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EASTERN CLACKAMAS NEWS, THURSDAY. DECEMBER 4. 1Ô24 Ben Franklin Enjoyed I W ealthy, but Without Good Things o f L'.-fc Power to Enjoy Life "flo w that you've got me talking,” M id a retired business man ot St. Louis, who Is going to Kurope, "I might as well admit that I'm not hav ing as much fun out o f being what you'd call comfortubly fixed financial ly as I looked forward to In my hard working days. "I suppose a good many old fellows would admit they are In the same fix If their pride would let them. I worked too hard, not hard enough to 1 (r me or wear me out, but too hard to form a taste for the best things that Money can buy. “ The lesson my experience has taught me Is that keeping your shoul der to the wheel und pushing ahead, neither to the right nor left, und so forth, Is not a complete set of directions for muking a success in life. “ The rules may get a bank account fo l a fellow without unusual gifts, hut they overlook too many things that count. "I can't get settled down to a book. I can't sit through a play with any deep atulT In It, und I've even neglect ed to learn how to make myself agree able In company, mixed or Just men. Vet I had nil that stuff In me when I was a kid—used to read a lot. In fact. "Tnke my ndvlce, and If you ever get the money-making bee, don't let It got you, for, unless you’re a world- beater, no mutter how well you make out, you won't be any too near the head o f the list."— Philadelphia Bul letin. ¿»-Mary Graham Bonner \Yhnt Is the moMt elllcient light iu the world? Some people might vote at once for he “ last word" o f science In artificial Humiliation, hut they would he wrong. I'lie most efficient light known to us vus known In the days o f pine torches ind rush-lights. It is that with which mttire has endowed the glow-worm and the firefly. Science has so far failed to solve he problem of the production o f light vitlimit bent—a problem which seems 0 have given Dame Nature no dlffi- •nlt.v. In nil artificial light production in enormous amount o f energy Is lost n tlu* form of heat rays and chemical cays. Thus n four-watt carbon glow lamp ins a luminous efficiency of less than 1 half per cent, nnd the most perfect irtiflclal 111 uni i nn nt has an elliclency •f only 4 per cent. Science here compares badly with allure, for the luminous efficiency of lie firefly lit no less than (fit.5 per cent, vlille the glow-worm's light Is St) times more efficient than a tungsten lamp. Schools in Early Days English Bird Sanctuary Musical Instruments—even the tom tom. so dear to the heart o f most Af rican natlNes are unknown to the Somali, who. none the lets, take great pleasure in singing nnd dancing. Their songs are not by any means cas ual chants hut have special signifi cance. und are applicable to certain occasions For evnmple. there Is u “ Hong o f Thanksgiving for the finding o f water, after a long Journey," and songs for the loading and unloading of caravans, hut most o f their music Is of a religious nature; and there Is s "Song o f Burial,” sung when the 2 0 foot mound Is raised above the re mains o f a chief nnd fenced around with a strong palisade of logs placed transversely between stout posts. Of all their dances the Somali place th« war dance first. Gave the Game Away o n the outskirts o f London, and within half an hour's Journey from the •Ity. Is one of the most beautiful hits • f woodland III England. Few Amer- I'nns, or Londoners either, have ever visited this place, or even know o f Its existence. It Is a Idrd sanctuary, a crltnhle land o f song, which Is care fully fenced and guarded by keepers light und day, and where every kind f British Idrd lives and nests un banned. The wood lies in the Brent valley and was bought for London two ears ago and established as a perma nent memorial lo Gilbert White, the mthor o f the "History o f Slielhorne," by the Slielhorne society. The sane nary, however, has been In existence list 21 years, and In Its 10 acres. In I e houghs of It- many oak trees and lhe coppices of hazel, owls, willow warblers, hluetits, goldfinches, nlglit- ngnlrs, black cups and many other birds may he seen. Assyrian Horticulture Many common plants and flowers n-e referred to In the ancient cunel- orm tablets dug up In the mins of Hahylon and other Assyrian cities Ifly no re. tunny of them dreg plants, 'lave hcen identified quite recently liroiigli a stinlx o f the relative fre- Hicncv In which the names occur, their therapeutic u«e. anil the compari son of the word with the name o f the dower or plnnt In other Semitic lan guages. Among the new plains be lleved to have hcen Identified nr»' the os«', the daisy, mustard, nsafnetlda. nimarli. hemp, chamomile, apricot, • berry and mulberry. M eaning of “ D id k cii'' "Dickens-' is an Interjectlonal ex pression signifying astonishment. Ini- •atiene»' and irritation. It Is usually is»'»l with words o f Interrogation such s »vliaf, when', how and why. The uimr has nothing to do with Charles l'lck»'ns It »vas list'd hy Shakespeare I '»*w two ccnturU's befo.'e Dickens was orn. In "Merry Wives »»f Wlnds»>r" Mrs. Ungo «ays: "I cannot tell what lie dickeM his name Is my husband id him of." "Dickens” 1« believe»! to !■»' a euphemism for deuce »»r devil, which have the same initial letter.— IV!Minder Magazine. Among the side sho»*s there was a collection o f "freaks"—armless won- drrs, living skeletons, fat women and so forth, according to a story told by Charles B Cochran. About the best draw- of the lot was the bearded Indy. One day the regular attendant wrho collected the admission money wn* temporarily absent, his place being taken hy a little gtri. A gentleman who bad l>«*en deeply Interested In this particular freak o f nature remarked casually to the child an he was passing ou t: “ I suppose, my dear, that the Indy Make for Happiness Inside Is jo u r mother?" Alt real and w lioU-some enjóyateme "Oh, n<*. sir!" the little girl replied |Mi«slble lo toan lia ve heen Jnst as (ios m om entarily taken off her guard by «¡ble to lililí sinee fir«t he « a s itiailc the uncxpci-tcd query "She • my dad I" o f lite »'artli, as they are n o w ; and rltey are |»>*«lhle to htm cliierty In peaoe. To watch tbe «Mru gruw, and Sit'“walk Conversation “ Ross, | don’t know where my next tho bli'Sscm s set; to ilruw hunl bre.ith »ver plowshurv or spnde; to rea»l. to meal Is coming from." •nk. to love. to hope, to pray—ti » se “ I dan'l either. My wtfe never v tbe Gongs thnt make men happy. •rich« long to one dealer."— Louisville C eunri Journal. DADDY’S EVENING FAIRYTALE commemorating the tercentenary of the foundation of New York recalls the fact that the great American city was originally a Hutch settlement. It wus not until 1604 that It was captured by the British, and the original name o f New Amsterdam was changed to New York. Kate, Indeed, has been unkind to the Dutch us colonizers. Not only did they lose their extensive settlements In New York stale and Pennsylvania, but their colony at the Cape o f Good Hope, founded In 1651, also passed Into Brit ish hands, says London Answers. Other Instances o f lost colonies could be given, especially if those which changed hands during or after the great war were Included. But how many people realize that at one time Kgypt was n French protectorate, unit that before the advent o f OUve the French power In Indln was greater than the British? The earliest Euro pean settlements In India, Indeed, were Portuguese; but the Portuguese were driven out hy the Dutch, and the lat ter—again unfortunately— by the Brit ish. Somali Fond of Song N ot Value o f F as ting Man knows that wild creatures of Benjamin Franklin wus one of the. i rare men who lived so happily and so the ioi -t ::ltd plain at times go i abundantly thut the reader of Ids lli'c through 4S i ply hours without muk- \ finds himself wishing he might have Ing a kill, l.e knows, also, that cer- i tain pioples i. -i at times ux a re been u contemporary. ligious duty, m.d this without In any He was regarded as one o f the wis wtmwrr erw ejm u i * wm * m * uwa» wuy lm puir!i,: their health. Finally, est members of the First congress, yet be knows thut Individuals hove done he seldom spoke and he spent a great without food i:i any form for weeks THE MARCH part o f his time fast asleep in Ids nnd Imve gained rather than lost by chair. the experience, says the Baltimore “ It Is so funny to see the people He drank too much, he ate too su r e ," suld the elephant. Sun. much; Instead of exercising, he j Ills love for food is so deeply In “ Well, they’ re more used to each played chess, lie suffered the piercing grained. however, that when his mule, other than they are to seeing you,” pains o f gout. He confessed all Ids row iiiid dog refuse to eat, his wits said the pony. faults with delightful humor and nt once cease to function, lie reasons "Still," the pony added, "they stare frankness. In this w ay: "When these creatures at me.” At sixteen he wrote nn article for were well they ate heartily. Now thnt “ They stare at me, too,” said the big Ids brother's newspaper, describing they refuse to eat, they must lie 111. If dog. “ And dogs aren’t unusual," the night life of Boston, and at seventy I am to make them well again, I must “ Isn’t it supposed to be rude to he was still Indulging In pleasant ro hy some means force them to eut." stare?” the elephant asked. mances with young and beautiful "Usually, or perhaps I should say So It Is when man himself Is indis French women. He missed nothing. posed by reason of some Indiscretion. us a rule,” the dog answered. As he added years to his age and He does not wish to eat. The very The dog knew more about the people dollars to his Income, he violated many thought o f food is an abomination. But than any o f them and so they usually r>f Poor Richard's precepts. Ills wife, whose love is greater than asked him the questions, Ills common sense led him to take her reason, says to him: "Honey, you "But," the dog added, “ not In this hot baths twice a week, when the gen simply must eat In order to keep up case. You see, we all belong to the end custom was to bathe not oftener your strength, and I have prepared n circus. than two or three times a year. He be number of dishes you like it) order to "W e're a pnrt o f a elreu» parade lieved In fresh air, and even night air, | tempt your appetite," when we morels down the different while the doctors were still using The little will that remains to him streets. "If they didn’t stare at us It would be leeches as a cure-nil. < after one glance at the tnble urges It's just the usual order of He enjoyed life to the utmost, lie ! him to lieu, hut his greedy palate pre- rude. was the muster o f Ids circumstances i vails and he eats heartily. The result tilings turned around. “ To store nt n person |s supposed from the age o f sixteen, when he ran ! Is that Ills overburdened system, striv tway from home, to the ripe age of ing with all Its running to get him to be rude but when nn animal or even •Ighty-four, when he passed on. with i hack to normal, must quit its tusk for dl Ids affairs In order. He left an es : a while and take epre of the new rate of n quarter million dollars for cargo he lias «hoveled aboard. Nature his heirs.— William Feather Magazine. knows Its business, but Is badly hantli- i'npped when those It desires to suve i persist lu their madness. Dutch Unfortunate in Colonization Venturet Science Poor Second in Light Production The celebration on the continent The first schools were started In the early history o f manklnil Schools were first held out o f doors and the teaching w h s conducted orally, similar In the Hindu BrHhnian schools. Among the Hebrews tlie laws were expounded by ornl teaching from the porches of the temples. The «mount o f Instruc tion greatly Increased from the mere oral teaching o f the law until It In volved letters and arithmetic. Among the Spartans the education was almost entirely along new lines. Elementary schools bccume common after the Christian era and In 64 A. D. they were made obligatory. In Athens nearly all o f the schools were private, teaching music and literature, read ing. writing, arithmetic, geography and drawing In early Rome the schools taught reading and writing and some times arithmetic. Proud Man Alone Knows —»loba Rustió. Pigs Make Faithful Guardians o f Sheep In this country one seldom says nn.v- I thing kind about pigs. Yet they are highly esteemed In other parts of the world, says London Answers. In the Apennines they are used to guard sheep. One man In each village nets as shepherd to the community and I* allowed a sheep pig to assist him when the animals are out nt pas ture. The man's task is nn easy o n e - lie may amuse himself by playing the flute or lie may even sleep for n few , hours while the pig faithfully guard- I he flock. In the evening the snini trustworthy guardian sedulously sin ! gles out tile sheep belonging lo th!:- I house or that an*' never makes a mis : take. Where trollies grow pigs are used to | find and root them up. If carefully j trained a pig will keep for Ills ninstei all I In* trollies he uproots. In Irehtin!, o f course, the pig's mer l Its have always been recognized, j There he Is the “ gintIonian that pays I the lint." Pretty Medieval Legend The story o f the custom »>l convey ing ii kiss hy a cross, is timi 111 , re was once a young man ill Hie uay.- of knighthood mid chivalry and g .i iciin g deeds, named Sir Ronald ill. I'.ois, who was seni on a dang ruu. mission and was tak»*n prisoner, lie had left at home a fair and hcautifu. sweet heart, and it was his desire lo send her some message. A bribed lues senger promised to take some symbol to her hut refused to hear a wriitm message for fear lie would he tak i prisoner and the letter found. The knight therefore sent her a metal hullon from Ids coat on which he hu»i scratched four I iters at the foui tents of an N. The letters were k, I s, s. Since this famous message, nth lovers have used the X lo stand for kissos, but omit the letters at each pi in. However the romantic story has tn'ver been forgotten.—Atlanta ('oust Ion. Inn H erod ’s Wonderful Temple Herod's temple, a structure o f while marble, was built by Herod the Great at .li'riisiileiii on the site of the Teal pi»* of Zeruhbnbrl. Work was began in I!) II. I'., and in nine years and a half the temple wus ready for use. The building. says the IViridi X» ws, was much larger than the pro ceding one and measured loo cubits In length, and TO cubits in breadth and Ilk* cubits In height. The stones com posing Mils edifice were o f large di mensions, some o f them being 25 en hits long. < cubits high and 12 cubits thick Tlic temple, “ which rose like a mount of gold nnd snow," was total ly destnvyed by the Romans under Titus in TO A. D. The site Is now oc cupied by the Mosque o f Omar. Age of Alligators The TVpnrtmeot of Agriculture says that the age o f an alligator can only he »ietermliH'd by one who has had ex- iw'rlence with these reptiles. Alllgn tors grow very slowly and It Is »»sti mateli that at flfitvn years o f age they are only two feet long ; therefore, a 12-fivi'ter may reasonably he pre sumed to he seventy-five years o f nge The rate »»f growth varies with ani mals In their w lid state and those kt-pt in captivity, ami it is also governoil hy the amount as well as the type of fno»l given. Wonderful George! They wer«» on their honeymoon and she regarrte»! him as the most wonder ful b»'lng In the whole wofM. Th»-v *tr»»lk'»l along the s»»n«h«'re Suddenly he «topped and In a fins poetic frenzy declaimeit: ' Roll on thou mighty ocean, r o ll!" “ Ob, look. G eorge!" »he cried In ecstasy, T i* doing It." “ I Understand." u person Is In a circus parade It Is rude not to stare and for this reason:’’ The dog cleared Ids throat, gave a III lie hark, wagged his tall and con tinued. If they <ll«r not stare nt us It would mean they did not think much of us. "W e wouldn’t like It If they didn’t think we were worth looking o(. "W e wouldn't like It at all, We wouldn't cure to be In the parade and when they saw us have them turn their heads the other way." "Could they do that?" the elephant asked. “ 1 thought,” he added, "their heads were always turned one way so that they looked straight ahead o f tl)«fi- •elves." "True," said the dog, “but they could turn their heads around nnd look at other things. "That would he n (Trent Insult to ns. It would make us feel ns though we wore nni fine enough to be In a cir cus parade, "It would make us feel as though w c w ere dull. "A s it Is they sa y : “ 'Oh. look nt the fine big elephant. Isn't an elephant a truly remarkable animal.' "And that Is a compliment they pay you. elephant," The elephant waved his trunk, and flopped IBs big ears. "I understand." lie said. "1 under stand.” “ And when they see the pony they look ill him and say: “ 'Oli, you dear, sweet pony. Wouldn't I love to pat yon nnd pet you and ride upon you.’ "Thai Is a compliment to you, pony." "Neigh nrigh. T see." the pony said. "When they stare nt ine,” the dog continued. ‘ and say: “ ‘Oh. you splendid big dog,’ I wag my lull and thank them In my dog fashion. "S o you see they compliment os vhen they stare nt us." But they hnd to get ready now and ,oon. once more, they were on the march, going dow n a main street o f a rnvvn and everyone was staring nt them nnd together with the others of he parade they ninile a splendid show- ng "Tills march Is splendid." said the eg to himself. “ Il Is fine to see the looks o f ad miration." And the elephant was saying the -i:me to himself And so wus the pony. The p»»ople certainly »vere admiring ilieni. Oh. there vvns no mistake about that, nnd a« heads were turned the other way. All iillentii>n was given to the pa rade and those In the line o f march. T H E U N IV E R S A L C A R Reduction in Prices From Mine to Finished Product in One Organization brings the Ford Cars and Trucks to the Lowest Price in the History of the Company Get your Car at New Low Prices From BOB C O O K E M O TO R C O M P A N Y ESTACADA. OREGON Mr, and Mrs. Raymond Love lace spent the week end visiting in Portland. Mr. and Mrs, Doc Hannah of Portland, spent Thanksgiving at the home of Mr. Hannah’s-par ents, Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Han nah. Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Gohring and Mr. and Mrs. John Biauth drove to Portland last Thursday morning to eat Thanksgiving dinner with friends. Dr. and Mrs. Albert Manville of Portland, spent the Thanks giving vacation at the home of the latter’s mother, Mrs. Denny, south of Estacada. Mrs. G, F. Midford returned last week from a visit o f several weeks with her sister in Lewis ton, Idaho. She visited a few days in Seattle on her return. Mr. and Mrs. A. VanMoss, Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Morehead and Mr, and Mrg, Henry VanMoss, all o f Portland, were Thanks- Riving guests at the Gates home. Miss Pauline Rose spent the Thanksgiving vacation at the home o f her parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. P. Rose, returning to Corvallis Sunday eyening. Guests at the J. K. Ely home on Thanksgiving were Mr. and Mrs. Jack Norton of Portland, Maurice E|y o f Corvalljs, Mr. and Mrs, John Stormer and Mr, and Mrs. Oral Stormer and baby. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hicin- botham and children, accompan ied by Mrs. Hicinbotham’s father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Se vier, went to Stevenson, Wash., to spend «Thanksgiving. On the return trip home the top was blown otf their Ford and it was aimost impossible to travel on account o f the ice on the high way. Blast Fatal to W orkmaa. An explosion o f dynam ite caused urday. V ogel was em ployed as -«e death o f Ernest) Vogel last Sat- pow-der m onkey’ ’ at one o f the P. P. C om pany’s camps on the -/uk G rove p r o je c t and was at .vork blasting stumps along the .ig h t o f way when one o f the caps ac was carryin g in his belt unex pectedly exploded m utilating him badly. He was rushed to Estaca- ia but died b efore he could be .akon to a hospital. L ittle is known o f the youn g man or his relatives but fellow workmen state that he was to have been married to a girl in Sacram ento, California, Christmas day. Riddles tf a cake falls will a cinnamon roll? • • • If the pork chop« will the wood aavr ? • • • If tbe gartlcn needed weeding would I d iho? • • • if SwcH Will inni unfilled *oul<l tli* ll.ih h n |ihi»t>? • • • tf tho uutn in th* moon hnd n child rrouM the sky n n k ci? • • • It r * ronk wrnt Into the nnmrjf vi"iM p lemon « n*/« r? • • • tVh> <!•» bints clean nut a finti •o »v l\? |i*\ntitc :lu»j take awaj • yctk nt « i.ui«. Band Concert and Social LOCAL BREVITIES Inconstant The critic wss talking about love. "Good writers." he sshl. "never treat ’ore Is an Immortal and divine thing. Poor writers aiwart do. "Poor writers go on about love ri diculously. They are like young Jack j Hoskins. * 1 like yon, Mr. Hosklna.' a pretty ! Irt said to young Jack. 'Rut t like Mr Hemingway, too. Mr. Hemingway,' he adde»l with a simper, 'say» he Idnks about me 365 days In the rear.* ’ 'H uh! lie wsnts one day off every ,*»»ur years, does he?’ said Jack H oe 'Vino. 'Surely Ml«s Fetheratonbaugh— Ethel— »urely you don't compare a ukewarra attachment like that to • burning passion such as m in e r " Although not advertised to any great extent, the band concert and pie social Monday night, was quite well attended. After the soncert, which was excellent and showed much improvement of the players, J. K. Ely got busy and auctioned off the pies, of which there were a large num ber and of all kinds and some of them “ dolled up” in fancy boxes. The bidding was snap py and each pie brought a good price. Then all proceeded to partake of the dainties, with cof fee furnished by the band. Eve rybody had a good time and the band boys realized a neat little sum from the entertainment. Council Plan« Budget A special meeting of the city council was held Saturday morn ing in the city hall, for the pur pose of drafting a budget for the ensuing year. The levy for this year will be twenty-one and a half mills which is three and one-half mills higher than the previous levy, due partly to the decreased prop erty valuation .at the time of as sessment. The burned area on Broadway was the cause of this decrease in valuation. Ed. Shearer of Springwater, was in Portland Saturday on bus iness. A Gift That 1$ a Compliment In the gift you receive you can sometimes see yourself as others see you, and the view is not al ways flattering, it may be a jazz record, or a gaudy tie, or a book that you would hate to have found on you if an auto dumped you into dreamland. And you can’t really blame the giver. Knowing you well he concludes you crave that sort of thing. On the other hand his gift may con vey a subtle compliment— a gift of The Companion for instance. It is a tribute to your good taste, to a certain idealism he has per ceived in your make-up, to the impression you give that life is real and earnest and not merely a game of skittles. You may be sure that anybody who thinks slightly of The Companion as a gift is himself making life a game of skittles and very little else. The 52 issues o f 1925 will be crowded with serial stories, short stories, editorials, poetrv, facts and fun. Subscribe now and re ceive: 1. Th«* Ynuth'» Companion—52 issue* 2. 3. in 1026. All the remaining issues o f 1924. The Companion) Home Calen ar fnr 1925 (sent only on request.) Alt for 32. SO. 4 Or include McCall'* Magazine, th* monthly authority on fashions. Both publications for $3.00. THE YO U TH 'S COMPANION Commonwealth Ave. a St. Paul t»L, Boston. Massachusetts. S u B u caim oN s K e c h v f p at T he N ew » O ffice . See J. E. Gates and get that suit cleared and pressed. I. O. 0 . F. building. tf Pointer'» for Paints. Wall paper and Window Glass. 5-22tf