The Lebanon express., November 23, 1888, Image 4

FORTUNES IN PATENTS.
lunnton UTio Mails Mankind ray IJber
ally tor Their Ing-enuity,
The English Commissioner of Pat
ent estimates "that from six to Bevcn-ei-jhths
of tho entire manufacturing
capital of tho United States, or $600,
000,000, is directly or indirectly based
upon patents." -A calculation of the
same kind in England reveals & still
more surprising result, the capital in
vested being enormous. It has been
computed that Siemens' inventions
have produced more than '5,000,000,
and have indirectly benefited the poor
of the country largely by creating
new industry on by reviving flagging
ones.
"There is," says an eminent author
ity, "scarcely an article of human
convenience or necessity in the market
to-day that has not been the subject of
a patent in whole or in part. The sale
of every such artiele yields the in
ventor a profit. If we purchase a box of
paper collars a portion of the price
goes to the inventor; if we buy a sew
ing machine the chances gre that we
pay a royalty to as many as a dozen or
fifteen inventors at once."
Lord Brougham often said that ho
would gladly have exchanged his hon
ors and emoluments for the profits and
renown of the inventor of the peram
bulator or sewing machine.
Howe, the originator of this inven
tion, derived the princely fortune of
$o00,000 a year from it, and from their
mechanical improvements the cele
brated Wheeler & Wilson are reputed
to have divided for many years an in
come of $ 1,000,000, while the author
of the Singer sewing machine left at
his decease nearly $15,000,000. "More
money," says a well-known writer,
"has been and always can be. made
out of patented inventions than any
other investment or occupation." The
telephone, the planing machine and
the rubber patents, realized many
millions, while the simple idea of
heating the blast in iron smelting in
creased the wealth of the world by
hundreds of millions.
The patent for making the lower end
of candles taper instead of parallel, so
as to more easily fit the socket, made
the present enormous business of a
well-known firm of London chandlers.
The "drive well" was the idea of
Colonel Green, whose troops during
the war were in want of water. He
conceived the notion of driving a two
inch tube into the ground until water
was reached, and then attached a
pump.
A large fortune was realized by the
inventor who patented the idea of
making umbrellas out of alpaca in
stead of gingham, and the patentee
of the improved "paragon frame"
(Samuel Fox) lately left by will $850,
000 out of the profits of his invention.
The weaving, dyeing, lace and ribbon
trades originated and depend for their
existence upon ingenious machinery,
the result of an infinity of inventive
efforts. Carpet beating, from being
an untold nuisance, has become a
lucrative trade through the same in
ventive genius and mechanical con
trivance. Even natural curiosity has
been turned to account in the number
of automatic boxes for the sale of
gDods of all kinds, and fabulous divi
dends have been paid by the public
companies owning the patents. Gal
veston (Tex.) Xcu-s.
VASSAR GIRLS AT PLAY.
Feminine Fan !n Some of Its Oddest Forms
and Phasea.
The American girl's inherent spirit
of fun finds its vent in a hundred ways
that can only be touched on here.
Society at Vassar has its rules of eti
quette. Each class (freshman, sopho
more, junior and senior) soon learns
what '-tradition" demands of it. Af
ter the summer vacation the entrance
examinations are held and the school
year begins. Then is the season for
visiting the newcomers. Every girl
in the college sallies forth during the
early days of the term, card-case in
hand, to call on the freshmen in her
corridor. If the freshman is out a card
is left; if in, the acquaintance is formed
but in either case the call must be re
turned within a week. After this calls
and visits are more informal tmd par
ties given. Each girl is expected to
give a party in her room once in the
year. These are invariably held after
ten o'clock, at which hour lights should
be put out; but with closed doors,
carefully shrouded in shawls and wa
terproof cloaks, the night watchman
get3 no hint of the dissipations being
indulged in within. When three girls
share a sitting-room, with a bedroom
apiece opening out of it (for most of
these rooms are in groups of this kind),
they combine in the giving of their en
tertainments, thus saving no small
amount of trouble and expense. Some
lucky ones are assigned a sitting-room
and bed-room of which they are the
sole mistresses; and there is a large
parlor (we should say drawing-room)
which is handed over each year to the
eenior class, who appoint a committee
from their number to fit it up and fur
nish it 'according to prevailing taste
and the latest crazes in decorative art.
Besides the individual parties, or
"spreads," there are legitimate class
parties. The seniors invite the
juniors, the juniors the seniors. The
sophomores give the freshmen a party
early in the year, and, later on, invite
them to the "Trig" ceremonies, an ec
centric performance to signalize their
joy at having finished their course in
trigonometry, to which the freshmen
are still looking forward. The char
acter of the entertainment is burlesque
Mathematical signs and terms are per
sonified and good-natured ridicule
showered on "classmates," objectiona
ble college institutions and even the
"faculty" itself. There are occasional
negro ministrel performances, with
peanuts, apples, maple sugar and
lemonade for refreshments, also danc
ing in the college parlors and some
times "powder" and costume balls, of
course confined to the inmates of the
house. The Americans are a nation of
incorrigible jokers and inveterate or
ganizers, and these characteristics are
very noticeable at Vassar, though it is
reserved for All Hallowe'en to see
both traits simultaneously displayed.
On that night, according to time
honored custom, do the juniors play
an annual joke on the seniors, though
it is left to the ingenuity of the indi
vidual class to put a new aspect on the
pleasantry each succeeding year. It
is a premeditated affair, however, and
though kept secret, the seniors are on
the lookout for it. Besides such
pranks, the "undergrade" are not
above engaging in battles-royal
whereof the weapons are brooms,
mops and feather dusters. History
is silent on the subject of "pillow
fights;" perhaps they are a peculiarly
British institution. In the grounds
are lawn-tennis courts and a "lake
where boating and skating are much j
in vogue during their respective
seasons, so that it must bo despondent
nature indeed that would find life at
Vstssar dull. London U'omaa's World.
. THE EARTH'S APEX.
A Climb of the lluuala.rait MtrantaliM of
Northern India.
People who visit Calcutta, seldom
fail to make a journey of about 400
miles northward, by the Eastern Ben
gal railway, to Darjeeling. The last
part of this trip is performed on a narrow-gauge
road which climbs the tall
foothills of the Himalayan Vanrre in a
most curious, zigzag fashion, tho road
constantly doubling upon itself at in
teresting elevations. As the traveler
progresses flocks of Thibet goats ajv
pear, and a hardier race of men and
women are seen than those left
behind on the plains of Hindustan.
The laborers seen on tho route are
composed of men, women and girls,
tho latter using pick and shovel as
readily as do the men. The people arc
from Thi'Bt, Nepaul and Cashmere,
which countries border on Northern
India. These mingled races form pic
turesque groups, the men armed with
long, sword-like knives.andthe women
are clad in bright colors and short
skirts.
When Darjeeling is reached we are
over 7,000 feet above the plains, and
here we find ourselves in full view of
the loftiest range of mountains in the
world, literally the apex of the giobe.
What the Bernese Oberland range is to
the European Alps, this Kiuchinjunga
group is to the sky-reaching Himala
yas; tho former, however, are mere
pigmies compared with these giants at
Darjeeling. The lowest peak is over
20,000 feet in height, the tallest over
28,000, while Mount Everest, the loft
iest elevation in the world, is 29,000
feet above the level of the sea.
The Himalayas signifying in Sans
krit "The Halls of Snow" form the
northern boundary of India, shutting
it off from the rest of Asia, Thibet
which lies just over the range, is
nearly inaccessible from Darjeeling,
and yet bold parties of native traders.
wrapped in sheepskins, do sometimes
force their way over the passes at an
elevation of 18.000 feet. It is a haz
ardous thing to do, and the bodies of
worn-out animals mark the frozen
way. Upon the range rest 11, 000 feet
of perpetual snow. There no animal
life exists. Onlv the snow and ice rest
there in endless sleep.
We ascend a neighboring hill and
come upon a rude Buddhist altar in
the open air. formed of stunted trees
and rocks. The sacrifice of some ani
mal must have but lately taken place
here, as there are stains of blood all
about the place. The neirbborinr
branches of trees and low bushes are
decked with scraps of blue, yellow and
red cloth, which the guide informs us
are tangible prayers placed here by
Buddhist worshipers. As we look
about us we enjoy a full view of thc-
Himalayas, with their silvery, frosted
diadems, flaked with gold by the warm
rays of the sun. while close at hand
are hundreds of thrifty tea planta
tions, covering the sloping hillsides
with a low, uniform verdure. There
are many wild animals in these hills,
including the much-dreaded tiger.
Boston Isra'd.
- 1 types cp beauty.. ?
So PortblUty of Arriving at Any Staa-
ard Soma Odd Ideas.
Various, indeed, ore the opinions held
by a wide diversity of races regarding
their beauties, though it is often difficult
for people bred under another sky to
share their enthusiasm. The Circassian
women, who have a sort of conventional
reputation for loveliness, are afllrcned by
those who know them best to be far from
worthy of their celebrity. Short legs,
glaring red hair, faces so long and nar
row that their heads seem to have been
squeezed between two boarcb and flat
tened, noses out of proportion to the rest
of the features and complexions of a
dull, lead like hue, scarcely constitute
oeauty according to our standard. The
Moors and the Tunisian Jews rearard cor
pulence as absolutely essential to beauty,
and the inmates of rich men s harems are
stuffed with nutritions food, like Stras
bourg geese for the market. The Clii
nese poets sing of the deformed feet as
"golden lilies," and the rocking of their
women in attempting to walk as the
"waving cf a willow."
Other races have equally odd ideas of
what constitutes loveliness, for thev "im
prove" their persons by flattening their
foreheads, tattooing their skin3, cutting
off their fingers, filing their teeth or
dyeing them blacfc, blue or tartan, paint
ing their bodies, flitting their ears, com
pressing their waists, putting stones, bone
or metal through .heir lips, cheeks, or
ears, and in a dozen other ways trying to
enhance the jioor prentice workof nature.
A Felatah lady dyes her hands and feet
with hennah, stains her teeth alternately
blue, yellow and purple, one here and
there being left of its natural color, pen
cils her eyelids with snlphuret of anti
mony, and dyes her locks with indigo.
The Ilvdah woman inserts a plujr of
wood or ivory through her lower lip until
it represents the hideous appearance of a
fleshy sheif over her chin. A Chinese or
a Siamese lady cultivates long nails. A
Hottentot belle cannot get her nose flat
enough, or a Parsian beauty hers high
enough.
On the northwest coast of America no
reproach is more bitter than for oae In
dian girl to tell another that "your mo
ther Mas too lazy to flatten your head."
Tattooing is almost universal among half
civilized or savage races; in New Zea
land the Maori women, lief ore they began
to imbibe European prejudices, even tat
tooed their lips, lest they should have
the reproach of being red. Some
races slit their ears until thev hang in
loops on their shoulders. Others insert
huge rings and other ornaments through
the cartilage of their noses. The Louisi
ade Islanders regard the lid of a sardine
box as a particularly neat piece of jew
elry, and even European women have
not yet ceased to suspend bits of stone
and metal through the lobes of their ears.
There i3, in truth, no possibility of ar
riving at any standard of beauty, the
"points" of which wouid not do injustice
to some of the competitors. Even among
the whites there are various ideas of
what constitutes good looks. Like man
ners and morals, beauty is very much a
matter of sky. Just as an Indian told a
traveler what a comfort his son was to
him. It-cause "hecould steal more horses
than any ljoy of his age," so a western
frontiersman assured a visitor that his
daughter was the "finest K'rl" in the
settlement, for she could "heft a barrel
of pork and lick her weight in wild
cats.'' l'jondon Standard.
As to the value l the work per
formed in India by the first Protestant
missionaries Carey, Ward and Marsh
man a native Hindu paper says:
" They created a prose vernacular lit
erature for Bengal, they established
toe modern method of popular educa
tion, they gave the first grand impulse
o the native press, they set up the
first steam engine in India, and in ten
years they translated and printed the
Bible, or parts thereof, in thirty-one
languages."
THE FLOWER SPIDER.
An Eplouraan Insect Which. Knjoya Ufa
Mora Than Others or lta Kind.
The flower spider of Virginia is not
a weaver of webs, but a regit'. ir sybt
rite, loving , ease and luxury. Uo
selects a flower full of sweetness and
beauty for bis home. There he nes
tles among tho petals, with his lobster
like legs extended to catch insect in
truders. And so cunningly does he
arrange his body, that he seems a part
of the flower, h'.s delicate shades of
cream and green color completing the
deception.
His kingdom is constantly invaded
by swarming robbers; therefore ho
neither waits nor exerts himself, for
his game comes to his hands, and,
with the relish of an epicure, he feasts
upon the best.
The only exertion he ever makes is
to drag the remains of his victims to the
top of his castle; and, dropping them
to the ground, he gazes complacently
down upon his catacomb of winged
mummies, then glides back to his re
treat, to be rocked to sleep by tho
summer winds.
Too indolent to be aggressive, he
avoids danger by a slow, backward
movement until hidden from view.
Socially, he is selfish and exclusive,
abiding alone in his exquisite home,
the even tenor of his way never dis
turbed except by tho buzzing of a bee.
Then he instantly drops beneath the
nectary (that part of a flower contain
ing the honey), w herefrom his keen
eyes watch with wondering surprise the
operations of tho bee, as he extracts
the coveted sweet.
When the rich stores of his present
dwelling have all been collected by the
busy bee. then the spider quickly for
sakes his lovely abode, on a single line
of web, to one newer and perhaps more
beautiful.
In this way he migrates from flower
to flower until summer and autumn
are ended. It is then he works for the
first time in his lazy existence, making
a winter house, like the cocoon of a
silkworm, soft and white as down,
wherein he lies safe and warm, until
the flower-houses bloom in the spring.
This little spider is the mystery of
the flytrap or catchfly, classed by bot
tanists with sensitive plants, as it is
supposed to close upon insects that en
ter its cup, whereas it only closes to
protect its honey from rain and dew.
This flower grows in the open ground
in clusters, and it is heavily freighted
with honey, the attraction which
draws so many flies within its fatal
calyx, for those who enter never come
out again. The little honey guard,
concealed but watchful, kills them im
mediately. The flytrap is among the
first of "the beauteous sisterhood" to
unfold its leaves to the warm rays of
the rising sun. At that time, a close
observer can see within its heart, like
a small pearl in its setting of garnet,
the little death-dealer enjoying his
morning repose in the most innocent
manner imaginable. Golden Days.
AN INDIAN BURNING.
A Cnrtona Cnstom Still In Vogue Anions
the Ancient Concows.
Every autumn if they are allowed to
do so, the Concows have a burning"
or burnt offering to their dead. They
erect a brush house in their graveyard,
and upon a night selected by the
"medicine"' men all repair thither
laden with baskets, beads, pinola and
acorn soup. The baskets and beads
are hung on poles, the pinola and
soup are set at the bottom in the big
baskets, that are fashioned so closely
as to hold water. Again we see what
they have gained from the white man.
After the white people, who come to
see the "burning.' have bought the
finest and the best of the baskets, the
rest are thrown into the large fire in
front of the brush house and each one
seeks the graves of his dead relations
and there they sit and cry till morning.
The noise can be heard for miles distant.
The half-breeds or younger ones gen
erally spend their time in gambling.
This is carried on efther with cards or
by means of the grass game, which is
thus played: Two or four men,
selected by some one, eeat them
selves on the ground where the grass
is long, or, if the game is carried on in
lhe.sweat-house, they pull a quantity
of the grass and lay it in piles in
front of them. Then one side having
decided by lot which begins. Taking
four small sticks in his hanTes two in
each he sings a monotonous vh..ut,
the words of which have little or no
meaning, in the 'meantime rapidly
changing the sticks from one hand to
the other, rubbing Iu3 hands together,
snatching- up handfuls of grass, some
times burying hands in the ffrass.then
tossing a small bun-He of it over his
head, and going through all sorts of
maneuvers to conceal the change of
the sticks or deer bones. One of them
is peculiarly marked, and the game is
to guess in which had It is held. At
a given signal from the opyc-ing side,
the motions are stopped and the guess
is made, and the player loses or wins
the pile of beads or money in the cen
ter, as the case may be. To an Indian
there is nothing more exciting than a
good "grass game," and they will phy
for days at a time, hardly stopping to
eat or drink, and their legend of tho
game tells that in olden time men
played for men, a chief betting his
men and finally himself, till all were
lost or became captive to tho enemy,
till Un Koi-to (the Savior) came and
won all men back and gave them to
themselves again to be free, and then
left with them a message to 'love one
another" and look for his coming
again. San Frnncisco AUa.
"John,"' she said, as she toved with
one of his coat buttons, "this is leap
year, isn t it?
"Yes, Mamie,' he answered, as ho
looked fondly down on her golden
head, that was pillowed his manly
oosom.
"This is the year when the promis
ing is done by the young ladies.?"
"les.
"I hope you don't expect me to pro
pose to it .?"'
"Why, Mamie, dear. I never rave
the matter a thought I er to to
tell the truth, I've only known you for
that is to say "
"I"m glad you didn't expect me to
propose. I'm not that kind, I hope,
Xo, John, dearest,. I. couldn't be so im
modest. I am coiner to let vou do ih
proposing yourself in the old-fashioned
way. The old-fashioned wav is cood
enough for mo."
And the g-entle maiden cave her
lover a beaming smile, and yet the
youth rejoiced that he had found such
treasure of modesty. Pittsburgh I'ost.
m a
A Sunday-school bov was asked bv
the superintendent if his father was a
Christian. "Yes, sir," he replied;
but he's not working at it much."
K Y. World,
DR. -TANNER'S IDKAS.
HE TALKS OF PREMATURE BURIAL
AND SUSPENDED ANIMATION.
Tho Dead In ThU Country An rjnrlcd In
Criminal 11 o to The Enbtlo rrtnclplo of
Life Tha Doctor Convinced That Man
Can Ulbemmte.
Eight years have gone since Dr. II. S.
Tanner performed his wonderful feat of
fasting forty days and nights In Clarendon
hall. In Now York city. For sixteen days
ho touched neither water nor food. After
tho sixteenth day ho began to driuk water,
and subsisted on this akmo during tho re
maining twenty-four days of his fast.
Tho public has not heard much of tho
plucky little doctor for tho last few years,
but not long ago ho turned np In Chicago,
bright and chipper, a splendid specimen
of a mau In jerfect health, and with a
rotundity of form indicative rather of tho
bon vivaut than of a man who eats only
two meals a day In summer and only one
la winter.
"Where have you been keeping your
self, doctor" asked a reporter, after
friendly greetings had leen exchanged.
"I have just returned from New Mex
ico, where I have been for nearly four
years, pursuing certain investigations of
a scientific nature. 1 am much interested
in the subject of suspended animation or
counterfeit death. 1 am convinced that a
far greater percentage of people are
buried alive than evcu those who have
ever given the matter much thought
would be willing to believe. In no coun
try in tho world are tho dead buried with
such criminal haste. I may say, as in the
United States. 1 have been looking into
this subject more or less for tho last
twenty-fivo years, and tho evidence I havo
accumulated is startling. I tell you, it U
murder, borriblo murder, and it is high
linio soldo agitation was started for the
purpose of securing needed legislation ou
the subject of tho burial of the dead.
TUE MOVEMENT IX ECIiOPE.
"The principle of life is so subtle," con
tinued the doctor, "that m.m with all his
science knows nothing about it; and tho
only safeguard against tho awful crimo
of burying alive those we love lies in tho
precautions that aro taken against com
mitting their bodies to tho tomb before
decomposition has set in. That is tho
only unmistakable sijrn that death has
finally taken place. 'J lie people of Hol
land were among tho first to awaken to
the importance of this- subject, and iu
17'ot a society was organized in Amster
dam for the purpose of looking? into cases
where death seemed counterfeit rather
than real. In less than four years thev
had resuscitated saved from eutonibnn ut
alive no less than 150 persons, la
tho authorities at .Milau aud Venice, and
those at Lhiaibarg. followed tho cxarat lo
set by Holland, and a littlo later cim-irr
societies were formed ct London. Paris
and Glasgow. As a result of tho work r.nd
investigations of these bocictics, among
the members cf which were s-une of the
foremost scientists of the times, it has
been proved that in a great number of
cases where pvc rr hnnirn 1 o- !....
npplied cud preparations made tor the
burial the subjects had recovered. These
experiences hii Prr:f...;s,i- t. , t u..
University of Home, to oiTt-r a rri-o of
1 r,n. .-, ... r . i i . . . "
ir eest esav cu appar
ent. ifft,,i- t,l f.,-,,,;, H'li....)... i
, - . Mw -".-' in.' v. v.-.; . L . I.
20.0JI) francs to bo used i;i discover!!) t bo
best means that could be applied hi de
tecting the counterfeit of death. And so
in til countries statistics collated on this
subject ere startling. r. revealing the
danger of rremftnre "
.Now don't you think," asked the
eoctor. "mat this u a subject that peo-
plo should diaeuss, should be waked up
about?" 1
"What remedy have you to ofTer,
doctor'
Simply this: 1 boll and it certainly
' " - -L-J s ruvmniaiy conxraaicieu milt
the setting: h of decomposition Is the
only cstiiiTi sim cf death. In tho cb
sciica f this burial should be delayed
weeks and months, if necessary, for fo
Ioujt as there is no decay life may haug by
a feeble thread, r.nd, by that subtleness
cf which I have already spoken, the re
covery be spontaneous.
THE IXKTOII WILL nrPKRXATE.
"Another discovery ihat 1 have made."
said the doctor, "U that hibernating ani
mals do not use their lungs during the
period of hibernation. For several vears
I havo been studying the habits of" this
class of anin:al3, and, do you know, J
am about convinced that man can Libtr
nata" Ilero tho reporter must have looked the?
incredulity iK'felt, forthedoctor hastened
to explain: "Take the bear for example:
its erg-ans of respiration are the eaco as
Clan's, and it hibernates for months with
out food or drink. I havo also be?u
studying tho philosophy of tho adepts
who used to be able to po into the death
trance at will. Their rreparatioa for this
was lonj fasting, and the trance condi
tion following was, in my opinion, a sea
son of hibernation. 1 er.i s-.udyin: now
with a view of making some experiments
in this line, and the time mav come when
I will permit myself to bo sealed up in an
air tight coffin and laid awav until sufh
time as I shall designate for it to be
opened."
'Cut, dccto, you will not expect to
couio out cf a test like that alive, will
you?"
Vcs, Indeed," was the earnest reply.
"I have twice been near tho portals of
the tomb iu my studies of this subject of
life principle and of suspended animation,
and t firmly believe I can go still nearer
that I can to all outward appearances bo
dead, sud, remaininsr that way for a
length of lime, can still come back a liv
ing witness of the truth of my theories
and investigations."
Spcakiiifr of his fast, lie said: "The
fact is, with most peoplo tho bodv rules
tho mind, while the reverse should" be tho
case tho mind should control tho body.
Appetite, und it may bo a depraved one,
clamors for this or that desired artiele.
and people rush to pratiiy it. When
I be-,Ki my fortv days' fast in r I said to
my stomach: 'ifere, old fellow, I havo a
iob for you. I want you to take a pood
long rest, and 1 want no grumbling about
it.' That settled it. At 10 o'clock of tho
last day of my fast, v.hcu I had only two
hour3 to go, a littlo child that was in tho
rcom where I was thrust a ripe peach un
der my noso. If Adam wa3 tempted cs I
was then I do not wonder that ho fell. I
had so littie longer to go without eating
that I relaxed my will power, and truly
my greatest cuficrings wero during- tho
last two hours of my fast." Chicago
Tribune.
Not a Success.
tVomon havo tried to run a restaurant
in New York for women time out of mind,
but usually made a failure. Customers
declare stinginess, absurd rules aud gen
eral mismanagement as tho reasons. De
troit Free Press.
A Chicago woman risiug rather
later than usual one mornine ruslxd
to the breakfast table. Half way
through the repast she was seized with
the horrifying notion that ehe had
swallowed her false teeth. yhe
screamed, insisted that ehe could feel
them in her throat, and was carried
fainting to her bed. In placing her
upon it the pillow was disarranged,
and there beneath it were the missing
teeth, just wher they had been placed
on retiring.
HOLIDAY BELLS NOW RINGING.
No church or schoolhouse is com
plete without a good bell. We learn
that Mr. Z. T. Wright, of Portland,
has just received another full carload
of bells, at sizes from 40 to 1,200
pounds. He is now selling much
cheaper than formerly, owing to the
fact of bis bu3ring in large quantities.
He is the only dealer on the coast
shipping in car lota. Is always willing
to give reasonable time to churches or
schools not able to pay all cash.
Mcrhune.;l Ah In !try.
Toc-try is a more mechanical nrt than
most people believe. Fred Latham, who
is a cousin of Lord Tennyson, has told
tne than when tho laureate is writing a
poem b constructs a rhyming dictionary
of his own, thus: A, b, o, d, e, f, g, h, 1,
j, k, 1, m, n, o,p, q," r, a, t, u, v, w, x,
y, r.
Then he has written a line, Bay:
Where Claribcl low Ueth
He starts dowm the alphabet hunting for
a rhyme, getting "buyeth,' 'crieth,"
"dieth ' "lieth," 'mghetV' "tieth,"
'tryeth," "vieth," and bo en, out of
which of course it is the easiest possible
thing to get the line
Tb oak tree, thick 1 eared, ambrosial slgheth,
when the proper time comes to introduce
that verse into the poem. Usually Lord
Tennyson conceals the art by which ho
gets to his rhymes by putting tho manu
factured line first and letting the second
ono earry the real burden of the thought,
as any one who will read "Locksley
Hall" critically will Bee. Henry Dees in
Chicago News.
Oystcra Are la Kk-aaan.'
Ehe (bhwhinrjly) WUy do you lay mr
tee'.h nro liko n.';ir!jf
IIo (."ttll.mtly) Hoentrw they are. I can't
ccm;ro them with anything clan.
Hho (-niilins) Vou' aro a flatterer, I'm
af rn id, George.
Ho (jrravely) Flatterer! No. 1 only speak
tho plain nn-.l bimnla truth.
She And they aro reilly li!;o pearls!
Ho (emphatically) They are.
Sho (with an arch glance) Do you know
what your reference to ierl3 reminds mo of,
George?
He I can't say. What does it remind
yon off
Hho Oysters. Boston Courier.
A news item says that a mulo in Cohis.1
county, Cal.. "was struck by lightning nud
paralyzed, but recovered after twenty-four
hours and was as fri.;ky n-s ever." It is not
stated what becnm? of tho li.-jhtnin.-r, but it is
Inferred that it iu e: ill l::ieriii2 in u bos pitaL
Pe!f-poseiion In a woman 1h well etmngh for
while, If Ue ilon't keep it too lousr.
THE COMMON LOT.
Therv In a jilm-e no !ve ran rrarlj,
There is a time no voice can ti-aeh.
1 h'-re i n eiiMtn no (Mtwer cnu lrt-:!k,
1 here i a MeeTi no souuil run like.
Son-r or !nt- r that time wi!l a'Hve, thai pinee
will wall for vour ron-.inir. that chain miit bind
jou in helplef death. Ihat sl.-p ip.it full en
your lint thousands every year ko in-
tlincly l their fine, and thousands more
lengthen out tln-jr dy hy hp-edfnl, timely care.
Kor the failine Mreiioth. the eak'-nini; rsnti,
the waMine blond, l'r. Pierce' ;i,liien Medical
Iiineovery i a wonderful restorative and a pro
loneer of ntn-nsih and HiV. It rmrftV the blood
and invigorates the vtem. thereby fortifvinir it
aiiniii-t tii-a (if dnr-miMn.
The man who ; he will welcome death a a
jvleae from a life ma ie up of sorrow. irciirra!lv
aetids for four d.x t n nheii be has the colic.
Mr. Rii'.irway. of mith'! t"ah ?:ie. 41- Front
St.. S. V.. at. will buy I hrt.tmn '.ift miitaM
f-ir your children, your ife, your Imxhnnd, your
brother, your frli Tid. vi, ur iter, or some other
r.ian's ti-r or brother you are interenteii in.
Uive particular?: do tint delay.
Ijove maktne is one of the art Iu which
jHrience i- not e-.-.4-ntinl to Micty-s.
I AMtll S M OM K.N.
It Is a ?iettihcn! fart that moMt f the women
who have achieved tame in art. literature, or
attalr." haveee.ir.jed ie..rra health. 1hl
(iiiiuv-i that tho intnd i never capable of the
ievcnand continued application m-eary to
creative work. un!e. the body j at its bent. 'The
oinan ho a Tires to til' an exalted place
imii!i!j 1it a'n-ia!c, roust t-e free front nerv
ous il biiity and female w.-kni-e. Hr. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription niil banish these, and it is
warranted to restore those functional harmonies
which ar- indispensable to heaith. A a specific
for all those chronic wi akti--sM s and ailments
peculiar to women, it is une'iualed.
True friends viif t:s in prosperity- nhSr when
Invited, hut ia adversity Uior come without
invitation.
Hoiriou.ux ixesh .tsn stkknotii
t'se aft-r each meal Kroti'a Kmnltitn
with H pophos,;.. jt ... n i Bjl pauMo as
milk, and ea.-ilv digested. The mpiditv with
II. o! uc;u a-,. jeVipe- ltnprm i" WltlJ ItS Use
oiKiertui. i se and u your weiiht. As a
rer.-.cdv for tiii-tinsptioti, Tb-'ont aib-ciions and
Kronehitis it i hip ou.-th d. Please rend: -I used
t-cott s r.mui-tn in a obi-d eivht month old
wita puki results. II pat in d four pound in
very short time." Tito. Pi-.im, M. t'., Alabama.
If we an- ever in ib-nS t what to do. it Is a eood
nil- to a-k our Ives what e shall wisa ou the
morrow te.al we Ha l done.
SEVKR TltAVFL WII HOl'T THEM.
Persons should n-ver rav 1 without a
box Of bRAMIREtn'l) PlLI-S. A few
doses taken lefore poins? on ship will pre
vent sea sickness, and one pill every nibt
on fchip-board will counteract the costive
action of the seaair. AVhen sit k. troubled
with pains, colds, or (liziues,s. or having
rheumatism, tike from three to live Fills.
and if they do not operate In an hour or
so late three or four more.
It Is centrally the Idle who complains thev
cannot timi time to dn that which thev fanev
they wish.
A FACT TO FIE It KM KM IlKRKI).
lo not lie deceived by misreprcs"uta
tions. Ak jour drtibpi-t for Ai.i.cch'k's
Pokocs Plasters and let ro explanation
or solicitation induce you to Accept a sub
stitute. A i.lok'k's Plastfrs are a purely
vegetable preparation, the formula of
whit-h is know n on'y to the manufacturers.
Their valuable curative powers are tlu- to
me employ in nt ct in '-litliest inetl'ctil
and cliemicnl skill. Thev a.-t ssfe'v.
prompt y, and effectually, bver l.t l,t tm
persons have ln-en cured br Au.ioi k s
I onous 1'I.ASTF.R-S.
We must drink at the fountain of knowledge
to quench the thirst of curiosity.
WH.ITTHKV AKK CiOOIt FOIL
Biianurkth's Pii.i.8 are the best medi
cine known.
t'irnt They are purely vegetable, in fact
a medicated food.
Second The same dose nlways pro 'uces
the Rani- efTeet, other purjritives require
increased loses and finally cease acting.
Third Th-y purify th blood.
Fourth 1 hey invigorate the digestion
and leanse the stomach and bowel-.
Fifth-Thvx stimulate the liver and
carry otr vitiated bile aud other depraved
secretions.
The first two or three doses tell the
story. The skin becomes clear, the eye
btifjht; tho mind active; digestion is re
stored; costivmesH cured; the animal
vigor ih recruited and all decay arrested.
"White Elenhanf of Sinn. Lion of Encr
land, Drajtonof China, Cross cf f-witzer,
land, 11,-tntier of Persia, Crescent of Kgvpt -Donble
Knifle of liitssia. Stat1 of Chilil The
Circle of Japan, Harp of KrH.
lo Kel tnese tvuy a Ikix cf the genuine
Dr. C. Aid ank' Cki.kkkatkii Livkr
Pills, price 1ft cents, and mail us the out
side wrapper wilh your address, plainly
written, and 1 rents in stamps. We will
then mail you the above list, with an ele
gant package of olengraphic aud chro
matic in rent.
FI.EMIVI1 lllUlS.. PlTTfiIUR(!, Pa.
f n n p-li si fulfil n tl ss o i-c Tlirant
quickly relieved by "liruu n't Brtmcliinl Trvelitt."
- cents h ixi.x.
Thv Gkhmea for brcukfant.
Kn eea!p
Diseases
-ViK iKe-
v UTICURA
YHemedies.
THK MOST DISTll K8SING FOKM3 OF SKIN
and sculn diseases, with loss of hair, trout
infancy to old age, are speedily, economically
and permanently cured by the Cctii I'ra Kkm-
Knita, wnen all other remedies ana niewous
fail.
Citicuha. the great Skin Cure, and Cutictj
ttA Soap, an exquisite Skin Beautilier. prepared
front it, externally, and CcTlotrrtA Kkholvknt,
the new Blood Puriller, internally, cure every
form of akiu aud blood disease, from pimples to
scrofula.
Sold everywhere. Price. CtrTictjRA.SOc.: Soap,
25c.; Resolvent. $1. Prepared by the Potteb
URUG AND t'HBMICAL b'O., M08TON, A1AS3.
Send tor "Mow to Cure r-Ktn jHseaaes.
W Pimples, blackheads, chapped and oily
t-S" skin prevented by Cuticvka Soap. "S-i
, Kelief In one minute, for aU pains and
5 ? weaknesses, in Cuticcra Anti-Pain
fi Plaster, the only pain-killing plaster, i jo
A New Oilcan l:idy tent half a
dozen dosia-tis fn nn of thn bio- fntmn
juiut mill at Fall liiver for approval,
anil some wecfta l iter they were sent
buck to her refused. Shortly after
wtirtl the cm? the identical designs on
some calico just received in New Or
htann fioni the mill, and wrote an ic
dinant letter to the mill owners, r e
manding an explanation. In return
she received a handsome check for h r
work.
WHICH WAS IT? K ICdS OR SUAKK3
I'KAliK. The authorship of the dramatic productions
-I'trihutcrl lo the last of the aliove named Is ajfi-
' tillir liternrv Clrelrs to the vorr centre but of.
i ts the practical masses far less than the mo-
b -itous nuestioii. how to nraln or preserve
li .--itili, thai essential of bodily and mental ae-
m i, iitisiiiess success and
pit.. s." We can throw fur
latti . subjis t than. the tn
tl ty, business success and the "nursnlt of han.
ll. -s," We fun throw iur more lit?bt on this
ett lirofound tshakes-
tn'iir. .n can
If the svstel
n can ou the question first. tronounded.
Stem 1S i -fileted. lhi norm, alit.lrp It
iiiuie-mii or constipation holhers one at times,
or constantly; if the skin is vellow. and the
tonyuo furred as in biliousness; if there are
lircmonitery tw iujj'-s of oucomitiB rheumatism
or iieuraltriii; if the kidiievg are Inactive use
hohtetter t-totiiMoh Hitters, the finest recuper
ant of an ae prolific in beneficial and success
ful remedies, itctnemlwr, if malaria threaten
or afflicts, that it neutralizes the liuisou aud
fortllh-s the system
I code don't crow famous In a Iiurrv, and It
takes n dea! of hard work even to earn vour
rend and butter.
;i:kat iitti.e siev.
Pome of tile greatest men that ever lived were
of small stature and insignificant Hnpcaranee.
The reader will readilv recall manv instances.
Very small are I ir. Pieree'a I'leasiitit purgative
I'dlcts. but tin y are far more effective than the
Inure old -fashioned pills which are sodifficult to
vnallow and so harsh in their action. The 'Pel
lets " are gentle and never cause constipation.
Kor liver, stomsieh and bowel i!er:in(rements they
have no ctjutii.
wmm
It i;Teri"r excelfence proven tn n. 11! ion of hoa m fY
m- ?e than a quru jt Orotiiry. It is tiara tj- the
Vn.t-4 Htau ermnect. tJidoned by the head of
the irAt t niwgiti- tii Strongest, Purft uid moet
H4;tliful. Ir rice s t'Tm bkiunx Powder d not
euotftia Airman!, IJsn or A' tun. s-old cnlj la canm.
PKIC1S BAR OK POWDKil tU
VII.IOXL CHICAGO. ST. LOCI.
I n cabinet nn
I ZPHOTOGRAPHsCpZ.UU
Why pay n to $12 perdosen for yonr photo
graphs v ben bv pendins- x tintype or photo
trreph cf ny kind te uiil Bend jou 1 down
finely tiri-hed fabinets C. O. 1. for Js.OIJ.
thereby y ou are running no riik and riot pay
inir ni;y mom-r until you (rt your paotos. Alo
a li-ie Ij!e-Si.e rnyon Portrait In si
Inch frame 2227 for SI .1. .ttrnts Wanted.
WILSON S STDDiO, 383 Slats St. Ci3l
J. M. r lH.. .siaj er nad .tanly ileal
Chi-rnistt. TU-ratory. ll4 First at, Portland.
Or n.Ussis in. .. H nhctinM
A WALKING ADVERTISEMENT.
seal or
NORTH CAROLINA
c. i -. TOBACCO
Every man that smukea a pipe ia a walking
adrertLer of tha merits of "Seal of North Caro
lina Fluji Cof Smoking Tobacco.
The "Seal" i pronounced by all smoker the
best Tobacco eer sold on the Pacific Coast.
Big-13 n as siren anrvr
sal aatisfacttoB In In
cure of Gonorrbo?a and
Uleet. I prescribe It and
feel safe In recoinmend
Irts; It to all sufferer!.
&.J. ST05ES, B.D
Decatur, lib
FRTCE. Sl.OO. .
Sold hr Drucsta.
AUiia, ou;rIirt Co1Iht C roup. In
iii.tMiyTBs) tsroncatitt, tatarrn, hoop-
t'onsiiir-ptloi', cod all Xhroat ncd
I.1U15 1 roubles.
J. R. CATE3 & CO.. PROP'S.
417 Fniwint Mrret, Snn Franrleo. Cat.
' ' .' 1 .i '. ' ' ' 1
-
Us,
S5
To ma a Day. Samples worth fl.80, FRE&
Lilies not under the horses feet Write Bnaw.
STsa'a SArrrr lUia Holdir Oo.,HollT,MlQb.
e ?u w E oivFs
UjfKH-i'-lhr
jjET, ' CtTfal til 9
T r I To s datb.J
V ' j9tsH M M W
I, f saw 8narc "
sf KM 1 try tat
Trs-I. 1 1 1 m ri-- 1mrm
. m n .
i
INFLAMMATORY RHEUMATISM.
TJse Ex-Governor of Ohio writ-
y, as follows: "Indorse the txU-
whte remedy, St. Jacob
ml Oil, for Rheumatism
and oiXtr
poind"
ths
Cnarles A. Tofaler Ce
Baltlmors.Md.
Diamond Vera-Cura
FOR DY8PEPSIA.
IMRiti cvas roa urrjioraTioa an ill
atnams TroaMsa Arlalgg XlxnD-Ma.
Tour Drvfffimt or General Vealer win art Vert
Otro for mu if not already in sfort, or il wVl be
mnt ty mad on receipt of 26 cu. 6 bow 11.00) ta
tampt. Sample tent on receipt jf 1-cent ttamp.
TOE CHABUI A. V0GELEM CO.. Bmisisra, B4
UU fnprisfcis aa4 atiaaamanri
Dr. Spinney & Co.pS
NERVOUS peoility-tossof Visror. fs-mfnal
.f; T 7. Lof . Weak Memory, Irtspon
oency, &c, on to excesses or abase, cored.
YOUNG MEN ?-Hw?from th efft
cretion shonlt aratl t&emselvcs of onr treatueot.
ft positive curt iriiaranuvd in everrca. firnliilli:
tirinary and Venereal l.ise;..v-B all nnnatoral dis
chargea, promjUy and sfel cared.
MIDDLE-ACED MENfcT-:
and retired t heaTthf vior. tuIca
.J ersota unable to ristt ns may be treated
bT '"O'repondeno. atcdicines ant
instructions ssnr hTm.iA,i... . . .
fl.'8a-JSndfentiIlstInitwt 2 he Youna-'il-i'i
rrieadorGuldstoW sdloclc .
BCY THE KBST. TAKE SO CHANCES.
MEXICAN SALVE
THE CREAT HEALER.
Cures Cut. Sores, Salt Rheum, Boils,
Pim-iles. Feiorjs, Skin Diseases, and all
ailments for which a salve is suitable. For
takil:ir out vtrptiftsa and be. 1 i n r. w
like maftic. 2$ cents a box. at all drugKists.
ClCluurtv H K a ; ii'H
, PEAXB
uiuiiuiniuAiii riKi- R.ni.h
runw KnrAm (Vmm Jt l..-t-., . .
i ..mm. unuicr.
clock of fcheei Emic and Books. Bands sorriM! at
Eprtera Prtoea. MATTHIAS QKAY CO.. 5j Post
P N. U. No. f S. K. N. V. Nn '16
K.DWICHT'Sl
IS PDA
TBS COW I? SAND.
TO
DELICIOUS BISCUITS
At
Draciists I X
TO
DR.SPHVs
USE
D wight's Cow-Brand SodaSaleratus,
ABSOLUTELY PURE.
ALWAYS UNIFORM AND FULL WEIGHT.
B asm
that there ia a ptctnrti of a
tha beat
My Poor
Thit "poor back" is held responsible for
IPln' 5w? Tr -s,s. V . t . -
. ,uu, uui; uao a man wno
t .m 1 -T t. a. 1 C 1 r - .
I-rittciplc the kidneys utter their protest
rs-ultit constipation Ihese force them
system cf the poisons which are the
Mood. Then the sufferer says the
eased. "Sotyct;" but ther will
the llocd purified, and the constipation
c ! kidney troables. and Taine's Celery
v ith its tonic, purifvinsr, tnd lnxative
kiJceys, making it almost infallible h
nevs.
If your hopes of care have not
pound; it gires perfect heaUh to all who
Sold by Druggists. Send
sr?.'-v
WELLS, RICHARDSON 8c CO., Proprietors,
BURLINGTON, VERMONT.
!Z. T. WRIGHT,
Foot of Morrison Htrtet, Portlaad, Oresos.
General Agent for the
ADYANGE ENGINES THRESHERS AND POWEBS
IT
.Jr" .- -ST TI I ;;.; 1 IS -a r - v arW
.-IT ' C I V . I k.T"" .f 4aaMafH
W 1
I especially request tho-e contemplating pnrcnasing either an Engine or Thresher
next season to look np the record of the ADVANCE. It is the only machine ver
sold ou the Pacific Coast that has given entirejgatisfactio.
I also deal in Laundry Machinery. Marine Engines. All kinds or
Brass Goods, Inspirators, Injectors, Oilers, Reapers, Mowers.
Chemical Fire Extinguishers, and Engines, Oils,
Belting, Hose, "Wrenches, Etc.
Women's Worst Enemies
Are
Sick Headache, Constipation
and Female Weakness.
They can all be permanently cured in
a remarkably short time by use of
MOORE'S REVEALED REMEDY.
Purely Vesretablc; Contains no Alcohol;
l.t-iTlt iiitr-s thn R(ku-.il - i.i- 1 1 ;
. . . . . 1 ' . mstfcirv
Uou; stimulates the layer;
Prevents Disease.
it
VAN MONCI8CAR
PRIVATE DISPENSARY,
Nots. 183 and 184
Portland, Oregon. , A V
Js tv, on!, D
tx-n-arrfa Fort, i?
tt.s Xortbtrest'" Ci W
! patients are mcwsi-,
fiillriieat-d o.allSERV.
"IS, l:HBO!9lfc ASO
rixi TATE 1118KAHEI la
ronnc r efuX. steal or
i,aurriea, soctt mm
Kerrotu dchilfty, seminal
losses, IMiinf meainrs-,
sypbilitle eruption effects
cf mercury kidney aod
p tklaridor tranhles. (onois
rhta, sleet, atnetore. eta.
COSgrLTATlOJI FBTK.
- -
yfT S , Rather than the Oicapest
sntSntsmiSKsmtSn, Portl,.d, Oregoa.
P-iir-ct eqiiiineii!, iiie e.i.iili itistrucMOD, esuib
lished reputation, frniwtTiK kotulartty. Business,
Shorthand, Common Schoo I ard Penmmshlp Depart
ment, (students alniiiteil at any time. Cata
1'gjtie anft speeimens of tientnanshtp snt free.
J. A. WES .Kte'y.A.. kBSTKir)S4j. prla.
DEDERICK'S HAY PRESSEs7 .
Hade of steel, lighter, sir auger, cheaper, modi
power, everlasting and competition distanced. Fori
proof order on trial, to keep the beat and get any
uiex aloqfslda If you can. Eerentole i'ufl Clrds
. I il Beit Fi
Mnai fur elnalan aaS
tUia .f "renters ui 8tra ftimiiif ac4 aacata.
P. K. 09BICK A CO.. ALBAS I. H. X.
PIAF10S.
1st Premtama 25.000 hi nso.
20 years fstabluihed. -
i oaten ted Steel Toninr De
rice, in use in no other Piano, br which onr Pianos
stand in tune SO years, rood tor 100 ; not atTectecl
by climate. No wood to split, break, swell, sbrinkj
crack, decay, or wear oot ; we roarantea it. He-
gant Rosewood Cases, 3 strings, double sepeatinsj
action; finest irorv keys; the Famous AhTISELL.
CW1 or writo for rjataIone, free. T. if. ANT1SE1X.
PIANO CO., MinnfactnreT!, Odd Fallows' Hall, Haz.
act and berentb Streets, San Francisco.
WELL DRILLS
FOR EVERT PURPOSE.
Sold on Trial !
1 arjre. Stnd ttc for mailing
ritb full pJarttCOiaUaW Maa
j factored by
GOULDS ft AUSTIN,
1T 1S Laks .,
CHICACO. ILL.
MAKE
or WHOLESOME BREAD
rbw on yonr packago and yon win fc-re
Soda made.
m.mmxm wn W fWl iTU.
Rdwich-tsTT
bsALERATUj
8
acK !
more than hs share of the sufferim of
b
kicks it, do yon blame the dog? On the same
.
again?t n-rroumess, impnre Llood, and
to do extraordinary work in riddine the.
result of effete matter retained in the
back aches; the ktdnevs are dts-
unless the nerres are strengthened.
removed. These are the causes.
Compound removes them qukMv.-
enect, tt also strengthens the weak
coring all diseases of the nerves and kkl-
realned, try Fame's Celery Corn-
coranlaia of "their
Price fl.OO.
for Illcstrated Tapes.
B ST AND FASTEST THRESHER
it THE WORLD.
THE ONLY DEALER ON.
PACIFIC COAST
That ships
CAR LOADS.
PRICES GREATLY REDUCED
All sizes in stock from 40
pounds to l.ara
Send for REDUCED PRICES.
- Remember it is a pleasure to show
swua slower question II too
f-s,.-ft rtl writs
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