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T'TUPDAY, JAN VARY 17,101 8 tAGE-l THKSPRINQFIKLDNEWS HE GAINED PREMIER'S EAR NEVVSlE KNEW HIS BUSINESS SSL Man Disrobed With Others to Receive Free Treatment, and Appealed for Position for Sitter. Clerwnco.iu, beneath his brusque, masterful, sarcastic ami oft-cutting speech, nnd In spite of tho vitriolic character of his writings, possesses nn exceedingly tfnd and charitable heart. He Is not rich, and therefore cannot afford to give nwnjr much. Hut he has made n, point, both when In ofllce and out of It, to devote n couple of hours each day to free medical udvlce to the poor, never consenting to take a fee, writes a Paris correspondent. His spe cialty Is skin diseases, and his con sulfation room Is nlways crowded with poor patients. One day when last lu ofllce as premier, being In a hurry, he Instructed his servant to tell the lust batch of his male patients to strip In his ante-chauiber, so as to save the time of the undressing In the consult ing room. One by one they were rap Idly prescribed for and sent on their way, until only the lust remained. He presented himself in due course In an extremely decollete condition without a stitch of clothing, nnd with every ap pearance of nervousness. "M. le President," he began, with a low bow. "Well, what Is the matter?" asked the doctor-premier. The man stammered Inarticulately. "Come! Come," exclaimed Clemen eeau with Impatience. "Out with It I Your skin seems perfectly healthy. I con see nothing wrong." "There Is nothing the mntter with me," said the poor man at last, recov ering his voice, "but 1 don't know It Is all strange I only came to ask you, M. le President, for your powerful In fluence with the government to procure for my widowed sister a place as post mistress at Clermont." DRIVING CATTLE BY MOTOR Stock Dealer Introduce Innovation . Which May Sooner or Later Rele gate Broncho to Background. j ' i A new use for a motorcar has been 1 found by a cattle dealer In one of the middle western states, whose business . compels him to drive extensive herds of meat on the hoof along the roads, say 8 an exchange. During the hottest part of last summer this purveyor de termined to drive his nnlmals by night in order to spare them the Inevitable suffering that attended such operations In the middle of the day. Getting In his car, he started the herd ahead of him In the road, and by throwing the i searchlight before and honklug his horn he kept the animals moving quick- ' ly in the compact mass. ' There are instances of the use of the motorcar in round-up work In the far West, so that the traditional pic- 1 ture of a cowboy astride a bucking broncho may have to give way to one of that leather-breeched gentleman cuddled down Into the wheel of a flex ible runabout, his lasso presumably dangling over the windshield. Height Effects in Alrplalnlng. Some effects of airplane flights at very high altitudes are described In a recent English report. "Height ef fects" begin to be felt at 10,000 feet and become marked In most cases from ' 37,000 feet up. Tim principal dlfflcul- , ties ure cold and lack of oxygen. Strange to say, no airplane has yet ' been devised on a plan which delib erately utilizes the heat of the engine to keep the passengers warm, although i any tractor model has this effect to ' some extent. The matter of oxygen is solved by taking a supply In a con tainer, which the aviator mixes with air when he feels oppressed. It Is feared that flying at very high al titudes, to be made possible In the fu ture by further development of mod els, muy produce u trouble uunlagous to the "bends" experienced by work ers In compressed air cuissons due to the extreme pressure changes. j Climbers Imprisoned Atop Fuji. The wisdom of erecting huts on Fuji for refuge In case of sudden storms of snow and rain was proved recently when a violent fall of snow and hail burst upon the crest of the sacred mountain. During two days more than 10,000 climbed the mountain and sud den arrival of the storm caught sev eral hundred of them upon the hilltop. They sought safety In the numerous refuges. Vhen the storm burst the police compelled all excursionists to wait for betler weather at Gotemba and Turobo. Itellef parties were sent out but were unable to get through the drifts. Anxiety was felt for the food supply, but the adventurers came down safely. For two days the peo ple in the snow were Incommuni cado, owing to the destruction of the telephonewlres hese will be burled before next season. t . f Jerusalem's Great Walls. After 1244 Jerusulem was under the ftile of the sultans of Egypt until the year 1517, when Sellm I conquered both Pulestlne and Egypt, taking the title of cullph, and carrying off the sacred banner of the Moslems to Con stnntlnople. Hellm's son, Suleiman the Magnificent, once more built the great walls ubout Jerusalem. These walls of Sulelmuu ure the present fortifica tions of the city. Hut the greut walls of Sulelmun the Magnificent ure only the lust of a long series of walls which, time after time, huve . been built only to be destroyed. The most tragical destruction not only of the walls, but also of the whole city, was that which was carried out by the Ho mun armies of Titus, In the year 70 of our era, lu the relgu of the Emperor Vespuslau. , Magazine Vender In Passenger Coach Commercialized Lord Northclltfe'a Boosting of HI Book. The following Is a story related by Lard Northcllffe In a London paper, concerning his book "At the Wur": "In the United States and Canada tho newsboys walk through tho trains selling the latest publications, nud re cently one of them offered his lord ship, who was on his way from New York to Chicago, a copy of his own book, 'At the War.' "I've read it," quietly replied the au thor, shaking his head. "Oh, you havel" exclaimed tho boy; iddlng, with true Yankee Inquisitive ness, "And how did you like It?" "Pretty well," said Lord Northcllffe. Then, thinking of the tedious hours spent lu revisions nnd proofreading, he added lmisvsslvely, "I reud it flvo times." "Gee I five times 1" exclaimed the boy, nnd two passengers who had over heard the conversation promptly bought copies, while the enterprising newsvendor moved on' down the car. saying: "'At the War' new book Just out; one man read It five times. Ouly a few copies left." Stray Stories. MUSIC FOR THE WAR TANK Graphaphone Records Are Gift of Woman; French Officer Requests Bowling Equipment for His Men. For the amusement of soldiers prob ably no more unique donation has been made than that of $50 from a woman for graphaphone records to equip a tank. There Is something grotesqque about music emanating from this weird Iron caterpillar, states a trench corre spondent. Other donations have not lacked an element of the picturesque, as, for In stance, the supplying of a hospital In Paris which was filled with African troopers, with 700 fans. They were so appreciated during the summer that the hospital appealed for more. An accordion was sent to fill a specific demand. One French ofllcer requested games for his men. What sort? In one regi ment in which most of the soldiers were fathers of families the prefer ence, for some reason or other, was for bowling. The trench, it must seem, does not make n bad alley If a few balls and pins will liven a dull period. Possibly a change of noise is agree able! Kitchen Soldiers. Kitchen soldiers arc the latest ex periment In practical patriotism. Good Housekeeping, in co-operation with the United States food administration, Is conducting the enlistment. In the magazine appears this pledge, which women are urged to sign: "I, the member of the household In trusted with the handling of food, do j Hereby enlist as a Kitchen soldier lor , home service and pledge myself to . waste no food and to use wisely ull roou purchased lor tins household, knowing that by so doing I can help conserve the foods that must be shipped to our soldiers and our al lies." This Is a movement for the woman who Is actually dealing In the fond of American homes. Employers nnd em ployees are urged to Join the forces. A soldier may be one who fights just with her brain or one who fights by doing with her hands the work of women in tills crisis. She may be one whose ancestors huve lived here for generations or she may be one whose parents have seen war's hor rors pnss their very door abroad, whose brothers hear the arms of Eng land, or France, oMtaly, or Russia, or any other allied country. Once you huve enlisted as u kitchen soldier, your kitchen is your battlefield. .Overcoming Camouflage. An Anierlejin physicist believes that the advantages of camouflage or ut least certain kinds of camouflage can be overcome by an opposing army by providing colored glasses Or screens of coutrustlng colors to use with field glasses. When the colors of these screens are properly selected, uniforms and other objects may be made to ap pear In contrast. Instead of In har mony with their surroundings, he claims. Camouflage as practiced In many cases is accomplished largely by the use of paint, objects being given shades that blend with the land scape. In spite of certain difficulties that would arise, It Is believed that such efforts at concealment could be rendered quite Ineffectual by the means stated. One of the Meanest Men. A lady who went to Join her hus band in his new western home was surprised to find that among the young ladles of the place he had the reputa tion of being "the, meanest man ever was." Wishing to know the reason, she uskert o bevy of damselB one day, when one of them spitefully replied: "Because he came out here looking spruce and young, and went on till all the girls got Interested In him, nnd then he up and sent for you. And that was the first we knew that he wns sarrlcdl Mean? I guess sol" Knew His Bible. On hoard a steamer "somewhere on the Atlantic" a seasick soldier boy was having n session at the rull when an ofllcer came along. "Hello! Whut's flint you're doing?" said tho ofllcer mockingly. "I'm rendering unto the sen, sir, tiro thing that 'are the sen's, sir." gasped 'he Mi'ilier us toon us he could peuk. man school notes Hi- WANNA McKINNHY Prof, It. L. Kirk wants to know how Harrlsburg entertained our Una kotball team last Friday night. Ho pointed n commtttoo at assembly Mon day morning, composed of Maudo Gor rlo, Audrey Porklns, and Edna Duryeo to Investigate matters and report to tho school. At noon tho commltloo presented tho following: Tho committee appointed by Mr. Kirk wish to glvo tho tolowlng report on tho conduct of tho Daskotball team at Harrlsburg Friday night, January 11: As a wholo tho conduct was rather poor. "Poto." Lowis mashod threo toes and two corns on ono poor girl's foot whllo trying to "hop." Jorry Van caught a red hoadod datno and has received tho name of "Kod" as the consequonco. Halllo Bryan got n case on a hash sllngor in a Joint In that burg. Wo think ha writes her about three times a day. John Dlmm has not boon squealed on yet but all tho girls trust htm. lltll Hill has a few dreams evory day about some' fair "Jane." All wo kr.inv of her la that she Is a blonds Walter Gosslor and Clarence Kestor behaved well "considering." Of course wo aro pleased with Mr. Kirk's chaperoning abilities but Kay Alexander, otherwise known as the chicken thief" has disappointed us very much. Ho caught a girl and it had a bad effect on his head ns ho hnv beon looking pale over since com ing home. Ben Davidson chose dark hair to go with his bright auburn and Is proudly telling tho girls about his dark complexioned girl ho got at Harris burg. We girls are going to show tho oth er sex our ability about next time they want us to show our faces with them They will probably find the "ditch department." THE COMMITTEE Friday afternoon tho periods were shortened and a meeting of tho Nekah nnlan Lltorary society was held. Tho minutes of tho last meeting were read and an election held to elect officers for the coming term. They were Lynn Grandy, president; Ray Alexander, vice-president; Audrey Perkins, secretary-treasurer; Miss LIndsey, critic; Walter Gossler, Fern Travis and Can dace Dlllard social committee; Frank De Pue, Ben Davidson, and Claud Nys- tron, srgeant-at-arms. The following program was given: song, school; reading, Alice McBeo; original story, Hazel Dean; Song, H. S. quartet; Instrumental duet, Avis Thompson and Dorthy HolbrOok; a selection from tho constitution of the society was read by the president, Lynn Grandy. A shore session of the student body was held Monday morning and plans were made for. an entertainmont to be given in the near future. It is to be In tho form of a circus or frolic and will be given In tho high school building. A general admission of S cents will be charged and there will also be an admission feo for the sldo shows. Each class will put on a stunt, for which the class presidents aro respon sible. Their - chairman Ib oernlce Cagley, senior cIbbb president. Other committees are: Side shows, Wanna McKinney, Audrey Perkins, Walter Gossler, Jean Fischer. Adver tising, Ray Alexandor, chairman, Fern Travis, aided by English classes. Par ado, Mary Harding, chariman, Ben Davidson,, Bee Holbrook. Decorating, Lynn Gran'dy, chairman, Duttee Fisch er, Verdon Moy. Miss Lena Tllton is visiting her sis ter at Oakrldge. She plans to stay two weseks. , New subjects which will be offered next semester are: Algebra 1; English 1; History 1; Ecconomics, Commer cial Geography and Penmanship and Spelling. Attend Council Meeting On Monday, evening the Eighth grade Civics classes from the Lincoln school attended the meeting' of tho city council with their teacher, Miss Lacy Copenhaver. The pupils showed much Interest in the meeting and asked many questions which wero answered either by Mayor Morrison or some member of tho council, The classes appreciate very much tho prlv olege of having been allowed to at tend the meeting. Ronl . GRAVELY S Chewing Plug contains Mora Tobaoeo and Uis heavy iwttttnlni 'than ordinary plug. It Is Real Tobaeea metis tht Gravely Way. A Bsllifylnt Man's Chtw; A 10o. POUCH 18 Dance at Goshen Friday, Jan. 18. Music by two orch- ostras. Supper at 12 o'clock. Every body wolcomo, spectators freu. Hear tho latest popular music. SEE US ABOUT Selling your cream. It will pay i you. Ask us about feed. EUGENE FARMEUS CREAMERY, LEARN MUSIC AT HOME! Lessons Freo New Method Learn to Play By Noto Piano, Organ. Violin. Banjo, Mandolin, Coruot. Harp, 'Collp, Gukar, Piccolo, Clarinet, Trombono, Fluto or to sing. Special Limited Offer of froo weekly lessons. You pay only for music and poatago, wnlch is small. Monoy back guarantoo. No extras. 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Saturday Night, Jan. 19th I close this sale and wish to take this opportunity of thanking my many friends for the liberal patronage they have given me and just to show my apprecia tion I am going to include for The Last Day of My Sale a shipment of New Shoes that were in transit when I be gan my sale, so if I was unable to fit you come again. I may have just what you want and it will be a bargain. W. A. HALL LOOK AT THE 0RIN ON HIM! BUT I'LL STAY ON THIS SIDE OF THE WALL WHILE YOU READ THE oooo NEwa un THAT BILLBOARD. r CAREFUL. CONSCIENTIOUS DENTISTRY I DR. J. E. RICHMOND PHONES Office, 3; Residence, 116-J Over Commercial Bank. Springfield. Oregon. W. F. WALKER UNDERTAKER FUNERAL DIRECTOR Otrico Phone C2; Residence 07-J West Main St. 1 I