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THE ONTABIO ABGUS, ONTARIO, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 0, 1919 fvOT MERELY FISH STORIES Indigestion, lllllousncss, Const lw in. 5 Announcement To The Public:! wish to announce thatrl have employed a licensed, under taker and embalmcr, and will, here after conduct an undertaking business take charge of and make arrangements for funerals. Besides Mr. AV. 0. Jones, formerly with Peck & Case of Cald well, who will bo in direct charge, there will bo a lady assistant. It will be our aim to merit the con iidence of the public; in every respect. Daytime Phone 10(i-W McDowell's ONTARIO, It is because this is the store that gives style, quality, at prices no higher than others charge for ordinary merchandise. Some of our customers dress twice as well at half as much expense as is ordinary. The secret of living well at small expense is correct buying. You can do it here. RADER'S c. a Friday and October 17 Dreamland Constipation. Tho uoglnnlng of almost every Bor-j ious disorder is constipation. It you i want to enjoy good health keep your bowels regular. This la best ac- corapllshed by proper diet and exer-j else, but sometimes a raedlclno Is i needod and when that Is tho case you ( will find Chamberlain's Tablets aro excellent. They aro mild and gentle In tholr action, easy and pleasant to tako. dive them a trial. Thoy only cost a quarter. Nights and Sundays Phone 8JKM ' Exchange Store OREGON rinT HAJTIONAL'Oi' ATTRACTION Saturday and 18 Theatre An Agrceublo Surprise "About tlireo years ago when I was suffering from a severe cold on my lungs and coughed most of tho time night and day, I tried a bottlo of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and was surprised at the promptness with which It gave mo relief," writes Mrs. James Drown, Clark Mills, N. Y. Many another has been surprised and pleased with tho prompt relief afford ed by this remedy. unowcrs ot sea rood From 8ky Are m "" !.' J?:,...a,nB ,0 ' Next time some one tells ynti nf Its ruining fish mid frog, don't lougli; tho Hliiry tuny lie true. There Is, for In sliiiicc. record of n llsh ruin In 100(1 Hint showered smelts nil over Stan stead parish In merry England, says I'optilnr Seleiieo Magazine. In Union Itouge, In 1810. It mined tliicl.'H, cnllilriN nnd woodpeckers. Wp (inline right here to siiy Hint sci entists explnln these showers hy tho lifting power of tho wind nnd the an dent prlnelplo Hint whnt goes up must come down j nnd you never enn lio sure whnt Is up. netting down to 1017, John Lewis of Alierdnlc, Wnlei, report.: "I wns slorllcd by something falling nil over me. . . , On (Hitting my Imnd down my neck I wns surprised to Mud they were little llsli." No less n person tlinn Alcxnniter win Humboldt writes of n downpour of flshoi In the Andes which seemed to he nlded nnd iibetled hy n very nctlvo volcnno. The unlives snld they mill et counted mi llsh showers to reduce 1 the II. C. I.., ustinlly liming sovernl n FCIIKOIl. Singapore, ns might he expected, I holds the shower record, with n rnln of . five-Inch nil fish, which the Chinese gathered hy the linskelful. j Nino nntlve witnesses urged by n ennny Scot, mndu depositions before n ' magistrate attesting the (ruth of their tales of n shower In Iloiigul during which nt lenst live kinds of fish fell fiom the henvens. Iloston, In the days of the "plug" lint, hud whnt Is culled (being llnstim) "n plscntorlnl deluge." Hut In Connecti cut the some year It rallied llsh ntul Iro together, which we call thoughtful. GOES BACK TO ANCIENT DAYS Exprelon Concerning Fire of Faith nnd the Torch of nellglon Traced to Fire Worshiper. "My fnllli Is like n burning llatue," many n martyr tuts said when he wns being sorely tried. "I tuny enrry the torch of the Iruo religion forward" Is nr expression so often used tlmt It seems almost trite. Is It nn accident Hint many of tho most fervent religious phrase nre connected In one way or another with I lie llre-lmngu? One of tho curious customs of Lithu ania gives a clew to the answer to this question, Kellglon anil fnllli are expressed In fiery terms liecnuso most of our ancestors were llru worshipers. Tho tradition has outlived pagan ism, has come Into Christianity Itself, and renin I ns most, plainly cxhlviit In the IniiKunge wo use when talking of religion. In Lllhiinula family councils nro held only In front of the henrtli. All Impor tant gathering ant connected with the flrenlncc. The lire Is never allowed to die out. It Is tho duty of the old' est womnn In the family to tend to the lire, to cover It with ashes at nl.tlit and to revive It In the morning. Why tho oldest woman t other thnn the oldest mail? ItecniiKe In pagan days tho attendants of the sacred (Ires vivo always women, the vestal vir gins, whoso lives were devoted to that OIIO lllhk. When wo speak of tho tires of faith, therefore, or of the torch of religion, wo aro harking hack to tho nnclenl days, tho days when llru was faith nnd religion n torch. Dulldogt Made Ferocious. Hull-halting at times ranked ns the national pastime of England and countless scores of dogs met their death to proldc n diversion for tho llrlllsh public. Even royalty favored tho "oport," although during the last 100 years of Its oxlHtonco pultons of tho hulliliig comprised exclusively the "lower classes." Tho bravery of the bulldog, cultivated during centuries of nctho KorWco In tho bullring, uatuial ly hecamo deeply Inherited, Owing to tho dog's occupation nnd Mirroundlni-s ho acquired u huvngenoss of disposi tion which prompted ono authority, ns recently as fifty years ago, when hull halting, which had long been mndo Illegal, was long Mnro over, to stnto that tho bulldog hnd an Intractable temper and that ho would turn on his master, If offended, as readily us on n stranger. Right Standard of Living. Uyrou, after a misspent youth, de sired "n soldier's grave" In "tho laud of honorable, death." Far better would It have been If he had, llko Tolstoi, re solved to live down tho errors of his early life, and to build up a future which would have redeemed the follies of the past. When our own evil deeds havo not soured our existence and when wo have faith' In that eternal Justlco which sees In tho soul of mint something greater than nnturu that will outlive her tran sitory laws, wo shall wclcomo old uge ns tho portal through which wo must pass to llvo tho life everlasting. I.u aan In Itochester Cost Express. Thought Grai pa Ha "Snap," Grandpa, who wus visiting us, wus made much of by every member of the family. Hurry noticed that every body tried to mako him comfortable, and tlmt grandpa's wUhes seumed to be the luw of the household. One day tho teacher wns nsklug her class whut they would ull like to he when they grew up. When It came IlanjV torn he answered without any Iiufcltu Hen: "When I grow up I'd like to I a grandpa." Chicago Tribune. Ctiaiiiliarlnln'n Tablets liavn rm.tnr C(l t IkwUIi nnd liapplnoM huiidrcda who woro nffllctod with Indigestion. hlllounncss and constipation. If you nro troubled in this way glvo thorn a trial. You aro cortnln to bo pleased for they will bonoflt you. -f- 4- 4. Howard for Ist Dog LOST: a brown and whlto Colllo answering to tho nnino of Don, carrying Ontario Ilconso tag. Howard will bo paid for return or Information loading Ihoroto. L. I. IIHISCII. ;) Professional Cards nt w. a. HOWE DENTIST Tel. 117 Ontario, Oro. MIANSFEK, UAOOAOE AND EX PltESS JOHN LANDINQ1IAM DR. A. R. ROBERTS Dentist Between Ontario I'hnriiincy anil Depot. Phono 52 DRS. WEESE & FORTNEK OFFICE HOUItS: 0 to 12 nnd 2 to S. Offlco ovor First Natlonnl Unnk. rolophono No, 33 J. 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