OREGON
STATE ITEMS OF INTEREST
CB0P3 ARE ABUNDANT.
Gran "M
.-,ed-Lobor Scarce.
'' I, ha. dealt bountifully
(arm
farmers
. j Mw Output Ex
!bfl7 ' L Mil vfiflr. There Is
1"; led rained by
Mi"iri .in., recovered from
KCJbacJc and made, fall
l'--'.nf furros are tne pic
. or -lMct w ill be almost
W. J .nd iome. particularly the
I1JW!m. .nroMi all previous
I0tjn
ty i. now In Us bueleat atage,
jlBfi'"!. .MoItho crop will
" mimm oI the arming com
ll7toC,i.i. .ri hay crop Is
K?"' .i.V-.o .mount of vetches
ibifi. "o?:r;. f Tf n stock foods
"in the Willamette valley, and
VI:... rn beginning to realize
lww--- . nronort let
w. ,r; .i.: ,i is itself
Rnnln as hi.
I "I ice. It not on"
Korooo. atack.of hay, but also
l,uc. .t.n.fafrn nn
i- i inti rniuibv. onu
lmfi in t
nriremo dllllcuicy in
yptriruKMB
it..lt rrniil.
Wofgin will be ready for
Bjtcw i ntalliirl anil
ill i erwter demand for help than
i--- I I iiiri:k tiiu wkvhv.-.. ----
.,doobllng forcce In the haying
1 1 V. I m nMiifnu till
In tbil way uie j.wB...6
kind soon the greatest output
ml. (. nifrtf nrniliinAfi
4f una counvr r.-w
Ib.ontbe market
w ill bfl wparatlng need from the
iltww. Large oruero iur vjm;i
bite been receiveu, a numuur ui
coming from roruanu wnoiwiBie
H.
Miny Claims to Adjust.
t.mWhen tho noxt legislature
renes one of the most Important du-
ihlcb will devolvo upon inu joint
iffllttH on claims will be tho adjust-
otof a Urge Rrlet ol claims aggregat
,itoUlol over $425,000 In princl
iblch interest will bo do-
laded from the stato at tho legal rato
rer cent, and for all porloda of time
jicg from tbreo months to a year
i bill. The most compiox quea
bleb tbe committee and the leg-
tart mmt determine Is which of the
liw (or Interest, in equity, should
allowed and which should be reject-
Report of Land Board.
it!s-Tbe monthly statement of
krkO.Q. Brown, of the tnto land
ird,iboi that a total of 120,420.88
1 been clolected In the land depart-
ct daring the month of Juno for the
totkbool, agricultural and swamp
A itatement of tho condition of
iKTenl funds on band in the land
trtoent follows: Common school
A cone nm t
Wond, faima. $158,318.33: uni-
n!tj (and, principal. $088; universl
(and, firms. $3,170: agricultural
m (and, principal, $10,025.07:
talntral college fund, farms, $5,036.
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U,..i T.ti rv-t . . .
i tu ronco ineir troubles.
silem H the glllnot flshormon do
nt their rights to fish In tho tldo
i oi tbe Columbia river to holm
upon by owners and annrntnrn til
- . - - ----
ulth KtarS. etc.. tllOV Will havn In
ietbeirtronblea to tho "pollcemanM
"Jte me matter adJiiBted by tho
rti throneh dm
tbe Itate board of fl.li rnrnmlp.
(bile Mnl.1rln
IM tM i t nu WU1IMRUIV
ihlnR with trapB in tho tide
ti ii U01umbla made by Socro
u.M, Lorntmn. nf Mm rv,i.,rv.i,u
'Wilibermen'g Protective union.
Hot Weather
Hjlem-Ihe excosaively hot weather
rHi weeit Has done a groat
y 'damaKe to Buch small and
d evenchorrlii. t i.
m the (rn I... t tu ....
N On the vlnna u
Ned for ealo B8 tt flrflt-clnsa ar
Be ansa o the long Benson of
laBr ,,.,y weathor 'nlt
no condition to wm.nn,i n.
""getodry, hot weaU'er.
Hot wind. Cau.o Damage.
lroK'm8eto Bln. Farm-
VALLEY FARMERS COMBINE.
Indo
Mi,
it lit . v18 couniy
UBlllv lnlioi.,1 I... 4
)nn ii ...jmvu, uuv
I grain U8L ik F"
olconl .. 'ii "u,jr "amageu. A
" w moat bennflnUI 1. .
taoilnin ,-"" u wouiu re
ffl0 of the damaged crops.
KreSn,na Who n..
nd tA. , " --tRiiona.
CrUAnmnDg t!,G naraefl 01 tbe
- Ind IB " ho, dwwlngi for the
H ly Sdinn !?ntaM' wl,,ch
i'nandAHh-ur
''oo we .". 0 Oregon-
Brenn r ,,?"10 ,ortunt r
lolpkttn. ""I'Pner and W, E.
-aUU
vim in .I...
Will Obtain Their Grain Dag.
pendent of Buyers.
Halem There la a lively war on be
tween Willamette VAlley farmera and
tne valley millers and warehousemen
growing out ol the queetion of furnish
ing Backs for grain. It has always been
the praotlce for warehousemen and
millers to furnlah sacks to farmers and
take tbe value of the racks out of tho
purcnase price of the grain when sold
Kecently millers and warehousemen
in otlier valley counties decided to dis
continue this p'actlce and to require
farmers w ouy tlie sacks outright
Marlon and Polk county gralnbuyers
have practically agreed to tho same
plan, tliougti no formal action ha- hnnn
taken.
"This is a blcBslna to vallov furm
ers," declared W. A. Taylor, a promln
ent grain farmer. "The warehousemen
have trot nnnn ftm olorr nf . i
" mo, mi Hi
ready we have begun arranging to buy
sacks Independent of them. Wo have
placed ourselves in their power too
long. Now tho farmers will hulld
granaries on their own farms, buy only
sacks enough to haul grain from tho
Held to tho granary, let the grain lie
loose In bins, and thus'be compelled to
ouy oniy ono-tontli as manv mrUn
ii.:.. i- - '
wiey uo.
I have learned by oxnorlonco that I
can sometimes get 8 centB more a bush
el for my wheat by havintr nMseBsion
of the grain when I got ready to eell.
Farmeis can mako enouah in a alnclo
aeaaon uy increased prices of wheat to
pay lor tliolr granaries.
'Let tho warebnuBomen comhino.
We aro doing something in that lino
ourselves and we shall buv our tacka
wiinout payinit tributo to tho warn
louBemen."
Linn Losing Undesirable Element.
Eugene Prohibition In Lane county
s mo cause ol 00 or uo men emn oved
ij uw jjooui.ri.ony number company
n tho Bawmills and loeeine camna
quitting their jobs. Last week was
pay day and quite a number moro sic-
nifled their Intention of quitting. The
company is not worrying over tho mat
ter, as It Is felt that the worst olement
among tho several hundred employes is
gotten rid oi, uiu tnelr places can eas-
iy uo Ulleu by sober men.
Big Log Drive In Progress.
Albany Tho Spalding Lomlvu com
pany is now dumping into tho Willam
ette rivor above Albany its annual
drivo of logs for the mills at Oregon
Uity, and for its own lumber mills at
Newborg. This years drivo will con
sist of 12,000,000 foot of logs, and will
be one of tbe largest on record. It is
now in the vicinity of Harrishurg, in
Linn county, and will be several days
getting down to Albany.
Benson Filos Bond.
Salem Secretary of State-elect Frank
W. Benson has filed bis official bath
and bond in the sum of $10,000 with
Governor Chamberlain, who has ap
proved the same.
UTHia"ww 101, on Julv 8.
'iryfu,y . es, which
.mb crops,
W. C. Bristol is Reappointed.
Oyster Bay, L. I. President Koose
volt has reappointed William O. Bris
tol United States attorney for the dis
trict of Oregon.
PORTLAND MARKETS.
Wheat Club, 7071c; bluefltem,
72073c; red, 080Dc; valley, 71c.
Oats No. 1 whito feed, $32; gray,
$31 por ton.
Barlpv Feed, $23.75 por ton; brew
ing, j$24; rolled, ?2520.
Bye $150 per hundred.
Hay Valley timothy, No. 1, $U
12 50 por ton; clovor, $8 509; cheat,
$0 5007; grain hay, 708; alfalfa, $11.
Fruits Apples, $1,50(1.75 per box;
chorrles, 48c por pound; currants, 0
10c; peaches, 75c $1 por crato;
pluma, $101.25; strawberries, 58c
per pound; gooaoborries, 8o per
pound; Logan borrius, $1.351.50 per
crate; raspberries, $1.7531.85 por
crato; blackberries, 8c per pound.
Vogotables Beans, 57c por pound;
cabbngo, 14 o per pound; corn, 2535c
per dozen; cucumhors, 75c$l por box;
lottuce, head, 25o por dorcn; onions,
1012fic por doron; peas, 45c per
pound; radishes, 1015o por dozen;
rhubarb, 3c per pound; spinach, 23c
por pound; tomatoes, $1.252.25 ppr
box; parsloy, 25c per box; squash, $1
1.25 per crato; turnips, 00c$l per
Back; carrots, $11.25 por Back; boots,
$1.251.50 per rack.'
Onions New red, lQlKc por
pound; new yellow, l?42oper pound.
Potatoes Fancy graded uurbanics,
old. 4050o per sack (110 pounds); or
dinary, nominal; nev, Oregon, 76c
11.50.
Butter Fancy creamery, 17 J.210
per pound.
Eggs Oregon rancb. jjijhzo per
dozen.
Poultry Average old hens, 12&
ISo per pound; mixed chickenB,
12o; fryers, 1017o; brollors, 15
lOkJo; roosters, OQlOc; drosBed chick-
' . 4 !-.
ens, l4tloc; turoya, live, iousiu,
turkeys, dreBsed, choice, 1722)4c;
geoBe, live, 88go; uuckb, i-caiac.
Hops Oregon, 1005, lie; olds,
8o per pound.
Wool Eastern Oregon average best,
1828)tfti; valley, coarse, 228230;
fine, 24o; mohair, choice, 28 (8 30c pet
pound.
Veal Dressed, 5itf97o per pound.
Beef Dressed bulls, So per pound;
cows, 4JS85Ko; country steers, 50c.
Mutton Dressed, fanoy, 708o per
pound) ordinary, 6d0o; lambs, fanoy,
88Hc
Pork Dr-wd, 78)o per pound.
WILL I88UE PERMITS.
Agricultural Dopartmont Roady to En
force Heyburn Bill.
Washington, July 0. The Heyburn
30-hour livestock bill became a law
June 20, whon It was signed by the
prjsldent. Since that tlmo tho depart-
Uju. ui 4KrBivuro, wnicn is charged
with the adminiBtration of tha now
fltatuto, has made preparation to Issue
permits to all shippers of livestock who
care to avail tliemaelvefl of its more
liberal terms. The permits to make
shipments for periods longer than 28
hours can only be mado by authority of
the secretary of agriculture, and tboso
not obtaining such nnrmlin will h
quired to conform to the old law.
Tho Heyburn law, of couiee, applies
only to livestock shipped In cars that
havo no facilltlpR fnr fowMn in 4..n.i
" " .u llPUDUf
and which are so crowded as to deprive
inu biock oi rest wlille on the rail
Stock that is shipped in the more mod
ern cars, and which is regularly fed
and watered on the cars, is not affected
rjy tne law.
mi., liii i. ii
jliju uiu in us annroved form nrn
nlbltsany railroad from transporting
iiveBtocic irom one state to another for
period longer than 28 consecntivn
hours without unloading tho same into
proporly equipped pens for reat. feeding
and water, and it is stipulated that
tnese stopping periods aball be at least
fivo hours hi duration. In case of
storms or on account of other unfavor
able circumstances, shipments may be
prolonged beyond tbe 28-hour period
wiinout authority from the department
FINEST SHOTS IN THE WORLD
NEWS OF THE WEEK
American Army is Increasing Record
for Proficiency.
Washington, Juyl 9. In a letter to
... - . .
Acting Secretary Oliver, Proaident
BooBovelt has expressed bis gratiflca
tion at the remarkable progress that is
being made by tbo enlisted men of the
army in markinanehip. Before the
Spanish war tho American private sold
er was admittedly the finest shot in
the world. Tbe addition of the large
number of volunteers had tbe effect of
greatly reducing the average of the
riflemen. But since the reorganization
the army following the war. every
ellort bas been made to stimulate in
tereat in markmanship, and tbe result
tbat today tho average is probably
as high, if not higher, than it was at
tho beginning of tbe war.
Tho figures laid before the president
tbat elicited his approval shewed tbat
In 1003 there were, in tbe whole army,
58 expert riflemen, 304 sharpshooters
and 500 markemen, as the various
grades are known technically. In tbe
following year these figures had in
creased to 204 expert riflemen, 1,439
sharpshooters and 2,484 marksmen.
Now It shown that last year the recod
tood 596 expert riflemen, 3,371 sharp
shooters and 3,340 marksmen. Gene
ral Oliver attributed the Improvement
n large part to thn fact that congress
has allowed an increase of pay of $3
por month in tbo cose of expert rifle
men, Yi for sbarpsbooters and SI for
marksmen.
GRAND DUKES COWER.
Czar Asks for Aid to Escape Wrath
of His People.
Rt. Petersburg, July 0. According
to advices from Moscow, there are now
20,000 workmen on strike in tbe city,
and conditions are hourly becoming
moro threatening. All the police and
soldiers on duty there have been noti
fied to ufo tho strictest measures to
prevent crowda gathering in the streets
and to coirpol all porsons who cannot
show authority to keep off tbo streets
(ter nightfall.
Tho situation in the Caucasus is
threatening and a detachment of Cos
eacks, armed with rapid fire guns, has
been dispatched there on a special
train.
It is asserted in official circles in St.
Petersburg tbat tbe gianu dukes are
taking the most gloomy view of the
tuation. All are said to have sent
thoir valuables to Paris and other Eu
ropean centers and to be ready to flee
tbe country at an hour's notice. '
Tho rumor is again afloat that the
czar una aeKea mat one oi tne powers
send a warship to wait at a convenient
point to take on the royal family in
caBe of a revolution and convey them
to a place of safety.
Secretary Wilson to Visit Stockyards.
Washington, July 9. Secretary of
Agriculture WilBon, accompanied by
Soliictor McOabe, Dr. Mulvn, chief of
tho bureau of animal industry, and Dr.
Dorset, chairman ol the biochemic di
vision, left for Chicago this afternoon
to make a personal inspection of tho
Chicago pveking institutions. "Before
drafting tho regulations for the enforce
ment of the law, I want to eeo what is
going on for myself," said Secretary
Wilson today. "My stay In Chicago
may run two weeks. I have not map
ped out any itinerary."
Needs Faster Cruisers.
London, July 9. It is stated that
tho Admiralty has decided, after the
lesson at the recont maneuvers, that
thero is need of more and faster cruiB
ers to proteot British commerce. The
cruisers are decided to have too small a
coal carrying capacity and thorofore
UBoless when It becomos necessary to
sond them on misrioiiB requiring a
largo steaming radius. The proposed
new crulsors will carry only a few
heavy guns.
Call for Designs for Big Ship.
Washington, July 0. Secretary Bon-
aparte has issued a circular inviting
ship designers and shipbuilding firms
to submit plans for the 20,000-ton bat
tleship authorised by congress. Tbe
naval bureaus have also been instructed
to prepare like plans for oomparlsoa.
In a
Condensed Form for
Busy Readers.
HAPPENINGS OF TWO CONTINENTS
A Resume of the Less Important but
Not Less Interesting Events
of the Past Week.
The war in Central America may in
volve Honduras and Nicaragua.
Tbe government has begun an inves
tigation of the elevator business.
Italy wants Great Britain and France
to reduce their standing armies and
says sho will do likewise.
Thirty-nine laundry companies of
Cincinnati, Ohio, have been indicted
for violating the anti-trust law.
Tho only hope of averting an open
contest in Russia is for tbe czar to
jnako terms with the moderates.
Esther Mitchell and Mrs. Creffield
admit they conspired to kill Georiio
Mitcbell. No others were in tbe plot
The vttican is fast falling into decay
and it will be necessary for the pope to
spend $100,000 to put the building in
condition.
japan eaya sue is not trying to mon
opolizo tbe Mancburlan trade, but that
tbe door is wide open and every coun
try has an equal chance to capture the
prize.
The whole of the province of Vero
nezn, uuaaia, is anected by excesses
arising from the agrarian movement
Tho peaBanta are rising everywhere and
burning estates.
-bxteriBive reforms are proposed in
the British army.
Some of Bryan's admirers eay he will
organize a now party.
Tbe Russian, cabinet has offered its
resignation to the czar.
Anarchy reigns in Russia and open
rebellion is expected at any time.
Thousands of Jewe aro fleeing from
Russia. It is claimed 40,000 left War
saw in a single day.
I'ne most destructive Ore In aU years
has lust swept Stockholm, Sweden.
The loss is placed at $710,000.
Captain Dreyfus has been declared
innocent and will be restored to bis
old rank and shortly promoted.
Ex-President Regalado, of Salvador,
bas been killed in battle wbile leading
a force againet the Guatemalan, troops
Tho grand jury of the District of Col
umbia tias indicted tbe ice company
officials of Washington for conspiring
to control and raise tbe price of ice.
Admiral Ohouknin, commander of
the Russian Black Bea fleet, died from
the wound inflicted by a eailor in re
venge for tbe admiral having refused to
pardon some men who had mutinied.
The Longwortha are visiting in Paris.
Lord Roberts wantB a larger British
army.
Rebels are in full control of Motto
G rosso, Brazil.
The rzar has offered to appoint a
Democratic! cabinet.
The open door in Manchuria is block'
ed by Japan, who is absorbing the
trade.
The upper house of the (Russian par
lament favors the abolishment of tbe
death penalty.
Admiral Rojestvensky has been ac
quitted. It was held tbat on account
of his wounds be was not responsible
Turkey opposes having an American
ambassador, fearing thereby tbat tbe
American claims will be forced upon
the sultan.
Leroy Beaulieu, the great French
historian, predicts the overthrow of the
czar unlesB he yields to the demands
of the people.
More than 1,000,000 immigrants en
tered the United States through the
New York station during the fiecal year
ending Juno 30 last. Tbe immigrants
brought with them $19,000,000.
Cossack troops have reluBed to serve
on police duty.
grand jury is after the ice truat of
Washington, D. C.
After a boycott of three years Great
Britain has received a minister from
Servia,
A regiment of Russian cavalry has
mutinied and barricaded themselves in
the barracks at Tambor.
Tho Civil Service commission has re
commended the inclusion of the Inter
nal Revenue service in Jho classified
eervlco,
Tho Chicago council proposes tho
death penalty for assailants of women
and children. Attacks have become so
frequent a womtui ia not now safe in
her own home.
The vice president and general man
ager ol tbe new l oric uontrai ottered
to go belore a grand jury and tell what
he knew about rebates and thus secure
mmunlty, but his offer has been re
fused.
So far American engineers have not
succeeded in gaining any Idea of the
plans of the big British battleship
Dreadnaught which will help them In
the construction of the largest battle
ship afloat for the navy of the United
States.
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TRUMPET CALLS.
flitrn'M Horn Sound n IVarnlwr Nota
o tho Unredeemed.
HEY who seek
tho lost nlwnyfl
find Ills lovo.
Little lusts giro
tho devil his best
hnnd-bolds.
Tho world's
work has no
greater foo than
tho whlner.
The religion
that Is not giving
Is usually groan
ing.
Opportunities are only- boles knocked
lti tho walls of difficulty.
Heaven can always become a closer
environment than earth.
All culture must be measured by its
contribution to tho soul.
Regeneration Is spiritual heredity
overcoming that of flesb.
True parenthood Is a perfect sermon
on tbe Father In Heaven.
We can always have His face near
er to us than our failures.
You cannot live right when you aro
feeding your mind on folly.
Almost all things wc get for nothing
cost more than they are worth.
With many the wisest thing to do
Is to say nothing and Htlck to .It
Keep your heart fallow and you can
be sure of fat crops from God's seed.
When the, church Is a refrigerator car
It Is traveling under false pretenses.
A man needs to pray for himself
when the offering spoils the sermon.
It's the man who Is always crowing
who Is most likely to have to eat crow.
There Is no promise that the Holy.
Ghost shall come to the ghastly church.
They who have tbe Joy of finding tho
lost never desire the pleasures of tbe
lost
Many are willing that Gofl should
lead them If they may show Him the
way.
A man does not secure the wedding
garment by his fidelity to the mode
here.
A good deal of our faith In revival
ists Is to cover our failure to do their
work.
The men who proclaim the reign of
law In nature often forget It In their
souls.
Many shepherds never go nfter the
one until they have sheared tbe ninety
and nine.
I
TRAGEDY UNDER THE SEA.
Kate of a Diver Whoie Helmet
Stranselr Came Unfaatened.
An accident which U described as
without precedent In the history of
diving operations bas been tbe subject
of magisterial Inquiry at Slmonstown.
Iwo divers, Kramlng and Macpball,
were at work at some levels on the new
dockyard works at Slmonstown. They
were working at a depth of about fifty
feet, and, though they did not go down
together, they met under water, and
were, It appeared from tbe evidence.
discussing by signs the position In re
sard to the levels on which they were
working.
According to the statement of the
mrvlvor, Macphail, he saw bis com
panion's helmet suddenly fly off. In
this desperate position the drowning
man clung to Macpball, who gave the
ilgnal to tbe boat overhead to haul In,
and the two men were drawn up to
within ten feet of the surface. At this
point the hauling censed, the men In
the boat being unable to raise tho
heavy weight further, and Macpball
was compelled to loose his hold of bis
drowning comrade, who sank to the
reached the ' meant
bottom. Tbo other man
boat, and Immediately went down
again, but Kramlng was lying faco
downward on the bottom, and was dead
when they finally got him to the sur
face.
No explanation was forthcoming of
how It was.posslble for the man's hel
met to come unfastened. It was stated
to have been adjusted properly when
he entered tho water, npd the two
divers were said to hnro been on per
fectly good terms, no question as to
tho possibility of foul play being
raised. Tho verdict was simply that
the man was drowned, but tbe magis
trate confessed that the manner in
which the helmet became unfastened re
mained a mystery. Cane Town Corre
spondence London Chronicle.
Upper-Ten Child My papa is abroad.
Is yours? Lower-Ton Child Yep. Mine
Is at largo ag'In. New York Weekly.
Jack How Is It you lavish so much
affection on tboso dumb brutes? Ella
'For want of something better. Judge.
Lady Customer (In baker's shop, to
ship girl) Aro theso buns to-day's, bo-
I cause what I bought yesterday weren't;
Punch.
Woman's Ages. He: "They say' a
man has seven ages." She: "Women
are more stable They have ono age
and stick to It,"
Well Answered. Mistress : "Do you
like children?" Applicant for Nurso:
"Do yes Ixpect to git a Roosevelt fer
four dollars a week?"
"Mamma, Is It possible to bate any
one you havo never met and don't know
personally?" "Certainly, darling;
don't we all hate 'Central?'" Life.
Suspicious. "What Is the prisoner's
reputation for truth and veracity?" "I
don't know, except that I have fre
quently seen him go past with a fishing
pole."
Mose Johnson Doan yo' hate to sea
a woman's hands covered wlf rings?
Pete Perslmmons--Ah suttlnly does.
Ah'd as soon git hit wlf brass knuckles 1
Puck.
As It Ought to Seem. "Hans, how
long have you been married?" "Veil,
dis Is a ting that I seldom don't like
to talk about but ven I does, It seems
so long as It never vas."
Shocking. "What would you- do If
I should give you a penny?" asked tho
old lady. "Madame," replied the beg
gar, "I am afraid I should be compelled
to Invest It In a nerve tonic"
Miss Debutte Now tbat you'ro grad
uated from college, don't you miss tbo
outdoor exercise? Mr. Greenwun Not
especially. You see, I'm serving sub
poenas for a law-firm now. Puck.
"How dare you laugh at our Investi
gation?" said the Irate statesman.
"Thought It was the proper thing to
do," answered the financier. "Was told
It would be a farce." Washington
Star.
Regrets. A country paper has this
personal Item: "Those who know old
Mr. Wilson of this place personally will
regret to hear that he was assaulted In
a brutal manner last week, but was not
killed."
His Hope. Mother: "Oh, you bad
boy I Dirty bands again! I'm afraid
you're a hopeless case." Tommy (eager
ly) : "Ob, ma, does 'hopeless' mean
you're going to give up talking about
It?" Philadelphia Ledger.
Yellow a Peril. "What broke up the
Ladles' Debating Society?" "The lead
ing member was told to prepare an es
say on the yellow peril. She did so,
and the opening sentence read: 'Yel
low apparel Is very trying to most com
plexions.' "
Miss Skreecher What sort of songs
do you like best Mr. Suphrer7 Mr.
Suphrer Tbe songs of the seventeenth
century. Miss S. How odd! Why do
you prefer them? Mr. S. Because no
body ever sings 'em nowadays. Cleve
land Leader.
Modern Natural History. Tbe teach
er had been telling tbe class about the
rhinoceros family. "Now name soma
things," said he, "that It Is dangerous
to get near to, and that have horns."
"Automobiles," promptly replied little
Robbie Bright
"No," he said, "I'm not sure whether
my wife's Christmas gift to me was
Prehistoric Incubator.
The use of incubators In the hatchlnc
of eggs Is not n new process. On the
contrary, it dates back to tho ancient
Egyptians who often hatched eggs of
various fowls In clay ovens heated to
tho proper temperature.
With tho dying out of .the Egyptians.
tho science of Incubation, like so many
of their others arts, went with them,
and it wii8 thought that It was ono of
tho lost arts until Reamur regained It
In tho last century.
Stcreot ypluif.
Tho first nttempt at stereotyping In
America was made In 1775 by Benjamin
Mecom, a printer at Philadelphia. Pro
lans to this tlmo the Dutch had stereo
typed n prayer book in 1771.
Tho first printing press In Americn
was established In 1030 at Cambridge,
Ma 88,
Civilisation Shortens Ktiutiie Mr-.
Tho Ufo of the horse Is said to have
been reduced by civilization. At the
ago of 2(1 tho domestic animal Is us old
as if It had lived thirty years In a freo
state. '
There Isn't much fun In making lovi
to a girl If sho kuows you really uieuu
It
to please me or to bumble my
pride." "Whnt did she give you?"
"She had a crayon portrait of me made
by an amateur artist" English Illus-
.trated Magazine.
I Miss Watkyns Where is Mr. Cash-
lelgh now? Mr. Wllkyns I don't know
exactly. Somewhere up In Canada.
Miss Watkyns Why, I didn't know
that he was going away. Mr. Wllkyns
The bank directors didn't either.
Somervlllo Journal.
Governor (at the consul's party) I
remember your faco perfectly, Blr, but
pour name for tho moment has escaped
aie. Stranger I am delighted to meet
your again, your excellency. My name
Is Ivan Petrovltch Swercczsklskl.
Somervllle Journal.
Patient Doctor, I frequently expe
rience a hissing sound In my ear.
What would you advise me to do? Doc
tor What Is your occupation? Pa
tient I'm nn actor. Doctor Then IM
advise you to get some other kind of
a Job. Chicago Dally News'.
First Attempt "Do you keep sllk
ollne?" asked Mrs. Youngwlfe of tho
dry goods clerk. "I am sorry, madam,
but we are all out of It to-day." "Oh,
what a pity! I did want It awfully.
But If you haven't It, I will have to
make something else nnswer. Please
give me two yards of cottolene."
"So you can't help stealing?" asked
tho magtatrnte, kindly. "No, your
honor, an Impulse comes over mo that
I can't resist." "To bad, too bad! Ati
impulso to send you up for six monthn
Is gottlng hold of me. Thero! It's got
hold. Six months; can't resist. Im
pulso Is a wondorful thing." Ex.
Advantages of Yells. Successful
Farmer (whoso son has been to col
lege) : "What was all that howllu' you
was doln' out In th grove?'" Cultured
Sou: "X was merely showing Miss
Brlghteyes whnt a college yell Is like."
Farmer: "Wall, colleges Is some good
after all. I'm goln' Into town to sell
some truck to-morrow. You klu g
along an' do th' calllaV
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