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About The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 28, 1888)
USES OF PARAFFINE. How Mineral Oils Hun Served totWieA Many tvinds of Labor. There seems no end to the multi- tudious fashions in which mineral oils mo to the aid of man. And yet how vory recently have these uses been discovered. But a few years have elapsed since the days when the red Indians of North and South America, the tribes on the shores of the Caspian and Red Seas, in short, primitive man, wherever dirty black groase, oozin throug-h dark mud, smoothed the water of slup-gfish streams brought their eick, sutler ing from cutaneous and rheumatic diseases, to be healed. Ac cident and experience bad taught them this value of that floating oil, but that was all. The so-called fire-worshipers (at tracted by the weird flames which sometimes played on the mountain side, kindled by the spontaneous igni tion of gases) had indeed erected a temple at Baku, where the sacred fire was fed direct from the soil; but it had not then occured to enterprising men that the oil which floated on the lake, and which, when ignited by means Of blazing straw, produced such fairy-like illumination, could be turned to ac count; nor could the wildest dreams ol the earliest oil prospectors on the Cas pian or in the United States have eon eeived the possibility of a commercial success so amazing as that of the oil traffic which has been developed with in the last thirty years. Paraflin e has well nigh supplanted the various oils and greases previously in use through out the whole world, even to the re motest Hawaiian, Tahitian or Fiji isles. where the cwoa palm has ever afforded the purest of vegetable oil. Nor as an illuminant alone has the kindly earth-oil been turned to use. It has revealed such precious prop erties of soothing and healing, such excelenco as lubricating oil for ma chinery; it has yielded such varied preparations of vasaline for wounds and for toilet purposes, that merely to cata logue these would be a task. And now, to all previous services another is added perhaps the most domestic of all. Mineral oil offers to be the ready benefactor of that great body of women whose lives are embittered by the ever-recurring toil of the wash- ub- 4 It seems that by the addition of a very small amount of mineral oil to boiling water and "soap almost all manual lobor in clothes washing is dis pensed witn; lor at tne end 01 nail an hour the clothes will be so clean that little further is required save to rinse them out in two or three hot and cold waters. The smell of parafSne' is not pleasant during the boiling process bat after the final rinsing no trace ol it, it is said, remains, and the clothes are easier to iron. Henceforth all temptation to use deleterious bleach ing powders must surely be at an end. for nothing can be cheaper or simpler in its application than this use of mineral oil, which has no injurious , effect whatever on any animal or vege table fiber. St. James1 Gazette. KILLED BY A COBRA. A Snake-CIiarmer Falls a Martyr to His - Faith In His Own Powers. India has just lost a snake-charmer, one Kondajee Mubojee, who fell a martyr to his belief in his own powers. A lad six years old, named Vittoo Heorree, was bitten by a cobra at Mazagon, Bombay, and, as usual, a snake-charmer was at once sent for. Koudajee arrived at the spot in half an hour, but the boy was already dead. The snake-charmer inquired where the cobra had. taken refuge, and, on a woodpile being pointed out, he re moved the wood, found and seized the snake, and endeavored to make it bite the boy, declaring' if it did so the child would at once be restored to life. For two hours he persevered, but the snake refused to strike the body, and, at last, irritated beyond endurance, turned and bit Kondajee in the hand. The snake-charmer calmly placed the snake in a copper vessel and then sat down. A vehicle was sent for and the man placed inside, but by the time he reached home he was dead. The story testifies strongly to the belief of snake-charmers of India in their power over the snakes, and to the existence of a superstition that the second bite of a snake will restore the life that the first has taken away. The apathy of the Hindoo is evident by the fact that the snake-charmer used no effort what ever to save his own life, W hether he thought that he was proof against its ill-effects was not stated in the evidence given at the inquest held on the body of the child; but it is clear that he had no belief in the virtues of any anti dote or mode of treatment. ' It is most probable that he was con fident in the powers of the drugs, oint ments or charms he had previously used to protect him, for the evidence of the spectators showed that upon finding the snake in the woodpile, he had seized it without the slightest hes itation. It is certainly singular that a man accustomed to handle snakes should have been so convinced that their bite had power to restore life as well as to cause death. London Stand? ard. The Buffalo Courier tells & re markable story of a remarkable man. He was well-dressed, large, self-possessed evidently a man of the world. He strolled into a commission house at the Elk Street Market, where stood a bushel basket full of eggs. The stranger looked at them awhile, and then deliberately stepped into the bas ket. The crash that followed brought ut the proprietor. "See here! what in the name of the seven devils are you doing?" "Oh, I only wanted to see how it would seem to stand on this basket of eggs," said the man, calmly, you'll settle for this before you leave fc&re,1' was the reply of the irate mer chant. "I haven't any objection," he said, producing a well-filled wallet, and paying in full for the damage. Then he strolled out as calmly as he bad 6trolled in. A Man to be Envied Dumley Who was that gentleman that touched his hat so politely to you just now, Hardcash? Hardcash. My tailor. Dum ley (with an envious sigh) Ah, it must be a glorious thing to be treated in ha wav bv one's tailor. 27te Eooch. The ambitious youth who achieves a measure of fame never hides his light under a bushel, but he frequent ly gets himself into a pock of trouble. Boston Gazette. I A favorite amusement of the Pope is said to be that of catching birds in a huge net which has been made es pecially for him.' After having played with 'ds he sets them at liberty. FACTS ABOUT PEARLS. tfherethe Finest Are Found and How Their Growth May Re Stimulated. "As , far back as we have a history for any gems," said an old-timo pearl fancier, "we have a record of pearls, and, not even excepting the diamond, is there a jewel so often spoken of in history, sacred and profane, a tho pearl. There is scarcely a country on the face of the globe where pearls have not at some period been found, though at the present day tho principal fisheries are confined to the coasts of Ceylon, Japan, Java, Sumatra, Bahrein, In the Tersian Gulf, and the Islauds in the vicinity of Panama. "The best pearls are obtained in tho Persian Gulf. They excel in color, size, purity and that transluceney which gives this gem its greatest value. The pcnrl fisheries in tho Persian Gulf are said to yield upward of f l,.r00,X)0 annually. Those of Panama reach about tho samo figure. Pearls have also been found in the waters of tho United States, and in 1858 considerable excitement was occasioned by tho dis covery of large pearls near Salem, in New Jersey. A New Jersey pearl, over an inch in diameter, found near Pnterson, was sent to Paris, where it was 'purchased by the Empress Eu genie for $ 2,500, and when tho crown jewels were sold last year by order of the Ferry Government it was resold for $3,700, and is now the property of a a wealthy woman of New York. "The pearl is simply carbonate o! lime, with the addition of films of ani mal membrane between tho many layers of mineral matter that, when dry, gives tho pearl its hardness. Several species of bivalve niollus-ks secrete pearls, especially tho true, pearl oyster, and among fresh water species those sometimes found near Balti more. "Can pearls bo produced at tho will of man, or can they be multiplied by manipulation? It is asserted by oyster fishermen, and can be accepted as true, that tho pearl oyster has the power of covering with additional layers such portions of its shell as need strengthening, as well as objects intro duced by accident or design. The Chi nese and Japanese, taking advantage of this, have long practiced tho art of stimulating the secretion by intro ducing beads made of spar or powdered glass and varnish, or sometimes turned from mother-of-pearl, and thus do they actually succeed in forcing the animal to produce pearls at their will, though of an inferior quality. "One of tho curious circumstances connected with tho New Jersey 'pearl fever' of 18."3"was the discovery of a few shells showing that many years before some one had experimented upon the pearl-bearing oyster by dropping small mother-of-pearl buttons inside the shell, hoping that the animal would, in course of time, cover them with its secretion. The experiments proved a failure however, the result being that the buttons became fastened to the shells by the action of the secre tion, but did not develop into pearls." Some time ago a nurnlwr of small pearls of the kind known in. commerce as "seed pearls" were sent from Bor neo, under the name of "breeding pearls." These pearls are enclosed in a glass tube along with some grains ol rice "to feed upon." The sender gravely asserted that it had long been known in Borneo that pearls when put up for some time in a box along with rice would reproduce their kind. Three or four months afterward the grains of rice enclosed with the pearls had th appearance of being partially eaten. It is now several years since this ship ment of pearls and their food was re ceived. ' but the rice does not seem to have diminished to any greater extent than when: they arrived, and the pearls themselves are no greater in circum ference than when first seen. A". Y. Letter. How to Obtain Nice Lawns. The lawn mower is a great institution in many ways. In one respect, like many other modern inventions, it is a valuable device when properly used. Unfortunately it s generally operated without any other idea or purpose than to keep the grass cut short. This it is expected, will make a soft, velvet sward; but it doesn't, unless the lawn can be deluged with water, which is not often the case. It should be borne in mind by all persons desiring to have a rich full, soft and thickly set sward, that if the roots are exposed to tile sun they will be burned, and if not partially destroyed, produce a thin, straggling crop. In order to avoid this the roots should never be exposed, but sheltered by the young grass they produce. The lawn mower should not be used until the grass has attained a length of at least four inches, then it should not be cut more than two inches in well set grass, leaving at least two inches to protect the roots. This ap plies only to properly gra-led lawns and a luxuriant growth. If the soil is poor and the sward new, a longer growth should be kept cultivated. A beautiful, well-kept lawn requires in telligent treatment to become an orna mental adjunct to the family residence. Harrifsburg (Pa.) Call. The Very Tnffemou i'ifte of t oi-lcmarisliip Owned hy a Hoston Gentleman. A Boston friend of ours has a very ingenious and curious piece of work manship in the shapa of a watch dial. Each minute point is a word or part of a word, invisible to the naked eye, but discernable with a lens. Commencing with the twelves and going round, we find, painted with a brush, the following quotation from Shakespeare's "King Lear:" "Have more than thou showest. Sneak h'ss than thou knowest. Lend less than thou owest. Ride more than thou go est. Learn more than thou trowest. Set less than thou throwest." Also the words, "Fail par Justin Raymond, ftainier, St. Jinicr, Canton Berne, Suisse;'" and the molto, "God Save the Union." The hair stroke of the X forms the name of the owner, Edward Huntley. Under the numerals XII and VrI, carved on the dial in a style ot workmanship known as Vermillion en graving, are two more names. Mr. Raymond, the artist who painted the dial, was engaged ten days, an1 was laid up for two weeks from partial loss of sight. It is said to bo the only thing of the kind in the country, and competent judges pronounce it to be the best piece of workmanship they have ever -fn. OoUlen Day. Tea drinkers will welcome a new competitor in the tea-markets of the world,. A few years ago an English settler in Natal planted a few acres there with tea. His first crop, pro duced in 1881, amounted to no more than 500 pounds, but the production has so increased since then that last year Natal put upon the market about 100,000 pounds of tea. The industry is spreading rapidly, and it soems likely that before long South Africa will be come a serious rival to China and India in this tmdo. . . . . . THE TIPPING EVIL. Why Walters Should Not Ha Fatd Fxtra by Customers. It is to the selfishness and thought lessness of the rich that the growth of "tipping" is mainly due. But, while tho result is not oppressive to them, it has become a serious tax on persons of moderute incomes who travel much or take their meals in restaurants. Tho man who 6an afford to pay anywhere from $2 to $3 for his dinner does not miss tho quarter, which is the lowest that ho will give otho waiter. To the man or woman of moderate means who takes three meals a day at a restaurant whero the scrviee Is suftleiontly good to bo ngreeablo the necessity of paying thirty cents a day for "tips" Is a serious addition to tho expense of living. If his threo meals cost from $1.50 to $2 tho increase is from 16 to 20 per cent. Over $100 a year compulsorily spent in "tips" is a snni which, if saved, would make to many people tho difference be tween continual pinching and a fair de gree of comfort. Ten cents Is tho low est "tip" that can bo given in a good second-class restaurant. Now, if a man has a chop and a glass of beer or a cup of tea or coffeo for lunch at the cost of thirty-five or forty cents ho is paying twenty-five per cent, additional for tho frivilego of giving the restaurant-keeper a large profit, as the cost of tho meal, with all expenses added, is at tho highest not more than two thirds of tho amount charged. , The necessity for "tipping" is ever on the increase. Even at tho lunch counter down-town where tho hurried eater sits upon a swinging stool, it is customary to "tip" the waiter, and some patrons also "tip" the carver. In the cafes of tho largo hotels, where an abnormally high charge is made for liquid refreshment, tho waiter who carrios an order from the bar to a table now expects a tip. If the system ex tends much further the bar-tender who draws a glass of beer will want ton cents instead of five. The public h;is become so accustomed to tho necccssity of "tipping" that while there is much private grumbling there is no organized public opposition. Persons who really can not afford to "tip" either do so and stint themselves in other directions, or patronize cheap and uncomfortable lestaurants where "tips" are not expected. There will be no public move against this practice, because people who banded themselves in opposition to it would foolishly fear to be called mean. Hotel and restaur ant keepers claim it is impossible to stop the system, because some selfish people would always try to get the bet ter service by continuing the "tip," and therefore they (the proprietors) arjs only acting wisely in taking advantage of the public's weakness. This la a worthless argument, for the experience of nearly all the best clubs where "gratuities to servants are absolutely forbidden" is that equally good atten tion js paid to ail members. Selfish people would be the first to cease giving "tips" when they found that so doing did not bring any advantage. Reform is only to be hoped for through the action of hotel and restau rant keepers who will possess enough intelligence to see that larger profits can be made by ridding the public of this, to many, almost intolerable bur den. Any man who will start a good restaurant or hotel in which there shall be a strict and ridgidly enforced rule against "tips" will almost assuredly have more patronage than he can ac commodate. It would need only a few such entering wedges to generally re lieve the public of this Irksome and un necessary tax. Epoch. Arctic and Antarctic Icebergs, , It is not generally known thnt a marked difference exists in the form of the icebergs of the two hemispheres. Those of the Arctic ocean are irregular in shape, with lofty pinnacles, cloud capped towers and glittering domes, whereas the Southern icebergs are flat- topped and solid looking. The former reach the shore by narrow fords, but the formation of the latter is more reg ular. The northern are neither so large nor so numerous as those met with in the southern ocean. In 1855 an im mense berg was sighted in 42 degrees south latitude, which drifted about for several months and was sighted by many ships. It was 300 feet high, sixty miles long and forty miles wide, and was in shape like a horseshoe. Its two sides inclosed a sheltered bay meas uring forty miles across. A larjre emiorant ship ran into tli is bay and was lost with ail on board. Only about one-ninth of an iceberg is visible above water. There are several well authenticated accounts of icebergs 1,000 feet high having been sighted in the southern ocean. This would make their total height 9,000 feet, or nearly two miles. Science. The later statistics do not improve tha record of some New England States as to the number of divorces granted by the courts. In New Hampshire in 1886 there was one divorce for every 8.3 marriasres. In Maine in 1887 612 divorces were granted by the courts. Doubtless hasty, thoughtless marriages are to blame for many of these, aa al leged, but probably hasty, thoughtless words, and unkind and neglectful acts after marriage are responsible for a much larger number. United rresbyte- rian. m m Robert J. Burdette recently re ceived a notification at Livingston, Mont., that a dead registered letter awaited his orders at Washington. He sent the following reply: "If the let ter referred to isn't so dead that it is offensive you might send the remains to Burlington. Ia., where I will claim the mummv in about a month." Thousands "of Years Saved. One may get some idea of what rail ways mean in tho saving of time and money to passengers, by taking the 3aso of London. It is estimated that about 500,000 persons, or abo'ut one tenth of the population of the entire irea of the metropolis, require to travel to and from their business every day all the year round. If we remember tho distances, it is not loo much to assume that the railway will economize for each at least two hours in tho week, or, say five days per annum each. This over 500,000 of people means 2,500,000 days, or an economy of 8,300 years of 300 working days each. Suppose the average earnings of these 500,000 peo plo to bo 100 per annum each, not too high an average when wo remember the number of millionaires included in the total, we shall see a total money saving, in the sense of time being money, of equal to 830,000 per annum. WORTH A MILLION. The tleit-and-lTellow Royal Cloak of the Kamelinmeha Dynasty. "I don't caro; I wouldn't wear it." "But boo what it cost. You don't mean to say you wouldn't wear a clonk that cost a million dollars P" said tho stout man In a satirical tone that Indi cated that the woman ho addressed was his wife Tho pair had stopped before the royal feather cloak from the Sandwich Islands that is spread out fan-shaped in a case in the National Museum. This cloak Is ', imputed to have cost In labor $1,000, '.00. Tho native name for it is mams. In tho days when a Hawaiian beau or lielle wanted littlo clothing, but wanted Unit rorfreousty colored, this cloak or mantle would have been considered of moro value, aesthetically and intrin sically, than a shipload of Worth cos tumes, nnd its happy possessor might truly be said to bo in high feather. Since tho natives have adopted wide trousers, lawn-tennis shirts and four-in-hand ties, its value lies chiofly In the traditions that surround It. Tho man tle, which Is seml-clrcular, is 4 feet long or deep, and it ia It 1-2 foot wide at the bottom and 23 inches at the top where it goes around tho nock. Tho entire outer surface is mndo of feathers of fino texture, giving tho whole the appearance of plush. Tho prevailing coloi-s aro red and yellow or orange. The body Is decorated with largo fig ures, croscont-slfaped, of either red or yellow feathers. Tho upper and lat eral borders aro corded and decorated with alternate tufts of rod, black and yellow feathers. A legend on a label states that this feather cloak formerly belonged to Kehuarkalanl, one of the high est chiefs of tho Sandwich Islands. After tho abolition of idolatry In 1819 that chief rebelled against the re.isrningkinjr and attempted to re-establish the ancient religions. A sanguin ary battle was fought and Kehuarkalanl was slain, and this cloak,- which ho then had on, fell into the hands of tho conquerors and thus Ixvamo the property of King Kemchameha, by wjiom It was present ed to Captain J. II. Aulick, U. S. N., in 18 tl. Tho clonk is now the property ot Captain Aulick's grandson, Rich mond Osrston Aulick, who deposited it la the National Museum. The great value of tho cloak Is due to the long time required to secure the feathers that compose it rnd to manufacture the cloak. The foundation Is a net-work of olona, or native hemp, and to it are attached bv fine thread of the same material the feathers of birds found only In the Hawaiian Islands, and very rare there. Recent writers have declared that the bird is now extinct. The feathers are woven in soiuto lap each other and lie flat, forming a smooth, plush-like surface Tho inner surface is without lining nnd shows the olona net-work and the quill-ends of the feathers. The cord of the upper margin is prolonged so as to servo as a lastenmg at tne throat. The yellow feathers are ob tained from the Oo or Uho, and as stat ed, are of great value, as the bird is rare,- very shy and difficult to capture, and it has but a very small tuft of these feathers upon each shoulder. The black feathers are from the head and back of the same bird its general plumage being a glossy black. The Oo :s caught alive by means of bird lime; the yellow feathers are then plucked nnd the bird released. The red feathers are from the body and neck of the Dre par.is Coceinea, the most abundant bird of the Sandwich Islands. The Hawaiian Spectator, a newspaper published in 183'J, refers to this, or a uinilar mantle, as follows: "Kaw keauli has the mams, or feather war loak of his father, Te-Meha-Meha. It was not completed until his reign, hav ing occupied eight preceding ones in Its fabrication. A piece of nankeen, valued at one dollar and a half, was formerly the price of five of the yellow feathers. By this estimate the value of the cloak would equal that of the purest diamonds in several of the European regalia, and, including the price of the feathers, not less than a million dollars' worth of labor was expended upon it at the present rate of computing wages." A bunch of the yellow feathers called hnlu was received by the king from his subjects In payment of a poll tax, and it required many years to collect the material and manufacture one of these mantles. Until recent years these mantles were the royal robes of state md considered the principal treasures of the crown, but European clothing has entirely superseded them and they are not now manufactured. A beauti ful head-dress for women, called leis, was made of these feathers. Another authority states that two yellow feathers only are obtained from each O and these are found under the wings. When the much-prized feathers ire plucked the bird is set at liberty. The price of the feathers, according to this authority, was one dollar and a half for three, and the time occupied in making the cloak was estimated from fifty to one hundred years. Washington Star. , In a report on "Steam "Boilor Ex plosions," recently made to the Liver pool Engineering Society, it was state! that "the actual percentage of ,k plo sions to boilers at work is very small. being at the rate of one explosion to everv 2.500 boilers in use. . Variation in sound is regulated bj tho number of vibrations; the mow numerous these vibrations tho highet the sound. Tho deepest, gravest torn; that is possiblo for human ear to heai has thirty-two vibrations per second. The hi;rheit and shrillest has about 70,000. Man's voice can scarcely gc. balow a sound that gives 164 vibra tions, nor woman's voice higher than 2,088 vibrations per second. An interesting collection of com' mercial products, made by Dr. Forbei Watson, has been acquired by Univer sity College, Dundee. It contains som 7,500 samples, Embracing between 70( and 800 fibers, over 500 dyes and dye stuffs, 500 oils and oil-seeds, 600 or 70C gunus, resins and guttas, nearly 2.00C medicinal substances, and more than as many samples of food-stuffs. In the w aste of tissue that proccdesconsump tion. in the Blight cough at night or niortiinif. if Duianiin s Life Ksxtnce Is taken, a valuable life mity he waved. Don't nritlect a council, but lake Life hasence ami stop it at once, t'nee, $1.30 a bottle. All druKKith HAMIIl'RU FHS areacrystal'zedfruit cat hai tie, composed of fruits and e potables, and, being in lozenge form, are handy to carry with you. They act mildly but surely, and by their regulating influence overcome the ten dency to constipation from any cause. This U especially true in all cases of Bea sickness or car sickness, which is due to a dangerous con dition of the digestive organs, over which Hamburg Kigsrexercifce a peculiar influence. It is well known that even if the system is in good condition at the beginning, change in food a d habits during a jourmy often produce consti pation. I a mho r a; Kite) are therefore recom mended to all travellers as being the only medicina that is certain in action, hi ndy to ave with you, most pleasant and agreeable to the taste, and always harmless. Hainbarg Figs are sold at 26 cents a box. Prof. iTaupt lias calculated that th opening of two diagonal streets in Phil adelphia (850,000 inhabitants) would reduce the extreme distances by oru mile and a quarter. The annual num ber of jinasengers carried by tho carl being 125,000,000, the total saving would reach about $180,000 por mlU traveled. Tho passengers would gain 3,565 years in time and would Bavt more than 8,000,000 horse power in motive power. A patented material, said to have all the properties of lignum vltco, is prepared in Leipslc, by M. Stockhardt, from ordinary soft wood. The wood ii first Impregnated with oil, then sub jected to great pressure, causing con siderable increase in density. . Loo Cabins ran hardly be considered handsome ley UK tit ha itstioiis lor llie rug' ottd pioneers of America. Ourances or were rugtred Bpecimena if noble man head, conip't-te in health, strength and endurance Their wholesome remedies are reproduced lo this later ace, in Warner s Lng Cabin Sarsapurilla and Warner's '"Tippecanoe." Henry Clay, of Key West. flu., has s novel shaed potato. Slimtlng at a distance of tlx or seven feet one could uot tell It from a wild duck which hud ln deprived of its body feathers, and to make the delusion moie per fect he had inserted a lew tail feathers. RTAKTLINO DISCO V KItT. Th dlarnvprv hv the inhabitants of a locality hitherto umiBited by the pestilent scourso of fjver and aue, that it exial in their very mirliii ia rt.v iilmtlv atari linir. Huch discoveries are made at every sesson. in every part of the Union. Subsequently, when it Is aJW.-ert.ilne t, as it invariably is at buch times. t'.rouKh the valuable experience of someone who ha been bene tUt ed aud cured, that Utwtetter's Stomach Itinera is a thoroughly emcaciouB eradi atr of tne malarial poison. nd a means of fortify luir tlio system against it, a feelinx of more security and tranquility reiffns throiiKhout the whole neighborhood. lieide the febrilu forms of malarial di ,-, dumb Rue and aiftie cake are removed by the potent aeiiou of the U t tern, to which science also ifivei its sanction as a remedy for rheumatism, dyepepela, coiw-tipa-lion, liver complain', debility, kidney troubhs. and all disea- impairing the organs of oi IpssUon and assimilation. There Is a mountain of roal In Wild Horse Valley. Wyoming, which has been burning for thirty years. White Elephant of SUm, Lion of Eng land. Dragon of China, CrohS of Switzer land, Banner of Persia, Crescent of Egypt, Double Eaizle of Russii, Star of Chili, The Circle of Japan, Harp of Erin. To pet thee bur a box of the genntne j Dr. C. McLasks ieijtbkatid uvkr 1'ilij, price 2 cents, and mail us the out side wrapper wtth your addre, plainly written, and 4 centt in stamp. We w ill then mail jou the above list w ith an ele sjnnt package of oieographic aud chro matic cards. Flkminq Bros., Pittsbcro, Pa. The I went v first verse of the seventh chapter of Ezra contains all the letters of tho alphabet except j. THK LONGEST ltl IJf THE IIC- 1 i . . x Is incompetent to communicate the inexpress ible satisfaction and incomprehensible conse quences resulting from a jtidieious administra tion of Dr. l'icrv-e's Favorite iTcscriptiou. a preparation designed especially lor me speeoy r-.i;..i Kt.d iMTtimiient curr of all Ketitale vt ek- m-sjw-v Nervousness, aud diseases peculiar to the female sex. the only remedy for women s rteculiar ills, sold by drnegtxU- un.n-r a positive guarantee, to give satisfaction. !ee guarantee on wrapper of bottle. This guarantee has the proprietors. Swarms of Chlnene are landing In B-itish Columbia and stealing actoso 'he border into the Cnited.S'tales. A Wonderful rood and Medicine. Known and used by physicians all over the world. Nrutt'ii Hmulslou not only gives fit so and strength by virtue of its own nutri tious properues. but creates an appetite for food that builds up the wasted body. "I have been tuing !cott's KmnUion for several years, and am pleaded oith its action. My patients say it is pleasant and palatable, and all grw s-roiiger and gain flesh from the use of it. 1 use it in all cases of Wasting lliseaacs. and it is special! v useful lor children when nutrient im du atiou is needed, as in Marasmus." T. W. I'lKKCK, Jl.IJ., Knoxville. Ala. Ojc of the wonders of Ihiris is a well S 369 feet In depth. Hot water rushes out of this well in a stream 111 feet high. A L.4RCLESTATE. A broad land is this in which we live, dotted so thickly with thrifty cities, towns and vil lages! Amid them all, witn ever-increasing vnpularitv and helpfulness, is lir. fierce s tioluen Medical diacniery. giving hope and cheer where theie is tU-an and despair. W herever there Is humanity there is sitlleting: w berever there Is Buttering there is the best Held for this greatest American Hemedr. Con kumption. (which is luiig-tcrofulnl. yields to it, if employed in the rally stiutea of tbe disease; Chronic Na-al fatjitrh, yields to it; Kidney aud Uver diseases, yield to it! If jou want the best known remetty tor all diseases of the blood ask for lir. l'ieret 'a Uohleu Medical Hiseoverj. and lake no other. The value of the annual output of butter in Iceland is eeUmsted at not leM than S.V.UAl.(Ml. THE FATHER OF MANY ILLS. Constipation leads to a multitude cf physical troubles. It Is jrenerallv the re su)tf carelessness or indifference to the simplest rule of health. Eugene McKay, of Brant ford, Ont., writes: I had for several years been a" suflercr from constipation, had taken a fift-at many different remedies, roiue cf which did nie good far a time, then my trouble came back worse then ever. I was Induced b) a friend, whom HRASlitTH's I'll.l.s hat benefit, d, to try them. I did so, taking two each nixht far a week, then one every night for about six weeks. Since hat time I have not expeiienced the slightest difficulty whatever, and my bowels move retiularly every day. I ' elieve llrmly that for sltiiZK'ishne s of the bowels aud bilious ness Bhaxprktu's Fills are far superior to any othe . A Greek named Dimitrius Antippa lately died at Constantinople at the sfre of 115. lie knew Robespierre, aud possessed several of his letters. rori LAll rilKPAIlATION! Pure. Potent, Powerful! Pallid People Praise. I'roKressive i'eople Fun base! fosilively Pierce's Pleasant i'urftative Pellets, I'roperlv Partaken, Preserve Physical Powers, Produce Permanent Physical Pei fiction. Furctiase, Prove! White pine trees have been tet out on Hostun Common. "Brawn's Ilronchlnl Troche"' are simple an t convenient lor Bronchial Atfeclions and Coughs. ITtHINO PILES. Symptoms Moisture; b fte tse Itching and stluKing. met at bight; worse r crktching. If allowed to oou tinue tumors form, wbtch ofteu bleed ami ulcerate, beoomiiic very enra. Birr Oiktmknt stops h Itching and bleeding, beats ulc 'rotinu, and in ninj eases rtnintti the tumors. It is iiiually etticacloun it! etiriug all Skin lnwaces. DR. SWAYNE SON. Proprietors. Philadelphia. bWATNS's (Untmxnt oai be obtained of druggists. Sent hy mail for CO Ovnts. J. H. riMH.tsssyrrsnit A-alyiiral t'hemlHt. Laboratory, 101 First St., Portland. Or. Analyses made of all jubatanoea. Try Okkmra for breakfast. purity 'BEAUTY CtmcusA Rcmioiu Curs 8kim amo Blood Disusxa raoM Pmm list toruub NO PKX CAN IX Jt-BTICB TO TUB K8TKF.M If which the Ct Tit't'RA Kkmkiik8 are held by the thousands upon thousands whose lives have been made happy by the cure of awinizinK, hu miliating, itchiiifr, scaly and p mply diseases of the skin, scalp and blood, with lass of hair. Cuticuha, tho (Treat Skin Cure, and Ctni CVRA Soap, aniaxquisite tkin Keautifier, pre pared from it, externally, and Cutiouka Kb bolyknt. the new Wood Purl tier, internally, are a positive cure for every form of skin and blood disease, from pimples to scrofula Hold everywhere. Price, Cuticura. 60c.: Soap, 25c.; R80Lvkt 91. Prepared by the PottkrDruo and Chemical Co.,ltoston.Masa. TSend for "How to Core Skin Iliseases." i-W Pimples, blackheads, chapped and oily VA akin prevented by Cuticura Bqap. Rheumatism, Kidney Pains and Weak ness speedily cured by Cuticura Anti- ra x-j irta, in omy psia-amuig piaster. toLui,p A COOK.INO CLOCK. The Tanker Militant In Parvo Invented by a New Hedford. Man. A Now Bedford correspondent: "The latest achievement in portable double action furniture is the cooking clock, now on exhibition horo. "It Ls made of white wood, stained cherry, and Is constructed after tha style of the old-fashioned grandfather's clock. Hero the resemblance ceases, however, for before ..one is through in specting Its multiform surprises, one wonders whether some bright little automaton will not spring out of a con cealed drawer or secret receptacle and offer you a diamond ring and a chromo. In the first place the lower part ol this mighty engine of domestic econ omy contains a gasoline stove, which when In use is pulled out like a drawer from Its resting place. Below the stove is a receptacle for kitchen ware, while above it is a china closet containing four shelves. Above all this is perched a calendar clock, back of which is at tached a gasoline vapor tank, which is connected with the stove by a pipe con cealed behind the case. You might suppose that this collec tion of conveniences would have satis fied Its enterprising inventor but no. To the left and fitted securely to one side of tho case is an Argand burner supplied with pus crenerated by the gasoline vapor tank above mentioned, When cooking is in progress the wood work of the stove clock is protected by a sheet of asbestos paper, which is placed back of the stove. When the stove, china closet, etc, are not In use they are pushed back into the case, the front of which is decorated with a hand some mirror. "Besides this multiplicity of useful combinations the ingenious inventor has found room within the magical case for a writing desk and a drawer for writing materials. "What more in the way of condensed comfort can one ask for In one article Lof furniture? With one of these stove clocks and a folding bed in a room the occupant has a kitchen, bedroom and parlor all in one." Jewelers' Weekly. Let' boys be instructed In all the designs of nature and they ill be im proved in morals, and learn to love ani mals instead of thro wins' stones at them. Oscar Wiute. 1 AMI pRrecfL Its -r?vior exi-ells-nce nrovoo is millions of homes tern mr-rt than aoartcr of m century, it it tued h the I ntUl but' (.TOTernm nt, Kiidorwed by the heads of the .ri I tiiTereiiJe M th Suxr. 2, Purest nd m-st l.aiti.fL Vr Fii Cream BJEia Powder doe not ooX a ArcmoniA, Lime or Aiuas- rv.id cn'j m oui. PKlCfi HA KINO PoWDEK OO. J-BW TOILS- CUICAOO. VT. LOCM. SAESAPAR1LLA, TELLOW DOCK Airn Iodide ol IotnH. It carrs Rmi'StTiH, Nbcraloia, BoCs. Pimples, BcTtttuia, Uotrt, Catarrh. Tumors, Hx't Breum, and McmirUJ rsjns. It Purifies the Blood. Restores tbe Liver ard kidneys to healthy action, sad makes the Uompiexioa f!r.znl and Uiear. J. R. CATES CO., Proprietors 41T Sansome Mt Man rancise. Tho Van Honciscar DISPENSARY. rjB-tnx OR. TtMna, saltHle aw a asa fa, stasis or r mid t and U-BThnac4fle with LOST MANHOOD nerrooa uetalitr, tip ts tonnes. Seminal loans Sexual Deear.Failms Mem art. Weak Eyea, Lack e Energy, also Blood 'mat Btm inaeases, cvpsuti Eraotkmm. Hair Fallina Bone Paint, 8 weAUnjt 6 Throat, TTloerm. K f eets of Mereury, SJdner and ftladdf Trsabla fr? Baet, Harnett ITrme, Gonorrhea, plant BteiC - -eenuipt rettef sea ears ror l-ae. Dath Nrin Cosaalt I'enflAeatfaUr lam lejsj is -ii f. PORTLAND MECHANICS FAIR 0;ens Oct. 4-Closes 0;L 27, 1888. Half Fare Rates over the O. R. N. Co. O. & C. 11. H. and Ortgouian Hail war Co, One a-d one-fifth over N. P. K. U. lines. Suecial excursions over the O. K. & N Hues at less than half rates, Oct. 8, 15, 22. A- H. WIIITKO. Hp. Olllce, lis First Street Portland. Big B ttas si Ten antraex, sal satisfaction In lb cure of OoDorrhoa ard Gleet. I prescribe It and feel sale In recommend. Ing It to all snOerera, k. f. STOnER, M.D Dacafcrr, Ilk PRICK. Sl.OO. . Bold by Unresists, 1 THE GSEAT OVSBXASO E0TJIE ! Northern Pacific IlAlLiROAD, The ONLY LIXE Running- Pullman Palace bleeping ars, .Vafrnincent Day loaches, and Elegant Kmiprrant Bleeping Cars (with berths free of charKel FROM WAS1HNOTOS ANO OREGON POINTS TO THK luA&T VIA St. Paul and Minneapolis. I Trtuutcnntinen al Line The Only Kunn ng PALACE DINING CARS. Ms 15 Psstrst Time Kver Made front the Coast over the NORTHERN PACIFIC R. R - TO SIOUX CITY, COUNCIL BLUFFS, ATCHISON, KANSAS CITY, QCINCY. tlUCAGO. S I . JUSM'll, I.KAVKN WORTH, HUKMNGTON', 1ST. IAJUIS. And all points throughout the Kast and Sooth cutt, via tit. Paul anil Minneapolis. THE OXLY LINE RUXSINQ Through Emigrant Sleeping Cars ENTIRE LENGTH OF IiOAO And hauled on regular Kvp e Tiains over the Kntire lAjiit'lh of iliu Northern l'acillo Ivailroad. A. D. CHARLTON. Gen. Wesfn Pass. Agt, No. 3 Washington street, Portland. t v OUV. VV El OH FT Ut not DATS. Yl E ttrseab-byOs V V ClrwrinnstlSna $tfAcos oil ;JE"or I-Tirrib&gro. FRESH, STRONG EVIDENCE. Prompt. rrt Bttoh. 111.. Kir Jl. ll. Last Iprtac was takaa pita laau back and aaf. , land swatiu; wat carat by It. Jacobs Oil aid fears kaa a rotara sf pais. JACK OILLIIf 11. Hare. Daavsr. 111.. Mar S, mt. X taffmt wttk pala la tMk a boat is men tha sea walcb laat4 twa SMataa. I was eared by Ii. Jaeoba Oil, aad tkar baa baa aa retara of eala, WILLIAM TKEBII.f Z. Permanent. raatea, Mica.. May t, net. abeat tba Sarin- al II araa t .X.a with ackca aad aalaa la bipa aad baca; waa cared by aaa bot tle af It. Jacobs OU aad baa rcmaiaed pcrmaaant rar alaca. 8. CHEIS. rnn.i. AT DRUGGISTS ArTDDtAat. THE CHARLES . V0GELER CO.. Btlliraore. Kl fY S r Rltete Cheapest -k---Xaaa, Portland, Orreon. lt-t t-ll,ltlliltr l,i,..,.tilr illHtnirrinn ( .. isl. rrMllltnl Hill, crti wine rw,r,tiln.ritv p'., Shorthand, Common School ami Ptnmmthlp Dtmrt- iib and pwiinr.s f iwiiiiinrishin ent f rpft. rituurui afjiiuiifu ut anv rimiv i utb . . H KM It. W'l. A. P. li,Titiii,:. p.,. nil ain- , ;-. ,, r ,-MTa aatr Tr i i . ASTHIV1A CURED Germas AubaiatBreim-craiUiinve - m,uv rt& in s worse cwjiiirea comfort-1 abletdeep : e Sects e area where a 1 outers tail, - a I trial wimme tAMmuiM L-ntirL I r. s I Mt,ol i)rnnrtjior bv mail. Kamj.le t Si Kl, I ' r w a'l i I a H 81 '1 1 1 V F M V, St. Minn f WELL DRILLS FOR EVERT PORPOSE. Sold on Trial rl 5 s investment small, nroflts liaiire. sik1 SSc for mailing aro Illustrated CaI irua facta red by ' run parucruara. GOULDS & AUSTIN, 167 cfe ie lke St., CHICACO. ILL. $5 TtMt Day. Samples worth tl .50, FREE. Lines not under the corses feet Write Sirs rrea's Sirm Rnj Hnura Co "Holly. Jllch. A WORD TO If yon are in need of a GOOD ask 7 on to examine into the merits our PATENTED THROW-OFF TAIN. These presses are made terials and by first-class workmen. AW 1 AT 111 V V L 9mGE C , k, e largest printing concerns says about our presses, after having them examined by an expert. 1 Office Messrs. Palmer & Rey, Ban Francisco, Cal. Gen'lmen: Our machinery expert. Reliable" Jobbers at our request, and tre are pleased to say that his report is that your "Old Rlible" presses are much better bnilt than the Chicago "Old Style Gordons," or "Cballecge" Gordons. This being the case, we shall ar range to pat in a line of year presses at onee. 'vDWICHT'S li so jblar, THE COW BBASD. TO DELICIOUS BISCUITS or WHOLESOME BREAD USE Dvight's Cow-Brand Soda-Saleratus, ABSOLUTELY PURE. ALWAYS UNIFORM AfJO FULL WEIGHT. Be ran st there e picture of a tie be.1 are hustling YOU good gifts, and it's hard" work : think of something else. This constant u ork will tell sometime perhaps it has already and nervousness, sleeplessness, neuralgic and rheumatic aches and pains are part of the "good gifts" your hustling has won. If you are that way, let us give you a prescription no charge for the prescription, though it will cost a dollar to have it filled by your druggist PAINFS CELERY COMPOUND oj. Big. TTso according to directions. All druggists keep it. It will strengthen your nerves, tone up your whole system, and make you bless us for prescribing this great nerVC tonic iUTC l Ct the eonin. prepsrtd only by WELLS. R1CHARDSCX XX, Bariinsron Vt. O! YES, YES! CERTAINLY! A singed cat dreads the fire, I p'ead guilty. I am selllnfr a "new-fangled" machin LOOK AT IT AWT IT A DAISY? THE ADVANCE" THRESHERS AND ENGINES I (rnarantea the Slew-Fancied AIvire 8paratr ta be the best rraiB-eavrae. rast eet Thresrar and most durable Separator ever made. But, rrBrnbfr.it Is not an rx'arC Bieatal machine, aa the Old Kejty machines ere. Yon axe well aware of the tiiue lost fthet you have to pay fori in experimeutinir with Old 'ty machines. Tai Hew Vurrlril Thresh rr leads the wav. The growling and kicking of the Old Kogy agents ia only enusJed by the amount of grain kicked out in the straw by the O d Faary machine. Of course, if fob wih a cheap machine. Old Fosries will supply you at your own price; but their machines are- urw m wijr uriva. x on cannot aiiora 10 duj a inreener wiuious examimntr the AbVAYt'K Do not be talked 'nto buyina a machine betause it is cheap and Old Fegyink. Ask the kld Kosry urate if trier will set beside the nrw-tanrrlrtt machine uri iJrf r ,.v. " . eitrimtntal machine, and sold on its mrrMs. 1 have never yet had to call on any court to help decide the merits of the "ew-fanRlrd machine. Please examine tha court records in ref- en-;ii'-e w uie ii r ir nian. manv years called a steam engine. Old ai" then, as S?""itI2' ' " m"" . fatnaled machine is paM all experiment irerimented with all the time, and at J anr rxM - uui ai,i cat 11 ra kuiu) iaj atwa-. Kmrnrbrr the rrrw-fanflril narhine It) Held Its erlt entirely. Re member, your wholo dependenou is upon your crop proceeds, and if you allow Old Foe r ma chines to wawte year train, you are just that much out of pocket. To prevent this, sea that tha party that does Sour threshing procures a new -fancied ADVA.VlK Thrrhrr as they are constructed so as to save your grain, and have a better record than any ohi-tcxrr riacHne. Write ior further particulars. I am prer-ared to prove all my statements i. e.. Thl AMI ASfE marKhrf will do more and better work than anv other a ..,vhilV'i,,Ll.,;t "...UJ aaent tn nana- W raw where the. AI A R srarhlar lias failed ta da as repreaeated sin.ee ita intrndactien en thin 4'oant. Kaaw np ar skat np. Kemember that old fofry agents saying the contrary does not make it so. It will car von ta investigate. I can prave all say. I also sell the well known KIXfcEE WOODBrRY POWER. A number of manu facturers make them on a royalty but I do not know of any imitationta, bntara always in clined to look out for those that talk of imitations. I also deal in Laaad ry and Marine Wachtnery, Farm. Church and School Bells. General Machinery. Swift Oilers. Orxne Safety Valves, Miller Pumps. Hancock Inspirators. 1'ark & Kennedy Injeators. Acme and Allimtor Wrenches. Blacksmith Drills. Self-Heatinz Bath Tuba, the Westinfrhouse nirines. Bee tho prices: 10-horse on wheels. $900; Traction, $1075; 15-horse Traction, $1100. Special discount for cash.Gen&ral Agent for Coi bum's Uyaaa and Lamps for leetrle JLishtiiix 2 ta THE RAWSON LIGHT RUNNING REAPERS AND MOWERS. THE LINDGREN CHEMICAL FIRE ENGINES 1 Tour village eannet do without one. Ton must have one for your mills. You cannot affurd to be without a small oaa ia your house. For particulars, addreea , T. WRIGHT. Foot off Morrison Street, Portland, Oregon. Dr. Spinney & Co.PoS;v d. ' ' rJERYOU8EvfS:TO dency, due f execese or -buee, VOI J Mr lUESrfi ntfer.nr from the effect WUllVi IVlbtV of yontulai follies or icdi cretion shoald -it themfteivr of onr treat ctt A positiTC care ifuaranieea in every caw. terpnuis. l. r i m rjr ana veuereai i.J:f-aw-8 a:i i L iiiuuktart. dU- cuarges, prompt! j ana atey cared. Minni Al l?r .airmiWlloaretrmi. "iiw Wba'DVau Iib.i with (tinea- of Kitn or BladrWr, Weak Back. Arvons lability. Watin ot beiuI Btrec-. etcf-cmi-d aod restored to tiealthy Tiifor. X. B. Persona unable to visit tlfl may be treated attfteir bomes. by corregpondeoce. Hedic.iue au? instructions sent by mailorexpreas. Consultation i zee. Bend 1 cents is atamnt bat 'i he Young Al . I crlend or Oukla tu IVadloc Tho BUY US' GTJTD is issued Maxell and Sept each wear. It is an ency I clopedia of useful infor mation for all who pur chase the luxuries or tha necessities of life. We can clothe yon and furnish 70a with all the necessary and unnecessary appliances to ride, walk, dance, sleep, eat, fish, hunt, work, go to church, or stay at home, and in various sizes, styles and quantities. Just figure out what is required to do all these things COMFORTABLY, and you can make a fair estimate of the value of the BUTEES GUIDE, which will be sent upon receipt of 10 cents to pay postage, MONTGOMERY WARD & CO. H1.U4 Michigan Avenue, Chicago, Hi. PIANOS. 1st Premium. 25,000 In me, 20 years Established. New talented Steel Tur n'.' De vise, in tut in nootiier 1'iano. bv wtach oar I'i33 stand fat tone 20 years, good tut 100 ; r-ot alTectcd by climate. No wood to split, break, rJrell, siiruik, crack, decay, or wear cot ; we guarantee it. tla gant Bosewood Casea, 3 strings, double ret eating action; finsst ivory evs; the Fanvis ANTHrlX. Call or write t'T Catalogue, tree. T. if. ANTL-KLL PIANO f').. Manufacturers, Odd Fetl..- Mar ket and Seventli Streets, San Francis. o. Q1 FIN WAY KKAXIl'II, I'EASE A OILIIlIlnl. HAI-If. Gablr. Koenish Fiairos; Bnrdett Organs, band btstmmmU. Larvet stock of fjaeet Munc and Bcokr- F-uuia kt p'." 4 at Eastern Prio. MATTKIAa 8T CO.. 'JU To Street. 8aa frandace V. P N. U. No. Ml 3. F. N. II. Kn S23 PRINTERS. FIRST CLASS JOB PBESS, we of onr '"OLD RELIABLE.7' with. and our PATENTED FOUN by ourselves, from the best ma Read below what one of cur of the BAXCEOFT COMPANY, Printers Ed Stationers, Sn Franciaeo, June 26, 1SS3. Mr. Bnrton. has examined vour "Old THE BANCROFT COMPANY, Per Pariser, SopL Print ng D p't. MAKE Cow an yoixr pec and yon will .ve Sod THH COW EEAJTD around for your share of the world's ,-j afro a aiaa built a sew-fascle machine, now. stood back and said they would nia thn way t Remember, the ew- while OI4 Foty'ii machines are beimr exl tM. Do not fool with tnem any longer. whiie VDWICHT'Sy' . . t-