•••••••••••••••* * * * * * * * * * * • V IL F CONTROL. • • ---- • • a • • a 2 • a 2 2 a • 2 a • Saif oantrsl la the Aral e«ndl- «Ion of all aohlavamant. II la «aid the« (ha flrat sign of Inaanl- ty la th* loaa af aalf aontral. Whan a paraon la na langar th a maatar of hla own aata ha la na« only In dangar, but any dagraa of aohlavamant la Impoaalbla to him. K v a r y thought tanda to ra- ault In an act, ao th a t thought alwaya laada. Tha m antal ««»I- tuda at any momant la tha pat» ta rn whioh tha Ufa pro waavo. • • J • • * • • 2 2 a a Dlaoraditing an Aatralogar. A carta I u king, «aye a tala from th a Pam Ian n»kcd an aatrologrr. "H ow tunny yaiira nf life rem ain to me?" T he wlap man replied T i " T he king becam e tp ry (t*e|toudeul anil Itatook liluiaeir. aa one atrlckeu wlt,li a alck- linaa. to Ilia I mh I. Ilia vlxler, who poa- atmaad «real wisdom, aent for tha »err ami In the king's |ireapnro ankrd him, "H ow many ypura tia ra you to llvaT" lie re|illeilidon Time* drama Ha Thought Right. Tw o of Britain'« grenteat fighters. Lord Nelaou. the hero of T rafalgar, and the Duke of W ellington, nicknam ­ ed "Old Noaey." met hut one# tn their Uvea, and th a t m eeting occurred In tba little ball at 10 Downing » tre a t Bealde the quaint eld fireplace there thoee preacut entered Into a general con vernation, and Nclaon waa ao |m- prcaaeil with the duke th a t he aaked a «crvnnt who was the tuiin w ith tha atrlklng none “M ajor O eneral Sir A rthur Wellealey, my lord." replied the a e r\n n t. aatound- ed a t the anllor'a Ignorance " A h r aald Nclaon. "I thought ha waa no common m an."—N ational Mag* a line. Lifting a Child. "I w ith," «aill the woman who baa children of her own, " th a t women would uudem tnnd the delicate tneeb- nnlani of a child How would they like a giant to conic nlong and auddenly d rag them from th e ground hy one arm , a* I lim e « e u eo many |>cople do to ch ild ren ? When you're lifting a child lift II evenly by both arm s or from the wnl»l Don't yank It up by n grab at one wrlat and then wonder why It crle» It make« me no angry I alw aya w ant to pull the urm of th a t Inronalderato w oman hard and aee If ahe wouldn’t cry too. It'a n thing th a t mother* and au n ta and alatrra ought to learn." Ctkimo Lamp«. It la believed th a t th e Raklme lam p waa lu vented I k - fore Ita jxiaacaaora era Igrated from Ihclr original home, which waa probably farth er aoutb aud ueur the »eeroaat. But the form of the lamp becomes more n|tcciaUzcd tho higher the latitude Is. T he lam ps of noutheru Alaska have a tvlck edge of tw o Incite«, while Ihose of I'olnt Bar- row and northern G reenland have wick edges of seventeen to th irty nix Itc hes T he Inmp la employed for m elting snow ami F a to obtain drinking w nter, for conking, lighting, w arm ing, drying ■kina and In the nrts It la also a so­ cial factor am i the sign of th a family unit, each head of the fam ily b arin g hla lamp. Discounting a Premia#. Tho Sm ith family owed th e grocer f to. lie accordingly shut dow n on all supplies. T he Sm ith fam ily then prom ­ ised to pay $.1 on account on S aturday n ig h t T hen, hut not till then, tho grocer would consent to resum e rela­ tions. v Well, nothing waa hoard of the Sm ith fam ily for tw o days. Tw o day« later, on n T hursday morning, little Millie Sm ith turned up w ith n m arket basket a t tho grocery ami said: "Say, Mr. Prtinca, mom says will you let her have tw o slices of ham and n pound of coffee out of th a t there flvo spot «lie's promised ye for Saturday?*' — Detroit F ree Press. The Bean Blossom. T hr dark spot In th e cen ter o f a bean blossom la the n ea rest approach to natural black In any flower. In modern w ar It now costs on tho average about 115,000 to kill a man. In the Boer w ar th is expenso ran up to nearly * 10,000 T he phi'll, which was am ong the e a r­ lie st of ft nits to I k * cultivated and was raised when Thebes, Memphis nnd D a­ m ascus c ore In th eir glory, also grows wild In \«la America and southern K it rope The pi csent week of seven day», without reference to solar or lunar cy­ cles, waa adopted by the E gyptian as­ tronom ers som ething ago. year« more than 8,000 HOW I BECAME FAMOUS by BARBARA I'HIPPS We go through th e world seldom tak Ing note th a t our every condition Is due Cautious. to some lustguiacant cause. I tun u "Ilo w old do you think K ate la?” literary w oman whotte works are uni "OU, tw enty-four la a sa fe guess." veraally read. I am m arried to a lit "W hat do you m ean by a aafe erary man who«« works are n drug In the m a rk e t And y et when I met him guess?" he stood high w ith lltterateura, while 1 "In care ahe heard of my aaylug I t ” had not yet w ritten a Hue. W hat waa —Exchange. the Insignificant cause of th is boulever. Mutual Inquiries. semen t? Ilia F a th e r—Can your d au g h ter keep 1 will tell you. the right kind of a homo fo r my sou One atim m er—I waa m en tw enty- Boh? tw o years old—I got out my trunk to H er F a th e r—C an your son provide peck It before going to tho country to ■pend a m onth a t the Hacacachet Inn. a homo fur my girl to keep?—B alti­ more American. Qlenwood. The trunk was ao dilapi­ dated th a t I d ared not tru st It In the Her Funny Face bands of baggage sm ashers. I could Nb« hus au autom obile fare." not well afford a new one. but wont '.Vby, ahe doesn't ow n an auto.” out to aoe w hat I could do In the m at 'I kuow; but th a t peculiar expreaaloe ter. 1 b it upon a aecundhand trunk of here waa caused by ber making too good to be celled each, and txyigbt facea at |ieople who have."—Florida It fa r ■ reasonable price. On one end Times- Union. w e » th e le tte rs B. 1» O. Thoee w ere A Jewel. not my Initiate, and I directed th e sell "A re you satlslie'l w ith your e r to erase them an d put m ine (here Instead. W hen tlie tru n k was deliv­ maid?" ered to me he had neglected to do ao "Very. Klie’a too old to gel m arried I had not tim e to aend It bark, ao took and too fat to w ear my things, eo I It aw a y w ith me aa It waa. think we’ll lie able to keep h er."—De­ In th e reading room I took up a city tro it Free Press. new spaper, and my eye fell on notices His Choice. o f th e m ovem ents of celebrities One Kindly Old Man—Well, my little waa aa follow s: “ Mlaa Harah Io n ise Olmatead la attending the month of mini, w hat would you like to be w beu July a t the Bacacacliet Inn, a t Glen- you grow up? wood." Miss Olmatead waa a novelist L illie M an—I ’d like to be a nice old of reputation. 1 congratulated myself genilem uu like you, w ith no th in ’ to th a t I would have au optKirtunlty to do b u t walk around an d ask questiona. m eet her. A H appy Accident. 1 waa sittin g on th e hotel piazza In “ I bet your fa th e r had trouble read ­ the evening tw ilight when a gentle­ man sli pped up to me and aald d efer­ ing your left-handed letter." entially: "F o rtu n ately for me. he had. I told “ Miss Olmatead, we scribbler*. 1 pre­ him th a t a fte r tho accident my tem ­ sume, do not need an Introduction. 1 p eratu re w ent to 104, and he aent me Kidney HalL May I claim your a check for th e a m o u n t”—Life. acquaintance? 1 have enjoyed your Sim ilarity. w orks Immensely and have felt th a t If Ntubbe—Why Is a (uttered reputation my especial line and yours could be joined w* could do som ething rem ark­ like a porous plaster? Grubb*—De­ able. I am fo rtu n ate tn meeting you cana*. I suppose. "It «ticket!» closer here, and w ith your perm ission I will thnn a brother.’ S tubbs—Not a t all. Because It has holes In IL—Ulcbmond explain w hat I h a r e tn mind.” W hile he waa saying th is a light w as Times Dispatch. breaking tn on my dull brain. I had i Snubbed. been taken for th e fam ous Mtsa Otm- "W hy do you look ao subdued and stead. A t th e antne tim e a desire to see If som ething Interesting might not bum bled?" “ I've Just called on my w ife's folks.” come of the m istake, aa well a* curios- 1 On th e Spur of the Moment. Ity, led me to ask Mr. H all w hat bad "W alter, these eggs are as h ard a led to th e discovery of my Identity. He atone. I told you not to boll them told me th a t my Initials on th e end of my tru n k had been observed and o more tbnn three m inutes aud a half.” "Yes, air; (lint's Just the tim e they new spaper bad announced my coming I t w as evident th a t the real celebrity were In to a second, lint th e — w a-w ater had not arrived or. If she had. waa In was hard, sir.” —Chicago Tribune. cngnlta. Economical Reasons. I form ed no plan w ith regard to per "W hy does a dog cha*o hls tall?” aotiatlng Mlaa O lmatend; I simply d rift "To m ake both ends meet, you ed Into doing ■<>. Khe did n»t np|>ear gum p!"— B altim ore American. to expose me, an d It would not baTe Cynical. troubled me If ahe bad, for I perm it The Girl—You say th a t Mlaa Padda ted Mr. H all especially to continue In an d Jack P o tt are going to be married. e rro r sim ply for a lark. I listened to Why. I d id n 't know they knew each hla plana for collaboration Ix-tween us w ith Interest an d waa reckless enough other. T he Cynic—T hey d o n 't T h a t’s why they are going to be m arried.— to assen t to them. Boston T ra n sc rip t H e left th e Inn early the next m orn­ ing. b ut during th e evening I spent China’s G reatest Famine. w ith him he elaliornted bis scheme, A great fam ine occurred In China In and I promised to devote m yself d u r­ 13411, and It ha* been estim ated th at ing Ibe next few days to laying down irinilfWVin twinnla ««.»HwFtxl thorofpnn» a skeleton of th e work lie proposed. Scotland has tb e first draw bridge In T he tru th la I w aa quite delighted w ith the world In w hich uII tbe work of hla proposition and eager to see If I opening and closing It nnd guarding could m ake auy aucreas of my p art trntUc over and through It la done by of t t elect rlcltv. In a couple of days 1 sent Mr. Hall W hich W aa F a r Worse. tb e result of niy labor*, aud he w rote W illiam son—Does your w ife alw ays me th a t lie w as delighted with It. Hla have tb e last w ord? H enderson—Well, reply, addressed to Miss Oliustend. wa* , If she doesn't, old fellow, she looks I t A Judicial Reproof. put lu my box by the hotel clerk. I w rote my collaborator th a t I would j A ju stice once reproved a would be continue my work, suggested th a t he suicide thus: "Young man, you have proceed w ith hls p art and as soon as j been found guilty of attem p tin g to I returned to tbe city tie might vail on drow n yourself In th e river. Only con­ me and we would confer further. sider w hat your feelings would have O f course th ere m ust soon come an been bad you succeeded.” end to nil tills, and tn tru th my reck­ w ise Koaannd! lessness In playing the p art of another R e g in ald -D arlin g , I see by th e pa­ eoon tiegan to w ear on me and caused an earlier retu rn tn the city thnn 1 hail pers th a t a food ex p ert says th a t It Is expected. Aa soon na I arrived I noti­ possible for a fam ily to live on $4 a fied Mr. Hall. He ennie to see me. and week. Do you think It possible? Rosalind No, d e a re s t b u t I'll be a I confessed to him th at I w as not Miss Olmstcnd, I w as not a acrtlibler nnd sister to you! knew nothing atsiu t w riting fiction now it Happened. He looked a t me. dunifounded and "S trange one of y o u r tw ins Is blond Incredulous, fo* a few momenta, then an d the oth er Is n b ru n ette.” A id : "W ell, we never could afford a maid. "W hoever nud w hatever you are. 1 w ashed one child and tuy husband yon b a re laid down a scheme for a w ashed th e other, and th a t one grew novel so original and rnpnble of be­ up d ark ."— U nilsvllle Courier-Journal. ing worked to ad vantage th a t It will surely be a success All I ask that 8! o Felt th e Same. you act w ith me In cnrrytng It out." He gazed longingly Into her eyes. W ithin a year otir novel, "A Mntrt- *T am very, very fond of you. Miss monlal V enture." was published and Evelyn,1' he whispered. was th e literary success of the year. "Then we shall get along w onder­ Before Ita publication Mr. Hnll and 1 fully. I cm very fond of m yself.”— perpetrated an o th er m atrim onial ven­ 8t. Louis Post-Dispatch. tu re which w as equally successful. II 11 c l hunted th a t the an n u al loss My literary venture was followed up by an o th er work Independent of my to agrl ulture In th is country from the 1 husband, an d fruiu th a t day. while ray depredations of Insect* and rodents 1* lightw eight productions continued to $ 10.OOO.t tot M NKV - a ttou t $1 u m onth for grow In favor, hla deeper ones g rad­ every m an. womntt nnd child In the ually lost caste. T his I regarded na a United State*. proof of my Insipidity and of hls real Corroborative Detail. value. H ad It not been for hls sug­ "H ad th a t talk ativ e w om an any gestions In our Joint novel tliero would proof to offer th a t she had really have been no real m erit :u IL It gave climbed th e Alps?" me th e en try to the rending public. "Oh. yes; she wore a Sw iss dress, W hether th e real Miss Olmatend ever and her ch a tte r war. an avalanche of heard of tb e m istake In my being words." B altim ore American. taken for her 1 have never learned. I Awkwardly Expressed. think tb e notice of her going to Glen wood w aa n m istake or perhaps ahe G ushing L ady—I hear you’ve beau Intended to go th e re and changed her aw ay for your henlth, professor. Mu- plans, n a d I not kept my room doing | sli-nl I.lon—Yes. I've been a t Marleu- my literary planning I would doubt­ bad tak in g th e baths. G ushing L ady— less have been approached by some Really! T h a t m u st have been a change friend el hers and tb e e rro r dlscov- for you!—London Opinion. • w * . . . r m i c To be held at the I. E. THOMAS place 1-2 mile North of Santiam Station, and 3 miles East of Marion, on Thursday Nov. 23 rd FREE LUNCH AT NOON Sale Commences at 10 a. m. am Six Milk Cows Oliver Chilled plow No. 40 One 2-yr-old Heifer Oliver Chilled plow No. 20 One Yearling Heifer A 5 Shovel Cultivator One 3 1-4 Winona wagon 14 Spike tooth Cultivator One 2-Seated Hack Garden Drill One Open Buggy Garden Wheel Hoe One Osborn Mower 60 Tooth Drag Harrow One Hay Rake Simplex Cream Separator Set Buggy Harness One Set Work Harness One Wheelbarrow Other Articles TERMS OF SALE— All sums of $10.00 and under cash. Over that amount, 10 month's time on bankable note at 8 °/c. 3 c/c dis. for cash on sums over $10. L E THOMAS GEO. KEECH, Auct. Stayton State Bank, Clk. Squint and Tuberculosis. Squint is a sign of a predisposition to tuberculosis, according to Dr. W. C. Rivers, who w rites to th e Lancet an ­ nouncing !t an d adding th a t the only previous observation of the kind is by Homer, whose picture of Thersltes. Cross eyed he w as. and halting moved on legs HI paired: hla gibbous shoulder« o'er hla b reast C ontracted, pinched It, • • • w as, according to Dr. Rivers, "draw n from a tuberculosis cripple of soured 41s position.” Phone Main 3462 Phone in Every R Lengthy and Monotonous. oom One of tbe most curious contract* SAVON H O TEL entered Into by au operatic a rtis t w as th a t agreed to by Parinelli. W hen be D. B. Shreve, Prop. rtsited Spain. P hilip V. w as suffering from m eutal depression, from w hich Room*, Single $2.25 to $3.00 Week y nothing aroused him until the arrival W ith Bath $4.00 to $5.00 of Farinelll. T he queen w as so de­ Transient, Room with Bath $1.00 lighted to see her royal spouse once W ithout 50c, and 75c more Interested th a t she engaged F a ri­ nelll a t a salary of $10,000 to rem ain in Madrid. T his be did, singing the 131 Eleventh Street Between AUer sam e four songs to th e king every and Washington night for ten years. 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