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THE COltVALLlS GAZETTE, FlilDAY, EEBRUARY 14, 1S90. 3 WEARERS OF !AS3 EYE3 Dow Artificial Eyes Are Made and Who" Uses Them Fact of Interest. Upward of 5,000 New Yorkers wear artificial eyes, and of this goodly number the majority are ladies, whose sole ambi tion to supersede the works of the Creator is centered in the hope of becoming at tractive. Artificial eyes may be classi fied into two distinct kinds, viz., glass end composition. Until recently those who had the misfortune to lose an eye have provided themselves with artificial ones of gloss to hide the deformity. Eyes are to a man what the vestibule door, is to the house an indication of what is inside. - The idealistio part of the glasa eye contains without doubt more fact than fiction. Oculists and opticians say that thou sands who make use of this valuable and important artifice show no evidence ex cept to an expert of any impaired sight. The glass eyes which are "manufactured in this country are really made of glass. They have many defects, among which may be mentioned their liability to be broken, and the hard pressure of their edges upon the fleshy parts. A fall or blow will often break them, or they will sometimes crack spontaneously, and in addition to the loss of the artificial eye, the patient's eyelids are 'frequently wounded. This accounts for the fact of children being rarely provided with glass eyes on account of them not being able to handle them without danger. The composition eye, which i3 made of a substance resembling celluloid, is now in universal demand. It is much worn by ladies and children, as it prevents a ' distortion of the face. After the human eye is once impaired and total blindness itets in, the face will be distorted if no artificial eye is worn, by the falling of the eyelids. The composition eyes ore imported from Germany, and have de stroyed the market of the glass specimens which are exclusively manufactured in this country. Some of these are remark able for close imitation, wliile others are beaulifal specimens of art. They are generally worn by those who have an in jured eye extracted, but the majority of artificial eye wearers are recruited from the ranks of the fair sex, who xerchance are squinted or possessed of some other trifling ocular deformity. In certain diseases of the eye it be comes necessary to extract the orb so af fected, as the eyes are 60 intimately con- nccted through their nervous structures I that one diseased eye will ultimately ruin I Jhe other by sympathetic ophthalmia. The operation of removal u known aa "enucleation." by which the muscles are left behind to assist iu moving the arti ficial eyes. , These are not round, as is popularly supposed, but shaped like n shell, and cause" little or no trouble in being intro duced. They are generally removed at night and the parts washed with water or lotion. They generally last three years, aster which they lose their polish and become unfit for wear. New ones ere then introduced after the same fash ion, and when once accustomed to this routine the wearer experiences very little inconvenience in their adjustment. The composition eyes possess the advantage of lightness, and the composition may be trimmed with a penknife or a file to cdjust it accurately and comfortably to the parts. No artificial eye is of perpet ual duration, because by it3 incessant movement it loses its smooth surface. One of the largest manufacturers cf glass eyes in this country said to th writer a few days ago: "It is surprising to think of the vast number of persons who wear glass eyes. The largest per centage, of course, are ladies, who an nually expend large sums in the pur chase of those translucent optioj, and un less a person thoroughly experienced in handling those eyes no other could dis cover that they are imitations. Glass ryes cost all the way from $ 8 to $25 each, but composition eyes which are im ported cost extravagant sums, though some may be purchased at comparatively low prices, depending, of course, on the quality of - the material. You know cattle also wear glass eyes, and thou sands of men find themselves the posses sors of horses and other animals orna mented with those eyes which they pur chased on the supposition that they were free from defects." The insertion of artificial eyes requires great skill on the part of the operator, as tho comfort and stability of the artifi cial orb to the patient are dependent on the process of transformation. The eye is taken between the forefinger and thumb of the right hand, while the other hand is placed on the forehead and its extremities used., to raise the upper eye lid. It is then introduced under the up per eyelid, the lower one is drawn down by the disengaged fingers, and behind ' this the piece at once places itself. . In extracting a glass or composition eye the easiest way is to catch holcUof it between the fingers and draw it outward. Should any difficulty be experienced " the head of a pin or some blunt instrument inserted under tho head at once removes the obstacle. This is where the folly of using glass eyes becomes apparent, for if not allowed to rest or fall on a handker chief or some soft material they break, and their replacement at frequent inter vals costs a considerable amount. ' Glass eye making requires judgment in the selection of proper glass. . This is composed of eand, soda, saltpeter,- pot ash, lime and chloride of lead. All these ingredients are put into a melting pot for a period jor twenty hours and sub jected to a heat of 1,800 degs. The sand and other chemicals then unite in form-, ing a liquid. The glass blower then uses an iron pipe heated enough to make tha glass Gtick to it. This is stirred in a cir cular direction until a ball is formed. The pupils, which are made in the same manner, from glass of different shades and colors, are now inserted into this globular mass, and allowed to cool, after which the congealed substance is paired ff in any form or manner required. Joseph W. Gavan in New York Press. . The Flavor of Milk. t Milk is altered both in taste and ap pearance by the character of the food supplied to the cows. It is colored by madder and saffron, scented by plants of . the onion tribe, and changed in taste by such articles as turnips. - Certain food may give it medicinal " properties, " and milk thus medicated is proposed as a method of treating disease. Arkaaeaw Traveler. THE KANGRA NOSEMAKER9. Hindoos That Mend the Komm of Tljelt Opium Katlns Country men. A corresjiondent of the Allahabad Pio neer gives an account of tlie Kangairas. a people who have long enjoyed a repu tation as noseinakers. They live chiefly in Kangra. a small hill canton in the Punjaub. Altogether there are fourteen families remaining, out of which only two individuals are practical noseinakers Their reputation still remains People come to them from the remotest parts of the Punjaun, and even Afghanistan, actuated by the sole desire of having their facial promontory repaired or re newed The Kangra nost makers 'con sidei theii an as one sjecially granted to them by the. (Treat Bajresliivu Devi of the place. They therefore ierform the operation in strict serecy. The writei says. "It was only with great difficulty that 1 procured Uie following information re specting the modus operandi of this plas tic oeraiitin for restoration of nose from an old bald and. habitual opium eater My friend thinks nothing of daily con suming forty -five grams of opium, and whenever he can afford, just to keep aglow the sunshine of his mind, adds considerable amount of bhang and charus (Capubis InJica. leaves and. extract) and arsenic They say the laid is well versed in the science of physic and astrology, besides having a denizen of the other world at his beck and call, by whose as sistance he is able to open the gates of the unseen. .When sent foi to advise on difficult cases, he never fails, before going to summon and consult his ghostly servitoi a to the prognosis of the disease he is called to cure. In the event of an unfavorable prognosis he declines to at lend, but furnishes hi? would be patient with the exact dale and hour of his de mise. Ths old baid. it seems, was a kind of family doctoi or professor of medicine to one of the nose maker, and in this ca pacity has more than once' witnessed the i operation of nose restoration, tie there fore considers himself in possession of the secrete if secret it is . His uarrative ran thus- After drugging their patient with some narcotic, the Kangairas forth with proceeded to paint the forehead with a medicated lotion as a preliminary step On asking the composition of this lotion, the only answer vouchsafed was a grave shake of the head. The next step is to cut a piece of leather to the shape and size of the reijuirecj nose. This being done, it is placed on the forehead and n.setl to mai k out the lines of incision. Then they beat the furehead with an old slipper until the part -marked out be imea swollen anil prominent. Zinc lules. with a plate between them to serve the purpose of septum nasi, are then lodged in the nostrils. The next proceeding is to dissect a (Lip of the swollen Mesh with a razor, leaving the lowei part, attached to the forehead. In doing this they take a vein with a flap, . the name and position of which is a pro found secret known only to himself and the nose makers. The success of tlie operation depends entirely on the pre servation and careful dissection of this secret vein. The next, step was to turn up the flap with the secret vein a partic ular way over the tubes. This being ac complished, the other parts of the nose . are (tared and fastened to it with silk lig ature, and the whole thing is brought to in end by the application of a special Mutment. '.' Kor several days, until the wound Is bealed. the patient must keep a recum iient position. On union taking place, the piece which was left attached to the forehead is " severed. . and" the patient comes forth with a new born nose. 1 ought to have mentioned that the re moval of the zinc tulw is effected as soon as convenient-- Thus ended the nar rative of the medical adviser to the nose makers. . -It only remains now to inquire how far their work is successful and if their skill be on a par with their: reputation. That they have many opjoitunities of exercising their profession is beyond lirestion. The wearing of baloo or nath mwe ring) by the married women and girls to distinguish them from widows is a source of injury to the left ala nasi. This is specially the case with the hill women of Kangra. whtse rings are far heavier than those of women dwelling hi the plains, consequently one often sees the left ala nasi completely split open, giving a more than slight disfigurement anil preventing the distinguishing mark from being kept up. Many of these women make use of the uose makers; but. as far as my otxst-rvation goes, and I have had many opportunities of seeing their work, I have never seen a satisfac tory result. On the contrary I have known 'many cases where uie operation has simply left the woman in a worse plight than before.? -St. James' UazocUa. Winning at the Lottery. Travelers who have found it hard to win at- trente-el-quarante will probably try to recoup themselves by backing their fancy in the Italian lottery. An infalli ble plan for winning has been communi cate! I to me by a learned Florentine, but 1 forget some of the details. After in cantations, which you can get up for yourself in Petrus de Abauo, you have a little dinner for two- laid on Christmas eve or the eve of St. John. One of the plates must be blackened with smoke on the bottom. You sit 'down and utter Aves and Pater Nosters till the door flies open and in rushes Saint Pas quale somebody (I forget his highly re spectable family name). He is dressed all in red and fetches you two swinging boxes on the ear. for he is angry at being summoned from paradise. " As he is do ing this p hand him the plate with the ftmokeMMtoouom, on which he writes a terno of figures with his finger. You plank vour bottom dollar on the terno fnd " the government pays up) you are a made man. This is only a rough 8letchof how to win. I have discovered no other way. English Monthly. , Origin of the- Ezprem Business. The vast express business of this coun try may trace its origin to the small car pet bag which a young man named Will iam F. Harden, a- native of Reading, in Massachusetts, began to carry forth and back on the Long Island Sound boats, be tween New York and ISoston, via Provi dence, exactly half a century ago. That r famous traveling bag was kept in Boston as a memorial . for many years, perhaps is today. -The Argonaut. . 1 ; School" and church. -What the church wants is the under-propping of solitary prayer, the strength that comes from secret com munion with Heaven. Christian at Work. . . - - The Catholic Bevieit) of New York estimates that there are now about 70,00c colored Roman Catholics In the United States, and that the number of converts from communions varies from "five per cent, in soma dioceses to twelve per cent, in others." . : " . - A messenger boy was seen to walk up the aisle of a church during service and call out a prominent physician. The pastor who was about to begin his sermon, hesitated and said: "Brethren, let us pray for a sick man who is in great danger. Dr. Grosgraln has been called to see him." The institution of a class of work ers to be known . as "deaconesses" by the Methodist general conference Is re garded by the Zion's Herald as a great gain to the church. "The work which these consecrated women will do," it thinks, "will be an inestimable adjunct find relief to the pastorate." - The total number of city mission aries In New York may be set down at 266, who probably make 800,000 visits a year. Besides these there are hun dreds of tract visitors and hundreds of poor visitors and other voluntary agents of various churches and socie ties, who are going about continually doing good. . Bishop Fowler, of the Methodist church, began his career as a lawyer, but after he became converted he stud ied for the ministry, a "calling for which he has shown marked ability. His early training in the law, however, has stood him in good stead, for -a Bishop must be a man with a judicial as well as a theological turn of mind. Tho following advertisement recent ly appeared in an English religious pa per: " Wanted, before Advent, unmar ried priest (earnest Evangelical High Churchman), for small country church, the congregation of which is large ly composed of men. The six points. Choral services. Open-air preaching. Cricket, football and working-men's clubs. No mustached or lawn-tennis-playing priest need apply." S win ton's history has been with drawn from the public schools of Bos ton, on the ground that it misrepre sents the Roman Catholic doctrine of indulgences. The following is the pas sage which was objected to: "These indulgences were, in the early agei of the church, remission of penances imposed upon persons whose sins had brought scandal on .the . community. But in process of time they were rep resented as actual pardons of guilt, and the purchaser of indulgence was said to be delivered from all his sins." United Presbyterian. THE NUMBER OF STARS. -' Only Six Thousand of Them Visible to aa Ordinarily Good Eye. - - - The total number of stars one can see will depend very largely upon true clearness of the atmosphere and tha keenness of the eye. There are in the whole celestial sphere " about 6,000 stars visible to an ordinarily good eye. Of these, however, we can never se more than a fraction at any one time, because a half of the sphere is always below the horizon. : If we could see a star in the horizon as easily as in th zenith, a half of the whole number, or 8,000, would be visible on any clear night. But stars near the horizon are seen through so great a thickness o! atmosphere as greatly to obscure their light, and only the brightest ones cai there be seen. As a result of this ob scuration, it is not likely that more than 2,000 stars can ever be taken in at a single view by any ordinary eye About 2,000 other stars are so near tha south pole that they never rise in our latitudes. . Hence, out of 6,000 sup posed to be visible, only ; 4,000 ejrer come within the range of our vision, unless we make a journey towards the equator. ' " ' 1 As telescopic power is increased, wt still find stars of fainter and faintec light. But the number can not go on increasing forever in the same ratio as with the brighter magnitudes, because, if it did, the whole sky would be a blaze of starlight If telescopes with powers far exceeding our present ones were made; they would no doubt show new" stars of the twentieth, twenty first, etc., magnitudes. But it is highly probable that the number of such suc cessive orders of stars would not in crease in the same ratio as is observed in the eighth, ninth and tenth magni tudes, for example. The enormous labor of estimating the number of star? of such classes' will long prevent the accumulation of . statistics on this question, but this much is certain, c that in special regions of ",, the sky, which - have been searchingly examined by various tele scopes of successively increasing aper tures, the number of new stars found is by no" means in proportion to the in creased instrumental power. If this is found to be true elsewhere, the conclu sion may be that, after all, the stellar system can be experimentally shown to be of finite extent and to contain only a finite number of stars. In the whole sky" an eye of average power " will see about 6,000 stars, as I have just said. With a telescope this number is greatly increased, and the most powerful tele scopes of modern times will show more than 60,000,000 stars. Of this number, not one out of 100 has ever been cata logued at alL ; j : In ail. 314,926 utars from the first to the 9 1-2 magni tudes, are contained in the northern sky; or about 600,000 .: in both hemi spheres. All of these can be seen with 8-inch object-glass. Prof. E. S.Eolden, in Centum. . : r-,r--. r -fi-. Goroallis Grange, 242, CORVALLIS, OREGON, 1890. i:30 :e- ' . .)i irggga : FEBRUARY 1. OPENIXQ EXERCISES. - "BUSINESS SESSION. r . . MUSIC. ' . . SOME OF THE BENEFITS DEBITED FEOM THE QEANOE," , Ltoturer ' '"-.' Discussed by Member Present. SELECT EEADINO. '- - - - - - Mas. L. WlMOir MUSIC. FEBRUARY IS. ; music. business session. MUSIC " ' " . - . "READING MATTER FOR THE HOME." -ESSAY, "HOME AND ITS AFFAIRS," -SELECT READING, ' - - MARCH X. BUSINESS SESSION. INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC, - - PAPER, "HOW SHALL OUR ROADS BE IMPROVED?" DISCUSSION, LED Bt A. G. MULKT AND E. ELLIOT. DECLAMATION. " . MUSIC. . " " MARCH IS. 'OPENING EXERCISES. BUSINESS SESSION. INITIATION." MUSIC. "PRUNING FRUIT TREES," - - - - - Paor. E. B. Laki DISCUSSION, LED BY GEO. TAYLOR. SELECT READING, - - - - Mu. Geo. TATioa MUSIC. ' . MARCH SO. MUSIC. . BUSINESS SESSION INITIATION. MU8FC. . - BANQUET AND SOCIAL MEETING. APRIL, S. MUSIC. BUSINESS SESSION. MUSIC . "BENEFICIAL BIRDS AND INSECTS," SELECT READING. DECLAMATION. APRIL. XO. BUSINESS SESSION. MUSIC. "FARM CROPS FOR WILLAMETTE VALLEY." ESSAY, . . - READING. music. ' ; V All papers and essays OFFICERS: M. E. Grimm. I H. T. Kbbnch. A. S. L. Y. Wilson. T. W. Crees. ft E. Elliot. - F. Mrs. J. D. Johnson. L. A. S. Mrs. WET" FIfit P 3CTAIl kinds .of extra fine job printing, such as Wedding Invitations and Cards, Ball Programmes and Tick ets, Calling Cards, etc., done in excel lent style at The Gazette office. Call and inspect samples of stock. CRAIG & Corvallis, PRor. W. W. Bbutow Mrs. H. T. Fremgu Mbs. S. L. Sbbdb pKor. Bkrchtold J. D JOHNSOK Prot. F. L. WARDtBRii .Discussed by Members Present. Mrs. J. D. Jouwsor - - Worthy Mast rr Discussed by 8. L. Sbedd and others Mum Alicx Horsiko are open for discussion. O. J. D." Johnson. ' S. S. L. Shbdd. Chap. VV. VV. Bristow. Sec A. G. Mulkey. P. Mas. L. Wilson. -C. Miss A lick Horning. H. T. Fbench. RIUTIUG! CQNOVER, Oregon. OVEKLAD TO CALIFQRMA VIA Southern Pacific .Company's LINE,- - - THE AIT. SHASTA ROUTE. Time Between) ALBANTand SAN FRANCISCO -33 Honns. - California. Express Train Sua Sally PORTLAND ami 8AN FKANCISCO, SOI til. Lr PiHlarU ... 4:00 p. ni. WORTH LV San Frisco . ... 7:00 on LT Altai:y......B:lS p. m Lr Albany.. .. . .k4S am Ar San Frisco.. .7:s p.m. Ai l'ortland..'.. 10:46 a ni t Local Passenger Traiii, Daily.except Sunday T fortlaud..,.:00 a. m. I Eugene...... 0:00 a. tu v Albany 12:40 p. m. I Lv Albany 11:35 . ra Ar Kuyeiie...... 8:40 pro Ar Portland ... 35 p n) Lebanon Branch. 8:20 p m, ..Lv,.. Albany. , ,,Ar,..6:30 a irt ' 9:06 p m. .Ar, . . Lebanon. ,.Lv.. 5:45 a ni 1:50 p m...Lv. , .Albany,, ,.Ar. ,.9:25 p m 2:36 p m. . Ar. .. Lebanon. ..Lv... 8:40 p til 7:30 a m, ,Lv , .Albany Ar. . .4:20 p tn 8:22 a m. .Ar. . .Lebanon. ..Lv . ,.3:40 u m Pullman Buffett Sleepers; TOURIST SLEEPING CARS, For accommodation of second-class! passengers, attached to Express Trains. The S, P. Co.'s Ferry make connection with all the regular trains on the East Side Division trow foot of F street. Wst Sila Slvbien. . BETWEEN PORTLAND AND CORVALLIS. Ibll Train. Idly Eicopt Saa&tf. . ItKAVR. Portland....... 7 JO a. m. Corvallis 1:30 p. m. ARKIVK. Corvallis...... 12:SS p, W Portland , 8:20 p. m At Albany and Corvallis connect with trains of th Oregon Pacific Railroad, Express Train. Ealty Zxeept Sunday. bKAVE. Portland 4:60 p. m. McMinnville.. . , 6:45 a. in. ARRIVE. McMinnville... 8:00 p. ni Portland 9:00 . at through: tickets to all points South and East via California. Eor full information regarding rate, map etc., call on company's agent at Corvallis of Albany. 15. V RO0ES. Asst. O. f. & V. Ag-ont. B. KOKIILER Uanaccr THE Yaquih IA HOUTE Oregon Pacific liaiiroad arid Oregon Development Co.'sJ STEAMSHIP LINE, 235 Miles Shorter; 20 Hoars Lens timtf than by - auy other route. First clag through (f.iascuger and freight line front Portland all points in the Wiilaineite valley to and from San Francisco, C'eL . Hie Oregon Pacific stPulti boats ofl the Willamette liver division will lenve Portland, south-bouii'i, Holiday, Wednesday and Friday at fl a. m. Arrive at Corvallis on Tuesday Thursday and Saturday at 3:30p. m Leave Corvallis, north-bound Monday Wednesday and Friday at 8 a.. m Arri ve at Prfrtland Tuesday, Thuis day and Saturday at 3:30 p tn On Monday, Wednesday and Fri da', both north and south-bound boatt he over at night at Salem, leaving there at 6 a. tn ; TIME SCHEDULE (ekcept Sundays.) Leaves Albany 1:00 p. ni j Leaves Yaquina6:4ft a. alt Leave Cer vallisl:40 p a I Leave Cor.allis 10:86 " Arrive Vaauina 6:S0 p. tn Arrive Albany 11:10 a. m Oregon A California trains connect at Albany and O.irvallis. The above trains connect at Yaquiia witH the Oregon Development Uo.'s line of steouiships bo tween Yaquina and Salt Francisco. This Company reserves tbe right to .chars; salUa dats without notioo. N. B.' Passengers from Portland fchd alt Willamette Valiny . points enn lhake closS connection wfth the trains of the Yaquiui route at Albany or Corvallis, and if destined to San Francisco should arrange to arrive at Yaquina the evening; before date of sailing Passenger and freight rates alvrafs tb lowest. For information apply to D. Wi Cummins, freight and ticket age tit. Corral' lis. or to C. C. HOGUE, Acting Gen. F. and E. Agent, Oregon Pa cilic Railroad Co., Corvallis, Or. C. H. JIASWKLL. Jr.. Gen. F. and P. Agent, Oregon t)eva!op meat Co., 304 Montgomery St., 8. F., Cal. (JKEAT OVERLAND ROUTE! NORTHERN PACIFIC "Railroad.' Two fast trains daily! ffoi change of cars Shortest line tn Chicago and all point east, Via ST. PAUL and MINNEAPOLIS. The Sortherh JPacifie railroad is the only Ttne rnuning Passenger trains, Sfldohd-claas sleepers free of charge), luxorioal day coaches, Pullman palace sleeping cars, pal ace dining cars meals 75 cents. ' Sea that yoiir ticket read via the North era Pacific railroad and avoid change of cars. Leave Portland at 10:40 a. m., and 2 a. m , daflv; arrive nt Minneapolis or St. Paul at 5:05 . ni. third day. . PACIFIC P1VISION Trains lea re Front aud O street daily at 11:05 a, m. and 2 a. tn.? arrive at New Tacoina at 6:15 p. m. and 8:30 a. tn. connecting with com pa toy's boats for all points on Paget Souud. CHAS. S. FEB. Oenl Pass. Agent, St, PauL A. D. CHARLTON Asst. Geo'l Pass. Agent, No. 121 First it or. Washington St., i-ortland, Oregon. ' jWDejlnt, comet- First and G Streets. . - j r UBSOlBWlirTlIli COR V vaixis GAZKtTfi, the oldest pa L per in Benton co- One yeart 3 Children Cry for? Hp (teller's Castorla,