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Summer- R.ates East"
During the Season 1909
via the
Southern Pacific Co.
from
C0RVALL1S, OREGON
To OMAHA and Return - - $62.60
To KANSAS CITY and Return $62.60
To ST. LOUIS and Return - - $70.10
To CHICAGO and Return - - $75.10
and to other principal cities in the East, Middle West and South.
Corr.spondingly low fares.
On Sale Jans 2, 3; July 2, 3; August 11, 12
To DENVER and Return - - $57.60
On Sale Msy 17, July 1, August 11
Going transit limit 10 days from date of sale, final return limit October
31st. -
These tickets present some very attractive features in the way of stop
over privileges, and choice of routes; thereby enabling passengers to make
side trips to many interesting points enroute.
Routing on the return trip through California may I e had at a slight
advance over the rates quoted. . ,
Full particulars, sleeping car reservations and tickets will be furnished
by R..C. LINNVILLE, Southern Pacific local agent at Corvallis or
WM. M'MURRAY, General Passenger Agent
Portland, Oregon
This Curious Animal Is Like Two Half
Creatures Joined.
The chameleon is not allied closely I
to any other animal. It stands' as a
genus by itself. The nervous centers
in one lateral half operate independ- i
entry of those in the 'other. - This
seems outrageous, and it is, but It is :
true. The chameleon has two lateral
centers f perception of sensation and
of motion. There exists also a third '
center that common one In which i
abides the power of concentration by j
means of which the two sides of the j
creature may be forced to work in I
harmony with each other. But this ;
center of concentration does not al
ways dominate the situation. Not
withstanding the strictly symmetrical
structure of the animal's two halves,
the eyes move quite independently,
and they convey distinct and separate
Impressions to their respective centers
of perception. As of the eyes, so of
the other members each reports to
and is controlled by its own center. '
The result is that when the faculty
of concentration becomes disturbed
everything is jumbled. Let the chame
leon be much agitated and its move
ments grow erratic. They are those
of two creatures fastened together, or,
rather, of two half creatures joined.
Each half exhibits its Intention of go
ing Its separate way. The result is a
pitiable confusion of movement There
Is no concordance of action. A curi
ous example of the chameleon's help
lessness when unduly excited is found
in the fact that it cannot swim. The
shock of being plunged Into water up
sets the poise of Its faculty for concen
tration. Forthwith each side strikes
out wildly for itself, to its own undo
ing. The chameleon is the only four
legged vertebrate that cannot swim.
When the creature is calm every im
pulse to motion is referred to the com
mon center of concentration, and the
entire organism acts in fitting accord
with the commands issued by that fac
ulty. Thus, while totally different im
pressions from the two eyes are trans
mitted from their centers to the com
mon one, that concentrating power de
cides as to which scene is the more
important and then directs the eye
otherwise engaged also to regard it.
The same principle applies in the con
trol of all the members so long as the
animal remains unexcited. Any ob
server may easily verify the existence
of this dual nature in a superficial way
by some experiments with a sleeping
chameleon. A touch on one side of
the animal will wake that side up,
while the other side sleeps calmly on.
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Come while this special sale lasts and secure the
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FLINT AND TINDER.
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Paints and Varnishes are the Best. Sold by
Making Fire In the Days Before We
, Had Matches.
A friend of mine of just my age used
to laugh about his own boyhood and
tell the story of his mother ; shaking
him in bed and bidding him put bnis
boots when he dressed and his" over
coat and wade through the snow to
the next neighbor's to get a pan of hot
.coals with which to make the tire. I
suDDOse Joe's mother had lost her
flint We kept our flint and what was
called ''the steel" in a round tin box
such as would hold a quart of straw
berries now, and it was on the man
telpiece in the kitchen. It was half
full of tinder. Half the boys and girls
of today do not know what tinder is
or was. - ; '
' Now, whoever was in the kitchen in
the morning and found that the . last
hot coal of the wood fire had gone out
took down . the tinder box and struck
the steel, with the flint smartly and of
ten until a redhot spark fell on the
tinder; then very carefully she blew
with her breath on any flakes of the
tinder which had lighted until she had
quite a little cove of lighted xtinder.
Then she took what we called a brim
stone match and put that very care
fully in the little hot hole.. If all
things worked well, the, brimstone
lighted and the wood of the match
lighted, and she lighted the candle,
which made a part of the tinder box.
Oh, dear!' There were thousands of
tinder boxes in little Boston the day 1
was born, and a few years ago I tried
to buy one as a curiosity, and I could
not find one in any of the junkshops.
In those days old women wculd stop
at the door and ask you tof buy some
bundles of matches. They had made
these themselves of pine wood four
inches long, which they had dipped in
hot brimstone at both ends. And those
were the only matches that anybody
ever heard. of. Woman's Home Companion.
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' Always Dreaded the 14th.
Most dismal of all men off the stage
was Grimaldi, the clown, and his
father fathered him. He had that
curious dread of a certain date which
assails. so many. The elder Grimaldi
hated the 14th of the month, and when
It was passed he regarded himself as
safe until the next. He was born,
christened and married on the 14th
of the month, and, being discontented
with all three events, we will hope his
death on March 14, 1788, satisfied him.
London Tatler.
DURING ALASKA
YUKON EXPOSITION
Cutting Humor.
"With cap and bells jangling, he burst
Into the king's presence.
"Have you heard my last joke,- your
majesty?" lie cried. . .. :
"I havei" was the reply as the royal
ax descended on the neck of the court
jester Life. :'
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: Realism.
The' Author VSVell. hovv did you like
my play? . The Critic Oh, It was very
nice! The Author Didn't you think
the church scene realistic? .The Critic
Intensely so. i Why, a great many of
us actually went to sleep while it was
on. Cleveland Leader. i
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