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w & t O í. ■«/> '• V -> V’ ' • ^ QUIZZING THE CHEMIST. BUYING A DIAMOND. Cedette trné * ~ ‘ T‘n» B *psrlini« sf m Hiram Maxim. Bavins occasion to uap nome matal- Me mercury in hi* London laboratory, H r Biram Maxim sent his m an,§llv«r- aun. oat to pare Haro “on# pound o t aaatallic mercury in a «troag «Usa bot ti» with a cork stoppar." in ‘My U /*" ha talia tbs story o f what bap If Money le N e O U jw fV » C sa Net en told hiar him be ma moat have <r o f It somehow, I sat down wrote out earefaUy, “ W anted- eoe pound o f metallic mercary in a •irons flaee bottle with a cork crop per." Before Ions he came beck and sold that there wee no eoch atnff aa “ metal lic mercury" known In the chemUt’e shop and that be bad bean to a whole sale place. As the ahop wae not more then 200 yarda away. 1 want around with him e id aald to the , r. — n i "I have aent this young man here twice for eome metallic mercury, and be telle me that you have nothing of the kind.*' “ No. wo never have any call foe i t " be replied. "But Is not this a chemist’s shop?” “ Tss; one of the largest in London." "Do yon sell all kinds o f chemlealsr* -Tea." "Than bow does It happen that yen have no metallic mercury?” . “ W e have never had any call for It before. We do not know what it la." "H ave you any blcqrbooato o f soda?" “ Toe; tons o f It " "H ave you any bicarbonate o f pot- nab?” "Certainly; any amount of It."*“ ~ ^ “ What Is bicarbonate o f potash a bicarbonate o f? ' “ Why. naturally of potash." "Could you lot me have some potash before It is made up Into a bicar bonate?" “ Certainly." "H ave yon . say bichloride o f mer cury?" ' t' ■: “ Tea; loti o f I t " “ What la bichloride o f mercury a bichloride o t r Here I had him. d^ aiked him if it were bis first day oo duty, “ No; 1 hare been here twenty year«." The head man. who bad orerheard oar conversation, then came op and said. “ Why. of course the gentlemen wants quicksilver." V Curiously enough. It had sever oc curred to me to cal) It by that warns although I ougbWto have thought of It However. It \ never called quick- sfirgr by erlenrtfic “ I hate to gossip about people, yet I don’t Hite ta are a rotted In society ae a prude." __ , .UX# “No need to «ay a thing, my Just elevate your eyebrows at the proper point and you’ll get along."— LonW tlle Courier-Journal. Model Man. “ Was your husband rood to you. Mandy?" " Deed be v is , ml«*». 1 wo’ked eighteen'hours a day fo’ yea be fo‘ dat man. an* he never once found fault wlf a thing I did fo’ him."—Detroit Free Drew» Pecuniarily Speaking. “You my that Jenkins owes every thing he haa to yon." “Worse. He owes much more that lit hNs to me“ —Ronton Transcript. te that Is migratemi has no guilt trat one. All other crimes may peas for virtues tn him. The properly cut diamond bas fifty sight facets, including tbs table sad collet thirty-two facets above the gir dle and twenty-four facets below. -.1 A Tbe t . surface “ be 40 n w Sent ' colorless atones form only ft P erfect par cent of ajl tbe diamonds produced. A diamond is considered perfect la formation wbep no Haw or imperfec tion can he detected under tbe ordi nary “ loop" or magnifying by Jewelers. Tbe flaws usually found are carbon spots (where the carbon has not crystallized perfectly», feath er*. babbles, hairs, daky formation, like that in a piece of ice when struck by g hammer. The absolutely perfect stone must be free from all o f fbeee defects amt cut ta tbe right proper lions. Tbe “ clean? diamond le free from any flews or toctoeuree end is moat difficult to find. Many of flaws are so small as to be lmpercept Ible te thé naked eye had really de not affect the brilliancy and tfcaaty o f the Do not expect to get an absolutely perfect atone for any reasonable fig- are. for they are so rare as to com mand excessive prices. I f yon want a good stone aee to It that it la iff good color and brilliancy and is well co t Tbe real requirement o f a diamond Is that it make a proper effect, and tbe rainote flaws which can be found only with a strong microscope are not worthy o f consideration by tiw ooH- nary purchaser who wishes to have a good stone almost exclusively for deco rative purposes. / if money Is no object and yon i f * willing to pay fTiOO or more per carat yon may hope to secure an absolutely AuKleoa stone but for oil usual pur poses you are wasting half o f the mpncy expended. — New York Amort- WHEN YOU GET,ANGRY. Influsnoe of the Bmetlen Upen the Just above the kidneys there are two ■mall glands, each a boot aa big as a pea, known an suprarenal capeulesor adrenal glands. They belong to that small group of glands in oar bodies which have no ducts sod whose secre tions. whatever they are. pass directly Into the blood. These two lktle glands ploy an enormous port In tbe physiol ogy o f hate v Tbe secretion o f these little glands Is called adrenalin, and Its secretion cannot be controlled by tbe will. When It le poured into the blood the amount o f sugar te the blood will rise la the coarse o f s few minutes be 10 and 90 per cent. A strong emotion, each as cause« an Increased secretion o f • te the glands and simultaneously an Increase o f sugar In tbe blood, this sadden accession o f sugar supplies the muscles with a much needed food. 8o that one o f the effects o f the tiou o f adrenalin would be a direct benefit to a man te a rage wishing te exercise stern muscular effort Involv ing fight. conflict or struggle, tjfcm been proved lost the removal of the adrenal glands baa a weakening e f fect on muscular power, and an In jection o f adrenalin haa' an Invigorat in g effect, and uot only does adrenalin bring out sugar from the liver stock to feed the muscles, but It also restores tetlgued muscles, at least temporarily. Men In a state o f hatred, therefore, are In the same condition as men who are putting out their utmost physical effort. They are in a condition, should they come «cross the object of their hate, to exert the maximum harm upon] 1C—New York American. Maxwell THE WONDER CAR • • Maxwell owners drive their own cars; Maxwell sim plicity gives this pleasure. Simplicity in construction, Simplicity in control. T h e Maxwell is easy to care for, wonderfully inex pensive to maintain and operate. Economy, Sim plicity» Comfort, Convenience end Class makes the Maxwell the utility car fo r everybody in city and country. The roomy, handsome, luxurious, full 6-paaaenger Tooting cor, O NLY | including electric starter, electric lights, magneto ignition, “one-roan" mohair top, demountable rime, clear vision wind shield and tire carrier CARS NOW ON D IS PLA Y A T McCOY BROS. AUTO CO. AGENTS N EW BCRQ, O REG O N HELPING THE PRESIDENT. Jelm Cheerfully Booked MoKinlsy te e Diplomatic Crisis. Peer Charley Pi * A W s j b I 11 4 al u Paidaet fttfina. 811 Tarmala aoou ratnmod and d u t bo coaid not find any metallic mercury. 1 asked him whether he had tried at a ehoe sftop or a beer sbopi “ No*" he replied. "at a wholaaale XI, ; BASEBALL HEROES OF Not s lew of the more than 150 At tbe timo of rbe Boxer rebellion veterans to whom my nearly half a President McKinley was taking a century old question was aimed needed rest at bis nume In CtpinQ, O. I Would hoar to none other than the Tbe long distant e telephone was «ltu- m g b t y Bujie „ the gregteat ated between two windows running to pi tcher of ail time. For his mirac ulous speed he is fam ous.in the | minda of the fans who watched, for this speed and nothing else. B e t ball players tell me that hia sharp curve ball, that broke almost direct ly over the plate, was even to hit than was his fast ball, aro willing to go on record as ing that on two occaaions Treadway of the old Brooklyn* was at the plate, his feat fa r apart in his customary position when batting, this a mating inshoot thrown up by the mighty Amos darted swiftly from the plate and whixted between tbe hatter's legs. QlveJhisie a dork day and g little ball and woe to the team that was seeking a better batting average, ijg his day the league balls were made in two sizes* Often, too, id those days one ball only was used throughout the game, ft was part of the official scorer's duty to toss out the ball, and it was optional with him whether the little or the big ball was put in play. When the old N ew York team appeared on the field at Pittsburgh for s series one., day the sun was obscured and storm clouds hung low over the dia mond. The man .who then was cap- tsjn of t h r Pittsburgh team told me the story. “ ‘I f it’s Amos today/ I said t o John Gruber, 'give him the big ball. I f it’s anybody else, doesn't matter.’ “T h e score card said, 'German or Rusie for N ew Y ork.’ So out came the little ball. But when the game started Rusie went to the box. And I on that block day, and with that lit- | tie ball in play, what he did to aa I ’ll not forget, no, n ot in a million | years.” In the progress of my inquiry I heard many a time the remark, “ I f poor Charley Ferguson only had VS ivedr FWWd'" Poor Ferguson! H e was in the spotlight only long enough to be picked by a practically unanimous public as not only the greatest pitcher who op to that time ever lived, but the greatest all around player as well. One o f his methods of testing his control o f the baU wot to place on and on a stool at the p lat« the fram e o f a cigar box. T h en he would go out into the. pitcher’s box and try to pitch the rail through the little oblong space thu* presented. There are living today men who remem ber to have seen Ferguson pitch— pitch, mind you, not toss— the bail through the fram e of the'eigar box four times out o f five trials.— Elm er Ellsworth Bates in Léalie’a. Big Guns. A Tale ef Heroism. “I went for a bath yesterday,” I said an An vergnat “ I had been in the water some time when I sud denly perceived on enormous shark advancing toward me with its jaws open. W hat waa I to do ? when he waa a yard off I dived, took ont | toy pocketknife and ripped up the | monster.” “ W h at! Then you are in the I habit o f bathing with your clothes on?” said one of the listenera.— From the French. TH E HOME OF FLOW ERS — Si¡gag— 1— — — I^m— —- ! SEASONABLE CUT FLOWERS —Plants in pots, cyclamens, ; (fine plants), cinerarias, primroses, ferns, fern dishes, gerani- . urns, calls lilies (hardy flowers), hydrangea, peonies. Roses ; our specialty (strong plants). Low prices. ! PN.K* JOHN GOWER Hia Father— I f you marry old Stubba’ daughter you shan’t have a [ shilling of my money! The Son— But, father, if I don’t marry her I can’t get a «hilling of old Stubba’ money. . H is Father (with a grudge to sat isfy)— My own hoy! M arry her and render that old skinflint penniless! I — London Standard. ARE YOU LOOKING AHEAD and thinking about buying S h e e t M e ta lT W e can be o f help to you. It haa alwhya been our practice to sell high grade sheet metal, and this year haa Seen no deviation from that rule. W e can suggeat to you what ia most suitable aatd our experience haa made our judgment worthy ofconaideraton. LYNN fu B . FERGUSON The W ar Department. ters relating to m ilitary affairs, sub ject to the direction o f tbe presi dent. the distribution o f stores, the Inspiration In Dreams. I Coleridge mum be added to tbe list ■»igiial service, the survey and im or authors who have found Inspiration provement o f harbors and the ad1’ te dream«. Cor be himself haa told ministration o f the insular posses that bo composed over 200 lines of sion^. _____ ■' •._______ • tbe “ SaM el Khan" during a sleep o f tfcree hour*. On awaking be wrote " ~H* Know It. down tbe fragment now existing, but •‘Tommy,” said the teacher, “ you the interruption o f p visitor tpnished know very well you have no good tbe rest from his mind. Tbe first Idea excuse for staying away from school of “Tbe Ancient Mariner." too. wa« yesterday,” . suggested to' the poet by a dream ur “ I know it, teacher,” replied the bis friend Onlksbank. And Kipling’s “ Greatest Story in tbe World’* was but little fellow, “ but it wasn’ t my tbe half remembered dream o f a com fault.” monplace young man.— London Mail. “ Are you sure it wasn’t? ” queried the teacher. What Maks* Mirror* Rofloetf “ Yes, ma’am,” answered Tommy. Mirrors Unit are made of glass have ‘I tried my best to think up a good metal placed on one aide of tbe glass. excuse, but I just couldn’t.” — Chi Tbe light will pasa through tbe gloss., cago News. buf will not pass through tbe metal / INSECT MARVELS. W hat the Hep Aphis Uneheehed : D e In One Year. -Yew tlon. realize bow endnoons Is tbo Oer o t Insect species or bow b their power of multipliestioo. number o f Insect spoclw Is groate»^ by ter than that o f Ike species o f all other im iig crearures comumeu. More tnan 900.000 have been described, and prob ably twice that aumber remote to be examined. Virtually all living animals, as well as moat plants, supply food ter these Incomputable hordes. Tbe fecun dity o f certain Insect forms ia sstonnd- to*- > •y^/- v ... ... ___ I-*-- • started by running for office and ended thl" one «*«»* “ ■ one-hundredth part of Its eggs ever batched! The facts show how greet ta the value to mao of tbe insect eating birds Sir Isaac Newton never attempted tc; tell the people of his day wbat gravi teflon waa. His very frank statement w «s as follows: “I do not anywhere Color socioty'g exhibition* began In take It upon me to define tbe kind ori 1805 and may lie said to mark tbo real manner of any action, tbe causes of beginning of modern water color paint physical reasons thereof or attribute ing. Tbe great master. If not creator, forces In a true and physical seuse to of tbe art was the celebrated Turner. certain centers when l speak of them, of whom we read so much tn the works j u attracting or endued with atlrac- of John Buskin.—Exchange. | t{Te powers." Hard Work. There Wa* On«. "Pa. wbat la meant by lltgrary en An CxplAatien and a Hint. Judge— What's your charge against deavor?" “How do you account for bis remark "Trying to sell the «toff, son."—Bir tbe prisoner? Complainant—Burglary. able success?" He stole ffl from me at tbe station. mingham Age-Herald. “ I don’t know unless It was that be Judge— But for burglary there must be waa always too busy on hia own work breaking. 1 Complainant—Well, your to stop and spend time trying to ac Tbe more that fortune smiles the more one ought to tram Wo.—F. da honor, when be took the five be brake count for tbe success o f other»."—De me.— Boston Transcript. L Veufrhataau. troit rree Prana t * ... Ü B .■/¿A : ..J - Riley once computed tnat tbe progeny of the hop aphis, which sees thirteen generations born to It tn a single year, would. If uucbecked to tbe eod of tbe twelfth generation, multiply to the in conceivable number of ten sextHliocs of Individuals. Supplementing that cal culation. Forbusb «ays that If this brood were marshaled te line, ten te the tnch. It would extend to a point no sunk te tbe profundity of space that light from tbe heed of tbe proceMrton. traveling at tbe rate of 184.000 miles a second, woold take 2.500 years to reach tbe earth. Kirkland has computed that te eight Tatkod Too Mueh. years tbe progeny of one pair of gypay W ife (reproachfully) — You for moths could destroy all the foliage ta get how you once breathed your tbe United States. A Canadian ento love in my ear and promised that mologist declares that In one season tbe descendants of a pair of 'potato my every wish should be gratified. Hub— No. I don’t, bnt I wish now bugs would, if unchecked, number 00.- 000,000 I ’d followed the hygienic rule o f Tbe voracity of Insects is almost aa keeping my month shut while ¿tetouudlng as 4bei*.pew*r. <•* r*s*udur- breathing.— Boston TVanscri]fft‘ ' * * * tfon. Tbe dally ration In leave* of a caterpillar la equal to twice Ita own Making It Pleasant. Bobble ito young man wbo bas come welgbL If a horse were to eat as much to see bis sister»—Did you want tbe he would require a ton of hay every, screwdriver. Mr. Binka? Mr. Binka— twenty-four hours. Forbusb says that Screwdriver? What should I want with a certain flesh eating larva will con that. Bobble? Bohble—Oh. I beard ma aume tn twenty-four hours 200 times say yesterday she thought you had a its original weight. A human child, to screw loose somewhere —London Mall do aa well, would have to eat In the flrst day of Ita life 1.500 pounds of beef. Trouveloc who made a special study Chango of Oiroetion. of tbe subject, affirms that the food “ What became of that man who id taken by a single s|lk vorm in flfty-atx be waa going to be a candidate?” ’His opponents marte him change his days equal* 80.000. lime* Its original at hatching. VChat destruction route.’’ replied Senator Sorghum “He , weight . One ef a Fair. by running for cover."-Washington Tbe applicant (or the post of butler Star seemed Somewhat dense, but In other , .Watsr Colors. respects' fairly suitable Almost as on Water color painting was gradually after tbengbt the mistress o f tbe bouse put n final query "1 suppose you sre raised from the bard, dry style of tbe eighteenth century to Its present brtl a single man?" abeasked. "Er—Sr—no. mum.” he stammered. Haney by tbe effort^ of Nlcholaon. Cop ley. Snnlev and other*. Tbe Water " I ’m tw in er—London Opinion. Hia Objection. Scottish Bachelor—W ill ye hae some tea? Visitor—Oh. please don't trouble: Bachelor— It’s no the trouble; !t*a Juat the expanse.—London Punch. V Carried a verrflarge asaortmbnt o f everything to be found in the higheit class drugstores., A ll kinds o f Pure Fresh Drugs, Medicines and chemicals, Perfumes, School Books and Sup plies. Stationery, U g g e tt’ a and Downey’s candies. Our stock o f cigars ia the best in town. You are always welcome. all o f as boys are behind you."—New York Times. the floor, aud be sits thus waiting tbe moment that will aet him rree. Thera he has been kept for long centurias There be must stay for ages. r. -.*4 SHEET METAL WOPKS F. H. GRIFFETH The w ar department as an execu tive department of the government “John." bo said. “ 1 am through of the United State» waa establish and you can turn on tbe water John did so and then, leaning on ed by an act of congress on A u g . 7, 1789. The sacratary o f war ganbe third among tbe cabinet members tie that Chinese question all right. You in the line o f succession to the pres don’t need to be too dern yielding, for idency. H e has charge of all mat Lord K itchener'at a dinner once apologized for his wont of elo quence. “ I can’t speak. T h at is why 1 don’t,” he said. “ I think it is bet ter to keep silent than to put you to sleep. The o ffice » of the British army are noted fo r their inability-to make a public speech. Whenever on officer ia foolish enough to rise to answer a toast the guests say to one another significantly as he sits down: backing. Light bos rbe property of ** ‘W ell, yon know, the bigger the bounding from n surface that It cannot gun the bigger the bore/ ” penetrate, tbe same as a bell would when thrown against a surface that It of Lemnee. cannot penetrate. Tbe light The island of Lemnos, in the through tbe gloss of tbe mirror, meets Aegean sea, has a long and varied tbe metal backing and then bounds history, but is now noted chiefly for from It. This bounding of tbe light from tbe metal surface Is called re its medicinal earth. This earth, flection. and mirrors are sáid to reflect. which has been highly esteemed in - S t Nicholas^ the east since classic times jls a cure ' for trateetbua aifthei&s and an anti A German Legend. dote to poison, comes from a dry The Germans have a legend of Fred mound near the village of Kotachi- erick Barba roesa that he la not dead, | noe and can o n ly be dug before day bnt in u i enchanted sleep, sitting with break on one day in the year— Aug. bis knights at a marble table In tbe cavern of Kyffhausen. In the Hars d— when Greek priest jm d Turkish mountains. His long red beard haa Ija both attend and go through grown during this long enebantment | an elaborate ceremonial. and. covering tbe table, descends to Sevang». , — — —— tbe floor o f tbe room. Under one of them, projecting from tbe foundation of tbe bouse, woe a faucet o f water to the lawn. One morning tbe president was called to the long distance tele phone by Secretaries Hay and Root. A massage bad been received In Wash ington from tbe czar of all tbe Rn—*■« and the German emperor. It rsqueet- ed that the president o f tbe United States should place tbe American sol dier* under tbe command o f Count Waldersee. tbe German general, te or der to insure harmony o f action oa tbe part o f tbe allied armies. There was some paving going oa ta tbe street opposite tbe bouse, and aa tbe day waa warm tbe workmen be came thirsty, so one o f their number was aent for water. While tbe chief executive was consulting with bis sec retarle« concerning this Important mat ter over tbe telephone. John walked tap. hang his pall on tbe faucet and turned on the water. Tbe water run ning into tbe poll made a great deal or noise and disturbed the president, tbe windows being open. He asked bis secretaries to waft a moment and then, leaning forward and looking out • f the window, sold: “John, that Water running to tbe pail makes a very disturbing noise, and I am busy talking over tbe long distance telephone. Pleaae turn It off for a few momenta" r ^ A ll righ t major." replied John, and" turning o ff the water be filled his pipe and lighted I t and rben. sitting down with bis back to the bouse, listened to tbe conversation which tbe president Was carrying on. Here waa tbe ruler o f a hundred mil lions of people engaged In tbe transac tion of moat Important and serious public business, and there was a com mon laborer Intruding himself Into the transaction, but McKinley waa uot im patient nor did he resent this Inter ference. He dictated ttrbta secretaries over tbe telephone tbe reply, consent ing that tbe American troops should bo placed under tbe command o f tbe Gar- general on tbe condition that é k government at any time reserved tbe tight to revoke tbe permtoatoa. provid ed tbe policy o f tbe army so command- od ran In any way counter to rbe Mean o f tbe United States. 1 Having dictated patch, the president bung ap tbe re- ■. Jy ■ìfìÀi\jAi ri
