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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-19
The Back-FrOm Elbaites.

There are many different appraisements
of Mr.. Roosevelt. He affects most men
in the extreme. His admirers exalt him
to the skies; his detractors lower him to
the depths. Now he is rated as states
man of the first class, now as faker of
the boldest school. But all argue that he
loves life and the limeliglt, and plays
his part with relish and skill. If he is
not. as some persons believe, the greatest
politician the country has ever known
as an occupant of the White House, he is,
undoubtedly, a politician of many re-
sources and many successes.
One of the frankest and most startling
appraisements of this man is Just an
nounced. This is that he can be induced
to do showman's stunt in behalf of a
plan to return him to the White House
in 1912. Men are on the way to meet him
and lay the matter before him. If he
agrees, everything is ready to be set in
motion for stirring up the country from
ocean to ocean.
Mr.. Roosevelt has engagements in Eu-
rope that will take him to Italy, Germany,
France. England and Norway. 1t is not
proposed to interfere with these, but that,
ward, go as far as the Philippines and
Japan, and then return home by way of
the Pacific. landing at San Francisco.
A large conception in the line of hula
baloo. Such a journey across the con-
tinent would set the pegs for noise and
picture. Every city, town and village or
the way would turn itself inside out and
upside down in the travellers honor. An
acclaim unprecedented for volume and
enthusiasm would make the country rat
tie.
But upon what assurance are these
| men proceeding? What leads them to
believe that they can work Mr.. Roose-
Welt in this way? Have they information
that he is an insalrgent? Are they sure
that the Taft administration Is unac-
ceptable to him. and that he longs for
chance to swat it between the eyes
And does he know them we'll enough and
admire them sufficiently to employ them
as avant-couriers in the business they
are proposing?
Mr.. Roosevelt, we may all be sure, is
above this sort of thing. He will carry
out the program already announced, and
come home across the Atlantic That
New York will give him a memorable
welcome Is assured. A citizen of the
state, and the most distinguished citizen
in private life of the United States, he
will be worthy of every public manifes-
tation of regard the people may arrange
to bestow. He is coming home loaded
with evidences of foreign respect, and
the home demonstrations will fifty crown
what foreigners have offered.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-19

rarely are offenders in this regard taken
to court for trial. The offense is COM
mitted thoughtlessly, to be sure, but it If
none the less Objectionable and the effect
is disfigufng. Possibly if the police were
instructed to be particularly watchful IN
this regard on certain day. perhaps on
the LIST of March. when the woman $
cleanliness crusade begins, enough cases
might be carried to court to give unfnis-
taxable warning to all that the regulation
is intended to be observed.
Washington should be clean city in
every respect, and the citizens should not
neglect their own duty and throw the
burden of keeping the city in good condi-
ton upon the shoulders of the organized
department.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-19
Schools as Social Centers.
, the Chicago Record. Herald

From the Chicago Record Herald
At last the school management COM
mittee of the board of education has rec
commended, at the instance of Supt.
Young and the Juvenile Protection
League, the opening of one of the
schools on two evenings and one after
noon each week for social and recrea-
tional purposes The afternoon session
is intended for mothers, and lectures
on hygiene, the home, proper care of
children and kindred topics will be ar
ranged for them. At the evening ses7
sions singing. games and gymnastics will
be provided for the youngsters. who will
thus be kept off the streets and out of
questionable dance halls. 1t is to be
hoped that the board will heartily indorse
this proposal and take an already too
long delayed step in the right direction.
The opening OF one school for the pur-
poses specified will surely lead to the
greater and wider use of other school
buildings outside of the regular hours
for study.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-19
The Cairo Mob.

In this latest outbreak at Cairo, ILL.,,
We have a good study in mobs and the
mob spirit.
The offense committed by the victim
sought was trifling-the snatching of
purse. Why should such a thing-com
mon TO every city and town in the coun-
try-have thrown this Illinois town into
such a bloodthirsty fury? For the rea-
son that the rabble of the town got
taste of blood by the mob process last
fall, and was easily whetted into a sec
ond passion. The mob spirit when cui-
tivated soon loses all sense of degrees in
crime. 1t will hang, or burn, or shoot to
death for a small as for the most abhor-
rent of crimes. Criminal itself, 1T de-
lights in running amuck. In little while
any old thing, and even a mere charge
or suspicion, will set it off.
These champions of civlization-these
determined citizens, resolved to make
their community safe for everybody-met
and organized in barroomS. After hard
cning their hearts it was necessary for
them to wet their clay with fighting
whisky before setting out to do thief
to death. Even the lowest of mobs some
times finds firewater strengthening for
its nerves. 1t does not always storm a
ian or rush Il sheriff on the highway
with a prisoner. in the cold blood of per
feet SobTiety. 1t floats its courage up to
The sticking point on a tide of booze.
Md III that state il acts. and then vauntS
itself on 4 service 10 law and order,
II was assumed that the sheriff was at
4 disadvantage, or would not act. Why
should 4 white man protect "A negro Grim
nal against a BODY OF white men, That
the sheriff was standing, not Tor a negro
eriminat but for the majesty of the state,
was entirely beyond the comprehension
~ at least outside the calculations, of
these befuddIed ruffians They wanted
The prisoner, and imagined that a husky
show of force would get him. But the
sheriff was prepared, aud protected his
prisoner, and asserted with powder and
bah the majesty of the law.
1t seldom happens that the leader of
mob falls IN action. He usually directs
the assault from a safe place in the
moving huddIe. But this time the leader
led, and paid the penalty with his life
And, sad 10 say, he was the son of a man
once the mayor of the town He was
outragins the community over whose af-
fairs his father as a sworn official had
once presided.
cairo Is rough town, at the confluence
OF the Ohio and the Mississippi Many
rough river characters harbor there.
But, as our national experience distress
ingly shows. mobs are easily assembled
anywhere. and are not composed exclu-
sively of the dregs of a community.
Would that that Cairo sheriff could be
multiplied many times.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-19
nd ever feel the weight of this

one would ever feel the weight of this
requirement.
1t is proposed TO devote a few minutes
tomorrow morning to statements from the
pulpits of Washington giving an explana-
alton of the Associated Charities, brief de-
scriprion of its activities. clear showing
of its accomplishments in the past, and
an announcement of its immediate needs-
No collections arc to be taken, although
it is proposed to follow this explanation
from the pulpit with provision of an "p-
portunity to all members of the churches
to contribute to the funds. Far more mn
portant than the immediate results III
money on this occasion will he the direct
sense of understanding resulting from an
explicit announcement from the pulpit
of the principles for which the Assocl-
ated Charities stands in the community
II will probably be news to some mem
bers of the churches when they are
told that the Associated Charities means
more than the distribution of supplies IN
winter time to needy families. 1t may
be unknown today to thousands of Wash
ingtonians that the constructive work or
this organization is by its offlclaiS con-
sidered as of much greater consequence
than the rescue work in emergencies.
such as the incubation of provideht
habits, the finding of employment, the
correction of insanitary living conditions.
the offering of means of healthful rest
in summer time for the women and chill
dren, the giving of advice on all ques-
tions, and, above all, the maintenance OF
a helpful, sympathetic understanding
through this agency between the pros
porous portion of the community and the
less fortunate members.
Charity Sunday should become an an
nual occasion in this city. 1T the full
power of the local churches can be thus
invoked it may never again be necessary
for those responsible for this vitality i'm
portant work to appeal in the name of
suffering humanity for funds.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-19
COMPLICATIONS of Art.

THAT actress has become very esotis-
tic,'' said the friend.
Yes answered the manager; "she was
such an uncertain proposition that we
had to hire the best press agent in the
business to boom her. Now she believes
everything he writes about her.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-19
A Rush for Solitude.

What are you going to do with that
shotgun"
Coin huntin,' answered Farmer Corn
tossel, as he slammed the front gate be-
hind him.
But you never kill anything"
Don't want to. All I'm huntin' is peace
and quiet"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-19
SHOOTING STARS.
BY PHILANDER JOHNSON.
Harmony.

What we want is harmony, said the
statesman.
Yes replied Senator Sorghum; lit
makes me think Of glee club l used to
belongs to. Every fellows idea of har-
mony was to pick his own key and sing
so loud nobody else could be noticed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-19
Immune.

Aren't you afraid of the gaseous en-
velope that will come along with Halley's
comet
Nope, answered Mr.. Huskins; I'm
used to gaseous envelopes. I've been
sittin' in the state legislature listenjn'
to speeches for years.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-19
Eggless.

The hen now stands beside her nest.
Though she's oblisins as rule
Her caclSle, with unkindly Zest
Says, prematurely. April Fool.'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-19
So Common!

From the Boston Transcript.
The new gold fields of Alaska are not
expected to occasion the excitement that
was produced by the discoveries Of a few
years ago. Gold Is SO cheanA you knaH. I
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-19

The Baliinger- Pinchot controversy
would undoubtedly have developed more
sustained interest If it could have been
conducted to a finish by the principals.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-19

There is always excitement somewhere.
In the absence of base ball dongs in
Ohio politics can be made to serve as
topic for some pretty sporty reading.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-19

Mr.. Roosevelt, brave man though he
may be, would be excused for trembling
when he comes to face that crisis in a
great mans career, the welcome home
ovation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-19
Graft Versus Reform.

From the Chicago News.
Philadelphia has no intention of adopt
ing reform government SO long as the
graft holds out
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-19

1t is hard to decide whether Boni Cas-
tellane or his creditors should be held
responsible for the sorry figure the count
so frequently presents.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-19

The interest in postal savings bank
affords gratifying evidence that the ulti-
mate consumer still has some snare
change.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-19

Mr.. Vardaman's remarks indicate that
nothing that can happen will close his
career as a spotlight pursuer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-19
Spring.

From the Troy Record.
The base ball schedules are being dis
cussed and adopted. This is sign of
approaching spring which is not to be
denied.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-19

There was once upon a time a man who
honestly believed that the cold storage
system would make life easier and pleas
anter for the consumer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-19
Again in Business.

From the Baltimore American.
The Mad Mullah has broken out
again. The last time he stayed dead for
quite a while.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-19

DIR. Cook may decide to startle South
America with a few mountain climbing
exploits in the Andes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-19

England has had so many other things
to occupy its mind that it has about re-
covered from its German invasion scare.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-19

Nothing has been reported to indicate
that Mr.. Bryan has succeeded in eclipsing
Mr.. Roots popularity in South America.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-19

Scientists who fear that the grizzlv
bear will become extinct overestimate the
grizzly's popularity
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-19
Honoring Peary.

From the Springfield Republican.
1t is still possible for some one to sug-
gest that Mr.. Peary be retired as a major
general.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-19

Occasionally a blizzard that is depicted
as coming with q rush proves as HARM
less as a comet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-02-19

CyIn order to avoid delays on account
of personal absence letters to THE
STAR should not be addressed to any
individual conn ected with the once, but
simply to THE STAR, or to the Editorial
or Business Department, according to
tenor or purpose.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-07-14
THE MARKETS or PARIS.

Mrs. John Van Worst who has
proven her ability to write entertain
ingly on sociological subjects, contrib
utes a delightful paper on "The Mar
kets Of Paris" to the July Lippin-
colts. The picturesque side of these
famous halles begins to show itself
about midnight, says Mrs. Van Worst.
"As one drives homeward from the
opera. up the Champs Elysees, one
meets an intermittent procession OF
two wheeled carts drawn by strong,
healthy horses walking ~ a slow pace
and without direction. for the driver
has fallen asleep on his high-piled
load Of vegetables-sometI etImes a mass
of snowy onions, sometimes a wall
Of orange carrots, sometimes a soft
bank Of green lettuce leaves. These
wagons arrive toward two o'clock at
the Halles, where their contents are
unloaded and sold off at auction to
the market women on the sidewalk
from six until eight o'clock there is a
retail sale carried on Of the green
goods which on the stroke Of eight
must all have vanished from sight"
1.-THE Paris Halles, OF Central Mar
kets, cover a surface OF fifty-nine
thousand yards" hundred million
pounds of meat are sold there in a
year. forty-four million pounds of
chicken, and a number equally ap-
palIing of bushels Of potatoes and
vegetables, OF pounds Of fish and but
ter, of dozens Of eggs Aside from
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-07-14
lchieve a marvellous feat by air.

achieve a marvellous feat by air.
The Kaiser has ordered Prince
Henry. as an officer of the German
navy, to accompany Count Zeppelin to
Spltzourgen and though the Deutsch-
land smash has occurred, the North
German Lloyd steamship Main has
left kiel with Prince Henry and Count
zeppelin and a corps of scientists
aboard
1t now appears that Prince Henry
favored abandoning the trip. He ar
gueu that public confidence has been
shattered in the Zeppelin system and
he would be exposing himself to ridi-
cule II the airship failed But William
was firm and finally told Henry TO
oDey orders. So Henry has gone to
Spitzbergen under protest. He has
ioretold disaster and thinks the en-
terprise will end in a burst of merri-
ment from the civilized world, unless
1t ends tragicauy.
Advices from Norwegian ports state
that the eminent members of the ex-
petition have been made to feel ex
tremely uncomfortable owing to
Prince Henry's dislike to the scheme.
which he does not conceal, and which
has cast gloom over the whole party
Even the irrepressible Count Zeppe-
lin is depressed.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-07-14
FIGHTING THE FLY.

How to be rid of the fly is a pro.
position that is of decided import
ance at this time of the year. \
writer in the Technical World has
the following suggestions
Kill the first fly" Considering
that one female fly can bring into
being several millions Of the pest in
one summer, it would seem a good
job to kill that first one.
If the first and its immediate fol-
lowers are let live and the house be-
comes overrun, there are several sug-
gestions for ridding the rooms of
them. one course, taken from the
south where mosquitoes are a public
menace, is to burn phyethrum powder
il. a ROOM This benumbs the flies
and they fall to the floor and can
he swept out. The trouble with this
is the pyrethrum powder is not sold
at many drug stores in the north.
From the American Civic associ-
alton at Washington comes this hint;
Drop twenty drops of carbolic acid
on a hot iron; the vapor kills the
flies Sticky fly paper has both good
and bad qualities. It does trap some
flies. But those that get their feet
coated with the adhesive matter are
likely to return to their filth heaps
prepared to carry back to the house
added quantities of disease bearing
matter sticking to their feet. Fly
traps do their part but DR.. c. st.
C'air Drake of the Chicago health de-
partment says the insects are eau
tious.
THE flies soon learn to be wary of
traps" DIR. Drake says. Those that
have had any experience with them
cannot be caught, and shortly a tribe
OF flies too shAwd to be trapped
might be evolved The insects also
avoid the sticky fly paper after one
experience. They are crafty little
fellows and the instinct of life is as
strong as in many superior beings"
Various poisons are suggested. tho
best of which, the doctor says. is for
malin in water. Put spoonful OF
the chemical into half a cup of wa
ter and leave it exposed in the room
and the flies will do the rest.
IN passing it is worthy of note that
this insect, with its love for odors
that offend the nostrils of man, has
a strong aversion for scents which
the human likes This has given
hint for still another prevention, Of
minor worth. Aromatic plants in
rooms and at windows act as repul-
sives. Such plants, then have a
double value in sick rooms; they are
pleasing to the sufferer and discour-
age the fly that, with evil purpose,
looks through the open window.
The greatest remedy for the fly
though is absolute cleanliness. Do
away with dirt and filth and the fly
problem will be easily solved
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-07-14
ITALIANS BRING PELLAGRA

Pellagra carried by an insect,
1t is one Of the most important Of
recent scientific discoveries that is
announced by DR.. L. W Sambon, lee
turer at the London School of Trop-
ical Diseases and member Of the
"field committed" which is now en-
gagged in making a study of pellagra
in Italy
DR. Sanbon. it will be remembered,
ia the man who helped so Importantly
to prove the case against the malaria
mosquito by his classical experiments
in the Roman Campagna, where he,
with one companion, spent several
weeks in a screened hut on the marsh
es. merely taking the precaution not
to go out at night. Inasmuch as the
malaria-carrying mosquitoes fly only
at night, they suffered not at all,
though dwelling in one of the worst
known breeding places of the abomin-
able insects.
Accordingly authorities of the
highest kind attaches to DR.. Sambon's
announcement that pellagra in italy
owes its distribution to a midge, or
black fly, nearly related to our own
buffalo gnat." Just as malaria could
not exist without the Anopheles mo-
squito. so likewise does pellagra--a
much more terrible disease, resemb-
ling leprosy-depend upon this black
fly for its transmission ana dissent
nation among mankind
Such being the case, it will be ask
ed, how does it happen that this dread
ful malady. unknown until recently in
the United states, has suddenly brok-
en- out in many parts Of our country.
spreading with alarming rapidity and
threatening to become a plague?
The reason why-it is supposed-is
that the italians, who have been
swarming into this country in such
multitudes within the last ten years,
have brought the disease with them
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-07-14
TWO WRONGS.

Well two wrongs don't make a
right do they?"
THAT depends, Sometimes they do
WHAT"
Yes. Suppose that without any
provocation you knock my hat off.
That would be wrong. wouldn't it?"
Certainly"
'Then suppose you pull my nose.
That would be wrong, too. would it
not?"
well. what of it?"
well those two wrongs would make
it right for me to knock you down.
See
Again. Suppose you fancy that
somebody has wronged you, and you
find that you're wrong. Then you
have imagined a wrong where no
wrong existed. That is to say you
have taken offense at the wrong
wrong Isn't that right? Don't you
see now that these two wrongs
p wish you'd quit. You're making
me dizzyn'-Chicago Tribune
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-07-14

the people who come to buy at the
Halles Centrales. and the vast num-
ber of hotels and institutions which
provide themselves with food at this
source, there are twenty-nine smaller
markets held in the different quar-
terS of Paris every day. which have
no other supply than the Halles. The
reason for serving themselves thus
through an intermediary instead OF
applying directly to the suburban
trucksters and the coastwise fisher
men is that thereby are avoided the
complications involved by the laws
of hygiene. which are very strict in
Paris. Every particle of food ad-
mitted to the counters of the Danes
des HalleS must first have been in
spected and judged fit for the hu-
man palate by a commission who
hold their seanceS between midnight
and three in the morning. perform
ing test experiments upon hungry
guinea-pigs, The effects no doubt
prove fatal rather often upon these
poor casters" for there are four
hundred and forty thousand pounds
of meat seized every year and de-
stroyed with quick-lime while an
equal amount of sea fish is cast to
destruction together with fifteen
thousand pounds of fresh water fish.
thousands of Holsters and, last as al
ways in the procession. one hundred
and ninety thousand snails,
The men who accomplish the diff
ficult task of unloading the wagons
of food as they arrive from the rail-
road are appointed to their positions
by the Prefet de Police. He makes
no further tax upon them morally
and physically than that they shall
be honest, and able TO carry from one
end to the other of the market load
Weighing two hundred and forty
pounds. For this formIdably hard
Job" the remuneration is never less
than six hundred dollars. and attains
to as much as a thousand dollars a
YEAR.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-07-14
\ Little Hero.

He rides most daringly to hounds
Upon the rocking chair,
or calls the cat tiger fierce,
And stalks her to her lair.
The rug becomes a battlefield
Where spears and banners toss.
The hall a river wide ana deep.
That he must swim across. q.
Behind each curtain-fold he sees
An Indian chieftain grim.
And bandits throng the kitchen stairs
And seek to capture him.
And when the stars begin to shine
In nights eternal arc,
He toddles up to bed alone.
quite fearless of the dark.
Nina Irving in Leslie's.