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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-10-16
GEN. BOOTHS OLD AGE RULES.

Precepts for the attaining of old
age are as many as the men who have
attained it, Some drink whisky and
some eschew all beverages but wa
ter. To some tobacco is an abomina-
ton, to others it is the staff of life.
Mark Twain declared that he had
come safely and happily through the
10th milestone of his life because he
had done everything calculated to
shorten and carefully avoided every
thing recommended to add to ones
years.
Now comes General Booth, the rs
year old head of the Salvation Army
with seven rules for those who would
| live long:
| Eat as little as possible. The aver
age man eats too much. Instead OF
nourishing his body he overtasks 1t
compelling his stomach to digest more
food than it has capacity for.
Drink plenty,of water in preference
to adulterated concoctions. Water is
wholesome nourishment
Take exercise. 1t is just as foolish
to develop the mind and not the body
as it is to develop the body and no
the mind. Perform some manual Ia
zor; dig, chop wood, or, II you car
talk with your whole body, why, ther
talk; but do 1t with all your might.
Have a system, but do not be
slave of the system. If my hour t
rise Is a. M. and at that time
haven't had sufficient rest, I taxi
longer time.
Do not fill your life with a lot o
silly and sordid pleasures, so ina
when you come to die you will tint
you have not really lived.
! Abstain from indulgences whicl
overtax the body and injure not onl
yourself, but the generations tina
come after you.
Have a purpose in life that pre-
dominates above all else, that Is ben
eficent to those about you, and no
. your own greedy self alone. If ther
is one thing for which I am glad 1t
that I have found a purpose which In
wolves not alone myself, but all hu
manity.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-10-16

ccrn themselves about republicanism
Some oc these federal officials have
evea fought part Of the state ticket
and helped defeat James Withycombe
for governor. The party is to be rep
resented by emasculated partisanship'
Fulton is alone in the appointing
power And Malcolm or nobody was
the terms he had to face, Republican
ism in Oregon is a one-man PROPOSE
ton at present with the people de-
terminad to turn down that one man
whenever 1t appears that he wants a
candidate to win.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-10-16
NO HoBoEs IN "DRY, TOWNS.

One of the results of the prohibi-
ton era in Lane and Linn counties Is
seen in the fact that since they went
dry" their residents have had very
little trouble with hoboes The thirsty
travellers have horror of dry towns,
and loiter in them no longer than
possible. Hoboes have denominated
the country from the north line Of
Linn county to the south boundary OF
Lane, "the desert" and they pass
through as quickly as possible. Lo-
cal police officers say they have heard
hoboes discuss the matter and say
they would never stop again in Linn
or Lane county town II they could
help it, no matter how hungry they
lare.-Jacksonville Times.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-10-16
Headquarters for Travelling Men.
Commodlous Sample Rooms.
FREE 'RUS.
Rates, So, $3.50 and So
Special Rates by the week or month.
Excellent Cuisine.
Prompt dining room service,
Bar and Billiard Room I'm Connection
Only Three Blocks from Depots.
PORTLAND. OREGON.

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.
Fl. G. BOWERS Manager
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-10-16
The Woman
Who Writes

TO her friends will create fine i'm
nression-irrespective of her diction
If she uses "swell' stationery. stop
TO think. please. that good form pa
per costs but little more here than
The very ordinary kind. Why not buy
the best when we sell that so cheap
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-10-16
TypEWRITERs AS PIANIsTs.

The time will soon arrive in which
expert typewriters will be able to play
the piano almost as we'll as they do
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-10-16
REBUILDING FRISCO.

There's a harmony of hammers,
There's n symphony of sound
In the rakin' and the scrapin'
And the clearin' of the ground;
There's new foundations started
While the old ones yet are not
There's ten thousand men regaiEih
What they had but haven't got
There's a thousand head of horses
A-cartin' dirt away,
There's a thousand teams a-tuggin
And a-tringin' stuff to stay.
And everybody's at 1t
Fxceptin', well, few,
who had to lay them down and RESI-
From doing work for two.
There's shirt-sleeves everywhere yot
go,
TOP boots and overalls,
And the men are all a-scrapin'
With their backs agin the walls
A-workin' and a-strivin'
And a-buildin' up a town
That no strength of future furies
Can ever batter down.
The Lambertville record., 1906-09-05

One of the largest and most curious
Of the many luminous or lamp bearing
insects Is the great lantern fly, n spe-
cies of the firehy peculiar to central
and northern South America. The
great lantern Is hardly as large as the
common dragon fly or "snake feeder"
but like th1t creature It has laeelke
wings and an elongated abdomen. In
Central America. particularly IN Costa
Rlca and Panama. the Indians capture
them by thousands. using them as
decorations for their headdresses. sad
dies, etc. The Frenchman Renard who
visited Guatemala in 1902 declared that
the Indians used lantern flies and other
luminous insects much in the same
manner that we do torches and Ian
terms and that by the light the insects
give out they We're able to find their
way through dark woods and swamps
The Lambertville record., 1906-09-05
Tho neinrf GcninI.

A southern woman who Is now past
her prime, but whose ready wit still
makes her welcome guest wherever
she goes, tells the following story
about an encounter with what she
terms "northern iceberg" She was
ut Il musical entertainment at a private
house In New York, and at the end of II
song which had been delightfully."- rem
dcred she turned with I'M exclamation
Of pleasure TO II lady who sat near and
whom she knew by sight. but had
never met
The woman addressed looked ut her
in surprise for Il moment and then
nskcd cnldly, "IlaYe the pleasure OF
knowing you"
mo- was the answer, but felt at
liberty 10 speak to you on account Of
your being under such very great OBJ
legations TO me"
"WilI you have the goodness to ex-
plain what you mean" said the New
York woman haughtily.
"Mcrcly that 1 refused your husband
twenty five years ago," replied the lit
tie southeruer as she moved away to
seek Il more congenial atmosphere.
The Lambertville record., 1906-09-05
THE CAMPHOR LAUREL.
flow the Drug In Extracted From
the Wood of the Tree.

flow the Drug In Extracted From
the Wood of the Tree.
The cnmphor laurel. from which the
greater part of the camphor of COM
merce is produced. Is II native of
China, Japan. Formosa and Cochin
China. 1t Is II hardy, long lived tree
and sometimes grows to Il great size.
Ii has evergreen leaves, yellowish
white flowers In panicles and Is Il
very ornamental tree. the trunk run
ming up TO a height of twenty or
thirty feet before branching. The
fruit Is very much like Il black cur
rant
In the extraction of ealnphor the
wood is first cut into small chips. and
the chips are put into water In Il still
and steamed. The head of the still IS
filled with straw. and as the steam
carries off the camphor III yapor Il
is deposited In little grains around the
straw
The crude canpher is thau hentsd
In vessel. from which the steam is
allowed 10 escape through small
aperture. The cnmphor sublimeS In n
semitransparent cake. In the man
ufacture of cumphor the tree Is nee
essurlly destroyed, but by rigid law
of the lands in which the tree grows
another Is planted In the place of every
one that is cut down. The wood Is
highly valued for carpenters work.
Cnmphor was unknovAl to the
Eraala aud RnmanS md wus 0r4f
brought to Europe by the Arabs.
The Lambertville record., 1906-09-05
A IsIsi, Stnrr.

4 remarkable example of the vo-
racity of trout. accompanied by fatal
results. has Just come 10 light. a
young man employed Mt Mr.. Sargents
mill at Tipton, St John, on the river
Otter noticed Il fine trout lying dead
in the mill lcat. He got the fish out
and was astonlshed To find that tight
w twisted In the most extraordinary
fashion into the trouts gilis was an
eel, which had undoubtedly strangled
its captor. But this WIS not all. Firm
lv stuck In the mouth of the eel WAS
little fish. probably Il stclSleback.
which, being too big for the eel IN
swallow. had caused It's death also.
All three fish were very recently dead,
and It was quite clear TINT the eel,
which was II foot long. had attempted
to swallow the sticlllcback. but had
only succeeded In getting lis head far
enough down 70 choke itseNr. Who
trout. no doubt, seeing the eel in dill.
culties, had attacked it and attempted
TO swallow II, with the result that his
slippery, writhlng victim had managed
TO choke him by cntangliug Itself up in
wonderful way In Its eaptor's gills.
Thus the little stieklebacll choked the
eel, which in It's turn strangled the
trout London Telegraph.
The Lambertville record., 1906-09-05

came, and Molly's heart grew cold
within her Not 4 man moved except
TO throw stone at the mad beast. and
even the little ones seemed obliyious
of the danger that threatened them.
Leaplng. the dog gained the square,
AMI the next instant the maddened
mouth would have snapped at some
helpless child. but Molly was there aS
soon as he was. Fear had lent wings
to her fcct. and she stood directly in his
path. stopped down, caught his head in
her dress skirt and fell upon her knees,
holding him down while She screamed
fer help. Scores of people rushed up
then Some snatched the children,
some picked up Molly. others stood and
looked, while one man dispatched the
dog with revolver. \ chorus of CRATE
full mothers assailed her ears. but she
was so faint and weak she felt only Il
desire 10 get home and weep on kate,s
sympathetic neck. Just then the 5:30
train from New York pulled In. and the
passengers promptly stepped across the
tracks 10 tho eouure TO see tho excite.
ment. One young man who shouldered
his way through the crowd caught her
eye
"Oh, Dick" she exclaimed I'm so
glad you've come" and then fell limp
" into his outstretched arms before
them all.
lie drove her home very slowly for
they had great deal to say. and. OF
course, Dick had to bring out the ring
again from his pocket and put 1t on
Molly's finger, and Molly had 10 tell him
how silly and unhappy she had BEEN
and Dick had to tell her something to
the same effect about himself, and all
that took considerable time.
Kate was waiting by the gate for
her, but ali clouds of anxiety vanished
from her face when she saw Dick and
looked In Molly'a coutented and shif.
ing eyes "pidn't | tell youT' she
whispered.
Eyes. you dear old prophet. You did, .
replied Molly. kissing her. and 1t will
come 10 you. too, for when Dick and l
are married next month you can go and
study and nurse To your henrts con-
tent"
The Lambertville record., 1906-09-05
The Gray Parrot.

The h 1ne Of the gray parrot, an In
teresting but sadly i'll used creature, Is
in sunny central Africa, from the kon-
20 and Guinea coast to the east Of Lake
Nyassa. Here the pretty Pollies' fly
in focks, az rocks and pigeons do In
England, for they are very friendly
birds. The birds when caught are hud-
died together and carried to the coast
Such as are still alive on reaching 1t
are packed, generally without mercy
or pity, In the holds of ships 5r are
slowed away In any corner on board
where space can be found, to suffer
torments from want OF air, want OF
light, want of proper food and space
TO spread their wings, and, worst OF
all, lack of water, which they dearly
love. The wings of many wretched,
suffering birds brought to this country
are tied 80 as to prevent them from
futtering and spelling their beauty.
Choking, gasplng, sitting from heat or
shvering with damp and cold, hun
dreds upon hundreds die on their way
to this country 1t has been said by Il
famous bird fancier that hardly one in
thousand survives the terrible suf-
ferlngs which gray parrots undergo on
their way from their own land to the
cage in England.-Our Animal Broth
The Lambertville record., 1906-09-05
GOLD m COLUTION.


Waters OF the Oceans.
DO you know that the waters OF our
g.1be hold thousands of millions of tons
of gold in solution, and that II II were
possible to extract the precious metal
from the aqueous constituent of our
planet gold would be the commonest
OF the metals? More than 100 years
ago the salt boilers ON the coast of
Maine found slight traces of the
precious metal on the sides of their
evaporntora. and later on Scottish
tradesmeu in the same article reported
gold settings I'm the water taken from
the mouth of the Dundee In 1888 the
chemists Malaguu and Durocher ana
lyzed waters from several different 10
calIties In the several oceans and seas,
the result being that they found II
slight trace Of gold and silver In every
specimen tested. Finally. In 1859, they
made II grand summary of all their
findings, the figures presented with
that report being without doubt the
most wonderful exhibit that has ever
been given to the scientific world.
II was there shown that the average
depth OF all oceans Is 100 fathoms.
and that the surface area Is sufficient
to make II grand total of 400, ,oO0, 600
cubic miles of water. or not less than
1,S37. .030. 272 900 100000 tons Each ton
of that vast amount of surgiug liquid
holds. at IL very low estimate. one
thirteenth of n grain of gold. or n total
OF not less than 1880 100000 tons OF
the precious metal. II this vast amount
Of gold could be extracted and thrown
upon the market the best fnancier in
the world cannot imagine what the re
suit would be
The Lambertville record., 1906-09-05
Deauly snakes.

The deadlicst Of snakes Is said 10 be
the mamba. an African cobra. 1t flies
at everybody and everything; IT goes
out of it4 way 10 quarrel: II will even
come down from Il tree TO solicit nm
Interview. over In India there Is the
great king cobra, or hamadryad. II size
larger, quite as herce-lt hns been
known to chase n man ON horseback; /;
he had 10 ride for his lfe-but his
poison Is n degree less virulcnt Tho
difference. however, may be considered
negligible and censes to interest the
patient after II few minutes. Among
the Australian cobras, the pit vipers
OF America and the great west African
vipers there are species with evil repu-
tations, and the most alarming feature
il that the aggressive snakes are all
desperately poisonous
The Lambertville record., 1906-09-05
An Uncanny Plant.

on the shores OF Lake Nicaragua Is
10 be found IN uneanny product of the
vegetable kingdom known among the
natives by the expressive name of "the
devils moose" Dunstan, the natural
ist. discovered It while wandering on
the shores OF the lake. Attracted by
cries Of pain and terror from his dog
he found the animal held by black,
sticky bands, which had ehafed tue
skin to bleeding point. These bands
were branches Of Il newly discovered
Carulyorod5 plunt. which has been APPLY
named the Gland octopus" The
branches are flexible, black, polished,
without lenves. and sccrete II yiscid
fluid.
The Lambertville record., 1906-09-05
A VERY FORMAL HONOR.
paImcrstoa Had Not Bcen Intro.
duccd 10 Hugo or Dumas.

PaImcrstoa Had Not Bcen Intro
duccd 10 Hugo or Dumas.
Alexandra Dumas, the elder, tells
this story In his diary "One day Victor
Hugo and were dining with the Due
Deeazes, and among the guests were
Lord and Lady paimerston. Lord and
Lady Palmerston had come late. There
had been no time for an Introduction
before dinner, and utter dinner. while
we We're taking tea, the formallty had
been forgotten. Young Due Decazes
came up to me. My dear NJ. Dumas
he said. Lord Palmcrston has begged
me to ak you TO lenye an empty chair
between yourself and Victor Hugo
did so
Lord Palmerston got up took his
wife by the hand aud brought her over
TO us Look nj the clock. my lady, he
said What o'clock Is ltY asked Lord
Palmerston. Thirty live minutes past
To- replied my lady Then remember
said her husband. that this evening Mt
thirty five minutes past 10 You were
seated between Victor Hugo and Alex
andre Dumas and TINT such an honor
Is not likely 10 happen to you twice In
lifetime
'lIe then took his wife by the hand
and took her back to her place Mt the
other side of the room without another
word. You see he had not been intro
duced either to Victor Hugo or me"
The Lambertville record., 1906-09-05

Minnesota has been designated the
North Star State, Of which two or
three explanations have been given.
one on account Of It's geographical posi-
tion. another that the north star APP
pears IN Its coat of arms. II has also
been called the Lake State from the
great number Of small lakes within It's
limits and the Gopher State because
the early settlers found goIphcrs there
In such abundance that they proved
passing over II plain where gophers
abounded WIS In danger of being
thrown by his horse accidentally step
ping In n gopher hole
The Lambertville record., 1906-09-05

The aren of bolivia is not accurate
ly known, yet II Is probable That It's
present area is not far from 100000
square miles, which is the equivalent
Of the nren of Germany. France and
Spain combined. From the lOwlnnds
on the east and southeast the land
rises, sometimes by easy slope and
sometimes by abrupt uplift to the
snowcapped peak Of Sorata. with its
altitude of near 5000 feet and 10 the
pyramid Of lllimanl which Is given rs
1900 feet In height La Pnz lies at
an elevation of 11.0O0 feet above sea
level and potosl at nearly 1900 feet.
few miles west of La Paz Hes the
inland sea of Titicacn ut nn elevation
Of 1860 feet
The Lambertville record., 1906-09-05
BROCK, I'M HOLLAND.
Ii LIS said to He the CIennest Town
la the World,

Ii Is said to He the CIenuest Town
la the World.
The eleanest town In the world Is
said TO be Brock In Holland. II Is only
few miles from the capital and has
been famous for It's cleanliness from
time immemorial IL IL also notable on
account of the fanciful style of its
streets
The people. though only peasants. are
all well 10 do. and all feel IL pride In
their town 1t seems To bo the first
business of their lives to keep their
houses freshly painted, their gardens III
perfect order and their yards and
streets ~ clean as II new pin No carts
are allowed In the streets, and no cattle,
Though the raising of stock and the
making of butter and cheese are their
occupations, II stranger would never
imagine that there were any cattle in
the region, unless lie went To the heau-
tlful green meadows Mt the haek of the
houses or the stables out there, where
washed like Kitchen.
The streets nre too fine and neat for
the feet of the animals to step on. All
are paved with polished stone, Inter.
mingled with bricks of different colors,
and kept 81 scrupulously clean that Il
lady could walk anywhere In white
satin slippers pearson's Weely.
The Lambertville record., 1906-09-05
The Valuable MY pre.t, Jnnc.,

The aluhbie IVY Prctty JHuC.'
"My Pretty Jnne" was one Of tho
most profitable songs 10 the publishers
ever written. Some years ago ii
brought over t2.000. yet all that Mr..
Fitzball. the writer Of the words, and
Sir Henry bishop. the composer of tho
music, Jointly received did not exceed
fi0. iitZball. to be sure declared
that 1t took him Just ten minutes to
write, and Bishop thought SO little of
his own setting that he had thrown the
manuscript into the waste paper bas-
ket, from which 1t was fished out by
the manager Of NuuXhall Gardens.
But. even 81. the composer was surely
entitled TO proportlonate reward with
the publisher. and 1t IS not consolng 10
recall tLc circumstance that Bishop
died almost paupcr.--t 'hambers
Journal.
The Lambertville record., 1906-09-05

The motion Of the earth at the equa-
tor il equal to nearly 1900 feet per
second. and the earth has three mo
uons viz, the rotation on Its axis In
one day of twenty four hours the reVo-
luton around the sun ia one year OF
1854 days and very slow gyratory
motion at the poles This last men
toned motion Is very peculiar one
and has not long been known. The
poles move around the outside OF
line at right angles 10 the plane OF the
eeliptic, coincidlng with the line Of axle
rotation once la %, ,569 years.
The Lambertville record., 1906-09-05
WI

Wit like every other power has lts
boundaries. Its success depends on the
aptitude Of others TO receive impress
sions, and that as some bodies, indls-
soluble by heat. can set the furnace
and cruciblc at defiance. there are
minds upon which the rays OF fancy
may be pointed without effect and
which no fire Of sentiment can agitate
or exalt. johnson.
The Lambertville record., 1906-09-05
IIIs IcIu,.,teIcc

The curate Of Il country parish lately
preached charity sermon, and the
collection which followed amounted to
f2o Is. 4lad. In the vestry after the
service the church wardens counted 1t
out and mentioned the result "WelI."
said the reverend preacher. 81 must
have preached pretty well 10 get all
that" "NO doubt you did. sir" replied
one Of the church wardens who had
been collecting, but the squire put in
f20 note. and he's deaf. London
Mail
The Lambertville record., 1906-09-05
A Charming View.

Dawley TO the house agenD-I
thought you said there was charm
ing view from the front windows.
Why, there are only houses to be seen.
view, SIR. In the house opposite lives
the most beautiful widow you ever
clapped eyes on, and she's always at
the " window London Fun.
The Lambertville record., 1906-09-05

"Gracious" exclaimed the fond wife,
coming In her husbands den and find
ing him smoking his pipe and reading
This room Is thick with smoke. |
don't see how you can stand 10 sit In
here"
"You can't responded the brutal
husband. "Wel. | don't stand TO sit
IN here: sit t. sit IN here Did you
think you had married II freak"
1t Is said That this was die first time
IN their married life that she slammed
door on leaving him.
The Lambertville record., 1906-09-05
Telephone Notice.

THE MERCHANTS, AND FARMERS TEL
EPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY
have now built their lines into almost all
parts of Hunterdon County and are ready TO
rate of sle % per year for unlimited service
throughout the county.
The system now reaches New Hope, Lam
bertyille, Stockton, Idell, Kingwood, Ser
geantsville, Ringees Locktown, Croton, Flem-
mgton, Three Bridges, Baptisttown, Rose
mont, Frenchtown, Milford. Bloomsbury,
Little York, Mt Pleasant Eyerittstown, Pat
tenburg, Qnakertown, Pittstown, Clinton,
Annandale, Lebanon, Potterstown, White
house and Whitehouse Station.
Applications for telephones 81 ould be made
to Charles N Reading, Frenchtown, NJ j., or
Eugene Wilson, Sergeantsyille. n. J., which
will receive prompt attention
The Lambertville record., 1906-09-05
Habit.

Habit Is our primal fundamental
law. Habit and imitation there Is
nothing more perennial In rs than these
two. They are the source Of ali work
Ing aud all apprenticeship, OF ali prac-
tice and all learning. in the world.
Carlyle
The Lambertville record., 1906-09-05
CuttIn4.

Mrs. Enpeck | think Mr.. Mahlstick
paints suci lovely pictures. think
that | shall have him paint portraits
Of Henry and me together. Mrs. Cut
tlng-Oh, didn't know that he painted
battle pictures-C Chicago News.
The Lambertville record., 1906-09-05

Furniture Dealer This table is easily
worth the extra $50. A hundred years
from now 1t will he as good as 1t Is
todny Customer Choosing the cheap
erJ-In that ease I'll leave II for my
great grandchildren
The Lambertville record., 1906-09-05

.How was II saw Footlites In town
this week."
"He Isn't playing"
why, thought he was the star In
that tank drama"
80 be was, but he wanted to be the
tank too" Baltimore American.