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STORE
Give me a call.
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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
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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
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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,
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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
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1'tterits t*ken tnrouch Munn A Uo. receir#
•rrrtel notice, without chenre. In th#
Scientific American.
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re-xr: four month*, |L 8oM by ell
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