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About The Telephone=register. (McMinnville, Or.) 1889-1953 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 13, 1889)
THE TELEPHONE-REGISTER. M c M innville , September - - - O kegon . - 13, Ï889. If cafj’al punishment by electricity proves * failure, what’s the matter with giving the elixir of life a chance? “I can’t understand all this fuss about using electricity for executions,” remark ed Judge Lynch, of Kansas, reflectively. “Out in our section we have used the telegraph pole for years." As soon as the horse-cars from Cairo to the Pyramids are completed, and the work is nearly done, an elevator will be made to the top of the venerable piles, so that the ascent may be made quickly and comfortably by the modern traveler. M. Courton, a chemist, produced re cently at the sitting of the French acad emy of sciences a sealed enveloj>e con taining a description of tn apparatus by means of which objects may be seen at vast distances, the vibrations of light be ing transmitted through a wire. Many of the shade trees in Port Jervis, N. Y., seem to be in a drooping condi tion. The Port Jervis Union says that most of the effected trees are in the vicin ity of electric lights, and suggests that the darkness of night is as needful to trees for rest as it is to human beings. California has no Sunday law. There was such a law, but it was repealed in 1883; yet ifrtannot be said that there is any less observance of Sunday since the repeal of the law. On the contrary, an investigation b I iows that Sunday is ob served more as a sacred day the present year than it was the year the law was re pealed. E. C. Stamper, near Elmer, Oregon, cut dewn a fir tree on his farm. He got |12 for the bark. From the lumber he built a bouse 14x20, 8 feet high; a shed kitchen 8 feet wide and 20 feet long; a woodshed 14x20. and had 500 boards 6 inches wide and 2 feet long. He also cut 334 railroad ties and 15 cords of wood— all this from one tree. Esther L. Danforth brought suit against C. E. Harriman in San Francisco, alleging him to be her runaway husband and claiming to be able to recognize him by the scar from a wound received in the war. As Mr. Harriman was only a small boy when the war was fought and as he bore no tell-tale scar he was able to con vince Mrs. Danforth of her error. She apologized in a published card. In order to test the quality of the bay onets now being served out to the Eng lish troops a number of weapons were indiscriminately selected from among those in use by the InniskillenFusileers, and some sensation was occasioned in the garrison when the report from the testing experts in London was received, declaring that 60 per cent, of the bayo nets were totaily unfit for use. An interesting discovery was made re cently while excavating in London Wall, in that portion known as Bell Alley. A brown glazed jug was found in almost perfect condition. It is of the Norman period, with a thumb moulding at the base. There was also found a stone Ro man bell. Unfo tuneately it was struck by a i>ick and tv o portions of tho base are gone. It is unglazed, and a light stone-brown in color. MARTIN SANDERS Are fully prepared to meet the demands of the Fall trade for all kinds of Hardware, Agricultural Implements, Pumps, Etc. Hardware MITCHELL in the county. WAGONS, RACINE CARTS OSBORNE BEARINGS CYCLONE WINDMILLS DRILLS. ARE SIXTEEN Made in Fonr Sections We have a machine quite unlike anything ehm New Principles, New Ideas. It is the New High Ann “ DAVIS." It is new patern ; A New Model. Did you ever see a sewing machine with Only tlx Working Parts? If not you never saw thia new ma chine. The old method of feeding from below is entirely done away, and all the complicated machinery con nected therewith taken out and dispensed with. No Machinery Underneath to clean or oil. This New Feed method does not Stop at seems, but Steps evenly over them. There is Only One Tension to regulate. No hok* to thread through. It is a Mechanical Wonder, yet no more interest ing for what It Is, than what it will do. It is the only machine having Steel Roll Bearings for its needle bar. The only machine having a Support for the Needle after it leaves the needle bar. This “ New Davis ” is as far ahead of the old ma chines as the Telephone is ahead of the speaking tube. Come and See for Yourself. It will pay yon From Curiosity. We are so much interested iu this ourselves that we are anxious you should see, know, tell and help us get these facts before the people. Ladies, come; Tailors, come; Mechanics, come; Experts, come; Everybody Come and See this new model machine and learn what it will do. The subject h r a prize competition of essays has just been announced by the Dutch Scientific society of Haarlem. It is a ‘‘Critical review and exhaustive de scription of the difierent kinds of bacteria contained in drinking water before and after its Alteration through sand, and of the methods of determining tho charac teristics of every kind.” The successful competitor will receive a gold medallion or 150 Dutch gulden. When the steamship Anadyr, of the Messagenes Maritimes, was sunk the other day, in collision off Aden with the Oxus of the same company, she carried down into seven fathoms of water 174 cases of silver ingots valued at 650,000 francs, which were destined for the Indo China bank ; 123 cases of gold wire for Madras; 113 cases of watches, several cases of jewelrv for Saigon, valuable wo ven stuffs for China, 800 sacks of Bor deaux wine and 100 cases of champagne. One of the most curious passages in Motley’s very bright and interesting let ters, is the account, as given by Lady Dufierin, of Mr. Disraeli’s attire when she first entered London society. She met him at a large dinner party and this was his coBtume: “He wore a black vel vet coa. lined with satin, purple trousers with a gold band running down the out side seam, a scarlet waistcoat, long lace rufles falling down to the tips of his fin gers, white gloves with several bril liant rings outside them, and long black ringlets rippling down upon his shoul ders.” It is estimated that over $2,500,000,000 s invested in the dairy business in this country; that 15,000,000 cows supply the raw material; that to teed ihese cows 60,- 000,000 acres of land is under cultivation; that 750,000 men are employed in the business and over 1,000,000 horses. The cows and horses each year eat 30,000,000 tons of hay, 80,000,000 of corn meal, 275- 000,000 bushels of oats, 2,000,000 bushels bran, and 30,000,000 bushels of corn. It costs $450,000,000 a year to feed the ani mals, and $180,000,000 to pay the hired help. The report that a “ two-ton man-eating shark” had been caught at Santa Cruz, Cal., leads an old fisherman to write to San Francisco that the shark was not a man-eater, but a basking or ground shark. The man-eater seldom weighs over 1,500 pounds; but the ground shark often weighs as much as fifteen tons, so the old fisherman says, and sometimes its liver weighs two tons. They are the slowest fish that swims the seas. “No one,” writes the fisheaman, “need have any fear of them or anything else that carries a liver that weighs one-sixth of its body." Among the modern “Mysteries of raris,” says the London Figaro, is a shop «hsvoted tc the sale of tea at the re tail counter. J. real live prince may be seen any day weighing up packets of the leaf which cheers but does not inebriate. This prince is the son of a European gen eral, whose name is well known through out the continent and who is related to some of the most aristocratic of the fami lies of Paris. Thi “second coiqmis,” or “assistant counterjumper,” of the es tablishment is a baron in bis own right, while the proprietor of the shop is a sold ier who has sei -ed with distinction in the French anu> THE PREMIUM LOCATION ELEVATED! WELL DRAINED! LEVEL! PURE AIR! TITLE TERMS INSTALLMENTS! This magnificent property comprises 460 lots and lies in the very heart of the residence portion of McMinnville. It is high. igh, commanding a beautiful view of the valley. Many of the most prom inent residents of McMinnville are now purchasing ' . “ .. Oak - _ property in Park Addition,” and many elegant and substantial residences will be constructed there during the coming year. Water property. Lots are from 50x100 to 50x150, and blocks 200x215, with a 15-foot alley down the center of each. The advantages of having an alley in each block are obvious. “Oak Park Addition” adjoins the depot of the Southern Pacific Railroad, the new county court nt public school building, and is three blocks from Third street, the business thorouhfare o McMinnville. “Oak Park Addition” offers superior inducements to investors, the settled policy of its proprietors bein to steadily advance prices with its growth, rendering. investments absolutely safe and profitab “Oak Park Addition’ will be planted in shade trees; cross and sidewalks constructed and streets graded. The proprietors are turning in 10 percent of all sales as a fund for this purpose. This property is being offered for from to 25 to 50 per cent less than any other property in McMinnville of half the advan tages. Prices of lots range from $25 up and are sold either on the cash or installment plan. A plat of this growing addition can be seenat Jas. Fletcher & Co.’s and J. I. Knight & Co., where all further information and price of lots and blocks ht A be furnished. Also at office of Barnekoff & Co., McMinnville Flouring Mills. PORTLAND COMPANY, PROPRIETORS F. BARNEKOFF, LOCAL MANAGER