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OREGON CITY COURIER, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18 1903.
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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.
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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.
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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.