OREGON CITY COURIER, OREGON CITY, OREGON, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 3,1916.
IS HE A FAGIN?
Junk Dealer said to Have Urged Boys
to Steal for Him
The district attorney's office and
the constable are investigating the
case of Leon Harmorcl, a junk dealer
who recently came to the county seat,
and who is under arrest for receiv
ing stolen property. Two boys, whose
names are being withheld by the au
thorities out of mercy for their fam
ilies, have also been taken into cus
tody in connection with Harmorci.
Investigation of Harmorci's junk
A CHANGE OF TACTICS.
MODEL SCHOOL FOUND
How It Worked In the Case of a Dis
couraged Salesman.
The following method of gaining as.
surance is told In the American Maga
zlne. It is the experience of a sales.
man who could not sell his goods be
cause be allowed himself to be dig.
couraged at Initial attempts. It bas
wide application everywhere:
"1 am u commercial traveler who
conquered the habit of despondency,
Every one who sells goods knows bow
fierce is the competition. When I took
shop revealed a varied assortment of j tbu Job Blx years S t seemed abso-
material, ranging from trolley wire
connections to old clothes. The junk
included leather belting stolen from
the storeroom of the Courier Press,
clothes and personal property of C.
0. Dryden, superintendent of the com
posing room at the Enterprise, babbit
metal bearings presumably from the
paper mills, material and fixtures tak
en from boats on the river, and or
namental brass fittings taken from the
benches in Canemah park. To obtain
the latter the boys piled the benches
up and set fire to them, salvaging the
brass from the ashes.
Partial confessions made by the
boys appear to implicate the junk
man. The boys, in all probability,
will be released on parole; as it is
not believed that they initiated the
robberies in which they were concerned.
HAPPY WOMEN
Plenty of Them in Oregon City, and
Good Reason for It
Wouldn't any woman be happy,
After years of backache suffering,
Days of misery, nights of unrest,
The distress of urinary troubles,
When she finds freedom.
Many readers will profit by the fol
lowing:
Mrs. Jane Blanchard, 1102 John
Adams St., Oregon City, says: "I
have used Doan's Kidney Pills for kid
ney and bladder trouble that annoyed
me for years. I have had great re
lief. In all, I have taken less than
two boxes of Doan's Kidney Pills, but
that amount has been enough to con
vince me of their merit."
Price 50c, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy get
Doan's Kidney Pills the same that
Mrs. Blanchard had. Foster-Milburn
Co., Props., Buffalo, N. Y.
FOLLOWS DAD'S STEPS
Lane County Man Teaches in Same
School that Father Did
A man who has taught in Lane
county public schools for 23 consecu
tive years, whose father taught for 43
years in the same county, and who is
now teaching in the same school in
which his father taught 42 years ago,
recently applied for reading circle
questions to the extension division of
the State University. He is Elmer
T. Jordan, and he is now teaching in
the Deerhorn -district.
He was responsible for one of the
first playsheds at a Lane county pub
lic school, and got it equipped with
gymnasium apparatus. When he be
gan teaching he got $22.50 a month
and walked four miles to school daily;
he now gets $85 a month.
lutel.v overwhelming. I didn't sell
anything to speak of and made up my
nilud that I couldn't, tbongb 1 kept on
making the round of the groceries,
There seemed to be a thousand sales.
men just ahead of me. I grew very
bitter at the thousand and everybody
else. Whenever I entered a store It
was with the firm conviction that I
should not get an order. I looked dull
eyed at the merchant and said gloom
ily: " 'Anything In my line?' at the same
time reaching for the doorknob. They
didn't try to detain me.
"One day in conversation with an old
drummer, a shrewd veteran of the
road, I opened my heart with a sav
age complaint about the thousand
salesmen, my advance guard. He puff
ed his cigar a moment, bis eyes twin
kled anij be slapped me on the shoul
der. " 'I know,' be said. 'I bad 'em ahead
of me once. They raised Cain with
me until 1 chased 'em to the rear. Take
my advice, boy, and get up to the head
of the procession and let the other fel
lows do the worrying.'
. "I thought it over, and It dawned on
me that it was a question of viewpoint.
I had formed a habit of picturing my
self at the 'tall of the line, though in
reality we were going In a circle and
my position was as good as any. Then
1 changed ray tactics and formed u
new bablt-the habit of thinking of
niysel' as the leader, the very first tuan
In the territory. Just us an experi
ment I went out the next day believ
ing thut I should get orders. I pulled
my order book and pencil the moment
I entered n store and begnn to name
certain goods.
" 'Sugar!' I cried, looking Hie grocer
expectantly In the eye, as much us lo
say thut 1 could see the empty barrel
behind his counter. And the barrel
was empty! It worked so well In the
first store that 1 I rled more vigorously
In the next, and the merchiiut cume
down freely. It was ulmost uncanny
the way 1 guessed the Items he need
ed. 1 went out on the Hide wu Ik und
laughed aloud. And I actually sold
more goods thut day than I had sold
before in three weeks.
"Well, tho firm raised my salary in
stead of firing me, as they had pluuned
to do, and 1 still insist that 1 am the
Qrst man over the route. I tell you,
right habits of thought are worth
money sometimes u fortune."
University Experts say Gaston, Ore
gon, Has Finest of Structures
No district in Oregon with so small
a population as Gaston, Washington
county, has a better schoolhouse, ac
cording to Dr. Fred C. Ayer, profes
sor of education, who recently made a
dedicatory address for the newly-nn
ished $12,000 structure.
When the Gaston people realized
they must have a new school, they de
cided to build for the future. They
put up not only a schoolhouse but a
community center building. The liter
ary and reading room is open to the
public evenings and Saturday after
noons. A Victrola has been installed
and an abundance of records provided
Principal R. E. Winger has arranged
to maintain a state traveling library
n the school. As there was no good
public meeting place in Gaston, an
auditorium to seat 400 was designed
in the school, and is open for all pub
lic gatherings.
Principal Winger is considering in
stallation of night classes for adults
and of a weekly moving picture in the
school auditorium.
"The Gaston school represents the
realization of one of the main ideas of
the schools of extension and educa
tion of the University," said Dr. Ayer.
Chiropractic removes the cause 'of
Diabetes. Hoey & Stone, Chiroprac
tors, Cauheld Bldg.
After La Grippe What?
Coughs thath "ang on" aftr la
grippe exhaust the strength and lower
the vital resistance. F. G. Prevo,
Bedford, Ind., writes: "An attack of
la grippe left me with a severe cough.
I tried everything. I lost in weight
and got so thin it looked as if I would
never get well. I tried Foley's Honey
and Tar and two bottles cured me.
am now well and back to my normal
weight." Foley's Honey and Tar gets
right at the trouble. It is a safe, re
liable remedy. Jones Drug Co,
Classified Business Directory
Courier Readers will find this
a handy ready reference. It
contains the name and address
of live, dependable professional
men and business houses.
THE FRENCH HOME
BLACKSMITHS, HORSE SHOEING
Scripture & May, Scientific Horse
shoeing. Emery wheel for cast plow
grinding. Pac. 297-J.
COAL, WOOD, GRAVEL & SAND
SEE E. A. HACKETT-FOR FAM
OUS BLACK HAWK COAL, DRY
4-FOOT WOOD, GRAVEL AND
SAND, 17th and Wash. Sts., Phone
247-W.
There the Servant Is Like a Mem
ber of the Family.
IMPORTANCE OF THE NURSE.
She la the Real and Rational Ruler of
the Turbulent Children Who, a a
General Rule, Are Spoiled by Their
Too Indulgent Parent.
CARPENTERS AND BUILDERS
Geo. A. Brown, Maple Lane.
Pac. 23 F-22.
Phone
CLOTHIERS MEN & BOYS
Miller & Obst, Clothiers to Men and
Boys. Gents' Furnishings, Main,
at Seventh.
Price Bros. Where clothes fit. Est,
1895. 527 Main St. Phone 107.
DOCTORS OSTEOPATHIC
Dr. J. A. van Brakle. Osteopathic
physician. Masonic Bldg., Tel.
399 & A- 118.
DRUG STORES
Harding, Geo. A, Prescriptions, maga
zines, toilet articles Deutsche Op
atheke, Phone 297R B-34.
511 Main.
FIRE INSURANCE, Exclusively
E. H. Cooper, the Insurance Man. Es
tablished 1902. Enterprise Bldg.
Phone Pac. 366.
B'oy Talk.
"Can your baby brother talk yet?"
asked a visitor of four-year-old Mabel.
"Ves'ni; lie can miy some words real
plain." replied the llitiu miss.
"Indeed!" cxi'laiuu'il the astonished
visitor. "And what are they?"
"I don't know." answered Mabel
"They are words I never heard before."
Chicago News.
Vict5ria Falls.
The African name for the Victoria
falls Is "Mosl on tmijn." which means
"sinoke thunders here."
Let us send you a sample of the
Classiest Letter Heads you ever saw.
The Paaha's Reply.
An English traveler In the orient who
was picking up material for a book
asked a pasha; "Is the civil service
like ours? Are there retiring allow
ances and pensions?"
"My Illustrious friend," replied the
pasha, "Allah Is greut, and the public
functionary who stands In need of a re
tiring allowance when his term of of
flee expires Is a fool."
Friends.
A quarrel between friends is like un
August thunder shower. Keep your
heart true and watch for the rainbow
What Children Need Now
In spite of the best care mothers
can give them this weather brings
sickness to many children. Safe, re
liable family medicines are in demand.
Mrs. T. Neureuer, Eau Claire, Wis.,
writes: "Foley's Honey and Tar cured
my boy of a severe attack of croup
after other remedies had failed. .
recommend it to everyone as we know
from our experience that it is a won
derful remedy for coughs, colds, croup
and whooping cough." It stops the
coughs that hang on and weaken after
la grippe. Jones Drug Co.
The Courier is $1 a year if paid in
advance.
"You Can Do Better for Less on Third Street"
Store Opens
8:30 A. M.
Saturdays at
9 A. M.
Pacific Phone
Marshall 5080
The Most in Value
The Best in Quality
-an mmmMM HIIIOTHIHIII ! Will liin
r -
THE MOST IN VALUK
THE BEST IN QUALITY
Store Closes
5:30 P. M.
Saturdays a.
6 P. M.
Home Phone
A 2112
CORSET SALE
See Third-Street Window Display.
A tremendous Corset Sale, including our entire stock of U. & G Kengo-Bclt, Merito and Henderson Cor
sets and Ferris and Snhlin Waists. Not just a few discontinued models, hut our entire line, including
all the newest styles of both back and front-luce effects. Every Corset and Waist sold during this sale
carries our usual guarantee of satisfactory wear, or money back. Below we itemize just a few of the
hundreds of models in this sale:
R. & G. CORSETS
Models 100, 200 and 300, regular $1.25 to OQr
$1.50 values. Priced for this sale at O
These Models are back-lace styles for the average
figure. Made of plain and fancy coutilu, nicely
trimmed.
Models E324, E152, E11G, E308,
F316, regular $3.00 to $3.50 this
sale at ..
F280, F312,
$1.59
E152, front-lace, coutil, 4 'j -inch bust, long skirt, elastic gore at side.
El 10, front-lace, coutil, 3 'j -inch bust, long skirt, broad elastic band at bot
tom of back.
E324, bark-luce, brocade, in white and pink, 4 -inch bust, long skirt.
E.108, bark-lure, coutil, high bust, extremely long skirt, elastic gussets in side.
F316, coutil, high bust, long skirt, elastic section in back.
K312, coutil, for stout figure, medium bust, long skirt, heavy honing, grad
uated clasp.
F280, back-lace, coutil, medium bust, long skirt, elastic gussets in bottom of
back, heavy boning.
Your
Choice
From
$3 and $3.50
MODELS
at one price
Rengo Belt Corsets
Especially adapted for stout figures, made of
heavy coutil with heavy boning, reinforced, heavy
spoon steel, with clastic belts and insertions.
Sizes 20 to 36.
Models 209 and 213, regular $2.25, at $1.59
Modes 319, 320 and 297, regular $3.50, at $2.48
MERITO CORSETS, all Bnck-Lace Models
Models B183, B1009, B 1039, regular... QCr
$1.50 at clL
All bark-lace models. B183, coutil, medium
bust, long cikirt, B1009, coutil, high bust, long
skirt. B1039, fancy poplin, medium bust, long
skirt
Models C170. C193, regular $2.00, this sale... .$1.39
C170. coutil, medium model, tailor trim. C193,
coutil, high bust, long skirt.
Models D249, E346, regular $2.30, $3.00, at . ..$1.89
E346, mercerized batiste, medium model. D249
brocade, in pink and white, medium model.
$1.59
Henderson Corsets
Models 360 and 322, regular $1.25, at 98c
360, front-lace, coutil, medium bust, long skirt.
322, back-lace, coutil, medium bust, long skirt.
Models 632, 658, 660X, regular $2.00 and
$2.50, at $i,69
660X, front lace, medium bust, long skirt, cou
til. 658, back-lace, medium high bust, long
skirt 632, back-lace, medium high bust, elas
tic at bottom.
Models 950, 968, regular $3.50, at $2.39
968, front-lace, German coutil, heavy boning,
for stout figures, sizes 24 to 36. 950, back
lace, imported coutil, low bust, high boning,
long skirt, for average figure.
FLORIST
James Wilkinson, Greenhouse, Glad
stone Tel. 304-J; town shop 612 Main
St., phone 271.
FURNITURE & HARDWARE
of Quality.
Frank Busch, Store
Phones A-24, and 11
Hogg Bros We Save
Phones A-83 and 412.
You Money.
FURNITURE AND HARDWARE
New and Second-Hand
W. W. Bradley Bargains in Furni
ture and Furnishings. 507-Main.
Tel. 139.
J. H. Mattley Saves You Money
On Stoves, Ranges and Home Fur
nishings. Corner 7th & Madison St
on hill.
FOUNDRY, MACHINE SHOP
Axy-Acetylene Welding
Oregon City Foundry 4th & Water
St. Founders', machinists, blacksmiths.-
Phones: A-199 & 373-J.
J. A. Roake, Prop.
GROCERY STORES
Brightbill, H. P. Staple, Fancy and
Green Groceries. 509 Main. Phone
74.
Mt Pleasant Grocery Plank Road,
Groceries and Feed. Tel. Red-10;
Pac. 163-J.
GROCERIES, PRODUCE COM.
Larsen & Co. Hay, Grain, Feed,
Poultry supplies. Wholesale and re
tail grocers. Phone 70.
HARNESS DEALERS &MFGS.
Cross, F. H.
511-7th St.
Harness and Shoe Store,
Phone, Home A-255.
Stone, Wm., Harness Maker and Re.
pairing. 219-7th St. Tel. Home
B-64.
HOTELS
Electric Hotel Best in Clackamas
Co. European 60c-$1.50; American
$1.00-$1.50. Popular priced restau
rant. Bet. 4th & 5th, on Main.
HOSPITALS
Oregon City Hospital. Under new
management, 11th at Wn. Private
room $21, wards $10 weekly. Miss
Swales, Pres., Miss Thomas, Vice
Pres., Miss Marrs, Sec.-Treas. Spec,
case rates on application. Phones:
384 and A-78.
ICE DEALERS
Oregon City Ice Works Pure Ice,
Good Coal. Phones 56 & 14; 201
12th St.
LAUNDERIES WET WASH
Gladstone Laundry Co., Famiiy Wash,
wagon calls and delivers. Phone
304-R.
LIVERY, FEE & SALE STABLE
Fashion Livery G. A. Bergren, Prop.
Tel. A-95 & 65. Auto service. 4th
and Main.
Red Front Livery H. H. Hughes,
Prop., 6th & Water St. Auto livery,
phones: 116 & B-9.
The French people have not so far,
produced a spiritually servile class.
The occupation most duugerous to the
soul that of personnl service bus not
resulted for tho people of France in
flunkylsm on the one hand nnd su
perior airs on the other.
There is something in the poise aud
motion of French working girls, in
their fearless eyes aud vibrant voices,
that suggests u fluid and mobile social
structure which deepens the impres
sion of rigidity in the life across the
channel and beyond the Rhino. French
people of the more favored classes are
never heard bemoaning the decay of a
"proper" servant class. On the con
trary, if you speak to them of the
striking contrast between the French
proletariat and that of other countries
theirs so natural and gay, the others
so humble or so sullen or both they
instantly expand with pride. "Exact
ly!" they exclaim. "Our brave French
peoplel Just as good as monsieur, as
mndame, but also no better!"
The status of the French domestic
derives in part at least from the weight
of responsibility under which she
serves. For ber mistress is neither a
careless housekeeper nor nn Indifferent
mother. It Is precisely because the
Frenchwoman loves her children so ar
dently, so romnntlcully, one might say,
and because ber quick. Intelligent grasp
of material situations makes ber an
excellent economist at home that she
requires and establishes in the house
hold not a common servant, not
"mother's helper," but a woman of in.
telligence and character, a woman oft
en young and untried, but with the
true ring, who Is or soon becomes ca
pable of assuming direct responsibility
for the care of the children and the
house a woman who deserves and re
ceives the consideration due to the
head of an Important department In
the management of the family life.
French children are notoriously spoil
ed. The little monarchs are kept on a
pedestal well Into the age of moral re.
sponslblllty. Father, mother, all the
older relatives, vie with one another in
admiring and indulging them. With
this understanding of the term and
scope of the child's autocratic reign,
one can afford to laugh at turbulent
scenes in which he puts to rout every
adult in the house except his bonne.
At the mere sight of her the little des
perado begins to quiet down. He Is In
the presence of the only person who
has, so far, exercised any rational au
thority over bim, the person before
whom he feels the beginnings of shame
at doing wrong.
The bonne is the most Important per
son in the family group, so far as Its
material well being is concerned. And
morally, spiritually, she Is a true mem
ber of the family. It Is not for nothing
that the word "bontie" means "good
as well as "nurse."
It may be thut the prevailing good
relation between musters nnd servants
In France has a very simple cxplaua
tlon simple und yet profound. It may
be that It springs at bottom from the
warm affections of the people. They
cannot live without love nnd sentl
ment Better than any other people
they know how to keep alive the ro
mance of friendship, of love and even
of that Inherently bad relation, master
and slave.
The French servant who has no fam
ily ties and often the one who has-
throws her whole heart and soul Into
the family life of her master and mis
tress.
She must love she must serve she
must be loved. And the French master
and mistress understand. Each one
Idealizes the sentiments of the other,
In a word, the romance of the situa
tion grips them all. French literature
Is crowded with examples of mistress
and servant whose Intimacy shows no
trace of condescension on the one side
or of servility on the others. J. Fran
ces Cooke la New Republic.
Art at Home.
Believe me. if we want art to begin
at home, as It must, we must clear our
bouses of troublesome superfluities
that are forever lu our way. conven
tional comforts that are not real com
forts nnd do but make work for serv
ants nnd doctors, if you want a gold
en rule that will fit everybody this is
It: "Have nothing In your houses that
you do not know to be useful or believe
to be beautiful." William Morris.
LUMBER DEALERS
Gladstone Lumber Co, wholesale & re
tail H. E. Williams, Mgr. Phones:
Frmrs. 811 and 292-J.
Hood, C. J. Lumber, lath, shingles,
screens, wood, moulding. Main St.,
at 12th. Tel. 143, B-284.
PIANO DEALERS
F. F. Theroux Dealer in pianos and
and Sewing Machines. 19 Main.
PLUMBERS, HEATING & TINNING
F. C. Gadke General jobbing shop &
display rooms 914 Main St. Phone
205-R.
REAL ESTATE, LOANS, INS.
W. F. Schooley & Co. 612 Main St.,
Phone 50, Res. Phone 198-W.
TAILORS LADIES & GENTS.
Wm. McLarty Andresen Bldg. Phone
358-J. First class work only.
OREGON FIRE RELIEF ASS.N
Strongest Mutual in the West
M. R. COOPER, Agent
Enterprise Bldg.. Oregon City.
A Precious Mosaic.
For ages upon ages happiness has
been represented a? a huge precious
stone impossible to find und which
people seek for hopelessly. It is not
so. Happiness Is a mosaic composed
of a thousand little stones, which sep
arately and of themselves have little
value, but which united with art form
a graceful design. -Mme. de Glrardln.
wall-
Might Be Worse.
"I'm in debt-benvlly In debt
ed the disconsolate man.
"Is that all that's troubling you?"
retorted the cheerful stranger. "From
the way you're acting I thought some
body owed you money that you couldn't
collecf'-DetroIt Free Press.
On the grent clock of time there
but oue word Now. Old Saying.
Local Firm Wins
In spite of competition from Port
land and other hardware dealers, the
Frank Busch company, of the county
seat, has been awarded the contract
for furnishing the builder's hardware
for the addition to the Oregon City
highschool; the contract having been
given from Stebbinger Brothers, who
have the general work of construct
ing the building in hand. The Busch
company has also won a similar con
tract for work in the Hubbard high-
school.
BUY IT IN OREGON CITY"
JJinst JJaitmral Hmtk
OREGON CITY
Member ot
Federal Reserve Bank
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(Established 188 9)
Under GOVERNMENT Supervision
United States Depository
for Postal Savings Funds
Interest Paid on SAVINGS ACCOUNTS
and TIME CERTIFICATES
DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN EXCHANGE BOUGHT AND SOLD.
TRAVELERS' CHECKS AND LETTERS CREDIT ISSUED.
CHECK ACCOUNTS AND DEMAND CERTIFICATES ISSUED.
GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS DONE.
OPEN SATURDAYS FROM 9 A. M. TO 1 P. M.
YOUR BANKING BUSINESS SOLICITED.
D.
C. LATOURETTE, President
M. D. LATOURETTE, Vice President
F. J. MEYER, Cashier
STORY OF A WEATHER VANE.
Why a Grasshopper Tops the Royal
Exchange In London.
If you ever go to London among the
places of interest there you will visit
the public buildings known as the
Royal Exchange. There is a cupola at
the top of that building. Rising from
that cupola Is an Iron rod with a huge
grasshopper on it for a weather vane.
And there is an interesting story con
nected with that' grasshopper. It Is
this: Oue day, more than 300 years
ago, a mother In England had an In
fant, a few months old, which she
SLEET WHELMS VALLEY
From County Seat to Portland Con
ditions are Worst on Record
What is euphoniously called a "sil
ver thaw" hit Portland and the north
ern end of Clackamas county Tuesday
afternoon, and by Wednesday after
noon the coating of ice and trouble
spread as far south as Oregon City.
While Portland and the northern coun
ty towns suffered the most, conditions
elsewhere were bad enough to suit
most everybody.
The interurban line made a brave
wanted to get rid of. So she wrapped I struggle to maintain schedules, and
did fairly well until Tuesday night
After that the cars ran when they
could. Wednesday morning for a
brief time conditions were somewhat
better, but by noon the ice grip clos
ed in again, and schedules once more
went by the board. Efforts of one
train crew to make the Gladstone sid
ing shortly after noon Wednesday
carried down about a hundred feet of
wire, and in the afternoon the ser
vice was discontinued entirely for a
time.
The great weight of ice carried
down many trees on both main roads
along the river, and travel was slow
and uncertain. One automobile party
that left the county seat Tuesday
night for Portland had to chop a road
through half a dozen fallen wires on
the west side road, and took four
hours to make the trip. The trans
mission lines on the west side of the
river also came to grief.
Tuesday night street lights in Mil
waukie went out of commission; four
telephone poles on Twenty-first street
and one on the Foster road went down,
taking their tangle of wires with them
and isolating Milwaukie from Port
land. Fruit trees. esDeciallv tho nlH.
er and larger ones, suffered heavily.
it up in a shawl and laid It down un
der a bush in a field and left it there
to die unless some one should find It
and take care of it
Shortly after a little boy was coming
home from school. As he passed by
the place he heard a grasshopper chirp
ing in the field. He stopped a moment
to listen to It. Then he climbed over
the fence to get It But Just as he was
about to catch it be caught sight of
the baby close by. He let the grass
hopper go and, taking the baby In his
arms, carried it home to bis mother.
She took charge of the baby and
brought him up. He turned out to be
a good, pious boy. Be was always de
cided In doing what be knew was
right and in not doing what was
wrong.
When o young man be went to Lon
don and entered into business there.
He was successful In business and be
came rich. He was not only rich, but
grent He was knighted and Is well
known in English history as Sir Thom
as Greshnm. The Royal Exchange
was built in honor of him. And he bad
the grasshopper put as a weather vane
on the top of It in memory of the won
derful way in which when an Infant
his life was saved by the good provi
dence of God. Richard Newton in Bi
ble Models.
THEY PUZZLED HUXLEY.
Terms In Which He Found It Difficult
to Define His Belief.
Huxley once wondered whether he
was a deist an atheist, an agnostic, a
pantheist a materialist or a skeptic, an
Idealist a Christian, an Infldel or a
freethinker. And the more he reflect
ed the deeper his- problem. What nn
swer will any one make? Dr. .lames
C. Fernald in his work "Synonyms and
Antonyms" defines each according to
his own belief, as follows:
The deist admits (he existence of
God, but denies that the Christian
Scriptures are a revelation from Him.
The atheist denies that there is a God.
The agnostic denies either that we do
know or (bat we can kuow whether
there is a God. The skeptic doubts di
vine revelation.
The Infidel Is nn opprobrious term
that might once almost have been said
to be geographical In Its range. The
crusaders called all Mohammedans in
fidels and were so cnlled by them In
return. The word is commonly npplled
to any decided opponent of an accept
ed religion.
A freethinker Is inclined or addict
ed to free thinking, especially one who
rejects authority or inspiration in re
ligion. A materialist takes Interest
only In the material or bodily necessi
ties and comforts of life. A pantheist
accepts the doctrine of pantheism. An
idealist idealizes or seeks an Ideal or
ideal conditions. A Christian Is oue
whose profession and life conform to
the teaching aud example- of Christ.
Pantheism Is the doctrine that Uod
and the universe are Identical. . It con
trasts with atheism as the positive de
nlal and with agnosticism as the dog
matic doubt of the existence of God.
It opposes that form of deism which
denies the divine Inimuncuce and sep
arates God from the world."
Seamad So.
Patience It is said the human fam
ily is subject to about 1,200 different
kinds of disease and ailment Patrice
The family! Say, I knew one wom
an who had more than that herself. -Yonkers
Statesman.
NEW BUILDING PLANNED
Oregon City's Laundry New Home will
be Much Like Courier Building
Using the sturdy and modern build
ing of the Courier Press for a model,
work will soon be started on the con
struction of a two-story brick and
mill-construction structure for tho
Oregon City laundry, according to E.
M. ifiakeslee, proprietor, and Dan Ly
ons, contractor. The new building
will be erected on the block bounded
by Seventh, Main, Eighth and Rail
road streets, and will front on the
alley that runs along the side of the
city hall. The rear of the building
will adjoin the rear of the Courier
property.
The laundry building will be two
stories in height, and will have a full
basement. The basement and the first
floor will be used for the laundry, and
the second story will be divided into
apartments. New quarters for the
laundry are made necessary by the
sale of the former property to the
Hawley Puly & Paper comDanv for
mill extensions.
Meade Post has Record
Though Sumner Post, G. A. R of
Portland, recently gave a banouet to
four of its members who had been
married for 50 years, members of
Meade Post, G. A. R., in Oregon City,
feel that the Portland men are nbt. an
far ahead of them as they imagine.
oix memoers oi tne local Grand Army
organization have been married for
over 50 years, the "golden benedicts"
being: Washington Rawlins, of Mel
drum; J. C. Sawyer, of Oregon City;
J. T. Apperson, of Parkplace; R. W.
Porter and F. H. Beach, of Gladstone
and David McArthur, of New Era.
Just Barely Possible
Could it be possible that sometimes
attorneys collect money from their
clients to influence the court, and then
never mention it to the court? (Ore
gon Law School Journal.)