St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1909-01-22

FRIDAY, JANUARY "a, 1909.
BE BOOSTER for st. Johns.
Congress is standing somewhat
uncertainty upon its dignity.
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A recipe for foiling burglar is
to keep nothing In your house worth
stealing.
Keep smiling. The world has ne
use for long faced, grumblng ant
fault finding individuals.
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Some women are awfully particu
lar. A st. Louis wife has sued for q
divorce because her husband eats
with knife.
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A sweet potato two feet long and
not more than an inch In diameter
is on exhibition at Lamar, Iowa. The
man who dug II up tried TO kill II for
a snake.
Survivors In Messina insist that
they will rebuild the city. II they
are willing TO listen to the advice OF
dislntorested outsiders they will
rebuild II In some other locality.
The brain test now being made on
monkeys at an Eastern University
will no doubt prove that they are
superior In Intelligence TO the man
WHO didn't know II was loaded"
Senator Bourne has introduced n
bill TO Increase the presidents salary
TO 100000 year. to take effect
next March. II is reasonable To cx'
Itot that Mr.. Taft will raise no OBJ
lection.
A Chicago man has discovered
that a person may become drunk
from ovorcating. This danger haS
been reduced to "a minimum, however
by the big Jump meat. flour aud Other
accessories have taken.
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A horse addicted TO the use of
tobacco was accidentally killed at
Portland last week. Seems like there
should be- enough human users To
look after the tobacco supply uhtil "a
few more animals can acquire the
habit.
A tariff may be placed on coffee
but the public will be glad Ia know.
doubtless. that this viii not cause
an increase Ia the price per cup OF
those imitation beverages that look
30 much like coffee and taste 30
porsistontly like something else,
j.
A former baptist minister of New
York has gone to South Dakota to
secure divorce from his wife be
cause she applies too much of hei
time To religion aud W. e. T, u.
work and neglccts her home, When
woman In too good for preachers
wife the millennium is not far Off
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lie who is given credit-who n
CONSIDERABLY allowed time In which
To pay for AN article for which he
has not the money at the timo OF pur
chase-and who walks arouno Ior
weeks aud months with the money
In his pocket. without the least ef'
fort to pay the bill. is no better
than thief In fact he is not M
good because the thief takes chances
while the other not only gets the |
goods but also displays the rankest
kind OF ingratitude,
j.
An anti-raee track gambling bill
introduced into the Legislature OF
state Ia designed 10
make wagering ON horse races on
selling pools a felony, punishable by
not less than one year or more than
three years in the penitentiary,
Aside from prohibiting pool selling
and book making. the measure pro
,ides that the owner or lessee OF the
house In which the offense is com
nilIed is also guilty OF felony.
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\ ministerial association ON Mon
lay denounced the appointmeht of
lohn {, Young to succeed Postmaster
,linto at Portland for the reason that
le is said TO be Mormon. An ex'
'hange volunteers the Information ,
hat there have been ten convictions ,
Il ministers TO one Mormon for mis- {
lemeanors in the past ten years In
he United states. AS there are
more Mormons than preachers in 1
he States, 1t would appear that tney I
re not such bad fellows after all, Ii
II Thorton Haines, who was ac- Il
uitted last week OF completely in
he murder OF William Il. Annis, was
ot an accessory In the murder, IL a
iould be difficult, indeed, 10 con b
Give OF a situation wherein one a
ould become an aceomplice in "
-agedy OF this nature unless he y
ctually assisted in inflicting the in- b
iries. Thornton Haines knew his q