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St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1908-05-22
MISCELLANEOUS items.

Buy your tea aud coffee of r. +
Lash.
Celery plants for sale at aos N
Edison street.
Good horse for saIe.-Call al
Norton's hardware store.
Nice, fresh eggs from the coun-
try at the Home Creamery.
II you want to buy, rent, sell oi
exchange property see Wolcotl
(The Rent Man.
Found-Scow Iaxoo in William
etts slough. Call at Cation
slough. P. Turner. sop
Now is the time to secure your
cabbage and tomato plants. Nice
ones for sale at Brodahps green
house.
Wanted-To rent piano for sum
mer. Will receive best of care. No
children. Phone Richmond 6aI or
leave word at ice plant.
Have your property insured In
the St. Paul or Northern fire insur-
ance companies. They are the
best. S. l.. Dobie, agent.
The ladies aid of the Congrega-
tional church will serve dinner in
the Holbrook block on Jersey
street on election day. Come and
eat with them.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1908-05-22
THE BARGAIN COUNTER

Go to the Home Creamery for
ice cream.
All the latest novelties in ladies'
belts at Prall's.
Lot on Lively street $500. Easy
terms. S. l.. Dobie.
so foot lot on Jersey street,
$4,000. Terms. S. L. Dobie.
An acre near Stewart Station
$rSoo--S4oo cash. S. L. Dobie.
Do not forget Bitgood & Cole
give you meat at Portland prices.
d acre, orxIoeH one block from
car line S6oo-$2oo cash. S. l..
Dobie.
You get full weight and first
quality at the Central market. Just
try it awhile.
Ladies silk and Isle gloves at
Prall's.
Houses any size or price on easy
payments. Mckinney, St. Johns
Heights Station.
Bitgood & Coles trade is stead
lily increasing, the result of small
margins and prompt service.
$rIoo-s room house and 5ox
100 lot, $500 cash-balancc two
and three years. S. l.. Dobie.
Ready made sheets and pillow
cases, all prices at Prall's.
Choicest varieties of pansy plants
and rose bushes at Brodahrs green
house. Place your orders now.
$3.50, corner rooxIoo near French
block. Mckinney, st. Johns
Heights station.
II you wish clean, fresh, nicely
cut meats go to Bitgood & Coles.
Spring weights in underwear aud
hosiery for everybody at Prall's.
5oxIoo corner on Jersey street
between postofiice and bank. $3.50.
First come first served. Call up
Jersey 3or.
All our meats are government
inspected and the best that money
can buy. They are neatly and
carefully handled. Come in and
leave your order for free delivery.
Wards Central Market.
You get more meat and less bone
for your money at Bitgood *
Coles than anywhere In the city.
Fine liue Of mems furnishings at
Pnlls.
5oxIoo lots close to car only
$500. 10 per cent cash, balance
IS or $io per month, 6 per cent.
Call and ask me about these lots.
Mckinney, st. Johns Heights Sta
ton.
T. ID. Walker, II9 N. Jersey,
III u N. Jersey, cigars. tobacco,
confectionery and ice cream.
Freel Freel With every "a pur-
chase. we will give a pretty framed
picture. Prall Mercantile company.
Holbrook block.
$a4oo buys 7 room modern house
bath. pantry and cement basement.
Lot IooxIoo nicely fenced. 3 apple
trees, cherries, 90 logan berries,
200 strawberries. Fine river view;
four blocks from postofiice. u
cash. balance 2.years at 7 per cent.
See owner, 6a2 North Edison or
address postofiice box 23I, ST.
Johns, Oregon. Iotf
5 acres, ? miles from good city.
all in high state Of cultivation, S
room house. barn 3ox36 feet, root
house I2xI6. chicken house Iox35,
another 2sxS4. another IaxIa, one
acre Of strawberries, $50 logan
berry bushes, 200 gooseberry BUSH
es. 100 black cap berry bushes, II
apple, 3 pear, a6 peach, 20 cherry,
and S nut trees. one acre OF the
very best creek bottom land, 2 acres
in pasture. This is an ideal little
home. Price S2Ioo. Box 5o7.
st. Johns Oregon.
Prall Mercantile Co. will give
away a beautiful Japanese waste
paper basket with every u pur-
chase.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1908-05-22

Would like to instruct a class Of
mandolin scholars who have not
completed a course of lessons. Also
beginners will be given lessons.
Guitar pupils also. Apply for in
formation to ID. r. Taylor.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1908-05-22

heights on Tyler street that will be
an ornament to that part of the
city. We would be glad il Mr.,
Sterling could do like his brother,
make him home here in St. Johns,
for there is no better location for a
home this side Of the new Jerusa'
lem.
To the thoughtful aud practical
mind there is hardly q magazine
that Is more interesting or attractive
than the Scientific American. II
does not necessarily mean that the
mind must be that Of : mechanic IAN
inventor, or scientist; but il must
be one who takes an interest In the
advancement aud progress Of the
human race. To such an one. in
whatever walk Of life he may be,
the Scientific American will prove
intensely interesting.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. A. Wood, Mr..
and Mrs. ]. r. Willisms and Mrs.
Green, who is visiting the family
Of Mr.. Wood, composed a party
who went to see Uncle Sans big
canoes at Astoria. The party
went out to see the feet on the
steamer Roanoke some ten miles
from shore, and the entire feet
steamed by their vessel at a dis
tance Of little more than a block.
II was the grandest sight. the yis-
itors declare. they ever saw, and
was well worth the trouble and
expense Of the trip.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-14
HYHAWKER JOTy

Mcpherson still thinks it is entitled
to new Santa Fe depot.
A booze jointist in Pratt warns
bootleggers to keep off his premises.
Dodge City now boasts of the oppor-
tunity of eating flour from home
ground wheat.
There is so much prosperity in
Dodge City that the people paid liber-
ally to see a home talent minstrel
show.
Some person without a particle of
feeling for his thirsty neighbors stole
five quarts of whisky from buggy at
Hazelton. The owner refers to the
theft as a terrible calamity.
A dwarf orange tree with forty-two
oranges on it is attracting considerable
attention at Yates Center. It belongs
to Elmer Hayes and at one time this
seas on 1t had Is oranges on it.
The public hools at Medicine
Lodge were closed for an indefinite
period on account of a smallpox scare.
The smallpox rights in the winter
equal the mad dog terrors in summer.
Reno county to the effect that the
Hessian fly is damaging the wheat.
The press agent of the Hessian fly has
got in ahead of the green bugs news
agent.
It Is said by some farmers that
crows spread cno1era among nogS, ana
the farmers of Wilson county are get
ting rid of the crows by putting strych-
nine in a rabbit, which is hung in a
tree where the crows roost.
The sheriff of Crawford county is
getting busy and put the lid on thirty
six saloons last week. 1t is evident
from the list Of the names Of the own
ers that the foreign element predomf-
mates among saloonkeepers in that
county. Such names as Palletti and
Tschitilstch appear. 1t is not stated
how the pros ecuting attorney got out
the warrants without breaking the
alphabet.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-14

agitation, Jessica began to open hers.
On top was great box. and within
was bunch OF vioIets and two fra
grant American beauties, and on
card was written in Cousin Bob's ia
mflfar writing:
Roses red and violets blue,
My heart to you is ever true.
she looked up and her eyes met his.
In his hand he held the valentine she
had sent. But his eyes were not dane
In. There was in them instead a very
tender light
"Jessica.'' he said softly, "Jessica,
did you send me this 20
Remembering Aunt Theodora's
she was a truthful little thing.
Yes" she whispered and bent over
her flowers. Then she explained ella
borately. but, of course. valentines
don't mean ANYTHING. Everybody sends
lots Of them.'' -
II sent only one" he stated stern1y.
The roses and the violets spoke to
me of you, Jessfca, and took me back
to the verses I sent you when 1 was
a little lad. And I meant every word
OF 1t. Will you marry me. Jessica Z"
The proposal came so suddenly that
it found her all unprepared. Her
heart pounded madly. She forgot
Aunt Theodore, she forgot everything
but that he loved her
Yes" she whispered, as she heard
her aunt's step upon the stairs.
"And the beauty of it." was the way
Cousin Bob upset Aunt Theodora's
fine theories when that night he told
her Of their engagement. was her
girlishness. A woman of the world
would have held me of, but 1t was her
sweet surrender that won me. was
sure she loved me from the first."-
copyrighted 1908 by c. H. SUIT
cliffe.)
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HUMOR OF THE DAY

Mr.. Jawback-That boy gets his brains
from me.
from you. If you ever had any-that's
cinch.-Cleveland Leader.
Mrs. Newrocks-RealIy. I'm sorry we
didn't accumulate more souvenirs Of our
Mr.. .Newrocks-oh. we can get all we
did prohibition work in your town.
ITO a certain extent" answered the ir-
responsible character.
What do you mean?'
,ro1 Them got drinks s, WAS prohtbitssd
Doctor said the convalescent. smiling
S weak Inu you may send in your bill any
tut, tut replied the M. D.. silencing
his patient with a wave of his hand.
You're not strong enough yet.'-Judge.
well. little one" said the kindly old
man, what are you going to do when
you grow to be MANI?
II guess I'll be a freak" replied the
bright child.
"A freak? Why?''
"'Cause I'm a little GIRL Philadelphia
Press.
Borem-I think hear your fathers step
you good night.
| Miss Hits (yawning)-oh, it can't be
Idtners ne q lale sleeper. PernapS It's
the hired girl coming down to prepare
breakfast.-Chicago Daily News.
do you really love me- John?'
"Oh, no! wear these summer pants and
this tramp overcoat merely to appear &C.
centric, that's all."-Washington Herald.
Reporter-senator, I have heard that
you got your start in life by selling news
papers.
Senator Lotsmun-Not quite correct, my
boy. The fact fs-but this is confident fal
you know-that got my start by buying
one two newspapers.-Chicago Tribune.
The Guest-Here am tired of such rot
ten service!
The Head Waiter-What's wrong, sir?
The Guest-I ordered black bass, and the
waiter brought me bluefish
The Head Waiter-You must excuse
George. sir. He's color blind.-Cleveland
Leader.
my friend Harker is engaged to the
atrical woman" said Singleton.
Theatrical woman!' exclaimed We'd
derby. Say, did you ever see one that
wasn't ?'-Chicago News.
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QUAKER REFLECTIONS.

lFrom the Philadelphia Record.1
Thermometers may rise even in the
fall.
A man may wax impatient even when
the barber is waxing his mustache
Make your own mark II you don't
want some other fellow to make a
mark Of you.
Its a good thing to keep your plans
to yourself, unless you happen to be an
architect
Don't be bigamfst. Too many cooks
spoil the broth, so only marry one
at time.
Truth crushed to earth will rise
again, and it is kept pretty busy with
it's ups and downs.
wouldn't it be fine If we could dis
charge our obligations with the usual
two weeks notice?
1t wouldn't take a fruit dealer to
convince us that bridal pairs are soft
est when they are green.
The reason there are no women after
dinner speakers is because women tell
all they know before dinner.
A man may have an impediment In
his speech, but that doesn't matter SO
much If there is none in his nerve.
1.-The newspapers are full of Hes"
complained the chronic kicker. "Ah.
been reading the obituary notices,
suppose" suggested the editor.
Nell-"The widow Btones doesn't
seem to do any more talking about her
late husband" Belle-"Oh, you know
she's married again. She now talks
abut her latest husband"
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FRON OTHER PENS
AMERICANS IN ENGLAND.

An English woman writer and an
American woman writer have CHANGED
recently to emphasize the fact that,
largely owing to American inffu-
ence, the old-fashioned relations be-
tween tenants and landed proprietors
in England are deteriorating. The
charm of the feudal spirit which Amer
leans recognize readily enough in
books is unknown to them In real life.
And while not all the newly rich own
ers Of old estates are Americans, while
not all proprietors who have ceased
to exercise the old paternal care for all
on their land have American wives, 1t
seems evident that to a certain extent
Bile for deploraibl. change. Sentiment
has no part in the mental equipment
or financial disbursement of these
new lords or ladies. The old serv-
would have had some claim on the
masters Indulgence are regarded no
longer. Instead Of being pensioned off
comfortably they are left to get along
as best they may.
The consequence of all this is that
the condition of the laboring man on an
estate subjected to such changes has
sadly deteriorated. The greater wealth
brought into the community benefits
no one except the owner Of 1t. These
unframed proprietors have no sense OF
responsibility; they have no realization
of the moral obligation entailed upon
them by the assumption of title and
an estate; and the class to which they
professedly belong is weakened by their
undesirable allegiance. Whether Amer
leans or English are responsible for
the passing Of the old landed proprie-
tor the change is regrettable.-Balti-
more American
ENGLISH ELECTION ROWDYISM.
Occasionally it is given to American
| 10 anaAnnfR their
political methods are. When bit of
cabled political news from England af-
fords the basis for comparison this
realization becomes acute. Higher
Thought has not destroyed the sound
orthodoxy Of parliamentary elections
which have contributed so many de-
lightful pages to English fiction. An
appeal to reason still carries with it
voter still retains the right In his SIM
pie, honest, untutored fashion to
"bash' the head of the other fellow.
SERIOUS rioting," as the cable dis
patches describe 1t. has the right TO
follow or accompany the polling. All
that is asked is that the police ARRIVE
opportunely
a vacancy in the house of commons is
the latest illustration of the fact that
the right to bash the head of the
electorate is still dear to the heart OF
the electorate. Although the equal
suffrage movement has not achieved
the ultimate goal of the ballot, the
mid-Devonshire poll shows that it has
been admitted to equality in the
bash" The equal sufragis prob
ably appreciate the liberality OF
tn ought which confers on them the
right to be dashed" pelted, hustled,
stoned and kicked, on equal terms with
the enfranchised population They
probably regard 1t as recognition OF
the inherent equality which they seek
to have recognize .-Chicaxo Tribune.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-14
GLOBE SIGHTS.
IFrom the Atchison Globe.l

tETOm the ALC0lSOn SfIODe.l
There is not on earth a church jan
itor who can please woman.
A good many men think every other
business, but theirs, is graft.
Somehow, an unmarried man seems
younger than one who is married.
A man may escape being a fool. but
he cannot hope to escape being called
one.
A woman says meaner things than
she does: a man does meaner things
than he says
The hawk eats the dove, but the hawk
seems to be surrounded by as many
dangers as the dove.
The man who uses whisky as a cold
cure is very susceptible to drafts
and changes in the weather.
If you must be a loafer be a o,1iet
one. The man who is loafer is
enough Of a nuisance without adding
noise to it.
If by noon you are an hour ahead
of your work. some Ioafer will find
it out, and come in and put you two
hours behind.
The wrath of the woman who po,ts
may be unpleasant, but 1t is sunshine
compared to the woman who watches-
and says nothing.
Some men have the same kind of
sense as the dog which runs after a
wagon for the sake Of lying in the
shade when 1t stops
ceeds in getting the world off his
shoulders, does not prevent his get
ting the load back again within a
month. or two
It is perhaps the greatest misfortune
in life that the angel of young mans
holds to account when the potatoes are
burned.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-14
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
lFrom the Chicago News.]

Even a good physician may go from
bad to worse.
He's a poor detective who is afraid
of his own shadow.
But of course you never took a mean
advantage Of any one.
When q woman boasts of her ruhher
plant she Is apt to stretch 1t.
Any kind Of advice Is good as Ions
as you don't attempt to follow 1t.
If you haven't the right of wav vo,,
have a right to get out Of the way.
You can't always get the true meas
ure of q man by consulting his taller
Mind your own business and LET otba~
people mismanage theirs If they want
to.
silence is said to be golden. but tbs-.
are no mute millionafres on our VISITING
list.
A woman hopes her children will ,oo,~
like her-and she hopes her photoeraphs
won't.
A man is foolish to borrow trouble
il he can find another man fooiist,
enough to lend him money
Naturally a young mans best girl 10
all the world to him-whfch explains
why all the world loves a lover.
Only girl who is willing to take ~
washing to support the family can az
ford to marry man who wears :. ~
OF rings on his fingers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-14
AN ARMY OF REsERyEs.

There appears to be much merit in
the suggestion of General Bell that a
reserve army be established consist
ing of $4,000 men who have already
served in the regular army and re-
tired to private life, yet the details Of
the plan do not commend it's prac-
ticability. General Bell would have
this reserve force, or first line Of de-
Tense, made up of men under forty, to
be paid a few dollars month, to hold
themselves subject to a call to arms at
any moment and to spend ten days
each year in drill at regular army
pay.
1t Is to be regretted that under pres
ent arrangements the valuable exper-
fence gained by thousands of men dur
ing one or more enlistment terms is
wholly lost to the government in time
of sudden need. Yet it is doubtful il
the ordinary man, retiring from the
army to engage in some civilian pur-
suit, would consider any monetary in
ducement the government would be
likely to offer sufficient to bind him
self to drop that pursuit and take up
arms at any time the nation called.
Service in the ranks of the re-
serves could of course be made con-
dition at the time for enlistment in
the regular army, but present condi-
tons do not encourage such a proce-
dure. The government IS now finding
1t impossible to get the number and
the type of men it wants to serve in
the army, and the added hardship of
being required to serve a term in the
ranks of reserves after active enlist
ment ends would be likely to still fur
Their discourage recruits. The govern
ment's task is to make military duty
alluring rather than forbidding.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-14
JOURNAL ENTRIES

People are easily forgotten when
they have lost all their money.
-
Ability to get it away from the 9TH
er fellow is what makes most men
rich.
.
An inconsistent temperance man is
one who kicks on the amount of his
water tax.
One poor way for a man to provide
for the future is to get married unless
the girl has plenty of money.
=
There's one time when a man leads
his wife. That's on the way to the
altar and there the leadership gener-
ally ends.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-14

That the wave of business depression
which has been developed in various
parts OF the country as result of the
financial panic Of a couple of months
ago did not strike Topeka is best evil
aeuced by the statistics showing that
this city led all the cities of the United
States during the month of January in
the percentage Of building gains. This
is record OF which the people of the
city may well be proud.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-14
It would seem that some

1t would seem that some people in
Kansas City, Mo-, know more
about the intentions of w. B..
Ridgely. the comptroller of the
currency, than he does himself.
They have announced emphatical-
~ that Mr.. Ridgely is to re-
sign his present position to accept the
presidency Of the reorganized Bank of
Commerce. Mr.. Ridgely denies that this
is so. If the Kansas Cityans do not
care we will take Mr.. Ridgely's word
for it and we are glad that it is so for
he is good man for the place he now
holds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-14

AS interesting as it is sensational is
the statement made recently by E. L.
w. Minard. president of the Canadian
club Of Boston, when he said: IN the
event Of an Acknowledgements war,
were 1t not for the American attitude
on tarifk, Canada would sever her alleg-
lance to Great Britain and would come
to the aid OF the United States" Mr.
Minard probably felt safe in making
this statement because there is little
danger of a war between the United
states and Japan and for the further
zaason that II such q war should occur
the United States would not need the
hslp of Canada or any one else.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-14

In Rochester, N. Y, all places of
amusement have been closed on Sunday
and the ministerial association of that
city has undertaken plans for the es-
adjustment of innocent forms of recre-
alton for the Sabbath. They propose
band concerts in the public parks dur
Ing the summer and the throwing open
OF the school houses on Sunday after
moons In the winter as places for read
ing and conversation.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-14

Col. Alexander s. Bacon of Brook
lyn, who never did say anything very
nice about sMr. Roosevelt has written
g letter to the Rev.. william ]. Long,
chief of the mature takers" in which
he declares that the president is a
dual genius of the DIR. Jekyll and Mr..
Hyde type and that he is a dream
faker." This is probably false and
maIicfouA"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-14

Kansas university now has an enrefl-
ment of 1000 students and Chancellor
Strong predicts that ten years from
now it will have 1000. Everyone homes
that this prediction will be fulfilled.
Kansas university is a great institution
and the people of the state are proud of
the progress it has made It's an in
vestment of theirs that is bringing In
wonderful returns
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-14

Senator Philander C. Knox has
been touted as one of the "conservs.
tive" candidates for the Republican
nomination for president and the one
to whom the railroads and the cor
porate interests would throw tbeir
strength Surely Mr.. Knox has been
mis1udged- His Kalamazoo speech
makes this evident. In no uncertain
words he holds the railroads respon-
sible for the popular uprising against
them and declares that much of the
stringent action against them has
been due to abuses on their part
Good for Knox
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-14

Among the several welcomes that will
greet c, w. Morse, the New York bank
er, On his return from his hurried trip
abroad will be a couple of indictments
charging him with grand larceny.
Chances are that If this gentleman had
not been located as soon as he was his
stay abroad would have been an indef1-
mite one
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-14

= Railroads of Kansas can always be
depended on to do the unexpected
They have decided to allow the
board Of railroad commissioners to
put in effect the new schedule of
freight rates which reduces all of the
freight rates in the state on an aver
age of Is or 20 per cent The roads.
however, promise to fight the new
schedule in the courts.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-02-14

Four years ago thirteen young women
and thirteen young men organized a
club at Kalamazoo. Mich. and wonder
fully strange as it may seem this club
now consists of thirteen husbands and
thirteen wives and they comprise the
original membership. The last single
couple in this rather remarkable or
ganization was married week ago.