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About The Maupin times. (Maupin, Or.) 1914-1930 | View Entire Issue (April 14, 1916)
NEWS ITEMS Of General Interest About Oregon Gain Shown in Office of Commissioner of Corporations Salem With a decrease In expenses of the department amounting to $3737.39, and an increase in receipts totaling $7364.38 for the nine months of the current fiscal year ending March 31, as compared with the correspond ing period of the preceding year, an exceptional showing from the stand point of economy is made by Corpora tion Commissioner Schulderman. Mr. Schulderman filed a comparative report of the work of his office with Governor Withycombe. The report shows that the gross re ceipts of the corporation department for July, 1915, to March, 1916, inclu sive, were $116,302.20, while for the corresponding period of the year be fore the receipts totaled $108,938.82. "This increase," Commissioner Schulderman advises the governor, "is in spite of the fact that the collection of annual fees from banks was trans ferred in the interim from the corpora tion department to the banking de partment. These bank fees amounted to nearly $5000 a year." The department's disbursements for expenses for the July, 1915, to March, 1916, period were $12,287.44, as com pared with $16,024.83 for the corre sponding period of the year before. Josephine County Gold Mine Property Sold for $175,000 Grants Pass The announcement has just been made public that the Black Eagle group of mining claims on Fid dlers creek, in the Kerby district in Josephine county, 1 has been sold to a group of mining men from the state of Washington who will immediately de velop and operate the property on an extensive scale. The purchase price of $175,000, upon which an initial cash payment of $30,000 has been made, easily ranks the sale of the Black Eagle as one of the largest mining deals made in this county. A concentrator of 50 tons capacity will be erected at once, an electric plant for supplying light and power will also be installed, water power being used to generate the current. The new owners are confident the property will become one of the great- 'est producers in the racihc .Northwest. The mine is to be known as the Neil- Success. State Ships Flax Seed. Salem In response to a request from the Eugene Chamber of Com merce, 358 bushels, or 20,000 pounds, of flaxseed owned by the state was shipped to Eugene. Under the arrangement made by the Eugene Chamber of Commerce and ac cepted by the State board of control, the chamber has agreed to pay the state for this seed October 1, 1916, The price is $720. Checking over the flaxseed on hand at the penitentiary, it is found that the total amount in the bins is 2235 bushels, or 125,160 pounds. This now has a market value of not less than $2.50 a bushel, although it is being sold to Oregon f armerB for $2 a bushel. On the basis . of $2 a bushel, the seed owned by the state represents an asset of about $4500. Water Scale Announced. Klamath Falls Notice has been is sued bv the reclamation service con cerning the due dates, etc., of opera tion and maintenance charges on the Klamath project covering lands Oregon and California. It provides that until further notice all lands on the project will be subject to the operation and maintenance charge as becoming due March 1 of the following calendar year, and that each acre of irrigable land, whether irrigated or not, shall be charged with a minimum operation and maintenance charge of $1, which will entitle the owner to not more than two acre feet of water for each acre. For the first acre foot additional, 20 cents will be charged, and additional acre feet will be furnished at 40 cents each. Tillamook Has Boom. Tillamook Tillamook is undergoing a commercial boom. No less than 20 changes have been made for the bet ter, including new enterprises locating, remodeling store rooms and changes of location. The First National bank is erecting a two-story concrete building at the corner of Second avenue and Second street. C. I. Clough is making plans for a concrete business building on his property, now occupied by the Sanitary Market. Rumor has it that a four-story fireproof building will be erected on Second avenue, also. Biology Study Advocated. Salem Legislation making the Btudy of biology compulsory in the high schools of the state was recom mended by the Oregon Social Hygiene society, which met here in third an nual session. The conference was held in the State Capitol. Prominent edu cators of the state were in attendance. Among those making addresses were J. A. Churchill, state superintendent of public instruction; P. L. Campbell, president of the University of Oregon, and W. J. Kerr, president of the Ore gon Agricultural College. State Saves $1575 on Paper. Salem By contracting last Decem ber for a carload of paper upon which to print election supplies, the state of Oregon has saved $1575 over what it would have paid had the purchase been made at present, according to State Printer Lawrence. The carload of pa per cost the state $2350, but, had the purchase been delayed until now the price would have been $3925, owing to the rapid rise in paper prices since the first of the year. NORTHWEST MARKET REPORTS; GFNFRAI r.RHP flflNniTinNS Portland Wheat Bluestem, $1.05: fortyfold, 94c; club, 92c; red fife, 92c; red Russian, 92c. Hay Eastern Oregon timothy, $21 22 per ton; alfalfa, $20. Millfeed Spot prices: Bran, $23 per ton; shorts, $25.50; rolled barley, $31.50(g32.50. Corn Whole, $36 per ton; cracked, $37. Vegetables Artichokes, 65(ffi80c per dozen; tomatoes, $3.75 per crate; cab- $1.252.25 per hundred; garlic, 10c per pound; peppers, 174 tot) 20c; eggplant, 23 Jc per pound; horseradish, 84c per pound; cauliflower, $1.25 1.60; lettuce, $2.252.35 per crate; cucumbers, $1.261.50; spinach, 90c (u$l per box; asparagus, 7 10c per pound; rhubarb, $1.252 per box; peas, 910c per pound. Potatoes Oregon, buying prices, $1.50 f, o. b. shipping point. Green Fruit Strawberries, $4.755 per crate;, apples, $11.60 per box; cranberries, $11 per barrel. Eggs Jobbing prices: Oregon ranch, candled, 21c per dozen; un- candled, 1920c per dozen. Poultry Hens, 17c; stags, 13c; broilers, 2530c; turkeys, choice, 24 25; ducks, 15c; geese, 10c. Butter Prices from wholesaler to retailer: Portland city creamery prints, 60-pound case lots, standard grades, 34c; lower grades, 31c; Ore gon country creamery prints, 60-pound case lots, standard makes, 31 33; lower grades, 30 304c; packed in cubes, 2c less. Prices paid by jobbers to producers: Cubes, extras, 2930c; firsts, 27 27 Jc; dairy butter, 14 18 Jc; butterfat, No. 1, 33c; No. 2, 30c. Veal Fancy, 1010Jc per pound. Pork Fancy, lllljc per pound. Wool Eastern Oregon, 2030c; valley, 2728c; mohair, new clip, 30 32c. Casdara bark Old and new, 4c per pound. Cattle Steers, choice grain and pulp, $8.509; choice hay, $8.15 8.50; good, $7,75 8.16; medium, $7.507.75; cows, choice, $6.70 7.80; good, $6.50 6.75; medium, .256.60; heifers, $57.75; bulls, $2.75(86: stags, $35.25. Hogs Prime light, $9; good to prime, $8.Zoa; rough heavy, 8.25; pigs and skips, $88.25. Sheep Yearlings, $810; wethers, $7.259; ewes, $6.258.25; lambs, $9.5010.60. New Potatoes Arrive. Tacoma New potatoes of the best quality the local market has seen for years, according to commission men, rolled in Thursday for the first time this season. The new tubers, which are red, went out wholesale at 6 J cents pound in lug boxes and found an in stant market. Regular shipments will be received from now on and as re ceipts increase prices will decline, say merchants. Celery is about through for the sea son, it is reported. The vegetable is quoted at $5.75 a crate. Radishes, telephone peas, artichokes, asparagus and lettuce arrived by steamer and went out quickly. The demand for green stuff increases daily. Apples continue to sell good. Wine- saps are the most popular variety here, wholesaling from $1,25 to $1.65 a box, Meats and poultry are firmer. No Change in Butter Expected Tacoma Butter is firm and dealers do not look for a decline for two weeks yet. The market of the Pacific Coast is reported to be unchanged. Receipts of butter are none too large. Eggs are arriving plentifully and the mar ket is Bteady. Cheese is unchanged and the demand is light. The fish market is well supplied with various kindB of fish with the ex ception of salmon. Since the season opened on salmon fairly good catches have been made by sportsmen on the Narrows and on Puget Sound. The fish, however, are not running in large enough schools to warrant fishing boats to go after them, according to dealers, Top-Notch Cattle Strong. Portland The cattle and sheep mar kets opened strong at the stockyardi this week, but there was an easier un dertone in the hog market, and last week's extreme top prices in this were not repeated. Several loads of grain and pulp-fed steers were sold at $9 and a number of other loads of steers brought $8.50 and $8.75. Butcher cattle were strong, with a $7.80 mar ket for choice cows and a single head bringing $8. ' The hog market was off a nickel from last week. About 16 full loads were disposed of, one at $9.20. Sweet Potatoes Nearing End. Tacoma Sweet potatoes are about gone for the season. Those that are on hand are wholesaling at 4 cents a pound. The quality of the tubers, however, remains good, say commis- sionmen. The Bweets had an unusually good year, and both dealers and grow ers realized profits from their business, Commission men say that according to the ineerase in the demand for seed Irish potatoes there will be many tubers this coming season. At first the seeds did not go out very good, owing to the bad weather. Demand for Eggs Is Active. Portland The egg market is steady and firm this week at prices un changed. The" demand is sufficient to take care of all arrivals. Poultry arrivals were not heavy, but were large enough in view of the present high prices. More veal came in than could be worked off, but the market was steady. Pork was strong and unchanged. The butter market is reported eas ier, but the old prices prevail. Hops Taken at 12 Cents. The sale of the Piper lot of 100 bales of hops at Aurora, Ore., to Mc- Clellan at 12 cents was reported, There is no demand for contracts in this state. California advices note the purchase by Richardson of a lot of mediums at 9 cents. Unsold California stocks are 13,275 bales of Sacramentos, 3829 bales of Mendocinos and 4334 bales of Sonomas, a total of 21,420 balles. TP WO OLD Dalmatian I Iff a J JWIfoiV A ? The. Pos?t D ALMATIA belongs to Austria, but Austrian no, that It Is not, after a hundred years ot possession. Its native lan guage Is Serb, with much Italian also spoken on the coast, but German one scarcely hears at all, except in the shops frequented by Austrian visitors. Its people are simple and Ignorant, very tenacious to old ways, customs and costumes, and not easily to be converted Into a commercial and mod ern people. It was in search, first of all, ot warmth and sunshine that we north erners set out for Ragusa, the most southerly of Dalmatian ports, writes V. Clutterbuck In Country Life. The coming of the steamer seemed to be the great event of the day, or possibly of several days, If one can Judge by the eager, Jabbering crowds flocking to the quayside to glean all possible news of the world outside their Island home, and to comment on the strange travelers leaning over the steamer's rail. As evening fell the setting sun turned the bare, brown hills and distant high range of moun tains Into peaks of coral and garnet, and kept us late on deck wondering as to the unknown Inland country. Us fine, hardy people and how they lived apparently on stones, nothing being visible but rock and stone, no green valleys, no wooden hills, only small, gray trees, shrubs, and again stones. Ragusa Enchanting and Unspoiled. Early morning found us anchored at Gravosa, the excellent protected harbor at Ragusa, about a mile away, and here, unfortunately, In a dismal downpour of rain we first made ac quaintance with the natives of the near East, the porters and cab driv ers In their partly eastern dress of baggy blue knickerbockers, embroid ered white stockings, embroidered coat and' waistcoat and scarlet fez. Ragusa Is enchanting, unspoilt by Its overflowing garrison, or even by its fashionable Austrian visitors. It seems part of the great rocky hills themselves, so cunningly 1b It built up ledge upon ledge of the selfsame stone. . The town covers as well a tiny peninsula at the foot of the hillB. like a landslide of stone, kept In its place and guarded from the sea by massive encircling wans. The wans creep on upward up the mountain side, and clasp the little town firmly, so firmly that she withstood many a siege and sheltered many a trembling refugee; she even defied proud Ven ice. Ragusans have the pride of a na tion, a tiny one certainly, but of an cient lineage, It is claimed that Ragusa was a republic from A. D. b'tili, and lasted so with Intervals of vary ing length, during which the territory was under the protection of Hungary, Constantinople, Venice and France, to 1814, when Austria finally took pos session. Thanks to the courtesy of the com mander of the garrison, we, with oth er visitors, walked round the top of the great walls, so wide that they con tain prisons, stores, barracks a world of activity, hidden from the view of all except seagulls and friendly swal lows, maybe, who can peer into the loopholes. From the walls one gets the best idea of the crowded town, its carefully protected gateways (now Leveling the Ranks. A maid in ope of the first families of our city was married some time ago to a thrifty young chap who has been making hay in sunny weather and gathering in a good collection of shekels with the aid ot his practical wife. She has reached a point where she has time for a bit of outside work In the aid society and belongs to a sewing club, etc. She accepted an in vitation to a church party one day. and met a woman who was a friend of the family in which she had served a good many years. "How do you do, Laura?" the older woman said to her friend's former maid, in the friend liest tone possible. "How do you do eh Kate," the other replied, Just like that. Bertha Hempstead, In the To peka Journal. Nature's Workings. How plants absorb nitrogen from the soil 1b utterly unknown. No ani mal must get the large quantities of nitrogen that are necessary to It by using plants for food. When the ani mal or the plant dies the constituents at tts bodv are returned to tb oartb or Ragusa without portcullis or drawbridge), its broad, paved, central street forming a valley through the town, and from it innumerable lanes becoming stair ways climbing to the brow of the cliffs on one hand and to the moun tainside on the other, but all within the great walls. Many buildings stand out prominently, churches, palaces, monasteries, but the general impres sion is of a crowd of old, Irregular, pinkish-tiled roofs. Early Morning In the Market. Now let us go and walk In the town early in the morning. One must be an early bird to catch the worm here, for everyone is astir with the sun, and business is most brisk in the mar ket before 8 a. m.; by 9 a. m. all is over. Some of the country people come many hours' tramp over the mountains to Ragusa market from Herzegovina, and occasionally from Montenegro. They start in the night and arrive with the dawn these stal wart, handsome men and women, not white and tired, footsore and weary, but strong, gay and ready for many hours yet of strenuous activity. They have carried heavy loads of farm prod uce on their heads in big round baskets, walking over sharp, loose stones, or have driven laden ponies. Now all their goods niuBt be sold and good bargains made, and then the baskets must once more be filled with town goodB needed at the distant farm, and by ten o'clock work, gos sip, refreshment must be over and the homeward climb begun. What manner of men and women are they who work so hard and look so hardy? They are tall, muscular, brown, very Jovial with each others but shy of strangers, and shyer still of a camera. It is a crowd full of color, blue and red predominating, but all wearing his or her national dress, so that those who understand know at a glance what district each comes from. Trau Is Still Medieval. Of the many fascinating old towns on the coast and Islands of Dalmatia perhaps the most interesting is Trau, near Spalato. It is scarcely changed at all since medieval times, and though it is full of subjects for brush and camera, but few travelers dare test its accommodation and, therefore, never come to know it. It was only by a lucky chance that we found a now and clean house outside the walls where we could picnic with enjoy ment. Trail has no street wider than twelve or fourteen feet. All Its build ings are of massive stone, all the lower windows barred, Its piazza paved with great flags, Its cathedral porch one of the richest in carved stonework in the world. The ca thedral was built in the early thir teenth century, the glorious west door being dated 1240, and is indeed the pride of all Dalmatia. It is also signed with a Slav name "Raduanus," or "Radovan" In native speech. At Trau the people were smaller and darker than at Ragusa, dressed In brown homespun, and the men wore the queerest little red caps on the side of the head. One cannot Imagine any headdress less useful or ornamental, and only great antiquity can explain its use. Towards the open sea Trau was guarded in olden days by a cas tle, now in ruins. where the bacteria of putrefaction break up the elaborate organic chemi cal compounds upon which the plants again can feed. Long on Caution. A Wall street man was speaking of the cautiousness of a certain opera tor. "No wonder," he said, "that man Is so successful. He is the most care ful, the most suspicious fellow I ever encountered. He reminds me of an oia tarmer i used to know. It was said of this farmer that whenever he bought a new herd of sheep he exam ined each animal closely to make sure It had no cotton on it" Exchange. Always Wishing, To be always wishing fT something we cannot get is the worst possible way to spend time. All of us have blessings which are enough to make us happy It only we are so wise as to enjo them Instead of fretting for something more. Take the pleasures of today with a grateful heart, and never waste time In boplng you will hav something betf' tomorrow. . LOCUST AND THE OAK. Once upon a time there was a tiny acorn lying in the soft earth In a forest. Just a tiny, yellow acorn that no one would ever notice, that the wind blew off the branch when It shook the tree. Plump! It fell down on the sod and there it lay buried under the leaves with the snows above It for a covering during the long winter. Then at last spring came, the sun came out bright ly and the ground felt warm as the little acorn nestled down in the roots of the grass. The gentle rains dripped down on it till it grew soft and swelled and swelled and swelled till at last it burst and a wee shoot of green peeped up through the soil. "How boautiful everything is!" whispered the little acorn. "So green and the sky so blue! How lovely, how lovely!" Just above the tiny acorn shoot was a tree full of big, white blossoms. They hung in great clusters of fleecy foam, the petals llko snowflakes; and the sweetness from their perfume made the air as a rose garden. It was a locust tree in full bloom. "You say everything is beautiful?" said the locust tree. "That is true, but I am the most boautiful of all. See my great bunches of feathery blos soms with their delicious odor." The timid little shoot looked meek- "I Am Very Small," It Said. ly up at the big locust yes, it was a magnificent tree. "I am the sweetest and prettieBt tree in the woods," continued the proud locust. "And pray, what use are you in the world?" The little shoot hung Its head. What could It do? Would it ever grow Into a big, strong, pretty tree? It did not know. Still it thought it would do its best and that was all one could do. "I am very small," It said, "and I do not yet know about what I will be able to do. But whatever is my duty that I will do to tho best of my pow er." So the tiny shoot grew and grew. The sun warmed it, the rain made the earth soft and the wind tossed It about to give It exercise. In winter it kept still, but every spring it would begin to climb, and at laBt it was quite a big tree. "I see you are going to be some thing after all," said the locust, Jeal ously. "But you will never get to look as pretty or be of use in the world like me." "Maybe not," sang out the young oak for it was now an oak "but I am going to do my best as long as I grow." So It kept on growing. The trunk went up straight, the bark got thick, the branches reached out wide and were covered with handsome leaves. The birds and squirrels seemed to love the friendly tree and made their homes in its shade. But the locust did not grow. It was getting old and its scraggy limbs broke off and littered the ground. One day the farmer came mto the woods with an ax. "This old locust never was any good," he exclaimed. "All it did was to have a few blossoms and then there was a lot of dead limbs dropping all about. It was Just a silly thing en cumbering the ground. But It will make a fine fire for the kitchen stove." After a while two more men came with a big saw. "This Is a fine oak," said the farmer, "and we will make It into timber for masts of ships. It grows tall, straight and strong with out a flaw." Then the great oak, which had once been a tiny acorn, was glad glad it had kept on growing, glad it was to be of use In the world. It would be made into tall masts that would hold sails and help the boats speed over the water; It would see far-off lands and strange people. It would race on through the suns and storms, through the moonlight and snows, over the dancing waves bearing great freights from one land to another. So the great, strong oak the oak which had once been a wee, tiny acorn, was glad and proud- that at last, when it had done its best, It was of use in the world. Kettles as Pontoons. The Cossacks use their cooking ket tles to construct the strangest of tem porary bridges. The soldlerB' lances are pushed through the handles ot the kettles and lashed In place to form a raft. These rafts are then moored In place across a stream and used to support a temporary bridge. Those bridges will bear a very considerable weight. The American Boy. Wanted to Live. "Well, Tommy, are you a good boy all the time?" asked the visitor. "Not me." 'And why not?" " 'Cause I don't want to die voung," replied Tommy. : fry SHORT GRAMMAR Three little worde you often nee Are arllclus "a," "un," and "the." A noun's the name of any thing, As "BL'hool" or "garden," "hoop" or ' wing." Adjectives toll the kind of noun, A "frroat, " "email, " "pretty,' "white" or "brown." Instead of nouns the pronouns stand "His" head, "her" face, "your" arm, "my" hand. Verba tell something to bo done "To read," "count," "laugh," "sing," "Jump" or "run." How things are done the adverbs tell As "slowly," "quickly," "111" or "well.'' Conjunctions Join the words to gether, As men "and" women, wind "or" weather. The preposition stands before The noun, as "In" or "through" door. the The interjection Bhows surprise As "Oh," how pretty! "Ah," how wise. The whole are called nine parts of speech, Which reading, writing, speaking teach. "HUNTING THE SUPPER" GAME Table Is Set and Guests Are Invited to Sit Down, Though Nothing to Eat It Visible. An amusing entertainment for the children In the afternoon or evening is called "Hunting the Supper." In this game the table is set and the guests are asked to sit down to it, though not a sign of anything to eat is visible. Then the hostess places the end of a cord in the hand of each guest, who is told to go and hunt for his supper. The cord Is wound up until the other end is reached, when a dish of something edible is revealed, or It may be a card telling what they can have. It may be fruit, sand wiches, cake, candy or what not. All the dishes are brought to the table, when the supper begins. The winding and unwinding of the twisted cord makes lots of fun. ENCOURAGING THE FARM BOY Parents Are Advised to Interest Youth In Farming and Live Stock Keep Him on Farm. In a recent Issue of Farm and Fire side a contributor advises parents in part as follows: "Does the boy want to leave the farm? Well, whose fault is that? "Has he been useful? Has he ever been told that he is useful? "Has he an Interest in the farming? Does he own any live stock? Does his father help the boy as cheerfully as he expects the boy to help him? "To be sure, when I was a boy 1 had to work hard and didn't expect any pay for It. I was expected to obey my parents. I was up in the morning to build the fires, and It was my froBt- Onions Brought $89.56 to Otto Hoff man, bitten fingers that unlocked the barn door at daybreak. "But that was a long time ago. In those days there wasn't a town every tew miles with moving picture shows, street cars and tempting Jobs which pay real money. Things have changed." Rising and Setting Son. There was a little boy who began to keop a diary. His first entry was: Got up this morning at seven o'clock." He showed the entry to his mother, and she, horror-stricken Bald: "Have you been to school? Got up, indeed! Such an expression! Does the sun get up? No, it rises." And she scratched out got up at seven" and wrote "Rose at seven" in its place. That night the boy, before retiring, ended the entry for the day with the sentence: "Set at nine o'clock." It. A lady once asked a little girl ot five If she had any brothers. "Yes," said the child, "I have three brothers." "And how many sisters, my dear?" asked the lady. "Just one sister, and I'm It," re plied the small girl. Glad He Wasn't Twins. Small Harold, who had just been punished for misbehavior, Bald: "Am I very bad, mamma?" res, iiaroiu, sne replied, you have been a very, very bad boy." "Well," rejoined the little fellow, aftor a moment's rpflnctlnn, "you ought to be thankful that I ain't twins." : v " 'i it J, ( a - n - --.;. hrA "Vssv CAP BELLS SP GIRL MATCHED THE RIBBON Little Tot Induces Gentleman With Remarkably Red Nose to Aid Her In Selecting Color. A certain gentleman In Birmingham is the possessor of a remarkably red nose. He was In the town one day, and, having completed hiB business, was amusing himself by an inspection of the shop windows. Whilst admiring some ties In a cer tain window and considering whether he should speculate or not, a little girl came out of the establishment, looked up at him, hesitated a moment, and finally caught him by the sleeve. Please, will you come Into the shop with me, only for a minute?" she asked. "Certainly," answered the gentle man, following her at once. Arrived at the counter, the little one astonished everyone by remarking: There, miss, muvver wants the rib bon the same color aB this gentleman's nose." London ,Tlt-Bits. Domestic Tragedy. "Telephone, sir." "What is It?" "Your wife wants you home at once. "What's the trouble?" "She has a tight gown, can't stooo. and the drip-pan under the refrigera tor Is running over. Wherein They Fall. She There are three things no man can keep a good Joke, a $5 bill and an appointment with a dentist. He Yes, and there aro three things no woman can do sharpen a lead pencil, cross the street in front of a horse and understand the difference between five minutes and half an hour. Detachment. "That woman with the far-away look In her eyes has played a church organ for twenty years and has never missed a service." "Remarkable! How do you account for the far-away look In her eyesf" "I guess that comes from habitually thinking ot something else while the preacher is delivering his sermon." With Conditions. He So your father approves of me, eh? She Well, he said he'd rather see me marry even you than that foreign count mamma wants me to marry, " A Hard Worker. Augustus You're getting very stout, old chap. Perhaps you don't exercise enough. Shady Plenty of exercise, old man. I shave myself every morning. EGGS TOO EXPENSIVE. "So De Actor took part In the en tertainment. Did he get any encores?" "No; only applo cores." Effaced Maturity. "Do you take as much interest in dancing as you did?" "Yes," replied Uncle WagglefooL "But I'm gettin' so dancin' Isn't youthful enough for me. I'm practlc tn' roller skatin' on one skate." In Agreement. "Do you think your constituents ies, ruputiu ouuuiur ourgnum. 1 made it a point to have my views In agreement with theirs before I said a word." I Paradoxical Content. "1 feel safe from accident on this train." "Why so?" "Because it is In charge of an en gineer who has the reputation of be ing a wreckless one." His Behavior. Him (at reception) Neurlcu doesn't believe as If he belonged to the best society, does he? Her I should say not. He behaves as it he imagined the best society be. longs exclusively to him. Up-to-Date Machine. The Customer It must be a fright ful experience to run over anyone. The Salesman But not with oar car. We fit it with the best shock absorber ou the market.