DR. NORVIN GREEN?;'
the Vnrwll tildint of tH XVtm
l iilou Tlvntli Conip njr
Every week-day morning, w tho boll
In Trinity stwpla tolls uino tlmos, a
man, evidently Hged, but with his ulx
(ootthreo Indies of frame-work hold
erect, his fnco without a wrinkle nud
his grey hair and mustache of vigor
ous growth, walks briskly Into tho
Western Union building1 on lowor
Broadway. There he remains until
the uflernoon is. wall advanced. At
4:30 o'clock to & minute he is in the
Astor House, 'where the dispenser of
liquids, without any itisuiotio3, pre
pares for him a rye toddy. Ho walks
to the corner of Barclay street and
Broadway, only a step away, where an
old publio h&ckman opons tho door of
his waiting vehicle and, without a
word being exchanged, drives his pas
senger to a handsome residence in East
Twenty-third street. That is part of
the dally routine of Dr. Norvlu Green,
president of the Western Union Telv
graph Company. He confesses to only
sixty years of ago, and his looks give
credence to his words, but his intimate
friends say he is nearly seventy-five
years old, and they make the state
ment w 1th pride. Dr. Green still holds
the active management of the great
corporation he presides over, but
he lives well, never allowing the
hinges of his humanity to become
rusted. When he was a practising
physician in Kentucky ho was an associ
ate of a schoolmaster named James G.
Blaina He traveled on horseback
through lonely regions, with his medi
cines and instruments in his saddle
bags. It was then add in that State
that ho obtained an ownership in the
old House Teleirraim Company, which
eventually leu iu u v.
man
in the Usleirraph system of the
country.
Dr. Green claims that he gave
Thomas A. Edison the employment
which was the beginning of his suc
cessful career, to which, as is well
known, the Western Union Company
has largely contributed. Edison had
been bothering the officers of the com
pany with telegraphic devices they
had no need of. He came into tho
office one day when it was impossible
to obtain communication between New
York and Albany, and the seat of the
difficulty could not be located. He
was banteringly invited to remedy the
trouble. He said he could do so In
two hours. He was laughed at and
given two days for the task. His pro
cess was very simple, ne telegraphed
to the best operator in Pittsburgh and
instructed him to telegraph to the best
operator in Albany. The latter tele- po,jHh a dtamond vePy fajPiy i ix
graphed down his New York line as mtha." He Bajrg the qualities neces
far as he could, feeling his way from i gary in thia art are ..prettt honesty,
point to point, and sending the results I good eJucatont quick intelligence,
to the 1'ittsburgD. man, wno iorwaraea
them to Edison. In less than one hour
Edison said to the anxious officials:
"The break ia two miles beyond Pough
keepsle." That simple device insured
bis status with the Western Union peo
ple and won for him a hearing in all
his schemes. World.
A SCOTCH SHIP CANAL.
Th. I'ropol Improvement of the Canal
IktwMi the Clyde and Forth.
The agitation in favor ef canals and
waterways, which has been waged in
England for some time back, hits at
last extended to Scotland. Such agita
tions are contagious, and it is not
therefore, surprising to hear the revi
val of an old suggestion from the North
on the subject. The proposal is to
improve the present existing canal be
tween the Clyde and the Forth, so that
ships might be able to pass through.
The canal was constructed a century
ago, and is 35 miles long, entending
from Bowling on tho Clyde to Grange
mouth on the Forth,the line being al
most due east and west, and there is a
branch of 2 miles to Port Dundas in
the north of Glasgow- It rises loGfcet
and has 39 locks. At the present time
only very small craft can bo passed
through, not only because of tho short
locks, but also owing to tho depth of
water being about nine feet. It is pro
posed that it should be made suitable
for deep sea-going ships.
There are no great engineering diffi
culties in the way. The cost is vari
ously estimated ; between 1.500,000
and 2,000,000 a sum which, it Is
thought, might be easily raised by a
company. It is contended that, being
the shortest route between America
and the Baltic, tho Continent and tho
east coast of Scotland, and England,
the through traffic would be consider
able. This may be true; but the gain
in time would be reduced materially
by the fact that vessels in coming off the
Atlantic would require to sail up the
long firth (Clyde), and would probably
require, particularly if deeply laden,
to wait on the tide to get to Ilowling,
which is some distance up the river,
or the channel would need to be broad
ened and deepened, thus adding to the
coat. For channel steamers going from
Ireland or to the west coast of Scot
land, England or Wales to the east
coast or the Continent, tho canal would
bo a decided benefit, for not only would
.their voyage be shortened, but the
rocky and dangerous coast of the North
of .Scotland' would be aveidrid. The
canal passes through the coul aud oil
districts of Scotland a fact which
affords additional argument iu favor
of the scheme. Another consideration
which carries much weight is the fa
cility gained for the rapid passage of
battle ships from one shore to tho
other, rendering defense In time of war
more effective. Looking, therefore, to
principal pros an cons as stated, the
question is worthy of sertoUs consider
ation. Tho canal Is tho property of
tho Caledonian Hallway Company, and
they are taking no action, meantime,
in tho matter. Londou Englneorintf.
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.
A mile down the wator has a pres
sure of a ton to the square inch.
Eminent mtcroscoplsts find that
genuine honey can be readily distin
guished from manufactured honoy by
the microscope, as tho former has few
or no sugar crystals.
Our hot-air blast-furnaces date
from an invention of JJlolson in 1828;
and the same principle, when applied
in the regenerative gas-lamp, results
in more heat and light, with economy
of fuel.
The distribution of bretuta. after it
is bilked now costs the average work
man in the city as much as it does to
grow the wheat, mill it, barrel It, move
it 1,500 miles and convert it into bread,
all put together.
Among the curious facts brought
out at the late Congress on tuberculo
sis was that persons who have had small
pox are peculiarly liable to tuberculo
sis. M. Landouzy stated that for this
reasons persons pitted with smallpox
should never be employed around the
tuberculous wards of hospitals.
M. Govi, an Italhn savant, has
nre,entd ,.... ,. Vpnh Aclu,
. ,,. ' . ... , ... .
emy of Sciences, in which he claims
for Galileo the distinction of having
discovered the microscope as well as
the telescope. He has found a book
printed in 1610, accordingto which Gal
ileo had already diroctedh is tube fitted
with lenses to the observation of small
noar objects.
1 A sea-glass consists of a square
pine box about twenty inches in length
a pane of glass about ten by twelve
I inches placed in one end, water-tight
To use it, the glass end is thrust into
the water, and the face of the operator
j is placed to the other. By this moans.
I tho wave motion of the water is over
come, and a great depth readily seen.
j A London jeweler recommends dia
mond cutting and polishing as an ex
cellent employment for women, saying
that he believes any voman or girl
with lck itolUiren could learn to
ereat pationce and (rood eyesight"
The Russian physician and pub
licist Portugaloff, declares that strych-
i nine in subcutaneous injections is an
immediate and infallible remedy for
. drunkenness. The craving of the ine
briate for drink is changed into posi
tive aversion in a day, and after a
treatment of eight or ten days the
patient may be discharged. Even should
the appetite return months afterward,
the first attempt to resume drinking
will produce such painful and nauseat
ing sensations that the person will turn
away from tho liquor in disgust
The fact that the elementary sub
stances now number, according to
chemists, full seventy, shows an in
crease within the hist fifty years of
nearly one-fourth in the number known.
The siz of an atom of oxygon or nitro
gen is said to have a diameter of one
ten-millionth part of a centimeter; they
are supposed to be in a state of con
stant motion, at the rate of seventy
miles a minute, and, to make them
visible, the present highest known
magnifying power of the microscope
would have to be increased nearly a
thousand fold.
HAVE YOU A MOTHER?
If 80, Ho All In Your I'ower to Cliear Her
Declining Vmm
Have you a mother? If so, honor
and love her. If she is aged, do all in
your power to cheer hor declining
years. Her hair may have bleached,
her eyes may have dimmed, her brow
may contain deep and unsightly fur
rows, her cheeks may be sunken; but
you should never forget the holy love
and tender care she hs had for you.
In years gone by she has kissed away
from your cheek the troubled tear; she
has soothed and petted you when all
else appeared against you; she has
watched over and nursed you with a
tender care known only to a mother;
she has sympathized with you in ad
versity; she has been proud of your
success. You may be despised by all
around you, yet that loving mother
stands as an apologist for all your
short-comings. With all that disinter
ested affection, would it not be ungrate
ful In you, if in her declining years
you failed to reciprocate her lovo and
honor her as your best, tried friend ?
We have no respect for a man or woman
who neglects an aged mother. If you
have a mother love hor, and do all in
your power to make hor happy.Chris
tian at Work.
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Bain Wagons, Hacks and Buggies, and All Kinds of Two and
Pour Wheeled Vehicles,
McCormack and Deerlng Binders and Mowers, Oliver Chilled Plows, Carden City
and Mollno Plows, Disc Harrows, Wood and Iron Floating Harrows,
BARBED WIRE. MONITOR SEEDERS AND DRILLS. SINCLE AND DOUBLE HARNESS. 80LE ACENT FOR THE
LIGHTNING HAY PRESS, THE BEST IN THE WORLD.
F. H. ROSCOE,
MUCH THE NEWEST,
Nobbiest and Largest Stock of
CLOT
In the County, is now to be
iB
Co
Of Albany, Oregon,
ggT When you want to "drees up," we would be glad to show you
through and make the right price.
Merchant Tailoring a specialty. Mn. E. A. Sciiekkleb is an expert, and
has charge of this department. We guarantee Batisfaction.
H.J.JONES,
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-AND-
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Dental Parlors
Office: Breyman Bros. Building,
Iff- Hours from 8 A, M. to 6 P.M.
OIV.
Manager.
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TOBACCO & CICARS, .
SMOKERS ARTICLES,
Foreign and Domestic Fruits,
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(war Bad Ulaaiiware,
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