The Corvallis gazette., June 10, 1898, Image 4

MANUELA'S TRANSFORMATION.
f HE poet to tlie contrary, not
withstanding, there are occa
slons when "It might have been"
are joyful words. Most men, upon
meeting again In after years their first
loves, realize this, and offer up prayers
of thankslgivlng.
j It was so with Hurlburt.
In the early days of the Pacific coast,
Hurlburt was stationed at San Diego.
It was a picturesque little town. Its
streets were not much more than cow
paths, and Its houses were mostly of
the good old pattern adobes, one story
high, and built around a patio. In such
a house as this lived Manuela Lopez,
and In one of the cow-path streets
Hurlburt first met her. It was upon a
Sunday. Hurlburt had Just come from
Inspection, and was on his way to din
ner with friends in town. He still
wore his regimentals, and was a very
gorgeous sight Indeed. He was also
tall, and yellow-haired, and blue-eyed
quite the figure to strike the fancy of
a pretty little Mexican girl who was
coming home from mass.
She had read no books that could
have told her that it was the accepted
thing to do; she had probably never
given such subjects a moment's
thought; but when the mind of a child
becomes the mind of a woman, It Is
at one bound, not by slow degrees. In
spiration struck full upon Manuela's
brain, and she dropped her rosary.
From which it may be Inferred that
the love of the fathers and the wisdom
of ages has taught woman nothing new
In affairs of the heart. The Impulse of
the Intrigante and of the child of na
ture are the same.
Hurlburt, of course, was close to
Manuela when the rosary dropped. He
returned It to her. If she had not been
with a servant, he might have spoken.
As it was, he observed more narrowly,
what he had been observing for some
moments as he approached, that she
was graceful and pretty. Then he rais
ed his helmet and passed on.
You can count upon any one but the
typical Anglo-Saxon, l'ou expect men
of Latin and Slav races to make fools
of themselves. But the Anglo-Saxon
Is such a thoroughly logical, reason
able, clear-headed person that the bot
tom of your universe drops out when
he deviates from the path of common
sense. And when he does, it is never
a mere digression. He goes, a flaming
comet, whirling through space, and
carrying all your stellar system of
plans and beliefs before him. The last
thing any one would have expected of
a big, quiet, rational youth, such as
was Hurlburt, was that he should wax I
romnntip over n ntrppr mpotlnor Tclth
an immature ruse to attract his atten
tion. Nevertheless, that same day, af
ter luncheon, be said to his host, as
they sat smoking under the ramada,
"Who lives in the house cn the next
street, where the two mocking-bird
cages hang on the wall?'
"Yon must be more explicit," his host
.HjiMlttjjjL. b v . at houses
19 SMpRH Rtic and all have
OiOCKing-birds."
"Yes," said Hurlburt; "but there Is a
hedge of red and white geranium In
front of It."
"I saw you meet her," the civilian
told blui; "her name Is Lopez Manu
ela, I think."
i Hurlburt became very red. When
your phlegmatic man grows embar
rassed he Is badly embarrassed. It was
some time before he regained speech
and came floundering out of the sea of
silence. When ho did, he changed the
subject
I Not that he abandoned the cause.
Far from it. It took him two weeks,
but he got himself introduced to Senor
Lopez, and had then taken to call upon
him. The senor was a well-educated
man, and the most hospitable of his
hospitable race. He made Hurlburt
free of the house at once, and showed
him everything it contained, save only
Manuela.
1 "You must come again, often," he
said, as they parted. Hurlburt replied
that he would, and went again In three
days. Neither did he see his lady of the
rosary upon this occasion. He address
ed himself to Senora Lopez, who was
handsome and well preserved.
,rYou have a daughter, have you not
senora?'
Senora Lopez understood only Just so
much English as she chose. She did not
choose to understand this. She turned
her soft eyes upon her husband, and
he answered for her.
"We have a daughter," he said, "but
she is very young."
Hurlburt understood that he had of
fended a semi-oriental prejudice.
It having thus been made obvious to
him that Manuela would not be pro
duced by her parents, he went to an
early mass at the church, met her, and
introduced himself. It chanced that
she was alone.
"May I walk home with you, senor
lta?" he said. "I have the pleasure of
knowing your father."
"Yes, sir," said Manuela.
It was but a few hundred yards to
her home, but he made the most of his
time. Manuela answered him In mono
syllables and raised her eyes but twice.
Hurlburt's infatuation was complete.
Senor Lopez was angry. He was very
civil to the officer, but he sent the girl
to her room at once.
"I met the senorita at mass," Hurl
burt explained.
"Are you, then, a Catholic?" inquired
the Mexican.
"No," said Hurlburt and determined
to pursue the policy that sages who
know nothing of mankind tell us Is In
variably the best "I went to the
church on purpose to meet your daugh
ter. I saw her on the street the other
day" he refrained In a moment of di
plomacy from speaking of the dropped
beads "and I admired her very much.
Tbat is why I came to call upon yon.
I thought I would see her openly under
her own roof. As I did not, I encoun
tered her elsewhere. Now," said Hurl
burt, leaning back in an easy pose that
did nt meet with the punctilious Mexi
can's approval, "I should like to nek
you to be allowed to pay my court to
your daught
Senor Lopez made no objection to
the officer's suit, but bo did object
to his fashion of advancing it He In
cased himself In perversity.
"My daughter, sir, is too young."
He rose to bis feet by way of sug
gesting that Hurlburt would do well
to take his leave. Hurlburt rose, too,
but not to go.
"May I ask her age, senor?"
"She la sixteen years old."
"You have told me that you married
the senora when she was but fifteen."
"That was In the old times. We do
not do so any more."
"But I will be willing to wait for a
year, if Senorita Manuela will love
me."
"Sir, wo will talk no more concern
ing this. My daughter is too young to
be married, and I do not wish to give
her to an American" which was not
In the least true. Up to then It had
been his plan to do so, but his obstinacy
was roused.
xne result was one tnat any one,
most of all a Mexican, should have fore
seen. Hurlburt embarked upon an In
trigue. He sent notes to Manuela, and
got them from her In return. The notes
led to meetings by night. The meet
ings led to infatuation. Warm South
ern nights and a soft-eyed, soft-voiced
girl can work mischief within the mind
of a man. And a tall, blonde officer
saying the first words of love she has
ever heard can turn the head of any
woman.
The clandestine interviews continued
for several months. Then Hurlburt
made one last attempt at frankness. Ho
went to Senor Lopez again, and renew
ed his request to be permitted to pay
his daughter court. The senor had con
ceived an unreasonable and great dis
like for him, and refused.
Whereupon Hurlbnrt arranged anoth
er meeting with Manuela. He began to
realize that they were both running ter
rible risks. Senor Lopez was quite
equal to killing one of them If they
should be discovered. But he did not
suggest that to Manuela. Instead, be
asked: "Bo you love me, chiqulta?"
"Yes, yes. Must I tell you so al
ways?" "Do you love me enough to leave
your home for me?"
"I do not understand." The gentle
eyes looked Into his, perplexed.
"Will you marry me?"
"I would, but how can I?" she said.
"My father will not consent to It."
"Do you love me enough to run away
from your father, to disobey him, and
go over to Mexico, across the border,
with me? We can be married there,
and then come back."
Hurlburt was an Impassive, unemo
tional man, but his nerves were upon
a fearful tension as he waited for the
answer of an Irresponsible child. She
appeared to consider, and ended by
agreeing. Hurlburt was beside him
self with happiness.
A week later they went across the
line and were married. They returned
immediately, and had an Interview
with Senor Lopez. The Mexican was
enraged, Hurlburt, having obtained
what he wanted, was not Inclined to be
conciliatory, but Manuela and her
mother patched up a peace, Manuela
behaved beautifully, and Hurlburt was
more enamored than ever. He took her
back to his home, and for three days
dreamed of a lifetime of bliss. Then
Manuela decided that she had had
enough of living on honeycomb, and
that she had tired of scented time.
With no explanations and no reason
save that she wanted to go, she went.
Her father, charmed with Hurlburt's
discomfiture, refused to make her re
turn to him, and guarded her closely.
Hurlburt begged for one final inter
view, and It was granted. He was a
sorry sight, pale and haggard and self
abasing. But Manuela was unmoved.
She stood meekly before him, her fold
ed hands holding a rose, her father and
mother on either side of her. She was
not In the least unhappy, and no grief
had marred her prettlncss.
"Manuela," said Hurlburt, "have you
not changed your mind? Will you not
come home with me?"
She shook her head. "No," she said.
"Why not? Was I not kind to you?
Did I not love you?"
''Yes, you were very kind. But I like
better to be with my father."
It was useless to threaten, Implore,
or reason. Manuela was gently stub
born. She would never go back to him;
she did not like Americans.
When Hurlburt finally went away, he
decided that bis heart was broken. He
thought of suicide. He could never
bear up under the disgrace, and it was
Liot so great as his wretchedness. This
frame of mind lasted for a year; then
he became resentful; then he obtained
a divorce; then he was ordered East,
and It was ten years before he returned
to the coast. He had with him his wife
a woman of his own people, very
charming, very well suited to him In
every way. She knew the story of his
first marriage, and she knew that,
whatever he might say to the contrary,
he still regretted deep down In his heart
the sweet, soft Mexican wife of his
youth, of his season of dear beliefs and
Illusions. The knowledge was the one
grief of her life. It threw a shadow of
sadness over her eyes. But she kept
It to herself, and for this unfemlnine
virtue the gods, in due time, rewarded
her.
They went one day, by ambulance
from Wilmington, where Hurlburt was
stationed, to Los Angeles. One of their
mules got lame, and they had to spend
the night at a roadside ranch. A crowd
of dirty Mexican children played
around the adobe; several yet dirtier
men lounged about the door; a fat, be
shawled woman waddled across the
yard; a yet more untidy one welcomed
them.
Her greasy face was still rather pret
ty and young, but she was thick, and
heavy, and stupid. When she looked
full at Hurlburt, she gave. a little cry
that was more of a grunt
"Come In; I will tell my husband,"
she said, and shuffled away with her
bare feet.
Hurlburt turned to his wife gravely.
"I am sorry to have brought you here,"
he said, "but It Is all we can do, unless
you prefer to sleep in the ambulance
to-night That woman was my wife."
"So I supposed," she said. She laid
her delicate hand on his arm. "Don't
let It trouble you, dear. I do not mind."
she smiled Into his eyes, and the shad
ow was forever gone from her own.
San Francisco Argonaut.
Anticipating.
Mudklns What would you say, sir, If
I should tell you that I love your
daughter?
Mr. Cashburn Not a word, sir; not
a word. Your audacity would simply
hold me spellbound. Philadelphia
North American.
There are three times as many mus
cles In the tall of the cat as there are
in the human bands and wrists.
AN UNUSUAL STONE.
Jade, However, Is Highly Valued by
Many Foreign l"eop e.
An ornament may be interesting for
Something beside Its more beauty, ami
the jade trinkets just now so much In
fashion have an added charm by rea
son of the respect paid in other lands
to the substance of which llicy are
made.-
The high standing of jade Is no mod
em thing. The very first -weights and
measures of the Chinese world, saytt
Olive F. Gunby In Leslie's Weekly,
wore computed from Jade tubes, and
the earliest bars or intervals of mush
known to that nation wore determined
by hollow bamboo eanos of accurate
length, afterward perpetuated in jade
tubes having stops within to be pulled
out at the will of the player.
The Spaniards and Mexicans have an
equal respect with the Chinese for the
stone, which they regard as an amulet
against disease. In some Instances the
finder of an Isolated piece of Jade was
supposed to be endowed with supernat
ural powers, such a piece being regard
ed as a holy thing fallen from heaven.
The Chinese value their jade carv
ings so highly that they cannot often be
prevailed upon to part wlbh them,
though In times of national calamity,
such as the culmination of the war be
tween Japan and China, Western Im
porters and jewelers have a chance to
buy some of the treasures.
When an unusually large piece of
Jade is found In China, the emperor
calls a council of the artists of his em
pire to determine Into what shape it
had best be carved, as, owing to Its ex
treme hardness, the form selected must
follow somewhat the outline Indicated
by the natural formation of the speci
men. The artist chosen to perform the deli
cate task Is not altogether to be envied.
It Is true that if he succeeds he will be
made a mandarin, but success depends
on his work being approved after it
has been subjected to public criticism
for a whole year. If, at the end of
that time, his work should be condemn
ed, his reward will possibly lx the loss
of his head, and certainly the loss of hl3
reputation.
Tho task Itself Is no light one. With
a thin piece of finely tempered brass
wire the artist may work for a week
without having anything to show for
his pains. Twenty years are not con
sidered too long for a single piece of
carving.
Much jade now comes from New Zea
land, where many superstitions attach
to It Grotesque figures of jade, having
glaring red eyes, are worn on the
breasts of savage warriors, and hatch
ets, sabres and daggers of Jade are
owned by every Eastern soldier of
rank, to be handed down as precious
heirlooms to his descendants.
INVENTOR OF LEAD PIPE,
The Interesting Life of Robert Sei dell
Of Milton.
There was born In Milton, Fa., In
1800 a man of wonderful genius, It Is
6ald. Ills name was Robert SeydelL
and ho died in 1847. Mr. Seydell was a
coppersmith and was almost continu
ously working out some device connect
ed with the machinery In his factory.
To him, it is related by some of the
oldest citizens of this place, belongs the
discovery of the process of making
loud pipe, and like many other inven
tors, the idea of making tho same was
stolen from him and further developed
to Its present form of manufacture.
It was the latter tjart of the thir
ties that the Idea suggested Itself to
him, and tho following Is tho way he
wrought It out: He first took a slug,
or casting of load, placing It on a man
del, or rod of steel, about sixteen feet
long and one Inch In diameter; the
mandol was highly polished and upon
this he drew or rolled out the lead to
the full strength of the rod, thus giv
ing him an inch bore, and tho material
was rolled, It Is said, to a one-fourth
Inch, making a total diameter of one
and one-half Inches for the pipe. After
completing several sections of the
length o fthe mandol, ho soldered them
together, making the pipe of whatever
length ho desired.
He put It to practical use by fasten
ing it to pump beads and also running
it from springs to connect watering
troughs and spring houses In the coun
try round nbout hero. Being greatly
pleased with his discovery, and receiv
ing the most flattering of comments
from his friends and neighbors In this
section, he concluded to make his In
vention more widely known, and hence
made a visit to Philadelphia, taking his
device with him.
At the Franklin Institute In that city
ho gave his first exhibition to quite a
number of inventors, artisans ami me
chanics. As It Is now related, all
who witnessed It wore more than de
lighted, and so expressed themselves In
his Immediate presence.
It was not long that he was allowed
to remain In a condition of supreme
happiness over his invention, for a
short time after he made a disclosure of
his discovery, and while yet In Phila
delphia, he found out that by the very
persons to whom ho had given an ex
hibition of the process of making lead
pipe his Idea had been used and im
proved upon. Philadelpha Press.
The Supply of Oxygen.
Persons who happen to be inconve
nienced by dearth of anxieties are In
vited to agitato their spirits by contem
plation of the prospect of a shortage of
oxygon in the atmosphere. It seems
that there are well-informed persons,
Lord Kelvin among them, who find rea
son to believe that this calamity is Im
pending. The figures (estimated) In the
case are that the world uses annually
six and a half billion tons of oxygen for
breathing purposes, and nearly half as
much for fires. This Is a big consump
tion. To repair It we rely on vegeta
tion, which we are pretty constantly
restricting. So we use more and more
oxygen all tho time, and make less and
less. No wonder Lord Kelvin says the
earth Is undergoing "a steady loss of
oxygen." As yet, though, the atmos
phere does not show it and it may bo
a few thousand years yet before the
difference will be measurable. To the
short-sighted the prospect may not
seem distressing, but folks who need
anxieties should not neglect this one,
since, after all, in anxieties and ances
try and such things a little remoteness
does no harm. Harper's Weekly.
Men Haven't All the Privileges.
She There Is a groat deal of unfair
ness In tils world. Women are barred
out of society for things that men may
do with impunity.
no That may be true, but, on tli
other hand, men would be barred oir
of society if they did some things tha.
women do with impunity every day.
She I'd like to have you name Jus:
one of them.
He Well, kissing other people"
wives and daughters and sweethearts
for Instance.
Lobsters and Thunder.
Lobsters have a great dread of thu
der, and when peals are very loud W-J
swim to deeper water.
HELD THE FORT.
John Barleycorn Proved Too Much for
a Band of Hostile Indians.
An adventure with hostile Indians,
seldom surpassed In critical peril and
exciting situation, was that of a French
Canadian some years ago at Fort Pierre
au Calumet, on Lake Athabasca. One
day, when the chief trader was absent
on a visit to York factory, and the
other men employed In the station were
playing lacrosse upon the Ice, this man
and an Irishman named McTaggart
were the only persons left in the fort.
Just then forty Chippewa "braves"
who had pretended to have furs to sell,
but who had really been watching an
opportunity to plunder, came up to the
fort and poured Inside the stockade.
Pierre, the Frenchman, had barely
time to bar the main door when they
rushed against It showing plainly their
unfriendly purpose. A parley with the
chief, through a small side-trap, re
sulted in the withdrawal of the Indians
outside the stockade and an agreement
to admit the chief alone, with the furs.
Pierre thus relates what followed:
I Instructed my man, McTaggart, to
watch when the Indians were well out
of the yard, and when the chief came
In to make a dash and fasten the outer
gate. I then opened the door. Mc
Taggart slipped out, but had not made
one step when the chief struck him
with his tomahawk, killing him In
stantly. The savage then darted
through the half-open door, and, parry
ing a blow I aimed at him, be seized
the bar which fastened the door and
threw It outside.
I had by this time got hold of one
of my pistols and pulled It at him as
he came toward me, flourishing his
bloody tomahawk. The bullet took ef
fect, for the savage, with a frightful
yell, staggered through the doorway,
whore his cries soon gathered his band
about him.
Before I could fasten the door the
whole gang had burst Into the fort.
1 sprang behind some casks and hid
myself there, feeling, however, sure
that they would find and kill me.
There can be no doubt about my fato
if the savages had not been more eager
for plunder and .whisky than they were
for vengeance.
As It was, ono of them at once rushed
to a cask of whisky, the head of which
he stove in with his hatchet, and with
the greatest eagerness the whole
crowd began to help themselves to the
contents.
That they would drink themselves
drunk was now my only hope and op
portunity, and I quietly kept out of
sight behind the empty barrels to await
events.
The idiotic abandon and general
"cutting up" of the savages as they
came under the Influence of the whisky
was very ludicrous; but you may be
sure I kept my laughter to myself. In
an hour all were hopelessly intoxicated,
except one big fellow who seemed to
have a stronger bend than the rest
I now felt that with my pistol In my
hand I could fight at least on equal
terms, if a fight was necessary; but the
rascal precipitated matters by turning
over the cask of whisky while climbing
to reach some plunder that he wanted
on an upper shelf. In doing this a
live coal was Jarred out of the stove
into the liquor on the floor and the
room was Immediately In flames. The
Indian who had caused the catastrophe
sprang toward the door, but my pistol
ended his career.
The whisky was soon consumed, as
there was few little left and the fire
was put out without doing large dam
age, but many of tho drunken savages
on the floor were' fatally burned. When
the men came back from the lake and
found so many dead Indians and saw
the general ruin they were amazed,
and supposed I deserved all the credit
of the capture of the assailants, etc.,
when It was merely an accident that
had accomplished It
A Peter the Grat " Boom."
We are about to witness the outbreak
of a boom on I'eter the Great similar to
that which has raged for some years
round the person of Napoleon. Sir
Henry Irving, with all the world open
to him, has chosen a play on Peter the
Great, written by his son. Trof. Oscar
Browning is about to publish a life of
the Inevitable Fetor; and .7. M. Gra
ham's historical novel, "The Son of the
Czar," has already attracted consider
able attention, and will certainly be
widely read, as it gives a powerful pres
entation of Busslan life at the most
critical epoch of Muscovite history.
There is something significant in this
renaissance of Tetcr the Groat. The
smaller states of Europe are vanishing,
one by ono, and everything points to
eventual collision between the Teuton
and the Slav. In the meantime every
thing that Holy Russia and the anoint
ed person of the Kaiser can do to mag
nify their respective missions will cer
tainly be accomplished. Harper's
Weekly.
An Original Order.
An order came to a wholesale hard
ware house one day last week.
That Is, It was presumably an order,
for It was written under a business
heading and had all the general appear
ances. The employe who opened the letter
studied It and said it beat anything he
had seen up to date.
He sent it to a member of the firm,
who read It and threw up both hands.
Since then he has been showing It to
his friends. It was written by a rural
dealer, and is as follows:
"Gentlemen Flense send me at once
two long-handled shovels, one dozen
slxteen-lnch hinges and two kegs of
tenpenny nails. Yours truly,
"JOHN ROBINSON.
"P. S. My son tells me we have plen
ty of above, so you need not send. J. R."
Chicago Tribune.
When Yon Write to tho Queen.
The paper on which letters to Queen
Victoria are written must not be folded.
No communication which bears evl
dence of having been creased will ever
fall Into her Majesty's own hands. The
proper method Is to write on thick,
glossy white paper and to dispatch the
missive In an envelope which fits It,
Any folded communication never reach
es the Queen, for the simple reason that
she never looks at It. All such letters
are opened by the Mistress of the
Robes, and as a rule their contents nev
er got beyond her, or, If the letter Is of
importance, It Is returned to the writer
with the directions how to forward It
"exchange.
The Only One.
Miss Wellwood Yes, I belong to the
Daughters of the Revolution, and pride
myself upon being the most distin
guished member of the society.
Mr. Hargreaves Indeed! I suppose
you trace your lineage back to some
man who was a Hon in his dny, eh?
Miss Wellwood No, my great-great-,
grandfather was only a private, but
from all that I can learn he seems to
have been tho only one In the whole
army. Cleveland Leader.
Power Is powerless unless you are
conscious of your abillt
Bread Tires on Foft Ground.
Bulletin 30 of the Missouri station
gives results of a series of tests to de
termine the best width of tire for use
on farm wagons. The tests were made
with the ordinnry narrow-tired wheels
COKN LAND JUST DRY ENOUGH TO PLOW.
and with six-Inch tires, on macadam
streets, dirt and gravel roads, In all
conditions, on meadows, pasture, stub
ble and plowed fields, both wot and dry.
The bulk of ttio hauling done by the
farmer Is on tho farm. In moving feed
from the fields and carting manure
from tho barns, etc. Tho actual ton
uage hauled to market Is insignificant
in comparison with that hauled about
on the farm, Inasmuch as In many in
stances a large proportion of the prod-
CL AY HO AD, DRY ON TOP, SPRINGY UNDER
nets of the average farm is sent to market-in
the form of live stock or Its prod
ucts. Consequently the best form of
tire Is the one which Is most satisfac
tory for use about the fields.
It is clearly shown by those experi
ments that in many Instances where
the. narrow tire Is very Injurious to the
road or field, the broad tire proves posi
tively beneficial when the same load is
hauled. When It Is considered, there
fore, that the average draft of the
bread tire Is materially less than the
narrow tire, and that the injury done
to the roads and farms by the nnrrow
tire can be almost wholly corrected by
the use of the wide tires, there remains
SOFT TIMOTHY SOD.
no longer any good reason for tUc- u.
of the narrow-tired wagons.
The broad tires pulled materially
lighter on tbe macadam street and the
gravel ronds. Also on dirt roads in all
conditions except when soft or sloppy
on the surface, underlaid by hard road
bed, and when the mud was very deep
and sticky. In both of these condi
tions the narrow tires pulled consider
ably lighter,. It should be borne in
mind, however, that the roads are In
these conditions for a comparatively
short period of time, and this at sea
sons when their use has naturally been
reduced to the minimum. 1 ue tests on
meadows, pastures, stubble land, corn
J
9Hk
CLAY ROAD, 80FT.
land and plowed ground In every con
dition, from dry, hard and firm to very
wet and soft, show, without a single
exception, a large saving In draft by
the use of the broad tires.
These experiments further indicate
that six Inches is the best width of tire
for the farm and road wagon, and that
both axles should be the same length,
so that the front and rear wheels shall
run In the same track.
The accompanying Illustrations,
which we copy from the Agriculturist,
show the effect of wide and narrow
SOFT STUI1BLE LAND.
tires upon roads and fields of different
character. The depression on the right
of each shows the depth in inches of
rut caused by the wide tire, while that
on the left represents the depth of rut
caused by narrow tire on the same
field.
Strang? Vessel.
A rock and a fish saved the good ship
Nelson from sinking. The Nelson Is an
English vessel which recently arrived
at Wellington, New Zealand, after a 07
days' passage from Liverpool. When
off the New Zealand coast she encoun
tered heavy gales and was driven on a
rock. She Immediately got off, but wa
ter began to rise in her hold despite the
crew's exertions at the pumps. After
great difficulty the vessel entered Wel
lington harbor and extra pumps were
brought Into play. Still the water rose
and the captain and crew removed
their belongings to land In expectation
that the Nelson would sink. Fortu
nately their fears were not realized, foi
with better working of the pumps the
rush of water was finally overcome.
The vessel was subsequently exam
ined by a diver. In his report he stated
that In one of the holes a piece of rock
was jammed and In another a fish was
squeezed tall first, and both were re
sponsible for preventing the water
flowing in to a greater extent. Phila
delphia Record.
Smoke as a Lightning Rod.
On the approach of a thunderstorm
French peasants often make up a very
smoky fire In the belief that safety from
lightning Is thus assured. By some this
is deemed a superstition, but Schuster
shows that the custom Is based on rea
son, inasmuch as the smoke acts as a
good conductor for carrying away the
electricity slowly and safely. He points
out that In 1,000 cases of damage by
lightning 6.8 churches and 8.5 mills
have been struck, while the number of
actory chimneys has only been 0.3.
Fire Department of Women.
The engines of Koenissen, Sweden,
are womaned by a fire brigade of 150
girls, directed by a married masculine
captain.
Remove the debris of love affairs In
any girl's heart these days, and you
will find under it a tender young am
bition to be a Clara Barton.
Works Every Day
Hood's 8a saparllia Has Cured a
Severe Stomach Trouble.
"I suffered from a severe stomach
trouble. I could not keep anything on my
stomach. I began taking Hood's Sarsa
parilla and it cured me. I can now eat
almost anything I wish and my health is
good. Hood's Sareaparilla has enabled
me to wofk every day." 8. J. Febousoh,
Monroe, 0. Remember
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Is America's Greatest Medicine. $1; six tor tS.
Hood's Pills enre Indigestion, biliousness.
Carborundum in Canada.
The Carborundum Company, of Ni
agara Falls, N. Y., has made all ar
rangements for the manufacture of
their product in the Dominion of Can
ada at an early date. They have pur
chased a plot of land in Niagara Falls,
Ont., and will at once commence the
erection of a factory, tbe contract for it
having been awarded. They have aleo
made a contract with the Canadian
Niagara Falls Power Company for a
block of electrical power to operate the
furnace. In addition to the property
purchased they have taken an option
on additional land, in order that they
may enlarge their plant should they
see the necessity of so doing.
THE CHINESE I LAO.
The standard of the Celestial Empire Is a very
queer looking affair. It represents the most
grote-sque of green dragoons on a yellow ground.
The latter is suggestive not only of the national
complexion, but also of that of a sufferer from
biliousness. To remove the unbecoming tint
from the complexion, use Hostetter's Stomach
Bitters, which will speedily regulate your
liver, prevent malaria, and remedy dyspepsia,
nervousness, rheumatism aud kidney com
plaint. Keeps Milk Pore.
A Swede has patented an apparatus
to assist in keeping milk pure, which
consists of two tubes with flaring tops
to be attached to tbe arms In milking,
to carry the milk into the lower, ends
of the tubes connecting a covered pail,
thus decreasing the size of the openings
exposed to a minimum.
Another Toe Clip,
A New Yorker has patentee! a too.
clip, in which a curved plate is pivoted
on an axis parallel to the pedal axis
and a short distance above and beyond
the latter, so that when the foot is
pushed into tbe peJal one portion of the
plate catches the toe and the opposite
end presses against the instep,
A French journal states that among
the recent uses which have been dis
covered for acetylene gas is a motor
which has spoeial advantages for use
as an automobile vehicle.
TRY ALLEN'S FOOT-BASB,
A powder to be shaken Into the shoes.
At this season your feet feel swollen, ner
vous, and hot, and get tired easilv. If you
have smarting feet or tight shoes, try
Alien's Foot-Ease. It cool's the feet ana
makes walking easy. Cures swollen and
sweating feet, blisters and callous spots.
Relieves corns and bunions of ali pain and
f ives rest and comfort Ten thousand tes
imomals of cures. Try It today. Sold by
all druggists and suoe stores for 25c Sent
bv mall for 25c in stamps. Trial package
FREE. Address Allen 8, Olmsted, Le
Roy, New York.
For Workmen's Lunches.
A recently patented wrapper in Eng
land is especially suitable for carrying
workmen a mfcale. It is made of water
proof material, and la shaped with a
rigid piece in the center. The flaps
are secured by buttons or hooks and
eyes. When not in use it can be folded
into small space, a strap forms the
handle.
The Klondyke
baking powder Is Schilling's
Best baking powder. It
keeps and does its work
everywhere,
Very young children are not sensitive
to pain to any great extent. Dr.
Denger calculates that sensibility is sel
dom clearly shown in less than four or
five weeks after birth, and before tbat
time infants do not shed tears.
I believe Piso's Cure is the only medi
cine that will cure consumption. Anna
M. Ross, Williamsport, Pa., Nov. 12, 135.
Novel Knife Sharpener.
A new knife sharpener is formed of
two members, each having file blades,
with one blade slotted through the
center to receive the other. The
blades are attached to a U-shaped
spring to cross each other, the knife be
ing inserted back of the oioss and
forced outward to open the file blades
as it slides along.
A New Lifeboat.
A French inventor has designed a
new lifeboat, whioh haB a weighted
keel extending low enough from the
bottom of the boat to prevent its over
turning, while air-tight compartments
are placed in the ends and sides which
will keep it from sinking when full of
water.
CASTOR I A
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the
Signature of
Thread Holder
A Tennessee woman has patented a
ihread holder and cutter for spools, con
sisting of a clamping band to engage
the end flange of the spool, provided
with a flat string on its outer surface,
with a cutting blade at one end, the
end of the thread being held under the
spring, to prevent it from unwinding.
An aeronaut says that there is the
s.'.rr.e difference in the air at the earth's
surface and at an altitude of half a mile
that there is between water in a muddy
puddle and the purest spring water.
Tbe leaf of a creeping moss fonnd in
the West Indies, known as the "life
plant," is absolutely indestructible by
any means except immersion in boiling
water or the application of red hot iron.
Hill fa aai Make money by uccesf ul
MI ULB I speculation in Chicago. We
WW n ril I buy and sell wheat on mu
ll I lis IT I gine. Fortunes have been
made on a small beginning by trading in fa.
tures. Write for full particulars. Best of ref
erence given. Several years' experience on the
Chicago Board of Trade, and a thorough know
ledge of the business. Send for our free refer
ence book. DOWNING, HOPKINS i Co.,
Chicago Board of Trad Brokers. Offices in
Portland, Oregon and Seattle, Wash.
iiiiFiicico:sgSS,NHEEDeu7s..rM
Flam or with Cutter. Tbe best needle In the mar
ket. Used by all sack sewer, f'or sale by all gen
eral merchandise Stores, or by
WILt FIXCK CO.,
830 Market Street, San Francisco, Cat.
Extracting Copper.
The interesting "wet process" of ex
tracting copper from pyrites, in use
near Antwerp, is described in a paper
read before the Association of Grad
uates of the Ghent Technical School
by L. Breda. From this it appears
that the ore, containing from three to
four per ooht of copper. Is roasted,
crushed and roasted with salt. The
chlorinated ore In quantities of twenty
five tons is twice washed with some
660 gallons of water, then with the
waste liquor from the precipitating
tanks, then with dilute warm sulphuric
acid, and finally with warm water.
The washed ore at last contains only
0.2 per cent of copper. The liquor is
run into tanks, and the copper is pre
cipitated by scrap iron. The some
what remarkable statement is mode
that by this means the amount
of copper left In the waste liquor
does not exceed 1.4 gram per gallon.
Exportation of Lumber.
The exports of lumber from this
country have been rapidly increasing
during the past two years, and espec
ially was there a notable increase last
year over the record tor the year be
fore. In 1896 the value of lumber ex
ports from this country was $83,000,
000, while last year there was an in
crease of more than 20 per cent, the
total being upward of $40,000,000
worth of lumber. In 1805 the value
was about $30,000,000, and for several
years previous to that year tho value
was about the same. In 1860 it was
$10,000,000.
JOHN POOLE IS CONSTANTLY RE-
ceivlng targe invoices of the celebrated Stougb
ton wagons. These are superior to any ever put
upon this market. Before buying a wagon cull
and examine, or write for catalogue. Address
foot of Morrison street, Portland, Oregon.
Life of a Watermaln.
The life of a cast iron water main is
stated, in a report recently made to the
Melbourne, Australia, city engineer, to
average about thirty years. When
taken up after forty years of service the
iron is generally worth'ess, even for
scrap. Mild steel pipes last about as
long, but tbe cost of jointing and lay
ing, as well as tbe cost of the pipes
themselves, Is considerably less for
steel than for cast-iron.
State or Ohio, City op Toledo, I
L,ucas County. j
Frank J, Cheney makes oath that he Is the
senior parter of the firm of F. J. Cheney Se Co.,
doing business in the City of Toledo, County
and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pav
the sum ol ONE HUNUBED DOLLARS for each
and every ease of Catarrh that cannot be cured
by tho use of Hail's Catakrh Cube.
JRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me arid subscribed in my
presence, this 6th day of December, A. D. 1886.
VmSki A.W.GLEASON,
I notary Public
Hall's Catarrh Cure Is taken internally and acts
directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of
the system. Send for testimonials, free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
Sold by druggists, 76c.
Hall's Family Pills are the best.
An Envelope Addresser.
An English patent is for an automa
tic; envelope addresser. The machine
has a series of stencil plates with dif
ferent names an them and whioh are
fed one at a time against an ink roll
er with the envelope pressed against it
by anothei roller to print the address.
FITS Permanently Cured. N p fits or nervousnes
iMer first day's use of pr. Kline's Ureal
Nerve Restorer. Send for FKm Sa.Ou trial
botUe and treatise. DR. R. H. rrT.Tfp.
Area street, Philadelphia, pa,
New Lacing Book.
A new lacing hook has been de
signed for shoes which has an eyelet
stamped into the leather, with a hook
hinged on one side which shots aud
holds the lace as soon as the latter is
drawn tight, all the hooks opening at
once when the knot at the top is untied.
THE EXCELLENCE OF SYRUP OF FIGS
is due not only to the originality and
simplicity of the combination, but also
to the care and skill with which it is
manufactured by scientific processes
known to the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, and we wish to impress upon
all the importance of purchasing the
true and original remedy. As the
genuine Syrup of Figs Is manufactured
by the California Fig Syrup Co.
only, a knowledge of that fact will
assist one in avoiding the worthless
imitations manufactured by other par
ties. The high standing of the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co. with the medi
cal profession, and the satisfaction
which the genuine Syrup of Figs has
given to millions of families, makes
the name of the Company a guaranty
of the excellence of its remedy. It is
far la advance of all other laxatives,
as it acts on the kidneys, liver and
bowels without irritating or weaken
ing them, and it does not gripe nor
nauseate. In order to get its beneficial
effects, please remember the name Of
the Company
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Sirs. Joseph Peterson, Warren, Pa,
" I have suffered with womb trouble
over fifteen years. I had inflammation,
enlargement, and displu-cincnt of thj
womb.
" T.he doctor wanted nsc to take treat
ments, but I had just be ;;un taking
Mrs. Pinknam si
Compound, and
my husband
said I had
better wait ,
land see how
much good
that would
do me. I
was so sick
hen I berran
1th her medl-
ne, X could
ardly be n my
feet I had the '
fc&ckache con
stantly, alsoheadache, and was so dizzy.
Ic;buld not walk around, and I could not
lie down, for then my heart would beat
co fast I would feel as though I was
Jtiothering. I had to sit up in bed
lights in order to breathe. I was so
W ak I could not do anything. I have
now taken several bottles of Lydia B.
rinkham's Vegetable Compound, and
used three packages of Sanative Wash,
and can say I am perfectly cured. I do
nCjt think I could have lived long if Mrs.
I'inkhiiin's medicine had cot helped we."
Good
Health
Is the working capital
of humanity. He who
loses that is wrecked
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fulling you, your am
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wasting away ?
When others fall con
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Nervous, Chronic and Special diseases, even
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cares In both Men and Women of troubles which
other pbyatcans of acknowledged ability hud given
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inu many oinor nistrcssing fiymplnms.
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WEAK MEN. He restores lost vigor nn1 vi
tality to,weak men. Organs of the body which
have bee i weakened through disease, i verwork,
excesses or Indiscretions are icsiured tofull power,
strength nnd vigor through his own successful sys
tem of treatment.
VARICOCELE, hydrocele, sweliiDg and ton
derness of the glands treated with unluillng success,
SPECIAL DISEASES, inflammation, dis
charges, etc, wbtch. If neglected or Improperly
treated, break down the system, cause kidney and
bladder diieases. etc
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