ANTIQUITY OF GLOVES. Perm er Other They H Seen- In Use at Least 10M Yeare The Big Furniture Store When did people tint wear glov 1 - THE STORE OF QUALITY a . ¿8 '¡.'¿l'— »ev e r, that the practice date* uk very far into history. I d some the Roman baa reliefs, for in- ince. certain persons are repre- itcd with gloves in {heir hands attached to their sidek The eeks used gloves, not for display, t for fiat fights. Both the Greek« d the Romans sore e certain kind mitten for manual labor» notably r the picking o f olives. Again, may assume that ths wearing o f >ves was brought to Qreeot and me from the orient, for we read the Old Testament o f a comrner- 1 custom o f the Hebrews where ives played m u important part as ■t ' carries the largest stocks and the biggest varieties o f Home Furnishings at all times Furniture, Carpets, Wall Paper at the lowest prices for high grade goods W . W . Hollingsworth & Son HEAL ESTATE TRANSFERS A d a B Beckl vn & hub t o Charles an d M a b el C ra te r % acre in John H Hess d 1 c in t 3 s r 2-3 w $425. S u ltan a Begun & hub t o O liver Steven son lo t 4 R am sey Terrace $125. M M C onn er & w f t o U S .N a tio n a l B ank V an cou ver lots 6, 7 and w V i 8 blk 11 Deskins 2nd add N e w b erg $1575. A M D unlap & w f t o H J Noble sVfc lo t 3 blk 7 Deskins add N *w - b erg $10. B W Finser & w f t o W E Finser l o t 4 blk 4 C en tral A d d ition N e w b e rg $10. B W Finser & w f t o W E Finser l o t 13 E a s t N ew b erg subd $10. M a u d M cG uire & hub t o M in a L a n g to n 6.82 ac W m Jones d 1 c in t 3 s r 2-3 w $750. L e w is W N ord yk e & w f t o J L and M a tild a H a w o rth 19 ac in S o lom on H e a te r d 1 c in sec 8-9 1 6 -1 7 1 3 s r 2 w $ 1 0 . T h eo d o re Bishop 8c w f t o John H H olla n d and w f 3 5 ac in John C a r e y d ) c i o t 4 s r 3 w $3000. A u gu st Boettscher & w f to F red KHngbell 20 ac in W m L o g a n d 1 c in t 4-5 s r 3 w $ 2000 . E lm er P D ixon and w f t o F ra n ­ cis M A rm s tro n g 2 0 o f an acre in E d w a rd R G eary d 1 c in t 4 s r 3 w $10. Grace E d w a rd s and hnb t o W F Schuller e t al 104.70 ac in L o u is a T J o h n s o n d l c in t 3 s r 4 w $1. L e w is Leslie T h om p son and w f to A u gu st R om elike et al 100 ac in Sebastian C A d am s d 1 c in t 3 s r 4-5 w $3500. principalship,” began the man. “ Begin a t the b o tto m and w ork up. A few years a g o a g irl w h o had never tau gh t before applied our fo r the principalship I objected, but the other school directors hired her. Of course she couldn’t d o the w ork and we had t o hire an oth er teacher.” T h e you n g lad y, w h o appeared t o be p a y in g much m ore a tten ­ tio n t o the pictures than t o the advice she w a s receiving,-did n ot answer. “ Be sure and d o n ’ t neglect h is to ry ,” continued the gen tle­ m an. “ N o one can become a useful citizen w ith o u t k n o w in g th e b ra ve deeds of his ancestors.” “ I t seems t o me th a t reading and w r itin g are much m ore im p o rta n t than h is to ry ,” replied the y o u n g lad y. “ Yes, th ey are rath er im por­ ta n t,” answ ered the gentlem an. “ B u t a b o v e a ll things d o n ’ t neglect spelling. I t seems t o me th a t spelling is the m ost im por­ ta n t study. And it is so neglected in the schools to-day. W h y, when I w en t t o school.I studied spellin g h a lf o f the time. I can rem em ber several times when I spelled d o w n the çntire school. I d o believe th a t an eigh th g ra d e g ra d u a te then could out-spell a college grad u ate n ow . 1 k n o w a college g ra d u a te th a t can’ t spell a simple w o rd like ‘squirrel’ w ith o u t thinking fo r a m inute.” “ H o w d o y o u spell ‘ squirrel,’ p ap a?” interrupted the little girl. “ S-q-u-i-r-e-1,” answ ered the gen tlem an prou dly. E. P. Eng. V. Eugene L au ran t, the g re a t m agician, is com in g F rid a y n ig h t t o en tertain a N ew berg audience. (By H. & Student) One aftern oon when I w a s a t ' H e has been here beiorc and any- the picture sh ow I overh eard a on« w h o heard h im a t th a t tim e v e r y am using con versation . A 1 W*H th a t he is rea lly a y o o n g la d y , a gentlem an and a “ m an o f m ysteries.” sm a ll g i i l sa t ju s t ahead ot me. General adm ission 25 cents, T h e y o u n g la d y had ju s t finished reserved seats 50 cents. . college and intended t o teach t h e . — — ------- — fo llo w in g winter. T h e m an had ' r * r d o f Thanks. to r the la s t fifteen years hern a | , ----------- p rom in en t m ember o f the b o a rd ! M rs. E thel T h o m a s and chil- o f d irectors o f a sm all v illa g e [ dren tak e this means ot express- school, and he w a s g iv in g the in g th eir g ra titu d e t o those w h o y o u n g lad y som e g o o d advice g a v e kindly sym p ath y and as- a b o u t teaching. sistance in th eir récent bereave- f‘ N o w , d o n ’t ap p ly fo r , a ment. PICTURE SHOW Prince von Bulow, former Imperlal Chancellor, who has been appointed German Ambassador to Italy. A cor­ rect likeness o f a frien d brings him nearer. To get the best results call now fo r sittings and be satisfied. A photo sim plifies the g ift buying q u e s tio n - 12 photo#—12 presents, and 12 friends w ell pleased. POLISH VILLAGES IN RUINS L o m m of Gorman Army Reported as Unprecedented. Petrograd. Russia.—'Western Poland Is absolutely a rain. Where the German army passed, ths villages have been wiped out and the towns, If not quite destroyed, have suffered terribly. Plotsk, Kielce, Radom, Piotrkow, R&va, Kalisch, Warsaw and Lods all hear traces of fire and explosions. Tha endless requisitioning and looting have left the population destitute. The losses of the German army dar­ ing the last three weeks of General ▼bn Hindenberg's invasion of Poland have been unprecedented. His five ’>■ ''•'■‘■■First#- National Bank .ft glove of nobility and the glove of the liturgy. About the thirteenth eenturv gloves came to be consider­ ed an eipreaion o f elegance. A lit­ tle later they symbolized bribery and intrigue. For evidence of this fact we have only to study the work of some of the stone artists who decorated with statue« the facade of the cathedral of Basle, represented the “ scductenr” ns the prinee of evil. The wicked one is depicted wearing a (frown, smiling bewitch-' ingly, left hand neatlv gloved and holding in the same hand the un­ used glove of the right Hut in spite of the fact that gloves seem to have Hcqnired a bad significance, they soon developed into an uhject o f luxury and re­ mained so fo r a long period of time. Their use became limited to the rich, and it was not until the eigbt- tenth century that it was consider­ ed good taste to pat on glove« for all occasion-. Since then the prac- [fice has greatly increased. Whether I f i r show,’ for convenience, or simply to protect one’s hand* from the cold, gloves are now worn by all elmaaes of society.— Springfield Re- pnhlican. ..'tj An Error Perpetuated. Tbs computdtor. wbo baa baas ac­ cused o f many things, aeema realty to have been responsible for tbe flxtag a t the festival of 8t Alban, the Brut Brit­ ish martyr, on June 17 In tbe Bagltob calendar. All other saints recognised by tbe Bngltab and Roman enurebaa In common are Honored an tbe same days In both calendara, but Is tbs Roman calendar 8t_ Alban's day la Jane t t In all Engl tab prayer boobs also, prior to 1082. S t Alban to com­ memorated on Jus# 22. and tha pres­ ent discrepancy seems to Save arisen from tbe typesetter of the prayer book Ths Sec ratio Method. of 1082 mistaking tbe X of X X II for The profearor of natural philoso­ V and rendering the date Jnne X VII phy in Trinity college gave the class -an error whk-b has been perpetuated a problem to think over during the ever since.—London Chronicle. night and answer the next day. The question was this: “ I f a hole were bored through tbe center of the earth from ride to side and a hall dropped into it would it come to a state of rest?” Next morning a student was call­ ed up on this philosophical prob­ lem. “ What answer do yon give this question*"” asked tbe professor. “ Well, really,” said he, “ 1 have pot thought of the main question, but o f a preliminary one. How are you going to get that hole through ?*’ — Exchange. The Fertilising Ram. Probably fe e students or agriculture realize tbe fertilizing qualities of tropi­ cal rains in the Anna lea da Geogra pbte M. Guillaume Capua, wbo naa chemically studied tbe effero of rainy weather- In French ludo-Cblna. aaya that lightning produces large amounts o f nitric acid In tbe thirteen dis­ tricts of tbe Tonkin delta of Indo-Cbl- on. where thunderstorms are frequent, M Capua asserts that the lightning annually produces an amount of at­ mospheric nitrogen equivalent to 181r 800 ton* o f nitrate of soda, or 187.510 tons of snlpSate of ammonia, the ▼aloe o f which ta nearly 820,000.000 L. T - y j Quits In Charsotsr. The late William Terris*, who for many year* was invariably the hero in the dramas produced at the Adel- phi theater. London, seems to have been in nice accord with tin- dim al ­ ter* he played. One day, writes Kl- len Terry in her book, “ The Story o f My Life,” he came into the the­ ater soaked. “ Is it ruining, Terris*?” asked some one. wbo- noticed that he was w et “ Looks like it, doesn’t it?” said Terri