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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1906-06-01
Men WAnfed.

Saw mill and lumber yard laborers,
S2.2 per day. Woodsmen So, 2,25 to SO.
Steady work. Apply to Booth. Kelly
Lumber Co., Eugene. Ore.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1906-06-01

1t is calculated that England loses
over 1900 acres yearly through the sea
encroaching upon the coast.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1906-06-01

FINE square piano for sale for $50,
by party going away. Worth S75 of
anybody's money. Call. at Courier
office.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1906-06-01

1t pays to advertise a useful article,
Nine times out of 10 there'll be a
buyer before the ink is dry. Try it,
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1906-06-01
CLASSIFIED ADS.
FOR SALE.

A FEW pairs of guaranteed mated
Homer pigeons for sale at 81 pair.
Also few squads at 20 cent pair.
Rev. F. C. Williams. 5-25 2t
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1906-06-01

most practical separator for everyday farm
use. II is such well-meie piece Of machinery
that IL will last a lifetime. giving every day
the quickest. easiest service. 1t is the best
value for the money aud We guarantee 1t our
selves. la addition TO the guarantee Of the
factory To show our confidence in this
separator We will shig YOU one ten days
free trial Then n II don't prove as represented
the best and most practical for your own use,
you may return It at our expense.
HaEelwood today stands with It's guarantee
behind thousands Of l.. $ Scparators. and there
has never been day WI % we have regretted
having guaranteed this anr separator. We
ar thoroughly and practically familiar with
the advantages and disadvantages OF every
separator on the market and we are handling
the L. s Separator because We know II to
be the best there Is.
Separator skins the milk cleaner than does
any other machine This has been demon
strated over and over again. The worlds record
for clean skimmlng has been held by the L..
S Hand Separator fur many wears. NO other
hand separator has been able TO equal the
record made 1--WE years ago at the Pau-Amcri-
can Exposition, and yet this record was lowered
BY the L. ;. Separator TO the official test at
the Lewis and clark fair last year
II will outwcar any other separator. 81 Is
more easy and simple tu operate. Ii is easier
70 keep clean and 70 viii keep right on year
after year doing It's daily work, giving perfect
satisfaction.
PAYS FOR ITSELF-The L. s. Separator
will pay fOr itself in one year ln extra crtarl
fashioned way II YOU DON'T believe &c take
advantage o. our free trial offer and make tha
test rlghi 500 your VWu Farm. skim lu Outh ways
and ngure out The result 90 yous own way.
You will fud the separator will pay for itself
In year. We sen lt on easy terms and VIII
take cream iu payment. So vuu need not paw
Us one cent t'r the separator, and az the end
OF ths year me machine win an he paid for
Write today t5s catalogue and flll particulars
Mention this paper. HAZELwOOD CREAM
COMPANY, PORTLAND, OREGON.
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WANTED - Grain Sacks. Tools and
other secondhand goods. Harrison
Bros, Second hand-store, corner
Sixth and J streets. 20 If
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1906-06-01

FOR SALE-Heavy pair of work horses
and heavy harness and 34 Stude-
baker wagon, nearly new. A ldress
P. o. box 1875, Grants Pass. 5.25 If.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1906-06-01

Poultry Netting in all widths al
Cramer Bros.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1906-06-01
SITUATION WANTED.
WANTED.

WANTED-One good work horse.
one set single work harness, also
light spring wagon. Apply to John
Hale, Grants Pass, Ore. 81 If
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886-1927, 1906-06-01

Kodaks-Courier Building.
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Nurseries for the Navy,

Admiral Dewey's recent statement
that the middle west furnishes mos,
of the enlisted men of the navy Is
corroborated by the dispatch from
Washington giving the navy depart.
ment's latest stabulation. OF : the
present total enlisted force o. 3o,-
so4 one-fifth is provided by the states
of Illinois, Minnesota. Michigan.
Iowa. Missouri. Wisconsin and Ne
braska.z Pennsylvania makes . good
showing with 2,146: enlisted men, hold
ing third. place Is the union, New
York being first With s6,54s and Mas
sachdsetts second with =, ,512.* It Is :
curious fact that those who have been
brought up to the sea as a probes
sion do not always make the best
man-of:war's men. Those dwelling
farthest from the sea are often the
most eager for Site on the ocean
wave. ss5s3s sls.s:s.+
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HISTORIC BITS.

+ - thought that the: game Of whist
was first played in=the time of King
Henry VIII. .sof England.
The first steamer to sail from Llyers
pool for New York was the Royal Will
liam, 407 tons, commanded BY G.
Swanson. r. NJ; she sailed July s.
1888, and was 10 days on the trip. Tho
first transatlantic screw steamer was
the Massachusetts, taken out in 1S47
by Capt. r. B. Forbes.
In the middle ages swings were hung
by an ingenious pulley device. Tho
rope was passed over grooved whel,
that was fastened to the ceiling bv =.
: bracket The one who was swinginx
was not only. pushed from behind bv
one OF his fellows, but was also helpel
from the front by striking with h;s
foot the outstretched foot OF another
comrade. This sport was a fayorite
pastime of pages. -.
f The first steamer to make a vovaea
across the Western ocean was the Sa-
vannah OF $50 tons and length OF 100
feet. She sailed from Savannah NAV
"A. 1919, and arrived at Liverpool June
20. Her steam was purely auxiliary,
for when the. wind was fair or the sea
high the paddle wheels were unshippei
and slowed on deck Her ;voyaga wa.
continued toRussia, and on the return
from st. Petersburg she reached New
York direct in 26 days.
An archaeolog1st points out that tho
hat band in the modern mans hat caa
be traced to a fllet which In ancient
times held in shape simple piece of
cloth. - Sometimes this dllet was tied
in bow behind, the tails of which sur
vive In the Scotch cap, the sailor hat
and the bishops miter. A little how in
side in the lining of the hat is a sur
vival Of lacing which kept the lining
in shape, OF possibly it dates back to a
time when a hat was made by putting
string through holes in q fat piece
of leather and by drawing it together
for crown.
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BURROWS FIVE MILES. LONG
Farms in Oklahoma Where Binding
Twine Comes in Immense
.~seAsa-- --" JS."a +.~3s"L.s ss
A0IS.

It gives one a vision of farming on
the hugest scale u see nine five-mule
teams move down the long rows of a
9,0O0-acre field, turning three burrows
apiece of the rich earth, says Worlds
Work.
When the hay is ready to cut 20
machines NOW the thousands of acres
Of grass and the 500 acres of alfalfa. In
some places they go five miles before
they turn to come back. Ten thousand
tons Of hay is the crop.
Forty-two reapcrs and binders gar
ner the wheat, and it takes five busy
steam threshers to thresh it. Binding
twine is bought by the carload 900
worth at time.
Last year was poor one for wheat
throughout Oklahoma. The Millers'
5000 acres produced only $4,000 bush
els. Yet SO careful are their meth
DDS of planting and cultivating that
they sold all but 10000 bushels of this
for seed wheat at IS cents bushel.
The wheat and the best of corn are
sold at a high price for seed. The hay,
the alfalfa, the oats, and the rest of
the corn are fed to the stock. Corn is
put into automatic feeding racks, and
the hay and the alfalfa are piled in
stacks out in the rolling pastures, and
the beeves, the mules and the hogs are
permitted to eat as much as theyswish.
In addition to this, the stock are
turned into the alfalfa fields between
the five cuttings, and they are grazed
also on the growing wheat. What they
manage to consume merely thins the
growth down to. the proper luxu.
rance. -, -, -
The late tMr.> Miller used to- keep q
sign in. the 1,200-acre ;. patch which
read: "Five dollars fine for anyone who
goes through this patch without taking
a melon" =, .;.s.~,.. \ -. ~.
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SILK HATS HINDER PlETY.
Gentlemen Wearing Them shun
Church Because Of Fear Of =.
Damage to Them.

= 1t is matter OF historical record
that our forefathcrs in the seventeenth
century wore their headgear at divine
service and also al dinner, but it las
remained for an, English newspaper to
testify that in its opinion gentlemen
sometimes refrain from going to
church because OF their hats.
"A daily paper has, recently suggest
ed that the very irregular attendance
of upper class males at church may
be, due to the: respect, with which they
regard their @headgear and the made
quate accommodation provided in
sacred edtdces for the safe bestowal OF
the cherished topper - .: -. : - :. -
They quote a ~Piccadiily halter as
saying:~-''I receive more hats to block
on Monday morning than on any, other
day of the week, end judging from the
observations I hear should say that
the owners benefit very little by going
to church. H. :. >.>,..@ .::z:.
IF they place their hats under 1.-The
seats they are kicked by the occu.
pants Of the pews behind, ladies be.
ing almost as careless as mischfeyous
boys In this respect: Then 3if they de.
posit the hats son the seats, some one
probably the owner himself sure
to sit upon them -. -, - -,
why can't: every West End church
have a cloakroom where gentlemen
can leave their hats? A small sum
could be charged, and devoted, let uf
say, to the clothing of the heather in
West Africa
"A West End vicar who was asked
if this difficulty explained, why men
did not go TO church, gave an unsym.
pathetic answer.
IT cannot. conceive he said, "even
IN these artificial and fnnicl1ing days
of a man who would avoid going 1
church out of consideration for his
hat. At regular intervals male members
of my congregation complain to me
about this matter, and I Invariably
tell them to wear; caps.,' =
A verger at a neighboring church
who offered as a remedy the sug.
gestion that men should wear opera
hats told the amusing story of an ex.
pertinent.
"Qne gentleman always used to put
his hat outside the door of his pew,
lie said; "others followed, until the
who lie aisle showed row of silk hats
This was all right till one night an
old gentleman who was shortsighted
and 1nfirm, came ;ate. He helped him:
self forward by resting his hand on
each pew. In this way he kicked every
hat into the. aisle, and 'dribbled' his
way, so to speak, up to his seat"
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} eeeesoooos eoooo 5 90 50 8,
: The Soul of the
!: Black Panther
BY MICHAEL WHITE
(Author of ''Lachmi Bai," Etc.
. = . . . . . . . . 0 %
Copyright, lsus, BY Joseph b. Bowles.)

Copyright. lsos. BY Joseph B. Bowles)
Bajorei was remote station in
the province Of 0udh, ruled over by
a solitary deputy commissioner. Un.
der him we're native officials. among
whom not the least In his own esti'
nation was one Bheem Das, the clerk
in charge of the telegraph Office. To
this position Bheem Das had been re
Gently appointed, In place Of phondo
Visram, deceased worthy old person
who had held the Office for several years.
Bheem Das was man OF immense
self-importance who. arriving at his
Jungle post in the line Of promotion,
regarded with supreme contempt the
ways Of his predecessor. Hence for
some weeks life for the late Visram's
assistant was not made enjoyable
"What do 'l<careshow old Visram did
things?" Bheems Das scornfully ad.
dressed his assistant. :. "He was fool
and you are an ass. You must alter
your ways or make room for another.
am a man Of advanced IDEAS "a.
Bheem Das, It must be Remembered,
had been educated at a college. under
foreign influence and prided himself
greatly on having cast overheard
much that was old-fashioned and SUI
perstitious.
1t was one evening shortly after he
had arranged matters to his satisfac.
tion in his bungalow Office that he
stepped out on the veranda for a
breath Of air. Before him lay the
compound surrounding the house Of
the deputy commissioner, with the
main part of the village in the back
ground. To his right and left were
few scattered huts, from which
lights hickered smokily out into the
darkness, and, enyeloping the whole,
the silent jungle, cut by the line of
the telegraph.
Presently the approach Of a lantern
foretold a visitor. The heart of
Bheem Das perceptibly quickened its
strokes, for his family had not yet
arrived, and in the meantime he fat
tered himself that his personal at
fractions had been remarked by the
feminine portion Of the community,
in particular by certain girl In an
attractive red ''sari," who it seemed to
him, passed by more often than was
necessary on her way to and from the
well. Could she have found it i'm
possible to resist very natural in
fatuation? Bheem Das thought 1t not
unlikely, and smiled with inward
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pencils and paper; ribbons and pins,
and the little Injuries that she cares

pencils and paper; ribbons. and pins,
and the little Injuries that she cares
for. <=.ss-5>>zs ssz4ssst.55zss .5ss ..=:5 s
There is the temptation to spend too
much on sweets. Creams and : cara.
meis run Away with money to an
alarming extent. There are girls who
never realize that ten dimes or twenty
nickels or one hundred pennies make
a dollar They spend the little coins
wastefully, and then wonder where the
dollars have gone. An allowance
should always cover a girls chari-
ties. A certain portion of it should
be laid aside as soon as it is received,
so that, If there lis some call for
money in. the Kings Daughters Cir
Gle, or the Settlement, or in a poor
family in the neighborhood, the little
pocketbook may have its fund set by
to help along. -
A thrifty girl will try to save a lit
tie each month for rainy day. 1t is
a good plan to- have something left
over and not to reach the very last
cent before the new allowance is paid.
| 1t is not comfortable thing to be
wnat is called hard up"
Another caution may be given. Do
not borrow or lend, If it can be
helped. l would not have you sordid
or stingy, but the girl who lends too
likely may be in straits herself, and
the girl who is known to be a bor-
rover is always an object of=s,spicion.
In boarding schools, especially, the
student who constantly borrows and
seldom pays. promptly is:little liked
by her mates, and no wonder. She
gets for herself shocking reputation,
and gradually her principles of honor
and honesty are undermined. If you
are ever forced to borrow make every
sacrifice that you may pay your obliga-
ton. The amount Of an allowance
must be determined by schoolgirls
parents, with due regard to what; 1t
is to purchase during the month.
i Copyright, 1906 by Joseph B. Bowles.)
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THREE FRENCH GAMES.
A Game Called 'tPortrait' Interesting
"Falling Soldiers Lively, and
"the Singe" Joke.

Some time ago a correspondent re.
quested games such as young people
play in France. These, three amuse.
ments may answer her purpose:
Nm the game called ''Portrait" one
persaa leaves the room, while the 9th.
ers choose the name of some one they
all know. The person ON entering the
room has to guess the name selected
BY asking questions to be answered
by yes or mo- For instance: 'Is
is a MANI" mo" "A woman?" eyes"
"Is she married?" : ::No." "Have !
seen her to-day?" 'Yes." "Has she
fair shair?" mo" Sometimes the
company choose the one who went
outside for the. portrait" and the
guessing is more difficult s7s =: =
The Failing Soldier is another di.
version. The whole company stand ii
"a row ike soldiers. The order is te
stretch the right arm forward, then
the left one; second kneel down on. one
knee only with the arms still out.
stretched; then push your next neigh
bor and the whole file will collapse
like a house of cards. -" s. =
The SINCE (the monkey is pop.
ular game among young girls who en-.
joy hearty laugh upon one of the op.
posite sex. In fact it is really a prac,
tical joke. The monkey Is the man
Eselected to leave the ROOM When he
returns silence reigns among the
whole company; puzzled by the, seri.
ous attitude, he natnra asks: That
is the matter?" They all repeat in
chorus, What is the matter?'' The
monkey" probably says, 4 do not un-
derstand, which is chorused after
him. This continues until the monkey
sees the joke which Of course he ac.
.cepts good d-naturedly laadame Merrt
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qualification. But he was soon unde-
celved: servant Of the deputy com.
missioner delivered government mes.
sage to be dispatched Immediately.
Bheem Das snatched the message
with impatience, and retreating into
his Office, turned up the oil lamp, and
sat down to his work. He had just
finished it with a grunt of relief,
when, glancing toward the door, his
vision met what appeared to be two
balls Of fire cleaning in upon him
with sinister intent.
Now as Bheem Das was 4 cour-
:ageous man only when no danger was
near, terror held him spellbound to
the spot where he had started to his
feet. Then slowly the fire balls
seemed to draw closer, until, noise
1essly and almost fmperceptibly, q
black. panther crept into the room.
For some moments the beast stood ;ap-
parently listening to the ticl,tick.tick
OF the electric current, when it sud.
denly; relieved Bheem Das of it's ter
rifying presence by leaping through
the open window. :.
For three days the nerves Of Bheem
Das were. az we would say, complete
ly unstrung. Be as advanced as you
will, unless you are prepared to re:
ceive q panther with a gun, the pos.
sibility Of another such visit is like.
~ to disturb your: mental, balance;; and
Bheem Das was no sportsman How
ever, he was beginning to pluck up
spirit again, when, toward the morn
Ing Of the fourth day thereafter, q
thunderstorm: awoke him to greater
terror than any combat OF. tho ele-
: ments.; In the darkness he again be-
held Those balls Of dre. ,.:... g., -
J. For q space they seemed to remain
stationary, and then as flash Of
lightning Illuminated The scene. he
cav the 1.-the form Of. the panther.
standing atS the keyboard. Above the
succeeding crash Of thunder, I cry
from the beast rose uke-the vail OF q
banshee. - ..g..sssE.ssz5=.. Il
With the panther sshetween-I him sand
the door. Bheem Das gave himself I'm
Tor lost. He withdrew his body into
'as small 2 compass as possible Sc.
tween. an angle Of the walls, and petl.
toned the gods more fervently fhanii
she had even done before. I ne even
vowed to meas hisl shadow = the
length Of the 0sngss IT, hs qsniRhll hll
escape his fate this oncA Presently
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laid over the others; both its edges
are trimmed with frilled ribbon, and
the outer edge of the side straps. Tha
sleeves are gagged in the center to
form two puffs, and are gathered just
below the elbow, into, a band of inser-
ton edged with friiled ribbon.
Materials required: two yards 4(
inches wide, two and one-half yards
insertion, four yards frilled ribbon.
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Aseptic.

Aseptic.
Have you sterilized the baby.s milk
and boiled the water you put in II, and
disinfected the bottle, Maggie?''
"Yis, mum. Here ut is"
"But for heavens sake what's that
floating in it," :
BE alsy, mum-that's no microbe.
Ut's only cockroach." "-Cleveland
Leader.
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Marking Silver and Linen.

8 a correspondent asks how table sill
yer, and linen should be marked when
intended for wedding presents:
Custom DEGREES that everything given
before the marriage ceremony should
bear either the full name. monogram
or initials Of the bride On silver the
date may dded. but It SIS not nee
essary.M Madame Merit. s5=s..s5
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A VERY PRETTY BLOUSE.
Charming Waist Made of Light Green
Voile and Trimmed with In
=: sertion and Ribbon.

Pale green voile makes up well in
this style. The fronts are gagged sew
eral times on each shoulder and again
just above the bust.
Down the center front are three
straps of insertion. The center one is
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Marked Down 20 &3.7t.

Marked Down TO $3.76.
..I notice that q New York woman.
|snends 1875 n ~. Whist ddos u you think
;pk that szts=ss =ss
& { Huh 1zither she don't belong q
my eet or the ptinter ont 8 period ..
F1i1edslphio, {A6G & 3. ~ s5s
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1906-11-23
Gfrf '''S Thfrf.

y X x X x x X x X y y X y X x X x
praise thee while my days go on;
love thee while my days so on
Through dark aud dearth through fire and
frost.
With emptied arms and treasure lost,
thank thee while my days so on
= = =
Another Raid-Y esterday, h DO
lice searched +. ID. Chausse's bulld-
ing for gambling apparatus supposed
to be operated therein Finding moth
ing there, they searched an adioin.
ing building run 10y Chausse as a
roomlng house and i'm one room found
a head to roulette table ChausSe
was arrested unner the ordinance
and at the hearing today paid a fine.
Will Talk COrn-The South Da-
kota Corn Growers association Will
hold Its meeting and corn sh w AT
Mitchell on December 1920. The
ASSOCIATION has arranged for the ser
wees OF Prof. "A. N. Hume of the III.
inois College of Agriculture, assisted
by Prof. Cole of the South Dakota
Conege Oh Agriculture t. co,.duc,
during the 18th and 10Th a corr
school, for farmers. These corr
schools are held very extensively il
Iowa, Nebraska and Illinois, anC
have been great ass Stanc. m bring
ing corn TO the front in those states
II. Z. Warner of Forces burg. S. ID.
will furnish entry blanks far all who
wish to make entries of corn. OWN.
tn the tact that all entries will hay,
10 be scored. it is necessary that TN,
corn should be in the haIds of TIN,
committee in time that the scorin,
may all be done before the onenin,
of the meeting.
Make Vags WOrl1-Here's a poot
Mint 20 the Sisseton CITY conncil
which would result i'm MAKING M
streets more paS>able this winter
among the lew features Of Fargo,
city ordinances w.ll he provision fn
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that section, The man is rather
plain though neat in his appearance.
and represents himSelf as wishing to
buy Il farm for his son or some other
relative. He cajuies the farmer into
giving HIM a power of attorney to sell
his land, or an agreement tn sell the
land t" hl:n at good figure. This
pap cnntains the signatures of the
faimeI his wife. aud the notary be-
fore whom iV l.. executed. He then
procee Is to have deed drawn up IN
proper form. and the notary having
placed his seal upon the former docu-
ment, he has a duplicate seal made,
and by clever forgery, he sool has a
deed of the farm in proper form,
signed, sealed and attested. He
afterward presents the deed TO the
lawyer or real estate man who drew
1T UP, claims to have paid cash for
the farm and thus used up his ready
money. and asks for a loan to make
needed repairs and improvements.
Obtaining tniS money by mortgdging
the farm, he fades away. This
smooth swlndler has obtained a good
deal of money 10y this clever game.
Imperial Male Quartette-T
Imperial Male Quartct9e, who ap-
peared Monoay evening IN the open
ing program OF the Library l"rture
course certainly gave the music low
ing public IA treat. All four gentle
men have voices of great power and
excellent quality, and admirably
suited To each other. Although the
solos were very good and mnch ap-
preci3teG the quartette numbers were
apparently most enjoyed. Miss Beck
gave several recitations in an artistic
and pleasing manner The house
was we'll filled and the people we'll
& pleased. all of which augurs we'll for
the future of the course.
y. = =
Big Indian Payment-Coi. Arthur
, M. Pinker, government inspector
y from Washing ton, is at the Slsseton