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EARLY ARITHMETICS. Stories of the Intrepid Confed erate Commander. WHEN HE BLUSHED AND FLED His Rvtrvat In Dismay From an Army st Admiring Women—Ths Only Man Who Could Put ths Gsnsral to Blssp. His Heroic Reply to Leo. THE BAY HORSE. Struggles ef ths Pilgrim Children WIXA An Old Arab L.g.nd That Tells «4 Mie Ons ef ths "R's." Unmatched Speed. Next to |ienmaii«hlp the colonial The buy color«»! horse is «aid to be actiool and schoolmaster took flrm th«- swiff«-»! of all th«- bora«««. A story stand on 'ciphering......... The Bible and to l)lu«trute this I« told of a «-ertaln flggcra 1» what I want my lw« to I Arab slieik who, having been <-ngHg«*d know,” «aid the old farmer I have In s fight with another tril>e, was tak examined with care u Wingate's Arith ing hl« night with bls little son. metic which win used for over a cen They were Iwith mounted on a mag- tury in tbe Winslow fumlly In Massa olfl<-ent white mare which tM-l«>nged to chusetts. The flrat edition was print«»! tbe sheik and which hud always ts-en In HKJO. It is certainly liewllderlng highly valuetl on account of the great to n uioderu reader “Pythagoras Ills speed at which It could go. After hav Tab)»" Is of couras our multiplication ing ridden some little di«tunce tbe table Then come "Tin- Bule of sheik asked ilia son to look around and Three," "Th«- Double Golden Rule,” »«•«• If they were being followed. Tbe "The Rule of Fellowship,” “The Bule boy rcfdi«sl that there was some one of False," etc , ending with "a collec riding after them on a black horse tion of plea«ant am! |tollt«- qiit-slloue The uhelk »ecmisl «iitl«fic<l on hearing to exercise all the parts of vulgar arith tin« report, but pr«-s«-ntly r«-j>eat«»l bls metlck '* qiieetiou. Th«- ts»y auawer<*d that they Wingate's Arithmetic ami Hodder’. were »till lu-lng pursued, but that this Arithmetic were aueceeded by I’ike’a tiffJV th** **' the lUlFIM# horse with wn« whits. white. "Never Arithmetic. This had 368 rule« to be mind," »aid tbe father; "mine Is commltt<Ml Io memory, am) not an ex I faster.” planation was given of one of them. Ju u few minutes he asked for a It Is tbe mo«t barren s<-booll>o<rk I further report, anti the reply was the have ever read. Three printed arith sume, with the difference that tbe horse met les were not iu common use. Near was a chestnut. ’Hl«- «hick, however, ly all teachers bad manuscript "sum put hi« question a fourth time, but lawks,” from which the «< holur« copied upon Iwliig told by his son that the page after page of "»urn».” too often pursuer was mounted on a hay he without auy explanation of tbe proc cried out. “Then ws art h*t. for there csa, though there were also many and la no horse whieh it cann«>t overtake.” long rules, which help«-«! the (leiimau His words proved to I* true, for In a ship If tiwy did not U m - mathematics. short time they were caught up with — Exchange. and captured I Among many other Inclih-nta lu tb«- career of General Stonewall Jackaon, a writer In the Hunday Magazine telle of an «s-caalon when the Intrepid com mander wus entirely rout«»l by th«* en emy- un unity of admiring women who clamored aiaiut him to secure buttons from his coat, locks of hair or other souvenirs Aa hr backed, bluablng. away be d«xliir«»1, ‘ Hcally, lad)«-«, this la the first time I was ever surrounded by the enemy!" And In confusion aud dlHtnay be made g<sid hla retreat. Of the other stories told of the general we quote a few H<* wit» never an ornamental soldier, imlng roughly clad and so pluln us to I m - frvspirntly tnkeu for far less than I m - was Hr and bl. stuff were owe <»*ni|>ell«»l to ride through a fi ehi of nncut oats. Tbe owner rushed out la great Indignation. d«*manding Ute name of the l«*adrr that he might r«*(Mirt him BARBED WIRE. "My name Is Jackaon,” rrpllr«! the A Lucky Devise That Brought Millions genera) to Its Inventor. "Wbat Jackson 7* aak<*d the Irate “Tbs luckiest Invention In history." farmer said a (■«tent official, "waa that of "GetM-ral Jackaon '* "You don’t mean to tell me that you barbed wire. It cum«* about by accl- are the famous Hlottrwall Jackson7' dent "Isaac I. EII w - ks I was tbe Inveutor tbe farmer stammered of barbed wire. In his youth be lived “That's what they call me” Tbe farm«*r took off hi« bat with In lie Kalb, III., and. having a neighbor great rrver»-nce and said! "General whose pigs trespass« M i hla garden, Jackson, ride over my whole field. I to b«- put up on«- day a wire fence of his own make This fence had bartw and wbat you like with It. «Ir." It was queer and ugly, Hr waa a mnn of unusual religious points on it «levottou. but would always go to sleep but It kept out the pigs. "It was a real barbed wire fence, lu chureb Perhaps It was because tbr churvb service waa the only thing be th«- first In th«- world, and there w«-re could depend u(«on to go right along million» of money in it, but young Ell- tf be did not kc«*p awake to watch It w«iod and his friends langlied at ita Ills friends said that It waa becauag freak appearance. "One «lay two strangers saw this •if weakness resulting from bls exer- tkma in the Mexican war. When he fence, perceived bow well it kept out was teaching nt the Institute be waa III, the pigs, realized bow cbeap it was - and all efforts fall«*«! to »•< nr«- for him reallM»!. In a word, ita value-and or a night's rest <me of hla friend» In dered several tons of It from Ell wood attendance suggested that tbe llev. Dr. Furthermore, they contracted to sell White tie called In. as be was the only for a tern of years all the barts-d wire «me who was ever able to put Jackaon be could produce “Ellwuod borrow«»! *1,000 and set up to sleep. In spite of this defection, however. Dr. White nnd hla famous a little factory. A few years later on parishioner were fast friends to the he had paid back that loan and was worth a small matter of *15,000,000 end His men said of him that he always braille»”— New Y’ork Press. marched at daybreak, except when be Th« Water Lily. starte«l tb«- night before. The celerity Almost everybody has observed tbe of hla movements gave bls division the name of “Jackson's foot cavalry.” fine «trnngv characteristic of ttir water Illy bud o|>enlug It« petale at sunrise nod of hla men said' "Moses took forty years to get tbe closing them again at suuset It wn laraelltes through the wilderness, with for this reason mainly that tbe an manna furnl»be«l ail tbe way. but Old cients held U m - water Illy sacred to tbe Jack would have double qul«k«*d it aun. Pliny say« "It 1« reported that through on half ratiotu In three days In th«- Euphrates the flower of tbe Io tux pltmg«*« Into tbe wutcr at night, re nt the most.” Military leaden« have usually ap- maining there till midnight and to such proved tbe policy of nulmlating on the n depth that It cannot I m - reached with «■army's country, but It was left for U m - hand. After midnight it begin« Stonewall Jackaon to make the enemy gradually to rise, nnd us tbe suu rises I himself tb«> purveyor of »uppllcN 1 lie above tin- horizon th«- flower also ri«<»« f«-deral General Bank» became known above th«- witter, expand» and ralM-s as Jackson’s commUanry general, nnd Itself -«mi«- «llstaiice above th«- clement It was also when hla column was sent to turn off In which It grows." lnt«> the valley tbe rep«irt would go out. through Uiln (iccullarity that llaucar- "Lee Is out of ratlous again and baa vHle proved that the Egyptlona con sent Jackaon to cal) on hla commissary sldered the Illy an emblem of tbe world ns It rose from the waters of tbe general." Jackaon wan like flint-cold, Impne deep. alve, still. In time of ¡trace. Rut at Scot Fra«. tbe abarp, swift stroke of military ne- The expression "n«-ot free.” which Is crMlty tbe spark of bls genius flew out and burst Into flame that swept away In use every day. barks back to tbe . all obstacle«. When General Ewell times of Rcottlali romance and tragedy was asked what be thought of Jack- ao lumiuoualy dra. rllx-d by Sir Walter son's generalship In tbe valley cam Rc«>tt In "The Antiquary” and "Rob Roy ” In these stirring tnles we are paign in- replied: toM of one form of Rcottlsh trials giv ’’When I m - l-cgnn It 1 thought him He craxy. Before be got through 1 thought en certain offender« of Justice who had broken the law wan divested him Inspired.” Before the end of tbe campaign Jack- of all of lil» clothing and placed at son had bl» men brought into a spirit a c«-rtaln dlRtnnce from archers who like bis own. Tbe division reached a hnd liown nnd nrrown ready, waiting deep stream where tbe bridge bad t>een th«- command. "Fire!” When the <-om- burned. He sent for an engineer corps msen) was given, th«- man tinder Indict- and also for some curj*ntera among tomit would begin running and the his own soldiers. The engineers at nrrffi-r« firing, and If In running this once set to work to prepare plans, but gantlet none of the nrrows hit him he two hours later th«* head carjienter wn» allowe«! to go scot free - Exchange. np(M-arr«l and reported, "Th«- bridge la A Real Genius. flniahed, general, nnd we cau go on, From the composers of all time but them air (ilctur’s ain't come yet.” 'D m - soldier may ne<*d religion ns Beethoven stands out by himself like }mucb as or more than any one else, some gigantic tree towering up nbove but, as a rule, th«- tnlM-niacles of tbe the rest of the forest, lie was tbe Ix>rd are not spread on the tented flel«) greatest genius of all, not for any one of the warrior. Rtonewnll Jackson, thing that be did. but tiecause he was however, was an exception, lie never equally great In every style of mnalc failed to Invoke the Prince of Peace that he essayed. The first test of real to preside over hla battle, Old Jim, genius la the ability to excel In nil directions, nnd for this renson I hnve hla faithful servant, said: "De gen'n) is de grentes' man fo' I always looked upon Beethoven, Shake prayin' night an* mornin’ an' all times speare nnd Turner ns the three greatest But when I a«*« hltn git up sev'al geniuses who have ever existed.— Emil times In de night tH-aldca an* start In Sauer In Strand Magazine. prayin’ I knows dnr's gwlne ter l>e Just His Luck. nemp'n up. an* I go straight an' pack ‘‘Hello,’’ said Boretn. "I Just thought hla haveraack, 'ca’ae I know he'll be I'd drop In on you today to”— callin’ fer It 'fo' daylight.” "1 thought you would, too.” Inter- It was Atting that he who found hla life on the battlefield should And then* I rupted Merchant. “You did? Now. that’s »frange, be- the entrance Into immortnl life, but In the agony of l<>«» lx»- exclnlni«-«!. "Any cause’’— "Not nt nil. This Is the busiest dny victory would be dear nt such a price!” To hl» wounded general hi* wrote. I've had for two weeks."—Cuthollc “Could I hnve ordered events I would Standard and Tillies. -............ '1 -■ —' ' — ' - hnve chosen for the good of the coun Tit For Tat. try to hnve lx*en dlKiibled In your Husband I wish I bad some of those »tend.” Jnckson replied to the lender, who he good, old fashioned biscuits like hnd d<-clnre«l wnn the only ninti whom mother used to make for me. Wife— be would follow blindfold, ’’Better that And I wish 1 had some of those nice I ten Jacksons should fall than one naw fashioned clothes like father used to buy for me.—Chicago News. Lse.” -------------------- a Rome one hns »aid that the Txird In Toil, feel, think, hope; you wiW bln providence Intended that the Coa- ^tfederney nhottld not win, nnd to pre aurt> to dream enough before yon «lie i witLJUt arranging for It.—J. Sterling vent It be had to rentove Jackson. LEATHER BOUND BOOKS. A Little Vaseline Improves and Pre serves the Binding. An official of tbe Congress tonal li brary was talking with a friend who recently bad purcbused a handsome set of leather liouud volumes and said. “You had better examine those voL umee carefully to see if tbe leather needs feeding If It la new stock they will |,e all right let alone for several yeurs. but If they have la-en on the shelves for some time tbe leather will have lost most of its natural oil nnd become brittle This applies especially to (took« kept in private bouses, which are as u rnle much hotter than tbe liook stacks of a large library. There is nothing more attractive than a fresh, well preserved leather binding on a volume and scarcely anything less so than a dilapidated, cracked one "You <nu add years to tbe life of a leatlwr binding and a liumlrwl ¡<r cent to Its appearance by nibbing In a little vaseline with a piece of raw cotton— not too much. Just as much as tbe leather will thoroughly absorb. Where the binding Ix-ud» is where It is most likely to crack. The leather will not I m - greasy, as tbe vaseline will lie ab sorbed, One treatment every year or two Is sufficient uni«*«« tbe !>ooks are unduly «■ xp « mm *<! to beat.”—Washington Star. Within Her Rights. A very black woman In a silver gray automobile coat was seen a few morn Ings ago hauling an unwilling and dis reputable looking yellow dog by a leather tbong. A friendly disposed policeman asked «TiMiially: "Why don’t you turn the dog loose? He don't look able to run off. and tiolMKly'll want to steal him?” "Ain’t I a ’oman?* wan tbe tart query. There was uo disputing the fact "Ain't dls heah a dog?” Patent fact. "Ain’t dls heah New York7' Obviously true. “Well, ain't I got a good right to walk on dene heah stn-ets and put on all tbe style I choo«w7’ No disputing a self evident prof-osl- tk>u.—New York Time». Impartial. An English clergyman, recently set tied In a small town In Perthshire, met a farmer’s boy while visiting the mem bers of bis congregation. In tbe course of conversation tbe boy said bls par ents had an aunt staying with them. The parson, not having much acquaint ance with tbe Scottish language and not quite comprehending what the boy said, asked: "Then, do I understand that your aunt Is on your fatber's aide or on your mother’s?” To which tbe young agriculturist re plied: "Weel, whiles the ane an whiles the Ither. excep’ when feyther leathers them balth.’’—Dundee Advertiser. Man's Precious Rib. A young lady having asked a surgeon why womnn was made from the rib of man in preference to nnother (tone, he gave the following gallant an- ewer: was not taken from the head lest she should rule over him, nor from his feet lest he should trample upon her: but the was taken from his aide, that she might be tils equal: from under Ills arm. that he might protect her; from near bls heart, that he might cherish and love her.” — Houston Chronicle. I CURIOUS DECEPTIONS. KLAMATH COUNTY BANK Ths Way Our Bans«« Are Liable to KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON Play Us Falsa. ALEX MARTIN, President £. R, REAMEM, Vice-President Our senses deceive us curiously at ALEX MARLIN, Jr., Cashier LEHLIE KOGEK8, A»»t. Cashier time« A flash of lightning lights op tbe ground for only one millionth of a second, yet It seems to us to last ever so much longer. Wbat happens la STATEMENT OF CONDITION AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS that th«- Impression remains I q the eye or the retina for al»>ut one eighth of Jl’NE 29, 1907. a secomL or 124.000 times aa long as uaocncxa tbe flash lasts. If on a dark nlgbt a Lz>an« and Discounts.......................... « 314.962.76 train »(«ceding along at sixty miles . 60,584.86 an hour Is lit Bp by a lightning flash Bonds and Securities it ap(>ears stationary, yet lu the eighth Rea) Estate, Buildings and Fixtures . 2d,l«f0.58 of a second during wbl-'b we seem to Cash and Hight Exchange.................. . 248,091.93 see It the train travels eleven feet. But we really only see It during one- |M3,800.13 LI A AIUTICI* mllllontb of a second, and In that time It travel» only one-hundredth of Capital Stock, fully paid I 100,000.00 an inch. Surplus and Profits......... 12,088.64 When a man'» leg 1» cut off. If the Due other Banks........... 40,061.98 stump I* Irritated he feels tbe pain DEPOSITS....................... 491,649.51 In bls toes. This curious deception Is tbe same as any one can practice on I 1643,800.13 himself by striking bis elbow on tbe I table, when he feels the pain In ills ’ J, Alex .Martin, Jr., Cashier of the above named Bank, do solemn I finger». Of course In both cases the «wear that the above tttatement is true to the brat of my knowlralgexnd belief A lkx M artin , J r ., Cashier. pain Is felt in tbe brain. We do not actually perceive different Subscribed and sworn to before me this 8tb day of July, 1907. distances with the eye, but Judge them ’• sal ] A. M. W oriirn , from various Indications. When our Notary Public for Oregon. Judgment 1« at fault we are deceived. If you see a person In a fog, for Instance, be seetns to be much bigger than usual. Tbe same thing happens when you see men or cattle on tbe top i of a bill against the horizon in twl- ( light. In both cases you Judge them ( to tie farther away than they really ( i • are. and consequently they appear uo- < i • commonly large « i» The Pioneer Bank of Klamath County nroT rniiinnrn iinm iu oniiTiirnu nnrnn|| ------- ¡ ¡ He Lay Finn »nd Conqucrad Bride's Close F-eted Father. the I remember says a writer oo Irish Modern improvements. 73 rooms and suites, Sample Rooms, Bar Room, Parlors, Two Club Rooms, Etc., Etc. > m SPECIAL RESORT FOR TOURISTS rt i Toad as Assistant Gardonor. By actual inspection of a big, fat toad's stomach it was found to contain not less than fifty large grapevlnt- worm», fifty-five potato bug», sixty aowbng». forty angleworms and thirty cabbage worms, with, by way of sea soning. numerous files and moMquitoes. Now multiply this, and I think you will appreciate the value of an army of toads on your premises, or any num ber required, according to the serv ices that may reasonably be expecWd from one toad.—Suburban Life. I on the flue arts?” • "No,” atiawered Mr Cumrox. "Moth er and the girls can make me feel my 1 Igt :<>rnnce sufficiently at hum« free of charge.’’- Wash lugton St’«*. ............ > 2 i^ajs—m. City Meat Market MEISS & ARMAND PROPRIETORS ALL KINDS OF FRESH, SALT AND SMOKED MEATS SAUSAGESXOF ALL KINDS All He Could Think Of. While driving along a country road a man saw the roof of a farmer’s house ablaze. He gesticulated and called to tbe farmer's wife, who was calmly standing In the doorway: "Hey. your house Is afire!” ’’What?” she bawled out “I say. your bouse is afire!” “What did y’ say? I’m a little deaf!” “Tour bouse is afire!” ngaln yelled the man at the top of his lungs. "Oh. Is that all?” calmly replied the woman. "It’s all I can think of Just now.” re- sponde«! the man In a rather weak voice a« be drove on.—Exchange. Poor Colors. "I can't understand Mabel.” "Why not?” "Sh<-‘s always trying to get things to Ths Woman In Business. giutcli her complexion," Sb«- handed in a check payable to "What of It?” Busan H. Sniltli. The cashier, who was "Haven't you ever noticed her com- n German, noticed that she had in- plexkm?”—Milwaukee Sentinel. doraetl it Susan Smith and gave it back with a (Hillte "You haf forgotten the What Changed His Mind. *H.’ ” Overcome with confusion, she "I had supiMtsed until yesterday, doc murmured, "Excuse me,’’ und wrote tor. that th«- days of tbe bh-edlng of below the Indorsement, “Age tweuty- patients were past.” tbri-e.”-— Lippincott’«, "And «o they are. But what changed your mind?" Knowledge Demonstrated. “The bill you sent me.” "Would yon like to attend a lecture Hustle While You Wait. While waiting for your prayer to ba answered try to get whit you want yourself. St. I aiu I b Globe-Democrat. MRS. M. M c M illan , Prop’r Life. tbe marriage of tbe daughter of a well to do shopkeeper In tbe town of Galway. The father of tbe bride was considered to be de< Idedly Clone fisted i The bridegroom, as well as I remem ber. was of a station sotoewhat su- perlor to that of tbe family he pro posed to ally himself with. The wedding dny came, but when the bridal party assemble«! at tbe chapel the bridegroom failed to apf-esr. After waiting long and vainly for tbs lag gard tbe emissaries were dispatcbsd to bls abode to hasten hl« coming, They found him «n ugly ensconced In bed. "Sorra foot do I «tir out of this. said the prospective l-enedlct. “unless tbe fortune’s doubled ” For an hour and more intermedia rle» ran backward and forward be tween tbe cba|>el and tbe bridegroom’s dwelling, striving to make term«, while tbe bride watted at tbe altar with such patience as sbe could muster. Tbe bridegroom, however, stood, or rather lay. firm, and nt last the father, un willing that his daughter should be put to shame in the sight of all Gal way by returning to her fatber's bouse unwed, gave way and promised to double the fortune as demanded, wbereufion tbe bridegroom got up. dresse.1 himself and went to church to lx- marri«-d Every drop I I Lakeside Inn d A STUBBORN LOVER. Largest Crater on the Earth. Tbe volcano Aso-san. In southern Japan, on the island of Kiuabu. pos- «esses the largest crater known on tbe earth. It 1 b about fourteen mile« across in one direction, by ten or eleven In the other, and Is surrounded by walls of an average height of 200 feet. Although tbe volcano Is still ac tive. Its eruption« consist only of ashen and dust Indeed, a range of volcanic mountains, evidently of subsequent formation, extenda directly across tbe old crater. In theee particular« Aao- san rettembles some of tbe craters of the moon, where a long history of suc cessive and gradually enfeebled out breaks of volcanic force la graphically represented. I * Of Old Cjrrtirental Whiskey Water Mill Whiskey Normandie Rye F. F K Rye is as pure as Government inspection can make it. It is bottled in bond under Government su pervision and that carries the guarantee of abso lute purity. Pure is the word that tells the story, and when the government places its O. K. on whiskey yon may be sure it is pure. Sold by C. D. WILLSON Wholesale and Retail Dealer The Republican Prints All the News all the Time Advertise in the Republican and get Results