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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-08-20
GENERAL NEWS.


AT North Yakima 400-yard race
was run by Guy sheIlady's gray horse
Bermuda, and an Indian horse, Red
Bird, for purse OF $500. Shellady's
horse was beaten by about 30 feet.
Sam Larsen recently found an old
fashioned flint and hammer, gun near
the mouth of the Walla Walla river.
1t has the appearance of having lain
In the sand more than n century.
The trial of Ed 'Gosson for the mur-
der Of Ernest Bonomi at The Dalles,
will take place at the November term
of court. He has waived examino-
tion and was bound over without
bonds.
The army and navy departments at
Washington have arranged to CO.
operate in maintaining wireless COM
munication between Nome and st.
Michael, Alaska, and Seattle and San
Francisco.
L. S. Ranger Surveyor James Ste
wart and his crew from Kcoskia,
have been on Red river, Idaho for
some time. Every member of the
crew is an Indian. and number of
them are graduates of Carlisle uni
versity.
Negotiations are pending at Mexico
City for the purchase of 10000 acres
to be colonized by Russians. Twenty
thousand are to leave western Russia
soon, to be Joined by 1000 now act
Los Angeles.
George Foster Talbot, who was
prominent as an abolitionist before
the civil war died August is at
Portland. Me-, aged SS. He was a
delegate to the republican conven-
ton In 1860 that nominated Lincoln.
Two Iaboriug men named ]. Horn
strom and A. ]. Anes, were buried
under 36 tons Of earth Monday. They
attempted to dig under wall Nat
Eighth avenue and Cherry streets In
Seattle. Both men were unmarried.
C. f. Avery, the man who was
badly injured at Sorenson's logging
camp near Svenson, a few miles from
Astoria. by being run over by log-
ging train, has succumbed to the
shock caused by the amputatlop of
his leg.
The train from the south due at
san Louis Obispo, Cal, at 3:O5 O'Clock
was wrecked near Conception, IL
miles south of Fonda. The passenger
coaches and the baggage car were
ditched. No one was seriously injur-
ed except mail clerk.
Peter McDaugal OF Harrison, Ida
no, was shot in the leg Monday by
Fpank Tuttle, a bartender in the
lSlondyke saloon, where the row took
place. The trouble has been brewinl
for some time. McDaugal is not II
a serious condition.
Apparently as the result of the re
cent trouble at Everett, Wash, be
tween Chief of Police Marshall ant
Policeman Goldthorp, Mayor Jone
has instructed the head of the de
partmcnt to close the gambling
houses and dance halls, and the lid
is on IN Everett
Citizens of Mackay, Idaho, arr
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The deposit lies near the surface and
can be traced for miles in either di-
rection from the workings. Six seams
have so far been developed, one of
them at least 40 feet wide, another
20 feet and the other averaging at
least 10 feet. The estimate made of
the quantity in sight was on the au-
thority of Robert NJ. Bell, state coal
mine inspector for Idaho, and George
e. Bowerman, cashier of the First
National bank of st. Anthony.
Splendid Quality.
The quality of the coal is much
the same as the output of Kemmerer,
Diamondville and Cumberland, Wyo.
AS stated. 1t is raven black and ex-
ceedingly hard, considering the near
ness of the surface of that which is
now being mined. There are hun
dreds of tons mined and ready for
shipment, and in fact much of 1t is
being hauled by teams every day to
the various towns and cities of Fre-
mont county.
1t was while upon an inspection of
the Teton coal deposits that Chief
Engineer Ashton of the Short Line a
couple of weeks ago met with the
accident that nearly cost his life.
With him at the thine were Spen-
GER, Clawson, Thomas r. Cutler, Geo.
It. Odell, Judge John Donaldson, Mr..
Kilpack and G. E. Bowerman, most
of whom are interested in the Teton
coal properties.
This morning Mr.. Clawson received
consignment of 10 100-pound bags
of coal to be used as samples. These
will be placed on exhibition at the
rooms of the Commercial club, the
chamber of commerce and at other
places, that the public may become
impressed with the relief that is inn
minent as regards the fuel situation
in this state and Idaho.
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HOTEL ARRIVALS.

i'"tci 81 ueorSe.-C' r. plpsoh'
BOISE Clty' Ael'a Mos'' baker Oity'
MIS- H. Is fayee' Joseph ROY -
McDanlel ana CO., baker CITY; H. a.
brooks' BAKER Slty' >. holehoeck
ana wite' lewiston, MIS-, IL a.
halflgh, Cortiand, NJ - +. H. hol-
lowaN' Walla Walla' L. f. Ihiei'
Spokane H. r. Eise"lth' san FRAN
CISCO L. lrow' Spokahe' A. f. ihoin-
SON. reno, T. = hehsaru ana Wlie'
reno l. H. Lauraeee' oklah' Ar'huI
g. Thompson' Walia Waila' W. L.
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PythIans Meet in Conclave.

Philadelphia, Pa, Aug. 20.--Five
days of unusual interest and activity
in Pythian circles were inanugurated
here today. 1t Is the fortieth annual
session of the Pennsylvania grand
lodge Of the knights of Pythias, and
the first to be held in Philadelphia
since 1876 The tenth annual ses-
sion of the Pythian Sisters of Penn
sylyania will also be held during the
week. The number of of visitors is
large and the arrangements made for
their entertainment elaborate. The
reports of the X. of p. grand lodge
officers show that the order in Penn
sylvania now embraces AGA lodges
with a membership of 51,5S6.
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. UP To-" HARTMAN
TO LESSEN LIKELIHOOD
OF A COAL FAMINE HERE

A Twenty-Five Mile Branch from
Sugar City, Idaho, Into the Teton
Valley Would Afford an Outlet for
Inexhaustible Quantities OF as Fine
Coal as Exists I'm all the Great
West-Six Seams Developed and
Everywhere Easily Mined.
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For Rent.
Cottage with bath, hot and cold
water. Inquire 100 e. Bluff street
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Amusing the Baby.

Roscoe G. >Sutclife, who has fought
child-labor' so successfully for sixteen
years, said recently in Dallas:
These employers Of child-labor
seem to me to be lunatics. They fat.
ten on tender little children, working
them eleven or twelve hours a day,
stunning alike their bodies and their
minds; yet in nine cases out Of ten
they are pious, church-going people.
and they assure you calmly that theif
work benefits and gladdens the chill
dren instead of harming and sadden4
ing them. ;
They remind one in their perfect
assurance of my wife's niece, q child
of nine.
my wife's niece was once left III
charge of her baby brother for some
hours.
when the mother returned home,
the first sound she heard was the loud
yelling and squalling of the baby.
She ran upstairs at once.
"'What is the baby crying for?'
she said.
And the baby's juvenile monitress
answered calmly:
HES cross with me, mamma. l
was trying to make him smile with
the glove s~tretcher.'
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FOR THEN
HOUSEKEEPE
m9Ia@&@g@SSN

A recipe for paste that never dries
or sours, is to add one teaspoonful of
powdered alum and ten drops of oil
of cloves to a pint Of very smooth
thick -four paste.
S%andpaper will clean suede leath-
er, undressed or 'ooze" calfskin bags.
Rubbing the sandpaper lightly over
these feathers makes the article
equal to new.
Furniture can be frightened by a
polish consisting of two parts Of raw
linseed oil and one of. t%urpentine.
After shaking thoroughly, apply with
a flannel cloth and rub until dry.
AS a carpet cleaner, bran slightly
dampened, thrown on the carpet and
then thoroughly swept out is unex-
celled. 1t removes all dust and being
damp prevents the dust from flying.
For troublesome ants "A heavy
chalk mark laid a fingers distance
from the sugar box and all around
(there must be no space not covered)
will surely prevent ants from troub-
ling.
The soiling caused by hands OF a
papered wall may be greatly less
ened, If not entirely obliterated, by
laying a sheet of plotting paper upon
the spot and passing over it a moder-
ately hot iron:
If threads draw hard and break
easily when preparing a piece of fan
cy.work a little white soap rubbed on
the wrong side of the linen is an adj
vantage. A lather applied with a
brush is often convenient, and does
not harm the linen.
Mustard and horseradish mixed
make an excellent relish for old
meats. Mix yellow mustard, and add
to it an equal quantity of grated
horseradish, which has been boiled
ten minutes in water. Thin the mix
ture with a little Of this water.
People will eat hot dishes and
wash them down with iced drinks,
and then wonder why their teeth
can't stand such a terrific and sudden
change of temperature. Filled teeth
are extremely sensitive to such
changes, and neuralgia frequently re-
suits.
Here is something to do away with
that dangerous ~paraffine can. Save
all the orange peel you may have.
Dry it in a cool oven, and store away
in paper bags. Then some morning,
when your fire won't burn, throw a
bit of the peel on and watch the eff
feet.
If a small bag of spice is placed in
the kettle when making apple or
crabapple jelly, the flavor will be
much improved, and it varies the
Jelly without effort. A few leaves Of
sweet geranium thrown into the Jelly
ilso gives a delicious favor.
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What the Editor Saw.

The other day we noticed him as
we came across the bridge, with his
wagon full of cotton and chickens and
eggs. He found ready market for his
produce, and we thought how happy
his little mes would be when he re-
turned home in the evening with
toys and dresses and shoes and food
for the morrow, and some clear
money in his purse. We thought we
could see his wife standing in the
doorway to give him a cordial greet
ing on his return. SO DESTROYS were
we that he should make home ones
happy and %contented. We could al
most see his cheerful face as he re-
turned to his family after a days
absence. So we. thought, and re-
turned to our work.
But eventide came, and he passed
by our window again. He had moth
ing we thought he would have. The
bed of the wagon was bare. No little
shoes, nor toys, nor dresses, nor food
for the morrow, nor money In his
purse, we dare say. The man was
drunk.
He had changed, and this changed
our thoughts of his home. We could
see the children shrinking from his
approach, and the wife, so careworn
and sorrowful. She could not meet
him with the pleasant smile with
which she had intended greeting him.
He was breaking her heart and pre-
pairing to make paupers of his chill
dren.-Alabama Baptist.
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thumb vas hooked into his waistcoat
pocket, as if making sure that some
thing was there. His yes were fixed
on the hearth rug-a tiger skin, the
| stripes of which he was following
| with the toe of his boot. Suddenly
he raised his lazy eyes, direct and
with a certain deliberation, from the
floor to Lena's face. He caught her
eye fixed wistfully on his hand. Then
he moved slightly, and addressed COL
onel Wright:
1T sounds like Win, does it not?"
eyes," replied the old traveller,
slowly pulling at his mustache. "Yes,
that was Win"
'Akryl saw nothing but his hand"
continued the'sailor. "a small, brown
hand, he said it was-almost the
hand. of a Tartar, but somewhat
stouter, with compact fingers and
light colored nails. I asked him for
further details, but that was all that
he could tell me. He had landed in
England two days before l saw him,
and was on the point of starting off
to join the Fee expedition, and was
just going to sit. down and write to
you, when. he caught sight of me, and
remembered that I was Wins broth
err"
"It is not much" said Colonel
Wright, slowly, "but it explains a
good deal. He ought to have. been
across the Kizil Arvat desert before
January. No doubt he has had diff
fculties to contend with which we did
not quite foresee."
The old soldier was no adept at dis
stimulation. His name implied dis
appointment, and in each heart there
was a vague conviction that this news
was not satisfactory. 1t was no ex-
PLANTATION of the subsequent silence.
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CHAPTER XIV.
. A Strange Message.

Early in September Mrs. Wright
received a letter from Gibraltar, of
which the address vas in an I'M
known handwriting. Charles Mist
ley'S letters had of late borne the
Gibraltar postmark, but this could
not be from him. Before she had
read the first page. she exclaimed:
Charlie is coming home!"
"Hurrah!" said the colonel.
oh, l am so glad" said Lena, with
more ,fervor than the occasion would
appear to demand. But Mrs. Wright
looked grave.
He has broken his arm" she said.
and then she suddenly laughed.
The letter was from an officer of
Charles Mistley's ship, was a very
humorous production, purporting to
be written at Charles dictation, but
interlarded here and there with OBJ
servations from the writer's own fer
tile brain. Although the news was
bad, it was so ~cheerfully impaired
that the bright side Of it was alone
presented.
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\ CHAPTER XVI.
Bokhara.

With the advent of October came a
succession of fogs. The atmosphere
Of London was such as only London
ers can brcathe-yellow, noisome and
choking. The Wrights had talked of
leaving town, and mad even discussed
the question of going abroad, but
they were still in Seymour street.
The colonel was busy, and seemed
singularly averse to leaving town; he
was now getting seriously anxious
about VINEYARD Mistley.
Instead Of getting better, things
grew worse. Vague reports, original
ing sometimes in Berlin, sometimes
in St. Petersburg, appeared from time
to time in the newspapers. These
rLmors spoke of trouble on the
Afghan and Persian frontiers, Of tri-
bal disturbances and religious diff
ferences, of boundaries overstepped
and agreements broken. Added to
all this, Colonel Wright received a
blow from a nearer source, which ag-
gravated matters greatly, and rem
dered VINEYARD Mistley's silence al
most u~nbearable.
One morning, late in October, he
was sitting at his study table. Before
him lay the large sheet map which
Charles Mistley, had brought more
than a year ago. A fresh route had
been worked out across it with dotted
lines of red, commencing at Kizil Ar
vat on the day mentioned by the trav-
eler, Henry Akryl. The colonel had
just completed the dotted line as far
as Bokhara, and was looking, in an
absentedly methodical manner, at a
calendar. The date written above
the word Bokhara vas terribly far
back into the spring, more than six
months ago.. go
The study door opened softly, and
although the old soldier heard 1t,
he did not move or turn. Two warm
hands were laid upon his shoulders
with that marvellous touch of a
woman's loving fingers. They were
peculiarly steady hands, as white as
Lena's, but irmer and somewhat
heavier.
willy" .
"Yes, old woman"
willy" repeated Mrs. Wright,
looking out of the window into the
hopeless dreariness of the October
morning, have you noticed any diff
ference-any change in Lena?"
The colonel raised his eyes from
the map and contemplated the chin
neys of the opposite house for some
moments in silence. "A change-old
woman?" he said, slowly. perhaps
there is a change-she is no longer a
child now"
mo, it is not that. There is some
thing else. She lever allows it to
appear; but-she is miserable. She
is wearing herself to death. We
must go away from London"
It must be confessed that Colonel
Wright had not given very much
thought to the subject of his daugh-
ter's happiness, nor was he clever at
divining a motive.
TO be continued.)
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Consider the Background.

In decorating the walls of a room
the first point to be considered is
whether they are to form a back
ground for its contents, or to be In
themselves its chief decoration. In
rooms that are to be hung with
prints or pictures. the paneling or
other treatment of the walls should
be carefully designed with a view to
the size and number of the pictures.
Pictures should never be hung
against q background Of pattern.
Nothing is more distressing than the
sight Of a large oil painting In a
p%onderous frame seemingly suspend
ed from a spray of wild roses or any
Of the other n%aturalistic vegetation
of the modern wall paper.
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Too Many Wildcats.

Wildcats, attracted by the dec
have appeared in large numbers neg
the outskirts of towns near Rutland
VT, and have caused considerabl
alarm among the inhabitants OF tn,
rural districts. Several fine spec
mems have been brought in by SPORT
men, who report them in create
numbers than usual. The big cat
have shown great boldness in stall
ing their game, and often follow III
deer to the borders of the town.
Many of them have been shot with
the boundary lines of the large W
lagos. Active steps are being take
to drive out the savage pests.
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Drink and Depravity.

The public mind, unhappily, has
become accustomed to the striking
u%tterances of our Judges in regard to
the close connection between drink
and crime. Yet it is impossible to
ignore the remarkable words which
fell from the lips Of Mr.. Justice
Barnes in his summing up in a recent
disgusting case in the divorce court.
His lordship said:
"The great majority Of cases that
come to this court Ire due to drink.
I have noticed this as 1 sit here con-
stantly. If the drink habit, which is
unfortunately so prevalent, could be
eradicated from the nation, this court
might shut its doors, at any rate for
the greater part of the time"
And as though tits was not sudi-
cient, the judge went on to add that
men and women addicted to drink
"have lost the power to resist the
baser passions London Christian.
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Notes.

Sorrows drowned in drink are al
ways resuscitated. - Washington
Times.
The saloon element at Hammond,
Ind, is facing a strong and deter.
mined fight against intemperance, or
the part of the better class of citi-
zens there.
a physician says a plate of hot
soup will warm and nourish a man.
more than six drinks of whisky cost
ing fifteen cents each. louisville
Courier-Journal.
Colorado has a local option law
that is effective in many places. Two
cities, Canon City (7000) and Longo-
mont 10000 are without bar-rooms.
California has four entirely 'dry''j
counties, and many minor municipali-'
ties are under local option. The,
beautiful city of Pasadena has mol
bar-rooms, and four-ffths of Los An;
geles County is dry" :
Out in Kansas the proprietors of:
five joints at Coffeyville and one at;
Cherryvale recently served Jail SEN,
fences. and, in addition, all their bar,
fixtures were burned, along with
forty cases Of beer and a quantity of
whisky.
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killing Ones Mother by Inches.

After all, the sincerity with which
the late Sam Jones told his own life
story was the secret of his power.
You dissipated sons" he once
said, put a charge of buckshot into
your breech-loaders, and while your
mother is in the dining room take
aim and shoot her through the heart.
Don't kill her by inches"
Any man who knew how to put his
thought into such concrete language
as this must always have had a GER
tain power over an audience; but the
thing which made people believe in
Sam Jones message was the example
OF Sam Jones life, redeemed by ear
nest striving, by a sincere religious
faith. and by the help which God al
ways extends to those who DO so
strive.-Youth's Companion.
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Too Many Wildcats.

Wildcats, attracted by the deer,
have appeared in large numbers near
the outskirts of towns near Rutland,
VT, and have caused considerable
alarm among the inhabitants of the
rural districts. Several fine speci-
mems have been brought in by sports
men, who report them in greater
numbers than usual. The big cats
have shown great boldness in stalk
ing their game, and often follow the
deer to the borders of the towns.
Many of them have been shot within
the boundary lines of the large vii
lagos. Active steps are being taken
to drive out the savage pests.
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Curried Turkey.

Take the remains of a cold turkey;
cut it small pieces and put into a fry.
ing pan with about one pint of boil.
ing water, let it stew a few minutes.
then take out the meat, thicken the
gravy with a little -four, add one tea
spoonful of curry powder, pepper and
salt to taste. Let this boil up once
have some rice boiled whole and dry;
put this around the outside of tbs
dish, and in the centre put the meat
(but not over the rice) and serve i'm
mediately.
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THE E DESTROYER
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF NTEipERANCE.
Temperance Lecture on a Street Car
NO Possible Good in Drinking
-Robs the Pocket, Shortens
Life and Damns the Soul.

-hODS the rocket ShoieCho
Life and Damns the Soul.
When riding on a street car on
Walnut street, in Cincinnati. the wri-
ter overheard the following c~onversa-
ton between a passenger, and the
conductor. The conductor had
stepped from a restaurant, where he
had purchased a sandwich, which he
held in his right hand, waiting for
an opportunity to take a bite, while
he held the trolley rope in the other.
Said the passenger, who was a well
dressed young man of about twenty
three:
"You would be fixed now if you
had a pitcher Of beer with that"
That's something I never drink"
replied the conductor. II have never
seer any benefit come to any one
from drinking beer, have you?"
The passenger, with a somewhat
changed c~ountenance, replied: 1T
won't hurt any one to drink a little
beer" '"-'
"But what sense is there in it,"
said the conductor. IT could never
see any good sense in drinking beer,
or whisky either. When I worked at
my trade last summer, painting some
of the largest buildings in the city,
when we would paint the roofs 1 was
the only man in the crowd who did
not drink beer, and was the only man
that could stand the heat all day, and
[ am a man now past fifty. I have
worked the coolest days in winter,
when nine drinking men out of ten
could not stand the cold. / find at
anything I can stand more work than
the man who drinks. If you can tell
me the least benefit that n receives
from drinking then I will be con-
yinced. There is no good sense or
reason for all this drinking: a man
both ruins his health and character,
squanders his, money, shortens his
days and damns his soul. . If had
my way I would prohibit the sale,
drinking and manufacture OF 1t all.
I have no use for it whatever"
The young nan stood with blush
ing face. looking right down on the
platform, unable to open his mouth.
When the conductor called "Y. NJ.
C. A. Building, orner Of Seventh and
Walnut" I stepped off, feeling that I
should raise my hat to the conductor.
-Watchword.
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Switzerland's Prosperity.

The material prosperity of Switz-
erland is strikingly illustrated by the
statistics just published. During the
last ffty-fve years the wealth of the
country, not including State property,
has risen from s400,000,00 to
$3.50, 00O,O The remarkable 'fea-
ture of these figures is the fact that
no less than two-fifths of this total
has been acquired by the hotel pro-
prietors. whose annual income is es-
timated at upward of s6,000.000.-
Spectator.