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The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-01

Or, take another very general New Years
resolution, that of getting up at a certain time
IN the morning. When the day dawns, any rea-
son whatever is grasped at to evade this. The
weather is too cold, the alarm was not loud enough,
ne is sure his watch is fast, he doesn't really
feel well enough to risk getting up earlier than
usual, and, after all, he asks himself, is there
any real reason why he should? A thousand-and-
one excuses the average individual will make to
himself rather than perform what he has designed
to do. The world is full of wobblers of this kind,
and the more they wobble the weaker they be-
come.
Another reason perhaps why the average reso-
lution-makers so seldom achieve their purpose is
that they attempt too much. They make two,
three, sometimes six resolutions at once, whereas
to carry through one resolution successfully ia
quite an admirable feat.
AS Thomas a Kempis says;
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-01

In a communication to the New
York World A. ]. Casserly of Jersey
City, N. j., writes as follows:
! read with considerable interest
your editorial Some Native Sons
In these days of criticism of hyphen-
ated citizens your reference to a class
OF citizens which is content to be
plain, pure, simple Americans, FUR
nishes some food for serious thought.
You have rightly said that 'one of
the strongest of their racial character
istics is devotion to country and
home" This virtue has been mani
fest long prior to and since the days
OF Jethro of the land of INDIAN. His
tory reports the view that the black
man has always proven true to home
and country.
God forbid that the great mass OF
American Negroes should boast u1r
seeInly of our fo%refathers' devotion
and worth. or of their own. Pre-ems.
nenrly on the pages of history is en-
blazoned the fact that in no crisis han
the black man been found wanting In
devotion to right or in seeking OUT
and supporting the truth as it was
given to him to know it.
Apropos of this discussion, it may
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-01

If he Booker Washington seemed
to underemphasize the difficulties
growing out of external political ant
social restriction, It was rather due Il
his unceasing cry that the kingdom
of power and wealth and dignity car
rest anally only on spiritual achieve
ment, s%elf-control, foresight, thrift, the
practice of the common virtues. Nc
breaking out of the outer bonds car
alone free the spiritual slave.
No n could hear him with an open
mind, however, and fail to realize that
his message was equally applicable tc
the white race. No one could fail to
realize that he saw the weakness Of
his white neighbors and felt the bit
terness of the political and social re
strictions enforced by the whites.
Booker 7. Washington was, how.
ever, always more than a Negro
nobly human within his race--aud be-
of this, the simple people of his
W race, the ho~nest-hearted of both
races, heard and followed. He had
many great human qualities of leader
ship, of organizing capacity. of ora
torical power, and Of imagination. But
his contribution is richer because of
gifts peculiar to his people. That rare
humor, the exquisite sense of anoth-
er's feeling that is the basis of social
power, rich vocabulary, high emotion
al appeal! American life would be so
enormously enriched If we thought in
terms of what colored people can do
instead of what they must be prevent
ed from trying to do!
And SO his contribution to the think
ing of the white South has not always
been clear. Though the least thought
full realized that he was not a COM
mon Niger" to be called Booker"
they did not always arrive at the
point of recognizing the dignity of the
mar by calling him mister" but they
could find a middle path by calling
him professor" For thousands of
white persons that short step is the
first advance in the direction of free
ing their own spirits. For, of course,
the race or caste feeling is a band
tight about the spirits of the white
South, to many of whom Booker T..
Washington gave the first glimmering
n of their Owl bondage.
For these, his service is ~incalculable,
n to be measured, and to be
recognized only gradually and by rela-
lively few. And yet, as the nation
could not live half bond and half free
in the days of political slavery, so in
the days to come the spiritual bonds
of prejudice are to be broken from
the white South, as those to which he
called attention are to be stricken from
the black South. Only when both are
removed will either be wholly free
Sophonisba P, Breckenridge In the
Survey.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-01

schools has decreed an o~ld-fashioned
huskirg bee for every schoolhouse in
her district. Improvement and in
creas of the school Libraries is the
purp'se for which funds are being
sought.
rsw hospitals in civilized lands can
equal the record OF the hospital for
ey' troubles carried on by II. 7. Hoi-
laid OF ShikarpNr. India. In one month
10 operations. largely for cataract.
Ware performed IN this institution.
Sven hundred out-patients are some
fles treated In a single day.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-01
OUT OF THE ORDINARY

A state lunch in China comprises 146
dishes.
There are 692 pawnbrokers' shops
within a radius of ten miles from the
Royal Exchange in London.
Mrs. Catherine Roberts OF Rich
mond. Mo-. is cutting her third set
OF teeth at the age of seventy-six. The
teeth appear I be well developed, and
1t is thought she win have a full set
when the ordeal Is past.
A Ksnsas county superintendent Of
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-01
Did II Ever Occur to You?

Why do you lick the postage
stamp" one woman was heard to ask
another at the post office the other
afternoon. The obvious reply was. OF
course, to make it behave itself on
the letter. but this was not made The
other woman simply looked up in sur
prise and remarked: why not?" Il
Always moisten the orner of the en-
vaoDe instead" was the response. Il
do not like the taste of the mucilage
on the stamp. It may be as sanitary
as the envelope corner. but it doesn't
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-01

There are about APT Negro schools
in the United States, other than ele-
mentary public schools and public high
schools, or those in any sense under
government and state control. OF
these, 81 are put down as colleges and
universities. All but three of the fifty
are avowedly UNCONVENTIONAL. OF
the 16 institutions for Negro women
only all but three are accredited to
some denomination. OF the 354 nor
NAL, industrial and private schools all
but so are reported as UNCONVENTIONAL.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-01
Corn Clubs In Brazil

me cornclub idea, which was received with SO much arthMfasm NV
Aamereah schooboys' las recently been introduced in Brazil The minister
ol asrcutur OF lat country considers it a splendid means Of ncreasAg the
sScOaas Ss crop. n with the help of the department of commerce Aas
succeeued IN starting yer 800 boys corr clubs during the past wear
d bulletins Of ur W department OF agriculture dealing with M ooA
cmp movement have been translated into Portuguese fol- the beneh, of taY
Doys OF Brazil and have done a great deal toward making the exueriment
uccess. Already the clubs have accomplished encouraging results, Al ina
nA nraman con exposition held att Sac Paulo recently, under the auspices
OF te National Society of Agriculture. many boys wsro awarded prizes for
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-01

taste so well. and I'd rather risk the
envelope than the stamp. So / lick
that instead" Its a good idea," re-
piled the other. And thereupon she
proceeded TO do 1t, although she had
already applied her tongue to the
stamp to moisten It. But she had the
satisfaction of knowing she did it her
way as well as the way OF her friend.
Lawrence Telegram.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-01

not be amiss to refer to the agitation
OF a few years ago, begun by loyal
American Negroes, for participation
In the National Guard service of the
country. l submit that no just rea-
son may be advanced why there
should not be in every state of this
Union colored regiments or battal-
ions connected with the National
Guard system. To such a program
the a and file of American Negroes
would, ignoring past rebuffs, uncondi-
tionally subscribe.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-01

Liverpool has the worlds largest
dry dock. 1920 feet long and 1855 wide
at the water line, the only one in the
world large enough to receive $4,000
ton liners.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-01

The bark OF a cactus growing wild
IN western Mexico has been found to
contain enough resin after the death
OF the plant to make its utilization
practicable.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-01

An electrically operated tremolo at
tachment for stringed instruments has
been invented which produces the de-
sired effects when buttons are pressed.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-01

American manufacturers of lead
pencils now have the business of the
faS East practically to themselves.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-01

A specially designed reflector en-.
abies a new projecting lantern to pro.
duo about 100000 candlepower by
using a 1,OOO-watt. nitrogen-hlled in.
%candescent lamp.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-01

Finishing of the new Canadian gov-
eminent grain elevator at Calgary
marks the completion of the chain Of
government elevators between the
Great Lakes and the Rocky noun
tains, those at Saskatoon and Moose
jaw being in operation now.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-01

The first president born in the Uni
ted States of America after the sign.
ing of the Declaration of ~Independ-
ence and the establishment of nation
al unity was Martin Van Buren,, who
was born in the state of New York
in 1882.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-01

The flag pole on top of a tower on
a e York hotel has been SO mount,
ed that 1t a be lowered into a tubu,
lar casing for painting or repairing.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-01
AER0-AMER!CAN CULLINCS

Persons interested in the education
of the colored youth in Washington
recently had an opportunity to see a
q~uadruplex exhibit showing what is
being done in the way of training
colored boys and girls. The fourfold
exhibit was at the Miner Normal
school, Georgia avenue and Euclid
street, northwest. The greater por-
ton OF it was work done ON the play.
grounds during the summer; added to
this were models showing dairy, water
supply, housekeeping and other meth
DDS. sanitary and insanitary. The re-
naming two phases we're in one sense
mo- an exhibit of a formal nature. be-
ing only the regular arrangement OF
material for study by students at the
normal school and included the
courses in domestic and other sci.
ences, such as botany, zoology and
psychology. Interested persons were
made welcome at the school and
shown the exhibits and school equip
ment.
No group of the exhibit was more
interesting, probably, than the display
of playground work. This represent
ed all of the industrial activities of
the FIVE colored school grounds under
Miss Anita J. Turner. Service is
ths motto for all work turned out
that is, it must be of a character and
structure that allows it's use.
Fol instance, on display were all
sorts of baskets, well made and at
tractive'T colored; pocketbooks,
crochet ed sacks and bootees, aprons,
little dresses, collars, doilies, hats,
napkin rings and hammocks. Several
girls attending the play cehters
brought their dolls and dressed them.
Flay aprons for children were made
by the youngsters and decorated with
subjects dear to the hearts of little
ones-the three bears, the COW that
jumped over the moon, rabbits. birds,
camels, elephants and Mother Goose.
One especially attractive display
was for table use 1t included a cen
terpiece adapted for the joint use of
flowers and fruit; doilies, reed nap
kin rings and coasters.
Because of the lack of money for
material, work of this sort is limited.
1t is hoped that congress will appro-
pirate a sum for carrying it on, so that
the maintenance money no longer
will have to be raised through enter
tainments and other similar means.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-01

resolutions
an to keep
Ips why New
ire so often
do not wait for
days to amend
ry out their re-
Goethe's dictum:
minute,
eniGs, power and
it,
large army of peo-
Year before e~ffecting
, are seldom success
intentions. They are
of energy anG resolu-
evement 1t may be
make good resolutions,
OF carried out, than not
This is open to question.
is absolutely determined
creed, it is perhaps on the
make promises to oneself.
ontinually repeated. tend to
n, and to reduce ones faith
resolutions put into practice
rength and self-confdence.
to overbalance the resolutions
rson. in fact, many people wei.
e to eXonerate them from tbe
their resolves. One Individual
US say, never to lose his temper.
n on New Years morning with a
his face. Alas! it is short.lived.
'orid seems in conspiracy to drag
MS FORMER frame of mind. The cof.
the letters which look so allurIng
; chiefly bills and begging epistles. he
the doorstep as he leaves the house.
minor annoyances, which, if rightly
ID nave helped him to conquer his weak.
rye but to throw him back into his
state, and before evening he is as bad
r he has been.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-01

Italy exports from $4,000, 900 to 81.
VVO,OoO worth of human hair annu-
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-01

There are about 10000 cremations
each year in the United States. The
nrst crematory was established in
1876 and during the eight succeeding
years only rs human bodies were
cremated.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-01

Viha dollars" bring one cent zach
in New York.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-01

70 Remove Paint.
To remove paint from glass rue
with hot vinegar.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-01

Mrs. Susan Gillies, a Negro WON.
an, who, according to the claim of her
relatives, was born a slave, on a plan
tation in Virginia lis a ago, died
at her home, 571 Classon e
Brooklyn. The aged Negress lived
with her daughter, Mrs. Julia Thorn
as, eighty-four years of age, and her
great-granddaughter, Mrs. Ella Alb
bolt. Five generations of Mrs. Gil
lies family attended her funeral.
Mrs. Thomas was very positive as
to the age of her mother. She de-
clared that she was born in the year
1900, at Peterborough, Va, on the Pc
terson plantation, and lived in servi-
tude with the Peterson family until
1858. Mrs. Thomas declared that her
mother often told her of visits paid
to the plantation by James Monroe
before and after his terms as presi-
dent of the United States. Mrs. Thorn
as was born on the same plantation
and she also lived in slavery until
1868.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-01-01

OF youth into old age. There is wisdom in ad.
justing oneself to time. to Proht by past expert.
ences. and to acquire that Gense OF proportion
which refuses to magnify tribes into tragedies,
and to worry over the Inevitable.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-05-19
AN OLD RECIPE
TO DARKEN HAIR
SAGE TEA AND SULPHUR TURNS
GRAY, FADED HAIR DARK
AND GLOSSY.

Almost everyone knows that Sage
Tea and Sulphur. properly compound
ed brings back the natural color and
lustre to the hair when faded, streak
ed or gray. Years ago the only way
to get this mixture was to make 1t at
home, which is mussy and trouble
some.
Nowadays we simply ask at any
drug store for ''Wyeth's Sage and
Sulphur Compound" You will get .
large bottle of this old time recipe irn-
proved by the addition OF other i'm
gradients for about SO cents. Every
body uses this preparation now, be-
cause no one can possibly tell that
you darkened your hair. as it does it
so naturally and evenly. You damp
en- a sponge or soft brush with it ana
draw thist through your hair. taking
one small strand at a time; by morn
ing the gray hair disappears, and att
er another application or two, your
hair becomes beautifully dark. thick
and glossy and you look years young
err Wyeth's Sage ana sulphur Com
pound is a delightful toIiet requisite
1t is not intended for the cure, miti-
cation or prevention Of disease.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-05-19
Shearing is Going
on Again and Run
Expected to Grow

PORTLAND, Ore, May 19.-There
was fair increase in the movement
of sheep to the North Portland yards
from willamette valley points over
night and the trend OF the trade was
uniformly good.
Shearing operations ali through the
northwest have been resumed and it
is believed that within a short time
the general movement to market will
start, although total shipments in this
direction are expected to be smaller
than normal. because Of the extreme
price of wool.
A recent advice in the Lakeview
Examiner says that reports which are
being brought in from Warner valley
and the lava beds are to the effect
that all the sheepmen in those sec
tons Of Lake county are making ex-
cellent landings. William OtKeefe,
who is in the employ of W K. Verling
was an arrival the first of the week
from Warner and states that condi-
tons there are the best Lambing has
started and so far the results have
been excellent The weather has been
such that few losses are reported.
Dick Lacy came in from the lava
beds Sunday and says that most Of
the bands there have finished with
lamblng. The weather was ideal and
numbers of the flocks lambed close
to 100 per cent.
With the prices of wool at present
prevailing. II will indeed be pros
porous year for the sheepmen. In re-
gard to the wool situation. a telegram
received yesterday by the Examiner
from crimmins. Pierce & Co. of Bos-
ton states Very little change in do
nestle situation since last week. The
London market has closed very strong
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-05-19
QUIT MEAT WHEN
KIDNEYS BOTHER
TAKE A GLASS OF SALTS HI YOUR
BACK HURTS OR BLADDER
TROUBLES OU.

No man or woman who eats meat
regularly can make mistake by
flushing the kidneys occasionally, says
a well known authority. Meat forms
uric acid which excftes the kidneys
they become overworked from the
strain, get sluggish and fail to filter
the waste and poisons from the blood.
then We get sick. Nearly all rheuma-
tism, headaches, liver trouble, ner-
vousness. dizziness. sleeplesness ana
urinary disorders come from sluggish
kidneys
The moment You feel a dull ache in
the Kidneys or your back hurts or II
the urine is cloudy. offensive. full OF
sediment, irregular OF passage or at
tended by a sensation Of scalding,
stop eating meat and get about four
ounces of Jad Salts from any phar-
macy; take a tablespoonful in a glass
Of water before breakfast and in a
few days your kidneys will act fine
This famous salts Is made from the
acid of grapes and lemon juice, COM
bined with llthia, and has been used
for generations to flush and stimulate
the kidneys, also to neutralize the
acids in urine so II no longer causes
irritation, thus ending bladder weak
ness.
Jad Salts is inexpensive and cannot
injure: makes delightful efferves-
cent lithia water drink which every
one should take now and then to keep
the kidneys clean and active and the
blood pure, thereby avoiding serious
kidney complications.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-05-19

Just take your shoes off and then
put those weary, shoe-crinkled, aeh-
ing, burning, corn-pestered, bunion
tortured feet of yours IN a ''Tiz' bath.
Your toes will wriggie with joy
they'll look up at you and almost talk
and then they'll take another dive in
that "Tiz" bath.
When your feet feel like Jumps OF
lead-all tired out--just try 'Tiz, "
It's grand-it's glorious. Your feet
will dance with joy; also you viii
find all pain gone from corns. cal
louses and bunions.
There's nothing like ''Tiz." It's the
only remedy that draws out all the
poisonous exudations which puff up
youU feet and cause foot torture.
Get a 25 cent box or ''Tiz" at any
drug or department store-don't wait
All! how glad your feet get; how COM
Portable your shoes feel You can
wear shoes a size smaller II you de-
sire.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-05-19
Cereal Trade in
General is Quiet

PORTLAND, Ore, May 19-There
is a very quiet tone in the local cereal
trade Talk of further oats business
being offered by the government can
not be confirmed from any of the
leading dealers who nave supplied the
government with oats for many years
1t begins to look as if some one with
liberal stocks of oats on hand is trying
to manipulate the market upward in
an effort to make the holders of the
government contract pay dearly for
their supplies.
So far as can be ascertained, there
is fair business showing In oats at
northwest points, but none of this can
be traced to government delivery
Chicago market showed signs of
weakness for wheat at the start oil
the days trade. despite the damage
reports coming from the southwest.
Liverpool cash wheat was a shade
weaker with prices unchanged to Id
lower than on Wednesday. Broomhall
cabled that the oats market continues
TO rule very firm with arrivals moder-
ate and Platte shipments going largely
to the continent, as ship owners are
not allowed to load freely, giving pref
erence to wheat and corn Spot de-
mand good and parcels firmly held.
South Australia will have moder-
ate wheat crop. General acreage will
be short.
Austro- Hungary crop prospects poor
with acreage reduced.
ia-Arrangements are being
made for expectation via Archangel
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-05-19
BEAUTY PARLORS
IN POUND.

The following described animals
have been taken up by the Marshal
OF the City OF Pendleton. to-wit:
One bay horse, about II years old
no brand visible.
II said animals are not claimed by
the owners or those entitled to the
possession, of them. costs and ex-
penses against them paid and they ta-
ken away within ten days from the
date hereof. then at o'clock p m.
OF the 2sth day Of May 1915, the
said animals will be sold to the high
est bidder. at public auction. for cash,
at the City Pound, on w. webb street,
at the Roundup Feed Barn. in said
City OF Pendleton. the proceeds Of
ouch sale 10 be applied to the pay.
ment Of such costs and expenses OF
making sale.
Dated this 18th day OF May. 1915.
T. B. GURDANE,
City Marshal.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-05-19

NOTICE OF PAYMENT OF CITY OF
PENDLET0N IMPROVEMENT BONDS,
Notice is hereby given that City Of Pen.
dleton Improvement Bend No. I, Series o.
will be paid upon presentation thereof to
the undersigned at the American National
Bank. Pendleton. Umatilla County, Oregon
interest on said Bond ceases June 1, 1916
Dated May 6. 1915
LEE M00RH0USE.
Treasurer, City of Pendleton.
BY VIM. Mlckelsen. Deputy.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-05-19

for both United Kingdom and the
continent Weather is warm Export
shipments are moderate.
Italy Foreign arrivals are liberal.
both from Argentine and America.
This wheat is meeting ready absorption
as reserves are light. Further pur-
chases will be necessary.
Flour-Selling price: Patent, $500:
Willamette valley, $4.SO; local straight
$4.6O@6; bakers local, $4.8O052O;
Montana spring wheat, s6.1O; exports,
s4.50Q4.7O; whole wheat, s6.e5;
graham, $40; rye flour, 1896 per
barrel.
Hay Buying price: Willamette
valley timothy fancy, $40; eastern
oregon-Idaho fancy timothy, S21@
22; vetch and oats, SIS; clover, SIC.
Grain sacks--1916 nominal M. /
Calcutta, 13 IL; 5-Sc in carlots;
less amounts are higher.
Rolled oats-$6.5O06.75 per barrel.
Rolled barley-sS1.50@3259 per
ton
The rise and fall Of the waves on
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-05-19
SECOND HAND DEALERS.

v. sTRoBLE. DEALER IN NEW
and second hand goods. Cash
paid for all secondhand goods bought
Cheapest place in Pendleton to hu,
household goods. Come and get ou
prices. 219 e. Court street Phone
271W.