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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-10
MISSIONARY RIDGE.
HOw the Scene of n Terrible Battle
Originally Got Its Name.

Stretching for miles along the east
.rn border of the city, picturesque and
pleasing to view is Missionary ridge.
How well that name Is known from
The hemlocks of Maine to the flowers
Of Florida, and yet how different from
Its name are the associates one gives
1t when 1t Is pronounced! In history
It Is recorded as being the scene Of one
Of the fercest conflicts of the civil war,
but to the people who know the origin
of the name it is a monument to the
memory of band of devoted, self sac
rificing Christian men who, braving
the hardships of emigration not for the
love of gain, but to help their fellow
men, built the Brainard mission on the
picturesque heights known by the name
of Missionary ridge.
1t was in 1917 that the Rev. Cyrus
Kingsbury, Alnsworth +. Blunt and
the Rev. John Vail first viewed the site
of their mission. They were sent here
by the American board of commission
ers for foreign missions, and the same
board had provided for the erection Of
u mission, including school buildings
and a home for the missionaries. But
the contractors failed in their contract.
and the missionaries were left without
money and without even shelter. But
by energetic efforts they created a mis-
sion school and built mill on the
banks Of Chickamauga creek. The mill
race, nearly mile long, is still visible.
The mill was purchased by Philamon
Bird in 1859. lie tore down the small
structure and built what is now known
as Birds mill.
On May %, 1919, the president of the
United States. James Monroe appeared
at the door of the mission unannounced.
He was accompanied by General
Gaines. Although surprised by his Wis
1t, the missionaries were ready to re.
ceive him. and he compllmented them
on their work and in glowing terms
praised the beautiful location of the
mission. The Brainard mission was
used until the Indians left. 1t did an
immense amount of good, and at one
! time there were more than 500 Indian
children being taught beneath its roof
The Lords supper was observed for
the last time on Aug. 10, 1888.
In the old mission cemetery east OF
the ridge, overgrown with weeds anC
forgotten by almost everybody, is ;
little monument on which are the fol
lowing words:
Here lie the remains Of Samue
Worcester, d. D., pastor of the Taber
nacle church. Salem, Mass, first secre
tary of the American board of commits
sioners for foreign missions. BorI
17T0; died June Z, 1S21."-ChattanOog;
Times.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-10
WASHING CLOCK FACES.
Some Timepieces Grow Soiled More
Quickly Than Others.


"Tve been washing the faces of the
city clocks nigh on to ten years,
guess" said a pheasant Scotch-Irish.
American, ''and before that | did 1t in
the old country. There aren't many face
washers in this land, and the few who
know the business do well at it." He
looked prosperous in his tweed suit and
derby hat
''Is your work anything like that of
the steeple climber" he was asked.
Bless you, no." he replied, with
twinkling eye, much amused, "only in
one thing, and that is that mostly sail
ors take up with the trade. That's be
cause we're good climbers, you know
I've washed the faces OF city and
church clocks that We're $50 feet from
the ground, and 1t took me two and
three weeks to do it. I'm a practical
clock repairer, too-have to be, you
knOw-and do my work In n huge
wooden cradle made for the purpose
Some clocks get their faces dirty in q
year or SO: others remain clean ten
years, and so on. Old Ben, Westmin-
ster's great clock, Is expected to keep
clean fifteen years.
In the old days the trade was more
dangerous. We used to work from
scaffolds and got many dangerous
falls. Now we have the cradles and all
the fixings and comforts, and if man
keeps his head he can work as well as
on the curb. How is the pay? Well,
that's hard to figure, for we work by
the job. We don't clean clock faces in
winter, so We make enough in the
summer TO last the year round. OF
course sometimes the, clocks are taken
out Of their cases and repaired in the
shops. Last year cleared $1,000 and
visited only two other cities, Chicago
and Boston. This year I'll make more,
because building operations have grim
ed the clocks and given our trade u
lift."-New York Post.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-10
STOCKHOLM.
The City of n Thousand Islands and
Rocky Reefs.

From Sweden's capital an enthusias
tic visitor writes: "1'he sky has an al
most Italian radiance as the sun shinee
clear and bright on the glittering Levels
of the lagoon that divide the new town
from the old Across the water, on
which feet of white ferryboats ply,
rises the broad front Of the palace, the
stern outline of which is relieved by the
russell glow which time has lent to the
brickwork. In front of the palace runs
broad quay crowded with shipping,
behind which one may catch peeps OF
narrow, winding streets, with sloping
roofs and painted houses bent with
age. The square front of the palace
rises above the red and gray roofs,
seeming to command the old city. on
my right the waters narrow to a swift
rushing stream, over which stately
bridge has been thrown, uniting the
palace with the picturesque pile Of the
opera house, or, rather, with the broad
square In which it stands. Behind the
opera house lie broad streets Of mod
ern houses, In which there are uneX
pected glimpses Of waterways crowded
with shipping.
stockholm is built on a series Of Is
lands formed by Lake Malaren. 1t is,
indeed, the city of a thousand islands
and rocky reefs, which are sown broad
cast many miles beyond the mainland,
where the lake and river join the sea.
The steamers which ply up and down
the lake afford endless excursions.
Seaward you may sail day among the
islands until you reach the long, low
reefs on which the Baltic beats.
"ln spite of their cold climate the
Swedes delight in the open air. After
the indoor life of English or Amer.
lean cities 1t is great pleasure to take
ones meals out of doors, although II
may sometimes be necessary to dine
wrapped in an overcoat. We have
seen people dining in the Tivoli gardens
beneath awnings and umbrellas in the
rain. This habit may explain the health
and vigor OF the Swedes"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-10
The London Police.

When the scheme was first broached
fierce opposition developed to the es-
tablishment of London's metropolitan
police, in September, 1929. Police to
patrol the streets Of London? Such a
scheme was 'repugnant to the spirit of
English law and to the theory of free
government" according to an editorial
in the Standard of the day. "As a sys-
TEN of clandestine intelligence the
thing is complete" it went on. THE
low constable is instructed to make
himself acquainted with the inhabit-
ants of every house within his beat.
And how is this information to be OBJ
tained but by the pumping of the serv-
antsT'
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-10

In "The Silken East" the author, V.
c. Scott O'Connor, explains what that
much discussed consummation of Mir.
vana, or neikban, is TO the faithful
Burmese:
And this neikban, what is il? Eter.
nal extinction or eternal and conscious
peace? The everyday Buddhist, in
Burma at least, is in no doubt upon
the subject, and for the rest, for III
exalted idea of paradise, l do not re
member to have come upon anything
finer than this: where the believer
expects to find sure shelter against
all errors, doubts and fears, and a rest
ing place, where his spirit may secure.
ly enjoy the undisturbed possession of
truth"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-10
THE UPS AND DOWNS OF TOM LAWSON

Thomas William Lawson, born As
years ago in Charlestown, Mass, the
son of Nova Scotian carpenter of
splendid means, is strikingly hand
some man, of clear-cut features and
the figure of an athlete, standing over
six feet in height splendidly proper
toned.
Vitriolic of pen, dramatic of speech,
startling of deed a bitter hater, a
furious worker, a phenomenal money
maker, liberal spender, of tremend-
Gus energy and wonderful resource
fulness, Lawson has had a stormier
career than that of any financier in
modern annals. Thrice he has gone
broke" only to duplicate the tabled
Phoenix by rising from the ashes of
defeat to richer heights.
Starting his career by running away
from school at IL years of age to be-
come an eTrand boy in brokers' Of
flee, Lawson at 16, made a small for
tune in a pool with other office boys,
only to drop it in squeeze in stocks
a few days later. This break cost
him S59,S4l out of 100000. He spent
all but $4.3O of the balance in giving
dinner to his friends, and he gave
the S4.30 to a waiter as a tip. 1 de-
cided to make a clean sweep" he
said
He married at 81 and is the father
of six children. Once he bought new
carnation for $4,000 and named it
for his wife and at another time be-
cause his wife liked the site h bought
some barren, rocky land near Scitu-
ate, Mass, and spent $2,000,000 trans
forming it into a stock farm; naming
it 'Dreamwold," and making it fam
Gus for its magnificent blooded horses
and cattle.
1t has been Lawson's way and lot
to make and lose millions of dollars
in single day with unconcernedness
of the laborer who cleans up 81 cut
ting grass or shoveling snow. He first
made a name in the financial district.
II years ago, in fight against store
service company, being interested in
rival patent on the cash carriers
used. He won, smashed the COM
pany and reorganized it with himself
on the inside.
In 1898 in a stock campaign of the
Westinghouse Electric Co. against the
General Electric Co., he stuffed $2.-
$4,000 in 5S days for himself and his
hackers. Then he plunged" in SUI
gar-and went broke" for the sec
ond time in his career.
Next he promoted "boom town.
in Kentucky-and lost heavily for
himself and those backing him.
Becoming interested in Butte &
Boston Copper Mining company's
shares, he bought at 75 cents and
"bulled" it to SIS. Then he did about
the same thing with the stock of the
Boston & Montana company. The
year 1900 found him the possessor of
$50, 900. .OO0--and about to step into
the flight which has led to his present
straits.
Lawson interested Henry II. Rogers
and other Standard Oil men in the or
ganization of the Amalgamated Cop
per company, fell out with them in
1901 and dropped about $4,000. 900
in the great crash which hit so many
Detroit spectators, among them be-
ing Frank c. Andrews. Lawson VOW
ed vengeance on Rogers and all his
friends and began his famous "Fren-
zied Finance" stories In New York
magazine as part of his campaign of
exposure and revenge. Incidentally he
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-10
The "Rummnree.o

That not very elegant word, sup
posedly an Americanism, "bummer," {"
is said to be descended from the Eng
lish "bummaree," itself centuries old,
If not very literary in the company il
has kept. A "bummaree' was n person
who peddled fish outside the regular
fish market. Naturally such person
was in, disfavor with the dealers in the
established markets. The "bumma.
rees' were accused of cheating and
selling worthless wares, hence the dis.
agreeable significance of its linguistic
descendant.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-10

Canon Nicholl used to tell how on one
occasion he had visited the famous
house of the Thrales in that suburb of
London where DIR. Johnson was at
home. johnson" said the canon In
recalling the visit, "had occupied two
rooms, and these were left as he last
used them. The sight was an extraor-
dinary one, for ink was splashed all
over the floor and even on the walls.
It was one of the doctors habits to dip
his pen In ink and then shake It,"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-10
A Modern Miracle.

Truly miraculous seemed the re-
covery OF Mrs. Mollie Holt ,of this
place" writes j. o. II. Hooper, Wood
ford, Tenn, "she was so wasted by
coughing up puss from her lungs.
Doctors declared her end so Bear that
her family had watched by her bed
side As hours; when, at my urgent re-
quest DR.. Kings New Discovery was
given her, with the astonishing re-
suit that improvement began, and CON
,tinued until she finally completely re-
covered, and is a healthy woman to-
day" Guaranteed cure for coughs
and colds. soc and s1.O0 at Tallman
e. Co. and Brock & McComas' drug
gists Trial bottle free.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-10
A Severe Test.

Don't ask girl to marry you after
dark when she is dressed fit to kill
Call on her, and when you leave mad
vertently drop glove on the piano
Return for it the next morning at 8
o'clock. If she comes to the door with
one shoe and one slipper on, her hair
done up in curl papers, dressed in an
old Mother Hubbard, our advice is to
take to the woods. But If she appears
In neat house dress, her hair done up
and rose in the top of her hair, grab
her quick.-Marionville (Mo) Free
Press.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-10
The Vizier's Little Joke.

A Frenchman who lived many years
in Fez tells how the Moroccans enjoy
joke at the expense Of Europeans.
An ultimatum had on one occasion
been sent to the governor demanding a
letter of apology. No letter came, and
the French charge d'afTaires went TO
the vizier, Si-Feddin-Garnit, to an
nounce his departure. do not gor'
cried the vizier You are our friend
The letter only needs the sultan's seal
1t will be ready tomorrow" 1t was
not ready on the next day or the next,
and on the third day the charge d'af-
faires, after refusing all refreshment,
declared that he was leaving Fez i'm
mediately, whereupon Si-Feddin-Gar
nit drew the letter from his leathern
wallet. at has been ready for five
days" he said. You see,' there was no
need for anger"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-10
Tobacco and "I,anana" Belts.

Fremont county has long been
known In Idaho as the banana belt.
The Clearwater country now comes In
with a demand, backed up by choice
tobacco grown in that section, for the
name of tobacco belt" The Clear
water tobacco has taken first premi-
ums at both st. Louis and Portland,
over all competitors. It was the best
raised in the United States and cer-
tainly entities the Clearwater to a
tobacco belt."-Boise Capital News.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-10

sought to strike his enemies OCCASION
ally in the stock market.
Articles and speculations have alike
cost him dear. His vitriolic language
aroused his opponents and made new
ones. While he stung the Standard
Oil and insurance company speculat-
ors he failed to bring them to their
knees. For abuse they returned
When he called them thieves and con-
structive murderers. heartless, soulless
worshipers of money. they called him
a maniac and called in expert testi-
mony to show that his brain WAS
aw-y. Now, by their Vaccinations in
the stock market they have hit him a.
body blow that will take all his ener-
gy and resourcefulness to sustain (
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-10
The Natural Effect.

Father-From my observation Of him
last night 1 came to the conclusion
that young man Of yours was rather
wild. Daughter-Of course. 1t was
your constant observation that made
him wild. He wanted you to go up
stairs and leave us alone.-Philadel-
phla Ledger.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-10
The First Word.

But" said the judge, you provoked
the fight"
"No, OF dhn't," replied the prisoner.
"But you struck the first blow. Why
did you do that?"
"Bekase he said to me, If Orm wan
ye're another and so soaked him.
Philadelphia Press.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-10
Eortv Years, Active Service.

New London, Conn, Jan. 10.-F. L.
Allen Hook and Ladder Co., No. 1,
will celebrate the 10th anniversary of
its establishment with big banquet
this evening. The company was or
ganized under the city charter on Jan.
10. 1855. There are but three of the
original charter members surviving
and only one Of them, Mr., Goetz Ba.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-10
N 0 5
hO|eSa|e

We aim to carry the best, and as
the largest dealers in the west. We
control the agency for the Chickerins.
Weber, Kimball, Hobart NJ. Cable.
Lester, Schumann, Steck, Haddorff
and over 25 others of the worlds best
Pianos.
With the great amount of business
being done by the Pendleton house We
can afford to sell you Piano at
wholesale-to sell you Piano for q
less price even than a small dealer or
agent would have to pay. By coming
to the store and selecting your instru-
ment you save at least this one i'm
mense agents profit.
Remember, there is that ASSURANCE
of satisfaction in buying piano from
US.
We do not consider it a deal until
you are satisfied. 1t is money back"
If not as represented.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-10

"Your father is certainly the politest
man know"
What makes you say that?"
Hes pretending that he's cured Of
his dyspepsia in order that he shall
not hurt his doctors feelings. New
Yorker.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-10

At Colfax, WASH, Frank Dehm,
saloonkeeper. had his license revoked
and was fined s75 for selling liquor to
minors. He pleaded guilty in order
to escape Jail sentence.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-10
Winning WAR.

The people who win their way into
the inmost recesses OF others hearts
are not usually the most brilliant and
gifted, but those who have sympathy,
patience, self forgetfulness and that
indefinable faculty Of eliciting the bet
ter nature of others.-Woman's Life.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-10

They who have never known prosper
lty can hardly be said to be unhappy.
II is from the remembrance Of joys we
have lost that the arrows Of affiiction
are pointed Emile Zola.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-10

More reserved in its wording than
most epitaphs is one in Derbyshire
churchyard, which, after giving partic-
uiars Of birth and death, concludes,
""Twas said he was an honest man."
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-10

Mabel-Is she as happy rs when she
lived with her husband. Molly-Twice
rs happy. He used to allow her only
so a week, and now he has to pay her
S1S week allmony.-Kansas City In
dependent.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-10

You can get very good idea Of nat
ural selection" in Its practical work
ings by viewing a celery glass after It
has been once round the table.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-10

Husband-Let me see, how long is y,
since Uncle John was here? Wife,
oh, 1t must be several years. He was
here the week after got my last new
bonnet.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-10

Clothes don't make the man, they
merely break him; especially If they're
his wife's clothes.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-01-10

Satan finds more mischief still for
idle funds to do,
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-06-23
canvassers Wanted.

We want in every county at least
one good live man with q horse or a
team to travel among the farmers and
show the Marshke Tank Loader and
take orders for The same. ss.
2@ This loader is a machine for loading
and unloading wagon boxes, grain
tanks or hayracks, for lifting or load
ing heavy weights; is portable, easily
adjusted and operated and has re-
ceiyed the approval Of the farmers
wherever It has been shown.
It can be set up ready for use,
loaded on a spring or farm wagon for
trans ortation and can be readily nm
loaded by the canyasser, when he
wants to give demonstration.
n We can make you a very attractive
proposition to take this work up from
now I'LL harvest and you win not need
to so Tar from your home. Address,
N. r. Ling, secretary.
Fargo, n. y.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-06-23
THE PHIL soPI,Y OF LOVE.

Il Love Is kindly and deceitless. Yeats
Love can sun the realms Of night -
Schiller.
Il They do not love that do not show
their love. Shake speare.
D Loves thing that's never out OF
season. Barry Cornwall. 3.5s
II He that shuts out love in turn shall
be shut out BY love. Tennyson.
The greatest miracle of love Is the
cure Of coauetry. La Rochef oucauld.
Love is master of the wisest; it is
only fools that defy him. Thackeray.
Love never dies Of starvation, but
often Of ndigesti ion. IN inon de rEnclos
8 The magic of first love is the igno-
rance that 1t can ever end. Beacons-S
field. Ne
Mans love is OF mans life thing
apart; ills woman's whole existence Is
Byron.
It is impossible to love a second time
when we have once really ceased to
loye.--La Rochef oucauld.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-06-23

81
Richard WINS was hanged at Chica-
go Friday for the atrocious murder
Of Mrs. Bessie Ho1lister at Chicago in
January. Only 4 little more than
five months elapsed between the
commission OF the crime and It's pun
ishment. The feeling over the murder
was so intense that q speedy trial was
Insisted upon, and although none al
the rights Of the defendant were il.
fringed upon OF waived, a speedy de.
Termination Of his guilt was had and
equally prompt punishment meeted
out. The Wins case proves that de
lays OF two or three years are not
necessary In the execution of sentence
III criminal cases where the prosecu.
ting authorities takes steps for a
prompt trial and where superior
courts hear and determine promptly
the appeals that may be taken Of
sought. to be taken. From the very
promptitude with which punishment
was inflicted In this case, It's ex
emplary effect will be hundred fold
greater than If the case had been
allowed to be dragged through THE
courts for years, until memory Of The
original crime was nearly if not quite
forgotten. 81; s 4 BE ...ss:5
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-06-23

The association of the school direc-
tors of Burleigh county met at the
court house in Bismarck yesterday,
June %, with a large attendance of
members from all over the county.
Minutes of preceding annual meet
ing were read and approved and the
same officers reelected for the coming
year. J. A. Field, president and R. F.
King secretary.
The first question propounded for
consideration was: Should teacher
Perceive pay while in quarantine ?"
The result of which was the appoint
ment of legislative committee to
ascertain the legal points in such
cases and secure proper legislation
where necessary.
Next followed an animated discus
sion on the necessity of fencing school
grounds to protect trees and flower
beds. Apple Greek reported wire
fence of Sc inches surrounded by one
strand Of barb wire, stretched on
cedar posts eight feet apart.
On the subject of insurance the
opinion seemed to be that if the pre-
cautions insisted on by the companies
We're observed no policy was neces-
sary. Nineteen school houses re-
ported insured. E..
Visitation Of schools was advised
but one director reported trouble in
the family because he went too often.
Prof. Taylor spoke briefly, in his
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1906-06-23

Although the Grand Forks Herald
still claims the state. for the insur-
gents, its enthusiasm for the insurgent
cause is not SUFFICIENT to reach as tar
as LidgerWood, where the Broadaxe,
which has fought long and hard for
the insurgent cause, admits the insur-
gent defeat III the state. The Herald
still publishes its appeal to the voters
of the state not to believe what they
know to be true, but to go down with
the Herald ship The Herald now
puts Ward county ID the doubtful
column, not because there IS any
doubt Of the election Of the stalwart
delegates bun, says the Herald, be-
cause they may prove false 10 the
solers under which they fought during
the campaign. This claim is so
ridiculous that the Herald would
never have consented To- make 1t I'M
less II we're so hard pressed for some
comfort out Of the hopeless situation.