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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-10-04

A Geld is much more easily cured
when the bowels are open. Kennedy's
Laxative Honey and Tar opens the
bowels and drives the cold out of the
system in young or old. Sold by Tall
man & Co.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-10-04

The government has installed high
power wireless telegraphy plant on
the Farallone islands-16 times more
powerful than the first plant there.
II is hoped to now establish direct and
reliable communication with the Ha-
waiians.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-10-04

s At Indianapolis, Guy White, aged
l2 years, struck Fred Miller, aged IL
years, on the head with gallon can
full of kerosene. Miller died from
conclusion of the brain.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-10-04

All the news all the time In the
East Oregonian.
The new age. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905, 1906-03-24

They Attended Same Church Man.

They Attended Same Church Many
Years, but Never Met.
Dying within a day of each other,
Mrs. Ana e. Peterson and Mrs. Chris
tine Schaefer, two pioneer women of
the city, unconsciously rounded q most
striking parallel in life history, says
the st. Louis Globe-Democrat. Born
came to this country when young and
located In St Louis, where each had
lived continuously since. They were
both married soon after arriving here
and each was the >mother of large
family. The descendants of both have
entered into the business life Of the
city and won for themselves a place In
the esteem of their fellow citizens.
Both of the aged women have lived
In the same part of the city, yet they
never met. Attending the same place
of worship, they were unknown to
each other. Their children discovered
the remarkable similarity In the lives
of the two women after their deaths.
Mrs. Schaefer lacked but three
months of being sc years old She was
born in Gross, Rallenbach. Germany
and when II years of age was brought
by her parents to this city. She had
lived here ever since coming to st
Louis When a young girl she was
married to William Newman, and one
daughter by that union survives.
The new age. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905, 1906-03-24

Not long ago q boy employed In a
chair factory in Boston discovered fire
In the packing room. He Immediately
raised an alarm, and then set about
the rescue of the panic-stricken girls in
the building, several of whom he helped
to safety; but the flames spread so rap
Idly that one man lost his life, and a
number of other persons were saved
only by heroic work on the part of the
firemen. Investigation, which was be-
gun Immediately, soon traced the origin
Of the fire to the very boy who had
discovered it. He had thrown light
ed match into pile of newly vanished
chairs. When pressed for his reason,
he declared that 1t was the desire to be
known as hero. He had meant no
harm, but had expected to be able to
put out the fire before 1t spread, and SO
gain credit with his employers and the
public. Such cases are so common that
they lead to serious questions as to the
cause. The tendency of cheap news
papers to make heroism out of the
most ordinary Incidents; the false
views of life presented In dime novels
and some more pretentious books, and
especially by the melodramas of the
cheap theaters-all these are contrib
uting causes; and as might be expect
ed, they are more potent In the city
than in the country. The fact of the
matter ls-and nearly every parent is
forced sooner or later to recognize tt
a boys mind Is like a steam boiler. 1t
may appear fair on the outside, and
yet, If 1t is constantly supplied with the
foul waters of moral or intellectual
turpitude, corrosiOn goes on unchecked
and unseen. When the shell becomes
thin enough the explosion must come );
and the wreck, as in the case In point,
may involve other lives than that of
the boy himself and his immediate
family. There Is no way to safeguard
boilers except by frequent and careful
inspection. So, too, there is nothing
which will do for a boy what constant
and rigid oversight by his parents will
accomplish. Such oversight may be
regarded as old-fashioned, but 1t will
never be obsolete.
The new age. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905, 1906-03-24

Nothing more practical and sensible
has been thought of in this country
for a long time than the army cooking
school maintained by the government
at Fort Riley for enlisted soldiers.
The waste of food In the army through
preparation that is careless-or worse
lis something fearful. To correct this
wanton extravaganza Is only rational
economy. The appearance of reform
In army cooking is encouraging. Let
us hope that 1t will extend to civil life.
When 1t is demonstrated how good
beans and bacon and coffee and other
army fare can be made by proper at
tention to their preparation the sin of
spoiling by the wholesale a great va
riety of more expensive food may be-
come apparent.
The new age. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905, 1906-03-24

Every one who has watched a drill
Of infantry remembers the thump of
musket butts at the command,
"Halt?' British military authorities
have discovered that although the old
fashioned musket stood this banging,
the new fine rifles are too delicate for
such clumsy handling; the mechanism
gets out Of order and keeps the repair
shops busy. There Is no need of any
order in the manual which maltreats
gun, and no doubt many govern
ments will revise the drills.
The new age. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905, 1906-03-24

The general-stores building in the
navy yard at Portsmouth, New Hamp-
shire-the yard is really in Kittery,
Maine-is to be adorned with a bronze
tablet bearing this inscriptions I'm this
building, at the initiative Of Theodore
Roosevelt, President of the United
States, was held the Peace Conference
between the ENJOYS Of Russia and
Japan, and on September 9TH, 1905, Mt
B AT p. H., was signed the Treaty Of
Portsmouth, which ended the war be-
tween the two empires" Antiquarians
of the year zoos will not have to delve
into the records to discover in which
of the buildings of the yard the confer
ence was held.
The new age. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905, 1906-03-24

To develop style, says a critic, young
advice, provided the poetry is not pub
lished. Otherwise, think Of what it
might develop In the readers.
The new age. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905, 1906-03-24

The New York medicine company
which the government is prosecuting
for fraud because 1t advertised that
Its nostrums would bring the dead to
life may have merely, through acct
The new age. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905, 1906-03-24

The next Department Of Commerce
official who goes to Chicago to get
chummy with the beef-trust magnates
will probably be shown the new Fed
eral building and introduced to a
newspaper man who will interview
him on how he likes Chicago.
The new age. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905, 1906-03-24

Alexander and Hyde are out Of the
Equitable. McCurdy and the McCurdy
clan are out Of the New York Mutual.
Mccall has gone out Of the New York
Life. So has George w. Perkins. A
year ago how impossible this seemed
Graft and the Big Three seemed insep-
arabic. How cocky all the grafters were
about 1t! Do you remember Perkins
self-righteOus sermon about himself as
the honest apprentice" or McGurdy's
missionary work." or McCall's brazen
defense of campaign contributions, or
Hyde's hallucination that he owned the
Equitable2 They are all gone. Public
fly did 1t.
The new age. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905, 1906-03-24
Knowledge.

"a little knowledge is dangerous
thing" said the man who quotes.
Yes" answered Senator Sorghum,
especially when It's something that a
queer publisher happens to know
about you."-Washington Star.
The new age. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905, 1906-03-24

We hear much talk about putting
the Bible in the schools. If the SER
mons published in the newspapers
may be taken as guide the Bible
should be put back in the pulpit first
The new age. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905, 1906-03-24

The revised version might be made
TO read: Spare the rod and save your
life" A 7-year-old Kentucky boy shot
and killed his mother because she
spanked him
The new age. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905, 1906-03-24

Anyone who works for a living in
Chicago is sucker. A good hard luck
story will get you more money In
day than you can earn honestly in
week" So says Harry Reed. THE
prince of beggars." Reed has got
good living for years playing easy suck
srs, and, as he imagines, without work
The new age. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905, 1906-03-24
Not Looking for It.

''See here, when are you going to
pay me that money you owe me?"
my dear fellow, how can l tell
I'm not borrowing trouble. Baltimore
American.
The new age. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905, 1906-03-24

The mysterious thing about 1t is
that in spite Of all these wholesale
authorizations in food supplies the av
erage length of human life continues
to increase
The new age. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905, 1906-03-24

President Hadley admits that he
couldn't pass the entrance examina-
lions at Yale Is he too light for the
keam1
The new age. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905, 1906-03-24
Topics of
the Times

Hereafter the Chinese will be exclud-
ed much more gently than before.
The new age. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905, 1906-03-24

King Christian left an estate valued
at only $250,0OO. But he raised
large family, nearly all of whom are
provided with thrones.
The new age. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905, 1906-03-24

The Thaw family still refuses to live
up to its cognomen in its treatment Of
the chorus girl bride that belongs to
The new age. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905, 1906-03-24

The number Of persons who appear
never to have heard of the ten COM
mandments Is unpleasantly large just
The new age. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905, 1906-03-24

Ever notice how easily the heart
broken girl cements the pieces togeth-
ed and awaits another smash1
The new age. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905, 1906-03-24

The pace is so rapid in New York
that a life sentence for homicide only
averages about ten years.
The new age. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905, 1906-03-24

ing. But the chances are that to catch
his suckers he has worked harder than
many an honest man who has achieved
high success. 1t Is harder to frame
plausible lie than 1t Is to tell the truth.
1t is harder successfully to appeal to
peoples generosity than to their bust
ness sense. And he who gets a dollar
for nothing In this world has to exert
enough ingenuity and effort to have
earned 1t twice over. The faker, bind
ing his arm to his body and displaying
an appealing empty sleeve, stands all
day and far into the night In all kinds
of weather for a charitable pittance
which an honest workingman at con-
genial and wholesome occupation would
despise as paltry pay. The higher
grade beggar, whose ingenuity, good adj
dress and knowledge of human nature
secure for him a good income, might
with the same qualities and half the
work make twice the money. 1t is the
same with crime. There is no more
arduous and dangerous occupation, or
one calling Tor more ingenuity ana
SKILL than that of burglary. Though
the opportunities are unlimited, the
known burglars who are rich are prec-
ious scarce. The old scamp in the vic
ar Of Wakefield" who was necessarily
lying and trucking and cheating his
honest neighbor, wore himself out and
died in a debtors prison, while the
honest neighbor, though constantly
robbed, steadily prospered and took life
easy. Only fiction? 1t Is a page from
everyday life. If everyone were to fol-
low Beggar Reeds plan the sources Of
supply would soon be exhausted. Trick
cry and thieving never brought sim
gle dollars worth of value into exist
ence. All of the actual wealth In the
world has been created by honesty.
The new age. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905, 1906-03-24

The match trust Is not furnishing
the light that is being thrown upon
its operations.
The new age. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1896-1905, 1906-03-24
A Pleasant Way to Travel

The above is the usual verdict of the
traveller using the Missouri Pacific Rail-
way between the Pacific Coast and the
East, and we believe that the service
and accommodations given merit this
statement. From Denver, Colorado
Springs and Pueblo there are two
through trains daily to Kansas City
and st. Louis, carrying Pullman's lat
est standard electric lighted sleeping
cars, chair cars and up-to-date dining
cars. The same excellent service is
operated from Kansas City and st.
Louis to Memphis, Little Rock and
Hot Springs. If you are going East or
South write for rates and full Informal
ton.
W. G. MCBRIDE, Gen. Agt.,
124 Third St., Portland, Or.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-08
In Old New York.

It is the custom of the New York
papers to sneer at the unsophisticated
doings of the people in other parts of
the country. Apparently, however,
judging from the revelations made in
the evidence of Col Mann in the libel
case now on trial. many of the most
prominent and wealthy men Of the
metropolis were the easiest kinds of
easy marks for parties who merely
proposed to write them up favorably
or unfayorably, according as they paid
out their cash. generously or not It
is marvellous TO read how easy it was
to get large sums of money ostensibly
as loans OF in return for certificates
of stock whose value bore no proper
proportion to the money paid out.
That the leaders Of New York society
should have been held up in this way
argues i'll for their common sense. and
at the same time shows the total lack
of real value to the utterances of the
so-called society Pittsburg
Post.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-08

and investigating mind. an earnest
seeker after knowledge, and above
all, possessed of a wonderfully sympa-
thetic nature.
In 1913 she married Isaac Pinkham,
a builder and real estate operator, and
their early married life was marked by
prosperity and happiness They had
four children, three sons and q
daughter.
In those good old fashioned DAYS it
was common for mothers to make
their own home medicines from roots
and herbs, natures own remedies
calling In physician only in specially
urgent cases By tradition and ex-
perience many of them gained won
derful knowledge of the curative prop
critics of the various roots and herbs
Mrs Pinkham took a great interest
in the study of roots and herbs. their
characteristics and power over disease.
She maintained that just as nature so
bountifully provides in the harvest
fields and orchards vegetable foods OF
all kinds; so, If we but take the pains
to find them, in the roots and herbs
of the field there are remedies ex
pressly designed to cure the various
Ills ana WEAKNESSES OF the DOUE- dQC
it was her pleasure tosearch these out
and prepare simple and effective medi
cines for her own family and friends
Chief of these was a rare combina
ton of the choicest medicinal root
and herbs found best adapted for TIT
cure of the ills and weaknesses pecu
liar to the female sex, and Lydia E. Pink
hams friends and neighbors learne'
that her compound relieved and cure,
and it became quite popular amOni
them
All this so far was done freely, with
out money and without price, as
labor of love
But in 1873 the financial crisis struel
Lynn Its length and severity were to
| much for the large real estate interest
of the Pinkham family, as this elias
of business suffered most froI
I fearful depression. so when the Centen
NAL year dawned it found their prop
erty swept away. Some other sourc
of income had to be found.
At this point Lydia E. Pinkham'
Vegetable Compound was made know
to the world.
The three sons and the daughter
with their mother, combined forces t
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-08

The private secretary of the emil
nent statesman dropped a polite note
TO the railway magnate. suggesting
that the eminent statesman would be
pleased to be favored with an annual
pass. But the railway magnate, hav-
ing formulated new policy and also
having some wit, returned the applica-
ton with a printed slip containing
the texts: Suffer not a man to
pass" and $50 he paid the fare and
went"
4 guess that viii hold him. chuck
led the railway magnate-
But the private secretary Of the
eminent statesman approached a
railway magnate who operated a par
allel line, and soon was able to drop
a brief note to the first magnate. The
brief note consisted of the simple
text:
"And he passed by on the other
side"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-08
swINeINe Rock FIRMLY FIxep.
South American Natural Wonder De
fled Dictator of Argentine.


fled Dictator of Argentine.
One of the stTangest of natural
wonders of South America, is the
swinging rock of Tandil ia piedrs
hovediza), says the Philadelphia Rec
ord. The stone lies about half an
hours walk from the city of Tandil.
province Of Buenos Ayres. Argentine
Republic, upon the highest summit of
a little rocky ridge. When seen from
the ravine il has the form OF a giant
pyramid, while from another view 1t
resembles an enormous cone. It is
twenty-one feet long and twenty-eight
feet high, and it's weight is judged to
be about 1880 hundredweight, OF
about 627 tons. From the distance the
stone presents peculiar aspect. It is
SO highly poised on the rocky slope
that it seems as If we we're watching
a stone roll down the hill and resting
for second upon a very small base.
But when we approach this swinging
rock we are astonished by a new
wonder. We can set the stone in mo-
ton by merely pushing it with the
hand Very often the traveller is
spared even the trouble of pushing
the stone, as the wind will cause it
to swing
Early in the nineteenth century the
Argentine Republic was ruled by the
dictator Rosa with unparalleled cruel
ty for about twenty-five years. To
show his supreme power the tyrant
ordered that the stone be encircled
with ropes and many horses to be
harnessed to these ropes-but the
stone could not be moved one inch
from its resting place.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-08
Everything Worn.

and you still delay the wedding. /"
sighed the beautiful girl. My heart is
worn out"
rs that all?" demanded the sutton
who was an advocate of proerastina-
ton.
No. the carpet is worn out. the
parlor sofa is worn out. mas hopes
are worn out and pas patience is
worn out"
The sutton whistled.
We'll. by gum." he retaliated. My
shoes are worn out coming here every
two or three nights.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-08
MANY YEARS OF LABOR LOST
Odd Experience Of a Man Who Once
Wrote a Book.


Il have been told" said a man OF
experiences, that it is not unusual
for men to spend much thought and
toll over inventions of one sort and
another, only to find when they took
these things to Washington to be pat
ented that the same ideas had long
before been worked out by somebody
else and that patents had already
been issued on them. l had that ex
perience, once, with a book.
Il spent fourteen years, once, writ
ing a book and | had it all but com
pleted. And then one day, stopping
at a secondhand book stall, / picked
up from among lot of books offered
at five cents each one that bore title
in the very words that l had decided
upon for the title of my book; and the
opening sentence in this book was al
most identical with that in my own.
Somebody else had had the same
idea that had worked over so long
and had written and published a boob
about it fifty years before"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-08
Too Cheap.

An Omaha man who claims he can
live on nine cents a day has received
hundreds of letters from women who
want to marry him. This seems to
prove the statement that there are a
great many women in this country
who would be glad to marry if they
could AFFORD to support a husband.
Many of these women presumably
earn almost enough to warrant them
in securing one of these luxuries, and
q man who can be fed for 6S cents a
week. or something like $3.50 a
month, strongly appeals to them.
At the same time Scent day man
seems to be too much of a bargain
to be really attractive to the careful
purchaser.-C Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-08
Rubber Prices Go up.

1t is thought likely, says the Jour
nal of the Society Of Arts, tina. the
present year may see a considerable
further advance in prices for rubber,
but it may be expected that before
long the supply will be ample for all
demands. Not only are there i'm
mense tracts of rubber which remain
untouched in Liberia and elsewhere.
but the cultivation OF the rubber tree
is being rapidly extended.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-08
Sacrifice imperative.

II was her first proposal. and. al
though somewhat ratified, she remem-
bered the proprieties-
you would give up everything for
me?" she asked.
He answered her that he would.
Even smOking3"
Il couldn't do that"
ssSirI"
No: for never smoked.
Then he had to promise to learn to
smoke so as to have something TO sac
rifice. And in the heart of each the
joy bells rang.-Philadelphia Ledger.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-08

The London County council has de-
cided to pave with noiseless material
the portions Of street car tracks in
front OF churches and the education
committee has proposed that similar
material be laid in front of schools.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-08
uaakon and the Havkinses.

You pronounce the double ''aa" in
Haakon like Jaw in awful and the
''laf' in Olaf as laugh. The two
names fall on the ear as "Hawkin"
and "Olaugh." The numerous Haw-
kinses are descended from marauding
crews of Mortimer who few on their
fiat bottomed boats not the raven
but the hawk flag-London Truth.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-08

1.-TWO or three times a year | am
troubled with my throat, kind 0 raw
feeling, turning to bronchitis. l have
had the services of my physician in
each case. Two years ago, when l
felt a spell coming, tried Peruna to
check it, and to my delight was not
troubled with the smothered and chok-
ing feeling and never have been since.
4 can check it every time with Pc
runa"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-08

This remarkable woman, whose
maiden name was Estes, was born in
Lynn, Mass, February 9th, 1919, com
ing from good old Quaker family.
For some years she taught school, and
became known as a woman of an alert
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-08

When Answering Advertisements
Kindly Mention This Paper.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-08

Chronic Catarrh OF Throat and Lungs
Mrs. Virginia Cayiana. room 80,
Cambridge Block, Portland, Ore,
writes:
Il was a sufferer with catarrh of
the throat and lungs for long time
before Peruna was recommended to
me. l gave it a trial, although /
thought at the time it would be just
like other medicines and do me no
good / was pleased to find that my
Improvement began in less than two
weeks and continued until l was en-
tirely well. gained nearly Is pounds,
have a splendid appetite and am CRATE
full for what your medicine has done
for me-"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-08
First Game of Whist.

It is thought that the game of
whist was first played in the time Of
King Henry VIII. of England.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1906-05-08
& AxyI,D FROM cAIARRH oE LUNGS;
Oh AD SO COMMON In WINTER
BY TAKING PE-RU-NA.

Sore Throat Develops Into Bronchitis
Mrs. Addie Harding, 121 w. Bright
on Ave, Syracuse, N. Y, writes: Il
have been a user Of Peruna for the
past twelve years. With me 1t Is a
sure preventive of colds and many 9th
or Ills.