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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-02-16

which occurs in the London Gazette
of February IS, 1858. This institution
has gradually become one of the
greatest and most perfect organiza-
tions in the world in connection with
commerce.
A perusal of Iloyds loss list for last
year reveals the astonishing fact that
that year alone the loss account was
approximately s30,000,O00. But
what is perhaps the strangest feature
of all is that the so-called gilt edged"
business brought in proportion the
heaviest losses suffered by insurers
in the misfortunes which befell the
up-to-date liners. Vessels like the
Aberdeen liner "Percles," wrecked on
an uncharted rock off the Australian
coast. the Strick liner Kurdistan,
swamped in the channel on Novem-
ber last, and the British liner Abb
bonia, vessel over 1000 tons, which
disappeared on her maiden voyage,
were never expected to figure on the
"loss book" in the way they have,
and as far as can be seen no amount
of foresight could have prevented
these losses. sun, in spite of such
disasters, rate cutting has been go
ing on merrily up to the recent dis
closures of unprecedented loss, despite
the fact that number of under
writers in Lloyds had intimated that
they dif not intend to continue writ
ing" after the close of last year.
The mode employed in effecting an
insurance at Lloyds is very simple
The business is done entirely by brok-
ers who write on slip of paper the
name of the ship and the shipmaster
the nature of the voyage, the subject
to be insured, and the amount at
which it is to be valued. If the risk
is accepted, each underwater sub
scribes his name and the amount he
agrees to take to underwrite, the in
surance being effected as soon as the
total value is made up. The sum paid
by the insured to the underwriters is
denominated the premium, a tax upon
the profits of the merchant which
the progress of science, of the art of
shipbuildng and of navigation has
in these days reduced to a very mod
crate figure.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-02-16

corruption in general The magazines
have been powerful workers for the
progressive cause and Postmaster
General Hitchcock is not with the
progressives He is the cabinet rep
resentative of the other crowd. OF
the men who have profited by the
abuses to which the magazines OBJ
ject. He stands for the Morgans, the
Guggenheims, the Rockefellers and
the Weyerhausers.
1t IS not necessary to raise second
class rates in order to make up the
postal deficit. If the postal depart
ment would follow business principles
there would be no deficit. 1t has
been pointed out that if the govern
ment would collect penalties due from
railroads as a result of delays such
penalties would amount to million
dollars a year. But Hitchcock does
not want to penalize the railroads
NiANNSh AG NOulu pGIldlllt pOSl-
master or clerk for the slightest Of
fence.
1t has also been shown by the
magazines that the rates paid by the
government for the carrying of mails
are higher, in some instances at least,
than the rates for first class passenger
service. In other words railroads
charge more for carrying mail bags
than for transporting human beings.
Why not reduce the postal deficit
through getting better terms from
the railroads. Surely just rates may
be secured through an appeal to the
Interstate commerce commission. The
answer is that Hitchcock is not trying
tc reduce the postal deficit. He
wants to hit the magazines because
they have displeased the "malefactors
of great wealth."
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-02-16
MAN WAS MADE TO MOURN.

Look not alone on youthful prime,
Or manhood's active might;
Man then is useful to his kind,
Supported in his right;
But see him on the edge of life,
With cares and sorrows worn,
Then age and want-oh, ill-matcheu
pair!-
Show man was made to mourn.
A few seem favorites of fate.
On Pleasures lap caressed;
Yet think not all the rich and great
Are likewise truly blest.
But ah! what crowds in every land
Are wretched and forlorn!
Through weary life this lesson learn
That man was made to mourn
Many and sharp the numerous Ills
Inwoven with our frame;
More pointed still we make ourselve!
Regret, remorse and shame!
And man, whose heaven-erected race
The smiles of love adorn,
Mans inhumanity to man
Make countless thousands mourn
Burns.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-02-16
A LULLABY.

Lady Moon, o Lady Moon,
Here's a little sleepy grille that must
go TO slumber soon!
Won't YOU glide across the window
on your shining silver wings,
Won't YOU spare 'twixt noon and noon
lust one tiny tender minute to this
cot with baby in it.
Though l know you're oh, so busy
with a hundred million things?
LADY Moon, o Lady Moon,
Let her see the polished buckles on
YOUR cleaning silver shoon,
LET her touch your diamond rings
and the star dust on your
wings;
And should you bend above her-ah!
but that would be a boon!
And kiss her little rosy lips, how KIND
o Lady Moon!
LADY Moon, o Lady Moon,
Tell her just one fairy story that
you've gathered as you go
From the pine woods or the snow
From the gayly lighted cities or ey,e
stars above them strewn;
There's a sleepy little grille tha'
would like so much to know
lust one little fairy story, Lady
Moon!
Lady Moon, o Lady Moon,
1t is late; and you're so busy with
so many trysts to keep,
And our little wide-eyed babba-it
is time she went to sleep!
Kiss those cheeks that mock De-
cember
With their roses picked in June;
Though she's sleepy she'll remem-
Der,
She'll remember, Lady Moon!
Westminster Gazette.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-02-16
WHERE WOMEN LOSE.

A man whose hair is sere and wan
Whose lovely parting ways are gone
Is surely bald
And sporty called
Yet women often dote upon
The scamp.
But let a woman lose her hair
Her life is wrapped in deep despair
She uses rats
And dotes on cats
But finds no lover anywhere
Poor tramp
Her life's without
A resting-place
In lovers arms
or fond embrace.
A man whose waist has gone before,
Whose figure sylphlike nevermore
Is surely fat,
But what Of that?
His shape he never need deplore
Because
The laws
That rule the realm Of sentiment
All give the fat man special place
And compensate for youthful grace
And as for love
| 'Tis far above
The rule Of mere avordupois.
But let a woman pass the line
OF say one hundred eighty nine,
'Tis tragedy.
She can not charm the critic eye
| Or cen incite the poet-sigh.
She's fat,
Just that.
Nor all the anguish of denial
Can help the figures Of the dial
That tells her weight
And makes her hate
Her friends.
Thus fate for women is unkind,
The double standard makes us blind
And fairness ends.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-02-16
HOME AND COUNTRY.

There is a spot on earth supremely
blest,
A dearer. sweeter spot than all the
rest,
Where man, creations tyrant, casts
aside
His sword and scepter, pageantry and
pride;
The sire, the son, the husband, father
friend.
Here woman reigns; the mother,
daughter, wife,
Strews with fresh flowers the narrow
way of life.
In the clear heaven of her delightful
eye
An angel guard of loves and graces
lie;
Around her knees domestic duties
meet,
And fireside pleasures gambol at her
feet.
Where shall that land, that spot of
earth be found?
Art thou a mama patriot?-look
around!
Oh, thou shalt find, howe'er thy
footsteps roam,
That land thy country, and that spot
thy home.
james Montgomery.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-02-16
NOT THE BENNETT BILL.

During the gubernatorial campaign
last fall one of the stock arguments
against the candidacy of Oswald
West was that two years ago he had
opposed a bill drafted by Judge A. 5.
Bennett and pertaining to shipments
of livestock. To the, credit of Cover
nor West it may be said that he never
hedged when attacked upon this point.
While speaking in Pendleton, the
center of the eastern Oregon stock
district, he boldly upheld his position.
As a candidate for governor he stood
exactly where he had stood when not
a candidate. He had opposed the
Bennett bill because he considered it
unjust and he announced that if he
should be elected governor and II
that same bill should be adopted by
the legislature and should come be-
fore him for approval he would veto
the measure.
There is before the present legisla-
ture a bill introduced by Senator Bur-
CESS and which pertains to livestock
shipments. But it is not the Bennett
bill by any means as may be seen
from the following extract from a
note received by this paper today
from Governor West.
81 meant just what / said when
stated / would veto such a measure
as the Bennett bill should it come
up at this session. 1t was a most
unjust measure. The Burgess bill
now before the legislature is a fal
different bill 1t is a good measure
and should pass. 1t was prepared b,
the railroad commission and approv
ed by me before being handed t.
Senator Burgess for introduction.
am in favor OF it and will surely Civ
it my official approval"
OSWALD WEST.
Now let us see what the governor
critics have to offer upon this sub
ject.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-02-16
Hoods Sarsaparilla
Cures All Spring Ailments.

Mrs. Marion Bruce, Cumberland,
Me-, writes: II have taken HOODS
Sarsaparilla for a great many years,
and l think It the best blood medicine
in the world. / take 1t both spring ana
fall. This last winter and spring l
was in very poor health. / was weak
and had lost all my appetite and was
all run down. AS soon as | began to
take Hoods Sarsaparilla my strength
came back and my appetite returned:
am now we'll, do my housework, and
no longer have that tired feeling"
Get II today In usual liquid form or
chocolated tablets called Sarsatabs.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-02-16

Price Collier, in a vigorous paper
in the March Scribner-"Religion and
Caste in India"-reveals the almost
insuperable complications which the
division of caste make in the whole
social and political problem of India.
He quotes one of the enlightened ma
harajas as saying: 'If the Indian peo-
pie wish to progress. and to make the
most Of their national influence, they
must consciously give up these old
false ideals and open their eyes to
the light of progress, in which not
one class, or many classes, but all
shall share"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-02-16
\ NEED OF THE HOUR.

Some of the best shows on the road
this season have passed Pendleton by
on account of the wretched theatre
that is in use and has been in use
ever since the days when this place
was a struggling little village. Last
evening an excellent troupe was here
but it was compelled to leave out one
of its best features because the stage
is too small for its presentation.
However local theatre goers are used
to such disappointments. They have
put up with such disappointments
many times before.
But it is time to end this unsatis-
factory state of affairs. 1t is time to
accommodate any troupe that desires
to come here. 1t is time to relieve
local people from the necessity Of
going to Portland or Walla Walla to
see good plays. 1t is time to improve
the reputation Pendleton now holds
in the theatrical world because of its
poor playhouse.
The time is ripe for erecting a new
theatre and local people are willing
and anxious to assist in financing the
deal. Where is the man who wishes
to erect a first class theatre and will
put a reasonable amount of his own
money into the enterprise?
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-02-16
"IIOYDS."
Calgary Herald.)

Calgary Herald.)
:, Telegraphic dispatches from Lon
don, England, indicate that Lloyd's,
the great marine insurance institu-
tion, sustained some serious losses in
1909, and these were repeated in
1910.
Lloyds, by the way, obtained its
name from the fact that originally
mere gathering of merchants for
business or gossip in a coffee house
kept by Edward Lloyd in Tower
street, London, the earliest notice of
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-02-16
AFTER THE MAGAZINES.

The move Of Postmaster General
Hitchcock to raise postal rates on
magazines is plainly prompted by a
desire to injure the many periodicals
which during the past few years have
done effective work in showing up
the evil effects Of corporation influ-
snce in politics and in fighting civic
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-02-16

dy country road, and If either step
ped aside for the other he would be
obliged to walk in mud up to his shoe
tops.
One Of them stood stock still and
said sternly:
81 never step aside for a pusillani-
nous crook"
Said the other, walking into the
mud:
"I always do."-The Popular Mag
azine.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-02-16

The Hill line to Central oregon is
now completed as far as Madras and
at last the "big pasture" has been
opened to civilization. And the Ore
gon Trunk was the first to reach the
goal
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-02-16

The Canadian reciprocity treaty
stands forth as the presidents star
play since his inauguration. Yet he
had to rely almost entirely upon
democratic votes to secure its endorse
ment in the house.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-02-16

HERE AND NOW.

. All, let US rest beneath the trees, 4
= Nor seek with an adventurous 4
. prov
. The magic isles of distant seas,
. But sing the Songs of Here :
. and Now.
. The world has long been sailed
. around,
. And Ell Dorado's still un- 4
. found.
. The quest is vain on many seas
. For apples of Hesperides; Z
. And in no land of woods and
. flowers Z
= Doth Norumbega lift its tow Z
. ers; =
= And in the sunset mantled west =
. There are no Islands of the .
. Blest, =
. But there is magic in the near, .
. And beauty blooms on every .
. bough; .
. And there are Hesper islands .
D here, =
D And there are FL Dorados .
now. =
The seas are wide the swift .
B ships plow, .
, And long is the Platonic year; .
, But all the best of time is now, =
And all the best of space is .
here. .
A trace of Eden still must be .
Where blooms a rose or grows .
a tree;
, And Paphian glories wander by v
The man who gazes on the sky; =
The Realms of Peace, the Seats .
of Rest, .
Are not in islands of the west; .
The golden age that knew no .
tears .
, is not within the vanished .
years; .
Not far the Golden Age, but =
near;
, Fate's fruit is on the nearest =
bough
} So sing the Songs of Now and =
} Here,
The brave, glad songs of .
Here and Now. .
} Sam Walter Foss. .
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-02-16

Perhaps the airship will be so i'm
proved that within a few years there
will be no need of good roads. Is
that the way the grange leaders fig
ure the matter?
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-02-16
THEY REMAINED ENEMIES.

They were enemies, and each had
said that the other was a crook and
a villain of the deepest dye.
They met one afternoon on a mud
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-02-16

When you hear that a woman has
educated her husband. It may merely
be meant that she has been giving
him pieces Of her mind" at various
Intervals.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-06-30
Sayjno Their Clothes.

81 have noticed" the manager OF a
hotel said, where almost every man
who stops has a valet and every wom-
an one or more maids, that people
nowadays avoid q valet or maid that
Is of their own size. If a man Is small
he gets a big valet, and If he 3s~tall
his valet will be tiny. 1t Is the same
way with the women in regard to their
maids. The reason is to keep servants
from wearing their masters or mis-
tresses' clothes. And 1t is not only
outside clothes, but shirts, collars.
neckties and underwear they appropr1-
ate. l have seen men engage Wallets
often, and 1 know that size is the first
item taken into consideration."-New
York Sun.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-06-30
Early roman laWs,

The very earliest Roman laws were
those contained in the 80 called "Papi-
rian code,' but Of these but little Is
known. The next in order are those Of
the twelve tablets, compiled by the
Deeemvirs at the beginning of the
fourth century of the city's history,
about B. G. $50. These famous laws
consisted Of q revision Of the then ex-
listing laws, with some new ones which,
according to tradition, had been I'M
ported from Greece by three commits
sioners who had been sent to Athens
for the purpose Of collecting such laws
and customs as might be useful to the
people of Rome. The new code, when
completed, was engraved on twelve
tablets Of ivory or brass and set up In
arh1in
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-06-30
Nav Britain Currency.

Dewarra, a currency Of New Britain,
is an instance Of how the spoils OF b
chase may be turned to account as the
outward and visible sign Of wealth.
Dewarra Is made by stringing the
shells Of a dog whelk upon the ribs OF
palm leaves. These strings may be re
tailed at so much a fathom-usually
the price is equivalent to about 10
cents a fathom l~ength-or they may
be made into various articles of per-
sonal adornment to be worn on great
occasions. In New Britain the dewarra
boarded up by a rich man is produced
at his funeral and divided among his
heirs In much the same kind Of way
as personal property is divided among
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-06-30
Japanese

Japanese Buddhists have a word,
''nazoraeru." which is translated by
the dictionaries as Ito initiate" but it
has the e~soteric meaning Of "to sub
stitute In Imagination one object or
action for another, so as to bring
about some magical or miraculous re-
suit" An example Of this Is laying q
pebble before the image Of Buddha
to show that you would like to build
a temple In his honor If you were rich
enough and making q bookcase re-
volve which contains the 6,7T1 vol
umes of the Buddhist n and
earnestly wishing that you had time
to read them. by which you acquire
the same merit in the eyes Of heaven
as If you did read them.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-06-30
SEAMEN REJECT OFFERS.
Strike Conference Agrees, but Dockers
Want More,

'N'N -
London, June 3O.-There has been
no material change in the strike con
ditions throughout England. The
strikers have won important conces-
sions in some directions, but elsewhere
more shore workers have Joined the
strikers, and the prospects of settle
ment at one port are neutralized by
matters growing worse at another.
Interest Is mainly centered in Hull,
where the conference Of delegates
from the ship owners and the strikers
was held. The conference ended with
out q result, but another was called
and a provisional agreement was
reached e~mbodying considerable con-
cessions to the workers, though they
fell short of the demands made by the
strikers. Nevertheless, they were &C
cepted by the delegates. But when
the delegates of the strikers put the
resolutions before a gathering of 1900
men later and urged them to accept
the concessions the men rejected them.
In consequence there will be another
conference.
The strikers marched to the Albert
dock, determined to remove the non
union crew Of a steamer. The vessel
was guarded by 100 police. The strik-
ers bombarded the ship with stones
and attempted to drive OF the police,
who charged the strikers, using their
batons with telling effect. There was
a severe fight, In which many Of the
police, as well as the strikers, were
seriously injured and a number re-
celved bruises. The police, however,
were able to hold their ground.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-06-30
SPRECKLES IS OPTIMISTIC.
Sugar Magnate Sees Much In Business
Conditions to Reassure Pessimists.


New York, June 30.-John D.
spreckIes, the San Francisco sugar
magnate, who testified before the
sugar investigating committee Of the
house In Washington this week. came
here after being excused from further
participation in the probe Of the al
legged sweet trust.
81 can see nothing in the business
outlook to cause ALARM" he said, "and
l can see a lot to feel encouraged
about. The trust Investigations are
sure to have good results in the end,
even though they may u a tempo
rary slump in stocks"
Mr.. Spreckles refused TO discuss the
Mormon holdings in the sugar trust or
the testimony of young Havemeyer
before the committee.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-06-30
Yours respectfully,
T. D. WARING,
Wipa President

Perth Amboy Esperanto Society.
An Esperanto translation of this
letter has been forwarded to various
Esperanto journals. in nineteen diff
ferent countries in all parts of the
world. whose cooperation Is hoped
for in the dissemination of informa-
ton pertaining to the purpose of the
American Society for Judicial Settle
ment of International Disputes.
This society, Of which President
Taft is honorary president, James
Brown Scott president and John
Hays Hammond vice president, has,
as its name indicates, the object Of
bringing to settlement all disputes
between nations by regular process
of international law. 1t is not OPP
posed to arbitration or other means
of international Cancellation but
directs it's efforts towards the estab-
lishment Of a permanent court
supreme among nations. In the
words of its president: 1T stands
for a permanent court, as distin-
guished from a temporary tribunal; a
court composed of judges by profess
sion, not a tribunal composed of
judges by mere appointment. 1t
stands for judicial decision according
to principles of law, not for comprO-
mise according to the standards OF
diplomacy. 1t believes that a line of
judicial decisions will develop inter
national law as judicial decisions
have developed the common law, and
that an international court will do
for the family of nations what ma
tional courts have done for each of
its members"