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About Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1898-1899 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 4, 1899)
- ! t - '-y--. ' '.. f - ry - ,. ! , : vv-:-.;:' .f: -',-"-; : 1 ; P7?0A FRIDAY'S DAILY FLAX GEAIN BAGS IT, jJ J. CtJ55l5GHlM WILL EX PEEIMFJST AT 81S QUE5TI5. B Thinks th Cost of Man fae tare Will Vot B m Great m for Jato Bmti -In Ioierripw.'r Salem's experienced fax expert, W.( J. J. cunnmgnam, r.a s-aneu tor Qientin. CaUfernla, where be will ex periment! with flax u.w in in manu facture of grain rgs, Mr. Cunrdng ham la treat flax enthusiast and la tery sanguine of We future of that industry, w hsch la comparatively new In this section of the country. I He will endeavor to Interest ; the penitentiary authorities In the monufecture of grain bars from f h-egr.n-grown flux ' foer, - and will demonstrate the fact that better 'bags can to 'snadefrm flax than from Jute, and! a j one-half the cost. Ho will slur how trillions of dollars now sent to frndla: may be 4ept at he me, and at f the feme tfjme th farmers FnarobtaJrt ther iwa-bushel wheat sacks at 4 cents each, lnst-a4 of S cents. Jn an Interview . t T.immA utr'nK Mn-.m 4n .iilrf.tiinre. rave out the following Interring Information concerning the crodr 1 j T. .,w. -rr,,,.,..,,,, fi ,haT and tL "tl l3J extent Ireland .and that .t w fully equal to Ireland. j "There are now hotfwen (H-00 and 70W ncrs of flax riperJim In OregT. he say, and for the er d the farmra will ottain $1 per l.tifchel. lit estimates that the j'leid In tuhel will equal the averafe yield of wheat, and that the coat of produc-Ucil is no more. Now if l he farn-.fr can util.re the filter, an a3ritUon.il 5 an ucfc can te jnette,! frtr the land, thus ifrii-! most rroftable crop ed. ! i I"lr. Cunnlnghftm duce Orepn capitalist)) to organize j With regard to the discussion of for the cultivation Icf jflax and the am ring the volunteer in the Philip manufacture of linen, bu: hnn tbu ai ! pin-s with the Springfield rifle. J. the faile-1. He say It wouli take I1SC.0M Army and Navy Jc ninal taya. now th.t j erect a plant, but that If properly , managed, the profit would bi large, been supplied fcr It. It ha some tech Ht As confident. hotUe4 that Or-g.m ntml advantage not to U overloked. will some day brcornol a lien pioducinr As far as rapidity of flro la oncemed, state on a large scnle,; snd then Mr4 lln-m is probably little to choont be W. P. Lord will te glvfn the iei edit' t ween the old tnd the new Run The f i r her energetic efforts In the1 early English have found tbett imall-ca'l-day of the Industry. ber ballets Ineffective against a t-avage The present plan at San Quentln. enorry that dt not understand th he says, could be utilized, in the manu-' rule of the gam and will lnslut japort faciore of flax-fiber br.gi without anvj fighting after being hit, and hit nore alteration. It cost In the neighborhood than once It to e fair subject t-r dia of fl.OOO.OCO. snd I capable of turning euUm, tl.reft-re, whtfher th Sp.ing ou; a large number of br gs. He ivill field is not ncro effective against to make ne t wo-bushrl bf g for them , savage fcn? fh r the out of tin Oregon fiber ho brings with Mauser. The shock or Wow fiom the htm. and tt feel eurei the prl-pn au-f bullet of the 4-ctlber rine is much thorites will readily tnrenl to) wskirg greater thn from the lighter bullet of the change I ! th inagalne rifie. Many coses of un- w-' ... it!U J United States, Mr. Cunningham! says. Is at Tale. MJch . where th fitr raised 1 sent to tho New Trk splt.nejrs and msde intc a i-cor grade of .twine. Or egon, therefore, benrs' the palm for flar culture in this country, n Ws rr dact ts equal to the best In tho wot VI." THE BiCY"TLE TAXI The p4cy-le lax la. still being cellccte-l. a f ew j wheelmen coming in. from d.iy lo dy. -and t ayln the $1.25 due on iCCMint "f the special ta;Ivy rn wheels. There j tire t ill manyiVh-els In Mtrloi ct-un-j ty. en hlch the tax ha rn t l cn rmited at from 30) f The whreM on which the tax ha thui. fat t ;n p M nvmber iit-3, tags U tr 23 1 of j which having bcn revels el ny ti e ihe-rlfl: many cf the wheelmen v ho have pnl I the tax are, rowerer. not yet supi 1 el with tag. nJ all thr. h h- I relet mm lr ore r-lov 23-M. n sc-t cure thetr lags by -aUlng on the sher Iff. The lags, numl-erlnr htve not lcn teecived yet. tut FheiJfT DTr bin Is expecting them in "at fpw days. Follow ing are thee rpglste i Inq their wheel yesterday: Geiirge Van tanen. IHhi'Jvar, J W Reeves, CahiMer: D&Yli W. W'enger, ..Cb-scnnt:. H. A. Ketcbum. I t CIJMM ALLWl:r. t,u1ce G. V Terrrn. of th MaHon c mt y I cou-t, K rent A wandH, ,ktlw.d aUentioa yesterday hndet wr his df-ciel-m : K " . , in the matter of the claim of Joseph! NlneteCnth tIt'y vlew. Fishburn amounting to 93i.50, agAint' ? the estate of 8; H. Hammer, decease i, TO CHANGE NAME OF BROOKLYN which claim was presented to ami rej BR1IXJE. Jcte-l by John Hughe, the: aminls-1 ... , , ; trator. The court. In dHd!ng he j 1 here I a strong probability that claim, says: "I s therefore ore!erel tho Brooklyn briige w?ll l re-i.amed and adjudged by the curt that th$ . after Its tuilder, CoL Washington A. aattl claim, amoiintlnc to e nl i Roebllng. The fame us structure is lowed and the balance of ;ho; claim sixteen years old, but Is not yet nn dismllowcd. and that each of the par-' ished, accrdlrg to the cr'ginal pUns. ties to this prcceedlrg ray his own. Tr.ett .Uns were drawn by John A. cocts and disbursements; and; It; ; Is RiebUng, father of Washington A further orlered that the said sum but the elder had nothing to do ith Us of 156 50 I paid by the raldi" John ' c. cti uction, having cried In July lJ Hurhea, administrator of the estate t before a stroke of woik was clone ..n of 8. R. Hammer, (erased. In the due the bridge.. It was originally intend conrse of administration out of any ed to cap the great bridge tuners wMh invn. v nqi mnr nma mm ni nana belongin to th said estate.- j ( Phor. of thi city: Levi Hhorj of 1 .Ai...- na uggeung mat Lebanon, and : Fred Kwer. ofi Poikl "iS ' Sl l connty wb, have been In the Klondike! 1 Si done at a raid fields for the past egtt-er montlw' . T L th reacliod Seattle oi WedaeMUv trUvttir to " fter the bulld-even-ng. -en their ? ;.4"d ep . toward attaining thi. Adam B-trhor artixed in thi nv ... the Rowburg mall -eterday morning, and Jolred hU family. Levi Basfmr! n l Krer remained in Seattle for thej rurpose cf having their gold dust a-i sayed, exiting to srrlve in Sale.n jto- f morrow. While, the gentlmen e.-o not multl-mllUcnaires. by any treans. ..fa a result or ihcir trip to the Kloadikv. yet, they, have no reason to complain. thoir venture having proven a fairly I T r.pemus one. Th y had a claim ton .si I onansa creek. Xo. l7. Mow Jr.k. ery. from which they realised very HHnnory murns, out they ajt quiie coa.cni io remain it Orvson. ? !- ; -' . fires from baileoad sparks There Is hv very general Idea that Woodland and grass flrfr. f!T often caused by PrkJrtrat""l? . . -.i observation JTe Tan aiobT mot all railroad Mir in & drr summer tends to con firm thi. notion. 3ut U 1- nowjon- tended that many ciaim. made on railroads ' for damage of, this kind In cases where they are not to blame. An Interesting little inves ti.tion of the subject made recently at Purdue university. fcrings out some ,1 w Alone a etrum r- . M.v miare nana wer placed ,t i-tancea of 15. Z5. w, o, " 275 and S75 feet, from the center of the track. In each pan was Jaw a w" frame covered with sort im The object was to secure a record, where possible, which would give In dication of tbe . temperature of the 'park. If, for examifte. the aparka were- large enough and hot enough te scorch the cloth, the fact would be mad Dljln. A location was chosen. r the too of a heavy graae over which any freight trains passed dally, and across wihlch the wind had an un obstructed course. The observations included direction and velocity or w wind, the velocity of the train, the condition of the weather and tne tem- berature of the air The largest quan itltv of sDarks fell in the pan 60 and foot fmm itne center ox me uck. The largest cinder caught did not equal n size a common white bean. In no (case was the cloth In the pans scorch. led. ahowing that If the cinder en- Kore they r6ached the pan. Fine dU8t.ke Icle were found to fly distances as great a 375 feet, but waa only true under the influence of a very atrons wind. Incidentally It that TOme earlier teats at Purdue a few years ago. disclosed the fact tnatj under certain conditions th(& fuet loat y vparka" might run as hIh nearly 25 Der cent, of the dry cxal firej j i j- - THE KRAG AND THE SIHXNG- FIELD. smokeleM powder cartrilgt s have offldal statements lave teached the ordnance department of the inefficien cy 'f small-caliber bu11 t fired with high velocities, le ause of their failure to produce the I slwck necessary for disabling an tnerny, and of the great er cHclemy of the 4.-Cftlibei aim In this respect. Gen Corbin himself has exi.n jwed the hilief that lt Is i-orni-blc lhat in the ftring likely to ivcur In country thickly v.d-d er with di ns. ttrtUrtgrowtli. asl In th nfihberhood of Manila, the Spr.nsf'.ld iirTe, with tl e fmok le?8 cattiidge. in the mjr4 elR tlent we-ain.'.' , ptK3It TFETH (,P thi; vmivn A rapid tendency to d'-cay, hitherto unknown in extent, la tnklnjr place in th te-ih of the children" and youth of th- piesent ceiiieralon. Thut the dl- a!' is assuming a armlns proportions painiuiiy evident. a few yeais tgo -l.ool cc.mmlttee waa apr-ointed by the British Dental Association to ac- ou-re more knowledge t r th? condition of children" teeth at various ages. Of the i-hildien of a larpe mtml-er t-f par ochial, inotisttial rnd cthtr 'achM; over 10.000 rtouths were exat. lined, and the condition of each tooth was inarkej urwn a chart. Less than 15 pr rent, of ich boys and girl? el an averag, ag. of It years old not reoufro sr-m treatment f.r decayed te-eth. The 1 V rv larcA sr f ie t f. . Dunowm ttont parapets, but fe-r on- reason or other thi ra bee n neglect ed. Now Mrs. Emily Warren Ilucbling rui wun a ataternent deploring this Z. aireaay teen Uken New Vork letter. AN EXUBERANT TOLTIL "But w hat will your People sy?" b murmured, with downcast eyr. "I em net only pcor, but my famliy unsnown, I haven't even." idi add-d P".:vely, 'a coat-ef-crn s you know." "But I have stacks cf cc.." wm- peicd the d.r lng young n an. -and a. for armwell!" , ' ' na ne proceeded to use . . . s cago Tribune. FOE SALE OF HOPS OJLY A FlSW GROWERS MADE COSTBACTS. HAVE Tae Sale Frlee in ot Agreements I FUeedat 10 CeaU-Some Chattel Uortgige. (From Dally July 2Sth.) Many of the bp farmers of Mai I'm county. In past years, ccntracted for the- tale of thtir crop long before th same hail matured- This yoar not eo of the grower ai contracting hops, only thirty-one chattel mrr yi their moitgas.es and contract on growing hop hve been filed In the office- of the county recorder thus rar, tm sea son, though a few ere probably still In the hands of grantees unrecorded. These contract fot the sale of heps. now on record, are usually at the price of, 10 cents per pound, though som vary from, this , figure., some or : tm contract arc ror toe consignment of hci. a certain amount to to advan.re.1 for ticking, purpose. Following arj tne contracts. mea: M, I . Jones and E. W. Jones, of Biooks, to T.. A. 1 Jves'.ey A Co., of Sa- J lem," J0.000 poundg at 10 cents perl pound. S cent to ba psid at picking time, the remainder at the time of tbe dolivery of the-crop. . m. Lt. jones and E. H. Jones, of Brooks, to T. A. Lhcsley, of Salem, 30.0UO pounds at IV cents pr pound; 5 cents to t paid at picking time, the remainder upon delivery ot the crop. A. J. Kays and Frances Kays, of Piatum, to T. A- Livesley-& Co., of Sa'.em. 15.000 pounds: 115C paiJ at time of signing contract: 4 cent per pound to be paid at picking time, the crop tol be sold and grantees to uceive one cei't per pound as commlstit n. E. J. Nunley. of BreMikv. to T. A. Llvesley & C, . of Salem, 15,000 poun In at 10 cents per pound, t'i5 paid at the time of signing the tcntract; .4 cens to be r aid at the time of harvesting th crp, the lemalnder npoit delivery J: G. Meyers, cf HitoYb, to T.. A. Liveeley & Co., C')00 pounds at 10 cents per pound, AVt cents to be paid at nick ing time, the remalndet upon delivery M. E. Blanlon, of Lrocks, to T. A. Livesley & Co.. lO.OoO pounds at 11 c-mts, 6 cents to b jald during har vest, the remainder upon the delivery of the crop. j J. B. Baltics, of Cervais, to T, A. Uvculey & Co., entire crop oft a 20 acre yard; S1C0 paid at time of signing contract, 4 cents per pound to be pall at picking time, heps consigned. W. P. Massey, of P. rook, to T. A. Llvesley A Co., 6.0X piunds at 10 cents pet pOunl. 4 cent to be advanced f r harv'Stlrg. the remainder to be paid upon delivery. J. R. Arthur, of hemawa. to T. A. Llvesley Co., 10,000 pe.unds; S79 ad vanced at t-igning of contract; 4!& cen's a pound to be paid lit harvesting tlne, hop to be handled by grant es on con signment A E. Moser and wife, of Silvert'in, tc J. L. Edson. cf Fllverton, entire crop grown on 13 acre yard of grant nis; 1750, chattel mortgage. A. D. Pettyjohi.. of Salem, to. Lilian thai Bros., of . New Totk, 2C.000 poun Is at 10 cents per ponnJ: 4 cents to be I paid at the time of picking, the re- mainder, ui.on delivery. Ira Hubbard', of ervals, to Ltlit-rt-thai Brc., of New York, 14 C00 poun Is of hors, at 10 cent per pound, 5 cents to Le advanced for harvesting the crop balance uixn delivery. W. H. HoJir-e. cf Faleni. to LWW;- thhl IJro., of New Tork. 37,f0C pounds at -0 cents per pound. W. H. Holmes, cl SaUm, to Lilian- thai Bros., of New Tenk. grantor's In terest In bop raised on hi farm font miis soutnwrst of Salem, tentf ii iwuiiii eo De auvancea ioi narvest- lng:: on consignmeht. Daniel Cavanatigh. cf Marion coun ty, to Fnber A Nels, of Albany, 12,C) pounds at 10 certc pe" pound, Z cents to -e i r.'tld at 'oickina time, th r- mainfler uton d-"iv-T-. Young Chung, of 't-Lampceg, to J. M jiiiBM-ii dc . or roiiiund. grower tt I;,ffJ'flya,C,M'f h ,P" ri- Ht,vnJ" ,fAsm l Xl' I ;,?.r.hl!in ln U.t a?w- . dvance1 ff I?A I' f V l?y Cn Cnl Cmn mHfclou for selling hc.s; cn consign- irent. -T. F. Hayes. ' of Woodburn. in T iVESr u. J: ew,York- '0M urrurg. 3) cent lo DC paid1 upon 3d i very. Bernard Nys to McKlnley Mitch. '11 ot v.crvais, ,&uo pounds of hops. 5 cents per pound to advanced ft.r narvesting purpows. on onsignment. Jchn C. B Ames and 'Jeorge C Mlckel, to McKlnley MitchelL e.f f'.mr. vais, 20.000 pounds of hops. S cents to do paid for picking purpose, the hop eo soia on commlrsfcn by grantee. W. M. Crum. ot Aumsvitle. t i . a Uvcsley a Co.. 6000 pounds. cents to be pc id at time, of harvesting, the crop to be sold on commission, grantor to receive one cent r er pound for sell-1 Ing the heps. I L A. and T. Ponney and It. II. I i;ppcnaant. oi tiuDoaro. to H. Miner, of Aurora, 10.000 pounds. 865 paid at tlni of signing contract. 4 cet p.r pound to be paid at picking lime, e-r jp conrlghed. If- C. WelJs to S. and W.' H. Ramsey. Cf Sesttle. 6000 pctinds, at S cents per I pcund. 823 07 advanced at sianin of R. I. Swarts. cf SaJem. . t t a Llvej-l-y A Co. pr.nnds otho'ns. -v oraurea-ai time, of figning th contract.. 0 on May L IK, and 4 cents per pound to be. paid at time of pk klng tbe crop, gt aj.icc to sell crop, receiving one cent ier iKCnd cs con mi.ion. L Chorg Mow and Ilei Foo nf bard. Oregon, to Hr.ns C. Wahlburg. of vnuini. crop orr eight acn s of hops neaVButteville. f 1C0 advanced at UfairrZM iS eo ce paid at p'cktng time, be hops to be sold on -omu:ijl..n, cents t bo 1 aid to grantee. to be nald at itf-fctr,. tr lJ m- a . . i - ii'ii i. C'mTT " . KWd ' 1 hop, on the John Ilinkle farm on FJ- Mctt prairie, 59 advanced, grantee to receive etie cent lr pound rr selling CIGeorg Fng and Frank Van Wassen. hoeve. to J lank of V.odburn. hop cn.t on the Van Wasenhocve fram near Champoeg, chattel mortgage T. JMthan and W. H. Egan to Bapk cf Woodburn, on ilw W. H Egan farm n-ur Biooks. chattel mort gage, 100, to be a subseauent lien to two contracts made by giantors, to sell 200C pounds of hops, each, to Thompson & Co, nd Chas. May V To. : . f . . H. L. Allen, to Ftnk of Woodburn. crop on Ht-nry Allen farm near Sll-vi-rton. chattel mortgage. JM). Ah Tung and Chas. Mc.imilck. to Bank of Woodburn. hop crop ot Chas. McCormlck's farm near Woodburn, chattel mortgage. IV. Wong Hin and Chas. McCormlck,, to Bank of Wool burn, hop crop on Chas. McCormick i farm near Woodburn, chattel mritgage, $200.) AUGUST WEATHER Statistic Concerning it for Tea.ni Tast, Several I foHowlng data, covering a period 1 of twenty-aeven.years, shows what sort WP-ther aa exnerienced during 1 .August I . nvmnerature. iMean or normal tem- perature, 66 defjrees; ihe warmest month was that of 1897. with an aver- j 0f 71 degrees; the coldest month I wa that of 1876 with an average of 63 (degrees: the highest temperatdre wws 197 decree, on the 22. 1891: the lowest I temperature waa 43 degrees on the 29. 1876; average date on which first "kill ing" frost occurred in autumn. Novem ber 26th: average date on which last j killing" frost occurred in spring, April 11th. Precipitation (rain and melted snow.) -Average for the month, 1.57 Inches; average number of days with .01 of an inch or more, 4; the greatest monthly precipitation was 2.11 inches In 1881; the least monthly precipitation was no inches in 1885; tbe greatest amount of i precipitation recorded In ' any twenty- four consecutive hours was 0.79 Inches on the 24. 1877. . Clouds and Weather. Average num ber of clear days 17; partly cloudy days, 9; cloudy days, 6.. Wind. The prevailing winds have been from the Northwest; the highest velocity of the wind was thirty-five miles from the southwest, on the 16, 1893, and from the south on the 31. 1897. THEY ALL (PASSED EIGHTY PUPILS OF MARION COUN TY PUBLIC SCHOOLS Graduated and Presented with Diplo mas Dnrisr tiie Last School Year Who The Ire. (From Daily July 28th.) TJufwrg the school year 1898-1899, eighty pupils were graduated from the- public schools of Marlon county, and received the public school diplomas, to ; which they were entitled upon completion of the course of study prescribed, and the Paae satisfactory examination These graduates belong in various dis tricts In the county; a complete list of their names, together with their ages and addresses, tbe names of their teachers and the numbers of their dis tricts, Jf. entered in the record of Coun ty Superintendent Jones, are herewith given: M District No. 4. fill ver ton; J. J. Kraps, teacher June Buff, aged 15 years; Carl Benson, 16; Herman Olson, 16; Ida Pet erson, 17; Viva Purdy, 19; Ora Hicks, 10; Carl Johnson, 17; Lena Schloder, IS; Benjamin Skaife, 14; Amy : Riches, 17. and Alma Hicks, 16, all of'Kilverton; Eddie Shanks, 18, of Alt. Angel. District No. 74, Mehama; It. D. Ca- shatt, teacher Henry D. Cashatt, 14; Carl Cashatt, 18; Claude W. Barrick. 16. District No. 104, WoodJaurn; J. C. C. Lewis, teacher Dana E. Knapp, 16; Minnie A. Townaend, 17; Winnie W. Town send. 16. District No. 2, Champoeg; Mrs. O. F. Tergen. teacher-Uny -Mendenhall. 17. District lio. 51. Laurence; E. B. Fletcher, teacher- Julia Hughes. 16; Bessie Cutsforth. 14; OlUe Kelly. 16; Sadie Cutsforth. 15. District No. 19, Berry; N. A. Schell- terg. teacher -Roble Sconlan, 14. District No. 35, Lewlaburg; Bessie Ballinger. teacher-linnle lUnkey, 18; District No. 67. SiWerton; T. E. Mitchell, teacher J. C. Thomas, 19; Edith B. Hoibart. 16. District No. 41. Mt. Angel; T. I Am bler, teacher Ellen Johnson. 17. District No. 20, Marion; S. L. Frailer, teacher Christian Olsen, 16. Xistrict ' No. , eilverton; Mary Altken. teacher Bert Smith. 18; Dol- Ue Smith, 16: Ray Kolck. 16. District No. S. Salem; Elton Sbs teacher J. E. Shaw, 17; Bessie Gesner, 17; iMae Thayer, 15; Ullle Harris, 16; Tressie Carlson, 15. District No. 73, Scott's Mills; A- R. I Dlmlck. teacher Otlev Scott. 17: Wll. bert Brodie. 17; Worth Coulson. 18: Verllng Oox. 15; Nellie White, 17; Lucy iimoenaae. 17. District No. 11. AumsvUle: J. E. Towle. teacher Wm. C. Judd. 16; B. Webster Snyder, IS; HatUe V. Kirk- Patrick. 17; Luta M. Norton, 17; Wm. Dean Shaw, 15. District No. , Brooks; W. R. Powers. teacher John Evans, 17; Ilda Jones, it: tcomeo uouley, 14. District No. 17. Stayton: J. O. Rich ardson, teacher Zuja Walters. iu. oi, ufrrw Minnie wade, i teacher- Liable E. Esson, 16; Melvlnl District No. 88, , Salem; Anna Llnd- I gren, teacher-Charlotte Clark. 18: Wal- -;. x,. lniy. aS I'MlwnlftA 1Q T X ttn a I IS. District No. 76, Turner; Maude My ers, teacher Alvom Hussey. - District No. S, Macleayr Lizzie Cor- ' - , iiarrer i . on, is; iean wuzeu. . .. District No. 34. Woodburn: W F Dixon, teacher Edith C. Bonney, 16; District No ii ri-ij. Dlatrict No. 112. Lewisburg; Sudie Bashor. teacher Ethel D. Darby, ;.S; Roy E. Darty, 15; Ruby O. Fisher, Glenn E. CMoClellan, 12. District No. 60, Brooks; Mrs. Ella Maasey, teacher -Anna M. Becker, Dlstrirt V. 112. Krultland: Sudie 1 "ftlltSf Bashor. teacher Eugenia WeUy. le. District No. 69, Croston; Joel Willson. teacher tMyrtle Willson, 17. District No. 37. Sidney; Mrs. Ahl- fl0 Givcs His Idea as to the 11.,. ' hauser, teacher Ella Donaldson, 17; I . , . . Jessie Cade, 17. District No. , (Mill City; .John ueoaes, teacner uamei uuinn, . aw Samuel Johnson. HENS' EGGS. FcienUstr say that there is no mis take in the popular imprest-loa that hens' egg are highly nutritive. The value of a fi- la determined nett nkne ty Its composition, fait also by its gcstibility. If two foods have same composition, and em give twice as much material ; to the body In Its passage through the stomach me ouer, it is rrucn more vaiuaoie. The digestibility cf eggs was lately Utted by agricultural experts. ' Five expeilmnts were made by muns of a lepsin solwUon to determine hw the various methods of cooking a.Tcte-I the dlgesUbiUty of the egg. An egg toiled thre irdnutes and digested fcr Cv hours In pepsin s-l-jtlcn. com - 1-ari-d with one boiled twenty minutes j in Portland, giving a" grand paxadI unC treated Ir the same way, shos;dj "Our compar.y will then i-rcurn i rntniutlrMlMl nrwtlm In ev a I Calam 1 m i. a . , 1 former, under similar treatment egg boiled nve minutes gave 3; ce.-nt itndigeetea prote'n. In another 1 ed a wtllirgneas to hang tcgHher urn tilaJ the ggs were cooked for periods! Ealem la reached. You, of ojuise, 1 ot flv an1 ten minutes in water IfO degrees Fahrenheit. In both cas the protein was entirely digested five hou-s. The reeult indl ated lhat, while the method of cooking has ron.e eneel upon the rate of dfgti b'jity. it dees not materially aftct tl.e total dig'.stib lily. A. healthy man wrs made t- eat a n.al most of the nitrogeucous rncteriat of which wa furnished by eggs, the ollir tntu eaen I clng potati cs, milk and ctvam, About 90 per cent of the totnl nitto geneous loutt-n.tl and 90 per cnt of the fat eorsumed were d 'retted. Wh h.althy men were given la d!et ' of bread, milk and egg, from SO to 93 per cent eacb of the protein and fat were ojge'ttea. un innum fi: p.ror snytbing that comra tip, cent water, :3.1.per cent ptoteln and 9 5 per cent fat. Compared with other foods, eggs at 32c it dozen are-a cheap fotirce cf nutriment, at 16c a dozen they are fairly expensive snd 25c a dozen and over they are very ex pentlve. ARTIFICIAL LIMB INlCSTltT The proportions lo which the nrtifi caai limb industi-y h.is growu are little! a . . sustkAiitA,! - . a m . . uilrii, uu i envprn in .-Mew xnrKir wi-uia ne to inan-n the merf City alone has fn its beMk th namil of 70.000 people who. have been or are to le supplied with aitliiclal limbs, it, is understood that wars, hare- very little effect on tbe business. The rall - roads are tho great Iimfc. dsir.yers, mcy are responsible for far more than! m.twrtv i J ' JVV.WK pTfOIIS killod or maimed yearly on the rall - reaos or tne united citates alone. The art principally cnployes. a vers small percentage llng pasiengtrs. ' Fot- merly the manufacture of' artificial I bJt iiiiius wa merely local ln.liiktrl the degre of Dvrfettk.u in strength of const Miction and d-lloacv ol design to which the manufacturers have attained la spreid the renu- tatl .n of the product to far-off coun- tries, and American make is are n nv shipping to pvirts .cf the world Tho marufsctutcrs are always look ing out for new tocar. tf Increasing th li trdiiTttx ah I lifelike appearance of their devices. Among recent im provements are the rubber hand ,md foot. The flexible f.ngor ate made of Nt.rway iron the mott ma'latle pf rnetals. uhirh gives the person wear ing the hand the ability to eatlly put It into tny pr-bition at win. The im preved foot has 6 spring rncltiesw ad Juste-d to the- rrbl-er v.Mth gives it gi cater elasticity, durr.bnify snd nat ural acti-n .han those v. 1th int.cti lated joints ued fom-ily - j AN AJ3,NOSTIC BANKER. Hie clcsihK paragraph of the will ot Wt;i am totr. t.i.e tanker who died re cently In fan RUjt!, Col..-leaving an estate of f:oo(K,. leads thts: "And I make the pnocf.il reiuef t tluit my bRly b- cremated and that not c.r.e copper coin of the? Jrcorr,e eif my estate Ms ex i iiui upe-n or in ur.y e napel or church cr-upon ihe suprort e-r ncoui-age-mejit. dirtt-tly or Indirectly. ef any o-clled minister of the T.tsieI. or in ml(slonarts cf any sect, for the whole of the tribe of whom I entertain a pen cere, well -founded and unccr.ouerabt ver.ion, fcecauce during my lifeline t fond that both the mn and women preacher did not know v hit thy were talking about."- Chit-ago Tri bune. A NIDED TI.-UTH. Here Is a great meded truth, th th'ngs that e.re datk and grievous t- us may ie uved bv jd t.t ecompllPh great results for us and for our cause. It Is m hard lesson to le;i rn We re gard regular lenders, regular n,etho!s a essential; interruption I a mistake: we cannot understand It; active ser vice Is the cnly means cf advancing a caoso which appeal to ns. Rev. W. L. Phillips, EpLsccpa Ian, New JIav.-n. Ccnn. FAME8 PTIIWAT. i - t - . ... I tension of n r.m-e. A , i..n li,t fund to Charles Ahr.!on. the ev. r. n. . " u.Lr Z. '7. V." ! ' " - s .s S,f L,t,n and MnJrei.fubi-cts. ar.d m.l,Hhe.i r,.s,rv tt r 1'.'., , rrn-rit. He won t-umercus . ni Tie at m Wever tnat h! tho Elsie JdfcU.t. wrote mn m VlentlCtlon ot dIt,' of the history of wel,h ffi1 t?Ul'toC ri M 4-..i. . Nathan Haskell Dole. H retired from the fe-it-e seme time sgo. The optimist who can't appear cheer ful when h la In o l- - cous'. - rfeit. THE SOLDIEK BOY1' 18. TlP-nTR-Vi VT wnnuiiv n,,, . THE VOLUNTEERS. w. I v a-uiwwiuiu toe ttetora j Ing OrefOUiaLg. (From Daily July 2S;h ) The following letter, received h. iJ - J T. C. Smith from Lieut. Chart. I Murphy, now at San Francisco, u pu I explanatory: .' I "Prewidio. S. F July 25. jy s ..rw J di- C Smith. Ealem Origon- Dvar Kir iul the Friends Tout kind letter, of July 14J up jat hand, and I wish the ix-onh- ' sJ I lem to know how miu b w tiwr.-A as I their kindness in providing a leceptU 1 cr. our rerurn. 1 have delayed wiiocl I yoi on account of not knowinr iJ what arrangements could be mad.. J "It has not been fu'dy decided jJ but, as near as I know n.w, there j be a train provided by the peopU 4 Oregcn. and the regiment will slot. I the principal towns down the va!W J and give a sheet rrale: on arriviBi thai of the- good cheer of out dear hor perl town. The men of Co. K have expret at dcrsUud that when they nre knusten out here they are at llbeity to eo ari In I come a they please; but I think c I men a a tule will prefer to go to Fa lem as a con.pary. Al all events vi - are urging them to do so. "We. lunderstgi.? we will te murti- I d out about the 7th cf Augi st ard w leave at ence for Oregon. "The jefficeiM are doing evetythl" In ihcir power to hold the reijlmw together until we reach Portland, an - t a meeting Ireld ; enterdi.y. r-- I .wlUingr.ets to give $300 toward nr. n vid'ng a fn-e? tiain to Portland for th, men. "We are very busy lih cur muster "t ioH now. I will advice yi u latJ 'Very! few of the ineu afM tick. rr! Iw of but Is much t-etter, but he 1 skih cune 4-ick. everyone else is a: .iiii -. 1 r o. k. We have a committee of ofni aton tiansrriation. e-f .which Ll-nt -Coll 'I - l Tran is c hairman. Now I would I visa you to wtlte him in rexard t having the tn.In schedule iaitance-1 w I that we could stop in Fa ten. three el four hours at least. Am vou will nni - l derstand. the way to entt rtam .Mi.fJ B ' " V returning from the war Is to fe-d fW lgM . s . . . . iowr. to Sl.trlon sou a re. civ, fl. m, I a feod.i let the m virlt their frlendJ then back to the train, thereby gtvfcio) I rd p.trtde. I 1 rou understand I am cnly susgejil I Ing this. I would desrty lovo to a4 my comrsdes matching the streets o I "I VIIJT, unu k nO' at leSJIt w nay-stop a shurt time. For my m-ouid IHte nothing better th I to come back quietly and take no m 0,(1 life whet I left It. wUheut sr I parsdlng, but the patters say that th4 -wuw wane co see us mm a nt mnt land I am disposed tc gratify them, i possible. J "Tha Ieop1e of Ban Francisco hav bcer very kind and have done all I tlielr powfr to wrlccme us to our h I ,,v Inu, but we kr-s for the dr'a I beme fate anu the Ifiidi whe're rol' the Oregon jr ours very truly. Chas. A. Xfurnhr Llut. Second O'.econ Vofur-tecr In fantiy." pi.;il;sm A MOI;AI. FOr.OE. "I am consldeted liv rv friends ;i M moral man.- svid A. J). JtotriVy, of t.'lil cago. ' Nevertheless 1 1.111 h art) y iil favor i'i ptl.. fighting. This muyj H-2k! ome proile w hen thev r-..nt.l,li.t thf;t I atu a church memlcr In nooj) standing. I Leheve tl.it th k no wll cde of how to box make a man morjj manly, and prlxe fighting r t: nu) t. s aV pcion to learn the nrjt of If -def-n.e I once- went out t Idaho to .da som minirg, and I landed ir the- town of Ce-ur d lene. not far from- HpoUan Ourlng the four months of winter twenty-one ptople were burfed In th little gruveyjrd. nn-1 only f.ne of thn; died a natnial Oeath, end lhat was baby 1 year old. The rest weni by xA colt and bowle route. Fix-she ctem and kr.lvcs w-re pulle-d cn the slight est prove cation and no one eruld nrn his mouth without the fear of havln 11 rued with cold lead. Dne night a prize fight was ad ver- tised to come off ir. one cf the dnn-ef hails, and every one went to ee- it Tho affidt turned out to be a good llve-i ly rout and it lasted for n'netcen rounds. It set every one wild,- and as a result nothing w as talk. -3 of bnt fighting and bc-xtng. Or of the mln- cipals staved In town and gave It-fsins, and many of the boys tricl to lea-n he.w to han lie the mst-les. Aft.-r that I noticed a gre.it dcrense In the shooting scrapes. Whent-ver a dim cultr arose, ins tea.. 1 of apiteitllng to t'ie steel or the trigger It was 'preposl tbat the trovhl te settled acconlins ta Quecnxherry rules. We had sorri fellows going around with black eyr but we didn't bury so many crts. You think of. the matter and you will find that where there Is a lot of shoot ing the men dort knew how to box Washington Post. ; FAME'S PATHWAY. Slevking. the Dutch pianist, who wa ' Imprisoned for a, white in Australia last summer for disreTWt to a rer? lous procession, has eloped with" the daughter of a Vienna hotel keener. Secretary Hav. as Is well-known, Is a devout Omar Khayyamlte. It is no. At Oyster .Bay, Governor Roosevelt's Mttle eon greeted him on his return from the west with the words: "I'm glar for two things: Harvard's won and you're back!" That boy has the . proper spini. cvmnRnieii. m iui j ernor. s IS;