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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-08-01
A WONDERFUL MONSTER.
Description of a New BattIeship In
the Seventeenth Century.

Description of s New BattIeship In
the Seventeenth Century.
Is it true that our ram battleships are
but old inventions In new forms? It
looks like it. Some one has unearthed
a curious announcement which ap-
peared in the Mercurius Politicus for
Dec. 6. 1868, to the effect. as stated by
the Dundee Advertiser. that "the IA
nous monster called ship built at
Rotterdam by a French engineer Is
now launched" In description of the
vessel its capabilities are thus detailed {:
"(D To sail by means of certain in
struments and wheels (without masts
and sails) as swift as the moon or at
least thirty miles every hour. C2) Both
ends are made alike, and the ship can
be stopped at pleasure and turned as
easily as bird can turn. 81 In time
Of war 1t can with one bounce make a
hole under water in the greatest man
of-war as big as a table and in an
hours time will be able to sink fifteen
or sixteen ships and in three or four
hours will destroy whole feet. a.
She will be able to go to the East
Indies and back again in eight or nine
weeks. (O She may be used to kill
whales in Greenland, so that hun
1red ships may be laden in fourteen
days. 90 She may be used to break
down any pier or wooden work with
great ease"
A wonderful monster this must
have been. What, one is curious to
know, was her fate?
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-08-01
STATIONARY ENGINEERS.
NIcci at Louisville in 9th Annual
Convention.

Louisville, KY, Aug. NEARLY
1000 members of the National Associ-
alton of Stationary Engineers, includ-
ing the most prominent men of their
profession in this country, are here
for their cath annual convention, 1t
is the first convention of the associa-
tion ever held south of the Ohio river
and also the largest in its history
The sessions will continue four days
and will be devoted to the reading of
papers and discussions of technical
subjects of interest to the profession
At the conclusion of the convention
there will be sightseeing excursions
to the Mammoth Cave and other
points of interest in this section.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-08-01
Fling Out Your Sunshine,

What satisfaction it is to 70
through life TRdiattng sunshine and
hope instead of despair, encourage
ment instead OF Encouragement and
to feel conscious that even the news
boy or the bootblack, the car conduct
or, the Office boy, the elevator boy or
anybody else win whom one comes in
contact gets a little dash of sunshlne!
1t costs nothing when you buy paper
of a boy, or get your shoes shlned, or
pass into an elevator, or give your fare
to a conductor, to give smile with 1t
to make these people feel that you have
a warm heart and good will. Such sal
utatlons will mean more to lis than
many of the so called great things It
10 the small change of life. Give 1t out
freely. The more you give the richer
you will grow.-Orisor SWEET Marden
in Success Magazine.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-08-01
The "King's English"

The following appeared as London
coster tailor's advertisement
"a slap up togs and klcksies builder,
with upper Benjamins shipped on a
downy plan, with moleskins of hanky-
panky design, with a double fakement
down the sides and artful buttons at
bottom, with klcksies cut peg top. half
tight or to drop loose over the trotters,
with fancy vests made to fash the
dickey or to fit tight round the scrag."
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-08-01

The ordinary carp, II not interfered
with, will It is said, live 800 years.
There are now living in the Royal
aquarium in Russia several carp that
are known TO be over GOO years old,
and it has been ascertained in a num-
Der Of cases that whales live to be over
200 years old. A gentleman In London
has had an ordinary goldfish for fifty
three years, and his father informed
him that he had purchased it over forty
years before it came TO the present
owners possession.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-08-01
Ohio Prohjbitionists,

Columbus, o., Aug. delegates
from almost every county are here for
the prohibitionist state convention,
which is to name a state ticket and
arrange plans for the campaign this
fall The convention was formally
opened today but the nominations will
not be made until tomorrow. The
party aims to nominate n strong can
didate for governor and several names
are mentioned In connection with the
honor. Prominent among those mem
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-08-01
British Squadron Coming.

London, Aug. 1.--According to the
announcement Of the admiralty the
squadron commanded by Prince Louis
OF Battenberg sails from Gibraltar to-
day for Canada. the itinerary includ-
ing visits to Quebes. 81. Johns, Hail.
fax, New York and Bermuda. The
squadron consists of six OF the fastest
cruisers of the British navy, with the
battleship Drake as the flagship.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-08-01
Could Not Qualify.

A well known Scotch horse couper,
who was considered a respectable
member of n congregation, was fire.
quently pressed by the minister to al
low himself to be nominated for the
eldershlp. He always put the matter
off with evasive answers, but at length
the minister demanded the reason for
his refusal. Thus driven into corner
the worthy replied: Man, wonder to
hear you, Mr.. McNab! Hoo can man
be an elder and sell horseY'-Scottish
American.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-08-01
EAGLES IN REAL LIFE.
They Do Not Possess the Mad Feroe-
ity One Reads About.

ity One Reads About.
Did the old eagle show fight? is the
first query put by the casual listener
l always see trace of disappoint
ment sweep over his countenance
when he hears the answer. The mo-
ment you speak of climbing to an
eagles aerie the average man gets an
idea Of a narrowing tale of the pho
tographer hanging to the edge Of a
cliff or the top of tree, with the old
eagles clawing out pound chunks at
every swoop. Few eagles possess the
mad feroclty pictured and magnified
by sensational story tellers. When we
first scrambled over powders of the
canyon up toward the nest l saw the
old eagle slip quietly from her eggs
and skim out over the mountain top.
When l strapped on the climbers to
ascend the tree | had one eye opened
for trouble. But each time we visited
the spot the parents silently disap-
peared and stayed away as long as we
cared to hold possession. They kept
watchful eye, however, from the blue
distance overhead. For noble bird
like the eagle this abandoning Of the
nest and young seemed to me cowardly
at first. Perhaps the long years Of per
secution have taught him something
The first rule of self preservation Of
this pair seemed to be to keep half
mile distant from the animal that
lights with neither beak nor claw
Country Calendar.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-08-01
THE EGG IN HISTORY.
IL IL Surrounded by Many AnoIeaa
Legends and Beliefs.


Like many another term in Chris
tian nomenclature, the word Easter
is derived from pagan sources. The
Saxon goddess Of light, Estra, was
honored with an annual festival at the
vernal equinox. The Jewish Passover
was also regulated by the March moon,
and the resurrection of Jesus occurred
at this season. In later centuries the
great Christian festival came to bear
the pagan name Easter and to be cele-
Jewish feast.
Since renlotest times the egg has
symbollzed recreation. Persian tradi-
tion has II that the world was hatched
from an egg ut the season which cor
responds to the vernal equinox, for
which reason eggs are still given for
New Years presents by the Persians
The druids said that the sun, Il great
egg, hatehed from itself the earth and
other planets.
By the Chinese it is believed that the
world was formed Of two parts of
great egg. From the yolk man came
forth. He then waved his hand, and
the upper half Of the shell went up
ward and became the concave heavens;
the lower half reversed, making the
convex earth, and the white albumen
became the seas.
When Christianity took over various
of the Saxon rites the Paschal eggs of
the Jews were vested with new sig
nificance-namely, the resurrection Of
Christ. They were colored red In mem
ory Of the blood shed for mans re-
demption.-Chicago News.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-08-01
The MILKY Way.

A gentleman one day In talking to
several farm laborers on astronomy
thought he could give the farm hands
poser. "Can you," he said, tell me
what made the Milky WayT The
farm hands studied minute, and then
one Of them said: Eyes. think I can.
1t was the COW that jumped over the
moon"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-08-01
MEAT DEALERS TO MERGE.
viii Organize Powerful Association
of Business Men.

of Business Men.
Grand Rapids, Mich, Aug. 1.--Un-
less all signs go astray, the conven-
tion of retail butchers begun here to-
day will result in the amalgamation
of the National Retail Butchers and
Meat Dealers Protective association,
and the Master Retail Butchers of the
West, heretofore separate organiza-
tions, having common aims and pur-
poses.
The two associations when united,
will prove one of the strongest organ
izations of business men in the United
States and It is believed will be In a
position to obtain many concessions
OF public benefit from the railroads
and from the so-called beef trust.
The convention, which has its head
quarters at the Livingston hotel VIII
be in session three or four days.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-08-01
Comforting Him.

"And now" whispered the lover as
be caught her in his arms. what shall
we do about the rope ladderf We
shouldn't leave 1t hanging there"
Don't worry about It," replied the
clipping damsel Papa said he'd pull It
up again so couldn't get back"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-08-01

The past week was dry and warm,
but not so warm as the preceding
week. All late crops would be bene-
fitted by rain but they are doing fair
ly well without it. The fall grain har-
vest is well advanced and the yields
generally are extra good, both as to
quality and quantity. The spring
wheat harvest is now becoming gem
eral, and whereas the yields were
shortened somewhat by the preceding
hot weather, the damage turned out
to be less than expected. Pasturage
is getting dry, but stock as . rule con-
tinues in excellent condition. The sec
ond crop of alfalfa is being harvested,
with satisfactory returns.
Hops are doing well, and the hot
weather, combined with more spray
ing of the vines than usual, has caused
the lice to nearly all disappear, and
the crop now promises to be a better
one than expected a few weeks ago.
Field onions are ripening rapidly
and late potatoes are thrifty and
promising. Some damage is being
done in Washington county TO late po-
:tato tops by army worms Corn is tas-
selling and making good advancement.
Early peaches are in the market APP
Piles are doing well. but Italian prunes
are dropping more than they usually
dc at this season OF the year.
Columbia River Valley.
I. ,iiIl.''SiIo, W NaScp county .; " ASH
tures and ali vegetation suTfering.
hay short; spring grain in places has
little prospect of being fit to harvest.
Moro, sherman county, Fl. w.
Strong--Week dry and moderately
cool; grain ripening fast; harvest will
be general next week; wheat is not
expected TO make more than half the
Usual yield
lone morrow county Edward Riet-
mann-Week cooler, with light west
a,nn,n "uS, a ~, ,,alu "i.ustorn ~ inursuay .I
- IIl,I1 'I Nee ~ plveleSe' thlesn-
~ - ~ 'P0"' =" "eeN Vi
Milton 1rmat,ua county T. cr,os
Weather very warm; wheat harvest
progressing rapidlv. cIub and rcd
Welding above average and bIuestem
about average.
Weston, Umatilla COUNTY Maud NJ.
Baker-Weather very warm. harvest
crews nearly succumbed; wheat WELD
ing above average and of finest nuaI-
ity; blackberries and rasnberries rim
ening slowly. generally small and
rather sour corn never did so we'll
and all vegetables giving good yields.
Plateau Region
Gr"li' baher county John Erwin
~. -" ea'her not ana ury' with north
VS. "lius' water ior irrigation very
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-08-01

Cheerfulness Is one Of the universally
understood attributes. 1t is accepted
at its face value the world over. It
is the gold coin Of disposition. Indeed
II is such large part Of disposition
that II would almost seem to constitute
tho whole Of II.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-08-01

cures made by DR..
Kilmer's Swamp
Root, the great kid
ney, liver and blad-
der remedy.
1t is the great med
ical triumph of the
nineteenth century (;
discovered afteryears
of scientific research
by DIR. Kilmer, the
eminent kidney and
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-08-01

toned to head the ticket are T.
Mclean, of Hiram, President Georg,
Scott of otterbein university, and
l.. Peak, of Sandusky.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-08-01
VERYDRY AND WARM
LARGE YIELD OF GRAIN
OF EXCELLENT QUALITY.

All Late Crops Would BE Benefited
by Rain-Pasturasc Generally Is
Getting nry-Potato Crop Thrifty
and Tromising-Army Worms Have
Appeared in Washington County
Apples Doing Wei, But Italian
PruneS Are Not-Grcat Improve
ment In Hop Crop.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-08-01

We live longer than our forefathers,
but we suffer more from thousand
artificial anXieticS and cares.-Bulwer
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-08-01

Tremendous rainstorwms through
out the grain regions of Chile arr
doing incalculable harm to the crops.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-08-01

bladder specialist, and is wonderfully
successful i'll promptly curing lame back,
uric acid, catarrh of the bladder and
Brights Disease, which is the worst
form of kidney trouble.
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root is not rec
commended for everything but if you have
kidney, liver or bladder trouble it will be
found Just the remedy You need. II has
been tested i'll so many ways, in hospital
work and i'll private practice, and has
proved so successful i'll every case that a
special arrangement has been made by
which all readers of this paper, who have
not already tried it, may have sample
bottle sent free by mail, also book tell
ing more about Swamp Root, and how to
findout if you'll have kidney or bladder trou-
Bile. When writing mention reading this
generous offer III this paper and send your
address to DIR. Kilmer ESf
s, Co., Binghamton, aaiI5i1kJIst 1ss.sss$s=s
N. Y. The regular u
fifty-cent and one a1.sS 1i.:ssfss1S
dollar size bottles are Home Of swamp Root.
sold by all good druggists. Don't make
any mistake, but remember the name,
Swamp-Root, DR.. Kilmer's Swamp. Root,
and the address, Binghamton, N, ", on
every bottle.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-08-01
Not Reliable.

Daughter-Jack promised that II l
accepted him he would mend his ways.
Her Mother -Humph! haven't mucl,
faith in this repairing done while you
wait.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-08-01

Roosevelt gives per cent rebate on
cash purchases. Boston Store.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-08-01

Food made with "Cleveland's Bak-
ing Powder" keeps moist and fresh.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-08-01

The cloudier the day, the snnniss
should be your smile.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-08-01
DO YOU GET UP
WITH A LAME BACK ?
Kidney Trouble Makes You Miserable. |

Almost everybody who reads the news
papers is sure to know of the wonderful |
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-07-19

and the law passed by the last gen.
eral assembly was such a one.
And the questions. There are "a
on the white blank for the man and
% on the pink paper the lady is ex-
pected TO sign.
OF course, the full Christian and
surname of the contracting parties
is asked, their present residence and
occupation. and their nativity. In
addition their color must be given
the full Christian name of the father,
his color. his birthplace, his occupa-
tion, his residence; and the same for
the mother.
The state of 1ndiana's inquisitive-
ness doesn't stop there. 1t asks. has
the contracting party been an inmate
of any county asylum or home for
INDECENT persons within five years
past? 1t asks If this is the partys
first marriage. and if not. how often
he or she has been married?
Having been told, it unwinkingly
fires this query at the applicant,
Has such prior marriage. or mar
| IIdRtS, DttIl uISSplNeu II may ne
| that this is Indignantly answered, but
that is not all of the ordeal IF so,
| how and when?" comes back Indi-
| ana. 1t wants to he shown. 1t is
| just beginning to become interested.
1t inquiries breathlessly, rs the con-
tracing party afflicted with epilepsy,
| tuberculosis, etc, or any other con-
| tagious or transmissible disease %
| once more, is she Cor he) an i'm
| beetle, feeble minded, idiotic or in
| sane, or is she under guardianship as
| a person of unsound mind?"
y few extra questions are thrown
in for the male applicant. If he
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-07-19
LABOR NOTES

Labor unions Of Portland are up
In arms against the action of the
chamber of commerce of that city,
which not only endorsed Secretary
Taft's views regarding the admission
of Chinese merchants and students,
but also tclegraphed President Roose-
welt requesting the revision of the
Chinese exclusion law so as to admit
coolies to labor in this country. w.
H. Fitzgerald, secretary of the Port
land cigarmakers' union, thinks the
action of the chamber of commerce
was unwise and that the resolution
does not in any way voice the senti-
ment of the people of the Pacific
coast. Business Agent Andrew Mad
sen of the longshoremen's union
says on the subject: 1.-THE exclusion
laws are not strong enough and
should be more restrictive. There is
no fear that the chamber of COM
merce will accomplish anything by
it's resolution, for organized labor will
have something to say when the time
comes.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-07-19

pleads to no occupation, he is asked
point blank what means he has to
support family. He must also tell
If he is of nearer blood kin to the
prospective bride than second cousin.
little further on he is again asked
If he is now able to support family
and likely to so continue. This fol-
lows the question if he has been an
inmate of any county asylum. The
applicant is asked to sign the an
swers and swear to them, and then
the license is issued-if they are sat
isfactory.
On the back of the application is
false statement within means a fine
anywhere up to $500.
Miss FOLEY wouldn't listen to all
the questions.
The very idea" she said. Alb
surd. Why should be asked If I've
ever been in a poorhouso, Do I look
like an idiot? l hope not. And In
expected to tell every Tom, Dick and
Harry how old l am? 1 think It's
ridiculous"
But you must answer these ques
tions before ! may give you and Mr.
Shriner a license" said the clerk.
THE state of Indiana may keep 1t:
old license" retorted the fair pro
tester. "rll go to some other state
And she did. She and her fianc'
were welded at Johnstown, Pa.
which was Mr.. Shriner's home. The,
are going to live at Los Angeles
Cal, and will think of Indiana here
after as the state that they snubbe'
because it asked them too man.
gratuitous questions.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-07-19

mittee from that body and from there
given a ride about the city on the
street cars. The party We're allowed
but one hour and half in this city.
One and all were astonished at the
progress of Spokane and loud in their
praises of the country in general. 1T
is b-e-a-u-t-i-f-u-l," they would eX-
claim in chorus as the car conveying
them about the city darted along the
hills, exposing a view of the valley.
From Spokane the party will go to
Portland. Seattle and from there take
a trip to Alaska.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-07-19

suddenly discovered that she could
not be happy with her husband and
left him a few days after their we'd
ding. On account or the social stand
ing of both parties the matter was
kept quiet for some time. 1t was
only when one of the Honolulu
steamers arrived in San Francisco
one day carrying among her passen-
gers Mrs. Dole that the public be-
came aware of the unhappy ending of
what had been thought to be bril-
liant match.
Mrs. Dole absolutely refused tc
give any reason for her conduct and
much mystery has always been at
tached to the affair. She finally al
lowed her husband to get divorce
and is now perfectly content to sing
and dance her way through life.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1905-07-19

amount of it as well as it's source.
The local papers also learned some
thing of his story and of his sur
roundings. 1t was known that he
lived in a shack on the garbage dump
In the river bed below the city and
that his principal occupation and
seemingly his sole source of revenue
was the melting of old tin cans and
the saving of the solder and other
by-products that he might find. He
became a feature but for day only,
and bitterly resented the stories the
papers printed concerning him. he
was at first angry that prying
world shouldinterfere in his affairs,
but finally consented to say some
thing regarding himself and to pose
for pictures, though the last con-
cession he considered as positively
insulting.
He said that he was not baron at
the present time, though of right he
! ought to be. The barony of Latl-
mer some centuries escheated to the
crown. He is the lineal descendant
who, had his rights been preserved,
would To-Day nave It'Il t'iultSS't a.
BARON Latimer The $4,000 is but an
installment of what belongs to him,
but whether the rest will ever be re-
ceived is uncertain, depending to
some extent no doubt, on his own
movements But little more could be
learned of his legacy, though the
letters from his aunt, who addressed
him as Lord Neville, are affectionate-
lv written and entreat him to return
10 his home in Hertfordshire and
claim his own. This, he says, he Will
not do, but will spend the remainder
of his DAYS in the land of his adop-
ton He only says there was fam
ily estraugement and he has cast off
forever certain of his relatives with
whom he presumably would be
brought in contact were he to return.
The aunt alone seems steadfast in
her friendship and is doing all she
can in his behalf. He says it is his
own affair and the curious have al
ready learned more about him than
he desires shall be known.