A
Greatest Used Truck Sale
CROSBY,
THE RAW
RECRUIT
In History.
We ar« »«III dk «very eno of our.
■ tock of u»«d trucks at unhourd of
price*. Now I* tho time to buy If you
nerd or ar« going to need equipment
of any kind. All make*, al»«» and
price*. Term* to suit. Muck», Korda,
By JAMES F. DWYER
Whlie«, Packard», Pierce Arrow», »===========================»:
GMC*. Federal», Ite public*. Mors-
by Kiwi M">iy i'ub <w )
landa. Kleiber*, etc. % to 6 ton* for
N OCCASIONAL bullet whl»tl*4
any kind of work.
through the thick, hot nlr and
Phone, Wire or write. .Phone, EAat
plunged Into th« »und bunk
H2H. MACK TRUCK COMPANY, 2«5
behind which Crosby crouched.
Oregon St., Portland, Ore. Adv.
He shivered »»be listened to the ghost
ly buz» <>f the Mu user pellet», »nd he
Change* In Men'* Dre»».
ponderi-d deeply upon the peculiar un
Th« wig and the pigtail went out tie* of hl* Imagination, which peralut-
of taahlon early In th« Nineteenth e«l In picturing tho»« flying bullet* as
red atom* tlngeing the atmoapbere
century and gentlemen worn their hair,
through which they • ripped u track.
rather long and freely oiled.
Loo*« Thl» distorted vlstiul image puzzled
coMack tronaer», hlgh-w*l»tod vest», Crosby. He knew thut u bullet wu»
and volumlnou* cravat» war« In tub not red. yet, every time tie heard th«
Ion. the shirt collar w»» often worn plug of the leuden messenger», hl»
turned up with th« point« »bowing liriuirloutlon mnjle un attempt to over
above th« cravat. The coat cut away । whelm the liupresHloi)» recorded by hi»
»quan-ly in front went out of date eje/. It wu» a very peculiar manifes
tation, unit, try ua lie would, lie could
late In th« Nineteenth century.
not prevent his fancy from building
up the Impreaklon again and again. He
Old Geographical Term.
took the cartridge» from hi» bandolier,
Iberia waa th« name KI ven by th« examined the brim» ahell* with their
ancient Greek» to th« territory Includ half expoaed bullet» with Id» own eye»,
Ing Spain. Portugal, ami *«>uthw«*teru und then became dluguuted when Imagi-
France; but It 1» noW uaod a» poetic nutlou pictured u rose-pink trull di
term for Spain only.
The word j rectly above Ida head where n alug
"Iberia" was al»o employed by the had gone whistling out over the gray
Greek» und Itoman» to de»lgnat« the veldt.
All thrruigti the long forenoon lie hud
southern part of Georgia, u country In
crouched In the little crater on the
Asia, »outli of the Caucasus mountains,
uummlt of the »and dune, peering out
between the Black and the Caspian acre»» the hurrying wuteiu of the river
seas.
which the ruya of u yellow aun »tubbed
relentle»»ly. He wus perfectly sufe,
Monarch of Evil Memory.
but hlu teeth chattered aa he rolled
The king Herod who reigned at the about in the shallow baaln or looked
time of th« birth of Jesus Christ was cautiously over the edge of the bank
opposite, where a thin bl us mist like
known as Herod th« Great, and was
u Feri'a veil hung above the apot where
actual king of Judea. Th« Herod who the enemy lay concealed.
reigned a» tetrarch of Judea (sub
Why hud he stopped there? Again
sidiary king only) was Herod Antlpa», und uguln lie asked himself the que»-
the youngest son of Herod the Great. tlon. At daybreak bls company hud
This was the Herod before whom mnrehed up from the river bank, the
great, gray veldt, cool and solemn,
Christ was brought for trial.
stretching Invitingly before them. Then
came the firm scattered fusillade from
Enameling Old Art.
Enameling wn» practiced by th« an- the opposite Imnk. Johnstone, Cros
by's mute, pitched forward on his face
cent Egyptian», Chine»«, and other na
and lay still. The big Welsh corporal
tion*. It was known In England in the muttered n curse as lie swung round
time of the Saxons. At Oxford 1» nn toward the river, flung his arms into
enameled jewel which belonged to the air and dropped on Ills knees. It
King Alfred, and which, a» appears by was terrible. The company bad their
the Inscription, was made by his order buck» turned to the unseen foe, und
Crosby, u ruw recruit only live days
in hl» reign, about the year 837.
off the transport that brought him
from Plymouth to Table bay, remem
Right View of Life.
bered nt that moment n trick played
Riches and honor aro what men
upon him twenty years before when a
desire; but If tjiey attain to them by schoolmate dropped an Icicle Inside
improper ways they should not con his shirt collar.
tinue to bold them Poverty and low
Then the sun-tanned officer, keenly
estate are what men dislike; but If alive to the danger, ordered the men
they are brought to such condition to double, und they doubled eugerly.
by Improper way», they should not feel It was their first baptism of fire, and,
us there wus not a particle of cover
shame for It.—Confucius.
available, their safety lay In speed. It
wus nt thut moment thut Crosby stum
Family of Freak».
bled Into the little cruter In the »and
A family of women without finger dune where the noonday »un poured a
nail» or toenail» waa discovered In vertical fire upon him alx hours after
Italy recently by ti »dentist.
For ward». He had made an effort to fol
three generation» no woman in the low hla comrades, but, ns he struggled
family ha» had a full-fledged finger or out of the pit, three more men fell un
toenail. In every other way the women der the fire of the Boer sharpshooter».
Crosby's Imuginutlon liumedlutely point
are normal and healthy.
ed out the danger to which he. a soli
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tary figure, would be exposed If he at
Separate Path».-
tempted to join the rank, and thut
> The trouble seems to be that a Imagination, which is the parent of
man's soul mate isn't his sole mate.— cowardice, dragged him back Into the
little hole over which the enemy’» bul-
Philadelphia Inquirer.
lets whistled. Five minutes afterward*
Industry and honesty should go hand the company was half a mile away,
in hand that the laborer be worthy of while on the river bank there were
hi» hire. Doth are virtues and prop ten dead men and one live one who
wa* virtually a prisoner In a pit four
erly cultivated give strength to mind
feet deep.
and body and peace to the soul, creat
Then Crosby committer! a blunder
ing a nobility of manhood compared
that was further proof of a coward’«
to which all elqe Is dross.—Grit.
soul. Finding that he wus safe from
the enemy’» tire, he threw hl» rifle over
the ridge of his shelter nnd blazed
wildly at the hank opoalte. How be
regretted that blunder ns the morning
rolled slowly by I If he had remained
quiet, the hidden enemy would not
have known that the little pit con
cealed a foe, but the fusillade that
followed Informed him that he would
be a prisoner while the light lusted.
Occasionally he tested the watchful
ness of the foe. and now he shuddered
HEALTH--My Gift to You as he contemplated the three holes In
the pith helmet which had been dis
IFE will be far sweeter if you
played when his head wus not inside
it.
s once and for all time rid
yourself of those annoying, uncomfort
He looked up at ths blue dome above
able and dangerous PILES and other
him, und pictured tire bare veldt be
Rectal and Colon ailments. MY FREE
neath till he compared his own posi
96-page Book tells of my unqualified
tion with thut of the stuffed kingfisher
WRITTEN GUARANTEE to cure your
beneath the big glass globe on his
Piles without a hospital surgical opera
tion, or refund your fee. Many personal
aunt’s table In Truro. The kingfisher
letters are also contained therein prov
was really better off. He had passed
ing how 1 have given hack
the lust stage of suffering, while Cros
health and strength to
by still had a horrible fear of the rifle
thousands of others. Start
men on the other side of the swiftly
the New Year Happy and Well.
Send for my Book TODAY.
flowing river. As the day rolled slowly
by he became nervous nnd peevish. He
asked himself why they stayed. What
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right had they, twenty bloodthirsty
Boers, to sit down nnd wait patiently
QOS
till his head appeared above the edge
of the pit? It wasn’t war—it was mur
der. He. Algernon Crosby, head teller
of the County bank, whose patriotic
soul had been'stirred by the words of
If taken In time, prrvnnt opcr- "The Boys of the Bulldog Breed" and
ationa fur IHaLeteR. Catarrh.
"The Absent-minded Beggar," had
A r th ma Lu nr. Throat, Liver.
never Imagined cold-blooded warfare
Kidney. Rhrunmtiam. BU mm I.
Stotpach and allfemale dis of the type he was then taking a hand
orders. Bladder Troubles.
In. A Mephl«tophell*n self assured him
The C. G«jWo Remedies are
that be wad the absent-minded beggar
harmh m . a» no drugA or polton
are used.
Composed of the
when he dropped back Into the hole
choliest medicinal roots, herm,
(Midi and hark, ironortrd hy ns Instead of taking the chance to rejoin
from far away oriental coun his company, and the self-made sneer
tries. Cail hr Wr Ite for Inform-
did not Improve his temper. Again he
atkm
C. Gee Wo Chinese Medicine Co. blazed wildly nt the opposite bank, nnd
the foe displayed excellent
New lawail.m-JUttH Akter St., S. W. Cor. Third, again
Portland. One. a Established 23 Yearsin Bort land
marksmanship by dusting the recruit
A
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DEAN M
ROOT AND HERB
REMEDIES
with *un>l thrown up by burrowing bul
let*. Th* Imprisoned man felt that the
action of twenty men in waiting pa
tiently to murder one win not above
criticism.
And then Crosby's Imuginutlon would
persist In picturing those pellet* that
camo from the opposite bank life u hue
that Crosby knew was ridiculous. He
was annoyed with bl* Imagination, lie
wu* apnoyed with the sneering self
thut pictured him us the living embodi
ment of Kipling'* “Absent minded Beg
gur." He wus annoyed with the sane,
respectable Crosby that reckoned up
the Interest on thirty-nine pound* nine ,
teen »hillings und nine p«-nce three
farthing* for three und three «luurtera
year» ut two and five eights per rent
quicker than uny other clerk in the
County bunk. It wus really the lazl
ne»» of that'Crosby thut bud evolved,
the warlike Crosby that came overse*
to capture Piet und Hun» und Dirk,
who were giving Thomas Atkins a con
aiderable amount of trouble to subdue.
Crosby was actually revolting agnln»t
Crosby, There were in id» Inmost »out
innumerable battle» between the three
Crosby» that were now at loggerheads,
nnd tils nervousne»» Increased. He was
not a coward, but he was highly Itnagl
native. an«l the re»ult 1» the same. The
nhely pierced boles In the white hel
met took on the appearance of eye»
that »tudleil Ids pale fa«e and »baking
hand». HI» hands had been white and
well manicured when he left Truro, but
the few days under the South African >
»un had tinted them the color of a
freshly boiled lobster. Crosby cursed
bls own stupidity, cqrsed the fat re •
crultlng sergeant who said be would
make a fine soldier, cursed the trans
port that had brought him across the
Atlantic, and the sun-tanned officer
who had led him Into the ambuscade.
The sun'» rays came down in a per 1
pendlcular shower upon birn. He burled
his tingling face In the sand and prayed '
for nlgtit. He would creep away In !
the night—run away aero»« the veldt
till he overtook his comrades. lie would
tell them of hl« adventure and they ’
would luugh heartily at hl« cunning. (
It was while he wa« composing a
little account for the amusement of j
those comrades that his «ye«, sheltered
beneath the helmet, detected a slight
movement on the ridge of the «and pit.
He Jerked hie leg* back hurriedly when
hl« eyes informed his bruin of what
they »aw, and the sudden movement
brouglit down much «and and also 11
harmless green snake that had been
crawling along the edge. Crosby yelled,
und the snake picked itself up and at
tempted to beat a hasty retreat Un
fortunately, the send was very dry, and
the snake found It a difficult job to
climb out. Time after time it rolled
to the bottom of the hole, and euch
time It fell Crosby yelled. He had
never met a snake In such close quar-1
ter* and hla nerve» were not in a fit (
state to receive the visit. The snake j
was disgusted. Four times It made an .
attempt to scale the bank, and four
time» it fell back. Thon It noticed
Croaby'» leg, and with serpent wisdom.
Immediately recognized that the ««cent
could be made much easier by that
route.
Crosby »creamed, but the snake w«s
Irritable. For Just a moment the re
cruit forgot the foe on the opposite
bank as he clawed the edge of the pl! ■
and pulled hl» body out of the hole
Across the river three rifles »poke to
gether, but only Crosby fell hack Into
the hole—the annoyed snake was slid
ing away across the veldt, congratulat ,
Ing himself In a snaky way that he had
reached th* top before Crosby toppled
over.
Silk Cmturi«» Old
in British Muteum
Bom* of the moat Intereating pieces
of silk in th* world, material approxi
mately 1,900 years old, nre now on
view at the British museum, and mod
ern women are entranced by the »peel
men» which were collected by Sir Au
rel Stein in eastern Turkestan, west- I
ernmost China and northeastern Per
sia. Stein, who places their manufac-1
ture at a century before or after th«'
Christian ern. discovered some of the
silks In nn ancient cemetery nt Lou-
Ian, which Is In the track of nn an
cient trade route from Chinn to cen
tral Asia.
Fragments of clothe» of Chinese sol
diers, traders and travelers of long
forgotten nges form the majority of '
the exhibits, but flier* 1» a little hand
bag which might well be carried to
the theater with credit by a woman of :
fashion today. It Is composed of little |
diamond-shaped pieces of faded rose I
red silk, of the color with which old J
work boxes were lined, and of maize
nnd blue silk. A fair-sized piece of
the «ilk of the same period shows n
delicious running pattern of soft blues
und chestnuts. In which drooping flow
ers like snowdrops figure.
A small piece of sprigged silk, show
ing birds In flowery trees, dates from
the Seventh or Eighth century A. D.
Blurred green and yellow designs sug
gest that the popular "shadow” cre
tonnes of late years are In direct de
scent from these ancient Chinese fab
rics A little bag of «Ilk burled with
some wanderer from China in the Lou-
Ian cemetery somewhere about the be
ginning of the Christian ern. is not
much more than an Inch long, but It
lias little draw strings from which the
remainder of tassels dangle.
Other relics from the Lou-Inn graves ,
Include pastry placed In the tombs of !
Chinese travelers about the Seventh 1
century A. 1». Delicate little biscuits,
pierced and worked until they looked
like filigree buckles, had been pre
pared for the comfort of the dead trav
eler, and they are In a wonderful state
of preservation today. "They look
good enough to eat now," declared
many visitors.—New York World.
OFFERS A MARKET
PORTLAND
A SILVER FROST
FOR YOUR PRODUCE
By DOUGLAS MALLOCH
»
a
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XX7INTE11 will eonw, and non« can
»ay it nay;
Winter wilt come, and tresses turn to
gray,
Turning to white. So run the years
awuy.
Winter will eome, but winter Deed not
be
Bern of the storm, wild with the
melody
Of Mwaylng pine, or mad, tempestuous
sea.
HIBBKME
Portland, Oregon.
make the
MULTNOMAH HOTEL
If It »hall come as I have seen the
white
Of silver frost upon a moonlit night
Paint all the world with new and
pure delight.
A stiver froat!—the tree, the fence,
the cot.
Sculptured in white, all ugly thing»
forgot;
Dawn without wind, and earth with
out a blot.
Let ns grow old. our age a silver
frost;
Nothing we won, nothing we won or
lost.
But that we know, know It was worth
the cost.
Your Headquarters
Where the best is offered at reasonable
prices, and employees are glad to be
of service to you.
Note: You and your family will enjoy our Special
Christmas Turkey Dinner two dollars per person.
You are invited.
'C'
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All In One Breath.
When you like a girl and you don’t
know whether she likes you, how
could you find out her feelings? Do
you think it is wrong to take a girl’s
arm when coming home from house
parties in the winter? I will be six
teen in about nine months. Do you
A silver frost! So I have seen It there think I should wear long pants, it I
don't wear them to school?—(Letter
Upon the brow, silvering ev’ry hair.
to Montreal Star Advice-Dispenser.)
Yes. It is age—but marvelously fair.
Let us grow old, let us grow old In
peace;
Silent the sky, now let the thunders
cease;
After the storm, this Is the sweet re
lease.
(X by McClurs Newspaper Syndicate.)
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"You can bear me witness that I
have endeavored to convince y.ou .of
man's Inextinguishable
individuality,
and of the organic nature of society;
that there is no right without a parallel
duty, no liberty without the supremacy
of the law. and no high destiny with
out perseverance—that there can be no
greatness without self-denial.'*—Fran
cis Lieber's Address to Former Pupils.
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TASTY GOOD THINGS
TF YOU hawe been served with a bowl
of hot milk with a piece of toasted
bread floating in it, for milk toast,
you may like to review the way a
real dish of old-fashioned milk toast
is prepared:
Complels Change Seiwday
Adult«, Week day Matinee 20c;
Evenings, 35c. Continou« 1 to 11
p. m. Children 10 cent* all time*
When In Portland
Winter will come, age In Its time ap-
pusr;
All of our year* are after all a year,
Seasons of life; spring, when the
buds are here.
Season of dream»; and »umiu«.-r, hope’s
high noon;
Autumn In turn, and round the golden
(noon;
Winter will come—-yet never comes
too soon.
VAUDEVILLE PHOTO-PLAYS
Famout Perfume*.
Attar of rose* is not produced com
mercially in the United States. It is
chiefly produced in Bulgaria and in
France and to some extent in Indian.
Attar of roses is used principally for
perfumery purposes, the water re
maining after the oil distillation being
called rose water. This latter product
is largely used tor culinary purposes.
Increased Orthodox Limit.
A correspondent has spotted this
passage in “Foe Farrell,” by Sir Ar
thur Qtilller Couch: “The wise calm
of one who has passed his six-score
years and ten.’’ Few will question the
calmness, or at any rate the quietness
of people at the age of one hundred
and thirty.—Boston Transcript.
cur
flower ' s & floral designs
Clark« Brea., Fforiata, MV Morrison St.
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Hides, Pelts, Wool, Mobair,
Tallow, Cascara Bark
Horse Hair.
Send us your shipments. We mail you check
the same day we receive good«.
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CHICKS
W. L. & Henry Breed» from floras
blood tested under State Supervi
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Milk Toast
Prepare the white sauce, using two
heaping tablespoonfuls of butter ana
two of flour, cook until bubbling hot
and smooth, then add a quart of milk,
a little at a time until well blended.
Season with salt and set back where
it will Just simmer while the toast Is
being prepared. Toast the bread, us
ing slices that have been cut from a
day-old loaf. Use an electric toaster
or a fork over coals to make the
Ideal toast. As each piece Is prepared
keep hot and when enough is prepare«!
to serve the family, dip each crusty
edge Into hot milk, and butter gener
ously—the more butter the better the
toast. When all are thus prepared,
boll up the white sauce and pour over
the toast which has been placed on a
large b'altcr. Serve at once, piping
hot. Once serve, this toast properly
made and It will be welcomed for one
meal each week. Dried beef is nice
served with such a dish, or generous
slabs of rich cheese may be passed
with it.
Baked Apple Salad.
Biike a good-flavored apple which
keeps its shape after coring. When
cool remove the skin, scraping back
the color that clings to the inside and
paint it back on the cheek of the ap
ple. Fill the centers with shredded
almonds, nnd serve with a mayonnaise
which hns been enriched with a gen
erous quantity of whipped cream. Be
sure that the dressing Is well sea
soned.
True Greatne»».
Ideal Golf Course.
Great men are the true men, the
In Fiji, it is said, there Is a very
men In whom nature has succeeded.
They are not extraordinary, they are popular golf course almost entirely
in the true order. It is the other I covered with a sensitive plant, which
species of men who are not what shrivels at a touch. There are no
lost balls, no uncertainty as to the di
they ought to be.—Amiel's Journal.
rection of a drive, for the course is
marked by a line of shriveled, sen
Unflattering Prospect.
sitive plants.
Large heads on top of bodies like
a splinter of wood, and short arms
Reversed Condition*.
and legs; in fact, all brains and no
Of
course,
when we say that June 21
body—that is the picture of men and
is
the
“
longest
” day and December 23
women in 2.000,000 years' time, as
the “shortest,” the »aying holds good
drawn by an American scientist.
of the northern hemisphere only. In
the southern hemisphere the reverse
Meaning of “de Luxe”
is the case. June 21 is the shortest
This French phrase means “of extra
day. and Dcember 23 the longest.
fine quality or elegance.” The “de"
means “of” and the “luxe" elegance
Effect Before Cause.
or quality. In speaking of an extra
J.
C.
M.
sends us the following clip
fine book, we say it is an edition of
ping
from
a London paper: “Deafen
exceptionally good binding.
ing peals of thunder were followed by
vivid lightning." The writer of the
Of the Dim Past.
above seems to have slipped on the
Observations of Oldest Inhabitant— peals, he comments. — Boston Tran
What's become of the old-fashioned script.
jeweler who never expected to sell a
man more than one wedding wring?—
Arab Custom.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
After drinking coffee, the Arabs'
only stimulant, a censer Is brought and
Highest Church Spire.
The spire of Strassburg cathedral a sprig of aloes laid on hot embers.
is the highest in the world, being 460 I It is passed from hand to hand three
feet high. Around the solid spire is' times and back to the host. After this
an open net work of stone, with sta a guest is permitted to leave.
tues, rosettes and arabesques.
Cheese Spread.
Put two cupfuls of milk Into a
double boiler; when «hot add two tea
spoonfuls of salt, one-half cupful of
flour fixed with four tableepoonfuls of
butter, add one pound of cheese cut
fine; cook until smooth, beating well.
The addition of a little chopped pep
per will vary the flavor. Spread on
buttered bread or wafers, or use ns a
sandwich filling.
The Weak Point.
The part of a motor car that causes
more accidents than any other is the
Preservative treatment of telephone
nut that holds the steering wheel.—
poles and crossarms greatly prolongs
Linville (Ala.) Headlight.
their life. It is estimated that 125,000,-
000 will be saved by such treatment of
One swallow may not make a sum
the poles and crossarms now in serv
mer. but a pair of baby-blue eyes can
ice In the Bell system.
cause a fall.—Wesleyan Wasp.
Onion, Apple, Dato Salad.
Chop very fine half of a small
Southern onion, add two cupfuls oi
finely diced apple, the same of tender
celery, nnd a dozen «lutes which have
been stoned and cut fine. Mix with
a highly seasoned salad dressing and
serve on lettuce or garnished with the
tender tips of celery.
The Eskimo dog of the Far North
is mortally afraid of water and only ।
under the stinging lash of the long,
whip will he consent to wade through
it, especially in low temperatures.
«•••
KawunavM*« H»!» ■ *
Pole Preservation.
Dogs Fear Water.
We Wouldn’t Blame ’Em.
It would not be surprising should
the Inmates of insane asylums adopt
resolutions protesting against admit
ting some persons sent there by juries.
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No 52, 1925