Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, June 11, 1916, DAILY EDITION, Image 6

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Newspaper Page TextFAQS SIX DAILY ROQCK RIVW. COURIER KtNI.lT IVSU 11, AT PUBLIC LIBRARY El BOOKS An Interesting collodion of 1ook pertaining to the varloue handicrafts has lately been received at the public library. There are twenty-aeven vol umes on the list, alt ot which come as a gift from the local Society ot Arts and Cratts, the remainder being purchased In the regular way by the library. These books will be found on the shelves Installed by the Arts and Crafts Society and. while of espe cial Talue to Its members, they are for the benefit of all library patrons, being Intended, of course, for ireneral circulation. A list of the titles fol lows: Mickel. '-Leather Work."; Marten, "Inexpensive Basketry"; James, "Practical Basket-Making": Priest- man, "Art and Economy In ITome Decoration"; Parsons, "Interior De coration"; Ruskln, "Two Paths"; Society ot Arts and Crafts. "Boston Exhibition"; Averlll. "Japanese flow er Arrangement"; Batchelder, "Prin ciples of .Design" Batchelder. "De sign in Theory and Practice": Cary. "Life of Wra.' Morris"; Cockerlll. "Bookbinding"; : Cox. "Pottery"; Morris. "Hopes and Fears for. Art"; Arts' and Crafts Exhibition Society. "Arts and Crafts Essays": Teachers' College. "Arts and Industry In Edu cation": BInns, "Potters' Craft"; Chicago Art Institute, Catalogue ot Annual Exhibition; Davenport, "The Book: Its History and Development"; Prang. "Design"; Daniels. "Furnish ings of a Modest Home"; Day. "Al phabets Old and New"; Haney. "Classroom Practice in Design"; Johnston, "Writing, Illuminating and Lettering"; Keramic Studio Co., "Conventional Decoration of Porce lain and Glass"; Lester, "Clay Work"; Oimerly. "How , to Know Period Styles In Furniture." LIBRARIAN'S REPORT FOR MONTH OF MAY Circulation Adults Books Phil osophy and religious works, 33; so ciology, 20: natural science, 37; agri cultural and technical books. 40; music and art, 45; poetry, drama and essays, 46; history, 2; travel, 59; biography, 21: Action, 992. Total 1.300. Children's Books Primers and picture books, 47; myths and legends, 77; natural science. 35; electrical, mechanical and outdoor books, 25; poetry and readers, 24; history. S; travel books. 82: biography, 11; fiction. 408. Total. 665. Number magazines loaned. 283: circulation of books in renting col lection. 35; full circulation. 2.283; total attendance at reading tables, 1,128; number application cards is sued during month, 33; total num ber application cards Issued to date, 1892. Portland, June 10. Today's mar ket quotations were: Wheat Club, 83(0 92; bluestem. 98099. Oats .Vo. 1 white feed, 25.50 26. iBarley Feed, 28 29. HogsBest live, 8.25. Prime steers, 8.25 8.50; fancy cows, 7.50; best calves, 8. Spring Iambs, 9 9.20. Butter City creamery, 29; coun try, 27. Eggs Selected local extras, 23 ft 24. Hens, 14 14; broilers, i7 18; geese, 10 11. Copper, 28. Disraeli as a Dandy. At the age of nineteen Benjamin Disraeli is dewrllied as wearing a black velvet suit with ruffle and black stock ings with red clocks. A later portrait, in 1830. come from a friend's diary, which has the following entry: "March 2U.-B. U. to dine with me. He came up lit-gent street when It was crowded In his blue surtout, a pair of military light blue trousers, black stockings with red stripes and shoes. The people.' lie Mild, 'quite made way for me as 1 passed. It was like the opening of the lied sea, which I now perfectly lelleve from experience. Even well dressed people stopped to look at me.,M. Oh, That's Different! "Who was that obup who Just said Hello!' to you?" "That's the nmn who doe umst of my bill collecting." "He wasn't very respectful, consider ing tbot you are bl boss." "Who said I wn bin boss? That fellow Is employed by my eredltore.'' PORTLA MARKETS : TTTt r we HUMOR IN VISITORS' BOOKS. Witty Comments L.ft Behind by Dis gusted Hot. I Gu.it.. The custom of keeping book In ho els aud boarding houses and asking fltfltors to leave behind them some written record of their stay has been jrodtictive of ninny witty effusions, the mnior of which, however, could scarce y Ik- appreciated In some cases by 'mine host" It was (Juiii. the actor, says London IMt Bit, who many yearn ago wrote the following at the once famed Pell- ! :an Inn near Newbury: Th. famous Inn at Speenhamland, That stands beneath th. hill. May well b called th. Pelican From Its enormou. bill. A hotel keeper in Argentina proudly points to the following recommenda tion written by un Kngllsb visitor: "If you bare no objection to garlic In your food, treacle in your wine, mosquitoes lu your bedroom and dis honesty la your landlord: If you are content with a saucer for your bath M in. !! .1 relieve tiie ivnaxweM is otor Car EUT our opinion would not be of any particular importance to you if it did not coincide with the facts. We only want you to look the market . over carefully. Then we absolutely know that you will agree with us. In the first place there is the remarkable Maxwell engine. No four 2 Under motor of its size has more "pep" or go to it regardless of the price of e car it drives. It will climb hiuV on high gear in a manner that will astonish you. It is quiet and works day in and day out with a sound, business like hum that is good to hear. Any engineer will compliment the design of the chassis. And those who are not ensineers cannot rail to note its simplicity and staunch construc tion. As for what it is made of, we can truthfully say that better material cannot be bought The operation of the car is simplicity itselfthe brakes are powerful the springs are long and flexibleytne axles are strong and the steering apparatus, like the rest of the chassis, is built to stand the most severe service the car may ever have to face, wherever or however it is used . Then if you consider looks important and most people do. you will not find a more attractive car than the Maxwell at anywhere near the price. And it comes to you fully equipped with all the attachments you will ever want or need; electric starter and lights, demountable rims, one man top, self-vent2atmg, rab-vision windshield, etc. All for $655 (five passenger touring car) or $635 (two passenger roadster). We know you can't beat it Touring Car $655- Roadster $635 ' P. a a DETROIT POWELL AUTO CO. Medford, Oregon. time Payments if Desired and if you like being burled out of bed in the morning by an earthquake I can. from experience, recommend this hoteL" Needless to soy the landlord could not read EtigllHb. At a prcteutious suburban hotel, ssys the London Truth, one may read: "I have pleasure lu testifying to the bon ton of this hotel. Every one dresses for dinner except the cook. The pro prietors give the cook next to nothing to dress for dinner." And at an old established posting house In Lanca shire some ambiguous visitor entered this remark: "The food here Is excep tional. I feel Tiuugry every day." WORK OF THE BEAVERS. Wonderful Skill and Aotivlty .f Th.se Cl.ver Dam Builders. There are probably few examples of animal Industry and constructive anil. Ity mora widely known thnn those of the beaver every one carries from bis school days a general notion that bea n n Value on rers build diiniM mid other thlnus tind, though there- tuny lie a considerable murclti botv.oeii popular belief und the limit of fu t. enough remain to at tach a high degreo of IntcrcHt to the beaver. With their very poworf ul teeth they enn cut llioii;li a brunch three Indies thick In ns tunny minutes. The pieces cut off ore held by the teeth mill fore pnws und carried or drafted to tho sprt where they niv to be lined mid Mi'.'il Into pluec. The fitting Is by no iMc ii i carelessly curried out, und the I c vi" seeiUii to have some fairly defl i .'i" 1 !en of the size and length of the piece he iipimIs. The beaver makes his home prima :!' by burrowing In the bunk of n siieutn, aud the purpose of the dnm is to mnintulu the wiiteruta fixed belght, ao that the entrance to the burrow is always covered as a protection from enemies. Though, however, the beaver has In talllgenc enough, for the butldJug of his dam, ha baa not sufficient to kaow I when, to stop building, and so ha lu 'creases the structure and raises the it Greatest the' Market level of his pool until burrowing up ward no longer serves to keep his house above tviitcr. nml so lie wises the Leltflit of his walls nnd roof by building with Urn nchen und mud the well known dome shnpeil "lodges." Charles Lamb In British Museum. The Brltbih museum reading room wns a fuvorlto resort of Charles Lamb hi the dnyx following his retirement from the Rnst India House. "I am go ing through a course of reading at the museum," he writes to Bernard Barton In 1H2H, "tho Garrlck plays, out of part of which I formed my 'Specimen.' I have 2,000 to go through and In a few weeks have dlspatch'd the lytbe of 'em. It Is a sort of ofDce to me; hours 10 to 4, the sumo, It does mo good. Man must have regular occupation that has been used to It" Mary Lamb as pressed her delight In her brother's fondness for tht museum "aa occupy ing bla time and keeping blm from his walks, which sba seemed to think over WW i.'V; I'lUMief ll Soottleh Names. ho country bus experienced the dlffl. culty nrlslrig from the commonness of ono siirmiiiin In n district moro Intense ly than Scotland. With a whole coun tryside populated by Campbells, Fra sera or Gordon's, aiiino more distin guishing nomenclature had to be found. And no doubt this was the chief reason why at ono time men were always known by the name of their estate or farm. Dcnn Ramsay remembered an old cowherd who was always known ns Boggy. His real nn me was Handy Anderson, but he bad once owned n wretched farm called nognondroep.il ml be was Boggy to the day of his death, Might Have B..n Worse. Ma udo - That horrid old rat told Claudle I was forty years old! Maoist -The tnesn thing! Hut she might haw, done worse. Maude-How? Mamie Well, ahe might have told some li altont you.-Kxehaatft MUlarWaika at th Courier ofllc.