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The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-02-20
BE NE
ATH THIS ST ONERE POSET
II. CLAUD, COS TERTRIP
z SELLERO.
F1MP IN CT ONAS DO
TH-HI
S. G
ON SOR TIANE

1t was generally thought to be Latin inscrip-
ton. All agreed that H. Claud must be the name
of the deceased nobleman, and many thought that
''E. SELLERO" proved him to be native of Sill
lery, near Marne i'll France "SOR: TIANE.0
with which the inscription ended was accepted as
conclusive evidence that sister of IT, CIaud
(SOR :-soror, anglice Sister,, named Tian was
lying beside her brother. in the same grave One
year the local paper increased its circulation con-
sideraby by opening a most animated discussion
upon the interesting inscription. The literary
storm lasted several weeks and many hard knocks
were given and received by those who took part in
the controversy At last however letter appeared
from the editor, in which he merely said:
This discussion may now cease. While thank
ing correspondents for their many and inter
esting letters often enriched with quotations from
the Latin classics in support of their views. we
venture to think that the mystery surrounding the
strange epitaph may easily be solved by merely
printing the same with greater regard to correct
punctuation and arrangement. Here is the in
scrption without alteration of single letter. and
it seems simple enough:
BENEATH
THIS STONE REPOSETH CLAUD
COSTER, Triple SELLER, OF
IMPINGTON, AS DOETH HIS CONSORT
JANE"
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-02-20
GETTYSBURG MEMORIAL.

The state of Pennsylvania has arranged TO erect
suitable monument the famous old battlefield
of Gettysburg, where one of the greatest battles
of the civil war was waged for three days The
memorial will be massive double arch, 100 feet
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-02-20

Sixty-nine cents ten years ago had the same
purchasing power dollar today, according to
the statistics Of Professor Joseph F. Johnson of
New York university. Further explanation Of the
meaning of the high cost of living seems SUI
perhuous
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-02-20

Apropos of the prohibition agitation. it is per
tinent to print the shortest sentence containing
every letter of the alphabet upon this important
subject. The sentence is: Pack my box with FIVE
dozen liquor jugs" Eight words, thirty-two let
ters, only six repetitions.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-02-20

Then, too, the increased cost of keeping up ap-
pearances amounts to something in a month or six
weeks
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-02-20

The legislators are discovering that the job is
not much of sinecure at So per- Mighty few of
them but would rather go back home and tend the
store from early morn till late at night
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-02-20

Benzoate of soda may not be particularly harm
full to the human system. The great objection to
its is that it permits the manufacturers of food
products to work UP inferior products into high
priced staple articles
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-02-20

Notwithstanding the prohibition wave that has
swept the country it is asserted that the internal
revenue taxes remain about the same as ever.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-02-20

February is the month IN which the maple sap
begins to flow, but the pure food law doesn't pre-
vent the maple strip factories running full time
the rest of the year,
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-02-20

When it was announced that Castro went under
the knife it was probably relief to him to think
that he would escape the hammer for few days.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-02-20

high degree of civilization is attained when
half of the people live off the labor of the other
half. Let's be civilized.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-02-20

Lots of women have regulations Of being clev-
er, but of them spoil good dinner in the
cooking.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-02-20

Speaking Of the conservation of our natural
sources care must be taken not to transpose a few
letters and make it conversation.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-02-20

There is always room for one more at the top,
but the bottom is always crowded, so that effort
is necessary to get out of it.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-02-20

The trusts hand 1t to us like try to hand it
to the other fellow; they buy in the lowest market
and sell in the highest. Horrid trusts.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-02-20

Report says there is little change in Wall street.
If the big bills hold out they viii try to get along.
though
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-02-20

1t Is reported that the Suez canal pays annual
dividends of from "a to % per cent. More water
is needed in the canal
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-02-20

The chauffeur ought to be able to keep in pretty
good practice by working over the furnace in bad
weather
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-02-20

Take comfort We fans. in the hope that the tttaI
state baseball league may not strike out.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-02-20

One nice thing about these legislative confer
ences we hear about-they are not so important as
the eonferees think they are
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-02-20

No member of the legislature seems to know
what is going to be done, but he will help to do it.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-02-20
CHANGING ADDRESSES.

supscribers removing from place to another
ano desiring papers changed should always give for
mer as well present address
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-02-20

of sorrow into this one pithy and expressive line;
The light of my life has gone out.
But it at once brought the very pertinent retort'
written in pencil below the carved lne
Then strike another match.
Of the exigencies of rhyme and the habit of tor
turing words to reduce them to a common sound
we have an excellent example in the eighth word
of the following often-quoted epitaph:
Here lie with my spirit at aisle:
With the tip of my nose.
And the tops of my toes
Turned up to the roots of the daisies
Occasionally an inscription is met with which
not only describes the special avocaons OF the de
ceased. but which also comments upon their death
and Inflammation in terms borrowed from those Ia
military used in their own particular calling or
trade
The following lament over Miss E. Batchelour.
once famous maker and seller of tarts and puts
and pies at Oxford will illustrate our meaning:
Here, into the dust,
The Wondering crust
Of Elenor Batcheour's shoven
Well versed in the arts
Of pies custards and tarts
And the lucrative skill of the
When she'd lived long enough,
She made her last puff
puff by her husband much praised
Now here she doth lie
And makes a dirt pie
In hopes that her crust may be raised.
Some of the simple inscriptions on the graves of
the poor are as touching they simple, and
breathe spirit of sweet context and resignation.
Though the impecunious often occupy in
feror place. even in the graveyard, yet they sleep
as soundly as others. and their position does not
distress them at least if we may draw any conclu-
sion from the quaint words of the following cpl
taph:
Here I lie at the Chancel door,
Here | lie, because | am poor,
The further in, the more you pay;
Here lie, as warm as they.
1t is not only age and the wear and tear of time
that renders it difficult to decipher the writing on
a tombstone.
Sometimes the difficulty arises from the Ian
guage and style of the writer: sometimes from the
used and occasionally even from the
strange manner of punctuating and dividing the
words and letters. Many examples occur to me, but
I Will content myself, and I have no doubt my in
dulgent readers also, with just one.
Near Impington, among a great number of !
other headStones, stood one which for many years
puzzled the best antiquarian5 and archaeolo-
giSts. Many student of ancient writings and |
archaic manuscripts had stood before the monu-
ment and gazed with wondering eyes at the unintel-
igible epitaph; had confessed himself baffed, and
had gone away, humbled and detected because un-
able to interpret it. The words ran thus:
BE NE
ATH THIS ST ONERE POSET
H, CLAUD, COS TERTRIP
E SELLERO.
F1MP IN CT ONAS DO
TH-HI
S. G
ON SOR. TIANE
1t was generally thought to be Latin inscrip-
ion. All agreed that H. Claud must be the name
If the deceased nobeman, and many thought that
r. SELLERO' proved him to be native of Sill
cry Marne i'll France. "SOR TIANE7
With which the inscription ended was accepted as
conclusive evidence that a sister of IT, CIaud
SOR .-SOrOT anplicp "Sistpr'O named Tiau 1yos
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-02-20
CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED.

Inc Reverend Clergy requested o send to THE
1NTERMOUNTAIN CATHOLIC news contributions
q interest TO their respective parishes.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-02-20
REMITTANCES.

Kernlttances should be made by postofhce ex
press money orders drafts registered letters.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-02-20

Some of the simple inscriptions on the graves of
the poor are as touching as they simple, and
breathe spirit of sweet context and resignation.
Though the impecmious often occupy in
ferior place. even in the graveyard, yet they sleep
as soundly as others. and their position does not
distress them at least if we may draw any conclu-
sion from the quaint words of the following cpl
taph:
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-02-20

do not weep, my dearest life:
Sleep on! I've got another wife.
| therefore cannot come to thee
For | must go and talk to shee
On similar occasion a certain husband. bury
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-02-20

OF the exigencies of rhyme and the habit OF tor
turing words to reduce them to a common sound.
we have an excellent example in the eighth word
of the following often-quoted epitaph:
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-02-20

But it at once brought the very pertinent retort'
written in pencil below the carved line:
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-02-20

Here / lie at the Chancel door.
Here l lie, because [ am poor,
The further in, the more you pay;
Here | lie, as warm as they.
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-02-20

Occasionally an inscription is met with which
not only describes the special avocaons OF the de
ceased. but which also comments upon their death
and Inflammation in terms borrowed from those IA
military used in their own particular calling or
trade.
The following lament over Miss +. Batchelour.
once famous maker and seller of tarts and puHs
and pies at Oxford will illustrate our meaning:
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-02-20

ing his wife, content to concentrate an ocean
of sorrow into this one pithy and expressive me
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-02-20

entered in the Postohice at Salt Lake as Second
Class Matter)
The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1909-02-20

Then strike another match.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-01-05

In spite Of snow storms or anything
else the big meeting at the CONNER
cial association room will be held to-
night and the session promises to be
ABOUT the biggest business mems
gathering held for many days.
Naturally the wooden mill propo-
sltion will be the most absorbing sub
Ject. The status of the movement at
this time will be explained by those
in charge of affairs and, SO it Is
understood, a hustllng committee
will be named to dispose of the $780,
600 bond issue.
But aside from the wooden mill
there will also be other questions Of
interest up for discussion. Being the
last session of the club before the
legislative session there may be some
thing up regarding legislative needs
The county court meets tomorrow to
make the tax levy for the coming
year. 1t is very probable that the
matter Of inducing the county court
to levy heavier county school tax
VIII be taken up this evening.
Aside from all these things comes
the matter of remodelling the assocl-
alton rooms, a subject that has SEEM
ingly been allowed to go to sleep
during the past few weeks.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-01-05
A BURMESE RAT TRAP.
The Rodents Will Eagerly Enter II and
Cannot Get Out.


Rats may readily be induced to jumT
or drop into any receptacle especially
If II affords them adequate conceal
ment. and they do this without one lin
gering suspicion of their inability tC
reach the only existing outlet when the
time for retreat approaches
Thus traps on this principle may
readily be designed and are obviously
preferable to our rat traps where the
animals are numerous.
In Burma. where the rats are per;
feet pest, they use jar trap. which is
thus described by traveller:
'The common Pegu jar ] used was
about one and half or two feet deep
and fourteen or fifteen inches broad.
and hole was punched in the shoulder
just large enough for rat to enter.
There was about six or seven inches
Of paddy (rre in huskl in the jar.
which was then buried 10 within about
eight inches of the top The mouth Of
the jar was then closed with a board
and stone.
"A quantity Of old timber joists and
straw were in the outhouse and no end
of rat holes everywhere around
With this contrivance he caught sev.
enty-two rats in one night. The rats
can readily enter, but they cannot
climb the smooth sides of the Jar TO
Family Herald.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-01-05
A FIREPROOF TREE.
The Chaparro, One Of South Americas
Natural Curiosities.


On the vast plains of Colombia and
the north Of South America. called sa.
vannas. which are parched with heat
except during the rainy season. there
Is one of the greatest of natural curl
osities. tree called the chaparro.
which Is fireproof
1t is the custom of the Colombian
herdsmen TO clear the ground by
means of fire for the new vegetation.
which springs up so luxuriantly in
these regions after the rainy season.
But not even the intense heat of a
prairie fire affects the chaparro tree.
1t survives the flames to afford a well
come shade in an otherwise treeless
country.
1t is a small tree, seldom growing
to more than twenty feet in height,
with a glrth of about three feet 1t
owes its curious immunity from fire
to the nature of Its hard, thick bark.
The bark lies on the trunk in loose
layers. which do not readily conduct
heat to the more delicate parts of the
structure.
The natives believe that this tree
grows only where gold is abundant In
the soil below. and 1t certainly is com
mon in auriferous districts.-W Westmin-
ster Gazette.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-01-05
THE TURNED UP MUSTACHE.
Il Originated In Spain at the Court Of
Philip w.

| HthP I'VE
The German emperor, William H., is
generally regarded as the inventor of
the turned up mustache This is true
only as far as introducing it as a fash
ion. It'was invented at the court of
Philip ~, about 1925. That monarch
was the first to wear his mustache
turned upward. From the Spanish
court the fashion spread over all Eu-
rope. Charles l. of England. Philips
brother-in-law, and many members Of
the Austrian Hapsburgs adopted It. 1t
came to Belgium and was introduced
into Germany by the Spanish soldiers
during the Thirty Years war.
1t was also found in Sweden as well
as In France under Louis XIII. Under
Louis XIV. the beard went out of fash
ion, and during the time of Rocco the
elegant world knew only clean shaven
faces until the French revolution
brought the mustache again into use.
But nowhere except in its Spanish
home did the mustache rise so extrava-
gantly as with the German emperor
and his imitators.
In Spain all kinds Of artificial means,
such as bandages and coverings, were
employed to compel the mustache to
keep this unnatural upward position,
and in looking at the paintings of We
lasquez or Murillo one can easily un-
derstand that without such coercive
measures true full blooded Spaniard
could never have realized his ideal
mustaches.- .-Minneapoli Journal
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-01-05
In the House of Commons.

In the days Of Burke, Pitt and Fox
members of the house of commons
used TO relieve the tedium of debate
by sucking oranges and cracking nuts
while lying full length on the benches,
and Brougham made his great six
hours speech on law reform in 1898
with hatful Of oranges by his side
for refreshment. Joseph Hume found
solace In pears, which he took from
his bulging pockets and munched by
the hour, leaning the while against his
favorte post. No wonder oranges were
so popular, since their vender Zone of
them, at any rate) was picturesque
girl who used to sit with her wares In
the lobby, attired in a 'Sprigged mus
lin gown with a gauZe neckerchief" or
In the glory Of "clean white silk stock
lngs, Turkey leather shoes and pink
silk petticoat, becomingly short
Westminster Gazette.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-01-05
The Iarantula.

Whether the tarantula is ever a
death dealer or not Is disputed point
However there seems to be no doubt
that the bite Of this spider-like crea-
ture inhlcts one Of the most painful
wounds that the human body can en-
dure. Stolid Indians who have borne
the tortures of the sun dance without
flinching have been known to roll upon
the ground and shrek in agony when
bitten by tarantula, which leaves a
llvld scar that never grows dim. 1t Is
possible that the tarantula bite some
times proves fatal, although It is diff
cult TO find well authenticated In
stance Of this kind. - Chicago Inter
Ocean.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-01-05

False hair was first regularly worn
In England by Queen Elizabeth. who
had upward Of fifty wigs of different
kinds for her private use After her
death few women adopted the
French fashion of wearing wigs. but Il
was not until the restoration that
wigs, or more correctly speaking, peri.
wigs, came TO be extensively worn by
the sterner sex. These were intro.
duccd in the court of Louis XIV.
where natural head of hair was not
considered sufficiently luxuriant for
the artificial tastes of the times. The
term ''periwig" is corruption OF the
French perruque. Wigs were originals.
ly adopted not as remedy for bald
ness. but In the interest Of personal
cleanliness. The laws of ancient Egypt
compelled all males TO shave the head
and beard. This explains why turbans
were not worn by the Egyptians. the
bushy artificial hair being regarded as
a sufficient protection against the heat
Of the sun. The Romans. on the con.
trary, wore wigs because they were
naturally bald.-St. Louis Republic.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-01-05
LOCALS

Pastime pictures please all.
Country sausage at Ingrams.
Country spareribs at Ingrams.
st. Elmo rooms are the best In
Pendleton.
Fresh spare ribs and nice country
sausage at Ingrams
Best nut coal Give US a chance
Oregon Lumber Yard.
Rooms for rent. very reasonable
Inquire 307 West court.
Farmers headquarters in Pendleton
at the ST. Elmo rooms.
Oak wood, the heat producer, for
sale at the Oregon Lumber yard.
]. b. HALEY, express Leave orders
welchs cigar store; Phone Main 10.
wanted--to buy good secondhand
buggy. Address p. o. Box 562, City.
Get our prices on Cascade fir wood
and slab wood oregon Lumber
Yard
The Pastime theater has moved
across the street next to the French
restaurant.
II you want the best the market af-
fords in fresh fruits and vegetables.
call at Ingrams.
Wanted-Two furnished rooms for
light housekeeping. most any loca-
tlon. Inquire at L. o. office.
NJ. B. Keys cab stand at Golden
Rule hotel. Phone main 25. Special
attention given to parties and dances.
U. c. Koch in the Empire block for
new and secondhand goods Repair
shop in connection. Phone Red 1901
It isn't a new baby in w. p. Smiths
home that makes him so good natur-
ed-his wife is using Folger's Golden
Gate Coffee-her grocer grnds it,
Carload of Santarc iron and brass
beds just received at Pendleton Fur
nlture Co.. direct from the eastern
manufacturers. Call and see the pret-
ty designs.
For Sale-S0 head of work horses
and mules. From years old to I
years old. Weight 1850 to 1900 lbs.
Address ]. A. Bagwell. r. f. d. No. 2,
Adams, Ore.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-01-05

II you see It in the East oregonian,
It's 30.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-01-05
HIS TURN CAME.
The Way the Liquor Man Got Even
With the Bank Teller.


Many years ago there lived in Rut-
land, VT, two men who bore the same
name, which name we will call w. o.
Jones. One Of these men was a dap
per young bank teller; the other was
engaged in running cigar store with
saloon attachment in the rear. This
was In the days Of prohibition in Ver-
mont. Every three or four weeks the
latter Jones would be hailed into the
police court and fined for liquor sell
Ing, which was chronicled regularly in
the daily papers. The bank teller grew
nervous about 1t, and one morning this
announcement appeared: "W. o. Jones,
the popular young bank teller of the
Rutland National bank, wishes it to be
understood that he is in no way con-
nected with the saloon keeper and
hopes their names may not be con-
founded"
Now, it transpired that few months
afterward this young teller failed to
appear one morning at his accustomed
window at the bank. Upon a hasty
examination it was found that $4,000
or more of the funds of the bank had
also disappeared. The wires were
called into requisition Immediately.
and after few days he was located
In Denver. 1t was the old story. He
was brought back, incarcerated. tried,
etc.
1t was now the saloon keepers turn.
and this notice was duly published in
the same paper that issued the pre-
vious one: wv. o. Jones. the widely
known business man of Merchants
row, wishes it to he understood that he
Is in no way connected with W. o.
Jones, the defaulting bank teller now
In Jail, and hopes their names may not
be confounded." ."-EXchange
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-01-05

According to a government botanisl
at Washington, there Is reason to be-
lieve that buds share in the growing
old OF the parent plant He illustrates
his meaning in this way: Suppose the
average life Of an individual plant
iay tree-to be 100 years; then bud
,emoved when the parent plant is fifty
years old will also be virtually fifty
years of age and If transplanted by
grating will be able to live on the
graft only fifty years more.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-01-05
Ladies' Gold Watch Given Away.

The Pastime theater will give away
fine ladies' gold watch on Thursday
evening, January Z. The watch may
be seen in the window of Sawtelle's
jewelry store.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-01-05

PILES CURED IN 9 TO IA DAYS.
PAzO OINTMENT is guaranteed to
cure any case of Itching, Blind,
Bleeding or Protruding Piles in to
II days or money refunded. SOC.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-01-05

The kitchen range is not very large
or imposing. but 1t is a most import
ant complement to the cattle and
sheep range.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-01-05
WOOLEN MILLS
MASS MEETING
IMPORTANT GATHERING
AT COMMERCIAL ROOMS

Citizens Of Pendleton Who Are Inter-
ested in the Establishment of a Re-
juvcnated Manufacturing Plant are
Urged to Meet Tonight With the
Members Of the Commercial As
ISOLATION.