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Fanners and Merchants Write us for our cash offer on your Farm and Dairy Produce. If we don't handle it will refer you to re liable buyer. pARSON-PAGE CO. Portland, Orefoa. HOWARD & BURTON - Atmym or Conner, si. msuing wDiur- . 17 T "iVV MfWITMENTS AND HEADSTONES Established 1887. Quality arid low Prices. Writ for estimate!, upeninit lur are not represented; referent required: no ex Serience necessary. Pacific Marble GraniU Work, 1377-78-81 Valencia St. Ban FrancUco, Cat, YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN WANTED to pre care for positions as telesrrapb operators for Sear-by railroads and City telegraph wmpaniee; guaranteed positions 6.00 to IW.OO nntlly, 8 hours work, Una advancements, easy to learn, , particulars free. Pacific Teleph & RaHway - Institute, Washington Building, Seattle, Wash. Second-Hand Machln ' ery bought, sold and ,lintiffMl! enorlnea. boflers, sawmills, etc. The J. E. Martin CTS 1st 6U Portland. Bend for Stock List and price. Machinery ' Let Us Read the Papers for Yon Clippings of every kind and character from the press of the Pacific Coast furnished at reasonable rates. DAKE'S PRESS CLIPPING BUREAU 482 8. Main St., Los Angeles, Cal. KODAK rolls developed, 10c, any size. Largest and best shop In Northwest. Com plete price list on request. Best results guaranteed, JACOBS opa P. -I. Build's, Seattle Hand Woven, UublocleJ PANAMAS FROM WEAVIR TO WEARER flan he worn nnhlooked by women. Blocked in iiny size, shape or style for men. Jlrlma 8 and inches. Llsht weluht. "Sent nnt,ni,id on rAwtlnt of price. Money refunded If not Kitifnitory. Get a durable, stylish nat for the hnlf of whut It would coat you elnewhere. Address MKW MONK HAT (JO. K H. Meuwidorffer. Prop. W 1-2 Waihlnirton it. Twenty years In I'ortlaud, Portland,- Or; IF! wrrn urn iiai mn nyr-in He Agreed. ' "What you need," said the wordy medio In h!a ponderous way, "la 'an enlargement of your dally round, a wider circle of activity." "Mebby that's right," said the patient "I'm a bareback rider In a one-ring circua." '-Cleveland Plain Dealer. . Deepest Mutual Sorrow. -Man never knows what mutual son row really Is until he reads an edi tor's regrets. Li pplncott's Magazine Try Marine Eye named? for Mefl, Weak, Watery Kyes and Uranululed JEyeUda, Mo Smarting JuBt Eya Comfort. . Think It Over. 'A few, more smiles ot silent sym pathy, a few more tender words, a lit tie more restraint on temper, may make all the difference between hap piness and half -happiness to those With whom I live. Stopford Brooke, Be thrift on little thinora like blulno-. Don't ac ' (Apt water for bluing. Ask for Ked Cross Ball , plus, in extra guou value mue. Why Can't Thev Keen Quletf - The trouble with most men who make fools of themselves Is that they Insist on calling public attention to If l 7 V Luck.- , ' Fortune unaided prevails over the .plans of one hundred learned men. : Pianino. FARM ORCHARD Notes and Instructions from Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations of Oregon and Washington. Specially Suitable to Pacific Coast Conditions PINEAPPLE SHERBET 13 NICE Portland, Oregon , , Resident and Day (School for Girls in-f a OaUtf lata, Aoad.mls and IltmmUry Dtpartatata, Mailt, Art, Sloratloa, Oymnsilim. For catalog addnm TIIK HIHT1H MUPERIOB Office JO, at. Helens Hall Churchyard Made Play Garden. A church In upper Broadway, New York city, has made a play garden of Us churchyard, and Invites the moth ers and jhlldren of the neighborhood to make themselves happy in it DAISY FLY KILLER r'"rf7: III H. Meat, olenn, ormiinontnl, conven ient, uhuap. Laitt all Hatoa. Made of nietul, can't spill or tip oven will not soil or Injure) anything, lluarimteed afleutlve sold by dUrs or sent prepaid for II, HAJLOLD tOHKIs, UUJDenalb At,. Brooklyn, T. Too Much Is Enough. "Don't you want to Join in and re form publlo affairs?" "Law, no!" re plied the quiet woman. "I've had trou ble enough reforming one man, let alone a whole political party." FOR RANCHMEN. H. L. Corbin, So. PlatU, Colo., writes I "I am a stockman here and If you lived nrnrl could K've you bt of Mustang Ltalim-nt bolt lea we have used up on our horses and cattle. We ride prclty hard here la the Km-kira hut Mustang liniment fixes the horses good as ever," ZSe.SOc.fl abotUe at Drug aVCaa'l Stores MATHEMATICS BY MILK TEST O. A, C. Professor Shows How to Teach Per Cent Problems. That school teachers, especially those in rural districts, can make the sub ject of percentage easier and more in teresting to their pupils by using problems on the application of the Babcock milk test was shown to the teachers attending the summer session at the Oregon Agricultural college in a lecture by Prof. F. L. Kent, of the dairy department. , He fust gave a demonstration of the test, that all might understand its workings clearly. The Babcock test has done more to revolutionize dairying than any other one thing in a quarter of a century," said Prof. Kent in introduction. "With it and the cream separator, dairying has been put on a very different basis than before. ' In nearly all 'the discus sions of milk and its handling you hear something of the fat content, and the Babcock test is the one commonly used to find this content. The man who supplies milk to a retailer does so under the Babcock test. The test bottle in which the sam ple of milk is measured holds an ounce and a half, and has a graduated scale on the long, neck to aid in reading the fat content. There are two sources of error, some bottles being incorrectly grad uated on this scale, and some being inaccurate in size. A definite quan tity of milk must be taken to make the test, and a pipette (a glass tube larger in the middle, and graduated ) is used to suck up the sample from the container. The milk to be tested is poured from one cup to another sever al times, to make sure that it is of an even quality throughout, and has no cream standing on top. "A third glass measure is used to measure the acid necessary for the test. These three pieces of glass and the centrifugal motion , whirler make up the outfit for the test. Since the glassware is unpatented, it is all practically the same, but the machines for whirling the bottles are of differ ent types. "The pipette takes up 18 grams, or 16.6 cubic millimeters of milk, which is put into the test bottle. Then com mercial sulphuric acid is added, to about the same quantity as the milk, to dissolve all the ingredients of the milk except the fat, setting that free so that it can rise into the neck of the bottle. The milk and acid are mixed by a rotary motion of the bottle to get a uniform color, a rich, dark brown, so that the acid may act on all the milk. "After the teBt bottles are put into the whirler they are in motion about five minutes. Jersey milk generally runs as much as 60 per cent higher in fat content than - the Holstein. The Ayrshire has a medium fat content of 3.5 to 4 per cent. The Holstein has about 3 per cent as a rule. When the test bottle is taken from the whirler, enough hot water is added to allow the fat to rise well up in the tube, and the sample is whirled again. When it is taken out finally, the fat shows in a clear yellow band in the neck of the bottle. The best way of measuring it accurately is by measuring with a pair of dividers the band of fat, then putting one leg of the dividers on zero, and the upper leg will indicate the precise per cent of fat content of ths milk in each 18 grams. "The Babcock test is being used as one of the regular demonstrations in schools where agriculture is being in troduced. Teachers can get accurate glassware by having it tested by the state experiment station, or by insist ing that the manufacturers guarantee the goods. It should be pointed out that one source of errors in the test is in the taking of the sample. When taken with a spoon from the top of a pan after the milk has stood, the fat content will be inordinately high. "The Babcock test is one of the best ways of teaching percnentage in arithmetic classes. For example, if a cow produces 66 pounds of milk a day, which tests 2.6 per cent, her produc tion is 1.456 pounds of fat a day. If a cow gives 42 pounds, but the test is 3.5 per cent, she will give 1.47 pounds of fat Carrying the problem out by means of daily records to the end of the month, a cow producing 725 pounds in a month with a test of 3.6 per cent, will give 26.375 pounds of fat a month. Or, a cow giving 42 pounds a day, produces 1,260 pounds a month, which, at a test of .035, gives 44.1 pounds of fat a month. The problems may further be elaborated by finding the gain in dollars, suppos ing the value of the butter fat on the market to be, say, 27 cents a pound. By using the cost of feed and other terns, further complications and vari ations of the problems can be made. "These problems will help, no doubt, in moulding the attitude of the parents toward the scheol and the common branches a farmer sees more sense' in a study which has evident Painless Dentistry U ear pride-ear nohhr-csr stady for years and ow our eueeew, sad ears is the bvst palnieae work to be found anywhere. o Butte bow ataoh jtoa "f 4pb 4 ... t We flnUn elate and ot ta natroni iu erne t.y If A'Mrl, lla!M itre.'lttia brltlite work U ordsr- vatMitstiM use. 22krisrTiet4.Ca 0i( ruikts 1.00 Cwswi rutiags 100 uMser ns O.UU BstlKesRseser. rutsa I.D9 a.w.a.anil. rtwwMwKuMN. Niek.t tilr1!! .60 it tm sntaaMS a fearuat ST HaTMOBa Alt work fullr guarantee for r.fte rear. Wise Dental Co Painless Dentists flP'f 8oMdtiif,TnUS'rfWsjhlnt nXTUNA, ei iumMmi iA.at.teir.M. saaage.tatl A..,, J bearing on farming and it will often stir op rivalry among the farmers, one being unwilling that his neigh bors old white cows should test higher than the heifer he raised himself. Thus such an application of the Bab cock test may not only interest the boys and keep them in school longer, but may benefit the whole community. "Nearly all of our farm dairies of any size keep a milk or cream separa tor, and the cream is, for the most part, sold to the creameries and cheese factories. ' The injustice of paying all farmers alike for the same weight of milk or cream, ia evident when one remembers that 100 pounds of cream testing 20 per cent means but 20 pounds of fat, while ' 100 pounds testing 45 per cent means 45 pounds of fat. Holstein milk is gen erally about 8.4 per cent butter fat, and Jersey 5.5 per cent. - Prof. Kent then explained the prin ciples of the cream separator, and showed how it saved the washing of the large number of pans necessary where the cream is allowed to rise and skimmed, and how the amount of cream taken from the milk -may be regulated accurately by the turn of a screw. He showed how milk testing 5.5 fat content can be separated from a part of the cream and still be better milk than that testing 3.5 per cent which is allowed to keep all its cream, since milk of a higher test also con tains more of the other solids besides fat. ; ' 1 "The question of how many cows one should have fc make it advisable to keep a separator is a mooted one. it is safe to say that it 5 or mere cows are kept, or even 3 particularly good ones, it is desirable to have a separator. It will save a least $5, $7 or $8 a year on butter fat. That much could be taken from the milk otherwise fed to the pigs." CAN YOUR OWN FRUIT. More Economical Than to Buy Pre serves and Jellies. "The odor of canned fruit is abroad in the land. Everywhere women are canning, preserving and making jel lies," says Mrs. Henrietta W. Calvin, the new dean ofdomestic science and art at the Oregon Agricultural col lege. , "Whenever two or three women gather together they tell of the num ber of quarts put up, and someone de tails their grief at one or more cans opening. The word luck occurs frequently in the conversation. One 'always has good luck; another has 'no luck' with certain varieties of fruits. "Yet there is no luck in successful fruit canning. The 'opening' of fruit jars that is, the spoiling of the contents of the jar is caused by mi croscopic organisms, which are really wild yeast plants. These little micro organisms are on the outside of all ripening fruits. The warmer the weather and the greater the moisture of the atmosphere, the more numerous these are. When the fruit is crushed or bruised so that the juice begins to flow, these little yeast plants begin to multiply, to grow, and cause fermen tation. The 'luck' in making fruits keep is merely dependent upon killing all micro-organisms and then sealing the fruit so tightly that no more can find entrance to it. Instruction! for Making It In a Way That la Not Only Easy But Cheap. Pineapple sherbet la easy to make, cheap and very delicious: Three cups granulated sugar, two cups water. Stir until sugar is dissolved, then boll Are minutes. Add the Juice of one good-sized lemon and one large pineapple. If one has a vegetable press it will not be necessary to be particular about peeling the pineapple Put it through the food chopper first. then press the juice out in this vege table press. In this way every bit of the juice la extracted. The juice from one can of pineapple might be used as well. Keep the mixture all together In a large bowl standing in a vessel of cold water until cool, then pour into freeier. When partly frozen add the stiffly beaten white of one egg and continue freezing. Let stand an hour or so to ripen. Any other fruit may be used Instead ot pineapple if preferred. Strawberry is very nice also orange. When Your Eyes Need Care Try Marine Eye Remedy. No Smarting Teels Fine Acta Quickly. Try it for Red, Weak, watery eyes ana uranulatea Eyelids, illus trated Book In each Package. Murine la compoanded by onr Ocnllsis not a "Patent Med icine" but nsed in successful Physicians' Prac tice for many years. Now dedicated to the Pub lic and sold by Urupglsts at 26c and Wo per Bottle. Murine Kye Balre In Aseptio Tubes, ibo and 60c Murine Eye Remedy Co., Chicago uregonian Mixture. Typographical errors are usually funny only when you discover them for yourself in your own paper. Only occasionally are clipped examples hu morous. One believes that this, from the Portland Oregonian of Jan. 30, is one of the latter sort: "Mr. Jones was last seen at breakfast lnthe Hofbrau, drinking a cup of his favorite broad cloth and black necktie. He also wore a coffee with cream. He was dressed as usual In a suit." Cleveland Plain Dealer. ' Mothers will find Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup the best remedy to use for theli ehildrea luring t'se teething- period. FASHION HINTS vf if sMVM A handy nrfrlltri'e that may pnss muster as a breakfast jacket is shown here. Almost any material would be uiitiiblt- for it, tho elmllis and silks are wrorites. Kisses and Kisses. In Welleslev slansr. a kiss adminis tered by a man is a "dewdab." If the mixed kiss ia so short, perky and inconsequential a thine as dewdab sounds', what foolish word have they tor the all-feminine osculation? Death Notice. "Old Skads lost everv cent ha had in the world yesterday," "Gee! His heirs will be furious." "Oh, I don't think so." "Howd'd he lose it!" "He died."-Houston Post, Stool of Repentance. For many years in Scottish rhur)inn persons under censure sat in tmnt nt the pulpit during the service, After- waro; ihey stood to receive public re- ouae. rom this practice we derive the "stool of repentance." Numbered, "I suppose it's true." aidtixl M! Welon, "that the hairs of one's head are numbered. I know that thla ia the eighty-fourth one I've lost since me middle of April." Probably. The Suffragette Lecturer The north and south poles were discovered by men, but let me tell you, fellow club members, that the next pole to be found will be discovered by a wo man. Satire. Overstraining. Many a man spoils his financial standing while trying to enable hia daughter to live in a style which will give him the right to demand big promises from her suitors, K " v " Duty. Never to tire; never to grow cold; to be patient, sympathetic, tender; to look for the budding flower and the opening heart; to hope always like Cod; to love always this is duty. Amiel. At It Seems to Willie. Teacher "The right to have more than one wife is called polygamy. What is it when only one wife is al lowed a man?" Willie "Monotony, ma'am." Lippincott's Magazine. Swedish Bridal Lore. The Swedish girl prays Tor a rainy day on which to get married. Then be fore she goes to the ceremony, attired in her wedding clothes she milks the cow, feeds the calf and steals a breast feather from the hen. This is to bring her the necessities and luxuries ol life, s Friends. We speak with awed tenderness ot our guardian angels; but have we not all ha our guilng angels, who came to us In visible form, and, recognized or unknown, kept beside us on our difficult path until tjey had done for is all that they could? T,!iey Larcom. S ..1. 1 1 a Tit. InanMnn. n.Ailafl nftAV Exposure to Sun. Winds and Dust. Murine Eye rtemerty freely applied Atioras nenaoie ivenei. Mo Smarting Just &y wmion iry murine. 1 Lesson In Humility. "As long ez I wuz po'," said Broth er Williams, at a revival, "I wuz hum ble enough ter be thankful for what 1 wuz 'bout ter receive. But one day I found f 10 in. de big road. After dat I went about holdin' my head so hlgl dat I couldn't see what waz befo' me, an' I fell in a dry well, an' staid dar three days, hollerln' fer folks ter pull me out. Satan hlsself wuz once an angel In heaven, but he couldn't stand prosperity, an' look wbar he is nowl Red Cross Ball Blue arives double value for vrmr money, goes twice as zar as any outer, ask yeur grocer. In the Natural Course. Life is ever unfolding from within, and revealing itself to the light, and thoughts engendered in the heart at last reveal themselves in words, ac tions and things accomplished. James Allen. 8hakespeare'a Criticism. . 'TIs the curse of service, prefer ment goes by letter and affection, and not in old gradation, where each sec ond stood heir to the first Shakes peare. y Two Hostile Empires. Everywhere the human soul stands betwean a hemispnere of light and an other of darkness; on the confines of two everlasting hostile empires, Ne cessity and Freewill. Carlyle. Treatment for Burns. Sweet oli and limewater spread ou a piece of cotton and applied to a burn is very soothing. Every medi cine closet should contain a bottle o his remedy. land Deaf Mutes Fling Epithets in Court NEW . YORK. There was a silent commotion of an extraordinary character before Magistrate Krotel in Centerstreet court the other day when Henry J. Hecker, a deaf-mute pressman of 754 East One Hundred and Fifty second street, appeared as complain ant against Miss Nora Sullivan, a young woman of twenty, also a deaf-mute, of 330 Water street. . Hecker charged that Miss Sullivan grossly insulted him on the street last Saturday after noon, flinging a broadside of slander ous epithets at him from the tips of her fingers and then banging him on the head with an umbrella. The young woman, who is short and plump and hlghstrung, appeared in court in answer to a summons ob tained by Hecker. She was accom panied by a dozen friends, all deaf mutes. Hecker had about the same number of , friends with him and the two factions made the air jump with the hot remarks they tossed at each other in the sign manual. There was no deaf-mute Interpreter in court when the case was called and Magistrate Krotel was at a loss to understand the multitude of high signs that were snapped at him. Hecker vainly talked himself into a state of manual palsy, and court attendants were sent scurrying everywhere for an interpreter. Finally Police Ser geant Quackenbos, who is six feet tall and butlt like a'hack. was reached at police headquarters and came down to court while the quiet excitement was at its heisrht Complainant Hecker was pretty weak in the wrists when he took the stand and related how he had been Insulted and thwacked with the um brella. Quackenbos did not translate the insults, but informed the court that in thumb and digit discourse the language was pretty fierce. Then Miss Sullivan took the stand and talked so fast that Quackenbos couldn't get her. . He told the magis trate she was having a fit of manual hysterics. He made swimming mo tions at the witness, wig-wagging for her to become calm. There was a great stillness in the court and at the same time a great tumult All the deaf-mutes were talking at once and becoming numle in the face. "At last Miss Sullivan talked herself Into a swoon and was carried to an ante-room. Brought out again, she talked herself into another swoon and came out of No. 2 quite limp. Then it was drawn from her that Hecker had made unpleasant left-handed remarks to her and that she was entirely Justi fied in swinging at him with her um brella. "I guess this Is all we can stand for one day," adjudged the court, mop ping his brow. "Case dismissed." As the -two silent factions filed out of the courtroom there was a wireless riot in the corridors until the mam moth Sergeant Qackenbos intervened and waved them ariart Man Dies After Fifty Years' Silence Chance for an Inventor. Our scheme of civilization will no be perfect until somebody invents a bureau which will set fiat on the floor, so that collar buttons cannot roll un 4er it. ; ;y - No Need for Depression. r It is no business of ours to suppose that the saints are asleen because the affairs of the nation take a surprising Electrio Bed Warmer. A metal box In which an incandes cent lamp can be inserted for warming a bed has been patented by an Idahr man. Cures Whil. Yon Walk. ' Allen's Vnnt.Fc I. . . . k. .n :""-""-" wuiu.-n, amine test. Bold by all DruKk-iNts. 1'rice Jm Kon't accent ant substitute. Trial package kk. Address Allen S, Olmsted, LeTKoy, N. Y. Keeping Air Fresh. A good way to keep the air of k room fresh and sllehtlv nerfnmort in to place a jar in some inconspicuous place in the room and put In the Jar a small block ot ammonia, over which pour some ordinary cologne water. liiia makes a faint pleasant odor of hlch one is hardly conscious. New Luxury for the Chines. Barber shops are being opened ti the far ast anrl th rhlno ara Inarm tng to appreciate the delight ol American hair cllDDers. Irresistible. "However did you reconcile AdeK and Mary?" "I gave them a cholc hit of gossip and asked them not t repeat It to each other." Has No Remedy in Law. An English judge has decided that a purchaser of forged postage stamp has no remedy tgainst the tUc DIGBY, NOVA SCOTIA. Within a few hundred yards of a beach where 61 years ago two fishermen found him with his legs amputated, "Gerome," Nova Scotia's man of mystery, died a few days ago, silent to the end about his identity. Although he undoubtedly possessed the power of speech, "Gerome" had not conversed with anyone in the half cen tury he had been cared for by Dldier Comeau and the latter's sons and daughters. During all of this time "Gerome" had remained a mystery to the settlers here, most of whom are known as "returned Arcadians," being the descendants of the compatriots of Evangeline who returned to this part of their adopted country after their ex pulsion by the English in 1755. . - Away back in the summer of 1861, according to tradition, a ship different from those usually seen here put off a small boat which made for the shore and deposited above the tide line an object that several hours later was discovered to be a man. His legs had been freshly amputated and there was a- jug of water and a package of ship's biscuit beside the man, who had suf fered greatly from exposure. Wrapped in blankets and taken to the Comeau house, where, ever since he has been a welcome member of the household, the man was finally revived by a physician. In half a dozen lan guages the man was asked:- "What is your name?" To this ques tion, - in Italian, propounded by the elder Comeau, the man made muttered reply: "Gerome!" .Never, after that, however, did "Gerome" utter a word except on one occasion when asked where he came from. "Trieste" was the .reply made, seemingly rtf an un guarded moment. ' Physicians from all. parts of the world, who have visited this Land of Evangeline in the 51 summers that have elapsed since "Gerome" was found on the beach, have studied the man's case. Most of them have agreed that he might have spoken had he de cided to do so; one or two have vouch safed the opinion that some terrible experience through which "Gerome1 Dassed friehtened him out of - his senses and rendered him unable to ut ter an Intelligible word. Girls to Enforce Hat Pin Ordinance rMRSE l s .MTNAy M i a I'CAPrAin) tr 0- )V- flUL0 LIKE TO af An" 111 Sll T' thru WW I CIT COOS An" READY, (IT ME CHICAGO. Thieves to catch thieves, and women to catch women. If the first, why not the second? So reasons John McWeeny, chief of police. And since it sounded good to the head of Chicago's police depart ment thereupon outlined his plans for a regular beauty squad.' " Hat pins caused his cogitations and the same pointed reasons, . coupled with an old ordinance that never has done duty, will inspire the 20 girls he hopes to enlist In the service: . "You see, my men are bashful," ex plained the chief. "And men are any way. Now if you were standing on the corner and a pink cheeked girl stroll ed by with the points of her hat pins sticking out a foot, would you arrest her? "No, you'd probably wink your eye at your brother officer and say, 'No, no, my no she ain't breakln' the law.'. So you see, we've just got to have girls to catch girls a regular beauty squad." Andslnce the decision has been made, the next step is to get the girls. The chief says he has received letters from many volunteers. From these he will choose the "beauties" and they will be placed in charge of Mrs. Mary Owens, Chicago's only police woman. Then when the woman with the hat pins strolls by, a fashionably dressed girl, wearing a -tiny star where she formerly wore the pin of her sorority, will touch her on the shoulder and suggest that, "The captain wants you." And herein lies just one fear that may wreck the proposed beauty squad before its organization. What if the woman shouts: "What for?" and the beauty policeman says: "Your hat pins are too long; they stick out too far; you are under ar rest;" will the arrested one cry "Leave me alone or I'll scratch your eyes out?" ; ; Will this be followed by a real hair pulling contest? And will the original gentleman policeman have to cry "break," stop the argument, and take both fighters for a ride in the blue wagon? . ? - v K',Thea,ere fluestlons experience alone can solve. And Chief McWeeny says he will take a chance on the battles Just to try out his plan. 'm sVVWMMaMMaWSjsakysassalsa)sa)4akaBkAaASsa) Coed Throws Her Own Effigy on Pyre ST. LOUIS. Passengers on a MarRet street car passing the western end of Forest Park saw a girl trudging along the tracks with what appeared to be the lifeless body of another girl on her shoulder. The body was clad in a blue suit and a pair of brown-stockinged legs dan gled limply. The njotorman slowed up the car. One glance at the head of the object and he threw on the power again. With an indignant look the girl with her burden marched on her way. She waa Miss Annie Brown, president of the Junior class of Forest Park uni versity, who waa carrying her effigy to grocery store half a mile away to burn It By burning her own effigy Mis Brown established a precedent As the climax in the clasa light which had been on between the Junior and senior classes for three days, the seniors had abstracted a dress of Miss Brown, stuffed It with paper and tags and hung the effigy on the high oak in the front yard ot the university. The effigy was discovered early in the morning by Miss Gertrude Schnei der, vice-president of the Juniors. Aft er heroic efforts she managed to cut it down. The question was what to do ft 1th it before the entire school aaw it It was then that Miss Brown decid ed on the visit to a grocery up the tracks. None of the seniors saw the disposal of the effigy, and all were mystified at seeing the oak tree re lieved of its burden. . While the 21 members of the junior class were attending a reception given by Mrs. Anna Sneed Cairns, president of, the university, the seniors, 45 strong, stole a march on them - by climbing telegraph poles in the vicin ity and affixing their colors, yellow and white. Easy Ink Eraser. A blot ot ink on your paper may bt easily removed by means of one of those little emery carefboard strips that are used for manicuring the nails. Just rub it lightly over the ink after blotting carefully, and it will remove every trace, yet leave the paper in good condition. Hair Falling? j You certainly cannot lose your hair and keep it, too. Which shall it be?, Lose? Then do nothing. Keep? Then use Ayer's Hair Vigor. That is about all there Is to it Ayer's Hair Vigor is also a splendid hair-dressing and hair-tonic It keeps the hair soft and smooth and greatly promotes its growth. It does not color the hair. Consult your doctor freely. Doctors are .studying these hair questions much more than in former days. Had by tha J. O. M CO., Low.11. Mass. REAL ESTATE FOR SALE-80 NEAR EHOLT JUNCTION, B. C, Can.; 20 a. wit: 4 r. house barn, outbid; 0 fruit trees, best sub-irrigated farm. Auger, Box 813, Chicago. FOR SALE-160 A. IN YALE CO.. B. C: 10 A. :ult.; 2-story 7 r. house, barn, outbldgs., 2 1-2 a. ipple orchard, stock, machinery, etc. Excellent fruit ranch, easily divided. Selbel, Bx 819. Chicago Life of the 8oll. The soil may be said to be alive. It !s a matrix supporting various groups )f definite mlcro-organlBms, and the Investigations of the past few years Indicate the possibility of determin ing by bacteriological diagnoses the crop producing capacities of different tolls. It has been shown that the ae Hon of the nitrifying bacteria, espe cially in samples of soil, correlates talrly well with the productiveness of the same soils under field conditions. Harper's Weekly. V No Cause to Fear. A fisherman succeeded in stealing a goose from a farmhouse by train ing his fish-line along the ground In sight of the goose. The goose, seeing the worm, bjt at it and got caught by the hook. When caught, the man ran, pulling the bird after him. The bird, by flapping her wings, alarmed .the farmer's, wife,- who came out to tile gate, and, seeing the man running and ' the goose following, she exclaimed: ' "Don't be afraid, my good man; sht won't touch you." - Oil From Grape Stones. Orape - stones yield an oU similar to those of the olive. They are used In Italy in the manufacture of soap and Cor lubricating and lighting. France alone, it is estimated, could yield from 8,000,000 to 10,000,000 gallons of this oil per annum. .- Take Time to Replace. A lost thumbnail will be generally replaced In five months and a great oenail requires twice as long. TESTIMONY OF FIVE WOMEN Proves That Lydia E. Pink- . ham's Vegetable Com- pound Is Reliables Eeedville, Ore. "I can truly recom mend Lydia E. 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