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OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 1898.
TEKSONALS.
Albon Meinin, of Sandy was in the
city Tuemlav.
G. B. Moon, of the Land office was in
fialero this week.
Trof Hartford N. Stalnaker, of Sunny
aide wag in the city Monday.
Mr. J. M. Woodruff, of Portland, was
in the city Thursday on business.
Geonre M. McBride of Astoria was in
the city last Friday for a short visit.
Miss E. C. Adair, of Heini A Co.
tjuite sick for sever! days last week.
Mrs. R. W . Griffiths, of Cams, is vis
iting at the residence of J. R. Williams.
Mrs M. A. Thomas' daughter, Mrs.
Inei Hinman, of Dufur, is visiting her
mother.
Tames Shaw, of Dallas, was in
Oregon City on business the latter part
of last week.
Mr. and Mrs. A T. Hall, of Cascade
Locks are visiting their daughter, Mrs.
W. M. Robinson.
C. H. Dye and son left for the East
Tuesday, for a visit in Iowa, at Mrs.
Dye's old home.
Max Pratt of Roseburg. special agent
of the General Land office was in this
city several days this week.
John R. Welch, of Sunnyside,' one of
Clackamas precinct's staunch Republi
cans, was in the citv aionuay.
Howard Brownell, a student in Pacific
University spent last Sunday in this
city, at the home of his parents.
Mis Harriet Stephens, Allen Ells
worth, and Capt. G. C. Van Eglaffstein,
were visitin at Mrs. Pilsbury'a last
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Howell, of
Canemah were in Portland over Sunday
to attend the funeral of their son-in-law,
Mr McDonald.
Billy Welch, of Cherryville precinct
was in town Tuesday. He is preparing
to sail for Alaska on the next trip of the
National City.
The family of John Bean moved to
Portland this week, also George Lind
eey and fairily, formerly of the firm of
Lindsey & Gibson.
H. A. Webster was appointed by the
County Court, at the March term, Jus
tice of the Peace for District No. 3,
Clackamas County.
1 George Hedges of Mallott.Wasbington,
is in Oregon City visiting his mother
Mrs. E. J. Hedges. Mr. Hedges is
largely interested in mines.
Wm. H. Boring, one of the leading
Republicans of Clackamas county was in
the city the first of the week and stopped
with bis friend, Geo. C. Brownell.
Miss Celia Goldsmith on her way back
from Ran Francisco stopped st Engene I
to see her mother, who baa been unwell
for several weeks. Miss Goldsmith will
return to Oregon City the last of this
week.
Mr. W. A. Huntley, a prominent
stationery dealer of Oregon City, Ore
gon is in this city on business. He
travels on a wheel and intends visiting
all the prominent places of Southern
California. Santa Barbara Press, Cal
W A. Huntley returned Wednesday
evening from bis visit in California. He
left here about six weeks ago. . While
in California be traveled 1200 miles
through different portions of the state on
liia wheel. He reports baving bad a
first-rate time, 'the weather being unusu
ally good He returns looking well.
having gained a good deal in weight, and
claims to have improved in health gen
erally.
How to Leok Good.
Good looks are really more than skin
deep, depending' entirely on a healthy
condition of all the vital otgans. If the
liver be inactive, you have a bilious look ;
if your stomach be disordered, yon baye
a pinched look. "Electric Bitters" is a
good Alteratiye and Tunic. Acts directly
on the stomach, liver and kidneys.
Purifies the blood, cures pimples, blotches
and boils, and gives a good complexion.
Every bottle guaranteed. Sold at Char
man & Co's. drug store, 60 cents per
bottle.
Wanted.
Merchant (to applicant for position)
Are you a good penman and a good
speller?
Applicant (who has recently gradpat
ed from public) schools with high hon
ors) No, sir. I cannot spell well, nei
ther can I write legibly, but in physiol
ogy, astronomy, geology and zoology I
am an expert
Merchant (testily to clerk in next
room) John, send in some one with a
practical education. Minneapolis Trib
une. flow to Keep Cattail.
Cattails will keep for several years If
they are bung by the stems, bead down,
until thoroughly dry. They may be dip
ped as soon as picked in a weak soln
tin of carbolin and to prevent insects
fi-oin destroying them. Ladies' Horn
Journal.
Pennsylvania produces hardware man
ufactures to the value of 1388,000,000
yearly, which is equivalent to $74 per
inhabitant the average in Great Britain
being $19 and in Germany $10.
The U. So Gov't Reports
show Royal Baking Powder
superior to uli others.
Wdghlac th Baby.
The story is of a young and devoted
father. The baby wm bis first, and he
wanted to weigh it
"It'a a bumper I" he exclaimed,
"Whore are the scaks?"
The domestic bunted np an old fashion'
ed pair, and the proud young father as
ruined charge of the operation.
"I'll try it at eight pouuds, " he said,
sliding the weight along the beam at
that figure.
"It won't do. She weighs ever so
much more thau that.
He slid the weight along several
notchos farther.
"By George 1" he said. "She weighs
more than 10 pounds 11 18 18 U I
Is it possible?"
He set the baby and the scales down
and rested himself a moment
"Biggest baby I ever saw, " he panted,
resuming toe weighing process. "Fir
teen and a half 161 Tbia thing won't
weigh her. See, 16 is the last notch,
and she jerks it np like a feather I Go
and get a big pair of scales at some
neighbor's. I'll bet a tenner that she
weighs over 30 pounds. Millie," he
shouted, rushing into the next room,
"she's the biggest baby in tbia country
weighs over 16 pouuds!"
"What did you weigh heron?' in
quired the young mother.
"On the old scales in the kitchen."
"The figures on those are only
ounces, she replied quietly, liring me
the baby, John. " Pearson's Weekly,
Why "Grey" HouadT
tp to about 900 years ago "grey
hounds" were the shaggy, gray colored
dogs used in the chase of large game.
After that the name was transferred,
sufficiently absurdly, to the black,
white, blue r I yellow, bnt generally
spotted or bicoiored and never gray, dog
that is now so popular for coursing
hares. It is very odd that no one, writ
ing about the dog, should have insisted
upon so obvious an absurdity. On the
contrary, a great many writers who
have written very wisely about the
word "grey" have tried to explain away
its simplest meaning by referring to
Celtic, Gaelic and Saxon roots, but con
sidering these two animals were called
indifferently "grey dogs' or "grey
hounds ' in two words when our lan
gnage first came to be written, and that
in those days "dog" and "bound" were
absolutely synonymous, it seems to me
as great a waste of wisdom to try to
prove that "graie," "gray" or "grey, "
when it is joined with dog or hound,
meant anything else but grey as to say
that grey-fly means a fly of princely ex
traction or gray-beard a champion beard.
If I were quarrelsome, 1 should like
to pretend that greyhound really means
"badger dog." At any rate I s"ild
have sense of language on my r r
gray, grey, graie and grei are all a
for the gray badger), and I wouiu uot
be more absurd than the rest Good
Words.
A Bat Catcher's Story.
There are tricks in all trades, and
probably as many in that of the profes
sional rat catcher as in any other line.
According to the story of a man who
has made a barrel of money in that
business, but who has since drifted in
to other pursuits, it was once easier to
make a living catching rats than by
running a shell game at a country fair.
"I used to use ferrets for the extermi
nation cf the rodents," be said, "and
when I received an order to clear a
warehouse of the pests I always insisted
that the pay should be gauged by tbe
number of rats killed at so much per
bead. I carried the ferrets in a big
wooden box, with a false bottom. In a
secret drawer underneath I would place
four or five dozen live rats before start
ing out, let them run loose npon reach
ing the place to be rid of rodents, and
then free the ferrets. Of course, with
SO or 60 rats running around loose, there
was always a great slaughter, and some
times the ferrets would kill nearly all
the rats I turned free. In this way I
was always sure of receiving handsome
remuneration for an evening's work up
on the presentation of tbe carcases to
tbe parties who employed me. "Phil
adelphia Record.
Edwin Booth as a Hnaband.
At this period the second Mrs. Booth,
always a nervous invalid, began to show
signs of the mental lack of balance
which finally sapped her own life and
almost broke bis heart During ber fre
quent attacks at Saratoga and later,
when the two families met in New
York and in London, sometimes she
was very trying, but I never knew him
to show a sign or utter a word of impa
tience. He bore meekly with everything
she said and did, made excuses for ber,
concealed her irritability and ber irre
sponsibility as mnch as possible. He
held her in bis arms, as if she were a
baby, for hours and nights together
without a murmur, and he showed a de
votion that hardly can be equaled.
Laurence Hntton in Harper's Magazine.
Bad Dona What She Could.
A colored woman went to tbe pastor
of her church tbe other day to complain
of the conduct of hbr husband, w bo, she
said, was a low down, worthless, trifling
nigger. After listening to a long recital
of tbe delinquencies of ber neglectful
spouse and her efforts to correct them
the minister said, "Have you ever tried
heaping coals of fire npon bis bead?"
"No," was tbe reply, "but I done tried
hot water." Washington Letter in
Chicago Record.
A Pertinent Query.
"Ah, yes" said the star, "I
have
been married for eight years!"
"Continuously?" asked tbe critioal
one, but tbe query was deemed unworthy
of reply. Cincinnati Enquirer.
It is estimated that 1,200 tons of os
trich feathers have been exported from
Cape Colony during tbe past 80 years.
valned at $12,000,000.
Living is nearly 40 per cent cheaper
In London than in New York.
DISPATCHES.
fir on the Unwary,
(Continued from Klrot page.)
tral of those who Jumped were badly in
i i .
jiirvu, wont outers escaped without a
scratch.
It Is supposed that out of ths lodgers ac
cidentally set firs to to iu paper in a oloirt
on ths third Moor, and the Haines were toon
beyond control.
At three o'clock, when tht fltmet were
under control, out of tht fireman, who had
niadt a lour or tht entire building, emerged
and reported to Chief Bonner that fat had
seen at least 40 dead bodies, lis report
was that bt had dlscoaertd two bodies on
tht first floor, five on ths second, eight on
tht third, 13 on tht fourth and 13 on tht
fifth floor.
Ill-rated Clara Nevada.
Wrangel advices by th Prlnreas Louise
and Danube advance a new explanation
of the mysterious explosion by which the
steamer Clara Nevada was a few weeks sgo
sent to tht bottom, off Sewsrd City, with
evtry soul on board. It it now averted.
says tbe Colonist, that it was not tht boilers
which, exnlmlinif. AmmlmvmA t, nnr.. t
tnnste shin, but a on.ntltv of it ,w,-h..
taken on board at part cargo in ont of the
hound cities, in dtflsnce of tht regulstlo...
lorblddini th. h.dh... nf k
passenger steamers. '
Reindeer Nat to Uo t Aiaaka.
Siattls, March 12. The plan lor tending
north tht government reindeer has been
changed. Captain Robinson was notified
today that tht entire berd should be tent to
Pyramid harbor, toirether with all the Uo.
landers.
William Fena't Descendant.
Philadelphia, Narch 12. Over f5,000
was resitted lor the fund for tht wounded
survivors and the families of those killed on
tht battle-snip Maine, by a monster thf
atrical matinee glren at the academy of
music.
Wells la Sahara.
Artesian wells sunk u tbe Sahara
desert appear to find an abundant sup
ply of water without going very deep
for it and this fact may in time put a
new face on desert conditions, involving
important political, climatic and eco
nomical consequences. Tbe English have
begun sinking them along the Berber-
Suakin road, finding water tbere as
abundant aa it was in the regions near
the Nile when their first experimental
wells were put down. Flowing under
the Saharan sands there may be water
enough to fertilize oases all over its
sterile expanse and rescue it in a meas
ure from its bistorio barrenness and
desolation. Some years ago a French
engineer proposed to cut a canal from
the Mediterranean to tbe lower desert
levels, thns creating a new inland sea.
or, rather, restoring an old one, but for
some reason tbe project was abandoned.
Local Irrigation by means of artesian
borings is a more judicious expedient
snd, tbe English having pointed the
way in this direction, the French are
quite likely to follow it Only a narrow
desert belt separates their possessions in
north and middle Africa, reaching from
the Mediterranean to tbe Niger, and it
is quite worth their while to fertilize it
and plant it with palm groves and date
orchards if possible, at any rate to pro
vide water enough to supply their pres
ent caravans and perhaps their future
locomotives. New York Tribune.
French Scent Police Method.
I once spent an afternoon in a pleasant
little villa on tbe banks of the river
Marne with tbe former chief of police
in the time of Napoleon III np to the
proclamation of tbe republic No one
would have thought to look at the
peaceful figure of the proprietor, a little
man in sabots, with gray beard a la
Millet absorbed in cultivating the mag
nificent bortensias that covered his ter
races, reaching to the water's edge, that
his bead had been a storehouse for all
tbe machinations and turpitudes of that
period of decadence which ended in a
disastrous war and revolution. It was
on that afternoon that I learned how
the fatal Ollivier ministry was decided
upon by M. Thiers and bis political
friends one evening in tbe conservatory
of a beautiful Frenchwoman living
not far from tbe opera. Two brothers,
well known in tbe best Paris society,
meanwhile distracted the attention of
the guosts in tbe salon by sleight of
hand tricks and gymnastic feats on a
Persian rug, and when I asked the old
man how he knew all this with such
precision, "From a femmede chambre,"
he answered tranquilly. "All person
ages of importance at that time, at their
own request took their servants only
from my hand." Harper's Weekly.
Mora Than Be Coold Stand.
"Hold np yer hands I"
Tbe citizen thus addressed suddenly
shot out bis right fist It caught the
murderous footpad squarely on the nose
and stretched him motionless on the
frozen ground.
"Tout was a nervy thing to do," said
the policeman who happened by some
mysterious dispensation to be in tbe
neighborhood and bad come running to
the scene.
"It was a pretty nervy thing for the
scoundrel to do, "replied the citizen,
scowling at his damaged band. "He
didn't know he was tackling a desperate
man. I bad just paid a gas bill." Chi
cago Tribune.
Ignoraaea.
Two country men went into a hatter's
to bny a bat They were delighted with
tbe sample, inside tbe crown of which
was inserted a looking glass,
" What is tbe glass for?" said one of
the men.
The other, impatient at such a dis
play of rural iguoranoe, said: "What
lor? Why, for the man who buys the
bat to see bow it fits. "Pick lie Up.
Animal CotoaUts,
During the lust few years the demand
for pedigree English oattlo for Argon
tina hits beeu enormous. Shorthorns,
Horefords and Devon have been im
ported weekly, and a crossbred English
stock now fill the "corrals" of ths
great beef and bovrll onmpauios of the
Kio do la Plata. In North Amerioa this
Augllcitiiig process has spreud to all the
stutos of the Union. Half bred Horufords
and Shorthorn are taklug the plaoo of
the common rattle of the States on u ear
ly all the ranches of the beef producing
districts, aud the colonising capacity of
different English breeds is recommend
iug them for special dlstrlota. This the
Devon bulla are purchased for ranches
where the search for pasture wl water
needs special activity aud efldurauoo.
Bud red "polled" or hornless Suffolk
are used where cattle are being bred for
transit by rail or ship because the ab
sence of horns is then convenient Eveu
tropical Braail follows the fashion, aud
English Jersey cows are soon dutnuroly
walking through the forest paths by the
coffee plantations aud English terriers
and pug dogs sit on the laps of Braail I itu
ladles.
Whether the Jersey cattle will multi
ply on tbe planters' estate time will
show, but the spread of our colonising
I n'm'us, wuicu are now luvauiug simui
tfuou,,,y ,he Vhiatot I'Muuiuita and
he, Tth c,lu(,i"n territory, does not
, Unilt iu progress to the direction of the
poles. In India the English borae be-
viuuua a cuiuuint vj auouuu hiuuuhiu, m
' the form of the "waler," a sounder and
- stronger auiuial than the majority of
BritiKh backueya. His value, aa com
pared with the native breeds of Asia,
tIH undetermined, bnt we must aocepi
his presence and survival as a fact
London Spectator.
Soap.
lne first distinct mention or soap
now extant is by Pliny, who speaks of
it as an invention of the Gauls; but be
that as it may, the use of soap for wash
iug purposes is of great antiquity, In the
ruins of Pompeii a complete soap man
nfactory was found, and the utensils
I and some soap were in a tolerable state
' of preservatioa. Tbe Galllo soap of
eighteen centuries ago was prepared
from fat and wood ashes, particularly
tbe ashes from beech wood, which wood
was very common in France as well as
in England. Soap is spoken of by writ
era from the second century, but the
Saracens were the first people to bring
it iuto geueral use as an external cleuns
ing niedinm. Tbe use of soap is thus
described: "When examined chemical
ly, the skin is found to be composed of
a substance analogous to dried white of
egg; in a word, albumen. Now, albu
men is soluble in the alkalies, and
when soap is used for washlug tbe skin
the excess of alkali combines with tbe
oily fluid with which tbe skin is uatu
rally bedewed, removes it in tbe form of
an emulsion, and with a portion of the
dirt Another portion of tbe alkali soft
ens and dissolves tbe superficial stratum
of the skin, and when this is rubbed off
the rest of tbe dirt disappears. So that
every washing of tbe skin with soap re
move tbe old face of the skin and leave
a new one, and were the process repeat
ed to excess tbe latter would become
attenuated. " Philadelphia Ledger.
The Famou Parle Garret.
There are few persons interested in
things literary who being in Paris with'
in the last 10 or IS years can bave fall
ed to bear of tbe garret of M. de Goo
court M. de Goncourt himself would
1 perhaps bave preferred people to say tbe
1 garret of "the brothers Goncourt al
though, aa is well known, the institu
tion was originated and flourished only
after the death of tbe younger brother.
Tbe "garret" specifically was a charm
ing room, half hall, half library, on the
third floor of the little Louis XVI hotel
at Auteuil which M. Ednioud de Gon
court occupied during tbe whole latter
part of his life; generically it was the
meeting together of kindred spirits, of
disciples and admirers and friends of
the old maitre, tbe germ of tbe academy
which it was Edmond do Gouoourt's
dream to establish in opposition to the
academy of tbe 40 immortals, and the
nursery, as it were, where talents were
grown to ripeness for the honor of ad
mission to that same especial academy.
Aline Gorren in Scribner'a
Speculation Stopped.
Governor Stephens of Missouri tbe
other day commuted tbe sentence of a
negro who bad been condemned to
death for murder to imprisonment fur
50 years. When she heard of it, the ne
gro's mother was so bappy that she be
gan to smoke a corncob pipe Some one
having suggested to ber that after all
60 years' imprisonment was a pretty
heavy punishment she exclaimed:
"Wot's CO years? Pshaw, wot's de
penitentiary to Willie? Ain't he a young
man? Wot's 60 years to him? Anyway
he ain't goin to hang. I doan' have to
stay up nights an go cry in about an
speculutin myself to death. 1 done stop
speculatin. I done stop bit" New
York Tribune.
Man' Bullof Wl.h.
There is one wish ruling over man
kind, snd it is a wish which is never in
a single instance granted each man
wishes to be his own master. It is a
boy's beatiflo vision, and it remains the
grown np man's ruling passion to the I
last But tbe fact is life is a service.
The only question is, Whom shall wt
serve? W. F. Faber.
Dacuarraotypas.
A Boston man i still taking dasuer
teotypes and ha been doing so over i
half a century. He insists that in spite i
of all modern processes in photography
tney remain tne most correct likenekKes
ever produced. Philadelphia Press.
An EitlDfaUhcr.
"They say that was a brilliant match
"Yes, but it seems to bave gone ont
; when they were married. "Detroit .
' Free Press.
OOTD EXJOYQ
Both tlio method snd results when
Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing totho taste, and acta
Ently yot Promptly on tlio Kidneys,
vor snd liowols, cleanses tbo sys
torn effectually, dispels colds, head,
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is tho
only rcraody of its kind ever pro
duced, pleasing to tlio tax to ana ac
ceptable, to tho stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, proimrod only from tho most
healthy ana ngrotmlifo substances, its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have modo it tho most
popiilor remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for salo in SO
cent bottle by all leading drug,
gists. Any rcliablo drtiggmt who
maynothavo it on hand will pro
cure it promptly for any ono who
wishes to try it Do net accept any
eubHtituto.
CALIFORNIA FI0 SYRUP CO.
840 macaco. cl
mwilu, tr. utm tout. Air.
William's Kidney Pills 1
lias no fciual iu discuses of thei
1 Kidneys a 1.(1 Urinary Oi'ifuuH. Have
(y u neirleoU'd your Kidneys? Have '
you overworked your nervous ya- ( I
'U'lii aud cuuwd trouble with your ,
.Kidneys and Illadder? Have you1
puins in tuo loins, aide, Mu-k.frolnMf
and Niidiicr? Have you a flubby an-
pearonco of tho face, CKHclullyr
under tho eyes? Ttw frequent do-J
sire ptuui urine ? William's Kldnry
I'llla will impart new life to the dbv C
rased orfrans, tono up the system A
and niukn n mw mnn nt vmi. llvT
mull AO cents per box. 0
n iixiams iro. CO.. lroi.. Clorsland. O.
For sale by U. O. Huntley.
JOHN YOUNGER,
JEWELER,
Opp. Huntley's Drun Store,
FORTY YEARS EXPERIENCE IN
Ureat Britain and America.
THIS IS WHAT
our customer claim for us and
our groceries: That we olti-r
the best of groceries at the low
est prices. They have court
denre in our good and know
that we never misrepresent our
selves and that our stock of flue
groceries Is the purest and the
mnst nutritious. I.at, hut not
least, their grocery bill saves it
self fully per cent by their
dealing with Mrr A Muir.
Our way of doing business is
to treat every one fair and square
and oiler the very best in our
store.
! patent
plour
Lf Manufactured i
7 from the best
I on the m
IT IS FOR SALE
By all grocers
in Oregon City and
the befit.
A Rich Strike
Klondike
Thomas Charman
Pioneer Store.
W. L. GOLDKN
11. K. OOl.DKN & CO.
Ilvsdqiiarter for
Eastern Boor
Vol Blatz
Pobst
and
Schlitz.
J. H. Cutter Whiskey
Guckenheimer Rye
California
Wines
All
Kind
of
MONOGRAM CIGARS
Oltlot, axt door to W. U. Tslrgrsph Oflloe
Oregon City, Ore.
NO-BUTT'S STABLES
Livery, Feed and Bale Stable
ORECONCITY.
LOCATED
BITWKRN Till
fcKI'OT
BKIDQI AND
Double and Single Rifffi, and sad
die hones always on hand at the
lowest prices. A corral) connected
with the barn for loose stock.
Information regarding any kind or
stock promptly attended to by person of
letter.
Horses Dou&rht and Sold.
Horses Hoarded and Fed on reason
able terms.
H. W. JACKSON,
Umbrellas. Guns,
Sewing Machines,
And all kinds of small ma
chines put in good order. No-
work to difficult to undertake.
Prices reasonable.
Hhop In Caufleld building
Near Court House
Ask
your grocer
for It
Oregon City
selected wheat
arket.
is
Guaranteed
It, K. (10I.D1CN
a Clipper
TSlJWsffi
AND -n
Htawr.
Patronize Home Industry.
You cannot make money faster
than by buying your
. . Dress Goods , . .
where you can get them cheapest.
Is all right, but you must have
clothes to wear, and the best
quality at; lowest prices can be
had only at
& Son's