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There is no milder and purer form of smoking than these delightful Piedmont Cigarettes. pT "pp f , Send for our illustrated catalogue of jhundsomri presents which you can obtain lor our tags or coupons. Send your name and address cn a postal, oMivtig Treuiium Department, 331 Battery Street, Sun rrancisco. VVoood With Muaio. Annum the Vim MUlos. one of the tunny Iturniese-Tariur people, tbe yoiinu uien woo their wive absolutely with out words, hut tu die sound of itiu sic. On tbe llrst Uny of winter they bavo a great fount, at which nil tbe marriageable girl gather uud listen to tbe niUNlc made by I In- bachelor, who alt under tbe "desire tree." each piny lug bla favor lit' Instrument. An tlu maiden bo loves passes lilni (ln youth ilnys louder mul more feelingly., If tbe girl Ignores III in nml pusses on be knows that she will have uono of him. If alio step up to liliu nml Inys n flow er upon tbe liiHtruuiciit bo Jumps np. grasps bor by the btunl and they go way together. MONEY STONES OF YAP. Natives o the Uland Do Not Carry Chang In Their Pookets. Propped up against the house of the , native chief of Vnp, which In ono of the Caroline Island lying, southeast of tbo Philippines, may be socu a ro w of "money atones." the eurreut coin of tho iNlnnd. In Hlmpe theno stones are llko millstone, but tliey do no grind lug. They nervy simply ns n pnrndo of tbe wealth of tbo vllluuo. Their value lies solely In Ilia dlllluulty with which tbey are obtained. The yellowish grnulto of which they are made Is found only In tho Island of Palao, 200 miles awny, and wheu tba monsoon favors forty or Dfty na tives voyage thero In their canoes. After pncirylng tho klnff of Pnlno with presonts tho work of bowing the walu- fJexf Saturday, $ Day Wo will have Special Bargains to oiler J. Pardee : , . . , that won wa9 discovered ka, or money stones, begins, lasting for months until tbe monsoon changes, when tbo tollers start homeward with (heir "eolu." Tbe smallest of these stones In about a foot In diameter and three lncbea thick, with a round bole through Its ccuter. It will buy food for a family for a month. The large atones, about three feet In diameter and eight lncbea thick, have relutlvely much greater value, since It Is more difficult to trans port them In cranky canoes over such a long stretch of sea. Indemnities can be paid with such a atone or the aid of neutrals uurchasodJn time of war -William L. Cut heart in St. Nicholas Perception Outrun Taltnt. Our perception far outruns our tal ent. Wo bring a welcome tu the hli;!i vhi lessoim of I'OllKlou uud poetry out of all proportion beyond our nUIII to leach, uud, further, the pvat hcarluK and sympathy of men In more true and wlso thnu their HpetiUlUK Is wout to be. A deep sympathy Is what we require for any student of tho mind, for the chief dlffcrcnco between man and man In a . difference of ImproMslotiablllty. ArlMtotlc or Rncon or Kant propound somo maxim which Is the key not o of philosophy thenceforward. Hut 1 am moro Interested to know that, when at last they bavo hurlod out their grand word. It Is oul.v some familiar expe rience of every man ou the street If It be not It will nover be beard of again. Emersou. - Legal blanks, Courier office. 202 S. 6th Sr. EXPLOSIVES. Making Them I a Vary Oelloate and Complex. Process. Almost all the high explosive bava cotton as tliclr bnse. It In true that ; very good sporting powder can be made from wood pulp; but, n the ed itor of Nature renmrks, "the artillerist i would be In great difficult If be were provided wltb niii.li a propolluut. tie : cniiHo In order to obtain any Kurt of i regularity the 'nitration of the weod .' pulp him to be kept at a low point, and the ballistics, on which the artillerist j depends, would be quite throwu out." High explosive are cellulose highly nltratcd-that Is, highly charged with nitrogen. Thla process consists of Im mersing cotton waste (that ha been re peatedly tenslcd, picked and dried) In a mixture of nitric and sulphuric ac Ida, lu the protortlun of 71 per cent aulpburlc acid, 21 per cent nitric acid and 8 per cent water. After tbe aclda have acted for tbe required time they are removed. Tbe cotton la washed repeatedly and boiled several tlmca In water. It la then pulped, partly dried and pressed Into inolds. Tbe manufacturer doe his beat to regulate bla output, ao that It aball con tain approximately eleveu moleculea of nitrate to tbe quadruple molecule of cellulcme. aa shown In the formula, or content of nitrogen that range be tween 12.03 and 13.05 per cent Tbe process la delicate and Complex, for tbe proportion of aclda and water most be exact and all must "be chem ically pure. Besides tbia. tbe cellulose must be of uniform grade, which la a moat difficult thing to obtain. INDIA'S QUEER BELIEFS. uddhiats Would Die Rathar Than Lots a Limb or Eat MaaL India's populatloola 825.000.000. Prac-tCafi tlcatly all tbe races and rellgloua of the world are represented. Mnety-elgbt nd six-tenths per cent of tbe peoplo cannot restd or write. Four per cent of the Inhabitants eat regular meals. The remainder eat when tbey can and ! where they can. Tbe average native In India lives on lcs food per diem L u"U,, r,b".mi,?C 'K Elmore than a memory. Their place world. U'Msioua preJudK-es are in- taken b mJMaea. tense. Men willingly die rather than '.hll fl. , b,,, aulm.it to somo dismembering surgical - JJ' T", lJLu fnr operation, for did not Allah comninnd I , I lT,hP, JL them to apI(onr before blm aa tbey left ar-aaA neve- ,break thel le, ou him to come into tbe world? ' j y pavements or drag out a friendless Tbo nuddhlsu wUI not eat meat or " ff!, "nder ,he whl,m of Btup,d- tnka r,.n mi1li.nn rtoHr.wt frnm n i snlmaL Tbey died by millions during the bubonic plague rather tbuu tuke a and beef broth-because the pig fron!ul"n ,B wls ,hw W,H ,K! '" which pepsin was obtained was nn- i s.e. ' ... clean to the Mohammedan and Hindu. I ,,f, m"D,b un,f T oni-.ntf and the killing of this animal and the tbat be',ef' xmh of,eD, "-appolntea. bull from which the broth was made eer dlea-the horse will be promoted was against the teneta of the Bud-1 to the P08"1"11 of humauIty cnlef P dhUtle faith. 1 knew an editor t and plaything, but always with a sub Poena, India, to absolutely refuse aBtratum of "'" w"ich will keep $3,000 yearly advertisement of a patent I hlm from degenerating Into a mere toy. medicine bemuse It contained pepsin. Tbe draft horw' ,b'' trotter-ven ,he Indians ure fond of sweets and last ' "Pe,,cra purpose aulmal"-muy go. but year liuorted over $40,000,000 worth tbe mlli',e l,orKe t0 H,nv and of sugar. Clothing Is made chiefly i turlve- Just us a medical prescription, from cotton, which Is largely grown in j ne ,M wo" w,,r,u whlle- for ,be :d the country.- W. B. Anghlnbnugh In ' ,taD Phrase that "the outside of a horse Leslie's ,1s tbe best thing for the Inside of a. Whan You "Sat Stars." The man who wben struck violently on the bead says he "saw stars" Is not far from telling the truth. The fact la that there Is u phosphorescent pow er lu the eye which does not attract a person's attention under ordinary con ditions, but which la distributed and reveals Itself whenever tbe head gets a sudden shock and sometimes 'even in the act of sneezing. A blow on the bead results In a pressure of the blood vessels upon the retina, causing either total darkness or a faint blue light which floats before the eyes, and It Is In this faint blue light the Imagination discerns the thousnuds of fantastic forms and figures that by geueral ac ceptance are termed stars; hence, white tbe astronomical display so fre quently mentioned may be said to he entirely a creature of tho Imagination there Is at least some, foundntiou for the Idea. '. Tibetan Penal Coda. The Tibetan peunl code Is curious. Murder Is punished with a One vary lug according to the Importance of the xliiln. theft by a tine of seven to one Hundred times the value of the article stolen. Here, again, the flno depends ou tbe social Importance of the person from whom the theft bus been commit ted. The harborer of n thief Is looked upon as a worse criminal than the thief himself. Ordcnls by Ore and' by boiling water are still used as proofs of tnnoceuee or guilt, exactly as was tbe custom In Europe In the middle ages. And If the lamas never inflict death they are adepts at torture. Barrister's Fees. The banister's fees are Irrecoverable In law, but be can pick and choose his customors and cau ulsu Insist on ciihIi lu advance. Until recently every bar rlster bad ou his table a gentle re minder In tho wny of a fee bowl lu earlier times the client used to drop surreptitiously tho money in it little bng nt the back of counsel's gown. A trneo of this receptacle still llgntr tu legal costume, London Chronicle Eliminating Risky' "I hope the motto of this railroad I safety llrst." : 1 ' "It U." replied the man who thinks only of pecuniary precaution. "I no ttce It never lots anybody travel u mile without imyliu: In advance."-Washington Star 1 IlltllVU ' I ' I ' miunu muuni KAimtn. BthsadO by Volcanic Explosion, It Still Towtra Up 14.4C8 Feat. Mnt!it llnfiilcr, lu Wiixhliitfton. cot cm lo-' Kiiinre mile of territory and rlxe 1 1, Ins reet Into t!. nlr. In abnpe I: If li"t';t xililpli cone trtpcrllltf to a poiuieil Kiiiimilt llit J-'uJIyama. tli jriv.it vureano of .liipnn. It In rath er it Id' "Hilly iruticiitcil iiiiihn riiH'iubllng an -iiiriiiiiiin in-t stu.'iip with aprend li,;t lid-ii' uiij Im-tfulni'ly brokeu top, . it" life hlnlnry Iihh been a varied one. I.llii nil viileiiiiiH-H. It.-ilnler hns built op U i-oiii' with the material ejected by own eruption with "cinders and xtetiiu Khivl!ed imrtlclea and lumps of liiva uiii) with oeciiHloiial flows of llipjid lava that tune Nolldllled Into layer of hard haxultk-.rovk At one time It at tained mi altitude of not lc than 10, Juki feet, if one mny Judue by the ateep lni'l!iiitloii of tbe lava and cinder layers vhdhle tu Itx dunks. Their followed a great explnxlnn that diwitroyed the top imrt of tlie mountain and reduced Its height by some 2.000 feet. The volcano wiik lert Iwbettded. with a capacious hollow traler mirroimded by a Jagged flat Uiter on HiIn great cavity, which tneiiMiired nearly three mllea acros front ioutb to north, won Oiled by two small cinder cones. Succeiutlve feeble eruptloti added to their belgbt until at last they formed together a low round ed dome the etniuence that now con stitute the mountain's summit Tbe higher portions of the old crater rim rise to elevations within a few hundred feet of tbe summit and. especially wheu viewed from below, stand out boldly as sepnrate peaks that mask and seem to overshadow tbe central dome FUTURE OF THE HORSE. tht Heavy Draft Animal Survive tha Motor Truck? The heavy draft horse la doomed, lie will not vanish suddenly, but hla hour has struck. Motor vehicles al ready are displacing bun In cities. Tbe cheap farm tractor will do tbe same In i lrroo, ,.';,, ,n k h. uri. Whcta one thinks of these last con slderatlnns the horseless age doesn't man still holds true, and as an In structor of youth nud a menus of real contact with nature he has no rival but the dog. Cleveland Dain Dealer. Nothing Gained. Tm aorry 1 didn't accept your ln vltatlou to attend a stag party at your house, Twobble." said Bllfur. his next door neighbor. "Vou missed u good time, old fellow." "I don't regret that particularly, bin the crowa! you ;ol together made xu much uols I couldn't sleep, an.vh.iw." Klruihtuhuui Atie-Herald. NATIONAL COFFEE WEEK, OCT. 18 to 23.' . . - " )lXWi ' ' ' GERMAN-AMERICAN is alwsyt full S 'Wrn'W'i V'i JB alk strength foes farther. Blended I (r-K.41t ' ' . ) t'-C f Hjfl .teel cut and packed daily In Portland. I CSfAiiVHI E i " lPhJL . lang & co. ifimi y: h k, - Portland, Ore. ' . ; R j (M A h ni t fa s :K The Can ' ' Th. "Royal. Club" House. ', t; : i i " as ' ' LANO CO. ware the only effa rntn . 'Hvyw-i'v''!. TA 'i l 9 IK P.nftCkf ' he e euMte the Wnattt whea the , ' . Ik ' ' m J 5f VW 'i ' ! ' ' I 0ID.VftnOOC price of rw ecfte cme down. , ;' ':VJ'''y M . ..k.l.mw 'I" .HI 1' "".'I 'I'M t.' muml-n Hi li.l.i M iiiumi u LmJ..'JP jT '"i"' .-i-.,tO",Y-r,,-,r.tV' ..- : . v, . .iWv"y W ' . " ,r-'' . i ,i...y,Lj.AlJ. -i i... J",: Upas Trse Not Deadly, Arnoug tbe Iouk estuhiuhed beliefs which have In recent years been sadly disturbed Is that of the deadly charac ter of the upas tree. The exhalations of this tree were held to b so deadly that no animal life could survive with in l."0 feet of It. r. J. I). Uimlette. an Englixbmau, who bus lived among the Malays for eighteen years, cites a story that wbt-u the poison from this tree Is wauled by a Malay witch doctor twen ty condemned criiuals are scut for It Usually only o;ie or two return alive, and (hose are pardoned, lie says that as a mutter of fact tbe "deadly upas" Is largely a fake; that the tree may be chopped down In safety by any one with a strong arm and a keen ax. The Mulay smears bis creest or arrow. says the doctor, with the Inspissated juice of tbe tree, and If the wound la deep enough tbe poison produced a toxic effect ou the heart similar to that produced by digitalis or by strophan thus.' a climbing vine or West Africa, which yields an arrow poison which acts directly on tbe muscles of tbe heart , ' Malay Weapons. Tbe national Malay weapon, the creese. Is said to have been Invented by a Javanese monarch of tbo four teenth century. lu varieties are said to exceed a hundred, end there are lq. rfuvauese no rewer man nrty names for them. It varies in size from the two foot wavy blade of Sola down td mere toothpick. But the peculiarity la that the weapon Is never ground, but kept rough and sawlike In edge by scouring with lime Juice or the Juice of an unripe pineapple. ' sometimes mixed with arsenic, and it Is on this account that creese wounds are so dan gerous. Old specimens are so eaten away by this practice that the blade seems formed from a bunch of wires roughly welded np. Such creeses are highly valued, and some of the ancient ones, heirlooms of chiefs, with gro tesquely carved and Inlaid bUts and sheaths, are almost unpurcbasable. Katydids. The deep green protective color of katydids makes It difficult to locate tbein on tbe foliage. We bear tbe earth full of rasping noises of katydids at night but wben the sun comes up and chases the last bit of darkness off tbe face of tbe earth the noise of tbe katydids ceases. When we go out to observe some of the noisy creatures we become disgusted with the futile attempt Tbe trouble Is we ore likely to have a dozen katydid under our eyes and not distinguish their forms from tbe deep green leaves. Katydids belong to tbe grasshopper family. Tbey sometimes make a uolse in daytime, but this Is rather weuk and u very dif ferent one compared to the noise made at nlgl.t It makes tbe noise, "katy did," by rubbing tbe overlapping wing covers against each other. This noise can be made even with the wings of a dead katydid. Our Dumb Animals. Venice and Tourists. The great industry of Venice Is that of meeting the demands of tourists The movements of the foreigner, as they ore skillfully guided and directed by a host of ti.-iiix-k'nt experts. !re not difficult to forecast. It is known that if the foreUner arrives at the rnllroud station he will take u gondola tu his hotel. He may travel lu the ferryboat or on foot all the rest f tbe time, to save money, but when be arrives be wll take a gondola, so that he may casually mention In writing home tbat he stepped directly from tbe train Into a luxurious gondola; Knowing this peculiarity, the municipality of Venice keeps tab on the gondoln traffic from the railroad station as a sort of gauge of prosperity. Argonaut Oregon mining laws, 40c. Courier COUNT VON BERNST0RFF. German Ambassador Snipptd on Raeant Visit 6tata department. '1 1 J t Photo by Amerliun Preas Ansoclatloo. A Swift UppercuL "I see yon have your arm In a aling," aid the Inquisitive passenger. "Bro ken, isn't ur "Yes, sir," responded the other pas senger. "Meet with an accldentr "No; broke It while trying to pat my self on tbe back." "Great Scott! What forr "For minding my own business." Ram's Flora. A Relic of Chickamauga. One of the Interesting things In the V. S., Graut post No. 327. G. A. IL, post room, of Brooklyn. Is the altar, presented by William Bent It Is a plnss case. In the center of which are the stumiM of two trees takeu from the battlefield of Chlckunuiugu, ami In each of these stumps there is embedded a large, uuesplodoU sheSL . : Tho Cultivated Fea. From its original home as a native wild crow ti in western Asia mid d.!a cent Eurupc tbe cultivated .tl nits been taken by man to all civilized countries. It has been cultivated for r thousands of years, for dried ashave been found lu Egyptian tombs. The Obvious Remedy. , "There Is only one thing which wQ. effectually break up a deadlock." "What is thutr "A key t? the slttuition."-Bltlmor American. ; t , ' n S v: t' J: ft J" - JX' f '2:7 !- ' 1 (fi : tt I hi
