•ftäSHKW
HE THRUST BRIEF ASIDE.
a i U« c n u w . Then s s Ira
» A republic.'' And tbe
train o í v a l a r to a m iles sq u are
re a c h in g sixty-five m iles a k j-
LIVED IN EARLY BIBLE TIMES.
i h e v ili * ; a fair dm c< Ike
of the earth.
u large to 10,000 Niagaras
ig ava j a i tho eontim ats ev-
»y and vi eating material from
and transporting it to the see.
some outlying province of G reet B rit
ala. for f t V a p a rt o f th e oorooatloo
representa the vork of the
a t the other <
taken Ul* and
¡"What makes you think ea r
author asked. ’Has be sold bod«
*Z 82 & $ 2 * f i ». * *
of malarial to the .gulf of
Mexico every dar. It vonld require
nearly 1,700 curt traina, anea aa
vere need at Panama, to more each
•jto asa sei; child. ICO Jest y o u
U to aO o o ,, I (ait there wee no haa
loeeUeet things for him for about
weeks, and then he told me ha bto
▼alley into the gnlf through the
Masippr river is greater than the
o l amount of material removed
mb tbeTanama canal, aa it atanda
Or. Johnson's Homeliness.
8am nei Jobnaoa v a e biniseli
this to a qua 11 tv rarely found in *1
icons. In riev of thia fact, the
statement of General Goethals. the
builder of the Panama canal, that
the man who attacks the task of
Warning Him.
H y dear, è cea riv a ’ yon a satisfac
"deepening the Waaiaaippi river viU
hare the biggeet engineering iob tory explanation of my delay Ml get
ting borne this eveatog.“
... -....
man, indeed
Greece, end a fte r he got hold o f enough
Bngttoh to m ake blmeelf understood he
asad to tak e some of th e young sppran-
ttce boys op into the eyes of th e chip
and tali them, with m any gesttouto-
done and forlorn words, o f th e differ
e a t kinds o f ta r Greece could knock
oot of Turkey
“T h e skip wee around on th e PacM r
“A styttoh g a rm e n tr we aay of one sta tion whoa the w ar broke out h e
m ade to the tesbton o f the day. But
whan wo ask. “ W hat to th e style of the
garm entr* wo are Inquiring (tor a de
scription th a t niay' be of this year's
stylo, o r last year’s, o r o f th e toot con
tn ry ’s. A dreos may he “to style" so
WHAT IS STŸLE?
“Too may* tovo An explanation.
Henry, bot I can tetl you to advance
(hat It w on’t be satisfactory.”—Detroit
carrying forward the task of chang Free Frase
ing, the ahora-line of Lonisiana is
revealed by the f«et*tbát it is build
ing a mile o£ Louisiana territory
bound Adviee.
I f yon are In the babti of being an
Innocent bystander take treatm ent for
y ear Innocence or cease hystsndlng —
Judge
ear*.—John Oliver
iftioagl Geographic
tates. and the walls of this valley see
•Dad with the remains of other rack
co t temples, tom bs and dwelling
places, in one (dace are the remains
o f a a open a ir theater. Borne of the
etra c ta res c a t to the face of the rock
a n several stories In height, while
tb etr architectural details excite the
wondering adm iration of the- beholder.
Of course they gala Immensely to the
eyes of the surprised visitor by their
situation and by the s ir of total aban
donm ent which surrounds th em They
a re a t vartoos heights above the boor
or the valley, end the uplifting of the
eyes turned to stody them adds to the
Impression of lonely majesty which
they make upon them.
i t to ra re to meet any hum an being
In the piece. Sometimes ■ few Arabs
are seen, but a t ntgbt the voices a t
wolves, byeasa. owls end Jinks Is may
be beard, and occasionally one of th ese
anim ats may be surprised lurking In the
d ark Interior of an open tomb. Large
venomous serpents are also sometimes
have applied to Petrs, which has been
supposed (o be the Selah of the Bible,
th e curses uttered by the Hebrew
prophets against the land of Idumea,
such a s these : “ And thorns shall come
up in her palaces, nettles end rambles
In the fu rtn e e ie thereof, end ft shall
he a habitation for dragons end n court
for owls.“ or. “Oh. thou th at dweUeet
to the clefts of the rocks, th a t boldest
th e height of the bill, though thou
as solemn an d wooden a a a n Indian's
took Charlie in hand and told him some
things He told M aro th a t the United
m ates w as so much In sym pathy with
Greece to the straggle w ith Turkey
that the navy departm ent had decided
to turn over all of the ships of the
American n a ry .to Greek com m anders
“ ‘Here’s a chance ‘fa r yon. Maro.
the bo’xm rs m ate toM M aro. *Tou ju st
want ¡o w ork your edge. H era yon at
already shipped qn.rhte cruiser, and it*»
duller» to doughnuts th at If yon ask
for the co • m d o f th is ship to order
to take her o ie r to Greece to mix It pp
with the T urks you'll got It hands
down B etter t r y It oo.’.
“T h a t Idea Impressed M aro a heap
B e qsfced th e bo sun’s m ate whom he’d
h a re to apply to to pel command of the
E n tirely Sto pped.
* *
I t w as a t a big boxing show to Brook
lyn th a t ot the time for beginning the
third round of one of the boats th e of-
flete! m aster of ceremonies climbed
through the ropes end from the center
of the ring made this statem ent:
“Gentlemen. 1 wish to announce th at
hi the last round H arry Pierce broke
bis band end to compelled to stop. Ho
Is therefore unable to continue. And
so be will oot light any more to n ig h t"
-S aturday Evening Phot
The Filet Oyster Eater.
The gluttonous Vitelline to reported
to heve eaten LOOP oysters a t a sitting
“H e wee a very valiant man who drat
ventured on eating of oysters.” King
Jam es waa wont to declora e senti
ment echoed by the poet Gay:
The men bed aura e pelete severed e’er
With besas or i u d that on tho rocky
Clsrgym aa— lt lo bed te toso a h a»
bend. asede m. bat I sm aura tb a t ai
he waa snob e good m an he la happy
wbera be to Wldow—Oh. but 1 know
be ton’t hsppy! O ergym an — Wbyl
Wldow—Bocease be seld be' could nev
a r be happy w ttboet me.—Indtonnpolli
He suddenly bolted for tho engine
n o m hatch end made hto way below.
and It took three m arines to drag fete)
a ft to the elck bey. wbera th e surgeon,
a t the skipper's command, gave Maro
a half boor's examination oo to hto m a
lty. Mara Who sam e enough to
to give tb e neme e f th e enlisted m an
who bed told btm be wee eligible for
the commead of tbe ship upon its b a lm
•tornad tato the navy o f Grasos,' hot
te e thrashing ho gave th a t bateante
■tote when he ro t him On tho bendi*
bhrnl
....
All Alike.
The following entry appears in the
“visitors* booh*' of a hotel In Germany:
“The living here la «»«d. plain and sub
»lantlai bo to the waitress.”
If you slay up iitgnts'yon can't s<
IP da rtlm e a — Judge -
TH E PRESTIG E TH IS
«»B A N K E N JO Y S=
preacher who waa staying at a cler
gy boose, wps in the habit of retir-
starting op ip assumed terror.
“Pray, what might that be?" "Sit
down, bishop,” his friend replied.
•^That's only young Drover practic
“ 'Why. to th e commanding officer. of ing what be preaches!’'
course, was the reply.
Mara wqe tremendously Important
for a day o r so While he let this huge
Mea grow within him.' and be hpllied
the men detailed to work with btm
down below Jo. the boiler room a good
deal. T bs bo'eun’a m ate kept working
him up to It. a n d dually Maro appeared
on deck ooe morning togged out to hie
very beet m ustering su it of bluejacket
clothes end went up to the officer, of
the deck and asked perm las ton to see
the commanding officer at the m ast
The officer of the deck waa ra tb e rs u r
prised to see the men ell done op In
hta mustering togs when all bands
wore a t work: but. as be to obliged to
do when an enlisted m en requests per
mtosloa to see th e commending officer,
be sent word to the skipper, who soon
emerged from bis cabin an d appeared
a t t h e stick.
“ ‘Well, my me n r said the skipper to
Mara, who stood bolt upright and sa
luted with a flourish.
“ ’■ere.’ satd Maro to th e skipper. ‘I
hav-a da honor to ber-s-bj taka da
command of-a'da ship.’
“ *H syf said the commanding officer,
potting hto band to his ea r and looking
aa Ifp e hadn’t beard a rig h t
“ ’Da ship.’ repeated M ara ’F o ra da
novae of-a B ellas—de G reeks oaves—1
have do honor to ta k a do commend.’
“All bends among the enlisted men
were op on the to’gallOBt fo’c'ele tak
ing the thing In. end they broke Into o
roar th at yam could h a re hoard five
cable lengths’ distance. Maro board It
And. suspecting th at hto oonfldonco hod
Might So W oran
Maldon Anni ito u tile nephew on •
riait »— You’re not getting homesick.
Willie T U ttle Hoy-O b. do . nan tie :
It’s even duller at borne. - London
Opinion.
And they do say he was oatrOmm stop
a butler.'
“Maybe th at Is why oo was so q u iet
to answ er the belle.” -B altim ore Amer
Iron
to th e a b so lu te se c u r ity of fu n d i
United States National Bank
BANK IN NEWBERG"—1918
Mirrors end Sunshine.
Many persona -do not .know that
sunshine is destructive to mirrors
and produces that milky appearance
which cannot be got rH of. When
a mirror is being washed the water
should not be allowed to get close
to the edges, for often it will leak
under, giving s mottled effect sod
ruining the glass. Hand mirrors
should be placed where the sun will
not strike them, and the cleaning
pastes that they are polished with
should not be too moist, for there
are often tiny spaces that will ad
mit a liquid, and after this happens
tte mirror’s usefulness will soon
When in Need of a Plomber
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Phone Black 23
Residence Blue 6
r a p e r u m w w u w jcu u u iv g j uuto
perfected instrumente that measure
tea amount of moisture in wood and
teas have given to lumbermen in
formation of tho utmost value to
team, sinos H haa aavad them many
thousands of dollars in freight
ehqrge* According to one writer
1,000 pounds of groen lumber fresh
fren the saw and cut from green
logs cow tains from 400 to 600
pounds of water. Nearly all fresh
cut wood is .at least one-third wa
ter. Some woods contain twioe as
mush water as oteen.
Artist—There you are, sir. F w
dated you a full lino of ancestors,
id I’ll warrant you that no own will
lòw they are not genuine. This Je
mtr father, the fa your gran die
ser, this your great-grandfather
Mr. Newvich—Hold do! Groat
•arene, man. you’ve made my
rest-grandfather a much vounger
taking man than I am!—Puck.
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Thia Is the kind we supply oar customers.
Our Dairy is frequently inspected by the State
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