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Deadening Felt, Building Paper.
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Animated, It is true, by ao entirely
different motive, but nevertheless elo
quent, heated and filled with thrilling
moments, the reproduction of the
continental congress of 76 as given
before a large and appreciative aud
ience yesterday afternoon was an
event that is outclassed by no lit
erary effort in La Grande in man
years. A galaxy of orators participa
ted in a most pleasing manner. From
the call to order to the burlesque of
signing the Declaration of Indepen
dence, flights of oratory and instruc
tive impersonation and dellnlatlon of
historical characters was the order.
The leaders of the strenuous after-the-war
period were ably represented
on the platform, and the spirit which
caused the memorial speeches during
the debate on that day so important
to America, was carried out in the
impromptu speeches rendered. In this
the speakers are to be complimented
for the debate was entirely original.
The large auditorium was well packed
with an appreciative audience that
followed the progress of the debate
closely. The active participants,
wearing continental garb and adher
ing closely to the English of that
period, made a pretty stage setting.
The speakers and the men they repre
sented, and the order of rules of the
congress, follow: '
Congress called to order" by John
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Hancock, president Represented by
E. B. Brag.
Invocation, Rev. P. H. Gray.
Roll call of delegates by colonies,
by Chas Thompson,' secy. Represent
ed by W. B. Sargent
Report of the special committee
called for. Three 'minute address by
the president :-';t
Report presented to the secretary
by Thos. Jefferson. Represented by
Geo. T. Cochran. . - ,
Reading of the Declaration of Inde
pendence as reported. .By Secretary
W. B. Sargent . -: ,
Moved that the Continental Con
gress resolve itself into a committee
of the whole to discuss the declara
tion as reported by the committee and
read by the secretary, by Thos. Mc
Kean. Represented by Turner Oliver.
Debate on the adoption of the Dec-
SUCCESSFUL "
GO-OPEOATIOn-
Upland, Karu, Possesses Three
Mutual Concerns. "
FARMERS RUN EVERYTHING.
laration of Independence.
Aff. Samuel Adams, represented
by C. E. Cochran. Richard Henry Lee.
represented by P. S. Ivanhoe. John
Adams, represented by T. H. Craw- ,
ford r Benjamin Franklin, represent
ed by J. S. Hodgin; Thomas Jefferson,
represented by C. T. Cochran. .
Negative John Dickinson, renrcs
Bented by W. M. Pierce; Rober Sher
man, represented by J. F. Baker;
James Wilson, represented ; by J. D.
Slater. . i'.
Motion for the adoption of the re
port, by John Adams.
i Vot'"sr on filft adnntiniv nf th mnnrt
y acclamation.
Respond to Blut Eyes.
"Every little while physiologists come
to the front with some ud vantage ac
cruing to people who have blue eyes."
said the city salesman. "Well, j dis
covered n point that they have never
mentioned. A jewrler told me. He is
manager of the Jewelry department of
a big store. I applied to blm for a
fdtuatlon for my wife's couslu.
" "What's the color of her eyesV, he
asked. ; ' ' . .
"Brown. 1 said.
" 'Brlug her dowu und 1 will take a
look at her," be uuid. 'but I am afraid
the won't do. People with a certain
shade of blue eyes make the best jew
elry salesmen. Many customer who
buy Jewelry want some one to try It
on so they can get the effect of. the
stones when worn. There is somethlug
about deep blue eyes that brings out
the best lights In tnoHt Jewels. " Take
noUce and you will find that two
thirds of the Jewelry salesmen in New
York have blue eyes.' "New York
Times. '
Stingy Queerf Bess.
Every one who ever aid anything
for Queen Bess seems to have been
left with a bad debt on his books. So
we find an unfortunate John Cooley
writing to Sir Robert Cecil that for
the last two years he bad been suitor
for 100 for "beeves for the army" and
complaining that "unless some order
be taken I shall be undone." Sir Ed
ward Hastyngs. after spending bis life
In serving the queen, bad to pawn his
wife's jewels and beg her majesty "to
bestow something upon me In this my
latter age." So badly ' was the fleet
that beat the armada provisioned that
Francis Drake had to seize at Plym
outh ninety bags of rice, and the un
fortunate owner. after ten years'
waiUng, was refused payment "rice
being an extraordinary victual not al
lowed for the navy.". Nor did common
soldiers fare better. The chief anxie
ty of all Elizabeth's ministers ought
In her view, to have been bow to save
most money. London Telegraph'.
Th Epicurean Badger.
The badger Is a great epicure In
eggs, and much of the hostility of
gamekeepers to this animal lies un
doubtedly In the fact that it will, when
it gets the chance, devour a whole
nest of partridge or pheasant eggs.
Badgers are said 'ulso to be fond of
honey, and, knowing the extraordinary
craving of their South African cousin,
the ratel, for this delicacy. I should
say It is not Improbable that they may
occasionally partake of It. It is certain
that these animals have a particular
Uklng for the nest and larvae of
.wasps and wild bees, digging down
With RtTnno fpot nni Inflnlto noraoror.
! ance till they attain their object,
j These animals are said by keepers to
kui ami uevour ireeiy. young raooiis.
That they do partake of this fare at
times Is, I think, rertain. but that they
destroy any very considerable number
is more than doubtful. Still, the badg
er is carnivorous in bis tastes and is
not even by his kindliest friends, to
be absolved from devouring at times
tender rabbits and even the young of
game birds when be ran get bold of
them. Westminster Gazette.
Conduct Business of Insurance Com
. pany. Store and Telephone ftorvioo
Profitably and at Small Cost Off). ;
re Receive 2 Oay For Their
Labor. .'
A very interesting experiment tn co
operation Is nnder way to Opland, a
town In Dickinson county. Kan. The
town itself la not large, bat Is the
headquarters of three successful mu
tual companies a telephone company,
an Insurance organisation and a mer
cantile corporation.
The town la on top of the divide be
tween the Republican and Smoky Hill
rvera aud four miles from the town
of Alda. through which runs a branch
t the Union Pacific railroad. A
tore building, a telephone exrlimue
nhlcb also bouses the Insurance cunt
iniiy, a blacksmith hopv a town tin II
and four or Ave reldeuce const nuut
ll trrater part of the town. :
) he community idea took root some
time ago. A meeting of farmers was
cauea to iaae up toe question or mu
tual Insurance. - A company was form
ed, and each farmer , was constituted
an agent without pay to solicit new
members. It was decreed that any
time a fire occurred an assessment
should be levied to make good the loss.
Six years later It had 241 members.
with $168,000 Insurance In force. To
day It has 3.500 members, with Insur
ance representing $4,000,000. .:,.:
When the company started in busi
ness it was decided that $2 a day. was
enough to pay any officer, and that
amount has never been raised. This
Is paid only when the officer works.
The average yearly salary list Is about
$800, due to the simple methods by
which records are kept and the fact
that everybody - pays his assessment
promptly uuder pain of being dropped
at once. . .... . . , '.
, Later, farmers decided to build a
creamery, Then the advent of the
farm separator caused it to be closed
up, as there was more money In sell
ing the cream to the central butter
making stations. One day when a
number of farmers were waiting for
their tickets from the creamery It was
suggested that It would be just as
easy to bring farm produce along with
the milk . every morning. Why not
have a store? ' Within a few days a
co-operative organization with a capi
tal of $25,000 was formed. Only a
part of, this was used at the begin
ning, but the store has been so profita
ble that the stock is quoted at $150
and the cash value of its resources is
around $35,000.
Once a year the stockholders meet in
the town hall, hear the reports, de
clare, a good big dlvldeud and elect
officers. No one la permitted to hold
more than $100 worth of stock, and
this entitles blm to one vote. By the
articles each stockholder binds him
self to sell all of bis grain and prod
ace to the Golden Rule company, which
is its Incorporated name.
The business Is largely done by cred
it. Farm produce brought In Is cred
ited to the man who furnishes it and
be Is debited with whatever be buys
of groceries and dry goods. Cash set
tlements are made at the end of each
month.
The company owns a grain elevator,
but this Is at Alda. on the line of the
nearest railroad. A few years ago
after a full discussion It was agreed
that as there was no hope of the rail
road coming" to Upland the company
ought to buy Aldu. It did, taking In
the elevator, stockyardsorerytblng
except the town's uame.
The telephone company serves over
4,000 persons, most of them farmers.
It Is one ot tbf laruext concerns In the
state. Il h purely mutual, with no
capital fi'M-i hiii'i. ' hi ivve to tnaUe
certain Iht retention bfthe control in
the hands of the farmers. Fifteen or
twenty trunk lines radiate from the
store building In Upland.
The oQcera contend that the success
of the enterprise lies in the fact that
oo fixed rental is charged, each owner
of a leiepbSnr paying a proportionate
expeniM- of operation and maintenance.
Each tanner must" buy outright his
pbonr. These, It Is Insisted, must be
long distance Instruments. They cost
about $10 apiece. The cost ot becom
ing a -stockholder that Is. of making
a innrtioD I $10. Thereafter be Is
a stockholder, and all receipts from
tolls ar credited to him proportionate
ly. Thr oflWr of the company are
paid only for th actual time they de
vote to the business. The first year's
rout is about $35. This Includes In
strument connection and dues.' After
that the cost is about $5 a year.
Quarrels Dent Help the Town.
. Too many small towns exhaust their
energies In . petty quarrels and local
rowa In which the disputed Issue do
not amount to a picayune. If all the
energy and enterprise that are wasted
in getting even and giving an enemy
a d!s could b put to work for the
Kol of the community vhese small
towns would really amount to some
thing. People who are busy working
loci her for the common good do not
hut iime or Inclination t peddle) evU
reiMirts about tiieir neighbors and t
dnhlu In llttl .mrrels. .
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Eating For th Love of It
Pawlow has given epicureanism In
eating stronsr scientific suDDort and
many of Horace Fletcher's Ideas' find
orthodox justification. The first rule of
dietetic conduct according to Fletcher.
Is to eat only wheu cue is hungry and
to eat ooly the things from which one
anticipates enjoyment He also teaches
that one must eat ; In the-way that
glvea the greatest sensoal pleasure
that is. by thorough chewing and tast
ing; also serenity of mind, pleasant
surroundings nt a ' meal, congenial
friends, pleasurable conversation in
fact everything that adds to enjoyment
aids digestion, iu other words, tho
process of digestion furnishes a beauti
ful illustration of the influence of mind
upon matter. The Inspiring stimulus
is not mechanical, but psychic. The
preliminary essential to the orderly as
slmllatlon of food is the keen desire
for It McClure's Magazine. 1
A Paradoxical River.
Oo the African shore, near the gulf
of Aden and connecting the lake of
Assal with the main ocean, may be
round one of the most wonderful riv
era in the world. This curiosity does
not flow to but from the ocean toward
Inland. The surface of Lake Assal
Itself Is nearly 700 feet below the
mean tide, and it Is fed by this para
doxical river, which is about twenty
two miles ln'longth. It is highly prob
able that the whole basin which the
lagoon partly fills was .ouce an arm
of the sea which became separated
therefrom by the dunlng of loose sand.
The Inflowing river has a limited vol
ume, being fullest of course, at high
tide, and baa tilled the basin to such
an extent thst evaporation and supply
exactly balance each other.
V 8trange Fishing Matches.
In the olden time In Englnnd lords
and ladles sometimes Invented queer
amusements. They were always on
the lookout for some novelty, and one
of the strangest they discovered was
fishing by a goose. A line with a bait
ed hook attached having been fastened
to the goose, tied to Its leg. she was
flung Into the water from the boat tn
which were all the gay lords and la
dies. Then, when a pike caught the
bait she was sport Indeed, a royal bat
tle between bird and fish, and all the
time, between the loud spIaRhlngs.
wheelings and floundertngs. the on
lookers In the boat giving vent to their
feelings In cheers, baudclapplngs find
handkerchief waving. But the goose
was usually the victor and ended the
struggle by landing Its prisoner on the
shore, where Its quack-quack as It
cleared itself from the line and wad
died away ended the scene. The lake
of Monteith, in the southwest of Perth
shire, was often the scene of such an
gling matches.
A One Sided Rule.
j Once wheu P. T. Da mum was tak
j Ing tickets at the entrance of his clr-
cus a mau asked blm If be could go
in without paylug.
."You can pay without going In." said
Barnam. "but you can't go In. without
, paying The rule doesn't work both
ways."
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