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St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1915-05-14
PROBATE

Charles Hamlin Massey estate.
Notice is hereby given that
the undersigned has been APP
pointed administrative of the es-
tate of Charles Hamlin Massey.
deceased. by the County Court
of the State of Oregon for Multi
nomah County. and has quail
fled. All persons having claims
against the estate are hereby no
titled to present the same to me
or my attorneys. Geeslin 4 Se-
yer, 1926 Chamber of Commerce
building, Portland, Oregon. with
proper vouchers and duly verif-
ed within six months from date
hereof.
Dated and first published April
23rd, 1915. Mary A. Massey,
Administrators.
Geeslin 4 Sever. Attorneys.
Last publication, May 2l. 1915.
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a GOOD WORD FOR the CROW.
p.spiss shs psmse. We oess Ne 10
Deed sssvsngsr

@EMN
In SPITE % the Crows instinct D. tcci
on the cgrs aud youns u other species
(which be shar-s IN common win scs.
erai Other birisl. who would rcaliy
vish 90 So him quite cKtefninaissi.
ssen n u were possible 90 extsTmluato
~ rrpourceful a fellowi
Hia destruction 10 crops 4 certainly
rar les than that of tho bobollnk Ia
the southern rice fields lie II an efil.
cient scavengcr. and his destruction of
white grubs. cutwortns, wircwouna
and grasshoppcrs Il of great value
Above all. however. his place IN our
landscape u such that bis passing
would leave n dcary void.
Winter or summer we are conscious
Of him against the sky. against the
fields or sentinel ON a patriarch pine.
In the misty mornings of summer when
the sun has not yet rolled up the cur.
taina Of cloud from the mountains we
hear his voice far OF Ia the woods.
rousing us frDm slumber. aud when
autumn has come and our sugnr groves
are n glory OF crimson he " still there.
his distant call floating down swcctly
from the upland woods and te.tifylng
In some strange way the height Of the
peaks beyond.-Ilarper's Magazine.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1915-05-14
REVIEWS LEGAL BLANKS

The following list of legal blanks
are kept for sale at this office and
others will be added as the demand
arises:
Warranty deeds, Quit Claim
Deeds, Realty and Chattel Mort.
cages, Satisfaction of Mortgages,
Contracts for Sale of Realty, Bills
of Sale, Leases.
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Good ComnanN.

As friends and companions. as teach.
ers and CONSIDERS, as recreators ana
amusers, books are always with us and
always ready 10 respond TO our wants.
We can take them with Ms IN our wan
derlngs or gather them around us at
our tiresldes. In the lonely wilderness
and the crowded city their spirit will
be- with us. giving meaning 20 the
seemingly confused movements or hu.
manity and peopllng the desert with
their own bright creations.-John Al
fred Langford.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1915-05-14
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications. as they cannot reach
the diseased portion Of tho ear There 10
only one way TO cure deafness. and that 10
BY constitutional remedies neafntss 10
caused BY an infiamVd condition OF the mu-
this tube is innamed you have a rambling
sound or imperfect hearing. and when it 10
entirely closed Deafness 10 the result. aud
unless the Inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored 10 its normal condi-
tion. heaTinE Will be destroyed forever; nine
cases out OF ten are caused by catarrh.
which 10 nothing but an innamed condition
OF the mucous surfaces
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
case OF Deafness caused BY oatarrh) that
cannot be cured BY Halis Catarrh Cure.
send for circulars. free.
" j, CHENEY co, Toledo, Ohio
sold by Druggists Ibc,
Take Halls Famliy Plls for constipation.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1915-05-14

orator-On the surface things arc Of
ten right, but II Is when we explore the
depths OF things that we see the decep-
tons OF our fellow creatures one OF
the Crowd-Guyinor. you've been buy.
ing a barrel Of apples, haven't youi-
London Tit-Bits.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1915-05-14

Smoke from lamp or gas often soils
a ceiling In the one particular spot
while the rest remains beautifully
white, II Is useful to know that soiled
ceilings caused by lamp aud gas will
be rendered less conspicuous II rubbed
over with dry whiting
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1915-05-14
Discretion.

"Mother'-Elsie's eyes were round
with horror-"that little boy next door
Just said the awfulest thing"
Come tell mother, dear"
"oh, | couldn't possibly tell you; II
was TOO awful"
ELSIE. tell me instantly"
Elsie backed toward the door. 81
think I'd better run out IA the garden
and play. l feel Il coming ON that pm
going 10 telL"-New York Post
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1915-05-14
Rescued BY Nature.

"were you ever lost In the woodsr'
Almost"
"Who rescued your
Mature"
"What do you meant"
"rhe wind was blowing so hard that
the girl didn't hear me when l pro
posed. London Standard.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1915-05-14
Tho Outdoor Life.

''The doctor says ! don't take enough
interest In outdoor pastimes.
"Are you going 20 proht by his sug-
gestionY
''Yes. I'm going 20 sit down ana
read every wori ON the sporting page"
Washington Star.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1915-05-14

II wish lngomar 10 think only OF
me-"
Il would not distract his thoughts
too much nom business. my dear"
counseled her mother, "Remember you
Will need a great many expensive
things. Courier Journal
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1915-05-14
MhY hs Failed

II understand his marriage was a
failure"
"Hes; he tried 10 run IL the way he
ran his business"
How do you meanY"
"He was never IN the otiice."-De-
trOit Free Press.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1915-05-14
Iha Real Naed.

Book Agent-rhis book win teach
you how 10 economize The Victim
That's no good 10 me- What need is
Il book 10 teach me how 20 live without
economizlng. g.-Philadelphia Ledger.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1915-05-14
Just What He Meant.

els the rain still keeping up2"
"Why, what dye meanl l haven't
seen any rain"
"rhats what asked you. II Il was
still keeping upT-EXchange
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1915-05-14
Cheap.

Mrs. Gabby just loves TO indulge In
cheap talk"
''rhen let her try little conversation
ON the line between New York and San
Francisco"-New York Times.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1915-05-14

III you don't give me piece OF your
chocolate, Edith, IN tell mamma that
you are secretly engaged Fliegende
Blattsr (Munichl
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1915-05-14
Gentle Gertruda

Penelope-Gertrude Is a gentle crea-
ture, isn't sheY Percival-Yes; instead
OF whipping the cream she just scolds
it.-Youngstown Telegram.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1915-05-14

The song that nerves a nations heart
Is In itself deed.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1915-05-14
NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS.

In order to insure a change Of aa-
vertlsement the copy for such change
should reach this Office not later than
Wednesday, at 3 o'clock p. m. Please
remember thIs and save the prlnts'
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1915-05-14

IL belongs 90 great men TO have great
defects.-Fnench Proverb.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1915-05-14
Don't Spend Two Dollars

When you make S150 buy just much at Clos
ing Out Sale you buy ordinarily for $780,
At the prices making, our large stock of Gro
ceres and Crockery is not going to last forever.
To live you compelled to buy Groceries, to keep
clean you have to buy Soap, Dutch Cleanser and Gold
Dust You have to use Tubs. Wash Boards and Boilers
If eat you must Cooking Utensils and Dishes
Make plans to invest all you particularly in Gro
ceres and Cooking Utensils and Soaps 1t is good bust
ness it is making money when you get such bargains
Closing Out Sale.
You can figure it out yourself, make your prices
You all know what most groceries sell for deduct
fifth from the usual prices anywhere and you
prices On Cooking Utensils you may deduct onefourth
Aluminium 80 per
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1915-05-14

Mote the l.OsI on your paps.
St. Johns review. (Saint Johns, Or.) 1904-current, 1915-05-14

Note the label on your p.ps.
Evening journal., 1915-12-31

10 the top. I'VE must have orderl"
he said. After that there were no
more attempts at spectacular charges.
In explaining the great difference
in the losses OF the British and the
Americans jackson is said to have told
a resident Of New Orleans that he
never pretended to have an army that
could go anywhere or do anything
but at New Orleans he declared-"I
had a lot of fellers that could fight
more ways and XIII more times than
any other fellers on the face OF the
earth"
Hatred of the British.
Jackson had an intense hatred for
the British and not without cause.
for through them he had lost both his
brothers. and his mother. whose death
from fever while ministerlng TO the
comfort of the American prisoners at
Charleston, he never ceased to mourn.
His oldest brother. Hugh. when only
seventeen years of age. received a
wound at the battle OF Stono in 177e
from which he died. while his brother
Robert went 10 his death from small
pox contracted while being held in a
British prison camp. Thus English
oppression had swept away those
nearest and dearest 10 him and hs
nursed a savage hatred for that land
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sissippi. Choctaws from Alabama.
sailors from everywhere. but the bone
and sinew of his force were rihemen
from Tennessee and Kentucky" Many
languages were spoken in camp but
jackson knew only one. He. how
ever, made this so expressive by in
tonation OF his voice and gesture that
TO a man they understood his orders.
Arrayed against this curious army
were the pick of Wellington's army
and the British imagined that they
would have little difficulty In captur-
ing the city. But with the odds
against him. Jackson won the battle.
losing only eight men killed and thir-
teen wounded. while the British lost
more than three thousand killed and
wounded. Jackson's men fought be-
hind redoubts--a forerunner of trench
warfare. Many times the British tried
to storm these redoubts and failed
their men falling like flies before the
rifles OF the sheltered American army
At one time. overfiushed with conf.
dence. a young officer OF Jackson's
army started to lead his men over
the redoubt. but the General. quick as
a fash. pulled out his gun and with
a wicked CLEAN in his eye which the
men understood, declared that h'
would shoot the mrs. man who climbed
Evening journal., 1915-12-31

year several ladies proposed. marriage
to him but as he was already be-
trothed he escaped their wiles."
Curious Antics.
In England during the early eight
eenth century the men made merry
on the twenty-ninth OF February.
often climbing on the top Of barrels
OF liquor and drinking the health OF
the women they expected would pro-
pose to them. In the rural districts
homeiy men peraded the streets. sigh
ing as they passed tho girls-"woe Is
me. no lady will propose to mel" In
tho days OF King Henry the Eighth,
VIII Sommcrs, his famous Jester.
caused great morriment at Court by
having the maids on duty at the pal
ace propose to him in the presence
OF the King. Each one made her own
little speech, bowling low before tho
Court fool. He refused each one with
great dignity, much to the amusement
OF tho King Each maid was pre-
sented with silken gown as her re-
ward All sorts OF Leap Year tricks
were played by this famous jester
whose spontaneous wit was the talk
OF the English Court OF the sixteenth
century. Even as late as the nine
teenth century Leap Year entertain
ments were held and women proposed
to men In public. Skating parties
where the women called for the men
and took them to the frozen ponds
were the fashion. The men gave ex.
hibitions OF skating after which pro-
posals OF marriage were In order
Sometimes the best skater had the
question popped to him half a dozer
times. Leap Year balls ami partie.
were In vogue as well, and altogether
Leap Year in Merrie England In IN,
old days seems to have been a ga,
twelve months.
According TO quaint book pub
lished In London In 1905 under tn
title Of Love. Courtship and Mar
riage." the English seem TO hav
taken the Leap Year custom as al
unwritten law. for the author say,
Albeit, Il nowe become a part OF IN
common lave In regard TO social re
lations OF life. that as often as ever
leap yeare doth return. the ladys
} have the sole privilege during the tim
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according as it has or has not an in
tercalary one.
Origin of Lear Year Wooing.
The origin OF the custom for women
to WOO. not TO be wooed during Leap
Year. is traced back to a legend OF
St Patrick. AS the story runs. the
good man was strolling along the
shores OF Lough Neagh after having
driven "all the frogs from all tho
bogs and banished all the varmits"
when he was accosted by ST. Bridget
who, with tears and lamentations
told him that dissention had arisen
among the women OF her nunnery
over the fact that they were debarred
the privilege Of popping the question.
In Saint Bridgets days celibacy was
not enforced as an absolute rule for
the clergy OF the Church, although
IL was regarded as the proper state
for a man of the sanctuary. Saint
Patrick was stern, but he offered 20
concede to the ladies the privilege OF
proposing every seven years. Then
Saint Bridget threw her arms about
his neck and exclaimed. "Arrahl Pat
rick Jewel, I daurn't go back TO the
gurls wild such a proposal-mek u
one year in four" To which Saint
Patrick is said to have replied, bid
dy, acushly, squeeze me that way
again and I'll give you leap year, the
longest one IN the lot" Then Saint
Bridget, thus encouraged. bethoughi
herself OF her own husbandlcss con-
dition and popped the question to
Saint Patrick.
But he had already taken the vow
OF celibacy so he had to patch up hei
wounded feelings with a kiss and q
silken gown. And ever since tha
time. according to the legend. III
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along these lines did not begin until
1901 when he was elected major gen
eral OF the militia Of the State OF
Tennessee.
Twenty years OF life were spent as
a military man and into these years
he crowded perhaps more real fight
ing than any other man in the history
of our country. for he was the COM
mander in five distinct campaigns.
A major general in the militia for
thirteen years. and eight years a
major general in the regular army
of the United States, he fought seven
pitched battles and in all of these
evinced a courage which amounted
almost to ferocity. In four others
while he was not in actual command
he was the animating spirit and the
greatest factor in the victories.
Battle of New Orleans.
It was at the Battle Of New Orleans
on January s, 1915. that Jackson
showed his mastery of military STRAIT
egy and won perhaps the only battle
fought in any land after peace had
been declared. In those days news
travelled slowly and neither side knew
that England and the United States
were no longer at war when they met
on the battle-ground outside OF New
Orleans. Jackson's soldiers were a
motley crowd OF men OF almost every
nationality and class, for, accordins
TO one historian there were United
states regulars. Creole militia from
New Orleans. French, Spanish. Ger.
mans and Irish, pirates from Barata.
via. free negroes. dragons from Mis-.
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IL continueth OF making love. either
by wordes or lookes. es to them Il
seemeth proper and moreover. no
man will be entitled 10 the benefit OF
the clergy who doth in anywiso treat
her proposal with slight or con-
tumely."
Another authority declares that Il
Is both just and proper in case Of q
refusal OF the lady's proposal that
she should be presented with a silk
dress. This, too, seems to have been
practiced for time but was stopped
because some OF the men were taxed
with giving score or more OF gowns.
10 seems that every maid and widow
was seized with tho wild desire to
pop the question" and IN this way
replenish her wardrobe in pay for
her modification In having been re-
fused. All these customs have died
out although one occasionally hears
OF Leap Year party being given
where the girls ask the boys to dance
with them and act as the escorts Of
the men to supper. All these are
merry jests and there are no serious
proposals OF marriage although one
OF our noted writer's declares that
women are everlasting lending us
on"
But one Leap Year superstition IS
found in the United States and this
comes from New England where. dur
ing the last century. many people still
clung to the old uncanny idea that
In leap year beans grew on tho wrong
side OF the pod"
And 70 in many unaccountable ways
custom springs up. and whether II
grows to be the source OF innocent
amusement or to be a stern law 81
fastens itself upon the habits OF the
people and becomes a part OF their
life. and long after It has lost It's
original meaning or value Il fingers
in the memory OF succeeding genera
tons as a link to the distant pas,
retaining enough OF It's old force 10
lay the foundation for much amuse-
ment and entertainment. In this IN.
stance. as In many others. we recog-
nize tho force Of custom and the re.
luctanee 10 shake Il of.
: ITO follow foolish precedents, and
wink
with both our eyes is easier than {.
2 think"
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ings carved beside the notches repre-
sented the holidays. February twen-
ty-ninth was marked in black during
the ordinary year but every fourth
year the black was washed of and the
plain notch took its place.
Printed almanacs did not become
common until the end of the fifteenth
century and were not in general use
until the middle of the sixteenth CEN
tury. In 1852 the Gregorian calen-
dar came into use. This made a diff
ference of twelve days from the old
Julian calendar but as they both had
the bissextile year there was no diff
ference in the leap year days. During
the sixteenth century a firm OF Lon
don stationers had the monopoly OF
almanac making. They had in their
employ astronomers and philosophers
and when the almanacs appeared for
the first time there was such a rush of
purchasers that the clerks were fairly
overwhelmed with the great demand
for them. Later a sort of parade OF
men carrying the almanacs was in
augurated and the day became known
throughout England as Almanac
Day"
The Chinese civil year has been
regulated by the moon from the time
of the Haer dynasty, two centuries be-
fore Christ. They also have an as.
Economical year which is solar and
for the adjustment Of these solar and
lunar years they employ a system sim.
liar to our leap year plan except thai
( instead of an intercalary day every
fourth year as in the Gregorian cal
endar they insert an intercalar,
month occurring alternately ever
second and third year in periods o
nineteen years. The year. therefore
contains twelve or thirteen month
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hatred which increased with the
years. When a boy OF thirteen he had
assisted his mother in caring for the
wounded OF what is known in history
as the Massacre OF the Waxhaws--a
savage attack by the British on the
little town Of that name. At the bat
tie OF New orleans this scene. indeli-
bly, Impressed upon his memory In
childhood, came before him. "By the
Eternal. they will get taste of Wax
hawl" he cried as the British fell be-
fore his men,
The Battlefield.
The battlefield is visited by thou
sands OF persons every year. Many
of the old guns are set up and piles
of cannon balls are all about. A part
of the famous redoubt has been re-
stored and is always an object OF in
teresti The ruins Of Packenham's
headquarters are not far away. This
moss covered building has been
fenced of with barbed wire to pre-
vent the souvenir hunting tourist from
carrying away what remains OF the
stones and wood. The setting OF the
old ruin is particularly picturesque
with its walls overgrown with long
]
I Day is celebrated in all parts OF our
country by festivities OF some kind
usually by dinners given by Demo-
cratic Clubs whore Jackson is eulo-
gized.
Mothers Advice.
At one OF these held in a Western
city few years ago one of the diners
instead of making the usual tiresome
regulation banquet speech simply
arose from his seat and read the words
spoken by Jacksons mother to her
son before she set ont upon her err
rand OF mercy to the prisoners at
Charleston. words which Jackson
treasured mp in his memory until his
death. Those who listened declared
them a classic OF motherly advice. and
when the man sat down there was
absolute silence for a moment, after
which every man rose to his feet and
applauded. These words OF advice so
we'll worth following run thus:
Andrew, If l should not see
you again, I wish you 10 remem-
Der and treasure up some things
j have already said to you. In
this world you will have to make
your own way. To do that you
must have friends. You can make
friends by being honest. and you
can keep them by being stead
fast. You must keep in mind that
friends worth having will in the
long run expect as much from
you as they give TO you. To for
get an obligation or to be un-
grateful for kindness Is base
crime-not merely a fault OF
sin. but an actual crime. Men
guilty Of 1t sooner or later must
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man refuses a leap year proposal ne
must pay the penalty OF a kiss and a
silken gown" While this legend
sounds like a myth pure and simple
and cannot be found in any OF the
lives Of Saint Patrick as written by
his followers. it Is recorded In several
old books and must have been taken
seriously in several countries.
Actually a Law I'm 1888.
In the year 1888 law on leap year
was passed i'm Scotland and was act.
ually enforced for a longtime. The
translation in English Of this curious
edict is as follows:
1T Is n statute and ordained
that during the reign OF her bless
sed Majesty for every year known
as leap year every maiden lady
or both high and low estate shall
have the liberty to bespeak the
man she likes, and should he re-
fuse to take her 10 be his lawful
wife he shall be fined In sum
Of pounds more or less as his
estate may be large or small un-
less he can prove that he IS al
ready betrothed to another
woman, in which case he may
go free"
A few years later a similar law wa
passed in France and received IN
Kings approval. II is said that mum
bers OF maidens took advantage o
this law. They must have been ac
ceptcd as the records show no fine
imposed upon the men who wer
woocd.
The same law was in vogue durin
the days of Columbus in Genoa an
/ Florence and one OF his biographel
hints at the time when during lea
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Father Time takes a leap after Feb
ruary twenty ninth OF the bitsextile
year. After that date he leaps over
the day OF the week on which II
would fall IN ordinary years. Thus
Christmas came on Saturday in 1915.
but owing to this year being the bis
sextile year Christmas skips over to
Monday instead Of coming on Sunday
as would be the order OF occurrence
in other than a leap year. Children
born on February twenty-ninth have
few birthdays.
Rossini.
Rossini, the musical composer. was
born on this date IN 1892, and when
he celebrated his birthday seventy
two years later he declared that he
was only eighteen years old because
that was his eighteenth birthday. He
insisted that he was still a boy and
had not finished saving his wild oats.
According to the calendar. II he only
counted his birthdays he was but sew
enteen as the year 1900 was not leap
year.
Clog Almanac.
Reckoning time in the early days
was not easy as there were no written
almanacs until the second century
and time had to be measured by what
was known as a clog almanac. This
consisted of a square piece of wood
about eight inches long fitted to be
hung up somewhere for reference. II
was a perpetual almanac designed to
show the days; Sundays and fixed hol-
idays we're especially marked. The
days of the entire year were repre-
sented by notches running along the
angles OF the square block, each side
and angle thus presenting three
months. The first day Of the month
was marked by a stroke turned VI
from the notch and each Sunday was
distinguished by a notch somewhat
broader than the others. Little draw