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THE NEW The H and It Store Hnrnin Counter Hargain Catchers BONHAM & CURRIER Shoes, Gents' Furnishings, Dry Goods 107 South Jersey Street, St. Johns. PENINSULA BANK St. Johns, Oregon. Statement at close of business December 4, 1900: Khsoiihcks: mx fu7.7jj.t1 1'urnlturc mill fixture! J.'O.Wi Ctitli on liiiml due from banki . . . 71,39.65 f JOj,tjti2 ! t m N the above .Munro you will observe a tiny dot. Noticed it, didn't you? Now if YOU saw that little SK.'ck think of how all the rest of our readeis noticed it. Their, if you, Mr. Ilusiness- man, had placed 1111 ulttaclivc tiiuiouncenicul of your wares, at coricct pi ices, in that space, you'll have some idea that It would have brought you trade. Hotter try it next week. I The Douglass Foot of PillslmrK Street, ST. JOHNS, - - OREGON Dealers In SASH AND DOORS i : And .Manufacturers of MOULDINGS, COLUMNS, BALUSTERS And All Kinds of Interior Finish. A Home Institution. I Wl: SOLICIT A SIIARI; 4 O.M.I'AUI.K O. I', Ml'.Ulill 1 Faulk & Merrill Coal, Hay, (iraiu, Flour (Iron ml Peed, PiIri:, Oilt and Building Materials Phone Past 713 Unlvrlty Park, Orogon WOOD liny your wtuxl at the Old Reliable Peninsula Feed & Fuel Co, Oimi and dry .sluhwood. l'hone liafit 247. Mail Schedule Mail arrivis at St. Juliut. at 7:1011. 111. mnl 1:15 . 111. l.tMvi-a at 10: jo 11. 111., nail .115 p. 111. Ollici-ojk ii rik ilayt. f unit 6:45 " to 6:10 p. 111. Smulavii fnuii 9 to 10 a, 111 No mails arrive or itqurt .Sunday . The finest of calling cuds at The Review office. STORE. THE & I.tAtltl.tTIliS: Capital Stock i 35,000.00 Surplus nml undivided profits . a.3S3-i lllvltlvlid unpaid,. . . 1, 350.(10 l)eKlts I74.jy54" Planing Mills I OF YOUR PATRONAOl: F. J. Koerner, OONTUAOTOU HU11J)EU AND I'laiis ami (.poni Ileal ions I'lirnihlii'il on application. 1I0110 with neatness ami iiiimintlv All woik ilispatcli. Housekeeping Apartments .Suites of to to four rooms, u!m Millie rthiiiii. .Situahsl oiu block fiom Ciilmiiliia I'liivcrntv, near cut. of I'uk St. ami lloulrvartl, 1'iiriiiNlinl or I'lifiiriiUltctl. A 11lc.1s.t11t Nuilk from St. John, CoiiM'tiicat to Uridnc ami mills. UNIVERSITY PARK A. W. DICKSON Woodlawn 505 METEORIC BODIES. Mineral M..... Tt, Ar. Whlrllnn " ' ' - Thrnurih Snucil. rn. f -..no t..f.nl.lv i,..iii,,innili1 . .nnssns of solid iron or other minerals which ore whirling alone at an incalcula- bin ruin. (Wslnnnllv thnso mn9i ... ot.,.nt...tivnt fmif l.lflllU IWLU111 II 1UIII I'lll C VI Vil T 1U1I miles of the earth's atmosphere, and then instead of crashing to tho irotind, carrying devastation in their paths, they suddenly becomo terrifically hot and melt away into an incanilesccnt gas. This is what is going on when wo eco what is 1 .....!., -1I.1 .. Ifl.i:.. .In." ' Stars do not shoot. Tho sudden 1 I flash we seo is tho result of tho fric tion between tho meteoric body and ' our air. The former travels at such ' a rate as to generate an enormous heat. Occasionally, however, solid masses do not become completely vaporized, but fall to the earth with a great force. A stone fell in 1853 on the coast opposite Zanzibar. It was picked tip by some children herding cattle, and all the tribe gathered to anoint it with oil and ornament it with stud's and pearls as a true divinity come from hoav-! en. Tho missionary warnings were I unheeded. One tfuv the warliko I Mussai uttacked tfie tribe and slaughtered them, whereupon tho survivors lost faith in their fetich ' and sold it to tint Munich museum. . I At Wold Xcwton, in Yorkshire, ' I Knghind, a meteorite fell over a .ccmurjr p,, oeiuniuiii eru o,y hen ser.ously considering such 1 . t t At .1 . only .. . : v. i.i, 1 1 ii.i, 111 misty weaiuer miring in miKtv thunder and liuhtninir at a distanco 1 aiitlilmilt Mturtt ttntttrt n nrtliii 1!lrt tin nuiMiiii iiiui v viiiiiu ti io'iiv 1 1 itij ma uxplnsiou. A fiirm servant was so ' near that ho win struck by souio of tho earth thrown 110 by tho stono as it plunged into tliu ground. It excavated a hole more than three i feel in diameter and was found im J ' bedded fast in the chalk rock. ! Tli is meteorite is alxiut as big us a man's hem! ami can be seen in tho llritlsh museum. Aerolites pass with enormous speed across tho X vault of tho heavens. As the aoro J litu falls its Kiit'cd is greatly reduced J i.h it pusses through the ever thick X , oiling atmoi)ihirie strata until Anal X ly it iltwunils to the earth. I Philosophy of a Clown. Tho Into Chnrlo llliss, the fa- mntis htur of the Dan Itieo circus lie was the original "human lly" imputed his success to thorough ness, "Don't attemjit a new trick," I he said one day, "till you are a thor ough master of it. "The only way to succeed is to be so thorough in everything you undertake that fail ure is altogether an Impossibility. If you are going, for instiitii'o, to bo a stump sMaknr, if you urn going to address 11 lot of farmers, don't talk farm uulchs you have studied it up. Don't be like a stump tKakor 1 know who yelled at a crossroads meeting: j '"lie who puts his hand to tho plow must not turn back." I "'Wot's ho to do, then, when ho I gets to the end o' the furrer?' , shouted a hired man in blue over alls." Denver Xews. Not Too Cold For Him. Hie uneouncious humor of tho vnglish oeasautry is shown in 11 torv told bv the London Trilnino, j A I.udy Itouri t if ill was calling on 11 j devoted old rouple with suoh erea- turu comforts iu the doctor said I were suitable for the old man, who was dyixg and being tenderly nursed by his consort. Kntering the cot j Inge, fIio saw the old dame leaning 1 over the lire. "Ah, Suisan," sho aid, "and how's .John?" ) "He be goan, mum; he be goan," j muttered the old lady. "I.eaMwuvs 1 1 1 can't cay that for snrtuiu sure, but he did seem a-gwine jiixt now. Hut, there, it's that mortal cold up there Mini 1 luiil to come down to worm my hands." Old tit Dog Hoiionr The lute Duke of Hetiufort, who was an ouvlleut ob.erver, notes iu his diary how (he was hunting the hounds himself) the puck drove down to a wall and Hashed over all but Miu'helor. This hound miss ed the scent as he reached the top of the wall and, btanding there, waved his stern 114 if in tliomOit Then it seemed to (lash across him, ' "If Mi (,x tow ,i,( ,.r....i 1... have turned Klmrt titular lint u-n 11 j tio Haohelor dropped back into th road and, racing along, picked up the line. T. V. Dale in Outing .Magazine. Not Oullty. '. rum tup tiniitrr rw- proiichfttllv, 'wiiv didn t vou take your hat oil to 1110 when vou passed 1 in.t v...tp.i,iv 1 "1 didn't have 1110 hat on, ma'am," replied the boy. "Don't tell "mo that. 1 saw it on your head." "I know you seen me, but you didn't see me hat. That was mo brudder's hat I had on." E. o. magoon 1 1 1 N. Jersey Street, Phone Union 3105, Pine Line of Wines and Constantly on Hand. Liquors Finest Hevr in the City on tap. THE MELANCHOLY DANE. ouppo.eo oourso 01 in. rioi i n.w a m a l 1 ni.i i bl.l I. it LJ .ill .pcarc n.ini.u While Shakespeare no doubt wroto the tragedy of "Hamlet," as , lV?,fou,n? ,1C borrwcd m.?ny of his data from an car Iter writer, bnxo lrnmmatlCUS, a Uanisli his tormn who t about 1204. Ills 1 ... . . I """B" wore in iiin, una m DiidKCHncnru s umo vncy nau not, I been translated into any modern I language. The story is to bo found in Jlolloforcst s collection of nov els, begun in 1501, and an English translation of it was nubltsneu en titled 'Tho Hystorio of Ilamblet, Prince of Dcnmarke." Horvcndilo in the novel is the name of Ham let's father, Fcngon that of his un etc and Gortith that of his mother. Fcngon traitorously slays Horvcn dilo and marries his brother's wife. In tho second chapter Hamlet coun terfeits the mudman to cscapo tho tyranny of his undo. Through tho machinations of his uncle he is tempted by a woman, tho undo thinking thereby to undermine tho prmco and II ml out whothcr hi madness is counterfeited or not. In the third chapter Fcngon, tho uncle, tries a second time to en trap Hamlet in politic madness and causes 0110 of his councilors to bo secretly hidden in the nuecn'rf chamber behind the curtains to hear what speeches pass bctweon Hamlet and the queen. Hamlet kills him and thus escapes danger. In tho fourth chapter Hamlet is ( md o Engnml ,y Fongon wlUl ( gccrol ,otto t() ,vo ' t t i ueatn. wwio lis companions sleep Hamlet counterfeits the letters "willing tho king of Kngland to put tho two messengers to death." Hero ends the rcsumhlanco between tho history and tho play. Tho Hamlet of the history returns to Denmark, slays his uncle, bums hii palace, makes an oration to the Dunes and is elected king. Ho goes back to Kngland, kills the king of that country, returns to Denmark with two Knglish wives and finally fulls through the treachery of one of these ladles. This is the supposed source of the plot of .Shakcspcuro'n "llumlct." A Pardonablt Cxoum. A Columbia university man who makes frequent usu of foreign words ami phrases in his talks and his literary prodtirts was under firo for this practice. The feding among Ills antagonists was Mint the Hnglish language is n good enough means of expression. "Well," said tho expert in word pictures, "to mo a number of thesu foreign phrases have tin Interesting history which their use recalls. I plead guilty to a sentiment for just this kind of thing. Take tho expression 'sub rosu. It Hnglish subitituto is 'pri vately.' I prefer to think of tho rose as an emblem of secrecy in Greece, and tho custom which had one of these pretty (lowers hung over the table whero guests wero entertained in token that nothing heard there was to bo refuted; uenco the expression sub rosa. A Llvtly Court 8n. They hud a lively i-ccno in a court In Algiers when thirty thieves were brought upjfor their sentences. The Itideo had hint sentenced tho oris oners when a notorious thief tiling a boot at him. It hit the presiding judge squurely on the nose, making the blood spurt. This was h signal to tho other prisoners, for immodi ntclv a storm of boots, caps and oth or articles hurtled through tho air, and amid the confusion tho band of thieves made a dash for liberty. The gendarmes had to draw their words before order could be re stored. All the prisoners wero caught uuil lined up again Moro the judge, who gave them all threo years moro at hurd labor for com mitting uu outrage on tho magis tracy. Prlan Juttlet. Professor Williams Jackson tells m his "Persia Past and Present" some stones illustrating character in the lund of Omar Khayyam. One is of 11 man who, sulleriug from in flamed eves, wont to 11 horso doctor for treatment. Tho veterinary gave him some of tho salve that ho used on animals, and the man 'est his eyesight. Ilo then brought suit In V01, judge, to recover damages. lite ufter weighing tho evidence 111 tl ic case, handed tlown his tlcci- lion as follows: "There are no dam ages to 00 recovered, lho man would never have gono to a veteri nary if ho had not been an ass! ' A Willing Witnau. To solemnize the ceremony of taking the oath v' minion kill a F , break cock. Hv anot1 orocess they a plate. llie Knelish habit Is to kiss the Wide. Tho othor day a widely traveled Chinaman in a Johannesburg court was asked what form of oath he preferred. Ho re plied, "Alice samee, break-um- plaice, kill-um-cockee or smell-um- bookee, alleo samee." Central Market! llolbrook Dlock. Sev us for the Choicest Cuts of the Hest Meats Obtainable. Orders Hilled ami Family Trade Solicited McCLAVE & WARD, Props. COUNCIL What Wns Done at I he Regular Meeting Tuesday Night The municipal machinery con tinued to run smoothly and swiftly during the regular session of the city fathers Tuesday night, and as a consequence a short session and considerable business was the result. flic only hitch came when the ordinance taxing the poles and wires came up. 1 his particular ordinance is familiarly known as "St. Johns sore spot." As the ordinance was fished out of a pigeon hole, Aid Norton rose to his feet, Aid. Raser crossed his fingers and winked knowingly. The other members smiled n sickly smile nml waited for the anticipated pyrotechnics. They were doomed to disappointment. hverytliing was tranguil ns a sum tner sea. a 1 m aa a. Aid. isorion believed the pro posed tax was just. The telephone company wanted a valuable fran chise free for ten years. After that period hod elapsed they would be wining to pay a pittance. lie was not legislating ten years ahead. 1 he city treasury is empty and the money Is needed now. Interested parties had seen certain persons a lid Aid. Raser here iutcruptcd with "Why don't you go nnd see them ?" "I nm not peddling franchises," retorted Aid. Norton, "nnd I might add that the trouble Is that too many of you have seen him." The telephone company's cliau pion did not answer. Aid. Norton then made a motion to amend the proposed ordinance by taxing the poles nt 12 cents each and the wires at 9 cents n mile, but it did not receive n second. Aid. Raser then moved to lay the ordinance on the table. The mo tion was seconded by Aid. Walker. The vote was a tic. Aids. Nor ton, Dobic and Hewitt voting uuy, nnd. Aids. Raser, Walker and lire- decii aye. Mayor Illumau voted in the affirmative, and the cause of the contention was tossed back into the pigeon hole. A communication was received from the saloon men' of the city ask ing for the privelege of paying for their liquor licenses seuibanuttalty or quarterly. The mutter will come up at the meeliiig next Tuesday night. A communication liotn the chief 01 IK) ice was read iu regard to the blocking of Hnulford street by teams that are loading slabwood on to the cars. It was learned that loaded wagons are also Iclt close to the cars, which prevents the use of the street by teamsters, and are the cause of considerable complaint. in addition to lite above the rail road company lias removed the planking along this street, and its condition is well nigh Impassable The matter was referred to the ci'y attorney, who will instruct the chief of iiolice as to his duty in the matter. The improvements on Hayes street from liurlingtou to Chicago were accepted ami warrants ordered drawn for the same. The bill of Klliott & Sc'ogcitu lor I2.50 lor locating and survey lug the she of the new city hall was rejected. Hill of I. Ii, Davis for $3.50 fr rent of safe was nllowul On motion of Aid. Norton of the finance committee the recorder and treasurer were instructed to have their retKirts ready to be read at the t regular meeting as basis for Ihe 1907 tax levy. On motion of Aid. Hewiit the plat of Richmond .street through tin Caples tract, from Willis Boulevard to Columbia lloulevanl, as approved oy w. w. lioodrlch, was accepted naiiorius (to feet long were or tiered mint on each side 01 the car track iu front of Hiekucr's store with cross walks leading to the side walks. The matter of the woolen mill sewer and its condition wrs ref rred to the health and police officers. un motion 01 am. Kaser an amendment to the dray ordinance that will permit of the taxing of all vehicles used for delivery or other hauling purposes was ordered, the from this source to be used to be for the puriKtec of repairing the streets. Aid, uouie reported the improve 4. w-v a . a mem 01 ( iswego street about com pleted, and its acceptance was laid over for a week. Aids, we.ieeu and Kaser were 1 k a appointed a committee to invest! gate and report upon a location of u public dumping ground. After a brief discussion of the improvements on Allegheny street the meeting adjourned. Thfi Wellington KNIGHT GLOVES, Proprldort. Fine Wines and Liquors. Family Supplies a Specialty. Holhrook Block, St. Johns, Oregon IS. C. NORTON Real Estate Insurance Resident agent N. V, Noren & Co. 1 10 S. Jersey street. Phone Hast 6390. St. Johns, Oregon The Review would make a suita ble Xmas present to a ftieud. WHAT'S Worth doing is worth doing well. If you wish to be cured of Rheu matism, use Ballard's Snow Lini ment and you will be "well cured." A positive cure for Sprains, Neu ralgia, Bruises, Contracted Muscles and all the ills that flesh is heir to. A. G. M. Williams, Nuvasota, Texas, writes: "I have used Snow Liniment for sprained ankle nnd it gave the best of satisfaction. I al ways keep it in the house." Soltl by St. John's Drug Stores. Subscription Notice. The subscription price of Tin; Rkvihw outside of Multnomah county is St. 50 per year iu ad - vance. All papers will be dis continued nt the expiration of the time paid for. BUILT BY W.C.ADAMS CONTRACTOR and BUILDER We now lmve with us a capable resident nrcltltect, nml wc cmt arrange to advance money to all there who ik.tire to build homes. Shop Second Door of Postoff.cc West ST. JOHNS ORHOON L. B. Chipman Real Estato REAL ESTATE f 1500 IM joxioo, cor.; two-ntory brick 1 being erected in uuic block. This i a splendid investment , ami you had better look into it nt once. f ;ooo I,ot 35x100; n cloe in itulilc lot on Jersey street, fjoo Lot joxim. A nearby residence lot; tis citoli If you build nt once. -too Lot joxioo. l'hie location; otic half Cltill. f6,soo A block that plats 20 fifty foot lots on Willamette Jtouievanl. W.J.PEDDICORD Notary Public. One Dollar will i fit you tacles. to eye glasses or spec- rerlcct nt jniaranteeo. S'our eves fitted at home. Write (or free looklet describing our method Remember, the classes we fit you to are worth 3.50 any where on earth. Our price, only f.w. OUR KKI'AIRINO dep;tinfnt It mo.l complete. Main ipiinn JI.U). Vt itchclcanrd il.iu. tna lour won 07 rrtwerca diiu KJ0 rrrtirianr "n. METZGER & CO. Ill SIXTH 6TBBBT. PORTLAND, OKK THE LOUVRE! I4. RICHARDS, Prop. The Finest of Wines, I.ifjuors ami Cigars, A Fine I.titich Served Kvery Day. Houses For Rent -BV- DANIEL BRECHT IP VOU WANT A HOUSE OAU, ON MP. ST. JOHNS. OREGON Bon Ton Barber Shop Mansfikld & Kakmlkin. Hirst class work and clean hot towels for patrons. Hair cutttug a specialty. Agents for West Coast Laundry. Jersey street St. Johns Subscribe for The Review. a aW aW aaaaHaaBESSHL AN OFFICIAL DIRECTORY L. E. STORY, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. Day nnd Night Office, Rooms 7 nml 8, Holtirook Mock, ST. JOHNS, ... OKCaON S. H. GREENE Altorncy-at-Lnw. Office: Room 9. Ilrccilcn Ilulltl lug, corner Third nml Washington Htrcets, Portland, nml St. Johns, riione: Pnclfic2093. Residence: St. Johns Joseph McCliesncy, M. D. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON 1 Day nnd Nleht Office In McCliesncy Dlock hone WikmIUkii 475 ST. JOHNS. OHEdON DR. L. 0. HOLLAND, PHYSICIAN AND SUROEON Resilience: On Modoc Street. Phone Woodlawn 576. OlTicci Itot hrook Ilrick Mock, rooms 3 nml 4 Phone Knst 3689. St. Johns, .... Oregon Dr V. E. HARTEL, DENTIST Crown nml llrlilge Work n Secliilty Rooms 1 nnd 2, llolbrook Dlock, St. Johns Dr. MARY MacLACHLAN Physician and Surfeon. Residence Phone Scott 4064. Office: Holbrook's New Ilrick Illock. Residence, St. (olios Hotel. A. V. VINCENT, M. D., IIOMUOPATIIIC I'MVSICIAN AND SUktir.ON Office 30J South Jersey street. All hours OSCAR DeVAUL, M. D orflc liouri, 9 to 1 1 a, m., j to J, p. in. Office I'lione, Scott 1104. Kcnlilcncc 1'lionc, Union J901. OITIcc III Unlvmllv I'ark Drug Store. Carpenter and Contractor. lly the day or by the fob. Plain nml spccllicntlons furnished on application. . AUGUST WILIIULM. 414 Allegheny street, 3 blocks cntt of the l'rencli block, St. Johns, Oregon. The G. HEITKEMPERCO. Watchmakers, Jewelers, Silversmiths. Importers and Wholesale Dealer. 286 Morrison Slfeel.JJi.PflRTUHO R. WILCOX, Dray and Baggage Lina Phone Scott 1308. Piano Moving a Socially. Leave orders nt Hnlllierg's l'lirnlturc store nnd they will receive prompt attention. C. MARION SALISBURY Graduate Optician Will test the eyes free of charge. Jersey Street. St. Johns, Oregon. Goodrich & Goodrich, ARCHITECTS Hull Professional Sendees Hive Per Cent. Saint Johns and Portland, Ore. Zellcr-Byrnes& Blackburn Co. Undertakers and Embalmers - 209 Jersey Street Lady AssUtant. N. A. GEE House Mover ami Repairer Houses moved, raised anil re- paired. Odd jobs of all kinds. Prompt service", reasonable charges. Ivanhoe and Catlin Streets, l'hone Woodlawn 586. Saint Johns Oregon F. M. LASHBAUGH Huel furnlilted, either short or long, Draying and team-work of every kind. Prompt service. Terms reasonable. Corner Jersey and Catlin, ST. JOHNS LAUREL LODGE No. 186 I. O. 0. F. st. Johns, ounoo.N Meets each Monday evenlnir in Odd Fellows hall, at 8:00. Visitors welcomed. H. S.,Hewitt, N. G. H. K. Hoote, Secretary. G. W. OVERSTREET. PLUMBER llolbrook Block, 103 South Jersey street, l'hone Union sS$, .. Saint Johns - . Orecon MRS. N. McCANN CLOTHINO CLEANER Clothing cleaned, pressed and niendetl -vith care and promptness. Ladies' clothes a specialty. Old Postoffice Duililing Saint Johns . . Oregon BOLEN BROTHERS CARPENTERS AND CONTRACTORS We aniraatc to PktM E. T. Boko, SI WUUmttt Bonkvart. C W. Boka, JOS T)kr Street ST. JOHNS, OREOON