davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-03-27
A GOOD LICKER OF STAMPS
MIGHT GET A JOB

San F'rancisco.-If you were an Of
flee boy and had to lick an average
of 243,000 postage stamps every
month. how long do you suppose that
your tongue would last? Do you think
that ne office boy could do it? The
Southern Pacific company uses this
many stamps every thirty days and
while one boy in the general offices
of the company at San Francisco does
not place all of them on envelopes,
he has to perforate the initials on
each stamp before they are distribut-
ed from the treasurer's office.
In January of this year $4,000 one
cent stamps were used by the South
ern Pacific. During the same pc
riod $4,000 two-cent stamps, 10000
threes, 1900 fours, 1900 fives. 81
900 eights and 5000 tens were used.
January is an average month in the
use of stamps, say the clerks in the
treasurer's office. The Southern Pa
cific uses approximately $4S,OOO
worth of postage stamps annually
Every time a two-cent stamp is
placed on a letter the railroad must
haul one ton of freight three and one
half miles. Think of it! All 1t costs
to haul ton of freight three and one
half miles is two cents. The govern
ment charges the same rate to haul
a letter that weighs one ounce. True,
the post office department transports
the letter more than three and one
half miles for two cents, but you have
to pay two cents to have it taken ev-
on a half mile.
All of the Southern Pacific stamps
are perforated with the company in
itials before they are distributed. This
Is done for the purpose of identifica-
ton. Upon different occasins the
Southern Pacific depots have been
burgarized of several hundred dol
lars worth of postage stamps, but the
burglars have never been able to dis
pose of them. This perforation Is
done with the permission of the gov
ernment.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-03-27
BRIDEGROOM FAILS,
WOMAN SEEKS RELIEF

Cleveland.-"That's the third time
he has fooled me-" declared Miss Jo-
hanna Dalkowska, as she expressed
her displeasure with flashing eyes to
Probate Clerk A. +. Kotowski back OF
the marriage license counter In pro-
bate court.
Miss Dalkowska was very much
peeved and she appealed to License
Clerk Kotowski and everyone else in
hearing for relief She was very GER
tain that she had been imposed upon
She came in to see what could be
done about it.
IL furnished the house, boarded
him for a week and bought all my
wedding clothes. Now he won't mar
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-03-27
MAN, AEIRE, LEAPS
INTO 3WOMAN'S ARMS
She Catches Him As He Jumps From
Second story Window and Saves His
Life BY Rolling Him i'm SnoNiIriff

Chicago, Ill,-By catching a man
as he jumped from a second story
window with his clothing ablaze, and
rolling him in the snow, Mrs. Mamie
Lawrence saved his life when the
Grand Boulevard Automobile Garage
company. East Fortieth street and
Grand boulevard, was destroyed by
fire. Abraham Meens, the man Mrs.
Lawrence caught, is an automobile up
holsterer, and was trapped in the sec
ond story when the fire started. Mrs.
Lawrence, who sells papers at the
Grand boulevard station of the South
Side Elevated road, saw the man hes
ltating at the window and called to
him: Jump and I'll catch you!'
Mems jumped and his body struck
her outstrstched arms, knocking her
backward into snowdrift. His cloth
ing was still gurning and she jumped
to her feet, rolled him backward and
forward in the snow and beat the
burning clothing with her hands till
the flames were totally eXtinguished.
When it was over she went back
to her work and refused to admit
she had done anything extraordinary
Twenty-seven automobiles of expen-
sive make were destroyed in the fire
and the building was burned to the
ground. The firemen estimated the
entire loss at about 100000
Joseph Weiss, the elevator man,
who continued to run the elevator
while the fire was burning, was slight
ly burned, as were Morris Meyers and
L. Derevenski, two other automobile
upholsterers.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-03-27
ENCESS OF PRAYERS LEADS
TO DIVORCE PROCEEDINGS
Wife Declares That She Has Be-
como Tired of Hearing Her Faults
Voiced i'm SuppliCation


Voiced in Supplication.
Detroit-When he started TO lay
all my shortcomings before the Lord
1 got tired of listening to his prayers
and l believe the Lord did, too" de-
clared Mrs. Frank Southwick. wife
OF William d. Southwick. Mrs. south
wick is suing for divorce, reconvey-
ance of certain properties and an ae-
counting. The couple have been mar
ried slightly more than a year.
Mr.. Southwick has been a member
OF the Cass Avenue NJ. E. church for
many years, as has his wife. He is
a temperance worker and a county
option advocate. He took an active
part in the examination of his wife,
conducted by his attorney.
Mrs. Southwick was formerly Mrs.
Robinson and married Southwick less
than year after the death of her
husband. II told Mr.. Southwick the
time was shamefully short" she said,
but he insisted, and 1 used $1,000
insurance policy left me by my faith
er for trip to Europe in order to
make the time seem longer to my
friends He insisted on seeing all the
British Isles in q day and 1 followed
him from tower to dungeon with his
coat tails as my guide"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-03-27
MRS. McGILL
BROKE DOWN
Gives the Real Facts In Regard to
Her Case and Tells How She
Suffered.


Jonesboro, Ark.-"I suffered q com.
plete break down in health, some time
ago" writes Mrs. A. McGill, from this
place. 'T was very weak and could
not do any work. I tried different
remedies, but they did me no good.
One day. got bottle Of Cardui It
did me so much good, I was surprised,
and took some more.
Before took Cardui, had headache
and backache, and sometimes I would
cry for hours. Now I am over all that,
and can do all kinds Of housework.
think It Is the greatest medicine on
earth"
In the past fifty years, thousands OF
ladies have written, like Mrs. McGill,
to tell of the benefit received from
Cardui.
Such testimony, from earnest women,
surely indicates the great value Of this
tonic remedy, for diseases peculiar to
women. Are you sufferer? Yes?
Cardui Is the medicine you need.
We urge you to try 1t.
H.B.-Writeto: Ladies' Advisory Dept, Chatta-
ecoga Medicine Co.. Chattanooga. Tenn, for Special
(astructions, and 6+-psse book. Home Treltnsnt
hr Women" sent In plain wrapper. % request.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-03-27
HUMPHREYS TRIAL
SET FOR APRIL Il

Corvallis, Ore. March 27.-Charles
Humphrey, the last to confess part
in the killing of Mrs. Eliza Griffith,
will be tried for the crime first. His
trial was set by Judge Harris yester-
day to begin April IL. The trial of
George Huhpmrey will likely follow
without delay.
George and Charles Humphrey stol-
id and Indifferent, were both in court
yesterday afternoon. The courtroom
was crowded with men and women
anxious to get sight of the self-con-
fessed murderers
Attorney II. ]. Parkison filed mo-
ton with affidavits asking for con-
tinuance of the trial for not less than
80 days. The district attorney asked
for 80 minutes in which to file an
answer to the motion made by the
attorneys for the defense.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-03-27

State Forester Elliott and was very
pleasing to him. as the fund will be
spent in conjunction with the work
being done by the state forest service.
This state is given the maximum al
lotted to any state in the union.
In the communication from the de-
partment at Washington to the dis
trict forester at Portland, which was
forwarded to State Forester Elliott. it
is clearly stated that the national for
ester expects private timber owners
to cooperate wherever federal funds
are spent. The letter says:
"As a matter of policy. the forest
er feels that federal funds should not
be spent IN districts where the pri-
vate owners have not made at least
a reasonable effort to protect their
own property This phase OF our CO.
operation is being carefully consid-
cred this year in every state to which
funds have been tentatively allotted" p"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-03-27
ONE EYED DOZEN AT BANQUET
Telephone Girl Eaints at Sight Of
Glass OPTICS

Muncie, Ind.-Twelve men with
twelve good eyes and twelve glass
eyes feasted at seven-sourse ban
quet with all trimmings served by
Herley D. Hartley, one of their num-
ber, in the Delaware Hotel. When
dinner was over the twelve glass eyes
We're removed. wrapped in a neat
package and sent to the proprietor,
with the request that he Inspect and
return them" He opened the pack
age in front of the telephone girl and
she tainted.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-03-27
COLLEGE MAN DOESN'T
KNOW FRANCE Is REPUBLIC

Madison, Wis,-That the average
college student knows next to moth
ing of common geography and that
il is not unusual to find students who
do not know that France is repub-
lic who think Portugal is a city and
cannot tell the difference between
latitude and longitude, and who know
almost nothing about the chief in
dustries of a great country, was the
statement of Professor r. II. White
beck in a magazine article.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-03-27

A good treatment tor a cold settled
in the lungs is a HERRICK'S RED
piled to the chest to draw out in
flammation, and BALLARD'S HORE-
HOUND SYRUP to relax tightness.
You get the two remedies for the
price of one by buying the dollar size
Horehound Syrup; there is a porous
plaster free with each bottle. Sold
by A. C. Koeppen & Bros.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-03-27
"SINGS" CLASSICS ONLY.
Hoosicr Dog Pays No Attention to
Ragtime Music

Vincennes. Ind.-Mandy, a terrier
owned by Samuel Lyons. a Vincennes
merchant, does not believe in ragtime
songs. Mandy sings classical mu-
sic only. Its favorite is the "Song
it is, when it hears this piece Mandy
will stop and, with a shrill voice will
sing the piece through. Many
persons who have heard the dog sing
consider the performance wonderful.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-03-27
GIRL BLINDED BY HATPIN
AT BARGAIN COUNTER

Ottumwa, Iowa-Miss Julia Mason
of Libertyville, Iowa, is in a local
hospital as the result of hat pin jab
received in one of her eyes during a
bargain counter rush at Libertyville.
Physicians say she has lost the sight
of her eye
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-03-27
DOG DRAWS COLOR LINE.
Canine ScOrns Black Chicks in Brood
It Was MOthering

Larned, Kan.-Martin Swifts white
fox terrier has assisted him in car
ing for incubator chickens that have
been Matched recently by climbing
into the box where the chicks have
been put to keep warm and smuggling
up to them. Until today all the
feathered orphans were white. Today,
however. a brood of black and speck-
led checks was turned into the box,
and the dog-mother refused to have
anything to do with them.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-03-27
j. S. GIVES $4,000
FOR FIRE FIGHTING

salem ore. March 27.-This year
the federal forest department. will
spend $4,000 for forest fire protec-
ton in western oregon. This is dou
BILE the amount spent in the state by
the national forest service last year.
The announcement of the allot-
ment for oregon was received by
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-03-27

the Orchard Home team, was struck
on the head by a batted ball, The
skull was fractured three inches
across the skull, and he suffered a
rupture. He is in a precarious condi-
ton at the Fort Missoula hospital.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-03-27
BASEBALL CRACKS SKULL.

Young Rancher Is Hit OH Head in
MisSOula Game.
Micssoula, Mont.-During a game
of baseball between a team of Fort
Missoula club, Charles McCauley, a
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-03-27

A girl is as pretty as she behaves.
The real spring didn't wait for the
calendar date.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-08-24
Springs In Their Brains.

Two Frenchmen, In visiting an art
gallery. stopped to admire a painting
by an American. The artist happened
to be in the gallery and In broken
English one OF the Frenchmen asked:
How did monsieur ever catch such
wonderful picture?'
co." replied the artist. with far
away look. that painting was an off
spring Of my brain"
The other Frenchman was greatly
interested and asked his friend what
that American had said.
II can hardly explain" whispered
the first Frenchman excitedly: he
said re picture was one spring off
Of his brain. Ees eet any wonder Eat
ze Americans act Queerly when they
have springs on their brains?'
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-08-24
TERRIBLE ITCHING ON LIMBS

Glen Wilton, Va-"Ffve years ago
was In a terrible state Of suffering
with blotches on my limbs. Of the most
intense singing and itching. l could
not rest day or night; the itching was
so severe that 1t walked me out OF
sleep. l could never get full nights
rest. actually scrubbed the very
flesh SO severely that In short time
the affected places were SO sore l
could scarcely walk with any ease or
comfort. The places were a solid rails
ed up mass. l would scratch the parts
until they would bleed. l tried home
remedies but got no good; the itching
Just kept ON getting worse. / used
some salve which simply was no good
at all.
II happened to see the Cuticura
Soap and Ointment advertisement and
wrote for a free sample. Almost like
magic l commenced getting relief l
bought a soc box of Cuticura Oint-
ment and some Cuticura Soap and I
was entirely cured from a torment
that would be hard to describe"
(Signed) w. P. Wood, Mar. 9. 1912.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample OF each
free, with 32-p. Skin Book. Address
postcard "Cuticura, Dept. l., Boston"
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-08-24
Sikeston, Mo. -
rufered everything

those times, and said that l ought to
have an operation. would not listen to
that, and when friend of nv husband s
told him about Lydia E. Pinkhal.c S Veg
etable Compound and what it had dons
for his wife, | was willing to take it.
Now look the picture of health and feel
like it, too | can do all my own house
work, work in the garden and entertain
company and enjoy them, and can walk
as far as any ordinary woman, any day
in the week. Iwish l could talk to every
suffering woman and girl, and tell them
what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound has done for me. Mrs.
DEMA BETHUNE, Sikeston, Mo.
Remember, the remedy which did this
was Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
1t has helped thousands of women who
have been troubled with displacements,
inflammation, liberation. tumors, irreg-
ularities, periodic pains, backache, that
bearing down feeling, indigestion, and
nervous prostration, after all other means
have failed. Why don't you try it?
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-08-24
SInulnu and tho Lungs.

It is we'll known that singing. like
whistling, is fine exercise for the
lungs, and some doctors advise those
who fear consumption to go In for
singing for this reason.
At the same time they. OF course,
do not advance the claim that singing
alone will save anyone from or cure
consumption Acquire the habit OF
taking the big deep breath. which is
a primary requisite Of any kind OF
singing. bad or good, and the physical
Joy derived from 1t will never allow
you to relapse into lazy breathing.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-08-24
STUDY IRRIGATION PROJECTS
European Countries Send Experts to
inspect Reclamation Work Being
Done In This Country.

The engineering work Of the United
States for the reclamation Of the arid
lands Of the west Ii receiving the
close attention Of numerous foreign
governments. Representatives who
were sent by France and Germany are
en- route to the west to study the work
the reclamation service is doing there.
An itinerary has been arranged for
the visitors, who will devote several
months to tour Of observation.
The French governm ent is represent.
ed by NJ. Dabat, director general OF
Waters and forests. and M Nacivet
his assistant, while the German Wis
Nors are G. B. c. Fischer, D. Hide
brand, Waldrat Freiherr Won Wan
eenheimWa and Herr Richter. En-
&ineers and agricultural experts from
Russia, Italy. England. Austria. Cen
trai and South America anS Australia
nave inspected many Of the large irri
CATION projects in the west
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-08-24
JOHNS FRIENDS WERE LOYAL
Young Bride Got Early Proof Of the
Way Men vii! Stick by One
Another.

The bridegroom OF three months
babe his wife adieu one morning and
started on business trip TO town 2
miles distant. The journey was 10 he
made by automobile and he promised
to return in time for seven clock din
ner a s ususl
But no husband appeared when din
ner was served and the anxious wife
watched the hands OF the clock as
they iourneyed on and announced
that the hour was midnight, and still
the husband failed to appear The
frantic wife sent kilograms 10 SIX
friends OF the groom living In the town
where he might have gone, asking II
he was spending the night with them.
As dawn appeared farm wagon drove
up containing farmer and the miss
ing husband and furnishing motor
power for a broken down automobile
that trailed behind. Almost simulta-
neously came a messenger boy with an
answer to one OF the kilograms. fol-
lowed at intervals by five others, and
all Of the kilograms said:
Yes. John is spending the night
with me-"
In loyalty what surpasses man?
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-08-24
WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM
Subject Of Subirrination VIII
Bear Investigation.
sn.spensive Method Is to Put Ihree 10
6, Inches OF Ciroers in Ditch
Some Of Most Desirable
Crocs 70 Grow.

cuhirrigation Nv means o. tile VIII
.r investigation. under the dlferent
conditions encountered in the dry land
districts The IDEAL conditions FOR SUD-
irrigation is where hard-pan or in-
,.ryjoos stratum is found underneath
eighteen to thirty six inches OF SOIL IN
-vhch capillary attraction Is good, ana
lust to the extent that the condluohs
>nHroach the idea is il a SUCCESS Tor
growing annuais The roots OF pereh-
NAL crops will eventually clog The tile
i, their search for moisture. T. Small
blot of one half acre, with tie lalo ~
Atfferent distances apart viz, ~ 10,
20 Is and 30 feet apart, will, after
.esies OF years determine the proper
epacing of suoirrigation Tile systems
for the soil The most practical meth
cd OF saDHrigation. says a writer III
the Dakota Farmer, is where bitches
we're dug Just as for laying tile, and
hiled in with from three TO six lncnes
OF cinders with piece Of tile set on
end in Inc ditch on the cinders, lor
applying the water. after which the
soil was filled IN over the cinde't- This
10 inexpensive. compared with other
methods. II a supply Of cinders -
available,
The most desirable crops to grow
with q limited water supply are those
grown in the vegetable and flower
eardeDs. lawns. shade and fruit trees.
Where an ample water supply can be
developed such field crops as bring the
largest returns per acre should be
planted.
To gain the maximum returns 1or
money invested in the water supply
and pumping equipment winter irriga-
tiou should be practiced. On this por-
ton, field crops. the harder vege-
tables, fruit trees and small fruits,
can be grown very successfully.
In the summer irrigated plots from
which the harder crops have been re-
moved, strawberries and dewberries
can be grown if protected IL some
way
In soils that move during the high
winds the straw berries and dewberrles
can b protected BY mulch that las
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-08-24

To keep artificial teeth and bridge
work sntiseptically clean and free
from odors and disease germs. Pax'ine
Antiseptic is unequaled. AT drug
gsts, 25c box or sent postpaid on re-
ceipt of price by The Paxton Toilet
Co, Boston, Mass.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-08-24
Her Special Advantages.

James Fullerton Muirhead In his
book, The Land Of Contrasts" tells
of an American girl who was patroniz-
ingly praised by an Englishman for
the purity OF her English and who re-
piled: We'll, l had special advan-
tages, inasmuch as an English mis-
sionary was stationed near our tribe"
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-08-24
Does It Pay to Rent a House?

Get out your rent receipts for the past five
years and add them up yourself-then In
vestigate our plan; $3.50 per month, with 8
per cent interest on yearly balances pays for
a thousand dollar home. We allow the loan
to run about ten years, but you can pay 1t In
full at any time, thereby stopping further
interest. The Capital Security Co., Dept K w.
Bank of Commerce Building, Norfolk, Va.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-08-24
seven YEARS
OF MISERY
How Mrs. Bethune was Re-
stored to Health by Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegeta-
BILE Compound.
FOR seven years l
Z. | was in bed for

TOUR or hVe days at a
time every month,
and so weak l could
hardly walk. / had
cramps, b a c k a c h 9
and headache, ar d
was so nervous and
weak that | dreaded
to see anyone or
have anyone move in
the room. The doc
tors gave me medi-
cine to vase me at
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-08-24

Yes, Cordelia, romantic man may
be all to the good as lovemaker, but
he isn't in 1t with the matter-offact
man as family supporter.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-08-24
important TO Mothers


Reform Is not Joyous, but griev-
ous. no single man can reform him
self without stern suffering and stern
working: how much less can a nation
Of men'-Carlyle.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-08-24

been grown betwee the rows during
the fall. q sowing of oats or barley.
This will freeze down and form q
good mulch for the plants which can
not blow away.
Much attention should be given the
lower garden and lawn In making the
homo more attractive, for it lie Of equal
importance with the vegetable garden
ways be grown with very limited
water supply. and as they add so
materially to the comfort of the home.
these little Gases on the dry plains
are q welcome sight and worth many
times the efforts they cost
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-08-24

The man who falls out Of an airship
probably feels as badly hurt az the
one who is thrown out of the political
band wagon.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-08-24

Mrs. Winsows Soothing Syrup for Childre
teething, softens the gums, reduces infamms
ton, allays pain, cures wind collie Csc a bottle
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-08-24

If a woman can find the style Of ha
she wants. she can always adjust he
head to fit 1t.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-08-24

Why he c"nstipated when you can get Ga
field Tea a, any drug store 1t will quick " r.
lieve ami Its benefits will he realized.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-08-24

When in need Of good laxative give Gar
field Tea a trial and be convinced Of its merits
1t is made entirely from pure herbs.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-08-24

Your working power depends upon your
health. Garfield Tea helps toward keeping 1t.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-08-24

He who hesitates is lost-especially
when he Is found out.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-08-24

A girl expects a man to think her
hair is naturally curly even when she
knows that he knows 1t isn't.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-08-24

The germ OF suspicion is often fataI
10 The microbe of love.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1912-08-24

The detective says his after thoughts
are the best.