Sole agent lor the Walter M. Lowney
goods, the choicest line of confections
in the city. Christmas packages, a
specialty. Give uie your Christina or
ders, I am sure it will please her.
A complete line of H'9h trade Cigars,
Tobaccos and Smokers Article some"
thing nice for the Chriitmai trtJe. Buy
a box of cigars for your friends.
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Cbanhsgiving
By MARCARET LEE
Copyright. 19uG, by Margaret Lee.J
OF all the long days he had ever
lived through, that Tbuuksglr
tug day seemed to Jack Sher
man the very longest. out ot
numerous luvltatlous ho had chosen to
accept a week end visit to a country
house, ami the first face he recognized
In the group waiting his arrival was
that of Miss A line Dlusuiore, a girl
who had refused hliu during the pre-1
rlous week. It hud been easy enough
to avoid her throughout the forenoon
and afternoon. The house was a roomy
one, rambling and full of unexpected
halls and recesses. Jack could gel
away from Minn Dlnmiiore, but not
from the p:iln of her decided "No." So
be pluyed golf mid billiards, bridge and
everything suggested by his host and
hoHtexM, and wondered all the time
where she might bu in the bouse and
what lucky ninn wan guzltig Into her
beautiful eyes.
When the Jolly guest wero ull seat
ed at the Ions table he was suddenly
conscious of them lient gravely upon
him from across the festive flowers
and cnndles. Shermiin gave her a
steady look, full of unutterable mean
ing, and began opening his napkin,
which seemed to require unusual at
tention. A hoarse cry of "Fire! Flrel
Fire!" brought all the guests to their
feet. While they stared about them,
wondering, their host pulled off bis
coat and darted toward the kitchen.
Sherman followed him, and Mrs. Tel
ham. with her bewildered friends about
her, flocked In pursuit. The kitchen,
however, only presented a fine Interior,
"and I'll "iss It out to you."
"But you. sir?"
"If I can't do It I'll come back."
The next minute Sherman bad dts
spieured In the ft.ib'e door, ami Fos
ter, the stableman, bitcued to bring
helpers to the task of saving the car
riage houae. Sherman found bis prog
ress blocked by a closed door, and
while he felt an 1 turn Med for tb'w han
dle It was suddenly opened froiuitt
ln and Miss Dlnmn -e. in her blue silk
dinner dress, stood bef re him.
"Great Scott!" he cried. "You hereT
Fresh Oysters and Oyster Cocktails,
Hot Irinks, Vigoral, Asparox, Itotiillon,
always hot.
Choicest Fruits, Fresh Nuts of allltinds;
In fact everything good to eat.
J
Fire aad Water.
Why does water put out fire? Water
reduces the temperature of the flame
below the point of Ignltlou; therefore It
cannot burn. Water does not smoth
er the flumes even when the burning
brand Is completely Immersed In a
tank of water, because the first con
tact put out the fire that Is, reduces
the temperature of the flame below
the point of Ignition.
t'oaelrterate.
Mrs. noveHenry. 1 think you are
positively cruel. Here I've tried so
hard to cook you a nice dinner and you
haven't hud a word to say to me about
It. Mr. Hove -Hurling, I love you too
much for that If I said what I thought
you'd never speak to me again.
Palafalljr Keaaamleal.
Husbnnd-You are not economical
Wife Well. If you don't call a woman
economical who saves her wedding
drees for a slble second marriage,
TM like to know what you think
omjr tat
Meaaarrd tha Tlma.
An old sailor was being examined In
an assault case by a cute young law
yer, who Questioned his veracity re
garding a mutter of time.
"You had uo watch, and yet you are
positive that the defendant was only
ten minutes absent. I doubt If you art
able to estimate ten minutes of tlma
correctly." he said.
"Try uie," said the old tar.
The lawyer drew his watch from his
pocket and said, "When I call out
'Now' you allow ten minutes to pass,
and when It Is up call out Time's up.' "
The old salt nodded, and the lawyer
called out "Now." Slowly the tlma
passed, and the lawyer, with watch la
hand, tried to wheedle htm Into an ad
mission that time was up. The sailor
paid no heed and exactly at the end
of the ten minutes shouted, "Time's
up." The bewildered lawyer turned
round confused at the court's loud
laughter, and bis eye lighted on the
courtroom clock behind him, which had
assisted tho oil sailor In his task.
A Few Correct!
A few things picked up from a chlld'a
.,ik.ihnnv xvw sav. "I don't think
it ,ni ruin What vou mean Is, "I do
w,i, u ni'ii .. in." "All over the
-world" Is bud; say "Over all the world.
"Tho reason why" is ujt ouly Incorrect
but doesn't sound as well as "The rea
son thut." In the Klug James version
of the llible, iuoted by SJUie authori
ties aa a standard of pure English, one
may flud the following, which occurs
jxi Isaliih xxxvll, 3(5: "Then the angel of
the Lord went forth and smote In the
ciwnp of the Assyrians a hundred and
fcairscore and five thousand, and when
they arose eurly In the niorulng. be
h. ild they w-re all dead corpses." In
ot Uer words, tho corpses arose early In
the morning and found themselves
de ad. Don't ssy "A man fell off the
do rk." A man might fall Into a dock,
bu t fc aay flint 1k Ml off a dock Is no
bei Iter than to say lie fell off a bole.
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Tablets! Tablets!
At McCormick'i.
month's ot
'Look
comfort,
in a shoo which af ler
wear, needs only nt iliah to "J
"""Tliko new." You'll. find com
""STe190 ant profit in tl le
Hamilton-Brdvn Shoes
your chi Idren , ,
will want something prett y and goou. Come and
see our
School Shoes
No better made. No better can be tu.de. Our
guarantee goes with every pair.
Our line of
GROCERIES
is the finest in tho county.
Everything usually carried r-y aa ap-to-date Grocery . Our
immense silei maks it possible lor as to earry atrKUy Ireah goods
Not a shop-worn article ia the eaubliahmaai.
JOHN DENNIS.
The old Reliable Corner Grocery and Shoo Store
PICNIC
"OBKAT SCOTr!" HB CRrKD. "TOO HKUar
with Its glowing ranges and buRy cook
...1 aaxUtaiits. A breathless stable
man was pointing to a dark wreath of
smoke ascending from tne staoie anu
to exnlaln to his master that
the water was frozen and bis helpers
were getting out the animals wnue ne
raniu fur ii ill mill advice.
A husty council of the men was neia
nn the kitchen porch. It was two mile
tha nearest town and nre oepari
Dient. Benson, without adding to bis
dinner dress, made a record run to the
o-i,!,... hmme anil was soon seen
speeding an automobile down the roaa
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gin to feel cold. BKt Is shivering. I
think I'll search for a coat."
"Suppose you women go back to the
bouse. I feel sure that all danger it
over, and we'll lug In the properties at
fast aa possible," said I'elhauu
"Why can't we have a dunce first")
suggested Sherman. "Just bring In ths
piano and play turn about. The rooms
are too full for dancing when all these
treasures are In place. The ball will
warm us better than anything else."
"I guess by the time we get these ar
tides Inside we wou't feel very cool.
said Itenson dryly.
"I'll hire some of tho townspeople to.
put them back," said Telham. "Let ual
have the ball."
"Yes, Indeed," agreed Mrs. Telham.
All the neighbors who came to help
will enjoy it, and we will have a Jollj
Thanksgiving day In spite of the fire."
The dance proved to be a great sue
cess. The fire company people eujoye
It from the doorways and wludows. tlx
cook emptied the lurder lit his effort!
to feed the mob, and a few Intelligent
workers repluced the furniture In tin
upper rooms and balls.
Toward midnight some professions
musicians arrlveil on the scene.
Provisions arrived also, the odors ol
cooking were In the air aud a hot sup-
(Concl udod on next page.)
EXPERT
The watchers took In tne situation
Tha imiMiniTf irera arranged In a semi
Hrcla. and the house was separated
from the great barn by a little grove or
trees. There was a wind, quite nign
enough to carry sparks to the roof, ano
noih.m wm.1 to form a bucket bri
gade and try by drenching the roof to
save his home.
Tha women Insisted upon being ai
lowed to collect the palls and tubs, ani
Rherman ran down to tne siudio 10 ws
ft alt tha animals were safe.
Tha flames now reddened the sxy
Neighbors were arriving on foot, tr
nn hlcvcles. No one fell
"" . . .....iLlinn
any nop- . rnrrlpd ,nd
SO their conieuia
dragged to the lawn, anu u.-,.
"f " w., imnmmntu reception.
l'einam nem u " ' - .
All at once Miss L)ln.morei was mlsea
from the excited group, anu.
daclarcd that she bad gone In h. db
rectlon of the tire, another said she
.'m the house. Meanwhile Sher
man bad been making certain n.esU
aratlona on hie own account Having
looked at the trembling dumb crea
urer blanketed and tethered under
soma tree, near the brook, he returned
the buildings. One of the stable
men wa. sadly contemplating he car
riage house and wishing he could sate
"-If I had the hose out of the stable.
ha muttered, "I think It could be done.
"How do you meanr asked Sher
man. ,
"Why, the water Is running In tne
r.maffa bouse, and there's no end to
It but the long hose Is kept In the sta
"Whereabouts T asked Sherman ea-
The man pointed to a corner of tne
building, which wss modern.
-Jost In that room. s.r. on the ground
floor. Hut no one could get through
lfisa DIN8MOR1 WAS TIOOUOC8LT r ANN 18
HKHHUif.
T t eama for Snot." She drew
aside the long train of her skirt and
showed him a tiny dog wrapped In the
folds. "He Is all right so far, but how
get out? I can t get a wmuow open,
and the smoke rushes In when I try
the door."
Keep cool," said Sherman, amazed
at the girl's courage. "I'll get a win
dow open. I came for tnis nose.
l at tha ton ir rubber pipe
hanging on the walls ami then set to
work at the window.
"iT.iur iiM rnn know Snot was berer
he asked as he moved about, more to
distract her attention than from curi
osity.
"I first called him in tne Douse; xneu
I remembered that he had a habit of
running down here to play with the
stable dogs. You see what It is, tspoi,
tn wnk evil comDanlons. Mr. Huerman,
I can help you with that heavy hose.
It Is well to be muscular."
Kim atHinel out of her skirt as she
spoke, left 8pt In It. carefully covered,
and assisted Sberinsn to bring the end
of the hose to the window. Several
men outside were waiting, and, the
bose lelug drawn to the ground. Sher
man dropped Spot Into some one's
arms and then helped Miss Dlnsmore
to fresh air and safety.
"It was lucky for you," he remarked,
"that tho fire waa burning away from
that particular corner."
"Why. I felt sure of being able to
open a window In that room. Suppose
you had not had the courage to come
for the hose 7"
"Very often one portion of a house
or building will be' left Intact," said
Sherman, avoiding her eyes snd glanc
ing at the men. who were now drench
lug the roof of the carriage house.
Shouts and cries of welcome soon an
nounced the arrival of the Are com
pany. The ruins of the stable were
left to their fate, and the saving of
the carriage house became tho main
object of the energetic workers. Ev
ery one declared that success was due
to the fact that the stable hose bad
been put to use at a critical moment
and Sherman became the hero of ths
hour. The worst being realized and
over the Telhams remembered thai
their guests must be somewhat hun
grj A cold repast was served, and
then a crowd of lsughlng pop' n
dertook to restore order out of the
.urroundlng chaos. The furniture bed
been carried out and placed anywhere
beyond reach of the expected flames.
-It looks like an auction at IIIIos.
remarked Mrs. Telham. "Doc. any one
remember where my wrap, were de
posited? There is my wardrobe, bul
It 1. empty."
-I would not mind getting Into on
of them," aald Miss iMnsmore. "I be-
fcyegLaaa lc(iaca ouglu lu be uruuiiu
strictly to order. Ready-ground ituck
lnis no mors fit than would ready
made talis teeth. Tha Munarll Op
tical Co. triads each lens apeclall
for each eya. Our workshop! have
all tha latest, modern and exoenxlvr
machinery known to the Optical
craft. Our employes are expert. I!
ws fit your glassea they will be ex
actly right. Consultation costs yo
nothing. Booklet, with valuable Infor
ms tlon about tha human eye. KHKK
MuiiseU Optica f Co..
WCLlel tJ 4 - 4r Wash STj PORTLAND
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II ILLS HO RO, OKK.
J. W. SIIUTK, President.
A. C. SIIUTK, Cashier.
Holders of our Savings Tass
Books are saved both time and
trouble. They need not watch
their deposits for fear the in
terest may stop; nor are they
obliged to come to the bank to
keep their interest alive. We
never wait for customers to
bring in tbeir pasnliooks, but
regularly, on January 1 and
July 1, we credit on our IkxiUs
all interest then due, so that it
shall be ready for depositors
whenever they call for it.
When interest is not called lor,
we add same to the principal,
and together both bear Interest
thereafter
rate,
at the customary
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