; This Office « ,t •II. .< V 4 Is better prc|Hir<«. s., ___________ i A Billion Expressed in Figures that Can Be HYSICIANSAND SURGEONS, (Office over Braly’s Bank.) [ ixxvilli , • - O regon , * M c M innville ,VCK AND DRAY CO., JULTER »4 WRIGHT, Proprietors )ods of all description» moved and care­ handling guaranteed. Collections will nade monthly Hauling of a;l kinds »! ¡IMP McMinnville, Oregon, id up Capital, $50,000. HOW THIS ODOROUS OUM IS OB­ NO RED COMPLEXIONS. It would be curious to know lio» many of your readers have brought ful­ ly home to their inner consciousness the real significance of that little word "billien" which I have so often seen used in your columns. There are in­ deed few intellects tliat can fairly grasp it and digest it as a whole, and there are doubtless many thousands who cau not appreciate its true worth,even when reduced to fragments for more easy as­ similation. Its arithmetic symbol is simple and without much pretension. There are no large figures—just a mod­ est 1 followed by a dozen ciphers, and that is all it contains. Let us briefly take a glance at it as a measure of time, distance and weight. As a measure of time I would take one second as tlie unit anil carry my­ self in thought through the lapse of ages back to tlie first day of tlie year 1 of ot'r era, remembering that In all those years we have 365 days and in every day just 86,400 seconds of time. Hence in returning in thought back again to this year of grace, one might have supposed that 1,11X1,000,000,000 of seconds had long since elapsed, but tliis is not so. We have not even passed one-sixteenth of that number in all these long eventful years, for it takes just 31,686 years, seventeen days, twen­ ty-two hours, forty-five minutes and five seconds to constitute 1,600,660,000,- 000 seconds of time. It is no easy matter to bring under tlie cognizance of I lie human eye a bil­ lion objects of any kind. Let us try in imagination to arange tills number for inspection and for this purpose I would select a sovereign as a familiar object, Let us put one upon tlie ground and pile upon it as many as will reach 20 feet in height. Then let us place num­ bers of similar columns in close contact forming a straight line and making a sort of wall twenty feet high, showing only the thin edges of the coin. Imag­ ine two such walls running parallel to each other and forming, as it were, a long street. We must then keep on ex­ tending these walls for miles, nay hun­ dreds of miles, and still we shall lie far short of the required number. And it is not until we have extended our im­ aginary street to a distance of 2388} miles that we shall have presented for inspection our 1,000,000,000,000 of coins. Or, in lieu of tliis arrangement, place them flat upon the ground, forming- a continuous line liken long golden chain witli every link in close contact. But to do this we must pass over laud and sea, mountain and valley, desert and plain, crossing tlie equator and return­ ing around tlie southern hemisphere, through the trackless ocean, retrace our way again across the equator, then still on and on, until we again arrive at our starting point, and when we have thus passed a golden chain around the huge bulk of the eartli we shall be but at the beginning of our task. We must drag this imaginary chain no less than 763 times around the globe. If we can further imagine all those rows of links laid closely side by side, and everyone in contact w ith its neigh­ bor, we shall have formed a golden band around the earth just 52 feet, six Inches wide, and this will representour 1,000,000,000,090 coins. Such a chain,if laid in a straight line would reach a fraction over 18,328,445 miles, and the weight of which, if estimated at one- fourth ounce each sovereign, would be 6,974,437 tons and would require for their transport no less than 2325 ships, each with a full cargo of 3000 tons; even then there would be a residue of 447 tons, representing 64,081,920 sovereigns. For a measure of height, let us take a much smaller uuit as our measuring­ rod. The sheets of paper on which the Time» is printed if laid out fiat and firmly pressed together ns in a well­ bound book, would represent u measure of about one-three hundred and thirty- third of an inch in thickness. Let us see how high a dense pile formed by a billion of these thirr paper leaves would reach. We must in imagination pile them vertically upward, by degrees reaching to tlie height of our tallest spires, and passing these, tlie pile must still grow higher, topping the Al[« nnd the Andes and the highest peaks of the Himalayas, and shooting up from thence through the fleecy clouds, pass beyond the confines of our attenuated atmosphere, and leap up into the blue ether with which tlie atmosphere is filled—standing proudly up far beyond the reach of all terrestial things—still pile on your thousands and millions of thin leaves, for we are only beginning to rear the mighty mass. Add millions on millions of sheets and thousands of miles on these, and still the number will lack its'.due amount. I»et us pause to look at the neat plow­ ed edges of the book before us. See how closely lie those thin flakes of paper; how many there are in the mere width of a span. Then turn our eyes upward —in imagination—to our mighty col­ umn of accumulated sheets. It now contains its appointed numlier, and our 1,000,000,000,000 of sheets of the Time» super-imposed upon each other and pressed into a compact mass, lias reach­ ed an altitude of 47,348 miles. Those who have taken the trouble to follow me thus far will, I think, agree with me that 1,000,000,000,000 is a fearful thing, and that few can appreciate its real value. As for quadrillions and trillions, they are simply words, mere wools, wholly incapable of adequately impressing themselves on human intel­ lect. TAINED, Vou Push the button at Your Bedside and Your lllections made on all accessible points. Office hours from 9 a. in. to 4 p ni. THE (TTY STABLES MATTHIES BROS Successors to Livery, Feed, Sale ! BOOTH &. LAMBRIGHT, Ileiilers in SAUSAGES, ETC. cash price paid for Pressed Meats Poultry. Market on Third St. live us a call. MATTHIES BROS. ELSIA WRIGHT Manufactures and Deals Ln ARNESS ¡ADDLES. BRIDLES, WHIPS, SPURS, BRUSHES, ROBES, Etc. sell* tl.eiii cheaper (han any oilier r in the Valley My all lionie-niade sss is the favorite with all who have them Give me a call ami get prices. ATTORNEY AT-LAW, innville, .... Oregon, flice, Booms 1 and 2 Union Block. • COMMERCIAL STABLE I Gates & Henry, Props. - I I Don’t Lose Heart. QUALEY & HENDERSON, M. RAMSEY, IV. FENTON, cMinnville, 1 had heard that nne could see cook- ing done by electricity here, and on in­ quiring for Its exact location, was di­ rected to the end of the north gallery of the electrical building at the fair, where I found it in full operation. Many samples of delicious dainties were pass­ ed around, tbe white-capped chef turn­ ing out such delicately browned griddle cakes that one’s mouth watered for a taste, I had for dinner Here, by means of especially prepared kitchen utensile, one is shown how to was the best I ever ate. cook in the most convenient and inex­ Thanks to COTTOLENE, the pensive manner possible, and with the new and successful shortening. least trouble. In fact, electrical cook­ ing bids fair to prove the long-sought solution of tlie servant problem in the average family. All that one needs to ASK VOUR slart with arè the electric wires through GROCER t he house. There is no range. An or­ dinary kitchen table suffices. Ou one FOR end of this the electric oven can be IT. placed,and on tbe other end the switch board, with wires for attachment. I Three metal discs were on exhibition just under tlie surface of which one can Genuine made only by at close quarters easily discern the mi­ N. K. FAIRBANKS CO., nute liairhke iucandescent wires, tliat ST. LOUIS and are evenly distributed all over them. CHICAGO, NEW YORK, BOSTO“. Here we saw the astonishing sight of water bubbling and boiling in an ordi­ nary glass tumbler, which did not break as it would do if placed upon a stove or range, simply because the.heat is so equally distributed over the sur­ WILSON & HENDERSON. Props. face of the disc. The griddle cakes, w hich the cook was frying on another one of these discs were of a delicate brown tint, which EVERYTHING FIRST CLASS. extended to their very edge in a beauti­ ful uniform color. No burnt edges, or LATEST STYLE RIGGS AND APPOINTMENTS. white, uncooked borders with soggy, heavy center when cooked by electric­ Speelal Attention Given to ity. Boarders. All the necessary kitchen utensils are Third Street. Between E and F, McMinn­ prepared witli tbe incandescent wires ville, Oregon. in the bottom, cast in tlie enamel rest­ ing plate. There are a stewpan, kettla, grid-iron, griddle, skillet, chafing dish, frying pan and Vienna coffee pot; each curries its wire attachment, which has only to lx* connected with Hie switch­ board when sufficient heat is generat­ ed to cook the food more quickly and PLANT FERRY’S SEEDS witli mudi less waste than with a this year, and make up for lost tlma, . Ferry’« Seed Annual for 1804 will I coal or gas stove. k g>ve you many valuable hints A about what to raise and how to Asbestos plates can also be placed un­ raise It. It contains informo-^M der the coffee pot and chafing dish tion to I m * bud from no othei^^F source. Free to aiL^V^ when in use on the table, to keep them Xk D. M. Ferry A Detroit, from burning tlie linen, A breakfast of steak, potatoes, coffee and pancakes can be easily prepared in twenty min­ utes, witli no fires to light and no waiting for tilings to get hot,no smoke, no fumes, no ashes, and everything is ready at a moment’s notice. It has been proven that two broilers, Mailile and Granite a griddle and three irons can be run at Works. the same expense that one ordinary Q-CTIXTCY, ¡MASS. costs with a gas stove. Those who have used it testify that the juices of tlie meats broiled by electricity are more thoroughly retained when cooked by electricity and that only those who have tried it know the merits of a truly Oregon. delicious lieefsteak. There are all kinds Are prepared to do Cemetery work in of irons also, and one of these will suf­ all its branches at Isittom prices. Any fice the laundress. For as long as its one needing work of this kind twill do wire is attached to tbe board, there is well to call nnd examine their stock no need of changing it. and get prices tafore going elsewhere. The heat is retained, and a clever combination of asliestos kept the han­ Assignee’s Notice. dles without warmth. Another great convenience is the ability to attach tffis Notice is hereby given that tlie iimlcr- stgned lias been duly appointed assignee of iron to tlie wires in any part of tlie tlie estate of W. H. Harrison, an insolvent house. In summer weather, in the ,lei,tor of Yamhill county, Oregon. All country, tlie linen of the entire family persons, therefore, having any claims against said estate are hereby notified and could be ironed on the veranda, for a required to present them to me duly veri­ cool, refreshing breeze does not affect fied at tlie law office of McCain A Magers, at McMinnville. Oregon, within three the heat of this utensil. months from tliis 23d day of Novemlicr, A. The oven is most complete in all its [».. 1893, adjuncts. With a thermometer on top W m . M. C hrisman , Assignee of said Estate. and a glass window to enable the cook McCais.t M acks , to inspect the inside, which is also Attorneys for said Estate. lighted by electricity, the temperature and the roast itself can be carefully watched. There are three electric plates in the oven, three over the spit and three be­ low. Being air-tight, ft is unnecessary to open the door to baste the meat, as the CLEAR generated vapor within bastes the SKIN latter automatically. In ten minutes after turning ou the current tbe oven can be heated to 300°. Then the roast is put in and tbe heat reduced to 250° FOR A CASE »T WILL___NOT CURr by turning the switch. Suppose tlie An smvenble Laxative and ineat to weigh sixteen pounds,it should be left there for two hours without i opening the door. The oven retains its temperature of 250“, the meat is natur­ ally 1 lasted without trouble and Is bak- ' ed all over an even brown. No heat is ! lost,so that it Is cooked in less time thau i an ordinary oven, where, with opening BEST IM THE WORLD. and shutting tbe door, with drafts et». Its weorin« qualities ar« unsurpassed, »ctuaiiy »4 per cent of the heat is lost and only 0 per cent saved. Here one loses only 6 r0R8ALKBYDEAI.ERSGEXFR.KLLY. lyr per cent. i This electrical apparatus, although introduced only two years ago. Is be- c lining w idely known and is much TO used ill the kitchens of clubhouses throughout the country. The hotels of New York, Philadelphia, Chicago and We want many men, women, boy«, «nd girl» to Washington are beginning to take it work torn« a few boars dally, righl in sad sn«n. up, and many private residences are their own home.. TV i« e~y. I*—«. provided with this convenience, „rlrtlrbo.on.ble. .nd |XV« Mt’er ’h»» U now ’ offi-red Men... Yo. ‘.'lifer an •iverv bit of fissi placed before the fas­ competition- F.sperira. . •*'J*"*'*“'’J ” tidious laeiubCCJ of the Minnesota club nrccenary. X. capital rwjalred. Weeqaipjou w^T7r.tb<«, that ron need. Ires- y«. «> - of St. Paul is cooked by electricity, and they al! testify (o the merits of the .nd help yon to earn lea Women do .. well » men. .nd No. ' roast.« and the juiciness of the steaks make . M fg . C o ., Dufur, Oregon. emen.* arriving home last week, 1 1 all well and anxiously await- Our little girl, eight and one- years old, who had wasted I to 38 pounds, is now well and 'ous. and well fleshed up. S. B. li Cure has done its work well, of the children like it. Your Cough Cure has cured and away all hoarseness from me. Ve it to every one. with greet- )r all. Wishing you prosperi- e are Yours, M r . & M rs . J. F. F orm . in wish to feel fresh and cheerful,and for the Spring’s work, cleanse vour i witli the Headache and Liver cure, ing two or three doses a week. ) cents a tattle by all druggists. Sold a positive guarantee by Rogers Bros. KO FRAZER GREASE £ DOLLARS ” PER DAY 20 Easily Made. , L. D ouglas i shoe «rss« .used than any other make. Try ( . convinced. The stamping of " J- >ne and price on the bottom, which < us ranters eir value, saves thousands of doilars ■nnuallv thrw« who wear them. Dealers who posh the 'nr footwear of the dealer advertised he tmv . r. I' soM i ~ . JACOBSOX, McMIN’XVILLF. — Uader»to h - and new compounds in materials here­ sible that private liberality and private tofore wasted or imperfectly utilized, activity could give the system form and says tlie Drover’» Journal. The cross roads butcher w ho kills a coherent and symmetrical growth. The United States constitute a nation few animals a week, throwing away a of about 65,000,000 of people. Of these large part of the offal, must make a three-fifths, about 30,000,000 are minors large profit ou the meat sold, but mod­ and a large fraction of them demand ern utilization of by-products makes it and need instruction' in acliools of a so the slaughterer who does business on higher and lower degree. In their ed­ a large scale could much better afford ucation, 300,000 teachers are engaged to sell the meat without profit than to in 200,000 schools, and about $100,000,- waste what the old fashioned small (XX) per annum are paid for the work. butcher cannot utilize. The packing Tlie states usually expend $25 per business as at present carried ouutillz.es capita and some of the cities about $35 a number of products which were for­ for elementary instruction alone. The merly allowed to go to waste. For in- Federal government has given over stauee, tlie stomachs of hogs, instead of 150,000,(XXI acres of public lands to this being sent to the rendering tanks, are object, and the states have often as­ now used for tlie manufacture of pep­ signed their first and largest apportion­ sin. Pigs’ feet, cattle feet, hide clip­ ments of their own public lauds to their pings and the pith of horns, as well as departments of education. In some some ot t lie bones are used for the cases, single institutions have greatly manufacture of glue. The paunches of profited by this policy, but as it rule, cattle are cleaned and made into tripe. education, is conducted. in tlie higher The choicer parts of the fat from cattle departments, with a most frugal hand. are utilized for the manufacture of «leo Private individuality has as yet done oil, which is a constituent of butterine more for individual endowments, gen­ and for stearine. Large quantities of erally, than the public. For example, the best of the leaf lard are also used in New York, the state university— for tlie manufacture of what is known Cornell, receives as the shares of the as “neutral” also a constituent butter­ state under the Mnrrill act about $20,- ine. The intestines are used for saus­ 000 a year from the half million or les. age casings; the bladders are used to obtained by sale of lantl scrip; it re­ pack putty in; the undigested food in ceives from the Cornell endowment, the cattle stomachs is pressed and used which was produced by the discreet for fuel; the long ends of the tails of holding and sale of the lands obtained the cattle are sold to mattress makers, on the same scrip bought by Ezra Cor­ the liorus and hoofs are carefully pre­ nell and given to Hie university over served and sold to the manufacturers of $300,000 per annum from the $5,(X)0,0(X) combs, buttons, etc. Many of the large or more thus privately given it; and it white hoofs go to China, where they has still enough land for sale to make are made into jewelry. All the blood is about 5een carried down to the liw.-.zG zkf ♦ l*zx AnG-1 xzxmm« taxazilr aaizf . , * « , . .[ing load of the «ne-bon» truck »nd single and narrowly-limited » ......... n . schools, or i _ bowl moved from west to east, and so «poke to bi« hor«ee; they juat lifted the has the water also, but at a slower rate, departments of colleges of general and one-Lorse truck into motioo. The »in­ as there is a slight inertia, of which the mainly liberal learning—Is about fifty. gle horae «preail himself and kept hi« yielding liquid does not instantly par­ The number of real trade schools pre­ load going. The man with the double pared to give proper training, scientific take, to be o»-ercome. It will lie seen track turned off at the next corner that the line or charcoal mark always and practical in any one trade, Is un­ without a wool; lie had »imply per­ known to statisticians, but they are ex- i moved from east to west. formed an ordinary courteay of the reedingly rare, and a thorough repre­ Mrs Lease ba« canceled her other en­ sentative trade school, like hundreds of rossd ’A’. Y. Sun. gagements to become editor of • dally those scattered all over Europe, is un­ The home of David H. Sweetzer, at paper to be published in Topeka. It known. We have, perhaps, r. dozen Lynn, Ma»«., has lieen owned by mem­ will not be called the Inirlli»g Parai* good manual training schools in the bers of his family for the past two ("en­ gzer, but that is what «tee will try to larger cities; but we have no system of. turies. His ancestor, Hugh Allen, set- make IL carefully organized, complete and 1 tied upon the property in 1635.