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CORRESPONDENCE Prom AH Parts of the County Viola Newt Notes. VIOLA, July 21. (Special) Newly all of the fanners axe busy making bay. Alfred Miller of Portalnd is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. Miller. Miss Alvena Horn, stenographer in the office of Hedges & Griffith, who 'has been seriously ill with malarial ferer, is convalescent and is able to be out today. She left Tuesday for Newport to gain her health . and .strength. -Rev. J. W. Exon. wife and daughter Jennie attended the Chautauqua one day last week. Prof. Dawson and wife hare been Tisitingat Milwaokie for a few days. Mrs. Ida Cooper of Mt. Pleasant and Miss Bertha May of Oregon City isited with J. W. Exon and family last week, Mrs. Wm. Sears is on the. sick list Morris Ward and W. Sears have gone .to the mountains for a few days. 'Mrs. Wm. Mattoon called on Mrs. Oeo. Hicenbothem one day last week. Miss Ara Lovelace of Springwater Twas visiting in Viola Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Hollingworth and "Rev. DeMoie and wife of Redland 'spent Sunday with Mr. Tenny and .family. . 'On last Sunday Rev. J. W. Exon -preached at Canby both morning and evening for Rev O. T. MoPherson. R. L. Holman, leading undertaker, Oregon City, Or. County coroner. HAYING HAS COMMENCED. 'On Account of Wet Weather Little Has Been Done. MT. ZION, July 15. (Special.) "The weather is clear and bright this rooming and we see '.the neighbors 'hustling around preparing for the 3iay field. Crops are looking fine. On account of the wet weather there bas been but very little hayiujg done, and the Mt. Zion Sunday school has concluded to have their picnio the first Saturday in August, instead of July .31. 1 Everybody should remember that 'the Currinsville peoplejwillunitewith us and have a picnio in the Gurrins sville grove. We will have , a pro gram in the morning and swings and -games in the afternoon. Be sure and come and bring your basket and have a goodftime. Rev. Rich preaohed to a fall house at Garfield last Sabbah morning and one member was taken into the hurch and baptized after the sermon. Miss Duce is out from Portland, visiting her parents for a few days. There will be but few good cherries in this vicinity on account of ihe wet weather. Dover News. DOVER, July 13. (Speoial.)-Al-ways make hay when the sun shines. That is what every body thought last week, so that all that had mowing machines made hay. Some have not all their hay cut, some in the swath some in the winrow and shock. Last night it poured down rain all night. If it don't clear up in a day or two there will be lots of hay spoiled. Crops of all kinds are good. Wm. Roberts has a new mowing machine. John Strombridge.of Firwood, has Ibeen quite ill for some time. The cattle and horses are rolling fat on the range. . A. J. Kitzmiller has 240 acres for sale in the heart of the range. No tetter stock farms. Well watered. Taking Advantage of Sunshine. T3ARUS, July 15. (Speoial.) Most everybody around Cams is busy mak ing hay while the sun shines. They are taking advantage of the nice weather and are getting their hay in the barn without getting it wet There was a large crowd at New Era camp xneeing last Sunday. They had some very good speakers there and Mrs. Howell, the medium, gave some very good tests. . Chris. Ballard, of Oregon City, was a caller at the Faust farm Sunday last. Miss Lillie Hayward, of Oregon City, is visiting MibS Bertha Spangler this week. There was a match baseball same Sunday between Scrub Carus and Maple Lane. They scored 6 to 19 in Maple Lane's favor. What is the matter with oar scrubs? There was also another between Molalla and Big Cams. They scored 6 to 17 in Cams' favor. Weekly Record $1.00 a year Issued on Thors day. IDEOGRAPHIC FIGURES. " A Lesaea la Ellsfc That We Taaskt y a Calaaaiaa. That we have partially adopted tht Chinese method in our written lan guage was a new thought to ma and one that I got from the proprietor of a Park avenue laundry when, In the nat ural Caucasian fashion, I referred U his written language as being very In ferior. "John," I said, "why do your peopls use those chicken tracks Instead of having an alphabet, as wt have?" "'ABC too much trouble," he an swered quickly. "Why, you use chick en tracks, too, sometimes." "We don't use them," I replied. "Yes; you use them very good. I show you." Then he dipped his con venient brush in the ink and made the number "89" on a sheet of brown pa per. "That name of street over there," he continued. polnS. "YOU UJ eighty-nine r you don't write It with 'A B C That Chinee. One mark la one thing you say 'Idea;' yes, Idea. Ton don't put down n-l-n-e "and here bis brush came into use again "you put down 0.' That's very good Chinee. We do that all the time." "That is Ideographic," I suggested. "Tea, English have much ideograph ic. All figures ideographic. Bee!" And again he used his brush. "You make f and ',' and you say 'minus,' 'plus.' You don't spell with 'A B C That Is a mark for idea ideographic. You make M' and say thousand.' That Chinese way. Very good. I say, How botf and you writ '-87.' All Chinese. No 'A B C, no many letters, only marks and Ideas. "Fine way. English know some fine Chinese way 8. Bee I 'f ,. You know them. Ideasl You say ideographic. You make many Chinese marks marks for stars, for plants, for measures, for weights and signs for hundred and hundred many things; same as Chi nese. Good!" I actually left that laundry wiser than I entered It New York Herald. A DRAMATIC LAWYER. Effective Climax That Resulted1 In Setting a Hnrderer Free. Lacbaud, the great French advocate, was renowned for deliberate but telling dramatic improvisations, aa it were, upon the original theme. At one time, for Instance, he was de fending a murderer on Dec. 24. All day long be harassed witnesses, re calling them, causing delay after de lay before getting his final address to the Jury. It waa well on in the even ing before he commenced. Then sud denly, at the height of hta passionate appeals for the prisoner, the slow, sol emn bells of the cathedral next door pealed for the midnight mass the first mass of Christmas morning. Lachaud stopped as If overwhelmed by a sud den warning. "Do you heart" he said solemnly after a moment's silence, and hta man ner; conveyed that all his own glib eloquence had been shattered by the divine Interruption of Christ himself. "The Redeemer comes to amend our pitiable endeavors. Which of us would dare now, on this great day of mercy and forgiveness, to condemn another human being and, above all, to con demn one whose culpability la more than doubtful V The prisoner was acquitted without the least difficulty, though his death sentence ten minutes before had been regarded as certain. The actual sound of the pealing bells had been too much for nerves already strained to snap ping point by the fatigue of a long day's sitting. . But nobody guessed, except the few who knew Lachaud intimately, that he had been maneuvering front the time the court opened in the morning to get that one stirring effect The prisoner was a dead man without it and saved aa certainly if it could be brought off successfully. Kansas City Independent Simple Headache Care. Here is a headache cure that is said to be a marvelous remedy and to re lieve the sufferer when all else falls. It is easy to make and easy to apply, and it consists simply of black pepper and camphor. Take a quantity of black pepper and put it in a handkerchief. Then fold the handkerchief over so that the grains cannot fall out and saturate the whole thing with cam phor. Bind this "plaster" on the head and He down. In a very few moments the headache will be relieved and the patient will be asleep. When the hand kerchief becomes dry saturate again with the camphor; that's all. People who have tried everything else aay that this home remedy relieves them quickest - At any rate, It la worth try ing. " tales Ferry's Escape From the Hob. Jules Ferry had a narrow escape from violence at the hands of the Pari commune, to whom he was especially odious. He eluded their pursuit through a church, letting himself down in a basket our of a rear window while the mob waa forcing the outer door. The basket fell to the ground with a thnd and gavo Its occupant a severe shaking P. Where Invention Is Necessary. "Have you made any Improvements ta your invention?" "I have," answered the enterprising dentist "One of my assistants has Just discovered a new way to put stock n the market" Washington Star. IJfe'a Sarsrlsee. "Life," said the tobacconist to tht wooden Indian, "la for most people a eontlnuoua process of getting need to things that they haven't been expect tns" Syracuse Herald. Paper was Invented by the Chinese 123 years before the Christian era. THUGS ARE PLENTY CITY INFESTED WITH BANDITS AND HIGHWAYMEN. Hold -ait Have Beea Naaieross Darlag the Week Past sad There Is Ne Clew la the Heads of the Police. Oregon City has become infested with thugs and highwaymen and holdups are matter of common oc curence. At 3 o'clock Sunday morning Gallager Bowers, who is employed in the Crown Paper Company, was ac costed by a hiahwavman on the sus pension bridge, Bowers was on his way home. He had no money or precious stones, bat lid Very generously offered the bandit the remains of the lunchton in his basket The foot-pad, who was armed with a murderous looking revolver, was ansrrv with the generosity of Bowers and kicked him. Friday night unsuccessful attempts were made to bursarlize the homes of David Caufleld, Wheeler Church and Mr. Hamilton, on the hilL On the same night Harry May, a well known young farmer of thia section was held up while on his wav home from the Chautauqua gronda. He was a wneei and was -proceeding leisurely along when a masked man darted from the bushes on the roadside and seizing him by the throat, dragged him from his wheel. A pal held a revolver to is head and they took from him $3.80 in silver and a silver watch and chain. They returned the nh&in n May. So far as known the nolioe have not the slightest clew to the mys terious men who are prepetrating the outrages in the city and suburbs. Dead Sea Evaporation. "' Scientific observation Justifies the es timate that a dally average of 6,500,(XX tons of water is received Into the Dead sea from the Jordan and other source during the year. During the rainy sen son, saya the Chicago Record-Herald, the amount is very much greater; dur ing the dry season it is of course very much less, but this average will b maintained year after year. There It 00 outlet and the level la kept down by evaporation only, which very rapid because of the intense heat, the dry at mosphere and the dry winds which art constantly blowing down the gorges be tween the mountains. This evaporation causes a base or mist to hang over the lake at all times, and when It la more rapid than usual heavy clouds form and thunderstorms sometimes rage with great violence In the pocket between the cliffs even, in the dry season. . A flood of rain often falls upon the sur face of the sea when the sun is shin ing, and the atmosphere is as dry as a bone half a mile from the shore. The mountains around the Dead sea art rarely seen with distinctness because of this haze. The Rattlesnake's Rattle. The utility of the rattle to the rattle snake Is a problem still awaiting solu tion. It has been supposed to be useful as paralyzing Its prey through terror exciied by the sound thus Induced. But this is a very doubtful explana tion. It is akin to the notion formerly entertained that serpents had a power of fascinating other creatures. Others have thought that It seems to excite the curiosity of animals and so brings them within the rattlesnake's reach. It has also been supposed that It serves, as It may do, to enable snakes of dif ferent sexes to And each other and also to guard the animal from attack when It is helpless from its power of offense having been temporarily exhausted. No sufficient evidence has, however, been collected to show that any of these ingenious speculations affords ui a real clew to the true cause of such a curious and - elaborate mechanism. Quarterly Review. Deflnltlon ot Felicity. A Baptist minister tells the following story: "A friend of mine, who Is quite a scholar, once accepted an Invitation to preach at a country church In the south, and, as was his custom, he used very learned language. After the service the pastor of the church said that he felt sure the members of the congrega tion -did not understand the sermon. 'Nonsense" replied my friend. 'I am sure there was nothing In my sermon which tliey could not comprehend.' "'Well.' said the pustor, 'I will call one of them in and see If he under stands the meaning of the word "felic ity." ' So he called in a laboring man and said. 'John, can you tell me what is the meaning of the word "felicity?' " 'Well, I don't know, sir,' said John, but I believe It la some part of the in side of a pig.' " The Zest ef Hnntlnsr. . You can never know the zest of hunt ing or fishing until your dinner depends upon your success; you have never at tained the sublime in cooking until you have spitted your fish or meat on a freshly peeled stick, rubbed the salt In with your fingers and broiled it over a woodland fire, you watching it Jealous ly lest It get ablaze, and all the time that meat is browning you get hungrier and hungrier, and every time it sput ters in the glow you catch wafts of fra grance until you feel that you have the capacity of a dozen starving men and wonder whether a single haunch of venison can snooty your wants. STICKS TO OLD CUSTOMS." fapreme Ceart of mited States le Wedded ta Its Tradltleas. The supreme court of the United States does business on an antiquated plan. While it is undoubtedly the most dignified body of men In this country, If not in the world, it haa Its peculiar ities, and they ara striking ones. One of the traditions of the court prevents newspaper' correspondents from at tending the session of the court in their professional capacity. Provision ia made for a representative of each of the great press associations, but the correspondents have to push and crowd in behind the rear railing with the hundreds of other spectators. Usually they have to stand up, and if they are seen taking notea an attendant escorts them to the door. Toe result Is that the 200 or more correspondents have to de pend on their memory for their reports of proceedings in the supreme court room. '. ' There is another ediirr ciiainm M Ereventa correspondents from seeing le opinions handed down until they have secured authority from the Judges who severally .deliver them from the bench. This authority la not always given, the Judge exercising his own discretion about it Not infre quently the correspondent has to go to the home of the Judge to get the written authority, and perhaps by the time he gets back to the capltol the Office of the clerk of the court is closed. Indianapolis Sentinel. Oeercetewn'a Dalaaa Pease. , Georgetown hsj,.nathlng which bet ter proves her age than the curious old fence rails in front of three houses on the north side of P street between Twenty-ninth and Thirtieth streets. They are rarely rotated out to the vis- lotr, but there is a certain amount of Interest attached to them. When tne English troops looted the city in 1812 they burned, in addition to the capltol, a great quantity of arms ana ammunition at the navy yard. The stocks of the rifles were destroyed by the fire, but the thrifty citizens of Georgetown made use of the barrels. They were sunk into cement folned in. aether, and a small snlke was Disced in each muzzle. An ornamental fence was the result Indentations on the barrels showing where the sights were removed and wnere the stocks were fastened may be seen todav. The old rifles are defend. ing the property from the footsteps of marauding children, even aa they belched flame at the advancing British nine decades ago. Washington Times. - Giant Mica Crystals. ' The peninsula of India is famous for the excellence of its mica deposits. On account of its delicacy mica quickly suffers from the crashing effects of earth movements, and the superiority ot the,. Indian deposits la ascribed to the geologically long and perfect quies cence that the great peninsula has en- Joyed. In the Nellore district crystals. or "books," of muscovlte mica have been obtained measuring ten feet across the basal planes. Usually they are much smaller, and even in India the stability of the earth haa not been sufficiently continuous to prevent the destruction of large quantities of this delicate and valaable mineral. Bryn Mawr'a New Librarian. Announcement made of the ap pointment to the ilbrarlanshlp of Bryn Mawr college of Miss Isadore Gilbert Mudge of Brooklyn. Miss Mudge took the degree of Ph. B. at Cornell univer sity In 1807 and that of B. L. 8. from the New York State Library school In 1000. She has since been reference li brarian and assistant professor of li brary economy at the University of Illinois. Miss Mudge succeeds Miss Isabel Ely Lord, for six years librarian of the college, who resigns the post to enter public library work. "Blamarek'a Rta-ht Rand." Robert von Keudell, who recently died, aged nearly eighty, used to be called "Bismarck's right band," and he was wont to aay that he and Bucher were the busiest men in the depart ment of the exterior. He waa noted for his musical talent and often played for Bismarck. Hla memory waa so good that he could play the piano for hours without notes. While he was ambas sador at Rome his bouse was the ren dezvous of the artistic world. (lonta. The United States Is almost a goat less country compared with others, and the Importations of goatskins, young and old, aggregate $35,000,000 a year, which represents the slaughter of IT, 000,000 goata and kids. Germany haa 8.000,000 head, Spain 5,000,000, Austria 2,000,000 and France, Bulgaria and Ita ly about 1,500,000 each. In Turkey there are six goata for each person, the goat being the most important source of Income. Iron la ShlpballdlnsT. It is stated that Iron is gradually dis placing steel for shipbuilding purposes In England. The prices of Iron platea are quoted as $1.22 a ton dearer than steel. Experience has shown that Iron la less subject to corrosion from the ac tion of salt water and the atmosphere than ateel, and consequently the life of an iron ship is longer than that of a ateel ship. Manufacturers are trying to produce lighter Iron of greater tensile strength. Millionaires of Hew York. It is estimated that there are In New York city today 1320 millionaires as against 204 In 1880 and 25 in 1853. There were no millionaires in New York 100 years ago. The first person to reach that distinction waa John Ja cob Astor, who became a millionaire about 1820. Six years before that the richest man in the city waa Isaac Clas- son, who swora that ha waa worth fmooo. . ...... THE-MARVELOUS POWtt tion of electricity to benefit the human . Powerful as the electric current is in itself it may be controlled by a" child. Portland General Electric Co. 0 Special Sale of HALF We have on hand hundreds of un claimed suits which have been made at our various stores throughout the country, and for many reasons have. not been taken after having deposits paid on them. You get the benefit of what has been paid a good tailor made suit for less than half price. Call and examine them. i , Suits to Of der $20.00 UP Unclaimed Trousers $1.95 up, worth $7 to $12.00 Unclaimed Suits $10 to $20, worth $30, $40 and $50. i ' ' ' ' Special Prices on Small Sizes. ! FarnsYorth--Hercald Co : i 248 Washington Street. Portland, Oregon. Oregon City Planing Mill all kinds of Building Material, SasVDoors, Mouldings, Turning anl SCrOll-Sawing. Orders for all kinds of Mill WOlt solicited. Promptness and quality of work guaranteed. Before placing your orders write and inquire for prices. Shop Jobwork ot all kinds. GOOD THINGS TO EAT as I CMMe 1irA4la I Summer Cool, Clean, Neat GEORGE Main Street Clackamas County Record 1.00 a Yea Williams Bros 'Phone 1833 FREIGHT AND PARCELS Delivered to All Parts of the City. Pianos, Safes and Furniture Moved The wonderful intellect of man has many surpris- Hut none greater than the subjuga Unclaimed Suits at PRICE B7HCER. 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