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nesrins were successful. For many
years they were unmolested by the or
tomans. Peter II. (1SS0-1851) made.
efforts to improve the condition Of his
people by Hberaltzing the constitution
and attempting to reclaim his subjects
from their predatory habits. There
was renewed war with the Turks, but
peace was again arranged in 1863. In
1860 Prince Danilo was assassinated
and was succeeded by the present.
ruler. Nicholas. In. 1861 the Montene-
grins again stirred up trouble for Tur-
key, and this time they were beaten
badly. When .Servia fought against
Turkey in 1876 the Montenegrins, true
to their. nature. refused to keep quiet
and joined with their coreligionists
against the hated Mollammedans. out.
OF the Russo-T Turkish war OF 1S77-7S.
in which Montenegrins fought side by
side with the Russians. the little coun-
try gained territorial advantages.
ELIAS POSTLETHWAITR 81
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esty in lower Manhattan. 1t Is digni-
fed and impressive when viewed from
either Of the two rivers that inclose
Manhattan or from any land side.
The Woolworth is the highest habita-
BILE building on earth, but. it is not the
tallest thing man ever put up. That
distinction belongs, and will probably
belong for some time to come, to the
Eiffel tower in Paris, which is exactly
984 feet high. But no one lives or
does business at the top Of the Eiffe1
tower. It is used only for the trans
mission Of messages and for the pur-
pose Of observing Paris and the wealth.
er. There has been talk Of a New
York skyscraper to be even higher than
the Eiffel tower, but nothing definite
has come of it.
Tho Fastest AeropIane.
Speaking of height naturally brings
one to thoughts Of the aeroplane. Le-
gagneux. a Frenchman, holds the rec
ord for height attained, having mount
ed 1855 feet into the air recently. For
speed Vedrines, another Frenchman,
wears the crown. He won it in Chica-
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ly than is theft. You may leave: your
door open in Montenegro with the vir-
tual certainty that your goods will not
be disturbed, but if you incur the dis
pleasure of native he will go gun
ming for you with pistol or rifle. Every
man there carries arms, although the
little country has to import them from
Germany and England.
Writers say women are universally
respected IN. Montenegro, and woman
may go in safety anywhere in the coun-
try but they sometimes omit the i'm
portant fact that the women do most of
the hard work. It.is not an uncommon
sight on the road to Cetinje, the Mon
tenegrin capital, to see a woman bear
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go Sept. 9 when he flew at the rate Of
1858 miles an hour. Our picture shows
Vedrines in his record flight sailing "in
full air. around one, Of the pylons of
the Chicago course.
The other branch of aerial naviga-
ton, that of lighter than air sailing,
has it's record holders, Of course. The
illustration shows one Of the very lat
est and biggest Of the Zeppelin balloons
which are attracting so much attention
from our German cousins. This one
may almost be said to be their pet, as
it IS named for their "prinzesschen," or
little princess, Victoria Louise, only
daughter of the kaiser. The latest
Zeppelin has sleeping quarters and a
kitchen, wireless telegraph apparatus
with a range of 900 miles, engines of
SO horsepower, searchlights and ma
chine guns. So you see it is more than
balloon in the old sense. 1t il. a YER
table ship Of the air." and the recent
report that one of the monster Zeppe-
Inns had been sent out on a forty hour
voyage caused no establishment.
Leaving the air and getting back to
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earth, we find among the worlds big
gest things the greatest locomotive ever
built. In the picture is shown the
boiler Of this monster engine with a
freight engine seated comfortably in
the firebox. The. freight engine doesn't
belong there ordinarily. It's just put
in to show relative sizes.
immensely Of the Big Locomotive.
. We could If we wished give. you a
string of figures as long as your arm
to prove the immensity:of this locomo
tive, but we won't, because the figures
wouldn't convey much idea to the man
who is not versed inatechnical railroad
matters. But we can't help remarking
that the total weight OF the engine and
it's tender is 752,90Os pounds and that
the boiler alone is nifty feet one and
one-eighth inches long. When the
tender calls for fuel and water supply
it takes $4,000 gallons OF water and ff :
teen tons Of coal to satisfy it. de-
mands.
We ought to tell next, we think about
the new Pittsburgh bridge, which has
a mammoth REINFORCED concrete arch
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"e' oano monr.sro Typie., on..n.srn Village.

Ing a live calf on her head or shoulder.
while her husband stalks along beside
her, carrying nothing heavier than his
rifle. Near the Turkish border there is
some excuse for this state Of affairs,
for the Montenegrin never knows when
he may have to use his rifle to defend
his wife and himself from the attacks
of Turks. 80
Montenegrins are rich in bravery and
good. looks and hospitality. but poor
generally in other things The coun-
try produces barely enough for its peo-
pie and the export trade is small. It
was Inquired recently as low as 81 per
year per unit of population. in most
parts Of the country the houses are
thinly scattered and consist of rude
stone huts, each with one, door, one
window and a roof OF straw. Around
them are little patches Of wheat, bar
ley and potatoes. The country is nom
sinally limited monarchy, but as King
Nicholas luntil 1910 he was only 3
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west OF the hump. The district is
now in control Of several giant steam
shovels and thousands Of workmen.
The contract price to be paid by the
city for the work is $500, 900, this in
Guiding the reconstruction of the
sewers in the district, but this amount
is only small portion Of the money
which is being spent. All of the blocks
affected contained many old buildings,
most of which have been demolished.
In their stead will go up many new
buildings, some large office structures
being planned. -
Giant steam shovels are used to take
out the dirt in the district. A great
part of this dirt was taken to the north
side. where many streets were raised,
some OF them as much as twelve feet
high. This does away with floods in
that part Of the city. Many of the bet
ter buildings were raised to meet the
new level. AS soon as these streets
were filled the dirt was then taken to
the Try street yards Of the Pan Handle
railroad and dumped through a huge
platform into cars. It was then haul
ed away and is being used by the rail-
road for filling purposes.
In the streets of the hump" district
are the sewers and water mains, the
mains of the three gas companies the
wires in conduits Of two telephone
companies, the police and fire alarm
systems and the wires of one electric
light concern. On the surface of the
streets, were the single and double
tracks of the Pittsburgh Railways
company. All Of these companies have
been working with the excavators, re-
placing their mains, lines and the like
as soon as the new levels were reach
ed. In almost all parts of the district
rock was encountered: and dynamite
was used in excavating..
When the larger buildings were
erected on the hill. among them the
Frick building. twenty-one stories
high: tho Carnegie building, fifteen
stories high, and the courthouse, the
regarding of the streets was antici-
pated, so that now all the work neces-
sary on those buildings is the remodel
ing. This, then, makes the former
basement the first floor, This work on
the Prick building, now about done,
cost 100000. This included the drop
ping OF the elevators one floor. The
same action is being taken at the Car
ASoA0 OuAAu1N8. very A1CLl0 WORK Is
necessary at the courthouse as this
building was erected very low, and the
new grade will cause this building to
stand up well and add to its appear
ance. @-
In the matter of taking care of
sewers; mains, wires and the like the
methods varied according to condi-
tons. The gas mains were provided
for temporarily by lines strung under
temporary sidewalks. These side
walks were erected with the beginning
OF work, just over the old walks. AS
the workmen progressed they tore out
the old walks, the new wooden struc-
lures standing for the use of the peo-.
pie. Water lines. where they could not
be cut out by reason Of lack of supply
from other sources. were generally
maintained In their old positions, be-
ing supported in various ways while
the workmen excavated underneath.
BROOKE f. HUTCIIINS.
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prince) knows better, in the opinion of
his people, what is good for them than
they know themselves they let him do
about as he pleases. The government
Is the nearest approach on earth to
what has been called the ideal form Of
administration by q benevolent
despot. 80
Montenegro formed a part Of ancient
1llyria and in the middle ages belong
ed to the great Servian kingdom. In
the reign of Peter the Great the Mon
tenegrins placed themselves under the
protection of Russia, sharing with the
Muscovites a common enmity against
the Turks. There was much fighting
with the latter, and in 1896 the Monte
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Nlontenegrins. Who Have Defed the Turks

They rose to whore their sovran eagle
sails;
They kept their faith, their freedom, on
the height,
chaste, frugal, savage, armed by day
and night
Against the Turk, whose inroad no.
where scales
Their headIong passes, but his footstep
fails,
And red with blood the crescent reels
from fight
Before their dauntIess hundreds, in
prone flight
BY thousands down the eraes and
through tho wales.
O smallest among peoples, rough rock
Of freedom, warriors beating back the
Of Tur kish Islam for five hundred
years!
Great Tsernosora, never since thine
own
Black ridges drew the cloud and brake
tho storm
Has breathed race Of nnishtier noun
ta'neers! '-~--~ -Tsnnyson. =
joined forces with Russia against
the Turk. that Lord Tennyson
- wrote the quoted sonnet. His son:
says he placed it first among his SON.
nets. Were the English poet living to-
day he might be moved to still more
stirring praise of little Montenegro, de-:
claring war first against her powerful
neighbor without waiting for the prom
I'd ~ f1oA ~ DBL
1t was characteristic of montenegro
to move thus boldly against over
whelming odds. One of the most highly,
cherished stories of Montenesrin his
tory tells how an ancestor OF King
Nicholas held the monastery of Ostros
with thirteen men against several
thousand Turks. When bomb thrown
by the enemy landed on the monastery
wall it was the prince himself who
seized It and flung it back to explode
in the Turkish ranks, driving them Off
In panic. The 500 years Of warfare
with the Ottomans is .replete with ,sto-
ries like that SO, although the Monte
negrin leaders knew that the Turks
could muster 1,175,000 fighting men to
their own $4,000, the inequality did not
brighten them when the time came for
taking up arms for their coreligionistsI
In the Ottoman empire. 80. .~tz - +
Every Montenegro Of lighting age
knows how to handle a rifle, and there
are few among them who are not able
bodied. The people Of the little coun
try Of the black mountain are tall and
strong and handsome and. it must be
confessed, just about semicivilized.
Fighting is an agreeable pastime among
them. They assert with firmness that
If a man dies Of only two pistol or
gunshot wounds it is an act Of God,
not OF nature. It takes eight bullets
to kill q Montenegrin. they believe. AMI
Indication Of their nature may be
gained from the fact that among themI
granddaughter 10 held much more light
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-12-21
BY CHARLES N. LURE.

T1ME. the year 1000 A. d. or
thereabouts.
Schoolteacher, loquitur
classical for "speakingD:
Eyes. children, in those benighted
days Of our grandfathers, about the
year 1912, they actually thought that
steamships 900 feet long were marvels
and that airships which sailed at the
rate of only 100 miles an hour were
very speedy. They even boosted of
their buildings that were only 500 feet
high and thought they were 'skyscrap-
ers.' You may give a short laugh Of
derision now if you wish"
In the future centuries delivers into
the records of this one will be- struck
by one characteristic Of the people of
our age-that is, by our longing or de-
sire or mania-pick your own word
for speed and bigness. We think in
terms of millions when our minds turn
to money, and when we give thought to
other things 1t is only to; the biggest
and best Of their kind. When the idea of
high buildings occurs to us we do not
think of the other lofty structures rear
ed by man, but we turn. instantly to
the Woolworth building, ESQ feet. high
in other matters. If we contemplate
purchasing automobiles or linotorboats
we give consideration only to the big
gest and speediest we.can get, ignoring
other considerations. It is the charac-
teristic Of the age.
The lmperator, Biggest Ship.
That is why anything new that sur
passes its predecessor in speed or:size
is sure Of much newspaper space. The
gigantic steamship Imperator, recently
launched in Germany, will receive a
tremendous welcome when she reaches
New York on her maiden trip some
time next year. Her 900 feet of length
will attract Americas attention as she
steams up the North river to- her dock,
enlarged expressly for her acconmoda-
ton. The lmperator was launched on
May % Of this year, and the event was
considered so momentous to Germany
that the kaiser lent his august pres.
ence to the ceremony. He expressed
himself as delighted with the idea that
Germany was to have again the "blue
ribbon Of the SEAS" taken away from
her by Great Britain when the latter
country built the Olympic and the I'll
tanic.
When the 1mperator pushes her nose
past the Battery the New York papers
will no doubt get out the pictures
showing how high she would look if
set UP on end in Broadway alongside
the Woolworth building. That archi-
tectural expression of mans striving
for height rears itself in beautiful maj
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LsveIine Mile Long Hill In Pittsburgh.

was deemed by the citizens a good
+ time to get down to business.
The operation is the leveling of a
hill fifteen blocks long, known as the
hump" or Grants hill. It has been
an impeachment to the expansion Of the
business district of the city and has
been the cause Of one Of the greatest
congestions of traffic and business that
ever afflicted a large community.
IT The work calls for the expenditure of
more than $20,000,000, this including
the razing of the old buildings and the
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erection OF new ones in the affected
district, which includes about two and
one-quarter miles Of streets.
Many of the civic bodies Of the city
have aided in bringing success to the
great undertaking. -
The Pittsburgh hump" has been an
obstacle to the extension of downtown
business for many years. In 1847 q
seven foot cut was made, and about
forty years ago a still larger cut, but
this still left q hill which was enough
to hold all the larger retail business
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HE greatest civic engineering
feat ever undertaken, an OPP
GRAFTON on the heart Of Pitts
burgh," is the cutting 81 the
Fifth avenue hump now being done.
This work has been talked Of for more
than a hundred years. but was never
believed possible until recently. It was
always considered that the cost would
be too great, but sit, swass getting
greater steadily, because Of the in
creases in property values, last year
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Concrete arch Pittsburgh (bsest earth 3Fu
biggest
Of ord9anse So s. s. wyomns photograph
est acceptance woo~orth bu!dins highest photo-
American Press Assoeion) sEfe
creations scunan diamond biggest
10-One Of Zsppeiins largest aIoons..
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-01-23
RATHER KILLS ITSELF
RATHER THAN BE CAPTIVE

Grand Junction, Colo.-Despondent
because it had been in captivity,
two-foot rattle-snake captured IN
Dead Horse Canyon, near Grand
Junction, committed suicide after
vainly attempting to secure its lib
erty.
The snake was captured by H. A.
Rich and Milton Clifford. By means
of a forked stick the reptile was held
on a blanket and brought into town.
Here it was turned over to Bart
Lynch. who placed it in glass jar,
covering the top with a wire netting.
Lynch watched the rattler trying
to secure its liberty through the mesh
es of the wire. Finally, after going
through these contortions for an hour
Lynch left the snake, to discover on
his return a few moments later that
il was dead 1t had sunk its fangs
into its own body about two inches
above the rattles, and the fangs were
bloody and the flesh mangled where
the teeth had bitten into it. Lynch is
certain that it was clear case of sui
eide.
According to some of the leading
nature takers in Grand Junction the
suicide of a snake is not rare oc-
currence when he is cornered, but
IL is seldom that positive proof of the
suicide can be obtained.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-01-23
PERSONAL
MENTION

Frank Morrison Is in the city from
his home near Adams.
G. A. Stewart of Ukiah was down
from his home yesterday.
j. e. Marshall of Meacham came
down from his home yesterday.
Miss Mamie O'Sullivan left today
for Baker on a visit with friends.
George Tonkin, county school SUI
pervisor, came in from Pilot Rock
yesterday.
Letcher Norvel and sister of He
lix came in this morning on the N.
p. local.
Jesse Hale, well known Adams
rancher, is a business visitor in the
city today
James p. Neal, we'll known Free
water attorney. is in the city today
on legal business.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Lewis were
among the Helix people coming in
this morning on the N. P. local.
r. Alexander, the merchant, went
to Hermiston this morning to visit
his daughter, Mrs. E. P. Dodd.
S. d. Peterson, county representa-
tive, came down on the local from
his home at Freewater yesterday.
George w. Hanna, formerly res
dent of this city, and now living in
Vale, is back in Pendleton on visit
Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Dennis of Helix
were incoming passengers this morn
ing on the Northern Pacific train.
d. r Herring and e. B. Hoover,
Pasco chicken fanciers, came in this
morning to attend the local poultry
| exhibition
DR.. Harry Pinkerton and j. Q. Will
son purchased tickets for Heppner
this morning and left on the local for
| their destination.
Mrs. Mabel Young Warner, who
will come up for trial Monday on the
| charge of forgery, came in this morn
| ing from the east end of the county.
]. w. Farleigh, division manager
of the northwest survey plas of
Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana
and wyoming, is visiting in Pendle-
| ton
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-01-23
HE WANTS TO DIE IN STYLE.
Condemned Negro Insists on New
Suit for Execution

Guthrie, Ok. Governor Brown,
the Crescent township negro, sched-
uled. to hang here for the murder of
Robert l.. Burks, another negro, is
getting anxious about a new suit of
clothes, which he understands the
law allows condemned men to be
hanged in. He asked Jailer Elmer
Spencer about the suit and wanted to
know how soon he could have it.
one of the Jail guards suggested
that the execution would only get
the new suit of clothes soiled, and
that he had better just wear the over
alls that he has been wearing ever
since he entered the Jail last July.
Brown is insisting however, that he
have a new suit. He has also asked
conference with his attorney, Col
onel Tom Jones. The latter has sent
back word to keep a stiff upper lip."
as he believes the execution will not
take place.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-01-23
LOCALS

Burroughs. Main 5. Fuel.
Main 17S for coal and wood.
For alfalfa hay call N. Joerger
The Melrose System.
/ C. snyder, chimney sweep. SS12.
You should have the Melrose sys-
TEN.
August Noreen, ladies tailoring a
specially. 217 L. Court street.
Phone Kopittke & Gillanders, for
dry wood and Rock Spring coal.
why not carry policy in the
Maccabees.
Maccabees paid out last year over
s3.25O,000 in benefits.
Knights of the Maccabees OF the
World.
Everybody goes to the orpheum To
gee the best and the clearest pictures
All kinds of good dry wood, also
clean nut or lump Rock Spring coal
at Kopittke & Gillanders.
For Rent-Six room house, modern.
Hot and cold water, bath, toilet
woodshed, etc. Enquire DR.. Z. j.
Whitaker.
Snap, room house on North side
less than one-half price. Must De
sold at once. See about it today
Teutsch G. Bickers.
special rates to horses boarded by
the week or month at the Commercial
Barn. go Aura street. Phone Nam 10
AIao drv wood for SALE
Groom house on North Side, worth
$4,000 must be sold at once come
and make US an offer. Teutsch
Bickers.
If Won want TO move, call Penland
Bros. Transfer, phone M 3S9' Large
dray moves you quick. Trash hauled
once a week. CAT Main street.
For transfer work, hauling bag
gage. moving household goods ana
pianos, and all kinds Of job work
phone Main 461. b. A. Morton.
Save yourself fuel troubles by US
ing our famous Rock Spring coal ano
good dry wood. Delivered promptly
Ben l.. Burroughs. phone Main b.
Lump coal delivered for So per ton
-20OO pounds. Phone Black S622, OF
leave orders oregon Feed Yard.
Lost-Saturday on the north side
of the river ladies' small gold rope
necklace with rectangular jade pend
ant. Finder please return to "a" thi;
office. Reward.
Wanted-To exchange for wheat
farm in Pendleton, Athena or Walla
country, three story concrete apart
ment house in Portland, price $40,'
600. net income over $500 monthly
L. X. Moore, cit Board of trade
Portland.
Livery Stable for Sale-Owing e
press of other business, I am forced
TO sell the Pioneer Livery and salt
Stable at Hermiston. W. w. Steiwer
Jr., Hermlston, Ore.
If you find difficult to provide TO
YOUR family now, how will they sc
along If you should die tomorrow. !
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MUM ON SERUM RESULTS.
Rockefeller Institute Hints That Dis
cOyerieS Are of Grent Value.

New York.-Discussing. the research
work to find cure for pneumonia, an
official of the Rockefeller Institute
Hospital, where it is being carried on,
said that 1t has not yet reached a
stage when definite announcement
of success would be justified. ut is
not considered advisable at this time
to make any definite statement as
to the progress of the work." he said.
1T is being carried on along several
different lines, any one of which may
ultimately lead to a discovery of great
value in the cure of this disease"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-01-23
BOYS Make Rough House.

Freewater, Or.-Nine boys between
the ages of Is and II and three
young girls went to an empty house
in East Freewater, back of the city
park and had a dance. The girls left
about midnight, and the boys engag-
ed in trough house" making such a
tumult that the city marshal took the
boys to the lock up. They had a
hearing before Recorder G. P. San
derson the next morning and were
fined $40 each or 10 days in jail. Al
but two paid the fine imposed.