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About The Monmouth herald. (Monmouth, Or.) 1908-1969 | View Entire Issue (April 28, 1911)
The Herald D. EL ST1TT. Editor. Entered u aecond-cla. matter SDtmbor S, I9. at the pont office at Monmouth. Ortrn, under the Act of March 3. 1X79. ISSfKI) KYKKY FRIDAY Subscription Rates One year Six months - $1 50 eta Monmouth, Oregon. FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 1911. WANT SOMETHING FOR NOTHING I'm tired, now, and sleepy, mother. Come tuck me snugly in my bed, . For I have weary grown, with bother; I feign would rest my addled head. My son, the day has not receded And bed-time, yet, is far away, What trouble now that hath succeeded To make you wish for close of day. 'Tis this, my mother, you should know it. The thing that racks my heart and brain, But how shall I expose, unfold it; It makes me sweat as dripping rain To Bense the monstrous gall exhibit Which gleams from parties, now I trow, From out the precincts of a city That's making ready for a show. The country press becomes a darling. Its columns then are links of gold. Its pages, like a babbling sparling, They'd use attractions to unfold. Rush! copy sent out, steam the driver, Hustling, speeding, speeding sure. But not a sou, nor yet a stiver Goes its appearance to secure. .'Tis for her I'anarna exhibit That San Francisco gall expands. And Astor's city, on Columbia, Replete with same holds out her hands. Gall gushes out, a stream effusive, 'Tis effervescent, gruff or bland, It comes from those who seek, elusive, Much space for nothing to command. A South Dakota man is said to huvo compounded n soup from Alfalfa that is both nourishing and palatable. Tlic mtof liv ing should come down now that m largo a commodity has been added to the edibles however our informant did not state whether the soup was designed for nit n or cattle. If you have a soul for the beautiful, just take a stroll around Monmouth and have a look at the surrounding country. Just now the earth is akiug on her robe of beauty, preparatory to the fruiting season, and the artistic h in I of Nature's linger makes a scene of rare beautv. Sure, 'tis a garden spot of not only beauty alone, but of worth as well. The round Master is no re specter of persons. He will lead off a town official's cow just as (tiickly as he w ill one that be longs to any one else, ami he will impound a preacher's ani mal with as little concern as he would a lay-member's property. So, look out tor your stock or the marshal will look alter it, f01 you.' He didn't even flose hi eyes to the man that feeds tlu hungry traveler. Tobacco is coming muter the ban in many places, and Judge Clei'toii and the county com missioners in Portland have promised the C. T. U. that i . . i wufii uie new eourtliouse is oc cupied the janitor shall have orders to prohibit smoking in the condors. Smoking is a de light to the smoker while it is very offensive to many persons, but the trouble arises when these two parties meet where each have common rights mid the smoker insists, by pursuing his b;bit, that the non-smoker smoke although it is a second hand article which is passed around. The Public Cup Goes According to an order made by the state board of health all public drinking cups must go September 1st. The order is in tended for special application to schools, trains, railroad stations and other public daces. It has long been known that the public drinking cup is a pro lific source for the spread of dis ease. Along with the fly the public drinking cup is charged with responsibility for the spread of typhoid and scarlet fevers, tu berculosis, measles and other ailments. Children seem to be more susceptible to the baleful influence of the public cup than older persons, and in attetend ing school or riding on trains contract disease from this source by drinking from cups which have been used by afflicted per sons. Persons traveling should pro vide themselves with the neces sary drinking apparatus, espe cially if travelling by train, as train porters will charge a good price for cups to those who have to purchase of them. STAR GEM OF CEYLON. ; ft 8 8 Tfi Atria Brought Health and For tune to Its Wearer. Familiar ro some of the ancient writ ers and credited with supernatural powers, the listeria, or star gem. was highly valued for the benefits sup posed to be conferred oil the wearer. Its bright six rayed star, ever chang ing and shifting with every play of light and especially shooting out Its flumes In the direct sunlight, would seem to tie something more than an ordinary crystal, and to the supersti tious mind It cou'd readily le believed to embody some tutelar spirit. The particular virtue attributed to this gem was the conferring upon the wearer of "health and good fortune" when worn as an amulet, and to those fortunate to he born In the month of April, with which the stone was asso ciated or represented, the wearer was Insured from all evil. . The star stone Is found principally In Ceylon. Invariably in soil peculiar to rallies and sapphires. Indeed, It is composed of the same constituent "co rundum," Its chatoyant, or star rays, being caused by the pressure of what the natives call "silk." It Is found In many different colors, from pale blue, pink nnd white to dcep,dnrk blue, ruby and purple. The blue are termed sap phire stars, the red ruby stars. It Is always cut en cnbochnn, the star divid ing Into six rays at the apex. It is next in hardness to the diamond. MARITIME EXPRESSIONS. Used In a Metaphorical Sens They Are Quite Common. Mariine expressions used metaphor ically are, in fact, verv coinmmi v say a couple are "spliced," a young man Is the "mainstay" of his family, nn Intruder "puts his oar In." a man Is nam up, sometimes "taken aback" or has "the wind taken out of hu sails," a toner Is "slewed " n l.nf.. sidns a yarn." sometimes "trlua tim other tack." and a ruler "steers the snip or state' through troublesome , Ulllt'M. This last metaphor is extremeiv nn. cient, by the way. Horace refers to Rome as a ship at sea. and I'lutarch says the Delphic oracle referred to Athens In the same wav t....ii saying embodies a like metaphor. "The Roul Is the ship, reason is the helm, the oars are the soul's thoughts, and truth Is the port." An old collection of Kustllsh proverbs contains this one: "The tongue Is the rudder of our ship." A Malay maxim savs. "Thp im,.r - " " 11IVU is swamped at sea may be balled out but the shipwreck of the affections Is final." Aristophanes. Plautna fl Till nf httrts Ha, vim I o IJ an expression which " as an Kngllsh saw. "To row one way and look another." An old Eng lish proverb (filb was. "It Is not Rood to have an oar In every one's boat" Jenny Lind at a Child. Jenny l.lnd as a child of three Tears was the lark of her parents' house a Ktrl of ule she attracted the attou l 011 of all lovers of music and entered the Stockholm conservatory as a pupil Her continuous studies at so tender an age caused the sudden loss of her voice ad for four full years she pursued her theoretical aud technical studies when suddenly the full sweet sounds came back, to the delight, as every one knows, of thousands for many years. ' New Stock Of BUCKINGHAM & HECHT Shoes for Men Just Received. $3.25 to $4.50. Largest Stock of OVERALLS in the City. IS IF YOU Are Hard to fit come See Us. Watch for oar New Sign- Strickler & Murdock. Noted for Bargains Monmouth, Oregon Your horse will travel and work better if well shod. All work guaranteed W. W. Newman Monmouth, Oregon OUR LINE OF TOOTH BRUSHES ranges from the lowest priced good one to the daintiest brush that ever graced my lady's table. Be sure and take a supply of them with you when you go away. The same advice applies to our FERFUMERIES AND TOILET ARTICLES. Then you will not have to deDend 11 ii- on an uncertain supply, will not have to put up with an extract, cream lotion, etc., that is not up to your idea of good taste or quality. We have it or we'll get it. Ask us. Perkins Pharmacy iMonmOUth Polk County Bank Established 1889 Monmouth, - - Oregon Paid Capital, - . - $30,000.00 Surplus & Undivided Profits, $11,000.00 Transacts a General Banking Busi ness Under State Supervision Officers and Directors J. II . HAW LEY, President; J. B. V. BUTLER, Vice President; IRA C. POWELL, Cashier: J. B. STUMP, F. S. POWELL, I. M. SIMPSON. Interest paid on time deposits. City Meat Market Highest Cash Price Paid for Veal, Pork and Mutton. Once a cus tomer, always a customer. Sat isfaction guaranteed. HIGHEST CASH PRICE Paid for All Kinds of HIDES SULUAVN & MOR1SON, Props. Monmouth, - - . Oregon P. E. Chase H. B. Davis List your property with the WESTERN REALTY COMPANY First door West of Furniture Store.
