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Chine»» Religion
Chinese religion, like Chinese art
Mrs. Henry Somnterer la expected and literature, is quite Indigenous, a
home the first part of next week natural expression of the Chinese
philosophy of life. Indeed, the Chi
from th hospital in Pendleton.
nese notion of religion Is very slight.
The thought of the entire population
Hollis Porcey returned
Monday Is permeated by a definite ethical
from Flora where he had gone with cotie, but It Is not fierce or perse-u
a
truck load of furniture belonging tory. “Religions are many, but ren
to Jack Harmon who recently moved sou is one." Chinese religion is more
from Hermiston to the above nam tolerant, more reasonably and less
dogmatic than the religions of any
ed place. Mrs. Percey accompanied
oilier people. It Is hardly more than
her husband on the trip.
an ethical code. In China there have
never been religious wars.—Chl-Fung
Liu, In Scribner's.
Queer Contribution»
to Medical Science
The Warwickshire county councillor
who bequeathed his body to the Gen I-
eral hospital, Birmingham, In the hope
that light would be thrown on the
origin of headache, “the unmerciful
scourge that lots wreckt <1 my happi
ness from my earliest recollection,"
followed a long line of posthumous
■nefactors to medical science
j
benefactors
science.
Perhaps the most remarkable of all i
Ba Jeremy
laas.aa.t.u flrnttiam,
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was
the philosopher,
who directed that Ills skelelm should
Its clothed, provided with u specially
life, says Cnppcr's Weekly,
Pigeon» F ly F a r
Up to the year 1013, 800 ntHes was
the record distance flown by any hom
ing pigeon. hut In that year a (light
wss organized between Rome nnd
Derby, nnd a bird belonging to C. II.
Hudson, n Derby fancier, arrived
safely nt Its loft four weeks after be
Ing liberated In Rome. Tlie ilistnnee
exceeds 1,000 miles. Even this record
lias been exceeded by two birds which
flew from Pensacola, Fla.. to Fnl!
River, Musa., a distance of 1,182
mites. The time taken was fifteen
nnd a half days.—London Til-Bits.
A ncient G o lf C lub
The Royal Blackbesth Golf club ol
W ife G ave H im the T ip
London la said to be the oldest
Jones was an enthusiastic spectator
Records dHte back to 1787 nnd tradl at a big race. Having little know
tlon carries the club buck to the reign ledge of the sport, nnd being anxious
of James I, 1008-1025. The old Royal | to have a small bet. lie looked over
Rluckheath course has been closed the list of runners until his eye rested
since It wss no longer possible to keep on “Behave Yourself."
It In playable condition.
It was
Jones wss one of the few who won
rrn’ R,<' «n<> recrossed by roads and ; on the race.
™liways “ »<’ surrounded by buildings
"How did you happen to plek the
T I h * counw* cnnsiNted **r
avar
of s seven
holes, w lnnerF asked n friend.
s match consisting of three rounds of
“I had an Idea. 'Behave yourself.'
twenty-one holes.
was the last thing my wife said to
me when I left home.”
molded wax bead, and presented to
the medical aectlon of University col
In ta c t C iv iliza tio n
lege. Ixindon. where It uiay Mill be
That insects do almost everything
aeen.
known to mankind, whom they excel
Hospitals often receive queer be In skill, Is the belief of a well known
quests. Charing Cross hospital not nature student, who spoke before a
•°ng ago recehed a hag containing meeting of the American Institute of
forty eight fartliings. a bust of Queen Phrenology. While the leas developed
Victoria, and the return half of a rail species live under rocks or In the earth
way ticket. Another famous hospital and exist by hunting, trapping and
received the deeds of n freehold house, fishing for prey, others colonise In
a pawnticket for a valuable sporting large communities and keep herds,
trophy, a diamond ring, several
raise crops and use leaves for clothing
aspidistras *and shelter. Many Insects even build
tiny streets aud highways.
Sw indled
Doris Atkinson, little daughter of
the Cahnenga Pass Demon, sidled to
her mother the other day and said:
"Virginia told me habits caute from
heoven. Is that the truth?”
“Well, salt, Blnnehe, smiling, “that
la what I always was told."
“Then It’s all right," declared Doris.
"Wbat'a all right," dear?"
" I can see why baby cries nil the
time. He wauls to go back where he
came from."—Los Angeles Times,
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In describing soma troublesome
mlston, U m atilla County. Oregon by
Does the Atlantic ocean roll over a
Raymond Crowder, Editor and Man- landslides that have taken place In lost continent? Le Plongeon, who de
England, owing to wet weather, Mr. ciphered the hieroglyphics among tbe
M a r.
William Platt, author of “A Popular ruins of Yucatan, In Central America,
Entered ad second Qian» matter Geology," sayai
came upon inscriptions describing a
The causes are simple enough. catastrophe which submerged the old
December, 190#, at the postoffice at
Hermiston, U m atilla County, Oregon Whenever the geological formation Atlantean continent, legends of which
Is that of alternate hard and soft have survived in literature from the
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Landslides may be divided Into two geologically the oldest land on the
HUCKSTER S JOB classes—natural and artitcial. The globe, and the monuments found In the
former occur In the wear and tear of jungles of Yncatan were ancient when 1
nature.
the pyramids of Egypt were built.
The new service of the poatoffice
That picturesque mountain In the
The catastrophe Is supposer] to have
department, authorized by Bn act Derbyshire Pennlnes called Mam Tor taken place about i«M«> B. C.. and at I
of Congress which is under experi is so liable to landslides that It has that time there was a highly organized
mentation on route 4 of the H ills been nicknamed locally “The Shiver civilization In Yucatan, which would
boro postotflce, was first taken ad ing Mountain." Another celebrated seem to be a remnant of the lost con '
vantage ot last week when Mrs. G il instance Is the landslip near Shank- tinent. It Is not a very large coun
lin, Isle of Wight.
try, yet, In spite of the great ditt'eul !
bert C. Chase, wife of a farmer on
At Merok, in Norway (Norangsdal) ties of exploration, the ruins of 172 '
the route, shipped 12 dozen eggB to a huge landslide dammed up a river
cities have been discovered.
Some
Mrs. E. C. McKinney, publisher of valley, causing the water to pile up
of these are so extensive that they |
the Hllsboro Argus. Clarence Blu- and form a lake. The people who must have contained half a million In
cher, mail carrier on route 4, brought lived In the Tillage In the valley man habitants, and it is possible thut Die
the 25 p3undH of eggs to market. aged to escape, but their red-roofed pyramids ftaind in the jungle gave
Clearing about half on the postage, cottages can be seen today under the the pattern at a much Inter date to
Clear waters of the huge tarn thus the pharaohs of Egypt.
his profit is about 8 cents on the 17
formed.
cents postage.
The act of Congress authorized
Eaay to Foretell
the creation of 50 of these districts Exactitude o f l i t t l e
Change in Weather
to bo selected at random through
Co/uequence in M ap
It Is not always easy to tell what
out the United States. Route 4 of
An amusing story is told In Berlin the weather Is going to be. but a few
the Hillsboro district is one of these. by the publisher of geographical maps. signs are very reliable. When It is
The experiment went
into effect A Mongolian prince recently visited raining you will sometimes notice that
July 1. Postmaster Holznagel Hays Berlin to place an order for maps of the sky starts to clear in the form
as far as he knows it probably is his country. The publisher was glad of an arch. Close to the horizon you
to get the order, but told the prince can see the little half-circle which Is
the first delivery made in the U. 8-
thut the latest maps he had were pub the beginning of the arch that will
In any of the 50 districts.
lished before the war. ,
sweep across the sky until (here are
The purpose of the service is to
“I must confess," said the publisher, no clouds left. Then you may be cer
Jurnish farmers with a cheap ineth “that I don't know the exact boun
tain It Is not going to rain ugaln for
pd of marketing their products. daries of your country at present. some time.
Haven’t
you
some
material
that
will
Blucher said almost anything can
Look at the clouds at nlmost any
be sent In that farmers desire to tell me how to draw the boundary time of the day, and if these get small
lines?"
market In town. Thy can send eggs
er or remain about the snme size, rain
“No, I hnven't,” was the reply. "But
meat, chickens, butter and dairy It doesn't matter. Just you draw the Is not likely. Should the clouds get
products, vegetables, fruits, and, in boundaries ns wide as possible, so tiiat bigger, expect showers soon.
In fine weather the wind Increases
fact, almost anything. Perishable my people may see how largo their
up to midday and then gradually dies
commodities must be delivered on country Is."
down. I f the wind does not get less
the day they are shipped.
after noon, and still more If It blows
"Mrs. G ilbert Chase stopped me
harder toward sunset, you may he al
E xp lain in g L a w o t M otion
at her farm when I delivered her
The first law of motion, one of the most sure bad weather Is coming.
m all,” said Blucher In describing it cardinal discoveries, which contribut
to the Telegram correspondent. "She ed to the fame of Sir Isaac Newton,
Facing a B u rg lar
told me Bhe had twelve dozen eggs Is that a body continues to move at
I f a burglar Is nt your bedside and
to send Into town. I could market the same speed so long as no force bids you throw up your hands, throw i
is applied to retard or accelerate It. them up. Keep them up. I f you are
them anywhere.”
It was a surprise to his cotemporaries awakened by noise below or nbove or
Securing her receipt for the half and continues to be to any one who
crate of eggs and putting her re hears It for the first time. Experience In another part of your apartment
and, while you are investigating,
turn address, Mrs, Chase started the leads us to suppose that the natural come face to face with your burglar,
eggs on their way. Uncle 8am was condition of a body Is stationary ; but stop where you are. Don't be fool
acting as her salesman. Not only Newton asserted that neither rest nor hardy. Obey him Implicitly.
It Is
was he to market the eggs but he metion la more natural than the other. cheaper. You can earn more money,
Bodies
sat
In
motion
by
human
agency
you can buy Jewels to replace those
was to collect for them.
always come to rest before long, be
Blucher reached the end of his muse friction and resistance of the he takes: But not, my friend, If you
route about 1 o'clock. Then the air are always operating to retard are dead.
But If you have the drop on hint
problem of soliciting for the com them ; but the earth Is surrounded by
and are sure of It, if yon are sure
modity begun. In driving up Main empty space, so that there is no fric you won't miss—let him hnve It. It
street it occurred to hint that Mrs. tion.
may not be the sporting tiling to do
McKinney was looking
for some
but he is no sport. He is not giving
you a sporting chance—and will not.
eggs. Driving his truck
up
C h a in and T h e ir M aker»
front of the Argus office he went
It is probable that very early In —George B. Dougherty in Liberty.
Irt to see Mrs. McKinney. Three Amerlcnn cabinet making rocking
minutes later the eggs were sold and chairs were Introduced. It Is not tin
Longevity From Sap?
Blucher wag climbing back Into his reasonable to attribute their origin to
Longevity through the utilization of
mail truck, glad thut hlB first a t a date previous to the Revolution, but sap from trees ns a food for human
after 17«). Not until the Nineteenth beings Is the theory of an Oregon
tempt in m arketl” g Mrs. Chase's
century was well under way, however, scientist, who Is investigating whether
12 dozen egge had been successful. did that type become common as an
He had made, his profit and had col- article of furniture. It Is probable there Is any foundation for a myth
that tlie ancients who lived to n great
Icoted fho market price for eggs. also that Windsor chairs were the
age drank tlie snp of trees. Sian must
On his next round he delivered the first to be fitted with rockers. The be satisfied with a life of seventy or
Windsor chair Itself wns Invented In eighty years, while a redwood tree in
money to the Chase farm.
, Postal authorities urge tl|r fo England, and Its comfort quickly ntnile California, which wns a seedling 525
The old chair makers .venrs before Christ, goes on living at
o te r a tlon and utilization of the ser its appeal.
knew how to adapt their furniture to 2,500 years of age, he reasoned.
If
vice by the patrons on route 4. If
the human anatomy and the Amerlcnn
the experiment proves a success Inventor of the rocker added still more this scientist can find and Isolate the
long-life substnnee In the California
there 1, a probability that It w ill comfort.
redwoods, he believes he will hnve
be Installed over the United States.
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