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Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1897-10-08

A man never becomes thoroughly de-
praved and beyond the hope OF redemp.
tion, until he begins to make excuses
for attending circus.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1897-10-08
Notice to Sheepmen.

! am prepared to receive and care for
bucks during the summer OF 1897 on my
excellent range at the forks of Buckhorn
and Beaverdam creeks. Ny separating
corral will be at my own ranch.
will make one delivery of bucks at Con-
don on the 18th of October and the re-
mainder at Lone Rock on the 25th oil
October, 1897. l will charge one dollar
per head for all bucks placed in my care.
Ed COMPTON, Lone Rock,
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1897-10-08
T. L. PoRTwOoD, Condor,

"Klondike"-A 5O0-page book, with
map l8x24 in.,-just out. 1t tells you all
about Alaska and its mining laws. Sub
scribe at once. August Anderson, Agent.
Condor. Or.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1897-10-08

How about new wagon, gang plow
or seeder this fall? We have car
load--iust arrived. Lord & Co.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1897-10-08

Soon to arrive at Lord 4 Co.'s, car.
load of Stoves and Heaters and Gar.
land Steel Ranges" Would be pleased
TO show them to you when in town.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1897-10-08

Grain sacks and twine for sale al
Moody's warehouse, Arlington, Oregon
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1897-10-08

Everybody buys one Of those "Black'
smith Outfits" at Lord & Co.'s because
they are so reasonable.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1897-10-08

Grain sacks and twine for sale at
Moody's warehouse, Arlington, Oregon.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1897-10-08

The Wasco Warehouse Co. has wool
sacks, fleece twine and sack twine for
sale at Arlington.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1897-10-08

County Warrants at Face.
| will take comfy warrants at their
face value in trade at my store in Con-
don. s. B. BARKER.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1897-10-08
WANTED AN IDEA y was ssss ssn .',a5I. thin.

thing to patentf Protect your ideas /; they may
bring you wealth. Write JOHN WEDDER-
BURN d CO., Patent Attorneys, Washington.
ID. O., for their 81, 800 prize offer.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1897-10-08

When you are in Condor and feel like
enjoying fine cigar or good cool glass
of beer, drop in at the Arlington saloon,
Main St., and il am not at home, yon
will always find my latch-string hang
ing out. Respectfully, .. W. Barr.
Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1897-10-08

Every implement sold by Lord & Co.
is guaranteed.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-12
A GIFT FOR THE POPE.
Leo XIII. Will Receive as n Christmas
Present the Most Valuable
Crucifx Ever Made.

Pope Leo Mi. will receive on Christmas
next a gift as unique as was ever offered 70
an occupant of the pontitical chair. 1t is
probably the most valuable crucitix that
was ever made.
The maker of this magnificent jeweled
symbol of the Christian faith is a well
known jeweler Of this city. whose store is
at the corner of Broadway and ThIrtieth
street. says the New York World. 1t has
been made on the order of several Catholic
societies. who have taken this way OF offer
ing to the pope a token Of their aifectionate
regard for him.
The crucifiX. six inches long. is of gold,
The crosS-barS measure four inches eacn.
This framework of gold is filled with dia-
rCCnds. There is Il small opening at the
back, covered with a removable cap. In
this receptacle the pope is expected 10 place
4 piece of the cross.
There are ninety diamonds in all. forty of
which, each weighing two and a hall
caratS, are set one above another in the
center of the cross. The other fifty. each
weighing one-half carat. are set in the
edges.
The central diamond is one of rare bril-
l!ancy and weighs thirty carats. All the
stones are blue white. They are absolutely
without a fiaw.. and they have been cut TO
match one another exactly.
The back is delicately carved. and bears
several inscriptions. On one of the cross
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-12

weekly washing of clothes and in the daily
supplying OF bread. In the low. fiat oven.
9ullt IN the little stone bake house, each
day are baked 100 loaves of bread. Wagon.
harness and blacksmith shops supply some
OF the implements for use in the farming
"A system Of manual training. called Sloyd.
mas recently been introduced into the
schools. The Sloyd work consists of a
series or manual exercises, carefully grad
uated from the simplest discoverable tool
n~hanipuiation to the most complete kinds of
JGlnerF. But these are embodied in COM
pete and useful objects from the outset.
and in their character as exercises they are
carefully yelled from the pupil"
Inc indian school enrolls about 800 pupils.
Ihlfty Is the average number OF graduates.
me last graduation class had four in the
normal department, seven in the COM
nfe.tlai: ana twenty in the grammar. Two
OF the graduates from the normal depart
ineht. a young. man and II young woman,
IRE now teaching in the lower grades at
Haskell. The commercial course includes
shorthand and stenography. A little office
in the school house contains six type
writers, kept clicking by the practice of the
pupils. The grammar department has the
regular eight grades of the public school.
In addition to this, the government furn-
iShes a music teacher for those of musical
aolhty;. The beginning OF a library con-
tainS dictionaries. encyclopedias, textbooks
and a few works of literature. The entire.
number of teachers is thirty-three. thirteen
of whom belong to the grammar depart
ment. the others TO the Industrial.
n best place to see the Indian pupils
out OF school is in the basement of the
girls dormitOry. Here they meet for
meals; Through the two doors on the east.
outside entrances. the boys shuttle in.
through the two on the west at the base
OF stairs leading down from the story
above pour the girls. all two abreast. push
ing their heavy government shoes over the
hard pine floor. The silence that falls over
the room with appalling weight before the
to be seated is given is but of n
moments duration. and the scene that fol-
lows Illustrates one of the most interesting
and necessary features of the government
school-the feeding OF 800 hungry humans.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-12
SUPERFLU0US LOCOMOTIVE.
EnSIishmen Wanted to 'ImprOve'
on the American
System.

II is only in England that one finds an
ignorant prejudice against American pro-
ductions. writes Hiram Maxim, in the
Engineering Magazine. In
France. Austria and Russia everyone is
ready to admit that the Americans are
ahead. and the Germans were. l think,
the first to take advantage of the situa-
ton. In the United States it costs a large
sum of money to design and perfect any
particular machine, and very great care
is always exercised before the MACHINE is
finally put upon the market. The English,
a A rule. honestly believe themselves TO be
ahead of every other nation in every
branch of manufacture. and it Is only in
stumbled upon the truth that some really
good things come from America. But, as
American work. They wish always to have
a finger in the pie themselves.
A short time ago an American cable
line was established in BriXton. a suburb
of London. Upon first visiting BriXton L
failed completely to recognize the system.
as each car was provided with a small ana
extremely ugly locomotive. Upon closer
inspection. however. l found that the loco
| motive carried simply the clampinS device.
Upon asking the driver or the man ;ar
the clamp, the object of the apparatus, he
said:
oh. this is the locomotive. This draws
the car"
oh" said. "how nice, Please explain
it"
Well. underground here. is a wire rope:
lillS ere lii!nS SotS uo"H tHiouSH LIE ~
slot and clamps the rope. and the rope
pulls the locomotive. and the locomotive
pulls the carriage, don you see:"
What is the object of the locomotives"
why. 10 draw the car. of course"
But why not put the clamp on the car.
and dispense with the locomotive altogeth-
err"
After he had thought the matter over a
short time, ] asked again:
What il the use OF the locomotives"
His reply was: I'm be hanged il I
know
Now. if this system had been introduced
into n country like Germany. France or
Spain, the natives would have had suffi-
Gent respect and confidence in American
engineers and systems to have put it up in
the exact manner that il was imported:
but. as the English engineers were used TO
a locomotive, and wished TO make some
change in the American model. they added
the locomotive" which certainly looked
very awkward, and is, without question,
supertiuous.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-12

run fast over the shoals of the upper part
of the river she had to be shallow of
draugnt. so they made her draw only six
feet. although she was 3l feet long on
the water line and FL feet over all.
The Albany is a sister boat to the New
York, and in 1892 it was decided that she
would be better for the trade if she We're
longer and shallower. Therefore she was
and there heightened thirty feet. The re-
suit WAS satisfactory, and so this fall
II was decided to lengthen the New York.
It was also decide! that the shipyards
The New York was thereupon sent to
Robins docks, at Erie Basin, and there
the saw was applied 10 her. The big
steamer was first fioated into a dry dock
and the water pumped out, as would be
any vessel coming there for ordinary re-
pairs. IL was decided TO cut the vessel in
two between the engines and the boilers.
Then the steamer was cut through clean
and smooth. The vessel having been dis
membered. stout Manila ropes and chain
OF the steamer and carried to steam
winches, which began slowly to revoIve
and draw the forward part away from the
after part. The sliding ways on which
fabricated and the cables had been so
attached to the part to be moved that
the strain was pretty evenly distributed
over II.
the winches began to turn. the forward
part OF the steamer. weighing so tons.
had advanced thirty feet inland. and there
Its progress was stopped. So careful had
been al the calculations that when the
TWO portions of the vessel We're lined un'
with a fine pianoforte wire after the oper-
ation, II was found that one side of the
bow had TO be raised only one-sixteenth
oil an inch and the stem Strengthened up
diCular.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-12
STRANGE LOSS OF MEMORY.
A Curious Case Brought to Light in
a Baltimore Hospital
Recently.

A curious case of lapse of memory has
| come to light at the Baltimore. Md, hos
| pital. The conductor of q Baltimore d
Ohio train, bound from Baltimore to
Washington. Monday night, noticed a man
in one of the seats apparently unwell. He
held a ticket for Bridewell, a local station.
md. in response to an inquiry by the
conductor. said he did not care where he
got off. He alighted from the train at
| Jessup station. and had proceeded but a
few yards when he fell to the ground in a
helpless condition. After he had received
medical attention and had revived sufh-
GENTLY to speak, he said his name was
Charles Densmore, declaring that he knew
this was his name because it was written
on his shirt and on Il piece of paper in his
satchel: .
! that Densmore recollects having fallen
down an elevator shaft many years ago,
receiving from the fall a blow on the back
of his head. which has made him entirely
oblivious 10 the past. He is constantly
suffering from a severe pain In the back
of his head. Densmore believes his home
is in the North. and he thinks he has
lived at various times in New Jersey.
Massachusetts. Connecticut and Rhode
Island. At the time of his accident he
has a faint recollection that he was en-
ployed in n tannery in Connecticut. When
he recovered consciousness he declares he
found himself in a room with iron-barred
windows, and in some way he imagines
this took place in Trenton. n. j.. and he
has been riding on a railway train since
he came to.
Densmore is of medium height. has
brown hair. blue eyes and 4 brown NOUS
tache. He is of heavy build. He was we'll
dressed. wearing a black coat, vest and
dark striped trousers, lace shoes and derby
hat. The shirt he had on bore on the flap
his name and a big red c. showing the
ward of "A hospital he had been in. When
asked his name he drew up the flap and
showed his name there. His appearance,
his language and the contents of his
satchel indicate a man of refinement. The
physicians are puzzled over the case.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-12

ages. He calls it the Edison Junior" with
conscious pride. and claims for it SUPER
iority over all others in the important de-
tails of vacuum and filament.
To achieve these results the young man
designed his own pump, and says that with
IL he can exhaust ten lamps to 4 high de-
gree of perfection in less time than is re-
quired by the ordinary Vacuum pumps gem
orally used to exhaust one lamp. The fila
ment is his own invention also-a chemical
combination carbonized at u degrees
Fahrenheit. making it as near absolutely
pure carbon as il Is possible 10 obtain.
Curiously enough. neither the pump nor the
tilament has been patented.
NJ fathers experience has taught me
to steer clear of the patent office. He has
takn out scores of patents. but he has spent
as much money and time fighting to uphold
them. l guess. as they are worth. I'm
going TO keep my ideas TO myself. Secrecy
is 4 better safeguard han Il patent any
time"
The young man has been a very vaIu-
able aid TO his father. but he was literally
buried in the works. blu. few persons eX-
cept those that frequented his fathers
home and workshop being aware of the ex-
istence of the younger Edison. 1t is said
that his father was DESTROYS of having him
rub up against the world. and that ac-
counts for the young mans branching out
for himself.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-12
A GREAT MEMORIAL AVENUE.
1t Is to COnnect the Washington
Monument With Mount
Vernon,

Writing from Alexandria. Va. to the
Baltimore Sun. a correspondent says: With
the coming of congress renewed efforts
will be made on behalf of the construction
of Noun. Vernon avenue, to connect the
Washington monument at the capital with
Washington's grave at Mount Vernon via
Washington's church, etc. at Alexandria.
The design is as novel as patriotic. 1t
WAS intended to make the earth itself be-
tween Washington city and Mount YER
non n memorial of the father of his coun-
try-to give each state a portion of the
avenue to care for and decorate. Thu state
of Virginia was. it was understood. to hold
that portion within the city of Alexandria.
but section by section the residue was
to be dedicated to each of the states. in
order that the several states might care
for and adorn ii. 1t would be n memorial
sixteen miles long. The route has been
surveyed under an act of congress at a
cost of over $4,000. and the report is now
among the congressional The
memorial bridge will be the national con-
tribution to the memorial avenue. which it
is expected will he maintained by the
states. Nothing will be left undone to
promote the enterprise during this session.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-12
PAY OF OLD-TIME ARCHITECTS.
Sir Christopher Wren Received $1,000
n Year While Rebuild
ing
From Architectnre and Building.

From Architecture and Building.
As near as we can discover. the architect
of we olden tyne" did not receive for
his services Il very eXorbitant sum. Re-
Gently some members of the French school
at Delphi unearthed several slabs of mar
bic which bear inscriptions of great inter-
est. dating as they do from the fourth
century before Christ. The INSCRIPTIONS.
which cover about 2cO. lines. give the price
of work for building operations in Greece
at the period named, and from them we
learn that an architect was paid at the
rate of $50 per annum or less. This was
little enough. surely. even ii the purchas-
ing power is multiplied. as it should be.
hve or six times. Sir Christopher Wren
received Tor his services the magnificent
sum of $1,000 per year for more than TWEEN
" years while rebuilding London, His
mead draugntSman received about $500 per
year. while assistants received from $50
TO Sl2o per year. French and German ar
ctltectS We're not even so well paid at
the same period. Bad as this was. it was
better than the remuneration many of
the older architects received, for in the
lar East. II an artist made a noble design
and erected Il building worthy of admir-
alton. his chances of being suddenly re-
moved by order of the king were many.
IhiS step was taken in order to prevent
n rival king from obtaining the services of
an architect who might be able to so i'm
prove his plans that u finer and nobler
building would be executed.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-12
Big STEAMER GROWS LONGER
THE NEW YORK WAS CUT IN TWO
AND BUILT y
Fifth job OF Its kind-Hcr Sister Slsp
Had This Operation Performed
Successfully, as Did Two
United tatcs

Not many years ago people would have
hesitated 10 apply ship surgery 10 a big
vessel, but surgery OF al kinds dares and
a~ccomplishes now what would have been
deemed impossible a few years ago.
The New York Press says: 4 successful
operation WIS performed on the big Hud-
son river steamer New York at the Erie
Basin the other day. and last week the
North German Lloyd steamer Spree left
here for Hamburg, where she will be
heightened in the same manner. The New
York was heightened thirty feet and the
Spree Will be heightened sixty feet. 1t
will be remembered that the glnboats
Castine and Machias when they came ont
were found to be unstable in a heavy
sea and were tuken back to their builders
10 be heightened. They were cut in two
amidships and heightened fourteen feet.
After that they were excellent sea boats.
The method pursued in all these cases
Of ship surgery is practically that which
was pursued the other day in the ease
of the New York. The New York was
built for a day boat TO run between this
city and Albany. In order 10 make her
trip within nine hours the boat had to
be fast. 50 they gave her Il speed of
tSenty-three miles an hour. In order TO
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-12
BRIGHT AS ELECTRICITY.
German Burner of Special Construc
ton Gives Gas n Wonderful
Intensity.

Ernest ~Salzenberg. director of the gas
works of Crefeld. Germany. according 10
the report of the United States consul.
Peter V. Duester. has just patented a
burner by the aid of which one can read
the finest print a distance of $50 yards.
Consul Duester says of it:
Nj Ernest Salzenberg has invented al
important incandescent gas burner which
relates to the production of incandeScent
gaslight. based upon the discovery that
when the pressure of the gas is consid-
erably increased upon the incandescent
body the said body emits a golden yellow
ing objects in their natural colors
The gas is supplied to the burners at
4 pressure of about three and one-half
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-12

runs along the entire length of the cir
cult. enabling visitors TO leave at any por-
ton OF the ground and descend 10 the
surface by the nearest stairway.
one of the valuable points of such a Sys-
tenn is its great capacity. as practically the
entire circuit is available for passengers.
and no time is wasted in stopping and
sterling. Seats are to be provided on the
high speed portion of the platform. and
it is estimated that $1,000 passengers can
readily be transported per hour. The
length OF the route. as planned at Paris.
will demonstrate the practicdbility of the
system for city streets, and the successful
outcome OF the construction at the eXposi-
ton may lead 10 decided notifications in
existing overhead transportation systems
in large cities. The absence of noise.
smoke. and dirt. together with freedom
from cTowding. waiting for trains and all
the inconvenience OF the present system,
certainly furnish ample inducements for Il
further investigation of the success or
failure of the installation.
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-12
RAILWAY WITHOUT STOPS.
Train Three Miles Long Projected n,
the Paris EXPOSE
tfOn,

N''p.h-
Because of the somewhat scattered aroa
oil the Paris exposition it has been essen
tan 10 adopt some means of communica-
show. \ travelling platform has beer
adopted. differing from the moving side
walk of the Chicago fair In some impor-
thht details. Il is proposed TO build the
roadway upon an elevated structure similar
10 that Of the elevated roads in New York,
or The lntramural road at Chicago. with
convenient stations at intervals. two speeds
being furnished. and the whole being uro.
Ie!lec by electric motors.
The whole design shows evidence nj n
iuIl appreciation Of the difficulties of thr
picflsm when considered upon 50 large
Il scale. as th" proposed system is intend.
.t 10 pass SftiLcly around three sides OF
the champ de Mars. along the Quail Tor.
say. and the length OF the E~snInuala 10
lnNalides, back to the Champ de Mars
forming a continuous circuit about tire
miles in length.
In the Chicago moving sidewalk thu
high sped portion was provided with rails
beneath. these rails resting on Tho Ton
OF the rims of the wheels supporting ths
slower section. and thus Il double spced
WAS obtained without additional mcchan.
desirable for so long i road as that n;
Paris. aS the Gig add much 10 ths
momentum Of the platform. and the alb.
Hgfce OF springs makes the motion rough
and uncomfortable.
The proposed platform system consists
1of TWO entirely distinct portion, each WIKI
us own mottv" power, and each forming
n continuous and endless platform travel.
hiEh speed portion Is intended TO have d
speed ~ about six miles an hour, and the
SLOW section une-halt as great a VsloCity,
while "A stationary sidewalk of ample width
Kansas City journal. [volume] (Kansas City, Mo.) 1897-1928, 1897-12-12
The beauty of Flowers.

There is nothing in pictures or in orna-
est garden flowers: they battle all reproduc-
ton and beggar all description: they are
incOmparably fine and perfect beyond any
thing that human effort can achieve. says
the London Echo. All the artists in the
world could not produce anything TO equal
the petal of n geranium. and the best ap-
proacheS to nature which canvas or paper
can exhibit are inevitably dimmed and
spoiled by time. Flowers themselves only
retain their brilliant hues while alive and
healthy: SO long, therefore, only is our adj
miration accorded, for dead and withered
flowers are ugly and contemplate. Ger
tain gems owe half their value or utility
to that quality which neither flowers pos
sess nor painters can bestow-the quality
of perpetual freshness. Flowers secrete
nectar; they also possess a sanitary ad-
vantage connected with the absorption of
carbonic acid gas from the air. Putting
all these items together. they constitute
a small yet decided aggregate of utility:
and flowers. Notwithstanding. IL will be adj
mitted on all hands. serve to sustain a
large amount of beauty