OREGON CITY COURIER, THURSDAV, FEB. 12,1914
SPENCE REFUTES
ENTERPRISE STORY
(Continued from Page 1)
with the LARGE END CAREFULLY
PLACED. DOWN." We have learned
that it is not best to mix mud with
. i. u iibpH the water
wagon and roller about as the writer
suggests, uiawiti- " - r .
that was built in this
manner some twelve or thirteen years
ago and it is a "farily good road yet.
t An r,nt rompmhfir that it has had
even a top dressing since it was
built. Under a proper system of
maintenance our macadam roads
would be good today and the money
used in building them was not wasted,
uru.. ttio Entornrise and
rv uwo
others assume that every one who
nnf ncrrea witn mem on
UV livv - ,
bonding question and in their pro
P M.nnKacarltutmn IS ODDOS-
ed to good roads? It is not true and
it IS not lair, i Know a iiuiiiuoi
,i n tVm VinnHs who have
worked for good roads and good road
legislation Deiore wose w
them were heard of in the good roads
movement.
One would be led to believe from
the discussions on the new roads laws
as published in the Oregon City pa
pers tnat we can not get
nna f h State Hichwav engineer
unless we vote bonds. Allow me to
state that the advice and assistance
of that officer is to be had for the
asking, free of charge, by any county
court, whether in the expenditure of
a small sum of money, a regular or
special tax levy or a bond issue. It is
not necessary to vote uonua or bjjbhu
a great sum of money to get the ser
vices of the state engineer.
While the new law requires the
county court to get specifications ana
..tlmitia nnrl nrlvprt.isfi for bids on
road work requiring the expenditure
of $1,00U or more in any ruau uisirivi.
the court may reject all bids and have
it done by days work. This makes a
good check on botn tne Diaaers ano
tho rln-ir liihnrorH. and I believe it will
save money for the taxpayers. The
assistance ana.auvice ot me waw en
gineer may be" had for the asking in
this work, but I do not think it is
the intention of the law that he act
as county road boss for any county.
The following is a copy or part of
section 4 of this law:
"Said Engineer shall act in advis
ory capacity to the county courts of
the different counties in the matter
of ROAD CONSTRUCTION OR
MAINTENANCE whenever request
ed so to doi Upon request of the coun
ty court of any county said Engineer
shall furnish specifications for any
piece of road construction in such
county upon being furnished the nec
essary information and data to enable
him to prepare such specifications
and such specifications shall be fur
nished free of cost to such county."
Part of section 6 of the same law
reads as follows "Said Engineer
shall investigate and determine the
methods of road construction best
adapted to the various counties, giv
ing due regard to topography, natur
al character and availablility of road
building materials . Said Engineer
may be consulted at all reasonable
times by the county officers having
care and authority over highways,
iiT.ravfo Dnd VteirltrAU and uliall w1-
vu.iki .a uiiu mi mmu Dunn u
vise such officers relative to the con
struction, repair, alteration, or main
tenance of the same, etc."
Yours for Good Roads,
C. E. Spence.
PAY AS WE BUILD
Herman Gerhardus has a Road Plan
Simple and Different
Editor Courier:
One more suggestion for better
roads. It is very simple. If we form
districts on all main roads from the
Multnomah line, northern part of the
county, from Gray's Crossing to
Springwater, or Sycamore to Damas
cus, and the farmers build the roads
in said districts, each district buy
ing its own machinery and build the
main roads; all land owners adjoin
ing said road must pay 50 per cent,
and owners from A to one mile from
road to pay the remaining 50 per
cent. All main roads to be lfi feet
wide, hard surfaced, and all side
roads 8 feet. Main lines may bo 24
feet, but extra expense paid by auto
clubs.
A first class hard surfaced road
can bebuilt for $9,000 a mile, if we
have no grafters and use crushed
rock. This is the best and most econ
omical material when it is handy to
get. Such roads would run for years
without any repairs, and would be
the best investment ever made by the
farmers of Clackamas county.
A certain per cent of the money
must be collected from each district
and pay cash for all machinery and
supplies, and every farmer must pay
his sham ns Rrtnn na tkn rniil to
pleted to the end of his farm. That
will give every farmer an even
chance and the land speculator will
have to pay his shnro of the expens
es also. Under our present system
the farmer has to carry the burden in
road work alone.
H. Gerhardus
Lfloklnff for ITnmna In rilnrlutiitia
One 5 room plastered house, 2 lots.
& diocks to car, $i,tuti. uasy terms.
Ono ft fnnm rtmitrnlnw nuavltr f!
ished. (Modern.) 1 or 2 lots. Price
$2,400, easy terms.
One 5 room bungalow, 2 lots,
basement. Trice $2,200, $800 down,
balance, easy terms.
Can build one or two bungalows to
suit on easy terms.
Have some good propositions in
average iarm, l acre and up.
Come and see me.
Percy Cross,
Gladstone, Ore.
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GRAND JURORS BUSY
Inquisitors Probe, Cases that Have
Accumulated uunut
rvimi'nnl pnnea have been OCCUDV
ine the attention of the Clackamas
county grand jury ior me past, ween,
fw VinHv having re-convened to con
sider matters that have come up since
its January session. Among u
cases taken up are those of Guy Mc
Murray, held on a charge of obtain
mnnra linrfnr false Dretences: H
V Ul,lv, .Viarrrnrl with flSSatllt UDOn
his brother E. H. Holdren; Jack Davi
and Adome Skens, statutory ouencea,
Wallance Woodcox ana rruz imuuei
on oharo-pA with arson, and "Black
; ' tips extradited from Texas
charged with riot.
If in nnr.irinaterl that lies Will
re-indicted; as the present charge
against him hinges upon me uscbu
telephone riot case, .in which those
jointly indicted with him were ac
quitted. Under the law, one man
alone cannot be charged with rioting
or with conspiracy to riot. Timmer
man was bound over to the grand
jury after a hearing before Justice
Sievers. He is accused of having at
tempted to fire the home ot w. ti.
Mauer, and it was declared at his
.preliminary hearing that personal
property of his was found near the
house. MCMurray is accusea oi sell
ing bogus subscriptions to maga
zines and with pocketing the pro
ceeds. This is One Reason
It is often decried that there is
such a prejudice and opposition to
big business concerns, railroads, etc.
The big business concerns have
bred much of it.
The Hawley stairway in the lower
part of the city and the public ele
vator on Seventh street are illustra
tions.
The Southern Pacific is trying to
hold up both from overhead crossing.
The elevator is 100 feet above the
tracks and the only possible interfer
ence it could have would be to divide
the smoke from the engine, yet the
S. P. would stop the work just from
habit.
And then its officials wonder why
the people always oppose them and
why a circuit court jury always gives
the other side the verdict.
Questions for Mr. Jack
Will you kindly explain why my
unimproved land was assessed $70
per acre; Pete Mority'a land $60 per
acre and Joseph Bachmann's, $50 per
acre in the year 1909, and why Har
old Gerhardus' team is assessed at
$150 and all the neighbors' teams
assessed from $75 to $100 in 1913?
II. Gerhardus.
It's True, and It's Good
An illustrated lecture on Europe
will be given by Rev. C. A. Phipps at
the Presbyterian church on Friday
evening, Feb. 13, at eight o'clock.
Mr. 1'hipps, who is state Superin
tendent of the SundaV Schools in
Oregon, has prepared alarge number
of post card views for the reflecto-
scope and will give an interesting
talk on his trip to the World's S. S.
Convention in Europe in 1913.
Do not fail to hear this lecture.
No admittance will be charged, but
a free will offering will be- taken at
tne close oi tne lecture.
Safe for Babies, Effective for Grown
Ups That's Foley's Honey and Tar
Compound. It has the confidence of
your druggist, who knows it will give
you satisfaction, W. W. Nessmith,
Statesboro, Ga., says: "I have sold it
in my store and it never fails to
cure." Refuse a substitute. Huntley
Bros. Co., Oregon City.
Successful Everywhere
People everywhere are talking of
the quick and fine results Foley Kid
ney Pills give in bachache, rheuma
tism, kidney and bladder troubles.
You can not take them into your sys
tem with good results. That is be
cause Foley Kidney Pills give to the
kidneys and bladder just what nature
calls for to heal these weakened and
inactive organs. Huntley Bros. Co.
The Want Column
SALE OR TRADE, Small portable
sawmill, sell or trade for Oregon
City property. F Mayfield, Spring
water, Rt. 1., phone Beaver Creeft.
FOR EXCHANGE Good property
in tho beautiful town and health
resort of Ashland, Ore., for some
thing in or near Oreeon Citv. Ad
dress owner, J. II. Bellan., Rt. 6.,
liox 04, Oregon City, Ore.
ROSE COMB REDS Great winter
layers, hggs prepaid, mail or ex
press, $1.50 per 15. J. W. Vinocke,
uwiby, uregon.
the Courier office.
FOR SALE Four cylinder Ford gas
oline engine, Pacific Highway ga
rage.
FOR SALE 3!4 Mitchell wairon
California hard wood bo:;, wide
tire, good as new; will trade for
lighter wagon or for cattle. Frank
Weisenbeck, Oregon City, Rt. 3
Home phone Beaver Creek 4 D 25,
Have constant calls for farms 40
acres and larger at $25 and upwards'
per acre; can also use a few tracts
of logged off land. Owners should
write Wougluss McChe.sney, G02 Ti
tle Ac irust islug., l'ortland, Ore.
NOTICE $1,500 to loan on real
property at 7 per cent. Win.
Stone, attorney, Oregon City.
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FOUND by O A. Hollinsworth. a
a lady's gold ring. May be hnd at
Lounor otnee on mdentifieation.
FOR SALE CHEAP On account of
poor health, home in Oregon City.
Auciress uox 03.
FOR SALE Tlhick Mare, coming 5
m spring, lbul) pounds, sound, true
as steel, no blemish, a beauty. $250,
Also 5 wood stancheons, used 2
months, $1.00 each. J. II. Van
metor, phone Main 2013, city, P. O.
Rt. 6.
FOR SALE Canadian field peas, 3c
per pound. John Uiningcr, Ore
gon City, Rt. 2.
Get VOUr letterheads and envoi rinno
DrinteH with h nnrtiA ef vmir farm
on them. The Courier will make them
cheap for ou.
HUNSAKER'S DREAM
Last week I was invited to Portland,
With Nobel and Trudell,
And we drank a lot of stuff
Too numerous to tell.
I got home somehow
My prayers I think I said,
But anyhow I was Spifflicated
When I got into bed.
I dreamed I died and went to Heaven
And saw that repentance
For me was now too late.
Then suddenly I was ushered
Before the Golden Gate.
And .what will you have said old St.
Feter,
Don't you know you can't get in ?
For Surely you must suffer
The greedy glutton's sin.
I said no more but stepped aside''
And hung my head with shame,
While Peter's clerk stood close be
side
And wrote LOST beside my name.
Next, came Lawrence Ruconich,
And you've all heard Ruckey blow'
So I just stopped and listened
At the Bull he tried to throw.
Oh the gooda de Fader de Peter
I come to you at last,
My saloon days are over
And my picture show nights are past,
I treata my neighbor lika myself,
No bega, no roba, no steal, v
And never on the sidewalk,
I throwa the banana peel.
You better beat it quick said Peter,
Your business was too risky,
Your beer was always on the bum;
And you put water in the whiskey.
Poor old Ruckey wilted
And heaved a heavy sigh.
Came and stood behind me
And a tear was in his eye.
Next came-old Claus Krone
All paralyzed with fear,
Who like ways in Oregon City,
Was often paralyzed with stale beer;
Be Gades Fader Peter How Goes?
I come to you free from Sin,
Und I ask such a favor
Das iss please und let me in.
And to hide mine shame I cried,
And went over behind Canemah Hot
Springs
And committed Sousincide.
Then skidoo for you said Peter, ,
And suffer your disgrace.
You came before I sent for you,
So I cannot make a place.
HThe poor old German staggered
And tnen began to whine
Just like me and Ruckey
lie took his place in line.
Next came A. J. Knightly with a sat
chel in his hand
And before the Gate and old St. Peter
The Deacon took his stand.
Dear, Good Father Peter how do you
do?
I've got lots of old coins for the An
gels,
Which I will auction off to you.
I could sell them on the installment
plan,
But that would be a sin,
So I will give them to you at half
price
If you will only let me in.
While in Oregon City I was a ladies'
man,
And I used to play them strong.
I tell you I had an overcoat,
But 1 lorgot to bring it along.
Then you did well, said Peter,
ior very well you know.
You'll have no use for an overcoat
Where you will have to go.
The Deacon grabbed his satchel
And quickly took the hunch,
Just like me and all the rest,
He lined up with the Bunch
Last but not least, came Ed Bradey,
The Son of Erin's Isle,
And he greeted St. Peter' with a very
gracious smile. . ,
Ha! Ha! Sure and its yourself Father
Peter,
Looking so nice and sweet,
bo hurry up and step aside,
And show me to my seat;
But hold, cried Peter blandly,
if our case like all the rest,
Must first be tried.
You will have to show a pass-port
Before you can go inside,
But hurry up said Edward
Or for my supper I'll be too late,
And li,d took his hat and threw it in
side the Gate.
Go get your hat, said Peter,
Your nerve gives me the gout,
So Ed rushed in and slammed the
Gate
And locked St, Peter out.
Then through the key-hole he loudly
cried
I am master here you bet,
But I'll give up Heaven, Gate and
Urown.
If you'll make Oregon City WET.
Just then my wife called breakfast
And 1 awoke with a terrible thirst
With nothing to drink but water,
And feeling just like a Weiner Wurst.
W. B. H.
The Oregon City Shoe Hospital
wishes to announce that it has been
in Oregon City nearly two years, and
is enjoying a good patronage, and
new patrons are coming in every day.
We do good work, and only use the
best of material; so if you want the
best you must come to the Oregon
City Shoe Hospital.
HERE ARE PRICES FOR FEB
RUARY Men' slight half soles, nailed, 50cents,
sewed 00 cents; Men's medium half
soles, nailed 1)0 cents; sewed 70 cents:
Men's heavy salf soles, nailed, 76
cents; sewed, 85 cents; Men's vory
heavy halt soles, nailed, 85 cents;
sewed.-l.OO.
Backache, Rheumatism Vanish Away
Men and women having backache,
rheumatism, stilf and swollen joints
are honestly glad to know that Fo
ley Kidney Pills are successful every
where in driving out these ills. That
is because loley Kidney Pills are a
true medicine and quickly effective
in all diseases that result from weak
inactive kidneys and urinary irreg
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The Next SACK of FLOUR. You Buy Ask For
UNION MILLS "HIGH GRADE"
AND YOU WILL GO BACK FOR. ANOTHER
It is one of the best brands on the market and is
highest in everything but price.
We have recently remodeled the Union Mills, and
are better than ever prepared for regular milling
business. We exchange for flour, chopping, and
carry a line of feed, graham rlour, germ meal, Etc.
D. L. TRULLINGER
' AMAZONS OF THE ALPS.
Big and Brawny, They Do the Rough
st Kind of Heavy Work.
On the mountainous slopes of the
Bardoneccbluu district of the Alps
there is a curious nice of powerfully
built people. For some reason best
known to themselves they build their
dwellings in spots inaccessible to ordi
nary mortals. The people of the neigh
boring valleys are quite a different
class of beings and are looked upon as
weaklings, which ttiey certainly are
compared with the sturdy men and
women who ascend the steep and rug
ged roads leading to primitive cottages.
The men are rough of mien and boast
a physique that is extraordinary, but
they are hot so remarkable as the W(h
men, who may be described as peace
ful Amazons.
Most marked is the difference be
tween the women who live in this por
tion of Italy and the French ones
whose home Is but a few miles away
in the valley of the Isere, between
Chambery and Modane. The latter are
ordinary peasantry, but the former at
tract the attention of the visitor Imme
diately by reason of their size, "strength
and powers of endurance.
There are several types of women in
this district of the unfrequented Alps.
Dark complexions suggestive of south
ern Italy, brunettes and blonds may be
seen working side by side. All, how
ever, are toll, well built and muscular.
The work these women are capable of
and which they do cheerfully is enough
to terrify any average laborer In the
British isles. It is not a little gentle
farming or milking or anything that
can be done with comparative ease, but
hard, laborious work of all kinds, re
quiring much physical strength and
sustained effort.
To see women carrying loads of a
hundredweight and more for miles
along rough roads and" up steep in
clines is quite common, and that a
stranger Should comment upon the
feat Is to them incomprehensible.
They have been accustomed to work
since the days of their girlhood and
cannot imagine the delicate ladles of
the big towns. Loudon Standard.
SKOBELEV, THE MADCAP.
Millet, Thought Him Almost a Reincar
nation of Napoleon.
A few days before he sailed for Eu
rope on the trip which ended With
his death on the Titanic, Frank D.
Millet said to a friend in his studio:
"Skobelev! How well I retuember
him! We used to call him the Mad
cap. Thnt was when be swam the
Danube against orders, dashed into
Plevna without re-enforcements and
committed other little indiscretions
of that sort which only a madmail or
a genius would attempt
"Later 1 came to recognize him as
almost a reincarnation of Napoleon.
His ambition was literally about the
same as Napoleon's. He wanted Rus
sia to conquer the world. I stood with
him once on the heights above Con
stantinople it was in March, 1878, just
before the treaty of San Stefano
when he outlined to me bis schemes,
which began with the nbsorptlon ol
the Ottoman empire, then extended to
a conquest of India and concluded
with piratical designs on England In
Europe. f
"It was unbelievably naive, and I
should have dismissed the talk as the
veriest moonshine hnd I not been a
witness during the preceding months
to the man's rise from an inferior po
sition, where he was under a cloud,
to a lieutenant generalship, with which
he had become the bero of the war.
He was then the practical hand which
Russia held on Turkey's throat. He
died only a few years later, miserable,
wasted, futile. A strange roan, a
great man; I think the most remark
able man 1 have ever known." Rich
ard Barry In Century.
FOR SALE Ten dozen Petaluma
bred S. C. White Leghorn pullets
from trap nested stock and com
mencing to lay, at $1.00 each or
$10.00 a dozen. Fine opportunity
to get good stock cheap. D. A.
Jones, E. 3 Box 149, Oregon, City,
Ore.
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AFRAID OF THE DENTIST7
Hera Ara Some Hints That May Help
You Through Your Ordeal.
Everybody dreuds tbe dentist. The
bravest beurt quails nt tbe t bunt; lit of
the man with tbe forceps. One Who
bus been through ninny trying experi
ences with the dentist and who has
uiude a study of efficiency lu all direc
tions claims to have made some dis
coveries that ought to' be helpful to
all. Here are some of his suggestions.
Your siejie lu the dentist chair will be
greatly lightened if you will remember
a few things:-
Keep the throat moist by gargling
from time to time us you sit lu the
chair with water mixed with some an
tiseptic preparation of nu ordinary
character such as every dentist hns at
band.
It is not a bad idea before you go to
a dentist to take a bit of chewing gum
in tbe mouth to promote a free How
of saliva, if the gum has a flavor,
that will be helpful and will check tbe
tendency to dryness of the throat and
the tickling sensation that follows. .
Carry a large handkerchief with per
fume or cologne on it, which you can
bold in your bund and Inhale tbe
cologne whenever you have a mo:
ment's rest. You will find it very re
freshing. While the dentist is at work
tho hnudkerchief will give your lin
gers something to clasp. This may
help to divert your attention from the
work on your teeth.
Believe the strain upon your throat
at every opportunity while the dentist
is chnnging his instruments by lifting
your head from the chair for even a
single moment and taking a deep
breath. Shut your eyes and think of
some problem, some particular friend
or of some one in whom you are deep
ly interested. Thjs will divert your
thought from the dentist's work.
Remember that most of the pain we
fear we can escape. In these days
dentistry is less pninful than ever be
fore. It will probably never be entire
ly painless, yet much of the work of
the dentist is now done without in
flicting pain, though, of course, it Is
always unpleasant to have any one
operating with steel instruments in
your mouth.
If a pulnful moment comes while
you are sitting in the chair you can re
lieve it instantly by taking a long
breath. Try it and see. Leslie's
Weekly. .
HAND AND MOUTH.
Teats Two Managers Used to Get the
Right Kind of Employees.
"How do you pick out your stenog
raphers? By their clothes or fdr their
looks?" asked flie sales manager of the
correspondence man.
"By neither. Just by their hands. 1
look at those much more flirefully
than I do nt their faces. A combina
tion of rings and Ink- stains, or rings
and carelessly kept nails, means that
tbe girl cannot have the job.
"It is simple enough when you come
to think of It. Tbe girl who takes pains
to keep ber hands lui maculate and her
nails trimmed will turn out letters that
are just as carefully neat. If she has
a white, clean, well kept hand she will
be a good employee, and you are wel
come to the information. It took me
some years to discover it for myself.
How do you pick out your salesmen?"
"Not by their hands," laughed the
sales manager, "but by another phys
ical characteristic. I pick them out by
their mouths.
"Every man who applies has recom
mendations. I never read them. If a
man's jaws close with a snap when he
talks that man has opinions that are
strong and can put up a good argu
ment. He will put up a good argu
ment with our customers and a con
vincing one.
"On the other iand, if be closes his
mouth loosely or his jaws wabble
when he finishes a sentence he will put
up a lame and uncertain line of argu
ment with nu obstinate customer, and
obstinate customers are the ones we
are after. Take a look at the Jaws of
the men who have been great vote
getters and politicians, and you will
see wbut 1 mean. It's a simple thing
after all, isn't It?" New York Sun.
A Fable, Partly.
A fox met a monkey. "Why is it,"
said tbe fox, "that numon beings like
you .and don't like me? We are both
thieves by nnture-nnd yet tbey hunt
me with dogs, but make a pet of you."
"The answer is easy," answered the
monkey. "True, we are both thieves,
and you are wiser than I am, but I
muke 'em laugh, and tbey don't care
whether I steal or not, and they don't
care whether I am a fool or not"
Cleveland Plain Denier.
Inside Information.
"Father," said little Uollo, "what Is
appendicitis?"
"Appendicitis, my son," answered the
deep thinking father, "is something
that enables a doctor to open up a
man's anatomy and remove his entire
bank account." Ladies' Home Journal.
Queered Herself.
"Do you permit old Indies to kiss
your baby?" asked the oue who was
still trying to appear girlish.
"Oh, yes." replied the prond young
mother. "Go ahead and give the little
dear A smack. "-Chicago Record-Herald.
Foretelling tha Future.
Mrs. de Style-So your baby girl Is
three weeks old. My, how time ftles!
Mrs. (Junbusta-Yes. Just think iu
thirty years from now she will be
twenty-one yenrs old!
Rubber From Lettuce.
Rubber of good quality can be made
from wild lettuce, one species of which
roDtntus 2.ia and another 1.58 per cent
of It
Good Poads Talk at New Era
On Saturday, February 28, at New
Era Grange hall, G. B. Dimick and
T. W. Sullivan of this city, will talk
on the county bonding proposition.
All are invited.
Colds, constipation and headache
are three common afflictions and re
lieving the constipation helps the cold
and stops the headache. Use Foley
Cathartic Tablets because the yar'e
very prompt and thoroughly cleans
ing with absolutely no unpleasant ef
fects. A whole bottle full for 25
cents. Huntley Bros. Co.
WHISTLER STORIES
Audacity and Sarcasm of the Ec
centric Genius.
THE FAMOUS PEACOCK ROOM
"Jimmie't" Offhand Hospitality, at Hia
Patron's Expense, While Decorating
It, the Clash It Led to and the Way
the. Artiat Squared Accounts.
Iu Mrs. Alec Twcedle's "Thirteen
Years of a Busy Woman's Life" she
tells this story of Whistler, which she
beard at first band:
"The fumous peacock room at
Trlnce's Gate was a woudeful scheme
of decoration, peacock's, eyes on a gold
ground being its principal motif. About
the year 1880 the Into Mr. Leyland, a
weulthy shipowner and putron of tbe
arts, hnd taken this grand new man
sion and asked Whistler to decorate
a room. Jimmy, poor and out at el
bows as usual, jumped at the idea,
but no terms were fixed upon. The
work began. It was a prodigious un
dertaking, and the extraordiuary and
erratic little man gave it his whole
time.
"Being nt Prince's Gate all day and
having the run of Leyland's house,
Whistler had a hospitable way of In
viting his friends to come and see the
room and then he would ask them to
stop to luncheon. This sort of thing,
which begnti occasionally, ended In
being an almost daily occurrence, and
Jimmy used to bold u little levee every
morning, when three, four or Ave peo
ple remained to lunchon. This became
too much for Mr. Leyland, und bis plan
for putting nn end to the campaign
was a somewhat ingenious one.
"Jimmy one day entertained four
friends. The menl not being announc
ed, he rang the bell for tbe butler.
When Is lunch?' be asked, i
"''I have no orders for lunch.' replied
the man, with a stately air.
' 'Ob, no, of course,' replied Jimmy,
not in the least disconcerted. 'We'll
go along to such and such a hotel.
Stupid of me to forget it.'
'But it wus enough, and, though he
pretended not to mind and with that
delightful impudence for which he was
famous turned It off. he uever forgave
tbe incident and determined to ptiy
Leyland out. From that day he took
his own lunch in a little paper parcel
and sat and devoured it when so in
clined. On the next occasion Leyland
came in to admire the peacock decora
tions about tbe usual luncheon hour.
' 'You will have some lunch, won't
you?' Whistler said. Leyland looked
surprised.
'Up jumped Jimmy, fetched his bng
and proceeded to untie hlg pnrcels, say
ing: 'It's all right, old chap; have no
anxiety. It Is my lunch, not yours,
and you are heartily welcome to it.'
'When the work was accomplished
which bad taken so long Leyland wish
ed to pay the bill and asked tbe artist
what was bis figure. I have worked
a whole yea.r and more,' Whistler said.
I consider my services are worth 2,-
00O a year, therefore the figure is 2,
500, from which you can deduct the
few hundreds you have given me on
account.'
"Leyland was horrified. 'Preposter
ous,' he said, 'perfectly preposterous!"
'Jimmy looked at him and drew him
self up to his full height, which was
not great. 'I beg, Mr. Leyland, that,
you will accept as a gift the entire
work of my life for the last year and a
quarter. I can compromise nothing.'
"Once again Whistler scored and
Leyland paid. AVhistler's thanks to his
patron afterward took the form of
painting a life size portrait of him as
a devil with horns and hoofs."
Sir E. J. Poynter, P. R. A., says the
New York Sun, told in an Interview
how when he was studying in" Paris
for three or four yeurs there was one
little artistic group called "Trilby."
He says:
"My companions were Whistler, Du
Maurler, Val Prlnsep, Lamont, Thom
as and Armstrong. Of course Du
M mirier altered the thing a good deal,
but his picture of studio life was In
tbe main a truthful representation of
our life at that time. Trilby herself, 1
believe, was a pure product of tbe au
thor's brain.
"In many warys tbe most remarkable
man among ns was Whistler. If he
had only had energy there is no know
ing to what height he might have
soared, but he was incorrigibly lazy.
f. remember visiting him once nt a
nursing nome iu runs, ne uuu ueeu
working a little on a study lu pink
carnations. It was exquisite from the
extraordinary sense of color it dis
played. This was his great gift. He
excelled every paiuter ever Known in
purity and delicacy of coloring. He
rarely finished any work, but he loved
to pretend, just for fun, that his un
finished studies were perfect works
of genius. Then he would chuckle
when people took him at bis word and
declared that the very incompleteness
of the sketches constituted their great
artistic merit"
Two Sided Paper
One of the most extraordinary news
papers on record is a weekly published
In the little German town of Grunin-
gen. As the place is too small to sup
port more than one paper the Wochen-
blatt is tbe official organ of the two
local political parties, the Liberals and
the Socialists. Half the pages are
written by members of each party, an
arrangement that seems to satisfy both
sides.
The first hour of the morning is the
rudder of the day. Henry Ward
Beecbet
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BERRY, THE HANGMAN.
How H Got His Grewsoma Offioe and
Why Hs Resigned It.
Berry, the famous English hangman,
had an extraordiuary career. He work
ed us a carpenter, engineer and printer
before jolnlug the police force. He
knew his predecessors, Marwood and
C'alcroft, and secured the post of hang
man out of 1,400 applicants. It is said
that Berry was chosen as hangman by
the sheriffs of Loudon through an an
swer he gave to a question about hanf
tug -a uiau he knew to be innocent
"Would ypu hang that gentleman over
there?" he was asked. After looking
at the., councilor, a venerable, gray
bearded figure. Berry Is alleged to
have replied: "I would hang the lot of
you. The crime would not be mine,
but the law's."
And yet Berry finally gave up his
olilce as bnnguian because tbe execu
tion by him of two Innocent persons
got on his nerves.
The first case wus that of a farm lad,
uged about eighteen, accused of shoot
ing a policeman. The boy protested
his innocence to Berry up to the last
moment, but was duly executed. Some
time after this Berry hanged the Neth
erby bail murderers, one of whom Just
before he died told Berry that it was
he who had shot the policeman for
which crime the boy had been exe
cuted. The second case was that of Mary
Leflley of Lincolnshire, who was ac
cused of poisoning ber husband with
arsenic. She. too. protested bar Inno
cence, but was banged. Some years
Inter a farmer dying of cancer con
fessed the crime. He said be had had
a quarrel, with John Leflley, and when
both John and Mary were out he had
entered their cottage and put arsenic
iu u milk pudding which had been pre
pared for John Lellley'S dinner.
It was ou account of these two grave
miscarriages of justice that Berry ul
timately turned evangelist. He was
persuaded to go to a mission meeting
nt Bradford and there announced his
conversion. Loudon Tit-Bits.
GEMS IN A VACUUM.
They Take on an Added Brilliance and
Fairly Glow.
The Jewelers of ancient Egypt knew
more tli.-in modern craftsmen about
treating gems so that they would
shine and spiirkle. Such gems as the
emerald, garnet and jacinth were live
lier and more luminous in the days of
the Ptolemies than they can be made
today. It Is known that the diamond,
ruby, emerald and kunzlte become
more phosphorescent or fluorescent un
der certain circumstances.
Gems exhibit the liveliest phosphor
escence In vacuum tubes. Even In
rarefied air some diamonds give out a
blue light, which is not present In a
denser atmosphere. In a vacuum a
diamond of four or five karats gives
as much light as u candle. Tbe color
of the light differs not ouly with the
origin of the diamond, but with the
facets of the same diamond. Maske
lyne mnde a collection of diamonds
which glowed In a vacuum with nearly
nil tbe colors of the spectrum. An un
cut stone which was roughly cube
shape, with truncated corners and
edges, emitted, orange yellow light
from the faces of the cube, pale yellow
from the corners, and lemon yellow
from the fiat edges.
Next to the diamond stands the ruby
us highly phosphorescent In a vacuum.
The ruby emits a beautiful red light,
ns though it were Incandescent Kun
zlte shines with a golden yellow or
yellow tinged with rose. The emerald
shines with a crimson light The
same gems become phosphorescent un
der the influence of radium. The ultra
violet rays also produce luminosity in
gems.
It Is well known that rubles from
the mines of Burma are more valuable
than those from neighboring Slam. Ex
ternajly they look much alike, but un
der tbe ultraviolet rays tbe Burmese
stones which are called oriental rubies
glow like red embers, while the Siamese
rubles look almost black. Independent
Ireland's Coney Island.
Coney Island is a good old Irish
name, which will be news to a vast
majority of people who visit that part
of the greater city. Brooklyn news
papers have asserted the name was
adopted from small animals which
made their homes In the sand. But
the will of Viscount Charlemont, who
died Inst summer, aged eighty-three,
directs that he shall bo burled at Co
ney Island, Lough Keagh, Ireland, and
provides nu nnnulty for tbe upkeep of
the "old tower," which bnd been in
the possession of his family many gen
erations. New York Post
Warm Suggestion.
Crusty Customer Gimme a pound o'
sulphur. How much Is It? Druggist
Fifteen cents a pound. Crusty Cus
tomerWhat: Hang it, man, I can get
It across the street for 10 cents. Drug
gist tin disgust) Yes, and there's a
place where you can get it for noth
ing. Kansas City Star.
The Duchess Philosophy.
The old Duchess of Cleveland invit
ed a relative to her husband's funeral
liud told him to bring his gun with
him when he came, adding, "We are
old, we must die, but the pheasants
must be sbot'V-Slr Algernon West's
Bemlniscences.
Outstripped It.
"As I recall things, you once had a
future before you." snld the old friend.
"Yes." replied the fnte tossed man.
"but. you see, 1 lived so fast that I
got ahead of It." ,
Conscience and wealth are not al
ways neighbors. Messenger.
Meade Post Notes
At a meeting of Meade Post on
Saturday last it was decided to
change the hour of meeting from 2
P. M. to 1:30 P. M.
An invitation to attend memor
ial services at the Christian Church
at Gladstone was accepted.
The Post entered a protest against
the practice of the pension depart
ment in cancelling pensions due pen
sioners, who die between the quarter
ly payment of pensions.
Arrangements were made for a
joint observance of Lincoln's birth
day with the Relief Corps.