The Herald
D.'E. ST1TT, Editor.
Entered u second-class matter September 8,
t the post office t Monmouth, Oregon, under the
Act of March 3. 1879.
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FJUDAY, DEC. 1, 1911.
Turkey lias been much in
evidence during the jui.t few
days, in America, while on
Hasten) continent, Italy
been after Turkey too.
the
has
Kugeno is about to inagurate
a campaign to secure manufac
turies. Manufacturies bring
workmen and increase the popu
lation, and increased population
brings more business, other
wise, such as more houses, etc.
Monmouth needs a boost in this
same; who will be the first to
suggest what will etart the wheel
of progress rolling.
The Chicago Public has the
following to say about the value
of the initiative for single-tax
purposes: "Not only does it
make success possible and se
cure; as :-oon as the people
undeistand the reform and want
it, but meanwhile it educates
them to an understanding of
it. ' One vigorous Initiative cam
pain for the singletax, such for
instance as the laws of Oregon
permit, would be worth even if
it ended in defeat. A whole
marketful of legislative ad
vances, without popular support
or understanding."
The llKiiAl.n management
begs the indulgence of its read
ers for the small amount of home
reading, this week, as his time
has been very much broken in
to by persons inquiring for in
formation in regard to the pro
prosed water works system for
Monmouth during the past few
days, consequently we have not
had the opportunity to rustle
for news, but we hope that the
demands of the city will nowdo
creiiso so that we may give more
time to the IIickai.d, We tried
to get help but was unable to do
so.
AN INCENTIVE
TO MARRIAGE
b, DOROTHEA HALE
Corrrlglit ty AtrtTlcnn Press Amo
clallnn, UU1.
There la tuttiH'tbltiK a bout the portal
of ntttrlmouy thut ctm to require
new conditions. A set humdrum 8tate
Is not likely to be conducive to wed
lock. This Ih esieelally true of those
Mho are nttslnir out of the heyday of
youth. If a man Kiovlnr li:. bach
elorhood tr a woman Into Bpln.sterhood
wishes to change their condition their
beat chance la to take an ocean voy
go nt a seasou when they will meet
other travelers. Probably there are
more tuarrlawa concocted on shipboard
In proportion to the elite of the passen
ger list than iu any other community.
Hut after a couple have mutually re
solved to cast their lot together let
them not take any uiore such trips sep
arately or what has been accomplish
ed may be undone.
William Martlndale had come to hla
thirty flfth year without being mated
and was looking forward to a lonely
old at;e with horror, Not being very
closely tied dowu lo business he re
aolved to take a trip abroad In order
to relieve that eunul which begins to
show Itself In bucbi Ions and spinsters
while they are crossing life's equluoc
tlal Hue. Miss Susan Kldiidge. aged
thirty, bad given up trying to make up
tier mind to marry some one of the siu
aIe men she had long known and con
cluded that If she could not be Inter
ested In a household she might at least
enjoy a change of scene.
Mr. Martlndale and Miss Eldrldge
met on a steamer running from New
York to Naples. Tbey left the Amer
ican coast In chilly weather and found
the contrast on reaching the balmy at
mosphere of the gulf stream delight
ful. They sat on deck most of the day
and occasionally In the evening, rising
and falling with the swell, listening to
the stylsh mad? by the meeting of thc
waves and the vessel and each other's
chat, now watching a bird sailing
above and wondering how it dare fly
so far from land, and found It all delightful.
w uat an interesting woman." re-n
marked Mr. Martlndale to himself. "If
I had before met a girl like that I
would by this time have been the fa
iner or a family." -iiad the young
men I have known so long," remarked
Miss Lldridge. "had a tenth part of
the soul this man possesses I would
not now have the prospect before me
of finishing my life an old maid."
On the Mediterranean tripjhe steam
er usually stops at the island of Ma
deira. Mr. Martludale and Miss El
drldge went ashore together nnd enter
ed a garden filled with tropical plants
redolent of flowery perfumes. , When
they came out of that garden they
were engaged.
The rest of the voyage was like Ball
ing in the heavens on a balmy moon
light night. . The critical fashion in
which . they had previously viewed
members of the opposite sexes from a
matrimonial point or view was re
placed by an Ideal appreciation of each
other Induced by an atmosphere en
tirely dllTereut from any to which they
had been accustomed. They landed nt
Naples, strolled together through the
exhumed streets of I'oinpell, sat on the
cliff overlooking the Mediterranean nt
Corrento and drove together to Amalfl
And It seemed to each that the other
resembled some divinity perpetuated
in marble in the galleries they fre
quentcd.
They separated at Koine to meet
later In America, where they were to
make arrangements for their wedding
The intervening time had passed.
Mr. Martlndale had arrived at home,
nnd Miss Eldrldge was sailing up New
York bay. She paced the deck with a
brow on which lowered a mental dls
turbance. Mr. Martlndale, she knew
was on the dock waiting for her. Whj
did she not wear a happy expression at
the expected meeting?
And Mr. Martlndale why did be
walk through the long dock house with
a perplexed look on his face and shud
der as he caught a glimpse of the ship
on which stood his tlancee? They met.
Each strove to put on n smile of wel
come, expression of heaven born love.
The effort was a failure. Each retain
ed a secret 'which must be sooner or
Intel broken to the other.
"1 can endure this no longer," said
Miss Eldrldge as they rolled over the
stony streets In a carriage. "1 could
never uct a part, I must confess ut
once."
"Confess?"
"Yes. I thought I loved yoil. I was
mistaken. On the return voyage I met
the man who nt once 1 felt was born
for me and for whom I was born.
Forgive me for the wrong I have done
you; l couldn't help It "
A long sigh a sigh of . relief es
caped from Mr. Martlndale
"Your confession." he said, "has tak
en a great load from my mind. 1. too,
on my return voyage met a girl wno
charmed me and, I blush to say, wou
me from you." v
P i'or a moment tmit amour propre,
I that dislike for being supplanted, to
i which we are all subject kept her
! silent, but when she thought of the
j complication she had escuped she said
smiling:
"Oh, how fortunate!"
I'oth of these persons had met others
with whom they might have mated
lilt it needed that something furnlsh
I ed by n voynao to Induce union some-
thing that is as common on the ocean
as seasickness, though much pleasant
; er. Unfortunately all persons who de
sire to be mated cuunot try it, because
it is expensive
NAPOLEON'S LETTER.
Th Wi Fox.
Tho Lion, the Ass and the Fox
went hunting together, and it was
agreed that whatever was taken
should be shared between them.
They caught a large fat Stag, which
the Lion ordered the Ass to divide.
The As8 took n deal of pains to di
vide the Stag into three pieces,
which should be ns nearly equal ns
possible. The Lion, enraged with
him for what he considered a want
of proper respect to his quality, flew
upon him and tore him to pieces,
lie then cnllod on the Fox to divide.
Tho Fox, nibbling oil a small por
tion for himself, left the rest for
the Lion's share. The Lion, highly
pleased with this mark of respect,
asked the Fox where he had learned
such politeness nnd good breeding.
"To tell tho truth, sire," replied the
Fox, "I wa9 taught it bv the Ass
that lies dead there." Aesop.
How the Initial "M" Punctuated th
Great Conqueror's Career.
From Marengo to Moscow was
the long swing of the pendulum of
Napoleon's life, the one the great
est battle out of which he came
with his life, the other the abyss
which engulfed him. Mr. J. M.
Buckley, a literary expert on coinci
dences, pointed out how strangely
the letter "M" played a part in the
life of the great conqueror.
Marboe was the first to recognize
the genius of Napoleon at the Eeole
Militaire. Melas opened to him the
way to Italy. Mortier was one of
his first generals. Morcau betrayed
him, and Murat was the first martyr
to his cause. Marie Louise partook
of his highest destinies. Mctter
nich conquered him on the field of
diplomacy.
Six marshals Massena, Mortier,
Marmont, Macdonald, Murat and
Money and twenty-six of his gen
erals of divisions had names begin
ning with the letter "M."
Murat, duke of Bassano, was tho
counselor in whom he placed the
greatest confidence. His first great
battle was that of Montcnotte; his
last was that of Mount St. Jean.
Ho gained the battles of Moscow,
Montmirail and Montcrcnu. Then
came tho assault of Montmartre.
Milan was the first enemies' capital
and Moscow the last in which he en
tered, He lost Egypt through the blun
ders of Menoa and employed Miol
lis to make This VII. prisoner.
Malet conspired against him, after
ward Marmont. His ministers were
Maret, Montalivet and Mollien
His first chamberlain was Montes
quieu. Niagara and Victoria.
What is the true comparison be
tween tho power of Niagara and tho
Victoria falls in South Africa? The
answer is that the flow at Niagara
varies between 6t? ,000,000 and 104,
000,000 gallons per minute; that at
Victoria is as low as about 5,000,000
gallons in August. The mean avail
able drop at Niagara is 1G0 feet and
at Victoria 380 feet. Hence while
tho minimum Niagara flow repre
sents about. 3,000,000 horsepower
the Victoria flow in August repre
sents only 5S0.000 horsepower, and,
accepting the statements of local
authorities that in November the
flow at Victoria drops to only
2,500,000 gallons per minute, tho
minimum horsepower there can be
only about one-tenth' of Niagara's
minimum. The maximum of Vic
toria is not given. Scientific American.
Laura Price, M. D.
Ollieo in I?. P. Baker's Reside1"
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Dr. J. O. Matthis
Physician and Surgeon
Office in Postoffiee Building
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both day and night.
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Monmouth, Oregon
CLEAN TEETH
An essential to both good health
and looks.
WE WILL MAKE
A special price of ten cents a bot
tle to all school children for tooth
powder for one week.
SEE " OUR WINDOW.
we havn 't got it we'll get it Ask us.
PERKINS PBABHAGY
Monmouth Oreson