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.
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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.
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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.