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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-08-22
llvinq Up to His Name.

A teacher in mission school in Bos-
ton had among her pupils a colored
boy named Ralph Waldo Emerson
Longfellow. As he was absent one
Sunday, she asked the class II any one
knew the reason for his absence.
II reckon I do." said one small, seri-
Gus looking boy.
"What Is the reason, JohnnieY
II guess he's home writing poetry"
responded the boy, with a delighted
chuckle.-Youth's Companion.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-08-22
ECHO NEWS NOTES
TWELVE MEN REMODELING
THE HENRIETTA MILLS.

Two Thousand Five Hundred Feet of
Flume Necessary - Attempt to
Burglarize the Idle Hour Saloon
Harvest Is Nearly Completed
Great Interest Here in the Coming
District Fair-New o. r. & N. Night
Operator-Water VIII Be Turned
I'm This Fall.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-08-22
Thses Whs. Makes Him Mad.

why are you always Quarreling
with your wifeT
"she Is always arguing with me-"
"But you need not get angry; Just
explain to her in calm, gentle tone
Of voice wherein she is wrong"
"But she is never wrong."-Houston
Post.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-08-22
Why He Hit Him,

you shouldn't have hit that man
who called you liar"
Shouldn't, heyY'
mo; you should have demanded the
proof, and If he could not produce It he
would have been branded as the falsi.
der"
That's oil right ethically, but knew
he had the proof" = Philadelphia
Ledger.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-08-22
HOTEL ARRIVALS.

Hotel st. George.-John Dickson,
Portland; II. F. Johnson, Hunting
ton; J. S. Armstrong; ]. H. Astin,
Salt Lake city; Charles Carter, Boise
City; II. p. Maxwell and wife. Lex
ington; Mrs. w. F. Snodgrass and
children, Colfax; Miss Ella M. Coad.
Superior; Miss H. f. F.. Sandburg; M.
NJ. Garvey, Walla walla; William
Dunn, Portland; w. Z. Stull, Oregon;
f.. A. Burt, Oregon; C. F. Gilston.
Boise; M. Craig, Seattle; Roy w.
Scott, Philadelphia; Alfred Skunk,
New York; J. ]. Hogan, Portland; /;
Marion Evans. Walla walla; Lewis
scholl, jr., Echo; L. f. Huflin, Ana
dorka; ]. C. Hogan, San Francisco;
r. M. Rain, Portland; Cliff st. jacques,
La Crosse; A. e. Wilcox, Chicago; NJ
H. Tausick, Wallace; F. o. Carr, Spo-
kane; C. d. Green.
Hotel PendIetOn.-Mrs. C. Haight.
daughter; Sarah L. Morris, Denver;
Spokane; Mrs. d. e. Warner and
ley, Boise; A. Munro, Moscow; Rad
Grace st. Clair, Conval; Ethyl STAN
ford w. Rigsby, Pomeroy; Willie
Mill, Spokane; c. G. Pingley, La
Grande; e. A. Daekel. Denver; ]. F.
Lovelace; M. N. Andre, Athena; J. NJ.
Burgess. Pilot Rock; w. H. Colwell,
Portland; George Turner. Pilot Rock;
Lillian Reecher, Boise; Charles Law
renee, Buffalo; w. o. Kolb. Portland;
Nat Goldsmith. st. Joe; ]. D.Stock-
ner, Spokane; I. st. Clark, San Fran
cisco; l.. Ketcham, Portland; r. H.
Huff, Portland; e. F. Williams, Port
land; r. L. Shepard, Spokane; ]. F.
Mulcher, Spokane; ]. F. taoincmfw
Mulcher. Spokane; M. II. Patton, Spo-
kane; f. C. Lord, Spokane; G.. d.
Galley. Portland; Willis Munsden,
starbuck; C. H. Redeske, starbuck;
e. Blackburn. Baker City; C. Braith-
waite, st. Louis; A. c. Ruby and FAM
ily city; ]. F. Neil, Chicago; J. w.
DeJeonette. Omaha; Mrs. Guy Ander-
son, Salt Lake.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-08-22
Earmjnu.

Nothing will take the various social
distempes which the city and artif-
cial life breed out Of man like farm
ing. like direct and loving contact with
the soil. 1t draws out the poison
John Burroughs.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-08-22
poneatlo Eoonomx.

II SEQ Robinson's married again
married his first wife's sister,,
Yes. He said he didn't want to
have to break In another mother-in-
law."-Isslie's Weekly.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-08-22

At Aberdeen, Wash, the Sunday
closing law is now being strictly en-
forced, Last Sunday there was not
drunken man seen on the streets.
nor was there one arrest made.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-08-22
9aoreta.

To tell our own secrets is generally
folly, but that folly is without guilt
To communicate those with which we
are intrusted is always treachery, and
treachery for the most part combined
with folly.-Johnson.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-08-22

All the news all tho time In tho
East Oregonian.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-08-22

The bounty Of nature Is too little for
the greedy man.-Seneca.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-08-22

II you see 1t In the East oregonian
it's 90.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-08-22
RECOMMENDATION
SPECIAL RAILROAD RATES
PEACH DAY OVER o. r. & N.

Mrs. Campbell Is Chairman OF the
Banquet Committee-Son Was
Born August 19-Returned from
the Summer School-Nfrs. Ca
nanne's Health Improving-CalIed
to Spokane by Illness of Daughter
Harvest Is Nearly Completed.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-08-22

Read the East oresonian.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-10-25

"Joyce? Yes. she and her governess.
Nancy Brown-pretty name that-haNe
come back looking like two rosy apples;
1t docs my heart good to hear them
laugh. That's the result OF letting them
run Wild at Hayling island for four
months. They We're a sorry looking
pair when l sent them off"
what was the matter with Miss
Nancy BROWNE"
Insufficient food. fresh air. and ev-
erNthing else. Trying to ive-no, not
liVe-eXist respectfully on about ten
Try ing the same am poor creatures.
The result in her case was general
weakness. debility-bad cold, acute at
tack of pieurisy-and then-thorough
collapse. Young Staines-you know
him, brought her to the hospital one
night; she was coughing and the exer-
ton made her faint. The conductor of
policeman, and then Staines volun-
teerctl to bring her to us, and there
she stayed. The Wife heard all about
her from me, n when we We're at
our wits end to know what TO do with
her, for TIE poor thing had no friends,
she proposed sending her away with
Ioyce. and well. you should see her
was the same girl. But you'll see her
tomorrow. You're dining With u.s.
"Yos. But had she no relatives
Miss Nancy Browne"
she was i~nsensible for days, and
raved about Nancy Brown and her
work, and for Il long time she
was too i'll to be questioned. We just
asked if that was her name and she
nodded. and eventually we found out
she had no one belonging to her, and
was just earning bread and butter by
addressing envelopes"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-10-25
The Spy and the Novelist.

rs ii is not often that the writer of adj
venture stories s. SO lucky as to nave an
adventure of his own. Eugene p. Lyle. ir.,
once "A Kansas City reporter and now au-
thor Of 1.-The Missour:an," may be ac-
counted a lucky man. Mr.. Lyle has lust
returned from Il trip to South and Central
America, and. while in Venezuela he saw
a good deal OF the voluble President Cas-
tDn. What Mr.. Lyle thought or Castro he
docs not say, but what Castro thought of
Mr.. Lyle began to be apparent as soon as
The American set sail from Venezuela.
when he found that q government spy was
aboard The boat. watching his every move
sfent.
Mr.. Lyle one day left ~his.typewriter and
some papers in the main saloon and. re-
turning suddenly. found the spy
1ng among them. Then Mr.. LYLE acted.
He wrote a fake" revolutionary note. and
ielt It among his papers. In this note H..
implicated a great number of Prcsi1cn.
<Sastros wAr1nest personal friends i'm a
conspiracy TO overthrow the government
he left the note in a very conspicuous
place. and, to his high qualification. saw
me spy take it the next day. Subsequent
~ the secret ernissaty of the government
displayed signs of great emotion. and.
when MIR. Lyle left the ship. the spy was
hurr2ed'y making his way to a cable office.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-10-25
The Dangerous FLY

From the Milwaukee Evening Wisconsin.
Attention is called to the mischievous
activity Of the house fly as a s~preader
of disease.
He collects the germs of typhoid
fever and consumption and spreads
them upon food and drink. When
smallpox last visited Milwaukee a nu1n-
Der of cases Of the disease were at
tribute to The inischievcus activity
of the flies.
Screens which keep flies out of
house. contribute, therefore,, not only
to comfort but ;.lso to health. 1t is pos
sible that diplllneria and scarlet fever
and ce~rebro-spinal meningitis and .ar-
ious forms Of blood poisoning are con-
veyed by the house fly.
The federation of the little pest which
was practiced by klnd-hear,cd Uncle
Toby is not to be commended. Modern
knowledge recognizes him as not onlv
Il nuisance. but II source Of danger. He
is To be kept out OF the house and
killed by sticky paper or by any other
ontr'tance which cen be devised to
ger III. better Of him. NC quarter 70
the tyf
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-10-25
COSTLY YACHTS OF
NUl7IMLlloNAI11ES
Palaces Contain Az
Comforts Of Modern Pas
senger Vessels.

From Broadway Magazine for September.
To the average man or woman of wealth
and culture, yachting is not regarded as a
sport or as a luXury-it is a necessity. 10
enters into their lives as one of the please
ures that must be enjoyed no matter what
the cost. In its proper season, the yacht is
just as much a part of the social life as a
box at the opera, as a country house at
Newport or TuXedo-a place. in other
words, where one may enjoy the sweet
freedom of the sea and its cooling breezes
while entertaining ones friends, away
from the heat, the dust aud the turmoil
OF a great city. There is something restful
about a yacht that nothing else AFFORDS.
with telegraph Wire or ticker on board,
there is no need Of worry about the market
untl the next pore is reached, and per-
haps not then.
Mhat, for example, could be more en-
JeNahle, to those whose custom and pleas
u'e IL is 10 entertain. than to make up q
yachting party of a chosen few, for Il
weekend cruise up the sound to Larch-
mont to New London or to Newport?
ne usual routine. say on a hot day in
july, would be to board the yacht at per-
maps eight bells a o'clock in the after
hoon' from the New York Yacht club
station at the foot of East Twenty-third
stlftt. The owner and his guests, arriving
- NA'N' itSt OF lulOIIlODlle, NM Il tfllli
steam launch waiting at the station float.
lhe chief officer of the yacht in uniform al
me hclm. Up goes the club flag at the
20" as the owner steps on board. and
when his guests are seated the launch
starts swiftly for the yacht lying in tho
stream with anchor "hove short and
steam up.
The captain is OF the starboard gang.
way to receive the owner and his guest.
as they reach the deck from the com.
panlon ladder Within a few minutes aftel
the captain receives the order 10 PRO.
ceed to l.archmont' the yacht is steamins
up the East river on her way to Hell Gate
ana so on to the eastward.
DINNER on board the we1l-appointed
yacht of today means a meal cooked anG
served as one would have it in ones towr
or country house. While necessarily served
IN IA smaller apartment, yet one forget,
that the space is limited in the enjoymen,
OF the meal and the surroundings, fol
there Is the ample table covered with
snowy napery, the silver and the china.
ware bearing the owners private signal
and the club's signal in colors. The cut.
glass centerpiece, filled with fresh Gu,
mowers and ropes and sprays of maiden.
mar fern and other table decorations glow.
Ing beneath the softened rays of the cleo.
trio candelabra make a picture that is suf.
IclentlY inviting to satisfy the most crit.
cal of connoisseurs.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-10-25

why is my little pal masquerading a.
Nancy BROWNE"
Don't, please don't" and, wrenchinR
her hand away, the girl sank on the
floor by Joyce's cot and Raymond saw
the little form was shaker with tremul-
GUS sobbtng.
Kneeling down by her, he
to take her in his arms. Little girl.
big mans little chum, don't cry, see.
your comradc won't bother Won any
more, you shall be a dozen Nancy
Browns IL you like. See, was it this,
you ran away from me because YOU
were not getting on, and things got
worse, and you couldn't trust biz man.
and so YOU We're afraid he would find
you. and you-silly child, you thought
he might pity you, SO you changed your
name and that was why he could never
trace his dear little chum-Kitty?"
There was no answer. but he fancied
the sobs We're less.
Sweet one, don't you see big man
IS crying. too. Won't Kitty look up and
smile at her colnrade, she's hurting him
awful"
AT this Nancy. or rather Kitty,
raised her head. but her eyes fell again
gaze.
Don't you understand, little one,
though things have gone smoothly and
well with big colnrade, he's not en-
Joyed anything through the loss Of his
NIUE pal. He has missed her tender
ana share his good luck and look after
MN ror-eNer, will she?" and he gent
y stroSed the little face. We must go
hown and tell them that I am contem-
plating bigamy."
'Rlgalny:."
Yes. sweet one, don't you see, I'm
gong to marry Kitty Marsden and
Nancy Brown"
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ment Of the amateur parior nsald e--
capped his hoen eyes. Ii vast was
kitty. But wny o.il herself Nancy
Brown"
Are You sure that girls name is
Nancy Brown9" he asked his friend.
when later Mrs. Bruton had left them
and gone to joyce.
why. yes. She says so. DO YOU
think YOU nave discovered some fam,
Gus criminal in her." laughed the doc
tor.
NC. but wait until your wife joins
us and then IN tell you what 1
think"
In the doctors cozy sanctum, Morris.
told his story. and of his fruitless at
tenpts to find Kitty. And often and
often. Mrs. Bruton, that last month, l
don't believe she had enough to eat. I.
remember one night calling to see herr
and grumbling like a selfish idiot bel
cause | had not had time to AVE a,
regular dinner, and her quiet remark
Did you NJ no lunch, big NAM And,
when l said, oh, yes she replied gent
ly, Then, l don think you will hurt,
you shall have a cup of cocoa did,
rectly.'"
She has refused to come down. butt
suppose you go to her, she is in thel
nursery. the second door to the left
and see if you can persuade her, and
try to find out If she is Kitty said
Mrs. Bruton.
He thanked her and went.
May | come in?"
Nancy looked very startled and grew
extremely red, as she answered:
What car J. do for you, sir?'
You can tell me If you have a sis.
ter or n near relation named Kitty
Marsden?"
Il Observation-Disclosures do you
want to know" and she faced him
bravely. (
Because the ono object of my life
is to find her. | HAY been looking for
her now for two years, and I've almost
lost heart
Why do YOU want to see her so.
much" !
"Ah, that L must tell to her. Won't,
you give me her address-Miss Nancy
BROWNE"
II cannot-she died-lons ago."
but as she uttered these words her
face crimsoned. and she bent to the
fire to hid her confusion.
pardon my fatty c~ontradicting you.
but bending toward her, Morris en-
deavored to take her hand. tell me,
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-10-25
REMOVE ThE SPURS.

If you are kerping "ve" some AGED
cocks whose spurs are getting anger
ously long. either saw or file then, off
Quite often the loss of lis spurs viii
change a very aggressive old tio,,..r
into the most docile of fowls. Il u,
claimed the growth OF u may ,,e
nipped in the bud literally by mucn
the same mathod employed with young
calves 70 prevent the growth of the
the bud or scale which is later to- de-
velop INFO q spur. / never tried i, but
have no reason to doubt that il can
be de-
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-10-25
Nordica on Prima Donnas.
lillian Nnr1trn ~, IJar,1n Hy.ay.

Lillian Nordlca in Harper's Weekly.
Some people think d prima donna has 9
chance to rest in her dressing room be,
tween the acts. Let me dispel that illusion.
When j sing Valentine in Les Hugue-
nots 1 do not appear until the second act,
but in order to have time to dress and to
warm up my voice l am at the opera
house at { o'clock. AS for rests between
the acts, the Valentine costumes are elab-
crate. and all my time, when not on the
stage. is occupied in dressing. FOR Donna
Anna in Don Giovanni" 1 get to the
opera house by half past 6. for 1 am
obilSed to be on the stage soon after the
rise OF the curtain. AS soon as my first
scene is over l hasten to my dressing
room and hurry into the black costume
which | wear later in the same act. Even
after that l have no leisure, for l am
obliged to change to another black cos
tune.
After the first act Of Tristan and
Isolde" the isolde is happy If she is still
alive, for the act ts very long, and Isolde
is continually on the stage and constantly
active. Yet she has no time to rest. She
Knows that, no matter how much she
hurries, the stage will be ready before she
can change her costume, and she fairly
races SO as not to keep the public waiting.
one might think that during the long,
long wait between the second act and
lsolde's cue late in the third act for she
does not go on until nearly the end of the
eiitu dcO, lIle pTlulA Gonna would have
an agreeable relaxation from the great
scenes Of the first and second acts. Yet
that hour and twenty minutes in the dress
ing room is the severest strain of all. DO
l rest during this long interval? Oh, no.
keep walking about my dressing room and
singing. Otherwise the vocal organs
would sink into a state Of lethargy, and I
would not be able to key them up for
lsolde's tremendous scene, the "Liebestod.s
over Tristan's PROSTATE form.
one Saturday afternoon, after the Sec
ond act of Tristan" my little niece.
thinking l would have a long time for re-
TAXATION, came back to pay me a visit.
After watching me a while from the
lounge she exclaimed:
Why, Aunt Lillian! If Id known YOU
carried on SO I wouldn't have come i'm.
thought this was your time for rest"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-10-25

i-SAI 1 Iill!Stil, lkttSiIOllu MOTIFS pc
gan 10 lhlnii, ana ms thoughts We're
MOI pleasant, perhaps she, too. WAS like
this Nancy 5roMn, ON. wny had She
MOI trusted him:
Please lla'a.n, what can we do?
i'r4ufs jest lailcn upstairs and twisted
nef lnl.le awIul, and can't move. ana
there ) master ana mis- friend coming
IN lor dinner in an hour"
Ian move. IuUr thing. What
iiave you zone tci ner, COOK" asked
plelty ilttlc AIRS. t%;ruton, her lace
pGch"feu as sac Iricu To think nov.
tiiey could lllallaSs, and she mad want
"a The di4lnel 70 Oe especially nice IoI
Kay mona ...ogrl..
"Sne . gone 10 bed. lna'aln, perhaps
when tine doctor comes IN nell have a
look at iivr, but Wnut can we 90; who's
70 lay the table ANA bring up the
Things" wal4cd inc COOK in d most
.isn.al voice.
why / Mill,' cook. if"you won't took
danced into me room Win the pet OF
the 3-Se;lr-uid Joyce. in her
arms. Don't Worry, dNa Mrs. Hruton,
Prior is more frightened tnal. hurt,
shes golng TO lenu me u cap ana apron
ana IN make the snlartesl parior maid
III tie world"
Many. You-'
= ~ WY - ~ ASo i
Bru,on, think hi you've done for
me. please do let NE help you out of
ti'is little difficulty" pleaded Nancy.
But. my dear. | wanted you To look
your preti!est for oar friend. and
II dent think Mr. Raymond Morris
viii MIND" replied Nancy. in rattle IL
cold tone. IA rich, successful barrister
isn't i!meiy to ak lHuch notice of a
lurserN ~Guveintss."
"pon't be SHY. child. You don't
n;?nw min or You You'd not talk like
:h"t, We'll. dear, l SUPPOSE l must let
lnt. out | s2aii tell ,h,nl all about it.
..rlu goa viii come in after. wont ."
P~.Iilaia.
Ia ten minutes Nancy was dressed.
the pretty h,ad wa. clowned with one
tf P!iol'a coquei;isn caps. and her
fingers soon had me table laid, even
10 Mr. SrGto.'s require acn,s
i Wonder Al ne-on. no, he won't
expect hs's Cutie forgorten"-and
tefolut,iy b:,nlsiiiAs Il tca.. Nancy ran
OF 10 help COOK dish up.
.A.s tnc sour MAS being handed to
:.ni. Mnlr!~ ~,ndeaNnied to get IA look
1t Miss Na'!"y %i:t",vi., rnom his nos
tt.s mad toll! hiii had come 10 IKE
straIStiy tlIri!!al. but i; was rot until
abe Y mite voice s;id d~muf.ly. :.,nelly.
+ir". ti,a' he Traced ,ne absurd like
.lt*s 10 kitty. Macy >.rown gas
Kitty. Wfiy. ne n:,asi ie Grea ming. AID
lee pulled himself ,nE~.her and ,;,a.eu
TO his hostess. though not one move
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-10-25
The Jedae.

Judge George Grey. of Delaware, at the
recent dinner CT the Farmers club at Sem
ator Cameron's farm near Lancaster. pa
talked OF the fosmer American fondness
for titles.
1T is a fondness that has now almost
disappeared" said Judge Grey. I'VE have
become a more cultivated people and W.
nave learned to value titles at their real
worth.
Bat in the past 1t was different. Take
my own title. the title of judge, for in,
stance. l was travelling IN the country In
my youth, and one day at q hotel table
there sat beside me a man whom every,
body addressed as Judge
When the judge got up and went away.
said to my neighbor on the other side:
is that gentleman a United States
judge or a local judge?'
Hes a local jedge. sir, was the reply,
lie was jedEe OF a boss race last week.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1907-10-25
Pointed Paragraphs.

TTUIN l4e chicago News.
lnn-eXpericnced servants are the beet
for hotels.
Even a clock is known by its works.
MI the world loves to laugh at the
blindness of lovers.
Try living on Is cents a day IL YOU
arc troubled with dyspepsia.
can YOU improve your condition by
viii .:s? II not. whine not.
Genius prevents a man from doing
the wrong thing at the right time.
Wise is the man who doesn't take q
chance Oh a chance acquaintance.
No. AlonZo, q sailor isn't necessa rilv
a fighter because he boxes the COM
pass.
Many a man thinks he is choos,n~ q
wife, When as n matter of fact she
does the choosing.
Possibly it may not have. occurred tn
YOU that there Is more on land
than tl;e"e is or the sea.