A CHAIN OF FAME.
The Barrier Washington Erected
Across the Hudson.
.ARNOLD REMOVED ONE LINK.
Still the Moneter Cable, In Spit of the
Traitor' Act, Served It Purpeee and
Blocked the Progreea of the Britieh
Ship Up th River.
Somewhere la th Ih-J of the Hudson
river Just off of West Point lie burlotl
the larger, part of treat Iron chain,
one of several onlered by General
Washington during the Revolution to
be constructed to prevent the enemy
from ascending certain rivers to ac
complish strategic points of vantnge.
The British were making strenuoua
efforts to get hold of the Uudson In
order to keep free communication with
Canada by the additional channels of
the St. Lawrence aud take C'haniplalu.
and so it was determined to obstruct
the Uudson by a great chain crossing
from Fort Montgomery to Anthony'
Nose.
But this was failure. The chain
parted within a week after It bad been
stretched, and. although subsequently
raised and again placed. It was de
stroyed by the British.
Finally Washington decided to forge
another and obstruct the river between
West Point and Constitution island, for
here there was au abrupt change of
course, and a heavy tide reduced the
speed of any ship encountering It Be
sides, the channel was 300 feet narrow
er t this crossing.
The forging of chain such as was
contemplated was then no small under
taking. Requests were secretly sent
to various Iron companies, and among
the bids the most favorable came from
the Sterling Iron works, situated In
one of the most beautiful regions of
the east, now within the fashionable
domains of Tuxedo Park.
It was originally organized by Lord
Sterling In 1731, a well known officer
In the Revolutionary army, and con
tinued In operation for more than a
hundred years, meanwhile passing into
the possession of Abel Noble, who
married a niece of Peter Townseod
and who now in association with the
latter increased the capacity of the
works which eventually came into the
entire possession of Peter Townsend,
a patriot and filled with the spirit of
the time
He finally obtained a few Welsh min
ers from Pennsylvania for the heavy
handling In the forging and a number
of men from Connecticut with their
ox teams to do the hauling, and when
the chain was ready It was drawn
over the rough mountainous roads and
through forests that had to be par
posely cat in many places and so on
to New Windsor, the nearest river
point, and towed to West Point
It was a strenuous undertaking from
the very start Each link weighed 300
pounds, was two feet In length and
two and a quarter inches square, and
each 100 feet was secured by a swivel,
a twisting link, and at every thousand
feet there was a clevis. The whole
of this weighed 185 tons. When It
was stretched across from West Point
to Constitution Island it was buoyed
up by large sixteen foot logs, and
these were in turn held In place by
the anchors.
The British made no specific attack
on this then Invincible obstacle, fur it
must be remembered that In those
days there was no dynamite nor tor
pedoes, and none of the enemy's prows
would have pushed their way through
such a barrier.
Although the British did not succeed
In passing the big Hudson river chain,
the American traitor Arnold gave it
his particular attention and removed
a link of It under the pretense of hav
ing it repaired for weakness at a near
by smithy. He wrote to Major Andre
that it would not be replaced until the
forts were surrendered to the British.
But somehow the chain stood for its
purpose, and Sir Henry Clinton did
not attempt to relieve Burgoyne.
Parts of this celebrated chain are to
be seen among various historical cu
rios of prominent societies. A number
of years ago Mayor Hewitt of New
York, then the owner of a mine near
the Sterling properties, became inter
ested in finding out the whereabouts of
the remaining portions of the chain. A
large part of it lies at the bottom of
the river, aboijf thirty tons were in
various possessions, and at West Point
there are thirteen links, and a staple
placed near the spot where the chain
was anchored and a plate tells of the
date and place of forging. Boston
Herald.
No Primaries For Her.
"Are you going to the primaries to
night, Etbeiinda?" asked the husband
of his suffragette wife.
"Indeed I am not!" replied the lady.
"Do you suppose that after I have at
tended the postgraduate courses In po
litical science for two years I'm going
to waste my time on those primary
Classes? I guess not! They're good
enough for you men. but we women
have progressed beyond that!" Ilar-
per's Weekly.
Two Failures.
T married for beauty alone," said
a presumably happy benedict to an old
chum. "And yet you remind me of a
friend of mine who married for mon
ey.'' was the rejoinder. "How's that?"
"lie didn't get it" said the chum sar
castically. The preservation of health is a duty.
Few seem conscious that there Is such
a thing as physical morality Spencer.
PERFORATED COINS." "
Unci Sam Tried Them Several Time,
but Without Si-ecee.
Perforated coins were never In fa
vor in the 1'iiltml States, though vari
ous efforts were made to popularise
them. Tile first fulled State coin
with a perforated center was gold
dollar Issued in IS-l'.l. which had
quar hole In the middle of th
plant-hot It was the forerunner of the
gold dollar Issued by the I'nltwl State
mint In 1S4!. The coin wa engraved,
not struck from dies.
The next Tutted States coin with a
perforated center was Issued from the
Philadelphia mint In lHTrt) aud was of
th denomination of 1 cent It was
a Unit the siie of the lirouie rent now
In use. At that time the large, old
fashioned copier cent wa In general
circulation, and the perforated coin re
ceived the name of "ring cent" Th
designer reasoned that by means of
the erfratlou the cent could be dis
tinguished by touch from the dime.
Another perforated cent Issued the
same year showed two rings In the
field with the words, "Cent One-tenth
Silver." The reverse showed an olive
wrenth around the perforation and the
words, "United Stntes of America."
The mint authorities undertook to
design a coin that would answer all
requirements, and the pieces were
struck with both pierced and perfect
centers In silver. coper. nickel and
composition metal, six varieties In alU
without counting the various metal,
but none of the designs was favored
by the government authorities, and
consequently they were never put in
general circulation.
The only gold half dollar ever pro
duced at the United States mint was
struck In 185Z It had perforation
In the center, and the obverse showed
wavy circle around the perforation,
with the inscription, "I'nlted States of
America," around the border. The re
verse was blank. The coin was ex
actly half the weight of the dollar.
Regardless of the generally accepted
Idea the gold fifty cent pieces with
which the public Is familiar were not
an Issue of the Fnlted States, but were
manufactured by California Jewelers.
There has not been any attempt to In
troduce the perforated coin In the
United States since 18S4. In that year
two pieces of the denominations of 1
and 5 cents were Issued at the Phila
delphia mint Harper's Weekly.
' Turkish Name.
On our visiting list are Mrs. Hya
cinth, Mrs. Tulip. Mrs. Appletree and
Mrs. Nightingale. I am also happy
enough to possess the acquaintance of
Mrs. Sweetmeat Mrs. Diamond. Mrs.
Air though some know her as Mother
Eve Miss May-She-Laugh and Master
He-Waited. This last appellation
seemed to me so curious that I inquir
ed Into it and learned that my yonng
gentleman waited to be born. These
are not surnames, yon understand,
for no Turk owns such a thing. To
tell one Mistress Hyacinth from anoth
er yon add the name of her man. And
In bis case nil yon can do Is to tack on
his father's you could hardly say
Christian name. H. O. Dwlgbt In Atlantic
Wild Scheme! of Dinocrato.
The most remarkaole proposal ever
made about Mount Athos was that of
the architect Dinoc rates. His plan
was to cut it Into the shape of a gi
gantic statue of Alexander the Great
holding In the right hand a city, in the
left a tank that was to receive all the
waters of the region. Alexander was
much taken with the scheme. But It
was eventually rejected on the grouud
that the neighboring country was not
fertile enough to feed the inhabitants
of the projected city. Another of Dlnoc
rates' plans was a temple to the wife
of King Ptolemy of Egypt with a roof
of loadstones that would keep an Iron
statue of ber floating In the air.
The Earth's Shadow.
The earth has a shadow, hut very
few ever see It except In eclipses of
the moon, or else few recognize It
when they see It Nevertheless many
of us have noticed on fine, cloudless
evenings in summer shortly before
sunset a rosy pink arc on the horizon
opposite the sun, with a bluish gray
segment under It. As the sun sinks
the arc rises until it attains the zenith
and even passes it This Is the shadow
of the earth.
Premonition.
ne was hrought to Bellevue.bospltal
with some Injury to the skull, and a sur
geon, having examined the wound, de
termined to keep the man In the ward
for a day or two.
"Oh, doctor," cried the patient, "do
you think that I'll lose my heady
New York Times.
Too Slow,
"Why has your daughter dropped her
hospital work so soon ?"
"She found she'd have to nurse poor
patients for two years before tbey In
trusted her with any millionaires. So
she's going on the stage In a musical
comedy." Kansas City Journal.
Utility.
"Of what use Is a fly. anyway?" asks
an exchange.
Well. If tnere Is only one out and It
happens to be a long one It will score
a man from third. Detroit Free Press.
Usual Result.
Sillicus Do you believe that two
can live as cheaply as one? Cynlcus
Well, after tliey get married I suppose
they generally find they have to.
Philadelphia Record.
Pianos! Pianos I
$150.00 to $2,300.00
We can Supply you on Short Notice
CHAS. F. CONDART
Office and Salesroom Kamstra Building 10 2
T .TTTVT i-J U! LU
I I W - w . . xj w
a
L
oi ; l . . ir...ti' it. . i
fiiiugies, mournings, inuows,
Doors, Glasae, Etc. Etc., Etc '
SHIPP& PERRY I
PRINEVILLE, OREGON ft
"PRINORE"
AND
"STANDARD"
Prineville Flour
If a thins Is proper and possible to
man. deem it attainable by thee. Mar
cus A uix'iius.
Livery Feed and Sale Stable
In Cornett Stage Barn ,
Prineville Oregon
Special attention given to the traveling Public.
Hay 25c a day per head.
Give us a call.
AARON W. WHITE Prop.
D. P. Adamson & Co.,
Druggists
For Drugs, Patent Medicines, Chemicals
Lowney's Candies, Ice Cream Soda, Sta
tionery and Prescriptions see
D. P. Adamson & Co.
DeLAVAL
Cream Separators
Sold on Easy Terms
Pioneer Cream Co.
Prineville, Oregon
RHRUIKY.
CENTRAL OREGON LINE
The Owl for Busy People!
Daily train each way between Central Oregon points and Port
land. Tourist sleeping car, (Herths $1.) First-class coaches.
SAVE A DAY EACH WAY
From Central Oregon Points To Central Oregon Points
Leave Bend 8:30 p.m,
'J Deschntes . . 8:48 p.m.
" Redmond . . 9:10 p.m.
" Terrebonne. 9:24 p.m.
" Culver ....10:02 p.m.
" Metolius , . .10:20 p.m.
" Madras ....10:30 p.m.
Arrive Portland. . . 8:10 a.m.
Fri'lght train leaving Metolius 6:30 n. m. Mondays, Wednewlrys and
Fridays, and Kail lirldtfe 7:00 a. in. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sat
urdays will carry passengers between Metolius and Fallbrldge.
Prompt Despatch of Freight Between Central Oregon and
Portland and Eastern Cities
Connections made in Portland to and from Willamette Valley,
Astoria and Clatsop Beach points, Pujjet Sound, Spokane, Montana,
Colorado, St. Paul, Omaha, Kansas City and Chicago.
Fares, time schedules and other Information by letter or upon ap
plication to 10-18 II. H. CUOZIEIt, A. (i. P. A.
W. 0. WILKEH, A.G.F.& P.A. 11. UAUKOL, Agt Itedmond
Leave Portland. .. . 7:00 p.m.
Arrive Madras ... . 6:00 a.m.
" Metolius ... 6:15 a.m.
" Culver .... 6:28am.
" Terrebonne. 7:08 a.m.
" Redmond . . 7:23 a.m.
" Deschutes . . 7:43 a.m.
" Bend 8:00 a.m.
Statement of Resource end Uabllillee of
The First National Bank
Of Prineville, Oregon
HKIMItl'.ll'K
I.Umi.lTIKS
Uwna enil IHmuuie,,, tJti.lttS 09 railtl Hhirli. wt4 In I to.otta OS
linlUxI HUtee Honde ,, IS.SV0 uo Murplna luml, eemwl 6u.au ao
Huik inilM.te U.M0 11 Undivided profile, eertisd 9I.TH et
t'el Kue from beuki 1I0.U4 M (nrauletlua , S.eut (n
IfelMMim SM.0M el
SVU.4 It
S. r. AUm. PruU.M
Win Wnmnfa, Vlee rVeiH.el
Mt.tH It
T. M. S.U.U. Center
H. fteMwta, Aie'l Ceekie
T
I
when you begin craving
rough, high -proof, strong,
whiskey when flavor,
delicacy and age no longer
appeal to you cut out
drinking.
i Cyras Noble Is pure, old and palatable-
Bottled st drinking strength.
Cotts no more than any other good whiskey.
We J. Van Schuyver & Co., General Agents
Portland, Oregon
PIONEER WHITE LEAD
10c per pound in Go-pound keg and larger
Pure Linseed Oil
85o per gallon, guaranteed under pure fo"d law
Phoenix and Conqueror Mixed Paints
Fillers Varnishes Stains
Colors in oil and dry colors, floor paint, floor win, floor
varnish, glai-s, brushes, putty, litjuid veneer
A. H. Lippman & Co.
R 10-1 mo
BOTH SIDES
OF THE
TRAVEL SUBJECT
THE ROAD and WHAT IT GIVES
STEEL COCHES
BLOCK SIGNALS
S Courteous Employes
GOOD MEALS
Modern Equipment
4 Trains to the EAST
4 Trains Daily Between
Portland. Tacoma
J and Seattle
Every Essential to Travel Comfort. Any agent will be
pleased to help you plan your trip. 10-16-3