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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-08-20

dea, Galilee and Samaria; in Greece
he bows with profound respect to the
mighty influence exerted by this sin
gle people upon civilization.
The signs along the streets recall the
alphabet with which the student of
the classics struggles when he takes
up the dead languages-and yet, the
Greek language can hardly be called
dead for while 1t is the spoken tongue
of but comparatively small num-
Der, it has found glorious resurrec-
ton in nearly all the languages of
Europe, In fact, 1t had so many mer-
its that we are constantly compli-
menting it by returning to 1t for the
nomenclature of philosophy. science
and art.
OF those who still speak the Ian
guage of Herodotus. Homer, Socrates
and Demosthenes a majority live out
side of Greece, for the Greek colonies
planted around the eastern end of
the Mediterranean form considera-
BILE as we'll as an influential portion
of the population-Greek colonization,
by the way, was of an enduring kind
Those who went out into distant fields
did not go as individual bees (official
or commercially to gather honey and
return with ii to the parent >hive;
they went out rather in swarms to
found cities, develop countries and es-
tablish new centers for the spread of
Greek influence. They identified
themselves with the land to which
they went; they became an integral
part of the population, and by virtue
of their Inherent superiority they
gradually substituted the language,
the ideas, and the customs of their
native land for those which they
found. So securely did they build
that neither the Roman nor the Turk
was able to obliterate their work.
The people bowed before the storm,
but continued Greek, and today in
Alexandria, Asia Minor and Constan-
tinople, Hellenic influence is still felt.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-08-20
DOESN'T LOOK LIKE 1T.

Much has been said and written
about the passing of the horse, and
that the automobile was to take his
place in nearly everything. but 1t
would seem that such talk was very
premature and the Trotter and PAGER
gives an instance where such does not
appear to be the case. 1t SAYS: 1.-THE
proprietor of one of the largest de-
partment stores in New York is build
ing one of the finest stables in the
world for his delivery service. It is
five stories high and will accommo-
date 300 horses. He has tried the mo-
tor vehicles and decided not to in
crease his holdings therein. He says
that an electric machine costs 10
times more than horse and is not
one-half as reliable, while the serv-
iooa of chauffeur cost $25 a week,
and he Z. .tes willing t. selIver nar-
cells. so that an extra man is required.
There Is no question that the horse is
passing-more deeply into public ia
vor."-Spirit of the West
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-08-20
GREECE AS AN INFLUENCE.

From W.. j. Bryan's thirty-first let
ter to the syndicate press from abroad
the following Is taken:
Nothing SO impresses the visitor to
Greece-not the waters of the Aegean
sea, with their myriad hues, not the
Acropolis, eloquent with ruins; not
even the lovely site Of Athens Itself
as the part which little Greece has
played in the instruction of the world.
Less than $4,000 square miles in area,
less than half of which is productive,
and with a population of less than
two and a half millions, this diminu-
tive nation has a history without a
parallel.
There is scarcely a department of
thought in which Greece has not been
the pioneer, and in many things she
has set an example which subsequent
generations have but imperfectly fol-
lowed. II in Egypt one is awed by
the evidences Of antiquity; II in Pal
estine he is made reverent by the spir-
itual association connected with Ju-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-08-20
THE IMAGE OF CLAY.

The Memphis News-Scimiter scrapes
the gliding off a clay image as fol-
lows:
a few days ago the trustees of the
vast estate of Marshall Field filed an
inventory which shows that the prince
Of merchants owned in the city of Chi
cago alone s25,OOO,OOO worth of as.
sessable property.
And upon what assessment. think
you, did Marshall Field pay taxes?
On $4,000. .OOO-just one-tenth of the
amount of taxes due from him!
We are very sorry to note this fact
When Marshall Field died recently
most of the papers eulogized him
They praised him as a philanthropist
a public-spirited and unselfish citizen
in every respect. They, in fact, hel!
him up as an example of those who
are not disposed to deal fairly with
the public or the government
Nc one considered him tax dodger
in any sense
Put from this statement it seems
though We believe he was the largest
taxpayer in Chicago, he failed to pay
into the public treasury 90 per cent of
what he rightfully and justly owed it,
Mr.. Field was considered a good
man and he was--much better than
the average. His gifts to public insti-
tutions and to charity showed him to
possess unusual benevolence and gen.
erosity. But it is surprising that with
all his goodness and intellect he could
not see that his highest duty his most
sacred obligation, was to pay to the
government what he owed it.
When he gave in only one-tenth OF
his property for taxation he knew he
was escaping just debt by violating
the law.
He was generous, but he was not
just; he had no right to pretend to be
giving gifts to the people, while he
was making taxes higher for them by
refusing TO bear his just proportion Of
the burden.
Marshall Field would have done
better by society by listing his proper
ty at what it was worth than by giving
millions to the public.
1t is to be regretted that he did not
take this view.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-08-20

ogists, and subject to the theories put
forth by the Rev. Arthur S. Barnes
priest of the diocese OF Westminster
and author of perhaps the most ex-
haustive and valuable work on the
subject.
Father Barnes has spent years IN
the study of its every phase. With
remarkable patience and skill he has
sought to unravel the apparently con-
flioting statements concerning the lat
ter years of St Peters life, his mar
trydom and burial and the disputed
wanderings of his body.
Whatever the facts-and under the
hand of this gifted scholar some of
them seem to stand out indisputable-
1t is certain that no mere fabric of
flesh and bone. vacated by the soul
that made 1t man, has ever played
so important a part in history. No
ruins of human temple have ever
been so clothed with power and splen-
dor and so surrounded by all the ele-
ments of thrilling interest
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-08-20
WHO MINED THE MESS?

We have fallen into a scandal-mon-
gering epoch. The soul harpies of
slander have created a condition and
all the civilized world is nauseated at
millions of money and the respect of
mankind. 1t will and should cost our
self-respect if we do not burn out
with caustic of hot indignation this
score of SANDER.
Thus President Day, s. T. D., Ii.
D., of Syracuse University, in his bac-
calaureate sermon to the graduates
last Sunday.
s Note first: Syracuse University has
had a million dollars of Standard Oil
money.
Note next: The click of the money
in the words-"it has cost US tens Of
millions OF money"
Sound the words again--they are
fair samples of many words of the
sermon-and ask, is this the kind OF
talk to give to young people who
going out into the world 10 strive with
the world, the flesh and the devil.
Is the picture of the times true or
false?
Are the scandal mongers" and
"harpies Of slander" responsible for
the foul conditions they have exposed? q?
Is the man who takes off the lid to
he held as the mixer of the mess?
IT is true the stencil is nauseating.
Who made 1t so? And shall we sit
down on the lid and let the brew
grow more and more putrescent?
This defender has taken a brief for
the wrong client. He has apology, or
silence for the rich and aristocratic
thieves who have been brought to bar
and only abuse for the officers Of the
law who have exposed the thieves.
One must feel sorry for the gradu-
ates of this school who go out into life
with such perverted views of life and
duty.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-08-20

as well as those OF tortoise, contains
poisonous substances. When isolated
and injected into the veins of rabbits
or other animals, these promptly
cause death, The phenomena produc-
ed are those of acute intoXication of
the central nervous system"
AS companion piece to the above it
is recalled that the most careful
painstking and repeated chemical an
alysis has thus far utterly failed to
ascertain the difference between tha
virus of rattlesnakes and the albumen
Of eggs. Tho poisonous principle Of
any exists that is not chemically pure
albumen So elusive that it cannot
he segregated by chemists, nor iden-
titled by theorems.
\ further interesting fact not gener-
ally known, is that the virus of rattle
snakes may be taken into the stomach
undiluted, with impunity, without
causing the slightest discomfort, sick
ness or undesirable results of any
kind afterward. Apparently the d-
gestive functions handle it as uncon-
cernedly as they do the albumen of
eggs, This is not true when there are
abrasions anywhere along the alimen-
tary tract. When there are, the poi
son is takcr into the system through
the circulation and the subject dies
with the same symptoms as when
stung by a snake.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-08-20
WHERE DID HE FALL:

Senator Bard of California was once
conversing with Jesuit brother at
the Georgetown university, when he
told this story illustrative of the fin,
humor of Ar ;hbishop Ryan of Phila-
delphia: The archbishop had re-.
buked a priest for wearing most dis
reputable-loOking hat.
81 would not give this hat for 20
new ones" said the priest. "It be-
longed to my father, who fell In the
rising Of 49,"
"Ah," was Archbishop Ryan's re-
tort, "evidently he fell on the hat
Harper's Weekly.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-08-20
LOVE AFIELD.

II were bit of sunshine,
All warm from the heaven above,
I'd touch you in golden glory
Tilljyour heart was aglow with love.
And II I were a cloud OF summer,
Then the sun would forget to shine
I'd shadow the world about you.
TIL you put your hand in mine.
II were bird, my lady,
would sing you a song so sweet
That your heart of hearts must listen
To the lover at your feet.
If 1 were the breeze above us,
would whisper as men might pray
OF faith and Of trust, and of honor,
TIL I drove all your doubts away.
Charles I. Junkin in Woman's Home
Companion for August.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-08-20
THE TOMB OF ST. PETER.

Does the tomb of st. Peter really
exist down beneath the high altar in
the great cnuroh that bears his name
in Rome?
If that tomb is there, does it now
contain the bones and ashes of the
fisherman who was casting his net,
in the waters of Galilee when Christ
called HIM 10 be fisher of men?
Does there rest today on that sar.
cophagus, said to have been pressed
once by the lips of Charlemagne and
once by those of Ethelwulf, father of
Alfred the Great. the heavy cross of
virgin gold laid there 16 centuries ago
by the hands of Constantine as an
offering from his mother Helen and
himself?
once again these momentous ques-
tions have been called from their
sleep. This time they are awakened
by an open letter to Plus X, the pres
ent pope, published in Rome three
weeks ago, and calling on the holy
father 20 end all doubt by ordering
excavations in that part of the crypt
which, for hundreds of years has been
venerated and adored.
That little space may be called the
pole of Catholicism. Immediately over
1t stands the high altar Of its greatest
temple. Covering this is the canopy
of bronze with twisted columns, de-
signed by Bernini, and made of tha
very metal that originally rooted the
Pantheon. Four hundred feet sky
ward centers the wonderful dome that
grew under the magic touch of Mich
aei Angelo.
The golden chalice on the altar
when communion Is celebrated Is said
to rest exactly over the spot where
tomb-the skull is now in the Church
of st. John Lateran. Every year, for
at least Is centuries, hundreds Of
thousands Of the faithful, from kings
to beggars, have knelt there for the
blessing they believed must come
from such a close approach to the
remains of one who in life stood so
close to Jesus Christ.
Pope after pope, seeking the clear
light of duty. has prayed there. Every
Pallium sent to an archbishop, every
Pallium now worn by one, has reposed
first in casket of gold that stands
over the sacred spot. 1t is the physi-
cal center of a spiritual government
which comprises ESQ, 100000 men and
women.
Yet for 500 wears no eye has claim
ed q CLEAN from the cross of Con-
stantine.
And now this appeal, signed MAR
cellus OF the Old Stones which is
supposed to have been written by an
eminent archaeologist, and to which
the pope will probably pay no heed,
draws the attention of the whole
Christian world to that spot. It has
already brought replies from some OF
the most eminent of Catholic arch
aeologists, both Professor Marruchi
and Father Crisar having taken it up.
The former, who is pre-eminent In
his calling, believes the tomb to be
under the high altar Of st. Peters and
to contain the remains of the apostle,
and the latter, joining him in this, al
so JOINS him in the desire that the
whole matter be fully Investigated In
accordance with the resolution to this
effect adopted by the last Interna-
tional Congress Of Christian Archaeol-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-08-20
The Busy
Business Man

will find our line of office essentials
particularly adaptable and efficient in
tightening his work, and at the same
time keeping everything in perfect or
der. We have everything needful for
light or heavy bookkeeping. Every
conceivable supply for typewriters.
Inks, pens, papers and envelopes for
commercial or personal correspond
ence.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-08-20
WHAT is THE POISON IN vIRUso

The following bit OF information is
going the rounds as something new
(Which it is not), though it is certain
ly interesting:
IN. G. Loisel has arrived at the
somewhat startling conclusion that the
yolk of the eggs OF fowls and ducks,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-08-20

How DR.. Smith got hold of the story
is not known. There was an effort on
the part of the hotel people to keep
it quiet, but at any rate 1t is evident
DR.. Smith was not given the correct
version. Now that the cat is out of
the bag the real facts might as we'll
be given. The guest told the clerk
lie wished to be called at o'clock.
After the guest had retired the new
clerk happened to remember that he
went off duty at o'clock; that he
would not be on hand to call the
guest at o'clock. He thought over
the matter while and then solved
the problem. He called the guest
twice at 4 o'clock.-Bose Statesman.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-08-20
HOW FACTS GET TWISTED.

DR.. Smith was in town yesterday
from Boise. He has brand new story
which he is relating to his friends,
which runs something like this. There
was new night clerk on duty at one
of the Boise hotels. A guest wanted
to be called at o'clock. The new
man looked at the call sheet and
found that all the spaces for that hour
had been filled in, and remarked to
the guest: you'll have to take a
1880 call; all the o'clocks are oc-
cupied. ."-Mountainhome Maverick.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-08-20

The Union County Teachers annual
institute will be held at La Grande
September to 8. Those on the pro-
gram are Messrs. M. G.. Hartranft, ].
A. Churchill, ]. II. Alderman, e. D.
Ressler and J. II. Hockenberry.-Re-
publican.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-08-20
Bingham Springs
THE POPULAR BLUE MOUNTAIN RESORT

Bingham Springs Hotel beautifully
Blue mountains The Umatlla making
ideal place for the lover of
tee-cad mountains making Bingham
restful The
furnishing
garden furnishes abundance fresh vegetables abe
We pleasure guests.
Our swimming pool Of
$3.50 a $500 a one ors25OO
Table board $500
each week This includes all privileges
the of the swimming Address, e.
Springs Gibbon Posofice.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-08-20
...s....s.s.ss .
- PRAYER IN DEFEAT"

. Still hurl me back. God, IL Thou .
must .
. Thy wrath, see. shall bear .
. | have been taught to know the .
dust .
OF battle and despair. .
. Bend not to me this hour. o .
. Cod, .
Where l defeated stand; .
. have been schooled to bear thy .
. rod, Q
. And still wait, not unnamed. .
But should some white hour of .
success .
. Sweep me where. vlne-like, .
. lead .
. The widening roads. the clamor- .
. ing press .
. Then l thy lash shall need, .
. Then in that hour of triumph .
. keen, .
. For then l ask thine aid; .
. God of the weak or whom 1 .
lean, .
Keep me then unafraid, .
Arthur StrinCer. .
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1906-06-14
LewistOwn's Opportunity.

Lewistown is about to have an Opportun
ity that is afforded to but few vilages-in
having trolley road coming right into their
midst IL freight carrying road as well rs
passengers. it means that every foot of
land in and Immediately around that village
will double and triple In value within the
next fl We years, and yet, a few of the non
progress We citizens thereof are Withholding
their aid and encouragement 10 the RAILROAD
now about to be built. Such blindness is al
most inconccivable. We can't imagine by
what means of reasoning these few people
want to knock" the railroad. What posi-
Bile good would it do them if they could pre-
vent Its being built? Is it the feeling like
unto being "big frog in little puddle"
Don't make any mistake gentlemen, the
wheels of progress are moving in your dircc.
ton and you can't stop them, do what you
may, and you hest be careful or they might
perchance run over you. Lew stown has
some hustlers, and five years after this rail-
road has been built, they will be the people
who will be applauded for the aid and assist.
ance they are now giving to the biggest thing
that has ever struck dear old LewstOwn.
Marx our predictions.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1906-06-14
Just Another Pull.

Just give the railroad another pull, and
the end will be accomplished. Everyone is
saying how nobly Thurmont has responded
to the call for stock, but there is still needed
from this end 214 shares of stock and We
trust that it will be forthcoming within q
week. Many persons could furnish cross
ties or poles, and if they subscribe, they will
not be obliged to contribute cent IN cash.
Now, won't you give this one more lift?
Some of you who have taken but one or two
shares take one or two more, and II will
have then been accomplished in so much
shorter time.
Some who hnye subscribed could take
more; some who have not subscribed ought
to do something Those who persist in
withholding aid may have to listen to some
things that will not be pleasant after the
road has been built, yet no community would
he complete without few "disscnters" who
have hut few kind remarks for any enter
prise for the better ent of their town and
community, and fewer dollars to lend or
give in aid. Improvements will come IN
spite OF these people and not because OF
them, but how much better would it be if i.
could be said Of them that they did what
they could. Now, friends, just one more lit
tie lift and the prediction that we have SO
persis,eDty made will surely be fulfilled
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1906-06-14
Grain r0ps Promising.

There is not half as much deep seat
ed concern in the West about the crops
as surface indications suggest. IL is by
comparison with conditions Il month
ago rather than by consideration Of the
real aspect OF the situation that the out
look takes on Il serions phase. Good
crops are the strongest props Of pros
perity, especially in the West, and
there is much solicitude about their
salvation, but the worst State reports
yet publis!e do not suggest anything
else than a profitable harvest.
The grain trade is coming more and
more to believe that if the yield OF
wheat this year is to equal that of last
year The spring wheat production must
be larger than present prospects indi-
cate it will be. But that the: is any
warrant today for declaring the CROP
of 1906 will not be good one, conser
vative grain men deny.
There is almost unanimous agree
ment that the oats yield will be largely
short cf that of 1905. Corn las three
months more to show what it can do.
Winter wheat is nearing harvest in the
greatest surplusproducing communities.
State reports from Kansas, Missouri,
Kentucky and Ohio are strongly con.
vincing that those States will not do as
we'll as last year. but if reports from
Indian Territory and Oklahoma be
correct, the increase ought to 90 far
toward making up for deficiencies in
the States mentioned.
Granting that the crops will be re-
duced this year, it is hard to see how
the purchasing power Of the public will
be reduced. The railroads suffer loss
of traffic, but the action of the grain
markets last week demonstrates that
reduction in the wheat yield will find
double quick response in an advance of
prices for reserve grain.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1906-06-14

Along with dyspepsia comes nervous
ness ard general lll-health. Whyf Bo'
cause disordered stomach does not per:
m' p sHe iees aS Hs % s em
The blood Is charged with poisonS which
como from this disordored digestion, and
In turn tho nerves arc not fed on good,
red blood. and we SEQ symptoms Of merry
BUSINESS, slccplessncss and general break
down. 1t is not head work, nor over ply
ach work. Vita poor, thin blood the
body Is not protected against the attack
ton. Fortify the body at once with DR..
Plerce's Golden Medical Discovery "a
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roots without, . particle Of alcohol or
dangerous habit forming drugs,
A little book Of extracts, from promi-
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free to any address on request by postal
f Hn1s Or lI II Address Dr. r. v Pierce
Many years OF active practice convinced
DR.. Piorce Of tho value OF many native
roots as medicinal agents and he went to
great expense, both In time and In money,
TO perfect his own peculiar processes for
rendering them both efficient and safe for
tonic, Alternative and rebuilding agents.
NC pOpuiel vi uoiuCn
Medical Discovery" Is due both to it's
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publication OF the names Of the tngredt-
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gives full assurance OF its non-Glcohollc
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1t Is not patent medicine nor secret
one either, This fact puts 1t IN class
all By itself, bearing as It does upon every
bottle wrapper Tho Badge Of Honesty, in
the full list OF its ingredients.
Tho "Golden Medical Discovery cures,
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torpid liver and biliousness, liberation OF
stomach and bowlcs and all catarrhal AZ
fections no matter what parts or organs
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Pleasant Pellets arc the original littlo
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