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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-27
Mexican Custom House Regulations.

Vice Consul General C. Piquette
Mitchell of Mexico City, has forward
ed copy Of the instructions govern
ing the handling OF import and ex-
port traffic through the Mexican
custom house and a schedule of brok-
erage commission charges made by
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-27
Apples For Health.

A correspondent writes to ask us
what he should do when his doctor
pays him more visits than are neces-
sary. We would remind our CORE
spondent of the old saying:
An apple a day
Keeps the doctor away.
But the apple must Of course, be
well aimed.-Punch.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-27
The Chanos.

Reddy quitting down gold piece)-
Ticket for Del Monte. Ticket Clerk
Change at Castroyille II you take this
train. Reddy-Tll wait, then, for I
want my change right here, uncle.
Monterey Gossip.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-27

Mrs. Buttinski-Dfd you ever catch
your husband nirting7
Mrs. DeSwift-Sure thing. That's
how did catch hlm.-Chicago News.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-27

Give a man q new pen to try, and
he will write his own name.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-27

All the news all the time in the
East Oregonian.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-12-11
10 Relieve His Feelings.

Boldly displayed in black letters on
the white gable of an unpretentious
house on the road to Mount Stuart,
Butte, Scotland, is the following in
scription: The Materials of This Out
rage Are for Sale" According to the
local historians, the announcement, as
it stands, is the last word in duel be-
tween neighboTS.
1t is said that the house was built to
obstruct the view of a gentleman who
had been successful in getting an in
terdict to prevent the owner from en-
closing the foroshore. But after the
death of the builder the house came
into the market and was purchased by
the other gentleman, who now seeks
to express his wounded feelings in
paint
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-12-11
Mrs. McRaney's Experience.

Mrs. M, Mckinney, Prentiss,
Miss, writes: Il was confined to
my bed for three months with
kidney and bladder trouble, and
was treated by two physicians but
failed to get relief. No human
tongue can tell how 1 suffered,
and had given up hope of ever
getting we'll until | began taking
Foley's Kidney Remedy. After
taking two bottles | felt like new
person, and teei it my duty to tell
suffering women what Foley's
Kidney Remedy did for me-" For
sale by G. L Carter.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-12-11
MAKES A FLOATING COMPASS.
Peculiarly Of MagnetIzed Needle
When Placed In Water.

II thoroughly dry and clean sew
Ing needle is very carefully laid on
the surface of the water in a basin
the needle will float in spite OF the
high density of steel-seven or eight
times that of water.
On close inspection it is found that
the surface of the water is depressed
under the needle, very much as II
there were thin film stretched over
the water, and slightly indented by the
weight of the needle. This property
of liquids, of Offering a certain ASSIST
ance to force exerted upon their sur
face, is termed surface extension.
The magnitude of the force OF surface
tension varies from one liquid TO an
other. 1t is greatest in the case or
mercury. The cause of the phenome-
non must probably be looked Tor IN
the attraction of the liquid molecules
to one another. A sewing needle, thus
floating upon water, may be used as
compass, if it has previously peen
magnetiZed. 1t will then point north
and south, and will maintain this po-
sition if the containing vessel is
moved about; if the needle is dis
placed by force it will return to its
position along the magnetic meridian
as soon as the restraint is removed.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-12-11
The Rev. irl R. Hicks Almanac

For 1909, ready Nov rs, 1908,
best ever sent out, beautiful coy
ers in colors. fine portrait of Pfof,
Hicks in colors, all the old feat
ures and several new ones in the
book. The best astronomical
year book and the only one con
tanning the original clicks Wealth
er Forecasts" BY mail CSC, on
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with WORD AND Works, the best
81, Monthly in America. Dis
counts on almanacs in quantities
Agents wanted. WORD AND Works
PUB. Co., 22oI Locust Street, St,
Louis, Mo. Every citizen owes i,
to himself, to his fellows and tc
Prof. Hicks 20 possess the Hicks
forecasts, the only reliable.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-12-11
.oN's MEMORY AT FAULT,
It Times Almost Entire Lack
Of Remembrance.

nerson was notable sufferer
L the vagaries of memory. His BIZ
apher relates that he met him one
J in Boston, apparently at loss for
Jmething, and asked him where he
as going. ITO dine.' said Emerson,
with a very old and dear friend. |
know where she lives, but | hope she
won't ask me her name" and then he
proceeded to describe her as the
mother of the wife of the young man
the tall Enan-who speaks SO we'll,
and so on, until his interlocutor
guessed to whom he was referring.
Even the names of common objects
often failed him completely. On one
occasion, when he wanted an umbrel
la, he said ::,sLscant tell its name, but
can tell its history. Strangers take
it away"
This failing of Emerson led to q
pathetic scene when he attended
Longfellows funeral, and remarked as
he gazed at the coffin: He was
sweet and beautiful soul; but | have
entirely forgotten his name"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-12-11
vuluarity of Quarrelinq.

There must be satisfaction in tor
turing human beings, for it is done SO
often. Nobody blames wife for up
holding her self-respect and resenting
insult, but there is little sympathy for
one who deliberately drives a man to
deeds of rudeness and violence. Nag
ging and indulgence in bad temper
leave indelible marks ON the face of a
woman, on her voice and on her char
acter. They shrivel up whatever
sweetness nature has put into her dis.
position and make her unlovely, even
in the eyes of those who feel In duty
bound to give her affection. 1t is often
hard to maintain silence under provo.
cation, but there is always the open
door Of escape, you know. A quarrel
does not thrive when fed from one
side only. and what should be impor-
tant to every woman with pretenses
to refinement is the undisputed vul-
garity of pickering. Education and
refinement are supposed to lift us SO
far above vulgarity that even the hens
Of our skirts are MISUNDERSTANDING
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-12-11
GREAT MEN LAY slDEL6Y SIDE
Proof Of Philosophers Words That
"Fame Is a Bubble"

Before engaging our carriage for a
drive In Richmond we especially EN-.
phasized our desire for well-informed
driver, as we were strangers in the
city. We soon discovered the utter
Ignorance Of the one assigned us, but
the climax came at the entrance to
Hollywood cemetery.
You, Of course, know where the
graves of the presidents are and will
drive directly to them?' I mildly sug
gested.
'Presidentsi" he echoed. "Whar
presidents? | didn't know any were
buried here"
Testify reminded to learn at once.
he stopped man driving on load Of
dirt
The presidents!" he smilingly an,
sWered. Sure. Monroe lies in that
direction, Tyler to the left, Jefferson
Davis on the right-hand corner, and
H, the president of the cigarette
factory"
But we hastily drove on-Bohemian
Magazine.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-12-11
PLAN YOUR TRIP
TO CALIFORNIA NOW.

Where you can enjoy outdoor
life amidst wealth of flowers and
foliage. with sunny skies and bal
my air and where there are many
opportunities awaiting the pros
pective settler in this garden spot
of America. The best train ser
vice and most direct and interest
ing route is via the Chicago, IN
ion Pacific & North Western Line.
Choice of routes. For particulars
and full information apply to
Ticket Agents. Chicago & North
Western Ry. 2s-3t
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-12-11
"YeS," and ono"

1t Is useful accomplishment to be
able to say mo-" but it certainly is the
essence of amiability to prefer to say
yes" where it is possible. There is
something wrong in the man who does
not hate himself whenever he Is con-
strained to say no" And there was a
great deal wanting in this born dis
senter. He was almost shockingly de,
void of weaknesses; he had not
enough of them to be truly polar with
humanity; whether you called him a
demigod or a demi-man, he was at
least not altogether one of us, for he
was not touched with feeling of our
infirmities. The worlds heroes have
room for all positive qualities, even
those which are disreputabIe, in the
capacious theater Of their dispositions.
Such can live many lives; while a
Thoreau can live but one, and that
only with perpetual ght.-Robert
Louis Stevenson.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-12-11
In Beautiful SepuIcher.

The last resting place of the great
Norwegian composer, Edward Grieg,
is one of the most beautiful in it's nat
ural surroundings that could be mag
ined. BY the side of a lake, at the ex-
tremity Of ford, close to the compos,
er's native town OF Bergen, there is a
natural grotto formed in the solid
rock, which rises precipitously from
the waters edge. Here the bones of
the famous musician are buried, and,
as the grotto is only accessible from
the lake, the funeral cortege will have
to make the journey by water.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-12-11
About HAPPINESS.

There is no more beneficial tonic
than good, hearty laughter. 1t in.
flates the lungs and has a magic ef-
feet upon the system. Giggling is not
laughing, and 1t is habit that brings
wrinkles and soon spells even pref
ty face. Why not laugh? It improves
the appearance and makes one popu-
lar. There is nothing to be glum over,
and, if there is, being glum will not
help It, Be happy and bright and
everyone will wish to help you. The
girl who wants to be beautiful must
sleep with fresh air, plenty of it, in
her room. She must go out and revel
in the sunshine. She must find plenty
of laughter in her daily life. That is
the only true way to live and the only
way capable of bringing beauty
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-12-11
SHOCKED IN HAUNTED cHAME
Sieepers' Fright, However, Was /
Caused by Ghosts.

John Leech and a member of /
Millais family once stayed a night
Cowdray hall, in England. whel
many guests being present, the tN
friends had no alternative but to &C.
cept beds in an isolated room SUI.
posed to be haunted.
In the middle of the night MHlais
aWoke, believing that some giant was
shaking him violently by the shoulder.
This was supposed to be the fayorite
device of the ghost He rushed into
corridor and found Leech sittin ,
there trembling and declaring that he
would not for the world go back TO
his room
They spent the remainder of the
night in the corridor, but in the mora.
ing said nothing Of their experiences
In the afternoon there arrived an
evening paper telling of a violent
earthquake in the locality The earth.
quake was what the two visitors be.
lieved to be their ghost.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-12-11
Chess End Checks.

Chess was originally the game .,
kings, the game Of shahs. The worn
'shah" became in old French 'escnac'
while the old French "eschecS %aS
further corrupted into chess, luz
more original form chez has llEe~ ,I
been preserved though we little In'nD
of it when we draw cheQue' =.
when we suffer a check, or When w
speak of the chancellor OF the Ga
chequer. The great object Of the cno aI
player is to protect the KING @n Inv
when the king is in danger inc W
ponent is obliged to say CHECK l. .. w.,
shah. the king. After this the Va''ou r
meanings of check, cheque' OF w.
chequer become easily intelligiOl0' 20 q
chequer, or scaccarium, the hame ,o ~
the chess board, was afterWaru u' w,
for the checkered cloth on "hlcn ." ~
counts were calculated ny means w.
counters.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-12-11
"Naviuates" His Farm.

A story which almost parallels that
told of Capt Gray, the sailor-farmer
of Teddy Pond. who is said to carry a
compass on his pillow to run the fur
rows straight. comes from Cranberry
isles. One sea captain, who enjoys
the proud distinction of owning one
of the very few horses on the island,
got alarmed for fear that he would
lose his bearings in the recent smoke,
and on the veracious accounts of sober
citizens took the pinnacle from the
vessel and strapped it alongside the
seat OF his wagon, fearing that the
weather might become so thick that
he would lose his bearings and have
TO navigate in what was worse than
fog. 1t is currently reported that he
shouts at his team TO turn to star
board or port, instead of the more
conventional landiubber terms usual
ly employed. - Kennebec (Me.)
Journal.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-12-11
For Good Speaking Voice.

Don't contract the throat when
speaking. Try to keep it free, the
cords flexible and easy to manage
Don't forget that it is worth practicins
in the privavy of ones room to learn
the natural register, the tones in
which the voice works best. BY these
exercises there is not the slightest
danger of becoming declamatory. A
declamatory style of conversation is a
horror, but much will be gained if
one tries the experiment of making a
tone reach the next room without
raising the pitch Of the voice. This
means deep breathing, chest expan
sion and head held erect. Without
these three it is impossible to have
good speaking voice-a fact worth
remembering.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-12-11
Shifting the Blame.

According to all accounts the Cam
eron Highlanders militia are a fine
body of men physically. Not long ago
four of them occupied the least crowd
ed seat in a full compartment on a
Scotland railway. Just as the train
was moving off diminutive little
clergyman jumped into the compart'
ment, and tried to edge himself be-
tween two of the Highlanders. Not
finding it very comfortable, he turned
to the one on his right, and said: "Sit
up, please. You know that according
to act of parliament this seat holds
five." The Highlander looked st him
for a moment, and then replied: THAT
may be a. RIGHT enough for your kind,
sir, but shairly We Gamma blame me
for no bein' constructed according to
act Of parliament"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-12-11
Never Quit.

1t was Harriet Beecher Stowe
who wrote this plank in the plat
form for success: e.When you
get into tight place, and every
thing goes against you, till it
seems Us if you couldn't hold ON
a minute longer, never give up
then, for that's just the place and
time that the tide'll turn. -
Thousands go down, because
they aro in the trough of the
wave. The worst has been real
lied. The next turn is for the
rise. They choose to sink in the
trough.
Many man has lost his posi-
ton and quit, hopeless. Had he
turned about and faced another
way, he would have discovered
one better than he lost. This is
always true of the young man. If
he is not succeeding, he is stumb-
ling over a defect in himself that
he should rip cut. There is a
position for every young man
who knows what he is about. ="
Because he may face obstacles,
And it must he so in the plain or
der Of things.
When the "hard spot" is reach
ed, remember that you are not
the first to be called to make an
effort at this place in the road.
Every other man who climbed up
ward, and who went before you,
made that same crossing.
The Italian proverb reads:
''There is no need to worry.
When God shuts a door, He opens
a window" Just believe this.
It's true.-Ex.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-12-11
CURRENCY OF FURs AND SKINS.
Primitive Mode of Exchange That Pre-.
vailed in Early Days.

In the early days of the United
States furs and skins were very gen
orally transferred from hand to hand
as money. Thus, in the northern
states, pound of beaver was regard
ed as the unit of value, and in the
south the same weight of deerskn
performed a similar function. In the
far west furs retained a currency val
ue until quite a recent date, But, aft
er all, as bale of skins was rather
bulky roll Of money to carry about. it
was customary to cut off small strips
as tokens of ownership and pass them
from hand to hand. while the skins
were deposited in recognized places of
security. Proof of rightfui ownership
was demonstrated when the strip was
fitted to the part from which 1t had
been detached. Trickery in substitute
ing another skin was not so easy as
might be imagined, because it seldom
happened that two skins would prove
SO exactly similar in shade and length
of fur where the strip was cut off as
to deceive even the eye Of a novice
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-12-11
0rudaerx in the Kitchen.

The path of progress is clear. There
is no more reason why the woman
In modern civilization should scrub
and cook and darn and dust than there
is why these things should be done
by men. The development OF i'm
proved machinery and the growth OF
labor saving devices of all kinds will
finally obviate the necessity of doing
these things each day in each home
through the land. Cooperation, which
we are slowly learning to greet as a
friend, will overcome the drudgery
and make the life of woman as en-
joyable and eventful as that of the
manufacturing and Watson in Eco
nomics''
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-12-11
African Races.

The indigenous races of Africa are
considered to be four in number, name
~: The negroes proper, who occupy q
central zone, stretching from the At
lantic to the Egyptian Sudan, and who
comprise an enormous number OF d.
verse tribes; the Fulahs with whom
the Nubians are associated), settled
mainly between Lake Chad and the
Niger; the Bantus, who occupy the
whole south, except it's extremity, and
the Hottentots, who are in that ex-
IRENE southern region. Some anthro
biologists include the kaffirs and Be-
chuanas are Bantu tribes. The north
and northeast are occupied by Semitic
and Hamitic races, the latter includ-
ing Abyssinians and Gallas.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-12-11
The Dress of a Good Wife.

Her clothes are comely rather than
costly, and she makes plain cloth to
be velvet by her handsome wearing OF
it. She is none of our dainty danes,
who love to appear in variety Of suits
every day new-as if a good gown,
like a stratagem in war, were to be
used but once; but our good wife sets
up a sail according to the keel Of her
husbands estate; and if of high par
entage, she does not SO remember
what she was by birth, that she for
gets what she is by match.-Thomas
Fuller.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-12-11
sELF.coNrRoL AND PROGRESS.
Vital Truths as Set Forward by An
cient Philosopher.

Where then is progress? II any OF
you, withdrawing himself from exter-
nails, turns to his own will to exercise
it and to improve it by labor, SO as TO
make 1t conformable to nature, eleVat-
ed, free, unrestrained, unimpeded'
faithful, modest; and if he has learned
that he who desires or avoids the
things which are not in his power can
neither be faithful nor free, put Oh
necessity he must change with them
and be tossed about with them as III
tempest, and of necessity must SUB
ject himself to others who nave the
power to procure or prevent what ne
desires OF would avoid; finally, wheh
he rises in the morning, if he observes
and keeps these rules, bathes as
man Of fidelity, eats as modest man.
in like manner, if in every matter that
occurs he works out his chief prlncl
pies as the runner does with refer
ence to running, and the trainer OF the
voice with reference to the voice
this is the man who truly makes prog
ress.-Epictetus.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-12-11
Friday, Dec. 18th, 1908.
Plant to Develop Huge Water Power

Among the greatest construc-
tion propositions in this portion
of the northWest.is the water pow
er of the Northern Hydro Elec-
trio company on the Peshtigo riv-
er at Twin Falls. The Allis-
Chalmers company of Milwaukee
is engaged in turning out the ma
chinery for the plant, which the
Milwaukee manufacturers state
will be second only to the Great
Northern Power company's plant
which develops 40, O09 horse pow
er in the head of the lake country.
The plant will be equipped with
five horizontal twin turbins hav-
ing each a capacity of l, 500 horse
power, or an aggregate of $500
horsepower, each connected di-
rectly to a 1000 kilowatt alter
mating current generator, with
EXETER units of 400 kiIowatt com
bined capacity. These turbines
will form the initial installation
and more will follow as demand
for power warrants
The power generated will be
carried to Green Bay and, if
needed, to Marinette and Menom-
inee. 1t will be followed later by
the development of number of
other water powers owned by the
company and will mean much for
the industrial development of this
portion of the country. Rhine
lander Herald.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-12-11
Fresh Air for Comnlexion

Tell a young woman that fresh air
is good for her health and she may
not take the trouble to try to have as
much Of it as possible, but tell her
that it is good for her complexion and
she will sleep on the roof rather than
foregO the pleasure of it. And that
is just what it is good for as much as
anything else, for the complexion is
the outward sign of good running or
der of things within
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-12-11
PoeticaI Epitaph.

The epitaph collector displayed en-
Enthusiastically the photograph of a e.
we're and stately marble tomb. "a l. v
epitaph," he said, land one of the b,sl
in my collection. 1t is the epitaph [
body Of Indians slain in battle n r
Cooperstown. 1t was composed b! :,
clergyman, W. w. Lord, and consi, r
1t most poetical."
The epitaph upon the tomb was Is
follows:
White Man, Greeting! We, ne ar
whose bones you stand, were Iroquo s.
THE wide land which is now yours
was ours.
Friendly hands have given back to
us enough for tomb"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-12-11
Care Not Necessary.

Scientific knowledge is sometimes
negligible My boy" said the kindly
English rector to the hobbledehoy
of a youth who was picking mush-
rooms in the rectory fields, beware
OF picking toadstool instead OF q
mushroom; they are easy to confuse"
"That be all roight, sur, that be- said
the urchin, 'us bain't agoin' to eat
'em ourselves; they're goin' to mar
ket to be sold"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1908-12-11
Guilty of Counterteiting

Passing counterfeit money is no
worse than substituting some IN
known worthless remedy for Pol
ey s Honey and Tar, the great
cough and cold remedy that cures
the most obstinate coughs and
heals the lungs. For sale at G. l..
Carter's.