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OREGON CITY ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 1908.
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not credited, kindly notify us. and
the matter will receive our attention.
It'a going some when one court in
Portland can grind out 24 divorces In
two hours. , ,
Well, girls, crowd up a little. Our
presses are never too hnsv tn rft rn
a bunch of wedding Invitations from a
nice girl. Ask him "now."
The newly-elected Mayor of Boston
nas niea a statement of campaign ex
penses which reads: "Paid nothing;
promised nothing." This will serve
to cheer ud a number of Orpin man
who have long tried to get something
iur uoining Brownsville Times.
This Is the way the Eugene Guard
rubs It Into Salem: Kubellk. the great
violinist, appeared only In the large
cuies on me coast, Spokane,' Seattle
Tacoma, Portland and Eugene. He
receives $2,000 for every time he plays
in public, and the small towns could
noi oe expected to produce the coin.
Right on top of his cold turn-down
by the President in the appointment
of a District Attorney, Senator Fulton
is censureo oy me Oregon Labor Fed
eratlon for allowing a nonunion
cigar to be named after him. Truly,
the troubles of the great are many.
uauas UDserver.
The editor of the Enterprise does
not make conditions: he slmnlT wrttM
of conditions as they exist. Many sad
conditions exist, and some people think
inai io leu me story Is to widen the
sphere of evil. That may be true to
an extent, but the knowledge of evil
awakens the public conscience, and to
our way of thinking the more publicity
given an evil condition the sooner will
the people be influenced in taking
hold of and suppressing the evil.
Already the "goody-good" people
are howling over the prospect that the
"prohibition wave," so-called, will re
duce the revenue and make it neces
sary to increase other taxes or add to
the taxable list articles now exempt
That Is about as we expected; there
are a ho6t of men who want the man
with the appetite to pay the tax, and
often the first to cry out for relief is
the man who is so good he would not
think of tasting the "nasty" stuff.
The recent financial flurry demon
strated one thing that our financial
system is weak In some essential
point Just what steps are necesary
to perfect the system we cannot say,
and it may be some time before a
Moses rises who can lead us out into
the light But it is one thing to see
the need of an improvement and oft
times another to prescribe the reme
dy. In this case, it is up to the finan
cial leaders to devise a plan that will
remedy the evil, and the quicker and
more completely this is done, the bet
ter for the country and its business.
Our advice to local politicians who
have been clambering into the Fulton
band wagon of late is not to tuck
themselves in too snugly in the blank
ets and robes. It Is true that Presi
dent Roosevelt has declined a second
nomination, but the people may insist,
and his enemies may make it advisa
ble as a vindication measure. Should
that prove to be the case, and his
band wagon rolls past the Fulton
wagon in which you are riding, you
may want to make a hurry change,
and if you are too snugly tucked in
your feet may become entangled in
the blankets and robes. Ride along
uncovered, boys; it is safer and it is
not very cold in Oregon, at any rate.
Everybody seems inclined to take
a belt at Chris Schuebel, for just pre
cisely what crime we do not yet quite
see. Schuebel is a young man who
enjoyed no advantages In his early
life. He worked as a millhand and
got his education as best he could. He
studied law and was admitted to the
bar. He may not be the most gifted
lawyer in the State, indeed, he isn't,
and he may lack experience, but he is
extremely industrious, very earnest
and very determined to fit himself for
his profession, and there Is no doubt
that he will ultimately succeed. For
what he has done, under all the disad
vantages which surround him, he is
deserving of great credit. Telegram.
Money the only test Is indicated In
many of the stattements we see print
ed from day to day. In his annual ad
dress before the city council of Asto
ria the Mayor felicitates on the fact
that closing the town to gamblers and
fakes of all kinds has not lost the city
any revenue. What's that to do with
th case? Have we become so merce
nary that every thing we do must be
measured by the yard stick of dollars
the case? Have we become so merce
decide any moral issue at this time,
but would ask the question, is it pos
sible that we cannot take any step
looking to better morals unless it can
be first demonstrated that it will pay
financially? Have we become so mer
cenary that nothing can be done that
will not at least give us as much rev
enue as the present evil?
The story Is being told that certain
laborers who had their wages cut 2
cents an hour recently went to the
shop and had 2 inches cut off their
shovels. We are not certain that the
step was morally correct, but It is
certain that ,ln many cases reductions
were made in wages when the recent
flurry came on where conditions did
not necessitate it, and where no simi
lar reduction was made in the selling
price of the commodity or in the de
mand for It. It was made because
the manufacturers saw an opening
for a reduction without any chance
of a loss from a scarcity of labor. The
manufacturer is as often in the wrong
as the laborer, and in this case the
workmen felt that the employer was
the first transgressor, and acted on
that belief.
Considerable Is being said these days
about the "cleanness" of Congressman
Hawley, from this district. Physically,
Congressman Hawley is a clean man;
morally, he has all the "symptoms" of
a clean man. But the vital polut to
the people whom he was chosen to rep
resent Is not covered In either of these
contentions. The story Is tolii that his
predecessor became so devotedly the
tool of certain of the timber-land grab
bers that something had to be done to
fool the people. So Hawley was cho
sen by these men who had been do
ing the timber-land grabbing, ami, the
story says, he was chosen because of
the fact that outwardly he was clean.
And. so far as the Enterprise editor
knows, he Is still clean, but it remains
that he is the known friend of the timber-land
grabbing promoters; that he
was supported by them to a man, and
that they have great hopes as to his
ability to serve them without the pub
lic seeing the connection. That Mr.
Hawley has any intention of betray
ing the people In the Interest of the
timber-land grabbers we have our
doubts; that the timber-grabbing in
terests hope for good, quiet work from
Mr. Hawley is beyond shadow of
doubt
PRAYING IN PUBLIC.
Rev. John M. Linden, pastor of the
Baptist church, believes in doing
things, and in doing them so that peo
ple will sit up and take notice. The
prayer meetings in that church have
been poorly attended and the Rev.
John is not pleased. But Instead of
scolding, he simply posts a placard
stating that fact, the expense neces
sary to heat and light the church, and
winds up with the query as to the ad
visability of abandoning the meetings.
We doubt if Rev. Linden has any
idea of giving them up; we think, per
haps, this is simply an emphatic way
of calling attention to the dlrelectlon
of those who do not attend. But the
fact staring one In the face that
people do not attend, and manifest
little interest, should lead one to ex
amine the proposition from all sides.
As there Is one phase of the ques
tion not likely to lse considered by the
members of the church, we will turn
the light on to it If we are to be
lieve the account in Matthew, Jesus
told his disciples not to pray In public.
Can it be possible that the truth of
that injunction Is gradually soaking
Its way into the heads of the laymen
In the church; that while people do
not wish to antagonize one of the
stated services for politic reasons,
that they still feel down deep in their
hearts that this injunction should have
more weight and that they feel out
of place In a public prayer meeting
In a public praying contest, as one has
expressed It? The prayer meeting
service and duty Is fast becoming dis
tasteful to the rank and file of church
attending people. What is the reason?
And is it not at least wise to stop and
ask why; and to more closely scan
the injunction and learn If it is having
its effect in weaning people away from
this old custom?
SCHUEBEL ROOSEVELT'S AP
POINTEE. It Is well for the people of Oregon
to understand this: That this con
tinued fight against Mr. Schuebel, after
he has been named by the President,
Is simply the last gasp of the machine,
which has everything to gain and noth
ing to lose. The machine, to a man,
is opposed to President Roosevelt, and
Is doing everything possible to dis
credit him. And it is opposed to him
for the one reason that his success
means the death of the machine and
cleaner politics the Nation through.
TheOregonlan whose editor has al
ways been one of the main spokes in
the machine wheel Is doing every
thing possible to humiliate Mr. Schue
bel and to discredit President Roose
velt. And to Republicans and Demo
crats alike who have their eyes open
to conditions there will be little need
to consider the question before mak
ing choice between the two men. The
President has stood for the people
and the rights of the people; what has
the Oregonian editor stood for aside
from the aggrandisement and enrich
ment of himself?
And the dirty fight which the press
says Mr. Fulton has decided on In
the Senate should and will take from
this same Fulton many votes In his
race for re-election.
The Oregonian Is striving to make
the public think that Mr. Bingham is a
great and good man and that the Pres
ident did a very unwiset hlng in turn
ing him down.
Whatever Mr. Bingham may or may
not he, one thing is certain, and that
is that he is in this thing to assist
the machine in any and every way
possible, and that he does not stop
to consider the rights of the people
when set up against the machine and
the personal Interests of Mr. Bing
ham. Readers of the Enterprise, get this
in your minds clearly the fight is to
discredit the President, and the chief
reason for this Is that Roosevelt is
against the machine and stands for
the interests of the people. And, in
standing for .President Roosevelt in
this matter, you are simply standing
by your own interests, and you can in
no way do the President any personal
good.
LAND VALUE TAXATION.
One of the Enterprise correspond
ents has a word to say against the pro
posed change to the State Constitu
tion permitting the levy of all taxes
on land values. His one argument is
that the farmer Is paying too much tax
now.
There can be but one best method of
taxation, and that is direct taxes. No
method of indirect taxation can be en
tirely honest, for the reason that under
DELINQUENT SALE NOTICE.
The Crown Boy's Mining and Milling Co. (a corporation); location of principal place of business, Oregon City,
Clackamas County, Oregon (414 Main St.l.
Notice,
Notice is hereby given that there Is delinquent upon the following described stock of said corporation, on
account of assessments levied by the stockholders thereof, on the dutes and In the several amounts net opi"
site the names of the respective stockholders, as follows:
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A. W. Adamson.,19
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202
203
204
205
15,000
60.000
1.000
May 7.
May 7.
Wm. Boers
M. P. Chapman. ,
36
83
May 7.
O. C. Etchlson.
.189
194
Holnx & Co 6
. 7
Chas. Moran 175
Victor Mollne 81
154
Helen Montour.. 38
M. Moran 89
148
H. B. Nickels... 211
16,000 May 7,
700 May 7,
10,000 May 7,
15.000 May 7,
25,000 May 7.
12.500 May 7.
10,000 May 7.
10,000 May 7,
10,000 May 7.
1.000 May 7.
1,500 May 7.
2,500 May 7.
10,000 May 7.
1.000 May 7,
500 May 7.
160 May 7,
Stella Hall
Stacey Nickels..,
E. A. Sommers.,
C. A. Stuart....
30
29
90
18
74
Nick Storey 78
C. C. Garllck.... 80
Chas. A. Kerr.... 82
Fred Stelner 117
J. E. Wassom 1S6
Frank Jacquot..lS7
198
A. W. Becker.... 195
3.000
1,000
May 7.
May 7,
And In accordance with law, and an order of the Board of Directors of said corporation, made on the 13th dnv
of January. 1908. so many shares of each parcel or said stock as may be necessary, will be sold at public auction at
the office of G. F. Anderson, at 414 Main St.. Oregon City, Oregon, on Tuesday, the ISth day of February. 19os.
at the hour of 5 o'clock p. m. of said day, at said place, to pay said delinquent assessments thereon together'wlth
costs of advertising and expenses of sale. By order of the Board of Directors of The Crown Boy's Mining & Mill
ing Co.
Dated this 10th day of January. 1908 A. D.
D. C. BAKER. Sec.
such a plan the rich can escape and
the poor "be made to bear the burden,
and no one can tell just what taxes
he Is paying.
Land value taxation not land tax
ation is a method of direct taxa
tion under which no one can escape.
And when a man knows what taxes he
is paying, and can learn what taxes
bis neighbor pays, he is In a fair way
to see that he is not unduly taxed.
There has never been a systtta of
taxation under which dishonest offi
cials could not commit evil. And we
could formulate a half dozen tax meth
ods that prove good If we could have
honest administration. But as we can
never hope to have all honest officials
the next best thing Is to collect taxes
under a system that each and every
citizen will know just what taxes he
Is paying, and under a system mat he
can find out what his neighbor Is pay
ing if it Is wise that he should know.
Land value taxation Is a direct sys
tem, and each man can then figure
out what tax he is called upon to pay.
And while certain rich land owners
may think It will afford them an op
portunity for tax dodging they will
find later that such Is not the case.
The rich business sites In the cities
will pay the full tax value the same as
the poorer farm It will be a case
of rental or tax value, and not a case
of so many square feet of land. And
there will be little opportunity for tax
dodging, for it will be direct the
man w-ho owns it must pay the taxes
and if he wishes to shift It to the
shoulders of the tenant It will be be
tween htm and the tenant, and the
taxing authority will have nothing to
tio In the matter, having collected the
iax.from the man In whose name the
property Is entered.
The farmer has nothing to ifear
from the land value taxation system.
What the farmer Is interested In is In
having the system enacted Into a
square deal proposition and then see
ing that it is administered honestly.
Under the present system of taxation
there is little incentive to honesty,
and we can hope to derive little bene
fit from present plans.
Take present methods and where is
there a farmer or business man who
can figure out his taxes? You can't
go to the store to buy any article used
In the home but you pay taxes or
tribute. But as to how much, or what
per cent of the purchase price, you
cannot tell, if you buy a suit pattern
of foreign make you do Dot simply pay
the Import duty, but the Import duty
with several percentages added. If of
home manufacture you pay a tribute
about equal to the import duty to the
home manufacturer, with several per
centages added to that. So whatever
you buy you pay lx or tribute, from
a darning needle to a threshing ma
chine. And that Is not the worst of
it; the worst of It Is that you do not
know just how much Is cost of manu
facture and how much tax you can
not at the end of the year figure out
how much the total of your taxes has
been.
Careful estimates- show that the
farmer and worklngman pay In taxes
of all kinds about 40 per cent of their
total earnings per annum. The rich
man pays from 5 to 10. Of course, the
rich man's total is greater, but not
his percentage. This Is not fair, and
direct taxation would remedy the evil,
And this Is one of the reasons why
rich men take so fondly to indirect
taxation, and fight so strenuously
against direct taxation. Indirect tax
ation Is the source of the greatest
evil In this country today.
The farmer and the worklngman
the two sources of the greater portion
of our National wealth are considered
as the "patient beasts of burden."
"You can fool them all the time," Is
the satisfied grunt of the rich tax
dodger. And when some agitator
springs up with a method for direct
taxation, a plan that will do away
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with a large portion of the present
evils of taxation, these selfish rich
at once endeavor to make it look as
If the farmer, or the laboring man, or
both. Is to be Injured In the operation,
and the tax-dodger at once becomes
very solicitous for the poor man's wel
fare and offers his services In an effort
to stem the tide that Is "certain to
overwhelm" the poor man unless the
rich man comes to his aid.
An honest method of direct taxa
tion la the only system that will bring
Justice to all; rich and poor alike, And
the scheme to tax land values Is a plan
for direct taxation. And honestly ad
ministered such a plan would prove
the salvation of the farmer and labor-
! Ing man. And not a few of the honest
j rich see the need of a change In tax
I methods and are willing to aid In the
work.
MARRIAGE LICENSES.
John H. Cochran and Jennie Illlllker.
Harry Branson and Effle McCracken.
Emmett Browning and Edith Melton
erts. Wm. Cantwell and Annie Lowrle.
Arthur E. Pierce and Anna Eva Pfles
ter. John Kraxberger and Julia Wenlnger.
Jake Peters and Amelle E. Hansel
brink. MARRIAGES.
PETERS- HASSELBRINK At the
brides' home at Wllsonvllle, Jan.' 12,
1908, Jake Peters and Miss Amelle
Hasselbrlnk.
VQRPAUHLr FISHER In Poiliand
Jan. 8, 1908, Robert Vorpaulil, of
Canby, and Miss Hattle Fisher, of
Portland.
CURRY -HANSEN In Portland Jan
15, 1908, Chester C. Curry anii Miss
Myrtle Hansen.
LEAVY- O'BRIEN At St. Mary s
Cathedral, Portland, Jan. 8, 1908, P.
Leavy and Ella O'Brien, Father Ceo.
F. Thompson officiating.
OTT- CROSS At brides' home In
Currlnsvllle, Jan. 5, I90S. Stanley
H. Ott and Miss Norma Maude Cross,
Rev. Marcus B. Parounaglan offici
ating. BRANSON- McCRACKEN In Ore
gon City. Jan. 15, 1908, Harvey Bran
son and Effle McCracken, Judge (!.
B. Dlmlck officiating,
BROWNING- KOEU.EHMEIurt- On
Dec. 25, 1907, E-im F. Hoecknmn
and Emelle P. Ko-tllrmeior, Rev. H.
Llesman offl.rutinrr.
JOHNSON- BERYl.tiNO On Dec.
26, 1907, Jonas Johnson and Cairle
Berylund, Rev. Carl J. Renhard offi
ciating. BIRTHS.
BOY To Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Burns,
Jan. 14, 1908, a 10-pound boy.
DEATH8.
BUCKLES At Willamette, Jan. 15,
1908, W. M. Buckles, of dropsy,
aged 60 years.
Twice a widow at the ago of 20 and
both husbands living, Is the record
of Mrs. Carrie Taylor, of Sweet Home.
This situation was created by a decree
of divorce given W. O. Taylor In the
State Circuit Court at Albany Satur
day. The young woman was married
when she was 16 and became a widow
soon afterward when she and her hus
band, named Berry, separated and
were divorced. Then Taylor married
her September 2, 1906, after an ac
quaintance of two months, They sep
arated April 6, 1900, and Taylor whs
given a decree on grounds of desertion.
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Miss lleulah Ramsay, of Wllholt
Springs, Is visiting friends In Oregon
City.'
Mr. and Mrs. E. 0. Caufleld are
home from a pleasant trip to Clatsop
Beach.
Miss Minnie Boyles, of Oregon City,
was here visiting friends yesterday.
Salem Statesman.
Miss Ivah Gordon entertained the
Saturday club, of the Congregational
church. Monday evening.
Mr. Park Rupert, who has been with
a surveying party In Alaska since last
summer. Is home for a rest.
Mrs. Chas. Van Ordon. accompanied
by her mother, Mrs. Hell, has returned
to St. Helens after a short visit here.
Messrs. F, H. King, of Logan, and
B. W. King, of Willamette, have re
turned from a three months' visit with
relatives near Salem, Ohio.
Mr. Lee Harding Is home from Alta
mont, Cat., where he has been engag
ed In railway construction work for
the Western Pacific Railway.
Mrs. M. C. Young was calling on her
Oregon City friends Wednesdsywhlle
enroute to her home In Wllsonvllle,
from a visit to Portland friends.
Miss Mlna Kelley, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. H. L. Kelley, Is visiting
friends In the city. She Is employed
In the land office In La Grande.
State Senator J. Eugene Hedges, of
Oregon City, was In Estacada last Sut
urday on legal business. He Is a can
didate to succeed himself In the Sen
ate. Estacada News.
Miss Bess Krum, of McMlnnvllle,
was the guest Sunday of Misses Ethel
and Edith Cheney, returning to her
home Monday morning, accompanied
by Miss Ethel Cheney, who has been
visiting here for several days.
Mrs, Barbara Hlxson, of Is Ange
les, well known In this city, fell down
stairs at her home In that city a few
days ago and sprained her wrist ami
was severely bruised. Her advanced
age 77 years makes her escape
so easily a source of congratulations
to friends.
8ALEWS MAYOR ACTIVE.
Grocers Must Obey Ordinance as to
Displays on Streets.
Nine prominent mercantile firms In
Salem were made defendants In cases
In the police court Tuesday charging
them with violation of the city ordi
nance which limits sidewalk dlspluys
to 12 Inches and requires articles of
food to be placed not less than 22
Inches above the walk. v
The arrests wen mmle In niirioinncn
of Instructions from Mayor Rodgcrs,
who lias begun a vigorous campaign of
enforcement of city ordinances. Fur
ther arrests are expected. Those
against whom charges were filed to
day were Hughes Grocery Co., Union
Grocery Co., Roth & Giaber, J.M. Uiw
rence, H. H. Regan, C. Ullen, Dr. 8. C.
Stone, L. A. (irler, Damon & Foster.
Among other ordinances to which
the Mayor called attention In his re
cent annual message and under which
prosecutions are likely to be had, are
the curfew ordinance, the cigarette or
dinance and the bicycle ordinance.
Lebanon Mills Re-Open.
After being closed for three weeks
tho Lebanon paper mills resumed work
Tuesday, and 150 men temporarily Idle
are again with employment. The re
recent flood piled so many logs In
the Saritlnm. Canal that the mill could
not get a supply of fuel wood for the
regular consumption of ,'!0 cords a day.
Though this was the cause of the shut
down, some feared It might bo duo to
the financial stringency, but the
prompt resumption of work fans r.
stored confidence,
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1 PERSONALS
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DATES AND FIGS.
frugal Fare of he Desert Wanderer
f the East.
While Journeying across the desert
Mrs, A. Goodrich Freer, author of "In
Syrian Huddle," met lonely travel
er bound for Modoba. On hearing that
the raravau wns Imund for the same
place ho asked permjsslon to join
them, Incidentally he furnished ait
Illustration of the difference letweeu
necessities Slid III Ulrica.
We were very grateful, snys the
writer, for coffee and nn excellent
lunch of sausage, potted meat ami
Jnm, with white bread, brought from
Jerusalem, We ate our dainties with
some sense of guilt, as the newcomer
produced his lum-li of (Intra ami figs.
Dates and flit, he Informed us, were
the natural food of desert wanderers,
suturing to the body, stimulating to
the mind. The wheat, tho flesh, above
all the alcohol of civilisation, were
men Irrelevanclcs.
Wns It not diet such as thlnd he
waved a pair of sensitive hand over
his ascetic larder which had enabled
him to reply to the Inquiry of a par
sonage ss to how niany hours a day
he could ride In th desert, "Twenty,
four, your majesty, since day does
not contain twenty flveT"
Was It not on a diet of figs and dates
that hi had ridden sixty hours without
dismounting? Wns It your meat eater,
your win drinker, who remained
sound and wholesome when necessity
obliged tilin to refrain from ablution
for twenty one days?
At this point ha csrefully counted
his dsts stones, observed that two
more were yet due to hi apietlte and
finished his frugal luncheon.
ONLY A TRAMP.
Railing th Curtain For s Moment on
On tf Life' Tragedies.
A recent Incident which bold In Its
simple outline tho possibility of past
tragedy ts deecrlted In the .New York
Times. It ts another Illustration of
how careless the world U of tho Indi
vidual ami how thick I the cloak
which one may wrap a!xut hi per
sonality. Not long ago a laborer em
ployed by tho Erie railroad In Jersey
City wss run over by a trsln and bad
his leg cut oflf.
A policeman telephoned for an am
bulance. The Injured man lay on a
graM patch, apparently bleeding to
death. Just then a typical railroad
tramp lu dirty rag sauntered along.
II tapped a policeman's elbow.
"May I ask what's tho matter, offi
cer?" tie Inquired.
"Man bleeding to death." replied the
policeman.
"Would you mind If I looked at
him?" aaked th tramp. "I might be
of service."
"Go ahead." responded the officer.
Bending low over the wounded la
borer, the tramp aaked for water to
wash bis hand and then begged the
crowd for clean handkerchief. With,
a half docen deft, rapid twist ha
made a tourniquet and stopped tho
flow of Mood.
"Are you a doctor" some one asked
as th man slipped away through the
crowd.
v "I used to I." he replied as h hur
ried off.
Patriotism In tha Making.
Patriotism In New York I cosmopol
itan. They have a flag drill In the
schools In which the children of every
race and clime, as the hymn book
says, are taught to salute tho star
and strips and give "their beads,
their hands and their hearts to their
country." And In some of tho big
downtown schools you may see chil
dren from home Gennsn, Italian,
Syrian, Scandinavian, Jewish, Hunga
rian, Chinese, Armenjnn, Greek and
heaven knows how msny other nation
alities all Joining In this picturesque
ceremony. It gives one a realizing
sense of th variety of material which
It put Into this crucible we call n city
am! which In another generation or
two will bo simply American. Boston
Transcript.
Talking Through tha Ness.
So called "talking through tho noso"
Is not talking through tly; noso at all.
but rather failure to do so-that Is,
Instead of letting the tone flood Into
tho nasal cavity, to U reenforced
there by striking against the wulls of
tho cavity, which act as sounding
boards for tho tone confined within
that cavity, we shut off the cavity and
refuse the tone Its natural re enforce
ment. It takes on us a result a thin,
unrcsonsfit quality which we cnll na
sal, although It Is thin and unplenslng
liecnuse It lack true nasal resonance.
Tho only remedy lies In ceusing to
shut off tho javlty.-Katherlne Jewell
Everts In Harper's Baxar.
Frog's Narrow Escape.
A correspondent writes:1 "My son,
aged ten and n half years, was working
In the garden when a viper about two
feet long glided piiwt him.,, A good shot
with a stono about the size of it
cricket bull broko tho reptile's spine,
whllo a sharp edgo of tho granite cut
open tho belly, thereby restoring to
freedom a frog, which hopped out of
Its iirisontunhurt."-Madrai Mall.
Speaking.
"Did you think Miss Javvklns has
peaking eyes?"
"I'm suro I don't know," replied the
young ludy. "if she had, her mouth
wouldn't give them a chance to bo
hca rd "Ch leu go Record Hern Id.
The Young Baby.
From a morning paper: "Nurso want
ed to look after young bnby, ago about
eighteen." We do not know muclv
about tho subject, but Is that particu
larly young for a baby?-Londoa
Globe.