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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-12-31
MRS. EDDY's CREED.

Christian Science is not a dweller
apart in royal solitude; it is not a
law of matter nor transcendenta!ism
that heals only the sick. This science
is law of divine mind, a persuasive
animus, an unerring impetus, an ever
present help. Its presence is felt, for
it acts and acts wisely, always un-
folding the highway of hope, faith
understanding. 1t is The higher criti-
cism, the higher hope, and its effect
on man is mainly this-that what one
knows of him, on examination one is
compelled to think genuine, whoever
did It, A Christian Scientist verifies
his calling-Mary Baker G. Eddy.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-12-31
THE SAVAGE

Savage l in thought and feeling,
l love the hemlocks
When the winds in lower canyons roar;
When the crash smitten
Is the noise of giants grappling-
All these sounds of
Where the yellow very of
Where the a-whisper of
Where the barren
The gulf Cloudland bridges
Where the building Creation prmum empus began
Where the from the glaciers a-foamng
Where the misty
And the peak-tops, heaven climbing
Each with higher thoughts rhyming:
the child Of cities troubles gladly
I would give hope of heaven life
high mighty upper caryon
the MONDAY shadows t
Span wall wall
L dreaming point earthly
Savage l in thought and dreaming
l the moonlight cleaning,
When it's cleaning soft glaciers
And the peak-top shadows lengthening
Are faltering souls strengthening,
And thank guardian heart is right.
L. Bush Lvermore Pocatello Tribune
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-12-31
PortIand's Enormous Land Sales.

The total of transfers of real estate
for 1906 will amount to fully $4,000
900 in the opinion of men who keep
tab on the situation, says the Evening
Telegram of Portland. AS last years
sales amounted to s15,10O, 1856, the
increase this year will be nearly so
per cent over the year of the big ex-
position, when many persons thought
record-breaking business was being
done. Similar increase is shown in
the totals of building permits for the
year. Up to December, this year, the
total amount of sales recorded at the
county clerks office was $2O,152,361.
The records thus far in this month
justify the prediction that the s24,-
0O0 900 mark will be reached, in the
opinion Of d. s. Stearns, who has
been in the real estate business in this
city for 20 years.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-12-31
Gets His Claim to Office.

Last year he gave to the state school
Of mines Guggenheim hall, costing
$4,000. He also gives a newsboys
Christmas dinner. These, with his
contributions, are the sum total of his
claims on the toga. His friends. when
asked why he should be chosen, an
swered: why, he saved the party in
Colofado."
juggenheim Is 80 years old. He
came to Colorado in 1888, but it was
not until II years ago that he moved
from Pueblo to Denver and began lay
ing his wires for the senate.
In 1898 Guggenheim was nominated
for governor of Colorado by the sill
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-12-31

Robert T. Griffith and A. r. Russell
all stockmcn. All were asleep in a ga.
toose which was telescoped by push
er engine. The injured were George
E. Burkett, Of Lat, Mont, back hurt;
John Burkett. of Lat, Mont, badly
burned; Austin Pierce, of Two Dot
Mont, legs crushed; John r. Stout,
Princeton. N. j., leg crushed.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-12-31

The Weston normal school will re-
caive the heartiest support from
other eastern Oregon counties besides
Umatilla, if public sentiment in those
counties may be credited. The nor
NAL is eastern Oregon's only state in
stitution and must be heartily sup
ported. 1t accommodates a section
of country larger than half a dozen
far eastern states
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-12-31

yer republicans. He also had the in
dorsement of the peoples party, but
he declined, although he would have
been elected. He made an effort to
become II congressman, hut the senate
was the prize he has always coveted
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-12-31

The mass meeting held in Pendle-
ton Saturday night was equal to many
sessions of the legislature in keen,
thoughtful interest in public questions.
This should be a feature hereafter.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-12-31
DEAlTIFY COUNTY ROADS.

Of course, the most important thing
in road making is to get a road. Not
onIv a recorded description Of road
should he secured, but road that
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-12-31
Boise will put in a new water sy

Boise will put in a new water sys-
TEN at an expense Of s25O,0Oo. work
upon It to begin not later than Febru-
ary %. Tho rate agreed upon for
water for domestic purposes is less
than one-half the rate now charged
which is 25 cents per 1000 gallons as
fixed by the water commission.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-12-31

Near Winnipeg Junction, Mimi, a
railroad wreck killed John Freeze
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-12-31

The Swedish mile is 11,7OO yards
long.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-12-31

ssss ssss
. Iife-what is it,"
. All, who knows!
. Just a visit,
. l suppose;
. Joy and sorrow
. For a day,
. Then tomorrow
. We're away.
. Youth, and morning;
. Manhood. noon;
. Age--the waning
. Night comes soon;
. Shines 4 star t.
. Light us; then
. 'Tis not far to
. Home again.
. Frank Dempster sherman.
q .
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-09-15
Honey Is Nutritious.

Honey, one of the most nutritious
and delicate of foods, should be eaten
more than it is said cooking ex-
pert. Bought in the comb, it is bound
to be unadulterated AMI this pure
honey will keep its friends free from
sore throat and bronchial troubles.
have not had a sore throat for six
years and | attribute it to eating
honey My doctor tells me he often
recommends honey, with excellent re-
suits, for diseases OF the throat Honey
is excellent to use instead of sugar for
sweetening cakes. 1t gives the cakes
a most delightful flavor. 1t is also ex-
cellent in place of butter ON hot bis
cult on toast and on buckwheat
cakes.
Il know a number of women who
use honey as a cosmetic. They apply
it to the skin, rub it in well, then wash
it off with hot water The result is a
finer-textured complexion, a glowing
fresh look
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-09-15
AGAINST Hard Proposition.

Herbert Knox Smith, the brilliant
deputy of the bureau of corporations
said in Washington apropos of certain
Illegal acts: Those acts are illegal
but the question is CGl the law get
at the perpetrators? | am afraid it
can't For these men are poor, and
monetary punishment is the only one
the law can take. The law, | am
afraid, is in the position of certain
housewife I heard of the other day
This housewife. a strict woman
said to a new maid: Il forgot to tell
you, Maude, that if you break any
thing, I'll have to take it out of your
wages
But Maude, whom two days had
heartily sickened of her berth. replied
with a merry laugh Do it. ma am, dc
it. I've just broke the hundred-dollaI
vase In the parlor, and If you can take
that out of four dollars-for I'm leav.n
at the end of the week-why, you'll
be mighty clever
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-09-15
CRYING SHELLS OF cEyLon.
Sounds They Make Like the Notes OF
an Aeolian Harp.

Sir J. Emerson Tennent, having
heard story about musical sounds
issuing from the lake at Batticalea,
in Ceylon, paid visit to the place,
says Chambers Journal The fisher.
men told him that the sounds, which
resembled the faint sweet notes of
an aeolian harp, were heard only at
night and during the dry season, were
most distinct when the moon was
nearest the full, and proceeded, they
believed, not from fish, but from
shell called the crying she'll
In the evening" says Tennent
when the moon rose / took boat
and accompanied the fishermen to the
spot We rowed about 200 yards
northeast of the jetty by the fort
gate; there was not a breath of wind
or ripple except those caused by
the dip of our oars. On coming to
the point mentioned / distinctly
heard the sounds in question. They
came up from the water like the
gentle thrills of a musical chord. or
the faint vibrations Oh wineglass
tened finger. 1t was not one sus-
tanned note, but a multitude of tiny
sounds, each clear and distinct in it.
self; the sweetest treble mingling
with the lowest bass
"On applying the ear to the wood
work of the boat the vibration was
greatly increased in volume. The
sounds varied considerably at different
points as we moved across the lake,
as if the number of the animals from
which they proceeded was greatest in
particular spots, and occasionally we
rowed out of hearing of them alto
gether, until on returning to the orig
inal locality the sounds were at once
renewed. This fact seems to indicate
that the causes of the sounds, what
ever they may be, are stationary at
several points, and this agrees with
the statement of the natives that they
are produced by mollusca and not by
fish.
They came evidently and sensibly
from the depth of the lake, and there
was nothing in the surrounding cir
cumstances to support the conjecture
that they could be the reverberation
of noises made by insects on the shore
conveyed along the surface of the
water, for they were loudest and most
distinct at points where the nature of
the land and the intervention of the
fort and its building forbade the pos
sibility of this kind of conduction."
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-09-15
His Ambition.

A new vicar was. being shown round
the parish by his warden, says the
GLASGOW Times.
THE natives are a hardy lot, sill"
he said: "but you haven't seen Peter
Sparks-he's the quaintest character
in these parts.
This individual turned out to be the
sexton. and he was discovered ringing
the church bell
rs not this bell ringing almost too
much for you, my frlend?" asked the
vicar. sympathetically, noting the bent
figure of the old man. You must be
a great age"
"Yessir yessir," mumbled the old
fellow. 'Ow many years I've tolled the
bell l can't tell We, but it's beginning
to tell on me- Owsoever, I've tolled
the bell for five Wears"
Dear met" calculated the clergy
nan, uncomfortably
And, continued the sexton, I'm be
happy when I've made up the all
dozen. ! think TT retire then!"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-09-15
CHICKS GREW FUR oVERcoATs.
Cold Storage Fowls Amply Provided
For by Nature.

Morristown, n. J.-When Alonzo
Murphy of Newton set his favorite
PlymouthRock hen he placed under ne
by inadvertence lot of cold-storage
eggs. The old hen in due time came
off with a brood of seventeen lively
little chicks. The chickens grew rap
idly, but no feathers replaced the
down on their bodies and close ex-
animation showed that they were Gov
cred with fur.
1t is Mr.. Murphy's theory that
through the wise and beautiful pro
vision of nature that adapts all ami
mails to their environment the fur re-
placed the feathers while the eggs
were in cold storage.
The fur is thick and glossy and of
various colors. Naturally the absence
OF feathers prevents these remarkable
young fowls from flying, which Mr..
Murphy considers a distinct advan-
tage.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-09-15
John poyIe,s Generosity.

The late William Plummer, of New
buryport, who was a contractor and
mason, had in his employ as a ten
der an Irishman named John Doyle
One day John went to Mr. PlummeI
and said he was in trouble, as he had
lost his account book.
Why" said Mr.. Plummer, you can
not read or write, and how could you
keep an account booA?"
We'll" said John, Il had a mai
key in the cellar, and when l worked
a whole day | put a potato in the
keg, and half a potato for halliday
My pig got into the cellar and ate the
potatoes"
Very WELL" said Mr.. Plummer, q
have your account. and will look il
over" On doing so, he found that
John had overdrawn so cents. He tolC
John that he had drawn so cents more
than was due him. when John said
well. Mr.. Plummer, it's small
amount, and you are welcome to it,"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-09-15

ance that it was what it seemed to be.
At length he struggled to his feet
again and staggered on. He expected
every time he looked up to find that
the hill and the trees had vanished,
but always he was gratefully disap-
pointed. The sun began at last to slip,
down the western slope of the cop
perry sky, and still the hill and the
trees were there. He feared that his
reason had deserted him, that he had
become a maniac filled with vain
imagining, and he pinched himself to
make sure that he still had the sense
of feeling. Then he realized that the
distance between him and the hal
with it's trees was lessening
With the strength that is impaired
by hope he raised his head and went
on. His feet seemed to grow lighter
than they had been, and his knees
almost ceased to tremble. The red
disc of the sun was beginning to cut
itself against the sharp edge of the
farthest mesa, and breath of wind
that was gratefully cool stirred the
bedraggled hair which hung over his
brow. He half tumbled down the bank
of an arroyo that wound along the
foot of the hill toward which he had
been eagerly making his way, and
then. having clambered up on the
other side, he saw but a little way
ahead the first of the trees upon which
his gaze had all day been fixed. He
realized now that he was not about
to enter a fruitful orchard. The tree
remaining strength was nothing but
a stunted cedar
Still, not knowing why, he felt a
sudden citation. Perhaps it was be-
cause the tree was alive That was
something, even if 1t could give him
no succor. He clambered on, intend
ing when he reached the poor little
bush to lie down beside it and go to
sleep. He knew that if he did this it
was not likely that he would ever
wake again, but he felt that he would
rather die there than out on the bar
rem sand where there would be moth
ing to shield his bones from the hot
rays of the sun.
He was within few rods of the
tree, when he stopped and uttered a
wild cry of joy. Gazing intently at
something which lay little distance
beyond him, he fell upon his hands
and knees and crept toward 1t, muir
muring: cat lastl AT last!"
He reached it and fell upon it. cry
ing like child. He knew that he had
succeeded in getting back to the edge
OF civilization.
He had found a tin can.-Chicago
Record Herald,
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-09-15

whose children by his morganatic mar.
Eiage are debarred from the success.
bion.
Archduke Otto during his earlier
yt rs enjoyed life with reckless dis.
regard to all prophecies. On one oc,
CASTOR he was riding in a rural dis.
trict when he met funeral process.
sion. He compelled the bearers to
deposit the coffin In the center OF
the road. whereupon he leaped over
1t on horseback and proceeded on his
way rejoicing.
Soon after his marriage with Prin.
cess Maria Josepha sister of the
present king of Saxony. he was blind
drunk in his own palace in the com
pany of a score of dissipated young
officers When the reyelry reached
its height Otto exclaimed Gentle
men. if you would like to see how a
royal princess of the blood looks in
bed I will conduct you to my wife $
room" They had almost reached the
door when the archduke's own aid
de-camp drew his sword and said.
"Your imperial highness will only 60
further over my dead body" Arch
duke Otto turned back from his de-
sign, but no credit was due him per-
sonally for 50 doing
When a member of the Austrian
parliament. Pernerstorfer, denounced
&he archduke's proceedings in the
reichsrath, Otto hired three ruffians
who forced an entrance into Perner-
storfer's house in broad daylight.
gagged his servant and locked her up
and then beat Pernerstorfer himself
almost to death.
More recently Otto, in a state of
helpless drunkenness. appeared in a
fashionable restaurant in Vienna
wearing northing but his officers cap
and a sword attached TO belt around
his waist A great Austrian noble
man who was present with his wife
Immediately complained to the emper-
or, who is said to have summoned his
nephew and boxed his ears.
A terrible punishment overlook him
at the age of 3S. when cancer in the
throat, due directly to the mode of
life which he had led, made its APP
pearance. Since then the archduke
has been slowly dying His suffer
ihgs during these three years have
been appalling He lives almost alone
in a comparatively small residence not
far from the Austra-German frontier.
His wife never goes near him, nor
S-a hts .sVO sons allowed e visit ,>so.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-09-15
Back to the Edge
3, : E-xT

For seven days he had struggled to
Keep nope alive. Over rugged sleeps
and through desolate, barren valleys
he had dragged his bleeding feet. try
ing TO make himself believe that he
woulc triumph If he could only keep
on for another day. But each day that
dawned found him still wandering
alone over painless wastes where
there was no sign to indicate that
white man had ever been there before.
His eyes had sunk deep into his head.
his lips were drawn and cracked and
his knees knocked together at every
step he took.
On the third day he had thrown
away his coat and vest, on the fourth
he had parted with his trousers. and
now he stumbled and struggled on
with nothing but pair of boots and
shirt to hide his nakedness. He was
indeed pitiable sigh, and with the
last shreds of reason that remained
to him he called down curses upon
the heads of the people who had made.
Arizona so vast.
hundred times he had cried aloud
for joy as he beheld in the distance
fair cities, limpid streams or fruitful
valleys, and a hundred times they had
disappeared. leaving red mesas where
they had been. Now he was again
beholding what he told himself was
nothing but another mirage. Far
away there was a gently slipping hill,
dotted with trees He found it hard
to convince himself that it was not
shady orchard, such as one may see
on almost every farm in the east.
Still he knew that If it did not disap-
pear he would find on reaching it that
1T was nothing but dry heap of sand
and rock, sprinkled with sapless
bushes.
Unwilling to have his illusion de-
stroyed, he sank down upon the hot
ground and Toasted his weary eyes on
the picture, wondering as he did so
whether he had strength enough to
reach it, even if he could have assur-
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-09-15
KILLED BY THE CARS.
JAMES GREGORY MET TRAGIC
DEATH AT oPGQU0s.
struck by Passenger Train No.
while walking Along Ba1ti-
mere a. Onto Tracks.

James Gregory. a drayman and
hncRster OF this city, met tragic
death shortly after 10 O'Clock Thurs
dav morning. " hen he was struck by
Baltimore and Ohio passenger train
No near the Opequon and instantly
killed.
The unfortunate man WAS gathering
coal that had fallen from the cars
along the tracks az that polnt, and
evidently did not hear the approach Of
the train, for he bad stepped directly
in the way and was struck before he
realized his danger. He was hurled
to the side of the track by the flying
engine, and was dead when picked
up few minutes later.
The remains were brought to this
city and taken to the Kogelschatz un
dertaking establishment. and later to
the home on West Race street. where
the motherless young children had
boen sadly awaiting their dead father
for several hours.
Mr.. Gregory removed 10 Martins
burg from Getrards'owr seven yeas
ago. and the family hes been living
for some time Ia small house on
West Race street. where The World
suggeats the kindly Offices Of neigh
bors would be charitable act at the
present time. All the children are
young. and the present situation is
made exceedingly hard tor them by
reason of the fact that their mother
is dead. The children are Virgie.
Cora, Bessie, Andrew and Marshal.
The dead man was aged 81 years.
The funeral will take place Saturday
at the Lutheran church at Gerraras-
town. where the family had attended
previously to removing to this city.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-09-15
PIGS MILKING COWS.
The Farmer Tells of Wonders That
Beat the City Man.

Strange things happen in the city"
said the pallid boarder.
Strange things happen in the coun-
try, too, be gum the farmer inter
rupted.
The city man, rocking on the porch
in the twilight over his cheap cigar,
had had the floor for half an hour.
Now, it was the farmers turn.
Strange things. rather" the old
man resumed "Mikin', frinstance.
o. course we've heerd O. snakes milk
in cows, hangin' and darglin' from
under, while the cows, skairt, cavorted
all over the kentry? O. course, we've
heerd O that, but did We ever hear,
MI Clay, G pigs milkin cows?'
NO, can't say as / have the other
answered languidly,
IT'S bin done. said the farmer. ITS
bin done to me, gosh dast it, II wuz
done only last month My black an
tan SOW guy birth to litter O. nine
pigs, an. blast my buttons If them
pigs, as soon as they got to be a month
or two old, wouldn't milk my cows
regular
at noon, when the cows laid down
in the shade, the little pigs would
come up an drink all their milk. The
cows didn't mind The milk was nc
good to them, so o. course, they didn't
keer who got it,"
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-09-15
WILL BUILD DEPOT.
Baltimore q ohic's Hand Forced BY
The Wabash Road

A prominent official of the Balti-
more and Ohio railroad, who visited
Sonth Cumberland few days ago
stated that the railrr al company had
plans already completed for combi-
nation freight aud passenger station in
South Cumberland and that the
building would be erected next spring.
The entrance of the Wabash into
South Cumberland has greatly depict
ed the Baltimore and Ohio's freight
business in that section. The mer.
chants find it cheaper to have their
shipments hauled over the Wabash.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-09-15
GEN. J. F. BOYD ILL.
Purchasing Agent For C. v. SUI
fering From Paralysis.

Gen J. f. Bovd. uu'chasiuo agent
Tor tn Cunb rlaud Vall-v railroad
and for many years its superiutend-
emit. is seriously i'll at his home in
ChambershuTg having suffered a
cond stroke of paralysis early on
"Wednesday morning. General BOYD
Is one If the most prominent as we'll
a. one of the most highly esteemed
residents of Chsmbersburg.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-09-15
MENTIONED FOR LEGISLATURE
Either Colonel Thompson or Attorney
Kilmer May be Named.

Democratic leaders state that par
tvs county convention will probably
be held on SATURDAY., September 10 al
though this date hes not been def
nitely determined. They also state
that they prefer short campaign to
long one Two men mentioned a.
probable candidates the for legislature
on the mocratic ticket are Col. JAS.
+. Thompson and Attcrney W. O. Kill.
mer, one of whom may be named as
Mr.. Westphals running mate.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-09-15
DYING LIKE AN OUTCAST.
DUKE OTTO OF AusThIA ~
VICTIM OF CANCER
Meas Once German Court Fayorfte
And Is second I'm succession
TO Throne

Berlin tragic fate of the AUS
trian Archduke Otto, who is dying OF
cancer, excites sympathy nowhere
greater than at the German court,
where he was formerly a great ia
vorite.
Archduke Otto, who is now al, is
separated from the Austrian throne
only by the aged reigning Emperor
Francis Joseph and his own elder
brother, Archduke Francis Ferdinand,
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1906-09-15
Meant Well.

Quite recently a London cabman
was engaged to drive a very stout old
lady. and had great deal of difficulty
in getting her in and out of his cab
'I'm afraid I'm terrible bother to
you." she said, as, after strenuous eff
forts. he succeeded in getting her out
of his vehicle.
mot a bit" answered cabby. mean
ing to be gallant. II alters likes a
fare what steadies the cab"