12 OREGON CITY COURIER, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18 1903. n w t, 4 THE. GRANGE Conducted by J. W.D ARROW, Press Correspondent iVeio York Statt Orange NATIONAL GRANGE. THIRTY-SEVENTH ANNUAL CONVEN TION AT ROCHESTER, N. Y. in a Strong AddreBS National Master Aaron Jones Urges the Extension of Agricultural Education Re marks on Farming In General and Its Decline. The national grange, Fatrons of Hus bandry, opened Us thirty-seventh an nual session at Rochester on Nov. 11. I The local committee, aided by the I chamber of commerce, had prepared an excellent programme for the public meeting. Mayor Rodenbeck gave an address of welcome, which was re sponded to by National Master Hon. Aaron Jones of Indiana. Governor N. J. Baehelder of Concord, N. II., lec turer of the national grange, spoke most entertainingly on "The Nation." lion. George A. Benton discussed "Fra ternal Societies," and Hon. E. B. Nor ris, master of the New York state grange, discussed various features of grange work. Music and recitations added much to the pleasure of the meeting. The executive sessions began on Wednesday morning, Nov. 11, to con tinue ten days. The national master gave his annual address, a synopsis of which follows. On" education the national master said: "l'ublic opinion is becoming move and more pronounced each year In fa vor of nature studies and elementary principles of agriculture being' taught in our public schools. I believe that in the near future this feature will be come a part of our public school sys tem. Every grange In the United States should, In fact and In practice, be a school for the practical demonstration of. the possibilities of the farm; It should be a farmers' Institute, a lit erary society teaching practical agri culture and developing trained minds." On the subject of co-operation among farmers he stated: "I am more and more convinced that the time has come when the farmer must provide for the distribution and sale of the products of the farm. Shall farmers longer de pend upon others, petitioning legisla tures and congress to enact laws and await the delays and uncertainty of the courts enforcing them to protect their lights, or shall farmers get together In a lawful, orderly, business way to guard their rights, as other great Inter ests are guarded and protected? Farm ers should provide granaries and stor age on their farms and not be com pelled to rush their products Into pub lic elevators and Into the hands of speculators." On agriculture In general Mr. Jones said that "notwithstanding the Indus try, frugality and energy of the 5,800, 000 sturdy farmers and the aid render ed by the department of agriculture, agriculture has not expanded and pros pered as other great Hues of Industries havo done. The treasury bureau says that the Increase of agricultural pro duction In thirty years was 02.1 per fcnt, while the exportMurlng the same lime Increased 131.8 per cent. The pro duction of manufactured articles was "iilargod 20!).l per cent, while exports if manufactures Increased 037.7 per cent during the same thirty years. "In 1S."i( farmers owned 55.59 percent of the entire wealth of the nation. In 1000 they owned only 21.27 per cent of iho wealth of the nation; thus farmers :ire losing their relative position In the .vealth and production of the nation, if this be true. It Is our duty to In vestigate and discover the causes that linve contributed to this condition and ild In their remedy or removal. If found that the laws have discriminat ed and contributed to this condition, amend or repeal them; If It bo found that combinations of capital or labor unions, excessive and discriminating transportation charges are some of the causes, correct these nbuses." An Excellent Programme. We give the following outline pro gramme of the Middlesex-Woreestor-I'omona, held Oct. 7, as oue almost Ideal in Its makeup of topics: Tapers were prepared on "Lily Culture," by Mrs. J. II. Shattuck; "How to Bud Trees," by l G. Tratt; "Butter Making," by 0. N. Sayles; "Adulterations In Food," by Mrs. Clara Barry; "Butter of Different Nations," by Mrs. C. F. Watts; "Ice as it Necessity," by W. S. Tarker; "Angora Goats," by John Wooldredge, and "Good t hings Made From Corn," by Miss Jen nie Howard. A discussion was also held on "Should the salaries of govern ment officials be placed on basis of ujmllar service in private business?" Two outside speakers were secured Mr. G. II. Frost of Newton, who spoke tin "Ornamental Planting For Country Homes," and Mrs. E. F. Bolaud of Bos ton, who gave a pleasing address on ' Woman's Responsibility to tie State." Sneeessfal Patrons' laaaraa.ee Con anr. One of tbe successful mutual fire In surance companies of the state Is the Patrons' Mutual Fire Insurance com pany (limited) of Lenawee county, Mich. They bare now at risk $1,705,000, a gain of $100,000 since last annual meet ing, Jan. 12, 1003. The last assessment was made Sept. 19, 1902, of 75 cents per $1,000. Since that date the total losses have been but CO cents per $1,000. Tbe first policy issued Is dated Aug. 30, 1S0T. Since that date the total assess ments have been $0.05, or an average of about $1 per $1,000 each year. TN' OBSTINATE MAJOR. Be Had Bis War Even After He Va In His Coffin. Many amusing stories are told of the great formality blended with a hu morous brusqueness and Independence which characterized early Revolution ary days. An Incident of camp life Is related by the author of "Romance and Realism of the Southern Gulf Coast." In 1798 the first United States troops that came down the Mississippi were quartered at Fort Adams. General Wilkinson, Colonel Hamtramck, Major Butler, Captain Green and other offi cers were merry over their punch one night, and the general, by some acci dent, got his cue burned off. Angry at the laugh which followed his mis hap, he next day issued an order for bidding any officer to appear with a cue. Obedient to orders, all the offi cers but Major Butler cut off their cues. "The vain old prig!" said the major. "I'll see him hanged before I cut off my cue to gratify him!" And he boldly appeared without changing the style of his hairdressing. The major was put under arrest, but he declared obstinately that he would spend the rest of his life In prison be fore he would comply with such a silly command. Soon afterward he was tali' en very 111, and, realizing that he was at the point of death, he gave Instruc tions for his burial, which he knew would be witnessed by the whole com mand. "Bore a hole," said he, "through the bottom of my coffin, right under my head, and let my cue come through It, that the old general may see tht even when dead I refuse to obey his or der." And those direction were literally carried out. The Word "Hnrrah." Some authorities connect "hurrah" with a Hebrew shout of joy to Jeho vah, which occurs in the Fsalms. Oth ers derive it from "Thor aide!" a war cry of the ancient Northmen. Others point to the Swedish and Danish "hur ra" and the German "hurren," to move quickly, or the Danish "hurre," to buzz, with which our hurry is associ ated. . Sir Francis Palgrave in his "History of Normandy and England" says: "It was a wise custom in Normandy, es tablished by Itollo's decree, that any one who had reason to fear damage of goods, life or limb could raise the country by the cry 'Haro!' "Ha Raoul,' justice in Duke Rollo's name; hence our 'hue and cry.' The old English 'harrow' and our 'hurrah' are but vari ations of this." There are some who regard it as merely an imitative inter jection akin to "whurra," used by Ad dison in a play, 1715, or of "huzza," found in Evelyn's Diary, 1CG5. A Limited Edition. There is a paper published in London called the Anti-Top Hat. It depends for its circulation not upon subscrib ers, but upon the will of an eccentric old man who hated the conventional form of headgear with a hatred which he carried beyond the grave. He fought the "stovepipe" hat while alive, and when he died he left his nephew $2,000 a year on condition that he edit and publish a monthly paper devoted to ridiculing the "top hat." The nephew accepted the legacy and the responsi bility and Issues his paper regularly, though he confines each edition to three copies, one for himself and one for each of the old man's executors. A True Canvnshnek. A good story Is told of John Astley, a fellow student with Sir Joshua Reyn olds In London and In Rome. While walking in the Campagnn Reynolds and some other students took off ,their coats, but for a long time nothing would persuade young Astley to take his off. At last he was pre vailed on to do so, and the cause of his unwillingness to comply with the wishes of his friends was then reveal ed by an oil sketch of a waterfall painted on the back of the artist's waistcoat. The Mother of Penrl Industry. The center of the mother of pearl In dustry Is Singapore. The shell oyster Is six to ten Inches long, the larger ones weighing as much as ten pounds. It Is found on hard bottom channels be tween islands, where the current Is strong. In gathering it a diver takes with him a bag of coir rope a fourth of an inch in diameter, made in large meshes, which, while suited for hold ing the shell, does not Impede his trav eling along the bottom. What Fred Donglasa Said. One cold night during the height of tbe civil war Hon. Frederick Douglass got out of a train at Jersey City. He wore big shawl on top of bis over coat, and a New York reporter, seeing tbe dark skin and towering form of tbe traveler, stopped blm with tbe question, "Indian r "No!" abonted Donglasa. "Nigger!" Tae Cannibal's Baraaea. Klllsem (a native of the Cannibal Is lands) They are bating a barbecue down on tbe beach. Eatsem What'e tbe entree, man or woman? Klllsem Neither. They've captured ship laden with newspapers, and they re devouring the news. Princeton Tiger. A Blesalas la DUgalse. Scroggs Henpeck told me tbat be re garded tbe toothache as one of tbe greatest of temporal blessings. Baggs What an Incomprehensible ideat Scroggs Tes; he said It made blm forget bis other troubles! One-sixth of the landowners In Great Britain are women. THIS li J '"' The Kimball piano is one of the very best pianos on the market. It is made right. It has good "stuff" in it. It has tone, character and finish. . This is a good picture of the elegant Kimball piano now on exhibition in the office of the Oregon City Courier- It is worth every cent of Four Hundred Dollars. To some subscriber to the Courier it will come as a free gift. Every subscriber who pays his or her subscription to the Courier between now and noon of Feb ruary i St., 1904 has a chance on it. It is absolutely free. It will not cost you a cent. Just think of The Oregon City Courier one year and a $400.00 piano all for $i.5. How much more c.ould you ask and how much more could we give? This is not the "House that Jack Built" but the pumpkin that Lindsay raised. This pumpkin weighs 96 pounds. It is a beauty. It is well developed in every part. How many fully developed seed are contained within its shell. That is the question we are submit ting to you for solution. To the subscriber whether man or woman, boy or girl, who makes the closest and best guess as to the number of seed in the big pumpkin we will give the piano. , t.K hlfAW:- . This is a Remarkable Pumpkin It Weighs Only Pounds Yet Contains a $400.00 Piano For Whom? That's the Question. Why not for -You? , A Subscription to the Courier will makcthis Possible. Your Opportunity Has Arrived. Mail us your check, or money order or cash for $1,50 and renew your subscription or become one of our many new subscribers. Send in your estimate on the coupon found below. We will send you a receipt both for your subscription and your estimate. Don't delay the matter. Now is your "pumpkin" opportunity. To the Oregon City Courier: Enclosed herewith find $ , to be credited on my subscriptiov to the Courier. Mg estimate on the number of seed in the Courier Prize Pumpkin is Aame... Address . The Early Bird Gets the WormBe in Time OREGON CITY COURIER, Oregon City, Ore. IS IT. - P If i A 11 1i -WOK. .1909 n v i NATIVE PLATINUM. The "Noble" Metals Extracted From This Peculiar Substance. On the slopes of the Ural mountains and in Brazil, California, Australia, Canada and many other countries a pe culiar substance known as native plati num is found. This is an alloy of the metals platinum, palladium, iridium, osmium, rhodium and ruthenium, to gether with a little gold and iron. All of these except the last mentioned are the "noble" metals. They do not tar ftish in the air and are not soluble in any single acid. The most plentiful metal occurring in native platinum is that from which it takes its name. This metal is of a grayish color and with one exception Is the heaviest sub stance known. Its fusing point Is ex tremely high, and this property, to gether with its freedom from tarnish ing, causes it to be largely used for the manufacture of crucibles and other vessels required by scientists to stand a very high temperature. It is also sometimes used as a substitute for gold in photography, and when deposited in a thin film on the Interior of the tubes of telescopes it forms a dead black surface, which prevents the light from being reflected by the polished sides. Palladium is of a lustrous white color. It is the most easily fused of the metals found in platinum ore, and can even be volatilized. A curious quality which this metal possesses Is that when heated to redness it is porous to hydrogen gas, allowing it to pass through somewhat in the same manner that blotting paper permits the passage of water. The silvery white color of palladium and its freedom from tarnishing render it useful for making scales and division marks on scientific instruments. A mixture of this metal with mercury ia sometimes used for filling teeth. Osmium is a metal which possesses two remarkable properties it is the most refractory of the metals, resisting fusion at the most intense heat, and It is also the heaviest su-bstance known, being twenty-two and a half times heavier than water. Together with iridium, It oc curs principally hi a peculiar variety of native platinum called osmiridium. This mineral differs from ordinary platinum ore in that it contains a larger proportion of osmium and irid ium than platinum. Osmiridium Is found In small particle), varying in weight from one-sixth to one-third of a grain. These particles are extremely hard and are used for pointing non wearing pens. Metallic iridium possesses a white steel-like appearance. The knife edges of delicate balances and other bearings which require extremo hardness are often made of it. An alloy of 10 per cent iridium and 90 per cent platinum has been found to be very little affected In volume by changes of temperature and is the substance of which the standard meter kept in the internation al metric bureau at Paris is made. Rhodium and ruthenium are metals of .little practical use. The former occurs In platinum ore to the extent of 5 to 6 per cent. The latter Is found only in osmiridium and averages about 5 per cent of that mineral. The metal which ranks next to platinum In price is zir conium, which occurs In hyacinth and some other rare minerals. Uranium is remarkable for its high atomic weight, the heaviest known. Chambers' Jour nal. The Sedan Chair. The sedan chair ia named after Se dan, the town where it was first used. The earliest mention of it in England occurs in 15S1. Ear!y In the following century the Duke of Buckingham caused much indignation by its use In London. People were exasperated at that nobleman employing his fellow men to take the place of horses to car ry him. rrince Charles brought from Spain in 1G23 three curiously wrought sedans, two of which he gave to the Duke of Buckingham. A few weeks after their introduction Massinger pro duced his play, "The Bondman," and In it he thus adverts to the ladies: For their pomp and care being borna In triumph on men's shoulders. The reference Is doubtless to Buck ingham's sedan, which was borne like a palanquin. "Bygone England." Favorably Struck. 'Papa, have have you seen Ilarold since you told him he was too poor to think of of marrying me?" "Yes. I ran across him at the club last evening. We got into conversa tion, and he struck me er" "Struck you I Oh, papal" "Struck me aa quite an agreeable young man. I understand bis uncle has left him $200,000." Kansas City Journal. What They -Wanted. To explain why his trip had proved 0 poor, a commercial traveler once wrote a long account of how the weather had affected business In the territory In which he had traveled. In due time he received this reply from his lira: "We get our weather reports from Washington. Don't send us any more. What we want la orders." Hot tk Kim B Wanted. If you're to hard up," said the easy nark, who was temporarily unable to extend the accommodation asked, "why don't you borrow some money Jrom Tlteflstr "Heavens, nor exclaimed the other. "Why, he always expects to be paid kack." Chicago Post Ether and Either. When the friends of the rival claim ants of the discovery of anaesthesia were proposing monuments for each ether Oliver Wendell Holmes suggest ed that all should unite In erecting a ingle memorial, with a central group symbolizing painless surgery, a statue of Jackson on one side, .a statue of Morton on the other and the inscription beneath,,"To E(ntheY." Bed Rock Bargains In Fine Pianos and Organs. You can jget one pf these in time for Christmas if you are quick. Sev- . eral delayed car loads of pianos and organs that have arrived a little late for the holiday trade, and some exceptionally good sec ond hand ones to be disposed of. It is now too near the time to hope to dispose of the immense number we now have on hand before Christmas. Regular orders are due to arrive immediately after the new year, hence the necessity of put ting prices down. In making these reductions we have left ourselves just enough margin to come out whole and have included our entire line in the sacrifice. This means bar gains in the Chickering piano of Boston, the Weber of New York and the Kimball of Chicago, as well as such other popular and standard makes as the Vose,the handsome Hobart M. Cable, Busch & . Gerts, the Pease, the Lester of Philadel phia, Victor, Haddorff, Milton, Brinker hoff, Baily and many others. AND ORGANS The Burdette, Crown, Pacific Queen and Kimball. All the newest styles, made expressly for the holiday trade. Instru ments the beauty of which will be a source of pleasure and satisfaction as long as they last. And no matter which one you select the tone and quality is certain to please as we carry nothing but the standard, highest grade instruments. Our guarantee goes with every one we sell Second Hand Pianos and Organs. Instruments that have been out on rental, or accepted in part , ayment for our own choice makes, also a few damaged ones. Prices range from $29 to $i5o. Kvery in strument thoroughly repaired, renovated, polished and tuned. Many in such per fect condition they cannot be told from new. The list is tort long to include in this advertisement, but full information, names and prices will be furnished on applica tion. Write to-day. We want to make such quick work of this sale that we are not going to quibble. Your sum is sure to buy you what you want. Old insiruments taken in exchange at a liberal valuation. Easy term of payment in monthly installments nrranged for and our full written guarantee with these as well as with new instru ments. If you cannot come in, write, ' phone or wire us. Your want will be quickly and carefully attended to. EILERS PIANO HOUSE, 351 Washington Street, Cor. Park., The largest, best known and most . reliable piano concern on the Pacific coast. OUR GROWING ORDER. A Consistent Coarse on Most Great Qnestions. During the past year there was a great growth of the Order of Patrons of Husbandry lu nearly all parts of the I country. New granges by the hundred were estauiisneu. juuny communities In which the subordinate granges had been left to die experienced a revival of grange Interest and reorganized the defunct bodies, starting out with a good membership and with cheerful prospects for the future. Existing granges increased their membership, In some places doubling the number 0 active members. The national grnng officials have furnished us no report of granges that have gone down dur ing the year, but probably the numbe Is smaller than in foregone years. Ai the reports from national. Pomona aiu subordinate grunge sources during th year ended Sept. 30 were cheertng to : high degree. The order is already enormously Influential in very man: ways, local, county, state and national and the great growth In membership o: the past year will directly increase It: influence. The order, on the whole, lias beei held to a fairly consistent course 0: Important questions affecting the coun try at large and its agricultural Inter ests In particular. Here and there . weak spot or a wrong tendency is vh lble, but wise counsels will probabl; prevail In the end and save the orde from the weakening effect of radical errors In judgment The truth Is that the Order of Patrons of Husbandry has now attained a magnitude and im portance, a power and influence, that call for men of statesmanlike qualifica tions to guide it safely and to select the lines along which it applies Its powers. The men Intrusted with its destinies are called upon to exercise the highest wisdom In outlining Its pol icies. The order Is the one great na tional organization of farmers in the United States, and It should have the support of farmers In every nook and corner of the land. New York Farmer. A Frightened Hone. Banning like mad down the street damping the occupants, or a hundred other accidents, are every day occor fences. It behooves everybody to have a reliable Salve handy and there's none as good as good as Bucklen'i Arnica Salve. Barns, Cats, Sores, Eczema and Piles disappear quickly under its sooth ing effect, 25 cents at Charman & Co.'s. Drug 6tore. I A Costly Mistake. Blunders are sometimes very expen sive. Occasionally life itself is the price of a mistake, bat you'll never be ' wrong u you lane vt. King's Mew Life Pills for Dyspepsia, Dizziness, Head ache, Liver or Bowel! troubles. They I are gentle yet thorough . 25 cents at ' Charmau & Oo.'i Drug Store.