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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-07-12
FIARY'S
INSANITY
BY Louise Jackson Strong
copwIpAl. Ia0a, AnlIeeIure. pAlulp. 4 ID.


well, Molly" Mrs. briggs kissed
hcr daughter ngaln tcndcrly. I'm glad
10 vet you back. II was unreasonable
IN your Uncle Page 10 keep you for
months. Ill never spare you Is long
again"
THAT Isn't tho only thing Uncle Page
IN unreasonable about" Mary replied.
following bor mother to the buggy.
Mira Briggs said nothing more until
they were jogging along tho pleasant
road. Then she turned with d doubt.
ful smile "Wc may m well have II
out and done with. Molly. or course !
know you mean that your uncle In un-
reasonable about that schoolteacher.
but he's good Judge Of men"
''Ile Ia too prejndlced 10 Judge fair.
IT," Mary declared. "And he prejudic.
ell you against Alien top. IL you only
waited until you had become aeaualn..
oil with him, mother
u would never consent 10 your mar.
rying mere schooltcncherr Mrs
Briggs broke In,
"Alicn hasn't taken II up nv life
profession" Mary hastened 70 explain.
'"f'imc he's pottercd around at coun.
try school teaching few gears he'll be-
spoiled for anything elsc." Mra, Briggs
asserted, ''and can't have you tied 10
that kind OF man. dear"
Mary was silent. aud her mother
scr,i,lnlzed her face finding II thinner
than II should be and pale, now the cx.
element Of their meeting had passed
That made her anxious.
"Yon cant really have cared for
him. Molly. 40 az TO make you unbap.
py! yon had never seen him until you
went up there. and your father and
were two years. or and on. making up
our minds"
II think II is different with some, :"
Mary said ahyly, her checks pinking,
''ft seemed as II we had known each
other always. from the tirst. and saw
him constantly. you know. ill Uncle
Page Inierrcred. care for him more
than cnn ever care for amy one else.
but | couldn't defy you. mother"
II suppose he was angry over my Lot.
terri Mrs. Briggs said tentatively.
NO. he wasn't angry, but he felt
that you were unfair In not giving him
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-07-12


a achance 10 show what was In him. lii
went away, as you had forbidden me
to see him, and ! have known nothing
OF him Since" Mary said wlstfully.
Mrs. Briggs felt sudden contempt
for the young man who had obeyed hei
mandates 20 completely without q
struggle. However, II only proved him
a poor thing, unworthy such prise al
Mary. and the dear girl was young
She would get over II and be happy In
the love Of some man who was q man
Such a one was at hand. and Mrs
Briggs considered him 80 desirable as
a son.in'law that she already regarded
him as such prospectIvely.
"Well," she said finally, II am glad
Molly, that you hold no grudge against
me. ! told you about the judges neph.
ew, fne, smart young fellow. Mrs.
Brown has couple Of girl cousins Wis.
itlng her, and the Hendersons have
several nice young men among the
boarders. Our little town will be gay
this summer, and I've tixed up bit.
80 you can do your share Of entertain
ing"
Mary shrank, exclalmlng. "0h, moth
er, ! want to stay quietly at home with
you"
And have people saying you're mop
Ing over disappointment Mrs.
Briggs spluttered.
Il don't care what they say. It's no
use, mother. | see what you mean for
me, but can't forget" Then, with a
wan smile, II am not behaving very
we'll, mother, but don't mind It, and
let's just go ON MS usual"
"And don't ding me at the Judges
nephew" she added mentally.
II have asked the nephew ana Flor
for this evening" Mrs. D.,rrs sal
presently, "but | cnn send john to tel
them you are too tired"
John, the new hand" Mary con
mented absently
Eyes, and he's a wonderful, manage
There he is." Mrs. Briggs po,a.el with
her whip as they rounded the HON,
corner.
Mary glanced IndIfferently at the Gg-
ure beyond the grove, then with a low
cry leaned forward, gazing intently,
"John?" she repeated. turning be-
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-07-12
A Polite Edilnr-

"Why did You tell that poet to hitch
his wagon to star2'
''Fhat" answered the editor gloom.
lily, twas my polite way Of saying I
wished he'd get or the earth."--Ex-
change. Ee
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-07-12

"Oh," she said, 'your conduct is
enough to make an angel weep"
Il don't see you shedding tear" he
retorted. and his ready wit saved the
day. M.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1906-07-12

I've never any pity for concelted peo-
pie, because they carry their comfort
about with them. George Eliot.
The Alaska prospector., 1906-12-20
Offers $5O,OOO Purse.
Will Probably Tempt Jeff
 From Retirement

New York. Dec. 2O-Tex Rick ard has offered a purse of s5O,OOO for a fight at Goldfield between JsfEries and Jack Johnson, the col bred heavyweight champion of the world. It Is expected that Jeffries will accept.
The Alaska prospector., 1906-12-20
To Repair Trail. l,

A petition was circulated here this fall addressed to tho Alaska Road Commission, asking that six men be employed to keep the win- ter trail in repair between the summit and Teikhcll. The peti- tion was forwarded to Skagway, and an answer received by wire today, authorizing tho hiring of four men. Following is the message:
 E. s. Orr: Please engage four men to work oh summit under your supervision until the arrival of Mir. Ingram. Salary must not exceed $S5 per month. Pillsbury.
 This will insure the trail being kept in fairly good shape and will obviate the trouble experienced with chuck holes, etc., last spring.
 A number of improvements have been nade in the Brooklyn hotel during the past week and an office opened oh the ground floor with entrance on Mckinley street.
 Valdez Cold Storage Co.-Whole- sale Retail Distributing Agents for Morgan Oyster Go.
 Something new in the moving picture line every night at the Montana
 Prescriptions are filled by us with the utmost care. Every part of the work of preparing the medicine and checking off, as we'll as writing the label, Is done by a graduate experienced phar- macists. Owl Drug Co.
The Alaska prospector., 1906-12-20
Reject New Spelling

Washington, Dec 2O-The Sen ate has posponcd action on the presidents dismissal of colored troops, until his message regarding ihe matter can be reprinted. The original message was spelled ac- cording to the last order of the president and it and the naessag ge regarding the Panama canal have bsan sent back to be printed again, using the normal spelling.
 See our line of purses and combs at Ladies Bazaar.
 Christmas Fruit Cake at Valdez Bakery.
 Beautiful hosiery for ladies ant gents at Ladies Baiaar
 Finest Christmas perfumes u, Owl Drug Co.,
 Furnished house for rent, close in. Call at this office.
The Alaska prospector., 1906-12-20
Want More Money.

Washington, Dec. 2O-Thc Alas Sa fair delegation has received in- structions by wire to increase the amount of appropriation asked for from $750,O0O to s1 s1,25O,OOO.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-02-16
Pa Kept Mauling the Lion.

her off their hands. One tramp had
his feet cut off, and pa tried to show
him how much he would save in shoes
the rest of his life, and that he was
in big luck. We left "a at Pough-
keepsie to settle the cases, and went
on to New York, and weheard the people
had lynched him, but he showed up
in a couple of days with money left.
Now all the lawyers in New York are
after us, with claims, and they haze
attached most everything, and the
show is up against it.
What a difference it makes who
wants damages. When we we're work.
ing. the railroad for damages. it was
a cinch, and like getting money from
home, but To- that the people are
working us for damages, for being
smashed up under our tent, we look
upon it as a. crime, and tell them it
is an act of Providence, and that the
show Is not to blame for q winL-
storm: But the lawyers can't be
very pious, for they won't believe in
the act of Providence racket. and we
shall have to cough up all the profits
Of the season.
Since we got settled in New York for
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-02-16

man and woman from New Hamp-
shire in one berth, and when the monk
got in their berth and began to- talk
the Newport language, the old man
thought it was me, and he said: "Now,
bub, you go away to your pa"
The monk went out, and got into an
other berth, and crawled under the
bunk, and when the woman came i'll
to go to bed, she looked under it to
see if any man was there. When she
saw our baboon she yelled fire." AMI
the officers of the boat pulled him out
by the hind leg, and tore my pant
leg of. Pa and I had to sit up the
rest of the night with him, and when
we landed him with the show at
Madison Square Garden we felt re-
lieved.
Ono woman on the boat has fol-
lowed us ever since to collect dam
ages from pa: cause his Oldest sor,
the monk, proposed to her. Gee, it
seems to me a woman ought to know
the difference between a balloon and
a man, but some women will marry
anything that wears clothes.
The monk took to me so, pa said
] must teach him everything I could
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-02-16

scared everybody half to death. sev-
eral people were hit by tent poles and
hurt some, and it was the widest
scene I ever saw, and people who go,
out alive ran away in the dark, and
somebody said the animals had all
got loose, and some of the peor!e
never stopped running till daylight the
next morning.
Some run into the river and the an:
balances carried the injured to hos
pitfalls. Pa stampeded with the e-e-
plants, ard never showed up till noon
the next day. BY that time at least
OU0 people hed filed claims fer
damages, and all the lawyers, from AL
bany to New York, were on our trail.
The managers appointed pa to set
tie with the injured, and the way h..
argued with those pecp'e YVES a cau-
ton. One old woman was killed, anu
pa tried to show her relatives that as
she was old and helpless, and more 'or
less a burden to the family, they ought
to pay the show something for getting
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-02-16

is the combination Of the symbols or
forms in pictures. 80. =
When the idea of a maple tree, for
example. can be conveyed by an oval
with a stem, and a stream by a letter S,
and hills by oblique lines, the putting
them together is the next step.
Proportion in Picture Making.
And here We must think of proper
tion-the quality which deals with how
much form or how many forms may
occupy the space of the picture. No
rule can be given on this point. Expert
ments with different proportions will
show which are best.
Try a number of proportions as seen
in Group 1 Experiments in proportion)
and question which one has too much
tree for the ground and sky, which too
little. Note that many may be of agree
able proportions, yet of very different
proportions.
Only by repeated effort will apprecia-
ton of proportion become evident.
Always work in a defined space-that
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-02-16

ager of the -Four Hundred show de-
cided to Danish the baboon, and orr
show sent pa to Newport to buy the
baboon and bring him to our show ut
New York.
We had the darndest time get
ting him away. from Newport. Ia
couldn't do anything with him, but
he took to me. cause he thought I was
his ~long-4est brother, and i could do
anything with him: We got HMM.
our stateroom on the boat, and took
his clothes away from him, cause he
only wears his clothes when he is
being dined and wined, and we chained
him in the upper berth. He just
raised the very deuce on the way
down to New York. After pa and I
got to SLEEP that baboon got my
clothes, and put them on, slipped the
chain over his head, jumped through
the transom, and went into every
berth where the transom was op2n
and chatted with the people who oc-
cupied the berths. There was an old
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-02-16
The NATURE OF ETHER.
Old Ideas of Light, Heat and Electric
ity C~ontroverted by Fa-
nous Chemist.

The great Russian chemist, Prof.
Mendeleef, d%iscoverer of the famous
pericric law of the elements, has con-
tributed to the new Russian Encyclo-
paedic Dictionary a remarkable paper,
in which he deals with the ether. A
translation of this article, printed in
Nature, will be of supreme interest to
all physicists. In opposition to some
recent thinkers, Mendeleef insists that
matter IS not a mode of force or mo-
ton, but that substances (masses)
and phenomena (movements) must be
recognized as two separate ~categories,
such as space and time. the substance
of which our thought has not yet pene-
trated, but without which it cannot
work." The. ether Of space he regards
as matter, resembling argonorthelium,
in having no power of chemical COM
bination; it must also possess ex-
tremely low density and great rapidity
ether may escape from the sphere of
attraction of stars so times as great as
the mass of the sun it must have an
atomic weight not more than 900, 0O0,-
000, 053. The very small value of this
figure explains why there is little hope
of isolating the substance of the ether
in the near future, and it also explains
why it penetrates all ~substances." We
have got rid of the old ideas Of light,
heat and electricity being impondera-
bles, and now, Mendeleef considers,
I'VE can say with certainty that the
luminiferous ether, if it be real, is
p~onderable, although it cannot be
weighed, just as air cannot be weighed
in air or water in water"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-02-16

that men do, SO I thought it would do
no harm to teach him to chew to-
bacco, cause he could already smoke
cigarettes, so I borrowed a; chew from
The boss canvasman, a great big
chew Of black plug tobacco, and the
monk grabbed it, and chewed it awhile,
just before the afternoon performance,
and swallowed it. I knew that set-
lied the monk, and when the audience
came along by his cage, and pa was
trying to get him to perform, as
he did at Newport, eating dinner like
a man, the monk turned pale, and his
stomach ached, and he stood on his
head, and held his stomach in both
hands, and kicked the table over.
Then he hit pa a swat with his foot,
and wound his tail around pas neck,
and laid his head on pas shirt bosom,
and was seasick.
Pa said: well, this beats every
thing. What did you do to him."
I told pa I had only been teaching
the monk manly tricks, and pa said:
"Wall: you have overdone it." And
then the Humane society had pa ar
rested for cruelty to animals. But
the monk got over it, and now he
tries to be a masher, and winks at
women, and flirts with them just as
the men do at Newport.
We thought we were smart when
we held up the railroad for damages
back in Pennsylvania, after the wreck.
but we are getting a dose of Jul OWL
medicine. At P~oughkeepsie there
came up a wind and rainstorm thai
blew the tent down right in the
midst of the evening performance, and
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-02-16
An Athletic Cabinet.

The new British cabinet is made up
of young men, comparatively speak
ing, the average. age being IS. Tho
average in President R%oosevelt's cabi-
net is 81. All the men chosen by
Campbell-Bannerman are strong in the
matter of outdoor sports. Gladstone
is president of the National Physical
Recreation society. AsQuith, like Bal
four, is a golf enthusiast. Burns is
an expert boxer, cricket player and
oarsman. Grey is an authority on fly
fishing. Reid is a football champion
at Oxford: Burrell is a crack. pedes-
trian and golf player. Crewe' hunts,
shoots and races horses and Bryce is
seldom happier than when he is fishing
or climbing mountains. 5
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-02-16

We have added to the show the most
remarkable animal that ever was-1a
baboon that dresses like a man, and
cats at a table, using a. knife and fork,
and a napkin. This baboon has been
playing an engagement with the Four
Hundred at Newport, dining with thu
crowned heads at that resort, but the
COMPOUNDED baboon got to be too hu-
man, and he fell in love with an hei:-
ess, and scared one of the Willie boys
that was also in love with her.
His friends were afraid the baboon
would cut Willie out entirely, or get
jealous and injure Willie, so the man
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-02-16

look at the sun, moon, apples, oranges,
apple trees, bushes, the human head,
and so on; how many things are nearly
square, or in parallelograns, observe
houses, doors, windows, walls, tree
trunks, the draped human figure, etc.
Various examples were given. "
Now, assuming that the parent or
teacher can furnish the child on paper
or blackboard such symbols as referred
to. the next thing to engage attention
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-02-16

is, draw the box or parallelogram to be
filled with the picture on paper, slate
or blackboard.
Proportions are more precise and bet
ter studied within a given boundary.
The child does not e in it's mind the
picture it is to- draw concentrated in a
frame of a given shape. Its mental vi
sion is diffused, assis seen by the way, it
draws on it's slate.
Look at, the first drawing of the little
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-02-16
EASY LESSONS IN
DRAWING
BY FREDERICK RICHARDSON
Instructor in Competition and in Charge Of
g. Illustration Glasses in Art Institute,
~ -. %ss..., Chicago.)
r. = Copyright, by Joseph 3. Bowles.)
SIMPLE SYMBOLS OF VARIOUS
OBJECTS.

In last weeks article it was stated
that the parent or teacher should reduce
hgures, trees, houses, fruits and other
FAMILIAR forms to simple symbols-let-
ting the most simplifed forms stand for
complicated objects-and of these make
pictures.
; 1T was stated also that most objects
are made UP of combinations of spheres,
cubes and cylinders, and that to see how
many things are round one has only to
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-02-16
Coral Jewe1ry.

~ 4as- .4a Coral Jewe1ry. a.
, Quantities of:coral made into chains
pins and brooches, set in gold. An
old fashion revived.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-02-16

A Newport Monk Is Added to the
Show-The Boy Teaches Him Some
"Manly Tricks''-The Tent Blows
Down and a Panic Follows-Pa
Manages the Animal Act Which
Ends in a Novel Manner.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-02-16

Latest Thing at a Wedding.
Mrs. Knicker-Was it a fashionable
wedding?
Mrs. Bocker-Yes, indeed; the bride
attended by a Divorce Of honor
N. Y. Sun.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-02-16

Copyright by J. B. Bowles.)
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1906-02-16
The Old Excuse.

The Old Excuse,
The sparrow, had just shot Cock
Robin.
"Mistook him for a deer while out
hunting" he explained.
This was really the origin of the
tlme-honored custom.-N. Y, Sun.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1906-11-28

Harry Ward returned home We'd
nesdav evening from his trip thru
Stearns and Morrison counties.
Old,"Put',' Of the. Granite Tribune
is author Of the following: Did you
ever see a dozen girls out on lark?
One. evening last week about a
fourth of a gross, with enjoyment
intent, promenaded up and down
the thoroughfare, demanding of
friends they met everything they
wanted, including candy, CIDER,
gum, and last butnotsleast,oysters.
The unfortunate who was elected by
them to purchase the feed readily II
not willingly conceded and acceded
to their demands, and escortlng
them Ito a cafe, rang up the chef.
and called for the popular bivalves
when all were satisfied to their
hearts content.
Lottie Tillotson, who lectured here
before. the Eastern Star. got out OF
| her difficulty at Springfield IN the
following way, according to the
Advance: The criminal case in which
Lottie Tillotson was defendant and
Ernest Aftermath plaintiff, took a
change of venue Monday from JUS
.tice Rays court to. that Of Justice
Semans. Nearly all day the case
was fought stubbornly in court by
the attorneys. Justice Semans rem
dered his decision yesterday fore
noon, finding the defendant guilty.
/ He imposed a fine of S. and costs,
amounting in all to about $28. The
defendant will appeal the case to
the district court.
Statistics completed Saturday by
the state dairy and food department
show that Minnesota is more than
maintaining its former reputation
as buttermaking state. During
the last year there have been 698
creameries operated in the state, SIT
cooperative and 181 Independent.
Forsthese creameries, 758,456 cows
contributed i ,593, 125, 159 pounds of
milk. from which, was made H.
455, 400 pounds of butter, most of it
Exceptionally fine test. of the: total
butter product 4,659,747 pounds
we're sold to creamery patrons, and
843, 791 pounds were sold locally.
Of butter not sold direct at the
creameries "a, 1884, TAT pounds were
shipped to points within the state,
and 77,860,274 to points outside the
state mostly to the Chicago and
New York market, where Mime
sofa butter is in great demand fol
the fine trade. | -
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1906-11-28

Finchford Sorghum 90 cents per
gallon at Cummins & Dripps. If.
High-grade Hereford bull and
mammoth bronze gobbler<fors sale
by 3, S, Stunt r. IN III g lo-3t:
C. F. Cook, secretary of the Ali
.ance Fire Insurance Co. of Austin,
one Of the best insurance companies
in the state, was doing business in
Redwood Falls last Wednesday.
The annual meeting of the Mime
sofa Valley Medical association will
be held at Mankato on December
4th. On the previous evening the
physicians of Mankato will banquet
the medical men of Brown and Red
wood counties at the Saulpaugh
hotel. d
|. w. Bedle, cashier Of the First
National Bank Of Tracy, has ten
dered his resignation to the direct
ors of that institution, to take effect
the oath of this month. Ira has
accepted a position with the Wash
ington Trust Co. Of Spokane, at 9
salary of $4,000 year and is also
allowed stock in the bank to the
amount of $1,000, all Of which goes
to show that there is something
more than ordinary in the young
man. ~
Governor John A. Johnson ha
sent letter to the state audito
containing a draft for SO, SCI .28 OF
the federal treasury at Washington
This draft represented 5 per cent
Of the money received for the sale
of federal lands in Minnesota fol-
the fiscal year ending June Both
Tle money goes to enrich the state
road and bridge fund. This is the
smallest amount of money the state
has received for one years sale of
federal lands since 1900, Thi
is directly indicative Of the decreas