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W5?i"'; -ilS 'T? '' v s C . ... .. -. .. - - - u , . . .. , VV vf3.' - 5i ' " ' - SVif! ' You Are Invited to an -Unusual and Interesting MiiwUm of Spring Qotbcs For Men, Young Men and Boys - am enmmmmmmaPmammmmm7ammamm BansT' mmmmmVaWJRaw-mmmmKamammma wSmr x ammmamVuaammmamanmmmmv n;ma&Emm3mmm ' BB aaV JUBBBUF " amanTmnmmmV jdmmmmmma K s. jKTt&V tmammaauaai Mw '&mmmmmmK?matZjaml n flK - v2mmmmmmvBVarmam mmaBB-BW v. stk iUB MM Tv j&tammmmmmmm&mmmml iHv faaammmmmFjmmmmma! VH ' 1 r:.3mammmmmanmuBmNmmi asawma1 r la-Tru amyjBM mmmamx?Bm"j?mmmVmamaBmmmT amYamma'VBBY4Bmmmamammmmmmv aKllaamuBamw i amW mmS I fgfal'i TgfAfJ uKS ammn tttaa ar tmc aaacm ar MICHAELS-STERN FINE CLOTHING , arena a ca. accacsrca. a. v. Gerharz - IN LIFE'S REALITY BOASTFUL MAN, AS DESCRIBED Y ONE WRITER. From the Beginning to. the End, AN ' ways the Mother-Soul to Guide and Guard "Lords of Creation." He was a strong, valiant little boy. He lorded it over his playmates; he posed, half-contemptuously for the eager worship of the small girls. He waa sure of his ground; he got what he wasted. He fought and gave other boys bloody noses. He did all that wis expected of a boy, and a little ore. And In the evening, when he was tired, he -went to his mother, and ska rested-him. He exaggerated the deeds of his day. and talked big. But she nafrosaea the hero, and rubbed smelly things ea bis braises. "He is a woaderfnl child." she said, proudly. And she sang hiss to sleep. He waa a capable young man. Cock- of hJaasetf, he did the things that Mat te him, and he had his reward. Aad he found a pretty girl who would listen to his pardonable boasting, aad who would say: "How wonderful it is to be a strong man!" So, finally, he offered her his name aad protection. "What a wonderful thing it is." she said, "to have such a lover." Pride and love struggled in her eyes as she looked at him. When he received the first setback to his ambttkm, she said "Never mind. dear. We'll see It oat together." And she married aim, and braced him up. He was a successful professional Mea .acknowledged his forceful aad he laughed at their want of It He had his way, usually. But sometimes he didn't. There were ether forceful men in the world. He was bewildered every time he found it oat. But she set him back on the feet of his self-confidence, and he blundered ahead and won. That was all of his life. And that is all of all pur lives. We say we men that we "take care" of women. We look at them to the end of life, they take care of us. At the ead. we are as at the beginning boastful, fighting, self-sufficient chil dree, who come home when we are tired of everything else, and relate ear triumphs. And the wise, loving guide of our little lives the woman accepts it all generously for a little more than It is worth, and 'tucks us ap aad kisses us good night, aad watchfully lets us go out to the play ground again in the morning. O, big, blundering scholboys, lords of creation! Stop la your noisy play, new aad then, aad give thanks that at the bottom of things, silently guld tat aad guarding you, the women are taktag care of your little world and that it does not-hurt you too Aad however real your play may seem to.you, be glad that there Is a send reality to turn to .when your legs ache the mother-soul that is alewly teaching you bow to grow up la spite of your persistent babyhood! Cleveland Leader. FLATTERY NOT IN HIS. LINE. Where Mr. Spssner -Lest Out fer Ever . with Mies Flutterby. That's a portrait of your grand- die looked when she was a lady, is it How strongly it ra yon. Miss Flutterby." "tea say that oaly to flatter me, Mr. Graadma was quite a beauty it I make aa of thathted." you tsat-flattery Is fat my thought Mais Flutterby. Th is striking. I've of that -hud. There twe slaters I waa acaaslnted Everything that's new, fashion able and correct you will find most cleverly expressed in this famous clothing. The wide range of styles and fabric ef fects will surprise you. In fact we have left' nothing un done to gratify the taste of all men and young men at our well-known modest prices. Gome and Visit Our Store It will be worth your time just to see our large showing of Spring Hats, Cravats, Shirtings and Boys' Waists and Shirts Flynn Co wonderfully alike. Just as that portrait looks like you, and yet one of them was as beautiful as a. poet's dream and the other was dreadfully that is, I mean, she wasn't at all or rather she was lacking in that attractive quality, you know, that constitutes what a lovely frame this portrait has, hasn't it?" Illustrated Sunday Maga slae. Letter Writing. Writing interesting letters doesn't come natural to me. and there are a good many people with whom I must keep -in touch through letters, t if at all. So I have got Into .the way of keeping a notebook and Jottlag down In It brief notes to remind me of little bits of news that will specially inter est my different correspondents. I even Jot down a little Job sometimes, says Home Chat" Then, whea spare time comes to write my totters my notes are ready to, hand. aad. the In teresttag scraps of news don't go fly teg away directly I pat my pea to pa per, aa they used 'to do. Everybody tells me my letters are much more in teresting than they used to be. If so. that is the secret Fish Insensible te Pain. How sensitive to pain are fish? A correspondent writes: "I have a small pond which is stocked with trout I keep an accurate account of those I catch and note when I lose any. The other morning a big rainbow trout broke the' worm hook with which I had hooked him. That evening I hooked and landed a good treat, also with worm tackle, which proved to be my friend of the morning, aa right dowa in his stomach was the broken gut and hook, aad, besides this, la his Up was a March brown fly hook- which, according to my fishing hook, mast have been there many weeks. A fish with a fly hook la his mouth, a worm' hook In his stomach and ready to gulp down bait must be quite impervious to what we mortals call pain." Butterflies in Mimicry. Caterpillars and butterflies go far In the line of mimicry. They assume the strangest most impossible dis guises, appearing now in the shape of a leaf or stem, aow as a bundle of dark-green pine needles, and now again as a bud or flower, all for the innocent purpose of concealing them selves from the Inquisitive gaxe of their enemies, the birds. Whea the caterpillar lives on the grass he is striped up and down like the foliage that supports aim. Whea he feeds upon broad leaves that have midribs and branching veins, his stripes aad streaks run crossways at the angle as those of the food plant Aids to Self "There are two things which I al ways Insist on to myself" said the girl with a small Income. "One is to keep my hair well brushed aad be comingly arranged; the other Is to have my shoes polished aad the heels ia perfect shape. If my hair Is all right then I know I look alee, aad if my shoes are good, then I can stand or walk with more assurance than a brand-new gown would give me if my heels were run flown It's aot atoae the way they look that is Important but the way they make me feet" Witty French Writer. Of Edmund About it Is said that to. those who saw him for the first tu be seemed to be aa Intellectual aaU lkmaire. but his pockets were fall fifty-centime pieces. He oace wrote hi a feullletoB that Alboal's singing (she was fat) was "hike a nightingale pip-' lag out of a lamp of saet" Theiadig aaat prima donna seat aim a auill by the bands of a received the pea with am lap; smile, aad said: "I'-i that Mae. Alboal should have jsnkai FAILED TO IMPRESS -'SQUIRE." Country Justice Had His Opinion af Supreme Court D ieisa. peaking of the perversity of coun try " Beeires," State Senator Jeha 8. fisher, chairman of the Pennsylvania eapttol Tavestigation commission, told this story recently: "We have oae yold codger out la Indiana county who fears neither law yer aor court Ndf loag ago Dick Wilson had a case before the 'Squire.' aad knowing his man, he went to the oalee fortified with a docea or mora supreme court decisions. "Wilson argued his case, cited sev eral opinions, aad finally remarked: "Squire, I have hare some decisions by the supreme court of Pennsylvania, which I shall read.' . "Wilson finished one decision whea the justice interrupted, saying: "'Mr. Wilson, I reckon you've read enough. Those supreme court de cisions' are all right so far they go, but if the supreme court has aot al ready reversed Itself I have no doubt that it will do so In the near future. Judgment is. therefore, given agaiast your client' " WOULD ESCAPE THE MENDING. One af the Turn Reasons Why Mrs. Billteps Waold Like ft Be Rich. "Hardly a day of my life, Sundays In claded, that I -doa't have to mead something." said the geatle Mrs. BUI tops, aot complalalBgly. but still It must be confessed a little wearily, as she caught hp a little rip ia some thing before doing it up la the bundle for the laundry. And Mrs. BIIUops wouldn't waat to be very rich, she has never waated to be that, but she would like to bo rich enough so that she wouldn't have to, worry over anything, and so that she wouldn't have to be always mead, mead, mending. Why, It takes halt her time now keeping things in r pair, aad she would like to be able to throw things away when they got worn, aot wear out her fingers aad waste her time mending them, but simply buy new. Mr. Hilltops thinks that evea if they' had wealth she would still continue to mend things just the same, for there are, he observes, at least two ways in which she seems to be somewhat strongly set; she hates to throw away anything and she likes to keep every thing In order. But while she is will ing to concede the force af this urge ment yet Mrs. Billtops thinks, as shs discovers something else that has to be mended before she sends it to the wash, that If they were rich she could get over the habit of mending. Mlcreaosple Sensations. The joys and sorrows of life to a baneful bacterium are said to be. as real as the pains aad pleasures oi an elephant, for example: Why do the bacteria choose certain ooadltioas aad reject others? This selection of the favorable condition aad rejection ol the 'unfavorable Is perhaps the fuada mental point, although other elements of their existence point" to the fact that they have sensations. It often Is maintained that this selection Is per sonal or conscious choice. Prof. Jea nings Is convinced that If the amoeba were a large aalmaL so as to come wlthia the every day experience pi human beings. Its behavior at once would call forth the attribution to it of states of pleasure and pain, ot hunger, desire, aad the like. If words have meaniag it is correct he argues, to say that the bacteria enjoy life. They struggle for extsteace. Tht struggle Implies all the victories and all the defeats atteadaat upon the struggle for existence among the high est organisms. The bacteria of aa or ganic disease should be as capable of sensations as a monkey. Protecting Stage Children. . The society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children In New York for the convenience of theatrical man agers, makes out the requests whea children are to be put upon the stage, and this -request is seat to the mayor. He then gives the order that enables the child to take part In the perform ances. It goes without saying that the society does not make out the order unless convinced that the child will not come to harm, morally or physically. It is worthy of note that the New York society ia 1887 insisted that the child Josef Hoffman be with drawa from the stage because of bis health. This was done, aad that is, no doubt why he is now the master that he is. Living with People. Life's best school Is living with peo ple. It is there we learn our best les sons. Some oae says: It Is better to live with others evea at the cost of coaslderable jarring and friction thaa to live in undisturbed quiet alone. It is not ideally the easy way. It means ofttimes hurts, wrongs, injustices, many a wounding, many a heartache, many a pang. It requires self-forget fulnesa, self-restraint the giviag up of one's rights many times, the over looking of uaUadaesses and thought lessnesses the quiet enduring of things that it would seem ao oae should ha required to endure from aaother. Bat It is best. Forward. x The Usual Bluff. "Pa, there's a reporter at the froat door who waats to pat your picture ia the paper." ' Tell him I weald aot stand for aay such BOBsease, bat be sure to give asm that picture oa the parlor auntie. It's the best one I ever had." Dsbrett Free Press. The Gentle Rebuff. -Robert W. Hebberd. New York's aostBdasIoaer of charities, eoacluded aa address at a receat pkilsatkropic exaaar at this way: "Tea, Immaasarible are the rebaJEs that did helpers at the poor, the seek ers after charity for their entering brothers, undergo. "A Mead af mine, a Methodist min ister la a ssaaN westers towa, told me the other dap af his last rebut, a aot of the local the to ' I am soliciting aid for a gentle bmb of refinement aad "iatcUlgeace who ia In dire need of. a little ready money, bat whb Is' far too proud a maa to make Ids sufferings knowa. "'Why,' exclaimed the editor, push ing up his eye shade, 'I'm the oaly chap ia the village who answers that description. What's this gentleman's asmer " 'I regret'- said the minister, 'that I'm not at liberty to disclose it' '"Why., it mast be me,' said . the editor. It Is me. oIfs me. sure. Heavea prosper yoaparsoa, la your work.'" Mast Dangsreus Animal.' "What Is the moat daagerous of all the wild aaimals that I have encoun tered? The rhinoceros," said John R. Bradley, oae of the big-game hunters of the world. - "Ia equatorial Africa you will flad the rhinoceros 'almost everywhere, in the high laad aad la the low land. In the opea country aad In the brush." Toa will find aim whea you least ex pect him, and moat oftea whea stalk lag through his habitat, wholly aa conscious of his presence, you sud denly hear his "'chug, chug!' Then God help you if you are not provided with a rifle of large caliber aad carry ing steel bullets' Tour oaly chance Is to do a swift1 sidestep, and even then you -have oaly three shots that will count the brain', the neck, and heart shot When he Is chargiag head oa It is impossible for yoa .to reach either one. WOMAN'S PLACE IN COMMUNITY. Edward. Everett Hale an Work and Influence. .Their Ia his Monthly. Talk In the Woman's Home Compaaion, Dr. Edward Ever ett Hale says: "Will you please to remember that the bottom rock of American success is the habit or determination that every place, village, towa. aelghborhood, ot whatever you call it ahall have home rale. If I and Mr, Goodchild want to have a road .aad a bridge which shall go back to the rhododendron swamp, we build the road aad we build the bridge with such help as he can get from Mrs. Tucker or from Mr. Champlin, and we do not write to a sub-prefect who writes to a prefect who , writes to aa assistant -commandant who writes to an intendent. who writes to the secretary of engi neers, who sends word to us from the. seat of government whether we may build it Life where you stand ax presses the foundation principle, the subsoil, the hard pan, the bed rock of American life. "Now, a very queer thing has de veloped -Ja the evolution of this prin ciple. It has proved that where the men of the-country have been too busy, or have thought they were, to attead to their owa affairs, the woat ea have, beea able to attead to them better thaa the mea da 'Take this business which I have re ferred to. of a aelghborhood library, feedlag a region of aot more than fout or Ave thousand, people. The affairs of that library, if. they are well con ducted, are conducted by the women of the neighborhood. They know1 what their children want; they know, what their hashands need. Aad It Is very fortunate for the aelghborhood aad the library that they caa harness the horses and can drive themselves to the meetings of trustees and select the .books aad tell Miss Dorcas" how many she may buy." What's ia a Name? "Pop," asked little Tommy, lookiag ap from his book, "is a Mohammedan stronger thaa other mea?" "Not necessarily, boy." replied bis father. "Why do yoa ask?" 'Then why," demanded logical Tommy, "do they call him a muscle man?" Fair Warning. "Jobs, dear," said Mrs. Wedderly. "is it true that the average woman has ao asase of humor?" "That's about the.aixe of It." replied her hasbaad. "Bat the average awa's yours, for example Is pretty: well developed. Isn't Itr coatiaaed her husband's wife. "Oh, yes," aaswered the unsuspect ing other half of the combiae. "miae Is all right." "Well. I'm glad of It," said Mrs. W- , "as I have a treat la store for you. Next week I am going to ask you far a aew sealskla 'sack xaad I waat yoa to laugh aad feel Jolly, just as you do whea yoa read af such thlags." Am Overvaanssd Virtue. 8. 1. Kimball, geaeral superiateadeat af the life saviag service, said of aa appllcaat for a certain post: "The bub was recommeaded for his steadlaess. Now steadmess Is a virtue, especially ia life saviag, that goes aoae too far. Wheaever I think of it I think of aa oM lady-1 used to know. "Mrs. Madden a geatlemaa oace said to this old lady, 'yoar neighbor, Herbert Blsbiag, has applied to ate for work. Is ha steady?' "Mrs. Maddea threw ap her hands. - " 'Steady, Is itr she said. 'Sare, If he aay steadier he'd be dead.' " Aft That Waa Necessary. A lata who bored all his Meads with his iacessaat talkJag prided him self oa being able to hypnotise people. Oae day while asserting this and per catvlag signs of lacredullty on his friends' faces he tuned to one of them la order to prove It to yod I will you go to sleep lt.yoa like." "Cartalaly." replied the friend ; "yoa have oaly to apeak." sWslwaFBwK wVevaawlule It hath beea said that "wise say aetbiag la daagerous ti: Swift, the greatest af English satir- lata, with ptwvmtea. remarked la a hea, wheae csrkMag wa wish aa egg, hat thaa, lastly. K la a as wtth jedgmeat. aad pay yea mdta aetbiag hat a BIRDS FLOCKED TO FEAST. Vultures Came Dawn Head First wNh a Rear Like a War Basket. The rash of scavenger birds whea bis game la killed ia vividly described by R, C. F. Maugham In a book aa Portuguese East Africa. "Haviag shot aa elephaat" he says, "I sat by while the great slabs of skin were removed from the gigantic sides aad the carriers, hastily summoned from the camp aad re-enforced by peo ple from a" neighboring village, pro ceeded to cat ap the vast mouatata of flesh. "Almost immediately a shadow flit ted, across the carcass, aad lookiag up ward oae became aware that the deep blue above was rapidly filling: with couatless black wheeling specks. The buzzards, kites aad scapamted crows boldly alighted oa the grass aad oa a few aelghborlag bashes aad awaited calmly the moment whea we should take pur leave, walla overhead at, a great height the shyer varieties, including the maraaoas. large bare aecked vultures, aad screamlag fish ing eagles continued to hover. "At length all the meat waa care fully apportloaed, the tusks chopped oat aad we started for camp, bat ba fore we had marched 2f yards every oae of those waitiag birds waa settled apon the remains, while with a rash like the roar of a war rocket the greater vultures fell, with wings tightly folded, from a height af 3e or 4M yards to take part ia the feast "The startliag-aoise made by these heavy birds falllag head foremost through the air. to check their pluage with outspread wiags so close to the grouad as to make deatractioa appear iaevltable, was asost singular aad Im pressive." Early Ante's Death Record. 'Talking of automobiles,' I remem ber one, rather crude in design and dirty ia its smoky progress, away back la 1860. Of coarse, there were steam carriages a century ago," said Stephen B. Greene of Saa Francisco. "The machiae I refer to was con structed by ah eccentric character, who la those days had a deserved celebrity as a mlalag engineer. He ased his coatrivaaee to come to aad from the mines in Nevada, very much to the annoyance aad disgust of .the stage drivers aad liverymen of that day. Ia fact.' the opposition to his contrivance became so acute that oae day 'the machine was literally dis mantled in the hotel yard at Sacra mento, and In the fight that ensued over its destruction one man was killed and the designer, whose name I have forgotten, was wounded. I believe he never attempted to rebuild the machiae, but I am aot certain on this score. So far as I know no other attempt to build self-propelllag ve hicles for use la'passeager transporta tion oa trackless roads was made un til the appUcatioa of the explosive gasollae eagtaes ia the past few years." n - Ceht Cenawers the West. Whether the curreaey stringency Is responsible for It or not. It Is certala that the loag exlstlag prejudice of the west agaiast the ase of the ceat la. being broken dowa. In' Oregon and Washington BMrchaats are yleldlag to the demands of -.their patroas. many of them people of eastera birth who have settled ia the aorthwest, to Introduce the copper cola ia business transactions. Formerly ao cola small er than the five-cent piebe was la cir culation and ia cases where purchases came to sums which were aot multi ples of five It was the custom to make transactions In "even money." .The principal objection to the reform ia this method is that it means addi tional -work for accountants aad aa entire change in cash registers. Nev ertheless, many of these, aad a larger aamber of slot machines, have beea changed so as to receive cents. D partment stores ase gam aad weigh lag machines with penny slots la or der to stimulate their use aad give them a supply with which to do busi ness. Leslie's Weekly. Odd Bsaassts in Wills. . A lady receatly left H.&vt a year for the comfort of her parrot. Far mora extraordinary was the beaaest of aa Ohio geatlemaa, who left money for a cat lafirmsry or sanitarium, which was to have rat holes for sport and ample grounds for exercise. The same testator, wlshlag to give some coa solatloa to the feltae race, whom ha supposed tp supply the material named catgut, left directions for his Intes tines to be made iato fiddle strtags, and these to be sold, the proceeds to be used for the purchase of aa accor dioa which one of the aarses at this cat infirmary was to play continually for the delectation of the cats. Afraid of a Precedent. Lady Visitor Mr. Hardfist is very rude. He passed me just aow without touchtag his hat. merely nodding. - Welter (confidentially) That isa't rudeness, madam. It's because he Is that mean he woa't-evea tip his hat MATTER FOR THE SCIENTISTS. Theory as to Whether Wa Live Inside or Outside Earth. There are a number of believers m the theory, that we are llrlag inside the earth lastead of outside. These unpleasant people waat as to admit that we are surrounded by a shell like a huge aat Just what good It will do aa to admit this Isa't clear. About the oaly beaefit to be derived from the in formation, us far ar we caa see at preseat Is the possibility that the bal wealsts amy prepare theaiselves for a hard bump agaiast the Inner side of the shell if they ever go up too We are also told that the accepta tioa af this kernel In the aat theory will- explain away thlags aoae of which wa remember. It wffl amo apset a great assay thlaaa with which we are familiar aad which, ea the whole, wa like pretty welL ' This leads aa to reawrk that we pre fer to believe wa are outs. At the thaa If the inside facts are coa- to eaavlctloB. V Low One - To maaj Califonia, Oregon, lasliifloi Tickets oa March I te Jtpril 30, 1908 $30 UNION E. G. BROWN, Atpmt. MENU THAT SUITS JACK TAR. Substantial Fare Given Preference Over Dainty French Dishes. "Scouse of lob-scouse. a parson's face sespie, junk. tack, slush and dunT there's a meal ye caa't beat ao wheres." said the sailor. "Tea." he went on. "ye can talk about yer ris de vean, yer vot-aa-veat. yer mousses aad other French dishes, but they ain't none o"them la It with good sea fare dished up by a good sea lawyer. "Scouse Is soup, soup made o salt beef. Add some good sea vegetables to it. sitch 'as spud sprouts and split peas, and ye' get an extra fine soap, what is geaerly called lob-scouse. Pot-au-feH la slops beside a rich lob scouse. "Fuller ap yer scouse with a par soa's face seaple. That's a pie made of bullocks head. Good? Why. friend, there ain't aothia' like It oa earth. "Juak la salt beef. Junk alnt no brain food; it don't strengthen " the mlad like a correspondence but. by tar. 'I'd rather have it thaa caaetoa a la presse or a supreme de sole. - , "Tack aad slash is the sailor's bread aad butter. What if ye do have to break yer tack with a tack and what If yer slush ia sometii strong enough to queer the compass? Sailors aeed strong food, for they must do their work." ' . ON TWENTIETH CENTURY FARM. Bathroom for Pigs Leaked Upon aa a Necessity. "Aad this' Is the pigs' bathroom." said the tweatleth century farmer, as he fitted aa Egyptlaa cigarette iato a loag aad elegant tube of meerschaum and amber. "I have heard of hog wash, but I didn't know pigs bathed. Do they?" The farmer struck a match oa his Loadoa-made walUag breeches. "Yes, the -modern pig bathes." he said. "With squeals of rage aad dis gust he tumbles oace a week iato a hot bath, aad Is thoroughly scrubbed with stilt brushes dipped ia strong. soft soap. This cleanliness keeps him. always well, and It Increases his weight 2d per ceat. "All our agricultural colleges aew advise the pig to bathe. By experi ments they continually., show that baths cause him to fatten n fifth bet ter. The. pig's bathroom la a feature of the twentieth century farm." If Yea Suffer from Headache. Many suffer needlessly from nche. It is not a normal condition nnd unless due to some functional disorder or to defective eyes usually can be traced to overeating or to sleeping In badly ventilated rooms. Be careful about your diet, take plenty of exercise, do not overstrain your eyea; above all get pieaty of fresh air .aad your headaches are apt to vaalsh. Never sleep la a room that has aot at least oae window up high, winter and summer. It will not do to ven tilate from the aext room or the hall; what is needed is air fresh from out of doors. Abelard and Heleise. Heloise was noted as much for her Intellectual ability aa for her personal beauty. She waa familiar with the literature of four or five laagaages Italtaa, .Preach, Greek, Latla aad Hebrew.-" Her kaowledge waa remark able, her, coBversatioaal powers were brilliant. It was her bright atiad aad varied learning that first attracted the atteatioa of "Abelard. Abelard died 1141. Heloise 114. First buried at St Marcel. Abelard's remalas were shift ed several times, bat finally reached the well-known tomb at Pere-la-Chalse, whereia also rest the ashes of Heloise. New York' Americas. Teat af the Hi oae fead of geaerallsiag haa said that the condition of tha wia dowa reveal the character of tha housekeeper. A small anaatity of water with alcohol la It la aa tha beet ssedlam with a aewspaaar rah Way Rafts Points ia sale every day f to Peadletoa aad Walla Walla. to Spokaae aad Weaatchee, Wash. to Saa Franciaco,Loe AaflesjjSaaJDiego aad aniay other California point. "J to Everett, Fairaavea, Whatcom. Vaa- icouver, Victoria aad Astoria, to Ashland, Bosebarg , Eugene, Albany aad Salem via Portland. I to Portland, or to Tacoma aad Seattle. PACIFIC Iaquire of may be made with Mould whitiag spread over it. aad there are aaaeereue substances sold for the purpose that make It possible to keep the wiadews so cleaa that evea aa iadsBereat housekeeper may get the credit af be ing a better oae by virtue of her cleaa wladows. Her Grievance. "Mr. Clugston." said the caller, "yoa may stop my paper." "It doesn't fit your pantry shelves, perhaps, ma'am." said the editor af the Splketowa Blizzard, sarcastically. "That hain't got nothing to da with it." "You've found that you caa borrow it from a aeighbor hereafter?" "That ain't the reasoa. neither." "Possibly you don't like the editorial policy of the paper." "No, sir; I doa't. My aephaw arrested last week for stealia' a aad yoa didn't say a word about It! Great Scheme. Two musicians share oae studio dowatowBi One ot them wan' eat the other day whea the other. panted by a pupil, reached the ati He tiptoed aad felt carefully along the top sill of the door a ssomeat then exclaimed: "Confound it. the Dutchman walked off with that key la his packet agaia." "Why doa't yoa have another key made, so each caaM have oae?" sug gested the pupiL The artist gased at aim la iageau oua wonderment. "Why. we have three already, oae ror eaca or us una oae te leave 01 the door ia case we forget. It's a scheme, bat he's so careless. This makes four times la leas thaa a week he's left me la such a predicament." Kansas City Times. Nature There Is a lady ia Waahingtaa. the wife of a promueat sdeatlat la tha employ of the goverameat. who has al ways beea told by her hasbaad that there la aothlag ualovely la aatare, aad who, In turn, has carefully eadeav ortd to lacalcate the same Idea la her children. Oae day the yoaagest. Mildred, aged six, came into her mother'a preseace, saying: "Mother, woa't you have the maid bro?a down that horrid cob-web ia my room?", "Yes. dear." replied the mother, "but don't call It 'horrid.' It'a oaly because it's ia the wrong place, la Itself, it's beautiful." "I doa't see how aay oae could thiak a cobweb beautiful," responded the little girl, "except, nerhnps." she added, doubtfully, "the cobs." Illus trated Sunday Magazine. Preaenta from the Woods. Presents obtained from the woods are as pretty and will give as much pleasure as costly gifts. " Gather leaf mold aad fill Japaaese bowls or bas kets. If the latter are aeed fit them with a tia pan. Arrange In each the bright little partridge vines, tiny ferns sad other little woods plants which may be found under the dead leavea ia late aa November. Keep the plaata aelst. aad they will make moat ae septable gifts, especially to city friends. Ladies' Home Journal. Terrible Fix. 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