Union gazette., December 08, 1899, Image 4

THE CULTURE OF TEA.
SUCCESSFUL EXPERIMENTS ARE
MADE IN THE SOUTH.
Garden In South Carolina Produce a
Superior Article at Twenty-five Per
Cent. Profit A Mew and Growing; In-
" dnstry for the Southland.
I Some years ago a few far-seeing men
of the Southern States looked far
enough ahead to see that cotton would
not always be king, and opened to dis-
cussion the problem of raising tea. At
that time cotton was king, and there
rwas no denying It, so the effort to cre
ate an Interest In tea raising proved
abortive. In less than fifteen years
came a gre.it war in which the South
was swept clean as by a hurricane:
One result of the war, minor perhaps,
'besides some of the other results, was
that cotton was dethroned. Into the
new South was Introduced other forms
of agriculture, and not only that, but
manufactures which the South hereto
fore had despised with pride In Its
"splendid Isolation."
And now, a generation after the war
has closed, after King Cotton has been
deposed, Southerners themselves have
taken up the culture of tea in earnest,
bound to make it contribute to the gen
eral prosperity of that section of -the
country. A leader among these leaders
Is Prof. Charles U. Shepard, of Fine
hurst, Summerville, S. C, and In a pub
lication of the agricultural department
In Washington he tells of the success
of his experiments
Since be has made a profit of 25 per
- cent, on his venture the undertaking is
entitled to be taken out of the class of
experiments and put In with the solid
accomplishments that will-endure. It
Is seven years since he first reported
on the operations on the Pinehurst es
tate. He says that It seems probable
from the facts so far gathered that the
cultivation of tea can be made profit
able in the warmer portions of the
United States in two ways. One Is by
establishing a plantation on the scale
of tho experiment at Summerville with
capital sufficient to carry the work to a
point where the product can be offered
on equal terms with teas holding an es
tablished place in the markets of the
United States. The other Is to grow
tea for home use in the farm garden.
In either case tea growing can be un
dertaken safely only where the tem
perature rarely goes lower than 25 de-
grees Fahrenheit, and never below
. zero, and where a liberal supply of
water can.be depended upon. There
is probably no place In the United
States where the rainfall is sufficient
for the best results with the tea plant,
and irrigation should where possible be
provided for In growing tea. .
The experiment at Summerville, on
the growth and manufacture of tea, be
gan about ten years ago. At the be
ginning it was wisely on a small scale,
but has gradually been Increased until
now over fifty acres have been planted
In tea. When the plants arrive at full
Ibearing the yield should be at least
10,000 pounds of high-grade tea; and
jthls should suffice for the object In
Tlew, viz., to -determine whether com
mercial tea may be profitably grown
under the local conditions of soil, cli
mate and labor.
-One of the most productive of the
Summerville gardens Is that called the
Hose garden. The output of green leaf
from it has been: Crop of 1892, 56
pounds; crop of 1893, 81 pounds; crop
of 1894, 151 pounds; crop of 1895, 333
pounds; crop of 1896, 600 pounds; crop
of 1897, 648 pounds; crop of 1898, near
ly 1,200 pounds. . One thousand two
hundred and sixty pounds of green leaf
will afford 300 pounds of standard Pine
hurst black tea. But the "Rose Garden"
Is not to be regarded as an exceptional
result, nor of difficult Imitation. Two
larger gardens, also formerly plney
woods ponds, planted with Darjeeling
seedlings, promise successful rivalry
within a few years, and yet others ap
pear to be awakening to a more vigor
ous productiveness. , '
; Without undue endeavor. Prof. Shep
pard sold his crop of 1898, about 8,000
pounds, as also about 500 pounds of the
crop of the previous year (which had
been bought to maintain prices), at a
. profit of about 25 per cent The Plne
. hurst black tea has a distinctly charac
teristic flavor, and, like some of the
choicer Oriental teas. Its liquor has
more strength than its color indicates.
These qualities render Its introduction
slow. But it has always proved a diffi
cult matter to change the taste of tea
consumers; notably so in the lntroduc-.
tlon of Ceylon tea Into Great Britain,
the mother country of Its producers.
' Nevertheless there has been a steadily
Increasing demand for Pinehurst tea,
and a great many people will drink no
other.
Green tea also is made at Pinehurst,
and has attracted keen Interest In the
trade. There is probably a greater de
mand in the United States for green
than black tea. At present a large
amount of sophisticated green tea Is
consumed In this country. . As it is
chiefly made of inferior leaf, highly
colored with Prussian blue, and faced
with powdered soaps tone, etc., so as
to hide all natural defects, it cannot be
regarded as cither nutritious or healtb-
- f ul. But the nature, of the demand In
dicates a decided preference for the
taste and' qualities of green, 1. e.. not
oxidized, teas, and should stimulate us
' to supply in its stead a pure, wholesome
article of the same type. Unfortunate
', ly. green teas can as yet be made b.
hand only; they represent cheap Ori
ental labor, and in the lower and me
dium grades competition by American
manufacture is well-nigh Impossible.
Black teas can be made by machinery
almost eery step alter the delivery
in the factory.
of nrrr1nrrlnn nf t-oaa In fha
jawing to the compara
tor. This must be
r
In
leaf
met by a greater productiveness In the
field, by the substitution of machinery
for hand labor in the. factory, and by
the manufacture of varieties of teas
which, from Inherent chemical causes,
cannot be brought from the Orient
" Filling Ont Garden Corners.
There is a large class of people who
nright profitably add the cultivation of
tea to that of flowers and vegetables,
filling out the corners of their gardens
and home fields with tea bushes, as
they do In China, or substituting use
ful as well as ornamental evergreen
hedges of that plant for the present
unsightly and costly and frequently un
reliable fences. Cultivated In this way,
the outlay of time, labor and money
could hardly prove burdensome; and,
as one result, the household should be
able to supply , Its own tea pure,
strong and Invigorating, Instead of the
wishy-washy, often far from cheap,
stuff generally . sold throughout the
country. ' -
As these little tea gardens are ex-
jlA KX7BSKBT IN JTJLT.
tended and multiply factories will be
established in each neighborhood for
the larger manufacture of commercial
tea, whither the products of the gar
dens surrounding may be brought and
sold, precisely as canning factories and
dairies consume the surplus production
of fruit and milk.
One feature In the cultivation of tea
has only to be stated to appeal to every
one who plants, namely, that the season
for gathering the leaf lasts in this cli
mate for six months. 'Thus' a crop is
not dependent for at least partial suc
cess upon the weather of any one or
two months, as Is so apt to be the case
with most of the objects. of the hus
bandman's labor-and solicitude.
. For the present It will be' wiser to
limit the production of tea in the South
to the better grades, such as retail at
from 50 cents to $1 per pound. The
greater cost of unskilled labor In this
country than In the Orient should con
stitute a smaller fraction of the total
expense If the product commands a
higher price. Other things being equal,
the quality of any tea depends on the
"fineness" of the leaf plucked. If only
the tiny, tender, youngest leaf be pick
ed, the quantity of the crop must be
comparatively small; but its quality
will be decidedly superior to that ob
tained by "coarse" plucking, which also
embraces the older, larger and neces
sarily tougher leaves. r "
- Problem of Cheap Labor.
Leaf-plucking demands the careful
attention of the tea grower. It Is a
light employment suitable for women
and children, but they must be taught
patiently and their work must be scru
tinized strictly. At Pinehurst colored
children do the picking, and very satis
factorily. A free school Is maintained
for them; every pupil of suitable age
and size is required to pick; others are
excluded from the gardens. Regular
KOLLIJTG AND DBTING BOOM.
attendance and better discipline are thus
secured. But otherwise, there would
be no difficulty In securing an ample
force, as the wages earned prove in
themselves a sufficient attraction. The
older children earn from 30 to 50 cents
a day; .the younger one in proportion.
The tea gardens are picked twenty
times a season, or once every ten days,
and It takes three days for the average
force of twenty children to make the
round of the gardens. - The more in
dustrious and skillful pick from ten to
twenty pounds of fresh leaf a day. It
takes four and a fifth pounds of fresh
leaf to make one of dry leaf. New
York Press. -
MALADIES OF TELEGRAPHERS.
Subject to Tuberculosis, Heart Trouble
and Brain Congestion.
"Telegraph operators are kept in
constant state of cerebral tension,
says Mr. Hull, President of the Kailwu
and Telegraph Workers' Union. "The,
are exposed to a great number of mal
dies, and it can well be said that the.
work is dangerous. A telegraph ope:
ator reads better with his ears thai
with his eyes. He carries out an e
sentially mental operation by uslii
uie ucrves or nearing. j. nis xacuity
consequently highly developed In h
case. In the ordinary work of readlii
twenty words a minute the telegrad
operator must distinguish 150 alterna
strokes or intervals, and when the.
is a rush of work this figure can go 4s
high as 450.-; There is also the trans
forming the sounds into visible -symbols,
or writing, which implies another
mental process. And whereas the nor
ual amount of. varied sensatory im
pulses per minute is 120, the telegraph
operator has to accomplish 150 to 450.
"Without taking extreme cases Into
consideration, it may be said that the
sense of hearing in a 'telegraph oper
ator Is two and a half times more pow
erful than In an ordinary individual.
Again, In telegraphy the continuity of
the nervous stimulation, the monotony
of sounds and the fixity of attention
are tartner causes of exhaustion- I
Is found also that during forced work
the telegraph operator's breathing is
affected, his heart's action precipitated
and his brain -congested. As a result
of these phenomena it is noticeable
that a general decline of the organism
follows, ending fn tuberculosis."
According to Mr. Hull, the ordinary
death rate for tuberculosis is 13.8;
that of telegraph operators is 40.G. And
what Is true of tuberculosis applies to
other affections of the" respiratory or
gans. The general death rate for the
latter Is 3.5, but It rises to 18.4 among
telegraph operators between 15 and 25
years of age, to 23.1 between 25 and 3
years of age, Instead of 4.9, and to 12,
instead of 5.3, between the ages of 3
and 45. From 45 years upward It de
clines, being 4.3, Instead of; 53, ..but
this diminution is very delusive, seeing
that It Is due to the elimination' of the
weak members who have died off in the
preceding " years. It. becomes more
marked with Increasing age. Betweer
55 and CO It stands at 0.5, Instead ol
5.4, and above 65 at 0.4, instead of 8.2
But these are not the only affections tc
which telegraph" operators are liable.
The nervous tension which they enduit
often gives rise to a state requiring
Immediate withdrawal from thelj
work. - ' -. . - ' '
A HUMAN HIVE. ;
A Place "Where Most of Our Jewelry
Is Made. .
Providence, R. I., has the largest sil
verware factory In the world, the larg
est screw factory, the largest manu
factory for small tools and the largest
file works. Perhaps It is especially
unique In producing more jewelry than
any other city In the United States,
says the Nashville American, and near
ly as much as all the rest of the coun
try combined. There Is no city which
possesses so many separate and dis
tinct shops for the manufacture of a
single commodity as Providence -does
for the manufacture of Jewelry. There
are at least 250 separate factories de
voted to the making of gold, silver,
rolled-plated, ' electroplated and brass
jewelry and novelties.- In addition, the
auxiliary Industries for furnishing sup
plies of special labor to the jewelry fac
tories number more than seventy-five.
Many of the jewelry: shops are small,
employing only ten or a dozen hands.
while some employ as high as 300, and
in one case 1,400. By the State census
of 1895 the capital Invested In this In
dustry In Providence is $12,000,000;
average number of hands employed,
7,000; annual wages paid, $3,500,000;
value of material "used, $5,500,000
value of annual Droducts. si4.nno.ono.
Had these figures been taken in 1898
tney would have been at least 33 per
cent more. In almost every case the
shops' have been started by poor men
with small capital, and as a result cf
success there has arisen a lnre-e rlnsa
of well-to-do people, neither rich nor
poor, but prosperous and contented.
' Pigeons as a Naval Force. .
A number of pigeons are now official
ly recognized by the British Admiralty
and form part of the naval force, states
a writer in the New Penny Magazine.
Whalo Island at. Portsmouth is the
headquarters of the homing pigeons
belonging to the navy the birthplace
of the birds supplied by other lofts at
Devonport,- Malta and Hong ; Kong.
This particular feature of the' Royal
Naval , Barracks was Introduced In
1893 at the instigation of Cap t, Login,
who was then the commanding officer,
and has been developed and brought to
its present state of efficiency by that
gentleman's successor, Capt Bayly.
The cost of keeping the birds about
2 per month was defrayed by the
officers and men. The . pigeons are
used, of course, for the conveyance of
messages,- of which several thousand
have been received since the establish
ment of the loft There is electric com
munication between the huge cote and
the buildings, so that when a bird en
ters its domicile It causes a bell to ring,
and so announces its arrival. Many of
the missives brought by the pigeons
have been of great imoprtance, and
have been telegraphed to the Admiral
ty. Some of the birds, too, have done
excellent performances.- The flight
from Jersey has often been made In
two hours; but the "record," at least
for distance, is from a ship off the
Eddystone, 182 miles away a big "fly"
that was accomplished in three and a
half hours.
A Nation of Cooks.
There Is scarcely an individual In
China who is not competent to cook
himself a respectable meat The peas
ant sits down to dinner cooked by the.
hand" of his wife or daughter-in-law.
In large establishments the cooks are
" 1 1 TTnlf n flnnnn nnnHra
i cut
ing Is treated seriously as a fine art
in a manner worthy its importance to
the human race. Then the guests will
assemble between 2 and 4 In the after
noon and will remain steadily at the
table until any hour from 10 to mid
night - j
A bridegroom can get a good deal of
credit for helping his wife with the
housework, by going out once or twice
a week, and upsetting a few things In
the kitchen. -
The average married woman acts aa
If she found her husband easy to get
and expects to have another ooa. '
Uncle Dick I hope you are a good
boy in school, Bobble. Bobbie Naw
I'm going to be a hero. New York
Journal. ;'.
In extenuation. Sally Gay But
dear, he Is a gambler. Dolly Swift-
Yes, I know, but he has such winning
ways. Judge. . . ,
Suitor Dearest Idol of my heart-
say you will be mine. Widow How
much alimony do you usually pay?
New York Journal.
"We're in a pickle, now," said a man
In a crowd. . "A regular jam." said an
other. "Heaven preserve us," exclaim
ed an old lady. Columbus State Jour
naL "" ; i '' '"' i
Sharp little thing: "Papa," said the
missionary-worker's little daughter, "I
am playing that "my dolls are heathen
"That Is nice, dear.' "And and papa.
I want 10 cents to pay my salary.''
Puck.'
He had his arm about her shoulders
when the young brother dashed Into
the room, , playing - "street car,
"Change to the belt line," whooped the
Innocent youngster as he dashed out
again. Detroit Free Press.
."And did you shake hands . with
Dewey when you were In New York at
tending the reception to him?" "No,
but I succeeded In buying a rose that
is warranted to have been run over by
bis carriage." Chicago Times-Herald.
Stubb So the audience found the
show to be a fake?- Penn Yes, and
among them was a football captain.
He made the biggest kick. Stubb
Good for you! But bow did he express
himself? Penn He said he wanted his
quarterback. :
"Come on," said Noah, looking at his
watch, "It's time we were gettiug.into
the ark." "You'll have to wait a min
ute," replied Mrs. Noah from the top
of the stairway. "I'm not going out
without my rainy day skirt on." Chi
cago Tribune. ..
Tramp Lady, I'm hungry, an' I'm
lookin' fer a chance to work Lady
very well; there's the woodpile. Tramp
Lady, it ain't perlite to interrupt
was jest sayin I'm lookin' fer a chance
to work somebody fer me breakfast-
New York World.
Mrs. Casey If lver I catch your goat
atln me washin' agin. Mrs. Mulligan,
I'll sue ye fer damages. -.Mrs. Mulli
gan There's no nade of suln', Mrs.
Casey. Coom over here an' I'll give
ye all the damages ye want an more.
too. New York JournaL" ! '
"Money talks," they observed. There
came Into the eyes of the trilllonalre
the wild, hunted look peculiar to his
kind. "But it doesn't give Itself awayl"
he cried, agonizedly. - For the fear that
he would die rich was haunting him in
day and night shifts. Detroit JournaL
"Did you ever earn an honest dollar
in your life?" "Never," answered
Meandering Mike. "Oust I worked two
hours fur a dollar, but when 1 got it
1 found it had a ping In it right over
de head of de American eagle. Dat's
what embittered me life." Washing
ton Star.
Caddie: "Lemme carry yer clubs,
boss. I kin be ez blind and ez deaf as
er Dost!" Golfer: "I don't consider
that any particular recommendation!'
Caddie: "Not If yer playin' wld yer
chum er yer mudder-in-law; but w'ea
yer playin' wid yer girl it pays ter hev
er caddie wot knows his biz!" Puck.
Housekeeper; "Why are apples so
high In price?" Market-man: . Cause
they're scarce, mum." : Housekeeper:
'But the papers said the crop was so
enormous that apples were rotting on
the trees all over the country." Market-man:
"Yes'm.. That's why they're
scarce. It didn't pay to pick 'era."
New York Weekly.
"Marry you?" the young woman
scornfully exclaimed; "I - wouldn't
marry you 'if you. were ' "Jupiter
Olympus, the Czar of Russia, or the
Count of Monte Cristo?" sarcastically
Interrupted the young man. "No." she
rejoined, with increasing scorn, ."not
even If you were the man who sent
Dewey to the Philippines!" Chicago
Tribune; .
"Now, Morton," said one of the party
who had gone deep Into the Maine
woods In " search of adventure, "we
know you've been a famous hunter,
and we want to hear about some of
the narrow escapes you've had from
bears, and so on." "Young man," said
the old guide, with dignity, "if there's
been any narrer. escapes, the bears and
other fierce critters had 'em. not me!"
Boston Christian Register...
'Charlie, dear, said tne young moth
er, "I've decided on a name for baby.
We will call her Imogen." Papa was
lost in thought for a few minutes. He
did not like the name, but if he oppos
ed it his wife would have her own
way. "That's nice," he said, presently.
"My first sweetheart was named Imo
gen, and she will take It as a compli
ment" "We will call her Mary, after
my mother," was the stern reply. Col
lier's Weekly.
Sunday School Superintendent (point
Ing a moralh-Yes, scholars, the great
thing Is to know one's duty and then
do it Admiral Dewey knew his duty
when he entered Manila Bay and saw
the Spanish ships, and the. world has
seen how nobly he performed It Now,
children, ' what Is our duty in ' this
bright holiday season? How may we
emulate' the great admiral? ' What
should "we do when we see about us
the poor, the sick and the suffering?
Small-Boy Class (In concert) Lick 'em!
-Exchange.
NELSON'S FAMOUS SIGNAL.
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HIS
: How the flags flashed the magical
words to all the fleet Westminster
Budget . . r:
What a haDDV old world this would
be If his Satanic malestv never hnreA
to wander from his own fireside. -
It Is a sign of weakness to venomous
ly hate people. : .
Every poor man has a favorite Jokf
.which be tells on some rich man. -
Fhysle Street, Canton, China. -
Canton possesses the queerest street
In the world, in spite of the fact that
in nearly all the big towns in China
there are some remarkable streets. The
chief thing of interest attaching to this
eccentric thoroughfare is the fact that
it is roofed in with glazed paper fast
ened on bamboo and contains more
signboards to the square foot than any
other street in any other country. . The
next interesting fact about this Can
ton byway is that, though a business
street, it contains no other shops but
those of apothecaries and dentists' par
lors; no professional men but doctors.
It is a sick man's paradise and a Chi
nese physician's Klondike. They call
it Physic street, which is descriptive if
not picturesque .
A New Feature In Western Traveling;.
The Pullman Company now operates
two grades of sleeping cars via the Rio
Grande Western Railway. The ordi
nary sleepers are entirely new, and the
berths, both upper and lower, are fitted
up complete with mattresses, blankets,
sheets, pillows, curtains, etc., with
stoves arranged for making tea, coffee,
etc., requiring nothing to be furnished
by passengers. Uniformed Pullman
porters are in charge of the cars, who
are reqnred to keep them In good order
and attend to the wants and comforts
of passengers. ; The cars are very hand
some and commodious, and while not
so elegant, are just as comfortable as
standard or palace sleepers. Both first
and second-class passengers are permit
ted to occupy these cars on payment
of the Pullman berth rates, which are
less than half of the rates charged in
the regular Pullman palace sleeping
cars. :
The ordinary sleepers are carried
daily on trains via Rio Grande West
ern Railway between Denver and San
Francisco and Portland. On five days
in each week the sleepers are run"
through between Los Angeles and San
Francisco, qt Portland and Denver,
Omaha, Chicago and Boston.
For additional details write for copy
of folder to J. D. Mansfield, 853 Wash
ington street, Portland, or George W.
Heintz, acting general passenger agent,
Salt Lake City. -
, The Cornfed Philoaopher,
?'Of course, , the only truly . happy
man is the man who devotes his life to
doing good for others," said the Corn
fed Philosopher. "That is the only oc
cupation a man can engage in, in
which people will let him have his own
way."; Indianapolis Journal. "
American Dentists Annoyed Abroad.
American dentists are acknowledged
to be the most skillful in the world.
Many of them are practicing with great
success in Europe. In Germany they
are subject to considerable annoyance.
Their American diplomas are not re
spected. They cannot buy anything at
a drug store except on a prescription
signed by a German physician. Chi
cago Chronicle.
Mud stains can be removed bom tan
boots and shoes by rubbing them with
a piece of raw potato, and then polish
with cream or paste.
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Treating Consumption.
A new remedy for tuberculosis, de
veloped in France, has been reported
to the state department by United
States Commercial Agent Atwell at
Roubaix. It is a treatment called to
the attention of the Academy of Medi
cine by Dr.' Mendel, and consists of
the daily injection into the bronchial
tubes of essence of eucalyptus, thyme,
and cinnamon, held in solution in
olive oil. The oil in descending, slow
ly comes into contact with the walls
of the tube and upper lung. The gas
set free saturates the air in the lungs
and acts on the mucous membrane. In
IS cases treated, after one or two
weeks, there was in all a . lessening or
complete cessation of the cough and
expectoration, as well as a return of
sleep, appetite and strength. San
Francisco Argonaut.
When the weU is dry they know the
worth of water.
When lamps are clogged with oil tla
burners should be boiled ia a strong to
lution oi soaa ana water,- ana anowea
to get thoroughly dried before being
used again.
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s A typical instance of the effect of a
pension on longevity comes from Lu
ton, where the death has occurred of a
man in his 80th year, who enjoyed for
over half a century an annual allow
ance from the war office. He was born
in 1818, in Canada, where his father
was a soldier, and at the age of 8 be
came a drummer boy, subsequently
blossoming into a full-blown private
of a foot regiment. He never did any
fighting, and retired at the age of 80,
with a pension, on account of 1 ill
health. A few - years : later he joined
the Bedford constabulary, and attained
to the rank of sergeant, subsequently
becoming an instructor of fife-and-drum
bands, and holding the post of drum
major in the Luton volunteers.
Non-Sinkable Boats.
The latest invention for saving life is a
non-sinkable boat. If people would pay as
much attention to the preservation of life in
other ways there would be a great improve
ment. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is a life
preserver. It cures dyspepsia, indigestion
and all forms of stomach trouble. It is an
excellent tonic.
Railway wheels made of leather
have been experimented with in France.
Mothers will find Mrs. Winslow's Sooth
ing Syrup the best remedy to usa-for their
children during the teething period.
The same fire that makes the dross
evident purges the gold.
Piso's Cure for Consumption is our onlv
medicine for coughs and colds. Mrs. 3.
Beltz, 439 8th ave., Denver.Col., Nov. 8, "95.
The state of Nebraska has invested
$1,600,000 in voting machines.
VITALITY low, debilitated or exhausted cured by
Dr. Kline's Invigorating Touic. FKKF. L Trial
Bottle containing 2 Weeks' treatment. Dr. Kline's
Institute, 931 Area St., Philadelphia. Founded 1871.
Improved Train Kqnlpment.
The O. R. & N. and Oregon Short
Line have added a buffet, smoking and
library car to their Portland-Chicago
through tiain, and a dining car service
has been inaugnarated. The train is
equipped with the latest chair cars,
day coaches .and luxurious first-class
and ordinary sleepers. Direct connection-made
at Granger with Union Pa
cific, and at Ogden with Rio Grande
line, from all points in Oregon, Wash
ington and Idaho to ail Eastern cities.
For information, rates, etc., call on
any O. R. & N. agent, or address W."
H. Hurlburt, General Passenger Agent,
Portland. "-' ' " '
; ' The United Verde Copper Company,
of Arizona, is in the hands of a re
ceiver.
"How long should mourning gowns
be worn by , a widow of 22?" was the
question that came sobbing through the
mails. Now it chanced to be the
sporting editor's day off, and the relig
ious editor, therefore, was attending
to the Side Talks with Young Persons.
"There is no hard and fast rule," wrote
the religious editor, confidently, "but
they ought to come down to the hoot
tops, at least." This incident illus
trates the occasional awkwardness of a
newspaper standing as a bulwark of
morals to the exclusion of everything
else. Detroit Journal.
ens. Detroit Free Pi . .
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PORTLAND DIRECTORY.
Fence and Wire Works.
PORTLAND WIRE A IRON WORKS: WIRK
and iron fencing; office railing, etc. 334 Alder.
Machinery himI &iilie.
CAW8TON CO.; ENGINES; BOILERS, HA
. chlnery, supplies. 48-50 First Sc., Portland, Or.
JOHN POOLE. Poktland, Oreook,
can give you the best bargains in general
machinery, engines, boilers, tanks, pumps,
plows, belts and windmills. The new
steel I X L windmill, sold by him, is un
equalled. . : - .
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No. 15 now ready for mailing.
T. P. ANDREWS, 109 Montgomery
St.. San Francisco.
25c
MT. ANGEL
25c
Benedietine Salve.
Experience of Many Years Clearly Dem
onstrates the Great Efficiency of
This Liniment. Postpaid.
. aseaBox. Address
Benedictine Priory, Mt. Angel, Of.
New Oblcans, La., Nov. 8, 1898.
Rev. Father Enclosed find money order for
another box of your Salve. I find it very good
indeed, and try not to be without it. .
PATRICK GARRY, 522 Bolivar St. '
' LorisvilXE, Ky., Jan. 19, 1899.
Rev. Fathers I find your Salve to be the best
Salve that I ever used.
PH. SCHERVERI, 742 E. Walnut St.
Horrid fyheamatie Pains
Are caused by the imparities in the blood. Yon
will be relieved of the pain quietly, your blooif
will be made pure by ......
JBoore's Revealed Remedy
Easy and pleasant to take. One bottle gives
relief. $1.00 per bottle at your druggist's.
DR.GUNN'S
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not ftrtpe orSlcken. Toooovlnoe you, ws will mail
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Conan Doyle's Marriage Maxims,
In his latest novel, "A Duet," Conan
Doyle lays down some "Maxims for the
Married" that are worth framing and
hanging over the mantle piece in every
new home. Here are a few of them: '
Never both be cross at the same time.
Wait your turn.
Yon were gentleman and lady before
you were husband and wife. " Don't
forget it. A blind love is a foolish
love. Encourage the best.
. If you take liberites be prepared to
give them. . There is only one thing
worse than quarrels in pnblic. That is
caresses.
Money is not essential to happiness,
but happy people usually have enough.
So save some. -
The easiest way of saving is to do
without things. ...
If yon can't, then you had better do
without a wife.
The man who respects his wife does
not turn her into a mendicant. Give
her a purse of her own. Washington
Post. .
Climate, Scenery and Mature' Sani
tarium. Scenery, altitude, sunshine and air,
constitute the factors which are rapid
ly making Colorado the health and
pleasure grounds of the world.
Here the sun shines 857 days of the
average year, and it blends with the
crisp, electric mountain air to produce
a climate matchless in the known
world. No pen can portray, no brush
can picture the majestic grandeur of
the scenery along the line of the Denver
& Rio Grande Railroad in Colorado.
Parties going East should travel via
this line which is known all over the
world as the Scenic ., Line of the world.
For any information regarding rates,
time tables, etc., call on or address Hi
C. Nichol, general agent, 251 Wash
ington street, Portland, Or., or any
agent of the O. R. & N. Co., or South
ern Pacific Company.
Under Two Flags. ; ; j. .
"What a grand picture it must have
been," remarked the boarder who had
seen Dewey, "to have seen the Olympia
steaming home, the stars and stripes
on one mast and the homeward pen
nant on the other."
VMagnificent!" echoed the man in
black suspenders, "but think what a
picture it would have been to have seen
the stars ' and stripes on one mast and
the baseball pennant on the other."
Chicago Evening News. :
Ellen Terry likes cats in their proper
places, but if a black cat ventures on
the stage she is in despair. :
, The, Lesser of Two Evils.
Passenger (as train stops) Conduc
tor, are those two men taking a straw
vote? " - "
Conductor No, it's a case of hold
up. They are train robbers," ' v.-
' "Thank goodness I It isn't as bad
as . I suspected." Chicago Evening
News.
Under the management of B. F. Cas
mire, the Bell Stove and Range Works,
at Muncie, Jnd., which have been idle
a year, will soon resume work with a
force of two hundred hands.
Feat h
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and as a mild and effective laxative thay are
simply wonderful. My daughter and I were
bothered with siok stomach and our breath
was very bad. After taking a few doses ot
Cascarets we have improved wonderfully.
They are a great help in the family."
WlLHRLMINA NAGBI
1137 Rittenhouse St., Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Machinery All Kinds.
'T DB. MABTsX'8 BOOK, "
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pentroe, in piAin, re&iea envelope, write
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"An Empty Sack
- Cannot Stand Upright. "
SNLetthcr can poor, ah, thin blood
nourish And sustain the physical system.
For strength of nerves nd tnusdes there
must be pure, rich," -vigorous Hood.
Hood's SarspritU. Is established as the
standard preparation for the blood by Hi
many remarkable cures. -
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Dolly Was Too Obedient.
A little 4-year-old miss was over
heard talking to her favorite doll that
had accidentally lost an arm,, thereby
exposing the sawdust. "Oh, you dear,
good, obedient dolly! I know I told
you to chew your food fine, but I had
no idea you would chew it - as fine ai
that."
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We offer One Hundred Dollars Howard lor any
ease of Catarrh that can not be cored by Hairs
Catarrh Cure. , . '
F. J. CHENEY fe CO.. Propsu Toledo, O.
We the undersigned, huve known F.J. Cheney
for the past 15 vears, and believe blm perfectly
honorable in all busin ss transactions and fin
ancially able to cany out any oblignUoos mode
by tueir firm.
Wbst A Trcax,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, 'X
Waldinq, Kinnan A Marvin,
- tVnolemle Drug- ista, Toledo, O.
Call's Catarrh Cure is t. ken .nt -rnally , acting
c'.lrectly on the blood and m eons surfaces ot
the system. Pri :e 7Jc per bo .le. 6o.d by all
erugrists. Testimonials Irec.
Hall's Family Pills tr th best.
Ten per cent of the Hawaiian natives
are lepers. :
The Pleasantest, Host Powerful and
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. Ma Will cure any ache or pain known
in the human body. Send for trial bottle, 2oc.
This offer lasts 3u days only. Large bottle (300
doses of 5 DROPS each) 11.00 or 8 for $2.30.
SWANSON RHEUMATIC CURE CO.
167 and 169 Dearborn St.. Chicago.
One of Hartford's big department
stores has decided to open mornings at
8:80 o'clock instead of 8.
TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAT
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All druggists refund the money it it
fails to cure. E. VV. Grove's signature
is on each box." 25c. .
. The Sedalia (Mo. ) electrio railway
last week laid off all the conductors on
its Several lines in the city. In the
future the conductors' duties will be
performed by the motormen. .
Needless Adjectives.
Little Willie-" Say, pa. what's a
redundancy of expression?"
Pa Using- more words than are
necessary to express one's meaning,,
such as "wealthy iceman," ."wealthy
plumber," etc. Chicago ; Evening;
News. , ' "
The best thing to clean decanters Is
a mixture of salt and vinegar. Put at
desert spoonful of salt in the decanter,
moisten with vinegar, shake well and
rinse. '
' You may flee from justice, but yon
can never flee from yourself. , .
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