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WHO ARE BEST DRESSED.
Americans Said to Surpass Europeans
in the Matter Of Clothes.
A. IISNER.

From the London MAIL
The question as to which nation is the
best dressed Is raised by article in La
Revue" entitled "Mercantilisme eft F's-
thetique." by Albert Schinz. who awards
the palm to Americans over English people
or those OF any other country.
Americans as a rule dress far better
and more smartly than Europeans he
says side by side with the latter they
turned out spick and span. An American
who had landed at Homburg on his first
European tour told US how surprised he
had been to notice that only poor people
Mr.. Frederick Bosworth, the New Bur-
lington street court costumer and tailor.
informed Daily Mail representative yes
terday that. comparing the American bust
ness men and women. who go every morn
Ing to the city and return every evening.
with our London crowds. the former are
decidedly neater in appearance.
THE American woman. too. shows more
daintiness and what I might call sense
of fitness In choice of material. making
up and way of displaying 1t to the very
best advantage. Engiishwomen, even OF
the most cultured classes. do not show that
inyariable excellent taste In dress which
almost every American woman shows.
American ladies often pay as much for
cotton dress with dainty Alsatian lace edg-
ings and trimmings as is given for court
A member of the arm of Messrs. Skinner
& Grant. the well-known Regent street
tailors. who had spent some years In the
United States. said that there was no qutss-
ton that American people, men as well as
women. were well dressed, but mot SO
well dressed a. the members of our Eng
lish upper classes, that Is, society people
Another famous West End tailor put the
matter thus: mo Englishman orders Ids
clothes from America; few Americans WAC
can afford 1t and who prize style. quality
and ut order their clothes anywhere else
but In London. The extent OF this trans
atlantic trade has already been pointsd
out By the Daily Mail. and I am within
the mark In saying that the very existen:e
OF some Of our most famous firms In West
London depends upon this American GUS
TOM The cultured American II probably
as well dressed In all respects as any min
in Europe. but In saying that we are only
without exception the clothes come from
London
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Grammar.
From the London Chronicle.


BE good enough to tell me, must / say:
IF you were or II you were mel? Z" in
auires correspondent, who must be con-
graduated on avoiding the abyss of IF you
was mel For the hint of doubt. the sus-
picion of impossibllity, demands the mood
subjunctive to The Unknown. This corre-
spondent Is at sea among copulative. in
transitive verbs the verbs that denote
action. and are transitiye. and the verbs
that partake OF the nature of both We
hope we are good enough to explain. There
are certain verbs of being and becoming. :"
which do not demand the objective case
do not indicate any outside action. You
will Sc the distinction between 1T and T.
and "Hit him In the eye"
The confusion arises when the same verb
may be used as a merely copulative and az
q strong and useful compliment Even
the very word become has Its ambiguity.
and gives an illustration of the double use.
In the beginning, according to the Book
OF Genesis, SduBt became We though in
that sense II would not be right to say
that dust became US. Yet In the fuilness
Of time and the whirligig OF language there
has como an age when--if we are women
dust from powder pufp becomes u.s.
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Soda Water In Saloons.
N the Phllaaelphia Record.

From the Philadelphia Record.
IT don't know about this new Idea OF
soda water fountains in Saloons" said the
proprietor OF large drinking bar II see
It's being talked about In New York. and
IL II succeeds there 1t will undoubtedly be
taken up here. but Pm willing to let some
one else try 1t first. It's not likely. In my
opinion. to appeal to the old topper. but the
occasional drinkers may take fancy to II.
and they are the ones to whom LIQUOR prob
ably does the most harm From a financial
standpoint l don't see how 1t would hurt
the saloon business, but. OF course. the
liquor manufacturers won't profit by. It.
I'D rather sell soda water than strong
drink. 10 be sure. SO IL the thing can be
demonstrated to be q success I'll put
fountain In my place.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-06
Ink Singing IN Parliament.

0ohi N n Z.
have no wish TO make odious COMPARE
sons between our legislators and others
but having watched the proceedings of
other parllaments 1 feel that we have no
reason to fear comparison. For Instance
/ once looked on when the parlitment in
Vienna was in full blast. There was a party
IN the state there which sought 10 advance
It's views by It's members banging the lid
or the desk which each member had before
MIN. and thus causing an intolerable din
These gentlemen | venture to describe as
the hdcites of the Austrian parliament
Another group attempted to make it's mark
by throwing ink pots across the chamber
have done some ink-slinging in my time,
but the prOwess shown by these legisla-
i've iuk-slingers filled me with admiring
Despair. and l would have called them the
Utilities had II not been for the fact that
they often missed Now such practices
are unknown at Westminster-though il is
only fair TO acknowledge that we do not
give our members the opportunity of
banging lids or throwing Ink pots
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Elder Flowers.
rom the London Chronicle

From the London Chronicle
In former times this years profusion OF
elder flowers would have been welcomed.
not only by lovers Of hedgerow beauty. but
by those who desired to preserve their own
beauty and youth. According to the sew
enteenth century prescription. the elder
flowers were TO be gathered on midsummer
day, powdered. and put into borage water,
which was to be drunk daily for y month.
the first thing in the morning and the last
thing at night. This was q much-prixed
elixir of youth. BY common consent there
has always been something supernatural
about the elder tree. In Denmark II ts
protected by the elder mother" without
whose leave 1t Is dangerous to pluck the
flower. In Germany the hat should be
taken of to 1t. And In England II has
been variousiy considered the tree OF the
cross, and the tree upon which Judas
hanged himself. to be treated with rever-
ence or fear accordingly.
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Tennyson,s Home.
From .he london Chronicle.

From he London Chronicle.
The whitefrtars Club made Its annual pill
grimage on Saturday, not with staff and
cowi. but in dts prettiest summer frocks and
mounted in comfortable wsgonettes: In this
way Il visited seventy strong. Godaiming.
Haslemere and Hfndhead and by the kind
ness OF Lord and Lady Tennyson drove over
to Aldworth for tea, with the exception OF
q few pilgrims who chose to walk instead
to Mr.. Methuen's beautiful garden-probably
with peas In their shoes. Though they did not
mention this. The weather was at Its best,
and showed the very English home of the
late laureate to perfection; and the band of
visitors. which Included Mrs. lyman Hink-
son, Sir William and Lady Treloar. DIR. Rob-
ertson Nicoll. Mr.. 6ilas Hooking, Sir Rob
ert Hudson and many others. took the usual
pleasure OF toe literary pilgrim In fixing q
poem to every bench they saw In the gar
den. Then they visitsd the library In which
the poems We're really written. and enthu-
SHASTA nIpped pieces on the bay hedge Cor
fhslr pocket editions 81 in Memoriam.s
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DRIVES MEN INSANE.
Mysterious Problems in Nature Which
Have Wrecked Many Minds.
From the Chicaao ChronicIe

rroh tne tnicaRo Chronicle.
A scientist who has been travelling I'm
Africa in search Of an answer to some
questions concerning rainfall gives as his
opinion that the expression OF imperturb-
able calm on the face of the Sphinx arises
from the fact that she has never tried to
find the answers to the riddles OF nature
which have sent many men to their
graves.
What is gravity? is one Of them. Hun
dreds of men have gone insane trying to
answer it Some, In fact have gone so far
as to try to disprove the theory entirely
An English naval captain wrote a book on
this subject aud sent 1t to all the learned
societies in Europe.
Why cannot force be created by human
power? Trying to accomplish this has
FASTENED the end of many a worthy man.
Perpetual motion will be an accomplished
fact If we can discover how force lis made.
Kelley. with his motor who claimed to
have discovered perpetual motion.
swindler, whose death revealed HIS inge-
nious counterfeit of perpetual motion. If
this discovery could be made IL would rev.
olutfonize the world.
What source of heat supply has the
planet Marsg This is another riddle Our
earth gets much more heat from the sun
than does Mars. yet that planet mas a
beautifully mild climate Astronomers
have watched the ice cap. thawing on
Mars, and they have proved that water
flows and clouds rise. This shows that
Mars has heat But II not supplied by
the sun from what source does it come?
Where the tide Is born Is another OF
natures secrets. On the island of Papete
in the Southern Pacific, there Is every day
at II midday and In the afternoon high
tide. Why, no one IL able to explain. A
scientist has been able to turn gold Into
silver but no one SO far has been able to
make a magnet which will attract gold
could this be accomplished it's enormous
value could scarcely be realized. for II
would make 1t possible to work rock from
which no known process has been able 10
extract gold In paying quantities.
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VACANCY Is FILLED
SUPERINTENDENT OF DIVISION
OF SUPPLIES APPOINTED.
Denny Montgomery Succeeds the Late
J. W. simmens-oeorge Lamb
Rsappointsd storekeper.

Public Printer Stillngs today filed the
vacancy caused by the death Of Capt w. J.
Simmons by the appointment of Mr.. Denny
Montgomery to the position of superin-
terdent Of the division of supplies. at
salary OF $2.250 per annum. The creation
Of the new division abolishes the Office of
superintendent of the paper warehouse. the
superintendent of supplies taking over the
duties Of the paper warehouse and having
jurisdiction over the general store room and
bindery store room. Mr.. Montgomery has
been acting superintendent of the paper
warehouse since the death of Capt. Sim
mons. He has been an employee of the
Office for a number of years. and is said to
be one of the best-posted men on printing
paper In the government service.
Mr.. George Lamb. the general store
keeper, has been reappointed as the d.
rector of the store room at salary of
clearing house for all miscellaneous sup
plies for the office. including everything
from pins to piping, soap and sawdust
tacks and towels. light and heavy hard
ware. stationery and office supplies and
every imaginable article used In the i'm
mense mandatory outside of bindery sup
plies It is said that no printing office in
the world uses such diversity of materials
as the big printery.
The superintendent of the division of sup
Plies will have charge of the delivery and
Ice Some confusion has been caused here
tofore by the fact that the head of the
supply division, which handled the three
different classes of materials. would have
to receipt for and superintend the delivery
Of goods. but under the new arrangement
this will be under one head.
Future Policy Outlined.
1t is understood to be the purpose 20
have the responsibility of handling the
work placed in the hands of six or eight
chiefs Of departments. The consolidation
Of the three divisions made today was In
line with the policy of running the Office on
continuous chain system When the pres
ent plans are completed 1t is expected
Job will run through the mill as smoothly
as IL one man had direct supervision over IT.
Plans for a consolidation of the three d.
visions using Lanston rnonotypes are also
under way, and when that is accomplished
a school for operators will be established,
each learner having four hours of practice
on the machines and four hours of work
at the case per day. At the end of
month those not coming up to the stand
ard will be detailed to the case to correct
their own proofs, and If after another
months practice they are still unable to
master the work they will be returned to
the case.
+, The consolidation of the machine divisions
and the operating of night force will. 1t
Is believed, permit the removal of the d.
visions Of the bindery now in the old build
ing over to the new part. as the danger
from fire is serious consideration. The
changes are to be made as soon as possible.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-06

lightning struck the Walnut Grove
Church at Decatur, ILL.,. as Sunday
school was dismissed. Carl Sutton was
probably fatally burned. Earl Emerson.s nm
ger and Earl Byer's toe were burned on.
Ruth Diss was burned about the face and
head. Half dozen others were shocked.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-06
Japanese Woman

From the Fortnightly Review.
High or low gentle or simple. the jap
anese wife is above reproach. the incarna.
tion OF faithfulness and devotion-magnlr-
cent I'm her loyalty TO the duties OF her
state
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-06

Twenty persons were injured In head-on
collision between q passenger and a freight
train on the Frisco road near st. Genevieve.
Mo. The train was special from st. Louis
bearing Representatives OF the Knights of
Columbus. Cuts and bruises con1prised
the Injuries. and none of the passengers
wa fatally hurt. The trainmen sscsped-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-08-06
National Finance.

From the Nineteenth Century.
We should reform the taxes, and especial
" reduce the income-tax to a peace rate
before reducing the debt
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W y MOSES sons 6

Fire Underwriters say the private rooms In
most approved. Moving, Packing. Storage.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-05-16
SHOE NAILS.
The Way They Are Made and why
They Are So Cheap.


Three million separate shoe nails are
often cast from one ton of metal. OF
the smaller sizes 1000 nails are mold
ed in single mold, and an expert
workman will make eighty molds in an
ordinary working day. thus turning out
100000 separate nails.
When the metal In liquid state Is
poured into the mold 1t runs through
the sand In passages provided in the
molding process; the whole Of the nails
are cast together and are. when re-
moved from the sand, connected by q
network Of iron one with another. In
this condition the iron is as brittle as
glass, and very little force is required
to separate the nails from the network
which holds them together.
They then have to undergo the proc
ess known as annealing. They are
mixed up with hematite iron ore, which
Is in powdered state. put into iron
pots. and placed in an annealing fur
mace. a sort Of kiln. Here they remain
for some days. care being taken to so
regulate the heat to which they are
subjected that the iron will not be re-
melted. but brought very nearly to
that condition. The action Of the raw
iron ore upon the brittle casting is
marvellous. After cooling, 1t can be
bent without risk Of breaking. and II
becomes a useful and serviceable arti-
cle.-London Express.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-05-16
Buttons.

1t is only in comparatively modern
times that buttons have been utilized
as fasteners. The Greeks and Romans
knew nothing of them. and though they
presented themselves as ornaments in
the fourteenth century buttonholes
were still an updreamed Of possibility.
It was not until nearly the middle Of
the eighteenth century that the manu-
facture Of steel buttons was entered
upon at the Soho works in Birming-
ham. England. Then, on the accession
Of George Ill. the gilt buttons appear
ed and became quite the vogue. But II
was reserved for the artisans Of our
day to make these useful fasteners in
the greatest variety at marvelously low
prices and out Of all sorts Of material.
even to the seemingly impossible po-
tato.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-05-16
SYSTEMS OF WRITING.
The Famous Method Known ms ths
Boustrophedon.


Boustrophedon.
About the year 450 B. G. the Ionians
Hrst introduced the system Of writing
from left to right. Previous to that
time all scribes and penmen in general
had been in the habit Of beginning the
line on the right hand side of the page
and running 1t toward the left. The
Introduction Of the left to right mode
of writing caused considerable confu-
sion for time. and from the mixed
systems which prevailed during the fol.
lowing century sprang the famed meth.
cd known as the boustrophedon. Those
who used the system last mentioned
would begin line at the left margin
Of their parchments and run 1t through
to the opposite margin and then drop
a space below and run back to the OPP
posite edge Of the sheet again. In 9th.
er words, the boustrophedon mode OF
writing was system in which the lines
ran alternately from left to right and
from right to left. This system did not
entirely disappear until about the time
Of Christ. The ancient Hebrew and
Greek languages were written from
right to left. but at about the time the
Ionians were reforming writing meth.
DDS the Greek letters were changed IN
form from the uncial to the cursive
and the system of writing was changed
in both cases so MS to run from left to
right. The following quotation from
Franklin illustrates the mixed. or bous
trophedon. system Of writing:
"When I see merchant overpolite to
a ekat OF meht gniggeb .sremotsuc sib
little brandy and throwing his goods on
ma sab nam taht I skniht .retnuoc eht
AZ to grind."-St. Louis Republic.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-05-16

l have never seen black snakes over
seven feet long and much doubt II
they grow to a greater length. They
are not hard to catch. though In an
open field they can run about as fast
as a man can. When caught, they
struggle desperately until they find
there is no opportunity to escape, when
they will give up fighting and may be
handled with impunity. l have never
found these snakes to be vicious. They
can be handled easily. and their bite is
harmless. They can squeeze pretty
hard II they get turn around your
waist, but not hard enough to break a
bone.-Forest and Stream.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-05-16
BUYS FARM AT 81.
Rev. I. ID. Driver Not Too Old to Wor
for n Living,

The following item from the Rose
burg Review, concerning Rev. l. d.
Driver, the pioneer NJ. e. minister,
we'll known in Pendleton, will be read
with interest here:
Though 81 years of age, Rev. L.
d. Driver, ID. D., prominent divine and
accounted by many as Oregon's lead
ing student of theology, has pur-
chased 800 acres of land six miles
south of Albany, and will superintend
the work of making model farm.
DR.. Driver paid s10,500 for the prop
erty. The aged minister says he will
personally direct the development and
improvement of the property, and ex-
poets to have not only model farm,
but a paying industry. He recently
sold 140 acres of land in the suburbs
Of Eugene, where he formerly resided,
FOR $4,000.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-05-16
The Calm Spirit.

The people in all lines Of duty who
do the most work are the calmest
most unhurried people in the com
munity. Duties never wildly chase
each other in their lives. One task new
or turns another out nor ever compels
hurried, and therefore imperfect, do
ing. The calm spirit works methodlcal
ly, doing one thing at time and doing
It well, and 1t therefore works swiftly
though never appearing to be In haste
Home Notes.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-05-16
CONTAGIOUS BLOOD POISON
HUMILIATING G-VILE-DESTRUCTIVE


disease the world has KNOWN responsible for and than
but back history has been regarded the mankind
blood when the Contagious Blood Poison the entire circulation
Usually
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-05-16
Addresses Of Voters for Sale.

Registration Of voters closes on
May Is. On the 18th I will have for
sale typewriter copies arranged al
phabetically and by precincts, with
postoffice address of every registered
voter In Umatilla county. This strict
ly up-to-date list will prove of value
to merchants and politicians Order
now. Price. IS. Prof. q. M. Church
III, proprietor Business college, Pen
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-05-16
Deaths From Appendicitis.

Decrease in the same ratio that the
use OF Dr. Kings New Life Pills in
creases They save you from danger
and bring quick and p-.Iless release
from constipation and the Ills growing
out Of II. Strength and vigor always
follow their use. Guaranteed by Tall
man g. Co. and Pendleton Drug com.
pany, druggists. CSC; try them.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-05-16

Miss Plane-The very day first met
him something told he would eventual
y fall In love with me. Miss Speitz-
Indeedf The something" wasn't your
mirror, dear, was it, Philadelphia
Ledger.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-05-16
Obeyfnr Orders,

Kind Lady-Ah, II you had only done
what your mother told you. you might
not be in this situation. Convict-I
don't know. She told me to 60 out into
the world and make money.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-05-16

of a particle mineral kind IF
basing
will gladly instructions self
medical without charge, all who write
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-05-16
HOTEL PORTLAND
PORTLAND 0REGON

PORTLAND, OREGON.
American plan, SO per day and up
ward. Headquarters for tourists and
commercial travellers. Special rates
made to families and single gentle
men. The management will be pleas
ed at all times to show rooms and
give prices. A modern Turkish bath
establishment in the hotel.
H. c. BOWERS. Manager
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-05-16

Senator Hepburn is again very Ill
with catarrh Of virulent form, and a
recurrence of appendicitis. He is at
his, Washington home.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-05-16

Vudoc Porch Shades: only few
left, half price. Jesse Failing.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-05-16

He 10 the happiest Of whom the
world says least good or bad.-Jerer-
son.
Bisbee daily review., 1906-10-10
PERSONAL MENTION.

Mrs. James Douglas, accompanied by her son, spent yesterday ID .ne city. returning to her home at Naco- zari in the evening.
 Russ A. Warner, representing oan Francisco hardware house, arriVed III the city yesterday afternoon. ana VII spend the next couple of days here in the interests of his hrm.
 Geo. B. Ryan, representative oi nio. bard Spencer Bartlett, Of Cnicago' iei' the city yesterday morning Tor the northern part of the territory.
 E. A. Folsom arrived l. the GIL, yesterday afternoon from Naco. pre- sumably to take part in the deioefa- tions of the new bosses
 w. A. Constable. the Fl Paso com mission merchant, arrived in the city last evening. and expects to spend the next few days here on business.
 Bo. ]. Whiteside, nominee or the lower house of the legislature rom Santa Cruz county on the Democra'h ticket. was a passenger on the ai.er- noon train for his home in Nogaies.
 Chas. R. Strong. former member O the legislature from Cocnise couh'y' was a passenger on the evening .raip for Douglas, where he will spend tn' next few days on business.
 Geo. L. Clark, a former resident or Bisbee. and now of Tucson, arrived in the city last evening on business and will spend few days here
 Councilman Allen went to Dougla yesterday morning to attend to som business.