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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-18
Had the scnre of His Life.

One day last week Aaron Hoffman
had an experience with rattler which
he will not soon forget While sprout-
ing potatoes in the bin near the house
he was conscious of something rub
hing against his back, and glancing
over his shoulder, found that an inn
mense rattlesnake had raised its head
and was in the act of crawling upon
his back. The sight froze the blood
in his veins and he was too paralyzed
with fear to move, and while he sat
there the snake crawled over his
shoulder and across his knees and into
its hiding place.
When young Hoffman did recover
his powers Of locomotion he ran INTO
the house. but the reaction from the
terrible fright completely prostrated
him and he was unable for some little
time to tell his mother the cause OF
the fright. It is a well known fac'
tbat the rattlesnake unless disturbed
,,,n not strike.-Madras Pioneer.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-18
A Joke on the "Prophet."

Some time In the thirties of the last
century Prophet Joseph Smith, ST., the
Mormon, and party of his followers
were proselyting in Musklngum coun-
ty, o. He appointed certain day
when he would show the people his
wonderful powers and that he was a
second Christ by walking on the wa
tiers of Mud creek. The water was
always muddy. A day or two before
the time set grandmother's brother
Robert and a couple of neighbOr boys
were accidentally attracted to the
Mormons working at the creek and,
concealing themselves, watched the
Mormons put down stakes and put
blanks ON them from bank to bank,
lhe plank resting about six Inches un-
der water. After the Mormons left
the boys went down and took out the
center plank, where the water was
about ten feet deep. The next day
Balaam Smith came down to the creek
and, after a long eXhortation, started
across the creek. He was all right
and on top till he came to the center,
where his powers" seemed to leave
him, and he went to the bottom. This
was the end of Mormonism In that
county.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-18
Heapinr. OF Some oId Wora..

Many words once written with dig.
nified motive now cause US to read
passages of standard literature with a
guffaw. The word imp" was once a
term of high honor, but how now
sounds the line from Spenser, "Ye sa-
cred imps that on Parnasso dwell?'
Over many grave of the old French
mobiles may be read the line, Here lies
that noble imp" \ sacred poem, writ
ten by Gascoigne three centuries ago
begins a stately address to the poster
ity of Abraham with the words, 20
Abraham's brats," brat being then a
word of stately meaning Opening an
old dictionary at random one day, my
eye happened to fall on the word
tragedy" A note explained that it
comes from Greek word which means
"a goat song" because the Oldest trag-
edies were exhibited when goat was
sacrificed or given as a prize to the
best actor. The word "infant" means
literally mot speaking" Have you a
pug dog? Did you ever think his face
looks like that of a monkey? The
monkey he most resembles is the pug
monkey, which gets its name from
Pug or Puck, as Shakespeare writes,
the sprite of mischief.-London Queen.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-18
Whnt Won the Girl.

1t was in Il subway train. On the
lap of a woman, apparently her moth
er, sat a girl of some eighteen months.
Next to them was another mother with
her two-year-old son. Each woman
petted the others child, and the boy
liked the attention and laughed and
pranced. The girl maintained
straight face. She did not fret, nor
apparently did she want to cry, but If
the word can be used In the case OF
one so young she was bored. The
petting of her own mother and Of the
other woman clearly had no effect.
Then the little boy entered the lists.
Edging up to the child, he put his arms
around her neck and said, 81 love 'oo!'
Then it was that there broke over the
babys face the first smile that had ap-
peared since the long subway ride
from Harlem began. And as for the
mothers, the usual and natural com
ments as to prescience followed.-New
York Tribune.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-18
nleEibIe Signatures.

Among a lot of letters l received in
answer to an advertisement" said a
business man, there was one that in
clined me toward its writer, except
that | couldn't read the signature.
Every word in the body of the letter
was clear, but the signature was IL
legible. l don't know how many peo-
pie there are who write plainly enough
until they come to write their own
name and then write that blindly. l
suppose 1t is more from force of habit
than anything else, for they may be
otherwise the most careful people in
the world.
Every man should write his sigma
ture with perfect distinctness, so that
it can be read easily and without mis-
take by those unfamiliar with it, and
also as a mark of his own care and
eXactness.
zone letter that received, its body
written, had its signature put on with
a hand stamp. didn't know just
what to think of this, but it had at
least the merit of perfect plainness."-
Washington Post.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-18
Letters Of Marnue.

Letters of marque and reprisal, as
they were called, were first issued In
the time Of Edward l. to give leave to
retaliate beyond the marches or limits
of country for wrongs suffered at
the hands of a power nominally at
peace. In this first instance they were
aimed at Portugal. About a hundred
years later two Hanse towns In Meek
lenburg. wishing to relieve their
prince. who was beleaguered in Stock
holm, issued letters Of marque-
thieves letters. as the sufferers called
tbem-to all the rascals of the Baltic,
authorizing them to victual the besieG'
ed city. This done. they turned them
selves into confederacy of sea rob
bers known as victualing brothers, ol
St vitalius' brothers. and rendered
the Scandinavian seas unsafe for hall
a century.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-18
WIN Enforce the Law.

Came Warden Harbaugh, yesterday
tn discussing the case in which Joseph
peterson. Nez Perce Indian VINO
was arrested for fishing without IL
cense contends that the state game
law does not apply to Indians and ex-
nresses his purpose Of testing the 49,
sro in the courts. said yesterday:
'T will continue to enforce the Ia"
against the Indians, acting on inc pre-
sumption that the law does apply 10
them and that the treaty does not
exempt them from the state law /
am pleased that the matter is to be
tested in the courts for it will clear up
anv doubt that might exist in the mat
Tribune,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-18

In medieval England fish pies were
4 very favorite dish at Christmas time,
and lamprey pies were regarded as
special luxury. The cost Of such deli
cacies was very great. In 1914 the
sheriff of Gloucester provided forty
four for the royal table at a cost Of
f12 5s. Sd, a sum nearly equivalent TO
f1O0 at the present day. Those taken
from the Severn were especially noted.
and it became an annual custom for
the city of Gloucester to send lam
prey pie to the king. There is a rec
ord Of such complimentary presents
being sent to Cromwell and to Len
thall, the speaker of the long parlia-
ment. Owing to the municipal corpora
ton act Gloucester's annual custom
ceased in 1896, but in 1898 the mayor
revived it and sent pie to Queen Vic
toria at his own expense. His sue
cessors have followed his example,
London Mail.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-18

Noroton, Conn, July 1S.-The ro-
nance of Miss Rose Harriet Pastor,
the Jewish poetess and former cigar
maker, and ]. G. Phelps Stokes, a
member of the multimillionaire Stokes
family of New York, eliminated in
their wedding today at the home of
the, bridesgroom's parents near this
place. The wedding was of the sim
plest character, though attended by
quite large number of guests, includ-
ing relatives of the two families and
mutual friends, among the latter being
nearly all # the prominent social set
tlement workers of New York city.
The ceremony was performed by the
bridesgroom's brother, the Rev. Anson
Phelps Stokes.
II was less than year ago that an
Aouncement of the engagement of Miss
Pastor and Mr.. Stokes created a veri-
table sensation and became a topic of
discussion throughout the country.
Miss Pastor was born of poverty
stricken parentage in Russian Poland,
coming to this country while yet a
child, found it necessary to seek en-
ployment an an early age. She be-
came a cigarmaker working first in
Cleveland and later in New York, and
all the while employed the hours away
from her work bench in serious study.
The sufferings of the poor early i'm
pressed her mind and all of her verses
and other writings have been around
this one subject.
Mr.. Stokes is regarded as a charac-
ter quite as unique and apart from his
fellows as is his bride distinguished
from the most of those born to her
station. Though belonging to a fam
lily distinguished for its high social
standing as well as its wealth, Mr..
Stokes early in life chose to devote
his time to uplifting the submerged
tenth of humanity rather than enjoy
ing the profitless pleasures of society.
When the social settlement was estab-
lished in Rivington street in the
crowded Jewish section of the lower
East Side, Mr.. Stokes was one of its
prime movers He took up his resi-
dence at the settlement and ever since
has continued to devote to it almost
his entire time as well as a large por-
ton of his income.
Giving up her trade for newspaper
NTlunR, MISS HdslOT was sent u III
terview Mr.. Stokes regarding the work
and progress of the social settlement
movement It was a case of love at
first sight All such obstacles as diff
Ierence in station, fortune and relig-
ION we're surmounted by Cupid and in
a short time after their first meeting
the engagement of Miss Pastor and
M. Stokes was announced. The an
Aouncement was received with salts
faction by all of the members of the
stokes family, and the only discordant
HSte in the harmony of all congratu-
Iations was voiced by the orthodox
Jews, who severely censured Miss
Pastor for giving up her own relig-
ION ana embracing that of her future
husband.
Within a few days Mr.. Stokes and
his bride will leave for Europe and
will visit the native town of the bride
in Southern Russia, the scene of some
of her girlhood trials, of which she
has written many interesting stories
On their return to New York they will
resume their charitable and philan-
thropic work in the tenement dis
tricts,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-18
Don't CoddIe Rubber Plants.

OF all the freak remedies that are
sometimes proposed for sick house
plants those which are recommended
for rubber plants are the worst. They
run all the way from applying beef
steak and castor oil to the roots to coat
ing the leaves with milk. Give your
plants a properly prepared soil and
sufficient light and keep the leaves free
from dust and scale, and you will find
no necessity for such nostrums as
these. Make it practice to go over the
plants daily with soft cloth and re-
movO any Indication Of dust, scale or
insects.-Country Life In America.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-18

Sir William Fraser records a clever
retort made by Lord Adolphus Fitz
Clarence when In France In attendance
on the English queen. He met the
Prince de Joinville, who, as French
admiral, professed to be patriotically
bellicose toward England in particular.
He said to Lord Adolphus in friendly
manner: "You, my lord, and are
seamen. l have had but one dream in
lIfe-to command smart French frlg-
ate and to lay my own alongside of an
English ship of the same strength for
twenty minutes" Lord Adolphus re-
piled in perfect spirit Of courtesy.
~ think, sir, that ten would be enough"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-18
The Mystery of Health.

Whenever any one is released from
Jail or penitentiary after long sen
tence we read that while be was In
poor or downright bad health when he
entered he comes out as hearty as a
brick. Yet almost without exception
jails and penitentiaries are lnsanitary,
sunless places, with no facilities for
precautions usually taken by those who
wish to get or keep healthy. The mys-
terry lies in two words-regularity and
diet. The first is perhaps the more
important Clocklike regularity; ev-
erything done on the second and on
the same second every day; a recogni-
ton of the fact that the body is a
machine. Then, as a supplement to
this, a simple diet-plain, not too varied
enough to eat, but not too much
Saturday Evening Post.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-18

Portland, Ore, July 1S.-Prepara-
tions on an extensive scale are being
made for the session of the Trans
Mississippi Commercial congress to be
held in this city one month hence.
During the last few years the congress
has enlarged its scope and member
ship in a wonderful degree and the
Forthcoming meeting is expected to be
the largest and most notable of its
kind ever held. Though the congress
was originally intended to devote its
efforts to the development of the
trans Mississippi region 1t early out
grew this limitation of its scope and
embraced as its object the CONNER
cial advancement of the entire coun-
try. AS has been the case for several
wears past the coming session will be
attended by delegates from almost ev-
cry state and territory
Advices received by Secretary
Francis indicate that the attendance
will reach the 1000 mark. The gov
ernors of Utah, Idaho, Wyoming
California. Colorado, New Mexico
Washington and Oregon are expected
to be present.
Some of the many subjects SLATED
for consideration are as follows: The
union of interests between the Pa
cific coast ports and ports of th'
Gulf Of Mexico; the Improvement o
rivers and harbors and waterways
statehood for the territories; cooper
alton in laws covering waterways ir
rigation and mining among Canada
the United States and Mexico: techni
cal schools and experimental stations
for the West; livestock interests OF tn
trans Mississippi region; the necesslt!
for differentials favoring Pacific coas
ports in the building of naval yes
.sels: expositions and their Influence
upon the development of the country
interstate commerce commission ant
| the betterment of rail and water trans
portation; encouragement of hom
manufacture; the Isthmian canal ant
| its effect upon commerce.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-18
Cnrea Fnr Witcherr.

Rev. Joseph Doderidge in his Notes
Of the Settlement and Indian Wars In
Penusylv ania and Virginia." in that
portion Of the work treating OF witch
craft" says: THE diseases of children
supposed to be inflicted by witchcraft
were those OF dropsy of the brain and
the ricketts,. These were diseases which
could neither be accounted for nor
cured, consequently they were ascribed
to some supernatural agency. For the
cure Of diseases inflicted by witches
the picture of the supposed witch was
drawn on stump or piece Of board
and shot at with a bullet containing
a little bit of silver, This silver bullet
transferred a painful and sometimes
mortal spell on that part of the witch
corresponding with the part of the pic
ture struck by the bullet"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-18

Venus is both a morning and evening
star because she always accompanies
the sun, never rcceding from him be
yond certain limits, while the rest of
the planets. with the exception Of Mcr-
curry, are seen at all possible angular
distances from the sun. When Venus
is to the west Of the sun she rises be
fore him and is a morning star but
when she is to the east of the sun she
Ases after him and is an evening star.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-18
"Indv" and "Womnn."

As 10 the rather subtle question
Of gentleman" lady" man" and
'woman," there is difference (writes
a correspondent between the sexes.
A duke must always be a man, unless
he be, for the purpose of the conversa-
ton, a gentleman" with great en-
phasis of voice. Without emphasis
every man of gentleman's rank is a
''man" always and in every social cir
cumstance But with women it is en-
tirely matter of the adjective. With
out an adjective a woman is lady"
Who ever asked, on hearing that a
friend was to marry, "Who is the
womanr Nor do we say that we met
a woman at dinner who told us So
and-so. But introduce the adjective
and the lady" is at once pretty
woman, a well dressed woman, rather
a dull woman.-London Chronicle.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-18
Saving Brass.

Almost all hack saws or Jig saws
will cut soft brass very well. The
teeth must be very fine and some judg-
ment employed in their use. The jig
saws are extremely light, not larger
than a small wire, and must be used
in a sbring frame that will hold them
tight so that they will not double up.
jewelers. saws will be needed for
spring brass.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-18
MEETS IN AUGUST
THE RANS-MISSISSIPPI
COMMERCIAL CONGRESS-

Believed by Secretary Francis That
the Attendance VIII Reach 5000,
Which Number Will Include Many
Noted Men-A Wide Range of Sub
jects Relating TO All the CONNER
cial Interests of the Country viii
BE Dlscussed-Nearly All States
and Territories VIII BE Represent
ed.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-18

The average humidity in artifcially
heated houses is about 80 degrees; the
average temperature, 70 to IA degrees.
1t has been found by conclusive tests
that a room with a humidity of 60
degrees and a temperature of Go de-
grees seems warmer and more COM
Portable than a room Of 72 degrees OF
heat and humidity of 80 degrees. DR..
Henry NJ. Smith says that if room at
6S degrees is not warm enough for any
healthy person 1t is because the humid
ity is too low, and water should be
evaporated to bring the moisture up to
the right degree In other words, wa
ter instead of coal should be used to
make rooms comfortable when the
temperature has reached 6s degrees
As water Is cheaper than coal. the rule
should become popular one.-Chicago
Tribune.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-18
Forced to Starve.

b. f. LeeK Of Concord, Ky.' says;
For 20 years / suffered agonies, with
a sore on my upper lip. so painful
sometimes, that i could not eat. Az
ter vainly trying everything else /
cured It with Bucklen's Arnica Salve.
It's great for burns, cuts and wounds.
At Tallman & Co.'S drug store. Only
2Fo
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-18
Rnv a Salem Broom.

The Salem broom factory Is doing
an increasing business, and employing
more labor. All Salem dealers should
sell the Salem brooms and all Salem
people should ask for the Salem
brooms. II all Salem people call for
a Salem broom tomorrow there would
have to be 10 extra hands employed
to make them. This is the way to
build up an industry.--Salem Journal.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-18

traced to the kidneys,
but now modern
science proves that
nearly all diseases
have their beginning
in the disorder OF
these most important
organs.
The kidneys filter
and purify the blood
that is their work.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-18

The bill of the mosquito is a COM
plex institution. 1t has a blunt fork
at the head and is apparently grooved.
Working through the groove and pro-
jecting from the angle Of the fork is u
lance of perfect form sharpened with
a fine bevel. Beside it the most per-
feet lance looks like hand saw. On
either side of the lance two saws are
arranged, with the points fine and
sharp and the teeth we'll defined and
keen. The backs of these saws play
against the lance. When the mosquito
alights, with its peculiar hum, it thrusts
its keen lance and then enlarges the
aperture with the two saws, which
play beside the lance until the forked
bill with its capillary arrangement for
pumping the blood can be inserted.
The saving process is what CRATES
upon the nerves of the victim and
causes him to strike wildly at the
sawyer.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-18

Rooms for Pendleton and Umatilla
County People at the Portland
Pair.
Write now to Mrs. William B. Boil
ton, B74h Fifth street. Portland, Ore.
Convenient to the grounds. Rates
400, ,1.26 and $50, including
breakfast.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-18
Teaching Him to Mind.

Mr.. Slack Johnny. don't ever let me
hear you talk that way again! won't
have slang used in this house! Johnny
But, pa, / Mr.. Slack-Cut 1t out
or I'll hand you one! See?-BrowniI g's
Magazine.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-18

"A smaht man." said Uncle Eben.
rs a good deal like razzer. He kin
be mighty useful In de right way. but
he kin kick up a pow'ful 'sturbancc II
II goes wrr,,z"-W Washington Star
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-18
JEW AND GENTLE
PHIIIANTHROPIC WORK
MAKES PECULIAR UNION

The Bride Was the Child OF Poverty
Stricken Russian Jews, the Groom
Is a Mulu-Millionaire-B Are
Among the Most Effective Workers
Among the Very Poor of New York
City, and Became Acquainted While
Engaged in That Work.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-18

The law imposing a tax on bachelors
had gone into effect.
One morning little baldheaded man
appeared before the tax commissioners.
T've just married my fourth wife,"
he said. I'm entitled to a bounty,
amt I?"-Chlcago Tribune.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-18
At the Hub.

A New Yorker was visiting In Bos-
ton. Seeing a parrot In cage. he
asked:
Does Polly want crackerT
II require no sustenGnce from you
whatever" replied the Back Bay bird.
with hauteur.-Yonkers Statesman.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-18

Ma" said Mrs. Malaprop's little
boy, what is 'antimonyT"
"Sh, that's not nice to talk about"
replied Mrs. Malaprop. TITS what a
lady gets when she's divorced from her
husband. d."-Exchange
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-18

But" hlssed the heavy villain, sup
pose our plot should leak out"
ITS so thin It's likely to-" shouted a
man in the audience. but then there's
20 little Of 1t you'd hardly miss it,
Philadelphia Press.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-18
al Lnnr nIntnnce Trnin.

A railroad employee in Dublin was
strutting consequentially before train
that was to run direct to Cork, while
he repeatedly shouted, This train
doesn't stop anywhere"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-18
Often The Kidneys Are
Weakened by Over Work.

Unhealthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood.
1t used to be considered that only
urinary and bladder troubles were to be
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-18

Ask your grocer for Blue Mountain
butter. CSC pound soc roll.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-18
SCHEDULE OF
PEN DLETON-UKIAH
STAGE Line

Daily trips between Pendleton ane
Ukiah. except Sunday. Stage leaves Pc.
dleton at 7 a. m, arrives at Ukiah at
o. m. Return stage leaves Ukish at .
a., arrives at Penadleton .. N.
Pendleton to Ukiah, l3i round trip, y
Pendleton TO Alba, !2.7D; round trip, sc
Pendlton TO Ridge. t2; round trip. see
Pendleton to Pilot Rock, 81; round trip
el.ee.
offies At Brock McComas' Drug storA
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-18

Roosevelt gives 4 per cent rebate on
cash purchases. Boston Store.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-07-18

You will nnd poetry nowhere unleS
700 bring some with you.-Joubert.