COTTAGE DECORATION. How < Broken Crockery and China-Ware Can Ha Utilized to Advantage. There is not a cottage or any other dwelling in which mosaic floors might not be laid, or in which some of the walls could not be set to advantage with such work. It is not only orna mental. but it is easily washed, and therefore conducive to cleanliness and health. A very large proportion ol wall paper is pasted directly over an old paper, and even when it is torn away too much gen Tally remains. J have learned by inquiry of several in stances in which persons have been either directly poisoned by the pigments employed in coloring such paper, or in which malaria aud death were induced by one coat decaying over another in a damp room. Nothing of the kind can, however, take place when walls are covered with mosaic or tiles, or are stenciled. Mosaic work can be execu ted wherever stone. Portland pement and broken crockery can be obtained. It is to be observed that broken tietile ware has several very great advantages over any other material. In the first {»lace it costs nothing and may be ound in every rubbish heap, as well as —more is the pity—in most kitchens. It is more easily broken into pieces of any requisite size than stone, or even ceramic cubes. It has a strong glaze, and generally wears as well as the very expensive material of baked clay sold for such work. And finally, it is in an infinite number of shades and tones, so that for really varied picture-making it offers the greatest inducement to the artist. For crockery or china ranges from Sevres to the rudest terra cotta, from saucers like pearl and marble to slag-glass which can not be dis tinguished from agate. There is abso lutely no material for decorative art work of any kind which offers such a vast variety of hues and shades and materials as crockery mosaic. I may add to this that a very curious and beautiful variety of mosaic work for walls may be made by setting broken lass, ami especially glass or china eads. in cement. The glittering points which they pre sent catch the light ami render the work very effective. I have heard this, as well as crockery mosaic, objected to as “trashy,” ami so it is when the artist who makes it is not capable ol making anything but trash. Blit one who possesses skill or genius does not depend on mere material. I have seen such mosaic which was so far from being trashy that it was truly beauti ful. And I venture to predict that we are not far from the time when all the broken crockery or chinaware will be utilized. It is certain in the interest of all housekeepers to en courage an art which will recoup them for their losses bv breakage. I once lived in a hotel in America in which the breakage for a single month amounted to three hundred pounds.— Art Journal. MISCE LL A N EOUS BUS I NE SS. NEW TO-DAY. I Notice of Sale by Common Carrier A. H. & 0. 0. HODSON Dealers In HARDWARE, TINWARE & W. T. BAXTER. New Firm, New Goods, New Prices At the New Store of BAXTER & ROGERS Stoves ta Film tas. (Sucoessoes to Baxter & Martin,) Third street, MoMinnville, Oregon, Anew, neat and clean stock. Every artich A No. 1. Fruit Jars, Butter Crocks, t’olored Glassware, Cutlery, Cased Goods, To bacco. Pipes and Cigars. Fresh Fruit and Vegetables in Season. Give us a call. Inspect our stock, and we will guarantee prices to suit vou. As the times will allow. A. A. KENYON We Make a Special!) of all Kind«» ot Job Work Par ticular!) Iron and Tin Roofing, Galvanized iron Cornices and window caps. In faot we do anything that comes in our line, with neatness and dis patch and, WVNFOB1' RAY. CITY MARKET, KENYON & RAY, Proprietors. (Suooessor to W. F. Bangasser.) Will keep on hand at all times the very best quality of fresh meats, that can be ob tained in the market, and respectfully solicit a share of the publio patronage. 4W“(riveus a trial order and we will Bring on your designs and we will cut your guarantee satisfaction. patterns, and do your work, and don’t you forget it. Never Tell You it Can’t be Done. South east cor. 3d and C streets, McMinn ville, Oregon. A. H. A O. O. HODSON. Notice is hereby given that the Oregon and California Railroad company, of Portland. Oregon, a common carrier having transport ed the persoual property hereinafter describ ed, from various points in the state of Ore gon, to the town of McMinnville in the state of Oregon, at the request of the owner or law ful possessor thereof, and having safely stor ed and kept said property, and by virtue thereof having a lien upon the same for its just and reasonable charges, end more than three months having elapsed since said transportation and care has been performed, and no part of said reasonable and just charges having been paid, all persons whon. it may concern are hereby notified that said Oregon and California Railroad company by its receiver wi'l on the 28th day of March 1887, commencing at eleven o’clock a. iu.. sell at public auction to the highest bidder, for oasli in hand, at the warehouse of said company, in the town of McMinnville, in the state of Oregon, all and singular said personal property or sufficient thereof to satisfy said lein and charges and the ousts and expenses of making said sale. Said prop erty having been shipped, consigned and transported between the points hereinafter named, and being more particularly de scribed as follows: Lot 1 from Portland, 3 Pieoes Bowling Alley, marked E. B. Berry Lot 2 from Portland, 1 bdl. w. paper, marked P. F. Brown R. K okhleb . Receiver of the Oregon «t Cal. 11. R Co Portland Oregon, March 3, 1887. ERNEST BOLLACK, Family Grocery Store. Third Street, MoMinnville, Oregon. Brewster’s Patent Rein TTohler. J. Harv. Henderson, Tjur lines are where you put them—not under horses' feet. One agent sold 1dos. in 5 days, one dealer sold 6 dos. in 15 davs. Samples worth »1.50 tree . Write for terms, (Successor to L. ROOT.) Dealer in E. E. BREWS’”'» Holly, Mich. All Fresh Soods, Groceries, Flour, Bacon, and Glassware and Crockery. t-STGoods delivered to purchasers hi thecitv ACTORY. W. H. BINGHAM Propr Third St., bet. •A D. McMinnville, - Oregon. I am now fully prepared to do all kinds of work in J E ABLER Y. WATCHES, CLOCKS and all kinds of pins for lodges, trades, etc. Jewelerv made to order. Everything guar anteed. Good and reliable work. Cheaper than the cheapest where workman snip is concerned. Give me a trial. FINE WATCH REPAIRING A SPE CIALTY. Manufacturer and Dealer In The Central Hotel, FINE FURNITURE Dining Station of the 0. C. R. R. of all kinds. McMinnville, Oregon. Just reoeived an extra hue iot of Blacks walnut Furniture, and designs. Call and price my stook. Undertakers Goods of a THE GREAT TRANSCONTINENTAL ‘ROUTE- OETHERlTTJACiriCn AILROADI SHORES!’! X BEST! QUICKEST! ■ ■ N —“Jim.” said an honest coal dealer to one of his drivers: “Jim. make that ton of coal two hundred pounds short. It is for a poor, delicate widow, and as she will have to carry all of it up two flights of stairs, I don’t want her to overtax her strength.”— Chicago Jour ’llllllllllllllfTHE DIWING CAK El!\ E,’/, nal. THE DIRECT KOI Tig NO DELAYS; FASTEST TKAINSf —Wife—There! the paper says that the Redwood family, out in the Yosem To CHICACO and all points EAST. ite Valley, are often seen with trunks ** sold to all PROMINENT POINTS forty feet in diameter. Now. don’t you XdU W VM W JiWWWUw Tl<’ke Th rolls lion t tlie East and Southeast, ever complain of the si?e of my trunks again. Richard. These Redwoods aren't TO EAST BOI AI> PASSENGERS! much of a family either. I never heard fS ” BE CAREFUL AND DO NOT MAKE A MISTAKE—BUT BE SURE of them.— Tidbits. ------ TO TAKE THE----- —A delicate little girl, just returned from a farm where she had been sent to spend the summer for her health, said: “The pump out there gives milk.” “It does?” asked the mother. “Yes, I saw the farmer pump ♦ And see that your ticket reads via Portland and in a can, and I looked in it and saw nothing but milk.”— Puck. —“Don’t show me any more of your impudence!” exclaimed the irate shop To avoid changes and serious delays occasioned by other routes. Through Emigrant Sleeping Cars aro run on Regular Express Trains Full per to the salesman; “don’t let me see Length of the Line. Berths Free. your face again when I come in here!” «Æ1------- QUICKEST TIME! "Tes’m,” he replied with an ingratia , LOWEST RATES! — o ting bow; is there anything else you GENERAL OFFICE OF THE COMPANY, would like to look at, mem?” Force of habit; he couldn’t help it, you know. Boston Transcriot. CHARI.TON, General Western Passenger Agent, T arifc|lailrflad| St. PAUL or MINNEAPOLIS, PF No. 2 Washington St., Portland, Oregon. F. Multner, Prop. (Late of the St. Charles.) This Hotel has just been refitted and new. ly refurnished throughout, and will be kept m a first class style. The table is supplied with all the market affords, and guests can rely upon good clean beds, and oomfortable rooms. Special acoomodatlons for commercial travelers. JOHN J. SAX. lias his Feed Chopping Mill In Running Order, —AND-- Will chop Feed for $2 per ton or one-tenth toll. ---------(o)--------- I armors and others having grain to chop can come to my mill, and attend to any business in the city to better advantage than driving two miles out of town to get their chopping done. JOHN J. SAX. McMinnville, Or. Star Restaurant, - AND— Lodging Souse, Third Street, opposite the Braly Bank, McMinnville, .... Oregon, O. €’. Hiatt, Prop. Finest domestio and imported cigars. Board and lodging. Meals at all hours. Publio patronage respectfully aolieited Mei"0‘Co "cMinaviin ♦