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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-09-05
Is street Commissioner.

owing to the illness OF Street Com
missioner Eggert, Ed Stansberry has
been appointed to that position. He is
making an effort to have the streets
cleaned up before the arrival of fair
and Roundup week.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-09-05

Dale Chessman arrived last night
from Eugene where he has been visit
ing his parents, and left Immediately
for Gibbon where he will assist the
Kelsay surveyors.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-09-05

Robert X. Oberteuffer, chief Of the
surveying party running a preliminary
pipe line from Wenaha to Pendleton.
spent Sunday in the city with friends.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-09-05
NeDsy Notes
of PendIeton
Official Weather Report.
Maximum temperature, 50.
Minimum temperature, 46.
VIII Lndce Livestock.

VIII Judge Livestock.
b. Jenson left on the delayed noon
train for Portland, where he will serve
as one of the judges at the livestock
show this week.
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has crossed cues with the late Mr..
Schaefer and other American cue ex-
perts.
Nor is that the only accomplishment"
Of the German woman. It is the fashion
In Europe TO jeer at the American woman
for the frequency with which she resorts
70 the divorce court. but staid old Ger
many. the home OF the hausfrau. offers
divorce example which cannot be matched
in this country. There is a divorce club
In Berlin. and its membership is made UP
OF 800 divorced women. II is the strangest
woman's club in the world. and il shows
a steady increase in membership. Divorce
IS growing In Germany. as we'll as in the
majority of European countries. There
are many new millionaires in Berlin, and
the divorce question is only one evidence
of the practical revolution in social affairs
in the last decade in that city When the
German wife or sweetheart went out to
supper ten years ago, so l was told. she
was content to dine simply, but now she
demands French cooking. and champagne
Is the drink instead Of beer. The Berlin
woman has learned divorce and extrava-
gance. two things which usually go hand
in hand
While we Of the Occident are trying TO
curb the divorce evil. there are countries
which are counting IT, Curiously, the in
crease of legal divorces in Japan is taken
In that country as an evidence of moral
Improvement. Under the old regime mar
rage was at will. the divorce pretty much
the same II is taken as proof of a new
esteem accorded the family relation that
It's breaking up when it does occur, is
generally deemed a matter of sufficient
importance 10 require legal sanction. The
number OF such divorces is now about 10
per cent Of the marriages. Most of the
cases OF broken wedlock ara the result
of new ideas which wives entertain as to
their own rights. Indignities to which
they formerly submitted without protest
they now resent by calling in the aid Of
the law which sewers the tie
The ladies of fashion. or so-calIed
fashion Of a certain class Of to-day,
whose enormous hats have been made the
subject of.sermons rscentiysb by more than
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the subjects face with cold cream and
rolling ii over with little wooden cylin-
ders. The toilet accessories included in
the bin were pots Of ointment or boxes OF
powder the yieomtesse herself applied.
A hospital doctor. said the counsel, would
receive 10 francs for consultation, while
for a professor Of MEDICINE 30 francs
would suffice.
The beauty specialists counseI argued
thai she was no ordinary masseuse. but
q true artist. She did not use wooden
cylinders. but worked only with her own
slender fingers. Further. il was pleaded
that at the end of an hours massage she
was so exhausted that she had to rest
for a long time. He was not free TO
divulge the secrets of the beauty special
ingredients she made use of was the
essence OF bitter almonds. for which she
paid 90 francs per gram more than $3.50
an ounce. The tribunal. however. found
that the vicomtesse had been over
and reduced the bill from $3.50
10 $40.
Queens-by that mean those who wear
the royal purple-are always described as
being beautiful" but It should be said
that even they have their troubles TO re-
tain their good looks" It is only by
unfiagging persistence in restricting her
diet to the simplest foods that Queen
of England so wonderfully
preserves her slimness OF figure and
genuine appearance OF youth Two thin
slices of broad bread spread with un-
saited butter, are eaten by the Queen be-
fore rising. This is al $50 o'clock. and
breakfast at II consists of a little fruit.
one coddled egg. and two dry biscuits.
Then there is a fast until o'clock, when
Alexandra eats two honey cakes. The
Queen never touches the course dinner
served for the rest of the imperial house
hold. Instead. she eats a few small
French oysters. grilied on toast. celery.
raw or stewed, and a salad dressed with
oil and salt. Her only sweet is an appie
baked with honey. A fRvorite luncheon
at Sandringhsm Is whole white bread
md fresh buttermilk from a cedar churr.
the opportunity offers, the
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passing OF ali their friends Of earlier
days. but through all the letter rings the
cry of triumph, thank God. we sor-
row not then as dc others who have no
hope"
One long sOrroW of the third President
was the quarrel with his one-time friend
and predecessor in Office, John Adams.
Even to those who are stiH partisan, II
such there be after the lapse Of a cen
fury. have to confess that Jefferson was
rather badly treated by the friend who
had stood at his side when together they
signed what was either the birth Ger
tit1cate of their country's liberty or their
own death warrant. jefferson tried 10
bring about an adjustment Of the trouble
which had its rise in political differences.
even appealing IN a very manly letter
10 Mrs. Adams for her aid, but without
success; it was this quarrel that caused
the extreme simplicity Of the inauEura-
ton Of jefferson: there was no Exec1-
tive in town TO conduct him 70 the Cant
toll as Adams and his Vice President
had left Washington very early in the
day. so Jefferson had no one 10 escort
him TO take the oath Of Office. lonely
position which has never been paraTeied
in our history
short time after his inauguration,
the citizens called on President JeHer-
son 10 inquire the date OF his birth. "a
then, as now, patriotic Washington city
wanted TO celebrate fittlngly an occa-
sion which had brought such good to
the country. but the President did NOD
tell them, saying he had 10 birthday 10
celebrate save the birthday of the free-
dom OF his country, July 4, so any oeIe-
bration in his honor must be rendered 10,
that great day of the year II is curious
20 note that the great statesman died on
July within a few hours, though many.
miles away from John Adams. Just fifty
years after the day they had put their
names TO the great document. so JET
ferson really did receive his new birth
on the day he venersted above all others.
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England or America SquaIor.
nakedness. Incidence. and want riot and
revel under a government OF absurd pre-
tensions steadily sinking into decrepitude-
OF the people themselves. all trustworthy
authorities are agreed that the American
Liberian negroes are an overbeaFing class
who have not exerted the slightest eie-
waiting influence on the native population.
many Of whom are in a state OF indus
trial bondage to these coionists and sub
jected by them TO a rigor OF authority
and brutality of usage which the tradi-
lions of their former American servitude
do not fail 10 suggest"
Protects Weak Nation.
The United States has assumed the
duty of protecting Liberian interests at
the present crisis. II she formally takes
that republic under her protection from
now on its future IS assured. but II, after
the present difficulties have been adjust
ed. Liberia is left to her own resources,
what? Absorption by the English or re-
version TO saYagery? The latter fate
would seem possible. probable even IL
taken into account; but Sir Harry John
ston. the distinguished author and trav-
eler. who passed many years in South
Africa as an official Of the British gov
eminent and has written profusely about
the Black Continent has more hopeful
story TO tell OF the Americo-Liberians.
According 10 Sir Harry Johnston. the
AmericO-Liberians have a right 10 boast OF
their civilization. They are an intelligent,
often well educated. polite people, whose
method OF life is perhaps more akin 10
that OF the Englishman or New England
er than it is TO the habits OF the African
negro. Mentally, they are much more
European than African Physically. their
best friends cannot maintain that they
are handsome race. taken as a race"
He goes on TO say that with some sue
cess. and certainly no excuses, the Ii
herians have administered for eighty
years territory on the west coast Of
Africa not much smaller than England.
Given their pitiful small numbers, one
may pronounce their achievements con-
siderable Several Of their towns, in the
appearance of their buildings and acces-
series OF a civilized existence. need not
fear comparison with European towns in
West Africa. They ares as has already
been stated, most polite race OF IN
stintive good manners. and evince con-
siderable dexterity in building and in
some other directions"
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Queen daily visits the Sandringham
dairy and drinks sparingly of the but
termilk as it comes from the churn.
Nature will not always take kindly to
artificial means to impede its progress
of age. as the lovely Dowager Queen
Margherta, of Italy. has recently found
out TO her great distress. Age began TO
whiten her lustrous dark hair-her pride.
Hair dye was used to retain the youthful
color of her crown OF glory" but the
dye proved poisonous. She became seri-
ously i'll, had spasmodic contraction Of
the muscles of the face and neck. with
symptoms of obscure artificial tetanus.
Every effort was made to hide the real
nature Of the disease. The dye drug was
freely used by the Queen. it is said, but
to no avail, Her hair Is now white and
her health not by any means as good as
Il used to be before using the poisonous
drug
Another case of vanished beauty Is
that of Nine. Castiglione. who spent
thirty years as a recluse. The subject
Of notable people seen at London win
dows has recently provided peg
whereon to hang some interesting remin-
iscences. but still more interesting was
the case of the famous window at which
only few years ago people used to look,
not TO see a face there, but because of a
mysterious face that never looked out.
II was a window In the Place Vendome
In Paris, and the reason why the passers-
by used to look up at 1t was that they
knew that somewhere behind it lived
Nine. de Castiglione. whose face no one
saw for the last thirty years Of her life.
The story of her consuming passion for
her own beauty is well known Only a
few years ago there was a portrait of
her by Watts on exhibition 10 London,
and the tale was told then that she never
allowed a single portrait OF herself to be
lest It should be thought more
beautiful than she really was
Lady Holland. who has seen most of
the courts of Europe IN her day. once
said of her that she was the only abso-
luteiy perfect beauty she had ever seen.
For those last thirty years Mna. da
CastigIione, unable TO hesr;the ahoueht
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a scholarship will be founded at the IL
herian College as a memorial to him
which will be known as the Gordon sehol-
arship.
| DR. Richard Randall who was named
TO succeed Jehundf Ashmun. died of fever
two years after he reached the colony,
and his successor. DR.. Mechlin. was COM
PEELED to retire because Of III health, but
both of these men worked with a viii
while they were in Liberia and left their
impress on rs history
Thomas Buchanan. cousin Of Presi-
dent Buchanan. represented the Coloniza-
tion Society In 1886. and It was he who
built the first lighthouse on Cape Mesu-
trado. Buchanan became governor of Ii
IBERIA in 1899 and under his wise and fear
less rule the warfare between the Cora
and De tribes which was directed against
the Liberians finally stopped. In fact,
the history of this black republic from It's
first page 10 its last bears the name OF
heroes, some black. some white. but all
OF them devoted TO the cause IN which
they were enlisted
Native OF Virginia.
Buchanan's successor. Gen. Joseph Rob
erts, was an oetoroon and the frst man
having African blood TO rule over the
colony. Roberts was an extraordinary
man. so slightly tinged with negro blood
that no one would have suspected him Of
possessing any had he not declared it.
He was a native of Virginia. well bred
and well educated, with a talent for ad-
ministration Under his regime the boun-
daries of Liberia were extended and the
colony became republic. So the colony
grew despite the wars with natives, dis
puts and Observation-Disclosures with the
English and French. and domestic bicker-
ings, until in 1S47 It became an independ-
ent republic and the colonization society
ceased It's psternal care.
The Idberian constitution is modelled.
naturally enough. on that OF the United
States, and IN a preamble the reasons
for the colonization OF Liberia the exodus
OF the free negroes and recaptured slaves
is set down. Briefly, il was because there
was no place in a civilized country for
the recaptured slaves and the position OF
the free negroes because OF the existence
Of slavery and prejudice existing against
them had become intolerabIe.
The flag adopted at the time It became
a republic is composed OF six red stripes
with five white stripes alternately dis
played. In the upper angle of the flag.
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The REPUBLIC OF LIBERA--TS PAST PRESENT AND FUTURE

the United States was regarded with par.
ticular bitterness. for Liberia was in ef-
feet her colony, although she never
claimed it as such. acknowledging only a
Iquasi-parental relationship. The first ex-
petition 10 Liberia was sent out and
financed by the government and it has
continued its paternal interest until this
day
The first colony OF American negroes
was established on Fura Bay January Z.
1872 but the movement that led to its
establishment was started at the time Of
the first anti-slavery movement in Eng
land in 1913. when the statesmen OF that
day came 10 realize the necessity Of Pro-
viding an asylum for the free negroes OF
this country. where this portion OF the
population has been made a separate and
distinct class and every means for i'm
provement denied them. They were I'M
welcome in the South where slavery pre-
vailed and unhappy in the North. where
they were misunderstood Cut of from
all the benefits of society. their lot was.
indeed, a miserable one and so excited
the sympathy of philanthropists and the
concern Of far-seeing statesmen that the
idea OF repatriattng them was conceived.
an idea that was denounced at the time
IL became current as wild and fanatical.
Like sierra Leone.
The British colony of Sierra Leone the
forerunner OF Liberia, was established
on the territory it occupies. first. because
that country had become a good deal
Angliclzed, most of the native chiefs be-
ing able 10 speak broken English, sec
Ondly, because il had been the central
depot OF European and mulatto slave
traders and raiders. and il was thought
that the existence OF an English colony
at this point would tend to do away with
slave trading, which even at that day
shocked and Mortified the civilized world.
The experiments of the British at Sierra
Leone interested and inspired the Ameri-
can philanthropists to attempt a similar
course in disposing OF the recaptured
slaves and free blacks. and in 1917 the
American Colonization Society. which had
for its object the providing Of a safe and
comfortable asylum in Africa for these
people. was formed. The officers OF the
society were Bushrod Washington. the
nephew OF George Washington; Rev. Rob
ert Finley. and Francis Key vice presi-
dents. and Elijah Caldwell. secretary
and II Immediately set about a9arls &c
for the expectation Of the free rusre 1es
who wanted, or could be prevailed upon,
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By cHARL0TTE NJ. coNGER.

The first colony of American negroes
landed on the shores of the territory that
afterward became Liberia in 1920 and
since that time this unhappy country,
which was first group of settlements
controlled by the American Colonization
Society, then a republic, has led a trou-
hied existence. It's neighbors in the Brit
ish colony of Sierra Leone and the French
colony of the Ivory Coast have constant
ly disputed its boundary lines. 1t has been
the victim of cruel predatory wars waged
by the savage natives. domestic dissen-
sions have now and again disrupted it, it
has been scourged by disease and har-
assed by poverty; but IN the past year its
troubles have increased TO such an extent
that its very existence is threatened.
Native savages are. attacking it on every
side. there is dissatisfaction and unrest al
the capital, Monrovia: the national treas
ury is empty, and the outlook for the lit
tic black republic was desperate until it
appealed for aid to the United States
which was promptly granted. The scout
cruiser Birmingham. under command OF
Capt. Fletcher and with the American
Minister 10 Liberia, Ernest Lyon, As a
passenger. has already arrived at Mon
rovia, and the Des Molnes has been or
dered there. so for the moment the pres
sure is relieved and hope is restored.
Liberia lies on the west coast of Africa
and contains approximately 1900 square
miles. II is bounded on the north by the
French possessions in the Niger basin.
on the west by the British colony of
Sierre Leone. on the south by the Allan
Tie Ocean, and IT'S extreme southern
boundary reaches 10 within degrees %
minutes Of the equator. It's coast line OF
$50 miles, contains no natural harbor, al
though number OF spots offer easy
landing places and the capital. Monrovta.
could easily be converted into an excel
lent port.
An Independent Republic.
II has existed as a sovereign state since
1877. when it was recognized by England
France. and Prussia as an independent
negro republic. Il was not until fifteen
years after this that the United States
acknowledged its independence. a delay
occasioned by the prejudice against en-
tering into diplomatic relations with any
state that could send negroes TO represent
her This same prejudice existed in re-
gard to Haiti and was, of course. due 70
the existence Of slavery in this country
But the Withholding of its recognition by
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OF an old duh scoundrel in my life What,
Are there so few inquietudes tackled 10
this momentary life Of ours that we must
needs be loading ourselves with thou
sand more? Or. as brother Job says (who.
by the way J think began 10 whine a
little under his afiictions), Are not my
days few? Cease, then. that may take
comfort a little before I go whence I
shah not return. even 20 the land OF dark
ness and the shadow OF death.
PeSsimiSt at EARLY Age.
but the old fellows say we must read
to gain knowledge. 10 make us happy and
admired Mere jargoni There is no such
thing as happiness 10 this world. No.
And as for admiration I am sure the man
who powders the most, perfumes the
most, embroiders most. and talks the
most nonsense is most admired" poor
Jefferson must have been very conscious
Of his ungsinly limbs and ugly hair: be-
ing in love- Tho to DE candid. there are
some with too much good sense to esteem
such monkey-like animals as these. in
whose formation. as the saying is. the
tailOrs and BARRIERS go halves with God
Almighty, and since these are the only
persons whose esteem is worth wish.
do not know but that upon the whole,
the advice Of these old fellows may not
be worth following"
Very consoiing must It be to the would
be lawyers Of to-day struggling with the
precepts of that same dull old scoundrel
Coke. to remember that only fourteen
years after Jefferson penned this dis
couraged wall he was drafting that mas
terpiece Of legal construction, the DecIar-
alton Of Independence.
II is strange that the idea OF Jefferson's
atheism ever gained any foothoId in the
popular mind, when Ike a golden thread
running through all his writings and re-
ported speeches is the constant declara-
ton Of faith In Gods overshadowtng d.
rection in material matters. Ii NAV be
that his robust expressions and scoffing
at the devil as in the above letter when
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force. character. and spirit, who, when
the eolonists were opposed by the natives
and IL was proposed to return to Sierra
Leone. said: Two long years have
sought home Here have found one
here I remain" Sir Harry Johnston, the
historian of Liberia, thinks that John
SON determination probably decided the
| fate of Liberia Again, when the colo
| nists we're besieged by the natives and a
/ British man-of-war offered him a force
of marines if he would cede Few feet
OF ground on which TO erect the British
flag. johnson declared. we want no flag
staff put up here that will cost more to
get down again than It viii to whip the
natives" He whipped the natives. not
once, bat again and again. and he con-
tinued TO lead, inspire. and encourage his
people until his death, His son. Hilary
Johnson. was president OF the republic
from 1854 until 1891
Jehundi Ashmun, a white man and a
religious fanatic. is generally set Gown as
the founder of Liberia, but Johnson had
already done much before Ashmun and
his wife arrived at the infant colony with
his little company OF fifty-two negroes.
including Rev. Lot Nj. Carey. a pure
blooded negro OF remarkable ability and
logged perseverance He had through
his own efforts purchased the freedom OF
his wife and children, and was one OF
the most ardent participators in the re-
patriation scheme
Aided by Midshipman.
The story Of the black colonlsts' fight
FOR existence against savage natives. dis
ease, and want is too long 10 be told here,
bat there are some names that stand out
with such luster that no story of Liberia.
however brief. would be complete with
out mention OF them. That OF the young
mIdshipman Gordon, for instance. who,
with eleven seamen from his ship. the
Prince Regent. came TO the relief of the
colonists when they were beleaguered by
the De, the Manila, and the Val Gordon
carried them supplies and munitions OF
war and offered 10 remain with them
until relief came. HIS offer vas accent
ed, and he STAYED with the thoroughly
disheartened colonists. cheering and in
spring them by his courage and youth
ful enthusiasm. but his life was the price
Of his devotion. for he died OF yirulent
fever q month after he came TO Liberia
with relief in sight II is pleasant to re-
cord that his memory is venersted by
the descendants Of those he succored. and