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AND NOW THEY’RE MAKING EGOS OUT OF MILK. THE BATTLESHIP ILLINOIS. Fhe Will He One of the Moot Power ful Ve«*clH in Uncle Sam’s Navy. The battleship Illinois, which was re cently launched at Newport News, Va., will be one of the most powerful ves sels In Uncle Sam’s navy. Her dimen sions are: Length on load water line, 308 feet; Ix-am, extreme, 72 fi-et 2>X¡ Inches; draft on normal displacement of 11,525 tons, 23 feet <1 Inches; maxi mum displacement, all ammunition and stores on IxMird, 12,325 tons; maxi mum Indicated liorse ¡x»wer (estima ted), 10,000; probable speed, l(J>/¡ knots; normal coal supply, Koo tons; coal sup ply, loose storage, 1,200; full bunker capacity, 1,400 to 1,500 tons; comple- ment of otllee.rs, 40; seamen, marines, etc., 440. The main lmttiTy will conMst of 4 13- Inch breech-loading rilli-s In Highborn balanced turrets, oval In shape, and placed In the center line of the vessel, and 15 0-inch rapid-fire guns. The sec ondary battery will consist of 10 0- pounder, rapid-fire guns, 4 1-pounder, rapid tln> guns, two Colt guns, and two flekl guns. She will carry four tor pedo tubes. TIi«1 13-lnch guns have an arc of tire of 135 degrt'es on each side of the center line, and the 0-lnch tin the teeth, but two with burned cocoa- nut, covering the two excepted teeth with tin plates of gold or silver. The same tribe are in the habit of employ ing their old women to dress up the teeth of the youths and maidens at wooing times. The canine teeth are tiled to a tine smooth edge, and the laxly of the tooth made concave, or they will notch the edge of the teeth like a tine saw as an additional means of beautifying. It Looked Bad. A certain young lady, against whom appearances certainly looked dark, once had an amusing experience of un- just judgment. She went out on a stormy day, and was unforunate enough to have her umbrella turned in side out. Her two sisters were equally unlucky, ami on the following day the young lady volunteered to take the three umbrellas to l>e repaired. Promising to call for them before she returned home In the afternoon, she went about her business, part of which was to do some shopping In a large city establishment. On rising to leave the shop, she mechanically put out her hand to take possession of alt umbrella j that was close by. It looked like her 3EAUTIFUL AND ACCOMPLISHED CRETE’S UNHAPPY POSITION. Lady Helen Vincent, the Brilliant Wife of an English Diplomat. Harried by the Turks and the Envy of the Powers, Whenever his diplomatic dudes per Crete is a Greek island, traditionally mit a visit to London. Sir Edgar Vin- and historically as well as by position. :ent is always accompanied by his The fabled birth of Zeus, father of lovely wife, who during her stay in the classic gods and men, took place on British capital is always voted one of ; Mount Ida. Minos, the Moses of Greek the reigning beauties, in former years law, was king of Crete. From her In she and her three sisters were conceded accessible gorges and her mountain to be the four most beautiful sisters In peaks the spirit of liberty has never the United Kingdom. Their father was been driven. The Sphaklote shep the Earl of Fa versham. All four were herds, at least, claim that the con as lovely of character as they were fair queror has never set foot upon their of face. The eldest, Lady Hermione native heath. Duncombe, who married the Duke of For this reason the Cretan mountain Lewiston, (lied a few years ngo. The eers approach more nearly to the Ideal second, Lady Cynthia, is the wife of of the ancient Greek than any of the Sir Richard Graham. Lady Vincent is other Inhabitants of either the main the third and Lady Ulrica is the young- land or the isles of that ancient coun try. They are light in complexion, with the regular features and straight noses that one has learned to associate with classic Ideals. The men attract atten tion wherever they appear, both on ac- I count of their splendid physique aud I their striking costume, which bring out to the best advantage the magnifi cent forms which it envelops. The women of the peasant class are fair skinned, erect, deep chested—almost as athletic appearing as the men. Cretan cities are at present the most picturesque places in the world. Look ing down a street of Candia, or Canea, one sees Mohammedan women, closely veiled; Turkish priests, with brightly colored turbans wound about their brows; groups of ragged Arabs, Greek priests in their majestic, flowing robes and queerly shaped hats and Cretan LAnr HELEN VINCENT. mountaineers. Donkeys driven by est. The last named Is yet single. She street venders of fruit and vegetables devotes herself largely to her studies at I Girton College. Lady Vincent is the and laden till their backs bend with enormous creaking baskets pass up and only blonde of the family. When just out of school nine years ago she mar ried Sir Edgar, who lias nearly ever since been stationed at Constantinople or Vienna. In each of these places Lady Vincent filled a leading position In society, not only because of her I wealth, beauty and high social stand ’ ing, but because of her wit and culture. She speaks and writes five languages besides her own, one of them being Turkish, that terror to linguists. Next to pride in her husband’s successful career perhaps Lady Vincent takes most satisfaction in remembering that she is a descendant of Richard Brins ley Sheridan, the brilliant Irish wit and playwright. The Vincents have one of the finest country places in En gland. Esher place. HOME, SWEET HOME. THE BATTLESHIP ILLINOIS. arc of 00 degree« on the broadside, with the advantage of those on the u|»|x‘r deck of a dlnx't tire ahead and astern. Any injury to or near either of these six-inch gun*» will lx? confined to Its own comiHirtmcnt, as a lMt steel splin ter bulkhead separates each of these guns from its neighbor. Four powerful electric searchlights are also prv»v!i!*x1 two on top of the forward cliarthouee and two on each side of the after military mast—all hav ing an elevation of 25 feet above the water line ami commanding a complete all-round rang«. Russian Marriage Ceremonies. In Russia there uro some quaint mar riage customs. The ceremony, as ¡ter formed by a prleet, includes the bless ing of bread, after which he Joins their hands, asking each In turn whether j they will vow to lx1 good to each other and to keep bouse well. A wreath of wormwood Is then placed on their heads, symbolizing that even atnld the happiness of married life there Is a possibility of bitterness, and a conclud ing benediction la pronounced. A strik ing custom follows. Tlu1 print drinks their health In a gilt wooden bowl, and is Imitated by hits »and and wife, the former of whom subsequently dashes It u|x»n the ground, crushing it under his feet and shouting terrible impreca tions: "Let them be trampled upon and confounded who maliciously en deavor to create 111 will and do 111 office between us." Yet another quaint and somewhat characteristic Russian cus tom follows. On reaching home the bridegroom orders his wife to take off his boots, at the same time saying there is a whip In one and a purse in the other. Upon the fortune of her first choice the |xx»r wife forecasts the se verity or lllxTiillty of the man to whom her life is committed. Mutilation of Teeth by Savages. Mutilation of the teeth Is practiced by many of the savage or uncivilised nations of the world. In the Malay Archipelago the natives tile their teeth into points like those of a saw, cr ¿.¡¿ive them with holes Into which they Insert studs. The Macassar people sometimes pull out two front teeth, in order to supply their plaix1 with teeth of pure gold or silver. Some Afrlcau tribes knock out their front teeth on the ground that they do uot wish to look like wild lieast!«. On the Upper Nile four front teeth are always knocked out. but farther south only the two up per incisors are dispensed with. The Nunda Islanders sometimes blacken all I own, and for the moment she had for gotten the accident She was mxm brought to her senses. “That is my umbrella,” said a sharp voice nt her side, ami a hand was laid on her arm to detain her. Apologizing for her thoughtlessness, she left the shop, did the rest of her business, and calk'd for her umbrellas. In tin1 street-car she met an Indignant pair of eyes. Where had she seen them before? They scanned first her face, and then the burden she carried. “Three of them!” muttered the owner of tlie eyes, and It was evident that she referred to the umbrellas. “Three! She’s din no bad the day!” As she spoke she grasped her own umbrella tightly, and moved farther away from the dangerous young lady. The color came Into the cheeks of the latter. The speaker was her friend of the morning, and she evidently believ ed that tiie umbrellas had been stolen from different establishments In the city. And the worst of it was, it look ed as if It might be so. *• Only One Way. An exchange tells a story of a Judge who could not control his temper, and so could not control other people. One day there was unusual disorder In the court-room, am! at last the judge could endure It no longer. “It Is impossible to allow this per sistent contempt of court to go on," he exclaimed, "and 1 shall be forced to go to tiie extreme length of taking the one step that will stop It!" There was a long silence; then one of the leudlng counsel rose, and with Just a trace of a smile, inquired: "If It please your honor, from what date will your resignation take effect?*' Victoria's Views Broader. Queen Victoria, as she grows older, become« bnsuler ami more liiteral on many questions, especially concerning the observance of the Sabbath, much to the distress of many of her worthy subjects. Ixist spring. In going to and from lCJvlera. for the first time in her life she traveled on Sunday. JOHN HOW ABD l’AYNK’S HOUSE. diplomat, but, surrounded by roses and other garden flowers and covered with clinging vines, It Is still one of those lx-nutlful homely sjxtts which arouse the poetic fancy. It stands In a pic turesque **i»»t overlooking the village churchyard and is visited by all stran gers In town. It was here that Payne spent his boyhood. I I i Bribing Spurgeon. The recent autobiography of the late Rev. Charles II. Spurgeon contains an account of what may be termed an early business venture, and its Influ ence on his character. Spurgeon was brought up on Watts' hymns; but not altogether willingly. His grandmother coaxed him with money to learn them. At firat she gave him a penny, but when she saw how easily It was earned, the old lady reduced the prize to a half penny and then to a farthing. There Is no telling how low the amount per hymn might have fallen, but just at this time his grandfather made a dis covery which seemed more desirable to Spurgeon. He discovered that his house was overrun with rats, and of fered his grandson a shilling a dozen for all he could kill. The occupation of rat-kllllng gave him more money than learning hymns. “But," Mr. Spur geon characteristically says. “I know which employment has been the more permanently profitable to me." A Paradise for Women. In the matter of woman’s rights Abyssinia Is far ahead of Europe. Ac cording to an authority, the house and all Its contents belong to her, and If the husltand offends her she not only can. but does, turn him out of ihxirs till he Is duly repentant and makes amends by the gift of a cow or the half of a camel- that Is to say. half the value of a camel. On the other hand. It Is the privilege and duty of the wife to abuse her husband, and she can divorce her self from hint at pleasure, whereas the huslxtnd must show reasons to justify such an act on his part. Double-Entry Bookkeeping. Resisted Bravely. The double-entry system of book Magistrate (sternly)—You're « piti keeping, now tn common use, was firat able specimen of humanity. What practiced in Italy in the latter part of wrought you to all this degradation and the fifteenth century. disgrace? Prisoner (proudly)—It took three po If Justice Is like moat women, she licemen. drops her scales every few hours to ge< In them aud see bow much she Every new doctor believes be can weiglks. cure consumption and cancer. Here is a curious slice of London. If a man were endowed by his Creator with X-rays eyes tills» is what he would see when he looked into Slaughterhouse Corner, ns tiie point of convergence of Queen Victoria street. New Bridge street and the approach to Blackfriurs bridge in the City of London is called. These streets only furnish the surface traffic. Overhead is the structure of a great railway corpora tion. Underneath you come first to the electric conduits and gas and water mains, forming a labyrinth of themselves. Then, at the depth of twenty feet from the street, you come to the tunnel of theunderground railway, through which so many thousands of people pass daily. A tew feet under the underground railway is the sewerage system of this part of London, in itself a vast engineering work. Then, passing below the sewerage system, you come to a great channel of traffic in the new steel tunnels of the City & Waterloo Railway. Three railway systems, a busy thoroughfare and many sewers, water pipes, gas pipes and electric light wires cross each other at this spot. Nowhere else on earth can such an astonishing display of engineering skill be seen in so small a compass. footholds. That is why the powers all maintain warships in Crete. They are not watching the Islands so much as each other. stand patiently in the squares and ol- Meanwhile Crete Is In a very unhappy 1 leys and similar caravans pass by to position. It has no regular government I the sound of loud cursing and the and it Is small wonder that anarchy whacking of cudgels on ribs and bones. prevails. The powers have established Soldiers of the various nations in a joint protectorate. as they well know their different uniforms are seen ami that a “protectorate” by any one pow? r, every now and then a squad of regu- especially England, means possession. lars or of marines dashes down the When any trouble occurs the warships street at double-quick time, the sun 6hlnlng on casque and bayonet and their bugles sounding merrily. This is to let the natives know the foreigners j ore still there. Crete is turbulent because Turkey cannot manage it. The sturdy moun- I taineers and country ¡»eople of the isl and will never yield to Mohammedan rule. Hatred of that rule is lmbilted i by the Ui.be at the mother’s breast and is instilled into the heart of the child | with the first words that he can under- I stand. The Turks are massed in and around the villages, generally within | running distance of tiie cannon of the fort. Greece could manage Crete, because I tiie Cretans themeelves are Greeks and ! | look upon Helas as their fatherland. ! Under Greek law the renegades would all turn Christian and tiie Turks would settle down and be quiet. rlllEST AMI» FOREIGN OFFICER. Tiie Greeks have shown themselves capable of establishing a good govern all blaze away together, in evidence of ment by the way they have stamped good faith and friendly zeal. The Eu out brigandage in tliefr own country ropean concert, so far as Crete is con and the efficient manner in which they cerned, means a concert of cannon. hare policed the entire territory l>e- It is decidedly Wagnerian music. longlng to them. A Twenty-one Hundred Dollar Cat. Why do not the powers give Crete to In London and Paris cats are more Greece and end this harrowing spect acle of continued revolt, murder and highly prized than in the United States, Incendiarism once for all? Because of and there are frequent sales there of a diplomatic phrase: “The Integrity of tn bl des at two hundred and fifty dollars the Turkish empire.” Crete won her each. Some choice cats, with rare freedom nt the time of the revolution “markings” and “points,” are disposed and has won It since, but she has been of at five hundred dollars each. One of the most famous cats In Amer persistently given back to Turkey. The situation is this: Certain of the ica Is Ajax, owned by D. W. Stevens, of great powers stand around the Otto Westfield. Mass. Ills actual value has man empire as crows might stand been estimated, says the I*hlladelphia around a dying horse. They know that press, at from one hundred to three if the liorse does die they will fall upon hundred dollars, yet It Is doubtful if each other over the division of the the owner would take several times the Kj-ofl and will hxir each other to pieces. larger sum for him. They say: “It Is better for Armenians The famous cat Nicodemus, which and Christians to be murdered than won the first prize for beauty at a New that a general European war should York cat show, cost its owner, who purchased It of a street urchin In Hes take place.” Crete is important on account of Suda ter street. New York, the sum of ten cents. After the close of the exhibition the gentleman received a dozen offers of fifteen hundred dollars for tt, and one woman bld twenty-one hundred dollars. A lady who controls n cat farm in California paid $1.000 for a cat In Paris and considered it a bargain. STREET SCENE IN CRETE. The “Lowly Thatched Cottage’’ that | down. Caravans of mules and don- Inspired Payne’s Song. I keys, with their high wooden saddles, The “lowly thatched cottage” which furnished the inspiration for John Howard I’ayne’s immortal melody, “Home, Sweet Home,” still stands at East Hampton, L. I. It is somewhat changed since the days of the poet- BUSY SLICE OF EARTH UNDERNEATH LONDON. vuttitn somkx in cum. bay. a splendid coaling station and har bar for warships. Any foothold In the Modi terra nan is considered of vast 1m- portani'e by the powers. England now ! has Gibraltar. Malta and Cyprus. She . Is particularly anxious that neither I France uor Russ.a should gain similar THE WESTERN FARMER. It Is a Great Knee that Is Peopling the Plains and Prairies, Dr. Albert Shaw contributes a fully illustrated article on "The Trans-Mis- sissippians and Their Fair at Omaha” to the Century. Dr. Shaw says: When one bears testimony to the fineness and beauty of all this array of machinery— a beauty that lies in the ever-increasing perfection of its fitness for the condi tions that have to be met—one is really paying a tribute to the brains, energy I and character of the Western farmer. I have been on the Hungarian plains and witnessed the costly attempts of a progressive Government to teach the landowners and peasants the use of im proved form machinery imported from America or else adapted from American types. And I have also observed—wbat is confessed by the Government and noted by all who visit those regions— the persistent fact of scores of men, women and children in the cornfields with old fashioned hoes, while long rows of whlte-tunicked men. In the hay field or the ripe grain, are swinging sickles and short scythes. And a little later in the season It Is common enough to see the oxen treading out the grain, or to hear die thud of the descending flail. Meanwhile, the new-fashioned corn plows are rusting; the rejected mowing anil reaping machines rot in their neglei-ted corners; and the thfesh- ing machine is viewed askance as an ill-omened monstrosity. It is all simply a difference in men. It Is a great race thgt has peopled our prairies and plains, and that is pro ducing corn, wheat and oats by the thousands of millions of bushels where only a few years ago there was the ancient matted sod of the prairies, un broken for centuries. Tiie men who drive the gang plow, ride the sulky cul tivator, manipulate the twine binder, and send millions of horned cattle, hogs and sheep to the packing estab lishments of Omaha, Kansas City anil Chicago, are to be credited with a series of achievements worthy not merely of respect, but even of enthusiasm. I can not for a moment doubt the ability of such men to rear a fine and varied fab rics of civilization upon so great a ma terial foundation. His Strange Resemblance. A certain farmer, who is by no means noted for his resemblance to Ap.illo, has a son of seven, who possesses more wtt than pedigree. One day a stranger came to the farm, and, seeing the lad, asked: “Sonny, where's your father ?” “In the pig pen," was the reply. “In the pig pen? Thanks!" And as tiie man moved in the direc Having It Understood, tion Indicated, the boy shouted: Mistress—And, remember. Mary; I “I say! You'll snow him, ’cause he’s never allow my girls to entertain their got a hat on!”—Tit-Bits. beaux In the kitchen. New servant—Very well, ma’am. A Temperance Thirst Quencher What nights does your daughter use Rev. George Charles, the clerical see- the parlor? ‘ rotary of the Church of England Tem- ■ iterance Society In the Dhx'ese of Can The National Game. “Oh. yes." I understand the game . terbury, states that the best “sustainer now.” exclaimed the girl on the grand [ and thirst quencher” he knows of is stand, beaming on her escort with a I made of this formula: “Four ounces glad smile. ’The man you call the um • of white oatmeal fl<>ur. six ounce- of pire says something. Then everybody lump sugar, and the juice of one lemon. : Pour one gallon of boiling water upon yells at him. It’s very simple." it in a large Jar. Drink when cool. It After a man is left a widower, you 1 Is best made overnight for the next can hear as many things about him as i day." about Cuba. If a girl has them, she puts on her A woman knows exactly where to furs the next day after she discards find everything except her pocketbook. shirt waists.