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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-01-17
The baggage.

eyes with his hand. The baggage
man was sympathetic.
"A relative?" he asked.
Yes" answered the manufacturer;
cit is my brother"
WELL" said the railroad man. phi
losophically you have one consola-
tion. He's dead all right"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-01-17

A man may have no bad habits and
have worse.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1911-01-17
BACK, THEN, TO THE FARM.

Did you notice the chinook?
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-11
OF INTEREST TO MANUFACTURE.
 FRS

Congressman F,ocht of Pennsylva mia is authority for the statement that the state depart-nent has endorsed a pro- ject for p&cing on file in every Amer ican consufate in the five continents of the world complete card index catalogue of American made goods Any manufacturing concern can have his catalogue brfefed and translated into the language of the country in which the consulate is located. The plan is. practically, to place a direc- tory of American products where it will always be available to the foreign buyer and to make the directory com plete and always up to date and cas- fly accessible to any one interested.
 This is in line with the work of the bureau of manufactures of the de- partment of commerce and labor which has for several years kept a record of al inquiries for American goods re- ceived by the consuls of the United States. But there has been universal complaint from those officials of the lack of catalogues and sales lists in languages understood by the inquirers.
 Mir. Focht declared it as his firm be- lief that s plan of this character de- signed to bring the state department into closer relations with the business interests of the country will result in sn immediate increase in our foreign commerce which will eventually add untold millions to the balRnee of trade in favor of the United States
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-11
The Rriclnt GirI.

Well, grandma said little boy, resting his elbows on the old lady s stuffed chair arm, what have you been doing here at the window all day by yourself?''
 "All that I could" answered his dear old grandma, cheerily. T have read a little and then looked at the people passing. There's one little girl. Ar thur, that I have learned to watch. She has sunny brown hair, her brown eyes have the same sum- ny look in them. and I wondered every day what makes her look so bright. An, she's coming now and will ask her in"
 Arthur took his elbows off the stuffed arm and put them in the window sill When she was near Art41ur's house his grandma asked her in. She said she did not have time to come in, but if any one wanted her she would wait for them. Arthur's grandma asked what made her look so bright. Why, have to- said the little girl. You see, papas been i'll long while, and mamma is tired out with nursing, and the baby's cross with her teeth and if a4n not bright who would be?"
 Yes, yes, see,' said Arthur's dear old grandma; there couldn't be bet ter reason"
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-11
THREE CURED OF ECZEMA

"When child. suffered eight years with eczema. could not sleep at night. and had sores all over my chest. We had doctors and none could do any good, until my mother saw the advertisement of the Cuticura Remedies in the paper. We used the Cuticura Soap. Ointment and Resolvent, and they cured me of eczema, I also used them on my five children. Two of them had eczema very badly. When my children had eczema, I was not worried at all, as knew the CuticuEs Remedies would do their work. They had sores all over their heads. their hair would fall out. and they would scratch all night and day They had it on their heads, face, and in back of the ears so that 1 thought their ears would drop off. I washed their heads and bodies with Cuticura Soap and they are as clean as the driven snow Cuticura Soap and Ointment also cured my children of ring worm, would not be without the CuticuTa Remedies. They are wonderful (Signed) Mrs. Violet Cole, 26 S. Redfield St., Phila- deiphia, Pa, Oct. 29, 1910.
 Cuticura Soap (25c.) and Cuticura Oint- treatment for skin and scalp troubles from infancy to age. Sold throughout the world. Send to Potter Drug & Chem. Corp, sole props, Boston, for free book on skin and scalp troubles and their treatment.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-11
THE SOUTH AND THE NEGRO.

The advance the negroes of charac- Ter, ability and economical habits have made in the south since their eman- cipation is to the credit of the south well as to the credit of the negroes who have entered all the employments of life and possessed themselves of millions of dollars worth of property.
 Mere at the north we do not fully realize how the colored man has suc- ceeded in the south and that he has strong and true friends there and his conditions are so much better than the workers Of some other countries that he is not today regarded as the under dog.
 Booker Washington's studies of the working classes of England have prompted him to say with reference to the man at the bottom in this work 2dsy worid-the white English laborer in a paper he has contributed to The outlook the following:
 If 1 were asked what believe would be the greatest boon that could be conferred upon the English laborer ] should say, that it would be for him to have the same opportunities for constant and steady work that the negro now has in the south
 This is not very ereditable to Eng lish civilization; but it certainly does speak we'll for labor conditions in Am- erica and the welfare of the negro who prejudiced people still think is woefully abused in the south.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-11
CAROLINE BY THE CHUNK.

It is claimed that way has been discovered to condense a, gallon of easoline into a stick the size of a cake of shaving soap. This being true, there is nothing to- hinder an auto- mopiiist from taking hundred or two of gallons aboard without discomfort. Gasoline packed away in such a form could be taken in sufficient quantity to ruu a touring car across the con- tinant, or a motor pleasure boat from Coupecetcut to csd Point Comfort and back without being bothered to renew the supply of fuel.
 Since. in these days of tablets. a man may take enough nourishing food in his pocket to last him a week, 1t would not be surprising if he should be able to carry a barrel of condensed gasoline in a six-auart pail.
 If gasoline has been condensed in this way. the hope is expressed that 1t will be given a more agreeable odor. There is plenty of room for a reduction of the fumes; and a long suffering people will appreciate the Improvement.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-11
TrrfInu- The Tramp Deg-Part
 Story for Young Folks
(Copyrighted.)

An ordinary dog with a bad dispo- sition would not make successful tramp dog The dog who goes out in- to the world for an independent career must have good nature and tact, and what human beings call a winning way.
 Curley left his home because he could not endure seeing the French poodle sitting up and begging for goodies and getting them; and then being praised and hugged by the mis- Tess Of the house and having verses written about him like this: Our lit tie dog is very smart. he begs for cake and pie. by trotting round on his hind legs, so cute when you are by" So in fit of jealousy one day when the street and decided to follow a crowd of hoodlums who were following brass band: and when night came he did not know where he was. He did not dare follow the hoodIums home so waited till he met dog that looked friendly and who took him to dinner with him as politely as if he were human; but the supply was so limited that neither dog had enough to eat.
 The polite Collie did not complain, but the little Spaniel did not think it was right to hang around and dis tress friend. so he went out into the night after saying good-by to his Collie friend, after telling him he was looking for a new home, and did not know where he was going to find it.
 He followed this one &nd that one, but they took no notice Of a stray dog. so he finally ran up to a little ragamuffin who was crying and lapped his hand and waaeed his tail and got into his good graces at once.
 The hoy stopped crying and ran gleefully along with Curley by his side. and they went into dark alley and finally came to an old house, and the boy opened the door and walked in. with the spaniel following close.
 What have ye there?' said a big whiskered man irside.
 "A nice little dog that Tapped my hand when I was crying because Rufe l Ryland kicked me, and I'm going to | keep him and set him onto bad boys l like thatf
 Where are you going to keep him ?' l asked the hig whiskered man. T duf.uos' replied the youngster l 'sbnt couldn't he sleep on my bed to- i night? He don't need to be. covered up, and I know he will keep still, be- 1 cause he likes mel
 I Little Silly Bowlegs had kind heart sns! his rough daddy did not want to 1 say anything to grieve him, so he re- | piled ! That will do for one night
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-11
TIE LAW SHOULD BE ENFORCED

The new laws for lessening the fire dSs9er in New England do not seem ts be as effective as they should be. In the past thirty days serious wood fires have been reported from all parts of New Euslsnd.
 It is many years since there have been so many wood fires in eastern Connecticut as have occurred this spring: and the wood fires in the sub urbs of Norwich have exceeded those of any recent year.
 Everywhere the necessity is recog- r1ned for the Inauguration of a viz orous campaign of education and law euf fsrcement to bring careless strollers through dry woods to a sense of their responsibility for damages done through tho thoughtIess habit of build ing fires or throwing down lighted matches from which fires are started which burn oyer acres Of valuable tim Der land.
 To be made effective, the law should be enforced; and q little good work in thas direction would call attention 10 it and quicken stroliers in the woods to be mere careful. Activity in this direction would reduce the fire loss in all parts of New England.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-11

When 1t came time for Billy to go to bed, he called Curley, who follow ed on, up to the attic and spranG up- on the bed just as if he had under stoed the talk below.
 Curley did not look good to Mir. Bowlegs, but he thought he would leave him there awhile and when Billy was fast asleep he would sneak up into the attic and pull the dog off the bed and quietly send him out into Tn the morning he could tell him the dog wanted to go out, and he opened the door, and had not seen him since.
 Curiey cid not like the locks of big whiskered MT Bowlegs, and the sound Of his voice was not good, so the dog just fdid% theYe and watched after Billy's little arm had fallen from his neck and he had dozed off to the land Of dreams. It was quite late when Curley heard soft footsteps approach ing on the stairs Pretty soon the door opened and Big Whistler" with a. lantern in his hand, said te Curley in a soft but annoying tone: Get out of here, you brIte,' Curley's eyes slared at him. he growl- ed ferociously and refused to stir which awolse little Billy, who threw his arms around Cur1ey.s neck and told him to be good dog and go right to sleep.
 CurIey snuggied oown beside the boy and saw his enemy retire, for Daddy would have been ashamed to have Billy know he was sneakinc around to drive away his pet And several times he tried to do this mean thing quietly: but CurIey always showed his teeeth and awoke his | friend Billy, who always had new 1 hug fer him, and would say kindly: 1 Now. doggie, go right to sleep, for I no one will harm you"
 1 So Biliy's father had to leave the i dog there and lie spent the night or the bed in the attic beside the little 1 boy.
 1 In the morning Billys father tried again to drive Curley away withod, | awakening Billy; but Curley was toe smart to be got rid If in that way l and woke the boy up, and the tn { | play mates had d real Iove-feast be fore they got up in the morning; ano Curley noticed that food was scarce ! but he did not mind. He went ou1 i with Billy to see the town, and with out any special adventure returned i with the lad late in the afternoon, tt
 be refused admission into the house ! He hung around the yard and whinee
 a little for his new-made friend. wht i brought him out a small bit to eat.
 UNCLE JED,
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-11
LITTLE ORIGINAL STORIES.
The Story of a Brave Boy.

September was here. It was a very pleasant morning. Mister Green, an old man, rose very early to go to the pos. ,if1Ire to receive 8 letter from his son Tom, who was fighting in the war between the United States and Mexi- co. Every letter was always opened with much anxiety. But this morning NIT. Green felt as if something was going to happen, as he hurried Mrs. Green to get his breakfast.
 After he had finished his morning work he ate his breakfast and started to 50 to the pest office, where as usual he found his sons letter. When he reached home he called his wife and they opened the envelope and took the letter out, and 1t read as follows: San Antonio. Mexico, Sept ?, 1902.
 My Dear Father and Mother:-You will be greatly grieved to learn that this will be the last letter you will receive from me. My heart is aching to see you, but as have always claim ed, and I do now, I had rather die fighting for my country, as I am now dying. So let your poor hearts be at ease till we meet where many others have and will. Your beloved son,
 TOM.
 The rest Of MT. and Mrs. Greens short lives was spent in mourning for their only son Torn--Clara Miner, age l2. Leonard's Bridge, Conn.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-11
The Adventure of a Penny.

I was born in the Rocky Mountains and was made into 8, United States penny in Philadelphia in 1887 with an Indian heaI on one side and the words "One Cent on the other. Welt. I was taken to a. bank, and that very day a little girl came and said she wanted five cents out of her bank account Then she handed ffirn a. slip of paper and I and four other pennies were ex- = changed for it. She took us to a. candH ' store where I was exchanged for a sugar image. I don't know what be- came of my companions.
 Next I was given in change to a very close old gentleman who hung or to me as I were a gold coin He
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-11
UNCLE JED'S CHAT WITH THE
 LITTLE FOLKS.

When our boys and girls. get to work they surprise Uncle Jed by their ability to do things. Last week they made words from a sentence and five of them made between 800 and HOO words from a single line.
 And this week, from the sentence, The Rose of New England" one 1it- tie fellow sends in 280 sentences and another 14s The first excelled because he took the license to use some of the letters more times than they were used in the line quoted, which the otll- CT little competitor did not. It should have been stated that the letters were not to be used any more times in making a sentence than in the one from which the other sentences were to be made.
 This week we will try another line Suppose we take Lost Time Is Never Found Again
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-11

opera house on Sunday night About 6 o'clock. feeling a slight irritation in his throat, he picked up a small bot tie which he thought contained cough medicine and took a mouthful He had it half swallowed when he realized that he had the wrong bottle, and looking at the label found that he had mistaken bottle of iodine for cough syrup. Fortunately he had swallowed only a small quantity, but to be on the safe side he called a physician, Grif11th's mouth and throat were burn ed, but his condition is more painful than serious.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-11
suPERlNTENDENTs MEET.
Public School Heads to Have Tenth
 Annual Session at Meriden.

The tenth annual meeting of the Connecticut Association of Public School Superintendents will be held in Meriden, Friday and Saturday, May 12 and 13. at the winthrop hotel The meeting will be. opened by an address on school legislation by the Hon. Joseph R. Ensign, chairman of the house committee on education. The session on Saturday will be de- voted to business and general discus sion. Governor Baldwin Is down on the programme for an address Things to Insist On. Stanley H. Holmes, su- perintendent of schools of New Brit ain, will talk on ferentiaticn in the Grammar Grades, and Edward O. Moore. professor of education at Yale, will speak on The School Superfnten- dent and His Work. The executive committee is made up of Clarence H Woolsey, New Britain. president; Ed ward B. Sellew, New Haven, vice pres ident; Edward c. Stiles. West Haven secretary treasurer
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-11
Brief State News

litchfieid.-It was announced at St. Michaefs church Sunday that Bishop SreWster would administer copflrraa- ton in this parish Ascension day, May 25.
 Norwalk. - In Trinity Episcopal church Sunday the first services in commemoration of the golden jubilee Of the establishment of the EpiscopaI church in South Norwalk were held.
 Torrlng lngton.-The Union Hardware company Is operating on a five and one half day schedule. Business is SLOW at this season of the year par ticularly in the roller skate depart ment.
 New Haven.-Walter CaIup was elected president of the Council of One Hundred of the Civic Federation this week, succeeding; Dean Henry Wade Rogers. who refused to accept a re- election.
 Hartford.-W. H. Seeley. retiring general passenger agent of the Central New England railway, was presented handsome loving cup by the agents and passenger conductors of the road before leaving Hartford to take LID his new duties in Boston.
 Meriden.-At the request of the Meflden choral union Rev John T. Lynch, rector of St. Josephs church has written for the Journal an explan- atory synopsis Of Verdis requiem mass which will be sung at Polls theater this CThursday) evening" Wailinaford.-Articles of incorpera- tien. have been filed and recorded at the town clerks office whereby Choate school becomes incorporated with a capita! stock of $150, 900. The new corporation will be known as The Cheate school, incorporated. Southington.-Veter were call ed here to study the cause>of the death of seven horses from poisoning. Sev- eral new cases of sickness among horses developed today. The theory has been advanced that poisop used to kill bugs on oats affected the horses.
 bridscport.-In order that another step in the advancement of aerial nav igdtion may be taken. the New York World, in conjunction with the Curtisz aNistors who will fly here, will con- : | duct an experiment today tThursday), l Friday and Saturday with wireless l telegraphy from flying machines while l they sal hundreds of feet above the ] city.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-11
A sprino Sena.

 There's a biuebird jest a chirpin' on chiny berry tree, An a robins red and rosy where the blossoms used to be; An I hear the river singin', jest the way it used to sing When tAe cattle bells was ringin' in the meadows of the spring. Dreamy days and gleamy days, An earth an heayen is bright. There's a blossom on the bosom Of the day and of the night. The sunshine is so pleasant an' the mountain wind 30 sweet, look to see the daisies jest a. foamin' at my feet: An where the lakes are Iyin' in the shadow of the pines hear the brown bees hyin' to the honeysuckle vines. Drsany days and gleany days, An earth an heaven is bright, There's a. blossom on the bosom Of the day and of the night.
 Frank l.. Stanton.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-11
sArAn,s klNcpoM..

One can readily credit the statement of the Springfield Republican that .Satan's Kingdom in Nepaug, in the town of New Hartford, Conn, was the hottest place on the map yesterday when 1t is learned that forest Ire that swept over five thousand scres visited that locality. The startling designation of the region devastated is in harmonA with the news, though it seems at first glance difficult to think of the land of steady habits pa ying such tribute to his Satanic ma jesty Probably the name had it's ori- gin in the dim days when people real ly believed in a personal devil.'' In the gloom of the Puritan imagination Satan lurked in the nearby woods and had friends and pupils in the settle mentsA Hence there is scarcely an ancient town in whose vicinity a 'Devils Pulpit cannot be found. Those are usually high and impress sive rocks. whence, according to the superstition of the seventeenth cen tury, Satan held forth to his chosen ones, and confirmed the nov ices in witchcraft Hawthorne report ed one of these conventicles that his ina gina ton conJured up. - Boston Transcript.
 There is no other part of the coun- try where his Satanic majesty is so memorialized as in New England There are a score of Devils pulpits. Devils dens. Devils basins, Devils tracks and Devils toothpicks, not in cluding Ben Buffers at the mouth of the Merrimac, in Massa achusetts. And all of the six New England states have them. When the early settlers saw anything mysterious or freakish in nature. they just gave the Devils name to it. That's how Connecticut came to have the Devils Hop-yard as well as Sztan's kinsdem; and the hole in Ayers mountain called "the Dragon's Hole,'' might just as well have been called the Devils Den. There are so many Devils dens in New England that the namer of this dark cave must have thought variety was the spice of life
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-11
MORE ABOUT A FLORAL ALBUM.

 Dear Uncle Jcd:-I want to thank you and The Bulletin company for the many nice books you have given me. So many of the school children are making flower books, I thought I would give them a few more pages out of mine
 For false Solomon seal and bleeding heart put: Was it false Solomon or net that caused my lady's bleeding heart" For another page of Solomon seal beach drops. cowslhps and May pinks I put: "Solomonl oh, Solomon how does your garden grow; with pinks in May and cowslips gay, and beach drops all in a row2a
 Another page of five different kinds reads: *Geraniunl, mustard and wood anemone, in this Painted Cup you shall have your Giner tea
 Later in the season I will write some more pages from my book; but just now I am very busy with my live stock--Raymond P. French
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-11

took me home and put me in large bag where there were several other coins and then placed the bag in an iron chest In the night a burglar broke into the house and got us all. He took us to a cave and put us into another bag. The next day he packed his clothes and said he was going back to his old home in the Rocky Noun tains. When we got there I locked out of hole in tfae bag and saw that I was at my old home, so I rolled out of the bag and have been lying here ever sinee.-Written by a Western boy
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-11
Choosing Friends.

One has a greater power to choose ones friends in books than in real life and even at the cost Of considerable trouble tt is well to take tine opportu nifty given US to meet the best. You can. drop them if they do not appeal to You; but at least do not lose the chance of knowing the brave, the gal lant, the generous. the kind, and the funny people who are waiting for you between the covers of countless books They cannot begin to live, as far as you are concerned. until you set them free by opening the volume in wnicF they are imprisoned. Then how alive they are, how much they give you how fresh and interesting is their tall how thrilling their fate, Often one feels that one would love to introduce them to each other-specia1 favorites of ones own
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-11
Running Away.

hUnHIn0 AWdy. Three little children running away, {Hnsh Don't tell, Don't tell!) Hand in hand 0 s. lovely land Off where the fairies dwell Oh, what fun, for the land is large, Shaded with candy trees. There you can play the livelong day; There you can do as you please Come in the early morning time; Come in the duslxy eve: Come with the throng and hurry along To the land of Make Believe.
Norwich bulletin., 1911-05-11

but in the south of Ireland the wren is held in high esteem and is the bird of St. Stephens day. The wren is one of the few birds that will not abide a lazy mate and will break up housekeeping and separate if things are not congen- iaI. and this may be one reason he got a bad name aibroad. MT. Wren has to do his part or little Jenny Wren declines to be his mate.