• ’roper I o«d ior W «ak
Momasla»
The proper food for one man mao t>»
all wrung for another
Every one
•In»old arkgit a diet »ultcd to his age
and occupation. Thue»- who have weak
•tumschs need tn be especially careful
ami should msstx sts their food thor
oughly. It is also important that they
keep their bowels regular. When they
t>eeome constipAted or when they feel
dull and stupid after sating they should
take Chamlicrlam« trbieta to strength
•n tbe stomach anti move th« boweia.
They are ««ay to take and pleaaant in
effecL
Scic Soldier Boy Write«
Letter to Home Folk»
(War Folk- at Hom«-
Wrll
I
expect
you
have t-wn
- waiting fur a letter fur a !<>ng time
>
•u I will take the time and write to
'
you. I am »till working in a ward
<m Mare Island but hope to go back
to Goat Island »uon.
The mcaal«nx
did not make me sick at all. I was
in bed but one day and a half and
«nee then I have been working in
the ward. I have been attending
the patients mostly all by myself.
There are 12 i»ed {ibtienta.
Today
Attorney at I jiw
I will give a little routine of my
work or asw*lance.
1 arise at b or
«try Arrossavi
7. wash fur breakfast and make up
my bed. eat breakfast and al eight
IXWANUN
uUliOM
o'clock I take pulse and respiration
and chart them, give them their
medicin«’ and any apeeial treatment
Then after I get that all done I do
not have very much to do till 11,
then the unit- thing at 12. also at 4
BRECON p. m. ami at H again.
WATERLOO
Then I have
to make out the report in the even
a. r. 0 No. I
ing. Il keep« a person busy but I
Sale date» arranged for at The Scio am getting some giKxi practical ex-
- perienev and that 1» what counts I
Tribune Office. Scio. Ore.
have been here 18 day« and I think
I will go back to school Tuesday.
My mail is delayed a little but I get
it all right.
The weather here is
swell hot in daytime and cool in
evenings.
I got a letter from Mils
Berryman the other dav. She wrote
it on th«* train.
I guess the gradu
ating exercises were good and I
would liked to have heard them. It
UU k « mi Sh«»«« M
u about 9:80 now.
You sew Wf
have a prisoner in our ward an-1
someone has to be on guard
i I am
| on for tonight. I would not newt!
UNDERTAKERS
! to be but I wante«i to write Mime
Calls Attended to PronipUy
I letters so 1 put myself on from 1» to
l>«v or Night
12. I have only »even letters to
N. M. Newport
U. C
ROLOFF
AUCTIONEER
H. B. CHESS
Attorney •» Law
Morrison & Lowe
St l<>
ORbXION i write, so will not lie very lonesome.
There are five m«*a»ie wards here.
Ours is M ward and 1 have heard
I the doctors and nurses say that it
Hout« her B ros ., Prop»
wa« the btrsl kept ward of them ail.
i
The man that has charge of the
I re»h Meats oi All Kind»
I ward hasn't done very much since I
Reasonable Price*
’ have been here, except to »how me
Scio, Ore.
Main Street
different things that I didn't know.
He wantc-d to k«*«*p mu as long a»
he could, so that is the reason I am
I here. I have had several gotxi com
pliment» since I have been here. He
: said that I waa the best apprentice
. he ha«i ever had under him.
Also
Phone 27-7
the two day nurses who are over
i the five wards, said that I wa» very
i
OREGON gocxl and I overheard one nurw- say
SCIO
to the doctor that 1 waa a very good
worker and that I learned quick,
l*c»t Remedy for U hooping Cough
i That make« a fellow feel pretty
good to hear things like that
Scio Meat Market
Dr. 1. K. Sanderson
DENTIST
*'|ju>n winter when my little boy had
tbe whooping cough I gave him Cham
berlain» cough remedy." write« Mr» J
1. Roberta, Bad st ix>ui». lit "it kept
hi» cough !<«« and relieved blm of
thoM dreadful roughing spalls. It is
th» only cough medicine 1 keep in the
house becauw I have the meet confi
dence in IL” Thia remedy I» also good
for cold» and croup.
We get go«xl milk to drink three
times a day and a» I have tlie privi
lege of eating in the kitchen I get
all I want. All the mail is censored
here and the patients are not al
lowed to tell that they are in the
I hospital or »ick. I give my letters
- to someone going to Vallejo, a town
acroas the bay, and have them mail
th«-in there.
I like the navy and am glad I got
In the hospital corps.
The hospital
Arrival and 1 lepar ture of Paaaenger
corps men are treated g>xxl.
They
Train»
figure that some time they are II-
Woodburn-Springfield Branch
, aide to be sick »nd if the hospital
WEST SCIO
, Corps gets it in for them they will
I can't think
7:60 am. get the worst of it.
North
5:31 pm. of much more to write so will do»».
South
I Address mv mail to Gust Island.
Corvelli» & Eaatcrn
From your sailor boy.
MUN KERS
Railroad Time Table
»
Clair McLain
To A Hum v _ _ _____ _
Fr«Jtn Albany -------------
Motor to MiH Citv
from
§ l>aily except Sunday
t2:25 p. m
9:22 am.
t9;05 am
Auto bus leaves Scio postoffice
7:10 a tn. & 5:00 D.m. for West Scio
8:15 a.m. & 1:30 p.m. for Munkers
MUNKERS and WEST
SCIO STAGE
Bilyeu «V Bilyeu, Props
Phone fi-ól.'i
»TAGE MELTS AIL TRAINS
Fur Sale-Good aeed potatoes at
Leave« Scio postofli«^ -
reasonable price.
L. Zeller. Scio, at 7:10 a m and 5.W p m for We«t Scm
and 0:15 a m and iJDp m for Munkors
telephone 3x 1.
♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ' lot slmtdy to sattofy hiaseetf that It
wa» SS be ba<l left II
Wh.vt was his astonishment to Bod
•very cigar to the box laid la tbe aame
♦ I dltwtton. Tbe uue be bad pla<-*d dlf
« ferently bad been reversed
♦
nw dtoowery look bla t-rsatb away
♦ After all. his wife was right If there
♦ were those os bla track who bad ab
♦ rwdy shown such skill to bunting for
Was Attended With ♦ tbe document, what m«e would they
♦ do' Instinctively be dapped
bla band
Difficulties
♦ to hto breast p-xket. The
dispatch
♦
was «here
Rut be did not frei Ba
♦
vur-l that It woald be then» wbee be
♦
By ILINOR MARMI
♦ arrivsd at t ern Crux Ils vowed that
♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ . no owe should ilurtng tbe paaaag« cvwne
j wlthlu arm a length of him
Jamee Maitland, am of an admiral
He mh *I tn fate berth and read a
in the C. K navy, fell tu lava with and I novel Which be ha<i brought with him
married Mlle Julie de lavali», the during the afternoon and evening, not
daughter at a French diplomat who tear lug bla state room Tt» next mor»
Ing he isAsav-d <m deck. ila sxpeeted
bad »pent many year» to the French
•very uiowent that s-sus man would
•ervU-e. a rumilderahle portion of
attempt to make hto acquaintance. No
which time be rssMsd to Wa»hln*
man did. but a vxwy pretty young wo
tu«
M de ttovall« never repreaeoted I man sitting to a ateamer chair looked
hi» country a» an aiat>«»»ador II» wa» at blm a» he passed her ami caat down
an adept at aecret m<tt>.«li then In ' tier long Kpanlsb lastiea. Fvery time
vogue between tmt’.on». but. ill«» the be I>•»»»<! her In pacing back and forth
open dlplotna.-y of tbe late Secretary aba gave blm the Mme glance and tbe
He mtapectwl
Hay. now largely doue away with I aams downward awsep
Diplomatie«
Mission
When any qub-k Machiavellian work
wa» to b» executed It fell to Lavslto.
Maitland and Mlle de l avali« wer«
married while the hrtd.-groot» wm
emptoyoi to the acato deperitomi. At
the lime the Itouama canal wa» being
lorated »nd there wa» any Bin-Hint of
chicanery pertwlrated twitb a» to It»
loatloa and the prevention of II» loca
ttoo both by Central and North Amer
icana
Then came young Maitland'»
opportunity. One morning tbe »rere
tary »»ut for blm. banded hun a dia
patch and told him that be wlahed
blm to take it to tbe Chlt«d Slat»» can-
•ill at Vera Crux, who would are that
It reached It» dent Inalino.
Itollghted at being thu« etiahled tn
make a beginning In hi» profr-awlon
Maltlmd took the dlapat*-b — It wa»
piarwd to an odl«-lal envelope nf the
■tat« detwrtmvut ad<lre»*ml to the coti-
»ul and waa atx>ut to leave when the
aecretary laid to him
“It to »«aetittol that the Information
contained to that envelop« reach»« our
conati! In Vera « rúa « mi or before the
After that date tt will 1» ton
1Mb
tot«, It la wall tint you shutild know
that Ita prompt delirery will Involve
th« making or the failure to make
mill loua of dottora by «vrtain .-a pita I
lata. Tou will :ber»fore t>e vet» guard
cl In «peaking of your mi«atoo and
watvb well rtw dl»|«tch
I »end It to
Vera Crus by you to order that no one
to tbla country may kuuw ita ultimate
de»tfnatlon
.Nev críbele»» there are
plenty of »plea atiout and we may ha»»
them right here to the «tate depart
ment
Re careful, and gtvnd Inch to
you.
When Maitland w.-nt home and with
the eibltoratlon of youth told hl» wife
of bla mission. It» Importance, c.mald-
erlng tbe totereata Involved, and all
that, aha failed to show similar en
thusiasm
"What to tt. pelt* he «aid.
"Ton
don't aeem pleased "
“Jlmmto.” «be raptied. '•you will nev
•r get It through.’*
“Why notr
•“They will ate«) It from you "
“What inakes yon think »o, JulieT*
"From a little girl I have heard my
father tall the ways |«-<>i-la take to out
wit one another
1 kuow all about it
You kuow nothing “
However, the little woman pa^ketl
her huaband'a suit rase all the hag-
gag* he profMMed to take - tlien took
tbe dto|iat«-h to the library, and when
•he returned handed her bu»t<and a bos
of cigars
lie oj«>ned It and removed
tbe top layers and lelow was an eo
valo|w addressed to Renora Ranches.
Mesh-o t'lty. to Mrs Maitland's own
hand
“Little one. yon'ra a brick." ««Id the
young diplomat “1 see your scheme
It would never do to leave the dis
patch to my suit case under ctrver of a
stat«- department etivelo[». would ItF*
“Nu Now. Jimmie, do tie careful of
tbe »nit case and don't let It out of
your «tght a moment.“
M .ill to nd gave her a Own k lance,
picked up the milt case, called a car
ile
rlare am] «t»rtrd for th* train,
rea.-hed New York during tbe after
noon and went at once on t-wrd the
steamer which was to Mil early tbe
next morning. He wae about to lock
hl» stateroom door on tbe suit rase,
when, remembering that there might
be other keys that would uuim-k IL
be took tbe dispatch out from under
tbe etgare and put It to hl» porket if
he wae followed, with a view to steal
tog the drw-utnr-nt. bis l-aggage was
•»rely the drat place the thief would
look for It. In order to discover If tbe
case had bvw-n opened for the purpose.
In replacing tbe cigars he told all of
thoee on the top row with the end» to
the aame direction except ooe. which
be reversed Having done this be went
on deck for air.
The next morning Maitland found
himself out ami the Atlantic ocean head
ing foe tbe gulf of Mexico He walk
ed tbe deck alone, having ranolved not
to make ■ single acquaintance In the
afternoon he went to bls stateroom for
a nap. a-vd before lying down It recur
red to him to examine hto »ult c«a»
Not that be really etperted to Bod evl
ber •*■
| guard.
With the eti-epth* of the Spanish
woman |
there wae no ert len-w of any
i person <>r jersri shadowing him Rut
< ni the eecote! day out an old lady with
very white hair cams up ths >-<*mr«n
lonway and looked about for a aest.
The ship wa« roiling, and Maitland,
taking bold of her arm. eupportari bar
to a ateamer chair Rha thanked him.
but he would hare nothing to do with
her
Surely he had rMson tn «uspe-'t
every one. The old lady beal-lee thank
ing him nis-le some ■'omtuoAiptooe re
mark, to which It would have been po
llts for him to re»|>oud. but ba turned
from ber as though abe had some In
fectious disease
Several times after that he aurvryed
I ber from a distance and nottosd that
•tie iooksd very peculiar. Indeed, after
•rrutlnlxlng hsr one afternmn aa she
I «al dosing to her »reamer chair It oc
curred to him that ah* waa a young
peraon dhwulaed aa an old woman
i When the day before the ablp wa»
‘ due at Vera Crus he *aw her and the
' young Miuniab womarf anting aide by
•Ide and talking confidentially he made
up hl» mind that they had t>een Mitt
out from Washington to steal hie dis
twteh end that «me or both of them bad
already o(wt»ed hl» suit c » m .
Prob-
ahly «me did the work while the other
kept watch.
A few hour» befor« bla arrival to port
Maitland went to hl» slatsruom. took
rhe dispatch fr«wn bl» pocket and look-
g| at It
He felt wrv happy
!f hs
had got II so far ou the journey dMpIte
those who were trying tn get It from
him surely be could do what little re
m»tned Replacing It. he picked up hla
cigarette <-» m . which ho had left on a
shelf, lighted a cigarette and, lying
down with hia novel, l-egan to read. Re
s-xio became drnway and fell aaleep
When be awoke tbe »hip wa» to port
lle fell nauaeated. Racnethlng bad hap
pened He dapped hla hand to hto »Ide
porket.
Tbs dlapatcb waa gone
“Beaten after all." be moaned.
Rtartlng up, be staggered out and on
to tbe deck. No one had gone aaboru
A tost h«qw occurred to him He would
have the two women arrvwtad on a
truru|>ed up charge There they were
ursr the compMitonway.
11» rtuhed
forward ami. »«■-%>» a policeman on
tile d«a-k, beckoned to him
Tbe man
m«t him on tbe companlouway, and
Maitland, »lipping a ton dollar bill Into
hla hand, told him that there were two
Women tlilsves on tward who had rob
bed him
When ths wtanen reached
tbe dork they were taken into custody
They matle a great ado at their artvsi.
asserting thwir Innocwuc*
“I am an American.” Mid the old
lady, "and I demand to be taken before
tlie baited Htatea consul."
"I will tak« you to the coo«ulata."
said Maitland, “provided your roofed
•rate will consent to go with Ua"
The «>l<l laily |»rauaded*the other wo
man to make no objectton. assuring her
that tt waa their beat eourM. Maitland
called a carriage, and tbe three travel,
era entered, tbe policeman rllmtitng to
th« box. On reaching the consulate
Maitland insisted that tbe Bpaalsh wo-
man go in with them. Be did not dare
leave her In the carriage. Hhe asemed
Indifferent about It. and tha thrsa went
In togother The consul being engaged
al tbe time, they were placed to tba
waiting rixan.
While waiting. Maitland, facing the
old la«ly. scrutinised ber. What was
there that waa familiar about her?
Roddeuly- tba Rpanlah woman's back
waa turned - abe gave him a smile.
He recognised hto wife.
Rising. Julie went into the hall.
Maitland following ber.
“tton't worry." abe Mid. "It'» safe.“
' Where?"
"In my rorsag» "
"n«vw did y<-u rnme by It?"
"I've bad It all tbe time. When I
Uandeii you tbe cigar box to Washing
ton It contained a dummy
I kept tba
dlspatrb."
"Who opened my suit cassT
"The woman to tbsra."
"How da you know r
I
sant lo delay thè delivery °f thè die
patch and, pretenditi« ihat I «Al oti
thè sani« erraad. wou ber cooMvnee.
an.l w» agrved lo wurk t<-;<lfa-r
Aft
er »he fuund thr eOVvIupe ws» n<4 lu
yonr aulì OSM abe waa »ere you liad
It tm your
Yuu wer» v«-ry
carvi««» lo h-aw ymtr riga trite« In
your «tatero.«a
Sho pl< kad thè torli
wlth a skeleton key, went In ami re-
pia.-rd your «-Igarette» wlth thone that
had levo dmgged
Wbra yuu w.re
aalewt* »he robhed you “
“And thè duuimy? Wliat di.t •b»
•sy wfa-n «he dbe-uverv.! th.it?“
“Sfai crlvd
Had alio •eeurr-l the
dto|«tch »l»e would hare baeo hold
•mojooa**
«bile ¿ulto w « m eiplalnliif »iw wae
epeulag ber drv*«. took out thè real
dlapatch and hend«-d It io ber hus-
band. Rimirato» to thè cenni he liaii
loft, he told thè S|iaiiiah wotnan that
he had foun.1 thè tu Imi ; arti- Ir. s>ih>
gtae.1 and aald »he mitili go «bore »he
llked
Wheu Maitland «Mlvervd hi» dl»-
netch hi» wtfc dld n.-t spirar In thè
tranaactloti
Ile wa» well Inuni-hed lu
tti« profeaelon he had eh. —«-ti
BARBED WIRE IN WAR
Rutting Up and Cutting Down •arriara
la Paritoua Work.
Th« «ractlaa of war «ntangl nienia,
aven when tUe treu« be« are eotne di»-
taoee apart, to at all tliuv-« dangrr- is
Th« men »lip over tbe |>ara|«t aud
In tha Brat place pound In the aup|-<>rta
with mallets, tbe head« uf w!>, h an-
carefully wrapped to cloth In order to
deaden the »nun L
Two other men
carry tba wlr« drum a wooden cylto-
der round which the wire 1» rolled —
by means of a long |wi -- ibr- >. b th»
cwnter. and a comrade ■ ttaehv« lh<>
wire« to the »up|->rt»
The work to slow and uerre «train
tog. »aye a writer In the tornili >n
Graphic, for atar abells burst often and
«ntnpel tbe men io crouch low and re
main motion lots until tin- Bare burns
out
Tn AMtch soldier who take» part In
modern warfare thick glovoa for grip
ping wlr* aud »tmug pliers for i tilling
it ^a
eaaentlal
tbe rifle atvt t.ny.
■w.
Refer» an a»«ault by hl» own regi
meet tbe soldier cut« bl» own wire,
and h« muai then endeavor a» beat ho
may to cut and back hl» way through
th» enemy's, pulling down a «iip|«ort
bare, cutting the wires while the nn
China gun batterlr» rap otlt tb>-lr in-»-
sags of death toward him
Thue bartied wtre. «o simple In It »elf,
ao deadly when u.r-d In the wa s «1 •
srribed. enters liito «very pha.o of op
»ration to tbe Bring sone.
EVILS
OF
OVERFEEDING
A Osed Rulo For Many Would Bs "Eat
L«sa and E>erciss More.**
The »in of gluttony i-« - .>• inion, and
therefore much condoned, but like t-v
•ry other violation of nature*» law» b»s
a penalty.
Fat Ineffli loticy, sluggish
mentality, tbe redd-uvd nose, tbe pun
pled far», certain of the clirrnib- skin
eruptions aud much fatigue and nrrv-
oosneM are due to tlu- »I> um > of tin- <11-
gmtlve apparatus.
Rich, itullgi-llhle
fooda in large quantities, high y sea-
armed tn atlmutoto Hie jaded palate, are
fon-eil Into a Itoily already r«-i rlliou«
from repietton
Exercise 1» l»r.<-ly
limited to walking to and frum tlie la
b>. atxl t»alily deteriorsf'"’> i :-«-eeda
rapidly .
Many an overfrd dyspeptic, »mldeuly
dragged by the »tern trail I of clrcu-.u
stance» from a life of physical • •*■«»
and plenty and forced to work out of
doova. smlilenly discover» lluit litom-tul-
Invalldlem has gone, that a chruuto
■kto deraugetm-nt of many year« stand
ing has dlMppMre-l an<l that a new
vigor
him
Not every one can apand hia whole
time In the o(«-n air. but a • ert i in
■ mount of exerrlse and plain. whole-
enme fond In an amount mil <
-UT
the body'e need» can he had by almost
every one. Simple n»«»lrr»ir du t end
eierrlae make for fa-all b. Tl - «• are
not faddish food thearl. a, they are just
plain comm.>n «enee
Exchange
Clever Coral Fish««-».
The coral l«ed» of J»i-«ii> «re worked
by clever direr» In the empkiy of a
mailer direr, who recelriw the hike aa
It comes In. grade» It and. when a »util
dent quantity baa been obtained. »»k»
for bld» on the lot» of <*a. h grad.
R«prvaentatl\re of tbe lredii.it «1 port
ing and wboleeale firm» ere alwaye at
band during tbe eeaaon the beet coral
to taken to inatwct the take and proffer
Nd« Tbe total annual take la about
BB.nm pound», valued at fTOti.irt) Tbe
cotoe of tbe coral ha» a gnat deal to
do with the value placed up..« It. The
■acet n pe nelve to 'boh*." a peto
quince color Single lieeda of tbla col
or. eult»hle for manufactarw Into orna
mental hairpin», bring from >10 to *.'«O
each. Tbe next color In value la pink
followed by white, light red and dark
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