LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER THUSDAY, JULY 21, 1910
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Forty and Rich and Marriage.
Writing of a popular artist of the
day wbo happens to be unmarried, a
contributor to one of the current map
azlnea says. "Id these days a man
doesn't Indulge In matrimony until be
has achieved forty and a fat bank bal
ance," Whit folly: When will writers stop
attributing to mankind in general the
thought and habits which pertain
only to an insignificant minority? The
average man. If he marries at all. "in
dulges in matrimony" long before be
is forty and still longer before be has
a "fat bank balance." It matters com
paratively little to him or to his wife,
if she Is as sensible as she ought to be.
whether the fat bank balance ever ma
tures. And both of them are nnfortu
nate If marriage Is postponed unneces
sarily till either reaches the age of
forty.
At forty a man ought to have chil
dren approaching graduation from the
high school. He may even have a son
in college; the better for him if he has.
A comfortable balance at the bank is
an admirable attribute for any home,
but it is not so Important as that the
home be established. If men post
poned matrimony till they were forty
and had a fat bank balance well, what
sort of world would this be anyway?
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
nltion of his res-arch work In Africa."
in unquestioned, bat stratagem has
got him out of many a tight corner.
On one occasion bis sareba was sur
rounded by a howling mob of savages,
who sent an envoy asking him to sur
render. Sir Harry merely told the en
voy that they had smallpox In the
camp, and a wretched albino was trot
ted out an the awful example. Five
minutes later the seared tribesmen
were busy putting as large a stretch of
Africa as time would permit between
themselves and danger. As Sir Harry
well knew, they were more afraid of
"the white disease" than they were of
all the inventions of Maxlm-Tlt-Blta.
Ancient Trial Marriage.
Marriage contracts written on os
traca or potsherds have been unearth
ed at Luxor. Egypt which convict the
experimental marriage man of unorig
lnality. They are 2.000 years old.
Thus one of them: "I take thee. Ta
manls, daughter of Pamonthls, Into my
bouse to be my lawful wife for the
term of fire months Accordingly 1 de
posit for you In the temple of Hat dot
the sum of four silver stater, which
will be forfeited to you If I dismiss
you before the conclusion of the five
months, and. besides this, my banker
shall do something for you, but If yon
leave me on your own account before
the end of the five months the above
sum which I hare deposited shall be
refunded to me."-Argonaut.
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Three Day Saturday to Monday Rate, $3.00
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VM. McHURBAT, General Passenger A 2 nt, Portland, Oregon
Wingless Chickens the Latest.
Chicken wtngs will disappear from
bills of fare when the new wlnjrlosx
Illinois become common. He has found
that wtngs decrease the value of chick
ens In cities and towns by maklug
their confinement In yards more diffi
cult He conceived the Idea of cross
log common breeds with the Wyan
dottes and Barred Hooks, whose wings
are smaller In proportion to their
welgnt than those of other chickens
After several seasons he has produced
a fowl which has only a few pin
feathers where nature meant wings to
be and which cannot jump a fence
higher than two feet. It will be eas
ier. Mr. Bertram says, to fatten chick
ens which do not reduce their weight
by the exertion of flying. This will
compensate by putting more flesh on
drumsticks and wishbones for the ulti
mate atrophy and disappearance of the
wings. Science Sittings.
Juggling With Figures.
Die Wocher in a recent number
speaks of the fabulous prices paid by
Americans for amusement and cites
the case of the "milllardarin" Mrs
Astor, who paid a tenor 12,000 marks
for singing twelve minutes. "A pro
fession," says the writer, "in which
one may earn a thousand marks a
minute is certainly a remunerative
one." Commenting on the paragraph,
another paper says: "At the rate of a
thousand marks a minute an hour's
work for the tenor will bring him 60.
000 marks, and for a day with labor
limitations, .so that he could work only
eight hours bis pay would be 480,000
marks. At this rate the singer would
realize for a year's work 300 days
144,000,000 marks, or about $36,000,000.
It's wonderful what one can do with
figures, having a good twelve minutes
to start with."
Scared the Savage.
The pluck of Sir Harry Johnston, the
famous explorer, who has lately been
elected a corresponding member of the
Italian Geographical, society "In recojr-
A RAIN OF FIRE.
That
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The Great Meteoric Shower
Scared Folks In 1833.
In Scharf'8 ' Chronicles of Baltimore"
there is a vlrid description of the star
ry hailstorm, the flery meteoric show
er, of 1833, and old flies of newspapers
are made luminous at that date with
the impressions of editors and contrib
utors. . One writer said It waa the
grandest and most charming sight ever
presented to the vision of man. Awak
ened from sleep, he sprang to the win
dow, thinking the bouse was on Are.
but when be looked out be beheld
stars, or fiery bodies, descending like
"torrents." The shed "In the adjoin
ing yard to my own," be wrote, "waa
covered with stars, us 1 supposed, dur
ing the whole rime." Professor Olm
atead of Yale college thought that the
exhibition was the finest display of
celestial fireworks that bad been wit
nessed since the creation of the world,
although he. too. while knowing its
character, was sufficiently imbued
with the theological spirit of the time
to believe that It was a solemn portent
that carried a divine warning.
One editor whose comuieut upon this
phenomenon was probably more quoted
than any other be ever made said:
"We pronounce the raining flre which
we saw on Wednesday morning an
awful type, a forerunner, a merciful
sign, of that great and dreadful day
which the Inhabitants of the earth will
witness when the sixth seal will be
opened. Many things occurring In the
earth tend to convince us that we are
now in the latter days."
Why.
And why Is tt with Antoinette
Each day 1 take a walk'.'
She's silly, hut she's beautiful.
1 love to see her talk:
Town Topics.
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F. J. HOLMES, T Ice-Pres.
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F. L. METERS, Cashier.
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"Dr. Doyen fought a duel with a
Belgian while I was on the Riviera."
said a Chicago surgeon. "You've heard !
of Doyen? His latest Is a serum that.
Intreasiug tenfold the energy of out
white blood corpuscles, wards off old
age.
"Well, we gave him, we sawbones, a
supper at the CercU de la Mediterra
nee. in Nice, after his duel. He won
the duel, you know. And In his after
supper speech he told us how he had
said to the Belgian as he ran bun
through.
"'You lucky dog! I'd charge any
other man 50.000 francs for an abdom
inal incision like this. And yet, by
Jove, you don't look overpleased!"-
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Thrills followed thrills as speeding automobiles shot around the
course of the Ingleside Race Course, on April 24th, in the second and
final day events of the successful meet promoted by the members of
Islam Temple of the Mystic Shrine.
Thehonors of the day were divided between Barney Oldfleld, with
n!s 200 horsepower Benz machine, and C. O. King, with his Maxwell
30 horsepower stock car. Oldfleld lowered his previous record of one
mile to 51 5-6, which 1b a new coast record for the circular track.
With the exception of this performance, Oldfleld had to take second
place In the list of racing honors, as the world's champion met defeat
In both the five and fifteen mile handicap events, and In both races
King and his Maxwell were the victors. In fact, King proved the
surprise of the meet, driving all of his races with much judgment and
taking the turns with his car as close to the fence as did Oldfleld. In
the five mile handicap. Oldfleld drove his Knox racer to the utmost,
but the handicap was too strong and he could not get the lead away
from King. Not only in the handicap events did King and his Max
well prove stars of the first order, but in one of the first events of the
day, the five mile race for cars costing from $1200 to $1600, which waB
one of the bestmatches of the meet.
The time for the five mile handicap was as follows: Maxwell
King, 4.40.30; Oakland, Nelson, 4.48.25; Chalmers, West. 4.49.30; Auto
Car , finished fourth, and the Knox car, Barney Oldfleld driving, fifth.
In the event number eight, ten miles free-for-all handicap, King
and his Maxwell again were the winners, the Maxwell's time belnr
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