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THE NEW VALENTINE.
PEOPLE OF THE OÂY
I
The Republican Whip.
With the majority party !■ the house
Fortuno In Silver
of representatives divided ovar the
rules of procedure, the duties of John
Wilbur Dwight, the Republican whip,
have been decidedly on the strenuous IF YOU DO YOU ARE
order of late. Mr. Dwight is quite new
in the position of whip, his first expe
rience being in the ultra session last T mo Hundi *d Pounds
Would Givo You Only
summer, when he was kept busy lining
ths Samo Weight of
up his ps*y for the Payne tariff bill.
Give »54.050—Weight of
He succewled James E. Watson of In
JOHN W. DWIGHT
dlana, who for many years wielded
the majority whip. Mr. Watson gave
up congress to become the Republican
candidate for governor of Indiana in
1908, but was defeated at the polls.
Congressman Dwight is a native of
Dryden, N. Y., where he lias always
resided, and will be tifty-one next
May. lie represents the Thirtieth
New York district and was elected to
the Fifty-seventh congress to till a
vacancy. Since then he has been regu
larly returned. He is one of the most
popular members of his state delega
tion and has won fame ns a barino-
nlzer. It seems not unlikely that ho
will need all of this quality he pos-
senses for some time to come.
Nabuco a Versatile Genius.
Ambassador Nabuco of Brasil is one
of the most accomplished diplomats ii
Washington. It was said by Director
John Barrett of the pan-American bu
reau that he could write a treatise on
International law in English with his
right hand and a French poem wit-h
the other which would deceive the
critics into thinking it was the work
of some renowned [siet.
He was brought up in the days of
the Brazilian empire in a cultured
home full of the most refined asgocia-
tlons, and he says that tbe young men
of his country of that day spent their
time among books, while now the
young men of the same age take trips
to the United States and England to
complete their education along bust
ness lines. The ambassador has had
the benefit of both systems, and he
works at ills desk standing, present
ing an unusual appearance from his
six feet in height and military car
riage. He was an anient supporter of
the great emperor and one of the last
to be reconciled to his being driven
from the throne.
Minister to Persia.
From a clerkship in the department
of Justice twenty years ago to a port
folio in tlie diplomatic service is the
record of diaries W. Russell, recent
ly appointed minister to Persia. In
the meantime Mr. Russell had risen by
force of ability through the various
grades in the department to the post
of assistant attorney general.
During the first Roosevelt adminis
tration Mr. Russell was made a spo
clal assistant attorney glierai, in
charge of insular affairs, to look after
CHARLES W
RVBSKLL.
matters In our island possessions.
Then he was employed to investigate
the title to the Panama canal at the
time this government was alxuit to
acquire that property. In the course
of his investigation he went to Paris,
and his work was so well done that
Attorney General Knox adopted his
report after only a few days' examina
tion in the French capital on his own
account. Subsequently Mr. Russell
was engaged in making investigations
of various charges against Judges and
other federal officials, especially west
ern and territorial officers. In all his
work he has won the praise of bls
superiors.
The new minister Is a native of
Wheeling. W Vn.. and is fifty-three
years old. He was appointed assist
ant attorney general four years ago.
RomMeal ■■ Wall «• •eetiMeefel DM*
S •• s< This ▼
By M. QUAD.
(Copyright. 1910. by Associated Literary
Press. J
All tbs old liieas of valautlnaB, wit»
tflkair tnyatwry of sanding and their sen
Tag Day a Success
• The Coquille Herald says: ‘‘Tag
I Day” under the management of the
I Coquille Athletic Club, proved a
great financial success, as we 1 .is one
of amusement and merrymaking. As
was announced, an effort was made
to raise mpney to pay the balance
due on the lots purchased by the
Coquille Library Association and on
Friday morning a large number <<f
ladies and girls appeared on the
streets with tags which were disposed
of at ten cents tach in great numbers.
Before the day was over hardly a
pei son could be seen on the streets
but was wearing one or more tags.
The committee on finances reports
gross receipts to the amount of $207
The expenses were $42, leaving a
net balance of $ 165. To this was
a sum in the bands of the Athletic
Club sufficient to make the amount
an even »200. The largest contri
butions wers made through the sale
of tags aud the basket ball game,
the former’s sum being $119.50.
while the latter’s was $62.
timental rhyme«, are past. The new
The lazy man of the village of Haw- valentine« are different and take the
■on ville was Silas White. He had form of little gifts, often, or of odd lit
MISTAKEN PROVIDES FOR EMPLOYEES. been lazy for many years. There were tle cards, where love and humor about
several old residents who could re equally balance.
member that when be aud his wife
T%e old “comic” valentine has prac
of Quartan Company Assumes Payment of Full move»! into the village be was a work tically passed, and rightly, for its at
»3,657, While
Amount of Pensions, and No Con er aud ambitious. Tlieu one day be tempt at fun was so vulgar as to make
Gold Would
tribution Is Required of Mon—Plan attended a circus aud was kicked by it die a natural death.
a giraffe. The circus men gave him a
Paper Money
and Amount of Payment.
Great red hearts, with chubby Cu
dollar as damages and sent him home.
Two years ago the International A doctor examined him and said uo pids offering love in the brightest of
“1 wish 1 had all the money 1 could
lift!" How many of the thousands Harvester company started a ¡«ension great harm had been done, but Silas way«, or with a pair of tots with enor
who make this get-rich-quick wish system wbicli, the officers declare, has took it into his head that he had re mous hats looking solemnly at each
have any idea of the amount they given the employer and employee much ceived severe interna) injuries aud other, with their fat thumbs stuck
would have if the wish should be satisfaction, says the Chicago Even that any further labor would take him into their mouths, entitled “Love at
granted. Few name the denomination ing Post. Fifty men and one woman to bis grave.
Flrat Sight,” bring a smile at first
of the money on which they desire to already are on the list, drawing from
One afternoon when Silas bad wan- glance. This is the legitimate sort of
test their strength, perhaps believing »18 u> $i»3 a month. The system was dereu down to the bridge over the humor for valentines.
tiiat their lifting ¡towers would make put into effect Sept. 1, 1908.
river, fur the first time in four years,
Or^elegram blanks tilled with love's
“When the Harvester company de some hilarious young men' seiz«>d him
them wealthy no matter what kind of
hurry
calls, or a formal court sum
cided
to
adopt
a
pension
a
most
ex
money they lifted.
and threw him over the railing. He
If they were asked how much they haustive study was made of the ques did not resist, it would have been too mons commanding your presence at
could lift iu silver or small bills the tion.” said G. A. Ranney, one of the much like work, it was expected, of the court of love, to be tried liefore
majority probably would name some organizers and at present a trustee of course, that soon after striking the Cupid on the charge of having a hard
fabulous sum which investigation the pension fund. “The most impor water the lazy man would set his legs heart, or Cupid working every sort of
would show several men could not tant point was settled when we were aud arms in motion and help himself way to get an arrow iu—but a laugh
budge. In gold or iu paper money of informed by the officers that the com ashore. He did nothing of the sort. ing Cupid, not an old time lackadai-
large denominations the ordinary in pany would assume the payment of He simply permitted himself to sink aical Cupid—are bright and full of fun.
dividual would be able to lift a fair the full amount of the pensions and no slowly and easily to the bottom, and
If your present takes the form of
sized fortune, but to win a million by contribution would be necessary from he lay there uutil those who had flung candy, put it in one of the beautiful
him in helped him out.
lifting it in anything less than twenty the men.”
heart shaped boxes the shops are full
In making its announcement of the Again, one winter's evening Silas of.
dollar bills would need the strength
establishment of its pension system was seized at his own gate and car
of a veritable Sandow.
Or let your valentine take a more
An official of the subtreasury who is the Harvester company issued the fol- ried a mile away and flung into a practical turn—send books, or some lit
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Interested in odd statistics in his de lowing statement:
snowdrift and told to lie there and tle trinket, or gloves, or perhaps a
“The directors establish the pension freeze or make his way homeward. plume.
partment was asked how much money
Tabernacle To Be Y. M. C. A,
the average tnan could lift in the varl fund as an evidence of appreciation of There was some slight doubt as to
If you know any children send them
ous denominations of gold, silver and the fidelity, efficiency and loyalty of which course he would adopt, but it valentines, as »¡uaint ones, brimming
their employees and have approved was soon settled. He snuggled down over with nonsense aztff fun, as you
pai>er.
“Well,” he replied, “a man could the following plans as the best and in a drift, and there be was found five can find. And send to Jvery child you
The Marshfield tabernacle as
make money on that proposition if he most liberal for those who by long hours later by the conscience stricken know. There never was a youngster
could get hold of paper money of large and faithful service have earned an men who had left him. He had been 1 yet who didn't look forward to get sociation has decided to convert the
denominations, but on the smaller bills, honorable retirement.”
frost bitten, but he had saved his rep ting them and be bitterly disappointed tabernacle into a Y. M C. A. This
This states in a few words the policy utation.
silver and gold he would not be a
if they failed to materialize. And then was announced by M. C Horton
A dry goods drummer visiting the at school there's a hubbub of “How
millionaire by any means.
of the company. Following are the
this morning who said that the or
“The weight of money is very de eligibility rules laid down by the com village heard of the case aud recom many did you get?”
mended
a-
cure
and
offertxl
to
ndniinis-1
ceptive. For' instance, a young man. pany:
Since lovers decided to share the ganization of the Marshfield Y. M.
a friend of mine, came in to see me
“(a) All employees of this company ter it himself. At midnight a figure day with children, do your share for C. A. will begin at once. State Y
one day witli his fiancee. 1 was show and of subsidiary and affiliated compa with horns and hoofs and tail, sup-1 the wee ones at least.
ing them through my department and nies engaged in tiny capacity are eligi posed to be a good imitation of our old
One girl hit upon a clever way of M. C. A. secretary, Mr, Rhodes of
friend down below, opened the unlock i having partners chosen by making her Portland, will probably come here
asked my friend if he thought the ble to peusions as hereinafter stated.
young woman was worth her weight
“(b) All male employees who shall ed door of the White cottage, and Si own dance cards, which had the pen and assi't in the organization of the
in gold. He did think so. most emphat have reached the age of sixty-five las and his wife were awakened to cils tied to them, each two with a dif
ically, and after ascertaining that her years and have been twenty or more find the intruder in their bedroom. ferent color. She tiad gone to a great association.
I
weight was one 107 pounds we fig years In the service may at their own Mrs. White screamed out in terror. deal of trouble to find out what each
It is understood to be the inten
ured that she would be worth in gold request or at the discretion of the Silas took a long look and asked what girl was going to wear and had the tion to keep the membership ees as
coin exactly »28.647.
Her fiancee pension board be retired from active was wanted.
ribbons match the dresses in as many
low as possible fo: sometime to
“I want you!” was the answer in an cases as possible.
thought that would tie pretty cheap.
service and become eligible to a pen
awful voice.
“Perhaps more people are deceived slon.
The men she made choose a color co ne. Complete gymnaisum para
“What fur?"
on the weight of paper money than on
and then sent them off to find the phernalia will be secured, a reading
“(c) All male employees who have
“I want you to come with Die to the girls their ribbons matched. On the
the metals. Now, how many one dol been twenty or more years in the serv
lar bills do you think would be neces ice shall be retired at the age of sev bottomless ¡tit!”
front of the cards were sketched in room will probably be provided a: I
“
Then
you'll
have
to
carry
me.
”
re-
sary to weigh as much as a five dol enty years, on the first day of the cal
pen and ink two hearts, with an ar in fact all of the appertenances of
lar gold piece?”
endar month following that in which plied the champion as he turned over row through them, ¡tinning them to of the average Y. M. C A. en-
gether, and verses.
Fifty was ventured as a guess, and they shall have attained said age, un toward the wall.
joyed.
It was now realized that nothing! That on the girls’ card was:
the statistician laughed.
less, at the discretion of the pension
“I have had guesses on that all the board, some later date be fixed for could be done with such a mau, and' 'Mong the merry lads assembled here
The building will be available for
way from 50 to 500.” he said, “and such retirement. Persons occupying for years Silas was left to enjoy his ■ There'B One whose ribbon matches thine the n ew puipcse a u c < k h< ni S lo
will bring him to thee, dear,
some of them from men who have executive positions are exempt from laziness in peace. It was the general i Cupid
To be this eve thy valentine.
day when Dan Shannon will close
opinion
that
he
would
be
too
lazy
to
1
handled money for years. As a mat- maximum age limit.
On those for the men:
ter of fact, with a five dollar gold
his revival.—Coes Bay Times
“(d) All female employees who shall draw his last breath when the time 'Mong the merry maids assembled here
piece In one scale you would have to have reached the age of fifty years came and that his uncomplaining wife | There's one whose ribbon matches thine
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¡>ut about six and a half bills in the and have been twenty or more years would have to do It for him. There1 Go seek her out, and she shall be
was
to
come
a
change,
however.
One
1
For
all
this
eve
thy
valentine.
other to balance It.”
in the service may, at their own re
He produced figures to prove that a quest or at the discretion of the pen day after the wife had placed a chair j And Cupid ¡flayed great havoc that New States'to Be Republican
five dollar gold piece weighed two sion board, be retired from active for him under au apple tree and left | night!
hundred and ninety-six thousandths of service and become eligible to a pen him to smoke and sleep she noticed a |
thunderstorm creeping up in tlie west.'
an ounce avoirduimis. An employe«' sion.
The Ready to Wear Conservatory
Washington, D- C., Mar 11 The
who makes the new bills up in pack
A ready t<>
to wear conservatory Is
“(e) All female employees shall be It was her duty to watch things and
Senate
Committee on Territories to
bring
Silas
in
before
the
storm
broke,
ages of 100 each said that a hundred retired at the age of sixty years, on
the possession of every up to date wo
bills weighed four and one-half ounces the first day of the calendar month i but she suddenly decid»xl to make an man nowadays. The name is a litth ddy voted to 1 eport favorably 0.1
That would make one bill weigh forty- following that in which they shall I experiment. She would leave him ambiguous, but the idea is to keep on the Arizona and New Mexico state
five thousandths of an ounce, and be have attained the age, unless, at the i where he was and see if he would band sets or single bouquets of arti
tween six and seven would balance discretion of the pension board, a later seek shelter rather than get wet. It ficlal llowers for the toilet. There ha> hood bill, after the adoption of ail
the gold piece.
date be fixed for such retirement. wasn’t a bit like her to do this, and until recently been an aversion to the amendment against the dis-enfran
Figures on the lifting proposition Persons occupying executive positions she never could make out why the wearing of artificial blossoms except
chisement of Mexican voters. All
were furnished from the department are exempt from maximum age limit.” thought came to her that day.
on bats and 11s costume de.orations,
The black cloud grew larger, and the i but since the manufacturers hav» the democrats opposed the amend
where the money is weighed in bags
In computing the length of service
as standards. The standard amount of an employee allowance is made for thunder muttered and the lightning I made flowers so perfe I that they cheat ment except Clark of Arkansas. If
for gold coin, »5,000, weighs eighteen time lort on account of sickness or flashed. Silas hear«l things and woke i nature out of some of her triumph
defeated, it would have made the
and a half pounds. Five hundred sil periods during which certain depart up. He saw the coming storm, and he i the ban has linen raised.
ver dollars weigh thirty-five ami a half ments have been shut down on ac saw his wife in the back door. He | Every other woman one meets now new states democratic.
pounds, and »200 in half dollars, or count of rejNiirs or Inventory. A tem waited for her. but she did not come. ndays has a bunch of fiber flower.-
400 coins, weighs eleven pounds. Tak porary layoff on account of these rea Lightning did, however. There were pinned Io her copt or nattily ortin
ing 200 pounds as a good lift for an sons which does not exceed six con twenty barns and houses and trees1
menting her fur turban. And the lat
average man, these results were ob- secutive months is not deducted from around for it to strike, but it ignored .
Deposits in Oregon banks, both
tained:
the total length of service. In other all of them and struck Silas White. It!
national and state at the close of
METAL MONEY.
words, if one of the men was s I ot seemed to scatter him over half an
Gold coInstall of standard weight) JM.fl6rt.0G for, Bay, four months in any one year acre of ground. It tore off bls clothes
business January 31, totaled $91,-
Sliver dollars ........................................
2.817.0'
and pulled off his boots. It burned off.
Half dollars ..........................................
S.13B.O,' he would be given credit for a full I
314,138. an increase of $1,2^5,
The subject of the his whiskers and bleached his eye-'
Quarters ..................................................
3. «57.0) year's service.
Dimes ........................................................ 3.815.SC total length of service is inqiortant, brows. lie w-as gathered up as a man
388 since last November,
Loans
Nickels .....................................................
ai7 « for the two conditions on which a dead as a doornail, but at the end of
Cents .........................................................
and
discounts
in
th
<
296.61
Oil
111-
pension is granted are the number of two hours he suddenly sat up. Silas
PAPER MONEY.
creased
$1,471.249.
On
was
a
little
l>ewildered,
but
still
in
the
the List
One dollar bills ............................
jtliu years the employee has served the
Two dollar bills ...........................
142.382 company and the amount of his aver ring.
day of January there was due Ore
Five dollar bills ...........................
365,556 age wages each year for the ten years
There were half a dozen men in the
gon banks from approved reserve
Ten dollar bills ............................
<11,110 next preceding retirement.
house when the champion came to him
Twenty dollar bills .....................
1.438,231
agents outside of the state, a total of
self.
They
were
expwtlng
to
hear
him
To illustrate, if the average pay per
Fifty dollar bills ..........................
3,665.560
One hundred dollar bills .........
year for the last ten years of service drawlingly ask what had happene»l
7,111,11
$10,239,853. These figures are
Five hundred dollar bills .......
15.655.55- equals »600 and if the service has been when he Jumped off the bed and began
given in a statement just issued by
Thousand dollar bills ................
71,111,100
continuous for twenty-five years, the driving them out In five minutes
Two hundred i>onnds of $10,000 gold pension would l>e 25 per cent of »600, he had cleared the house of mourners.
State Bank Examiner Steel.
certificates, the largest denomination or »150 per year, or »12.50 per month. [ Then, in spite of the tearful protests
issued by the United States govern Since the minimum pension has been of his wife, he seized the ax and cut
ment, would amount to enough to fixed at »18 per month, then to this more firewood than he had In six
FOR DISEASES OF THE SKIN
finance a full grown trust—»711,111,- regular ¡>ercentage »5.50 would be years before. When he dropped the
000. If the young woman who was added, making the minimum $18.
Nearly all disenses of the skin such
ax at last it was to pick up hammer
wortli »28.047 in gold coin had been
us eczema, tetter, salt rheum and
A provision .which the board seems and nails and begin patching up the
wortli her weight in these »10,000 cer to be well ¡¿eased with is the rule hog holes in the fence. Before night
barber’s itch are characterized by an
tificates she would have been valued which provides that the board has ■ he had weeded the gnrden and put a
intense itching and smarting, which
at »380,444,385.—F. T. I’ope in Chicago power to continue the pensions to I new binge on the gate.
often makes life a burden and dis
Record-1 lent Id.
•
turb sleep and rest. Quick relief may
widow or other dependent members of
People came to ask Silas bow he felt
ba had by applying Chamberlain's
the family if in its Judgment the cir- , when struck by the thunderbolt, and
Salve. It allays the itching and
Appreciated.
cumstances warrant its continuance, he answered at the top of his voice
Tubb--4)hl boy, I want to congratu- and the board also holds the right to and rolled out the words so fast that
smarting almost instantly. Many
SELECTING I HE COESAG* BOUQUET.
late you on your epeech nt the ban give the money to some member of he could hardly be understood. He
cases have beeu cored by its use.
quet last night. O'Sudds (after wait- the family if it is found that it is not couldn't bear to be still a minute.
est cult is to have the bouquets in For sale by C. Y. Lowe.
ing a moment)- I know you do, pa rd. being expended for the purpose in
That thunderbolt had changed Silas sets—one for the corsage, another for
and you're awfully sorry you can’t do tended—to maintain the family.
White from a champion lazy man to the jt »log's collar and a third for
it truthfully. I appreciate the effort,
Another provision of the pension ays- | a champion hustler. He uprooted trees, the automobile vase.
just the same. Nasty weather. isn't tern which is considered to l>e the most pulled down fences and dug holes in
Foil ving 1 conference between of
Tlie flowers are scented with the
It?—Chicago Tribune
liberal adopted by any conceru is the the garden. Inside a week be liad four odor belonging t» their particular va ficials of Ordgon and Washington
announced ¡lermlssion that the com fights about polities and called every rlety. Garden lus i:re ¡«erhap:» the most held during the past week in Portland
A Misunderstanding.
pany gives to a pensioner to do what man In the village a liar. They couldn’t worn of the artlfl lai bouquets, al-
“The management of one of the big he pleases after retiring. The accept- I stop him from working and talking, though a liun. h < f white lilacs with a an agreemi nt was reached as to the
opera Imuses In New York has to pay auce of a pension thus does not pre lie got to pulling down the shade trees inauve ». re!r!<l iu t lie center is tlie disputed state boundary at the
»2,000 a week for conductors.”
vent an employee from securing em- 1 along the street and to making speeches nmarest till. Just nor tv. Fern ¡eaves mouth of the Columbia river. An
“Does it pay the same rate for tno- ployment elsewhere, provided it is not I on the postoffice steps, and after a mingle tbrir
■■.■y fresi Ii' csa with the
lormen ?”—Judge.
prejudicial to the interests of the com- I fortnight, as there wns nothing more bio.- orna !’i ! ::i instances. and a arbitrary line was agreed upon which
pany. The granting of a pension, how- : he could bustle for and nothing more pro» ess loue, □ <
■ Iu France for pre- will be used in enforcing the fishing
Clean Living.
»ver, absolutely bars further employ- ’ he conld talk about, be committed sui errin ’ tlio:;i r.) kes I’ pctsitlc tu wear laws and in levying taxes util the
James-A bath lain and two sponge «pent with the company.
cide by hanging. At the inquest the th- real Initr»
i ll’ tier of t.uies. It
cakes, please. Waitress—Two sponges
In cases where an employee has not coroner said:
In news ry t I «ep th > fems iu e vexed question is settled finally.
and a tmth for this gentleman, please! reached the pensionable age, but has
"I don’t reckon we are goln’ to blame covi, dry pHc
9,?rwiae the • wilt t>e-
-London Opinion.
The Racket now has the greatest
worked faithfully twenty years or the Wfdder White any in this case, but come Hr-.p nu
r ir.ctfve. The'.rear
^jore and on account of physical dis it's the aolemneot kind of a warnin' to ing of fl >v.- i - wl»!i the » r--» t costume variety
of hair novelties ever
From a« earing men easily slide Into ability is obliged to retire, the pension wires agin glttln’ a bustle on a lazy I.«
pretty !,•' It 'W«l l ie that should brought to Bandon.
yerjury.—Hlerocles.
huabaad.”
board has power to grant a pension.
lx- eucoifragrd.
Coins?
vester Company.
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