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Columbia Grafonola Mignonette For every musical occasion, for informai dances, or inti mate borne hours the Columbia Grafonola is the ideal musical instrument. This perfect instrument can be had, including 32 selec tions of assorted music, for only B aking P owder $125.50 Those who have had cakes ruined by jarring the stove, slamming the oven door or a heavy footstep, may have wondered how the dining car chef can tum out such marvelous biscuits, hot breads and pastry when his oven is being incessantly jarred and jolted and shaken by the motion of the train. Write for Catalogues EASY TERMS To get pastry to raise and stay raised under these con ditions, a baking powder must be used that continues to give off its leavening gas— that sustains the raise— until the dough is baked through. PORTLAND, OREGON ■ST LEARN > Monument Shone as Ghost AUTOMOBILE REPAIRING AND DRIVING "Ise seed dat ghost dar ev'ry night •t th« beat «quipped. most up to-dat« arwl only foh a week." declared Henry W. rrarttcdM Autom*>Lil« Hch»«>l in th« Nurthweat. Locksmith, a local colored man, a* .. A M Auto K«p«ir Co . Mt to«W«> A m . l«rM Or be stood with chattering teeth on North street, with hl* eye* WEEKS’ BREAK UP-A-COLD TABLETS riveted Hanover on a white object In Pott» A guaranteed remedy for Colds and !.* Grippe, Price '¿he of your druggist. town cemetery Henry was frightened sure, and Robert C. Hawk, a well- t’s good. Take nothing else. Adv. known printer, to whom he bad told his story, saw. too, the ghostly figure. YOUNG MIN. HK A HAKIIEH ta-arn a Trola Hawk, however, ridiculed the idea Ito lMto|Mmsto«it Trini« t«u«ht in sri*hl w«N»ba, ti«’U fr««. ( «itnmisgiohs ¡<«wi whlto toarnln*. of *ucb things, and the colored man UR*ttM*na ave « I red Writ« C«r fme became angry, but Anally agreed to Oil a.KM i <»l I.KA.KM, lortlartfl. 4- N ?ru| Nt Hpukaa«. <CÄ M«**i Av».. ttonttto. lût Main St. accompany him Into the cemetery. The "ghost" never moved, and this caused Ixxksmlth to tote along very Origin of th* Slava. The Klars belong to the "Indo Eu slowly behind. Hawk braced him up ropean” race, although It la a que*- with words of encouragement, and tlon these dais as to whether the when they came close to the "thing In Aryans, aa the race la sometimes white” they found that it was a highly called, had their original home in polished granite monument upon Asia (around the Caspian) or in Eu which the reflection from a distant rope. At any rate, the Klava appear are electric light had played and In Europe contemporaneously with the made It seem pure white.—Pottstown other Indo European families to which (Pa ) Dispatch to the Philadelphia Record. they are related Charley's Compliment. Idttle ('barley was saying good night After kissing hie grandmother, uncle and father, he came to his mam ma. "Why do you kiss me last?" she said "Oh. well.' said the little fel low, "you see I don't want your kiss to come off.” Proper Care of Books. If a volume Is left long near artlil- •lal heat, shrinkage and consequent Losonlug will ensue just as certainly as with a piece of furniture, says a writer in the Youth's Companion. Leaving a book constantly In the sun shine will have the same effect, and in addition will fade the covers. Damp places should also be avoided. MONAMOBILE Oils and Greases Keep Mice From Gnawing Paata. Scrapbook» ati<l w all paper are fre quently cut to piece* by mice trying to eat the paate. or aa la often the caae. apparently for no reaaon than the pleasure of gnawing. A little cayenne pepper put in the paate a* aoou aa it la made will prove effective in keeping the mice and cockroaches from it when applied to the paper. are Ih. Roui, of UUALITY. Uru« 1« inoflOBILD Od. k. TUAIT10N wJ HAIVLSTFXS 0d> ud Od. ud Ur<M> « STUI LNCINtS OU ramm In I. &. U. 32 >n>l M r»l. t>kr>. Unur «OMS In 1. »H. 6. >0. 16. V Ib vxl up Write u. for prie« and partleulara. PORTLA ND AUTO OILCo. rhwSeririlJlS UFatSNMk EAST OREGON JACK FARM Kerosene Paste Fire Kindler. The safest and moat satisfactory (indllng 1 have ever used la a paste made of ashes and coal oil. It can be kept in an old can or jar and a table spoonful la sufficient to start a Are without other kindling. It should be of the consistency of corn meal dough ind is absolutely safe from explosion. —Henry Norton. B. F. SWAGGART. Prop. "Jobs L Sslllvsa” • 3 yaar-oM Jack ralaod on this farm Hroodrra of Jarka; TbonMiskbrad H.ddl*. Relay and Runaln* lloraoa; llrfkahlrv Hof. lA'xington, Oregon. Z"...... TWO CARLOADS OF IVER JOHNSON BICYCLES To l>e closed <>ut at Actual Cost W« »re rein* mil of the Biryrto Hu»l- n*M»« ami will m>ll at Itotail all our Utah Grade her Johnum H Jtov/.« at th« follow- in* price« Lwlir’ii* Rowlnter. M<»l«l 14R7-L. fNxnplete with ( amu * ter Rr»k«. Mudguard« anil Tira«. Regular >35 Wheel*, at $26.00. Men«* Roadster Model I4R7. equippwl am above, regular >35. at $26.00. Ileaty Service Wheel. Model IMS. fully equipped, ThtFlwtl It’/tor/ in America. r«*ular >50. Special, $40.00. This will be your only opportunity tn get the Highest Grade Wheel manufartureii at actual r<wH. All wheel» fully guaranteed. H. T. HUDSON ARMS CO. 110 Third St., Portland, Ore. Announcing the Arrival. Three-year-old Arthur's mother re cently commenced taking piano les sons. Arthur was much Interested In everything the teacher said and did, and when he saw her coming the sec ond time he ran Into the house an nouncing, "Oh, mamma, here comes that on j, two, three." Free Government. No free government or tho bles- sing of liberty can be preserved by any people but by a Arm adherence to justice, moderation, temperance, frugality and virtue, and by a fre quent recurrence to fundamental principles.—Patrick Henry. Man's Peculiarity. Man, as has been remarked several times before, is a Peculiar Cuss. Jude Johnson, who beats his wife, thinks it Is a shame that Short Jenks criticises Mrs. Jenks' grammar. — Atchison Globe. Communion of the Spirit. Just the being with someone whom you love, and know loves you, gives a feeling of rest 'and comfort.—"Time o’ Day,” by Doris Kgerton Jones. British Columbia Timber. The annual cut of British Columbia timber Is approximately 1,000,000,000 feet P. N. U. I No. 20, 1*18 WHEN writln* to sdvvrUaera, plsss* tl— this sspsr. China’s Deadly River. During one flood of the Tangtse- kiang, In China, -800,000 persons were drowned COLT DISTEMPER You can prevent this loathsome dises., from running through your stable ant cure all tha colts suffering with It When you begin tha treatment. No matter how young. SPOHN'S Is safe to use on any colt. It la wonderful how It prevents all distempers, no matter how colts or horses at any age ars ''exposed.' All good druggists and turf goods houses and manufacturers sell SPOHN'S at 10 cants and 11 a bottle; IS and J10 a dosen. SPOHN MEDICAL CO., Cham, late and Bacteriologist» Qoshsn, *pd., U. S- A. Dining Car Chefs have found a baking powder exactly suited to their needs in K C and you will find it just as well suited to your requirements. K C is really a blend of two baking powders, one active as soon as moistened, the other requiring both mois ture and heat to start the generation of leavening gas. No matter how moist and rich you make your cake, K C Baking Powder will sustain the raise until a crust is formed and all danger of falling ispasL K C Baking Powder is pure and healthful. It is guaranteed under all pure food laws, and is guaranteed to please you. And it is sold at a reasonable price—no baking powder should sell for more, Try a can at our risk and be convinced. M T he . O ld GR ist M ill 71LT in 1651 and still doing busi waring, Oliver Manwaring, Jr., and ness is the claim that is made James Rogers, Jr., to grant liberty to for New Ix>ndon'» old town mill. them, or the major part of them, to There is no doubt that the mill set up a gristmill upon the falls of is still doing business, and the Jordan brook, where it falleth into the records also show that the start of cove. the ” Industry was 264 years ago. The old As the result of that vote the old town mill is one of the relics In which Jordan mill was built in 1712 and the New London, Conn., takes special business that the town mill did not pride, and the operations of the huge look after went out to what is now a overshot waterwheel are watched part of the town of Waterford. That with wonder by a great many visitors mill ground corn for many years, but In the course of a year. The mill is about a decade ago It burned down, public property, and while the rental and has since been replaced by a mod that the city receives from Its use does em structure, while the original town not make it much of an investment in mill is still doing business at the old a financial way, it is a great historical stand. asset and it would be difficult to place Old Merged Into the New. a valuation on the property that would While New London's ancient relic Is be adequate to cover the humble struc on the site of the original mill and the ture. building still maintains the same While the age of the mill is gen shape as that which was Arst erected erally exploited, there are a great there, it is doubtful if there Is more many people. New Londoners Included, than one of the first timbers still re who are not aware of the fact that It maining. is not only old but that It was one of The big overshot waterwheel on the the first monopolies ever established mill looks as though it had been there In the commonwealth of Connecticut for a good many years, and it Is not by the authority of a town. unlikely that some of the visitors im agine that it is the original-one that Was First Monopoly. The town records show that a town was Installed in Winthrop's time. As meeting was held on November 10, a matter of fact it takes about twenty 1650, to arrange a system of co-opera years to wear out a wheel of that sort, tion with John Winthrop, the younger, and it is by no means an easy matter in establishing a mill to grind corn, to replace one when it Is gone. About and the interest In the project is ten years ago the present one was ■hown by an attendance of sixteen of built, and the man who w.as in charge the freemen. There was no question of the building had some difficulty find about the desirability of having a mill ing a millwright who would take the to furnish meal, and It was decided at job of constructing the wheel. Finally that meeting that the people of the one who worked on the old wheel a town should be at the charge of "mak score of years previous took the job, ing the dam and heavy work belonging but only on condition that it be by day to the mllne.” Six men were selected work. It cost the city about 11,000 to to do the work, and were ordered to replace the wheel, and ten years hence make it substantial and sufficient. It Is quite likely that It will be even They were to be paid two shillings a more difficult to have a job of that sort day for their services and six other done. men were to rate the town to defray The relic is not maintained for the the charge. The work was started In sake of making money, and public sen 1651. timent would be very much offended if The monopoly feature of the mill any change should be made that would proposition showed at that town meet put a stop to the operations of the huge ing, for the records say: wheel. “Further, ft Is agreed that no person Danger of Tasting Plants. or persons shall set up any other mllne A child Is an adventurous person, to grind corn for the town of Pequett within the limits of the town either for and the temptation to taste anything the present, nor for the future, so long which comes in his way is very as Mr. John Winthrop or his heirs, do strong. It cannot be too often insisted uphold a mllne to grind the town upon that this habit should be strong ly inveighed against and children ab corn.” The dam was constructed In due solutely forbidden to taste any berries, course of time and the mill began its etc., or even to pick them. But even operations. As far as the records in when really well trained in this dicate it was conducted to the satis way—and the majority are not—acci faction of the people for a while, but dents will happen, and it is then that John Winthrop became governor and the knowledge of what to do Is so valu moved to Hartford, and his death on able. Plants which frequently cause April 5, 1676, In Boston, left the mill, accidents In this way are hemlock, with his other property, to his heirs, which Is easily mistaken for parsley, and they evidently didn't care very wild celery, wild spinach, deadly night much whether the people had their shade—perhaps the most evil and most corn ground or not, particularly as no commonly experimented upon of all— body could set up an opposition mill yew leaves, the berries of the juniper without taking a risk of getting into and laburnum seeds. Also there are the fungi, which children should never trouble. be allowed to touch. • People Make a Fight. The monopoly clause in the vote of the town In 1650 was In force for near Rare Bird Killed in Scotland. A rare bird, an excellent specimen ly sixty years, but Anally the condi tions became so serious that It was of the little own, which was killed on a necessary to make other provisions for Blairgowrie district estate, is prob the grinding of meal. In a town meet ably the only one of the species ever ing, held December 26, 1709, the fol got in Scotland. The species has been got in several parts of England, but lowing vote was adopted: "Whereas, The town has suffered does not seem to have been noticed many years for want of a gristmill, and either in Scotland or Ireland. Through no care taken by the heirs of former out most parts of Europe the little Governor Winthrop for our relief there owl Is a well-known resident It is in, who have some time claimed the abundant In France, Belgium, Holland privilege of supplying the town with and Denmark, but has never been ob what gristmills are necessary, and the served in Norway, and has only once present gristmill belonging to the late strayed to Sweden. In North Ger Governor Winthrop being like to be many It is far more common In the altogether useless In a little time, the west than In the east. The little owl town therefore sees cause upon the re was the emblematic bird of ancient quest of Robert Latimer, Stephen Athens, and the attributed favorite of Prentis, John Daniels, Richard Man the goddess of Wisdom. B a. Depends on the Man. Any woman can have any man she likes if she pursues him vigorously enough or eludes him—either does. There are two ways for a woman to get what she wants. Either chase it for all she Is worth, or run from it in the same manner. It depends on the man.—"Time o’ Day,” by Doris Egerton Jones. YES, RESINOL CLEARED AWAY EVERY PIMPLE! At least once a day—usually twice— I bathed my face for several minutes with plenty of resinol soap and ho* water and applied a little resinol oint ment very gently. I let this stay on for ten minutes or so, and then washed it off with resinol soap and more hot water, finishing with a dash of cold Constipation causes and aggravates i water to close the pores. I was aston many serious diseases. It is thoroughly ished how quickly the healing resinol cured by Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets. | medication soothed and cleansed the pores, removed pimples and black-« The favorite family laxative. heads, and left my complexion clear Sex and Ships. and velvety. It is impossible to say just why a Physicians have used resinol oint ship is always, or generally, referred ment and resinol soap for 20 years in to as "she.” It is a custom, and like the treatment of itching, burning, skin most customs, especially those that < eruptions. At all druggists.—Adv. are ancient, is veiled in mystery. Most Accurate Clock. Probably there is no particular “rea An observatory at Berlin holds th« son” for this custom. world's most accurate clock, which 1« kept in an air-tight cylinder in th« The Residue. “After coal, what?" asks an es basement of the building. teemed, in manner of speaking, con Not Hard to Please. temporary- Our own experience in "De man dat likes to hear hfsself dicates ashes, to be followed at more or less long Intervals ’by an ash talk,” said Uncle- Eben, “is mos' al ways mighty easy Interested.” wagon.—Cleveland Plain Dealer. —This R is for You!—. 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