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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-08-04
IL Was Good.

The following story is told Of Jay
Gould: Years ago Jay Gould went to
Holland. He went to meet the di-
rectors of a certain railroad in Amer
lea. They met him by appointment
He asked them II they cared to sell
their railroad in America. They said
yes, they would sell it for $4,000, 900.
Mr. Could quietly pulled check
book from his pocket filled a check
for that amount and signed 1t, and
passing it over said, 81 am a little
busy. Will you kindly fix the trans
fers and forward them 20 New
York;" and went out OF the ROOM
The old Dutchmen sat paralyzed.
They could not. realize for the time
being that the railroad was sold and
they had the money They at once
telegraphed to the Bank of England
asking if the check of Mr.. Jay Gould
for s14,O00,OOO would be honored
The answer was flashed back that it
would, and. for a very much larger
amount provided they could get it.
Dutchmen were hurt They thought
that at least a week should have
been consumed in preliminaries and
final adjustments.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-08-04

To test coffee-A teaspoonful Of
ground coffee placed in a cup OF
cold water will not If pure discolor
the water in the least; but IL chic
ory is present, the water will take on
a brownish hue.
To test cocoa-The usual adulter-
ant of cocoa is starch II cupful of
boiling water is poured over a tea
spoonful of cocoat the sediment that
remains after cooling should be pow
derry, not sticky, not cohesive. But
If the cocoa is adulterated the sedi-
ment is a cohesive, glutinous mass.
a piece OF linen dipped in such a sed-
iment will when ironed be as stiff as
a board.
To test sugar-Pure sugar will dis
solve in water. Any indissoluble SUBJ
stance, therefore, must be an adul-
teration. Sugar can also be tested by
fire. Pure sugar burns quite away.
An ash that absolutely resists the
flames is some impurity that the re-
finers have left in.
To test butter-Pure butter, set out
in the summer sunshine, will not melt
under a temperature of 95 degrees,
and then the liquid 1t becomes Is
sweet and wholesome. Adulterated
butter melts at SS degrees into a
liquid with a repulsive odor.-New
Orleans Times-Democrat.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-08-04
MOCKERY OF POLITICS.

Taft a member of the Shovelers'
union, and Bryan member of the
Typographical union are the latest
freaks in dignifled politics.
This is what a good manager would
call polite vaudeville" 1t is dis
gusting and yet many good people
tolerate it and declare they enjoy it.
1t seems unreasonable to believe
that sensible, fearless men such as
Taft and Bryan must be, would not
revolt at these frivolous tricks to cap
ture the labor vote. 1t seems that
both would continue to stand just
where they stood before their nomi,
nations. and would not stoop nor
truckle for the help of those whom
they never associate with nor recog-
nize except in campaigns.
To the sensible laborer the acts of
Taft and Bryan in Joining or permit
ting themselves to be 'joined" to
these unions should be repulsive. And
as for the feelings of Taft and Bryan
in contemplating such miserable
fawning. it seems that language would
be inadequate to express them.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-08-04
UNREMENIBERED MAINE.

To every American who enters the
harbor of Havana, whether 1t be for
the first time or the twentieth, there
comes a moment when silence takes
hold Of him as he stares and stares
across the greasy waters. 1t is when
his searching eyes encounter the dis
torted mass of wreckage. with the
wheeling birds above 1t, that marks
the Maine. His mind flashes back
when the whole United States shook
with the explosion which destroyed
her.
Remember the Maine."
That was the cry to which a war
was waged. And the watcher at the
steamers rail finds himself repeat
ing it, Its sharp, clear syllables beat
out the roar Of twin guns in a turret.
the meaespred tap of the drum. the
step OF advancing men. Then in an
instant his thoughts swing to his own
day and hour, and as he gazes before
him the words that ten years ago
were a nations call to arms are now
the whispering of waters in the cram
nies of a wreck.
Ten years is short time in which
TO forget so much; but just SO long
has the shattered Maine lain in the
harbor of Havana, forgotten. We
We're hidden so eagerly, so inslstently.
to remember and now, her inflam-
matory task accomplished, we have
left her to herself-and to the SO
men who are berthed with her in
the clutch of the harbor mud.
Why has the government not rails
ed the wreck of the Maine? That is
the question the watcher asks him.
self, and the question is as old as
the admonition to remember. II
there be an answer, the government
has never made it, and nothing has
yet served to compel an answer
Harper's. Weekly,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-08-04
WELCOME MIR. HARTMAN.

Mr.. Hartman, the railroad mag
nate, is coming to oregon. The press
dispatches announce he is coming
like a Gagged criminal, inaccessible to
the public, secluded. isolated, hidden
away in the recesses of a private train,
not to be seen or heard or interview
ed.
But let him come. He is welcome.
and he isn't welcome; we like him,
and we don't like him; he is both
benefactor and curse to Oregon; he
has done some of the worst and best
things for the state; he has made it
forge ahead and has smothered out
its Industrial life; he has blessed and
blighted Oregon; he has planted in
dustrial seed and he has kept entire
counties in desolation; with one hand
he has been a charitable empire
builder, with the other a miserly
blood-sucker; one of his Janus faces
looks out on the green fields which
his industry has created, the other
looks on desolate wastes which his
financial tyranny and selfishness have
created and perpetuated; he is par
adox. a contradiction, a delusion.
We expect something from him in
one breath and we expect nothing
from him the next moment; we have
his promise in words and his refusal
in actions; we listen in rapture to his
flattering phrases and we hate him
for the very emptiness Of his phrases;
he is the biggest and the smallest man
in the financial world today; he is
the broadest and the narrowest, the
shallowest and the deepest character
before the public.
We are glad he is coming and again
we don't. care; it will mean something
for the state and yet we know it will
mean absolutely nothing; we will look
ahead to his coming with pride and
hate ourselves for it, after his sump-
tuous train has passed and he has
pulled down his window blind and
forgotten us.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-08-04
THE LITERARY SEWERS.

Every week announces the arrival
Of a new sensation in the disgraceful
fiction produced by the writers of to-
day. Three Weeks" has had its dis
gusting fame among certain class of
people who feed on literary garbage
and now Five Days" and jules
Diary" are here.
1t is said that both of these latter
alleged novels exceed in vulgariy and
depraved suggestions "Three Weeks"
and Of course they have a run"
through the book stores If booksellers
can be found who will peddle them
to the public.
1t is strange that with all the whole
some fields of fiction to choose from,
certain class of writers and cer-
tain class of readers choose to feed
on the literary sewage, the garbage
dumps, the filth heaps of literature.
Sometimes 1t seems necessary to
have literary censor for the United
States, to insure a more rigid regula-
ton of the output of filthy stuff
which is intended to deprave the
minds and characters of all who
come into touch with it.
In reviewing a number of these un-
wholesome novels Goodwin's Weekly
of Salt Lake City, says:
II up to date you have failed to
read Elinor Glyn's Three Weeks"
you may as we'll save time, trouble
and several thrills. Besides two new
books sthat are just off the press in
the east Three Weeks takes its
place with "Black Beauty" and STAN
dard nursery publications. Five
Days" and jules Diary" are the two
new brain feeders.
The majority of the chapters in
both are what the stars in Three
Weeks" indicate. Town Talk declares
jules Diary" ought to be called
1.-THE Happy Harlot," so rapturously
and determinedly does Julie set about
to accomplish her own seduction.
Both books are about the end of the
limit.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-08-04
ARE WE FORGETTING?

A few years ago, before the govern
ment had taken hold Of the subject
Of irrigation in the west, enthusiasm
for the National Irrigation association
and its great work. was at high tide
in western states. Such is not the
case now. The association is strug-
Cling along with but slight support or
cooperation from many Of the lead
ing irrigation states.
1t was the work Of the National Ir-
rigation association which brought
forth the reclamation department,
which sowed the seed OF government
irrigation, which gave birth to the
great projects now under way in the
west.
Are we forgetting our benefactor
so soon? Now that the work Of the
association has accomplished so much
for us, are we to forsake the organi-
cation, let it languish when there Is
much for it to do in the future?
Other states need it and must have
its invigorating influence to start the
reclamation Of their lands.
The 18th annual convention Of the
association will be held at Albuquer-
que, N. NJ, in the heart OF the arid
belt, September 20 to October 3. and
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-08-04

Leads most intelligent people TO use only
medicines OF known composition. There
fore Il Is thad DR.. Pierce's medicines, the
makefstef which print every ingredient
entering Rp4o Them upon the bottle wrap
pers and attssi its correctness under oath,
are daily grSfing in favor. The COM
position Of DSl Pierce's medicines is open
TO everybody,vDr. Pierce being desirons
Of having the search Ggbt Of inyestga:
ton turned fully upon his formula, being
confident that t6e later the compoSltlon
oT fhese medicines IS known the more
will theIr great cIratlye merits be Iecog:
nized, Being wholly made OF the active
medicinal principles extracted from ma
tive forest roots, by exact processes
original with DR.. Pierce, and without the
use Of drop OF alcohol, triple-refncd and
chemically pure glycerine being used in
stead in extracting and preserving the
curative virtues residing In the roots
employed, these medicines are entirely
free from the objection OF doing harm
by creating an appetite for either al
coholic beverages or habit forming
drugs. Examine the formula on their
bottle wrappers--the same as sworn to by
DIR. Pierce, and you will find hat his
"Golden Medical Discovery" the great,
blood purifier, stomach tonic and bowel
regulator-the medicine which, while not
recommended TO cure consumption In its
advanced stages mo medicine will do that
yet does cure all those catarrhal condi'
tlons OF head and throat, weak stomach,
torpid liver and bronchial troubles, weak
lungs and hang-on-coughs, which, II neg.
lected or badly treated lead up 10 and
finally terminate In consumption.
Take the Golden Medical Discovery
In time and IT Is not likely to dlsappolnt
you II only you give II a thorough and
fatr trial. Don't expect miracles. 1t
won't do supernatural things. You must
exercise your patience and persevere In Its
use for a reasonable length Of time TO get
its full benefits. The ingredients Of which
DR.. Pierce's medicines are composed have
the unqualified endorsement Of scores OF
medical leaders-better than any amount
Of lay, or non-professional, testimonials.
They are not given away 10 be expert
mented with but are sold by all dealers IN
medicines At reasonable prices.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-08-04

Pendleton will welcome an electric
line from any direction, east west,
north or south, and there should be
no discrimination or favoritism in the
matter Of franchises. Any legitimate
company which promises to make
good" should be welcomed and en-
couraged. Pendleton needs this par
ticular sort OF development to COM
plete her public facilities and every
thing possible should be done to con-
meet this city with the distant por-
tions Of the county by electric line.
Pendleton does not care who builds
them or operates them, just so they
are operated.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-08-04

A we'll organized forestry depart
ment and fire fighting force in the
Canadian Rockies might have pre-
vented the terrible loss Of life and
property by fire in the Fernie district
Such calamiies seem so wholly un-
necessary, If only governments would
exercise ordinary foresight and COM
mon sense. Perhaps two or three
fire-fighters on duty would have stop
ped the terrible conflagration, before
II gained headway.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-08-04
A SONG OF YOUTH.

met Youth i'm a garden wild.
With roses tangled in her hair,
kiss me-" she said, "for am
fair"
But laughlngly went my way,
And needed not the words she said;
What was her smile to me that day,
Her mischevous sweet mouth so
red?
I went my way with dreaming eyes,
oh, light of heart l was, yet shy,
But not too old and not too wise,
To miss the rainbows in the sky.
went my way with dancing feet,
For l was slow to learn the truth,
That fame, and love, and song are
sweet,
But not more thrilling sweet than
youth.
Olive Constance.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-08-04

every western county and state should
be represented.
The work of the association has not
been completed. The reclamation Of
the west is not yet achieved, practical
and modern irrigation laws are feed-
ed in states and nation, and the great
timber, range and water resources Of
the country must be protected from
corporate greed.
So there is yet work to do Let US
appoint delegates and take part in
the work of this organization until
there is not an acre OF desert land re-
in the west!
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-08-04
GUIDE POSTS TO PEACE.

To be glad of life because It gives
you the chance to love and to work
and to play and to look up at the
stars; to be satisfied with your possess
sions, but not contented with your.
self until you have made the best of
them; to despise nothing in the world
except falsehood and meanness. and
to fear nothing except cowardfce; to
be governed by your .admirations
rather than by your disgusts; to covet
nothing that Is your neighbor's except
his kindness of heart and gentleness
of manners; to think seldom OF your
enemies. often of your friends. and
every day of Christ; and to spend as
much time as you can, with body and
with spirit in Gods out-Of-doors:
these are little guide-posts on the
footpath to peace.-Henry Van Dyke.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-08-04
YOUTH AND AGE.

How gaily prodigal OF life is youth,
Thoughtless beyond today's bright
blazoned page;
But with the shifting Of the years,
forsooth,
How misery is agel
Clinton Scollard.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-08-04
THE MODERN oTTY.

The turrets leap higher and higher,
And the little old homes go down;
The workers beat on the iron and
steel
The woodpeckers Of the town.
Charles Hanson Towne.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-08-04
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Though our only friend be men, =
ory, =
; And our only faith be fear, =
; Though we see the darkness +
gathering. Z
: And the daylight disappear. Z
; Let us drink the cup of nectar, =
That a kindly fate has sent, Z
! While we walk the path of duty Z
? In the garden Of content. Z
Let US stand not in the shadow, Z
: Because the sun must set. Z
: Nor linger in the narrow 4
; Thorn-strewn highway of re- I
gret. Z
, The red rose OF tomorrow !
: Is but a bud today, I
? And the darkening clouds of I
sorrow, 4
, Are but here to drift away. Z
Arthur G.. Lewis. !
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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-08-04
The Real Article.

us she a stenographer2"
what? That swell girl2 should
say not She is a typlst"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-08-04

Light injuries are made lighter by
not regarding them.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-08-04

1t is a significant fact that parrots
never learn to swear until after they
are domesticated.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1908-08-04
COMMON SENSE

In moving don't forget your cat.
Pocahontas star herald., 1908-11-20

The Thanksgiving Pumpkin Pie
The pumpkin is quite an institu-
tion hereabouts. The llousekeeper
says of it that since the days of the
early settlers the ripening of the
Colossal oranges of the cornfelds,
as Oliver Wendell Homes termed
this appetizing article of food, has
suggested all mannerof rare culinary
triumphs, of which the piece de re-
sistance is our native pumpkin pie;
but while it is generally con eded
to be "tO the manner born," in
New England there is no reason why
this gastronomic triumph is to be
reserved for any especial section or
class of housewives. The secret oil
its preparation may be easily ac
quired, and certainly no twentieth
century chef can improve on ou'
grandmother's recipes, which if fol
lowed carefully, will furnish a MOI
sci pleasing to the most epicureal
of tastes. The delicate flavor OF
the pumpkin is developed only by a
long and gentle application of heat.
so when preparing it for pies, al.
ways stew it for three or -four
hours, then mix it with the other
ingredients. To each cupful of
pulp add two well-beaten eggs,
half cupful of sugar, a tablespoon
full of cornstarch Dissolved in cup
full of cream, half a teaspoOnful
each of ginger and cinnamon, AID
a teaspoonful of lemon extract; add
large tablespoonful of melted but.
ter, and fill the paste full with this
mixture, bake brown in moderate
oven. Memphis News Scimitar.
Pocahontas star herald., 1908-11-20

The Randolph county Farmers
Union is to be commended for the
stand it has taken against night
riding and all forms of lawlessness
All good citizens in every calling
of life are a unite in all matter,
that pertain to the moral develop
meat of the community in which
they reside and they can always b,
depended upon TO give their hearty
support in direct opposition to Law
breakers.
Pocahontas star herald., 1908-11-20
Mr.. Bryan III Other Roles

y
Rev. Mr.. French Oliver, who is
holding revival meeting at Burl
ingtoh, Kan, has written an open
letter to William }. Bryan, urging
the Nebraskan to become an evange
list, and predicting that he would
become an equal of the Apostle
Paul.
There are two callings in which
Mr. Bryan might have won distinc
ton, the stage and the pulpit.
lie has the stature, the voice, the
mobility of countenance, the mag
netlsm and that innate sense of
knowing how to say things. If he
had been trained to the stage lie
must have made his mark there.
For the pnlpit Mr.. Bryan has the
religious conviction, the moral
character, the voice, the power OF
ready and appealing speech, the
ability to soar to great heights with
great subjects.
Mr.. Bryan is one of the greatest
political evangelists this country
has ever seen, He might be as great
or greater as an evangel of religion
Little Rock Gazette.
Pocahontas star herald., 1908-11-20

AS for the great commoner who
has thrice led the hosts of democ.
racy and thrice gone down to de,
feat, defeat has but made him
greater. The American people, re,
gardless of party affiliations, look
with kindness and affection towards
Lincoln, Nebraska, where today a
big, brave man, a real leader of
men, watches his life's ambition
fade. Mr.. Bryan will never be
president, but he has something far
better than the presidency-the
loyalty, devotion and affection of
his fellow citizens of all parties. -
Kansas City Post.
Pocahontas star herald., 1908-11-20

Ed B. Stolle, secretary of the
Randolph County Union, is dis
tributing a number of copies of the
Unions constitution and bylaws.
The Star Herald has just turned out
one hundred extra copies of the
same.
A correspondent wishes to know
the meaning of the word "per" in
business, and is thus answered bv a
bright exchange: 'If man is
working in bank or postoffice he
gets so much per month. If he
runs newspaper he gets so much
perhaps"
There was a meeting of the Off
GERS and stockholders of the Farm
ers' Mutual Telephone Company
here on last Saturday. A movement
to incorporate was voted down.
There was also movement to merge
the system with the Ozark system,
allowing G. A. Doris of the latter
to have full control of both, but
this was also voted down.
R. L. Redwine Of Doniphan. is
contemplating the establishment of
a wholesale grocery business at
Frederick, Okla.
The town of Melbourne has three
citizens whose combined age is 239
years
A Portia merchant found snake
in crate of bananas which he re-
ceiVed few days since.
The Baptist of Walnut Ridge
are preparing to erect new church
building. Their church was de-
stroyed by fire recently.
The new $40, 900 school boilding
at Hoxie is nearing completion.
The building Is being constructed
of stone and brick and will be
PROVIDED with all modern eonven-
fences.
Rufe Lacy of Foster brought US
quite freak sweet potato Saturday.
1t was eight inches in length and
was an exact imitation or shape of
an ordinary puddle duck, except
that it had no feet.
Pocahontas star herald., 1908-11-20
at Might Have Been"

"Of all the words of tongue OF
pen, the saddest are" well, we all
know what they are, anyway The
Democratic party has again met de.
feat and there are any number of
people ready to come at you with
the old "I-told-you-so" proposition.
But we are going TO be honest and
fair and square and tell why we
thought the Democrats had a good
chance to win this time, and why,
with the party still united, they
will eventually get in control of the
government. In the first place, al
though defeat it was, yet the Demo
cratic party was not so badly de-
feated as our Republican brethren
would have you believe, and even
we who have always been great ad-
nirers of Mr.. Bryan must now ad-
NIT that it was more personal than
party defeat. We won't attempt
to show why Mr.. Bryan is weaker
than his party, but figures won't he
and we will publish few figures
on the result of last Tuesdays
election. To begin with, Judge
Parker, the party standard bearer
four years ago, was beaten by a
popular majority of over 5000, 900;
this year, Bryan was defeated by a
popular majority of 1000, 200, but
the Democratic party was beaten by
less than 700, 900 in the nation.
Mr.. Bryan carried the following
states, with a total of 1874 votes:
Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Flor.
ida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana,
Maryland, Mississippi, Nebraska,
Nevada, North Carolina, Oklahoma,
South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas
and Virginia.
Mr.. Bryan ran thousands of votes
behind the Democratic state ticket
IN nearly every state, and the
Democrats won out Ill the following
states with the exception of gov
ernor in MissouriD with plenty of
votes to spare:--Indiana, Ohio,
Missouri, Minnesota, Montana and
North Dakota. These states have
an ELECTORAL vote of "A and had
Mr.. Bryan ran along with his party
in these states the vote in the
electoral college would have been.
BRYAN 23s, Taft 245. Hence it can be
easily seen that the peoples faith in
the Democracy is growing stronger
instead of weaker and her triumph
will come, sooner OF later. Fate
has so decreed that by giving us
Democratic legislatures in both
Nebraska and Indiana Mr.. Bryan
and Mr.. Kern may both be in the
United States senate when the next
presidential campaign comes around,
! and with Gov. johnson of Mime
sofa, Gov. Burke of North Dakota,
Gov. Marshall of Indiana, Gov,
Harmon of Ohio, or some other
Moses to lead the party, we will
give the Republicans a worse scare
than was given them last week,
Pocahontas star herald., 1908-11-20

'Owing to apathy among the
Democrats" says the Brinkley
Citizen, "Monroe county Was car
ried by the Republicans this time. "
And Monroe is the home of Judge
Milwee, chairman of the Democratic
state committee, and if the right
kind of interest had been taken
should have given both Bryan and
Old6eld big majorities.