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THE ST JOHNS Publtuhtd Krerr REVIEW Friday BY Makki.k & llVUHI.KK. Subscription rites, f 1.00 per rear In ftdfsnee, Adrcrtlilnr rilfi. tl.00 or Inch ner month. All idTertlilnt bills pajll flrit o( each monin. Job Frtnttnr eieeuted In flril'diss stjle, nilti for Job Printing caah on delivery. All rommunleallont should ba addreanad to Tne btiw, tit. Johns. Oregon. Tint Ri'.vntw Is entered nt tost office in Snlnt John!), Oregon, ns ninll ttintter of the second class under the Act of Con grcssof Mnrch 3, 1879. OOelal Kawipapar of tha City of St, Joans. Phono East 6100. FRIDAY, AUGUST 23, 1907. The Standard Oil recently issued n pamphlet to its friends. Depon ent does not state the size of the edition, hut it would not require n very large one to reacii them all. It is the old cry of "stop thief" ut tered ly the purse snatcher to dis tract attention from himself. f Sheriff Stevens proved that he does not need to take uuy lessons in Kraft when he charged the county ten dollars a day for his services taking rides in his automobile on Sundays. He claims, however that lie was looking up the enforc ment of the Sunday closing net. Automobile riding certainly comes high. f If the Peoples Press neveraccom plishes anything more than it has in the ridding of the Hast Side of that aggregation of rottenness under the cloak of religion known as the Tongues of Fire Campuicctlug, the everlasting gratitude of the immed iate neighborhood of the disturbers is earned. Religion, pure mid tin defiled, is the life of the wotld. It is right. Hut the fanatical rantiugs of a blasphemous nigger mid the in decent contortions of his foolish and ignorant followers displays no mot genuine leligiou than 11 hilly goat and should not he itcrmitled in any neighborhood. Immediately after this issue we will mail to each of our subscribers who me in arrears 11 statement showing the amount. W e wish to put our list on a cash basis, and will gieatly appreciate the assist ance our subscribers inn give by a prompt iciiiittntici.. Ilerenftei our .subset iptiou price will -fi.tx) h.t year in advance or Si. 50 if not paid in advance. If paid tiny time before six months of the year's sub scription has run it will be consid ered to have been uid in adAauce When our pacr is changed to 11 twice-n-weck, the subscription will he $1.50 Mir year if paid in advance and $2 if not so paid, Save 11 dollar by subset ibiug now. (iiiess we will have to shouldei that wheelbarrow and tinudleoui shovel out ami go to woik 011 Phil adelphia stieet. It would be a sname tor M. joints to comiei us to go to woik, but Philadelphia street just must lie improved, it ought to he done light away and a substantial dock built. If the tco pic of St. Johns wish to snore uwa one of the bust hiikiucMi proposi tious ever presented tit them thoy can just (urn and let this stieet lay there in innocuous desuetude. It will not go away, but the hundreds of thousands of dollais1 worth of business this improvement would bring will go light on up to Port land and the pitiful iHirliou that St. Johns secures from the bunch she will have to pay double rates of treiglit to get. Tin horn solicitors for ads on ho tel cards, menu cnids and othvi junk are continually on the go. They show up in St. Johns hm sioually, and we are reliably in formed have met with very poor success here. This is esKcSally commendable on the part of out citizens, for the principle is just the same as giving a franchise to Poit land gas companies to extend their graimig lines down ueie. 11 takes the money out without leaving an equivalent. You homo advertising medium takes its pay fiotn you and keeps it all here in St. Johns. It goes back to you for food, clothing, property, taxes, ehaiity ami im provement in the ellicacy and qual ty of your home paper. Thcufoic when you tutu down these otit-of- town tin horn fakes you aie doing yourself a good turn. Putiouuc the institution that is bending its every energy for the advancement and upbuilding of St. Johns. What has become of the public fountain which created so much in terest recently We aie teady to drink from it. HOLIDAY PROCLAMATION Mayor Couch Requests the People of St. Johns to Observe Pioneer Day as a Day of Rest The Pioneer Association of St. Johns huving designated Wednes day, the 28th day of August, 1907, as "Pioneer Day," and having an nounccd a commemorative program for 10 o'clock n. 111. of said day at Cedar Park I, K. C. Couch, Mayor of the City of St. Johns, in recognition of the efforts of said Association, hereby request the people of said city to duly observe said Pioneer Day as n holiday, and, as far as practicable, to refrain from their usual avocations during the period of said exercises and to encourage said Association with their presence. Done nt the City of St. Johns this 22nd day of August, 1907. K. C. Couch, Mayor of St. Johns. SCHUBERT'S SAD LIFE. COMMUNICATED. Kditor Review: We are called to facen lnuientable condition. The history of the world is full of testimony to prove that there is uncertainty in placing money in u hank. We are also ccrtniu that the history of the past will prove that the prudent invest ment in real estate is always safe, and men coming from the hast with 11 draft for $5000 in his pocket, knowing no man in the West ttsks: "Where is there a hank in which I can place my money in safety? I he stranger answers mm ami gives Htm the name 01 tue nanu ue considers safe. This is nil honest man. Would it not be well for the stranger to consult some responsi ve real estate dealer in the city ol St. Johns or elsewhcii'iiud ascertain wheie he can invest his money prudently in leal estate? I see no cttcr plan than for men of money to invest in St. Johns piocrty pin- cully and sleep soundly nights. Kindly give us voiir opinion on this matter, as I regaid you ns 11 eoiuiK'teiit mouthpiece for the pco- tie of .St. Johns. 1 have the honor lo Ik?, sir, Yoiiis, It. I.. S.Nnw. Unclaimed Letters. For the week ending Aug. 17, 1907. G. II. Carkes, Miss M. Duncan, Will l-'eeley.O. I,. Ferguson, W. R. Owner, Don C. Morrison. F. W. Valentine, P. M. Mrs. Orcenwald, nccompaiiied by her mother, Mrs. Garner, returned from n week's stny at Long Heach Sunday. "I Shall Have to Sneak t-'rom Door to Door to Beg My Oread." One of tho bitterest disappoint ments in Schubert's life was Goethe's indifference. In 1818 ho sent a selection of his compositions to tho poet's songs to Weimar. What precious pearls of music wore nmong tho collection the songs of "Mignon" nnd "Tho Harpist," thoso from "Faust," tho sad melodies "Longing," "Nighlsong," "Tho Wanderer's Nightsong," "Tho Earl King," "Jlaidoroslcin," "The Fish erman," "Tho Bard," "Tho King of Thulo" and tho music to "Claudino of Villa Bella." Gootho, who had an car only for tiro stiff composi tions of Zumstecg ond Hcinhart, then in fashion in Weimar, look no notice of Schubert's music nnd loft his letter unanswered. Not until 1830 after Schubert's death did Gootho lenrn to apprecinto tho ex truordinary tions that WHOSE WAS IT? SCHOOLBOYS' UNIFORMS. A Rare Coin, Two Bargain Bates anal Three Queitloni. A scholar traveling in the cast says that ho was onco in camp with his friend Itnmsay, a man of kin dred tastes, in n wretched Phrygian village far from tho track of travel ers. As thoy wcro striking tents In tho morning a heavy faced boy brought Mr. Ramsay a handful of bronzo for Balo. Ho sorted it rapid ly on tho palm of his hand and found among the rubbish ono very raro coin of Ilicrapolis. Then ho put it all back again in tho boy's outstretched palm and offered half dollar for tho lot. Tho boy ac- Detalla of Dreti That Are Insisted Upon hy English Masters. At many schools uniformity of dress is insisted upon. It is sur prising how much the casual visitor is impressed by trifling details of dross, and if boys wero given much latitude in this respect tho impres sion would not always bo a good ono. Black coats and waistcoats with black tics always look tidy nnd ro spcctablc, and arc frequently tho rule. At Harrow boys over a cor toin height arc allowed to wear "tails," which, however, do not look well with straw hats. The Harrow IMPROVING THE ATTIC. a tioiiar lor tno Jot. mo boy ac- Btmvs nro fnmiiinr to most pooplo, copied tho bid, gave back tho hand-' hnving n crown of hnrdly , ful, took his money and disappear-1 in llcfght. thcso ftro won nll tho cd. whilo tho exultant mirehnser .... '.1 . i t.s.t. cd, whilo tho exultant purchaser went chuckling off nmong tho horses. Ton minutes later tho boy ap peared again and. going up to tno .. t I 111 t!-l IT 1 11.... value ol tno compost- : ouicr j-.ngiiBiimun, oucreu anouior lay neglected in his iianuiut 01 rubbish, among which drawer. It was then that Wilhel-1 was tho samo raro Ilicrnpolitnn coin. The gentleman kopt tho mino Schroder Dovricnt sang "Tho J coin. Karl King" to him. I bronzo in his hand and ottered a It was Schubert's crcatcst dclluht half dollar for it, which tho boy ro- to mako somo little excursion with ! fused, though tho bargain waa his friends to tho nicturcsnuely sit- eventually concluded for a dollar. St. Johns' Nusby is enjoying the felicities of n vacation while Messrs. Moxou and Poff are holding the fort this week. The old reliable piano dealers, Filers Piano House, have ociied a branch house in St. Johns in Hoi brook's fine rooms nt the corner of Charleston nnd Jersey streets. All our music lovers should visit these rooms, where they will find the best there is in music lines, and what is better, reliable and up-to-date dealers to do business with. They open with n sensational in augural sale, offering tiie choicest pianos at 57 cents on the dollar. Full particulars are given in their large announcement elsewhere in this issue, Cutting out the chunk of tally thrown at 11. theie is more truth than poetry in the lemiiiks of the captain. Money iuvetul in St. olins properly is safer than any tank, will give letmiis of a higher rate of interest, will have no pig headed lunl er to oveilo.id it with otihlfiil mid slow selling stocks, squander it in the purchase of $',uoq niitos, or in riding in icnted ones at 5 ait hour with some of the swift feminity of the city. Hut theie me real estate dealers and teal estate dealers, and it might be as difficult lor a stranger to locate a reliable real estate dealer as a reliable bank It would certainly be the pait o wisdom for our tcoplc to invent their savings in property about their homes wheie they know the value of it lather than to deposit it in auv bank the condition of which is leyoiid their knowledge. ltd I he M. h. .Sunday school nut church held a very lively nnd happy picnic in the Portland city park on Wednesday. There was born to Mr. and Mrs. O. A. Apple Thursday morning line Dig hoy. .Mother ami sou nre doing fine notwithstanding the fact that Grandad christened the hit "Rrig-tiine Hill." Just wait 11 few days until the young gentleman do velops a good lusty voice nml an accute attack of gastritis nnd he' make granddad think "There's hot time in the old town, tonight." 1 hree ol M. lolius most prom incut young men have quit the lltenkers base ball team ami cxcct lo leave in a few weeks for the gold fields. They are building air castles and vxiivct to reap a for tune. We wish the boys all the good lurk in the world, but are afraid they will be walking back some fine day, thinking St. Johns is good enough for them. W. 0. W. Trolley Ride. The V. O. W. will give a fine trolley tide over Portland to their members, the members of the Cir ele nml the esK;eiiilly invited guests ot these two bodies Priday evening The members mid friends of St. Johns will leave here not later than 7 o'clock so as to be at nth street Portland between Washington and Abler not later than 7:55, from whence the .start will be made, It was fust intended to have the ride end at Cellar Patk where the gov ernor, the mayor and others would addicts the aNsembly, but because ot tue late lire tit tue xwcr house on this side of the liver tlure was thought not sufficient power heie to handle the 35 or .o eats at one tune which will be ucccssaiy to carry the tcople. The genial siecial oignuUer for this organization at l.os Angeles Cal.. Mr. A. R. Kelsey, who has been actively engaged in the cam paign hete in St. Johns especially, will be with the bunch to make it pleasant for the members, lie speaks veiy highly of St. Johns and her enterprising camp and says they aie doing very nicely, getting additions to the order right along and they will hold the initiations in St. Johns instead of taking them to Portland, and will hold a big jub ilee when the event comes oft. Mrs. Satah A. Kemp and Nellie M. Kemp entertained a few young ftieuds btiday evening, August 16, in honor of their friend, Miss Lillian Hyde of Forest Grove. Couveisatiou and music were en joyed, tefiesltruents served and at a late hour all dcclatcd they had spent a pleasant evening. Those present wete Messrs. Galloway, Norton, Hiooks; Misses Phillips, Alice and Susie Galloway, Hyde and Kemp. There is a nasty lookim; mud hole being propagated at the bank corner at the intersection of Jersey and Philadelphia streets. It doesn't look u bit like Chicugo, The lldid Times skating party at the link was a diiudy.There were 125 skaters 011 theiloor and over 300 sKi'tatois. The prize winners weie as follows: 1st prize, Miss Alma llury a silk handkerchief,' and, Miss Agnes Kilkeuiiey, a jewel case. ('tents' fust prize, Floyd Culp, cigar case and cigar; sud, Howard Ilrice, silk handkerchief. The judges weie Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Hendricks and J. It. Kiik. An Unlucky (Jungle. On the VI it of December, 18S., Admiral Imiiumh gave up the com maud of the ileet and rot 11 rued to Hnglnud. He wan succeeded by Ad miral Lyons, between whom' and Duudas a kigmil parting took place which will long be remembered a a standing joke in tho navy. As Admiral Duiidin left the tluot al KaiiiiiSH'h the crews of both ling lull mid French ships manned the yards nml gave him 11 parting cheer. At the hiiiio moment, by tho doiro of l)iiuda, n signal win run up to Sir K. Lyons on board the Agamemnon, "May success attend you," to which Sir'K. Lyons ordered to be howted in reply, ""May happi ness await you." Hut though in real lifo hanging and ImpninoM are generally consid ered to linve no very close connec tion, yet in the signal codo tliov are very much alike, rnfortuniitolv, in the hurry to reply to Admiral Onn diu, the llag for the former instead of tho latter word wn hoisted, and what wan wore the stupid blunder tinted villuges in tho Wilncrwald or on tho Kahlcnbcrg, nnd it was in tho nrbors of the small inns, with n glass of pure country wino beforo him, that inspiration enmo most easily. But oven these modest de lights wcro imbittered by tho mnlico that pictured him as n drunkard who composed his songs when ho was full of wine. It is an nbsoluto fact that ho did not lo.u tho faculty of nrtislic work even under tho mad dest circumstnticct. He composed the greater part of tho "Miller Songs" whilo ho was lying ill in hos pital in 18'vM. Ho was nuito right when ho wrote to his friend Kuppelwieser in March, 1821, "Thoe of my compo sitions which have been inspired by pain (teem to plcaxo people host. And in a letler to llaucrnfcld ho complained: "What wilt become of poor 1110? Like (lootho's harp player, I shall have to pnenk from door to door and beg my bread." The only ray of light that fell into his dark life was when, through tho kindness of Count ,1011111111 Kstcr hnzy's mnnnger, I'liuer, the father of the famous prima donna, Ungor- habaticr, lie was itppointcd music miuter in tho count's household in Zclcos, where he spent mhiio happy summers, the hnppicn of his lifo. It was in Cnstlo elees that ho is Mippoecd to have fallen in lnvo with Caroline, his patron's beautiful daughter, who was his pupil nnd who probably never learned tho fecret of the miiMciiin's heart, though it is straiii'e that ono so gifted nml so beautiful tdiould not iiivo married beforo fIio was well into the thirties. Bitter disappoint ment followed this short spell of a life free of care. London Tele- rjrl'b. Queer Language. When he was in Kgvpt Mark him to tho pyramids. Ho was fa miliar enough with Arabic, ho thought, to understand nnd bo un derstood with perfect ease. To his consternation ho found that ho could not comprehend it word that either or the guidos uttered. At tho pyramids ho met n friend, to whom ho mado known his dileminn. It was verv mysterious, Twain thought. "Why, tho explanation is simple enough," said tho friend. "Please cnlighton mo, then," said lwuin. "Why, you 6hould hnvo hired younger men. Thoo old f cl ows have lost their teeth, nnd, of course, tliev don t spoak Arabic 1 hey speak gum-Arnbip." Cigar Duit. Hero is a thing which nil cigar smoker might observe with profit to themselves. Beforo lighting a cigsir bite oil tho end nnd, placing the part to 1h lighted between your lips, blow through it. In this'wuy you get rid of n ilno dust that accu mulates in n eigar whou it is dry, which is apt to iulbtmo your vocal chords nnd injure your voice. It is u uiiunoie huh 10 vocalists, nnu Then tho gcntlcmnn, in hleh clco. hailed his companion nnd, snowing his purchase, informed him that ho was not tho only man who possessed a coin of Hicropolis. "Let us compare," said tho other, emptying tho pocket whoro his bronzo was jingling. llo sorted tho lot and felt in every pocket. No coin of Ilicrapolis was there. To this day three ques tions remain unanswered: How did tiio boy retain tho coin in the first iustanco in order to sell it over again? How, in that remote region, far from tho haunts of travelers, did ho know the value of his find ? j Aim to which purcnascr uiu 1110 coin really belong? Tobacco Stories. They were talking about tobacco. Said one: "I was tho luckiest fel low that ever lived when I began the habit. A great many times I fooled my mother, who would be lieve me on sight. But my father cnine in 011 mo in the kitclien onco when 1 actually had a pipe in my mouth, drawing nt it nnd emitting a cloud of smoke. "lie did not need to sny anything. I knew. "'Papa,' I said, 'I run not smok ing. I hnvo just lit tho pipe for Mary,' nnd I pasted tho pipo to tho cook with ns confident nn nir ns I could assume. "Bless year round, a custom winch pro vails also at Winchester. At Eton top hats aro tho usual hendgcar, and ono is sometimes treated to tho spectacle of n boy clad in football things surmounted by n ton hat. At somo schools ono is struck by tho enormous variety of caps worn by tho different boys, ovcry houso having its own colors for tho differ cut school games. Whan clothes aro changed for football or crickot this is rcasonablo enough, but under ordinary circumstances tho neatest uniform is somo dark suit with black ties, the members of tho various school teams being possibly allowed to wear thoir colors as n mark of distinction. At many schools tho boys aro compelled lo wear cap and gown, tho prefects In somo cases having the distinction of tassels to their mortarboards. At Bradfiold nnd Radloy tho boys wonr gowns, nnd nt Winchester nil tho "collo gnrfl" wore compelled to do so, but a mortarboard is very heavy to tho head, while a gown is. ruthor a hin drance lo n boy, though it may help to keep his clothes clean. It is customary for prefects or monitors to carry walking sticks as n mark of distinction, and in tho old days at Winchester prefects used to wear cowlers or "cow shooters" as an especial mark of dignity. At Har row 11 boy's great ambition is to get Ids "fez," which in appearance Is much like a smoking can with a long tassel, but which confers a great distinction upon the wearer. Brown boots aro not generally allowed nt school. All thoso various little do tails of dross are most rigorously en forced by tho boys" themselves ns well as by tho masters, with quito regimental exactness. Daily's Magazine. Faithful to Hli Captain. That was n loyal if not very gen llo answer onco mado be 11 nrivnfn ier soul, she took it nnd 1 noldicr to Frederick tho Greut of went on Miioking, nnd my fntlior went on his way, satisfied." "I had n wo'rso time than that," said tho next man. ".My fathor came upon mo with a largo chow of tobacco in my mouth. Said ho, 'Son. aren't you chewing tobacco?' I gulped tho whole thing down, hold my faco ns straight ns I could, and snid, X-no, sir,'" Charlotte Ob sorver. A Wet Dlanket. Tho youthful orator enmo down from tho platform nt the cloao of his address, and ninny peoplo preuse forward to shake him by tho hand. Ho accepted their congratulations with n smiling face, but his oyes wcro on n certain auditor who lin gered in his sent. Tho voting lec turor pressed through tho throng about him and extended his hand to tho waiting inan. "I want to thank you." ho said. "for tho closo nttontion you gavo Jnarve y to my romarks. Vour upturned faco natin;, moi was an inspiration to' mo. I am C "Jfe nui u on iiuht cimiigcu your earnest nttitude during my lecture." "Xo," snid tho man; "I hnvo a stiff, neck." , Prussia. During n campaign in j Silesia the king mado it his habit to j stroll through his camp in disguiso at night, to come into closer rein , tions witli his soldiers. Ono night ho was stopped by n sentry, but, giving the proper password, was permitted to proceed. Instead of doing so, however, ho endeavored to tempt the sentry into accepting a cigar, saving that a smoko would solaco his long watch. "It is against tho rules," said tho wldier. "But you hnvo my permission," laid Fredorick. "Vour permission!" cried tho sol dior. "And who aro you?" "I am tho king." "The king bo hanged!" said tho Incorruptible sentry. "What would my captain say?" Tho How He Died. "Hello, (Joordy, whit's ur lad?" was not discovered and hauled down I there are quite n number of profes till the whole ileet had seen and road 1 f ional opera .mgors who never lighl it.- 1 earsous Weekly t.,gllr Hntil they jmvo ulowa ou, PENNY-A-WORD AlhdmtUtmciiti under this head one cent fur rich word W.XNTKO Woill.lll til ilo uri'Llv u-iitli. ing mid ironing, Call nt this olVuv- Al'I'KltNTICItS V.VNYIil At litu mil. Ihiery More iirt lUnir wmthof rictolliiv. Mrs. A. .Stacker. jitf l'oit Si.h Pimiiturciif lunuiie 7iS Kichinonil trcit. J WANTIHt Huilil honors at tlu- V.i 0Mt Lainulry. Apply at onco. OlKIS WANTim A iiuinWr of eltU out M-cute employment ut the l'ortUml .MiuuiMctuniiK u. Aptilv m once. 1'OU SVLII l..ulv's liicvele. tirnt pla mvoiuI hand; price' fic. At this oilkv. For .Svt.it Kxecntional ch .nice for 11 young couple to buy furniture of .vroom muse, t'.irty eoiue cut. huimirr tween hours of 6 ami S p. m. at jm if.ut Klcluiuunl ktrtct. in, t'0l'NI Picked up on Willamette river, a row boat. Ilclil for owner who must prove property ami jviy for tlii no nce, .ippiy iov.iui. tirettcMJu, Cltlef of I'ollce. aotf W.VNTIIl r.irrill & Thompson need another man ut Hollow Cement lllock works, cor. Myers & Thoutson streets. W.VNTKO Canvaxers for a noveltv that will net them Jio per day. Inquire 119 llutllntjtou strwt, 40c Kht thev have blown out tho dust. To tho failure- to do this nitty bo Attributed in great part tho throat diseases with which steady smokers nre nfilictcd. Front London Bridge In a Sack. Some year ago a porter named Fuller, employed nt Billingsgate market, l.or-doii, mado n bet that ho would jump from Loudon bridge tied up in a sack, his only stipula tion being that ho should bo provid ed with a knife, which ho was not to open till ho touched tho water, with which to rip open tho sack. Ilo succeeded in acconiplishlne tho n. sam nn ungnsn pitman to his mnrra ono uny, -js your who deed or what ?" "Xa, nn, lad," said Geordy, "it's worso than that." "Had away lad," said Jackio; "lot's hov it. Vlv-1 vent yo look so bubbly; toll your marra what yor trouble is." "Oh," j said ficordy, "tho dog's deed. Ho swalleued tho tape moasurol" "By I, That's narking," said Jackie. "How ; did ho dio? By inches, I suppose, on r " ou'ro wrang," said Ueordy, "for ho went roond tho back and died by tho yard 1" London Hail. The Vinegar Bible. Tho "Vinegar Bible" was thus named from n ludicrous typograph ical blunder, the "oarablo of the vinoyard," in tho twentieth chaptor , of Luke, being mado to read tho 1 "parablo of tho vinegar." This edi- j Hon of tho Bible was published in' 1717, and most of the copies were destroyed by tho publishers, though several got into circulation beforo ceded m aeconitmsrunir tho 1 tno uiunuer was discovered. It is 1 feat and when picked up by some asserted that not more than a dozen irieuus in a boat was none tno worse; copies 01 mis dook are now in ex The Oriole' Nett. oriole's nest of itself is a hat tying, weavinsr. molding, binding and shap- ng into grnco and beauty I And what nn astonishing placo to put it hanging on the ends of tho most slonder twigs of tho elm treo! And how much skill it requires to fasten it there in a way to withstand tho winds nnd storms! What a vast difference in form and location bo twecu that and the neat of n king fisher in tho bank of n pond or of a rough winged swallow in a stono wall. St. Nicholas. Sungeitlont That Will Help In Making It Habttable. In addition to those familiar uses of attics which nro so vivid when it rains or when ono is cynical or moody or inclined to be witty nt tho expense of bedposts and warming pans, there aro improved uses an at tic can bo put to and still remain nn attic. Tho fooling of attics that sense thoy give of a friendly aliena tion from the world below stairs must not, of courso, bo lost. If ono desires no moro than a placo in which to tell fairy tnles nt twilight tho lighting of n candle might bo clinngo enough in the usual tin plastered and left over spneo. But that is too simple. Besides, tho tasto for fairy talc3 is not universal, nnd it is, moreover, a tasto moro natural in tho nursery than in tho nttic. But a habitable attic must bo anything but dingy. A glass trapdoor, such ns ono too often sees, is not enough. Thcro should bo a great dormer window, built low enough for window scats, and nmplo scats at that, largo enough to loungo in. Tlicro sliould bo wido sills, loo, for flowers, for an ottio without flowers would bo unimagina ble. As for tho body of tho room tho chief thing to do whoro tlioro aro gables would bo to insert a wainscot all around of, say, five or six feet in height. Along his could bo put shelves for books or odds and ends of whatever kind. A car pet would Ijo improper, for it is tra ditional that an nttic is hare. In expensive rugs nnd skins suggest themselves mechanically, like easy chairs, n work table ond a lounge. Tho fancy includes a piano, pic tures, glorious nndirons, sconce?, whilo tho imagination lonps (0 ar mor nnd cnbinot8. Yot in a proper nttic tho furniture should be n littlo commonplnco with a discarded look, if you will, to bo in keeping. Things half broken down aro fit for a quaint utility thcro, nnd ns clotlica onco decent on Sunday enmo to bo so only on bnttirdav nnd thon on Friday, nnd so on, so odds nnd ends ns they grow fnmiiinr nnd worn in other parts of tho homo have it last use as old companions in nn nttic. Wnllnco Stevens in Indoors nnd Out. 'Diplomatic. ".Mr. Qidsmoro," bogan tho young man, "when you proposed to vour wife, or lo tho estimable lady who Is now Mrs. Gidsmore, did sho tell you to nsk her fnlhor?" "bho did, my boy." nimbi v ro- plied Mr. Gidsmore. "And did you try to shirk tho Job?" "Well, como to think of it. I did.' I I believe 1 tried to get hor to do tho nsking, 'pon my soul. Hn, ha!" "And when you did nsk him of courso you had to snonk to him finally" "Of course I did. Of course." "And when you did ink him did your knees shake, nnd was your tonguo dry, nnd did you hnvo stago fright generally?" "I was scared to doath." "Well, that's tho way I feel. I told Gladys I knew I oould find somo mutunl bond of sympathy bo tween us whon I enmo to toll you that she has promised to marry mo." Life. Hit Horee'e Meal. A huckster, coming out of a pa tron's house one day, saw a little boy feeding apples to his horse. Pleased at seeing the animal getting nn ex cellent meal at no cost to himself, tho man patted tho boy on tho head and said: "That's right; always be good to animals. And where did you buy those pretty apples?" "I didn't buy them," the boy an twered. "I took them out of your wagon." for his dive. There was born to Mr. and Mrs. Honliaiu Tuesday evening a bright little girl ami our popular merchant goes down the street with the air of a prince. We don't blame hint a bit. We have been caught in the same fix and know just how proud he feels. 0. 8, .Manning and family have returned from a three weeks' outing at Long Beach. They were accom panied by their daughter, Mrs. Stewart, of Portlaud. Utence. Married, at the home of the bride's aunt, in Portland, Thurs day of last week, Mr. J. P. Stark and Miss Belle Flower, Rev, F. L. Young, officiating. Mr. Stark is a well known resident of St. 'Johns and is in the employ of the Ed uiondsou company here. Congrat ulations are extended from all their friends, including this paper. Mr. W. K. Niks of Milwaukie. Ore., is spending a few days visit ing his sister, Mrs. E. J, Ward, Hie Milk. Minister (mildly) I've been I wanting to see you, Mr. Kurd, in regard to the quality of the milk with which you are serving me. Milkman (uneasily) Yes, sir. Minister (very mildly) I only I can't get Cousin John's lungs and wanted to say, Mr. Kurd, that I use I Mary's china and mother's oyos and tho milk for dietary purposes es ! Harriet's wisdom teeth out of it for clusivcly and not for christening. one minute." Teek Him Down a Pen. The young doctor to whom the jfaculapinn oath was Grcok looked contemptuously nt tho old woman who had como to tho uptown hos pital where ho wus nn inferno to in quiro about her son. "He hns corebro uourosis, I told you onco," ho said. "Oh, dear," said the woman, for she was not ns ornately educated ns tho young physician, "is it ns bad ns that ? Now what do you coll it ?" "Neurosis," said the surgeon. "Don't I talk plain enough for you?" "Is it anything like nervous pros tration?" inquired tho woman. "You will pardon nie, sir. My ed ucation was along literary rather than scientific lines." "That's what somo call it," said the young physician ns ho got ready to mako n run for tho nmbulnuco at tho door. New York Telegram. Feeling Overcrowded. It was doubtless Mrs. Howo's "sympathetic naturo," to which she constantly referred, that-mado hor carry so many burdens which did not belong to hor, Hor sufferings wero many, but tho statement of them often roused her family to mirth. "How's your head this morning, my dear?" inquired Mr. Howe ono morning in a properly solicitous tone. "It's no better," came in a hol low voice from behind tho teapot. "It wonH be any bettor while I Mrs. Mina Newman and three daughters of Tacoma, Wash., are visiting at the home of J. F. Hen dricks this week. It is likely they will locate here soon, as they are greatly pleased with the appear ance of things in general. James M, Kenuedy, press agent of the W. O. W. aggregation that is making a strenuous campaign in Portland and vicinity, was a pleas ant caller at the Review office on Wednesday. Going Hop Picking? You will want some of the mauy useful articles to be found at our store. Come in before you go and look over the thousands of articles in even day use. Prices always the lowest. Natioual Tea Store, 103, S. Jersey street. Mr, and Mrs. Raymond Lee spent Sunday m Portland with their aunt, Mrs. F. W. Lambert,