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Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-02-11
For Sale.

Full blooded White Rock eggs. Is
for $780, Mrs. JOHN FARLEY, Mutual
Phone, Oak 5.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-02-11
Cows For Sale.

Full blood and high grade Jersey
COWS for sale. A snap. w. w. ULL-
REY, Dallas.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-02-11

A carload Of Star A Star shingles
received this week by the SoEHREN
WAREHOUSE Co. 10-1-tf
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-02-11
Mare For Sale.

Sorrel mare. years old, for sale
very cheap. J. B. NEsNITH, Rickreall,
Or. 1-21-tf
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-02-11
TEA

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New York is too far
from Japan; San Fran
cisco is nearer.
Your grocer returns your money II you deaf
Ne Sehflling's Best; We pay bin
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-02-11
Eggs For Sale.

Full blooded Plymouth Rock eggs
for sale at Veazie farm. 1-31St
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1908-02-11
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For Service.

Registered Jersey bull for service at
Veazie farm north Of Dallas. 1-7-st
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-09-24
COLD AIR DOESN
CURE TUBERCULOSIS
Germantown Physician corrOots
Some Popular FaIlaeies Regard
Ing ConsumPtion.

Altitude has nothing TO do with
either the growth or the cure of tu-
berculosis," said DR.. Joseph Walsh,
OF the Phipps Institute, in an ad-
dress before the Plastic Club.
Many persons go to White Ha-
ven with the idea that IL is the cli-
mate that Is curing them" he said.
and. failing to enter the sanitarium.
live in the farmhouses near it. be-
lieving that they are doing the next
best thing. 1t is not the air OF White
Haven which cures. 1t is the discip-
line. Those who go TO the farm
houses might as well stay in their
homes. At the sanitarium the diet
consists Of one solid meal each day.
SIX raw eggs and as much milk as
can be consumed. The patient is
forced to absorb an unusual guam
tity of food. The part the air plays
in this is to furnish the oxygen for
the combustion of this food and the
consequent building up of the body
through its assimilation of that food.
Many persons have an idea that
this air must be cold air. 1t is not
so, but It must be air from which
the oxygen has not been taken. 1
do not know that there would be any
reason why the consumptive should
not breathe heated air If it were pure.
No one should ever sleep in the same
bed or in the same room with an
other where it is possible to do
otherwise.
mo one should breathe the air of
room which has been heated by
gas stove or by coal oil heater. for
the reason that both of these throw
upon the atmosphere the products of
combustion to be taken into the
lungs.
mo house should ever be swept
without a previous moistening of the
floor, because this dry sweeping may
throw the germs of tuberculosis into
the air. A cold has no closer rela-
ton to consumption than has any
other disease which may lessen the
body's power of resistance"
DR.. Walsh gave some Interesting
figures showing that the death rate
from tuberculosis was one-fourth less
in 1892 than it was in 1851. He
said that the autopsy table showed
that fifty per cent of the adults of
this country suffered from tubercu-
losis at some time in their lives. and
that of these seventy-five per cent.
recovered.-Philadelphia Public Led
ger.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-09-24
CONUNDRUMS.

Why is it almost certain that
Shakespeare was a broker? Ans
Because no other man has furnished
so many stock quotations.
Why is a professional thief very
comfortable? Ans. - Because he
usually takes things easy.
Why is a young man growing his
first mustache like a goose? Ans
Because he grows down.
Why is a hen immortal? Ans
Because her son never sets. /;
When is a man obliged to keep his
words? Ans. - When nobody will
taxa it.
What is the longest sentence known
in history? Ans.-The life sentence.
Why was the elephant late in en-"
tering the ark? Ans.ABecause he
stopped to pack his trunk.
When is piece of beef like new
dress? Ans.-When getting basted.
w Arlington Star.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-09-24
Neu0s of Virginia
wATERwORKs TANGIE.
Manchester Officers Resign After a
Dispute Over Accounts.

Richmond Especially The resig-
nation of Superintendent Charles H..
Sharp, OF the city waterworksN. of
Manchester, and Matthew Morton.
Secretary, were demanded by the
Water Commissioners of that town.
Mr.. Sharp handed in his resignation,
after requesting the commissioners
TO reconsider the case. Mr.. Morton
prepared his resignation and pre-
scented it to the board when that
body met to complete it's report. 49,;
Mr.. Sharp was an applicant for the
position OF superintendent of water
works for Richmond when c. T..
Boiling was promoted to city Engi-
neer. He has been superintendent of
the Water Department in Man
chester for 10 years. The resigna-
tions are said to have resulted in a
difference of $500 in the accounts of
the company. ~. -
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-09-24
A Disappointment.

The old truth that things are not
always what they seem was estab-
lished anew the other day. In this
case the discrepancy between fiction
and fact was so great as to be most
amusing. Says a writer in the Phil
adelphia Ledger:
1t was noon when he entered the
crowded restaurant He stood fully
six feet three inches in height, was
built in proportion. and must have
weighed at least $50 pounds. AS be
strobe down between the rows of ia
bles he looked as if he could eat up
the house.
He took a seat beside a diminutive,
fussy little man with a bald head and
chop whiskers, who was successfully
polishing off a sirIoin steak with on
ions. The little fellow, with his nap
kin tightly wedged under his chin
and his mouth full of dinner, looked
up in wonder at the gigantic side
partner and then down at the frail
Tan e-bottomed chair, which creaked
aud groaned piteously under its i'm
mense weight. But the big fellow
took no notice of the little one. When
the waitress approached him he gave
mis- order.
Bring me-" he said. in a falsetto
voice, "a cup of weak tea and
doUshnut."-Youth's Companion.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-09-24
One Appreciative Reader.

Pasted on the cover of one library
copy or certain 1907 novel is a
circulation record that causes pro-
found wonderment. The book has
been taken out of the library four
teen times in all; twelve times on the
same card.
That remarkable record is a mat
ter for serious speculation. How
could a book of that caliber convey
to any soul a message so tremen-
dous that a dozen readings were de-
sired? BY the average reader and
by critics 1t would be considered a
commonplace book. When publish
ed 1t created no discussion, made no
impression; It deserved to make
none, yet. Notwithstanding it's ap-
parent mediocrity, some scene there
in, some character, some human
note, went straight to the heart of
at least one reader. There has been
no skipping in reading that book.
II has been read carefully from cover
to cover; not a page that shows no
sign OF usage. This very evidences
of absorption bear eloquent testi-
mOny to the interest the story evok-
ed in its one devoted reader. II it
were another kind of book. a scien-
tific treatise or a text book of some
kind, it would be conceivable that a
student might wish to take il home
twelve different times and pore over
1t for a month at a stretch, but how
a trite, threadbare little novel can
so stir a human soul. Verify. here
is another mystery past finding out.
New York Press.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-09-24
His Father Was Doing wei.

The Musical Home Journal Of Lon
don tells a story of George Gros-
smith and the income tax authori-
ties. Long after his fathers death
the commissioners, by mistake. sent
the younger GrOssmith a notice as
sessing the income of the deceased
at $4,000. Mr.. Crossmith returned
the document to the proper quarter,
across it: Il am glad OF learn my
father is doing so well in the next
world; $4,000 is a great deal more
than he ever made in this. Kindly
forward this notice to his new ad-
dress, and remember me affection
ately TO him. New York Tribune.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-09-24
AFRAID TO EAT
Girl Starving on IIl-Selected Food.

Several years ago l was actually
starving" writes a Me. girl, yet
dared not eat for fear of the conse-
quences.
Il had suffered from indigestion
from overwork, irregular meals and
improper food, until at last my
stomach became so weak / could eat
scarcely any food without great dis
tress.
Many kinds of food were tried.
all with the same discouragIng eff
fects. l steadily lost health and
strength until / was but a wreck of
my former self.
Having heard Of Grape-Nuts and
its great merits, purchased a pack
age, but with little hope that 1t would
help me- was SO discouraged.
Il found 1t not only appetizing but
that / could eat It as liked and that
1t satisfied the craving for food With
out causing distress. and IL may use
the expression, 1T filled the bills :
For months Grape-Nuts was my
principal article OF diet | felt from
the very first that I had found the
right way to health and happiness.
and my anticipations were fully
realized. .~.s
with its continued use regafned
my usual health and strength. To-
day am well and can eat anything
] like. yet Grape-Nuts food forms a
part OF my bill Of fare" There's a
Reason"
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Greek. Mich Read The n0ad to
MELVILLE" IN pkgs
Eyer read the above iefteT7 A new
one sDpeass from time To ffue. They
are genuine. trne. sa6 fuil % human
interest.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-09-24
Says His Son Was kidnapped.

Richmond Especially. - Elkanah
Hobbs. of Benham's, is in search %
his missing son, Joseph Rhea Hobbs
He says the boy was kidnapped in
Bristol in 1905, and he has beer
unable to find any trace of him
since he disappeared. Mr.. Hobbs
has written a somewhat premptory
communication to Mayor Richard
son. whom he addresses as Mayor
of the Town of Richmond" Instruct.
ing him to make a quest for the boy
Mr.. Hobbs describes the missing boy
as about years old, with fair com
plexion and blue eyes and a scar ovel
one eye. His mother was divorced
from Mr.. Hobbs.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-09-24
COMMERCIAL COLUMN
Weekly Review Of Trade and Latest
Market Reports
Bradstreet's saws:


Business in general has expert
enced a further moderate improve
ment in jobbing as well as In whole
sale lines. Fail trade has reached
the maximum at some cities, and
most out-of-town merchants have
left the large centers for home.
though State fairs and fail carnivals
are attracting visitors to various sec
tions, thus enlarging the volume of
trade. On the whole, purchases
have been confined chiefly to staples.
and no more than actual needs have
beef filled; therefore, sales have
been considerably below those OF last
year at this season.
This conservatism, for which ap-
preaching elections and the dimin-
ished purchasing power OF the pub
lie, outside of the agricultural re-
gions, are responsible. is looked upon
with some degree of satisfaction, 1t
being felt that, inasmuch as retail
ters' stocks are not burdensome, a
constantly good flling-in order trade
should be experienced throughout
the fall and winter. Relatively, best
reports come from the larger cities
of the West and Southwest, but
Southern and Pacific Northwestern
cities also contribute good returns.
Farmers appear to be more disposed
to LET go of their products, and this
fact augurs we'll for future country
trade and some activity in railway
traffic, while 1t will tend toward bet
terment in collections
Business failures in the United
States for the week number 266,
against 81 last week, 179 in the like
<~E l. =
1905 and 2O3 in 1904.
Wheat. including -four exports
from the United States and Canada
for the week aggregated 3,491, 911
bushels, against 3,012,49S bushels
last week and 4,340.S54 bushels this
week last year. Corn exports for
the week are 12,433 bushels against
1854 bushels last week and $685.
911 bushels in 1907"
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-09-24
Live Stock.

New York.-Beeves-R L.
$50 head. Feeling weak; dressed
beef in fair demand, at INC. to
@10Kc.; Texan beef, &c. to 71zc.
Sheep and Lambs - Receipts, 81
228 head. Sheep dull; strictly good
and prime lambs strong; no choice
here; medium and common steady.
Sheep, 45O@5.50; culls 1.50 to
200; lambs. 4.25 to 6.12h; culls,
200.
Hogs Receipts, 2,O44 head.
Steady; STATE hogs 7-30 to TAO;
fJhicago.-Cattle - Receipts esti-
mattel about $500 head Market
weak; steers, 4.60@6.70; steers,
42O@ 5.25; heifers, 5000 $50;
bulls, 2.5O@3.5O; calves, $500
$50; stockers and feeders. 2.60@
40
Hogs Receipts estimated about
16, 900 head. Market steady; choice
heavy 7.OO@7.45; butchers, 1900
$40; light mixed. 1000 7.15; choice
light. 7.2O@7S5; packing. $500
7.2O; rough. SIS @6.25S>pigs. 3.75
D6.25; bulk OF sales. 6.90@7.2B.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-09-24
Wholesale Markets

New WORCESTERSHIRE ST.
900 bush; exports. 1928 bush. Spot
market easy; No. 2 red, LOT 1.O9N
elevator; No. 2 red, 1.0S3s f. o. b.
afloat; No. 1 Northern Duluth.
1.12% f. o. b. afloat; No. hard
winter, 10 f. o. b.
Receipts, 1O,75O bush. Spot
easy; No. 2. SO nominal elevator
and SSM nominal delivered. Option
market was without transactions
closing partly &c net lower. Sep.
TENDER closed at IS; December clos
ed at rs.
Oats-Receipts, $4,000 bush. Spot
barely steady; mixed. &c to So
pounds. So; natural white, 26 to 81
pounds, SO a SIS; clipped white, 80 tc
40 pounds, So @61
Poultry-Alive. steady: spring
chickens, IA; fowls. 1914; turkeys
IS "; dressed, irregular; Western
spring chickens, 12@19; fowls. Is %
Ia; spring turkeys, 20 25.
Cheese-Strong; receipts, 3,204:
State full cream special, 1 8 a IA; do,
small colored or white fancy, 12A (;
do. large colored or white fancy.
12H do, good to prime. 11% @
12A; do, common to fair. 100
Il y +; do, Skins, u @ 10 ".
Eggs-Strong; receipts, 1924;
State, Pennsylvania, and nearby fan.
cy, selected. white, 81 @32; fair tc
choice, % a 80; brown and mixed
fancy, 81 IA 2S; do. fair to choice.
"a a 26; Western firsts. % a %; sec
onds, 81 a 211A.
PhiIadelphia.-Wh NC
higher. Contract grade, September,
1.O1@1.O1
Corn-15c. lower. No. 2. for To-
cal trade. S71a @SSc.
Oats - Steady; No. 2 white ma
tural. ga Il a 55c.
Eggs-Firm; good demand. Penn
sylvanias and other nearby firsts, free
cases, 24c.. at mark; do. current
receipts, in returnable cases, %, at
mark; Western firsts. free cases, "a,
at mark; do. current receipts. free
cases. %.
Cheese-Firm and nc. higher.
New York full creams, choice, Is a
13Ac.; do, fair to good, 12A %
12%.
Poultry - Alive. firm; good de-
mand. Fowls. 1914 @131kc.; old
ROSTERS, 9G9h; spring chickens,
14015
BaItimore.-Flour- Firmer; win
ter extra, 1855 a $50; winter clear,
4.0OQ4.15; winter straight, APO a
4.35; winter patent, 40 a 4.S5;
spring clear, 4.4O@4.70; spring
straight, 5000 5.25; spring patent,
SIS q 600; receipts, 4,516 bbls.; ex-
ports. 119 bbls.
Wheat-Firm; spot contract, 1.02
a 1902 "A; spot No. 2 red Western.
1.O4 1.O4A; September, 1920
1.02A; October. 1.O2z @1.02A;
December, 1.O4 1.04A; steamer,
No. 2 red. 99@99H; receipts, So.
1913 bush; Southern. by sample,
95@9S; Southern, on grade, go
1.02.
Corn-Dull; year, 6S% a 60; jan
uary. 681z @6S%; receipts, 9,02S
BUSH; Southern white corn, 82h o
SO.
Oats-Steady; No. 2 white, $50
63h; No. white, 52@52%; No.
2 mixed, 511E @52; receipts. $3.50
bush.
Rye-Firm; No. Western export,
81, bid; No. 2 Western domestic, 50,
bid.
Butter-Quiet; fancy imitation,
2O021; fancy creamery, 25 @ 25 "
fancy ladle, 20; store packed, 16.
Eggs-Quiet; 23@24.
Cheese-Steady; new large, 13 u
w flats. IS X; new small. 13%
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-09-24
RemOrse Kills A Cow.

In a spasm of remorse, following
a protracted debauch, Brown Bess,
hitherto best behaved cow in the
herd of J. A. Peter. of Macedonia,
committed suicide by drowning.
Brown Bess had gorged herself in
an orchard, the ground of which was
covered with partially decayed ap-
pies. Around and around the pas
ture she ran, moOing hilariously, and
scandalizing all the other animals.
Occasionally she fell in a heap, but
staggered up again. Toward even
ing, presumably experiencing the
first pangs of headache, she walked
to the steep banks Of the Pequabuck
River and hurled herself over the
brink.-New York World.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-09-24
DEEP CRACKS FROM ECZEMA.
Could Lay Slate-Pencil i'm One
Hands in Dreadful StRte-DiseaSc
Defied Treatment for Years
Cured by Cuticura

81 had eczema on my hands for about
seven years and during that time l had
used several so-called remedies, together
with physicians and druggists prescrip-
tions. The disease was so bad on my
hands that could lay slatepencil in one
of the cracks and rule placed across the
hand would not touch the pencil. kept
using remedy after remedy, and while some
gave partial relief, none relieved IA much
as did the first box of Cut;cura Ointment
/ made purchase of Cuticura Soap and
Ointment and my hands were perfectly
cured after two boxes OF Cuticura ONT
ment and one cake OF Soap were used. w.
H. Dean. Newark, Da., Mar. %. 1907"
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-09-24
GIRL OF 10 SEEKS TO DIE.
Miss Florence Bruce, OF Norfolk,
May DO 1t.

Norfolk Especially Miss Florence
Bruce, Is years old, is dying at St.
Vincent's Hospital from the effects
of carbolic acid taken at her home,
311 Corprew Avenue, with suicidal
intent
This is the second attempt of the
girl to commit suicide within the
last month, she having ust been dis
charged from the hospital after re-
covering from the first attempt.
Physicians say there is no hope for
her this time. She would not say
what prompted her efforts to end her
life, and no motive is known. She
is a member of Appointment family
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-09-24
WOMAN GUILTY OF ARSON.
Sarah Eubank To Serve Three Years
For Setting Fire To Home.

Lynchburg Especially Sarah Eu-
bank, colored, who set fire on July
Is to the home of II. II. Harris
president of the Harris-Woodson Can
dy Company was convicted of arson
in the Corporation Court and SEN
fenced to three years in prison.
The will of John II. Christian. a
prominent attorney, who died last
week, was probated here. The en-
tire estate goes to his widow. The
will was a Photograph instrument and
contained but 20 words. The widow
and beneficiary is a sister of Judge
Haas, of Harrisonburg
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-09-24
A Dangerous Custom.

There is very prevalent practice
all over the country of serving Gus
toners with pieces Of meat or fish
wrapped up in portions of news
papers. 1t is a cheap wrapping, and
so commends itself to both the butch
er and fishmonger. But If 1t is cheap
II is also nasty. Nor must the posi-
bic contact with cases of infectious
disease be forgotten. Any meat or
fish fit for human consumption, even
in the small quantities sold in the
poor districts, ought to be worth a
piece of clean paper.-London Lam
Get.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-09-24
Beware of Ointments For Catarrh
That Contain Mercury.

as mercury will surely destroy the sense of
smell and completely derange the whole sys-
TEN when entering it through the mucous
surfaces. Such articles should never be used
except on prescriptions from reputable ply
sicians, as the damage they will do is ten fold
to the good you can possibly derive from
them. Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured
by +. j. Cheney & Co.. Toledo, D., contains
no mercury, and Is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system. in buying Halls Catarrh Cure
be sure you get the genuine. It is taken in:
ternally and made IN Toledo, Ohio, by n.
j. Cheney & Co. Testimonials free.
Sold by Druggists; price, 75c. per bottle.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-09-24
HELPFUL
ADVICE

You won't tell your family doctor
the whole story about your private
illness you are too modest. You
need not be afraid to tell Mrs. Pink
ham, at Lynn, Mass, the things you
could not explain to the doctor. Your
letter will be held in the strictest con-
f1dence.. From her vast correspond
ence with sick women during the
past thirty years she may have
gained the very knowledge that will
help your case. Such letters as the fol-
lowing, from grateful women, es-
tablish beyond q doubt the power of
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-09-24
AVOID RISK IN BUYING PAINT.

You take good deal of risk II you
buy white lead without having abso-
lutte assurance as to it's purity and
quality. You know white lead Is Of
ten adulterated, often misrepresented.
But there's no need at all to take
any chances. The Dutch Boy Paint
or" trade mark of the National Lead
Company, the largest makers of gen.
uine white lead.s on a package of
White Lead, is a positive guarantee
of purity and quality. It's as depend
able as the Dollar Sign. IL you'll
write the National Lead Company,
Woodbridge Bldg, New York City,
they will send you a simple and GER
tain outfit for testing white lead, and
a valuable book on paint free.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-09-24
Said She Felt wen, And Died.

Norfolk. Especially Mrs. Gazella
Weinfield, SO years old, wife OF Louis
Weinfeld.~ :. of this city. remarked TO
her husband as he got home at II
o'clock p. NJ, that she never felt
better in her life. A few minutes
later she said Louis. Lam sick"
The husband led her to the window,
asking what was the matter with her.
she repkez4l1S- II ;szs1a-~d yiRx..,- and in
That instant ye8pir edy in, his arms.
She Aad "a 6eeH sick less than a
miAdt q n eart acknowledgements cause
OF hsf.eIffssss:zl - -.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1908-09-24

Wedding Dinner For 81 Cost $3.50.
During the forenoon OF the second
day of the recent regatta. a we'll
dressed man entered a Commercial
Street cafe. and informed the pro-
prietor that he was to be married
early in the afternoon. and desired
TO give a. wedding dinner to % per-
sons at o'clock. AT first he was
told that the regatta rush OF visitors
would interfere with such an under
taking. but he insisted that he be
given the accommodations, and the
proprietor agreed to accommodate
him. A table. beautifully decorated
with flowers. was arranged, and spec
ial walters assigned to it. The groom
had said that all would order when
they arrived at the table. and at the
appointed time. when the party had
seated themselves, the host ordered
coffee and cake for them all, which
they took one hour to consume. The
happy husband then gave the much
chagrined proprietor $500 and left.
Seattle Acknowledgements.