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How will tho Panama canal ba light­
ed?
The canal proper will be lighted by
strung lights un both sides; the chan
nel through Gutun lake will be marked
by lighted beacons and the locks will
be brilliantly illuminated by electric­
ity. The passage o f the canal can be
made as safely and ex|<edltlously at
night as in the day time.
Which is correct, “all bowled" up or
“balled" up, and why?
Mailed up is un Americanism for
snow or mud accumulated on a horse's
boot and thus tlguratlvely foi anything
that Is tangled or confused.
Has the official flag of the United
Slates any official dimemions? What
is a storm flag?
The official flag o f the United Slates
bns forty-eight stars In a blue held ar­
ranged In six rows o f eight stars each.
The gnrrlson flag o f the army Is made
o f banting, thirty-six feet long and
twenty feet wide, and has thirteen
stripes.
In the upper quarter, next
the Btaff, is a field or “ union" o f stars,
equal to the number o f states, in a blue
field over one-third the length o f the
flag, extending to the lower edge o f the
fourth red stripe from the top. The
storm flag Is 20 by 10 feet and the re­
cruiting flag nine feet nine Inches by
four feet four inches. The American
“ Jack” is the "union” or blue field of
the flag. The revenue marine service
flag, authorized by act of congress
March 2, 1790, was originally prescrib­
ed to "consist o f sixteen perpendicular
stripes, alternate red and white, the
union o f the ensign bearing the arms
o f the United States in dark blue on a
white field.” The sixteen stripes rep­
resented the number o f states which
had been admitted to the Union at that
time, and no change has been made
since.
What is ths largest building in ths
world? I do not moan tho talloot, but
covering tho most ground.
The Vatlcuu palace at Rome Is the
lurgest. covering thirteen and a half
acres, but with its additions and en­
largements It wus several centuries In
building. The most extensive building
In the world, constructed ut one time,
is the Pennsylvania station I d New
York city, which occupies eight acres
o f ground and has exterior walls
measuriug about one-half a mile. The
capItol at Washington covers 153,112
square feet, or nearly four acre«.
Who coinsd the proverb about call­
ing a spado a spado to indiosto frank­
ness or boldness of speech?
Humphrey Gilford, an English rlme-
ster o f the sixteenth century, wrote a
song In which he said:
1 cannot aay the crow Is whits.
But needs must call a spade a spade.
BAD ROADS CAUSE
LOSS.
|I
GREAT
Bad roads cost the United
States $7.500.000,000 j>er annum
Is the reported estimate o f the
highway commissioner o f Ohio.
He figures that the average cost
o f hauling one ton one mile on a
good, hard road is 8 cents, while
the present average cost is 23
cents, and in some districts it Is
as high as 54 cents. There is no
doubt respecting the economy of
good roads, but sucb estimating
as the commissioner offers takes
no account o f the capital outlay
necessary to get the roads. I f
the latter be built under the aus-
pices and In the ways that have
prevailed In the state o f New
York, there may be a loss o f
money Instead o f u saving. The
mntter Is one o f great lmpor-
tance to many mining districts,
wherein wagon transportation is
a high charge on ore production
under present conditions and
where auto trucks can offer but
little help until the roads are lm-
proved.—Engineering and Min-
lug Journal.
A Business Proposition |
If the liquor traffic aids business, why do the U
commercial organizations and railroads when
issuing pamphlets to advertise a state, commu­
nity or city
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Schools, Churches,
Libraries, Banks,
Mills, Factories,
Farm Products,
Timber, Mines,
R ailw ay Lines,
Natural Resources,
Climate, Scenery, Etc.
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OILED ROADS FAIL
UNDER HEAVY TRAFFIC.
But the ancient Greeks expressed the
same Idea by a proverb about calling a Only a Small Proportion Constructed
fig a fig and a boe a hoe.
Has Been Succeseful.
What Is “feminism" and ths “femi­
As a matter o f fact a very small pro
nist movement?“
The feminist movement is declared porUou o f the total ureu o f oiled mac
by Its advocates to be an organized adam pavement constructed has been
effort to elevate the plane of woman, successful. Under heavy traffic it ruts
politically, economically and soclully. and waves very badly. It Is my opln
All feminists are not ugreed ns to the Ion that, even under the best coiidi
best methods to pursue to uchleve their tlons, this pavement has little Justifi
ends.
Neither are they In absolute cation. Oil bus more lubricating than
harmony as to those ends, and so It is binding properties, and its introduction
difficult exactly to define the move­ Into a macadam pavement has u ten
dency to destroy the stability o f the
ment
The adherents alt seem to look fo r metal, writes un expert in the Engl
ward to a revolution gradually accom­ ncering News. The successful exum
plished by which women are to be pies o f pavements o f this class have
made free and are to be elevated, wblle been either in localities where climaUc
men are to become correspondingly of conditions aro such as to evaporate the
more volutile parts o f the oil or where
less account In the world.
the uppllcutlou has been made in sucb
a manner as to achieve the same re
How many presidsnts of ths United
su it
Oiled macadam roads which
3tates had bssn soldiers before thsir
have become so rutted us to be utmost
election?
impassable have been converted into
Washington, Monroe and Jackson
What is the oldest tune in the world?
fairly good pavements by scarifying
PEPPERY COMPOSERS.
A t the battle o f Leipzig, about 100 were soldiers o f the Revolutionary and rerolling, thereby aerating the oil
years ago, where Napoleon was beat­ war; Jackson, W. H. Harrison, Tyler, and causing the evaporation o f the Masters ot M u s ic W h o H a d N ic e T a m ­
en. Bonaparte walked about softly Tuylor and Buchanan In the war of lighter constituents.
pere of T h e ir O w n.
whistling the tune o f “ Mulbrook s’en 1812; Lincoln in the Black Hawk (In
For residence streets Oklubomu. Cal­
Even lu the presence of his royal
vn-t-en guerre.” It Is u very old tune illanl war of 1832; Taylor, Pierce and ls using exclusively some type o f oil pupils Handel would sometimes fly into
and has many words put to It. It Is Grant In the Mexican war; Grant, macadam.
The oil-macadam hereto­ most violent passions.
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the tune that has acquired "W e Won’t Hayes, Garfield, Benjamin Harrison fore most generally used consists of
“ You forget yourself, Mr Handel.” a
Go Home T ill Morning” uud "F o r He's and M cKinley In the civil war; Roose­ the ordinnry amount o f macadam rock, court attendant said reprovingly on
velt in the war with Spain.
a Jolly Good Fellow ."
compacted nnd treated with tw o ap­ one such occasion
"You should show
plications o f heavy road oil, aggregat­ more respect to her royal highness'"
“ Royal highness!” snorted the musi­
When did the phrase “kitchen cabi­ ing one and one-half gallons to the
What are officers of ths United 8tates
square yard. The amount o f oil is cian contemptuously
net” originate and what did it mean?
“ Bah! L)e re­
regular army paid?
It originated during Andrew Jack­ sufficient to produce au oil bound sur spect Is due to me! There ure muuy
Officers in active service are paid:
Lieutenant general, $11.000; major son's administration us president and face o f about three inches in depth. brincesses. but only one Handel!"
On another occasion, when George l.
was applied to a few personal friends This type of pavement requires care­
general. $8,000; brigadier general. $0,
000; colonel, $4,000; lieutenant colonel. of bis, politicians and officeholders, ful workmuushlp, particularly in the sent a message summoning him to an
$3.500; major, $3,000; captain. $2,400: who were said to have more influence matter o f securing u pavement firm Interview, he returned this answer:
“ Dell his bnjesty he bust waid. By
first lieutenant, $2,000; second lleuten- over bis official actions than the mem­ enough to carry heavy loads and at
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'nnt. $1.700. Officers below the rank bers o f his cabinet had, and beenuse the same time sufficiently porous to tlbe Is bore imbordunt dan bis!”
Vlotti. the famous French musician
ot brigadier general receive 10 per .hey had a kind o f back door entrance admit the oil. With a widely differing
cent more on the pay o f the grade for to the White House they were dubbed character o f the stone lu common use. of the eighteenth century, had an
the dally cluiugiug weather conditions equal contempt fo r royalty and un ex
each term o f live years' service, not to “ the kitchen cabin et”
und the disagreement among experts aggerated opinion of himself, as the
exceed 40 per cent In all. Thus the
I am a oitizsn of America. My wife us to the proper method o f building follow ing story shows: One day he
maximum pay of a colonel with In­
crease by length o f service Is $5,000; is going abroad. Will she have to show oil-macadam streets, this attempt to was summoned to Versailles to play
ot lieutenant colonel, $4,500. etc. Fur­ my citizen papers whsn she comes build u two courso macadam In one before Marie Antoinette and the court
operation has been n serious problem. Tbe performance had begun; the open
ther. auy officer below the rank o f back, or can I get s passport ?
Bend your citizenship papers to the Results have generally been good. In Ing bars o f bis favorite solo command
ninjor required to be mounted receives
department ol state, when a passport many cases ldeul, and in u few cuses ed breathless attention, when a cry
$150 per annum additional it he pro
will be issued, or give your w ife the defects have developed.
was heard:
▼Ides one suitable mount at his own
“ Place for Mgr. the Corate d’ Artois!”
expense and $200 If he provides two citizenship papers themselves to take
At the sound Vlotti Immediately
mounts.
All officers serving outside with her. A passport will cost $1.
ROAD BUILDING MACHINE.
censed playing, cast an Indignant
o f th « United States, except I 'orto Rico
What Is ths oldest or earliest authen­
glance at his audience, placed his vio­
and Hawaii, receive 10 per cent In­
tic record bearing on tho personal life New Self Propelled Device Is a Re­ lin under his arm and walked out of
crease In pay while so serving.
markable Invention.
and charaotsr of Jttue Christ? lathers
the place
anything older than the gospels?
A $30,000 self propelled road build­
When Mnrle, Antoinette once Inquir­
Is ths population of Ireland increas­
The earliest pieces o f Christian liter­ ing machine recently successfully test­
ed o f Gluck how his new opera was
ing or decreasing?
ature are the letters or epistles o f S t ed abroad is ret>orted to perform won­
hi very census Bince 1841 hns shown h I’nul, and o f these the very earliest is derful feats. The engine which does progressing h(? answered. "Madame, It
decrease. The census o f 1841 showed his first epistle to the Thessalonlans, all the work is a six cylinder distillate Is nearly finished, and I assure you it
the population o f Ireland to be 8,175,- which was written about twenty years burning gas engine o f eighty horse­ will be superb," a conceit which was
rivaled by that o f Meyerbeer, wbo,
124, the largest on record; In 1851 ufter the crucifixion.
One critic of power, which operates a series of
there was a decrease o f 1,022,739, In hlgb authority places the date o f Its bucket chains that dig the soil to any I when a friend declared that If any
1801 a further decrease o f 753.418, in writing at A J D 62. wbicb would be depth down to eighteen inches, nnd filing le tte r could be composed than
1871 a further decrease o f 380,300, In ulneteeD years after the crucifixion; the tootii armed buckets ure so power­ | one o f his rival operas be would dance
1881 of 237.541, In 1801 o f 47O.U80, in another at A. O. 53 and a third at ful that they will cut through a fin on his head, answered, " I f that Is so
1901 of 245,976, In 1911 o f 70,824, the A. D. 48, which would be fifteen years Ishcd pavement if it be desired to re­ I should advise you Ho start practicing
at once, for l have Just commenced
population being 4,381,061 in 1911 after the crucifixion.
About twenty build old streets.
the fourth act o f 'The Huguenots!’ ”
against 8,175,124 In 1841.
years after, therefore, is a safe state­
The earth is picked up by these
Even Haydn, usually the most mod­
ment. This was several years before buckets, carri.nl to % mixer In the
est o f men, showed nt times that he
How mueh does It cost to fire the dif­ auy o f the gospels were written, the body o f the machine and thoroughly
hnd as good an opinion o f his own
ferent size guns?
earliest o f which, that o f Bt. Mark, combined with any desired liiuder, hot merits as any o f his admirers
On
The guns used In the nnvy range was written within fifteen years of asphaltum or crude oil. and is then
one occasion, when a friend said to
from six Inch to fourteen inch caliber 8t. Paul's epistle to the Thessaloulans. spread evenly nnd rolled and in one
him o f his “ Salomon” symphonies,
or bur«. The six Inch gun carries a and the other gospels later. But St. operation.
A trailer containing the "Sir, I am strongly o f opinion that yon
100 pound shell, seven Inch gun 105 Paul had not been one o f Christ’s per
binder follows the machine, and it is will never surpass these wonderful
pound shell, eight luch gun 250 pound son a I disciples In Galilee or Jerusalem, necessary' to have a string o f them in
symphonies." he answered placidly,
shell, ten Inch gun 500 pound shell, and he had no personal memories to readiness, as the device operates with
“ No; I never mean to attempt the Im­
tw elve inch gun 850 pound shell and relate o f Christ's miracles and teach
great speed.
The earth Is dug up,
thirteen Inch gun 1,100 pound shell. Ing. Ills letters were doctrinal rather mixed, relald nnd rolled nt the rate of possible!”
T o fire one o f the big guns using the than historical, more educational thaD fifty square feet a minute for an eight
CURIOUS CARD TRICK.
sheila and explosive that would be personal.
Inch depth o f asphalt pavement
used In battle coats from $477 to $720
A very advantageous feature o f this
for each discharge, according to the
What Is ths prsssnt strength of ths method o f mixing Is that it is uniform It Daala With Odd Numbers, and th*
Explanation la a Mystery.
sime o f the gun, but the cost In target American Federation of Labor? What from base to surface, so that there Is
prnctfce la only about $250 each dis­ is its main object?
There Is a puzzle which may be per­
no danger o f the surface's buckling.
charge because they use cheap shells
It comprises 113 national and Inter- O f course where the mixture Includes formed with any odd number o f ob­
and no explosives. The big guns are national unions, representing approxi­
jects, playing cards being usually em­
crushed rock it Is necessary to spread
used twtre a year In target practice, mately 27.000 local unions. 5 depart­
ployed. and which any one can do, but
the material before the machine. The
no one seems able to explain tbe rea­
the target for an eight Inch gun at flve ments, 42 state branches, <115 city cen­
chains o f buckets are independent of son fo r I t Let us suppose the number
mile range being 30 by 00 feet In alme. tral unions and 673 local unions. The
each other, and ns each hns a width of selected to he twenty-seven cards, al­
paid membership Is nearly 2,000,000
six Inches It Is possible to form vari­
W ig yoe kindly interpret for me the (2i The object and aim of the federa­ ous combinations for roads o f different though fifteen or twenty-one would do
Just as well
abbreviation “as," as used in Isgsl par- tion Is officially stated to render em­ widths.
A fte r having them shuffled hold them
ployment and means o f subsistence
lanoet
In tbe left band face upward and then
le a precarious by securing to the
" 8 a * Is an abbreviation of the I* tln
Convicts In Highway Work.
deal them face upward one at a time
w orld “ scflfcet" and maana "to w it" or workers an equitable share o f the
The employment o f ablehodted male In three plies so that the fourth card
-th at fc re say.” It la used to call at- fruits o f their labor.
convicts In highway work Is recom­ comes on the first and the fifth on the
tentlea t® what la Immediately to fo l­
mended In the preliminary report top o f the second and so on ontll yon
low. iPtruda lag explanatory matter re
Pleat* alate hew many minia are In , which has recently been filed by the
latlng to what has Immediately pre­ the United State* and where are they New York state commission on prison have three pile« o f nine cards each.
Request nny person who is watching
ceded.
Other abbrevtatl-na for the located; alee th* aaeay office» and j reform, appointed by the governor
you to make s silent note o f any card
aame won! are "sell" and "sc.” The where they are located.
about a year ago. Several other em-
There are three mint*, located at i ployments are recommended for the be pleases, and when yon have finished
word -ariHret” Is In Itself s contrac­
dealing to tell you in which pile the
Philadelphia.
Han
Kranciaco
and
Den­
tion o f the Latin worda "scire H ear
j convicts, and the conduct o f all work card Ilea. By picking up the three piles
and means literally 1t la per mined to ver. There are tw o assay offices, st i possible under the so called boner ayp-
again on* at • time as before, tbe not­
Careou CRj and New Orleans.
l top }« fcTorsi
¿ n o w .“
ed card will CpajH'eor. Ask l a which
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and forget about the
Breweries,
Distilleries,
Saloons,
“Cafes,”
Gambling Houses,
Brothels,
—and their products.
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If all these are necessary,
W H Y DISCRIM INATE?
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pile It came that time and p
pile In the middle ns before.
Upon dealing the curds into three
piles for the third time note carefully
the card that comes In the middle o f
each pile.
With twenty-seven there
will be nine In each pile und the fifth
will be the middle card. Now, when
the person who selected the card names
the pile in which his card comes you
will know It wus the middle card o f
that pile. With this knowledge In your
possession you can finish the trick Ip
any manlier you please.
This is only a statement o f results,
but what Is the explanation or reason
for it? What Is the rule that mnkes It
always come out right, regardless of
the number o f objects used, so that If
is odd?—New York Sun.
Where the Fault Lay.
A newspaper man tells o f a friend
who edited, with more or less success,
a paper in a small town. That he was
somewhat discouraged by the lack o f
Interest shown in Ills journal was evi­
denced by this notice which one after­
noon appeared on the editorial page:
“ Burglars entered our house last
night. To the everlnstlng shame o f the
community for whose w elfare we have
labored, be It said, they got nothing.” —
Harper’s Magazine.
rietsan
Shop
Agency For
Hill Bros.’ Coffee
Edison Amberola
Phonographs
With new diamond point repro­
ducer.
Call and hear them.
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Bewildered Him.
“ I say, Weggle, I ’m In an awful
mess. Miss Smart moans to sue me
for ‘bwenth o f pwomise' or somethin’
howwid like th a t"
“ W eully?”
"Ynns
1 said 1 was aw fully sowwy
not to ask her to 'hiuwwy me, bfft dad
would cut me off If 1 did. and all she
said was, 'You needn’t Imagine I'm the
kind o f n girl that accepts an apology
for a man ’ ’’—New York Tribune.
Athletic Vocalization.
“ Is a ventriloquist n person wbo
throws his voice?” asked Mr. Lobrow.
“ So to speak.”
“ Well, we've got one next door to os.
She hasn’t thrown It y e t but she Is
giving It a terrible struggle."—Wash­
ington Star.
M ills ®
R oach
Music House
First National Bank Building. •
POTTS’ CIGAR STORE
Cigars
T obacco
SOFT
DRINKS
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
Practices in all Courts
Woodward Bnildin
J. G. JOlJjVSOJV
ATTO R N E Y A T LAW
N O T A R Y PUBLIC
Shrank F r o m the Job.
Pho
Angry Customer—Yon certainly took
an execrable photograph o f me. Pho­
tographer—But. sir. my plates are sen­
sitive ones.—Baltimore American.
No. 43
Cottage Grove, Or«
J. S. A fed ley
ATTORNEY AT LAW
Every one learns frt m his own expe­
rience: the wise learn also from the ex­ Special Attention Given to Mining and
perience o f others.
Corporation Law.
Office. Woodward Building.
Natural Objection.
“ W hy won't that rich old curmudg­
eon let his young w ife act tn amateur
F. L. INGRAM. D. M. D.
the;) tri cals 7"
“ Because the last time she took part
everybody raved alatut tbe way she
DENTIST
acted s merry widow p a r t " —Baltimore
American
Getting In the Picture.
"Some have greatness thrust ^upon
there.”
” 1 know They blunder accidentally
Into a W in "—Kansas t’lty Journal.
Office phone 5
A . W .
Residence 1211
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P l j y s ic i q q qrjd SijTgeon
A Compromise.
Office in McFarland
Fond Hnbby (starting down towni—
Building, Upstairs.
What will it be. love- flowers or candy?
W id e We'll compromise, dear. You Office Phone 34. Residence Phone 12fiJ
can send both.—Judge
Bargain prices on salt for salt­
Nothing Is possible to him wbo Is si- ,
ways dreaming o f his past possibilities, j ing hay. Rock salt and salt bricks
also on hand.
Sterling Feed Co,