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Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-11-12
A FRoLIc AT THE FORD.

Geography was horrible; the sweat-we
called it that
Bespoke common misery when Billy sig
nailed Pat,
Two stubby, grimy fingers uplifting on the
sly;
Thereat wink significant distorted Pat
rick's eye.
Then Billy turned to Cummins, and Har-
vey, and Depew,
To each In turn displaying the mystic fin
gers two,
And lastly condescended, while the others
winked in glee,
To show the mystic symbol to the least of
ALTO me.
o ecstasy transcending whate'er the fu-
ture stored,
When Billy bade me join him for frolic
at the ford!
The hours till noon skunk by as If they
knew we wished them past;
1t seemed as though they'd never go
they did, Of course, at last
And o, how cool the water was, and 0,
how sweet the joy
That filed and thrilled the bosom Of each
sweaty little boy,
When he had hung his trousers on the
nearest handy bough
And shut his lips and heid nus nose anu
ooVe TO snow y now.
we oueheu anu spiasneu anu -
LII 80 t.n 80. Lee rh;l,
Anu DiS noppeI R
stahuhls oh nls neau, ~
OepeW naa prousnt up oo''on Aio--- '--
center OF tne pool
When Harvey SAID ne recKoneo II was
Time TO go TO schooi.
Zee Whz! says oniy, nrst 70 w.
nat somethlng Iorsot'
An as nve! my Dreecnes are l"is'eo ~
KNOT!
Eacn rushed ashore ana scurrieo 10 "neie
his garments hung,
linen sudden lmprecauons arose lfon'
every tongue.
some enVlous sneak nao sone
AND ued our snlrts ana trousers 80 We
couldn't get EN- on.
-
were late, says Billy. men, says
fat, JUST taKe your liine ~ ~ uless'
wen nx 1t SOS TO wanoer III at aileinoon
recess. :,
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-11-12

The Indian government has formulat-
ed an important scheme for the sanitary
reformation of Bombay City. The
control of government and municipal
lands will be vested in a nominated
body, which will be empowered to lay
new streets through crowded localities
and to erect dwellings at low rents for
the poor. The scheme involves an ad-
dition to the municipal rates of not
more than 2 per cent.
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-11-12
BABIES IN iNcuBAToRs.
How the Youngsters Are Made tt
Grow by Science.

How the Youngsters Are Made to
Grow by Science.
The Victorian Era Exhibition, now
open in London, does not possess an
exhibit of greater scientific interest
than that of the infant incubator, and,
from popular point Of view, judged
merely as a sideshow, this invention
has proved immensely attractive-ln
fact, 1t Is one of the most paying con-
Germs at Earl's Court, medical men W.
Ing with the general public in their L
miration for this new contrivance for
saving life. The necessity for such
thing is shown by the fact that where
as In 1886 the number of deaths regis
tered in Great Britain as being due TO
premature birth amounted to 1880, the
figure rose for last year to 1854. 1t is
also well known that a large numbor OF
deaths which are attributed to various
diseases are due, Indirectly, to prema-
ture birth.
The two most important considera-
tions in saving the lives of prematureiy
born or very weakly infants are, OF
course, warmth and air, and these rae
tors are amply provided for In the neat
white metal contrivances which are
now to be seen. Somewhat similar in
ventions have been in use for some
time at the Charity Hospital, Berlin,
and the Paris Maternity Hospital and
the ost-Graduate Hospital, New York.
The first "couveuses" used in Paris in
1880 were a great improvement upon
the oldfashioned style Of wrapping the
infants in wadding or in sheepskin
with the wool adhering; but they still
left much to be desired, inasmuch as
they had to be freshly warmed three or
four times day, and consequently re-
quired unceasing and vigilant attend
ance.
The latest incubator is the invention
of Paul Altman, and is now being ex-
plotted in England for the first time
Its great merit Is that it works auto
matically, thus dispensing with the ne
cessity for incessant watchfulness; in
deed, the machines themselves need no
watching, and the infants have only to
be moved In order to be fed, a circum-
stance which they generally announce
In the customary manner, and washed.
The temperature is maintained by
means Of thermostat, which works
automatically. By an ingenious sys-
tenn Of levers communication Is at once
established between the inside of the
incubator and the boiler outside, which
is heated by an oil lamp, gas or cleo
tricity, so that, should the temperature
vary ever SO slightly, it is increased or
decreased as occasion may require
Next to the warmth for the little pa
| tient comes the question of air, and this
is provided from the outside through
pipe which conducts it to the incubator,
where it passes through a washing, fl
tering and warming process before
passing inside. On the top of the incu-
bator there is chimney so constructed
that it can only form an outlet for i'm
pure air. AS means Of providing
warmth of the necessary degree and
absolutely pure air, this invention Is
perfect, and to make all things equal
there is a staff of experienced nurses
who sleep on the premises.
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-11-12
A SENSATION.

That the world is coming to an end sud-
denly at given time is not what is re-
ferred to. There are different kinds of SEN
sations, as very many people know who
feel sharp twinges of pain in the big nerve
of the thigh. Sciatica is very painful
sensation, and the torment of it makes one
think something is come to an end. But
just at the first sensation or twinge is the
best time to use St. Jacobs Oil. The less
pain the more easily it is cured, and the
Oil prevents its development by soothing
the nerve. At any stage it will cure.
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-11-12
Candid.

Lady Interviewing housemaid) Why
did you leave your last place?
Housemaid-Because the master kiss.
ed me, mum.
Lady-And you didn't Ike it, eh?
Housemaid-Oh, l didn't mind 1t
mum, but the mistress didn't like It'll
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-11-12
How's THIS ?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any
case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure.
F.. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo O.
We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney
for the last Is years, and believe him perfectly
honorable in all business transactions and
financially able to carry out any obligations
made by their firm,
WEST & TRUAX.
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o.
WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure Is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. Testimonials free. Price
75c. per bottle. Sold by all druggists.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-11-12
SLAIN BY POISON.

Not the poison that the covert assassin ad-
ministers in the drink, the food, or some other
guise, but the poison of malaria shortens the
lives of my riads. There is safe and certain
antidote. Hostetter's Stomach Bitters, which
not only fortifies the system against malaria,
but roots out its seeds when they have germin-
ated. Dyspepsia, constipation, rheumatic,
liver and kidney trouble are conquered by the
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-11-12
AN OPEN LETTER TO MOTHERS

NN OPEN L En- TO MOTHERS.
We are asserting in the courts our right to the
exclusive use of the word "CASTORIA," and
"PITCHERS CASTORIA," as our Trade Mark.
I, DR.. Samuel Pitcher, of fHyannis, Massachusetts,
was the originator of =" PITCHERS CASTORIA,' %
the same that has borne and does now bear the
fac-simile signature of CHAS H. FLETCHER on
every wrapper. This is the original g PITCHERS s
CASTORIA' - which has been used in the homes
of the mothers of America for over thirty years.
Look Carefully at the wrapper and see that it Is
the kind JON have alaOays bought, and has the
signature of CHAS. H. FLETCHER on the
wrapper. No has authority from me to use
my name except The centaur Company of which
Chas. H. Fletcher Is President.
March 8, 1897. SAMUEL PITCHER, MD.
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-11-12
Pension for Horse

The Board of Fire Commissioners has
decided that the big bay horse Jerry,
which has faithfully served the city
in the fire department for seventeen
years, and is now % years old, shall be
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-11-12
A TRIBUTE OF SONG.
HERE is no place

HERE is no place
on earth w h e r e
utter helplessness
comes out SO strong
ly, where the cere-
monies in human
use fall SO power
less before the maj
esty Of the occa-
sion, as at a funeral:
1t need not be that
ones heart shall be
interested. The OBJ
sequies Of a stran-
ger, conducted with
all the pOmD and
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-11-12

A St. Louis paper is marvelling over
the case Of septuagenarian whose
white hair turned black in a single
night recently.
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-11-12
S2OOOomo

Economy: save 10 cents on
a package of cheap" baking
powder and eat the cake.
You couldn't do better-for
your doctor.
Sehill,mg's Best money-back
baking powder is at your
grocer's.
ASchiIling & Company
San francisco enoe
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-11-12
Clever swtndling Scheme.

Belgium swindlers have been past ng
thin transparent paper over the post
age stamps they put on letters. The
paper took the postmarks, leaving the
stamps beneath uncancelled.
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-11-12

1t is said that the flesh on the fore
quarters of the beaver resembles that of
land animals, while that on the hind
quarters has fishy taste.
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-11-12
HOME PRODUCTS AND PURE FOOD.

All Eastern Syrup, so-called, usually vcr
light eolored and of heavy body, is made fr,
glucose. "Ten Garden Drips" is made froln
Sugar Cane and is strictly pure. 1t is for sale
by frst-class grocers, in cans only. Manufae-
uine "Tea Garden Drips'' have the nfanufac-
turer's name Autographed on every can.
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-11-12

"King Solomon's Treasure" only Aphrodisacal
Tonic known. (See Dictionary $500 box, 8
weeks treatment. Mason Chemical Co., P. o. Box
747 Philadelphia Pa
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-11-12

A Minneapolis genealogist reckons
up four billions of persons between
William the Conqueror and one of his
descendants now living.
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-11-12

"Ancient" coins, many of which an
tedate the Christian era, are made in
large quantities in London, and find
sale all over the world.
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-11-12

There are 71,000 more women than
men in the state of Massachusetts, and
this excess is all in persons over II.
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-11-12

I believe Piso's Cure is the only medicine
that will cure consumption.-Anna M
Ross, Williamsport, Pa, Nov. II, '95.
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-11-12

A daguerrotype of Louis Philippe,
taken in 1910 by Daguerre himself. has
been presented to the Camavalet mu-
scum in Paris.
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-11-12

Try schilling's Best tea and baking powder
Oregon union. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1897-1899, 1897-11-12
WEEKLY MARKET LETTER.

[Office of Downing, Hopkins & Co., Chicago
Board OF Trade Brokers. 711-714 Chamber of COM
merce Building, Portland, Oregon.1
The herald., 1897-11-14
TRAINED NURSES.
Their Profession is Not One Of
Unlimited Ease.

According to the superintendent or
one of the largest schools for trained
nurses in New York. their occupation
is not the easiest work in the world.
1t requires almost an ideal woman to
make a good nurse. She must not only
have all the qualities that go to make
up the good woman. but she must nave
in addition the special qualities that
are necessary for the nurse. She
must, in the first place, have perfect
self-control and patience. There is
much that is disheartening about nurs-
ing the sick.
The man or woman who Is suffering
from disease is a transformed being.
Sick folk lose control of themselves,
and do and say things for which they
cannot be held responsible. Particular
ly is this so in the case of the very
poor,-to say nothing of the depraved
classes, who are often treated in great
hospitals. A nurse must always be
cheerful, always sympathetic, capable
of mentally putting herself in her pa
tents place. Under her pleasant ex-
terror she must also have will OF iron
that compels the obedience of her
charges.
Women who have been teachers make
the best nurses, and in fact a large per-
centage of the nurses have been teach
ers. A curious fact is that there are
few New York girls among the trained
nurses serving in New York hospitals.
Most of them are from the country or
smaller cities. one reason Tor TINS, OF
course, is that many girls born ana
brought up in a large city are not up
to the physical standard required or a
trained nurse
The herald., 1897-11-14

A great deal of jeweled and en-
broidered velvet is being sold for even
ing bonnets. a very easily made bon
net consists of a small Marie Antoin-
cite crown sitting fiat on the head,
with a very large bow in front, like
those worn a couple of years ago.
Another very pretty little bonnet is
made of white tulle, aigrettes, ostrich
feathers and black velvet. The tulle is
made into narrow, double ruching,
which is layed between the bands of
Merode fillet of cut steel. one of
these bands rests upon the forehead,
and the other two are bent up several
inches above. At the back are set
rosettes of white tulle, at each end of
the steel band. On the left side are a
couple of white ostrich tips, and in
front a clump of white aigrettes towers
up over a bow of narrow black vel
vet ribbon. 1t seems to be preferable
to use narrow ribbon in these bows for
evening bonnets, and the loops are
twisted over wires so as to be still mar
rover. and in this way the milliner
homes to silence the protests of the un-
fortunate who sits behind-for can he
not see through the loops? 1t is al
most as good a device as the transpar-
ent glass hat.
For a short time past the adornment
of the neck has been neglected for that
of the waist, and hardly Il dress was
complete without its girdle or sash.
But in very despair, it would seem, the
neck has adopted a sash scarf 1t is an
enhancement Of the tie which passes
twice around the neck and ties in a
four-in-hand knot under the chin. 1t
has simply been made longer so as to
reach the waist where it is frequently
tucked under the skirt band. Some of
the ties have lace-edged OF fringed
ends, and most Of those worn common
" are made Of four-inch ribbon with a
/ lcngthwise stripe.
The scarf tie is sometimes introduced
into the most elegant costumes. A
blue carriage jacket made of the fin
est cloth looked exceedingly smart with
it's grey cloth collar and revers
crowned and almost cclipsed by ? ce-
rise velvet scarf seWed in bow shape,
with loops and ends lined with white
satin, trimmed with white lace and
edged with silk fringe.
The blouse, in combination with the
chemisette or yoke, is an extremely
The herald., 1897-11-14

vegetables. The autumn masher must
of necessity be a gentleman with chry-
Santhemum wig and its botanical pro-
totype for boutonniere; While in May
nothing but pink carnation satsfac-
torily completes the toilet of the youth
whose fancy turns to love.
1t matters not that his face is SCARED
nnd that he limps at every step-there
are plenty of pretty girls to help him
along on his halting journey from the
battlefield. And such girls, too! Their
faces glowing with the pride of victory,
and their heads crowned with the most
gorgeous millinery productions that
the genius of the modiste can devise,
Who would not cheerfully break his
collar bone and dsfigure his nose to
please such visions of loveliness as
these? Visions in picture hats and
tailor gowns!
Nothing could be prettier than +be
picture hats which are being worn this
season. Lillian Russell wears most
exquisite creation" of pink feathers
and white Gainsborough in the ona,a
in which she is now singing. and
strange to say, the milliner has been
able to devise another all white ono
which suits the piquant beauty of Della
Fox quite as well. Miss Russelrs hat
is large, with broad brm. and the
fullest of pink plumes nesting over
the edge and down against her necl,
Della Fox, whose small stature does
not admit of very widespread head
gear, wears a white hat with curved
brim, slightly pointed in the front and
back, and the only trimming consists
of two large white plumes, starting in
front of the crown and reaching back
to droop over the edge at the back.
While in some cases, the style is ex-
aggerated for stage purposes, for II @
same reason that color is heightened ia
produce good effects at a distance. il
is a recognized fact that no better
criterion of fashion exists than the
modern actress in a society play. Max
inc Elliott, for instance, was one of the
first to wear the Russian blouse. Hers
which is shown at the left of the Illus.
tration, is made of dark green velvet
trimmed with grey fur-a color combi
nation easil, copied in cloth trimmed
with grey mouffion. Miss IIlliotts hat
is also Of green velvet, with grey
feathers. A hat to match the gown Is
the correct thing, if one can afford it
The herald., 1897-11-14

popular style. 1 have seen these chemi-
settes made of silk in q contrasting
color and laid in fine tucks. A purple
one has tucks running up and down.
A brown dress has a red silk chemi-
sette laid in horizontal tucks. l liked
the red one best.
Simulated yokes are made in black
gimp for heavy cloth dresses. A hand
some brown cloth with a blouse waist
has such a yoke. made pointed. and
continued almost to the waist in a frog
of heavier braid The same, pointed
yoke effect is repeated on the skirt.
with three frogs on the front, below the
yoke The blouse is finished at the
waist with girdle consisting of folds
of black silk. The sleeves are plain
coat sleeves, with a circular cuff cut at
the top and bottom.
Long shoulder effects are produced
in a peculiar way on cloth dresses. In
cutting, the shoulder seam is made to
extend five or six inches beyond the
point of the shoulder. The edge is then
bound, and when the sleeve is sewed
in, the lining only is fastened at the
arm's-eye, while the sleeve proper is
caught as far out as possible on the
edge of the shoulder flap. The space
underneath is usually filled in with a
putting of silk, thus forming a pad to
extend the shoulder beyond its natural
size.
All sorts of old fashioned things are
coming in again. Real lace tabs are
used for neck scarfs in the manner of
those previously described. Skirts dip
down in the back to form trains, and
the back of the opera cape follows the
same line sloping from there in a
curved line to the chin without FORM
ing any corners in front. A blue one,
corded around the yoke and in the
The herald., 1897-11-14
HER HAIR TURNED GREEN.
Astonishing Experience Of a Woman
Who Had Her Growing
Glory" Bleached.

Here is a story told for fact by the
proprietor of Chicago ladies' hair-
dressing establishment:
"A friend of woman, now num-
hered among my customers, lnduced
her to have her hair bieached during
her husbands absence.
"After it was done the woman be-
came frightened about her husband
seeing her hair on his return, and she
insisted upon having it dyed. The
same person who bleacned it dyed it,
With the result that antagonistic chem
icals turned it green The woman was
we could remedy the fearful conse-
oSence of her folly, the people who had
damaged her hair having advised her
to cut it off She was like crazy wo-
man and kept crying:
"'You must do something. My hus-
band -vill be back in few days, and
The herald., 1897-11-14
In Picture Hats and Stunning Gowns She
WOrsfips Her Idol, the College
"KiCker."
HIS REIGN is SHORT BUT SUPREME.
Latest Styles in Dress and Millinery Set Forth by
Lillian Russell, Della Fox and Maxine
Elliott.

I have seen the green cloth left from
a new gown utilized for hat by laying
1t in four pleats, turning down. on a
wire frame and using bunch of curly
quills for trimming. There are so
many of those hats with Tam O. Shan
ter and other soft and puckered
crowns that the cloth pleats look en-
tirely in keeping with the general run
of headgear 1t is not so much the de-
tails of material which make a hat, but
it is the style, the angle at which trim
mings are tilted, and the way the
owner wears it.
The herald., 1897-11-14

est purse are at present the Indian and
Armenian products. They are all WOW
en- by hand, with hand-carded warp,
and last almost as well as the very
costly ones. Some very attractive de-
signs in rugs of medium size are to be
had for $40 or $50. Considering the
amount of work lavished on them, this
is marvellously cheap; for 1t taxes a
Hindu family six or eight weeks TO
weave an ordinary Sx10 rug. 1t may be
guessed from this that the condition OF
the rug-weavers is not one of great
prosperity, yet 1t pays as well as most
other kinds of work in the over-crowd-
ed East. The accompanying illustra-
ton, drawn from photographs. give
correct idea of the work and the con-
dition of the laborers.
One peculiar thing in connection with
the Armenian rug business Is that the
recent prosecutions have driven many
of the weavers to this country, ana
they are now to be found in all our Dig
cities. Many of them have found en-
ployment in the great department.
stores, where they set up their looms
in the windows and ply their trade, at
the same time serving as useful ad-
vertisement for the employers. AS 1t
takes rather more than year to turn
out single 6x9 rug. such services
would scarcely be profitable to the EN-
ployer as an advertsement,-for rug
which thus costs them 5000 for labor
and material sells for less than 500.
Although many Armenian rugs are AT
present made in this country from I'M
ported warns, and in exactly the same
manner as abroad, they are considered
inferior to the genuine orientals ana 40
not command the same prices. The dlf-
ference is said to be in the warp, when
cannot be obtained here. OF such tough
ness and closeness of texture as char
acterizes the native product OF the
Orient.
Copyright, 1897, by Bacheller Syndicate.
The herald., 1897-11-14
Why He Hates Rats.

jefferson Miller Of Jeffersonville, Ind.
has good reasons for strong dislike
for both rats and threshing machines.
In 1872 he was feeding machine doing
work in large barn, when a rat ran
across the floor. Turning to watch the
rodent. Miller's left hand was pulled
off by the machine. Again in 1887. when
feeding the same machine in the iden.
tical barn above mentioned, rat ran
between his feet. He kicked at It.
slipped and his remaining hand waa
ground to pulp.
The herald., 1897-11-14
Astonishing Increase in the lmp0rtations of
Oriental Rugs of All Grades, and
Still They Come
SEARCHING THE EAST FOR PRIZES.
Interview With Expert Just Returned From His Quest
Some Fabulous Prces.Years OF Toll
in One Rug.

In 1876, the year Of the centennlai
Were imported to America. They were
the cheapest kind of eastern riSs,
known to the trade as collies, but they
marked the practical beginning Oh the
business in this country. The very few
brought here before that date were
mostly on private order for wealthy
Americans. who had seen ana appre-
ciated the rug on their travels.
The herald., 1897-11-14

The hero of the hour in the eyes Of
the up-to-date girl is undoubtedly the
knight of the gridiron; and the golf
player, the theatre and supper man
yes, even the idol of the diamond is
forgotten and ANONYMOUSLY turned
the plain summer man. The fashion,
able world has fairly gone mad on the
subject of the timely and seasonable,
and the classification is applied to men
quite as frequently as to fruits and