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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-04
The Ananias Story.

Go to church and hear the pastor, in
his pulpit large and wide, tell about
the dread disaster that oerwhelmed
the man who lied. 1t was Colonel
Ananlas, who In days long dead and
gone, shocked his neighbors (who were
pious) when he put the truth in pawn.
Ah, he took the truth and hauled 1t
through the clnders and the slack, and
he slugged 1t, and he mauled 1t, and he
split 1t up the back; so some bears
came up and ate him, at the prophets
stern command, and the generations
hate him as they march adown the
land. He was cast into furnace that
was full Of coal and wood, and he NUT
tered, This will learn us" (for his
grammar wasn't good) In the Red
seas depths he wallowed, with his
chariots and men, till a whale came up
and swallowed him, and he felt seedy
then. Let us therefore shun the fable
and the foolish, futile lie; do the best
that we are able, camp In heaven by
and by.-Emporia Gazette
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-04
MANY CHANGES IN
THE CONSULAR SERVICE

Twenty-eight consular offices wer,
closed, II new offices were establish
ed, seven offices were moved anC
about dozen increases of a com
plete reorganization of the United
States consular service which be
came effective July 1 under the pro
visions Of an act passed at the last
session of congress. other posts will
be awarded to consuls whose office
were closed, so that none will suffer
from the readjustment.
out Of the 2S offices closed nine
are located in Germany, nine in Can
ada and the 10 others are scattered
over the rest of the world.
The German consulates abandoned
are at Annaberg. Mamberb. Crefeld,
Dusseldorf. Eibenstock Freiburg,
Glauchau, Malnz and Ziltau, while
the Canadian posts closed are Belle
willie, Port Hope, Port Rowan, Coat
cook, Gaspe, st. Hlyacinthe. Three
Rivers, Windsor and Woodstock. The
other posts discontinued are Lucerne,
st. Christopher, Jalapa, Castellamare
dl Stabia, Catania, Utila, Funchal.
Port Stanley, Antigua and jamestown.
The consular offices in Syria is
transferred from Alexandretta to
Mersine; that at Collingwood, Ont, to
owen Sound that at La Rochelle,
France, to Cognac. The post at Pre-
toria, in South Africa, is moved to
johannesburg. The consulate at San
Juan del Norte, Nicaragua. Is chang
ed to Bluefields and that at Tuxpan,
Mexico to Salina Cruz. Erfurt, Ger
many. is considered better consular
location than Weimar, and the con-
sulate at the latter place was moved.
Nrn,,, nnnni,ln tne rrnrn nstn hliahnh at
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-04
DRAIN NORMAL
WAS DROPPED
NORMAL BOARD STANDS
FOR THREE SCHOOLS
Hot Fight I'm Normal Board Meeting
at Salcm-GOvcTnOr Chamberlain
Stands for But Two SchOOls-Draln
Made a Hard Fight for Its Life.

Salem, July 3.-After a hot fight al
the meeting Of the board of normal
school regents. yesterday, 1t was de-
cided that the board in Its report to
the legislature next winter would rec
ommend that the normal school at
Drain be abandoned and that appro-
priations be made only for the
schools at Monmouth, Weston and
Ashland.
This decision was reached only af-
ter the hardest kind of battle. The
vote was five to four on the PROPOSE
ton. The four men who opposed
the reduction to three schools were
in favor OF a reduction to two. These
men were Governor Chamberlain, w.
B. Aver, II. ]. Maier and e. c. Spence,
Mr.. Aver insisting that he will pre-
sent a minority report to the legisla-
ture.
Superintendent OF Public Instruc-
tion Ackerman led the fight for the
reduction to three schools. He was
supported by e. E. Bray and Stephen
Jewell. Secretary OF State Benson
and Col. E. Hofer also voted for the
three-chool proposition, after the mo-
tion to maintain four schools, which
they advocated, had been lost.
Representatives from Drain were
present and that town will get the
free use Of the abandoned schools
buildings for school purposes, If the
legislature adopts the recommended
tlons of the board.
Secretary of State Benson spoke
for Drain and argued that 1t should be
permitted to continue because II was
an old school and was advantageous
ly located. Governor Chamberlain
reiterated his position for two
schools
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-04

the following places: Aleppo, Alex
andrla, Antung, Corinto, Fernie.
Rlume, Frontera, Guadalajara, Ka-
rachi, Madras, Punta Arenas, Ran
goon, Salonki, San Luis Potosl, Swa-
tow, Tapachula and Tripoli.
These changes are made because
Redistribution Of the various posts
is necessary to protect properly the
interests of American manufacturers
abroad. In some instances the posts
abolished have for the last several
years not only been carried on the
list at dead loss of several thousand
dollars. Take the consulate at James
town, on the island of St. Helent, for
instance. This office costs $2475 a
year, while the services the consul is
called upon to perform are practical
ly nil. Only SIG was received in fees
last year. The United States is the
only great power now maintaining an
office and its closing will result in no
injury whatever TO American trade.
In the last "a years the actual cost
Of the consular service amounted to
$2,108,934, or an average cost of $S7,-
S72 year.
Need Ceases 10 Exist.
Many of the consulates abolished
were established years ago for rea-
sons which were regarded as suffi-
cient at that time, but which no long
er exist. At one time the law requir-
ed that an exporter to the United
States Of dutiable goods must appear |
in person before consul and make |
oath TO the correctness of his in
voices, and at the solicitation of such
exporters and Of importers and trade
bodies in the United States and
abroad, because of the inconvenience
to shippers in being obliged to ap-
pear at distant towns with their in
voices, consulates were established at
many places where there were prac-
tically no other reasons for main
tanning a consulate. Under the pres
ent laws and regulations, however,
the personal appearance of the ship
pers is not required, but the invoices
may De seHt " the CoHsuldte Dy ines
senger or by mail and thus the null
tiplicity Of consulates at towns but a
few miles apart is no longer neces-
sary or desirable.
Consulates were also established at
towns which at the time had some
Importance from consular stand
point. as at Gaspe. Quebec, once a
thriving center Of fishing interests
but now an unimportant and remote
village. other consulates were estab-
Iished without reasons apparent to
he department as in the case of Jap
ila, Mex, which was created without
he recommendation Of the depart
nent and for no reason known to 1t.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-04

Mrs. S. Joyce, Claremont, N. H.,
writes: about a year ago l bought
two bottles of Foley's Kidney Rem
edy. It cured me of a severe case OF
kidney trouble OF several years.
standing. 1t certainly is grand,
good medicine, and I heartily recon-
mend It," Pendleton Drug Co.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-04

Mrs. s. L. Bowen OF Wayne. W. Va,
writes: 81 was a sufferer from kid
ney disease, so that at times could
not stand straight. I took Foley's
Kidney Remedy. One dollar bottle
and part Of the second cured me en-.
tirely." Foley's Kidney Remedy
works wonders where others are a
total failure. Pendleton Drug Co.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-04

vigor and cheerful
ness soon disappear
when the kidneys are
out of order or dis
eased.
Kidney trouble has
become so prevalent
that it is not uncom-
mon for a child to be
born afflicted with
weak kidueys. Ifthe
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-04
Women as Well as Men Are Mad
Miserable by Kidney and
Bladder Trouble.

Kidney trouble preys upon the mind,
discourages and lessensam ambition; beauty,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-04

All the news all the time In the
East oregonian.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-04

child urinates too often, if the urine scalds
The flesh, or if, when the child reaches an
age when it should be able to control the
passage, it is yet afflicted with bed-wet-
ting, depend upon it, the cause of the diff.
Guilty is kidney trouble. and the first
step should be towards the treatment of
these important organs. This unpleasant
trouble is due to diseased condition OF
the kidneys and bladder and not to a
habit as most people suppose.
Women as we'll as men are made miser-
able with kidney and bladder trouble,
and both need the same great remedy.
The mild and the immediate effect Of
Swamp-Ro0t is SOON realized. 1t is sold
by druggists, in fifty EE
cent and oslc-dollar @aHB S.::...sl,
size bottles. You may !.i II: HUI !;
have a sample bottle
BY mail free, also a Home Of SvAmpRoOA
pamphlet telling all about Swamp Root,
Including many of the thousands of testi-
monial letters received from sufferers
cured. In writing DR.. Kilmer & Co.,
Binghamton, N. Y, be sure and mention
this paper. Don't make any mistake,
but remember the name, Swamp-Root
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and the ad-
dress, Binghamton. N. Y, on every
bottle.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-07-04

by druggists, in fifty
cent and oilc-dollar
size bottles. You may
have a sample bottle
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-30
! THE SEATS CT THE MIGHTY
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS


In the old days of the New England
colonies the seating of the church con.
greSatioa was matter of social i'm.
portance. \ promiscuOus occupying of
pews would have been proceeding
outside the limits of order and decency
The choice of holdings was not wholly
dependent on the power of the purse
Side Glimpses from the Colonial
Meeting House." 10y William Root Bliss.
gives an idea of how such affairs were
arranged by the church fathers
The men were separated from the
women, who evidently were considered
OF less Importance in the choice of
seats.
mo woman, maid nor gal shall set In
the mems south alley" was the written
law of one old church.
The best seats were allotted to men
of title. One town in 100 voted that
Col. Daniel Pierce shall have the Isl
choice of pews and Maj. Thomas Noye>
shall have the 2nd." To make room
AVl NhVAhOA ifOisOli VI llultol II
was commanded that Master Joseph
iIibberd's wife move out of the long
fore seat into the short fore seat"
Judge Sewall seemed TO have diff
Guilty in getting his wife settled per.
manently. In his diary he records:
Lords Day: April 1 Sat with N.Y.
wife in her Pue. April s: introduced
her into my Pue and sat with her there
April IS: Conducted my wife to the
Fore Seat"
\ code of precedence in regard tC
choosing 'pues' is thus given by a
meeting house committee: LIST. Dig
nifty of Descent. 2nd. Place of Public
Trust. Bird. Pious disposition and be
havior. 4th. Estate. 9th. Peculiar
Serviceableness of any kind
In a record of 1717 the town OF
Windsor, Conn. expressed its opinion
IF seating in these words:
Those that have seats of their owl
are not TO be seated nowhere else"
Among the humber classes, persons
hard of hearin'' were allowed to sit
On the pulpit stairs. One church voted
that Three Short Seats be built nyC
the Pulpit Stairs for Antient persons tc
sett in
A benevolently inclined individual
announces that he Doe give 3 pound.
toward erecting a phase for Indians and
Negroes 10 Sett in"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-30
Origin of Precious Ores.

Men sometimes dream Of enormous
wealth stored deep in the earth. below
the reach Of miners; but, according to
an eminent geologist, there is little or
no ground TO believe that valuable me-
tallic deposits lie very deep in the
earth's crust. Such deposits, according
to this authority, are made by uuder-
ground waters, and owing to the pres
sure on the rocks at great depths the
waters are confined to a shell near the
surface. With few exceptions, ore de-
posits become too lean TO repay work
ing below 300 feet. Nine mines in ten,
taking the world as whole, are poorer
in the second thousand feet than in the
first thousand. and poorer yet in the
third thousand than in the second
Chicago Record-Her
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-30
80 BUSHELS OF OATS TO THE
ACRE.
What Mr.. Kaltenbrunner Has to
Say About His Grain Crops I'm
Central Canada.

What MIR. Kaltenbrunner Has to
Say About HI. Grain Crops An
Central Canada.
Writing from Regina, Saskatche-
wan, Central Canada, Mr.. A. Kalten-
Drummer writes:
''Some years ago l took up home
stead for myself, and also one for my
son. The half section which we own
adjons the Moose Jaw Creek is low.
level and heavy land. We put in 20
acres of wheat in stubble, which went
20 bushels to the acre, and so acres of
summer fallow, which went % bushels
to the acre. All the wheat we harvest
ed this year is No. hard. That means
the best wheat that can be raised on
the earth We did not sell any wheat
yet, as we intend to keep one part for
our own seed, and sell the other part
to people who want first class seed.
for there Is no doubt II you SOW good
wheat you will harvest good wheat.
We also threshed 5000 bushels of first
class oats out Of 160 acres; so ceres
has been fall blowing. which yielded 80
bushels per acre, and so acres stubbe.
which went so bushels to the acre.
These oats are the best kind that can
be raised. We have shipped three car
loads of them, and got 53 cents per
bushel clear. All our grain was cut
in the last week of the month Of Au-
gust before any frost could touch 1t.
Notwithstanding the fact that we
have had a late spring, and that the
weather conditions this year were very
adverse and unfavorable, we will make
more money out Of our crop this year
than last.
For myself / feel compelled to say
that Western Canada crops cannot be
checked, even by unusual conditions"
Information regarding free home
stead lands In Manitoba, Saskatchewan
and Alberta may be had ON application
to any Canadian Government Agent,
whose advertisement appears elsewhere.
He will give you information as to the
best route and what ii will cost you
to reach these lands for purposes of
INSPECTION.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-30
50Rkx, NATURES DISIHfEcIlxI.
CLEANSER And PURIFIER

Everybody realizes the necessity sc
some method of publication Of siukx
drains and utensils in which may lQrt
the germ of a dreaded disease.
Health is a question of clesnlIpe1
and prevention.
Most people are familiar with the ssS
of disinfectants in their ordinary sxHss
all of which are unpleasantly 49,
ciated with disagreeable odors, q
which are depended TO kill the couf.L
gion (Which disinfectants must Of -
cessity be of a more or less dangerous
character) and must be used for thae
purpose and for no other, and in COMM
quence kept from children and CARRIES
handling
There is, however, within the re<rA
Of all our readers simple, safe sz1
economical article that will not only IN
swer for every disinfecting purpoe-
but can also be used for a multituds q
domestic cleansing and purifying PE-
poses-Borax.
Borax is a pure, white harmless Pow
der coming direct from Natures labsr-
atory; in fact Borax has often hen
called Natures Cleanser and Disinfec-
tant."
Two tablespoonfuls OF Borax in q
pailful of hot water poured down til
grease-choked pipes of sink, or nuxbe4
through disease-laden drain, cieana.s
and purifies it, leaving it clean -
sweet.
Bed clothing and clothes used IN q
sick room can be made hygieniczHH
clean and snowy-white, IL washed -
hot solution Of Borax water.
Kitchen and eating utensils, uRG
during illness will be kept from all -
sibility Of contagion If Borax in usu4
when washing them. Pure as snow Al
harmless as salt, and because It On
be used for almost every domestic al
medical purpose, Borax must be cons<8
cred the one great household necessity
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-30
CAME TO STAY.
Return of the Prodigal with Money
and q Large Check.

Return of the Prodigal with Money
and a Large Check.
Old home week had come, and the
returned sons and grandsons were
gathered together. One after another
they rose and told with pardonable
pride their achievements in the great
world, impressing their Importance on
the stay at homes. At length Mr..
Jameson spoke:
Ct went away from here twenty
years ago poor young man, with only
one solitary dollar in my pocket. /
walked the four miles from my fathers
farm to the station, and there begged
ride to Boston on a freight car.
Last night / drove into town behind
a spirited pair of horses. and my purse
guess how much my purse holds in
money to-day, besides large check"
and Mr.. Jameson looked about him
with a smile.
Fifty dollars."
Seventy
"a hundred!'' shouted the boys, filed
with admiration.
NO" said Mr.. Jameson, drawing a
large fat purse from his pocket when
the clamor had subsidized, none Of you
has guessed right. When 1 had paid
the % cents to Ozy Boggs for my re-
freshing drive in the coach 1 had, be-
sides my trunk check (Which 1 retain
ed for financial reasons), exactly
cents. / have come back, my friends,
to stay. Any little jobs Of saving and
splitting will be gratefully received
Woman's Home Companion.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-30

The Passing of Cheap Farm Labor.
The day of cheap hired help on the
farm is fast becoming a thing of the
past. This fact Is forcing itself OH the
mind of the ia 'mer and he no longer
tries to seriously cvade the situation.
Another proposition presents itself at
this point. and that is. that the farm
help of the future will be expected
to be more skillful, not in the ordinary
routine Of farm work, but I'm the manip-
uatiOn of the improved farm machin-
cry that is fast being introduced on
the modern farm, and in handling and
caring for thoroughbred stock.
These conditions present themselves
as result of IN education in progress
sivc and more profitable farm methods
and new ideas brought about through
the advent of free rural mail delivery.
the telephone experiment farms, agri-
cultural colleges. and that most potent
of all agrarian educators, the farmers
institute.
Agricultural journals of a high order
and farmers bulletins can be found in
almost all rural homes, and they are
icing read, digested and the hints and
experiences contained in them profit
ably employed. As Il result of these
educational factors, better methods are
Icing adopted, scrub stock is being
eliminated as improbable, and diver
siiied crops are becoming the rule.
To meet this awakening to improved
conditions, machinery for all purposes
IS being invented and brought into r.
QUESTION. not only to meet the growing
demand for them, but 10 economizc
labor. and do the work with less help.
This brings us to the first proposition
that the farm labor of the future must
of necessity be more skillful. and cf
higher order The farmer will eou,p
himself with improved modern marhin-
cry AMI n better grade of stock. will
cncourG 20 young men TO qualify them
Saves for the preferred profession OF
an a@riculturist. instead of seeking sit
uati9ns in our cities. from the fact
that farm life is healthier. freer. mole
independent, and presents wide scope
for a profitable business career.
AS Il sequel the increased expend:
tlre for improved farm implements and
sliiled labor will naturally bring with
il intensive and diversified farming and
an interest in the very best of stock
and more of it on the farm: it cannot
he otherwise. Fertility viii force rec
ignition ana be generally employed Dis
necessity for best results. and farm
well stocked with cattle, sheep and hogs
is the greatest factor To assist in bring
Ing this about.-John 4. Mcclure IL
Rulal World.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-30
Spider Airshipa.

In early autumn the spider families
separate Hundreds of thousands of
infantile spiders on a warm sunny
morning scale the low bushes. clilg to
the tips OF the leaves and project slen-
der silken threads from the spinnerets
at the ends of their bodies. Before very
long Ia air near the ground, becoming
heated, ascends and carries up the silk
en- threads with it. Still the little crea-
lures hold on and pour out silk till
each has some eight or ten feet of line
rising almost perpendicularly into the
air above it,
At last they let go and rise into the
air themselves, each at the extremit,
OF its own thread. In this way they
are carried Upward, perhaps for many
hundreds Of feet, till at last they meet
a current of air moving slowly along.
and by this they are carried often for
many miles, While they can always
descend at will by the simple expedient
Of rolling up their supporting threads.
On a warm autumn morning the air
Is often filed with these baby spiders,
each sailing securely on its own little
silken airship. When they descend
bushes, trees and low plants are fire.
quently covered with their gossamei
threads-London Standard.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-30
KISSING FOR AN AUDIENCE.
IL Is often Perfunctory and Always
i'm Bad Taste.


i'm Bad Taste.
Now. just to illustrate my point"
Betty continued her argument, when
Dora and l came away from her house,
and she was expecting to be gone six
months, her two brothers came into the
Pullman to bid us goOd-by, and do ron
suppose they kissed her? Not they!
They shook hands. 1 thought it was
either Indifference or else a ridiculous
self-consciousness on their part
'Oh, not necessarily" Frances pro-
tested. Like as not they had kissed
her at home when you didn't know 1t.
I've read in some book or other n de-
scription of father meeting his daush-
ter at train and giving her the us
ual perfunctory nip and l can't forget
the expression That's all public kiss
ing ever amounts to- anyway. At least,
if it's more than that, it's pretty bad
taste. TO illustrate my point"
Frances broke off suddenly, for the
lecturer had begun speaking at last, in
spite Of the fact that many late COM
ers were still struggling i'm. From where
the two girls sat in side balcony over
hanging the audience-room, they could
not help noticing how the confusion of
moving along and finding places down
below was annoying the speaker. They
could scarcely hear his voice
One stout, dressy woman in n front
o.
friend, was particularly conspicuous.
Every time she refused to allow any
one to take the seat she fiuttered and
twisted, and craned her neck to look at
the entrance to the hall. until she had
drawn the attention of every one with
in range.
Betty had just nudged Frances 10
look at her when the woman rose
back TO the platform began ges-
ticulating wildly. The long-looked-for
had arrived she was rustling slowly
down the middle aisle. Il ma jestic dow
ager in black silk. As she neared the
front the dressy woman. all uncon-
scious of the eyes upon her, left her
seat. advanced few steps toward her
friend. and bending impressively, i'm
planted a loud smack on her lips
oh" gasped Betty, as even the Ice
turer caught his breath in the middle
of an unheard sentence; but Frances
whispered, half-choking with laughter
and triumph:
Just so. AS | was saying. to illus
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1908-04-30
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