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A Puzzle.

In the puzzle story that follows each word
wanting ends with "at:'' One day little
girl who was sitting down, held TIL ee letters
of the alphabet in her hand, when an animal
appeared. She put one letter down and
took up another, when she found she had an
article Of dress. She put that letter down
and took three letters, when very impor-
tant gcain came up. She put three letters
down, took up two more, when an insect
appeared. She put two letters down, took
up anot her, and found thai she held in her
hand bird. She put one letter down,
picked up two more, and behold a limiting
adjective. She put two letters down, picked
up another, when we have a vessel of beer
She put one letter down, picked up another,
and we have an animal. She put that letter
down and took up two mofe, when she ut.
tered an exclamation. She put down two
letters and picked up two more, when dirty
little child appeared. She put those letters
down and took up another, when boys
name appeared; and this is The end OF the
puzzle story.
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Boston Transcript

A novelty In canal-boats lies In Charles
river, near the foot Of Chestnut street. II is
called a pneumatic canal-boat, aud was
built al Wiscasset, Me-, as devised by the
owner, X. III. Tucker, Of Boston, who claims
TO hold patents for his design In England
and the United States. The specimen shown
is designed 10 be used on canals without i'm
turing the banks. IL Is simple structure,
measuring 62 feet long, 20 feet wide, three
feet In depth, and draws II inches Of water.
IL Is driven entirely by air, Roots blower
No. being used, the latter operated by an
Is horsepower engine. The air is forced
Down a central shaft TO the bottom, where 1t
10 DETECTED, aud, being confined between
keels, passes backward and upward, escaping
at the stern through an orifice 10 feet wide,
30 as TO form sort of air wedge between the
boat and the surface of the water. The force
with which the air strikes the water Is what
propels it. The boat has a speed of four
miles an hour, but requires 35 horsepower
engine TO develop It's full capabilities. The
patentee claims great advantage In doing
away with the heavy machinery of screws
and sidewheels, and believes that the contri'
vance gives full results in proportion to the
power employed. II is also contrived for
backing and steering by air propulsion.
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whIstling Birds.

Dealers class whistling birds as proficient
or not proficient. To the first class belong
those that whistle several tunes, or one tame
very well, and in the second class are birds
that can whistle only fraction of tune.
Out of fifty birds, about forty are proficient,
and about two-thirds of these can whistle
two melodies. These birds abound in Hesse
and Saxony, where they are taught by taiors,
shoe-makors and weavers, whose occupation
keep them indoors. The teaching begins
from the time they are strorg enough TO be
taken from the nest. The tune they are TO
learn is whistled to them several times a
day, particularly in the morning and even
whstling is preferred, as instruments
are too shrill. The birds should always
hear the tune in the same key, and no other
tune should be played ofwhistled in their
hearing as long as they are learning. The
tim. In which they master a. melody varies
frem four to six months. They will almost
at all times pipe their tune at the command
Ia nod or a word) of the person who feeds
them, and only for him, SO it is important
that they should always be fed blythe
same person. When piping, they move
their heads, and sometimes sway the body to
and fro and spread ont the tail like fan
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TRAINING FORA PRrzE-FiGHT.
What Man has to Go Through TO Get Himself
In Condition for the Ring.

NeU York Sun.
The prize-hght for 5000 and the feather
weight championship Of America between
Frank White Of this city and George Holden
of England, is TO be fought In Canada, with
In 100 miles of Erie, Pa, and November 10,
If nothing happens. Holden was seen yes
teiday.
ssHow do you train? P" asked the reporter.
"Well, generally rise at daybreak, and
when want TO take sweat muffie myself
up In heavy fannels, put On heavy boots,
take a short, thick stick and start off for two
mile run, leaving Dooney Harris, who is
bit old, TO take care of things at home.
When get back am bathed and rubbed,
washed with a decoction of arnica, borax
and Jamaica rum, and battle my face with
white vinegar mixed with alum and borax.
Then lie down Oh my bed, and after rest
20 down to breakfast with ali appetite. i
generally polish of two mutton chops, four
slices of toast, four fresh eggs and a bowl OF
English breakfast tea. After breakfast rest
and then put on my heavy fannels for run
of twelve miles at a ten-miles-an-hour gait.
get another good rubbing down and dine
on roast beef or leg of mutton or broiled
chicken, with green's, potatoes and toast, a
bottle of Scotch ale and calves foot jelly and
custard pudding to fill In with. After all
hours rest / play with ligh; dumb-bells,
fight the bag or kick football. At 3 p. IN.
| start off OH another long tramp at All easy
gait, and hammer with my stick at every OBJ
iect | meet TO strengthen my wrists, SO that
when fight can save my knuckles and
preyent the small bones on the back of my
hands from breaking. After the afternoons
walk it is generally supper time. Then |
take sponge bath and rub down. The sup
per is generally toast, Cruel, port wine and
currants or boiled eggs and tea. At 9p. m.
[ 90 to bed and sleep,with my trainer in the
same room.
"You can't imagine" Holden added, ''the
torments man goes through in fitting him
self for a fight, but neither can you have any
idea of the glorious feeling man has when
he gets himself In condition. Ii is impossi-
BILE to get game man into bad humor when
he Is in such condition. He feels frisky and
colt-like, and wants TO kick up his heels OF
throw out his fist and hit man and have a
good time"
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A correspondent Of the Germantown Tcle
graph says that the following are few OF
the things she has learned In her own house:
That II we wish to prolong our lives VT
should put one day between washing and
ironing.
That tough beefsteak may be made eata-
BILE by mincing IT pretty ine with choppine
knife and cooking quickly in a pot with 8
close cover, to prevent the steam from es.
Gaping.
That salt pork will be as nice nearly a
fresh, If soaked in sweet milk and water Of
equal parts. ..sEE@ s.
That clabbered milk is better than water
for freshing salt fish.
That half cup of vinegar in the water
will make an old fowl cook nearly asguickls
as a young one, and does not injare The fla
vor In the least.
That liver should be thrown into boiling
water after being sliced thin, and then fiiec
in lard or dripping.
That piecrust will not be soggy If il |:
brushed over with white Of egg before the
fruit is put In.
That piece Of cork Is better than clotl
in applying brick dust 10 knives.
That ripe cucumbers make good, sweet
pickle.
That apples which take long time te
bake should have little water in the pan.
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Story of an Unhappy Match.

They are unhappy, AMI no wonder, for
they had wofully miscalculated each others
tastes, desires and inclinations. Here is
their simple story: Six years ago the young
er member of one of the leading business
firms of indianapolis, scion of one Of the
wealthiest families, was united in marriage
to shop girl, and society was Mortified
over the alleged mesdtlidnce. True, the
bride was handsome, well educated and of
pure character. Last week the bride Of six
years ago resumed her old position as clerk.
The history is in nutshell. The young
merchant, wearied of society" wanted a
home and wife. The bride, wearied Of her
daily toll, wanted society" Society" well
coined her after fashion; the husband, who
knew It's hollowness, was ill-content with his
domestic surroundings, and discussions grew
until ending in separation. The death of
their only child is thought to have fastened
the arrangement, and the lady, with will
of her own, has voluntarily returned TO the
duties which she apparently relinquished for
life six years ago. The business interests of
the husband meanwhile have been transfer
red TO Chicago, and 1t is understood that for
NAL divorce proceedings will be instituted
az once.
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Barbed Wire for Fencing.

Experience has demonstrated the practical
value of the following suggestion for con-
structing barbed wiIe fence: Set substan-
tial posts one rod apart. The post Ut the
starting point should be bIaced by cutting q
notch In IL two and half feet from the
ground, and running strong pole from the
notch to the foot Of the second post, where
Ii is fitted TO rest firmly, and Is supported
about three inches from the ground by
means OF short block driven down beside
the fence post. This method of bracing
should be repeated once In forty rods. A
faulty construction would be to. cut the
notch In the starting post four feet from the
ground, make the brace shorter and allow
one end TO rest upon The giound-for the
moment the wire Ii frightened upon the fence
the short brace acts as fulcrum to lift the
initial post. When the posts are set wire
Is wrapped firmly around the first post, four
feet aud two inches from the ground; then
the coil II unrolied forty rods and drawn
tight by means OF set Of small puileys with
grapples. After this wire has been securely
stapled, second IL similarly fastened one
foot below II, and third and fourth below
Il, leaving 4 foot space between the respec-
tive WIRES. The ground space il fourteen
inches. Four wires thus arranged make a
perfect cattle fence. Fer horses the lower
wire should be without barbs TO prevent cut
ting the knee, and fiih wire should Be
placed upon the posts five feet from the
ground &@&t
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The Wind M q Motive Power.
poD,,lar Science NoHfJalu.

Turning, now,to sources Of energy derived
from sun-heat, let US take the wind first.
When we look at the register ofBiitish ship
ping and see 10000 vessels, of which about
10000 are steamers and $4,000 are sailing
ships, and when we think how vast and alb
solute amount Of horsepower Is developed
by the engines of those steamers, and how
considerable a proportion 1t forms Of the
whole horsepower taken from coal annual
ly in the whole world at the present time,
and when we consider the sailing-ships Of
other nations, which must be reckoned in
the account, and throw in the little item OF
windmills, we find that, even In the present
day of steam ascendency, old-fashioned wind
still supplies large part Of all the energy
used by man. But, however much we re-
greet the time when Hoods young lady, Wis.,
iting the fens of Lincolnshire at Christmas,
aud writing to her dearest friend In London
(both 90 years old now If they are aliye), de-
scribes the delight of sitting In bower and
looking over the wintry plain, not desolate,
because "windmills lend revolving anima-
ton to the scene," we can not shut our eyes
to the fact of a lamentable .decadence OF
wind-power. Is this decadence permanent,
or may We hope that IL is only temporary
The subterranean coal stores Of the world
are being exhausted surely, and not slowly,
and the price Of coal is upward bound-up-
ward bound on the whole, though no dobbt
IL will have its ups and downs in the future
as it has had in the past, and as mus: be the
case in respect to every marketable COM
modify. When the coal is all burned, or
long before it is all burned, when there is q
little of 1t left, and the coal-mines from
which that little is TO be excavated are so
distant and deep and hot that its price to the
consumer is greatly higher than at present,
it is most probably that windmills or wind
motors, in some form, will again be in the
ascendant, and that wind will domains me-
chanical work, on land at least, in proper
ton comparable to its present doing of work
at sea. =, 80" {.
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Ivy Poison Remedy"

A correspondent Of a contemporary says :
g Ny boys have been great sufferers from
Ivy poison, one Of them to an extent beyond
description, and visited BY many physicians
two or three times day with out apparent
relief An old Quaker hearing Of the case,
called to see him, and promised to cure him
In "a hours. He gathered handful of life
everlasting which grows In abundance In
every pasture and roadside In the country.
A strong tea was made Of it, small quanti-
ties given from time to time as drink, and
the body freely bathed with 1t and kept wet.
The relief was wonderful, and no one was
more surprised than the doctor. In two
days the body of the boy bad recovered Its
natural proportions, and the fever and itch
ing gone, and recovery fully established. 1t
is claimed for this herb that II cures ivy pol
son so that no return Of 1t Il to be dreaded"
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DIR. Holmes good natured defense of con-
ceit is not unpleasant reading, especially to
persons overburdened by seif-esteem. lie
says: =
.sTalk about conceit as much as you like,
1t is to human character what salt Is to the
ocean; 1t keeps 1t sweet and renders IL en-
durable. Say rather 1t Is like the natural
ungent of the sea-fowl's plumage, which en-
ables him to shed the rain which falls on
him and the waves in which he dips. When
one has all his conceit taken out Of him, when
he has lost all his illusions, his feathers will
soon soak through, and be will fly no more.
Audacious self-esteem, with good ground for
it, is always imposing. Even in common
people, conceit has the virtue Of making them
cheerful; his house, his dog, and himself
severally unequalled, is almost sure TO be q
good-humored person, though liable to be
tedious at times"
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Corn Por p d BY the suns Heat.
Eufaula (Ald.) Bnileti "

We all have m idea that the weather was
pretty bot last summer, but We have from
Ebert Phipps,of Randolph county, Ca, III
ear OF popcorn that satisfies us the weather
was just little warmer than We thought Il
was. Nearly every grain On this ear Of corn
was popped open under The intense heat q
the sau, just - II the ear had been laid on :
hearth close 10 hot fire. In popping open
some OF the grains flew or the cob, but not
many, and these that stuck are nearly wide
open.
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LAND OFFICE AT HELENA. MONTANA. |
1lNs

LAND OFFICE AT HELENA. MONTANA.
October 3lst, 1881. (
Notice Is hereby given that the following NAMED
settler has flied notice OF his application 10 make na
proof In support o: bic claim and secure tinai en-
try thereof and that said proof will he made btfor
the Probate Judge OF Deer Lodge County. N. T, Al
hs Office In the town of Deer Lodge,un Saturday thu
Sd day of December, 1881, VIZ: Victor Hory. wis
made pre-empticn homestead application No. 1851
for the east v of northwest 4 The northeast u OF
<outhwest \ and northwest n OF southeast = ser
ton No. IL, Township No. 5. north OF Range 40. 10
West and be names the following witnesses TO prove
bi. continuous residence upon. and cultivation Of,
said tracts, viz: Israel Gibbs, joan Ftfer. Frank
Notes.-The and Frank stephens, all of Warm Spring
p. o., Deer Lodge County, NJ. T. ~
o. B. oBANSoN, Attorney for Claimant. 3t.. d
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GALeeal Item rom Nevada Newspaper.
Yirninia C,fu Enterprise.

--"~T -
Jshn Sweeney was In this city last Thurs
day. He says that after the Carson races,
which will be given under his management,
be will 90 TO Salt Lake to open big faro
game. He Is member OF q strong syndicate
and 1t Is the intention 20 give The high-rollers
Of the modern Zion bigger limit than
they have cvsr had. Salt Lake City has lie
reputation of having the best-blsoded Gam
blen ID Nnrrh America. The Nevada spec-
ulatcrs viii stand chance to win or lose !
large amount of money.
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Ths gelu 9urth-as'est.
AS. II. MILLS, PUBLISHER.
DIR. HOLLANDS LAST POEM.


Youths Companion.
Ii life awake and will never cease
On the futures distant shore,
And the rose Of love and the lily of peace
Shall bloom there forever more
Let the world go round and round,
And the sun sink into the sea;
For whether I'm on or undrr the ground,
Oh. what will IL matter 10 me?
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-12-29

The Household" took the first premium for
Best Family Sewing machine ct the Mechanics
Fair, John B. Garrison, 1877 Third street, Port
land, General Agent.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-12-29

One of the largest houses on the coast
dealing in machinery and representing
manufacturers is II. p. Gregory 4 Co. Of
San Francisco. Their Oregon and WASH
ington trade has grown so large of late
that last year they decided to open Il
house in Portland and did so at 43 First
street. with Stewart Mcclure rs resident
partner, u gentleman who thoroughly un-
derstands the wants of our people here
and who has become to all intents and
purposes thorough Oregonian The
house here carries an immense stock of
goods and people in the interior can pur-
chase almost anything they want here in
Portland and not have to wait for 1t to be
ordered from below. Gregory x Co. made
a splendid exhibit ut the late Mechanics
fair and carried off nnmberless silver and
bronze medals and diplomas. This house
carries everything from II large $4,000
steam fire engine to wood working ma
chinery or "spider" hose. 1t will pay our
country friend to see their stock before
purchasing elsewhere.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-12-29

Hartford is showing its gratitude for
being made the sole capital in various
ways. The latest is recipe whereby
soup can be made for five persons at a
cost of eight cents. This is designed
chiefly for New Haven. which is largely
in debt. IL Danbury News.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-12-29

In our columns is the advertisement OF
DR.. Jonu A. Child of Portland. DR.. Child
has been but four years in the drug bust.
ness in Oregon. but during that time has
built up fine trade. He has always car
ried fine stock of goods in the toilet and
fancy line which he procures direct from
holiday stock is now arriving and will
Giles. We can vouch for DR.. Child as an
honorable dealer and are glad to say "a
word in his praise.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1881-12-29

Bound FOR SAN FRANCIsco.-Two
small children reached Rochester the
other day from Albany; they were bound
for San Francisco. Several attempts had
been made by Central railroad officials to
assist them, but they would listen to no
one, nor take any advice, until one Mr..
Struble offered his help. In him they
placed entire confidence. and did as he
requested. Their baggage consisted of a
basket containing nearly one hundred
pounds of food. The little boy asked
for q postal card. One was given him,
and he quietly sat down, and, with his
knee for table, filled the blank side
with an account of his experience thus
far, and then mailed it to his uncle in
Albany. When Mr.. Struble had placed
them safely upon the train for Salamanca,
and asked the conductor to see that they
boarded the right train at that point, the
little hero extended his hand in grateful
acknowledgment of the services in his be-
half. When allusion was made to the
weight of their lunch basket. the little
fellow remarked: "Oh that will be
getting lighter" The father of the chill
dren lives in California, whittier they are
bound, and their mother recently died.
Troy Times.
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She Fixed the Sofa.

Enlalie McGirlygrit sat silently by the
drawing-room window of her fathers
palatial residence watching the snow
laden clouds up in the Western horizon,
burying in their cold bosom the golden
Drowned sun that erstwhile cleaned
brightly forth upon the bleak surface of
the storm beaten earth.
"Heigho," sighed the girl YEARLY as
she seized her right foot and languidly
scratched her left ankle-a small and
prettily-turned one, without sign of
curb, ringbone or spawn. "Rupert will
not come to-day, I shall not feel his
strong arms round me, taste the nectar
Of his lips in a pulsing, passionate kiss,
nor quatf the aroma of his Cedar Rum
Observation-Disclosures quarter breath.
Perhaps he does not love me. Some
times in the long, still, ssem-winding
watches of the night awake suddenly
with the thought that he is not true to
me, that some naughty beauty over on
the West Side had won his heart, leaving
me only the liver and other
digestive organs. But it can
not, must not be. Without the
beacon light of his love my life would
be a starless blank--a mere chaos. No,I
will not doubt him. l will not rack my
soul with the thought that he could be
untrue to me"-and with these words the
girl stepped into the conservatory,
plucked blush-rose, and placing it in
her nut-brown hair, walked slowly to her
boudoir.
Seating herself on damask- covered
fauteuil, she touched a bell that stood on
table near by, and scarcely had its sill
l. b. L.,
nette Mcclure, her femme de chambre,
pushed aside the damask curtains that
hid from view an alcove and entered the
room. "Give me my volume OF Tenny
sons poems, Nannette,' said Eulalie.
The book was handed her-an elegant
bound work. Rising slowly, Eulalie
placed the book under one corner of the
fauteuil, and saying to herself, well, 1
guess have fixed that pesky, short-leg-
ged sofa now lay quietly down and was
soon wrapped in the sweet slumber of
innocent maidenhood. Such is the power
of poetry.
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Good work is not always appreciated, but in
the case of Abel, the Gold Medal Photographer
of Portland it seems he receives more than his
share of patronage. His handsome parlors 1871
First street Portland, is always thronged with
customers who are never disappointed with the
work they get from home.
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OREGON To MAssACmusEr-rs.

Some time ago Messrs Hodge. Davis Co.. of this
city. read in Massachusetts paper that Hon
Charles r. Lsdd. auditor Of that state. afflicted
with an incurable kidney disease. and had been
obliged 10 give up work and return to his home.
They Immediately sent him box of their celebrated
Oregon Kidney Tea. and from time to time sent hin
other boxes. A few days ago they received from
him the following letter:
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS,
Auditors Dept. Boston, Nov. IL. 1881.
Messrs. Hodge, Davis Co.: Dear Sirs-I have no
hesitation in saying that have been much benefited
by the use of the Oregon Kidney Tea u remedy for
akiduey difficulty which has troubled for six
eight years. can heartily recommend it to those
who are similarly afflicted, a. = safe and agreeable
remedy. shall test its virtues further for have
great faith in II u specific for many diseases of
the kidneys. Respectfully yours.
CHAS. II. LADD,
The original of this letter can be seen by calling
on Messrs Hodge, Davis 4 Co., Portland Oregon
and the Oregon Kidney Tea can be bought of any
druggist or dealer. In Oregon or Washington. Price
81 per box.
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Garrison's Sewing Machine Store. 1917 Third
street, Portland, is the best place in Oregon To get
your sewing machines repaired aud Tor buying
all kinds of needles, attachments, silk thread and
OIL Agent for the Singer Home, Wilson, Davis,
Royal st. John. New Home, Crown and general
.cart for fra Housahold