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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-
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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
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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
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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
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mother eye. I knew that, aud I had
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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.
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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
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Every family in need of a home deireu the best location.
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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.
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AND
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Moving attended to promptly and
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Special rates given on hauling to
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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
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