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The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1913-01-16
Local News

SpTayeT III h'
Luebrs,
The Ladies' Aid of the Congrega'
.,,,sl church will serve a osfeteri a
u,osr 10 Masonic hall from IL to
40 on Thursday January %.
DR.. and Mrs. weese have moved
,,,o the Staples house on Richai dson
street.
tampkin's shoes wear better and
co,, les Advertisement.
Mrs Dell Tsggart and son returned
Wednesday, from trip to Portland aud
willamette valley points, where they
,,ited Mrs. Taggart's parents.
representatives of the Wortbineton
poup company aud the Westinghouse
Motor company we're here this week
and report large inquiry for pump.
iBs plants.
Fred o. Mahan is hauling lumber
10 build a barn on the Orchard tracts
west Of the city.
Elmer Ransom. OF New Plymouth,
i bsuling lumber for fine new
hou.e on bic place.
Nr. aud Mrs. Arthur Moody came
lovu from Vale for a visit over Sun
hJ aud Mrs. Moody remained n few
.ys the guest Of her mother Mrs. A.
A. Brosp.
There was $1,000 fire at Drewsey
% January 9th destroying the office OF
he Drewsey News and the Racket
store
The grand jury Ia busy this week.
representative Homen has been ap.
you,ed on the Banking and Irrigation
committees aud is chairman OF the
Game committee.
II you want good shoes try Lamp
kin's. They wear better aud cost
s. Advertisement.
Harry ilyvka., Sho was accidsutly
bot near Fruitlaud while out hunt.
iSs vas operated on st the hospital
'sd Ia expected to recover. Gangreue
bad set 10.
Mr. Roberts was operated on at the
lo'plisl Tuesday for appendicitis.
For Sale $50 egg, Cypbers model,
l'eabator See A. b. Mccain. two
niles west OF Ontario.
The eighth grade examinations 10 |
as several schools OF the county will |
held on the 90 and % OF January. |
A. B. Macpherson. Supt.
" T. Burley announces that they
l''e placed orders for 20 new loco
a0''s' Tor the U, P.snd Short Lipe.
W" Heieht cars. The engines cost
shout 500, 900 each and the freight
ean $3.50.
la'le Dick Rutherford is at Long
''''h' California, aud wishes to be
'nenoered by his many Ontario
TENDS lie saws Mrs. Rutherford is
feeling much better.
tue s'ahiield brothers. who recent
bought the Whittier outfit have
'eppsd liOo sheep from here to
u'''ila to feed, grain being cheaper
tae.
"'' rage aud daughters, Misses
'''e aud Blanche Ward. were Boise
Visitors last week.
l. 'anPetten is in Pendleton on
business.
~'S'-Gents silver watch. open face,
'' 'oo' Valued as keepsake. Re
''''' Argus office.
oree
. and Q. club will meet at the
4, VI Ms c. Z. Bingham. Thurs.
y afternoon, January %.
Lost Rhine stone hat pin. Re.
VIA 10 Everhart Drug Store.
'u''e Fs, bowling match between
eau iT1n rnitIa,d
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1913-01-16

The place To buy first class car les
10 ut the Ontario Bakery.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1913-01-16

For Ssle-Gurley engineers transit
Very suitable tor irrigation work.
Price very reasonable. Inquire at
Argus.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1913-01-16

For Sale Set of buggy harness
good rs new. Inquire of w. ID
Billinesley. phone l03 u.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1913-01-16

Wanted-School girl to take care
OF child and help around house.
Phone 9SK.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1913-01-16

Wanted-Cook. good all round man
wants position, Phone l0i, Ontario
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-06-05
An Appalachian Door.

ANY one of tact and common sense
can go as he pleases through the dark
est corner of Appalachia without being
molested. says writer In Outing.
Tact however. implies the will and
the insight to put yourself truly In the
other mans place, Imagine yourself
born. bred, circumstanced like him. 1t
implies also the courtesy of doing as
you would be done by If you were In
that fellows shoes-no arrogance, no
condescension. but man to man on a
footing Of equal manliness.
And there are manners" in the rud-
est COMMUNICATIONS and rules of
conduct that 1t is well to learn before
one goes far afield. For example.
when you stop at mountain cabin If
no dogs sound an alarm do not walk
up to the door and knock. You are
expected to call out Hello" until
some one comes cut to inspect you.
None but the most intimate neigh
bors neglect this usage, and there is
mighty good reason back of it in a
land where the path to ones door may
be warpath. New York Herald
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-06-05
Sacred Threads,

The sacred thread OF the Brahmans
Is well known. Ii is caste distinction
assumed at an early age and never
parted with II must be made by a
Brahman and should consist Of three
strands. each of different color. for
ty-eight yards In length. doubled and
twisted together twice, the ends tied
In knots. II must be worn next the
skin, over the left shoulder. hanging
down TO the thigh on the right side.
The three castles of the Hlndus are
distinguished by the material OF these
threads-cotton for the Brnhmans.
hemp for the warriors and wool for
the artisans. The parsees also wear
the sacred thread, and boys Of seven or
nine are invested with IL, the threads
used being made always Of fibers Of
the suru tree Monier Williams de.
scribes the sacred girdle OF the Par.
sees as made OF seventy.two wooden
threads, forming fiat band. which Is
twined three times around the body
and tied In two peculiar knots. the
secret OF which Is known only 10 the
PurSees
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-06-05
eeasick Fish.

Fish become Ill and die from seasick.
ness when carried long distances upon
the ocean, says Popular Mechanics
Magazine. For that reason many rare
and interesting specimens captured in
tropical countries cannot be brought
alive TO northern points for public in
spection. In recent shipment Of 400
fish from Key West to New York more
than 100 died on the way and the re-
mainder arrived in a condition that re-
quired heroic treatment TO save their
lives According to this it may be pre-
sumed that the agony endured by hui
mans when the ship begins to pitch
and roll is as nothing compared with
the same sufferings of tank incosed
fish. AS a precaution the fish are fed
practically nothing for at least one day
before being kaken on board The gal
yanized iron tanks in which the fish
are carried contain from ten to fifty
gallons Of sea water kept at a constant
temperature of about GO degrees by
steam from the ships boilers during
the trip.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-06-05

When one considers how many fami
lies there are which trace their ances-
try in direct line for many genera
tons It is rather surprising fact TINT
there is not a single living descendant
in the male line of some OF the great
est men the world has ever produced
The following is list of some Of the
illustrious men whose line never will
be represented on the earth again as
long as the world stands:
Chaucer. Shakespeare. Spencer. Mil
ton, Cowley. Butler, Dryden, Pope.
COwper Goldsmith. Byron. Moore, Sir
Philip Sidney, Sir Walter Raleigh
Drake, Cromwell. Hampden. Monk, Pc
terborough. Nelson. Bolingbroke. Wal
pole. Chatham Pitt. Fox, Burke, Wash
ington. Canning, Bacon, Locke, New
ton, Dayy. Hume, Gibbon. Macaulay
Hogartb. Sir Joshua Reynolds. Sir
Thomas Lawrence. David Garrick
John Kemble and Edmund Kean.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-06-05
lured to Destruction

The inhabitants of the Scilly islands
in the old days looked upon the oc-
currence of a wreck as a blessing of
providence, and stories are extant
about thanks being offered for wreck
in various parts of the country.
Some of the stories told us by the
islanders themselves, says Country
Life, show that there was an almost
diabolical ceverness in the way in
which the storm tossed mariner was
lured to destruction. For example. 1t
was common to burn false lights, that
were calculated to bring the ships on
the rocks instead of warning them
away, and worse. even. than this was
done.
There was at one time gang of
wreckers, who, when storm was
brewing, fastened a bright light to the
horns of COW and sent her TO Craze
along the cliffs. to the bewilderment
and deception Of the sailors Needless
to say. this spirit has entirely changed
now.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-06-05
Very Scientific Punishment.

Here is charming description of cor
pOral punishment as given in American
schools and prisons. 1t is taken from
one of the leading newspapers of Italy
and will astonish some people here as
much as it probably astonished the
Italian readers:
THE most incorrigible persons are
led with eyes bandaged and hands
shackled to bath in which there is a
little water. They are stripped and
made to lie down in the bathtub. In
the water is a wire leading from one
pole of an electric battery Another
wire leading from the other pole Is
placed in contact with a sponge which
Is applied to the bare body of the pris.
oner. Each time 1t touches him he re.
ceives an electric shock that feels ex,
actly as If he were being whipped.
THE punished youth. being unable to
see whence the blows come, suffers all
the more and is soon under subsection"
New York World.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-06-05
Why Memoirs Are Tame.

A professor at a Harvard tea was
asked why books of recolfections were
always so tame
Let me tell you a story" he answer.
ed. "A great man once said to friend:
81 think I'll write my recollections.
Very good said the friend. But
let me caution you not TO recollect any.
thing about celebrities that are living
"'Oh.' said the great man. living
celebrities are just the ones | want to
write about They're the ones that
will make my book sell
Every Well said the other. But
remember my warning
"'Why. what's the danger. anyway
1.-The danger replied the other, is
that as soon as you begin to recollect
things about living celebrities they will
begin to recOlect things about you. -
New York Tribune.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-06-05
Made Il Good and lona.

Neither man nor boy is ever at a loss
for excuses for not knowing what he
has no mind TO know or for not doing
what be has no mind to do. The
wittiest that is recorded in college an
nails is the reason given in the senate
house for not answering the question,
who we're the minor prophets?" 81
do not Gil this iE." wrote the candi
date, because the inquiry is so invid-
ious"
A schooIboy has now improved upon
this by handing in written medical
certificate to excuse his nonattendance.
Il certify" the medical authority was
made to say. that this boy is unfit to
attend school for 3O4 days" The
schoolmaster thought 1t odd, the in.
term being so long and at the same
time so particular in its date, and upon
inquiry it turned out that the doctor
bad written "3 or 4" days, which the
boy had altered to 304.-Argonaut
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-06-05
Tioers' Whiskera

II is fact that lions or a tigers
whiskers once taken off will never
grow again These animals shed theiI
hair ordinarily once year. all ex'
cept the whiskers The shedding de
ponds entirely upon the climate. and
there is peculiar thing connected
with it Men who have taken wild
animals from Asia and Africa to Eu.
rope say that they never knew a lion
or tiger or any animal of the cat
species to go through the Red sea
without changing coat. They will
shed at Suakin and come out with
hair fresh and glossy as silk, and yet
going through the Red sea they will
shed again No one has been able to
account for it, but 1t Is fact never
theless. London Tit-Blts
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-06-05
A Foe to "BabY Ialk.n

1t is not enough that a word be
spoken. II makes a great deal of diff
ference how ii is spoken. The proper
vocalization of words has an effect
upon children which is often. one may
say generally, overlooked Almost ev-
erybody is fond of repeating the
baby's efforts to talk. and baby talk
fingers in many homes. an innocent
But costly pleasure for the parents
and the children alike. There are
many persons Of mature age at this
moment who will never pronounce
certain words properly since they be-
came accustomed to a false pronuncia-
ton In childhood because somebody
thought it was cute. There are many
persons who will never get over GER
tain false associations of ideas be-
cause somebody thought 1t was very
amusing and funny to see the child
mixing up things in such a beautiful
childlike way.-Dr. A. A. Berle.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-06-05
"Beef q Ia Mode DEFINED

II seems difficult to obtain really
good recipe for beef la mode. The
author Of The Cooks Oracle" COM
plains that after blowing through 1870
words on cookery he could not find
one recipe that appropriated to any
thing like an accurate description of
the way in which this excellent dish is
actually dressed in the best q 10 mode
beef shops. from whence. of course, 1t
was impossible to obtain information.
However, he adds. after all. the
whole of the secret seems to be the
thickening of the gravy of beef that
has been very slowly stewed and ia
Soring 1t with bay leaves and all
spices
And he quotes, in confirmation Of
this view, the following from Tabella
Clberta: 1T must be allowed to muse
gently for several hours. inaccessible
to the ambient air and on the even
and persevering heat OF charcoal In
the furnace or stove. After having
lulled itself in It's own exudatiOns and
the dissolution of its auxiliaries it may
appear at table with a powerful claim
to appreciation. "-London Graphic.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-06-05
Java,s Valley of p.ath.

The Valley of Death Is on the island
OF Java. II Is the most remarkable
natural example of an atmosphere
loaded with carbonic acid gas in exist
ence. 1t has never been fully explored
because OF the danger of remaining
more than few minutes In its poison.
Gus atmosphere. Approached through
an opening between the hills. IL is seen
to be an oval shaped valley about half
mile across. 1t is about thirty-tive
feet deep. Tie bottom Is hard and
sandy. without vegetation and strewn
with large stones The surface Is GOV.
cred with the bones of animals. birds
and human beings. Explorers seldom
venture beyond the borders. though
the deadly air does not Immediately
affect human beings. This Is because
the carbonic acid gas. being hea vier
than the atmosphere. settles TO the
bottom-of the valley. Dogs and fowls
thrown into Ii fall senseless instantly
and die In a few minutes. No craters
or assures are visible on the door of
this valley, and 1t Is thought that the
openings are near the base Of the hills
Exchange.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-06-05
THE BRYAN DAILY EAGLE
Tippinu the Cook.

In old times to dine with n nobleman
cost more In tips to the servants than
a club dinner. Lord Poor. well nam
ed Irish peer. excused himself from
dining with the Duke of Ormond upon
the ground that he could not afford it.
IF you will give ME the guinea | have
to pay your cook, will come as often
as you choose to ask me"-which was
accordingly done. The, duke, however
had not the pluck to stop the tipping
practice. Lord Taafe, a general officer
In the Austrian service, did what he
could, He always attended his guests
to the door. When they put their
hands into their pockets be said NO
If you do give it, give it to me. for
1t was who paid for your dinner"
70 Sir Timothy Waldo must be given
the credit of putting an end to the
monstrous practice. After dinner with
the Duke of Newcastle he put a crown
into the cooks hand. 1t was rejected
81 do not take silver, sir" Very good
And | do not give gold" This cou-
rageous rejoinder caught on" and
the day of yails to cooks was over
st. James Gazette.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-06-05
A Local Comedy.

The conservatism Of the law as 1t is
practiced in Philadelphia received an
Illustration recently in the loud sum
mons by the clerk of the court to Will
liam Penn. Richard Penn and John
Penn to appear in court in order that Il
certain title to land of which they were
the original grantors could be cleared
Of an encumbrance.
No one suggested to his honor, the
president judge of common pleas No.
4, that William Penn had been dead
200 years. and his sons Richard and
John nearly as long. There was no
need Of such a suggestion. Every one
within hearing Of the clerks voice
knew that it was a vain show and an
empty form that was proceeding be
fore their eyes Through the idle cry
ing Of the names Of men two centu.
ries dead the demands of the law were
satisfied and a title was cleared.-Case
and Comment.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-06-05
THURSDAY; JUNE s; 1918.
An uaIx Wife and a siblo.

IL the famous library Of Wolfenbut.
TEL In l1esse. Is an old Bible which Is
greatly treasured. 1t appears that In
that passage In Genesis where God
told Eve that Adam shall be her mas.
ter and shall rule over her the German
translation Is. "Und e~,oil dein herr
sein.' Herr" whynf$neans master,
does not occur In this Bible, but In.
stead there appears the word 'narr"
which means fool The error was
caused by quarrel between the
printer and his wife In the year 1880
The wife was vengeful. and In the
silent watches of the night she entered
the room where her husband had been
setting type and maliciously changed
herr" to MARI" The printer was ar.
rested after the book had been printed
and the mistake discovered. but his
apprentice testified that be saw the
wife steal into the composing room and
alter the word. The woman was i'm.
prisoned for blasphemy and died In
prison. Orders were given that all the
copies OF the edition should be de.
stroyed. This was done. with the ex.
cepuon or the one copy in the Wolfen
buttel library.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-06-05
Blowing Out an Egg.

To blow out an egg make a small
hole in each end. bore the holes with
a large darning needle or hatpin, press
ing steadily. but not too hard, and
twisting the point round and round
until small hole has been punctured;
then enlarge the hole slightly with the
sharp point Of your scissors. being
careful not to crack the shell in doing
So Make the hole in the large end
Of the shell trifle larger than the one
in the small end Hold the egg over
a bowl. put the small end to your lips
and blow steadily until all the egg has
run out of the shell.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-06-05
Rosewater Athletics.

1t is possible that the riddle OF the
Polish temperament is humorously re
yealed ia the following story. which
was CLEANED from Mr. Edmund Gosses
volume " literary "reminiscences en-
titled Two Visits to Denmark
A professor from the University of
Cracow 'isted Cambridge The tate
Professo, Henry Sidgwick showed the
guest the youth of the place disport
ing itself on the cricket field and In
the boats The Polish visitor made
no comment and was indeed so re
served that Professor Sidgwick felt
obliged to say
You have nothing like this at the
University OF CracowT
"At the University Of Cracow," the
professor replied. I'VE hygienate With
the bal masque" (masked balD
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-06-05
A Floral FIirt,

The hollyhock is the worst flirt out
One never knows what to expect of it.
except that it will always jauntily
throw up its banner spikes of bloom
and look brightly and smilingly at
you. II is a stately coquette. 1t Is
pretty and willful Ii won't grow In
the place to which you carefully trans.
plant it and positively refuses to al
low its seeds to germinate in the spot
Of your choice, but wantonly throws
them about in the most undesirable
places and fourishes It's coarse green
leaves from the most impossible loca-
tons Depend upon It? Not much!
After you have carefully purchased or
saved tile seeds from the most double
OF blossoms and sowed them in fear
and trembling. watched and protected
them for year, they will calmly open
their flowers and stand there unblush.
ingly and look you in the eyes, frown-
ed with single petaled bloom. or all
the beautiful. coquettish. tantalizing
flowers the double hollyhock is queen
Suburban Life.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-06-05
George Meredith's Faith.

The English dramatist Alfred Sutro,
speaking Of the late George Meredith.
with whom he was closely acquainted.
said:
"One incident Of George Meredith's
life has always impressed Inc He was
about to undergo un operation aud had
been told by his physician that the
danger was considerable He said
nothing about It. however The night
before he was to go under the knife he
invited several or his dearest friends to
din" with him II was one of the fol
Hest little dinners OF his life The next
day he was operated upon. aud he
came through II safely After II was
all over lie was asked II he were not
afraid
No, he replied 1 nave the great
est faith In the kiudliuess Of nature
felt that. whatever happened to this
battered old cage OF mine, the little
bird nuttering Inside It would come Ia
no huruI'"
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-06-05
Worry Fills the AsyIums.

An eastern alienist told the Mental
Hygiene society that If worry could be
eliminated the number of our insane
would be decreased by 40 per cent.
His assertion is corroborated by other
experts.
The diagnosis, one sees, is delightful
ly simple, but the remedy is hard to
apply, Worry is of two sorts-that
which comes from within and that
which is imposed from without The
nervous specialist treats the first. and
mental suggestion succeeds in GER
tain proportion of cases AS Tor the
worry incident to our mad scramble to
survive. the doctors we look to in that
case are the economists and the so.
biologists. The problem of the nerve
specialist Is not an easy one, but 1t
looks almost simple when compared
with the problem of the economists.
Both sets of doctors are making head
way, and at present we may look for
much improvement in our insanity sta.
tistics. So let us not worry about
worry. but work to remove its causes.
Chicago Record Herald.
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-06-05
She Didn't Like IL

Even unto honors, if they must car
~ them alone, children in America
would not be born. little girl who
lives in my neighborhood came home
from school in tears one day not long
ago Her father is a celebrated writer.
The schoolteacher. happening to select
one Of his stories to read aloud to the
class, mentioned the fact that the au-
thor Of the story was the father of my
small friend.
But why are you crying about it.
sweetheart| her father asked "Do
you think it's such bad story?"
"Oh, no." the little girl answered; ut
is good enough story. But none Of
the other children's fathers write sto-
ries! Why do you, daddy? It's so pc
culiarw-From THE American Child"
Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-06-05
Lang Willie's Retort.

Scotch caddie is almost certain to
be shrewd observer of men and
things, and he is frequently gifted with
a sharp tongue of his own.
Lang Willie was for many years a
well known figure on the st. Andrews
golf links On the occasion of Louis
Kossuths visit to St Andrews a pub
lie dinner was given in his honor. and
Willie applied for ticket to the bailie
who was in charge of the arrange
ments The worthy man CURLY re-
fused the application. saying to Willie
that it was mo place for the likes Of
him to be at the dinner"
% mo for the likes of mel! was Will
lies indignant rejoinder. I've been in
the company of gentlemen from II to
o'clock maist days for the last thirty
year, and that's mair than you can
say"