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The Tupelo journal., 1907-08-02
STORY OF SPEAKERS MACE
Origin Of Emblem Of Legislative Az
thority Used in Congress.

At the right of the speakers desk
in the hall of the house of represent.
atives in the capitol at Washington
stands a large cylindrical pedestal
made of highly polished green mar
BILE.
When the house is called to order
each day the sergeant,at-arms, or one
OF his deputies, places upon the pedes.
tai the mace, which is the symbol of
authority in the house. When the
body adjourns he removes it and
keeps it safely until the house meets
again.
This mace is of very ancient and
honorable origin. Under the old
Roman republic the magistrates
passed on foot from one place to an
other adminise ring justice. trying
public offenders and imposing penal
ties.
Each of these magistrates was at
tended by a small body of men
known as l~ictors, whose duty it was
to make way for the officers of the
law, preserve order, make arrests and
infiict punishment on condemned citi-
ZenS.
Each of these lictors carried with
him a bunch of rods tied together
with thongs and having an ak bound
to the outside of it. The thongs were
used for scourging and the ak for be-
headline Sontannnc ic,nacnJ hu fhn
magistrates were at once carried out.
Those bundles OF rods were known as
fasces. When the Romans conquer
ed Britain the use of the fasces as a
a symbol was brought with them and
many other Roman customs remained
with the British people.
While it was no longer used for in
f1icting punishment, it continued to
be used as a symbol by the early
English magistrates, and when an Of
ficer appeared carrying the fasces his
authority was Immediately accepted
by all. 1t was, in fact, his badge of
office.
The English form of the fasces was
slightly changed in that the ak was
placed inside of the bundle of rods
with the blade protruding from the
top.
The great councils of the early Sax
ons gradually developed into one gen
ereal body, which in the fourteenth
century became known as the house
OF commons. In all these earlier
councils the use of the fasces was
continued, but it then came to be
known as the mace, which has re-
manned as the emblem Of legislative
authority in that body down to the
present day.
The house of representatives of the
United States was modelled closely
after the house of commons by the
trainers of our constitution, and the
usage of the mace was borrowed from
the English custom.
The first mace adopted by the
house was destroyed by fire when the
British burned the capital in 1914.
From 1914 until 1912 a mace of
painted wood did service, but in the
latter year the present mace was
made after the model of the original
one.-St. Nicholas.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-08-02
AnpIes and Peanuts for Lunch.

Former Senator Francis M. Cock
rell of Missouri, now a member of the
interstate commerce commission, has
regained his health sufficiently to par
take of his usual MONDAY lunch-two
apples and a sack of peanuts, which
during his thirty years official resi-
dence in Washington, most of the
time as United States senator, were
his only diet for the MONDAY meal.
Senator Cockrell says he believes
there is more nutriment in a sack OF
peanuts than in a pound of beefsteak
and that they are easier to get. Last
winter when he was stricken with i'll.
ness his physician ordered him to
drop apples and peanuts for a while.
It was a hard task.
Recently when he was advised that
he could resume his favorite bill OF
fare he was happier than "a boy with
his first pair of red top boots.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-08-02
Have Trouble
with Your Food?
Try
Grape-Nuts
Perfectly Cooked.
Ready to Serve,
Delicious and Healthful
Delicious and Healthful

1.-The ordinary breakfast cereal
cooked a few minutes in a half-hearted
way will in time weaken the stomach
of anything short Of an OK.
amy preparation of wheat or oats
put into water that is below the boil.
ing point and cooked as mush is usu.
ally served, remains a pasty, indi.
gestible mass. The cells are tough
and unopened. In addition, the stom.
ach Of a person sensitively constituted
refuses to do anything with the pasty
mass. 1t is sent into the second stom-
ach, the Duodenum, where in conse.
quence of the long time of the first
process of digestion, is fermented and
soured. AS an eminent medical man
pertinently states, the stomachs of half
the people going about the streets are
about in the condition of an old vim.
egar barrel.
Intestinal dyspepsia is the direct
consequence of such feeding"
knowledge of these facts and a wide
experience in the preparation and use
of cereals brought out the product
known as Grape-Nuts, manufactured
with special reference to having the
heterogeneous and starchy parts of the
grains, of which the food is composed,
perfectly and scientifically cooked at
the factory, ready for immediate use
and therefore not subject to the ma,
nipulations of any cook, good or bad.
The starch of the grains, changed to
grape-sugar, can be seen ~glistening on
the little granules. and gives forth a
delicate sweetish taste, very palatable.
Children and adults obtain fine re.
suits from the S of Grape-Nuts food.
1t is SO perfectly adapted to the wants
of the human body and SO easily di-
gested that many cases are on record
of nursing babes being fed very sue
cessfully on it. There's a Reason"
Made at the pure food factories OF
the Postum Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
Read THE Road to MELVILLE" in pkgs.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-08-02
Secretary Root a RecIuse.

When Secretary Root is at the de-
partment it is next to impossible to
see him. He is closeted with his Sec
rotary and stenographer. or else work
ing by himself, but in either event he
is as inaccessible as the car. On
diplomatic days he has to let himself
be seen, but On other occasions it is
so much a waste of time to try to get
at him that most men who know the
ropes do not make the attempt if it is
at all possible to get their ends by
seeing Bacon.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-08-02
Another VARIETY.

The farmer met his son at the sta
ton.
Back from college, eh, boy?" he
drawled.
Yes, dad replied the youth, as he
lit another cigarette, land tell you l
am glad to get back. Been digging up
Greek roots all the season."
The old farmer went over to the
hardware store and bought a grabbing
hoe.
All right, my boy" he announced
as he handed over the hoe, "yeou can
change yeour exercise during the sum-
mer by digging up dogwood and sassa-
fras roots"
The Tupelo journal., 1907-08-02
Equally Painful.

A good story is told of an old darby
in Richmond who once experienced
considerable difficulty in securing the
sum due him from a prominent bust
ness man whose stable the negro
had whitewtshed.
One afternoon, as the old darby
came painfully up the walk toward the
house, the master thereof called to
him from the porch:
Whats the matter, Nose? Got the
gout?"
mo, sah," came in respectful tones
from Nose; Use got de bill for dat
whitewashin'."- - ippincott's Maya
zine.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-08-02

were spells of dizziness and faintness,
the kidney secretions were like blood
and passed with intense pain. l had
lost 30 pounds when / began using
Doan's Kidney Pills, and was dread
fully nervous. In one week l felt bet
ter and today l am a well m and
have been for a long time"
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box.
toster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-08-02
Largest Wooden Structure.

The Parliament building in Yelling
ton, New Zealand, is the largest wood
en- structure in the world. In We'll
l1ngton and some other New Zealand
towns almost every house is con
structed of wood. So likewise are
large churches and business houses.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-08-02
Granulated Eye

Lids can be cured quickly by Leonardis
Golden Eye Lotion. Weak, sore and in
famed eyes are cured without pain in. one
day by Leonardi's. Cools heals, strength
ems. Makes strong eyes.
Guaranteed or money refunded. Drug
gists sell it at 25 cts. or forwarded pre-
paid on receipt of price by S. B. Leonardo
& Co., Tampa, Fla.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-08-02

I had Catarrh for about fifteen
years, and no man could have
been worse I tried everything
7 could hear OF, but no good re.
suited. then began 8. 8. s., and
from the first bottle, and after
taking it a short while was cured.
This was six years ago, and I am
as well today a. any man. Think
Catarrh is q blood disease, and
know there Is nothing on earth
better for the blood than s. 8. 8.
Nobody thinks more Of s.. 8. s,
than ! do. N. MATSON.
Lapeer, Mich.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-08-02
Punishment to Fit Crime.

Bigamists in Hungary are COM
PEELED to submit to an old punish
ment. The man who has been silly
enough to marry two wives is legally
forced to live with both of them in
the same house.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-08-02
Worse Still.

Towne-He's sorry now that he
~quarreled with his wife.
Browne-She's gone home to her
mother, | suppose.
Towne-No, she's had her mother
come home to her.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-08-02
A WcMAN's suFFERlNcs.
A Dreadful Operation Seemed to Be-
the Only Outcome.
Mrs. Clyde Pixley, Bridge ST., Beld.
Ing, Mich, writes: 81 had infamma.

ton of the blad.
der and the trou.
BILE had gone SO
far in five years
that my physicians
said nothing but
an operation would
cure me. Awful
b e airing o W n
pains, backaches
and headaches tor
f1trn1 v,, 414.1
The Tupelo journal., 1907-08-02
Diversified Existence.

An old brick laboratory in Middle.
town, Conn.,, which was torn down
Saturday, has been put to many uses
since its erection in 1925. Originally
it was a clubhouse, but it has since
been used as a hospital, an eating.
house. a carpenter shop, an icehouse,
and an electrical laboratory,
The Tupelo journal., 1907-08-02

THE MILK PANS are quickly
cleaned and rid of all greasy feel
when washed in Borax and water in
the following proportions table
spoonful of Borax to a quart of water.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-08-02
He Hanns On.

Friends your dog a~ffectionate?
Owner (warily)-Well, he gets cas-
lily attached to people.-Baltimore
American.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-08-02

It is not easy to be a widow; for
she must resume all the modesty Of
maidenhood without being able even
to pretend ignorance.-Mme. de Gil
rardin.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-08-02
No More Swear Words.

Constable-Did yer notice what was
the number of the car?
Terrified Teuton-Nein! He pass
too kvick.
Constable-Would yer swear to the
driver again?
T. T.-Himmel! But 1 know no
more vords-The Bystander.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-08-02
New Works Bio Debt.

New York city is the second in the
Union for size of per capita debt, it
being $113.25, Newton Mass, CON-
ing first, with $125.5S.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-08-02

Mrs. Windows Soothing Syrup.
For children teething, softens the gurus, reduces n
nammation, anays patn, cures wind cole. 25c bottle
The Tupelo journal., 1907-08-02

Love your wife as you love your
soul; but shake her as you would
shake a plum-tgee.-Russian Proverb.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-08-02
Dishonest London Milkmen.

London pays $150.000 a year for the
water which its milkmen put into the
milk they sell as pure.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-08-02
New in Chartin0 Rivers.

A graduated rod. which rises and
falls with the bottoms variations, is
now used to chart rivers.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-08-02
NEWSPAPER 500 Years Old.

The oldest newspaper in the world,
the King Pao, or News of the Capital,
of Pekin, will celebrate it's five hun.
dredth anniversary this year.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-08-02

Women forgive injuries, but they
never forget slights.-Haliburton.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-08-02

Shakespeare has no heroes; he has
only heroines.-Ruskin.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-08-02

affected by this disease. 1t is a waste Of
time to try to cure Catarrh with sprays
washes, inhalations, etc. Such treatment
does not reach the blood, and can, therefore,
do nothing more than temporarily relieve
the discomfort Of the trouble. To cure
Catarrh permanently the blood must be
thoroughly purified and the system cleanscd
OF all poisons, and at the same time
strengthened and built up. Nothing equals
S. S. S. for this purpose. It attacks the
disease at its head, goes down to the very
bottom of the trouble and makes a complete
and lasting cure. S. S. S. remove every
particle of the catarrhal poison from the
blood, making this vital stream pure, fresh
and healthy. Then the infaIned mem.
branes begin to heal, the head is loosened
and cleared, h ehawking and sp~ittingcease,
constitution is built up and vigorous health
the stomach and digestion and acts as a
IF you are suffering with Catarrh begin the
ltement of your case and our physicians will
and give you special medical advice
sale at all first class drug stores.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-08-02
A Calculation,

Il calcu.ate," says Edison, that we
know n seven-billionth of one per
cent. about anything"
The Tupelo journal., 1907-08-02
CATARRHp19s14ososne D
AND SYSTEM DISORDERED

Catarrh is not merely an inflammation Of the tissues of the head and
throat, as the symptoms Of ringing noises In the ears, mucous dropping back
into the throat, continual hawking and splitting, ETC., would seem to indi-
cate; it is a blood disease in which the entire circulation and the greater
part OF hesystem are involved. Catarrh is due to the presence of al excess
OF uric acid in the blood. The Liver, Kidneys and Bowels frequently. be-
come torpid and dull in their action and instead of carrying off the refuse
and waste of the body, leave it to sour and form uric acid II the system.
This is taken up by the blood and through its circulation distributed to all
parts Of the system. These impurities in the blood iritate and innane
the different membranes and tissues of the body, and the contracting
OF a cold will start the secretions and other disgusting and disagreeablc
symptoms Ttn OF catarTh. AS the blood goes to all parts Of the body tic ca,
tarrhal poison affects all parts of the system. The head has a tight, fall
feeling, nose continually stopped up, pains above the eyes, slight fever
comes and goes, the stomach is upset and the entire system disordered and
The Tupelo journal., 1907-08-02

a pure, safe and sure Vegetable Compound. 1t
will give life and vitality to your Liver; put your
digestive organs to work; increase your appetite
and tone you up generally. Sold by all drug
gists for IS years. soc and 500 bottles.
The Tupelo journal., 1907-08-02

THE SWIFT SPECIFIC co., ATLANTA, Gks
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-04
$50 600 Ranch and Stock Deal.
sssssssssssssSsssossosss,

one of the biggest stock deals that
has taken place in Canyon county,
is one which has Just been conclded
whereby A. II. Van Sicklin and Chas.
Bolton OF Weiser take over the sheep
holdings, one 1320-acre ranch. lease
on 900 acres of school land, together
with the wagon, camp and other
equipment necessary to care and
keep the sheep and work the ranches
owned Ivy George V. Leighton. The
consideration is in the neighborhood
Of $4,000.
Approximately $500 head of sheep
change hands. OF these $500 head
are ewes and 400 head of mixed
vearlings Mr.. Leighton's 1320-acre
ranch on Little Willow creek, con-
coded to be one of the finest stock
ranches in southern Idaho, with all
its equipment, is taken over by
Messrs. Van Sicklin and Bolton, to-
gcther With a lease on 320 acres of
school land that is considered very
valuable and necessary in handling
this large bunch of sheep. All wag-
on and camp equipment go with the
Sheep.-Pgyettc Independent.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-04
CURE YOUR KIDNEYS.
Do Not Endanger Life When n Pen
dIeton Citizen Shows You the Cure.

Why will people continue to suffer
the agonies of kidney complaint, back
ache. urinary disorders, lameness,
selves to become chronic invalids,
when a certain cure is offered them
Doan's Kidney Pills is the remedy
to use, because it gives to the kidneys
the help they need to perform their
work.
II you have any, even one, of the
symptoms of kidney diseases, cure
or Brights disease sets in. Read this
Pendleton testimony:
Mrs. l.. Hodson, of TT Aura street,
Pendleton. Ore, says: II just as en-
Enthusiastically indorse Doan's Kidney
Pills today as 1 did nearly three years
ago. They relieved me of kidney
trouble which had bothered me for
a considerable time. There was ach-
ing pains across the small of my back
and down through my kidneys, which
were aggravated by colds which set
tied in the back and loins and caused
an awful lameness. This was my con-
dition when 1 began taking Doan's
Kidney Pills. This remedy banished
the backache and pains through the
loins, regulated the kidney secretions
and removed every symptom of the
trouble. From that day to this there
has been no recurrence, and 1 give
Doan's Kidney Pills al 1.-THE credit. I
consider them to be the best kidney
remedy procurable and recommend
them whenever the occasion arises"
For sale by all dealers. Price 50
cents. Foster-Milburn Co. Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States
Remember the name-Doan's-and
take no other.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-04
"NIurdcr VIII out" After II Years

It Is an old saying that Murder
will out" on Tuesday, March IL,
1890, murder occurred in the Red
Front saloon in Weiser. Two mys-
tcrious toughs dropped into town,
got into a game Of cards, a row fol-
lowed and indiscriminate shooting be-
gan and one tough accidentally killed
the other. No names could be ascer-
tained and the dead man was buried
in on unknown grave. 1t now devel-
OPS that the man killed was one j..
Sweeney and his murderer was named
Carpenter, alias f.. ]. Stack. stack
or Carpenter was recently killed In
New York and a man is now on trial
for his murder. The New York
authorities have written Attorney
Rhea for the particulars of the kill
ing here. Thomas Pence was sheriff
then and is furnishing the facts. The
Signal Of March IA, 1890, has an ac-
count Of the murder.-Weiser Signal.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-04
Would Protect MuItnomah Falls.

To protect Multnomah falls is the
object of a bill introduced in the SEN
ate hy Sichel. The bill excepts Multi
nomah creek. which forms Multno-
nah falls, from the provisions of sec
ton 50?2 of the code. This section
declares the use of the water of any
lake or stream to develop mineral re-
sources or electric power to be pub
lie and beneficial use and grants the
right to divert the water.
The Sichel bill provides that the
stream or flow of water of Multnomah
creek shall not be diverted for any
purpose whatever. The Dalles
Chronicle.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-04
Nejghbors Got Fooled.

"I was literally coughing myself to
death, and had become too weak to
leave my he'd; and neighbors predicted
that I wonld never leave 1t alive; but
they got fooled, for thanks be to God,
I was induced to try DR.. Kings New
Discovery. It took just four one dol
lar bottles to completely cure the
cough and restore me to good sound
health" writes Mrs. Eva Uncapher,
of Grovertown, Stark Co., Ind. This
King OF cough and cold cures, and
healer of throat and lungs, is guar
autead by Tallman & Co., druggists.
soc and 800 bottles. Trial bottle free.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-04
Refrlgerator Car Service,

Effective at once the o. r. & N.
company will inaugurate a weekly
refrigerator car service from Port
land. The refrigerator cars will leave
Portland every Tuesday and will ham
die perishable stuff for all points
east Of Umatilla. A similar servive
will be operated on the Washington
division.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-04

1--WE lived in California 20 years,
and am still hunting for trouble in
,he way OF burns, sores, wounds, boils,
cuts, sprains, or case of piles that
BucFlcn's Arnica Salve won't quickly
cure" writes Charles Walters, Of AL
leghary, Sierra Co. No use hunting,
Mr.. Walters; 1t cures every case.
Guaranteed by Tallman & Co., drug
store. 2Ec.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-04
Among the Exchanges
of the Inland Empire
. oseeeaeeseseeeseee . Q
shelters Headquarters at Heppner.

d. B. Shelter, forest superintendent,
arrived in the city Tuesday, and is
now n guest at the Palace.
Mr.. Shelter will open up permanent
headquarters in Heppner to take
charge of the work connected with
the Heppner forest reserve.
Mr. Seller has issued a call for a
meeting of the stocRmen to be held
in Heppner on Tuesday, February 10,
for the benefit Of the stockmen who
have formerly used the range now in
the limits of the reserve. .-Heppner
Gazette.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-04
Cnttle in MORROW and Masco.

V. T.. McComb and son, of BoZe-
man, Mont, who have been in Hepp-
nor for some time buying cattle, ship
ped 800 head yesterday. The cattle
purchased are principally cows and
calves for the range. McComb & Son
also shipped $50 head of cattle from
Shaniko this week.-Heppner Ga
Zette
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-04

SUBSCRIBERS TO MAGAZINES, IF
you want to subscribe to magazines
or newspapers in the United States or
Europe, remit by postal note, checF
or send to the EAST OREGONIAN
the net publishers price Of the publi-
cation you desire, and we will have II
sent you and assume all the risk Of
the money being lost in the mails. II
will save you both trouble and risk.
II you are a subscriber to the EAST
OREGONIAN, in remitting you can
deduct 10 per cent from the publish
er's price. Address EAST OREGON
IAN PUB. CO.. Pendleton, Ore.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-04

The editor of the Memphis, Tenn.
"Times" writes "In my opinion Fo-
leys Honey and Tar is the best rem
edy for coughs, colds and lung trou-
HE, and to my own personal lSnowl-
edge Foley's Honey and Tar has ac.
complished many permanent cures
that have been little short of mar.
velous." Refuse any but the genu.
inc in the yellow package. Koepper
Drug Store.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-04
New Sawmill at Parker.

w. II. Bugbee came in from the
Parker mill Monday and left Tuesday
morning for Portland. Mr.. Bugbee
reports that the work of installing
the new saw and planning plant is pro-
crossing satisfactorily and the mill
will be prepared TO start up in the
early spring. The capacity Of the
mill will be $4,000 feet per day.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-04

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ADS, SUCH
as help wanted: rooms or houses
for rent; secondhand goods for sale;
IN fact, any want you want to get
filled, the East Oregonian wants your
want ad. Rates: Three lines one
time, 15 cents; two times, 25 cents;
six times, As cents. Five lines one
time. rs cents; two times, 35 cents;
six times, rs cents. Count six words
to the line. Send your classified ads
to the office or mail to the East Ore
gonIan, enclosing silver or stamps to
cover the amount.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-04
Return Limit to California Excursion
Ticlrets Extpnded

The regular return limit of the win
ter excursion tickets to California has
been extended to six months and the
price of tickets advanced SIS. For in
formation inquire OF u. C. Smith
agent o. r. & NJ, Pendleton.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-04

Thomas Daily Is under arrest at
Hood River, charged with robbing a
drunken companion named Mike
Borge, Of $500 in money and checks
and watch.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-04
FOR SALE.

ANY KIND OF HAY OR STRAW
you want. Cut hay, wheat hay and
alfalfa. Tutuilla Chop Mill, Ed
Maurer, Prop. Phone Main $50.
GOOD ALFALFA HAY, BALED OR
loose, for sale. Delivered at $11.50
for loose and $14.50 for baled. Ad-
dress N. D. Parks, box SIT, Pendleton,
Ore
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-04

GRAHAM, THE FURNITURE MAN,
will buy your old furniture and give
you cash or new goods in return. 1t
costs nothing to visit him. Postoffice
block Peudleton.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-02-04
ARCHITECTS, CONTRACTORS, ETC

D. A. MAY, CONTRACTOR AND
Builder. Estimates furnished on
all kinds of masonry, cement walks,
stone walls etc. Leave orders at East
Oregonian office.