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An Orange
By IVAN W1TKOWSKY
The Senator s barcusm.
For many jmi« 'I ihiv -> i ice In Hr.
United States seiinie :i mail of
TlilXl ami lllriliy Hile qualities, hut whir
ivns forever estranging ninny wilt
whom lie desired to be friendly by
reason ot ins Incurably surcnsile man­
ner both <•» speech nnd action. Once
an intimate friend wrote the senator
urging the appointment of another
friend to n minor position tn the gov
ernment. The senator returned a most
sarcastic reply, declining to recom­
mend the appointment. It Is said that
he never forgot tlie merited rebuke tie
n*:-elved from I lie friend u ho laid sug­
gested tlie n|i|mlntmeut:•
The Countess Melikoff was sitting in
her boudoir In Moscow, Russia, when
the card ot Colonel Michalovsky was
banded tier. She directed the servant
to admit him.
"My dear countess." he said, ‘‘I have
come to ask a fa. or. Knowing you to
My bear dstialor—I think It would he
be intimate with the imperial fnmily, well for you to reserve your sarcasm tor
that the empress esteems you highly, 1 the rapidly Increasbe* number of your en­
emies. tnstced ot offering It to the de­
should be obliged if you would use your creasing
numbar cf your friends, ot whoa»
influence to secure for my nephew a I am one
commission in the navy."
Knows Just Enough.
"Colonel, you overrate my influence.
"What do you know about the stock
I am not often bidden to the palace.
Indeed. 1 fancy 1 have been forgotten market?" asked Poorly.
“Just enough to keep out of it,"
there."
"How can that be when Grand Duke answered Richly.—Buffalo Express.
V. is to dine with you this evening."
ABOUT A MILE.
“Who told you that?”
"Why, the duke's movements are al­ It Makes a Difference In Whi-h Land
ways known. He informs the police
One Travels This Distance.
of bis engagements in order that they
If you take a notion to settle down
may provide for his safety.”
for a time and after you have been
“Do the police consider publishing whisked out and back in a motorcar
his whereabouts providing for bis
you think to ask how far the bouse is
safety?”
"They have not published his com- from the station the agent carelessly
Ing here. I was conversing with one waves his hand and airily remarks.
of the police officials about securing •‘About a mile.” you had best take heed
my 'nephew an appointment in the as to what country you are in at the
army. This man knows of my ac­ time.
quaintance with you and said to me:
If it is in England you are nil right,
‘Grand Duke V. dines with the count­ for the familiar 1,700 yards is the
ess today. If you see her and ask her standard, but if you have taken a I
influence in the matter she will un­ fancy to some sod thatched Irish
doubtedly secure a promise of the ap­ cottage It means a trump of 2,210
pointment while be Is at the table.’ ”
yards, and if you are moved to linger
"Well, my dear colonel. I am willing In the highlands remember that the
to oblige you if I find an opportunity, braw Scot calls 1,070 yards a mile.
but you must noi rely too much upon Considering the size of Switzerland,
me. I wish you were to be a member one might expect a mile to be about
of our dinner party. I would invite j as far ns one could throw n ball, but
you except that the grand duke, as the hardy mountaineers think 0.153
you know, must have a list before­ yards the proper thing, even wli«n, as
hand of other guests wherever be goes, it generally is. It is very much uphill.
and now there is not time.”
The Swiss is the longest mile of all.
“I have no especial desire to meet being followed by the Vienna post
him. But since you are to grant me mile of 8.200 yards.
this favor is there nothing I can do
The Flemish mile is C.SC9 yards, tho
for you?”
Prussian 8,237 yards, and in Denmark
"Nothing that I think of.”
they walk 8,244 yards and call it a
"I have just received a box of fruit stroll of a mile. The Arabs generally
from tlie south. Would you like some rldo good horses and call 2.143 yards a I
W. T. Grie ve vs Martha Mitchell. for your table?"
mile, while the Turks are satisfied |
“Indeed I would. Fruit at this sea­ with 1,820 yards, and the Italians I
Suit to quiet title. Complaint filed.
son Is not to be had.”
Affidavit and order for publication of
shorten the distance of n mile to 1,700 j
“I will bring it before the dinner is yards, just six yards more than the ;
summons.
Official Paper of the City of Jacksonville, Oregon
over.”
American has In mind when the agent
Eliza J. Lewis vs Joe M. Derry,
“Can you not send it?”
A weekly newspaper published every Saturday at the county seat of Jackson
waves bis band and blandly remarks,
“
Send
it!
No.
Do
you
suppose
I
et
al.
Suit
to
have
deed
declared
a
County, Oregon. D. W. B agshaw , Editor.
“About a mile.”—Chicago Record Her­
mortgage andto foreclose same. Com­ would trust a servant with what can ald.
Entered as second-class matter Juno 22, 1907, at the post office at Jacksonville, plaint, summons.
not be bought for love or money? He
would either eat it or sell it and say
Oregon, under Act of Congress of March 3, 1879.
NOISE OF THUNDER,
Sarah Haney Stewart vs John Stew­ that he had been robbed.
I shall
art.
Suit
for
divorce.
Complaint
SATURDAY. JANUARY 27. 1912
bring it myself. What o’clock will
Theory as to the Cause of the Craokla,
your dinner be served?"
SUBSCRIPTION: One year by mail $1.50. Advertising rates furnished on filed.
Roar and Rumble.
“At half past & We shall be ready
It has usually been thought that the
application.
PROBATE COURT
for fruit by half past 9. The grand
noise of thunder is caused by the clos­
In the matter of the estate of Wm. duke does not like to sit long at table; ing up of the vacuum created by tho
he
is
a
very
busy
man."
THE BOND ISSUE FOR ROADS.
Howard,
deceased. Order
setting
Mlchnlovsky left her shortly before passage of the lightning, the air rush»
' time for final hearing.
Ing in from all sides with a clap. But
the
dinner hour.
The decision of the supreme court in the matter of
the
intensity of the noise is rather dis­
"So
the
police
told
my
cousin
that,
Estate of John C. Parslow, deceased.
the bonds for building roads, voted at the special election Order discharging executor and sureties did they? 1 know better. The police proportionate, and it Is now supposed
is due to the intense heating
last fall, while a dissapointment to many of the good In the matter of the estate of do not tell such secrets. Alexis got it thunder
elsewhere. But where? He certainly uf gases, especially tlie gas of water
roads enthusiasts at the same time conveys a valueable Martha Hugger, a minor. Order to could not have got it from any of the vapor along the line of electric dis­
duke's household. The colonel would charge and the consequent conversion
lesson; that it is best to make haste slowly, that it would sell certain real property.
not use It for any other purpose than of suspended moisture into steam at
have been much better to have waited until the general Estate of Geo. W. Magcrle, de- the pretended one. But the duke's life enormous pressure.
ceased. Order appointing day for Is in danger every moment from revo-
In this way the crackle with which
election before attempting to submit the question to a final settlement.
lutlonlsts. nnd If it is known that he a peal of thunder sometimes begins
is to dine with me tonight be may be might be regarded as the sound of
vote of the people.
•
In the matter of the estate of Laura assassinated either coinlug or going. steam explosion on n small scale caus­
The writer has always been an advocate of good M. Hoxe, deceared. Order admitting I will send n messenger suggesting ed by discharges before the 'nain
flash. The rumble would lie the over­
roads and believes that the proper way to raise funds for will to probate and appointing ex­ that he stuy away.”
ecutor.
She wrote a note stating that his ex­ lapping steam explosions, nnd the tlnal
their construction is by the assurance of bonds bearing a
pected visit was known nnd begged clap, which sounds loudest, would be
Estate of John Cottingham, deceas­
the steam explosion nearest to tho
low rate of interest’ to be paid for out of a sinking fund ed. Administrator’s report filed. him not to couie. But he replied in auditor.
person.
raised by a small levy each year during the period which Order directing administrator to re­ “Ah. countess." he said gallantly, “do In the case of rumbling thunder tho
linquish to U. S. all claim to certain you suppose fear would cause me to lightning Is passing from cloud to
the bonds run. Such is the only 'logical way the people government
land.
forego the pleasure of dining with cloud. When the flash passes from
of the county can have the present use of the roads while Estate of May Anderson, deceased. you?"
tho earth to the clouds the clap is
Did nothing happen on the way?”
loudest nt the beginning. Trowbridge
the whole system is new and in good • condition. To at­ Order fixing date for final settlement “ “ Nothing.
”
gave substance to these suppositious
“But I fear for your return.”
tempt to build roads, little by little each year from the and directing notice thereof.
by causing electric flashes to pass
"Banish it from your mind. I am from point to point through terminals
money raised by taxation and available for such purpose In the matter of the estate and here to enjoy a pleasant evening with clothed
in soaked cotton wool, and he
guardianship of Thomas E. Scantlin
would require twenty years to cover the present roads in and Lingle Scantlin, minors. Order you. Let us throw fear to the winds.” succeeded In magnifying the crack of
They dined together, and during the the electric spark to a terrifying ex­
this county; andto construct roads and pay in county appointing T. E. Scantlin guardian. dinner the countess asked the duke for tent.
— Excha nge.
warrants, without funds in treasury, has been tried and Estate of Clarinda C. Oglesby, de­ the appointment ns she had promised.
"At whose request do you usk me for
found expensive and impracticable and should have never ceased. Order to show cause why this favor?” he said after promising
order of sale of real estate should not the commission.
bo made.
been attempted.
“My cousin. Colonel Alexis Mlcbalov-
It seems that the proper thing to do it to try it again Estate of M. F. Vrooman, deceased. sky.”
"Colonel Michalovsky?”
at the November election, the delay in the meanwhile Order appointing appraisers.
“Yes. Do you know him?"
"Only ns colonel of a regiment.
In the matter of the estate of Annie
may prove a blessing in disguise.
At the moment a dish of exquisite
M. Arnold, deceased. Order appoint-
ing appraisers.
I cut glass was brought in on which
wns mellow fruit, surmounted by n
money. Complaint filed.
THE COURT HOUSE
Inrge orange. The dish was set on
James J. Mears vs City of Jackson­
the table between the two, and the
MARRIED
Itimi of Interest to Jackoon County ville. Action for damages. Complaint
countess wns taking the orange from
filed, summons.
Morgan- Simmon«— Wednesday, Jau-
__
the top of the pyramid when the serv­
Tax Payera
James S. Bailey vs Victor Klein.
nary 17, 1912, by Rev. Horace N. ant said to her:
Action to recover money. Complaint
"Colonel Michalovsky begs that he
Aldrich: Edward Morgan and Flor­
MARRIAGE LICENSES
filed. Affidavit,
undertaking,
and
may speak to you a moment It is
ence E. Simmons.
about the appointment He wlsbea to
Edward M. Morgan and Florence E. writ of attachment.
Holland— Anderson — At the court house
change Ills request"
Louise Heil vs Charles Hereford, et
Simmons.
in Jacksonville, Oregon, Saturday,
But the countess did not bear., On
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J. R, taking up the orange
Arthur Holland and Mrs L J. And al. Action to recover money. Com­
January
20, 1912, • by Judge
she noticed a
plaint
filed.
Neil; Arthur Holland and Mrs J. smnll spot where it had been plucked
•non.
J. Anderson.
Lewie A. Wait vs M. M. Welch.
from the tree, She held the orange
Monto Edward Briggs and Julia W.
under her nose and noticed a pecul­
Action in ejectment. Transcript from
Whitney.
iar odor. Then suddenly she saw a
J. P. Court, Medford.
CIRCUIT COURT
tiny flash such ns might come from
Agent Wanted
Julia Stinson vs H. C..Bonnev et al.
the fuse of n firecracker. There was
NKW CASES.
Action to recover money.
beside her a Anger bowl that bad been
Tohandlebest Auto in America.____
State of Oregon vo S. W. Blame.
Exclu- placed on the table with the fruit
Clara Ixtomis va W. F. Loomia. Suit give in thia country. Built by Old Time The countess quick ns a flush Im­
Transcript from J. P. Court, Medford.
for divorce. CompUint filed. Summons , Une Manu,™^ Life Z^tJS mersed the orange In the water. White
Charlo« Randles va H. C. Bonney
T f VV_ a. .
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J. E. Hart vs Susan C. Hart. Suit Starting. Long Wheel Base. No de- as a cloth, she told the duke to run for
et al. Action to recover money. Com­
for
divorce.
Complaint
filed.
P°
’
'
‘
required.
Prefer
dealer now in his life.
plaint filed. Affidavit nnd undertaking
“Not while you sit still,” he said
! business, but will consider live people
for attachment.
When the bomb was cut open by the
Mabie Starks vs George Starks. who wiI1 ,nter busineg9. Thi, a(fency
Crater Lake Lumber Co. vs L. R Suit for divorce. Complaint
files! inf|U(1„ „ compIete Correspondence police it was found to be an orange
money Summons.
Sales Course. Largest discount ever Skin filled with nitroglycerin. The fuse
James. Action to recover
bad burned within an eighth of an
Complaint filed.
Jackson County Bank vs W. E. offered. Deal direct with Factory. Inch of the contents
Crater Lake Lumber Co. va B. J. Johnson et al. Suit to declare a deed Address Sales Manager. 6*i W nhing-
Colonel Mlcbalovskv trial to escape,
Aydlott at al. Action to recover a mortgage. Complaint filed. Summons, ton St, Portland. Oregon.
but was caught and seut i <> Mberia.
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Gents’ Furnishings,
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