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LAKEVIEW, OREOON. JAN. ai. t4
Henry F. Cnrter, a lively villager
of Tti summers and a resident of Kast
(liioKf, 1 I., In out with a challenge
to run a foot race with any man of
Ids MKT. The glove .'i:h Invn picked
up by John INh Smith of Patchogue,
who announce tli.it no limn on
Long Island can tmt-oot Mm for l(Hi
yards.
THE BEST SHOES INTHE MARKET
Mm. John J. 1-anlgnn, whoso hi:s
ikftiul was one of tlie heirs of hit
father' ffl.Otkl.OOO estate, has asked a
court in Providence, K. I., toappoint
guardian for liim because of his
liabits.
Severn! copies of the North western
Stock Directory, compiled by Slow A
Lightly, printers of Altnrss, have two
left aiUiis otliee for distribution. It is
valuable book lor MocKnten and worth
the price. tf
IS THE.
HAMILTON-BROWN bHOE
Mr. M. I. Wndlelgh has liecn ap
pointed a Kansas insurance exam
iner. The Kansas insurance com
missioner wan the tlrst official to
.appoint a woman as examiner of
insurance.
Willnrd Archibald of Newark, N.
J., has leen awarded the silver medal
and diploma, of the St. Petersburg
Photographic society. His pictures
ttoat won the prize were photographs
tf lightning flashes.
The Hev. lr. Talbot, bishop of
Uoehoster (Knglamli, frequently
travels on t lie top i a 'bus. It is
said that at one time he and his wife
and daughters sought the
this humble vehicle ;' Icavlngnsw
function in Whitehall, much to the
visible disgust of tli - flunkeys who
were waiting for customers.
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his wife 4J5
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s a swell;
Women
John W. Ford of Hillsdale county,
Mich., has never been outside of the
county but once since 1S43, and has
only paid 30 cents In railroad fare
all his life. He Is a great reader and
has a large library of standard aud
miscellaneous works.
Dr. A. Koch, the professor of
journalism at the University of
Heidelberg, not only lectures on his
mibject, but makes his pupils write
Klitorials, reports, correspondence,
hook reviews and criticisms of entertainments.
Sir Connti Doyle is renewing his
attempt to enter parliament through
a Scotcheonstitueiicy, having accept
ed the Unionist Invitation to con
test the HarwIcUburghs. Three
years ago he tried to enter the cen
tral Edinburgh, but was defeated.
His opponent now is Thomas Shaw,
a stubborn fighter.
A German service review recently
took a sort of postcard census of
the admirals aud leading engineer
of every naval power in the world,
including Japan, P.y a largely pre
ponderate vote It was agreed that
for general all around excellence the
Italian battleship Vitlorlo Kinnmiclo
Is the finest in the world.
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Made at
our NEW
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Wnat Docs a Few Dollars Mean?
In the shoe field it nu'fins
The Best Possible in ...
Style, Comfort and Wear
If von invest in one of the above inak.
They lire the fit nil over, wear like iron, swell-appearing shoes that you
hear about but have never seen for the price. We don't ask you to take our
word ask the shoe.
a Lakeview Mercantile Co.j
The gun which Captain Roljerts,
son of the commander In chief of the
A Very Clow Call.
"I stuck to my engine, although everv
joint ached and every ncave was racked
with pain, writes V. . Ilellamy.a lo
comotive fireman, of lturlington. Iowa.
I was weak and pale, without any ap
petite and all run ln. Aa I wa
almut to pive up, I not a bottle of Klec
trie Hitter, ami after t.ikinit it, I felt
well aa I ever did in :ny life." Weak,
sickly, run down people rtlwaya gain new
Leelteall. Trice 50 cents.
Tirittli iirmv. lout lils life In rescuing , 'ife, strenuth and viijor from tlieir ue.
, Try them. Satisfaction KUrtrunteei) liv
rrom i ne uihtd ni iiie iminv j
Colenso, South Africa, has arrived In
England, and when It Is' prutierly
engraved it will be presented to Karl
KolsM-ts as a family heirloom.
Charles A. Towne, who, it was
saitl a short time ago, had lieen
selected by the Tammany leaders to
succeed Mayor George B. McClellan
In congress. Is said to be much din
jgruhtled because Boss Murphy has
lesiguated Bourke Cockran for the
place and threatens to make trouble
in the ranks of the party.
The Italian government has pre
sented a bill In parliament award
ing an annual pension of $2000 to
the widow of Menottl tJaribaldt,
with the right of reversion to her
children, on account of the services
reudered to the nation by til" (Jari-
baldt families.
William Hughes, Tiiemttcr of con
gress from the Sixth New Jersey dis
trict, did not ride to sVnshington for
the HiH-cial session on a pass. He
had the opportunity to do so, like
every other CongrenHijian, but after
considering the mutter he quietly
sent it back to the iltimore & Ohio
company, with iiritf letter of
thanks. Mr. Hughe, who Is a demo
crat, won his seat against one of the
wealthiest men In th district.
THE
LAKE
COUNTY
EXAMINER
faad m fare for IndlKPMtioa.
I use Chamberlain' i Stomach and
Liver Tablets for in liaection and find
that they ptiit my rar setter than any
dysiiepfia remedy I. lmve ever tried and
I have used many ditferent remedies.
I am r.early fifty -oim- vears of ae and
have suffered a preat deal from indiges
tion. I can eat almost, anything 1 want
to now. ino. W. Kiiiory, Rock Mids.
Ala. For fale iy I.e. !!.;ull.
; K I NT INC, IS AN ART IN
j which Tine IvXAMi.MCK ex
; cells. We have all the late
stvles in type and keep in
larc assortment of hiuh
jjrade stationery so that there is
no delay in exctutin"; a lare tinier.
Our prices will be found to compare
favorably with other prices.
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LATEST LAND AND STOCK NEWS
EIGHT PAOES LOCAL AND COUNTY NEWS
Itev. James M. Stafford, who lives
Just across the river from Peters
burg, Ind., preaches, owns a ferry
(run by his father), Invents things,
takes out patents on them and
arciiinuliites wordly riches. He Is
ST years old and the neighbors think
In? must be worth half a million.
"All this talk ah orj t the difficulty
of going on the water and quitting
drinking is foollnhness," said Private
Jonn Allen or Mississippi, now a
United States coaiasissioner to the
Ht. Louis fair, "Kaslest thing In the
world. I have qnit drinking six
times today and will qnit a couple
Mines more before I g to bed."
J unge Kinkaue ". oledo In com
meriting on a dlvo. ,(,. f which
he had heard the !. . iIm recommend
ed the purchase of a public spanking
machine. He said ti would have
had It used ontli- parties in the
presence of their Jil t I daughter, who
had been obliged to witness the pro
feedings In the cae of her parent.
Lulu and Oro l'.ui-' liild. He said
that about all tin.' was needed In
many divorce f'i was a good
spanking.
TWO DOLLARS A YEAR.
ESTABLISHED IN 1881).
SCIENCE OF BUILDING.
Describing Heihert fipencer's per
oual characteristics, M. J. Savage
.aid recently: "The one marked
thing about hint was his head.
I have never seen such a dome on
any human figure, nor have I seen It
in the portraits of any of the great
nien of whom I ever met. You won
dered how he could carry his bead
upright."
Special Round Trip Rates.
Between Jniie 4th Mid August 2itli
The Illinois Central will Hell round tiiu
tickets from Oregon and Washington
points, to Chicago, ( 'aim. Memphis, and
New Orleans at Greatly Iteduced Kates.
Tickets good for three months. Go
ing limit ten days. Heturning limit ten
days after starting u.--t. Stop over
privileges either way, went of the Min;
souri Hiver.
Sale dates are arranged to be conven
ient to delegates to conventions of Na
tional Educational Annotation at Dos
ton; Elks at Baltimore ; Woodmen at
Indianapolis; Kaglen at New York
fUaetltada Which Characterises the
Construction of skyscrapers.
Mnny of the great steel structure
tliut are being built In every city are
planned nud molded In some distant
city like the niuterial for Solomon's
temple of old hundreds of miles away.
It Ih In some rolling mill town of Penn
sylvania that most of the gigantic
frameworks for the modern skyscraper
are built. All that remains to be dotio
Is to put them together, and the build
ing rises up like a house of blocks.
Kvery piece is fitted together and
numbered before It is taken away
from the steel mill. Bo exuet are the
measurements that not even the drill
ing of a hole Is necessary for fitting the
rivets which fasten the plates and
girders together. The watchlike pre-'
Slirinera at HarntdL'M ; Kniiritaof 1'itl,
ias at Louisville and Commercial Trav-1, , M(in which these parts are mude
ellers at Indianapolis, i wus shown In the construction of one
iuu can take your choice of Sixteen or tnese buildings which Is now being
worn on nil sides and aliove It, the
contractor was worried to know what
had become of It. When the frame
work had grown as high ns the sixth
or seventh story and the missing piece
hud not yet been found around the rail
road yards or heard of from any other
source he wroto to the steel mill, do
scribing It as closely as possible, order
log that it be duplicated.
Hy the return mall ho received the
following reply;
As around space Is more valuable In
Chlf.-a-o thun here In the country, we are
tortus mlMMlng- girder for you. We knew
thut you would need a stent derrick on
that floor hud kept the girder out so
you would have room. Will ship It after
the remaining- stories have beun com
pleted. The mill men had llgured correctly on
the building hundreds of miles uwuy,
and the girder could not have been
placed In position even if It had been
on the grounds on uccouut of the der
rick. Chicago Inter Ocean.
bo spreading over Kurop as well.
Trohnbly no bacteriological fact Is bet
ter established than that much of the
Ice of commerce Is dangerously Impure.
The assumption that water purines It
self in freezing was long ago shown to
have hut a limited basis In truth. The
individual crystals are Mkely to be
purer than the mother liquid from
which they are formed, but lee Is a
mass of crystals In which may lie en
tangled all kinds of Impurities. New '
York Times.
Different lioutes. Write us. We will
cheerfully give any detailed informa
tion you want,
h. 11. Trumbull, Commercial Agent,
19 142 Third ht. Portland, Oregcn
erected in Chicago.
One of the large cross girders was
missing in the framework of the sec
ond floor, and, though it did not Inter
fere with the placing of the frame-
lea.
The words of the friendly counselor
to the auibltlous youth, "itewaro the
awful avalanche," might have been
amplified to Includs a warning against
the snow and leo through which he
bore his excelsior banner,' If he was a
typical American youth he would be
(julte sure to use it to cool his drinking
water and any articles of food which
are more palatable cold than hot This
is the national habit and it Is said to
I'cvre on Coprrla-ht.
Kuimiel I'epys lu his famous diary
takes occasion in one entry to unbur
den himself thus:
"Moreover. I am ovcrhoiiruc with
Grief, seeing Hint I, who must fain
withstand bickerings at home nud ban
ter abroad In my walks from Hot-thing
Lane to the Navy Olllce, recelvo no
gain from the puhllckatlon of this my
Diary. My pouch is In no wise en
rlched thereby; yet many, methinks,
do ride In lino couches and keep open
house by reason of my unconsidered
Itook, nil so Hlmplo and Innocent. It
galls mo to be told by iny uttoruey (a
shrewd knave and fulrly honest as at
torneys go) how this luw of Copyright
holds mo powerless to gain a ducat for
mine own enrichment, which makes me
Biad. The parliament men might well
consider to emend so harsh a law of
Copyright."