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The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-06-13
Cost of Floral Decorations.

Millions of dollars are spent on floral
decorations in America every year. It
is said that the amount spent for deco
rative purposes each year is sufficient
to build three battleships and place
them in commission 1t is considered
nothing unusual for $1,000 to be charg-
ed by florists for decorating banquet
hall, while as much as $4,000 has been
paid for home decorations. The deco
rator has to go through hard and long
school of experience before he is able
to command the salary of an expert. for
the materials at his command are OF a
fragile nature. and it is next to i'm
possible to experiment with them. Ger
tain set forms are known and prescrib-
ed for certain occasions, but when a
carte blanche order is given then the
art Of the decorator comes into play.
and his artistic sense is well tested. for
it depends upon him to please his pa
irons in an artistic way. and also by
the wonderful blending Of his flowers.
New York Sun.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-06-13
Faces Over the Doors.

Those who visit Pompeii for the first
time are struck by one significant fea-
ture of those little houses whose own
ers have been dead for 1000 years.
That is the faces which are often carv-
ed over the door or in the atrium and
intended to convey welcome or de-
fiance to the entering guest. The New
House, as it is called. because it Is the
last rescued from the tomb Of ashes,
has before it two marble heads on pill
lars rising from beds of roses. Their
faces are turned to greet the stranger
with gay, friendly smiles. No one could
enter house which gave him SO cor
dial welcome without happier throb
Of the heart. In the entrances Of some
of the other houses are set angry.
frowning heads of demons.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-06-13
Playing Cards For a Treaty.

Years ago | was in America and
went down with the English minister
In the United States to a small inn In
Virginia where we were to meet Mr..
Marcy, the then United States secre-
tary Of state. and a reciprocity treaty
between Canada and the United States
was to be quietly discussed. Mr.. Mar
cy. the most genial Of men. was as
cross as a bear He would agree to
nothing. What on earth is the matter
with your chief?'' said to secretary
who accompanied him. He does not
have his rubber of whist" answered
the secretary. After this every night
the minister and l played at whist
with Mr. Marcy and his secretary, and
every night we lost. The stakes were
very trihing. but Mr.. Marcy felt fat
tered by beating the Britishers at
what he called their own game. His
good humor returned. and every morn
ing when the details of the treaty were
being discussed we had our revenge
and scored few points for Canada
Henry Labouchere in London Truth.
April IL. 1877.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-06-13
weioht of Brains.

According to some scientists. every
human being gets a complete new out
fit of brains about every two months
They estimate that the duration OF
nerves life is approximately sixty days
and that every brain cell is destroyed
and renewed that often. In other
words. we all have six brand new sets
of brains each year. The following fig
ures. showing the comparative. weights
of persons of different nationalities. are
interesting. According to Bastian and
other brain experts, the average Scotch
brain weighs so ounces. German brain
1916 ounces. English brain 1915 ounces,
French brain 479 ounces. Zulu brain
47.5 ounces. Chinese brain Alp ounces,
Pawnee brain All ounces, Italian brain
46.9 ounces. Hindoo brain 45.1 ounces,
Gypsy brain 44.8 ounces, Bushman
brain 44.6 ounces and Eskimo brain
43.9 ounces.-San Francisco Chronicle
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-06-13
GUESSING Proverbs.

A game in which one Of the players
tries to guess proverb chosen by the
rest of the company. The guesser
goes out of the room while the proverb
is chosen, and each player in order Is
given one of the words that compose
it.
The guesser Is then called in and
asks a question of each player. who
must introduce his word into his an
swer. Thus suppose the proverb chosen
to be 'sMake hay while the sun shines
The first player may be asked, How
do you do this EVENING"" and may an
swer, Every well. except that the very
warm rooms make my head ache. "
The second question may be. What
have you been doing this afternoon?
and the answer, Sitting at the win
dow watching the birds build nest
of hay in the maple tree" And so on
If the proverb Is guessed the one
whose answer gave the clew must take
the guesser's place; If it is not, the
guesser must go out again while anoth
er proverb is chosen, and he tries once
more.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-06-13
People in the News

It is reported that James ]. Hill has
resigned as chairman of the board of
directors of the Great Northern In
favor of Louis w. Hill.
Oscar Wenderoth, of New York, has
been selected as supervising architect
Of the treasury department to succeed
James Knox Taylor, resigned.
Count Tisza, president of the lower
house Of Hungary, had narrow es-
cape from assassination in the diet
when he was fired upon three times
by Deputy julius Kovacs, who then
shot himself, probably with fatal ef-
feet
Carl Lindhagen, leader of the ad-
vanced wing of the Swedish socialists,
has been trying to get action in the
second chamber of the riksdag on his
resolution looking to the abdication
Of the king and the establishment of
a republic.
The San Francisco Evening Bulletin
has filed formal application with the
California board of prison directors
for a parole for Abraham Ruef, now
serving a IA years sentence in San
Quentin prison for bribery. The par
ole was refused.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-06-13
Port In i Storm.

Let the players sit in two lines op
posite each other at some little distance
apart Then two members stand be
tween, one of whom is blindfolded The
other in whisper gives the players on
one side of the line the name of yes
sels-for instance. s. S. Kentucky. the
Maine etc. The other side he names
as different ports. such as Liverpool.
Boston, New York, etc. After doing
this he stands beside the blindfolded
player, who is termed a wreck" and
cries aloud, "S S. Kentucky is ordered
to the port Of Liverpool" whereupor
the ship of that name and the port
change places and "the wreck" tries
to slip into one of the empty places
Then the player who calls out the
changes may give ''the- wreck bet
ter opportunity by saying, London.
Boston and New York call for aid
from S. S. Kentucky. the Maine and
St Louis" In the general scramble
''the wreck" usually finds a port. and
the one without seat becomes ''the
wreck"
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-06-13
The THERMOMETERS.

Now that the weather Is getting
warmer every one will be more or less
interested in the Thermometer. and
during the summer the weather re-
ports are chiefly concerned with the
number of degrees of heat these little
instruments show.
The word Thermometer means some
thing that will measure heat units, just
as a grocer's scale weighs butter. The
little tube inside the glass is very small
indeed. and the bulb at the bottom is
filled with quicksilver. which has the
property of responding very quickly to
heat or cold Some liquids will hard
" expand at all. such as water, and
would be useless in a thermometer.
The tube is SO small that very little
expansion in the bulb at the bottom
will make the mercury climb long
way up the glass. and the scale on the
side shows the degrees of heat The
scale used generally in this country is
called Fahrenheit because it was ar
ranged by scientist of that name.
In the Fahrenheit scale freezing Is at
SO degrees. and the boiling point OF
water at sea, level Is 212. The nat
ural temperature of the body in health
is SO 2-5-New York Sun.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-06-13

SALE OF TIMBER Missoula. Montana,
April ~, 1912. Sealed bids marked outside
BIO, mber-sale application, April 1, 1912,
kanlksu,s and addressed to the District For
ester, Forest Service, Missoula, Montana, will
pc received up TO and including the lst day of
July, l912for all the merchantable dead timber
standing or down and all the live timber des-
lgnated for cutting by Forest officer, located
on areas to be definitely designated by Forest
omeer before cutting begins, including about
$50 acres in Lots and and sell, Section 80,
nwA, Section 81. and nwL neL, Section 80 T.
81 NJ, X A w. B. M. within the Kaniksu Ma
tl0nal Forest estimated to be 1876, OOOfeet board
measure white pine, 2,8S6,00 feet board meas
ure other species, 6.l21 cedar poles more or
less, and an unestimated quantity of cedar
sh1ngle bolt material No bid OF less than $3.50
per thousand feet board measure for white
plne soc per thousand feet board measure for
CEDAR, $500 per thousand feet boards measure
Tor larch, aid $l.00 per thousand feet board
measure for other species, saw timber cent
per linear foot for 30-foot cedar poles and under,
cents per linear foot for cedar poles IS feet
ana over. and 75c per cord for cedar shingle
bolt material. will be considered, and deposit
OF II ,0O0 payable to the order of the Western
Montana National Bank. of Missoula Montana,
must be sent to that bank for each bid sub
mltted to the District Forester. Timber upon
valid claims is exempt from sale. The right to
reject any and all bids is reserved For further
information and regulations governing sales
audress Forest Supervisor. Kaniksu National
forest newport. Washington.
80 =, A. sILcox. District Forester,
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-06-13
The Orioin of Jack Tar.

Jack Tar apparently is considerably
older than Tommy Atkins. for the use
of Jack to signify sailor is at any
rate as old as 1859. and old Tar is a
nautical character in play of about
the same period. The origin of the
name is not very romantic. for the
sailor is supposed to7have got the title
from his tarred clothes and hands,
Jack being merely sort Of generic
name for a man.-London Standard.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-06-13
Brief News of the Week

More than 5000 employees of the Bos-
ton Elevated railway struck and riot
ing was general.
The entire" proceeds Of the Panama
canal bonds of 1861, issued less than
a year ago, have been spent.
Volcanic ash which fell thickly over
Cordova, Alaska, is believed to have
been caused by an Alaskan volcano
in eruption.
The interstate commerce committee
reported favorably the bill to prevent
reproduction of the Johnson-Flynn
prize fight moving pictures.
Estimates cutting the probable yield
of winter wheat 100000 to 25,OO0,-
900 bushels, as compared with the out
look month ago, helped to raise
wheat prices in Chicago.
Socialists at Nashville, Tenn, who
insist they have been prosecuted and
prevented from having public meet
ings, have obtained a temporary in
junction preventing the police Of the
city from interfering with them.
For the purpose of destroying the
alleged monopoly Of the so-called
aluminium trust, an agreed decree"
was entered in the United States dis
trict court at Pittsburg against the
Aluminium company Of America.
i =.
to be the largest clip of wool ever sold
in the state of Montana, was sold
at Billings, Mont, by Billings sheep
company to a Chicago firm Of dealers.
The clip is 100000 pounds and is the
product of 100000 sheep.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-06-13
Political News Bits

Senator Robert La Toilette, presi-
Dental aspirant, will not be in Chicago
during the convention time.
Minnesota democrats at their state
convention voted to send full delega-
ton of "a delegates to the national
convention with instructions for Wood
row Wilson.
The state democratic convention at
Raleigh. N. c., elected eight delegates
at-large to the Baltimore convention
and by vote of 500 to 396 endorsed
Woodrow Wilson.
A poll of the delegates elected to the
democratic national convention shows
that Clark has 264. Wilson 24S, Under
wood SO, Harmon As, Marshall 80.
Baldwin IA, Burke 10, uninstructed.
1914.
M. A. Dougherty, an attorney of
Lancaster, Ohio, delegate at large
rom Ohio, will place the name of
Governor Judson Harmon in nomina-
tion Tor president before the. demo-
cratic national convention.
Replying to reports from Chicago
mat the Taft managers were consider
ing him for the vice-presidency ON the
Tart ticket, Senator Albert B. Cum.
MINIS, of Iowa, said 81 would not ac-
sept the nomination for second place
90 the national ticket with anybody. J"
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-06-13

SALE OF TIMBER-Missoula, Montana, May
Is, 19l2-Sealed bids, marked outside, Ibid
timber sale application, April "a 1912, Kaniksu,"
and addressed to the District Forester Forest
Service, Missoula, Montana, will be received up
to and including the LIST day of July, 1912, for
all the merchantable cedar tim Der, standing or
down, designated for cutting bya Forest officer.
loca ted on an area TO be definitely designated
by Forest officer before cutting begins in
Guiding about AS acres in that-pOrtion of Sec
ton Z, T 81 N, R. w. B. M. lying east of
Priest River, within the Kaniksu National
Forest, estimated to be 80 25foot, 1878 3O-foot,
865 40-foot, 1S4 50foOt cedar poles. or less,
and an unestimated amount of cedar saw tim
Der. shingle bolts and piling. No bid of less
than SOC per NJ for saw timber, Toe per cord for
shingle bolts, 11ac per linear foot for piling,
and for cedar poles: 25-foot, 15c: 6inch 3O-foot,
Csc; finch 30 foot 35c; finch 35foot, zoe; 8nch
35-foot, 81 05 finch 40-foot 81 05; inch 4Ofoot
81 80; 8-inch 45-foot, S1.50 8-lnch 50foot, $175;
8-inch 55foot 100; 8-inch 60-foot, 81 15 will be
considered and a, deposit of 5000, payable to
the order of the Western Montana National
Bank of MlssOula, Montana must be sent to
that bank for each bid submitted to the Dis
trict Forester Timber upon valid claims is
exempt from sale. The right to reject any and
all bids is reserved. For further information
and regulations governing sales, address For
est Supervisor, Kaniksu National Forest, New
port Washington R. Fl RUTLEDGE,
3-5 Acting District Forester
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-06-13

SALE OF TIMBER-Mlssoula Montana, May
10, 1912-Sealed bids, marked outside, "Bid,
t1mbe sale application "A pril "a, 1912, Kaniksu'
and addressed to the District Forester, Forest
Service, Missoula. Montana will be received
up to and including the LIST day of July. 1912,
for all the merchantable dead timber standing
or down and all the live timber DESIGNATED for
to be definitely designated by Fo est officer
before cutting begins, including about PIT acres
In Section 5, and nw14 Section A. T. 81 N, r.
w. B. M, on Jayde and Prater creek on the
watershed OF Priest River, within the Kaniksu
National Forest, estimated to be !, $40, 900 feet,
board measure, green white pine 100000 feet,
board measure, dead and down white pine,
board measure, cedar in saw timber, shingle
bolts, posts and piling 100 25foOt, 1894 30-foOt
26O9 40-foot and 1929 50-foot cedar poles more or
less No bid of less than 81 so per for green
white p1ne $1.50 per M for dead white pine,
soc per M for cedar saw timber, zoe per cord for
single bolts, per 100 for cedar posts I1ac per
linear foot for cedar piling, and for poles: 25-
finch 35-foot, zoe; 8-inch 35-foo+, $loO; finch
40-fOOt. 81 90: 8-inch 40-foot, SIPS; 8-inch
45-foot. $l.40; 8-inch so foot $3.50:
s inch 55-foot 81 80: 8-inch 6O-foot 81 90:
8-innh 65-foot, 81 Is; Sinch 70 foot $3.50 S.inch
75-foot, 81 so, will be considered. and deposit
of $1,000, payable to the order of the Western
Montana National Bank OF Missoula Montana.
united to the District Forester Timber upon
valid claims is exempt from SALE The right to
reject any and all bids is reserved For farther
Information and regulations governing sales
address Forest Supervisor, Kaniksu National
Forest. Newport, Washington.
R. H RUTTLEDGE,
so Acting District Forester.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-06-13
Architect-A Game.

A splendid game for out of doors Is
architect, and much fun is to be had
playing it. A stony vacant lot or an
open field is the best playground The
players gather plenty of pebbles and
with them make life sized bungalow
plans upon the ground. This done the
pebble made houses become make be-
lieve houses for little folk to play in.
and you know there are many games
that can be played in the house that
mothers consider too noisy. These are
the games that can be played In the
pebble house. and nobody will care
how much noise is made.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-06-13
About Coins,

The British mint has recently struck
off 32.0OO.OO0 coins of aluminium for
circulation in certain parts of Africa
They are similar. to the Chinese coins
in shape. being perforated so that the
natives may string them together and
make them easy to carry
Along the western coast of Africa
bronze coins are in wide circulation.
In the interior of Africa small shells.
known as corvries. are used for small
currency. The new aluminium coins
will probably take the place of these
corvries. as the value is either cent or
2 mills.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-06-13
FOR The CHILDREN
The Miracle.

A baby seed all dressed in brown
Fell out of its cradle one day.
The West Wind took it with loving arms
And carried 1t away.
He laid it down on bed of leaves
And hid 1t with blankets white,
And there it slept like weary child
Through the long. dark winter night
1t woke at last when the spfingtime came
And stretched it's arms on high.
And it grew and grew through the live
long day
Toward the sun and the clear blue sky.
1t drew its food from Mother Earth
And 1T drank the cooling shower
Till the small brown seed was changed at
last
To a sweet wild wayside flower.
st. Nicholas
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-06-13
Self SACRIFICING.

'T'm glad to make your acquaintance,
major. l hope you'll pardon the ques-
ton. but is your marriage with my di-
vorced wife happyY'
"Oh.. very! don't understand how
you could separate from so charming
woman Don't you want to take her
back ?"-Pittsburgh Press.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-06-13
Hich and Low.

The highest and lowest elevations IN
this country are in California. within
100 miles of each other The ioftiest is
Mount Whitney. 14.4g9 feet high. and
the lowest is Death valley about 45O
feet below the level OF the sea.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-06-13

Ella-Live and learn. Stella-If you
had been learning all the time you
have been living you would make a
sixteen volume encyclopedia look like
a pocket dictionary.-New York Press.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-06-13
Proof Positive.

Madge-Do you think he really loved
you? Martorie-I'm sure he did dear
When refused him he went and mar
ried the very first girl he happened to
meet-New York Times.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-06-13
Basis of His Belief.

Sillicus-Do you believe in long en-
gagements? Cynicus-Sure. The longer
o man is engaged the less time he has
to be married Philadelphia Record.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-06-13
Enioyed Movinu.

Weeks-I once knew a man who real
~ enjoyed moving. Seeks don't be-
lieve it Weeks--It's fact, You see,
he lived In q houseboat.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1912-06-13
Not This Side of Eden

VIII not the world ever produce
great artist in the form of a tailor who
can make clothes to harmonic with
the pocketbook p Nashville Banner.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-04-10
WAS KNOWN 1000 YEARS AGO
Appendicitis Not a Modern Disease.
Old Egyptian Medical Work Is
Translated at Cost of $4,000

CHICAGO.-Dr. Carl H. Won Klein,
after 20 years of study and an out
lay of $4,000, has completed the
translation of the "Papyrus-ebers, +"
an Egyptian medical work 1000
years old.
The papyrus was revealed in 1872
by George Ebers, who, with the aid
of Ludwig Stern and other Egyptol-
ogists, published the fact that Hip
pocrates of Cos, who had been known
as the father of medicine" no long
er possessed that title The date of
the papyrus was so remote as to
place Hippocrates in the ranks of
modern physicians.
''The Egyptian physicians were the
most learned in all the world" said
DR.. Won Klein. ''The lamentations in
the papyrus are beautiful. They COW
er all diseases. Even appendicitis,
which was considered new disease
a few years ago, is described"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-04-10
ROMANCE OUT OF GRACE CASE
1t Now Develops That the Couple
Did Not Stand as High Socially
as Was Thought.

ATLANTA.-All the romance has
been knocked out of the Grace case.
Both sides of it, his and hers, have
gradually fallen in the public eye
to the dead level of sordidness.
Every new fact brought to light
in connection with either of the prin-
cipaIs has lowered the whole affair
and vulgarized it.
When the shooting occurred it was
Mrs. Daisy Grace, rich society beau
ty, charged with shooting her hus-
band, a handsome and successful
business man. Subsequent develop
ments have shown that Mrs. Grace
never had any standing in society
here or in Philadelphia.
They have shown that Grace was
a confessed failure in business who
lived on the woman's money; that
they lived together months before
they were married.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-04-10
HOW WEAK WOMEN
May Be Made Strong at Small
Expense and No Risk


There are hundreds of women in
this vicinity, weak, thin, rundown,
tired out and nervous. Such women
need Vinol just as much as did Mrs.
Jane Pepper, of 1907 Howard street,
San Francisco, Cal, who says:
Il have used Vinol for some time
with particularly gratifying results. l
was run down, weak and debilitated,
and my appetite was gone. After TAX
ing several bottles of Vinol I found
my condition greatly improved, and
do not hesitate to recommend VinoI
to anyone similarly affected"
Vinol is not a secret nostrum, but
a delicious cod liver and iron tonic
without oil, which will create an ap-
petite, tone up the digestive organs,
make pure blood and create strength.
Try bottle of Vinol with the I'M
derstanding that your money will be
returned if it does not help you.
DAWSON DRUG CO., Dawson,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1912-04-10
YOU RISK NO MONEY.
Our Reputation and Money Are Back
of This Offer.

We pay for all the medicine used
during the trial if our remedy fails
to completely relieve you of consti-
patton. We take all the risk. You
are not obligated to us in any way
whatever if you accept our offer.
Could anything be more fair for you?
Is there any reason why you should
hesitate to put our claims to a prac-
tical test?
A most scientific, common-sense
treatment is Rexall Orderlies, which
are eaten like candy. They are very
pronounced, gentle and pleasant in
action, and particularly agreeable in
every way. They do not cause diar-
rhoea, nausea, flatulence, gripping or
other inconvenience. Rexall Order
lies are particularly good for chill
dren, aged and delicate persons.
We urge you to try Rexall Order
lies at our risk. Three sizes, Toe,
Csc, soc. Remember you can obtain
Rexall Remedies in this community
only at our store-the Rexall Store.
HORSLEY DRUG co.