CROSBY, TH E R A W RECRUIT F M O E P A IM Section ‘Devoted to A ttractive Magazine M aterial ffl Intfte B , JAMES F. D W Y E R («3 t ) » h ö r t » t o o A t t »E H I ffl Douglas Fairbanks “ JUNGLE Vith CKocrup 5 anti the Quixies zf/G race Dliss Stevaxt BRIGHTEYES’ MISTAKE Q UICK; come quick. Boys,** cried Brightcycs one day. as he M t on his spider web. resting during the heat of utnratime. “ Hurry, hurry !** Up ¡wanted Quickear. Softhtot and Sniff-sniff as fast as they could and imthered around their playmate to set» whar the fun was. *‘LiK>k, look,” whispered Brighteyes. “ right over there; don’t you see? Ills coat is ail white with Mack stri|H»s; maybe he is just out of prison.’* “ Well, for my part. 1 can’t see a thing.’’ grumbled Quickear; “ but I can hear a most peculiar noise. It souuds harsh and ra>pii g. like some ‘ Lock. Lock.” Whispered Brighteyet, “ R.flht Over There." 1 But I should like to explore a little; an excursion to the mountains or a weekend on the Broad Plain, per haps.” “ Oh. sir. that would he splendid' I ’m sure you would have a warm wel come everywhere, except perhaps In the mountains. You see. we Zebras are a shy lot. My branch of the fam ily lives on the Broad Plain uud is more uaed to aoeietT. hut ray cousins, the Mountain Zebras, who live up in t lie hills. Just don’t care for company at all. 1 say they carrj it too far, but everyone to his taste, c f course. Why. they even post sentinels on the highest crags to warn the herd when anyone Is com ing. so they can all scamper away. That’s not very hospitable, it seems to me. And they are so pretty, too. you’d think they would he proud to show off This popular screen star was born in a Nt. They haven’t plain white legs like mine, but are striped all over, way Denver, x%here he received a boyhood training that included fencing, danc down to their hoofs." “ Th nks for the hint. Zippy. We'll ing, dramatic literature, and a wide try not to Intrude on your shy cous range of athletic exercises, besides ins.” laughed Cheerupa, “ But I should regular academic studies. At seven think all those Mack stripes would teen he was with Frederick Ward# in make you very easily seen, even at Shakespeare plays. Later he was w.th other New York companies, and be night.” “ Oh. no, s ir ; It's just the other way.” came a B-oadway star, following brayed Zippy with a proud ring io his which he entered the “ movies." voice. “ They help to hide us In the daytime, but at night we art almost the first one. They fold me nf home invisible. It s on account o f the stripes not to stay till you were tired, because that we nre so ioconsplc— Inconspie— ” I do love to talk. Come am! see us “ Inconspicuous, perhaps,” added some time; good-by. everybody,** nnl Cheeru;»*. Zippy Zebra trotted away with a part “ Yes. that’s it, sir. the very word! j ing whisk of his little tall. I'm not good at big ones.” replied “ Well.“ gasped Bright eyes. “ I gueas Zippy, feeling a little embarrassed. I was mistaken that tim e!” Now I've made quite a long call for 1 <£ by L it t le , Ilr o * o * C o I IRVING H E W H Y tf $!/ H. KING S U P E R S T IT IO N S one sawing wood back home on the steep mountain side.” *’! don’t see anything nor do I hear anything.” piped Softfoot and SnfiT- snifT in chorus. “ What’s the joke any way. Brighter es?” “ Can’t you be a little quieter. Boys?” said Uheerups, looking out of THE EXTRA PLATE his house. “ I>ear, dear. I just thought I would have a wink or two T F AN extra plate be accidentally while Mr. Sun was doing his worst. plac ed on the table when it la be B ut bless tue. who is that?” as a ing set for a meal it la a sign that plump little white horse ail covered ' some vl.lt.>r la coming hungry. This with black stripes came cantering up. Is a superstition found in various sec “ How do you do. how do you do?” tions of the country; the American neighed the little horse in the same Folk-Lore society specified Ohio as one rasping tones which Quickear b«d of Its hahitnts. It is. of course, based heard. *Tm Zippy Zebra, and I ’ve upon the idea of the ancients that come a long way. I can tell you. It what whs connected In thought must took a lot of courage to do it, too. AH be connected In fact, which Idea pro the family advised me not to come, duced the theory o f that sympathetic said it was dangerous to get far from magic which, from primitive times, had home and all that sort of thing, but sueft a strong hold upon the minds Mrs. Ostrich and the Nervous Gnu o f our ancestors. They were diligent said they knew you well and not to 1 seekers after the relation of cause and miss calling. They hinted that you effect. Every result had a cause, might be g<»ne if I didn’t hurry, so therefore, every cause, every act, tuuat here I am. Mrs. Ostrich and Mr. Gnu j have an effect. What would be the are my very good friends, you know. natural effect o f placing an extra We pal around together a lot on the plate upon the table? Why. the effect Great I ’lain. and I have every confi produced, or signified, by the associ dence in their judgment.” Zippy i ation of Ideas, which would be that Zebra stopped to catch his breath. of someone coming hungry. Only ad “ Well, well,” said Cheerups, now rult, as dhl the ancients, that whHt la thoroughly awake, “ I am delighted to connected In thought la connected In see anyone who knows Mrs. Ostrich fact and the rest la easy— the se and Mr. Gnu. We have so many quence of events clearly marked out. friends now that we be^ n to feel very It should be noted, too, that in this much at home In Africa. We are not system o f reasoning to avoid the cause thinking o f leaving for a long time yet. j was to avoid the effect. Most of the 73 w HATS IN A NAME ---------------3y M I L D R E D MARSHALL' Facts about your name; la history; meanini nine; whence it was derived; significance; your luc! day and lucky jewel BETSEY 9 " A no less authentic, but more extrava gantly romantic character, was the HE quaint unil charming na:ne of beautiful Betsey Patterson, who cap» Betsey, so endeared to American tured tlie love of Jerome Bonaparte, history, hud it« source far back in brother of the great emperor, and suf early times when the Muscovite prin fered a broken heart. The ruby is Betsey's tailsmanic gem. cess Elisavetta, the daughter of Juro- slav. was the object of tHe r*mantle It brings her beauty and pride and love of the great poet and sea king. haughtiness, according to ancient super Herald Hardrada of Norway, who sang stition. Wednesday is her lucky day nineteen songs of ids own composition and 3 her lucky number. <© by Whe«!*r Syndicate.) In her praise on his way from Con --------o ----------- gtantlnopie and won her hand hy his feats of prowess. Her name, which means “ God's Common Nail Cause oath,’ appears In many romantic tales of M any Accidents und Danish ballads and finally spread, That nails are the most dangerous in numerous variations, throughout implements In Industry Is Indicate.) by Europe by way of Germany. Elizabeths. figures gathered lo New York. In urn* Isabels, Elizas and EJsbets were the I year compensation was mad» for 1.338 most popular names in Europe— and still have tremendous vogue, for that accidents due to nails and. using New matter but Betsey Is typically English York city's average o f 30 mishap, dally from this cause, there are nearly 18,- and latter-day American. Many famous women have borne the 'M l such Injuries yearly In the state. name in this country. Betsey Ross, From a list of 1.7J reports. 37 such ac whose skillful lingers fashioned the first cidents were classed as Infections with American flag, is a heroine of history. loss o f time and 45, while not Involv ing poisoning, compelled the sufferers to stop work. Thousands of accidents, I-I-1-1 1—1-1 1 It Is believed, are never reported. Ac cording to officials, the nail hazard Is A LINE O’ CHEER becoming serious, and Its Importance Is Incrgcsed by the fact that nlrnost By John Kendrick Bangs. every [.art of the humnn body Is liable ■H I I 1 1 1 H 1' H -M -I-I-H -H * i i i to ‘'attack.” This Is Illustrated by re ports such as. “ stepped on nail In GOOD ENOUGH floor;* “ nail In guardrail tore his forjfWe my enemies— , I scalp;” "nail flew from box while load [ C A N T ’Th» useless to deny It. 'J Ing truck. Infected wound on nose;" And what is morejthoush it dls- ** | “ nail In bench tore le g ;" "fe ll down ; and nail punctured stomach." A nail- 1 ehall not even try !L ■ diminution week has been recommend ■■ My ren.-r n's zo-d enoush for ms— •• ed by the Labor department during Just one among the many — I can't f.irtflv«* *-rn for you see ” I which all loose nails nnd those pro- iruding where they are likely to en I really haven't any l b y McClure Newspaper Syndicate > *• danger persons, would be removed.— j Popular Mechanics Magazine. T j ’ don't*" In modern superstitions nre based upon this point. Avoid the i oinen and you avoid what the omen portends. Therefore. If you h y »» ; barely enough for your own dinner, be careful not to place an extra plate on the table, and then If a hungry I visitor should «Imp In It will lie by j pure accident and not owing to your I own carelessness. I f i b j M cC lu re N e e ».p a y e e S y n d ic a te .) -------- o -------- N = = = = = = B B R E V IA T E D ST O R Y BADLY KNEEDED JD 08C O E R IC K K TT S yawned, rose ■'■'•from his easy chair, and remarked “ I think I’ll go to bed early tonight. I f I have time tomorrow morning I’ll stop In at the tallor’a and huve these trousers shortened. They’re nearly- dragging on the ground. Sometimes I almost wish I hud two pairs of trous era.” ”Tee b ee!” fee-hee'd Ms wife to her self. "I'll shorten them myself while he’s asleep Just to surprise him. And tomorrow at breakfast maybe I'll nsk Mm about that S1H bat 1 saw in llee stinger’s window." At tbe same moment tbe same Idea was occurring to I’blllba. UicketCs daughter, who needed a new pair of shoes lo match her new stockings. amt to Foulard, his son. who had won a motor In a lottery and wanted a motor boat to put It on. Three times that night, dreaming of burglars. Itoscoe Itlcketls, who had I changed Ida mind about the mllor and | shortened Ms pants himself, awoke lo find a member of his family replacing his trousers across the hack of the chair. ” 1 found these out In the hall,“ lied Foulard. “ I earne In thinking perhaps these had fallen on the floor, and sure | enough they had!" lied i'MIlhu. "H ere’s these," said Ids wife, who j never lied. The following Item appeared In the afternoon paper the next day: "ihsuns Ricketts, a prominent citizen with prominent knees, was arrested Mils morning for appearing on the street 'n i knee punts.” <(% by O fio rffi M a tth e w fo b Co. t N IH V A S IO N A L bullet whlxtlcxl through the thick, hot nlr mu *I pluugeU Into the a«ml Hank KM - P H - H - behind which t'roaby crouched He idilvered a a he listened to the ghost ly hues of the Mauser pellet«, and he |H>ndervd deeply upon the peculiar at) l tics of his Imagination, which persist in picturing those flying bullets ms red «toms tiugeiug the atmosphere through which they ripped s track This distorted visual Image puxxled lYosby. lie knew that « hullet was not red, yet, every time he heurd the ping o f the leaden messengers, his tmaglnstlon made un attempt to over whelm the impressions recorded hy ins eye«. It was a very i>eculi«r maulfes tation, ami, try as he would, he could not prevent Ms fancy from hulldtug up the Impression again and again lie took the cartridges from his bandolier, examined the brass siteils with their half exposed bullets with Ms own exes, and then became disgusted when Imagl nation pictured a rose pink trail dl rectly above his head where a slug had gone whistling out over the gray veldt. A d a m s .) PORTLAND O FFER S A M A R K E T *»f thè 4 Vinti j batik, sh o w patrioti* ] FOR Y O U R P R O D U C E soul lutd bccii stlrred by III# word« ufi The Boy« o f thè Bulldog Brecd" «ud| The Absent mlnded Regger," lutd ut*ver Itmtgltted cobi blooded w arfsre «>f lite txpe he w«s then tnktng a luntd Compiti! Ornili Stillili in A Mephlstophellrtn self ttssured Iti tu tHiAVI UÀOWAV M 1 thut he Wiis thè absent mlnded beggui alin »» Vir; Adulta. W »rk d lay »y M alli»»» »Ir ; when \'f dropped back Into thè Itole Cunttnou» ) tu II L » t ■ liti,'«, !IL hv P o r tla n d , O r e g o n . Instead of tsklttg thè distica tu rejoin ■U I FlilUIrvn Kl »-enta all H im | k Ita bis company, and thè self mede «user dld noe Ituprove hi« tetnimr Agalli hej hlaaed wildly «t thè opposti* batik, and Cutlirg Ulaia Und«r Wator. (UT UiltU.to A RURAL DESitNS agitili thè fo# dUplsyed eicvlleut i-wik, luua. rvotat* H i M ,m »— M inaiksiimnshlp by doNling lite reerult Subinvrgtng «1 »»» un»l»r w »t»r du»a wlth «and throwti up by burrowlng bui not u «'.»»»u rlly iu»an that It will >ui lets. The tmprlsoncd mali fd t (imi lite ,ma|»r. I>ut II la tmu'h I » » » HU«>lv to W E B U Y action of twenty men In walllng pii crack than wli»n cut In air. Th» tlently tu murder una wms noi «bove , until* »»la up vll<rutIona in th» a l«*» critlctsut. which hi»*» a umlvtiojr to rr»rk ll And then t*rosb)‘a Intaglila!tua would The».' > thru tlon» ar» «r.«ll>r ro<lu.»«l P »r»l,( In iilcturlni: Iho«.- ix'llcl» that cam» from th . oppo.il. hank in a hu. “ «*»•’ «>“ •• " ,lur' that C m b f knew f| | HfklCttkHfet U l 1 ***• was annoyed with his lunigluatUm lie g«iul u* m u w* nwUt r«*a v I mm I i Animal Spada«. was annexed with the sneering self Uw UM» >Ui <r* iwa** l « d s tlist pictured him « « tike living embodi The biologist. Hunter, estimated ment of Kipling's “ Absent minded Beg gar." H| was annex* d w.th i . - *\ that there w* re ÄIS.000 s|H*dea in th«* P ortland H ide k W ool C o . respectable Crosby that reck*me«I up «nitual kingdom divided into I* ih v a u M w iM ifx m n a a s a w Ilia interest on thirty-nine pounds nine dash* » 'll»«* different Insect« are teen shillings and nine peuce three numbered .ItiO.OOO or over I wo thirds farthings for three und three quarter« Hi,, total number «»f sp« « les In the V” )e «r s at two and fixe sights per Cent animai world There are 11,000 fish«1 quicker than any other clerk In the 1.400 amphibians. 3.600 reptiles. 13,000 County bank. It xvas really tike Iasi I k II.**» UN»«U f'‘SS S—'SS birds and 3.600 mammals • I | .»«*»l **h-'»i S U I » S tp * S »l’ ness o f that t*n»sby that lia«l ev«*hed « #(•«» .A*» U'1" » 1» a«ii*i U». o»*i • • XVh I «■!..•»«*• IS It* »•« tike warlike iY*»sl»y tlmt «nine «»xer»«*a • ii u r*H »*«•••» rsirè», u a e Attitude for Success to ca(*ture l'let and tlans mid Dirk *1*1'« !•« * I e* * HMlf* fr*H 1*1»»*« who were glxlng Thomas Atkins u c«»n He that would rtdlsh suceess to c h ’ » ; i : n i b v i x % « « : w n ..J w \ b»dd 14 SO is * A V lS U l I I A l V V I % »Mcrahl» amount of Irouhl. to aubdu*. KlMM| purpo»» »houhl k»op hi* pu- l»n « Croabjr waa actually r»vtrftlng »«»lu a l (.>1C, hu , » t...ta tio n » low, «ml Or»M.h>, Thcr» w »r» In hi. lniu.M.1 ...ul p , „ Mb|„ , h#t hu jortun- Innuuicruhl» hau l»» between th . Ihr** m o, „ „ U m y . r„ r nn You wvi fusi It sM M H**«W iu»» Cruabjra that w *r* now ut lo*g» rli»»'l«. and hla n»rvouan»u lnrrva»«>*l Hr » « . « " » ■ « • al* " v" r,*•" l,> “ '',1 vdt mi Issasi » imdfa Ksm. n.8 a «.ward, but he waa l.l«hly liuad H «•»»»-I' J «■« un fssàtf Eictflknl fsts native, and the result Is the same The looked for Ohio Slate Journal. lU t««. Hus M ot *# »II 1 »•*«>% tlllk mmá Himak ■Icily pl«-ret d M i l In the xxlute hei | l o R t l A N I» u R M .iiN Early Ligbthouaa. met to o l on ii.«- appearance o f eyee that stuxlletl Ids pale face and shaking Th«» first lighthouse built by the (lu iin s ii Propaganda. hands Ills han*ls hail been while aud l ulled States as an Independent gov well tusMcurcd when he left Truro, but tell about any- You can't always 1 **11 ab«»nt eminent is at Cape Henry, at the en the few «lay* under Hie South Afrl«*an It was thing, maybe there Is a sleeper in the sun had tinted them tike color of a traue«« of Chesapeake bay freshly boiled lobster. Crosby cursed fiuHhtMl In 170S. sin'll fish Mi was statement, and Juet as uko as not the his own stupidity, cursed tbe fat re u *« h | for lighting, sperm oil being sut* man who broad« aat the opinion that crultlng sergeant who salti lie would stiuted In I Mio. 1 pedestrians have the right of way and make a fine soldier, cursetl Hie trans | don't have to hop around to avoid bs^ p-Tt that had brought him aerosa t e httB t Gingtrbread. by n nolOVOftl l» an at Atlantic, and the sun tanned officer The l«*K«*utlary l«>tus, the fruit of lorney who is looking for damage «ulta who had le«i him Into the smhu»«*ade which mads Clyases' sailors forget to settle* Albany Ureas, The sun's rays cime down In s per is supposed to have b«eu peudleular shower U) k > u him lie bur.«»«1 l heir horn« T h t Fool's Flm. his tingling face in the sand nnd prayed the same plant now used by nativ«** gilt 11« ' I X I 11 of northern Africa to make sun «fried Every morning in the country for the night run away across the veldt cakes which taste like gingerbread « -«t fires burn up the equivalent of a till he overtook hla comrades fie would Science Service. bttslo'l basket full of |lu bills. When tell them of his adventure and they the last hill Is In ashes our dally would laugh heartily at Ids cunning Lamp Burned Long. waste of $1 oo.ooo is at'cotuplDhed and It was while he was composing a A funeral lamp place«! In the year • e square away for the day's work little account for the amu*« m«-nt of those comrades that his eye«, shelter«**! 16 It. C in th«' tomb of Tullla. daugh to r. place with thought and swaat t 'others. beneath the helmet, detected s slight ter «»f the gr«*ut Itornnn orator Cl*« r«». what folly haa «l«^itroym| movement on the ridge of the sand pit. : and wife of Plahctlu. is said to have lie Jerked his lega ha* k hurriedly when been kept t>urnlng «onstantly for 1.600 Mankind's Oddities. Ms ayes Inform«**! his tiruln of what y*'*r*' Mankind arw very odd creel urea; they saw. and the suddeu movement on » half censure what they practice. brought doxiu much sand and also a Quaint Custom. .the oth er half practice what they can harmless gr«*en sirnke that hud been ity a curious law dating ba< k to sure, the rest always say and do as crawling ulung the exlge Crosby yelled, Benjamin Franklin, and the snake picked Itself up and at 1779. all the grapes left on the vln«-« they ought tempted to beat n husty retreat Un afte r th«* harvest In the vineyard At j fortunately, tlie sand was very dry. and Hellers. France, go to tlie benefit of Rslatlvity Again, the snake found it difficult Job to it)** pour and th*- own**m «an Ik* Ytned Son ** *-f th** suu sp««ts arc said to climb «>ut. Tim e after time It rolled tor picking the culls. I h * thousands o f miles to diameter, and to tlie bottom of the hole, und each -------- ------ yet think of the fuss a gtrl makes over time It fell Croaby yelled. lie had English Poets Laureate. an ordinary freckle. ~ Boston Tran never met a snake in such close quar _ •J ìM U !» r VAUDEVILLE PHOTOPLAYS Hides, Pelts, Wool, Mohair, Tallow, Cascara Bark Horse Hair. N O R TO N IA H O T E L All through the long forenoon he had crouched In the little crater on the summit o f the sand dune, peering out across the hurrying waters o f the river which the rays of a yellow* sun stubbed relentlessly. He was perfectly safe, but his teeth chattered us he rolled about in the shallow basin or looked cautiously over the edge of the bank opposite, where a thin blue mist like a Peri’s veil hung above the spot where the enemy Isy coucealed Why had he stopped there? Again and again he usked himself the ques tlon. At daybreak his company had marched up from the river bank, the great, gray veldt, cool und solemn, stretching Inviting!) before them. Then came the first scattered fusillade from the opposite bank Johnstone. Cro#> by s mate, pitched forward on his face nnd lay still. The Mg Welsh corporal muttered a curse us he swung round toward tike river, flung his arms into the air and dropped on his knees. It was terrible. The company had their bucks turned to the unseen foe. and t'rosby, a raw recruit only five days off the transport that brought him from Ply mouth to Table buy. re me la bored at that moment a trick played upon him twenty years before when u schoolmate dropped su Icicle luslde his shirt collsr. Then tike sun-tunned officer, keenly alive to the danger, ordered the men to double, and they doubled eagerly. It was their first baptism of fire. and. as there was not a particle of covnr available, their safety luy in speed. It was at that moment that Crosby stum bled into the little crater in the sand dune where the noonday sun poured a vertical fire upon hlru six hours after wards. He had made an effort to fol low hia comrades, but, as ha struggled out of the pit. three more men fell un der the fire of the Boor sharpshooters. ters and his nerves were not in a fit Geoffrey Chaucer, who llvn»i fr o m )* c^ ^ ‘ Crosby's Imagination immediately point state to receive the visit. The snake 1328 to 1400. was the first lo a»*unt«x ed out the dunger to which he. a soli was disgusted. Four times It made an A fter the Smash Up. til«» title of po«*t luureAte of England tary figure, would be exposed If be at attempt to scale tlie hank, and four As early as the reign o f Henry HI “ It's a terrible mess 1 am smashed tempted to Join the rsnk, and that times it fell back. Then It noticed The car Is smashed up My imagination, which Is the purent of Crosby’s leg, and w ill» serp* nt w isdom. there had been a verslficator regia or up hopes are smashed up The only thing cowardice, dragged him back Into the Immediately recognised that tlie nscent klip's poet. little hole over which the enemy’s bul could be mads much easier by that that remains Intact la the bill for tha lets whistled. Five minutes afterwards route. The Same Woman. c a r '“ Lustige Blatter. Berlin. the company wns half n tigle away, Crosby screamed, but Jhe snnke was The kind of mother who u««*d to say while on the river bunk there were lrrltahje. For Just a moment the re Mahogany. ten dead men and one live one who \ emit forgot the foe «»n the opposite her t welve year-old daughter was six. Leggera of mnhognny settled British . . . _ . m #l »o «h«» could travel on half fare, now was virtually a prisoner in a pit four . bank ns he clawed the edge of the pit I I enduras m or» than ZOO yeara ago, feet deep. «ud pulled hi* bod) out of th. hoi. " h" " «> »h ” can d rlr» nnd today the wood Is still tha Impor Then Crosby committed a blunder Ai-riun the river three rifle* spoke to j 111** r t r u hlo Ktate Journal tant factor In tho colony's business that was further proof of a coward’s «other, but only Cro«hy fell bark Into life. soul. Finding that fie was safe from the hole— the annoyed snake w ** slid Doe* No Actual Harm. the enemy's fire, he threw his rifle over In* away aeroaa the veldt, ronuratulat Cilvltik advlee to farm era Is u pupu the ridge of ills shelter and Maxed Ing hlmaelf In a snaky way that he had l«r diversion and It la perfectly safe Knowledge and Powtr. wildly at the bank oposlte. How he reached tbe top before Crosby toppled hiM-au*. the farmer la too aenalblo to Knowledge Is power when applied regretted that blunder as tike morning ftdlow the suggustions Miami Her j lo purpose, that Is. when It Xs used; rolled slowly by! I f Ite hud remained aid. for. In nnd of Itself. It 1* Inenpabla of quiet, the hidden enemy would not accomplishing anything. Ha who uae* Not P roficient hale known that the little pit con knowledge wisely Is a benefactor to The Barefoot Eaplorere. ceaied a foe, but the fusillade that • Sir Samuel lloare. British air min followed Informel him that lie would later, tells this story; T w o hoys, eight and cloven, started llM f” ,luw h1“ 11 urtt. he a prisoner while the llflit lasted. An Arab sheik was being taken out of the city to explore the world. Oeraslunully he tested the wutehful- nrrnsa a very bumpy patch o f desert Home Team. Both were barefooted. It Is the wny uesa of the foe. and now he shuddered In Trausjordanla In a flivver nnd so Ad In rhiengn paper “ W idow with of explorers always forgetting some as be contemplated the three holea In had was the going that nt Inst the five would like to meet widower with Public Ledger. the pith helmet wlileh had been die ear overturned and the sheik was thing four children. Object, baseball.” —- played when Ids head was not Inside thrown out. Boston Transcript. Old University. It. Instead of turning In wrath upon his Tho oldest university under the He looked up at the blue dome above driver, the Arab picked himself up him, and pictured the hare veldt be and apologized profusely, saying: “ I I'nlted States flag Is Santo Tomas uni neath till he compared hla own posi am so sorry, I hnve not learned to versity In Mtinlla, founded hy tho tion with that of the stuffed kingfisher ride one of these things yet ” Hominlcan friars In 1«05. Tho friars beneath the big «lass globe on his still conduct the university. , aunt's table In Truro. The kingfisher 5 erved F ifty-S ix Y eara T T n r r r tr r was really better off. He hud passed Knowledge and Practice. Besults o f a competition hold In the last stuge of suffering, while Croa A wise man not only knows when England for long service among do- by still had a horrible fear o f the rifle men on the other side of the swiftly mestles In any one family revealed | to keep atlll bat does It. Boston Tran- flowing river. As the day rolled slowly the fart that Miss Kllziiheth Zutler script. — __________________ hy he became nervous und peevish. He had beep employed In the household Different When Polished asked himself why they stayed. What o f the duke of Portland for more Ilian H E A L T H -- M y Gift toYou right hud they, twenty bloodthirsty SO years. Miss Butler was aw ard «) | Diamonds In their natural state are Boers, to sit down and wait patiently usually of n dull lead color. . , J IFR will be far sweeter If you till hla head appeared above the edge prizes or of honorable mention had I j once and for all time rid o f the pit? It wasn't war— It was inur Hern 47 years' service In the same _ , yourself of those annoying, uncomfort- der. He, Algernon Crosby, head teller family. L rp a lp c f IU p i I T riip lf ^ a lo anJ ‘*•»>8«"»'» I’H-KS and other U lC d lcM USt.ll I TUCK Rectal and Colon aliments. MY FREE Ùiiil , In History Silk Centuries Old in British Museum ."J. . u o q u a M e d W KM TKN GUARANTEE to cure your XVe nrn selling every one of our Piles without a hospital surgical opera _ o „ f used ____ ________ stock trucks at ......... unheard o f tlon, or refund your fee. Many personal Ing birds In flowery tries, dates from prices. Now Is the tin s to buy If you 1 U,,er* * r* al‘ i’ c" nUI" * J ,h« r«*n P*«v- the Seventh or Eighth century A, i). noed or are going to need equipment I ^ 1 h?Ve a'VCn b,ck Ihr.ilth and strength to Blurred green and yellow designs sag of nny kind. All mukeg, sizes and thousands nf others. Start gest that the popular "shadow” cre the New Veer lleppv en«l Well prices Terms to suit, Macks, Fords, tonnes of late years are In direct de | s.n.1 foe me Ih»* TODAY scent from these ancient Chinese fah | Whites, Packards. Pierce Arrows, rlcs. A little hag o f silk hurled with OMC’s, Foderala, Republics, More D E A N M. IMÜ n c I some wanderer from China In the Lou- lands, Kleibers, etc. % to 6 tons for „ M a t t ie o r n it i: any kind of work. lan cemetery somewhere about tlie be &TI ginning o f the Christian era. Is not Phono, wire or write, Phone, KAst much more than an Inch long, hut It 1423. MACK TRUCK C O M PAN Y, 286 has little draw strings from which the Oregon Ht., Portland, Ore —Adv. remainder o f tassels dangle. Other relics from the l^>u Inn graves You W ant a Good Position Include pastry placed In the tmnlia of Y »r y w all—T a k e th « Aorountsucy sac I f U k«n In tliîMX p ro m it npsr- Chinese travelers about the Seventh floalnsHa M anagem ent, P rivate Swvrel ■fions for TnnKeta*«. Catarrh. ____ twit- «1, Calculator. ‘ 'om ptom eUr. Stem. Asthm s Lume Thront. Mvsv. ■ »enoara- century A. I>. Delicate little biscuits, Ohir, penmanship, or Com m nreUI Te, K lifnmy. Rhriimntlsm. Hlnoá. pierced and worked until they looked >r»' Courw u Rtfttnsrh «m l sllfsntAt« dls- ortlfrs tlluil<l«*r Ttsublat. llke filigree buckles, had been pre Th* C. Cs**jWo Rrm*dl*s a n pared for tlie comfort of the dead trav eler. and they are In a wonderful slate forem en! B usina»« Collsga a t th « ( holsrst tm-slis in «l root«, hmim, o f preaervatlon today. "They look Ths N orth w «n l which has won rnorw /»«cursor sim I U rti. Wn(Kartell hy m good enough to eat now," declared Awards and (¡old Msdala than nay «that tchool la Amnrtra. Ssnd for our foo-owia many visitors— New York World. ■tlon Oatalog Fourth H tr««t hear M o rris ««, Some of the most Interesting pieces of silk In the world, material approxi mately l.OOtl years old, are nowr on view at the British museum, and mod ern women are etilranced hy the sped mens which were collected hy Sir Au- rel Stein In eastern Turkestan, west ernmost China nnd northeastern Per sis. Hteln, who places their manufac ture at a century before or after the Christian era, discovered some of th# silks In an nnrlent cemetery at l^»u- lan, which Is In the track o f an an elent trade route from Ciilnn to cen tral Asia. Fragments of clothes of Chinese sol diers. traders and travelers o f long forgotten ages form the msjorlty nf-i tlie exhibits, hut there is a little linnd hag which might well he carried to the theater with credit hy a woman of fashion today. It Is composed o f little diamond shaped pieces o f faded roae- reil silk, of the color with which old Perl lon g Or work boxes were lined, and o f maize and blue silk. Waste paper has been converted Into I P. N. U. A small piece of sprigged silk, abow- new paper for three cent u rie» AND HERB , REMEDIES Behnke-Walker i ÍL. bv McClur« N.- Isaac M W slk sr t'r e « C. C^e Wo Chinese Medicine Co. No. 61, 1926 pStiliYVhî