INSCRIPTION ON FISH'S TAIL
wyrary o Natives of Zanzibar,
uvuyn ouientws say It it Noth.
I Ing Much Out of tha Ordinary.
, A strange fish wiib recently caught
, t. Zanzibar with Arabic cbaraetero
upon Its tall. The flli was not one
fi a large haul, but was caught by n
single fisherman, who brought It to the
fish market. There It remained for
some time, having no purchaser, ns It
was o strange fish nnd mo tlmt hurt
never been seen before In those wu-"
ters. Finally on Indian of the Beet
called "Memen" purchased It and. on
Hie strange markings being noticed, it
was tuken to a widely-known Arab
scholar, who, deciphered the inscrip
tion. It was afterward taken to the
sultan, who also recognized the word
bur. SJslThat night 8,000 rupee was oITered
lor ;the fish nnd refused, and on the
following day 5,0(10 rupees was re
fused, according to Scientific Amer
ican. The original price jmlil fur the
flsh was fi pice (about 3 cents) and it
was eventually decided to have it pre
served. For this purpose it was taken
to the government inliomtory, whore It
was treated with formaline. It' has
lnce been placed on public exhibition.
There are two distinct inscriptions
on the tail, one on each side. On the
ene side i it reads "Lnlllaha Illnlah"
("There Is no God but Allah") and on
! the other "Shnnl Allnh" ("A warning
ent from Allah"), There Is no sus
picion of anything in the nature of a
fake about the matter and the mystery
is so complete that no explanation of
the strange phenomenon Is fortheom-
tag. The Arabic lettering is perfectly
plain and the discovery has caused
wonderment throughout the Mohum-
tnedan community of Zanzibar.
. It was identified as holaearrthus
iemlelrculatus, Cuv. et Val., a widely
distributed Indo-Paciflc species of
chaetontltine. An authority on zoology
Considers the markings as falling with
In the limits of normal variation of the
species.
EXERCISE OF WILL NEEDED
No Reason Why Women Should Not
a Obtain a Maximum of Physical
. Strength and Power.
Women can obtain greater physical
strength and power so soon as they
determine to do so, and adopt a dif
ferent mode of living. There is abso
lutely nothing in the woman's organi
sation that forbids it, as we are finding
out more and more dally. Many young
women are too lazy to grow strong.
They cannot walk a dozen blocks, or
do anything tlmt calls for the slight
est physical strength. Why? Because
there. Is any Inherent quuilty in the
'Woman's body forbidding it? Not at
all. Because they never have done it.
There is no other reason on earth.
The w,omen who are growing strong
er mentally sud physically can smile
at the objectors who tell them they
cannot do this or that, and answer by
doing what they are accused of being
. Incapable of doing. But the more tim
id and younger -ones, who yet hesitate
to venture into new fields of activity
in the face of opposition and ridicule,
need the assistance of professional
opinion and the encouragement of.
those who have gone before. Montreal
Herald. .
Old City of Tlmgad.
'. Tlmgad is an ancient Roman city,
forgotten nnd burled on the slopes of
tile Aures mountains. The desert
winds heaped the market places and
ruiiifu Bireeis niui Binning buiiu, uic
Jackals and birds of prey made the
stately forum, with its crumbling col
umns, their haunts nnd hunting
grounds. For centuries Tlmgad lay de
serted and forgotten, unvlslted except
by occasional wandering caravans.
In recent years, however, the city
has been pnrtlully restored nnd exca
ated by French architects and areh
tologlsts. The columns of the facade
of the capltol have been re-erected j
the sand cleared from the mosaic floors
of the ruined baths, whose colors are
as fresh and bright as in the old dnys
of Roman splendor. The arch of Tra
jan over one of the two main streets
stands ns it did in the dnys of the
great emperor, the founder cf the city.
The nmphlthenter, typically Roman,
held at least 4,000 siiectatora In the
days when gladiatorial combats were
considered respectable.
Htr Golden Circlet.
There are several theories as to the
origin of the wedding ring. , Here is
one of them : Before the time of mints
and coinage the gold money In Egypt
In hn fmti .if a Htll- 11U11
ally worn on the finger as a convenient
meUlOO or carrying uuu sine nKvuif..
The men nnd women, therefore, had nil
their gold or wealth made into rings,
end for the majority of people these
rings were no larger than the plain
gold bands of today. Thus, when the
groom placed the ring on the bride's
finger he meant exactly what the mod
ern service makes him say he did ac
tually endow his bride with all bis
, worldly goods. .
r "
J ' ' Feminine Diplomacy.
1 "Yes, I finally got rid of him," she
said, "without having to tell him in so
many' words that I never could learn
to love him. - I didn't want to do tliat,
because he's an awfully nice fellow,
and I should have been very Borry to
cause him pain."
"gow did you manage it?" her friend
asked.
"Wh, you see. he's subject to hay
fever, so I decorated the house with
golden rod whenever he sent word that
be was coming." Brooklyn ClUz-.-n.
- Discovers lee Cream Soda.
The honor of discovering ice-cream
soda is generally given to Robert M.
Green, who served the delicacy to tho
aenil-centenninl celebration of Franklin
Institute, Philadelphia, la the summer
of 1874, and advertised It at that time
as something abenlutclf new. (
GENERAL BAD0GLI0
General Baifogllo, under . chief' of
staff of the ,rtallan."armle,' Who has
figured prominently In the battiu
along the piat.
j POSTSCRIPTS -
Two gyroscopes nre used by an Iowa
Inventor to keep a single-wheel motor
cycle steady, tlie rider and motor Bal
ancing ono nmjther.
Ashes from Uuzon's occasionally ac
tive volcanos fertilize the soil and en
able the Philippines to produce the
world's flnest hctnp,
-, The owner of Isoroe limestone caves
In Virginia has! piped the air from
them Into his blouse to provide an
even temperature the year round.
Officials In the (Philippines are Inves
tigating the possibility of obtaining
larger qunnttles of a hlgh-grnde lubri
cating oil from a Ivlne that grows wild
throughout the l ilnnd.
To enable the operator of an old
style typewriter no watch its work as
In n visible machine, an Inventor has
patented a pair offmlrrors to be mount
ad on It In the pipper position.
: , S . V
The production (of potatoes in Eng
land and Wales last year has been offl-J
dally estimated all 3,339,095 long tons,
about one-third moire than the year be
fore and the great est crop on record,
T- , .'."...-
Japanese scientis ts nre scarehlhg for
an explanation of an apparent relation
ship between the (frequency of earth
quakes of Tokyo tnnd the amount of
rainfall and snowfall In other parts of
the empire. .;
AH the works of ia new clock are In.
closed In a ball representing the world,
which slides downs a strip of parch
ment inscribed with the hours, the nu
merals being pointed out by a figure
of Father Time. . . , . , ,
SHOTS FROM THE MAGAZINE ;
After nil, the hardest extravagant
habit to give up is ode's wife.
A lord high admiral of the German
navy has resigned: but the navv ault
first .
Germany seems . to have found a
good market in tho United States for
tainted money, '
A pacifist Is ono who Judges the pat
ent medicine by the almanac that
comes with It "
Pence treaties are like oranges:
picked too soon, they nre green; left
too long, they nro rotten.
Many a young man goes to sleep
over a harmless flirtation nnd awakens
to find himself married.
Trouble Is Inexhaustible; despite the
Insrensed number of borrowers there
Is always enough to go round.
Of courso the Germans are not tak
ing tho American troops In Prance
seriously; they are not taking them at
nlU .
Prospective candidates for state of-
flco are respectfully warned that tlie
early boom doesn't always catch the
nomination.
German's pence terms to Russia look
suspiciously as though she were trying
to squeeze the bears In a cornered mar
ket DO YOU KNOW THAT
Indian Ink can be made fromhiumed
camphor? ,
The planet Pallas was discovered by
Olbers, on astronomer, la 1802?
Walnnts yield their own weight In
oil, the flavor of which Is considered
equal to that of the finest Lucca oil?
, The world produces 13,000,000 tons
of cotton a year, nine of which come
from America nnd two and a half
from India?
Scientists have recently discovered
that most fishes nre able to foens their
nnrf inf-rW nt.iim.. m,..i..
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j DOINGS OF THE DXXFFS
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PoiH,wmu'mn ism
if
VMMT TO GO OUT
VOOR
AHO WAN OMEOF
1WM Mlte DANS
M
Windblown pollen, carrying the
bacteria ' that inflame nose nnd
throat and cause hay fever, is a
broad In the land. One remedy
is known to give relief and com
fcrt from choking, ,-asping asthma,
and tormenting hay fever. That
reliablo remedy is JFolciy'o Koncyt
and Tar that spreads like a heal
ing, soothing coatlnt on tho in
flamed mombi-anea, stops Irritating
ccughs and summer colds. Any
one who has onco used this stan
dard cough and cold remedy will
accept no other.
Sold everywhrco. ' ' ;
j THE LOCAL MARKET.
Sugar ...........
Creamery Butter ,
...........10c lb
..G0c lb, $1.20 roll
,55c lb, $1.10 roll
. . ,45c do?
Country Butter ...
Eggs, fresh
Plour .i.. ........
.?2.75ffi?3.0C
Cantaloupes .......... 15c, 2 for 25c
Raspberries 15,
Black Caps -. 2 for 35c
Black Berries 15c
Green Onions ,6c, 3 for 10i
Kadishes 2 for 15c
California Tomatoes 20c lb
Oregon Green Pens .2 for 25c
Beets .......5c unch
Cabbage 8c 111
Head Lettuce , .10c head
Cucumbers 10c
Green Beans 15c, 2 for 25c
Wax Beans 15c, 2 for 25c
New Spuds Be lb
Fresh Apricots 15c 11
Watermelons r '. 5c lb
Peaches 15c, 2 for 25c
Water Melons ............... ,5c lb
Buttcrfat 54c
(Less 1 cent per lb. of cream.) .
Classified Ads
FOR RENT FURNISHED
FOR 'RENT Housekeeping rooms
Call 1508 Fourth street. ' 7-B5,0t,p
FOR RENT Modern apartment. Call
Red 661, or Black 1511. . 7-29tf
FOR RENT Furnished house, 1306
O avenue. Phone, Block 502,
IW l. THIS Am. - WANTED. Modern furnished
' . : house. Call 1305 M Ave. -
7-29,tfjLOST.
FOR , RENT. Furnished modern
apartment, 6 Depot Street.
7-31-tf
FOR RENT.--Five room
furnished. Not mode-n.
1191.
hOUrB,
Black
i-2
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FOR RENT. Three loom furnished ;
bung&low.
Red 3441.
1221 W.Ave.
Phone,
7-31 tf
: -A
iuk KK.N1 two large furnished
housekeeping rooms, with pantry.
$10 a month. Phone Black 1042.
7-29,")t
FOR RENT. Furnished apartment
or first floor. Close In. Call
902 Pcnn. Ave. Phone lilack
651. ' ' ' 7-2-l-tf
FOR RENT
FOR RENT Housekeeping Rooms.
Black 1202. ' 7-,31-tf
FOR RENT Modern, B room house.
Call Main 780. 6-28-tf
WANTED.
WANTED. Flvo or six room house
close In. -Red 1 81.'- '--7'31 tf
IE:
A DOH 4UPPOS8..
VtW CO0LO STOP THAT
Wll r"IWD AM.
TMItffiS lbaeSind
KHrTTlMS IOH6
THAT BACK OASETl
TO HELP MB
tS THlrttJS!
THOSE who wish scavenger ' wort
done at a reasonable price, call
Main 37, Observer office. Adv.
i 6-12-lmp
WANTED To rent furnished, or part
ly furnished house,' by permanent
tenants. Inquire Observer office.
7-1GM
CITY SCAVENGER All calls, both
in residence nnd business districts
: answered promptly, William. Hotho,.
Black 1152'. Adv. -, ' . 7-3-tf.
FOIl KALE OU litADE
FOR SALE One-ton used auto truck.
McCrory Auto Co. ' . 7-17tf
FOR SALE CHEAP '.'Rambler" bi
cycle. Call Red 3222. 7-29,3t
FOR SALE Two Ford touring cars.
Inquire Harris Furniture. Adv.
, 7-9-tf.
FLOWERS, FOR SALE for all oc
casions. Phono Red 511, of Call
nt 1702 Spruce. S-l-lm
FOR SALE Two gentle' mares,
weight about 2550 lbs. J, L. Mars,
S. avenue. 7-26tf
FOR SALE Four room house and
two lots, North Fourth street. In
quire J. G .Snodgrass. 7-22,10t,pd
FOR SALE Ford car, in first class
condition; a snnpj if taken at once.
Inquire of owner, after 0:00 p. m.,
at 1012 Third St. 7-29,4t,pd
FOR SALE. A Ford. Mnwll
Chovrolot and an Overland. All
in fintl-elass shape.
A. McCRARY.
7.3'Mf
HOUSES FOR SALE Two geldings
five years old, 1 gelding four years
old, 1 mare, weight 1200 to 1300 lbs.,
colors, buy, black and brown. Price
for ail, $:i85. Inquire 1020 Sixth St.,
Phono Red 3812. 7-30,3t
LOST AND FOUND
-Ear.tmnn No. 1 Junior Ko
somewhere In La Grande.
(1,1 K
Finder please leave at Observer
Office. Jan Kool, 1309 Yoon
Bulldlni;, Portland. 7-2S-21 p
'Fraternal Directory.
REnEKAflS Crystal Lodge No. 60
meets every Tuesday evening in the
I. O. IV F. Hall. All visiting mem
bers ate Invited to attend.
ROSA CLASS, .V.G.
LUCIA HALEY, Rec. Sec.
K. of L. or Becmlty Mt Emily
Council, No. 246, meets th second
and fourth Monday evening at 8
o'clock at Kagle hall. Visiting
members arc welcome.
J. K. FITZGERALD, Pre.
ABE HARRIS. Fin'l. Bee
FLORENCE. BRYANT, Rec. Bee.
WOODMEN OF THE WORLD La
Grande Camp No. 169 meets every
first and third Monday at Eagles
. Hall. All visiting neighbors wel
come. Dues payable at the oft'ee
of the clerk, New Foley Bldg., 9
m to 5 p. m.
"J. J. MIJRCniHON, O. C
R. J. KITCHEN. Clerk
111 U I 1 I IAW TUUtftf I ' '. T". .sa III II 1 I
rTTTVSaBBSsslBal . - I . .; Z II - - - bHI Tl M
7-31-3t pd
BY AIRMAN!
I WAftT lb FMISM 1HI3I
JwEATBR. n9Ki AND
THiS MILL MAkB TWi
BttUGH
1 HAT I'VB MADE.
FIHD
O. E. 8. Hops Chapter No. 18, O. E.
8. boids stated communications the
second and fourth Wednesday of
each month. Visiting members cor
dially welcomed.
8ADIB B. GIVEN, W. 11.
. MART A. WARNICKeo.
B. P. O. B. ELKS, La Grande Lodge
No. 433. Lodge meets each Thurs
day evening at 8 o'clock. Borne
and club privileges cheerfully ex
tended to all Brother Elks.
R. J. GKEEN,
Exalted Ruler.
A. B. CHERRY,
' Becretarjr.
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS Red Cross
Lodge No. 27 meets every Monday
night In Castle Hall(K. of P. hall)
A Pythl in welcome to ill visiting
Knights
. c. k. Mccormick, c. c.
. DELILE GREEN, K. of R. A S
50YAL NEIGHBORS Iris Camp
meets every second Friday after
. noon and every fourth Friday even
ing, every month in K. P. hall. AU
Tisltlug members cordially welcoin
HENRIETTA OHARST, Oracle.
MARY L. WEST, Recorder. 1.
A. F. ft A. II. La Grande Todge No.
41, A. F. ft A. M. holds regular
meetings first and third Saturday
at 7:30 p.m. Cordial welcome to
all Masons.
ROBERT 8. EAKIN, W. II.
A. C. WILLIAMS, Sec.
. Topless Sport Model
Look Your Best and Be
Comfortable in a
FltONT LACE COESET
the only corset with the patented
VENULE
Back and Front Shield
Be fitted to the, corset designed for
your figure., There are
LA CAMILLK MODELS
for every figure.- They are always
fitted by a scientifically trained cor
sctier. This service goes with the
corset and such comfort.
A full line of the latest models al
ways on hand. Priced at 12.00 and
ap.
Mrs. Robt. Pattison
Corsetiere
Res. 1702 Oak. ' fhnn Red 3221
r Trnr l
Mill
ODBHN WOODMEN OF AMERICA
- I.a Grande Camp No. 7703 moets
on the first an third Thursday
evenings of aeh innnth in the K.
of P. Hall. Visiting uolghton
wIcomo.f
I, i. MDNHALL, V, O.
W. F. ASHMAN. Cterk
F. O. EAGI.KS, AERIE NO. Zf.O.
Meet ' first and . third Krldnv of
each month at Eagles Hall. Visit
ing members welcome. '
J. F. STACKY, W. P.
LEE BELLINGER, Secrottry
I. O. (L M. La Granno Idgs No.
860, Toyal Order of Moose holds
. regular meetings every Wednesday
night at 8 p. ni. In Eagle hall next
to Elks' Bldg. on Washington Ave.
Vlsltois always welcome. Dues pay
able at Young's Swants. ' .
! W. C. HANSEN, Pie.
HARRY SWART. Hoe.
Professional Directory
CRAWFORD BAKIN T. H. Craw
ford and Robert 8, Eaatn, Attor
neys a law. Practice In all the
courts of the state and the United
States. Office, Westrjacobsun
Bldg., rooms tt-10-17. La Grande,
Oregon.
ATTOBNI5Y8
DR. A. N. MAYVIL5.K Mechano
: Therapy; ' chronic dlseanea my
spoclulty; Physical and Mental
Science. ,j Hours: ..1:80 to 1:30
P in.. : 7:00 to - 8:00 evenings.
Phone Black 3311. Rooms 1 nnd
2 over Coolldge Paint Store,
. Adams Ave.
COCHRAN ft EBERHAIID Geo, T
- Cochran and Colon K. Eherhard,
Attorneys. . La Grande National
Bank Building. ,
R. J. GREEN, Attorney nt Law
- Practice in all' state and federal
' courts. Office La Grande Nationnl
Bank Building. .
ARCHITECTS
0. E. MILLER -Architect, room 27,
New Foley Bldg. Phone Red 1371.
DR. MARGARET INGLE, Osteopathic
Physician specializing In diseases
of Women nnd Children. Hours!
10 to 12 a. ni.; 1 to C p. m., and !
by appointment. Phones: offlco
Red 1701. Residence Rod Sgl.
: 37 New Foloy Bldg. , Dr. 3. L.
' Ingle has cntorod the U. 8. Army.
VBTKUINAnY
DR. H. W. RILEY Graduate Veter
inarian. Hospital, 1409 Madison
Avi. State Stallion Inspector and
Insootor of stock for shipment.
Home Independent Phone, Blaos
41; Farmers Gu-operative Phone,
Main 112.
Job Printing, The Observer, Main 87
m Capital m
and
Credit
Working capital
and Mjankiug credit
arc two essentials
to business success.
A growing bank ac
count buildscapital
and creates confi
dence in its owner's
ability.
Confidence is the
basis for credit.
7Wy
7-
rtsv
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It is at all times tho G)
policj' of tills insti
tution to cooperate
to the fullest meas
ure with its deposi
tors. si
AVc cordially in
vite Commercial ac
counts. Jj5 United States
r -
f National
I Bank
'& La Grande, Ore
as
Be Fdf
WITH THE
Printer
' IM!Y YOim 8UPPMKS FROM
"A-PHIKTiNO OKFWJK THA
l'T8 ITS.PIUNTK1M AltOVS
. Til 10 I'N'ION WAMH HCALK,
AM) IS A I'hiOS Siiui.
It is (he oft repeated story.
When looiio of I uiou Coanly
want Printing that Is hard to
riMnle, tvlien Uioy want os
of work done . that . require
wkill, noikuamhlp, . carulal r
planning -and eaiimit appllea
tiou, they finally come to the
M)-rviT's Job ITIrrtliig Depart
ment. . ' "
- " ' y ' 7rS 'i'M---H
Tills office does the ' work,
hut in all caMlor, tat la th
clnsH of work iiMn which thM
is lltllti piirflt, and frequently i
' some loss, liecmise of the lutrl
calo nature nnd tlroe-nbsorblBg
fcatiiros of such Jobs. ', . .
I'Vir inslancfs when a Telo
phono Directory in to print or
a HiRli Hchaul Annual, such aa
tho nllinli', which is just Issued,
nro to be printed, the Observer r
Job Printing; Ifctpai'tment Is tho
only office In the county eqsdp."
pod with inaclilnory, tyjte and ;
piintoi-s to get out the work.
I'nioii county must have and
mnintnln such a printing office,
tlmt can do the tecliincal, hHjrh '
rhtss work uhon It la ivanted.
But-
Wo respcclfiilly cnll your nt
lentlon to the smaller work,
which wo nre nbuiidnntly equip
ped to do nnd which should, to
n ctfi'lnin extent nt least, go to
(ho office tlmt maintains a plant
capable of doing tho hard cliwa i
of work. In tho smaller work
there is n profit nnd wo respect,
fully cnll iiM)ii business firms
possessing homo prldo who '
know upon reflection, that ut
(inli'r to keep a big plant run
ling it must hnvo all clnssce of
printing. Do not send us your
technical, hard printing, that
can not lie done by anyone else
In the county, and then send
yolir Kinnller work elsewhere. It
IS NOT FAIR. When it comes
to price on smnller work, It '
stands to reason Chut this shop
can mom than compete with
any other concern, for we keep .
a regular force of Jonrncymea
printers nnd pressman anil nay
these men nboro the Union
scale of wages.
If you nre a believer In well
pnld labor nnd wnnt to uphold
such principles, send your Job .
printing to this office, where.it '
will be handled at the least p.
slhlo cost to you, anil at the
same time yon are assured of s
good grade of work.
Observer
Job Printing Dept.