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The true Democrat., 1898-12-31
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS

Thirty wears ago there were only
two dozen explosive compounds known
to chemists; now there are over: q
thousand. {
The pupil of the eye is 10 called
because when looking into it a very
small image of the observer may .be
seen, hence the term, from the Latin
pnpillus, or little pupil.
Hydrogen cooled to 2O5 degrees
and under az pressure of 1sO atmos-
pheres is allowed to escape rapidly
through coil of tube into vacuum
vessel, doubly silvered and Surrounded
by q vacuous space maintained below
200 degrees centigrade.-
I, In a recent lecture the German an
thropologist Kollmann declared that
careful Investigations haveshown that
the prepondsrance Of the blonde type
in4northerti and the brunette tspe in
southern Europe antedatede the .ap-
pearance Of the Germans aud Romans
, y
in history. ~ -,
1t has been computed by gsogpAs'
pliers that, if the sea were emptied O
| its water, and all the rivers Of the
earthwere to pour their present foods
into the vacant space, allowing moth
ing for, evaporation, 10000 years
would ha ranuired tn hiinp tht
water of2the ocean up to its presen
level. = 4. 80. q; 80 &
PoIonium. is The name Of an elemen
not yet isolated, but which NJ. @ant
Nine. Curie report to the Frencl
Academy of Sciences they have dis
covered in the form of sulphide il
The new element is sai'
to resemble bismr1th, chemically, an
its raidiating power..js placed at 40
times that of uranium
The true Democrat., 1898-12-31
The Little soudan Warriors.

Standing by Westminster bridge I
watched the first detachment of re-
turning greuadier guards from the
Soudan march past from the station
to their barracks. They got, as ex-
pected, boisterous and hearty ro-
ception from crowd two miles long,
but what struck me most forcibly was
the extreme youth and undoubted ex-
haustion of a good many of these war
riors. Hard by me, as the soldiers
filed past, stooda brewers cart, drawn
by those huge horses so we'll known
to London visitors, and driven by a
burIy six-foot-four drayman, three
guardsmen in breadth. This gigantic
critic watched, puzzled, for while.
Then, leaning over to his mate, he
exclaimed:
"Why. they're only~boys."
The drayman would have been still
more awestuck had he seen the
towering warriors Of the Khalifa,
whom these boys. so lately laid low
London Correspondence. in New York
Times.
The true Democrat., 1898-12-31
characteristics Revealed by the Hands

Characteristics Revealed by the Hands.
ga large hand is always better than
q small One," writes Blanche W.
Fischer in the Ladies Home Journal
on Easy Reading of the Hand. " cit
indicates person of some unusual
powCrs. The possessor will be good
worker, principally as to details; he
will be careful not to make many prom
ises, but will keep the few he makes
to the letter, even at al loss to himself,
he will be easily offended, very quick
to imagine sights, and not ready to
forgiye either real os imagined Of
fences. The. possessor of a small
hand will attempt almost anything,
rarely, however, finishing anything
he undertakes; is easily satisfied both
with himself and the world in general;
is fond of gayety and excitement,
makes and loses friends with the same
easiness; is impressionable and in
fammable to high degree; is reli-
gious, but not deeply so; will make
promises and break them without
compuuction, and will be unable to
bind himself to details"
The true Democrat., 1898-12-31
HUMOROUS,

rue-Do you really believe ia.ss.
ance is bliss? She I aon't fssss
You seem to be happy. s 81
"Stubbs has written all es,as ss
"a Bad Tendency. in Modern l;ms' 81
hre. 80. "How egotistical!p
ssars, Enpeck- You acted like / fiji
wheA You proposed tome. Enpses3
IhsS Sasn't gs acting my dear
Presidency is the road il, s,ia.,s.|
The onlykneEn exception to tha sss
Is ahen aipg on a china egg.
ProfessorAlin medical eolleal,|
What is the fiht thing you do i'd ss|&
of a cold? BriSst. Stadent-sasss|
sir!
81 hear he refuseato take cLlsI5
form when he was operated oa|
eyes; said he'd rather aake ii T5u|
he paid his bill"
"Will you have some of the suaz
cured ham?" asked the laaaIsa|
''What was it cured ot?a asked 1
new boarder suspiciousk 81
"I say, Floss, whatS makes III
snake tie himself up: III q kno.
"'Cause he wants to remember sds|
thing, and he amt got any handE1
chief"
$50 that abscopding eashitr h
away by sacrificing hisbeard, diaA'
asked the-repofter. S'sYes," saaa
detective. q missed him by q III
shave. -
Jackspratt liked o twe-dollarsbas
| But his wife chose one for tehi
They couldn't agree; 80 Mrs. spratt aE
| Went home to her mother again.
He (who has been hanging fire.
summer Are you fond Of .puppE
Miss Shapley? She lpromptly)-m
a singular way you have of proposil
Adolphus! IL
LittIs Georgie-Da yes folks d
haye family prayers before bfsaka
fLittle Albert-Ao; we have priy|
before we go to9Red. We ain'tals'
in the daytime. 3
Mrs, Nagleigh Il suppose you
satisfied now that you made q mist
when you married me. Mr.. Naglsl
Il made the mistake all right
| I'm not satisfied.
Mrs. Putt had to get rid Of
cook. Mrs. Bye-Indeed? Mrs. I
Yes; she used one of my golf STU
for kindling wood, and three OF d
ry's walking sticks right at hand.
eff everybody had a sense
humor," says philosopher, STU
people could not make a living. 4
if everybody had sense Of hui y
there would not be any stupid peoi
Wife My dear, your table mann !,
are not as they should be lately. J
have you been associating with! 4
band-For tie last week, darlln4l
have been taking lunch with y
father.
Agitated Young Bridegroom I'm
diately after the ceremony)-Ses,fss
; shall-shall I-shall we-shall
kiss? Self-possessed Bride (her y
experience)- 1t is my usual cuss
William.
The true Democrat., 1898-12-31
Police Search1iehts.

Z. A miniature electric searchlight for
the use of policemen, watchmen, min
ers, engineers, ETC., is on the market.
1t is a great Improvement on the old
oil-burning'lamp. The new light is
club-shaped, made of leather with
nickel trimmings, with a lens in one
end that throws a brilliant light of
considerable dimensions. Flashed in
dark corners, in the rear of stores, in
dark streets it quickly reveals any
person or thing. The Lights of three
and a half volts, and the lamp in length
is eight or nine inches and weighs
about a pound. It is said to be good
for several thousand flashes by simply
pressing the thumb on a clasp. The
illumination is furnished by dry bat
terry which may be replenished at q
cost Of 80 cents. Electricity.
The true Democrat., 1898-12-31
A Different Point of View.

"Does physiognomy amount to
anything or doesn't it?" On recent
bright day girl nature-lover came
whirling in on her wheel from one of
our beautiful country roads, laden
with masses of golden rod; golden rod
on her hat, in her belt, and bower of
golden rod borne before her on her
wheel. Whizzing along-the happi-
ness Of a lovely afternoon in her face,
she caught sight of pathetic face at
a gate; it was that of hard. working
woman whom she knew-a seamstress.
The woman seemed to eye her wist-
fully as she passed and hastily bowed;
so she turned her wheel, went back
and alighted at the curbstone. Here
was a chance to share the beauty of
this bright autumn day with another
nature-lover whose fate was harder;
perhaps the woman had been a farm
er's daughter, and in her city home
pined for her old, free life, nearer tc
natures heart. Perhaps the golden
rod awoke in her heart some long
silent, tender sentiment-who knows
"How do you do, Mrs. Stebbins?'
said the girl. 'Tsn't this glorious
day? It was too nice to waste il
town, so I've been out in the coun-
try. Don't you want a big bunch Of
this golden rod? I saw you looking
at it as if you liked it?'
Golden rcd?" repeated the pathe
tic-faced woman curiously; "goldel
rod? I never seen any O this yer'
stuff before-is it yarb? What is i
good ?"-Detroit Free Press.
The true Democrat., 1898-12-31
Cats and Shellfsh,

'Did you ever notice the cats about
the oyster stands of the city p asked
a gentleman who takes an interest in
zoology. "They are invariably as fat
as butter. That is because they get
plenty of shellfsh to eat, and, by the
way, the fondness of cats for that kind
of diet is mystery which I'd like to
hear some evolutionist explain. A cat
will go crazy over a shrimp, and it is
all the same whether it's city cat or
hayseed cat that never saw water
except in cistern. It's taste born
in them, like their fear of dogs, and
the question is, how the mischief did
they acquire it? According to the
evolution theory, SUCH traits are in
herited and traceable to conditions
away back toward the beginning oi
things. That would seem to indi.
cate that the primal cat was fisher,
but how is one to reconcile the ides
with the instructive abhorrence of the
tribe for water? Their craving fol
shellfsh is certainly 50 pronounced
that there must be an excellent rea
son behind it, and, altogether, it il
quite pretty little problem for som,
savant. 1t is too hard for me. New
Orleans Times Democrat. :.
The true Democrat., 1898-12-31
Making Ants Useful in Science,

It is generally known that any
small dead mammal or bird, when left
near an ant hill, will ultimately be
found picked clean of flesh.ss The ants
are clever and. do their y grk quickly.
1t has been lately 'demonsHatM that
they can be made useful in thesdirec-
tion of skeletonizing specimens. PRO.
fessor Bernard has been employing
ants as his servants.
While in Florida he had;a fox-sq1fr-
rel thus skeletonized in a single day.
The only agents employed were ants.
His method Of procedure is to kill
his specimen, bind.it with wire in the
position Id which he wishes the skele.
tonlto remain, and then place. it near
a group Of ant hills. The yoracious
! ants do the rest. ~
The operation requires
watching lest the entomolC
sectors should not be co
simply devoEing the flesh;
hattack the cartilage that
jssones together.ssAt pre-
tight moment the rrofesG
sthe specimens frraa n,
of the ant hills an appl
| vatire and hardeniRg cht
cartilage. Popular Scier
Il
The true Democrat., 1898-12-31
A ,,a.honalapd Mysier

Henry Wade, ieweler, has l'',;s'' ls's' ssiI
two goia Vehetian coins, ,'sass vaIs9 q
recently found on the 9sps al,.s sIsas
-.-al,nr1t the size OF 49, y 4 .!,sg|
The true Democrat., 1898-12-31

Revenue Cutter "McCulloch" a. Hong-Kong.
The true Democrat., 1898-12-31

800 Spanish Killed and 400 Wounded.
The true Democrat., 1898-12-31

DEWEY is ALL RIGHT.
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DIR. JENNINGS, DENTIST,

Will be in Toledo, at the hotel,
on Tuesday, March IS, and remain
for the balance of the week. All
those desiring dental work done
should consult the Doctor. All
work done hv the latest methods
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. yOI6 CgOAA1 AAtA y N~~-~
the last month at TELLEFsoN's va
ouina, but the store is just as well
filled up. Get your supplies while
you can get a bargain.
Several of the section men along
, the railroad have been laid off for a
time. This is caused by a desire
on the part of the company to cur
tail expenses.
We visited the rock quarry at
Chitwood last Monday. This
qvarry is situated just above the sta
ton at Chitwood, and is in the
hands of Mr.. w. E. Mumpower, a
practical quarry man. Mr.. Mum
power has rugged derrick and has
done considerable stripping and
developing. Several ledges of fine
looking stone are exposed and there
is now rock enough in sight to fill
a good sized contract. This rock
has been fully tested and it is up to
the usual high standard of Lincoln
county sandstone. The quarry is
located right alongside the railroad
and is convenient in that respect.
We had the pleasure of visiting
the we'll kept farm of M. L. Trapp,
near Chitwood, last Monday, and
going over the same. Mr.. Trapp
is one of the successful farmers of
Our county. He has an excellent
farm and it is kept up in good
shape. His farm is we'll stocked,
mostly with sheep and cattle. At
the present time he has about nine
ty head of sheep some of them be-
ing graded Merinos. He has been
raising sheep for several years, and
has been very successful in the bus
iness. On the farm Mr.. Trapp has
about thirty head of good young
cattle the most of them heiters.
During the past few months he has
sold off the most of his old cattle.
Mr.. Trapp has made, and is still
making money off of his farm, but
when the careful observer casts his
eye around he can see that it has
been done by the same old secret
of careful management and hard
labor.
Willie Alexander, the son of Mr..
and MIS-. w. H.. Alexander, OF
this place, has submitted to another
successful operation at the Good
Samaritan hospital in Portland.
About year ago he had an oper-
alton performed'to give relief from
the pressure of the skull upon a
part Of the brain, where he had suf-
fered fracture of the skull some
years ago. For a time it was
thought that the result of the oper.
alton would be satisfactory but late.
ly the old trouble seemed to devel.
op and the doctors said that it was
necessary to reopen the skull al
that place. This was done last
Saturday morning at the hospital
and the latest word from the boy tc
his father here, is that he withstooc
the shock of the operation we'll
and that he is recovering from the
effects of it. Whether permanen
good will be the result can only b.
told by time, but it is greatly to bt
hoped it will effect a permanen
cure. Willie is boy of a very
bright mind, and if given healtl
will no doubt make a useful anc
intelligent man.
Mixed pickles, per gal., 25cts
9 lbs. roast coffee, good quality, 81
! 7 lbs. green coffee better quality, 81
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letter, salt.l;heam aud ECZEMA.

The intense itching and smar,inv, Incl.
dent to these diseases, isinstan,ly ai,ayed
by. applying Chamberlain Eye and
Skin Ointment. Many very bad cases
nave been permanently cured by it. It
is equally efficient for itching piles ard
a favorite remedy for sore nipples,
chapped hands, chilblains, frost bites
and chronic sore eyes. 25 cts. per box.
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Official County Paper.
LOCAL NOTES

Wesley Davis was up from New
port last Tuesday.
Geo. King, Of Cystcrvillc, was il
Toledo on business last Wednesday.
Attorney Denlinger went to va
quina on business Tuesday night.
M. Gregson is building a good
sized scow at the mill yard in this
place.
Uncle Hutch Bevins was down
from Elk City on business last
Monday.
Geo. Horning came over from
Corvallis last Friday evening, re-
turning on Monday.
Judge Hufford went down to
Newport Saturday night, returning
to Corvallis Monday.
J. A. OLSON, one of the solid
business men of Newport, was up
to Toledo last Wednesday.
At the school election in New
port last Monday L. o. OLSON was
reelected clerk and c. H. Will
liams was elected director.
Cash talks. Now is your time
to lay in supply. The goods
must be sold. Lee Wade, as
signee, at Gowell's old stand.
You want some of that fine va
quina Bay honey before it is all
gone-II cents pound at the trade
Center-Lee Wade, assignee.
Two carloads of -four just re-
ceived and high prices knocked out.
We handle the two best brands of
flour on the coast. Yaq. Bay Mere.
Co.
The postoffice was removed from
its old location last Sunday into the
vacant room alongside of Lewis
store, just across the track from its
old location.
At the regular annual school
meeting in this place last Monday
Rev. l.. NJ, Butler was elected di-
rector for the term Of three years,
and Z. P. Fish was reelected clerk
for the ensuing year.
Our stock of shoes is the mos
complete on the Bay and our pat
ronage is rapidly increasing. We
are just getting there with both
shoes, so to speak. Yaq. Bay
Mere. Co.
Robt. Findly, of Oregon City, is
in Lincoln county, looking the
country over with the view of frd-
ing suitable locations for several
families, He will visit and inspect
the Siletz country.
l.. w. Deyoe passed through
Toledo yesterday morning on his
way home from the Skies river
country in Curry county. Mr..
Deyoe and his son have been pros
pecting for gold down in that coun-
try, and has secured possession of
six claims, and has left his son
there to work it.
The railroad company is bringing
a good many car loads of crushed
rock down from the Cascades,
which is being used as ballast along
the track here. While using "tie
pass down from Chitwood Hhe
other d5y we noticed that sectiop
ioremen Miller and Cannon had
been ballRsting and otherwise fix.
ing up the track on their section.
in excellent shape.
rvOry woman needs DR.. Niles Pain PniA
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IL johnson Ielt lOI NOlVlllc
Washington, last Monday.
| Yaquina Bay onions by the sacl
or pound at Lee Wade. assignee
Flour and feed on hand and solc
very cheap at TELLEFsoN.'s va
q1ina.
All wool Ladies vests worth 81. so
to close out 81. Yaq. Bay Nero
Co.
New goods arriving almost daily
no old shopworn trash, at Yaq
Bay Nero. Co.
! Take a look in at Gowell's old
stand. There you can find every
thing you need. Z
Charley Hyde went up to Little
Elk last Monday, and will visit the
old homestead.
Everything must be sold. Come
early and secure bargains. Mer-
chants can save money by buying
now of Lee Wade, assignee for c..
| L. Gowell.
Hermann Horning will go to
Corvallis next Monday, where he
will work in his uncle's grocery
store. Hermann is a good boy and
we hope to see him do well.
The sheriff has given notice that
taxes are now due and payable at
his Office. This announcement
does not bring HILARIOUS joy to the
average property owner of this sec
ton.
We learn that Martin Hammer,
a settler living on the Siletz several
miles below the Agency had mis-
fortune to break an arm one day
last week. DR.. Turner, of Siletz,
reduced the fracture.
If there is another steamer put
on the Yaquina-San Francisco
route Mr.. and Mrs. Rite Dedrick,
of this place, expect to go to Palo
Alto, California. They have their
goods packed ready to go, but they
are disappointed in the steamer.
Joe Rice, who recently bought
the old McClaine place, near Chit
wood, has worked quite a reforma-
tion in the looks of that place. He
has the cultivated ground all plowed
and seeded to grain and grass, and
has given the orchard a thorough
and much needed pruning, besides
making several other improve
ments.
A meeting was held at Elk City
last Monday night and a Union
club of the reform forces of that pre-
cinct was organized. The club
elected the following officers; A. B.
Clark, president; J. B. White, frs,
vice president; D. B. Ramsdell,
second vice president: Chauncy
Trapp, secretary; P. A. Miller,
treasurer; Huston Parks, M. L.
Trapp and executive
committee, The meeting at which
the club was orga .lized was an en-
thusiastic one, and the club will be
one of the liveliest political organiza-
tons IN the county. They will hold
their club meetings every Monday
evening, and they invite the attend
ance of everybody.
Jack Phillips, who left Pioneer
several months ago for the Beaver
Hill coal mines in Coos county,
has returned to this county. Mr..
Phillips was badly burned by an
explosion of gas while working in
the coal mines there, and has not
fully recovered from the effects OF
the same. Owing to the ignorance,
or something worse, of the doctor
who attended him his hands will
be criDDlsd for soma time Is not al
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Count,
peoples Party

A delegate CO., 49,. of q
Peoples party of LineG, oo,,,,s
hereby called to meet in 1,,edo ,
Thursday, March II, 1898, i
O'Clock a. M, for the purppcs
electing delegated to the state \,
vention to be held at Portland
March 20, 1898, to appoint
proyer caunly committee, and \
join with the democratic party I
nominating candidates for the
rious county Offices to be filled
the coming June election.
Primeries will be help at the d
ual voting places in each precip,
on Saturday, March IL, 1903, at
O'Clock a. m. The various Or
cincts are entitled to the followir
number of delegates:
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been begun by Sheriff Lands. So
far but few have paid their taxes
though many inquiries have been
made of the sheriff. The lucky
possessor of tax receipt number one
for this year is Lenora Crosby of
Albany. Her taxes did not enrich
the county greatly, the amount be-
ing less than one dollar. M. A.
Rosebrook, of Toledo, was the Sec
ond to liquidate her taxes. The
ladies in this instance have set a
good example.
A Young Peoples society was
organized at the M. E. cnurch last
Tuesday evening, with the follow
ing officers: Fred Burns, leader;
Geo. Snow, president; Lulu Snow,
vice president; Maggie Dick, secre-
tary; Clifford Crosno, treasurer;
Mary Burns, Alvah Lineback,
Sadie Flowers and Sven Bredeson,
recruiting committee; Ethel RAIDER
and Thena Helgeson, entertain
ment committee; Anna Alexander,
Edith Ross. Francis Alexander,
Ethel Ross, Grace Ross and Vena
Alexander flower committee; Ver-
ME Ross and Chas. Hyde, music
committee; Alvah Lineback, Merle
Van Cleve and Cliff. Crosno, room
committee. The society meets
every Tuesday evening.
1t is, or should be, the highest
aim of every merchant to please his
customers; and that the wide awake
drug firm of Meyers & Eshleman,
Sterling, ILL.,, is doing so, is prov
ell by the following, from Mr.. Esh-
leman: "In my sixteen years. ex-
perience in the drug business
have never seen or sold or tried a
medicine that gave as good salts
faction as Chamherlain'S Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy.
Sold by o. o. krogs;ad Druggist.
The republican county central
) committee met in Toledo yesterday
; for the purpose of fixing the dates
for the precinct primaries and the
county convention. Chairman F.
| M. Wadsworth presided over the
meeting, and the following commit.
: teemen were present in person: E.
W. Powers, Elk City precinct; F
A. Goodwin, Nashville. U. S. Grant
Siletz, and F. M. Wadsworth, To.
ledo. Other precincts were also
represented by proxy. The primar.
les were called for March 81, and
the county convention for April s
The apportionment of the delegates
is one delegate at large for each
precinct and one delegate for each
ten votes or major fraction cast fol
Bean for supreme judge. The con
vention will consist of seventy-fye
delegates.
The county court have evidently
run into goodsized hornets nes
) in their arbitrary appointment O
D. H. Williams supervisor in roat
district No. 81. 1t will be remem
; be,ed that when Steve Logan, the
retiring supervisor, made his repor
he recommended the appointment
of John Turnidge, good man ant
one in every way qualified to fiji
the position, At the instigation O
Commissioner Williams, however
, Iurnidge was turned down and hi.
son, Dave Williams, was appointed
the excuse offered at the time being
/. that "all of the boys wanted Dav.
/. i'd" 1t seems that there mus
<. have been some mistake abou,
F. what "the boys" wanted. A petit.
/. ton has been filed in the Office Of
J. the clerk setting forth the facts that
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DIR. Cady's Condition Powders, are
just what a horse needs when in had
condition. Tonic, blood purifier and
Vermifuge. They arc not food bat
medicine and the best in use to put a
horse in prime condition. Price 25
cents per package.