INSTITUTION ENLARGES
ULKGF Cor-ul'.is. r.v. 2X lSp--cial
i Th- annual iliort course "f
the Oregon Agricultural I'.illege will
tart Jiniurv 3 ami ryntlnue to Febru
ary S. with th reEii:ar Farmers' Week
fnllnwlni from February 4, through
February .
Since the fitinllr(t vt the course there
has been a ra;il Increase In tlie nu in
ner of eturi'-nt l.n atten-lance. triere te
Inn l int 0r more than rr clateretl
Ur thlt trk. I.a h veir certfltn m.kll
chant?" -i iia lttvtl mailt. :- -jr.ir. b. i.ik
Wik the course l:t!o cKser !e i:.lim with
the prnMfnis of the popl- n !io altenJ
ar.d A'l Ur.K srreater efTiClency.
Although the sthort course is .Ienljrned
prlnrlly to meet the ilemandn of the
aif rit ullurlst Ihro-.iBrhout the elate for
this work, still every hranrh taught at
the college la open to riiort course stu
ilents. Keleaitisip kelertiasj Tausbt.
t'ourses wi:i te given la animal hus
bandry, which w-:l he found to be of
great value to all farmers and stork
raisers In the stale. Special attention
will be given to the farm animals. The
work In this line has been followed by
many of the stockralsers In this state
with results that are surprising. For
bv the selection of purents. the average
efficiency of the farm animals has been
raised. Besides this work. Judging,
stock feeding and veterinary science
are Included.
The course in agronomy will not only
PASTOR'S CHRISTMAS SERMON TELLS
MESSAGE OF THE NEW TESTAMENT
Old Testament Idea Is of Creator Far
BY WAt.TKR BRNWEI.I. HINSOV.
EMMAM'KU Hod with us. Mat
thew I
Itut has he not ever been with
us? T. but not In that form and
character. For. Jlke moaning wind
In forrt dark, .ike the dull boom
of the ocean's roar, like the scream
if an af Tightened man or woman.
lke the sob of a heartbroken man,
so does the consciousness of an
absact iod moan, and sob and shriek
through the old Testament story,
t'anst thou by searching find out God?
Is he in the starry night sky. In the
miracle of the dawn. In the glowing
noon, or the solemn twilight? Who
and where is Uod. was the cry of the
man of Vn and the deeps said, 'It Is
not In me ;' and the sea said. "It la
not In me."
f found him not In werld or sua
Of safle's wine or Insect's era.
"O. that I knew where I might find
him." Is the plaintive wail of our
most notable book. Were he enthroned
upon some misty mountain: or had he
Ma dwelling In the glowing dawn, or
purple eveuing; or vat be in aoiemn
majesty on tiie tempestuous seas: oh.
that I knew, so that I might see him,
and be assured of his presence and his
rare. But the clouds and the darkness
were ever round about him. He made
darkness his secret place and his pa
vilion was the darkness of the water,
and the thu-k clouds of 'lie sky.
Ilaaa ea la llrarlra.
True, the hand of the lnrd was aeen
In Ms great miracles of nature, of
providence, and of grace. Aa the poet
sang while gazing Into the starry sky:
Ths heavens declare the glory of f!ed:
And th ntrmament shcuetn nta handiwork.
True, the voice of the Iard was heard
In the thunder, and the song of the
great storms when they shook the
strong witderness. discovering the for
est, and breaking the cedara of Leban
on. True, the hinder part of the glory
of the highest was seen by the great
est and the best. And Moses sang of
the Eternal, who existed before ever
the worlda were made, or the moun
tains piled, or the seas gathered to
gether, or the sky planted with stars;
and Isaiah aaw him sitting on the cir
cle of ttie earth, holding the great
waters in the hollow of his hand,
measuring Infinitude with his fingers,
weighing the mountains and the hills,
counting the dust of the earth, lifting
up the t:es of the seas, and calling the
stars bv name: and David saw the
find of Israel whose path was in the
great waters riding upon the cherub,
and through the storm, at whose ap
proach , the earth trembled and shook,
and the foundations of the earth were
moved: and Adam heard him at the
end of the day; and Noah heard htm
as the ark swayed upon the roaring
flood: and Israel heard him when the
trumpet blew so loud over Sinai: and
Fltjah heard Mm In the still small
voice that followed the biasing flame
and the yawning earthquake: and
Jeremiah saw fcirn as a mighty, terrible
one. fighting with an outstretched
iand and a strong arm, and setting on
ftre the great forests, and smiting the
nerce strongholds of tyranny: and
Kzekiel saw him as the god of the hall
and the thuniier. and the overflowlag
rain: and Panlel saw him appaltng as
the l:gh:hlrc. with the eyes or fiatne.
and a voice like the shout of a great
multitude.
ew Teataaaeaf U4 Differs.
But Moses goes up Into the moun
tain If haply ha mav find God: and
Jacob wrestles with tile unnamed pres
ence until daybreak: and Joshua in
terrogates the captain of the Lord s
host: and Manoah fears death, for has
h nt beheid the glory of his 2od?
And so it Is the God without us about
u-. it is trje but a Ud who seems
afar off when compared with the Cod
of the New Testament, the one whom
School at Corvallis Institution, Which Will Open January 3 and Continue Until February 3,
,ir.j tu-.v- -i - .-2" . i 1 - -- -X6-
V- -:':'-v u:;f SfeS a:-
take up the actual problems of soli
and soil maintenance, but will deal
with uch other problem as crops of
different varieties, farm machines and
structures, drainage. Irrigation nd dry
farming. The latter of tries being
especially designed to meet the condi
tions of Eastern and Central Oregon.
Other courses, such as weed eradica
tion and farm management will be
given by the college experts.
Away and Terrible, but Later Conception Shown in Text
God With Us."
Jesus Christ bade us call "Our Father."
Ko throughout these weary mlllenlums
before the birth of births; as moan of
wind, or roar of sea. or sob of wa
ters, there runs with rare but blessed
exceptions the consciousness of a God
who is without if not far off from
man.
Kmmanuel. God with us.
For 4000 years men had been asking
the great question of the fourth psalm
"Who will show us any good?" But now
In the fullness of time In the "due
time'" of the Apostle Paul there ap-
posiie xaui
e of whom Philip said:
und him of whom Moses j
yeara the one
"We have to
In the law and the prophets did write,
Jesus of Nazareth."
Four thousand years of preparation,
of prophesy, of solemn ritual, and ever
varying instruction, in which Kgy.pt.
and Home, and Greece shall have part;
and then when God's clock points the
hours, appears Kmmanuel. When the
world had. grown weary of Its impo
tent gods: had exhausted Itself In ef
forts to find the balm elsewhere than
In Gllead: when expectations were ripe
and civilization had prepared the way
for the promulgation of the saving
grace of Jesus; then comes the break
In human history the miraculous
break and he appears who, alone
of all entering life through the gates
of birth had but one human parent:
for "A virgin shall conceive, and bear
a son, and thou shall call his name
Jesus." Tho great break, let us re
peat. In human history.
Mystery of odllaeaa Great.
Great is the mystery of godliness.
Dense the darkness around that Beth
lehem .caravansari; marvelous the won
derful condescension, grace and wis
dom of God. For there appeared the
one who was the son of Mary, and yet
the son of God; the only begotten son
of the father; the God man.
Thou seemest human and divine.
Forty weary centuries had wailed
-Will God In very deed dwell upon the
earth?" Hopes had risen nd hopes
had set; lights had waxed bright, and
then had waned away; many a seer,
prophet, priest, and worshipper had
lifted his dying eyes toward the East
to see the Day Star rise; but now comes
the wonderful reply to that old Inquiry;
and the bearer of grace and truth Is
born in the stable, and cradled in the
manager.
I find no difficulty In accepting the
miraculous conception of Jesus. For
it seems to me to be so essential and
yet withal so natural In its super
naturalness that reading the story of
that life. I should have Inferred that
he entered earth by some other door
than that, through which all other souls
have passed.
Kmmanuel. God with us.
rfertags Are Retold.
In our human limitations; to be poor,
for the Son of Man had not where to
lay his head; to be a toller, for was
he not a carpenter; to be lonely. In
the presence of the unsympathetic mul
titude, as on the hilltop at midnight,
or when asleep on the sea: to be pained
by disloyalty, treachery, misunder
standing, misrepresentation, hunger,
thirst and weariness; to ever walk in
a cloud of poisonous flies; to eat the
hard, black bread of man s life; to halt
by. the Marahs of the world's misery
and pain: to be tempted like unto us;
to be despised and rejected Of men: to
be the man of sorrows, familiar with
grief: to sigh and groan In spirit: to
be mocked and slandered, smitten and
stoned: to sob by the grave, and weep
o'er a doomed city; to be deserted by
man, and seemingly abandoned by God;
to bear the sins of many: to be bruised
for Iniquity, not his own: to enter
Gethsemane. to pray, to fall, to sweat
blood, to well nigh die: to be tossed as
a waif In the wind, or aa driftwood on
the waters of an uncertain tide, from
Aanas to Calaphas. and from Pilate, to
Herod: to be smitten and scourged, bro
ken and marred; to go to the cross; to
Special care has been exercised in
the segregation of courses In the horti
cultural department In order that the
growers may get exactly what they
wish in the minimum of time. The
courses this year have been divided so
as to make possible a specialization in
the different branches.
Besides courses
In fruit and nut culture such subjects
" ,.,v,,,,.v- nrrh.nl nractlc.
apple packing, plant' propaganonveg-
Emmanuel,
have the long "Via Dolorosa" of man s
life, and at last to have the sun go
down In the bewildering gloom as he
hung upon the cross,
o l.lon. thou "f Julian's mvsl tribe;
Ho tierce thlnss at the darkness bid"
Their fsnss In thee, till thy sreat heart
Krum Time and fcartll are Iain part.
O Uon prone!
Greater Mystery Dawning,
. . . , Krt
Tet was he with u. and of us. bone
of our bone, and flesh of our flesh.
the great high priest tempted in an
points like as we are; working and
points 11KO as we aie. - --
,,,,. and .orrowlng with men the ,
mpn ne rame to b,KS and cheer and ,
save: O Christmastlde nerein is
Christmas Joy!
Kmmanuel. God with us.
nut areater mvsterv Is dawning.
and a miracle overmastering with Its
mighty power looms large on the horl- I
xon of the soul.
We should retain tne consciousness .
of the God without us. for therein is
Instruction, edification. Inspiration ana
warning combined. Dream not of an
absentee God. of one who set the
mighty universe agoing and then
abandoned the work of His hands, save
in miraculous moments of divine inter
ference. But ever remember the. world
Is God's world, and there are lessons
for us In the changing season, the
sounding seas, the sun-filled or star
lit sky. the rushing winds and the
snowyrcrested mountains.
isni with ns remember that! The
gospels with their story of the niatch
I less life of Jesus are "Klims" to the
weary heart, and as fiery cloud pillars
of guidance to the perplexed they bring
to us his words, his deeds, his earthly
Itfe and varied experiences, and we
had better lose the dawn, the sun, the
air, than lose them.
Latest Message Beet.
But In the evolution of God's great
mvstery of salvation there comes to us
something higher and grander and yet
more amazing. The high-water mark
of the Old Testament is In the lst
Psalm "Gad Is our dwelling- plaoe."
But ths high-water mark of the New
Testament is far more elevated and
inspiring. Christ anticipated it when
to the disciples he proclaimed a. spirit
of God "who dwelleth with you. for he
shall be in you." And Paul affirms in
solemn phrase, the possession of that
spirit when he declares, "Ye are the
temples of the living God:"
Kmmanuel. God within us.
Being made partakers of the divine
nature; born again: not of corruptible
seed, not of the flesh, nor in the like
ness of man. but born from above. Pos
sessing the same quality of life as does
he. by whom we are spiritually begot
ten: destined to love the things lie
loves: to think over his thoughts after
him: to learn his great accents, and
carry on his gracious ministry; to be
In the world as he was In the world:
to realize that as the Father sent him
so has he sent us. Sent' us that through
us as through his healing robe, the im
parted power may stream to the hearts
of the needy; to so live that men may
learn of us. and know that we have
been with Jesus: that we possess Jesus;
and that he possesses us.
Marvel of Cewvrralosi Told.
Herein is the marvel of conversion.
The strong man of evil armed with
weapons from the arsenal of hell, in
habits the soul of the sinner. But Em
manuel comes, who is stronger than
all the strong ones of all the world,
and
He breaks Wie pea-er of canceled sin.
And sels the urisonr free.
"Let there be liirht." he cries, and
the darkness passes: "loose him and
let him go. and the graves clothes i
fall off; "I will tliou shouldst be clean,
and the leprosv of sin departs!
Herein is the mystery of consecra
tion. He reveals the shame of sin: Its
deaJliness. its sepsratlng power and
its awfulnass In God's sight. "Let
them not return again to folly." sounds
AGRICULTURAL
etable gardening, vegetable and flow
er courses will be offered.
The dairy husbandry department ex
pects to be In the new $:i0.000 dairy
building: in time for the short course
and Is making preparations to give the
strongest course so far offered In this
work. The value and importance of
, work. xne vaiue ana impurmi
. this work Is more readily understood
when UisrcaMzed that there areatj
I even more from the crofSj And hear
! Ing it the soul cries. "There is forgiv
; ness with thee, that thou mayest be
! feared." And this Kmmanuel this
spirit of the Most High God Indwell
' ing the believer, keeps Mm from sin,
and enables him to keep himself un
; spotted from the' world.
I And every virtue we possess,
I And every victory won.
I And every thoUKht of holiness '
Are his. and his alone.
And this explains the triumphsnt
progress of the Christian Church. This
is w.hy It was stronger than Jerusalem,
or Rome: than philosophies or pagan
isms. This Is why the power given to
them at Pentecost Is "Dunamis." the
dynamite, the resistless force of Godj
and this explains the onward, conquer
ing march of the hosts of the Lord.
; "All power Is given unto me," said the
i Lord of Life. "Ye shall receive power."
saiu ine same i-ni ii. aiiu
yfu -Iwayg an .,ye are the temples
or God ..
said the same Christ. And "I am with
,,.,,,,., nii r-p PXDIPT
AViATION nULto OIKIol
Flyers Must Carry Lights and Horns
Over French Territory.
PARIS, Dec . (Special.) Many
of the clauses In the official decree tor
the reBUaton 0f ar traffic in France
are striking In their novelty. Air
craft, it is provided, must carry three
llerhts and a motor horn, the former
for use by night and the latter for use
In fogs. The- aviator himself must
also be prepared to descend "when in
vited to do so" by officials using a
recognized code of signals. Other ex
acting clauses require a navigation
certificate for each aviator, a permit
for each craft, the display of the reg
istration number In a prominent posi
tion, and the use of a logbook for re
cording the names of all passengers
with the route taken and the time
table of the Jourrfey.
The negative clauses forbid an avia
tor or passenger to carry explosives,
cameras or wireless telegraphy equip
ment, and fix the minimum distance of
approach between two machines In
flight at 100 meters.
How the observance of these laws
is to be enforced Is a matter that the
French authorities will have to con
sider before long. Circumstantial evi
dence, no doubt. Is likely to play a
great part in prosecutions. Charges of
driving without lights or colliding In
a fog with the steeple of a village
church without having- previously
sounded the horn may cause some dif
ficulty In substantiating, even if the
defendant should consent to appear,
or be in a condition so to do. It is,
no doubt, the case that the present de
crees have been primarily framed for
I the assistance of military authorities.
The stipulations with regard to wire
less telegraphy, - cameras and explo
sives have obviously a military basis,
while the logbook may be regarded
as a check upon the aerial where
abouts of suspects.
Paris to Have Motor-Aerial Show.
PARIS. Dec. 23. (Special.) A com
bined motor and aerial exhibition will
be held at the Grand Palais next year.
This has been decided by the commit
tee of experts appointed by the Minis
ter of Commerce. It Is a singular proof
of the utility of such exhibitions, not
withstanding the grumble of manufac
turers at the expense. The actual busi
ness done at. the Grand Palais during
the annual exhibitions was small in
comparison, with the giant outlay. It
was an Incomparable demonstration of
French art, but motor-makers de
flated that it did not advance their
material interest by a sou. But, profit,
able or not. they feel the loss of ad
vertisement. This is the reason of
the resolution for a salon next year.
The truth, is London as well as Berlin
and the Itallsn firms have made subtle
Inroads Into French supremacy.
Giving It Awaj.
Baltimore American.
"What a loud-looking woman!"
"It would be so much better If she
could be persuaded to use noiseless
powder."
Expects to Have ErHment
least 200.000 milch cows In Oregon and
the value of the dairy products la in
the neighborhood of $14,000,000 a year.
The popularity of the poultry hus
bandry courses last year has resulted
In a more expensive offering of work
poultry husbandry for demonstration
and practical work.
The-engineering and mechanical arts
this year. Much Interest has been cre-
DR. SCHAEFER IS GRADUALLY COMING
INTO HIS, OWN, AFTER DISCOVERIES
Bakersfield Physician's Serums Have Been Adopted for Cases of Eheumatism by Sonthem Pacific Hospital
Authorities-Friends of Dr. Jordan Wonder if He Will Get Carregie Pension.
AN FRANCISCO. Cal., Dec. 13.
(Special.) Dr. August F. Schaefer,
J the lJakersfield doctor, who was
given such cavalier treatment by many
I . . i. t- .. r.annion r-nnntv
memoers ui me "
Medical Society a year or more ago,
when he announced the discovery by
himself of several serums for the cure
of diseases, among them rheumatism,
is gradually coming into his own.
The Southern Pacific hospital author
ities here have been giving these
serums a thoroughly scientific test. An
Eastern authority lias been steadily
watching these tests with the hospital
people, and it is said that they have
found the Schaefer serums very valu
able In cases of rheumatism.
On the other hand, so it Is said, the
serum for tuberculosis cases has been
found Inadequate and its use has been
discontinued. A report dealing with
these several tests Is shortly to be
Issued by the hospital for the informa
tion of the medical world.
This "interesting and scientific treat
ment of a California physician's discov.
erles in the real of therapeutics Is In
striking contrast to the way the Coun
ty Medical Society acted in pooh-poohing
them without even deigning to
give them a trial. A big Eastern
laboratory establishment has also
shown Dr. Schaefer every consideration.
It is said to have spent to date JIOO.OOO
in manufacturing his serums and plac
ing them in prominent hospitals for a
test. Enough has already been found
to prove the ability of the Bakersfield
The refusal of a pension to Woodrow
Wilson by tho trustees of the Carnegie
Teachers' Pension Fund is causing some
of the friends of President David Starr
Jordan to wonder whether he will be
eligible to one of these pensions when
be retires In 1S16.
In the latter year, Jordan will have
reached the age of 65. He has volun
tarily decided to retire from Stanford
at that time. By so doing he will re
linquish an annual salary of $12,000.
His closest friends here say Jordan is
not worrying- about a Carnegie pension,
and would never think of asking for
one. If given voluntarily, however, it
would not be declined.
Judging by the way the Carnegie
trustees have pensioned a number of
college professors, bis Intimates figure
that if Jordan is ' finally pensioned. It
will be at the rate of 14000 a year. Like
Wilson, Jordan Is not a rich man. How
ever, his earning capacity has been
greater. He has been enjoying since
1890, as president of Stanford, $10,000
part of the time and $12,000 a year since
about 1900. His annual income from
his writings and lectures is said to have
averaged $8000 a year annually during
the last 10 years. So, as compared with
many college professors, his financial
status Is not the cause of worry with
him. Provided he keeps his health, Jor
dan, after leaving Stanford, need never
fear for a comfortable Income.- As a
writer, lecturer, an authority on fish
and in other ways, his services will al
ways be in demand.
Stanford, by the way, has never seen
fit to allow him a fund for traveling
expenses. Wheeler, of the University
of California, gets the same salary as
does Jordan, and is allowed in, addition
$3000 a year for entertainment and
traveling. Both men do and should
travel a great deal, because It is highly
beneficial to their Institutions in the
long run.
Not the least of the changes wrought
SHORT
of Nearly 1000.
t
ated by the recent announcement of a
259-egg hen, and letters have been re
ceived by the department from all parts
of the country inquiring into the meth
ods of care and feed. The college poul
try yard, in -which are sometimes
hatched a thousand or more chicks a
day. will be used by the students of
courses, consisting of practical wood
work, blaeksmkhing, etc., will be open
by the 1906 disaster has been the dis
appearance of the "two-bit" side of
Market street. For years before the
fire the south side of Market street,
from Third west to Sixth, was con
temptuously alluded to by Its north
side neighbors as the cheap or two-bit
side. . Today it has many costly build
ings. Wealthy and 'large retail firms
are there. They are drawing business,
too. About as many people crowd its
sidewalks as on the north side. At
some hours of the day the crowd Is
even larger. -
So noticeable has this become that
lately property owners on the north
side have employed men to, count the
pedestrians at given hours in the morn
ing and at the noon hour on both sides
of the street. Their reports, it is said,
show that It Is a close race the south
side Is giving- the north side. Rents
are somewhat cheaper today on the
south side, which in view of the crowds
of people is a distinct advantage.
The brass-buttoned uniforms of Uncle
flam- Army officers are soon to be a
thing of the past for evening dress. In
those days, then, the swallow-tailed
civilian will In his ordinary black and
white colors he more on a par with
the Army set for the smiles of the
debutantes and belles, for it is well
known how alluring is a bright uni
form to the feminine heart.
Army officers wiemselves ravor ine t
change that is coming. One of the of- j
ficefs hlsh In command at the Pre- j
-i.n , ,.e 4i-ist the war authorities will .
soon adopt a new order, prescribing
special evening dress, which will be
similar in most respects to civilian
evening dress. The coats are to bear
the shoulder knot as the Insignia of
office. Another provision requires that
the algulllette shall be worn from the
left shoulder, except in the case of
aids to the President, who will wear
it from the right shoulder. A final
draft of the orders prescribing these
and other changes in officers' dress is
now in the hands of a special board
for approvaL The order is made com
prehensive with the intention of having
it supersede all other War Department
publications pertaining In any way to
the military uniform.
The burning of Pastori's in Marin
County cut out of our suburban life one
of its celebrated features. Always a
resort distinguished for its fine cuisine
as well as its comfortable situation,
Pastori's gained an unenviable noto
riety during the trial of the von
Schroeder libel suit against John D.
Spreckels and the Call.
It was not the sort of advertising
that pays and for a long time afterward,
Pastori's languished. But by degrees,
the lovers of good cheer were drawn
back and It has been quite popular of
late. . .
Not long ago Pastori died but his
wife went right along supplying her
guests with good cheer and taking the
utmost care to see that the wine was
properly iced. Mrs. Pastori used to be
an opera singer. She was stranded in
the City of Mexico with a grand opera
troupe when she met and married the
..oric-eved cook who afterward becanu
; a famous caterer. "
That the rag dance is irown u"
at times was in evidence this week
when members of the younger social
set tried to start something at the an
nual Christmas dance given at the
Key Route Inn, just across the bay on,
the Oakland side. The dance was al
ready in full swing when some of the
more daring members of the party com
menced to rag in the corners of the
room. Then they became a little more
. . !.,. a f ... miniltAa nrSC-
oaring ana twimiu .
rically everybody was doing the Tur
key Trot or the more ceieoraiea j
Tommy. . -
And just then the proprietor of the
establishment stepped into the room.
He saw what wss happening, started
to turn out the lights and when he was
remonstrated with, firmly. If politely.
COURSE
W f'- h
to those short course students who de
sire work in these lines.
The commerce department Is offering
some very strong course which will ap
peal both to the farmer and to the city
bred student. Commercial law, book
keeping, typewriting, farm accounting
and rviral economics are some of the
problems handled during the short
course period.
The forestry department is offering
special courses preparatory to actual
field work with the Federal Depart
ment of Forestry courses will be offered
in silviculture, mensuration, surveying,
mapping, administration and policy,
forest engineering and an especially
prepared course in camp cooking.
The good roads department w-ill offer
two courses, one especially for farm
ers and the other for road supervisors.
Both these courses are open to short
course students. When it is realized
that at least $1,000,000,000 a year, or an
Individual tax of approximately $12.50
for-each man. woman and child in this
country, is the price we pay for poor
roads, it will be seen that the .neces
sity for much improvement is de
manded. .
A special course will be offered this ,
year in apiculture in order that those
who are interested in bees may have
an opportunity of learning at first hand
all the knowledge on this subject
which Is In the possession of the en
tomological department of the college.
The school of music will also offer
privileges to the musically inclined of
the short course students.
Many special lectures on Interesting
problems connected with rural hygiene,
bacteriology. chemistry, pure food,
landscape gardening, art, literature and
business pursuits have been arranged
to be giVen by specialists both from the
college staff and also from among the
successful leaders in the different ac
tivities throughout the state and
nation. ' .
told his guests that the dance was over.
He wasn't going to take any chances.
So ended one of the would-be ragtime
dances.
Stamp Licking Decried.
LONDON, Dec 23c1 (Special.) The
Lancet calls attention to the licking
of stamps as a "retrograde proceeding,"
and says that any suggestion calcu
lated materially to encourage or In
crease the habit is open to strong con
demnation. "The habit is opposed to
a common sense of cleanliness, let
alone what bacteriological require
ments may teach. The adhesive stamp
is a sanitary blunder, but it is a busi
ness convenience for which it is hard
to suggest an alternative. No one need
lick a stamp if he seriously makes up
his mind never to do so, but unfortu
nately the use of stamps has created
a habit which, once contracted, is diffi
cult to avoid." But, of course, as has
been suggested, there Is always the
sponge.
Sword la Heart of Tree,
' London Standard.
Embedded in the heart of a plank o!
wood taken from a railway station
platform at Oakley, Fifeshire, there
has been found a sword measuring
over two feet long. The plank has
been in use for at least 15 years. The
weapon, which was of an old-fashioned
type, a short crosspiece forming the
handle, was In good preservation, and
it is believed had been picked up by
the tree at an early period of its ex- .
istence and encircled with the growth.
Made Soft andWMte
ByCuticura Soap
and Ointment
For red, rough, chapped and bleed
ing hands, itching, burning palms, and
painful finger-ends, with shapeless nails,
one-night Cuticura treatment works
wonders. Directions: Soak the hands,
on retiring, in hot water and Cuticura
Soap. Dry, anoint with Cuticura Oint
ment, and wear soft bandages or old,
loose gloves during the night.-
llthOQti Catlears Soap and Olntmsat an sM
by drnesisu mad daalars evarrfeare. a postal ta
Cotieiira.-- Dopt. I2D. Boston. Msss,. will sociira '
literal saaiDla of sack. wltk3Z-p. baokaataaskia.
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