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NTIMACIES of Court and Society; !
An Unconventional Narrative of
I'noffletal Days," by the widow
of an .-American diplomat. - This
HTrnmipgrraJiaBlT- Wis of the
mot Important books brought out this
season, and presages well for the char
acter of literature that may be looked
for. the coming year.
Tha dlsappolntmentne feels, how
ever, thathe au-thor has thought best
to veil t'r 'identity is with the reader
through tb entire book, though Jt ts
obvious whr she would prefer giving
her narrative that way. If she had
made the authorship public, many of
the little Incidents of the bopk would
have been too personal to relate," hence,
in choosing to, refuse JSer name to her
readers, she has chosen the least of
two evils, for certainly there is nothing
in . the book that could have been
omitted with profit As she saya la
the Introduction: "This Is an uncon
ventional narrative- of a few official
And many unofficial days. In five of the
capitals of Europe, at Government
House, Canada, and at Washington, D.
TV" The writer begins, her story on
the morning when her husband left her
In New York to go to Washington, to
cet a final answer as to a secretaryship
lie was applying for; she telle so naive
ly of her anxiety, and of her husband's
return, when, after a little .teasing he
delivered the message of the president
?The president said to tell you that
every embssy Is American territory,
and if you have a son, born over there
it will not prevent htm from being
president-of the United JtajeBblmself
some 6ij.T-:;t
Then she tells of the delightful pr
parations, so homelike, and loving; of
her mother's gift of her own wedding
tlress, with the wonderful lace, that had
heen laid away In rose leaves for so
many years, and than later, of how it
baved a humiliating situation. Just
these little touches of intimacy with the
writer Is what lends an ' Irresistible
inarm to the book and colors the en
tire story with a warm and delicate
gloW. ' " y"-.-
The writer bar a faltllful "Marie"
who adds some touches of homely hu
mor, and looked after the dignity as
well as the domestic' arrangement of
the secretary and bis wife and, rather
amusingly, spurs the family, to their
proper standard by insisting upon styl
ing the young secretary "excellency."
Marls Is quite worth mentioning In
the list of diplomats. That tha diploma
tic service of America is on an ex
cellent relative position with other na
tions Is seen when the writer Bays:
"The prestige of the American in the
iliplomatlc corps Is undisputed. He
Hands for a government which would
probably hold the balance of power in
n international difficulty, the only one
i' hose independent policy Is not influ
enced by desire for conquest, whose
jiuanclal resources could perhaps make
r ruin a nation's credit In i day."
This at once establishes the social foot
ing upon which the writer and her hus
band entered, upon taking jup their -dfc
ilomatie duties, arid will account for i
the close and Intimate relation which
they enjoyed during their 20 years of
service, with the most (exclusive aeta, :
rs well as with titles and royalty. Evi
dently, though, from thia narrative, the
"grand- mansion" Is not. as necessary
m adjunct to social position abroad,
as it Is in America, for the housing of
lie diplomats by the United States. Is
soundly scored, and reference is made
10 the attempt of Nicholas Longworth
-to fire the seal of his countrymen to
provide more suitable, residences for its
representatives abroad, after he had
been so lavishly entertained by them
vhon he was a visitor on his wedding
tonf. . ":
The first court and people to receive
the writer a attention is France, with
it all centering about Paris, though at
i he time jshe writes of, there was nd
. Krench court Just a plain republic with
President Fallleres, and his exceedingly
plain wife, "the type of the Petite
Uourgeolsle or lower middle class of the
Muth, descended from1 generation of
women honest and modest, whose ex
istence has been centered In the home,
n keeping it In order , ,, a
type conserved through the generations
and seemingly as little Impressed with
Hie march ot time as tha Sphinx of
Kgypt"
Quite a conspicuous place la given on
reyeral pages dealing with the old roy
alist set of France, to "Maggio .Mitch
til," the Oregon girl" who married La
I'.oehefoucauld. a scion or one of the
Mueat blooded families of France. Of tha
French gallant she says: "You must
. not expect him to remember. It is the
Mip of the hour he drains to the dregs.
"There Is no tomorrow." .
One of the most interesting parts
of the narrative is "Court Life in Ft.
Petersburg." Paris, London and even
the Italian court, those upon the outer
circle one occasionally gets a glimpse of,
but the Russian court is so forbidding,
8 austere and so ' Ihut away Iroih the "
common herd that this lntlinat view
and delightfully, familiar contact with
It even though It be through a book.
gives one the feeling of having' traveled
into a strange land and while meeting
the bear upon his native -snow,, of ab
sorbing some of the warmth and wealth
of its palaces as well. ...
And thus the writer goes from eltv to
city to Rome, to Berlin, to St, Peters
burg, to London and Canada, meeting
not only tile great people of each city.
but the .most distinguished of the world,
as they gathered, from time to time, for
coronations, festivals or International
conferences. '
No keener observer ever occupted the
vantage ground of diplomats service,
to better purpose, nor more brilliantly
recorded the things that passed before
her view,, or In which she took a lively
and interested part than this writer.
While she does not give away diplo-
matlc secrets, or reveal political Intrigue
oi any Kina, or wmcn sue no couot saw
a plenty, it is a study of the diplo
matic -service from start to finish. To
be sure, it shows. Its bright attractive
side, and perhaps more of that than
the other,, still there la another, and
it often comes in very small ways, as,
for instance, the Insistence of" many
American women to be presented at
court, when it would be a serious breach
of. court etiquette to do .it; the calls
that ar made upon the diplomat's purse
by stranded tourists, and many, things,!
not told,' but inferred from the narra
tive... :;
In closing her story after a visit to
Washington, the writer seems almost
unconsciously to realize that she has
been too long at the courts of thj old
world to enjoy the garish display of
money and riches that have built up
American society. - The book clones with
this significant remark! "As we salltd
back to the other side of the world, I
said goodbye with disyiusions and a
good deal of relief. And we both eager
ly hailed the prospect of living a.rain
In Europe, where there still remain
some millionaires who are nobodies. ' .
The book has a great number of most
interesting illustrations, reproduced
from rare and exclusive photographs,
and.it la handsomely bound and printed
in good, clear type. Dodd. Mead & Co.
Price 12.50, -
"The House on the Mall." by Edgar
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pen while ha leads from room to room,
hall, ' underground passages and whirl
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those who dare oppose the "Chief," and
even the roof itself Is a part of the
wonder of the story. A beautiful girl
and a wealthy American form the ro
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making between murders and the read
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"Rules for Right Living and Right
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tials "E. A. W." though tha title page
does not carry the name of the compiler,
for author there is none, except as they
wrote the great Bible rules of conduct
and living. "v
The arrangement, of these rules, In
this little book, is very fine, and some
how they look more attractive when
brought together without numbered
paragraphs than they do when we see
them in the Bible. , Then we never
there get these ' precepts bunched to
gether, and systematized as they are In
this arrangement under definite shead
ings, as for instance, under "Forgive
ness," we find, . "Take heed to your
selves; if they brother trespass against
thee, rebuke him; and if he repent for
give him." Under this -heading there
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so we find groups pertaining to every
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G
, Helen. R. Martin, whose new story of
Pennsylvania Dutch life 'The Fighting
Doctor, Is published this month by The
Century company,, writes of these Inter
estlng people from the outside point of
viewr-eomlng as she does of mingled
German Lutheran and southern stock.
This viewpoint Is one strong point of
difference between Mrs. lartin's stories
and those of some other writers who are
themselves of Pennsylvania Dutch, blood
and so see the Pennsylvania Dutch life
and peoDle from the Inside. - -
Mrs. Martin's first success, "Tlllle: A
Mennonite Maid," has gone into its
twelfth edition.
Forest Service Seeks Relatives
of Men Killed in Fires "Near
Wallace, Idaho.
This Wife
and Mother
Wishes to tell you FREE
How She Stopped
Her Husband's Drinking
By all Mean Write to Her
and Learn how She did it.
For over 20 year James Anderson of H6
fZ'.m Ave., Hillburn, N. Y., was a very hard
pinker. Hii case seemed a hopeless one,
put 1U years ago his wife
in their own little home,
Cave him a simple
remedy which much to
her delight stopped his
drinking entirely.
To . make sure that
the remedy was respon
sible; for this happy
. result she also tried it on
runacv-
ors.
in
-f. her brother and
r' f V ' '"'erneighboi
1 , . It was successful
, ' T., every case. Non&of them
tas touched a drop of intoxicating liquor since,
i She now wishes everyone who has drunk
tr.nese in their homes to try this simple
tsmedy for she feels sure that it will do as
nuch for others as itjjas for her. It can be
piven secretly if desired, and without cost
(He will gladly and willingly tell you what it-is-
All you have to do is write her a letter
sklnjf her how she cured her husband of
f.rinking and she will reply by return mail in
i ealed envelope. As she has nothing to sell
oo not jend her monev. Simply send a. letter
with till rtmnderireto''MfrMararcrAndcrr
ton at the adJrcts given above, taking tare
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"The Pathbreakers From River to
Ocean,', by Grace Raymond Hebard, Ph.
D. In her preface the writer gives due
Importance to the place In history oc
cupied by the settlement of the west.
believing itrfo be one. of the most mo
mentous events In the world's history.
8he believes also that children cannot
be too strongly Impressed with the
courage, fortitude and heroism of the
pioneers, who crossed over the vast un
trodden wilderness, climbed the moun
tain ranges and established a new civi
lization in the fertile valleys of tha
west For the children, then, more than
for any one else-rthough the adult will
rind lier book most entcrtilnina she
has prepared this volume. It is con
structed upon the lines of a text book
and could very well, and with profit,
09 put to scnooi use.
Believing that no hlBtory could be
complete. Which dealt with the devel
opment of the west, without mentioning
those first explorers- Dr. Hebard has
commenced her narrative with a brief
sketch of Coronado, the Verendeyes,
Lewis and Clark and Zebulon Pike.
From the expedition - of Lewis and
Clark the writer takes up the various
stages of development, the fur trad
ers, the great trails, the missions, Fre
mont's explorations, gold discoveries.
soiaiers ana settlers, cows and cow
boys and finally the huilding of the
transcontinental railroads. Each phase
she has sketched graphically and faith
fully, but briefly, an would . be necea
sary in a book of 250 pages, covering
such a vast and important period of
history, . i. ; ,
The work seems to - be remarkably
fair and accurate ia its presentation of
facts and takes no side In Questions
that have been hotly, debited, endeav
oring only to present situations and
conditions as they have been recorded
and preserved by the best authorities.
The book is lavishly Illustrated, many
of the pictures taketo from ; rare : old
prints or SKetcncs, ana are often as
unique as they are interesting. As
whole, the work Is a valuable addition
to the already numerous histories o
the west, and It Ik of particular value
to Oregon, for, with the whole of the
great northwest being once Oregon, the
name must go down the ages as th;
most significant in all that vast terri
tory. .:.;.' : -;. .". i ? V ,; -. .
There Is but one regret in -the entire
book, and that meets the reader on the
frontispiece, and it Is, that, while hon
oring the heroine, Sacajawea, of the
Lewis and Clark expedition with tli-e
most prominent place, the author did
not show her as she. stands in bronze,
a perpetual monument to her courage
and endurance. The one reproduced in
the book was. made Of plaster, by the
noted sculptor, ZIrnm, and stood tem
porarily In the exposition grounds at
St. Louis. Whether it has fallen to
decay or not, e cannot say, but it was
not made for time,' while the magnifi
cent bronze in she city park at Port
land and tlie one later erected at Bis
marck, N. P.. will endure through all
the ages! One of these should have
had the place. The book Is from.Uhe
or cnuia go: ,
MONEY READY FOR
FIRE SUFFERERS
(Bpeelil to The JosreiLl
Spokane. Wasn., Feb. Z4.--Relatlves
of 32 men who lost their lives and 77
men who were Injured while fighting
fires In the Coeur d'Alerie national' for
est near Wallace, Idaho, the summer of
1910, are sought by Roscoe Haines, su
pervisor of the forest, stationed at
Coeur d'Alenc, Idaho, regarding, the dis
trlbution of the recent appropriation by
congress for. forest fire sufferers.
Few of the men, who came from va.
rlous parts of the United States and
Canada, and enlisted to fight fire, gave
their home addresses, hence the forest
service has been unable to get Into
touch wlfh relatives of the dead and
injured. - ; , ....
Following is a list of the undent)
fled -dead, also .the names of the In
jured who are entitled to benefits: The
dead: K. Anderson, August Berger, C
Buck, "William Casey, James Donahue,
h-d Dunn, M. Milo, Ralph Ekhoen, Joe
Fern, Kdward Frye, J. J. Harp, Sara
Hull, John Hess, Harry Jackson, L,
Johnson, . Gus Johanson, Ed Murphy,
George McGurK. W. F. Norton, M. Phil
welser. Pork, Frank 8anders, James
Btevens, Frank Bkeychell. F. D. Bwick.
Harry Smith, Louis Shoman. Loui
Thomln, Glenn Taylor, L. Ustlo, Rich
ard Woods and Thomas Welch.
The injured: John Albert, Knute Ber
gcr, David Bailey, E, E. Baldwin. 'J. tlT.
Bell, Herbert Brown, Fre4 Butler, John
Casey. Ed Conroy. Luclan Contee, R,
Coombs, Thomas Cowan, H, D. Crouse,
M. Darrlck, J. G. Davidson, T. B. Du
mas, William Ecker, Thomas Farley,
F. B. Faulk, Henry Fisher, Charles
Frank, J. J. GrRham, Charles Hanson,
John. Hasker, E. Herta, A. Hey man
Hickman,, Herbert Hlms, E. A. Hoi
brook, Henry James, V. Jergens.'Tom
Kclley. 8. P. KniBht. R. Logue, G.
Luther. Robert McGinnls, James Mo
Sherry, Ed Milan, Mike Miller. William
Mondan, John Morrissey, Hugh Morr
son, : Martin ' Morton, Thomas Murphy
Thomas Nelson, Pat O'Donnell. Frod
Owens. Thomas ' J. O'Retlley, Mathew
Parsick, Walter Parsons, J, Reed
Charles Rich, Nick Ross. Charles' Ryan
Thomas Riley, August Salmi, Theodore
St. Clarl, Allen Sheldon, Harry Smith
J. Smith, J. Boderstrum, Herbert Stan
ton, Jesse Stein, Bert Stewart, &. W.
Stockston, A. R. Sullivan, M. Susie, Ja
cob Vlasic, Joe Walte. Tony Wake, G.
W. Ward, Charles Wedd and George
Williams.
1M1C
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Born at
Point Pleas
ant, 0.,
.prir27, 1822.
Died at
lit McGregor,
July 23, 1885
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ULYSSES SIMPSON GRANT
GENERAL AKD PRESIDENT.
ENERAL ULYSSES SIMPSON
GRANT, t like most men of a
many-sided character, Invited a
number of nicknames, many of
which became so -popular as to
come into general use.- The nicknames
by which Grant was familiarly known
were "unconditional jsurrenaer," uia
Three Stars," "Hero of Appomattox,"
The American Caesar, and "The Tan
ner President" .
The most familiar of all these names
and the only one that Grant, the presi
dent and private citizen, ever recognized
as being typical of him Is "Uncondi
tional Surrender." The application pf
this name to Grant was brought about
through his use of the two words in a
dispatch when dealing with General
BUckner for the surrender of Fort Don
aldson la 1862.
The dispatch to Buckner was ' dated
February 16, -1863, and read as fol
lows: '.-.- ''"' ,r""
"General S. B. Buckner, Confederate
Army-Sir: Youra of this date propoa-
lng armistice and appointment of com
missioners to Set the terms of capitula
tion Is Just received. No terms except
an unconditional and Immediate . sur
render can be accepted. v I propose to
move Immediately upon your w,orks. I
am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient
servant, U. S. GRANT,'
; ; "Brigadier General." ,
By a singular coincidence this nick
name Is doubly suitable, for the two
words begin with the initials of Gen
eral Grant The original copy o tnis
dispatch was for some time In the hands
of Dr. James K. Wallace, of Litchfield,
Conn., who received it November 28,
1868. from . his relative by marriage,
General James A. Rawlins, who as chief
of staff to General Grant had the cus
tody, after the capture, of General Buck-
ner'e papers. It is now in "Tha Dreer
Collection" at the Historical 8oclety of
rennsyivania. . ,
Grant'a laconic demand for uncondi
tional surrender, in Bis reply to General
Buckner's overtures, became at once a
watchwbrd of the war. Equally famous
is the dispatch which forms a portion of
a letter, written by Grant to General
Halleck during tha struggle in tne wu
deroess at the close of the slxthday of
very l heavy- fightlngui'I propose - to
fight It outOB ihia line if It takes all
summer. ' .
As showing how Grant practiced his
attitude, of self-reliance is . best ex
pressed- In an anecdote related by Gen
eral Wilson at the close of the war.
On the night before Sherman began his
march to tha sea, he and Wilson talked
long and confidentially by the camp
fire. Suddenly i Sherman exclaimed:
Wilson, I'm a great deal smarter man
than Grant; I see things a great deal
more quickly than be does; I know
more about law and history and war
and neaHy everything else than he does,
but I II tell you Where he beats me, and
beats the world he don't care a d
for what he can't see the enemy doing.
and It scares jne like h
But Grant himself explains his hav
ing acquired self reliance in this way:
"When I led my troops into the first
battle I ; would have given anything
then to have been back in Illinois, but
I had not the moral courage to retreat
and consider what to do.' I kept right
on. The place where Harris, my oppo
nent, had been camping was still
there, but the troops were gone. My
heart resumed its place, it-occurred
to me at once that Harris had been as
much afraid . of me as I had been of
him. This was a view or. the situation
had never taken before, but It was
one I never iorgot arterwaras. From
that event to the close of the War I
never experienced trepidation upon con
fronting an enemy, though I always felt
more or less anxiety. I never forgot
that the enemy had as much reason to
fear my forces as I had his." -
A gTeat secret of his success its al
ways credited to his indomitable per
slstence. When General Grant " pro-
TIP
posed to throw his army below Vicks
burg his plan was opposed by all hi
generals, even by Sherman. He per
sisted, however, and this caused the fall
of vicksburg. ,
In writing of this side of Grant's
character, Hamlin Garland says:
"jven at if yeara.or age he , had a
superstition that to retreat was fatal.
wnen ne.aet hand to any plan, or
started on any Journey, he felt the ne
cessity, of going to any turn of the
lane or the end of the furrow. He was
resolute and unafraid always,' a boy to
be trusted and counted upon--sturdy,
capable of hard knocks. If he said, 'I
can do that,' he not merely meant that
he would tr to do it, but also that he
had thoughtrhls way to the successful
end Qf his undertaking. . He was an
unusually determined and resourceful
Doy." .i...' :.',.. '-
In connection with the nicknames of
Grant it is interesting, the story of
now ms name came to oe chanced from
Hiram Ulysses Grant to Ulysses Simp
son Grant Preparations were being
made to send young1 Grant to West
Point. Among the other effects ht
was to take wth him was a new trunk
purchased for . the .'occasion, and on
which he had his initials, H. U. G
painted in large- letters. When the
trunk came home, Grant rebelled at the
initials. "It spells 'hug,' " he said, "and
the boys will make fun of me." -So he
had the letters changed to U. H. G.. and
as Ulysses H. Grant he signed his name
on tne books of the academy.
But here he found his name was to
be changed again, for the congressman
who appointed him, knowing his peo
ple assumed . that his middle name
was Simpson, for his mother's family.
had sent his nomination in for Ulysses
S. Grant. As such it must stand, and
under this name, by which he was to be
"known o fame, Grant entered West
Pdint, an unwilling candidate for mili
tary nonors. - : .-
unconditional . Surrender" Grant
hated war. He engaged in it in a
business that must be done. His
propose to fight it out on. this line if
it taxes an summer," expressed exactly
nis sense or auty as a general. , He
considered the enemy only in the light
of an obstacle between him and his ob
jective point'.-' 't ':.;. :.:,.,:. : v.,.,
Grant . was without vlndictiveness.
no umuurcu resentment against no
body, not even the Jealous general who
made his progress to supreme command
a road -of thorns;: He never nuahed
himself forward. : In all his' years as
soldier he had never asked for tiro.
mouon, or rererrea. excent In the hrlf.
est official dispatches' to what he had
aone. - . - '"" . .'?:.;.-..
Grant was humane. iHa was keen tnr
taking prisoners. Every prisoner meant
one man less to fight;1 perhaps one life
less to take. In the memorable Inter
view wttn Lee at Appomattox. Grant
inea to sorten the edge of defeat for
Lee by talking of their former service
together In the Mexican war. That ha
succeeded he told in these lines In his
memories: "our conversation grew so
IJieaaani mai i almost forgot the ob
jecs . oi our meeting." Lee - gently
brought him back to the bus!
lay so close to both their hearts. They
talked of terms. S .
Here was Grant at his beat; th
warm hearted man with thfe maskllke
face. . softening R blow to a former
enemy, whom he treated like a brother.
At Ie's suggestion the terms were
written out, and In them, as Grant's
eyes fell on Lee's handsome sword, the
great commander interpolated a line.
unaer tne head of property to be sur
rendered: "This will not embracn aids.
arms of officers, nor their private horses
or baggage." Neither irennrnl hud
spoken of this. It was an expression
of the wlBh of Grant to spare his op
ponent pain. -
To this were added, ff ter tha terma
were written out, Grant's magnanimous
gift oV their horses to Lee's rflen who
owned the animals they rode -or drove.
i ney win need them on their little
farms." was Grant's thought
inis was tne ; highest exDrennlnn nf
me greamcss or Grant's chumr-tAr
He was great enough to be magnani
mous in victory, even as Lincoln was.
Lee. standing before hla
could bring himself only to say: '"This
wm nave a happy effect," and today
the south honors the name of Grant
equai wito tne north for that one touch
of humanity, so tender and far reach
ing that glorified the end of the awful
struggle between brothers in blood, and
heralded the new birth of the Union.
ANDOINTMEKT
Preserve ind Purify the
Complexion.
"Sam's Kid," by F. E. Mills Young.-
. Making CIiriMlmoiai Tinsel.:
Mrs. R. C. Miller In Leslie's.
Tinsel is one of the few Christmas
tree ornaments manufactured ' in the
United States, for Germany is the home
of the Christmas-tree decoration, and
even the raw material used in the
manufacture ' Is imported from that
country. It consists of spools of wire
almost as thin as sewing silk and is
purchased by the pound, a duty of S
cents per' pound being levied by the
United ' States customs. Last year one
Christmas-tree ornament factory in
Baltimore Imported ' 60,000 pounds of
tinsel wire, This factory conducts the
largest tinsel making business in the
United States and has an entire floor
of a big building taken up by the gar
land 'making machines, which, turn .out
thousands of yards of glittering' tree
decorations, The work goes on con-
tlntiously jhrquKhogt "",
several . hundred people arc employed,
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Jpurnal Want Ads bring results,
Remove Pimples ah
Blackheads
3
Allay Irritation, Redness
and Roughness
Soften and Whiten' the
Hands
Clear the Scalp of Dan
druff and Are
Unrivaled for the Toilet;
Bath and Nursery,
JTENDER-FACED MEN
Should jhav with etiiicuraSoap Shav
ing Stk'k. 1 Makes shaving a ptauure
instead ot a torture. At itorr or dt
iii-wni, nest r oawt; if 1
mM Cutu ura ftoap and Olntmrcld
STira 1 everywnere. hampin f ren. Auureas
-, Wutlcuxa," mt. ZU. Huston.
in the 1.0-oratory ty Trot " .vn
Graf; a Vtnturl water meter for ni ins
uring tha rate of flow of water; a
Dorry abrasion machine; u Gciii-rii
Electric steam metar for use In engine
pump tests; and many other pieces of
apparatus are also new additions to. the
laboratory equipment.
To accommodate wearers of the pre
vailing styles of millinery the doors
of an English automobile of the en
closed type have been made nearly as
large as the entire sides of the car..
Experiments are under way In Ger
many looking toward the construction
of a 16,000 horsepower gaa engine and
Swiss engineers are experimenting with
a gas locomotive.
ENGIKEERfNG WORK
VflLL BE EXTENDED
Two New Courses Planned at
Oregon Agricultural
College.
(Special to The Jonnul.l
Oregon Agricultural College; Corval
lis, pr., Feb. 24.--Two new courses In
the experimental engineering laborator
ies, at the Oregon Agricultural colleae
are to be given next year. Outlines are
being, prepased for the new cataloauo.
One course in the testing of mater
ials will be elective for Btudents . who
khave finished the work in the structural
materials laboratory. It will be an ad
vanced course In concrete testing, In
which the students will Investigate-)
airrerent metnous of reinforcement and
will test the permeability of different
mixtures for water-proofing compounds.
A second course In timber testing will
supplement the work In wood technology
given the senior forestry students. It
will Include experimental work In 4he
strength of timbers and the relation
between moisture content and strength
The recent addition of a number of
Important machines to the equipments!
thR"" CspfTTrncufaT"engTiicerliig labora
tories, as well as a large number of
leaner tools and Instruments, has great
ly increased the facilities for lnstruc-
BAR GAMS'
The following instruments will
be put on sale Feb. 26-27-28-29.
You cannot afford to buy else
where until you have investi
gated these prices and terms:
Beautiful Mahogany Piano, regular $325..... $170'
Beautiful Mahogany Piano, .regular 350. . !. .$187
Handsome Burl Walnut, regular, $350. ... . . . .$185
Handsome English Oak, regular $350 . . . $200
Victor, in beautiful mahogany, regular $375.. $235
Victor, ir satin finish walnut, regular $375. . . .$250
Victor, in quarter-sawed oak, regular $400. . . .$275
Bush & Lane, slightly used, regular' !$475 $337
Bush & Lane, slightly used, regular $475. . v .. $360
Bush & Lane, slightly used, regular $450 . . . . . $325
Bush &.'Lane Player, walnut . case, ;88-note, , .'
strictly up to date, only used for demonstrat-. 1
. ' ing, regular $85o 7. 7. . l , '. . r.T 77 . . 7 $650
Victor Player, mahogany,' taken in exchange
for Bush & Lane Player, regular $7.50 . , .-, .$525
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Also Several Other Bargains
These instruments can be purchased
on terms of $5 per month and upwards ,
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Are Youlnterested in fuel Expense?
I m::l. ,1 I 11.1
IF SO WE CAN SAVE
YOU FROM 25 TO . 40
PER CENT.
- The Shanklin Oil
Burner is the Very
. Best , for Furnaces,
Heating Stoves,
i Ranges, Bake Ovens
and Boilers. .
Call at 89 4th St,
opposite Chamber of
Commerce and Bee
demonstration. .
SUPERIOR OIL BURNER CO. Phone Main 3945
Taetorv '
E. 7th And Mill Stl.
' PhOM Salt 1680.
Alveolar Dentist ry
Has Become International
Does Away Entirely With Plates and Bridge Work.
Truth Travels Slowly
A littla over nine years ago the pat
ents wore Issued on the Alveolar method
of dentistry, the rights were acquired by
the Alveolar uentai jo., wew ono
Mlsaourl river and by the G. Gordon
Martin Co., east. About 140,000 peopte
in the United States are now wearing
teeth replaced by this method. Less
ttian two year ago no ngnis n uio
posed of across the oceans. At present
there Is one or more Alveolar offices
In most of the large .cities of Great
Britain, Europe and Japan. This alone
speaks volumes for the system. ,
Unusual in Quality
There Is no satisfaction In looking
less than altogether right at any time.
If Alveolar Teeth are absolutely right
that is beautiful, comfortable, natural
looking, and life everlasting, ami It
costs no more than brldgework, the
best of which is never entirely right
would you not prefer it? We have
treated many hundreds of the best peo
ple of this city and state and If there
are any who are not entirely satisfied
we would like to. know it Our Interests
are mutual, our business has grown
to be the largest high class dental busi
ness in the world. There muBt b ft
reason. 'Twas not by accident s
Briefly, the Alveolar, method. Ja. tbia;
TfVou' have two or moro teeth left in
either law. we can supply all that you
have lost wttli teeth as good,, so) id and
sound us the best set of natural teeth
ever grown in any human being's mouth.
Vi- r. . ... -. , - .
and a whole lot more beautiful than
nature's best product, without resorting
to such makeshifts as partial plates and
the unsanitary brldgework. Alveolar
teeth are not only beautiful,' but -they
are comfortable and durable. We guar
antee them to last a lifetime, where the
luiiBoviiy or onageworit is seldom ever
longer than 5 or 6 years and mmnrnii,,
a good deal less. It is never guaranteed
to last Dy any nrst class dentist who
In responsible and reliable, because h11
first class dentists will -tell you that
brldgework at best Is doubtful. It Is a -painful
operation and gives trouble from
the time It Is put in the mouth until it
has to be taken out , In many cases
where- brldgework Is impossible and in
all cases where it is possible, we cfth
replace your missing teeth with perfect
Alveolar teeth. The t pain Incident to
this work is practically none; the ex.
pense Is the same as the best bridge
work but in satisfaction . there Is no
comparison between the two.
CttrtM Fyorrheft (loose teeth), a dis
ease given up by most den,ttats as in
curable. Is another of our specialties
We cure It absolutely. It's a boastfui
statement to. make, but we do , any
thing that ia possible in dentistry, and
what we do is always of the very MKh
est class. Our booklets, Alveolar Den
tlstryi are free. Write for one, If you .
cannot call. We havo samples of aetual
cases In our offices to show. Come and 1
see Ihe worWABd--MHMidw-tf B8fis.
fied imtlents to refer vou - to 1
AI,TOIAB SElTTAXi k0.t DESTI3TS.
rortlanrt.. ALIngton bldg., loU ad Ht. "
Seattle. Ualght hldT.. id ami YinV
' Terms to Iteliable feoplt.
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