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Novelty Suits
For Spring and Summer
SOLE AGENTS FOR THE
International Tailoring Co.
OF CHICAGO, ILL.
We are now prepared to take your
measure and deliver a tailor made suit
at the same figure you will be obliged
to pay for handme-down clothing.
A Complete Line of Men’s, Wo
men’s and Children’s Oxfords
Ties, Bals.
'Our footwear is the most complete in
the city with a wide range of makes.
OUR PRICE
For worthy goods is lower than can be
found in any city in the state.
A FIT GUARANTEED
MINERS AND FARMERS
There is no necessity for your clothes to
be untidy when you can get a suit to fit
from $14 to $40.
We have an excellent shoe for the
miner. It is not water-proof but as
near so as leather can be made.
ULRICH BROS
General Merchandise
BANK O F
Jacksonville
JACKSONVILLE
OREGON
This bank endeavors to promote the interest of
its customers along whatever line it is practicable
for it so to do. With a large capital, a strong
Directory and an experienced staff of employees
we are prepared to handle all business entrusted
to us. We solicit your business upon the basis
of sound and progressive banking, liberal and
courteous treatment
quite correct," she beamed, with rtett-
ulte finality, “and one might Just as
I well be out of the world 11s out of the
style, you know. Of course they’re
sweet and pretty and fragrant, and all
that," she said, giving them a vigorous
shake, as though they needed a course
In gymnastics. "But who wants any
thing like that. Indeed?
“Oh, yes, sometimes some men, the
old-fashioned kind, that wear silk hats
and say ‘thank you.’ occasionally buy
them, and then, too, when a girl Is la
mourning and can't wear anything
els«', there is a slight demand, tint to
send violets to a girl”—she held up her
hands I11 horror.
tna tuind!" said a canny Scotchman in
the witness box. A wholesome charity
for the mistakes of others was learned
by a certain woman from her own ex
perience. She was aliout to cross the
continent for a three months' visit.
On the day of her departure she went
to the safety deposit vault where she
kept her valuables, and said to th«*
manager that she wanted to take her
“Why, I am sure she'd give them to
box, with Its contents, to her lawyer’s the cook.”
office for an hour. Could lie arrange
"Well, what do they like?" I asked,
that for her? Tlie manager assented,
For answer I was trenteil to a glance
and wrapped the box in a newspaper,
that It might make an inconspicuous that would have been a credit to ar
emigrant Inspector.
bundle.
Sybil
“Like?” echoed sharp-eyed
The day passed and the woman did
not return. The next morning, inquiry "Why. anything that stands out. allows
revealed the fact that she had gone on off; lets everybody know that you're
her Journey. The manager w*aa curious wearing them. s|teaks for themselves;
enough to ask her lawyer If lie knew that’s what they want"
She swept by a bower of roses, dusky
anything about tin* box.
“She left here Intending to take It with velvet beauty, mid |iointeil to a
great patch of gaudy orchids.
directly to you," said the lawyer.
site
exclaimed,
“There! there!”
That was enough to Justify a tele
gram. as soon as the woman had reach "That's the kind that makes the hit;
ed her destination, six days later. Tel Just look at them. There won't be one
egram : “Where did .von put your safe left after the ball to-night. Of course.
ty dei*oslt box?” Answer: "In the I'll have to fall back on the roses to
vault where It belongeil.” Telegram: help out. but It’ll be those bright ones
“It Is not there. Return at once.”
there,” she pointed to a crimson blot*
Another week passed in wretched staining some snow-white hyacinths in
suspense for everyone concerned. When the case beyond. "You know." she con
the woman arrived, silt* was In a state fided. “I do believe some girls would
of nervous rage, and ready to accuse wear sunflowers if they were only fash-
the officials of every crime In the cal ionable. Those chrysanthemums and
endar. She declared she had driven bright flowers do make an awful bit,
straight from her lawyer to the vault. and as for orchids"—I followed her
The manager had himself let her in. forefinger trying to find some mythical
and talked with her. Her story was meaning other than a loud plea for
complete in all Its details. But the dollars and cents. '•Those, of course.
“I understand tlie new magazine has
a high standard." “Indeed it lias, it
went up yesterday.
Atlanta Constitu-
lion.
Redd What kind of a machine have
you got now? Greene- A runabout ; It
will run aliout a block, and then step.
—Yonkers Statesman.
Authoress I'm very happy tn my
married life. | find my husband sinh
ti help.
Friend Indeed!
Does he
cook, or write? l'llegende Blaetter.
"Maude was ttfraiii the girls wouldn't
notice her
iter engagement ring.
ring." ”
"Did
they
"Did they! Six of them rec
ognizeil It at ome." —Cleveland Plain
I lealcr.
"I hear yer frlen’ Tamsou’s marriet
iagain." "Aye, so lie Is. He’s been a
[dear frlen' tae me. lie’s cost me three
iveililin' presents an’ twa wreaths.”-—
London Tit-Bits.
"is your husband voracious lit his
appetite, madam?" "| can't say as lie
is. doctor, lie’ll eat anythink ami ev-
erythlnk as long ns there's anythink
to eat."—Baltimore American.
He If you refuse me 1 shall go on.
ami hang inysi If to tlie lamp post in
front of jour house. She Now, George,
you know father said he wouldn't have
you hanging around here.—Life.
"Ever seen Congress in session?"
"No," replied Farmer Coboss, “but I
know how it look's. I liev a hired mail
who kin git ns busy doing nothin' as
anything on earth." Washington Iler-
Newlywed But, my love, why
11 weeping? Mrs. Newlywed—
John! John! 1 Just peeped into
kilelteti and saw that cook lias
ter traveling gown. — Harper's
Weekly.
"1 want it man to do odd Jobs about
tlie house, run on errands, one that
tever answers back ami is always ready
to do m.v bidding.” "You're looking for
a husband, ma am. not a man." The
Jewish i .edger
Hi 1 ragerily Yes, se opened In Osh
kosh. Low 1* Comerdy Ami what did
COMBING Illi: HAIR, PU KING IT, AND PACKING FOR MARKET.
your audience think of your "Ham
Thrifty French men and women make tidy sums of money rearing Alt
gora rabbits, and selling their liair or fleece, which is woven into a superior let ?" Hi Tragcrdv Wey er he went
quality of cloth much like silk, and is worn next the skin by those afflicted out before I hail a chalice to ask him.
—Philadelphia Press.
with rheumatism, who say they derive beneticinl results. The better the
"Cheer up. old man," said the consol
animal is nourished and cared for, the longer, finer and thicker Is the hair.
The rabbits are also consumed for food. It Is said that with proper care ing friend. "Yen know love laughs at
each rabbit may be made to yield a net profit of three dollars a year, and locksmiths." “Yes, I know,” replied
tlie dejected lover
“But Iter father
the occupation Is very pleasnnt.
ain’t a locksmith; lie's a boilermaker."
— Detroit Free Press.
records of tlie deposit company did not are most expensive, and therefore Itest
He So your lather thought I want
substantiate It. That cast doubt enough of all."
ed to marry you for your money What
on it so that it seemetl worth while
“Violets." she shook her head, "beau
did you say? Site I persuaded Him
to look up the cabman who had driven tiful anil fragrant mid tenderly sincere.
that you didn't, mid then he said if
•he woman on that fateful day.
If you like, but old fashioned, dread
that was the ease you didn't have any
IIo was found, lie remembered tlie fully old fashioned, and not even to lie
sense. The Jewish la'ilger.
circumstance well.
considered. you know."
“Willie, did you put your nickel in
Hail 11«' any recollection of stopping
anywhere els«'? Scratching Ills grizzled CATHEDRAL MADE OF MATCHES. tin* contribution box In Sunday school
to-day?” “No, mamma ! 1 list Eddy
betid, lie slowly retraced tlie course,
A coal miner named Wilhelm Letn Lake, tile preacher's son, If I couldn't
ami then said. "Why. yes! We stoppcl
at the bakeshop on tlie corner of 3d perfz arrived here a few days ago with keep It mt' spend It lor candy, mi’ lie
Denver News.
a cathedral a cathedral made of gale 1110 permi--s|o|i
street, and you went in!"
Her«' was tlie clew
A hasty visit to imiti’lus
He cam«' from Port Arthur.
“Young mm'.“ said tlie pompous In
tlie bakery revealed tlie newspaper bun Texas. wliere he had been employed dividual, "I did not always have Illis
die tucked away on a logit shelf, with until recently
The enthedrnl repre carriage. When I first started In life
Its precious
contents undisturlaxl. sents two years of l.empertz's labor, I had to walk." “You were lucky,”
There it had stood for a fortnight, sui'h painstaking labor as few men are chuckled tlie youth. “When I first
while a woman and a half dozen melt capable of performing.
started in Ilf" 1 couldn’t walk.'’ Til»
were staying awake by night and fret
For 211 years l.empertz has been a Catholic News
ting by day, accusing emit other of coni miner
lie worked in the mines
Nell lie il. i sn't know anything
lying and stealing, all lieciiuse one of Germany am! America, but a few about tin' little niceties of pitying at
woman's intention got ahead of her year-, ago he hail to give up mining on tention to a girl. Belle Wlt.v, I saw
performance and imprinted a lie on
him typing your shoestring
Nell—
the tablets of her memory.—Youth's
Yes; but In' tied II In n double knot, so
Companion
it couldn't come untied again
Phila
delphia ......... i'll.
NO LONGER LOVED.
"What you want is a stenographer
wlio is rapid and absolutely accural«."
Violet* I’archnned Only by Old-Faah ■
"Well," answer! d Mr. Uligglns, “rapid
toned Men Who sa> “Thank If on."
ity Is all right, but iih to aeciiniey—
If a straw may show which way the
well, I don't want to be held down
wind blows, says a well known news
strictly to my own Ideas of gra minar.’*
paper writer, then 11 violet may also
—Washingion Star.
serve as n vane to Indlente the passing
Miss Cutting I see by tlie pa|>er
zephyrs of society.
Unit all tlie swell set was nt tlie An-
In the present vanishing of the violet,
seinbly ball last night. Miss MeBluff -
there Is no belter Indicator of tills radi
Yes; I expected to lie there, but wits
cal change between the woman our
prevented — MI hs Cutting The idea!
fathers used to «'till "mother" 11« she
I hope the doorkeeper wasn't rough
stitched and sewed and smiled upon
with you, dear. < 'iilholle Stmidard and
her little brood, supremely happy with
Times.
tlie bouquet of violets thnt sometimes
Tommy— l>o you believe It Is fortu-
graced her gown, and the smart, up-to-
mite to he the seventh son? Mickey—
OF 2.000,000 NPI.1NTEHH.
date Mrs. B.
Naw! I’m the seventh son. Tommy—
Formerly when flowers were distinct account of ill health. While he was ll| Hut tlie fortune tellers say tin- seventh
ly emblematic, deep with esoteric lie did various tilings to while away sun lias nil kinds of lin k handed down
meaning, there was no greater compli the time. One day lie started to build tn him.
Mickey Hull! All I have
ment than to lie presented with a bunch a toy cathedral patterned after a pic handl'd down to me Is me six brothers’
of violets. I’oets the world over, since ture he saw In a magazine. Ills build old clothes. Chicago News.
First Gentleman (entering the apart
Adam delved and Eve went vloletlng, Ing materials'were matches and glue,
have rhapsodied over the womanly sig his tools a [Ks'ket knife and 11 glue ment of His'oiiil gentleman) About a
nificance of Its quiet fragrance. From brush. The plan was laid out for a year ago you challenged me to light
first reader ditties about the "mossy building 14 feet high, 14 feet long and n duel. Second Gentleman (sternly) —
First Gentleman Ami I
dell wliere tlie humble violets grew,” 7 feet wide. He worked with remark I did, sir.
to Napoleon's eloquent tribute as he able patience, oftentimes putting In all told you Hint I hail Just got ma ri led,
plucked it as the springtime emblem of his waking hours at Ills tusk. After anil I did nut cure to risk my 11 f u
Second Gentleman
his return from Elba, and also of Jo two years of almost continuous appll- at liny hazard.
(haughtily) I remember, sir
First
sephine's devotion, everywhere from catlon the Job was finished.
The walls of the cathedral, the tow Gentleman (bitterly) Well, my feel
garret to throne. It has nixliled Its low
ly head, with a success undreamed of ers and turrets, tjie galleries and stee ings have I'haiiL’i'il ; any time you want
by haughty garden beauties. Modesty, ples, the ornaments—all are of match u fight, let me know. Human Life.
sweetness,
Innate gentility — these es. It took more thnn 2,000,000 match
< upper to Mt eel wire.
glowed in the deep blue of each fra es to build the church and more than
A Parisian rnetAllurglcul engineer
100
pounds
of
glue
used
In
fastening
grant messenger. But. gracious «litre,
claims to have perfected a process of
the 2,000,000 matches securely. New welding copper to steel wire ho hh to
who wants to be that nowadays?
“Violets? Dear me! Don’t get those," York Press.
make a non-corrosive coating
Many
said the florist with a prescient glance
advantages, It Is said, will result from
After
an
affecting
urene
at
a
play
like an up-to-date Sybil with a fat bank
the use of tills new wire, such ns tilgb
account "They’re way out of styl«. the men all blow thejr notK«n vlgorou* tensile strength and elasticity, com
ly,
and
the
women
pat
their
eye«.
A bined with smaller surface exposed to
No one ever buys violets any more I
They’re too little, too modest," she man's wmy of crying la to blow hit wind and sleet than would be the case
pointed to a few meager bouquets that
with iron wire of the same condm-tlv-
looked very modest indeed, drooping on
If there Is one thin* a garrulous Ity. This wire Is e.|s-clHlly useful over
their wilted stem«
man deteats more than another It lr long spans, ns jxile Intervals may t>*
"They're not half showy enough, not a talkative woman.
much greater when It Is used.
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