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About The west shore. (Portland, Or.) 1875-1891 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 2, 1889)
THE CENTURY DICTIONARY. " A Monumtnl lo Amtrlcan Bnttrprlif and Scholarship," Tlie hirntiftc Amtriran in x'king of the rinc of the firat volume, uyi the full work, JuiltfinK by Una portion, will I a monument to American enter print and acholarshlp, and one that the I'nitnd States cannot be too proud of. Any review of It that li at all jtiat limit limply run Into eulogy, and can be nothing lean, aa the work aroma to be well nigh altove criticiem. Aa a refercme bo k for men who cannot afford a great library, but who need tome work to whl''li they can refer for a defini tion of a technical term, uhirh can U xultl unm lo In at ourt full and arruralt, The Century Diitionary la aliove every other, It la nut only an unrivaled dic tionary of the Knglinli languid, but it la a romplele lexicon of terms lined in the trades and manufacture!. Arta and pro i-earn-a of. manufacture, machines, tools and mechanical appliance are intellinlly de' acrilied by prtdical men, and are mot t in' torwitliiifly and accurately llluntraU'd with culi and diai(rama. Afler the word tuyiur, for example, there are dencriptioiia of forty-eeven mo tora and machinea called englnea. The machine called the ilfnlalntgint ia not a motor. The mu-tngint ia a lathe, and ia, airictly H-aklin, neither machine nor mo tor, but a machine-tool. Many audi cu rioua facta are M forth under the head of nigim, together with all the poetical and historical lore that hunu around the word More the day of Watt and Stephenson. The J, U'wIiik Company, San Franciaco, are aula anla for the coaat. A . C. Sand ford, lock box Kill, Portland, la local agent for Multnomah county. WAIHINOTON NOTKS Tlie llgurea of the Imnineaa done at the battle land ollice during the tpiarter end ing Septemlier 30, ahow that there a ere entrlna under the hornet toad a1 cov ering (U.M4 acres of land; 4i pre, na tion declaratory etalementa filed on altoiit tot.OOO acres; the caah entriea numbered H."i7 covering 111,047 acrea with receipt amounting to l81,2ilM. The final home stead tnlrlea for Dial rlod numbered iVI coveting an aggregate area of ii,t,;; acrea. One hundred and eeventy uu timber land apdirtlone ert Med on about 20,000 acre. Thle ia Uie lariat tjuarter'a bualnraa ever transacted at the Seattle land oltta, Tlie larpet land t ae on nword In the department, that uf ihr I'nltad States va Itunarl A. Alger ,i now receiving attention in lha Ual oili're. WKST SHOKK. BAM. LOWIHBTIIN, President. WM. KAPU8, Secretary, OREGON FURNITURE MANUFACTURING CO, Office and Salesrooms, 208 and 210 First Street, Factor,, i PORTLAND. OR. !85lESlHnl5ep,",mt nd 20 Front St. ) I" VH I s II avt vni ( 7 and S 6almon it, 207 a r fd a ihowa in thitu. peroan be dooaiw tlie rotulenu ol Ik. nnrthweatbr A, Anderson & Co JtoSAldwgt, ' Portland, . Oitr PrintinadapiftaHi complete in duil, EDWARD DEKUM & CO., BOOKSELLERS AND STATIONERS, 40 and 61 Washington St:, PORTLAND, OR. Cerman and French Publications Always in Stock. USE HI'S ROUE For Beautifying and Preserving: the Complexion. ff!3ft n faDfrTYerFrp t nun 4 CO, 1M Thirds Abingtoa B'Mlti Portland, Or. NATIONAL BANKS. m I'artiea onraniiinu Knil..nal n.i.. i i m i 1 . . uuiig in urrgon ana tvasuinKion are requeeieuu i all upon or write to the undersigned, who wtohea to purchase. $25,000 worth of itocL iivwaku it. uuuuwiN, Wright's Block, Tacoma, Wa&ii. ADVICE Window's v 7"- 5 Soothing Syrup MOTHERS f TWENTV-FIVC CENTS A BOTTir FAST BLAClf STOCKINCS, -i .ll ..,.( hah in ,hini 0f mb off oB f()t of olothing -1-WE HAVE THEM -- ! PriwiforU,jM,r)nu and children. , r- ,1(inEpIAL INDUCEMENT "n"u.lr. . u,- It. "Uh to ordn h" mU' W olff at oanU a pair, daril ''tanotatwV.tI)"S & KING, ' AND TAYLOR STREETS, PORTLAND, OREC0IL should always be used for Children Teeth iK. It Soothes the Child, Softens the Cums, Allays all Pain, Cures Wind Colic, and is the Best Remedy for Diarrhoea.