MLLET-PROOF SOLDIERS.
Conditions Whieh Would Neosaal
, tata New Eufilnea of War.
Tlw lunation of Tltvr Dowe Would T4
to Hrlsi Out the Athletic rare of
Mm In litt If rat Into ,
Frmetleol I'm. .
If we are right in our reasoning, anil
if, again, there ia not some latent but
fatal defect in Herr Dowe's system, the
Tesult on warfare will be a very re
markable one. Since the object of war
is to kill "to place hors de combat" is
only a less crude way of putting the
fact new ways of killing infantry and
cavalry will have to be devised. The
chances of hitting men in the face at
long distances with riile tire, says the
London Spectator, will not be good
enough. But the only ways of killing
effectively that will remain open will
be artillery fire, close combat with
boyonet and clubbed rifle preferably
the latter, as the cuirass will malce the
bayonet difficult to use withenVct
and riding men down by cavalry
charges. The first of these, artillery
fire, has hitherto been regarded as of
comparatively little importance in the
matter of killing. It is often declared,
indeed, that the chief effect produced
by the guns is the moral effect. Though
not many are killed, men do not like
to be within range of artillery. Pos
sibly, however, the effect of artillery
fire could be increased. In any case,
and since everything is relative, the
fact of the falling off of efficiency in
rille fire must increase the importance
of artillery fire.
It is obvious, however, that the chief
effect of bullet-proof soldiers on the
circumstances of a battle would be to
increase enormously the u'ji ,u:;t of
hand-to-hand fighting. Hut itaud-to-hand
fighting means an adrr.niu to
the strongest and most athletic turce.
Now it will be seen from the bare enu
meration of the changes which seem
likely to follow bullet-proof soldiers
that a great advantage will be given to
England. Bullet-proof cuira-Kta will
give an advantage to the naticn which
can only bring a small number of troops
into the field. But that nation is V.r.g
land. It will increase the importance
of artillery. But this should be in
favor of England, for though we have
not the conscription, and so cannot get
men in large quantities, we can mumi
facture as many guns as we choose.
Next, the revival of close' combat
ought to be in our favor, for English
men are certainly better at the rough-and-tumble
of close fighting than their
neighbors. The infantry are naturally
more handy and more athletic, and the
cavalry are, if not theoretically bet
ter riders, more capable horsemen. An
- Englishman is more likely to get his
horse to do the impossible than a
Frenchman or a Herman. If, then,
Herr Dowe's invention enters the
region of practical warfare, the change
will be in England's favor. It will
give us a chance to escape ' being
pressed to the ground by hostile mil
lions. In the navy, no less than in the army;
the cuirass should be of enormons im
portance. During a sea fight a great
many things will want doing under a
storm of rifle fire, but will hardly be
done except dn one of Herr Dowe's
jackets. A few bullet-proof sailors
would be a godsend to a captain when
he was fighting his ship against heavy
odds. In the field, too, the cuirass
would be of great use to artillerymen.
Since they do not have to march, but
either ride or sit on the gun carriages,
there is no reason why the gunuers
should not be very elaborately pre
tected by means of Herr Dowe's patent
material But if they are they will be
able to work their guns iu the open and
at close quarters in a way whieh is now
often impossible owing to tie fire of
sharpshooters. In truth, there are a
hundred point on which the bullet,
proof clothing alters ull the conditions
of war. It will aller, too, some of the
conditions of civil life. Insurrection
against invulnerable men will become
even more impossible than it is. now.
Again, the result on small bodies of
men traveling in savage eounticj will
be very marked. When the cavage
cannot wound his white foe. even men
so brave as the Aiatabeles will find re
sistance hopeless. .
Possibly, however, all we have writ
ten is destined to be quite beside the
mark, not becau:;e of any ilaw 1-j Herr
J)owe's system, but for a to:ally di;7or
ent reason. Suppose that t jo gun
smiths retaliate on Herr Dcwo bj r.'.::!i
itig a gun that will send a bv.iljt
through hi.-: cuirass? In that e:'.v', i-.i j
present conditions will remain. We
do not say that they will, b;ti un !-.-tY.-edly
they will try. Meanwhile, i'.Il .-.c
can say is that, in the great du.-l be
tween attack and defense, tho l.i ttor,
after lyioj hopelessly beaten f-r two
.centuries, has revived, er,1 a;)j:oi;r?; to
have givon her .antagonist a heavy
blow. Time will show whether ve
have to wait fifty yeart or only six
months for counter-stroke '
NOT THE RIGHT TICKET,
Tho Hot from Far Awtv7 f.'hljan Didn't
X!eiittve la Bopis '
A lios A jurcles lady wu;i recently en
gaged in drilling a newlyenirajcd Chi
nese fcoy ir. answering the door.
"Kow, fcin'j," she said, when the
door bell rint'.;.;, you go to the tlw hold
out tuis salvor, man put card on. Vou
briiig cf.r J to me'. You saveo?'' . .
"Yes, me chibbee," replied Blny. t
So a. rehearsal -was g';;ie through.
The Angeles lady rang her own door
bell, ijing opened the tk'rr, re'.'eivl
her cur l, in jected it closely, Una f al
lowed her into the parlor urd r-r.'sen ed
her wilii the c:rd. While thi.i vuw j-o-iutf
on the door boll rung r.a'n. fcir.f?
went Ui ilte deer. . Agesilemui tvai
there, who handed his surd to the !
itor. iiin? , looked at'lt closely anil
grinned.
"You no come in." '
The vUitor indignantly demanded
e st. . -
"I ihiibbee you," said King; "you no
look- no. You no got right ticket.
Xoconie in." , ijV
SOME ODDITIES IN ETIQUETTE.
What U ttowilitril f roper jul Iftnaropor
In IHU'twnt CountrtM.
In II jl lurid a lady is expected to re
tire precipitately if she should enter a
f .tore or restaurant where men are con
gregated. She wails until they have
lrui.Micled their business and departed.
Ladies seldom rise in Spain to receive
ti male visitor, and they rarely accom
pany him to the door. For a Spaniard
to give a lady even his wife his arm
while out wulkiug is looked upon as a
violation of propriety.
No Turk will ever enter a sitting
room with dirty shoes. The upper
classes wear tight-fitting shoes with
goloshes over them. The latter, which
receive all the dirt and dust, are left
outside the door. The Turk never
washes in dirty water. Water is
poured over his hands, so that when
polluted it runs away,
In Syria the people never take off
their hats or turbans when entering
the house or visiting a friend, but they
always leave their shoes at the door.
There are no mats or acrapera outside,
and the floors inside are covered with
expensive rugs, kept very clean in
Moslem houses and used to kneel upon
while praying. i
In Persia among the aristocracy a
visitor sends notice an hour or two be
fore calling, and gives a day's notice If
the visit is one of great importance.
He is met by servants before he reaches
the house, and other considerations are
shown him, according to relative rank.
The left and not the right is consid
ered the position of honor. .
In Sweden, if you address the poor
est person on the street, you must lift
your hat The same courtesy is insist
ed upon if you pass a lady on the stair
way. To enter a reading room or a
bank with one's hat on Is regarded as
impolite.
JOINTS AND CARTILAGE.
One of tho Woniton of Nstaro Is the
Humnn Body.
Why do joints work so easily and
never give us any pain? In a fresh
joint its appearance in life can bo
readily studied. In the ball and socket,
joint, says the London Hospital, the
round end of the bone, as well as the
cup, are covered or lined with a smooth
substance called "cartilage," or "gris
tie" kept moist and smooth with
synovia. Cartilage contains no nerves,
and has no feeling; if it had, we
snould have pain when we moved.
The bones are kept in place
r,t the joints by very strong
bands or ligaments, in hinge, joints a
number of these bands are fastened
above and below, but in ball and socket
jsints they aha surround the joint,
forming a cap, in which the joint
moves freely. In disease this smooth
cartilage gets worn away, and the ends
of bone rub together like those of a
skeleton; the pain is great, because
the bones have nerves, though the car
tilage has none. A bone without car
tilage is like a decayed tooth with an
exposed nerve. In a healthy tooth the
nerve is well covered, and gives no
pniu. and in a healthy bone the nerves
tre there, but tney are only felt when
the cartilage is worn away.
' The (iuod Tuat Remains.
Ilow many are there who are valu
ing themselves by what they have, and
not by what they are! What they may
have be talent, or money, or position;
it matters not what, but It is not their
very selves. True worth cannot be
separated from a man's real self.
Mono". position, even tntelleot, may
go; but -the sterling, 1. e., the moral,
worth -will remain. A sultan of Mo
rocco is said to have discovered that
one of his viziers was becoming too
powerful. He therefore summoned
him to tea, and complimented him on
his great wealth. The vizier becoming
vain, boasted of the number of his
houses, wives and slaves, and the
sultan rebuked him saying that he
was too rich.' To show the man exact
ly what he was worth, his majesty had
him taken by the soldiers to the slave
market, where he was put up for sale
and received only one bid of eight-
pence. All his property was also taken
from him. The price whieh we put
upon ourselves and our fellow men put
upon us are two very different things.
Death by Electricity.
The Digest gives an account of some
experiments on the effect of alternat
ing electric currents on animal organ'
isms, described in a paper read before
a recent medical congress at Borne, It
aly, and which corroborate the views
of D'Asonval, referred to recently. The
current used was an alternating one,
and it was found that animals sub
jected to from fifteen hundred to two
thousand volts were not easily killed,
and that death resulted mostly from
asphyxia caused by the sudden stop
page 01 respiration, FrMuently breath-
ing started again spontaneously, and
the animal recovered completely. In
no case was there any physiological
change noted, though in a few there
were mechanical lesions, in themselves
cause for death. This further confirm
ation of D'Arsonval's formula, "A man
shocked by electricity should be treat
ed as if drowned," renders It still more
important that the electrician should
make himself acquainted with the prop
er means of resuscitation from the ef
feet of electric shock.
4 Momentous Proooodlnf.
in ur. Montague's "Tales of
Nomad" he says that in the old days
the Boer seldom used his pen, but
when be did were was a regular com'
motion in the house. "Hush. Be quiet
all of you. Drive out the ducks and
the geese, and the pigs and the fowls.
Father is going to write his name.'''
And then the old gentleman, with el
bows squared on the table, would
seize the pen with a flourish, and put
ting on a determined look, as if he
were going to tackle an adversary,
would bend down his head until it
nearly touched his left arm, write bis
name with many a splutter, and then.
throwing down the pen and pushing
the chair, would look round with an
air of mingled pride and resignation
ana say:, "t nave none It. .-
AMERICAN LUMBER ABROAD.
It It told s Bvorr Ooannr-Kopora tn
United SMee Consult,
One of the most valuable publica
tions ever issued from the state depart
ment has appeared. It consists of re
ports from American consuls through
out the world regarding United States
lumber in foreign markets. While in
tended primarily for the advantuge of
American lumber producers and ship
pers, the information is of unusual gen
eral interest, according to the Hartford
Times. The remarkable fact Is shown
that the United States sends Inciter to
every country on the globe, and that,
while in many lands the market 1b vir
tually controlled by the shippers of
this country, there are still great pos
sibilities of increased sales.
It is astonishing to learn that nearly
all the building lumber imported by
Africa comes from the United States;
that Japan buys it, and that no other
lumber enters South American ports.
In Samoa four cents a foot is ;paid for
rough Oregon pine and Cnltf ornia red
wood. Hawaii, by letting American
'umber in free of duty and charging
ten per cent duty on Canadian lumber
irtually prohibits the importation of
the latter. Consul Mills, of Honolulu,
reports that all the timber used there
comes from the United States. Even
the island of New Caledonia prefers
pine from Washington, and pays about
twenty dollars for fifty-three cubic
feet AU the 'lumber used iu Madeira
comes from Maine, North Carolina and
Nova Scotia; while Mexico and the
West Indies rely wholly upon the
I'nited States. Australia buys a mil
lion dollars' worth every year, and
would take as much more if it could be
bought readily.
The great difficulty appears to be In
procuring the transport of the Ameri
can wood. Little is carried by Amer
ican ships. The principal rivals of this
country in the world's lumber trade
are Canada and Norway, except in
England, where Russia and Germany
are competitors, and in Austria, which
is supplied by countries on the Medi
terranean. Austria, however, gets her
staves from the United Mates, oh do
most of the other nations of Europe.
More lumber from the United States
than from Canada is used In llreat
Britain. Nearly all the spools :iro made
of white birch of Maine. Even Oregon
timber reaches England. One patriotic
consul protests against selling Ameri
can lumber in foreign countries, be
cause it may ruin tho forests of the
l.'nited States. It appears from mo.it
consular reports that comparatively
frw of 'the countries have wooden
houses on account of tho great expense
uf lumber, and that transportation fa
cilities alone prevent the substitution
of wood for stone and similar materi
als. This is generally the case in trop
ical countries, where the woods are too
hard to be profitably used for ordinary
construction. From a business point
of view it is shown that the American
export lumber trade is still in its Infan
cy, though American timber is probably
more widely known than any other
product of this country.
OLD SOL KNOCKED OUT.'
the Photographer list No Longer Any
Howl for Ills fierrlrei.
Old Sol has long been unnecessary in
the taking of photographs.
Up to the present time, however, he
has probably exulted in thinking that
his uncertain services must be had to
print the photograph.
Hut again the old chap has been
given the go-by, says the New York
Advertiser, and he is not now a neces
sity at any stage of the (feme. He may
Milk and hide his face or pop it out
lrom behind the clouds momentarily
as much as he pleases, but with pho
tographers he no longer "cuts any
ism."
Electricity has scored a victory over
the old chap, and it is practically a
knock-out in this particular line.
Before pictures have lieen token in
the daytime by the aid of electric light
and at night by flash light, but to get
a proof printed one had to wait until
the next afternoon anyhow and some
times longer, all according to (lid Sol's
humor.
Now one can go to his photographer
providing that gentleman has the
proper apparatus at any time, even at
midnight, and sit for his photograph.
Not only that, if he is willing io wait
half an hour he may receive a nice, soft
print from the negative.
The apparatus consists of an ordina
ry camera, a forty-five hundred eandb
power are light for tho taking, a (.1::
thousand candle power arc light for
the printing.
Instead of sitting in the open room
the subject sits in a sort of canopy, the
sides and top being white and at the
back the ordinary background.
Instead of having the light shine di
rectly on the subject it shines away
and is reflected softly baek from the
white sides.
Watches were held for the test, and
a six-second exposure was made. The
plate was then developed ni:d dried
quickly, coming out good and clear. It
was then taken to the printi.-i;; i'.:o:;i,,
and after ten minutes undor tlie m;lu
cneeof the powerful arc li.-rlit tin: pa-p-;r
and negative were taken from the
box. The print was remarkably soft,
clear and accurate.
All the time taken from the snap of
the camera until the print war, finished
was thirty-two minutes, and "ordinary
materials only wcro used. ."
This relegates Old Sol to the rear a
back number as a potographer's assistant.
Kvjrope'i VahealthT cities.
The most unhealthy city in Europe,
according to utalkliw rcumCiy isaueii,
is Barcelona, Spain, o.ic of the loveli
est places In that part of the continent.
One who lives in Barcelona increaurs
considerably his chances of (bath. Of
every 1,000 persons, there die iu Edin
burgh annually Itl; in London, 20; in
Stockholm, SI; in Erussels, la Ber
lin and .Paris, S3, and in Barcelona, 31.
The number of deaths there in every
VOU) i-'toplo ot the present tlme exeeeds
'the number of births,
STATE AND COAST.
trottlniir-ilfrnin KIM T.ijtv.)
Mint of the wheat throughout
Qillluiii county turn been , Ihreshod,
mid the yield Is enormous, Mug from
one-tlilril Inone-lmir greater I hull was
.iiitloipulnl. "It will take almost a
year," snys Ihe Condon CHolw, "for
our farmers to haul (heir wheat to the
railroad." !.-.
The grand Jury at Astoria discharged
Henry Pitts, the young negro, who
married a white girl and was brought
b;uk from Taeonia with such a flourish
ot sensation. The Budget says the
ohlef offender Is Burton, the girl's
father, who should be punished for
being an Idiot.
The Salem bridge seems to need'
repairing, and the eonfl'ot Is on as to
how much, If any, Polk county should
bear of the expense. The D.illua Ob
erve deprecates "codfish economy, "
whatever that Is, on Pulk county's
part.
About a year ago the Southern Pao
lllo dispensed with the baggage men
on the local trains, a. d the express
messengers have been doing double
duly. It is now reported they will do
the same on the overland trains, In
which ease nineuieti lietweeu Portland
and San Froucisuu w ill ho laid oil'. '
Several farmers lit the vicinity
ofHilvertnn are now making prepara
tions to cut the second crop of clover
this seanoti. Clover Is a pnilltublc
crop. From tho llrst culling It yiefds
a heavy crop of llrst class hay, and
from the second growth from loo to
300 pounds seed per acre cull he pro
cured, which aelli pfldlly ut from 10 to
16 cents per pound.
The Corvallls papers says that the
lieople of Albany "haw tried to shield
the fair name of the city us a peewnule
community by concealing a crime of
murder behind the verdict of a cor
oner's jury," referring to the suicide
of E. H. Burnham, whioh they Insist
was a cold blooded murder.
Several months ago Fred Hess, a
blaoktn'lth, was taken to tho insane
aiylum from Albany. He gradually
grew worse, and became bo wild and
unmanageable as to require his being
pluued iu a stniightjacket, in which he
was kept live mouths. Lost week he
d ed. Strong drink had played an
important part III his downfall.
Kvery body likes the new P Mat
Corvallls, but the uewaiiapem can't
help giving hlru a lluk because he Is
not handsome. The Pendletan E 0
hutches the following: With Bob
Johnson as postmaster of Corvallls
the people of the town will run some
risk in determining whether they are
standing before the delivery wlddow
or Hob Johoston's mouth. Bob has a
big mouth and along wltb it a great
big heart and a generous soul.
A few days ago a young man asked
to inspect the Interior of the Jail at
Jregon City. The sheriff granted him
the palvllege, and when he was ready
to go asked him If his name was not
Btnwell. The young man replied In
the affirmative, and the sheriff there,
upon informed him that he hud been
looking for him two days, ami that he
was wanted in Jackson county. He
then turm-d the key on tho young
man und left him to Inspect the Jail
to his heart's content.
A correspondent of the Cmvullis
Times in Portland met Messrs. Stone
4 Bonner, who Inspected the 0. P.
with a view to purchase last week. To
him they said they were surprised to
find tho road In us good condition and
the prospects ,ts favorable for n future
successful business as It Is. There are
only three men in the synrllcute and
the correspondent learned thut either
of the three was uIoik: able lo purchase
and extend the road beyond the moun
tains. Thoy already own a line iu
Montana.
The Dallas Observer has a funny
bear story. One day last week It says
while drilling in a field near Alrllc,
Asa Htaats saw a small black beur
mid wllh Asa to see was to have. So
he immediately gave chase, and with
the aid of Tom Gross and Jup liagley,
soon ran bruin down. Asa held his
mouth, Tun his hind legs anil Jap his
fore legs, and Grandma Blaats tied
him. He was placed in it box for safe
keeping, but shortly afteward they
found him choked to death by the rope
which hud been used iu tying him.
The bear weighed nbo.it 00 poiiuds.
$ioo Reward, 8ioo.
The readcrwol this paier will be pleased to
learn that there Is at least one dreaded din
two that science has been able to cure hi
all Us stages, and that is Catarrh. Hall's
I'alnrrll Curo Is the only positive cure
known lo the medical fraternity. Catarrh
being a constitutional disease, rerpiires a
constitutional treatment, Hull's Catarrh
Care Is taken internally, acting directly on
the blood and mucous -surface of the sys
tem, thereby destroying the foundation of
the ihweitw, anil giving the patient strength
by building up the comlitulion and assist
ing so much faith in Its curative powers,
that tiiey oiler One Hundred Hollars for
any caan that It mils to cure. .Send for list
of. testimonials. Address:
.P.J. Chihiky Co,, Toledo, 0,
ffiCSold by Briuflrlst,7l5c.
Dr. Price's Cream Baking Powder
" World's Fair HigawtMwIiltnil WploDM.
1854.
Santa Academy
l
Fall Term Commences. September 24th.
Normal, College, Preparatory,
Business, Primary and
- Music Courses.
Circular Containing Full Information regarding
Tuit'on, Courses of Study, Text-Books, Etc., Cheer
fully Mailed on Application.
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rvlny, lupous ami all station Iroin Uoi
burg to Anlilnml liirUmive.
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to nil Through Truing.
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THRODf-H TICKETS T,"11 iiTe
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ada and iSiiroimcan bo oMainod at. lowest,
roresfrnii I, A. IWim'tt, njjout, Lebanon.
E. P. 1.0GMI8. Ami. (i, K. I'ans, Agt
mi cam oaumg I'owuer