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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1912-09-12
On the Way to Mecca.

The bishop of London has published
an account Of his visit to the Sudan,
which included a morning walk "in
the very middle Of native Africa" A
native boy whom he saw standing
ear a well was on his way to Nee
ca, having travelled already 1000 or
5000 miles, which had taken two
or three years. His father had died
o. the way, and when l asked him
how he would manage he said quietly,
Allah will provide and it never en-
tered his mind to ask me for any
thing. Five minutes afterward we
came GRO three women-an old
oma and two daughters. The eld-
est daughter was twenty-five. They
were coming back from Mecca, but
they had started off, she said, when
she was a little girl about twelve"
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1912-09-12
Mission Weddings.

Within two minutes after the cat
stopped at the mission door the report
spread up and down the street that q
wedding was taking place inside
Within another two minutes the room
was packed to the very doors. That
sudden rush Of the crowd to the sane
tuary pleased the mission superintend.
ent.
"If l had money to spare" he said,
81 would pay a bonus to young cou'
piles for getting married In n mission.
The moral effect Of n wedding Is
worth n dozen m To get the
best effect the ceremony ought to be
performed in the middle OF the serv-
ice. No innovation hat l have ever
introduced has had such a SOLDERING
effect on the congregation. The ex'
ample Of n man once rs far down In
the social scale as themselves having
become sufficiently regenerated to as
sumo the responsibilities Of life stirs
every bit OF manhood there is In them.
"The trouble Is. l can persuade very
few couples TO be married in a mission.
The bridegrooms do not mind, but the
brides want something more exclu'
sive."-New York Times.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1912-09-12
Tho MarechaI Mel Rose.

There is n pretty little history in con
nection with the Marechal Mel rose,
which is named after the famous gen
eral OF the Franco-Austrian war.
when General Mel was returning
from the scene Of his victories In war;"
writes an eminent florist, lone Of the
peasant women along the line Of march
presented him with n beautiful basket
Of yellow roses. One of these flowers
still had It's roots clinging to 1t, and on
his arrival In Paris Mel planted the
flower In his garden. The rose thrived
and finally grew to a bush covered
with blossoms. The general then pre-
scented the plant as a gift to Empress
Eugene. She was delighted with the
beauty and fragrance Of the flower
and, on learning that the rose had no
name, said significantly: Then l will
give 1t one. | christen it the Marechal
Mel And at the same time she be-
slowed upon the amazed general the
jeweled emblem that betokened his
promotion to the exalted office Of mar
shall Of France"
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1912-09-12
Paying For a Bride In Africa.

In most parts Of Africa the native
bridegroom has to pay the father of
the bride in kind for his wife. In the
case Of a regular marriage the amount
due to the father varies in accordance
with the sex OF the first child born. a
girl being OF less value than q boy.
The payments consist Of cattle, sheep.
hoes, spears, perhaps, and sometimes
other useful articles. The final pay
ments are often not completed until
years after the marriage takes place,
and the bridegroom is considered fair
prey by all the brides relations. This
results in endless disputes. Payments
made T often repudiated by the re-
cipient. The amount agreed upon is con
stantly matter for argument, and ar
gument ends in fighting, raids on one
another and sometimes a long drawn
out feud.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1912-09-12
How a Vessel 10 Picked.

They pickle" vessels today just as
they did generations ago.. Salt Is be-
lieved to make the frames and plank
ing immune to decay. A vessel meas
uring about fifty tons, say-the gen.
eral dimensions Of a little down east
coaster or the average fishing schoon-
~er-requires about seven tons of salt
to make the process successful. The
salt Is forced between the outer and
inner skin Of the hull and tamped hard.
Sweat arising from temperature
changes saturates the salt and forms
brine, which permeates the structure
with which it comes in contact.-Bos-
ton Herald.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1912-09-12
HAS MADE A FORTUNE.

N. @. scram OF Seattle. Wash, q
graduate Of the Mankato Commercial
College six years ago. has made q won
derful success. and attributes Il to the
training he received at the Mankato
Commercial College. He says he IL
worth $4,000 ~ . result OF his bust
~ training and that there il moth
ing IKE . business education II ono
wants TO succeed In life.
Write . postal to the Mankato Com
0efctal College. Mankato. Mimi. for
tAsir Tree catalogue and special ofter.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1912-09-12
Enulish Eish Lawn.

Fish, because Of its tendency rapidly
to decompose, holds a peculiar position
among foods. In England 1t Is the sub
Ject Of a special act Of parliament. So
long ago as 1903 men knew the evil
consequences resulting from eating
mackerel OF uncertain postmortem age
30 they passed an act providing thai
except during the hours Of divine serv
Ice this fish could be sold on Sunday
That act has never been repealed.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1912-09-12
kinusiey's Love For His Wife,

Even n brief holiday at the seaside
was to Charles Kingsley too long an
absence from his wife. This place
'ds perfect" he wrote on one occasion
but it seems a dream and imperfect
without you. Blessed be God for the
rest, though l never before felt the
loneliness Of being without the beloved
being whose every look and word and
motion Is the keynote of my life. PEG
pie talk of love ending at the altar
Foolsr'
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1912-09-12
lmaqinary.

Father" said the little boy, every
now and then l hear you talking about
somebody who was old enough to know
better"
"Yes, my boy"
"What age Is that, father?"
And the old gentleman after some
thought replied:
my son, there isn't any such thing.
It's like the golden age-purely mytho-
logical"
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1912-09-12

"Sistern and brederen." said an old
darby In testimony meeting, "Ah jes'
wants to git to hebben and squeeze
down into one of dem back seats"
"Nar, mar, brudder." said a deacon
who had just come In; "dem back
seats been fulled up long 'go."-Ez
change.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1912-09-12
Vary PARTICULAR.

Mistress ~(engsging servant)-I hope
you have nice print dresses, and I ex-
pect you always to wear caps. Mary
Yes. mum; I'm very particular to wear
caps. I shouldn't like to be taken for
one Of the family, mum. - London
Opinion.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1912-09-12
How He etopped.

How did the doctor persuade you
to give up smoking?"
made his bill 20 big I couldn't at
ford to buy any more tobacco."-Mil-
waukee Sentinel.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1912-09-12

We know books by reading them.
horses By handling them, houses by
living n them and men BY trusting
them.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1912-09-12
He Couldnx

De Anecdote-Though he was a great
and famous artist, he once stopped to
paint a kitchen floor. Cole Fax-How
could he do It without stooping?-Ex-
change.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1912-09-12
You Cant Beet Them

He-Before / was married I thought
women were angels. She-Well, finish
it-now you know they are.-Boston
Transcript
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1912-09-12

Happiness lies. hrst Of an. in health
George william Curtis.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1912-09-12
What She Will somstimss Admit.

"Does your wife ever admit that she
Ia wrong in an ~argumentY'
mo. The nearest she ever comes to
It Ia to say that I'm not SIS big a
chump as I look."-Detroit Free Press.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-04-09
BOY is DARINGLY RESCUED

Evans, Colo.-Arthur Maxwell, 5
years old, was rescued from what
would have meant certain death when
Conductor Alfred jenkins leaned from
the real platform while his train was
moving at a rate of twenty miles an
hour just as a runaway team dashed
past hitched to a farm wagon and
seized the baby. who was asleep on
the wagon seat.
MI. and Mrs. Maxwell, with their
son had driven the team up to a cross
ing. where they stopped to allow the
freight train to pass.
A piece of paper was blown in front
of the team and the horses bolted,
They dashed down along the side OF
the tracks, passing close to the train.
Mr.. and Mrs. Maxwell were thrown
from the seat of the wagon, while
the horses lunged.
Immediately after Conductor Jen'
kins had rescued the baby the wager
overturned.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-04-09
How to ornament a Lot.

Only a few people are interested
in the country homes of the rich, but
all are interested in making the small
city lot to appear to the best advan-
tage. In the lecture to be given by
Howard Evart Weed, the noted Hand
scape architect at the city hall to-
morrow night, details are given as
to the placing of the house upon the
lot, best arrangements for the walks,
trees, shrubs and flowers. The lecture
also shows how and what to plant for
various locations upon the lot, how to
make the house appear to the best
advantage, how to arrange the shrubs
so as to make the lot look as large as
possible and the necessity for green
grass as the central portion of a little
lawn. 1t will be illustrated with fifty
slides from photographs and plans.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-04-09
PERSONAL
MENTION

]. NJ. Aeils of Pilot Rock spent last
night in Pendleton.
L. W. Durrill of Echo. was a PEN
dleton visitor yesterday.
]. B. Baker was down from his
home at Meacham yesterday.
A. F. Huffman was in from his
home at Pilot Rock last evening.
Earl Morrison was mons the
Stanfield people in the city yesterday,
Jack Vincent left on the local this
morning for Hermston where he is
spending the day.
Attorney Homer 1. Watts of Athe-
ma, came down this morning on lie.
gal business.
Mrs. F. W. Henly of Meacham wa!
among the out Of town visitors in The
city yesterday.
Glen Mccullough, foreman on tn,
Stanfield ranch at Stanfield, spen
yesterday and last night in the city.
o. D. Teel. well known Echo land
owner, came up from his home yes
terday and is spending the day in tn
city.
Allen Thompson of Echo, spent yes
terday in Pendleton en- route hom
from Baker, where he had been witt
the local knights Templar for caste
services.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-04-09
pixler Jury is Out.

Shortly after the converting of
court this afternoon, the attorneys
appearing for and against Burt Pix
Ter, charged with the larceny of a
horse, concluded their arguments and
the fate of the prisoner was con-
signed to the hands of the jury. UP
till press time a verdict had not been
reached. The state tried to prove
that Pixler last December stole q
horse from Grover Minthorn, an In
dian, and kept it in a pasture until
February when he sold 1t to a man
in Walla Walla. The defendant adj
mits selling the animal and of going
under an assumed name in Walla
Walla, explaining as his reason tina
he is n paroled convict and took the
name to conceal the fact hat he was
violating the terms of his parole by
leaving the state.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-04-09
Funeral of Mrs. Pierce Held.

The funeral of Mrs. William A.
Pierce, who died sunday. was held
this afternoon at . o'clock at the
residence of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. NJ. Bent
ley, parents of the deceased. Inter,
ment in Olney cemetery followed. The
pallbearers, Conductor Mckinney,
Charles Hamilton, r. ]. Brush. j. G.
Finney, William Gadwa and r. w
Fletcher, were selected from the
Knights of Pythias lodge and were
either active or ex-railroadmen, the
deceased's husband being a X. of P
and a railroadman.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-04-09
ISLE Of MYSTERY
ABLY PRESENTED

A good sized audience witnessed and
enioyed the first performance Of 1.-THE
Isle of Mystery" a musical comedy
given last night by home talent UNI
der the auspices of the Loyal Order
of Moose. The piece itself was full
of sparkling comedy and catchy mu-
sic which together with beautiful
electrical effects and pretty scenic
settings made it an unusually good
vehicle for amateur histronic ability.
Miss Louise Wise was clearly the
star of the evening with her Swing
Song and other numbers and she
was encored time and again. Perhaps
the greatest hit of the entertainment
was the song We've Always Kept the
Golden Rule" sung by Charles w.
Meighan and the choruses of which
We're illustrated by playmates from
the cradle to the grave" Other
numbers of especial merit were the
songs of Walter Rose and Mrs. Rose,
A. r. Lord, John Carroll, r. j.
Brush, Laura Swift and Enos Eand-
berg. The chorus, too, was we'll train
ed and deserves its share of credit
for the success of the affair.
1t was an ambitious undertaking
for home talent and the success with
which it was attended speaks well for
those who directed the %rehearsals. 1t
win be repeated tonight n another
big audience is expected.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-04-09

Clint Buzan has returned to Seattle
after a visit with relatives here.
H. c. Means of Umatilla is among
the visitors in the city today.
Ira Scott, Rev. Cooper, Charles
Stanton n Art Grover, all of Helix
came in this morning in the Scott
auto.
Frank Nudo, formerly porter at the
Hotel Pendleton. but who is now en-
gagged in truck gardening at Stanfield
returned to his home this morning af-
ter spending a couple of days in
Walla Walla.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-04-09
TEN DAYS IN M~ATRIMONY.
Not Title for Play, but Truth About
Actress Lillian Lorraine.

New York.-Lillian Lorraine the
musical comedy actress, has found
her domestic experiment ~incompati-
BILE with her professional career, and
choosing between the two, will for
sake the former. Her marriage with
Frederick Gresheimer of ten days
ago was a hastily arranged affair with
a ~leisurely repentance. according to
an announcement made by Miss Lor-
raine. Whether it will be a divorce
a separation or an anulment will be
decided at a conference of the prin'
ciples and their attorneys. Gresh-
elmer has disappeared.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-04-09
Taft sneaker Here Monday.

The local Taft club will wind up
its campaign next Monday evening
with a public meeting at which
Ralph ID. Cole, ex-congressman from
Ohio, will make an address. The
meeting win be held in the court
house and efforts will be made to at
tract a large crowd to It. Cole is an
old cam%paigner, having taken the
stump four years g for Taft and
he is credited with being a good
speaker.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-04-09
Van Bowman Best Guesser.

To Van V. Bowman goes the prize
offered by Gray Bros. for the closest
estimate of the number of eggs which
they had in their display window on
Sunday and yesterday. His guess was
5126 and the number of eggs was
516S. A large number of people
stepped into the store to hazard an
approximate and the guesses submit
ted ranged all the way from 1900 to
10000.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-04-09
SkOal.

The Philadelphia Public Ledger is
the only paper that has remembered
to say "Skoal' to Amundsen. h is
not the equivalent of the shorter and
uglier word. 1t means 1.-The drinks
are on u.s." or something like that
Syracuse Post-Standard.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-04-09
Clark,s Manager Goes On.

James Barbee, oregon campaign
manager for Champ Clark. left this
morning for La Grande after spend
ing a day here preaching the virtues
of his candidate to local democrats.
iarbee states thai in all of his cam
paign addresses he talks the doctrines
of democracy first and the qualities
of his own preference for a standard
bearer second.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-04-09
Vaughan Bnys Properly.

BY a deed filed today with Record
err Burroughs, Mrs. Ella Vaughan, wife
of John Vaughan, has purchased the
east half of lots 10 and 16- block %,
Arnold 4 Raley's addition to Pendle-
ton, the same lying on west Court
street near Marie. The considera-
ton Is not stated.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-04-09
Two Marriage Licenses.

A marriage license was issued yes
terday to Clarence D. Shaw and Sgd
mia G.. CLANCY and the couple were
married yesterday. The bridegroom
is a resident of Salem while the
bride lived in this city. A marriage
license was issued on Saturday after
noon to Ben B. Eastridge a young
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-04-09
..Slats,, TAYLOR Is Back.

Virgil Taylor, Familiarity known as
Stats" who played ball in Pendleton
ten years ago, arrived here yesterday
for the purpose of trying out for a
place on the team here this year. This
is his fist visit in Pendleton since the
days when he wore a local uniform.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-04-09
M G 4. u. Holds Meeting.

The w. c. T. U. of this city is hold.
ing its regular monthly business meet
ing this afternoon in the west room
OF the Baptist church with Mrs,
Crockett, president, presiding.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-04-09
Newsy Notes
of Pendleton
Police Court Record.

ing Joe. a Chinaman, was yester-
day fined five dollars for disorderly
conduct and Frank Baker took three
days in Jail on a d. and d. charge.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-04-09
MISS adams IN U. S. JOB.
Chicago Woman Reported as Chosen
for Childrcn's Bureau.

New York.-Miss Jane Adams of
Chicago, it was reported, would be
chosen for the head of the new Chill
dren's bureau at Washington.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-04-09

farmer of Helix. and Miss Myrtle Ivy
knight, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. G.
w. Knight, formerly of this city. They
We're married on Sunday.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1912-04-09

For sale-visible typewriter. good
order, cheap. G.. w. Fritz, 701
Thompson street.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-04
HE WAS THROUGH.

''It was all there, and a picture of
me and my house and the air full of
fragm ents."
fragments of WHAT"
well, I wanted a little Fourth of
July right on the farm, and my wife
backed me up. I went to town and
bought two pounds of powder, and
when 1 got back home 1 followed out
a laundering big winter squash that
had been left over and filled her up
with the black stuff"
"a homemade bomb, eh?" quer-
led.
''She was that. On the morning of
the Fourth I put a fuse to her and
fired a sunrise salute. Haven't hardly
seen the sun on my farm since"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-04

HBOUT the middle of June I ran
across a Long Island farmer who
y was in town to see the sights,
and after making some inquiries about
buckwheat and turnips I asked.
Going to celebrate the Fourth this
year,"
mot by a burned sight!' was his
vigorous reply.
80 you don't think it best to boil
over?"
Stranger. if this country needed
my life she could have it, but I've
learned my lesson about these Fourth
of July blow-outs. Mebbe you read
something about me in the papers
three years ago?"
'I don't recall that I did"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-04
Fourth of July Don'ts.

m ONT get it mixed up with the
Spanish war.
W Don't wiring in Bunker Hill.
We got licked there.
Don't hold cannon 1re-crackers in
your fingers.
Don't be up before daybreak. The
day won't run away.
You'll feel like dying for your
country, but don't do it.
If you lead the parade, don't turn
out for anybody's cow. &
Don't brag that we can lick any
other nation on earth.
Keep rather quiet about Old Glory.
It covers a heap of graft.
Don't be the orator of the day. No
one ever listens to him.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-04
.eWhat did 1t do ~

w nat DID II DO
Better ask what it didn't do.
set her off in the yard and while the
fuse was suffering away, a COW and
a calf, nine hens and a hog came
running to investigate. They were
part of the fragments mentioned in
the papers. The rest were the win
dow panes, my farm wagon, the well
pump, three plum trees and four rods
of picket fence
You don't say!"
Broke every dish in the house,
knocked the old woman down,
brought down a chimney, and I
couldn't hear it thunder for a hull
year afterwards. The third and the
fifth of July are all right, but we've
cut the Fourth out since that day.
It's a leetle too patriotic for u.s."
JOE KERR.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-04
c. 4 RAGE or EZZY 4s--"
IT'S On The Way.

IA ATRIOTIC fervor
Spreading DER the land,
For the Fourth is coming,
Soon will be at hand.
In each town and village
OF this nation free,
There is preparation
For the jubilee.
~IREWORKS men are busy,
Working day and night
y On the pyrotechnics
That e'er cause delight
Crackers, candles, rockets,
Flowerpots and mines
And the blazing glory
OF the fixed designs.
a YER all the nation,
@@ From the sea to sea.
" There is preparation
For the jubilee.
Soon will screech the eagle,
Soon the bands will play,
Soon We'll all be greeting
independence Day.
THE REMEDY.
Mrs. Kindly-"Poer man! VIII!
are you always out of a job?"
Weary-"Guess it's cause I allu'
carries a rabbit foot"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-04
Getting 1t Started.

~ Elbow CITIZENS: Two hundred
and fifty years ago a little band
, of pilgrims seeking-seeking-
mo, that's not it."
Fellow Citizens: hundred and
twenty-five years ago band of
patriots met at the State House IN
Boston Toto
Nor that. Try again
Fellow Citizens: Is there a man in
all this vast concourse who can think
of Valley Forge and the sufferings of
the patriots who were bleeding and
dying-bleeding and dying
"Once more"
Fellow Citizens: who was it that
crossed the Delaware? Who was 1t
that licked the stuff1ngs out of Corn
wallis? Who was it that-that-.'
Just once more"
But the orator had fed.
JOE KERR.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-04

q o you are keeping the great
day." he said to the old man of
~ seventy who was swinging his
hat and uttering cowboy yells.
You bet I are!" was the reply.
You evidently came from a family
of patriots?"
Right you are. Granddad fell at
Bunker HILL"
did, eh?"
"And my father at Yorktown"
"I see."
"And my brother Jim at Saratoga"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-04

The poor thing jumped into the air
And came down fat do declare,
On Mr.. Monk-which served him
right
And Hippo laughed to see the sight.
But Mr.. Hippo'd better wait
A little while, at any rate.
For soon he, too, will get a jar.
Just take a look at his cigar.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-04
PROGRESS.

"Vera, you're wasting your time
with that young Mr.. Slow. I don't
think he has any idea of becoming
serious"
"Oh, mother, you're mistaken. He
told me last night that his hat was in
the ring. All I've got to do now is
show him that somebody else wants
me-"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-07-04

Keep behind the cannon when 1t
goes off.
Get a front seat for the fireworks
and let others stand.
Then forget all about it till next
time.
JOE KERR.