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Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-11-24
Nezys of City and County

Itor 1. Tooze, Jr., Lawyer, New
Building.
|amond C" Hams now 20 cents
lion Meat Market.
hest price paid for turkeys; !:
argOlisch, phone 1858. tt
Gamond" hams-highest grade
now 20 cents. Union Meat
et.
and Mrs. T. C. Stockwell re-
Wednesday night from a vis-
Portland.
Monahan, of st. Johns, is in
ity visiting her granddaughter,
C. P. Gates.
McNicol, osteopathic physic-
bfRce 719 Court street, one
west of Gail hotel. tt
ties having money to loan
b see me, as I can loan it, out
pu to suit you'll. G. Campbell.
AdquarterS of the Oregon Fire
Association will be found in
q, New Bank Building, at
lead Of the stairs.
\. C. P. Gates, pastor of the
d Evangelical church, and Mrs.
were in Portland this week
ding the meetings of Gypsy
mOnds, watches, jewelry, sill
pre-, cut glass, toilet articles
pake good Christmas presents,
can get them at the jewelry
one door north Of Campbell 's
John H. Shepherd.
n. B. A. Millsap and baby son
Jam, are in the city visiting the
er's sister, Mrs. Ella J. Metz
They are on their way to then
In Lebanon after attending q
y reunion at the home of Mrs
fap's parents, Rev. and Mrs. 10.
Hoberg, in McMinnville.
p. Ella J. Metzger has returned
a very pleasant weeks visit
be home of her parents, Rev. anC
Joseph Hoberg, in McMinnville
there she participated in {
y reunion and attended the six
wedding anniversary of Rev
Mrs. Hoberg.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-11-24
Baptist.

A special request that every mem
ber and those interested shall be
nresent next Sunday morning, No
vember 26. -,
Sunday school, 10 a. M; lesson
.sNebemiah's Prayer. Morning wor-
shin. II a. m. Subject, "Jehovah s
Arrow Of Victory" Evening wor-
shin. 7:3O; subject, "The Christian
Rantism" !" Prayer meeting Thurs
day evening at 1880. n
H. John Vine, Pasor
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-11-24
6. Phillip,s Catholic.

Services will be held next Sunday
nornino at s:45. The subject Of the
sermon will be "What We Must 10
in Order to Prepare for the Next
Judpment." A special program OIL
mnsie is being arranged. A cordial
invitation is given to the general
public to attend. n.
Rev. FIR. A. H. Servais, Pastor.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-11-24
Christmas Shopping

Is oftentimes put off until the last
moment. and am taking this means
of reminding you that a fine portrait
reouires lots of attention and just a
little time. 1 hope you are contem-
plating photographs, and an early
sitting will insure satisfactory work
Special styles for holiday gifts;
c. B. STONE, Wilson Blk.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-11-24

Lodge Notice.
a A stated communication of
~ & A. NJ, will be held in Ma
wv Jennings Lodge No. 9, A. F..
sonic hall this, Friday evening, at
7 80 O'Clock. Work in M. M. de-
gree. All members requested to be
present. Visiting brethren invited
By order of the W. M.
J. c. HAYTER, Secy.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-11-24
ATHE:ROSARY
QUEED
THEPRODIGAL JUDGE
THE NE'ER DO WELL
The CLAW
FOLLOWING
OF THE STAR

Our 5O-cent line of Copyright
Novels is the talk of the town.
One hundred Of these popular
books were sold between Satur-
day night and Wednesday morn
ing. Another shipment Of 200
left New York on November z
and is expected to arrive early
next week.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-11-24
Christian Science.

Christian Science services are held
in the Adventist church every Sun
day at 1890 a. m.
Subject. "Ancient and Modern Ne
cromancy, alias Mesmerism and Hyp-
notism, Denounced. "
Public cordially invited.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1911-11-24

Order turkeys now while price is
low. Union Meat Market.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-08-04
TALKING CANARY WINS $500
New Workers Lose Wager When Phil
adeiphian Boasts of Remarkable
Attachments of Bird.

Atlantic City.-A wager of $500
changed hands in the Hotel Fredonia
when a canary bird owned by Mrs.
Peter Kearney of Philadelphia, who
is spending the summer at that hos
telry. repeated after her in parrot
fashion a number of phrases. Includ-
ed among the visitors at the hotel are
two bird fancfers from New York and
j. A Clark of Philadelphia, who had
heard the bird on several occasions,
told the New Workers of the remark
able attachments of the canary.
When one of them scoffed at the
idea and offered to wager $500 that
the apparent talking of the bird was
nothing more than clever ventrilo-
quism on the part of the owner. a
test was arranged and, in addition
to the hotel guests. a number of news
paper men were invited. The canary,
which answers to the name of Pete"
sang for a. time and then, in response
to the coaching of Mrs. Kearney, re-
peated in a shrill tone. Pretty little
BIRDIE Pretty little Pete" so clear
that the bird fanciers were convinced
and paid over their wager to Clark.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-08-04
LAVA CHARRED LOG
WINS A FAT MAN IN RATTLE
AS Nobody Loves skelIy Miss Flana-
gan Finally Concludes She VIII
Marry Him-He is Willing.

Philadelphia.-If Catharine n. F1an-
her mind she wants to marry Thomas
Sicily. who Is six feet tall and weighs
ESQ pounds, all she has to do Is to
say the word.
She held the lucky ticket in a draw
ing. decided the other night at the
fair of the Church of the Immaculate
Conception.
Skelly was the prize. and his iden-
tity, which has been a battling mys-
terry for the week. during which the
fair had been In progress. was dis
closed simultaneously with the an
nouncement that he belongs to Miss
Flanagan If she wants him.
Sicily mounted chair upon the
porch of the parish house about IL: 80
O'Clock and made his bow to the two
thousand interested spectators. while
Flanagan forth from her place of Sc
cIusion at the ice cream booth Sicily
said briefly that he had entered the
affair I'm the spirit of fun, but since
he had seen the winner. whose iden-
tity was, until then, likewise secret.
he was willing and anxious to relin-
quish his bachelor life. Miss Flana-
gan blushed prettily and said she did
not think she wanted to marry Sicily.
The next afternoon, however. Miss
Flanagan said she had changed her
mind and. as nobody loved fat
man." she would marry Mr.. Sicily.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-08-04
PARCEL POST BY AEROPLANE
Package Dropped on Deck Of Outward
Bound Liner OIympic-First
Instance of Kind.

New York.-The first piece of mer-
chandise ever delivered at sea by
aeroplane fell on the upper deck OF
the giant White Star liner Olympic
the other day as she steamed through
the Narrows outward bound on her
maiden eastward passage. w. Auee
Burpee of Philadelphia had contracted
for delivery of the package before sail
ing. with department store. which In
turn engaged Thomas Sopwith. the
English aviator, who recently took up
Henry W. Taft, the presidents broth
er, for a skyride.
With Richard r. Sinclair, secretary
of the Aero club, holding the package.
Sopwith rose from the aviation
grounds at Garden City and timed his
flight to meet the liner in the Mar
rows.
While Sopwith controlled the aero
plane Sinclair dropped the package at
the given signal. No word came from
on board of whether 1t had landed or
not, but to those on nearby craft and
to the aviators 1t seemed certain that
1t had fallen true
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-08-04
Something About Dreams.

Dreams are due to an increase OF
sensation and circulation over that
which exists In profound sleep. OBJ
servations made upon patients with
cranial defects show that when we are
dreaming the brain Is greater I'm vol
ume than in deep sleep. and less than
when we are awake. Thus this inter
mediate volume of blood would indi-
cate that dreams are an intermediate
stage between Inconsistencies and
wakefulness, and their incomplete and
irregular intelligence would indicate
the same thing. This increased circu-
lation is usually due to sensory stimu-
lation affecting the yasomotor center
and causing a return of blood TO the
head, with resultant increased con
seriousness. Contrary to popular be
lief. dreams in themselves do not con
tribute 10 light or broken sleep Ia
which they are present. Such con
dition is due to the eyer-present slim
uli which, according 20 their strength
or the degree of irritabillty Of the
cells. maintain even in sleep vary
ing degree OF consciousness of which
the dreams are merely a manifestation.
Therefore the fatiguing effect often al.
SO attributed TO dreams Is not due 10
them, but to the lighter degree OF
sleep and less complete cell-restora'
ton which they accompany, and which
are due to some irritation.-Fred w.
Eastman, in the Atlantic.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-08-04

PLAYING DETECTIVE
By cLAUDINE SISsON


Miss Cleo Gates was visiting her
sister. Mrs. George Marshall Mr.. Mar.
shall was general manager OF the do
Therefore. Miss Cleo heard much
shop talk. About the only thing that
interested her. however. was the talk
about shoplifters. The store was
constantly troubled with them. and IL
was only at long intervals that one
was caught. although q store detective
was supposed to have her eyes every
where
One night when the manager came
home to say that goods worth 5000
had been lifted that day from un-
der the nose OF the store watchdog.
who was a young woman Of 25. and
that she would be discharged at the
end of the week. Miss Cleo announced.
in a very serious tone:
Il am a natural born detective"
A laugh greeted the words.
Il have solved several difficult
cases"
More laughing
a year ago when this diamond ring
was suddenly missing. father and moth
er said IL was a case that would never
be solved. After devoting one day to
thought / walked into the kitchen and
told the cook she was the thief. She
broke down at once"
THAT 10. she confessed?" said Mr..
Marshall
mo. she did not confess. She turn
ed red and white and burst into
tears. and within an hour she skipped
out"
And the ring7
Il found IL on the shelf over my law
atory. She. OF course, had placed II
there on finding that she was sus-
pected- Father said the police could
MT have worked the case better"
"Reenest. brightest thing I ever
heard Oft" replied the manager. IF
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-08-04
FALSE HUNGER
A Symptom Of Stomach Trouble Cor
reeted BY Good Food.

There f., with some forms of Gtom-
Ich trouble, an abnormal craving for
food which ~ frequently mistaken FOR
a good appetite" A lady teacher
writes from Carthage No, 90 cx.
plain how with good food fho dealt
with this sort OF hurtful hunger
Il have taught school for fifteen
years. and up to nine years ago had
good, average health. Nlno years ago,
however, my health began io lalL
and continued 10 grow worse steadily
in spite OF doctors prescriptions, and
everything / could do. During ali th-f
time my appetite continued good. only
the more / ate the more / wanted 10
eat was always hungry.
The first symptoms Of my break.
down were a distressing nervousness
and a loss OF flesh. The nervousness
grew so bad that finally lt amounted 10
actual prostration. Then came s.om.
ach troubles, which were very painful
constipation which brought on pllo1.
dyspepsia and severe nervous head
aches
The doctors seemed powcrca8 TO
help me, said was ovcrworkedi and
at last urged me 10 give MP teach
ing, II wished 10 save my llfo.
But this / could not do. ! kept on
at IL as well as | could, each day grow
ing more wretched, my wlllpower
alone keeping me up. till az last a
good angel suggested that try diet
of Grape-Nuts food, and from that
day to this ] have found II delicious
always appetizing and satisfying
II owe my restoration 10 health to
Grape-Nuts. My weight has returned
and for more than two years ! have
been free from the nervousness CON
stipation. piles. headaches, and all the
ailments that used 10 punish me 80.
and have been able 20 work freely and
easily" Name given by Postum Co,
Battle Creek. Mich.
Read the little book. THE Road 20
MELVILLE" In pkgs. There's Reason"
Ever real the above i~tterr new
sae eppears frsw tfnse go time. They
- 0s.usnss trus, asa fall ~f h~~Ans
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-08-04

face: then she saw he was looking
about In what she considered n fnrtive
way. Then he walked up to the jew
elry show case and drummed on the
glass. Then he went over to the per.
fumery counter and asked tho price
OF a bottle OF cologne. Thence he
walked to the door and looked up and
down, as IL TO see whether there was a
policeman about or not. Being salts
ned on this point. he walked back 20
the book counter. picked up one book
after another. and finally walked on
with one in his hand as bold as brass
IL was n valuable book.
Miss Cleo should have stepped for
ward at this moment and laid her
heavy hand on the shoplifter and
made an arrest but her heart failed
her. He would deny and resist She
would le: him go and trail him and
then report to her brother-in-law. She
hadn't far to traii. With quick
glance up and down the street. the
young man crossed. At the entrance
TO a stairway he paused a moment to
look back. and then climbed the stairs.
The girl had the criminal run 10 earth.
She re-entered the store. WAS taken
up 10 the managers office, and aston
ished him with announcing:
George, ! have been doing detec-
tive work downstairs unbeknown to
you or Sarah. and | have caught n
shoplifter. He may be the head OF
tho gang"
You don't tell me, Where is he7"
Il didn't want TO create excitement
In the store. and SO ! trailed him 10
his lair"
Good girl Where is TT"
Right across the road and up
stairs. He can be arrested in five
minutes"
You'll have to come along and
point him out"
"oh, I'll do that"
At the store doors they picked up
a detective. When the trio had cross
ed the street and the stairway had
been pointed out. Mr.. Marshall said
to the girl:
There are a dozen Offices up there,
and studio or two. and we mustn't
bungle this case. Sure you can iden-
tify your man again?"
In an instant"
Il can't believe that any OF these
people are shoplifters. Well look In
on Paul first and ask him what be
thinks. Right In here
They entered studio. At desk
sat a young man with an open book
before him. There were paintings on
easels and paintings on the walls.
Hello, Georgel" from the young
man to Mr.. Marshall.
Hello. Paul"
THAT is the man and there is the
book" exclaimed the natural born de-
tectiye as she stood erect and pointed
an accusing finger.
Ten seconds of intense silence, and
then they broke into laughter.
"What-what does this mean7" de-
manded Miss Cleo.
Mr.. Paul Wainwright, this is my
wife's sister, Miss Cleo Gates. In town
saf ism NJ Wainwright Sc the
son of his father. who is the VAIN
wright of our firm"
IL took five long minutes TO mako
II clear that Mr.. Paul Wainwright had
borrowed instead of shoplifted, and
that there was nothing coming to him
in the way of punishment, and there
were apologies and don't mention It's"
and somehow Mr.. Paul got the idea
that he must call on the young lady
and talk the case over. He Is call
ing yet
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-08-04
WHY POETRY HAS DECLINED
In OIden Times What Was Written
Was 20 Appeal 90 the
Ears.

What IN an interesting N not con.
vincing explanation OF why tho mod
ern world does not love poetry nn
they OF old loved Il, ~ found in nn
article by Percy MacKayo in thr
North American Review tie Says az
the poet: The cadonccs. the har
monies, the seizure by the imar.nl
ton upon conEonnnts and vouola
arc addressed 20 the ears mot
the eyes, OF his audience ORIG
inally his audience was not "a person
but a people. Homer sang to 400
Hellas-not from the printed puro
but from the mouths OF mlnrtrclg
Thus the very craftsmanshlp of inc
poet IL based upon two assumption
which are seldom granted him today.
The sung. or chantod. word: "a plural
audience. The inspiration OF tbo
ancient bards has never passed from
the earth. II Is perennIally ln tho
poets heart. But Il can never pass
effectively into the hearts Of the poo
pie through their cyes-from The
pages OF printed volumes or maya
zines"
There IL certainly great deal lu
this argument, and persons who
think they do not care much for poe
try may discover new charm N
they form the habit Of reading A.
aloud. II necessary 10 hcmfsIto.
alone. Shakespeare gains immensely
from the ondeayor OF tho reader to
reflect all the chnngoful moods and
meanings in HIS own voice or to
hear him read by one whose rcndluF
fs sympathetic-bu not too clocu.
tionary-discovers now delights iu
him.
At the same time A. ~ true thut
Tennyson and Browning have fnf
wider audience through the printed
page than ever Homer gained nt The
mouths OF minstrols. and that many
who enjoy reading shakespeare
pages for themselves today care NJ
tie TO see him staged
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-08-04
Found Embedded in BaSaIt Rock
Formation Near Spokane.
Piece of Wood. Said to Be 100000
Years Old, May Throw Light on
Geological Status of Valley
Is Well Preserved.

Spokane, Wash.-Belfeving that the
discovery of a lava charred log. i'm
bedded so feet from the face of a cut
into the ba salt rock formation in the
eastern part of Spokane will aid sci
ence to deduce much important data
regarding the geological status of the
Spokane valley, experts connected
with Smithsonian institution at Wash
ington. ID. c., will be requested by the
Spokane chamber OF commerce to
make thorough analyses of the mass.
Father ]. J. Adams, S. j.. instructor
of physics at Gonzaga college, Spo-
kane, has made series of expert
ments to determine the character OF
the tree. but beyond establishing the
fact that it is a hard wood, the log so
far has withstood all attempts at
chemical analysis. probably owing to
the numerous changes 1t has under
gone.
After consulting every reliable au-
thOrity at my command, Father
Adams said. Il have reached the con-
clusion that the Spokane valley is of
comparatively recent formation. a
product perhaps of the CenoZoic perl
cd. OF course the surrounding noun
tains such as the Cascades and the
Rockies, are of much older formation.
dating back. nc doubt, to the Meso-
zoic period.
The more recent crystal move
ments in all probability took place aft
er the glacial period. although the vol
canic eruptions In the vicinity of Spo-
kane would seem to date back 200, 900
years. This peculiar volcanic belt
underlying Spokane would seem TO
date back at least 100, 900 years. The
formation In Division street. In the
locality of the stump. indicates that
the tree was embedded during the re-
cent crystal changes.
The nature of the surroundings
and other geologic conditions accom-
panying the discovery are of utmost
significance to the people of this age,
since they aid science to deduce much
interesting data relative to the geo
logical status of this locality not here
tofore established"
The log was found by laborers en-
ployed in a rock cut on the Spokane
International railway. The mass was
split and hacked by the men, who did
not know its scientific value, though
three large fragments. the size of
cord-wood. were rescued by represent
atives of the Spokane chamber of COM
meTce, GonZaga and Spokane col
leges and civil engineers connected
with the railroad. H. A. Margoyles, a
local railway contractor having charge
of the work. also secured several
eight-foot pieces, which he will have
fashioned into an easy chair.
The formation at the point where
the log was encountered included a
layer of rock, one of ashes and an
other of rock, the thickest part of the
wood being Embedded in ashes with
the hasalt rock covering it. The roots
we're burned off. while the rest of the
log was charred TO depth ranging
from one to two inches The color OF
the wood is dark brown. IL Is of close
grain and in a good state of preserva-
ton.
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-08-04
QUEER CURE FOR CIGARETTES
Or. Quackenboss Of New York "SuQ-
eests" Nausea to Pupils and Smok-
ing Makes Them Very Ill.

New York-There is an alarming
increase of the cigarette habit among
the boys and girls of the New York
public schools said DR.. John ID. Quack-
enboss the other day. Parents have
brought their children to this special
list in therapeutic autosuggestion to
effect a cure by that method.
II have never had so many cases as
in the last three or four months" he
said. Recently 1 have treated a lit
tie eleven-year-old boy and / have also
had several little girls, who were
slaves to the habit. / cannot think OF
a more menacing evil than this, and l
am doing everything In my power to
stop 1t.
"One boy who had acquired the
habit from seeing his father smoke
had been smoking 80 cigarettes a dy.
The little boy had horror of nausea
1t was this that helped me in my sug-
gestions.
Il put him to sleep and then i'm
pressed upon him the fact he would
become violently i'll If he ever put q
cigarette between his lips. When he
awakened from the hypnotic sleep he
apparently had recovered from the
habit.
"A month later he tried to smoke a
cigarette, but no sooner had he
touched it to his lips than he was
taken with violent nausea. and. fling
ing the weed from him. rushed home"
The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1911-08-04
SPORT IN HUNTING BOBCATS
Animal 10 Of So Sly and Retiring Dis
position That Well Trained Dog
Quite Necessarx--

In appearance the bobcat (the North
American wildcat or bay lynx resem-
bles a very much overgrown house cat
minus most of its tail and plus vile
disposition. A very large one will
measure about four feet from tip to
tip and weigh 40 pounds, but the av-
erage bobcat is considerably smaller.
They vary enormously In size. One
full grown female that I shot in 1899
weighed only 19 pounds. while an
other, a male, killed the same day,
weigher IL pounds. says a writer In
Baily's Magazine.
Usually they weigh from rs to IS
pounds, an animal OF the latter weight
being sufficiently powerful when
pressed by hunger to Kill a yearling
deer or sheep.
Their staple diet, however, consists
of the smaller creatures OF the wilder
ness, a prairie dog being a tit-bit,
while even the house cat is not ia
booed.
They are also extremely fond OF
lamb. their all-too-frcquent indulgence
in this delicacy having brought them
into ill-repute with settlers.
Sportsmen, too, find them anathema,
for the havoc they work among game
animals and birds is In these days Of
small stock most serious. For this
reason they are rightly classed as
pests, sometimes with q bounty on
their heads.
1t is an animal of so sly and retir.
ing a disposition that the most skill.
full hunter might seek II unavailingly
for years il unaided by a well-trained
dog. Yet, in spite of an artfully stimu-
lated scarcity. the bobcat is far more
numerous than IL Is commonly SUD
posed to be.
This is due mainly to the fact that
II was not regarded. to use the Ameri-
can idiom. as a sporting proposition.
A swift change. however, is now being
effected in the status of the bobcat.
and in future these wary beasts are
destined to become increasingly popu-
lar as objects of sport for dogs, In
which capacity they give as a rule a
much longer and more brilliant run
Although really dangerous and able
in fact to whip easily the biggest an
than their big cousin. the cougar
trained dog, the bobcat has never
been known to attack a man. even
when, In order to make IT sit up and
look pleasant, IL has been teased with
. short stick among the branches of
its arboreal retreat