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KING COAL.
While H Llvt His Throne Is Fixed
In the United States.
i The part played by coal In the
world's affairs can well be Illustrated
by assuming the available supply to
be suddenly cut off. The huge rail
road systems of America would stop
at once. So also would the electric
power and lighting in all titles and
suburbs. Steamship service would
cease everywhere. Transit facilities
would be dead. Factories, manufac
tories and shops would close down.
Vast industries like steel, iron, copper,
etc., would cease. Armies of laborers
would be thrown out of work. Malls,
schools, the navy, newspapers, foreign
and internal trade all would cease to
exist. The trilogy governing commer
cial advance, heat, light and power,
except a negligible amount of water,
oil, etc., would be annihilated all this
until some other form of power could
be developed. The possibility of such
a cataclysm is not Imminent, for coal
will reign for some time yet and is
destined to become a power whoso ca
pabilities have as yet been compara
tively felt only more faintly than would
a feather on the hide of an elephant.
The world needs coal. The United
States has that coal to deliver. It will
be wholly natural that so potent a ne
cessity will make for continued peace
and understanding among the powers
of the world.
The coal mines of Europe are sunk
about 8,000 feet deep. Coal is still
being quarried on the banks of the
Ohio," and the mines of Europe are
nearlng the limit of commercial possi
bility. The manufacturing supremacy
of the old world is passing to the new.
Coal is king, and while he lives his
throne is fixed forever in the United
States. Metropolitan Magazine.
couia swim both rorWard and back
ward In this position.
It is of course well known that the
shark and the dogfish, owing to the
peculiar position of the underjaw, are
obliged to turn on their backs before
they can seize their prey, and while in
this position they are able to swim for
a very considerable distance. This,
however, is done by the muscular force
of the fins and tall and not through
any special apparatus, such as the
globefish possesses. St. James' Ga
zette. LABRADOR MOSQUITOES.
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EARLY CARICATURES.
Quaint Art and Humor of the Ancient
Egyptians.
: The fables of Aesop prove that the
ancients were not without a liking for
fun, and the remains of ancient art
tell the same story. Examples of ar
tistic humor are more common than is
generally supposed.
, A drawing on a tile iu the New York
museum represents a cat dressed as an
Egyptian woman of fashion. Sho is
seated languidly on a chair, sipping
wine out of a small bowl and being
fanned and offered dainties by an ab
ject looking tomcat with his tall be
tween his legs.
The cat figures largely lu tho ancient
comic groups of animal life. Iu a
papyrus in tho British museum a flock
of geese are being driven by a cat
and a herd of goats by two wolves
with crooks and wallets. One of tho
wolves is playing a double pipe.
There Is in Turin a papyrus roll that
displays ft whole series of Buch comical
scenes. In the first place, a Hon, a
crocodile and an ape are giving a vo
cal and instrumental concert. Next
comes an ass dressed, armed and sccp
tercd like a pharaoh. With majestic
swagger ho receives the gifts present
ed to him by a cat of high degree, to
which a bull acts as proud conductor.
A Hon and a g'nzello are playing at
draughts, a hippopotamus is perched
In a tree, and a hawk has climbed into
tho tree and is trying to dislodge him.
Another picture shows a pharaoh in
the shape of a rat drawn in a carriage
by prancing greyhounds. He is pro
ceeding to storm a fort garrisoned by
cats having no arms, but teeth and
claws, whereas the rats have battle
axes, shields and bows and arrows.
St Louis Republic.
An Elixir of Life.
1 "An annuity is the best elixir of life
I know of," said the examining physi
cian of an insuranco company. "It
sometimes seems nj if annuitants
never die. We have lots on our books
who top eighty, ninety and even nlne-ty-flve
years. I have passed many a
sickly and decrepit old fellow as a
good annuity risk the sicklier they
oro, you know, the better risk they
make and tho next year he has turn
ed up to collect his annuity rejuvenat
ed, rosy, spry as a boy. The secret?
Tho secret is that financial worry, fear
of the poorhouse, ages and kills off
more people than all the deadly dis
eases combined. Itelcase an old man
by means of an annuity from all this
worry, and he throws off his years and
walks erect and happy and fearlessly
young."
' Hatmaklng In the East Indies.
: The making of bamboo hats is one of
tho chief Industries of tho natives of
the East Indies, and quite often the
children are more expert than their
mothers iu weaving the strips together
and forming the designs, their fingers
being younger and more supple. In
transporting the long stalks of bamboo
to the factory the natives tlo the ends
of two stalks together, spread them
opart a short distance forward of the
center, tie a crosspleco between and
carry them on their shoulders. ropu
lar Mechanics.
Terrible Pest to Travelers and Natives
In the Northland.
No account of travel In Labrador can
be complete without some mention of
the terrible pest of mosquitoes. These
were always present In immense
swarms from the beginning of our trip
to the end, and sometimes tbey made
life almost unbearable.
Nothing could be heard but their
buzzing. Whenever we attempted to
eat they were down our throats and
in our eyes and faces, and iu spite of
our head nets and fly dope we were
always badly bitten. Tho natives
seemed to mind them almost as much
as we did, their remedy being rancid
seal oil. I am satisfied that were one
so unfortunate as to be caught out at
night without protection he would be
either crazy or dead by morning.
Our tents were provided with a flue
mesh bobblnet Inner tent, but some
would always find their way Inside or
come up from the ground. At times
our light so attracted them we went
outside to see if It were not raining,
for the constant tapping of the mos
quitoes against the canvas sounded so
exactly like rain that it was impossible
to tell the difference.
On many nights I had to give up the
observation of stars for latitude and
longitude because a candle could not
be kept lit long enough to adjust the
artificial horizon. We unfortunately
had no chimney, and the mosquitoes
swarmed so thickly that without this
protection the flame was quickly
smothered. There were but few nights
cool enough to afford us any relief.
We found that It required a tempera
ture within a few degrees of actual
freezing to subdue them. Forest and
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STARCHED CLOTHES.
The Fashion Was Started In England
by Queen Elizabeth.
The practice of starching linen is
at least 400 years old. It is said
to have originated under Queen
Elizabeth. Its inventor was a Dutch
woman, the wife of a Mr. Guilhcem,
who was driver at the royal court
Mrs. Guilheem understood so well how
to Improve a small deficiency in the
bust of her royal mistress by means of
stiffened collars, frills and laces that
Elizabeth overwhelmed her with fa
vors and privileges and finally elevated
her to the rank of chief inspectress of
the court linen.
The fashion introduced by the queen
was of course soon followed by all
the women of rank. The fad for this
new "art" finally degenerated into a
veritable mania for starchlug, ironing,
plaltlug, etc. Later special "profess
ors" of the art of starching estab
lished themselves In London, among
whom a Flemish woman of the name
of Dlughen van der Plasse seems to
have occupied the highest rank. Those
privileged to be initiated by her in tho
art had to pay no less than 5 for a
lesson.
Later they began to add blue color to
the starch. Queen Elizabeth, who was
very anxious about her questionable
beauty, found that the addition of blue
gave a green hue to her complexion.
She therefore prohibited her subjects
wearing any other than pure white
starched linen, claiming that blue
washed linen was injurious to health.
But fashion proved superior even to
"good Queen Bess." They continued
merrily to use blue starch, though one
woman after the other had to go to
prlsou for transgressing the "blue
law." Boston Post
Queer Fish.
Which fish have the power of float
ing and swimming back downward?
This peculiar property is possessed
only by the diodon and the tetrodon,
two allied families of tropical fishes
which are popularly known as globo
fish. Tho tetrodon la also found off tho
coasts of Cornwall and Ireland. Tho
faculty is due to tho fact that tho sklu
on the abdomen of theso fishes is much
looser than It is u the back, and they
have tho power to inflate this loose
Bkin fcy swallowing nlr through the
gullet This of course enables them to
turn over at will, and, although the
great French naturalist Cuvier did not
believe that when iu this position they
could swim as they pleased, Darwin,
corrected. Urn pad craved tuat.thcj
Fraternity Pins.
Fraternity pins are seldom lost, and
when tbey do disappear tbey often
turn up again, sometimes years after
ward, in the most out of the way
places. As they always bear the own
er's name and chapter engraved on
tho back it is not a difficult matter to
return them. One "old grad" who lost
his pin shortly after he left college
and bought another now has two, the
original emblem having been returned
in a singular manner. A "brother"
had observed the familiar token -reposing
upon the bandanna of an old
colored mammy In a little town in Vir
ginia. Upon questioning ber he
learned that she had come by It "tak
ing in washing." After much persua
sion she was prevailed upon to sur
render the trophy. New York Tost
Pa's Little Joke.
Ostend Pa, why did you give ma
that little ring with a watch in it?
Ta I wanted time to hang lightly on
hor hmuR tnr son Harper's Weekly.
SHERIFF'S SALE.
Notioe is hereby given that under
and by virtue of an Exeoution issued
out of the Circuit Court for the state
of Oregon, iu and for Umatilla Coun
ty, and to me direoted and delivered
upon a judijmoDt, rendered and en
tered in said Coutt of tbe 18th day
of March 1909; in favor of John Ber
gevio, plaintiff, and against Walter
Cameron, defendant, for the sum of
$3000 and fur the further sum of $90
damages; at the rate of 6 per cent per
aunrm from tbe 18tb of Maroh, 1909;
and whereas by said judgment it was
further adjudged and decreed that tbe
herein after described real property-to-wit.
The Northwest quarter Southeast
quarter or Lot Ten (10) Section Fif
teen (15) Township Three (3) North,
Range Thiity-flve (35) E. W. M. be
sold to satisfy said judgment and all
costs. I will on the 28th day of August
1909, at the hour of two o'clook in
the afternoon of said day in. front of
the Court Bouse door in the City of
Pendleton, Umatilla County, Oregon,
jell the right title and interest the
said Walter Cameron, bad in and to
tbe above desoribed real property, on
the 26th day of July, 1909 or since
then has acquired, at publio auction
to the highest bidder for cash in hand,
tbe proceeds to be applied in satis
faction of said exeoution and all costs:
Dated this 26th day of July, 1909:
T. D. Taylor,
Sheriff.
By B. C. Wilson, Deputy.
NOTICE OF FINAL ACCOUNT.
In the County Court of the State of
Oregon for Umatilla County.
In tbe matter of the estate of James
Renville, (true name Rainville)
deoeased.
Notice is hereby given that the ad
ministrator in the above entitled
estate has tiled his final aooount
therein, and that tbe judge of the
above entitled oonrt baa designated
Saturday, September, 18th, 1909, at
ten o'clook in the forenoon and the
office of the county judge in tbe oonnty
court bouse at Pendleton, Umatilla
County, Oregon, as tbe time and
place, when and where hearing on
said final report shall be bad, and all
persons interested are hereby notified
to then and there appear and show
cause if any they have why said final
report should not be approved, tbe
administrator discharged and bis
bondsmen exonorated.
Dated this 5th day of August, 1909.
Joseph T. Rainville, Administrator.
NOTICE OF FINAL ACCOUNT.
In tbe County Court of the State of
Oregon for Umatilla Connty.
In the matter of tbe estate of Joseph
A. Renville, (true name Rainville)
deoeased.
Notice is hereby given that the ad
ministrator in the above entitled
estate has filed his final account
therein, ' and that tbe judge of the
above entitled court has designated,
Saturday, September, 18th, 1909,
at ten o'clook in the forenoon and tbe
office of the county judge in the county
court bouse at Pendleton, Umatilla
County, Oregon as tbe time and plaoe,
when and where hearing on said final
report shall be had, and all persons
interested are hereby notified to then
and there appear and show oause'if
any tbey have why said final ruport
should not be approved, the adminis
trator riiaoharged and bis bondsmen
exonorated.
Dated this 5th day of August, 1909.
Joseph T. Rainville, Administrator.
NOTICE OF GUARDIAN'S FINAL
ACCOUNT.
In the County Court of the State of
Oregon, for Umatilla County.
In tbe matter of tbe Guardianship of
thePersou and Estate of John Mo
Intyro, Insane.
All persons are hereby notified that
Hugh Molutyre, guardian of the per
son and estate of John Mela tyre,
insane, has filed his final aooount and
report in said matter and that Tues
day the 7th day of September 1909,
at the hour of 10 o'clook in the fore
noon of said day has been appointed
as the time and the county court house
at Pendleton as the plaoe where any
and all objections and exceptions to
the said final aooount and report will
be heard and the settlement thereof
made. The first publication of this
notice will be made on Friday tbe 6th
day of August A. D. 1909 and the last
publication on Friday the 3rd day of
September A. D. 1909.
Hugh Mclntyre, Guardian.
SUMMONS
In the Cirouit Court of the State of
Oregou for Umatilla county.
Lela O. Lewis, plaintiff, vs. A. T.
Lewis, defendant. To A. T. Lewis
the above named defendant:
In tbe name of the state of Oregon
you are hereby requited to appear and
answer the complaint filed against you
in the above entitled suit, within six
weeks from date of tbe first publica
tion of this summons, and if yen fa?)
so to appear to answer the complaint
or plead within that time the plajntiS
for want thereof will apply to the
above entitled oonrt for tbe relief dc-
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State of Oregon for Umatilla county,
made in open court on the 16th day
of July, 1909, the first publication is
made on Friday, July 23rd, 1909, and
tbe last on September 3rd, 1909.
Bomer I. Watts,
Attorney for plaintiff.
Notice of Final Account.
In tbe County Court of tbe State of
Oregon, for Umatilla County.
In the matter of tbe estate of Made
line LaConrse, deceased.
Notioe ia hereby given that the un
dersigned administrator of tbe estate
of Madeline LaConrse, deoeased, has
filed his final report and aocount
therein, and that tbe county Judge of
Umatilla county, Oregon, has set tbe
time for' hearing said settlement on
Saturday the 14tb day of August 1909,
at tbe county court house in Pendle
ton, Oregon, at 2 o'olock in the
afternoon of said day, at whioh time
said settlement will be allowed exoept
there be valid objections thereto.
Dated at Athena, Oregon, this 16th
day of July 1909.
Moses Taylor,
Administrator.
Watts & Neal,
Attorneys for Administrator.
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.
In the County Court of the State of
Oregon, for Umatilla County.
In tbe matter of the estate of John
Molntyre, deoeased.
Notioe is hereby given to all persons
whom it may oonoern that Hugh Mo
Intyre has qualified as executor of tbe
last will and testament of John Mo
lntyre, deceased. All persons having
claims against his estate are . required
to present them to tbe said exeoutor at
his home in Athena. Oregon, or at the
offloe of his attorneys Peterson & Wil
son at Pendleton, Oregon, duly verifi
ed as by law required, within six
months from the date" of the first
publication of this notioe, whioh said
first publication is on Friday tbe 6th i
day of August A. D. 1909.
Said notioe will be published for
four successive weeks, tbe last pub
lication appearing on Friday the 3d
day of September A. D. 1909.
; Hugh Molntyre, exeoutor.
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RESOLUTIONS.
At the regular services of the M. E.
Church of Athena on Sunday August
1 1909, the following resolutions were
carried:
First: That we heartily approve of
all tbe resolutions adopted by tho
Baptist, and Christian ohurobes, in
regards to a Bucking Broncho Exhibit
in this town on Jnly 25.
Also be it resolved that we tbe
members of said M. E. ohorob stand
for the enforcement of law and the
closing of all business houses nn the
Sabbath day.
By order of tbe M. E. Church.
C. W. Geiszler, Pastor.
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