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About The times. (Portland, Or.) 191?-19?? | View Entire Issue (March 9, 1912)
THE TIMES WHEN BUYING STOCKS. EGYPT’S GREEN SUN. 0 « ■■ th* Successful Wall 8traat Spec ulator Does. Brilliant Emerald Hues T in t tha Sky at Morn and Eva. I d Egypt. where the atm osphere Is If you w ant to «peculate buy stock» that Wall street «peculator« buy. Don’t buy things offerisl by smooth tongued agents w orking for a handsom e com mission. D on't buy stocks th at are guaranteed to have a big advance. T he successful Wall street speculator never tries to m ake moDey In these sort of things. He buys' stocks th at have passed m uster and been listed on the exchange. Before they can be list ed the com pany m ust m ake a report that will ju stify listing. W hile this re port Is not us com plete as It should lie. It burs out all the wildcat propositions by which the people are being sw in dled. It Is Just as easy to buy listed stocks as any other. Brokers of good stand ing In the stock exchange are advertis ing In reputable publications, and one can alw ays open up n correspondence with a broker and have his questions freely and fully answered. T he broket likes nothing better than to answ er let ters from a custom er or from a pro sportive customer. If nn.v one is timid about dealing with a broker he can alw ays deal through his bank or get a reference to some broker from his banker.—Jasper, In Leslie's. A DEED OF DARING PARIS HAS A SW EET TOOTH. A Poet to Whom Candy Brought Bettor Rosulte Than Hie Rimes. The best business In Purls is said to be th at of tbe well established aud pop ular confectioner, aud this fact bus been recognized, tt is said, since the days of Napoleon 111. and his natural brother, the Duke de Morny. "The duke.” says Le Crl de Paris, “had a weakness for w riting vaudevilles aud often asked the counsel of Siraudln. who was a skillful collatiorator of Clairville. "B ut tbe theater brought no riches to Slraudiu. One day Morny said to him: ’My friend. I w ant to see tbee In a better situation The idea comes to me to put tbee In commerce. W hat dost tbou say to It?’ "Slraudiu received this proposition Joyfully, but w hat line of trade should he choose? Morny and Siraudln set out ou the principle thut the best busi ness w rs evidently the one lu which there were few est failures. They con scientiously scanned the bulletin of declarations of bankruptcy. All tbe trades were represented there—all ex cept one; th at was the confectioner, and Morny gave to Siraudln the neces sary capital to establish him self as a m erchant of bonbons. Siraudln ingen iously conciliated the lyric muse. He wrapped his pralines, his sugar plums and his chocolates in kiss papers, each Inclosing his printed verses. Morny did better than establish him. H e fre quented his shop. As tb e duke w as tbe king of the world of fashion, he drew all Paris bv bis example, and tbe for tune o f the poet-confectioner SlraudlD w as made." BAGGAGE STORED THREE DAYS FREE very clear, the green tints of the sunset 0 n $ Of M ad A n th o n y WciyflC’S light are peculiarly distinct. As the Remarkable Achievements. rur. descends nearer and nearer to the hor.zou and is immensely enlarged its THE rays suddenly become for an instant of STORMING OF STONY POINT. i brilliant green Then a succession of greeu rays suffuses the sky well nigh Thie Brilliant Peat of Arms, In Which to the zenith. The sam e phenomenon occurs at sun Success Was Won at the Point of the rise. but less conspicuously. Some Bayonet, Was One of the Most Dss- times at sunset. Just as the last portion perate Incidents of Any War. of the sun’s disk vanishes, its color One of the most m arvelous achieve changes from green to blue, and so also m ents credited to American bravery after tt has disappeared the sky near and strategy was th at of the capture the horizon is green, while tow ard the of Stony Point by Mad Anthony zenith it is blue. IVayne, who was one of the most pic The fact was, of course, observed by turesque figures of th e American revo the ancient Egyptians, and references lution. When he w as superseded In General Transfering and Storage thereto are found in their sacred w rit command of the Pennsylvania line, ings. Day was the symbol of life and even afte r his brilliant success at Mon night th at of death T he setting sun mouth on June 28, 1778, a less am biti being identified with Osiris, th at god ous and patriotic man would have re became king of the dead. The setting his commission. sun was green; therefore Osiris as the signed It seemed Irony of fate th at the Main Office and Warehouse nocturnal deity of the dead was paint setback In his the career should follow so ed green. the official encomiums for bis The splendid coffins of the high closely work at b ut th at very set PARK AND DAVIS STS., PORTLAND priests of Ammon frequently depict back gave Monmouth, him Stony Point—the great the green sun. and the funeral deities est opportunity of his life—and he are all colored green. This association made good. Telephones: Main 6980, A 3322 of death with green was undoubted There were tw o Im portant factors, ly due to the green tints of the Egyp and valor, th a t entered into SALT AND ICE. tian sun at s u n se t—Youth’s Com pan j discipline this rem arkable achievem ent, the cap- ion. I tu re of a fortress on th e Hudson held Tho Process That Begins When the by the British and considered almost Tw o Are Mixed. COFFEE WITH AN ARAB. Impregnable. Stony Point w as an Is It Is not correct to suy th at salt dis solves ice, since real solution only takes It Protects Even Murderers Where the ! land and the fortress was built on a [ rock which was precipitous and rough place when a solid, liquid or gas Is Cup Has Been Shared. It w as guarded by three redoubts and dissolved in a liquid. Phone or Write Describing the hospitality of an Ara- | The true explanation of the fact th at bluu Inline, the "L ast Journal of Bish protected by a double abatis of logs THE STARS APPEARED. th at extended across the peninsula, Ice melts when common salt is added op Ilunnington” says: The post w as garrisoned by 607 men, He Only Wanted to See One, but He to it depends upon the sim ple physical Wee Introduced to a Cluster. principle th at when a salt is dissolved The great event of the visit is the who felt so secure In their position that I he host has a kind of brazen the}' w ere wont to refer to the post as He had been celebrating, not wise in w ater heat is absorbed and its tem coffee. brought. In which he roasts the tho “L ittle G ibraltar. perature Is lowered. When salt and Ice shovel the» ly. but too well, and getting obstreper be takes a pestle and m or On July 14 General W ayne assem ous are mixed together some of the salt ta beans; and noisy and looking for a tight r of the oak of B asban, and w ith his bled all his troops a t Sandy Beach, dissolves in th e small am ount of w a own hands he pounds It to powder, he was tackled by a policeman who and a t th at m om ent none of his sol ter which Is alw ays present, the tem m aking the hard oak ring forth a song in plain clothes was on his way home. perature is thereby lowered, and a new of welcome to the guest. Many of j diers knew the plans of their com The drunken one showed tight and m ander. Tho following day the was Indignant th at an apparently freezing point is established pestles and m ortars are heir- | m arch began over a w ilderness trail private The rem ainder of the ice, being at a these citizen should try to arrest him. looms and are richly ornam ented and tem perature higher than this new beautifully black and polished by age and In perfect silence. Not a man “Shew me your star!" he demanded. was allowed to leave th e column un “Don’t believe you’re a cop at all. freezing point, slowly melts, and more use. Such was the one In ques der penalty of death. By 8 o’clock Won’t go w ith you till I see your star.” salt is dissolved until the solution Is and tion. H aving drunk coffee (for the saturated. The tem perature can in this honored guest the cup Is filled three th at night they w ere w ithin one and and be aimed a maudlin blow at the way be lowered to 22 degrees C., which tim es), you are quite safe In the bands one-half miles of the British fortress. policeman OF PORTLAND Then tho men yvere told of the desper There was a scuffle and a fight, is tlie freezing point of a definite com of the most murderous. ate work ahead of them and the bat pound of salt and w ater. short lived, but strenuous, and the far do they carry this superstition tle order read. The salts dissolved in sen w aters th So drunken man was landed in tbe police at a man who had m urdered nnother No m an w as allowed to load his serve a very im portant purpose, as it Bed to the dead m an’s fath er and be station, w here he stayed all night. In | m usket, and the battle w as to be won requires a greater degree of cold to fore be knew w bat bad happened drank the morning it w as a disheveled and or lost w ith the bayonet alone. One cause the form ation of ice on them coffee. Presently friends enmo In and torn wreck th at appeared before the portion of the order provided that any than on fresh w ater. agistrate and who listened to the po as they were relating llie news to the man found retreating a single foot m liceman relate th e trouble he had in bereaved father recognized the m ur w as to be put to death a t once. Bonaparte and Mile. Montansier. derer crouching beside tbe lire. They Close to m idnight the order to ad getting him to the station house. w anted to fight me all the w aj The Cafe Corazzn. In the Palais Roy Instantly dem anded vengeance. “ No.” vance given. The fort w as to be to “He the your honor. He kept al. had many interesting clients in its said the father, "It cannot be. Ile bas attacked w as from sides. Once In mo pulling station, back and to trip me and time. It was there thut Ceiiem l Bona drunk coffee and has thus become to tion General W all ayne lost no time. The yelling: 'Show me trying Main 6383 your star! 1 won’t 90 First Street parte, then only a general of brigade, me as my son.” British opened fire w ith guns, both asked Ids friend B arm s to find him a Had he not drunk coffée the father great and small. Seventeen of the go unless you show me your star.' ” “And." asked the m agistrate gently, rich wife, and B arras suggested Mile. would never have rested until he had tw enty men in one advance guard “did you show him your star?" M ontansier. the proprietress of the ad dyed his hands In his blood. were shot down, but the companies In “Your honor.” Interrupted the pris jacent T heatre M ontansier. She was the rear eagerly pressed on. General oner. “he clouted me on the head, and sixty-three, but she was well preserved Drug Store Sign«. W ayne him self, struck In the head and m ight have passed for forty-five, Every one has noticed the beautiful with a m usket ball, fell stunned. He I saw the sta r—I saw several of them, and she was believed to have accum u colors In the large glass jars th at stand recovered In a mom ent and, rising on enough to go around the entire force.” TIIE TIMES is appreciated by ST. LOUIS, Mo.— lated a fortune of £48,000. Bonaparte in the drug store windows, but every one shouted: “M arch on! March readers elsewhere, and this is a MR. Editor: asked to be introduced, and Barm s one docs not know why drug stores use on!" knee, Then, to Ills aids he Please enclosed find stamps. presented him and assures us in his th at sign In the old days apothecaries begged them to turning Scolding Not Successful. take him Into the fort Many women have attem pted to scold copy of one of the several letters Kindly send me a copy of your memoirs th a t the match would have and alchem ists w ere the only druggists, so th a t If his wound received demanding extra copies. w as mortal he paper. TIIE TIMES. come oIT if it had not been for the anil they made up their own nostrum s, Into the hearts of men. but die a t the head of his column. affection events of Vendendaire A fter th at the eompoaltion of which was supposed would we have never beard of one who suc The people are always seeking the And oblige, yours, etc., G eneral W ayne’s wound drove his m emorable day of the “whiff of grape- to he a great secret. They used to followers to a frenzy. They dashed ceed ed —Chicago Record H erald TRUTH. Jos. L. T------------. shot" the future em peror broke off the leave their retorts and ja rs and stills up the hill and battered down nil op engagem ent, feeling him self too impor and bottles in the window to im press position. Colonel Fleury. a French tant to m arry a superannuated actress, upon (lie passersby the mystery and ,offlcer lu the American service, at the even for th e sake of having the spend im portance of their business. The head of his determ ined band forced ing of her savings. —Ball Mall (Jazette. modern drug store has no use for re his way up the redoubt and ns the torts and stills, all the processes being soldiers poured into the fort grasped handled by the big chemical factories, the B ritish flag and lowered It The Example Better Than Precept. John W esley, accom panied by one of but the large Jars full of bright colored victory was complete. The B ritish Ids preachers, was once dining at the liquids are still left ill the window, just lost 53 killed and 543 taken prisoners, The house of a rich Methodist The tuhles as they were hundreds of years ago.— of whom 70 were wounded. Tho were spread with a liberal meal, but New York Hun. Americans lost 15 killed and had 83 W esley’s companion no sooner saw it wounded. It was one of the most than he said : Population by Race. daring and desperate Incidents of any “Oh. sir, w hat a sum ptuous dinner! T he population of tin* world by race w ar Things are very different from w hat Is: Indo-Gcrniniilc iwhite). flflO.OOO.- F rorj every point of view the storm ing they once were I fear there is hut 0 0 0 ; Mongolian t.vellow and brown), of Stony Point was a rem arkable feat little self denial among M ethodists in 630,000.000; Sem itic <w hitel, Oo.000,000; of arm s, bnt back of tho success of Negro (Mark l. 1fl0.o00.000: Malay that night was a story of preparedness, these days.” "My brother," said W esley, pointing bruwnt. 3.*.000.01 Ml; American Indian the cause which has alw ays been over, to the tabic, "there Is a tine opportu (redi, 1fl.000.000 This latter figure In shadowed by tbe brilliancy of the re nity for self denial now.” cludes every variety of the redm an In sult General W ayne had trained his The hint was not taken, blit the re nil parts of tlie earth, tlie actual num men. stim ulated their pride, enforced ber of Indians In North America being rigid discipline, had them at the point buke did its work much less than a million The white of attack at the right moment and race Is Increasing much faster tliau then yvlth Inspiring valor led them. Label Paste. To m ake a good paste for labels mix the ethers, owing probably to Its su Tbe victory at Stony Point naturally together with cold w ater until they perior Intelligence and sclentlllc know l aroused a trem endous enthusiasm , and form a smooth cream four ounces of edge of medicine and sanitation.—New It cam e at the right time. The coun flour and ini ounce and n half of brown York American try w as depressed If not quite discour sugar Then pour m boiling w ater, s e d . and Stony Point wns like a tonic. Sounded All Right. stirring all the tim e till the right con It gave the i«*ople more strength, more SOME THE NEW FEATURES sistency Is obtained Add five or six P atience Well, lie told the truth, courage and at a tim e when they sad drops of carbolic a d d to keep the anyw ay Pntrtce— How so? 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