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home Folks. Atlanta Constitution.
1 The. New York Sun alu Bryan chan-
ticler. He dos seem to get a rise out
of the Sun. Minneapolis Journal.
I U strikes us that Seuator Lorlmer
ooesnt sem to bear this second trial
... ;wl;h resignation. Philadelphia in-
Entered at the postoffiee at La Grande "om Governor Wilson'. Itiner
ary will permit hi 8 spending the Xmag
' holidays In New Jersey. Dayton Jour-
nal. . ...
j Now the lumber trust will be inves
& tlgated. Naturally, that Is one of the
last to be out of the woods. Baltimore
American.
1 A man that hag stayed married 25
BRUCE t DENNiS.
Editor aud Owner.
as second-class matter.
SUBSCRIPTION KATES
Dull j, single copy
Dally, per week, .
Dally, per month...
in uly iDii
years Is an example to the country on
jthat line alone.
; Trenton has voted for government
iby commission. Philadelphia still
Jstlcks to government by omission.
. . Philadelphia North American.
Chief Justice White has taken mea
cures to simplify the supreme court
rules. Rules, understand; not rulings.
'Philadelphia North American.
! Captain Hobson's attention ia called
to the fact that that team of Jap ball
players haa been observed inspecting
Uhe American batteries. Marion, O
Star. .
' T!" "ll' ! admirable, but It
Every person who drlnka alcohol to abDreTUua lt
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r3pi3ii r i i n
a -Diwe ot roiid whii-b w atrocious.
) We climbed over stumps and in and out
of ruts and gulleya. Grass grew In the
CJlddle of tills Toad," nhhwtnjr how lit
tfe it was ukU". At last we saw abend
a little house just "at the edre of the
wood. We felt sure we were otT the
right road ; and deculpd .'to make in
quiries nt the house. - - : ,
Great was our surprise upon drawing.
up in front of the bouse to End our
countryman, his wife and several chil
dren out in the middle of the road to
meet us. They ail looked at the car
with wondering eyes, and tbe"smallest
child hung to her mother skirts and
bowled with fright The other chil
dren Bed to the house and peeked out
of the window.
1 "Our friend the countryman said.
'Well. I most run my horse to death to
get here lefore yon did . I wmitert the
ti! to he sure and see this rrtrier
They never sjiw one before. I'm mm-l)
oM:!:i'(l to yon. nnd now If you want
thi riutit rt:il you'll tiare to puM tiarh
' wo Hii.c !i ;.! rivul r.tipro ymi turn
tnl in hi. (1 straight nliend!""
ALCOHOL AJTD THE MJESIOIH.
excess, says Dr. Alexander Lambert in
an article in Success Magazine, will
not show every form of mental deter-;
'oration that may be produced by ex-)
cessive indulgence, and the degree of j
deterioration in intelligence which:
goes to make up the sum total of men
tality varies greatly In different indi
viduals. -All who drink alcohol to
excess, however, show some .diminu
tion In their judgment. Judgment
means the power of recalling various
memories of perceptions through the
censes, which have come in from the
outside world, memories of Ideas, mem
ories of emotions, and all the compli
cated association of Ideas that these
contained only one name Kansas City
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A DUEL IN THE DARK.
Thai Unexpected Hppenc When the
Englishman Fired. - '
Among the lews kuowu writers ol the
nineteenth century wax Samuel Ctog
ers. Be kept opt-n bouse and Ire
quently entertained Dickens. Macau
lay." t'urtyle and other celebrities ut
the time. Kcgers irm a notable wit.
but uutortuiiiiteiy bis thrust were ct.t
always tempered with Kiudues In
lug iu a letter say: "I dined tete-a-teie
with him (tome rime eincr. and he wsrv
bring up, and in the recalling of them j vd U, 'Ul9 tn. uds ni he served up til
weight each one with the other and' fish-witli a squeeze of tenion ovet
judge of the value between them. each." It .wa very piquant, but It se
This also means reasoning and deci- aiy teeth n cdse."
slon for action. This power of rea- Tals ',uth orot hia wit I
soning and Judgine Is weakened in the!8aown w" foiul r tP"
, . . , . , , ' trig to the disi redit of rVi-ncli a or
alcoholic, and In any brain long pol- .
. . . . , Tt.,, ' An Bugiiwhumn and a r reuniuian
soned by alcohol It is ah impossibility, U;id pit ,uto wordv Mie wWoh
to exerciw It, Memory itself is alsojn.,1 to mmutt iUsuiti aud a challenge
Wfflket)pd. There is excessive forget-1 .Nothing ti.uld save the liouor of elther
fulnesa of the receiit past, and someiof them hut n duel.
caws of advanced alcohidism there is But duels were not fought to kill
Eveu serioua wounds were unpleasaut
fitid n CieVe scratch would answer the
pjrpce much better So that the nn
taptuUj" might have a better chance
of missinit na PDOjher they repaired
to a dark room. - ,v.X -
AH was In readiness. The signal wa
Absolute forgetfulneis of wide P of
years; & man may be unable to remem
Jer anything from ?b.e last fiTe min
ute back to 20 years. nd then re
member back to cSUdhood. The mem
ories of childhood art more easily
stamped on the brain than b1n"re ' given Ifhe Englishman, no lesa eager
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those of adult lire, ooth pecause . n; w iimtni u iyt nmu muwu.
takes less to impress a child, and be-1 . h oplrepitKf, He pointed
fause "there Jl not the complexity of. hi'ltj u' Mmatj and firett.
ji.wi.i iut.ni. v., I And. by Jove." Rogers was wont tc
lckas crowding into the brain nor the , broupht down tbt Frem,h
complexity oi oinyiya vi iwo w jnan.--Toutbs Couipaolon.
be recorded. Therefore miemones or
childhood make a deeper imprest and
last longf. fcd so the cdmplex mem
ories of the adult are the first to be
forgotten In the alcoholic, and those of
chilhood remain. . -
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TT1IAT PAPERS SAY.
POLIO WED THE DIAGRAM.
The Moto-car Tourists Rewarded the
Man Who Drw It. .
An amusliiR practical Joke which
was played by a Canndlan farmer on
a fnrty or motorcar tourists Is desirilv
ed lu Suburban Life. The farmer bad
drawn a diagram to show the uutomo
bilista bow to proceed through the lit
tie known country. " - ; ;
"For five mile." writes the author
HE SAW THE POINT.
Anrf For That Very Reason He Didn't
' Join In the Laugh.
"They" were chatting ia the smoi
In room of a little Kouinkiijke Paket-
vaart Maatschappi coaster, on a two
months' run among the islands below
the equator, when some one speaking
of the Malay peninsula some one else
said. "My impression of the Straits
Settlements can be summed up In a
single picture a strong black man,
standing In the center of a muddy
stream, trying to split a rock with a
shirt." . -, .
Now thia always provokes a laugh;
it is venerable and infallible. P.ut to
my surprise, said Frederick S. IsUani.
the novelist, one of the smoking room
contingent, on this occasion it partial
ly failed. What was the trouble?
The delinquent, the one man out of
seven who didn't laugh, wus sallow,
saturnine and English.
"What's the matter, old chap?" ask
ed the novelist. "Don't , you 8ce the
point or are you waiting until tomor
row to wake up to It?"
The other man turned bis head
wearily. "See the polut?" he said sad
ly. "I should think I did. I ought to.
I," tragically, "am the man who own
ed the shirt" ?
Then we. knowing he bad lived
twenty-flve years in the orient, became
silent: our laughter ceased. A , sym
pathetic melancholy descended "upon
us. Englishman or not. we took him
to our heart of hearts and made a
brother of bitn. Baltimore American.
The Saving Evierit of the Season
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Sale
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Many Kinds of Knives.
. An extraordinary thing about the
cutlery trade Is the variety of knives
made. , At the Suffolk works in Shef
field, for instance, tbey have JO.000 dif
ferent patterns on the pook bey
make sometime? SJJW patterns to or"
def a( fltt'e timA" The same thing i
trufc'pf tfie Tiirge cutlery works at So-
... - 1 - 9 -v . v m I v..M I - -W- - ' ' .
iincen. in uermnny. vne nrra uas w.wu i ?'.- ri ' i
palterhs for GeruiaDy alone. Ke oues ! YatdUott Tithfe ki tke los Angeles
are constantly coming out. The Bur-) Beaches,
folk works have avrnged ten new pat-
Exceptional bargains in merchandise that you will need
right now. -; .:: '. r ;
All Men's and Boys' Suits. Reduced
25 per cent
Men's Dress Sfraw Hats, Reduced 25 percent.
Entire line MenV i Boys OXIORDS reduced 10 per
i- .V: cent vv, V: '-
Entire line Ladies Lingerie Dresses reduced 25 per cent.
One lot Ladies Tailored Suits exactly one half price.
AH Summer lawns and Fancy White Goods reduced
v-'Vi;; " 25 per cent. :. V;
AH Ladies Dresses and Long Coats reduced 25 per cent
Entire line Summer Parasols reduced 20 per cent.
; HALF PRICE MILLINERY SALE
Leather Hand Bags reduced 25 per cent.
Ladies Dress Skirts reduced 25 to 50 per cent.
All Ladies and Misses Oxfords and Pumps reduced 10
v. per cent.
Values like the above through the entire stock.
. K. WEST, The Quality Store
SSJSH3W'
Anyway, Taft is begicnicg to see
the silver lining. Baltimore Sun.
In New York a sane Fourth of July
would mean a lucid intervals Colum-5 ef the article, -we followed the conn
bia. S. C, State. jtryman'a diagram , and then came to
it appears mat cnamp uark s iovei
for Missouri does not include all the
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Old Friends and New
Winning permanent, lasting friends is the work
of time, and this tank numbers among its clients
hundreds cf banks and business houses with whom
it has had close relations for a grtat part of the
twenty-four years of its existence.
Our friends have helped to make this one of the
largest and strongest banks in the West. We have
helped in their making, too. ,
We welcome new friends and will attend to their
wants with the same fidelity which has cemented
our relations with our older ones.
La Grande National Bank
LA GRANDE. OREGON.
CAPITAL . . . $ 100,000.00
SURPLUS . .. . 100,000.00 .
RESOURCES ... 1.100.000.00
UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY
. FredJ.-HQlme8,;P-es.
F. L.lMeyers,, Cashiet
terns n week for two year. This Is n
trade that will not be ntundardlzed.
which Ih one reason why America baa
failed hitherto to compete. Cassler's
.Mngaztue. ' - -
EXCURSION
Faes East
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Bluffs..
"!!tw .... )
W. J. Church. ViccPres.
Earl ZundeLylss'f. Cashier
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From all points on
OREGON-WASHINGTON SAILBOAT
k NAVIGATION COIIPANY
To FARE!
Chicago 7tf
Council Bluffs
Omaha
(Tan... Wt ' ' A
St. Joseph
St Paul
SU Paul, via Council Bluffs. . .... 63.9;
Minneapolis, direct .............. 60.O
Minneapolis, via Council Bluffs. 63.J?
Detroit. Mich .................. 82.DC
Boston i .......110.00
New York .0.... ...... 1089
St Louis 70.00
Washington, D. C.............:. 107X0
Atlantic City, N. J... ,...108.40
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June 6. 7. 9. 10. 12, 16, 17. 21. 22, 23
24, 28. 29 and 30.
July 1. 2. 3. 4. 6. 6. 19. 20, 26. 2:
and 28.
August 3 4. C. 14, 15. 16. 17, 21, 23
23. 28, 29 and 30.
" September 1. 2. 4. 5, 6 and 7.
Stop-overs within limits In either di
rection. Final return limit October 31st
One way through Calfornla $15.00 ad
ditlonal.
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