davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-05-27
Telephone Ear.

1t is discovered that the telephone
is responsible for a peculiar develop
ment of the sense of hearing. Most
users of the instrument place the re-
ceiver to the left ear, and although
the extra receiver for the other ear is
to be found in thousands of offices it
is the left ear which receives the
sound and the receiver at the other
ear serves mainly to keep away ex-
terror sounds. 1t will be found that
an extensive use of the telephone
sharpens the left ear at the expense
of the right, or vice versa If you gem
orally make use of the right ear In
the majority of cases the difference
between the two organs of hearing is
not very great. but in some persons
it is alarmingly so. The sensitive
nerves are so irritated by the sound
coming so directly on them and in a
tone which is strange that it sets up
a reaction which, although unnoticed
at the time in all probability, has Il
cumulative effect and upsets them.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-05-27
SOCIETY EVENTS.


at cards on next Thursday evening
in honor Of the June brides, Miss
Epple, Miss Gulliford, Miss Marsh and
Miss Thompson.
Miss Neva Lane entertained a large
number of friends Friday afternoon
with specially arranged program by
the pupils of her grade
Mr.. and Mrs. William Matlock and
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Laatz and children
will leave next week for Portland,
where they have taken a furnished
house for the summer.
The engagement of Miss Ona Marsh
of this place to Mr.. George Ely of
Athena, is announced. The wedding
will take place on June Z, at the home
of her mother on East Lewis street
Mrs. F. A. Swingle will leave Sun
day night for Corvallis upon visit
to her parents, who reside at that
place. From there she will go to
San Francisco, and after visit there
will make an extended trip through
.-'e 80 !"
"iiu Mls, T. "a ausnan Wili
ieane oii inurSuaS ioi view iorh Guy
lS,'i,e Ds''Nei' Oiilo'so' ""sriiiie' 'o.l
rliu l'",''liio'e ,' ei lOute vi June 10
abroad will include all the places of
""'e' fieS eNPSct W pe dpsellt sew
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-05-27

There's little mental science trick
that will teach imaginative persons to
acquire a perfect, graceful poise, says
the Pittsburg Dispatch. One says
imaginative" with reason, for you
have to imagine that you bear scin-
tillating star on your breast and a
basket of eggs on your head.
The first fancy will unconsciously
influence you to carry your shoulders
like a military man bent on exhibiting
his gold buttons. The second will
teach you to sink into your chair gent
ly and gracefully instead of bouncing
into it. Also 1t will train you to climb
stairs erect. You can't twist or bend
over IL you have a basket of eggs on
your head--even an imaginary one
can you?
So put on the flashing gold star
which is worn to be seen, and set the
basket of eggs on your head and see
what the combined fancy will do for
your carriage.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-05-27
Easily Cured.

DR.. William Osler of Johns Hopkins
and oxford tells this story: An old
darky quack, well known in a certain
section of the South, was passing the
house of a planter whose wife was
reported to be dangerously i'll. Stop
ping at the gate, he called to one of
the hands:
81 say. Rastus, how's the missus 80
well replied Rastus "the doc
tah done say dis mawnin' dat she
convelescent."
"Humph! Dat ain't nothin', chile"
said the old quack with an air of su-
perior wisdom. "Why, I've done cured
convalescence in twenty-foah hours
Cleveland Leader.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-05-27
PERSONAL MENTION

Miss Pearl welch has gone to Day
ton. Wash, to visit friends in that
city.
Mrs. Matt Mosgrove, Of Milton. ia
visiting friends in the city for few
days
Miss Eva Richardson has gone to
Weston to visit relatives and to attend
the pioneers reunion.
A. c.. Hodges will leave in the morn
ing for Starkey Prairie, near the head
of Grand Ronde river.
V. Romagoux. of Nye, is in the city
today on a trading trip. Range and
stock are in excellent condition there.
]. B. Saylor left this morning for
his home on Butter creek after a
brief business visit in the county seat.
B. E. Kennedy, the life insurance
man, visited Athena today but didn't
wish 1t mentioned for fear other
agents would flock into that city,
C. n. Macarthur. of Rickrell, the
well known U. of o. student, came in
this morning on the train from Port
land. and left at o'clock for Walla
Walla.
T. X. Beard, owner of the Hotel
Bickers, left last night for his home
at Modesto. Cal, having completed
the business which brought him to
Pendleton.
Miss Anna MCGEE left this morning
for The Dalles, where she will visit
a short time before going to Portland
and the coast. She will remain in
Portland permanently.
L. T. Sinclair and family, of Hills
boro, arrived this morning from that
place. They will remain here during
the summer and may locate in this
section permanently, Mr.. Sinclair be-
ing a farmer.
John S. Benson, of the Columbia
Commission company. returned this
morning from Baker City and Sump-
ter, where he has been in the interest
of his large and expanding commits
sion business.
Rev. w. S. Holt, synodical mission
airy of the Presbyterian church for
Oregon, passed through this morning
from La Grande and will return on
Monday to attend the commencement
exercises of Pendleton academy
Miss Nettle Cannon, of Athena has
contracted to teach i'm the Walla
Walla schools the coming year, at an
advance over the salary offered her
by the Pendleton board. Miss Cannon
is considered to be one of the best
public school teachers in Umatilla
county, where she has taught for the
past four years.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-05-27
POPLAR FOR PAPER MAKING.
In Italy This Wood is Being Extens.
lively Used

lively Used.
Two kinds of wood pulp are known
to the paper maker. In the manufac-
ture of one chemical treatment is
given to the fibre, and the product is
a strong. fine quality of paper. The
other is ground and is commonly
called mechanical pulp" This is
extensively used for newspapers.
Much the best wood for paper pulp
is spruce, but in this country and in
Europe many experiments have been
made with other varieties, owing to
the scarcity of spruce or the promise
of 1t. A correspondent of 1.-THE Pa
per Mill" says that in Italy the pop
lar, which is abundant, furnishes the
only material found in that country
at all suitable for the manufacture of
paper pulp.
The timber is mostly used as a raw
material in the paper industry, chief
ly in the form of mechanical pulp.
The wood Of the poplar is not. how
ever, very suitable for this purpose.
and is inferior to the wood of the as
pen. The mechanical pulp works
free" but is largely contaminated
with splinters, owing to the softness
of the wood.
Chemical pulp is manufactured
from poplar wood by the sulphite
process both in Italy and America
Boiled under high pressure, it yields
a very soft-fibred and coarse pulp
In some mills a low quality pulp is
produced by boiling at a pressure of
from 80 to 60 pounds to the square
inch.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-05-27
+. NJ. LYONS STOCK.

To BE Sold at the Great Eastern at
80 Cents on the Dollar-Sale Com
mences Monday.
The Great Eastern store has pur-
chased the stock of the late f. NJ.
Lyons, who conducted general store
at Hatton, Wash, of the administra-
tors of the estate, at so cents on the
dollar. and has had the goods shipped
here, and they will be disposed of as
rapidly as possible at one-half the
regular price. The stock is composed
OF very desirable goods and has been
moved here and arranged in the CEN
ter Of the dry goods department OF
the store, where It will be offered at
half its value. The sale will COM
mence Monday morning, May 90.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-05-27

vertiser has eight bedrooms well and
newly furnished in best residence part
of city. On car line, 10 minutes walk
from business center. Two persons
in each room. 81 and $3.50 per day.
Observations can be made now for
any days during fair. Address "a n.
10th street. corner Flanders, Port
land, or.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-05-27
Cost of Discovering America.

According to documents found in
the archives of Genoa. Italy. the dis
covery of America by Columbus, cost
little over $1,000. The fleet of CO.
lumbus was worth about $4,000. His
salary was $500 a year.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-05-27

Fire has destroyed the immense
milling and cyanide plant at Terry,
Mont. Loss, $350,00O.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-05-27
NJ. e. Church. Snnth-

Sunday school at 10 a. m. Child
rens day exercises at II a. M, Ep-
worth League at $3.50 p. m. Preach
ing at 1880 p. m. by the pastor Sub
ject, "The TRANSPORTATION"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-05-27

large electric plant is being built
at Nooksak Falls, near Bellingham,
Wash.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-05-27

The engagement of Miss Ona Marsh
of this place to Mr.. George Ely of
Athena, is announced The wedding
will take place on June Z, at the home
of her mother on East Lewis street.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-05-27

at cards on next Thursday evening
in honor of the June brides, Miss
Epple. Miss Gulliford Miss Marsh and
Miss Thompson.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-05-27

Mr.. and Mrs. William Matlock and
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Laatz and children
will leave next week for Portland,
where they have taken a furnished
house for the summer.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-05-27

Miss Neva Lane entertained a large
number of friends Friday afternoon
with a specially arranged program by
the pupils of her grade.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-05-27

FURNISHED rooms during fair. Ad-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-01
A Friend of Ice Cream.

Every boy and girl is familiar with the
vanilla which comes In bottle and which
mother uses to make the buildings and ice
cream of which they are SO fond. Few of
them would recognize their old favorite if
they met him at home in his own country.
The vanilla plant is a climbing vine, thirty
feet in height, and about the thickness of
ones little finger. The vine is round, knot
ted and covered with dark green, pear
shaped leaves
The vines blossom profusely-in the
spring; the strange. delicate flowers, with
their pale yellow petals springing from the
angles where the leaves branch off. After
a few days existence the flowers wither
and fall, leaving but few of the blossoms
to be followed by fruit. This takes the
form of large pod, and. strange to say
although the pods attain their full growth
within fifty days from the fall of the pet
ais, they take seven months more to ripen.
The pods vary from to II inches in
length and are about one inch across. In
shape they are something like a banana.
They are better described as resembling a
knife-sheath, hence the name vanilla,
which Is corruption of the Spanish word
vainilla-small scabbard. Each pod con-
tains a quantity of small black granuIes,
surrounded by pulp, whose peculiar COM
bination of oil and acid imparts to the pods
that delicious flavor and powerful aroma
which is SO esteemed by both young and
old.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-01
What japanese Fans Mean.

The fans used by the japanese mean
great deal more than is commonly sup
posed Those who have studied the sub
ject say that they represent the history. re-
ligion, etiquette, daily manners and Gus
toms, peace and war, trade, games and HI
erature-in fact. the whole civilization ana
art of Japan. From the sixth century fans
were part of the national costume. Every
fan belonging to every rank had its mean
ing. and was used according to a strict
code of etiquette. The fiat fan, or ''uchiwa,
was introduced into Japan by the Chinese.
and has been made and used In many dill
ferent ways. The cheapest and most usual
forms are familiar to every one. one OF
Its most curious varieties Is the iron war
fan. This was invented in the eleventh
century for the use of military command
ers, either for direction of their soldiers or
as a shield for defense. 1t Is made or
leather or iron. The water fans are made
of bamboo and are thinly lacquered, 50
that they may be dipped in water to secure
extra GOODNESS while tanning. Another
kind Of "uchiwa" Is the revolving white
fan, which rolls around its stick and can
be rolled up. Another strong, fiat paper
fan Is used as bellows to blow the charcoal
fire in the kitchen. The "agi' are folding
fans. They are painted with flowers ana
tied with white silk. These are the court
fans and different flowers are appropriated
by different great families. Thus, the fans
Of the japanese answer the purpose that
armorial bearings do among other nations.
Enormous fans, ''nlita agi." are carried in
professions in honor of the sun goddess.
Children and dolls have fans of their own.
So do dancers and jugglers. The tea fan.
"Rikiu,' Is used at the ceremony Of hand
ing little cakes. Sometimes innocent
looking fan case holds a dagger. while
preachers carry notes on their sermons IN
theirs. All the old legends are told by the
arrangement of houses, flowers, figures and
birds painted on the faces of fans. An end
less etiquette is involved in the use of fans.
With the Japanese, in fact, the fan Is an
emblem Of life. The rivet end is the start
ing point, and as the rays OF the fan ex-
pand so the road of life widens out toward
a prosperous future. The 'agt'' is said TO
have originally taken its shape from the re-
markable mountain FuSiyama, which rep
resents to the japanese all that is beauti-
full high and holy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-01

Our sad tales of suffering thine advice to re-
QUEEN yt''''
Oh. Golden Rod l do not shIrk
For to remedy sorrow is the Flower Queens
coi Ws$S Rom sS43,,,m. .om.. an, -. 70, r..
And the little buds burst and grow fair.
The lue-bird sings and the soft May breeze
SOftens and cOols the air.
IT'S then when flowers first blossom.
When all the worlds at its spring.
IT'S then when the buebrd doth sing.
We searched for by lad and by lassie,
We are pulled by our roots and are cast away
A. many broken toy.
Ny petals are torn from my golden head
BY many a love-lorn lass.
Then I'm scorned as common flower
And trampled upon In the grass.
Speak not so harshly of mortal ways.
But comfort yourselves and arise,
Blossom and bloom for the nightingale sings,
And the moon Is high In the skies. (Exit
GOLDEN Sue ROD:
our Queen hath given poor advice
Which l for disdan,
Follow my course now and all
Cndsturbed Wen live again
fully agree-but what's to be done,
How shall we cure these wrOngsi
How deal with these mortals cruel and so
Who hear not dying songs'
shall cunjure the soft autumnal breeze.
To- carry my pollen and make mortals sneeze.
WILD RoSE.
Shall cover with sharp thorns, my anger 10
COLUMBINE:
No more shall my golden bells be rung
Mutled my yellow clGpper,
shall hang my head aud softly sigh
In the folds " my soft green wrapper
BLACK EYED SUSAN:
1 dsapproye OF these unkind moods
! shall stay in the open fed
shall blossom and bloom and smile in the sun
And sweet fruits my labOrs Will yield
INDIAN PIPE.
shall hide away In the damp. cool wood.
Hidden from youth and maid.
My white stem shall shrink at mortal touch
And blackeu and droop and fade
Pr RPLE ASTER:
shall bid the aStPrs walt
TIL summer days do wane
And summer girls charm may seek
And search for them in vain.
II ought l do to avoid mortal touch
should harm my friends bees,
SO must stiN sweet honey yield
Aud swing and sway In the breeze,
MAlDEN-HAIR FERN:
Like you, dear little Indian Pine
] shall hide away in the wood
snail breathe to the moss, aud cover the ants
And be gentle and kind and good
SUNFLONER:
/ shall turn my back mortals all
And follow the of the sun
My petals OF gold shall reflect It's bright RVS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-01
Spelling in New York.

Catherine was a New York city child
and was looked upon as a superior being
by the children of Little Falls, where she
came to visit her aunt.
All matters of argument were referred 10
Catherine who settled things by saying.
Well 1 know. because 1 live in New York.
where people know everything"
One day she went to the district school.
where an old-fashioned spelling match was
III progress. Catherine was very proud OF
her spelling and was glad that another
chance was given her to show off her SUI
pe;iority. Imagine her disgust when in
spelling liberty" she was trapped and by
a red headed boy. much smaller than her
self. and who had never been further than
tie junction" Catherine refused to be
trapped and raising her hand she said:
Miss Jones, you may spell liberty that
way in Canaan. but 1t is spelled with two
is ic New York"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-01
April Fool.

This day certainly belongs to the chill
dren. No amount of preaching from elders
will keep them from following the customs
that have belonged to this day from time
immemorial.
April fool!' April fooll" calls every boy
and girl as he or she jumps out of bed on
the first day OF April. Only one glance into
the merry eyes is needed TO warn the house
hold that he is prepared for day of fun,
at the expense of every one he meets
What does All FOOLS day mean? Where
and when did the custom of playing pranks
originate? Who can tell? Through many
centuries the observance of All Fools day
has descended to us. In many chimes and
many countries this day is chosen as a time
for playing tricks on the unsuspecting.
The French people call the day Poisson
d Avril,' or April fish" This Is because
the maekerel is so plentiful on the French
OF all fish and the most easily caught.
Hence people caught on April / are
called April fish"
In Scotland any one foolish enough to be
outwitted or duped on this day is called a
gowk. This word Is the name given to
the cuckoo, a bird that does not even know
enough to build his own nest. Hence the
unsuspecting Scotch lad or lassie is not
called an April fool but an April gowk"
In India a festival called The hull festf-
VAL is held the last day of March. AT this
celebration the natives make merry at the
expense of their friends. and play pranks
Just as We do. Their fool IS called Hull
fool"
Perhaps the only reason for this day IS
that "A little nonsense. now and then. is
relshed by the best of men," Much fun
can be gotten out of this day-devoted as
II Is to nonsense-if rude. embarrassing
Jokes are left out and only comical sur
prises and good-natured fooling be en-
ployed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-01
An ELEPHANT Yarn

In the jungles of India there lived an eIe-
plant who showed a wonderful sagacity
and mother love for its offspring. One day
the baby elephant wandered away from its
mother, who showed her uneasiness at its
absence. Reaching the top of HILL she
saw her darling quietly browsing at the
foot, while stealing along at no great dis
lance was an enormous lion. The mother
was at her wits ends. She realized that
the baby would not have a ghost of
chance against the hunger of the lion, who
every moment was drawing nearer to its
desired end. The lion halted a moment di-
rectly beneath the place where the helpless
mother stood More quickly than it can be
told the elephant rolled herself into huge
ball and rolled down the hill. The lion
never knew what struck him. His feelings
were completely crushed, while the baby
elephant was led home, where he no doubt
got severe scolding for going away from
home without his mothers permission.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-01

The old bear came down from the hills
1t was dusk. Now the sun has gone
down." said bruin, II can be kingr'
He walked into the palace, ate the king.
put the crown upon his head and seated
himself upon the throne.
The courtiers came. and when they saw
who sat upon the throne they trembled and
bowed the knee. 1t was not the dignity of
their new king that awed them, but the
fear of hug and jaw, and likewise paw.
1t rained that night ans the next day it
rained, and it continued to rain. At last
it rained no more. In the sunshine that
followed three little pigs played Puss in
the corner" outside the palace door. The
king heard their innocent and amiable
amblings and their swillous squealings. and
1t reminded him of lunch.
They brought him corncob soup and pie
and honey tea and he began to munich.
At this moment in the history of Squig-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-01
Kitty's Lament.
BY MAY SPRAGUE.

1t may be you think 1t Is fun, Mistress Bess
To dress all up like guy,
In your big Paris dolly's old second-best dress,
With sunbonnet over my eye.
You say look cunning and lawfully sweet"
But what do care about that?
I'd rather chase flies my four little feet
And be just plain furd dressed cat.
1t was very kind of you, that viii say,
To give me that saucer of cream,
But these horrfd old bonnet strings got In the wa,
And dragged on the milk In a stream.
I really and truly don't care about gtyle,
II sunbonnets are AL the go;''
I'd rather just chase my tail once in a while
Than to be all dressed up here for show.
II did not love you a lot Mistress Bess,
would scratch. would bite, would tear
Til I'd gss.en quite rid Of this horrible dress
And the bonnet-Pd give big scare.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-04-01

befo' de Iadiz an .bresh 'em ter one side
an say. Nav. ladis. roilin' down hill aim
no t. fer 5ma s sns dat
yalfs families. Ell destrufe wux knowed,
/ spec yo' chillen is all scattered. out inter
de bresh by derse,fs dis'tve'y minnit whar
minis darnsin' at yoe time er life! wimmin-
folks ain got no bizness way rum home,
nohows; sho' ter git Inter mischief an do
sumpn nu'rr dat ain fifteen fer 'em ter do.
folks tend ter de runnin' roun'. Lawdy.
wantin' ter do LAX de men-iolks doesr
vivid dat he founce hissef inter de bag,
de way he lit out FUN dat place inter de
low-groun's wuz a caution ter de beholdens
Ez he go chargin' thu de bresh he yell
back. Good-by. ladiz. saw'y ter run off
fault me fer dat. He would be de fus' in
de bag. Dat wat he git fer not bein' p'lite
nun ter let de ladiz have fus' chanel
Ladiz fus ev'y time. l ses! OATS me.
some urr time wen l git hongry.'
DE tukkies dey fewed up wild greet
cryin' an futteration, an dey want seed
no mo- in dat place. kin tell you. ner
mob y uver bin abba ter 'suade one ter putt
haid in beg sence dat time; dey done
member hit too well. Dey flewed OF COB
bin an gabblin'. an one OF un she say
ter tu'rrs, 'Uh-huh! pears LAX some er de
mems gifts inter tTouDle w ell oey way
FUN home, well ez de wimmins l don see
but wat we got jes ez much sense ez dat oil
Wfyum Wil-tukkey, after all. l reckon
he'd lax ter change places wild US dis vry
minnit.'
MUIR OIL un she say. Vas lawd! dat de
way wild de mems, all time excusin' we-ali
er curiosity wen, eff de trufe wuz knoWeo,
we KANT hor camel to 'em in dat mar
ter. vail done seed dat fer yo'se'fs right
now. But 1 reckon eff he cu'd come back
yer dis vey minnit. witch praise de Lawd
ton in his haid by steppin' up ter de bag
IAN dey all tapped der wings an ses:
yes iawdr sTrufe toor L boun' you! q"