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STUDY MUSIC EASIEST WAY OUR SCIENTIFIC HOME STUDY METHOD Brlnn quick results. Success ruaran. teed. Costa less than hulf of oral truing, tiun. Piano, Orsn. Violin, Ilinjo, Mandolin, Uuitar anil Cornet (aught. Writ today for Catalog and 4 frao lessons. American School of Music, BOO Cnamralla Hdf,, PMTUND, OIECOK PPTT AM Shipments are what we want and appeal to you for yourt. Shis ui your nt can of Cream. HAZELWOOD CO. PORTLAND, OREGON HELP A $50,000 Corpora tion deairos to secure within next ton daya Grade Representative in each town. No canvassing, aoliciting or selling; refer ence!: experience unnecessary, Guaran teed Income to right party. Dept. 8, 628 Pittock Block, Portland, Oregon. HAWTHORNE AUTO SCHOOL The only Automobile School on the Pa cific Coast maintaining a Gaa Tractor Dept.. Using Holt Caterpillar, C. L. Beat Tracklayer and Wheel Tractors, both in the achool and operating lield, 446 Hawthorne Ave., Portland, Ore. OREGON ROSES and other beautiful T?1ftl)prC Illustrated catalogue offering J (lUUl. the Hnest and larg-est stock In the Pacific Northwest free upon request CLARKE BROS., Florists, Portland, Oregon, Monamobile Oils and Greases and FEDERAL TIRES AND TUBES Free Tire Service. THE HOUSE OF SER VICE. " MOTOR CAR SUPPLY CO, Inc. 13 Broadway No. Portland, Or. I 1 II I C 6 Start a Business of Tour LH U I L O Own. Employ Others. Coats less than (5.00. Dignified. Pleasant and very profitable. Send stamp today for information Cwcealnlt UUralsrr. 214 Slock El III,., Prtkn Or. WANTED Agents, live ones, in every locality In the state. Only Daylight Egg Tester in the coun try. No competition. Money-back proposition. Bend $1.60 for tester and explanatory matter and get busy in your neighborhood. Address X-Ray Egg Tester. 606 Railway Exchange. Portland, Or. UfflllTCn Everyone to know about DAD'S II HH I CU ELECTRIC HAND LIGHT. A real, great big light, safe, handy and cheaper than oil; wind and storm-proof. Fully illustrated cir cular. 8wtied(e Seed Floral Ce., 169 2d Si., PertlaW. Oil-Fuel Boiler of Great Efficiency. Attention ot marine engineers has been drawn to a new type of boiler lately put forth by an English Inven tor. The curious device makes use not of flues nor of coils ot pipe to se cure quick steaming, but of hollow con centrio cones. Accord'ng to tests made, a boiler of this type, the size ot a hogshead, will generate as much team and has as high a horsepower rating as the ordinary boiler many times larger. This compactness and high rating make the boiler particu larly adapted to marine service, where space is valuable, besides which, its ease and comparative cleanliness ot operation result in quite a substantial saving of labor. Several views of the boiler appear in the March Popular Mechanics Magazine. To Break In New Shoes. Always shake In Allen'a Foot-Uaae, a powder. It cures hot, sweating, aching, swollen feet. Cures corns, Ingrowing nails and bunions. At til druggists and shoe ateres, 25c. Dont accept any substitute. Sample mailed FREK. Address Allen 8. Olmsted, Le Roy. N. Y. The Wrong Impression. A Quaker fell asleep in meeting and soon began to snore. For awhile the nasal notes were soft and smooth and did not disturb the worshippers, but finally the sleeper let out a few extra kinks and the effect was a trifle dis concerting. "Friend Hezekiah," whispered an acquaintance, digging the other in the ribs, "I think thee had better arouse thyself." "What did thee say? What did thee say?" cried Hezekiah, somewhat con fused. "What-is the matter?" "Nothing, friend Hezekiah," was the quiet rejoinder ot the other, "only thee was snoring a little, and I was afraid that outsiders might think the spirit had moved thee to a trombone solo instead of an expression of thy con victions." Philadelphia Telegraph. 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I a sit i Hi i 'heRUBBERUNTIIY Floating rubber rafts IT HAS rarely been my privilege to penetrate into more primitive re gions than the headwaters of the Orinoco, or into a land of greater promise than is found along the upper reaches of the Gy Parana, bet ter known as the Rio Machado, writes Leo E. Miller in an interesting article on the rubber regions of South Amer ica, In the India Rubber World. The Gy Parana, it might be well to state, 1b one of the largest affluents of the Madeira. For many years its lower course has been known to adventur ous seekers of orchids, rubber, and other natural products, all of which have been yielded in abundance; but it is only within the last few years that the course of the upper river has been thrown open to navigation of any kind. Even now only an occa sional dugout ventures beyond the zone of pestilence and rapids Into the land of hostile Indian tribes; but the way has nevertheless been opened, and within a comparatively short time this region will be giving up its fair quota of the natural riches that lie hidden In the vast, untrodden wilder ness. The Orinoco is. no doubt, better known by name than the Machada, and at present it must suffice to give mnrelv a vaeue idea of the remoteness of its hinterlands by citing .that it re quires approximately three montns or. travel from Cludad Bolivar. 240 miles from the mouth of the mighty river, to reach the rapids of Guajarlbo, far oVinua th mouth of the Casslaualre; beyond that point the river is wholly unknown. At Senor Paraquete'a Barraca. On February 28, 1913, I stopped at the barraca of one Senor Paraquete, far up on the Orinoco, beyond the mouth of the Ventuari. The main building stood on a high bank 30 feet above the river, and was occupied by Senor Paraquete and his assistants. Several large rooms were used as a venta or store and a fair stock of provisions and merchandise was car ried. On one side was the camp of the full-blooded Indian employees, Maqulritares from the regions of the Cunacunuma, who lived in small palm leaf huts with their families. On the other side stood long, thatched build ings, open all around, with scores of hammocks strunff from the posts and beams; these were the quarters of the natives Venezuelans ana zamDos. in Mm rear, and some distance away, stood the smokehouses, completely in closed with palm leaves except lor one small door opening. Trails led into the forest from a number of points, and numerous dugouts tied to the landing indicated that work was also prosecuted on the other side of the river. Often, especially in the case of the Indians, man and wife worked together. Old-fashioned methods are employed entirely. The trees are girded with strips of palm pitch at the base which intercept the latex and deflect it Into a folded leaf placed underneath. This system is rather wasteful and inju rious to the trees. There is no fixed rule or custom for tapping the trees, the men hacking Into the bark at ran dom, but occasionally the herringbone pattern of cut Is used. Each man has two routes, and endeavors to have from 300 to BOO trees on each, seldom more, often less, according to the abundance of the rubber trees in the locality. He takes one trail one day, and the other the next, thus permit ting the trees to rest on alternate days. If it rains, the day's catch is spoiled, as latex mixed with water is worthless. The milk was weighed as brought in by each man at midday and cred ited to his account; in the afternoon the whole force repaired to the smoke house to work up the day's catch. A kind of wood called Mazarandul is used exclusively for the smudge; it is of a deep reddish color and grows plentifully along the river. Transportation Is Costly. The cost of transportation between the Upper Orinoco and Cludad Bolivar is enormous. In the first place, the distance Is very great and the river is full of rapids, necessitating long over land portages; all provisions have to be brought up, and the crude product has to be taken back down; there is always a great loss both ways from theft and wreckage, and as there is no regular Bystem of navigation be yond the mouth of the Apure, the diffi culties encountered in securing boats and crews are tremendous. downtheriomacmado The headquarters of the Orinoco rubber gatherers is San Fernando de Atabapo, containing about 100 huts, which is the only settlement above the Cataract of Malpures. In Febru ary the town was almost deserted. In May It was full of life. Numbers of people were arriving daily; there was dancing and gaming, eating and drink ing, day and night, and many a man spent his entire season's earnings in a few evenings. The sight was not unlike that formerly seen In the west ern mining camps of our own country. Representatives of the big houses in Cludad Bolivar, which had made ad vances to the concessioners, were there to see that they received all the rubber collected by their debtors. The governor of the department (Alto Orinoco) made his home farther down the river, on the Rio Catanlapo, near the Rapids ot Atures. On the Machado the rubber camps are not abandoned during the rainy season but as the floods advance stand isolated above the muddy water, crowded with their human inhabit ants, chickens, pigs and dogs. Many of the houses are built on piles, and the water comes up until it touches the floor. Cooking and washing are done on the front porch and canoes are tied to the posts In readiness for instant flight if necessary, or to use in gathering wood or visiting the neighbors. Behind the huts, banana palms bend and bow gracefully as the current tugs at their bases, and a few vultures are usually perched on the roof. Happy, Busy People. The whole presents a scene of de vastation, but the people seem per fectly happy. If there is any high country within reach, the men may cut timber and collect copaiba oil or hunt for various kinds of gums. The gathering of Brazil nuts forms one of the chief occupations, and thousands of tons are brought down the various rivers annually. Canoes are hollowed out, palm leaves and poles for new huts are brought In, and everything is made shipshape so that there may be no delay in beginning the rubber sea son when the water recedes. There are Invariably a few men in each camp who are famed for their prow ess with gun and harpoon, and if has been my pleasure on several occasions to accompany these nlmrods of the tropical jungles on their long rambles in search ot meat. At Calama on the Madeira, Just op posite the mouth' of the Machado, are located the headquarters of one of the best organized rubber companies I have found anywhere during my four years of explorations. It is the estab lishment of ABensi & Co., who started business 18 years ago with eight men; today they employ 3,500 men all told, and produce 700 tons of rubber an nually, besides large quantities of copaiba oil, tobacco, lumber, and other natural products. Their concessions cover the entire country bordering the Machado and Commemoraclon, extend ing inland a distance of 30 kilometers on each side of the water. In addi tion, the concern controls large tracts on the Madeira. The building at Calama are large and comfortable, and besides living quarters include mod ernly equipped offices, storerooms, warehouses, carpenter and machine shops, and cattle barns. A resident physician is retained for the care of the employees, who are brought down from the camps and cared for when in need of treatment. One of Nature's Mysteries. Whence came the first globule of sap? And why? How has it pro duced all of the marvelous forms? Of all the curiosities and mysteries of nature this is one from which all things are inherent and all things in explicable. Let's not call it protozoa or protophyta or by any other of the learned names but simply "sap" which mysteriously assembles its composi tion from the grossest ingredients of earth and blossoms 'forth at the be ginning of the real advent of the year in multitudinous phenomena of beauty, to the glory of nature. Steel Product. The United States of America is by far the greatest steel producing country on earth. Germany comes next, with Great Britain third. The figures fer 1910 (the latest at hand for the moment) show this country to be equal in steel products to both Gen many and the United Kingdom. He Wis Ciutloue. Fred TUuuiidou, ui.uc i-iurk at the Laclede hotel, St, Louis, is asking his friends to bellove this one: "About 8 o'clock the other night," Thompson says, "a tall, rangy rurallte entered the lobby ot the hotel and ap proached the desk, After I had fixed him up with a room he asked me it I would take care of some money for blm. I told him I would be glad to put it In the safe. He fished down in his trousers pocket and produced a $2 bill, "'Just put that away,' he said, 'I am going out for a little while and I don't want to take any chances with these city slickers,' "I kept my face straight and as sured him it would be safe on his return. He started to leave and then turned around and aBked how late we kept open, " 'Oh, I'll be here when you get back,' I told him. " 'Well, I don't know,' he replied, 'I calculate I'll be pretty late. Most 10 o'clock, likely.' "I assured him I would be on deck, but he did not seem satisfied. After pondering a few moments he asked: , '"Could I see Mr. Laclede?' "That had me going for a few min utes, but when I recovered I told him Mr, Laclede had gone to bed." Pierre Laclede, the founder of St, Louis, for whom the hotel was named, died in 1878. Electric Door Bell Made For House Cat. When a cat owned by the keeper of the Platte Fougere lighthouse on the Island of Guernsey wishes to enter its master's dwelling it rings an elec tric bell to summon a member of the household to the door. This has been made possible by the construction, near the bottom of a door, ot a shelf which actuates a switch when a light weight is placed upon It. Thus, when the cat Jumps onto this small ledge, which is supported by a bracket, the circuit is closed. From the March Popular Mechanics Magazine. Rave Healthy, Strong, Beemtlfal Eyes Oculists end Phyelclana used Murine Eye Remedy many yeara before It wae offered aa a Domestic Eye Medicine. Murine la Still Com pounded by Our Phyaleiana and guaranteed by them aa a Reliable Relief for Eyea that Need Care. Try it in your Eyea and Id Baby'eEyea No Smarting Just Eye Comfort, Buy Murine of your Druggist accept no Subatltute, end if interested write for Book of the Eye Free. MUKINB El'B BEUEDX CO., OUIOAtttt It Will Be All Right Then. Edith I shouldn't think you'd want to marry such a forgetful man as Jack. Ethel But he says the reason he forgets things Is because he's thinking so constantly of me that he cannot re member anything else. Edith Oh, I see. You don't expect to have any trouble after you're mar ried. BoBton Transcript. Deduction. "What conclusions did you draw from your study of the ancient Egypt ian inscription?" asked the professor of archaeology. "Why," replied the superficial stu dent, "I decided that the old Egypt ians had their comic artists the same as we have." Washington Star. Charitable Hope. Crawford The Janitor of our flat Is going to give some kind of an enter tainment. Crabshaw For your sake, I hope It will be a housewarmlng. Judge. No Such Aspersion Allowed. "Isn't there a great deal of esprit du corps in that organization?" "Not a bit of it Every man Jack in it 1b on the water wagon." Baltimore American. A Bad Risk. "Broken your New Year's resolu tions yet?" "Every one of them. I wish I'd had the dog-goned things Insured, Strength Past can be maintained by adapting the right nourish ment, and Nature's own oil- food in Scott' Emahion has strengthened thousands of men and women to continue their work and usefulness for many years. Scott ' Emuhion is a food, a medi cine and a tonic to keep the blood rich, avoid rheumatism and thwart nervous conditions. It is free from alcohol or harm ful drugs. The best physicians prescribe it 14-50 Dmrrfits and Fend Storta. 60c and .1.00. DAtBT A8BOCIATIOK CO. sdK 7 Fifty Years wr is r iiii a VB Bit ma .nv- iirtiw NORTHWESTERN AGENTS Portland Seed Co., Portland, Oregon CAP WOULD MAKE ANY SACRIFICE Callow Young Man, Who Had Been Trying to Raise Mustache, li , Told to Get It Cut. "I'm prepared to make any sacrifice tor you, dear," said the callow young man as he knelt at the feet ot his adored one. "Do you really mean that?" asked the girl, as she thoughtfully studied his features. "Try me and see." "Then I will. You have been mak ing a desperate effort to grow a mus tache for two years, Algernon, and the result is er rather disappointing. Go to a barber, dear, and sacrifice that on the altar of love." Won the Argument, "Blinks seems to be in a peevish mood this morning." "No wonder. His little boy and the small son of Gadsby, a next-door neighbor, had an argument as to whether automobile tires were filled with air or water." ( "I see." "And to prove his contention young Blinks bored into one of his father's new tires with an awl." Saving Him From Himself. "I'm going to Btart right now," re marked the serious woman, " to break my husband ot the gambling habit, He's got to promise me not to do any gambling ot any kind for a whole year." "Does he lose much money?" "I don't mind his losing money, What I want to save him from is the temptation to make freak election bets." Asking Too Much. "The Johnsons seem to think theit baby the most remarkable infant in the world," said the irascible old gen tleman. "Well, you shouldn't blame them for that. It's only natural." "Maybe so, but what particularly ir ritates me is the fact that they expect me to neglect my business and waste my valuable time just to study itr good points." Facts and Figures. "Well, how's the poultry business? You had it figured that you could make every hen supply you with a dollar's worth of eggs for fifty cents' worth of corn." "I did so. But I think now my hens have got it figured that I could be in duced to furnish corn until spring without any eggs whatever in return, And they have it right, at that." Mere Mechanics. "My wife," said the celebrated pur veyor of indifferent sellers, "can't be made to understand that a writer has his off days." "No?" "She thinks I ought to be able to write freely as long as there is ink In the fountain pen." OHI OH! Belle She confesses to forty-two. Maude That certainly requires fop tltude. Prose and Poetry. Lady (after the banquet) I have really enjoyed myself Immensely in your company and I shall often think of this evening. Gentleman And I shall, too, dear lady! As a souvenir I put a menu in my pocket. Fllegende Blaetter (Mu nich). What He Got. Bacon- Has your wife a cook bookl Egbert Oh, yes. "Did you ever get anything out ot It?" "Sure! Indigestion." To Cleanse ft and Heal Hoot it on hand HAN FORDS Balsam of Myrrh For Cut. Burni, Bruiset. Sprains. Strains, Stiff Neck, Chilblains. 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"She compels me to carry It," re plied Mr. Mekton. "I have to be ell ting on the front steps waiting to open the door for her when she gets home. Washington Star. 1916 Catalog SEEDS - Plants, Bulbs, Garden, Orchard and Poultry Supplies, Fertilizers, Etc A rwltiblt WMtent Catatoft f or Wostorn buyora. OUR "Hichit Quality" ! attract t fcuyara anly- aganta. Too sate tima tm4 uutMjr bf baying of oil New Catalog No 64 Free. R0UTLED6E SEED & FLORAL C9. 169-171 2nd St, PORTLAND, OREGON fWtA.rWr