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About Weekly Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1900-1924 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 7, 1900)
DECREASE IS SLIGHT ICMMiar or AKSKS.3M KMT ROLE, or CLACKAMAS COUNTY tiled ia the Department of State VnUr. . dr-8UUmt ror This fwrkod iFvonf Daily, Statesman. TW. 5.V Tli' ck-rk of flackaina county ye t rday filed' the summary of that county's assessment; rull for the year j!M,Jn the office of, Seefetry of State J-Y I. Itftiiltar.' for ne .of ; the State It..artl of I.T-y. The roll kIiowr a to tal taxable property of M.S4.841. as compared it. tl.nrr.lf. a dirivii in valuation of fUia The summary, a nhd ycierLiy, rhows the follow ing tatiKtie of the proierty of Claek- eot,ty: -v j'.' ;' -; I .''' re tillable L-tnt.;.$t13.04S 4.J7.i57 aeie uon-tlllabk. .. i,4:',.N5t Imp. on oeetieii UnJ....,, 1 ..-. t..f.t 5H2.44.S 2-k).2; kvi ia.4.i 4;.2ii 4.i.-. IfkHiW 23.100 87,i4i !l.350 l.25l JS40 8.S50 Inm. on town lot Inn, on tindeeded land. . .47.1.1 miles railroad lied K475 mil U-ieg. and teleph. Rolling Mock .....I....,.,, . Steamlsiats. engine, etc. I Merchandise, etc . .1 .. ..... i Farming Implement, ctc.t ." Money.. .'.; .. . . . ; . . ; Note and account.. '. 4 r,l." share of stock. ....., Li Household furniture., etc. I :t2m horse and mule HtV2 enttk . .. , 7!!" sheep ' . . . d. goat ...... 4211 .swim- -.. . , O ' UniM valuation J. Exempllon.-. . . . CIO.CkI To; .-J tarn lib property. . .4.2.'4.S41 For purpose of comiarison the sum-. mary of tin roll for last year is given. IeIow. showing in ; what elasse of proper! r tn- decvao was nuttier 71.1:71 acre tillable la ml. . . .$l.:!7i0.0tN'l 4a'.i!r acre iion-tlIlahe. , . . 1DU11 Imp. en deeded lands. .. Town lotn ....... i...,. .... :w.315 Iti-p. oi town lot),........, 22,140 Inp. on .tiiuVf'tk-il latulrt...; 3.V 51 mile railroad leil. . ; . lti5.Sfc" 17I miles K les:. ail teleph. , HMtt5 UtAUufi xhx'k IS.osj Sfffttitlutat. eiijrines. etc.... ' lXt.575 Men luin.lise. ete l . ........ VJLXV) Farming Impi.'iiK uM. et-. . . . .VJ.2 Money.. .. . . .' . . .. r. 15.5:55 Mote ami aeeoitnt ....... 31.557 :il5 Hinted of 4M-k....... .1 'Jfi.iXHI HoiiM'iiold furnliure. cte.'. . L 77.ixrp 40-KI horxe ami innlf. !S,240 KSt eattU- Vf'-CUt lCii4 jtheep anil .KOat. .... VJViTi 455l jewine Jl.IHO r:roH valuation Kxomptlon. . . . $4.71 4.4 OtS Total taxal!e proinrtjr. . .',?4J7MV I'ntnam FadeVett Iye( do not slain the haml of - spot the kettle. Sold by Dr. Stone Drug Store. m5 i SALKM OF. B1HLES. F.n.;Vi4lt Siatitht S1hw Ijirgv Ie . iii.'uhI for tv-ri prim'sOrders Are Heavy Itildi 4Kletle IHoe of 5.MM.itMl ('oim In Oue Year. I-on.lnu. Oi. 27 Sattk- 1 suited ilris week elM-,a vjt- lnmn! hi the ireifcuiott of thJ liilk. It ha leen sjateil llmt the tii0(it 1 the eae Jn -the Uuliet State, where iuWhh ert Timl lHokM'll(TH are 4t'l a iiay ius said: TlH-reH no nwn-y 1n tlK VrHurei." A jialk with Mr. Henry Frowle of the f Oxford j Univnlty pr4 eorret-ts thi atemetit. very fiiatet-killy. IIefay it rue that i!m I'ltxiiM-s of jtome AmericaJi IMib l!ht'M ha IweniKirpri'ly reihu-ed. Imt thi i not Uk rolt of any falling oft in he iMptilarlty of ihe Bible tn America. The k-xipkin-athni tnm i that new and nre "oiKmk-al ma chinery lia Im'H ilrtrodiieeit Jy otl-r Pii11mWh of 4h Bible. Never wa tliere. "he say, soeh a deniaud for IM l.k a at "ireent; t hw -time many Oxford Bible Jutve been old hi lu ny ire-iHi yettr. The Brit fch atHl Foieijni'IUble Society, wldfh print tin S-riinunt In Ui kinmiiiS,. i1irt-tn-ni !nf the lreeeh t f feveu lettths of lh workl. lueil lu the twelve month j eiHlinff whh. last Man h ..'47.im pie of tlte Bibk bulk 1kolntely witltoiK ireovk'n1 ami NivsUUrably more Uau half ; a inillbm in 'XciW or tiu c-orixiotKlliir lHtiol prvknnly. Of that ma over :io hv cent or l,5Jl,tt0 coik-s, are in Knj;Ud. r In UKmstlve tlxw figure are uf- Knock0ut Drops " I m a saloon-keeper, and used to think that rock and rye. or whiskey and quinine muKi It, 1 4 I and colds, of my aeqaaint nrcs were name o r X o w I k n o w nomethineat least a tlxMisand times better. It is Acker's English Remedy for t'oiigU and Colds. A good while ago I began to cough and foond oot then that rock and rye were proper rem- , run's tur vuuKuaM .i ' :wr w m inion-xff it t I and I was beginning to Unnk tht th trou ble woald run into consumption. I aidn t Uke any stock in patent medicines, but somehow or other I tried Acker's Lngltsft lJeraedy. One bottle did the business for me knocked tht cough out completely and it has never come back again. There is never a day passes that I don't say a good word about this wonderful medicine. 1 ab most forgot to say that I am stronger and fleshier now. since taking th remedy, than I was before the cough began. I write this letter Voluntarily and cheerfully and am glad to do it." S:gned) Chris. HcaELK, Saloon-keeper. Pocateilo, Idaho. Sold at 25c50c andl a bottle, throughout the Fnited States and Canada ; and in Eng land, at Is. Sd.. 2s. 3d;. 4s. Gd. If you are not witl-m-d after buy tuff, return the bottle to your druggist, and get your money back. JLUOOKKR ?4.0 fnprktvrt; itefc- ;: ' ."I.rsale at. - i)i:.stoni: iniro stokes: atrikfii Co u ,n MVtt n"e iMh BM ait Mlt -ji IrV .sb.tem, steady .i.i.. Ten year ar bo Ker Te- Ma-?. Mn3. and la,t year '.14..1J tin-juterveuinjf lignre bavhi anvhat nniK-tnated, with a. general M.k.-ncy to inc-re:ii. of utioiu of .1h m-riprnres, iK-h a the Pnliu or the ffrwiM-l. 25,tstt were issued In i'V"1' 1U,,, U yir thy nwi'hered tbi.482. mt a Ihtk of that great in cieas Immux due to the fact that J2iu U0 copi-H were ditriibiter to the tr.,jM a tJK-y left thee sliore for South Africa. TV ix-uny new Eng lish Tesftainent in old aft k-s than eot prk-e. Siuoe it wa firt iwonght out, iu 1S4 over 7jsmi.inhi -op' i,a'T. Ien iued at a fc of 25jimh, hi it eaunot iioiUy U prudm-l at it K-llinj prk-e. At the Oxfonl aud famlB-idse University irtwes;' whVb. &Ke4l,- with tlie tjneeti jirinter. ahuH luivo die ri-rht of irintiasr the Bible in thi country. tJie nnrf !yioz- i-i'iij. me -iMicet !ipr. nnl mot artistic of binding are requisitioned rtr tli sacr-d volume, and there U not he Hl!srhtet diminution to lo ol-KerveT-in tin kinnnd for Miun.tiu.us COJlie.- .''-'- i-.-j.-v';. .,- 4 -Mr.1 Frowdrt My that the total annual output of Oxford Bible for ome year ijt haslteen upward of a in iH ion eoiie. anl even before- tb'r. wa an American branch of the Ox ford laiverity pre the weekly fhipuient of Bibk to tlie United State often extveded five ton In weight. Tin American - take the kcenet Interest in Bible ami Bihlk-nl nuittera. a wa hown very clearly at ttir 1-1 m of the iHiblicatkni of ' tin? revUd Tes-tatuent. Not only, the an-tlM-iMl Bibk hold h own. but the reviel version 1 slowly but tead:iy im-reiisins in insularity, f ? The nury law fci tunc lw4 for eljrht ceuntrie of English lilstofv, whh-h were finally;' re?iicd hi 1S54. am revived in a form chosen to' meet the .way of living of the present: day ly" the nuiey gender act of iiMst. Kiyht year ao a,, tx-tins ami loan (infants net made it a mWlemeatmr to send to iorm whom the M-mlr know to be infant circulars' invit iuj; tlH InTant to brriw money. Ity the act of thi year this provision 1 made effective by the ennctjnen that Hie wilder hall I deemed to have konwn that the pcron to whom flie document wa?, eirt. was in infaut un Uw he prove that In IkhI reasonable ground t Itelieve the contrary. The new act. i. most important a placing 4m whole .ytem of tnoney lemllug a a trtHie on a new itat. , Iy ectkn l the -xpresiou "money fciuk-r" include "every ieron .whoe business 1 that "of : money lending or who advert Me or : annouiH-e liimelf or liol.Ls biiieif oirt in any way as earryinjr on that buiuef." It,bm nob include statutory pawnlrokers. or certain regit rel , friendly mx-ictk. I'Mwlit buihllnsr Rocietie, loan socle tie or builtlinj; otMtie. under eertaiu act; or lKi:es -oriKraie . nii)wrel to leml moiMy in acirtlance with a HH-lat act. of Parlhimmt; or bona tide banking or insurance business, or other iNHia ImI ImiIihc that lend money, but lo not xit for-that pur pose. (Jrvaf iKiin ar taken to pre vnt .'moaey lenders from trauKacting bulueK in other than . their own nam-. It 1 notortou tlwit flagrant ly extortionate unrer have U-eu do Itiff business all over tlie eottntri nu-iU-r hundred of different attractive a liase. . 2 But now ni money lemler nmst reg- tsier himself at, the propter otfi-', "un der lri own or visual trad name, and In no other name, and vitli the ad dress, or all 1Ih addree,' If , more thau oiw. at whh-h he carrie on hi bt'siix of money lender." lie must "carry ou tlio mouey-lendint: buslues fn hi rej;itei-ed name, awl in no oth er namo. ami .umler-no other de-rlp-tion, and at hi reglf teml addiwci or aklro, ami at no otlier oklris: 1k may enter into no an-ement with ilect to tlK advaiKtnnent and 're payment of niotMjy or take any eeur ity a a money leiidor ortrivise than in hi registered name; ami he must. !n reflsonaJ'k reiuet ami on tender of a reasonable tim for i exiHues. sMiply a lorrower with n opy of any hcoinrnt relating to tJie loan -'or any eeurity -Uierefor. If the nioney lend er fail to -omply with tin ectkn he sIkiII 1 e liabk on Conviction to a fine mrt -exceeHnr 1CH, and iu tire case of uhequnt cari-ton; Jo ImjHl onnH-nt for three months. to a fine not excelius U or to ilnrth. or, tf the offemhr a body eorjiornte. to a tine not. exceeding 5t.''" .If .any money lembT or hi agent imliK-e. or attempts to lnlur-. any i'ron to Imhtow. or. to agr" term of bor rowing, by mean of .false statement ami TiNeirtatlou. he tfhaH W guilty of a miIetneanor for two year, or to a flue, not exceetling .", or to loth.' . - - 5 AN AGED RESIDENT GEDROK U. VAN WACJNKU PASSCI TO UIS KEST teSTERUAT. 5 ffM Kealdeat f Salem 4nee 1805 Ketlrvd from Aollre iiltu Vtlm , ' T mt Agi. r tFrotn Iaily Statesman. Ie. 5.) tieorge O." Van Wagner, diel at the family home at No. I3th street, yetenlay; roornliig. ! at : fi:15 o'c4ock. He had leen In ioor health l'or sev eral year past ami for tlie last Ix montb be had fallel rapidly that It was realized by hi relatives ami friendu that the end eonkl not le for away. ".-'. ' : - iv. ; t"r - George Garwoo1 Van Wagner wa bom January 2. -lXtl in Dn4ies coun ty, New Tork, and tra therefore n4rlT 70 rears old at the time of hk tWnjf!C Mr. Van Wagner -ame to Salem in lSt!5, wliere he engaged In the" fnrnltnr bnsine, eominning in ,M pnrsuirnntn 1 wlien be retlr e,l from active ;bnine life. IIe at one titne served tin eity ; n n alderman , b,and refiKH-tod citizen of alemn and etiove.1 ,rtr confldence- of a", kn- lH.;itl.a a win of Imsinew nVl a m-lghWr. IkeeaMil wa a ii- iwlJt irn'ml-er of the Baptist cbufen - i ..qM"''MnB8fcjmJ' ' "-i"" .jJiiaussw.',. ' '!t..i- imii mmmmm . ( i- ""';- . ,''"' , '-. .''.'' - 4? H Is a frequent and natural result of physical weakness, m-bealth and buoyant spirits cannot dwell in the same body. One of the most dis tressing of ailments ia stomach trouble, bat thousands of dyspeptics might be spared their misery if they but profited by the experience & Mra. AmrTia Allen which is here given in her own words. ':'--'':., ..'';:; -'""' ? - i - . " In praise of Dr. Williams' Signed) Babscrtbed and sworn to before ma : sr Basils from ths formal of s nul' ptriM. Tssy ate ndorssS by pbrsl. etsas. sod prsised by taottsssds of people wtto km re been cured, tor ssls st sU OruKslsts, or direct from tbe Dr. WiUteaas Msdldae Co., rtebsnsctady, K.Y. cents per box. six Boxes gUO. and wa a habitual attendant at its ervlce. He wsi alo a niemler of ftUem Idge No. 4 A. F. and A. M. ami Valley Lodge No. 18 A. O. V. W. Beside the widow five children nrvlve their father. Tliey are: Mr. Tho. Cavanagh, Mr. Mary Foster J. f. Van Wagner," and Mb Loui.se Vai Wagner of thi -ity, and M.r. Uzzie Sroitt, of rasadina, Califorufct. TWO KfW CORPORATIONS FORMED. A Bank Organized by Klamath Coun ty Businesr Men. In the S:ate IVirartment, yesterday, two new eoriwration filwl article and received-authority to begin biiHinesa ofwration iu Oregou. a follow: Tl Klathath County Bitnk will en gage In the bnsim of linking In KLimath l-'all. The eomiany lia a capital U-k of 5o.0m. divided into hare 'valued sii! $1m each. Alexander Martin. Evan 11. BesiuK and Alexan der Martin Jr., are the lueonwrators of record. ( Shiloh Fot No. 77. Depart lm-nt of Oregon, O. A. R. will own and control ptviHTty fr burial pun of de---a;-l sohlier and others. Tlie esti maittl value of the property on band in ltiO. The Vn'inarterfs "oftlie ' or gauization b Newln rg. II. B. IJi t llle, John MeCiee.ry aud John . P. Shearer are tlie iueoriorator. AN ACCIDENT AT BERRY John Snmpter. son of Alexander Suinpter, who live out near Sanderxon' bridge, wa hurt yesterday in a way that might have proved nerlou. He was logging for Spanlding & iNjmiwiny up at Berrv when the ton of a tree hit him and threw him about flf.Ven fed Wlw-n he lit he hit the left side of hi- face ou the blade of aa axe and lai hi face opcu from tlw bridge of hi nov down atTos the face, maklhg : gnsh tour Inche long. The bl.uk of the axe cut through into the eavifie of the noe ami Into the mouth. Hf wa immediately placed on a push cat and started for Albany-. After comins nine mile, a handcar was secured anc the fetuair.dcr of the fifty tulle' rale, made oh that, arrfving tin Albany 'at altntit It o'clock' at night. Mr. Snmi ter-.wa taken at once to Dr. Hill's onVe, where hi face was sewed up. and. although he had lost considerable blood, he wa doing nicely the las; that wa reported last night. Albany Herald. . A NATIONAL OATHERINO. fiov. T. T. fJer yestenlay received a letter from C. F. Martin, of Salt Lake City, secretary of the National Live StiK-k AssiM-iation. urging the appointment of three delegate. from thi state, to meet with the as-oclatioji In Salt Lake City., on January 15th to '18th. next. Coventor Cer lias ap'toinU'd W." I. Handkv. of Vale. Malheur county, a one cf tlie delegate. "Uncle Charlie" Benson, of Sublim ity, w-a Iu Salem yesterday looking; after business matter. Mr. Benson came to Marion county in iSs and look up a farm near Union Ilfll, threi mile tlr other side of Sublimity. (Mr. Bensoti .tld he could hare taken up tha land where Salem now stand, but where h could hunt and trap for wild animal. He is SO years old, and I still bright and active. CAUSE OF LEPROSY. In London Jonathan Hutchinson ral a paper on tlie kier quostlon in whleh be take advance! ground In favor of a more rational View of tin dis.e. He Insist rt 1 not a con tagions dL"se. If leprosy i a con- ragions ilbtease. why lll it totally dis appear from the British WdamV ami from inland Europe? The true cause of leprosy, lie assert. ! the- oat log of uncooked waited tisli containing tbe baciHu. Tlie fact that It 4 dotted liere and There all over Sorrtli Africa, a few ease oeetrrrlng' here ami a few fJasal cATAnnn la sfl Its stages that saeald ha tlssnlinass Tljg Cream Balm chnset. soothes and besia tba iti ssi f il aaetnbrsaa. It ceres catarrh and drrrea way a eoid U ths bead raeua BaJna Is plaeed into the neetrDs, spre3s edlxts sad a enre follows. It is ix irjdm WacastieextoC. fMeeaUatDr. eer by axsiU TrisI IDeeniS by tnsSX. LT JBUOTIIEKS. 6 Wsrrw. Street. York. "For ova and a half Tsars I was afflicted with aarroos dyspapcia. was eompallad to diet njmAt ngMly and coold searseiy kasp aaytntng on my stomach. Palpitation of U baart set la and I soon bacaua so thla and WMtadtbatl waaa meraahadow. Iwaa traatad by aU tb leadlna physicians tn this aactlon of tlia state, bat withoot pvmanent benefit. I was so discouraged that J had no salt b in any doctor r medielim. 'When m friand, Mrs. Gorg Mott, ra eommended Dr. Williams' Fink Pills for Pale People, I had no Idea of receiving any benefit from them- I triad theaa. however, and to-day X smwalt. hava racalned my weight, and am strong and vigorous. I began to - tba good alFbcte of the pills While I was stiUotaklng tba first box. Alto gether, I took them about a year and a half. And WttM .nllMl. Mil T A n MV M. .All pink Pills for Pais People." Mks. Amelia Axxcx. Turin, K.Y. this 6th day of February, 1S0CL A. C UUXXK, Justice of tM Ptoec s here, show that it l not contagious. Vo ueh thing a a violent otitlweak rsw ever le'n m-orded. There are no -frd of "leprosy In South Afri-a f .trre the Dutch Introduced a number f Malay skive to found a. factory or drying fish. Lejirosy I prevalent unong fie IltMtentota wlw eat fl-sh, ut doe not affect the various Kaffir irilMK. Zulu, I.anto. and Bauto who do not. XJ1X)RED BUTTER RUINS UOMItt:XIONS Would, yon lav a lieautirul rklu? 'Tien you are to a void -ki ffron colore! mtter. Tnl ad rice -unte from no ess an authority than Dr. II. W. Wi er, chief of the division of chemistry ft the Uuite.1 Slate Dei.artmeut of grkultuiv. Foot adulteration- In tk relation to tmblk tfiealili inn for t-ar been ubix-t of special invt- turatiou lit- thin? ex pert. . . W.-tniing against butter of det-p hu? ha Iweti given by Dr. N mv to the Hundred-Year -Club, of vvfih-h he I president.' TIk object of the club. wlw.se c'hk f bram-h i In till city. I to promote longevity. Tlie ikn-tor. too, liai sniukNl a warning lu regard to a n'ore wrimi plrae oT fxxxl aItiltera tion. Miixral -alt" mnmiil.v tiwl for adulteration by utrserupulou man- n an alarming extent to ar-"I''y'. with which tlieuaud: nte Ktricken each yn-.i r. . . Aesthetic Kkn a. to what fool MltiHild look like must in a large mea- n re be s.i-rlflcel. we are io!L,If our Wf.nten would fiaw Ixiautiful tmiplex knu. 'There I little iMitter -l :In tlii otintry wtik-h loe not contain nrtilicial coloring tuntter. 'The butter whk-h comes on the tuost pretentious well as the 4nmbkt table i. a t rule, of a color totally unlike that of '.a drtir- prtHwiet wiltett it iue di- wt fi'om tlH Hiuiu. It is often .of a 4eon -a ffron -dor. Tire let natural dairy butter I of a elie-iit- lijitit yellow or cream tint. It onli in the pring. -wheu cow tire 'rst nirnod ottt to iBisture. that natttr butter I of a real yellow -o!or. One n nd of nrtlHchilty -dord butter will wt ruin a complexion, but. the expert kxlare. in It constant tt lie tlie .'pena to a fair, kar skin Dr. Wiley-explain tlrat dairymen 'orrerly isel ttnnerie for -okring nriHw-. The introiluction of. tlie cua.l ar lye. JKwever. provided a clieaiHT HrrUrg matter, and one of the azo lye. troaeolin. wiikili giv a bright ,-el low color. Iki almost entirely - re- laccJ Hk vegetalJe cohiring matter. rumerio lia practically diipjHared 'ro:ti the rkiiry. himI lho sij-nthetk yel- w ha taken It place. Coal tar. or aniline dyes. It constant-. 'y t.ikt u in t the system, even P lw nall qttantitie that give food tJfl ial color, will eventually : give fh fviiriplexion a , nllow apiearaiwe. Stripfie! of iti wiratilic vnrbtagie. tiw new exploitation I tliat t lie oSoring matter afcumufctte lu tlie ystem ami tliat even ma lly Ifi effect are tfliown at tlie Mtrface. Tho -ontant taking Into the system of mineral alt. which are so largely used In food ailulferat ron. temk. say till warning to tlie llnndrel Year Clnb, to make, tlie mall arteries lirlt- tk. Wetv fmy not riina weakened j tiiwy would often lie able to wfflitand j iimivial imykal exertion or great ex- citeraent. whVcii. in thousand of -nies. cau-MH Intmeranfeit hemorrhage ami apo"k-xy. Manyjiaklng Hwder have a fcirge percentage of tkee 1m nn fill altH. ami o rtie im mlers of tl Hun dred Year dub have 1rn advised to avoid trend. cake and itrle In Which baking powder liave lieen we.L POWER WASTED AT THE BLAST j FURNACE. r We hare in tin. blast fnrnaee two Source of power at present more or les wasted, namely-, the anrpln store of gase going to waste In the arroo prHre. after tbe need of the furnace have been nppliel. ami the Imperfect Ittilizatlon of thoso now tmrnt under lioller. when iwwer might le rener atel from them by d!rect eonrbustloD In a ga engine." Tbe usual standard of working blast furnace I aiiour one ton of t-oke burnt r ton of iron made. From 10iMK to lSrM" nbte feet of hlgh-fnrnace gae are produced iter Ion of Iron smelted, or n r ton of ful bnrnt. Aifsnniing: that JOsSitsw tona of fuel are Imrnt annually In lktt furnace in tireat Britain, thi gives alout 2.WH horsa power wasted. Which jrnght te converted Into useful; work, especially for tle prolncfion of electric energy." V liave only to consider ibe imrnensre otittint of pig iron'pet' day from" the high furnace In England, the Uniu-d states, and the Coaiiiw?atrinrifehoKli9it a store of ! potential, energy; r ar,f ifewUt rmtouvh eL Bryan 'lmnkhC hi 'Tlie linsrineee iug Magazine. Ie-tntier. , THE NEW BUSHELWOMAN. An Ancient ' Praet U-- Rerlred : Moileru Imirovement. Willi The Turkish hath in the btrger eltle of the world ha developed a new Induftry for woman. Thn far there Ino name- for It. but it -oiim ck-se to what In the ,.old . days was knovvn a tlx trade of a bushel woman. The modern edition and modification. I however, give it an iltlrly diffTent character.' T v";' ' -; - The 8N one npitrel In New York thi wek ar-d made so fstucesful a ;Hmt that otiKT will ttudouateUy ifoiiit' forward In the next month or two. A lady vblt a tath. and after dirobingamI donning a Uithiuz tunic. 'hand over her clothing to the ttushcl- woutau. She dust it. repair any worn or.tont edging, strengthen or replace1 button, and ptve the dlf feient ple-e of the wardnrlx which ueel that kind of work. Then with an atomizer he jspray it with a jir fpiiMl dilnftHtant and hang tin ar ticles in a heatett room so a to expl all moisture. The process take from a half an hour to an hour and a. half, which Is leu thau the ilme required for a Ilusslau. Tiirkl.vh. Unman or elec tric luith. The garment ejme out neat. sjotks. lresy." ami void of all germs. The cot I moth-rate, and the satisfaction to the wearer nniKak able. . : TO WI-DBN niE SUEZ CAN A I A tln'at Wk to Be Umlert.nkeu an American Kugiueer. Linden W. Biiti. an Amorian hy- hdrflufte engineer, ha Imh-h asktsl to nn- dtrtake IU- widening of the Suex ca nal. He will leave Ixuidoti for the Mcditei lanean in the latter iart of Noveinber at the t-anal comiany' In vitation, "which lear the Imlorxment of the liijiibh (lonial otti-e. The- corioration w-hh4i cfintroL the waterway I n5)reientel as desirous of rendering It avalhilile for the pa ksko i t shll of greater draught than can lirtUV Ih accommodated. It pro t loses to accomplish il object by a colosMil tlredging proe. and Mr. Bates service are lieing enlisted, ow ing to the fact that he lui just com pleted three leviathan dmlglug ship for the Quei'nsland government, the largest of them a seagoing barge of lisnt horseiwwer. -which I' about to leave V the Armstrong-Whltwortb" vanl at N weastle-on-Tyn!. The ji-anal aiithrrltie. with the Influ ence of Hm colonial oftkv. have lHcur eil the Australian colony" consent to stop lite machinery en route and test It efficacy for the purpose. On hi return to Enrojie next year Mr. Bale will design a coinprehen-Jve sc1.me of river, luirlwr ami canal in-prov-ment for tlie Russkin govern ment. . i RISE OF AN INDUSTRIAL EM FIRE ON FUOET MOUND. British Columbia jossep enor mou iotcntla4 resource In her Iron h -posit, but that t hec- reonrci' must wait for commercial devehitnnent tH Mi the development of tho- indnsrrle which stimulate a demand for Irom Sooner or later flie jKilirical reasons which lel to the construction of 1 nit ed Stales Imttleshkr on the I 'a cine t'oast. for which, a we have seen. British Columbia Iron wa partially t'tHlzcd, will give place to commercial reasons, connected with the develop ment of trade on the Pacific tieiessi tating the building of a large mercan tile marine. Sooner or kiter manufact uring Industrie with their constant demand for Ihe Iron which I their lme will 1e brought luto lieing to sup ply the ever-Increasing market of the Orient. When these thing bapcn. British Columbia with it abundant coal aud luiii!er in direct connection with It iron must become the rat of a great Iron Industry. 41. Mortimer Iiiid, iu Tlie Engineering Magazine for Decemtier. Tlie Princes of Wale U a lover of animal, and rlsltor to SatWTringham always enjoy a visit with, her to the kennel to see her canine friend ami to tlie tigcon whh,!! con clustering arouud her to be fed. IrlDee Hen ry of Battenlierg 9iaa a fancy for An gora rabbits, arid from the long, woolly fur of her pet he ha made many ttsef ul ami pretty article. Th Ditches of Newcastle ha a iecint love fop her large wolf hound. TREASURES OF THE WHITE HOUSE. A Description of Some of the Artistic . Piece of Furniture ami Bric-d-Brae Colleeted ly the Pres idents. "The Art Treasure of tl.o White Hoirw" i the title of an article In the Woman Home Companion for De- cemlier dealing wit!t the brle-a-brae tliat lia l-n a-ciniml:ited in tin Executive Mansion by the President. In the Itcgiunlng of his article Mr. Faweett say: "Thor; are Vnbtles In every large city In the t-onntry larger and more vaiuaide collection of In-le-a-brae ami art furniture than that to le found In tlie private apartments of the Execu tive Mansion, lutt it Is a ouetion wlrether thee 1 in the length ami breadth of ll la ml, any other half so inteiesting. Rarity U, of cxiri. a univcrs.il characteristic of the artistic gem scattered through he home of Hie Ireiilenf. but licttcr than tliat M the fact tliat almost every piece 1 fraught 'with memories and associa tion that make It a prized toKeion. Of the --whole numlicr pro'ra4ly half are the Klft of king aud mler to ken of appreciation from friendly na- i Inn, nod the remainder, baring l-en fashicmed cs'iee'ally for tlx White IIonc. liave no duplicate anywhere else In the world. , This accnmulation I not-the pro duct of any partk-nhir admlnltratin. PresVttent Arthur liad. vprhat. more of the -llector spirit than ha lieen Inherent In any other man who lis been maf ter of tbe Wiilb House, ami certainly be made more aiklitkm to it furnishing tlmn any other of Its occnarts. ' A ny ex pemli t ure wh Ich t be Presl- ilent make for pk-tnre or statuary or trk-a-nrae or furnltnre. nnJe spe cially provkled for. rmist come out of the. Axed appropriation . wbh-b. Con grea make each year or. tin main tenance of,, the,. White'. IIoue. Mr. Arthur choe to tend. the major part of his 'allows m-e' In the manner which lut len o'titlirtc.!. ' Mr.' McKinh-y, ou tne ruiier nau jki inninni devote t.l' ratber modest junu to l au tifylng her temporary twine In other way, ami thu wo find' all alwnt the hottso now mirier, fresheued ih"ra 1kn aud other evidence of refur niidilng. Mr. Cleveland; added more m'w flower than brk-a-lrae and Mr. Ilajv found her hobby In pretty ta ble chiua rather t!iau lu the treasure that an pnivly ornamental. ... 3 ' A Minister's Mistake. A city minkter was recently handed a -notice, to be read from hi, pulpit. Accompanying it was a clipping from a' newspaper bearing upon the matter. The clergyman started to read the extract and" found that it began: "Take Kemp's Balsam. the best Cough Cure." This was hardly what he had expected and, after a mo ments hesitation, he turned it over, and found on the other side the mat ter intended for the reading. 3. SCALP BOUNTY. State Treasurer Cha. S. Moure. yterday received kcv oral remit ta noe the fund thu com Ing tn leng ilaceI In the several fund for whk-h they were Intended. , T1k trens-ircr of Morrow oonirty de K.Ued $":i.21. teing the- balance duo from that county on tlie- scalp. Isuinty fund. Malheur county sent In F-'-1.-m. the bafciiKe dm from, that count y on Iwumy tax. Tho treasurer of Wal lowa county alo rmlttl l7'".t.2:k ItaLince dm on elate taxes fortli year UWk' a A SALEM MAN. Oeii. W. II. By a r. of Saltu. cairn up on Iat ' Tiislay stage to iay a hrk'f vlsH to Mr. and Mr. Iktvkl Hamilton. Mr. Ilatu'dtott I hi sister. Ccncral Bynr was fkm erly prominent In tregon olitU-s,jnud ha been Starto Printer. Surveyor fleii eral. and Siieelntemlet of the Sol diers Home, lie h.-is spent ih- Jat w.in surveying for the Ooveriituciit tlw mountain alwve ISoIdetidale. Fossil JotM-nal. TWO APPEAL , CASES HEARD Soathern Oregon Litigants Appear Before the Snpreme Conrt. iFroin Daily Statesman. Dec. ..). In the Supreme fVuirt. yesterdaj'. two ease were argued ami ouniitted, niwn aipeal, a folkiws: Jaiiw' (iaimi. iirahrtiff and apid hint. v. SitH-er Chlldr Jr.,; Mary E. Chlkler. Wndhaiw t Co..- and Walkice Wood. '-defendant and re spondent; an pieaf from. Jackson county. A brief statement of the ease follow: '---. ) Thi wne a suit to reform and fore close a mortgage. The defendant. Wood, lind a niclKinl'' lien on part of "the mortgaged 4remls; thi lien was Kirbsoqiient In ilme to I1m mort gnge,.but. the mortgage did not cor rectly describe the prenvle. Philu tlff claiiiM Wood liad actual notice of hi tiKB-tgage Iwfore material were ftirnlsheil for which lion wax claimed.' Wood denh till but admVl thai his attorney told him, at. the time he iuslkntcd hi uit to foreclose lien, tlvat plaintiff claln1-! a mortgage on the eatne premise; liutr that the des cription wa lrad. Pkilntiff wa pot n.rde a party and tho lhn ha neverleh for-lostl a to him. More "than a year lnlerveml lietween the filing of tlw lien and Ihr Htnmeneement of thi suit. Plaintiff claimed tliat the lk-n wa Isirred and he should have had a ileerwlo Hint effet. Tlie kH-r' reformnl i.l;iInllfT tiMUtgagc, but gave Wood lien pfo eedcuiv. Corge A. Diirkw, plaintiff ami re ftiMirnk'tit v. J!e D. Carr, iWfend.tnt and atHM-lhitm: au ainioal from Kkim- nAh county. Tlw aii41ant make the KNiowing sisiienM'ui. 01 in case 111 I he'ctnirt : , Thi action 1 limnght to recovr damage frtwi the defendant for fail ing to furnish plalmlff water to Irri gate a tract of land., which he kclare defendant lensej to him. The defen dant in 1hl cae wrote to one J. F. Adam retiuesilng him to kase the kind descrllxHl In the complaint, ntwl gave him aulthorlty to rent It for au-H jsirtlon of the crop a lie, Adam. might ee tit. ami -to furnish money to pay for tlie seed grain. tiin the con- drtlon that the 'tenant should give a. mortgage ion 11k crop to secure the same. Thfc wa tlie extent of- Adam' nutliorlty. lie was not authorized to furnish water to Irrigate be land, nor to fur nish anything except money to pur chase seed. Adams execnted a k-ase to the plaintiff purporting to act n agent for tbe defenikiirf. wherein be agreed, among other thing, "to fur nish water from Lrttle Klatnnlh Ditch auffleienl to properly Irrigate aaht it act where proctlcnlde ami to con struct all main dltehe for conveying said water on to the said tract free of ; charg.' Hie lefe.mlant k-niM tnak--Ing the lease or having authorized AiLini a bl acent. to make such a 1 leflse. - Minor order were also made and entered of record by the court. a foi ks: UnlteI State Inremcnt Corpora tion. rtpondent. ts. Portia twl Ilospilal et aL, apiMdktnts; appeal fronv Mult nomah count Jr; ordered on etrpulailon thoa apprdlanr timet to eerve ond file brief extended to Decern I r 31st. The City of iPortland. respondent, vs. Augiwt Erk-son. appellant: thi belmr a criminal case, -the fKirtlea tlieteto having pakl filing fee by mistake, on letitkn forTefundlng the same It U tmkred tliat tlie e4erk refund iM the Iartlc the amount ao paid. ( IX)K OVER The line of Iwllday good at the New York Racket. Yon will find many thing to interest yon. and you'll find the price way down; below, regular bouses. d3tw2t.