6 THE NEWBBItC UKAPHIC OLDEN POSTAL METHODS.' ; Dr. 0. A. Eldriedge DENTIST f Drs. Bowers ft Bowers a. The Satin Sowar Bird. Dr. E. P. Dixon “ That is a most remarkable bird. I don’t think I ever heard sweeter tones or a greater range o f notes in any feathered creature,” •aid a woman visitor in the Bronx to her-companion as they stood jn front, o f a cage jn which was a lene satin b o w » bird from east Australia.. The ’ antipodean song­ ster is about the size o f a dove and has a lustrous blue black color. Its power o f mimicry is most unusual. A t times it will warble like a ca­ nary, then chirp like a sparrow or a starling and again break out into the evening song o f the robin. It able to catch the distinctive notes o f many o f the birds in the neighboring cages and seemed hap- >y in pouring forth its melody. The ceeper had put a quantity o f twigs into the cage, and the bird had ar­ ranged these into the shape o f a »w e r fo r a playground as it was accustomed to do in its faroff home. — New York Sun. D en tist A Mistake That Raid. G radu al« of the A. A KtrksviUa, Mo. A sea r's post-graduate work in CaB- fornia mat completed. W omen’s Diseases a Specialty. Office, upstairs opposite poetoffice. i: Office, W hite 75; Res.— D R . T H O S . W . H ESTER Physician an d Surgeon Office in Dixon Building NEWBERG - - OREGON J D r. B . II. M u n ck C h iropractor Nerve and Spine Specialist Scientific n u m w e given A 110 Netth Main Street --------------- c m ___________________ Phone Mistakes made on purpose are A concern owed me $50, and re­ la te d duns did no good. The debt was perfectly square, but I had no documentary evidence on which to Eyes examined and glasses made base a suit, so I decided to be foxv and secure such proof. I se n t« bill to f i t / » for $100, with a caustic letter, fig­ Phone Blue 88 202 First St. uring that the concern would an­ swer, repudiating the claim o f $100 W . W . H ollingsw orth f t Son and saying that the amount was Funeral Directors f t Embahnort $50. Once I got this admission I would bs in a position to saw. Im­ Calls Answered Day or Night agine my surprise and pleasure Lady Assistant when I received a letter from the manager o f the concern apologising Both Phones for the delay and inclosing a check N a w b e rg , O re. for $100.” ________________ A . E. W IL S O N O p ticia n Carborundum In Fumaaaa. CLARENCE BUTT W ill practice in ell the conyte o f the state. Special attention given to pro­ bate work, the writing o f deeds, mort­ gages, contracts and the drafting o f all feral papers. Nawberg, Oregon. O m e n —Second Floor Bank o f New berg Building. ’. Jones Herbert J. Fleet Munirlo*! end Highway Engineering. Kxemlnetton« end Report*, le a d end Minerei Serrer*. Mep*. Fieni end Speri. JONES ft FLAGG CIVIL ENGINEERS T e le p h o n e ss-n McMinnville National Bank Building - MsMInSvllle. Oregon E. G. STEVENS C ity E ngineer and Surveyor Office with W atkins ft Son, Architects Tils Work. Wall Digging WILLIAM M. RAMSET Attoraey-at-Law MCMINNVILLE. OREGON I kl the Etais Wright Building Third street S tan aid the cattleman on the great western plains as much as the north star aids the mhriner at sea, bnt to the cattlemen the stars are a warning rather than a guide. A keen watch is kept especially on the •even stars in the Great Bear and the five stars outlining the letter “ W ” in the constellation o f Cas­ siopeia. When the cattle are rounded up fo r the night the foreman o f the “ cow camp” tells the first gu ard to watch those stars and report to him if there is any change in their ap­ pearance. When the air is heavy the stars seem nearer, but when, in con­ sequence o f a change in the temper­ ature, the air grows thinner, the stars, although more sharply de­ fined, seem farther away. I f the night is heavy few stars are seen, but as the barometer rises first one and then another star eomes into view. Then the cowboy on guard wakes the foreman and says, “ Another star out, sir.” The foreman tells him to double the guard and adds, “ Wake me if the cows get to milling.” The guard is doubled, but soon the cattle grow restless, apparently without reason. They have been lying closely together and chewing their cuds, but suddenly a part o f the herd begins to move, and then the whole. The cattle rise clumsily to their feet and begin “ milling” — that is, moving round and round in a circle. The moment that the cow ­ boys notice this restlessness they begin to shout and sing, and in most cases the cattle lie down again, fo r their fears are calmed by the sound o f human voices. Bnt if the milling is not checked and the ca t­ tle are not qnieted a stampede is likely to occur. There is no greater danger on the western plains than a stampede o f e heid. Cattlemen can stand the discomforts o f thirst and hnnger, cold and rain, dust storms and oth­ er hardships, but a stampede fills them with dread. The rush o f a herd o f frightened cattle has been described as more appalling than the most desperate cavalry charge. Nothing can withstand it ; every­ thing and every one goes down be­ fore it. Men are trampled to death. Many a cowboy, nnable to ride it out, has been ground to pieces by thousands o f sharp hoofs as the herd, in the frenxy o f wild, unreas­ oning terror, swept onward to its own destruction. According to the belief o f old cat­ tlemen, cattle suddenly grow rest­ less in this way because they are ex­ tremely susceptible to sudden changes in the atmosphere. Unlike the placid barnyard cow, the free roving steer o f the great western plains is a high strung and nervous animal. A close watch must be kept on the herd after it is rounded up fo r the n ig h t— Youth’s Compan­ ion. ________________ Origin of "Dago." Office W hite 22 Res. W hite 8 sometimes profitable, and a New New berg, Oregon York merchant illustrates it thus: TTOEWEY-AT-LAW BRITISH PRECEDENCE. Friends Often Pressed Into Servioe as Rush of a Frightened Hsrd Is W a g . 8 o m * of It« Dalioat« Point« and a Letter Carriers. Than a Cavalry Charg*> F«w Dilemma«. For je a n the world’s postoffices acted as if their mission was to pre­ ; Office over First National vent people from writing letters. Bank The present generation, which sends a postal card from Maine to Phone White 3-1 the Philippines for a cent, has little ♦»♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦»♦♦♦»♦è idea o f how heavy the postage rates once were. » Rowland Hill convinced the Eng­ lish postoffice department that its duty was to encourage and not to prohibit letter writing. In 1840 the uniform penny post was introduced into England, but in this country the postal authorities clung to the prohibitory idea for several years after the British had given it up, narrates the Philadelphia Record. In those days correspondents looked out for friends about to go from one city to another by whom they might transmit their letters. L IT T L E F IE L D & R O M IG Even merchants used this method for sending business letters. PH YSICIANS ft SURGEONS In English towns it was formerly the principal duty o f the “ outdoor” clerk to hunt for friends about to Office in First N at’ l Bank Building o to London, so that letters might Phone, Black SI e transmitted by them free o f postage. It was then the custom for every -------- one intending to travel to secure a seat beforehand, just as a berth is now engaged on an ocean steamer. The clerks used to go round to the coach office and ascertain by whom places had been booked. I f friends they were used as gratuitous post­ men, and it did not injure a man at his banker’s to be known as a good letter carrier. Women were in the habit o f al­ lowing their correspondence to ac­ DR. G. E. STUART cumulate against the departure o f Physician ft Surgeon some man o f their acquaintance. So onerous was this buraen o f deliver­ a Spari» ky. ing letters that many m k n took spe­ ■ight « day. cial pains to conceal their intended journey from women friends. They Beth could not say them nay, and they didn’t care to spend half a day as a Or. H. D. B e w * Dr. Allea C. postman in a strange city. OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN« WHEN CATTLE STAMPEDE. I The word “ dago,” whereby many Americans are wont to designate a foreigner o f the Latin race, had its origin in California. In the early days o f the Golden State the hewers o f wood and the drawers o f water were Portuguese. They cultivated thrifty little gardens and carried on a fishing trade along the shores and up the creeks near San Francisco. TTie most common name among them was diego, pronounced deeay- go, and the transition from diego to aago was quite natural. The epi­ thet was transplanted from the Pa­ cific to the Atlantic coast, where it is now just as familiar.— New York Press. ■ Woman’s Work In Korop*. In Germany 9,400,000, in France 6,800,000, in Austria 5,600,000 and in England 5,300,000 women are employed in manufactures and trades. T o «very 100 workmen in Austria there are 43 women, France 34, Italy 32, Gern\afly 30, Switzer­ land 29, England 24 and Sweden 21. The percentage o f women who have independent businesses has risen most rapidly. T o every twen­ ty-three small businesses carried on by men there are ten carried on by women. ________________ Carborundum, the artificial sub­ stitute for emery, which is said to rival the diamond in hardness, is employed because o f its. extraordi­ nary resistance to heat as a coating for the interior o f furnaces. Fine­ ly powdered and made into a paste, it is applied wtfh a brash, like paint, to the brick lining. It is said that a layer o f only two millimeters in thick ness will protect the bricks ftom the effects o f the highest tem­ D«infl His Part. pers ture that is produced in ordf- “ And so you’ ve been getting mar­ nai4 furnace combustion. ried, Sam.” Carborundum is itself a product “ Oh, yes, sab.” o f the electric furnace, being com ­ "A n d did you go on a honey­ posed of silica and carbon fused in moon, Sam ?** the presence o f salt and sawdust. “ A what, eir — Harper’s. “ A honeymoon. Did you travel T “ Oh, yes, sah. I traveled.” gnd Eff$oL "W here did yon go, Sam ?" “ Private” John Allen o f Missis­ “ I went to de neighbors’ hotuee sippi was in hia office one day when a seedy and exceedingly unwashed for de washin’, sah.” — Yonkers tramp came in and told him a tala Statesman. of woe. “ I need a little money,” said the Little WOlie— Whet ie the differ­ hobo, “ for I am in a bed fix. Not only am I hungry, bot I am all ence between a close friend end a ~ , broken up physically. I have dialo- dear friend f Pa— A d ose friend, my son. is rated mv left shoulder.” “ In Inai event.” «aid Allan dryly, one who will not lend you any mon­ “ yon must have tried to put on a ey, while e dear friend is on# who borrows sll you will stand for. ciotto shirt.” — Popular Megaaine. . A writer in the London Express gives some interesting pointers on social and official precedence in England and calls attention to a few o f the many delicate dilemmas due to questions o f rank and sta­ tion. “ In the first place,” be says, “ I may mention that it is a common error to auppose that all peers take precedence o f all commoners. N ot only is this untrue in the case o f o f­ ficial precedence, but it is equally untrue o f personal precedence. Thus a duke’ s eldest son would pre­ cede all earls and a duke’s younger son and a marquis’ eldest son all viscounts, while the eldest sons o f earls and the younger sons o f mar­ quises have precedence over all bishops and barons. “ Again, in the matter o f peers themselves it is not right, as is so often said, to range peers of the same degree in the order o f the date o f their patents. Before this test is appliea there has to be a preliminary marshaling o f them by the class o f their creation— peers o f England preceding those of Scot­ land, and both preceding those o f Great Britain, while peers o f Ire­ land and the United Kingdom fo l­ low after. “ Certain high officers o f state precede all peers, and this is why their offices are so much coveted by great nobles. When the late Lord Salisbury, a marquis, became lord privy seal' ha at once passed over the heads o f all marquises and dukes (saving royal dukes) and stood in order eighth from the king’s nephew. Again, judges o f the nigh court are almost invariably knighted, but not fo r their own sakes, for a judge o f the high court takes precedence long before a knight, but it is to give their wives special precedence that the custom has obtained. Thus the late Mr. Justice Wright was a bachelor when elevated to the bench, and it was not until he married that he accept­ ed knighthood. “ Men, indeed, are often careless of their own claims, but their wives have a habit o f being particularly observant o f such points, and it is from the women that the reckless or ignorant hostess will hear o f her disregard o f their rank. Nor are such offenses readily forgotten or forgiven. Now, there seems to be a general idea that the wife o f a peer takes precedence o f the dow­ ager peeress— usually but not, o f course, always her mother-in-law. As a matter o f fact, the dowager precedes the reigning peeress on the ground that she is senior in dig­ nity, her husband being nearer the succession. On the other hand, but on the same ground, the sons o f the reigning peer take precedence o f those o f the late peer. “ I f a woman ia a peeress in her own right her position is secure, and •he cannot derogate from her dig­ nity, though she may add to it by marrying into a higher rank. “ Another point is sometimes for­ gotten— the position o f the wives o f the sens o f peers. The wife o f the eldest son o f a duke goes in be­ fore countesses ana all other peer­ esses o f lower rank. So, too, does a duke’ s daughter. The wife o f the eldest son o f a marquis, the wives o f the younger sons o f dnkes and daughters o f marquises precede vis­ countesses. “ As to the lower title, the wives o f baronets rank according to their husband's class and date of crea­ tion, but with this exception— thq baronets o f England, Scotland, Great Britain and Ireland rank only according to the dates o f crea­ tion. Daughters o f baronets nat­ urally precede the daughters o f knights, and between them come the wives o f the eldest sons o f knights. The daughter o f a knight, be it noted, takes precedence o f the wives o f the younger eons o f bar­ onets and, as a consequence, o f the wives o f the younger sons o f knights. “ Finally there is no social prece­ dence between the professions, as such, but a colonel in the army and a captaih in the navy are esquires by right o f that position, and they would rightly be preceded by a clergyman who happened to be, let me ray, the son. o f a knight.” G. N. H E SG A R D f t All Sizes from 1 1-2 to 12 H. P. See me before buying. Phone 6a62 NEW BERG, ORE. FR ESH FR O M TH E O V E N many people declare our bread ia the best thing they ever tasted. It doesn’t hurt them to eat it either. There’« no dyepepaia in our bread. W e have dis­ covered how to m ake it wholesome as well as delicious. Have us send you a loaf or so every morning for a while. Y ou’D like it if you Uke good bread. J A S . H U T C H IN S f t S O N N a w b erg, O regon T H E B U IL D IN G M A T E R IA L Q U E S T IO N will be answered satisfactorily if you bring it here. For not alone do we handle the best quality o f building materials; we sell them at prices not a bit higher than those charged for ordinary grades Our lime, cement, plaster and other building materials are standing proofs that the best are also the cheapest M . H. FIN N EY 300 N. Mala Ot., N ew berg, Or. ▼W w W w VWW wmw W w W w W w W w W w WWWVM LAPIDARY NEW BERG Iron W o rk s j| Foundry an d M achine W ork . P u lleys, S h aftin g and M ach in e Screw s Sixth and Blaine Sts. oooeeooooooeeeeeeooooooooo W W v Having p u r c h a s e d t h e Whitten Lapidary we invite our friends to call and see us at the old stand. Mr. Whitten will remain with us for a time to have charge o f the work. F oster M . M ills W t W t W v V v W t V v W v SI w W w W v W D ennis C . M ills Plumbing! 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Spend your money in Now- berg; have your clothe« made In your home town instead o f aomo Eastern sweat shop 602 1-2 First S t Phone Black 82 S P IR E L L A C O R S E T S The moat pliable and reailent cor « H a o o o c * e » a « o o a o a o o o o o a o a o c boning in the world, guaranteed not break ,°r rust in regular corset wei Especially adapted to stout ladies. N handled by merchants. Ceaoeo0oeaso8o8oeosoeoeo8o8oeoiceo8o8oso6o8oeoeo8a MRS. CORA DIEDRIECK8, Ageni 206 South Center St. or phone White i Nawbarg, Oregon The Newberg Transfer Co. is prepared to transfer you r Faor Little Qirl. goods Little Helen, who is a great talk­ McCall’s Magazine and McCall Patterns For Woman anyw here, an y (dace an y tim e. er and aged just three, was annoy­ ing her father one day by her al­ m ost endless chatter. He was en­ deavoring to finish some important w ritin g, so said: “ Run away, dear. Daddy is very busy.” Helen toddled off and after the •pace o f about five minutes return­ ed and, standing beside her father's chair, laid an appealing fat hand on his arm and. looking up into his face with a most grievea sir, said: “ Daddy, I’a vary lonely. 1 tan’ t find any one to leave myself wif.” — Delineator. S T A T IO N A R Y G A S O L IN E E N G IN E S Prices R easonable Office phone Black 100, or residence l Black 128 phones *ia it -*!, r, r r by *a*l| from G e n e r a l C o n tr a c to r M c C A L L 'S M A G A Z IN E 8optte tanka built after the la teat approved methods. 23S-24# W. 371b fl., fV w Y or* City ■—ai *ipa. •• ~. ,