LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER TUESDAY, JUNE 7, 1910.
PAGE THHEB
REVIEWS SCEI2E5 OF
RHOLUTiOiiARY DAYS
"VashingUtf., u'cui' . -Air Interest
ing ktatement of fatalities in the va
rious American wars has been pre
pared by General Keifer, a represent
ative from Ohio and a high officer in
two wars. ' .
"In the seven years' war of the
American Revolution," he says, "some
65 battles and skirmishes transpired,
or an average of 8 per year. In the
Civil war 'of four years there was
fought 2,235 battles, or an average of
559 a year. In the seven years' war
of the American revolution the en
tire list of killed In battles was 1,
735. In the Civil war the killed in
battle were 61,862; died of wounds
and disease, 183,287. .
"Seventeen battles of the Revolu
tionary (war show a loss in killed of
Ml ml l.t.l InnBAD m T tfl ff" Sift.
211. ma tuiai iiMoca M""iio - - -
occurred in Indiana massacres and
various skirmishes In ' the other 3?
battles and skirmishes of the seven
years' war, from Lexington to York-
iown. ... . . , . ,
"In the war of 1812 we had, all
told. 471,000 men enlisted. The offi
cial reports in the war office show the
onftro list nf fntalttlna to' be 1.87?
killed in battle; wounded 2,789.
"In the Mexican war, mo to ms,
the whole number of men engaged or
enlisted was 101,282; killed in battle,
all told, 1,049. ,;
"In the three notable wars the
Revolution, the war of 1812, and the
Mexican war the entire loss of Jdlled
In battles was 4,662. - ",' : :'
"In the battle of Gettysburg, alone
the loss In killed was 3,072 on th
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750 more; wounded and missing, 14,
440. Hence the fatalities of that one
battle were . 3,822, or within 740 of
the entire battle loss in all prevlouf
three great wars, covering a period
all told, of eleven years. The record
The acme of perfection in artifi
cial dentures is the .'continuous gum'
or porcelain pkte as it is absolute
ly aceptic In all its parts and presents
an appearance that leaves no sugges
tion of the artificial.
They come a little higher than the
ordinary rubber plate but they are
worth it if you want the best.'
DR. STEVEXSOX.
Vacation Trips
Around the Circle
Tickets sold from all stations in
the Inland Empire going via Spo
kane, Macleod and Calgary, through
the Canadian Rockies, touching 1
Banff, Lake Louise, Field and Gla
cier, returning via Vancouver, Vic
toria, Seattle and Portland, or vice
versa.
$40
00
Tickets on sale dally June 1 to
September 1. Final limit October
31. Unlimited stopovers. V
ALSO SHORT TRIPS
THROUGH THE KOOTENAT
. AND ARROW LAKES. ;
Write for literature- and detailed
Information. ' , - "
G. M. Jackson, Geo. A. Walton.
Trav. Pass Agt Gen Agt Pass
' Dept.''
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shows that 2,235 battles were fought
from Fort Sumter in April,' 1861, to
General Johnston's surrender near
Raleigh. N. C April 26. 1865; and
that in 1.300 battle more soldiers
sere kt'Je. in.etvh battle than at th3
famous VcU5e of Eukcr BKl. XsBse
chusetts, in April, 1775".
. The Htm Fair at Paris.
A feature of Parisian life is the ham
fair which is held on the Boulevard
Richard Le Nolr." The name of this
fair is wholly misleading, for as far
as I have ever seen bams arc the very
last thing any one ever buys there.
Old brass and copper curios, quaint
Jewelry, t rare china, lace, tapestries
and books are what most people go
out to seek, and a sight not to Le easily
forgotten U the long wide boulevard
lined with ramshackle stalls laden
with every possible kind of lumber and
presided over by the most rapacious
of brocanteurs. Out of piles of value
less lum ber, American s and English
diligently seek for their pet kind of
curios, and there is not an artist in
Paris who cannot point to some bit
of furniture in his or ber studio and
say with pride, "I got that for 5 francs
at the ham fair." No one ever pays
more than 5 francs, I notice, but, alas,
every year these five franc bargains
are becoming more rare, and even as
housekeeping in Paris grows more and
more costly so does the furnishing of
one's house to keep. London Queen.
Only' Question of Possibility..
... Among the customers of a tea store
opened In the northwest part of the
city the other night was a man who.
after buying a pound of coffee, handed
a counterfeit half dollar to the shop
keeper. ,'' : ' " ;.
This money is counterfeit; I'm' sor
ry, sir," said the hopkeeper.
"Yes; I know it," replied the cus
tomer, grinning. . "Got it here one day
last week, and I've been saving it for
you." . Then, noting the' smile upon
the shopkeeper's face, the custom, r
said, evidently offended, Perhaps you
doubt my word r
"Oh, not at all, sir; not at all. I
couldn't doubt the word of so truthful
a man. I was simply smiling because
I wondered bow it was possible for
you to have got the money here. This
place was opened only . night before
last" '.. , r . ;.
Thereupon the customer departed
hastily after producing a good coin
and slipping the counterfeit Into bis
own pocket Philadelphia Times. : .
. Lancashire Humor.
There was a Lancashire collier who
went out on Sunday with his wheel
barrow because, as be said, "I've lost
mi dog, an' a felly looks slcb a f oo'
gooln' a-walkin' bl hisself." :
Then there was the worklngmen's
club committee which wanted to in
dorse the accounts "audited and found
correct and tuppence over" and the
customer who, on being told that the
price of candles had gone up owing to
the war, asked whether they were
"felghtin' bi candle leet" .
Also one recalls the laggard Lan
cashire lover who, when asked for a
kiss, said he was "gooln to do it in a
bit," and the old ladies who praised a
certain Darwin clergyman as "a grand
burler," and of the orator who trans
lated "Dieu et mon droit" into "Evil be
to him what evil thinks!" "Lancashire
Life and Character," by Frank Orme
rod. . r ' " 'v-
Japan's Giant Wrestlers.
Japanese wrestlers are not to be con
fused with Japanese exponents of JIu
Jltsu. . The wrestlers belong to the
older school, in which weight Is a par
amount quality.' It is a- remarkable
thing that a race which is on the av
erage four or five inches under the Eu
ropean standard in point of height
should have produced a special cult of
wrestlers who are giants in stature
and strength. The leading wrestlers
of Tokyo or Osaka or Hlogo are all
men at least six feet in height and
weighing perhaps 800 pounds. They
are a race opart Wrestling is an oc
cupation which has been banded down
from father to son for many genera
tlons. And the explanation of their
prowess is that they have always been
meat eaters, while the rest of Japan,
either from choice or necessity, have
been In the main vegetarians. ,
Diamonds Under Water.
An Imitation diamond . is never Br
brilliant as a genuine stone. If your
eye is not experienced enough to de
tect the difference, a very simple test
is to puce the stone under water. The
Imitation stone is practically extin
guished, while a genuine diamond
sparkles even under water and la dis
tinctly visible. When possible, place a
genuine stone beside the possible lml
tation nnder water, and . the contrast
will be apparent to the least experi
enced eyes.
' Consistent Theory.
"Don't you believe the husband Is
the head of the house and should have
the final say 7" :;,y..
"Certainly I do." '
"Then why don't yon come out in
the open and say so?"
"Because my wife won't let me."
Exchange. .
Got Another Copy. .
A well dressed man was standing,
outside a bookseller's shop l Charing
Cross road closely examining one of
Balzac's works Illustrated by Gnstave
Dore.', "How um li in ibis Balzac T he
asked an nsslstuui uittxlde.
"Twenty-flve Nliiliiugs.' wax-the re
ply. - v;, . r
"Oh. that's far too much.' 1 must see
the manager about a reduction." con
tinued the prospective customer, and.
suiting the action to the word, he took
up the book and went into the shop. -
Approaching the bookseller, he took
the book from under bis arm and asked
what he would give for It "Seven
shillings highest offer," be was told.
- The offer was accepted, the man took
his money and left. '
"Well," queried the assistant later,
after the man had gone, "were you
able to hit It off wtt,h the gentleman,
sirr ..... '. .'.;..'.;
"Oh, yes. I managed to get another
copy of that edition of Balzac for 1
shillings." I
.. Then the bookseller went out to
lodge complaint with the police.
London Telegraph.
A Victim of Leprosy.
"On my travels In Venesuela." said a
New York man; "I stayed In a hotel
with a youug man - in whose family
there was the taint of leprosy, though
be apparently did not have It One
night sitting at dinner he became an
gry at a waiter and brought his hand
down on the table with full force. Be
instantly realized that he did not feel
the blow and sat looking at his hand,
hi fac whitening with horror. "Give
me your knife. Bob.' he aald to bis
chum. He grabbed the pocketknlfe in
t frenzy and stabbed the side of his
hand with vicious cuts from finger tip
to wrist You may not know that. lep
rosy appears in te side of the band,
numbness being a sign. The man did
not feel the cuts. lie arose from the
table, knocking over his chair, rushed
out Into the courtyard of the hotel, and
we beard the quirk tang of a revolver
shot, telling us how he had conquered
the leper's curse by euding his life."
New York Times..
He Could Wlold an Ax.
The skill of the old Maine shipbuild
ers In the use of the adz and broadux
was wonderful. One old time yarn is
of a carpenter who applied very drunk
at a shipyard for employment. In or
der to have a little fun with him the
foreman set him to give a proof of his
skill by hewing out a wooden bolt with
no chopping block but a stone. The
carpenter accomplished his difficult
task without marring the keen edge of
the broadax and showed the foreman
a neatly made bolt. Then he brought
the ax down with a terrific blow that
shattered its edge upon the stone. - "I
can bew fust rate on your chopping
block," he hiccoughed, f'trot y be
blamed if I can make the ax stick in
It when I git through." The story runs
that the foreman lost no time in em
ploying such a workman.
Judges' Wigs. '
The "wig is only worn by English
barristers to give them a stern, judi
cial appearance, and no one can say
that it falls in this respect The cus
tom was originated by a French judge
in the seventeenth century when, hap
pening to dou a marquis' wig one day,
he found It gave him such a stern and
dignified appearance that be decided
to get one for himself and wear It at
all times in court. This he did, and
the result was so satisfactory from a
legal point of view that not only
judges, but barristers also, took up the
custom throughout Europe. London
Graphic.
Acquitted.
"Sirr said the young woman, with
what seemed to be indignation.
The young man looked embarrassed.
"Yes, I did kiss you," he admitted.
"but I was impulsively insane."
"That means that a man would be a
lunatic to kiss me?" '
"Well, any man of discretion would
be just crazy to kiss you."
This seemed to end the strain, and.
no jury being present to muddle af
fairs, a satisfactory ' verdict was
reached.
8uspicious Routine.
Good Man Ah, my poor fellow.
feel sorry for you! Why don't you
work? When I was young, for ten
years I was never in bed after 8 an
hour's work before breakfast then five
hours' work, then dinner, then four
hours' more work, then supper, then
bed. then up again at B the next morn
ing : '; '
; Loafer I say, guv'nor, where did ye
serve yer time. San Quentln or Pol-
som? San Francisco Star.
' Out of Hor Roach.
"Does your heart ever reach out for
the unattainable?"
"No, but my hands do when my hus
band is not at home. There are three
buttons at the back of my gown that I
can't reach."
More Appropriate.
' I teach my parrot only
words."
abort
"Do you? Now. I should think that
parrots were better adapted to learn
ing polysyllables."
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Madison Square Theatre Company
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CLEAN MAIM; STREETS.:
Devoutly to Be Wished In Many Rural
' Communities. '
Old you ever observe closely the con
dition of the main street In your town)
Is it In such a condition that you can
point it. out with pride to a visiting
Hitwi w tniuttl . nuiitaui.
state that strangers will be attracted
by its neatness? Or is this street the
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TBI MATJI STBBKT OF TBI AVERAGE TOWN.
(From Amtrlcan City, Now Tork.J
thoroughfare which Is first to greet
the eye of the stranger and the one
over which the bulk of the town traf
fic Is carried on an eyesore to all who
look upon It?
.Tbat Is the condition of the chief
street in many small towns. Waste
paper, cigar and cigarette stubs, ma
nure and even tin cans and ashes are
to be seen scattered over the street
It Is not the writer's intention to de
liver a long sermon on town cleanli
ness, but be may be permitted to offer
a little advice on the importance of
keeping the principal street neat and
tidy In appearance. If your most Im
portant street Is In a filthy; unkempt
condition, lay aside other mutt era for a
day or so and clean It up. Organizo 1
a general campaign toward that end '
and don't wait for somebody else to
take the lead and do the work. It is
no disgrace for citizens to get busy
and clean, up their town. It Is a dis
grace to let the streets remain littered.
Make your main street first of all so
clean that Spotless Town will be sug
gested to the visitor and prospective
settler. . " -.
Ho Saved the Patent OtTTco.
When in the war of 1812 the British,
who had taken Washington trained
their guns upon the patent office, Dr.
Thornton, throwing himself directly
before the guns, cried: r
"Are you Englishmen or Goths and
Vandals? This is the patent office a
depository of the Ingenuity and Inven
tions of the American nation, In which
the whole civilized world is interested.
Would you destroy it? Then let the
charge pass through my body."
And the building was spared. ' Twenty-four
years afterward, however, it
was destroyed by fire, together with
everything In it. '
Well Trained.
Mrs. Boggs Mr. Meekman is a
splendid example of what a man ought
to be. Mr. Boggs-Not at all. He's -a
splendid example of what a wife, two
sisters, a grownup daughter and a
mother-in-law think a man ought to be.
, : Reokloss. "
"Aw, come on!" the little boy was
heard to remark. "Be a sport. IH bet
yer any amount o money up to ft
cents." Harper's.
True Happiness.
About the happiest man in the world
should be he that, having a fad, la able
to make a living at it-Chicago Hec-ord-Herald.
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The arrow that pierces the eagle's
breast la often made of his own feath
ers. ' ',.
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is going to be disappointed when the five
acre tracts we have been offering you are
all gone, and they are, all but two.
We have some fine buys in residence
lots at $125.00 each; $25.00 down and $5.00 a i
month. Better Investigate these.
Bell Phone, Red 801 Independent 262
LA GRANDE Inv. CO.,
Foley Hotel Bid., La Grande
The George Palmer
We solicit your orders for Shingles, Rubberoid Roofing;
Deadening felt, Building Paper,
We are prepared to furnish and deliver material
promptly. Phone Main 8.
New Jewelry.
; ; I am daily receiving the latest designs in
Spring and Summer Jewelry which when added to
TY1V alTOalv loffMi of rvllr Ttrill rn-rrn. v
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. best selection of any store in Eastern Oregon.
. You can have your: watch repaired in first-class
shape for a less price that you can have it spoiled
I have fitted eyes for twenty years and have
" been located here permanently for that time. You
can ask any of my customers and they will tell you
lu b"""5 pcrieut saiisiacuon. jbiverytnmg
that leaves this store is guaranteed to give you sat
isfaction. . -
1 H Paiwa La Grande's Leading Jeweler,
j. n. reare, , ; , opposite l
JUNE
NOW IN STOCK.
J. T. SCOTT
Kurtzmannt Steinway, Wellington, and Ludwig Piano.
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Opposite Land Office
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