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About The advocate. (Portland, Or.) 19??-19?? | View Entire Issue (Aug. 25, 1923)
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I’ve sen roly » dollar to my name and no line rings or jewels, not one; but dowi behind my bureau there Is a posy basket that we’re planning, tbe cliurch ladles and 1. to hand to morrow evening to poor >>l<1 Mrs Wade, down In the south end of town, and In that posy basket you will find « By SADIE BAKER-ATKINS 632—that's quite a sum, and after a w minute or so you won't have any trou ble In taking them If you're still so V/ 41UVHH8 A»ws^ap«i g/iHJM8l«J disposed.” Mias I’euelop« was as much a stran Her caller becume a good listener ger to fear us—well, as one could pos and Mias Penelope was relieved to note ■ sibly Imagine. Blie wouldn't have that he appeared Interested In the harmed a body lor worlds, and held posy basket story. that the theory worked equally well for "Aunty Wade is Just one of God's both parties. HRs kept bouse lor tier women, she certainly Is; always a brother Caleb, und newcomers to ll,e smile and a cheerful word fur every little towu Laving seen fit tv build to one. with uever a complaint about her ward the south, the Brown homestead, own. lot; and yet, her life has just with Its gable room, latticed veranda been made up of hardships and sorrow. und vine-covered porch, stood by Itself Two great sorrows have just crowded I In the north section, quite remote from her whole life to overflowing, her bus- ; its neighbors. band and her boy. "Now, don't you have an uncomfort "Her husband was Just naturally no able minute about me, Caleb,’* Mias account, never was otherwise, but site Penelope bad said that morning, when stood by him and bls shortcomings loyA her brother wus starting on the jour ally and followed him to hla grave as ney which would keep him from home If tbe best toon in the world hud been for two nights. "Not one uncomforta catted home, and, out of lore for her, ble nilngte,” she continued. flecking an tbe townsfolk are respectin' the iiruu Imaginary speck from bls spotless coat ory of that shiftless creature. "Who In creation would ever dream of “But the boy—oh, that boy, who disturbing me, sud tor wliat?" She might have wiped all tbe sorrow clean pushed him affectionately toward the out of Aunty Wade's life, be Just gate und kissed her Anger tips to him turned out plumb wild and reckless; as he turned down tbe street. tine, well set up chap be was, too. She busied herself with her house “Six or eight years ago be left home hold duties, her garden, the unfinished suddenly und was gone three month*. garment on her work basket, until the Everyone knew he was In tbe pen, but shadows grew long, and then, facing to bear bls mother speak of him with the empty chair at tbe table, she flad such tenderness tn her voice and such her supper. It was after she had lovellght tn her eyes, you'd certainly washed the dishes and replaced them thought that studyin’ for the ministry tn their position opitoslle her brother's, was the only explanation for bls ab and seated herself by the sitting room sence. window that she begun to feel lonely, “Once they took 1dm past his own oh, so very lonely, for Caleb had never hotue with handcuff* on, and bls moth left her for so long a time before in all er stood right by tbe window, and our the years they had kept house together. parson said the agony on Iter fuce re She did not pass a pleasant evening. minded him of a picture of the cruci In spite of tbe good reading that Ut fixion. He’s l>een gone about a year tered tbe sitting room table, amt tbe this time so—but the posy basket! You dainty box of candy Caleb had tiiouglit- see. Aunty Wade never will accept fully left for her, and. very early for charity unless. It's so well covered no Miss Penelope, she prepared to retire. livin' creature could call It that. So She visited each window and locked we just thought of handing her this It securely und, forgetting at which posy basket; that $32 would be such one she began, made the round a sec a windfall.” ond time; then she put out the light Miss Penelope bad finished. There and went up to her room. glancing was no great climax to her plea and nervously behlud as she ascended each she lay back a little wearily among stair. her pillows. Her guest remained silent Before her own little mirror she and immovable for a few paluful sec looked Into a white, timid face, and, onds. Then hla eyes sought the posy leaning toward It, she whispeerd ac basket’s hiding place. cusingly, "Penelope, you're scared; Miss Penelope sighed hopelessly and you, wlio bare never been afraid In all pointed a slim, white finger toward tho your life. You’re afraid just because bureau. “Right behind there," she Caleb Isn't In that other room. What is there to be afraid of? There's noth said. The man moved uncertainly acroaa ing for anyone to steal—" but even the room and disappeared for a mo as she accused herself, her eyes fell on ment in the hiding place of the pre tbe gaily-trimmed posy basket on her cious basket. When he emerged, he bureau and the crisp greenbacks which came to the bed and turned his empty formed the principal part of Its con palms toward Miss Penelope. tents. It was a strange thing to do, but she The ladles of tbe church and other frlenda of old Mrs. Wade, at the south took bls hand tn both her soft, wldte ones and pressed it for a moment to end of town, were the contributors, her pink cheek. Then she said. “Good and Miss Penelope was It* treasurer and guardian until It should be hung night and God keep you," very much as a mother might have done. He tomorrow evening. slipped noiselessly out the window. There were 32 of those greenbacks , and just before he dropped to the grinning up Into her frightened face porch he returned her “Good night and and depending on her for protection., Mias Penelope had never bandied a * God keep you.” With the first streak of dawn. Miss greet deal of money and she grew Penelope, In negligee and slippers, faint with the thought of her responsi drew from behind the bureau Aunty bility. Captiously she made the round of , Wade's posy basket. There lay the 32 greenbacks undisturbed, and. In their the upper floor ami fastened the win midst, a crumpled $2 bill and 63 cents dow.« ; tremblingly she placed ibe posy In dimes, pennies and nickels. basket, with Its brazen greenbacks, Miss Penelope's eye* filled and her behind the bureau; then she crept Into ’ lip trembled. Then she drew her own bed. Her cheeks were flushed and her pretty hair curled damply about her Inference, as you are at liberty to do. 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The figure moved to the foot of her be-’ and she could see that It was a man whose face was almost con cealed beneath a handkerchief and a soft hat. Miss Penelope could almost hear the beating of her heart as she waited for what would happen next. At last he spoke; the tone was as pirated ; the word “Money." almost In audible. Miss Penelope raised herself to a sitting posture In the high four-posted bed and brushed back the little white curls from her pink cheeks. The troon struggled out and its light fell on n ealm. sweet face which was quite without fear. "Young man—” she smiled faintly as he raised his hand for alienee. “Oh, no one will hear. We are quite alone In the house." she nssured him, for she was no longer the weak, timid Miss Penelope of the early evening. "Now It's money you’re here for and, bless The Donkey end Elephant. The donkey and the elephant as sym bols ot the Democratic and República- parties, respectively, were originated by Thomas Nast, a new*pa|>er cartoon ist. He obtained the Idea from an ar ticle appearing tn the New York Her ald which described the escape of some animals from the city zoo. No vember 7, 1874, be published a cartoon tn Harper's Weekly in which he rsed an elephant to represent the Re publican party. Ills idea was beaeu on the elephant's great strength and bur den-bearing capactiy. Several weeks later Nast published another cartoon depicting the donkey as the Demo cratic party because of the way Demo crats at that time had been handling matters. Bryan once referred to this symbol by saying that the “donkey (Democrats) can generality kick off a burden that gets too heavy.”—■Cleve land Plain Dealer. Old and Wise. Elderly Gentleman — Young 'man, there Is nothing tn this world so fine as r good wife. Young Bachelor—Tou are the first married man who has ever told me so. Elderly Gentleman (alarmed)—I a married man? I've been a bachelor all | my life.—New York Sun. Character Everything. The whole Intercourse of society. It* trade, Its religion. Its friendship, its quarrels, is one wide judicial inveatl-1 gatlon of character.—Emerson. EARLY AMERICAN PARTY POLITICS ------------ ♦- Elsetorats Has Bean Divided Many Masons and Federalists. It Anally Times, One Faction Becoming went to pieces, as a party, on the Absorbed In Another. slavery Issues. i\nd Its last Presidential candidate was General Scott, In 1852. In Colonial and Revolutionary days who carried but four states—Massa Americans were either Whigs (Lib chusetts, Vermont. Kentucky and Ten erals), or Tories (Conservatives). John nessee. The Democratic party grad Adam* called it a division between the ually absorbed the vnrlous pro-slavery Court party and the Country party. and states' rights elements. There was. however, no party organi sations, and the Colonists were mostly Young Animate Fed on Bottle. Whigs. The ruler* sent from England Lion and tiger cube arc frequently were the Tories. In the Revolution, raised on the bottle and later are fed the people were divided between Pa on ground pigeon meat, says Nature triots (Whigs), and Loyalists (Tories). Magazine. Baby elephants relish bread Immediately after the Revolution, the and milk. Some of the beet camels people became either Nationalists (Re now In American soos have been raised publicans), or Federalists, according on cow's milk given In a nursing bottle. ns they favored states' rights, or n Getting Wasp Picture*. strongly centralized government. The Nature photographers know bird* Federalists were stronger In the big states, such a* Virginia. Pennsylvania are easiest to approach and photo- and Massachusetts. The Republicans graph at their nests, and so it 1s with slso were called Democrats, or Demo- wasps, says Nature Magazine, In ad dltlon they are not unlike birds ln that ers t Ic- Republ leans. The Whig party at first Included Na they may be attracted by putting up tional Republicans, NuUlfiera, Anti proper houses for them. AMAZED AT YANKEE TEETH French Farmers Marveled at tho Sight Of Doughboys Seemingly En joying Cow Fodder. The French lockkeeper la sometimes sn old soldier, but oftener I* some black-clad woman wbo took up her hus band's duties when bs was called to tbs front, and whs (for be never came back) will continue them until her little Francois Is grown up—or, as she sometimes sadly puts it, "Until be comes back safe, as 1 hope, from the next war, m'sleu." For Ave more days we paddled along tits 100-kllometer stretch of stream that unfurls Itself ribboulike among rolling, windmill-topped slopes be tween Redon and Nantes, writes Mel ville Chater in the National Geographic Magazine. We found that the countryside still fondly recalled the passage of Ameri can troop* tn 1918—bow they had swum In the canal and had given the children little packets of chewing gum end had strangely delighted in con suming cow fodder. This last detail was related to us by a farmer, who added: "Most vig orous youug laeu those. m'«len. Won derful teeth, wonderful stomach» Low they could even digest that si.iff was the wonder of the countryside." And be pointed to one of those fine Adds of Indian corn which in France are cultivated exclusively as cattle food. “Why. that's eay,” we confided; "all Americans eat that.” And we de scribed the manner of preparing and dispatching an ear of corn. Suddenly a light broke on the listener's face: “Ah,” he exclaimed, "I understand. Then one doesn't eat it. cob and all. like tbe cow; one Just picks at it. as if it were an artichoke, n'est-ce pas?" FREEZE OUT INSECT PESTS Tribute to Civil Engineer. From the standpoint of tho artist, the civil engineer type represents the highest type of masculine perfection. He has the imagination to conceive and the practicality und intellect to execute his conceptions.—Emily Nich ols Hatch. Explaining Ancient Lamps. Tne wicks tn the lamps of the Ves tal virgins are now thought to have been made of asbestos, tho mineral from which 1.004 asbestoe theater cur tains are manufactured every year in England and the United State*. Voices Louder in a Tunnel. Voices appear louder in a tunnel bo- cause the sounds are reflected imme diately. Just as a gas reflector tn- creaaes the intensity ot light, so a sound reflector will Increase the ap parent strength of the voice. Extending Deep-Sea Fishery. The Quebec government plans the establishment of a number ot cold storage and distributing plants as a step toward the more active develop ment ot the provincial sea fisheries. 8peaklng of Fruit. Sometimes a fellow makes a date with a peach he believes will turn out to be the apple of hi* eye, but even tually she proves a lemon that no sensible chap could care a fig for.—* Farm Life. Often He Wouldn’t Want To. Dreams go by contraries, but this is something a fellow never seems to remember when he’s asleep.—Boston Transcript. Method le More Economical Than Gas, Says an Expert on the Subject. Origin of Goldfish. Goldfish are the result of the elim ination of the somber colors In a vari The usual procedure, when flour . ety of carp by selective breeding be- mills become Infested with the Mollter- , gun by the Chinese and Japanese in ranean moth, the larvae of which get I the Sixteenth century. into the flour, is to close the mill tight- ■ ly and “gas" the Insects. Last winter • The Platonic Philosophy. a mill at Williston. N. D., however, re- j Of all the ancient systems the Pla quested the local weather bureau office to notify the company whenever a tern- I tonic was the most popular. Plato, perature of 20 degree* or lower for at ■ Horn in 409 B. C- died In 347. He least several hours could be anticl- I waa distinguished by the comprehen pated. As soon as weather sufficiently ; siveness of his teachings. He was a cold was forecast, the company put out i disciple of Socrates. all fires and opened doors and win- , dows. That night the temperature ‘ Happy Time of Life. reached 30 degrees Fahrenheit. an<f did I Perhaps the best definition of mid not go above 17 degrees Fahrenheit the i next day. According to the report of ’ dle age Is the period at which one is the company to the United States De- I most aniious to be assured that one is partment of Agriculture, through the i not yet old.—Westminster Gazette. weather bureau, all moth* and most of ; the eggs were frozen, and the process ’ Th* Little Tyrant. will not have to be repeated for at Let every sound be dead; baby least two years. Many dollars’ worth , sleeps. Tbe emperor's soft tread; of chemical Insecticides which would | Baby sleeps. Let Mozart’s music atop! have been necessary for “gassing" ; Let Phidias' chisel drop! Baby sleeps. were saved. - Demosthenes be dumb! Our tyrant’s Ones Mor* Extended. hour has come! Baby sleeps. It is certain that the limits of Lake | Erie and I-nke Michigan were once When You Climb a Hill. more extended than now. It is reason In climbing a hill 1,000 feet high, ably probable, say students of the subject, that some of the territory now the total work done by a pedestrian drained by the Wabash and Illinois would be equal to ralaing 265,004 rivers was once covered by the waters pounds one foot in one minute. What of Lake Michigan. The cisco of Lake the figures would be in calculating a Tippecanoe. Lake Geneva, and the climb ot a high mountain would be lakes of the Oconomowoc chain Is amazing. evidently a modified descendant of the so-called lake herring. Its origin most The Old Stage Coach. likely dates from the time when these small deep lakes of Indiana and Wis The first stage coach was ruq in consin were connected with Lake Mich England in the latter part of the Six igan. Several of the larger fishes, properly characteristic of the Great teenth century. In this country the Lakes region, are occasionally taken first coach was run between New York and Boston in 1732. In 1736 one be in the Ohio river. tween New York and Philadelphia. Confirmed Bachelor Shad. The shad in the Farmington riyer in Best Cigar-Box Wood. Connecticut are all bachelors, in the Kalantas. a Philippine wood, is prac opinion of the fish and game commis sion of that state. Effort has been tically identical with Spanish cedar made for some time to obtain shad from tropical America, which for ages eggs for experimental purposes, and has been regarded as the best cigar the constant report from one of the box wood in the world. best fishing grounds was that only buck shad w?re obtainable. Then the super- j Confidence a Necessity. intendent of fisheries decided to do I There Is confidence necessary to some fishing himself. He had a force , of men spread nets and when they human intercourse, and without which were Virawn in, all the shad were i men are often more injured by their bucks. Once more the net was spread ' own suspicions than they would be and drawn In. this time with but little by the perfidy ot others.—Burke. more success, one Yemale, or roe shad. I being caught. Souls of Great Cities. Famous centers in famous cities do Papyrus Tree of Ancient Egypt. The tree from which the ancient i not always include the group of offi Egyptians obtained their papyrus. cial buildings, but they personify the flourished in the lowlands along the city, represent its intelligence; its Nile river. It grew to a height of j soul.—Arnold Brunner. about ten feet, and seems to have been known only tn Egypt. The paper ob-1 In More Modern Times. tnined from It was formed from a sort I A girl used to want to know i* he of inner bark, which consisted of thin had enough to start up housekeeping sheets growing around the wood. with; now she wants to know if he Various colored liquids were used . for ink; these were usually black, but , has enough to pay alimony.—Cincin sometimes red or green. A species of. nati Enquirer. lamp-black, or ivory-black, similar to ( that used in painting in modern times, I Courts of Justice. was employed to make the black Ink Courts of justice were established In sometimes. e • « Athens in 1507 B. C. and by Moses in Dairy animals relish green sweet | 1491 B. C. The courts were common It has wonderful I in Europe. Our own Supreme court corn exceedingly, qualities for sustaining milk flow in was founded in 1789. with one chief hot weather. justice and five associates. The average production of the dairy cows of this country can ba Increased Nothing Gained by Hurry. fully 20 per cent through a better sys Whoever is in a hurry shows that tem of feed and care. • « • the thing he la about is too big tor Use great care In milking to Insure him. Haste and hurry are very dif against barn flavors which usually get ferent things.—Chesterfield. into the cream through careless meth ods in milking, which allow dirt to drop into the milk. • • • Ayrshire* are a good breed of dairy cattle, both for milk and butterfat pro duction. In weight the cows vary from 900 to 1,300 pounds. • • • After a heifer has had her first calf she is naturally more nervous £L sim 5*W coll ? g » than usual and she must be bandied Are You Satisfcetl? Is ths biggest, most perfectly eenipgeO aa gently as possible. Business Training School In the North • • • west. Fit yourself for a higher position Average production of dairy cows with more money. Permanent positions ¡assured our Graduates. In the United States is 3.412 pounds Write for catalog—Sour tu an«. lan.al . t of milk per cow per year. In Holland Portland It Is 7.585 pounds, Switzerland, <M>5O I P. N. U. No. 34, 1823 pounds and Denmark, 5,000 pounds.