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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 25, 1913)
SATURDAY, JANUARY 25, 1913. LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER PAdESSVCa A ille for Are to the Sextaat . O, Sextant! doant you know our lungs i weeps . , And dusts, or la supposed to! and makes flers And ' lites the gas, and sumtlraes leaves a screw loose. In wblcb case It smels orful wua than ltmplle; And wrings the Bel and toles It, and sweeps paths; And for these servaces gits $100 per annum; Wlch them that thinks deer let em try it: Glttln up before starlite In all weth ers, and Klndlin flers when the wether Is as cold As zero, and like as not green wood tor klndlins, (I wouldn't be hlerd to do It for no some) ; But But, O Sextant, there are one kermoddlty Wuth more than gold which dont cost nutlilu; ' V.'uth more than anything except the Sole of Man! I mean pewer Are, Sextant, I mean pewer Are! O It Is plenty out o dores, so plenty it doant no . t What on alrth to do with itself, but fltee about . Scaterln' leave'., and bloln off men's hats; ;n short its lest as free as Aro out - dores; But 0 Sextant". .In our, enures It scarce as piety Scarce as bankblls when ajunts beg ' for mishuns. Witch sum say Is purty often, taint r.othin to me, t What I give alnt nothin tonobodi but O Sextant! You shet 500 men women and chil dren, RnAshilv the latter, up in a tite p'.ace, Sum has bad breths, none of em atnt too sweet. . Sum Is fevery, sura Is scroflus, sum has bad teeth ' And sum halnt none, and sum alnt ever clean; But every one of em brethes In ana out and out and to Say 50 times a minute, or 1 million a hnlf breths an hour; Now how long will a cherch full of a ro int at that rate I ask you; say fifteen minutes, and then what's to be diQT ' why then they must brethe It all ov- And then agin and so on, till each has InnV It dOWn At least ten times and let it up again. onH whats more, The same indivldible doant hev the nrivllege Of brething his own are and no ones else. Each one must take wotever comes in him. 1 O, Sextant! doant youknow our lungs la hellusses iifo and keen It from TO DIO U1H ei - . hellusses bio iioin oui.nuu without wind? , An alnt wind are? I put it to your nnshens. Are is the same to use as milk to hnhlPS. Or water is to fish, or pendlums to Or roots and alrbs unto an Injun doctor, n, littln nllls unto an omepath, n. to uurls. Are Is for us to hrpthe. What signifies who preaches ef I cant hre.the? wwa Pol? Whats Pollus to sinners vim are ded? Dcd for want of breth? Why Sextant when we dye (Its only coz we cant brethe no more thats all. And now, O Sextant! let n.e beg of you . . ittle are into our cherch PPWPr are is sertin proper for the An dPW It week days and on it aint much trouble-only make a 1 1 And then 'the are will come In of itself (It loves to come In where it can get warm) . , And 0 how It will rouze the peepul . . .. h nreacher, and AnQ sperm uV - stop garns ,nrn and fliilts as effectool Aa wind on the dry boans the Profl Tells of. Arabella Wilson JfAT ICES BEAST. Hunt Tonight at 9iS0 Attract Atten. tentloa General ef the Fans. ' .. Ed Warner and E. Harman, the Ne braska heavyweight, are ready for their go tonight on the mat the Stew ard opera house, commencing : at 9:30. The two men are In fit trim and the fans are expecting a veyr lively match for while lu the city Harman has been working out In public, and critics admit that he Is going to give Warner a stiff race. He Is both speedy and strong, with science thrown In. Warner' friends are backing him to win after a stiff tussle. THE CUTTLEFISH. i Ha Queer Ink 8aa and Its Ability to Change t Color, Sepia la a peculiar annual eubatanc obtained from tbe Ink bags or Ink a of cuttlefish. . The cuttifUxb are a group of ulucu Inr sea creature allied to Kings. Hiialle oyster aud other m culled "shell Bali. The cuttle HkIi Iiuh a sort of abell ! ueatu the skin (wild under the 11111111- . cuulebune"). m puir of large eyes iiih' a huruy beak. I jke all inuHiisrs. iuc. liave no rem limits at all. but froi. iiniiuul Hie Head there spring eiglil u It'll lunu tentacles, each a?uietl Will numerous suckers. By furi'ilily sitilitltiji out the sen vvu ter whlou It Hits taken lu the sepia can shoot Ink kwarj tliitnijili tbe watei with great. speed. The sepia Ik Inter esting. too. as being able to change Iti color In a measure mi as to hannut with Its surroundings. .1 UKt under tin topmost layer of skin there are dls .ll.t1A.t ull ... ... " !,.. li iLiuitu nil i" ri iuc iui iuw w . . . . body a number of cell, containing a I aark pigment. t lien tliese ceiw an- j 1UlnM E,!M)Stlon Is Sfade, expauueu i lie surrai'e or me iki.ii ut coineii dnrkly spotted. Imt :' t!u-y nn- contriK-ted the trentuiv imiku (Miier. Though oest develuiH-d in tht- imhiIi. aud Its nearest allies, uearly ever.i member of the cuttlefish group pon sesses an Ink mc. Tbe Ink aae con tains the dark plxmeut secreted by special gland. When discovered or pumned by an enemy tbe sepia dlx- rbiirges some of Ub ink tbrougu u sort of fnunel or tube. Tbe pigment mixed ' with ' Water very quickly, ami forms a dark cloud of inky water, be yond which tbe sepia will dart Into xafety. 1 ' Sepias are often caught In nets with H"h. Tbe tlsliermeo. despising the cuttles, throw them out upon tbe beach, and then they may be seen ly ing In tiny iiools of dense black liquid ( mVISTOX l'LAXS J I'M LEE. of Celumbhi-OUto. Spokane, Wn.. Jan. 24. Every olty, town and hamlet In the Columbia and Snake river basins will be invited to participate actively in the Colum-ba-Celilo-Panama celebration planned by the "live wires" of Lewistown, Ida. to be held in that city In 1915 to mark the opening of all water transporta tion from Idaho to the sea. Wallace R. Srnble, secretary of the Lewis ton Commercial club, made the foregoing announcement to officials of the Spokane Chamber of Com merce while a guest of this city at the annual meeting of the chamber. Continuing he said: BROKE IT GENTLY. ence of these navigable streams, but that indirectly It will be a great boon to the entire lnter-mountaln country. "We feel that we have chosen a most opportune time for this expos! We plan to have a series of cele- and continually oozing out more Ink In brations along the water route, thus a vain attempt at concealment-Cul jg,vlng ftU ,ntere8ted an opportunity cago Tribune. ' ' -..it.. h. nnMMv unit AWr j nunjerous benefits that will come i from this exposition. XJnquestioria- K1 all Alatlntm In tYia hoalna nt hnth. - . .1 . ,lll onnA S. Thw rm to Mia raeua- i lueno B'c. A youug author and critic, who ban ee of the opening of navigation. come to be an authority upon a certain I "Bills will be introduced in tne tua modern phase of eduiHilonv went a few ho, Washington and Oregon legisla' days ago to deliver bis first lecture at tures asking small appropriations a girls' school. He bad lectured before. for tne exp0sltIon, $15,000 from Ida- DUt never at a young .aooea (; ho and j7,500 each from Washington uury. uuu an inu uue' uw.vu. vun. holr.il n.hum l.l hltn lit' to the n ut. uu uit.uu. form and he sat down bexide tbe ma- "Those wno nave maae a siuuy 01 tronly principal umong the women who 1 the transportation question say that made up tbe faculty and faced a sea of this water route will serve to develop girls' faces he waa .young enough to'not only tm5 towns within the influ reel a bit or einnarrasituieni oimseir. It was rather difficult at first, but once the lecture was sinned things went all right ' He finished what be bad to aay and sat down. The audience and tbe ma tronly principal aud the women who made up the faculty clapped their hands entbuxlnxtically. Then tbe up plause.dled down aud sileuce settled upon the lecture ball.. Tbe young man sat oa waiting for some one to say something, dimly conscious that n move of one kind or another waa ex pected of him. Rut bis lecture was finished. - He had said all be bad to say. there were no questions from faculty or students A few of the girls began to fidget, but no one spoke. The young man became unpleasantly aware that he was expected to do something and to do it at once, but be did not know what to do. He reflected miserably that be did not know the etiquette of a girls' school anyhnw. And then there was a signal from tin' principal and a move In the audience, and the prettier of the two girl ushers approached him. a little embarrassed, a little shy. determined to do ber duty. I'm ko sorry. Mr. B.." she murmur ed, "but I'm afrnld you'll have to- you'll have to start right this minute If you want to make your train!' Sew Vork Tillies.. An Opportunity n i-t 2fJ iorWi '?'-'- ' ; ' ' '"7,'' . " . ' ' To Secure a High-Class TailormadeSuit at a Low Price These are slack times for tailors and our tailors are not busy.. Therefore we will place on sale our entire stock Fall and Winter Suitings, consisting of the very finest line of imported and domestic woolens to be seen anywhere. English Worsteds, Irish Cheviots, Scotch Tweeds and a hundred and one different shades and designs; also including the f&mous West of Eng land Blue Serge. Regular Prices of these Suitings Are $35, $40, $45 and $50 TODAY YOU MAY CHOOSE FROM THIS ENTIRE LINE AND HAVE THEM TAILORED TO ORDER. COME IN AND BE CONVINCED. "YOU CAN'T LOOK FOOLISH IN A WISE SUIT" Ladies' TAILOR Men's E. WISE New Foley Building. . , Only exclusive Tailoring Establishment in Eastern Ocegon Ladies' TAILOR Men's tlon, as if will be held simultaneously with the Panama-Pacific Internation al exposition at San Francisco, and undoubtedly will prove an effective magnate to attract eastern visitors to this part of the country in 1915. We In the PaClfic Northwest should be prepared for a great influx cf very desirable visitors in 1915, and, more over, we should take steps to Increase that number. I feel that the Lewis ton exposition undoubtedly will be one move by way of preparation. ' "In this regard, I am glad to mote that Washington state keenly alive to the situation, and has at work pi committee of some of its ablest trans portation and publicity experts, head ed by Waldo O. Paine, vice president and traffic manager of the Spokane & Inland Empire railroad. This com, mittee is framing plana to have 1,000,.' 000 visitors either . come out or re turn by the northern route. It is a great work and one worthy the sup port of all interested In the welfare of the Pacific Northwest." Careful With Their Lsmona. "In EugllRb I111W said a man who bad Just returned from a long coaching trip In England, "they do not use lem ons In our haphazard fashion. Tbey make the uwe'of one more or lens of a solemn rite. I reuiciiilier asking for a 'borse'H neck' in a little Inn in tbe north couutryi The landlord bad never beard of tbe tfrink. and I explained to him that It wns giuter ale with a lemon peel lu It. lie went back to tbe bar and returned presently with an empty tray. 'I'm very nrry. sir." be nald. but we haven't got a lemon open Just oow.' "New York Tribune. His Disaate. When Lord Cbaucellor Campbell, then plniu Campbell, married Miss Scarlett and departed on bis wedding trip. Justice Abbott observed when a cause was called 00 lu tbe bench: "I thought. Mr. Brougham, that Mr Campbell was lu this casa." "Yes. my lord." replied Brougham: "hut I understand be Is Mufferlng from Scarlett re ver." Chicago Record-Herald. TinAiimrcns AND FOOXIERS wanted oi.Mr SSR1 'or call "09 1 iiuiiv ' Spring street. Would B Terrible. The doctors are going to operate on ber." "What's wrong f "Something about tbe coat of ber stomach. I understand." "I tRirw they don't find Its out of style. She'd never get over that 1-24 4t I Kansas I'ity Journal. ROLLICKING COMEDY OF STRONG PARTS AT STEWARD JIUil 31 . i.. ...! j . ' r' v-l :atoMlll,M,M.... a aigaawgwA, ' ; iv, ... -" : if, . - H -w " r- ' ' iZLJlzzzr' JZT j v 'v ' . " si f;- r m. tm..,u$ One nf the Many Bits of Kxpcnulx. Scenery DetaJI In "The tilrl I'rom Teklo." Coming for one week at the Stew ard theatre, bealnnlng with a reiiuta-' Frank Tannehill Jr company are: the Misses Julia Morton "The Girl From Toklo" a couple of Adelaide Matthews, Leo Hobbs Mar- years ago described It aa "screaming- ert P0I1I, by George W. Barnum and The Girl From t!on of having scored a year's run In j Tokio" Is under the direction of Frank Berlin. "The Girl From Toklo " will be j O. Miller, of the Manhattan opera . . .... e. a t ?i r,ki.l htiian Viiv Vni'k nnrl la hrWI (o be an nraaontM in ine Dicwaiu iimii. ii"""1" - , ... , i 1. a farm fomeilv.! noronr'ously funny farce. Among and Allnn Hraniler, translated from the German of Rob- the many well-known names In the famous .New York crlfc. who saw patrons. tin. May Holten, Sherry Snyder, and ,y flnny Jane llanna; and tne Messrs iMimann Cnrn iifirrv Tmvlo .,'ilin llnvmond. Allan Dale, the " wl" """ ; and as farce la Just now the fad with the theatre-going public
