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OREGON CITY COURIER, OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY AUGUST 5, 1915. COUNCIL COGS SLIP AND STICK (Continued from page 1) hand for five days is a hardship on them, and they make little enough as it is. These big companies that want this ordinance put over can afford to hire watchmen to look after their stuff, and I don't believe in seeing a rotten ordinance like this rushed through. If you trace this thing down you'll find where it originated; it is simply a plan of these big com- panies to force the city to protect their property. If they can't afford a watchman, they ought to be able to afford to lose what little stuff is stol en from them." "I really had a launch, and I kept it under lock and key, but still the stuff was stolen. I am not working for any corporation, cither," said Mr. Meyer, by way of reply and alibi. Mr. Hackett supported Mr. Al bright. Mr. Templeton thought there was a state law covering the matter. Put to a vote the ordinance died pron to, with only Mr. Meyer voting for it. Mr. Templeton's "public utility ve hicle'! ordinance, which would regu late jitneys, also got a solar plexus blow for the time being. Typograph ical errors in the publication of it made final action on it useless, and it was reintroduced, to come up for an other try on September 1. City Engineer's report on the el evator problem was accepted and placed on file. Estimates on the cost of plans to safely operate the elevator ranged from $2450 to $5100, and the scheme for laying a direct main from the reservoir as told else where in these columns was finally adopted. Mr. Albright, chairman of the special elevator committee, moved that the city go ahead with the plan, and advertise for bids for laying the direct service main. He also moved the drawing of an ordinance appro priating $3150 to pay for the final work on the elevator, and said that the lift could be placed in operation 30 days after the work was started. Both motions carried, with Hackett, Templeton and Cox voting in the neg ative. Mr. Templeton wanted to know where the money was going to come from, and said that he wouldn't vote for the plan until he was told. Mr. Albright suggested that he leave that bit of woe up to the elevator com mittee. Mr. Hackett asked feeling ly: "What has become of our pledge to the people in regard to the budg et.'' Mr. Albright assured him that the budget wouldn't be jarred at all by the $3150. Mr. Cox didn't say anything, simply voting against the plan. A councilmanic frame-up was bust ed wide open when the vote on ceme tery sexton for the coming year was taken up. W. H. Clark was nominat ed for the job by Mr. VanAuken, and Henry Brandt, the present sexton was renominated by Metzner. The vote was 5 to 4 in favor of Glark, one of the councilman switching his sup port. , This brought on a street dis cussion of councilmanic ethics after the meeting adjourned, but no blows wore struck though some harsh names were tossed to and fro on the night air. vote on the election ol u water board member to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Mr. Cau field brought two candidates into the field. Councilman Hackett nominat ed J. E. Jack, and Councilman Long nominated II. A. Rands, engineer of tho South Fork project. Mr. Tem pleton moved that the nominations be closed, thus "playing the gumo" as outlined in the Courier last week for the "saving for mnyor" of William Andrescn. II. A. Rands was elected with seven votes to the two cast for Mr. Jack. Mr. Templeton moved adjournment but couldn't make it stick. Mr. Cox made a plea for councilmunic assist ance for tho fircmon in gaining funds for the Willamette Valley Firemen's carnival, to be held in the city in Sep tember, and the city attorney was in structed to draw an ordinance appro printing $250 to aid tho firemen. Mr. Long said he thought the fire and wat er committee would have a couple of hundred dollars left from the budget and wanted to throw that into tho pot; while Councilman Hackett suggested that each councilman dig up five dol lars of his own and put that in. Mr. Albright approved the Hackett idea, and suggested that newspaper men and city officials also dig up. Councilman Templeton again mov ed adjournment, but didn't catch the fancy of the city dads. To further help the firemen, Mayor Jones appointed a special committee of Councilmen Cox, Long and Metz ner to assist in the collection of fund from the business men for the fire men's carnival; it being remarked tha the Commercial Club and the Live Wires had fallen down on the help they promised. Councilman Albright moved ad journment, and got it. Sickness Common in Summer Hay fever is attributed to pollen floating m the air, while nsthma caused by dust and certain atmos pheric conditions common in summer Sufferers who can, seek the moun tains or the sea. Hay fever and as thma victims who are compelled to remain at home will find relief in Foley's Honey and Tar Compound which allays the inflammation soothes, and heels raw and rasping bronchial tubes and helps to overcome difficulty in breathing, and makes sound, refreshing sleep possible. Jones Drug Co. Cheese Test of Cows A test to see which is the better cheese breed, Jerseys or Holstcins, was conducted by Tillamook County dairymen assisted by R. C. Jones, county agriculturist. The test show ed no difference, the average cow of each breed yielding 3.3 pounds. Mr. Jones states that the test adds noth ing new to the knowledge of this sub ject. ".'.,. BERNSTORFF MOVES TO LONG ISLAND. m ...... Jf & ;3rr.fmi m f ' wk - i- n, Jt Am I , , i , T , ' ' t, M ' &4l Photos by American Press Association. Summer quarters of German embassy at Cedarhurst, N. Y., and members of the embassy. Prom left to right they are: Attache Dr. Ahrens, Baron Schoen. Prince Ilutzfeldt. Princess Hatzfeldt and Bnron Hanlel. SOME WHEAT, THIS Local Farmer Gets Heavy Yield When Thresher Starts Work An average yield of 55 2-3 bushels of wheat to the acre has been thresh ed the stand from three acres a few days ago, and got 167 bushels of prime grain. Wheat is ripening early this year, in spite of the rainy weather, and the yields generally give promise of be ing heavy. The yield from the Chinn ranch is the heaviest so far reported to the Courier this yea.r Hrakcman Was Cured F. A. Wootsey, a railroda brake- man of Jacksonville, Texas., writes: "I was down with kidney trouble and rheumatism so bad I could hardly get up when I sat down. I had a back ache all the time and was almost tir ed of living. I saw Foley Kidney Pills advertised. I took some and after a short time I was thoroughly cured and am having no more trouble." They act promptly and help kidneys throw poisonous waste products out of the blood. Thou sands have written similar letters. Jones Dirug Co. Old Minister Visits Rev. T. L. Jones was in Canby on business Wednesday in connection with church affairs. He is an old pioneer minister, having the distinc tion of being the oldest minister in continuous service in this district. He stilted in a brief conversation with the editor that he held services where Canby is now located 40 years ago, when he could not even find a school house in which to conduct a meeting. (Canby Herald.) Ed Saling Hurt While putting up his hay, Sundy afternoon, Ed Saling suffered quite a painful accident, having run a long splinter in his abdomen, between the skin and muscle, which necessitated tho services of the physicians to ex tract. While this will lav Ed un for awhile, volunteers headed by C. R. Lovell and J. A. Hitching, put up his hay for him. (Estacada Progress.) . i New Music Professor n.. it Tr- i ii .i I Ross II "H'kernall, of the Dana Musical school of Warren, Ohio, has been appointed head of the Depart ment of Wind Instruments in the University of Oregon School of Music. and will be director of the University band. Mr. Hickerimll comes to Eu gene as the director of the Municipal Hand recently authorized bv the citv. Loral Man Hurt T.nnio P M .V... ... . ' . ... , w.eg.m yuy, was seriously hurt in Portland last week while workinir on the sternum- dm. gona. A heavy timber that was be ing loaded onto tho boat slipped from its sling and rolled across his legs, breaking the left one. He was tak en to a Portland hospital. . FOB SALE 110 Cords Seasoned Fir Wood at $1.50 per cord ad-1 dress C. E. Barney, Oreiron Citv Oregon. Holland's Ureat Chesso Mi.rt. At Alkman, the prinej,i:il chci market of Holland, may be .-, -.:i !' quaint old velh house, ci'ecic.l hi IV:: Connected with the town clock in tii.. tower of this lnilMing hangs one oi those tinkling chillies wlil.-h plays n melody even stranger than those heard In Amsterdam, it Is in this building that all of the cheeses are brought from the square In front to . nlllelal ly weighed before they are delivered to the purchaser and stowed away In the packets or barges waiting near by in the canal. Cooling Water Without Ice. To cool water without using ice get slender glass test tube from any drug store. Half till it with uitrato of ammonia salts, nil up with water, cork tightly. Shako till tho salt is dissolv ed. He Careful to wipe tho outside of the tubo dry in order that nil traces of the nitrate may be removed. Tlace this tubo into a glass of water aud agi tate as you would with a spoon. Tho water Is rapidly chilled. The nitrate of ammonia salts can lie bought at auy Demist s. 'Ilk' ..-i-ii ! .... . sir'.p of CQ'Jiit '.v ri.ni::i-.ir ;;; .. . .' lVuiu Penn sylvania to Kansas, and including Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Missouri and the southern hall' of Iowa. But the fashion in belts is changing, as all fashions are liable to do. The corn belt Is spreading itself out It goes further east and further west, and most emphatically it is moving to the north and south. Michigan, AVlsconsln, Minnesota and even the Dnkotas and Montana are now in the corn belt. The southern stales are knocking at the door. Georgia, Alabama and the Caro linas are showing that a hundred bush els to the acre is nothing to them. The corn belt in the future will ex tend from Canada to tho Gulf of Mex ico, and it will reach to the Rocky mountains, if not beyond. It is no longer a belt, but a section, comprising almost the entire arable portion of tho United States, and may even Include tlie deserts and the mountains to a limited extent. Farm Life. Age of Granite. It used to be thought that granite was tho oldest of all rocks and that it formed the globe's first crust Now, however, geologists believe that gran ite may be of any nge or epoch. The granites found in Germany and tho Vosges mountains of France date from one period of tho world's history, those found in the British Isles from an en tirely different period and those found In the United Sliitcs from still other periods. Enormous pressure, combin ed with heat and water, must have been necessary to produce granite. Some scientists declare- that the gran ites in the highlands of Scotland must have been formed when (10,000 feet of overlying rocks were piled above them and that those of Cornwull required 10,000 feet of rock pressure. In other localities it Is estimated that tho pres sures under which granite consolidated must have been equal to that of an overlying mass of rock nine miles In thickness. New York American. Investment and Speculation. M'hen any one is buying a coat or n fishing rod or a rose tree or laying down a cellar or setting up a library nltlipr tin knowu wluif- In wniitst u-hi.ru to get it and what to pav for it or else ho takes earnest counsel with his friends mid with the most trustworthy professional advisers that he can And 1111,1 ns0li "" 1,10 " "mt ,U! llm' cls '"''"K t0 bear on the subject in ,,,,. to nmlil; m.c (lmt , hnii0 .. .,,,.., ,ndn..t,,l. I ,.tt 1x sales, rummages In shops and dis cusses the matter In his club until he and it nre voted a nuisance. If only half as much time and trouble were devoted to the careful selection of In vestments there would be fewer bad companies, unscrupulous promoters ! and ornamental directors-, the world would be very much richer, and Its ril'lH'S would show less tendency to ..,..,. Into questionable hands. Cornlilll Magazine. The Fitness of Things. "A matter that bus given mo consid erable concern during iny more or less eventful sojourn In this vale of tears," acknowledged jasper Knox, the sage ' of I'Hiotown-ou-tlio-ltlink. "Is tho fact tllat tlu! u '""Jority of otherwise 'sensible people fall down most lamcn- tnhly 'when they attempt to dope out the true cause for their own failure to make good. Far be It from my inten tion to deliver a sermon upon this most Important subject, but past experience lias taught me that one of the main reasons why we nil are not successful lies in the fact that we are prone to sidestep opportunity In order to shake hands witli temptation." Judge. Novelists and Love. Charles Lever believed that novelists should retire or at all events refrain from writing love stories In due season. In his lifty-ninth year tho author of "Charles O'Malley". writes to his pub lisher: "What you hint about a real love story is good, but don't forget that Thackeray said that 'no old man must prate about love.' As to writing about love from memory, it is like counting over the banknotes of a bank long broken. They remind you of money. It Is true, but they're only waste paper, after nil." London Mall. Sur Enough. Soph You want, t.i keep your eyes open around here today. Fresh What for? Soph Because people will think you are a lool H" you -o around with them shut. Utriiiiouth .l.uk r l.:ui tern. MAN AND HIS LAUGH. Self Restraint and Its Effects Upon Human Emotijns. Laughter is a. sign of high develop ment The nearer one is to. the animal the less one laughs. The more highly developed we become the more do we perceive humor. For laughter. It must be remembered, is a sign that au emo tion has suddenly bceu set free. It Is like a touch on tho trigger of u gun, the gun being self restraint. No one ever tells au animal lin the wild state) that there are certain things that he must uot do. There is no dire. I prevention of au net that llie auiuinl wants to perform. Consequently the animal has no self restraint. Man, on the other hand. Is summud ed by commandments from babyhood onward. He is always being tol.l l, some one, first by his parents, then by the laws of society, that there a;v things that he must uot do. The tie sire to do these things, coupled to t!ie knowledge that ho dare not do them, causes a tense emotion. The animal lives as the occasion rises. Man is keyed up by tho continuous conflict of occasions. It is the relief from this keying up that gives rise to laughter. The great er the tension caused by the delay be tweeu Impulse and act the funnier does the thing seem which releases it. Something which would seem only moderately funny if It happened in the street becomes screamingly ludicrous In church because of the teuslon of feeling that one must be solemn. When a snowball hits- a silk hat the sight makes one laugh because of the feel ing that, whatever else a silk hat might be intended for, it was not as a target for snowballs. Exaggerations are of ten funny, because they twist our emo tion from a usual to au unexpected channel. A story teller who laughs at his own Jokes always spoils his stories. It Is the man with the mournful face whose quips seem the merriest It is an old saying that one must-"laugh and grow fat," but modern science has learned that we must "laugh and grow wise." New York American. OLD MAN HARE. The Actor's Meeting With Gladstone Outside the Theater. John Hare, the eminent English ac- tor-manager, said that the most de lightful compliment he ever received was from Sir. Gladstone. It was a dou ble ended compliment. Whichever way you took it it was satisfactory. Mr. Hare earned fume playing old men's parts, his character as Mr. Gold by in "A Pair of Spectacles" being a good example. Added to this was a horror of having his picture taken. Mr. Gladstone had never seen a pic ture of the actor, but he knew him well behind the scenes as well as be fore the footlights. The premier's fu- vorlte play was "A Pair of Spectacles," and he always went behind the scenes to chat awhile with the actor. The really old man and the made up old man would sit there and talk in the most delightful way for an hour after the show. One day the Earl of Ilosebcry had Mr. Gladstone to dinner, and he also Invited his friend John flare. The ac tor came in smooth shaved, looking about thirty-five, lie was presented to Mr. Gladstone, and the prime minis ter shook his hand motit cordially and said: "My dear sir, I am very, very glad to meet you. I know your father very, very well. Splendid actor! Flue old maul" It took the whole evening for the earl and Mr, Hare to convince him that this son was really the father. London Taller. Taxicabs in 1711. Something over a couple of centuries ago the principle of the taxlcab was known, remarks an exchange. An ad vertisement In the Loudon Dally Cou rant of Jan. 13, 1711, announces that at the Sign of the Seven Stars, under the piazza of Coveut Garden, a char lot was on view that would travel without horses and measure the miles us it goes. It was capable of turning and reversing and could go uphill as easily as on level ground. A Subdued Vocalist. "Pa, you sing bass iu tho choir, don't you?" asked Hobby Smlthers. "Yes, my sou," replied Mr. Smithers. "And ma sings soprano?" "That's right." "Well, there's one thing I don't un derstand." "What is it?" "Mrs. Tompkins says you sing mighty big in public and mighty small nt home." Birmingham Age-Herald. Portugal. Portugal obtained Its name from por to, tlie haven or port whore the Gauls landed their stores. This is Oporto, called by the Portuguese O Porto (the port) Tlie town was given as a dowry to Teresa when she married Henry de Lorraine, who styled himself Earl of Portugal because the place was known ns the portus Gallormn ithe port of the Gauls). The name llually extended to the whole country. Sons In China. In China one can always borrow money on the strength of having a son, but nobody would advance a penny to the man if he had a dozen daughters The sons are responsible for the debts of their fathers for three generations, while daughters are responsible ouly for the debts of their own husbands. An Artist. "Your son, sir, has a very effective touch." "So's he's been borrowing from you too?" Baltimore American. Postponing Old Age Overworked, weak or diseased kid neys will often make a man or wo man feel old before middle age. Rheumatism, aches and pains in back, puffiness under eyes, stiff joints and sore muscles, billiousness, headache and various other symp toms give warning that the kidneys need help. Foley Kidney Pills bring a sound, healthy condition and help the kidneys eliminate uric acid and other poisons from the system, which, when permitted to remain, cause dan gerous disease. Jones Drug Co. Cleverness of Beavers. Some beaver dams, if built by human Beings, would be styled feats of engi neering. They are by no means locat ed haphazard. Each site is carefully selected and each dam accomplishes a purpose that seems as if reasoned out In advance. Trees are felled with a nicety that cnu be duplicated only by skilled woodsmen. And the beaver does not limit his tree cutting to sap lings. In the Adirondacks the animals have been known to cut down trees twenty inches and more in diameter. They prefer yellow birch and poplar, though they will cut any tree that seems necessary to their purpose. The dams are built of alder sticks, mud and grass and are finally chinked with moss, making a solid wall that often must be dynamited to be effectually de stroyed. The cutting teeth of the beav. er are very sharp, and there is great power behind the little Jaws. Ordina ry beaver chips are about half the size of the chips made by the average woodchopper, and they much resemble chips made with an ax, so smoothly are they cut A White House Fete. I know nothing more impressive in Its dignity, more complete in its way, than the 'White House en fete. It em bodies all our best tradition of hospi tality and cordiality of perfection without ostentation. Then there is something in the atmosphere which hangs about it especially during the days of a closing administration which makes one think of that serenity that seems to cling around the woods of Mount Vernon and which appears there almost like a material reflex from the calm and tempered ripeness of its own er's soul. There is, I imagine, an affin ity, a certain likeness in the magna nimity of all generous, wise and simple men whether of ancient or modem times. Alas, too bard for our genera tion of egotists to follow or even re spect! The only ideal which is preach. , ed nowadays is "one's duty to ones-self."-"Pieces of the Game." ! His Real Victory. The writer has seldom witnessed deeper feeling or more enthusiastic ap plause from a student uudlenco than that which greeted the confession of a southern student who arose before the men of his university and confessed dishonesty in debate. The young man had recently won the sophomore-Junior prize debate, but later in chapel he asked permission to make a statement to the student body, saying: "I over heard my opponent rehearsing his de bate in an adjoining room, and, al though I stopped my ears and refused to listen, my roommate took down the points. Afterward tho temptation was so subtle and strong that I took the notes and arranged my debate accord ingly and won. But," said the stu dent, with feeling, "I stole it, and 'I have come to plead the forgiveness of the student body." Christian Herald. Mother Remembers. A hall bedroom, a battered suit case, a single bed, a cheap washstand, plas ter falling from the walls, loneliness and A post card from mother! Your birthday! Huh! Almost for got Funny that mother didn't forget. No-o, she dldn t forget. It Isn t a mother's way. What, weeping? Let 'em come, boy Tears more manly were never shed. Save the card. It's sacred. Twenty years from now you'll weep over it again aud thank God for the chance. Say a prayer for its sender, the best mother n fellow ever had. And then sit down and write well, write Just the kind of letter she's been waiting to receive from her boy. Cleveland Press. Napoleon's Ocean Prison. The iron duke was responsible for Napoleon's exile to St. Helena. Return ing from India iu 180G, Wellington's ship touched at St. Helena, and the soldier was heard to remark upon the utter barrenness and desolation of the place. Upon getting Into the ship's gig after taking leave of the civil and mil itary authorities of the island Welling ton said to the governor, "If I had an enemy whom I wished to bury alive I'd send him to this islnnd." The over throw of Napoleon gave him the "ene my" and the wish, nnd he did not for get the place. . Would Waste Nothing. A woman was engaging a cook, aud, having almost brought the interview to a successful termination, said: "There is one thing, Mary; I do hope you are not wasteful." "Wasteful, mum! Why, Lor' bless you, I'd eat till I busted rather than waste anythlnk." London Tlt-Blts. France. The name of France Is derived from the Fraud, or Franks, a people of Ger many who seized that part of the coun try nearest the Bhine and settled there. Later on they subdued Paris and made that the royal seat of their increasing empire. Two In One. Suspicious Policeman (nt entrance to side show) What's thnt infernal, rack et inside? Ticket Seller-It's only de two headed lady disputlu' wid each other. New York Times. Where He Wasn't Slow. Boss (to new boy) You're the slow est youngster we've ever had. Aren't you quick at any time? Boy Yes, sir. Nobody cau get tired as quick as I can. Boston Transcript Self coutrol, however difficult at first, becomes step by step easier and more delightful. ' 1 The Courier for Job Printing i American Possessions. The "possessions" of the United States are as follows: Alaska, purchas ed from Russia in 180T, price, $7,200,- 000, area, 590,884 square miles; the Hawaiian Islands, annexed by the re quest of the inhabitants in 1838, area. 0,4-10 square miles; Porto Rico, area 3,000 square miles; Guam, area, 210 square miles, and the Philippine Is lands, area, 115,020 square miles, ceded by Spain in the treaties of 1898 aud 1900 on payment of $20,100,000; American Samoa, area, 77 square miles, acquired without money pay ment In 1890, and the Panama canal zoue, which is not actually owned by the United States, but to which the country in consideration of the pay ment to the Republic- of Panama of $10,000,000 and In addition an annual "rental" of $250,000 has acquired per petual right of occupation, use and con trol. The canal zone is ten miles wide, and its area is 430 square miles. No payment was made for the territory of Hawaii, but tho United States assumed the public debt of that country to the amount of $4,000,000. He Understood His Profession. The professor of Jurisprudence in a western university was lecturing to a hundred embryo lawyers. He asked whether every one in America could own property. One fellow answered, "No; a criminal can't own property." But the professor said: "Suppose a man owns a ranch, gets into trouble with his neighbor, assaults him and is put into the penitentiary. Does he still own the ranch?" The class was unanimous that he did. "If he did not continue to own it," went on the professor, "what, would become of it?" That was supposed to settle the dis cussion, but one boy called out, "The lawyer would get it!" There was a hearty laugh, of course, and the professor added: "We learn two things from that apt remark be a lawyer, and don't be a criminal." Youth's Companion. Neuralgia. ( Severe neuralgia can be cured by In jecting nlcohol into the nerves, but the cost is terrible, for the price is the death of the nerve, with paralysis as the result Such, iu brief, is the con clusion which Dr. Williams B. Cad walador reports to the Journal of the American Medical association after ex periments made nt the laboratory of neuropathology of, the University of Pennsylvania. The alcohol kills not only the nerves of sensation, but the motor nerves as well. In a nerve like the sciatic this would be serious. For the nerve may remain paralyzed for a year after the injection of the alcohol. In trifacial neuralgia, which is caused by a purely sensory nerve, this action is of little Importance. The cure is not permanent however, but affords free dom from pain for several months, per huis as much as a year. The nerves regenerate Just as they do when sev ered. A Traveling Opinion. Mr. Fazakerly, an eminent counsel', was once Btopped by a country gentle man, a neighbor, who asked him about some point then very important to him aud got the opinion verbally. Some time after the gentleman called on the counsel aud said he had lost 500 by his advice, as It was a wrong opinion. The counsel said he had nev er given an opinion and, turning to his books, said he was confident of that. Being reminded that it was giv en during a drive tlie neighbors had one summer's day near Preston,: the lawyer replied: "Oh, I remember nowl But that was only my traveling opin ion, and, to tell the truth, neighbor, my opinion is never to be relied upon unless the case appears in my fee book." Case and Comment. Wood Screws. Of tho many varieties of screws that known as the wood screw (from their exclusive use In wood) is the most com mon, and it has been made by ma chinery for many years. At first such screws had blunt points, nnd therefore It was necessary to bore a "hole for their reception, but about 1S50 Thomas J. Sloan, a native of the United States, devised the well known gimlet pointed screw and machinery for its manufac ture. Removing Tree Stumps. A German method for removing stumps is simpler nnd less dangerous than our way. They bore a. hole in the stump and pour Into it equal parts of nitric aud sulphuric neids. After a few weeks the largest stumps of hard wood are eaten by the acid and easily crumbled with a pick. The Shott Jerid. In southern Tunis lies an extensive salt marsh desert called the Shott Je rid, of which the Arabs stand in ter ror, for many a caravan has been lost In the salt incrusted morass, which, according to an authority, is as much as 1,200 feet deep in places. The Game of Golf. Farmer Barnes There's one good thing about golf anyhow. Farmer Fal lows (skeptically) What's that? Farm er Barnes Why, ye don't have to play It if ye don't want to. Loudon Scraps. A Possible Solution. "now can a man be as stupid as that fellow and live?" "Some of the men nt the club have a theory that he was raised on. a vacu um bottle." Judge. The Reason. "I say, why did you name that dog of yours Gossip?" "Because he's such a backbiter." Baltimore American. Fire Lands. The phrase "Are lauds" originated la a passage of early history, which also gave rise to the term "western re serve." 'After the Revolutionary war, when tho colonies consented to cede their claims to western lands to con gress, Connecticut reserved -from her cession a tract embracing a large part of northern Ohio. The tract thus re served Included the present couutles of Trumbull, Geauga, Portage and Ash tabula and became known as the west ern reserve. It was settled chiefly by emigrants from Connecticut and was sometimes called New Connecticut In promoting the settlement of the land Connecticut reserved half a mil lion acres from the western end of the tract for bestowal upon her citizens who had suffered losses during the war, and the lands embraced in this special reserve were called "sufferers' lands" and inter "lire lands," because most of the sufferers had been losers by fire. In early times the phruse "fire' lands" was sometimes used In deeds in describing the location of land in the tract referred to. Philadelphia Press. Love of Money. The love of money can hardly be the root of all evil, for it is only one per verse passion out of many. But there is a kind of decorum about money which makes the love of it peculiarly dangerous, since it conceals from the lover the nature and effects of his pas sion. If a man wants too much food, he is evidently greedy. If a woman wants too many clothes, she is evident ly vain. -But money Is not a thing, like clothes or food, that can bo enjoyed by itself. It Is ouly a .means of getting things that can be enjoyed, and so greed for money is not a direct greed, but indirect. It is a civilized means of conducting the struggle for life, which to a great extent conceals from those who use it the uglluess iind the animal nature of that struggle. It is, iu fact, a kind of diplomacy, politely conduct ed, behind which there is war. But the diplomats often do not see the war. London Times. Chesterfield on Toothbrushes. When did the English first adopt the toothbrush habit? In "Esmond" Thack eray makes Lord Castlewood spend "a tenth part of his day in the brushing of his teeth and the oiling of his hair," and in doing so the novelist commits a dou ble anachronism. During the first half of the eighteenth century nil flue gentle men wore wigs and had no use for oil on their hair, while the toothbrush was so late as 1754 unknown to Lord Ches terfield. Writing to his son, Chester field says: 'I hope you take great care of your mouth and teeth, and that you clean them well every morning with a sponge and tepid water, with a few drops. of arquebusade water dropped into it. I do insist upon your never using those sticks, or any hard sub stance whatever, which always rub away the gums and destroy the var nish of the teeth." London Graphic. Porpoise Jaw Oil. Practically all the porpoise oil used in tills country, even if not iu the world, for lubricating watches and other deli cate Instruments is made near New Bedford, Mass., which many years ago was Important as a whaling port. Tho product is taken from the Jaw nnd cer tain other parts of the animal, which is caught especially for this purpose. When the industry was in Its infancy whalers were depended upon to supply the porpoise, but now the manufactur ers maintain a fishing department, which follows the schools of porpoise migrating along the coast and furnish es a continual supply of them. The history of the New Bedford industry t reaches back to the early part of the nineteenth century to a watch tinker who regulated and cleaned the time pieces of the 'whalers. ropular Me chanics. He Taught Him. Yells from the nursery brought the mother, who found the baby gleefully pulling small Billy's curls. "Never mind, darling," she comfort ed. "Baby doesn't know how it hurts." Half an hour later wild shrieks from the baby made her run again to the nursery, "Why, Billy," she cried. "What is the matter with the baby?" "Nothing, muzzer," said Billy calmly, "only now he knows!" Harper's Weekly. ' Injured Innocence. Irate Parent What do you mean by holding Willie Jones down in the mud and skinning his nose? Young Culprit It wasn't my fault he got his old nose skinned. The mud where I had him was soft, but he kept wriggling arouud and hit his beak on a rock. Richmond Times-Dispatch. Swelled. Mr. W7oggs I'm through with Bump. I told him we are going to name our baby after some great personage and asked him for a suggestion. Mrs. Woggs What did he say? Mr. Woggs He said, "Name it after ours." Bos ton Journal. Why They Sting. Bill You never see a bee trying to extract honey from the artificial flow-. era on a lady's hat Jill No, because tho bees know there is more sweetness under the hat Youkers Statesman. Devotion. "He's n devoted husband." "Very. When she's away he even washes the dishes after every meal he pets for himself." Detroit Free Press. Think of your wonderful Immunity from harm if you mind your own busi ness. Loomls. i - n