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FRIDAY............ ...J a n .
31. 1908
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[O riginal.]
"There's your novel. I ’ve read I t ”
"W ell?”
"There’s no uae of my trying to let
you down easy. Jim m y. I may as well
tell the truth. It's only fitted to be
read by the occupants of a lunatic
asylum ”
Jimm y looked a» If hla friend had
thrust a knife Into hla boaom. He was
ons o f a lot of artists who Inhabited
the same rookery and every man of
them on the verge o f starvation.
" I tell you what, Jim ,” continued the
speaker, " I ’m a practical fellow at bot
tom and have no business w ith either
a rt or literature. I have a scheme for
working off this stuff you’ve w ritten on
a friend who ,s a publisher. H e ’s prac
tical too. I ’m going to see him.”
"Do you w ant the manuscript?”
"No.”
John Melcher, the merciless frlend-
crlttc, went to the publisher and made
a proixJSWon which Induced him to
publishC The Kiss of Fire." Melcher
,vs« to rake charge of the Introduction
o f the hook to the public In hla own
way. H e relied Im plicitly on the mem
bers of his gang, who were to act as a
deq ue under hla direction. H ardly had
the »>ook been Issued whan all of
them, having been coached by M el
cher. went In different direction».
Each »topped upon passing a stand
or store where books are »old and ask
ed for ’T h e Kiss of Fire.” When told
that they had no copy of the book, the
Inquirer would be struck dumb w ith
amaaement and hurry away. Before
nightfall of the first day there had
been from half a dozen to a doxen
Inquiries for the novel In every book
shop In the city. Melcher had instruct
ed his band to work the trumpeting
and the Inquiries among the book
sellers w ith equal seal, well knowing
that to "make a market” w ithout pro
viding a supply would be useless.
The booksellers gave small orders
fo r the book, and occasionally some
one to whom the gang sounded Its
praises bought one. M eanwhile Melcher
was not idle. H e purauaded a friend,
Olcott, who was the leader of a literary
chib, to read the story. The reader’s
report upon It was, "F o r Idiots, fools
and lunatics, the moat remarkable
work of the century.” Melcher went
about telling all hook lovers th a t Ol
cott had pronounced ’T b s Kiss of
F ire ” the moat rem arkable work of
the century, fallin g to mention for
w hat c la n of readers. Before Olcott
heard o f hla criticism and had cor
rected I t a n u m b e ro f people who were
ambitions of being up In the literature
o f the day had read the novel. None
o f them could understand why it was
remarkable, but since Olcott said so
none of them dared say It was n o t
One Independent fellow pronounced It
"rot,” but the best “rot” he had ever
read. A ll young girls entering society,
bearing of the commotion It was creat
ing and assuming for that reason the
hook must be a model of literary ex
cellence, pronounced It “perfectly love
ly." Then It was announced as “the
best seller of the week ”
Checks began to come In from the
publisher. They were sent to Melcher,
who apportioned them between the au
thor and hla gang. Thus encouraged,
the claque worked on. But furth er e f
fo rt waa not necessary. The flame had
been kindled, and If Melcher had led
them In an attempt to put It out they
could not have done so. I t must burn
till tbs fuel was exhausted. The crlt
lea abused the book. Inveighing against
tbs decline of literary taste, hut they
were not heeded. Every one read and
talked about ‘T h e Kiss of F ire.” Then
suddenly, at the end of three months,
the babel ceased. Everybody had read
the book and was ready for the next
wonder.
About this time the literary editor of
a prominent magazine fell 111, and Ben
H athaw ay, an understrapper, who took
care of the books to lie reviewed, hap
pened on "The Kiss of F ire.” H e read
It and was delighted with I t It en
tered his head to try his hand at w rit
ing a criticism on I t H e did so, and
the criticism got Into the magazine be
fore the editor resumed hla post
The late Robert bouts Stevenson
has said In the preface to one of his
books. "W e w rite to our friends, and
the public pays the postage." Now, It
happened that Jim m y Ileeeler, away
hack of a pair of strange eyes fa r
down in that peculiar brain of hla, had
some very singular fancies—fancies
w ith which only a brain en rapport
w ith hla own would sympathise. In
other words, when Ileeeler wrote "The
Kiss of F ire " he was w riting It to
H athaw ay. Hathaw ay In hla criticism
spoke very highly of the novel. H e
oonld not explain I t Indeed, be did
not fu lly understand It, for no tw o
brains are alike In all their parts. H e
contented hlmeelf w ith praising It.
We vert hslses of all the criticisms w rit
ten on Hoosier's work Hathaway*» was
the only one emanating from a reader
who had been In tooch with the au
thor's fancies. H ow many readers had
been sim ilarly sympathetic cannot be
determined.
When H a th aw ay’s chief sew that the
magazine had during hla absence been
oommltted to an approval of “The Klee
o f Fire" he took to hla bed agala, bat
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C opyright, MOT. by C. W . H ooka.
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D O A R S H E N B T O N E was one
of those lesser captains of
finance and moderately swol
len multim illionaire» whom
have not become household
word». In fact he waa so quiet and
unobtrusive In hl» way» that when
our W a ll street man came to me w ith
a tip on Shenatone be began by asking
I f I knew him.
The city editor o f a newspaper is
expected to know everybody, so that
question w ill serve to Indicate bow
inconspicuous Shenstone was.
I re
sponded th a t 1 had never had the
pleasure of meeting that particular
pirate, but I had beard of his works.
“H e la the active agent In a big
speculative pool that Is being organ
ized,” continued Miles, the W a ll street
man. ’T h e operations w ill probably
be sensational enough to call for a
spread story.”
Upon this hint I looked up Shen
stone in the “morgue,’’ ns we call the
great collection of clippings arranged
In envel<»pee and carefully catalogued
that every im portant newspaper keeps
for reference. There was an envelope
marked “ShenBtone, Edgar, Broker,”
nut Its contents were disappointing. I
was particularly grieved to learn that
we had no portrait, and a fte r various
unsuccessful attempts to procure one I
sent a photographer to snapshot M r.
Shenatone, but he failed.
In the course of that week a w riter
named Sidney Colbert called to see me
and asked for work. H e wa» a genius
to his way, but eutlrely useless on a
newspaper. His vocation was litera
ture, and he had w ritten some very
good Btnff that had been printed in the
best magazines, but he bad no money
sense, no push and no »pJJiude for en
during poverty.
I don’t ‘know how It happened, but
somehow In the course of breaking to
Sidney the sad news that be must con
tinue to starve because neither the
Dally Record nor any other human In
stitution had any use for him I men
tioned the unsuccessful search for
Slteustone’s portrait. Thereupon Btfl
ney fell Into deep thought The fu r
rows by which his handsome counte
nance waa wrecked and riven became
positively palQfal to behold, and he
maintained so long a alienee th a t I be
gan to think of ways to be rid of him.
Suddenly he said:
" I can get yob a likeness of M r.
Shenstone." And then, w ith earnest
ness, “ I f I give you my word that I
w ill not fall w ill you—er—could you"—
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The resemblance Is so close an to .be
really ridiculous, considering the d if
ference In our circumstances.’
I [tald Nldney the additional $15, and
though 1 subsequently learned that
be himself bad posed for the picture
I never regretted the bargain
About two months later a somewhat
mysterious stranger called upon me
to Inquire for Sidney Colbert's a d
dress. Suspecting thia man to be a
collector, I declined to give the de
sired Information. Ou the folk,wing
day a law yer from the W a ll street
district came w ith the same request.
U a assured ms that be was acting In
my friend’s Interest I told him that
Sidney was Just recovering from an
Illness and was In miserable circum
stances and that I would make It
warm for any one who annoyed him.
Then I gave the address.
I was not altogether easy In my
mind, however, and consequently I
called a t Sidney’» lodgings one even
ing In the latter part of that week. H e
w
not at home, and nobody had
seen him for two days.
Much dis
turbed, I went to see Miss Dean In
the studio building, where ahe dw elt
in girl bachelor fashion.
Miss Dean was quaking w ith nerv
ousness, though she tried to conceal i t
I was sure that she had been pacing
the floor, which was littered w ith all
the evening newspapers. She began
by telling me that ahe did not know
where Sidney was, but when I smiled
upon her sadly she abandoned that de
ception and admitted that she did
know, but waa pledged not to tell.
"H e has been so 111!** she cried,
clinching her bands distractedly. "H e
ought to be in the country, where he
could be quiet and baye pure a ir to
breathe.”
"Is he In any sort of trouble I ” I
asked, and she »aid no, except th a t he
was very weak from Illness and
needed rest
”1» be a t work?’’
“Yes.”
"Then he w ill soon have some mon
ey and can go out of town,” said I.
"Tw enty dollars a week!” she re
sponded w ith withering scorn.
T hat was all I learned about Sidney,
but Miss Dean consented to speak more
freely of herself.’ I thought it my duty
to Inquire, because for all I knew she
«•early printed and easy of
tion The pictured face startled me.
"Great Scott!" I cried. “Is Shenatone
a brother of yoara? I should think yoa
had aat for this yourself!”
"M r. Shenstone la distantly related to
me,” he replied. “W e have s common
ancestor ”
yavtona V«
«uitloa of those persona on account of
•’F in e r he exclaimed.
whet they called “The Kies of
better!”
“Couldn’t be
"Did you ask Shenstone for thia?"
■aid I to Sidney. He nodded.
"Ever meet him before?"
Sidney
his
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The Preetieel Orerei»»» of
The tradition M I believe, that •
efcUd should ba Leg* to «Wto
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F o r Lung
QRA.SS VALLEY, ORE.
New Entirely-.
Troubles
FURNITURE
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UNDERTAKING
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T This means a great deal of expense
and care on Uta P *** * i>oor P®4* 1*
My Motto Is
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and even people to moderate alrcum-
Ayer's Cherry Pectoral cer
riancea who send their children out
Qulok Balsa and
F R IC M REASONABLE
tainly cures coughs, * colds,
Hmall Profita. *
religiously a r e a day.
very long ago I stood by the
bronchitis,
consumption.
And
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tradition
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Conductfld
on
Boot
Principio«
Uva
and L a i U v a .
of a man I thought you loved"—
It certainly atrengthens weak
"You didn’t r ahe whispered. “H a 1 being done away with- This seaaon It
Call and Exam ina
CXseeserelal T r a d e B e lle lte d
to pooalble to obtain oae year atoaa In
Isn’t dead!"
throata and w eak lung«.
M y titoek e f
I blue and. brown cqato. These bar»
I recoiled aa from a blow /sad
There can be no mistake about
F O R N IT U R E
‘tiny poke bonnets of velvet and satin
a t her.
and
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this. You know It 1« true. And
W . H. 8 IM 0 N ,
” 1 have felt thia In my bonsa,” ggML < • to match, and the effect to really much
H ID E L IN E R
■lowly. “I have dreamed It a t ^ ffM smarter than the cheap white eoetumee
your own doctor will «ay so.
M a in M t M O R O O r e g o n
• Iwfore bnctng
one sees.
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,Wg buried Shenstone!”
Tha but kind of a
The gocart la stlR used to winter,
Next door to Hotel Moro.
“Sw ear to me," ahe cried, “that jp g
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but It is made warm and cosy by
w ill not tell!”
few/.O. to w Ow.. L*wwlU 1
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“Give me the story,” said I . "You means of an angora robe, which la
Also maauAbOtarwrn *i
built narrow expressly for I t P a rt of
have my word."
I a
"M r. Shenatone waa taken ill," g ttfl
M oro - O regon.
FILLI.
•he, "Just a t the beginning o f a great
■Aia vwoa.
A S p e c ia lity .
fig h t I don’t fu lly understand*—
UT, M M.MUI
pOMaa
" I know all about th a t H e waa I
ta.
o f^ lo .r
aging a mighty, big pool.” .
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A ll w ork guaranteed, and
K eep th « bow el s regu lar w ith Avar a
“I t waa thought that If the sea
> llle end th u s h aste n recovery. prices aatiafactory.
Bring in your
hla serious Illness got ab o u t” «he
\
M o ro . O reg o n .
articles for m ending w hile you w ait.
tinued. "(he enterprise would fa ll
♦ J a m e s ö t o w a r t
"The speculative public would 1
swamped It in oue day.”
"Yes; that’s It. Now, Sidney had hack
S to ck In s p e c to r
to see Mr.Shenatone for you to
for a photograph of hlmaeif,
S h e rm a n C o u n ty ,
Express and F reig ht
Shenstone refused. Bo they
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O reg o n .
much he looked like M r. ShqmtoD«
’y n-
Rea lly the resemblance was very cflftg
Piano and t* u ru i'u r» Moving.
and aa both men had been 111 the decep
Address: fifORO, OREGON.
R o u n d P i n e , Sff.OO
tion was made easier. Tbey offered Sid
S p i f f P i n e , Sfl.fiO
ney «30 a week merely to go to Mr,
T ru n k s and G rip s D e liv e re d
Shenstone's office every day and sit to
O a k , $ 6 .0 0
the private room, bnt, of course, they
T o and F ro m a ll T r a in s .'
didn’ t let anybody to who knew Mr.
Shenstone well. And Sidney has been
living In M r. Shenatone’a kou»g»-They
ud
were both there together until Mr.
Sheuatone became ao III that It was
M o ro a n d G r a s s V a lle y .
seen he must die. Then he waa secn-Uy
A d d ress
smuggled Into the hospital aa Sidney
Receives Deposit», Sell exchange,
Colbert. They pegged me to go to the
D . W . H u d s o n , M o s ie r, O rc
and do a G eneral Banking hu»ine»s
funeral, but I could not. I should have
oatu> nr bxavt ru >-
•OWT
died at the sight o f him.”
nisi ra a stbam bbatkd doom .
N .P . H a n s e n , M a n a g e r a t M oro
You wouldn't have seen h im " »«te
over the back of the seat,
this goes ovar
I. “The coffin was sealed.”
for the baby,
a/Tonltng a soft beck
ba
“They don’t w ant Sidney any more,
ahe resumed a fte r a shuddering pause. while iba reat ferma a big pocket, into
I t w ill be announced that M r. |8J.eq- X M c h the child U slipped These rugs
Proprietor of
‘ «boat $0, aud ou baby should ba
stone Is going abroad. And bis wife to
Leggings
matching
tho
going secretly to Dakota, where ahe
era the neat consideration. They
Practical W atchm aker
w ill get a divorce for abandonment
to dm w sra shape, w lth .le g s at-
And be la dead! Won’t It be dread
and Jew eler.
for about a dotyer.
ful?”
Unshrinkable wool atoaklngs match
"And Sidney T”
ooats In color, and the shoes may
D ra y in g of a ll K in d».
"H e and I «hall be m arried very,
tch also.
quietly, and we shall go to Ita ly . They'
T ru n k » and G rips H a u led to and
n th the addition of white mittens
are to give him a thousand dollars."
We carry a surprisingly large
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Crain Bealere. Î.U Moaor, car Boaoro-ot Office Supplies.
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“W h a tr
I suppose," he said in gasping des
peration, “that you might be w illin g to
pay ns much as $5 for the portrait,
and If ”—
"Oh, Sidney,” said I, “why don’t yon
get a business manager? F iv e dol
lars!”
Is It too much?”
I laughed aloud.
Here’s on expense order fo r ten,”
said I. "Bring me a good picture be
fore <1 o’clock tomorrow afternoon and
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he penniless. I t appeared, how-
m give yon fifteen mere. I f yon h » * f erer>
, he W M a f, lrly
man.
any sense you could get fifty out of
me."
But this waa lost Upon Sidney. The
whole machinery of hla Intelligence,
that great and delicate and wonderful
structure, was busy with a bit of pa
per which bore the printed heading,
“Petty Expense Account"
"Thank you," said he
And he fled away to the cashier.
T hat evenlntr In a redunrnut I saw
him entertaining a very pretty girl nt
dinner. H e beckoned me to Join them,
and I passed an hoar In their company.
Thongh the conversation avoided per
sonal topics, I learned In other ways
than by the spoken word that he waa
very much In love with her and she
w ith him. She was a fine example of
the pare blond type now hurrying to Ito
extinction, and he waa racially and In
dividually suitable to be her mate, bnt
neither waa In the amellent degree fit
for the b a ttL of life today.
On the following afternoon Sidney
brought me a photograph, not executed
to the highest style of the art. but
Vinton H o te l
BABY’S W ISTES CtOTMISS.
I t was near the place where
lived, and I accompanied her three.
"Sylvia," said I when we stood ha
her little attttag room. "yoo say yea
have Just got back to town. I don't
believe you’ve ever bean away,"
T haven’t ” ahe admitted.
I took her by the arm.
"You are happy," said L
happy. What doe« this mean?
HULSE
CITY DRAY NO. 2
“W e lir
“BBBX'H AW gXPFNSJt ORDMK FOB TXW,"
SAID I.
Maine. A bout three weeks Ta
ever, I met her on the s treet
ager, and, though the allowance upon
which ahe lived was barely sufficient
for her support, ahe had never gone In
debt. Indeed she had for a tim e pre
served some small savings, h ut these
ahe had spent for Sidney daring hla
illness. Sidney did not know this, of
course. I t would never occur to him
that little expenses for a sick man’s
delicate provender could have any con
siderable total.
" I saw Sylvia quite frequently a fte r
that, hat did not aee Sidney nor coqld
I get track of him, though I made va
rioua endeavors. A hint from Sylvia
gave me the Impression that the myste
rious work In which Sidney was en
gaged might uot be viewed w ith ap
proval by a stern moralist, and this led
me to believe that he was employed by
Sheuatone. I t wus possible, however,
that he might he serving Shenatone’a
enemies, Oonld It be possible that his
resemblance to the speculator was be
ing used In some wild scheme of per
»«nation? Kidney would never consent
to such dishonesty, but In the hands of
the shrewd and reckless men who were
fighting Rhenstone’s |>ool my friend
would be a mere child. I t would be no
trouble at all for them to make Sidney
believe that black was white.
Sylvia was as careless as most worn
eu are of the ethics of business. H e r
sole anxiety In this m atter was for Sid
ney's health. 1 made out that she had
either very meager reports of him or
none at all
“I should not 1)« surprised any day
to hear that he waa dead," said ahe to
me. w ith black foreboding w ritten on
her face.
I think It was not twenty-four hours
afterw ard that I waa going through the
rc -rila r dally report from one of the
ell.. nc?"< ! rrenna and came upon this
paragraph typew ritten upon the thin,
dirty yellow paper that they use:
“Sidney Colbert, a w riter, was taken
to St. Margaret’s hospital late last
night suffering w ith mcer of the stom
ach. An immediate operation w ill be
necessary. In this disease surgery 1»
not resorted to until the ulcer pene
trates the wall of the organ, and the
chaitcea are always against the pa
tie n t Doctors nt the hospital declined
to discuss the case.”
As soon as I could get sw ay from
the olllce I went to aee Sylvia. She
wan not in. Praeunaablj she was a t
St. M argaret’s.
There, however, I
could get no word of her, nor was 1
able, with all my “pull,” either to
81duey or to send him a m enage. I
obtained the Information that the op
eration had been performed and th a t
the patlentia condition wee fairly
good. On the following day I lea
that he waa dead.
"A thousand dollars.”
"M y dear young friend,” said I. “to
this story comes out It w ill drive thotm
men up the tallest tree In the C dted
States. They’ll have to ran for thslr
Uvea. A thousand dollars, tndeefil Jttat
let me drop a hint In certain quartans,
merely a hint, and you’ll see w hat w ill
happen.
You don’t understand the
fraud and trickery of which Sidney h as
been the mainstay. To you his act even
savored of virtue. I t seemed unjust
that M r. Shenatone'a enemies should
triumph over him merely because he
waa ill, and Sidney seemed to he doing
no harm in taking hla place-
B
there’s been more to this game
Beelzebub himself could keep track
Let me talk to those feUowa,
A t first aim wouldn't listen, but
finally showed her that those »barxz
were merely laughing a t Sidney at play
ing him for a fool, and, w ith her
anly resentment aroused, she agreed
least to tell them what ahe tho
them. She nearly frightened
death
They executed contortions of
apology and performed miracles of ex
planation. and the result was that Sid
ney got a life pension of $5,000 a year,
upon which well earned Income he and
ahe are living In the most delicious con
tent by the blue Mediterranean, »nd
Sidney la w riting a book, which w ill
make hla name famous. No; not hl«
nam<*, for that Is on a tombstone, aa I
know, because I paid th<i bill for the
carving- Perhaps the I sm * w UI ba hy
Edgar SbRnstone.
a| 25 cents a pair baby presents a very
■mart appearance Indeed, nod, what is
mar«. It to a practical ooa
I want to say something relatlug to
heavy flannels.
Do not pat them on a child that
ran to a Steam heated apartment
Tbe middleweight» are plenty warm
enough.
E M IL Y W IN T E R .
la Tim e e* Trauble.
That the fold» of Old Glory afford
■belter to any land to the obvious
e f this New Yoak Tknaa story ,
ring poa of the frequent revolo-
to Haiti • party of Americana
a riding tour of the mountains,
morning a member e f the party
draw rain with an ejacula-
polnted to a lone rtdgn w hen
old tattered stars and stripes flut-
teoed ea a bamboo pole.
”Wa n»“St pay bbt mapacto.
After soma search they found a path
tb «'
t lg z a g g e d
o p to m*» w ild
p la c e .
P a rtic u la r A tte n tio n G iven to
O p tical W o rk
T H E DALLES,
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IJoo (¡»not flfford
to take chances
For C o u g h s a n d C old «
try our
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In tha eure ef ssrafnlous swelMngs.
tarxvri glands, open satin» nleers, or old
seres. tte-Ooklsn Medical MSoorarr” has
pBgfenssd the most aarvstous caras. In
¿ A s of old sor«», or opre satin»-ulcera,
M to,wen to apply 1
Plaree’s All-HreUn» Belva, which pae-
weuderfel breite« poteoey when
an application to the sores In cou-
Srith the om «f "OeMwi Medical
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tr e a tm e n t.
II
yon r d r u g g is t
don’t happen to have tha "AU-Heallng
barin» a completo list of l»gT’*llento In
plain temlUh ea Mo bratto- n p i * r . tho
samo M w attested aa comet nudar oath.
L e tte r and B ill Files,
H a rle ig h Glass, P ro p rie to r.
and F ilin g Cases.
F arm ers teams fed as w ell as
hn«ket leaves for the lau n d ry a t an
e a rly hour Tuesday w ithout a miss.
E W Lewis.
Look here for the next
thing you are needing.
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W e are here to do p rintin g, and
■f you want some done bring It to ua or let
m know and we will aee you. I f you
think we ere not eatenalve enough foe
your consideration—oh, go ’ long.
FARMERS
ly, " I bash day desto begin anodder
■eeolutton. ao I pot hit op. Yaa, sub,
I come heah tw enty-tw o yeahs ago
an* bah dat w lv mah. I ’m Georgy, aa
cook on a steadier ont o' Bavannah.
MU k da place? Y«a, auh. Plant
yam an* coffee an* cassava. Résolu
tioss dosa trubble dis alggah. Eber,
Ome dey resolute d o « n yander up
d» flag, an’ d a ta all dere la to h it
tettar, sr aalVrhanm, hires
manlfsatotions of Impure blood.
T y p e w r itin g , and
B o o k-keep in g .
Wasco, Orepn.
"Purtection,1
R E A D THE
W E E K L Y O R E G O N IA N
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quit« a company of monrnere.
But
brotherdn law. Dr. Porter, the
Sylvia waa not present, and I could
of Peterbouae, another flamoua
not find her. - M y anxiety waa
treme, for I knew that ahe had loved ■ngllsh aehooL wrote to him loqulrtag
Sidney w ith all her heart, hat before hto precise meaning In a cartifianto
I ling taken any steps Io trace he» that a boy's character waa “generally"
PhallamoRt Livery Ca.
Cough Cure, money beck tfq io t nati»tied tbey are fed a t home, if not better.
W a tk in s L a x to n « to the very best
Telephone a t o ar expense.
liquid laxative made, as over 400 cus
tomers In Sberm an county can testify,
You w an t to get your washing in
it not only acta to a laxative but tonic
to the Barber Shop Monday, aa the
as well.
Yhay followed It and a t last discovered
gn aged negro sitting before hto waV
t> d hut aasaktog hto pipe, while ha
ta.pt an aye on the flag.
^Whafa the flag for?”
office
In k s fo r Copying,
’ oouree those who are acquainted
w ith W a tk in s L in im e n t wonbl not tw
• E ve ry k in d of rig to order,
w ith o u t a full supply a t any Urne as It
Is good both In te rn a lly sod externally and a ll orders p ro m p t and satis
for man and beast.
factory a t reasonable prices.
London’s W ator Supply.
I t has been calculated that If a cis
tern covering 850 acres and 845 feat
high could be constructed and the
"8ince wa hare been married I ’ve
ter supply of London for
grown scary I saved you from drown
turru^l Into It tjie warships of all tho ing that time.”
world's navies could ride a t anchqy
“•o have I." —Houston Poet
there. I f we now dig a canal 100 fiagz
Fool«, ilka children, may always tall
wide across Europe, says TIt-BtDk
from the extreme north to tbo eooth, the truth, as the proverb says, bnt
and empty our cistern Into It, wa Shell that to not the reason they are foola.-
find that the water to our canal. which 1 Homerville Journal
la 2,400 miles long, w ill rise to a uni
Hleka—J
your- wife ballare all
form height of ten feet. Every drop of
you ten
It Is connnmed by the Inhabitants of
dees whan ( am paying
greuter I^nnlon w jth lq » / • • » , while
t. Somerville JTouru«l
ber a e
each man, woman and child living to
day throughout the world could d ra «
/brasil predncee on the average 860.
fifty gallons from it without sxhau»$, 600 tops of çqftee par w*toaa—that to,
lng Its contents. The mains through about four-fifths of the whole amount
which these hundreds of mUUona of consumed in the world.
tons of w ater flow for the nae of Lon
don are almost long enough to atretch
Blood I« *Ah0 life ."
n quarter of the way around the earth
at the equator, while it would toko
Iieyorkl ths
above Blsapla »UUnwrU ol serf Ppjrv. But
locomotive traveling at tiw rata
M has Illuminated that statement and
sixty miles an hour more than f<s
gtoan It a meaning ever broadening with
days and nights to race from one el
the Inersaalag breadth of knowledge. AMERICA'S G REATEST* W E E K L Y
of them to the other.
When the blood la "bad * or Impure It
la aat alone the body which Buffers
An Astute Aetrenemer.
The Toledo Blade, Toledo, Ohio.
- The brain la also
Caaetnt, an Ita lia n by birth, waa the
Best Known Nrw»papcr In
mind and Judgement are
beet known of the astronomers of toe
ly
aa
evil
deed
or
Impure
The United States.
Parts observatory when founded by
ly traced to the
Louis X IV ., and In consequence npa-
terlty baa very generally supposed he
was the director. T h a t he failed to he
such was not from any w ant of astute
ness. I t la related that the monarch
once visited the observatory to aas a
newly discovered comet through the
telescope. H e Inquired In w hat
tian the comet waa going to
th to waa a question It waa Impossible
to answer a t the moment, because
both observations and computation»
would be necessary before Che ocfctt
could be worked o u t But Cassini ro-
fiected that the king would not look
a t the comet again and would vary
aeon forget « h a t he had toM him. He
therefore described Its future path to
the heavens quite a t random and with
antire confidence that any devlatieo of
the actual motion from hla prediction
w n n ld n e v e r b e n i i l e l bv hla
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