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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 191& LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER PAGE SIX LEATHER FROM THE SEA. Tt Product of Shark, Sturgeon 'and Angel Fiih Skint. It Is a curious fact that many sorts of leather are not from sea creatures, some of which nro very beautiful. Too akin of sharks Is a beautiful burnished gray or blulKh color. The surface ro aemblcs finely grained leather since It shows mauy tiny prickles all set one ry. This property of shark skin ren. tiers It especially valuable to the man ufacturer of shagreen. Since the skin Is at once tough and easy to work It can bo used for many purposes where decorative effects are desired. In spite of its lumpy armor the stur. geou furnishes a valuable and attrac tive leather. It has been found that when the bony plates uro removed the patterns remain on the skin, just as the patterns of alligator scales remain on alligator leather, a clrcumstnnco that adds greatly to tho valuo of tho product. From the sturgeons that abound on our Pacific const and In the jrrcnt lakes wo get a tough leather that Is used for the making of laces to join leather belting for machinery. It Is said that tho lacing frequently out wears the belting Itself. Thoro is found in Turkish waters a strikingly unattractive fish called tho angel llsli. classed among the littoral sharks. This fish yields an extremely blgh quality of green leather, much es teemed in the Ottoman dominions. Kansas City Journal. THE DARK HORSE. How tho Namo Was Applied to a Po litical Possibility. A novel written by Disraeli, earl of Rcacousfleld, entitled "The Young Uuko" and published in 1831, contain ed a description of a horse race In which the following sentence occurred: "A dark horse which had never been thought of and which the careless St. James had never even observed In tho list rushed pust the grand stand In weeping triumph." This was only a horse race, but It ave prominence to tho fact that tho race was won by a dark horse which had not attracted any notice until he came In a winner. This may have been tho origin of the phrnso "a dark horse," which, as used In American politics, means a person not prominently considered as a candi date when a convention meets or dur ing its earlier ballots, but who sudden ly develops unexpected strength nud nvius. A notable case In point was that of James A. Garfield In the Republican national convention of 1880. On tho first ballot for president he did not receive- a single vote, but be received ten votes on the second ballet, one vote on tho twentieth ballot, fifty votes on tho thirty-fifth ballot and was nominated tty34M) on tho thlrty-sUth ballot Phil adelphia Tress. Foot of the Fly. Yon fcave seen a boy uso what he calls a "sucker," a round, flat piece of leather, which Is soaked In water aud flattened against a stouo so that all die moisture between 'tho stone nud the leather Is pressed 'out. Ho picks up a brick with a string attached to the leather. Since there Is no air be tween tho leather and the stono tho Atmosphere presses tho leather so firmly against tho stono that tho stono can bo picked up by tho leather. A y has suckers on his feet the Popular Science Monthly explains, which act very much ou tho sntuo prin ciple. As soon as ho puts dowu a foot tie automatically squeezes the air out between It and the surfneo upon which he Is walking. Tho atmosphere there fore presses him against tho celling or ralL Knocked Down. 'Some years ago lu a certain county court which was not ono of the best fitted up pluccs, three auctioneers were eated In a pewllko contrlvunco await ing the Judge's order to glvo evidence. All at once thcro was a terrible noisa In court and a dense cloud of dust flew up. "What's that?" asked tho Judge. "Oh. It's nothing, your honor," re plied a ready aud facetious lawyer. "It's only three auctioneers gone off In .one lot" .The scat bad given way. Chicago Hews. The Firit Steam Engines. The first known uso of steam to drlvo klud of steam engine was described by Hero of Alexandria, probably In ICS) llrst or second century B. O. Hut tche first real steam engines were those ased at tho end of tho seventeenth and In the early eighteenth centuries for pumping water out of mines. New--cotiicn's engine was used lu English (nines about 1711. Another Story. A Glasgow antiqunry recently visit d a rulued castle nnd asked ono of the villagers If he knew anything of avn old story about the building. "Aye." said the rustic, "there was wither a it Id story, but It fell dowu loojf since." London Telegraph. One of Many. "Then you think you won uo perma nent place la her heart?" "I'm Just a notch on her parasol han dle; that la ell." I.onlsvllle Courier Journal. Bummid Up. K nicker Of what does shad con 1st? Rocker A backbone a wish bone, a funny tone and then some. hew York Times. The grand maxUn nowadays is "to work, always to work and still to work," Leon Gambetta. STORY OF AN ORNAMENT. The Lavalliere and tho French Beauty Who Firet Wore It. Do you know what a Invallicre Is? You have seen many neck ornaments of more or less elaborato design sus pended from chains that were thin or massive, which were sold as laval Ucrcs. The traveler who knows bis business will tell you that tho large and highly ornate ornament made of hand wrought gold and studded with many gems, suspended from a thick chain aud reposing on the bare skin Just above the low cut bodice, Is a "stomacher," whereas the "lavalliere" Is light and delicate In construction. Is set with not more than three stones and Is on a slender chain. Tho heavy ornament was formerly worn on the front of the dress, the entire front part of a bodice, which ex tended down over the pit of the stom ach, being called the stomacher. It was an lCngllsh mode, whereas the la valliere cumo Into existence lu France In 1000, having been designed at the suggestion of Louis XIV. as u gift to Frnncolso Louise do lu Itaume lo Illanc, when she wus made Duchess do la Valliere. Of all the king's favor Itos sho was the most interesting. She became "queen of the petticoat court" when Louis was but twenty-eight years old and when Colbert and Lou vols were making tho French treasury and the French army tho greatest and most formidable powers In Europe. At thirty she retired to a convent where sho spent her declining years .writing that mournful essay, "Iteflectlons ou the Flty of God." Exchange. DUBLIN IS VERY ANCIENT. It May Have Been In Existence In the Time of Ptolemy. Do you know how old Dublin Is? I'robably not. Few cities tell their correct age, but there is a rumor tbut the Irish capital, the picturesque city on the banks of the Ltffey, at the en tranco to Dublin buy, is much older than she pretends to be. In fact, It has been asserted by some ungnllaut scholars that sho was already a buxom girl when Ptolemy sat on the throne ot Egypt and that the fair clly on tho western Island was 'mentioned in the writings of that day. In later times, say about 212 A. D., it already had a history. When the Danes came, some 000 years later, the Celts had been at pence so lung that they fell victims to tho Invaders, but submission was no part of their program. The Inhabitants of the Island are Cel tic to the very core, and never have they become reconciled lo the iden of sharing their beautiful country with either Saxons, Danes, Teutons or Norse. At one time, wheu the city of Dublin had become pretty thoroughly English in Us feeling, the people of the hill country came down and massacred most of the Inhabitants in the year 1170. Illchard declare, known ns Rich ard Strongbow, the second earl of Pem broke, crossed the Irish chonnel with a great host and captured the city. But he became governor of the Islaud only after he married the daughter of one of the Celtic kings. St. Louis Globe Democrat Imagination In Art Imagination is an element by which artists are able to inflict their wares upon tho public. When Millet painted two peasants lu a potato patch with bowed beads in an attitude suggesting dally prayer ho wisely named tho pic ture "The Angelus." That gave the critic a hunch that a church bell In a distant spire was pealing the hour of prayer. Had he called that truly mag ulllccnt pnlutlug "Digging Potatoes" tho public's Imagination would not have carried beyond the potato Held, and It might also have made a differ rncc of a few thousands of dollars In the market valuo of the work. A well chosen title for a picture or book Is what mayonnaise dressing Is to a salad 1 Cartoons Magazine. Jewels of India. For variety of precious stones uo country lu the world can rival India. Though she exports annually over 1, 500,000 worth ot Jewels, she still re mains today, ns centuries ago. the storehouse for the nations. Diamonds, rubies, sapphires, tourmaline, garnet and mnny kinds of rare chalcedony are mined throughout her many provinces. Tho diamond Industry Is carried on to a groat extent lu the central prov inces, ltubles are mined lu upper Bur ma and next to petroleum form the most profitable of the mineral resources of that state. ' Woodbury the Composer. Among obscurer composers of hymn tunes that have lasted long Is Isaac Bnkcr Woodbury of Beverly, Muss., who begun his career ns a blacksmith's apprentice, lie llunlly studied In Eu rope and was an associate of tho better known musicians of tho day. His tune called "Slloam." sung to Heber's "By Cool Slloaiu's Shady Hill," Is known to most churchgoers. His Futile Attempt. Mr. Sernpplngton (lu tho midst of his reading) Here Is an Item about a blast ed fool who kissed his wife 2.500 times In oue day. Mrs. Sernpplngton Of course he was a fool to think ho could deceive his wife that way. What does tie nccouut say he had been dolng? .ludge. One Reward. "Wealth doesn't bring happiness." "No," replied Miss Cnvenne. "But It does help some toward influencing oth rs to put up with your grouchy ceoen trlcltles." Washington Star. The May of life blooms onco and never again. Schiller. Building a Battleship. ' Do you know bow many hours' work It takes to build a modern dread naught? Urobohly you have never giv en the mutter a thought, so It will In terest yon to learn thut a big battle ship entails about 7,200,000 man hours, or labor equivalent to the work of one man working that time. Tho making of the turbine machinery absorbs Boine 1,650,000 man hours, and the mountings of the big guns can easi ly ucqulro two years' work, while a sin gle armor plate may take nearly three months to finish. None of these proc esses can be unduly hurried, us the very best work must be put In, the least scamping making all tho differ ence between victory and defeat Between -10 and 50 per cent of the cost of u dreadnnugbt's hull goes in la bor. Curiously enough, fur less is spout on lubor when constructing a lurblue engine than when making oue of the old reciprocating type. Much of the material Is made by machinery, leav ing only 28 per cent of tho cost for la bor, whereas 4o per cent went in wages when Die older klud were In use. Lou don Telegraph. Armenia's Royal Pretenders. Tho last king of Armenia died In rails In 1303, but his alleged descend ants have frequently asserted their rights to the Armenian crown. The last well authenticated claimant Guy de Luslgnun, died hi a Purlslau cellar In 705, but a considerable stir was created some forty years ago by the pretensions of an Armenian family named Khorinn. Archbishop Khorian, the head of the family, gained many Influential supporters iu England and on the continent, but wus unable to attain his modest desire that Cyprus should be made over to him as a llrst step toward the complete restoration of the Armenian kingdom. Ono of his brothers married an English lady, who may bo still living. Another wedded Victor Hugo's friend. Mile, de Nosrols, who subsequently styled herself Prin cess Mario do Luslgnan of Cyprus, Je rusalem, aud Armenia. Loudou Globe. "Temper" and "Humor." The history of the words "temper" and "humor" is very curious. Accord ing to ancient physiology, tho human body Included four "humors" (liquids) blood, phlegm, bile nnd black bile or melancholia. Their combination formed a man's "temperament" and wo speuk of sanguine, phlegmatic, and melancholy temperaments to this day. "Teuqier," the synonym of "tempera ment." has undergone the strnngo de velopments which we have noted, so that "losing your temper" and "being In a temper" mean the same thing. Excess of one humor over tho rest led to oddities; whence a "humorous" man came to signify an eccentric person. And now "humorous" applies not to the odd person, but to the man who sees tho oddity in hlra. London Spec tator. Individual Verdicts. The lady Jury had been out for hours. The Judge looked tired, the clerk yawned, the loungers slept The bailiff, after listening at the key bole several times, shook bis head with a discouraged air. And then, quite unexpectedly, the Jury announced it was ready to report and the twclvo ladles filed In. "Have you agreed upon a verdict?" the demanded. The foselady smiled. "We have agreed upon twelve ver dicts, your honor." sho told him In her flutelike voice. "You are discharged!" roared the Judge. "Isn't he horrid?" said the ladles. Exchange. Just to Help Out. "Well, well:" exclaimed Mr. Dubson to a flustered acquaintance who rush ed into a railroad station enrrylug two lurgo suit cases. "Going away on tho choo-choo?" "Oh, no!" answered the acquaint ance In n sarcastic tone. "My sole Idea In buying a railway ticket and hastening hither with all the baggage I could stagger under was merely to Increase the stir and bustle of this great city." Exchange. Going the Rounds. "How is it you know so much about the nelghltors' affairs as you tell at the club?" "Oh, my wife's maid picks it up from tho other servants, nnd then my wifo will Insist on repeating It all to me. You know how wouleu will gos sip." Baltimore American. Too Much Ambition. "I can't understand why you dis charged my boy. You advertised for a boy with ambition, and he" "That's Just it, madam; that's Just It. Ho wasn't In the place two days before he had his feet on my desk and was smoking my cigars." The Sacrifice. Mrs. Itlchlelgh (scornfully) I wish you had more brains, Ferdinand, in stead of so much money. Ferdinand (unmoved) I did once, dear, but It took all of them to get money. Flirtation. "What really constitutes fllrtatlou?" asked the young nuiu of the womau of the world. "Attention without Intention," re plied the cxiierienoed one. Salary. Soldiers once received salt as part of their pay. When the salt was com muted for cash the Intter was called "salnrlum." salt money, or "salary." The golden rule measures business better than the wooden yardstick. CONGOLEUM ART RUGS Arrived today large shipment, new and beautiful rPtrtel Jff VuESE tive floor covering shown today. I AY ILL bLuuvix RUGS for one week only, today till next Saturday tor: A I IT KUUS, 1 piece, 3x4 1-2 it. regular jjm.uu ,uu uan ART RUGS, 1 piece, 4 1-2 x 4 1-2 ft. regular $1.75 value only .-- -J AWV HUGS, 1 piece, 4 1-2 x 6 ft., regular $2.00 value only - A RT I;rr,S I T.in Q v 10 1-'2 ft. regular $10.00 value only t rjrri DI.lO i ' n .tut ii two, l piera, . iw it. iuf;uuu .j-u.w j Very Special on Two-Piece Congoleum Rugs $7 35 Two piece, 9 x 12 regular $9.00 value only i'm Two piece 10 1-2 x 12 regular $10.00 value only zrrrfJ, CONGOLEUM RUG BORDER YARD WIDE, OAK PLANK PATTLKJN Regular 55c value, only 43c the yard CONGOLEUM in 0 ft. wide rolls beautiful colors aud patterns. J)'0e value special this week onlv 49c the yard. You cannot afford to miss this opportunity to re-cover your floors. Furniture on Easy Pay ments K. E FIRE OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN CAUSES HEAVY DAMAGES AT COVE FAMILY HOME. Library Included in the Loss Family Not at Home Other Cove News of General Interest. Cove, Sept. 21. (Special.) Karl Stackland's house on his fruit ranch burned to the ground Monday even ing, Sept. 18. The cause is unknown. The family were living in town, but had left part of their furniture in the house, also a nice library. There was only a small insurance of $1,700. The building originally cost $3,200. Died Chauncy Cummings, at the home of his sister, Mr3. Royal Allen, Monday evening. The remains will be taken to his home in Maker. Mr. Cummings had been in the hospital at Portland for some time and was brought to Mrs. Allen's home two weeks ago. M. K. Knight was a La Grande vis itor Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Huntly and daughter, Eloisc, were visiting at Tom Conklin'a home over Sunday. Mrs. Huntly will live in La Grande this winter and Eloise will attend school there. Mr. Huntly will return home after a short visit here. Miss Eleanore Davis of Union sang at the Baptist church Sunday morn ing and was entertained at the home of Frank Williams at dinner. Raymond Williams has eone to the John Day valley to work. He expects to remain there this winter. The Woman's Civic Improvement club will meet the third Thursday this month instead of the fourth on ac count of prunes, which will be ready to pick next wceK. Mrs. Ed. Stearns has gone to Pen dleton to visit her mother and, inci dentally, to take in the Round-Up. J. K. Lantz left for Salem Satur day with his exhibit for the State fair. Mrs. Lantz will join him the last of the week. Before returning home they will visit their son, Roy, at Woodburn. The Ladies' Aid will meet with Mrs. Minnie McDaniel Wednesday. A party of Indies made the trip to Mt. Fannie Sunday over the new trail. Included in the party were Mrs. May Kelly, Mrs. Mary Reese, Miss Bessie Kelly, Miss May Stearns, Lawton Stearns,, Miss Winnifrcd Os ten and Miss Duff. All pronounced it a pleasant trip, even if they did suf fer from lameness afterward. Mr. and Mrs. I,ogan Anderson, Mr nnd Mrs. Hugh McCall and Dr. and Mrs. McCown were entertained at din ner at the home of Chris and Gcr hart Stackland Sunday. Mrs. Will Houx and two daughters, Vera and Veda, are home from Boise, where they have been visiting for the past week. Mr. Houx returned with them for a two weeks visit. J. H. Houx has returned from Baker City after a week's visit with his daughter, Mrs. Pearl White. Purl Boman drove over from Pen dleton Wednesday to take his sister, sirs. j. v. Ingram, and Mr. Ingram to the Round-Up. Mr. and Mrs. Robert French start for the Round-Up Thursday morning nnd will take Mrs. Knight, Mrs. Ryan, Miss Bonnie Senvers nnd Gay Dutton in their car. Ix-onard Love returned Wednesday. J. Ayres and Bert Stoffcl stopped in this vicinity fo:- a few weeks, vis iting friends and relatives en route to the Round-Up. Mrs. Leonard Towle went to Union Tuesday with Mr. and Mrs. Roval Al len. Wesley Smith, with his nephew, Ralph Burwell, Mr. and Mrs. Ogden and daughter and Mr. and Mrs. Wade, have gone to the Round-Up in Pen dleton in Mr. Smith's car. John Smith will also take a partv over Thursdny. Included are Mr. and Mrs. STAG HOM D 1.1 ci. ,.,, 1 J" 1 1 (C Tflllln F. D. HAISTEN Nip Conley and Mr. and Mrs. George Conley. Mrs. Lahrman has returned from Portland, where she has been visiting for a few days. Rev. Henry will be the new pastor at the Methodist church. Rev. Cath ers will take the pastorate at Elgin. Farmer's Wages. The president of the Texas Farmers Union has been greatly aroused by the suggestion that an eight-hour day ir. now a principle recognized us inevit able. He does not feel that there should be any inequality between the workers of the city and the workers of i.ho rural districts. He points out that the farmers cf Texas work from twelve to fourteen hours a day and that their average compensation docs not exceed $2 a day. He continues: j We have in this state nearly 250, ! 000 women as farm hands in the fields from sun to sun, for 50 cents per day, which is as much as products of their toil will bear. If the plan for an eight-hour day is capable of giving the farm workers a full day's pay for eight hours' labor, we are for it; but if it results in shifting either hours or dollars from those who labor in industry to the backs cf those who follow tho plow, we are unalternably I opposed to it. ' The farmers of the country have been pointing out that since increased wages in large cities invariably are disturbed over the cost of products sold to the consumer, the farmer must bear his share of high wages in tho cities even he is paying low wages on , the farm. They reason that labor en gaged in transportation service should , have as favorable working conditions i and as fair remuneration as the farm ers themselves receive, but no more. i If this view is to have weight, it must be extended to cover all the busi ness of the country. The manufact urer who ships his goods over the rail- : road might well say that he would re fuse to pay a higher freight rate for higher wages to trainmen so long as his own employes are working , more than eight hours and getting lower pay. There is no question of the fact that farmers work long hours, l but usually their profits are good and and they are independent. The farm hand is less fortunate, since he OUTBURSTS OF EVERETT TRUE BY CONDO -$1.4 ..$1.6 ..$8. An r rmlv fVX Furniture on Easy Pay ments. must work long hours for little pay. Nevertheless, if a:y attempt is made to go into the whole problem, it will mean a reorganization tf nearly every business in the country. Washington Post. The Common Sense Of It. When you put r. bartender out of a job you remove a parasite from tho body seci:il. He can no longer suck the fruits of production from the veins of the producer; he mu.it begin to pro duce the equivalent of what he con sumes. If you put a foot-pad out of a job certainly he will not have so much money to spend, but the men who would have been his victims will have considerable more to spend. Isn't that common S'.;nse? MEXICAN PLANS RAILROAD Mexicali to Be Connected With Gul by 40-Mile Line San Diego, Sept. 17. Building of a railroad from Mexicali to San Relipe, at the head of the Gulf of California, a I distance of 40 miles, will be begun , soon by Governor Esteban Cantu, of Lower California, according to an an- nouncement made here by a close friend of Cantu. j The purpose of the road, to be in operation not later than the summer !of 1917, is to afford a direct line to tidewater for Lower California prod ucts without a long haul through American territory and attendant cus toms complications. , Could Hardly Monkey With Kansas. j Some of our Kansas friends are ! afraid that somebody might think that I the motion picture censors of that I state have acted in accordance with advice from the office of the Brewer's Anti-Prohibition organization as cen Isors in some othir localities have done. ! The brewers could no more effect the State administration of Kansas in any department than they could open a sa loon on Kansas Avenue, Topeka, and as B. L. T. would say, that is about zero in opportunities. The Kansas censors stand absolved by common consent and common sense. in i S.S- X ; I?
