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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 5, 1918)
pAfirc six LA (JIJ.Is'DiO fcVr.'TKsCi SATi u'DAY, JANUARr 3, 1513 TITLES . OF ' THEJROMANOFFS. I iTO s Alexander III. Wii Proud to Bo Called the Peasant Emperor. The Into czar of Russia Is now known as Nicholas liomnnoff In tbe great land over which bo held autocratic sway. It Is not the title by which be expected to go down to posterity. M. de Blowllz, tho famous correspond ent of the London Times at Tarls, was rosiwnslule for putting on record a story recording Alexander III., the fa ther of Nicholas, which Is worth recoil ing In this connection. Tbe cznr and his courtiers bod teen discussing by what added title be should be known In history. His father bad been called Alexander tho Liberator and Alexan der tho Martyr. What should tho son bo called? "Alexander tho Just," sug gested one "Ob, no," replied the czar. "X am and shall remain tho peasant oniperor. So somo of my nobility have styled mo In derision, scolllus nt my affection for tho moujlk. But I accept tho title as nn honor. I have tried to procuro for the humble the means of livelihood, and this, I think. Is the best and only means of keeping tho world going. My greatest ambition Is to deservo to bear to tbo last tho title of the peasant emperor." I.lttlo could Alexander III. Iinvo thought that the world was so near tho tlmo when his son would run the chance of becoming tho "last of tho em perors of Itussla." Dundco Advertiser. THE FIREPLACE. In Social Importance of Its Position the Home. Tho center of hospitality In the homo Is that point about which the family Itself gathers most often. This point is In most homes the fireplace; henco Its location and construction are of rust Iniportanco In building a home. Tho fireplace, If there Is only one, should bo In tho living room, for there tbo family nnd friends can enjoy It most. It should bo located In the cen ter of a wall space, cither on ono sldo or at ono end of tho room. Select tho Bunco which will permit tho greatest number of pcoplo to sit around It In tho construction of tho flroplnco you must not forget that Its chief pur Poho Is for u Arc. The uioro slmplo tho lines of construction tho better tasto Is displayed and tho moro room tbe open Ore receives. There Is a great variety of material suitable for a II replace, and your Indi viduality and taste can be well ex- ptossol In this Important factor of tho homo. Brick, tllo, wood and many tllo sulisllttites may bo used. Theso offer great possibilities both for good color and design und lend themselves to any stylo of architecture. Farm and Fire side The Value of Birds. Without birds' successful agriculture would becomo Impossible and the de struction of tbo greater part of all veg etation would take place. New i'ork stnlo now pays nn annual Insect tnx of 510,000.000, and birds nro tho chief .. agents In keeping tills tax from In- oron-sing" -yearly:- A&nuluorrof weed seed a single species, the tree sparrow, is estimated to conaumo about 000 tons In Now York Btalo each year. Tho rav ages of Held mice and other rodents nro kept hi check by hawks and owls, and the farmer upon whoso land a hawk or owl stays Is Bavcd upon an nvcrngo $20 a year by each owl or hawk. Tho dnmogo done, by somo fow species of birds to growing crops is moro thnn offset by tho bcnellts of their work In destroying Insects, ro dentB and weed seeds. Now York Sun, if?' WW I ft (nUPPOIu Ci Home Industries is C25 Form of Patriotism. IfiJQMn Are Purchasing Agents in Most M pAY-ROLL Honey Stays at home heniey. Their coorerslisn is recessarv M helus make Oregon urosBerons VEGETABLES The 60a of 8paca. Tho mind cannot comprehend what Is meant by the four little words In the expression "tho Ben of space." If tho volume of "spneo" included within our solar Bystem which Is perhaps but a siuglo train of planets among hundredB of millions of a similar kind wero oc cupied by ono slnglo globe 0,000.000,000 miles In diameter it would ho but ns a feather in tho marvelous spread of "va cancy" surrounding It. In fact, It bus been calculated that In tho space occu pied by 'our solar system 2.700.000.000,. 000,000 globes of tho slzo of our earth could revolve, each at a distance of COO.OOO miles from tho other, nnd tho whole business would bo nothing, for there Ib no wall to tho treasure vault of heaven. lSxchnugo. .. . - 1 U hr4 wuum &Ef Jr"? ft It m h Product of Home Industry Government Inspected jm Economical and highly dependable r:- . 1 . rnerever a mgn gaae snonemng IrlM mi UNSON MEAT CO. North Portland, Oregon 1 3 35. tf. MM 11 V'fri m m i t J .1 V ill 111 ill mmzWk p?$mm M i wmmmim m III Purola Toilet Preparations ill and Medicinal Remedies are m 1 Guaranteed to Please. j Kvery I)ru?gest in la Grande Sells (hem. U S!;B!i!:?K!i:i,!:SiW 'MBtfl iSSW..V,-TS, i bSJl M between 1 for yourlieaKh's sake! ri IflTm.V. m,"!mrnv-r?r-X-fm FLOUR i Its the daily break ! fast in thousands off western homes. I mm mm tor. 5; -f! There is no othor ee digestible' vh' and healthful. i i'i' llnnnfttlv raiummAnriAri a fhn rfnltu V . " T . . jO i,y diet or tno omire nousenoio. Pi'caiise the inj;rtlii'iit nr an hlomled ns to prodnco a food tbtit is potitiairiK unci jmrfpctly dljcostcd. ThoHo who have funj nthr xincnkoa Indigrntihlo will find OLYMPIC nffrces with th moBt dclu'iit.! tuin:irU. The Portland Flouring Mills Co. tis the fif.iff&frie Tcp, nd of the imi-h ipi! :nid Teccivo by rnturn mai! a jJeel.Cut For particular people who At all Leading Grrc:v.. "You'll never know how iro Ask Vtnir Grocer for DIAMOND "V" PURS FOOD PRODUCTS liate GOOD COFFEE, .i it is until you've tried it." Manufacturers r.-,d 'lio'.esale Grocers. Pereonel Respomibllity. There Ib such n thlnir as pcrBonnl ro sponslblllty which cannot ho Oelecatinl to another. In the navy, fur example, wo dock ships, nnd tho docking olllccr Is held personally resonslhlo. Dis bursing olllcers In tho navy nro per sonally responsible for every payment mnde not only by themselves, but by their nsslstants. They enunot delegate responsibility to the pay clerks oven for tho petty cash. I'". C. Coburn In Industrial Maniiimont, The Operation. Puttlnfr on one's overcoat la some times so much of an effort that ono Is disposed to nsreo with tho old negro who said; "Fust yo' puts In ono nhm, den you puts In do mill nil nhm. nn" den yo' gibs a gcii'ral conwulslon." Lxcbange. 8ure Enough Expert. "Tou claim to be n food expert?" "1 do," replied Farmer Corntossel. "I'm tho kind of n food expert that can ralso tho stuff Instead o' talking about It" Washington Star. Under Water. Willis Where Is Land's Knd? Olllls It Is where that lot which I bought from tho rcul estate company begins. fuck. ' Freedom from out of a wound shall rfce.-SIrtnoy Iiinler. Cnrllsle, Iowa. John Slack Is not a slacker. Just because he didn't happen to havo the ready cash for Red Cross contribution didn't bother him. Ho drove n Rood slued wuKon load of corn Into town and donated It to the lied Cross. Expoctod a Lena Llfa. Tho expiration of a uincty-titiio year Icbhc of a Ijondxn liulliliriK m alls a story Mr. Cladstune In th height "t his Irish crisis told nf aiptlicr h-aiie. A BtuftlKh friend of the (1. O. M., divid ing to abolish feuds on his estate, of fered lnstor.,1 a g; in'i'oiis t'cirm of lease. The first hlhlntul farmer t wlinin the new terms were epl:iim'd resnlutely refused, "llul, ciir-Mer; ou -:in liae a lease of Pi';l yea!':;." Tlu 'U1 l.luu shook his lit-i.l. "Na, u.i: tlnii' sunn v'n.s awu','1 he ivtorlcd.- l..imion tiplni.'ti. I pays to advertise. Tho Coffoo Porcolator. When the glass tii of tho cuflVo per-"nltitrti- fets limken It is not necessary to discard the pcre.'lati.r or oven go to the expense of gcithii; a new top. Take one of tlio small glass tumblers that olvost' comes lit and Insert It In tho pi-re 'lat'ir. Ity d..!ug this you will thul Unit you will have a percolator iii-uily as g ud as u new one. 'ritinT newspaper patagrapha when Inpirjition cornea slowly is like the old saw about tho cat's tall it's "fur" to die end. A Dacholor's Advantngoa. A bachelor In known by the company he keeps out of. lie is not likely to Ito tit) lonesoin" as a married man. And then, again, when he falls III he can seleet tlu- l.lnd 'if trained nurse that he wauls to wait upo'.i mm, wlicre as (he married i::;i!l lias to -ul ll;i wUll the kind of nuve liis wife ivlects for him.-"The i'..;: :.eh;r" In I.i:'e. I. oral t'olnr. Orfloc"- .ie you rwnWTl" New KeeruU- No. not yet. sir, I've only been down here n w eo!t. Casn- l ell's Saturday Journal. Croup nt Midnight; Well in Mornitnr. "A few nights ago one of my pat rons had a small chil l taken with croup about midnight," writes M. T. Davis, Bearsvllle, W. Va. "They came to my rtore and got a bnlilo of Foley's Jlcr.ey and Tar. Ueforo mnrnlng the child was entirely re covered. The falher'3 name Is C. C. t'ravca." Isn't it unwise to experi ment with uuknnv, n rough medicines when yoti cm get the genuine Foley's ltnnev and Tar? Iler.t for roughs. cold;'., croup ami lagripp. Sold ev- 'i'ijaiit4 OiVivb OATS" Is a faiiiijii'.r oxiiression growing out of the well established fact that catin.fr oats produces vigor and eneij:'. GOLDEN ROD OATS Ara milled fro;n the choicest oats obtainable, nro free from hulls aud can be used in many delightful dish es besides porridge. Write for Our Lib?rr.y Recipes. OTT III niMP YkM A TTDI1 I O 0 11.0111 .S If Kk I ILIA FUEL, HAY, GRAIN, FLOUR, AND CEMENT LIME, PLASTER Lehigh Portland Cesiieni Wholesale and Retail i m "ST 77 Yi I J ItV w 'I Ail h Mercantile Loa o LA GRANDE, OREGON
