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The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1913-05-03
Local News.

Use Nyals Rheumatic Remedy.
10. A. Harlan was in from the
nch during the week.
u. v. Reed and w. r, Dawson
y among our Sunset visitors,
The Burns Hardware Co., has
sh onion sets in any quantity.
"a If.
N. F. Williams was over from
ahyon this week in company
Ah L. Woldenberg.
The senior class of the high
hool is making preparations
n the commencement exercises
bich occur this month.
q. Dunn will have charge of
b wood business in Burns this
hter. Dry wood on hand to
b part of town IF. o. Jackson.
52.tf
Supt. Gilcrest of the P. L. S.
II. came in Wednesday from a
b to the company ranches in
llheur county.
biz FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF
Rms. CAPITAL AND SURPLUS
bO.0O0. THE BANK THAT MAKES
|UR ss$S SAFE" ACCOUNTS
FITED.
The R. ]. McKinnon & Son
lge Co.. has made a passenger
|e of $500 between here and
le and win also haul freight
2a cents on all consignments
30 lbs, or over. 25tf. |
Nm. Dunn and son were up ,
I'M their home near Malheur
Ie this week. Mr.. Dunn. who
] his shoulder badly crippled
emily. says It is getting better
WY.
drs. C. C. Babbidge left Mon
! evening for Prineville in
npany with Frank Johnson.
will visit several weeks at
side points before returning
ne,
| limited supply of good, clean
alfalfa seed may be
at the Burns Hardware Co.'S.
re. Now is the time to get it
be ready to sow when the
ather and soil are right.
/. u. Carroll, of the vicinity
Egli, was operated on for ap-
ldicitis last Saturday afternoon
Drs. Holland and Potter. The
ration was successful and the
lent is reported doing well at
hospital.
!. S. Lands, freight agent of
Sumpter Valley Railroad,
, in this section for several
8 this week in the interest of
company. Mr.. lands hopes
ecure a larger per centage of
freight business of This
ntry. E,
C. Robinson, the Madras
0 dealer, is here this week
wing a new Hudson car that
,ne of the most graceful and !
tty cars ever seen in this
lion. Mr.. Robinson has been !
te busy this spring in his line
has to. get back to arrange {
er deals now pending. u
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1913-05-03

Department Store.
Arthur Thompson was ovel
from Harney yesterday.
Try Nyals Family medicine I
The Welcome Pharmacy. 10 If
Mrs. ]. J. Patterson has beer
quite III this week.
There will be special service al
the Baptist Church on Mothers
Day.
Baled hay, Bran and all kinds
of grains at The Burns Dept.
Store.
Y The weather has moderated
quite a bit and we may expect to
see crops respond rapidly.
Austin Goodman has q 8 horse.
power gasoline engine and pinch
rotary pump for sale. 24-tf-
DR.. Griffith was called to Lawen
yesterday to see Mrs. d. s.
Graves. He reports the lady
improving.
Mr.. and Mrs. Vim. Bennett
have been down from their Silvies
Valley home this week on a visit
to their sons.
The base ball boys are going
to give another one Of those en-
joyable dances at Tonawama
next Friday night.
The boys who make q practice
Of mutilating Autographs in front
of the Tonawama are going to
get in trouble II II isn't stopped.
Rolled wheat il the milk and
egg productivity II. Better and
cheaper than bran. Sold by w.
A. Goodman. Phone him your
order,
The bereaved relatives Of Mrs.
Grant Kesterson desire to extend
their sincere thanks to the many
friends who were 30 kind to
them In the illness and after the
death Of their loved one.
Sheriff Richardson went over
to Crane Creek this morning on
business. He was accompanied
by J. w. Biggs and Mrs. Terrill
and, little daughter Violet, the
latter going for a short visit with
Mrs. Clarence Carey.
Harry Spangler. a young man
who was convicted in the circuit
court last fall and paroled. was
taken into custody this week by
the sheriff accused of robbina
the house Of Frank Dunn. He
has had no hearing a. yet.
No one seems to want to assume
the responsibility Of the weather
during the past few days. How
ever. it might be worse and is
worse in other sections. The
weather man Of this Office is go
ing to have a better variety in a
short time.
Mrs. S. hampshire has moved
out to her farm again for the
summer. Mrs. hampshire spends
her winters in town with her son
and daughter but prefers being
on the farm in summer time.
She always has more or less COM
pany as she has many friends.
Sheriff Richardson. Joe Thomp-
son and J. E. Sixemore are home
from their trip to Salem and
other outside points. They had
q very pleasant trip out. spend
ing some time in Portland, Mr..
Sizemore going up In Washing
ton for a short time. They had
no trouble with the prisoners
which they took to the peni-
teptiary.
Several local stockmen are
talking of shipping in some pure
bred Holstein cows. This is a
good move as dairying has been
neglected in this section and 1t is
one Of the best paying lines for
farmers. The Times Herald
hopes the matter will be taken
UP at once. We're going to raise
all the hogs we consume. more
chickens and we just as well
keep the money spent for dairy
products at home too.
Died-At the family home in
this city esterday morning,
Christian Lackman, age So years.
from heart trouble. Deceased
had been a resident of this place
for many years and was well
known. He had been In moor
The Tupelo journal., 1913-12-12
DEVIL DANCERS OF cEYL0M
They Are Called Into Regulation for
Curing All Kinds OF
Sickness.

Despite the advance of medical
knowledge throughout India, says q
writer In the October Wide World
Magazine, devil dancers are still called
into requisition in many parts of Cey-
Ion for curing all kinds Of sickness.
When a native is taken i'll his relatives
first apply medical treatment. II, after
some days, this appears to be ineffec-
tive, it is concluded that the sickness
is one incapable Of cure in this man.
ner, but is caused by some inimical in
fuence, and must therefore be due to
either glance of the evil eye, the ac-
tion of a demon, or some evil planetary
action. The soothsayer is then sent
for, and this worthy, after examining
the patient, names the demon or spirit
responsible for the malady. An offer
ing is then made to the demon in the
form of food, coin, or piece OF
cloth. Then follows the professional
dance, carried out by the devil
dancers. Two men clad in gorgeous
garments and wearing strange head.
dresses and masks go through num-
Der of grotesque and extraordinary
evolutions to the beating of the tom
toms, making weird noises the while.
This is kept up for hours. sometimes
all night, and is always performed
within sight Of the sick person. In the
complete ceremonies of the demon
called Samhi Yaka, who causes con.
vulsions, severe toothache, headache,
ETC., no fewer than 80 different masks
are worn in turn by the dancers. Curl.
ously enough, observers state that
these strange ceremonies usually have
a favorable effect upon the patient
ILLNESS.
The Tupelo journal., 1913-12-12
EVERY MAN NEEDS A HOBBY
One of the Most Essential Of the
Thlngs That Contribute to Hap
piness Of Life.

II a man wants hobby he has to
go out and hustle for one. Woman
finds one In her lap whenever she
needs one. Her house, her children,
her bridge and her club work are for
her natural hobbies. She takes them
as a matter of course.
But if man feels the need of re-
Taxation and hobby. it requires a
long process of selection, preparation.
diplomacy and cunning before he is
permitted to bring one into the house.
And he usually has to go round to
the back door to get in. But once
in he generally manages to hold on
to it. For a time it is as much of
household nuisance as the man who
stays home during his vacation, get
ting in the way of his female flock
the nurse, the cook and the dress
makers-every time he leaves his own
room. But It IS Usually to reduce the
feeling Of forlornness and uselessness
which follows such experiences that
he seeks refuge in hobby. There
are many other incentives. 1t is
sometimes interesting to note how
often it occurs that within the soul
of the hard-fsted business man, the
financier with the concrete exterior,
there turks something of the artistic
which clamors for original expression.
Whenever we see a man in the en-
joyment of hobby, we invariably see
c<rsIy hot h0h
by and the mans fixed vocation. It
is in contrasts that man finds relaxs'
tion.
The Tupelo journal., 1913-12-12
RELIC OF PONCE De LEON
Illinois Man Has Recently Added Il
to His Already Extremely Val
liable Collection.

A collection of relics, not related
In any way, but each object Of which
is particularly interesting In itself, is
that of Mr.. Michael Robinson OF
Shawneetown. ILL.,, to whose treasures
was recently added q piece Of the
coffin in which Ponce de Leon was
buried in the old cathedral at San
Juan, Porto Rico.
When the leaden casket OF the ex-
plorer was examined before it was
transferred from the old cathedral to
the new one it was found to be in q
very poor condition. So insecure did
it appear that 1t was decided a new
casket should be provided. The old
one was then discarded and cut into
pieces, which were given to persons
of prominence who attended the
cathedral ceremonies. Cardinal Far
ley, who was in charge of the cele-
bration, gave one of these pieces to
Capt. o. P. Townsend, who command
ed the guard of honor for the body,
and Captain Townsend gave the relic
to Mr.. Robinson to add to his already
interesting collection.
From cons and cons farther back
In the history Of this continent comes
another relic which Mr.. Robinson
treasures, a block of sandstone bear
ing the clear imprint Of the human
foot. It was taken from ''The Rocks, /"
a short distance from Shawneetown.
but over the border line in Kentucky.
1t is believed in the neighborhood
that the imprint Is that of prehistoric
man.
A third era of the continents his
tory, that which brings the collection
down to the modern world, is repre-
sented by an old silk Revolutionary
flag-New York Herald
The Tupelo journal., 1913-12-12
Emiarant's Romance.

How a photograph led to romance
was made known at Liverpool just
before the departure for Australia OF
the White Star liner Irishman. which
carries no fewer than five brides-elect
going out. to join their fiances.
One of these five has never seen
her future husband. and has nothing
but photograph to tell her what he
looks like. The bride-elect said that
a friend of hers went to Australia
three years ago as q domestic serv.
ant and married later q sheep farmer.
The young wife displayed upon the
mantelpiece a photograph of chum
Of the sheep farmer. Photographs
were exchanged and . correspond
ence was begun, with the result that
the girl has sailed to marry the lover
she has never seen.
The Tupelo journal., 1913-12-12
Pride Of the Nation.

s. s. Shubert, the theatrical mana
ger, was praising in Broadway res
5taurant the American chorus girl.
She is not only prettier," said Mr.
Schubert, than her English or French
gor Italian sister, but she is also bright
ter, gayer, wittier. It's a pleasure te
hear her talk
1.-TWO chorus girls were lunchine
near me at Shery's the other day
Their skirts we're slashed and they
wore those smart, new-fangled shoes
that fasten with ribbon-narrow rib
bon running in criss-cross up theil
long, slim, silken ankles.
"T've got no use for your rah-rah
college boys said the first chorus girl
swinging her shapely foot in and out
of her slashed skirt. He reminds me
OF q china doll
"'Why?' asked the other girl. Be
cause he's so pink and pretty?
"'No,' said the first chorus girl. BE
cause he gets broke so soon."
The Tupelo journal., 1913-12-12
Weird Story Of Glasgow Ship.


A remarkable story Of the sea has
Just come to light. 1t Is stated that
the survivors of vessel wrecked on
Cape Horn found the wrecked Glas-
gov ship Marlborough In a cove, with
twenty skeletons near by.
The Marlborough left Lyttelton,
New Zealand. in January, 1890. for
London, and was not heard of again.
1t was supposed that she sank in .
collision with an iceberg. Her cap
tain was W. Arid.
Lloyd's Register shows that the
Marlborough was an iron two-deck
sailing vessel that has been missing
from her port, Glasgow, since Janu-
ary, 1890. The owners are Messrs.
J. Leslie & Co., Glasgow. She was
built in 1876 by Messrs. r. Duncan &
Co, and was placed in the special
survey class Of Lloyd's Register. She
was 22S feet long. IS feet wide. and
21 feet deep.
The Tupelo journal., 1913-12-12
Worlds Turquoise.

Ninety-nine per cent. of the worlds
turquoise comes from the mines OF
Nishapur. in Khorassan, the Persian
city, by the way, in which Omar Khay-
yam was born and is buried.
The mines are situated in range
of hills consisting entirely OF porphy-
r!es. greensboro, limestone, and sand
stone The turquoise Is found in veins
in the rocks. This ridge of hills runs
to height of 6,655 feet; the highest
point at which turquoise has been
found is $500 feet above sea level;
the lowest point, 4,800 feet.
One mine is entered through nat
ural cave running out on to the side
of the mountain, and is worked by
means of rough shafts and levels.
The Tupelo journal., 1913-12-12
HIS LIFE ONE OF HARDSHIP
Cuban Farmers Lot May Be Said te
Be Almost Hopeless at the
Present Time.

The Cuban farmer works more and
harder than any other countryman OF
the world He makes of himself a
beast of burden, and becomes bent
under the weight Of his toll. He is alb
solutely destitute of any preparation
for his lifework.
He does not know how to read OF
write or count; he has no notion oi
anything, nor does he hear anything
talked Of; the nation preserves him in
the crude. He doesn't read because he
doesn't know how, for in this country
there is nothing about agriculture OF
the least utility or profit published
in fact, there is no agricultural matter
published at all. If an agricultural ex
pertinent station is established, II
promptly becomes purely bureau
cratic center, absolutely useless
though absorbing an enormous amount
of mSas- Without publishing a page.
The governments announces branch
experiment stations, but the public
knows in advance that they will be
.centers, founded solely to furnish jobs
for political friends and henchmen, in
which no one will be found to know
anything about anything, and where
nobody will try to teach any one any
thing, and whittier nobody will take
the trouble to go in hope of learning
anything.
The Tupelo journal., 1913-12-12
"Made In ENGLAND. !"

Orders are frequently sent to Brit
ash and French label makers for labels
bearing fancy descriptions, constitut-
ing false description Of origin, for
the South American trade. These
makers are requested to execute Or
sders for labels bearing such indica-
tions as Smith, Regent street; Brown.
Piccaiilly; Gabrielle or Suzanne, Rue
de la Paix. Paris, when there is every
reason to believe that the goods to
which the labels are destined are
neither English in the one case nor
French in the other.
The Tupelo journal., 1913-12-12
an q scrape."

The expression, ito get into q
scrape," referred at one time to any
one who fell into a deep rut in the
forest. When the deer run wild in
the forest they frequently cut deep
gullies among the trees, due to their
constantly running backward and for
ward over the same ground. The cuts
SO made in the forest were known
as deer scrapes, and It sometimes
happened that a woodman fell into
them, sometimes to his great danger,
for they were frequently quite deep.
Hence the phrase ITO get into a
scrape' originally meant to fall into
q deer scrape.
The Tupelo journal., 1913-12-12
INTERNATIONAL.
SUyDNSCnOOL
LESSON
(By E. o. SELLERS, Director of Evening
Department, The Moody Bible Institute.
Chicago.)
LESSON FOR DECEMBER u
THE SIN OF AcHAN.

LESSON TEXT-Joshua 7:e-15. Read
Joshua chapters Til.
GOLDEN TExT-"Be sure your sin will
find you out."-Num. 1928.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-01-26
iIScs of the Plantsf7,

The MAINTAIN is one of those articles
of food which are at once cheap ana
very health giving. It's cultivation Is
ineypcnsive, and sWampy places are
it's natural home Its uses are many
No part of the tree is without its bene
fit in the economy of life. Its leaves
serve the purpose of plates and dishes
The ripe fruit is eaten with relish
The flower. the stem. the green fruit
are all constituents of the vegetable
curry Very fine cloth is manllinctur
ed from its fiber In Bengal there ar"
about thirty varieties of plnntnin trees
each one Of which has a Spccnl use
physical. religions or medicinal. MOI
much skill or science is required in
planting the tree. and once it. has
taken root it dies pretty hard. AS II
manure for fields not very favorable
for the growth of other plants and
trees the roots and withcred leaves of
The plantain are almost unsnrpaSsHhle
1t will grow anywhere. and it has
been calculated that - modest Hindu
family can jog Oh fairly we'll on the
sale proceeds of the daily yield of a
plaintain field covering quite II small
Irpa
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-01-26
TRACE ALPHABET FAR BACK
seIief That It Had Its Origin With;
the Phoenicians Proved 20 Be- \ i:
"a Wrong One. WI IyG3fpl

In q lecture at the Royal instithte
Prof. Flinders Pietrie attacked, the
long accepted theory that the origin Of
the alphabet is to be found in Phoen
cha, whence 1t came from Rssy ptiap'
hieroglyphics. ,a,ti pn|a. t.stjt Ne,s,
According to Professor Petrie.' xhsi
researches of the last twenty years
have shown that signs were earlier
than pictures and that it was the sign
that survived to become the alpha
and beta of one civilization and the
A B c of another.
Just as the philologist had discov-
cred one entire system of languages,
SO the alphabetarian had discovered
In the diversity of alphabets an orig
inal prototype of ali. In Professor
Petrie's words, "The Phoenicians are
people of yesterday compared with
those who wrote the signs that are
the origin of all alphabets."
1t was to pottery, said the profess
sor, that Psychologists and others
were indebted for these signs. and
their development was worked out on
these lines. Flatnose made pot and
put a mark on it to show that it was
his. In time. because it was his mark.
the sign stood for Flatnose himself
and then the sign became attached to
a sound irrespective of the thing it.
self Gradually the wearing down
went on until the sign stood, not for
a sound, but syllable, and then for
letter.
The signs, of course, were not an
alphabet; tlrA did not arrive until
perhaps 1000 B. c., whereas signs
were found in early prehistoric Egypt.
probably 1000 B. c. Proofs Of this
common origin were plentiful, for the
signs spread by trade far north and
south, and appeared similarly in
Runic, Iberian and Harlan. and yet
were unknown in Phoenician.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-01-26
NAVAL GUN TELESCOPES.
Device That Made Possible Accurate
Long Range Firing.

Long Range Firing.
1t was about the year 1885 that the
telescope was first tested in commune
ton with the firing of modern gun.
The tremendous concussiOn broke the
lens. however. so that in order to Use it
ut all the telescope had to be detached
from the gun before firing. thereby
cntailing loss of several seconds i'll
time after aim had been taken.
Later, 10 obviate this defect. the
telescope was adjusted to the axis Of
the gu;: by system Of parallel arms
moving up and down in unison with
the gun. though detached from it, This
of course was great improvement,
but there were still grave practical de-
fectS.
Well. along in the early nineties Hen
~ {. Muslin. II young midShiDman at
Annapolis. lean faced and square Of
jaw. built like Il medium sized Her
cuics. quiet hammered. but bulldog in
the football field. interested himself in
the study of optics. Naturally enough.
his thoughts We're directed to the: de
fcctive lenses OF the gun telescopes.
The lenses broke when the guns were
fired: therefore it was necessary to in
vent II nonl,rcnkablc lens
One day years later. while station
ed in Washington. Muslin called IL few
Of. his brother officers to- the window
near his desk OF, the second floor Of 4
building in the navy yards. lie show
ed them lens with metal band
''Shrunk" around its circumference
Then lie opened the window and de
liberatcly threw the lens with all his
might upon the brick pavement be-
low Tho others knew of his pet hob
by and thought he had given it up in
disgust and had taken this way Of tell
ing them so. But he out Oh his hat, lit
a cigarette and babe them follow him
He led them down the stairs amid con.
siderable Joking and out to the spot
where the lens lay on the pavement.
The glass was unbrOken. The one
great defect Of the telescope sight had
been overcome. and Muslin had mad"
possible the long range gunncry OF
the modern navy. The thud of the 1T
tie glass disk with its metal collar
upon the brick pavement was the sig
nal for the nations to begin to build
their Dreadno,gl}ts.--A merican Maya
zine
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-01-26

COleridge was Il marvellous talller.
One morning when Hookham frere
also brcallfnstcd with me CoeridGr
talked for three hours without inter
mission about poetry and so admirably
that wish every word he uttered had
been written down. But sometimes his
harangues We're quite unintelligib!p
not only to myself. but TO others
Wordsworth and called upon him one
afternoon when he was in lodging eff
Pail Mall. He talked nnintcrrnptcd!l
for about two hours. during which
Wordsworth listened to him with pro
found attention. every now and then
nodding his head as If in assent. On
quitting the lodging said to Words
worth: well for my part, could no1
make head or tail of Coleridge's ora
ton. Pray did You understand it?
Not one syllable of it," was Words
worth's reply.-''l'amons Houses and
Literary Shrines of London"
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-01-26
ADDED TO THE GOOD TIME
Bear Story Though Short, Was a
! Thing Of Consequence to Those
W. Silent Mountaineers.

! There were six sta)wart pioneers
who settled in Upshur county, West
Virginia, long before the war. when
there wasn't "a stick amiss" and
hunting was good. They were brothers
and their name was Phillips.
Each fall after hog-liiling time
they held family reunion. at which
a feast fit for the gods was partaken
of in silence, except for the blessing,
which was always asked by the eld-
est brother. They did not believe In
much talk or levity. When they spoke
1t was usually In monosyllables. After
dinner they would sit around the big
log fireplace, tilted back in split bot
tom chairs. and smoke their corncob
pipes In silence until it was time to
go home and do the chores. s
At one of the reunions something
OF unusual interest Occurred-one OF
the boys told bear story. While
sitting around the fire smoking one
of the brothers pushed up his sleeve.
exposing q badly lacerated arm. The
five gazed at it in respectful silence
IOT u lew uIOIlSulo. Aci experience
In the mountains told them that their
brother had hand to hand fight
with bear. One of them opened the
ensuing dialogue with:
"Um-mph-bar?"
"Yeaah."
Wharf"
"Over thar" Jerking his thumb
back over his shoulder in the direc-
ton of Beech mountain.
After this bear story of five words
they smoked in silence until 1t was
time to go home. For months after
that reunion they would remark to
visiting neighbors that they had "a
powerful fne time at Eben's re-
union"
It was remarkable, because they
had had bear story in addition to
the blessing, which was powerful
lot of talk for these silent men. a't
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1913-01-26
When Eloouence Didn't Work.


There is such a thing as being too
eager, as witness the following re-
mark:
YES" said the statesman, Il de-
featcd myself by my own elo'
quence once"
How was that?"
II was a candidate for the nominal
ton to congress, and got up and
made speech to the convention. In
which just naturally flung Old Glory,
with a capital o and capital &, to
the breeze in so enthusiastic a man.
ner that l took the house by storm.
l dilated on the greatness of our
country and on the responsibilities OF
the man who should be called to
make its laws. till one old fellow from
back county got up and said that
l had convinced him that 1t was too
big job for so young man as was
to tackle, so he moved that the con-
vertion nominate a man of more ex'
perience; and, by gee, they did IT.