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FAVb'RITE AQES'OF WOMEN.
jrUtir Apper o llnnire tletwften Sim
etn and Trreiitr-fnar Ye.
It niny pcoih strnngo tlint women
liavc prefcronens for particular nges.
An inspection of tho census, however,
leaves no room for doubt that certain
years are preferred and certain other
years disliked by tho mcutbors of tho
jmtitlnr nor.
Of children fourteen years and under!
,11)0 number of boys
Is nearly 400,000
Creator thou tbo number of girls; at
fifteen tbo boys nra still 0,000 ahead of
bo girls; at sixteen tho girls aro 0,000
the more numerous, and each your
thereafter until tho twenty-fourth
there Is un excess of women over men.
iTho favorite agoa within these limits'
pre eighteen nnd twenty. Thoro aro 24,
000 moro misses of eighteen than there
are boys of that ago, nnd tho young
'ladles twenty years old exceed thclt
tiinscullno companions by 54,000. At
lwentyfour nnd twonty-flvo tho num
bers of tho two soxes aro nearly equal.
Tbcn the women begin to grow less
(with great mpldlty. Tho most unpop
ular ages aro thirty and forty. At tho
former ago there Is a difference of "$.
000 botween the two sexes; nt tlio latter
S3.000.
Ono peculiar circumstance Is that
there are more women twenty years
old thnn there are girls of thirteen or
fourteen or any ago up to twenty.
This fact conclusively demonstrates
that twenty Is n very healthful age.
Hut If the younger nges are unhealthy,
vherc did the increased number who
ure twenty years old como from? Xo
t.womcn are born that old.
Only an unusually clastic theory can
account for these peculiarities with be
coming gallantry to the lovelier sex.
J. S. Gilliam In Ladies' Homo Journal.
YANKEE DOODLE.
The Orlclnnl Version Dntra I'roiu j
the Time of Oliver Cromwell. '
Tho lively strains of ''Yankee Doo-'
die" nro heard nt every patriotic cole-'
bration, says n writer in Collier's Wools
J.v. yet perhaps few of thoso whose
pulses stir at the sound of tlio familiar
notes aro aware that it dates from the
time of Oliver Cromwell aud crossed
tho seas with tho Puritans. ,
"Xankeo Doodle" was one of the nick
uamos bestowed by the Cnvallcrs on
the hated Koundhcail, aud a verse writ
ten upon Cromwell's entry into Oxford,
riding on a small horse with a plume
twisted into a sort of knot called a
"macaroni," runs ns follows:
N'on)ceo Doodle c&me to town
Upon a little pony.
a With a feather In his hat
Upon a macaroni.
Tho transition from Nankeo to Yan
kee which came from Ycnsoo, tho In
illan word for English was very easy,
und tho Royalists used It as a Jeer at
all New Englandcrs.
When tho Colonials in Boston, pre
paring for the coming war, smuggled
muskets into tho country, concealing ,
them In loads of manure, the Tories
Bang to tho old tune of "Lucy Fisher:"
Yankeo Doodle carao to town
Kor to buy a firelock;
We wJll tar and feather hint,
And so wo will John Hancock.
When tho British forces marched to
tho battles of Concord and Lexington
their approach was heralded by "God
Save tho King," but when tho "Yankee
farmer" saw the foe In full retreat tho
strains of "Yankee Doodle" accompa
nied thoir flight, nnd from that hour,
wbcrcvor the star. and btrlpes hare
floated, tho once despised tunc has been
heard.
'
Gnlllco'a Wit.
Galileo's "wit, according to a biogra
phy, got him into trouble whe-u ho put
into the mouth of Slmpllclo, tho foolish
opponent of the Copernlcau theory In
his- "Dialogues," an argument thrt
rope Urban VIII. had himself devised
ami lusted on Galileo incorporating in
the work. Galileo made Himpllclo quote
it as an argument ho had from a "very
eminent aud learned personage." The
enemies of Galileo persuaded Urban
lint he hod Jjcon "mado game of" ami
hls was tlio offiaso of wbTvu i:7U,
;was guilty. It was not for upholding
.the theory that tho sun stands still and
the earth inoyes that Galileo was tried
,by tho inquisition. Urban himself had
supported tho Copcruican doctrines
both ns cardinal aud as pope.
A Contlnunun Siuokc.
V In tho Philippines tho use of tobacco
la .universal. Tho native child awiu.ies
Itho tobacco lmblt as soon ns it is able
ioSvalk. In tho northern provinces es
ipclnlly It Is no uucommou sight to see
a'Chlld five or six years old pulling vlg-
.orousiy ai a mg cjgar. tho women
fimoUo fully ns much as the meu nnd
.commonly bmoko cigars where tho huh ,
.iiso.clgarcttei. In the northern imrts of
.ffjiizon immense cigars often a couple of
feet long Html ns thick us the wrist aro
,used. Such a cigar is suspended from n
rafter of thehpvu;c by a siring nnd
Tinoked during Ihfrclay by all the vicui'
jjicfs of thp family ns desired.
- f'lmponKtlile fjhnUciinre.
Critic Marvelous drama of your?,
sir. , Thoro's a sceno Jn that piny that
Shakespcnro himself could not have
(Wrltlou.
Author Indeetll You aro too flatter
Jug. ' ' ' ' ."
Critic I was referring to tlint rail
way, smash iu the third act London
nittjili I
POISON OF THE RATTLER,
Ifet
Tfcarlr Dn'ntfcraali ' It
i
Popularly Snppoicd (a Be.
Tboro Is n rood dcnl mow fright
nbout the blta of a mttlcRiiako Umn
thorn la actual ilnngor," inlil n vroll
known plirtJlclim rvcontly. "I do uol
mean to say tliut tho blto of n rnttlcr
fe not a Tory acrlous thing, but I do
mom to Buy (lint this purtlculur sort
unko nlly not so ready or apt
ot u M u,,c ns somo others.
in tuo nnii niacc, mere is ww now
conomlly credited fact tlint tlio rat
tler Is the most honest of snake. He
doesn't 'pick a fight.' Ho doesn't lay
In watt for any one. Ho won't run
away, of course, for ho Is a plucky rep
tile, but be will curl up nnd give you
n fair warning from those ruttles ol
his before he attempts to strike. I re
member once In the west finding n rat
tler Just ahead of my horse's fore feet I
I had no weapon of any sort, so I
rodo on, passing within a few inches
of tlio reptile. The stinko was curled
and ready for my horse in case the nn
Imnl side stepped, butns wo did noth
ing of that sort wo were allowed tc
pass In peace.
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(lVil.V UUIUtlU lvatl?.. i'Ul llT , VA
ngo human being nowadays Is clothed,
nnd the holes In the fangs through
which tho poison comes are rather fat
up toward tho roof of the mouth. Con
sequently very often tho point of the
fangs may enter tho skin, while the
poison dribbles out harmlessly enousth
upon the trousers or tho boot. It 1
then that the 'victim' gets scaYed, fllli
up on whisky a bad thing In bona
fklo cases of rattlesnake blte-nnd be-,
lleves himself marvelously cured when
ho wakes up next day.-rhlladelphla
pgg '
APHORISMS.
Set a beggar on horseback and
he
will ride a-gallop. Button.
The hearing car is always fouud ckwe
to tho speaking tongue. Emerson.
To bo conscious that you are Ignorant
is a great step to knowledge. Disraeli.
numillty is a virtue all preach, none
practice, and yet everybody ts content
to hear. Selden.
A life spent worthily should be mcas-
ured by a nobler llue-by deeds, not
years. IL B. Sheridan
Health is tho second blessing that we
mortals arc capable of, a bktisiug that
mouey cannot buy. Walton.
When a man assumes a public trust
ho should consider hlmbelf as public
i property. Thomas Jeffewou.
I Everybody likes and respects self
made men. It is a great deal better to
bo mado in that way than not to be '
mado at all. O. W. Holmes.
Little Henry' Qncatlofta.
Little Henry was reading ancient his
tory stories. 'To," said ho suddenly,
"can I ask you a question?"
"I guess you can, Henry. You seem
ft lmvA n fnli wimmnnrl nt T?,ifl!cll "
"Well, may I, then?" Uttlo Henry!
continued.
"Yes," said pa. "Flro ahead." j
"That's funny," said littlo Henry. "I i
was Just thinking of such tilings. Now, ,
did tho old Romans light their houses
with Roman candlosV I
I shouldn't wonder," said pa, chuc
kling. "Nero, at least, Indulged In a
good deal of fireworks. Auythlng
iilhQ't"
"Yes," replied little Henry. "Did the
nr-onlo of Athens do all their cooking
with Greek' nro. '
Then pa got mad and paid ho couldn't
bo bothered with any more silly qu..
tlone. Household Ledger.
Lurinir the fliit. I
Thf r..ri nt Oniifiu- t.iiij n v,.,v i.f. I
- - -- .--.- .-.. .. . .,, .
foctivo btory. ULs beautiful old pluce,
Clandon, huddonly became w ivd of
a "ghost," and the serrmiis of tit.
place wero almost terrltlod out cf th-Ir
wlta by tlie noises they In ard and the
sights they saw or Imagined. The
reputation of the mansion became nois
ed abroad, and at Inst Lord Oiibiovi'
tool: u short cut to ond tho mystery.
Ho assembled his servants and gave It
out to them that ho wus determined to
havo no moro of this sort of thing.
For tho future all member of hln fam
ily would sleep with loaded levolver.s
by their side, and at tho first suggea
tlou of a nolho they would send a bul
let in its direction to investigate the
cau.o. Clandon nowadays is quite.
commonplace in Its immunity
tho uiKunuy. London Globe.
f.QHl
An Irlvh Coiiipllliu-iit.
When Earl Spencer was loid llouton-
ant of Ireland tho people of Dublin
called tlio beautiful couiitef-s, one of
tuo loveliest women of her time, ".Spen
cer's Faerie Queeno."
But when theJr excellonclofi wero
about to return to England Irish gal
lnntry was shown Jn a characteristic
way. At tho farewell banquet in thoir
honor an Irish gentleman got up and
Hald, with much forvor and many
bows:
"Wo all hopo soon to see you back
again, you and tho work of art by your
Bide."
Kucw l'ftrlN,
Bobsqn I see that a Parisian count
C68 Is obliged to cam her living at tho
vushtub. Too bad, isn't It?
.Doaoori Blncki 4who knows comes
, ., : . , , V 5 , , .7 lnonl "worm" fence, especially If It
,S2 K.'i.r "K I'.' loans outwaM. will not stop goats. The
thltiff nbout rtU) Well, I don't know.
TboBo Pnrlilan washerwomen ocemeil
td be a decidedly Jolly lot. Clcvelnnd
Pin la Dealer.
llrnrtlma Fontittrt
YounR Vlfc Wlwt do you do when
your husband cots cross mid wants to
scold 7
Wtfo (with experience) 1 tvml him
ouo or two of tho luttew ln unwl to
wrlto to mo bfforo wo Were ufnrrliHl.
Ilnltluioro American.
FENCES FOR ANGORAS.
Trto ObJeoU Muat 11a Kept tu Vlerf
In Constructing Theiu. .
Tlio fencing for pastures Is n mutter
which earl concerns one who content J
plates going into the bu-ilncM, for it Is
the current belief that goitts will climb
on to nuy shed of ordinary height or
Jump u fence that will stop other ani
mals, nays n report of the bureau of
milmal ludustry. While Uiey will climb
nythlng that is built in such a manner
that It may bo cliu-bcil easily, they will J
not Jump any ordinary fence. Thoy (
will, however, creep through If there Is
an opening large enough. The old fash
. " r
I miKlo lit such a fence are an Ineentlvo
and a delight to them. Indeed there nro
many hogs that will go ovor a fenco of
this ktud. In building n goat fence
' there are other matters to be taken into
account thnn simply tlint the goats
1 shall be kept In. The animals them-
fcIviw, especially tho young ones, mint
j bo protected from dogs nnd woIvcm
j from the ouUlde. In the southwest It
i Is much more important to fence to '
;" "" "
-J' ic Koala In. So the dm
'!,U5t T ,nf T,ow ,B b" W
fence. Such u fenco must be
kivp vermin out than it Is to fence to
double object -
ling u gont
dog proof
and wolf proof. A hog at liberty which
nun won jiroui. .v. iiuk ni nuvrij muiuii
has oneo hs.l the tnnto of ehlekan or
lamb or ktd Is a greater nulsanco than
any wolf or dog ami shoiild be dts-
patched as tlng an enemy to
young live tock ns well as kids.
One correspondent of tho bureau con
structs a fence of ten barbed hog wires,
with posts pet twenty feet apart, hav
ing three stays between the posts. Tlio
lowest wlro is only one inch from tho
ground, tho next four wires three and n
quarter Inchon apart and one-half Inch
added to eyery spneo above. It Is nee-
es.-ary that all the wires should be kept
very tight This correspondent atlas
the Interesting note that mnny wolves
aro killed by screw worms in wounds
received while attempting to crawl
through such a fouce. A good fence
may be made by woven wlro three feet
high drawn on the Inside of tho posts
aud a closvly barbed strand of wlro
throe or four Inches above fastened to
the outside of tho posts to prevent nnl
ma Is from Jumping In. A straight roll
fence, If tho rails aro laid clow) enough,
ns well as an ordinary board fence will
turn goata. Mr. Johnson of the bureau
pays that a live board panel fence four
fet high Is sutllcient for gonts. no
also says that zigzag or worm fences
an; an luecative for goata to climb and
that they will walk along the top of
uch fences ns easily as on tho ground.
If they are permlttM to climb on to the
roofs of buildings it will not Iw long
before they will linvo thota completely
ruined.
When thi- I.nnilio Arr Dropped.
Have your ewes drop thlr lambs at
tho time mct suitable to your conven
ience. If properly provided with tlio
neivssnry feed nnd shelter, then early
tho curlier Ui potter, as you will havo
moro'umo to caro tor incm auring tno
winter thun after tho spring work sots
In But if tho proper provisions have
i.t been made then have them drop
I o'fspilng luter when weather has bo-
"'mo Hcttled und they wUl euro
for
tnemw'ivoH.
At an Illinois Halo of Folund-Chtnaa
a half interest In n bonr was sold to
Frank Wolgamuth of Elgin, III., for
l,l. and the same party recontly
I .id ?",fJ0 for a half Interest In an
other boar. It would bo interesting to
know how this capitalist llgurcs to
break even un his two Investments,
iniJl If l7ocan show us wo shall hny no
moro about booming Poland-China
hojr, says Ktockman und Farmer.
As to prlcoa of Poland-ChlmiK In gen-f-rul,
they aro no higher than thry wero
a year ngo, If as high. Those who
want good pure bred hogs can buy
them ut reaHonablu prices of reputable
breeders Just a.s thoy always could.
Inflated values provall at only a fow
boomed sales, and tlioy huvo no sub
htuntlal foundation.
ViituMwc ''
weTf'm ,T!!?,,r,1 rhCfltCrr
hites for tho last fifteen years. I
havo a Ilttor of eight fine nigs two
wooks old from a Chustor White bow
brrd to a Berkshire hour and expect to
havo thorn eating out of tho trough
when they aro three weeks old. I al
ways koop a trough outsldo tho pen,
where tho pigs havo freo nccohs to It,
so thoy can eat at their lelhuro nnd
not 1k worrying tho Iletih all off tho
pow. At six weeks old they want
about three pallfuls of good swill a
day. If you want ,them to gain a
pound a day after weaning them give
ihom gooU food aud ull thoy. wimt.fltiii
1 M
SJjflNEiSlga
dry nest to sloop ln,-Oor. America..
Agriculturist
' oc" oo'wVi rttW niitt rr.
Pouulng hogs In a mudholo is Btmply
a dovlco for proving tliat hogs douf
pny". It would surely bo n poor speci
men of tho gonim huh that would pny
for such nccommodatlvna and a still
poorer sprclmon of tho two logged Uod
.1.... ...'... 1.1 .iw.lal. uili.h riilflljillt'
,ys Knriu nnd Hunch. I
turn nuuiu uww. wmv. ......,
Some time ngo
on n lurijo farm wo tmw
alHiut twenty
nork liogs In n pen nbout nlxty foot
xiiuure where tho black, stiff mud was
belly deep to tho poor animals, and It
was cold, wintry weather. In that'
mud tho hogs hud to cat and sleep.
Co in C or t nnA flood "dlnir.
To fatten rapidly tho hog must bfl
kept comfortable as well un being well
fed. Katlng U merely tl'O mechanlcuf
part of the process which prepnni- tht
fotnl for dlgo-ttlon. It N tho digestion
that adds to tho weight of tho nntninl.
Quiet comfort aids digestion. A llttla
exercise iv'so aids digestion,
A Dnrlnir fliirKlpi.t Operntlnn,
An operation was recently performed
In Chicago nt tho county hospltnl
which is ono of the first of Its kind In
tho country. George Dolt, l'MO On
tario nvenue, fifty years told, was oper
ated on for chronic Itrlght'u dlucaso
by Dr. John Dill Hobertson, professor
of surgery nt tho American College of
Medlcluo and Surgery. Tho patient's
kidneys were both decapsulated, which,
tho surgeons Bay, ts ouo of tho moit
daring operations of modern surgery.
Out of tlfty cases which havo been so
treated in Kuropo and America 00 per
cent have recovered.
A Dnrlnir Man.
"IIo's the kind of a mau who courts
danger, I understand."
"Wnll T ahntilfl nnv un. Whv hn rtnM
: .,.., - ....- j --. .- - ,
not hesitate to opon a fllrtntlon with
' any young widow ho mccta.,,-Chlcago
j I'Mt
Energy will .do anything that enn be
ilone in thus world, and no talents, no
rlrcumstances. no opportunities will
liake a man without It. Goethe.
IIli 1'oaltlon.
"Soy, Chlmmle, see tint man gcttin'
on do car? Dat'a tho postmaster gen
eral." "Aw, gwan! Ho ain't no goneral
ain't got no brass buttons nor stars
nor not'ln."
"Aw, ho ain't no aoldier general. He's
de mau wot hands out letters nt do
general delivery windy." Kansas City
uurnaL . ..
BETTER
GOODS
AT
LOWER PRICES
Tho jjroattl'inno Houeo of Allen A
GlIbort-KntunkiT Co., of Portland, have
placed a permsnent roproccntntlro in
Cooi county, In tho rcrton of Mr, K. M.
Furmnn, Thit means much for the
musically 'n-Hr.cd of this county, a;
better goods at lower prices will bu the
rnle. They do not handle ptauoa paint
eJ ovsr in imitation of wood, and varn
icheil, but tht real wnluut or. k.or mahog
any is always uped. They do not handle
cheap pionno?, with celluloid keys but
genuino ivory is tho material turd..
They aro not new-comors to this county,
baring at diffrcn. times during the last
qnarter of a century placed their leading
pianos with Coos county's best ciUzoae,
But in ordor to become better acquaint
ed with you they offer to thoso who aro
thinking of buying an Initrumont In the
near future the benefit of special prices
whieh will prevail for a fortnight, foll
owing Jan. 1st. , .
We call your attention to tho fact that
the Allen & Gilborl-Rnmaker Co, hai
the largest and most Y"led itotk
of artistic high grade pianos to bo found
in the west, and thoy sell them at the
lowest prices postible. quality consider
ed. You can buy on monthly or quar
terly pnynunts if yon are not proband
to pay tho cr.s!i. Thoy alto havo pianos
of various grados and price6, from tho
cost lictt (Jrand to tho emnlleat Upright.
Tney nro well and favorably known us
an up-to-date firm ai.d their phmiomi-
nal uucceeo hnvu advertlcu 1 them ns the
tqunre dealing piano hcuno-of I'ortlnnd.
Tltey aro conttantly ad-Jiug to their
wardroom B,)cr, and havej.nl now mov
. , .
ed Into now nd epneioue quarters, cor-
tier ol (Wi and Morricnn fit.
Their aim hf.n always Loun to glvo
the beat poods that can bn bought, and
nbjolulely guarantee every instrument
which is told by them. Their repre
sentative bore is s; thorough pinno man
and wo rcccmmcni llioiu who are want
ing either a piano or organ to coueuII
with him befo'o Bending awc7 for any
thing in that line. '
CLEARANCE SALE.
Commencing: Saturday Dec, 5, 1903,
We will offer our entire stock of Holiday
Goods consisting of, Jewelry, Fancy China1
ware, Lamps Books, Mirrors, Albums,
etc., at bargain prices. .' .
This is an actual bona fide sale prepara
tory to new and important improvements.
HERBERT LOGKHART,
k:nr."L'. l - ir,:.JH
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