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FER TILE MORPHY, TH E CHESS WIZARD Paul Charles Murphy, the famous American chess player, la Massed as "perhaps the most remsrkable chess player o f modern tim es." He was bora in New Orleans In 1837 and waa notably precocious as a child. Ha showed this precocity particularly In games o f chess, and before ho waa thirteen had defeated many w ell known amateurs. For several years Re studied law at the College o f south Carolina and played chess only o c c a sionally. But la 1857. at the first Am erican chess congress, held in New York, ho easily defeated the best play ers that could be brought against him. In 1858 Morphy want to England and there defeated Lo wen that Boden and Bird and performed the most as tonishing feats In simultaneous games without the board When be was In Paris, the same year, he won five out •a vo many exhibitions o f blindfold playing. It waa these last that w ere responsible fo r the early breakdown A fter his return to tbe United States In 1858 be defeated tbe visiting G er man exp ert Anderssen. In seven out of eleven games. H e was admitted to the bar and began to practice law in New Orleans. But the strain o f his blindfold contests bad been toe greet fo r bis mind, and he was forced to g ive up chess altogether and then to abandon all mental occupation. He tired In retirement until bis death In 1884. H is activity thus covered a com- Morphy’s skill is described as Inex plicable. H e never was a close stud ent o f chess. H e played his games easily and quickly. with no prepara tion and little hesitation. Yet his com- Bread Up the Ftwef In the autumn chimney s w ift neats often made the chimney amoks, and they bad to. be Ashed gut or knocked down bp low ering e pine branch en a rope from the roof. Once upon a time, o f course, these a wallows built In hollow trees. But a pair o f them, flying over Ptyuaouth In 1821, spied something which looked like a new £Ind o f tree, and the breed was on Its way to a new procedure. Possibly the fact that chimneys are safer from squirrels, coons, ow ls and other possible enemies waa a factor to determining tbe change. Then, too, it Is undoubtedly cosier to And chimneys today than hollow trees, l w ell remem ber. as a boy, bearing n noise In one o f our chimneys and pulling out the stovepipe bole cop In my chamber. There, directly opposite the opening, perched on n protruding brick, n sw ift was building a nest o f sticks! I watched tbe whole process, fasci nated by tbe sticky mucilage which the fasten tbe sticks together, and a fter the (bother teas sitting gradually got her so tame—or. rather, sufficiently subdued her wildness—that she would remain ocraManally on tbe nest when tbe cJp was removed. My great desire was to see bow she got tbe young birds up tbe chimney a fter they were large enough to leave tbe nest, but alas. at for m y belief. Has any one observed a chimney sw ift getting her young up the flue? Curiously enough, I m yself have never had another chance to watch.—W alter Prichard Eaton In Harper’s Mags shoe U n i ly rtn Had a PoeHIve D m i e f Friday a and Sunday j The behef In palmtata u 4 sooth • y ; e r a la not. aa la sometimes snp- ; posed, confined to tile Ignorant and fo e I Lord Byron waa vat a j credulous. skeptic In these matters. Just before hia death, as recorded In "B yiea> T lie ; Last Phase." by Richard IM g a w b a . "b e a n li ba bad reflected a grant fo a l on a prediction Srhlcb had baanr Bade to him when a boy by a fam ed fortone teller In Scotland. "H U mother, who firmlyabettnred In chiromancy and astrology, had aant for this person and desired him to In forto him what woo Id he the fotare destiny o f her son. H arin g nra mined attentively the palm o f hia hand, the man looked at him fo r aw hile stead fastly and then w ith a solemn retee exclaimed. ‘Beware o f your thlrty-oer noth year, my young lord; beware? “ H e bad entered on hU thirty-as* euth year on Jan. 22. nnd It # a a e v i dent from the emotion w ith which he related thla circumstance that the cau tion o f the palm ist had produced a deep Impression on hia mind, which In many respects waa ap superstitious that w e thought It proper to accuse him o f superstition. ** "To say the truth.’ answered Ms lordship, i (tod It equally difficult to know what not to believe. • • ■ You w ill. I know, ridicule my b elief In lucky and nnlucky days, but no coo sld oration can now induce me to un dertake anything either on a Friday or a Sunday. 1 am positive It would term inate unfortunately. E very one o f m y misfortunes—God knows I have had my share—has happened to bo HORSES IN B A T T L E . «SMANIA. Conviât I f you wish to add s codicil to your w ill don’t fall to bave tbe codicil refer unmistakably to tbe w ill and to attach the codk-il thereto physically. Don’t hesitate to chai.ire your w ill by codicil or otherwise whenever yon see Real A cademic Dignity, Max Muller tells a story o f on# o f Dr. Strachaa Davidson’s predecessors a* master o f Baliol. "Once when re turning from a solitary w alk Dr. Jen kins. whose regard fo r his own dignity was very g rea t slipped and fell. Tw o undergraduates, seeing tbe accident ran to assist him and w ere jo s t laying hands on him to lift him up when he descried a master o f arts coming. Stop!’ be cried. ‘I see a master o f arts coming down the stree t’ and he dis missed tbe undergraduates, w ith many thanks, and was helped on his legs by tbe M. A ” —London Chronicle. For Safety’s Sake. A captain o f a small trading vessel having some contraband goods on board wanted to onload them at a small port "Joe." be said to tbe customs man. whom be knew well, If I was to stick a pound note over each o' your eyes could ye see?" "N o.” replied tbe man, "and If I bad another over my month I couldn’t London Tit-Bits. A s k him if P m A ir in the • h n 't just am vital to Aroused H er Suspicion. , !.” be said, "th at coal bas gone Warm Air Furnace A t the Museum. "Is that the artist’s name In M g lat ter« on that picture, pop?” "N o, my son. That Is the name o f the rich man who presentad tba picture to tbe museum. You w ill find the art- let’s name la very sm all letters down In tbe low er right band corner.” —St. Louie Poet-Dlepetcb. 3mm TODAY Seems, A ll k ig and Strong. No single room apartm ent satisfies the hammerhead. When he bonds hia neat be dlvtdee It Into three room »—a reception hall, a drawing room and a bedroom. T h e entire structure la buUt o f sticks, dome shape, and sometimes six feet In diam eter. T b e bird la ao good s carpenter and engineer that the nest w ill bear the w eight o f a man. In appearance tbe bird looks alw ays ss I f he- needed a haircut. H is long locks, hanging down bis pack, have given him hia name, hammerhead. Tbe entrance to this dom elike neat la small and on the concealed side. Tb e first room Is the hall, where the ham merhead liras whan ha fears attach. Behind this Is the draw ing room, the borne o f tbe young birds when they outgrow tbe bedroom. Tbe bedmom Is higher than the rest and safe t o d floods. H are tbe fem ale bird deposits eggs on a nest o f leaves, and both parents taka tarns a t keep ing them warm. The hammerhead Uvea In A frica, usually buHCs his nest near a stream and eats fish, frogs. lisards and small snakes.—Philadelphia North American. ! Seraed St. Phase While » 2 \ .. % &. . Days / w ill be incomplete with out ft earner«. Come in now and we wtU show yea the ANSCO, the amateur camera o f professional quality, and tall Parlor Pharmacy Steady, evenly dis tributed heat, un der perfect control m akes a good oil sto v e w o n d e rfu l Risulti W o f the sixteenth century and Is rarely mentioned In books before 1700. John son does not recognize i t though Steele uses It In 1712 in the Spectator ( " I f yon w aiit to sell, here la your chap"), and tt Is found In Bailey’s Dictionary. 1731, The last paragraph o f the last letter Its original meaning o f a buyer or sell w ritten by Charles Dickens read: or still lingers In tbe dialects o f many But I hope I may be ready at > o’clock. counties. Coupled with tbe adjectives If I can’t b * -w h > . then I shan’t be. Brer old, young, little, poor. It was and is affectionately. , C. D. used In fam iliar language, ss Is its rel Thla was written an hour or ao be ative. a queer "custom er ” Todd. 1818. fore tbe fatal seizure. Every word affirms that a good ebap meant one to droops below tbe level from which whom credit might be given, whereas each starts, each line o f w riting de not qualified by good it was a term o f scends across tbe page, tbe simple contem pt— London Standard. G D. Is very shaky, and tbe whole letter is broken and weak. Charles Dickens was not "ready” at "3 Scottish th rift received a severe o’clock.” H e died at ten minutes past blow not long ago a fter a shipwreck. T w o Scotchmen had got on to a raft, bnt had nothing to support life or spir A Woman’s Solaco. “ Silas, I often think o f the time its except a little tobacco and some when you came courting— It’s a wo matches, but no pipe or cigarette pa man’s solace. And when 1 entered pers. Succor seemed never coming. tbe room you hastened to assist me to A t last they gave it ap a* hopeless: hut. a chair—near your own. And now 1 desirous o f having a little com fort be fore tbe eeem lngly inevitable end. they select my own chair." "Yes. Samantha. I remember I t 1 made some cigarettes with banknotes was alw ays afraid yon would stumble one o f them bad In hie pocket Tbe snd fa ll snd bave fidgets. But 1 learn banknotes were no sooner sacrificed ed long ago that you are able to take than relie f came, and they w ere saved. Tbetr feelings cannot be described.— care o f yourself.” "A nd also o f you. Silas.” —Richmond London Telegraph. Times-Dispatch. They Saw the Wander. A woman with a fam ily o f children The Sultan’s Dreaded Shades*. Ispahan baa been for long Intereoting recently moved from the heart o f to Europeans as tbe borne o f that ro Indianapolis .to one o f tbe suburbs, mantic person Zlll-es-Bnltan. tbe uncle ■ h ere they found various new educa o f tbe last sbab. A strong, bullying tional opportunities. One day a neigh autocrat, his name became a word o f bor met them all walking back from terror, a bogy. When a southern Per tbe edge o f town and aiked whether sian’s horse refuses to drink be asks they bad bee* out to tbe country. “ Yea," said the woman! "th e man it: "W h at’s the m atter? Do yon see who brings our butter said ba bad a your shadow izfll) In the water?” cow out there, and 1 took tba children ont to see 1L” —Indians polls News. efficiency of the Human Faoe. No stone crusher ever devised pos Ancestral Precedence. sesses relatively one titbe tbe force o f "O ne o f my ancestors was a signar o f tbe buman Jaws. No nicely adjusted mechanical contrivance ever approach tile Declaration o f Independence.” ed tbe precision and delicacy o f the ' “ Indeed r replied tbe haughty Indy. buman eye. writes Dr. W illiam P. "W ell. An ancestor o f mine waa one o f Cunningham o f New York in tbe Medi tbe men wbo helped draw ap tbe paper and who told tbe others where to sign cal Record. their names.” — Washington Star. Safety First and Last. Mrs. Catterson—1 am actually afraid to get my bank book balanced fo r fear " I ’m going to get a lot o f I bave made a mistake. Mrs. Hatter- eon—W by don’t you do as I do? I keep "W bo told you th a tru on drawing tbe money out until they "A fortune teller.” 0 " I ’d rather heve that eort o f Inform a won’t let me bav# any more.—Life. tion from a paying teller.” — Pittsburgh •till an Amateur. "H ave you ever loved be fo r a r "N o t enough to affect my amateur status, dearest” be replied. -B a ltia e ra American. F. H. GRIFF£TH -V l “ Haa itr she replied. "A nd they’re raising rents." be con tinued. "W ell,” she exclaimed, flaring up, “ I f yon wish to have oar engagem ent bro ken o ff say so. I alw ays hate to have people beat about the boob In a case o f this kind.” — Pittsburgh Chronicle- Telegraph. IK TH E HOUSE A BIRD BUILDS. In the old days when tìir IT n th iii and Greeks fought furious battles tito charioteers drove t&felr cars hi f t S regions, burled their Javelins and by the din and clatter o f horses and Wheels commonly threw the ranks o f the en em y into disorder and. making theto way among the squadrons o f the en emy’s cavalry, leaped down from their chariots and fought cm fo o t The charioteers then withdraw little by little out o f the fight and placed their chariots in such a w ay that tt tbey were hard pressed they could read- Uy retreat to their own aide. Then to battle they afforded tbe m obility off cavalry with tbasteadiness o f Infantry. D ally practice enabled them to poll up their bones at fu ll spaed whan aw n steep slope or to run out on the pola and stand on the yoke and to get nim bly tatrk fo to filo çh ariot W ith the introduction o f cavalry to the later Iron age came larger horses» hot their use fo r thla purpose seems to have been restricted to isolated areas. T h ou Is ao doubt that the w est Ger man tribes as lata as the campaign o f . Caesar in Gaul used only the shaggy -chapman,-the merchant o f form er days, pony. It la said in ca va lry actions they en J Is derived from the Anglo-Saxon, held it disgraceful and slothful to use "cheap." a bargain. Tbe word almost any kind o f saddle, and Instead o f brings before us the loud voiced "cheap Each Must Help to Make It, but One Alone Can Mar I t Charies Lamb In British Museum. The British museum rparting room To say o f the home which marriage w as a fa vo rite report o f Charles Lam b ought to create that It la "a man’s king la the days follow ing his retirement dom, a child’s paradise and a woman’s w orld" ip to blur its meaning. tag through a course o f reading a t the Tbe home is no one's kingdom, no museum.’’ be w rites to Bernard Barton one’s paradise, no one’s world. The In 1826. "th e Garrick plays, out o f part only kingdom It resembles la the king o f which 1 form ed my ’Specimen*.’ I dom o f heaven, because it Is within have 2,000 to go through and la a few you. Home Is dependent fo r Its real weeks have dispatch’d the tytbe o f ity—snd Its reality Is as deep as any- ’em. It la a sort o f office to me; boors thing w e know—upon a condition o f 10 -to A the same. It does me good. sp irit Man m eat have tegular occupation that jlchs indeed is emoodied or t t iw st has been used to It" M ary Lam b ex shadowed forth in this or that physical pressed her delight In her brother's symbol—tbe sheltering roof, the fire fondness fo r the museum "as occupy place. the common table—b u t'It la de ' . in g Ms tim e and keeping him from Ms pendent on no one o f tbeoe. For Omar the symbol was the loaf, Walks, which she seemed to think over- the Jog and the book; fo r Detedra and Nalst It was tbe teat "as tidy as a bee hive or a linnets’ nest,” or the open sky • I don’t envy the men who manage "am ong the snipe and plover.” . Hom e means love and companionship the M g hotels In the cities.” gloom ily said the landlord o f the Petunia tav and mutual dependence, the spirit o f ern. " I t la as much as I can do to common service and o f common loyal ■ a k a a bluff at keeping the peace be ty. It may be achieved by a husband tw ix t the little bunch o f help I ’ve g o t and w ife or by a fam ily or by tw o Yesterday one o f tbe tw o dining room friends or even by a single person who girls said that the other one’s best has tbe borne feelin g toward the world and fonght on fo o t fe ller had tw o left feet, and In less without. As -fax as England Is concerned tbe T o aay that It Is- the woman’s hardest r t«n no tim e those tw o young ladles art o f rldlhg seems to have been Intro had flew to it with ketebnp bottles and task to make the home la to miss ita duced by the Normans. Th e Saxons ao forth. Just imagine the spritely most exquisite meaning. No one o f tbe appear to have been but Indifferent group can make tbe home, though any function there would be in a hotel with horsemen. one can mar it. It must be made by all 700 employees, all battling with ketch for tbe uses o f all.—Atlantic Monthly. up b ottle*!"—Judge. mm ; Vacation "Tasm ania la perhaps the mpet la ter al Ing o f the states St our common w ealth.” remarked tl>a Australian, " ft .s' a large triangular island lying' to the «•util o f Melbourne and was ones a onvlct settlement. - The clim ate la delightful and the soil remarkably fertile. The Island la [>ructk-aUy one large orchard. A a fru it trees do not require much landing, lei sure Is a notable characteristic o f tbe inhabitants, and Tasmania la known throughout the antipodes aa th e load <>f lots o f tim e' or th e land o f sleep a lot* to la Mm called th e Jam country1 ;tnd Ita natives fam iliarly termed ‘Jam eaters.; Ttyls Is on account o f the pres ence o f an ebormoun cannery on the island, where soma o f the orchard prbductn are convened Into Jama, je l lies and preserved fruits. "But this by no means ends tbe list of Tasmanian nicknames. T w o Dutch explorers. Tasman and Van Diemen, had to do w ith the discovery o f tbe Island, and. although the uame Tas man Is now used, it la often referred to in old schoolbooks aa Van Dleman's I-and. W e find It amusing to tw is t the latter name a bit and call tbe Tas manians ’demons.’ which is a shame, as they are the m ildest and bast fe l lows In the world. They speak o f themselves aa Tastes,’ and that may ba accepted as their unofficial designa tion." Fitting Sequel. “ F lattery Is dangerous to sensitive Indies." said Cbauncey Depew. " I am alw ays very careful in tbe matter, be cause one evening I told a to d y that she was aa sw eet as honey, and tbe nest day she bad btvee.” —New York Tribune. «rata. Cuts oat the coal-hod and wood-boa drudgery. r i Kmpm ynmr Utehmm cooi. The long btua chimneys prevent > amekeor odor.In 1.2,3and 4-burnor aiaee.ovenaeaparate. Alee »Mae* Modal» with Firalaea Cooking Oven». A ik your dealer today STAN D ARD O IL C O M PAN Y OREGON HARDWARE & IMPLEMENT CO, LARKIN-PR1NCE HARDWARE CO. NEWBERG, OREGON An institution that renders effi cient service to its customers. » T he B est an d P u rest Sc on hand all th e tim e F ru it T rees 0 . i I S V , 1 ' * ■ . " • - - f ' 'VjjVi -t ’ ■ <
