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Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-08-05
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A doctor was one day stopped in the
streets by one of his woman patients
whose malady was purely imaginary.
The doctor, who was known for his
intolerance of and nonsympathy with
such invalids. after listening some
what impatiently to the woman's de-
tailed account of all her feelings and
symptoms. told her to shut her eyes
and put out her tongue. She prompt
ly did so. On opening her eyes in a
few seconds the doctor was nowhere
to be seen, and the woman awoke to
the fact that he had left her standing
by herself in a busy thoroughfare with
her eyes shut and her tongue hanging
out
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-08-05
HoNoRs WERE WITH FARMER
Mail Carrier Must Have Realized
That He Picked Out Wrong Man
to Have Fun With.

The new mail carrier on the rural
free delivery route glanced at the
name on the letter box by the road
side, stopped his horse. and spoke to
the roughly attired farmer with the
old SLOUGH hat who was resting his
sun-browned arms on the gate and
looking at him.
Il see" he said. your name is
Holmes"
YES"
Beverly G.?"
YES, Pm the man that lives here"
ANY relation Of Sherlock Holiness
gravely asked the carrier.
NO. sir" answered the farmer but
I'm detective enough to know that
you're not a very good judge of hui
man nature. You took me for an igno-
ramus because I've got my old work
ing buds on. I'm Sherlock Holmes
enough to look at a mans face and
eyes before size him up as "a
Some mail for me? Thanks. "-Y Youths
Companion.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-08-05
The Laks GEORGE PItcher.

hosteiries Of earlier days. on the edge
of historic lake George.
Lake George is connected with lake
Champlain. and is one Of the most
beautiful sheets of water in the
United States.
AS seen on the pitcher, one not only
obtains view of the lake, but Of
ly in the background.
The picture is done in various col
ors and it is further decorated in gold
and white. The pitcher is IL inches
high.
So far as known. it Is the only spec
linen in existence. for at the time It
was maze, only two were ordered by
Mr.. Tucker. the owner and manager
of the Lake house. One of them was
given to a friend by Mr.. Tucker. inn
mediately following its arrival from
England. but to whom has never been
discovered. The other Mr.. Sherman
obtained not long ago. from one of Mr..
fuckers relatives.
In its early days the Lake house
could be reached only by means of the
stage route from Glens Falls. The
building was torn down nine years
ago. and while there are other hotels
on the lake, there is none on the Lake
house site. which 10 not far from old
fort George.
The ruins of fort Ticondereroga are
on the waterway connecting the two
lakes
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-08-05
The Water Bite.

He was six years old and had never
gazed into the mystic lens Of mi
croscope. Several slides containing
animalcuIa had been displayed to his
astonished vision. He was too amazed
to make any comment until he came
to one slide that seemed more wriggly
than any Of the others. It was merely
a drop of water.
The little fellow gazed at it a long
time, with all its nimble particles of
animal life. and finally exclaimed to
his mother:
"Oh, mamma, now I know what it is
that bites you when You drink soda
water.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-08-05
STATUE OF AMERICAN INDIAN.
Cyrus DaIlin's Work Awarded the Gold
Medal for Sculpture at the
Paris Salon This Year.

Boston.-The accompanying illustra-
ton is a reproduction. enlarged from
photo taken in Paris recently of the
statue that won the salon gold medal
for sculpture, the only one awarded
an American artist at this exhibition.
This success of Mr.. Dallin's is one Of
the most notable of his career. The
statue has been seen by few Boston
people, only those having had that
privilege who called at his studio at
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-08-05

The readiness with which low forms
Of life accommodate themselves to al
tered environment, shows that they
are capable Of being trained or edu-
Gated to a certain extent Stahl has
shown that a certain plasmodium fees
when sprinkled with salt, but If the
salt be added to the medium gradual
ly the organism accommodates itself
to the new medium. Purposeful ac-
ton is manifested by plants as well as
by animals, and by both unicelluIar
multicellular.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-08-05

Arlington Heights. It was exposed at
the Nationol Sculpture society's ex-
hibition at Baltimore last year, and
was taken by Mr. Dallin when he went
to Paris last September to complete
his huge Soldiers and Sailors monu-
ment for Syracuse. N. Y. 1t suggests
vastly more than it directly depicts.
and herein. perhaps. lies its power.
Had Cyrus .Dallin done nothing else,
he would have deserved well Of the
American people.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-08-05

THE cook has furnished rather
small portions" said the hostess. THE
woman guests won't eat much, but
how about the men?"
I'm circulate around and nominate
each Of 'eni to make an after-dinner
speech. responded the host THAT
will effectually kill of their appe-
tites."
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-08-05

A city clerk never misses chance
of expatiating on his garden to his
colleagues, who, however, were never
taken home to see It, but were
under the impression 1t was Of enor-
nous size Five of them resolved
to have a look at it, discovered his adj
dress. and called one Saturday after
noon to see the hundreds Of roses all
agrowing and a-blooming. On being
taken to the rear of the house, judge
of their surprise on seeing a back
yard about II feet by ten feet. One
bold spirit ventured that It was not
very big.
Big" replied the proud owner,
pointing to the sky. why, man. alive,
look at the height Of itl"-Chicago
Daily Socialist.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-08-05
FINE OLD HISTORIC PITCHER.
Possession Of New Yorker and
Bears Good Likeness Of Early
Hosiery on Lake George.

Boston.-Charles H. Sherman of
Glens Falls. N. Y. is the fortunate pos
SCISSOR OF a fine old english pitcher
made many years ago, which is OF es-
pecial interest just at this time own
ing to Champlain centennial
The pitcher. which in perfect con-
dition. was produced at the Middles-
boro pottery in Yorkshire. and bears
a remarkably good likeness of the old
Lake house. one OF the most famous
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-08-05

whenever she gets to thinking how
much they're in debt it affects her
nerves"
"Huhl the way it affects her hus-
band is singular"
How singular?"
Just singular it affects his nerve
He tried to borrow hundred from me
Times.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-08-05
Food for Pet owls.

Young owls are easily raised on
fresh meat Up to the age Of four
or five weeks, beef and mutton finely
chopped make a good food. After that,
mice. rats and English sparrows,
served whole, are in great demand
and come nearest their natural food.
These. if not too large. they will swal-
low whole.-St. Nicholas
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-08-05
And the Old Man erInned.

IJUNVl otIIU 0IIV IIVII W. O't7OI = }
did you see father?"
Yes
'sWell?"
I'VE talked about the weather"
What? Lose your nerve again?
Why don't you brace up and talk like
a mana subject of a king on whose
domain the sun never setsi"
Cant" moaned the duke. "All the
time / was in your fathers Office he
kept grinning at big painting"
What painting?"
"The battle of Bunker Hill"
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-08-05

Every metal is believed by Grutin,
German chemist. to have its peculiar
odor. which he regards as a gaseous
transformation product He has made
SOME Of the doors perceDuble for a
few moments at intervals by heating
the metals to 122 degrees Fahrenheit
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-08-05

It is the only relief for Swollen Smart
ing. Tired, Aching, Hot Sweating Feet,
Corns and Bunions. Ask for Aliens Foot
Ease, "a powder to be shaken into the
shoes. Cures while you walk. AT all Drug
gists and Shoe Stores, 25c. Don't accept
any substitute Sample sent FREE. Ad-
dress, Allen S. Olmsted, Leroy, n. Z.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-08-05
A suRE SIGN.
when Il Appsars Aet At Once.

Trouble with the kidney secretons
Is a certain sign that your kidneys are
deranged and that you should use
Doan's Kidney Pills. They cure all ir-
regularities and annoyances, remove
backache and side pains and restore
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-08-05

my LIMBS sWelled. ] grew weak and
discouraged. Doan's Kidney Pills re-
moved these troubles entirely. have
been well for two years"
Remember the name-Doans. Sold
by all dealers. so cents a box. Fos-
ter-Milburn Co., Buffalo. N. Y.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-08-05

tho kidneys to health
Charles Cole, 204 y.
Buckeye St., lola,
Kans., says: The
kidne y secretions
were irr e & u ! a r,
scanty and painful
and contained sedi-
ment. Ny back was
stin and lame and
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-08-05

He that neglects his work robs his
master. since he is fed and paid as
If he did his best; and he that is not
diiigent in the absence as in the Tres
ence of his master, cannot be a true
servant
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-08-05

A feeling of security and freedom
from anxiety peryades the home in which
Hamlins Wizard Oil is kept constantly
on hand Mothers know it can always be
depended upon ia time Of need.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-08-05
a Non.Ernert Onlnlon.

Il say. Jim, what do they mean by
fearsome' in this here game Of golf?"
Don't know, Dick, unless it's the
way some folks play"
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-08-05

Some folks think they are resting
in their faith because they always fall
asleep in church.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-08-05

Undertake deliberately, but having
begun, persevereAWren.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-08-05

forcurlnR crimps dIarrhca and dysenfery Shy using
painkillcr Perry UavisI. This medicine has aus-
ialned the reputation Tor 1ycarsci 1c ana 5oc
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-08-05

Hes a stingy man who VIII not give
you a smile.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-08-05

We are generally too low in on
aims, more anxious for safety thai
sanctity, for place than purity.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-08-05

For chlldrn locfnnF H0flens Ile Flf1Hl rellcef ln
Illumination, allal pain. cures Wind cole. 20 bottle
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-08-05

He-A woman is peculiar in one
way.
She-What's that?
He-She won't tear up a love let
ter, even after she's forgotten who
wrote it.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-08-26
GOOD FRUIT WANTED.

1t is now time for~the third spray
ing fCr the codling moth Those hav-
ing fall or winter apples are advised
by the county fruit inspector to spray
before September 4. Otherwise the
apples are liable to become wormy
after they have been picked
That the advice of the inspector
will be followed seems almost to be
taken for granted. In this day and
age an up-to-date fruit grower should
be ashamed to produce any wormy
apples. He should have the same
pride in producing good fruit that a
farmer has in plowing a straight fur
row; that a carpenter takes in driv-
ing a nail without hitting his thumb
or that a book-keeper has in writing
a legible hand.
But it is not merely a matter of
pride-fighting the codling moth. 1t
is also good business. Under the law
it is illegal to sell wormy apples. If
it were not illegal the situation would
still be the same, as far as the grow
er is concerned, for people will not
buy wormy apples anyway, not if they
know it.
Here's hoping that County Inspec-
tor Campbell will be successful. in his
crusade against the codling moth. If
there are any who refuse to spray
and by their negligence harvest fruit
that'is infected, let him prohibit them
from marketing it, in this county or
elsewhere.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-08-26
SMUT EXPLOSIONS.

With the return of the threshing
season we may expect to hear of the
usual number of casualties from ex-
plosions in the machines themselves
for science, although winged like the
ankles of Mercury to fly fast, has not
yet caught Up with this proposition.
Whenever an explosion of thresh-
ing machine occurs the accident IS
charged to smut, but is this so? And
old thresherman who has had % years
experience tells us that gas generated
by heat from black OIL a byproduct Of
petroleum, used as a lubricant on the
bearings and not the smut in the
wheat is the sole cause of explosions
in threshing machines. The use of
lard, castor or chinanut oil would ell
inmate all danger of fire or explosion,
no matter how much smut there is in
the grain. Black oil produces explos-
ions in the same manner as in a gas
or gasoline engine. The heat generat-
ed by the bearings of the rapidly re-
volving machinery upon which the pc
troleum product flows constantly
while in operation generates gas
and when a spark, caused by the
passing of a hard substance through
the machinery or the striking of the
sylinder teeth against the teeth in the
concave, comes into contact with this
gas, an explosion results.-Field and
Farm.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-08-26

guide, philosopher and friend When,
therefore, a portion of the press,
represented by the sensationalf scan
dal-mongering yellow journals, either
openly breaches. or covertly inslnu-
ates, vice or anything akin to it, the
effects may be easily foreseen. 1t re-
qures very little discrimination then.
to realize the vital importance or al
lowing in the household none but
morally clean and healthy newspapers,
and tabooing absolutely those that
cater to the tastes of the morbil ana
depraved."
This is very good advice and It
might well be considered by some of
those gentlemen who send out dope"
from the eastern news centers. Judg-
ing from much Of the news" sent
out for western consumption the east
ern press representatives believe the
people of the west are as morbid
and depraved" as those of the efrete
cities along the Atlantic. AS a mat
ter of fact the average westerner
does not care a snap of his fingers
what happens to Harry Thaw or
whether the Duke de Abruzzi lives
or dies. He is more interested in the
building of railroads and the disposal
of the natural resources of the west
than in the scandals of the Gould fam
lily or the fortunes of such titled skates
as Count Boni. But what's the use.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-08-26
SELF HELP WINS.

Some years ago the farmers Of
Sherman county wanted a railroad
and they built it, or at least it was
through their support that the Colum-
bia Southern was constructed. At that
time E, E. Lytle, who managed the
road, was o. R. & n. agent at The
Dalles. He was not a Railway
King" Yet with the aid Of the Sher-
man county farmers he built a rail-
road and by doing so doubled the price
of land within that county. The far
mers no longer have to haul their
wheat many miles to market
At this time the farmers out in the
northwestern part of this county want
a railroad leading to Umatilla and
they are trying to build one. If they
will but stay with the task and are
given the proper support they will
succeed. People who help themselves
usually succeed.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-08-26
THE MAKING OF MAN.

Before the beginning of years,
There came to the making of man
Time, with n gift of tears;
Grief, with glass that ran,
Pleasure with pain for leaven;
Summer, with flowers that fell;
Remembrance fallen from heaven
And madness risen from he'll;
Strength with hands to smite;
Love that endures for breath;
Night, the shadow of light,
And life, the shadow of death.
And the high gods took in hand
Fire, and the falling of tears,
Anr a measure of sliding sand
From under the feet of the years;
And froth and drift of the sea;
And dust of the laboring earth;
And bodies of things to be
In the house of death and of birth;
And wrought with weeping and
laughter,
And fashioned with loathing and
love,
And life before and after
And death beneath and above.
For a day and a night and a morrow,
1lldl MS SNICHSbll might eHuuIt IOI
a span
With travail ard heavy sorrow
The holy spirit of man.
From the winds of the north and the
south
They gathered us unto strife;
They breathed upon his mouth,
They filled his body with life;
Eyesight and speech they wrought
For the wells of the soul therein,
A time for labor and thought,
A time to serve and to sin;
They gave him light in his ways,
And love, and a space for delight,
And beauty and length of days,
And night, and sleep in the night.
His speech is burning fire;
With his lips he traveleth;
In his, heart is a blind desire.
In his eye foreknowledge of death;
He weaves, and is clothed with de-
rision:
Sows and he shall not reap:
His life is a watch or vision
Between a sleep and a sleep.
-Algernon Charles Swinburne.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-08-26
WHERE POLITICIANS ERR.

1t is amusing to hear some politici-
ans and some petty newspapers de-
clare that the republicans of Oregon
do not favor the direct primary law
and are especially opposed to state
ment No. l. Those who hold such
impressions as this have gotten them
through talking to politicians rather
than to representative disinterested
voters.
That politicians generally oppose the
primary law cannot be questioned. The
law practically eliminates their call
ing. But it is equally true that the
rank and file of voters of all parties,
heartily favor the direct primary. If
they do not favor the law why did
they enact it and why have they re-
tanned it?
zens, of all parties thoroughly endorse
the statement No. provision. Other
wise why did they vote, two to one, in
favor of a law to make the statement
No. 1 plan compulsory?
And why should not the people, re-
publicans and democrats alike, favor
the direct primary and statement No.
/, The direct primary law simply
provides that in races for nominations
the contests shall be free and open
and that the prizes shall be for the
men who make the strongest show
ings. The law makes the primary
election a real tryout; the contests
are not decided by wire pulling and
questionable juggling as they were Of
old.
AS to statement No. 1, it merely pro-
vides that the people instead Of the
legislature elect United States SEN
ators. This is reform of unques-
toned merit and in time will be ad-
opted throughout the country. But
in this state some republican poll
ticians object to the plan because it
gives men Of other parties a right to
run for senator. They are not satis-
fled with the fact that there is nor
NAL republican majority of 10000 in
oregon. They want to bar anyone
but a republican from running for
senator. But to do this would be
silly and it would be playing squarely
into the hands Of the politicians. The
people are not likely to go back on
statement No. 1.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-08-26

"DEPRAVED" NEWS,

The Baltimore Sun, which is very
influential paper, recently had the
following dissertation:
Everybody reads the papers, and
every one is more or less Influenced
by what he reads. This is true, to a
certain extent, even of the strong, and
still more true Of the weak and un-
discriminating. 1t has been truly said
that evil associations corrupt good
morals and Show me a mans he
roes or ideals, and I'll tell you what
he is The average mans favorite
Newspaper IL to him a boon compan-
ion. II is his general informant, his
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-08-26
THE AFTERGLOW.

When the carnival is over,
Natures carnival of bloom,
Fields Of fruitage, corn and clover,
Spill and spend their rich perfume
And the forest trees have sprinkled
Their confetti far and wide,
Till a shower Of rainbow colors
Floods the vale and mountain side;
And the merry winds run riot
Over hills and meadows sere,
Then we know the reign Of quiet
Comes apace to crown rne year.
When youths carnival Of pleasures,
Hopes, ambitions, loves and shows
Ends, and springs poetic cadence
Lapses into solemn prose,
When the rosy skies Of summer
Lose their glow in autumn haze,
And our life pulses slower
With the shortening Of the days,
We wait while winds of winter
Chill the world with icy breath
Till our eyes behold the morning
Break beyond the vale of death.
j. V. II. Koons in Munice Und.)
Star
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-08-26
PINCHOT AND ADMINISTRATION.

New York American.-It is said
that Clifford Pinchot has displeased
the administration. We hope not
fer the sake of the administration.
Mr.. Pinchot, is, as most people
know, the head. and one might almost
say the creator, of the national for
estry bureau. He is chairman of the
national conversation commission.
1t was his intimate influence over
the mind Of Mr.. Roosevelt that
brought about the historic meeting
Of the governors at the White House
which inaugurated the conservation
movement
He is rich man-who hates lux
ury and oft-mindedness and social
advantages likes to live out
doors and deal with natural objects
and make trees grow, and other things
for the good of his country.
His wholesome enthusiasm for gen.
uine hard-handed public service has
been contagious in the departments
and has created new type Of public
man.
He is Indispensable, and we submit
that the president and the secretary
Of the interior should try extra hard
to agree with him in the matters Of
his specially
On questions of forestry and water
power the presumption is that Pin
chot is right.
The speech made by him at the irri-
cation congress at Spokane on Tues
day may be all wrong. But If giving
ones self wholly to ones work counts
for anything, the burden of proving
Pinchot wrong ought to lie on some-
body else.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-08-26

If Hartman really wants to regain
his health let him come out to one
of the Umatilla county mountain re-
sorts. He can find good fishing and
hunting and will not have to eat bis
muth and rice.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-08-26

Some profess to find much dry hu-
NOR in the fact that the prohibition
wave has cost Uncle Sam in whisky
tax, over $4,000, 0,O0O-Baltlmore AM
erican,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-08-26

Judge Grosscup is the same fellow
who has biven many desicions in favor
of the corporations. 1t seems to be
habit with him.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-08-26
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