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UTTLE DIFFERENCE IN BOY*
“ Something is always happening to
take the Jor oat o f ltfa.“ he said,
mournfully.
“ Something always happens, or
aomebody always aa/s something, and
i f they don't I have to think o f some­ eg a y boyhood 1 am often horrified td
facnll many acta o f cruelty perpetrated
thing myself,“ he continued.
“ When I mm that news ahoat the fey me, and at my instigation, on birds
•apply o f gasoline being short, with and animals. I seem to have delighted
probably not a month’s supply left, I In these acta o f cruelty until I wad
rejoiced. Ton see, I don’t own an au­ about twelve years old, when they
tomobile, add, what is mo#e, my ceased.” Mr. Page adds that as a man
nerves must be sensitive, because they be Is snpsrsensitlvs. “ I cannot now
kill n bird or an animal without <■>
»o r r y me.
“ They awake me at midnight with perioncing most poignant feelings et
A terrific banging ant snorting, and abhorrence o f the act.”
A re not nearly all healthy boys de­
disturb ssy slumbers e t sta o'clock In
the morning with mingled roars and structive and cruel? They were In bur
explosions Uke onto antediluvian little village, writes Philip H ale In thd
Bouton Herald. One o f our favorite
monsters.
“ I f 1 had my way Td restrict the amusements was the reckless employ­
use o f automobiles from nine o’clock ment o f sling end buckshot W e would
in the morning to six o’clock at night lie on the roof o f the minister’s house
Pat w ell, when 1 thought the gaso­ on B n street and plug horses, d o g*
line was giving ou t I must confess
I rejoiced. Selfish? Maybe. Bat I Just to see them jump. N or were wo
had no sooner rejoiced than I thought then aware that surprise was the chief
dement o f w it “That's what makes 0
man laugh so when he sits down on a
bent pin.” Riddling the windows at n
scboolhouse was almost as good sport
as tearing off the pickets o f Deoeoa
Bodman’s fam e. Hitting little b e y *
was a favorite winter amusement. It
was considered a good Joke to kidnap
a youngster at night take him fa r into
the Bridge street graveyard and then
run away from him. Tormenting eats
and dogs Was common when n small
boy wss not easily caught. TMe a lta r
era, the throwers o f other arisslles and
the tormentors o f onlmnlo w ere sorely
R Is no secret that Mowgli, the w olf
not all hern in May. Nor were all boys
hoy o f th e «Jingle Books,” » Mr% Kip­
ling's prime favorite, or that Rodhoy born in Mny skilled In rude or ingen*
B leie, that floe fighter and gallant En­ lo w torturing.
glishman, takes precedence even o f I
Sherlock H olm el In the affections o f
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.
Thoibàa Hardy much p N fe n to com
Teas best o f a ll; and It to rumored
OlAt H. O. Wells Bad < sneaking af­
fection fo r his Tono Bungay.
I f to often difficult to account fo r
prejudices, for likes and dislikes. The
mother often' lovun bar least worthy
la rearranging our ¿tore we have provided a KOWZT 8AVHT0 DEPART
MEFT.
In the East end of our new baloanj we hove provided tables
on which will always be found odd line« of Shoe« for men, women end
children. This will be known as our
Shoe Balpony
I * , the Fehlte (er the petiemee that * lue ‘T? he« exhibited'while
we te n
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been re-arranging nur «tore. We ara tarry that we have not been able
te «erre you better w ^k we bave been in snob a mew, but we bane1
that I we will be in a yegitian V to • aerve yen better
than
ever in the future,
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and we went everybody to onO and inspect our new Store. •
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The gold o f the Indies was the ad
traction tHrt l « f Orinmbus to Call
westward, that carried Cortes to H m
I Co and Ytsarro to Peru. The InCaa
had large stores o f the precious m etal
representing. no doubt, the a esumato*
fiossi o f many eeat'w ies. The daptsrfc
n booty resounded through
FIVE PO P U LA R STORES
NEWBERG UPHOLSTERING
lATTHSS SHOP
Upholstered Furniture re­
paired and recovered. Mat­
tresses renovated good as
new. Q tf or address
J. HUBER, Newbarg, Ore.
J. H. GIBSON, Mgr.
M c M in n v il l e .
—of gasoline is In its boil­
ing points. In "Red Crown’*
they farm a continuous,
uniform chain, — giving
easy starting, quick accel­
eration, powfer and mila-
age. Look for the Red
Crown aif$ before you 6IL
STANDAfiD OH. COMPANY
( Califonis)
I t made his noma known to two t e n t » Bumps than tbs goMsn booty at
phersa, and he feels he owes It a debt Ptaarro. Carrying the potato to Ro­
o f gratitude.
rope was an event o f much more pro-
Allan Quartermafn Is an easy first found significance In relation to the
In the heart o f 8fr H. Rider H aggard; subsequent history o f the world thou
Marie Corelli’s favorite among her sending the Inca goM to the coffers
own works Is “Thelma,“ and 81r H all o f Spain. But nobody understood the
Caine's “ The Manxman;” while nobody value o f the potato, and Its Peruvian
alas can ever take the place o f Bab- 1 origin was generally forgotten before
Me, the gipsy lass o f “The Little Minis- the plant became wen known.
In­
ter.“ in the love o f Sir James Barrie, stead o f Peruvian potatoes we call
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i them Irish potatoes.
Past Reclaiming Desert.
! The potato was the basis o f the
Men have begun to fedahn the Call- ancient Peruvian notion and has at-
fomfan desert by Irrigation. The lm- talned almost the same Importance fa
pedal valley Is the first word In the other parts o f the world Within the
bringing back o f the waters to the last 100 years.— National Geographic
thirsty land, bnt It Is by np means the Magaslne.
last. Towns Uke Brawley and Isa-
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pedal now stand where the mesqnlte
“ Puget Sound Lobster."
once grew and the coyote howled. The
Seattle 1« consuming only about half
limit o f man's progress In the valley a ton o f octopus, "devilfish,“ a week,
to sharply defined. The “ field’’ o f al- according to fish dealers o f that city,
felfh or grain faces the desert, the one But this consumption is bound to
Wearing a fierce scotol. the other a jump as soon as the Americans be-
gentle smile. Close by live the des- come fam iliar with the taste o f this
ert's conqueror*. big upstanding folk. Inhabitant o f the deep. The Greek
amid the softness o f an eternal sum- fishermen, .who consider the octopus
■er. The Irrigation canals flow music- a great deMcaey. call It “ devilfish
ally everywhere. The houses are while the Japanese fish dealer gets
ringed round with cloth-screened ve- calls from his people fo r "tako,” and
randas, which do duty also as living when Sing, down In Chinatown, plhces
and sleeping places. The people al- It on his menu card he gives It a name
ways seem to be on the defensive that only a Cantonese can read or un-
agalnst the desert. Bnt they have derstand.
When cafe managers up-
made It blossom like the rose, and are town decide to give their patrons a
making It pay. Soon the desert o f treat the lowly devilfish probably will
lost hopes, of burning heats, o f In- become “ Puget Sound lobster."
.Gabriele d’AnnUnr.lo. Italy's famous
poet, whose flying feats are the admi­
ration o f hto countrymen, has not the
slightest fear at death, and he has a
presentiment that he will die in action.
T o a friend who Interviewed lint he
remarked: “ My worldly life Is ended.
Whet can I do after the war? I shall
write no more. Every time I go off
on an expedition I hope It will be my
last. . That la the ih t o n fo r my fear­
lessness. The finest end I wish fo r to
to die fo r my country.“
Pudgy’s Bravery.
“ Pudgy” to a Y. M. C. A. man, well
known to many American soldiers In
France. He recently spent a night In
a front-line dngont. While he was
there a deafening barrage rained
arobnd the dugnut for a fall half an
hour.
Everyone wanted to know afterward
how Pudgy liked I t
“ I fear,” he confessed, and the ever­
lasting smile broadened aa he apoke,
“that I'm no braver now than before.”
Proper Plrats.
i to he rather proud o f be- {
’’ -remarked the trusty lieu- i
•piled Captain Kidd. T m
rate; I am. When I want
hip I superintend the job
I don’t sit at home and
V. D. MILLER, SiMcfel A * t
Standard Oil Co., NwwbCrg
HAD MODIFIED Hl$ DESIRE
A fter Experience in Airplane Man De­
cided He Would Prefer Co Travel N
to Heaven on F o o t
“ Does It ever fall?” finally quivered
the novice as the airplane climbed
higher and still higher.
“Only when I let It* do so,” answered
the airman. “ Now and then I drop her
backward. Here we g o !”
On the backward descent, a mile or
more, the passenger clung to the pilot
with both arms and never breathed.
At last the machine resumed IBs hori­
zontal traveling.
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“ Great heavens!” gasped the novice
with relief.
“ Say, look here; didn’t yon say you
wished- to flit on high like a gliding
-unbeam?” complained the aviator.
“Tea,” admitted the passenger.
"Then shut np You’re going to get
your wish.”
Suddenly the airplane dived and
looped the loop, then traveled upside
down.
“Hold fast.”
“ Wb-what?”
“ W e are going to land.”
Gently the airplane glided to earth.
Released from his seat the passenger
knelt and lifted both hands solemnly.
Improved Fuel fo r Airplanes.
“Once 1 prayed to be an ang?!;” be
That the Germans are using a new said. “ But It doesn’t go any more un­
end Improved fuel for airplane en­ less on fo o t ” — New York Times.
gines was the statement o f Leon Ca-
before the Aeronautical society.
T o gasoline Is a'dderi one per cent o f
toluol and one and one-he I f per cent
alcohol. The mixture gives a sharp­
er Ignition than simple gasoline, and
while It exerts some deteriorating ef­
fect upon the metal, the short life of
the airplane motor at the war front
means that toe motor Is Alerarded be­
fore the deterioration becomes se­
rio**.
Trino» le a eòe! tar product and 1s
the bees o f that powerful explosive,
trinitrotoluol.
at
“ Bear“ Proved Harmless.
A white bear had been seen In the
Alps near Ofenburjr. Swttserland, peas­
ants reported.
The alarm created
■erne excitement In the mountains. The
authorities were forced to arrange a
great hunt to run down the “ Shlmal.”
The hnnt was successful and the “an­
imal’’ waa cornered. H e »tone* out to
be a poor Russian deserter dad In a
sheepskin coat who had been running
around aimlessly.
Church Novelty,
Flatfenah— Been to church lately?
Bensonhurst— Sure, I waa there last
Sunday.
“ Anything naw doing?"
“ Indeed, yea G rim e* boy, who to
heme on fortough. waa t h e * , fend the
dominie announced: T h e young man
WEPAYCASH
Hazelwood Co
By V. A VINCENT
W hile standing In the woods Warden
Otto C. Small o f Hammontoa, N. J.,
says a young fawn approached and
after eyeing him fo r a short time
came np and rubbed his body wfth HO
noun. T h e warden says he had no
trouble In making friends wttfi (he
deer. Warden Small expressed the
opinion that deer knew when the
dosed season was on, but that this
was the first instance when one actual­
ly held him up In the woods.
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