T h e N e w * stands fo r • g re a te r and b etter Falls C ity all the tim e FALLS CITY NEWS Buy all goods o f home merchants and help to make Falls City greater FALLS CITY. OREGON. SATURDAY. APRIL 4, 1914 VOL. X Thundsr W E LL! W E L L ! MAXWELL Runs Well Rides Well Wears Well All is well with the MAXWELL BLACK & ROBBIE, Distributors, Dallas, Or. Local Agent, A. L. T IT U S CUSTOMS t)F PERSIA. A M««l M Whl«h Th«r* W»r* Neither K niv««, F t r k i N or Spo«n*. "I'he roau to Khuni, a holy Per- tlsn city, ia sufficiently good, al though there ia too much sand. All the statioos are full of gendarmes, sent tl>ere to fight the brigands. The city of Kashan is not to lie rec ommended to any European on ac count of the gigantic scorpions which hare chosen it for their capi tal. The road from Kashan, over mountain* and immense heaps of sand, is very hard and tiring. (Jno can see on both sides of the road many corpses of camels, horses, mules and asses Falling by the way under their burdens, the poor beasts presumably have been aban doned by their Persian drivers, who would never think of killing them and relieving them of their suffer- lngs. "In Ohe* a rich Persian asked me to past the night at his house, and I had to drink tea and eat my «up per in hi« company," «ay« a writer In tha London Standard. "Tie took a chicken and tore the best pieces of it with his flngrrs, offering them to me. No forks, knives or spoons, very few chairs and aofaa, but beau tiful carpets. T had a cushion and a blanket and, being tired, wanted to go to bed. Rut my new friend wished to boast of my presence to his relatives, and I taw several men who came to greet me. "T w o of them, after having bow ed to the earth to me, began to ro- cito French verses, apparently with out understanding their meaning. The elder raised his eyes to the ceil ing and aaid he was' almost dead with grief becauae o f a previous ac cident to my carriage. " I had to answer many onestiona concerning Europe. I told them about London and Paris, and aaid Berlin was probably the cleanest place in the world. The Persians were apparently amazed, but the French speaker« asked me whether the Qertnsns clesned their boots in Berlin. 1 learned afterward that my friends were the only wearers o f leather shoes in Ghez. Cleanli ness is not a Persian virtue, and Berlin did not impress them much.” •««»»•thing Like Dittar»««. "Daughter, when have you an other engagement with that young whippersnspper?" "N ext Thursday, father.” " I f ho comes around here before that I ’ll boot him into the middle o f next week." " I don’t think he’d object. That would bring him right np to next Thursday.” — Louisville Courier- Journal. H«r Qrownup Ways. Street Car Conductor— How old arc you. little girl ? Little Girl—d ’m paying full fare, so it isn’t necessary for yon to ask impertinent questions. — Chicago News. s ite T h « Mangrav« Tr««. 1 The mangrove tree, which is found in Trinidad, has many pecul iarities. For one thing, its seeds germinate on tha branches, and when tha shoots are considerably own ihey fall off and take root tha mud. As the young tree grows it sands out fresh roots from its truck and lower branches until at last the tree seems to lie support ed by a network o f roots or a compli cated series o f arches, in the midst o f which crabs, aquatic birds and insects take up their abode. S Mean. She— But why did you have a boy to deliver our wedding invitations instead o f sending them by post? Jack — Couldn’ t afford to take any chances. she— Chances o f what? Jack— Being arrested. Don’t you know it ia unlawful to send lottery tickets through the post? — Ex change. • Australia. The first civilized settlement in Australia was made at Botany bay in 1738 by some 1,030 persons, mostly convicts. In 1826 Moreton Bay, New South Wales, was settled. The settlement of Western Austra lis dates from 1829. Explorations of Australia began in 1815 and hare been kept up at intervals ever since. The greater part o f the interior of the continent is little better than desert, being either sand or dense shrub or porcupine bush. Would T ak« Nothing. Mr*. Green (who thinks o f hiring) — But ia the girl honest? Can she be trusted? Mrs. Brown (the girl’s former mistress)— You need not be in the least alarmed. She is per fectly honest. All the time she was with me 1 never knew her to take a thing, not even my advice as to how things should be done.— Boston Try a Sack of HIGH FLIGHT FLOUR and watch results All Goods and Prices Are Right AT Falls City Lumber Co. STORE L i g h t n in g . Lightning may be recognised, it ia aaid, at a distance of 200 roilee when clouds among which it play* are at a high altitude, but thunder can sel- dom be beard at a greater distance then ten miles. The sound of thun der ia also subject to refraction by layers o f different density in the at mosphere, as well as to the effects o f "sound shadows” produced by hills and other interposed objects. These are among the reasons for the existence o f the so called “ sheet” or "sum m er" lightning, which seems to be unattended by thunder. No. 31 LUCKY INTERVIEWS. TOO TINY TO S E E FATE OF A RARE STAMP. TtMy Lur«d a N«w«pap«r Man Away Fratn Csrtain D«ath. Electron« Arc t o Minute Th«y Defy Ev«n th« Micreaecp«. Cr«v«d by Collactar« and lu m o d b r • Carol««« D«n»»«tto. On two occasions, when in Chi cago, 1 was suved from death by in terviews. On one of these occasions I bad been assigned to do a Sunday story describing a midnight ride on an engine rushing out o f Chicago. The Illinois Central railroad provid ed the engine. 1 was to start at midnight and take an artist along with me to make the pictures. On the night I was to do this job the secretary o f the treasury, Charles Foster of Ohio, arrived at the Grand Pacific hotel, as I was infonned by one of the hotel clerks. This was at II o’clock, and I figured that to aave mr hotel column from being scoop ed I had better run down to the Grand Pacific and have a bit of chat with Secretary Foster. 1 did so. Foster had some inter esting things to say. When it was time for me to hustle for the en gine I was listening to him and for getting the ride on the engine. The night city editor, concluding that I had been lost somewhere in the shuffle, sent another man in my place to do the midnight ride, for the engine was waiting in the yard. Th<- man who was sent in my place was Leonard Waahburne, one of the earliest o f the crack baseball writers and perhaps the best o f all o f them, before or since. Fred Henry, a bngbt young artist from Louisville, w nt along with him. At five minutes to 12 I remem bered thia assignment and jumped into a cab and tried to reach the yard in time. But already the en gine was thundering down the tracks. The engine ran into a roundhouse just a few miles outside o f Chicago, and Waahburne and Henry were killed, mangled beyond recognition. Gn another occasion I was assign ed to do a Sunday story describing "how Chicago looks from a bal loon." There was a big captive bal loon out lit Jackson park. This was before the world’s fair. I start ed for Jackson park, and on my way there I heard that Bronson How ard, the playwright, was at one of the Chicago hotels, and I needed him for my hotel column. I deviat ed from mv course, found Howard and had a snort chat with him. Then 1 started for Jackson park to go up in the captive balloon as per arrangement. The balloonists hadn’t waited for me. I was two blocks away on the street car when I saw that the captive balloon was already starting upward on its first ascent. The instant after I saw that there was a blinding flash of light ning, followed by a terrific explo sion. The bolt hit the huge captive balloon, tearing it to ribbons and killing three men. I should have been one o f the three had I not gone out o f my course to have a bit o f interview with Bronson Howard. — Clarence L. Cullen in Chicago Record-Herald. The scientist has at last discov- ired the very smallest thing« in the world. He has weighed and meas ured them as well and can estimate their number. They do not appear on the microscopic field, although that reveals objects so minute that 125,000,000,000,000 of them could be crowded into a cubic centimeter. Each of these is in turn composed of millions upon millions of mole cules, every one of which contains two or more atoms. Physicists esti mate, indeed, that there are at least 20,000,000,000 o f atoms in the smallest particle of matter that ia to be seen through the most power ful o f the microscopes under reflect ed light— the smallest thing that a man can really see. Until quite recently the atom haa been considered the ultimate sub division o f matter, and its infinitesi mal size seems to have justified the conclusion. It now appears, how ever, that every atom ia a sphere in which thousands of lesser par ticles are revolving. These are call- electrons. T o picture their incon ceivable minuteness a scientist likens the stom to the dome o f a vast cathedral and the electrons to a swarm o f gnats flying about its re cesses. The electron is in continuous mo tion, flying hither and thither through the atom or dashing from atom to atom with inconceivable rapidity. There ia a divergence of opinion as to whether it is matter or something intermediate between matter and the all pervading ether, but there is a general leaning to ward the opinion that this, the venr tiniest something in all the world, is “ probably the basal substance out of which all matter is b u ilt” Very evidently there must be a re vision o f the familiar lines: How Muck H« Thought About Her. They were on their way to the theater, and sho was tremendously happy. She felt that the words she longed to hear would be spoken that night, and the idea made her almost dizzy with delight. “ Mr. Sampson,” she said softly» "why do you wear that bit o f string upon your finger ?” "O h,” replied Mr. Sampson, tak ing it off, “ that was to remind me o f my engagement with you to night.” It wasn’t much, but it was enough to take away the delightful dizzi ness.— London Chronicle. L ittle d r o p ! o f w ater, little grains o f sand, etc A drop of water is as an ocean to the electron, and a grain o f sand seems a continent by comparison.— Boston Herald. Th« Flying Dutchman. The legend of the phantom ahip called “ The Flying Dutchman” is a very old one. According to one version it was a vessel laden with recious metal. A horrible murder aving been committed on board, the ship became cursed, the plague broke out among the crew, and no port would allow the ship to enter, so it was doomed to float about like a phantom and never to enjoy rest. Another story is that a Dutch cap tain, homeward bound, met with continued head winds off the Cape of Good Hope, but vowed he would double the cape and not put back if he strove until doomsday. He was taken at his word, and there he still beats, but never succeeds in round ing the point. E Th« Ring Fingar. T o the question often asked why the marriage ring should he placed on the left hand many answers are given. Some say because the left hand is much less used than the right, and therefore the ring is less liable to get broken. In the British Apollo of 1788 it is stated that for the same reason the fourth finger was chosen, which is not only less used than either of the rest, but ia more capable o f preserving a ring from bruises, having thia one quali ty peculiar to itself— that it can not be extended but in company with some other finger, whereas the rest may be singly stretched out to their full length and straightness. Schoolboy Blunder«. A Kind W ord. A young clerk was called before his manager to explain why be was doing his work ao carelessly. “ Mr. Smith,” said the manager, " o f late your work has been very perfunc tory.” Before the manager could proceed the young clerk broke in: “ Mr. Jones, I ’ ve been working here for three months now and, though I have tried my beat, that’s the first bit o f praise I have received since I ’ve been here. Thank you I” "Much butter is imported from Denmark, because Danish cows have great enterprise and superior tech nical education to ours.” “ After committing suicide twice, Cowper lived till 1800, when he died a natural death.” “ The imperfect tense ia used in French to express a future action in past time which does not take place at all." “ W olfe declared he would rather repeat Gray’s ‘Elegy’ than take Quebec.” Qu««r ld«a o f th « Oil In th« Earth. Turquoiaee and th« Mongol«. Employment o f oil as fuel for the Turauoises are the favorite stones navy would have met with the whole hearted disapproval of an American o f all tne Mongol races and are gen who figure* in Sir John Robinson’s erally worn in their original state reminiscences. This farseeing per except by the Chinese women, who son petitioned congress that “ a atop havo them roughly cut and wear might be put to the irreverent and them mixed with pearls and coral. irreligious proceedings of various Both the Tibetan men and women citizens in drawing petroleum from ornament themselves with lump the earth, thus checking the de turquoises, the men wearing them signs of the Almight’-, who stored attached to their singlo gold ear it there for the future destruction rings, which are worn in the right ear only. of the world ” In the year 1851 a twelve peony black Canadian postage stamp was printed by the government at Otta wa. The public did not regard this somber issue with favor, ao few were issued. One of these stampe was sent to the Hamilton postoffice, where it was sold to an old gentleman, who ■aid it was a shame to print the queen’s picture on a stamp that might be handled by profane hands. Tenderly the old gentleman put it on a parcel, sending it to a friend in the United State*. Here, in the waste basket, it lay for many a day till an errand boy found it and quickly transferred it to hie album. Despairing o f getting A good collection ana hia fever fo r stamps somewhat abating, he sold them to a dealer. The new owner, on looking at the catalogue, found that what he had paid $5 for waa worth $25. Accidentally the stamp waa alip- ped into a twenty-five cent packet and sent to a dealer residing in Hamilton. When the latter opened the packet he was astonished to fold such a valuable stamp *nd, being honest, wrote his friend to inform him of what had happened, offering him $1,200 for it. The offer was accepted, and the stamp again changed hands. By this time tha ■tamp had increased in value, and not a few came from a distanca to look at the treasure. One day an English nobleman, who, through a Canadian friend, had heard of the stamp, offered $1,- 600, which offer was accepted. Tha English lord, falling in lova with an American heiress and wishing to gain the favor of her brother, pre sented him with the stamp as n token o f esteem. Here, in its new and luxurious American home, it came to a sad end, for one day the maid, by mistake, swept the stamp, which had accidentally fallen out of the album, into the fire. In an instant the stamp which thousands had heard of and longed fo r went up in smoke to the broad, blue sky, leaving not a trace behind. The passenger was not sobsr, though it was obvious that he was determined to prove hia sobriety to the world. He walked up and down the railway platform, putting hia feet down Tery carefully as if ha were walking an imaginary chalk line and scowled at every one as if he thought they had doubta con cerning his condition. It was there fore unfortunate that in a covered station he held an umbrella over hia head as if a rainstorm were pelting around him, and there was some trifling excuse for the laughter o f the onlookers when his train came in, and, with the umbrella still up, he made a valiant attempt to get into a carriage.— Manchester Guard ian. Delivered the Qaeda George Augustus Sals shared tha opinion of Sir Walter Scott, whe ■aid that he did not care a hang about what he had written. In re gard to this there ia a characteristic story told o f him. He had supplied an editor with an article, and the editor asked him whether he would obiect to a few alterations being made in it. Mr. Sala wrote in reply: " I have fulfilled my contract in delivering to you tha required weight o f raw m eat How you cook it, whether you roast it, or boil it, or hash it, or mince it, I neither care nor want to know.” Danger« o f Rich««. More men have been ruined by affluence and its consequent tempta tions than have ever been wrecked on the rock o f poverty. T o the rich man duty often loses its im perative voice, and he tampers with its claims and neglects its fulfil ment, while all the time he is breed ing greed and selfishness in his heart, to the defilement o f his whole life. Against all this and much more the man of relative poverty ia defended and kept.— Strand Magor sine. Flattered. Editor (to Miss Oldgirl, aged about forty)— Your work «hows promise, bnt do you know, madam, good literary work is seldom done bv a woman until she is thirty or thirty-five ? Several years hence you will be able to write acceptable articles. Miss Oldgirl (as she leave*)— That was the most delightful man I ever met.