Wagnor -There to uo such worship of na ttonal genius In America as prevails abroad,*' a<>d a recently returned tour­ ist. “In G^nnauv. for Instance, at the opera the lis le of prices varies accord­ ing to the composer, Wagner, of course^ commanding the top notch ad­ mission. But the most peculiar fea­ ture of this musical adoration la that 4t affects the toilets as well. W ith the elaborate gowning of a New York audience In mind, I approached our landlady as to the propriety o f appear­ ing a t the opera In such a m a k e s h ift costume aa my tourist wardrobe a ffo rd ­ ed. ‘I t depends entirely upon the com­ poser you Intend to hear, frauleln, was bar astonishing reply. ‘For som e your preseat a ttir e would ba perfectly proper, but If It Is the great Wagner you are to bear’- She broke off. but an expresalve sh ru g of the shoulders told Dlalner than words that It would ba aa affront to his ashes to appear la anything b u t th e moat stunning and ap to date evening gown.’’—New York T ri b u n a . -J. ' , T h e O bserver ’ \ MORO. OREGON. FRIDAY-- November 7, 1913 Out at sirvtoa. ¿.J ' ▲ young housekeeper, I f bar cook la stupid, her nurse Idle, her maid more given to fllru tlo n than to household duties, sighs for the model servants of the good old times. But did “the good old times” aver e^iat historically, or do they only live In dreams aud bal­ lads? Charles Dickens tells of the sppall- lng stupidity of London kitchens. Sir W alter Bcott mentions a genius w ho, fa r in g that all his master’s bees would desert the hive, plastered the openings and suffocated all the Inm ates 8am- uel Breck has grewsome accounts of burglars, highwaymen, pirates and murderers among the convicts sent over from England before the R evolu­ tion“ Daniel Defoe’s pictures of ex­ travagance, carelessness, rascality and all t hat to undesirable among servants to a clawilc. Jonathan S w ift’s “Direc­ tions to Servants” seems to fo re sta ll every story of negligence, or wasteful­ ness or dirtiness the present genera­ tion has heard.—Living Church. Independent UJarshou carried on secretly tberot ueorga Brown had It all figured out to a By CLARISSA M A C K IE nicety; counterfeiting, of course. Robinson, the counterfeiter! W hat The Rapid Reader’s Review a morsel for the amateur detective to It happened In Chicago. Rece»« Report» Rewritten roll under his tongue. The Diamond block stands on a co r­ But George Brown wanted to be ner formed by two principal th o ro u g h George Bingham, a prominent busi- fares, a tell building w ith buff atone very sure that he was right before springing his Information upon the un­ aeae man of Oregon City, was m is­ walla rising above the crowded streets suspecting John Diamond. Just at this taken for a deer near T ra il and was until the upper floors are a blur to the time Mr. Diamond was In the w est shot and killed. So George Brown entered the tell eye below. Up on the twentieth floor are the building across the street and survey­ The senate, after a M tter fight con­ firmed the nomination of Frank Mo offices of John Diamond, owner of th is ed the Diamond block from the out­ Mannmy of Portland to be chief tar building and many others of the same side and studied the Diamond block ■pector of locomotive boilers for the kind In the big metropolis. Many and from an upper floor whose windows varied are the Interests of Jh to ri<*. I were on a level with the windows of Interstate commerce commission. man and the transaction of his strain* the mysterious unnumbered floor of Governor West has honored a requi­ requires the reservation of the e n tire the Diamond block. sition for the return to Kankakee, 111- twentieth floor for his offices. bethan era. it to only about seventy Counting carefully he found the of Samuel Perlin, accused of operat­ AU day long dozen« of clerks pore severe, an« th e In d ia n was In the last or eighty years ago th at the top hat nineteenth floor, gold lettered win over ledgers, typewriters and adding flows of the Dover Insurance company s ta g « of «ttuiustlou from fatigue and of the present day reached Its final ing a confidence game. A vinegar plant with an annual ca­ machines. quite distinct—then another set of win­ lack of food h nd water when be found shape. Since then It haa altered slight­ Mr. Diamond was seldom seen about dows unlettered, closely curtained, himaelf on the top of a wonderful ly in the dimensions of the crown and pacity of 10.000 gallons, began opera­ tion nt the Eugene F ru it Growers’ aa- the building. Moat of his business I then above them the wire screened mountain, Sf the foot of w hich n estled the curl of the brim, but the hat ltaelf •oclation cannery» turning to a p ro fit was transacted through competent ex­ windows of the Diamond offices, a beautiful lake cryrial dear. From has remained essentially unchanged. the surface of the lake trout leaped, The top bat seems to have had Its be­ . cull apploa that heretofore have been ecutives. of whom Henry Robinson known aa the twentieth floor. was the chief. The Diamonds lived and upon the shore lay the deer he had ginning in the habit of gallants ta the A t last he decided to consult a da- entirely wasted. to a magnificent house on the lake bunted Hero were food, ’ffuter. flab Rllzaliethan period of cocking up one tective. F ifty Roseburg merchants have front and went In for society. Helen aide of their broad brimmed, high So one evening at • o’clock the ele­ and fuel for cooking. formed a company, known aa the Diamond, the beautiful daughter of PnRing his hand and facing the sot­ crowned felt or beevm- hate and secur­ vator carried op five passengers— Roseburg Stamp company. Incorporat­ the mlltlmllllonalre. had drifted George Brown, Allen, the detective, ting un. the exhausted chief exclaim­ ing them with a Jewel. The French ed. the purpose being to conduct trad­ through the offices once or twice to and two policemen ta plain c lo th « and ed ‘ Lsh-pem-lng.” which ta the Chip­ court later developed thia Into cocking ing stamp business to meet th e com- a reporter from the Dally Dlahnp. for pewa tongue means “heaven” or “the up three aides of the hat and fastening one with a loop of ribbon. From thia petitlon of foreign trading stamps- Brown did not want his triumph to place on high.” Senator Chamberlain w ill endeavor The story was remembered, and the fashion came the cockade, now used pass unnoticed. to Induce the war department to with­ When they had risen several stories name given by the Indian waa adopted only by grooms and footmen. T h e niik Allen placed his band on the arm of by the white settlers whan the present hat of today waa born In France and draw the plan of having Sand Island auDDlanted the now nearly extinct the elevator man and showed a re­ ettj of Ishpeming, Mich., waa formed ceded to Oregon. The senator h eld a - I ndies* Home Journal volver. , conference with Major Mclndoe. who “You are my prisoner.” he « I d cool­ la now In Washington. ly. “ Now. my man, no fuss. Just Bens**»* Lane has been advised by stop at' that unnumbered floor between the commissioner of the general land —e ---- meaJS and 0 «Ton t itot 11 ** Blind Swimmers. the nineteenth twentieth.” I A office that a survey baa boon complet­ The man who to unfortunate enough W hite of face and with muttered to lose his sight or to be born blind to. ed and accepted of three townships In protests the man brought the car to a I y y a medical authority, severely county, which w ill permit the standstill before that myaterioua, un- n handicapped on dry ground, bat he numbered space that hud attracted the I opening of these lands for entry about can. If be to a swimmer. And his way attention of k « n young Brown. In-1 the l u t week ta November. easily enough ta the water. Blind stead of opening the usual door, the ({| W ith apparently not the slightest people generally have a keen sense of man turned and slid back a door in fear, but protesting their Innocence hMring. and they can steer themselves the roar of the elevator, disclosing a to the last. Mike Spanos and Frank corresponding doorway ta the walk I In the water by sound as well as an Seymour, slayers of George Dedaska- ordinary man by sight. I f they aro T hat was the entrance to the an | n lou of Medford, wont to their dw ths swimming toward a certain point a numbered floor. I a calmly on the scaffold at the state whistle from time to time w ill enable George Brown was a-tremble with them to reach It with unerring accu­ penitentiary. exultation. racy. This fact has been proved by Representative Hawley has b u n ad The five entered the door and found I soma Interesting experiments. A raca themselvee at once ta a narrow paa- 1 vised by architects of the treasury de­ between blind men and ordinary swird I fegeway, softly lighted and thickly partment that plans for the new fed lake resulted ta a victory c a rp e te d . As they passed from one lux mars on a ____ eral building at Medford have about for the former. Normal swimmers urionsly furnished room to another f reached completion, and that thia lose much time in raising their beads Brown pictured the downfall of the 1 building w ill soon ho randy to submit tor the purpose of keeping their eyw guilty manager when his secret should f on the winning post. This also pre I be disclosed to Diamond. vents them from concentrating all Handsome library, luxurious amok their attention on speed.—Exchange. log room, billiard room and then the I murmur of v o le « from an adjoining I room brought the five to a standstill R ea« For Reetoring Hair. Roses form the chief Ingredient In before a closed door. . Then with one movement the five what to probably the « r l l « t recipe for I pushed Into a small, lighted study, I a hair restorer on record. According 1 where M t Robinson, the manager, ta to PUny, “wild rose leaves reduced Into I intimate conversation w ith—John Dto- a liniment with b u r ’s grease make the hair grow again ta moot marvelous mond himself! The millionaire sprang to his feet fashion.” Pliny also recommends I and stared angrily at the Invaders. ( “ashes of roses as serving to trim I “W hat d o « this mean?” he do- L the hairs of the eyebrows." Roses I manded. L figured prominently In several old time The detective. Allen, was quite un­ strong drinks, such as row soils, which . n r t 't dav I t w u Immediately after one of willing to share the honor alone. Ha consisted of « « w a t e r mixed with Superintendent of Public lnatrao- th a u periodical vtolta of John Dto- grasped George Brown by his coat col­ aqua vitas and flavored with cinna­ lar and pushed him to the frost. In I mon. The favorite morning draft picturesque words he explained the I aiming Kites bethan roisterers w u hirteenth annual co n v en tio n of th brought him to the personal ‘Tosa soils, to wash the molllgnibs ont Jregon State Teacher» association, J Q<>tlce tbe great John Diamond situation. “ A nA this young pinhead”—he ended o f a moody brain."—London Chronicle. tastern division, to be bald ta La I In a g u p of rage as be shook George I Irande. November M . M and M , will I y oung Brown waa a alim. dapper Brown as a terrier shakes a r a t I Remote Origin e* Alcohol. w the moat Important ta the history I yoath, who did not hats himself ta the Mr. Diamond was smiling austerely. I No one knows when alcohol waa first “Gentlemen,” he « id at last, “this J if the division. toast and who w u not ta love with W ro te In Bed. mada I t to commonly taught that It S e n a to r to preparing a MU I work of any sort. He road detective private suit of rooms to the only ref­ Mark Tw ain wrote nearly all Ma I w u first distilled by the Arabians Urectlng the grant of IW.OO« acraa of I stories and knew positively taat be uge of a man weary of the noise and later books in bed. So perstotent a about the tenth century, but there to _.. , . * nt Oreeon I was one of the chosen few. H e poe- I clatter of the world and the hollow I “sluggard” was he that ho had a spe­ little doubt that they obtained the « M to toad to the state of Oregon. «detective Instinct.” H e ba­ thing called *eociety.’ Here I can hide cially contrived bed desk fitted up so secret from Italian doctors, who had the same to be sold at no lew > I lieFed blmself quite fascinating enough that ha could write without trouble or for weeks at a time, absorbed ta my Paul Rich­ ia acre, aad tk a proceeds ap p lied t0 I w hto employer’s daughter. Helen books and ta my experimental work exertion while propped luxuriously long been practicing I t «nstraotion of public roads. H e w ill I j^mmond. flattering himaelf that he ta the laboratory yonder. Now that among Me pillows. H e used to aver ter ta the Berliner KUntoche Wochen- achrlft shows that a knowledge of probably frame the MU giving Cali for I capable of becoming general man i yon have spied me out 1 can no longer that most of hto best thoughts came to “aqua ardena,” or “burning water,” , ala and W u hln gton similar grants. I ager ot the whole business and so romata u n le « I have your word of Mm ta bed and that the trouble and I may be traced u fa r back aa the soc- Benater Chamberlain b u tatroduoed I would be a t acceptable eon-lu law. worry of getting up, shaving and honor that my secret shall remata nn- 1 ond century A. D. to a Christian father dresalng dispersed them all and left named Hlppolytu*, w h o ' poaaeased a a M il granting Oregon i l l* a o r « of I One morning young Brown entered ^ T r X ^ O ^ ^ f l i X t t e » “ p t h ^ « w X ^ ^ ’ l / ^ o J i d I poNtohed." Freely they gave the prom toe, all Mm in no mood for commencing hla I recipe analogous to th o u handed about He was of opinion I during the middle ages. save George Brown, who was too ] literary labors crashed for utterance. H e merely nod­ Oldest Ball Game. lands. H e h u ajao introduced a MU I Trowbridge, whe worked In the ded hte heed in a broken hearted way and w u glad that he knew of another Tennis to pronounced the oldest of authorising a preliminary e x a m in a tio n I D over immrance o ffle « Dp it shot to Job that be might have for the asking, all the existing ball g a m « It to Im­ aad survey of the mouth of the Uaap- I twentieth floor, whore Brown got Careless. a Job where there w u so much work possible to give Its origin, but It w u qua river. I off with a pussled frown marring hla to be done that there w u no time for “H a v you made a special study of played ta Europe during the middle A hay shortage th ro a te u W allow a I ingenuous brow. the development of the detective In­ the subject on which you aro going to agw ta the parka or d itc h « of the co u n ty before spring. Diversified I The empty car dropped down and as lecture?” feudal c u t ! « I t w u at first the coun y neroro v a- ft went he watched It intently. Then stinct “No,” reptied the gifted speaker. 1 B at the reporter of the Dally Dlsbup pastime of kings and nobles, but later ta n n in g h u led to the p I walked to another elevator and rode tried that once, and I got so In te re ste d slightly le u hay la the sou era pa ground ffoor. counting yielded to temptation one day and to the subject that I didn’t have time It grew popular with all c la s s « Tbe I French took it from the Italians and published the whole story, and to the of tko county tkao ta the old d a y s m h# W ben to w rite the lecture." - Washington the English from the French.—New before the raUroad earns. Now stock mounted to the twentieth floor end of it he appended the announce­ _____ York P r e « toedlag to developing on a consider I w u a strange light ta hla e y « ment of the engagement o f Mtoa Helen Star. able scale, and all the hay available I anf the Diamond block there w u T h e b « t known em p lo y« o f a Cin­ the reputation of being not more than ma, but I suppose you don’t know of An Industry that p rem ia« much fu- an expnuee «»f white wall quite unav- cinnati firm of tailors to the colored half wltted?” nobody what don’t w ant a young lady porter, J e rry .. In order to conserve all ta n 4.».U>pn>«»t n n a t l i h u U u raanted f o r - w h j. t u t b l« U : whllI w u “No, but I ’ll ba a slater to yon. - to do nothing, don’t you? Busina« U n . h U l> t h . u n t n u m t U n o t t o u t U h e liM of . o r of th . othor «oon of the good w ill and bad book accounts, Mon—Tea, 1 don’t.—London Tatier. the Arm has Incorporated under a name Houston Post: that covers several p a n « of g to « , and Cyeioal. following this abridged city directory “M y w ife Is an angel.' There ate exceptions to the rale, but to the abbreviation “Inc.” A customer, “H ow long has she paay of Portland u d Ban Francisco. tbe pewrfng of thia flf- i f a man to worth saving ba g e n erally while being measured, remarked to w ill manage to do It h im self.—P h ila ­ Tfce prepoet to aa extensive and an teen feet of unaccounted for space Jerry: “You aeem to be the only man asked the grouch.— < delphia Ledger. Important eno. I t provMw immediate t» qaite unnoticed o nto« one la the shop w h o « name d o « not ap­ qulrer. development of the soda dopoelta ta was sharp eyed and sharp « ro d , tike pear on the window. W hat’s the trou­ The power to acquire to worth more A lkali lake. Lake county. I t to said young Brown. W hy should there be bla?” “Oh, r e dar, b o « , all right,’* re­ than the thing gained.— €Hd Baying. plied Jerry. “I s de lnk.”-A rg o n a u t A C hinese Jake. Lake Horen’s Islands. This to a « m p le of the Jok« they Lake Huroaf to dotted w ith over Hke in China: 8.000 islands. This to mure than any A courier, bearing Important dis­ other lake has. patches, was given a horse and told to make all powlble speed toward hto daatlnation. Some time afterward be O b r iM o w u found ta the road, walking and The folloviau 1 ■hoeld osnMnly be i pushing hto hone before him. and courage to persa “W hy ta the world aro you doing that?” ke waa asked. “Oh,” he « Id . “1 reflected, and 1 « m e to the conclusion that we should DEALERS IN Lime, Plaster, Cement, Builders Supplies, Lumber, Wood, Coal, Cedar Posts, and Hay. MANUFACTURERS OF FLOUR. 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