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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-13
THE AGILE TIGER.
He IL "shod with silence" and II ~
Quick as Lightning.

Most wild animals are specialists
that is to say, they are highly develop
ed In one particular direction. The
tiger is great as stalker. His feet
seem to be "shod with silence" r. H.
Elliot, for many years resident Of
India cited an experience of one Of his
nelghbors illustrative of this point.
He had been much annoyed by tigers
and at last tied bullock out in a clear
ing and took up his own position in
tree to wait till the tiger should come
after the bait. The ground was COW
cred with dried leaves, which in hot
weather are so brittle that even the
walking Of bird over them can be
heard for good distance.
In no very long time a large tiger
slipped out of the forest and slowly
edged toward the bullock. His method
was so elaborate and careful that the
man who saw 1t used to declare that
1t would have been worth 1000 rupees
to any young sportsman to have wit
messed it. ~
So carefully did he put down each
paw and so gradually did he crush the
leaves under 1t that not sound was
to be heard. Between him and the bull
lock was a stump about four feet high.
with long projecting surface roots.
This, plainly, the tiger looked upon as
godsend.
He got upon one Of the roots, bal
anced himself carefully and so was
able to walk quickly and silently as
far as the stump. He approached so
gradually and noiselessly and his col
or against the brown leaves was so
invisible that he was close upon the
bullock before he was perceived.
Then instantly the bullock charged.
The tiger eluded him and in moment
more had his paws on the bullock's
neck ready to drag him down. Then,
like a fash. he caught sight Of the
rope by which the bullock was tied
and turned and sprang into the forest,
all so quickly that the man In the tree
had no opportunity to fire.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-13
They Didn't Play.

A monster political parade was held
in Philadelphia during one Of the cam
paigns. 1t was headed by band Of
thirty-fve discoursing stirring march
ing tunes. The leader of the band
had contracted in advance to supply
that many players, but when he came
to count noses he found eight missing
1t did not take him long to decide what
to do. after some hustling he secured
eight men, not one Of whom could play
a note of music, and decked them out
in the regulation band uniform. He
placed instruments and music in their
hands and paraded the full number.
did they playT" was asked. Yes"
said the band leader, "but not music.
l put cork in each Of the eight instru-
ments."
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-13
OISRAElPS MAxlMS.
Every one loves power, even if he
does not know what to do with it.

Every one loves power, even If he
does not know what to do with it.
Always have distinguished friends.
Never have fools for friends. They are
of no use.
To govern men you must either excel
them in their accomplishments or de-
spise them.
To rule men we must be men. Our
wisdom must be concealed under folly
and our constancy under caprice.
Next to knowing when to seize an op-
portunity the most important thing in
life is TO know when TO forego an ad-
vantage.
The divine right of kings may have
been a plea for feeble tyrants, but the
divine right of government is the key
stone of human progress.
Talk to women as much as you can.
This is the way to gain fluency, be-
cause you need not care what you say
and had better not be sensible.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-13
SIZE OF A THUNDERBOlT.
Geologists Have n System by which
such Measures Are Taken.


such Measures Are Taken.
"Did you ever see the diameter Of
lightning fash measured?" asked
geologist. "Well, here is the case which
once inclosed flash of lightning, fitted
it exactly, so that you can see how big
1t was. This is called 'fulgarite,' or
lightning hole and the material 1t is
made of is glass.
when bolt of lightning strikes a
bed Of sand it plunges downward into
the sand for distance less or greater,
transforming simultaneously into glass
the silica in the material through which
It passes. Thus by Its great heat it
forms a glass tube of precisely its own
size.
Now and then such tube, known
as fulgarite, is found and dug up.
Fulgarites have been followed into the
sand by excavations for nearly thirty
feet. They vary In interior diameter
from the size Of quill to three inches
or more, according to the bore Of the
fash. But fulgarites are not produced
alone in sand. They are FOUND also IN
solid rock, though very naturally Of
slight depth, and frequently existing as
a thin. CLASSY covering on the surface
"Such fulgarites occur in astonishing
abundance on the summit of Little Ara
rat, in Armenia The rock is so soft
and porous that blocks a foot long can
be obtained, perforated in all direc-
tlons by little tubes filed with bottle
green glass formed from the fused
rock.
Some wonderful fulgarites were
found by Humboldt on the high Nevada
de Toluca, in Mexico. Masses of the
rock were covered with thin layer Of
green glass. Its peculiar simmer in
the sun led Humboldt to ascend the
precipitous peak at the risk of his life.'
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-13
M|LLERS COMPLAIN
CHARGED THAT RAIL-
ROADS HAVE CONsPIRED.
Kansas Says Differential Rate on
Flour and Mill Stuff to the Pacific
Coast Works an injustice on That
Statc-Complaint Filed With Inter-
state Commerce Commission
Charges Discrimination In Rates.

Washington, March 13.-Are the
transcontinental railroads in league
with the milling interests of the Pa
cific coast terminals? From Kansas
comes the cyclonic answer that such
is the case and that Kansas milling
industry perishes even as the state
cries for help. The Howards Mill
company, of Wichita, Kan, by its
complaint filed with the interstate
commerce commission proposes to
show that the Missouri Pacific, the
Santa Fe and Chicago, Rock Island q
Pacific, the Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy. and Denver & Rio Grande,
the Southern Pacific and the Union
Pacific railroad companies are guilty
of doing an injustice to and discrim-
mating against all Kansas milling
business, not only the interest of the
Howard mills, but all flour manu-
facturers of the Sunflower state.
In its complaint the Howard Mills
company declares that the railroads
exact rate of So cents per 100
pounds for the transportation Of flour
from Wichita, Kan, to San Francisco,
Cal, and other Pacific coast termi-
nails IN carload lots, whereas at the
same time they charge rate OF only
So cents for wheat between the same
points in the same lots. This diff
ferential of 10 cents in favor OF wheat
against flour exists from all Kansas
points to Pacific coast terminals"
says the complaint 1t is pointed out
that from Spokane, Wash, and Port
land, Ore, to San Francisco, the
rates on flour and wheat are the
same.
such dfferentials operates disas-
trously to the flour mills of Kansas
and unjustly upbujlds the milling in
terest of the Pacific coast terminals,
which are in competition with the
flour mills of Kansas" concludes the
complaint. Dealers, manufacturers,
and shippers of flour at Pacific coast
terminals receive undue and unjust
preference, in violation of the act TO
regulate commerce"
The commission will designate a
date at which testimony will be taken
in regard to the matter.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-13
IL Won For Sardou.

1t is n singular fact that the famous
French dramatist Sardou owed his first
success on the boards TO his excellent
handwriting. He had sent in his often
rejected play, La Taverne des Etudi-
ants" to the Odeon management for
consideration. and the manuscript was
thrown, with some others, upon table.
One day at rehearsal the charming ac-
tress Mile. Berengere was attracted by
the handwriting and took up the manu-
script, crying. "Oh. what an exquisite
hand.' She read the play and recon-
mended it so strongly to the directors
that they were induced to read it and
then accept it. At the. time Sardou was
starving. He had gone through seven
long years of terrible hardship and pri-
vation.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-13
COW SHOD FOR ALASKA.
Two Mich Cows VIII Travel 100
Miles Over Trails.

Two milch cows, intended for ship
ment to Fairbanks. were shod here
today. says a Seattle dispatch. Husky
blacksmiths fastened to each of their
hoofs, n small iron plate, lighter than
horseshoe, but east has two-inch
caulk. The two cows are to be driven
in over the Valdez trail, drawing
sledges loaded with the hay they will
eat on the trip.
1t was most difficult task to
shoe the two cows. They were driven
into a stall made of heavy timber
and barred in. Then their legs were
strapped. and the blacksmiths, wrestl-
ing with the struggling cows, fastened
on the shoes.
The trip to be made by the cows Is
of 400 miles, over snow and ice fields
that would make progress extremely
difficult without shoes.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-13
sephbIe.

That was both kind and n wise man
who, when about to marry for the Sec
ond time, settled $4,000 upon his un-
married daughter 81 should like to
have her go on living at home" he said,
"but who can tell whether she and her
stepmother will be harmonious and
quite happy together? She shall feel
that she is free to go or stay The
consequence was mutually happy rela-
tions. since both women knew there
was no dependence or necessity for
them to live in closer relations than
might prove agreeable.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-13
MENTAL REACTION.
The Minds Quickness of Operation
and How II Ii Measured,


Let a dozen or twenty persons take
hold Of hands in ring. Each is to
press the hand of his right hand neigh
Dor as soon as he receives pressure
from the left. One person starts the
pressure going and at the same instant
observes the position Of the second
hand Of watch. The pressure passes
all around the circle, and when 1t ar
rlves at the originator he notes how
many seconds were required for the
to receive an impression and make up
their minds to act in response. The
total time is then divided by the num-
ber of persons. This is crude Illus
tration of the reaction time which we
measure with great accuracy OH single
persons.
AS the mental portion Of the reaction
time becomes more complicated the
time becomes longer. For example,
the processes of mental discrimination
and choice require times of their own.
The way we get these higher mental
processes can be illustrated in sim
gle way. A person placed In quiet
toom Is to tap a telegraph key every
time he sees a red light, which can be
produced at the will Of the expert
menter in the recording room. The in
terval of time between the actual ap-
pearance of the light and the moment
the key is tapped is accurately meas
ured For awhile nothing but the red
light Is used, this to obtain the simple
reaction time. Then red and yellow
lights are turned on in irregular sue
cession. The person has now to dis
criminate between two colors and to
choose between action and nonaction.
The increase of time required over the
simple reaction time gives the dis
elimination time for two colors. In an
other set Of experiments three colors are
used, then four colors. AS the discrim-
ination and choice become more com
plicated more time is required.
The Importance of rapid and accurate
reaction and discrimination is evident.
Astronomers have difficulty in record
ing the moment at which star passes
line in the telescope. The sports
man must pull the trigger at just the
proper moment. The football player,
the fencer and the boxer are trained
in rapidity of discrimination and reac-
ton. 1t is very evident that a player
or a pugllist who takes a long time
for discrimination. choice and voiition
will give a decided advantage to a
quick opponent-Fornm.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-13

The English were taught the uses of
hops by native Artois, who intro
duced them into England in 1924. They
met with some hostility, for physicians
represented them as unwholesome, and
parliament was petitioned against them
as "wicked weed" In 1923 their use
was prohibited under severe penalties.
Henry VIII. appears to have been pref
udiced against hops for in manu-
script, dated Ethan, January, 1880, oc-
curs an injunction to his brewer mot to
put hops or birthstone" into the ale.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-13
The Dominant Air,

AS through an opera runs the rhythm
of one dominant air, so through mems
lives there rings dominant note, soft
in youth, strong in manhood and soft
again in old age But 1t is always there,
and, whether soft in the gentler periods
or strong amid the noise of the perl
helion, 1t dominates always and gives
its tone to the whole life.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-13
Farmers, Attention.

Parties using telephones or desir-
ing to put In same and join a mutual
company, are requested to meet at
the court house on Saturday after
noon. March 18th. at o'clock. H.
II. NANNY. northwestern manager. Of
the Brown-SpearSloan Co., having
branch offices in Portland, Seattle
and Los Angeles, will be present and
explain the advantages derived by
joining a mutual company. Every
farmer desiring better telephone serv-
ice should not fail to attend this
meeting.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-13

Sis-Why did you throw up your sit
uation, Ernest? Brother-Because I
am going to get married. Sis-But
what will you live on-love2 Brother
oh, no! We are going to live on my
loves father.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-13
His Hnppiest Hour.

He-Do you remember the night |
asked you to marry me? She-Yes,
dear. He-For whole hour we sat
there and not word did you speak.
All, that was the lhappiest hour Of my
llfe!-Translated For Tales From Echo
de Paris,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-13

All our misery, all our pain, is trace
able to ignorance and misuse Of our
forces. Enlightenment is the sover-
eign cure alike for physical and moral
ills.-Horatio W. Dresser.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-13

traced 10 the kluntys,
but now modern
science proves that
nearly all diseases
have their beginning
in the disorder of
these most important
organs.
The kidneys filter
and purify the blood
that is their work,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-13

Gregson I'm alarm Great Scott, I've
left my pocketbook under my pillowl
Fisher-Oh, well. your servant is hon.
est, isn't she? Gregson-That's just It.
She'll take It to my wife.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-13

Primary election petitions at the
East Oregonian office.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-13

What we cell despair is often only tho
painful Gag, rness Of unfed hopA.-
George Eliot.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-13
All Leading Grocers
Sell Cleveland's Baking Powder.
Often The Kidneys Are
Weakened by OVer-WoTk.

Unhealthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood.
II used to be considered that only
urinary and bladder troubles were to be
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-13

Therefore. when your kidneys are weak
or out of order, you can understand how
ouicklv vour entire body is affected and
how every organ seems to fail to do its
duty. >,
ii YOU are sick or feel badly" begin
taking the great kidney remedy, DIR.
Kilmer's Swamp-Root, because as soon
as your kidneys are we'll they will help
ali the other organs to health. A trial
will convince anyone.
If YOU are sick you can make no mis-
take by first doctoring your kidneys:
The mild and the extraordinary effect OF
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, the great
kidney remedy, is soon realized. 1t
stands the highest for its wonderful cures
of the most distressing cases, and is sold
s: {: ;; i; ;;: z 8; :; !;
have a sample bottle Homo Of swsmpRoOt.
by mail free, also pamphlet telling you
how to find out if you have kidney or
bladder trouble. Mention this paper
when writing to DIR. Kilmer s. Co., Bing-
hamton, N. Y. Don't make any mistake,
but remember the name, Swamp-Root,
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and the ad-
dress, Binghamton, N, y, on every bottle
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-03-13

All Leading Grocers
Sell Cleveland's Baking Powder.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-08-06
Another Row Takes Place
on Car Line Near the
Lake Front.
ALL ON ACCOUNT OF A HAT
Conductor Fails to Hold Car to Give
Young Man Chance to Regain
Millinery.

passengers to the Lake Front park
were again compelled to witness a
Sunday brawl which seems to be in
eyitable on the street car line be-
tween Hammond and Chicago. This
time it was a lady's hat. The con-
ductor refused to hold the car until
Guy Love of this city had returned
with the hat that had blown awav
while the car was moving.
Boarding the following car Love
refused to pay a second fare on gen
eral principles and as the second car
arrived near the White House a fight
between Love and the conductor was
in progress. Love and his father
stepped from the car here to go to
the park but did not proceed on
their way until Love and the con
ductor had gone another round. In
the meantime another car came up
and both the motorman and conduc-
tor ran to the assistance of the first
conductor. In the one to three man
fight that followed, the motorman
struck Love on the back of the head
with his controller that he brought
with him from the ear.
After the excitement had qufeted
down to some extent. the big motor
man denied having used the con
troller on Love. Nevertheless Love
showed big wound in the back of
his head where he was struck in
some manner or other.
One passenger who did not know
with whom to side in picked up a
piece Of a fence rail and was about
to knock one of the conductors from
the back when a passenger stepped
in and guarded the conductor.
The street car men are beginning
to dread the corner near Wolfe Lake
where police protection is far away
In this case the fight was evi-
IDENTIFY started because the first CON
ductor considered It his duty to
leave a passenger behind while the
second considered it his duty to col
lect the fare.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-08-06

The most strenuous fight which
was ever carried on before the
county commissioners, began at 10
O'Clock this morning and was still
unsettled at 5 o'clock this after
noon. The fight is over the peti.
tion of the residents of Tolleston to
incorporate as a town and to In
clude within the town limits
area of eight square miles; a large
part of which has already been
taken in as a part of Gary by the
town board of that place. The
Tolleston delegation was headed bv
Otto Borman and numbered fifteen
residents; acting as attorney for
whom were Johannes Kolpeolke Of
Crown Point and Mayor Becker OF
Hammond. Attorneys Peterson of
Crown Point and Bomberger of
Hammond and Clerk Oliver Holmes
of Gary are representing the new
steel town. Already mistake has
been found in the Tolleston peti-
tion as to the sections included In
the corporation.
It is most bitter fight and while
the Tolleston residents are confident
OF winning, it is felt here by those
who have kept in touch with the
situation that they have not a
ghost of a show.
The board of education composed
OF the trustees of various townships
OF the county are also in session
here on important business.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-08-06
BANK IS CLOSED
DEPOSITORS SCARED
Milwaukee Avenue State
Bank Stopped by State
Examiners.
WORKMEN'S SAVINGS HELD
Curry in Northwest Chicago Finan-
cial Circles.-Held Hammond
Money.
Curry in Northwest Chicago Finan-
nin1 Hs-.nInr
Especial to Lake County Timos,

Especial to Lake County Times).
Chicago, Aug. 6.-The Milwaukee
Avenue State bank was today closed
by the order Of the state bank ex-
aminers. This was one of the larg-
est savings banks on the west side
OF Chicago and had deposits of over
four million dollars.
Paul o. Stensland is the president
and Henry w. Herring, cashier. The
institution was capitalized for $3.50
GOO and reported a surplus of $500
600. It's depositors are chiefly the
smaller German merchants and the
poorer class Of trades people ard
Should it develop that the failure is
bad one, it will bring hardship
to Teat many of these depositors
Theodore Stensland, the vice presi-
dent, when asked if the bank had
failed, said, Z would not sav that
but it is closed"
When asked how the examination
was being conducted, replied:
By the clearing house" MANY
German merchants, some of them
having moved to Lake county Ind
carried deposits in the Stensland,s
bank, and Stensland was the ems
todian of the funds of several Ger
man societies.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-08-06
WAR VETS GET BACK PAY.

There will be meeting of the
Spanish War Veterans in the court
house this evening when it is ex-
pected that several applications for
membership will be received. One
Of the important announcements
viii be the fact that al of the Span
ish war veterans who present an
honorable discharge will receive a
portion Of the $4,000 which was
allotted TO the Indiana companies
for the time they spent at Indian
apolis at the time of the mobiliza-
tion of the troops. 1t is estimated
that each of the soldiers will receive
from $50 10 $50 as their salary for
the 80 days between July and
Aug. Il, 1898. All of the apnli-
eants names will be fled at the os-
hce OF the acknowledgement and
their discharge viii be compared
with those on file there to deter
mine the eligibility Of the appli-
cants.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1906-08-06
J. s. STEEL CORPORATION
COMES INTO ITS OWN
100000 the Consideration Involved in Richest Real
Estate Transfer in the History of Indiana

A two million dollar land deal
the largest ever closed in the state
of Indiana was entered Saturday in
the books of the county recorder at
Crown Point.
At last the price paid by the IL
linois steel company for the land
on which the city of Gary is to stand
has been made public.
The steel company paid exactly
s1,926. .O65.SS.
An investigation in the Office OF
the auditor of Lake county by d
Lake County Times reporter this
morning showed that four years ago
this same property was assessed at
a total valuation of $243,95O. IN
four short years the land has multi
piled in value eight times. This
shows the enormous scale on which
the Illinois Steel company is invading
Indiana.
A clause in the charter of the H
Hnois Steel company forbids the buv-
ing of real estate for other than its
own occupancy, and so the eleven tre-
mendous transfers of land, itemized
on the real estate page of this is
sue and dating from October to
the present time, were made in the
names Of Thomas Murray and Rich
ard Trimble.
Who are these men?
It matters not. Suffice it, that
they are hirelings of the worlds
greatest corporate body. The United
States Steel corporation.
The city of Gary is now laid ont
and the exact location of every plant
as well as the area devoted to the
railroads and to residence districts
This definite division of the enor-
nous site of 2,79S.56 acres was what
the big corporation has so long await
ed and tomorrow the list of realty
transfers will show three entries
which may be summed up briefly
thus:
Thomas Murray to the Illinois
Steel company, all the land north Of