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bault's-in the shape or a material
symbol of his consuming devotion?
Stranger things have been done
in the name of worship. Was it not
possible that the lost thousands
were nodded into that lustrous
image? That the goldsmith had
formed it of the pure and precious
metal, and set ii there, through
some hope of a perhaps disordered
brain. to propitiate the saints, and
pave the way TO his own selfish
glory?
That afternoon, at five minutes to
three, Robbins entered the chapel
door of the Little Sisters of Sa-
maria He saw, in the dim light, a
crowd of perhaps a hundred peo-
pie gathered to attend the sale.
Most of them were members of va
rious religious orders, priests and
churchmen, come to purchase the
paraphecaalia of the chapel, lest
they fall into desecratIng hands.
Others were business men and
agents, come to bid upon the realty.
y clerical-loObIng brother had vol
unteered to WELD the hammer,
bringing to the office of auctioneer
the anomaly of choice diction and
dignity of manner.
A few of the minor articles were
sold, and then two assistants
brought forth the image of the
Virgin.
Robbins started the bidding at
$40. A stout man, in an ecclesi-
astical garb, went TO SIS. y voice
from another part of the crowd
raised to $50. The three bid al
ternately, raising by bids of S5,
until the offer was $50 Then the
stout man dropped out, and Rob-
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fairs of the kind there was-er-
as the saying goes-er-a lady in
the case. In absolute confidence,
now-if-perhaps-
Sister Felicite's large eyes re-
garded him solemnly.
There was one woman" she said.
slowly, Ito whom he bowed-to
whom he gave his heart"
Robbins fumbled rapturously for
his pencil
Behold the woman" said Sis
ter Felicite, in deep tones.
She reached long arm and
swept aside the curtain of the al
cove. In there was a shrine, lit to
a glow of soft color by the light
pouring through a stained glass
window Within a deep niche in the
bare stone wall stood an image of
the Virgin Mary, the color of pure
gold.
Dumars, conventional Catholic,
succumbcd TO the dramatic in the
act. He knclt for an instant upon
the stone flag. and made the sign
of the cross. The somewhat abash-
ed Robbins. murmuring an indis-
tinct apology, backed awkwardly
away. Sister Felicite drew back the
curtain, and the reporters depart
ed
On the narrow stone sidewalk Of
Bonhomme street, Robbins turned
to Dumars. with unworthy sarcasm.
Well, what next Churchy law
fem?''
''Absinthe," said Dumars.
With the history of the missing
money thus partially related. some
conjecture may be formed of the
sudden idea that Madame Tibault's
words seemed TO have suggested
TO Robbins brain.
Was it so wild a surmise-that
the religious fanatic had offered up
his wealth-or, rather, Madame Ii
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ever she knew would be willingly
told, but it was very little. Mon
sieur NORM mad been a good friend
to the order, sometimes contrib
uting as much as 500. The sis
terhood was an independent one,
depending entirely upon private
contributions for the means TO car
ry on its charitable work. Mr.. Mo
rim had presented the chapel with
silver candlesticks and an altar
cloth. He came every day to wor-
ship in the chapel, sometimes re-
naming for an hour. He was a de-
vout Catholic, consecrated to holi-
ness. Yes. and also in the alcove
was statue or the Virgin that he
had, himself, modelled. cast, and
presented to the order. Oh, it was
cruel to cast a doubt upon so good
a man.
Robbins was also profoundly
grieved at the imputation. But, un-
til it was found what Mr.. NORM
had done with Madame Tibault's
money, he feared the tongue of
slander would not be stilled. Some
times-in fact, very often-in af-
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His life had been as regular and
austere as a monks; his habits,
simple and unconcealed. Generous.
charitable, and model in proprie-
ty, was the verdict OF ali who knew
him.
What, now?" asked Robbins,
lingering his empty notebook.
"Cherchez la femme" said Du-
mars, lighting a cigarette. TRY
Lady Bellairs.''
This piece of femininity was the
race track favorite of the season.
Being feminine, she was erratic in
her gaits, and there were a few
heavy losers about town who had
believed she could be true: The re-
porters applied for Information.
Mr. NORM? Certainly rot. He was
never even a spectator at the races.
Not that kind of man. SURPRISED
the gentlemen should ask.
Shall we throw it up?" suggest
ed Robbins, land let the puzzle de-
partment have Il try?"
'Cherchez la femme" hummed
Dumars, reaching for "a match. Try
the Little Sisters IF Wkat-d'you-
call-'em."
1t had developed, during the in
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OBRINS. reporter for the

Eicayune, and Dumars,
of L'Abeille - the old
French newspaper that
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-11-26
THE POOR MANS LAND LAW.

George H. Maxwell, editor of Max
wells Talisman, an irrigation and
homecraft paper of Chicago, compares
the old homestead law of 1862 with
the reclamation act of 1902, in the
following interesting manner:
The homestead law of 1862, signed
by Abraham Lincoln, and the nation
al irrigation law of 1902, signed by
Theodore Roosevelt each had for its
inspiration the purpose of dividing the
land in small tracts among the people.
The one has been perverted by
trickery and dishonesty into an in
strument for creating great estates
and barring the home-maker from
the land.
The other, as it now stands, is in
vulnerable to those who would use it
for such purposes. In no way can it
be manipulated in the interest of in
ordinate land hunger or monopoly.
Hence the incessant attacks made up
on its revenues and upsn the work of
the reclamation service, in the hope OF
so embarrassing or crippling it that
private spectators may absorb the
opportunities now held open to the
many.
Even more than the homestead act
the national irrigation act "The
Poor Mans Law" Kept in force, 1t
will foreser maintain the subdivision
Of all irrigated areas into small hold
ings; whereas farms acquired under
the homestead law may in a short
time be absorbed in numbers into sin
gls holdings. But a man may acquire
wealth on an irrigated farm of 16O
so, 30 and even 10 acres.
one Of the felcities of the system is
that It is teaching thousands of people
that q small tract, irrigated and inten-
sively cultivated, pays better than the
big farm under old-fashioned methods
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-11-26
ORIGIN OF THE BARBER POLE.

The striped barber pole originated
in England In The middle ages, wnen
the Ere fessions of the surgeon and the
tonsorial artists we're one. phletht-
omy was then considered cure for
every i'll.
During the operation the unfortu
nate patient had to grasp a pole firm
" In his hand, that the blood might
flow more freely. This pole was usu-
ally painted red, and to 1t were at
tached the white bandages which the
barber surgeon, or the surgeon bar
Der, used to stop the blood. When
not in use the pole was suspended
outside the shop, sometimes capped
with a basin, to inform wounded
travellers where they might obtain re-
lief
The practice was made permanent
finally by law, and even after tn,
professions became separate, both tn,
barber and the surgeon had to erec
the poles outside their establishments
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-11-26
ANOTHER NEWS" FALsEHooD.

AE5ther falsehood sent out in the
news items Of the Associated Press for
a political purpose has been refuted.
Within few days following the re.
cent state elections the Associated
Press sent out scare head stories to
the effect that both democratic and
republican leaders in Colorado had be.
como thoroughly dlsgusted with wo-
man suffrage in that state and would
never permit any woman to secure a
nomination for office again; that wo-
man suffrage had proved to be an
utter failure in Colorado and that Its
death knell had been sounded by the
leaders Of both political parties.
Mrs. Abigail Scott Dunlway, of Port.
land wrote to the chairmen Of both
democratic and republican state com.
mittees in Colorado, for a verificatlor
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-11-26
REMOVE THE JUTE TARIFF.

Oregon, Washington and California
are vitality interested in the manufac-
ture OF jute grain and wool sacks, and
because Of the high tariff on raw jute
the farmers and stockmen of these
states are forced to pay an excessive
price to the cute trust for its products
The East Oregonian hopes to see
the legislature of Oregon at its COM
ing session invite Washington and Cal
ifornia TO join in a joint memorial to
congress asking for the removal of
the tariff oil raw jute, at least until
such time as the United States PRO-
duces commercial jute to be placed
upon the markets.
a petition coming from the three
great states of tn" Pacific coast and
backed by all the farmers and ..ock-
mems organizations, would have
weight with congress and would per-
hars result in the removal of the
jute tariff
The gross injustice of the jute tariff
is shown in the fact that while foreign
sacks come in free, the raw material
to he manufactured in American mills.
is heavily taxed.
This enables the foreign manufac-
turer to send in cheap sacks, while it
forces the American manufacturer to
sell high to make a profit after paying
the tariff charges.
The present tariff on raw jute is
rs of cent per pound and Is per
cent ad valorum, making the total
tariff charges on a 4OO-pound bale
S7.5j. or l.6 ceHts on each manufac-
tured sack.
Let Oregon start this movement
Let her legislature launch this petit
tion. Oregon, the mother of political
reform on the Pacific coast can well
afford to petition for the removal OF
this apparent evil.
Startling changes in governmental
policies are due. Oregon has set the
pace with her direct primaries, popu-
lar election of senator's, initiative and
referer dunn. She should be the
mother of tariff reform on the coast
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-11-26
NOTIIIN' NEW.

It's Hearst and Bryan and Parker,
It's Taft and Teddy and Root,
It's Beveridge every hour of the day
So busily footing his toot;
It's trusts and tariffs and Cuba,
Panama. Patrick and Thaw;
It's Fairbanks. Cannon and Addicks.
Jerome and Murphy and Shaw,
The world of the old grows weary,
1t longs for the new and strange.
It's sick and tired of the same old
thing.
And it cries out loud fer a change
It's Tar5ell and White and Steffens;
It's Bangs and Howell and Twain
It's Crisis and "Pir' and jungle"
And jungle and "Crisis" again;
It's Dixon and Booker and Tillman,
It's negro and cotton and OIL
It's laughter and preaching and pray
lag.
It's sorrow and suffering and toll;
It's always the same thing over,
And always the same to do,
The world goes dry and none answer
the cry
When it cries out loud for the new.
Baltimore sun.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-11-26

of the items sent out by the Associat-
ed Press, Both OF these gentlemen de-
niec having made the assertions cred
tied to them; both assured Mrs. Dun.
iway that the wcmen candidates ran
well, sharing the successes and defeats
Of other candidates and that no move
ment had been started, nor was one
likely to be started. to deprive women
of nominations, or of any other priv
ileges given by the state constitution.
Thus it is shown once more how the
great unbiased Associated Press falsi-
flies its news for political purposes.
The women suffragists of Oregon
were not affected by he apparent
falsehoods sent out from Colorado at
the time, for the statements attributed
to the political leaders were too loud
to be true.
Now that the lies are branded as
such, beyond any doubt, Oregon suf-
fragists are greatly elated, MS such
tactics always rebound upon the
heads of those using them.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-11-26

sociation, received "A wire today sign
cd by democratic and republican state
central committeeman of Colorado
saying that the dispatches which re-
Gently appeared in the Associated
Press papers to the effect that women
candidates ran behind their tickets
We're not true, but that the women
candidates ran with their tickets and
We're elected or defeated with them
says the Oregon Daily Journal.
The telegram was in answer to one
sent by Mrs Duniway for the pur-
pose of ascertaining the truth about
the conditions there.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-11-26

others declare the game can be trac-
ed to the English, and that 1t is a first
cousin to the game of bowls. The
first person to give form and rule to
the game was Henrique pevlgne, who
lived in the reign of Charles TX.
Football came into England with
the Romans, and is older than the
English national game of cricket. 1t
is played in many parts of the world,
having been one of the most popular
games with the Greeks.
Polo has. from prehistoric times,
been favorite game in the eastern
countries, and Persians Turks and
Tartars engaging in the pastime with
great zeal. In China and Japan there
is a game closely resembling the Per-
sian sport but going by a different
name.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-11-26
a PRAYER.

God of the lonely soul.
God of the comfortless,
God of the broken heart-for these,
Thy tenderness!
For prayers there be enough
Yea, prayers there be to spare,
For those of proud and high estate;
Each hath his share.
But the beggar at my door,
The thief behind the bars;
And those that be too blind to see
The shining stars;
The outcast in his hut,
The useless and the old;
Whoever walks the city's streets
Homeless and cold;
The sad and lone of soul
Whom no man understands:
And those of secret sin. with stains
Upon their hands,
And stains upon their souls;
Who shudder in their sleep,
And walk their ways with trembling
hearts,
Afraid to weep;
For the childless mother. Lord,
And ah, the little child
Weeping the mother in her grave,
Unreconciled-
God of the lonely soul,
God of the comfortless,
For these, and such as these. I ask
Thy tenderness.
Whose sin be greatest, Lord;
If each deserve his lot:
If each but reap as he hath sown-
ask Thee not.
l only ask of Thee
The marvel of a space
| When these forgot and blind may looI
Upon thy face.
Ella Higginson in December Serb
ner.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-11-26
SUET AND PANAMA.

The Panama canal project is, of
course, q matter of great interest to
the American public and for this rea-
son any information in reference to
the great Suez canal and its prosper
ity is worth reading. In regard to
Suez, the Baltimore Sun says:
The chief effect of the Suez canal
commercially has been to facilitate
British trade with India, East Africa
the East Indies, Japan and Australia.
IN 1905, for example, out of 13,l34,-
l05 tons of shipping using the canal
S.256 $40 We're British; other nations
were nov here, though the Germans
and French had increased percentages.
Since 1890 the import and export
trade with the regions east of Suez
has increased from 6.S90.O0O tons to
13,134. 900 tons in 1905, most of it be-
ing with India. In the 10 years India's
share rose from 3,S70,OOO to 6,345,OOO
tons. 1t is thought to be significant
that the British mail for Hongkong
has abandoned the Suez route for the
Canadian overland route, thus short
ening the time of transit by a week.
Cargoes cannot, of course be handled
like mails, hut the change is worth
nothing. The proposal to duplicate
the SueZ canal seems to have no finan-
cial backing. The canal company has
reduced its transit rate from IL francs
in 1874. to ~ francs in 1906, and
further reductions are probably pos
sible, under competition, in view OF
the large dividends paid.
The experience of the Suez is suf.
ficient to make us realize what great
boon the Panama canal VIII prove to
American commerce.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-11-26

The Chicago Livestock World makes
the following timely kick about the
car shortage: How would it do to
sidetrack those Pullman cars and give
the common people who pay cents
a mile chance to ride comfortably? ?
II Jones of Jonesboro, wants to travel
up the road 100 miles, he is compelled
to stand on his feet the entire distance.
The train carries two coaches, usually,
and they are crowded to the guards.
Behind trail four or five heavy Pull
mans, each containing a woman tour
ist with a parrot and a "nigger" por-
ter. About 20 Pullman cars are run
each way daily between Chicago and
Denver. Five could handle the traf-
fic. Cut out a little of this Pullman
rolling stock, Mr.. Railroad Manager
and give the dear people a seat for
their money.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-11-26
SCHIFF JOINED" THE UNION

Jacob II. Schiff, the banker, laid the
cornerstone of a new synagogue in
New York few days ago, but before
he was allowed to do so he became
member of Journeyman's Stonema-
sons and Settlers Union No. 81. Tho
press states that with uplifted hand
the millionaire financier took pledge
not to work for less than IS cents an
hour. and never to have anything to
do with a non-nuion job. He was in
itiated by William ]. skinner, busi-
ness agent of the union and then he
got his card.-The Argonout.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-11-26
FORETOLD THE QUAKE.

German astronomers of the observ.
atory of Berlin foretold that during
the month of August there would be
violent seismic disturbances in the
zone comprising the site Of Valparai-
81, reports the Mexican Herald. A
Valparaiso mercantile concern mad
contracted in Berlin for a large cleo
trio plant to arrive there in August,
tut the Berlin firm declined to send
the machinery, etc, for the reason
that the German astronomers were
looking for trouble in Chile.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-11-26
CHRISTMAS IN BETHLEHEM.

Shepherds still watch their flocks
by night during the Christmas season
around Bethlehem. 1t is the most
peaceful scene in all the Holy Land.
Yearly they watch the procession OF
pilgrims that wends its way frcm the
Church Of the Holy Sepulchre through
the Via Dolorosa, out through st.
Stephens Gate. where the martyr was
stoned to death, and across the plains
to Bethlehem. All night long the
footsore travellers who have gathered
from every part of the world, may be
seen trudging by starlight toward the
little village of Bethlehem.-December
Travel Magazine.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-11-26
AGE AND ORIGIN OF GAMES.

Chess, the most ancient and intel
lectual of games. is generally suppos.
ed to have originated with the Hin
doos, and its age is about 1000 years
Billiards is claimed by some to have
originated in the Far East, while
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-11-26

. When things go right we can .
. With anyone on anything .
. There's good in all that we can .
. see,
. And joyous are the songs we .
. sing. .
. But leaden grow the dancing .
. feet, .
. We have to sing another song, .
. And trouble sours our little .
. sweet Q
. When things go wrong. .
. When things go right we can be .
. good .
. And all the Christian virtues .
. show .
. DO unto others as we would .
. Be done by-seeds of kindness .
. Still, all my praise will reserve .
. For him who, battered hard .
. and long, .
. Still keeps his temper and his Q
. nerve Q
When things go wrong. Q
. Selected. .
. o Q
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-11-26

December l Caldwell, Idaho, will
vote upon a proposition to build an
eight-room school house.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-11-26
f.NEWs" STORIES ARE FALSE.

Mrs. Abigail Scott Duniway, presi-
dent of the oregon Equal Suffrage as
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-11-26

Boosting friends beats boycotting
enemies.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-04-26
Unpleasans Surprises.

p. P. Johnston, president of the Ma
tional Trotting Association, said at
the annual meeting in New York:
THE taking Of trotting continues. My
friend T. E. Dempsey tells me that in
the summer he saw mare that had
been bleached, bleached like blonde
woman.
"All sorts of fakes are adopted by
crooks in order to disguise trotter
with good record. Then the trotter.
believed to be a beginner. gets enor-
nous odds and when she wins-what
q surprise"
Mr.. Johnston lighted cigar.
1T Is an unplnasan. an unexpected
surprise" he sail 1T is like the sur
prise a friend Of mine met with on a
train in West Virginia.
"As the train traverse1 Wise county
my friend, ertranced with the scenery,
stuck his head ont Of the window.
THE rrakeman hurried to him and
said: Keep your head inside, can't
your
what for?' asked my friend
$50 you won't damage any Of the
iron work on the bridges, said the
brakeman"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-04-26
CONGRESSIONAL NEWS.

Senator La Toilette. of. Wisconsin,
in a senatorial speech on the rate bill,
declared the house measure inadequate
10 meet the requirements OF the peo-
pie.
In a message TO congress President
Roosevelt denounced the decision OF
Judge Humphrey in the Chicago beef
packers case as a miscarriage of JUS
lice. The president declared that
Judge Humphreys Interpretation OF
he law made the will of congress
abortive, and that he did not believe
other judges would follow the decis-
ION.
President Roosevelt sent to con-
gress the life insurance reform bill
prepared by the recent Chicago core
yention and a message urging legIsla.
ton to put an END to the abuses re.
Gently disclosed
Minority Leader Williams prevented
a fight in the house between Mr.. Gros-
venor of Ohio and Mr. Clark of Flor
ida.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1906-04-26

out and out jealousy-that Of the
conan the fury OF woman scorned.
while Crockett might have dreams OF
some day coming into john inherit.
lpce should things take tu.a in his
direction.
Nc doubt the last named potter had
no suspicion of the true cause that
urged his wife to press the Yankee
colonel's downfall, and would be sure
not 70 let such fery-headed fighter
rs Crockett Ridgeway suspect the
truth.
Colonel John paced the floor in his
agitation.
He had at length been awakened.
Cool and collected even under the
hottest fire, this man could be aroused
II the right means were brought to
bear upon him.
And when they touched upon his
honor, in connection with Mollie
Granger, they struck key that IL
properly played. could be made to
Tbrate with intense zeal.
Come, aunt. you tell. me strange
.hing-how am l to understand 1t. l
believed my wife to be safe under
her fathers roof, and yet you tell me
she is in Atlanta-that She saw me
enter this house-saw Belle Stevens
admit me-"
Every word Of it Is true-when
she left home do not know. but there
must have been some engagement
made, for she was driven here in her
own carriage, and by one OF her faith
er's former slaves, one called Eze-
Mal."
Il know the fellow--but it is mon.
strous to think of such plot to rob
4 man of his wlfe--to make her des-
Else me. How could you lend your
aid to such a thing?"
Il do not know-they badgerea me
and declared l did not love the South
if | should hesitate to defeat one OF
Judgment, | trust you will believe. Be.
sides, there was no whisper that Mol.
lie was your wife. Had known that
not anything on earth would have in.
huenced me to join them"
We'll, after all il has not gone so
far that 1t cannot be remedied If you
really regret the share you have had
in the matter, dear aunt"
81 do. believe me, deeply"
Then it will be easy to confess the
whole thing to Mollie and will only
too gladly forget the share you had
in It,"
She flushed as he spoke, for she
was a proud woman, and as such II
would cut her keenly to confess to
duplicity in the presence of Mollie-a
woman may not find it hard 20 beg for:
giveness from a man whom she has
treated treacherously, but it is as bit
ter as NORWOOD for her to say the
same thing to one of her own sex.
Still Aunt Sarah meant what she said
and was ready to hack it up.
(To be coptinued.)