husband, with features pinched for lack of food. Between them lay what was evidently their frugal meal a bologna sausage and four crackers. Where be their diamonds now, ha, ha ! and their fifty thousand dollars ? Ah, where ! Tnmsuden advanced and opened the trunk. It was empty. But these words, printed on a label, seared themselves into his brain : "Fifth Ave.nue Hotel." Thomas Tnmsuden had long been threatened with apoplexy. He fell heavily to the floor, with a dull thud. They had been to New York. Dres In Taris. There are in fact, but three sets of women who dress a great deal in Paris the mondaines, the demi-mondaines, and the actresses. Of the second class there is no need to speak further. The mon daines, as the fashionable set is called, comprise a certain number - of titled ladies and the wives of prominent bank ers. There is an immemse amount of wealth in this set, and a corresponding passion for display. These are the in ventors of wonderful costumes and mar velous hats, of toilets compounded of half a dozen costly materials, of stockings with point lace insertion let into the in step. They it is who have decreed that a lady's reception dress and dinner dress, walking dress and driving dress, morning dress and 'Ufternoon dress, ball dress and soiree dress, shall be radically different, the one from the other, thus compelling any lady who wishes to keep up with the fashions to buy twice as toilets as she. may need in a season. But it must be confessed that if they carry things to extremes in the matter of dressing they do the thing to perfection. No woman on earth understands the toilet art better than your born Parisienne. The Ameri can lady has a immense degree of inborn taste and of native refinement, which keeps her from following the wild aber rations that distinguish the dress of even the most carefully attired of English la dies. But the American belle, unless all her dresses come direct from Paris, is much hampered by the lack of taste and skill displayed by our resident dressmak ers. Such cutting and carrying of rich brocade and richer satin, of velvet and silk, of grenadine and gauze, as one sometimes witnesses among the toilets of a newly arrived group of American la dies is positively woeful to contemplate. Nothing but the exqnisite natural" taste of the American lady saves her from being a worse "guy" than her British female cousia ; for the London ' dress makers are very good, and can make up charming things, if only they are per mitted to do so by their customers. Paris Letter. It is announced that a herd of 11,000 sheep lias just arrived at Lincoln, Neb., from Washington Territory. The jour ney has occupied two yean. The trail from Washington Territory to the Mis souri river is said to have been the long est and hardest known to stock men.Three years is often consumed in a drive over this distance. A report made to a Lutheran synod by a committee appointed to examine the facts, says: "More than four-fifths of the young men of America are under the im mediate influence of Jhe church, and more than one-half are not nnder the di rect influence of Christian or even moral t homes." it'acked by Wasps. A most extraordinary incident took place early on Thursday morning last, when Lard Galway's pack of foxhounds were engaged in cub-hunting. His lordship, who : hunts the pack himself with the assistance of the kennel hunts man, Sam Morgan, and two whips, was sitting on his horse in Hundred Acres Cover, n sar Mr. Foljambe's saat at Os berton, whilst the pack were drawing the wood. His lordship fancied he heard a swarm of bees, but took no no tice t ntill be was alarmed to find his horse' i haunches covered wth wasps. He in: mediately galloped off to try to get rid of them, and brushed them away with his hands and whip stock, but to very little purpose, as the horse was so badly ptung; as was shown by scores of swellings, which came up like knots all over it, that it had to be sent home for treatment. His lordship escaped with only three stings on his neck, and, mounting another horse, the party killed a brace of foxes before going home to breakfast. Land and Water. A Physician's Tekbibik Crime. Mis Fannie L. Cavetly, a beautiful young woman of ottaw, III., has just been given a verdict of $50,000 damages against Dr. James H. Campfield. by whom she became a mother- Campfield, who was the trusted family physician , under the pretext of giving the girl med icine, administered a powerful drug that mode her unconscious. Previous to con suiting Dr. Campfield, Miss Caverly had been ill, and until March or April, 1880, she did not know the cause of her in creasing illnesi and pain. Another phy sician was called, and revealed the terri able secret of her trouble. The child died and Miss Cavrly, disgrace an! broken hearted, set about proving her innocence. Dr. Campfield, though he thought himself safe, was soon bound by a close chain of evidence. He tried to implicate a St. Louis man ! named Met calf, who voluntarily went on the stand and disproved the charge. Campfield repeatedly denied his guilt in private, but refuses to assert his innocene nnder oath. When the jury returned the ver of gilty, a great crowd of spectators yelled themselvs hoarse in their glad ex citement, and groups of friene congratu lated the judge, the jury and the vind cated woman. Sunflower Seed fob Poultry. A correspondent, Mrs. M. J. C, Otter, Iowa, gives her experience in raising mammoth Russian sunflower seed for poultry and for stock. It is eagerly eaten, makes the hens produce eggs plentifully, keeps the feathers glossy and elegant. Our correspondent has grown it successfully on a variety of soils, and even in fence corners, and re gards the stalks to be used for kindling wood as by no means unimportant. In conclusion she adds: "Itgiows to double the size of the common South American variety, and far excels it in the large heads of nice black seeds, if cultivated like other grains and kept free from weeds. I raise heads larger over than a water pail, and very heavy. I plant a patch every year for my chickens. If yon plant near your barn the poultry will live and giow fat, and one would be astonished at the amount of eggs pro duced. It takes three quarts for an acre, and plant as far apart as corn. Prairie Farmer. FOUND AT I. AST. A Positive and Never Fulling Core for Hheu mittl.ui, Agut-wlgl uud Oent. Hundreds of testimonials given to Dr. Henley, un solicited, are In bis possession from bis own towns, wen, living rigbt here among ns, testifying to the wonderful enrative powers of bis Rheumatic Neu tralizes Dr. Henley refers only to the testimonials given by well known parties in our midst, and never relies on far off and unknown individuals, as sup porting, what be claims to be true of bis Rheumatic Nentralizer, that is, it will cure any ease of Rheuma tism in existence. The doctor long since discovered the folly of applying external remedies for a disease that has its seat in the deepest channels of the blood, and therefore set to work to discover a rem edy for Rheumatism, and mankind may rejoice In bis Rheumatic Neutralizer. A DKKINITIOS OS RHKCMATIBM. If you have a thorn or splinter in your finger and you put on Chloroform, or some other drug, you stop the sensibility of pain for time only. The thorn is still there, and as soon as the effect of the drug dies away the pain returns. In order to get rid of the pain you iuubI have that thorn plucked out or the flesh. That is precisely tbe same way witb Rheumatism; you might rub on tbe skin some drug to atop tbe pain for a little time, but the paiu is sure to return as soon as the effect of the drug dies away. Now it has been proven beyond the slightest doubt that Rheumatism is in tbe deepest Channels of the Blood, and that tnere is no other way to reach it only through the Blood, This has been demon strated right here in Portland by dozens of people that have been cured by Dr. Heuley'a Rheumatic Neutralizer. That it is the only Medicine that has Ever Reached the case and made Lasting and Per manent Cures. In fact, the only true principal for Eradicating Rheumatism from tbe system is through the Blood. It is a pack of nonsense to attempt any other method, that ig, if you would wish a Perma nent and Lasting Cure, ovfice: 203 Third street, near Taylor, Portland Oregon. IIUU6E, DAVIS tr CO.. Wholesale Agents. OKEOOS TO MASSACHUSETTS. Some time ago Messrs. Hodge, Davia & Co., of this city, read in a Massachusetts paper that Hon. Charles It. Ladd, auditor of that state, was afflicted with an incurable kidney disease, and had been obliged to give np 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 letter: Commonwealth or Massachusetts, 1 Auditor's Dept. Boston, Nov. 11, 1881. ( Messrs. Hodge, Davis A Co.: Dear Sirs I have no hesitation in saying that I have been much benefited by the use of the Oregon Kidney Tea as a remedy for a kidney difficulty wbicn 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 shnll test ita virtues further, for I have great faith in it as a specific for many diseases of the kidneys. Respectfully yours. CHA9. R. LADD, The original of thii letter can be seen by calling on Messrs. Hodge, Davia & Co., Portland, Oregon, and the Oregon Kidney Tea can be bought of any druggist or dealer, In Oregon or Washington. Price tl per box. During a dearth of news in a western newspaper office, the office cat was jammed in the job press, and the editor immediately set up the following head lines: "Dreadful accident! Nine lives lost."-- Boston Bulletin. Ifo more Dyspepsia or Indigestion! Dr. Hon ley's celebrated I X L Bitters are the best Bitters in use. They never fail to give relief. Read physicians' certificate on the back of bottle. Sold everywhere. When you visit Portland seethe Elite Theater at the old and popular prices. Frankie Howard in her great song and dunce, ilallett and Ray mond in their great sketches are among the attractions. New Jersey has discovered that all the fish are leaving her rivers on account of the dirt. The fish are a little more par ticular than the inhabitants. Detroit Free Press. Frank G. A ball, the gold medal photographer of Portland, has returned from a trip to San Francisco, where he has been to procure new at tractions for l)is gallery, and his work will now be better than ever. Music: Largest stock on the northwest coast, orders filled promptly. Send stamp for catalogue and journal, Wiley B. Allen 153 "Jraird street, Portland. No better Blood Cleanser than Win. Ffunder's Oregon Blood Purifier. Rheumatism Case No. 112a. Alter ttn years suffering with rhoumatisr and using during that time every recom mended medicine sud the best physicians' advice with out finding relief, I tried a bottle of the Oregon Blood Purifier, and feeling better after its use, I continued taking it, and am glsd to state that after two months continuous use of your valu able Oregon Blood Purifier, I am perfectly free from rheumatism. Albert Youkceb. New rich blood! The use of the Oregon Blood Purifier. Agents wanted by the New York Novelty Co, Portland Oregon . Catalogues mailed free. Send $1.00 to W.D. Palmer, Portland, for one year's subscription to the Pacific Overseer, tbe great semi-monthly A. 0. U. W. paper. Garrison repairs atl kinds of sewing machines. O. N. V. Co. fNewHerles). No 60 0. It. BIRD, SI. D HOMCEPATHIC PHYSICIAN and SURGEON. Tint stroat, above Morrison fort land, Or. PortlaEfl Mmm Directory S1BVKTOR1. MAKVEik WHEBBEK, CIVIL K61X jEKKJt AAA Nt'RVKYUKM. Omce-29 Mark a reel, Uuion Block, Portland, Or. With Ferry White. Real Estate Agent. Buryeyuig done In any part of Oregcn or Washington. ' B1KKKI1X EMPIRE BAKER1?2"Washliigton. Vobs4 Fuhr, Proiis. Manufacturers of Pilot bread, crack ers, etc. Pork and beans and Boston brown bread every .Sunday morning. 1 SEAL OOKATEk. C B. FETY 33 Oak stretTSearfingraver, manu facturer of Steel and Brass Stamps. Dies, daicrs, notary and lodge seals. Orders filled promptly. IllEJIA VISTA POTTERY. WHOLESALE DEPUfZ-2A, 2.7 and a Front. A. M. Smith Prop., manufactures drain tile, stone ware, llower pots, vases, Are brick, etc Country orders filled promptly. ' ' ATTOB N EYH. D. P. KESSEIIY, Attorney and Counselor at Law Knom 5 Ufkatn't building. Legal business pertaining to Ietters Patent for Inventions, before the Patent Office or In the Courts, a siiecijilt v. EYE & EAR lNFIlUIAHY AKD SANITARIUM, OR HOME FOR THE SICK. Mucadam Baud bet. Porter nnd Wood Nt. , Noatfc Portland, Or. Dr. Pllklngton, late Professor of Eye A Ear Diseases In the Medical Department of Willamette University has erected a line building, on a beautiful elevation in the south part of the city and is prepared to accomo date patients suffering from all diseases of the KYE, KAR or THROAT. Also will pay special attention to persons laboring under Chronic Nervous affections, and to diseases peculiar to women, and recieve a limi ted number of cases expecting confinement. The intention Is to proviiB? a Home for such cases with all the best hygienic agencies, combined with the best medical skill to be had In the metropolis. Consulting physician and surgeon Dr. Philip Harvey, Prof, of diseases of women and children In the medical department Willamette University. Also Ir. J. L F. Browne, Prof, of Physiology mod dep't. Willamette University.: For any amount of references and circular, address UK. J. li. PILKIMTO.V, Cor. 1st and Withlntrtn Mta.. Portland, Or. SEWING MACHINE STORE, 1C7 Hilr l Street, Portlaod JOHN B. GARRISON, Proprietor, JGEKT FOE. TBS IMPROVED SINCER, CROWN, HOWE, DAVIS, WILSON, NEW HOME, ''D" HOWE, ROYAL ST. JOHN, Ana General Agctnt for Oregon and Washington Territory for tbe Household Sewing Machine. Dealer fa all kinds of Sewing Mac blue Attach, men in. Needles unV. Etc t5,8ewiiiH MacMnes repaired on liort notfee. . - - k.ri ihla great Htrenffth. flV&LF IFI nil 9 ful'ia Kcmedy uud KXVnSLI I VBXerve TO XI I: ix the ie- 11 yS.j?l 1 litimutf n-Kult of over 'JB 'f g ?f llfi varn of practical exmrl ff fZ iW&A'R Ul -lice- mid CCKK-S WITH PH FAILING CURTAIN I'Y Nervounand Physical LMiliity, Kpmiiiul Weak y e s . HiMTmHtorrbofa KmtxsioiisJ m potency Kx- hHDated. Vitality, Prema tura Uwline and l.OHH OF MAJIOUl, from whatever caus pronwet!. It eiirteheiis and purifies he liiiMMi, stivueUieiiK inn Nerves. Brain. Muscles IlifreKtiott, Reproductive Orins, and Physical and Mental Faculties. It stops a iv unnatural debilitating drain ui the system, preventing Involuntary losses debllltatiuir dreams, seminal losses with the urine, etc., i destructive to mind and IkhIv. It ts a sure eliminator of all KIONKY AND J51.A ODKR COf P LA I NTH. IT CONTAINS NO INJURIOUS IN (1HKDIKNT. To thoe BtrtTerlns from the elect f ynnthfal tmllHcrvtlonsor fxc4iuie, Medv, thorough nnl permnnent ( IKK 1H Ul Alt. ANTKKO. Price, &O ier bottle, or live bottles in case with full directions and advw-e, MO. Hent se cure from observation to any address upon receipt of price, or C. O. 1). To be had onlv of Ir. C. Ik. Haltw-ld. SIS if rnrnv iliwl. r fian Francisco, t 'ul. t 'onsultatkmssirictlycontidential, by letter or at ofhee, FRKE. For the convenience of patients, and In order to secure perfect secrecy, I have adopted a private address, under which all packages are forwarded. TRIAL BOTTLE FREE. Sufficient to show its merit, will be sent to any one applying by letter, stating his symptoms and age. Communications strictly confidential. ! A GRAND REVOLUTION la tlie Boot and Shoe bo nine NEW' YORK BOOT and SHOE BOUSE, HO. 193 FIRST STREI.T. Having enlarged my store and j ist rrcelred a large invoice of Ltdies', Gents' and Childreb's FINE BOOTS AND SHOES. From the irgeft and best Eastern Bouses. The public can re'y noon gettii'g a Cn r article than ever before rflfered in Portland and at Lower Prices. ' Call and 8e for Yourself anil be ' onvtueecl. H. GALLICK, New York Boot and Shoe llone No. 193 First St' ert. fc2-3m S K E I S ORESON SEED DEPOT. The undersigned having purchased the seed Imsi ness of Hachuey lieno. are now prepared to fill all orders for Field, Garden and Flower Seeds; also Trees, Flowering 8bmbs, etc, etc. Agents for Henry Miller's Flower Gardens and Nurseries. Twenty-five bushels White Russian Oats, the most prolific oats known, growing from 2a to 80 bushels to the acre. Kl Thousand Conover's folossil Aspanipus plants three years old. MILLER HROtt., First and Taylor sts., Portland. PROS PHATE SOAP, UN1UVAI.LED FOR Carina Bkla Disease and for Preserving llejtlthy Hkla. Beware of imitations of both the above justly ceje orated articles. The genuine made onlv bv the STAKVAKD SOAP fUMPA.HVi who a'so mauulactnre the laiyest assortment of LAUN DIt Y and TO I LET HOA F In the wor d. OFFICE 201 Racramento street, San Francisco California. Dr. II. M. RUSS, Dentist. For the Interest of the public. I have resolved to do first-class work at these prices : CoatlaaonOan Work-Porcelain S73 tol On Oold Plates... SO to T He f Teeth on K tin her SI AO and upward Net of Teeth on Celluloid. .. lO OO and upward OoM Filling- OO and apward Mllver and Hone Fllllna 1 OO and apward Extraction of Teeth, with 6a. U OO OFFICE-105 First street, over PrenticeM music store. Dr. II. M. RI SS, Dentist. Office hours, nil hours. Teeth extracted wllhHitM, AO ct. WASTED. O VESTS TO FILL TUB EAGLE HOTEL. Just opened cor. Second and E sts., Portland. The Best Dollar a Day House lu the tttr. J. THOMAS. PROPRIETOR. W Sire Care for CaiaM' I Hjnn OR DRY, PRICE 1 0: "ATMOfiPHF.RK liiBUfflaUirs," price 30c. lry Cure and Insoflla tors mailed on receipt of price, with full direction for use,etc IS. O. SKIIlMOKKAi!., l'nitffwts 131 Fire street. Portland, Ol. MiiIm Airents for the X. Pacitt JOt TURKISH Rim XT EW DESIGXS IN TURKISH AND PF.RMA3T Rug Patterns, Hooks, Clamps, etc., always on hand. A catalogue of designs and cost of each may be had by addressin eARKI(WX A Fit iH7 Third street, Portland. Orozor. AX IMPOBTAST CHAJIGF- H AVISO TRANSFERRED MY AOEVCY OP the NEW HOME and CROWN ISEWINO MACHINES to Mr. John B. Oarrison, 167 Third street, Portland, Oregon, I take this method to inform my patrons and the general public where these eoellen maceines may be found hereafter. H. T. HCDHOX. Portland. Or. SlrOOO ItKWAUD F OR ANYONE WHO WILL LEARN Kelloara; A Jlllson'sftTstes of Dress and Cloak Cutting, and, with a corret meas ure and perfect cutting, produce a baa nttina; garment. Weveral improvements have Just been made. Agents to sell nnd teach wanted 1n every town. Oood aventa can make Irotu fit) to J per day. kllluihi b jiLivsurn, Cheney, HpoWane Co., W. T INI llllWr-ajAI WOLftSgfHlNg MADE BVTlyn'SfBMtCiSCO BUCKINGHAM & HECHTS BOOTS AND SHOES Are the BEST and COST SO MORE than Other Brands and if tbe Merchant with whom yon Trade does not keep onr Goods it is because it FATS better to sell a pair of Boots or Shoes e?erj TWO Months than eterj F0LU or FIYE. WE WARRANT EVERY PAIR We make. All Merchants in Good Credit can procure these Goods at onr Ware houses in PORTLAND or San Francisco. TRY OUR "HERCULES" BOOTS HECIIT BROS. & C(V FsrrsiMnnipCon, Asthma, Bronehitift Catarrh, Dypepfci. Headache Debit. ity, Ncurala-in., Mheumatism, and nil (ironic Mud Nervous DinorderM. Pack asen may lx conveniently went by ei rrg, ready for f m mediate use at home, head for free trentine on the Oxygen treatment. Add r cm the proprietors, llou, 1111 Uirard Street, Fhila., Fa, or 11. K. 91 ATIIKWK, Pacifle IH-po Story, 06 Montgomery fcli San FranelM-o, OaL DR. SPINNEY, K. 1 1 Kearny street, a. 1'ronts all Cbi-onle and Special IMssaaas. YOUNG MEN W f!, ?f V BE. Vt-FKR.llia FROM THE KF- T feets i.f youthful tolllos or Indiscretion, will do t. avail themselves of this, the irreatest boos "i.l'vtv1 '.U altHr suffering bSSSky. BR -1'IA.K will guarantfe to forfeit 500 for evert asp of Heininal Weakness or private diseases of aoj r-Ti ,:tr "hlch he undertakes and falls t UIDDLE-AOED HFJi. Iht-iearemany at the age of thirty t sixty wbu are t.-euoled With too frequent evacuations of the bladder, often accompanied by a slight smarting or bu riling sensation and a weakening of the system In a manner the patient cannot account for. On exam ining the urinary deposit a ropy sediment Will often be found, and sometimes small panicles of albumen will appear, the color will be of a thin milkish hue, again c.-uuiglng to a dark and torpid appearance I here are many men who die of this difficulty, igno rant of the cause, which is the second stage of Semi r.ol Weakness. Dr. &, will guarantee a perfect cure U aU such cases, and a healthy restoration of the genito orinury organs. Office Hours 10 to 4 and 6 to 8. . Sundays from 10 to II A. M. Consultation fre!. Thorough examinafoL and advice, Si Call or address DO. SP1KNKT A CO. No. II Kearov street. Kan Francisco. Cat Sacs r stencils A f5s SEALS. KAIi EKGKAVEB, 83 FIstST ST. rOBTLASB, OK. KSTABLISHED IX 1S52. SPORTSMEN'S EMPORIUM. WM. BECK SON. Importers and dealers in Guns Rifles, and Revolvers of Every Kind, All kinds of Fishing Tackle, Bird Cages, Reads, Toys, Baskets, Croquet (lames, Base Balls. MASKS, Wire, Paper, Waxed, Sal in, (JoM, Silver and Bullion Fringre, Bells, Stars, Spangles? Importers of and Dealers in - Military and Societ j Goods LiOdge Seals & Jladges, 163 and 167 Second M., Portland, Or. I'ORTLA X D, OKEOOV. 1850. 32 Years Practical Experience. 1882. John A. Child DRUGGIST, Tealcr in Fine Chemicals, Pfrfumery: Toilet Articles, Sponges, Soaps & Rubber Loods. Cor Morrison k 2 b Portland, tr. Fprelsl attention pa d to orders b mail when accom psniedriib tbe csh. STURGES,LARSEN&CO., I-HIPPINO COMMISSION MERCHANTS, Wholesale Dealers in Teas, Canned tioods, Sjriips, Honer, Dried Fruits, Provisions, etc, etc. Shippers of Orala, Flour, Wool, and Cnsmtrjr Prodnee. Consignments solicited and 1 Jberal Advances made when desired. XO. 34. fROJTT UTEET, PORTI.ASD, OR. HUDSON'S GUN STORE, U Tlrst street, Portland, Oregon. etJXS, PISTOLS UIB AMMCHITIOn FlsMnsT Taekte mt Fr'rT Doaertntia Dr. P. Hartkt, Consulting Chemist. J. H "McIntosh, Assayer ASSAY OFFICE, j. b. Mcintosh, Portland, Oregon CHEMICAL ANALYSIS MADE OF COAL, MIK eral Waters. (Soils, Ktc Ores ol all kinds as saved with care. Kaniples sent by mall or epres will receive prompt attention, and returns he made Immediately. Ordinary assays of 01, Silver, I.cad nnd Coppei, from three to five dollars. A iMuss J. It. M.-lnt SB, Northeast cor. r'ront ai;-! 'i .rk sirw ts Portland. -regon BE8TACBAXT THE BEST IN THE CTTT All Modern Improvements. Open aU day. J. H. BRENNER. Proprietor mmmm t;i n s i v fit -- CCMT AND & swianS nr i f ii iff 1 1' n -mi mil r m i n -nr PERUVIffl BITTERS 'ffttu- I ' '' ; t : ,:. -X. -i y fv- .j - Tr; (- ' ? ? -.V r 1 u t, . , i (CHISIHOXA BtBEX) The Finest BITTERS In the WOK I. IX THEY EFFECTUALLY CVBE , MALARIAL DISEASES, Vitalize the ytem and arrest the ravaae at the Dremtful Alrnhol Habit. L--v lUPoOMAJUA. -- Ask 'your I)i nc-lt or Wlue Merchant for 7 -.- - them. WILUEBDIAG fe CO., Agents, 8aa Fraa 'i . " el sco. W. J. VA!t SCHI-YVBK te CO.. Portland. THE 1 4P & tongs. 'ALIFORHIA Wrarafcjle and Nervous Headache, Gold la Headi Stoppage of the Nasal Pauaie, etc. : Belief Immediate. Cure Permanent. " Had Catarrh in its verv worst form. One box o Sure Cure' cured me." Wat. BarrSan KafaeL "Have used it with the most Kratlfvinc result.' W. F. XoreruM, Editor "New Age," li F. "I had beer, afflicted with Catarrh for 7 veers: two boxes Dobyns' 'Kure Cure' cured me." Rev. T. 11. B. .Anderson, Sacramento, Cal. ftl ner IHIX I three Kn,,. Sift. Afc drnireltt for It. IWSWi, DAVIS A CO., Wholesrle airents, Portland, Oregon. F. W, WALKER, Role Act. Pari Ac Coast. t!0Hansome (Street. San Fi-anclieoi Cal LUNDTJERG & DUG, ELECTRICIANS and OPTICIANS 11 FOVRTH ST., rOBTLASD. ' Manufacturers of and Dealem In i Telegraphic, r.lectrlcal and Surveyor In. strnmenta nnd Materials. Optlenl Goods of Every Description. AO KM KOR- GRAY & CO.'S GALVANIC GIRDLE. The Best la Vae. Patent Models ami Exnerlment.nl Hfnchlnerv R,u. cialiy. Jobbing and repairing promptly attended to. xt?- .!.t.-.-4. i-- Una. ,7? Patent, Ifov. 11,1879,. j aieni, no v. w, toeu. ... Keiical Electricity. yc BORXE'S ELECT II O.MAGXETIC HEXT. (TheOnllOfrunn.f ttteeixedtt Premium State Fair. F.tetro-arxrlU Brim Sw Ktjl, SlOi KlerU-rtle BM, i.tu a . pjmaaen, ei a $ URnMni wm,i I apt ta.sa Will p Neural nur IN UIB WOKl.U. diseaw.. Send for illustrated CAtalosue.frre. Aln. Nerroumesa. RUPTUR OCA KAXTEED RELIEVE! or Cured. Bend for Illustrate . Cat&iocuo, Hundredsof mirer. W. J. HORNXV Prop, and MsuauJPr ;o3 Market U, ban Francisco. Cal. WILLIAM COLLIER, Dealer In New and SECOND IUXD MACHINERY, OS Madison St., Portland, Or. Parties destrlnc Roller. Knelnee or HA IV MII.I. M A III.M ttT r'neeure AW by addi-eulH Mr. Collier. ' New and Second Hand Machinery Bought and sold or traded i ndvaatatm. tar o o ... CO c re .. r o . 3 i CD 3 "0 ex. Life Scholarships, Paid in Installments, BKNTV POX fiIM'L' 'AHE OvJ.Y CCRABI.E ' ISI-H FOB WAIM and Ceiling it jj cheaper and Nfller ibu Kalsomtue or Wall 1 apt r and more easily applied. Pore Wbite and a var ety of titan tiful ilnt. Fur tie by al de ler. f VtMaS R. KEbLT A CO.. ' Ban Krancicco, Cal . Pols Agents for the Parifl ( osst. Plants, Tress, Etc. ILLUSTRATED CATALOG' FREE I J. K TRUMBULL IX). 419 and 41 Bassoma tiiet, km Francisco. l I IN!!: aWVi sa I 5 H8z ''WKST TCSIS 13 UZl. VEOtSTKBED BCIIS. 1879. - . sip-sais ni 'i Mm j ii mis Ji - $70 - - - 75