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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-19
PYTHIANS HAVE
AN ANNIVERSARY
FoRTY-FTVE YEARS
SINCE IT WAS FOUNDED
Birthday of Well Known Order Is Be-
ing Celebrated Throughout the Ma
tion-JuStus IL. Rathbone Was
Founder of the Order-IIas Had
Many NiciSsiudes.

Washington, Feb. 19.-Pythian
knights of Washington and through
out the nation are celebrating today
the forty-fifth anniversary of the
founding of their order. 1t was in
this city, on February 10, 1864, in
what was known as Temperance Hall,
that Washington lodge, No. l, Knights
Of Pythias, was organized. In the
forty-five years that have interviewed
the fraternity has grown until it is
now rapidly approaching the million
mark in membership, and, according
to officials, that goal is not far dis
tant. The order has followed the
flag and now has lodges in Hawaii,
Cuba, Porto Rico, the Philippines,
Alaska and Panama.
The founder of the order was Jus
tus H. Rathbone, a department clerk
to whom the thought first came Of
organizing a fraternal society espec-
tally for the social advantage of the
great army Of clerks and employees in
the several government departments
in the city of Washington. This was
in the midst of the civil war, and all
surroundings seem favorable to in
stituting such a body.
HOW Ii Was Named.
During the Fall of 1868 Rathbone
came into possession of a copy OF
John Banim's play of Damon and
Pythias." and this so impressed him
with its adaptability for the cere-
monial work of a fraternal society,
that he at once commenced the prep
arat:on of ritual for a body to be
known as the knights of Pythias.'
Just at that time-through a pc
ouliar chain of circumstances-he
had abundant leisure for the work,
and as a result, by the end of 1868
the first ritual for the degrees of page
Of this order was ready.
For a few years after the installa-
ton Of the first lodge in this city, the
new order had a hard struggle, and
several of the early lodges failed. Af-
ter several close brushes with abso-
Lutte failure, the Pythians spread into
several states, and a new impetus
was given the life of the order.
First Supreme Lodge.
In q few years the Supreme Lodge
was established in Washington and
things were put on firm footing.
The first supreme chancellor, Samuel
Read. Of New Jersey, was a great or
ganizer, and did much 10 promote the
growth and perfect the details and i'm
prove general conditions in the order |
The troubles Of the Knights Of Pyth-
las were not all over however. Like /.
the two friends in old Syracuse, they |
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-19

to three doctors; was kept in bed for
five weeks. Blood poison from a
SPIDERS bite caused large, deep sores
to cover his leg The doctors failed,
then "Bucklen's Arnica Salve com
pletely cured me-" writes John Wash
ington, of Bosqueville, Tex. For &C.
zema, boils, burns and piles its su-
preme. 25c at Tallman e Co, Pen
dleton, Oregon.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-19
Quick climatic changes try

Quick climatic changes try strong
constitutions and cause, among other
evils, nasal catarrh, troublesome and
offensive disease. Sneezing and snuff
fling, coughing and difficult breath
ing, and the drip, drip of the foul dis.
charge into the throat-all are ended
by Ely's Cream Balm. This honest
remedy contains no cocaine, mercury,
nor other harmful ingredient. The
worst cases yield to treatment in a
short time. All druggists, SOC, or
mailed by Ely Bros, Sc Warren
street, New York.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-19

Paul Gilmore, Americas most pop
most popular American play, THE
Boys Of Company b. at the oregon
Theatre on Saturday February 9th.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-19
For Sale.

I will arrive in Pendleton about
2Oth inst. with a carload Of mules
and thre large Jacks. Call at Ore
gon Feed Yards.
d. 3. KEITHLY.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-19

Ingram's grocery will be closed all
day Monday, Feb. %. Washlngton's
birthday. Legal holiday.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-02-19

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.
Take LAXATIVE BROEo Qufnlne
Tablets. Druggists refund money IL
1t fails to cure. e. W. GROVES Sig
nature IL on each box. 2Sc.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-08-06

As Roebottom Worked.-W. F. Aver,
the advertising agent, at the dinner in
Philadelphia in honor Of his firms
fortieth anniversary, said that to sue
ceed in advertising required hard work.
THE successes in this business are
stupendous, he said, but some folks
think that working as Roebottom of
Camden worked a man can build up a
great advertising fortune.
"Roebottom was a roofer. He was
engaged on a Mickle street house. One
day, as he was lunching, he was heard
to give yell Of pain.
Whats the matter, Roebottom?' a
carpenter asked.
az got nail in my foot the roofer
answered.
"'Well, why don't you pull it out?"
said the carpenter.
WHAT In my dinner hour? yelled
Roebottom, reproachfully. "-Philadel-
phia Record.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-08-06
Get a Free Copy
of WIRELESS
for JULY.

"Wireless" is a publication for Sc
rious people; people who wish to be
we'll informed on the subject OF the
Wireless Telegraph and Telephone
and to know what Wireless Is doing;
the extent it is being used; what 1t is
accomplishing and the favorable op-
portunities in Wireless just now for
investors.
Worthless Wireless stocks are being
offered by brokers. "Wireless" tells
the exact value of the different kinds
of Wireless stocks. 1t will pay you to
get posted. You can have this valua-
Bile information for the asking, as a
COPY of July "Wireless" will be sent
you free upon receipt Of your request.
PARTIAL LIST OF CONTENTS.
Will the financial record Of the Tele-
phone be surpassed?
wireless Control Of ships Of the Navy.
Newspapers using Wireless.
Record Of Recent Saving Of Lives and
Vessels.
Wireless Progress.
Another Wireless Triumph.
Wireless Telegraph and Shipwrecks:
Wireless Operation Compared with
Wire Systems. 9.
What the Wireless Has Done.
How Wireless Works.
Recent Court Decisions in Wireless
stock Transactions.
Wireless Is NOT a publication OF
interest to children or young people.
A free sample copy may be obtained
by any adult sending his address to
Wireless, p. o. Box sos, Charleston.
S. c.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-08-06

have a great many neatly painted,
comfortable farmhouses, but not so
many as you. Here the rule seems to
be comfortable and prosperous ap-
pearances everywhere. In my coun-
try there is a large proportion Of run
down farms: but there is absolutely
no question of the fact that improve
ments are being made at a remarkable
rate of progress, and in fifteen or
twenty years more we will be able to
show you Conditions that will open
your eyes
Mr.. Gri3r having come to a pause
that indicated that he had almost
covered the subject, the reporter ven-
tured a question along the line Of pol
itics.
What do your people think of the
tariff, Mr.. Grist?"
"Now, my dear sir" remarked the
southerner, with good-natured twin
kle in his eye, II expect we had better
call it quits. Politics is hardly fit
subject for discussion between South
Carolina Democrat and a Vermont
Yankee. We are too far apart, at
best, on the face of the proposition;
but in reality we are much closer to-
gether than is generally supposed. Mr..
Kellette was telling me of the Massa-
chusetts statesman who would be glad
to speak to the Vermont Democrats
If they would only congregate in his
back yard. If you will let me know
when that rally takes place I'll send
up all the South Carolina Republi-
cans with full assurance that there
will not only be plenty of room, but
that there will be an abundance OF
harmonious congeniality during the
speaking. There may be some differ
ences between us on the tariff ques-
ton, but the difference is greater In
percentage that 1t is in principle. Tens
of thousands Of Democrats voted for
Bryan while praying for the election
of Taft, and some of these days when
we get the southern Republicans
properly herded with the northern
Democrats, the southern Democrat
will be in still closer touch with
the northern Republicans.
"Well, here is where I'll have to tell
you goodby," Mr.. Grist abruptly broke
off, as the conductor shouted "all
aboard" and with a cordial hand
shake he boarded his train for the
south.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-08-06

ImperishabIe Wood.-A curious
source of wealth, says the Londor
Globe, is reported by the French con-
sui at Montgtze, in Upper Tonkin. Il
lies in wood mines. The wood origi.
nally was a pine forest, which the
earth swallowed in some cataclysm
Some Of the trees are yard in diane.
ter. They lie in a slanting direction
and in sandy soils, which cover then
to a depth of about s yards. AS the
top branches are well preserved, 1t Ii
thought the geological convulsions
which buried them can not be of very
yreat antiquity The wood furnished
py these timber mines is imperishable
and the Chinese gladly buy 1t fol
collins.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-08-06

The Middle Splash.


THAT is impossible said Senator
Aldrich Of a socialistic proposition.
He laughed.
In its impossibility," he went on
"it reminds me of Joe Jobson's middle
splash.
Joe Jobson, a very ignorant and
pig-headed chap, presented himself al
the church with his infant son for the
christening. The following dialogue
then took place between Jobson an
the minister.
What name do you give this child?
Peter Ananias Jobson.'
".Ananias?' l refuse to christen the
child in that name. Do you know who
Ananias was?'
~ don't know who he was; and
what's more, don't care
But Ananias was the greatest liar
in all Biblical history
We'll, that's nothing to me. Ny
baby amt no liar so what's the differ
ence? l want him christened Ananias
because l like the sound Of it.
81 won't do it. ! will christen the
child Peter jeremiah Jobson.'
And the minister was as good as
his word, and as he repeated each
name he sprinkled little water on the
infants face.
And / rub out that middle splash,
said the father, heatedly. He rubbed
his sleeve across the childs face and
sprinkled a little more water over it.
4 rub out that middle splash, substi-
tute this one for it, and christen him
Peter Ananias Jobson. And that set
ties it'"-Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-08-06

Shopping in Sassafras.-Mrs. Mauds
Darrell Hoffman, a pioneer of country
week work, was praising in Hartford
the country vacation.
"A country vacation is better than
a seashore one," she said. You see
things so much quainter. And the
further into the country you go, the
quainter becomes the things you see.
Il once spent August in a village
called the Head of Sassafras, village
down in Maryland. The postoffice
there was the general store. The
morning after my arrival went to the
general store for my mail.
"a little girl preceded me with an
egg in her hand.
"'Gimme an eggs worth of tea
please I heard her say to the post
master -storekeeper; and ma says ye
might weigh out an eggs worth ol
sugar. too, for the black hens a-cluck-
in, and I'll be up again in a minute
Philadelphia Bulletin.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-08-06
Are You Among
The Number?

1t surely must be a fact that there
are scores Of men and women in this
section who are not insured in the
Mutual Benefit and should be, II they
discharge their solemn obligations to
their families, their estates or to pro-
vide for their own old age, Tin case
they are among the comparatively
few who live to be old) who do not
fully understand that in carrying
Mutual Benefit insurance policyhold-
ers do not spend the money used in
keeping themselves protected as long
as they need protection, but simply
deposit it with an institution that Is
safer and stronger than any bank In
the world, and which guarantees to
return the amount specified In the
cash value Of the contract whenever
called for. The man who buys fire
insurance or assessment life insur-
ance, and has no fire or does not die
while the insurance is in force, has
spent his money for protection. Don't
you think 1t would be wise for you to
make a deposit with the Mutual Ben
eft? If you die during the time you
are making deposits, or afterwards, "
you so elect, the amount named In
policy will be promptly paid as
agreed in policy and IL you ever reach
the point where you need cash more
than protection you will receive 1t on
request. l am in position 20 furnish
letters from policyholders living In
all sections Of the U. S., in which they
assert that they have been members
of the Mutual Benefit family all the
way from 20 to so years and been
protected in sums ranging from one
to twenty-five thousand dollars and
could surrender their policies today
for more cash than they have ever
deposited, to say nothing Of the gilt
edge protection they have enjoyed
for years. These letters, II published
at one time, would fill The Enquirer
several times over
SAM M. GRIST, Special Agent.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-08-06

Wrong Asain.-A political speaker
was attacking the government Of the
day with more venom than reason. A
man at the back of the hall at last
cried out: You're wrong, sir" A
little nettled, the orator continued
without needing. Presently, in answer
to another strong assertion, came
again, you've wrong, sir!" The speak
er looked angry, but continued on the
warpath.
you've wrong, sir!" again rang out
Angrily addressing the persistent
one, the orator cried. Look here,
could tell this man something about
this government which would make
his hair stand on end!"
You're wrong again, sir!" came ex-
ultantly from the critic, as he stood VI
and removed his hat. His head was
as bald as the proverbial billiard ball
-Tit-Bits.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-08-06

Overworked Snake.-The new and
very stringent prohibitory law which
goes into effect in Kansas has reviv-
ed an old story on the subject. A
stranger went into a Kansas drug
store and asked for some whisky.
Il can't sell you any whisky" said
the druggist.
But I'm sick" persisted the stran-
ger.
THAT won't help any," replied the
druggist. 1T don't make any differ
ence. I can't sell you any whisky for
being sick"
well, what can you sell it to me
for?" asked the stranger.
The only thing we can sell whisky
for in this town." said the druggist, sis
for snake bites. Hold up now! Don't
ask me where to get bitten. No use,
There is only one snake in town, and
he is engaged for three weeks ahead
Kansas City Journal.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-08-06

After the Show.-A well-dressed
man, said to be an Englishman, has
been arrested in Montmartre, Paris, on
a charge of rendering bad half
eigns for dinners and entertainments.
Which reminds us of the story about
the touring company which has been do
ing very bad business in ''the smalls.'
While the proprietor and sole respon-
sible manager was standing outside
the temporary theatre (the Corn EX-
change) a very small boy with a very
large melon arrived and proposed to
barter the fruit for seat in the gal
lery. The bargain was duly conclud-
ed, and the scene now changes to the
interior of the theatre after the per-
formance: Boy" says the manager
severely, that melon was rotten
That's all right" returns the youth
full critic, 80 was yer show."-London
Globe.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-08-06

- WoOdmen of the World Monthly
Receipt Books at The Enquirer Office.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-08-06
Wanted Sympathy.-

Wanted Sympathy.-To the leader
Of a band in Omaha, jocularly spoken
of in that locality as the worst in sew
en- different states" there once came a
man with a request that the band play
at cousins funeral
is it military funeral?" asked the
leader.
Not at ALL" was the reply. MY
cousin was no military man-in fact
he was never even interested in mat
ters military. Nevertheless, it was his
express wish that your band should
play at his funeral"
The leader was surprised and fiat
tered. rs that so?" he asked.
YES" responded the other. He
said he wanted everybody in Omaha
to be sorry that he died."-Harper's
Magazine.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-08-06

I. c. Will B 0 r N.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1909-06-01

ranks each succeeding year, and Pal.
estine is today in better condition to
go forward than ever in its history
It is men that make town. Men who
have the energy and the daring can
build a city in a desert or a swamp.
1t was men and not natural resources
that made Carthage and Rome, and
men as a centralized factor have been
the determining cause in the upbuild-
ing of all the newer American cities
Chicago, Atlanta, Los Angeles, Den
yer, Spokane, Seattle, Kansas City,
st. Louis, Dallas, Fort Worth Hous-
ton, Galveston, San Antonio, etc. All
honor, then, to the men who are en-
gagged in making Palestine a bigger
and better city in which to live. They
are doing a noble and worthy work,
whose benefits accrue not only to
themselves but to their fellow-citizens
and the generations to follow Their
work will live after them, a monu-
ment to energy, enterprise and I'M
selfish aggressiveness.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1909-06-01

length and the happiness of his owl
life. Seven rules are herewith given
that, if they should be followed this
season by the eighty-six thousand
farm families who will read these
lines, the health and efficiency OF
general tone of life would be made
notably brighter and happier-to say
nothing of fewer graves in the bury
ing grounds and cemeteries at the
end of the year. Here are the seven
rules:
% Have a properly planned and
properly cooked diet. Make study
of this question and have your wife
make study of it. We eat too much
meat and too much hot, pasty food.
We do not eat enough fruit, vege-
tables, eggs, butter and milk. There
is no excuse for any farmer not hav-
ing enough of these nourishing,
health-giving foods, and with them,
one can set table fit for king.
(2) Chew your food three times as
long as you have been doing. The
Fletcher principle, Chew your food
till it becomes liquid and practically
swallows ITSELF" is the only correct
guide. Mr.. Fletcher guarantees that
his method will increase the average
mans working efficiency &c per cent
in six months.
(3) Don't over-eat. Proper chew
ing, however, will practically prevent |
this also. Chew your food thoroughly |
and your sense of taste will be salts
fed before you eat too much. 1t is
when you bolt your food down that
you over-eat.
(4) Breathe only fresh air. Let it
INTO your sleeping room, no matter
low cold the weather. The dread of
night air" is absurd If fresh air
we're only to be had for price, thou
sands of poor people would be begging
money to buy it, while as it is, they
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1909-06-01
ROGERS GREAT FORTUNE.

The press dispatches tell us that H
H. Rogers, the Standard Oil magnate
who died few days ago, left a for
tune of $4,000, 900.
To the average mind these figures
mean nothing, for the average man
canont see through the meaning OF
figures as clearly as did the wise
apostles of populism, who habitually
handled figures expressed in nine or
more numerals.
But to get down to that $4,000 900.
It would take two hundred and eighty,
three men, working every day for
forty-five years, at 81 day. to earn
this sum. Yet Rogers accumulated it
in thirty years
In the form of silver dollars it
would take three freight trains of
twenty-eight cars each to carry this
vast sum.
It would take S55 teams of horses
to carry it on wagons. This process
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1909-06-01
FOR YOUR HEALTH'S SAKE
PUBLIC HEALTH LEGISLATION

Many of the states in the union
are awakening to the Importance
of providing proper care for the
tuberculosis poor. This includes
careful consideration of the early
stage and therefore durable cases,
as well as those in the advanced
and incurabIe class. The object
of legislation of this kind is pro-
lection and to prevent the spread
of this aII-pervading foe to human
life.
There is, too, the broad human
tartan side of the question, which
demands that those stricken with
consumption and who are too poor
to provide for themselves the
needed care and treatment be Civ
en- chance for their lives, and
at the stage when their cases may
be cured.
But over and above all other
considerations is the aII-important
demand that tuberculosis be
stamped out.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1909-06-01
JUDGE GARY GIVES 100000
For Erection of Y. M. C. A. Buin
at Gary Indiana.

81 am glad to declare my belief ind
the advantages of having Young
Mems Christian Association in an in
dustrial community as tending greatly
to the building up of character of the
men and therefore increasing their
efficiency wrote the chairman Of
the board of directors of the United
States Steel company.
Additional evidence of friendly in
terest and confidence in the assoeia-
ton is now shown by Judge Gary's
gift of 100000 building for the city
of Gary, Ind. This new magic steel
city is located at the south end of
Lake Michigan, twenty-five miles
from the center of Chicago.
The works will ultimately employ
$4,000 men, which means that the
city of Gary will have from $4,000 to
100000 inhabitants
Bisbee, Arizona, is a mining camp
with 1900 people, the majority of
whom are men. The Copper Queen
company here had a club building
costing about $4,000, which was given
to the association December. 1906.
When the club ceased there were 125
members; the association now has
sol. Since it opened gambling has
gone, churches are growing, and men
are being bettered through the asso-
citation efforts.
The Agricultural College, New Mex
leo, organized Student Association
in 1905 with forty members, when
there were only seven members Of
evangelical churches in the college;
now it has building costing $500
The association has 1O5 members,
and eighty-five in bible classes; over
seventy students have been converted.
of whom fifty-fiye have joined
churches.
Palestine daily herald. [volume] (Palestine, Tex.) 1902-1949, 1909-06-01
THE HERALD's BOOSTER EDITION

=
Attention is today invited to the
Special Illustrated Booster Edition,
celebrating the eighth anniversary of
the Palestine Daily Herald. It is a
brief, but very complete review of
the resources and advantages of this
Incompatible section of East Texas.
and may be implicitly relied upon by
home and Investment seekers. We be-
-lieve its substance will give all infor
nation desired to enlighten anyone
living in distant states, which is the
primary end sought in its issuance.
Palestine offers inducements to
people having money to invest in man.
ufacturing enterprises. and the sur
rounding country to agriculturists in
search of a genial climate, health, fer
tile lands and good markets. coun-
try where merit, energy and enter
prise easily win Happy Home
and investments earn a good per cent
annually.
The fact that all of the business
men and interests of Palestine are not
represented in this Booster Edition of
the Daily Herald is a source of regret
on the part of the management-all
were given cordial invitation, but
were not solicited on the basis of
book-agent methods. That a few of
our citizens have not caught up with
the procession of men of modern
times is their misfortune, not our
fault. 1t is, however, a relief to know
that Dead Ones and knockers are
growing fewer in number in the CITY
building and Country Developing