La Grande evening observer., January 31, 1916, Image 6

MONDAY. JANUARY 31, 1916.
LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER
PAGE SIX
Coffee
Do you punish yourself
with poor coffee because
of price-pcr-pound?
Pricc-per-pound doesn't
mean economy! True
economy is in such coffee
as Schilling's Best its
flavor developed to such
richness and fullness that
it goes further: less will
flavor the cup.
Always evenly ground and
chaff taken-out; always
sent sealed to you In air
tight tins that protect all
, the flavor.
Schilling's
Best'
FAST1QUINT
IE FEB. I
COLLEGE OK IDAHO MAY BE
M. I. A. DEFEAT.
Homo Team Nevertheless Heady to
Give Valiant Fight for Honors.
There is little else in an athletic
way being discussed today than tho
coming game with the M. I. A. quin
tet and the CoUege of Idaho tomor
row night at the Y. M. C. A. gym
nasium. Tho gume will put tho homo
squad to a final test for tho College
of Idaho has cleaned up tho Boise
teums and other nearby-squads that
presume to be good.
"We don't know just how strong
they are, but they will hnve to saw
wood if they beat us." That is the
way Manager Larsen sizes up the sit
uation today. vTho rest of the players
in the team have by this time become
familiar with tho whirlwind Peterson,
and more teamwork is being devel
oped now than was noticeable when
Peterson first entered the lineup.
Tho rush for seats will no doubt be
great.
BOWLING GOSSIP :
Bowling fraternities have had some
interesting matches of late. Tho All
Stnrs have played the Fords, and the
Fords in turn have hooked up with
the Overlanda, at. tho Club allcya,
during tho past few days. Further
more some individual exhibitions anil
Binglos contests have been staged
with splendid results.
LaBt Friday evening Cluudo Walden
and Ed Houck rolled a match in
which 244 was Waldcn's lowest gam?.
The score:
Wlnlden 244 254 245 74,1
Houck 277 25!) l'.KI 721
: - ' 1472
Those same players have also nuide
2397 in 10 games which is an average
-of 240.
Ed Houck, alley record holder, who
-came within two pins of a perfect
store recently, rolled threo games
' Saturday for a total of 802, or an
average of 2l7. The score by gamos
was 277. 248,277. Hero are the
scores of the matched games played
last week-end at tho Club alleys:
All-Stars ,12 3 T'l.
vOrowe 158 16ft 217 544
Skiff 141 1G1 U78 480
Scott ....102 1G4 204 5(10
Waldon 220 101 187 508
Van Fleet 147 222 178 547
858 877 0R4 2l'.9!l
Ford
McLeon 154 140 183 48:1
Houck 218 201 170 589
Price . ; 161 144 162 407
Strong 174 197 170 541
Hutch 189 123 129 441
890 811 814 2521
Overland
McLeon 19.2 178 167 547
iBacon 158 160 144 459
Scranton 136 149 1C6 451
Salisbury 140 14(1 141 427
Tucker 138 0.43 141 422
704 770 755 2295
Ford
Houck 180 142 234 S56
Jokers 136 208 183 527
Skiff 123 125 158 406
Price 217 146 184 517
Palmor 130 124 134 3SS
786 745 893 2421
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.Poetry Kept Machinist Young.
Clcvolnnd, O. Jan. 2C. J. H.
Fisher, 90 years old works every
dav at his force or in his ma
J
chine shops. "I'm working be
cause I like to," h ) told the
United Press. "I'd rather wear
out than rust out." Fisher, who
has toiled at his trade for 70
years, brought up ten children
"Music and poetry have played
a big part in my life," said
Fisher. "I -believe they have
helped me to koep young. I have
always kept myself contented."
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BULBS IN A BOWL
An Easy Way to Cultivate Miniature
Floating Gardens.
A novel way of growing bulbs, such
as crocuses, has been tried wlOi good
success. After securing the bulbs the
next thing is to get one or two rather
large corks. Through these holes are
bored and the bulbs fitted Into the
openings lu such a way that the under
side, from which the roots spring, Is
near the lower part of tho cork.
Now obtain a lurge shullow bowl and
fill this with puro water. Float the
corks, with the bulbs lu place, on the
surface aud set tho whole thing aside
in a rather shady position for two or
three weeks. At tho end of this time
It will bo noticed that the roots are
growing down Into the water; thence
forward a place in a sunny window
should be selected.
The upper snoots of the bulbs will
start to grow rapidly, and at tills time
it is a good plan to arrange a little
moss to hldo tho upper surface of the
corks, or, If preferred, however, grass
or some other seed, such lis cress, may
be sown to provide a green covering
There Is nothing to do but to keep
the bowl well supplied with water and
change this now and again. Finally
the flowers emerge, and then tho effect
Is extremely pretty. The bulbs may be
planted in this way any time up to
early January, though naturally the
sooner they arc started the earlier they
will bloom. 8. Ixoniird Bnstiu lu St
Nicholas.
VICTORIA'S LETTERS.
Royal Secrets That Are Stored Away
In Buckingham Palace.
"Wo may wonder If the world will
ever be allowed to see the private cor
resiKiiidciicc amassed by the late Queen
Victoria," says u writer. It Is stored
away lu a strong room built into the
walls of Buckingham palace, and the
queen shared her onnlldoure with no
one.
So long as she was physically able to
do so she opened and closed the safe
herself and arranged its contents.
When sho was too fcebiu to do this she
employed an old and trusted secretary,
but even he hud to work under the
royal eye. He was never allowed to
keep tho keys uor to rend the letters
that he handled. '
Queen Victoria was always a volimil
nous letter writer, arid she was lu con
stant communication with most of tho
royalties in Europe. Every domestic
secret aud privacy of royalty during
half a century is said to be represented
by the contents of this wonderful safe,
aud It is easy to hojieve that the mod
ern historian would lind his hands full
If he were permitted to browse among
these letters.
But probably he will hare to wait a
few hundred yew's, aud then his pop
ular audience will be a languid one. It
Is one of the Ironies or life that we can
never have a thing when we want It.
Pittsburgh Press.
A Royal Snake Slaughterer.
The "secretary bird" Is one of tho
most precious birds In South Africa.
It Is royal game, and any person de
stroying one is liable to a line of 50.
Majestic looking birds, they stand
about three feet high and generally go
In pairs. They are of drab color, with
black, feathery legs, and are valued for
their propensity for killing snakes.
Where the secretary bird Is seen there
are sure to be ninny reptiles about.
The bird boats down Its adversary
llrst with ono wing and then with the
other, at the sauie time trampling on
It. with Its feel until the snake is sulli
cloudy stunned lo catch It by the head
with its claws. Then (ho bird rises far
up hi the air aud drops its victim to
tho ground to be killed. Hy this means
thousands of venomous reptiles are de
stroyed. Iyuiclcin Senilis.
Silver Sword of Hawaii.
One of the most curious plants lu
tho world and one of the greatest In
terest lo all botanists Is the silver
sword. This exceedingly rare plant,
with Its magnificent silver spines aud
haudsoiuo crest, uuiy still be found In
profusion in the upper part of Kaupo
Kiip, the southern outlet of tho vast
extinct crater of Ualcakala, on the
Island of Maul. It flowers from July
to October and occurs hardly any
where else In the world. Even stranger
Is tho variety known as tile green
sword, which occurs only lu Hnlenkalti
crater and Is unknown to exist else
where. Honolulu Star Bulletin.
Prince Henry the Navigator.
The kingdom of Portugal counted In
lis royal house one of the men who
hold llrst rank In sclentllic attainment
mid practical application. He was the
son of John I. of Portugal and Queen
Phlllppit, who was au English princess,
lie spent his life In sending out ships
on voyages of discovery, uud It was
through this Prince Henry, called "the
Navigator," that Columbus got bis Idea
t'f seeking for a new land across the
Carrots.
Carrots were first Introduced Into
KiiKliuid by Flemish gardeners in the
time of Elizabeth, aud in the reign of
lames I. they were still so uncommon
that ladies woro bunches of them on
their hats and on their sleeves Instead
of font hers.
Much Entertained.
Snld Cholly I linve Just been look
ing over a volume of revised statutes.
Quoth Algy-Well?
('holly I had no Idea there were so
many Interesting ways of breaking the
law. Louisville Courier-J nurnnl.
The lessons of lire are 'ost If they do
not Impress us with tl,u- necessity of
making ample allowances for the Im
mature conclusions of others.
CURIOUS ORIGIN OF A LAW.
It Was Pasted In England on Account
of Peter Thellueeon'e Will.
The Tlicllusson law, once unacted by
the British government, was a law to
regulate the disposition of property
by will and lo prevent the excessive
accumulation of estates. It bad a cu
rious origlu.
On the 27th of July, 1707, one Peter
Tbellussoo, an English merchant of
French birth, died hi London, leaving
a certain sum to his widow and chil
dren and tho remainder of his property,
then amounting to several hundred
thousand dollars, ' to trustees to ac
cumulate during the lives of his chil
dren, grandchildren and great-grandchildren
living at the time of bis death
and the survivors of them. Tho ac
cumulation would have been enormous.
The will was contested, but was held
valid. In order, however, to prevent
such a disposlilon df property In the
future, parliament passed what was
called the Tbellussou act,' or accumula
tions act, regulating and limiting be
quests In such a way us to make great
accumulations Impossible.
NYVhcn Peter Thollusson's last sur
viving grandson died, in 185(1, a ques
tion arose ns to whether the oldest
male descendant or the male descend
ant of the eldest son should Inherit the
property, and this question was de
cided on appeal by the house of lords
In Juue, 1S50. The Tbellusson will und
the legislation growing out of it were
a subject of much discussion by law
yers. Pittsburgh Press.
EPIGRAMS BY PRESIDENTS.
Not Many Deathless Sentences Have
Been Handed Down to Us.
How very lew things which any of
our presidents said can anybody recall
offhand:
' Washington's most frequently quoted
phrase is, "In time of jieuce prepure
for war."
John Adams talked all day and wrote
diaries all night, but perhaps "lade
peinlolico forever" his toasl for the
very Fourth of July on which he died
Is more widely known than any other
ono thought
"Few die and none rcsigu," heads
Jefferson's list of deathless sentences,
although parts of the Declaration or
Independence arc known to millions.
Tho doctrine keeps Monroe's name
forever to the front, but his state pa
pers, speeches and letters, like those
of Madison, John Quiucy Adams, Me
Klnley, Taft aud many other men
long and honorably in public life, are
devoid of handles nothing to take
hold of.
Rutherford H. Hayes gave us one
very lino thought. "He serves his party
best who serves tho country best."
Jackson was forever saying "By the
eternal!" but what else?
"With malice toward none" and "a
government of the people." etc., are
Lincoln's masterstrokes. However, his
letters und papers arc full of unique
thoughls and would afford a present
day cartoonist enormous opportunities.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Preparation of Parchment.
Parchment Is the skin of" sheep or
other animals prepared lu sheets to
render them tit for being written upon.
Tlie heavier parchment, used for drum
heads, is made from the skins of asses,
older calves, wolves and goats. All
these are similarly prepared. Thu skin,
being freed from I he hair, Is placed hi
a lime pit to cleanse It from fat. The
pell Is then stretched upon a frame,
care being taken I lint the surface Is
free from wrinkles. The flesh is pared
off with a circular knife, alter which It
Is moistened aud whiting spread over
It. Then the workman, with a large
pumice stone, rubs the skin. lie next
goes over it with an Iron instrument
and rubs It carefully with pumice stone
without chalk. Finally the skin Is
gradually dried, tightening being occa
sionally required.
To Lengthen Life of Necktie.
A good many people who are users of
four-lu-haud tics are more or less both.
ercd by the lie's becoming useless after
it has been worn a few times.
Take the wide cud of the tic with
seam up at-.d lay it flat upon a table.
Then thrust in the linger nnd selzo the
lining. Take thu silk cover In the other
hand aud pull It over the lining, about
half of its length. A hot Iron is then
run over the lining to straighten It out.
Popular Sclonce Monthly.
Home Grown Oats Best.
The Maine agricultural experiment
station has by Its wide studies of In
heritance lu oats proved (he Idea cur
rent umoug farmers that foreign grown
seisl Is better than home grown to have
little basis. As the Jouruul of Hered
ity uotes, a variety frequently behaves
much better after it has been acclima
tized for a year or two.
Steam Power.
The power of . steam was known to
the ancients, a mechanical contrivance
In which it was used being noted by
Hero of Alexandria about 130 B. C
but nothing came of 1L and it was
not till the seventeenth century that
Its power was aa;ii recognized. 4
A Desd Cne.
"He Is a dead one" Is not slang. It
occurs In Longfellow's "Spanish Stu
ionL" The clown Chlspa says. "1 have
a fathw. too. but he Is a dead one."
Much Harder.
"There Is nothing hauler than get
ting out of a bad habit."
"Yin, there Is getting Into a good
one." Boston Transcript.
Our duty is to be useful, uot accord
ing to our desires, but according to our
powers. Am ltd
WARTIME NURSES
The Great Battle of Mercy Won b
Florence Nightingale.
WORK OF THE GREAT PIONEER.
She Changed tha Military Hospital
From a Shambles Into a Life Sav
ing Station and Became the Mother
. of Modern Nursing Methods.
Florence Nightingale, whose death
occurred In 1011 at the advanced age
of ninety, was a revolutionist In the
most splendid sense of that term. She
It was who revolutionized nursing to
thut extent that she may be considered
as the mother of thut profession.
Previous to bcr entrance into the
field the sick were the victims of
callous Ignorance and grasping in
difference, but Florence Nightingale in
troduced the trained, skilled and gentle
hospital nurse, district nurse and mili
tary nurse of today.
Certainly to few women and to few
men has It been given to serve their
fellows so splendidly and bo effective
ly. Florence Nightingale found chaos
in military hospitals; she created or
der and all that order implies.
Afier the battle of Alma, In the
Crimean wnr, the military hospital at
Scutari was like ft dirty shambles.
Wounded men died In hundreds in the
midst of squalor and vermin. Crowds
of poisonous llles buzzed ceaselessly
above the sick; medical supplies were
Inadequate; proper food could not be
had; there were no iirrangcnients for
washing or sanitation.
The plight of the wounded soldiers,
herded together In this hotbed of pesti
lence, was worse than if they had been
left upon the battlefield. "Are there
no devoted women among you." wrote
Knssell, the famous war correspondent
of the Loudon Tillies, "able and will
ing to go for;h and administer to the
sick and sulTerlng soldiers in tile cast
in the hospitals at Scutari'; - Are none
of the daughters of England ut this
hour of need ready for such a work of
mercy V"
This 'appeal was answered almost In
stantly. Sidney Herbert was then at
the head of the war office, and when
the authorities began to bo Inundated
by letters from women of all classes
anxious to respond to tbe call Mr. Her
bert's thoughts at once turned to the
lady who was In his opinion the one
woman capable of organizing and tak
ing out to the Crimea a staff of nurses.
The woman was Florence Nightingale.
Miss Nightingale was thirty-four at
the time, end from her childhood she
had devoted herself to the study of
hospital nursing und hospital manage
ment, lu HMD she had enrolled herself
as a volunteer nurse at tho llrst train
ing school for sick nurses established
in modern times the Deaconess Insti
tution at Kulserworth. on the Rhine.
When the war broke out there was no
woman in ill England better titled
than Florence Nightingale to give to
England's soldiers comfort aud relief.
Mr. Uerbert wrole to Miss Nightin
gale and: asked her if she would go out
and supervise the whole thing. His
letter crossed oue from her, for on the
same day Florence Nightingale had
written to the war ollico offering her
services In the hospital at Scutari. The
offer showed splendid courage.
Within a week of making her resolve.
Miss Nightingale had her llrst contin
gent of nurses in marching order. She
had selected thirty-eight nurses to ac
company her, and they arrived at
Scutari on the day before the battle of
Inkermnn. And without a moment's
loss of time that lady In chief and her
staff set to work to cleanse tbe Augean
stable which they found waiting for
them at the great barrack hospital.
In a short time the place was entire
ly renovated. Everything was scrubbed,
old clothes were burned, a kitchen and
laundry were established, and the place
became a comfortable, well organized
hospital. Florence Nightingale super
intended everything. She worked as
hard at tbe routine aud organizing as
at the nursing Itself. At all hours of
the day and night she would walk
silently, lamp in hand, through tho
wards, giving a word of comfort here
or Instruction there. She saved the
lives literally of hundreds.
Wounded men, so horribly mangled
that doctors gave them no bone, and
other nurses could not bring them
selves to touch them, were saved from
death by tbe tireless care of this one
wonderful woman. The men worshiped
the very shadow of this "lady with the
lamp."
Tho scurexe womanliness of the
wort, of Miss Nightingale made her the
idol of tho English people Three mon
nrch3 k'.aid their tribute to her. Re
membered by royalty she was not for
gotten by tha people. On her return,
shattered In health, from Scutari.
$200,000 waa presented to her by a
grateful nation. She used It all for
the founding of the Nightingale Train
ing Home For Nurses at 8L Thomas'
hospital. England, which is practically
the parent of modern training homea
throughout the world. Just as Florence
Nightingale was the mother of all pres
ent day nurses. Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Spiritual Victory.
If afte victory on tho field or battle
we fall to win splritna) victory and to
place Ideals where they truly rhould be
the heroism of our soldiers will have
done no more than postpone onr owd
catastrophe for a few years. M. Paul
Sabatier.
Duty makes id do things well, but
love makes us do thetu beautifully.
Phillips Brooks.
USE
ROMAN
MEAL
it corrects and improves digestion and prevents and
rclibves constipation. Put up in 25c packages. Recipes
on every package.
For a quick meal Campbell's and Preferred Stock
soups at 2 for 25c. We have the
Tomato, Oxtail, Chicken, Boullion, Con
Fumme, Mock Turtle- Clam Chowder,
A 'ipnroyus, Celery and Beef.
For delicious salad try a can of Tuna Fisli. It is
put up in loc cans.
Wo liave the Pop corn that pops. 3 pounds for 25c.
The Home of
Men may differ
about preparedness for
war, but all of us believe
in preparedness for most things.
It is nreDaredncss that send': tho
tape ahead of his rivals. It is
enables the advocate to sway judge and jury with his
logic. It is preparedness that enables the manufacturer to out-distance
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The General's preparedness consists of the three largest and best
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Each is a complete producing unit, manufacturing the full line of the
General's products. Each is advantageously located in the territory it
serves, has cheap fuel and favorable transportation facilities.
The General buys raw materials in enormous quantities and far ahead.
This means favorable buying and the pick of the market.
With manufacturing so perfected and cheapened, the highest quality is
produced at the lowest cost.
This preparedness enables the General to make one-third of alFthe
rolls of roofing used. All over the civilized world you will find
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