SHEARERS’ JEW ELR Y IE Of STHL STORE Give me a call. ■ l/ M iin JLW KELLY AND THE AIR BLAST. Fine repairing of all kinds. Forest Grove. Or. ARTHUR SHEARER. Prop. Street Andrew Jackson. Ths Rise of a Great Industry and of tb# prices tu«t were paid for food during the siege o f 1 " 'd “ Is taken ver Enormous Fortunes. bally out of the Journal of a French, Will carry a complete line of A N D P r ic a s T h a t R u le d In P a r is D u r in g the S ieg e o f 1370. Th“ following interesting statement (¡, WATSON W A TC H K Si C LO C K S WHEN FOOD WAS SCARCE. The Flash of Genius Which Provided the World With a New Metal— Rob ert Vashet's Device— Captain Bill Jo.tes and Andrew Carnegie. b y j. / t. c o c c x r o A . officer stationed in Paris at the time: “Toward the middle of October we had to make up our mind to sacrifice the animals of the zoological garden. 1 H it whole life The elephants and many other beasts was a history of were bought by >1. Debos. the owner o f the English meat shop in Av. overcoming ob- Friendland. The meat of the elephants stades. was sold from $10 to $12 a kilogram (two pounds), the trunk commanding the highest price. $16 a kilogram. The trunk and feet were both declared de ND REW JACKSON was an ex licious by all gormands. In the same ample ot the triumph of will shop a pair of young wolves were sold power over diliieultiea. His for $2.50 per pound. The meat was whole life was a history oi soft and without taste. The biggest overcoming obstacles. Many of these price was paid for a young live lamb obstacles, perhaps the most serious that had been swiped by a •franct'reur' oues, were in his own nature. Oue of from the enemy. One hundred dollars them was a hot auger that constantly reared up enemies in his path. Anoth was paid for it. “ Here is an exact price list of some er was a wild and reckless disposition in youth. A third was physical disease, victuals toward the end of the siege: Tw o pounds o f horseflesh.................. *9 0 one of bis military campaigns was One h im ............................................... 1500 made at a time when he could hardly A whole cat.......................................... 5 90 A rabbit ............................................... 10.01 sit In the saddle because of pain. All One turkey............................................. » 0 0 the latter part of bis life he suffered One e g g ...................... 100 from U1 health and wounds. A rat ......................................................... 50 Of the outward obstacles in the way A pigeon............................................... 3 00 One pound o f butter........................ 4-to of this indomitable man. poverty was A pound o f beans................................... 1.50 perhaps the chief. The loss of both A peck o f carrots........... ..................... ? 90 parents in youth added to this handi- One cabbage head................................ 3-00 cap. The second was a rough pioneer One stick o f c c ie rr.............................. ■$> Wood To* burntliio i»u n < U ).....T ..T 300 environment where his life was con- “ Even the rich had to live on the stautly in danger. Tbe third was the meagerest diet and to take Into their . gleet and opposition of other people, one time during the Creek campaign menn things that till then only the was left almost alone. The term ot trapper tn the virgin forests was sup .nstmeut of his men having expired, posed to eat. I leave it to you to Im early all of them went home. At an- agine what kind of meals were served In the small restaurants and boarding »tner time the force under bis com mand was disbanded by the govern houses. “ Moreover. everybody had to submit ment. He was always antagonized by to the strictest orders. People stood In the chief men in congress and by ail file before the butcher and baker shops the moneyed Interests. Despite these fearful adverse odds to wait for their turns. Each household was furaished with a card from the be won. There are few examples of municipality authorizing the bearer to success in all our history more con buy a certain amount of meat and spicuous. He won against his personal bread. The cook, the housewife, the enemies at home. He won in all his battles. He won over congress. He 1 young girl, the little child (men never won against the national bank. He i go shopping in France), were posted for won in his fight with nullification. hours before the shops in rain and His mottoes are illuminative of the snow, with wet feet, shivering with man. He often said. "Nothing is done cold. The unfortunate ones endured without a murmur these hardships. dll all is done.” Another phrase con stantly on his lips was, "A clean vic Women throughout the time of the tory or a clean defeat.” When others siege were setting an example of cour objected to his plans, he silenced them age and self abnegation not always fol by peremptorily exclaiming, ” 1 will ' lowed by men. take the responsibility.” At one time In “ It was a sad and touchiug spectacle, youth, when a raft on which he tried these long flies of « omen, nearly all to cross a swollen stream was nearly dressed in black, grouped before the swept over a cataract, after his escape doors of the dealers, watched by the he said he was trying to show his com national guard, with whom they at first panions how close he could graze dan were laughing and chatting, till the ger. He said he would get them out sufferings from the cold had silenced yet. and he did. When the massacre at the laugh and sometimes brought forth Fort Mims* occurred, he was In bed the tears. with serious «-ouuds, yet he took the "But in spite of all precautions the field immediately, though he had to be stores one by oue were exhausted, the attended hy his physician, who feared provisions, put in too late lief ore the he would die on his way to camp. siege, were used up. and. while the ba bies. deprived of milk, died in great numbers or. fed on sweet wine and bread, pined slowly away, the big peo ple tried to find new resources to pro long their lives. As late as the middle o f the last cen tury cheap steel was unknown. It was then sold at 25 eeuts a pound. O u r P r in e s T a lk . W e M e ta ll a t W h o l e s a l e The railroads were using iron rails W r i t « f o r B u t l m a t e n or» which wore out In less than two years, Windows, D oors, Heardw are, P a in ts and the total output of iron and steel THE ROSS CO., 87 6rand A « .. PORTLAND. ORES. In a year was less than Is now made In four days. Then came to William Kelly, a Pitts burg Irish-American, that flash of gen ius which provided the world with a A a new metal, something as strong as steel and as cheap as Iron. Kelly w as an Iron maker and needed charcoal. In time all the wood near Dealer \n Í J his furnaces was burned, and the near FLOUR and FEED est available source o f supply was seven miles distant. To cart his char 11 coal seven miles meant bankruptcy un Pacific Ave. I I Forest Grove. Ore.. less he could Invent a way to save fuel. „ _ m I Oue day be was sitting in front of the •■finery fire" when he suddenly sprang to his feet, with a shout, and rushed to the furnace. At one edge he saw a white hot spot in the yellow mass of molten metal. The iron at this spot was incandescent, it was almost gas eous. Yet there was no charcoal- nothing but the steady blast of air. Like a flash the idea leaped into his excited brain—there was no need of charcoal: air alone for fuel. Bnt people said he was crazy when Kelly asserted that pig Iron could be changed into malleable iron by the air blast, for every iron maker believed tn those days that cold air would chill hot Iron. “ Some crank will be trying to burn ice next." said one manufactur er. and Kelly, through lack of means. coaid not turn his idea into the sue- cess he deserved. Then, seven years later, came Besse- ; mer. who made the new process a com mercial success by the invention of his celebrated "converter” and received —Vocalist- $10.000.000, world« ide fame and a knighthood as his reward. Kelly re PROGRAM ceived $300.000 and comparative obliv- Character Sketches Musical ion. although his idea was the nu- Chenctrr Sketches j cleus of the Bessemer process by Impersonations which iron is purified from carbon by M usical Iuif«1 ruination* ! the direct introduction o f oxygen, for Humoron« Lectur* R e a d in g * j when Bessemer applied for and ob When, Whom and How to Psychological Lecture tained a Fnited States patent for his i "pneumatic process" Kelly claimed pri- “ H oodoos” : ority for hi* invention, and bis claim Science of Spook* A laugh from start to finish I was allowed hy the patent office. Another pioneer of the steel trade. ltrin£ your Kahbit Foot Consolation for Bachelor Maids Robert F. Mushet. a Scotsman, who hit ! upon a device for removing a difficulty : that bailed Kelly and Bessemer, fared even noire than Kelly, for he lost his ! patent by fading to pay the necessary j fees and in hi* later years was de pendent npon n pension o f $1.500 which WE 1 he received anueally from Bessemer. BUY The difficulty which Munset removed fo r eptrt c m L I B to W ) m o w m oney fo r too to »h ip R aw F a r » end R M m to o* th t o to | was this: M il »1 ho ido . W r it* fo r P n o # L l»t. M trk e t Report. S h ippin g T m » and »h o o t oar Generous Mrs. Crewe. “ The air blast clears the molten A gambling story is told of Charles , «'•> P*r*s W*ind tw t iLi»| oe th* euhyart #v«r written (UurtraSln« »11 Par A»'(nils A metal of cnriion and of ail Impurities. James Fox that rather reflects on his I » h » j | T ra p p e rs Sat r iH . D tr a r * . T rap s G am s I a s i H ost » a d s W r a to tr a p » a d to baoewa« • » - Including sulphur and phosphorus. But honor. He was one of the ardent ad J o m f o l tra p p e r I t • a rw ealar EaesrW-pad >a F n c a . $3 t o o a r ru straaers • ) th H i da* tan ned in to k a a e tifa l t o t s * Our N a g n v P r Ra t aa d B a m » l i v v * a n im a l* V tr a p * I » o ar Sratla >h p r , r a certain quantity of carbon is neces mirers of Mrs. Crewe, a noted beauty :B y J. E T t G E T t T O JV . Hidaaaad r<*t* to a* aad grt U (bast prtcaa A a d tra rh H ra a . l>tpu 71, M in n eap olis.M ia*. sary to harden the metal Into tbe re o f her day, and it is related that a gen quired quality o f steel. Instead of tleman lost a considerable sum to this endeavoring to stop the process at lady at play and. being obliged to Ace by cnnipurixoii «till. *.). ibe i.* exactly the right moment. Mushet leave town suddenly, gave Mr. Fox the His disposition war office in Parliament street.—Peat asked. 'Why not first burn oat all the money to pay her, begging him to apol was amiable, his carbon and then |*uir hat» the exact son s Weekly. ogize to her for bis not having paid manner polished, quantity that you need?' This was a the debt o f honor in person. Fox lost simple device, bnt no one had thought C o s m o p o lita n N o w Y o rk . his heart kindly. every shilling of it before morning. Just think o f 1«! New York Is the of It before." Mrs. Crewe often met the supposed The man who took the Invention of first Irish city o f the world. Belfast, debtor afterward and, surprised that Kelly and Bessemer into his hands, de the biggest city In Ireland, has a p<>|>- he never noticed the circumstances, at *LDOM. If ever. In the history of ulatlon of only 406.000, while this city veloped it into one of the wonders of length delicately hinted the matter to warfare has the leader of a lost has an Irish population of nearly 600,- the world and made the Carnegie mil him. It Was Only a Village Compared With 000. It Is, moreover, the real metropo- . lions was Captain William R. Jones— cause received the commenda "Bless me!" said he. " I paid the Modern London. tion from his foea that has been Its of the Jewish race, since It has a Bill Jones, as he was known—who money to Mr. Fox three months ago.” Another historical lie has been nailed population of 725.000 accorded by the north to Robert E. I Warsaw has | seemed to live with the sole desire of "Oh. did you, sir?" said Mrs. Crewe Lee. Even though the cause itself to the counter by the German Oriental not quite 300.000. As for Germans, It toppling over the Idea that England good naturedly. “ Then probably he failed, this in itself is success. To ^ society, which has been engaged re Is the third German city of the world, owned the steel trade. He could have paid me, and I forgot It.” meet defeat without bitterness, to re- j with nearly 700,000 native German In been a millionaire many times over, rently in uncovering the ruins of an main sweet through adversity, is in a habitants. Berlin and Hamburg alone but he cared little for money. When dent Babylon. R is k y Revenge. he was offered a partnership he re personal sense to triumph. In Its report. Just published. It states exceeding her In this respect Gagnnlni, the wonderful violinist, The crisis in General Lee's life came New York Is, further, the second plied: that practically the whole ares of "No. Mr. Carnegie. I don't know any had a narrow escape at Ferrara from a at the outbreak of the war. He him Austrian city tn the world, the fifth tbs city has now been laid bare and 8wedlsh. the sixth Norwegian, the sev thing about business, and I don’t want violent death. Enraged by some hissing self was opposed to the seceding move the foundations of the Inclosing wall enth Italian and the eighth Russian to be bothered with It. I’ve got trouble from the pit. he resolved to avenge the ment, but when that movement came traced throughout Its entire length. city tn the universe.—New York World enough here in these works. I ’ll tell Insult, and at the close of his pro decided to cast his lot with his state. you what you can do"—these were his gramme informed the audience that he In future the impartial historian may The space occupied by the city wss barely one square mile as compared exact words—“you can give me a would Imitate the language of various see in this act a sophistry, but he must Village Income From Golf. animals. After having rendered the acquit I.ee of selfish motive, even thundering Mg salary.” with London's seventy, and tbs build The village of Brancaster has made "A fter this, captain." replied Car notes of different birds, ine mewing of though he may detect a flaw In his ings were plain, unpretentious struc an arrangement with the Royal West negie, "you shall have the salary of the a cat. and the barking of a dog. he ad reasoning, for It seems Indisputable tures o f sun dried bricks. The famous Norfolk Golf club under which It re wall was about thirty feet high by president of the Fnited States—$25.- vanced to the footlights, and. saytng. that I-ee was offered the command of ceives 4 per cent of the dub's gross “ This is for those who hissed T Imitat the Federal forces about Washington, four miles long and was pierced by Income, with a guarantee of not less 000.” The famous scrap heap policy was ed the braying of an ass. At thto the so that be had a selfish reason for tak four gates. thsn $250 In sny year, for the use of originated by Jones He did not be occupants of the pit rose, rushed on to ing the opposite course from that Herndotua made this same wall fifty the land which has been converted mile« long and a hundred feet high, Into links Each year the money Is lieve lu waiting until his machinery the stage and would probably have which he did take. with 100 gates. Rut then these old distributed equally among household was worn out. Tbe moment that an killed their calumlnatev bad be not In the t<eginning o f his life, in all hastily retreated. historians were prone to exaggeration. outward ways. General Lee was pe ers of not less than twelve months' Improvement was Invented, old ma They gave tbs world to understand, residence. This year’s distribution has chinery was dragged to the scrap heap culiarly fortunate. His birth was of for Instaaie. that the Colossus of Just been made, and the club paid over and the latest derlces put in ita place. F ix in g H is 8tatua. the best, he being the son of "Light Rhodes bestrode the harbor with Its $315. an Increase o f $12 upon last He made the shareholders gasp on sev A waiter spilled some soup on the Horse Harry” Lee o f Revolutionary feet so wide apart that an hour's hard year’s contribution. The amount suf eral occasions by asking permission to clothing of a portly, choleric old gen be fame. His was a splendid education, rowing was necessary In order to pass ficed to give every householder in am ash up $900.000 worth of machinery man dining with his wife in an up- as he was second tn his class at West from one to the other. As a matter of Brancaster »125 and leave a balance tbat was as good as new. but outgrown, town lobster palace the other night Point. He was married to a Custis. fact, the status was not a striding one. In hand. —London Standard. Jones died, as he bait lived. In the whereupon the old gentleman Jumped and in this far was connected with and Its height was 120 feet only as midst of an Industrial battle at the to his feet and. calling the manager, Washington In personal appearance com pure«! with the ISO feet o f the head o f his men. He was killed In an hurst into a tirade which ended with he was handsome and o f commanding Electric Campaign Cane. statue of IJberty which dominates An electric campaign cane la being accident in the eom|iany’s works. "Car- ! the somewhat antlciimatic charge that appearance. His disposition was amia New York harbor. ble. bto manner polished, his heart manufactured as oue o f tbe novelties negie. looking upon poor Jones as he the waiter was "no gentleman ” And as It ta with this, so It la with ^ toy in the hospital, sobbed like a child.” "This man is not supposed to be a kindly. He gained especial distinction o f tbe approaching presidential cam most of the other wonders of the an In the war with Mexico. His domestic paign. The handle o 7 the 7ane' to! " rh,‘ « " « “ •nee of S te el." by Herbert gentleman." said the manager coldly cient world Pompey's pillar, for ex modeled to represent tbe head of the; * C ,* ° ° _________________ >* > " ^ 1 a w aiter."-N ew York life was spotless. Press. ample. would be dwarfed If placed candidate In whose Interests tbe cane le e was especially popular with his The Wind. alongside the Nelson column Tbs Al army. Few leaders have been more la being carriml Inside tbe bead, Tbe senator pushed Into the crowd bert memorial, rreeled In Hyde park T o m m y Spoke. Idolized. It related o f him that us which Is o f glass, la a small electric that sutToumlc.l the automobile. hy Queen Victoria In memory of the Minister—I f any one present can often gave a command as though mak- bulb, which lights It up at night In an "W hat Is the trouble here?" be In prince consort. Is larger and more show cause why thto couple should not ).i 2 a suggestion. He took _ no _ part in effective manner, luatead o f being splendid than the temple tomb built hy fastened directly to tbe upftor end of quired twcome man aad wife, let him speak acrimonious discussions relating to Puactured tire." replies! a man with Queen Artemisia al llallcarnaasun In tbe cane, the Illuminated bead to coo a dlnneWpaii. "Make a speech into tt, now or forever hold his peace. Tommy »he conduct of the war. bnt assumed honor o f her husband. M i n s u l a s . A I kin. mister. He thinks aunty's only »he responsibility for all mistakes If nocted with It by a leather sleeve or will you. senator?”’ -N e w York Press. •rare o f NTnershs could be contained twenty five, and shes forty. ' there were such He wa* ¿reai iD neck and bobs back and forth with within the area of modern l»>nd»n " j ^‘ ^'a» an<l advlsed the sontb to accept tbe swing o f carrying IL The battery while the palace of Cyrus, which we Economy may he the road fo_ wealth, »he results o f tbe war without were grp rely assured was cemeoted f i t » , gold, wag quite ad ordWkry edl S a v e M oney==Buy D ire c t Ä •.z-zz-zz-zz-z-.z-zz-zz-zz-zz-zz-zz-z RAS JAMES V V O pera H ouse T u e s , a n d W e d ., N o v . 10 t h and 11 th , 8 1 5 p. m . A U S P IC E S an d B E N E F IT -P U B L IC S C H O O L BANCROFT LEWIS -Im p e rs o n a to r P s y e o io g is t- L O V E The Event of the Season Don’t Miss It FU R S sH ID ES 'elections S ANCIENT BABYLON. to ““ Roasts and Stews, Sausage and Bacon A ll kinds of Fresh V e g e ta b le s G ro c e rie s W. F. SCHULTZ Good Eatables at Low Prices Everybody knows that we keep the best Meats to be had, but this is to remind you to give us a call. A . S A E L E N S F o r e s t d r o v e . O re. r A MODERN A PHARMACY Puts up all kinds of Prescriptions with the best and PUREST DRUGS T hat’ s what you get when you deal at HINES’ DRUG STORE FOREST GROVE, OREGON y Robert E. Lee. H U N T E R S ’ & T R A P P E R S ’ G U I D E . ¡¡USE. - S S L " “ Tender, Juicy, Steaks, ’S i i " « 1' » I DANIEL PARSONS “ Pioneer Harness Maker" This is the time of year when heavy work begins and you will want good strong harness. W e not only have the largest stock in the county but our prices will convince you that we SELL TH E CHEAPEST Our Store is overflowing with all kinds of harness both light and heavy. Buggy Whips, Robes, Rain Curtains. In fact every thing you want. DANIEL PARSONS 6 0 YEARS’ EXPERIENCE P atents TRADC m *"" D esign * C o py r ig h t * * c . Anyone «ending a *k fi ch and dw TpO B n s>»Y qnK'klf »»certain our ot>inii-n free whether y i»»»;t*.'n t t p p ' t ritfttts b lr. f o w e w r » n « » tr if tig cot.ttdenttftL MANOftOOK o b P ai » » *t t free. O ldest agency f o r eecortn* peter,»*. 1'tterits t*ken tnrouch Munn A Uo. receir# •rrrtel notice, without chenre. In th# Scientific American. A h erd eom elf tlTnetrwted weefclr. ewlertwt * f «n ? ertwnUflo lonrnei. re-xr: four month*, |L 8oM by ell I Ä ,,< ,t Ä Term#. NUKII * Co.»'*— New tort Breach office, « F P U Weehtnctow. D. 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