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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-26

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Andrew Lang has recently celebrated
his siXty-fourth birthday. 1t is related
of him that when at Balliol Jowett re-
preacher him for composing his essays
Gin the style of q penny newspaper"
1t has been said Of him recently by an
English critic that NOW he writes
penny newspaper articles in the style
Of university essays"
VIII Carleton is about to publish a
new book called "Drifted Ina mod
ern version of the Canterbury Tales.
An express train caught in a great
storm has been, in Western parlance,
"drifted in" To amuse themselves
each Of the travellers tells story, and
these tales include all sorts of themes
sad and glad. foolish and senti-
mental
Mrs. Richmond Ritchie is now Lady
Ritchie, her husband having earned his
title by long and faithful public serv-
Zee. But it is as Anne Thackeray, the
daughter of a distinguished father,
that she will be remembered with the
greatest honor. She is herself a writer
Of stories and memoirs and the editor
of an edition of the works of her faith
er, w. NJ. Thackeray. She has q son
and daughter and lives in London
where she is q member of the Sesame
Club.
After much curiosity concerning the
author Of "As the Hague Ordains !;
Journal Of a Russian Prisoners Wife
In Japan" it is at last announced that
Miss Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore is the
writer of the book. Miss ScidmOre
is resident Of Washington, a men,
Der Of the National Geographic So
ciety and the author of several books,
including "Jinrilzsha Days in Japan"
Westward to the Far East and
others. Miss Scidmore was in Japan
during the war. Her book is evident
ly based on fact, and the illustrations
are from actual people.
The unsympathetic view Of Anatole
France is set forth competently in a re-
cent Spectator. "There is no doubt that
VI. Anatole France is the most brilliant
French writer Of the present day. But,
though yielding to no one in admiration
for the classic quality of his work, we
must own that we should not much
care for a greater general familiarity
with 1t in England. NJ. France, with
all his undeniable charm, is a pagan
philosopher, Voltaire with a differ
ence, and that, perhaps, to Voltaire's
advantage. His habitually ironical
treatment of religious subjects may
suit the spirit of his own country,
though even there more serious and
spiritual writer's are every day gaining
a more attentive hearing. But in Eng
land we believe or hope that it is still
considered bad taste to scott, with an
irreverence ever so exquisite, at the be-
Hefs and living convictions OF Others"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-26
TANTRUMs IN TIGHT SHOES,
Also Dyspepsia. Neurasthenia, In
sOmnia and Neuralgia Follow.

sOmnia and Neuralgia Follow.
us a woman vain when it comes to
the question Of footgear, or is it the
fault of your oily-tongued, blarneying
shoe statesmen, that she will insist upon
fitting her foot to shoe rather than
a shoe to her foot?"
A mild-eyed, acknowledgement
young fellow found the shoe salesman
loafing and took an interest in his bust
ness, says the Kansas City Times. He
had chosen ordinary heels and modest
looking squariSh toes. As he was leav-
Ing, he picked up a pair OF ladies
pumps,"' looked at them q moment sad
ly and put the question.
swell, since you ask it, BROTHER an
swered the clerk, sitting down ON fit
ting stool and lingering a shoe horn,
Il don't mind tellingyou it's a little of
bOth-that is, assuming that a woman
does pick out the shoe she wants and
then puts her foot in it. And Just be-
tween you and me I'll always try to
send a woman away satisfied, even if l
do see visions of her going home from
a days shopping in the new oxfords
she has choSen-all in q tantrum of i'll
temper-criss-cros and at outs with
everybody just because her feet have
got sore at her shoes.
"Only this morning a plump dowager,
who saw the world only through lorg-
nettes, stopped in the front Of my win
dow.
81 hadn't meant to buy shoes to-
cay 1 heard her say. L got pretty
little pair yesterday, but look at that
little dear-the one there beside the
white kid. I'm going to have It,
"In she came, and before she went
out she had it, though the shoe was
made on an A last and her foot on a
G. The best stroke Of luck that ever
happened for shoe clerks was the drop
ping of late years of the custom of
stamping sizes ON the shoe. 1t is hard
for anyone but a salesman to tell now
adays the size of shoe or the last on
which it is made. What good does it
do? A woman comes in, sits down and
says carelessly: i wear a size three
on q double A last l fit her with a
five on a B last, crowding her foot at
that, and she goes away satisfied, not
knowing the difference. 1 can tell by
her old shoe that the clerk who sold
it to her used the same tactics. We
have to fit woman's mind as much as
her foot"
All this was only a conversation be-
tween 4 shoe man and layman, but
physician, asked the other day for a
scientific opinion on tight shoes, said
well, what he said would have been
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-26
At the shore.

His cOuntenance bearing every mark
of the degenerate, the evil-eyed youth
first wiped the gore from his cleaning
blade, and then-moved perhaps too
late by unvailing compunctiOn-he re
moved as well as he could all traces of
his fiendish work from the face Of his
victim.
Then he drew himself up to his full
height and shouted, in voice loud
enough to be heard all over the crowd
ed seaside hotel:
'NeXt!'
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-26
SnIt Is Their Candy.

Salt, strange to say, is so relished by
the Abyssinians that 1t brings more
than sugar and takes much the same
place among them as candy and tobac-
co with US. The average Abyssinian
carries stick Of rock salt with him
and takes suck of it between whites.
If he meets a friend he asks him to
take a lick Of his salt stick and his
friend brings out his own individual
stick and they take lick about. 1t is
just as 1t was with snuff In the days of
our forefathers when every one offered
his friends a pinch of his choice mac
caboy. #< FI4lFl
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-26
An UnseIfsh Life.

Because he brought sunshine into the
world
And taught the philosophy of cheer
His neighbors stopped low when his ban
ner was buried
And gave him for tribute a tear.
Because he spoke kindly of other mems
faults
And held them not too much to blame
Beside his poor gravestone the wanderer
halts
And mournfully ponders his name.
Birmingham Age-Herald.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-26

bles, bearing down sensations, etc.. On
June Goth, 1907, four and one-half
years later, she said: II haven't had
kidney trouble since. 1 repeat my testi-
mony.'
Sold by all dealers. 80 cents box.
Foster ilburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-26
Permanent Receiver.

Patience hear VIII is going to
marry that girl he's been spending 50
much money on.
Patrice-Yes. He's going to make
her a permanent receiver.-YOnkers
Statesman.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-26
The Big Find.

GLOW does it happen that Brown is
treating everybody in sight?"
why, you see, years ago he presented
his wife with little toy bank in which
the children could keep their pennies"
II see And now he finds himself the
head of frugal, industrious family"
"No; now he finds the bank. Puck.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-26
He Explained.

slow many horse power is she?" he
mirthfully inquired.
The stranded automobilist was work
Ing over his car. Up came a sarcastic
follower Of the plOw.
"SiXty," replied the automobilist.
''Then, by heck, why don't she go?"
Because, my friend, thirty are pull
Ing each way" - Cleveland Plain
Dealer
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-26

The Canadian shipbuilding on the great
lakes is growing. During the lake season
of 1907 there were nearly $50 British
built vessels of one class and another in
the transport business between Canadian
lake norris
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-26
All in the Name.

"Here, you" said the aristocratic own
er of the corner building. What are
you putting up this measly clapboard
shack alongside Of my house for?"
'sShadk nothin' p answered the bust
ness-ike youth who was experimenting
it's erection, with equal arrogance. ''This
is a shoe shinin' parlor."
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-26

troubles. Is that re-
lief lasting? Let Mrs.
James NJ. Long, of
113 N. Augusta ST.,
Staunton, Va, tell
you. On January 31st,
1908, Mrs. Long
wrote: "Doan'S Kid
ney Pills have cured
me" (of pain in the
back, urinary trou-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-26

"Motor lurries" is the name given in
Manchester, England, to power trucks.
These trucks pay well, provided they al
WAYS have full loads to carry.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-26
Putting HIs Foot i'm 1t.

Its good to see you again, Smidgley.
after all these years, and talk over old
times. BY the way, l remember there
was a pretty school teacher that was
good deal stuck on you at one time. She
got over it, didn't she?''
81 hope not, Gunson. 1 married her
about ten years ago."
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-26
Advice.

''Never marry a man to reform him,
my DEAR" counseled Aunt Hephzibah. If
you do reform him he'll hate you for it.
and if you don't you'll always be plying
yourself for having married man who
wasn't good enough for you"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-26

A imam, 3d." advertises in a morning
London paper that he is willing to "un-
dertake any adventure, however desper-
ate"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-26

One Of the consultations of widow
hood, which few women admit even
to themselves, is that after a hus-
band is dead, no other woman can
chase him.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-26

It's the Judgment of many smokers
hat Lewis Single Binder sc cigar
equals in quality the best Zoe cigar.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-26

EWTS St. Vtus' Dance and Nervous Diseases per.
- manemtIy cured by DR.. Kine's Great Nerve
Restorer Send FREE 90 90 trial bottle and treatise
DR. r. H. KLINE, Id. 9Sl Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pa
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-26

We would like to personally know
woman who looked SO well when
around her work that she was not
ashamed to go to the door when callers
came.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-26
THE TIME TEST.

That Is What Proves True Merit.
Doan's Kidney Pills bring the quick
est of relief from backache and kidney
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-26

Wages in the machine factories of Ger
many advanced last year 10 to 10 per
cent
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-26

Mrs, WfnsIoW's SOOTHING SYRUP for Children
teething; softens the gums, reduces inflammation al
lays pain, cures wind collie. % cents bottle
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-26

About $4,000 square miles of arabic
land are available in Cuba for sugar cul-
ture.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-26

For CaVo OR EXCHANGE, lo-acrs tract Of Cop
/ VI 00AO necticut Oy eter Ground. Price 5000
For particulars address Box 81, MARION, OHlG
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-26

WHEN WRITING TO ADVERTISERS PLEASE SAT-
H you saw the advertisement in this PsBcF.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-26

G. N. U.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1908-08-26

HnFuFc Wanted. Energetic women to intro
RG6m ] y ducs fine Household Speciality Into homes
Experience Very seller; good pay Write
Cor particulars 100 Globe Bldg, Minneapolis, MINI
ann ono ACRES OREGON LAND now opened lDs
6VUsOVV up. No residence required. MAP sna oeas
uons SIU0. OREGON LAND CO.. BUTTE, MONT
T.A-ooo APPETITE absolutely destroyed No
hOD0OOO worry injurious drugs. Complete elrs y
R2ns is AeEts Co., 100 Nassau ST., New Ork, n.
. ! :,III RS. ' .. 11ThOmpsOn'S
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-08-06
Words of Praise

For the several ingredients OF which DR..
Pierce's medicines are composed, as given
by leaders in all the several schools OF
medicine, should have far more weight
than any amount OF professional tes'
timonials, DR.. PiGrce's Favorite Prescrlp-
tion has THE BADGE OF HONESTY on every
bottle-wrappcr, in full list of all its in
gradients pri2ted in plain English.
II you are an invalid woman and suffer
from frequent headache, backache, gnaw-
Ing distrN in stomach, periodical pains,
dlsagreKHe, catarrhal. pelvic drain,
draggiRg1down distress in lower abdomen
or pelyE, perhaps dark spots or specks
dancing before the eyes, faint spells and
kindfed symptoms caused by female weak
ness, oEsthq arrangement Of the feminine
organs, NV can not do better than take
DR.. PierdeS Favorlte Prescription.
The hbsbltal, surgeons knife and opera
ting tad dmay be avoided by the timely
use Of Havorite Prescription" in such
cases. Thereby the obnoxious examln,
'atlons and 10ca Urea fmenis Qi lhe family
physician can be avoided and thorough
course oI slccessllI trGatI1ent carried out
IN me Qe-pllNacI- -Ql--UL4<-4tlI1 dNoIICo
Prescription Is composed Of the very best
native medicinal roots known TO medical
science for the cure Of woman's peculiar
ailments, contains no alcohol and no
harmful or habit-forming drugs.
Do not expect too much from "Favorite
Prescription; II will not perform mira
cles; IL will not dissolve or cure tumors.
No medicine will 1t will do as much to
establish vigorous health in most weak
nesses and ailments peculiarly incident TO
women as any medicine can. II must be
given fair chance by perseverance In its
use for a reasonable length Of time.
You can't afford to accept secret nos
trum as a substitute for this remedy OF
known composition.
Sick women are invited to consult by
letter, free. All correspondence is held
as strictly private and sacredly cOnfiden-
tial Address: Worlds Dispensary Med
ical Association, DR.. X. V. Pierce, Pres,
No. 663 Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y.
DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets the best
laxative and regulator Of the bowels.
They i..vIgorate stomach, liver and
bowels. On, laxative two or three a
cathartic. Easy TO take as candy.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-08-06
ROAD SYSTEMS FOR
NATIONAL FORESTS.
A forestry service bulletin says:

A forestry service bulletin says:
The office of public roads of the
department of agriculture is to CO.
operate with the forest service in
drawing up plans for comprehensive
system of roads and trails on ma
tional forests.
For the last two years congress has
provided funds for permanent i'm
provement on national forests, and a
large part of the money thus made
available has been and Is being used
for road and trail building. The
amount is too small, however in COM
parlson with the total area of the for
ests, to make possible more than a
very small. beginning. With thicker
settlement and increasing use Of the
forests, good roads will become more
and more a crying necessity.
The object of securing the help Of
the office of good roads is to make
the work take the line that will not
merely serve temporary conveniences,
but also count for most in the end.
BY building each year with reference
to a carefully worked out plan the
danger of updirected effort will be
escaped
During the present summer an en-
gineer of the office of roads will go
over the ground on several Of the
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-08-06
LONGS FOR FREEDOM.

Norway is dissatisfied with her gov
ernment, and from reports the king
dom wishes a form OF republicanism
such as we enjoy in this country
The young monarch at present
reigning is neither very popular nor
very offensive. But his countrymen
think Norway would be better ruled,
better taxed and better disciplined If
they had a president instead OF king.
President Fallieres Of France, is to
visit Norway in a few days. Plain
and earnest man that that he Is, be-
lieving in the universal freedom, there
isn't any doubt that when he leaves
Christiania there will be left behind
him even more dissatisfaction than
now exists.
Norway. to be sure, has never had
much internal trouble. Her people
are not warlike. They believe in sim
plicity, honesty and education. Since
the establishment Of a compulsory
education law the kingdom has ad-
vanced rapidly in the sciences.
Their ambition is gerat, they want
government like that OF the United
States, and some Of these days, with
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-08-06
FOOD ADUETERATION.

The microscope in the hands Of the
expert food chemist is a powerful
detector of food adulteration.
In an article on the use of this in
strument, in the new Yearbook of the
department of agriculture, one par
ticular case is cited where a sample
Of adulterated celery seed showed.
under the lens that 1t was composed
of 40 per cent of powdered rock
An investigator at the bureau OF
chemistry found by use of the mi
croscope a large percentage Of ground
olive stones in pure" pepper A
chocolate coating preparation was
found when sufficiently magnified, to
contain cocoa shells, cornstarch, beef
tallow and some mineral matter,
probably used for coloring.
Some manufacturers used gum
tragatanth to assist in 'jellying" pre-
serves. An adulteration Of this kind
is easily detected by use of the mi
croscope.
In a great many cases, the article
states. adulteration which is easily
discovered through the microscope
would otherwise require an extended
chemical analysis to determine the
component parts. For this reason the
microscope has been added to the food
testing laboratories of the bureau of
chemistry.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-08-06

forests and draw up plans which will
be submitted to the forester, and will
serve to guide subsequent work.
Where the roads planned for cannot
be built, trails will, so far as possible.
be made to follow the courses laid
out, with the expectation that later
they will be converted into roads.
The roads, trails, telephone lines
and fire lines already constructed on
national forests, are proving of great
value both in the work of fire pro-
lection and in serving the conven.-
ience of the public. The further this
work can be carried the greater will
be the usefulness of the forests to the
surrounding regions
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-08-06
THINK OF IT. BOYS.


One day this week an aged man
called at the office of the East ore
gonian and asked that a letter ask
ing for work be written for him.
He is a tradesman and has been
fairly industrious, perhaps but emf
nently unsuccessful in his calling and
IN the dictated letter he told a friend
t. whom he applied for work that he
was old and broke and in need and
must have work.
When the letter was finished he
touched the tip of the penholder for
his mark" as he could not write his
name.
Think Of this condition, boys, while
you are idling your time away out of
school. Think of the hundreds of
thousands Of dollars expended by Or
egon every year for free education,
for free schools. for libraries and
other educational institutions.
Can you afford to be out Of school?
Can you afford to invite the terrible
handicap Of this poor old man, just
mentioned? In this enlightened age
a man without an education Of some
sort or degree is a hopeless failure.
Don't miss a month from school when
il is possible for you to attend.
Begin right now to plan for thor
ough education. You are never too
old. Men and women past 40 are
seen in almost every business college
ir the country, Frightening up their
education, learning something, quail
flying themselves for some profession.
Think Of not being able to cope
with the world which is jostling
around you. Think of going through
life with but half a mind. half
head, half finished. You are endow-
ed with brain and intuition and am
bition and unless you are well equip
ped, you only half live!
Pendleton invites you to some one
of her excellent schools. The door is
open. The opportunity is at hand. 1t
syour infinite loss If you neglect it.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-08-06
BIRDS AID FARMERS.


"It pays the farmer to protect
birds" says Biologist Henshaw writ
ing in the new yearbook Of the de-
partment OF agriculture.
"Only the thoughtless and ignor-
ant" he declares, "still hold that the
graceful forms and beautiful plumage
of these masterpieces of nature serve
their highest purpose when worn on
a hat for a brief season, to be then
cast aside and forgotten, the plumage
dimmed and faded, the beautiful
songs quenched forever"
Dr. Henshaw, however doesn't
class every bird as friend of mans,
indeed He admits that few birds
are wholly beneficial--but yet he says
there are very few among the harm
full ones that haven't at least one re-
deeming trait. He sums up the situa-
tion epigrammatically: "Most birds
most of the time are beneficial; a
few birds most of the time are in
furious"
According TO DR.. Henshaw, birds
form a very efficient police force for
the air and ground. Thrushes, SPAR
rows larks and wrens, he says search
the surface of the earth for insects
ers, cts. with their warblers. creep
ers, etc, with theor microscopic eyes,
scan every part of the tree or shrub,
and few hidden creatures escape
them. Woodpeckers, not content
with carefully scrutinizing the bark
and limbs of trees, dig into decayed
and worm-eaten wood and drag forth
the burrowing larvae; the flycatchers
aided by the warblers are ever alert
to snap up insects when flying among
trees and branches; while swallows
and night hawks skim over the pas
lures and patrol the air high above
the tree tops for such of the enemy
as have escaped pursuit below. Thus
each family plays its part in the
never ending warfare, and the num-
Der of insects annually consumed by
the combined hosts is simply meal
culable.
Dr. Henshaw tells of the balance of
nature that is necessary to preserve
conditions; a maximum of birds to
keep the insects to the minimum.
Whenever that maximum OF birds Is
destroyed, then the insects multiply.
and one of the so-called plaques"
results And about the only remedy
there is for these is the importation
of more birds to kill off the bugs.
However, he stops his glowing tribute
to the feathered tribe long enough to
give the English sparrow dig.
"This bird" he says, has bad hab-
its far outweighing any possible good
that 1t does, even If the most liberal
estimate be made of the comparative
ly small number Of insects that it de-
stroys or the weed seed 1t eats"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-08-06
TO PUSH BACK THE VEIL.

Jessie NJ Smiley, young woman
of Chicago, who has just inherited a
fortune of $4,000, 900, declares that
she will devote the greater part Of her
fortune to the investigation Of the
occult sciences.
She recognizes the growing ten
dency of mankind to long for and
study the invisible world, the splritu-
al and occult shadows which surround
us, and she will employ her fortune
in attempting to push back the inter-
vening veil between the seen and the
unseen.
That there is something within
reach of the human mind, something
understandable, something tangible,
something practical in the unseen
realm lying just outside our con-
sciousness, is believed by every think
er today. and the investigation Of this
realm is now out Of the experimental
and superstitious stage and is on a
level with other scientific investiga-
tions.
Religious prejudice is softening to-
ward the occult sciences for nothing
would strengthen true religion more
than a closer knowledge Of God and
nature. which these Investigations
promise.