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TOPICS OF THE TIMES. If you suffer from "cat fear" take a dose of catnip. It doesn't take much praise to spoil the man who can't stand criticism. The fellow was right who said "for tune seldom knocks at the door of the knocker." To some people truth Is stranger than Action because they have so little to do with the former. There Is an age when every girl wants to go on the stage, just as there is when every boy wants to be a pirate. Scientists tell us that England Is be ing eaten up by the sea, but she man ages to make him pay well for his board. According to the British budget, the Boer war so far has cost England $1,085,000,000. Was the game worth the caudle? A few more anti-merger decisions to squeeze the water out of stocks, and Wall street will be wondering if the levees will hold. Some people are just dying to get Into society if we are to believe the ac counts of the prominence of some re cent victims in murder cases. One reason why legislatures hang on forever Is found in an overgrown mem bership. There are in the average law making body at least twice as many members as there should be. The man who brings the flush of hap piness to a woman's cheek, who drives away the traces of care and unhappl ness, who coaxes back the glow of youth he makes powder puffs. Uncle Sam wants the Indians to adopt English names, and In turn may put Indian names ou some of the new warships. This will be at least one fair exchange which will not prove a robbery of the Indian. 1 Millionaire Swift once said that no man Is rich enough to smoke 25-cent cigars. However, It Is likely that Mr. Carnegie or Mr. Kockefeller could stand the strain of three or four a day without Incurring a reputation for wild extravagance. China, according to the census Just completed, lias a population of 420, 000,000. Tho Inhabitants of Manchu ria, Mongollu, Tibet and Turkestan were not counted, but their number was estimated. Nevertheless, by the Information we now have, the empire Is more populous than ever before. Descriptions of President Castro, of Venezuela, turning from affairs of Btute to attend a lawn party recall the man who hud so many troubles and carried them so lightly that a friend usked In wonder, "llow do you man age to keep so cheerful?" "Because I have to," was the significant reply. Very few will be disposed to ques tion that In giving of his millions to Tuskegee Institute Mr. Carnegie Is putting his money where It will do the most good, lie Is satisfied that Dr. Washington Is solving the race prob lem In the only way it can be solved, and he dot's well and wisely to back this belief with what Is most needed lu this great campaign of practical ed ucation. The announcement that Joseph Chamberlain usked the King to bestow upon his wife a special mark of honor which his Majesty wished to confer on him must have caused tho most relentless enemy of the Colonial Sec rotary to lapse Into mometitary ad miration. All the world loves a loving and gracious recognition of obligation, and who Is to measure Mr, Chumber laln's Indebtedness to his American Wife? If Russia can bulldoze China In the mutter of the province she will acquire such a prestige at Tekln that no mount of diplomatic persuasion Inter will restore the other powers to their rightful status with the Chinese court. So Impudent are the ltusslan demands and so grave their Import that a Joint note from the powers Is to be expected forthwith, else good-by to all hope for tho rescue of China from the thraldom of a combination of Chinese reaction and HuHslan selfishness. The movement to honor by a suita ble memorial tho English newspaper correspondents who lost their lives In the South African War revives the rec ollection of service performed under trying and perilous conditions. Tho committee of the Institute of Journal ists has been compiling a list of the correspondents who were killed or died of disease whiio In the discharge of duty. "Killed at Wagon Hill," ".Killed at Sllngersfonteln," "Killed at Mafcklng," "Died of fever at Simons Town" so runs the record. The cost of war In money falls Into Insignifi cance when compared with Its cost lu men. Try how they may, no class of men concerned lu war can escape the fatal toll of the battle-Held. Rend the appalling histories of the poor In New York. They are mere accidental revelations. They are to the groat muss of hidden misery and lc-nidatIou what the truant spark is to the covered fire. Once lu a while ' someone hears of a case of special af- j flictlon, and nearly always the' ma-1 chlnery of rescue is set In motion by ' Christian hands. But we hear of one In a thousand. The others are left to their suffering, their hopelessness, their degradation. We have untold millions to spend and Immeasurable sympathy and ministration to bestow In China, India the farther away the hotter while here at home, within sound of our own church bells, scarce a stone's throw from our sumptuous residences, poverty, pain, despair all flourish, and the pagan ferment of the slums creates unceasingly material for the brothel and Jail. Sad news comes from Oklahoma, where an Investigation of the condition of Lo the poor Indian has recently been made by a representative of the government. It appears that the In dians of Oklahoma are suffering from too much prosperity. Ten or twelve years ago they were busy and happy. They owned land, each head of a fam ily had a pony or two, a few dogs, pigs, chickens and other necessities f life, and the days came and went with a pleasing If somewhat monotonous regularity. To-day the noble red men of Oklahoma appear to be rapidly go ing to the bad. Their land has turn ed out to be valuable, and they are leasing it to white men at high prices. The result Is that the Indians are no longer forced to work for a living, and they are rapidly falling Into habits of Idleness and vice. The report of the commissioner who has been looking into the matter says: "From habits of Industry and thrift these Indians, or most of them, have become idlers and vagrants on the face of the earth. The best friends of the Indians are those who are In favor of compelling them to work. Work is the salvation of these Indians and their only salvation. The leasing of lands has proved to be a great calamity for a majority of them. It would be a thousand times better for them If the leasing of lands was prevented nnd the proposition present ed to them flatly to work or starve." This will probably be discouraging to people who have longed to raise the In dian up to nobler and better things; but does it, after all, Indicate that the red man Is essentially different from his white brother? Is the Indian the only one who can't broaden out find progress In Idleness? : j If you would realize the Immensity of the United States study trade statis tics. We talk about billion-dollar Con gresses; now let's think about a billion dollar commerce. In the year ending March 81, 1003, the Imports of the Unl ted States reached a billion dolalrs. That Is the first time Imports ever reached the billion mark. Uncle Sam Is a good customer. It Is a fact that Is as good a peace guarantee as a fleet of warships. Countries that are selling us a thousand million dollars' worth of things to eat, drink, wear and use In a single year would at least think twice before affronting such a customer and strangling such a market. The pros perous way of doing buslnes Is said to be to sell more than you buy. The United States Is doing that, and feed lug nations. The exports for the year ending March 81 reached the stupen dous total of $1,414,780,050, and cover ed everything from steel bridges to dol lar watches, breakfast foods to bottled beer. This Is a big country. Its own people can scarcely comprehend the greatness of the empire. Why, the farms ulone are worth three thousand million dollars. We have a billion-dollar trust, billion-dollar crops, billion dollar bank savings. We have Just launched a ship that will carry 30,000 tons of freight, and more are building. The mines of the Northwest will give up 85,000,000 tons of Iron ore In a sin gle season. From Maine to California big things are In progress. All this Is the wonder of the civilized world, and when put into figures the totals simply stun humanity. Big! Why, when you can count all of the stars and the grains of sand on the seashore, you'll be able to measure the glory and greatness of America! We should pray for humil ity power to bear our greatness with honor and dignity. We should see to It that morals, education, charity, civic righteousness, all the higher things of life, keep pace with the mighty strides of commerce. For, unless they do, the years of our greatness are surely num bered. Bknttnur on Water. It would seem that skating on water may be successfully accomplished, says Tit-Bits. A German Inventor has made a hundred-mile Journey with water shoes on the surface of the Uiver Danube. The shoes are cylindrical In shape, and are made of aluminum lo give thorn extreme lightness. They are several feet long, and are propelled by a treading movement, which causes four oar-shaped wings to revolve. The inventor claims that he cau travel on water three times as fast as he can wanTou land, and that locomotion Is as safe on rough water as on smooth. He hopes to have the shoes made a part of every well-regulated life-saving sta tion. The Wall of Sever us. The wall of Severus, separating Eng land from Scotland, was thlrty-slx miles long and guarded by twenty-one forts. It was twenty feet high and twenty-four feet thick, and to the north was protected by a moat forty feet wide and twenty feet deep. Great Lumber lteaourcea. The State of Washington has the largest lumber resources in tte world. One acre of Washington timber will furnish In Its lumber as many carloads of freight as l'.'O years of wheat prod uct from a Dakota farm. A Remedy for Soft Corns. Touch with turpentine every evening for a fortnight, and the corn will come en tirely out. Don't let tho turpentine run on to the adjoining skin, or It may make It sore. To Cure Cramp. Cramp Is generally caused by a disordered liver. For quick relief from the pain, the feet should be plunged Into hot water, and then rubbed with a towel. If hot water is unobtainable, rub well, with liniment or embrocation. For Rheumatism. An excellent lini ment Is made by mixing together 5 cents' worth of spirits of camphor, 10 cents' worth of ammonia, one gill of turpentine, 5 cents' worth of white wine vinegar and the well-beaten white of an egg. Keep in a tightly corked bottle. Pimples on the Face. These may be due to a variety of causes, but the most usual are poorness of blood or a too rich diet. If your blood is poor, you are probably run down, and should consult a doctor. In the matter of diet, avoid cake, pastry, and all highly seasoned dishes and strong tea and coffee. Eat plenty of fish and stewed fruit, and green vegetables and salad. ' Tender Feet. If tender feet are rub bed every night after bathing, and dry ing with a little lemon Juice, the skin will not be nearly so liable to chafe. For Tired Eyes. If your eyes ache and get tired, try closing them two or three times a day for five minutes. Frequent bathing In a solution of bora clc acid (made by dissolving one ounce of boraclc acid In one pint of water) and water also helps to give relief. Add enough hot water to the boraclc solution to make It comfortably warm, and be sure to dry your eyes very thoroughly afterward. To Give Castor Oil. If children ob ject to taking castor oil, mix It with an equal quantity of honey. This quite hides any unpleasant taste, and does not make the medicine any less effica cious. A Bruised Finger. If lu hammering In a nail you by mistake hltyour finger or thumb, hold the Injured member In water as hot as you can bear for a few minutes. This draws out the In flammation and relieves the pain in a wonderful way. To Treat a Sprain. Bathe in as hot water as can be borne, for from fif teen to twenty minutes, renewing as It cools. Then wring a piece of flannel out of boiling water, bind round the sprained part, cover with a piece of oiled silk, and renew when it gets cool. Got the Oysters. A captain of a Massachusetts regi ment, stationed in Washington at the time of the Civil War, was noted for his love of good things to eat, and one day despatched one of his soldiers, a man named Bailey, to Alexandria to get some fresh oysters, giving him Instructions not to return without them. The man started, and no more was seen of him for nine days. The Washington Times prints the story of his return: After a lapse of nine days Bailey came Into camp, leading a train of four horse wagons, loaded with oysters. Ap proaching and respectfully saluting the amazed captain, Bailey said: "Here are your oysters, captain. Couldn't find any In Alexandra, so I chartered a schooner and made a voy age to Fortress Monroe and Norfolk for them. There are about two hun dred bushels. Where do you want em?" Bailey did really make the trip, hired his men, and sold oysters enough In Georgetown before "reporting" to pay all expenses and leave him a profit of about one hundred dollars. The two hundred bushels were divided among the members of the regiment and Bailey returned to his duty. Hospitals for Cats. All hall to the Washington people who are going to take care of the cats! It is time some one built a sanatorium for poor pussy, where she can find refuge from boys with stones and dogs with cruel teeth. As a matter of fact, cats are the most abused of animals. They are like old tin cans there seems to be no place for them. They are saved from drown lng by oversympathetlc women when they are little, when drowning would be a pleasure to them, and are then sent adrift by these same tender-hearted femlnlnes to pick up a precarious living for themselves, and finally to die a vlo lent death at the "hands" of a boot jack or a bottle of liniment. Telegraph Typewriting. The post office telegraphic depart ment has been experimenting for some time between Glasgow aud London with a typewriter, an electrical Instru ment which, when attached at the re ceiving end of the wire, delivers mes- sages transmitted by the Wheatstone system at the rate of upward of 160 wortf ,ier minute, typewritten In ordl nary fashion on folio sheets. The ex- periments are said to have beun at tended by complete success. MAKES ONE'S HEAD WHIRL. People Frequently Meet Death a a Result of Height Dizziness. - The theory that fatal "height Alt Biness" might explain the leap of Mr. Openhym from High Bridge has some claim for consideration. In one form or another this nervous condition Is manifested in a goodly number of in dividuals and in exaggerated Instances is accompanied with an almost uncon trollable Impulse to jump Into space. Bo strong Is this disposition In some persons that they have a settled aver sion for high places and purposely avoid mountains, steeples, bridges and balloons. The apparent helplessness of the situation, the horror of a possi ble misstep or loss of balance, and, worst of all, an overwhelming sense of general fear, dominate the feeling of Belf-control, and the victim becomes the veriest coward when otherwise he Is perfectly safe from accident. By medical authorities this fear, when carried to an extreme. Is consid ered as a distinctly mental disease, and Is akin to the nervousness which some times seizes people in open places and to the imaginary danger of being poi soned or murdered. For the same rea son others cannot endure a crowded or closed roonChave unaccountable prej udices against certain places, must count houses, signs and persons, avoid cracks In the sidewalk or make them selves generally miserable in the sus picion of accidental disease contami nation. All these are different forms of neurasthenia or nerve exhaustion, and must be combated In their Inception, else the Individual becomes In the end more or less of a mental wreck. The force of will may effect much toward a cure, but its exercise can hardly be trusted at first In high and dangerous situations. Especially is this the ase when the Individual is alone and feels that his only reliance for safety is In himself. The shock of the fright may then be overwhelming, amounting to temporary Insanity and an uncon trollable suicidal Impulse. In the ab sence of reasonable motive for self-destruction such qualifying conditions of action must always be taken Into ac count. MRS. RUTHERFORD IS NOW THE 1 WIFE OF WM. K. VANDERBILT. She was Mrs. Lewis M. Rutherford, and was married' to Mr. Vanderbllt at London. She Is about 35 years old and has lived abroad for many years. She was married In 1880 to Mr. Rutherford In London. She was then the widow of Samuel S. Sands, Jr., a wealthy New Yorker. Before her first marriage she was Miss Anna H. Harrlman. Mr. Sands was killed while riding to bounds In the Meadowbrook hunt, aud soon his widow went abroad to live. MRS. WILLIAM K. VANDERBILT. Her second husband was a memlier cf the old New Jersey and New York family of Rutherfords. Mrs. Vander bllt has two children by her marriage to Mr. Sands. Her marriage to Mr. Rutherford took place thirteen mouths after the death of her first husband. She Is a perfect blonde, with an oval face, regular features, bright blue eyes aud light golden hair. Mrs. Vander bllt recently Inherited a large fortune by the death of her mother. William K. Vanderbllt was born In 1849. His wealth is between $80,000,000 and $90, 000,000. Her Last Words. "Yes," said the sad-eyed waiter, "she has gone away. I don't think anybody will miss her much more" thau I do. She had the sweetest voice I ever heard and It never sounded sweeter than It did the last time she addressed me." He paused and the head waiter eyed him sympathetically. "What did she say?" he Inquired. "She said, 'Keep the change.' " Cleveland Flaln Dealer. The Janitor. "And you won't rent the rooms to us becauso we have a child?" "Sorry, ma'am, but we can't admit children Into this apartment house." "You seem to have forgotten that you were once a child yourself." "Yes, but that was before the day of apartment houses, ma'am." Cleveland Tlaln Dealer. Figures About Potatoes. For every 10,000 Inhabitants of Ger many 100 acres of potatoes are planted, as against 112 acres lu Austria, US acres In France, 33 acres lu the United States and 31 acres In Great Britalu aud Ireland. Hints for Homemakers. "In my one-servant establishment," says a housekeeper, "I have discover ed by experimenting that the weekly wash is lessened by the use of a bare table at breakfast and luncheon. Square linen plate doilies are at each cover, two larger ones, also square, lie diamond-wise through the center of the table. Between their points is a smaller round or square doily upon which stands the centerpiece of ferns or other growing plants. I buy the hem-stitched dollies tot both the plates and centerpieces, as they are much easier laundered than the fringed ones, keeping, however, one set of the latter, which are prettier, for use if a friend spends the night or drops In to luncheon. In this way one tablecloth lasts about five days, which allows only three In two weeks to be laun dered. The small dollies are more easi ly laundered than a tablecloth, and more satisfactorily turned out at the hands of the Inexperienced laundress. To protect the table I have cut from sheets of asbestos, pieces round, square or oblong, as the case may be, to fit under the vaj-ious doilies. A little rub bing of the table with a flannel cloth twice a week keeps it In perfect con dition, and the arrangement is much liked by the household. A housekeep ing friend has made herself for the same use two or three sets of blue denim plate mats and centerpieces. The plate mats are round and are fin ished with a white buttonholing. The centerpiece Is a large enough diamond to cover the whole center, and Is simi larly buttonholed around the edge. For the glass water pitcher a round lac quer tray which just holds It Is used.- Margaret Hamilton Welch In Harper's Bazar. Bridal wreaths of orange blossoms were first used by the Arabs. As the orange bears fruit and flower at the same time It Is considered to be an emblem of prosperity. A Roumanian girl on seeing the new moon Invokes her thus: "New queen! In health thou hast found me, In health leave me. Thou hast found me unwed, leave me with a handsome husband." In Toledo the Board of Aldermen has made a rule that henceforward women shall be debarred from em ployment as clerks or stenographers In the service of the city. The places are wanted for voters. The first needle used In England was made In Queen Mary's reign by a ne gro, who unfortunately died before Im parting the secret to any one. In the reign of Queen Elizabeth the art of needlemaklng was rediscovered by a German, who Imparted it to an En glishman. Housewives In Florida scrub their floors with oranges. In almost -every town In the orange-growing district women may be seen using oranges for scouring. The fruit is cut In half and the exposed pulp Is rubbed on the floor. The acid of the orange cleanses thor oughly and after tho application the boards will be as white as the most particular critics could desire. To Enlighten Chinese Girls. To Miss Martha Bernlnger, of Cata wlssa, Pa., has fallen the honor of be ing appointed the first secretary to China by the Young Women's Christian Association. Her work will be prin cipally among the 20,000 girls employ ed in the silk and cotton mills of Shanghai. These 'ifrPkd K,rls receive 10 to 15 rents n dnv for their work. In one village alone there are 7,000 of these girl mill workers. hiss berninger. It Is planned to es tablish an association house there and conduct night schools on the same plan as that which has proved so suc cessful In this country. Miss Bernln ger will leave for China at once. Little Faults in Social Life. A fault In the young is to form some feverish admiration for one or two par ticular friends, often of a so-called superior social standing. These are referred to constantly; they are held up as patterns, oracles and patrons In private circles and public places their names are loudly mentioned In the hope of and desire of Impressing bystanders. At bazars. In the lobbies of theaters, at railway stations. In rail way carriages, and. Indeed, wherever the company may , be described as mixed, this distressing form of what Is known as brag Is very much In evi dence. The shouting of nicknames and Christian names at moments when, lu ordinary Intercourse, one would not bo addressing anybody, is also done In order to advertise some small de gree of Intimacy with the well known. As I -V Ill In contrast to these offenders, there Is the less aggressive type who is her self the leader of a little knot of fol lowers who are not so accomplished, or so happily situated not so popular and less authoritative than herself. In all these cases one finds that the leader speedily degenerates Into a prig or a tyrant, and the followers, from being devotees, become, by normal stages, critics, malcontents, secret rebels, and. eventually, defiant enemies. In the early stage of the formation of one of these social coteries, the followers sit around an Idol, and giggle or stare during her encounters with any person not of that curious circle. A wise moth er would check the beginnings of this practice, which can be seen even at little children's parties, where nurses. governesses and fond elders apparently combine to distort the sweetness and the lnuocense of their young charges Into mincing pretentiousness. John Oliver Hobbes, In Success. To One Woman. You sny that you are but a woman you .-. Who are so very wonderful to me, You tell me there is little you can do, Little, indeed, that all the world can -see There are not battles on the open plain .. That you can fight as 1, a man, can . fight; But who shall say your life Is lived in .. vain, If all my darkened days you have kept . light? Oh, little woman-heart, be glad, be glad That you are what God made you! Well I know How you have nerved me when the day was sad, And made me better yea, and kept me so! Be very glad that you In your white -place, Your little home, with folded hands can be A silent influence to whose source I trace -The little good there ever was in me. To be a woman! Is there any more. That you have need to be from day to -day? How wonderful to have your heart, your -store Of purity and goodness and to say "One that I love Is nobler since I came; One that loves me is better for my -sake." A woman! Oh, there is no greater name That ever on the mortal tongue shall wake! Windsor Magazine. The Healthful Turkish Bath. Turkish baths are out of the reach of poor people, who, perhaps, need ' them more than their richer neighbors. Superfluous flesh can be kept down by a weekly Turkish bath and many af- -flictions like rheumatism and neural gia will sometimes disappear in its -warmth and moisture. For women -s with weak circulation there Is noth ing like it, and the feeling of llght hVartedness and renewed strength is never duplicated until after the next bath. The skin is capable of a high polish .; and the boast of our English sisters is -the beauty of their skin. To secure It they dlgynrded sponges, and soft, clothes, and substituted cocoanut fiber -and rough towels. , Even the flesh brush was brought into use, or rough mittens, which: forced the blood to the skin surface. , Perhaps this could not be done all : at once, because feminine bodies had ; been pampered and the skin was ten der. But the polishing process, which was begun with a soft towel, did the work: of toughening It, and then rough treat ment was all the kind that was en- Joyed. An Untidy Petticoat. For a petticoat that has frayed ' around the bottom, cut off an Inch all s round, bind with velvet binding to match, and Just above put a couple of rows of narrow ribbon velvet of the same color, and It will look as good as new. When making a petticoat, It Is a good plan to get an extra piece that can be used for a new frill tp put around the bottom when the petticoat is half worn. Health and Beauty. A dally bath Is 'a great protection! from Infectious disease. Hartshorn will relieve Irritation or pain caused by the stings of Insects. The Immediate application of cold, over the site of a blow will lessen or prevent discoloration. Raw meat, as steak, will have a similar effect In case of cuts wash the part, draw the edges together and cover with ad hesive plaster. In the case of a finger,, toe or other part easily so treated, en circle It with the plaster. Then band age and keep the dressing on for some days. Keep in your kitchen or In some other handy place a bottle of liniment for use In ease of burns or scalds made of equal parts of linseed oil and lime water, shaken together. It should be applied Immediately the accident oc curs. Saturate a piece of lint or soft linen In the liniment, lny it smoothly on the Injured part and cover well with cotton wool to exclude the air. This treatment will soon cause the pnln to cease and If the dressing be undisturbed healing will soon result. In case of severe burns or scalds al ways send at once for a doctor, but you will do welel to use this remedy while awaiting his comlujr.