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ST. JOHNS REVIEW iPeicoid i,. , a - - FRANK H. IRELAND PIEDMONT JUNCTION Lunch Room, Confectionery, Ci gars, Jco Cream, Etc. Phono Union 6223. tram 7- . - mjjjii Mffiw xkm. mam DEAL EBIAIB INSOBANCB nHNTALS LOAMS 'COO Lot 100x100 in business contor G01-Lot fncing 120 fcot on car lino nnd running bacic va icot. 400 Lot 50x100, ono block from O. 1(. a. n. . 300 Lot 00x100, two blocks from crhnnl limine. a nno corner. 1 250 Lot o0xl20, close in nnd near car line. iiiW lots at other prices. Also in,. I .4.f lnnHd Pnwtietwtnilntifin hvitCii. W. J. PEDDICOED fhonn Union 4090 ST. JOHNS '. M. Killingsworth THE PIONEER REAL ESTATE DEALER OF THE PENINSULA . . . Tito finest list of rcsitlcnco property In tho district. I U'nlniit I'nrlf nffnra llin most ilnslr- Llilo homo sites btrcols graded, lots In Inn L- 1 .1 i . 1. ... fi. DUXlulf. tJUIII lib lliawr Viiu uiuab au hrnblu in tho market. W. M. KTI.T.TNOSWOiLTH 1)03 Chamber of Gommorco, Portland IANIEL BREGHT... HOUSES TO RENT ir YOU WANT A HOUSE GALb O.V MR ST. JOHNS, OREGON GEO. W. OONE .UMBER GO. fLOOItlNO, OEELINO, RUSTIO And All Kinds of Building Material I'runipl Delivery Guaranteed. IILL AT TOOT BURLirUTON BTBEE1 ST. JOHNS, OREGON Johnson & Dillon I Contractors In Qrading, Excavating and all kinds of team work. OAK PARK I Can lenvo orders at Shepard & Tufts ST. JOIINS, ORE. Moore & Anderson PAINTINO, PAPER HANO IKO, ORAININO AND SION WIUTINO 8CENB rAINTINO A 8PE0IALTY ' St. Johns Talk S T. JOHNS, OREGON Paper Hanging ORNAMENTAL PAINTINO AND ORAININO A SPECIALTY ALL WORK GUARANTEED CALL IN D. S. Southmayd, A Fine and Complete Line of Wall Paper Carried in Stock. Latest Patterns, ST. JOHNS NEAR VENEER TACTOBT OEO. H. DONVILLE, Uanarer , RELIABLE ELECTRIC CO, FIXTURE AND LOCKSMITH WORKS Elictrie Supplies Houm Belli sad Stent Alanai Im tailed A Full Una o( Electrical Good la Block All Work Guaranteed IT. JOHMS, OUBOM IN ORDER TO PLEASE BE PLEASANT. Br Helen Otdtleld. It Is an undatable fact that a woman's at. traction for men Is not regulated by her age, by her beauty, which Is largely a inatter of Indi vidual fancy, nor even by her power to draw attention, since tills may bo .transient It not In frequently happens that a plain woman Is more sought after than a beauty. It Is tho soul which looks out of tho windows of the eyes which Is really tho conter of magnetism, the body Is mere Iv the caso which contains the Jewel. In a ballroom one sometimes sees queenly creatures In faultless gowns, "splendidly null," playing the part -of wall tlowcrs, while wuie bright eyed, frecklo faced girl, whose only charm Is the all powerful ono of piquancy, has .more partners at her disposal than dances to bestow upon them. "If you want to have heaps of beaux, you must enter tain the agreeable features and do the pretty polite." This advice, given by an old colored mammy to her nurslings, holds the gist of the whole matter In n nutshell. Courtesy Is' the llower of love and good will for nil men. "He who would have friends must show himself friendly." 1'cople like peoplo who put them Into a good humor with themselves, who say and do tho pleasant and the proper thing, nnd who nevor rub one the wrong way. This then, la tho'maglcal talisman which rentiers one woman Infinitely more fascinating tlian another, and draws men to her as though with a magnet. Some may term It Individuality, others may call It her personality, but It Is really her atti tude pf mind, her adaptability, and above nil the sympathy which puts her rapport with whoever sho meets. Home women are born with a calm lndlfferenco which has a won derful fascination for many men, the sort of men who always desire the unattainable, and who tleo tho woman they upect of trying to attract them. Such a man quickly wcarlcsif tho woman whose chief diversion Is himself. A woman in, such an nttltutlo of mind lacks Individuality, she Is nervous' and anxious, she lacks repose and self-polse, Is Invariably self-conscious, and Is apt to betray the fact that she Is struggling to make licrself agreeable, whereas the agreeablllty should be spontaneous. This Is Indeed the root of'the whole matter, "to be the thing wo scom." THE CIIY AND THE I ARM. Hy John A, HowfnU. j The editor of n great newspaper told me re ly cently that nothing which he could print attract if ed the attention In a metropolitan city llko a f,J story of marked success by somo original ndvon- turor upon a farm. A recent story showing how a young man had cleared the prlco of hU new JL farm In one season's crop brought out tnore let XL ters of further Inquiry than anything printed In a iiip tinners lit months. And naturally enough they wore city Inquiries from men who were anxious to return to nature. On the farm In summer tho city man who goes for a visit naturally sees the farm at Its best. It Is tho fruit, vegetable, nnd egg and chicken season tho season of fish In sr. nnd driving, nnd hay making, according to tho Maud Mullcr standnnl and the farmer host as far as posslblt slacks up on the season's woilt ami lets Ills guest see the glories of the summer. There may bo a hay ride In the moonlight; a drive to the qunlnt llttlo nisttc church nnd two hours of old fashioned, refreshing service? evorwherc the guest's pleasure will I consulted, to the end that when the city man goes home It will bo with the Impression of n country life that Is one long delght to tired nerves. On tho other hand, the country visitor goes home, toll Ing how Uie Jones family In the city doesn't know Just how well off It Is. According to his Interpretation of It, they are on tho go to places of amusement of nil kinds every nlglil In the week and spend money like water. Hp hasn't real ized that It may havo been the first tlmo that the Joneses had been out In weeks when they broke away with him on the rounds, nnd he dors not know that It may bo weeks more before they may feel nble for more of It. Hut In the meantime It inny be pretty safely guessed that while each side to the visiting Is considering what nn easy, de lightful life the other leads, both sides arc tucking In In dustriously to thq Inevitable hard work that Is In baud to each, Man .probably never will progress beyond the point when he Is Interested In planting and growing things from the earth. Hut It Is well for htm to know that not nnybody can farm successfully, and certainly few of the elect in the Held can conduct n farm without close application, the exercise of Judgment and expert knowledge, nnd nt nil times with a dependence upon the seasons that makes the farmer scorn at times a creature of tho elements. WHY ARE CHURCH CELLS RUNG? Br Htnry labouchtr, ft. D Why arc church bells rung? The practice Is apparently of mediaeval origin, and I was once told by ono who affected a knowledge of such matters that the Idea was to drive away the devils from tho scene of divine worship. I can understand that It might havo tills effect; but may It not drive away tho sinners, too? He sides, Is It Justtllable to drive away the poor dev ils? I suppose the Idea is that a devil would only come to church for his own dovlllsh ends; but I do not know that wo have any right to assume this. Tho practice clearly cannot havo the authority of the prlmltlvo church, on which modern Christians take their stand moro and more. Tho early Christians worshiped mostly In back parlors or in tho convenient seclusion of places llko the catacombs, and the last tiling they desired, as a rule, was to obtrudo their religious gatherings on the notice of tlielr neighbors. Nor, when tho Christian rellg Ion became "by law established," was there any reason to announco the hour of worship by ringing bells. livery- body knew tho time of the church services, nnd If any one stopped away on tho ground that he did not hear the bell the excuse would have been as llttlo use to him as It would to a modern schoolboy who failed to get up In tho morning for the same reason. In point of fact, the bell-less little bethel Is often filled both fuller and moro punctually than Its haughty neighbor with the clanging peal. It Is truo bells are rung nt rati way stations when n train Is about to start, but this Is a coiiventenco to the people who nre seeking hurried refresh mcnt. If a peal of belts were set up In n tower at every railway station and rung for ovcry train there would be nn Insurrection. 0 00 WE EAT TOO MICH ? ttr Or. Anirtu Wlhon, A comparison of the food required per day for tho support of n man doing ordinary work reveals certain Interesting features. If we take tho mean or average calculations derived from food tables compiled by three of tho most dlstln gulshcd physiologists who have Investigated this question, and making no allowance for water either taken as wnter or for that contained chem Ically In tho food, and likewise neglecting tho question of any waste, wo find the nverngc amounts re quired by the man per day to work out as follows! Nitro genous food 4.3! ounces, fats 3.(13 ounces, starches and sugars 11.71 ounces, nnd minerals 1.00 ounce. Tho total water free food per day thus amounts to L'O.M ounces. After nil, It Is the wlso Individual regulation of lire connected with foods and drinks which nlone can guide It In the pathways of health. I'ach person Is n law unto himself or herself, not merely In the matter of foods and drinks, but oven of tho drugs by aid of which the physician treats our diseases. It Is undenlablo tlint the tendency of our ngo lies in the direction of luxury, overfeeding appear ing naturnlly as part nnd parcel of the luxurious mode of I Wing In which too many of us Indulge, Those who have experienced tho Increased vigor both of Iwdy and mind which results from the adoption of n dietary which Is ust siiltlclent for the due development of their bodily and men. tal -work and no more, will readily testify to the fact that the man who orereats loses much of the rational enjoy ment of life. A BLOODTHIRSTY VICEROY. Orast I'owtr In tha If and. of the Cut- lira Hular of MmicUurn. The most Interesting figure of the moment In the east Is neither Itussln nor Jnpnnese. but a Chlmiutnn, the ciiuiig-cuoong, o r Chinese viceroy, of Mntrhtirln, To af ford hlin n spocta cle, t Imp reus him with the might mid potency of clv .umI nrins, (Jen. Kiirnpirtkln halted his troops nt Muk den. To earn hi approbation nnd vtifciioY. tho approval of l'eklii, tho Japanese pushed on their advauco north of their natural fru tier at Lino-Yung, In the bauds of this rami, the viceroy of Manchuria, the Tartar general of Mukden, tho keeper of the Imperial tombs, the guardian of the sacred palace, lies tho key of tho political situation In Manchuria, Fif teen million Chinese wait tho Indica tion of his pleasure. The safety of tho long Hues of Jnpnnese communications from Daluy to Mao-Yang, from tho Yalu to the Tnltso-Ho, and of the long er lines of Itimslnn communications from Mukden to Manchuria, lies at-hls disposition. Quiet of mnnner nnd gen tle of voice. It Is illllloult to realize that tho Tartar general of Mukden condemns to death each year In his ya. men a thousand of his subjects, Kncb afternoon of n correspondent's five months' stay In the province of Muk den two or three, sometimes five or six bedraggled Chinamen were decapitat ed In the barrvn potter's field beyond the little west gate of the capital. Is the outer courts of his ysraen be jsw such exhibitions of torture, such bast! nadolnrs and slippering, such racking NEW THEBES BRIDGE OYER THE MISSISSIPPI. MRS. L. D. JACKSON HAS A FULL LINE OP MILLINERY HATS, CAPS, ETC. DOLLS Itcpslred anil Dreucd Fftlim and Clloret Cleaned and Dyed Jersoy Avcnuo ST. JOHNS LET US Pull Your Freight Tliu grvat htruvturt', which coiiuecu Illinois with Missouri, known a tho Thebes brldgo. Is 3,(172 feet In length and consists of spans over seven plurs, exclusive of the approaches, Tho lower pier la feet nboro the level of the sea, and tho renter span will have a clearance of 1(10 feet above high wnter. Tho approaches nre of concreto, nnd tho entire structure has cost over 1,000,000. It extends from Thebes, 111., 130 miles south of St !ouls, on tho Mississippi Itlver, to limn, Mo., on tho opposite bank. of Joints and twisting of muscles ns turned his heart sick at tho recollection, Mfitco IIhs Hin all Navy. The Aluxlean navy at present con sists of four small boats In the 'Gulf of Mexico and two In tho I'acitlc, !- sldea small patrol boats In tho toutii- em waters, Tho Detuocrntn, the flrat boat bought by Mexico, of -1M tons dis placement. Is on, the 1'ndnc const, 'an 1 with her la the Oaxacu, and old sloop- ilgged boat of steel, of about I,b00 tons, but of only seven knots speed, uaedsis a transport. 4 a ' i J . . . I Two new gunuoau jusi uougm in the United States, named the Vera Crus and the Tampleo, ar U the gulf. They have steel bulls, are SOO tcet long, displace 1,000 tons, have shown a speed of about fifteen knots and have two four-Inch giins and oth er smaller rapid-firing guna each. Tho Zaragosa and Yucatan, 1,220 nnd 050 tons, respectively, the former having tlx -1,8 Inch Canet guns, nre also In the gulf, and are used as training ships for the naval school which was established at Vera Cruz In 1897. Tim Uravo and. Morelos, being built la Italy, will displace each 1,200 tons. There are sixty-five cadets at Vera Crus. slab an arsenal and a small floating dry dock. There Is a small wooden dock at Quay mas In the Golf of California; Rates reasonable. Prompt ser vice. Do not think because you are not on the line we can not MOVE YOU. Nothing too large for us to handle. Phone 358. Portland & Suburban Express Company. W. R. STEARNS, Manager. St Johns LOTS $100 EACH $5 Down $5 a Month Title Guarantee & Trust Co. 6 and 7 Chamber Commerce You ran alwajrt tltud on lbs tbolceit FRESH MEATS prompt it.llrerr and eourlenut trealmvnt wiivn jrou orii.r from ttia old reliabla ST. JOHNS MARKET NtrancfM. rooilug Into HI. Jobm jlll And Ibolr irad. v. Ill L. ar-nr.tlaud, and tbtlr want. .uiili.d u iL.lr ..iLUclloo. Ij SMITH & DONNELLY St. Johns Market Jcnsy Btratt ST, JOHNS, OBEQOM Iltlog noimied of an enthnttiitle and abldlnc coiifldtnc. in the fulura of our lawn I bar uod.rlak.n to add on. mora Institution to tbe num. ..r wblfb bata rait their lot at HI, Johne, la undertalslnc to alia to Nt, Johns an up-to dat laUor. n( eitabliini.nl I bar. relinquish ed a rood potlllon and bar. decided to rely eutlrel upou the future of HI, John, and tba eupport of lie people. I shall take much eratlflea llon in beinc lb. pioneer Tailor in this Ibrlflnr town of rre.t promise, but enthusiasm and loyalty and bona and eipectation will not pay the bill, and support tha family and I must haea tha enrourarement of lb. people of Bt. Johns ra maVlnr my undertaking a suctess and shall ap preciate your courtesy If you will call. Wa carry a Una of simple! for , both Udles' and Gents' Tailor Mide Hull! at rnek bottom prlcei, J. N. KAILTOM, St, Jokni, Orscoa I'hon. Union 40fli Cleaning and Bepalrtag oa Short noUee. 1 iiisi'iiiUtb