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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-05-06
conundrums.

Conuhdfurno.
What grows the less tired the more
10 works7 An auto wheel.
What fruit is the most visionary
The apple of the eye.
Why should a hairdresser be sadf
Because he curls up and dyes.
What causes cold, cures a cold and
pays for the doctor? A draft.
What did Jobs wardrobe consist Of?
Three poor comforters.
What D worse than raining cats and
dogs? Hailing cabs and cars.
When Is a chickens neck like bell?
When 1t Is wrung for dinner.
Why are pianos noble characters7
Because they are upright grand and
square.
II tough meat could speak what
English poet would 1t mention7 Chau-
Ger.
What should clergyman preach
about7 About half an hour.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-05-06
SHERBURNE

FL. R. Merrill was here recently
and was'the guest of vanness DIM
lex.
Loren Estabrook is sick with
pneumonia and is attended by DR..
Tracy of Pittsfeld.
Fred johnson was at home from
Rochester few days the first of last
week.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-05-06

FOR SALE or EXCHANGE for
Fowls, six Chicken breeders, the best
ever, up to date and 0 K, at less
than one-halt cost. Come and see
them at Hillside Farm, Woodstock
w. d. Foster.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-05-06
Lightning Causes a Fire al
White River Junction.

During severe thunder storm
which passed over White River juno
ton Monday night the barn on Tur-
ner's Flat belonging to Myron Ten
ney was struck by lightning and
burned to the ground. One cow was
burned but several horses were
saved.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-05-06

Gardner Maccarty cut off part of
a finger while at work at the Central
market Friday.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-05-06

Orders for dry cleaning, pressing
and repairing may be lett at The
Fashion. Eugene L. Taylor.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-05-06
serpentine TAG.


Every boy and girl plays tag, but few
are acquainted with 1t in its liveliest
form--namely. as serpentine tag. For
this good variation a large square is
drawn on the ground or on the bare
floor, and the person who is to be 'it''
takes up the position within this bound.
airy line, while the rest remain outside.
He is armed with a long wand, at
the end of which is tuft of raw cot
ton dipped In -four. Any one crossing
the chalk line or, I'm fact. venturing
within reach of the tufted wand can
be tagged IL the tagger can catch him.
A white -four mark on dress or coat
is proof positive that boy or girl
has been tagged. As soon as any one
Is tagged he must take the free hand
Of the person tagging and accompany
him in his sorties against other invad-
ers. Each person when tagged joins
hands with the pursuers. and 1t Ii
when the pursuing line has become
really long and rnwieldy that the game
Is funniest and most exciting, though
there is laughter all through 1t.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-05-06


Plants are like animals in many
ways. The animal breathes; 80 does
the plant. The animal has veins
through which the blood flows, carry
ing life and vigor to every part. The
plant, too, has veins through which
the plants blood flows to every part.
Through the center of the leaf runs
a tough, heavy vein from which are
sent out many branches These In
turn send out smaller branches, and
these last still smaller ones until the
whole leaf is covered with a network
of veins. The moisture is drawn from
the earth through the roots and car
ried by these veins to every part of
the leaf.
Look again at the surface of the leaf
and you will see little pores. Through
these the leaf breathes. taking In the
air as we take 1t into our lungs. But
the leaf takes that part of the air
which the animal cannot use. and the
animal takes the part the plant can
not use. In this we see the wisdom of
God, who made all things.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1911-05-06

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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-02-01
SAN FRANCISCO WINS.

After hard and furious fight San
Francisco has won out in its efforts
tc land the Panama exposition. The
issue was practically decided yester-
day when the house of representa-
tives at Washington voted for the
Pacific coast city. Under the circum-
stances it was a notable victory and
San Francisco deserved to win. The
people of the city by the Golden Gate
will arrange a good exposition and
they will see that the enormous
crowds are properly handled. They
do things that way in San Francisco.
Then San Francisco and the state of
California will finance their own
show. They ask for no money from
the federal government. Again it
will be more appropriate to hold the
Panama exposition in a Pacific coast
city than at New Orleans. The Pa
mama canal will mean more to the
west than it can possibly mean to
the gulf states.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-02-01
1T WOULD BE UNJUST.

Umatilla county should object and
object strongly if the constitutional
amendment being fathered by the SEN
ate committee on taxation looks to
taking the taxation of public service
corporations away from the counties
and giving it to the state.
AS pointed out in news story in
the East Oregonian yesterday such
a change would work a heavy annual
loss upon this county and upon all
other counties, which like Umatilla,
have considerable railroad mileage. 1t
would inure to the benefit of Multi
nomah county and of interior counties
that have no mileage.
Evidently it is the intention Of
those behind the move to raise all
money needed for state purposes from
the taxation Of public corporations
if possible to do so. But it is an un-
fair plan for this reason. Money
needed for state purposes should be
raised from the various counties in
proportion to the wealth of those
counties. Now Multnomah county has
an assessed valuation Of 277 millions
while Umatilla has but a 30 million
assessment. In other words Multno-
nah county is approximately seven
times as wealthy as Umatilla and
should consequently pay seven times
as much in state taxes as does Una
tilla.
But see here. Multnomah's assess
ment of public service corporations
amounts to less than twice as much
as does that Of UmatilIa. The cor
poration assessment in Multnomah
totals 81 millions while in Umatilla
the corporations are assessed at over
12 millions. So If the state raises its
funds from the taxation Of corpor.
ations Umatilla county will have tc
pay more than half as much as does
Justly pay but one-seventh as much
as Multnomah. Interior counties
that have no public service corpora
tions would be excused entirely from
payment Of state taxes.
In the view Of the East Oregoniar
there is no Just reason for taking thu
taxation Of corporations away from
the counties and giving the same t
the state. There may be sound ar
gument in support Of the plan fo
having the assessments of corpora
tions made by the state tax commits
sion, rather than by the variou
county assessors. But that plan 1
now already in operation and henc'
this phase Of the subject can have N
bearing upon the move said to be con
tcmplated by the senate taxation
committee.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-02-01

ed. The purchase of the machine
was endorsed by the very men who
are now Undertaking" the superin-
tendent. He boldly charges that the
hold over committee make no actual
investigation of the asylum and that
their attack upon him was prompted
by petty politics and not by meritori-
Gus reasons.
If DR.. Steiner's statements are cor
rect and they certainly have the ring
OF sincerity he has been badly ma
hgned and great injustice has been
attempted against the inmates of the
asylum. In order to fight the present
state board and DR.. Steiner a legisla-
tive Clique has tried to greatly reduce
the asylum appropriation. They have
taken this stand upon the assumption
that citizens of Oregon are penurious
people and will endorse any move
that looks like economy. 1t has been
a heartless move for the reason that
the blow would fall most heavily, not
upon the superintendent, but upon
the unfortunate people under his
charge.
Out with such politics as this. 1t
has no place in civilized state.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-02-01
IMPROVE JACKSON STREET.

Preliminary steps towards secur-
ing a new Main street bridge are be-
ing taken and there are few who
will deny but that the move is a pro-
per one. The present bridge is old
and it is but a question of a short
time until it must be replaced. But
what is being done towards street
improvements this summer? Worse
even than the Main street bridge is
the condition of the streets in many
portions Of the city. Jackson street
i2 one of the very worst. 1t is a dis
grace to the city and now that the
branch asylum is to be located below
town the improvement of that street
and also Of Raley street will be i'm
.perative. Yet the East Oregonian
has as yet heard of no move to pave
or macadamize those streets. Would
it not be folly to build a fine new
steel bridge unless the north side
Ithoroughfare leading away from that
bridge is also to be improved?
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-02-01
CLOTHING MADE OF WOOD.

Cloths made literally from wood
are the latest sartorial venture. A
beginning is being made with the
making of waistcoats. The discovery
Of this new process is largely due to
the fact that bleached cotton is
known to be composed Of very nearly
pure cellulose.
Working on this basis, scientists
have discovered a method Of manu-
featuring a thread Of cellulose ex-
tracted from spruce wood.
Cotton spinners are exceeding opti-
mistic about the discovery, 1t Is as
serted, and with material manufactur-
ed from this latest process expect to
produce clothing at prices far below
those now charged. The finest pro-
duct will, it is said, be cheaper than
cotton in the bale.
In addition to this cardinal advan-
tage, the new material can be dyed
any color, and-a very important
point-the dye will not fade. Lastly
the material is noninflammable.
"The new process should bring the
/ best up-to-date attire within the reach
Of almost ALL" said an expert or
| clothing matters yesterday ALSO
| since walstcoats are TO be mapufac'
tured Of this cellulose thread extract
ed from spruce WOOD, can see M
reason why all the rest or ones sui
| should not be made Of similar ma
terial. In fact, the discovery should
revolutionize the price Of all cottor
goods London Correspondent New
| York Times.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-02-01
Asy Your Druggist for Free Peruna
Almanac for 1911.
A SPINSTER'S PARADISE.

A wag once declared that all good
Americans went to Paris when they
died.
In like manner 1t may be said that
all good old maids come to New York
when they die. If they are really
clever and good for much they don't
wait to die before they come; they
come while they are still awe and
able to enjoy the terrestrial paradise
of the spinster.
No other city in the world shelters
so many unattached women. and the
number grows every year by leaps
and bounds, for word has been pass
ed along the line of spins that New
York is the really and truly Mecca
for the unmarried woman; the only
place where a woman without hus-
band is frankly regarded more as an
object of envy than subject for pity
AS a result every unappropriated
blessing the country over who has
the price packs her trunk and hikes
out for the promised land, where a
woman has the right TO stay single or
double as she pleases, without having
to stand for the contemptuous COM
ments of her acquaintance-.
Not by accident does that eternal
old maid, the Goddess of Liberty
stand guard at the gateway Of New
York She is a symbol of the free
dom that the greatest city in Ameri-
ca offers to the spinster.
The hegira of unmarried women to
New York has been accomplished so
quietly that few peopre realize how
great it has been or how large is the
colony of husbandless ladies, but they
are counted by the tens of thousands,
and still their number grows.
To begin with there is an army or
professional women, writers, artists,
actresses, designers, stenographers,
buyers and so on who naturally find
New York the best market for their
talents. Besides these, however, there
is a legion Of women who do not have
TO work, women who are rich or we'll
to do who have simply come to New
York to live because this city Is the
one place in which a lone, lorn woman
! suffers no inconvenience from not
| having a man tied to her apron string.
| or Miss" on her visiting card.
The reason for this rs easy TO find
[ In New York the unmarried woman
occupies an entirely different status
from that which she holds in any
other place. Elsewhere. and especial
" in the provinces, there is a taci'
/ belief that when a woman is a spin
ster she is one by force of circum-
| stances-in a word, that she didn't
marry because she couldn't. New
York assumes that the old maid is
an old maid by choice, and that she
didn't marry because she didn't wan
to.
Whatever the facts in the case, this
latter theory is naturally a soothing
one TO the spinister's vanity. II is alsC
agreeable to dwell among those who
regard it as no reflection upon
woman's charms for her not to be
able to exhibit some mans scalp al
the result of the prowess OF her bow
and spear but who on the contrary
are disposed to think tnat the woman
with a good profession or an ample
income. and her own latchkey and in
dividual pocketbook, and nobody witt
a legal right to tell her of her faults
has, as st. Paul says, chosen the bet
ter part.-Selected.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-02-01
HER UNREASONABLE JEALOUSY

certain main line resident
returned home early the other
morning. He inserted his key in the
keyhole of his door with difficulty,
but managed to crawl upstairs with
out awakening his wife, he thought.
At the breakfast table next morning
one look at her reproachful face told
him he was wrong
I'm sorry Iemarried youH she ex-
claimed. you're a brute! 1 saw you
on the corner hugging the lamppost
at 2 o'clock this morning"
"Why, Mary" expostulated the
penitent John. Don't you think that
bit unfair? who'd although you'd
ever be jealous Of a lamppost?"-St.
| Paul Dispatch.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-02-01

Local people will care but little
whether the branch asylum is to be
located upon the Daniels place or up
on the Oliver-Carpenter tract. What
we want is the institution. The Sc
lection Of a site IS up to the state
board. Those men must be respon-
sible for the erection of the branch
hospital and they are in the best po-
sition to judge Of building sites.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-02-01
DIR. STEINER's DEFENSE.

Dr. Steiner superintendent Of the
asylum, has been allowed to defend
himself and he makes strong show
ing. He presents facts showing that
instead Of being extravagantly con-
Quoted the institution under his
charge Is one Of the most economic
ally managed in the United States
The per capita cost Of living there Is
lower than at any similar institution
in the north or west. The asylum
farm instead OF being an expensive
luxury made a net profit last year o.
$4,000 for the state. The auto
which he is criticised for buying, h'
shows to have been absolutely need
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-02-01
4 Souring EXDcricncc.

Don't you feel that it is pleasant
to be kind and generous? Don't you
experience happiness in giving?"
NO" replied Senator Sorghum
mot since I got into mix-up by try
ing to be kind and generous to our
state legislature-Was Star.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-02-01

Roosevelt says he is a progressive.
Assuredly he is. He is the man who
put "the breath of life" into the pro-
gGessive move that is now sweeping
the country and is making trust mag
mates fear God and even have some
respect for the laws of the land.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-02-01

"Maud's hair is what you would
call Titan, isn't it?"
well. Titan or imi-Titian."-Bos
ton Transcript
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-02
Fishin' Jimmy as Teacher

In her Fishin' Jimmy, Mrs. Slosson
tells OF little French Canadian girl.
the daughter OF tramp. a child who
had developed into a wild little heather.
The mother fell suddenly dead near
the village one day. and the child was
found clingins to her mothers body.
The girls soul was shaken by bitter
sobs. and when they tried to take he,
away, she fought like young tigress
There was in the crowd small boy
who knew Fishfn' Jimmy. With a
child's faith in his big friend. he hurried
to bring him to the spot. Worry tenderly
! Flshin Jimmy lifted the child in hi,
arms and bore her away.
NOBODY seems to have known any.
tnihG about the tanning of the little
savage. but a short time afterward she
and Fishin' Jimmy were seen on tho
| margin of Black Brook. each with q
nshins pole. Jimmy kept the child
for weeks and when she went At ash
10 good home. she had exchanged her
wilderness for tonder. aiYecnonate
nature
Then people wondered how the
change was wrought. They asked
Jimmy, but his explanation seem To
breathe an air of mystery "'Twas
fishin done it, he said ''on'y fshin'.
1t alters work. The Christian rigging
itself had 10 begin with hshin' We
know"
CuitiyutinG SpcarmInt.
Spearmint requires moist soil We
grow II in large quantities. as we have
good market for 1t. at 3 cents a
punch. during tho spring and sum
mer. 1t is positively no trouble after
Is introduced into congenial soil
Tor 1t spreads rapidly, and needs no
cultivation beyond the cutting that is
necessary for market
Don't make the mistake of trans
planting the common wild mint. for
usually the flavor is more like pepper-
mint than spearmint--the variety do
manded for sauces.
Our Fourth.
Give us Fourth that's sane.
And free from shieks OF pain
From children's cries,
Instead of fireworks curse,
Instead OF doctor. nurse.
or crippled limbs. and worse.
Let Joys arise.
Give us Fourth that's sane!
Why should the foolish chafe,
When laws are made?
why should our skies be red.
With confiasration dread,
BY reckless folly led.
Our land afraid?
Give us Fourth of peace
Let noise and danger cease,
Let pleasure reign.
Let music bright and gay
Make glad the holiday,
TIL OF our Fourth we say,
It's safe and sane!
ADA STEWART SHELTON.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-02

audience guessed the names of the
| tableaux. and for the most accurate
answers I gave inexpensive pictures of
the different heroes. and. also, candy
| favors.
old-Fashiohed Celebration.
The description of this celebration is
by Pearl c. Black. in the same maya
zine and says:
| our home Is In the country SO
we asked some OF our town friends to
Join us In celebrating the Fourth In q
good old-fashioned way The invita- :
:, lions were first scratched on an un-
developed Photographic plate and print
/ ed on blueprint postals. with a flag
Tor stamp and the trl-color ribbon
TOT decoration. The guests were ask
ed to come in country costumes: thai
is. the men in overalls and straw hats
and the ladies in calico dresses and
! sunoonnets. (Overalls, straw hats and
sunbonnets were donned after reach
Ing the house.)
auotis and Bowls.
! For while the men played quoits
I and bowls ION the green" and tho
ladies charades; then cards and PEN
ellis were passed. and We had a contest
or the States-the original colonies.
the present number. their names and
anbreviations. and the countless other
''o'S "a tilis game. Inc victor
received a box covered with red white
and-blue paper filled with homemade
candies. and the BOBBY prize was n
striped peppermint stick
Flowers on the Table.
Ihe flowers used on the table were
bachelors buttons, larkspur, red
seraniums and daisies. At last the
supper bell sounded, and we sat down
TO an old-fashioned repast of chicken
PIE. mashed potatoes, baked beans
white and brown bread sandwiches
maple sugar. cookies with caraway
seeds. and spice cakes frosted in white
with candied cherries on the top ana a
small American flag stuck in each cake.
Take Vacation.
Every woman should cultivate the
holiday spirit. If you can't have a
long vacation, take a short one. If
you can't leave your work at all, man
ago to make your work conform In
some manner to summer standards.
Picnic as much as you can, IL YOU
enjoy It, Eat out of doors, 81 Won
can do so in comparative privacy. In
this respect housekeeping women are
much more fortunate than their broth
ers and sisters. husbands and fathers
out In the business world. because
much of their work can be taken out
OF the stuffy rooms into the air For
tunately we are all rapidly learning
how. much of factor In preserving
health this outdoor life may be, and
how much 1t will help us to make our
su mer not only healthful but happy
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1911-07-02
SUMMER SALADS
The Making Of Mayonnaise Stuffed tomato Salad
knickerbocker and Brewster Salad
Golden-Egg Salad
L'Art de la Mode.
By FANNIE M. FARMER.

4 made Insert one-third iEch slices OF
Bermuda onion. Arrange on nests Of
crisp lettuce leaves and serve with
II French or mayonnaise dressing.
| brewster Salad.
Cut small. crisp lettuce leaves OF
uniform size In halves. lengthwise.
using the scissors. and arrange in two
parallel rows. overla piping one another,
on an oblong, silver dish. Place a
bunch OF cold, cooked asparagus in the
centre and arrange band (at about
the place where the bunch was orig
inally tied) of the following mixture
| inely chopped white Of one hard boii-
! cd egg. one tablespoonful OF chopped
! pickle, one half tablespoonful OF finely
chopped parsley and one-and one-half
J tablespoonful OF chopped. canned
J French dressing.
I Colden-EsS snInd.
|, Golden-Egg Salad, with rolls and
J butter and a glass of iced tea. makes
| sa satisfactory luncheon. Hara cooked
eggs, remove shells at once and. while
| stiil hot, press into apple shapes by
| holding between the first finger and
| thumb pressing very gradually at
| first. Chill thoroughly and brush over
| with cold water, colored with fruit
! red. applying with small camers-
| hair brush. Insert whole cloves at
| blossom ends and stem with leaves at
| stem cnds. Arrange on beds of crisp
! lcttuce-loares and serve with mayon-
| naise dressing. TO which have been
| added Gust before servins) two table
Spoonfuls OF finely chopped olives ana
e-and-one- tablespoonfuls OF
finely chopped pickles. This is novel
salad. as good to look al as to eat,
| TO Destroy MosuuitUcs
| In many sections OF the country
| whore malarial fever is prevalent the
| mosquito acts in a way similar 10 that
| OF her tropical relative, and practi-
cally tho same method of protection
must be used. Ponds. pools. sluggish
streams. marshy ground. wet under
brush. cisterns, cesspools, leaders that
| have lost their proper incline ana thus
harbor rain-water until evaporatio
takes place, oil tin cans. discarded
| cooking utensils. anything, in fact
| that can act on small scale as q
watcr-container may form q prolific
| breeding place for mosquitoes Elimi
nate as far as possible all the re
movable sources. ronew water In legit
Innate containers every twenty fou
hours. have pools and ponds covere,
with Kerosene or crude oil, cove
closely all cisterns and cesspools, an
enthusiastically abet any local eRor
to cxtatminate the pest on large
scale by preventive methods dIrecte
toward stasnnnt water or march,
sronna that Sx nlsp rs yegr !, sts &c: