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Cotton Voiles
Parisiana Corsets
Cotton Voiles— big assortment o f
patterns, very popular for summer
dresses. 2 5 c vd
This is the season o f the year that
you need a new corset. Try a Par­
isiana; we have them to fit any figure
at 91.00 to $3.00. Every corset is
guaranteed— they can’t be beat for
quality.
Lawns and Batists
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Lawns and Batists, all colors and
patterns, just the thing for cheap
summer dresses. 10c yd.
Ladies summer underwear, a dandy
good gauze vests 3 for 2 5 c
Union Suits, special value 5 0 c
W ool Dress Goods, the newest
weaves and patterns. * Y ou can get
better values for less money at Baird’s
than at the big stores in Portland.
Investigate for yourself.
Summer Hose for Ladies
Summer hose for ladies, silky fin­
ished, the kind that is cool and com­
fortable, at 2 5 c a pair
HUMAN ALARM CLOCKS.
CURIOUS PRIVILEGES.
Han» Christian Andaman.
A critic writes o f Hans Christian
Anderson: "H is vanity was perhaps
his most salient characteristic. He
was photographed scores of times
in every position and costume, and
he never wearied of new present­
ments of his strong but unhand­
some features. His whims were le­
gion. He had a morbid horror of
being buried alive and always set a
slip o f paper by his bedside bearing
Peeks.” — Chicago Record-Herald.
W ise Division.
Ladies Shoes
Ladies Tan Shoes $ 3 and 3 .5 0
the same kind others ask $4.00 and
4.50 for. Come and look at them.
W e have shoes for the entire family
and you save money by buying here.
Ladies Underwear
Wool Dress Goods
tse words, '» e g ea skindod' f l am
in a trance’). His hosts often found
I m m Advantages Amba.»adore Hava him an exacting guest, but his little
Ovar Mara M inisters.
failings were easily pardoned for
“ Ambassador” and “ minister” the sake o f his genius and his child­
mean pretty much the same to the like nature.”
average mair, but there is a very
A Ratio a f Barbarism.
great difference between the two,
In ancient times it was the cus­
inasmuch as an ambassador pos­
sesses many privileges abroad that tom o f the victors in a battle to
decorate their doorposts with the
do not pertain to a mere minister.
Perhaps the most curious privi­ skulls o f the vanquished. With the
lege of an ambassador who is ac­ advance of civilization o f course we
credited to the ruler of a country no longer continue this bit o f bar­
and not merely to the government barity, but the custom has not been
thereof, as is a minister, is that the allowed to drop altogether; as is
ambassndor may when dismissed seen by the stone balls which are
turn his back to the sovereign to often set on gateposts, a relic o f a
whose court he has been assigned. barbarous idea of long ago. In cer­
Briefly described, the mode o f pro­ tain parts o f Africa the skulls are
still used as decorations. Whole vil­
cedure is as follows:
When the audience is at an end lages may be seen with the door­
the ambassador waits to be dis­ posts o f the houses surmounted in
missed by the sovereign.. When dis­ this grewsome fashion.
missed the ambassador bows, retires
A Convenient Ranch.
three paces, bows again, retires
Some real estate dealers in Brit­
three paces, bows a third time,
turns on his heels and walks to the ish Columbia were accused o f hav­
folding doors. But when the reign­ ing victimized English and Scotch
ing sovereign is a woman a more po­ settlers by selling to them, at long
lite method is employed. T o turn range, fruit ranches which were sit­
his back would be to resign a privi- uated on the tope o f mountains. It
le g «; therefore the ambassador re­ is said that the captain o f a steam­
tires sideways. Ha keeps one eye on boat on Kootenay take onoe heard a
the sovereign and with the other he great splash in the water. Looking
endeavors to find the door. By this over the rail, he spied the head of
unique means he contrives to show a man who was swimming toward
his boat He hailed him. “ D o you
all politeness to the sovereign and
know,” said the swimmer, “ this is
at the same time retain his ambas­
the third time today that I’ ve fallen
sadorial privilege in retiring.
off that bally old ranch o f mine?”
Another privilege o f an ambassa­
— Everybody’ s.
dor is that o f being ushered into the
royal presence through folding
And It Came True.
doors, both o f which must be flung
“ Have you ever had a dream that
wide for him. None save an ambas­ came true?”
sador can claim this privilege, the
“ Yes. I had one only a few
greatest favor in this respect that nights ago that came true. 1
can be shown any nonambaasadorial dreamed that 1 was going to receive
representative consisting in the a telegram which 1 would be afraid
opening to him o f one door only.
to ahow to my wife.”
There is one privilege o f the am­
“ And you got it? Was it from
bassador, a privilege that sometimes another woman ?"
occasions great inconvenience to
‘ Y e s .”
the ruler, which consists of his
“ Say, old man, I am surprised” —
right to demand admission to the
“ Wait! It was from my mother,
sovereign by day or by night.— Ex­ who notified me that she was com­
change. ________________
ing to visit ns for two or three
A good cotton hose, 3 pairs 25c
R attle and Rear T h at W aken North ef
England M ill Handa.
The alarm clock, apparently so
indispensable to the early rising
population o f America, is seldom
used by the workers in the textile
mills, iron foundries and other in­
dustries o f the north o f England
(men and women have to arise in
time to start work at 6 o’clock each
morning). Instead, being only hu­
man ana liable to a fine o f an hour’s
pay if only a few minutes late,
they are aroused by men many of
whom make their livelihood by that
means. These men, of whom there
are several in each city or town, the
number depending on the size of
the community, are known a9
“ knockers up.” And the “ knocker
up” is more o f an institution in the
north of England than is the alarm
clock among the early risers of
America.
T o arouse his sleeping “ client”
the “ knocker up” uses a lo n g pole,
to one end o f which are attached a
number o f strong wires. Armed
with this, the “ knocker up” makes
his “ round” in the early morning
hours, rattling on the windows of
his clientele with the wires, which
make a tremendous din in the
sleeper’s room, and, what is more
effective than the alarm clock, he
keep# rattling until the occupant
climbs out o f bed and signifies his
wakefulness by rapping on the win­
dow.
The “ knocker up” would have a
much harder job in America than
he has in England, fo r there he is
favored by purely local conditions.
In the first place, the houses in the
industrial sections are closely pack­
ed together in long rows, like the
buildings in the business sections of
American cities, and are very sel­
dom more than two stories high.
Thus the “ knocker up” is able to
quickly arouse an entire street of
workers, the rattle and roar o f his
stick bringing the men and women
promptly fro mtheir beds. And his
work is expedited by the fact that
many o f the sleepers hear him while
he is a dozen houses away and are
out o f bed and rapping on their win­
dows in reply by the time he reaches
them.— New York Press.
Mrs. Wunnchick consulted her
husband shout their daughter’s edu­
cation. “ Would yoi^prefer to have
daughter take her nnsons hom e?”
■he asked.
“ It’s all right for the drawing,” j
replied her hnsband, who disliked
noise, “ but slic’d better go to the •
teacher’s residence for the singing
and piano playing.”
•Our Grocery Department
Y ou can save money and get bet­
ter treatment by buying yoiir groc­
eries at this store. Get the habit
and see how well we will please you.
Get the habit of trading at
Baird’s and you’ll save money
and always be well treated.
in the lair or u oa am in cu y
and gave the sense and caused them
to understand the reading.” Pre­
vious to the time o f Ezra the patri­
archs delivered in public assemblies
either prophecies or moral instruc­
tions, and it was not until the re­
turn o f the Jews from the Babylon­
ish captivity, during which they had
almost lost the language in which
the Pentateuch was written, that it
became necessary to explain is well
as to read the Scriptures to them.
Hats In Mexico.
In Mexico and other Spanish
speaking countries the hat has for
centuries been- the object o f man’s
vanity. The custom found its orig­
in in the days when the Hapsburg
power was supreme. One o f the
most cherished privileges that the
old grandees enjoyed was that of
wearing their hats in the presence
o f royalty. The absolute power o f
the monarch left them little else to
do but enter into rivalry with one
another in regard to the splendor of
their head coverings. The gay con­
ceit spread rapidly throughout the
Spanish dominions, and even today
sugarloaf bats may be
found in Mexico for sale at the as­
tounding price o f from $500 to
$1,000 for a single hat.
Sympathy.
Mr. and Mrs. Brown had given
their six-year-old son Ralph a most
careful home training. With great
reluctance they placed him in a
public school. A few days later
Ralph came home with a cut lip
and swollen nose.
His mother exclaimed, “ How did
you hurt yourself ?”
He replied: “ I was sliding down
hill at recess and ran into a tree. It
hurt pretty bad, mother, but every
one was awfully good to me. The
boys were just fine— why, mother,
there wasn’t a boy in the class who
didn’t say ‘ Qosh!’ when 1 ran into
that tree.” — Harper’s Magazine.
A Triok ef the Trade.
Many o f the local curiosity shops
planted in the back streets o f most
•ouhty and country towns are sim­
ply kept up by large London firms
who, from a prolonged study o f hu­
man nature, have discovered that
people who are shy o f baying old
furniture or old silver in Bond
street or Piccadilly are ready and
THE SUN’S
ONLY RIVAL
Th* new
E dison Mazda
Lamp it rightly called the
Son*» Only Rival. It gives a
bright white light like sunshine—
twice as much as the ordinary electric
incandescent lamp that uses the same
amount of current.
N e w Edison Mazda Lamps, in
all sizes, are strong enough for all prac­
tical uses when given ordinary care in
handling. Let ua tell you how
these lamps make it possible
for e v e ry o n e to afford
electric lig ht-
Yam hill Electric Co
W e Unfurl Our Flag
and declare our motto—the best
and nothing but the best- A
house made o f our building ma­
terials will stand the test o f
time, wind and flood, (let your
building materials from us and
save yourself vain after regrets.
M . H. PINNEY