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The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-10-26
THE FUTURE OF THE HORSE.

Since the days when steam power
was utilized for locomotion, the doom
of the horse has been predicted, says
a writer in the Ho,se-shoe,S' Journal.
With each subsequent invention nf
appliances for the help of locomotion
this same talk has been heard. When
the first passenger train ran on rails
stage drivers and teamsters shook
their heads and sighed for the fate
which seemed in store for the horse.
The opposite proved true and the
demand for the services of the horse
was increased instead of diminished.
The bicycle was going TO do away
with the horse, and now comes the
automobile, and again its fate is seal
ed. The moter comes in closer COM
petition with the horse than did the
locomotive, but still the horse will
stay. 1t is not unlikely that naphtha
gasoline, or electricity will relieve the
horse of some of his heavier burdens,
but the horse reared for mans plea
sure will remain. Certainness of
his faithful services on the one
hand and of comradeship in tight
places on the other have endeared
the horse to man with bond of
sympathy too strong for any whiz-
wagon to sever. As long as there is
pleasure in the exercise of one eintelli-
gencc over another, SO long as beauty,
strength and animation challenge
admiration, so long will the horse
remain in the place which he is des-
tined to fill, and will remain as
the companion of man. There is
something irresistible about the
companionship of horse. He never
gives advice unasked, nor does he
"bellow forth his soft complainings"
when the road happens to be a little
rough he simply remains with you,
faithful, silent, accomplishing, ready
to ride at your bidding, even to death
if need be.-Sbirit Of the West.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-10-26
WHY NOT GIVE THE FARM A NAMEi

Farmers in older countries have
custom which we think could well be
adopted by farmers in the United
States, namely, that of giving to each
farm definite name which it retains
no matter who may own it.
In fact, in many cases the owner is
familiarly given the name of the farm,
instead of the farm the name of the
owner, as with us. If a farmer in this
country visits his childhood home af-
ter twenty five years absence, he fre-
quently has great difficulty in loca-
ting the farm in early years. Then it
was the Brown or Jones or Smith farm,
taking the owners name; but Brown
or Jones or Smith has long since gone
over to the great majority, the farm
has been sold perhaps more than once,
and now goes by the name of the last
owner.
Endless confusion could be avoided
if each owner of farm would consult
with his wife and children and take
time to pick out some specific name
by which the farm is ever afterwards
to be known. This name should be
short if single word, not more than
two or three syllables ifa compound
word, as brief f-as possible.
The name should under all circum-
stances be an appropriate one. It
may be descriptive of the scenery,
such as Walnut Hill, the we'll known
farm of the late Martin Flynn, situ-
ated in grove of walnut trees, or the
farm of L. S. Coffin, Willow Edke,
presumably named from a grove of
willows of his own planting, though
of this we are not certain. 1t may be
taken from the name of the family of
the ancestral home in New England or
across the water; or it may be de-
scriptive of the location, such as Hill
Crest. But under any circumstances
it should be definite name that will
mean something to the owner either
by way of history, reminiscence, nat
ural location or scenery, or even hopes
and aspirations.
Having selected suitable name,
let that name be inscribed on the
building, if it is valuable and perma-
nent, as the townspeople do in the
new flats which they are building; or
put it in some other way about the
building or at the nearest crossroads,
or that the public will become famil-
lar with it. Then have 1t printed on
the stationery that you use in your
correspondence; and if in the live
stock business, use the name in your
advertising.
When your children and grandchil-
dren return from their new homes
twenty-five or fifty years from now,
no matter who the owner may be, the
old farm will go by the old name, as
sociated with many of the most pleas
ant recollections of life. As a mat
ter of fact, you will think more of the
old farm because it has name of your
choosing permanent, fixed, we'll
recognized name, like the name of the
nearest town or station. You will
take better care of the improved live
stock which carries the name of the
farm. There may be good deal of
sentiment about this; but there is
something more than sentiment, an
absolute added value to the farm
that has a suitable name. - WaIIace's
Fam
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-10-26
THE HABIT OF SAVING.

Have you bank account? Ifnot,
why not?
Your wages are small? Demands
are large? Saving is impossible!
Pardon me, saving is not impossi-
bic. The saving may not be large.
1t may be pitifully small at the first
trial; but the saving is beginning,
and it will grow.
There are several reasons why you
should have bank account, however
modest it may be.
First of all, some day you will need
some ready money. Sickness, loss of
work, slight turn in the wheel of
fortune-what will you do?
Another reason may be found in
content and peace of mind. He who
has some savings feels more secure
than does the spendthrift. Discon-
tent and worries dog the footsteps of
the man who lives up to all his in
come.
But the big reason is this: The saw
ing habit is reflex in its action. 1t is
an index of character.
1t is easy to spend money. 1t re-
quires effort to save it. The fabby-
minded man lets go his money reck-
lessly. The strong man resists the
strong temptation to spend more than
he can afford, and in resisting this
temptation grows stronger. Nor need
one grow stingy and hard hearted.
There are many inducements for a
young man, especially, to let go of
his money. He isurgedin hundred
ways to squander his hard-earued dol
lars foolishly. He who resists is lay
ing the foundation for strong busi-
ness character. There are thousands,
especially in the cities, who, drawing
good salaries guage the outgo by the
income. They do not save cent.
And it is usually these who envy the
successful and point to the latter as
lucky ones. Whereas it is true that
the foundation of every fortune has
been laid in the habit of small savings.
Go to the savings bank and start an
account, however small it may be.
1t is the habit of saving that is more
important than the saving itself.
Get the habit.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-10-26
woMEr,s LOVE OF UGLY MEN.

The illustrious men in history who
were distinguished as much for the
fascination which they exercised over
the fair sex as for their talents and
ability were, as rule, plain, insignifi-
cant in appearance. Julius Caesar was
a very i'll favored man, and yet when
mere stripping, before his fame in
Rome, girls of his own age sighed for
him and mature women longed for his
love. Among the men of later times
who were renowned in like manner
were Sir Philip Sidney, plain almost
to ugliness; Paul Searron, the comic
poet, cripple; Voltaire, unmistaka-
bly, ugly, and Rosseau, whose manners
were awkward as his face was plain,
while John Wilkes, who had the pow
er to subjugate any woman who spoke
to him for even five minutes. was ad-
mitted by his own showing to be the
ugliest man in England in his time.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-10-26
DRIFTING WITH THE TIDE.

A great many people drift through
life without aim or purpose or effort.
They float along the line of least re-
sistance, avoiding obstacles and
shrinking from anything that looks
like hard work. Their great desire
is to get IAN easy job" They do
not concern themselves at all as to
whether or not there is prospect of
advancement in it, whether it offers
an opportunity for self-development
or not, or whether it is stumbling.
block instead of a stepping-stone to
their future welfare. They have
neither plans nor programme, nor
ambition to guide them. They SIM
ply live for to-day, and, literally,
"take no thought of the morrow"
This happy go-lucky policy can
lead to but one thing-failure. Thou
sands who have adopted it have drift
ed, in old age, to begging in the
streets, to dependence on grudging
relatives, or to the almshouse. Many
Of these unfortunates, if they had
taken stock of themselves in youth,
or had taken the trouble to find out
their successful possibilities and had
planned their lives along common
sense, manly lines, might have con-
tributed largely tothe service of man
kind and attained honor and prosper
itv in their chosen callings.
Whenever 1 see youth looking for
"soft snap" I pity him. There
can be no doubt where he will end,
if he does not change his tactics. If
he does not brace up, take stock OF
himself and put in vim, and purpose,
and energy into his life, he will sure
ly join the great army ofthe might
have -beens.
Oliver Wendell Holmes says that
it does not matter so much where one
stands as the direction in which he
is moving. If you are working ac-
cording to an intelligent plan; if you
are trying to make everything you do
means of advancement to the goal
you have in view; if your great am
bition is, not to make yourself fa-
nous, or rich or happy, but to make
your life mean something in Gods
world, go ahead, for you are moving
in the right direction and will reach
your goal. But if you are looking
for an easy place, or running away
from hard work if you are too list
less, or Indifferent, or careless to take
stock of yourself, to decide upon the
path you wish to take, to look care
fully ahead, but not too far ahead, or
to make out an intelligent plan of
action and follow it as nearly as you
can, no matter where you stand, you
are not moving in the right direction.
-SutceSs.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-10-26

A WESTERN girl advertised for
husband and got him. The total ex-
pense for advertising, wedding out
fit, &c., was $II. Within year he
died, leaving her $4,000. And yet
some people say it doesn't pay to adj
vertise.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-10-26

PARsoN-Where is the other man
who used to be here as keeper9
Park Gatekeeper-He's dead, sir.
Parson with feeling)--Dead Poor
fellow Joined the great majority, eh |?
Park Gatekeeper-Oh, I wouldn't
like to say that, sir. He was good
enough man as far as I know.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-10-26

MAc1srRArE-"What Do you
mean to say your husband struck you
and he that physical wreck = Mrs.
Maloney-"Yes yer honor, but he's
only been a physical wreck since he
struck me-"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-10-26

SAM--"Dey had cock fight down at
Goose Hill, en- dey say Pete Green
picked de winnah."
Remus-"Yeas, de measly chicken
thief stole de winnah en- picked it fob
dinrah."
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-10-26
IF YOU KNEW DAD

1t is on Decoration Day that my pa swells with
pride,
And talks in words Of fire of the gallant men
who died
A-saving of their country in the dark days Of
the war.
He seems the bravest mortal that feller ever
saw.
Why. you'd. think he'd been colonel or
general, maybe,
And in the very fore rank of his cheering SOL
diers he
Had won hundred battles perhaps been wound
ed bad
But, no, You wouldn't think SO. if you knew
dad!
Ma says. "Pa's brave enough. 1 low. but he's SO
mortal slow
That when he'd got his courage up there was no
And pa looks daggers. and remarks, Matilda,
you must own
You begged me not to go because you 'as 'fraid
to stay alone.
enlisted. too,
But you said it was my duty plain to stay and
care for you"
OF course / wasn't living then-I only wish
had.
But have my opinion. for know dad
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-10-26
TRADES THAT CURE ILLS.

"Oil workers are never bald, said
a druggist. "Visit our Gil regions
or those of Russia. Examine the
workmen's hair. 1t is soft and thick
and glossy, for petroleum cures incl
pient badness, and if your hair is
thinning rub some in. Never mind
the smell. 1t will do you good.
shepherds enjoy remarkable
health. The odd odor OF sheep
seems to drive away disease. Sheep
are especially good for whooping
cough it is the custom for the moth
er to put the child to play amoEg the
sheep, and the next day it is well.
"The men and women who work
among lavender, gathering it or dis
tilling it, never have neuralgia or
nervous headache. Lavender, more
over, is as good as a sea voyage for
giving tone to the system. Run
down persons often work for nothing
in lavender plants in order to build
themselves up.
"Salt miners can wear summer
clothes in blizzard weather without
fear of catching cold, foT colds are
unknown among salt workers. Brew
cries and tanneries and printing ink
factories bar out consumption. Tur-
pentine works and ropewalks bar out
rheumatism. Copper mines bar out
typhoid ."-Mew I0,k Press.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-10-26

81 SUPPOSE you go to the city at
least once a year." said the summer
boarder.
81 used tew," replied the old far
mer. "but l amt been thar fer nigh
on to three years meow. Sense we
got rural free delivery ] kin git
bunkoed jist as we'll by mail
b'gosh !"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-10-26

THE following bit of conversation
between two negroes was recently
overheard:
"Ain't you got no eggsF'
''I amt said amt p
"I amt axed you is you amt, l
axed you is you is. Is you :"
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-10-26

WHEN man likes to be different
from other people, the other people are
generally quite satisfied to have himso.
The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1907-10-26
A PRAYER.

A little girl of four or FIVE was
quietly playing on the porch one after
noon, while her father and one of his
friends were enjoying smoke and a
chat on political matters. They paid
no attention to the little girl, who in
turn seemed entirely absorbed in her
dolls and her teddy bear.
When the guest had gone, and bed
time came, the child's mother noticed
that she was unusually silent and
thoughtful. And when she knelt to
say her prayers there came a pause
after the usual petitions, and then she
resumed very earnestly:
"And now, God, please take great
care of Yourself, for if anything
should happen to You, we should
only have Mr.. Roosevelt-and he has
not come up to papa's expectations. +"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-06-20
A PIONEER TRAGEDY.

This week young man from Will
lamette valley passed through Pen
dleton on his way to Soda Springs,
Idaho, on a sad and perhaps hopeless
mission. But his errand recalls the
numberless tragedies of the desert
enacted by the pioneers who came to
the west half century ago.
In his pocket he carried a faded
scrap OF paper torn once from a note
book and upon this paper was scrawl-
ed a chart showing in a crude man.
ner, the location of a grave which
was made in July, 1857, in the middle
of the immigrant road near Soda
Springs.
There in the desert so years ago
this summer his grandmother was
buried on the westward trek and to
prevent the desecration of the grave
ii was made in the dust of the road
that the multitude of wheels rolling
over it might obliterate 1t and hide 1t
from the keen sight of the savages.
The old pioneer mother was laid
away without coffin, box or shroud,
but was wrapped in blankets and
covered with the dust of the desert.
Her husband and his little brood
came on west, the girls and boys have
grown up to become useful men and
women in this empire, and now the
grandson of the dead pioneer goes
back to seek the grave and bring the
handful of dust to Oregon.
"Close to a cliff of rocks where the
point of the hill comes down to the
river, and about 1000 feet from the bis
soda spring"
This is the direction written by the
heartbroken husband SO years ago a!
he turned his face to the west, leav'
ing half his heart buried in the des
ert
Time has effaced and changed tn,
landmarks, winds and floods have
ravaged the hillsides, civilization ha!
marred the landscape and half a cen
tury of erosion has made deep scar,
upon the cliffs and mountains, bu
every pioneer heart prays that thiI
boy will find the handful of sacred
dust and rescue II from its deser
tomb; every pioneer heart goes bach
tenderly to the lonely grave and hope.
that the few words OF direction may
lead the loving hands to discover 1t.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-06-20

laws are held in utter contempt and
in which rich men, under the cloak
of respectability, commit flagrant
crimes against the government, have
brought the president to withdraw
every possible foot OF timber land in
order to protect it from such frauds
and to save 1t for future use,
The president is right. The land
laws must be revised and the public
domain protected from lawless spec
ulators. The only thing to be regu-
lated is the administration of the for
est reserves. 1t cannot be expected
that the system be right and well ad-
justed at first, but the administration
must work to the perfection of the
system and then the people will have
cause to thank Roosevelt for his
work.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-06-20
BIG CATHEDRAL FOR CAUTTOL,

The site of the proposed cathedral
CT the Protestant Episcopal diocese
of Washington, on Mount st. Albans,
between Massachusetts avenue,
Woodley lane and Tennallytown road,
is almost on level with the apex of
the Washington monument.
Although 1t is in the suburbs now.
the present growth of the city will
doubtless surround 1t with handsome
residences before it is finished, and
even now It is being approached rap
idly on all sides.
The property comprises 40 acres
which, with the building thereon, rep
resent total value of $3.50, 900, clear
Of incumbrance, the last dollar hav-
ing been paid last Thanksgiving day
when u special service was held to
commemorate the fact.
The property was acquired by do
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-06-20
VANISHING GREATNESS.

From 1910 to the outbreak of the
war and for full decade at least af-
ter it's close the Mississippi was the
great north and south trunk line of
western trade. The substantial
warehouses and now decrepit wharves
at all the important landings from
New Orleans to st. Paul testify to its
departed traffic. In 1S45 2050 steam
boats arrived at st. Louis, and in
1856 the young city of st. Paul could
boast S46. The river was a favorite
passenger route also. Then side
wheel tinder-boxes raced with a
"nigger squat On the safety valve"
The railways have now wrested this
traffic away. Last year there were
1888 vessels on all the western rivers
with total tonnage Of 167,957 tons
As against this the tonnage of new
vessels built on the Mississippi and
its tributaries during the years 1864
65-66 was 193,300. The Mississippi
tonnages Of 73.OS1 tons for 1871 and
S1,1S9 for 1881 dwindled down last
year to trifle of 6591 tons.-New
York World.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-06-20
THE FELLOW THAT'S BROKE.

Let's drink a toast to the rollicking
chap,
The follow who's always broke,
The struggling chap whose ev'ry hope
Evaporates in smoke,
Who smiles despite his empty purse,
Allows naught to depress him,
Who still plods on and hopes 'gainst
hope,
The fellow that's broke, God bless
him!
He may not have a dime on earth
While cold and hunger gnaw him,
Yet hides 1t all, with nothing but
His sunny heart to tflaw him.
And meets his friends, nor ne'er be-
trays
The truths that sore oppress him,
The chap who smiles thro' hunger's
wiles,
The fellow that's broke-God bless
him!
He sees a hope in ev'ry ray
That o'er his path Is falling
1t may he life, it may be death,
Or voice of Fate that's calling.
Though heart be chilled and purse be
bare,
Some sweet hope will caress him:
He's sure the morrow'll brighter be
The follow that's broke-God bless
him!
SO here's to him, against whom fate
Seems ever leagued to down him;
And yet through all misfortune's
thrall
A halo bright should crown him
Because he cheers some hopeless one
Fen though hard luck doth press
him;
| Divides his all, be 1t how small
The fellow that's broke-God bless
him!
Kate Thyson Marr.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-06-20
HARBOR.

And will you rest at last, storm beaten
spirit,
In this poor heart, who would your
haven be,
VIII you sink down at last, content to
The common treasures of tranquil
ity?
Will you forget your high and fierce
endeavor
The hinted island and the hidden
seas,
Defeats, escapes, adventures, that for
ever
Left you more sad, and never more
at ease?
When the west wind on summer even
ings blowing
Brings to your ears the sound of
sails that fill,
And moving ships eclipse your star
light, going
To lands unseen, and fates that
beckon still,
When you shall see beneath the moon
new risen,
The kissing wake of other vessels
foam,
Will not this land-locked harbor seem
prison
Where calms and shadows mock
the name of home?
III.
All, when your longing for the open
ocean
Captures your heart, and bids you
set your sail,
Feeble will be the bonds of my devo-
ton;
Little will love-your own or mine
avail:
Happy to you will seem some ship
wrecked stranger,
Keener than love the zest OF being
free.
Sweeter than peace, the summoning
Of dangger;-
Some day at sunrise you will put to
sea.
Alice Duer Miller.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-06-20
LEWISTON AN ILLUSTRATION.

The conviction CT the Lewiston land
spectators comes just at an oppor-
tune time to help the friends Of Pres
ident Roosevelt in the public land
convention at Denver.
Here is living example of the evils
OF the present system of land laws
which permit wholesale fraud and
wildcat speculations. Here Is an ex-
ample Of the acts and influences
which have driven the east to demand
that western speculations cease and
that every man who uses the public
range for private purposes, pay the
government for it.
Here are a number OF bankers and
land Spectators holding timber land
worth on the market today over $780,
900. Most OF this has been acquired
through fraud at cost of about $780,
600 to the spectators.
The actual settlers for whom the
presidents opponents are pleading
eloquently at Denver will not be per-
mitted to enjoy these rich holdings.
The government will not be allowed
to enjoy the market price of the tim
Der, but few SPECTATORS who by
fraud cornered the land, win be en-
rjched at the pubiic's loss.
Such cases as this, in which the
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-06-20

The East Oregonian is delighted
to see Pendleton high school boys go
to work during vacation. Many Of
them might not have to work II they
did not desire to do so, but there is
scarcely one of them not now working
at something. This is one Of the best
evidences of the merit of these boys.
Labor is part of an education. Any
boy who will roll UP his sleeves and
put on pair of overalls during vaca-
ton will make headway during the
school year.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-06-20

The railroad commission which will
meet in Portland next Monday to give
a further hearing to Pendleton on the
local train question, demands addi-
tional facts in regard to traffic in this
territory before ordering the train
placed in service. Pendleton can fur
nish the evidence and should be on
hand with the goods If she wants the
train. The railroad commission de-
sires to be absolutely fair and just
with both the people and the o. R. &
N. company and is determined to sift
the traffic situation to the bottom be-
fore ordering additional train service.