F A L L 8 C IT Y N E W S SATU RD AY, A P R IL 21, 1017 A CAUTIOUS P R O P O S A L P R ES ID EN T S R E -E L E C T E D . Ne Chanoe Far a Breach ot Premia« Bull From Thla Laltar. Mr. Wilaan Made the Tanthi Four Vie« President« Ha elected. Woodrow WIlNon Is lha U-utti i>rral- di-iit to t>a electcd for a at-coud term. The other ulnar ware Washington, Ji-f fi iwjij, Madleou, Monroe, Jackson, Lin­ coln, Grant, Cleveland and McKinley. Thomas Itlley Marshall Is III# llrst vice prealdeut to be Inaugurated a sec­ ond time since the present system of party conventions came Into use. Actu­ ally be la tho fourth tnau to bold the ofllce a second lima. John Adams was twice t-lecled vice president to serve with George Wash­ ington; Daniel D. Tompkins served through the term» with President Mon­ roe. John C. Calhoun was twice elect­ ed vice president on tickets with John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson and served until his resignation near the end o f bis second term In 1832. March 4 has fallen on Holiday three times In an Inauguration year. Presi­ dent Monroe, actlug on the advice of Ciilef Justice Marshall, set a precedent and took the oath on Momluy, March 6. General Zachary Taylor followed this precedent when lie wts Inaugurated In isII). March 4 again fell on a Sunday, and ha postponed taking the oath until the following Monday. President Hayes, however, took precautions sgnlust any opportunity fo ra charge o f Irregularity. The final vote o f the tribunal which guvo to him the high office and thus ended the Tlldeu - llayee controversy was announced on Saturday, March 3, 1877. Mr. Mayes st once look llie oatb. The form o f a president's luaugursl was largely devised by George Wash­ ington, a m i, like most all o f his work, has stood the test o f time. The cere­ mony was conceived when the fore­ fathers were lu tho throes o f a great revolution, and they luteuded It to bo distinctively American. Through the lapse o f more than a century virtually no rbsngo has tx-eu made In the actual ceremonies, although elaborate and beautiful necompunlmchls bsve been added.— New York Times. Many w i f i tho fuinous characters reduced on tho circuit* of early ays, *ay* Arthur W. Spaulding— men fearlea* in duuger, unwearying in labor, enduring in privation, pow­ erful in exhortation, ready in wit and often prepared to uao physical a* well a* spiritual inuaelu in their combat* w ith tho devil and bi* hu­ man agent*. Among the most interesting of thorn wn* Lorcuzo Dow, a roving preacher, whose work wa* not con­ fined to tho mountain* on the fron­ tier, for ulthough lie labored from tho high peak* of North Carolina to the bank* of tho Mississippi and from Georgia to Canada, lie was well knowu also along tho Atlantic coast and even in England and Ire ­ land. Itestles* uud eager, ho con­ tinually traveled. Nor would ho marry until he hud found u young woman who would promiso that she would spare him from homo twelve months out o f thirteen. His proposal o f inurriage, a letter that is, I think, unique in the de­ liberation and caution with which it approach ■* tho subject, ran as follows: “ I f 1 am presorvod, about a year and a half from now 1 am in hopes o f seeing this northern country again; and if during this tune you live and remain single and find no ono that you like better than you do mo and would be willing to give mo up twelve months out of thir­ teen or three years out o f four to travel, and that in foreign lands, and never say, Do not go to your appointment, etc.— for if you should stand in tho way, I should pray to God to remove you, which I believe Ho would answer— and if I find no WHY NOT W ALK IT 0 F F 7 ono that I like better than I do you, perhaps something further Try This Man's Scheme When Vou may be said upon tho subject-"—• Have a Fit of Dspreseion. “ Th e Men o f tho Mountains." “ On my desk, betweeu Ibe calendar S Sawing Machine Gama. " I learned to use the sewing ma­ chine in an enchanting gome,” says a writer in tho Woman’s Homo Companion. “ First, fo r the action merely, ray mother left the machine unthreaded, therefore without com­ plications. Sho showed mo how to fold a square o f thin paper diagon­ ally once, then again, then a third timo. Then placing the point o f tho triangle, which was the center of tho square, under tho needle, sho started tho wheel and let mo guide tho needle haphazard about the tri­ angle, covering it with weird trac­ ery. Behold! When the paper was unfolded, a beautiful symmetrical design, mado by me! Many on iron holder I proudly worked in chain stitch from my own designs so made." ____________. London's Highest Lovol. Th e highest part o f the city of London is tho middle of l ’ annicr alley, running between Newgate street and Paternoster row ltcn Jonson tells us thut in his day this was a stand for tripo sellers and earlier still for bakers. Tho exact spot is indicated on tho east wall by a stone monument consisting o f a boy sitting upon a baker’s basket, holding a bunch o f grapes. On the pedestal is this inscription: Whan yo havo nought tho city round. Vat attll thla la lha hlshast ground Aug 27. 1GSS. Were we to include Greater Lon ­ don, then Hampstead heath would bo the spot, for it is 424 feet above sea level.— London Standard. Scott'a Rapid Writing. Sir W alter Scott was ono o f the most rapid writers that the world has ever known. He wrote “ Guy Mannering” in a couple of months, and tho same time sufficed for “ Old M ortality,” while “ Ivanhoe” was ac­ tually dictated as Scott lay upon a couch Buffering from excruciating pain. But perhaps the most rapid work even he ever accomplished was his colossal “ L ife of Napo­ leon,” in nine volumes. This he wrote in one year, intermixed with much other work. Father In the Secret. A girl in Philadelphia, who had recently figured in a romantic run­ away match, was, after her return home, telling her dearest friend all about it. Th e latter interrupted with this question, “ When you eloped with Louis did you leave a note telling your folks whero you had gone?” “ Why, o f course,” said the wife. “ I f I hadn’t, how on earth would papa have known whert* to send us any money?” — New York Times. Foiled. “ A man tried to pick my pockets in the street yesterday, but my wife prevented him.” “ Did she gTapple with him or just scream?” “ Neither. She wasn’t there.” “ Then how could she prevent him ?” “ She had been through my pock­ ets tirst.” aud the clock.'' said Mr. MacKllcker- ton. “ 1 have placed a little card with this on It, ‘Now Get Out and Walk.' " I used to carry thot card tucked away lu my bat, but then I never thought o f It when I needed to. Now I have It where I can't fall to see It several times a day, where It la kept practically always In mind. “ I suppose tho best o f us have pe­ riods o f depression, times when we sink. U not Into a slough o f despond, at least Into a state In which we loae cheerfulness and energy, a slate in which we can accomplish little end what we do la of no account “ 1 can shake off all mental Ills aud stave off pretty much If not quite all of a bodily nature, too. Just by walk­ ing. A fter I have once got fairly start­ ed I sited troubles ut every step till they are all gone. From a good brisk wsik 1 come back always refreshed. Invigorated, renewed. “ 1 always knew that I could have walked off ono o f those (Its o f depres­ sion any time, but Ibo trouble w ts that I never thought o f doing this when the depression was on And then I struck ilia card plan. “ Now when I begin to get dull and sluggish, with things dragging and go­ ing hard. I am not permitted, as I once was, to slide Insensibly down to the bottom o f the decline. My eye Is sure to light on that sign, and I drop thing* right where they aye and get out aud “ And It York Hun. works every time."—New Pasts and Mold. Mold Is a vegetable growth Induced by tbe projicr amount o f beat aud mois­ ture. Bottles of library and office paste so generally used lu offices aro likely to be covered with mold, particularly where tbe paste Is not used very often. As with many other plants, too much water will check tbe growth o f mold. Keep tbe top of the paste covered with water aud tbe mold cannot Increase.— New York Hun. Not Americanisms. Those “characteristic Americanisms," such as “ take It from me," "the real stuff,” “ piker," "sure thing," aud so on, have been traced to Sheridan, Thack­ eray, Hmollett, Dickens and others and aro In common use In Great Britain, while there appears to be little question that Aristophanes was the llrst to use the expression, “ We take the cake.” Making Him Happy. “ When I die," said tbe husband, " I want you to have this sentence placed on my monument: 'There are peace aud quiet In heaven.' " “ I think,” rejoined the wife, "It would bo more appropriate to say, There were peace aud quiet lu heav­ en.' " —Indianapolis Star. To Open a Sardine Can. In opening n sardine can start tbe key In the ordinary way and, after giving it a few turns. Insert tho point of tbe Ice pick In tbe key loop. With the pick acting ns a lever the whole top o f tbe can will wind off easily and without breaking the sardines. Artistic Success. "So your son Is succeeding consider­ ably at an actor. Who Is supporting htmV” "1 don't mind telling you that I a in." —Baltimore American. Illogical. He—A woman Is alwaye Illogical. She—How do you make that out? He —Sho can always remember her birth­ day, but never her age. MAKING HIGH EX PLO S IV ES. Dangars of Poisoning to Which tho Workers Aro Exposed. The making uf m1botcl S am p le R eam e B eet A ceem m ed a tlen s F . D ro e e e . P re p rto to r HAKhKK suor* $ 5.00 THE FALLS CUY NEWS, •M-H - H t i l l I "l-l ■H -H I Falls City, ore. I ■l-l 1 H ■H - H -M -H -H -l 4-1 I I I I I M 1 I I I I KU N KRAL DIBECTOR i EXERC ISIN G AT HOM E. How Ono W iu Men Utilize* Hi* Open Air Sporting Outfit. “ I didn’t know your business allow­ ed you much time for sports," said tbe visitor as be glanced around at tbe athletic paraphernalia displayed on tbe walls of bis friend's den. “ It doesn't—much,” replied tbe mld- j die aged business man. "W hen I get | a chance I sneak off to a gymnasium or to tbe country club, but most of ■b4~l- l-4"l"l--¡"H~l-H* l 'M ' I 1 i I I 'M 1 l-l-1 l -l-M -M l■■l■■l ■l ■l■■l -l-^ !■ H I I 4 I I I H - h my exercising I do right here In this loom." “ Surely you don’t use the basket ball M ODERN T O R P ED O ES . or tbe Ice skates or that rifle here." A Darling of the Gods. In 1886, when she was twenty- said bis friend, with a smile. Mechanism and Operation of Thooo seven years o f age and at the height "You're wrong; I do,” said tbe busy Deadly Naval Woepons. o f her fame, Miss Mary Anderson, man briskly. "See that hook in the The modern torpedo dates from “ Our Mary,” retired from the stage. celling? I string the basket ball up. 1876, when the British engineer As illustrating the popularity of put on that pair o f old kid gloves and bang It around for ten minutes every Whitehead produced a torpedo Miss Anderson before her retire­ other morning or so. Best punching carrying twenty-six pounds of gun­ ment the follow ing story may be bag I ever tried. cotton and traveling straight as an told : One night she was appearing “ Those ice skates are Just tbe right arrow to its mark at a speed o f as Galatea and in this character weight to use as dumbbells in some eighteen knots. had to turn with outstretched arms very quick exercise. Any one o f those The head of the torpedo is pack­ to the audience, with the words, golf sticks makes a wand such as they ed with several hundred pounds of "T h e gods will help me.” On this use In gymnasiums to take the quirks guncotton or other powerful explo­ particular occasion the audience out o f the muscles of tbe arms, chest sive, the Germans preferring trini­ •was so carried away with her acting and back. “ Those tennis balls are Invaluable trotoluene. A steel rod or striker ex­ that with one accord the “ gods” of for strengthening tbe grip o f the bands tends through the head. This pro­ the gallery roared out the hearty and tbe cords o f tbe forearm. Take jects a few inches beyond the head response, “ We w ill!” one in each band end squeeze it about o f the torpedo. It may be equipped fifty times as bard as you can every with cutters that will cut through day. Nothing to Do but Live. “ With that hunting rifle 1 haven’t the protective steel nets swung out­ The Friendly islands o f the south board by a battleship. Th e inner seas are described as an earthly used in four years I go through tbe end o f the steel rod is pointed. Eden. The natives have nothing to same stunts, including the manual ot arms that Uncle Sam has worked out When the nose o f the torpedo do but catch fish, gather fru it, sing to keep Ills soldiers In good trim. I strikes a ship’s side or bottom the songs and grow fat. Th e women must admit that that tennis xgcUct has steel rod is forced back, tho sharp­ are very beautiful, but a trifle heavy, puzzled me. I can't thin£ o f a thing ened end strikes a detonator and weighing between 250 and 400 to do with it except practice strokes the charge of guncotton is exploded. pounds. When a white man goes with one o f the balls against that clear Back o f the head o f the torpedo there to live he has to deposit $50 part o f the w a ll."—N ew York Sun. G E T YO U R BUTTER WRAPPERS P R IN T E D AT T H I S O F F IC E . is its fish shaped body, containing all the machinery to drive and steer after it has been launched. From forward aft we find compartments us follows: A compressed air reser­ voir, an immersion or balance cham­ ber, engine space and a buoyancy chamber. In his book “ Submarines, Th eir Mechanism and Operation,” Frederick A. Talbot sava o f the tor­ pedo: “ Th e tiny engine is> driven by compressed air, which is compressed to a high degree, and it rotates the propellers whereby the projectile is carried through the water. * * * Th e immersion or balance chamber provides the means o f maintaining the depth at which tho torpedo shall travel through the water after being launched. * • • In the en­ gine chamber there is also the de­ vice for keeping the projectile to its designed path during its travel. This is achieved by means o f a gyro­ scope. * * * Th e buoyancy cham­ ber, which is placed a ft o f the en­ gine chamber, ia virtually a vacu­ um. * • * W ithout this chamber the torpedo would sink.” Tho propellers and ruddera are astern and outside the torpedo’s body. Th e twenty-one inch Whitehead torpedo carries a bursting charge of 330 pounds of guncotton and has a maximum range o f 11,000 yards or 6Vi miles. A t this range it has a speed o f thirty knots. A t a Tange o f 7,000 yards or about four miles it travels at forty-five knots. with the governmeut. I f he lives a decent life this money is returned to him at the end o f two years. I f he makes trouble the money is con­ fiscated and he fit deported. Tho Bottor Lot. “ L e t ’s give that motion picture star an interest in the business,” said the film manager. “ L e t’s give her the whole busi­ ness,” replied tho partner, "under agreement that we are to have rea­ sonable compensation. Then she can owe herself her enormous sal­ ary.” — Washington Star. Wh*re Rain I* Scarce. A certain congressman in discus­ sing tho long droughts that some­ times afflict his state tells this story: “ One day some one asked an old farmer, ‘ How would you like to see it rain Y ‘I don’ t care about it my­ self,’ said the old man, ‘but I ’ ve got a boy six years old who would like to see it rain.’ ” Subscribers A m .irk here indicates that your su Ascription ia delinquent. Please c all and fix it. Post Office Time Card Office h o u r«: D a ily , t*o etp t&&T» day, 8 a.on. to £.30 p.m, M a il a rrives, from The Word '‘ Rubaiyat." The word ‘’Rubaiyat” is the plural of "ruba’i,” meaning quatrain, and the plural is used to denote a collection of quatrains. The form has a verse scheme ot its own and is tbe distinc­ tive and most ancient Persian meter. It Is said to have been invented by Rudagl, the earliest o f the great ■Per­ sian poets. Nearly all the Persian poets Include Rubaiyat among their works. Edward FitzGerald made it an English form. I t is evident that Dickens’ char­ acters were alive to him as well as to hia readers and that he moved them on and off the board with sympathy and consideration. “ 1 can never forgive you, Mr, Dickens,” a lady once said to him, Money Panic. “ fo r tho death o f L ittle N ell in ‘ The "W h at was tbe worst money panic Old Curiosity Shop.’ ” you ever saw?" asked one financier of "Surely,” he replied, “ you would another. not havo liked her to marry a butch­ •’The wost mouey panic 1 ever saw." was tbe reply, “ was when a fifty cent er otr a baker.” Commercial Complexities. Noti :e to News piece rolled under tho seat o f a street car and seven different women claim­ ed i t ” —Exchange. Shrewd Woman. “ I am encouraging my husband to buy an automobile." “ They cost an awful lo t " “That’s Just I t I f he pays $2,500 for the kind he wants he won’t be able to pxeach economy to me for quite awhile."— Boston Transport Snubbing Science. “ I hear old Smudge’s doctors have given him up." "Yes; be is getting well In the nat­ ural way.” -Baltim ore American. Salem 0.00 a.m ., 6:15 p.m. D a lla s, 9:00 A . M., 6:15 P. M. P o rtla n d via Gerlinger, train 102 11:55 at. m. Black Flock, 1:30 P. M. M ail closes fo r: 8.50-A.M., 1 P.M. and 5-30 P. M. Salem , Dallas, 8:50 A . M. and5:30P. M. Portland via Gerlinger train 102 1 p. m. Black Rock, 1 A. M . M ail Order and Postal Savings window closes at 6 P. M. S unday O nly Office hours: 9:30 to 10:80 a.m: M ail arrives from Salem , 9:00 a m. M ail closes for Salem , 8:50 a. m. General D elive ry W indow Opeu From 9 30 to 10:30 A. M. E ffective March 11, 1917. I r a C. M e h r l in g , Postmaster Extra copies of T h e News are printed each week, and w ill be sent to any address desired, jw etpaid, for 5 cents per copy. She’s a Believer. “ Do you believe in heredity?” Correspondent* wanted in e w ry “ I certainly do. All my children got neighborhood in this section of toe all their bad traits from their father’s side."—Detroit Free Press. country. o f y » «n