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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-01-01
= 5000 %~v% 80
OPPORTUNITY.

. They do me wrong who say l
. come no more
. when once / knock and fail
= to find you in;
. For every day ! stand outside
o your door,
. And bid you wake and rise to
. fight and win.
y Wall not for precious moments
o passed away,
. Weep not for golden ages on
the wane.
. Each night 1 burn the records
. of the day;
. At sunrise every soul is born \
= again.
. Laugh like boy at splendors
. that have sped,
= To vanished joys be blind and
. deaf and dumb;
q Nv judgments seal the dead past
with its dead,
= But never bind moment yet TO
come.
= Though deep in mire, wiring
not your hands and
. weep;
. lend my arm to all who
= say II can"
. No shame-faced outcast ever
o sank so deep
= But yet might rise and be
O again a man.
. Dost thou behold thy lost
o youth all aghast?
q Dost reel from righteous retri-
o buttons blow?
. Then turn from blotted archives
y of the past
Q And find the futures pages
Q white as snow.
Q Walter Malone.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-01-01

Speaking of that fish you caught"
What about IT."
Il notice you modify its size TO
your various listeners"
"Well, ] never tell man more
than ] think he'll believe"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-01-01
Kent Busy

why doesn't father every tell me
fairy tales?" asked the youngster Of
the household.
Because. deorle" answered his
mother, at keeps him busy te,,ins
them to mo"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-01-01

During tho courtship n girl quotes
poetry 70 n man; after marrying him
enc quotes what he used to say to her
before they fnoe1 tho pnrson.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-01-01
IrLrS CURED IN a TO "A DAy.

Your druggist will refund money
II PAZo OINTMENT falls to cure any
cn"e OF Itching. Blind, Bleeding or
ProtrudinE Piles ia q 10 "a days. see.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-01-01

Yes, ma'am," answered Thomas.
complacently. "Ain't It jest -sicken-
ing ?"-Harpers Magazine.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-01-01
80 INDICTMENTS AND
ONLY ONE CONVICTION
Valdez Bank Failure Results In Fine
OF $1,000 for T.. T. Barnctte.

Valdez, Alaska, Jan. 1.-The Fed.
eral court docket was cleared late
Saturday night OF the last Indictment
resulting from the failure Of the
Washington-Alaska Bank OF Nevada
at Fairbanks, two years ago. when an
instructed verdict OF not guilty was
returned in three cases against Frank
w. Hawkins, receiver OF the defunct
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-01-01
AprtDIeB.

why do you nickname your friend
Bmithcrs Leaky?"
Bccausc he IL forever asking me
to bail him out"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-01-01
~A&%OAA~%

Regularly for 81 years the East
oregonian has gane to it's readers at
New Years time
A New Years bearing message Of
Retrospect. good VIII ana OF
hope for the enjoy
ment of It's patrons. During 20 out OF
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-02-04
It Was Lin Lee.

cept the immigration officials,
mainly because all Cinnamon
look alike, at first glance, to the
unframed Caucasian eye. And
the first glance is likely in most
cases, to be the last, also.
In that part of Virginia where
Lin Lee had his temporary resi-
dence Cinnamon are.not common.
The slight prejudice against them
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-02-04

US whites dS -equdlS-aIQ L come
of the Ramsay family. To say
that is quite enough in our part
of the country.
Everybody liked Lin Lee. He
had cut off his pigtail and he at
tended the Episcopal church.
When he brought home the laun-
dry he was generally asked to
come into the Parlor and have a
glass of wine. Yes, it sounds odd,
I know, but Lee was a very in
telligent man, a member of the
Chinese Reform Association, and
had studied law in Canton, he
told us, before the Manchus drove
him from the country on account
of his participation in a seditious
movement. Like all Cinnamon,
he had natural genius for the
Washtub.
So Lin Lee became a resident
of our village, and, as I said,
everybody thought he occupied
his shanty alone. We thought
so until the evening when, hav-
ing brought home the laundry in
its usual highly starched condi-
ton. and having received thered
paper with its mysterious hero
glyphics which he always left as
security, he turned round and
whistled and another Chinaman
came out of the darkness.
my cousin, Lin Loo" he vol
unteered. 'He washee well-as
we'll as me. He take your laun-
dry tonight"
Where are you going, Lin
asked my father.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-02-04
MY FRIENDS THE Inns
By George Munson.

Nobody ever suspected that
there. were two Cinnamon in Lin
Lees laundry until we met Lin
Loo. For the matter of that, no
body cared, or would have cared,
if there had been half a dozen.
Cinnamon come and go and no
body takes-any stock of them ex-'
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1913-06-25

Natural affection on the part OF
dog was instanced in d remarkable
manner at Beaumont, in the province
of Soane-et-Loire, France few days
ago. One of the inhabitants drove out
Of the town into the forest to gather
firewood. taking with him the dog,
which he left to guard his coat and
basket of food while he wandered
about gathering wood. In his absence
the dog gave birth to three puppies,
and the wood gatherer, when he start
ed home, forgot to place the puppiea
in the cart with their mother. During
the night the dog jumped over fence
and ran the whole distance, some ten
miles, to the spot where the puppies
had been left, and brought one bach
in her mouth. Then she made two
more journeys in order to bring back
the other two. Altogether she COW
cred distance of about sixty miles
in the night. The next morning her
master found her dead in the yard
by the side of her puppies, which were
alive and well.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1913-06-25
"PII Do My Best. The Duke Shall Be
Ours"

garian count. Now His Grace must
be ours for the summer, dear, no mat
ter who manages to marry him. He
has developed a passion for Natalie
since he learned that her money is
her own, but Hap looms up a barrier
there We don't know whether she
will be an inducement or otherwise"
must confess | was just a little
bit shocked, for 10 had pounded such
old-fashioned notions into my head.
she isn't married yet" remarked,
thinking of my job. A part of which
was to make Hap turn around and
look.
That's true. Anyhow I hope you
and your French will help. Isn't it
lucky you speak good French?"
That was one of the reasons of me,
but of course she didn't know that.
IN do my best. The duke shall
be ours. Vive lie Duel" I laughed. l
thought of the bucolic Mr.. Abbott and
my task of encouraging Laura to mar
ry a duke or notice the eligibles.
There was no time like the present;
l went at it as l thought brilliantly
But why all this wonderful summer
when you have decided to settle down
country housewife?"
"Oh, to look back upon" she smiled
lust as a girl likes to remember she
was married in a white gown and or.
ange blossoms. Besides, haven't de
cided yet about that country house
wife. Mother objects; not to Win
throp exactly, but the condition of af
fairs l suppose l ought to assure my
self don't want a title?'
There was a chance to offer some
excellent advice, but after such q
brilliant opening l didn't have any tc
offer. I'm woefully deficient in al
such matters. 10 has always done
the advising in our family
so you are going after His Grace?'
l parted.
"Oh, no. I'm going to assure myself
don't want him"
Rather unpleasant for His Grace?'
laughed Suppose he should hap
pen to fall in love with you during
the process?"
"Oh, he won't" she replied. "Ht
isn't crazy about me. It's Natalie.
decide I want him I'll tell him the
amount of my fortune"
oh" / exclaimed, pretending l un
derstood, even If didn't. Anyhow
I'll look after Mr. Abbott"
When Laura went below fingered
in the corridor looking down upor
the Grand Stairway-it was a Crane
tairway-because didn't have the
courage as yet to venture into tina
wonderful below The dowageri
were arriving, but younger GROVE
began to come up the stairway as thu
hour advanced. Mrs. Hazard appeared
from somewhere suddenly, her eye
twinkling and her lips tight shut OF
chuckle, as if the whole thing wa
a tremendous joke on somebody.
blew her a kiss as she went down
and thrilled as / watched her going
Shivered / suppose is what l reall.
did
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1913-06-25
Risks Life for Cat.

To save a cat which, in fight, had
climbed to the top Of 100 foot lad
der, a foreman painter named Robin
son risked his life the other day, in
Oxford street, London. The cat
chung to the topmost rung of the lad
der from seven o'clock in the morn
ing till nearly midday. A crowd en-
deayored in vain to coax it to make
the descent Then Robinson climbed
the ladder. 1t overtopped the build
ing against which it was standing by
thirty feet, and when Robinson
reached this point the ladder sTayed
ominously. He was able to clutch the
animal and bring it safely down,
amid the applause of the onlookers.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1913-06-25
Substitute for Grass.

An interesting experiment in horti-
culture was made some time back at
the garden laid out at the site of the
King Edward VII. memorial statute in
Delhi, India. In order to ensure
green surface at the time of the stone
laying ceremony, meth" (trigonella)
seed was sown when The grass was
planted. The meth aprang up in
about a month and maintained a green
surface throughout the cold weather.
which could be smoothly mown and
did not interfere with the growth of
the grass. The ground was allowed to
get dry at the beginning of the hot
weather. and within a week the
meth" had died out, leaving good
lawns in its place. The METH" be-
longing to the order Of 'Leguminosae,"
acts as a manure and leaves the soil
richer in available heterogeneous mat
ter
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1913-06-25

was impertincnt; knew It the mo-
mont ] had uttered H.
We'll. no. he isn't" she answered,
and laughed 20 cover my omburrass.
ment In fact that's al newspaper
stun about announcing my engage.
ment The house Just needed doing
over and Il was done over. but not
for a wedding ! shall get married
some time, but not now am not en-.
gagged to anybody, and Ills Grace is
still looking for the biggest prize
He's worth H. too-his title goes
back to the time when titles In France
meant something. / could win him II
] tried; I've a pretty snug fortune, and
Of course a great deal would depend
on the generosity of settlement
when the Duchess de Trouyille is
selected"
I smiled and she laughed outright.
But somehow he's so important.
lie travels with retinue, you know
] guess you call II that; secretary, two
Wallets, butler and chauffeur-and
I'm very much afraid he only appeals
to my sense OF humor. That isn't the
proper spirit to go at marrying a
duke"
The Duchess de Trouyille!"
unused. ! was thinking Of the bucolic
gentleman pitted against the title
IT'S a pretty name"
Yes, but ] know one prettier," she
smiled then suddenly: I've been
wondering If a title Is worth all the
fuss and bother II | would always
be contented with just that? What
do you think about II, Loulie?' II
was the FIRST time she had called me
by my first name.
I'm rather old-fashioned, Laura
replied, and the continental idea Of
arranged marriages doesn't appeal to
me. believe in marrying for love
wading through fire and water and all
that sort of thing II necessary, and
then abiding by the consequences. II
you love the duke, marry him; II
/ not"
q don't love him; don't even like
him." she interrupted. He's so po
lite, so terribly polite, so clever. SO
smooth, so polished that-well, al
ways feel just little suspicious Of
him"
"Gracious!" l laughed. why, OBJ
lection usually comes from exactly op
posite reasons. You wouldn't have
him otherwise, would your"
Il don't know. Once Winthrop
shook me good for skating on ice
which he had warned me might give
way" Winthrop, whose last name is
Abbott, is the bucolic gentleman
And, well, I'm awfully fond of Win
throp."
We both laughed.
The Duchess de Trouville," sh,
unused after awhile. 1T is a pretty
name, isn't it?"
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1913-06-25

ing 10 Ike you. Loulio; you ere 90
real, 80 very much Just girl lie thinks
we are superficial Isn't that cheeky
OF him? I'm making myself believe
he's coming here for my sake when
know he's after local color for a novel
he's doing; slamming society and the
idle rich In every chapter and getting
pootical about cabbages and things.
Youll look after him. won't you7"
IN cling to him." | assured her.
Il shall be all alone myself"
Don't you believe H." she said.
Right now I'm almost afraid Of my
laurels--that isn't a pun, dear. |
have no doubt Hap will have you in
a corner talking baseball II he can
get you there, and will probably In.
troduce you to the '09's. Besides Ma.
talie has promised TO look out for you"
Natalie was Hap's lady fair-"and
John will tell you who everybody Is.
Mother Is particularly anxious that
you know the important ones" !
tumbled from the skies bit;
knew that was the reason was
there. Il wish you luck remembering
It's awfully hard especially the for.
mer husbands. but we haven't much
Of that, dear. New Englanders stick
to the death, you know. / suppose
It's another example Of their thrift
Now don't fail me about Winthrop
there's o dear. ! don't want him run
ming away before l have q chance to
see him, and he will II he's bored
One other thing: Mother will see that
You meet His Grace" She wagged a
shapely forefinger at me impressively
Louie, talk French to him; your
incest most alluring French. We are
angling for him for the summer"
"Angling?" | asked. / managed "a
keep the tone from being astonisfed
"Oh, yes, everybody Is. Why not
say so? It isn't always we have the
opportunity Of entertaining a sduke
The best last season could produce
was a German baron and an Hun
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1913-06-25
Where Women Bun Cars.

The suggestion that women may be
employed as street car conductors in
Philadelphia has brought out the fact
that the wome2 Of Latin America.
usually thought o. rs sheltered, retir-
ing and unprogressiye. have been do
ing this kind OF work foT years. Dur
ing the war between Chill and Peru,
when all the men of Chill we're need
ed at the front, women tooF their
places on the street cars, anS San
tiago, Valparaiso and several other
cities have had women conductors
ever since.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1913-06-25
MSnanOHS BY
X.L.BARNES

hall?" he asked.
Il do, really" The question was
so identcally his mothers that /
smiled and he grinned back, thinking
he understood even II he didn't Il
can almost tell when a man Is going
to bunt by the way he walks 10 the
plate"
He grinned again, took step
closer-actually / thought he was go
ing to kiss me-and gave my hand an.
other up and down, with some addi-
tional pats for good measure
You're too good to be true" he
announced
Goodness met" I laughed. why,
there are plenty OF girls who under
stand baseball"
We'll, they don't travel in my set.
No. Stupidest lot of girls you ever
saw he confided. A thought struck
him so suddenly and pleasantly that
II fairly jumped from his eyes, and he
took another step closer Really he
kept me scared! Don't you want to
go this afternoon"
OF course | couldn't, or the next
afternoon, or even the next week. We
were dated up for every day. was
awfully sorry. | knew right on | was
going to like him. He was so easy
to know, and good to look at, too,
strong and husky, his skin tanned al
ready as If he kept pretty much out
doors. His thick blond hair was
worn long, a relic of football days, l
suppose, and a characteristic forelock
hung aslant one clear gray eye. Those
eyes run in the family.
We had an enthusiastic luncheon. It
couldn't have been otherwise bub-
bling from such an enthusiastic young
man with Mrs. Hazard holding in on
that chuckle of hers while we talked
curves" a1d "fade-aways" and things
she didn't understand any more than
so much Chinese.
When the gray car finally drew
away from the curb down below, Mrs.
Hazard looked at rue and chuCkled.
1T worked" she whispered. 1T
actually worked" AKA as she looked
at me one eye was ehftOusly alvin
kle.
That was tho only conversation /
had with Hap until the night of the
reception. didn't have time. Some
times l saw him from the limousine,
but It was just a zip" and we were
! both gone; sometimes | nodded to
him across the room with the tele-
phone receiver glued to my ear and
my lips ready to frame an order
when the hello" came. / was Score
tary of Frivolous Affairs, all right
enough. There were days when we
almost dined in the limousine be-
tween dressmakers and milliners, 9th.
or days when we saw everybody down
to the candlestick-maker; again when
| copied memoranda until my arm
ached.
And l had vainly fancied myself
Cinderella with Mrs. Hazard as the
fairy Godmother. When she waved
the wand which was giving me my
job, all l had to do was to come
down the grand stairway looking fol
the Prince. In my opinion Cinderella
had a snap sitting at home before the
kitchen fire while the people who hat
that fall affair in hand got it going.
One little incident happened that
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1913-06-25
muiem.In New York.

| heard some one descanting about
her view. She said one thing she'd
always hated in New York was not
having a view, and now she had one,
She took me up to see it. Well
where is it?" said l, looking out Of
the window. why, there and there
and there!" said she. Don't you see
how see over the roof of the next
one, and down in the street to the
mail box and overhead to that bit of
SKYE l said, oh, yes, and how nice it
was that she had it. It's really pathet-
ic what New York can do to us. It's
pathetic when somebody thinks that
what she showed me was view. A
vlew!-Jane Stone in New York
Press.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1913-06-25

gave me something to think over
during the drudgery of those days,
and, with everything that happened
afterward, / put 1t down in my mind
as the beginning of things. Laura
and | were on our way down Com
monwealth avenue one afternoon,
when suddenly she sat upright and
looked through the door of the car.
The Due de Trouville!" she ex-
claimed, as another car passed.
craned my neck inelegantly, but
of course l did not see him; the car
was gone. knew that the duke had
come to America towel, who shall
question the motives of a duke?
Something in her expression, the
way she turned and looked at me seri-
ously, intently, made the words signif-
cant was inexperienced enough then
to jump at conclusions.
The Due de Trouville!" repeated
rs he the lucky MANI" The question
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1913-06-25
CHAPTER v.
One of the Frivolous Affairs.

ONe OF LUG frivolous NIIdlTos
Notwithstanding my weary lids and
aching limbs, | glided-actually-
back and forth before the mirror on
the memorable night Of my entree in
to society after Martha, Mrs. Haz-
ards maid, had hooked me into my
gown, and | couldn't believe that the
mirrored reflection was my own.
There was only one thing needed to
make me absolutely happy, and that
was 10. We had, all of us, moved into
the old house made new, that morn
ing, and it was the very first time in
all our lives that 10 and | had been
separated. l wanted her now.
wanted to cry a little happy tear on
her shoulder and have her pat my
hair. But didn't have her She had
gone to a lecture, anyhow, on the
Whereness of the Which, or some
thing equally intellectual, and l was
in the middle of one of the most beau
tiful suites l had ever seen-onyx
bath, old-rose bed room, blue-brocade
boudoir-suddenly very much alone.
| don't know what | might have
done. I'm sure l would have cried
and spoiled my nose if there hadn't
come just at that particular minute,
knock on my blue-brocade boudoir
door from Laura's side Of It and saved
me.
Wont you come in2" she invited
when | opened the door. I'VE will
form a mutual admiration society. |
know l am looking my best. I'm
neither pale nor am flushed. Isn't
my gown beautiful"
you are exquisite" l told her and
she was, with her blond hair in a
thick loose braid about her head and
the simple, shimmering white gown.
She laughed and kissed me French
fashion on each cheek. | know
flushed; l hadn't expected a caress.
you mean that, too" she said, "or
you wouldn't say it with the ring true
in your voice"
"Of course l do" replied. Il new
er say anything | don't mean"
Not now" she laughed. You'll
learn soon"
l laughed, too, then we laughed to
gether, a bit Historically, for deer
down we were both nervous. You see
it was my coming-out party.
Now, what shall l say to you?"
you don't have to compliment me, ,
l admonished.
But l shall" she insisted. you
are lovely, and that gold gown is won
derful."
Your mother is just too good tc
me-" told her, and l know there
we're tears under my lids, or wherever
l keep tears, just waiting for me tc
blink to jump out. She didn't know
had to shine just little brighter thar
any one else.
q wanted a few jewels" she re
marked, surveying herself, but moth
err said no. She doesn't think a CIR
should wear jewels until she's mar
ried." She turned suddenly and sig
nailed Caroline to withdraw. WheI
the door had closed upon the depart
ing figure of the maid she looked a
me. And that brings me to a re
quest. VIII you take Winthrop undel
your protection tonight? He doesn'
know many of these people anC
doesn't care to know them. He's go
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1913-06-25
BEGAN YOUNG.
Had "Coffee Nerves" From Youth.


when very young l began using
coffee and continued up to the last six
months" writes a Texas girl.
81 had been exceedingly nervous,
thin and very sallow. After quitting
coffee and drinking Postum about a
month my nervousness disappeared
and has never returned This is the
more remarkable as / am primary
teacher and have kept right on with
my work.
"My complexion now is clear and
rosy, my skin soft and smooth. Az a
good complexion was something / had
greatly desired, l feel amply repaid
even though this we're the only benefit
derived from drinking Postum.
Before beginning its use had suf-
fered greatly from indigestion and
headache; these troubles are now un'
known.
81 changed from coffee to Postum
without the slightest inconvenience
did not even have a headache Have
known coffee drinkers, who were
visiting me, to use Postum a weeH
without being aware that they were
not drinking coffee"
Name given by Postum Co, Battle
Creek, Mich. Write for booklet, The
Road TO MELVILLE"
Postum comes in two forms.
Regular Unjust be boiled.
Instant Postum doesn't require boil
ing but is prepared instantly by stir
ring a level teaspoonful In an ordinary
cup of hot water, which makes
right for most persons.
A big cup requires more and SOM
people who like strong things put II
heaping spoonful and temper
with a large supply of cream.
Experiment until you know tn
amount that pleases your palate an
have It served that way in the future
There's a Reason" for Postum.
Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1913-06-25
CTo BE CoNTINUEDJ
HortIcuIturIst Ronored.

Harry James Veitch, on whom the
king Of England has just conferred
the honor of knighthood, is one of the
most prominent men in the world OF
horticulture. His prominence was
obtained by exploration and scientific
knowledge. His family began the pol
icy of ransacking the world, especial
ly the equatorial world, for plants,
and studied the reproduction and
cross-fertilization Of foliage plants. He
was also a pioneer in orchid hybridiza-
ton. Only recently he won one of the
three great prizes Of the unique show
at Chelsea, where he, with other Off
Gals, received the king and queen
when their majesties visited the in
ternational show. He has for many
years taken an important part in the
work of the Royal Horticultural So
ciety, and is one of the sixty-three
holders of the Victoria medal in honor
of horticulture, which he was award
ed in 1897.