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About Beaver State herald. (Gresham and Montavilla, Multnomah Co., Or.) 190?-1914 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 6, 1913)
MERELY SLAPPED HER FACE NEAT PACKAGE HELPS PRICE H rn After Investigation Lawyer Learn* Husband "Happened to Have Flatiron In His Hand." PUZZLING TRICK WITH TAPE I Clever Manipulation of Fingers Nec ' i •Mary for Performance of Delu sion With String*. Take n piece of tap« about two yard* long; draw th» end* over th» center, a* Illustrated In Figure 1. the right »nd being over the tap« and th» left under It. Then hold the two loop* thus formed, on« In each hand, the two pointe y and a, where the tape croaaea, being held between the thumb and forefinger of each hand, as shown In Figure 2. The point deal!- naled by x will then bo right In the middle of the tape. You now explain that by cutting the tape through at a the tape will, of course. be divided Into two parts, and you request one of the company to cut It; adding, that when cut you will restore the tape to Its former condition Before the cut ting takes place give the loop» a »hake, which affords you the opportu nlty of d«atrrou»ly making the fol lowing change, on which the success of the trick depends: Before shaking th« loops you will place the second finger of the left hand on the point * (Figure 2). to show where the tape la to be cut: at the same time shift the disengaged finger* of the right hand (hitherto holding the part above B) underneath Instead of over the string, and right Inside the loop; then give the shake, during which the part x Is drawn dovFn by the second left hand Anger; the portion of the tape above B Is dropped from between the thumb and forefinger of the right band, and the tape at C is seized .by the latter On resuming your former position the piece Is held up to be cut Is no longer In the middle of the tape, but merely a short continuation of the end of D Next, let this be cut through, and Immediately let the tape fall entirely from the right hand which you now employ, with th« aid of your teeth, to tie the cut ends ID. C. Figure 3) In a double knot at y After this la done (not before) you enn remove the left thumb and huger and exhibit the tape apparently tied together In the middle, as in Figure 3 You now take hold of the knot with th« forefinger and thumb of the right hand, and give on« end of th« tape to aom« one to hold; then place the thumb and finger of the left hand upon the tape close up to the right hand, apparently to hold th» knot, which Is slipped along the tape by the right hand; ask another person to SAW THROUGH HIM. Heggy Bluff— I was going to ask you to go sleighing today, but last night’s rain has thawed the roads. 1‘eggy Quick Oh! 1 don't doubt 1 shall enjoy the auto ride quite as well ! I take hold of th« tape which you offer him with your right hand, and when placing It In hie hand you slip the knot off the end. and conceal It be tween your Angers until an opportu nity comes of ¡»ocketlng or otherwise getting rid of It. The knot Is sup posed all this time to be under your left thumb and Anger. Now, blow upon those Angers, and show the tape completely restored, and free from any knot. OPTICAL ILLUSION IS NOVEL Arrangement of Piece* of Cardboard Furnishes Entertainment by Showing Error* of Ey*. A young lawyer In a southern town was sitting In Ills office on« day when an old negro who had belonged to the lawyer's father came In and hailed him, says the Haturday Evening 1'oat "Mlatah Campbell," be said, ‘T'so done got In a little m«ss ‘count at my ole 'oman, an I wanta you. plea*« sub. to come ‘long over to do cotehouse and Ax It up fur me. It don't 'mount to nothin', but dhy la talkin' 'bout awearln' out a writ and »endin' do constables after me " "What's the matter?’ 'asked the law. yer "Well, »uh," suld the old man, "you know wut a aggervatln' nigger 'omun dat wife o' mln» Is? Ills muwnln' at breakfua' she kept on argufyln' and '•puttin' wld m» ontell 1 up un' slap ped her Cat's all It Is; I des slapped her 'longslde de hald once't to correct bar." Leaving the old man in his office, the lawyer crossed to the courthouse Ho found that the woman was In a hospital, reported as dangerously In jured and that a charge of assault with Intent to kill had been lodged against the husband He hurried back "Now, Vncle Ike," he said. "If you want me to defend you. you've got to tell me the truth about this whole af fair. They say your wife Is badly hurt—she may not get well. What did you do to her?" "Mtstah Campbell" protested the old man. "1 done tole you de truth— I des up and slapped dat 'oman along •Ide de hald wld my hand." "With your hand?” "Yes, suh." "Was there anything tn your band’" "Well, suh. since you mentions it said the accused. “1 does seem to r call dat I happened to bo hold in' flatiron In my band at do time." Assertion That Husband Put on Shirt With One 8leeve Right Side Out Started Fuss. "My husband did the foollshest .hl ng this morning you ever heard of When he got up he put on his shirt with one sleeve right side out and the other wrong side out." "One sleeve wrong side out and the other why. Mrs. Jlpes, he couldn’t possibly have done such a thing as that." "Why not?" "It's a physical Impossibility." "But I saw him do It." "You thought you did. but—" "Well, like that! Dispute my word, do you? I'll let you know— '.'Say. Mrs Glimmer, do you think anybody could put on a shirt with one sleeve right side out and the other wrong side out?" "He might if It was made that way; not otherwise." "What did I tell you. Mrs JI—" "That doesn't settle It. Mrs. Skim merhorn Say, Mrs. Bllby. do you see anything absurd In the Idea that a man can put his shirt on with one sleeve wrong side out and the other right side out?" "Ye».” "1 don't see how he could. Mrs. Jlpes." "Well, I saw my husband do It. Mrs Carstone. you believe me, don't you ?” "Of course 1 do. There’s nothing absurd about that." "There! Perhaps you'll—” "That doesn't decide It. Look here. Mrs Hankins, did you ever see any body wearing a shirt with one sleeve right side out and the other wrong side out?" "I never did. Mrs Skimmerhorn, but If Mrs. Jlpes says so I've no rea son to—” "Did you. Mrs Winters?” "No, nor anybody else " "So! Think I'm telling a falsehood, do you?’ ’ "1 didn't say so. Mrs Jlpes. but it's so perfectly absurd, so manifestly lm possible, that—" Transitory Fam*. "Seems funny what a fuss they "Cat! I'll—" make over these footoball heroes," said (Here the gavel fell.) the fat man with the whiskers. "I Mid les. If you please, we will re "Oh, 1 don't know," replied the other man "It is a form of fame, lume the consideration of the ques that must cling to a man for many tion pertaining to changing the hour sf meeting. A motion wilt be in or- years." "Do you think so?” said the fat ler.” man. "Weil, my name Is Grabstock. What She Meant. Does that suggest anything to you?" "N'-no." "So you think I smoke too much?" •And yet,” said the fat man, "I'm )e asks just to keep up a con versa the phenomenon who ran the whole1 don that seemed to be languishing length of the Aeld for a touchdown "Not at all,” she answered, not In 1903—the most brilliant football rery skillfully concealing a yawn. feat of all times. What?" "You said you thought so.” "Pardon me. I don't thluk you are imoklng too much." High Time. "Didn't you say that I'd die if I "This Is some more of the work of them blamed monopolists," said Ira l lldn't cut tt down?” "Yes. that's what I said." Oatley as he hung hl* trousers over It took him a long time to get it the foot of the bed "What do you mean?" his wife ind then he was quite angry. asked. “Look at that card. It says. 'Don't TWO VIEWS. blow out the gas.' I e’poae they want to git us to let it burn all night, and then they'll charge us fer It when we settle our bill In the mornin’. It's about time we was havin' a change of administration In this country." How She Struck Him. Cut out such bare as these In a "Oh, yes, I know Mrs. Wadlelgh. 1 piece of stout cardboard and Ax a nar sow strip of the same material at the saw her last night and she struck me as------ " "I know what you were going to say. She struck you ns being about the prettiest woman In this town." "No, that wasn't It exactly. She struck me as 1 was trying to get across the street in front of her new electric.” Optical Illusion. TROUBLE AT WOMAN’S CLUB Modern Adventure. "I was stopped on the street last night and Invited Into the house of a perfect stranger.” "Ah, an Arabian Nights' adventure. What was the outcome of It all?" "Nothing hazardous They klmply had to have a fourth man to play auction bridge." back, as I* Indicated, with a small fastener, on which It can be turned The Uplift. When nearly upright Its edges look "We all feel the yearning for bet parallel, but as tt drops lower and lower the illusion that this la not so ter things sometimes,” remarked Mr. Wombat. Increases. "I'm glad to hear you say that," responded Mr. Wombat. "Now you What Had 8hs Been Doing? will understand me when I tell you A teacher In a local Sunday school that I positively must have a willow desired to reprove a small boy. plume." "Johnnie." she said, quite solemnly. "I'm afraid I shall never meet you In Something to Break. the better land." "The cook threatens to leave to Johnnie put on n look of astonish morrow." ment. "Why, teacher." he asked, "We must Interest her.” "whatever have you been a doing of "How can we Interest her?" •cw ?" “1'11 have a new set of china sent home.” <Jr *• <»*•*> T«*« »»y Dr««««»«» Buttar Wrapped In Tidy Parcel of Ons Pound Each Will Attract Eye of Fastidious You may not believe it but farm butter put up In square packages of a pound neatly wrapped In oiled paper Keep that way- it means will bring a better price In any mar ket than the same butter loosely health and happiness; but at packed In a tin bucket or jar. the fir. t sign of weakness in A butter mold costa a trifle and oiled paper with your name printed the Stomach, Liver or Bowels on It coats but a little mors, and if butter is put up In square package take form It will bring from two to three cents per pound more than if packed In jars or tins. Fastidious customers tn ths city, who sre in the habit of getting nearly I It may save you everything they consume In fancy » right away. packages absolutely will not buy but I a long sick spell. It is for ter that la scooped out of the pall and sent to thalr homes In wooden dishes. Poor Appetite, Sour Stomach, 1n spite of this fact which nearly Headache, Indigestion, Cos every farmer ought to know, 95 per cent, of the farm butter Is sold with tiveness, Colds and Grippe. out being put up In this form and Wasted Tims. it all goes together In one mass at the No boy when he applies for a job creamery, where It Is worked over, at any bualneas man's place la asked molded Into pound packages, wrapped If he Is an expert at playing pool.— and stamped with the name of the American Theatrical History. Philadelphia Ledger. creamery and sold at a profit, all of The first regularly organized the«» which might have been bad by the Heal company came from England In farmer If he would do 'be same thing 1752, and played first at William» and sell direct to city consumers. burg, Va.. afterward at Annapolis, Of course It Is not always possible New York and Philadelphia. Th« first to sell direct to consumers, but even theater was built at Annapolis. If butter Is sold to tue stores It will Daily Thought, bring a much better price if put UP Lift up yourselves to ths grant in oiled paper In pound packages, In C ' Ji'- fact the making of butter is not all meaning of the day, and dare to thin* sf your humanity as something so * •here is In the business vlnely precious that It la worthy st DIAN No thooshtfal perw/n t*. liquid blue. It's a being an offering to God.—Phillipa pinch of blue In a larre bottle of water. Aik foe get ; Brooks. Bed Cruua Ball Blue. U*e blue that'* all blue. fo me Contlnsnt of Troos. Ths Idea of an extensive forest gei. •rally rails to mind the forests of South America or the heart ot Africa, but It la a surprising fact that In pro portion to Its size Europe Is much more extensively wooded than the rest of ths globe It Is calculated that nearly a third of the surface of Eu rope Is covered with trees, whereas th« proportion over the whole land area of the world Is only about one- quarter. Finland and Sweden have the greatest extent of forest land, ball of their surface being covered with trees. Britain and Portugal are the least wooded of European countries, only a twentieth part of their area being covered with forests. Though southern Britain is richly wooded, the tress are for a large part in hedge rows and are not collected into for- HOSTETTER’S STOMACH BITTERS 75 YEARS OF PUBLIC APPROVAL 'E DR. As Usual. Tm so glad to see that you have and All form» of recovered from your 11’ness.” "Yes; DIGESTIVE DISORDERS but I had a narrow escape The doc- tor said If I had waited a day longer it would have been hopeless, and they Possibly Knew What He Meant. all said it was the only case of its In an address of welcome to a resi kind on record. Th» doctor Is going dent magistrate at Cala, Transkel, to write It up for a medical paper. The South Africa, the Kaffir spokesman, only thing that carried me through the other day thus expressed him was my wonderful vitality."—Ex self: "We cordially welcome your change. pluck and goodness in coming among How Kansas Got Its Name. such puslllamlnary and unwbole- The late Colonel Inman always somely ignorant people. We are over joyful to get such a weak, non-excit Insisted that Kansas got its name able, superabundantly harmonious through mistake of a proofreader. The early Kansas Indians were one as a magistrate." Kaws, a diminutive of Kausas. In revising the works of a missionary RAISES the DOUGH the proofreader mistook the "u" for an Inverted "n” and changed It tc Better than other powder«— "n." Since then it has been Kansas FOR CONSTIPATION America. I know America Is capable of any* thing she undertakes with spirit an» vigor. "Brave tn distreae, serens tn conquest, drowsy when at rest" 1» hst characteristic.—Abigail Adame. WOMEN W producing light, dainty, whole- W tome cake« and pastries— • CRESCENT > BAKING f POWDER | ia high grade and F moderate in price — ' 25c ib. tin at grocer* Crwceet Ml*. Co^S.attl. 20, Regulations. On remarking some time ago that students cannot be driven anywhere by regulations, I was contradicted by the dean of another institution who in sisted that by regulations they can be driven to the devil ’ accepted the amendment—President Lowell, in Harvard Graduates’ Magazine. WOMAN SICK FOURTEEN YEARS Restored to Health by Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. Elkhart, Ind.I suffered for four teen years from organic inflammation, female veakness, pain and irregulari ties. The pains in my sides were in creased by walking or standing oti my feet and I hail such awful bearing down feelings, was de pressed in spirits and became thin and pale with dull,heavy eyes. I had six doc tors from whom I received only tempo rary relief. I decided to give Lydia E. Tinkham’s Vegetable Compound a fair trial and also the Sanative Wash. I have now used the remedies for four months and cannot express my thanks for what they have done for me. “If these lines will be of any benefit you have my permission to publisl them. " — Mrs. S adie W illiams , 45. She—I just love a good skate. He Yes, I would, too, if it wasn't James Street, Elkhart, Indiana. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com 'or the morning after. pound, made f rom native roots and herbs, contains no narcotic or harmful drugs, Not Suited, and to-day holds the reconi of being the "You refused the earl, Amalie, most successful remedy for female ill: lear?" we know of, and thousands of voluntary Young Widow—He's too old for me. testimonials on file in the Pinkham "But his title?" laboratory at Lynn, Mass., seem tc "That's too new for me!” prove this fact If you have the slightest doubt HI* Policy. "A doctor works on the reciprocity that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegeta ble Compound will help you,write Man.” to Lydia E. Pinkham MedicineCo. "How so?” (confidential) Lynn, Mass., fur ad "Whenever he pays visits, he makes vice. Your letter will be opened, 'lefts pay him.” read and answered by a woman, anu held in strict contidence. His Motto. "How do you stand on the Income ax question?" "My motto Is this: 'Give me the In ternes of the people and I care not »ho collects their taxes.’" “Up to the Minute!” Almost Too Much to Believe. A gunner of the royal marines tells a story, says an English paper, of how a seagull rescued an exhausted linnet from the sea and deposited It ‘ n the deck of a warship We can I tand a good deal, but this story I hould. we think, have been told by ‘3 narrator exclusively to his fellow isrines. ________________ Were not made to do Machine W ork, bat there is a machine made to do Women’s Work, and it doea it quicker and better than it’» ever been done before. THE MEADOWS POWER WASHER TAKES THE WORK OUT OF WASH DAY. Free illustrated catalog sent upon receipt of the coupon below or poatal mentioning this paper. ONLY ONE "BROMO QUININE" That la LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE. Look for the signature of E. W. GROVE. Cure« a Cold ’ in One Day. Cures Grip in Two Days. 25c. Advice to a Friend. The young man was about to be married. "Praise your wife’s grace and beauty constantly,” advised one friend "But don't overdo IL" counseled an other. "She may cdhclude that has thrown herself away on you, and want to go on the stace.” Would Take an Heiress Now. I Once more someone takes the trouble to tell us that there was a real Mary with a real lamb that went to school. And when you remember how much lower meat was in 1?14, It isn't so hard to believe.—Milwau kee Journal. free Meadows Washing Ma chine catalog. u DIDN’T HURT A BIT” is what they at say of our Painless Methods of Extract in* Teeth. Mother* will find Mrs. W inslow's Bootaing Syrup I' e best remedy to uso 'or their obUdrsa ’urlug .".e teethitip period. Out-of-town p«* pie can have thefo plate and bridgw work finished in one day if necessary. An abeolute rua^ ante*, backed by M yean in Portland Eating Sunflower Seeds. 8unfiower seed eating is the favorite holiday pastime of the Spanish He brews of the Levant. The kernel of the seed, which is about as large as a grain of rice, has a nutty, oily flavor, somewhat similar to raw peanuts. On Saturday, after synagogue, Hebrews all over the Orient are to be Been orrict HOURS: Sundays 9 ta 9 munching the sunflower seeds with 8 A. M. to 8 P. M. Phones: A 2029: Main 2029. gusto. The wealthier classes substi tute the salted pistachio tor the sun Failing Bldg., Third and Washington, Portland flower seed. Wise Dental Co. Giant Pineapple. The Shaker colony near Aston. Fla., has grown a pineapple weighing 12 pounds five ounces. With this pine apple and others nearly approaching Its size the Shakers have taken most of the prizes at county and state fairs for the finest pineapples. TILES CURED IN * TO 14 DATS Tour clrueeist will refund money if PAZO OINT MENT fails to cure any raw of Itchins. Blind. Bidding ur Protruding Piles in 6 to 14 days. 4 “ 0c. Strong Land and Language. "Wonderful soil here." said the traveler; 'T've never seen such big corn ” "Yes.” said the farmer, “and we had to plant a dwarf variety to keep It down to this size."—SL Paul Dispatch. World Looks for th* Bast. There are two sides to «very story. The victory you w’n means defeat to the other fellow. But that should not deter us from doing our best. It's the best that the world needs, but if you can do better than the other fellow, ft la your work that the world wants. P. N. U. No. •-’13. PUTNAM FADELESS DYES Color more goods brighter and faster colors than any other dye. Ons 10c package colors silk, wool and cotton squally well and u guaranteed to give perfect result*. Ask dealer, or ws will send postpaid at 10c a nackage. Write for Ire* booklet how to dye, bleach and mix colors. MONROE DRUG COMPANY, Quincy, Illlnol*.