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Why the Suitor Chose the Stoutest.
“LIAR” A FLATTERING TERM.
An amusing method of securing At a little gathering of officials
the marriage of his live daughters the other day the talk turned on the
has been adopted by a wealthy | recent
duel between the
tradesman in Berlin. As suitors) Russians diplomatic
and
Japanese,
and there
were not apparently inclined to seek! was quite a difference of opinion
as
the hands and alfections of the I to whether the Moscovite or the lit­
daughters, the father advertised tle man from the far east is the
that he would pay to the accepted!
most expert diplomatist. “But, my
suitor of each daughter a dowry ini dear
Everybody knows that “Strongest in the World” means
said one of the disput-
cash proportionate to the weight of »nts, man,”
The Equitable Life. Rates no higher than other companies
who had a touching faith in
the selected damsel immediately j
after the wedding ceremony. A | the veracity of the Jap, “these Rus­
T. H. PETERS, Special Agent,
306 Oregonian Building, Portland, 0r
are such liars!” “Tut, tut,”
young lawyer was the first who sub-i sians
milled himself for the father’s ap-J replied the other. “YTou should
proval, and, having produced satis­ have known their grandfather.”
factory evidence as to his respecta­ The reply reminds me of the sto­
bility, he was presented to the ry Sir Horace Rumhold tells about
daughters, lie visited them for a General Ignatieff. The general was
week and then chose the stoutest a natural born fibber. As Sir Hor­
of the live, to whom he was the oth­ ace puts it, “inaccuracy oozed out
er day married. When the ceremo-| of him,” and in Constantinople he
ny was over the young lady was I was known as “the father of lies.”
weighed and registered seventeen On this occasion he quite surpassed
stone, the father immediately pay­ himself. “Hang it all, Ignatieff,”
ing over to his son-in-law a sum of said his colleague, giving him a dig
13,000 crowns. — Westminster Ga­ in the ribs, “I believe you’re the
most unmitigated liar that ever was
zette.
horn!” “You flatter me, my dear
The Flag on New York's City Hall.
fellow',” replied the general, with a
It was on the advice of a shrewd laugh; “but, then, you’ve never met
P o rtla n d to Ghicago Via
Xew York Irishman, says a New my father.”—London Tatler.
O. R . & IV. Go.
York paper, that Mayor McClellan
Oregon S h o rt L in e 9
ordered that the American tlag he Where Petroleum Tins Are Cash.
kept flying every day over the city The Indians of Alaska have a me-1
Union P a c ific an d
hall. The Tammany man referred diuin of exchange which no other
to recalled that representatives of people in the world have ever used.
Chicago & Northwestern Railway
Irish societies called on the late The American five gallon kerosene
Mayor Hewitt once and asked that tin has a standard value among the
The only Double Tracked Railway be­
the green flag be hoisted on St. Pat­ coast tribes that is equal to 25 cents
tween Missouri River and Chicago...
rick’s day. The mayor not only re­ at the trading posts, or two hits, as
fused to consent, but said some un­ the Indians have learned to call it
necessarily harsh things about citi­ from the white man.
Tw o Through Trains Daily
zens of Irish birth or descent. The If an Indian comes to town to
You ca n 6et on the tr a in in P o r t la n d a n d
n e e d no t &et o ff u n t il you a r r iv e in C h ic a g o
resultant storm overthrew Mr. Ilew- trade and the articles to he exchang­
iit politically, and it was to avoid ed outvalue each other, the trader
See that Y o u r T ic k e t R e a d s Via the
any such trouble that Mayor Mc­ may say something like this:
Clellan issued his order, knowing “Well, I’ll charge you $10 for
G. & IV. W. R Y .
that no citizen could expect him to this flour, $3 for this bacon and $2
A. G. BARKER, GENERAL AGENT.
lower the stars and stripes in favor for this ammunition. You want
C. E. BOCKMANN, PASSENGER AGENT,
of any other banner.
$17 for these skins. That’s $2 to
No. 153 Third St., Portland, Or.
your balance. Help yourself to
A Bridal Car the Latest.
tins over there.”
The Kursk-Zarkoff railroad of eight
And
the Indian cheerfully takes
Russia advertises a special car for the eight
tins instead of his $2,
the newly wed, designed and fur­ knowing they
increase in value
nished with the very latest luxuries. the farther up will
Social Dance
country
ho goes.
A famous engineer and architect
Will be given at Bank’s Hall Sat­
L ik e d It.
were called in to plan it. The dec­ Wayne MacVeagh,
the lawyer and urday evening, August 20th, 1904.
orations are in the best Parisian diplomat, has on the outskirts
of Phila­ Everybody cordially invited. Music
style, and polite female attendants delphia an admirable stock farm.
One by Shipley’s orchestra. COMMITTEE. I
look after the comfort of the happy day last summer some poor children
VERY BEST
couple. None but couples on a hon­ were permitted to go over his farm,
Stock
and
Grain
Markets
eymoon are allowed to use this mag- and when their inspection was done to Wheat Valley, per bu.....................................................£0c
QUALITY, PRICES, TREATMENT
nilioent car, which, by a stroke of each of them was given a glass of Hay, Timothy, per ton............................$14 00 " 15 00
ingenuity, is built to accommodate milk.
Clover .“ “
10 00 “ 11 00
The milk was excellent. It came, in
alike the very wealthy and those fact,
Grain
“
“
10 00 “ 11 00 j SAELENS & CO., Main St.
from a $2,000 cow.
with a modest purse. The partitions “Well,
Cheat
“ “ ................................ 10 0 0 “ 11 00
FOREST 0R0VE, 0RES0R
boys, how do you like it?” the Oats, No. 1 White perdwt............................ 1.22
are removable, and the oar can be farmer said
............................ 1 20
used as a series of small compart­ their glasses. when they had drained Bran Gray per ton...............................
ments or as a couple of roomy sa­ ‘•(ice! Fine!” said one little fellow. Middlings “ “ ............................... 19 22 00 00 “ to 24 20 00 00
loons.
•
“ “ ............................... 20 00 “ 21 00
Then, after a pause, he added. “1 Sh0rts
STRONGEST
IN ThE WORLD
ONLY
70 HOURS
M
Gstting Even With the Kaiser.
After a lire last year in the old
city of Marienburg Emperor Wil­
liam offered $250 to each of the live
owners of burned houses if they
would rebuild them in the quaint
gabled style of the middle ages.
Four of the owners received prizes,
hut the fifth, making some slight
deviation from the kaiser's plan, re­
ceived no money. So he took down
the gables, built the rooms in mod­
ern style and put this inscription
right across tile front of the house:
Bane nlcht nuf Herrengunst;
Uebe Deine olgene Ivunst.
This may he freely translated:
Rely not on the favors of the great;
The art that is within thee cultivate.
>
wlsht our milkman kep* a cow."—Bal­
timore Sun.
Pretty Curtains For a Set of Shelves.
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II
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Hops, crop of 1903......................21 to 24c per pound
Chickens..................................... 11c
tc 12c per pound live
Turkeys.......................................15c
“ 16c “ *•
“
.................................16c 17c “ " dressed
Geese............................................... 5 to 6c “ “
ly e
Ut’ck*....................................................... $6 to $7 per dozen
Eggs, Willamette Valley.....................2 0 " 21 “ “
Butter, Sweet Cream.............................. 18ViiC per pound
Fancy Creamery................
. 20c “ “
“ Choice “ ...................... •• 22s “ "
Dairy.......................................................
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° nions............................................................. $1.30 per sack
Potatoes, Fancy old......................... $1.00 to $1.25 per 100
New..................................$1.50 “ 1.75 " "
Brans, Small white.........................................3%c per
Large............................................................
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One of the prettiest curtains seen
i°i u set of shelves was of brown
burlap with trimmings of red. The
curtain was thrown over the brass
rod in such a way as to form a deep
lambrequin ut the top. The burlap
was lined throughout with the red.
Red felt was used for the border.
The top and bottom was feather- Forest Grove Markets, In Trade
stitched to the burlap with red ....................................................................19c per dozen
worsted in clusters of six quite long Butter........................................................35c to 40c per roll
stitches, the middle one longest and Potatoes, good grade........................... 1.50 per 100 pounds
to i2'Ac per pound
the others graduated toward each Chickens..............................................10
dressed..........................................
gc •• ••
end. I lie clusters of stitches were Beef,
Vea1,
"
..................................................
6c
to
6M1 “ “
about an inch apart.
Pork " ............................
” "
V'
NoticE
The Gaston Mills open or
business. Will buy or
store all kinds of Gr
Flour, Chop Feed and Miii
Feed on hand. Use Gold­
en Rod Flour. Best in the
Valley. Sacks and Twine.
J. A. McCUNE, M’g’r.
G aston, Oregon.