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quit at one o'clock and at that time Edwards had landed twenty-four nice ones On the way back to the camp he twitted Adams. his companion, on his failure to equal that record Tell you what I'll do,'' Adams finally respOndel. desperately. I'll bet you a bottle of wine that you and the guide together don't catch as many as that by the same hour tomorrow 'Pshaw, that's easy; the bets on, and so it was agreed.
 "The next morning they were out early. Adams taking one boat and Edwards and the guide going in the other. They remained close together, and careful tally was kept on the finny prizes as they were brought to the surface Finally only half an hour re- mained, and Edwards had twenty l three fish-one short of the required l number.
 Guess I'll drink on you, old man. Adams called out tauntingly, when only five minutes of the time was left and Edwards had failed to get even a nibble.
 ! guess NOu NOu |, l FS Eot S@ OiIe now was the excited rejoinder' and Edwards began reeling in his line
 Dunn it; he got away, he ejaculat- l ed a moment later when the line sud- denly slacked.
 " Well, it's me that has the bite,' ex- claimed Adams, and he began pulling on his line. But the fish was off in an 1 instant.
 Hold on; here he is agin!' This time it was Edwards who was doing the talking.
 And so the seesaw continued until only a minute of the time remained when finally they reeled in their line' and found that each had secured the same fish. A bass had swallowed Adams hook, and in trying to ge away had run afoul of Edwards line and was firmly caught in the gills.
 Each claimed the bass, Adams as serting it was his property because il l had swallowed his hook, and Edwards being equally in the belief that his gil hold was the one wich should count It ffnlly becme necessary to leave thu Equestion to arbitration, and the referet ruled that the prize should be divided
 This was how it happened that Ed wards lost the wager by half fish, | Milwaukee Sentinel.
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 the German in the choicest language of the Austrian court. Later, he conducts affairs with the Sultan's representa- tive in Turkish, and may conclude the day by presiding ovxr council Of his ministry, when all sorts of intricate details of policy are arranged in Ara bic, the native tongue of Egypt. and one of the most difficult of languages. But even this does not complete the list. The evening may see his nigh ness at the theatre listening with leasure to and understanding the ope- ra rendered in Italian.
 The Khedive is a strict Mohamme- dan. and as such eschews both wines and spirits. His abstinence goes even further, for in a country where every body, smokes he will have nothing tc do with the fragrant weed. Like his | father. he is a monogamist, although his religion allows him four wives. He is known to be greatly attached to his consort, who was a Circassian lady of thsI Khedivial household before her marriage. In fact, he is essentially z domestic man, and is very fond of hi children.-Westminster Gazette.
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LOST SHOES AND MONEY.

Michael Connors of Canton is a typical Chesapeake bay deckhand- sturdy, quickwitted. light-hearted, and "a first-class story-teller. His best stories, perhaps, are those of the varied experiences of his own career, and the following is a sample:
 Several years ago Mike had a pair of new shoes. Now the possession of a pair of new shoes was not sufficiently infrequent to mark an epoch in his life, but he remembers distinctly the parti- cular pair of shoes referred to, because they never graced his feet but once, and that was when he tried them on in the store. Before Sunday came, and with it the opportunity to besport the shoes, an erstwhile pal" of his took a fancy to them and followed this by taking the shoes.
 Mike" had long since ceased to grieve about the lost shoes wllsn he at- tended "sparring entertainment" at 1 Highland town abpIt six months later. f2emang the preliminary bouts the programme dIuUuf4eaa that 'NTilze's'' l former chum, the borrower of .t!ic shoes, was~.to meet another aspirant for pugilistic honors, but before this flight was called the manager to the ring side and announced with regret" that the second man had failed to materia- lize, and asked for a substitude
 Mikes" hand went up in an instant He did not know much of the fine points of pugilism, 'tis true, but he had often held his own is a street scrim. mage, and, besides, the opportunity oi winning the purse of $5 and incidentally having a bloody revenge for the theft of his shoes was one that presents it, self few times in the course of a mans life.
 Five minutes late Mike was in the ring facing the villain who had elopet with his shoes, and his eye gleameG with vengeance. Then the gong rang for the beginning of the fight. | never rang again. Before the three minutes had passed the seconds were blowing water into Mikes" face ant flaming him with a towel
 Mike says he regained conscious ness just in time to see the manager hand the rascal who stole his shoes { crisp $5 bill.-Baltimore Sun.
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GHosTLY FOOTSTEPS,

An old Washington merchant told the story:
 Il was working in our store down on E-Street that night. used to worl, In those days-all day long and a good deal of the night-as most men have to if they have 9 big business and want it to grow and keep straight.
 Well, was begging away that eve ming until close onto midnight. There wasn't a sound anywhere. I knew there wasn't soul in the building ex- cept myself. Suddenly on this stiffness came a succession of stealthy sounds, like cautions footballs on the stairs.
 T dropped my pen and rushed out into the hall. No sign of anything there. I listened for a few minutes. My heart was beating pretty hard, but that was the only sound could hear.
 q" went back to my writing again, and for ten minutes or so everything was still. Then once more came those mysterious footsteps, By this time I was pretty well unnerved but I went carefully up two flights of stairs and looked, thoroughly through all the rooms on two floors. There was noth- ing out of the common. ..
 Again eat down and went to work
 This time I got in nearly half ar hour of good ciphering before my ghost woke up again, but he did wake up, and this. time with such decided and unmistakable noise that the colo l sweat started all over me.
 My pride came to my aid, and I de, , termined to search the house. My knees shook a good deal, but managed to light q candle that kept on my desk for sealing. Grasping this in one hand and a piece of gas in the other, somehow or other I managed to stumble up the stair. went to the very top of the house. I looked into every smallest nook in every room or every floor, Not thing was doing. was more mystified than ever.
 "As stood at the top of the las flight of stairs and was peering dowr 1t, utterly bewildered, suddenly <. caught sight of my ghost. There, il | plain sight of me, was a great gra! ] rat, going backward down the stairs and dragging in his mouth q bil
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consist mainly of the commissioned ranks. They are amazingly smart and decorative. these officers, in the best German manner; with beautiful blue and gray uniforms. and spurs and swords that gleam lilJs. silver; square shouldered. and we,l set Ur. with pride in their port. defiance in their eye,
 and a naughty consciouness in their bearing Of superiority over the mere civilian. Many bear medals on their breasts; either as memorials of their prowess at Slivnitza. when the SerVian army was so bodily hammered by the sturdy Bulgars, or else to signify that they took part in the revolution which culminated in the midnight assassina- tion of the King and Queen. About two-thirds of the Servian officers in sisted on receiving medals to com memorate this heroic achievement
 When one looks at all these well-tail- ored military gentlemen. and re- members that the population of Servia
 consists of some 100000 families, moSt- ly peasants, one understands why taxes are so heavy, why prices in the
 little, one story rule as high as in Sloane Street, and why common leather goods are at least double as dear as they are in Vienna, the place of their origin. You understand, too, the hints you hear that the country people are not in the least reconciled to the change, and that if it were not for the
 officers, there would be a counter-re-
 volution. Perhaps the real check is the fear of Austria, which would assuredly
 put an army corps across the Save, and set about restoring order" if there were serious internal disturbances in 1 King Peters little realm.
 The fallen family has some who re- | member it with affection, even in Bel grade. itself. My cabman who drives
 me about in fiacre is one of these | When 1 ask him to show m? the sights | of the city, find that "e always takes me to some place associated with the 1 murdered king and queen. He drew
 up one morning opposite the little railed-in garden, under the windows of | the new palace, where a military band | plays of turf upon which the dead-o1
 perhaps still breathing-bodies were thrown. But the old palace, which was
 the scene of the midnight terror, has
 disappeared; every vestiye of it has ] been cleared away. Se"vian ctticialism [ Is not anxious to perpetuate memorials
 of it's late rulers. The caban asked me
 if I would like to see the tombs oi i Alexander and "Draga," as ht | called the. He took me to the little mortuary chapel of the orthodox ceme. | tery, now superseded by the larger
 graveyard outside the town. The
 bodies were quietly buried under the
 floor of the chapel; couple of common
 metal crosses lean against the wal ] the names of "Alander Obenovitch
 and "Draga Obernovitch" cut into
 them. That is all. There is no other 1 inscription, not even a date; no ont
 has cared, or ventured, to set up g
 more permanent record of the life an(
 death of the ill-starred couple. It is
 not deemed polite in Servia to be in,
 terested in 'Draga" and her husband | just just now.-St. James Gazette.
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melting snows of their tributary noun tain streams, you might almost think yourself by the sea; for a waste of waters spreads before you. dotted with islands, about which the water-Owl glide and hover like sea-gulls- Be- yond the rivers and the flooded land the eye travels over mile after mile of the level Hungarian plain. the Euro pcan steppe, across which the Huns and the Avars poured in disOrdeTly hordes upon Belgrade. and into which, from Belgrade itself. the Turk swept down to Budapest. and even to the walls of Vienna. It was only the other day the Ottoman troops were finally cleared out of the White City by the Danube: and up to 1867 the Hungarian sheperds could see the crescent banner luttering above the fortress, and make out sentinels, in fez and turban, upon the walls.
 For a town of it's association. Bel grade at the first aspect is a little dis appointing, not merely to those who are thinking of Prince Eugene and the old Illyrian Empire. but to those who recall the turbulent recent past in the capital where the luckless Alexander and his wife were reigning just two years ago. Belgrade seems Obtrusive- i ly un-Oriental, especially if you come to it either from the real East, which lies .bubbling beyond the southern border of Servia. or from that tanned and deodorized, but curiously pie turesque, fragment of the Eastern world, which Austria keeps in being in Bosnia and the Herzegovina. You miss the m0sqes and minarets, the traders sitting crOss-legged on the ground before their open booths, the Albanians, gorgeous with silver trap- pings, the yelled Turkish women, and the trains of laden donkeys and jack ponies. The shops in Belgrade are poor and common. but not very differ ent from the shops in any third-rate provincial town in France or England full of cheap ready-made clothes, bow ler hats, sham jewelry, and timed pro- visions.
 The town itself is rather pleasant, or the German, or Central European model; town of white. streets, cobbIe- Ipaved, over which the fiacres rattle noisily with shoutings. and along which the all-pervading Belgian com pany runs neat, convenient, little tram. cars such as we have not yet accli. matized in Great Britain. It is towr
 in which rows whltewashed cot tages are broken by many new square buildings, with latticed shutters to the
 windows, and the succeed, much.
 decorated facades, which prevail
 everywhere from Trieste to Copen
 hagen. There are cafes. any number O.
 them, where people sit on chairs by tn
 side of the pavement, and drink beer O
 coffee, and smoke cigarettes all day
 there are shady public garden!
 beautiful just now with the chesnuts il
 blossoms, where 2 band plays in thu
 cool of the evening. You might be il
 the "Anlagen' of any minor German
 capital And the military element il
 more in evidence than even in tn,
 cities of the Fatherland itself Ever.
 fourth man you meet in Belgrade is al
 officer. You see soldiers occasionally
 on guard at the ministries and tn,
 palace. or slouching along the street in the leisurely Selvian fashion; bu officers everywhere.
 , King Peters army would seem t
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A BELGRADE IMPREssrON

Nobly she stands upon her lofty pedestal, whose base is washed by the meeting waters of two great rivers. From Slavonia and Croatia the Save creeps to the feet of Belgrade, there to be gathered into the broad bosom of the Danube, which sweeps, in a splendid curve, round the high banks on which the city is builded. As you look out from the Kalemegdan, the shaded gardens of the old Turkish for tress, in the spring or early summer, when the rivers are in flood from the
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tion. We ought not to go to the ex- treme in manifestations of spiritual eX- hilaration. But there is a dignified me dium ground that incorporates pro- found respect for the dead with exalted .s0lemnity of perfect simplicity.
 The wearing of crepe mourning garb is a survival of the ancient forms of debasement when he female members of the family were outlawed upon the death of the lord of the household.-- Kansas City Journal
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A PARADOX,

One of the strange paradoxies of our Christian civilization Is that we preach the doctrine of immortality and at the hane time gainsay this doctrine by karbing ourselves in the emblem of Raight and amid the lugubrious waving 85f black plumes vail over our dead as lost to us forever. We preach the res- sdrrection and the life everlasting in the kublirne radiance of Heaven, yet we go Down to the gloom of the tomb affected by uncertainty and faltering hopes. We lay our dead loved ones into the
 harth from whence they came, and in- #tead of exemplifying our confidence in the promise of immortality by wearing SFhite and placing the brightest blos- ssonls upon the stilled breast, we mourn gas though death were the finality and &he grave the end.
 Among many savage peoples, belief Nh the Immortality of the soul is a part Ssf religious systems more or less theo- logic. Devotees of these systems have Han unfaitering trust in their dogmas. Death to them is a transformation; a Freeing of the spirit from mundane 4ubjugation to a higher sphere. Thus
 I've see in their death rites the sem- |plance of joy, thanksgiving and tri- &h. Feasts and dancing mark their Funeral ceremonies and no element of #loubt exists that the spirit of the dead #hall rise to glorious immortality Christianity might learn something From our savage brothers. It might #earn to exemplify faith to the end. Those who live their lives in godliness End religious oobservance should not
 weaken at the door of the tomb and &how by their customs of mourning That their faith is shaken at that last snd severest test of religious consola-
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RoARn OF Af,prI,nrEN.

The Board of Aldermen will hold Q special meeting on Friday evening, July 7th, 1905, in the aldermarie chamber in City hall when | public hearing will be held on the proposed improvements to be made by the New York, New Haven and Hartford RaiI- matter.
 All persons interested are hereby no- tified to, be present and be heard thereon without further notice.
 AMBROSE V. BEECHER,
 j4 St Assistant City Clerk.
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LOST A BET BY HALF A FISH. ,
 Two friends of mine had gone to a small Wisconsin lake for few days outing, and the first day out they made an unusually successful catch. They
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bone. This. of course, dropped from stair to stair with a dull thud' that we hear so much about, and gave exactly the effect of a person going stealthils down the stair.
 <. k T have run down two or three ghosts in my time, and every one of them wal a raj. ."--W ashington Post.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-09-30
WEST END ITEMS.
New Residences Being Bullt-Pcople
Coming In for School.

West End. Pendleton. Sept. 3O.-|
Mrs. Addie Pierce and sons, Clarence
and George. returned home Wednes-
day from visit to the Portland fair
They report having had s. very enjoy
able time and only regret that their
time was limited. Besides taking in
the fair. they took a trip to Oregon
City.
Antoine Vey and wife returned Wed
nesday evening from a few days visit
at the Lewis and Clark fair.
c. S. Howard and family. who have
spent the greater part of the summer
on the John Day looking after their
stock, returned Sunday. Mr.. Howard
disposed of his cattle to local buyers,
and expects to engage in some other
business In the future, possibly farm
ing.
Mrs. Slower went to Alba Thursday
on business. having received word that
she was loser in a fire at that place.
Seth Richardson returned Friday
from two days sojourn at Portland.
Mrs Bert Wisdom who has been
suffering from a very painful affec-
ton of the eye for some time, is i'm
proving.
Mrs. Beard Is quite i'll at her home
on West Alta street.
Mrs. NJ. Baker and her brother have
gone to Portland to visit relatives and
take in the fair.
Tom Hopper and wife were in town
Wednesday on a trading expedition.
Mr.. Hopper resides on Mckay creek
now. having bought the Raley place
some time ago.
Mr.. and Mrs Pat Kline are no longer
"hay seeds" having moved to the
Cunningham residence on West Alta
street.
L. Dunlap Is building two modern
up-to-date cottages on Pine street for
rent. There Is growing demand for
such buildings In this locality, Mr..
Dunlap having applicants for his
houses as soon as completed. Other
property owners would do well to fol-
low Mr.. Dunlap's example. when
building. and thereby attract the best
class of renters.
Miss Mary Rothrock left for Eu-
gene Friday evening to resume her
studies in the university at that place.
T. L. James is reported as being
seriously i'll at his home on Cedar
street.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-09-30

Monday will be October 2, and the
last day on which those who have
already paid onc-holf their taxes can
make the second payment. Those
who do not make the second payment
by the evening of that day will there
by become delinquent and subject to
the penalty imposed in such case.
Under the present law there Is n 10
per cent penalty imposed as soon as
taxes become delinquent, and also in
terest is charged at the rate of per
cent a month.
Inquiry at the sheriffs office shows
that while there are quite a number
who have not yet made the second
payment, the bulk of the unpaid tax
Is owed by people who have pa L no
part of their taxes at all. However,
there is very little even of this. for
the taxes have been remarkably well
@aii ~. and were Il not for the rail
road tax there would be but about
100000 unpaid on this years roll.
The total amount of taxes for this
year as shown by the tax roll is $222,-
lIl.76. OF this amount $15S,9S7 has
already been paid, and of that which
Is unpaid the sum of $42,534S2 is
owed by the o. r. & n. company for
this years tax. Consequently, there
would be but delinquency of $22,-
600. were it not for the railroad taxes.
However, according to Deputy
Funk, all of the tax that is now un-
paid will not become delinquent, for
much of 1t will be paid before the
time is up. and many will pay with
the penalty added after the time is
up.
In the payments that have been
made so far this year there has been
$1,000 paid as penalties for delin-
quency while rebates to the amount
Of $4,000 have been given.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-09-30
NORTHWEST NEWS.

st. Luke's (EpiscopaD hospital at
Spokane. is having an addition built
costing $4,000.
The 22d annual convention of the
Montana w. c. T. u. has Just con-
cluded the most successful convention
In its history. 1t was held at Mis-
soula.
Fire destroyed the sorting houses
and terminals of the Hewitt mine at
Silverton. b. c. Loss $4,000, includ-
ing ore, and no insurance on any
thing.
The Jewish New Year Is being cell
ebrated at Portland. Seattle and Spo-
kane, in all of which places the Jews
are strong numerically, besides rep
resenting great wealth.
The present enrolment at whitman
college is few over 300-the largest
in the history of the institution. The
faculty is two larger this year than
last, the additions being ladies.
The Washington State Medical as
ISOLATION is in session at Tacoma with
very large attendance. Several
members of the national association
are present from eastern states
Up to this writing absolutely moth
ing is known as to the intentions OF
Governor Mead toward Warden KEGS,
of the Walla Walla penitentiary, and
the general belief is that he will not
be removed.
r. W. Rodda, of Seattle, has secur-
ed control of the Lotta group of mines
in the Phoenix, b. c., district. and
will Immediately put $4,000 cash in
to their development, inspired by the
genuine pixies Peak or bust" spirit
At Pupallup, Wash, Peter Philben
has picked from one acre of canes
1000 crates of blackberries. and 1t is
believed there are 200 crates in the
patch yet unpicked. The 1000 crates
netted Philben $500. II is believed
this one acre is the worlds blackberry
record
Near Harrington, Wash. James Nc
Carty, a threshing crew cook, with a
butcher knife. inflicted several severe
wounds upon William Granfield, the
machine tender. The assault had
very little or no provocation. Nc
Carly escaped and is being pursued.
Granfield will recover.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-09-30
CLASH OVER WATER RIGHTS.
Colorado and California Dispute Over
Reservoir Site.


special to the Oregon Daily Jour-
nal from Los Angeles, says:
Interstate difficulties, growing out
of the divergent interests. may result
between Colorado and California over
the question of erecting dams across
the Colorado river in Colorado for the
purpose of furnishing irrigation for
arid lands in Colorado, Arizona and
parts Of California.
The Los Angeles realty board and
the chamber of commerce at their
regular meeting authorized the ap-
pointment of committees to wait upon
United States Senator Flint and Con-
gressman McLachlan for the purpose
of enlisting their support in the mat
ter.
1t is charged that the Denver,
Northwestern and Pacific railroad.
better known as the Moffatt road.
which is now building from Denver to
salt Lake. is endeavoring through the
courts of the state of Colorado, to pre-
vent the construction of proposed res
ervoirs along the Colorado river in
Grand Canyon, Browns Park and
northwestern Colorado, urging as its
reason for so doing the railroads re-
quirements for rights of way.
1t is the contention of the local com
mercial bodies that the prevention of
the building of the dams would de-
stroy the irrigation plans of the gov
ernment looking to the reclamation of
about 100000 acres Of arid lands in
the southwest, a large portion Of which
is directly tributary to Los Angeles.