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Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-03-18
Lead Pencil Experiments,

An English statistician was asked
how many words could be written
with an English lead pencil. and. be
ing determined to answer it. he bough:
a lead pencil and SCOTS "Ivanhoe"
and proceeded to copy the latter word
by word. He wrote 95.6O8 words and
then was obliged to stop. for the pen
Gil had become so short that he could
not use 1t. A German statistician who
heard of this experiment was dissat
lsfed with 1t because all the lead III
the pencil was not used on the work.
and therefore he bought pencil and
started to copy long German novel
When the pencil was so short that he
could not handle 1t with his fingers
he attached holder to 1t, and 1t Is
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-03-18
His Quaint Suggestion.

A Frenchman who appears 10 nave
been of a thrifty turn OF mind con
ceived the idea in 1878 that too much
valuable time was being wasted Ill
cleaning sardines when preparing them
for the market. He found a way OF
them without cleaning them
and on this he took out letters patent.
Apparently he had some slight misgiv'
ing as TO whether the public would be
perfectly suited with his Invention.
and so in his claim he makes this
parenthetical entry:
Fish put up by this process may be
slightly unpleasant to the customer al
first. but he soon gets used to 1t.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-03-18

give Us Just teeny-weeny bit OF our
wedding irip over again. Iust an hour
Gear il.rg. - we can remember how
the grass aud Iluplar Trees looked anc
The. bow uf Ihu,- bonnet strings Ti-C
UpurlIb her chin. vv-u II IL were The
u.tpius that did the wurk Can't d.
IL Very we'll Hurry up with thai
touring car a''i the oil stock, then.
Just IA front ui Mrs James Williams
sat q girl IL luu>r tan jacket aud .
straw hat udorurd with grapes anc
ruSeS Only In dreams aud milliuers
shops do we. alas, gather grapes ana
roses al one swipe
This girl gazed with large blue eyes
credulOuS. when the megaphone maj
rnarrd his ductrine that millionaires
were things about which we should b,
concerned Between blasts she resort
Ell To Epicletiau philosophy In the
form of pepsin chewing gum.
At this girls right hand sat a
young man about twenty-fOur He
was well built. active. strong jawed
and good mturpd. But If his descrip
ton seems to follow that of jane
Williams diveSt il of anything Glover
dalian. This man belonged To hard
streets and sharp corners. He looked
keenly about him. seeming TO be
grudge the asphalt under the feet OF
those upon whom he looked down
from his perch.
While the megaphone barks at ia
nous hostelry let me whisper you
/ through the low tuned cardiaphone t.
| sit tight. for now things are about t.
happen. and the great city will clos'
over them again as over scrap OF
ticker tape floating down from th'
den Of Broad street bear.
! The girl in the tan jacket twisted
around to view the pilgrims on tn
last seat. The other passengers sh'
had absorbed The seat behind he
was her Bluebeard's chamber.
Her eyes met those of Mrs. jane
williams Between two ticks or
watch they exchanged their life's ex
periences, histories. hopes and fancies
and all, mind you. with the eye, befor
two men could have decided whethe
to draw steel or borrow match.
The bride leaned forward now. Sh
and the girl spoke rapidly together
their tongues moving quickly Xix
those of two serpents, a compariso
that is not meant to go further. Tw
smiles and dozen mods closed tn
conference.
And now in the broad. quiet avenu
in front of the rubberneck car ma
in dark clothes stood with uplifte
hand. From the sidewalk anothe
hurried to join him.
The girl in the fruitful hat quick
seized her companion by the arm an
whispered in his ear. That youn
man exhibited proof of ability to az
promptly. Crouching low, he slid ovs
the edge of the car hung lightly Il
an instant and then disappeared. Ha
dozen of the top riders observed h
feat wonderingly, but made no cor
ment. deeming it prudent not TO e
. press surprise at what might be II
conventional manner of alghting
this bewildering city.
The truant passenger lodged ha
som and then tloated past. like lie;
on a stream. between furniture va
and a florists delivery wagon.
The girl in the tan jacket turne
again and looked in the eyes of Mr.
James Williams. Then she faced abo,
and sat still while the rubberneck au
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-03-18
SISTERS OF THE
GOLDEN CIRCLE.
Tale Of a Queer Happening on a
Sightseeing Car.
BY o. HENRY.

copyright. lgO5. by Mcclure. Phillips &
Col
The rubberneck auto was about
ready TO start. The merry top riders
had been assigned TO their seats by
the gentlemanly conductor.
The megaphone man raised his in
strument of torture; the inside of the
great automobile began to thump and
thrOh like the heart of a coffee drnker.
The top riders nervOusly chung To the
seats; the old lady from Valparaiso.
Ind. shrieked to be put ashore. But
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-03-18
When Silence Is Deadly.

Silence Is commonly the slow poison
used by those who mean 10 murder
love. There Is nothing violent about
IL. No shock Is given. Hope Is not
abruptly stransled. but merely dreams
Of evil and tights with gradually std
ding shadows. When the last convul-
sions come they are not terrific. The
frame has been weakened for dissolu-
ton. Love dies like natural decay. IL
seems the kindest way OF doing a
cruel thing.-GeOrge Meredith.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-03-18
a Night Alarm.

Worse than an alarm .t ar. E. .
metallic cough of Group e..
mothers keep Foley, To -. s.a T,.
the house aud give it at a- h.,.,..
danger. Foley's Honey maI,.
saved many little lives. 40 u...
John W. Thurston.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-03-18

Foley's Kidney Remedy will cure any
case of Kidney or Bladder trouble that
is not beyond the reach of medicine
\" medicine can do more. John w.
Thurston.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-03-18

Pneumonia follows cold but never
follow, the use of Foley's Honey aud
Tar which stops the cough, heals the
lungs and expels the cold from he sys-
ten. John w. ThurstOn.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-03-18

The Bride-That nasty Mrs. Jones.
next door. said I'd better try these
biscuits on the dog before ! gave EN-
to you. The GrOOnS-Hasn't she got
a mean disposition! Why. ! thought she
was fond Of dogs!-Cleyeland Leader
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-03-18
Often the Case.

Sillicus-What do you suppose caused
him to go to the bad? Cynicus-Try-
Ing TO be a good Observation-Disclosures
Record
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-03-18
4 New Scheme.

"Sued for breach Of promise, chs
Yep"
ANY defense"
Temporary insanity, and expect
to prove It by the love letters | wrote.
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-03-18

said that be wrote with this one pen
ell 10000 words. Rossibly. however.
his pencil was longer OF the lead In
II was OF a more durable quality.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1910-03-18

The fools ear was made for the
knave's tcugue.-Ramaswamfs III
dian Fables"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-07-21
WATER HOGS TO
Be EXPOSED SEPT. 5

on and after September all
claims for water from the Umatilla
river will be on file at the office OF
County Clerk Sailing and will be open
for inspection. This is in accordance
with the present plans OF the oregon
board OF water commissioners. ac-
cording to a letter received this
morning by the law firm of Lowell &
Winter from Commissioner F. NJ. Sax
ton of Baker City. 1t had been or
iginally intended to open the inspec-
ton during the month of August, but
the commissioner writes that this will
be impossible.
The opening for inspection of these
claims will be the signal for the bat
tie which is expected to be a long,
hard-fought affair. The 'water-hogs"
will be revealed and it is declared that
the number of these VIII be some
thing amazing, Those having pro-
tests to make will file them as soon
after September 5 as possible and then
in due course of time each contested
case will be tried out just as any
other cases would be tried in the cir
cult court.
II is estimated that five years will
be required to settle the controver-
sizes which are expected to develop.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-07-21
PUZZLE FOR BERLIN POLICE
May an Aviator Fly Over City without
Permit

Berlin.-The recent flight OF the
aviator. Frey over Berlin has led to
an interesting controversy in por-
ton of the Berlin press. The ques-
ton is, MAY an aviator fly over Ber-
lin without police permission?'
It is pointed out that the police
maintain law and order in the streets
of Berlin, that they are responsible
for the accidents that happen therein,
that their permission has to be asked
to hold open-air or political meetings.
and in fact their permission has to be
obtained for almost everything under
the sun.
When Zeppelin came to Berlin
thousands of police looked after the
public safety, when King Edward
came to Berlin the streets were lined
with police and troops and yet the
aviator Frey actually had the au-
dacity not only to inform Berliners
that he was going to fly over the cap.
ital, but greatest of all blunders, he
omitted to inform the police and re-
ceive their permission to do so.
What would have happened, the
papers ask, if an accident occurred
to his airship, portion of wood oil
steel become detached. and on Its
way to the ground struck some harm
less burgher walking from his daily
| toll?
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-07-21
BAKER CITY BANK
WILL GET NEW HOME

Baker City Or-The contract has
been let for the new home of the
Baker City Loan & Trust company.
When completed the new bank build
ing will be one Of the most modern
ana convenient on the coast. The
banking floor will be on level with
the street. There will be three vaults,
one for the exclusive use of patrons
with safety deposit boxes. This vault
will be so situated that it will not be
necessary for patrons to pass through
the banking room TO reach It,.
The bank will occupy nearly the
entire ground floor, the Baer Mer-
camille company having a space of II
feet in the rear for the grocery. There
will be offices in the basement, with
a stairway entrance at the side of the
bank. The second floor will be de-
voted entirely to offices, which will be
| finished and fitted up in modern style
The interior finishing will be of oak,
with metal ceiling, and Will be very
| handsome.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-07-21
KAISER'S TIDY WAY OF
Firing" HIS MINISTER'S

Berlin.-The curious way in which
Cabinet Ministers are dismissed by the
Kaiser has been revealed by the de-
parture from office of the Prussian
Minister of the Interior. Herr Won
Moltke. and the Prussian Minister Of
Agriculture. Herr Won Arnim.
The Prussian Premier, who is also
Imperial Chancellor, Herr Won Breth-
mann-Hollwig, thought that he would
like to replace these two ministers by
friends of his own. He told the Kai-
ser. and the Kaiser promised to ar
range this little matter for him,
THE Kaiser ordered the chief of the
Civil Cabinet, Herr Won Valentini, to
request the two Cabinet Ministers in
question to hand in their designations,
Early the next morning Herr Won VAL
entini dressed in the gorgeous blue
uniform of his office. drove up to
the official residence of the Minister
of the Interior and requested to be al
lowed to see Herr Won Moltke. 1t was
barely eight o'clock in the morning,
and Herr Won Moltke was not dressed.
Hastily donning a dressing gown he
hurried in an unwashed and dishevel-
ed condition to receive the Kaiser's
emissary.
With grave face and due solemn
ity Herr Won valentini said, approx,
mately:
His Gracious Majesty our Master
is deeply grateful to you for your ser
vices 10 the Fatherland, but doubtles:
J the time has come when you have
earned by your untiring labors thu
right to repose, and therefore as
mark of his royal favor he is Willing
to retire you from office, and beg
that you will place your resignation
in his hands without any delay"
The Minister of the Interior, over
whelmed. bewildered and dismayeC
by this communication, stammered {
few inquiries as to whether he ha'
given offense, but received reiterated
assurance that his dismissal was moth
ing more than a mark Of royal favor
Herr Won Valentini then bowet
himself out. and no sooner had h
gone than Herr Won Moltke sent
telegram to Potsdam offering hi
resignation to the Kaiser.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-07-21
WILL MAKE LONG
TOUR AFTER 81 YEARS

Kellogg, Idaho.-After 81 years of
continuous residence in this city, dur
ing which time neither of them have
ever left the Coeur d'Alene mining
region, Mr.. and Mrs. L. w. Gay, two
OF the best known as well as the
oldest pioneers of the district, have
al last packed their trunks and started
on a voyage of discovery to the out
side world. They will be gone from
the district for about three months,
during which time they will stay for
a week or so at Coeur d'Alene Lake,
60 from there to Spokane, and from
Spokane they will make tour Of the
coast cities.
Mr. and Mrs. Gay settled in Kellogg
in 1888. one year before the discov-
cry of the great Bunker Hill and Sui
Ivan mine, and at the time of the
first great rush to the gold fields at
Eagle.
During all of this time Mrs. Gay
has never left Kellogg, while in the
past 10 years Mr.. Gays only trips have
been to Wallace. During this time
he has visited Wallace 10 times, each
| occasion being in answer to a sum-
mons from the sheriff's department
to act either in the capacity of jury
man or witness in some mining suit
Mr.. Gay is one Of the original To-
| Gators of the Nabob mine and IS also
heavily interested in the Sidney prop
erty, on both of which a splendid
showing Of ore has been made.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-07-21
,NERICANS IN LONDON
ARE STTNGY THIS SEASON

T.ondon.-Though the American in
vasion Of London is already in full
swing. and though the big London
hotels all report heavy bookings, in
curry elicits the information that the
American visitors this year are not
spending their money freely, despite
the prosperous business season ex-
perienced in the United States.
The less costly whisky and soda
the lighter and cheaper wines, and
very often merely ice water, are pre-
ferred to champagne on which the
hotel keepers and restauranteurs
make a substantial margin Of profit.
Also a new spirit of economy seems
to have taken hold Of the American
visitors. and their evtravagances in
the way of costly orchids for theatre
buttonholes and morning wear, and
their lavishness in the way of out
of-season fruits and choice peaches
are being sadly missed in a season
that has begun altogether inauspici-
ously.
ManV American visitors are spend
ing whole days riding on the tops OF
buses. there being keen competition
to get a seat near to the driver. who
is questioned and questioned un'
I'll he is almost worn out The prin'
cipal questions that are asked have
reference to the houses in Piccadilly
Park Lane. Knightsbridge, and Gros
venor Gardens, the keenest curiosity
being evinced as to the people VIII
live there.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-07-21
bright corona shone around its disc

bright corona shone around its disc.
Totality lasted several minutes.
The sight was weird in the eX-
treme. The darkness was ominous.
and the temperature went down sud-
denly from a mild 60 to 40. The
clouds on the horizon turned opal,
dove-gray. and black as the last rim
of the sun was covered up. and when
the light finally went out the effect
was like the sudden switching of of
an electric lamp. The sun itself was
a black ball with a pale but distinct
crown of brilliance bursting arrow
wise unevenly on every side. Round
the corona was halo like the blurred
radiance that surrounds a misty
moon.
The sea looked black like ink and
the sky seemed to disappear, because
it was neither measurable with stars
nor realizable with clouds. 1t be-
came, in fact, negligible. and the only
proof that day and night had not
come to an end was the extraordinary
phenomenon of a black ball fringed
with fire-a fire that gave little light
to the earth, but seemed sputterins
toward the stars in Indignation at an
insult offered by the moon"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-07-21
FAMILY is ENGULFED
IN OLD PALACE WELL

Milan.-A horritying calamity has
occurred at the Taglialatela Palace.
Naples, five people being swallowed
up in a sudden subsistence of the
earth.
The building was occupied by Frau
Hermann, the wife of a well-known
music hall performer. Frau Her
mann. carrying her baby, and accom-
panied by her daughter, had descend
ed the staircase to find the porter in
order to give warning of a huge crack
that had opened in one of their rooms.
While Frau Hermann was speaking
to the porter's wife and child the
ground beneath them suddenly op-
ened, and all five persons fell head
long into a deep chasm, believed to
be an old and unused we'll
Firemen were quickly on the scene
and bravely volunteered TO be low
cred into the pit, which was $50 feet
deep. They could find no trace of the
victims. 1t was only after a long
and hazardous search that dead bodies
were found beneath a great heap OF
masonry.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-07-21

growing socialist movement and make
a strenuous effort to prevent the
overwhelming victories OF socialist
candidates who are expected at the
election to the Reichstag in 1911.
The kaiser believes the existing
newspapers in Germany do not suf-
flee to exert sufficient influence
against socialism and he thinks the
reason lies in the unutterable dullness
Of his country's Journals. He will
make sensational, enterprising.
dashing newspaper commanding ex-
cellent news service with tinge of
yellow" in its composition.
The kaiser has carefully studied
American newspapers and their meth
DDS and his news sheet Is to be mod
eled largely upon the best produc-
tions Of American journalism with at
tractive headlines and all the other
features Of the American newspaper.
From the participants in the kais-
er's cruise along the coast OF Norway
came heartrending walls of sorrow
concerning the way the kaiser leases
and persecutes in a playful way his
invited guests. His practical jokes
are at times a source of trouble and
embarrassment to his fellow voyagers.
For instance the kaiser rises at 3 a.
m, goes to the cabin of a guest and
forcibly drags the sleeper from his
repose. If one of the guests is con-
spicuously fat the kaiser delights in
ordering him to go through certain
gymnastic exercises for the entertain
ment OF the assembled company.
Grave officials are compelled to run
the gauntlet of the other guests. Dis
tinguished diplomats are required to
crawl about the deck on their hands
and knees while the guests laugh at
the PROSTATE figures.
After dinner the kaiser calls upon
men who are notoriously the possess
sors of cracked ana unharmonious
voices TO sing. In Germany 1t Is con-
sldered- such a high honor to be in
vited to take part in a cruise aboard
the Hohenzollern that the guests bear
the jokes with fortitude.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-07-21
YOUTHFUL FILIBUSTER
RELATES EXPERIENCES

Seattle, Wash.-Clifford Sands, a
former Seattle high school youth, and
erstwhile brigadier-general in Es-
tradas army, told some of his expert
ences in the Nicaraguan insurrection
upon his arrival in Seattle on a visit
with relatives the other night
Young Sands escaped being shot by a
firing squad of the Madriz army by
the chance aid of DR.. Clarence Burg
helm, of Houston, Tex. who refused
to give medical attention to the Ma
driz officers unless Sands was paroled.
Il was captured at Prinzapulca, on
the coast June is. two days after I
had made an attempt to blow up the
Nicaraguan gunboat Venus" said
Sands. 81 was charged with being a
dynamiter and spy. OF course. the
trial was farce and 1 was sentenced
to be shot, but DR.. Burgheim inter-
vened and l was paroled."
Sands tried to dynamite the gunboat
Venus by padding out to her in a
canoe as she lay off Bluefields Bluff.
They saw me-" he said. and sank
the canoe with a machine gun. l es.
capped without a scratch and swan
ashore"
With seven men sands was sent two
days afterward to Prinzapulca. a
town below Bluefields. The gunboat
Venus and Jacinta came down, she'll
ed the town. landed $50 marines and
captured Sands and two of his men,
1.-TWO days after this capture" he
said, they took me out and made me
watch them shoot my two men they
had captured. It was to impress me
with my coming fate. They blindfold-
ed them, stood a file of soldiers off
q few PAGES. and shot them"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-07-21
Indians Will We'd.

An Indian romance terminating in
a wedding has resulted from the re-
cent celebration at Cayuse. Kather-
inc stephens pretty Nez Perce g
dian maid came down to attend the
celebration and will remain to become
the wife of sam Sturgis a well known
member of the Walla Walla tribe,
having his home on the Umatilla res
ervation. Both bride and groom have
valuable allotments on the local res
ervation thought the home of the
bride has been at Lapwai Idaho. The
marriage license was issued this af-
ternoon by Deputy Clerk Brown. The
necessary affidavit was made by
Philip Weaskus another Nez Perce
Indian. The groom was formerly a
student at the Haskell. Indian school
while the bride attended Carlisle.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-07-21
RccrlNcr for Creamery.

1t was learned today that the Pen
dleton Creamery would be placed in
the hands of a receiver just as soon
rs Judge Bean returns from Portland,
where he is attending the republican
assembly. Following the death of Z.
o. Harper. who was president of the
company ana who died as the result
of an accident in the plant, the
creamery has failed TO make expenses
Though the liabilities are nearly as
great as its assets, it is hoped that a
receiver will be able to keep the plant
running until a purchaser is found.
Mark Moorhouse wis probably be
named as receiver.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-07-21
CARNIVAL COMING.
VIII Present Novel Features in PEN
dletnn all Next Week.

Pendleton is to have a carnival all
next week from July "a to 80, open
ing Monday night at Z p. m. sharp
with a band concert followed by a
high-class vaudeville which will pre-
sent some unique features. Among
them will be performance given by
Dare Devil Diavolo, who will make
a slide of 500 feet in mid air through
a mass of fire which a man of that
title ought to be able TO do without
a SINCE or scratch. II is said however
that Diavolo once in while runs
into hot things before he reaches the
ground. There will be a high wire
performance by Prof. Strang who is
featured by the company.
The carnival will be held at the
ball park. Five big free outside acts
will precede the regular evening en-
tertainments.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-07-21
ECLIPSE AS SEEN IN
MID-SEA DESCRIBED

London.-The Rev. Algernon c. E.
Therold, of Hougham Rectory, Gran
than, sends to The Daily Mail vivid
description of the recent total eclipse
Of the sun as seen from the R. NJ. S.
Corinthic when at sea 500 miles
north Of Hobart, Tasmania.
The eclipse began at 1880 and
lasted till 4. At 2:45 it was total
and the sun went out entirely. A
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-07-21
KAISER DECIDES THAT
HE WILL BE AN EDITOR

Berlin.-The versatile kaiser now
intends to become a newspaper pro-
prietor. manager and editor. His in
innate friend Prince Max Egen
Furstenburg, has received instruc-
tions to make the necessary arrange
ments. The kaiser's idea is to start a
newspaper to combat the rapidly