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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-08-19
FISHING SCHOONER
SINKS WITH ALL CREW

Halifax, N. s., Aug, 19.-The re-
port reached here that the fishing
schooner Orinoco, of Gloucester.
foundered off the coast of Lunenburg
carrying all hands down. There are
no details.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-08-19
SECTION HANDS ARE
KILLED IN TRAIN WRECK

Stirling, Ill.,, Aug. 1.-TWO sec
ers injured near Albany, Ill.,, when
the Chicago Milwaukee & st. PAU
train was wrecked here today
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-08-19
)RVILLE WRIGHT TO
FLY IN GERMANY

Berlin. Aug, 19.-Orvllle
Wright. and sister Katherine ar
rived here today, Wright has
several aeroplanes here. and ex-
pressed the hope that the Kals-
er will witness the flights next
week He intends to make n
short test flight tomorrow
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-08-19
TWENTY-FIVE MEN
DRIFT TO OPEN SEA

Newport. r. T.. Aug 19--
Threatened with death and hum
ger from exposure, % men .
adrif, on the barges Showort :
and Suucon. are being driven :
seaward by q gale today Res
cue tugs are searching for The 4
barges. .
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-08-19
BOSTON TAKEN
BY THE REDS
City Falls Into Hands of the
Invaders After -Four Days of
Mimic Warfare.
MASS THEIR FORCES AT THE
WEAKEST POINT OF DEFENSE

Capital Falls Into
the Hands of the Invaders Upon the
Rcpulse of the Blues-Sea Forces
Have a Conflict and Five Torpedo
Boats are Disabled-TwO Battle
ships are Disabled In the Sea COh-
flict of Yesterday.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-08-19

Big improvements are being made
on the state fair grounds.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1909-07-02
A Sliqht Error.

One male stenographer is not very
HAPPY just now. His wife asked hin
to put in an advertisement for maid
He consented. but absently, his mind
on business, and only remembered his
errand at the moment before setting
out for his home.
He wrote and mailed the adj, max.
ing only one slight mistake. He Of
fered SIS per week instead Of pei
month!
The next morning at G Of the clock
the front dOorbell rang.
'See who that is" said the wife
dreamily. He saw! Two Swedish maid.
ems, one rosy German girl, a sonsie
Scottish lass, a demure Englishwoman
past her first youth, a number of fe-
males, age, appearance. manners, ac-
cent, all offering a rich variety, clam
ored for the privilege of serving in his
forty-five dollar fiat!
YOU'D better get up. didn't know
times were as hard as this, poor
things" he remarked TO his wife.
She rose and interviewed the various
nationalities in a kimono. Her hus-
band dressed hastily, with visions Of
an extra good breakfast floating in the
mir before him.
(Which did you take?' he asked
eagerly as his wife returned.
These pages must not record the Ian
guage before which a stricken man
fed. dropping in at a restaurant for
rolls and coffee. He entered his office
and worded another ad., sadder man
at any rate.-New York Times.
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THE HEART OF HUMANITY.

Is your mind so poisoned by tn,
verdigris Of cynicism that you doub
the existence of brotherly love?
If so, read this:
Lee Gossett, a young farmer, lives
near Oreana, Ill. He is a good either
who pays his debts and his taxes
keeps up his fences, helps to support
the church and loves his old mother.
Ordinarily by the LIST of May Lee
Gossett has all his blowing and some
of his seeding done, but this veal
when May day arrived the cornfielG
had been untouched.
Gossett's old mother was seriously
ILL., and he scarcely dared to leave the
house. While she lay at deaths door
he could do nothing, and it looked as il
the cornfield would lie idle for a year
You see, Lee Gossett thought more OF
his mother than of his crop.
Well, something happened.
Gossett's neighbors got together
They didn't ask "Who is my neigh
bor" Gossett was their neighbor and
a good one.
So one fine morning early in May a
cavalcade came down the black dirt
road.
In the procession were thirty-one
neighbors, thirty-one breaking plows
and 113 pillow horses.
Neighbor No. started 'land," and
neighbor Nos. 2 and and 4, and so on,
followed right in after. In less than
half a day, from 8 a. m. to IL a. M,
the field was finished.
And then one neighbor went to the
house and told Lee Gossett that if his
mother did not get better in a few
days they would all come back and
harrow and plant the cornfeld
So, you see, there were at least thir-
ty-one good Samaritans within a few
miles of circumference of Oreana, Ill.
ooh, yes" says some one, "brotherIy
love abides in Gods free fields, but in
the city
'1n the harsh city, with its cruel
jaws thirsting for the juice Of men;
In the city, with its insensate rollers
crushing out not only flesh and blood,
but mind and soul and spirit-in the
city there is no such brotherly love"
Don't you believe it.
Let an accident happen in the streets
of any city and note the quick response
of willing hearts and hands.
Why, in the city of Chicago just the
other day, when the horses attached
to an ambulance were killed, twenty
men took hold of a rope and raced
half a mile to a hospital to save a
man who was bleeding to death.
Make no mistake.
The heart of humanity is wondrous
kind.
Even the acid test of city ways can
not callous it.
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Moreover, what you do counts as
much in your world as does the bigger
mans work in his world.
l do not care what your work is,
whether it is practicing law or sell
ing goods or heaving white clay out
of ditch, you are doing your share
of the worlds work.
Particularly does your work count if
| it be good work. 1t is not the kind
of work, mind you but how well you
do it. If the job is well done, II
the product is well finished, it is worth
to the world all it cost you in effort
and more.
Therefore, keep on!
Perhaps you say: But the work do
for others is not appreciated. | get no,
thanks for being an industrial slave.
l cannot do more than is expected OF
me-sometimes not so much. When L
do the expected get no thanks. When
1 do less l am blamed. When l do
more it is taken for granted. 1t is
hard to work without appreciation"
So it is. But
How much thanks did you ever give
your father and mother Tor WhaC tney
did for you? Appreciation came late
to them. possibly after they were
dead. They We're paying their debt to
society as you are paying yours.
What's the use? Everything. You
are worker and not a shirker You
are a doer and not gutter.
Is it worth nothing to you that you
have your own self respect?
Put it down deep into your soul that
if your work is honest work and you
acquit yourself like a man you are
doing just as much in your sphere as
the president of the United States is
doing in his sphere.
And you should not say, "Whats
the use?"
You are not a clam. You are a
man,
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THE PRICE OF HAIR DYE.

Do you know that more men every
year, especially in the cities, are dye
| ing their hair-the vain men!
But wait.
Many of these men are using hair
dye not because they are proud but
because they want to retain their jobs.
1t is a fact.
Many of the big corporations
throughout the country are drawing
the line of usefulness of employees at
the age Of forty-five years-or, if not
precisely at that age, whereabouts.
Therefore gray haired employees are
viewed with more or less of suspicion.
And when it becomes necessary to re-
trench ON expenses and lay off some
of the Office force the older men are
let out Young fellows are coming on
and must have their promotion.
So when the first streaks of gray
appear in the mustaches of the older
men they begin to shave clean and
thus save appearances for time. But
when the gray hairs creep into their
temples there is no way to hide the
evidence of advancing years except
by dyeing the hair.
Pathetic, is it not?
Some of these "old fellows" who
are really just in their prime, are as
anxious about their youthful appear
ance as any woman, but for different
reasons. The endeavor to appear to
be spry and alert is almost pitiful.
Poor fellows!
To be out of a job at forty-five
means more, much more, than at twen-
ty-five. To lose ones job at the latter
age is merely a personal incident; to
lose it at the former age is a tragedy.
Because
At twenty-five hope springs eternal
and one may adapt himself to a new
job or a new calling or wait for an
opening. At forty-hve hopes are not
so strong and ways and habits are
not so easily changed.
Besides
At forty-fve ones expenses are
heavy. If one is a family man, there
are children to be educated. And If
there are girls it costs lot of money
to properly dress them.
Do you wonder the old man consults
his druggist concerning hair dye?
The big corporation does not care
who draws the wages so long as the
work is properly done. The young
fellows in the Office do not care. They
may be little sorry for the old fellow,
but they must get on, don't you know.
Who cares. except the old man and
his family?
Heartless?
Well. doesn't the price Of hair dye,
despite the demand, continue about the
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THE SILVER CORD. {"

Since Homers time the poets have
sung about "the thread Of life" and
the phrase has gone into ourNcommon
speech.
Did you know there is a real
thread Of life?"
Science has recently discovered this
real thread, which. If it is snapped.
means instant death.
This thread is ONLY AN INCH
LONG AND ONE-TWELFTH OF AN
INCH THICK. II is in the heart and
transmits energy from the auricles TO
the ventricles Of that organ.
In studying the heart beats scientists
have used "sphymograph" attached
TO the wrist and a Photograph" I'm con-
tact with the jugular vein.
With these Instruments. which we
have not the space to describe. & has
been learned that the auricles Of the
heart. the chambers that collect the
blood, set the time for the ventricles,
which pump the blood back into the
veins just as the stroke oarsman sets
the time for the other oarsmen Of
racing boat
The little nerve-thread Of life
transmits the energy from one cham
Der to another
II we knew what the energy" is we
would know the mystery Of life, but
we do know that
So long as the little nerve Is active
life abides.
When the cord Is injured the whole
line Of life is ended. Just as an auto
mobile cannot run, however powerful
fits engines or intact fits machinery.
without transmission" so of the
human body. The thread OF life Is
the transmission.
Fortunately for us, this attenuated
nerve is well shielded. being imbedded
deeply, and thus protected from injury.
Which explains why a bullet through
the heart or a stab Of that organ. pop
ulariy supposed TO be fatal, does not
necessarily bring death.
There are many recent cases Of
hearts which. cut By a stab or bullet
wound. have been sewed up and the
recovery Of the patient complete.
The thread Of IifeF'
Upon what a slender line Il hung
the continuity Of mani
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WHATS HE USE7

I overheard a man Of some fifty
years say 60 his friend:
81 tell you am tired Of the ever
lasting grind. But I can't quit. /
have too many stomachs to ill besides
my own. cannot save much because
OF my family expenses. ] want a rest.
but I can't afford IT. I tell you I'm
tired Of life. What's the user
Ever feel that way?
You have worked hard for a long
time perhaps. and years ago your cas-
ties In Spain toppled over and you are
saying:
whats the user"
Well. you haven't given up the fight
That's something. And you are bat
Ting along the best you can. That's
all Caesar did. or Charlemagne, or U.
8 Grant That Is all any man can do
And-ever think Of it7-yOu are a
special providence to those who de-
pend on you. The Lord puts you IN
his place.
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SOME PLAIN WORDS.

Young man
You have no right to make love to a
girl unless you intend to marry her.
And especially you have no moral right
to continue your attentions for a long
period of time without declaring your
self
Because
Such a course of action is dishonor-
able and because you harm yourself
by pretending love when you do not
entertain such sentiments.
But particularly
BY your continued counting and I'M
warranted delay you are guilty of per
sOnal wrong to the young woman, and
ture happiness.
Youth is woman's opportunity for
marriage. 1t is her attractive age. If
she misses that chance she may go
through life disappointed and bereft.
You are seen at her side and visit
regularly at her house. You are sup
posed TO be her sutton, and the COM
munity after a time takes it for
granted you are engaged to her. And
because of this general belief other
marriageable young men stay away.
Meantime the girl awaits your pro-
posal.
1t ought TO be forthcoming. and by
Withholding the formal offer you treat
the girl most cruelty. Hope deferred
maketh the heart sick"
Besides
Her friends, in view of your actions,
are apt TO ask her what day the we'd
ding is set for And thus, besides her
personal misery because of your neg
lect, she is made TO suffer mortifca-
ton because Of your selishness.
What has the poor girl done that you
should punish her?
Particularly ~dishonorable is such
conduct if the young lady Is unprotect-
ed-if she has no big brother TO put
Che integrity Of your intentions square
ly up to you. no mother wise enough
and keen enough because OF her love
60 wrest your secret motives from you
and compel formal declaration.
Certainly you are not base enough TO
win the heart Of good girl merely to
prove your mastery or merely for your
sport
In love matters, as in all others, the
only right way IS the open and honest
way. Let the young woman know pre-
ciseiy what you propose. Let nothing
be taken for granted.
If you do not intend 20 marry her
you should not monopOlize her.
Give the girl her chance
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SEEING THE ELEPHANT.
Do you remember the story of the
three blind men who went to "see" the
elephant?
One of the blind men took the ele-
plant by the ears and, passing his
hand over them, said, 1.-THE elephant is
wide and fiat like pancake"
Another put his hand on the crea-
lures trunk and said: You are mis-
taken, brother The elephant is large
and round and tapers to point"
The third blind man seized the ele-
plant as to his tail and said: "You are
both mistaken. The elephant is round,
indeed, but he is small and long like a
hoe handle"
And they went away, each convinced
he had seen the elephant and disput-
ing with the others as to what the
elephant might be like.
We are all more or less blind.
Each of us sees only a part of the
truth. And, seeing in part, we dispute
with our fellows concerning the shape
of the elephant.
1t is because we have different an
giles of vision.
We see men and things from our
own individual standpoint, and then
we think we are right and the others
wrong.
And we are thus warped in our be-
Iiefs and prejudices.
A few years ago the writer made
visit to a relative who lived on his
farm of twenty-four acres a few
miles north of New York city. While
there he told of wheatfields in the
northwest thousands of acres in ex-
tent.
1t was evident the New York rela-
tive, who had never been outside his
state, believed his cousin to be stretch
ing the truth out of all proportion.
And, on the other hand, a western
farmer, being told this New York man
had become fairly wealthy on his
twenty-four acres, laughed heartily at
the coke"
In New York city Buffalo is "west"
In the far west Des Moines is east"
1t depends on how you see the ele-
plant.
And the moral?
Cultivate the broad vision, the wide
horizon, else you may become not.
only narrow minded, but opinionated
and uncharitable.
For instance
You see a single phase of some per-
sons character-a one sided view. 1t
may be you see the weaknesses and
overlook the good points. You judge |
the person unjustly.
In seeing the elephant" do not de-
eide until you have seen more than
his ears, his trunk or his tail.
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OLE VERMONT.

~ Bradford Dlstrlct, IS
In Probate Court. held at ,Thetford in said
Di riot, on the oath day of June, A. d.
1909.
Horace w Bailey Administrator of the estate of
r NJ Chalmers late of Newbury in said dis
trict deceased presents his administration account
for examination and allowance, and makes appli-
cation for decree of distribution and partition
OF the estate of said deceased. Whereupon, it
is ordered by said Court, that said account and
toYbefheId at probate office inHThetford at p. m
on the 2sth day of July, A. d. 1909, for hearing
and decision thereon; And il is further ordered,
that notice hereof be given TO all persons inter-
ested, by publication Of the same three weeks
successfully in the United Opinion, a newspaper
published at Bradford previous to said time
appointed for hearing that they may appear
al said time and place and show couse, II any
they may have why said account should not be
allowed and such decree made.
BY the Court. Attest,
IS s. NJ. GLEASON. Judge
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How to Mix Fertilizers at Home

The question of the proper ferti-
lization Of land to suit varied needs
of the different Crops and Soils is
becoming one of the paramount
questions among thinking farmers
today. Drop US a postal card and
let us tell you how to mix a ferti-
lizer ct home especially adapted to
your needs and explain to you how
very simple a matter home-mixing
is. We believe we can convince
you that you not only get better
goods but that they cost you less
money than when you purchase in
the usual way. Write today. Ad-
dres, CARROLL S. PAGE,
Hyde p al,
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ATTEST.
S. NJ. GLEASON. Judge
ESTATE OF WILLIAMM WEIGH.

The undersigned, having been appointed by
the Hon. Probate Court for the District of Brad
ford Commissioners to receive examine and
adjust all claims and demands off all persons
against the estate of William NJ WEIGH, late
of Topsham, Vt, in said District, deceased
and all claims exhibited in offset thereto, hereby
give notice that we will meet for theFpurposes
in Topsham the oath day of July and Both day of
Dec. next from 10 o'clock a. M, until clock
?, M each Of said days, and that six months
the time limited by said Court for said credi-
tors TO present their claims to us for examination
and allowance.
Dated at Tepsham this 18th dav of June.
AID. 1909 q =
Charles Mills
80 L. Sanborn, COMMISSIONERS.
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~TATE OF VERMONT

CTATE OF VERMONT, In Probate
~ DISTRICT OF BRADFORD, SIS Court, held at
Bradford in and for said District, on the 22d
dav of June, "A. d. 1909
Mary A. johnson administrative of the es-
tate of Susan T. Smith late of Bradford in said
district deceased, presents his administration ac-
count for examination and allowance, and makes
application for decree of distribution and parti-
tionof the estate of said deceased.
Whereupon, it is ordered by said Court, that
said application be referred to a session thereof
on the 18th day of July. A. D., 1909, for hearing
and decision thereon; and it is further ordered
that all persons interested be notified hereof by
thereon, three weeks successfully in the United
Opinion, a newspaper published at Bradford
previous to said time appointed for hearing that
cause, if any they may have, why said account
should not be allowed, and such decree made.
By the Court,
ATTEST:
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ADELBERT OSBORNE'S WILL.
on

- District of Bradford IS.
In Probate court held at Thetford N and for
said District, on the 25th day Of June, A D 1909.
In instrument purporting to be the last Will
and Testament of Adebert Osborne late of
Bradford in said district deceased. being present.
ed to the Court by Emma A Osborne the execu-
trix named therein for probate. IL is ordered by
said Court. that all persons concerned therein be
notified TO appear at session Of said Court to be
held at Hotel Low, in said Bradford on the
10th day Of Aug, A. d. 1909, and show cause il
any they may have, against the Probate Of said
will; for which purpose it is further ordered, that
a copy Of the record of this order be published
three weeks SUCCESSFULLY in the United Opinion,
a newspaper printed at Bradford, previous TO
said time appointed for hearing
By the Court. Attest,
80 N GLEASON, Judge,
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LEGAL.

observation-disclosures DIsrRIcT l906-t7
Probate Courts within and for said district
will be held the ensuing year as follows:
Bradford-At Hotel Low in Bradford on the
second Tuesday OF every month, except Deem
Der, January February, and March.
North Thetford-At Jaquith's Hotel on the
second Tuesday o. December, January, February
and March
Also at the Probate Office in Thetford on the
first Wednesday of every month.
M. GLEASON, Judge.
Thetford Center. Vt. Dec. IS 1906.
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Nature has done her best to protect

Nature has done her best to protect
the little cord by surrounding muscle
and tissue, and man can do much to
repair the organ in which it is located
but when the thread is broken the
transmission of vital force is ended,
the engine stops, and the man is dead.
COR ever the silver cord be broken
literally saith the old Scriptures.
The Omnipotence that put into the
human heart that tiny, delicate thread
did not mean that we should last for
ever-here.
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HE said he'd rather 80 to Jan than
pay bis divorced wife alimony."
Did she let him goT'
Yes; she said she'd rather see him
save his money behind the bars than
spend Il over them"-Cleveland Plain
Dealer
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A traveller stopped at a hotel IN
Greenland. where the nights are SIX
months long. and as he registered
asked a question of the clerk
what time DO you have breakfast7~
''FrOm half past March to q quarter
10 May."-Harper's Weekly.
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what do you DO to get nd Of
boresT'
-Just a. soon a. they come into my
ofBcs start IN telling them OF the
latest cute thing my baby said-"-De-
troit Free PresA
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Hunoer or Fame.

Tt Is a good thing to hunger for
fame remarked the struggling author.
Yes assented his friend the artist
IF you don't get the fame you are sure
20 get the hunger.--Chicago News
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Every time the baby looks into my
face be smiles" said Mr.. Meekton.
We'll" answered his wife, 1t may
not be exactly polite. but It shows be
has a sense Of humor"-Exchange.
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FOR SALE

One Morgan Colt
5 Years Old Weight
1850. This is an
Extra Good Colt, if
You are Looking for
That kind come and
Snn him F. H. BURR,
Wv 44A4AAS Thetford Center, Vt.
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Heart toHeart
Talks.
SEEING THE ELEPHANT.
By EDWIN A. NYE.

tCopyright, 1909 by American Press Asso-
sciation.l
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Demand For Passports.

The great number Of passports being
issued by the state department to per-
sons going to Europe this summer
would seem to indicate that times are
not too hard in this country to pre-
vent the more prosperous classes from
taking a Sreat many millions Of dol
lars over the big pond. In recent years
the fee for a passport has been only
81. II used to be IS.
CHARLES W. ARTHuD
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THAT TAX ON
CORPORATIONS.
pOstpOnement Of That Part Of
Tariff Bill Now Urged.
NAY GO OVER THE SESSION.

Borne Senators >and Representatives
Argue That the Whole Matter Could
Be Thrashed Out Better Then-Prob-
lem of Making "Ide Rich" Pay Their
Share of Expenses.