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PAGE 2 LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1911. i 7T !j Meaay Maae buns mem -1 h lMOC Blacks and Blue Serges. All go at $ 20.00 'pniifiT ppimm iuuuin Gunuui u A NOSES a d d o A. V. Andrews TAXXUAL COUNT OF NOSES 31 EX CIS TODAY. COM. Iiiihorbiut That Parent Notify Clerk If Leatlng Town Now. IRISH STORY INTERESTING IRISH SORY I'llTUlED OX SCREEN THIS WEEK. Jlrlvt Ilesnme of the Story as Bond, canlt Wrote It Originally. "Colleen Bawn" is a heart-touching etory, and the reels that the Arcade theatre will put on the screen Wed nesday and Thursday win picture cue Bouclcault fiction closely. Of the story of Colleen Bawn, little need be said for to many It 1b famil iar and the film is sufficiently explan atory to require a modicum of narra tive. Hardress Cregan meets and falls in love with Eily O'Connor, the "Colleen Bawn," and is secretly mar ried to her. His mother desires that lie take for his wife his cousin Anne Chute, who is wealthy and who will provide'money to raise the mortgage Xrom the Cregan estate. Danny Mann, jo, simple minded crlnnle devoted to Hardress senses the situation and aeeks to relieve (his master of the low born wife that he may marry the heir ess. In his seal Danny decoys the Colleen out to the -rock in the lake and attempts to drown her. In the darkness he is shot by Myles na Cop paleen, who mistakes him for an ot ter. When attempting to retrieve his game Myles discovers something white In the water which leads to the res cue of Colleen. Danny Mann, though desperately wounded manages also to escape death and finds hts way to Elly's cottage at Jluckrock head where 10 days after he comes to his senses and confesses to drowning the Colleen. This confes sion leads to nn attempt to arrest Har dress Cregan just as he is about to be married to Annie Chute upon the charge of having incited the crime. But in the confusion Father Tom, to fvhom the confession was made, Myles and the Colleen enter and the affair is cleared up. Hardress acknowledges Eily as his wife and his ambitious mother finally accepts her. The Out of Data Doubloon. Should tbe reader find a pirate's burled treasure be will bave to dis pose of his ftvanlsb gold at its bullion value, for since Aug. 1, 1008, when tbe coiumon crier made proclamation from the steps of the Boyal Exchange of London, that aftsr that date. the doubloon would cease to be legal ten der In the West Indies, Including Brit ish Guiana, the doubloon has not been the precious thing it was. In 1730 and for about a century after it was worth $8, "more or less." It has censed to be coined in its native coun try, Spain, and since 190S it has been imtinrminii in thn Wost Indie, where for a long time it figured In a mixed circulation embracing British, United States and Spanish coins. In tbe In terest of romance, however, tbe name at least must survive. ' It signifies nothing more than that the coin was double the value of a pbtole. but the doubloon was never such a mouth fill ing mockery as "pieces of eight," which suggest great riches, but mean only Spanish silver dollars, pieces equiva lent to 8 reals. School census in the La Grande school district Is being taken. The annual count of school children noses was commenced todaywhen Adna B. Rogers as enumerator commenced a I systematic count. This census Is ta ken yearly to establish the school levy and for this reason It is essential that every parent see to it that the work is properly done. It will re quire about 10 days to complete the count and if at the end of that time the enumerator has not been around it would behoove the parents to call import the necessary information. The the school clerk, A. C, Williams and matter is of much importance and In the event that any family contem plates being out of town during tha next 10 days they should notify Mr. Williams and he will ascertain the required Information. The levy is fixed on the number of children In school and If the number Is under the actual count, all children will suffer at the lack of appropriation. England's Great Wall. ' Directly across the north of Eng land, between points near Carlisle and Newcastle, ran Hadrian's wall, the northern boundary of the Roman em pire. It Is generally supposed to bave been erected by the Emperor Hadrian between 117 and 138 A. D. Tbe wall was of stone and was eight feet thick and twelve feet high. It was guarded by eighteen military stations, gar risoned by cohorts of Roman soldiers, and at intervals of a mile were forts built to contain eighty men each. Be tween every two forts were four watch towers. . South of the stone wall was a series of enrthen ramparts, and be tween the two ran the great military road, still In use as a highway. Of this vast work comparatively few por tions remain, a matter of wonder, per haps, when one sees tbe solidity of the sections of the wall which still stand, but easily explained by the fine stone walls in the immediate vicinity. Travel. Plans For the Future. She was a visitor to the prison, kind ly and well meaning, and as she chat ted with a burglar who bad been sen' fenced to six months' imprisonment she thought she detected signs of re form in him. "And now," she said, "have you any plans for tbe future on the expiration of your sentence?" "Ob. yes. nm'am." he said hopefully "I've got the plans of two banks and a poHtolIice." Stray Stories. Call Main Eight Retail Department Lumber. Lath Shingles. Ruberoid Roofing, Sash Doors, etc. at the George Palmer Lumber Co. QoEwd iCOSSABDS GITE HEALTH AS WELL AS STYLE. By wearing the Gossard Corset, which is built RIGHT,, thousands of women are gaining remarkably in healtfc. Physicians trace many Ills of wo men to tight lacing or faulty corsets and prescribe the Gossard for ali ments caused by other corsets. The Gossard is a God-send to the woman who wants solid comfort for her back, perfect freedom In breath ing, In walking, or when seated, or whose pride demands a stylish, dis tinctive figure. There is a Gossard model for every figure. $3.50 to J8.50. Try one and be convinced. A com plete line always on hand? MBS. R03T. PATTISOX'. phone Blk 1181. Corsetiero A Medieval Megaphone. A curiosity of great antiquity ia still to be seen wituiu fci. Aiiiiiew'H ciiun'u at Wllloughton, near Gainsborough, says an English magazlpe. This is a quaint speaking trumpet with nn ob scure early history, dating back to the times of the Knights Templars. In shape It resembles a French horn and Is more than five feet long, having a bell at the end of theiradunted tube. It was formerly six few in length, but Is now telescoped at the .Joints, where the metal has apparently decayed. Tradition declures it was formerly sounded from the tower to summon aid In caso of need, fis when blown at a height tho weird, deep notes the trumpet produced could be heard a great distance away In bygone days. It Is believed that this curious instru ment has often been used to call to gether the vllliigers, thu3 dispensing with the usual bell, and to give addi tional power and strength to the choir. being then probably used by tbe chief singer, as the trumpet intensities vocal sound to a marked degree. TODAY MORE TIIAX 50 PEOPLE IIAYE THEIR TEETH TAKEX CAKE OF WHERE ONE DID 20 YEARS AGO Why? There are hundreds of den tists today where there was bui one a few years &S- Why? Because YOU realize the Im portance of keeping the mouth and teeth In good condition as well as the rest of the body, in fact you think it H a little more imporant. A lttle study In physiology teaches you that the digestive organs cannot take care of the food taken into the body unless it is pror'srly prepared in thi3 mouth, properly" masticated and mixed with the saliva. Look into the matter a little and then go and see your dentist and he will tell you more than you already know. We are here to do that very thing and to assist you in the proper care of the teeth and mouth. Resp., If your eyes give you trou ble have them examined and properly fitted with glasses by a reliable optometrist and the only attendance trsduat. OLD STYLE KRYPTOK The most modern methods only used. If you have trouble glasses will not correct you will be told ths prop er course to pursue. I make a specialty of fitting glasses. W. M. Peare, graduate Northern IlllnoU College of Opthamology, Chicago, with I J. H. PEARE, & SON. I La Orande'a leading lowelers and optometrists. Onnoaito tt r t.hi 4 office. Broken Uinsea replaced In a few minutea. Wa crlnd our own 1 a lenses. rttHtMlimnHIIIMIIHIIHM htl Rare Peruvian Ware. Vessels of odoriferous clay were lrn ported early In the sixteenth century from Peru. Chile and Mexico by the Portuguese merchants, to which were given tbe name of buccaros. So highly was this ware esteemed that only the wealthiest collectors could afford to possess entire specimens. Broken pieces were set in gold or silver or ground to powder to bo used to scent cakes and confections and to perfume gloves and handkerchiefs. It was also supposed to possess medicinal prop erties and was prescribed by contem porary physicians for certain ail ments. The great demand for the buccaros resulted In the alleged dis covery of sceuted clays in Portugal and the potters of tho time used them to fashion all sorts of drinking ves sels on which they Impressed a seal or stamp, hence the adoption of the name terra slgillata. The Haughty Butcher. Tbe complaint against the high cost of llvtnsr probably dates from the time Adntn paid so dearly for a bite of apple. At a luter date, according to the Westminster Gazette, the retail butcher of Krauce grew very arrogt'iit, end it says thnt the present Incr.vised price of meat.- h:is caused the exam ination of the rwords In order to trace the oiltfin of (he trouble there. In 151)0 a decree was issued which suggests that butchers were carrying things with a high hand. It says: "Butchers are expressly enjoined not to ill treat or use abusive language to tbe ladies of their city, or the women of low de gree, or the servant maids who propose to deal with them. They are on no account to mock or deride the said ladles, women and maids,, but are to receive politely all offers made to them for their goods." San Antonio Express. How to Avoid Divorce. My advice to husbands who wish to avoid divorce is this: Don't quote mother. Call- up your wife while at business and ask how she is and tell ber that you called ber up just to hear her voice. Take her a box of candy, one of the new books that she Is In terested lu, a flower, even If It la faded and you have picked It up off tho street; a pretty pin or handker chief, and don't ever lay your head on your pillow at night without having done something to gain and obtain a firmer hold ou your wife's love. Kiss her every day. At least once a month meet her downtown and take her to dinner and the theater. Don't ever stop courting, for as soon as you do some other mau will begin. Make your wife your companion. Take ber out with you. and when yon have to have a big time take your wife along and the divorce evil will be lessened. Leslie's Weekly. . V i 4f J. E. Stevenson, D. D. S. FRATERNAL ORDERS GRANDE. OF LA A. F. & A. M. La Grande Lodge No. 41, A. F. & A. M. holds regular meet ings first and third Saturdays at 7:30 p. m. Cordial welcome to all MaBons. L. M. HOYT, W. M. A. C. WILLIAMS, Secretary. B. P. O .E. La Grande Lodge No. 433 meets each Thursday evening at 8 o'clock In Elk's club, corner of De pot street and Washington avenue Visiting brothers are cordially In vited to attend. H. J. RITTER, Ex. Rul H. E. COOLIDGE, Rec. Sec. WOODMEN OF THBJ WORLD La Grande Lodge No. 169 W. O. W meets every second and fourth Sat urdays at K. P. hall. All visiting mebers welcome. . t'j D. FITZGERALD, C. C. J. H. KEENET. Clerk. If. W. ALa Grande Camp No. 7703 meets every Monday In the month at the I. O. O. T. hall. All visiting . neighbors are cordially Invited to attend. W. A. DUNN, WILL LANDRUM. Clerk. KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS Red Cros Lodge No. 27 meets every Monrtaj night in Castle hall, (old Elk's hall.) A Pythian welcome to all visiting Knights. A. C. HAYNES, C. C. R. L. LINCOLN. M. of R. 4b 8. Aim high and con sider yourself cap able of great things Make up your mind to save a thousand dollars. Start a bank account and persevere. You can do it as easily as others have--you MUST start before you can finish. National Bank Your Savings Esrn 4 per cent interest here $25.00 Down and $20.00 a Month Buys a 5-roDm Dwelling; a good home ; :, -ALSO HAVE - ONE $100.00 CASH AND $10.00 PER MONTH DOES BUSINESS FOR A GOOD HOME. SEE US AT ONCE! SUCH BARGAINS DON'T LAST. The Slough Investment Co. 2XD DOOR EAST OF FOSTFFICI . Apple B OX3S . Lumber, Lath, Shingles and Rubberoid . . . . WENAHA LUMBER CO. Greenwood and Madison 5ts. Phone, Main 732 P.EBEKAH3 Crystal Lodjfe Na K meets every Tuesday evening in th I. O. O. F. hall. All visiting mem bers are invlUd to attend. MISS HELEN McLAUGHLIN. N. G. MISS ANNA ALEXANDER, Bee. O. E. S. Hope Chapter Na 13. O. B C. holis stated communications tb second and fourth Wednesdays o each month. VUitiug members cor dlahy Invited. CARRIE B HUNTER. W. M. MART A. WARN1CK, Sec STEWARD'S OPERA HOUSE THURSDAY, NOV. 23 Max Oil AND A REMARKABLE CAST 07 20 PRINCIPALS INCLUDING AL FRED GOULDING, DENTON VANE, WILLIE POLLARD, EDITH WHITLEY, LAURA OAKLEY AND WINNIE BAULDWIN. 30 PRETTY CHORUS GIRLS 30 "The Rich Mr.Hoggenheimer" One entire year at the Casino Theatre, New York-Started All Ameri ca Laughing. PRICES $1.50, $W0, 75c ATfD 60c. SEATS OX SALE AT TAN BIB- i-vs, comrexma next tcesdat MOBSiira