C a ta r rh
Onfi of the* most common of blood dis-
eaHcs, i« much aggravated by the sudden
changes of weather at this time of
your.
Begin treatment at once with
H o o d ’ s Sarsaparilla, which effects rad
ical and permanent cures. This great
medicine has received
PANAMANS ANGRY
WITH ROOSEVELT
S H I P P E R S T O F IG H T .
May
Enjoin
Railroads if N e w Ratas
A r e Enforced.
Chicago, Dec. 14.— T h e Tribune ye s
terday printed the fo llo w in g news ar
ticle on the transcontinental freight
rate questions as regards the Pacific
c o a s t:
T h e advance in freight rates in
in two years, which prove its wonderful
eluded in t lie new transcontinental
efficacy in purifying and enriching the
tariffs, which were filed with the in
blood. Best for all blood diseases.
In usual liquid form or chocolated tablets Native Enthusiasm Quickly Co ols and terstate com m erce com mission about
known as S a rs a ta b s . 1G0 doses $l.
tw o weeks ago, and which take effect
Reception to Pacific Fleet May be
under the required 30 days’ notice on
Called
O
f
f
—
Baby
Republic
Was
Janfiary 1, is likely to provoke a
I l l « lU ’ MMOU.
All Ready to Extend Hearty W e l storm am ong the shippers. This may
“ Why do you omit the ‘h’ from youi
result in an attempt to prevent the
an me, CouV” asked W ill Shukspcare on«
come to American Sailors.
roads from charging the new rates by
day.
injunction proceedings.
“ For the anke of variety,” answered
During the course o f the agitation
Hr. Jonsou ; “ there is alreudy too much
Johnson in the city directory.”
0 I Panama, Dec. 12 — A report received against the proposed increases o f the
eastern
roads in o fficial classification
This is why they called him Hare Ben here today that the President had o r
dered the policing o f Panama by territory, little attention has been
Jon.son.— Chicago Tribune.
i Am erican
marines
under
United paid to the Pacific coast rates. N o w
M a rk e d Im p ro v e m e n t.
1 States officers when the Am erican that the eastern roads have agreed to
‘‘ My
washerwoman,” Mrs.
Lapsllng sailors land her during the visit o f the make no general advances for tw o
was saying, “ used to lose ever so many Pacihc fleet next week caused much months, and many believe that they
of my sheet« and pillow cases, but she surprise
j may have decided to back down, ship
doesn't pow. 1 murk them all with in
Last W ednesday prominent citizens pers ure con ferrin g to see what may
telligible ink.”
o f Panama and the canal zone had a , be done with the transcontinental rate
meeting, at which arrangements were question.
A horse can live 25 days without solid made adequately to celebrate the
The
traffic
com m ittee
of
the
food, merely drinking water; 17 dayi fleet’s visit and at which plans for Illin ois
M anufacturers’ association,
without either eating pr drinking, and protecting the sailors were made by a which tobk the lead in the figh t on
only five days when eutihg, solid food special com m ittee. On this commit the eastern rates, has decided to send
without drinking.
tee w ere appointed G overn or I)iaz, a circular letter to members asking
M ajo r Aroscm a, Chief o f P olice Pre them how much the increases will
D e a d ly
In s a lt.
telt and many other prominent Pana- affect their business, and what is to
“ Dicky, why did you strike Tommy?” nians who were educated in the be done about it.
“ Me railed me a sarcasm affinity.”
U nited States.
It has been stated that the brunt o f
“ What did he mean by that?”
President Obaldia had made it the fight against the new rates would
*‘I dtinno. That's why I alygged ’im." known that it was his desire that Pan probably be undertaken by the C a li
•—Chicago Tritium*.
ama should avail itself o f this opp or fornia shippers, who are affected by
tunity to demonstrate that its friend
Mothers will find Mrs. Winslow's Boothlnf ship for the United States was sin the increases both eastbound and!
westbound, because most o f the job
lyrup th.* b> a* remedy to uso lor their ch.'idr to
cere, but the alleged orders o f P res i bers receiving freight from Chicago
luring the toothing period.
dent R oosevelt have dampened all the have been in the habit o f paying the
enthusiasm and the chances are that, freight themselves.
No
1 i i d u c e m c n t .
K itty— Come over to our house ani if they are true, instead of warm hos
A form al protest to the interstate
pitality cold courtesy will be tendered
play with my Teddy bear.
com m erce com mission is now in
Dicky— Huh ! I ’ ve got a bull pup te the men o f the fleet.
preparation by the California T ra ffic
It is said that exaggerated reports
play with that’s real meat.
association, and this body may decide
have been published in Am erican
newspapers regarding the death o f an to ask for an injunction. In such
H e n e jr .
Am erican sailor, who during the last event the shippers in the east may
In his bold fight with ruling craft
rest on the same case or file in terven
He has not feared the thieving crowd. days o f President A m ad or’s adminis
tration was wounded in a free light in ing petitions as they did in the Texas
Under the bludgeonings of graft
a resort and died o f his wounds rate case.
\ His head is bloody, but‘ unbowed.
President Obaldia ordered a com plete
It is said that 14.000 victims of the investigation o f the affair, and four
C A S T R O IS F U R I O U S .
men
are now in prison aw aiting trial
opium habit have been cured within a
few weeks in the Malay states by the
Venezuelan President’ s Dignity Hurt
use of a plant recently discovered in
by French Treatment.
A S K FOR W A T E R W A Y BONDS.
Selangor.
4 0 ,3 GG Testim onials
N ot
Ilia
F a u lt.
Tom— I thought you were on the
water wagon.
Dick— I was. But high places always
make me dizzy, and I fell off.— Detroit
Free Press.
P IT «
I 11 3
■torer.
Dr it.
Ht- Vitus' Dance and ervons Diseases perms-
nsntly cared by Dr. 1 .¡net's Great Nor»*» K m -
Hon.l for FREE $2.00 tu a l bottle and treatise.
U. Kliue. Ld.. ftli Arch St., Philadolphio. l a.
U n c i«
J erry.
“ T o often,” said Uncle Jerry Peebles,
“ when that there thing they call oppor
tunity comes along, by jocks, it’s only
an opportunity to steal somethin’ !”
H o p e fu l.
Barber— Your hair seem« to be coming
out.
Elderly Customer— Good !
J’ ve b«eu
under the impression all the time that it
was going hack.
The Emperor of Austria is «aid to havi
the finest collection of orchiti« io th«
world at his palace at Schoenbrunn
There are 18,000 plants.
C A S T O R IA
f o r Infants and Childish.
Ths Kind You Have Always Bought
Bears the
Signature o f
Orders Murines from Vessels to Pro
tect Sailors on Shore Leave.
Paris. Dec. 14.— President Castro, of
Rivers and Harbors C o n gre ss Votes Venezuela, who arrived in this city
last evening from Bordeaux, has mad
f o r Federal Action on Projects,
no advances to the French go v ern
W ashington, Dec. 12.— W ith great ment. H e is reported as furiously an
enthusiasm the National R ivers and g ry at the manner in which the go v
H arbors congress at its concluding em inent has received him in France.
session here yesterday placed itself on Since his arrival in Paris he has re
record in favor o f the issuance of g o v mained shut up in his apartments in
ernment bonds for the im provem ent the hotel as closely as though he were
o f the great w aterw ays projects.
a prisoner, and. barring a few mem
T h e congress declared for an au ’bers o f the Venezuelan colony, he
thorised issue by congress at its pres has seen nobody.
ent session o f $500,000 000 w orth o f
T h e officials o f the foreign o ffice
bonds, the proceeds to be us#d in the
have been given orders not to explain
payment exclusively fo r such ritar
the
position
of
the
governm ent
and harbor w ork as may be author
ized by congress, provision for the towards Castro. Said one official yes
terday;
issue to be similar to that for the
“ T h e conditions upon which the
Panama canal bonds.
A com m ittee presented to Vice- governm ent is w illin g ( o open n ego
President
Fairbanks
and
Speaker tiations with Castro have been com
Cannon the bond resolution.
Mr. niunicated to him.
“ W h at these conditions are, beyond
Fairbanks expressed a favorable opin
ion o f the proposition, but M r Can prohibitin g President Castro from
making
any political declaration, are
non m erely assured the com m ittee
that the resolution would be “ referred not known, but it is believed that they
in volve a form al ap ology.”
for consideration.”
A reporter called to see #the P resi
V ic e -p re s id e n ts
of
the
various
state* were announced, am ong them dent yesterday. T h e on ly member of
Castro’s
entourage visible said that
being: California— C. E. Grunsky. o f
San Francisco; Idaho— W . B. H ey- nothing had been decided, but the
burn, o f W alla ce: M ontana— Judge F party possibly would leave for G er
K. Stranihan, o f Fort Benton; Nevada many tom orrow . A black maid in the
— Francis G. N ew lands; O rego n — Jos service o f Mme. Castro was sitting in
eph W . Bennett, o f M arshfield; W ash a hall outside her mistress’ door, tr y
ington— W . O. Fow ler, o f Seattle; ing to get her foot into a new ly pur
H a w a ii— J. K. Kalanianaole, o f H o n chased pair o f pointed shoes.
olulu.
___________________
D E N IE S P A N A M A C U T R U M O R .
The Chilean government has placed
$105,000 at the disposal of the President,
to be expended in securing immigrant« Colonel Goethals Gives Reasons for
Refusing to Widen Culebra.
for tilgt republic.
Panama. Dec. 12— Tt was rumored
L H e r a r y N o te .
in this city yesterday that Colonel
Goodman Gonrong— You’re goin’ to
Goethals, chairman o f the Panama
write a book?. Sufferin’ Moses ! You?
Canal commission, had given orders
Say mold Storey— Yep. Some day I ’m
that the Culebra cut be widened, but
goin’ to write the Ortobiography of «
the Colonel today denied this report.
Travelin’ Sociologist.
T h e reason assigned was that at the
present angle the canal could never be
L o c a te d .
brought down to the 40-foot level
Knicker— Where is his residence?
above
the sea necessary for a width
Bock er— For voting, in New York ; foi
divorce, in Dakota-; and for good, in Eu o f 85 feet. T o widen the cut would
mean the excavation o f 14,000,000
rope.— New York Sun.
m ore cubic yards.
It was also de
clared that deep crevasses had made
O W A K D £ . B U R T O N .— a ssayer a r i Chemist. their appearance on Gold H ill.
■ I<eadvlUe, Coloran».
imen prices: Golii,
C olonel Goethals. when questioned
Fllv. r, I. -ud, ?l ; Ut H , S ilver, 7 »-; Gold, 5oc; Zinc or
«anp.-r, VI. CvHiildc Wsis. M a ilin g envelopes and oh the subject, said the statement was
ftill price list sent on application. Control and I'm -
Ire w ork solicited.
tU isren o ej Carbonate Kar entirely without foundation.
oual Bank.
‘‘ If the Culebra cut is widened.” the
Colonel said, “ it w ill be to facilitate
passage o f vessels through the narrow
part o f the cut, and for no other rea
son.’’
As soon as the dry season sets in it
is proposed to push the w ork o f re
locating the present Trans-Tsthmian
railroad. O v er 2,000 men w ill be em-
p lo y ed ,in this undertaking.
Imp'orted Rice, superior qu ality. Comes in
RUEF G E T S A N O T H E R WEEK.
Convicted Briber Will Be
Ne xt Saturday.
Sentenced
San Francisco. Dec. 14.— Abraham
Ruef, convicted last Thursday of o f
ferin g a bribe, was Saturday granted
a delay o f one week before receiving
entence. T h e continuance o f the case
until next Saturday. Decem ber 19.
was with the assent o f the district at
torn ey’s office, represented by A ssist
ant John O ’ Gara. Thom as R. Dozier,
o f the defense, based his motion for a
week's respite on the ground that suf
ficient time had not been given the
defense to prepare the motions and
arguments in arrest o f judgm ent and
for a new trial. T h e inability of
H en ry Ach, R uef’s chief counsel, to
appear in court was assigned as a fur
ther reason.
W h ile it was gen erally known that
judgment would not be pronounced
Saturday, there was the usual crowd
in attendance at the session, and there
vas no diminution o f the police guard.
Ruef was brought from the county
jail in the prison van and was hurried
to a . seat between A tto rn ey D ozier
md A. Altmann. his brother-in-law.
Mr. D o zie r made the motion for a
bulk or 3-lb. bags.
I f your dealer doe n’ t
continuance im m ediately after the pro
keep it «end us'his ijame and address.
ceedings were inaugurated, but Judge
Puts Lid on Castro.
W e also handle air classes o f D om estic R ic «
at low est prices.
Paris, Dec. 12.— T h e council o f min L a w lo r declined to perm it the entry
T h e only R ice M ill and largest dealers on
to be recorded, and ordered R uef to
isters today dispatched an emissary to
the coast.
stand up for arraignment.
President Castro enjoining him from
engaging in other than private con
Warships Not Blockading.
versation during his sojourn in France
PO R TLAN D , OREGON
Proposals were made that a demand
T h e Hague, Dec. 12.— T h e Dutch
he m.yle on Castro that he send P res governm ent yesterday made an o f
ident Fallieres a letter o f regret for his
ficial denial that its warships n$\V o ff
conduct, that he be asked to cable to
Caracas orderin g the nayment o f in the coast o f Venezuela would attempt
tcrest due French creditors and allow a blockade o f Venezuelan ports cr
H ave you some old, tarnished Knivea. Forks
the Brazilian legation to represent «eizc another merchant vessel. If
and Spoons that look bad? W ould you like to
have them p ’ated w ith pure silver so they w ill
France. It was decided they were too the battleship Jacob Van Haemskerk
iook and w ear like solid silver?
severe, and the proposals were re r the cruisers Freisland or Gelder-
SEND IIS YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS f e c t e d ,
land encounter any Venezuelan w ar
and g iv e us a list o f w h at you h ave that needs
ships it is intimated a capture will be
refinishing and w e w ill send you by return
Chinese Want Damages.
attempted.
T h e war o ffice is seeking
mail fu ll inform ation and p a rticu lar« how to
to
avoid a crisis in the trouble with
Reno.
Nev.,
Dec.
12.—
T
h
e
Chinese
h ave it done a t little cost.
pending the outcome of
It Doesn't Cost You a Cent to Learn It residents and storekeepers whose Venezuela,
houses were burned a few months ago President Castro’s operation.
Sim ply send us you r nam e and address, as
above, and w e w ill do as w e agree.
when the grand jury ordered the old
Aeroplane Did Not Fly.
OREGON PLATING WORKS, Silver Department
tenderloin district destroyed are c o n
L o s Angeles, Cal.. Dec. 14.— The
Itlh and Alder Streets.
Portland, Oregon tem plating wholesale suits against the
bending o f a propellor. which proved
city a* a result o f the successful out
to have been built too ligh tly for the
com e o f a suit for damages which was
strain o f 790 revolutions a minute
won by one o f their countrymen yes
prevented the success o f the initial
terday. T h e demand fo r damages was
trial o f P ro fesso r J. S Zerhe’ s aero-
made at the instigation o f the Chinese
p’ nne at Bimini yesterday
The ma
consul at San Francisco.
chine did not rise from the ground
Another attempt w ill he made M on
Medical Men Give Approval.
day afternoon
T h e $20,000 Michelin
The cleanest lightest
W ashington.
Dec.
12— President prize is the goal for which P rofessor
and most comfortable
R oosevelt’s recomm endation in his Zerbe is strivin g
T h e ship is’ d e
me«s«age to congress that there be a signed to ca rfy three passengers.
redistribution o f certain governm ent
department bureaus for the purpose o f
T o Construct Reservoir.
At the same time
unifying the national health adminis
Butte. M o n t. Dec 14— W o rd was
cheapest In the
tration has been approved bv the
end because It
Am erican
M edical
association received last night that the govern
wears longest
through its com m ittee on legislation ment had withdrawn from settlement
now in *e«*ion here
T h e com m ittee a large amount o f land coverin g the
declared in its resolution that perem p watershed o f the L ittle Bitter R oot
Every garment,
to ry enactment into law* i* demanded mountains, for the purpose o f con
guaranteed
. T
by the interests o f t^e people, nearly structing an immense reservoir to ir
waterproof Catalog fret
a miarter o f a million o f whom are: rigate the Flathead Indian reserva
tion to be thrown open next year.
perishing yearly from diseases.
H
r
HAVE YOU EVER USED
“ IMPERIAL” RICE?
PORTLAND RICE MILLING COMPANY
MAKE OLD SILVER NEW
BR S &
POMMEL
SLICKER
‘359 Everywhere
UNITED STATES SENATOR
FROM SOUTH CAROLINA
PRAISES PERU-NÀ.
A L F A L F A FO R O R E G O N .
FU R SsH IO n
1« Proving Good Forage C ro p for th«
Milk Co w.
f P «pot • -h. IO to &OZ mor»
■rii ht h. «i W rit*- f. T P lie ;
’ By James Dryden, Oregon A gricu ltu ral College
Corvallis.
There is a great deal o f milk in the
ground that was not spilled and cried
over, but it is there nevertheless.
At
certain seasons o f the year the Thous
and-Headed kale pulls the milk out of
mother earth and the cow pulls it out
o f the kale and puts it in the bucket
There is a period, however, during thi
summer when the cows go hungry and
, j;.lV
‘ >
-
-*■
the milk languishes in the ground be
ff*
cause there is no green thing to pull it
- ■
T
out and coax the cow to fill the milk
bucket.
Western Oregon is one o f the best
dairy sections of the union. W ith mild
open winters in which kale flourishes
.¡.
and furnishes green succulent food, the
dairy business thrives all the year
around with the exception o f a short
period during the summer.
During
this period the land is out o f commis
sion, the cows barely subsist on the
pasture fields and there is no profit to
the farmer. Forty-cent butter and a
scarcity o f good fresh milk is the e v i
dence o f a lack o f green food.
W hat is needed in the valley is a fo r
age crop that w ill utilize the soil and
furnish green food and pasture during
the dry season. W ill a lfa lfa fill the
bill? I f a lfa lfa could be raised exten
sively and successfully it would change
the face o f nature and add immensely
Ex-Senator M. C. Butler.
to the value o f the farms in the W il
Dyspepsia is often caused by ca lamette valley. It would increase the
tarrh o f the stomach— Peruna relieves dairy products and the poultry pro
catarrh o f the stomach and is there ducts; it would cheapen the production
fore a rem edy for dyspepsia.
o f pork and beef and mutton.
A lfa lfa has been grown fo r two
Hon. M. C. Butler, U. S. Sen
thousands years in the Mediterranean
ator from South Carolina i<>r two
region. It has been grown successful
terms, in a letter from W ashington,
ly in arid parts o f Am erica for h alf a
I). C . writes to the Peruna M edi
century. A gentleman travelin g over
cine Co., as follo w s:
“ I can recommend Peruna »‘ for j what was then regarded as a land unfit
dyspepsia and stomach trouble. I : for settlement in W estern Nebraska by
have been using your medicine for
reason o f its aridity discovered a th rif
a short period and I feel very much
ty green a lfa lfa plant grow in g where
relieved. It is indeed a wonderful
no other green thing could be found for
medicine, besides a good tonic.”
miles around. That was a demonstra-
Catarrh o f the stomach is the c o r I tion that satisfied the gentleman and
rect name for most cases o f dyspep he purchased a large tract o f land for
sia. O n ly an internal catarrh remedy, a trifle. On the same land he has since
such as Peruna, is available.
fed fifty thousand sheep in one season
Peruna Tablets can now be procured. on alfalfa. A lfa lfa goes down into the
Ask your druggist for a Free Pe- depths o f the soil for moisture and
through wireless communication with
runa Alm anac for 1909.
the atmosphere brings down from above
food which feeds the plant and enriches
P en a lties of G reu tne»».
the soil.
Hercules had subdued the Erymanthian
Since 1891 the acreage o f a lfa lfa in
boar.
“ What are you going to do with the Kansas has increased from 34,388 to
615,000 in 1906.
A recent bulletin
beast?” they asked him.
“ I refuse to answer,” he said, “ on the from that state says o f a lfa lfa : “ The
steer
feeders
and
mutton
feeders o f
ground that it might incriminate me.”
For well he knew that any answer Kansas, Colorado and Nebraska would
h» could make would be different from be lost without it .”
the accounts written by the historians,
A t the Kansas station it is stated :
and at that portion cf his career he was ‘ ‘ A gain o f 800 pounds o f pork was
sensitive about being accused of nature made from a ton o f a lfalfa, and a little
faking.
less than that amount o f gain was
made from an acre o f a lfa lfa pasture.”
A I l t c h M a n 'l l R e t i c e n c e .
“ Do you want to make any contri Again, “ W e found that 100 pounds o f
a lfa lfa hay saved 96 pounds o f corn.”
butions to our campaign fund?” asked
Figu rin g on the basis o f these exp eri
the willing worker.
ments it is stated that “ w ith green al-
“ Yes,” answered Mr. Dustin Stax,
fa 'fa producing ten tons per acre (20,-
“ I ’d like to. But I don’t see why I
000 pounds) it would produce 2,000
should put myself on record In a way pounds o f pork, which, at 4 Cents per
that will m ake‘ it your patriotic duty pound would be worth $80 per acre.”
to snub me after the campaign is over.”
D irector Burkett, o f the Kansas sta
— Washington Star.
tion, says: ‘ ‘ By promoting the suc
cessful production o f a lfa lfa the sta
■'
D iffe r e n t.
The influential politician was irritated. tion has not only extended the domin
“ You ask me to have a friend appoint ion o f an imperial forage crop, but in
ed to a good position,” he said, “ but I so doing has discharged its owp entire
know next to nothing about you. For expense, and in addition has added m il
all I know to the contrary you don’t lions o f dollars to the wealth o f the
amount to a snap.”
“ Maybe not, responded the caller, state.”
A t the Ontario agricultural college
thrusting his jaw forward, “ but my job
doe«.
Pm
a
bridgetender.” — Chicago in ten years 30 cuttings, yield in g over
5 tcJhs an acre, were made. An exper
Tribune. .
,
iment showed this great soil enrich
S ca rcely W o r t h M e n tio n in g .
ing qualities. W heat grown afte r al
“ I expect to take a few books with fa lfa yielded 61.5 bushels per acre and
me,” «aid the aeronaut, “ as the trip is a fte r tim othy sod 42.1 bushels. In the
likely to he a long one.”
two succeeding years the a lfa lfa sod
“They’ll be useful, for ballast, too, I produced 30.2 bushels o f barley and 24
presume,” observed the reporter.
bushels o f corn, while the tim othy sod
“ Not in the least,” rejoined the aero
naut. “ I shall take nothing but light produced 19.7 bushels barley and 17.9
bushels corn. The three crops on the
fiction.”
a lfa lfa sod were worth about $90 while
A m e n < ln l o r y .
those on the tim othy sod w ere worth
Horn«— Yes, I always rewrite my poems about $59.
before I seud then) to a publisher.
A t the Oregon Agricu ltu ral college
Naggus You mean. I presume, befor« a lfa lfa has been gro w in g successfully
you send them to the next publisher.
fo r several years, and tests are being
French dairymen have discovered that made by the agronomists with different
the use of wine dregs as a food for oowf varieties to determine which w ill suit
The
Improves the quality of the milk and in the conditions best in this state.
station men are glad at all tim es to
creases the output at least 20 per cent.
answer questions in regard to its culti
The oldest church building now stand vation.
ing in New York City is St. Paul's
A few miles from C orvallis Mr. W.
chapel, the corner «tone of which was laid H. Hamlin cut this year 200 tons o f al
in 1704.
fa lfa hay. I t yielded about 2)4 tons
to the acre in tw o cuttings.
Before
An English judge expressed his horror
seeding to a lfa lfa the land had been
the other day when n witness said he had
In fourteen years
“ garaged” hi« auto car. It was a new “ cropped ou t.”
fourteen grain crops had been taken
verb to his honor, and he didn’ t like it.
from the land, and Mr. Hamlin e x
The Southern Pacific Railroad Com plains that on richer land the yield is
He further explains
pany has bought in San Francisco a lot much heavier.
on which it will erect at once a $250,000 that the oldest stand yields the best,
railroad hospital.
showing that it takes several years on
certain classes o f soil for the a lfa lfa to
The charitable people of London have
formed a union to see that the money make a good growth.
I t looks as though an a lfa lfa cam
given by them is properly »pent.
paign would be worth millions to this
Half a gallon of train oil an hour will state.
calm the moat boisterous sea around a
Q. What is meant by “ 50 per cent,”
vessel.
“ 40 per cent,” and so on, dynamitef
An inch of rain equals eleven and on#
A. The percentage given refers to th«
amount of nitroglycerin in the powder
third inches of snow.
For instance, a 40-per-cent dynamite if
Sixty year» ago there were 150,000 supposed to contain 40 per cent of nitro
children at school in India. Now ther* glycerin and 60 per cent o f “ dope.” —
are over 4,000,000.
F. S. Thomson, Washington State Col
lege, Pullman
The railway bridge which connecta
Venice with the mainland is 12,050 feet
‘‘ Everything conies to him who
long and has 222 arches.
waits.” mused the man In a restau
The stopping of an expresa train re rant; "but It comes cold.”
quires twice as much power aa starting
Head
W alter— What's
he want?
It
W alter— Says he wants a little o f ev
Head W aiter— Give him
Glass brushes are used by artista who erything.
decorate china. They are made of glaaa bash.— Chicago Journal.
fibers aa thin as spun silk.
“ If ye ph ase, mum,” said the ancient
Nearly 8 per cent of the atudenta In hero. In an appealing voice, ns he sf<>«id
German universities ara foreigners
at the back door o f the cottage on Mon
day, “ I ’ve lost my leg.” “ Well. I ain’ t
got It,’’ snapped the woman fiercely, as
the door closed with a bang.— Victoria
Eagle.
• fop you to ahi; TU* m I
Marltat Report.
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K e e p It on Hand!
A P ro p o s a l.
Couflhi and rolik may trire any
member of the family any time
M any a had cold haa been ave ted
and much ackneas and sailcring
haa been Mvid by the prompt use
of Piso’s ( ure. There i« nothin*
like it to break up rough* and cold*.
There it no bronchial or Inn«
"-hie that it will not relieve.
Free from opia'es at harmful in-
gredier,:». Fine for children.
A t nil drntfgiata'. 25 cts.
“ Yea.” he said, “ I'm In love.”
“ H u h !” she replied ecorirfuU/.
“I
wouldn't care to be you.”
“ And I wouldn’t like you to be. I ’d
rather you were mine.” — Philadelphia
Press.
___________________
Mrs. Hoyle— I'v e found out where
my husband spends his evenings. Mrs.
Doyle— Where? Mrs. Hoyle— A t home.
You see, I had to stay In myself last
night
Harper's Weekly.
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than to
All
1 to h#«*c
• laona'i into
V* t
Auücrsch Uiu*., i.«ü L ¡21 ¿Hum. ».„oils. Mina.
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VISITING CARDS
Honor
for
WEDDING INVITATIONS
MONOGRAM STATIONERY
J ellrrvon .
“ Waal. yes. ' said Mrs. Bragley of
Jefferson City. ’ I reckon that feller
that writ out i lie Declaration of Inde
pendence deserved the honor.”
“ You mean the honor of being as
signed to write It?”
“ Not at all.
I mean the honor o’
bein' named fur our town. They ca 11-
Mi him Jefferson, you know."— Phila
delphia Press.
Then- - nothin«1
«e n te e l as engraved work
'.h e ' artistically dom-
W e do the finest
r i. on til«- l\i ilit- Coast, at moat reasonable
price.-.
wil; mail you specimens o f latest
I
t invitations, ‘'tc..
upon request.
Send us your name on a postal
K l! HAM STATIONERY
A N D PR IN TIN G CO.
PORTLAND
I n iP B iu u p n «.
Sig. Pshucks Inspiring Thespian) —
When it comr* to high tragedy, even if I
do say it, I'vt got Bob Mantell skinned
to death.
( ’harming
Sonbrette
Well,
you
oughtn't to try to wenr his skin. It doesn’t
fir you. Your ears stc-k out.— Chicago
Tribun».
Unm an
N n liir e ’ »
W eaknesses.
“ 1 don’ t mind Mrs. (tig-haw making
fun of the way 1 talk.” said Mrs. Lap-
sling. forgivingly. " I t * only her way.
We’ve all got our littl« peculiarities and
idionockrasies’
Out
of
III«
R each,
“ At last !" exulted the ex-bic.vdist a* he
soared aloft in his aeroplane.
“ I ’ ve
found a public highway now where there
is no sprinkling «art demon to come
along and turn it Into a sea of mud !”
■; R c g l n n i i i g
of
W . I.. D o u g la s m.-tlce* nii<l s e lls m o r e
m e n ’ s $>.'{.n o a n d *».t.r>0 s h o e s t h a n a n y
o t h e r m a n u fa c t u r e r in t h e w o r ld , b e
c a u s e t h e y lio h l t h e i r s h a p e , tit b e t t e r ,
a n d w e a r lo n g e r th a n a n y o th e r m ak e.
Shoes at All Prices, for Every Member of the
Family, Men, Boys, Women. Misses & Children
W L.PonjtH» $ '..00 n.d $3.00 OiltEd.e 8ho»»c*nnot
b« equalled at avy price. W. L. Douglaa $2.00 and
$2.00 »iioe* are the beet in the world
Tron ltle.
Mr. Phusser— Cynthia. 1 have joined a
Don’t Worry club.
Mrs. Phusser I am sorry for the club.
It will have to <-hange its name.
M tth «
School
F a s t C o l o r E y e l e t * U se d E . r r i „<•*>,’ »/.
9T Take
\o
¡tut«*.
\V. I. Doug!*»
name and pri> e is «tam ped on bottom .
Sold
every vhere. Bh as
i lea from factory to any
part of tin* w orld. < 'afaloifU** free.
W. L. DOUGLAS, Iu8 Sprrlc Si., Brockton. Mass.
H orror.
Teacher— What was the most moment-
a ils event of the last century?
Shaggy Haired Punfl— Lust Century?
The killin’ of that Interview with the
Kaiser, I guess.
No. 51-08
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HOUSE.
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