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The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1909-05-15

Coroltna Langdon had an austere louc-
illness.
for my party's sake. just like every
body else" and Sanders grinned sug-
gestively at his questioner.
"Have you anything further to sayT
asked Langdon In tone limiting that
he would like to be rid Of his caller.
"Well. since you are SO very new In
this game, senator. I'll talk right ont
IN meetin', as they call 1t. came to
ask about an appointment an to tip
You OF ON a couple O. propositions
want Jim Hagley taken care Of
you've heard Of Jim-was clerk o Fen
imore county. A $1,000 year job IL
do for him: $500 o. that be gives to the
organization" :.
"You're the organization, aren't your
Queried Langdon.
why. yes. Are you just gettin'
vvfaa9r crsaS Sandsra ''Havenf ] got
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1909-05-15
Read the advertisements.
Hill Farm Sold.

The Enterprise Real Estate com
pany has sold Ole Engelbretson'
160 acre hill farm near Wallowa to
H. e. Misner for $1100.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1909-05-15
CHAPTER III.
HOW TO PLEASE A SENATOR.


"HE International hotel in Wash
ington was all hustle and hustle.
Was 1t not preparing for Its
4 first senator since 1885? No
less a parsonage than the Hon. Will
liam ii. Langdon of Mississippi, said
to be warm personal friend of SEN
ator Stevens, one of the leading men,
bers Of his party at the capital, had
engaged a suit Of rooms for himself
and two daughters.
"Ain't it the limit?" remarked the
chief clerk to Bud Haines, correspond
ent Of the New York Star. "The SEN
ator wrote us that he was coming here
because his old friend, the late Sen
atOr Moseley. said back In '75 that this
was the best hotel In Washington and
where all the prominent men ought to
stay"
Haines, the ablest political reporter
In Washington. had come to the Inter-
national to interview the new senator,
to describe for his paper what kind Of
citizen Langdon was. He glanced
around at the dingy woodwork, the
worn cushions, the nicked and uneven
tiles Of the hotel lobby, and smiled at
the clerk. well, IL this is the new
senator's idea Of princely luxury he
will fit right into the senatorial atmos-
phere" Both laughed derisively. by
the way" added Haines, Il suppose
you'll raise your rates now that you've
got a senator here"
The clerk brought his fist down on
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1909-05-15

the register with
q thud.
I'VE could have
them every day
If we wanted
them. This fel-
low, though, we'u
have all winter, l
guess. His sons
here now. Been
breaking all rec
ords for drink
ing. Congress
man Norton Of
Mississippi has
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1909-05-15

For a burn or scald apply Chamber
lains Salve. 1t will allay the pain
almost instantly and quickly heal the
injured parts. For sale by Bunaugh
and Mayfield.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-26
.Anesthesia and Its Dangers.

While the new anesthetic, stovaine, dis
covered by Jonnesco. was hailed by many
scientists as q remarkable advance in aid
Of humane surgery, there were doubts at
the outset as to the wisdom of adopting
it for use in all cases. Conservative sur
geons and physicians pointed out that
the injection Of a powerful drug into the
spinal canal. whatever its Immediately
beneficial effects in the permission of
major operations under local anesthesia.
was possibly harmful to the spinal sys-
TEN itself Bad effects following the op-
Grafton were feared Such effects have
now developed In several OF the cases in
which stovaine has been used in this
country. and there is in consequence a
distinct reaction In sentiment against the
new anesthetic. 1t is regarded today as
still an experiment. to be used with the
greatest care and only in cases OF abso-
lutte need.
Surgeons have carried their science to
a remarkable degree since the develop
ment Of chloroform and ether to effect
the diminution of sensitiveness to pain.
Had 1t not been for the discoveries OF
Morton of Boston and Simpson of Edin-
hurgh, who first used this agent in sur
gerry, probably many of the most serious
ailments to which mankind is subject
would have remained unconquered. Lit
tie by little the surgeons progressed in
their explorations with the knife, en-
couraged by the knowledge that their
patients were free from pain. But an
esthetic surgery in turn developed it's
drawbacks. 1t was found that chloro-
form has Q bad e6ect on the heart
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-26
Thought for the Others.

The day after Christmas Is a good time
to begin to take account Of stock and look
around for opportunities to eQualize some
what in the matter of the seasons boun-
ties In the hurry Of the preparations,
even with the most conscientious OBJ
servance of the "shop early" admonition,
there will have been some lapses of
memory. some people forgotten who
should have been remembered. and. above
all, chances to devote some of the surplus
to charity. 1t Is never too late to do a
good act, and a gift is none the less ac-
ceptable If 1t is rendered in the right
spirit. even though 1t is given after
Christmas.
In a few days the house will be clutter
ed with toys and trinkets. which have
served their brief use to divert children
perhaps already satiated with novelties
and paythings. In the hospitals and
asylums are children to whom Christmas
has brought perhaps nothing but suffering
and sadness. A little clearing house work
should be undertaken in every Washing
ton home. to see what can be spared to
give these children of sorrow a bit Of
brightness and entertainment.
An unselfish child Is one OF the happiest
of creatures, one of the most admirable
1t should be the part of every parent to
teach the lesson of unselfshness, and nc
better opportunity can be afforded thar
during these days Immediately following
Christmas. when the youngsters are free
from school duties and are intent up0r
the enjoyment of their gifts. Their owr
happiness should be utilized to direct
their thoughts to the possible misery OF
the less fortunate. the orphans and the
sick. II they can be induced through
gentle suggestion to give away some Of
their own belongings, those which have
served their ends and lost their imme
date interest. they will not only shec
brightness into dark corners, but will
have gained an experience OF value In
character building.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-26
A Puckerless Persimmon.

Luther Burbank is known the world
over as the wizard of the plant world.
He has done some remarkable things in
the way of cross-fertilization and the
production of peculiar varieties of fruits
and vegetables. including the spineless
cactus and seedless apples. Secretary
Wilson, however, has hit upon line Of
research that the Californian has either
not attempted or has given up In despair.
Mr.. Wilson feels that the Department of
Agriculture, having conferred many boons
upon humanity, owes it to mankind to
evolve puckerless persimmon. He thinks
that 1t is possible to produce a fruit
that will be eatabIe before 1t has softened
into pulp. So he has set his bright young
men at work experimenting with the
frost fruit, and he hopes soon to an
nounce the development Of a persimmon
that can be eaten without fear and
without reproach as soon as 1t has in
vited consumption by the blushing Of its
skin. There will be many to welcome
such a persimmon. and many to repine
Somehow. it Is impossible to think of
persimmons without the tang left by the
pucker stuff that the frost has Just
driven away. Perhaps the new persim-
mon will not be all that the old per-
simmon is. and 1t may not meet with
the approval of those to whom the pleas
ures of autumn are not complete until
the fully ripe persimmon has fallen from
the tree.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-26
Loans and Law.

/, Ii is urged in the campaign for Iegisla-
ton to cure the evil OF extortionate small
loans in this District that laws alone are
not sufficient to effect a remedy. One of
the speakers In the Monday Evening
Clubs discussion stated that In other
cities where this matter has been at
tackled on a legislative basis IL has been
found that unless a reliable agency for
the solving OF personal financial difficult
ties is established regulation does not
work cure. In other words. the small
loan business, even when prohibited by
law. will continue to flourish in usury
under cover. Nevertheless the most i'm
portant thing to do now in Washington
is 10 secure the passage OF a law permit
by the Commissioners and the mainte-
nance OF strict supervision over all reg
istered companies, firms or individuals
engaged in this business.
Ii is true that the loan business is to a
large extent conducted under cover.
disgraceful to borrow money. AS a mat
ter of fact, most of the business of the
day Is conducted upon credit. and banks
are maintained in great numbers and
with enormous capital for the purpose OF
lending money to individuals and cor
porations. There is nothing disgraceful
in borrowing unless the borrower has by
bad management or through bad habits
drought himself into financial straits
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-26

or unless he fails to make return.
II he adjusts himself and his af-
fairs to liquidats this debt and to re-
establish himself on q sound economic
basis his obligation may be the means
OF restoring him to good financial health.
The loan shark" takes advantage OF
the unwillingness of the borrower to let
others know about his obligations. He
plays upon his fear of exposure and i'm
poses conditions upon him that under
regulation would be impossible Of en-
forement. Probably no matter what
the laws there will always be individual
enterprises of this Kind. conducted in
secret land in defiance of the regulations.
private loan agencies advertised only by
word OF mouth and, depending for the
enforcement of their claims upon the bor-
rower's natural distaste for proclamation
as a patron of such means of relief A
vicious cyAe is established. the illegal
character OF the operation serving in a
measure as tits own protection.
Doubtless with a we'll devised and
wisely administered law the usurious
loan agency. however. would soon be re-
duced to a negligible minimum. This
agitation. followed by an enactment by
Congress land the establishment of regu-
lations by the Commissioners will have
sufficiently advertised the situation to
make it plain to all prospective borrow
ers in the District that there is no need
to patronize the sharks in order to OBJ
tain funds to meet emergencies. on. rea-
sonable terms. No law will ever abso-
lutely prevent the evil at which 1t is
aimed. but a law OF character now out
lined as necessary for the District will
go far toward preventing the great eco
nomic waste and the widespread 'suffer-
ing caused blythe usurers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-26

and numerous patients died of heart fail
ure owing to a lack Of knowledge OF
just how to administer the anesthetic
safely. The use Of ether developed In
consequence of this discovery, but that
In turn has been found to exert dan
gerous influence upon the respiratory
system and pneumonia sometimes attacks
the patient after anesthesia.
1t has been In the hope OF discovering
an anesthetic that would not affect any
Of the organs OF the body unfavorably
that experimenters have conducted their
researches and developed such drugs as
cocaine. stovaine and other agents for
causing a suspension of sensation
throughout a certain area. Cocaine has
been immeasurably useful in dentistry
and in minor operations or In cases
where the area of disease is easily ex-
posed and manipulated. Cocaine has also
been injected in the spinal cord with
distinct effect in causing insensibiity to
pain below the point OF injection. but
this use has been subject to objections
as it has been found that bad after Eff
fects have been produced. such as con-
vulsions and unwholesome conditions OF
some of the organs. The bad enects
from stovaine have been OF somewhat
the same nature. In the first use OF 1t
heart weakness occasionally developed.
and consequently strychnine was added
20 offset this tendency.
The fact is that anesthesia Is an abb
normal condition and anything that
causes ii is necessarily an arrest Of the
normal actions of the system. and con-
sequently is attended with danger. Apart
from the immediate perils Of the opera
ton itself, the suspension of sensation or
of consciousness will probably always
be problematical in it's consequences.
No absolutely sure, safe road to COM
plete insensibility to pain Is to be ex-
pected short of the accomplishment of a
marvellous conquest over nature.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-26
zfLAYA.

From the Nashville Tennessean.
From Zelaya to Madriz was only 9
leap on the part of Nicaragua from one
frying pan into q hotter one.
From the Birmingham Age-Heraid.
Zelaya knows the inevitable when ne
sees 1t steaming into the roadsteads OF
Nicaragua.
From the Rochester Post Express.
According to Zelaya, he who rules and
runs away may live to kick up q revoius
ton some other day.
From the Anaconda Standard.
Zelaya's set Of MY Policies seems to
have been permanently shelved.
From the Los Angeles Express
Having Joined the Down and Outs" we
trust Zelaya will stay there.
From the Pittsburs Gazette Times.
Zelaya might find Dr. Cooks address
and then 90 Into retirement with him.
From the Buffalo Express.
The girl who won a breach-of-promise
suit from young Zelaya was named Hero.
1t would take a person with a name such
as that to want to marry into that
family.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-26
CONSOLATION.

The morning light is dim and late.
My spirits droop and lag;
] wish the day would kindly wait,
And labor wouldn't nag.
The situation. though. is not
Without Its comfort here,
My buckwheat cakes are smoking hot,
The maple sirup's clear.
Last night with friends tarr.ed long.
Though knowing 4 snouid rest,
tenor captured with \ song
The girl liked the best.
This morning, looking In the glass.
l mourn my hapless lot:
But never mind. 4 let IL pass
The buckwheat cakes are hot.
The day looms up before me dark.
A day with cares beset;
I feel I'm quite an cay mark
l wish 1 could forget.
With Joy see the buckwheat cakes
Send out their fragrant steam;
The maple strip hunger wakes
This breakfast II q dream.
The days no longer dark and cold:
My pulses STEADY beat;
My spirits arrogant and bold
And life 10 passing sweet
The girl may have ner tenor chap
Ana happy be her lot;
For her / do not care q rap
While buckwheat cakes are hot.
chicago News
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-26
An Approaching Campaign,

Tn London cable describing the politi-
cal situation 1t is stated that 'many
families are divided against themselves
In some cases a father is running for
parliament and his wife and daughters
are working against him."
IT was the night before election. and
the Hon. John Smith Of the Podhlnk dis
trict candidate for reelection to Con-
ress, smiled upon his wife and daugn-
ter as with carving knife and fork IN
hand. he addressed himself to dividing
the chicken at dinner. Mrs. and Miss
Smith were supporting the OPPOSITION
ca ndidate, and Mr.. Smiths smile was
accepted as an aggravating challenge
Mrs. Smith spoke for the opposlt1on.
How do things look to you LADIES'!
you can't pump me. my dear THIS
with firmness. ,,..
I'm not trying to pump you. my me
I only ask for general statement lou
can give that, can't you. without giving
your side away:
"Ah, we'll. as to that. I think you are
a goner."
"A soner? After my speech closing the
campaign" ,.,
"As poor speech as you mace ou' i's
the whole OF the campaign.
Gould you have improved on II?
probably not, taking your side ofsmat-
tiers. But, judged from the right SIDE
of matters, it was simply punk You
side-stepped everything"
Punk? Side-stepped? My life. how
do those words strike you upon re-
hection?"
sSee here Thatsis the second time
YOU have corrected me. When l was
a combination doll and housekeeper l
spoke one language. Now that am a
voter and a political worker I speak the
| language Of the tribe. Understand?
''Well, IL 1t shall prove that 1 am a
goner, may I look to you ladies to sup
| port the family? With my job gone,
shall soon be empty of pocket"
Don't worry. There'll be some good
things going when Mr.. Jones comes in.
Mary Jane and I have been of great
service to him. and why should we not
both land? 1 may try for the post
Office. Wen stake you until you can
take a look around. and get your head
piece on straight politically. little
rest will do you good. I think l never
| saw a man quite so far out of the mid
die Of the road as you now are
AS Mr. Smith rose from the table at
| the close Of the meal he said to his
| wife: my life, I'm quite exhausted, and
shall be certain to oversleep myself un-
less I'm called. Will you be good enough
| to look in as you pass my door in the
morning and tell me the hour?"
| .sIN give an order to have you called
l shall need no call myself. I'm Jones
| watcher and challenger at precinct ten
| and my heart is in my cause. The
Jones people are not exhausted. Like
leader, like following. The whole Smith
outfit needs TO be walked up. And IL
| will get an eye-opener tomorrow
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-26
The Hartman Wealth.

The value of the estate left by f. II
Hartman has been a theme of specula-
ton ever since the death of the raiiroao
king was announced. 1t was sup1ec'
that interested the public. In fact. IL was
hut a continuation of speculation which
had long been INDUCED In
The question for some years had been
how much is Mr.. Hartman worth! Inc
figure was always high. Everybody was
disposed to believe that the man VINO
was performing such wonders In the way
of business combinations and almost
dominating continental railroad trahe
must be enormously rich.
He, of course, let the gossip run RIOT
He profited by 1t, and probably other
wise enjoyed it. Although carrying sucn
heavy responsibilities and necessarily
busy with serious things. he had vein
of humor, and was even witty with MS
iutimates. 1t is not difficult to imagine
him chuckling over a printed story whose
author. under the spell Of exaggeraton
had piled up the Hartman millions mucr
higher than he himself, with all or MS
genius and opportunities, had been able
to do.
There was a little difference of only
about hundred millions between the
highest and the lowest figures put ou'
the day after the funeral. 1t was cieai
that nothing definite was known, and al
the tattle was a free-for-all, everybody
tattled TO suit his tastes or his interests
Wall street probably discounted tne
whole proceeding, but the general run o,
newspaper readers could but marvel OF
smile. according to the individual humor
In all such cases large figures pre-
dominate. Gossipers are generous. and
can afford to be. The public delights
in round numbers. Fairy stories are mol
alone for children. Grown-ups like them
and swallow them with avidity and rel
ish. Change the dramats personae
from little people to big, and the scene
from under the greenwood tree 70 the
gold mine, or diamond mine, or counting
room, and the fairy story for man OF
woman anywhere between twenty and
sixty is easily constructed.
Mrs. Hartman and her children are
beyond a reasonable doubt, very rlcn
even as riches now are counted. And
not unlikely, they will add to their In
heritances. Mr.. Hartman once publicly
complimented his wife's capacity Tor
business But the actual figures are
no more accessible Tor the public's. In
formation now than when Mr.. Hartman
was alive and adding to his properties
There is no reason why they should
be except for the taxgatherer's pur'
poses, and he does not depend on COS,
sip or fairy stories
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-26
VARIOUS VERSES
ON TIMELY TOPICS
New READING.

The light that lies in polar skies
Has been my Gains undoing:
With boresl glare I've done my share
OF woven-fabric chewing.
My only books were DIR. Cooks.
And now that I am weary
I'm one that CLEANS the magazines
For thrilling words from Peary.
or shaving soaps and straps and ropes
He gives me good advisement
To razor strops and sweet gum drops
He signs an advertisement;
The joys Of guns and patent buns
Were never comprehended
Until | read just what he said
When them he recommended.
Page after page OF letters sage
I've given my perusal,
I've read OF mems good fountain pens
He'd not give his refusal;
or underwear and folding chair
And outfits Photographic.
I've read until know l viii
Be at for polar trafic.
Collapsing boats and overcoats
And bottles that won't trickle-
j will not say but what one day
He rode some ones bicycle.
Page after page with dying rage
Against this arctic hero
I've read OF puffs and handy stuns
For forty below zero.
Goods for his ship, goods for his trip
All. there is no Disgusting
That sweets the use Of plain abuse,
But sweeter advertising.
No more i care how people fare
Where it's eternal winter:
Upon my soul l wish the pole
Were shattered TO q splinter!
Chicago Evening Post
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-26
A week OF The FAMILY.

On Monday they skirmished on poker
And ethics Of losing the rent;
On Tuesday they locked horns on shipping
And what on q hat should be spent.
On Wednesday they sQuabbled ON clothing.
: The button he missed from his shirt;
On Thursday they fought about cleaning
And needless removal Of dirt.
On Friday they fell out on whether
She cooked as his mother once did;
On Saturday disagreed hercely
On whether TO wallop their kid"
On Sunday they .'serapped" on religion,
Churchgoing and fallen estate.
Election and predestnation,
And how much ~ put in the plate.
Which proves that IL women had suffrage
That boon some so ardently seek.
To quarrel ON politics surely
Would need an eighth day In the week.
IMcIAndburgh Wilson In New York SuAs
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-26
EXIT COOK.

From the Brooklyn Standard Union
Perhaps the terrible mistake was made
of not sending a couple of barrels of
gumdrops to Copenhagen.
From the Chicago News.
In other words. when the Danish scien-
lists took the Cook records" home and
tried them on the piano they did not care
for the tune.
From the Newark Star.
Refined cruelty to print those pictures
of the hero crowned with garlands, taken
upon his return from the frozen north.
From the Providence Evening Tribune.
At the present rate the geographical
and scientific bodies may come to the
conclu sion that DIR. Cook never even
heard Of the north pole
From the Richmond Times Dispatch.
The DR.. Cook episode is positively the
grandest chance the IT Told You Soere"
have had In half a century.
From the Chicago Evening Post.
Copenhagen" means buying haven"
1t has finally rejected one gold brick.
though.
From the Elizabeth Times.
What is the Danish for I'VE want those
decorations back?"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-26
Bank Deposits.

Evidently the proposition for guaran-
teeing bank deposits needs more thought.
In its present shape it is not satisfactory.
Neither the courts nor the more influen-
tial business bodies are convinced. Mr..
Bryan and Gov. Haskell. and some west
ern republican leaders. give 1t the weight
of their Endorsement, but not a man OF
the number is regarded as a financier.
1t would be perfectly lovely thing ii
there were no risks at all about invest
ments or bank deposits. but as yet there
are many. And who shall say that all
of them can be eliminated before the
dawn Of the millennium?
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-12-26
ON The JINCLlNC ROAD.

I dunno bout de reindeer OATS runnin' wild do
sleigh,
But / know dat Sandy's seekIn er de Chris'.
mus chile today.
Watch out, chlluns.
Be good you kin be.
An you'll de toys hangin'
On de shiny Christmas Tree
De snow will never stop him: he knows hik
gals and boys.
He member whar dey live at wen he nxiHs
up his toys.
Watch out, chilluns!
DE sights you gwine ter see:
Des q worT toys
On de shiny Chris mus Tree.
IF. s. Stanton. in Atlanta Constitution