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The Washington times., 1905-07-09
Proved by Scriptures.

AID the Lord said" he read from
Gen.sis, ills. 'it is not good that man
shsild live alone: will make an help
meet for him. The general was alone;
was not good for him. he said The
sjdow pondered: she thought much
about il. He was a deacon in the
church. 1t was his duty to care for the
fatherless and the widow. She was a
widow. She had son.
She was free to marry. The general
told her so. He proved 1t by Romans,
vif:2, For the woman which hath a
husband" he read, is bound by the law
to her husband SO long as he liseth. but
is the husband be dead, she is Ioosed
from, the law of her husband Again,
he read to her from Hebrews: Mar
rage is honorable in all
..Rebuke not an elder. but treat him
as a father, elder women as mothers.
Honor widows that are widows indeed. q"
hese instructions he found in Timothy,
vi.
The Washington times., 1905-07-09
The Old Man Was Hungry.

Another story is that of an old couple
who had spent the day at the same park
in the hot sun. Finally the man express
ed his desire fer some food, saying he
had gone ALI day without anything to
eat Then the woman gave him a look
that had in il more pity than anything
else.
AS if ANYBODY could be hungry to-
day" she said.
OF a shop keeper the following is told
He had opened his shop that famous
Monday morning, intending, he said, to
profit by the throngs of people who
would be on the streets. He argued that
they would buy largely. being il JOY
Gus and careless mood When the first
procession passed his door, however, he
forgot his ideas of wealth.
Shrieking "BanZai,'' at the top of his
voice he leaped over his counter and,
rushing from the shop, he joined the
line of march, leaving the shop door
wide open Nobody was there to watch
it. and the place might have been robbed
Of everything in it,
This did not worry the owner He
stayed away the remainder Of the day
returning about 10 O'Clock in the even
ing The section OF the street where
the shop was, as all the rest of the
streets, was lighted up brightly by the
extra illuminations. He saw that the
door was still open.
Going inside, he struck match and
1ouItd his stock intact His patriotism
mad not injured his wealth. This was
: tribute, says the narrator. not only
to the shop keepers patriotic zeal. but
also to the honesty of the Japanese
citIze&
Such Instances of the absent-minded-
ness of the people are many. On that
day. apparently. everything was forgor-
ten except the fact that great world
victory had been won and that some
body and everybody had to express the
national thanksgiving therefor.
The Washington times., 1905-07-09

T HE wedding of General Cronje
with the Widow StertzeI-she was
the wife of his former comrade
and bosom friend-at the World S
Fair, of which the first anniversary was
celebrated July 5. was the climax of a
romance as unique and charming as
that of Niles Standish.
There, through the Bible he carried
IN many campaigns, Gen. Piet Cronje-
terror of British generals-won the heart
and hand of Mrs. Johanna Stertzel, the
widow of hero as brave as ne
1t was curious cou etship, that of
General Cronje and Mrss StertzeI. Ey-
cry morning when the dawn was gray,
he took his Bible and walked down the
long street toward the tent home of his
sweetheart. She stood at the entrance
ready to greet him. And they sat there
IL, the entrance while the general quoted
the Scriptures to convince her that she
should be his wife.
General Cronje is soldier, and has
a soldiers ways, tempered with the deep
spirit OF true Christian. He made no
attempt at fine declaration of undying
love, however much he felt it. He did
not plead upon bended knee. Instead,
he read to Mrs. Stertzel the truths of
the Holy Book, and, with the eioquence
of one who understands it's teachings.
argued to her through it, iisat she should
marry and that they should marry each
other.
The Washington times., 1905-07-09
no the prosaic, matter-of-fact
dweiler in the United States it is

"O the prosaic, matter-of-fact
dweller in the United States it is
hard to convey an adequate i'm
preston of how the Japanese cell
ebrxted Admiral Togo's victory over Ro-
1es-vensky in the battle of the Sea of
JaGan- May % last
Japan is a nation of warriors who
lock upon the loss of life in the defense
OF country with Indifference. The peo-
pc In Tokyo had been awaiting the news
q the great naval battle for weeks.
They were sure japan would win. The
lews came as a mighty relief from long
oent I'D excitement
Inc result was celebration such as
no otner city ever saw. Japanese en-
thusiasm broke loose and ran beyond all
bounds, short of lawlessness. The great
spirit Of rejoicing swept like an ire
sfsfible impulse over men, women, and
children alike. Not a soul in the whole
city was free from the feeling of the
hour.
Their fleet had stood in jeopardy ev-
cry day for months. Their victory meant
annihilatioE of Russia's power in the
Orient. and inestimable prestige for the
arms of the Mikado.
The Washington times., 1905-07-09

But the celebration was not confined
to Tokyo alone In Yokohama and all
the other cities and towns of the island
empire the scenes of festiVity and re-
joicing were repeated with almost equal
splendor.
The genius of the Japanese as a peo-
PIE lends itself particularly to the pic
turesque and artistic. AS in Tokyo, 80
in the other cities, nothing was omitted
that could make the decorations and the
general appearance of the places tri-
butte in themselves.
In one place an Illustration was: given
of the old Japanese superstition that a
carp which will swim upstream against
a cataract will become a beautiful
dragon when he arrives at the TOP of
the cataract. This legend is an illus.
tration Of how great are the rewards
OF perseverance.
The cataract was formed by long
clouds of thit., snowy cloth laid on the
greensward. And at the top of the cata-
ract was the dragon.
The Washington times., 1905-07-09
Is Very Happy.

Il an very happy. General Cronje is
very happy. He is good man. We
both have suffered great deal. but
that is past she will tell you
II met him In South Africa. Ny hus-
band and I had hotel at Johannes
burg, and when the general. who was
came to johannesburg on business he
stopped at our hotel. I did not know
him very well then, but my husband
did They both were officers In the
Boer army
Then I decided TO come to America
and bring my two youngest sons-John
The Washington times., 1905-07-09
Business Was Suspended.

The day following the victory, all bust
ness was suspended in Tokyo. People
The Washington times., 1905-07-09
Judge-Th he lady?
Tar-No. The ship.

At last we put to sea again
And started for the West,
All spick and span, without n stain,
When al at once I'm blest.
Her blooming timbers got mispiace1
Which quite upset the trip
The water washed around her wrist
Judge-The lady?
Tar (nodding)-And the ship.
That's all, think. your honor; now
I'll state to you my claim
Five hundred dollars, youll allow.
Won't build her up the same
Her rudders gone, her nose is broke
Her flag I've had To dip;
She's lying now upon the mud
Judge---The lady?
Tar-No-o-o-oi The ship.
Tom Watsons S Magazine.
The Washington times., 1905-07-09

Ing. Everywhere there was blindness to
everything except the need for express
ms the national Joy at the national
glory.
The principal celebration was at Hy-
bfa Park, Tokyo, where all the process
sions and pilgrimases converged into
one great seethfng mass OF rejoicing
humanity large platform was erect
ed In the twinkling of an eye. From it
speeches were made, and here dancing.
wrestling and sword exhibitions were
given for the benefit of the crowds
The Washington times., 1905-07-09
Tokyo Outdid Itself.

The performance was the best of its
kind ever seen in Tokyo, and the ap-
plause was the most stormy Speeches
were made by the highest officials OF
the Japanese government. In this park
also were the most beautiful decorations
and the most lavish display of bunting
and flags.
Through the day and through the
night. into the following day, the mer-
rymaking and the celebrat ton lasted.
All along the japanese have taken the
position that they fought for self
preservation against Russia, a country
which was waging war unjustly for con-
quest and ACKNOWLEDGMENT They
rejoiced all the more, therefore, because
they were convinced that they had won
because they had the right side of the
conflict
The Washington times., 1905-07-09
THE TAR AT THE BAR

It's like this here, your honor, see?
As near as | can tell.
A gentleman hired my boat and he
Was quite d proper swell.
He brought lady down with him
To make a longish trip
And so we scrubbed her thoroughly
Judge-The lady?
Tar--No! The ship.
Well-cutting off my story short
To come 10 what befell
We steered out, but put back to port
Which much annoyed the swell
She fell between two water ways.
And got a nasty nip,
So we rigged her out with brand new
stays
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-09-05
The Mother and the Teacher: Their PRIVILEGES.


What privilege it is to teach such boy! He
comes to you with little knowledge of books, but
with much knowledge drawn from nature and life
SO interviewer with his own thoughts, feelings and
longings, as to become incorporated into his very
existence, to be really an essential part of him
self. He comes to you strong in body, clear-head-
ed and receptive self-reliant and independent,
very child of nature, fresh from the bosom of
mother earth The teacher who takes this lad by
the hand and leads him along the paths of man
hood, enjoys a pleasure, a privilege and great
responsibility, second only to hers who reared him
and gave him birth Hers indeed was the greatest
privilege, the noblest work. the exquisite Joy
that Providence has vouchsafed to mortals. The
modest unknown mothers of Shakespeare, of Luth-
er, of Franklin of Webster, of Jackson and of
Lincoln in their humble homes bathing and nurs-
ing, guiding and training little helpless children
to make for the world it's leaders in thought sem
timent and action, contributing more to
civilization and humanity than agitators, reform
ers, feminal noval from the days of Xantippe to
the era of Susan B. Anthony. May the Lord have
mercy them ALL with their nervous, unhappy
souls and restless ves!-President George T.
Winston in address at North Carolina Farmers
Convention, August 81, 1905.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-09-05
DR.. Lyman Hall.

"Hs death was due to nervous prostration
brought by overwork." Thus briefly is chroni-
cled the circumstances of the death in the prime
of life in the forefront of battle of one of the
South's most useful citizens and one of the most
patriotic, DR.. Lyman Hall, president of the
Georgia School of Technology. DR.. Hall was edu-
Gated at West Point, but upon graduation was
permitted to resign from the army, and become
a teacher, which work he devoted the rest of
his life. Such is the whim of fame: had Lyman
Hall remained in the army and gone, say, to the
Philippines and been killed by bullet, or died
of malaria or had he there died of nervous pros
tration brought on by overwork,' the two lines
above quoted would have been stretched to two
columns, the body would have been borne home in
state stories of his heroism would have been
heralded from shore to shore, and his life and
death would have been held up to the youth of
the land for glorifcation and emulation. But no,
he was only a teacher. Yet no man ever died on
any battlefield who is more of a hero or who more
truly gave his life for his country. The Georgia
School of Technology is perhaps the foremost
chronological school in the South certainly it is
the best known in this immediate section It has
sent out lieutenants, captains, generals of indus
try to fight the grandest and most imr ortant bat
tie for industrial independence. which will mean
complete independence. DR.. Hall, to greater
extent than any other, made that institution what
it is. The "overwork" which BROUGHT his
timely death, at the age of forty-fve was not for
himself but for his institution which was for his
State and his country-Charlotte Observer.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-09-05
A THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK.

I always believed in life rather than in books.
suppose every day of earth, with its hundred
thousand deaths and something of brths,-
with its loves and hates its triumphs and defeats
its pangs and blisses, has more of humanity in it
than all the books that were ever written put to-
gether l believe the flowers growing at this mo-
ment send up more fragrance to heaven than was
ever exhaled from all the essences ever Distilled
From "The Autocrat of the Breakfast Table, by
Oliver Wendell Holmes.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-09-05
September.

I have not been among the woods
Nor seen the milk-weeds burst their hoods.
Nor seen the thistle seeds take wing,
Nor the squirrel at his garnering;
And yet [ know that up to God
The mute month holds her goldenrod;
That clump and copse, oer-run with vines.
Twinkle with clustered muscadines;
That in desert churchyard places
Dwarf apples smile with sunburnt faces.
I know how, ere her green is shed,
The qogwood pranks herself with red;
How the pale dawn, chilled through and
through,
Comes drenched and draggled with her dew;
How all day long the sunlight seems
As if it lit world of dreams;
How evening gathers mist and cloud
And weaves Herewith her gorgeous shroud
If vet, as in old Homer's land,
Gods walk with mortals, hand In hand
Somewhere to-day. in this sweet weather.
Thinkest thou not they walk together?
j. @. McNeill.
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-09-05
There Should be More.

Painted houses are becoming little more
mon in the country than they have been. There
are not so many, however, as there ought to be-
Yorkville Enquirer
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-09-05

would be suicidal-what it means in short, that
We are bringing science and skill to our aid in
every task. from the clearing of the land to finding
| a market for the finished product in Persia or
Japan.
The Law of Intelligence and Profits
And all this means that we have come to time
when agriculture is really profitable As an in
dustry requiring only manual labor this could not
be true. For it is fundamental economic prin-
cipal that where skill and intelligence begins there
profit begins. In any phase of industry where
competition with the most ignorant-that is to
say, with mere muscular labor-must be faced
there is no profit. 1t is only as we advance into
the branches where skill and trained intelligence
are required that profit begins. Always the world
pays for muscular labor never more than enough
to supply the physical necessities of life. This is
fixed by the great law of supply and demand
Bring the product of your muscle only, and the
world pays you enough to support that muscle
only-a bare living. Bring the product of your
muscular labor plus skill and intelligence, and
the world pays you not only living but some Of
the comforts and conveniences that intelligence
demands-a profit. In other words, muscular la
Dor means living; muscular labor plus mental
labor means living plus a profit.
The Recovery of Southern Prestige.
1nlS is the meaning OF this ded1cat1On-the
passing of North Carolina farming from an in
dustry requiring only physical streng th to an in
dustry requiring skill and trained intelligence. It
means the passing of Markham's 'rMan With the
Hoe" 1t means the coming of the business farm
er, master of the old mysteries of Nature, finding
in practical education the same philosophers
stone that has revolutionized every other occupa-
tion of man. More than this, it appeals to us be-
cause it looks to the recovery of Southern pres
tige in National affairs-the return of the time
when the rural South, prosperous and educated.
moulded the distinies of the Nation.
In view of these facts, ladies and gentlemen, it
is without fear of contradiction that claim that
this event marks epoch in North Carolinas
industrial history, and the men who have brought
it to pass have builded wiser than they know.
The June and July Bulletins of the North Caro-
lima Department of Agriculture which have
Gently made their appearance, are publications of
unusual value to farmers The first is ':Insect Exc
mics of Corn" by Entomologist Franklin Sher
and Swine Management" by DIR. TAFT Butler
Both exhaustive, attractive in STYLE well illus
trated, and of such permanent value to make it
the duty of every farmer to file them away for
future reference. IF for any reason you are not
getting the Bulletin regularly, apply at for
the regular mailing list-free of charge-for
future issues. Address, The Department of Ag
rculture Raleigh
The progressive farmer and the cotton plant., 1905-09-05

ess of Mr. Clarence HI. Poe, of The Progress
er at Dedication of Agricultural Building, North
'Al0ilna A. d NJ. College, Raleigh, September l, 1905.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-02-22
COULD NOT IDENTIFY REMAINS
Mrs. Ensley, of Cambridge, Idaho,
Makes the Attempt.

Last night G.. w. Farmer, coroner
from Cambridge, Idaho, and Mrs
Ensley, arrived from Umatilla. They
came down from Idaho for the pur-
pose of investigating the unknown
dead man found near Umatilla a
week ago. After first learning the
facts surrounding the finding of the
body from the people at Umatilla, Mr..
Farmer wired Coroner Henderson
that they would arrive in the even
ing to inspect the clothing found
with the dead man.
A man named Ensley, husband of
the woman who was here last night,
disappeared last October while on
the road from The Dalles to Idaho.
From the circumstances surrounding
the case it was thought that the man
found might prove to be the lost
husband. The body was exhumed
last night and the clothing shown
Mrs. Ensley, but 1t is her belief that
the body is not that of her missing
husband.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-02-22
WANTED-A HUSBAND.
New Line of Advertising Appears in
the East Oregonian.

Perhaps the first matrimonial want
advertisement ever carried in Pen
dleton newspaper is now running in
the East Oregonian classified column.
A comely middle-aged woman, who
has led an active business life, now
desires to settle down and live at
home, and having no male compan-
ion, has advertised for one, in these
columns. If she fails to land a good
man, suited to her standards, 1t will
be the first failure reported from the
classified advertisements in this pa
per.
There are dozens of waiting bach
elors and widowers in the vicinity of
Pendleton, who will doubtless answer
this meek appeal and who will come
from their seclusion long enough to
take survey of her at least, if not to
. bask in the sunlight Of her acquaint-
ahce,
The East Oregonian would gladly
publish a list of the names of ellgi-
BILE bachelors and widowers, wlthih
hailing distance, but this would place
them in the lime light, and make
them subject to innumerable annoy
ances and cause them to expose
their bashfulness to the vulgar gaze
of the public, so they will be spared
This woman is not particular
whether she secures sheep ranch
a wheat farm or a stock of merchan'
disc, as an appurtenance to the mar
she chooses She advertises for
"man of means" and makes few
/, other distinctions.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-02-22
Real Estate Transfers.

j. P. McMinn to Mollie NJ. Rugg,
56.S7 acres, $2500.
Manuel L. Miranda to Joseph Cum
ha, E 1-2 of NV IA and the E 1-2
of the SW IA of section in town.
ship /, north of range 2s, E. w. NJ.
Consideration, $500.
I. E. Sailing and Malinda Sailing to
R. Lieuallen, lots 1, 2, and z, in
block of Sailing & Reeves addition
to Weston. Consideration, $500.
Harry C. Rogers and Grace Rogers
to E. p. Marshall, the N 1-2 of the
SW IA and the S 1-2 of the NV Ia
of section 80, township 4, north OF
range 2S, E. w. NJ. Consideration
$500.
Judd S. Rogers and Gertrude w
Rogers to E. P. Marshall, the NV Ia
of section 80, township 4, north o.
range 2S, E. w. NJ. Consideration
$4,000.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-02-22
"a HOUSES ARE GUARANTEED
Little Trouble Is Encountered Enforc-
ing Quarantine,

This morning another case Of scar
let fever was reported, the patient
being Rebecca Carlisle. living at 71s
College street.
According to Special Quarantine
officer G. T. Meeker, there are now
"a houses quarantined for scarlet fe-
yer, but that there are several cases
in some of the houses. The house
in which the little child mentioned
has the diphtheria was already quar-
antined for scarlet fever, and no new
flag has been placed on the house.
Besides the scarlet fever and diph-
iberia cases there are four houses
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-02-22
WHEAT DAMAGE is SLIGHT.
r.. NJ. O'Brien Returns From Tour
of the County and Finds the DAM
age in Small Spots.


Excepting a few high knobs where
the snow had blown away. the wheat
crop of Umatilla county is not seri-
ously damaged" said r. NJ. O'Brien,
the well known farmer to the East
Oregonian today.
Reports of great damage always
gain publicity in matter of this kind.
before the farmers can really ascer-
tain the truth of the matter, and Mr.,
O'Brien says that close inspection
of many wheat fields convinces him
that the damage in the Athena, Ad-
ans, Weston and Fulton districts is
very slight. In the Helix district and
in the light-soil districts northwest
Of this city, where the ground was
bare and the wheat roots exposed
more or less, there will be some loss
but not enough to cause any reseeding
to mention.
He is pleased to note the advanced
condition of many of the crops, and
hopes for another crop equally as
large, If not larger than last year.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-02-22

under quarantine for measles and
mumps.
But little trouble is encountered by
Officer Meeker in enforcing the
quarantine. According to him reports
are often made of the violation of the
rules, but when the cases are inves-
tigated they are found to be untrue.
The quarantine on the residence of
Gus La Fountaine was raised yester-
day, and it is expected that several
more will be released today. Before
the flag is taken down it is necessary
for the house to be fumigated, after
which the attending physician noti-
flies the quarantine officer, who re-
moves the placard.