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Colonel E. M. House. President Wilson's personal friend, who recently returned from Europe, where It was gen
erally understood he sounded the warring countries on the question of peace.
TRUTH WILL OUT
Enterprise Unwittingly Throws A
Laurel Wreath at Courier
The Courier is not given over much
to boasting, and if it happens to
think that it has some good points, it
doesn't gloat over them. Once in
awhile its readers discover its better
points, and say they are glad to find
them; and then the Courier is pleas
ed. But this paper never assumes a
holier-than-thou attitude. However,
as the Enterprise remarked on Sun
day, "truth will out.''
The Entterprise took exception to
some remarks made in last week's
Courier when it said the "truth would
out." It will be remembered that in
commenting upon the readiness with
(Which the Enterprise tried to be
smirch the character of the President
of the United States, this paper re
marked that some papers had such
high ideals that during the recent
statewide prohibition campaign they
refused to accept advertising from the
side they would not editorially sup
port.
And the Enterprise calls attention
to the fact that the Courier printed
"wet advertising during the cam
paign, though this paper was in no
sense of the word "wet'
. For once in its life the Enterprise
is partly correct. At the start of the
statewide prohibition campaign the
Hopgrowers Association asked the
Courier if it would print at advertis
ing rates their side of the argument
against prohibition. As hopgrowing
is an industry of this -section, the
Courer answered that it would be glad
to print any argument that the hop.
growers cared to advance, as long as
the argument was confined to the
hopgrowers' side of the question. The
Hopgrowers association thereupon
furnished he Courier with certain ad
vertising, and with some general pub
licity matter. For the advertising the
Courier charged its regular rate, and
for the other matter it made no
charge. The Courier believed then,
as it does now, in printing both sides
of any question of local public inter
est. After the campaign had progressed
some weeks, the Courier noted that
the matter sent by the Hopgrowers
Association was not confined to the
argument of the hopgrower, it was
merely general anti-prihibition adver
tising. AND AS THE COURIER
DID NOT CARE TO SUPPORT OR
AID IN ANY WAY THE MOVE
MENT AGAINST PROHIBITION, IT
CANCELLED I T S CONTRACT
WITH THE HOPGROWERS ASSO
CIATION; told its readers of its ac
tion and WHY it did it. Reuders of
the Courier will remember this. The
Courier at that time did not say, how
ever, that by so adhering to its ideals
it was LOSING ADVERTISING BUS
INESS. Now the Enterprise heaves this at
us as if it was something of which
this paper ought to be ashamed. From
the viewpoint of the Enterprise it
probably was poor newspaper busi
ness to turn down advertising. The
Enterprise didn't do it.
At the beginning of the prohibition
campaign the Enterprise, like every
other paper in Oregon, was asked
what rate it would charge for anti
prohibition advertising. The query
was sent from "wet" headquarters,
the office of the Taxpayers and Wage
Earners' League, in the Morgan Build
ing, Portluml. And did the Enter
prise answer that it wouldn't print
"wet" advertising?
IT DID NOT. THE ENTER
PRISE ANSWERED THAT IT
WOULD TRINT ANY ADVERTIS
ING THAT THE "WETS" WOULD
SEND IT FOR 35 CENTS AN INCH.
This exhorbitunt rate is over double
that usually charged by the pillar of
righteousness down the street. The
Enterprise figured that the "wets"
had a barrel of money, and that it
might as well get in on the graft.
The "wets'' wore not as foolish as
the Enterprise believed, however, and
refused to be bounced out of 35 cents
an inch for such meagre circulation as
the Enterprise could then offer. It
was the "wets" who TURNED THE
ENTERPRISE DOWN; and not as
that paper would have people believe,
that it hud refused "wet advertising
As the Enterprise remarks, "two
and two make four." Which paper
do you think the most of the Cour
ier, that stopped printing "wet" ad
vertising at a loss of business to it
self, because it found that the adver
tising was not as originally outlined;
or the Enterprise, that was willing
to print anything if it could get the
"velvet" prce of 35 cents an inch ?
"The truth WILL out.''
A Suggestion.
Young Widow After all,
wholly grieve that my poor,
I cannot
dear old
husbnud Is gone.
Resourceful Friend -Then why not
Iut on half
American.
moijrnlug? Baltimore
STUDIES OF OUR
The Avenue oi Commonwealths at the
Wonderful Panama-Pacilic
Exposition
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N the Avenue of Commonwealths at the Panama-Pacific International
Exposition. Crowds passing
building, which Is one of the
Exposition x San Francisco.
WAR HURTS TRADE
IN FARM IMPLEMENTS
Unprecedented Activity Expect
ed Atter Hostilities Close,
Washlngton. Exports of American 1
agricultural Implements during the fis-
cal year 1015 totaled approximately I
$10,000,000 as against $40,(100,000 iji the '
high record year, 1013; $21,000,000 iu !
1003 and a yearly average of more
than $20,000,000 for the last decade.
This loss of trade fell most heavily
upon sales to Europe, but there were
also smuller though Insignificant de
creases in shipments to Argentina,
Canada and various countries of Af
rica and other sections of the world.
Cuba and Siberia made gains. Aus
tralia barely held Us own In the year's
trade, but this Is a good showing In
view of the fact that her wheat crop
dropped from more than 100.000,000
bushels In 1013 to 25,000,000 bushels
last year.
The European war was doubtless the
dominant factor In the great falling off
!u exports of agricultural Implements,
since the decrease In sales to Europe
was disproportionate to that In sales
to other sections. Thus exports of ag
ricultural Implements to European Rus
sia, usually the greatest of foreign
markets for this class of American
manufactures, practically ceased, as
did also those to Germany, while huge
losses likewise occurred In sales to
France and other European countries.
Another contributory factor was the
recent establishment of great plants in
Russia and France.
Information reaching the department
of commerce, however, indicates a
growing use of machinery on farms
both In Europe and elsewhere, a tend
ency which will doubtless be even more
pronounced upon the resumption of
pence, since the devastation of war Is
causing a marked shortage In human
nnd animal labor, necessitating propor
tionately more machinery for the suc
cessful conduct of fanning. Russia, for
example, possesses one-seventh of the
entire area of the world and an even
larger proportion of the land devoted
to cereal crops, which require for their
cultivation more machinery than most
other classes of farm products. Gen
eral depression in Canada. Argentina
mid elsewhere so reduced buying pow
er in 101-1-15 that new agricultural ma
chinery has not been purchased In the
usual quantities, but with n restoration
of normal conditions American manu
facturers will doubtless find larger mar
kets than ever before.
COLLEGE MAN A STONECUTTER
McLaren Has Two Degrees and Speaks
Seven Languages.
Cambridge. Mass. -With two college
degrees and an acquaintanceship with
men of letters abroad, .lohnMcl.nren.
A. I!.. A. M.. is working as a stone
cutter here for $ZM a day. Both his
degrees are from the University of
Glasgow and be speaks seven lan
guages. He was n prominent labor organizer
In Fnuliind. lie is a friend of George
Bernard Shaw and adviser of Kier
Hardie. the bilior lender and member
of parliament
PEACE ENVOY.
before the beautiful New York State
finest of the state buildings at the huge
WALL PAPERS AND LIGHT:
l How Money May Be Wasted by Select
ing the Wrong Colors.
''Talk about handing out free gas
ranges or renting them out at a noml
ual rental," said a mau iu the employ
of a gas company; "there is another
Item that encourages gas consumption,
uud tbut Is wall papers.
"If 1 were running the business I
would hand out free wall papers. But
I would do the choosing. Rich deep
greens und browns they are the col-
oi's that bring up your bills and our
profits. "
How many people realize that a big
Percentage of their gas money niny be
su"k i,lto tuul1' wulls and wasted? It
may be only a matter of color of your
wall paper whether you light one or
three burners.
White walls, of course, absorb the
least light, only 30 per cent, but nearly
everybody wants some color to meet
the eye. A chrome yellow absorbs only
38 per cent. Paper of an orange shade
robs you only of 50 per cent of your
light.
It Is when you get Into the reds and
greens and browns that the light be
gins to dim. A dark green wall paper,
so restful to the eye, absorbs 82 per
cent of the light. And paper of a deep
chocolate leaves only 4 per cent of the
light rays for use. Its power of ab
iorptlou Is 0(1 per cent. New York Sun
Two Points ot View.
He bud a lot of money, but no dli
covernblo ancestors, and so it came
that lie affected contempt for pride of
birth. And there was another man
whose family tree was tall and um
brageous, hut who possessed 110 other
assets worth mentioning. A discus
sion between those two men was of
profound Intcrtst. Kneh avoided hurt
ing tne oiner s reelings, nut It was
easy to delect an undercurrent of an
'.agonlsm. Thfy concluded:
"Say what you will," asserted the
one, "It Is a fine thing to come of good
Rtock.
"It's a finer thing," replied the other,
with finality, "to own It."
How the Rash Comes,
In measles a rash appears on the
fourth day of the fever. It is first
seen on the forehead, face and neck,
afterward over the whole body. It
consists of raised red siots. In scarlet
lever the rash appears on th -'cond
day of the fever, commencing on the
upper, part of the chest and neck,
Whence it spreads over the body. In
smallpox 1111 eruption Is seen on the
tlili'd or fourth dny on the face, neck
and wrists, in chicken pox the erup
tion is made of small blebs. Iu typhoid
fever the rash rarely shows Itself be
fore the seventh day of the fever. The
spots nro rose colored, and they disap
pear on pressure.
Effect of the Sun on Monuments.
The poriieudlcularlty of a monument
Is visibly affected by the rays of the
sun. On every sunny day n tall monu
ment has tt regular swing leading
away from the sun. This phenomenon
Is due to the greater expansion of the
side on which the rays of the sun fall.
A pendulum placed Inside, say, Nel
son's column. In Trafalgar square,
would be found to describe on every
clear day nn ellipse of pretty nearly
half nn Inch In diameter. London
Telegraph.
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Holland and Herrings.
To the sea the Dutch owe most of
their wealth. The art of curing her
ring was discovered by a poor Dutch
fisherman, William. Beukels, In 1350,
who found that ttj fish which they
caught In great abundance could be
smoked and salted away in kegs and
then transported to the ends of the
world In good condition; Such a trade
resulted that It was said that "Amster
dam is built on herring bones." Sev-
eral hundred years after the death of
Beukels the emperor, Charles V., went
to the tomb of the fisherman and there
ate a herring In gratitude for the in
volition. And In a church in Biervllet
today may be seen a stained glass win
dow in honor of this man. Herring
'have been one of the chief means of
trade to the Hollanders, so that even
at the present duy the first catch is
taken to the royal palace In a coach
and six.
The fact that the two dominant po
litical parties of Holland for hundreds
of years were calledthe "Cods" and
the "Fishhooks" shows that maritime
matters were the uppermost in the peo
ple's thoughts. Exchange.
Concerning the Dolomites.
The fairyland about Cortina Is fa
miliar to thousands of tourists as "The
Dolomites." Dolomite, a rock com
pounded of carbonate of lime and car
bonate of magnesia, takes Its name
from the French geologist Deodat de
Gratet, Marquis de Dolomieu, who
spent his time in 178H and the follow
ing years, while his countrymen were
busy with revolution and war, in visit
ing this and other Alpine districts. lie
first mentions this kind of rock in
1701, and the word "Dolomite" first
occurs In a pamphlet of 1802 describ
ing a tour of his In the Alps about the
St. Gothard and the Slmplon. The
curious point, noted by Mr. Coolidge,
Is that the marquis seems to have
paid no attention to the dolomite rocks
in the neighborhood of his own home,
Dolomieu, near Grenoble. London
Mirror.
The Familiar Unknown.
Things you see every day and never
notice form a favorite topic with those
who probe curiously into our deficien
cies. The watch trick is perhaps an
open secret by now, and yet you may
fall in reproducing the Roman figures
that you confront in all moods many
times a day. Can you describe the as
pect of a shilling, which I hope you
see as many times a day, or a penny
postage stamp? I am sure that any
postal maiden could sell me a dozen
penny stamps with the wrong head on
them and send me away contented.
And yesterday I met a man who had
lived for years In happiness on Haver
stock hill and couldn't tell me .the
number of steps that led to the front
door of his own house. London Spec
tator. The Rise of Newfoundland.
Newfoundland has had a curious his
tory. Cabot, saillug from Bristol, dis
covered it in 1407, and in 1583 Sir Hum
phrey Gilbert annexed Its wild and
rocky shores for Queen Elizabeth. Yet
until 130 years ago it was illegal to
build a permanent house there. The
island was held by "merchant adven
turers" for the sake of the fisheries.
They hired their fishermen in England,
took them across the Atlantic euch
spring and brought them buck at the
commencement of winter. '
Newfoundland's Importance in the
cod fishery arises to a great extent
from the fact that it is only within her
waters that the small fish desirable as
bait can be obtained in the necessary
quantities. Loudon Telegraph.
A Curious Royal Custom,
When any Spanish sovereign dies
the body Is at once submitted to the
process of fossilizatlon, nor can It be
placed In the royal pantheon until the
body has been absolutely turned into
stone. Curiously enough, the period re
quired for fossilizatlon varies consid
erably. Some royal bodies have be
come solidified In a very short period,
while others have taken years before
the fossilizatlon took place.
Not Much.
"Is it true, mamma," asked Ethel,
'bat the ostrich hides its head in the
sand?"
"Yes, dear; they say that is the
case." .
"Well, mamma, when you wear an
ostrich feather you never hide your
head, do you?" Yonkers Statesman.
Early Ballooning.
As early asUSll the French govern
ment granted a sum of money to es
tablish n balloon service between Par
Is and Marseilles with what were
known as the Montgoltler air balloons,
though the project never became more
than a project.
Oranges.
Oranges are a most valuable fruit,
Orange juice allays thirst nud with
few exceptions Is well borne by the
weakest stomach. It Is also a laxa
tive, and if taken at night or before
breakfast It will be found most bene
ficial.
Knew His Business.
Mrs. Piatt (a uglily )-Oh, yon think
you know n lot, don't you? Mr. Piatt
(calmly) Well, 1 ought to. my dear.
I've been In the real estate business
for nearly thirty years. Indianapolis
Star.
That Sufficed.
"The doctor said I must get away for
my nerves."
"Did be see your tongue?"
"No, but he heard my wife's." Bos
ton Transcript.
So far ns one shuns evils so fur he
does good. Swedcnborg.
PHILOSOPHY.
Without philosophy we should
be little above the animals that dig
or erect their habitations, prepare
their food in them, take care of
their little ones in their dwellings
and have besides the good fortune,
which we have not, of being born
already clothed. Voltaire.
We take particular pains with the
stationery we print for our customers,
Fountain of Energy When President
Wilson Opened the Panama
Pacific Exposition
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Wilson pressing a button at Washington on the opening day of the
Panama-Pacific International Exposition at San Francisco. This
fountain Is the work of A. Stirling Calder and is between the Tower
of Jewels and the main entrance at
A Costly Wator.oo Medal.
Mr. Steward has. included in "War
Medals and Their History" a special
account of the famous Waterloo medal
of Plstrucci, which originated from the
desire of George IV. in 1819 to com
memorate the victory by the issue of a
specially fine medal. Flaxman design
ed it, but Pistrucci. the chief engraver
at the royal mint, refused to cut the
dies nnd was himself commissioned to
prepare a modeled design, which, be
ing approved, lie was instructed to cut
the dies for a fee of 3,500. The dies
were not finished until 1849, and of the
men who were to receive the medal In
gold the Duke of Wellington was the
only survivor when the first impres
sion was taken.
Dealing In Futures.
"It Is my firm belief," announced
Jasper Knox, the sage of Piketown-on-the-Bllnk,
"that In the dim and misty
future there Is a faint possibility of
some hitherto unknown Inventive
genius accidentally stumbling upon a
scientific formula, the compounding of
which, superinduced by a liberal and
proper administration of the same to
teething Infants, will Impart to those
necessary household adjuncts a sense
of propriety which will enable them to
comprehend the utter folly of keeping
their overworked father awake half of
the night, when the high cost of living
demands that he be up and doing when
the cuckoo clock proclaims the advent
of another day of toll." Judge.
Persuasive.
Far from concealing anything of per
tinency to the Issue, the old serpent
freely confessed that if Eve should eat
the apple it meant clothes from that
time forward.
"But," he argued und never more co
gently, "clothes will be something to
talk about when you are tired of the
weather and don't happen to be par
ticularly brainy."
And the first mother, bethinking her
how many of her daughters were des
tined to find themselves in suchwise
circumstances, thereupon yielded the
point, with what result Is only too well
known to the present generation of
mankind. Boston Journal.
Dwindling Captives.
Most creatures that have been tamed
by. man have gained in size during
their long captivity, but there are sev
eral notable exceptions. The cat is
one. Our house pussy is n smaller and
far feebler thing than the wild cat
from which she Is descended. Sheep
and turkeys are other instances of de
generation. The wild gobbler Is con
siderably larger than the tame Thanks
giving bird. A full growu wild ram of
the Itoeky mountain species seldom
weighs less than 300 pounds, ind the
wild sheep of the old world are said to
be of equal size, while a tame ram,
even of the mutton breeds, Is doing
well if he scales 200 pounds-Chicago
Journal.
Cordite,
Cordite, the British service propellant
used iu all arms, from the army re
volver to the fifteen Inch naval gun,
may be taken ns a general type of mod
ern gunpowders. Its name Is derived
from the circumstance that it is manu
factured In the shape of string or cord,
varying from one-thirtieth of nn Inch
to nearly half nn Inch in diameter. It
was devised by the ordnance commit
tee over which Sir Frederick Abel pre
sided in 1S01, with Sir James Dewar
as scientific adviser. It Is a mixture
of gtucotton and nitroglycerin, with
a small amount of mineral jelly to act
us a lubricant and preservative. Lou
don Globe.
BUILDING A LIFE.
To take into the inmost shrine
of the soul the irresistible forces
whose puppets we seem to be
death and change, the irrevoca
bility of a vanished past, the power
lessness of man before the blind
hurry of the universe from vanity to
vanity to feel these things and
know them is to conquer them.
Bertrand Russell.
Avoiding the Tailor.
"The other people on the block are
sore on me," sighed the tailor. "Say
I have killed business on this side of
the street. It lsu'f my fault, though."
"What's wrong?"
"So many men owe me who cross
over to the other side jvhen they come
ic my block." Louisville Courier-Jour-uul.
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the water was released by President
Scott street
wny Italy Loves tne Army.
The Italian soldier Is not only se
verely drilled, but he is also expected
to perform a good many duties not
usually regarded us falling within the
requirements of military service. It Is
considered incumbent on every man
wearing the king's uniform to give aid
whenever and wherever It may be
needed for the protection of life and
property, against crime, accident or
disaster, and whenever a calamity be
falls such as an earthquake the first
move is always to send troops to as
sist the suffering. That Is one reason
why Italy regards her army with af
fection as her protector at home as
well as her lt defender against foreign
aggression. London Chronicle.
GOOD ADVICE.
My advice is that you endeavor
to be honestly rich or contentedly
poor. In the next place, look to
your health, and if you have it
praise God and value it next to a
good conscience. As for money,
neglect it not, but note that there
is no necessity of being rich, for
there be as many miseries beyond
riches as, on this side of them, and
if you have competence enjoy it
with a meek, thankful heart. Izaak
Walton.
Cream, Butter and Yellow.
Scientific experiments have demon
strated that, contrary to the geueral
belief, the yellow color of cream and
butter Is not necessarily an Indication
of their richness. It was discovered
long ago that most vegetable mattei
contains a yellow substance called
"earrotln" because it exists abundant
ly In carrots. It Is this substance
contained in the cow's feed that gives
rise to the color of milk nnd butter.
Carrotln Is most abundant In the green
forage available in spring and summer
so that milk and butter produced then
are more yellow than In the winter, al
though the percentage of fat in wiutei
milk often is higher than in the rich
looking product obtained in summer.
Art.
Nobody hits yet been able to define
art correctly, because every conception
of art differs with the Individual. No
body really knows what truth Is, yet
art is said to be truth plus personal
ity. Personality Itself Is our most in
comprehensible enigma.
Art must possess a supreme and con
stantly Increasing interest. The best
and most unfailing test of art Is when
it endures. Time, therefore. Is neces
sary to proclaim it All masterpieces
turned out overnight are not to be
trusted.
The true artist Is, therefore, most
likely to be unknown. Time crowns
him master with one hnild nud de
stroys him with the other. Life.
Bright Youngster.
"I've been a good boy today, haven't
I, mnmma?" asked the pride of the
household.
"Yes, Itichard. You've been a very
good boy Indeed."
"Aren't you going to call papa up on
the phone and loll him ubout It?"
"Why, no: I haven't thought of it"
replied his mother. "Don't you think
It will be time enough to tell him when
he conies home?"
"Well." said the youngster, "he
might waut to buy me some candy or
something for being good, and I
thought we might save him the trouble
of going out for it after he gets In the
house." St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Piano Strings.
Supplanting the hard, high tension
strand of old, the piano wire in de-
j mnnd today for th highest grade in
; strumeut is tough and fibrous aud of
absolute uniformity, nud when cut It
shows a clean white steel.
I The piano makers have, by actual
: test been brought to see that the soft
I er wire has the greater artistic merit
: The latter vibrates so eveuly through
; out when actuated by the proper de
gree of energy, that a true fundamen
tal tone results, with just enough of
the octave to Impart brilliancy, of the
fifth to impart timbre and of "the third
and sixth to impart richness, nnd will
ba amplified by the sounding board.
St Louis Post-Dispatch.
The One TimeT-
"You women would rather talk than
listen."
"Not always."
"When, for example?"'
"When a man Is about to propose."
Judge.
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Edwin Booth and Lincoln.
It has long been known that Edwin
Booth felt deeply the grief that it was
one of his own family who took Abra
ham Lincoln's life. This. little story,
which the editor of a well known mag
azine Is fond of telling, emphasizes that
' fact:
When I was a boy 1 lived in Chicago
near Lincoln park. Once when Edwin
Booth was playiug in the city 1 went
with another boy to bear "Hamlet"
t was permitted to spend the night at
my friend's botise, but went home for
breakfast.
At that early hour Lincoln park was
deserted, but as I drew near St.
Gaudeus' great statue of Lincoln 1 saw
a carriage approach, driven by a negro
coachman. It stopped before the stat
ue, the door opened und out stepped
Edwin Booth. Curious to see what
would huppen, I stepped behind a
clump of shrubbery where I might
watch unobserved.
The great actor stood for a moment
before the wonderful bronze with his,
head bared. Then he took a rose from
his buttonhole and Inld it at the base
of the statue. He entered the carriage
and was driven away, utterly uncon
scious that the incident had been wit
nessed by one who would ever after
cherish its memory. Youth's Companion.
Many Uses of Graphite.
Few people begin to realize the range
of uses to which graphite is put, says
the Scientific American, for It la an
essential though minor ingredient In a
great number of unsuspected connec
tions as common as that of lead pen
cils. With many of these the graphite
man is himself unfamiliar, beyond the
simple fact that this or that manufac
turer purchases from him, for In such
uses it is apt to represent part of a
secret process.
Lead pencils, lubricants, electrical
conductors and black polishes and
paints are prominent conventional uses,
but it is liable to be present pretty
much anywhere that anti-frlctlon, un
fading blackness, heat resistance, elec
trical conductivity or houcorrosiveness
Is a desirable property, ' nud the fact
thut without graphite the derby hat, as
we know it could not be, is an exam
ple of its Importance as an incidental
ingredient
A Wonderful Railway Journey.
For picturesque variety and romantic
appeal the panoramas running like
double cinematograph films past the
car windows on the great African
trunk line can never know a rival.
Six thousand miles, across sixty-five
degrees of latitude; a score of climates
and the lands of a hundred different
peoples or tribes; the second longest
of the world's rivers and two of its
largest lakes; the greatest dam ever
built, conserving water for the world's
richest lands; the most imposing nnd
ancient of all temples; the greatest wa
terfall and the most important gold
and diamond mines, and finally one of
the last great expanses of real wilder
ness, the only place in the world
where the wild beasts of the jungle
may be seen in their primitive state
from a train all these are seen,
traversed or experienced in twelve
days.
Dirty Patagonia,
"Patagoulaus are not giants, as some
have supposed and as the geographies
teach," said a man who has traveled.
"They are large in comparison with
the other South American natives; that
is nil. Everything is relative, you
know. But they are very fat That is
why they can stand the cold so well.
I have seen Pntagonian mcu and boys
running around unclad while I was
wrapped in warm garments, with the
snow fulling upon them in quantities
and the wind blowing bitterly. They
are kept warm by their fat nnd dirt
Patagonia is one of the dirtiest places
imaginable. Don't go there If you hate
dirt. That is my advice to all who
contemplate a journey to the jumping
off place of South America."
A Bright Prospect.
"For five years," said the commer
cial traveler, "I had called upon a certain-
draper iu Scotland nnd never got
an order. I mentioned it to the head
of the firm. 'We aye deal, wi' B. &
Co.,' he said. 'Their trnivler ca'd for
twenty years before he took nn order,
and if ye'll continue to call for twenty
years I'll no say but ye may get one.' "
Manchester Guardian.
Firedamp.
Firedamp is the ordinary name for
the carbureted hydrogen which issues
from "blowers" or fissures iu coal
seams. It is Inflammable and when
mixed with air in certain proportions
is highly explosive. Its Ignition is at
tended by the danger of nn nttendant
explosion of conl dust
Of Course.
"With people cooking with electrici
ty, one can no longer henp coals of,
fire." I
"Never fear. Assuredly they Willi
perfect nn electrlcul apparatus which I
will nnswer the same purpose." Lou-'
lsvllle Courier-Journal.
His New Job.
"I've got a new job. I'm a barber
at a soda fountain."
"A barber at a soda fountain?"
"Yes. 1 shave the lce."-New York
World.
Just the Other Way.
Frost-It cost me $75 for the week
end. Snow - Eutertalnlnc friends
weren't you? Frost-Great Scott, no!
Being entertained. Life.
Loss of sincerity Is loss of vital power.-Bovee.
An Island Wilderness.
Andros island, among the Bahamas,
is ninety miles in length and twenty
to forty miles iu breadth, aud most ot
its extensive area has never been ex
plored. It Is an unbroken wilderness,
inhabited solely by about 3,500 negroes.!
It has great forests, seldom penetrated
by white men, but no real effort has,
oeeu made to exploit its resources.
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