Venice Once Suprema City.
A few centuries ago Venice was the
gateway for the mminerrw of all cen­
tral Kur<><«- particularly to and from
, the Near Knot. It was her» that tfie
tner.tw.nh. of the earth congregated
and many money lender« plied tbelr
vocal*<m nf rntlwttng usury.
Th«- Rialto bridge, mad* famous by
Mbeke«peart>'e
"Tliv
Merchant
of
Venice" still stand». This atructur»
once afforiied a meeting place for mer­
chant prims-« to dlacuoa the tmatneas
of the world
tn those days Venice
was among the moat Important of sea­
port« It» harbor was constantly alive
with merrhaut ship«, as well as pan
m-t.ger teasel«, ft Is still a unique city,
tn that Its streets are chiefly water­
ways or canal« hut although still a
city beautiful, and far famed for Its
flee arts, its glory and ItniHirtsme as
a cwtuiuerviai center have pawed
«way.
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Making Jo»» Stick.
The Cotii|»M>ltlou of
candle« railed
Jo«» Sticks, which are used In all the
religious ceremonies uf Buddhism, has
long remained a mystery, the prepara­
tion of the sticks being Intrusted to
certain persons ctHMUh from a limped
class. Not long ago. however, there
was learned th* maimer at making
jo«« «ticks In IndoChina. A «tern <>f
bamboo Is rolled In a pr.-jst ration
containing 14 different mlortferou»
drug«, two of which are significant,
an showing a knowledge of chemical
and physical properties,
These are
aconite. which serves to protect thi­
st leks against the «Hack» of rats
snd mice, and camplmr, which causes
them to burn steadily without being
periodically extinguished.
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Dviactabla Siberian OteK
The Siberians make much of their
"cold table”-- raw fish. cut tar, «qlads,
and that dcliciuO« crab whose meat
gives no nlghimare. Indig.-Al.m or
headache.
Tbelr beat dish la chicken, prepared
tn a moat unusual way. Rutter 1» Inhl
thickly on a bone; layer« of light and
dark meat are wrapiaM around it;
then the whole 1» rolled In «gg and
crumbs and baked. It makes a »mall
“ham” of chicken and 1» very lender,
tine must be careful In cutting Into It
lest the hot butter •I'urt out bryund
the plate.
The Russian la a heavy nient rater,
doc largely to the fact that there tn
an abundance of game, phewaanta be­
ing cheaper than chicken», and In
some place« venison Is cheaper than
steak. In th«*i«ahuy day» the SilwrlHti
table must bav* groaned.—Cody Marsh
In the Nathuial (Jaogmphlc Maguxinc
Individuality
Individual« are Just as distinct and
different <w.h from th.- other a« one
kind of matter differ« from another.
They have .liferent us.-» «nd differ­
ent application«.
To attempt to drive a nnll with a
■l»onge wottM be Just a« frtiltle*», if
not as destructive. ns to try to wash
a window with a Ifc turner.
To try to make a boy who love« me­
chanic« and wants tn study machinery
Into « professor of (¡reek 1« to mlsap-
ply hl» talents «nd diminish hl. efll
riency.
Don't plan too much for yonr chll-
drwti.
lint them have « little of their own
way In following I heir inclinations «•
to what they "hall be and do.
Remember that you cannot get out
of a boy or a man what God Almighty
did not put Into him—F. A. Walker In
• Tilcago ftally Ni-wa.
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Try Smiling.
Two women were talking; one
smiled as she spoke, and the other
frowned.
One looked not
net on the
world with friendly eyes,
«nd the
other scowled Into the face« at
passer» by.
“Weil, you see, I learned long •go
how to «mile.“ said the smlUng täte.
“At first It was not so •««>' ; then by
degrees I learned to smile «ven though
I did frei like crying-
“I think that perosmily
tally I mai
nmd» a
or a
linn! study of th* (ij'ii'iogy
p».
•mile. When 1 went Into a store, and
fared a clerk who w«> Inauanllve or
ln«i>lrnt 1 mulled at her, amt thm
made known my wants. In most <-««*«
I got back a stiillr for every one I
gar» Not always, of course, bnt often
enough to learn that a smile would go
farther than a frown any day. Ho
that even though I may feel like pall-
Ing som«b<w!y'a hnlr. I smile.
lt I«
conlsgtoua. bat the health Ism rd will
not Interfere." Columbus Telegram.
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A total of 5.555.953 pound« of pear«
was «hipped last season by thr Oregon,
Oro «urn' Cooperative aaaoclatlon
Of
thia amount 4.574.095 pound« were
■hipped from Hogue River valley
Fire chiefs and firemen of Oregon
and the Pacific northwest to ths num­
ber of too. will be In Corvallis. June
17 and IS. They will come to attend
the annual convention of tlrr chiefs.
The Western Lumber A Export com
pauy's mill al Cottage drove baa closed
down for an Indefinite period and the
organisation has been disbanded until
there to a rise In the pries of lumber
Reports from Homestead «tale that
a company has ta-< n running diamond
drills at th* Red lx-dg<’ min* for
mouths'and It 1« estimated they have
over »3n.ooo.uoo worth of on* blocked
out.
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