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EARTHWORMS. Slumbcrland Visions That Were Prophetic In Character. A SORRY FAITHLESS LOVER. Th. Story of a Breach of Promis. Suit ■nd a Rich Coal Mino Find—A Curl* out Incidant In th« Car..r of Richard M«ntfi«ld, tho Actor. The Anatomy and the Habita of Theta Peculiar Creature«. Tim earthworm I m a |M-<ullar crea tun*. It la constructed In negmeota which may uumlw-r from ho to 100 or even mon«. Near tiu* ni libile la a hard «pot called Hi» girdle The thir ty three Mcgmenta In front of the gir dle uro u«ed for purposes of locomo tlon; they are the puller«, while tlie segments behind an* the anchor« or pushers. Grasp the tell end of the worm nnd drnw lite rest of the txwly ■lowly acro«« the finger. You will find a peculiar soiixutlon. The sensation 1« that produced by n ■mall tile. It I« caused by four double row« of tiny brlNtle« extending th» whole length of the animal on It« ven tral surface. To the Inner end of each bristle are nttncli<*<l «mali muscles, by will« h It can I«* pointed cither forward or backward. Those bristles, there fore, not only render the ventru I aur face rough, but nl«o «ervo a« very «Irn- plenppcndagento a an lx t the longitudinal and circular muscles In locomotion. Till» «Imple, everyday worm ha« n mouth, brain«, a pharynx, a crop, nervous system, a blood circulation. a gullet, a gizzard, stomach, infest Ines, reproductive organa. But It hu« no heart nnd 1« without eyes. It la tooth- less, but by mean« of tbe pharynx sucks hi It« food. It has twice ns many kidney« a« It haw segments. Imagine thlw little animal having IfllMl kidneya, while we get along with two! Earth worms rarely come out of their burrows except at night; hence, al though they have no eyes, they can dlatfugulxli light from durkiicie«. They take in certain unbalances for food nn<l refuse to take other«, which Indicates thnt they can taste or «moll, or both. Try tbo experiment of cutting an earthworm In two. Both end« will wiggle nliout for awhile. Thnt portion behind the girdle, however, «twin die«. But the forward end, which ha« the brain, will often develop new seg ment« nnd In time become again a complete worm. Ttie earthworm has no Itings, hut breathe« through It« «kill. Every fish- ertuun fuudihir with thin fact know« that tin* worm» he takes with hlui for bait on a fishing excursion must be kept moist, otherwise they die. The cnplllary blood vessel« pass close to the surface In onler to supply the blood with oxygen und to excrete the waste«. If the skin ticcoiiiea dry the blood lose« n great deal of water by evaporation, au<! the hardened outer surface «hut« off the «upply of oxygen If you wish to get a supply of earth worms for a day’s fishing nnd are not certain In which part of the garden they are to lx* found, anil If yon do not wnnt to dig here, there nnd every- j where nt random, ln«crt a spading fork Into the ground ami move the handle to nnd fro a few Inches. If the worms are there they will pop out In n panic and try to make their es cape on the surface. They either bear or feel the movement of tbe fork and flee from the wrnth to come. You may catch all you want w ithout turning up a bit of the «oil.—New York I’re»«. CHOICE MISCELLANY Lay of the Loot Mlnotrol. Where now la Hilly Hic»? He wan a j(y to me, and so were the other star« of the nigger show Billy Birch, David W iiiu I hi I'I, Backus «nd a «b-llghtful dozen of their brethren wlw ma<le life a pleasure to mo forty years ago and later. Bin'll, Wamtsild an«! Bnekua are gone years ugo, and with them d»pari- ««1 to return do more forever. 1 nup- pose, the real nigger show, lb<* genuine nigger «how, the extravagant nigger show, tiie «how which to me bad no !><*er and whose peer hu« not y«*t ar rived in my exia-ricucc. We have tbe grand o|a*ra, aial I have wilnexKeil und greatly enjoy«-«! the first u< t of every thing wbl<-h Waguer creat««l, but L' s effect on inn has ulways la-en so pow erful that one act was i|Ult<* «iillb leiit. Whenever I have wltii<-xH«-<J two act« i have gone uway physically exhausted, «nd whenever I have ventured an en tire opera the result bus la-en the next thing to «Ulclde. But If I could have Ila- nigger «how bnck again In It« prl«- tlne purity and |M-rf«*ctlon I should have but little further use for ojiern. It seems to me that to the elevated niltal and the nensltlve spirit the hand orgun and tho nigger show are a stnndard nod a xnmuilt to w I iom * rare- fie«I altitude the other form« of musical art may not laqa- to reKcli Mark Twain In North American Review. Definition of Author!*/ During ttie early day« of "Big Ttar* Rnlllvnii’s xcrvlce in th» boil-»- of rep KLAMATH FALLS, OREGON resentatives there occurred « dl«cua- 4LEX MARTIN, Bresident E. R. REAMER, Vice-President ■ lon le-twcen him and R»pn-»entati ve ALEX MARLIN', Jr., Cashier LESLIE KOGERR, A».«t, Caxhier Ah-xunder of Buffalo trzuchlug the right of a third representative to jiose a« an uutborlty of finance. Kulllvau iii«l«ted that the member In question STATEMENT OF CONDITION AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS bud every right to «peak Ilk» an oracle. "What lx your definition of iiu nu JUNE 20, 1907. thorlty?” suddenly asked Alexander. RKMOritf K* "My notion of nn authority," Instant Ixians and Discounts.......................... f 314,962.7« ly retorted "Big Tim," ”1« a Iran who «0,584.86 bluff« le-yond my limit.**—New York Bonds and Fecuritiex ......................... Ileal Estate, Building« and Fixture« 20,160.5 Tribune (iaxh and eight Exchange.................. 248,091.S3 Would T«k« What Th«y H«d. A geotlemnn purchaned at the pont- |<M3,800.i3 ofllce a large quantity of xtunq>»d en LIA Hl LIT! EM velopes, iu*WHpii|M-r wrapiMTH and other Capital Stock, fully paid I 100.000.00 postal requisites. rurplu« an<l Profit«......... 12,088.04 Finding them somewhat difficult to Due other Banks .......... 40,0*11.98 carry, he asked one of the counter 491 ,M9.51 clerk« If be could supply him with a DEPOSITS....................... •tnull quantity of string. P43,800.13 "We ure not [x-rinltted by the de partmeut to «upply string, ws« the I, Alex Martin, Jr., Cashier of the above named Bank, do solemn reply. swear that the above xtaternent is true to the bent of my knowle«lgeand belie "Then give me a bit of red tape," Atzx M akti . h , J r ., Cashier. was the sarcastic retort. Subscribed and sworn to liefore me this Sth day of July, 1907. Tbe string was «applied.—London fssALj A. .M. Woane«, Ta tier. Notary Pnblic for Oregon. A Scientific Horse. An English gentleman once shared the l*ox seat with the driver of a stage coach In YorifHldre, and. being a lover of horses, li» talked with tbe coach man about bls team, admiring one horse in particular. “Ab.” said the coachman, "but that ' ohm ain't ns good as he looks. He’s a ■clcntlflc ’os».” (• ■*A scientific horse!" exclaimed the tourist. “What on earth do you mean by that?” (• “I means,” repll«! Jehu, "a ’o«« aa thinks he know« a deal more nor be does." KLAMATH COUNTY BANK The Pioneer Bank of Klamath County Dreams that pax« through our head« during the night that 1« «acred to sh-ep from whatever cun««* produced tri queutly turn out to I«« prophetic In their character. During a breach of promise «ult nil epistle written by th«’ fultlllcHH lover was produced. In It be atat<*d that lie would terminate all relation« with the young lady, uh there were "no signs of the coal bUHlliex« ever becoming u fact." In explaining tho peculiar rea son tho defendant stated that for three night« lu « uccchh I oii lio hail dry-umed that the father of th» girl bad In-on made rich by finding a rich xram of coal <>n nome of hl« land. Thia dream had led him to court the «in that lie might Inveatlgnte the mut ter nnd see the likelihood of the dream ever coming true; but, his effort« be Ing fruitless, ho decided to break off the engagement. In «ummlng tip the Art Lovers Not D tarmed. cnao to the Jury tin* Judge coiiiuu-nted "The silliest old rule In the world." •cnthlmAy u|M,n tin- sordid motive« of said an urtist, "is that which requires the mercenary lover, nnd the Jilted one tbe public to leave their sticks and um- was awarded 1250 damage«. Tho fa bielliH at the entrance to art galleriM tber, though n hard beaded buxine «« auil museum«. man, could not rid himself of certain "Tbe ground for this rule Is ImpresslonH received during the young poaltlon that tbe public If ndmltted man’s telling of hl« oft repeated with their umbrellas and their «tick« dream, so commenced Imrlng for coal would Jab them Into the picture« and In tho field und. a« the sequel proved, Ths Timidity of sn Elephant. »hip up the statue«. How alwmrd such found It In such rl< h quantities that In* Riding along a road In ludla I naw a mippoNltlon 1«! Th«* public are not aud Ills daughter are now worth u the following instance of a big ele- fools. ■mall fortune through tlx* And. The pbant’H timidity, which I venture to "Yet for years the rule li«« held, A fatthlexH lover l»*w wishes be had mar ■end you: The elephant, ridden by a I1HH man with an umbrella or stick lie*! the girl. mahout, wax followed by a small Mal li»<*n deemed a dangerous lunatic, A story coines from 8><dlaud of n tese terrier, which, Intent on Its own whose malady pa««»« with his disarm dream ts-lng the menu« of «uvlng the affair«, trotted before Its master, mak ing in every art gallery In the world. live« of two little children near Dum ing occahlonal instinctive investiga Ko be han been disarmed liefore his en fries. They were daughter« of a black tion« by tbe roadside after ttie manner trance. But lately the tide ha« turned. smith and dlxap|H-iir<-d one evening at of dog« without particularly noticing The absurdity of the rub* has been rec duak. Scare li parties aco u red the other travelers. From the first mo ognized, ami t<xlay at the Itoyu) acad nelgliliorlng lountry during the night, rneut the elcphnnt set eyes on the «log emy exhibition« In Ixmdon and at the but without auccciMi. Duo of tbe he never loxt sight of hlui, turning Purls salon the H|Hx-tntor« are treated searcher« went to l«-d early the next from side to «Ide always with an eye like ordinary human lielngs. TJiqy are morning, tired out with lit« long on the xniall animal aud hurrying out truxte*| with umbrellas and cane«, ami eesrch; but, unable to sleep, tic paaxed of his way whenever he approached. ho far not one of them has jabbed a Into nn uueaay doze, when he dreamed Tbe timidity of the one and the confi bole lu a painting or knock«**! a chip that he »aw the mlxxlng children In a dence of tbe other were irresistibly out of a statue. hole at a certain part of tbo woo«!« amusing.—Loudon Spectator. "Ko then* is every probability of the which be nnd others had pa««c«l In abolition of tblx silly old rule tbe wide Ths Letters on the Ston«. tbvlr «enrch during th«- previous even world over.”—New York Press. Rueb Is tbe skill of modern oo ing. Though skeptical of dreams, he feiters of antiques that the mow got up nnd went to U m » place, nnd. Io ed experts are often deceived into and brbold. he found tbe children fast An Odd Coincidence. anleep, though hidden by a dense pile A valued correspondent to whom paylug enormous prb-es for relics of Frequently, too, ths of brushwood. readers have tx-en Indebted for several bygone ng»«. An Imdnnce !» given of a young Ital remarkable examples of tb«‘ possibili task of th«- swindler In made easy by ian lad named Luigi Ttrnntl, employed ties of coincidence furulsh«-« another the entbu-l.-inin of the antiquary. An lu a home for loat children In Ixmdon. ln«tau<-e well worth a place In tbe dia Instance «if this was when ValJenceyl having a dream In which four numbers ry of those who record data of this tbe celebrated Irish antiquary, paid a occurred frequently. Ro Impressed was character. A distinguish«*«! public man great sum for a sculptured stone found be that bo saved up until bo could af and traveler, for whom th« Initials upon tbe hill of Tara. He reproduc ford to «¡tend f3 on lottery tickets. At "A. B.” shall stand, re<-elved on May ed the six letters engrave«! on tbe the drawlug, which occurred shortly fl, ns be very often receives, n cata stone In his costly work of antiqui Wid« Rang« of Wolvoa. afterward, tho magic numbers were logue from a ne«x>n<*and bookseller. ties and made them out to lie "Belua, a The rung** of a pair of wolves Is an In the catalogue was a rare look. God of Fire.” They proved afterward drawn, bringing him $80. Richard Mansfield, tho actor, once area of from «lx to ten miles square. "A. B.” at once sent off h|s clerk to to I m * only some of the letter« of the had a dream In Ixindon which was the When the hunter learns that wolves purcha««- the volume. On turning to uarne of nn Irish latiorer scratched up turning point of his career. It occurred have been seen ami heard in a certain the title j«ig«’ of the work he found, to on the stone with a knife.—Minneapolis when Mr. Mansflcld was trying to eke locullty, It in«y take several days of hl« surprl««*, hl« father's name and nd- Journal. out mi existence a« a painter In Ixin scouting before tho dog« can I m * got on dre«« nnd the «late May IRRfl. The Ruzorless Shaving. don that his training n« a singer ena the trail The hunter must look sharp adilrem wan that of a h<>u<c In Ireland l ’ or rnzorless shaving plenty of prec bled lilin to obtain an engagement with for «IgiiM lu soft or xnudy places nnd In which "A. IL” was born. There Is edent can be found iu antiquity. At D’Oyly (’arte In a traveling "Pirates nlong creeks und stream«. The old no «nylng how long the l*ook hnd been lady wolf will, ns n rule, go to the upon It« travels nor by what means it ■cliool we read how Dionysius, the ty of 1’enxance" company, but the mana rant of Syracuse, who had probably ger of tbe company wa« eo exacting, nearest water to drink when leaving had started. But here it was in the very good reason for not trusting a cutting xalurlee or inqxHdng tine« on tho den or to get n drink as she re hnnilx of the son of the original pos barlier near his throat, invented u the sllgiitext excuse, that Mr. Man«flcbl turn« from the hunt before going to sessor <>n the twenty-first anniversary method of burning off bis beard with found It bard to get nlong. As he did the den, nnd Its locality In often found of it« IsH-omlng the property of th«* glowing walnut shells. It does not A wolf Intter.—Nt. James' Gazette. not yield promptly to unjust demsuds, on account of thnt habit. sound luxuriously comfortable, and no he nt last wan set adrift with hardly a track can be distinguished from thnt doubt Dlonyslu« did not succeed In ef shilling lu Ids pocket. No he walkctl to of h dog been urn* the two front toe Origin of Ozone. fecting a very close shave. But the London, found a cheap lodging bouac nails arc net farther ahead, tanking the Ozone. which I n an allotropic form of effeminate young men of decadent track more pointed When wolves are and tri«*d to get a Job. oxygen, ban long lH>en rwogulzed aa nn Rome, objecting to the razor, secured On tbe third night away from tbe running, nnd especially If frightened, active purifying ngent In the atmos the desired smoothness by resorting tc Ipmpany he dreameti of being calle«! these toes spread apart, making n track phere, owing to Its powerful oxidizing Jack to play otfee «gain for D’Oyly that nt a hasty glance looks very much qualities. but the queatlon of Its origin all manner of depilatory plasters and ointments. There is much amusing like tho track of a deer Fur New«. Garic. He dreamed be aaw tbo eecre has becu much disputed. The Investi reference to these in the "Epigrams of tary of (’arte call upon him In a great gation« of M llenriet In France have Martial,’* who made merciless fun of Animal Cleanliness. hurry, rush bl« portable property Into recently led hint to the conclusion that these timid dandles.—New York Globe. A zoologist thus writes upon a point oaone forma In tho upper region« of the a traveling bag and do tbe lightning Mixed on Quotations. run act for tho next train. Ho plain lu which he claims that the lower ani air, probably under the Influence of the and vivid was tbo dream that on mals «Ct an example to many meh, ultra violât radiation« from the sun, and Mr Gladstone made the mistake awakening In the morning at fl o’clock says Chum«: that It la brought down toward the sur thinking that tbe phrase "the land "It han taken human beings many face of the earth both by descending be Jumped quickly out of tied and the leal” referred to Scotland and without coiiHldertng how fooHab It hundreds of year« to a«-qn1re habits of air current« nnd by drop« of rain. After used it. And It was he also who, might I m * began throwing thlnga In hl« nentncMM nn«! clennllnenx, whereas the a ahowcr of mln tho quantity of ozone on» j C his Midlothian xpesches, refer animals have always ponseHa«*«! them. satchel But when he had completed In the air 1« a I way« found to have been red to the word» of the psalmist, “God hla toih't he began wondering why he From the time when they first made Increased.—Youth’s Companion. tempers the wind to the shorn lamb,” had been acting ao absurdly when their apprerance on earth animals have a text for which the devout may search there came a ktuxk at the door. On waaliod nnd combed and bru«he«l them Th. Qlouc.st«- Fishing Bost. the Scriptures In vain. Sydney Smltt selves with tongue, claws and tali. opening It he aaw D’Oyly Curie's sec The Yankee finliermiui ban t««»u com rotary just aa In hla dream, and be Many of them grow wretched and lan plimented again, for tbe fishing boats was guilty of an even more atrocious Was In a gvpat burry too. He cried out guish If deprived of auy opportunity of the Atlantic seaboard are to be blunder when he spoke of "that beau of taking u cold bath. An for the apes, tiful psalm beginning ‘Now let test thou U nited S tates C ourt of C laiim to Mansfield: copied by the Japanese. At the present "Can yon paek up and reach the sta tb^r are such »ticklers for cleanliness time the Japanese fishing boat is a frail thy servant depart in peace.’ ” A n< The Publishers of W^st.r's InternstkiMi allege that it "is. In fact,the jiopu. tion In tea mtnatae to rejoin tho com that they expel any member of the affair and han bard work In standing leas curious mistake was made by Mcttoasry I*r Itnabridgod thoroughly re-edited in every tribe who shows a disposition to shirk Bright on one occasion when be attrib detail, and vastly enriched In every part, with pany F up to a stiff breeae. Reports have been the purptoe of adapting It to nmet tbe larger *T can," answered tbe actor, calmly his duties In this respect. Been the made on the yachting lines and fltneas uted the common phrase "Cleanliness ■tid severer requirement, of another senera- Insect« show a scrupulous regard for la next to godliness” to the ApostF tion." pointing to tho bog- "It *" all ready, of the Gloucrwter type of tawit, and We are of the opinion that this allegation naatnerai. as anybody who has watched Paul.—Glasgow News. for 1 was expecting yon.” most clearly and accurately descritaw the Japiin«^«- fishing craft are to be built The little man was a trifle scared, a fly brushing Itself with Ita feet, for work that lias been accomplished and the after that model. Tbe American style Franco’s Earliest Artists. result that has been reached. The Dictionary, bat Manefield was bundled Into a cab, Instance, will readily admit." Is expected to be adopted gradually by The cave« of southern France ar. as It now Manila has been thoroughly re- and they hurried to tbe station In a «Kilted ill every detail, has tieen corrected in the Japaueeo fishermen generally, the most remarkable In tbe world for every part, and is admirably adapted to meet Get Up Steam. way ulmllar to hla dream — Kansas Cfty which will mark tbe passing of the their wall pictures, made by prehis the larger and severer requirements of ■ Before water generates steam It which denuuids more of popular Indapeod«e& light Junk, equally adapted to sculling toric men who were contetnpirary with generation philologies knowledge than any generation moat register 212 degrees of beat. Two or nailing, and tbe substitution of the tbe mammoth, the rhinocerox anil ths that the world hanever contained. hundred degrees will not do It. Two Penal Coda of Mexico. It is perhaps needless to a«1d that we refer dory for tbe sampan. rotndeor in that country. Some of tbo to the dictionary in our Judicial work ax of Mcxlco’a penal code 1« patterned aft hundn*d nnd ten will not do It. The pictures are engraved in tho rock; the highest authority tn ai-eiiraey of iteflni- water must tvoil hrfore It will generate er that of the French. Incom unlcado, tlon ; and that in the future as in iu. past it some are painted with different colors wiU 1« the source of constant reference. High Finanoe. often mentioned la criminal cases, enough steam to move nn engine to , cnARIJ3 C. NOTT. <l»r "High finance is not confined entirely They usually represent extinct ani moan« solitary confinement, without run a train. Lukewarm water will LAWBUyCR WXLDOJt. mals, snch ns cave lions and cava JOHN PAVIS. power to communicate with nny one. not run nuythlng A great many peo to Wall street,” said John E. Wilkie, stanton J rrrt.t.K, chief of the secret service. "1 saw an bears. A faithful representation of tho eiiAiujss u. liowitT, When n man la «mated on a serious ple an* trying to move their life trains I JndlfM. example of It the other day that made rhinoceros, with its two horns of un charge he 1« put in a ceil for throe day« with lukewarm water or water that lx Th/ fi/ww rr/mr to WKttSTKWS equal length, is found la a <avern at i me dizzy. tacomunicsdo. At the end of that time almoat boiling, and they are wondering "One of tho clerks iu tbe trensury | Fout-de-Gnuuie. Tbe prehistoric art INTERNATIONAL DICTIONARY be 1« given a judicial examination. It why they are atallMl. why they cannot wante«l to go to tbe ball game, lie had I ists mate their paint af ocher of vari Kt abend. ’ They arc trying to run a lb qelte different from the American but 2b cents, his exact ndmission, and . ous shade«, pulverised aud mired In THE GRAND PRIZE Iler with 200 or 210 degrees of boat, I nothing for car fare. procedure, but It muni be ««Id that mortars. Four phases of advance In (the highest nwardl wan given to the Interna- tional at the World's Fair, St. Louis. after a man haa been in jolftary con and they enn’t understand why they "He announce«! that he would rntUe this troglodyte art ha vs been distin finement for three day« and la Inter do not get anywhere. There Is an In his 25 cents for 2 cents a share. Eight guished by explorers. viewed by the judge In the first In- finite dfxtimce between the wishers een clerks took chances. One won the Different Views. eta nee bo often cornea nearer telling and the doers. A mere deelre 1« luke quarter for 2 cents, but the thrifty r**M trill t* Intrrerisd <now* W She—Don’t you think the new deb» rptrimrn jmws , sent /res. » the troth and the whole etory than If warm water which never will take a promoter bad 2B cents for bls ticket 10 train to Ita destination. The purpose cento for car fare and a cent oxer for tants’s voice Is perfectly heavenly) he baa been in cemmunlceUM Q. & C. 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