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OREGON CITY COUBIER. FRIDAY MAY 29. 1903. IN THE STOKEHOLD. Peedlug the )Uiir Hartnou Fur aacea la am Oeeaa Liner. The work of eternally pushing the old ship on past the meridians the race against time and the sun and th Interest on the money begins In the gloomy stokehold. You have beard that the stokehold Is hot, and when you have damberefl into it over dis orderly plies of still smoking ashes, steadying yourself by taking Incau tious bold of burning hand rails, and stand for the first time face to face with the furnaces you feel assured of the fact Bnt, besides being hot, It is the most active, interesting part of the ship. It Is her whole life. You must spend years studying It before you can stand there in command of your watch with your hand on the feed check valves, your eyes on everything in general, and keep the steam up where It belongs in spite of the ravenous engines sucking it away from you; years before you can tell, In one swift glance, whether a fireman Is burning the greatest possi ble amount of coal per hour in his fires with the least amount of waste. The problem is this: Under a certain large quantity of water, which is con tinually changing, build thirty fires, and by means of them, notwithstand ing they must all be continually replen ished with fresh coal and freed from ashes, keep it at a perfectly even tem perature (within a very few degrees) day and night for an Indefinite period, j The game is the more interesting be cause a ship can never afford to spare more than Just barely enough space for her propelling machinery; conse- quently everything engines, boilers, ' furnaces must be worked to the very limit of its capacity. I The game goes as regularly by turns and In cycles as progressive whist i Starting with a few fires first in order, the doors are opened to admit a few shovelfuls of conl thrown quickly into the front of the furnaces, then closed again as soon as possible lest too much cold air should enter. As soon as they are closed the fires next In order are served the same way and then a third group. . Next the "green" coal in the first fires Is raked back through the furnaces to complete its combustion. After another short interval It is nec essary to "slice" them that Is, probe them with long pointed bars to lift the clinkers from the grates and make air nn tic. i T7r .-. n 1 1- It II A imoougi-D. i many it im Ullitt IU blUKO I again. Benjamin Brooks In Scribner's. How Chlneae natch Flak. The Chinese have a method of hatch ing the spawn of fish and thus protect ing It from those accidents which gen erally destroy a large portion of it The fishermen collect with care from the margin and surface of water all those gelatinous masses which contain the spawn of fish, and after they have found a sufficient quantity they 111 with It the shell of a fresh hen'i egg, which they have previously emptied, stop up the hole and put It under a sit ting fowl. At the expire sln ef a cer tain number of days they break tke shell in water wara by the sua. Tke yonug fry are ratly katchea aa4 are kept In pure, freak water till tkey are large enough te be tkrewn lnte the pon with the old ash. The sale erf Bpawa for this purpose forms aa Im portant branch of trade in China. A Baa Oaaatrr Far Mat. Hats have a bard time In Ckina. The cltaute, alteraatliig froat intense dry nos to a horrible humlalty, twists and distort silk, bearer, data a ad felt la no time. Mold and fungus are uni versal and convert sweatband ana1 brim Into green velvet In a single (right. Every bat must be put out la the sunlight three times a week or it la ruined. Besides these foes are ants which go everywhere aad cockroaches wiucn ny like uiras. xue ant enjoys a Kood hat for a playground and a sleep ing establishment; the cockroach de sires merely to eat every particle of leather, paper and pasteboard it con tains. The only way to keep the pests off Is te Bprlnkle the Interior occasion ally with carbolic acid, creosote 01 'rule cresset. ITnoanaoloaa Saroaaiu. "Charley, dear," said young Mrs. Torklns very seriously, "I have bought you a little book as a present" "Very kind of you." "I hopo you wou't be offended, but It Is something that I feel you ought to read. It is about betting." "I don't know that I care for any ser mons, eveu If I do lone occasionally." "It isn't a sermon, Charley, dear. It is a little book entitled 'Poker and How to Hay If "-Washington Star. A HentrlT Mai, John Jiiniett Heidegger, manager ef the opera house In the Haymarkot lu London, in the times when George waa king, one day laid a wager with the Earl of Chmtertlehl that he wul4 not find In all London an uglier face than his. After a long search the earl pro duced a weaian of St. Giles who at tnrt Beune to outvie the manager, but when the latter put on the woawin'a cap he was allowed to retain the palm of ugllnetM. eeerare'a Kind Ptralnlta., "Mary," her father called down stairs, "Just ask your man If he doesn't think It's pretty near bedtime!" "Yes, papa," replied the sweet girl, after a pause. "Geerge says if you're Deepy go to bed, by all maua."-To-.'do Bee. Jnat Sa. "The poor fellow weut blind and cra sy at tho same time." "Ah, I aee-out of sigh;, out of inludr Smart Set Thought works in silence; so does vir tue. One might erect atatuea to silence. Vurlul In tke Baaiaeaa. The reasons which lead men tl choose a certain trade or profession aw often perhaps no more sensible thanth reason the boy In the following story from a New York -paper gave for want ing a place in a bank. The president oi bank told the story at his club. "I don't think I ever told you of out redheaded office boy, Brickbat," re marked the bank president after th rest had each told a story. "Never did," was the answer. "Well," continued the Bpeaker, "h came to me with recommendations from his father, who was a schoolmate of mine up In Steuben county. After I read the note from the father I told the boy to take off his hat, sit down in a chair and tell me why he wanted to b a banker. His answer was: " ' 'Cause I'm good at multiplying.' VVc-ll, said I, 'can't you subtract and divide too?' "'Oh, yes, he said, 'but because a banker wants to make all he can 1 thought you wanted a boy who could multiply.' "I hired him on the strength of that" Old Time "Simplru." In the family Bible of a Iioxborough man there are a number of medical rules, written over seventy years ago by the great-grandmother of the Bi ble's present owner. Among the rules are the following: "A stick of brimstone worn in the pocket is good for them as has cramps." "A loadstone put In the place where the pane is Is beautiful for the Rheu matic" "A basin of water gruel, with half a quart of old ruin In it, with lots of brown sugar, is good for Cold in lied." "If you have hiccups, pinch one of your wrists wile you count sixty, 01 get somebody to skare you and make you Jumpe." "The earache Put onion In ear after it Is well roasted." "The consumption Eat as many pea nuts as possible before going to bed." Fhiladelphia Record. The Real People of "Adam Bede." On my mother's and grandmother'l side I am a direct descendant of Oeorgl and Mary Evans, and it Is among thi Evans' household we must look for sev eral of the characters mentioned !l George Eliot's story of "Adam Bede." Thus George and Mary Evans may tx taken as typical of Thlas and Llsbetn Bede. Robert Evans Is undoubtedly the original who suggested Adam Bede. Samuel Evans, the youngest son.'wai certainly the prototype of Seth Bede George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans) waj the daughter of Adam Bede and the granadaughtar of Thlas and Lisbeth. It will thu oecur to the reader thai In portraying Adam Bede our authm was thinking of her own father and bad the very beat reasons for tke state ment eoBoernlng bar hero that be hai a dash of Otitic blood In hi rein. W. Uottraaa la Laaaur Keut. Jaaka Bleat ftrk) aad some bay hare layH la their time tke game f 41b ot knaatlakiaia r Jaekataaaa, bat few ef tkem knew tkt the game has existed atnee tke tklad aeatury a a and la prakaMy arill elaer. Hew It waa played la aaoteac d;w no eoe can telL but the ankle Joint bones of the sheep, ex, dc nal yig war aaea, aaa the garae waa celled "aatragal.- fmn the Latla ward far the aakl Joint In Seetknd peb ble ave eftan arnaieyed, whence the name "akaatiaa.' Bran precloua stanat and (eia an area "ateae" bar been naad. aad ta same eauntrVia the bona wave mirk at with number and colared to ropraatnt king, Qocena, knave aa4 pawn. Ta Pea Cerm, Her ki the preper way to pop corn t ut la regular qnaatlty-that Is, a very mi auantity into the pepper and beat at unaar tke cold water fau cet long eseugh te thoroughly saturate the keraaaa, Stake the pepper and place It ea the back of the range to al low tl ear to dry. Then pop. The kerne! w be very large, and there will b a kar4 center. The red pop corn la thought to be the best Tke HtH Ere. Oae of tke remarkable things about the suneretltlen of the "evil eye" Is that It h) afkea attributed to whole peo pies by etkers wh dislike or hate them. la aaclent times the Thebaus, the Illjrlaa and the Thraclan women were te raaa. In tkeae latter days the Chrlatata ef Asia Miner have the same faailaf about tke Turks and the Turk abeaa tke Ckrlattan. Breallr a Pratasaar. "I baa reur rran, nectar," gnld the teist ? after the dinner was over, "far InaneaWaf yen Inadvertently as 'prafaaaaV " Thar all rfcjht," replied the princi pal aar ef the eccaaleu. "The ti tle It ate batter thaa 'dec-tor does. I profane t be a aeetor, but I get mighty little nJattt'-Chk-age Tribune. raattlvalr Bratal. "Lat aa are," mused the young wife aa the aieaat up the cookbook. "I bare man it the batter for the angel cake, lew what d I do nextr TUaaae far the dec-tor," answered the keaKlea kaabaad, who happened aloft- la tlaae t everuear her musings. atkered Him. Mr. SkiataieTkam (aa the participant lu the debate beearae personal) I was a thuaeVrlag faai when I aaked you to marry rant Mr, "ktmaverhern Well, you looked It, dear.-Exrka age. lamriM, Callar-What will you do, doctor, when all yaw aatleats get well? rayaMaB All aty patients will nev er t w0, Maaanx-Baltlmore Amer- Car us. Albert Schoenborn. is improving the aypearance of his farm by making a new nuuu oueu. Mr. and Mrs. Inskeep have gone on a vauauuu trip. Louis Buckner is working for Ed How ard at present. Maggie Lewis expects to leave soon for Portland to work. We are sorry to see juu gu, iuaggie, ana nope you will soon toiuru . i Samuel Kalbfleisch, of Canby, is stop ping at his brother's place this week. Mrs. Hungate, of Molalla, is viBitintt her daughter, Mrs. Srah Smith, of this Misses Sarah and Mary Davis, of Ma- yie uane, ana tneir cousin were i-the gustg ot Rachel Lewis Sunday after noon, A black and srav collaretta with a green lining was lost between the Evan gelical church and Carus postofflce late ouuuay evening, May 17. Will the tinder be so kind as to leave same at Ca rus postofflce. Mr. and Mrs. Goucher gave a delight ful dinner to several friends Sunday. Those present were : Mr. and Mrs. Ben Naust. Mre. Dodge, Mrs. Graves, Mr. and Mn. Edwin Howard; Misses Ne vada Dills and Winifred Howard ; Mas ters Ray and Kalph Faust, Otis Howard, Lloyd and Floyd Graves. Mr. Darling, Mr. Moran and Mr. and Mrs. Sturgea were also callere in the afternoon. Ralph Howard is hauling wodd for Mr. Ingram, of Oregon City. - ? Central. Sliubel. There will be an entertainment and pie social at the school house on the evening of June 6th, and W. H. Sam eon, as auctioneer. Tl.e proceeds are to go" towards buying a flag for tbe school. Mr.Steiner is haul'ng lumber for a new barn. Crops are looking fine excapt clover, which will be a uuui t crop. G. A. Simbel went to Oregon City Sundi.y to tee the ball game. Rev. H. Wilt rock and family moved to Ritzville, W utii., lasi week. It is not known yet who will take his place here. There are several applications. Mrs. J. G. Cumins spent a few days in Portland last week waiting hereis- ler, mis. isianey, Georee Schmidt went to Port.lHnH Bunc'ay, where he was attending to im portant business. Mr. Duffy is planting hie late potatoe i. G A. Schubel is building a dam, and is going to raise trout for the market. The question is can he sell trout unoer the present law, after takir.g the same care to raise them as he would any tt lag else? Three pupils have taken the examina tion for the eighth grade, and are the following : Mitses Delia Bluhm, Nellie Moehnkeand Laura Ginther; Messrs. A. Thomas and J. Hermann, from the Beaver Creek school . The directors are thinking of making some changei in the tchool house and probably will have the building painted before the fall term. Miss Athleen Hutchinson ia in Port land taking music letsont. Henry Hill baa moved hit family near Cumins' sawmill, where he is working for tbe present. Mackeburg. We have only bad five bright days thit month, and still it rains. The dance at the residence of Mr. Eg. ger on the 23, was a decided success. A large crowd was in attendance, and all present enj jyed a good time. Professor Bremer, of New Era, furnished the mu sic. Marrareteayt Ora is all riuht. Keep your tar close to the Rrouud boys, we look for something to drop soon, D. G. Morris, of this place, made a busiaais trip to Canby Sunday. He has Invented a ntw kind of pillo, whic'.i he saysjare giving good satisfaction and are in good demand. The Canby nine played our boys Sun day, which resulted as follows: Macks- burg, 5 innings . score, 6 ; Canby, 4 in nings; scoie 14, Leonard Wiener is talking of guinp to Echo, Ore., in a few days. One oi our amiable young ladifs e .vs she can cook supper on a void stove. We will keep her uame a secret for fear the boys will all rush at once. Will some good lie publican pleae answer the following questions? (I will put the figures low). Why is it that in the last 15 years oar population has doubled, our taxable property has dou bled, our taxes have more than doubled on the dollar, and our county indebted ness has doubled more than three fold, and all this under a Republican rale, and still you are claim ring for anothe chance, for what? To pull tbe wool over the D F peoples eyes. Say, Si, if trout time is past we will have to liali for sucker, and if you would go to any oi tne present uances you would be surprised to see them bile at the empty hook. Thrnk you, Mr. Editor, for the fine lot of stationery. We will try and do better during the eutnmer season. Fritz Neitholt, who has been sojourn in in California, is visiting the Heinz place. It was a grtat shock to him to hear of so manv deaths that bave oc curred in that family. Mr.Scramlin, eur enterprising mer chant and postmaster, is improving bis residence with a desk phone. Miss Lizzie Bruech wanta us to men tion that the it riding a new wheel. J. M. Snerl, of Oregon City, is visiting among old timers oi tnia place. Jonah. Excursion Ba'ta to Taquina liiy. On June 1st the Southern Pacific Co will resume sale of excursion tickets to Newport ami Yaquina Bay. This resort is becoming more popular every year, and hotel accomodations are better than ever before, and at reasonable rates, Season tickets from Oregon City to New port $6 or Ytquiua ti. Saturday to Slomlay tickets to Newpo t f3 or Yaquina t3. Yours Truly, W. E. Comajj, Gen l'aes Agent. We wish F-IZ2 F.I635 BURMEISTER & RNDRE5CN THE OREGON CITY JEWELER Suspension Bridge Corner. STARTING A TRAWL Ba -!. raHe aa4 b Saarat t Ilia Saaaaaa. TaedHn's a great fcustoesa. The se- at ef at I tfcat yaa aaa da a traae, araa if K aarta your prlndlea, when taeraa a poaaibl ehaac. I wm&nbar haw I once manaced with an eld fol low who wouldn't her nothin' to do wtta aaa. He waa ao oanadaat an' sure a waran aein' te traa tWt I nt4 op my mind he'd got to. Tvt weedua natmeg-, poeket sawmill,' mjt I, 'air1 barn n flinta, baarwa4 kama, tin bunchoa, eallc hog treuh, white ak chaeao an' varlmi otaar articled too numeroua to meotloa, lncludin' of caat Iron rathoiea, aa If aay ot them ain't btg enough to answer I'll knock ta bottom out of a fry!' pan, an' 'tMf 11 let any rat through that you've gat, I guess. Whoop! sayt I. Ta f am way In the mounting af Ilepeidam, whore the lion roarath aa' tbe whang Aaaale mouraeth frr her flratbornr The 014 aian Just looked on and skuk bis head. 'Ill take pewter, copper, zinc, iron, rags anything,' mjt I, 'exoaptln' mon ey an' old maid.' Hut th old man on'y thuk his head. "I Just simply had to start a trade. I saw a pair of old boots, an' I said them was Just what I wanted. 'What?' ke says. 'D'ye buy old bootsr an' I aid them was my partickler specialty. 'How much d'ye giver be asks, an' I says, 'Half a cent a pound, s long at half cents Is coined,' says I. He dkln't take no heed of my meanln', but b:.-!n to rummage round and git out three or four pair. They warn't do good to riewton, but I was startla' a trade. 'Now, hain't yer got some rags?' I says. Them was what I asked fer first, an' tae old mior said he didn't hev none, but now, stirred up by the chanst of gittlu' sounrthin' fer his eW boots, he brought out seventeen pound of rags, an' we don a brisk bit of tradln' fer tinware. I left the old boots settiu' bealde the gat when I druv away, Them '11 come in handy to start anoth er traae on next time I oaiae,' I says." -Julian Ralph In Uaraer'a Magazine. Illinois Contral Railroad. Commencing Feb ruary 15th and con tinning until Juxie 15th there will b low rates in effect from the East via the Illinois Central Railroad to all Wash ington, Oregon and Idaho points. If any of your friends or relatives in the East are coming west wh.le those rates are in effect give us their name and address and we will make it our business to see that they are given the best possible service. We operate through personally conducted excursion cars, and in fact give you the benefit of the latest con veniences known to modern railroading. We have 15 different routes between the East and the West, and are in posi tion to give you the benefit of the ht combination. Write us and we will give you full particulars. B. H. Trumbull. Com'l Agent, 111., Cent R. R., 14-Thiid St., Portland, Or. to I$epeat THAT WE ARE IN Tbe Jewelry Business That we have sold and repaired watches for many years. Our success is because of our broad plan of giving good values at all times with no intent of making big profits, nor expectation of mak ing our customers think they are getting more than is actually given. Business has not drifted our way blindly. We do nor use the "Catch Penny" methods to attract trade. We want permanen business, which means permanent trade and this can only be done by giving the right quality at the right price. We desire to call your attention to our many new Spring Goods, They are worthy of your inspection. We have a nee line of gold filled watches, guaranteed to give satisfac tion from 1200 to 35.00 Silver watches from $6.00 to $ 20.00 Nickel watches from $2, 50 up Solid Gold from $25.00 up Gold plaited chains from $1.00 to $7,30 Solid gold link buttons ;. .$2.50 The very latest patterns in gold filled. .$1.00 to $2.00 Secret catch bracelets, from $1.50 to $5.00 Remember we are now located in the Garde Building, Suspension Bridge Corner. 9 Brunswick House and Restaurant NEWLY FURNISHED ROOMS , l ! dealS SI All HOOTS Prices Reasonable Only First Class Restaurant in the City CHAS. CATTA, Prop. Opposite Suspension, Bridge OREGON CITY, ORE Livery Feed Xtrly Opposite First Class Rigs of all Kinds at Reasonable Prices Oregon City : : . Oregon THE rtviu RID Gf THE SCENIC LINE Through Salt Lake City, Leadville, Pueblo, Colorado Springs Denver, and the Famous Rocky Mountain Scenery and by Daylight to all points east. 3 fest trains My kte& C$6 tti Bsaiet Modern equipment, throueh Pullman and Toi.rJ.f Sleeping Cars and Superb Dining Car SerYice Steppers For rates, folders and other informat ion add rets i .AM". What ux favt said before, Open Day and Night and Sale Stable Suspension Brldga SyfliO GRANDE 8-rnMtfY.Aii m . a a rir iki n ii Jlllowti ir, C. McDritU, 421 Third St. rrtland. Ore. Ik? Brown & Welch Pbopbibtobs of thh . Meat in t, Market a. o. OREGON U. W. CITY, Building OREGON i