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About Enterprise news-record. (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Or.) 1910-1911 | View Entire Issue (March 1, 1911)
HAD FURNISHED ROOMS. And H Had a Sign Out to Le ths Neighbors Know. In a little settlement on the outskirts of Chicago two houses stand out more boldly than the rest. These two are the domiciles of two Italians of menus, who, although being very Ignorant men, vied with, each other for the social leadership of the locality. " One day a newcomer, In search of temporary lodgings, attracted by a conspicuous sigu in the window of the first of these two houses, stepped to the door to make Inquiry. "I see you have furnished rooms here, he snld to the swarthy man who answered his knock. - "Ya," rejoined the foreigner, point ing to the furnished room sign, "dere's da sign." "Well, If you have one that's suitable I'd like to rent It for awhile." "We no rent da rooms," was the be wildering declaration. "I got my fam ily In here, and dey take up all da house." s "Don't rent any rooms? Why, then, have you that sign stuck in the win dow?" "I'll tell you. Las' week dnt fellow next door hang such a sign In his front window, an' we'u I see dat I put one of da same kind in my front window, Just to show da people dat he ain't only man in dls place dnt have his rooms furnished!" Judge's Library. SEEING THE FAR EAST. It Should Be Viewed Through the Bi , ble and "Arabian NighU." The best books on the east, as every one knows, are the Blble.and the "Ara bian Nights," and yet I found most travelers were saturating themselves with snlppity descriptions of monu ments and places, with tabloids of his tory, with technical paragraphs on ar- chltecture and the ethnic religions, with figures about the height of this and the length, of that or condensed statistics of en. firts imd Imports and I Do you need glasses I I -. I ' ' '' I Let me examine your eyes B I have the only lens grinding H machinery in Eastern Oregon, and can grind any lens to order. H I Send Me the Pieces I B and I will send you, by return I mail, new lenses, exactly like j H the broken ones. I P, If you need glasses I will furnish them for less than they would cost elsewhere and guarantee . you satisfaction. I can furnish you references from , your city.- HEACOCK EYESIGHT SPECIALIST Next door to Postoffice LA GRANDE,' OREGON the tonnage through the Suez canal and dates about the Pharaohs and the Mughals. No wonder they see nothing, know nothing, enjoy nothing and come home. bringing a few expletives, adjec tives and photographs which can be had for a small price in either New York or London. The first thing to do in going to the enst Is to turn your education out on your desk so that you can get at the bottom of It, and there you will find the Bible and the "Arabian Nights" aud the "Odyssey" and "Iliad" and "Virgil" and "Herodotus" and "Xeno phon," and you will realize what a fool you were not to have devoted more time to them when you were asked to do so. Guide books can get you to the east, but they do not get you inside. It Is temperament, not trains, that counts. Price Collier hi Seribner's Magazine. Perfumes. Civet is an aromatic substance of the consistence of honey and is ob tained from a pouch on the civet cat, an animal from two to three feet long and about ten or twelve inches high. The best known of animal odors Is musk, which Is obtained from the musk deer. China furnishes .the best quality. Twenty-five pods or sacks are packed In oblong boxes composed of plates of lend inclosed In a caddy made of pasteboard. Musk is obtain ed from Assam, Siberia, the Altai mountains and other parts of northern Asia. Ambergris is another animal odor. It Is secreted In the intestines of the spermaceti whale. A very curi ous fact is that ambergris is only ac cumulated by disease that is, it Is only "secreted in a sick whale. It is very hard, of a light gray color and is found in quantities varying from twen ty to fifty pounds. It is worth about 0 an ounce. London Standard. Mucilage and Gum. "I went Into a stationer's shop in Lotidon one day," said an American, "and said to the shop assistant: ' 'Do you keep mucilage?' " 'No, sir, the young man answered. 'We try. to take in all the papers, but there are so many new ones coming out. Still, I can order mucilage for you, sir. Which number did you want?' "I learned afterward that I should have asked for gum. They don't have the word 'mucilage' over there in Eng land. . "But an Englishman traveling on one of our railways stopped a train boy and said: " 'Have you got any gum?' " 'No; I don't use It, boss,' the boy replied In friendly fashion, but I can let you have a chaw off this here plug.' "Washington Star. v An Accomplished Linguict. "Did you learn any French while you were in Paris?" asked Blldud,' meeting Slithers shortly after his return from New Grocery Stock Teas, Coffee, Spices, Sugar, Dried and Canned Fruits, latter headed by Famous Monopole Brand. Everything Sold at a Big Saving to You for Cash Eggs taken in exchange FRESH BREAD EVERY DAY PRENTISS HOMAN Next Door to Bank MODEL 10 VISIBLE has just been awarded the Grand Prix over all competitors at the Brussels' International Exposition Europe. ' " "Oh, a little," sa Id Slithers. "Not so Very much, thou; h. I got so I could say cigarette in Drench." "Good!" said Blldad. "What la ciga rette in French?" "Cigarette,:' said Slithers. Harper's Weekly. ' Taking Away From the Subject. When Frederick Robertson of Brigh ton, the great preacher who had writ ten much about Tennyson's poems and for whom the poet had a hlirh first called upon him, "I felt," said Tennyson, "as if he had come to pluck out the heart of my mystery, so I talk ed to him about nothing but beer." SHAVI1TgHs1jFATAL. Berbers Nowadays Do Not Use Ham mers and Cold Chisel. In reply to a correspondent who says he yearns to have his flowing beard removed and yet lacks the Spartan firmness of the early martyrs to face I the ordeal and makes a pathetic ap peal for .advice the alfalfa editor of the Emporia Gazette unfeelingly re marks: I , "The alfalfa editor can offer no ad vice or encouragement to such a trem bling soul. It seems probable that he has worn his whiskers for many years. It is likely that be hasn't purchased a shave for a quarter of a century and therefore is ignorant of the improve ments in the art tonsoriul which have been achieved in recent years. It is no longer like going through a slaugh ter house to an open grave to be shav ed by an expert barber. In fact, that operation has been so Bhorn of its ter rors that many eminent citizens con sider it a pleasure to visit the barber. : It Is no longer necessary to strap a patient down in the chair before shav ing him; neither Is it necessary to ad-. , minister anaesthetics to his whiskers. I i "The man whose only reason ' for wearing whiskers is the fact that he fears the barber shop will gain little sympathy. If he tries to explain that he earfnot shave himself without suf fering the agonies of the all fired he will gain less. Such excuses might I have had some force long ago, when I barbers used hammers and cold chls- r els, but science has made giant strides in recent years, aud the country Is full of painless barbers, and a clean shave costs no anguish or inconvenience." MICROSCOPIC MESSAGES. i ' How a Single Pigeon Might Carry a , Whole Library. For more than 2,000 years carrlor pigeons have been used to carry mes sages when no other means sufficed, and during the siege of Paris, when 3(13 birds were sent' out from the doom ed city, one of the birds performed the almost Incredible feat of carrying to the outside world on one trip no less than 40,000 messages averaging twenty words each. This was 800,000 words, or the equivalent of five or six average novels. This marvel was accomplished by means of microscopic photography, the messages being first printed with ordi nary type and then photographed and rephotographed until they hud been reduced several hundred diameters. The final photoeraDhs were taken, oa REOPENED The Red Front Blacksmith Shop by the reliable blacksmiths W. P. Hamblelon A Son Machine Repairing I . " Horseshoing ' Same old stand Enterprise Oregon films or pelUcItofcollodTon,' eacH oi which, about two inches square, con tained 50,000 words. A dozen of these films, rolled up iu a quill, weighed but one twenty-eighth of an ounce. The messages could, of course, be read with a microscope without the neces sity of rephotographing and enlarging. Under favorable conditions aud for comparatively short distances pigeons have carried as much as three-quarters of an ounce. Using the photo re duction method, it would therefore be possible for a single bird to carry messages equal in words to no fewer than 120 ordinary volumes. Harper's Weekly. Whistler's White Lock. As long as the name of James Mc Neill Whistler lives among those who saw him it will recall the famous white lock which stood out so conspicuously from the mass of his black hulr. It was, as he used to say himself, "well placed" aud was always treated from the harmonous point of view to de velop its greatest effect in his appear ance. One day when Dorothy Men pes, daughter of the well known English artist Mortimer Mennes. was a hnhv and was asleep on her pillow Whistler went to see her. A white feather had by chance settled on her head and lay in a spot exactly corresponding with the white lock on his own head. "That child is going to develop into something great," he exclaimed, "for, see, she begins with a feather, Just like me!" Gypsy Queens. On occasions America treats its gypsy monarchs with full regal pomp. Matilda Stanley was accorded an al most royal funeral in 187S at Dayton, O., where, ten years later, another queen was crowned with nil proper ceremonial. In England, too, gypsy queens have received all due honor. Esther Faa Blythe, who died In 1883, had many members of the aristocracy on her visiting list, and she, too, had a regular coronation. But, on the whole, the gypsy has not had a very good time in England. An act of 1592, for example, made It a felony without benefit of clergy to be merely seen for a month In the society of gypsies, while for actually being a gypsy -no punishment was too severe. London Standard. ,, A Premium on Marriage. In Belgium they place a premium on marriage by allowing a married man two votes at an election- as against the single man's one. In Madagascar one must be a father or pay for the default If a man is unmarried or childless at the age of twenty-five he must contribute annually $3.75 to the support of the state, and each woman who has remained single or is 'child less at twenty-four Is taxed $1.80 per year. A "Friendly Match." I speak of a "friendly - match(" not at all forgetting that dictum of the old Scot to whom his opponent, break ing some trivial rule, said, "I suppose you won't claim that in a friendly match?" "Friendly match!" was the reply. , "There's no such thing at golf!" London Telegraph. Much is done in the name of friend ship; so are muny. Exchange. Forced to LeaveJ Home. Every year a large number of poor sufferers, whose lungs are sore and racked with coughs are urged to go to another climate. But this Is cost ly and not always sure. There's a better way. Let Dr. King's New Dis covery cure you at home. "It cured me of . lung trouble," writes W. It. Nelson, of Calamine, Ark., "when all else failed and I gained 47 pounds in weight. Its surely the king of all cough and lung cures." Thousands owe their lives and health to it. It's positively guaranteed for coughs, On a Saly Turtles Mattress You will dream you drift on air, Like you were upon aa airship Plasant dream to be your share. On a Sealy Tuftls Mattress You'll have rent and sweet repose: It 1 made for peac and comfort And it doe invite the doae.. Fluffy, stuffy, aiway puffy ' . Mattres .that you can't keep down, Like th truth It always rle That' what makes Its wide re nown. Lumps? Indeed there' no lump In It It's1 tie veryi yen thing, It i made of pUont cotton And it's springy on the spring. It' the mattress of the palace And tie mattres of the cot; Safe and aane and sanitary tt'a the best of ait the lot. It will bold it shape forever Keeping smooth the upper spreads; It's so easy to lie on It And so easy to make beds. It 1 everywhere the bobby - And It' everywhere the rage, For the Sealy "Turtles Mattres I the mattres of the Fred S. Ashley THE HOME FURNISHER 1 Spnig h A o Have you seen our stock of i New Ginghams which we have just opened up and placed .upon the shelves for your inspection We have a very select line of1 Everett, Red Seal and Zephyr Ginghams which cannot fail to please the most fastidious. Many other lines have been recent ly replenished snd we are now pre pared to tak i your spring orders Respectfully, R. & ? Z. CO. colds, lagrippe. a3thma. croup all throat and lung troubles. 60c and 11.00. Trial bottle free at all drug gists. Hunger is. the best, shiuca hia nrm told, but stILl there Is something nice about apple-sauce. Warning to Railroad Men. Look out for severe and even dang erous kidney and bladder trouble re sulting from years of railroading. Geo. K. Bell, 639 Third St., Fort Wayne, Ind, was many years a conductor on the Nickel Plate. He says: "Twenty years of railroading left my kidneys In terrible condition. There was a continual pain across my back and hips and my kidneys gavo me much When Your You, like everybody else, are willing to sell your -land. The man who will give ou your price' will back down if your title is not clear. Do you know whether it is or not? A Reliable Abstract tell. Make sure before the buyer comes. We furnish Reliable Abstracts. WALLOWA LAW, LAND B ABSTRACT CO. INTERFUSE, OREGON Batmaa a Btlyea, Managers r Long Distance Service over the telephone makes neighbor! of your friends miles away. Bad roads are now in order. Use the service of the Home Independent Telephone Co. Long Distance service to all points in Union and Wallowa Counties. To the Citizens of Wallowa County It is our purpose to handle any busioecs entrusted to us in such a fair and liberal .manner as to maKe the customer's rela tion with (his banK satisfactory and profitable. II Aside from bur excellent facilities, this bank has the advantage of a large capital and substantial list of stockholders. It ' is also a State Deposi tory. If you are not a customer we invite you to become one. Skkpwers and Fanners National .Bank Wallowa, Oregon distress, and the action of my bladder was frequent and most painful. I got a supply of Foley Kidney Pills and the first bottle made a wonderful im provement and four bottles cured roe completely. Since being cured I have recommended Foley Kidney Pills to many of my railroad, friends." Burnaugh & May field. The squirrel travels a good deal by rail, though he la never compelled to show hla fctoket. A Mother's Safeguard. Foley's Honey and Tar for the chil dren. It Is best and safest for all coughs, colds, croup, whooping cough and bronchitis. No opiates. Burnaugh & Mayfield. You Get Price m jtjj.Lwi
