FACE
HUMGUäS
ed If iim Home dire ciessnue or repruai t>
from the gods. The I rrl tuition and tlie
many fr—tt atiout the dt-lta, ItotvovtT.
have el'imaed thln. KKteeO to eljtltfi'vii
days' lienvy rain falls now every year
on t!.e head of the sphinx. The severe
••kbiimseeu” sandstorm follows and
■UP into the sodtleutnl limestone of
the undent monument, -whittling It
awav all over the smTaee.
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A n V n a e u a l C o in c id e n c e .
■I
ahah presented the municipality or
Berlin with two of these little won
ders. The larger is twenty-seven inches
high and weighs sixty one pounds. The
otiier is four inches less, but the
weight is not given.
D y o a a lie a
of
E n s lM u d .
The dynasties of EiigiuiiU since the
conquest are Norman, four kings;
Angevine, eight kings; house of I.nn-
caster, three kings; house o f York.
W. F. Adam« of Shuttle. Wash.. re 1 three kings; Tudor, three kings and
ceived two telegrams tho othor day two queens: Sti.art. four sovereigns;
[house of Orange, William III rial his
while lit MerUhui which murk ail tin-
usual coincidence. One telegram was wife .Mary, conjointly; house of Ilau- j
over, six sovereigns, from George I. to
from his daughter. Mrs. M. 8 . Water-
Mt’tfitaUe Prej- iuv.'ton for As
Victoria; house of Saxe-Cobiirg-Gotliu,
m a n , in Scuttle, announcing that she
: the present king.
had Just become tho mother of twins,
hn^ lite Quinaria nrxt liowub -f
a boy and a girl. The other dispatch,
IC d lM o itln n < lif i i | » t » « s n .
- 'trr/f -;>|
which arrived within nti hour of the
Edison had said that the invention
preceding one, was sent by bis (laugh
! of his new storage buttery would
ter. Mrs. M. E. Atwater. In Halt I more,
place autoniolnl -s whhiu the reach of
Promolos UijeoLc.i Clv-.*rful-
who announced that «he had just be
poor people, and now t*»* says an auto
come the mother of twins, a boy and
nessotKl Rest.ConMiiis neliiitr
mobile so equipped will he sold for$l,-
u girl. The newcomers on the Atlantic
Oj'fcitH .Morphin« nor Miiwr.il.
1 000. Poor people will doubtless buy
coast and youthful cousitia 3,000 miles
N o t N a h c o t ic .
one apiece for each of the boys. Edl-
to the westward came into the world
I son’s Idea of the resource* of the poor
1
on the same day and almost at the
1 men is one of his most startling inven
Mr<?t ¿s ms
-fiarrjax
same hour.
tions. If abolishes poverty. — Water-
AwrfÑ* -y L
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town
Times.
A n B v a a lv e A m w e r .
/¿misto -W¿r -
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Dean Wright of Ynl * academic de
* fair* Aw«# -
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H I n C o n n o t a t io n .
partment, before whom offending stu
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A lawyer who has won some distinc
dents stand trial, tells tiie following
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story as containing the highest devel tion through his success in compromis
i.-Uifymsi i rmr /
opment of the evasive answer. The ing suits for damages by accident says
pointer of the sundial that adorus the his most interesting client was a Swed
A perfori Remedy forTor-stlpr.
campus had been stoleu us a trophy, ish farmer from Delaware county
R on.Sour Stonyich, Diarrhoea
and the (lean was questioning a stu whose w ife had been killed in Phila
1 1 Wurins .Convulsions .Eovensh-
dent believed to have had a share In delphia by a train crossing the streets
nes* wk I I. 0 3 S of S leek
at grade.
its removal.
The widower was simply inconsola
“ Mr. ----,” said the dean, “ who stole
Fac S ím il» S ig n a t u r e o f
ble and, having been told that he
the pointer from the suudial?”
“ Procrastination is the thief of time, could get $ 10.000 if he insisted on
NEW VOT 2 K.
sir,” was the Immediate and noncom pushing the case, refused for months
to talk compromise. The lawyer, of
mittal reply.—New York Times.
course, did all possible to keep the
hearing back in the hope of discour
T h e Ite w A m e r ic a .
Lord Kitchener has hit on a happy aging the Swede, and at last he was
phrase, prophetic of South Africa’s fu rewarded by an offer to settle at a rea
ture. At the presentation of a sword sonable figure.
given to him by tl»e corporation of
The Swede called, the lawyer said
Cape Town, though the foruntlity took $500, and the bereaved one quickly ac
place in London, in his speech of cepted. As he folded the check and
thanks the general said, “ You have pocketed it he observed:
the makings of nothing less than u new
“ Veil, I deed not do so padlee! I ’fe
America in the southern hemisphere.” got fif’ hcoRdred tollar and a goot teal
The English papers seize upon the better vife than I had beefore. She and
phrase, “ the new America” for their me was married yesterday.” —Philadel town to j r >toct theso valuable nnlmais.
Many a one story house was entirely
i headlines.
phia Times.
covered with snow, and even the chim
B U R IE D U N D E R S N O W .
neys In some Instances could not be
P f f n i y C a m e ls .
seen. Tunnels led from house to house,
The western part of Persia is inhab
T h e G r e a t S to rm T h a t O v e r w h e lm e d
and snowshoes were In frequent requi
ited by a species of camel which is the
\ e iv E n g la n d In 1717.
sition.
pygmy of its kind. These camels are
In
the
spring
of
1717
an
amount
of
stepping out o f the chamber win
snow white and are on that account
snow
fell
in
New
England
that
has
not
dow, some people ventured to explore
almost worshiped bv the people. The
been equaled during the three centu the fields of snow. One young man in
ries of its history. The great storm Newbury, Mass., was paying his ad
began in February and buried the dresses to a lady who lived three miles
earth to the depth of ten to twenty away and had not seen her for a week
feet. Cattle were buried in It and after the storm. This state of things
were found frozen stiff under the could no longer be endured, and, mount
T h e Mai. W h o W ear»
•
drifts, and hundreds of .-4 *ep perished. ing his snowshoes, he went over the
Wild animals grew so desperate from hills to enter her house as he had left
the cravings of hunger that they be his own—by way of a chamber win
E K G E LS lO n BRAND
came nightly visiters to the farmers’ dow. As he was the first person the
&iled Suits
sheep pens. Bears and wolves fol
family had seen since the storm, his
lowed the deer even into the settlors’ visit was highly appreciated.
Wan nnt-.l Waterproof.
clearings and pounced upon them there,
I J
P i
to
hint work and
killing them at such a rate that deer
I / ' i f -:/ lottgit ’»vtlf.lwT. I e 't f r tn.rte-
T h e P e r a e v e r ln ff E e l.
I
atari-, It tour dealer doesn’t
reeves wore : > vxvard chosen in every
'
J avr ft. :**. a-'tid lo-.itfaJomu*.
Young eels in passing up a river
/7J
A >. Y. Lellitfr and I’io U ..:l«.,
show the most extraordinary perse
o
A "...
tVaarlM-».
' a.«.V*U'V».W* SON, s.ilf rfr*..
verance in overcoming all obstructions.
Stieet Grade Notice.
The large flood pates—sometimes fif
teon feet in height—on the Thames
Tn E A Campbell, T B Hill, h V Smith, J
might be supposed sufficient to bar the
F Groves, M ary Wagner, F J Wagner, An-
ny Dunn, A Byerley, lietia I) Hart, K G progress of a fish the size of a darning
Dalton, Phya Daly, S P Higgs. T A Rigg«, needle. But young eels have a whole
V P Fiske, L N Wootis, Margaret Janies, some Idea that nothing can stop them,
M J Cos per, Ellen Collins, F If Conke.y, and In consequence nothing does.
Mary Kied, Helen W ebb, J L Collins,
trustees of the M. E. church, south, Geo Speaking of tho way in which they as
Cutler, H O Kakin, Eleanor Snyder, D J cend flood paws and other barriers, one
Riley, J G VanOrsdel, P G Pfennig, A K writer sag*: “ Those which die stick to
Townsend, T T N o taon, A Uglow, S C the post; others, which get a little high
Garwood, Silas Orchard. Susan Miller, A n
na Craven, J H and Ed Dunn, B Burson, J er, meet with the same fate, until at
Are particularly desir
W Caldwell, W G Campbell, >1 C Frink, K hut a layer of them is formed which
ous You can only cure
enables the rest to overcome the diffi
10 Williams, L C Kirkpatrick, I N Woods,
W H McDaniel, Nellie Dunn, A G Brad culty of the passage.
piles by removing the
ley, W J Wagner, J W Crider, Jas Howe,
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cause. You ca :not get
“ The mortality resulting from such
E R Tuttle, Emma Ray, trustees o f Evan
at the cause with any
‘forlorn hopes’ greatly helps to accounc
gelical church, W E Burns, I V Lynch,
tiling but an internal
Anna Williams, T J Cherrington, J E for the difference in the number of
Smith, E J Smith, M E Smith, E Hughes, young eel* on their upward migration
remedy. Chronic cases
H Manische, Polk county, Samuel Coad, H
and that of those which return down
make the most euthus-
J Onfield, M Hay ter, J E Sibley, A Mon
iaatic advertisers of this
roe Miller, Mrs W S Carey, W m String- stream in the autumn. In some places*,
these
baby eels are much sought after
ham, M Morris, trustees of the Christian
remedy b cause
cures
church, trustees of L a Creole academy. and are formed into cakes, which are
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Dan P Stun ffer, Eva Huy ter. J M Sears, J eaten fried.” —London Standard.
E dichter. U LChapman, W C Brown, C
'1 “
- - : - - t*“ S. Pjf.
L Fisher, Genevra Howe, Ida M Turner, J
For Infants or" Thildren.
M il l io n s o p P e o p l e u s e C tm rrra A
B o a p , Assisted by C u t i c u r A O i n t m e n t , fa r
p r e s e r v in g , p u r ify in g , a n d beautifying the
■ k in , fo r c le a n s in g the scalp of crusts,
sca les, a n d d a n d ru ff, a n d the stopping o f
f a l l i n g h a ir, fo r softening, whitening, and
■ o o th in g r e d , rough, and soro hands, for
b a b y rashes, itc h in g s , a n d chadngs, and
fo r a ll t h e p u rp oses o f t h e toilet, hath, and
n u rsery. M illio n s o f. W o m e n u.so C u ti »
c u r a S o a p in th e form o f baths for annoy
in g ir r ita tio n s , in fla m m a tio n s , and excori
a tio n s, o r to o fr e e o r o ffe n s iv e perspiration,
in th e form o f w a s h e s f o r ulcerative weak
nesses, a n d fo r many s a n a t iv e purposes.
Compléta Treatment for Humours, 01.
C o n s ls tin g o f C u t i o u r a S o A P (2 f*\ ),to cleanse
the b k in oferu rtts an d scales, a n d soften the
O in t m e n t
th icken ed c u tic le ;
Ci t i c u r a
( 60c)., to instantly a lla y itch in g, intlumnmtion,
and irritation, and soothe an d neal ; an dC U Tl-
c l k a R e s o l v e n t T i l l s (26c.), to cool an d
c L a n s o tho blood . A S i n o l k S e t is o ften
snHicient to cure th e s e v e re s t case.
C u t ic u r A R e s o l v t c v t T il l s (C h ocolate
C oated) are a n ew , tasteless, odourless, cco.
noinical s u bstitu te f o r th e celeb ra ted liq u id
CUTICURA RESOLVENT. GO doses, priCti,2.>C.
Sold th*nu|thout the world. Rritiah Depnli 27-CS,
CharterliouM Sq , London. French Depot: .1 Lue de U
Pus. Tarie. P ottib Dues auu Cmtu. (Joui*., Solo
Wope.. Bottom, U. S. A.
CHURCH DIRECTORV.
Preaching hour» at 11 and 8:0**.
M
E. C H U R C H ,
Preaching Hundey morning and ev
ening. Sunday »cltnol at, 9:45. Ep-
worth league at 7 :0*
Prayer meet
ing Thursday evening.— H. N. Round»,
pastor.
M. F. C H U R C H , H HTTH.
Preaching Sunday morning and ev
ening. Sunday school at 10. lip-
worth league at 7 :00 Prayer meet
ing Thursday evening.
B A P T IK 1 C H U R C H .
Preaching Sunday morning and ev
ening. Sunday school at 10. I!. Y
P. U. at 7:00. Prayer mepliug W ed
nesday evening,— J. 1{. G. Russell,
pastor.
P R E S B Y T E R IA N C H U R C H .
Prenciiing Sunday morning and ev
ening. Sunday school at 10. Chris
tian Endeavor at 7 :00. Prayer meet
ing Thursday evening.— W , T. War-
dle, pastor.
C H R IS T IA N C H U R C H .
Pleaching Sunday morning and ev
ening. Hilda school at 10. Junior
C f e r i s t i a n Emit avor at 3:110
Senior
Christian Endeavor at 7 : 00 . lijlilv
chiss and prayer meeting 'I humility
evening.— G. B. Kellcms, pastor.
E V A N G E L IC A L C H U R C H .
Preaching Suml»,' morning and ev
ening
Sunday school at 10. Chris
tian Endeavor at 7 : 00 . Prayer meet
ing Thursday evening.— A. A. Winter,
pastor,
C A N 'T f
TOUCH
SAWYER’ S
CHOICE MISCELLANY
l l e l l e f F ro m
I'n fn .
A Paris doctor of the highest repu
tation, whose methods arc not In the
least irregular l»ccau.se he has submit
ted all the details to the Academy of
Medicine, declares that he has found a
sure relief for boils and carbuncles. lie
has used it on many patients and says
confidently that by the injection of a
certain solution, the composition of
which he has laid before the fellow
members of ids profession, kecking
nothing back, he can stop the pain of
the worst bolls and carbuncles in a
few hours and can bring about a com
plete cure within a reasonable time.
What a benefactor to suffering hu
manity till* doctor will 1 m » provided his
discovery Is found to lx* effective in n
wide range of tests and among the
average of the afflicted in many lands
and nations! This announcement seem?
to lx* almost too good to be true. It
was hard luck for Job that this Paris
doctor was not practicing In the land
of F * in the time of Kiiphaz tho To
inuiilte.—New York Tribune.
T h e V.nir'a D ela y *.
Have patience, and the law will sec
J’«u righted even though you may have
“ lain fer a »entury dead.” An amused
corres|K»tu1i'nt net * nib.g to the Lon
don Uhronich*. found tiie otiier morn
ing In hi» letter box a notice from the
bankruptcy court inviting application
for a “ third and final dividend of 21 *d.
In tiie |Kjiiud.” The Imnkmptey oc
curred lu the reign of William IV., and
tiie di bt was owing to our correspond
ent’s father, who has been dead for
sixty yean*. H jw many o f tiie other
creditor» can be traced today, we won
der? Blit think of the bulldog tenaci
ty. heritage of our unrivaled race, that
followed up that tw 'pence farthing for
five and sixty years and got It at last!
The
S p h ln t
D e r n y liiK .
D. O . lu n g w o r th o f tiie C airo Sphinx
F inal Settlem ent.
»TICK 1« IIK R E H Y GIVEN T M A T T IIE t’ V
itaraigned !»»■* filed his final account ¡11 the
matter of the M tat« o f C ornclils lleihert. deccated.
and Saturday,Nov. S, 1W0', a I the hour i t 10 o'clock
u. in., Ims been appointed hy the county c u r t of
thu state o f Oregon, for Folk county, an the time
for the hearing of ol jet tim s to said final account
ami thu settlement thereof. All persons are there
fo r« notified to appear at said time and shmv cause,
if any exist, why the said account should not he ap
prov'd and the administrator cf said estate mud his
bondsmen discharged.
Dated this llth day of C»ct, 1
D AVID PKTRR8,
Administrator.
Townsend A Hart attorneys for estate.
N'
Sheriff’s Sale.
NOTICK IS 11KHKHY OIVKN TH AT
by virtu« of an execution ami order of sale du
ly isatieti »»it o f the circuit court of the state
Y O U A N D EACH OF Y O U A R E H ER E
of ( fregoli for tiie county of Polk, Itearing date
tiie 15th dn v of Sept 1902, upon a decree du by notified t a*, tiie city c»'iincfi of the
ly made, enrolled and docketed n said court city of Dalla», l'oik county, Oregon, contenv I
on the HOûh day of August, 1902, in a certain plate» the paaaage of an ordinance eataliliah-
suit therein pending, u herein the St;.te Land ing » grade on those certain part« of those
Hoard is plaintiff and Heliecca Scohert. Hoh certain »treets and parts of »treet« in aui»i
nt (.'Afr Anri M .W I C .rr, hi. w ifi, . t . ,1^. ! citv'
** M » " » . tu-wit: A ll th.it
f.iuh.iLU, I.II.I .lirw tw l t.. me, C..iiin,a».lii,u | l«*rt ..f C U y .tree t,
n tn rt. C m irt,
hie tn «ell the h e ie ill.fl.r iW ri'.e<t |.re»,i,e» 1
»»• ) * ' 1
l.Vmit In-tween Hrlyter
to HA^-iafy the amount» specified in «aid exe- ' "Leet »nd L yle street; all that part of llak
cution and dociM, to a it: Five hundred,
\ \ t " #rn b**v ‘n«str»et and Nli
that part
psrt of
of Acaden»)
Academy «tn
(Mi * IB » I. *r..u», with t n street; * all
" W»»*
inteit«t thereon from the dOth day of Au* lying between L » v e il« street and jeffernoti j
»treet;
all
that
part
o
f
Hayter
street lying he- ,
gust. I!»0,2, at the rate of 8 per cent per an
num, and the further sum <>f cigh»e n and 2.V tween (May street »mi Mill street; all that
100 (#18.25) dollars, tiie amount due for taxe» part o f Leien i «tn et, Ch irch street. Main I
on the nunt^Aiied premi»c», heretofore paid «treet ami i<ff r»»»n street lying U>tween fM»y
by plaintiff, with interest thereon at the rat-; street and Academy street: all that part of
«»t (5 per c«nt per annum from the HOth «lay of M id i m »treet lying between Clay »treet hii <( *
August, 1902, and the »um of one hundred Oak street; and «11 that part of Lyle street ly- :
(#100) a» attorneys fee, ami accruing cost«, 1 h'tf lx*txveen (May street and Mill street; rail in 1
the s.ii»l city of Dalla». Yotiarr f irther n .
a iii on
»¡tied that tiie city council of th« «*¡,1 city of
Satu rday, O ctob er 18,
Dallas will »it at the council chamber in said
1902, at the hour of 1 (»’clock, p, in., of said city on the
»lay at the west door «>f the county court
2 0 t h Day of O ctob er.
hou»e in Dallas,Polk county,Or. »ell at public-
auction to the blithest bidder for cosh in hand A. !>., 1902, at 7:30 o'clock in the evening, to
hear
and
determine objections and renmn- 1
«•li day «»f »ale ail the light, title, interest ami
estate « f ti e said defendants, each ami every •trances t«> the )>os»««e af said ordinance t«» ,
lm 11*14 by
hy. | r * U I , l ‘* ' *
™ ,a i;1 l'» r t " "« » « I «tree*.
of them, ami of all person« claiming
.« in s m i . I to th,
nni.1 h, rem »l«'ve n»m r.l:«i,,l thnt .11 |.r..|»rty ,.w-
through or under them, »»fin
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nH other
premises described in sai»i execution as fob ! »*•*—
!,ur-,' - H,n'
? .l'Tr |wrsoi n in interest, may at-
iv cause I
low *, to-wit: Beginning at the northeast oor ' V " ' at
J,n*«
tier ..f the itonntion Uml eUlm, N... 4!*, N ,t .” *,,v »here I* , why «»id nntinwDc •Ublisti- j
No J.2U.I ..f J .
I »rr..w . .m l » i f . In t t< .,
« « • • * . **n.M m.t 1» , ---- d. Said '
r 5 w of the W illam ette meridian in Polk gro«le propose«! t.* l»e estali'ishe»! by Nni<| ,,r. 1
« » « , • • « i l l I * e.t»f.li«l,eil .e
county. Ore* II. ruillllllK th. no, went « .« 7 I y " 1!!" ”
,h* " ¡ r 'e y , .m l ,.l.u ..I the M m .
chains, them ninth -h; W chnin», theneee»«t I
now
on
file
in
the
«»thee of the auditor ami
ti 77 chain», thence south 9 chain«, thence east
ikTR chain«, thence north 8A.2H chains to the |si|ice judge of *ai«l city of Dallas.
Done
by
order
of
the city council of the
place of Ix-gimting, containing 100 acres more
*»r lens, together w ilh tl»e tenement», herwiit- city of Dallaa, made on the 17th «lay «J Set».
tenJ er, A . I>., 130*1
aiiients aud Appurteiiaiioe* thereunto Isdong-
Witn ss my hand ami the ««fficial seal of the
in«, or in any wise apt*ertaining.
declare* that the famous Egyptian
sphinx is rapidly decaying. Tilts is
said to be the result of the altering cli
mate o f Egypt due to the irrigation of
recent years.
Heretofore an hour’s
I>ate«i Daffaa, l)reg»»n, this ltith day of Oct.
downfall o f rain once a year was n 1902.
novelty lu GgynL The natives regard
J. T FO R D ,
Sheriff of Polk county.
c ity
1 W .
f Dallas, this 3rd day of Oct«d>er, A. I».,
D A N . P S T O l’ F F K R :
Audit«>rand police judge of the
city of Dallas, Otegon.
E x p la ln in it
IH
m
Preaence.
Thirty Years
C T flP
I III
ñvJ
Ripans Tabulcs
Doctors find
A good prescription
For mankind.
I
MEDICINE W HICH
CKOLONGS
LirE.
« j
a0ed Ripans T a b u la for a number nf years and would not be wit hoot (hem.
I was troubled with indigestion and constipation, and b*ve no.i.ed since* I have b* • n u * ; tl i n.
...... »cd nic to I , i on > «
t • ( M-
that I am a getting rid uI
ble
ol those
u * x * tem
ttm o
ie bilious
omous spells
sped* wine'.
'
diismets. (H late I l»«vo not hsd aay. I h « i jot» got ver a bad sp.
*
" « » ■r and V
«.Id hit t
MttNig on the step, when a neighbor cam« to M and rrmaiked h«w i« d 1 I , .
hAd ] « . . .
lh* h » . r .» 4 llul I WM ,i**i<l » «
»«Till » « " « *. ■ ' "I
ns T ibu lr
I f . . « .I.k h I h»d m K rrrd fiiw « I w m q .H . T « « " * - . " • *d »iw .l w lo u kc K
I «id I wnwld try ihn*. .nd Irom U »» I I*»» t » ' i
•*■«"*■ ' < 1 ' .t anything,
feel
very thankful tliat I have loui. 1
proTldln, I K.I.H with • T .b tile i»M ,.d ol d«M«rt
wnMlhiD, lh.1 will prolong 1 » T l il« . ’*
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TRO UBLE».
*' I ti.il ,o *rrrd Ihroo f o i l at lr>U Iron, , « « m '» Irooblta. I m old ro t . . . P >1 i
M , hr,d ached and n f foot would bo cold oa ico. My bowrlr wort ■ « regnlar and I would 1
aocti I ramna Iran gooro lormiog oo my alwnatti lhal I woold laml away
I waa m inch d .1
that I would hayo ooonrr died Ihao Hy*. Abool thr«o moolha ago 1 war tulle,in, i
My k
b fothor
Riiuoa
lo n
I n r
*i> „»tv wit TUd'wp bw»Tdif. Mv
c*b *f r focomoirodcd
«o «r*rtrird R
junw T
T a a b b u « » lc « m
My I
nearest
drug
and I woold not now !»e without tb
«t drug
d
m « store
«(or*
ne lor M from rh« n«r*re«t
*lo< s'
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that I« varine a good deal for a w o M who w*i*ha
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D O U B LE HOLLYH O CK.
humiliation of falling into their ene
mies’ hands alive. Thus the custom
would come to be a characteristic of
the military class, or at that time of
the feudal nobility and gentry. From
a custom it developed into a privilege,
anil at the beginning of the sixteenth
century all who could claim the rank
of gentleman were exempted from the
Indignity of being put to death by the
common executioner and were allowed
to commit “ harakiri” Instead, tiie time
and place being notified to them offi
cially and officials being sent to wit
ness the ceremony.
H ow ineradicable is the Japanese
sentiment of death rather than dis
honor was shown in a rather ludicrous
way in tiie early days of the modern
constitution. A young Japanese mid
shipman on board a British man-of-
war was reprimanded by the author
ities at Tokio for some small indiscre
tion, and on tiie receipt of tiie letter
went and committed “ harakiri” in the
wardroom. The romantic novels of
Japan are full of instances of this
time honored custom—the most famous
of which Is the story o f “ The Forty-
seven Uonins.” The vendetta, though
imperatively prescribed by custom,
was forbidden by law, much the same
as dueling with us. To take vengeance
on an enemy was inevitable to a chiv
alrous Japanese, but it also involved
capital punishment in “ harakiri.” —
Ripans Tabules are a common sense, effectual cure
for dyspepsia, biliousness, heartburn, headache, con
stipation, dizziness and all disorders of the stomach,
liver and bowels. They are intended for the use of
men, women and children everywhere, and have
proved beneficial in the majority of cases. It is not
claimed that they will perform miracles, but some of
the cures which they have effected amount almost to
that. Easy to take and prompt in action, the y have
no rival as the best remedy for the every-day ills of
humanity.
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8 A S T R IC
s
modern ho!Vhoclc. and says It has been
favored with thirty-two distinct forms
of the same through the courtesy of
the owner of a delightful garden.
As a fancy flower the double varie
“ I am commissioned to tender in* ties are superior to the single; they
ore much more effective and endure
regrets. You see, we are so busy just
longer. An average type of bloom is
now that it was impossible for both of
shown in the accompanying illustra
us to get away, and so wo tossed up to
tion of one o f the best kinds of pinks.
see which of us should come.”
“ How nice! Such an original Idea! There were many others, some of re
markable dark—almost black—shades,
And you won.”
while others again ranged Into the pur
“ No,” suid the young man absently;
est white, clear yellows and variega
“ I lost.” —New York Times.
tions of white, buff and claret red were
also seen.
As a garden plant the hollyhock Is
HARAKIRI.’
valuable for the height to which It
grows, for it can be used effectively
■ T a p a n e iie
S e n tim e n t
of
In
P r e f e r e n c e t o D is h o n o r .
In breaking the skyline. It is not over-
The report from Tokio that the Jap fastidious, but will amply repay for
anese officer Yumnguchi has commit good feeding and abundant waterings
ted suicide because his father, an old during dry spells, especially in tho
soldier, reproached him with having early growing stages.
For best results plants should be put
lost 200 bra\e men. who were killed
out into well prepared, deeply dug soil,
recently by an avalanche, and being giving manure at the time of planting.
saved himself, Is quite in accordance Set them three feet apart and at about
with the best Japanese traditions. this time of year. Plants raised from
“ Harnkiri,” or, as the Japanese pre seed sown in spring will flower the
fer to call it themselves, “ seppuku,” is following summer. Once planted, the
not an aboriginal Japanese custom, but old stools will continue throwing up
was evolved gradually during t j i e i flowering shoots, as the root is peren-
middle ages. Its origin is probably ! nial. Stock of any particular varie
to be found in the desire on the part ties may be increased by cuttings,
of vanquished warriors to avoid the which root easily In pots.
R M
A
H O LLYH O CK.
B rig h t's D is e a s e.
wand Slickers
A young lady who had been pouring
tea at a function In a suburban town,
having toward the end of the affair
become somewhat fatigued, sat down
in a quiet corner of the room, where
she witnessed tiie following incident;
A young man came in and made his
way to the hostess, greeting her and
apologizing for his lateness.
“ Awfully glad to see you. Mr.
Blank,” said the hostess. “ So good of
you to come, and all the way from
New York too. But where Is your
brother *”
TH E
O f all the old time gurdeu favorites,
plants which are so common!/ loved
that they are known to everybody,
there is not cue surpassing the holly
hock in dignity and effectiveness, and
were It not for the dread disease which
almost annihilated the plant some thir
ty years ago Its appreciation would
surely never have waned. Luckily, the
trouble is much less severe nowadays.
The disease seems to have lost Its
virulence, and once again the holly
hock can with comparative safety be
brought Into our gardens.
American Gardening directs atten
tion as above to the quality of the
1
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D C ( ’rider, trustees o f the M E church, 0
Hisser, J .1 Wiseman, Maurice Klinger, C
W Matthews, Wm Pfeiffer, C A Baker,
Sarah L Shultz, Wm Fanil, H L Crider,
Dallas C ity hank. M ary C Wilson, M E
Williams, M E Smith, John Holman as
administrator of the estate of N at Iiolman.
deceased, E J Emmons, N J Frink, M rs.l
It Hubbard, E J Morrison, O k C K R Co,
H A Ellis, Wm Tatom, Wm Grant, F .I
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Rhodes, F A Stiles, Belle Stiles, Ethel
Woods, trustees of the Presbyterian church,
trustee* of the Baptist church, S.F Rich
mond, Mrs J W Connaway. Eliza Shaw.
Sarah Syron, Anna Clark, Mary Clingan.
.1 H Holman, .i 1) Smith, M E Hallock,
Jos Block, F J Coad, J* nnie it Coad, Rob
ert Howe, A Brown, Ellen Zumwalt, A E
Powell, R C Crown, Mary Hubbard, J J
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Pimples, Blackheads,
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The largest, sum ever paid for h pro
wcri*dioi», changed bands in San Fran
cisco August 30th, 1901. The tran.—
fer involvodin coin and stock $ 112,000
ami was paid by a party ol Business
me n for a specific fi*r Bright’» disease
and diabetes, hitherto incurable dis
eases. They commenced the serious
investigation of the specitic^Novem*
btr 15th, 1900. They interviewed
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en cases on the treatment and watch
ing them. They also got physicians
to name chronic, incurable cases and
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judges. Up to August 2dih, eighty
| seven per cent of the lest cases weie
: either well or progressing favorably,
i There being but thirteen per cent of
laiiures, the parties were satisfied and
| » luted the transaction. The proceed
ings of the investigating committee
and the clinic .»1 reports of the te»t
cases were published and will be maii-
• *d free on application. Address John
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street, Ban Francisco, California.
For O ver Sixty Y e a rs .
An old and well tried remedy. Mrs.
W inslow’s Soothing Syrup bus b» en
used for over sixty years by nii'.lii ns «4
mothers for their children while teeth
ing, witlp perfect success. It, soothes
the child, softens the gums, allays a ll
pain, cures wind colic and is tiie best
remedy for diarrhoea. 1 « pleasant to
tiie taste. Sold by druggist« in every
part of the world. 25 cents a bottl*».
Its value is incalculable. Be sure and
ask for Mrs. W inslow’s Soothing Sy
rup and take no other kind.
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SOUTHERN PACIFIC
TIME TABLE
C h erry.
This is Oiie of the favorite varieties
-in this < oiintr.v. Perhaps it Is the most
j popular of all the sour cherries, taking
the whole country over. This yery
popularity and the wide range of ter-
ritury over which the variety is plant-
e.l naturally Introduced confusion In
the naming and in descriptions given
by nurserymen. It is hardly to be ex-
pccted that all nurserymen will use the
same name even for the best known
variety. In this instance we have the
names Montmorency, Montmorency Or-
(■innire, Montmorency Extraordinaire,
Large Montmorency, etc.
Professor
Powell, who has been giving very care
ful study to the sour cherries, says
that in ids opinion there is only one
Montmorency cherry in tills country
and that the undoubted variations
which are found are due to the normal
plasticity of the variety when grown
under such adverse conditions. — Ex
change.
A
Bean the
Signature
of
C O K V A L L IS M A IL — D A IL Y
7:30 a ni L v ................P ortlan d.................Ar f>;'0 r in
Il:i'3 a i u L v ..................D erry...................1 - \ : 4 . 'a
11:56 |> m A r ..............O r v a llle ..........
Lv i :*»0 j in
At Albany ami Corvallis connect with trains of
Oregon Central and Eastern railroad.
D A L L A S PASSENG ER— D A IL Y , EX. S U N D A Y
5:05 J» m L v ___
8:25 p m A r ----
Portland.............. A r P :3 0 a m
. Daffaa.................Lv 6:10 a m
Y A M H IL L D IV IS IO N :
Passenger depot foot o f Jiff* r-on »irre t
A IR I.IE Y
E H E IG H T—T K I-W E E K L Y
A rrive 3:05 p m
Port laud.
Leave 8:35 a in ...
A n iv e 8:60 :v no
Leave 3 50 p m ---- . .. Dalia»...
.. Leàve 7:10 a to
A rrivo f»:t0 p no... .. . A ir lio ..
l Eastern
Ccrvaüis
Railroad.
T IM E C A R D NOS o.
No. 2 for Y squill* :
Leaves A l Lx m y ............. 12:47. |> m
G o o d S e e d N e e d e d F o r G o o d M e lo n s .
p m
Leaves ('’orvaliis ........... 1
Discussing the growing of melons at
A rrivi s Y aqu iu a............. 5 :36 p in
Hocky Ford, a correspondent of Orange No 1. rMl i ning :
J i h UI Farmer emphasizes the impor
Leaves Y ¡quin a ........... 7 00 a m
tance of seed selection and says: A j
Leaves C orvallis............. 1 l.:.‘t 0 it m
perfect cantaloupe* for seed must first ; Arrives A lb an y............... 12:15 p ni
Come from a field where the general
No. 3 for Detroit :
type was good. It must be of the prop- j
Leaves A lb an y............... 1 :00 p in
er size; the netting must be line and I
Arrives D etroit............... 5 :47t p in
closely laced. The space between tiie
No. 4 from Detroit :
slight ribs must be smooth and well !
Leaves D etroit............... . r. :- ìo a m
defined from stem to blossom ends, j
Arrives A lb an y. . . « . . . . 11:05 a m
Tiie ribs must all be of equal width, j
Trains I and 4 arrive in Allmriv in
The blossom ends must be well
time to connect with the S. 1\ souIh
strengthened by a small raised button,
bound train, as well as giving two or
and the weight should be dearly
|
three hours in Albany before depart
pounds. Then the color should be a j
light gray, showing n very little orange | ure of 8 . P north boili.d train.
Traiu No. 2 connects with liie S. P.
between the netting. When cut. the
meat should lie light green, changing trains at Corvallis and Albany giving
direct service lo Newport and xdjaj-
slightly toward yellow at the center
fine grained aud deep, so that but a j ent beaches.
Train 3 for Detroit, Breitenbiish
very small seed cavity remains.
| and otiier mountain reeoris leaves A l
bany at 1 :00 p m after the arrival of
I t W i t n R * t I b *(1 .
! S. P. south bound train from Portland
“ Have you n revised copy of the New
reaching Detroit at 5:45 p m.
Testament in the library, .Miss Reid?”
For further information apply to
asked tiie young man who wag mak
E D W IN STO N E , manager.
ing an evening call.
J. T U R N E R , agent, Albany.
“ No, Mr. Slow,” she replied, “ I re-
H. H. C R O N IS E , agent, Corvallis.
i grot to say we haven’t.”
“ M’ hnt’s a revised copy?” asked Bob
by, who hail been permitted to sit up
Citation.
later than usu.nl.
“ You are rather young yet, Bobby,
In the comity court, of tiie state of Oregon
to understand such matters," said his
xlst-M* kindly. “ A revised copy means for the county of Polk.
In the matter of the estate of Richard Roes,
that certain changes hare been made In deceas'd.—Citation.
the Bible which were considered neces
T o Mrs Alice Blodgett, greeting;
I X T H K N A M K ( >F I 11 E S T A T E < >F
sary to a better understanding of the
text. Now you had better ruu off to Oregon, v«»u are hereby cited and required to
appear in the c«»unty court of the state of Or.
Led there'» a g«xxl boy.”
ego», for the county » f Polk, «m Monday, the
The young man could scarcely con Mi\Jdayof November, 1902, at 1 o’clock in
th* afternoon of t:iat day, then and there to
ceal fils admiration.
"W ell, if th ;t’s what it Is.’’ said Boh -! m » w cause, if any there he. why an order
should not he made authorizing and direct
by. “ our family Bible is revised, ’cause ing the administrator of »Aid estate to sell all
pa changed it the other day. He the remaining real property belonging to »aid
scratched out the date of your birth estate at private »ale. Said real property is
nud made It three years later. lie told described oa f«»ll«»ws. to -w it;«» b>ts 12 and 13
in section 21, township 15 south, range 4 we-t
m something about you r.inl Mr. Slow of the Willamette meridian, Lan* county, f r -
nmt said that It wouldn't do any harm egon, containing 32 acres, more or less; also
nohow, ami If Mr. Slow wanted to look lots 9, 10, 12 and 14. block 4 in the town .f
Perradale, Polk « « m y, Oregon.
nt it it might do a deal of good.”
W I T N E S S , the honorable J. E . Sibley
Presently the young mini went away,
juiige of the county court of
and a family consultation was hold. It
the state o f Oregon f«»r tiie
[s e a l]
c«»unty o f P«»lk, w ith the s*%l
resulted in Bobby passing a sleepless
of said court affixed, this lfith
night
Attest:
d a y o f 8 e p t^
A.
L »u g h a ry , clerk
V, S.
D .,
1M H