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Fearful Plight of a Man Trapped
In the Big Snake’s Den.
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l*>rr IV •‘a* j- h it* R iver F lour ix mafic in ( >r«*icon
n wheat grown in Oregon. Then*
’ lour. Try ° better flour U ihii W hile River,
*>n y ho m».- * “ Mck- W ‘ ‘ guarantee it. I f your
cere don’ t hantlU- it, cull any o f the
lot.i > ,r|j owing up-to-date inerrhanlH and
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M. Parker,
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enaen & W alker.
»err A Sllaby.
)r tell your grocer we would like to
4 him all he wantH and guarantee
try aack to be hh goofi or better than
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Whiter- Lighter Bread
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i. W. Boyd I iuh White Leghorn
ckrela for Bale. They are good linen.
mproved Oregon atrawberry plant«
• sale. See J. A. Prophet, the man
( lio aella berrlea all aumnicr.
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•rain rolled at Spray ’a 10c |xr hun-
“|pd.
Three year old borne for Kale.
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ban for Hale, Krown
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ghorn and blink |iullcln.
la, one Empire
tarn Separator, one buggy. Phone
- 4 » I *IW . A. Heme. iway haM for Hale eoWH,
raea, hoga and farm toola.
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Try a aack o f W hite R iver Flour.
ik yoar grae< r for it. I f he haan't
O v c t t ^ r * 11 Spr* y ' ,,h" " C IK2-
J J I f Farmers, oome in and Hee our manure
reader. Moin.-thing new.
I have room in my brick atorc build*
K for sever» I ear load«. (Trade your
latoea and atore them where they
* 1 * Ml t tlh n be ahippetl at any time, and 1 think
fore apring you will be able to Hell
em at a fair price.
J. V. Thornton hiiH a good bro<Hl how
r aale.
I have one 10 acre traet and one IK-
■re tract yet uiiho I.I, two miles east
Cottage (Trove, under irrigation
tch, also near city pipe line. I f you
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ant aomething Unit will make a nice
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ime, come and nee me. .1. F. Spray.
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F. M. Glbler baa for Hale India Rnn-
■"■"■^sr and white Pekin duckn; also hard
ood; Saginaw Oregon.
Buy a fanning mill. It ia a money
aver. All the crushed and small gruin
T only a detriment to how , but it ih ail
ight to
i faad. K very weed takes up
■ born and ICKseiiH your grain yield,
why Sow them when you can
j t e " . good fanning mill o f Spray for
30.00.
Vetch aeed at Spray'a
Archie ThomsjMin I as nice Handy loam
lirt to aell at 7.rK- per yard delivered
my place in town. J uh I the thing for
rklng, lawns and garden.
Page field fence is a apring steel,
t by every test. Plume lt>2.
Lima and cement at Spray’ s.
John Deere and O liver plows at
Spray’s.
Hood R iver Niagara Sprays, the bent
by every test at Spray’ a.
Huy your feed and Hour o f Spray.
Phone 162.
I deliver free to all parts o f town.
Spray, phone lf>2.
Second-hand light wagon for sale at
Spray’a.
Tall Spray what you need to buy,
alao what you have for sale. (Tet it
Into Spray's t-olumn ami do buaineHs.
* Remember this eolomn is free don't
J coat you anything.
Salt by the carload. Salt your hay
when you think salt. (Tome and see
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ving
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Few iiii - ii after liuvlng lieen roughly
Hi|Ucczed liy a pythuii have lived to tell
of llielr aeiiHutloua wldlu lu thu eiu
brin e o f I lie big aliake. An Engllxh-
Uliiu employed III the l.olidon xoologl
i-ul gardens wua, however, one o f Ibo
fortIIinite few
The ItrlilHlier while In Antwerp vis
ili-,1 llie Jiirdln /«Hilogliple. wliero he
observed that a tilg p) I lion u female
about fourteen feel In length wum snf-
ferliig from eurles of the Jaw. with ul-
ferullon o f the iihkoiih membrane, u
I'ondltlon often futal to miukeit In con
tlnenienl
Having pointed this out to the real-
lent director, the F.iigllslimun obtained
p ern dH H loii lo make trial o f an oint
ment Hint lie bad found ellleaeloua In
Hie early stag» o f the disease among
Ills own snakes.
Now. as III luck would have It. the
regular keeper was absent on this par
ticular occasion, and Ills place wiih lin
ed ror the time by auother from some
oilier departinellt o f the Institution
Tills Ilian H|s>ke nolldiig bill Flemish,
a tongue o f which Hie Briton was lg
iioru n L
The Kligllabman went Into the py
ilion's den with this attendant, taking
It for granted, o f courac. that the man
waa accustomed to Hiiukea and hum!
lug him the box o f ointment to bold uu
III the Briton should lie ready to use IL
When the Englishman bud brought
the python fairly down lo the floor be
grlppisl her hard by the neck, which
action bad the clTcct. an lie Intended It
lo have unit which It alw ays bus with
HiuiWcH, o f making tier often her mouth
While bolding her thus he pressed her
bead away from him nt the sitme time
lo prevent her catching hold o f any
pnrlloii o f Ills clothing In her efforts to
overcome Idin.
In her fright nod rnge she drew her
iHidy up iicross the Britisher's back and
twisted her tall round and round Ids
other arm
All that the Englishman
now required o f the keeper wua. by
teasing or pinching her here und there
or by unwinding the tall when necessa
ry, to cause tier to shift her colls con
stantly und prevent her resting long
enough on one a|K>t to apply undue
pressure.
The Kngllshinnn turned to tnnke a
idgn lo the Fleming to be ready to band
him the ointm ent To the foreigner’s
dismay the Fleming's face, with a sort
uf full. Impartial Interest, looked at him
through the glass In front, the door
cloaed on the outside! lie had become
frightened by the python and had quiet
ly departi-d
At the same Instant that the British
er turned the ser|»ent tightened on him
so suddenly and violently thut he mo
mcnlarlly lost consciousness. Then he
found himself staggering alsiut the den
fighting for life
lie eifiected his ribs
to give way every moment, yet his
chief fear at the time was o f falling
through the glass.
He pushed the reptile'» head uwuy
front him with all Ills strength lest It
should cross bis breast, and be can re-
inember catching sight o f Idmself. a
mulberry colored figure. In the mirror
All the time ( tint he fought he knew
that lie was trampling over the other
pythons, who. furious at the disturb
mice, were now darting aboiil Hie den.
alsivc and ull around hlui III every dl
reetlon
The Britisher exerted every energy to
keep his feet, for lie had retained suf
Orient presence o f mind to reullae Hint
were he lo go down all would Ite over
with him. The heat was stilling
He
felt that he could endure ll no longer
The cage spun madly round In-fore his
eyes, and he let go the snuko's head.
The big serpent now twisted sharply
over Ids right shoulder close to his face
and slid off to the ground.
The Englishman remembers falling
against the door with outstretched
hands, but nothing more until lie found
himself sitting on the steps outside
coughing violently, while the phleg-
malic keei*er waa for some occult rea
son putting n hot key down Ids back
Fortunately the snake had only a
small part o f her body ncross the Kng-
llshman's left side and back
Had she
encircled him with a complete roll he
would have been crushed like an egg
shell.— Hunter's Weekly.
D i e t i n g the Seal».
“ W hy have the seals been put on re
duced rations?'' was the first question
put by the new assistant at the aqua
rium.
“ T o keep them from getting too fat,"
he was told “ O f all apeclroena In the
aqtinrliim none takea on flesh so rnp
Idly as the seals I f their diet waa not
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they would soon get bo fat that they
Tha Naw W ay gas engine goen and
couldn't awim.“ —New York Times.
goaa right.
—■ I f you need an engine Hee our engine
and gat our price before you buy.
Horn# of Wisdom.
Good ■acond hand roller feed mill for
“ I wna Just thinking about
aale.
ones."
Wagona, buggies, plows, harrow«,
cultivators, discs, hinders, mowers and
rakea at the big hole in the wnll.
Remember the goat. He w ill kill
nk of Co*
the brush and make the grass grow
itnp (0 tfc while you sleep.
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I pay cash for chickens, eggs, h:des,
■a In.
la ke it <’
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lining,
Man Wants but
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“ I wonder If he really delivered his
words o f wisdom from a tub.”
“ W hy not? It wns probably a tub of
axle grease setting on the front porch
o f some Athenian grocery.” — Kansas
City Journal.
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How Bullion In Transit Is Guard
ed on an Ocean Liner.
LOCKED IN ROOMS OF STEEL
After
th o T r e a s u r e
Away
Bsmg
Thara
Is S a f s ly
8 to w o d
la L i t t l a D a n g e r of Ita
S tols n
D uring
tha
Vo yag a.
We Paid $350 For It
S h i p p i n g and C h o c k i n g th o Koga.
The natural assumption would he
Hint In Hie safeguarding o f the treas
ure which the vurluua countries are
constantly sending one another hy the
hlg ocean fillers there would be re
quired the vigilance o f many men.
This, however, la uot generally the
case, since, on-e the gold Is stored
sway lu the rooms set apart for that
pur|M>se on the big sld|>s and the ves
sel Is well out at seu. no urmed guards
are neeessury.
Taking the specific euse o f one liner
sailing under tho British flag, we find
that It has tw o atroug rooms, the
smuller o f the tw o being In close prox
imity to the captain's office. This one
eompartineut has no doubt sheltered
gold enough to pay the cost o f the iluci
many times over. The walls, the roof
and the celling are lined with tw o Inch
steel plate, und the room contains noth
Ing In the way o f fixtures aavo shelv
ing. The locks, which are o f the dou
ble variety, are rendered still more se
cure by ateel hasps coveting the key
holes, and they are provided with mas
slve padlocks. The strung rooms, be
ing In tho most frequented portion of
the vessel, where persons are passing
them at all hours o f the day and night,
thua receive the beet protection, after
alL There are tw o seta o f keys, one
o f which la retnlned by the agent in
charge o f Hie consignment o f gold and
the other o f which remains with the
captain.
In the case o f the British vessel men
tioned there Is another und larger s[>e-
cle room, situated next to the provi
sion department. This la about twelve
feet In length by four In width.
It
frequently happens that both strong
rooms are filled to their utmost capaci
ty, and on one occasion this liner car
ried some $00.000.000 In gold bullion
packed In small kegs bound with ateel
hoops.
Gold usually la brought to the vessel
on which U la to be shlp|>ed the day
before the date o f Bailing, and It la
atored away carefully before passen
gers embark. It arrives at the pier In
ordinary trucks under the guard of
armed men. The customary method
o f getting the gold on board la to haul
the kegs up an Inclined chute to the
deck by means o f a hoisting engine,
hut this method la not followed in
variably.
Sometimes each keg la
placed in a sling and carried on hoard
by men detailed for this service.
The receipt given by the steamship
company seta forth that so many kegs
have been received for shipment, not
for any stated amount o f gold to the
value o f so much. The kegs bear, the
government seal tn many Instances,
and In such caaea. when they have
been safely put In the strong room, tha
Iron doors thereof are sealed with gov
ernment wax. the Impression being
hrxiken only when the official on the
other able comes to receive the gold.
Tha kegs are checked thrice—when
they arc taken from the trucks, when
they reach the gangway and when
they are placed tn the strong room.
Although no artnad guard stands by
• t
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m an
n- . l l o h
th a
room constantly ao long as the ship la
In sight o f laud. Aa a matter o f fact,
there la little danger o f ant one steal
ing gold In transit on a ship. It would
lie necessary that he should shoulder
a keg weighing some 200 pounds and
vanish with It without being seen.
Masters o f vesaela declare gold ts the
safest cargo o f any to handle.
The total weight o f one consignment
o f gold shipped by the British vessel
tn question amounted to something
like 30.000 pounds, or alxteen tons, and
the freight charges amounted to $12,-
000. or, roughly speaking, one-etghth
o f 1 per cen t Specie thua shipped la
Insured at Ita fo il valua.—Naw York
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