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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-06-25
Paderewski's Insurance.

An interview with Paderewski, as re-
Gently published in Europe and which
has many earmarks OF authenticity,
credits him with the following:
''For years I had an insurance of $50
900 on my fingers. A German company
carried the policy, for which l paid in
annual premiums about 400 marks. But
after 1 split a finger nail in Australia.
which cost the insuring. company some
thing like $50, and later suffered
slight injury in a railroad wreck near
Syracuse. n. Y, which cost them $3.50
more. the Germans got what Americans
call the colt foot and cancelled the pol
icy."-From the Independent.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-06-25

arranged the ornaments and knick-knacks,
and finally started in upon my desk.
"Oh, please don't touch that" ex-
claimed.
She stopped and looked at me. "Rod-
ney let me FIX his arm when he didn't
want to, and you"
please do" said, motioning towards
the papers, and she placed them In little
piles, quite regardless Of what they were
about.
@Now I've been horrid enough" she
said when she'd finished. II dare say men
are better Of living alone. Think how
angry you'd be II woman should do that
every day."
"rhat depends on the woman. I could
imagine"
II always told you you were imagina-
tive" she broke In. 'sThe woman you
could imagine would probably be a
nymph."
Yes" I agreed "she is"
Sand nymphs are proverbially slippery
creatures"
Eyes, 20 I've heard"
80 she might slip away from you with
out a moments notice"
CLIO SoI OOWu III LILY DlS uocn-CAH41'
Poor Rodney" she sighed. "It seems
as If he were sacrificing a great deal.
Think Of his stocks and bonds.'
eyes," I agreed. A moment later
added, 81 haven't written a line for ever
so many days"
Sand it's so important that a broker
should keep in touch with his Office" she
added.
"And that writer should write"
Then why did you give it up?"
"Duponceau," I answered Our eyes
met, and we both laughed.
There was a brief silence, and then she
rose. II have a feeling that the crisis is
coming. Remember that I trust you to
shield my pirate. I must go back to the
club"
We went downstairs, and Barbara
made her adieux.
"I'll go with you to your horse" said
Rodney.
81 shall be delighted to co. 1 put in at
the same moment.
II am not so valuable man as you,"
Rodney explained, Sin case they should cut
us off"
Barbara looked from one to the other
or us. ROunSy--- she D0gdu.
bowed. II yield" He was the older
friend, and, much as I feared him, could
but admit that he was entitled to the
privilege.
Islip smiled with pleasure. THANK
you," he said.
Rodney must not co." she finished.
1t was my turn to start for the door
"Nor must you," she continued to me. 81
am much safer alone than with either OF
you"
The matter was settled we could only
hold the door open, and let her pass out
We watched her as she went down the
beach. Once she turned and waved her
riding-crop in farewell. It was cruel that
we should be penned up within four walls
when the world was crying aloud for Joy
Of the day, and she was going out to it.
We turned back i'll at east towards each
other, and just then bullet ploughed into
the house to the right of us. We jumped
in, slammed the door, and bolted it.
There was cry from Charles They're
coming up the balcony"
(To be contipuedl
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-06-25
Prizes GOES ABROAD.
Rev. John Fl sslein Will Celebrate First
Ma in Home Church in
Favaria.

GREEN A. Wis, June 19.-[Spe-
cial.l-Ove1 In | small town in the
province Of Pavs ia, John Husslein was
baptized, m d. rs first communion, at
tended cnuIch ssrvices regularly when
boy. and ua-E rs Rev. John Husslein
he will in ~haG same church celebrate
his first ma cs a priest.
He will SCI sail for Hamburg, Ger
many, aboalF 4 Hamburg-American line
steamer ne esdar, having been or
dained a 2 " Bg-aev. Bishop Jo-
seph J. Fo We London. Ie will
make this specIal ,-.r - Dlace
so that he may first off1ciate at TIC
where he served as assistant to the par
ish priest and that relatives whom he
left several years ago may be present
at this initial celebration of mass.
Rev. Husslein was graduated into the
priesthood in St. Francis seminary at
Milwaukee. and when he comes back to
this country next fall he will be placed
in charge of church in the Green Bay
diocese.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-06-25
E Pluribus Unum.

Her fingers toyed with the fringe of
her mantle.
NO" she answered, 81 fear ] cannot
center my affections upon any one man
A smile played about his thin lips.
"In the light of modern progress" he
exclaimed. II cannot ask it. I now have
the honor to inform you that a syndi-
cate is backing me.'-Independent.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-06-25
SETTLES MOOTED POINT.
Iowa Court Decides Debts May Be De-
Quoted from Actual Value of Cor
poration Stock of Assessment.

DIES MONIES, Ia, June 19.-Judge
W. II. McHenry, in the Polk county
court today, held that debts may be de-
Quoted from the actual value of cor
poration stock for assessment purposes
under the Iowa law. The decision set
ties a question which has been mooted
for years. and will knock city treasures
out of thousands of dollars annually;
The decision was made on an appeal
from the assessment by three Iowa in
surance companies
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-06-25
CALEB ]. CAMP DEAD.
Former President of Connecticut Rail
way Recently Celebrated His Nine
ty-ffth Birthday.

WINSTED, Conn, July 19.-Caleb j.
Camp, who celebrated his ninety-tfth
birthday on June II, last, and who was
at one time president of the Hartford
e Connecticut Western railway, which
is now the Central New England, owned
by the New York, New Haven & Hart
ford company, died at his home here to-
day. Mr.. Camp was also the founder
of the Winona (Minn.) Savings bank.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-06-25
In the Wrong Place.

It was not until three batsmen In
succession had struck out that a dis
gusted patron in the bleachers yelled ::
Hey! You NUTS oughta be up
here. You're nothin' but fans kan
ses CITY Times
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-06-25
UNION JACKIES MEET,
Survivors of Kearsarge in Famous Sea
Fight with the Alabama Hold
Reunion

WALTHAM, Mass, June 19.-The
survivors of the crew which manned the
warship Kearsarge during her famous
sea fight with the Confederate ship, Ala
19, 1864, gathered in this city today to
celebrate the forty-ffth anniversary of
that encounter. Of the 1853 men who
comprised the crew at that time but
thirty are living.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-06-25
Her Preference.

Edyth-Would you marry man tc
reform him?
Mayme-Not If 1 could get a man
who didn't need reforming.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-06-25

Owing to the scarcity, of whales, the
whaling industry is dying out. Only
1870 are now caught each year.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-06-25
SIAN SHIP SINKS.

slEASTOPOL, June 19.-The Rus
SIAN oaiitary transport Ingul has been
], ee5Ead in Turpsay bay, in the Black
4.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-06-25

Francis B. Keene, United States con-
sui in Geneva, Switzerland, who has been
spending a month in Milwaukee, his for
mer home, will leave on Sunday for New
York where he will embark on Wednes-
day on the steamer Adriatic.
1T has been good to visit Milwaukee
and while 1 greatly enjoy my duties in
a foreign country, Milwaukee is still
home to me and l leave it with regret.
In many respects it is pleasant to live
in Switzerland, but we never get, over the
feeling that all our friends are here and
this is really our home" said Mr.. Keene.
Mr.. Keene was formerly consul i'll
Florence, Italy, but was transferred to
Geneva several years ago.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-06-25
CingaIese SUPERSTITION.

An old Cingalese woman, who lived in
an ordinary native hut bv herself, died
and was buried. On the following day
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-06-25

OF the worlds population there are
sixty-four to the million who are
blind.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1909-06-25

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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-24
bfSPUTfSG WILL OF
MARQUIS PERCY DE La ROCHE

Philadelphia, Feb. o. A hearing
is set for today IN the suit to prevent
the probating of a codicial attached TO
the will of Marquis Percy de la Roche
who died in Rome, in April, 1907.
The testator, who was known inPhila.
delphia, had spent many years of his
life in Rome, and for a time held the
office of household chamberlain to
Pope Plus y, a position he had pre-
viously occupied for some years under
Pope Leo XIII.
He left an estate valued at over
100000 which, under the provisions
Of the will proper, was distributed
among various relatives. A large por-
ton of the fortune, however was left
to the benefactors during life, the
principal upon their decease to re-
vert to various Institutions connect
ed with the Catholic church.
Attached to the will was a codicil
wAieh Fevikes s Gequest of 5000 to
Claude de Ia f7ache Francis, nephew,
and it IS upon the question of the va
idIty oS the codicil that the present
contest was brought.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-24
NASAL CATARRH.
Tallman & Co. Sell the Great Remedy
that Cured Mrs. karberg.

Here is a very simple yet wholly
sincere statement Of a Michigan wo-
man. who was cured by using Hy-o-
mei-:he no cure no pay remedy for
catarrh. asthma. hay fever, Group,
coughs and colds.
"a bad case Of catarrh was cured
for me by the use Of Hyomei The
trouble affected my head, nose and
ewes. and was very annoying and dis
agreeable. and the cure from the
use Of Hyomei, was very gratifying
Hyomei has from me a very strong
recommend and endorsement.'-Mrs
Z Karberg, 213 Kingsley St, Ann
Arbor, Mich, Nov. 16, 1908.
Thousands Of just such letters are
in existence, and thousands more
would be but for the desire to avoid
publicity.
II you have catarrh, bestir yourself
and drive it out Of your system XII
the germs. You can do that easily ii
you use Hyomei pronounced High-o'
me).
Its a dry. antiseptic and very pleas
ant air. that when inhaled quickly
relieves all forms Of catarrhal in
fammatlon, stops snuffles, hawkins
and blowing. The price for com
plete outfit, including inhaler, is onl!
81 al Tallman & Co.'S.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-24
.STARCHY FOODS
AND MEAT FATS
WILL EE DIGESTED, LI;Av.
ING NOTHING TO FERNIENT
Hundreds OF Men and Women Here
Are Suffering Unnecessarily from
stomach TFOuble-DiaDcpsin VIII
Relieve You So Promptly You
WonL Realize II.

Nothing will remain undigested or
sour on your stomach if you will take
Diapepsin after your meal. This pow
erful digestive and antacid, though
as harmless and pleasant as candy,
will digest and prepare for assimila-
tion into the blood all the food you
can eat.
Eat what your stomach Graves,
without the slightest fear Of indiges-
ton or that you will be bothered with
sour risings, belching, gas on stom-
ach, nausea, bad breath, water brash
or a feeling like you had lump Of
lead, or other disagreeable miseries.
If you will get from your pharm-
acst a 50-cent case OF Pape's Dlapep-
sin you could always go to the table
with a hearty appetite, and your
meals would taste good, because you
gestlon or sleepless nights or head
ache or stomach misery all the next
day; and. besides you would not need
laxatives or liver pills to keep your
stomach and bowels clean and fresh.
Pape's Diapepsin can be obtained
from your druggist, and contains
more than enough triangules to thor
oughly cure the worst dyspeptic
There Is nothing better for gas on
the stomach or sour odors from the
stomach or TO cure a stomach head
ache.
You couldn't keep handler or
more useful article in the house.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-24

of the journeys the report Of the pro-
ceedings of the Third Trans-Misso-
uri Dry Farming congress will make
Renaud. governor general of Algeria.
recently wrote to Secretary Burns OF
the Board of Control of the Congress,
asking for information concerning the
culture of grains in arid regions.
There are considerable areas in Alger-
ia which are susceptible to cultiva-
tion under dry farming methods, but
only recently have the officials of that
country learned what dry farming
means. Being enterprisipg and pro-
gressive, they have grasped the i'm
portance of scientific farming on land
where there is only nominal rainfall
and they are hungry for Information.
The complete report of the proceed
ings of the Congress will be sent to
Governor-General Renaud.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-24

Everybody-"That was the best 10.
cal talent play that have ever seer
4 here, Weren't Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Hartman just dandy? And Mr. Mitch
ell was the funniest man l ever saw
Didn't Mrs. Stillman ana Mr.. Miller
carry out their parts to perfection
The whole thing was very good, and
they only had two weeks to prepare
in, too"
The young ladies-"Oh, my, wasn't
George Strand just too darling for
anything? And wasn't he cute when
he came out with that baby in his
arms? 1t was too funny for any
thing, I tell you he's good at what
ever he does"
The boys-"Say, Bert Anger can
play on my baseball team any time
she wants to. Gee, I guess she can
root some, can't she? Did you see
the way Norma Alloway threw that
ball? Just like a fellow. Say. old
Jodo Strand is a peach amt he? I
wish I was him"
The older fellows-"I thought that
show very good. Mrs. Fred Hart
man and Mrs. AL Slusher certainly
looked fine and acted well. You
don't see any real show people that
are any better. Bert Anger was pref
ty fine, too. And Pearly Rankin was
the sweetest thing I ever saw. That
was a pretty swell looking bunch of
chorus girls. don't you think? Maude
Sheridan was the most stunning look
ing officer of military company II
ever saw"
The crltics:-"Consideri the time
that the cast has been working on the
production 1t was put on remarkably
well. l was surprised. In some
places the movement was slower than
necessary and the time between the |
acts too long. Otherwise the show
was very good. 1t certainly was en-
tertaining at any rate, and that is
more than can be said of the ordinary
home talent production"
The Older Men:-"Very good. very
good. Glad I came. Better than a
show"
The production of "My Mother-in-
law was a huge success from every
The house was crowded
70 its limit and every one enjoyed the
play from start to finish. Consider
ng the time that has been spent in
preparing the play the result was re-
narkably good. Very seldom did the
'rompter have to repeat the lines and
ne whole cast would have made a
lumber of professional shows look
ike thirty cents.
Manager Mitchell is to be compli-
nented on his work in training the
asst and chorus, Each character to
'e portrayed was doie with the life
nd naturalness of professional ac-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-24
SPOOKS IN SESSION.
believers i'm Spirtualism Gather in
Kansas City BY Hundreds.

Kansas City, Mo. Feb. 24.-Hun,
dreds of mediums and believers ir
Spiritualism. accompanied by sever.
al millions of spirit guides. Mahatnas
and other assorted ha'ntS. invaded
Kansas City today to open a great
three-day concourse and carnival OF
spooks in the Academy of Music. II
is believed that practically all of the
spooks which hang about these parts
are here and there is likely to be a
great shortage in other cities. In
fact, it is claimed that no less than
1IS46723,411 celestial beings return
ed to earth Temporarily for this occa-
son will be rampant In the displays
of medumistic prowess.
Such a gathering of the clans from
the everlasting shores has not been
known in Missouri since the palmy
days of the old spiritualist campmeet-
ings az Liberal, spiritualist town in
Barton county, where in former years
great annual meetings were held in the
tabernacle and other buildings erect
ed by Colonel @. H. .Walser a we'll
known criminal lawyer, who founded
tbs celestial colony.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-24
HORSE RACING IN JAPAN.
Encouraged and Governed by Laws
from TOlSNO-SOme of the Rules.


from TolSyo-SOme of the Rules.
Consul John II, Snodgrass reports
from Kobe that 1t is given out that
the japanese government will ask the
diet next session to appropriate sum
amounting TO $4,000 annually for
improving the breed of horses, and
that this amount will be divided
among thirteen race clubs. The con-
sui also writes concerning a new reg
ulatlon for horse racing in Japan:
In view OF the interest manifested
in the United States concerning race
course gambling, the following new
regulations for the control of horse
races, issued by the Japanese cabinet,
may be of interest;
CD No one shall be permitted to
hold horse races except racing clubs
formed in conformity with article "a
of the civil code.
(2) Horse races shall be held twice
year regularly by each club, and
the number of days when racing will
take place on each occasion shall not
exceed four.
CD No horses useless for horse
breeding purposes shall be allowed to
run in the races.
(D Each horse racing association
shall adopt its own regulations for
races and submit them to the director
of the stud bureau.
(5) The director of the stud bu-
reau, when he deems it necessary for
the improvement of horse breeding,
may partially subsidize the clubs for
the expenses of the races.
(6) All matters relating to the
of order and public NOR
ais shall be in the hands of the local
CD II a horse race Is found to be
run in the circumstances referred to
below, the authorities may order it to
be stopped or may take proper steps
for the punishment of the race club
responsible: (a) When the racing
club is found to violate this regula-
ton or is guilty of any other irreg-
llarlty; CD When danger is found |
TO be present in matters relating to
he races; (c) when it is deemed ne
'essary to take action for the main
enance Of order and public morals
It the race course.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-24

Baltimore.--A brother-in-law to
his mother-in-law is one of a series
Of relationships acquired by Henry a.
Everhart Of Grand Rapids, Mich,
when he married Miss Isretta Hucka-
bee, Of this city, today.
Several years ago Everhart's broth
er, Philip P. Everhart, married Miss
Huckabee's mother and paved the
way, as it were for his brothers mys-
tifying tangle of new relations.
In addition to the bridegroom be-
ing a son-in-law to his brother, the
brothers sister-in-law is his daugh-
ter-in-law, and consequently he is
uncle-in-law to his own wife by laW
Chicago Tribune.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-24
Dry Farming in Algeria.

r From wyoming to the north coast
Of Afica is a far cry but that IS one
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-24
TRANS MISSOURI DRY FARMING
CONGRESS NOW IN SESSION

Cheyenne, Wyo., Feb. 24.-Sir Will
liam Macdonald of Pretoria, South
Africa, IS attending the dry farming
congress.
Sir William comes as the repre-
sentative of the Transvaal goEarnment
and will address the Congress on the
development of agriculture in the
South Afican British possessions. He
is recognized as one of the leading
authorities in agronomy and has an
International reputation for the results
of his researches along agricultural
lines.
For many years farming was con-
Quoted in the Transvall in a desultory
manner, the farmers giving little or
no heed to the scientific principals
which experts have discovered for the
advancement of agriculture. The re-
suits were apparent in poor crops
and poverty-strcken communities
Through the work of Sir William Nc
Donald these conditions have been
changed.
He has devoted many years to de-
the rural districts of the Transvaal
with a view to making the country
not only self-supporting. but also a
source OF food supply for the par
ent country. He has succeeded in Sc
curing the application of scientific |
methods to the great benefaction of
the country. His report, carrying
with it the stamp of scientific author
ity, will be among the most interest
ing and Instructive presented at the
present congress.
Australia Seeks More Instruction.
Progress in arid land agriculture in
Australia is reported by Senator James
A. Mccall, who Is the representative
Of the Antipodes.
About three years ago Senator Nc
Call and Minister of Agriculture Straw
bridge were sent by the Australian {
government to study dry farming and
irrigation in America. They spent !
eight months investigating farming in {
this country and the result of their I
visit was the taking of Prof Elwood {
Mead, formerly of the United States /
Reclamation Service, to Australia TO I
take charge Of the reclamation service
there. The Investigators have recent +
ly issued a report covering $50 pages,
on dry farming in this and other
countries, and including compari-
son of systems that have been develop i,
ed with success. Il
Australia has long been considered d
Z great region for producing wheat, "
and while the crops averaged only six T
ta eight bushels an acre in the uplands d
the Australians were proud of their Ii
,orea, opicut. Senator Mccall how Q
ever learned much from the Ameri-i P
can dry farmers and in his report says VI
that with improved methods, he be- P
lieves the arid fields Of this country
can be made to produce fifteen BUSH
els Of wheat 10 the acre. The Amer o.
leans taught him how to conserve the a
moisture and plow deep and he pro- Ii
noses that his people shall profit from Il
he instruction. his year he is coming p
TO Cheyenne at his own expense to tell v
the Trans.Mlssouri Dry Farming e
what has been accomplished
in Australia, and to learn more con. "
cerning the SYSTEM OF agriculture thai c
IS transforming the sO-called great a
American desert" into a garden. Ii
Dry Farming in Algeria. @
p From Wyoming TO the north coast
NJ Afica is a far cry, but that IS one
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-24

tors and there was not a poor one in
the lot
The financial end of It was also a
success for the Parish aid of the
Church Of the Redeemer. Nearly
every seat In the house wos sold and
the ladies of the church are very
gratified with the result.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-24

sons will be saying to a man at the
Twenty-fifth Century club, to which
he will make reply: Been seedy;
had nasty attack of old age and
have just come back from a little
aeroplane trip to shake 1t off."--Lon-
don World.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-24
Battling Old Age.

We have it on excellent authority
that in 100 years the people will only
suffer from old age Just as we now
do from bronchitis or tonsilitls or
some other preventable disease. II
haven't seen you lately" our grand
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-24
LOCAL PLAY WAS
GRAND SUCCESS
MY MOTHERIN-LAW" is
NLL THAT COULD BE WISHED

CIcditable Performance Presented at
the Oregon Thcater Last Evening
10 IN Immense Crowd by Local
Talcnt-Production Appealed to
Dfffcrem People in Different Ways.
Comments ON the play last night:
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-24
Was Nnt nvcrdraun
NOW THEN.

The New Minister-Do you know
who l am, my little man?
Little Billy-Certainly. Don't you
know who you are?-San Francisco
Bulletin.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-24

A man can be an optimist because
he knows how foolish 1t is to be.