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The Virginia enterprise., 1905-07-14
THE LOST CHORD FouND.4
oheerfully Supplied by 1ong-sutfer-
J.: Ing Victims Of a Netghbor-
49,. % hood Nuisance.

He was . young man in lodgings and be
was learning to play tho cornet. There
was NO disputing the earnestness and per
eeverance Of this embryo cornetist, relates
London Tit-Bits.
Every evening during tho late heat wave
hs threw. his window open and blew away
st ths Lost Chord" It was ever thu
In the commsreial-room Of tho hotel op.
posits the ''knights of tho road" rat,
scribbling of their orders and hurting
anathemas ct the head Of the young man
player
Finally they held council Of war and
determined on his destruction.
Cutting off window cord, they rang
for the boots and ordered him to take
It across to the musician. with the fol-
lowing note:
Dear Sir: Make no more trouble owe,
your Lost C(h)ord.' We send you a sub
stitute which we hope you will find long
enough.
eve win arrange with the coroner and
guarantee a decent burial"
The doleful notes of tho Lost Chord
were not heard in that street afterwards
The Virginia enterprise., 1905-07-14
Proved Beyond a. Doubt.

Middlesex, N. Y, July 3.-(SpeciaD-
That Rheumatism can be cured has been
proved beyond doubt by Mrs. Betsey
a. Clawson, well known here. That Ms.
Cla,vson had Rheumatism and had it bad,
all her acquaintances know. They also
know she is now cured. Dodd's Kidney
Pills did it. Mrs. Clawson tells the story
of her cure as follows:
II was an invalid for most five year1
caused by Inhammatory Rheumatism,
helpless two-thirds of the time. The first
year I could not do as much as baby
could do; then I rallied little bit and
then . relapse. Then a year ago the
gout set in my hands and feet. I suffered
untold agony and in August, 1903, when
my husband died, I could not ride to tie
grave.
II only took two boxes Of Dodd's KID.
ney Pills and in two weeks could wait
on myself and saw my own wood. I: dug
my own potatoes and gathered my own
garden last fall. Dodd's Kidney Pills
cured me-" =
Rheumatism is caused by uric acid IN
the blood. Dodd's Kidney Pills put the
Kidneys in shape to take all the uric acid
out Of the blood.
The Virginia enterprise., 1905-07-14

Bowden. Of Bowden & Johnson" he
sald. representing the plaintiff. can
not believe. sir, after what | have
heard Of you, that you are the sort
of a man which your attitude in this
unfortunate case seems to imply"
Percy admitted that he was not.
"You have been made a victim" re-
sumed Mr. Bowden deliberately, tap
ping his companion upon the breast,
"of designing person-of a counsel
lor- -at-law who worships Mammou. He
desires an exorbitant fee, sir"
Percy did not wish an Injustice done
to the absent. You forget that you
have not explained yourself" he said.
True" answered his companion,
very thoughtfully rubbing a bald spot
on the top Of his head; very true.
But Mr. Hopkins agreed to speak OF
1t. and I had forgotten that he did
not do so. To be brief sir. my client
Is not actuated by any mercenary
motives in bringing this action for
breach OF promise against you She
still loves you, sir"
Percy was yisibly affected.
"She has money Of her own. sir AZ
you are aware; and has recently come
into possession of still larger amount
You cannot plead poverty either on
her side or yours as al excuse TO,
h!s-thls-er-amato rupture. Die
you not love her once?"
A direct answer to this question
would have been liable to involve thf
young man in difficulties from which
he might not be able to extricate him
self: but he was too much interested
in the case to make a confession of hi:
identity
Il have never loved anyone else" ht
answered.
This being considered equivalent I,
Az acknowledgment. the lawyer for rh,
plaintiff closed the door between tn,
court room and the listse room j,
which they stood. Then he turre,
toward Percy with the air Of one ahou
t. make an important disclosure
The Virginia enterprise., 1905-07-14
The Judge and the Ass.

One day Curran, the famous srish ora
tor, was addressing an English court,
when the bray Of an ass was heard out.
side, and the judge could not resist the
temptation of saying: zone at time,
Mt Curran, please" But the good ass
gave Curran his chancs AS the Judge
summed up, the bray was heard again
ana the great lawyer. jumping up from
his seat, asked the judge; Does not
your lordshis hear q remarkable echo
in court3''
The Virginia enterprise., 1905-07-14
HANDKERCHIEF BORDER.
Real Lace Is Expensive to Buy, But
Can Be Made at Home by One
That Has Some Skill.

Exactly half one side is shown from
the top to the lower edge of this illus
tration. Good Brussels net is used for
the foundation, the design being
worked out in muslin and Honiton
braids. The braid must be very neat
The Virginia enterprise., 1905-07-14

ly sewn down to the net with cotton
No. 100, the lace stitches being
worked with thread No. 70.
Materials required for the complete
border: A square of net. 1h yard
Honiton braid, yards point braid, 2
yards purl edge, 2 skeins thread Nos.
100 and 20.
The Virginia enterprise., 1905-07-14
A Harsh Skin.

Afdry. harsh skin needs cold cream
and almond oil. If the skin is red and
chapped leave all creams alone and first
apply paste of almond meal mixed
with OIL
The Virginia enterprise., 1905-07-14
MODEST TR0UsStAb'S'; $; |: ! )
THE CLOTHES AND LINEN THAT
4 ARE REALLY NEEDFUL.

White Muslin Makes Attractive Dress
for Summer Bride-Brides Usually
aPrettier Without Veils-Married in
Her "Going Away Gown-Multi-
plying Gowns Which Will Only
Grow Old-Fashioned-Und
ing Handmade or Ready-Made--
Advantages Of Bride Who Does
Her Own Work.
The Virginia enterprise., 1905-07-14
Heartless Husband

Mrs: Bryde-Oh, John, this is terrible.
The cat had fit in the kitchen and ruined
the pie had ready for dinner!
Mr.. Bryde-Haven't you got the Sc
quence Of events turned around?
Haven't Il? Oh! you cruel wretch'
-Cleveland Leader.
The Virginia enterprise., 1905-07-14

Mrs. Nu1ritch IT think ri take this
watch. You're sure it's made of refined
gold.' Jeweler-"Certainly, madam"
thin thine t chat amt dSssi refned Ga CasselT.. ?s'
The Virginia enterprise., 1905-07-14
In HIGH Favor .

Black velvet cuffs and. collars. dis
tinguish some of the smartest white
linen ccatS.~e . s q <t4 > 4 ID 6~e.@4s *s y
The Virginia enterprise., 1905-07-14
Phys1cal Geo orraphy.

i PhyGcal Geography. .s s.. 4
Oolnmbus was proving ths ea1tah -
but. asked Ferdinand, = he scanned
1sabella's vacation bills, "can you explain
tains?" - : : ! NJ Is155 =.
Completely bafaed, the great man was
compelled to give it up.-N. Y. Sum-.
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Profitable.

Il, Profitable. q "
Bosh-Did you get. anything on. Of that
oil deal you were telling me about!
Josh-Yes, indeed / got q great deal
OF light on the subject of specializing that
didn't have before!-Detroit Free Press,
- i.as}$ 1t&- q = 8 % sG%
The man who wants to profit ~ wrong,
doing II never at loss for IN excuse
The Commoner.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-03-29

stem languishes, growth is stunted, disease
naladies are apt to develop into serious sick
e contaminated that the fewest number succeed
fluid in pure and natural state. We inherit
transmit to their children such impoverished
lous battle againt disease, and from earliest
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-03-29

The Salem Journal which claims
to be republican in politics, has be-
come very brave since the legisla-
ture adjourned. While the legisla-
ture was in session it said nothing
about abuses of partisan politics in
public places, but now that the leg
islature has adjourned it makes a
loud stir in the political woods by
crying out against unfit republicans
and declaring that partisanism is not
sufficient qualification for a man to
have to hold federal, state or county
office. Why did not the Journal
speak when it could have accomplish
ed something? This "hollering" after
the horse is stolen smacks of the
methods of the Portland Oregonian,
and is a bad habit. to initiate.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-03-29
TAKE AN ACCOUNTING.

There remain but three weeks un
til the meeting of the grand circle of
the Women of Woodcraft in Los An
geles.
Is Pendleton ready to take an ac-
counting of her campaign for mem
bership?
The Commercial association took
up this matter in the interest of the
city, hoping to bring the headquar-
ters of the order here, thereby add
ing more than 40 first-class people
to the population of the city and
more than $4,000 annually, to the
circulation of the city.
The association indorsed the or
der. recommended that business men
join it. and have their wives join, as
ID public Endorsement of the order and
its efficient officers living in this
city.
Very few business men have joined
the order and still fewer business
mems wives. Those who will be most
benefited have taken but little inter-
est and Pendleton has not made the
showing she should have made in this
important matter, although over 100
members have been added to the or
der since the campaign began.
The next and only thing Pendleton
can do to continue her effort to secure
the headquarters is to send a delega-
ton of good workers to Los Angeles.
Cheap rates have been secured over
the railroads for the meeting of the
grand circle. and volunteers for this
work are now in order.
1t is the opinion Of the members
of the order. here that even the show
ing made will convince the grand
circle that Pendleton has indorsed
the order in a gallant manner. and
now if the proper showing of Pendle-
toms inducements as headquarters
town is made, there is hope.
A strong committee of business
men, armed with health, property,
school, railroad and other statistics,
should go to Los Angeles, to work
among the 50 delegates that will make
up the grand circle. The grand circle
being made up of about so delegates
is a favorable fact, as this small num-
Der will not be difficult to canvass,
by an active delegation of workers.
This is the last and the least Pen
dleton can now do to secure the
headquarters.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-03-29
STRAIN Is INDORSED.

Twice at the polls. once before the
board of equalization and once in the
circuit court of Cmatilla county, AS
SCISSOR c. P. Strain has been unani-
mously indorsed in his stand for high
er valuations of railroad property.
The company itself has made no OBJ
lection to the valuation on basic
grounds, but is fighting it solely on
technicalities, claiming that certain
property has not been fully describ-
ed.
With this Endorsement from the
people the board of equalization and
the circuit court, there is little for
the supreme court to do but clinch
the Endorsement by a decision for
Umatilla county.
This is the beginning of a general
campaign in oregon for higher val
uations. Clackamas Marion, Baker
and other railroad counties are
following in the steps of Mr.. Strain
and his example will soon be the rule
of the state in making railroad assess
ments.
His assessment is absolutely just,
because he has delved into the actual
reports filed by the railroad compa-
nies and taxed them upon their earn
ing capacity, just as he taxed $50 per
acre wheat land, 500 per acre al
falfa land, and just as he taxed stocks
of merchandise and livestock. This
is the true basis of all valuation and
must prevail.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-03-29
MILTON ASKS FOR HER OWN.

AS has been confidently expected
since the adverse decision in the
Freewater local option case, Milton
has filed her petition for a local
option election to be held on June 8.
Milton is only asking for her rights
under both the written and unwritten
laws Of the land. Because a mistake
was made in calling or recording the
local option election in that precinct
did not change public sentiment in
that precinct
Every community has a right tc
choose its own surroundings. One
man should not be allowed to i'm.
pose something on an entire settle
ment which that settlement does no
want.
The more the local option law il
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-03-29

turned down in the courts the more
firmly will its advocates determine to
enforce it. In fact, the day of rowdy-
ism and desperadoes is passing even
in Umatilla county.
Schools are being builded up and
people are attracted to the county by
this inducement so the only natural
consequence is the removal of objec-
tionable surroundings. Not only NIL
ton but other cities in this county
are tired Of the domination of vice
and immortality. The day of the doom
of such Objectionable things is at
hand.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-03-29
THE WORM, DIssENsIoN.

Communities, families lodges, So
cieties, churches aud neighborhoods
are disrupted, set at swords points
by a little word which enters into
their peace and keeps growing the
farther it goes.
Dissension is not recognized as an
enemy to a community, when it first
appears. Neither does the butterfly
that creates the apple worm appear
to be obnoxious. But after the worm
is formed and starts toward the core
of the apple, it grows as it goes and
soon is too large to get out the way it
went in, and soon corrupts the en-
tire apple.
Beware of the butterfly of gossip
and backbiting that creates the worm,
dissension. The farther it goes, the
larger it gets and soon can not get
out of the community but keeps on
boring toward its heart and soon the
entire neighborhood, lodge, church, or
society which ever It may be, is cor
rupted by that harmless word.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-03-29

Five men were engaged in dyke
building on the Kansas side of the
Missouri river at St. Joseph. They
undertook to cross the river in a
skiff during high wind. The skiff
UPSET and all were drowned
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-03-29

That a professor of the University
of Pennsylvania has sold bogus Egyp-
tian antiquities is nothing new. These
same professors have been selling
bogus educations to the masses for a
century and very little has been said
against it.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-03-29
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

-
So many tender words and true 4
, We meant to say, dear love, to q
, you Z
, SO many things we learn to do,
, But we forgot. Z
, The busy days were full of care; Z
. The long night fell, and una {
. ware
. You passed beyond loves lead 4
ing prayer
. While we forgot.
. Now evermore through heart
. and brain
. There breaths an undertone of
. pain:
. Though what has been should
. be again,
. We would forget.
. Selected.
a 4 a q . q q a q a q q q 4 q 4
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-03-29
DRIFTWOOD.

our ldNoille picture rises up before
me,
Whenever you play that tune;
l see two figures standing in a gar
den,
In the still August moon.
one is a girls, with pleading face
turned upward,
Wild with great alarm:
Trembling with haste she binds her
bordered kerchief
About the others arm,
Whose gaze is bent on hers in tender
pity,
Whose eyes look into hers
With a deep meaning though she can
not read it,
Hers are so dim with tears.
What are they saying in the sunny
garden,
With summer flowers ablow?
What gives the woman's voice its
passionate pleading,
What makes the mans so low?
See, love-" she murmurs, "you shall
wear my kerchief,
1t is the badge, 1 know,
And it will bear you safely through
the conflict,
If-if, indeed, you go.
You will not wear it, will not wear
my kerchief,
Nay. do not tell me why,
1 will not listen, if you go without it,
You will go hence to die.
Hush! do not answer; it is death.
tell you
Indeed 1 speak the truth.
You, standing there, so warm with
life and vigor,
SO bright with health and youth.
you would go hence. out of the
glowing sunshine,
Out of the gardens bloom,
out of the living, thinking, feeling
present,
Into the unknown gloom"
Then he makes answer: "Hush; oh,
hush, my darling!
Life is so sweet to me,
So full of hope you need not bid me
guard it,
If such a thing might be.
"If such a thing might be; but not
through falsehood,
l could not come to you,
1 dare not stand here in your pure
sweet presence,
Knowing myself untrue"
1T is not sin; the wild voice inter
rupts him,
This is no open strife.
Have you not dreamt a nobler war
fare
In which to end your life2
"Oh, for my sake, though but for my
sake wear it;
Think what life would be
If you, who gave it first true worth
and meaning,
Were taken now from me!
in passing!
Think of the endless years!
I am so young; must I live out my
lifetime
With neither hopes nor fears?"
He speaks again in mournful tones
and tender,
But with unswerving faith;
SHOULD not love make us braver, aye,
and stronger,
Either for life or death?
"And life is hardest. oh, my love,
my treasured
If | could bear your part
OF this great sorrow, l would so to
meet it
With an unshrinking heart.
Child! child! 1 little dreamt in that
bright summer,
When first your love l sought,
OF all the future store of woe and
anguish
Which l, unknowing wrought.
But you'll forgive me- Yes you
will
forgive me,
l know. when l am dead!
would have loved you, but words
have scant meaning;
Cod love you more instead"
Then there is silence in the sunny
garden,
Until, with faltering tone,
she sObs, the while still clinging
closer to him
Forgive me-go-my own"
So human love and death by faith
unshaken,
Mingle their glorious psalm,
Albeit low. until the passionate plead
ing
is hushed in deepest calm.
Anonymous.
Tutuilla, March 2S.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-12-02

most dangerous feature of the work.
In recent years there have been CON-
wagons have been lost and only three fac
tories have hurriedly ended existence in
the last four years. The last one of these
was that of the Gas Belt Torpedo Cont
pany near Knightstown. The plant wal
not in operation at the time. Cola
weather had come on and Il freighter wa
moving stock from the plant to the maya
zines, where it could be kept warm. OF
coursc-and this is characteristic of nj
troglycerin eXploSionS-nO one was left to
tell the story of how it happened. \
short time before that the plant ut Bufta-
10 went up and three lives were lost. The
other one was the cooperative plant at
Montpelier. OF course, there have been
other explosions in the history of the In
diana field, but they were several years
ago. and are ancient history. The story
of all is the same-cause unknown; no.
body left to tell the story; shattered seem
cry for q quarter of mile around and
nothing but a hole to indicate where the
factory stood.
The nitroglycerin factory workers and
the freighters do not get big wages
though their calling is regarded as extra
hazardous-so hazardous. in fact, that
they are passed by life insurance COM
panieS, no matter how frenZied may be
the companies method of doing business
The freiShters get $50 4 month and that
might he taken az the standard wage for
all except a few experts around factories.
~ |iio''tSAo, WIZ Liz
in from the magazines. and who shoot the
wells. make about 800 4 month
1t is true that Indiana is at this time
a punk inter state" The passing OF
natural gas and the low price of oil.
which has caused apathy among the In
diana oil operators. has reduced the num-
her of wells being shot to about 200
month. In the old rush days the number
ran from 500 10 500 a month. and a half
dozen or more factories were in opera
ton making the fluid of destruction here
in Indiana 49,
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Those freight wagons ply between tn

Those freight wagons ply between the
factory and the factory magazines, or
local storage houses, which are scattered
all over the gas and oil fields, where drill
ing is going on. Tine magazines are
small houses with double walls. The
walls are heavy, and are about one foot
apart, and between them is packed saw
dust. They are generally hidden back in
signs. They must be at least two miles
from a town and a half mile from the
nearest house. The interior is lined with
shelves. and in the center is an old stove
which is kept burning night and day in
fall and winter to keep the temperature
above freezing point. The freight wagons
are unloaded at these magazines, and the
stock there is turned over to the shoot
err 1t becomes his supply TO draw or in
shooting oil and gas wells.
These freighters' trips across the coun-
try. are lonely drives. Seldom do they
find any one along the road who wishes
going in the right direction. When they
pass through hamletS Il wide berth is
given them. and they drive around cities
and larger towns instead of going through
without great trouble. place to put up
for the night or to get their meals. though
they oIter to put their wagons half 4 mile
from the house they would grace with
their presence. They are outcasts while
on the road. and often their trips are a
week long. The trip from Hartford City
" the knlghtstown fields and return
sahes eight days. and the trip to the
| ttMheaaryvlile field in the northern part of
'iis state requires two weeks
.opr.ng, summer and fall of course, are
u r,u nest months for the ntroglycerin
G Az, hers. rs, AS long as the ntrogIycera
| 49, wei and there are no leaks and the
tpnaus are good there are few mishapS
n III. %hen the winter comes on and the
~ a'ttosycerln begins to -chngeal and then
10 tre si and has to be thawed out there
better do ,[ounie ahead. The thawing is
Ne' aone win warm water and is the
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-12-02

No. > clipped. sshe.; No. 5. Clipped. '' Sc.
| new fancy white. spot, So to So lbs. to ship,
! Sc: 81 TO 10 lbs, 3S1zc. 40 to q lbs, 3sQl
! 2931!c.
| PROvISIONS-Bac per Dbl, $1,000
| 1i.75: short cuts, sl7OGdfL75; long cuts,
sis.25; bean pork. $l35Oa1i.0o: lean ends,
~ .sc DT iS S b pss 1o S$s hams M
shoulders. s3smy1zc.; lard, rendered, pei
H.. 101.c.; in tcs., per lb., SIC.
BEEF-FrCsh beef is quiet and easy.
1oc.; fores. choice, 5@5Rc.: common to
LAMBS AND MuTroN-Lambs are
steady. Lambs, spring, 1012Tl11ac.; winter
s@g;;c.; ysarli9gs. s@sc:; mutton, S@sc.
poULARY-Western turkeys. young. II
/ M19c.; chickens, native. roasters, 1S6p3Oc. !;
,, western chickens. iSd114c.: northern
fowls. l4AetlSc.; western fowls. 12d1ac.
BUTTER-Craamerv. Northern choice
round lots. 24@2HSc.; western, fresh, 23E0
CHEEsE-Cheese is steady. York state.
l39l3izc.: Vermont twins, 12ai13c. -
EGGS-Eggs are firm. choice, nearby,
alfeiSc; eastern, 3e@35c.; western, fresh,
BBANs-Market is steady. Pea. car load
lots. s1.s5@1,s 80: medium N. Y, Vermont,
per bushel. $2.1o@2l5; yellow eyes, $lSsGo
$50; Red J. Kidneys. $3.50; California, small
whites, $3.50
APPLES-New apples, &C., Q$l5o per
bushel and s250G3.00 per Dbl.
HAY AND STRAW-Hay, common
grades. 81. 00a14.00: good, $15.00G1600; best,
ss5 o. Go, cat II straw. sooo0lio0; rye
POTATOES-New per bushel, 6Sai Toe. ::
new sweet potatoes, Va, per bbl, $1,000
175.
sUGAR-Rehned sugar steady. Cut LOAF
and crushed. 5.45c.; powdered $4S0c !:
graduated, 470c. 800 49,
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straight, si.6o@4.75; do. clears. $4.4off4.60
winter wheat patents, N73664.9O; spring
wheat. bakers. s3.sOn440; spring wheat,
patents, S5.55dt5.90.
REEF-Light slOOo@1O.SS3; heavy, $1,000
l1.50: homeless. half bbls.. $65Om615.
Bt!TTER-Creamery,f fancy, per h., 2Gc
Vermont. 20M2gc
EGGSSEastern. fresh, &c: western
fresh. 2!T26c.
CHEESE,-N. Y. and factory, 1iT15c
GRA1N-COrn, car lots. 65dt66c bags, 81
M6Sc.; meal bags. 63ftfic: oats, new car
lots, 3Si4M39c.; bags. SS6p4ec Mimi sacked
bran. bag lots. $500: winter wheat bran,
sle.50; car lots. $lS.5C: bag lots, $500;
brown niddlings, car lots, $3.50; do. bag
lots. $22.00GI23OO
LEMONS-S4. 5OG5.C0.
ORANGES-Jam., $3O0G3.5O.
PRODLtCE-Beans, California, Pea, 81. Ii
M2.S5; yellow eyes, s225: Red Kidneys.
500: fowls. 13Gf15c.: turkeys, Western,
2Ou23c. chickens. 1401ec.
PROV1SIONS-Pork. heavy, $3.50;
medium. S16.C0Ml6.25; light backs, $500;
clears. Si7.50d1SO6
IARD-Pure, tcs., half barrel. SAGSi5c. {:
cases. 9A@97sc.: compound. tcs., half
barrel. 64T9l2c.; cases. 71aT7Hc.
St.GAR-Ex. quality. large bbls, 1885,
small bhls. A.S9; sacks, 4.S9; extra c, 40