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The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1875-12-24

During the past ten years a great
change has taken place in the tea trade
between the United States and China
and Japan. Before the establishment
of the telegraph and steamship lines,
teas that were ordered from China and
Japan in the early spring were not re-
ceived in this country until the first OF
the following winter. Now teas that
are growing on the bush in Japan in
March are landed in New York early in
June, and in July the market is sup
piled with them. The telegraph is used
to inquire about the condition of the
market or to order purchases made,
merchants communicating with each
other by cipher, in order to avoid the
heavy expenses involved in telegraph
ing so long distance in the usual way.
There is fashion in teas as much as in
dress, and a great change has taken
place during the past ten years in the
taste of Americans in regard to their
teas, those kinds increasing in favor
which are the purest, and which most
nearly approach the condition in which
they are used by the native tea-drinkers.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1875-12-24

MADAME MORRISsEY. ~ Mrs. Nor
rissey is a fine-lOOking lady, who, like
her husband, is perfectly Independent
of Mrs. Grundy, and knows we'll how to
take care of herself. Formerly she
lived at Troy, where she was highly re-
spected by all classes of citizens. One
afternoon it chanced that the eyes of a
young sprig of fustian happened to fall
upon a tall, handsome, elegantly-attired
lady, who was walking up the street in
front of him. He passed and repassed
her, trying to attract her attention, but
in vain. Finally he addressed her, when
suddenly an arm of steel emerged from
a seal muff, and blow that might have
felled an OK laid the young fellow
sprawling against a stoop. Quickly he
recovered himself, gathered up his
beaver and cane, and retreated rapidly
down the street. The lady stood for a
moment laughing at his discontinue,
and then turned upon her heel, the ad-
miration of all beholders. Her would
be adorer inquired of some one who
stood at a safe distance who the lady
was. A smile came with the answer,
''Mrs. John Morrissey." Correspond
ence Toledo Blade.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1875-12-24
DREAMS.

"Good night? All, no the house is ill
Which sewers those it should unite.
Let us remain together still;
Then 1t will be good night"
The night hours wane, the bleak winds of De-
sweep through the branches of the singing
And while I watch each slowly dying ember,
dream of joys that may never be mine-
The vacant chair, the room so sad and lonely,
Bring visions of a home meath other skies
n home created by my fancy only,
My hearts true rest, my earthly paradise.
In the nfght-watches,wh when my hands are folded
In weary calm upon my hopeless breast,
These bright creatures, by my hearts love
Quicken its beat, and rise all unexpressed.
Roof-tree and tower and portal rise unaided;
Aladdin like, their instant birth see;
And at loves shrine, by dOubtings uninvaded,
offer up my wild idolatry.
Only the fires warm heart, intensely glowing,
Sends languid throbs of brightness through
the gloom,
And GORGEOUS flowers, with tropic life DER
Pour on the peaceful air their sweet perfume.
Now clasp in my arms my long-sought treas
ure,
Now dear head is pillowed on my breast,
And with JOY no earthly tongue can measure,
Warm, trembling lips to mine are fondly
pressed,
For THOU art with me, with thy presence bless
Thou dearest, best, my first love and my last;
Within thy arms, thy purest love possessing,
Darkness is gone, and night is oVerpast.
oh, rapturous kisses passionate caressingi
Oh, hearts quick beating with a wild delight
Oh, murmured words, or mutual love confess
ingi
Parted no more-at last it is, good night
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1875-12-24

The SCHOOL QUEsTIoN.-This is
free country; every man, regardless Of
his religious convictions, is the equal of
every other man, at least in political
sense. Our government recognizes no
system of religion-the Christian, Jew,
Infidel, and man of no religion, all
stand equal, under the law, and are
alike entitled to its protection. The
Jew, Catholic, and Infidel form a con-
siderable portion of society, and con-
tribute to the support of the government
and its institutions. They are opposed
to the reading of the Bible in the schools,
and to compel their children to sit and
listen would be direct Infringement on
their rights.
The Christian would object to the
reading of Paine's Age of Reason in the
schools, or any purely Catholic writings,
and each have equal rights. Then it
follows that the Infidel has the same
right to require the reading of Paine's
Age of Reason that the Christian has
the reading of the Bible, and this no
Christian will for a moment concede.
How, then, can we settle this matter
is a question often asked. The answer
is right here: Keep the Bible out of the
schools, make the schools purely secu-
lar, aud let the children receive relig-
ious instruction at their home, in the
church, and at the Sabbath schools
De Soto WIS., Leader.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1875-12-24
Ways in Which the Sun Influences the
Earth,

If we now turn to the sun, we find that
there are three distinct forms in motion
which animate his surface particles. In
the first place, each particle is carried
round by the rotation of our luminary.
Secondly, each particle is influenced by
the gigantic meteorological disturbances
of the surface, in virtue of which it may
acquire velocity ranging as high as $50
or l40 miles a second; and lastly, each
particle, on account of its high tempera-
ture, is vibrating with extreme rapidity,
and the energy of these vibrations, COM
municated to US by means of the ethe-
real medium, produces the well-known
light and heat effect of the sun.
Now, is it philosophical to suppose
that it is only the last of these three
motions that influences our earth, while
the other two produce absolutely no eff
feet? On the contrary, We are, [ think,
compelled, by considerations connected
with the theory of energy, to attribute
an influence, whether great or small, to
the first two as well as to the last.
We are thus led to suppose that the
sun must influence the earth in three
ways, one depending on his rotation,
another on his meteorological disturb
ance, and third by means of the yibra-
tiOns of his surface particles.
But we have already seen that, as a
matter of fact, the sun does appear to
influence the earth in three distinct
ways-one magnetically and meteoro-
logically, depending apparently on his
period of rotation; a second cyclonically
depending apparently on the meteOro.
logical conditions of his surface; and g
third, by means of his light and heat
Popular Science Monthly.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1875-12-24
The husbands Commandments.

l. am thy husband, whom thou
didst vow to love, honor, and obey; for
1 saved thee from old maidism and the
terror of single blessedness.
2. Thou shalt not look upon any other
man, TO love and admire him; for /, thy
husband, am a jealous husband, who
will visit the sin of his wife upon her
followers; therefore keep thou faithful
to thy marriage VOWS.
8. Thou shalt not back-bite thy hus-
band, nor speak lightly of him; neither
shalt thou expose his faults to neigh
bors, lest he should hear of it, and pun
ish thy perfidy by deprivation of sundry
items, such as bonnets, dresses, jewelry,
etc.
4. Thou shalt purchase cigars for thy
husband, rather than candies for thine
own self.
5. Thou shalt not go to the opera or
evening parties without thy husband;
neither shalt thou dance too frequently
with thy "cousin," or "thy husbands
friend"
6. Thou shalt not listen to flattery,
nor accept gift nor trinket from any
man save thy husband.
Z. Thou shalt not rifle thy husbands
pockets for money when he is asleep;
neither shalt thou read any letters thou
mayest find therein; for it is his busi-
ness to look after his own affairs, and
thine to let his alone.
s. Thou shalt conceal nothing from
thy husband.
9. Thou shalt make no false represen-
tations of the state of thy pantry, thy
purse, or thy wardrobe.
10. Remember to rise early in the
morning, and be prepared with becom-
ing good humor to welcome thy hus-
band at the breakfast table.
IL. Look for no jewelry from thy hus-
band on the anniversary of thy we'd
ding, for it is written, 'Blessed are
they who expect nothing, for they shall
not be disappointed"
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1875-12-24

The age of the earth stretches back
not through thousands only, but through
millions of years, until at length it
seems to be lost in an endless eternity.
1t was the contemplation of the earth's
crust, under this point of view, which
induced DIR. Hutton to give utterance to
the now famous expression-'T see no
traces of a beginning or prospect of an
end" 1t is not probable that the
knowledge of man will ever become so
extensive as to enable him to compre-
hend all the great processes Of the phys
cal world; but certain it is, that if we
could obtain clear and connected view
of those processes, we must extend the
field of observation to the utmost linn
its of accessible space and time, and en-
deavor to contemplate nature as one
connected whole.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1875-12-24

Texas is on the broad road to trouble.
She has made new constitution. To
be sure it has not yet been adopted, but
there is no doubt that it will be, and
once in operation, woe to Texas. The
progress of the State will be very slow,
if indeed she does not retrograde. The
population is at present barely five to
the square mile, and the bureau of i'm
migration is to be abolished. Illiteracy
is almost universal in the rural districts,
at least, yet no schools are to be pro-
vided. Railroads are greatly needed to
develop the rich resources of the State,
yet no encouragement will be offered
them to run through. Official salaries
are so reduced that public officers must
steal or starve. These are few points
of lone star wisdom.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1875-12-24
A Fable.

One day Mrs. LovejOy, of Detroit, sat
down with her elbows on her knees,
sighed drearily, and said unto her son 4:
Montgomery, I am old and faded.
A few more autumns and the sad fall
winds will sigh and moan over the dead
sods which cover my breast"
"My MOTHER" said the dutiful son, as
he rose up and laid his youthful cheek
against the face on which Time had
beaten for seventy years, "my mother,
are you not happy"
"HOw can l be, my son, when my
best raiment consists of this old and
faded dress ?"
The boy said no more, but sighed
with her and left the humble cot. The
mother was still gazing sadly at the old
three-legged cook stove, and wishing
that some prince had been smitten with
her in her young days, when the son
returned. His face wore q beautiful
smile of love, and as he handed her a
bundle he tenderly said:
''Here, my good mother, thy son hath
brought thee fourteen yards of delains,
that thou mayst appear in raiment be-
fitting one of thy years and many
virtues"
And she fell on his neck and Sob
bingly inquired:
"My son, how came you by the
goods?"
81 had money laid by in a secure
place." he answered, "and it fills me
with joy to use it on my mother"
She fell on his neck again, stuck her
nose in his eye, and was sending tor
rent of motherly tears down behind his
paper collar, when a'policeman walked
in and remarked:
81 want that young man for stealing
that 'ere dress"
And as the dutiful son was led away
by the collar it didn't look much like a
fable to him.-DetrOit Free Press.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1875-12-24
Edgar Allan Poe.

The monument erected at Baltimore
over the grave of Edgar Allan Poe was
unveiled and dedicated November II, in
the presence of large number of spec
tators. Itwas tardy justice to the MEM
ory of a man who, whatever his faults
of character, was great genius. The
scene presented a striking contrast with
the burial of the poet on a dreary Octo-
ber morning twenty-six years ago, when
a single carriage followed his remains to
the grave in Westminster church-yard,
where he was laid at rest beside his an
cestOrs. The services, which were held
in hall adjoining Westminster Church,
consisted of addresses by Professor
Henry E. Shepherd and Mr.. John H.
Latrobe, the reading of fine poem by
William Winter, and of letters from
Tennyson, Bryant, Whittier, and 9TH
ers.
At the conclusion of these services the
assemblage withdrew from the hall and
went to the church-yard, where the in-
teresting ceremony of unwilling the
monument took place. This was per-
formed by Miss Sarah S. Rice, of the
Western High School, Baltimore, who
from first to last has taken the most ac-
tive interest in the erection of the mon3
ument. She was assisted by the ladies
who took part in the first literary enter
tainment in aid of the Poe Monument
Association in the autumn of 1865. AS
the drapery gracefully fell from the
marble, the Philharmonic Society of
Baltimore, composed of one hundred of
the best singers in the city, chanted q
dirge which had been composed for the
occasion by Mrs. Eleanor A. Fullerton.
The monument is made of the pur-
est white marble from Maryland quar-
ries. 1t stands upon Il granite base
about eighteen feet high, and is placed
over the poets grave. 1t has on one
side finely-executed medallion bust of
the poet, taken from photograph copy
of an original daguerreotype. 1t is said
to be an excellent likeness. Beneath
the bust is inscribed the name edgar
Allan Poe" On the opposite side is the
following inscription:
POrr Tapuorv 0rsh 1900
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1875-12-24

THE RESULT OF THE WHISKY DIS
CLosUREs.-The following letter of St.
Louis girl to her betrothed tells its own
sad story. Not a word we could say
would add anything to the infinite
pathOs of this poor scrawl:
"Dedr Jack Our engagement is off.
hear that your fathers brother mar
ried a woman whose uncle belongs to
the whisky ring. It's too awful fol-
anything. I return a box of cardamon
seeds found on the sofa where you SAT
last night. Your forlorn but resOlute
EDITH
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1875-12-24

EARTH WORMS.-These insignificant
and unattractive creatures are of the
greatest benefit to the fields they in
habit, though many have supposed to
the contrary. They are very humble
but efficient servants of the agricultur-
ist, and far from injuring his meadow
and his garden, they devote themselves
with praisewOrthy assiduity to turning
over the soil to greater depth and more
thoroughly than can be done with the
best appliances known to science.
These animals (for so they are classified
by the naturalist) are scarcely more
than animated tubes. They seem to
live by taking earth and earthly sub
stances in at one end and passing them
out at the other. This simple process OF
digestion is aided, however, by a mu-
cous secretion; and the worm has a
habit, when he has filled himself with
earth, of ascending to the surface, turn
ing around and working himself back
into the ground. This operation I'M
loads him; and the process repeated by
millions of his followers cannot but
have highly beneficial effect upon the
quality of land.
1t is said by Mr.. Darwin that these
worms have been known to cover a field
to the depth of thirteen inches in the
course of eighty years. A slow process,
to be sure, but so are all the processes ol
Nature. This, however, is not all that
they do. They carry their shafts and
galleries to depth of several feet, and
cross and intersect in all directions,
loosening the soil, opening it to the all
and water, and, in short, doing all that
they can to help vegetation, without
preying upon it or injuring its roots in
the slightest degree.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1875-12-24

Supposing the captain of frigate saw
it right, or were by any chance obliged,
to place his own son in the position of a
common sailor; as he would then treat
his son, he is bound always to treat
those men under him. So, also, sup
posing the master of a mandatory saw
it right, or were by any chance obliged,
to place his own son in the position of
an ordinary workman; as he would then
treat his son, he is bound always to
treat every one of his men. This is the
only effective, true, or practicable rule
which can be given on this point of POI
litical economy.-RUskin.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1875-12-24

A committee of the grand lodge of
freemasons of Ohio has reported in favor
of recognizing the grand lodge of col
ored frsemasons of that State, and the
report will probably be adopted. This
will be first recognition of q colored by
a white lodge.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1875-12-24

Somebody advertises in the London
Times for servant girl that fears the
Lord and can carry one cwt. Hand
maidens that can successfully wrestle
with an hundred pound weight are not
usually the sort of females who fear the
Lord, or anything else, for that matter.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1875-12-24
DID NOT ARRIVE.

We regret that the third chapter of
"Madge Morrison" did not arrive in
time for insertion in this issue.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1875-12-24

Intemperance prevails to terrible ex-
tent in North Wales, and the Bishop of
Bangor is said to be seriously distressed
st its frequency among the clergy Of the
diocese.
The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1875-12-24
Born January 2Csh, 1909.
Died OctOber 7th. 1919.

A place has been left for an epitaph.
which it is expected will be written by
Alfred Tennyson.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-08-20

REMOVING STAINS FROM MARBLE.-The
following directions are given by Harper's
Bazaar:
Housekeepers having table tops, mantel-
pieces, or hearth-stOnes of white marble
are oilen sorely distressed at the stains
which accident or carelessness may have
left on them. Ink and iron mold seem
especially hard to overcome, but by little
patience and perseverance with The recipe
even they will yield.
For ordinary stains mix whiting in
strong soap-suds to the consistency of
cream, and spread it on with brush, leav-
ing 1t for day or two. Sometimes the OPP
Grafton has TO be repeated before it succeeds
in completely removing the stains. For
iron and ink spots, something stronger is
required. Take butter of anthony and
oxalic acid each one ounce, mix in pint
of raln-water, then stir in flour to make
paste, and lay it on the places, leaving it
for several hours. One application will
usually be sufficient. To clean alabaster
ornaments that have become soiled with
dust, take fine pumice powder mixed with
lemon juice, and rub the alabaster we'll
with it, washing it afterward with clean
water, and drying it with linen rags.
To take grease or oil stains out OF mar
BILE, use strong lyeOf pearl-ash aud water,
thiekened with unslacked lime; generally
a few minutes will suffice TO extract them,
but for old stains second application may
DO needed, and afterward the place must
be thoroughly rinsed in clean water. If
after any of these operations for removing
stains the polish should appear 10 be injur-
ed, it can berestored by rubbing with sand
manor
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-08-20

The longest night in Norway lasts
three months; and when young man
goes to see his girl, her mother, before re-
firing, tells her not to ruin her health by
sitting up more than two months.
"A Great Darlington young man could
not get up courage enough 10 "pop the
question" TO his girl, so sent the offer by
mail. He got postal-card in reply briefly
saying: "Fetch on your preacher" She
doesn't seem TO have lacked confidence.
"A new grove of colossal red wood trees
has been discovered in California. One of
them eclipses all that have been discovered
on the Pacific coast. Its circumference as
high as a man can reach, standing and
passing tape-line around, is few inches
less than one hundred and fifty feet
"A Presbyterian minister, while mar
rying a couple of his rustic parishioners,
felt exceedingly disconnected on his asking
the bridegroom if he were willing 10 take
the woman for his welded wife, by his
scratching his head and saying: "Ay, Pm
wul'in but I'd rather hae her sister,"
"A foreign embassy recently sought the
assistance of the English police TO find a
young girl who had just become the heir
ess of many millions. The instructions
were vague, and the task was necessarily
given TO one of the keenest detectives. At
the end of six weeks the detective report
ed at head quarters and handed in his res
ignalion. "Well," said the chief, "aud
what about the young girl?" 81 found her,
about a month ago, in a dressmaker's
shop was The answer. "And what them"
81 married her, yesterday, and, this morn
ing, have just received her six millions"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-08-20

The most perfectly-shaped man or wo-
man is unsymmetrical-that is to say, there
is a marked unlikeness between the two
sides of the body. The two sides of the
face (Which is most seen, and therefore per-
mits of more accurate study will be found
always to exhibit considerable differences.
Probably no two sides of any human face
are precisely alike. 1t is The same with
every limb. No pair of limbs are shaped
alike. One hand is almost always larger
than the others 40 with tie foot; so with
the leg An ! arm.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-08-20

FENN's COMPOUND EXTRACT Of BdrkS
and Roots for making Bcer.-This is just
what your system needs at this season of
the year, and will make a beverage that
will be agreeable TO the taste. Directions
TO make tea gallons of beer Add TO this
nine gallons OF blood warm water, one gal
Ion Of Porto Rico molasses (other kinds
will do but not as good) one pint of yeast,
mix all well together, and fill the key. Let
it stand five or six hours, or until thor
oughly iermented, then bung up, and in
% cents per bottle.
FRANCIS FEM, Prop'r, Rutland, VT.
Sold by all Dealers in medicines.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-08-20

Sickness prevails everywhere, and every
body complains of some disease during
life. When sick, the object Is TO get well +;
now we say plainly that no person in this
world that is suffering with Dyspepsia,
Liver Complaint and its effects, such as In
digestion, Costivercss, Sick Headache,
Sour Stomach, Heart burn, Palpitation OF
the Heart, Depressed Spirits, Biiousnese,
&C., can lake GREENS AUGUST FLOWER
without getting relief and cure. If you
doubt this, go to your Druggists, II. G.
WILLARD q Co., and get Sample Bottle
for 10 cents and try it. Regular size 75
cents. Two doses will relieve you.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-08-20

When you visit or leave the city Of NEW YORK save
annoyance and expense of carriage hire and stop at
the GRAND UNION HOTEL, opposite the
GRAND CENTRAL DEPOT. 1t has over 800 elegant
ly furnished rooms, and is fitted up at expense Of
over 100000. Elevator, steam, and all modern i'm
provements. European plan. The hESTAU-
RANTS, Lunch Counter and Wine Rooms are sup
Piled with the best the markets furnish. The cui-
sine is unsurpassed Rooms for single person, 81 so
ly low, that visitors to the city aud travellers
live more luxuriously for less money, at the GRAND
UNION than at any other frstcass hotel in the city.
Stages and pass the hotel every minute for all
parts Of the city. OF. NV d. GARR1SON, Managers.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1875-08-20
"Jesus paid ii all,
All the debts they owed"

and all they had to do was to believe and
live. 1 would cry out: show long, o
Lord, holy and true, shall Satan thus lri-
umph? Come, Lord Jesus, come quickly
and claim these Kingdoms for Thine own.
May thy church awake, grid on her armor,
and go forth conquering and to conquer"