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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-12-28

Now that the thing has happened
and Daisy Letter. daughter of Chi
cago's ignorant and boorish old
butcher has tackled herself onto the
flag end of1Suffolk's worm-eaten and
scandal-besmirched dukedom. Amer
lean newspapers that have published
columns of rot about the wedding and
have run pictures of all the Letter
family including the house dog
should hire somebody to kick them
around the block. After its all said
and done, and the old butchers
money and daughter have been SET
tied on foreign title" that will
give pedigree almost equal to that
of a good Missouri jack. to the next
generation of Letters. what does it
all mean to sensible American :?
1t is not an example that an Ameri-
can girl could initiate in good taste
and it is consummation despised by
English girls. 1t is simply business
deaI-an exchange of millions for a
gold brick title. Such weddings"
should be confined to the clearing
houses and should not enter the sa-
cred sanctuary of the affections and
sentiment
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-12-28
Ho. FOR PANAMA!

The first flush and novelty of the
war in the Philippines having been
tasted and cast aside by adventurous
young Americans, the next world-fa-
nous cline TO be conquered by this
indomitable race is Panama.
The same thrill will fire the veins
OF the young American, in thinking
OF the dash TO Panama. as filled his
heart with hope and his mind with
dreams of conquest, when he march,
ed away to embark for Luzon.
Men are wanted in Panama
strong. staunch, hearty. robust men,
of physical prowess, horse sense, null
ish tenacity and bull dog nerve, all OF
which ingredients are found in plen-
tiful supply on the Pacific coast.
The government wants clerks,
bookkeepers. timekeepers, surgeons,
assistant surgeons. hospital experts.
nurses. doctors. civil engineers, expert
powder men, mining engineers. ditch
engineers. steam engineers and all
classes of laborers to oversee and
have charge of the monstrous task of
digging the canal.
For this service the government
will pay the highest salaries ever paid
by a parsimonious government for
ability and capacity.
Applicants for the positions of
boOkkeeper. timekeeper and clerks
must be between is and 40 years of
age. ana will receive from $1,000 TO
$500 per year and all expenses.
For the hospital service. surgeons
physicians and nurses between the
ages of 20 and so are wanted at sal
aries ranging from $1,000 per year for
hospital assistants to $3.50 per month
for surgeons.
Civil engineers are wanted. from q
to so years Of age. at salaries reach
ing from ss5 per month for chain
men to $500 per month for chief en-.
gineers to have charge of surveys.
Steam shovel engineers and steam
crane men from rs to so years o
age are wanted at salaries OF $3.50 t.
1920 per month.
All these employees must be soun,
in body and mind, of splendid ply
siuue, because of the enervating eli
mate, and OF splendid morals becaus
of the horrible temptations of tn
Spanish towns on the isthmus and ii
close proximity to the canal zone.
The only examinations to be con
Quoted in the West for these posi-
tions will be conducted at Cheyenn
and Denver, on January 10 and is.
Panama will be the most intolera
Bile climate ever tackled by an Amer
ican, but IL common sense, rigid mil
itary discipline and the most stric
and minute sanitary regulations pre-
vail and are fearlessly enforced.
viii not be so bad as pictured at pres
ent.
France killed $4,000 natives in 1
years ON the isthmus, but there wa
chaos in all the camps and debauch
cries and intemperance among a
classes.
These Will kill men in better eli
mates. and If followed. viii soon en-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-12-28
.................
True story of Oregon.

. When the Maker had finished .
this wonderful world,
think the last touch of the .
. Great Artists hand .
. Was the snow on our noun .
. tains, our blue sky inn .
. pearled,
. And the blossoms sown thick on .
. the golden green land.
. And 1 think when He went by .
His heavenly car.
. Aloft with the angels, each one
. with star
. For torch of the night
. The way wasn't far, .
. Just out of sight
. His great garden gate was left .
. standing ajar. .
. And no one remembered and .
. nobody cares
. And ever and ever the balmy .
. sweet airs,
. And the light and the glory .
. have come drifting thro' .
. on this blessed spot-I believe
. it-don't you?
> San Francisco Star.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-12-28
A Legend Of the Arid
Land

The Indians have story for every
thing.
Whether plausible. reasonable or
beautiful they have an explanation
for every physical fact in nature, and
for every phenomenon witnessed.
The great American desert being
one of the wonderful freaks of ma
ture. the Indians naturally have many
explanations for the existence of such
vast tracts of arid land in the West
and this legend is really beautiful
when considered in its legendry light
As told by the Cayuses on the
Umatilla reservation. this strange le-
gend is as follows:
In ages long ago the Pacific coast
and the Inland Empire, was all one
beautiful garden spot. the refreshing
rains from the ocean causing vegeta
tion to grow everywhere. and although
the Indians of the great plains of the
Columbia were intelligent and thrifty
the bucks refused to till the soil.
The medicine men pleaded with
them to cultivate the rich lands, and
instead of pilfering and raiding their
neighbors for food, to grow their own
and fertile upland plains of the Co
lumbia basin.
This the bucks constantly refused
TO do.
Although the entire plain from the
Cascades to the Blue mountains was
one stretch of rich. productive land,
yet the lazy Indians chose to steal
and rob rather than to submit to hon
orable toll. and the pleadings of the
medicine men were in vain.
Finally the Great Spirit said that
If the rich land was not cultivated that
1t would be converted into a desert on
which the Indian ponies could not
subsist.
At that time not a sandhill. not a
sagebrush was seen anywhere in the
great arid belt of Eastern and Cen
tral Oregon. 1t was one rich green
plain of luxuriant pasturage and fol-
iage and would produce anything
planted in the soil.
When the Great Spirit saw that
the bucks would not work. but still
made their squaws dig camas and jerk
venison for the food supply, in such
4 land of abundance and plenty then
ne declared that the Indians should
pay the penalty for their laziness, and
he at once sent the drouth to dry up
the flowing streams. cut down the
luxuriant pasturage and parch the
splendid foliage of the creek bottoms.
Where the Indian children had
played and made trails in the growing
grass, now nothing but the trail of the
black-tailed rabbit. the Indians most
deadly and despised foe, was seen.
The herds of ponies were driven
from the green uplands by the drouth.
the Indian women bewailed the fail
ure of the camas cyop. and the bucks
Were driven to the mountains to live
in penury and poverty all their lives
because they would not work.
Thus the Great Spirit sent the arid
land to punish the Indian.
Until the Indian shakes off his
slothful habits, the land will remain
parched and desolate. The rabbit
will continue to be the only inhabi
tant of the desert and the Indians will
be driven to hunger and loneliness in
the mountains because they refused
to use the beautiful land spread out
for them.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-12-28
Merchants

Merchants. 2ostoffices, delivery
men. messenger boys. woodyards. all
report the heaviest holiday business
in the history of the city. Pendleton
has not yet begun to do business.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-12-28

Patrick Morley, an old and re-
spected citizen of Tacoma, well-to-dc
and well known. has become suddenly
and violently insane.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-12-28

Before the land was changed into
desert. the Indian women could carry
their pappooses in their arms and dig
eamas so plentiful was the cherished
plant. and so easily was a sustenance
reaped from the bountiful land.
No Indian woman ever carried her
baby on her back. before that fatal
change in the land was made by the
Great Spirit. but after the green pas
lures became a desert, the squaws
We're forced to work hard and need
ed both hands to make a living for
their lazy lords. Then it was that the
practice of carrying their pappooses
ON their backs was instituted because
the poor squaws needed both hands
to support the bucks. So baskets were
made and the babies were swung on
their backs to be out of the way while
the mothers toiled.
BERT HUFFMAN.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-12-28
NUMBER OF PAPERS.

a statistician has learned that the
annual aggregation of the circulation
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-12-28

Amhtlon's a good thing IL you've
got 1t headed in tn right direction.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-12-28

This poem, from the Literary Di.
gest. is by the Car of Russia, Nikola
Aleksandrovitch Romanoff. 1t is en-
titled, MY Life" and the translation
is literal reproduction preserving
the original sense of the poem;
My happiness was born at night;
II has only flourished in darkness;
/ have lost my joy in life,
And wander wearily in gloom.
My soul gropes sadly searching
In mental fog: it pines
And prays and suffers.
But finds no peace on earth.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-12-28
ROYAL RHYMsTERs.

The following poem is from the In
dependent. II was written by Musu-
hitO. the emperor of Japan. No at
tempt is made to make it rhyme in
it's English translation:
The water placed in goblet, bowl or
cup
Changes its form to its receptacle;
AMI so our plastic souls take various
shapes
And characters of good or i'll, TO fit
The good or evil in the friends we
choose.
Therefore be ever careful in your
choice of friends,
And let your special love be given TO
those
Whose strength of character may
prove the whip.
That drives you ever to fair Wisdoms
goal.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1904-12-28

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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-15
TRADE TREATY IN CHINA.
Nature Of the Negotiations Revealed
by the Diplomatic CORRESPONDENCE.

An interesting chapter in connection with
the negotiations for the trade treaty be-
tween the United States and China is dis
closed by the diplomatic correspondence be-
tween those two countries now made public
The persistence and Vigor with which this
government pressed for the opening of
Manchurian ports is shown. Early In the
negotiations the Chinese government in
formed Minister Conger that the govern
ment was obliged to consider commercial
conditions and that at that time Il was not
convenient to mention the matter of open
ports in the treaty. Mr.. Hay instructed Mr.
Conger to reply that this government could
not for moment admit that Its most
reasonable request, alike beneficial to both
countries and to the commerce of the world
should be brushed aside in the manner the
note Chinese suggests" Mr. Conger fur
Their was directed to impress upon the Chi
nese government the painful surprise its
unwilingness to comply with our request
has created in the United States" The
Chinese government thought this govern
and not insist in putting the matter of open
ports too plainly in writing
Mr.. Conger was again instructed to urge
compliance with requests for ports and was
advised that that point must be included in
the treaty.
Prince Ching I'm note to Mr.. Conger said
n was absolutely impossible for China to
take any action SO long as Russia occupied
ManChuria Mr.. Conger. however, remained
firm and finally secured an agreement for
the perfection OF the treaty with provision
for the opening of the ports which treaty
subsequently was signed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-15

Conduit road. 1t is understood that those
affected have engaged the services of Mr..
Edward c. Peter of Rockville, and will
fight the payment of the tax. 1t is also I'M
derstood that the mayor and council were
advised by their attorney and other lawyers
that the tax was legel, but this is disputed
by those engaged In the business mentioned.
Mr.. NJ. Walton .Hendry. son of Mr.. Isaac
S. Hendry OF. Bethesda district, this county.
has been appointed instructor of Latin and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-15

tinue this practice.
owen Lacey, a resident of Glen Echo this
county has been committed to the Rock
vile Jail for violating Glen Echo town
ordinance. He was given hearing before
Mayor John Garrett
Mr. Frank L. Manderfield and Miss Bina
Green both of Washington, visited Rock
willie this morning and were married by
Rev Burton H. Winston. pastor or the
christian Church the ceremony taking
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-15

place at the home of the minister pa,na
Messrs John s. and Hugh N heaoins
have returned to their home In DarnestoWn
district from an extended visit to the 81
Louis exposition. ,,.uo,.,ror,s
Once baltimore, is spending few days
with his parents. Mr.. and Mrs. w. v. Bouic
at this place. In,
Rev. F. T. Griffith, principal or the pubic
school near Potomac, this county, has been
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-15

Greek in the high school at Camden, N j.
Mr.. Hendry graduated iast year from johns
Hopkins University
The board of directors of the Montgomery
County Agricultural Society have decided
the annual fair. For years the president of
the society has been allowed fund to fur
nish dinner to guests. from a distance, and
the more prominent RESIDENTS OF the county.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-15

granted a life certificate to teach in the
public schools of Maryland Mr.. Griffith 10
now attending the State Teachers Associa-
ton at Ocean City.
Mr.. William 7. Griffith OF this place has
accepted a position with the Myers Royal
Spice Company of Niagara Falls, N. z,
and will leave in a few days for Hudson,
N. Y, his headquarters He will be under
Mr.. William A. King. also of this town.
who is manager of the company. ..-,-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-15
Ordered to ST. Louis.

Sergeant Lawrence Kendall, First Glass
Private Kendall Read and Private Alexan-
der l.. Wells. Signal Corps. at the Signal
Corps station. Fort Myer, Va, have been
ordered to St. Louis for duty in connection
with the Signal Corps exhibit at the Louis
lana Purchase Exposition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-15
To Raise Horses In Philippines

The army transport Dix will sail from
San Francisco for Manila today loaded with
horses for breeding purposes in the Philip
nine Islands 1t is believed that horses use
fui for the army will be raised by crossing
with the Filipino ponies.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-15
Rockville and Vicinity.
Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
ROCKVILLE Md, July IA, 100

ROCkNILIIE, Md, July II, IV4
The recent action of the mayor and coun-
ell of Glen Echo. this county, In imposing
a tax of $40 per year on each carriage doing
business at the Glen Echo end of Cabin
John Bridge has aroused considerable OPP
positton among the twenty more persons
engaged in hauling passengers along the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-07-15
Were Bathing in Creek Near
Colonial Beach.
ALL FROM THIS CITY
THREE VICTIMS WERE DAUGH-
TIERS OF MR.. FRANK C. KENYON.
Other Two Were Wife and Daughter of
Mr.. John H. Herbert - Many
Friends Express Sympathy.

Five lives were lost in distressing bath
ing accident which occurred yesterday in
Lower Machodoc creek, about twenty-five
miles below Colonial Beach. Three OF the
victims were daughters of MI and Mrs,
Frank c. kemon of 1901 4th street north
west and the others were the wife ana
daughter of Mr.. John ii. Herbert of 2t23
LIST street northwest Mr.. Herbert's child
was five years old. Another child of the
at the time but was not taken In the
water. Miss Helen Kemon. the eldest OF
the three sisters who lost their lives, was
nearly twenty years old. her sister, Miss
Ada Kemon, was TWO years younger, while
the youngest, Miss Harriet was sixteen
years old.
The first information received here of the
sad accident was when Mr.. T. J. Metcalf
neighbor of the Kemon family. received a
dispatch from Mr.. kemon. The message
merely told of the drowning and gave no
further particulars. After the receipt or
the message "a friend of the bereaved faml-
lies called upon Harbormaster Sutton and
requested that the police boat and crew
go down the river for the purpose or assist
ing in the recovery of the bodies and the
bringing OF them to this city. HarDor-
master Sutton was sorry he could not com
ply with the request, as his boat Is not
constructed for salt water navigation. rms
morning a second message came from MI
Kemon at Kinsale. telling of the recovery
of the bodies and asking that an undertaken
meet the steamer at the wharf tonight to
take charge of the bodies of Mr.. kemon
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-03-17

To Clean Oilcloth, Tiles, Etc Put
into pail of hot water two or three
handfuls Of salt AID wash with linen
rag. 1t takes off all st.ins and leaves
a beautiful polish. @
To Clean Fruit Jars Quickly.-Fill
them (almosD with hot soapsuds.
Then put into the jars an ounce of
carpet tacks and shake vigorously;
afterwards rinse well in clean cold
water and turn upside down to dry.
This is much quicker method of
cleaning than the ordinary one.
To Brighten Mirrors.-These may
be rendered brilliant and spotless by
rubbing them with tissue paper vigor-
ously for moment or two
To Remove Red Ink Stains.-Moist-
en- the stains with a mixture of ordi-
nary alcohol and nitric acid. Some
colors might not stand such a strong
application, so it would be advisable
in the first instance to try the prepare.
ton upon a loose piece of the ma.
terial.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-03-17
Not Particular.

Senator Hanna enjoys a joke as
much as any member OF the upper
house, but does not often tell one
Something was said to him the other
day about bad company, and the sen
ator said:
oh, well, when hear anything like
that am reminded of trial which
took place at Sandusky, In my state,
in which a number Of citizens had
been subpoenaed to testify as to the
character of the defendant, a rather
worthless kind of fellow, who was
charged with theft. One OF the wit
nesses testified that he knew the de.
PENDANT well. Are his general habits
good or bad?' asked the lawyer. Mod
erately fair was the reply. DO you,
sir, before this court and Jury, testify
that the defendants habits are fair,
ard that you are In the habit OF asso'
ciating with the same kind Of com.
pany this defendant keeps?' oh, yes,
replied the witness, I associate with
all grades of company, from lawyer
up. Washington Times.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-03-17

his lnbors. He felt growing in his
heart the stubbornness of the man of
property, the landholding man, the
man who even unconsciously plans a
home, resolved to cling to that which
he has taken of the earth's surface for
his own. He knew that this perfervid
time could not endure, knew that the
sweep of American civilization must
occupy all this land as 1t had all the
lands from the Alleghenies to the
plains. He foresaw In this crude new
region the scene Of a great material
activity, vast industrial develop.
ment 1t needed no great foresight
to realize that all this land, now so
wild and cheap. could not long roma,n
wild and cheap, but must follow the
history Of values as 1t had been writ
ten up to the edge of that time and
place.
or law business of an actual sort
there was next to none at Ellisvile, all
the transactions being in wild lands
and wild cattle, but. as did all attor-
neys Of the time, Franklin became
broker before he grew to be profes-
sional man. Fortunate in securing the
handling Of the railroad lands, he sold
block after block of wild land to the
pushing men who came out to the
front" in search of farms and cattle
ranches. His own profits he invested
again In land. Thus he early found
himself making much more than live.
iihood and laying the foundation of
later fortune. Long since he had
proved up" his claim and moved into
town permanently, having office and
residence in the great depot hotel
which was the citadel of the forces of
law and order, Of progress and civiliza.
ton in that land.
The railroad company which found
ed Ellisville had within It's board of d..
rectors so-called Land and Improve.
ment Company" which latter company
naturally had the first knowledge of
the proposed location of the different
towns along the advancing line. When
the sale OF town lots was thrown open
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-03-17
PARIS sLEuTHs WERE SLY.
Convinced Russla's Emperor That
They Were Awake and Active.


The Paris correspondent OF London
Truth tells this story OF the manner
In which the Russian government test
ed the efficiency OF the French detec'
tive polls when the czar was about
to visit Paris. The chief of the Rus
sian police went secretly to the
French capital, with orders to lie
quietly by In u hotel and only to re-
port himself at the embassy after a
stay of a week But he had not been
three hours In Paris before the pre-
feet of police learned of his arrival
from French detective. At st. Pc.
tersbusg they thought this satisfac.
tory result, and the imperial pair
ventured to go to Paris and drive
down the Champs Elysees without
cavalry around their carriage.
4 similar test applied in Rome had
different consequences. The head of
the Russian police remained there for
a whole week without his arrival be-
ing suspected. On the evening of the
sixth day he called on Count Nelidoff
to report himself, to the great aston
ishment of that ambassador. They
both agreed that II the Roman police
had not scented out the head Of tho
greatest police force In the world they
could not be depended upon to know
much about the goings on of anarch
lists and nihllists. This Is alleged to
be the true reason why the car de-
clined to trust himself in the king Of
Italy's dominions.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1904-03-17
The Revival Of sachet Baos,

The old fashion or wearing sachet
bags is being revived. The bags are
now heart-shaped and are suspended
by the same shade of baby ribbon.
Sometimes different colors are com
bined to give the rainbow hues so
much sought for. Larger sachet bags.
oblong and heart-shape, ara suspend
ed from the mirror knob of the dress
er with good effect, and they exhale
delicate fragrance that is refresh
ing.
1t is quite the fad to attach these
sachet bags to coat hangers in the
same color with which they are COW
cred. They are fastened at each end
Of the hanger and dangle at all sorts
of lengths.