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IR HOME A N D FARM M AGAZINE SECTION How "k>uld He Know? “ K ing L ear is a g reat c h a ra c te r,’ rem arked the fneud. “ Y es,” answ ered th e actor. “ 1 sup jiose you rem em ber my perform ance la s t season f ” “ No, I m ust confess I have never seen you in the p a r t ? ” “ In d e e d !” was th e rejo in d er in a tone of g entle surprise. “ Then how on earth did you know i t w as a g reat ch aracter I ” 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 toons G ladys May, m arried now, and it was w ith m atronly condescension th a t she elected to look upon him Schoolboy Answers. “ A fte r ten long years we m eet again, TEA C H ER in one of o cr public G lad y s,’ said Jo h n H enry, eagerly step BULBS. ROSES, TREES schools gives a couple of e x ping forw ard to tak e her hand. “ I FOR FALL PLANTING am ples which in d icate th e notes tru s t th a t you still rem em ber m e .” BEST STOCK D i TH E WT.ST. sity fo r her being on the job. ‘ ‘ L et me see, ’ ’ mused the fa ir Gladys We have no a g en ta guarantee out etoek “ W hat is th e e q u a to r f” she asked May, w ith an in d iffe re n t expression. and prepay charges. D on't b oy until yon o f little P e te r Kurd, whose know l read our N IW OFFICE. " as it yon or your b ro th er who used Free 64-page Catalog No. BO Tells AIL edge o f physical geography w as well to be an old sw eetheart of m in e ? ” known throughout th e school. R eally, I d o n ’t k n o w ,” camo back “ The eq u ato r is a m enagerie lion th e cruel response of Jo h n H enry. run n in g around th e e a rth ,” answ ered R ealistic. " P r o b a b ly it was my f a t h e r .” th e lad, th ereb y establishing forever P e tte d D au g h ter— They asked me to «»*♦-Secor»»! S>a 1‘ORTIAND Osta. his claim to fam e. p lay a t Mrs. H ig h u p 's th is evening, G ran dm a B ites. “ W hat boy will give me an example and I did; b u t------ ” Bobby (to g ran d m o th er)— G randm a, o f an im p erativ e s e n te n c e f” inquired ■» P ond M other (proudly)— W ere not have yon ever seen an c igine w agging GOING EAST or tho teacher. th ey entranced? its ears? “ I w ill,” spoke up M atty New. COMING W EST P e tte d D aughter— Hnm! W hen I G randm a— N o; nonsense, Bobby. I “ John, throw th e horse over th e fence played “ A L ife on the Ocean W a v e ” never heard o f an engine h av in g any some h a y .” H7 e can Saite you M on ey w ith v ariatio n s, h a lf of them le ft the ears. • • a room. Bobby— W hy, h a v e n ’t you heard of P lain to Him. B e d e l l rate« on FTonaehoW Owwta, Plxrwm, Pond M other (e c s ta tic a lly )— T h at is engineers? • • • Aotomobciea. eUx. Through co » u lu la te d ear« Among those v isitin g an a rt exhibi w onderful! They m ust have fe lt sea Insuring prompt delivery and careful But N ot Alone. handling. tion held recen tly in Han A ntonio was sick. There is in Brooklyn a young recent au old G erm an, who w andered about and Information fam tahed on ly m arried couple who have been h av E asily Done. looking a t the p a in t'n g s w ith in te r ing the usual h a lf p ath etic and wholly j T hey had been m aking h ay w hile the Pacific Coast Forwarding Company est. F in a lly he stopped* before a p o r tr a it w hich showed a man sittin g in sun shone, and when th ey had finished am using experiences incident to some 201 W ilcox Buikitnw. Portland Orogoa w hat lim ited m eans and to ta l inex a high backed chair. T acked to the a high h ay stack the fa r m e r’s boy shout perience. L ast S aturday, th ere was a ed from th e to p : “ Say, m ister, how fram e was a sm all w hite plaea 1 re a d hitch in th e delivery of the m arketing, in g : “ A P o rtra it of J. F, Jones, by am I going to get d o w n ?” H im self. ” The farm er considered th e problem and Sunday found them w ith a prac tically em pty larder. When dinner time The aged T euton read the eard and and fin ally solved it: came the young w ife b u rst in to tears. Oh, je s t shet y er eyes a n ’ walk th en chuckled sarcastically : “ Oh, th is is h o rrib le !” she wept. OF THIS? “ Vot fools is dese a rt beoples, ” he around a b i t . ” N ot a th in g in th is house fo r a dog a . . m uttered. “ A nybody dot looks a t dot to eat! I am going home to m am a!” Couldn’t Fool Him. p ictu re vould know dot Jones is by “ If you d o n t’ mind, d e a r,” th e hus The chump had bought a p a ir of FIN E FREE HOMESTEADS him self. N obody else is In d er pic and Montana Deeded Lands ture. shoes in th e city shop. “ Now, c a n ’t I band exelaim ed, as he visibly b rig h t ened and reached fo r his h at, “ I ’ll go • • • #8 to $40 an Acre sell you a p a ir o f shoe tr e e s ? ” sug w ith you! ” Ready for the plow. gested th e clerk. Making the Test, • • • Y ields 30 to 60 bn. w h eat “ D o n ’t g it fresh w ith me, so n n y ,” A b arb er in a dow ntow n shop, h av Oats, barley, flax, hay, etc., in A ll In Line. replied the chump, b ristlin g up: “ I in g been o u F late th e n ig h t before, had The rehearsal was proceedingly slow I proportion. a shaky hand th e n ex t m orning and d o n ’t believe shoes kin be raised on ly. Ih e s ta r had several com plaints to f F in est In lan d Clim ate. trees any more 'n I believe rubbers Land Sold on Crop Payment c u t a p a tro n 's cheel. four times. A fter m ake and th e m anager was losing pa Plan. each accident th e b a rb e r said, as he grow on ru b b er trees or oysters on the tienee. Low fa re H om eseekers ’ E x sponged aw ay th e biood: “ Oh, dear oyster p la n ts ,” S ta r A ctor — I m ust insist, Mr. j cursions on firs t and th ird me, how c a re le ss!” S tager, on h aving real food in the b an T uesdays of each month. Putting One Over. The p atro n took all these gashes in quet scene. W estern Im m igration A gent, In th e happy p ast Jo h n H enry was g rave silence. B ut when the shave M anager—V ery well, th e n ; if you in O. M. & ST. P. RY. m adly in love w ith G ladys M ay, but w as over he filled a glass a t the 2nd and Cherry, Seattle, Wash. sist on th a t you will be supplied w ith I w ater cooler, took a m outhful of wa th ere came.'i one of those silly little real poison in the death scene. ter, and, w ith compressed lips, pro quarrels, and tho fa ir one fold the ceeded to shake his head from side youth to leave her p a p a 's porch. Jo h n H enry did so. M oreover, he to side. ‘ ‘ W hat is the m a tte r ? ” the barb er kept on going, and it w as som ething asked. “ You a i n ’t got the toothache, like ten y ears before he retu rn ed to the n ativ e h au n ts he knew so well. have y o u ? ” A t a ball one nig h t he m et tho beau- “ N o ,” said the custom er. “ I only w anted to see if my mouth would still hold w ater w ithout le a k in g .” • » * W hat He D id n 't U nderstand. A colored man who runs a prosper ous tru ck farm in a S outhern state w as purchasing various articles a t a shop in A tla n ta , when th e proprie to r v entured to suggest th a t he need ed a barom eter. An in stru m en t was shown and th e d ark y was tre a te d to .a long statem en t about indications and pressures and o th er things. F inally he in te rru p ted tho shopkeeper w ith: “ Look hcah, boss. I understands ’b o u t all d at. W hat I w an ts to know is, how do you set de th in g when you w an ts it to r a in ? ” Stories With a Smile A 1I n n t What do you think 3,000,000 A cres WE ARE SO SURE OF THE QUALITY N o t th e C h ea p est B u t th e B E S T C hanging Around. N eighbor— E very tim e you feed your dog ho brings th e bones over and gnaw s them on my premises. I s n ’t th ere some w ay to stop it? Owner—Suppose yon feed him h ere a fte r, and th en he will probably bring them over and gnaw them on my prem ises. • • • On the Captain's Deck. I t is h ard to im agine th e skipper of a B ritish man of w ar sleeping on the deck of his ship betw een a couple of his stokers, b u t th is has happened in th e A m erican navy. I t happened o ff S an tiag o during the blockade in Commodore S ch ley ’s flag •hip, B rooklyn. No lig h ts were al lowed to be shown from th e shipe a t n ig h t, and, as th is m eant all p o rt holes shut, th e tem p eratu re below decks was unbearable. E very man who eonld slept on deck, th e skipper am ong them. This o fficer laid him self down one n ig h t on his q u a rte r deck to snatch a few h o u rs’ rest. He was aw akened in th e daw n, says th e M irror, by h ear in g a sleepy voice n ext to him m ur m ur to a com panion: “ D arned i f it a i n ’t th e c a p 'n l ” And, opening iis eyes, lie saw tw o of his stokers rise np suddenly from his side and die- a; pear sw iftly for aru. FLOUR Made In Oregon The Jobes Milling Co. 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