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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-02-28

little Jim in her arms, an ''illigant gin tleman wid a fur coat at the back iv i'm, and, more than that, shtandin' near i'm. shtirring gruel as if her life depended on it, beautiful young lady with cheeks glowin' like roses"
 The woman listened like one spell bound to the expIanations that follow ed, only half experiencing how if was that gentleman who had become interested in little Jim from buying pa pers of him night and morning should for that reason be now holding the child in his arms fir all the world" as she afterwarG told the neighbors. "as if he was Jim's father that's dead. bless his sowl." Nor was Priscilla's part in the fairy story perfectly clear, either.
 However. there was one thing Mrs. HOrrigan grasped with true feminine instinct.
 You was saying you was looking fr some wan to cook yer New Years dinner for ye tomorrow. miss, an was just afther thinkin' if you'd thrust me-
 "Oh, would you help me out, Mrs. Horrigan?" begged Priscilla grate. fully.
 Until this moment Priscilla in her excitement had forgotten the utter failure of her domestic quest.
 "Shu-re I'll help ye out, miss" re- turned Mrs. Horrigan. beaming. Be fore Pat died an there was plenty to do wid could make tn best t'inSs to ate av any woman yo ivir saw"
 I'm sure of it. Mrs. Horrigan." Ger ald agreed enthusiastically, but you can't cook anybody else's New Years dinner tomorrow. You've got to cook your own. Just look at the things piled up on the table there. and there1l be q fat turkey waddling over tomorrow. Miss Ballad doesn't need you. She and her family are coming to my house to dinner"
 Why. Gerald-' interposed Priscilla incredulously.
 "Yes. you are. I shan't accept any excuses. 1 wanted you to all the time. only didn't q .: ask you. Now, let's get started for home and give Mrs. HOrrlsan a chance to hold her own child"
 As they hurried along in the fast falling darkness outside both looked most remarkably happy. even taking into account that tomorrow gas 10 be New Years day.
 "Oh. I just lore that little Jim HOr- rigan.' Priscilla suddenly exclaimed Don't you. Gerald?-
 "Ob, I'm not losing any sleep over him. But there's some one else that I do love. Priscilla. What do you say to our announcing our engagement at dinner tomorrOwT
 Gerald beamed under the efElgence of his inspiration and gave Pnscilla's hand an ecstatic little squeeze-
 .I didn't know - were engaged, ', demurely commented Priscilla.
 "B1r don't vou think we could ar rauze to be by tomorrow. dearestF
 Well answered Priscilla cs1de- scendIngiy. suppose FoH come over this evening. and we'll see what we can do sbOu- it It's 90 very suddeu- If I should say Yes Gerald would yoa promise to give little Jim Horri- gan a turkey evsry New TezrT
 -Euey New Year and birthdzI and
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-02-28
MEAL FOR 4 GIANT.
Two Acres of Potatoes to Satisfy Jer-
 sey Farm Hands Appetite.

Because of his gastronomlcal tenden- cies two extra acres of potatoes will be planted in the spring for the benefit of Clarence Emmons, employed on the farm of Carlton Haines at Tabernacle. near Mount Holly. \. J.
 Emmons. who is a first class work man on the farm. is an expensive boarder, but the situation warrants his retention because of the scarcity of farm lsborers. Mir. Haines reports that at one meal the other day Emmons ate two leaves of bread. half peck of po- tatoes. meat and other things in abun- dance. besides drinking half a gallon of milk. Emmons is a giant In strength and says he requires an extra quantity of food.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-02-28
RIDDLE 0F INSTINCT.
Scientists Are Studying Myster-
 ies of Inherited Traits.
CURIOUS EXPERIMENTS MADE
Animals, Plants and Insects Used as Subiects-How Newly Matched Tur- ties Make Their Way to the Sea. Developing New Fruits.

Developing New Fruits.
 "When the hands are clasped togeth- CT there Is usually perfect constancy as to which thumb is uppermost, but some people always put the right up- permost, others the left. I hope to find out if this character is inherited and, if so, what laws are followed" says F. E. Lutz of the Carnegie instl- tute's laboratory of experimental evo- lution, according to a Washington dis patch to the Kansas City Star. A sim liar character he finds in the hind wing coverings of crickets, the right usually overlapping the left in males, although in some of the latter the reverse Is the case. The inheritance of this position is being tested by Mir. Lutz, who, with insects as material. is studying the problems of heredIty. He has mated 12J pairs of crickets for this seasons work. and on his pedigreed stock he has bred d new form, having under developed wings. wing coverings and oyipositors, or egg planters.
 To learn how heredity can be con- troIled Is the primary function of this new laboratory, toward whose sup port S2J.O00 of the ironmaster's mIl- lions is being annually appropriated. ''The most important definite question to answer is, How may the course of the stream of germplasm that has come down to us from remote ages be controlled in it's onward courseT' says Dr. C. E. Davenport. director Of the laboratory. Prcsuming that heredity is governed by the same laws in man and beast. Dr. Davenport is studying the lower animals first. because nat urally they are more easily handled and more amenable to discipline For this years experiments he has twenty controlled strains in mammals. sixty in poultry. fifteen in cage birds. five in crickets, some two dozen in other insects and 400 in towering plants. In some of his insects he has controlled the heredity for twenty generations
 The mysteries of ''instinet~ are being inquired into in the course of another series of investigations lste.y com menced by the institute. The ability of the newly matched turtle ta run directly toward the sea without losing time groping in q Iandward direction has been one of the phenomena of in stinct long a puzzle tc science- At the Institutes new laboratory If marine biology at TortuEas. Fla. this problem has been lately attacked hy Davenport Hooker of the laboratory staf- After experimenting with lozgerbesd turtles he finds that they gre horn with an Instinct to 90 down hiIl zzd in the d. rscfio1 of the greatest Exht Ths h.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-02-28
PriSCilla'S Philanthropy
By Martha Cobb Sanford.
Copyright, lso7, by J. G. Reed.l 

"Will you be kind enough to tell me where Murphy street is?"
 It was the fifth time that Priscilla had asked the question that afternoon, but turn and twist as she would at each new tumble of directions she seemed no nearer the clearing house of domestic panics.
 Two blocks back, miss, then three blocks east and"-
 Priscilla drowned. She did not wait for the policeman to finish. but. thank ing him hastily. retraced her steps with the energy born of despair.
 ''Is there anything more inhuman on the face of the earth" she put to her self. than a maid of all work? To think of it-running off the day be- fore New Years without deigning to invent an excuse even. l wouldn't have thought it of Della after being with us six whole months"
 Here she stopped her mental solilo- quy long enough to get her bearings and turn east. as directed.
 Tt wouldn't matter so much if only Gerald Hollister were not coming to dinner. Relatives don't count Oh. why did invite him? He's SD accus- toned to having everything absolutely cOmme il faut. Catch me letting my symplthics run away with me again just because mans family happens to be out of town. And he could have asked our whole family over there to dinner and with all his servants never bothered to lift his finger! But that wouldn't occur to him. It's the one thing I don't like about Gerald Hollis fer anyway. With all his wealth you never hear about his doing sny big generous thing"
 Just here PrisciIla's rapid little mon oloE,Ic stopped short.
 She suddenly remembered that she had come to the end of her directions. For the sixth time she was about to frame automatically tho monotonous inquiry for Murphy street when a bright bl1e sign of Female Help f8UniinZ itself down a side street caught her eye.
 Priscilla made a preCipitate dash to- ward it. which ended in an ignomini- ous collision with a corner newsstand Wien both had rexsineH their equilIb- rum. TriseilIa. giving her fur boa a careless toss over her sb0alde-. started e secpud time toward the zarish sym toi uf her hCPz-
 This time a rszintive Ifttie wall re- strainesl her Where 5id il cone frcmf There was uo. a chfld in sight. She walked a step or two fn the direction cf the souud- and there euried Ep uu- sser the shelter of a newsstand. was q mite af huDansfv. blue and pi1ched with the calt
 ~Why. yU1 PSaE dear exclsimed PriscIIa- ~where is yo7r n0zhsr7 Are you lOstE-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-02-28

stlnct leads the animals to the sea, as the shores on which they are matched always slope down toward the ocean and as the reflected light from the wa ter is always greater than that from the land. Neither the sound of the surf nor the smell of the sea guides them.
 A study of the mysteries of ''protec- tive coloring' in insects has been com menced at the Tortugas station by Pro lessor Charles R. Stockard. He has begun with that ungainly creature, the walking stick" which nature has not only colored. but formed to deceive Its enemies, for when hidden in foliage 1t looks like slender twig with branch es. Professor Stockard says that 1t feeds and breeds by night, and by day remains motionless in protective at- titude among the stems of its food plant, from which it is difficult to dis tinguish Its form. Both the stems and the insect vary considerably in color. but the latter generally fails to select branches matching its own shade. When disturbed 1t usually drops bodily to branch below or to the ground, where 1t feigns death. In a new series of experiments with these uneanny in- sects Dr. Stockard blackens their eyes and removes their feelers. after which he subjects them to various noises and colored lights ito test the modification of their behavior" He will announce his results later. He has also set upon wire legs dummy figures made up of parts of the bodies of dead walking sticks and has studied the behavior of live specimens toward them.
 To determine what economic plants can be made to flourish in the great deserts of our arid southwest the des- ert botanical laboratory which the in- stitution has built at Tucson, Arlz.. is doing interesting work under the guid- ance of D. T. MacDougal. director of the department c; botanical research. A boat lately built for this laboratory Is now circumnavigating the great in- land "Sslton sea" of California. which has an area of 800 square miles. Mfr. MacDougal estimates that the greater part of this lake VIII disappear in ten years. and this expedition is tracing movements of vegetation along Its shores. He also Is directing explorations of the Patfie basin. in California. one of North America's most arid regions.
 Luther Burbank. the wizard of Santa Rosa. under a grant from the lnsti- ute Is developing new fruit and fod- der plants. notably many new species of berries obtained by crossing two plants of the sOlanum or night shade family, one from vest Africa bearing an iusipId black fruit and the other from Chile producing small. hard. green and equally inSipii berries From these night shades Burbank sI- ready has devsIopesl a delicious and ab- soluteIy nsE fruit. resembling the low sssh biueberrT of our eastern states.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-02-28
But the mite didn't move, only moan

But the mite didn't move, only moan ed pitifully.
 Priscilla looked about perplexed. Seeing a shopkeeper watching her cu- riously from behind his show window, she beckoned him to come to her.
 Do you know who this child is?" she asked almost accusingly.
 "Shure." replied the shopkeeper. He tinds the shtand and does a smar-rt business too.''
 But he's only baby and sick and cold" pleaded Priscilla.
 "Oh, he oftin cr-rawls undher ther-re t git war-rm. The men takes their piper-rs just the same an laves their pennies"
 Where does he live:" demanded Priscilla imperatively.
 The man pointed to a dingy looking tenement house next door to the em- ployment office. To his utter amaze ment. Priscilla stopped down, gathered the whining waif in her arms, wrap ped her fur boa around him and walk ed toward the house with her burden.
 From the curious tenants she soon found out which particular door led into the child's home. The key was hanging in a dark corner near by. Once inside. Priscilla laid the child down on a broken. disOrderly bed and then shivered as she stood helpless fin the gloom and chill of the place.
 There was neither fire. fuel nor food.
 Priscilla knelt down beside the child and chafed his little cold hands till there was some degree Of warmth in them. Then sine summoned up her courage. knocked at the door of the adjoining fat and begged the woman who answered to take the child in be- side her fire while she herself went out to get food for him.
 She had just returned with her arms full of bundles when she bumped irto a man in the dark hallway equally incumbered. An avalanche of paper bags followed.
 'I beg your pardon" came simul- taneOusly from both.
 Then as they stopped to the task of picking up their respective belongings the man ventured an inquiry.
 Can you tell me where the Horri- gsns live. I wODier:"
 "I haven't the least idea" replied Priscilla. lin s strange: here my self
 The commoticn had caused the sud den apparition of several tyysIei heads from behind half opened doors. In the dim light that hIckere1 out Pris- ella stole an inquisitive look at the man beside her
 Gerald Ho,lister.-' she exclaimed eHciteily and ia her amazement drop red all her paper bsgs again
 Priscilla BaIlsd.' he exclaimed. and his paper bags followed PriscilIa's.
 It is quite probable had not the squeaking doors stretched their eyirios- fly bit too far that Priscilla and Ger sd uorlH h--s ~r-art ths rest of the morning dropping and picking ID par. cels. But Priscilla. catching sight of the woman in whose care she had left her little charge. rushed past her. grab bed up the chfid and commanded Ger sld to fo1low her
 Imagine Mrs HBrriEsa-s surprise a hsIf hoar CT go later. when she came h fro7 her dzyis eiesaizg. to find seated hy e-sckli1g hot stove. vith
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-02-28

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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-02-28
Rich Mans Plan to ssesp. Microbes.

Pursued by a morbid horror of mi- crobes. which he believes infest the earth. Jarvis Smith. a wealthy aged resident os Mount Vernon. \. H. is constructing a house oB stilts. in three sections. reached tg ladders. He be- Iieves these will be mierobe proof. and here he viii live. perssstently refusing to mInzle with a crowd of people where he believes microbes abound He wears straps about the bottoms of his trousers to prevent microbes get ting to him while he Is On the eround
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-02-28
Fad ef pafrre-s-

The latest fashion among Austrian painters is to establish themselves at picturesque points in the rountaIns in summer and make the prtrzits of tourists anti ~-rh surruundIags.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-02-28

Dawitt-s Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve is especially good for piles. Sold by Buckingham pharmacy.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-02-28

Find a purrnnser for wfhat To1 have so sell by placing 25s sdv in the Democr.f.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1908-04-09
Commencement Exercises.

Following ia the commencement
program for the Barrett school to be
held at Park Grange hall April l6:
Song, quartet.
Invocation, j. l.. Ford.
Salutatory, Ellen Moses.
"Our Country" Orland Morse.
"Star Spangled Banner" panto-
mine.
"By Their Fruits Ye shall Know
Them" Alma Hinrlchs.
Baritone solo, j. A. Epping.
"Raggady Man." Harry Vanblar-
acom and Olen Jones.
"Poppy Song" Six Girls.
Dialogue, "The Changed House
wife," Five Pupils.
Address to class, Rev. j. g. Tate.
instrumental duet, Mayme Hodges
and Gladys Reavis.
Presentation of diplomas, L. A.
Reavis, chairman of the board.
Indian club swinging, ID. @. Henry.
Song, quartet.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1908-04-09
Onion Sets at McDonalds.

OUlUH Cttb dt uiCbohNiuos
See that Glover Seeder at McDonalds.
Best line of Spray Nozzles at McDon-
aids.
For Flower and Alfalfa Seeds go to
MoDonalds.
Glen Fsbrick returned from Port
land Monday.
Yucca Tree Protectors, kept in stock
at McReynolds.
Stock foods of different kinds at
McReynolds & Co.
Rex spray in any quantity at White
heads feed store.
Glover, Timothy and Alfalfa hay at
McReynolds q Co.
MI. and Mrs. j. W. Wiedriok we're
in Portland on business Thursday.
Miss Griffin and Mrs. lila Smith Wis.,
tied friends at The Dalles Sunday.
Harvey Slushel boarded the No. 2
train Monday morning for The Dalles.
T. W. DeBussey went to Mosier
Sunday to spend the day on his ranch.
Il. Nj. Miller, who has been laid up
with rheumatism for the past few
days, is able to be up and around
again.
Rev. L. Druckenmiller, of the
Lutheran church, lie spending few
weeks in California Tor the benefit of
his health
Miss Ethel Smith. OF Portland, who
was the guest ct Mrs. w B. MeGuire
last eek, lett tor Pendleton Saturday
to visit friends at that place.
j. r Nunnemaker went to Heppne
last week to attend the funeral of Geo.
Conser. Mr. aud Mrs. Conser visited
at the Nunnemakei home few weeks
ago
g. ". Brown and daughter, of kel-
logR. Idaho, stopped off between trains
Thursday to visit his sister. Mrs. DIR.
Sharp, going to Portland In the after
noon.
Il. o. Blanchar aud L. s Stanley
went to Bend, Ore. last week. where
Nr. Stanley is inter ested In a large
irrigation project. they shipped a
large automobile to Shaniko and made
the lille to the Des Chutes country In
the machine.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson and Miss Avis
Nelson went to Eugene, Oregon, last
Friday morning. Mrs. Nelson and
Mi iss Avis have been the guests OF Mr..
and Mrs. E. L. Smith ali winter, and
it 10 with great regret that their
friends see them go to their home.
AT the Woman's Club, which met
last Friday afternoon, each member
responded with quotation from Eu-
gene Field, it being Eugene Field
day. Miss Mabelle Lathrop sang very
charmingly one OF his poems set to
music, 1.-THE Plum Tree" The ladies
are now busy cleaning up the ceme-
terry.
DR.. Lathrop, OF the Asbury M. e.
church, has been delighting his hear.
ers lately with good, logical sermons
on "Logic." Last Sunday evening
was on "Logic of Proportion, ; and
the comparisons made showed signs OF
deep study and forethought. Next
Sunday evenings lecture will be the
"Logic of Ourselves I" After the sci
mon Miss Browning sang very beauti.
fuliy from the opera, "Eliiah." The
music committee intend to have spec.
ial music each Sunday and they were
especially fortunate in having such an
artist as Miss Browning Is.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1908-04-09
j. M. Wright made a business trip

j. M. Wright made business trip
to Stevenson Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. o. Ash went to
Portland yesterday for view Of the
styles.
G. e. Day, on the Heights, who has
been Ill fol- some months, is reported
quite low.
sThe Stanley Smith mill at Green
Point was started up for the season
this week.
MIR. and Mrs. o. L. Stranahan, of
Portland, spent several days In Hood
River last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. Ross Winans lett
yesterday for Collins Springs for Mrs.
Winan's health.
Mr.. Wyatt, Of Portland, passed
through here Monday, returning from
visit with his sister In The Dalles.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. X McGregor, OF
Mosier, came up on yesterdays local
to spend few days with friends.
The Y. W. G. T. U. will hold the
next meeting ct the home of Mrs. j.
W. Copper, on State street, April 13,
at I :45 p. m.
Miss Gladys Hartley has had to Civ
up her work at Pacific University at
Forest Grove as instructor in music
account Of Ill health.
Geo. Rorden and wife returned this
week from California, where they
spent most of the winter, and are Wis
iting friends and relatives In the city
and valley.
G. N. Clarke attended the funeral
of his nephew, the young son OF Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Clarke, of Portland,
who died while under the influence of
oholoform, while undergoing an oper-
alton.
The Alert Club held their regular
business meeting Monday night Of
this week. Committees were appoint
ed on nomination OF officers and en-
tertainment to report next Monday
night.
The new large iron pipe for the
lower town system OF the water com
pauy's plant ia being distributed on
the ground and will be put In at once
This will be permanent improve
ment in the system and will do away
with the leaks which are constantly
occurring In the wooden pipes.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1908-04-09

ing. W. s. U'Ren will defend State
ment No. l and 9. d. Livingston, OF
Portland, will argue sgainst 1t. Each
OF these speakers will be given 30 or
40 minutes for their arguments, and
other speakers on each side will be-
given about ten minutes time.
Everything will be tree aud large
crowd is assured. This Ia the first
joint debate In some time and prom
ises to be interesting.
The Mt. Hood road will run spec
ial train out and hack to accom- mo-
date the town people.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1908-04-09
BRIEF LOCAL MATTERS.
The Dietz Studio for photos.

The Dietz Studio for photos.
Choice onion sets at McDonald's.
Glover and Timothy seed at White
heads.
Just arrived-Eastern white fish al
Jackson's.
Miss Abbie Mills went to The Dalles
Saturday.
Picked pork and corned beef-Mc.
Guire Bros.
Clay Brock is spending a few weeks
on ranch at Mosier.
Maple Syrup and New York State
Buck Wheat at Jacksone.
For bargains In real estate see Ros.
we'll Shelley, Carson, Wash.
Vetch, timothy, clover and garden
seeds at .Jacksons.
Leslie Butler was a passenger for
Portland Friday.
Land plaster both kinds, Utah and
Ore, at Whitehead's feed store.
Go to w. S. Gribble. Mt. Hood, for
the District No. rs Shoe. If
o. l.. Walters went to The Dalles
Saturday to visit Mr.. Cooper.
Special orders taken for Hazelwood
Ice Cream specialties. G. P. Ross.
buy a nice plush robe at cost for
your couch from the Davenport Harness
Company.
Mr.. and Mrs. Davidhizer and daueh.
tiers, of Moiser, we're In town Thurs
day
The Royal Tailors of Chicago and
New York are the largest and best
merchant tailoring house in the world.
See their line of samples for spring at
The Toggery.
Mrs. W. l. Clark -awent to The
DaIes on Monday morning to see
her new granddaughter, Janice Kath.
ryn Clark. She reported very fine
looking baby.
Now is the time to order your Spring
Suit. The very latest and best things
out will be found al he Toggery. Con.
fidence in the Royal tailors means better
clothes for you.
Mosier was we'll represented by it,
business men last Saturday. The fol.
lowing we're in the apple city Messrs.
Bateham. Carroll, Stautfer, Macireg-
OF aud Hodge.
II you want to buy or sell real estate
20 to Onthauk & Often. Money to
loan on first mortgages. Abstracts and
legal papers carefully prepared. Nota'
rial work of all kinds.
The Oleta Assembly OF Artisans held
their first meeting in their new quar-
ters at the X. OF P. hall last night.
The master Artisan desires full at
tendance at each meeting, so as to be
able to keep In better shape with the
work.
The Oakdale Greenhouse has just re.
ceived a full line of shrubs, vines, etc
Can furnish on short notice almost any
ornamental tree or shrub grown in the
Northwest. Over 1000 two-vear roses
on hand, Fletcher 4 Fletcher R,F. D
No. l. Both phones. tt
IL you wish to save $50 to SIS when
you buy your piano, buy direct from
the factory dealer and not fl ON agents
or canvassers. Several beautiful in
struments just received from Chicago
at Soule's Piano House. Second hanC
pianos and organs taken In exchange
Balance cash or time payments.