i '
' ■...—
him. It was incredible. Peter took
TWO FINE OLD WORD«.
CROCODILES OF BORNEO.
it very hard. It was his first experi
ence in not getting what he wanted. A r Art I r Which th* Natives Wara 1 » I Natives Da Nat Fear Theai and Kill Vat Few Cetild New Tall Offhand Whet
F I R S T AT H O W A N O N C W B C R O . ORK
«•haw” ar “ Biker Means.
Instead of being grateful to Mrs.
parts Before Our Bra.
I
Them Only In Revenge.
O » mmimm cUçJ
Wrest for not accepting him, every
Why do useful words d ie? In
m ! b so far as good coottug consists j
I t is no uncommon sight in Bor-
unmarried woman waa angry w ith ______
to making the cheap as attractive and j neo to see a large crocodile sunning good use today there are scores and
, «Mi other idvistogw. « U a i a i m
her. It was not long before scarce- «electable as the moat expensive, the i himself on the” muddy bank of a hundreds and doubtless thousands
PERFECT FUNERAL SERVICE.
ly a woman save Mrs. Howland vis- '
Ch!na **
j river. He takes no notice of the na- of needless synonyms, useful only
Plim PI mmk W U . 25, B U M
ited Mrs. Wrest. She was at liberty f
! tires, even though they pass quite to the poet and the stylist, while
Chance Aided In Solving It now to read and play the violin as |
' *" [ near him. So common, indeed, is excellent words o f honorable Anglo-
much aa she chose and to sew for a l l , « j,, t
w deMtly populated the the sight that the Dyaka themselves Saxon ancestry and needful fo r use
the
poor
that
needed
new
garments,
cook
becomes
f t an early act an Im pay no heed to these dangerous rep have been doomed to death, execut
By ALEXANDRA DXGMAR
HODSON A ELLIOTT
all because she had refused Peter portant member of the social economy. tiles, and yet~it is no unusual thing ed and forgotten.
She came to Northport alone and Meredith, whom nobody wanted her Not only the preparation of food for in Borneo to hear of some human
Shaw, for example, is a fine old
FUNOUL
unannounced, an entire stranger to to have.
Immediate but alee for future use la life being taken by a crocodile. For English word.
It meant a ami "
or A * F a n i Cm m
everybody. She boarded at - Mrs.
Why had she done it? There hla function. Long before Christ they months perhaps the crocodiles in a and pleasing open group o f trees,
Polk’s, and it was thought that when could be only one reason. She had loarned to preserve fruits and vegeta river live at peace with mankind. neither a copse nor a forest. I t wi
705
705 1-2 Pm S m
fall came she would go away, as did no business to marry! She had a bles by desiccation, compression, pick- Then suddenly one o f these crea not so impressive as a grove nor
O iccC m 118, R m . B U I IS,Rod203
the few other city dwellers who husband living from whom she had Hag. smoking, sousing and candying. tures will carry off some lad bathing wee it es insignificant as a thicket
They extended and applied these proc
^ TTO RN BY-AT-LAW
were able to get summer accommo no divorce!
esses to animal tissue. Centuries ago in the river or even attack some one or a coppice.
dations in the conservative old
Though Mrs. Wrest was apparent they did what Americana cannot do paddling along in hia boat.
^Through a shaw there often ran
CLARENCE
UTT
town.
Bnt when fall came she ly lftn8ciou8 o f the increasing feel today—dry. clams, oysters and other
a
sike. We mi^ht spare shaw nowa
There
seefiis
to
be
no
reason
why
Will practice in ell the courta of the bought a pretty cottage on a quiet
ing against her, she made n j sign. shellfish until they are as bard as the crocodile should suddenly show days, bnt sike is one o f those words
Special attention inven to pro-
. •
She still attended church regularly, wood and would keep exposed to the ‘ ft man eating propensity in this way. which should never have been
DTK, the writing of deeds, m o r t - street
contracts and the drafting of all
The first thing Mrs. Wrest did wearing black and sitting alone in
**>« By«k> account (or it b , a curb thrown in the philological garbage
Newberg, Oregon.
ESTpepem.
after going into the house was to her pew, apparently unconscious of
atari flatfiah. sturgeon and the like ao oua superetition
They say that if can, declares a writer m the Cleve
O m cm — Second Floor in Unies Block hire Cornelia Bangs, partly as a
all who were so fiercely conscious of thnrmuhlj *t»»t they cm use the on- i f°°d »* offered to a person and he land Plain Dealer. I t is little less
servant, partly as companion. Cor her. She was sitting thus one morn boxed goods. If necessary, for bnllaat- ; refuses it and goes away without at than shameful that the dictionaries
nelia was a peculiar old soul, but ing perfectly still, with her small lag a trading vessel without injuring ! least touching it some misfortune put (obs.) after it.
C . K . C H A P IN
respectable and a good worker, and hands folded and her face lifted to their quality or flavor.
- . •"
I is sure to befall him, and he will
A sike is a brook or rill that
the position Mrs. Wrest offered the minister.
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most probably be attacked by a makes a handsome showing in
must have been a real godsend.1
The church was unusually well bla expenditures to tbo limit laid down j cr0codile ; also it is said that one of spring and autumn, but which is
PracticeSn all courts; Probate, Deeds,
O f course all the ladies in the filled, and Mrs. Wrest’s pew waa the
i and all legal pa peas. Ab-
«T ioose^ eth od s* l f S 2 {J* W
J 8 the gods punish crime is quite dry in midsummer. It re
neighborhood went to call upon the only one where there were vacant
country. He can calculate the cost of by »ending a ^ocod ile to attack the quires a dozen or more words to tell
new resident. She received them; sittings.
The ushers understood
what a sfkc really is, and yet sike
culprit.
I l N M W m i W R I l W M B K graciously and served them with tea that when there ceased to be room a meal to within n few cents. He can
has been permitted to go by the
Thtf-Dyaks
o
f
Borneo
will
not
kill
make -an Inferior cot of fresh pork
and cakes made in Cornelia’s best elsewhere strangers might be shown
resemble the best qjece of perfumed ; a crocodile except in revenge. If board, while* needless superfluities
D l X O f t l style. But she told them nothing to.places beside her, and so now, pork, ao highly prised by hla employer j the animal will li live at peace with have retained placet honor in the
that they had come to hear, and when a man entered the vestibule or make a mock bird’s nest soup t him the Dyak has no wish to start language
they went away with their curioeity very late, he was taken at once to scarcely distinguishable from the real a qUarr®l. If however, the croco-
The reason is not hard to find.
completely baffled. Who was Mrs. ' Mrs. Wrest’ s pew.
h
... ® 8pr g n*“ r*et * ’* *n J*1?*;® dile breaks the truce and kills some In olden days, when cities were not
W rest?
Whence had she com e?'
He was a tall Inan, with a point be win buy a quantity of perishable one then he feels justified in re much, men knew tlm country, and
Was she widow or divorcee? They ed blond beard and blond hair just goods and preserve them to last until taliating.
-| the language was bu m in terms of
OIBee, White 22; Res. Red 123
the autumn “
. '
were at liberty to conjecture what slightly gray, distinguished looking
Under these circumstances the ; natural objects.
Then came ab-
they chose, but they could find out ' and handsome. Mrs. Wrest moved a
Dyaks set to work to find the cul- j stractions and emotions and phi-
nothing positively,_____ ____....__ t
little and lifted her eyes. Then her OLD TIME COURT OPENING. prit and go on catching and killing losophizings and abstruse delvings,
Cornelia Bangs, being proverbial face went suddenly white, and she
Bay* Coma in,» Was tha Call whan crocodiles until they succeed in do- . and the little things o f nature fad-
ly close mouthed, waa as impene crumpled forward in a dead fa in t
tha Judo* Waa Raady.
ing so. The Dyaks generally wear j ed into insignificance. Men who
trable as her mistress. She aidn*f. The stranger lifted her up and
-*Oyes! Oyesl Oyes! Know ya all brass ornaments, and by cutting read and wrote did not think of
know. That was the answer she without noticing any one’s inter- that the honorable circuit conrt of ! open a crocodile they can easily as- 1 sikes.
made to all queries.
ference bftre her into the vestibule. i Peoria county now stands convened : certain whether he is the' creature I. Only within the last half century
It waa evident that Mrs. Wrest Mrs. Howland and a few others rose pursuant to adjournment."
. ^
j they wish to punish.— r —
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; have men turned back again to the
Office over Finit National
meant to live very quietly and cared instantly and followed after Hie
Thto la the impressive ceremoay used
Sometimes aa many as ten croco- pleasant and inspiring phases o f nat-
Bank
very little for social .'doings. Most twain. •.
and the words spoken aloud when cir- ¿¡jeg are kniVd before they manage ural beauty. They have found sikea
o
f her time she passed in reading
«This is my wife,” the stranger
Phone White 3*1
^
- V
*
i to fin<* the animal they want to be everywhere and have described them
or playing upon her violin or doing explained tersely. “ Is there any- tiebes are required tH rU e and remain r avenged on. Having succeeded in ; with labored circumlocution, for a
little kindnesses for the sick and thing you can do fo r her ?”
until the conrt baa been ' doing this, they once more live a t ' sike is one o f the daintiest and hap-
nee<ty.
She opened her eyes and looked seated.
peace with these reptiles until such , piest offerings o f the wide world.
Mrs. Wrest attended all the serv- straight into those o f her husband,- In the days of 1818 to'lfDO things time as the truce is broken again by j
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bR. A . M. DAVIS
ices o f the church, although she had « h o was holding her as if he would were different, as early historical rec aome crocodile killing a human be- • -
Jack Cada'a Monument,
presented no letter fo r membership, never let go again.
ords show, observes the Ptooria Trib ing.— Los Angeles Times.
I At Heathfield, jn England, ii a
She dressed always very beautiful in
“ Gordon!” she said and fainted une. Records of those days show one
D E N T IS T
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! farm on which still stand the in
incident In which Judge John Reynolds
Mack, but she wore no jewelry save away again.
.*
o f ; mains o f an old atone house that is
Success consists in getting out
c
waa seated on the circuit bench In ourself everything m at’s in you. ' said once to have been the home o f
a large pearl brooch, which M rs.}
Next day Mrs. W rest had
Hay, the jeweler’s wife, said waa to
' be a mystery,- fo r Mrs. —
Howland Washington county when the follow Ing t does not consist in doing almost the notorious Jack Cade. Whether
the finest o f the kind she had ever told all she knew, and she knew a was the procedure:
“Boys come In. Oui* John Is going quite as much or a little more th a n or not Cade ever lived there can
seen.
.c
great deal. She had heard the -toehold court.” the sheriff said to the the other fellow. What the other never be accurately determined, but
No other woman in Northport whole story from Editha, while her spectators. Jurors snd attorneys who fellow does doesn’t amount, to a there is no disputing the fact that
had such a . way o f wearing her husband sat by ready to affirm evaiy had gathered on the grass la the court dent in a doorknob, ao far aa you are he waa killed in that neighborhood.
dothea, o f carrying herself, o f tflt- word.
house yard.
concerned. You're successful when On-the main road, not far from the
ing her chin.
The courts in those days were held you put to some useful purpose e f- ' ruins o f the bouse, stands a monu-
Gordon Wrest waa the heir o f an
And J o other woman was as beau old uncle who had once been in love mostly In log bouses or in barrooms of ery ounce of energy, every grain o f ificnt with this inscription: “ Near
tiful. I f she had not tieen beauti with Editha’ s mother. Not feeling village taverns fitted up for the pur gray matter, - every mite o f muscle th i/ spo
spot was slain tne notorious
ful there would not have been so able in justice to provide for Editha pose. with a temporary bench for the that you’ve got. You’re successful rebel* Jack Cade by Alexander Iden,
court and benches and chairs for the
much said or thought about her.
as he wished, he le ft his money to Juror», lawyers and spectators. In gen when you’ ve developed all there is Esq., sheriff o f Kent, A. D. 1460.
Office over U. S. Natl. Bank
She had a calm, pale face, sur Gordon only on the eondition that
eral. the Judges were adverse to ren to yon and have given that to the His body was carried to London, and
Phone Black 171
rounded with dark hair as with a he marry her. So Gordon carried dering decisions on points or law snd world.
his head fixed upon London bridge.
_____ ___ _____
frame. Her eyes also were dark, in out the old man’s wishes and be preferred to submit all questions to
This is the success o f all rebels, and
A Cumulative Teat.
this fortune chanceth ever to trai
OOOOOOOOOOOWOOOWOWOOOOOOO« scrutable in their depth and still came possessed both o f Editha and the Jurors for a decision.
As the thin man and the stoat tors.”
ness. Her month drooped a little, the fortune.
One Instance is cited when attorneys
but then some mouths.are not shap
All went well till Editha found requested the court to Instruct the jur one were talking of diet and food in
D r. J oh n S . R a n k in
”1 hope the motto of this railroad to
ed for constant smiling. It was not out the condition o f the will, and, of ors on qilestlons of law. ' The Judge, general the thin man said: “ Yon
safety first”
after
rubbing
bis
head
snd
face
with
can
get
an
excellent
dinner
at
Clap-
a
sad
mouth,
and
it
was
not
a
happy
course,
she
immediately
thought
FHYSKJAR
SURGEON
“It Is." replied the man who thinks
one. It was just still, like the rest that Gordon had married her for bis bands and reflecting a few mo ham’s, the restaurant near my of- only of pecuniary precaution. “I .no
ments. said to the lawyers:
Office over U. S. National Bank
| fice, for "25 cents. Ever try one of tice It never let«« anybody travel a mile
o f her face.
the money’s sake alone. She waa
"Why. gentlemen, the Jury under his dinners?”
Office phone Blue 171 *
I f she had had a great sorrow r young and foolish and passionate,
without rstytqi: In advance.”—Washing
stand It; they need no Inatructloni;
Residence Phone Black 116
“ One o f ’em ! Yes, I should say 1 ton S?ar.
she hid it skillfully or else she had and without stopping to ask her no doubt they will do Justice In thto
had," said the stout man. “ Why, I
no heart. There were a great many husband a question or reason with
tOOQOOOOOQOQOOOOW OOOOOOOOa
Self trH»t is tie* first secret of sue-
ate four o f ’em one day last week 1”
women who thought she had no herself she gathered up what waa
heart. That is often the first accu hers and fled.
Gat Up Right.
sation brought against a beautiful
Get op right In the morning Go to
She thought she Srould seek out
L ittle fie ld & R o m ig
woman by others who are not so some little place, make herself a bed right at night Start with Joy in
beautiful.
I B W P B M W I j B BBI
home and nettle down to a life o f your heart.-hope In the future, kind-
neas In your purpoee.
:■ P H Y S I C I A N S
She had lived in Northport two 1 seclusion and good deeds.
•
If it to a dark day never mind: yon
years when something happened.
Her husband had found her by
an d SU R G EO N S
will lighten ft up. If it to a bright day
Peter Meredith fell in love with her. the merest chance. “ I have spent you will add to the brightness. Give a
Office in First Nat'l Bank Bldg.
Of course there might have been three years o f mv life looking for word of «-beer, a kindly greeting and a
Phone, Black 31
other men than Peter in love with you,” he said. “ When a wreck de- warm handshake to your friends.
M r. M a n
»♦»«oseeeee»»»»eeees«s»ses her and probably were, but Peter layed me here for a few hours and If your enemies look up pass them
was the only one that advertised his I decided to go to church I had no by, forget and try to forgive.
If all of ua would bear In mind that
regard boldly.
j idea Gf the consequences. It seem*
All the young unmarried women as if a kindly fate must have led happiness to from within and not from
DR. TH O S. W . HESTER * were simply dving for Peter. In me to your f«nr side. Editha ,'T Ë
8 " ellsprln* of
“ * * 10
^ h ^
d th® son would
ish-
Physician and Surgeon * the first place he was rich, and in our long separation t a i accomplir1
W hy not get * good
shine forever.
T h ere’s no ov erh ea tin g
Office in Dixon Building
> the next his good looks wonld have ! ed nothing more it must at lei <ast
oil stove so that dur
Try It!—Leslie's.
made him eligible without the addi- j prove to yon thht ,1 love you.
r w .
O ffic . W U t. 22, IW White 11 {
ing
the
hot
weather
the kitchen with an up-to-
rmn At *nAn Att
tt A
X
i t
»
« »
tion o f money.
“ And the fdtfire,” Mrs. Wrest
date oil cook stove. It’s
your
wife
or
mother
“The
High
8eae.»
NEWBERG - - OREGON £
His married sister took him to said, looking up into his face with
ju st like cooking with city
By “the high seas” referred to In
or sister or daughter,
task as soon as she suspected his in such a smile as her face had never article 1 of the constitution of the
gaa. T h e burners con
can p re p a re th e
fatuation. She had kept him from before been seen to wear, •mu
United 8tates to meant the open see—
centrate the heat at the
meals in a cooLco/n-
marrying a good many years; be prove that— I love you.”
that to. the waters outside the civil
different cooking points.
fortablm hitehm n?
jurisdiction of any country whatever,
cause she wanted the money for the
DR. SA R A H E. SM ITH
which, according to the law of nations,
small Peter, her ■Aon, and she did
Had an Alibi.
Physician and Surgeon
not intend to be outwitted now by
An old colored man went to the to limited t / One marine league, or
thrpe geographical miles, from tha
a woman who had nothing but her j polls one day to register.
Office in City Hall
shore. Even the great lakes beyond
handsome face to r<4ommend her.
“ What’s your name, uncle?” the the limit designated above are regard
Office Phone—White 147
“ You don’t know anything about clerk asked.
ed aa “high
Residence Phone—Blue 58
her,” she urged.
“ Mah name am George Washing
NEWBERG
OREGON
N o w ood or coal or
“T don’ t ask< to know anything ton, sah,” the old fellow answered.
8 h# Had S u spicion s.
ashes
to lug. N o
that she does hot choose to tell me.
“ George Washington, eh?” said
8hs—But how do I know you love
waiting for fires to
I love her well enough to trust the clerk. “ Well, George, are you mol
catchup. T h e long
her,” Peter answered valiantly.
Hs— Why, I can’t sleep at nights
the fellow that cut down the cherft
Blinking of yon.
blue ch im n eys d o
“ Good heavens! She may be an tree ?”
She—That
proves
nothing.
Pa
can’t
a
w a y ” w i t h all
adventuress!”
cried
his
sister,
los-
“ No, sah,” said the old man ; “ no,
Dr. E. E. Daniels
sm oke and sm ell.
in g h e r temper.
sah, I ain’ t. I ain’t done no work sleep' at nights thinking of yon. but I
hardly think It Is lova.—Loodon Stray
In 1,2, 3, snd 4-bnrnsr
Then Peter lost his and declared at all, sah, fo ’ nigh outer free
CH IRO PR ACTIC
sixes, with or without
S t o r i e s ___ _____________ _
that he was going straight to Mrs. years.” — Exchange.
ovens. Also csbinet
PH YSICIAN
Wrest to ask her to marry him. He
models with Pi re less
C ru ikshsrk’s Long Artistic Life.
cooking oven.
Tha Way to Know Dogs.
went. Mrs. Howland, who lived op
In 1883 Crttfkshank. the great artist,
LADY AT T EN D AN T
The only true and thoro'
posite, saw him go to the door, saw
rough waa asked by the committee who ex
STAN D AR D O IL
Cornelia Bangs admit him and take straight way to know the dog ii is to hibited hto “Worship of Bacchus” to
COM PANY
(C«m»rala)
him into the parlor. Then she flew own on«. A common residence un associate with that work some of hto
for the spyglass which had belonged der the same roof tree, be it animfllfl early drawings In order to prove that
to her father, an old sea captain. or humans, is the sure test of per he was not hto own grandfather!—
D R C F. S C H E L L E R
Chanson's “Crnlksbank.”
' For Sals By
But the spyglass was, after all, very sonality. T o own the dog is to
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OSTEOPATHIC
inadequate to the occasion.
Sh* comprehend him in his faults and
Bad tx a m p le.
OREGON H A R D W A R E ,* IMPLEMENT CO.
could not hear what was said, virtues, to protect his weaknesses,
PHYSICIAN
“Mrs. Blinks has sold her parrot.»
though she drew her own conclu be anxious at his vagrancies, to
LARKIN-PRINCE HARDWARE CO.
-W hat totr
O fc» - d R —I t i Conmal,
sions when Peter came forth, de catch the contagion o f his love and
“W ell It Instated on talking, and she
to agonize if it so be that he die*—» was afraid It might encourage her hos-
jected.
hOOio&OO P. ML
band."-Judge.
Mrs. Wrest bad indeed refused Richard Burton.
W . W . HOLLINGSWORTH * SON
FU N ER AL D IR E CTO R S
Northport’s
M ystery
UNDERTAKERS
LAWYER
Df. H. C.
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d S n t i s t
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