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About The evening news. (Roseburg, Douglas County, Or.) 1909-1920 | View Entire Issue (June 21, 1910)
I I THI! EVENING NEW8 TI KSDW, Jl'XR 21, 110. A PACKAGE OF QUALITY We use Hie utmost care i n filling orders and our highest aim Is to put out only goods of quality. Grocery quality is hard to keep for so much is perishable. We move our stocks quickly and buy only the freshest and best. If you want the best every time, let us fill your order. THE STORE THAT DELIVERS THE GOODS TELEPHONE 2381 COMMERCIAL, BLDg Mr. Coppard, one of Oakland's live wires, was in the city today boosting for his home town and the big Kourth of July celebration to be hheld there. NORTH SIDE GROCERY COMPANY NORTH ROSEBURG Complete line of staple and fancy groceries, canned goods, etc. All clean, fresh goods. ' Call us up for your grocery needs Free delivery to all parts of the city. Telephone 2633 w miiiiwi miiii i D. H. MARSTERS' Plumbing, Sheet Metal WorK, Tinning' and Heating North JacKson Street, adjoining" Peoples Marble Worbs. Telephone '2511. WorK Done on Short Notice I Winnie n THF PLUMBER Agent for Snel Water Filters. Removes all im purities. Roseburg ek no0scrOLD AA l 8 EVERY MEMBER I M nouscnou) xm W FOR SALE Roseburg Rochdale COMPANY Douglas County Creamery butter, the best In the land, can be had of your grocer at 70 cents the roll. De mand your home product and accept no other. dtf m in i,r PLUMBING SHOP. ROSEBURG, ORE. Qaddis Skylight Cornices Heating Ventilating Phone 2101 Oregon BY THE A SAVAGE WITCH. HU Lift W Savad by th Chitf of tha Quiah Tribt. The author of "Uerues of Modern Crusiides," the Kev. Edward (.ill I Int. M. A.. Qt oue lime master of Hnrrow school, says In his book Hint he had years ngo the privilege of meeting the kins of the Quluti country, Tettl Afta masong. at Harrow. The Quiah king had been educated at St. Augustine's college. Canterbury, and wa able to lecture to the Harrovians In good Eng. llsh. In his lecture he told a quaint story which brings one nearer to the weird lives of the Qulahs, a small ag ricultural and trading tribe of Inof fensive characters on the west coast of Africa. "In my country." said the king, "we have no prisons; therefore if a cul prit Is brought to me I must chop off something an ear or two, a hand or a foot and be goes home a sadder and a wiser man. Just before I left tor England a chief came to my but, bringing a prisoner. "'What has he done, friend? I asked. '"lie Is a dangerous witch, O king. He can turn himself Into an alligator.' "'Pooh! Nonsense! I don't believe that old fashioned stuff.' '"Oh, but we saw him do It down by the big river.' "Indeed! Well, chief, tell me all about It. You saw bin) yourself?" '"I did. We were bunting by the banks of the river wlth our rifles when all at once we saw a big alliga tor lying on a rock In tbo river. The witch man was lying asleep in a ham mock some fifty yards nwny. Oh, the dangerous creature ho In! "'Well, king, do not lnugh with your eyes like that, for I ami speaking the truth. I put up my rifle to shoot the alligator; but, to our great fear, as soon as I fired this fellow rolled out of his hammock and fell on the ground and rubbed bis unck and swore ho was hurt. " 'Now. O king, if this witch had not been Inside the alligator how could he bave been hurt when 1 fired?' "Gentlemen." concluded the king. "I see you are laughing with your eyes, but it Is very difficult to rule over a people untaught and given over to superstition. "What did I do? Why, if I had left him free they would have killed bim as soon as I had gone on my ship, so I saved his life by chopping off bis left ear." MODERN CHESS. The Game Vastly Different From Tht of the Ninth Century. Chess Is but a game, a pastime, a relaxation, but It lias at times ab sorbed the faculties of the Intellectual In every clime. Perhaps the greatest eulogy on the game was the remark of Sir Walter Kalelgh, "I do not. wish to live longer thnn I can play chess." It Is certain that those who do not play the gumo nro quite unable to form any conception of the high intel lectual delights experienced 'by the chess enthusiast. The origin of chess has been sought in vain. The fact is the game has so changed, developed and improved down the course of centuries tbat in Its present form It w.ould not be rec ognized by its Inventor, if there ever was one. The oldest chess problem on record is thought to be that contained in an nnclctit Persian manuscript at tributed to Caliph Kali fen Mutasln Billah, who reigned In liagdad A. I). S33 to S42. Hut the reader would have to learn the old rules before It was intelligible. For example, the queen could make a move of only one square at a time and that on a diagonal, but a queen promoted from n pawn was allowed to make a move of two squares diagonally. The bishop had no power over any square except the third from which It stood on Its own diagonal Hue. but It was allowed to vault over any piece that happened to he between. In short.Mt was a totally different game. Chess in the precise form in which we know it and play It today Is a comparatively modern game. London Strand Magazine. Amending a Proverb. j There are it lot of silly proverbs knocking nhout Take, fur Instance, "If pigs had wings they would Uy." Now, this 1h absurd If you like. Do you know what sized wings a pig 1 weighing eighty pounds would require ! In order to Uy? They would measure about thirty yar;!s fr.uu i to t,,i. A nice state of things to kee; pigs hi :iu aviary with wings of that sizol The proverb would run much better: If pip could fly Pork would oe hitch. Loudou Scraps. , The Flight Way. Little Willie liked ice cream, but lie obji.-cted to turning the freezer. Oue ' day his mother was agreeably sur prised to ti tu him working nt tlie crank as If his life dependul on It. "IIow did you cet Wilile to turn the Ice cream freez.er'r" she said to her liURlm Till. "1 offered him J cents to do It, and he wouldn't." "You didn't ko nhout It the rluht way, my dear." replied her lundiahd. "I liet him a cent he couldn't turn It for half an hour!" Pretty Ancifnt. "What Is the oldest form of litera ture?" "I dunpo, hut I gucM some of th' musical comedy Jokes must nfich bad; pretty nearly that far." Cleveland I'luln Denier. Adam's Kick. Eve Wbnt makes you look so eroV Atlnm I wlsli you wouldn't he so loc! In your drew. It Isn't nweswiry f;r you to pick the moKt lilplilr colon! tutumn leaves. Nl-w York ITchm. Throwing vocal stones at other peo ple may be fun. but ten to one the other fellow will get mud and hit you with the real article sometime. What mistakes did you make this time lust year? Going to make the same old mistakes again, or make new ones? Better go slow and make none. BUILDER- CD. SIAYNARD GENERAL BUILDING CONTBACTOt I :eactoi e 123 At Your Service Roseburg, Oregon . I'liore A. F, LATHAM Carpenter, Contractor and Builder. TELEPHONES. Ofllre Main 2024 Residence 749 S. Mala St. GENERAL DRAYING Goods of every description moved to any parts of 'the city. Trices reason able. H. S. FRENCH Danger is lurking in it when your bath-room or lavatory isn't fitted up with modern sani tary plumbing. Sower gue Is more dangerous in Winter than in bum mer, because ventilation Is not so free. You will ward off disease by having your closets, oath-room, kitchen, and sinks overhauled. We make a' specialty of sanitary plumb ing and do it scientifically and at reasonable prices. B. A. MAHAN Plumbing, Heating, Sheet Metal Contractor ' RICE & RICE THE HOUSE FURNISHERS WHOLESALE AND RETAIL THE PEOPLES' PLACE TO TRADE Will Never be Undersold The Best, Biggest and Brightest Store Over ioo Foot Frontage and no Rents to pay. Is it any Wonder that Our Prices are Always the Lowest Our facilities for furnishing things to maKe home what it should be were never so good as now. Every concession that cold hard cash can secure is put in our buying, every saving such as rents are carved from our retail prices. COOK STOVE SALE No. 7 4 hole aok Jio.So 8 4 hole cook Si 2.00 S 4 hole cook $12. Ho Send us your mail IFIRE INSURANCE! Nnrt hern yiiwii aun llliflinnburiih Uy lnlHtiiu I'. S. HmncU Agricultural Si-ourity lit, t u, of X. America. lViiiilvaula THE DOUGLAS COUNTY ABSTRACT CO., . . . W. J. .MOON, Mgr., Ituurance lhi. AgeDIS t : : : I'hone Main 2451 Commercial Abstract Co. Abstracts of Title Filing Papers Preparea Insurance, Etc. Bonds, of all S28 North Jacksod at. Page Investment Company Large stock of Rough, Dressed, and Finish Lumber Rustic, Flooring, Ceiling, Stepping and Shingles. DOORS WINDOWS SCREENS FRAMES FURNISHED TO ORDER ' See us before buying. We can fill your whole lumber bill and save you money. 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