MYSTERY
OF THE MISSING
SHIRT
By A. E. SWOYER
l krlborl (lurr l-vt. C.)
HBRLOCK 8HOMES. th gmt
detective, tat, pip lo mouth.
Idly itrumuilni a, banjo. TIium
wr dull la tli ileuthlnf buil
net, and our hero had nut the prlc
f a regular meal) no mysterious tour
. . dn nor clewlrit robberies sought hit
mighty brttn fur solution. The truth
nut bt told tin prerleli Bhouiei
wu on lili uppers I . '
"Ureet days, these, ration I" hi tuld,
carefully emptying tlit lilies from bli
pip Into bit of paper, end dritenou
1 rolllni It Into a clgsrett. "Oreat
day I No work fur nit; no annaie fdr
rev 'to chronicle (at m uincii per
chronic) for posterity!' It ireitin it If
. tbo pleasure of. t neat murder no
tongtr appeal to tho strong arm man)
w ar btcomlng t rac o( mollycod
dlttl" A tear fur moment dimmed
tht agl y of Bliomea, trickled
gently down bit classic nut anil loat
ItMlf In tht ttubblo of bit two week'
beard,
"Education hat done It," replied hit
. friend. "Tht reel brainy criminal hut
learned tint It I easier tnd nor gen
teel to (tart bauk than to brfik jnto
mo; whllo tbo monetary result ar
' tbo satua. But, cheer up, Hliomes,
nothing ran keep good wan duwn
but tombstone or rash 'register I"
"luu art right, Fstsonl And even
now I fad that In exactly flva minute,
by yonder clock, client, tho victim
f dark and awful crime, will
coma" '
A ponderous knocking at tha door
Interrupted him.' itlalng, hastily, ho
at tho clock ahead fla minute.
"Tbua It tho power of deduction Iri
dic d I Right to tha mlnuial Tat
on, opan tbo door. It la our cllant I
(Or, perhaps, tha landlord for laat
January'! rant," ba muttered, aald.
"He wall I wero nut awn I")
Uefor tho faithful Tataun could
roach tha door, It opened, and a tall
BiA, with hug and aliaggy beard,
stared and tank heavily Into a chair;
tha lattar, not built fur heary linking,
collapsed. The etrange vlaltoc
tlauad until slopped by tha flour,,
"Abal" Mid Hhoniea. "I o that
yon art tho victim of alight acd
dant t You wonder how I know J These
thbigt art aaay to tha tralnad mind I
fataun, yon raniember tha Interesting
Uttlo prublem of tha Kmarald Frank
furtar, In which thla powar atnblad
n to tract dut tha dujl will of
tha pollc bad not tven aeanr
Tht ttraagar, who, framed amid tba
wrackaga of tba broken chair, bad
beea listening, open mouthed, now
roaa, "Mr, Bhotnes," laid ha, "you art
tht man I need I Homethlng mystert
oua and dreadful thraatriia pia I lam
marked man) I-ast atenlng " tha
trtmbllng tonea of tbla atrong man
made even tht ralloui I s I son shiver-
"laat atenlng, at an evident- of thla
puwrr, tht very ahlrt waa atalen from
my bark. You, alona, ran aav mal"
"Thla la. Indeed, mystery, raaa
aflar niy own heart. I ran tea In It
tba band of tbat mailer criminal. Pea
para ta Desmond, wbo hat tbwsrted mt
for yaaral Our Uvea ara all In dan
gar I But coma, tall nia tht details."
.They art faw enough. In tha Brat
'" placa, my aama la Dalrympla, I run a
doughnut foundry, and am fairly wall
to do. Laat avenlng I draaaad cart
fully to go to tbo club; I ramambar
By undershirt particularly, It wat of
tbt knitted kind I alwayl wear, but
saw, 1 1 apent an hour at tha club, and
on rttlrtng found tht ahlrt wat gona I
My outar ahlrt, vett, and coat. wart
Intact
"ii'ml" laid Bhome. "Yon muit
hsv baaa robbed of thla ar under
garment, than, either In your homo,
at tha club, or between tba two
placael"
"Marvelouar ejaculated Falaoa.
Bbomes, with tht rcnnrkihla agil
ity ha alwayt abowed whan on a claw,
whipped out a Docket rula and meat
rod tha dlitanee between Dslrympl'
eyaa. Swiftly ha entered Hit reaultt
IS large ledger. " Tie, Indeed, Des
mond work I" ha muttered. "We
muet bt quick 1 Mr. Dalrympla, may
I bate aample of your whiskers? Jt
la Important I Thanks." Snipping off
' gtnerout portion of tha gueat't lact
curtain, ba turned hit back, atuffed
tham Into hit pipe and began imoklng
vigorously.
Again turning to bit guest, ho ahot
tht quettlon. "Have you dined? No?
Good I Then wt will accompany you
yon mutt not bt alone I"
Daahlng to tht Utile, bt aelied a
celrfllold paper cutter and placed It
la hit pocket Thli It a detperatt
-case w muat go armed r ht gritted,
wltb t tlnlater acowl. "Fatton, call a
tail And," ha hlkaed, In a tont to
low that Dalrympla could not catcb
tht worda, "don't get that gtnk on tht
corner, you lunkhead 1 Remember, w
bung him up laat week I"
Quickly dligulalng blinaolf, by tur&
Ing BP hit Coat collar, tha great de-
ttctlTt lad Fatton and Dalrympla to
tha door.
. la thret-quartert of an hour tht
ptadinf taxi landed tht party at a
famout rattaurant two.blockt awty.
"ration and I will anler flrat, Mr.
Dalrympla," muttered Bhomea. "Wt
muat not bt taen together I"
"Why did you leave him, Bhomeir
ukad Ftttoo, timidly, at they hurried
Into tht rattaurant.
"ration I FaUon I You will never
bt ptut detective. Don't you know
putt tbt laat man out paya tba taxi
You would do well to rend my mono
graph upon tht tubject"
Tin meal pined In tllenca, tare for
tba Voice of Dalrympla ordering freah
tuppllel. Like all great men, Hhoinei
tometlmet went fur dayt without a
meal, particularly when broke; then
ht ati ravenoutly. Bo It wat on thlt
occhIoo. Fataun, being an opportu
nity did llkewlie. Dalrymplt watched
tham wltb ever Increailng reipect, "I
am glad tht other fellow got my
ahlrt I" ht muttered, at bt paid tha
check.
At tin acenet of tin crime, aa
Shoniee called them until bt could de
termine which wat tin arena, tht fa
moua aleuth wat at hit but. Magni
fying glut In bind, hi puked and
meaaured everywhere, entering notei
In tha big ledger which Fataun carried.
From time to time lit put choln btta
of evidence, tucb at a bottle of Wll
lou'i, a few clgart, and about a quire
of the club paper, Into hit porketa;
clewt Ilka theet cuuld not eerapt tha
eagle eye of Shomea.
Finally ht roae. "Mr. Dalrympla,"
ht tald, proudly, "1 know tht criminal I
No further attempt will ba made upon
your lift tonight I Go home, and to
morrow night I will have newt for
you I ration and I will now retire."
Tba next day wat a buay ont for
both Fation and Bhomea. Tin former
went about hit medical lul.ora In tha
veterinary department of tba 8. P, G,
A the noted tleuth elected Id ex
periment In hla laboratory, at cool and
collected at If Dalrympla were not
compelled by a Bendlib crime to wear
hla extra ahlrt Ma refuted to aatlify
Feteon't curloelty by any atatement
other then "Tonight wt thall know
alll"
Tha day paaaed alowly for Fatton.
Twice hit boaa called lilin down for
an abstraction which cauaed him to
Inject ttrychnlna Into tin velnt of
horaet uaed by membera of tbt to
clety, Inatead of thou of leaa fortunate
equlnee placed lo hla hand for a
palntesa quiet ut Annoyed by Oieae
trlflea, Fataun returned, to And Bhomea
deep In one of thoat profound chem
ical reerarchee which would have
made btin famout In tba world of tel
enet had ha cared to follow aurh a
Ufa. In tht present Inatance, ht waa
trying to makt a ryt high baa out of
wood alcohol and llthla water.
"llow't tha cater aaked Fataon,
cheerfully.
"Wt bavent bad a caat for a montli,
yon rummy I" retorted Bhomea. Tba
laat one wt had you flnlahed up when
I waan't around. Got touted on two
bottlee, tool Thank yoa fur remind
ing ma of Jtl"
"I meant tha caat of tht ttolea
ahlrt," replied Fataun, hurriedly.
"Oh that I The crime wat commit
ted by a tall, dark, red headed man,
with a arar on hit left cheek a tool
of Deainond'tl I btvt decoyed blm
here tonight He thlnka to find money
and eli; Initead. ha will Bnd mat"
No ont but Bboinet could havt been
to deadly menacing.
Tha telephone Jangled., Shomea tort
down tht receiver.
"That you, fihouiei? Thla It Dal
rymple, Remember tint elilrt bual
nguT Well, wt were ace red fur noth
ing. It eeemi that at the club. Smith
he'l a trifle neir lighted-thought be
aaw a raveling on my coat It hap
pened lo ba a thread of my ahlrt and
when ha kept on pulling well, you
know what bappena when you pull a
thread of ont of thoat knitted tblogal
I goeea wt can call tha myitery un
raveled I"
"Juat what I wat about to Inform
you, Mr. Dalrympla. Uerlock Shomea
cannot bt deceived C
Hinging np tha receiver, tha great
eat of all detectlvea turned to meet
tht admiring gatt of Fataun,
Making of Wall Paper
It Ancient Induttry
Tbt hlatory of wall paper goet back
quite a dlitanee In tha paat, for wt And
Henry IV of Prince granting a char
tar to a guild of paperhangert aa
early aa 1500. and going by tha prece
dent! eatabllahed In the caat of other
gsllda, mch ai tha greit Cabinet Mak
era company, tha Induatry muat have
been In exlatenrg.for tome time before
It waa, to to apeak, Incorporated by
tbt enlightened French monarch. The
orlgtnal example la In the Cabinet da
Bullyat In Tarla and dutet from the
Brat decade of tha Seventeenth ren
tory. In tha Seventeenth century CM
neaa paper Imported by tlie Eaat In
dla company bad an extemlvt vogue,
but paper made at Frankfort and
Wornia In Germany rao It a cloae race
for popularity. Wall paper wat a
logical development from tnpoitry and
emboaaed leather wait hanglnga.
through tht Intermediary at age of
painted and hand printed canvaa clothi
made In Imitation of tha richer malt-
rtale.
The Sword in Japan
Tha iword la cloiely connected with
Japan'! hlatory. Tht legenda of the
country declart the aword-bladt to bt
poeieeeed of a toul, which by tradition
wtt In feudal day! corrupted or con
verted Into tht general thought of the
iword at "tha loul of tht mmurai;
according to tht Japan Advertleer.
Tin Japaneta old bladea themtelvea,
autboiitlea ttite, ara unrivaled tven by
Damaacut or Toledo bladea, .
Railroad' Wi$e Move
Taking a tip from tht glaaa-bot
tomed boat! running to Cntnllna Island,
off California, railway company In
Romtdale, Norway, hot Btted Hi
roaches, running through aeenlo re
gion! with giant roofs, Thla enable!
tin tourlsta to let tht towering mow
talni In comfort from their lead and
hit Incraaeed tourlat traffld consid
erably. .
"SWAT THE FLY" TO
: PREVENT DISEASE
(Praesnt ar the United Bote DepaHmral
( Agriculture.)
Files art out of tht worst enemies
of man. They breed prullBcally and
prosper In Blth. Their conformation It
admirably suited for carrying death
dealing organisms from questionable
placea which they frequent, to the
dwelling placea, food utensils, and food
of man, aaya the bureau of dairying,
United Ha tea Department of Agricul
ture. Fllra art a nuisance and anyone
who fights them It dulng humanity a
service. " , , . ,
The femsle fly Is not fastidious about
the placa In which 'her offspring art to
bt born. A manure pile represents the
height of bar ambition In thla respect
and when aha baa the opportunity aha
depoalta ber egga there In masses. Tht
manure pile reciprocates aa an Incu
bator for her young, and In a few dayi
tht maggota which hatch from ber rggt
havt developed Into full-fledred fllra.
all ready to atari on i campulgn of
destruction fcod perhapa ileatb.
Tba fly la covered w ith ' a hairy
growth and tta feet resemble hairy
pads. It probably carrlet as much
Blth and ai many bacteria on Hi body,
for III atze, ai anything which Uvea.
No wonder then, considering thla point
alone, that tha fly la an enemy of milk.
Dut thla la not all. for tha fly li a
creature of filthy practice. It sucks
Ua food without fear or favor and then
rrgurgltalea It at will. A smooth-tin-fired
milk utensil may bt a btndy
place for thla pVoredure.
Tht fly aeattera Its txcreta pro
miscuously. Its specks msy ha found
on any place It frequents. They look
nnslglitly, but ara even worse than
they look, because they ofen contain
organisms which are decidedly detri
mental te health. la It any wonder
that wt are besought and urged to
"awat tht fly"?
No one la more alive to the danger
from fllee than the milk Inapertor. Hla
training and hla ambition both call,
for the deatrortlon of thlt enemy of
clesn, safe milk, tint sometimes be
forgets that not all of tba producer!
are familiar with tht characteristics
and habits of the fly. He thua over
looka an opportunity. Ha should et
plsln to hla dairymen and also to the
people wbo consume the milk why
there should he adequate protection
from fllra. When a full explanation la
made to tha dairyman about tht fly
and Its habits, ha becomea Interested
In getting rid of manure piles, traah,
and other breeding places, and In trap
ping end poisoning tbt (Ilea which
appear.
Clean Milk Production
Brings Back the Money
That aeason of the year la here
when milk la too often returned to the
shipper because It la unflf for con
sumption or bai arrived In a sour con
dition. Flavora and odors In milk re
sult from four causes and It would be
well for tht milk producer to note
theae rauaea and guard against ship
ping milk which cannot be used, there
by saving a big loaa to hla business
thlt summer.
These causea are aa follows!
1. Internal or physical condition of
tha cow.
2. Flavora and odors absorbed with
in tht body of tht cow from highly
flsvored feed! such as turnips, onions,
etc. -
3. Odora absorbed Into tht milk aft
er, production.'
4. Daeterlal development within the
milk while standing.
Control of :hese four factors thlt
tummer will mean dollars and centt
In the milk producer'! pocket Theie
thlngt art also very Important for the
cream producer to consider, at high
quality butter cannot be made from
low-quality cream, and If tha butter
maker cannot make auperlor butter
demanding a .higher price, he cannot
possibly give tht producer kny more
for hla product II. R. Laicellea,
field man, Colorado Stall Dairy Com
mission. Dairy Hints
Crossing dairy breeds la like mixing
good Ink with good water; tht value
of each It loat
. e a e
Baby calvea respond with great ina-
ceptlblllty to rare especially during
tha firat few dayt of their lives.
see.
Tht mott profltable method of han
dling, dairy curve by tht average farm
er li to market cream and use tin
skim milk for bringing up calves and
pigs.
" 5' -" e a e ,
Mtny farmer! begrudge a hen every
bltt that goet duwn her neck, and
numerout early risen on tht farm
get up to feed tht hogt before day
light to keep tht heua from eating
with tham.
'
TouHrymen an finding out that bent
will lay ai freely without tht com
pany of males at with them. Thlt
fact permit! tha lessening of expense!
by dulng away with the roosters. It
la alio a fact tbat tggi that art In
fertile will keeg much tht longest (
& 0
PURE-BRED STOCK
FOR EVERY FARM i
Pure-bred live itock on every farm
will some day bt tht rule In tbt Unit
ed 8tatea. It will come through tht
tut of reglttered alret ; then the addi
tion of registered females, and finally
by tbt weeding out of, "pedigreed
Bci-uts.' '
Tha pedigree la' an Index of quality,
for "Ilka begets Ilk or th likeness
of an ancestor." But pedigree li not
absolute proof of exceptional quality
not In tha United States, It Itn't aayt
Farm and Breeder. It can ba made
to In time, and breeders are urged to
bring that day to pass by culling esery
animal whoa Individual character!
and tht chancet of paaatng them on to
lta offspring do not match up with It!
royal Ilnege. -
la tht paat there bai been great
reliance on the herd book. Animals
have been sold for reproductive pur
poses Lccuu.e they carricJ t'' t''"1
of popular sires and dams. Many of
them ehould havt been sent to the
block. It li bad enough that leaa than
10 pur cent of the live ajock In the
United Statea li pur brad ; It la won
for th breading Industry that ehort
alghted men aee only tha dime In front
of their nose and not tha dollar a faw
yeari off.
In Europe tba culling of anlmali for
breeding purposes Is much more rig
orous thsn In our own land. Over
there pedigree carry a guarantee of
Individual excellence, because It has
been the custom among breeders to
register only outstanding animals.
Tbst'a what w will come to In Amer
ica. A pedigree ahould atand trot only
fur the preaumptlun of Inherited char
acters and prepotence; It ahould also
represent high quality In tha Individ
ual Qom' day "pure-bred live atock
on every farm" will Indicate high
elssa farming In fact ai well at In
theory. - '-
It Is Quite Economical
to Let Swine Pick Corn
In this age of efficiency, when very
one la trying out labor-saving devices
and economical systems, you may
have overlooked tha fact that In
handllu; corn you may simply open
the gste to th field and let the hogt
help you lo your work. Under th
old system every ear of corn had to
li bandied at least three times. The
ear Is first pulled off the stalk and
thrown Into th wagon. - Then It I
thrown from th wagon Into th crib.
After that the basket It filled at th
crib and th corn carried to th bog
pen. - '
The hog not only reduce the num
ber of handllnga hut eliminates them
completely. All tbst la necessary la
to open the gate and drive th hog
Into th field. They clean up th corn
wltb leaa wast thsn If It were har
veated by men, and they also spread
the manure over the field.
In sections where th seed will ma
ture, cowpeus, or eoy beans, sown
broadcast through the corn at the laat
cultivation, produca a large quantity
of feed In addition to the corn. Th
bean, being bl.'h In protein, balance
the ration and mak almost an Ideal
feed for bog fattening. Tha bog eat
not only th bean themtelvea, but
much of th green tin. Bap la an
other excellent crop to broadcast In
the corn at th laat cultivation to help
out tha aum total of bog feed. In
aotne Instance It may be advisable
that a part of th Bald be set off by
a temporary fence and th hogs not
allowed to cover too much ground at
on time.
Health Hints for Live
' Stock in Summer Months
During th luramer "months on of
th most Important factor In main
taining th health of Uv atock li to
see that they hav plenty of pur
drinking water. Overheat or innstrok
may be avoided, especially during har
vest time, If th honre ar watched
closely and watered two or three tlmea
during th hottest periods of th day.
A small quantity of water In a pall
given to th team will Increase th
amount of sweating. Evaporation of
moisture from th body acts as a
cooling agent. Th troall amount of
trouble Involved In getting plenty of
water to work anlmali will be repaid
by their ability to atand mora work,
A good tupply of pur water It Jutt
ai necessary for cattlt and boga aa
fur work horses during the bot weath
er. When young and adult cattle art
pastured together, tht young onet art
tometlmet skimped on wtter on ac
count of being crowded away, and tht
water riled and muddied by thi larger
animals. In tome Intttncei thlt can
be avoided by Increailng the tank
space and having wort water available
when the herd comet tq drink.
Culling Sheep Flock
Ai tin lamb crop glvei tht belt
return It la given tht flnt considera
tion when culling. A good type la
most desirable. Cull out th ewet
with weak backi or laddl backs.
Ewes with long legi, shallow body and
weak constitution ar off type.
When It comes to wool production
all aheep that produca light frowsy
wool, lacking denalty, or those pro
ducing wool with too much variation
In th ili of th fiber should b re
moved from tba flwk
PHPTI A lin
V-fA A JL-UTLllaVr
Portland, Oregon.
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Die at Helne'i Grave.
Heinle, famous Cerman poet Ilea
burled In Montmarlro cemetery. Hla
tomb la the meeca of many love-sick
French people. Folic record! show
that every year at least twenty lul
cldei are committed at bl grave by
unlucky loven. Thil year, the num
ber having exceeded tha usual aver
age, the police have decided to sta
tion a policeman at tbt grave to pre
vent young people from taking their
live tbere.
Wisdom In Choice.
, A doctor who bad taken up ai his
ar-ocialty (he treatment of skin dis
eases waa unk-d by a friend bow be
happened to autert that branch of med
icine. "There wer three perfectly
good ruo," replied tba physician.
My patients never get me out of bed
at night; tbey never dla and they
never get welL" Medical Review of
Reviews. f . '
To Tell Silver Fox.
It It almost ai Important to be able
to recognise a tilver fox icarf as to
own one. From a distance, a pointed
fox with the whit hairs Inserted
amidst the black looka the aame, but
in a real silver fox each whit balr
baa a bead of black at the tip, then
a band of white and at the base an'
other touch of black.
LHtl by Llttl. .
Th case waa that of a itreet hold
up and aa it neared the end, th pros
ecutor laid Impressively: "You see
how th rascal assaulted tha plalatttf.
How could he go to inch a length
tor th paltry aum of a half-dollarr
Why not?" came from th back of
th courtroom. "Half dollars soon
count up."
. Cat! Without Telle.
In most Manx cats tht tails are rep
resented merely by a tuft of balr with
out any remnant of bone. Thla strain
la met with In many parts of Russia
and there Is a very general opinion
that It originally cam from Japan.
Unless the Jungle cat which la a near
ly whole-colored species, can claim the
position, the ancestry of these Manx
Malay cat la stilt unknown.
Obeervatlona In River.
There ar a large number of sta
tions reporting on the dally atagei of
the rivers, probably from COO to 1.
000, and In addition there ara other
stations maintained to study the gen
eral climate of the country. These
ar known a co-operatlva weather
observing stations and probably num
ber between 4,000 and S.000, well dis
tributed over the United Statea.
Waa Said by Jefferson.
The original quotation aald of office
holder that few die and none resign,
Is from one of Thomas Jefferson's let
ter, as follows: "If a due participa
tion qf office it a matter of right bow
are vacancies to be obtained? Those
by death are tew; by retlgntlon,
none."
"Chaperon"
The word chaperon la not feminine,
although It la generally applied y a
woman. It menne a hood, and when
used metaphorically aigntflei that the
married woman ahleldi her youthful
protege -at the hood shields the face.
. Confounding.
The only time one really cnvlei the
tllerate la when billboards take bla
mind from the acenery. Dulutb Hor
aid. Caus and Effect.
"Do you alwaya think before you
apeak V "Yes," answered Senator
Sorghum; "'but not a hard ai I am
ometlmei compelled to think after
ward." Washington Star.
Ended Sunday Paatlmes.
Due to th collu'pse of a large the
ater on the Sabbath day in the reign
ot Queen Elisabeth, a general prohi
bition of all Sunday public pastimes
followed.
You Want a Good Position
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ai, Calculator, Camatoroatar, aHenarav
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tra' Ceuree at
Behnke-Walker
The faramaet Buatnea Callers of th
Northwsat which haa woa mere Aeeurso,
Awards an Gold Medala than any ethar
school la America. San for eur Ruecaas
Cataloc. Fourth Btreat near Morrises
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WHY Experiment!
Team hi fe-tua prartlr In Portland
mm a rttlnuloit apprialiiinc in rheu
matics' neuralffia. iwuhtM ana all
Head waahni'MM. 1 1 help you
want, ana tha oUaat In ita work.
Geo. S. Breitling, D. C
EroaJway BWr. Portland, Oratroa
gate thli Card.
Cartiar, the Pioneer. '
The first effort to cultivate the toll
bt Canada wai mad by th discover
er. Jacques Cartler, who. In 1541. bad
an acre, of land cleared, near where
Quebec now atands, and bad It planted
with turnips, cabbage . and lettuce
seeds. Th first pnbllc gardens waa
Adlam's garden In Halifax, N. C, es
tablished In 1753. The present public
gardens In Halifax ar the pride ct
the; city and the admiration of all vis
itors. The Planet Mercury.
Mercury la the smallest planet and
the nearest to the sun Owing to Ua
proximity to th tun It is difficult to
see It with tbs naked ee. Ha mean
distance from the mn is SCnonnno
miles, while that of th earth in uuuut
M, 000,000 miles. Mercury complete a
revolution of lta orbit In 83 days;
it Is about 3.000 mllei in diameter;
and Ita mass I only about one-eighteenth
that of the earth.
"Higher Criticism"
the higher criticism Is a science the
aim ot which it the determination of
the literary history ot books and writ
ings. It la called the higher criticism
to distinguish It frryn th related
aclence ot lower or textual criticism
which ba for It object the ascertain
ing the history ot writing as tbe work
of penman and printers.
Disinfect Mouthpiece.
We are all so particular about using
Individual water glasses, yet the
mouthpiece on the telephone is often
forgotten. Wipe It once a week with
a weak aolutlon ot carbolic acid,
thereby preventing the spreading of
grippe, colds and other diseases.
Cause of Pellagra.
Recent Investigations ot the United
Statea public health service have dem
onstrated that pellagra the disease
tbat waa for a long time thought to
be caused by eating spoiled cornla
caused by living on an unbuluuced
food.
- Ephemeral but Popular.
Why should the Treasury depart
ment be puizled over the growing
popularity of the dollar bill? Every
body who has associated with one ad
mits that It li a delightful companion.
Memphis Commercial Appeal.
English "Jsy Walkera
The Safety First association in Eng
land hat found that It ta almoat Im
possible to get people to obey well
Intended regulations for pedestrian".
Australian Women't Banks.
Australia has adoptod the American
plan ot separate bank! tor women,
which are staffed entirely by women.
New Fluff Rugs
Made From Old Carpets "Wear Like
Iron."
Deal rHmrt with tha Manufartunrr. Abaoliita
Batlafarttne. (juarantard. Bend la Yuuf Ma
. tarial ar Write for Prima.
WESTERN FLUFF BUO COMPANY.
M-at Untoa Avanua Nor, Portland, Ontgoa
ROOT AND HERB
. . REMEDIES
If taken la tlma, prtwant otwr
atfona fnr IiaWta, Catarrh.
AiUima I.un. Throat, l.fvtr,
Kidrtay, hhaumatinm. l.lutHl,
, Httimach and alirmala dla
orilara, BUwiatar Troubit,
Tha C. CaejWo Kemtrilet art
aarmWu, aa no druiai or poiMitt
ara uactj. CiapiMrd of tha
cKokcat nvrd kltuii mot, harba,
twuU .l harL UhiHhI law ua
V a to ttir away oriental ctn-
trka. Call x WriU for Inform-
atluN
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Naw Location-AMcr St., & W. Cor. Third,
PurtUod, Ora. fcittaieiiihaii 23 Yaaraia l ortiaud
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