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SUPPLEMENT TO N ew berg G r a p h ic Thursday, O ct. 28, 1909. New Dictonary. A The G. C. Merriam Compa ny o f Springfield, Maas., have ju st issued W ebster's New Inter national Dictonary, based on the • International o f 1890 and 1900. The revision has been so radical and complete as to constitute a new book. The work has been in active preparation fo r many, years, by a large staff o f experts, assisted by the contributions o f eminent specialists, under the general supervision o f Dr. W . T. Harris, recent U. S. Commis sioner o f Education. The number o f words and phrases defined has been greatly increased, mainly from the fresh coinage o f recent years both in popular speech and in the various arts and sciences. The revival o f early English studies is recognized by such an inclusion o f obsolete words as to give a key to English literature from its earliest period. The title-words in the vocabulary are more than doubled in comparison with the old International, now exceeding 400,000. The number o f illustrations is increased to over 6000. The book contains more than 2700 pages. But the publishers desire to emphasize the quality rather than the quan tity o f the work, calling attention especially to the thorough scholar ship in all departments and the fullness o f information under important titles. By ingenious methods o f typography and ar rangement, the increased amount o f matter is contained within a single volume, not perceptibly larger than its predecessor, and no less convenient fo r the hand and eye. Old Familiar Thine*. Only the other day the papers told the story of a man w ho travelled all the w ay from In diana to M assachusetts to trace and buy back an old family horse that he had sold a tew m onths before. Bver since the horse had been gone, the m an's wife had grieved. Her condition had finally become such that her husband' gladly paid a larger price than he had received, and cheerfully bore the cost o f an expensive trip besides, to get the horse back. in the same week New England newspapers recorded the tragic death o f an old man w ho was living com fortably w ith a mar ried daughter in a tow n near B oston. The cause ascribed w as his longing for the farm where he had spent m ost o f his days, and which he bad left for a presum ably easier existence. There also appeared lately in one of the magazines, a descrip tion o f the pathetic last act which marks the final abandon ment o f an old farm—the auction by which the homely household utensils that have borne so in tim ate a relation to the home are distributed am ong neighbors to whom they have no special significance. ~ Similar things are constantly occurring. T o any one with in sight, they disclose the depth o f sentiment which lies hidden even in the m ost unem otional o f lives. F or young people, especially, they are rail of significance. Nothing is more natural than that a son should say: “ Father is gettin g to o old t o live alone any longer. The land is all run out, anyw ay. We m ight as well sell the old place and Dring him dow n here with us, where be can be m ore com fortable." It is the beginning of tragedy. No la n d is ever so run out that it does nm produce a harvest of memories more precious than the best crop o f corn it ever railed. You can make the old com fortable, but you can make him happy. The roots o f an old trte g o deep, and the real sustenance the draw comes not through sucl obvious tap-roots as tood and shelter and clothing, but hy little threadlike fibers hidden from sight, twined about every stone and penetrating everv clod. I is ill transplanting such a tree. The Y outh’s Com panion. THE U. S. 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While the first apple show was an unexpected success, we have assurances that the second ex position will be even more so, as the growers want a chance to exhibit their choice apples in comparison with fruit from other states and the prize list gives an opportunity for every apple raiser to compete. The contests include carloads, ten boxes, five boxes, single boxes, barrels, jars and tes with cash premiums rang- ' from $1000 sweepstakes in the carload classes down to $3 for a single plate o f five apples. *rA ll the railroads nave united in giving a rate o f one-and-one- third fare for the round trip to Spokane during apple show week and also allow visitors to go by one line and return via another. "T h e National Apple Show dates give growers an opportuni ty to exhibit at local county fairs and apple shows such as those at Albany and Hood River and then have plenty o f time to ship to Spokane and win additional honors and premiums. 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