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OREGON CITY COURIER, FRIDAY, AUGUST 7 1903, THE TRUE FISHERMAN. Be Enjora Siature'e Deautiea and la Not a Mere Butcher. The angler's art is but a pretext, or, rather, the Incentive to a ramble, and not Ihe solo object of the fisherman, unless, alas, he belongs to that too common variety, the man whose sole object is his catch. Such a man fishes with a worm, hides fingerlings in the depth of his basket and photographs his catch as a witness of his crimes. Be is not a fisherman, but a butcher. A yellow primrose on the river's bank Is to him a primrose and nothing more. The true fisherman loves to catch fish, to match his wits against the weary trout, but as he wanders from pool to pool the songs of. the birds greet him restfully. Every turn In the stream reveals a nook la which strange wild flowers nestle. The gentle ex citement of the sport prevents ths scene from becoming monotonous. Tht element of chance, the uncertainty of the catch, add the drop of ta bases sauce which gives zest to the day. And the noontide meal by the brink of the stream! When did a meal have a mors delightful flavor? Delmonlco never served a trout like unto those we have eaten by the banks of a mountain brook with the clear blue sky above, the waving forest round about and the. murmuring stream at our feet. The hour of contemplation comes afterward, with the pipe of peace In our hand Instead of the relinquished rod. How far off the city seems! Ars there such things as corporations, trusts, stocks, bonds, electric lights that amaze the sight, harsh warnings of trolley gongs, the rumble and grind of the wheels and the brakes on the elevated road which affright the ear? The harshest note that breaks the still H here is the boom of the bittern In the distant marsh. i Home to camp the fisherman goes, taking a cast In this silent pool In which the trout rose In the forenoon to his cast, but missed the fly, or In that dark bole deep under the bank In which a vigilant eye may detect the brown sides of a trout with lazily wav ing fins and tall, an old campaignei not easily caught Dr. A. T. Bristol In World's Work. TTot England DmnTJ In 1512. ' This is how our forefathers managed In a time when tea and coffee were unknown and beer wits the common beverage of the Englishman. In the Northumberland Household Book, c8m menced in 3 ." 1 2, we have nn exhaustive account of the domestic economy of the great Percy family, and from it we learn that at breakfast, which was gerved at 7 o'clock in the morning, the earl and countess had ti quart of beer and a quart of wine between them; two sons, "My Lorde Percy and Mals ter Percy," a pottle (two quarts) of beer, and two children in the "Nurcy" (nursery) a quart of beer. For dinner, at 10 o'clock, my lord and lady had a gallon of beer and a pottle of wine, the two boys a quart of beer and the youn ger children a pottle of beer. At sup per, at 4 o'clock, the earl and countess shared a pottle of beer and a pottle of wine; the children also had their al lowance. For "livery," which was served in the bedroom between 8 and 9 o'clock In the evening, the parents were supplied with a gallon of beer and a quart of wine and each pair of children with a pottle of beer. Surely there could In this case have been no "drinking between meals." London Chronicle. CHINESE CONTRASTS. We bake bread; in China they steam It. We divide the day Into twenty-four hours; they Into twelve. We locate intellect in the brain; thej locate It in the stomach. Our calendar Is based on solar time; theirs Is based on lunar time. With us the seat of honor Is on the right; with them It Is on the left Our given name precedes the sur name; theirs follows the surname. The needle of our compass points t the north; theirs pointB to the south. We have standard wefghts and meas ures; their weights and measures differ iu each district. ' Our children stand facing the teach er to recite their lessons; theirs turn their backs to the teacher. Our watchmen quietly go their rounds with a view to catching thieves; theirs beat gongs and yell to frighten them away. We bury our dead a few days after their decease; they often keep theirs In ' the bouse in heavy, sealed coffins for years. "China's Mllllous." The Hookah In India. The hookah is smoked as a refresh ment and sign of fellowship by the natives of India and not merely as a luxury. When a group of natives are seated together and, as is the custom, the hookah Is passed around to each lu turn It Is considered very bud manners for uny ono to doclino to have a few puffs. If the hookah Is thus refused In friend's house or while one Is the "gtiest of another it is regarded as nn Insult. If for any reason a native is put out of caste tho fact is Btrletly marked by his former caste fellow's refusal to smoke with him, and any one who eats, drinks or smokes with au outcast is himself outcasted. Chambers' Journal. Bulgarian Weddlnc Cnatoma. A curious wedding custom which ex ists In Bulgaria Is the shaving of the bridegroom on the wedding day. While the barber is engaged upon his face a dancing crowd of boys and girls surround the bridegroom. When his hair has been cut, the pieces are care fully collected by some of the girls, to be preserved in one of the bride's chests. After the barber has finished his work he receives a small white linen cloth as a present and each person sives him a trifling sum of money. Then the bridegroom kisses the hand of each girl, washes his face and dons his wedding dress, wh'ch must be first ac curately weighed three times by a lad. These strange customs are said to date back to pre-Christian days, but they are still strictly observed, espe cially in country districts. II MinaTlaj mil T.J LJ . J V. - -Lrl- 1 M aj law I I i Pertr Blblea a Minute. ' The Bible publications of the Oxford University Press have been issued for 800 years and can be published in 150 laneuaees and dialects. Orders for 100,000 Bibles are quite common., An order for half a million copies can, ac cording to the Caxton Magazine, be readily filled. On an average from thir ty to forty Bibles are furnished every minute. There are 110 different edi tlons of the Oxford Bibles in English, varying from the magnificent folio edi tion for pulpit use to the "brilliant" Bi ble, the smallest edition of the Scrip tures In the world. The largest folio Bible printed In Oxford measures 19 by 12 Inches, and no erratum has as yet been found In it The "Brilliant Text Bible" measures 3 by 2 Inches and is three-fourths of an inch thick. For a Recruit Cigar the best.5c smoke in Jhe World, and youJiQiUlbe in line '7 The Handson these famous Cigars entitle you to an interest in our $142,500 offer. V Two 'Bands from Recruit Cigars are equal to one itag from Star Tobacco in securing presents. S4 I SAVE THE BANDS-' Asit the dealer for) ' "Executive Ability." "But then, of course, he has execu tive ability," wo said' conclusively. "Executive ability!" repealed our ac quaintance. "What do you mean by that?" "Why, the quality of holding subor dinates responsible for failures and taking credit to ourselves for their suc cesses," we responded. Which we considered rather clever for studied impromptu. New York nornld. Mad a ad Bad. Kind nearted Clt teen-Tut, tut, tut! Pou't worry over it, little boy. You didn't break your pitcher, and there's no use, you know, la crylug over split milk. Little Boy Do I talk as If I was cry In', mister? (Resumes his violent lan guage.) Chicago Tribune. gtocklnga. How many readers are familiar with the history and origin of the most com mon articles they dally use? We eat, drink, wear without thinking whence or wherefore. Stockings were known among the Romans more than 1,800 years ago, as is proved by paintings found in the ruins of rompeu. 'iney were considered more ornamental than useful. In the colder climate of northern Europe they became a necessity, and the manufacture of them became a recognized employment In the twelfth century, when they were fashioned chiefly of cloth. In the reign of Ed ward II. they assumed a resemblance to those now worn. At the courts of Spain and Italy they were fashioned of ilk and were made enormously large. En RtV Dj A Myetery Gxplalaed. "I don't understand," said the Igno ramus at the academy, "why they al ways put the baldhcaded men up In the front row." "That's easy," butted In the osher. "They put 'em up there so they'll b near the files." Boston ITerald. Get Hia Numbere Right. A certain lawyer, who Is now a very able Judge, was, when he first came to the bar, a very blundering speaker, says Youth. On one occasion, when he was trying a case of replevin, involving a right of property to a lot of hogs, he j said, "Centlemen of the jury, there were just twenty-four hogs In that. drove Just twenty-four, gentlemen exactly twice as many ns are In that Jury box!" Tho effect can be Imag ined. RhluoeeroaCi With Two llorna. Several suedes of . rhinoceroses, now extinct and only found in a fossil state, used to exist which had no horns at nil. Tho name, meaning as It does "horned nose," Is rather a misnomer In their case. Several kinds of rhinoceroses In Africa havo two horns, ono behind the other, but tho extinct rhluoceros, known ns tho dyceratherlum, had a pair of horns on Its nose side by side. Looking; rieaaant. Mrs. Cbugwnter So that's the photo graph you had taken the other day, la it? I'd like to know why you can't look as pleasant as that wheu you are In the house. Mr. Chugwater Well, it may be that the photographer tried to bring out my pleasant expression, and you don't A Danapeaer. Visitor Is Miss Rankin in? Servant Yes, sir. Visitor Is she engaged? Servant-Yes, sir, but the gentleman alu't here this evening, sir. Come in. Evil. Good Is positive. Evil Is merely privative, not absolute It Is like cold, which Is the privation of heat. All evil Is so much death or noneutity. Emersou. A Toor Bargainer. Ethel-I offered Ferdy a penny for his thoughts. Edith Well, I'll never let you do any phopplng for me! ruck. I' Amblgaeaa. 'Asklngton-She has a rich husbaad. hasn't she? Teller Yes, and at the same time a tnlghty por one. Smart Set j! Ilia Fool Pnranlt. "Are you following the races?" "Yes, and If I ever catch up to them I'll quif'-Prlneeton Tiger. MOTHER GOOSE JINGLES. Uodernlaed So na to Meet the Pop ular Demand. "The jingles of good old Mother Goose, which have gladdened the hearts of children through many gen erations, perhaps will live as long as the race endures, In themselves an un alterable if absurd literature," said the untamed poet. "Yet if they must re main unalterable in form why should they not be modified In spirit so far ns to meet modern conditions? I contend that they should be, and with this idea in view the following simple substi tutes" The untamed poet left his 'sentence unfinished, and, his eye In a flue freuzy rolling, read as follows: Little Bo Teep had Jost her sheep. One (lay while feeling woozy. "By their soot I will trace their hiding plac-p, For they're Fittsburg sheep," said Boozle. Hey, diddle, diddle, the cat and the fiddle! The cow Jumped over the moon. "I'm middling hlRh," tsM she, "hut, my, Just wait till I'm beefsteaks soon!" Bldp a 'mobile to hear people squeal At flftv nlha nr hour: Then swear In a court, for the people'! aport, That the limit was twelve miles power. Simple Simon met a pieman Yelling hla waras In town. Bald Simple Simon: "You're a ruy, man. Oe way back nd Hit down." Bald the pieman te Blmpl Ihnen, "You are a aauay elf!" The pleman'a aa4 was heavy, and 81 can't alt aewn himself. Mary had a little lamb. With mint sauce en the aide. They eroutht the bill to Mary. "Geed Loral' aha said and died. Rockaby, baby, yout cradle Is freen; Tou tn the park ahall be frequently seen To roll and to romp with the kids of your clnaa And hear the policemen yell, "Off ot der graaa!" Alfred J. Waterhouse In New York Times. Squelched. Feline amenities show themselves most forcibly at committee meetings. There was ono of these latter gathered together to dls'Miss a charity bazaar. Tho chairman smiled sweetly upon the artist's wife and said: "You'll get your husband to let us have some little thing of his for the art table, will you not Mrs. Mahlstick?" "Well, you know husbands are not always easily managed, my denr." "Ah, but take him after one of your nice dinners and then put in a word for our worthy cause. But remember we are not allowed to have anything which sells for. over 23." "Indeed!" And then Mrs. M.'s eye brows went up alarmingly. "Then perhaps he'll induce 0110 of his pupils to dash off something for youj" New York Times. WHEN YOU BUY TWO ' The respect of the common people is the highest reward n man cau reap in this country .-Schoolmaster. . All For the Beat. "Yes," said Mr. Cumrox, "my daugh ter's commencement essay was very fine." "Did you enjoy It?" "I should say so. I wish I could write something like it." "You regret not having applied your self to literary pursuits?" "No. if I had I probably could-.'.'t havo afforded to give- Ethelluda the education which enabled her to pro duce this masterpiece." - ' " Pnluttng Animals' Eyea. One of tho most difficult things which tho artists and taxidermists of the gov ernment studio havo to do is the paint ing and preparation of glass eyes for the mammals, birds and reptiles mounted nt that institution for exhibi tion in the National museum. These "eyes" are made of glass, hol low within and from the rear, so that the inner surface may be painted any color desired. As no two animals' eyes are alike and ns the colors are often I complicated and unusual, it requires a great deal of skill, study and practice before one Is competent to umlertaue the work. Life Saving Saperatltlon. Tho superstitious collier Is often laughed to scorn, but a miner In north Wales is just now thanking his lucky stars that he believes In omens. lie was boring under Borne coal and was startled by seeing a rat scuttling away. 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