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WHERE CHESS RULES.
A PRAIRIE AND A LAKE
All the People, Yeung and Old, Play
the O m w In 8trohbeok.
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tlmaa tha Othar.
Chess is king in the German
town of Strohbeck. All the inhab
itants, young and old, men and
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women, boys and girls, play at the
ancient game with a skill and as
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siduity that are more than remark
able. Youngster» absorb the in
tricacies o f the royal game just as
they learn their A B C , and the
Strohbeck child is ever a match for
the average player elsewhere.
DR. A . M . D A V
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Chess is taught in the schools of
Strohbeck,
and the pupils carry
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chessboards as the American school
child carries his satchel o f books.
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The whole town breathes an atmos
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phere o f cheea.
Visit any local shop and the
shopman will lay ankle his chess
board in order to attend to your
wants and pick it up the moment
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tention upon some problem or to
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continue an exciting game with his
aistanl At the cafes and other
places o f refreshment chessboards
and chessmen are provided for the
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entertainment
o f visitors.
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Should you visit one o f the old
inns o f the place called "T he Chess
board” the genial landlord will
show you, should yon appear worthy
o f the honor, a set o f chessmen pre
sented to it in 1650. Two princes,
the story runs, played upon this
board and with these chessmen.
The inscription on the board itself
confirms all the town’s privileges,
so that in a way it may be said that
the charter o f the place is en
grossed upon a chessboard.
The extraordinary popularity o f
chess in Strohbeck is accounted for
by a tradition concerning a certain
Graf Gunnelin, who was imprisoned
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in the tower there in the year A. D.
1011. He chalked out a chessboard
on his dungeon floor and made some
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rough pieces. In time the jailer be
came interested in the G rafs ma
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Dr. H . D.
neuvers on the checkered field, and
the two played together. The jailer
ultimately
taught the game to oth
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ers,
and
it
won a popularity which
Graduates of the A. A O.. KlrkarlUe. Mo.
, A veer’s post-graduate work in Cali it has never lost in the quaint Ger
fornia joat completed. W om en’s
man town.
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DR. G. E. STUART
Physician A Burgeon
Drs. Bowers & Bowers
Diseases a Specialty.
Office, upstairs opposite postoffice.
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DR. T H O S. W . HESTER
Physician and Surgeon
Office in Dixon Building
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^ T T O B N E T -A T -L A W
CLARENCE BUTT
Among the strange things to be
met with in Florida is a section oi
country which changes with the
seasons and is alternately a prairie
and a lake. It ia two miles south o
Gainesville, and at certain
strangers wonder why it ia called s
“ prairie,” for they look out upon s
broad stretch o f water so deep tha ;
a storm churns its surface into roll
ing whitecapped billows. At timei
the commerce o f the lake is done
by steamer, while at other
you can go over the same route in
a stage, from the wheels o f which
clouds of dust roll.
On the edge of the prairie, half
walled in by rock and dense with
immense trees draped in long fae-
toons o f moss, is a pool o f water
called “ The Sink.” Its depth has
never been sounded.
From it an underground river
flows and makes its way no one
knows where. Some time an acre
o f land, trees and all, will fall into
the underground river, and then the
drainage o f the prairie becomes ob
structed and the prairie goes dry.
In a year or two the river will
sweep around the obstruction and
the prairie becomes wet.
There are a number o f these
sinks in the neighborhood o f
Gainesville, all o f them as round
a dollar and averaging from a q<
ter to a half acre in extent.
A little way north of Gainesville
ia a pretty and mysterious spot
called the “ Devil’s M illhopper." A
large stream o f water cornea down
hill with considerable force and
disappears in a pool that has no
visible outlet.
Near Brooksville there is an
other pool very similar to the
Devil’s Millhopper. A stream o f
water pours into it and is swal
lowed up in a whirlpool in the cen
ter. Throw a log in it and it will
be carried around the pool many
times, gradually drawing nearer to
the center. When it reaches the
center it suddenly disappears. The
people in the neighborhood do not
dare to go too near the Brooksville
pool, and it would be a very bold
On to Hi* Job.
man who would launch a boat and
Railroad men are telling this inci trust himself upon it.— St. Louis
dent as having occurred on a Kan Globe-Democrat. -
sas train some time ago: The rails
spread and the engine, tender and
A Hidden Warning.
baggage car left the track, but the
It ia recorded in history that
jar was not hard enough to disturb when DariuB, king of Persia, invad
the sleepers in the rear Pullmans. ed Scythia the ruler of the latter
In the last Pullman the porter was country, Idanthuras, sent him a
shining shoes and, thinking the message consisting o f a mouse, a
train was stopping at an unusual frog, a bird, an arrow and a plow.
place, he went ahead to see about The wisest men of the army puz
the difficulty. He was told that
zled over the meaning o f it, which
within a couple o f hours the engine
was conjectured to be that the em
could be put hack and the track re pire was surrendered. It waa sup
paired. So he got busy with his
posed that the mouse signified the
shoes again.
dwellings, the frog the waters, the
Suddenly a head popped out o f
bird the air, the arrow the arms and
one o f the berths, and a man
the plow the land. But it turned
shouted:
out eventually that the interpreta
“ Say, porter, what are we stop
tion intended was that unless Da
ping here fo r?”
rius and his soldiers could fly like
"Oh,” answered the porter, “ we
birds, burrow like mice or betake
had a wreck!”
themselves like frogs to the water
“ A w reck? Wowl Oh-oh-oh-wow-
they would never escape the weap
wowf My neck! My chest! My
ons o f the Scythians and make their
back! O h-oh -oh!” — Kansas City way out o f the country.
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W ill practice in all the courts o f the
átate. Special attention given to pro
bate work, the writing o f deeds, mort
gages, contracts and the drafting o f all
legal papen.
Tha Scottish Thistle.
Newberg, Oregon.
The
origin
of the thistle as the
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national badge o f Scotland is thus
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given by tradition. When the Danes
invaded Scotland it was deemed un-
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Herbert J. Flag g
warlike to attack the enemy by
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night instead of in pitched battle
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by day, but on one occasion the in
vaders tried a night attack. In or
der to prevent their tramp being
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heard they marched barefooted, and
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they had succeeded in creeping close
McMinnville
lenk Building
up t o ' the Scottish forces unob
▼tile.
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served when one of them stepped
on a thistle and uttered a err of
pain. The alarm was given, ana the
attack was beaten off. Out o f grati
tude the thistle was adopted as the
o f Scotland. — London
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WILLIAM M. RAMSEY
Attom ey-at-Law
Office in die Elsia W right Building
Third street
Nine out of ten travelers would
tell inquirers that the rougeat piece
o f water is that cruel stretch in the
English channel, and nine out of
ten travelers would say what waa
not true. As a matter of fact, “ the
wickedest bit of sea,” says a «hip
ping journal, ia not in the Dover
strait or in yachting, for example,
from St. Jean de Luix up to Pauil-
lac or across the Mediterranean
“ race” from Cadiz to Tangier, nor
ia it in rounding Cape Horn, where
there is what sailor* call a “ true
sea.” The “ wickedest sea” ia en
countered in rounding the Cape of
Good Hope for the eastern porta of
Cape Colony.
Cheerless Palacea.
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Silence it the element in which
great things fashion themselves to
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gether, that at length they may
emerge full formed and majestic
into the daylight o f life, which they
Septic tanks built after the
are henceforth to rule. All the
latest approved methods.
considerable men I have known
Sewer and Tile W ork. Wall Digging forebore to babble of what they
were (Testing and projecting. Nay,
in thy own perplexities do thou
Yamhill County Abstract Co. thyself but hold thy tongue for one
day; on the morrow how much
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clearer are thy purposes and du
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ties; what wreck and rubbish hare
these mute workmen within thee
YaaBtuD County
■wept away when intrusive noises
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O s b o o p were ahut out!— Maurice Maeter
linck.
General Contractor
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The Wickedest Bit of Sea.
Palaces lacked what are now or
dinary comforts even in modern
times and especially for a period
prior to the reign of Louis X IV . in
France. They were magnificently
decorated, but the windows were
small and not well placed, and the
rooms were filled with magnificent
but not particularly comfortable
furniture. Fire« were seldom light
ed in the immense, beautifully
sculptured marj>le fireplaces. Usual
ly the only fire waa to be found in
the bedchamber at the end o f a
suit of rooms. At Versailles in
1695, it is reported, the water and
wine froze in the king’s glasses at
table.
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in designs, as well as the very latest
finishes, are to be seen in them—the
most artistic combinations that have
yet come to our store.
In the finishes the “ Vernis Martin”
is unquestionably the most popular,
although there is good variety o f other
attractive finishes and combinations
ia oora o f furniture fo r the dining room. The de
mand o f every dining room no m atter what pro
portions or schemes o f decoration or what ia set
aside to bo furnished it will be met bare. Quaint
craftsm en’s designs in waxed oak continue to
gain favor with artistic home furnishers.
Pedestal
style din- ,
ing table
FULL SIZE BEDS AS LOW AS
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We have all sizes, large and small, and you will regret any purchase you make before see
ing our beautiful and complete stock now ready. Besides, WE CAN SAVE YOU MONEY
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The balance o f our Summer
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and Silk Mixed goods at a
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Discount
Ladies
Linen
and
Cotton
Suits
Values up to $5.00
at $1.98
Values up to $8.60
at $2.49
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We are offering the best val
ues we ever offered you.
L oti. Children’s Shoes, values
S*.**:"... $
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Lot 2. Boys and Misses Shoes,
values to $2.00
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Boys, Ladies, Misses 4 c a
shoes, value to $2.50
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Vulcanizing, Oils, Supplies, Gasoline, Storage, etc.
Oaf ’ Km Mixed.
Knjaying Sad H ealth.
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work a specialty.
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“ There goes Mrs. Whinger. She
loys bad health.”
d I understand you to asy aha
‘enjoys’ bad health?”
"Exactly. Nothing gives her
more pleasure than describing her
avmploma.” — Birmingham Age-
Herald.
A nervous looking man walked
into a grocery with his baby on one
arm and a kerosene can on the
other, placed the can on the coun
ter and said, “ Sit thare a moment,
dear.” Then, holding the baby up
to the dazed clerk, he added, ‘T ill
thia thing up with kerosene.”
Francisco Argonaut.
College S tre e t
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