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CHARLES EDWARD HICKS
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POULTRY FACTS
The Oregon Agricultural ColU-ge,
wishing to eeure definite Inform,
tlon u to poultry keeping on the
(arm. the methods followed and re
sult secured, are lending letters to
a large number of farmers so as to
get their observations on this branch
of agriculture. A summary of the
facta secured will be made and pub
lished in bulletin form.
If a sufficient number will answer
the questions asked they should get
some information that will be valu
able in their work of promoting this
industry in Oregon.
The prices of poultry products sre
such as to warrant greater attention
being given to this branch of farm
ing. Even with the attention that Is
now given to poultry-keeping, the In
dustry Is an Important one. From
the best information available, the
poultry and eggs produced in this
state In 1908 reached a total of near
ly f5,000,000. In spite of this thous
ands of dollars are sent out of this
state every year for poultry and eggs.
and if this money could be kept
among our own farmers it would add
much to the material prosperity of
onr rural communities.
The agricultural college wishes to
get information from the farmers
themselves on the subject so that it
may better understand the needs of
the industry and he better able to
recommend methods for improving it.
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Failed to Appear in Court.
Conrad Krebs, despite the fact he
was placed under arrest by Constable
Ira Hamilton following a fight with
Leonard McMahan, attorney, Monday
night, failed to appear in Justice Dan
Webster's court yesterday as told to
do and was In Portland instead.
Consequently his trial has been
postponed for a few days. What
charge has been lodged against the
hop man is not known. McMahan did
not appear in court and has not been
arrested as yet. Interesting develop
ments are expected to grow out of
the old time feud. Statesman.
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Noted Educator in West.
President Jacob Gould Schurman,
of Cornell University, and chairman
of the first Philippine Commission,
one of America's noted educators, is
making a tour of the country, being
entertained by the commercial and
educational organizations. He was a
guest of the Portland Commercial
Club at luncheon Saturday and was
given a dinner at the University Club
Saturday evening.
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Big Crowds Coming West.
1909 will be the travel year for the
Pacific Northwest. The most advan
tageous rates are in this direction.
All of the great railroads of the coun
try are going to bend their efforts to
ward presenting the resources of this
portion of the United States through
out the East, Canada and Europe.
The Portland Rose Show and the
Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition will
be important features and railroad
men in all the large centers of popu
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Fate and Mrs.
Bayard.
By LULU JOHNSON.
Copyrighted. , br AmocUWJ
l.lirrr !rM,
"You may come in," called Ethel,
eylnij approvingly the tall, well' pro
portioned figure In the doorway, "I'm
hiding" she eiplalued ChUholiu
came forward. "I'm hiding from a
man.
"Remarkable f' was CbUbolnY quiet
comment aa he dropid into a cbalr
opposite the eettee on which Ml
ftprngue aat. -I bv come here to
hide from a woman- woman I never
nift"
Kthel clapped her hands. "Wouldu t
It be funny If it happened that yoo
were running away from me and I
were running awsy from you and w
both should be htdlng here together
from each otherr
"More than likely we are the Tie
tlma of Mrs. Bsyard' well Mentioned
efforts," asserted Chlsholm. "It 1 odd
that after dodging Mrs. Bayard we
should find ourselves In the same re
treat with the common aim f arold
ing each other."
"If you should teU me your name,
suggested Ethel, "we could find oot if
we really are the only two Ttctlm of
Mrs. Hayard's matchmaking erase."
"And rob the situation of Its plquan
cyr objected Chlsholm. "No, Miss
Miss er-Mlss Dimples. 1 think we
will enjoy a chat far more, because we
are not absolutely certain that pres
ently we will emerge from our retreat
only to le pounced upon by the ener
getic Mrs. Bayard, thereupon to be In
troduced to each other while the world
our little world-looks on and smiles
its commiseration."
"Mrs. Bayard means well," declared
Ethel, "but it Is dreadful the way she
goes around introducing people with a
look that says, 'Now I haTe introduced
you young people I shall expect you to
be married immediately, because you
are perfectly suited to each other.'
Every one finds such amusement in
Mrs. Bayard's matchmaking that her
victims are marked persons, so they
come to hate each other."
"If she were content with mere hints
it would not be so bad." continued
Chlsholm comfortably, "but she had
me over here this morning to tell me
that tonight I should meet my fate."
"And she wrote me," explained
Ethel. "It seems that she has three
sets of victims here tonight, so as
soon as I came I made straight for
this flirtation nook. Mrs. Bayard be
lieves in flirtation booths to further
her amiable ends, and it seemed a
clever bit of satire to take refuge in
one of her matrimonial traps."
"I felt much the same way," assent
ed Chlsholm. "Of course some time
In the course of the evening I shall
have to undergo the ordeal, but I am
trying to defer ber introduction until
the last moment.
"This is the first time that I ever
have been warned that I must marry,
whether or no, and well, I don't sup
pose that it would sound right to say
that I am bashful, but I don't seem
to fancy the idea."
"Which is ungrateful when Mrs.
Bayard goes to such trouble on our
account," reminded Ethel. "She gives
three or four balls a year just to 'bring
people together,' as she expresses it."
"Just as though the people would not
find each other If let alone!" comment
ed Chlsholm, with a laugh. "Now, I
can imagine that in happier circum
stances I might"
"What?" demanded Ethel as Chls
holm paused.
"I was going to say," he concluded,
"that left to myself I might perhaps
have carried out Mrs. Bayard's wishes
through natural impulse and not
through a sense of duty."
Ethel colored softly at the remark,
for the meaning was not to be mis
taken. Moreover, she suddenly re
gretted the matchmaking propensities
of her hostess, which had resulted in
prejudicing the mind of this new
found acquaintance against ner.
"I remember when I was a young
ster in short, trousers," reminisced
Chlsholm, "that one day my iainer
mixed a pall of whitewash, placed a
brush beside it and gave me strict or
dprs not to whitewash the chicken
coops because I did not have the
requisite skill. Then he went down
town, and I took chances on a thrash
ing to prove that I could ao it.
"Wo nlwavs want to do the forbid
den things," assented Ethel. "I sup
pose we inherit the trait irom our nrsi
parents."
"It's human nature," agreed Chls
holm. "Now, If Mrs. Bayard had said.
'Above all things, keep away from
MijSpr TMmnles.' I should have
hunted up the Introduction the very
first thing Instead ot running on to
hide."
"Anfl then tou make my acquaint
ance the rery first thing, Just the
same."
"But we are not certain, you know,
pleaded Chlsholm eagerly. "You said
yourself that there were four other
victims."
"But of course we are one of the
pairs," Insisted Ethel.
"Perhaps not of the same pair. It
may be that through some happy
chance fate has been permitted to
take a hand and do things right."
"If you would tell me who you are,"
suggested Ethel, "we could settle the
matter."
"And spoil it all," reminded Chls
holm. "Then I shall tell you my name," de
clared Ethel firmly. "I am"
"You are Miss Dimples for Just a
little while," pleaded the man. "All
too soon the awakening will come.
Let enjoy the few minute with
out the thought that fate and Mr
Bayard ar contriving to task ut
; enteral to men other."
"If I am hateful" suggested Kthel
rUtug.
"IHm't go." pleaded Chlsholm, "1
didn't mean It that way. You are not
hateful. You are mt adorable and
charming young woman. It la only at
an Inevitable thing thut you could lx
come not hateful, but"
"Irritating." sugseoted Ethel, resum
ing her seat. "I auppo that when we
are Introduced I shall feel the same
way about you."
"Then you do not feel that way
now?" he pressed.
"You are not bateful-yet," h con
ceded. "I think that I should like you
If I were not certain that Mr. Bayard
la looking everywhere for to gtr
the detested Introduction."
"Then don't let us be Introduced,"
pleaded Chlsholm. "I mean not by our
hostess. We can get some one else to
Introduce us, and when Mrs. Bayard
cea u talking together she will leave
ua alone."
Terhap that might be done,"
agreed Ethel thoughtfully. "The only
trouble is that so few her know in.
It would be running risk to go In
search of an introducer."
"Then w might go and look for
th deril." be completed unexpectedly
as the palm which screened the en
trance parted and Mr. Bayard iwept
In.
"Tber you are," be cried, shaking
a plump, roguish forefinger at the pair.
Mrs. Bayard would InslRt on being kit
tenish In spit of 200 pounds of all too
olid flesh. "I have been looking er
ery where for you two." ahe added,
and Chlsholm groaned. Evidently they
were one of Mrs. Bayard's "pairs."
"I think if a shame." continued the
good lady. "There are Mr. Wynne and
Miss Maurer flirting desperately, and
all the time I've been looking for you
two to Introduce you to them."
A gleam of Interest shone in Chls
holm' eyes.
"Dear Mrs. Bayard," he uggested,
"don't you think that perhap It would
be well to let that Infatuated couple
alone and rest content with introduc
ing ns to each other?"
"Miss Sprague Mr. Chlsholm," re
peated the hostess, adding, "I am sure
that you will like Miss Maurer when
you meet her, Mr. Chlsholm."
"I am quite convinced of that," as
sented Chlsholm calmly. "I am al
ready rery grateful to Miss Maurer
for occupying Mr. Wynne's atten
tions." There was no mistaking the meaning
and the mastery in Chlsholm' tones.
Mrs. Bayard turned and fled. Chls
holm faced the blushing girl.
"Since it was fate and not Mrs. Bay
ard who took an interest in our af
fairs," he said significantly, "I that is
there is a good half hour before the
supper dance. Let's spend the time in
getting better acquainted." And be
sat down again, this time on the bench
besldo ber.
His Lada Tresses.
Sarah, the first Duchess of Marlbor
ough, whose tempestuous character
lacked many of the ordinary graces of
womanliness, was yet sincerely loved
by the two persons who knew her best
her husband, the Duke of Marlbor
ough, and the "good" Queen Anne.
Among the many pictures which Mr.
Fitzgerald Molloy, the biographer of
the duchess, incorporated in his "Life"
Is one which is not only lively, but
charming:
On the death of the duke the duch
ess found In a cabinet where he kept
all that he most valued a mass of her
hair. Years before when he had
thwarted her in something she re
solved to mortify him, and, knowing
that her beautiful and abundant hair
was a source of pride and delight to
him, she had It cut off.
The shorn tresses were left in a
room through which the duke must
pass and in a place where he must
see them, for whatever Marlborough's
lady did she did thoroughly. But he
came and went, saw and spoke to her
and showed neither anger, sorrow nor
surprise.
When he next quitted the house she
ran to see her tresses, but they had
disappeared, and on consulting her
looking glass she saw how foolish a
thing she had done. But she said noth
ing about her shorn locks, nor did the
duke. She never knew what had be
come of them until after the death of
the duke she found them among those
things which he had held most pre
cious. How Oysters Drop Pearls,
"The pearl oyster gives its pearl to
you as a pretty girl gives you her
white hand," said a Jeweler. "Did you
think that, like an oyster opener in
an eating bar, the fisher pried open
the shell with a knife and went Jab
bing about in the soft flesh? Oh, no
nothing so unpoetlcal. The oyster
opens its lips and silently lets drop
its pearl.
"The oysters," he explained, "are
brought In to port and are laid on
sloping boards, mouths downward. A
few inches below their mouths is wa
ter. In two or three days the oysters
become dreadfully dry and thirsty.
The water tantalizes them. It in
creases their thirst. At last they open
their shells, snd If there are pearls
within they roll forth and drop into
the pans of water. That Is how pearls
are obtained. To open the oysters and
search them is a useless task that is
never thought of at the fisheries."
Too Much Equality.
"Why are you so vexed, Irma?"
"I am so exasperated! I attended
the meeting of the Social Equality
league, and my parlor maid presided
and had the audacity to call me to
order three times 1" Fliegende Blatter.
I HIT " I
ifilumorj
A MODERN NOVEL
Told I Tabloid About Mr. Staylolgh
and His Blvd Gwendolyn.
CHAPTER I.
The lights In the hall were turned
low. Mr. Htavleluh wa taking hi
Ust leave of hla beloved Gwendolyn.
Accordingly be drew her to him and
atol a lt ktM.
At that p ret' le moment the father
emerged from the room facing the re
ception room farther down th hall
ami stepped brlnkly forward.
"Heavenar gulped th girt. "I'm
afraid be saw ua!"
Thl fear deepened Into abaotut cer
tainty ai the father approached and
said to Mr. HtayU-lgb:
"Young man, 1 should appreciate the
favor of a few worda with you In the
library."
CHATTER II.
BUylelgh followed the father, and
the library door closed behind them.
Meanwhile the girl, pale with anxiety,
concealed herself behind a convenient
portiere lu order that she might be
enabled to exchange a word with Mr.
Staylelgh should her father permit him
to go to the door unattended.
The staring eye of the girl became
fixed upon the closed library door, visi
ble to her from her retreat, and she
vainly endeavored to divine what was
pnsslng beyond.
Would Mr. Rtnylelgh be forbidden
the bouse?
Would ahe be admonished to think
no more of him?
Whatever was happening, on thing
waa certain the interview between
the two men was long and earnest
This perplexed the girl, for, reasoned
ahe, surely It consumes no more than
a minute or two to dismiss an objec
tionable lover.
But stay! Ferhaps Mr. Btaylelgh
was bravely defending himself. In
deed, it might even transpire that, tak
ing hla courage In both hands, be bad
In a way concluded to hold the Hon at
bay and boldly demand ber hand In
marriage.
CHAPTER III.
At last the door opened. Mr. Btay
lelgh came out alone. As he passed the
portiere Gwendolyn emerged.
"Billy." she gasped, "what did papa
say?"
"He nuked tue to lend him a hun
dred," replied Stnylelgh In a tone be
tokening the old man's success. Ed
win Tarlsse In New York Herald.
A LittU Mistake.
Lady (on the Metropolitan railway,
London) Please, sir, will you help me
to get out at the next station?
Gentleman-Why, certainly, ma'am.
Lady You see, sir, It's this way.
Being rather stout, I have to turn
around and get out backward, and the
porters always think I am getting In,
so they push me back Into the car
riage and say. "Hurry up, ma'am."
I've passed four stations that way al
ready. Success Magazine.
Eclipsed.
Gunner Fogg certainly loves his
wife. He actually wears the neckties
she makes him.
Guyer Yes, but Harker goes that
one better.
Gunner Yes?
Guyer I should say so. He wears
the red mittens his wife knitted. Chi
cago News.
A Safe Return,
"I went home to see the old folks re
cently and introduced myself to them
as the prodigal son."
"So they wouldn't mistake you for
the fatted calf?"
A Side Path.
"I suppose," said the facetious stran
ger, watching a workman spread a
carpet from the church door to the
curb, "that's the highroad to heaven
you're fixing up?"
"No," replied the man; "this is mere
ly a bridal path." Harper's Weekly.
Burdensome.
Mrs. De Flashleigh (dressing for
charity ball) I suppose I'll have to
wear all my diamonds. Livingstone?
Mr. De Flashleigh Do as you please,
dear, but if they fatigue you don't ex
pect me to lug them around. Puck.
Friend of His.
"You always speak kindly of
Psmlth."
"Yes, I've grown very fond of him."
"Why?"
"He tried to cheat me the other day,
ud he couldn't." Cleveland Leader.
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Glasses in Time Save Worry.
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The OPTICIAN
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