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ROGUE RIVER COURIER, GRANTS PASS, OREGON, NOVEMBER 1 1)7. SOUP AT $35 A PLATE. terlet Roe at $10 Head and Peanut Bud Jelly at 250. Public Interest has recently been ex cited by remarkable dinner party given In London at which twenty-four people aat down and wblcb coat $15, 000. Borne high claaa cbefa wbo know the deepest mysterlea of tbelr business re Inclined to aay tbat tbla waa really nothing after all. The moat expenalve aoup tbat can be served la Chinese bird's nest aoup. which can hardly be done at leas than $35 for a moderate plate of It for eacb guest When the fish course la reached In the menu the most expensive Item pos sible Is the newest cavalre. made from sterlet Hue aud not from common stur geon, ffhere are only one or two Lon don rtfttaurants at which tbla rare delicacy may be obtained, and the charge for It la $10 per head. Mullet roe, another rare dlBb, costs more than Us weight In sliver, while those who do not wish to advance quite to this point In expenditure might be antlslled wltb a more frequently served dish, Caribbean pompano, which has to be brought to London on Ice from Galveston or I'ensacola aud which costs $5 to $10 a pound. A gnme pie, made of the little birds called ruffs small things wltb long legs and a ruff of feathers behind their necks, belonging to the sandpiper fam ily Is about the most expensive thing possible In this direction and cannot be done for less than $50 to $75. while If the ruffs are unusually scarce the charge for the pie may easily run up to $100. Dunstable larks come next They re fairly common on the tables of epicures, but It costs quite $7.50 to serve a single dish of them. There are not ao many possibilities for gigantic expenditure when the Joints come on the table, giraffe steak or bison ribs at anything from $2.50 to $5 a bead being about the best As for sweets, the thoughts of . s millionaire host who wanted to beat the record aud knew hla business would naturally fly to a Jelly of peanut buda and ginger, which would be aent to hltn In little po" '"" China at a charge of $2.10 a pot one tablespoonfol In each. Forced atrawberrles tu the middle of whiter are most expensive to buy and may run to nuythlng from $5 to $25 bead. A great delicacy at one time was the I L double coconnut or coco-de-mer. which Is only grown on two small islands of the Seychelles aud which was last sold at $200. It is, however, so extremely rare now that ap enactment has been passed forbidding Its exportation un der any circumstances. London 8tray Stories. INVISIBLE SNAKES. A Den of Reptilee That Eluded the Ordinary Peteer'e Eye. The fact that snakes are rarely seen even when tby are nbundant was im pressed upon the mind of the writer one day while waiting for a train at a small station In New Jersey. A nearby culvert, where a small stream flowed under the Junction of the railway and a well traveled public road, seemed a favorable place for tbem. The stone wall, laid up without mortar, which supported the upprouch to the bridge hud a southern exposure. The chinks afforded ample billing place, and the reedy borders of the stream promised good hunting for the species which live upon small fish, frogs, toads and earth worms. The flagman, wbo for several years bad passed ten hours a day at his lei surely occupation there, denied that there were snakes in the vicinity. "No more than there be in Ireland, an' it's not me ns would be tendin' this cross In' If there wus," he asserted. But a few mluutes" search tu the gutters and grass revealed four specimens which bad been under his very eyes a gar ter, n worm, a De Kay and newly batched milk snnke. A new flagman was Installed there the following day. but crowds of people, many of whom would become hysterical at the sight of a snake, continue to pass within three feet of the wall blissfully uncon scious thut tbey are walking over a den of serpents. Francis Metralfe In Outing Magazine. In the Swim. A serious accident happened at the supper table. Somebody lt'a always "somebody" who is to blame upset a pitcher of water over the cloth. There was general scampering and a call ing for somebody to remedy the mis chief. ' "How could you be so careless, Tom?" cried Freddie Indignantly. "Never mind, my boy." replied Tom. In bla airy way. "It's all right We're II In (be ewlin now." St Louis Republic. Right at .AM . W .Mllal ! iT l-f li t AA .A1i '1 - " ' M. M " J -Jr.V-T ,t . . A aTV b i ' It fr-.v .'V r -T lit, Vi It Ait A ""n l - . J.V fX K ' - "--M Copyright 107 by H.irt SctutVtuT y Geo. S. Calhoun SQUARED ACCOUNTS. Also Won a Reputation and Saved Himeelf Further Trouble. Tress agents, like other Individuals, have their troubles, but there Is one in Philadelphia who has fewer of them than the ordinary man. Asked one day how he managed ao well to get along with everybody, be explained: fWelL I won a reputation. You see, when a press agent U able to give a man heart disease from which he ac tually dies his troublea cease If persona have a proper regard for their lives. I was the press agent for a German singing fest. I naturally used the Ger man papers. "There was one editor who had the Idea that he wasn't getting all that was due. Nevertheless be published column after column of type and pic tures. "Afterward the managers of the show received a bill for $820 "for ad vertising.' They were In a rage. 'What shall we do?" they demanded. 'Don't aot eifltwl .' I cautioned 'em. 'I'll fix ; that all right' I "I went to the office of a friend, and, ; going to the type cases, I stuck the finest billhead you ever laid eyes on. I ! nrlnted It In two Inks. It read, 'The Two Continents Engraving Company; ; John Smith, manager.' Next 1 wrote ' this account, 'To Peter Jacob Schmld thelser. Dr., to cuts for German festi- ! in! tHW "When Schmldtbeiser received the bill he fainted. He revived and sent for me. " 'Fer vot is It you scharge me fer der cuts vot I could puy fer 40 cents ablece, yet?" he demanded. "That's all right old man,' I as aured him. 'You might buy those cuts from anybody else for 40 cents apiece, but not of me.' "lie refused to pay the bill, but not long afterward be was stricken with heart disease and died. Ills executors found the bill, with Its balance of $70 In my favor. They asked me what I'd take to settle, and I told them $r0. They paid It cheerfully, and since then I haven't had any trouble." San Fran cisco Chronicle. The Easy Part "The doctor says you must stop eat ing meat and drinking whisky." "Well." replied the major, "meat nev er did agree wltb me.""-Atlanta Coo stltutlon Marx l . a v r . i ap-p a s v i i i a. x r r PINEAPPLES. A Time When They 8old For $10 Each In 8an Francisco. In 1851 pineapples were rare In San Francisco. One day In that year one of the passengers who had crossed the isthmus of Darlen before leaving Pan ama purchased from one of the na tives of that place a doxen pineapples for a quarter of a dollar, and when he landed In San Francisco he had six left He was carrying these from the landing place at the foot of Vallejo street where there were boat steps at the end of a twenty foot wharf, which new arrivals approached by Whitehall wats from the steamers that In those (ays anchored in the .stream 300 yards from shore. The man was accosted suddenly " by a stranger who asked him what he wanted "for that lot of pineapples." "Tbey are not for sale." "But I want them," said the Call tornlan. "I'll sell you three," said the new ar rival, who on the voyage had heard, that San Francisco people were liberal buyers, and be added, "but they'll cost you $3 each." "Take 'em," was the curt reply, and the fruit changed owners, the resident passing over a Spanish coin known then as a gold "ounce." worth $10 In trade. Before the new purchaser had mov ed across Battery street where the transaction had taken place, he was accosted by an acquaintance, who ask ed him to let him have the fruit A dicker followed for two of them, the acquaintance paying $10 apiece for them. Later In the day the first pur chaser was boasting of the rapid man ner by wblcb he had cleared $5 and still had a fine pineapple for supper. San Francisco Call. K Protest of he Fat Mar. "My friends." said the fat man plain tlvely.' "moved. I suppose, by a desire tp appear Jocose, always comment on my weight whenever they run across me. It Isn't that they note any alarm ing change In the number of pounds I carry about, for I have been what my tailor politely calls 'substantial' these many years. By the same token I have got so thut I-don't mind reflections on my iilze that Is. I'm not particularly sensitive nbout It What does Jar me. however. Is the mental vacuity evi denced by the would be humorists One comes to tbluk thut tbelr Impres- the Start ill I if,. r 1 v-itri.:... Co m p A Thousand Dames. On the Baltic Game American Men to Claim. New Nuts, New Comb Honey ee the Pumpkins for Hallow'eui J. Pardee, Sfte Grocer Front Street. 3 3 3 9 Grants Past slons of a person don't extend beyond his avoirdupois, and the sense of fun wblcb leads them to voice these Im pressions Is certainly rather primitive. And this Is tiring," the fat man con cluded. New York Press. An Appropriate Tablet A lady wrote upon a window some verses Intimating her design of never marrying. A gentleman wrote the fol lowing lines underneath: The lady whose resolve these words be taken Wrote them on glass, to show tt may be broken. London Reader. A Resourceful Legislator. "It will be Impossible for us to trans act any public business tonight," said the president of the city council, "be cause of the lack of a quorum." "Mr. Chairman," said the new mem ber, arising quickly, "I have been elect ed on a pledge to my constituency that I shall work untiringly and unceasing ly for the upbuilding and uplifting of oar city, and I now and here move that a committee be appointed to con sider the Immediate purchase of as good a quorum as the market affords TTVERYBODY knows that the finish is largely gov erned by the start, If you start right you have a good chance of a right finish. This applies to buying clothes as well as riding to hounds; if you start your clothes-buying by a determination to get the best possible for your money, you'll get it. That means that you'll start at our store, and you'll fin ish in one of our Hart Schaffner 8c Marx suits or overcoats. That will be the right finish for your clothes-buying because these clothes are right in every way, from start to finish; all wool, tailored right, correct in style, perfect fitting. The Grants Pass Banks are still good always have been and always will be, but the best thing in Grants Pass is the line of Hart Schaffner & Marx Clothing we have to show you now; complete assortment weather" furnishings. It pays to look before II. S. M. II. S. it M. a n v utfitters To captive people and gain their good wU and con fidence, so as to lead to ex tensive business relations we are offering them the finest line of Groceries they ever beheld for their mon ey. Here are some facts and figures thaj you can't evade. and that the committee he Instruct! to secure the quorum and have It pro erly Installed by the next metdu night And furthermore," be said, a fine patriotic touch, "let us obtain good American 'quorum and not tu of those ancient Roman things!"-!! cess Magazine. Turning the Tablet. n reckon dat nigger's chances tt life Is mighty good." said Broft, tnckey. "How come?" "Well, de news Is dat de lawjej what wuz try In' ter git de Jury ti hang him so confused an' mixed matters dat de Jury went In an' to an' hang Itse'f." Atlanta Constltntla Horse on Them. The wooden horse was standing fore the beleaguered city. "Tbat seems a heavy beast," remiA ed Paris to Hector, surveying tt erh cally. "Of what weight would fa say It was?" "Troy weight of course." answers Hector. Whereat envy turned Ptrk green. Harper's Weekly. of wet and cold you buy. Winter Suits 18 to $30 Overcoats $15 to 2- to Man