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TELESpTH0NEESEstabl’ishef1 June. 1886.
M c M innville ,
Consolidated Feb. 1,1889.
oreg - on ,
FIVE HUSBANDS APIECE.
T hursday , F ebruary
and they are very skillful cooks, fur
nishing various and wholesome meals
THESHE MORMONSOF INDIA AND from the simplest and sometimes scan
tiest materials. If any one of their
THEIR DOMESTIC SYSTEM,
husbands is sick they nurse him de
McMinnville, Oregon.
Life Among the Polyand.-ists—How the votedly: and if lie dies they nearly
Paid up Capital. $50.000
Writer had the Narrow Escape [from break their hearts with grief till their
buoyancy of spirits gets the upper hand
Being One-fiftli of a Married Man.
Transacts a General Banking Business,
again.
Deposits Received Subject to Check
I have called them the she-Moimons,
The system on the whole works far
Interest allowed on time deposits.
but tliat hardly expresses what they better than could be expected. There
Sell sight exchange and telegraphic trans
are. What I mean is that whereas are exception to the rule, however, and
fers on New York, San Francisco and Port
among tlie Mormons there are several in those eases it works very badly in
land.
for
Infants
and
Children.
Collections made on all accessible points.
wives to one husband, among these deed. I heard of one where a wife con
Office hours from 9 a. ni. to 4 p m.
people there are several husbands to ceived such a passionate partiality for
“Castoria is so well adapted to children that
Cast or i a cures Colic, Constipation,
Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea. Eructation,
one w ife. Just as among the Mormons one of tier four husbands, the oldest
I recommend it as superior to any prescription
Kills Worms, gives sleep, and promotes di-
known to me.”
H. A. A rcher , JI. D.,
the man who lias the most wives is and ugliest of them all, that she in
gestion.
111 So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
Without injurious medication.
considered "holy” in proportion to his sisted on retaining him year after year,
marriedness, so here the woman who to the total exclusion of the others, not
“ For several years I have recommended
“The use of ‘Castoria’ is so universal and
has the most husbands is deemed to do one of whom ever saw the inside of tlie
merits so well known that it seems a work your ‘ Castoria, ’ and shall always continue to
B hm , Sign, and Ornamental Painter its
do so as it has invariably produced beneficial
of supererogation to endorse it. Few are the
her duty most conscientiously in 'this private apartment, the sanctum sanc
results.”
intelligent families who do not keep Castoria
The Only Sign Writer in the County.
within easy reach.”
world and to have the best chance of torum which is assigned in every house
E dwin F. P ardki , M. D.,
C arlos M artyn , D.D.,
“The Winthrop,” 125th Street and 7th Ave.,
happiness in the next. The existence to the sole use of the husband and
New York City.
Homes fitted up in the Neatest, and Most
New York City.
Late Pastor Bloomingdale Reformed Church.
Artistic Style.
of these strange people in the Naga wife of the year. No persuasions could
Designs furnished for Decorations
hills of India and in some of the re induce her to show any countenance to
T hk C kntaur C ompany , 77 M urray S trebt , N ew Y ork .
mote groups of islands in the Pacific the others, one of whom was a younger
Remeodier Paper Hanging and Inside Fur
nishing a Specialty.
ocean, is as great an anomaly as the ex brother of the favored husband. At
istence of the Mormons in a Christian last, as divorce is unknown there and
Work taken by Contract or by the Day. Ex
perienced men employed.
country like the United States. But conjugal fidelity is strictly observed,
there they are and there they haye the three unfortunates bade their hard
Third Street, McMinnville, Oregon.
been for more ages than history records. hearted wife and the triumphant hus
E. E. GOUCHER.
They are perfectly satisfied with them band a pathetic farewell, joined a war
J. F. CALBREATII.
selves and fanatically attached to their expedition against a distant tribe, and
Calbreath & Goucher.
peculiar institution. Far from feeling never came back.
bashftil or uncomfortable about their Another case ended very differently.
PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS,
domestic arrangements, they have a Here a wife took such a dislike to one
M c M innville ,
-
-
-
O regon .
sort of pitying contempt for all other of three husbands that she not only
(Office over Braly’s Bank.)
people, whom they regard as mere bar would not give him his turn as pater
barians in that respect, however much familias, but would not have him in
DR. ,T. C. MICHAUX
they may admire them in others. In the house at all. He was a fine young
the same way the Mormons of Utah man and a great warrior and might
Practicing Physician and Surgeon,
call decent, moderately married folks have had his pick of all the giris in tlie
Boon Lota will be scarce and Command a Higher Price.
“Gentiles,” as a term of reproach. The village, and no one could tell why his
LAFAYETTE, OREGON
name for tlie she-Mormons is wife was so bitter against him. He
before Too Lato. scientific
Jan,‘21, ’88.
Polyandrists, from two Greek words, tried his very best to conciliate her and
signifying many men or many hus so did her other two husbands, who
Price Ranges $50 up. For full particulars apply to
bands; but they have no name for were attached friends of his; but all in
J. I. KNIGHT <t CO.,
THE INVESTMENT CO.,
themselves, except their tribal or local vain. Not only would she not let him
49 Stark St., Portland, Or.
names, for the simple reason that they share thc home, but she never saw him
Beal Kitate Agent*, McMinnville.
F. BARNEKOFF A CO.,
SURGEON AND HOMEOPATHIC
McMinnville Flouring Milla.
do not consider themselves a peculiar without assailing him and cursing the
PHYSICIAN.
fjcople at all. They have got hold of day she married him. At last her fury
tlie right way of apportioning the sexes against him reached such a pitch that
Office Upstairs in the Garrison Building.
whilst other people have get hold of the she dragged out of the house a beautiful
wrong way, that is all.
three year old boy that called him fath
As far as I was able to ascertain there er and dashed its brains out with a club
G. W. GOUCHER M. D..
are no wives among them with only before his eyes. The young chief could
---- AND—-
one husband. There seems to be some not bear tliat. He seized the frantic
A. G. SMITH M. D.,
stringent objection to that. A woman creature in a grasp of irresistible
Have associated themselves together, and
either marries a great deal or she does strength and forcing her to the earth
will be known in the future as Drs. Goucher
not marry at all. It would naturally lie strangled her to death. No one
Smith. Professional calls attended to
be supposed that there must be a great showed any disposition to avenge her
day or night. Office: Two doors east of
drug store. Residence within a short dis
many unmarried women, since those fate and the general verdict was that
tance from the Office.
who
do marry absorb an undue share she was right fully served.
O
regon
A M ITY
Ely'* Cream Halmi* not a liquid, enutf or powder. Applied into the nostrils it is
of the eligible men. But, curiously
—
quiekly absorbed. It cleanses the .'ieadt allays inflammation, heals
I will conclude this sketch of tlieslie-
V il /I
SM by druggists or sent by mail on receipt of price. E fl
enough, that is not so. For some rea mormous with a brief narrative of a
M c M innville
son which I cannot explain there is a queer adventure which happened to
EXY BROTHERS, 56 Warren Street NEW YORK.
large excess of males over females, me among them. J had m et with rath
CARLIN & COULTER, Proprietors
which is all the more remarkable since er a serious accident when on a visit to
a great many of the young men are one ot the islands where this outland
Goods of all descriptions moved and care
ful hamiling guaranteed. Collections will
killed in war. The explanation proba ish institution prevails, And had been
be made monthly Hauling of a;l kinds
bly is that female infantcide prevails compelled to spend some weeks, not in
done cheap
1
to e large extent, as it does in China a bed, for there are no beds ¿here, lint
and .«¿her countries. Only the health lying on a mat of scented grass. with »
iest and most promising girls are reared soft mattress of cotton under Bse A
There .are afew unmarried women, friend who was travelling with me At
btet they are iooked down upon by men tlie time, hired for this purpose a large
Carries the Best Line of Choice Meats in
(lie Citv. Gaine and Fish in Season. Poul
aiwl women alike. They are ill-treated airy hut, sliaded by a magnificent man
try, hides, etc . Ixmglit for the highest mar
all ttwlr fives, and when they die, they go tree and surrounded by a paradise of
ket price ami cash paid for same
Your
attention is called to the fact that we al
are Iburied without «journing or cere flowering shrubs and perfume-bearing
ways serve the best meats to be found.
mony, because it is bettered they have plants.
Your patronage is solicited
BOM) 4 FLETCHER.
no part in any future existence. These
I found myself the object «f the ten-
are bad countries to be an old .maid in. derest solicitude on the part of a bevy
As soon as a girl is of a marriageable of brown skinned nurses, wW were
age, which in those latitudes is about never tired of lavishing on lue sihose
fourteen, it is announced to the neigh fascinating little attentions tliat soeen
J. S HIBBS,
...
Proprietor.
bors by a rude sort of festivity, not un to be part of untutored woman’s lia-
Fresh Meats
.11 kinds constantly on
like the “coming out reception” of tuiie They knew how to mix the
hand. Highest price paid for Butcher’s
•tock
young ladies of this country. The coolea*. and most seductive drinks, and
T hiro S treet . M c M innville , O r .
neighbors assemble at the house of tlie how to prepare thc most delicate food,
gill's parents and partake bf a feast of and they loved to sit by me for hours
DERBY
BOYER
fruit, garland themsefaes and one an together, plaiting their mats or carving
other
with flowers and sing songs in shells, and «hatting or singing in tlieir
Proprietors of The McMinnville
tihonor-of ¡marriage with many husbands low sweet voices, while the children
'tand general!} s'nd by getti&g- tipsy on a loaded my pillow with flowers and kept
TILE
L’U’idof beer mode from the ¿eaves of up a constant current of air with their
TILE
tlie JJepper plant. If the girl i» attrac great-grass fans.
It was not till a a week or move of
tive and belongs ton popular tquiily,
WRITE
TO
Situated at the Southwest corner of the
Fair Grounds. All sizes of
the entertainment will not be over be this idyllic existence had passed that I
began to notice one of my <-banning at
fore iier parents will have received
First-Class Drain Tile
eral proposals on her Jbeliaif. It would tendants paid me more particular at
eo
owell
be considered a frightful breach of eti tention than tlie others. She soon as
kept constantly on hand at lowest living
prices
DERBY tfc BOYER,
quette for any man to make a proposal stq/e<l a right to take charge of me, as
No. io Spruce Street,
41-
McMinnville, Oregon
by himself. The most common .custom it wsrC, to shake up my pillows and
is for two brothers to propose together, rearrange my couch a dozen times a
NEW YORK.
and where there are more than two un day, sotfcat my injured limb might al
married brot hers in a family the pro ways lie an.ri“st, and alx»ve all to serve
-A-t
TaToor.
posal includes them all. When the my food witkjier own hands, having
-Pirtlind'l Most Beiulilnl Suburb-
lover has bo brother he must get at previously prepared every bit of it her
least one friend to pwpose with film. self. She show*« no feeling against
For the treatment of Nervous Diseases
especially those suffering from nervous ex-
He usually selects near relatives of his tlie other girls, but oke let them help
hanstien and prostration, chronic diseases,
own
or of the young iiady’s, and th ey her-xait on me, so to speak, instead of
and all those who need quiet and rest, good
Watchmaker
SURGEONS AND PHYSICIANS.
go together to the parents and make letting ®hem wait on mi-4|ieniselves.
nursing, massage end constant medical Gt.
care. At Mt. Tabor will be iou d pure a:r,
in due form.
At length,. when 1 was getting near
and Jeweler. Specialty of surgery and diseases of woman the If proposal
absolutely free front malaria, good water,
their
account
of
tbenselves
on
ly
well, the question arose .of when
Dealer
in
All
Kinds
of
Watches.
Maelry.
Plated
Ware
beautiful surroundings and magnificent
U nion B lock
- M c M innville , O r .
these important points is -sitisfactory would my friend return. ¡1 jsaw how
views Ample references given if desired.
Clocks and Spectacles. MCMINNVILLE. OR.
For further particulars, address tlie physic
they are forthwith presented to thc the poor woman dreaded Ute .subject.
Ì
ian in charge.
damsel herself for inspection xind ap W beti I told her of our pthuie .ami , of
MRS. GRAHAM’S
0SM0N ROYAL, if. D..
Ninth A Morrison Sts., Portland, Oregon.
proval. The probability is si'ie has our retention to leave tlie telauti autirfo
long before got iihintof their intention, sail away to a distant country,
anti
or perhaps even ¡made their ae^nain- broke down altogether. 1 was faentaind
tance, and knows xl great deal more she w wJd never part with me. Hud
about them than iher parents do. If she not auursed me and made me wdl
their social record is good, if they are again? Why should she be robbed of
With a Hoe. SOW FERRY’S SEEDS and
nature will do the rest.
I known to be kind hearted and nciss- me?
Is
not
a
(
Osmetic
in
tin*
sense
in
which
Sreds largely determine the harvest—always
tliat term is popularly uwd, but perman trious, as well as wealthy mdibrave, if
In this perplexity a thought struck
plant the best—FERRY’S.
ently beautifies. It creattw a smooth, soft,
| A book full of information about Gardens—how
and what to raise,etc., sent free to all who ask
clear.velvety skin, and by daily use gradu- they can sing and dance, and are Skill me. I knew that conjugal fidelity was
Ask to-day.
i ally makes the complexion several shades ; ful at building huts and shellsand nav deemed tbe highest virtue, and that a
; whiter. It is a constant protection from 1 I
D. M. FERRY
DETROIT,
’ the effects of sun and wind and prevents j igating a canoe, and so forth, she ac breach of it, by man or woman, was
L
Ä co •
MICH.
sun burn and freckles and blackheads will cepts them without more ado, and the punished wrtli u horrible death. Here
never come when you use it. It cleanses wedding day is fixed then and them. lay a way out of our difficulty. Call
the face far better than soap and water,
nourishes and builds up the skin tissues But if she likes one and not the other, ing the woman ;vn«i her husbands into
HAY FORKS,
and thus prevents the formation of wrin lit' favored one is bound to find a third tlie open space in the midst of the vil
STRAW FORKS.
kles. It gives the freshness, clearness and
smoothness of skin tliat you had when a tesbhe young lady's liking, and then' lage where groups of excited natives
BARLEY FORKS,
I little girl. Every lady, ol<l or young ought sbt undoubtedly gets a chance to exer had already assembled, I asked them
use it. as it gives a more youthful ap-
FORKS at all PRICES. | i to
whether it was lawful for a married
pearance to any lady, and that permanent- cise;» choice.
AeBo the children, there seems to be man to marry a woman other than; his
■ ly. It contains no acid, powder or alkali,
and is as harmless as dew and as nourish nojetfousy about them either; but ail wife. Tbej" replied that it would be a
ing as dew to the Hower. PRICE $1.00. at
all druggists and hair dressers or at Mrs. the Ihnsbands treat all the children crime, an abominable wickedness. I
Gervaisc Graham’s establishment^ 103 Post with «egnal affection. What dark se left the rest to my friend. .Stepping
St., San Francisco, where she treats ladies crets of,iMantcide there may lie proba
forward he said: “Then how can you
for all blomlsbes of the face or figure. La
dies at a distance treated by letter. Send bly ¡none but natives can tell—and na ask this man to marry that woman?He
stamp for hea* little hook ‘’How’ to be Beau- tives never do tell. But to ordinary is a married man! He is the husband
I tiful”
Sample Bottle mailed free <o any la- observation certainly, the children are of niv sister, and I will kill him before
> <iv.on receipt of 10 cents in stamps to pay treated with great tenderness and in I will let him marry another woman.”
I for jK'Stage and packing. lady agents dulgence. There is always one father
The whole throng of men and wom
wanted.
or another on hand to ride them about, en sent up a shout of shame and sor
MRS. GRAHAM’S
Plain
or gather fruit or flowers for them, or row, but made no move to restrain us;
swing them in the loop of a creeping and before they could recover from
HUM and Wired
’ Cures thc wor.vt cases of freckles, sun vine, or paddle them in a canoe, or their confusion we ran down into our
CVBED
Over a Thousand Feet Sold this Sea
barn, sallowness, moth-patebes. pimples swim with them on his back, or do boat, boarded the eutter, slipped her
By using S B Headache and Liver Cure and
son and Still Plenty of H jse Left.
and aR skin blemishes. FRICK. $LfiO.
S B t'ongli Cure as directed for colds. They
Harmless and effective. No samples can any of the other things that the juven cable and cleared thc reef with a rush
were
be sent Lady agents wanted.
ile delights in. These much-married ing tide.
ST7CCESSFVLLY
The Druggist in this town who first women make good housekeepers; they
It was the narrowest escape I ever
used two years ago dnring the La Grippe
orders
a
bill
ol
my
preparations
will
have
epidemic,* and very flattering testimonials
St^ y°U ^e^er '¿ootfe amd at; his name added to this advertisement
seem never tired of working to had in my life of being the sixth of a
ol their power over that disease are at hand.
My preparations are for sale by whole keep the little home clean and tidy, married man.— Edward Wakefield in
Price 75 anil 50 cts. For “ale l>v Regers Less Money than an y one- tn town.
saledruggists in Chicago anal every city
Bros., McMinnville. Or.
and well provided with quiltsand mats Examiner.
C all and S t ^ e H iml
west of there.
J. W. COWLS. LEE LAUGHLIN J. L. STRATTON.
President.
Vice President.
Cashier
VOL. IV. NO. 1
4,1892.
BUSINESS MEN TAKE NOTICE.
: So (he Kndience of Twelve Shot Out the
Lights.
J. B. ROHR,
Lots in the Oak Park
A.nniTioisr
ARE SELLING FAST!
It
Su.ildJ.n-g'
Is
Vp
<J. I ). Baker M ID.,
I i RRH
HAY-FEVER
V C old
head
a
3UC
TRUCK AND DRAY CO., JUL
WISH
The People’s Market.
Advertise
Anything
Eurisko Market,
Anywhere
Any time
FACTORY
G
. P. R
& Co
COTTAGE SANITARIUM I
WM. HOLL
TicKle
The Eartb Red Jacket
Force Pumps,
Pitcher Pumps,
Pumps of all kinds
Rose ! ^FACE
Cucumber
Elder Flower
Cream
BLEACH,
THERE WERE NO LEGS
WORLD'S FAIR WOMEN.
and is devoting a great deal of time to
tlie World's fair. She says:
“We hope to make the fair 41 gieat
A VERY LARGE EXHIBITION OF
success and to show that tlie woman of
WOMAN’S PROGRESS.
the nineteenth century is thoroughly
up with, and, if anything, ahead of the
American Women at the Head of the Pro times.”
cession the World Over—The Ladies
Prominently Connected with the En
terprise.
------
♦<*-----
Revival of Sailing ship«.
“The smallest and most unapprecia
tive audience I ever saw,” said Taglia-
pietm, tlie liaritone, “was in Marshall,
Tex., fourteen or fifteen years ago. It
consisted solely of twelve cowboys, and
they stayed in tlie house just two min
utes. At the end of tiiat time they
showed tlieir want of approval by
shooting out tlie footlights and leaving
the hall. The stage was a rude plat
form at one end, raised on horses so
that one could see clear under it. Not"
more than four or five jieople could go
on at once, but we had to have the $.‘100
and I decided to give tlie show. I ask
ed Major Cumming, tlie manager, if
11« had any scenery, and he replied
witli great dignity tliat he most cer
tainly had. When I came around at
night 1 was dumfounded by discover
ing that the scenery consisted of com*
men sheets tacked up at the rear and
sides of the stage. There was no cur
tain and a dozen kerosene oil laiiqw
served as footlights. There was no use
kicking, so we got ready to produce La
Favorita under these conditions.
“There was not a*soul in the house
when we commenced, but we were told
tbe audience was across the street get
ting a drink and wiaild come over after
we got to work. 1 n a few minutes they
came—twelve tall, lank-looking cow
boys, with tlieir trousers in tlieir Itftots,
broad sombreros, clanking spurs, pis
tols in their licit* and a lantern in the
right hand of cadi man stalked noisily
in and sat down on tlie frame lienches.
Poor Litta, who was on tbe stage, near
ly fainted, so I hastened on tlie first
chorus and rushed as many |>eople on
the stage as we could. Tlie rest stood
around on the fioor. The cowl«>y* lis
tened patiently until they could make
tlivni-elves heard,wlu'ii the lender sung
out:
“ ‘Sav, Miiiicheer, ain't there no legs
in this show?’
“I replied vert deferentially that me
weiv wedded Io music and Hint Taglin-
pietra’s tiralid Opera voiupany was not
a leg show . A look of great disgust
spread over tlie lender’s fat's, and he
said:
“ ‘ Thunder! Boys, let's iiioney,' aixl
drawing out his pistol, shot out the
lamp nearest without spilling a drop of
oil. Each man followed suit, till tlie
lights were all extinguished; then
gravely picked up tlieir lanterns and
courteously invited us ull over to taken
drink. Then they stalked out as grave
ly and silently as they came in."
A marked revival ill tlie use and con
The women of the United States are struction of sailing vessels is now in
taking, botli singly and collectively,the progress liotli in this country and
most intense interest in the World's abroad, tlie distinctive characteristics
fair. There is no diversity of opinion of the new vessels being great size and
as to tbe part that women shall take in use of steel. In Great Britain the sail
it, and tbe fair will probably have a ing ship Maria liickmers, which win
better exhibit of woman’s work than recently laitnelied by Messi.-. Russell A
any national exposition has ever had in Co., Port Glasgow, is, by II fi'el, Hie
tlie past. It was from Washington | largest sailing ship in the world. Be-
that thc movement was starteil which I sides having five masts, she is provided
gave women a representation on the with auxiliary steam pow<r, which
board of managers, and there is in ex will enable her to make progress, even
istence there a society called the Isabel i when there is not sufficient wind to
la Memorial League. This is named fill her vast sails. The vessel has lieen
after Queen Isabella of Spain, who fur-1 built for Messrs. Itiekmers, of Bremen,
nislied tlie funds which enabled Colum and is of steel. Her oimensions are:
bus to discover America, and who,more I 1 Length 375 feet, breadth, 48 feet, depth
than any man in thejworld, is entitle«! I 28 feci 41 inches. Her tonnage is 3,813
to the credit for the oi>ening up of our | tons gross, and she will carry 5,7<M) tons
deadweight on Lloyd's freeboard. She
continent.
No effort will be spared in the coming | will be supplied by Messrs. Kinenid. &
exposition to show how women are j I Co., Greenock, with triple expansion
now managing all kinds of business in engines of (!50 indicated horse power,
tlie United States,.including steamboat, witli liitl pounds working pressure, eyl-
OSWEGO.
lilies and street ears, and how they are I inders to be of 1(1 inches, 2ii inches ami
[
42
inches
by
27
inches
stroke.
Tlie
The rature Manufacturing suburb of
engaged in every industry and trade,
Portland.--Alrearly a Cay Itoli
from type-writing to medicine, and j 1 propeller will be of “Bevis" patent
of Stil.ooo Per Month,
from tbe law to the raising of fine stock feathering type, and it is calculated
A part of the exposition will show the ( that a speed of from six to seven knots
It is a well known fact tliat a maim-
inventive genius of women and it will J an hour will In.* attained in ealm weath
demonstrate tliat some of tlie best pat- [ er witli tlie vessel fully loaded. Iler factory, employing labor, no matter
«•»ts .in tlie United States have been spread of canvas will lie enormous. The where situated, is tlie nucleus of a city,
taken opt by her. and tbe whole exliib- j vessel will have several special feature» Tlie greater (lie numlier of employees,
it of tbe WQlpan’s department will put of construction to distinguish her from the greater the pros|H«tive city. Tlie .
tlie ordinary tyjie of first-class sailing Krupp gun works of Germany sup|s>rt
the American yvonian at the head of
ships. She will I k * fitted to carry a a city of 95,ooo; the Pullman Palace Car
her sisters, iblie \Wfd'l|T over.
The work of qrgiinizing woman’s ex large quantity of water ballast in a Co., of Pullman, Ill., a eity of 12,1100.
suitably sulidivided double liottom. Oswego, Or, is io its infancy. To-day
hibit» is being pu»l«L* ‘a^i|]ly, and tlie
For facilitating loading and discharge tlie Oregon Iron A Steel Works and
board of lady managers, a qiox- distres
other industrlps, make a pay ndl of
sing name, by the way, give tlie ”“t of cargo she will have three steam
$42,000 a month, With an increase in
encouraging reports of progress i; ad ‘vinciies, steam donkey boiler, and
steti'n windlass liesides a fan engine. thc manufacturing output, the city in
directions.
Mrs. l’otter Palmer, thc president of She w».’ be employed in tlie Fast India creases In population. Population in-
inereascs values in real estate; therefore
the board, is one of the brightest women rice trade.
of the United States. Born in Louis The Pass of Melfort, one of tlie new Oswego oilers to-day, to the careful in
ville, she was educated ill Washinton, est tyi»e of sailing vessels, and intended vestor, tlie very liest field for invest
and it was 1871 that she married tlie for carrying chiefly large deadweight ment. Oswego is only two miles out
side tlie limits of Consolidated Portland
noted Chicago millionaire who at tliat cargoes, was recently launched by the and has cheap train service of 8’ cents
Fairfield
shipbuilding
and
engineering
time had made a fortune in dry goods'
a trip, and eight trains a day; also six
and had retired to enjoy his wealth. He company for Messrs. Gibson A Clark, steamboats each way on the Willam
liad his money, to a large extent, in- Glasgow. Iler dimensions are: Be ette. Oswego is a Is-autifill site for a
tween ]>erpcndiculare, 298 feet, beam, town. Oswego lias a splendid 2,400
veuVi'l >n Chicago business .property, 44 feet; depth of hold, 24 feet <> inches. water power, which is offered to manu
and a
after his marriage tlie great She lias four masts tlie entire length of facturers for a term of years free, and
fire caiue gmi his losses were terrible. steel. Her lower masts and top masts land with it. Oswego has pure spring
water in pipes over the town. Oswego
He had then a rt pt roll of 192,000, and are in one, and topgallant and royal lias a beautiful lake when* tlie pleasure
his inctupe ,in .¥• night was reduced masts an1 steel, having a small |s>k' lovers of Portland will soon establish a
from $200,000 to npttppg. Ninety-five about two feet long of wood on top. summer resort. Property values in Os
will advauiv rapidly and |ienna-
of his buildings were tlaaUo.yed by tlie The jigger or fourth mast is a |x»le must wego
nently, as its future is founded on the
fine awd when .be .figured yp bl: assets |
1 entirely of steel, with a jackstay riveted development of tlx- favorable location
after it was ovex be found that L> had on back so as to run tlie gaff up and for manufacturing. Lots in Oswego
not enough <z!' pn income ,to pay A*i« i down on the mast. All the yards are invite thc home-seeker. Lots sold on
easy installments of flo down and $5 a
taxes.
: of stee! except tlie royal yaids, which month. Ask tlx- puldislierof this pa
Mr. Palmer talked the matter oyer ■ witj. ,‘4,’e spanker boom are tlie only per for u plat <>f Oswego, or address a
witli his wife and with her discussed I
po-tiil canl to Borthwick, Batty A Co.,
the question as to whether lie should ' I parts .cpnsir^ej'-d of wood. Thc bow- 71 Alder street, Portland, Or.
rebuild or sell out and go elsewhere. 1 ! sprit anil jiblsxiu: ar< in one, also built
VU<‘ii*ff Willi U
His wife told him that he had no bus- ' , of steel. Vherey^i .:teel could lie em
to replace
iness to sell out and that it was the du ployed ,it tiiqs bpcji
Many n thrilling talc ha. I>een told
ty of every Chicago man to stay just wood. The dqckp'rpm atcif .t,e stern Is by travellers of a race with wolves
of
steel,
slmatbed
with
:■
'op
where he was and to devote both liis
across tlx- frozen Htep|<es of Itussia.
fortune and hi«, »energy to building up gallant rail is of steel—^tbe x.qry J.u, li Soiixt inies only the pieketl I nhicm of the
lieams
and
fore
and
afters
are
¡*y
of
the then burnt
Mrs. Potter and
Inq4c»« traveller ace found to tell the
her husband then »vent over tlie situa steel. Oil the forecastle the old cat tab |ln our own country thousands
«ugug4.fl in a life-iui<i-»leath race
tion together aud the ¡result was that heads are no longer in use, but a crane aii'
again«! the wolf <'oii-uinplion. Tlie
the Palmer income I mb crept up again anil a novel nietlasl of shipping and besl uiApoU with which io fight the
and it is said that Potter iPuhner lias letting go tlie anchor» lias been substi foe is Di. j'ini i-'s Goilden Medical Dis
about $5,000,000 in Chieage real estate. tuted. The rigging is all setup with covery. This renowned remedy has
myriad.«¿«asee when all other
Mrs. General John A. Logan’s name screws—even the fore ami aft stays are cured
medicines and ductors Lad failed. It
set
up
with
»crew»
—
so
that
if
in
tlie
is a household word i n con uo«:ti<m wjth
It is the gn-alest bluod purifier and re
numerous enterprises for tbe practical ■working of tlie vessel there is any storer of strength know n to! lie world.
advancement of women, and L t name slacking of the wire rigging, it can be For all form, of scrufuloM* nfleotiona
aiul coii-iiinptioii is one of therm jt b
beads a score of charitable l>oar.ds and I instantly tigliteiied lip by lite crew. iintspialed
ns a remedy
philanthropic societies. She lias done ; Tin "id fashioned ratlines of ro|H*s on
tlie
shrouds
have
given
place
to
round
a great deal in connection wuili tho
World’s fair and she lias her owl ideas iron bars. Tlie vessel has double toj>-
as to what part the women should «take gallant yards, and the patent halyard
winchesof Messrs. Shaw A llastie are
in it.
A curious feature of tlie preparation applied to tlie topsail yards, so tliat (lie
for the World’s fair is a set of lectures 1 sails on these can la1 readily set in
to be delivered by Mrs. Mary S. Lock al «mt a seventh of tlx- time tiiat it
wood, one of the national committee, to would take under tlie old method,
illustrate the work of women in all i The Pass of Melfort is 2,355 ton» gross,
parts of the world. The profits of these ; and carries for her net register 2,195
lectures are to be used te defray the ex , 1 tons, an exceptionally large cargo, hav-
penses of a young woman from each - ing upward of 3,!i50 tons deadweight
state to the world’s fair, who would on board.
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otherwise be unable to go to Chicago
The London Polytechnic Institute
These women are to lie women workers
expects that its plans for bringing arti
and who have exhibits.
Tlie vic« president of the ladies’ or sans and others of limited means to the
ganization of the fair is Mrs. Beriah Exposition, will result in enabling 1500
Wilkins, wife of tbe ex-congressman. or 2000 such persons to visit Chicago at
Mrs. Wilkins is a rosy-cheeked, bright a total expense of something like $125
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eyed Ohio woman, who is noted for her or >130 each for the round trip.
Superior to every other known.
popularity. She was a leading so
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cial figure during the administration of
40 Years the Standard.
President Cleveland, and often receiv Kentucky, according to present plans,
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Carlisle was speaker of the house. She the exposition buildings, on October
and Wholesome.
•
12, 1892.
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