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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-05-04
\ BENEFACTOR NEEDED.

There is an opporl unity for some
Pendleton or Umatilla county man or
woman to immortalize himself or
some dear friend, by building me-
mortal hall or dormitory for Pendle-
ton academy.
There are people in the county
with plenty Of idle money, who could
furnish the means for a dormitory or
memorial hall. to be named for them,
and no more noble monument could
be erected to their memory than such
a building.
The academy is doing d good work
in the community. 1t is struggling
along in a modest way, giving free
tuition to dozens of children who
are unable to pay for their education,
and the greatest need OF the institu-
ton today is a dormitory or living
quarters for students from outside
points.
Because Of the lack Of living quar-
ters. the attendance is largely con-
fined to Pendleton students, while
there are hundreds Of students in the
state and inland empire which coult
be induced to come here, If there
were accommodations at the academy
Tho I-agt Oregonian urges uDon thi
wealthy people Of Umatilla count!
the splendid honor Of founding me
mortal hall for this school. 1t is
worthy institution and gives an ex
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-05-04
WORK AND INCOME OF WRITERS

III. G. Wells in his youth often
wrote 5000 words a day." said pub
Usher, "but he can do this no longer.
His output is now but 1000 words
day-300,000 words year--two
books George Moore has at times
written 10, 200 words a day, but as a
rule he only writes 500 words, and
there are times when for days at
stretch, he destroys every line writ
ten. Conan Doyle once wrote a story
of 1900 words at a sitting. 1t was
one of the best of the Sherlock
Holmes series, too. This writer's
average output, though, is below 1000
words a day.
Clyde Fitch does 500 words a day
Pinero does 900, Joseph Conrad does
. 500, W. w. Jacobs does 400, Hall
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-05-04

April, 1906, was the warmest month
of that name since the records of the
weather bureau began at Portland.
with a mean average temperature Of
50 degrees it has no competitor since
1871, from which year all records
date. out Of the &c years eight have
seen April reach a mean temperature
Of 55 degrees. The mean temperature
Of the past month was 4.3 degrees in
excess OF the average for the 36 years.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-05-04

Mark Twain, who was present and
assisting at the San Francisco earth
quake Of 1868, reports that it was an
unpleasant occasion when a number
of the best citizens, who were sup
posed to be totally opposed TO the
Sunday saloon, were seen rushing out
Of bar rooms with billiard cues in
their hands. This shows the mysteri-
Gus power of earthquakes, a power
that enables them to thro "
a leading citizen out of his bed, hurl
him through the wall of billiard
room and cast him forth through the
opposite wall, grasping a billiard cue
Put 1t is not a power peculiar to
earthquakes Cyclones have beer
known to do very similar things.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-24
FREEDOM AND
SELF RESTRAINT
Developed in Their Finest Combina-
8a ton at Converse College,
Spartanburg, S. c.

AT Converse College, the girls are not
clustered with the rigid strictness sus-
pected by many close observers. Nothing
that contributes to gentleness, courtesy
and unobstrusive behavior in the girls
Is too small to be commended with aft
fectionate admonition, at the same time
we frankly believe in the conventionah-
ties: We realize that they are eminently
safe but we also realize that college
girl is not to be clustered, consequently
the due social liberties are always al
lowed. The system of discipline in force
here is a system of self-govenment, de-
veoping sense of responsibility and self
restraint which becomes and remains for
life an admirable part of the character of
every girl
Converse is elegantly and most comfort
ably housed, and splendidly located for
health Far enough below the Blue Ridge
crest to be protected greatly from the
severe northern blasts, it is yet high
enough above the sea to escape the en-
nervating heat of the lower levels.
A first-c1ass gymnasium assures album
dant and beneficial exercise at all times.
The auditorium building contains the "a
rooms of the music department and the
0,0O0- organ. .The class rooms and labora-
tories are well lighted and practically
equipped and the students rooms are
fit homes for refined young women.
From every point of view, from that of
parent and child. Converse is an ideal
College
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intended as offering a basis for a musi-
cal composition to be called The Cathe-
dral,' the text to be selected from the
body of the work This simplifica-
tion has perhaps made The Building of
the Organ unusually well adapted for
public reading. 1t has been presented to
all sorts of audiences, from one made up
of organ builders in the rough precincts
of an organ factory to mems clubs and
women's clubs" and it is said that the
reading SO touched an old man who had
spent his life building organs that he
exclaimed to his employer, Il liked that
poem, 1t gave me new respect for my
art
The present edition, however is meant
for wider audience, says the author, and
so is dedicated to humanity at large. 1t
is offered with the hope that 1t may In
fluenee people in the most pressing need
of the hour-universal peace. And the
idea of the cathedral poem is to express
the thought so beautifully contained in
, the words. Peace on EARTH good will
to men" Part first opens the prologue
with the Song of the Pines which
reads.
High on the mountain side sturdily
planted,
Lifting our heads in pride,
Spreading our branches wide,
Evergreen, ever young we abide, old and
undaunted.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-24
Smallest Engine In the World.

From the Technical Word Magazine.
" Tiny Tim as l have named this
smallest of all engines is made of gold
house fly seems large in comparison 1t fits
easily into the smallest % short cart
ridge, balance wheel and all. 1t weighs
just four grains completes that Is. about
the weight of common match. 1t takes
20 such engines to weight one ounce, and
1920 to weigh one pound-3,s40,000 engines
equal one ton.
THE engine bed and stand are of gold
The shaft runs in hardened and ground
steel bearings inserted in the gold bed.
These bearings are counter-bored from the
inside to form a self-oiling bearing. The
f1ywheel has a steel center and arms,
with gold rim; and this part the COM
plete wheeD weighs one grain.
1.-THE cylinder Is of steel with octagonal
base highly polished. The stroke is 1-32
of an inch: bore 3-100 of an inch: II pieces
are used in the construction of this en-
gine.
1.-The feed Is through the gold base,
which Is hollow. The, speed of this en-
CINE is 5000 revolutions per minute. When
running 100 per second no motion is WIS.,
ible to the eye, but 1t makes a note like
the noise of mosauito-caused by the
vibrating piston rod.
1.-THE horse power is 1-49S.O00 of one
horse power Compressed air Is used to
run these engines, and it may be of inter-
est to note that the amount required to
make this large engine hum can easily
be borne on the eyeball without wink
ing"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-24
ENDANGERED BY DRIFTING LOGS.
Navigation Along Pacific Coast Men
aced BY Wrecked Raft.

From the San Francisco Call.
Capt. Ernest Bent commander of the
Ia,arosa 1irar IIo,glo,e narr which Or
-, -..,.. s-e'-- - g..
iiNeu SeS'eiu"S NUN 'le oiieii'' 10 eiau
That he was able TO make ms approach TO
port in daylight. II he had come in at
night he believes his vessel would have
hoon se,ious1v crin,,ed as tn tbo dorLress
:. -,
II "ouiu nave peeii aiiiios. iiipossioie
to- nave avoided COLLISION with some or
the immense logs, which were first en-
countered about thirty miles the other
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i REALM or BOOKS
BY PAUL PRY.

J. by Mr.. Metcalfe In a marked degree and
there is many a good laugh In the little
book, which Is most attract'Yely publish
ed by the Outing company. Mr. HEREFORD
too, has caught the spirit of the text
to remarkable degree and his drawings
add very materially to the enjoyment of
the text
"Eb Peachcrap and Wife at the Fair"
by Herb Lewis. The Neale Publishing
company.
"Eb Peechcrap and Wife at the Fair
Is a relation of the experience of a Resi-
dent of Possum Ridge, Ark, in ST. Louis
And they seem to bear 1.-The year-marks
o a Arkansawyer, See them taking in
the big fair: -" 'Deelxun, lank alert, curl
GUS oquaclous, peering into everything
and chewing industriously Tidy, long,
WASTED and rusty, a few steps In the
rear-yes they have all the yearmarks
o. a Arkansawyerw Mr. Lewis has caught
the sly humor and the child-like amaze
ment of the Peechcrap type and has por-
trayed 1t admirably
1.-THE Fairy Chaser and other stories, by
Mary A. Byrne.
Children throughout the length and
breadth Of our land will be delighted when
they learn that the author of Little
Dame Trot" and 1.-The Little Woman in
the Spout" has written another book for
Them which will be ready soon. This
time there are five stories instead Of but
one, though THE Fairy Chaser" is the
longest.
The book is to be illustrated by Miss
Anna b. Craig, with six full page draws
ings. The author and artist were so for-
tunate as to be able to work together.
and the result is moro than ordinarily
pleasing. ~
Mr. John Luther Long, author of
MADAME Butterfly has published his
new story, "'rhe Way of the Gods" (
The scene is laid In the beautiful land
of Madame Butterfly and in the heart
of the Lady Hoshi, 'Dream-of-a-Star,
before whom opens the possibility of a
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-24

'deda's Heritage" by -Maia Pettus. The
Neale Publishing company, 1906
Miss Maia Pettus is well known in Ala
banla as a journalist of ability and dis
tinction. She made her entrance into the
fields of fiction by the publication of her
first work the Princess Of Glendale. :"
which received most favorable comment
for its faithful portrayal of ante-bellum
life In the old south as well as for its
values and interest as an excellent piece
of Acton,
Miss Pettus has now added new
volume to her former success entitled
"Medas Heritage" which is a clever read
able story, dealing in an intimate way
with the fortunes of a number of strong
ly portrayed characters.
A new edition of Truth Dexter" by
Sidney Mccall has just been issued by
Little, Brown & Co, with a series of
charming pictures by Alice Barber Step
hens and title page vignette by Jessie
Wilcox Smith. 1t is said that nearly
one hundred thousand copies of this de-
hghtful story have been sold in the past
five years, and indications are that it will
always hold a prominent place in the
most popular American fiction. So many
illustrators fail to satisfy the authors, it
is said, in the depictons they make, but
in this instance Mrs. Stephens, the well
known philadelphia artist, won unstinted
praise from Mr.. Mccall, for the message
he sent her was, you have drawn Truth
Dexter just as / see her in fancy
The publishers of Truth Dexter con-
tinue to maintain strict silence regard
ing the identity of Sidney Mccall, who
has since written 'The Breath of tho
Gods" although an authoritative state
ment will doubtless be made In the fall
when third book from the same pen
will appear.
Poems" by Henry Lynden Flash Re
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UNIVER SITY OF VIR GINA
Charlottesville, Va.

Industrial and Analytical Chemistry
The demand for practical chemists,
graduates of the School of Chemistry of
the University of Virginia. exceeds the
SUNNY. All who have thus graduated
within the past few years have been
promptly located as chemists for iron fur
naces, phosphate works, sugar and oil re-
fineries, or similar industries. For fur
Their information apply to
EDWIN A. ALDERMAN, President.
5-20-16t-su-wed
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-24

Rose Sheldon is unworthy of use by any
writer of fiction at the present time. fall
ing as it does so infinitely beneath the
standard.
The negro dialect never originated south
of Mason and Dixon's line, for no negro
was ever guilty of this dialect.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-24

The cawk makes best advertising,
cuts-Age- Herald euiidsnc.
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I'm the Shoestring Country" by Fred
erick Chamberlin. c. M. Clark Publish
ing company, 1906 x
The title Of this book ''In the Shoe
string Country win be recognized as a
portion of Alabama territory in the black
belt district. On its title page Is a sub
title which reads "A True Picture of
Southern Life but a southern reader
will not peruse more than dozen pages
of the book before he or she is compelled
to contradict this encouragement In fact
the whole book is one of those unfortun-
ate and pitiable efforts to portray a per-
Verted picture of southern life for the
qualification of preiudiced readers. The
location of the publishing house is sug-
gestive thought to begin with. 1t must
he granted that politics in Alabama are
by no means as pure as they ought to
be and though we sometimes defend them
In order to meet the exigences of the
case this will not be done in this instance
and a condemnation of unclean, unfair
methods and a publicity given them must
always result in rectifcation and health
full Improvement. This peg, though is a
most feeble one upon which to hang such
a perverted portrayal of character and
conditions In the south. Such charac-
ter as Robert Sibley is a distorted eX-
ponent of southern manhood and the
southern politician and the conception of
the holding of a mortgage upon the old
family estate fsNhe Sheldons by which
sSibley tries to ecoptrol the affections of
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State Normal College,
Florence, Ala.

Training School for Teachers, Tuition
Free.
sui crops CT expert teachers. Courses
in Pedagogy, Science, Literature, History,
Mathematics, English, Latin, Manual
FRAMING. Music and common school
branches.
Graduates readily secure good positions
Special attention given to preparation of
teachers for the public schools.
Fall terra will begin Thursday, Septem-
Der 8.
Board $40 and sl2 per calender month
Necessary expenses 500 to $40 per ses-
sion of nine months.
I Write for catalogue to
M. C. WILSON,,
|sl6-sat-su-wed-tf President
Tha oaWk n1akes best advsrtlslnl
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-24

iceived from the Neale Publishing COM
4 pany
tts"Huntington, Jr.. by Edward Clary Root
"a Frederick A. Stokes Co., 1906.
III Huntington, Jr.," is romance of to-
y day and is concerned primarily with the
N,college career of the young hero and
the subsequent events and romances of
This life. 1t Is a very attracting story
i but suited best to the youthful reader.
x'"The Praying Skipper" by Ralph D.
~ Paine. The Outing Publishing company.
nv 1.-The Praying Skipper" is the initial
Ftory in a volume of short stories Just
4 published by Ralph d. Paine The stories
sshaye appeared from time to time in va
{rious magazines, and are now collected
In book form for the first time. The
< stories are all of sea life though one of
1.-THE best in the book is Corporal Sweeney
N2Deserter," the scene of which is laid in
aHChina. All of the stories are exceptionally
Clever filed with deep human interest
K and imbued with genuine feeling. some
times touch of pathos and power and
4 .oftentimes a CLEAN of humor and spright-
Illness.
~ 'Recollections of a Lifetime" by John
sY Goode of Virginia. The Neae Publish
~ ing company
.,c John Goode" say the publishers of his
! new volume 'Recolecuons of a Life
time lawyer, soldier, statesman. has
a had a long, active, varied, useful life.
'S3fe has come In personal contact with
great men, he has helped frame measures
sfof national Importance, he has been con-
secerned in the larger human interests, in
problems of warcraft, legal rights. gov
1S.ernment." This book is not merely an
Autobiography. but is the recolections of
& lifetime In which 1t is very evident
THAT he has more to say of others than
of himself
,''Side Show Studies" by Francis Met
& u calf. The Outing Publishing company.
q, 'Slde Show Studies Is a collection of
funny yarns of circus life, the whole IL
Illustrated by number of amusing draw
9ngs by Oliver HEREFORD. Humor is often
times q saving grace and Il Is possessed
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-06-24

"rhe Building of the Organ" by Nathan
Haskell Dale. Published by Moffat,
Yard & Co. 80
Nathan Haskell Dale. the author of
'"rhe Hawthorne Tree and Other Poems"
has just published in book form his sym
phonic poem entitled "rhe Building of
tile Organ In the preface the author
writes. 1.-THE present poem was primarily
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brief life of intense joy; but If she takes
it, it must be bought with an eternity of
pain. The book is full of atmosphere
of exquisite joy, poignant pain, and the
mystery of the beauty of the east in
which Mr.. Long is most at home.
Mrs. Humphry Wards new novel.
"Fenwick's Career" was published in
May. The Harpers report that the ad-
vance demand was so great as to neces-
state the manufacture of four large ed-
lions a week before the date of publica-
ton. The theme of "Fenwick's Career
adapts ii to a wider audience than Mrs.
Ward has ever reached before. The
volume is beautifully illustrated by AL
bert Sterner.
Booth Harrington. who has been spend
ing the winter in Naples, is now in Paris.
No date has yet been set for his return
to his country. Since the completion of
"The Conquest of Canaan Mr. Tarking-
ton has been taking recreation from his
literary labors, writing only few short
stories for the magazines. "The Con-
quest Of Canaan continues to be in
great demand, and is still listed among
the six most popular books in New Y orll
city
The Harpers published in May '"rhe
Flower of France Justin Huntly Nc
Carthy's new romance The story is con-
structed around the life of Joan of Arc,
and though the author has permitted
himself many imaginative touches which
bring out the human yet strangely mys-
teal quality of the character and mis-
sion of the Maid of Domremy he has
remained faithful to the main historical
facts and to the essential spirit of the
real story. 1t is a splendidly dramatic
novel, based on one of the finest and most
stirring episodes of all history.
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ELIZABETH COLLEGE
And Conservatory Of Music,
Charlotte, N. c.
A HIGH GRADE COLBECE FOR WOMEN

Ideal climate--midway between Asheville
and Pinehurst, New York and Florida.
Beautiful suburban location, overlooking
the city. Twenty acres of campus, $780,
600 college plant. lfreproof buildings; twen
ty experienced, university educated teach
e.s. A. B. and Elective graduate courses.
Music, Art. Expression. Write for cata-
logue. CHAS B. KING. President.
-45t-fri-su-wed
Arizona republican., 1906-01-15

had ever been applied to a Cox Duplex and the machine having been oiled and rubbed down was started. again with the result described as follows:
 ''Megindult..
 listen neveben. .Szent segedelme- vel. Az amerikai magyarsag becsu- letere!
 "Amint haalmas acelszornyeteg szeduletes gyorsasaggal adja Xxi maga- bol kesz lappeldanyokat, onkenytel- enul az az oriasi haladas rasadja meg figyelmunket hogy rovid, de munlSaval es kuzdelemmel tell negy esztendo alatt as amerikai magyar ujsag-iras fejlo- dott!"
 These statements regarding the ac- ton of the press were shown to Dan iel Huntington who has been in charge of The Republican's press since it's in stallation and he said that his eXper- fence with The Republicans press had been equally and unvaryingiy satis- factory during a period of more lhan five years.
 He had however learned some things about the press which are of value to operators who would probably learn the same things in the course of time. He is always willing to help and ac- cordingly wrote the Napilap as fol- lows:
 ''Jol eso buszkeseg tolti be lelkunket, midOn mai szamunk megjelenesevel hirul adjuk igen tisztelt olvasokozon- segunknek, hogy egy hatalmas, legu- jabb szerkezetu gepet allitottunk fel nyomdankban.
 'Ennek a csudasZep gepnek legupabb munkatarsunknak elso termeke a mai lapsZamunk.
 'Fel kell ezt a napot jegyeZnunk. Meg keu allnunk laza munkank utjan egy percre. Fl ken mondanunk azt, ami keblunket dagazstja, nem hence gesbol, hivalkodasbol, hanem biztato remenysegbol, okulasul a jOvot ille- toleg.
Arizona republican., 1906-01-15
THE SALON SEA
 10 BE MEASURED
The United States Geological Survey
 Has Become Intsre Sted.

The Salton sea is now about to be officially handled. There IS going to be no official attempt to control it but a systematic effort is to be made to ind out more about it. The United States geological survey has just ordered a survey of the whole region. Ono of the bulletins of the survey says Of the project:
 "The changes now taking place in that part of Southern California which is known as the Salton Sink. Salton Sea, Imperial Valley or Colo radO Desert are of so widespread pop ular and scientific interest that the director of the United States Geolog- ical Survey has ordered an immediate survey of the entire area.
 What is now fertile and populous valley was many centuries ago a great lake or inland sea, hrudred miles in length, into which flowed the waters of the Colorado river. Ow- ing to changes in the course of the river, the inflow ceased and the water of the lake finally evaporated. At the lowest point in the valley a salt marsh was left, the bottom of which was nearly 300 feet below sea level
 About a year ago an irrigation company cut a shallow ditch through the bank of the Colorado river into this basin. A little later, at q time when the water in the river was very high, the banks of this ditch were cut away and it's bottom was secured out by the rapid current. so that now prac- tically the entire volume of the water in the river flows into the bash. Dur ing the past six or eight months thou- sands of dollars have been expended in various intellectual attempts to con- trol the inflow of the river. The salt marsh has been enlarged to form a lake 40 or 50 miles in length, the water of which is rising at the rate of about an inch day.
 'The proposed surveys will furnish data for an accurate map of that DOT tion or the old lake that lies within the United States, and will enable the cartographers of the survey to show, in correct positions on the map, the numerous towns within the area, the channels of the two streams that carry the water of the Colorado river to the lake, and various other topographic features. With this data in hand careful estimate can be made of the time that it would take to fill this great lake basin again should the course of the Colorado river not be changed"