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j HORSES' AND ' DONKEYS." 'fcarly Habits That Domestication Have ' Not Eradicated. A curious question In evolution was unce put to a scientist prominent In the tervlce of the government. "Wby la it," some one asked, "that horses shy and donkeys do not?" The answer was to the following ef fect: The ancestors of the horse were ac customed to roam over the plains, where every tuft of grass or bush might conceal an enemy waiting to ambush. In these circumstances the must have time and again saved the''' lives by quickly starting back or else suddenly jumping to one side wher without warning some strange object appeared to them. Tht habit must have Indeed been a strong one, seeing that so many years of domestication have not eradicated it On the other hand, the donkey Is de scended from animals that lived among the hills, with the usual precipices and dangerous declivities, and from these conditions, it would appear, there re sulted its slowness and sure footedness. The donkey's ancestors were not, then, so liable to sudden attacks from wild beasts and snakes. Moreover, sudden and wild starts would have been pos itively dangerous to the donkey's for bears. Consequently they learned to avoid the characteristic trick of the horse. The habit of eating thistles, pe culiar to the donkey, seems also to have been inherited from its ancestors. In the dry, barren localities they in habited there was often very little food; therefore they learned to eat the hard, dry and even prickly plants and undergrowth when nothing else pre sented itself. New York Tribune. THE MONTEREY CYPRESS. Found In Its Wild State In Only Two Spots fn the World. One of the most interesting and pic turesque trees in the world, as well as one of the most ancient, is the Cupres bus macracarps, or Monterey cypress. Its native habitat Is extremely restrict ed, for it is found in its wild state in only two spots in the whole wide world on the edge of a grove of conifers stretching for a few miles between the bay of Monterey and the bay of Carmel (the latter of which bears a striking resemblance in outline and color to its prototype in the Holy Land) and in a similar spot near Fescadero, a little town lying on the coast between Monterey and San Francisco. The Monterey grove consists of only a doz en or two cypresses of large size and most striking appearance. Their trunks aro massive and wrinkled with hoary ago, while their boughs, gnarled and twisted, grow chiefly on one side away from the stormy winds that have buf feted them for thousands of years. The noble trees are limited to the rocky wind beaten shore, on which some of them have but a precarious bold. Hemmed between the slowly encroach ing ocean on one hand and a pine for est on the other, their future is ex posed to great hazard. It is therefore gratifying to observe that a fair num ber of thrifty young cypresses are holding their own against the pines for a short distance inland. Scientific American. A Queen's Will. Queen Adelaide, the wife of William IV., was a woman of great piety and exceptional humility, which was shown in the directions for her funeral? ''I die in all humility," she wrote, "knowing well we are all alike before the throne of God, and I request, there fore, that my mortal remains be con veyed to the grave without auy pomp or ceremony. They are to be moved to St. George's chapel, Windsor, where I request to have a quiet funeral. "I particularly desire not to be laid out iu state, and the funeral to take place by daylight; no procession, the coflln to be carried by sailors to the elmpel. I die la pence and wish to be carried to the tomb hi peace and free from the vanities and pomp of this world."-Loidon Home Notes. Ancient Egyptian Stones. Stones were formed luto the shapes of beetles by the ancient Egyptians. They regarded the beetle as an em blem of Immortality, and hence it was the most popular of all forms of or nament. Counterfeit beetles of com. mon stones were commonly burled with dead persons, and It was custom- I ary to engrave upon them the expres sion of wishes for future repose and ' happiness, dedications of the soul to God and various hieroglyphs. One of the latter was a hawk with a human head, symbolizing resurrection. An- uiuer, me vuiiure, meaut maternity. A gooso was the sou of a king. ' SPARING HER NERVES. k Careful, Considerate Visitor and Her Timid Friend, The mistakes which were plentifully iprinkled along Mrs. Comer's career were never regretted by any one more than by Mrs. Comer herself. "I used )he very best judgment I had," she said, referring to one unfortunate oc currence, "but, as usual, everything went wrong. "You see, I went to Greenville in the morning with Mrs. Hobart, intending to go on to Nashua, but i cnangea my mind when the weather turned cool and spent the day with Anna Wpods, pnlnir homo at dusk. I'd forgotten my little bag with my key In it, so I went right over to Mrs. Hoc-art's. "She'd crone down the road to Mrs. Cole's, but I found her key behind the left hand blind and went right in. "The house was dark, but I said mrself. I won't llcht a lamo for fear of scaring her, a timid woman, living all alone, as she does.' So I sat in tne dark till I heard her coming up the walk. "When Bhe found the door was un locked she gave a kind of a gasp, so I stepped forward and then, long as I had a cold so my voice didn't sound nntnrnl and I was afraid 'twould scare her. she being so timid, I put out my hand and laid it on her arm. "And, If you'll believe me," finished Mrs. Comer plaintively, "she fell right over in a faint and cut her forehead on the edge of the rocking chair, and I though I'd never bring her tol "There's no use trying to be careful with a woman like her."-Youth's Com panion. CIRCUS CHILDREN. Tho Making of Acrobats Begins at an Early Age. It is nothing unusual for the larger circuses to carry thirty and forty chil dren, ranging all the way from mere babies to boys and girls of fifteen and sixteen years of age. The majority are traveling with their parents, both the father and mother doing dally duty in the ring, and while often they are trained to follow in the steps of their elders they are seldom allowed to per form in public. It is a common belief among circus men that the performer whose training is not started until after the age of six will seldom make a distinctive record. Following the afternoon show I often eaw groups of boys, some of whom could not have been over four and five years old, practicing rudimentary som ersaults and hand springs, while their parents looked on with a gratified smile. These were the families of the circus aristocracy, who treasure the records of their ancestors with the pride of a son In his father's sword and who eee no more inspiring calling for their own children than that of the great white canvas. Not that their education Is neglected in other respects. Several of the fami lies often hire an Instructor perhaps one of the performers who has the time and ability for such work to coach their children In the standard studies. One circus has n traveling school for the youngsters. If they are to be acrobats, they are to be educated acrobats. Bohemian Magazine. A Sponge That Works. "Here is a clever notion a fog bell," said an old New England fisherman. On a bleak, gray afternoon they stood at the seashore the old man and his city cousin from Boston. A great bell hung from a scaffold, and under a metal cover bung a great sponge. "This here machinery Is wound up regular," the fisherman explained, "and this here sponge Is kept under cover so as the rain can't get at it. In dry weather, natch'rally, the sponge is dry and light; in foggy, though, it gets heavy with fog satch'ratlons, Just heavy enough for to press down the lever that starts the machinery a-going. Then, ding-dong, ding-dong, sounds the bell in the fog, savin' many a fisher man from wreck on this rock bound coast" Exchange. The Proper Instinct. ''Birdset seems to have the proper in Mlucts for a married mon." "You menu that ho can tell a grace ful He, tins developed a keen sense of funning nud has lenrned to ccnceal his real Income from wife." "Yes, and also to know that she real ly knows just how he Is deceiving hiu." New York Herald. A Persistent Hen. Ever hear about our little red hen? Well, sir, she was on the set for keeps. Couldn't keep her off. Old doorknobs, soda bottles, lamp chim neys, match safes anything was good enough for her. Finally I put her on three mud turtles, and I hope to die if sho didn't hatch out alligators yes, sir, three of 'era! One of 'em ate her up, and when we opened him there was the hen settln' on bis back teeth, and they'd swelled up so they choked him to death. Exchange. . Unreasonable. "My husband is bo very unreasona ble." "Most husbands are. What did yours do?" "ne fixed a fishhook in one of his pockets because ho pretended to sup pose that I robbed him at night, and then he blamed me because be forgot it was there." Cleveland Plain Dealer. Net Sure of It. Slie-Tliey my Unit there U a fool In very ftiuilly, ho you believe that? 4Ie-Er-well, I hardly llk to say. I'm the ouly nienilxT of my family. Chicago News. Coarsely Defined. "What Is the distinguishing quality of the problem play?" "It makes you think. The first half keeps you wondering what the ques tion is, and the second half keeps you guessing what's the answer." Wash ington Star. Lowered. Maud Belle doesn't wear French heels any more. Her husband won't let her. Ethel-I said she would lower herself by marrying. Boston Tran script, Consciousness ef Isinornuce Is no iiuill part uf knowledge. Jerome. The Mean Thlngl Mrs. Oldham Why are you bo down on that lively Mr. Bachelor? Mrs. Youngling Oh, he 6nubbcd our pre cious Alfred I He said he thought baby might some day become vice president Exchange. In order to love mankind we must not expect too much of them. Helvetia. At His Own Risk. Caller (on crutches and with a band age over one eye) I have come, sir, to make application for the amount due on my accident Insurance iwllcy. I fell down a long flight of stairs the other evening and sustained damages that will disable me for a month to come. Manager of Company Young man, I have taken the trouble to Investigate your case, and I find you are not enti tled to anything. It could not be called an iK-cIdent. You certainly knew the young lady's father was nt home. An Old Saw Strikes a Nail. Mr. Scrnppington (musingly) - As Lincoln said, u man may fool some of the people all the time and all the peo ple some of the time- Mrs. Scrap plngton (briskly) But you can't fool me any of the time! Puck. Didn't Take the Bait. '. Miss Anclcnte (Instnuatingly)-I dis like my name; it's horrid Mr. Fly (absently)-I fear It's too late to change It now. Thick silence. Pittsburg Press. ' Pretty Unpopular. WIgg BJones doesn't seem to be very popular. Wngg-I should say not Why, that fellow is so unpopular he couldn't even get a Job as a bill col lator. Philadelphia Record. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. In the County Court of the State of Oregon for Umatilla Connty. In the matter of the estate of Joeepb A. Rninville, deceased. Notioe is hereby given that the un dersigned has been appointed admin istratoi of the above entitled estate by the above entitled court, and has qual ified as tho law directs; all persons having claims against eaid estate are hereby notified to present the same with proper vouchers at the office of Lowell and Winter, Despaiu Block, Pendleton, Oregon within eix months from the date hereof. Dated this 26tb day of Jannary, 1909. Joseph T. Bainville, Administrator. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE. In the County Court of the Stale of Oregon for Umatilla County. In the matter of the estate of James Bainville, deceased. - Notice is hereby given that the un dersigned has been appointed admin istrator of the above entitlod estate by the above entitled conrt. and bas qualified as the law directs; all per sons having claims against said estate aro hereby notified to present the same with proper vouchers at the office of Lowell & Winter, Despain Block, Pen dleton Oregon, within six months from the date hereof. Dated this 26th day of Jannary, 1909. Joseph I. Bainville, Administrator. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE FINAL ACCOUNT. OF Iu the County Court of the State of Oregon, for Umatilla County. In the matter of the estate of W. H. H. Scott, deceased. Notice is hereby given to all peisons w horn it may concern, that Joseph N. Scott, administrator of the estate of W. H. H. Scott, deoeased, has filed his final account and report with the clerk of the above entitled Conrt and that the County Judge bas appointed Saturday, the 6th day of March A. D. 1909, at the hour of 2:00 o'clock in the afternoon of said day, as the day and the County Court room of the Connty Court Honseof Umatilla Coun ty, Oregon, as the place where any and all objeotious and. exceptions to the said final aoconnt will be beard and the settlement thereof made. Dated this 5th day of February A. D. lt'09. Joseph N. Scott, Administrator. ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE TO CREDITORS. In the County Conrt of the State of Oregon for Umatilla County. In the Matter of the estate of Adele St. Dennis, deoeased. Notioe is hereby given, that the un dersigned has been appointed admin istrator of tbe above entitled estate by the above entitled conrt, and bas qualified as tbe law directs. All per sons having claims against said estate are hereby notified and required to present them with proper vouchers as required by law at tbe law office of Peterson & Wilsou at Atbeua, Oregon, within six mouths from tbe date here of. Dated this 5th day of February A. D. 1909. F. S. Legrow Administrator. FARM LANDS FOB SALE No. 180175.00 an aore will buy due of tbe best foot-hill farms that is for sale in tbe East end of Umatilla county. This farm contains 560 aores, 200 acres iu summer fallow wheat, 25 aores in pasture, balance in stubble; good barn for thirty horses, good house and all kinds of outbuildings; water piped to tbe house and baru from a large spring; come good fruit. Terms, about $10,000 cash and as long as you want ou tbe balance. We have a number of fine farms that we would like to bdow you if you are wanting to buy. Copeland & titnn. No 10 Second St. Walla Walla. TROY LAUNDRY For GOOD WORK HENRY KEENE, Agent, f fir S 1 J mm mm m mm mm ItaWkl 'mmmmmm yff tm aMMtiiWi fat -"KING'S mm mi li AND. ALL T DISEASES and LUfi!! - , . . PREVENTS DOPTItQ AND mm "Two years ago a severe cold settled on my lungs and so completely prostrated me that I was unable to work and scarcely able to stand. I then was advised to try Dr. King's New Discovery, and after using one bottle I went back to work, as well as I ever was." W. J. ATKUTS, Banner Springs, Tenn. PRICE 50c AND $1.00 SOLD AND GUARANTEED BY jC THE PALACE DRUG COMPANY, ATHENA, OREGON SUMMONS In tbe Circuit Court of the State of Oregon for Umatilla County. Jessie B. Bennett, Plaintiff vs. Wil liam A. Bennett defendant. To Wil liam A. Bennett, -above named De fendant: Yon are breby notified and required to appear and answer the complaint of the plaintiff filed against you in the abeve entitled court and suit with in six weeks from tbe date of tbe first publioation of this summons which suid first publication is made on Fri day the 29th day of January A. D. 1909. And you will take notioe that it yon fail to appear and answer tbe said complaint or otherwise plead thereto, within said time plaintiff for vi ant thereof will apply to tbe oonrt for tbe relief prayed for and demand in her said complaint to-wit! for a decree of tbe oourt delaring absolutely void tbe marriage contracted and en tered into by plaintiff and defendant at Lewiston, Idaho, on September First A. D. 1908 and for other equita bio relief. This summons is published pursuant to an order of tbe Honorable H. J. Bean, Judge of the Sixth Judicial Dis rict of tbe State of Oregon, duly made and eulered on tbe 22nd day of Janu ary A. D. 1909. Peterson & Wilson, Attorneys for Plaintiff. The Secret of Long Life. A Frenob scientist bas disoovered one secret of long lifo. His method deals with the blood. Bat long ago millions of Amercans had proved Eleotrio Bit ters prolongs life and inases it worth living. 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