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8 OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY JULY 15, 1893. MADE IN MINIATUIIE. CURIOUS MICROSCOPIC MARVELS ACHIEVED BY INGENIOUS MEN. rtr Kamua T1L Son V.ry FUhy Sto rto About John Mailer Tha ErtrGrow IbC Squad of Cherry Ston Worker A . Wonderful Knife. Prrhnpa the most prevalent mania of won cifted with mechanical iuaonuitT ikos the shape of accomplishing or at tempting to accomplish in miuiuture the mightiest feats of engineering that kuiuan bauds have ever set up. The en thusiast in miniature regards the Forth bridge, for example, not m a utilitarian . masterpiece, but as a model to be fol lowed and copied in all the materials applied by a threepenny bit, and the 85 feet of Eiffel tower neither fills his oreast with awe nor horror, but is re garded as a choice subject to be con trncted in miniature out of beut pen and the shell of a walnut. Of the mediaeval mechanicians John Mailer, better known in the trade as Begioinontonus, which one must admit ounds well for one of his craft, who lived in the fifteenth century, was with out doubt the Maskelyue and Cook of the period, or at all events be had as a Biographer a writer of greater iuiagiua lion than the other less fortunate genii of that era. Peter Ramus, the writer iu question, not only credits John Muller with fashioning a wooden eagle, which on the occasion of the km per or Mas imiliun visiting Nuremberg1 flew out to meet him, saluted him iu due form 'however that may have beeuf-and then . turned round aud accompanied the pro cession to the city gates, but further as serts that tho same individual turned ant an iron fly Which, having flown a perfect rounds boot, Vith weary winga returned onto her muter. We are inclined to think, all things considered, that Peter Ramus had the . rankings cr a very fine creator of eicit aug fiction in him and that it was a sad Bjty be allowed his gift to be wasted in ooxnpiliug a biogiapby of a 100 years' deceased automata artificer in place of forestalling the friend of our youth, M. Julea Verne. The cherry stone has been a favorite Object for the worker in miniature aince Hadrianus Junius saw at Mechlin "a cherry stone cut into the form of a basket, in which were 14 pairs of dice distinct, the spots and numbers of which were easily to be discerned with a good eye." A museum in Massachusetts has among its other possessions a cherry tone containing a dozen silver spoons. As the stone is of the ordinary size the spoons are so small that tbeir shape can only be admired by the aid of a micro scope. Other remarkable cherry stones are the ones carved all over with 124 heads, mostly of popes and potentates, and the one fashioned by a topmaker at Nuremberg, which contains a plan of Sevastopol, a railway station and the "Messiah" of Klojtcck, is indeed mul tum in parvo. A tiny vessel has been made of late years by an Italian jeweler who came Into possession of a pearl that nature . had caused to take upon itself the shape and contour of a boat. A sail of beaten gold studded with diamonds, a binnacle light of ruby and emerald, and a rud der of ivory complete the structure, which weighs lees than an ounce all told. We recently saw it statad that the smallest steam engine in the world ia one of an upright pattern, made of sil ver and gold and resting on a 25 cent goldpieoe. The diameter of the cylinder is one forty-eigbtn part of an inch; stroke, one thirty-second of an inch; weight, one eighth of a grain; bore of cylinder, .3125 of a square inch. The engine can be worked either by steam or compressed air, and oh, ebads of Peter Kaa.ua the balance wheel of one-third of an inch diameter is said to make 1,760 revolutions per minute. In 1810 a knife was made at Messrs. Travis & Son's, Manchester, containing three blades, buttonhook, saw, punch, screwdriver, boi, corkscrew, hook and gimlet, two pblemens, a species of lan cet, picker and two more lancets with a ring at the head. The knife, we learn, was only elc eu-Msteenths of an inch long and weighed 1 pennyweight 14 grains. At this end of the century fehtffield cud boat of a dozen pairs of bears, each so minute that they alto gether weigh less than half a grain, if report speaks true. Of examples of microscope writing there is no nd, but one cf the most fa mous is mentioned by Pliny, who said that Cicero bad once seen Homer's "Iliad" in a nnUbelL In order to prove the truth of this a French writer named 11 net experimented in the presence of the dauphin, whose tutor he was in 1670. lie first showed that a piece of sheepskin 10 by 8 inches can be folded up to fit tho shell of a walnut, and then proceeded to prove that he could get 250 stanzas of SO verses to a stanza on es" b side of the paper, or 7,500 verses on each sido. Of the paintings in minia ture vJarel van Mander, the sixteenth century painter and historian, quotes the landscape painted by Lucas van Heere's wife. This work of art repre sented a mill with sails bent, the mil ler appearing as if mounting the stairs loaded with a sack. A cart and horse were seen upon the terrace upon which the mill was fixed, and on the road sev- , MUl. .uu VMU DU( ' cral peasants were discerned. The whole ; was penectiy distinct ana accurately finished, und yet so minute that it could be covered with one graiu of corn. Surely that most microscopio artist, M. Jan van beera, must bo descended from tbe fair paiuter of that extraordinary work cf art. Loudon Standard. Her Explanation. "This building, " said the little city girl, who was taking her little country cousin around and allowing ber the sights, "is called tbe half orphan asy lum. Tbey intended to make a whole asylum out of it but they found tbey didn't have money enough, I expect " Chicago Tribune. they dont like paper. RTrekt Ftrn Contact Brptrd the Fmhrio With 8ilrlon. j Wben miviiko jiooplo first como in con tart with tho v bit t8, mmo of tlio wou dors thnt tlityaoe in reptnlod with mors Biisiiioion tlmu lure ulicoti of pnptr. The uutivo is npt to rojjnrd pnMr ni it sort of doll), and the fact that it twira easily and la worthies for moat of the ' purposes to which cloth ia put couvluooa , hiui that it in a fraud, One or two Kongo Uavelers told cf the disgust with which the natives at first regarded paper. The Kongo tribes, by the way, are ou the lookout for sharpers, and it is exceedingly hard work for anybody to sell them a bad quality of cutlery or cloth. Savages soon find, however, that paper is not in tended to serve the purposes of cloth. Then they cease to look upon it as a fraud, but they do not think it ranks high among white mnu's manufactures, and they have little u.-e for it. Some time nuo a well kuown explorer was traveling iu the interior of Queens land, Australia, whero bo met many natives who had never soon a white man before. One day a crowd of natives was In the white nmu's camp carefully inspect ing the explorer and nis battgugo when newspaper happened to drop out of his pocket. The natives nufoldod and spread it out on the ground. They decided that it must be an article of wearing apparel, and one of them tried it on. lie wrap ped it round his shoulders like a shawl and sat down on tho ground, arranging bis covering this way and that aud watching tbe faces of the crowd to see what they thought of his elegant gar - meut, covered as it was with many thousands of curious marks. Presently, however, an accident hap pened. While the savage was rearrang ing his shawl and trying to bring the corners together in front of him the gar ment began to tear at the nape of his neck. A howl from the crowd called at tention to tbe disaster. Tbe blanket, or whatever it was, was evidently made of the poorest sort of material The savage took his covering off, ex amined the mischief he had wrought, made the tear a little longer and then with bis finger poked a hole through the paper. That settled the fact that the article was worthless. The newspaper sudden ly lost all Interest for the natives, who turned their attention to less destructi ble objects. Pearson's Weekly. BREAKFAST CEREALS. They Contain Eieenttal Element Tor Per fect NoorUhment ol the Body. "Cereals and fruits should form the base of breakfast foods," writes Mrs. S. T. Rorer on "Breakfast Cereals and Fruits" in her cookius; lesson in The Ladies' Ilome Journal. "They will sup port muscular action, preserve tbe heat of tbe body and strengthen tbe brain in its nervous activity. Whole or steel cnt oats and whole wheat, from which our nineteenth century bread shonld be made, contain the essential elements for tbe perfect nourishment of the human . ,i-.- . body. The great objection to cereal foods is tbeir difficulty of digestion, not from any fault of tbe foods, but, first, from lock of time in cooking aud, second, from lack of proper mastication. Raw starches are indigestible. The first step, then, toward the digestion of starches is over the fire. Each little cell must be ruptured, and for this long and careful cooking is required. The second step to tbe digestion of starches is in tbe mouth. They are there converted from the insoluble starch to soluble sugar. If tbey are swallowed quickly, without mastication, they miss this digestion, entering tbe stomach as strangers. This organ not being prepared to receive tbem, tbey are cart out into tbe small intestines to Le entirely instead of part ly digested. This organ, now compelled to do, in addition to its own duties, the work of the month, soon becomes over taxed, and we have, as a result, the disease iu;..-t common iu this country intestinal indigestion. "Of the breakfast cereals steel cut oats head the list. Any of tbe wheat germ preparations are good. After these come the rolled wheat and barley and rice preparations. All these foods, how ever, must be thoroughly cooked and eaten without sugar. " Why He Left the Htage. There is in Philadelphia a man who abandoned tbe theatrical profession be cause be could not lift Fanny Daven port He was a member of oue of tbe local stock companies abont 20 years ago, wben Miss Duvenport came to Philadelphia with one of the men of her company sick. She applied to tbe manager of tbe theater in which the young man referred to was employed for some one to take tbo sick mau'8 place, and as the young actor was not in tbe cast of tbe play then running bis services were loaned to Miss Davenuort. : He was cast for the part of Cains Lucius in "Cymbeline," aud the business of tbe part required that he shonld take ' Miss Davenport in bis arms and carry , her off the stage. Tho lady weighed considerably more than he did, and when he attempted to pick her np ho found that his strength was not equul to tbe task. His struggles caused the ,,,7 i ,.n ,.,,,, I, ...t .1.,. A - "UUV v" "uu V Z he left the profession after that engage mentPhiladelphia Inquirer. III Hoard of Trade style. I Clara (excitedly) Well, papa, did the count ask you for me today? Mr. Milly uus Ask me for you? Naw I I fie told me if I wanted to put np mar gins enough he'd talk business. Chi 2ago News. Beginning to Take Notice. John So you really think yon hava some chance of winning her, do yon? Henry Oh, yes! I feel quite encour aged. She has begun to find fault with my looks. Cincinnati Enquirer. vVHAT SHE MOST RESENTED. In Contil Readily Forstr and Purge! Moat Anything but Thlt, She swept into tho uftloo of the man ager with cyclonic perturbation. Any body could oo from tho haughty supe riority of her maimer that if she was not yet n star tho fully intended to bo wn. Iu her hand was a newspaper, which sho laid ou tho desk before tho oiniiager. "Now, really, Miss Frostlelgh," ho said somewhat impatiently, "I am not rospou o for what appears in tho Dowspapers about you. 1 can't do any thing more tlmu say I am sorry you hould have any troubles. That's all anybody doos for mo wheu I get Into iobt." "llavo you read that cruel article Ibont my husband applying for a ill roree?" " Yes that is to say, I glanced over the headlines. " " Yon cau at least tell mo whoro I can 1ml tho editor." "Now, take my advice and koep twav. It won't do you tho least bit of good." "Cut don't you think I have a right to complain?" "Of course It was too bad. I have no doubt it was a bnse calumny to say you out his allowance down to (13 a week." "I could huvo boruo that," she mur mured. "And I can understand it was verj tnuoyiug to have, it said that you put him out of a cab ono night and made bim walk three miles to the depot" "That was not tho cruolcst part of it, though." "And it was naturally embarrassing 1 to have it asserted iu cold typo that in a fit of jealous pique yon knocked him down and then jumped on him." "Do you think tho papers in all at the cities printed that?" she inquired. "In all probability they did. I'm sor ry for the worry it must cause yon." "That wasn't alll" she excluimed.' "I know. What you refer to is tlii Insinuation that he is your seventh husband. " "That isn't tbe worst either," she aid, with a heartbreaking sob. "The) spelled my uumo wrong!" -Dotroit Free Press. WARTIME RECOLLECTIONS. The Old Holdler Tell of III tfelnf Awmf and of HI Hutu Coming. "My last recollection of tho camp in which we were mustered in," said the old soldier, "was of my mother. V bad been in camp for days, for weeks, in fact, filling up tbe rcgluicut and drilling and getting equipped, and gut ting ready generally. Fiually we were mustered In, aud tbe next day after that we started. "It was nightfall when we fell in for the last time iu the company streets of our first camp and marched out and j formed on the color line. There was a ! great crowd there, relatives and frieuda ; and sightseers come to see tho regiment i off. In front of my own company I 1 could see my father and mother, come to see the last of tbeir boy before be i ,. ' . , .. ' , . . , mother eye. I knew that, aud I had ,,.., ... .1 M 1 . ,1,A ......1.. . expected to see her break down com pletely when the regiment marched away, but sue stood as hrro as a rock. "When the regiment came homo, we marched np through the same stroet that we bud marched down years before nigbt aguin, it was, too with a band of mnsio, with fireworks flying every where, and with crowds on the sido walk cheering, to the town hall, where there was a banquet, with a speech from tbe mayor, and soon. Wben this was nearly over, my father and my brother, who had como to meet me, went home to tell my mother I was coming. "Home was half a mile or more away. A bunch of us, men of the regi ment, started from tbo ball together. They fell off oue after another, until finally I, went on alono along the fa miliar street. It was bright moonlight Far ahead, ut the corner of tho street down which I must turn for homo, I saw her. She was waiting. "Wben I had como to her, she lifted np ber bands and pronounced my name, that was all, aud then her arms were abont my neck, and my old bluo over coat was wet with her falling tears. Her son had como home." New York Sun. The nnllilog Good Dog. No member of tho cuiiino family has been more persistently maligned than ' the bulldog. Writers who have no in- 1 timato knowledge of the dog1 and his at- tributes have described him as stupidly ferocious, and illustrators bavo pictured bim as a sort of seniiwild beast, till tbe general public has come to look upon : him as dungerons. "Give a dog a bad name," is an old j saw, and perhaps a true ono, but when I it is applied to tho bulldog it is maul , ftstly unjust. Writers, too, havo fallen into grave error in claiming that the bulldog is deficient not onlv in uffeo- a tion, but in intelligence. Stonebengo, who is considered one of the greatest of caniuo scientists, claims that tho bulldog's brain is relatively larger than that of tho spaniel, which dog ia generally considered to be the most intelligent of tho canine race, 1 while the bulldog's affection is never to be doubted. Outing. Ilelated Convict. Prison Missionary What are you in for, friend? Convict (bitterly) Just for missing a train. "Nonsense." "No nonsense, sir. I missed a train for Montreal." Harlem Lifo. I Tho Court theater in Munich bai a ' revolving stage. Tho part in viow of tba : audience represents one-quarter of a circlu A change of sceuo can be effect ed in 11 seconds by bringing to the front the next quarter of a circle. Finland is properly Fenlond, land of the marshes. " 'thrt A Typical Negro Cuii Alerting, There is perhaps no more favorable place in which to study neuro rhiiritcter and manners than tho camp meeting. This tiiuo honored institution is no less locia) than religious in its nature. It is usually held in a partly cleared grove., miller tho auspices of tho local clergy. Hither tho colored population of the surrounding region (locks, coming on foot, iu carriages and wagons, in ol carts mid miilo carls, on horseback and initio back iu short, by every ponoolv tli hi mode of locomotion. Its dss Is M varied as its vehicles. Indeed tho negroes of tho south are of all people tho n iot. t cosmopolitan in tho mailer of dress. Clothes of every imaginable stylo, color and "previous condition of servitude" lire pressed into use, so that In this particular they present as great a variety as tho beggars iu tho nursery rhyme. As wo approach the grovo what a medley of sounds breaks upon our bear ing tho milling of horses, tho bellow ing of cuttle, tho heehaw braying of mules, tho luughter and screams of chil dren, and joined with these a perfect label of human voices, tho whole forming a discordant din such as no hu man ear ever heard elsewhere! loiter ing tho grounds, wo puss lands of chil dren, climbing, tumbling, romping, like so luutiy troop of monkeys; gawky young fellows uwkwnrdly making love to dusky beauties; groups of brawny men discussing tihstrusa points of the ology with as much seul and more har mony, perhaps, tbau a body of learned divinity doctors. Here aud there a gos siping company of old "uncles" and "aunties" may bo seen reviving the memories of byguuo days. Cbuutau quau. Saffron. Saffron wonld striko an ordinary ob server as decidedly expeuslvo at 56 shillings per pound until told that it is composed of tho central small portions only of the flowers of a vpociea of cro cus, 70,000 of which it takes to yield tho material foi oue ponud. The won der then becomes that it is so cheap; that it can pay to grow aud gather it at the prioe. As a matter of fact, it bas failed to pay the English grower by this retaiuiug, iu the name of his town of Saffron-Walden, but a bint of former importance iu this particular direction, French and Spanish soils being more suitable to the full growth of tbo lowers aud foreign labor cheaper In tho work of picking. Its use in rnediclue bas practically diod out, barring perhaps the popular belief that, atocped in hot milk or cider, it helps the erupt lou of measles to fully appear. As a dye in creaming curtains and to give a rich appearance to cake it is still. 1 however, In general demand, for which i purpose it is well suited iu being both harmless aud strong, ono grain, com posed of tbe style and stigmas of nine flowers, being sufficient to give a dis tinct yellow tint to ten gallons of water. Its high price, by the way, has led to a peeuliur form of adulteration, for, apart from the crude aud commonplace one ti dusting with a heavy powder, such at gypsum, to give weight, tbe similar portions of other and commoner flowers have been specially dyed and worled thoroughly iu among tho genuine ouea Chambers' Journal. lit Wu Not Ho ftmnrt. "No," wild tho man with the large head, "I can't say that I think very much of tbo fox in tho old fable of the fox and the grapes. It is recorded of bim that after trying to get the grapes by every way that his ingenuity could suggest be -fiually turned op his nose and said, 'Oh, I duu't care; they're sour!' I "Now, if that fox had had any com mendable wisdom iu his triangular skull ho wonld have looked at tho grajMis blandly and then announced to the world that they were sweet, but that sweets didn't agree with him; that, owing to tho condition of his stomach, bo considered it iuudvisablo to cat any thing containing saccharine matter, and that, besidus, a properly philosophical fox believed iu self denial and iu taking things that were easily ut bis disposal Instead of trying to climb a trellis to secure attractive but deleterious grapes. I "if he had done that, instead of being ' tho laughing stock of succeeding gener ations ho would have stood a good I chanco of being appointed professor of philosophy at the varsity and of living ' fn yellow legged chii.kens tho rest ol i bis natural lite." Strand Mnga.iuo. Cultured Trnuiv From llonton. "Tramps iu iloslou are by far the most intelligent and molest of their kind," said a uutivo of the baked beau city, "maybe because of tbeir culturo !(?). My experience with ono of these 'gentlemen of leisure' was quite funny, j Oue cumo to our bouse and asked for i some clothes, aud while my mother went to get tbem I thought he looked hungry, so I brought bim sumo breakfast. Ho said to me, 'I am sorry to put yon to all this trouble.' Then, mother ap . pearingwith tbe clothes in a buudlo, be ! said ho did not liko to carry clothes ! through tbe streets exposed to view, and wben I wrapped them in an old newspaper he was Indignant and suid gentlemen never carried packages done up iu that stylo iu Boston. "New Or leans Times-Democrat. How It Worked. "It works this way," said tho agent "When a burglar tries to open tho win dow, this bell begins ringing und wakes yon np. " "Dell rings and wakes mo np!" said Popper. "And it will wake tho baby too. I don't want it. Tako it away. I gui hh you don't know that kid of mino." Yellow Look. lloth. Eurber How would yon liko your hair cut, Hir with tho soissors or clip pers? Customer Both. Use the scissors on oiy hair aud tho clippers on your con rersatioh'nbicugo liecord. stMHWIHMMMtltHI A Beautiful In order to further introduce CLASTIC STARCH (Flat Iron llrnntl), the niaiiulactnrers, I. C. Ilnliiiigcr llros, Co., of Keokuk, lowii.liave decided to OIVI1 AWAY a trauti(ul present with each package ol starch told. These prcsrtiti are in the lorui ol Beautiful Pastel Pictures They are 13x19 inches In ilic.and are entitled at follows: Lilacs and Pansies. Pansles and Marguerites. ' ft0WMIICOOHr I S fjt MiJ' J'J HX M rWM 0 TW U.C.HUBINGtR These rare plctitrrs, (our in number, by the renowned pastrl artist, R. I.eKoy, ol New York, have hern chosen from the very cholt cat subjects in. his studio ami are now offered (or the first time to the public. The nit tares are accurately reproduced In all the colors used in the orlg- J inula, and are pronounced by competent critics, works of art. 1 Pastel pictures are the correct thing for (he home, nothing surpassing tnem in neauty, rit nness oiroior aim ; One ol these picttirrs 1 will he given away with each naikatre ol ' purchased of your grocer. It ia the 1 is told (or 10 rents a nackagc. Ask beautiful picture ! ALL GROCERS KEEP ELASTIO STARCH. ACCEPT 10 SUBSTITUTE i WHEN YOU BUY, ALWAYS GET THE BEST This applied to real c&taU) aa well as other conuHlitiea. Every family in need of a home deireu the best location. SOUTH OREGON CITY Has tho greatest number of advantages to its credit, of any of tho suburbs of Oregon City. It will pay you to investigate this property. Good clear lots at reasonable prices on easy instalments. Call on or address T. L. CHARMAN, Trustee. Charman Bro's. Block, Renlator lie. PORTLAND TO THE DALLES By the fatit and com modious steamer Regulator Leaves Portland daily except Sunday at 7 a. m. This is the Great Scenic Route. All tourist admit that the scenery on the Middle Columbia is not ex celled for beauty and erandeur in the United States. Full informa tion by addressing or calling on J. N. IIARNKY, Agent, Tel. 914. Portland, Or., Office and wharf, foot of Oak St. A. W. PHILLIPS, EXPRESS AND DELIVERY Prompt attention to hauling to any part of Oregon City. Moving attended to promptly and carefully. Special rates given on hauling to and from Gladstone and Park-place. Present Wild American Poppies. Lilacs and Iris. IT1MM WIU 10 tit. BftD?C? UK I 01 romr anu anumc incrii. Elastic Starch artistic mem tx - itt laundry starch on the market, and your grocer (or this starch and get a Oregon City p-BLLOH 1800 miles of long dis tance telephone wire in Oregon and Wanhington now in operation by th Oregon Telephone and Tel egraph company. Portland, Seattle, Spo kane, Tncoma, Halem. Walla Walla, Pendleton, Albany and J)(J other towns in the two otatcs ou the lino. Quick, accurate, cheap. All tho satiHfaction of a personal communication, bintanco no effect to a clear underHtatiding. Spo kane as eaeily heard as Portland. Oregon City office at Huntley's Drug Store. J. H. THATCHER, MANAGER, Portland, - Oregon. DatuMiNlird 1NS. CI. PIONEER Transfer1 and Epfe Froight and parcels delivered to all parts of the city. RATES - REASONABLE. ten