St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1906-01-19

An Iowa woman has been feed.
ing her husband on poison. Thos'
Iowa men will eat anything.
You Hong is held for murder il
Portland. II is to be hoped the
verdict for You Hong will be
"You Hang.
All mutual insurance companie,
have a string concealed within each
policy. Most of them will not bear
mutual watching.
Up the Willamette lives John
Lilly and his sweetheart calls him
her lilly OF the valley" Cute
isn't itl He weighs 2Io.
II may be true. that matches
are made In HEAVIER" but we had
always supposed that the birthstone
foundry was working in the other
place.
AT Roseburg a man named Vial
has been sent to the pen for six
years. He'll probably be big
enough to be called Bottle when he
gets out.
Heretofore il has cost a Portland
man about 81 TO get gloriously
full. Since the opening of the
rinks he can get his big skate OH
for 35c.
A grass widow should not by
any means be considered green.
When she's in her prime she is
more of a clover" widow-and
she knows IL.
In many states farmers register
their fine stock. In Oregon IL is
the voter who is registered-but
this doesn't prove that they are all
high-grade OF blooded.
A mile oi the Southern Pacific
road near Hillsboro has been sucked
down by a sinkhole. Thank God
that there's something that will
make that road "let down.
A bcggar claiming to have creep
ing paralysis has been doing Cor
vallis. He paralyzed the people
there 30 that he was able TO creep
away with a good many dollars.
Al party here the other evening
the hostess served chestnuts. All
went well till the boy OF the family
said he broke OFF a tooth cracking
the nuts-and then no one cared
for any more.
A young religious ass at Salem
claims that he has tasted % days
because God told him to do so.
The fellow Is described as a cheer.
iul young man 20 years old who is
an accomplished liar.
In some foreign countries wives
are bought. In America many
husbands are sold. And in Amer
lea, too, many wives are given
away by jealous people after they
are given away in church.
A fool and his money are soon
separated. A painting recently
sold in Paris for ss4ooo-enough
To give ~ couples a $4,000 farm
each-and a nice little start for
home, And it was bum printing,
too.
II is not safe To Judge a man by
the lodge pin he wears. We know
a Mason who doesn't know whether
red mortar is colored with red ink
or cayenne pepper-and we know
a WoOdman who makes his wife
split all the stove-wood
Governor Pattison, of Ohio, was
50 sick that he viewed the inau-
gural parade while encased in
glass, Most governors would be
II they were kept in glass
cages the whole term-and were
gagged aud handcuffed.
A New York plumber asphyxia-
Ied while standing at his work and
was dead 30 hours before il was
known, Some who saw him as he
stood there thought he was work
my bit slower than usual-but
that il was "time lob"
When a man gets a new pair of |
pants he prefers to sneak around |
ln some back street SO people will
not notice them. When a woman
gets new pair OIL mean, when
woman gets new dress she likes
% get right out where all may see
I and know it's new.
Ii the Northern Pacific can build
trestle 100 feet long in one night
md the o. X. * n. can tear il
lown and build 100 feet OF good
old railroad in bed the same time
nd each road gets out an injunction
gainst the others crossing its own
lnd-how old is Ann'
AT Clarkia, Idaho, a fight hap
sned a few days ago and one man
ad his ear bitten of. The man
Tho bit it of was forced. at the
oint OF a revolver, TO eat il raw.
o save his life he did it-but '
dded pepper and salt. II would
ave been much nicer il he could {
ave it fried in crumbs.
Thorn.