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10 THEIHOOD RIVER NEWS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 17, 1912 MODELED FROM MEMORY. Oanten Waa Wonder, Though Ho Did Onco Mia Hit Subjecte. Panton. tlt celebrated caricaturist, ha J woiuVrful power of modeling fruin memory. A ft it one long look ut tla aubjnt he could go to Li atudlo ami make tmst quite perfect to Ita rvHvuiblance. Que day a young man came to him. ay lug that hla alster whs 111 and about to die and that, although the family wlxhed her bust modeled, the dared not excite her by mentioning tt Would be undertake to reproduce her features after selng her once? Dan ton agreed, and next day the brother Informed his sister that be Intended to present her with some jewels and that a young man would bring some aiiecltnens for ber aprrovaL Danton brought In the Jewels and going home, modeled a bust of strik ing resemblance. Next year an old gentleman, the father of the young wo man, came t. order a bust of the broth er, who alao bad died. This, too, was a marvelous success. The result of such planning, how ever, waa not always as satisfactory to bis patrons as In these cases. A gentleman who could not persuade hla wife to sit asked Danton to enter a certain omnibus one day and fix In bis memory the features of the lady op posite blm. Fie did so, modeled a beautiful bast and sent It borne. It proved, however, to be not the mistress, but the maid. who had also taken the trip in the omnibus. HIGH AND LOW CITIES. MONARCHS AND COINS. Napoleon In a Temper and Louis Phi lipps on a Hunt. The great Napoleon was not great at the whist table, and a characteris tic story Is told of blm at St. Helena. At a private party of whist he took out four napoleons to use as markers, and one of the young ladles took up one of the coins and asked him what it waa. The polite hero snatched it rather roughly from her and, pointing to the impression, exclaimed, "G'est moL" The annoyance caused by this inci dent ruffled him so much that be made misdeal. The party begged him to try again, and be did so with the same result His countenance then display ed the rages of convulsive fury, and bis anger was not appeased until the bouse bad been searched for old cards, which could be more easily dealt Meantime the unhappy Count Las Cases, his only attendant, was ordered to sit down at a spare table to play the cards alone until they should run smoothly Louis Philippe showed equal regard for the coin that bore bis name. lie dropped a louls on the carpet while playing whist and arrested the prog ress of the game to look for it, where upon a foreign ambassador who was one of the party set fire to a billet of 1,000 francs to give light to the king under the table. And the Difference In Our Altitudes East and Wttt The differences between the eastern and westeru elevations In this country are curiously striking. Colorado bns forty peaks ibat are more than 14,000 feet above s-?a level. Mount Washing ton. In New Hampshire, and Mount Mitchell. In .North Carolina, the highest peaks In the Appalachian system north and south rcpectlvely. are considerably less than balf as blgb as this above the ocean. Several transcontinental railway lines in the west pull their am in line trains over a greater elevation t'.ian that reached by the cog railroad up New Hampshire's above mentioned peak. These western elevations ie, of course reached gradually. Most large cities lie low. Chicago Is only about COO feet above level and Pittsburgh but a hundred feet higher. Philadelphia ranges from sea level to height In its suburbs of some 300 feet Minneapolis, near the head of the Mississippi, has an elevation of lesa than 1.000 feet and various parts of New Orleans, at the mouth of the great river, are recorrtJ in the gov ernment tables as having elevations of from one fott to fifty feet. St. Louis He about halfway between these ter minal cities. Montana is away up. with Its lead ing city perched at the elevation of the highest peaks of the Adirondack moun. tains. In Denver there is a mark near the state capitol whlcn Is Just one mile above sea level. New York Sun. FUENCH KID SKINS. SLEEPING IN CHURCH. Dynamite and Tree Planting. Possibly what at first sight appears to be the strangest application of dyna mite Is for the purpose of planting trees. Vet Its success In this connec tion is eald to be peculiarly remarka ble When a hole is made with a spade the surrounding soil Is left in its hard condition. The result Is that the roots find it difficult to start They are cramped In the tight quarters of the bole and cannot pierce the sur rounding hard wall of earth With dynamite a large clean hole is blasted out, and. In addition, the soil on all aides is loosened for five or six feet. When the tree Is planted the young and tender roots force their way with out effort through the crevices, suck ing up nourishment, and commence to grow from the moment they are set without any retardation whatever. Peas and Lentils. The word "pea" 1 derived from Ifaa. a Greek city of Ells, which seems to have been the center of the pea growing industry for years Ufure the time of Christ. The antiquarians aver that the "mess pottnge." for which Ehsu sold bis birthright, was a dish of peas. In those times they were called "lentils," and even at the pres ent dsy the English common people of several of the English sulres. nota bly Middlesex as well as Oxfordshire, call tbein "tils." dropping the "len." In the time of Mary they were called "pea sons," and In the time of Charles L "pease." A Literary Sensotion. "What's the cause of the excitement) Look! There's a great crowd around the public library building Something must have happened." "Walt a minute. I know the libra rtan. I'll telephone over and see what's wrong." (Business of telephoning.! "Well, wbst Is Itr "Somebody bas started a rumor that there la business man Inside reading a book of poems."-Chicago Record Herald. Unlike Fishing Lines. "That fishing song In the new opera U clever, don't yon think 7" asked the critic. "No," replied the bard luck angler; "It isn't at all oatural " "Nor "No; the tinea are too catchy." Dramatis Note, Augustus--I'm not fond of the stage. Violet, but I bear your father on the atalra. and I think 1 bad better go be fore the toitt lights. - London Sketch. life la not so abort but that there la always time for courtesy - Emerson Restful Pewe From the Serious and Humorous Standpoints. It is a matter of common expert ence that bright lights In a chamber, church or hnll where numerous per sons are gathered have the effect of producing drowsiness among certain members of the congregation or audi ence. This phenomenon Is easily ex plained by the current knowledge of hypnotism. The drowsiness produced by the lights is a species of hypnosis. It bas been suggested also that lack of proper ventilation causes a toxic quail ty In the atmosphere to which some people are especially susceptible, the result being an Irresistible drowsiness Sleeping In church has always been a ready subject for humor. It Is re lated that on one occasion when a pro posal was under discussion to have a aerlea of sermons preached on topics of the day which were agitating the public minds Rufus Choate. as a mem ber of the congregation, protested ve hemently, saying, "1 seek ray pew, as I seek my bed. for repose." There Is also an anecdote of an old Scotchman who was asked If he knew a certain man in the same neighborhood "Know him?" be replied, with etnpimsUt "Why. I've sleeplt In the same kirk wi him for forr-ty year." But the um Jorlty of preachers have never been Inclined to take a humorous view of the matter any more than Dean Swift. Philadelphia Press. Largest Water Tank. The water supply system of Calcut ta Includes 'he largest water tank In the world. It covers an area of two and a balf acres, and the total weight when It is full of water Is 72.000 tons There are thirty-two miles of steel Joists in the vertical columns and brac ings and in the foundations twenty miles of steel Joists and tie bars. The capacity of the tank Is 9.000,000 gallons of water. The tank acts as a balancer and to assist the pumps when they cannot 3end sufficient water into the mains to meet the demand. During the oight hours, when the pumps pro vide more water than is required, rtie excess quantity goes Into the tank When the demand is greater the water from the tank flows automatically into the mains New York Herald Browning's Pets. Browning shared Rossettl'a taste for queer pets. His pet owl was well known to visitors at Warwick crescent: also bis pet geese, which followed him about like do,s and upon which, "hav lng suffered much from the cackle of reviewers," be bestowed the names of Edinburgh and Quarterly As a boy be had a monkey and an eagle In the garden at Caniberwell, and Inter In life tils pockets were often full of tin canny "portable creature" to which he had taken a fancy frogs, toads, llz ards and even snakes. I-ondon Stand ari. He A Man of Nerve. I called to see you last evening She Yes? He Yes; the servant told me you were not In. She Yes; I was so sorry to have missed you He I thought you must be. I heard you laughing ops'alrs In such grief strick en tones tbut I almost wept myself out of sympjthy. Picking Pockets. "ricking pockets." said the reformer to the thief, "must be a difficult and precarious business." "It Is," agieed the pickpocket "It Is until you yet your hand In " Unhappinese. It is well for us that man can only endure a certain amount of unhnppl Bess What Is beyond that either nn nlhllntes biro or passes by him and leaves him apathetic Goethe Quite Liberal. Patience isn't she IIIenil In her lews? Patrice Sure, She can't keep thing to herself.-Yonkers States mas. It is a wis man wbo knows bis own business. an1 tt Is a wiser man who thoroughly attend! to It Wayland. Why the Young Animals Are Not Pec mitted to Eat Grass. The raising of kids for their skins is sn iuiiortunt ludustry among the r'rench mountaineer. Softness, deli cacy of texture aud freedom from blemish are principal factors In the value of kid skins, and to secure these essentials grout pains are taken. As soon as the young animal begins to eat grass the value of its skin de clines, for with a grass diet the kid sklu immediately becomes coarser aud harder In texture, and Its chief merit thus vanishes. It Is, therefore, kept closely penned, not ouly to keep from eating grass, but also to protect its valuable skin against accidental la Juries that might impair its market ability. w ben the kids have attained a cer tain age at which the skins are in the best condition for the use of the glover they are killed and the hides are sold to dealers. The superior quality of these kid skins, due somewhat to climatic con dltlons, is what bas given France the supremacy in the manufacture of the finest grades of real kid gloves, a su premacy that will doubtless long be maintained. Inasmuch as foreign man ufacturers must rest content with see ond rate skins. Harper's Weekly. "THE LOST CHORD." Sullivan Wrote the Muaio at Hie Dy ing Brother's Bedside. Perhaps the most successful song of modern times is "The Lost Chord,' whose sale in Creut Britain bas ex ceeded 250,000 copies. The story of Its composition, as told by Mr. Wllleby In bis "Masters of English Music," II lustrates that in art. as in statesman ship, success came to those Who knew the seasons when to take Occasion by the hand. For nearly three weeks Arthur Sejr mour Sullivan had watched by the bed side of a dying brother. One night when the end was not far off and bis brother was sleeping be chanced to come across some verse of Adelaide Procter's which five years before he had tried In vain to set to music. In the silence of that night watch be read tbem over ngnln, and almost in stantly their musical expression was conceived A stray sheet of music pa per was at ha nd. and he began to write The music grew, and he worked on. delighted to be helped while away the hours of watching. As he progressed he felt sure the music was what he bad sought for and failed to find on the occasion of his first attempt to set the words. In a short time it was complete and not long after in the publisher's hands. A Book and a War. Copyright questions are grave enough nowadays, but they no longer threaten to end In war, as in the case of St. Co luruba, the Irishman wbo settled in lonti, converted north Britain and is commemorated on June 9. He bad a passion for fine manuscripts and copies of them and among others copied certain Latin psalter belonging to an Irish abbot, whereupon King Dlarmuid condemned Columba at Tara, ruling that "to every book belongs Its copy. as to every cow Its calf." Columba appealed apalnst the verdict in the practical form of inciting bis kinsmen to revolt, and they defeated DInrmald In the battle of the Psalter. The book is claimed to be the one which in a sliver cover was carried Into battle by the O'Donnells during more than a thousand years. Cats as Food In China. One often sums up the value of cheap fur by describing It as having been ob talned from the domestic cat, but hi China garments of catskln rank as high and are as precious as garments of sa ble In this country. In the Flowery Land cat's flesh Is also much eaten and Is especially recommended as a cure for consumption and all lung dis eases. It Is vastly superior to coa liver oil, and therefore cats nre considered extremely valuable possessions. Black cats provide the best meat and In a great many parts of China this food Is ao highly esteemed that cms are reared for sale like fowls or sheep. Satisfaction For Him. Well." said the millionaire's bril llnnt son, who has achieved success by bis own efforts, "I have one great sat isfaction." What Is thnt?" asked bis admiring friends. At least none of you can say thnt you knew me when I dldn t have 8 nickel "-letrolt Free Press. Friendship. It is a common observation that dlf ferences of tnste.uuderstandlng and dls position are no Impediments to friend ship and thnt the closest Intimacies often exist between minds encb of which supplies what Is wanting in the other. Lord Macaulay. Trying to Beat the Game. Every note that prima donna sings costs me at least a dollar, said one musical manager. Well," replied the other, "get a man to write her a song with only whole notes and rests In It"-Washington Star. With the 8calpere. 'Oh. mother, why are the men In the front baldhended?" "They bought their tickets from -the scalpers, my child "-Chicago Tribune Then She Got Mad. She 'having nothing else to say) It's funny bow we ever came to think so much of each other. n -Funny? It's positively ridiculous! Refinishing Marred Furniture IS EASY AND INEXPENSIVE Shabby, scratched pieces of furniture that are unsightly and a discredit to your home can be made to look bright and new at slight ex pense and you can do it yourself. ACME QlMITY VARNO-LAC stains and varnishes at one operation, giving to all kinds of surfaces the elegant effect and dur able, lustrous surface of beautifully finished oak, mahogany, walnut or other expensive woods. Call for color card. E.A. FRANZ CO. Athletics Have Taken Place of Culture By the Rev. NEWELL DWIGIIT HILLIS of Brooklyn il) HACON onco said, "Tell nie what the young men in our universities nro thinking about ond I will tell you what the institution will be for the next generation." That is still true of some of the colleges whero plain living and high thinking and old fashioned culture and solid scholarship still are cherished. The sleeping car universities all stand for ATHLETICS A.ND PrpCPITMTinV t t .U -.11 t . ir l t it i i ij a icw vi mu jworur colleges iot AiauQuw nold's idea of culture and inspiration. In the old Greek days thtj CROWNED THE POET with acanthus leaves, being related to the intellect NOW THE HONOR MEN ARE ATHLETES OF THE FOOTBALL AND BASEBALL TEAMS. AND THE ONLY PROPER THING FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE FACULTY TO DO IS TO TIE A BLUE RIBBON AROUND THE CALF OF EACH HONOR MAN'S LEO AND A LINKED SAUSAGE ABOUT HIS WAIST THAT MODERN SCHOLAR SHIP MAY HAVE ITS TRUE APOTHEOSIS, ITS FULL RECOGNITION AND APPROPRIATE REWARD. The Quality J"1orc THE STAR GROCERY "6000 THINGS TO EAT" Perigo & Son 12 ACRES G acres in Apples and Pears; house and barn; on two county roads. Abun dance of good water with place; 1 mile from town, EASY TERMS Would consider trade in city properly H. M. PRINDLE, :: P. 0. Box 357 METALLIC ARTRIDGES Shoot to Hit Th Urmlnrton Csbe esnl vp nmw booting record Mure Their Ue Guarantee the Life the Continued Accuracy of your Arm. 96 year of (tun-making 50 year of cartridfe-makinf have taught us To make cartridge noted lor traif(ht hooting hard-hitting aure-fire To attain ammunition accuracy without impairing fun ac curacy. To make for each kind of arm the cartridge it require to lAeol it end to keep ikootint it tetl. There i Rtmington- VMC cartridge ipecially made lor your rifle -jour pistol. Every Ramington-UMC cartridge i tested in the arm (or which it i made. Our (iuarantee i behind these cartridge and behind ny ttandard arm, lo the full extent of the maker' own guarantee, when the cartridge are ued. Shoot the cartridge that ihoot (freight. Shoot the cartridge that keep your gun hooting straight. Shoot Raminglon-UMC cartridge. Reminiflon Arms-Union Metallic Cartridge Co. 1 ' mmmi i a.. i, ritf ij 1 'J. Washington Apple Orchard A solid block of 1G0 acres young apple trees; near Goldendale, Klickitat coun ty. Will make reasonable price and terms on one half or three-fourths. A sightly location overlook ing Klickitat valley and a fine view of Alt. Hood and Alt. Adams and I think the most likely looking young orchard in the Northwest. W. G. DAVIS, Owner Goldendale, Washington Neiif. mill nutty Jnli prlnllnn ipilrk executed nt I he Newa iitllep. mmm Water Works for the Country "Hallo. Jim. whaa did yon put In a water-work ystem?" "About a month a a. Charity, and 1 never realised before how much convenience and nj.l Mtn.mMt 1'u.lu,. Vimlsslna- ell thlstlme ." ilV I ,en( 'or a free book I 1 'H advertised, celled. , I -How I Nuirad the WsUr supply rroDiem,' end II opened my eyes, 1 Cell you." 11 I . 1 , . l . . a nave running water on my piece easily as town people, ao I ordered an outfit, let ft up my sell, and It work to perfecuwo. It U called the Leader Water Supply- System I put la a bathroom, heva htm) and cold water In the kitchen and laundry and yon see what a stron pressure I have In this hose." ..'HoW do you get thnt pressure, Jim t "It's very llmnle. Chartev com. pressed air. You see. mi windmill pumps water Into a steel tank In my basement (not the old-lashlnnad clumsy, outdoor gravity tank). The air In this tank, belnv elastic, is com. pressed Into the upper hall the water enter. This comDrasssd air then gives a pressure which torcea the water through the dIdts til the house, the garden and th- . . "1 can wash mv busvls. t-n oi-' the (tables, water the gardens, and pipe water to the stock so easily. It seems almost like a dream." "Then I have absolute Are protec tion, and that's worth a great deal oa the farm you know.'1 Do you want a copy of this book, Mr. Header? It will show you bow eesfly this ystem can be applied to mmr own farm, and what a time and labor aaver It will prove, at moderate cost, Tfc. ntu of ttw bonk is "How I Hitlved the Water Nnpply Problem." 1 . unj U Mm tu say mm totemt.il. Btte. vritt i.., hll tha Mrtlcit It frnh la yuus mlR'l. V -i if iiiflr anii ij. m it Ug It. AJOns , Apple Land & Orchard Go. Office No. 9 Oak St. Phone 26 or 2002-K $1 C. P.SUMNER Opposite- tbe Post Office Home !'hon'20 rJ I Spray and t Garden Hose Plumbing kbj. . A,Jm.A.U,S .A..Ai J.A aJa Blacksmithing and Wagon Work Farm Implements and Logging tools repaired. Plow work a specialty. Howell Bros. JTwo doors east of Fashion Stables I lood River. Ore Phone 227-X Wire Wound Continuous Stave WOOD STAVE PIPI; KU.I.Y BROS., Agents 4th St. Ret. Ouk and State I'hone Hood River. Ore. The Trim Looking Team shown in the picture, are evi dently pood roadsters. In order to keep them so, no pains should lie spared to keep them carefully shod. As Experienced Horseshoers we know the importance of keeping them carefully shod. I jet us do your horseshoeing work. You wont regret it. SHIVELY & DRISCOLL Phones