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Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-10-05

Bygone trades have way of prov
ing on investigation to be only modern
industries under another name A myl-
ner. for instance. was only a miller,
after all. and a parmenter was moth
ing more strange than a tailor, though
not even the experts are certain why
he was so called. A raffman. however,
is more interesting. Raff ian ally Of
the present word rafter) was foreign
timber. and a raffman was one who
dealt in it.-London Chronicle.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-10-05
How We Read.

Oliver Wendell Holmes owned up
to his preference for reading in books
to reading through them. when l set
out to read through book" the au-
tocrat wrote. II always felt that had
a task before me. but when | read in
book 1t was the page or the para
graph that wanted. which left
its impression and became a part of
my intellectual furniture" If we were
only franker most of us would con-
fess to being like Holmes in this mat
ter of our reading.-New York Tele-
gram.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-10-05
Book Consumption-

In the United States but one person
in 1900 buys book in the course of a
year, while in Great Britain 1t is one
IN $500; in France it is about the
same; in Germany and Japan 1t is
rather better. and in Switzerland it is
one in S72. Cheaper books. In paper
covers. account for some Of this differ
ence. But whatever the cause 1t re-
mains true that the Europeans buy
twice as many books per capita as we
do.-Atlantic Monthly.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-10-05
Turn the Children Loose.

Turn them loose. That is the best
way to develop the muscles of boys
and girls. Turn them loose and let
them live wild-climb trees. jump
fences, chase squirrels. play with the
dogs, dig in the garden, pick flowers,
hop. skip and jump and do all sorts
of things that a natural human ami
NAL wants to do. The trouble is. our
boys and girls are tanned too much.
We are all born wild and in the civiliz-
ing process have to be tanned more or
less. Most Of us. however. get tanned
too much. We become so tanned that
we are spoiled.-Good Health.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-10-05

The first known tree referred to in
the Bible is the fig tree. We are apt
to think of figs as very sweet dried
fruit brown in color, packed into long
wooden boves. When newly gathered
figs are rather like pears in shape and
of green or purple color. Eaten in
this state. the people of the east con-
slider them the most delicious of fruit,
but the figs are also dried, and in that
form are included in almost every
meal.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-10-05
ANIMAL INTELLIGENCE.
Cats, Dogs and Monkeys Seem to Be In
Class by Themselves.

Cats, Dogs and Monkeys Seem to Be In
Class by Themselves.
Horses are generally given credit for
great deal more intelligence than
they actually possess Scientific tests
show that In wisdom such as human
beings display horses are hopelessly
outclassed by dogs, monkeys and even
cats
The horse can be taught to do certain
things just because he is too stupid to
have any ideas of his own. Like many
human prize pupils, he can learn, but
cannot think.
So far as intelligence goes, psyche
logical experiments show that 1t is
practically a dead heat between cats,
dogs and monkeys.
The dog has human morals; there
fore people are apt to assume that he
has human logic. But the cat, say GER
tain persons, in sheer brains stands
next to man. He has the adaptive in
telligence that makes him equally at
home in parlor and wild woods and gets
him a living anywhere. A cat, 1t is
argued, can think faster and take care
of himself under more different condi-
tions than any other living thing ex-
cept man.
Monkeys undoubtedly seem more in
telligent than they really are because
they resemble human beings in actions
and outward appearance so much more
closely than other animals.
Some scientists maintain that, al
though the monkey may be really no
more intelligent than the cat or dog,
his intelligence is certainly more like
the human type.
Although he may not think better,
his methods of thought are more like
those Of a man than are those of the
other animals.--Cleveland Plain Dealer
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-10-05
Norway Hotel System.

There is a capital hotel system in
vogue In certain parts of Norway. In
villages where no hotel exists one of
the more prominent inhabitants is sub
sidized by the Norwegian government
and in return is bound to provide ac-
commodation for not fewer than four
travellers. He may take in more If he
chooses, but four is the minimum. The
accommodation and food supplied are
excellent and the charges moderate.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-10-05

Curious Tricks of an Old Time Invssti.
gator of Electricity.

Curious Tricks of an Old Time Invssti.
gator Of Electricity.
81. G. Wells has called attention in
"The World Set Free to half for
gotten worthy who, In "the spacious
times of great Elizabeth" loomed large
indeed. Science. to be sure, does not
forget him, and one great English poet,
Dryden, has proclaimed with resonant
emphasis:
Gilbert shall live until loadstones cease
to draw.
Nevertheless how many young STU
dents Of electricity today ever heard
of William Gilbert?
ut was Gilbert, Queen Elizabeths
court physician, who first puzzled his
brains with rubbed amber and bits of
glass and silk and shellac," says Mr..
Wells, land SO began the quickening
of the human mind to the existence Of
this universal presence. And even
then the science of electricity remained
a mere little group Of curious facts for
200 years, connected perhaps with mag
netism-a mere guess that-perhaps
with the lightning. s+ Except for
the lightning conductor, it was $50
years before electricity stepped out of
the cabinet Of scientific curiosities into
the life Of the common man."
Gilbert's theories and guesses about
magnetism-he concluded that the
world is a vast spherical magnet-were
serious and farreaching, and he en-
bodied them in book with a ponder
GUS Latin title-the first great book on
physics published In England. But his
experiments were chiefly of the curio
and plaything sort. An English col
lection of Elizabethan letters and an
ecdotes of court life quotes the opin-
ion of a provincial young lady of quail
tty, but recently come up to London to
accept position in the queens house,
hold, who had witnessed some of them.
She wrote home to her mother:
"The queen is now well recovered
of her sicknesse, which was but little, |
tho 1t lookt at first as it wold be create.
She puts much truste In her Doctor,
one Gilbert, and soc doe her ladis for
the moste parte, and am Taught at
by allie but onely Lady Margaret for
that doe fear the man and his cures
that they bee not such as are permitted
to Xtian (Christian) folke to undergoe.
! have seen him playe strange tricks,
takeing, for the diversion of the
queens lads, silke glove from one
and her bedes of andre from another
and scrappe of the writeing of her
Love from another, If she have it about
her and can be purswaded to give it
uppe, and makeing the one to russle
and give forthe speckles of tyre, and
the others one to pick the other uppe
by touching Of it-and a blacke cate
comeing in he rubed her that she bris-
sled and gave forthe little tyres that
daunced alonge her furre In the dark
as If the wyches that love blacke Gates
were strokelng her back. Soche mat
ters are Of the divel and sholde not be
medled with for sporte, they are not
meet for good Xtians."
Poor, timid little lady! II she DEEM
ed DR.. Gilbert's tricks and cures Of
300 years ago SO perilous to the soul
what would she have thought of the
electric shocks. baths, massage and all
he varied tingling. prickling. crack ,
ing and spark splitting electrical ,
ievices Of our modern physicians?
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-10-05
The Modern Wav,

Mrs. Henry Peck-Men have degen-
Grated sadly since the days of chival-
~. Sir Walter Raleigh spread his
cloak on the ground for the queen to
walk on. Women do not walk on
mems cloaks in these modern days.
Mr.. Henry Peck-No; they walk on
mems necks now.-Puck
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-10-05

william. I defy you" said the her
pine. drawing herself to her full height
DO your worst"
Don't ask him to do that miss."
pleaded a voice from the gallery. His
scting is bad enough as 1t is. st
Louis Post-Dispatch-
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-10-05

why is the lily so haughtyT" in.
quired the mushroom. "She barely
mods to the rest Of u.s."
"She is very proud" explained the
ivy. "She regards you as an upstart
and me as a climber"-Kansas City
Journal.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-10-05

T understand" said Mr.. Dolan. "that
you declared there should be no more
f1ghtin'."
81 said that" replied Mr. Rafferty,.
'But never was obstinate. an mebbe
a few words of argument from you
can make me change my mind
Washington Star.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-10-05
A Dilemma.

Wife-Henry, you really must have
the landlord come and see for himself
the awful damage the rain did to our
ceiling. Hub-I can't without letting
him see the damage the children have
done to the rest of the house--Boston
Transcript.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-10-05

Il always try to attend to my own
business" said the self approving man
That's jes' what folks are taIkin'
about" replied Farmer CorntosseL
Tendin' to your own business amt
what we elected you to the legislature
fur."-Washington Star.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-10-05

A marine creature hard to keep alive
In captivity is the Ieatherback turtle.
The leatherback is a sea turtle. and 1t
is the biggest of all the turtles. 1t
grows to weigh thousand pounds or
more. six or eight times as much as
man
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-10-05

Does your wife husband your re-
sourcesT'
Not while she's trying to husband
our daughters. American.
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-10-05

We are all born for love. II Is the
principle Of existence and its only end.
-Disraeli
Polk County observer. (Monmouth, Polk County, Or.) 1888-1927, 1915-10-05

Good luck Is but another name for
common sense
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-09-09
CARNIVAL HELPS
 MAKE UP DEFICIT
 OF "4THn FESTIVAL

Twenty per cent Of Inst nights re- ccipts at the Midsummer Carnival win be turned over to the chairman of the Fourth Of July Celebration Committee. to be applied to the de- felt which the committee faced. There was a good crowd present in the Hippodrome.
 Tonight Is Moose night, and the members of Juneau Lodge No. TOO are expected to attend the festivities en masse. Tomorrow night is Elks Night and another rousing time is anticipated
 The carnival will continue until a week from Saturday night Amuse- ment Director Philip Gross expects to return to Seattle next Saturday, his contract having provided for his stay here only while the carnival was getting under way.
 Entertainers Like Juneau.
 The four entertainers who appear nightly at the carnival have taken Q real liking to Juneau and are rapidly becoming favorites with the carnival throngs. They speak of their en- ! gagement here as a vacation, although their part on the program at the car niyal is one that means work, and plenty of it. From until o'clock the singers present a program of se- Ilected songs. and from g o'clock until midnight they sing during the dances. It is O continuous grind. but judging by their enthusiasm. they enjoy It fully as much as do their hearers.
 Miss Anita Ames is known to many Alaskans. She has been singing in the Rathskellar. Seattle. for the past two years. and is a great favorite there. Miss Peg Wood has been sing ing in the Olympus Cabaret. Tacoma. Miss Wood and Miss Ames will so to San Francisco after their engagement here is over. to appear in the Portola- Louvre
 Miss Bennett To Movies.
 Miss Pauline Bennett has received an invitation to join the Universal Motiou Picture Company. and expects Co go to California for a trial before the camera as soon as the carnival is over. Miss Bennett has sang in Seat tie. where she was a favorite at Tate's. in San Francisco. and Honolulu.
 Frank Healey. whose splendid bar itone voice has already won him a host of admirers in Juneau. is no nov ice of the calcium. In 1911 he play ed the juvenile lead in "The Time. The Place and The Girl" on two tours of the country He broke into the Cabaret game in 1912. when he was signed up by Tate's Cafe, Seattle. and has been singing there almost con ,inuously since. He also sang in San Francisco. appearing for eleven weeks at the Portola-Louvre.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-09-09
SALT SALMON PACK
 LOW; RUN OF HUMPS
 ON SOUND YET OVERDUE

That the salt salmon pack in Alas ka for the summer will not exceed 14,O00 cases-about one-third of the demand-.is the opinion of T. E. P. Keegan Mr. Keegan is an authority on salmon and salmon packs. He for merly was employed as cannery superintendent by the German inter- ests
 The salt salmon pack is the only branch of the salmon industry in the Southeastern part of Alaska that has suffered this year. It was due to the heavy run of humpback salmon, which were taken in unlimited num- bers.
 Mr. Keegan has just returned from Seattle with news that the humpback run has yet failed to arrive on the Sound, and there is consternation among the canners in that district, as the season will be a total loss. From other sources it is learned that only once before the salmon run in Puget Sound did not develop according to schedule. Several years ago cur rent diverted the fish off Cape Flat tery and instead of pouring into the Strait on their way to Puget Sound and British Columbia waters, they swung around the north end of Van couver island completing the circuit of the island to reach their spawning grounds.
 The Seattle Times says:
 Presenting a mystery that may never be solved. the great run of humpback salmon, scheduled to in- wade the waters of Puget Sound and British Columbia this year, so far has failed to appear, with the result that the owners of Puget Sounds $S,OOO- 900 purse seine fishing fleet are now becoming alarmed. The hun should have been at its height July 20. To date, according to the owners of the purse seine boats. there is no sign ] of a beginning.
 This is the big year for the hump backs The catch of the fleet, 1t is said. SO far is hardly per cent of what was expecterd. Owners of the purse seine boats hope that the run will begin before long The fleet now in commission, waiting for the ap- pearance of the salmon, numbers 500 boats. each representing an average investment of S6,OO0 The catch to date averages scarcely $500 to the boat"
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-09-09

Graves is very enthusiastic in his praise of the facility with which tho people who are making the city have taken hold of the problems before them. "I have never seen town get hold of itself SO quickly" he said to- day. The spirit of cooperation and hopefulness is really wonderful, and there is @ team work evident which one rarely sees. Everybody is hust- ling out there. everybody busy, and apparently everybody happy. There's lot of vim in the place and it makes one feel ambitious just to be there. look for big things from Anchorage. |"
 As a means of transportation while making short trips in the westward waters the Chief ForeBter and his party used the government boat Restless" and made side trips Go all sections of the forest reserves. While in the Southeastern Alaskan waters the "Tahn" was used by the party for their excursions to the var ious islands.
 We have had a wonderful trip and we have enjoyed 1t immensely l am looking forward to the time when shall be in Alaska again and hope that 1t may be soon" was Mir. Graves summing up of his visit to the North land. After a few days in Portland. Oregon. Mir Graves will SO to Og- den, Utah. from there to Denver and thence straight to Washington where he expects to arrive not later than October lst.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-09-09
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f e q. q q q .s Q q Q e e e e e e e Q The steamship Despatch omitted calling at Juneau on her present voy- age. She turned back to Seattle at Ketchikan. after circling Prince of Wales Island.
 The Admiral Farragut sailed west this morning.
 The Princess Sophia sails south to- morrow morning.
 The Northwestern left Seattle to- day.
 The Jefferson sailed south this morning.
 The Al-Ei is due Monday from se- attle.
 The Humboldt is due from Seattle today.
 The Admiral Evans sailed south last night.
 The Dolphin leaves Seattle tonight. The Spokane sails south late today.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-09-09
FLEMING GOES SOUTH

F. E. Fleming. who is interested with c. l.. Morris and others of Seat tie. has returned from Chicagofi where he went to inspect mining prop critics. He recently returned from the westward.
 Mir. Fleming left on the Admiral Evans last night for the south.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-09-09
SHIPWRECKED CREW
 RETURN TO SEATTLE

Capt. c. w. MacNullen and the S6 shipwrecked members of the crew of the steamship Edith. have returned to Seattle on the steamship North western. which steamed south from Cordova via the Outside route. The shipwrecked men were expected to have passed through Juneau on the Mariposa.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-09-09

Jefferson this morning. They expect to return on the Jefferson's next trip.
 C. W. Durkee of the U S. immi- grafton service, has returned to skagway, after a visit to Juneau early this week.
 Judge R. A. Gunnison left this morning on the steamship Admiral Farragut. for Valdez, on legal busi- ness.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-09-09
RANSOM LIKELY TO BECOME EASTERN AGENT
 FOR NORTHERN LIFE

Major A. F. Ransom. Alaska man. ager of the Northern Life Insurance Company of Seattle, expects to be promoted to the management of the Eastern territory He has been ask ed by the company to consider the new field. and that he will transfer his field of operations is certain.
 Major Ransom left for Seattle last night. on the steamship Admiral Ev- ans. to confer with officials of the company.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-09-09
&exa92 DysBSgsia gsBTgs.

will relieve your indigestion. Many people in this town have used them end we have yet to hear of Q case where they have failed. We know the for mula. Sold only by us-25c Q boz.
 Wm. 3ritt, Juneau.
 Eimor E- Smith, Douglas.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-09-09
CHIEF FORESTER
 GRAVES EN NTHUSES OVER THE NORTH
GRAVES WILL WORK
 WITH GOV. STRONG

"Gov. Strong is a thorough bred. said Chief Forester Fl. S. Graves, land our bureau will work with him in every way that 1t can. am glad l stayed over at Juneau and met him. 1t was well worth while"
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-09-09

LOOK AT OUR show windows for bargains this week. Alaska Furniture Go. 9-4-tf
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-09-09

The Empire guarantees It's adver- tisers the largest circulation Of any daily paper published in Alaska
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-09-09

To be or not to be Pre- pared-that is the question these rainy days-very lat est Rain Goats at Behrends.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-09-09

Speaking of the city of Anchorage. where he spent few days. Mr.
The Alaska daily empire., 1915-09-09
MARINE NOTES

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The Alaska daily empire., 1915-09-09

Characterfulmodelshere a plenty in our Fall 1915 Showing of Men, Women and Children Shoes.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-22
Rrnmbnurh WHICH Nc. powey read. fol.

Brumbaugh which Mr. Dewey read, fol-
/ lows:
"I am grateful to the people Of Phlla-
half Of the pending local option bill The
stand for the things that are just and
crisis. beg Of you all 20 he always on
the right side Of n moral issue. can
see no reason why the people Of the
counties Of this state should not by law
be allowed to decide the question whether
or not licenses for the sale of intoxi-
eating liquors shall issue i'm the counties
II we cannot trust the people with this
simple power we might as well at once
confess that our theory of government is
mistake and failure
our Government is but the will OF the
people. Let the will of the people be ex-
pre- ssed. 1t can surely do no violence TO
any fair minded patriot to have this aues-
tion taken from our partisan politics and
from our judiciary. 1t is working incaI-
culable harm in both directions now. II
always will until It is settled and settled
right. Now is the time to settle It, VIII
you help?
~ need not tell you how. This Won
know. But | particularly request YOU to
hold yourselves ready like the minute
men of the early '70s for hearing here
In the near future on this pending bill
Due notice of the time will be given you.
Let us stand together for this cause
until we win. For myself, l wish to saw
am in this contest with my conscience
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-22

to talk religion and have no doubt that
many more conversions VIII result be-
cause Of this fact"
Joseph NJ. Steel chairman Of the Ex-
ecutive Committee, said:
Mr. Sundays campaign was delightful
We could not have asked FOR II to be
better 1t was great success Mr.. sun
days work in Philadelphia has meant
much for the present and future good of
philadelphia. In the years TO come its
influence will keep moving on"
George .. Shane, executive secretary,
said:
There has never been anything ike
this campaign for the good OF philadel-
phia II is not possible to estimate the
benefits that have come TO the CITY
through 1t. It means more for the fu-
ttre than for the present I'd rather see
the city Hall removed and the necessity
of building another TO arrive than to see
the good Mr. Sunday has done here dis.
appear The cit, could better afford the
loss on the cost Of that great building than
the benefit Mr sunday has brought TO IL.
The whole country has been made better !
also"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-03-22

| the newspapers and all others who had
| helned TO make the campaign success.
: When he mentioned John Wanamaker
| in thanking hi for the use of his car,
| there went UP great cheer, and for SER
eral minutes the crowd applauded and
called for the merchant to speak. Mr..
! Wanamaker was not disposed to speak
billy" himself pleaded with him to say
few words, Mr.. Wanamaker only stood
for minute back of the platform, and
sat down without speaking.
To the ushers, doorkeepers, secretaries
and policemen Sunday paid special tribute
for their excellent work. In speaking OF
the newspapers, he declared his belief
that the space given to the campaign
would have cost more than 1900, ,0OO II It
had been bought at regular advertising
rates.
LETTER FROM BRUMBAUGH.
Previous to these addresses the Rev.
George G. Dewey, secretary of the Phil
adelphia County Sunday School Asso.
claton, and organizer Of the BILLY" Sum
uay blDle classes of more than $4,000 men,
spoke and presented a letter from Gov
srhor Brumbaugh. thanking the people
Lor standing back Of him in his local |
1ptioh hght. Doctor Buckley, in his ad- |
iress, had said that II Pennsylvania's |
legislature passes the local option bill. a
arRe part OF the credit would belong TO
,unday Tor his battle against rum, and
ne meetings in the tabernacle when
housands took their stand for tho nro-
oSeu Jaw The letter from Governor