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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-12-27
NORTHWEST NEWS.

The democrats of Portland will
celebrate Jackson day (January 81
with a banquet and speeches. Repre-
state will be invited.
Telegraph and telephone wires are
down at all coast towns in Oregon.
and shipping along the coast is at a
standstill because of violent winds
that have ragged for several days.
Someone who knew the combina-
ton. opened the safe OF the Seattle
Times and took from 1t $3.50. Will
liam Lackey. a discharged employe
who knew the combination has been
arrested.
The city OF wenstchee. Wash. lost
its suit to control A. s. Holt to close
his saloon on Sundays, through
technlcality. The city attorney IS
militant and has taken the case to the
superior court.
Nellie Grant was found dead I'm an
alleged Chinese opium den in Port
land The coroner said death was
due to too much Chinese gin. She
was white woman, and years ago
had high social standing in Portland
and has prominent connections in
that city.
Bishop r. Wistar Morris, Episco-
pal, of Portland, declaims against the
distortion of the legitimate lessons OF
Christmas by filling children's
minds with thoughts of a burly, jovial
pretended demigod (Santa' Claus), in
stead Of the figure Of our Lord, COM
ing In great humility to save us from
our sins
Mike Murphy, a Seattle laborer,
went on a protracted spree, during
which the shack where he lived was
robbed OF a chest supposed to con-
| tain wealth. It contained only $12
! in cash but with the cash went GER
| tificates of deposit for $4,000. Muir
( ply Is a bachelor and miser and
extremely niggardly.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-12-27
Linemnn Krcns Injured.

o. r. &c n. Lineman Kreps, of the
Washington division, who is well
known in Pendleton, was seriously In
jured Yesterday while unloading tele-
graph poles from a car at Starbuck
a large pole rolled over both legs, Sc
riously bru sing them. No bones were
broken, however, He is now in Walla
Walla hospital. '.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-12-27

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-12-27

Frank G.. B,geiuW, the defaulting
and bankrupt bank president OF MIL
waukee, Wis. has settled his personal
Indebtedness at 5 cents on the. dollar.
The amount (5 per cent? equals $i07,-
26S.45. Big-low is IN tho federal PEN
itentiary at Leavenworth.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-12-27

Attorney j. A. Gala an. formerly
of this city, has formed n partnership
with District Attorney McCulloch, of
Malheur county, with offices in Vale.
Mrs. Callahan has Joined him and
they are now permanently located
there
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-12-27

Sufferers who say they have tried
everything without benefit are the
people we are looking for We want
them to. know from glad experience
that Ely's Cream Balm will cure Cold
in the Head. Hay Fever and the most
advanced and obstinate forms OF Ma
sal Cltarrr. This remedy acts direct
Iy on the inflamed sensitive men,
branes Cleansing soothing and heal
ing. One trial will convince you OF
its healing power. Price SOC. All
druggists. or mailed hy Ely Bros. 56
Warren street, New York.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-12-27
Amateurs Wanted.

Wanted-Amateurs, lady and gem
tlemen, experience unnecessary; also
piano player, for travelling theatrical
company. Call 3Oi Aura street.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-12-27
Gross The ANDES
wnAD WILL ATTAIN A
aEIGHT or IO.sOs tIneT

Erw York Capitalists VIII Finance a
Rrneme TO Build SOO-SIiIe Road
rrom Gnayaqutl to Quito-Win Cost
$4,000, 600 and 100 Miles II Now
IN OperatioR-From Tropics To Per-
grtual Snow.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-04-26
BIG sIMpLON TUNNEL.
BORE THROUGH ROCK, MUD
AND HOT WATER.
The Building of the Great simplon
Tunnel Through the Alps Is of Much
Importance Some Discoveries Made
that Aid Science.

The world never witnessed greater
triumph of mind over matter than
was signalizad by the successful meet
ing of the galleries which now pierce
the Simplon mountain for a distance
OF 1926 miles and shorten the journey
from Calais to Milan to 5S5 miles,
compared with the $50 miles by the
Mont Gents tunnel and 665 miles by
the st. Gothard. 1t means the res
ltoration of Genoa as an important
port and is OF great consequence to
the Mediterranean. Extraordinary
talent, unquenchable perseverance and
superb courage have contributed to
overcome obstacles which it is admit
ted We're unprecedented in any pre-
Nious engineering work. 1t was not
the extreme length of the tunnel
which constituted the difficulty of the
enterprise, but the soft, treacherous
rock, combined with hot and cold
springs of great volume.
The inception Of the scheme and
the initiation Of the work are matters
of history, as also are the repeated
subsequent predictions that the end
could not be achieved. The tunnel,
which is really two parallel tunnels,
each with single track, was begun
in the autumn of 1893 at Brlgue,
Switzerland, and month or two later
at Iselle, Italy. All the machinery in
stallations had to be specially pre-
l A..
set was slow, but from January, 1899,
until December, 1908, it progressed at
an average of 3.497 metres a year.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-04-26
OUR AMERICAN DEAD SEA.
Great Salt Lake to Meet Same Fate a
Great Desert IN wa.t ofT&

Great Salt Lake to Meet Same Fate an
Great Desert to West of 1t.
Great Salt Lake, that lifeless body
of brine known as the American dead
sea, is doomed. 1.-THE lake is going to
meet the same fate as the great desert
to the west of 1t and which not SO very
far in the past was part of the lake."
said Horace G. Lester, of Utah. Part
ly as the result of natural causes and
partly through shortage of the water
supply which feeds 1t this remarkable
body of water is drying up. When 1t
first became apparent that the waters
We're receding we thought that the
trouble was only temporary.
where has been scarcity of snow
in the mountains for several years and
then, too, the waters of the Jordan and
the other streams which feed 1t are d.
verted for irrigation. If the lake could
get its usual supply Of moisture its
life would be prolonged but not indefl-
nitely. 1t is remarkable sheet Of
water. A crowbar will hardly sink in
it. People who drown in the lake new.
er sink. The body will float to the
obscure shore of some island, where 1t
often Is not found until years after,
picked by the brine.
lowing to the density Of the water
you can make no Roadway in 1t by
swimming. People wade out to any
depth they like above the ankles and
lay on their backs where they float.
There is an irresistible desire to turn
over on the face that has to be over
come. To turn over may mean as.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-04-26
He Revised His I.is.

There is little Irish tailor in Har-
lem who prides himself on reputa-
ton for courage. The reputation, how
ever, says the New York Times was
won and Is maintained much like that
Of the tailor In the old story who
KILLED nine at one blow" Fortunate
ly, this knight Of the scissors has dis
erection.
One morning Mrs. Murphy, GUS
toner, entered the shc-, and finding
the tailor busy with pencil and paper,
asked him what he was doing.
I'm making a list av the min on
this block who can lick" said he,
pompously.
"Have We Murphy's name DOWN."
asked she.
murphy heads the list" was his re-
ply.
Mrs. Murphy hurried home with the
news, and Mr.. Murphy came down to
the shop with fire In his eye.
"Me woman tells me-" he roared,
"thot you're after making list of the
men you can lick, and thot you've got
me down ut the head Of 1t. Is it true?'
"Sure, and it's true. What of 1t?"
"Why, you od-for-nothing little
grasshopper. l could wipe you out with
my little finger. could wipe the floor
with you with both me hands tied"
Are you sure about thatY asked the
tailor, anxiously.
"Surep Sure Pm SIRE about r.,
"Well," sighed the tailor, regretful-
ly, then I'll have to scratch you of
the listn
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-04-26

Almost every woman In France does
her own marketing, and ladies' take
their maid or cook along to carry home
their purchases.
lam speaking of the average house
hold. Rich or very chic people leave
the marketing to the cook, who deals
in stores which have regular deliveries,
while in very wealthy households that
all important parsonage, the chef,
would not hear of any one interfering
with his prerogative of selecting and
ordering everything, and this able Gre
ator of sauces, of things savory, steam
ing or jellied, may even have his own
coupe to take him to the Halles, the
huge market that each day provides
the provisions for all Of Paris and its
suburbs.
Servants love to go to market, for 1t
is custom with almost every store
keeper to give them cent on every
franc spent, SO you will find 1t next to
an impossibility to make your cook
deal where she does not receive her
SOU du franc, and in engaging SER
want many will ask, Does madame do
her own marketing"-Good Housekeep.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-04-26
Sheep In Alaska,

Professor Georgson, of the sitka sta
ton, thinks the time is coming when
Alaska will have large flocks Of sheep
of her own. The Alaska Commercial
Company, he says, has for years raised
sheep and cattle near Kadiak and Una
laska without feeding them particle
In the winter. The sheep have in
creased at the rate of about 60 per
cent annually, and the flock shears
about five pounds of wool per head
This has been done for the past six
teen years. There can be no question
but 1t can be repeated on scores of the
islands in that region, where there is
but little timber or underground, and
practically the whole country is cover
ed with dense growth of nutritious
grasses.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-04-26
Remedy Against old Age.

Curdled milk Of special kind, pre-
pared only on Bulgarian recipe, is
now supposed to be remedy against
growing old. NJ. Xavier Dybovski has
made q communication on the subject
to the Academy Of Medicine. The
substance is called yaghurt, and can
now be obtained in tins in Paris. 1t is
supposed to be death to all the inimical
bacteria in the intestines, while those
friendly microbes to which Prof.
Metchnikoff pins his faith positively
adore 1t. Hence the property of yag-
hurt, to prolong human life to what is
its normal span-a century or 80. The
substance looks very like ordinary
cream cheese gone bad, and tastes sim
ilarly. The solid portion is mixed with
a white, thin liquid, which is exceed
ingly sour. People who wish to live
to hundred breakfast off yaghurt
exclusively.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-04-26
THE LAND OF THE STORY

THE LAND OF THE STORY
BOOKS.
At evening, when the lamp is lit,
Around the fire my parents sit,
They sit at home, and talk and sing,
And do not play at anything.
Now, with my little gun, crawl
All in the dark along the wall,
And follow round the forest track
Away behind the sofa back.
There, in the night, where none can
spy,
All in my hunters camp lie,
And play at books that have read
Till it is time to go to bed.
These are the hills, these are the
woods,
These are my starry solitudes,
And there the river, by whose brink
The roaring lions come to drink.
l see the others far away,
As if in firelit camp they lay,
And I, like to an Indian scout,
Around their party prowled about.
So when my nurse comes in for me,
Home return across the sea,
And go to bed with backward looks
At my dear Land of Story Books.
Robert Louis Stevenson.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-04-26
'.ldadden,ne Potted Phrases. !"

Il
We have protested against the
"faultless evening dress" Of the hurried
descriptive writer, since evening dress
is the only male attire that excludes
the possibility of error. But long
list could be made of the phrases
timed and stale-which all writer's use
who write like enterprising and hur-
ried builders, building with ready made
doors and window panes. For exam
pie. one never reads an account Of a
railway accident from the lips Of the
BADLY shaken" passenger without And
ing that "all went well untiT-the
thing happened. But perhaps the most
maddening of these potted phrases is
''the rash act" You will read how Mr..
Smith or Mr.. Brown sat down and
wrote several long letters to his rela-
tives, how he had with great care ar
ranged his affairs, how with the ut
most deliberation he purchased poison,
revolver new razor and ball Of
Irvine; how he sent his family away for
a holiday, went to his room and con-
scientiously poisoned, strangled. sliced
and shot himself. mo reason" runs
the inevitable comment, sis assigned
for the rash act" which was as DELHI
crate as the movement of the Rhone
glacier-London Chronicle.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-04-26
The Cars MESSENGER
o-~

otes strolling about with guns on their
shoulders, and soon saw that there
was nothing for it but to go right
through with it to the end.
I'VE started again II little before
sunrise, and got to Samarcand about
noon. The view Of the Tchepan-Ata
Hills, standing out over the rush and
foaming of the river, was very fine;
but to my great disgust, as soon rs we
got to the outskirts of the town, they
blindfolded me with silken scarf. 80
l missed seeing the very thing that
especially wanted to see.
I'VE passed through several streets.
seemingly crowded, to Judge by their
noise. Then felt myself led up n
winding path and through a gate; and
then, NIL ut once, the bandage was
taken away from my eyes, and l found
myself in n large paved court, in the
midst of which, on pile of cushions.
sat short fat, heavy-looking old man,
with small, narrow black eyes.
1.-THE moment the Bokharlotes who
were with me came near him, they all
fell upon their faces; and then l guess
ed that this old rogue must be the
Ameer himself.
What seek you here, Oorooss ?"
asked the Ameer, looking keenly at
me.
$50 then l plucked up courage and
told him as steadily as could (for
the unsheathed swords all around
were rather unpleasantly suggesdve)
that had brought him gifts from the
Car, giving him at the same time my
gold watch and my revolver.
"Hewas delighted with the revolver
and must needs fire it off at once
nearly shooting some of his own at.
tendants. But just as all seemed to
be going we'll he piercingly glanced
ut me and said:
Surely, my brother, the Car
would not send such gifts without
sending letter with thelni'
For moment 1 felt cold all over
for then 1t seemed as If we were fairly
caught at last, and knew what
mercy we might expect from these
ruffians If once the trick were found
out.
II could see my Cossacks looking as
blank as did, but just then bright
thought struck me.
about n week before, my brother
in St Petersburg had sent me a play
bill Of the Alexander Theater, with the
program Of my favorite play of Shak-
speare.
~ drew 1t out of my pocketbook
with a flourish. and said:
1.-The king hath spoken wisdom,
and, 10! the letter Of the Car of
Ooroosistan Russia) is before his sub.
lime eyes,
1.-The Amer looked Mt 1t, like mon
key at Greek inscription; but the
huge double eagle and the big Alex
ander' (the only word he could read,
quite satisfied him.
HE dismissed me with rich pres
ents, and gave me an escort from lii.
own guard as far Us the frontier
where l was mighty glad to find my
self again.
"As for the precious playful, 1t wa
laid up with all honor in the archive
of Bokhara, and when our fellows tool
Samarcand, seven years later, the,
must have been rather astomished t
find it here."-Golden Days.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-04-26
beating of Dead Hcnrts.

Hearts of cold-blooded animals will
beat for comparatively long time at
ter death or removal from the body df
kept cool and moist. because Of power
fulinternal collections of nerves, known
as ganglia, whose automatic impulses
cause the regular contlactions of the
muscles. Similar ganglia exist in man
and other warm-blooded animals, but
their action is less prolonged. Scien-
lists have ascertained that turtles
heart will beat after removal, IL put
on a piece of glass, kept cool and moist,
and covered with bell-jar. l believe
1t has been known to beat SO or even
4S hours; ~ or IA hours is common
record.-St. Nicholas.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-04-26
ANIMALS, MANpER1NGs.

The fable of the country mouse and
the town mouse has a foundation in
fact Mice occasionally migrate in
large numbers when food grows
scarce, and travel considerable dis.
tances to fresh houses. Farmers in a
part of Perthshire had a good reason
to become aware of this fact when
couple of years ago vast swarms of
mice invaded their cornfields at har.
vest time.
But the mouse only travels when 1T
has to. The rat, on the contrary,
seems to take yearly outing, in very
much the same fashion as do human
beings. Rats are the most migratory
creatures in the world. Troops of rats
leave the towns at the end of sum.
mer and spend month or two IN
the country, apparently in order to
enjoy the change of food, which the
country affords at that time of the
year, in the way of fresh fruit and
grain. Before the cold weather sets
in they are all back again in their old
quarters.
Reindeer migrate with the same
regularity as swallows. They move
south when the winter sets in, but
as soon as ever the snow begins to
melt they travel steadily north, some
times for as much as a thousand
miles.
To end a holiday by deliberate
suicide is so strange phenomenon
that for a long time naturalists looked
upon the stories of the migration of
the Jennings as an improbable fic-
ton. Yet the facts are beyond dis
pute. AT irregular intervals these rat
like creatures start out from their
homes in the fastneses of Northern
Scandinavia in hugh droves, number
| ing tens of thousands, and travel
steadily southwark. Death pursues
| them in hundred forms. Hawks and
other birds of prey hover about them.
| Thousands are drowned in rivers. Yet
the rest struggle on until they reach
the sea. They do not stop. They
plunge in, swim out and struggle en-
until at last their strength fails and
| they drown. Not one ever returns
from this journey of death.-London
Answers.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-04-26

Pelee explosion, the question of the
possibility of water penetrating In
large quantities through such channels
as were opened in Monte Leone,
where, no doubt, the water was SUPER
heated as the air was, by filling under
ground caverns faster than it could
escape, and perhaps by being subject
ed to great additional pressure by the
imperceptible movement of the noun
tain itself in response to solar forces.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-04-26
Apple for Cold Climates.

Apple for Cold Climates.
Throughout the cold sections Of the
Northwest the pioneers brought varie-
ties of apples from the East, and
found none that were entirely adapted
to the new conditions. The severity
of the climate of the prairie States
was so much different from the con-
ditions of the East that most of the
varieties We're too tender. Without
many varieties that seem to be worthy
Of planting in this cold section, many
of the horticulturists turned their ut
tention to European countries and es.
pecially to the prairie regions of Rus
sia, where conditions seem to be SINH
lar to this region.
In the early seventies and eighties,
large importations of apples were
made and of this large list of varie-
ties that have been widely dissemi-
mated throughout the cold regions of
the Northwest, but few are worthy
of planting. Among this list can be
mentioned Il fall variety known as the
Longtield. 1t is one of the most hardy
and productive sorts of the Russian
collection. 1t is of medium size, round
ish, slightly conical in form, with
yellow surface and bright red blush
on the sunny side. The flesh is tender,
white and very juicy. The flavor Is
slightly subacid, and quality good. The
tree is strong grower and has ten,.
dency to overbear. The fruit should
be carefully thlnned each year, so that
it would not be undersize and too poor
for the market.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-04-26

The age at which to breed young
sows depends on the maturity more
than age, says American A.rlcultur-
list. A gilt that has been properly han
died will weigh 200 pounds or more
at eight months and ought to raise n
good litter Of pigs If bred then. When
young sow has only few pigs or
il poor mixer or careless mother,
she should be sent to the meat barrel
at once. But If she ls n good mixer
and attentive 10 her young, she should
BIZ tried again, for the second litter
will usually be larger than the first.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1905-04-26
Heredity a Big Factor.

The results of experiments under
taken at the Rhode Island agricul-
tural station for the purpose of deter,
mining the influence of selection In In.
creaslng the number of ears of sweet
corn per stalk are in harmony with
the general law which seems to pre.
vail throughout the plant world-that
1t is the characteristics of the parent
which produced the seed that are liko,
ly to be perpetuated rather than thu
characteristics indicated by the posi-
ton or type of the individual seed ita
self.
A small potato from a productive
hill affords more desirable seed thar
a large potato from an unproductiys
hill. Seed from late garden tomato
produced by plant which rlpened tie
majority of its fruits early Is likely "a
produce earlier bearing plants thaE
seed taken from an earlier ripened
fruit from plant which rlpens most
of Its fruit late.
So with. corn, the character of this
plant from which the seed came Is 81
HUGH LlOIc Importance tIldn the point
on that plant from which 1t cana
Since this question has been answered
in reference to sweet corn the selec.
ton from lower ears has been aban.
doned at the station, and henceforth
the plan will be simply to select the
best seed from stalks which bear tho
largest number of ears.
This line of selection, whereby the
number of ears is increased, seems to
promise more for the grower of silape
corn than for the market gardener
who grows sweet corn to market on
the ear. The increase in number Of
ears is due to the production Of ear
bearing suckers to q greater extent
than to an increase of ears on the
main stalk. The real point at issue
so far as grain Is concerned is whether
such stalk produces larger weight
Of kernels than does an ordinary ona
carrying one or two cara.