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DISLIKES ROLE OF ANANIAS
TURKS OBJECT TO SPLITTING UP OF THEIR EMPIRE
W1ÌALI3S
But In Such a Situation, Woman Writ­
er Pathetically P'eade, What
Could She Sayf
When I was a little girl and set to
learn -wy catechism, con.-Mderable tm
pliasl* wa.i laid by my elders on that
clauss of my duty to tn,v neighbor
which enjoins one “To hurt nobody by
word or deed,” and not enough was
placed on King David's statement, "All
men are liars," Mary Alicia Owen
writes in Twilight Hour Magazine
Ordinarily, I am a truthful person,
but that screed, ”To hurt nobody by
word or deed,” has become so Im­
bedded In my Inner consclou»ne»w
that, as my slangy nephew would say.
"Ananias has nothing on me." In mo­
ments of trial.
ior Instance: A proud mother ex
hibited to me, not very long ago, a
floppy bundle, smelling h.vglenlcally of
eastlle soap and new flannel. “Isn't
she the most beautiful baby you ever
saw-F’ she exclaimed ecstatically. I
Inspected those eyes, whose counter­
part la generally seen In aquurluma,
that dah of a none which needed
ut Turks gathered in front of the sultans palace tn Constantinople tv protest against the starching or wiring to give it some
firmness of outline, that long, loose
dividing up of the Turkish empire.
wet mouth. I gave one look at that
mother In whose breast burned the
factory results.” says the forest service
Sox and Muscular Strength.
maternal ardor of a royal Bengal ti­
statement.
Two women graduate* of Leland gress. “Tea," I meekly answered, al­
Hurried to a Raft.
Stanford university, California, have
The real test came during the de been Investigating the comparative though my own little grand nieces and
«tractive forest fires In the Clearwater muscular strength of men and women. nephews are artists’ dreams of lovell
ness. as those who have had the priv­
forest In northern Idaho.
They have reached the general con­
“Over 90 miles of ordinary (elephom clusion that any difference that exists ilege of seeing them told me when
line was destray «si,“ the statement In this matter is not due to sex as pressed for n candid opinion. I owe
says. "The trees from which the wire such, but to differences in the use of an apology to my own flesh ami blood,
Wireless Telephone Proves to Be was suspended were burned. Tele
but what else could I say? I appeal
the muscles, brought about by the
phone communication was thus ended conventional limitations' of activity or for a statement, to the general public,
Great Help.
and the efficiency of the are-fighting by dress. Thu* women's back muscles mlnli^t-rs not excepted, what else
organization correspondingly reduced. are stronger than men'* because their could 1 say?
It took over a week to restore this clothes are largely buttoned In the
communication.”
back. Certain of their arm muscles HONORS WERE WITH BARNUM
In tnarke«l contrifst was the effect of are also stronger, owing to the fact
stations,
fires sweeping near wireless
that they do up their hair, and also Fallow Oln.r Who Thought to Hav.
Equipment la Now Made Part of the
.With the flames dangerously near th-- because the heavy coat sleeves of men
Joke on Showman Found the
Service in Western States—United Beaver Ridge statiou the operator
limit the freedom of action of these
Table, Turned.
States Signal Corps Standard Sets promptly transferred the entire equip
Were Used in Experiment—Real ment to a hastily constructed log raft muscles
Turnlng the joke back on the other
On the other hand the forenrm of
Test Comes in Destructive Fire in which he had put afloat on a near-by
I
fellow
was n great stunt for Barnum,
men
Is
better
developed
than
that
of
lake, navigated to a safe distance fro n I
Clearwater Forest
shore ami awaited the passing of tit’ women, because women wear tlghi the circus king, and recall* no episode
sleeves and do not customarily lift of Lila tour of England.
The wlreles* telephone, as a result fire. After the front had passed he
’ One day lie met h man named An-
of a season's tryout, during which the returned to sbore. set up bis equipment heavy weight*.
derson who wit* a magician and billed
handicaps of “packing” Instruments and within an hour was making a re­
himself as "The Wizard of the North."
over a 39-mile mountainous trail, the port of the cause of the interruption to
Brain I* Inflexible.
Anderson lured Barnum to a dinner
peril* of passing through a forest fire, communication.
The size of a mitxele may he In
at which hotti were strangers, and
and numerous o'her tests were ap­
creased by exercise or even by tern
plied, has been pronounced a success FAITHFUL MAID GETS $250,000 porary use. The bony structure of thinking to have u little fun, Intro­
for forest service work by officials of
our limbs Is Inside and controls their duced Barnum to the axs<-mblugo a*
the service according to an announce­ Domestic Who Cared for Aged Invalid size only to a certain extent. But In "The Wizard of the North."
N<>t the feast taken aback, Barnum
ment from district headquarters at
the case of the head, the Iwvnv struc­
Woman Given Fortune for Services.
Missoula, Mont.
i The faithfulness and kitxlness with ture Is outside ami encloses the soft gracefully acknowledged tlie Introduc­
Hereafter, the announcement says, which Miss Agness Jane McNevin caret! tissues like a box. There is absolute tion. and bowing to the assemblage
wireless telephone instruments are to for Mrs. .Mary C. Knight during the ly no opportunity for Increase of size, «aid:
"laidle* and gentlemen, as you know,
be a part of the standard equipment of many years she served lier as maid permanent or temporary after the
•The
Wizard of the North' give* hl*
the forest service.
grow
th
of
the
tmdy.
lie.
ent
studies
were rewarded when Miss McNevin
first «how Monday night and a* you
At the direction of Chief Forester was given the Ktiiglit home in Boston, of the brain, we are told by an »-dl
William S. Graves, tests of this plan its furnishings ami funds, the total torlal writer In the Journal of the are now all my friend*, I would like to
have you accept passes to *ee the
of communication were initiated in this value of which were estimated at American Medical Association, have
district last season by It. B A lanis, «250.000.
Indeed, shown that slight change* In opening performance,” and he began
I
telephone engineer, who was assls:e<l
Tlie will of Airs. Knight, who died Its bulk may be brought about, but writing passes a* fast a* tie could.
Anderson stood it a* long a* he
by Everett Cutting. United State* at the age of 78 years, names as the only by altering the volume and pre*
signal corps standard sets were select­ beneficiaries of tlie «AOO.nOO estate, be­ sure of the other occupants of the could, but finally, with vision* of hav­
or for the experiment, and one «ax sides Miss McNevin, many public In­ skull—the blood and the cerebrospinal ing to do hl* first sliow to a deadhead
placed in position, after almost tu­ stitutions.
audience, he finally weakened and con­
fluid.
fessed. •
terminable difficulties, ut
at tin- 1 rn nd
Creek ranger station, near the L da
Quartz, blanks at Courier office,
MUCH FOOD GOES TO ROT
Hot Springs, Mont., un«l anotlu r at
office.
Caribou.
Beaver Ridge. Idaho.
Caribou, says the Handbook of In
Fifty Million Dollars' Worth Lost
Thirty Mile* by Trail.
dlnns of Canada, published by the
Each Year in United State*.
While the air line distance between
geographic board. Is tlie common name
Enough fissl n«ts in tlie port of New
the two stations is but 12 miles, the
of the North American reindeer, of
distance by trail is 30 miles, much York each year to fe«-d the [wqiulatlon
which there are two chief spcdco—
of
the
city
for
one
month,
according
of it almost Impassable even with
the woodland cnrlhon, orni the barren
pack nnimuls. At last, however, after to E. L. Goodsell, a prominent fruit
ground caribou. The word cnine Into
mishaps that included pack horses off dealer of the metropolis.
the English from the French of east
At a recent food conference. Good­
the trail, packs di-plnce«! and rolling
ern
Canada, where It Is old. tlie writer
dowu mountainsides, and batteries and sell estimated the total loss from food
Sagiird Heodal using It In 1032. dur
Kidney, liver, bladder and uric acid
equipment all but lost, the antennae decay in this country at $50,000,000 an­
ing the lifetime of Samuel de Cham
nually. 90 per cent of which, he said, troubles are most dangerous be­
were hung high on convenient pines.
plain.
The origin of the word 1s mid
cause
of
their
insidious
attacks.
"The sets were used during the fire could be conserve«! by pni|»-r distribu­
to be Mienmc, the language of the In­
Heed the first warning they giva
season of 1919 tn reporting fires and tion facilities.
that they need attention by taking dians who Inhabited what nre now the
otherwise in th«.- carrying <m of th«-
Maritime province*.
They
were
Mining
blanks
at
Courier
office.
campaign with et ih-i nt!-.
<•
known as Aiivtuuc*. They had a word
related to caribou, being the name of
the deer, and It meant pawing or
scratching, from th«- habit of the cari­
bou pawing away the snow with Its
CAPSULES
forelegs to find th«- food—chiefly mos-
Tb« world’s standard remedy for these
—upon which It subsisted In winter
disorders, will often ward off these dis­
Formerly the worrl was often «pell'-«’
eases and Strengthen the body against
further attacks. Three sizes, all druggists.
cariboo, which gave name to the Carl
Look foe the name Gold Medal on every bo*
boo district in British Columbia fit
(TIÎTAIN H:3<>
and accept no imitation
moils for Its gold mines.—Montreal
Herald.
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The brilliant cast conics complete and even includo tin- opera
crchestra an«l troupe of sen-ational acrobats. Prices as in all
cities, 5Oc, 81.OO, 81-50, 82 Ito. 82.50-
Seat sale opens today, hours, 12 to I and 5 to 7 p. ni.
“ ‘HEAD OVKIl HEELS IS ONE OF THE GOOD SHOWS. IT
COULD NOT BE OTHEKWISI U I TH MITZI IN IT—San Fran-
miner.
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wonder
plumbing
makes a lot of friend«. It’s the
right kind of plumbing, We
charge the proper prices for
our service« and we do a very
proper sort of work. We also
sell a very proper line of sitp-
plies. lAnd we Invite your visit.
That’s proper. Isn’t ft?
B. S. DEDRICK
510 F Street
Phone 308-J
FORMER SLAVE DIED AT 128
Negro Had Record of Serving Same
Family Through Six Generat on*.
William Peyton, a negro, on«- of the
ohle-t men In tin- United Stnles, 1*
dead at Little Hocking, <>.. near Park­
ersburg, W. Va., at tin- ng«- of 128
years.
In bls youth Peyton was n slave of
a Vlrglnlii family by tin- name of
Creel, which later moved Into West
Virginia. As a «lave and ns a fr«-«l
man In- sorted this family through six
generations, It 1« said. Peyton was In
full possession of hl* facilities until
within n few week« of ills death.
HEIR KEEPS JOB AS COOK
Regard* Weekly Pay a* More Sure
Than $100.000 Estate,
Fred L. Toerrlng lost none of hl*
deftness In turning out “stacks of
Wheats" In hl* capacity of cook In n
quick-lunch restaurant In St. Louis
when he was notified by the police Hull
lie bud I iccoiik - heir to on estate ol
$l’Hl.< < <i through the dentil of nn al
tiroMt forgotten aunt In Da venport. 1»
Tool-ring decided to «lick to lib job
• he fi- I- Ills weekly wage Is sure.
Mining blank*—Courier office.
Why Let Night’s Curtain
Close Your Show at 6 O’clock
Your display -window la a stage, Mr. Merchant. Before It, from
early morn until late at night passes an audience of thousands,
Don't let night’s curtain shroud your show window in darkness
when the factory whistles blow. Don’t even permit thn lower-
Ing dusk to dim the attractiveness and brilliance of you-r display.
Install modern concealed Electric Window Lights anti keep your
audience interested as long as It lingers on the streets, Show
your merchandise in day-llke light all evening long,
Be ns
alive to the sales possibilities of your show window as your
compelItor next door.
Telephone your electrical contractor now.
ly furnished free.
Estimates < lieei-ful
California-OregonPower Co.
<123 <• Strofi
Phone 108 J
Grants Pass, Oregon