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Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1904-04-01

ACKER'S DYSPEPSIA TABLETS are
sold on a positive guarantee. Cures heart
burn, raising Of the food, distress after
eating or any form of dyspepsia. One
little tablet gives immediate relief q
cts. and so cts. Belt & CherrinStop
Dallas Oregon
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1904-04-01
OVer=G4 40 1s5
Y0Ur Aidneys.
Unhealthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood.

All the blood in your body passes through
your kidneys once every three minutes.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1904-04-01
Woodmen of the World.
Knights Of the Maccabees.

80, Dallas Tent, No. 8, meets Second
S and Fourth Thursdays of each
's2% month IN l. o. 0. F hall.
G. W. CoNKEY, S. X. Com.
l. N. WOODS, R. K.
I lilac Hive, No. %, L. 0. T. NJ, meets
AAon Second and Fourth Thursday after
noon of each month.
Mrs. EVA HAYTER, L. G..
Mrs. BLANCHE EAKIN, r. K.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1904-04-01

The remains of Mrs. Annie Big
Ter, who died at her home in Airlie,
were shipped to Amity for burial.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1904-04-01
Notice For Publication.

TIMBER LAND ACT JUNE 8, 1878.
United States Land Office,
Oregon City, Oregon.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1904-04-01

Trains leave Dallas for Portland and
way stations at 100 a. m. Leave Inde-
pendence for Corvallis at II 100 a. m.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1904-04-01
Her Husbands Story

Ny Spag and address IS 10 8ohaHAn oc @ L ~
wites health has
her dreadful cold which settled IN he 0
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1904-04-01
Notice For Publication.

TIMBER LAND, ACT JUNE 3, 1873.
United States Land Office,
Oregon CitV Oregon
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-10

Of the noble ornament. She ordered
it out peremptorily, and it was carried
away to the other end of the house
before she would consent to sing one
note.
1T is all these small peculiarities
with which the secretary must keep
pace. Then, somehow or other. gen
thy but firmly, just before the post
Easter season begins, the secretary
has got to deal with the begging let
ters that come III by shoals when the
influence Of the Easter is supposed
to have a sOftening effect upon the
musicians heart
And | must say that most Of the
prlma dOnnas for whom | have
worked are very generous in their Civ.
ing. AS a rule, it is easy to touch
the prosperous singer, to work on her
feelings, and to engage her assistance.
though IN one phase of charity they
are peculiarly hard-hearted. They
hate to sing at the charity concert.
You rarely or never hear of one of
them breaking through their rule
against charity singing. Miss Annie
Louise Cary was one exception, and
Nine. AlbanI was another, and | can
not tOrbear telling you d nice little
story of Well-knOWn cantatrice
whose name | am forbidden to men
ton Nevertheless, she is one Of the
hardest working, most thrifty, pros
porous and generous-hearted women.
Besides, she is the proud proprietor
Of fine family Of eight children, and
a few years ago at Easter time she
was asked to sing at a concert given
for the benefit of a children's hospital.
The committee Of ladies expected to
win her appreciation and her songs
free gratis, or rather for the sake Of
the pitiful baby waits that the hospital
sheltered.
s'But at first the singer refused to
sing at all. Finally, She was persuaded
to revoke her decision, but as coolly
as you please she stated the terms on
which she would sing. The commit
tee was Disguised and disappointed,
but as the concert threatenedEO prove
fascO without some big drawing
feature, they got to work, interviewed
some of the bank presidents and rich
manufacturers Of their city and Sc
cured the sum demanded by their
leading concert attraction.
They had a big house, their profits
were large and the leading attraction
pocketed her check with smile.
Nothing more was thought of the in
cident until Easter morning, when a
big bunch of flowers was received at
the hospital and an envelope was found
tied to the stems. Inside the envelope
was the check that the diva had re-
ceived, with pretty little note saying
that she trusted that it would be &C
cepted as her contribution to the CON
cert fund and her Easter offering to
the crippled children"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-10
CALNE

corner III the next street We heard
his yell tor help, but before we could
reach the spot another man had but
ted into the scrimmage, knocked a
couple OF negroes down, and stood on
guard over the Chiefs senseless body.
1t was the young stoker-j just in time
to save his enemy's life, for we should
certainly have been too late He was
telled by heavy blow from behind
just as we got up, but we stood the
mob off with our revolvers and carried
both bodies safely to the boat.
The Chief recovered consciousness
IN half an hour, but the stOker lay be-
tween life and death for pretty nearly
a week. On the fourth day, after Wis
iting his bunk, the Chief told us the
story of their enmity.
They were half-brOthers. The
Scotsman was the son by the first
wife, the Creole by the second wife.
His father, broken up by the death Of
the first wife, had immigrated to ia
malca, gone to the dogs, and married
a quadroon. The Chief, who was then
a boy of fifteen hated his new cOlOred
relatives, and ran away from home
back to Scotland. He didn't see them
again until he returned to Jamaica,
twenty years afterward, as engineer
aboard one of the Royal Mail packets.
His father had died iii the mean
while, and his stepmother was in dire
poverty. Her son claimed relation
ship, and begged him to help her But
he refused, with Oaths and blows, and
they did not meet again until the
young fellow shipped aboard rs as a
stoker-to be treated like a dog and
to save his tyrant's life
The ironic tragedy of the story i'm
pressed me deeply When the stokcr
got better, | spoke to him about it,
and told him how much we all ad-
mired his conduct under the circum-
stances.
He stared at me in amazement.
He'll he exclaimed. You don't sup
pose | saved that dogs life because l
forgave him, do your
/ suppose the tie Of blood was 50
strong that you couldn't see him
killed. | said.
He laughed sardonically No he
replied. To have let him die would
have been a poor sort Of revenge.
Now he will writhe every day Of his
life at the thought that he was saved
by me-
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-10
Wew Styles in Loving Cups

There is something suggestive Of
hospitality associated with certain
forms Of pottery, glass and metal,
notably in those pieces styled loving
cups, where two persons are supposed
to drink from the same vesse1-for-
tunately, from a hygienic standpoint,
from different sides Of the vessel
Exquisite loving cups are shown Of
cut glass mounted in sterling silver.
Most suggestive Of all are the gay
"stirrup' cups from Austria and Ger
many, being pictures Of gallant horses
and horsemen issuing from a castle
and stopping to drink the parting cup.
These pieces are rich enough to
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-10
Carriage Parasols.

There is really nothing quite so
feminine as a fluffy parasol, and the
aspiring girl should Immediately pos
sess one OF the new carriage parasols.
These are not the tiny, fan-like affairs
50 much in vogue with elderly ladies
In years past, but instead, are elabo-
rately trimmed floral parasols in mini
ature
A bewitching carriage paraso1 was
made Of lace for two-thirds Of the
circumference, the rest hung in
charming tangle Of chiffon with viOlets
spread on the foundation. Little bob
bling violets also surrounded the face
Of the carrier, and the whole was i'm
mensely becoming.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-10
Timely Hints for the Shopper

Usually a single color is adopted for
the decorative work Thus a white
collar may be adorned with dull blue
beads resembling tiny turquoises, or
with green ones looking like turquoise
chips. Gold or silver threads en-
broidering stems or leaves are not
unusual on these beaded stocks.
Some very handsome collars are
made entirely Of beads and gold thread
laid over a foundation Of featherbone,
and so cleverly designed that they re-
semble pieces of fine enamelled work.
Belts and fancy cuffs are overlaid with
the beads
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-10
The Story of a Stoker
Y ONCE served aboard a small
British steamer engaged in
l. trading among the Windward


N trading among the Windward
and Leeward Islands, said the
chief engineer of a West Indian liner.
Il was second in the engine room
then, and Our chief engineer was a
perfect brute-a hard, sour Scotch
man, hailing from Glasgow
Our stokers were mostly West In
dian negroes, as they are on all the
ships in that trade One Of them was
a light young fellow whom you would
have taken for white man; he was
what they call white by law in ia
maica. Only the tell-tale black lines
on his finger nails revealed a slight
strain Of negro blood.
From the time this young fellow
came aboard, it was evident to all OF
us that the Chief and he had met be-
fore, and that the Chief had spite
against him. He was a good enough
stoker, but nothing he did was right
III the Chiefs eyes. He was assigned
to the worst jobs and treated like
dog whenever the Chief stood his
watch. On the least excuse, the
Chief would go for him with his fists
and knock him out Chief engineers,
you know, are not always tender to-
ward stokers. A word and a blow is
the rule on many ships, and it is
necessary one when you are dealing
with a gang of hard cases
"One day the Chief provoked the
stoker beyond endurance, and the
young fellow drew knife on him No
sooner had he done so, however, than
he seemed to repent Of it, for he made
no effort to strike He just threw the
knife down, and stood there, quietly
smiling. That made the Chief mad
clean through He snatched up a
spanner and broke the fellows head
with It, just as you would poleaxe an
OK.
The third engineer suggested that
the man ought to be put in irons.
When it comes to drawing knives he
said, any one of us may get his throat
cut But the Chief told him to shut
his head I'll take it out of the beg
gar's hide, instead he added, grinly.
And he did. He made the poor
devils life a perfect hell, and when
ever we urged him to let up on his
persecution he cursed worse than a
ankee mate
The end came at Jacmel, in Hayti,
where the ship called for consign-
ment of coffee We were detained
there for couple Of days because the
bags of coffee hadn't come down from
the plantations in the mountain. Most
of us went ashore and did Our best to
bust the town wide open.
The blacks didn't like it, for they
have the greatest contempt and dislike
for white men. But we jollied 'em
along and had no serious trouble until
the Chief came ashore. He never
could get on with colored people
Pretty soon he got into an argument
over the price of some bananas, and
knocked the banana seller down.
1T is a most serious crime in Hayti
for a white man to strike black. In
less than a minute he was surrounded
by yelling mob, who had him down
on the ground and were trying to beat
his brains out with the heavy cocoma-
cacque sticks which every negro car
ries there.
Half dozen of us were around the
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-10
Some New Turnovers.

Huckabuck turnover collar and
cuff sets are fast taking the place Of
scrim accessories. This idea is newer
and equally as satisfactory as scrim
cloth to give the necessary finishing
touch to a gown
Linen huckabuck. which comes
about twenty-five inches wide, is used
Tor these sets A quarter Of a yard,
which will cost five cents, will easily
make set, although to be smart the
collar band and cuffs also must be
wider than formerly.
The peculiar loose weave Of hucka-
buck makes the running or darning
stitch comparatively easy Any design
which can be carried out is appropri-
ate, and one can be as original as one
wishes TO be-
silk floss Of heavy quality or mer-
cerlzed CottOns are used for embroid-
cring this material Two strands Of
floss or cotton are usually threaded
in the needle at once, in order to
throw the pattern TIP and give the
raised effect Narrow bands of lawn
are set on the raw edge to hold the
turnOvers in place.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-10
JE"DFNICH zO0ss65rr
The Prin1d Donna Is in Great De-
n1Gnd at This Time of Year

sets their nervous organization quite
as much as gathering of ten thou
sand, and the applause OF two dozen
IS not 50 stimulating, nor their hyp-
motto influence SO braCing as that Of
the big concert hall audience
AT least, that IS what I've heard
some of the greatest among the plan
lists say, and perhaps that's one Of the
reasons why Padereswki charges just
forty dollars per minute when he
plays in drawing-room. There was
tremendous rumpus at this seem
lngly eXOrbitant rate when the Polish
musician sent it to a London hostess,
but when she tried to bargain for a
lower price she met with such curt
refusal to treat with her at all that she
was obliged to offer forty-hve dollars
a minute to get the magician Of
the keyboard to resume negotiations
and accept the engagement at her
house.
The singers, as a rule" the private
secretary went on, have no such
qualms and quavors Of nerves to con-
troll in their draWing-roOm duties
Most of them can sing as sweetly and
as confidently to the house cat as to a
congregation of enthusiasts that in
numbers would test the capacity Of the
Metropolitan Opera House. A singer
has got to have good nerves, but when
any leading prima donna is going to
make private appearance in a draw
ingroOm, i'll which she has never sung
before, she sends her secretary around
to look at the drawing-rOom and have
the piano we'll placed, the lights popu-
larly arranged and any Objectionable
objects removed from the room.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-10
Care Taken
That Everything
Shall Be Just Right

Mime Eames' secretary always in
terviews the hostess of any house
whereat that prima donna is going to
sing and requests that no narcissus
will be used in the floral decorations
Of the rooms. The odor Of these flow
ers causes the singer to choke, for in
some obscure way the powerful per-
fume Of the narcissus affects her vocal
chords Tomorrow I've arranged to
go and inspect music room uptown
where my employer is to sing a couple
Of songs. My business is to see that
there is nothing blue used in the room
Madame cannot sing in the presence
of this color, and Nine. Calve cannot
produce q note with clock ticking in
her presence. I've seen three big foot
men summoned, just as Nine. Calve
was to appear before a fashionable au-
dience. i'll order to remove d Louis
Quinze clock of brass and inlaid wood
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-10

lngly. l ne price IS
regulated, not by
any special diff
culties in the
music, but abso-
lutely b y t h e
len g h Of the
piece.
There are other
singers, and also
a good many in
strumentalists
Joseph Hoffman
and Paderewski
among the latter
who calculate the
price Of the rem
dition Of a piece
Of music by the
time it takes to
play it. Most in
strumen t a lis IS
hate to play to
private audiences,
because a draw
ing-room assem-
blage Of only two
dozen persons up
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-10
Automobile Pins.

The new pin which is used by auto
mobilists is a stout affair that will
withstand much hard usage. 1t re-
sembles a safety pin in shape, but is
much larger, and comes in gold, sill
yer and gunmetal. Many Of these pins
are set with jewels on the turquoise.
emerald, fresh water pearl and rhine
stone order
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-10
A CURE For ASTHMA.

Asthma sufferers need no longer leave home and
business in order to Be cured. Nature has produced
a vegetable remedy that will permanently cure Asthma
and all diseases Of the lungs and bronchial tubes
Having tested its wonderful curative powers in thou
sands Of cases with record Of 90 per cent. per
manenty cured) and desiring to relieve human suffer
ing, will send free Of charge to all sufferers IRON
Asthma Consumption, Cstarrh. Bronchitis. and nervous
diseases this recipe in German, French or English
with full directions for preparing and using Sent BY
mail Address with stamp. naming this paper, w. A.
Noyes. 847 Powers Block, Rochester, NJ
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-10

that occupied one
end Of a long
music room.
"At the door, as
she was about to
m a k G her en-
t r a II c c, t h e
French nightin-
gale caught sight
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-10
Gay Stocks, Embroidered and Beaded.

Cay Stocks, Embroidered and Beaded.
Stocks, embroidered in cross and
buttonhole stitch commend them
selves to the girl Of economical tastes,
because the fine effects Of the shops
can be so easily duplicated by her own
CLEVER fingers. More elaborate affairs
for evening wear are made Of lace or
chiffon, and literally CLEAN in silver
and gold. The sparkle is due to the
use of gold and silver beads, applied
to the collar in quaint arabesques or
floral designs
Colored beads, initiating some par
ticular gem, are used in the same way.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-10
Solitude and Society.

Solitude is very often a good deal
less solitary than the society which is
forced upon us.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-10

light up a cabinet in a dark corner.
yet the richness is subdued, for the
pOtters and ceramic painters in these
countries are often artist poets as well
as artisans.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-10

People who complain that they are
misunderstood fail to realize how for
tunate it is for the rest of the world.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-10
The Stars
Secretary's Work
Is a Simple Matter

THAT YOU see simplihes matters
for the secretary, and when a letter
comes from one Of the Astorbilts,
asking on what terms my employer
can sing next week at musicale,
/ just inclose madamc's repcrtory
Of songs with the price Of each one at
tached and request that Mrs. Aston
bilt will make her selections accord
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-10
LEFT-HANDED PHILOSOPHY.

Poor excuses may be better than
none-especially if you can make the
bluff good.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-10

The trouble with men who know
when they got enough is that they
don't stop then
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-10

Women are the most forgiving
things on earth. They will forgive
practically everything but one-failure
to ask forgiveness.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-10


Is enjoying d little season Of
g. her own. 1t is known BY her
as the postmaster season,
and is due to the desire of wealthy and
unsteady inclined matrons to enter
upon worldly gaicties once more on a
wave Of classic music.
Sembrich's Big
Musicale Earnings
Last Year
All Of the post-Easter musical &C
tivity gives the singers a brief but
busy and highly profitable three
weeks. Last year, out Of her con
certs, Nine. Sembrich earned enough
to pay her dressmaker's bills, which
are decidedly the heaviest Of any wo-
man on the operate stage to-day; and
Nine. NOrdica made enough out Of
private appearances to meet all the
expenses Of her winters living.
No manager or middle man is, as
a rule, engaged by the prima donna
who purposes to do this particularly
lucrative kind of work She employs
instead bright young woman, who
acts as her secretary, who knows her
rates and dates, and who can arrange
all the simple details The secretary,
who is bound to be able to speak at
least three languages and possess a
manner that IS suavity itself, draws a
salary. She does not ask for a per
cent from the receipts. Thus, the
songstress has mighty little trouble
with her arrangements and skins all
the cream of the situation
The cream is thick and sweet, |
can tell you" assured a secretary
with gOOd-natured envy The prima
dOnnas who have won international
fame have no mean estimate of their
value When Nine. Sembrich sings
at a postmaster concert, she asks ff-
teen hundred dollars for three songs
and one encore, which means that for
private appearances she sings at the
rate Of Of just five thousand dollars
per hour. Rather staggering, is it not:
But the woman for whom | work has
found it perfectly profitable to esti-
mate her talents at the rate Of two
dollars and fifty cents per note. Some
songs in her repertory are longer thar
others, and she has followed Nine
PATHS initiative in charging for her
songs by the note, as authors charge
Tor their manuscripts by the word.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-11-04
The WISCONSIN SITUATION.

There Is no longer any serious fear
that Roosevelt will be defeated in Wis
consin. That the fractional fight will
bring out the vote of the state as it has
probably never been brought out be-
fore is certain, but 1t is also reasonably
certain that republicans will vote for
Roosevelt, however they may vote state
matters.
Measurably discontinued as the lead
ers Of both factions are, neither can af-
ford to take revenge, even if their sup
porters would follow them in it. There
Is some fear Of trading. Many stall
warts intend openly to vote for the
democratic candidate for governor. 1t
is limited that the half-breeds may re-
taliate by voting for Parker in ex-
change for democratic votes for their
man. But it is not easy to negotiate
these trades in the Australian booth.
Probably Wisconsin Is all right.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-11-04
Tho Angel Death: "oh, ysa, War, you do pretty we'll for q spasmodic fellow
but look what my lieutenant yondsr does with n o apparent sHort!"
-Minnsapois Journal

the SOW will not milk as freely as If
fed a large proportion of more nitrog-
enous food. 1t is also much better
to feed corn heavily during the earlier
stages.
If young pigs shortly after weaving
or Immediately after weaving are fed
an excess Of corn, they will make
rapid development for a short time
and will become fat, but the growth
will eventually be hindered, so that
when the usual age is reached for
marketing such pigs they will not be
nearly as large as if they had been
fed more protein during the months
Immediately following weaving.
Another great evil resulting from
excessive corn feeding is found in
the de~teriorating influence which 1t
exerts on constitution. Being def
Gent in protein the tendency is event.
ually to reduce size: being deficient in
ash it tends to REFUGE too much the
size of bone 1t also results In a
general weakening of the pigs system
and makes the animals fall an easier
prey to disease. This is one explana-
ton of the great extent to which hog
| cholera prevails in the corn belt and
the great fatality in the animals which
fall a prey to it when thus attacked.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-11-04

Feeding Too Much Corn Does Harm.
No greater mistake a been made
by farmers in the corn belt than the
extent to which they have fed corn to
swine. We do not refer SO much to
feeding this cereal to them during the
fattening period which is very proper,
as to the extent to which it has been
fed to brood sows and to young swine
during the growing period. 1t has been
thus freely fed because it is so easily
and surely grown and because the
yields of corr are large in proportion
to the yields obtained from other kinds
of grain.
The feeding Of too much corn to the
pregnant dam will most assuredly re-
suit in the production of young swine
under size I'M also feeble. Their de-
velopment is thus handicapped at the
very outset and this will tend in some
degree to prevent them from pushing
forward as satisfactorily as If the dam
had been properly fed from the first.
While it is very prope to feed a
sow sucking her young a consider
able proportion of corn in order to
prevent too much depreciation in her
flesh, it is not proper to feed all corn
or chiefly corn. Where this is done