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of MARLBOROUGH. , OP«» Or»o» eed Writes *■ Xetervlew. HAVE just tsnni- nsted * pleasant call upon the Duke ot Marbro at hl* lodging* I writ* his name Marbro because that is th* way wo pronounce it here at Newport In the language of my ootenaibly col ored friend, Mr. Rankin, tbe ama teur pronouneer call h Marl-bor-ougb, with while in fact Marbro, net pronunciation of tbe name, ■tad with but one grunt I told . goown tbe Marbroe in Maine over ras a boy, that we didn’t feel above and 11 would l«e a poor time to be at my time of life to look down on oat becatwe I now wrote pieces for umnjfof which were afterward We always thought that the Mar- Marlborough«, of Maine, got their gm burrowing in tbe marl along the luia, I «sU- I chattered on with him for an hour sitbout aeemutg to chirk him up at ■ke " said I at last, “I know what ar 'must 1» with you—you are so- rocised. I knew it as soon as I came room. You cannot disguiee it from 9 are suffering from social ostracism breaking you down. The social de- wie by America upon an imported ack do not give said wreck time to ssls and obtain a neenwary amount 1 suppose there is nowhere in tbe climate that is so trying on a person Hering (rom sOcial ostracism as that live land.. fw btber climes they give outcast rest, buf here he gets abeo- mt whatever.” pause ensued here,'during which I r Marbro’s reason tottering on ito After waiting three-quarters of an my watch, and failing to see that rk bad shed even a ray of sunshine, stabile all wu gloom and chaos, I my address and told him that it, in _■», he ever derived any beneficial from tlie shove joke, I would be glad bint communicate with me. And> I wets to die before be could truly t be had been benefited by this joke ,ppied with its keen, incisive nub, my nldren would be ticklpd almost to > know that be bad taken it to pieces ; it together again and found out bow built and laughed at its ingenious iversed with the duke for some time the way his visit to Newport had de- tbe price of real estate, and offered * freedom of New York, hoping that i depress the pripe of real estate there I could buy some. KTZ TIMIXO TH* DUX*. ," Mid I, assuming an air of perfect as I flung myself on a low couch in way as to give a faint view of my new :b, "you will find it different in New Social ostracism there will not ma ty affect tho price of real estate In the borbood of the postotBce. In fact, ro," laid I, regarding him earnestly for neat through the bottom of a cut gloss ler, “there is not enough English social tism in New York to supply tho de- . Come to our young and thriving .town that is rich in resources and ties; a town that threatens to rival a as a railroad center; a town where a I 0. deal has been a common oocur- i tor ever a year; a town where you can on the elevated trains and get yourself ted in the iron gate by the guard or go to Wall street and get pinched by the ‘ore; a town where a man like Henry 8. an buy about $7,000,000 worth of stuff e can't pay for, while a poor man who ito a general store to buy a pair of ear is followed up by a private detective ir ho may run his Anger into the mo- barrel and then lick it ayruptitiously. son, duke,” said I, growing more talk- si tho fumes of his452 liquor rose to rprised and delighted brains; “come on w York and mix up with us and get on ■ways. you will give us a whirl, duke.” said I, ing an umbrella from tbe decorated in the hall and coming back to where II sat, “you will be pleased and gratified is, and if you can s;>ans time to come tod »eo nte personally I would try to lie dial and chatty as you have been with No man ever entertained me as you or sat and exnmined me through the «1 ot an old microscope for two hours, forgotten again by me. Marbro, if you ome to New York we will go and visit tdy'itomb that you may desiguato.” on let myself out of the house with an table pass key and hastened away, ly after I got back to my own lodgings, times callrnl a seven and one-eighth , a lackey from the duke, wearing a 'colored livery, handed me a note from ro in which he said he hoped that in I uwd this interview for publication I I be careful to give his exact lauguage. nv poor, weak way, I think I have done few York World. °“®»» or people at this season are not , • dinner at which there is turkey U»y get.the delicacy of the bird, which mg. ’ some hotels' cranberry sauce and ry red ink there it very little differ- anti slang diner, may well My to i r- ‘What are you giving usl" “hington correspondent would have pumpkin is the almost invariable • « thi. season at a White House din- “ tru°. would indicate the "«ter- of things," at less* In one dlreo- WHAT THEY WEA», Whtta lambY wool trims silver gray suits prettily for young girls and children. Flowen are revived for ball drsss garni ture., but they ar. so ngsmted u to bl dk vmted of all rtiffnma Bleached beaver ssts are worn with light dremy cloth suit«. In pale shade, of drab, tan, gray and Sobelin blue. Floss dotted tulles, sometime. Invoiced “mow flak.," are among the latest noveltie. tor holiday ball gowna Dressy bonnet, are mad. of whit, cloth with Turkish embroidery of gold, the cloth being employed aa the «oft crown, with dark velvet edging the front Th. silk called peau de sole, which cam. into such high favor this winter, it identical with th. old poult de .ole, or padusoy, of our grandmothers aud great grandmothers. An exquisite gown for the bride of a silver wedding is composed of silver gray moire an tique of high lustre, combined with panel., corsage and paremeute of black velvet, trimmed with black lace and jet passemen terie and rain fringe. A lovely gown prepared foe a Christmas party is of old roe. peau de sole, bordered and paneled with jewels, topaz and garnets in gold net setting, a quarter of a yard deop around the bottom of the skirt *od with Hie entire waistcoat and guimpe of the Mme jeweled net The rose leaf ball dree, for debutante, i. of tulle, with all the draperies of skirt and bodice edgod with the tremulous petab of the flower of the V. B. Nary. The whole drees is as light as a Mather, being .mounted on tulle over net, and 'tbeee over fine mul mus lin over light lining silk. Tho loveliest evening dress for a tall and handsome brunette it one made of .hot silk, the colors changing from orange to pale lemon aud pink. Over thb b a drapery of amber dotted tulle, looped with agraffes of amber aud piu^ crystal beads, and rain fringes falling over cascade of lace. TAKE CARE OF YOUR EARS. Never put anything into tbe ear for tbe relief ot toothache. Never attempt to apply a poultice to the inside of tho canal of too ear. Nover drop anything into tho ear unless it has been previously warmed. Never use anything but a syylnge and worm water tor clearing the ears from pus. Novar strlko or box a child's cor; this has been known to rupture the drum and cause incurable deafness. Never wet thb hair if you have any tenden cy to deafness; wear an oiled silk cap when bathing and refrain from diving. Never scratch the oars with anything but the finger if they itch. Db not use the head of a pin, hair pins, pencil tip*, or anything of that nature. Never put milk, fat, or any oily substance into tbe ear for the relief of pain, for they soon become rancid and tend to incite in flammation. Simple warm water will answer tho purpose better than anything else. Never be alarmed if a living insoct enters tbe ear. Pouring warm water into tie canal will drown it, when it will generally come to the surface and can be easily removed by the fingers. A few puffs of smoke blown into tbe ear will stupefy the insect. Never meddle with the ear if a foreign body, such as a bead, button, or seed enters it; leave it absolutely alone, but have a physician attend To it. Moro damage has been done by injudicious attempts at the ex traction of a foreign body than could ever come from its presence in the oar.— Health and Home. THE LATEST IN JEWELS. Jewelry in autumn leaf tints, produced by gold, silver, platinum, copper, etc., is both new and startling. For mourning jewelry black onyx, black enamel and English crape stone follow the fashions of gayer gems. Among the most artistic of holiday gifts are those of silver and stained ivory, etched in a continuous pattern. Other sprays of enamel in natural colors, bedewed with diamonds, are the favorite gar niture for evening toilets. In flower pins, a single blossom upon a big leaf enameled in the natural color, is the most attractive new fancy. Silver rings are seen in quantity upon men’s Angers, but whether in imitation of the English exquisite or the plantation negro, deponent saith not. Vinaigrettes of gold or silver are now made small enough to fit in the palm beneath the glove—and enriched with the hawthorns pattern in repousse. Link sleevebuttons show sometimes a Chi nese god at one end, a Wig at the other, or else an old coin, balancing a chop stick, or even may be a snake offsetting a flower. If studs are worn, three is the correct num ber—and they must be fine, but inconspicu ous; pearls, small diamonds and rubies all are worn—but plain gold still has the call. 2CURIOUS THINGS OF LIFE. A farmer of Saline county, Illa, lost a elf a long time ago, and recently, in drain ing a piece of swamp land on hi. farm, he discovered the animal’, body lying under water and completely petrified. Thi. is im portant, if true. Floyd Tuft», of Weetmore, Vt, is but 7 years old and weigh, only 115 poWids, but he is able to ehoulder two bushel, of corn with ease, and to lift hi. graudfather, whose weight is 175 pounds, from the floor without exerting himself. A Butte, M. T., man left home the other day to catch a train, but missed it and wai greeted by a bullet from a revolver in the hands of his wife when he returned. She had mistaken him for a burglar. He had a narrow escape, for the bullet passed through his hat Among the uncertain crops the potato crop stand* prominent So think. Minot Steven son, of East Kent, Conn., who planted two half-acre lota with potatoes From one he dug 150 bushels; not one decayed. From the other, which was near by and which bad the same care, hi* crop wa. If teen buahela A SOLEMN AFFAIR. MINNEHAHA FALLS. Aeeowat eT * State Dinaer Given by Prasl- deal Washington. Aa Bto*BoB BaMpusta at Mleeeeeta’a Meet Fietttresqua ticwiie. Times change and dinners change with them, ns was seen by comparing the account* of President Cleve land's last Hate dinner with one given by President Wtmhington. I have copied it from the manuscript diary kept by William Maclay. a Senator from the 8tate of Pennsylvania in the First Federal Congress. He was the original “objector." and he made him self very djtsgreeable to -President Washington and his supporters. On* day after Washington had met the Senate, he eays; “I wss called out hy the doorkeeper to speak to Colonel Humphrey*. It was to invite me to dinner with the President on Thursday next at four o'clock. I really was sur prised at the invitation. It will be my duty to go; however, I will make no Inferences whatever. I am convinced all tbe dinner* he esn now give, or ever could, will make no d Heretic* in my conduct." Then we have hi* ac count of the dinner: “The President and Mrs. Washing ton sat opposite each other in the mid dle of tlie table; the two secretaries, one at each end. It was a great din ner, and the best of the kind ever I wits at. First was soup; fish, roasted and boiled; meats, gammon, fowls, etc; The middle of the tablo was garnished in the usual tasty way with small itnagos, artificial flowers, etc. The d ssert was, first, apple pies, puddings, etc.; then iced creams, jellies, etc.; then watermelons, muskmelons, ap ples, peaches, nut*. It was the most solemn dinner ever I sat. nt Not an health drunk, scarce a word Baid until tho cloth was taken away. Then th« President, Inking a glass of wine with great formality, drank to the health of ..every individual] by name round the tabic. Every body imitated him, charged glasses and such a buzz of 'health, sir,'and ‘health, madam,''and •thank you, sir,’ and thank you, madam.’ never had I heard before. Indeed. I had like to have been thrown out in" the hurry; but I got a little wine in my glass and passed the ceremony.” Mr. Maclay goes on to tell us that "the Indies sat a good while and ■ the bottles passed alanit, but there was a doad silence almost. Mrs. Washington at last withdrew with the ladies. I expected the men would now begin, but tho same stillnes remained. The Presi dent told of a New England clergyman who hod lost a hat and wig in passing a river called tho Brunks. H t smiled, and evory body laughed. He now an<J then said a sentence or two on some common subject, and what he said was not amiss. There was a Mr. Smith who mentioned how Hornet de scribed 2Eneas as leaving his wife and carrying his father out ot flaming -Troy. He had heard somebody (I sup pose) witty on the occasion; but if be had ever r«ad it. he would have said Virgil. [ft does not appear that Washington, Adams, Jay, or any other of the magnates^present, detect ed the blunder. ] Thi President kopt a fork in his hand when the cloth was taken awav. I thought for tho pttr- -posn of | Icking nuts. H« ate no nuts, but played with the fork, striking on the edge of tho tablo with it Wo did not sit long after the ladies retired. The President rose, went upstairs to drink coffeo. the company followed. I took niy hat and came home. — Ben: Perley Poore, in Boston Budget. --- .*,«»»•" — i • . _ An Up-and-Up-Man. Travelers visiting the Falls of Min nehaha will do well not to expect to see too much. The waterfall is in no rcspeet gigantic or imposing. There are in many parts of the world others which fully equal It in their attrac tions. As a matter of fact, it is cer tain that the Minnehaha would never have attained to any thing like its present fame had not Longfellow brought it so prominently Into notion by naming after it the bride of his hero in the "Song of Hiawatha," wherein he speak* of the "dark-eyed daughter of the ancient arrow-maker," who B’ Wayward as the Minnehaha, With her mood of shut, and sunshine. Eyes that smiled and frowned alternate. Feel m rapid *■ the river, Tresses flowing like the water. And m musical m leeghter. Nevertheless we do not for a moment wish to deny that Minnehaha is an ex ceedingly beautiful and picturesque waterfalL <5n the contrary, we assert that it is so. The stream, on arriving at the edge of the overhanging preci pice, throws itself ovor it in a broad unbroken sheet, which, after falling some sixty feet or more in * graceful curve, reaches a circular pool below, the sides of which are kept perpetually wet by the steamy spray that is for ever rising from beneath the falling water. After dashing itself into this pool, the water glides rapidly away along a narrow channel, occupying the bot tom of the valley and closely hidden by a dense growth of bushes and small trees laughing and chuckling to itself, as though pleased with the graceful feat it lias just performed. A se cluded pathway runs for a mile or so along the bank of tho little stream, through tho thick brushwood, until it suddenly reaches the bunk of the broad, saw-dusty river, hastening rapidly on ward towards its far-distant ocean home, over two thousand two hundred milos aivay in the Gulf of Mexico. From this spot the visitor must return to the falls, as no path can be made along the foot of the nearly perpen dicular bank, forniod of a fine white sand,“which rises almost straight from tho water's edge. But the Minnehaha well deserves another visit. Ils dif ferent aspects are too manv to be all taken In at one glance. O to of its most notable peculiarities lies in the fact that visitors may walk right-round beneath it, front one side to the other, < bv a passage which is, we believu, partly natural and partly artificial. It gives a strange sensation to walk the length of this passage, with a solid wall of limestone rock on tho one hand and a torrent of falling water within arm’s distance on the other, pouring down with thunderous noise into a poo) sonto thirty feet below. Certainly the waterfall has about it-much that is calculated to fascinate and charm the beholder. It is impossible to enter tain any but pleasant thought* As one sees the Minnehaha Gleaming, glancing, through the branches. As one hears the laughing water From behind Its soreen ot branohes. But Minnehaha is not always thus. At times when the ice-king ¡tas laid his grasp with unusual severity upon the fair face of nature, he builds the Maiden-Spjrit of tho Falls a splendid palace of ice, of which the noble hall is floored, curtained, columned, arched and walled witbice. Chaste stalactites of ice are hnng within, and without the massive walls and roofs are added t< and thickened till the whole forms a huge dome of ice, which has been A gray-haire<l old man and a yonng fancifully called "the ice-wigwam , of woman, walking handin hand, passed Minnehaha" In this, so says the a policeman on Jefferson avenue a day legend of the red man. Minnehaha or two ago, but had not gone thirty sings the long cold winter through. At feet before the man halted and re the time of our visit, however, it is al most needless to say that the maiden traced his steps and snid: wore her summe r garb. — Good Words. "Mister, we are married." “WellP” “Here’s the certificate.” —•‘Wai, Mandy, I’ve got’home alive, “That’s all right” an’ who do you think I see in townf “Married in Toledo yesterday, and She as was Ann Jane Doolittle—Miss there wore two witnesses.” Macajah Jenkins, sn’, poor thing, you “I didn’t question it did IP” orter seen her.” “Foor! why, she’s “No. but I’m an up-and-up man. jest rollin’ in riches!” “Wai, Mandy, Fm sixty-two and she's nineteen. you wouldn’t believe it, but she didn't She's my third. We look and aot know tne-Ane as sot next to her soft, and I don’t want any body to through all thé winter schoolin'; and think we’ve eloped.” rid down hill with her on a bob hun “You sre all right" dreds o' times.” “The mean, stuek- “I hope so. H 'ar any body saying up thing. Course sho knowed yo.” any thing just tell ’em you’ve seen "Why. Mandy, she’s as blind ss a bat; the certificate. Please remember: she’s led round the streets by a little I'm sixty-two—she’s nineteen—mar dog. How'd you like to be her, Man ried in Toledo yesterday—two wit dy Christian Advocate. _ nesses—third wife—troth supposed to —Madame-unexpectedly enters the hare softening of the brain.”— Detroit larder, where she detects Baptiste, the Free Press. footman, in the act of drinking Char • —A seventeen-mile levee, a much- treuse liqueur. Both stare at each need ei iuiprovemeii', is to be built other in open-mouthed astonishment shortly between the towns of Hickman At length madame breaks silence and and Tiptonville. Tenn. By it 38.000 says in a tone of severity: "Really, acres of fine farming land in Kentucky Baptiste, I am surprised.” Baptiste and 15.000 acre* in Tennessee will bi> (in a tone of exasperation)—"And so protected from the spring overflows. am L Why, I thought madame had gone out!”— Le Masque de Fer. It will cost >140.000 _______ —- mow , nere is something you’ll —A citizen of Cincinnati went off to like," said the manager of the tile Europe and left four gas-jets blazing works, as he was showing some ladies away in his house for four months. the process of manufacture: “Texts ot He ha* offered the gas company $800,- Scripture on tile* for mantel ornament 000 to settle the bill, but they want an ation." “Oh,” replied Mrs. Fangle. even million, and he will probably have “I've often heard of textile manufact to pay it—Detroit Free Preet. ures, but I never saw them before.” »• SOtENOE-AND INDUSTRY. Their Tartose latereeSs May Frepee- . ly Be Veaaldere* IdeallMl Far be it from me to depreciate the value of the gift* of science to practical life, or to cast a doubt upon the pro priety of the course of action of those who follow science in the hope of find ing wealth alongside truth, or even wealth alone. Such a profession i* as respectable a* any other. And quite a* little do I desire to ignore the fast that if industry owes a heavy debt to science, it he* largely repaid the loan by the important aid which it has. in Ito turn, rendered to the advance ment of scienoe. In considering the oausee which hindered the progress of physical knowledge in the school* of Athens and Alexandria, it ha* often struck me that where the Greek* did wonder* was it in just those branohee ot science, each a* geometer;, astron omy and anatomy, which are suscepti ble of very considerable development without any, or any but tbe simplest, appliances. It is a curious speculation to think what would have become of modern physical science if glass and aloohol had not been easily obtainable; and if the gradual perfection of me chanical skill for industrial ends had not enabled investigators to obtain, at comparatively little coat, micro scopes, telescopes and all the exquisitely delipate apparatus for determining weight and meas ure, and for estimating the lapse of time with exactness, which they now command. If scienoe has ren dered the colossal development of mod ern industry possible, beyond a doubt industry has done no less for modern physics and chemistry, and for a great deal of modern biology. And as tha captain* of industry have, at last, be gun to be aware of the condition* of success in that warfare, under the forms of peace, which is known a* in dustrial competition, lies in the di*- i cipline of troops and in the use of’ arms of precision, just as much a* it does in the warfare which is called war, their demand for that discipline, which is technical education, is react ing upon scienoe in a manner which will, assuredly, stimulate ito future growth to an incalculable extent It has become obvious that the interest* of science and of industry are iden tical; that scienoe can not make a step forward without sooner or later, open ing up new channels for industry; and, on the other hand, that every advance of industry facilitates those experi mental investigation* upon which th* growth of science depends.— Prof. T. it Huxley, in Popular Scienoe MonMg. —At Cleveland, O., is a Froebel so ciety composed of young ladies, which holds monthly meetings in the interest of kindergarten work and support* a free kindergarten. —Patience.— <■ JL Do not burry. Do not worry, A* thi. world you travel through - No regretting. Fuming, fretting. Ever can advantage you. —- Be content with what you've won. What on earth you leave undone i There are plenty left to do. —The San Diego School of Letter* la to be established on the north side of Tulare bay, four miles north of San Diego, Cal., where a contract haa been made for a site for $10,000. Th* contractor agree to build a water system, and guarantee that the motor road, now building from San Diego to Oldtown, shall be extended to the col lege tract. The college will begin with an endownment of $500,000, and Rev. E. 8. Sprecher, president of the Wurtemburg college, Springfield. O., will take charge of it /T ake -^^— BIMM0N8 LIVER REGULATOR J. H. Zoilin « C*., FMfaMpNa, ftu FBICA, SLAB. A