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The evening world., 1916-10-18

The New forh E'euing word.l
w /HEN Mr.. Jarr CAME home the
w other evening Mrs. Jarr met
her husband NJ the door and
saA; MRS. Stryver's mother Is In
there and by there" and the in
clinntion OF her head indicated the
Jars front room. ''and she's the aw-
fullest old crank I ever met!"
whats she doing visiting usf'
asked Mr.. Jarr. why, tits too much
honor for ones so humblel"
"oh. you stop your nonsense" said
Mrs. Jarr. sharply. Il was calling on
the Stryvers and Mrs. Stryver suE
gcsted that, as her mother. VINO was
visiting her FROM Boston. had never
be5. IN a Nat, II might interest her
to bring her over. or course. she
tried to act as 10 II were not n sluT
when she said II. Her mothers never
been in New York b~efore-always
thought herself too good for II, I sup
pose. and. besides, as Mrs. StryveT
said, after having lived in Boston, nc
! other place could possibly be OF any
interest I o her mother"
"what did you bring her over for,
them" asked Mr.. Jarr. IL wouldn't
cater to these con%descending old
dames!"
"oh. she isn't co~ndescendins 50
much; she's simply an old crank and
nothing interests her. replied Mrs
Jarr. And she's got lots OF money
and I thought she might get interested
In tho children"
Has sheI' asked Mr.. Jarr.
NO. | had 10 send them out.
told Willie to kiss hor and he natly
refused. and little Emma said she't
do II for ten cents
well. ten cents is n lot OF none,
To a child said Mr.. Jarr. But VIII,
are we afflicted with this visitation
what did you bring her over for2"
Mrs. Stryver was In a state o
nerves, her mother always getting he
that way. Mrs. Stryver Is really from
a good family. Tor, as | told you, he
mother is from Boston; but Mr.
Stryver Is a vulgar upstart. An
Mrs, Stryver has been very nice I
US. and why shouldn't she be2 We'r
better than they are. with all thel
} money"
So Mr.. Jarr was led in to face
very Old. very irascible and very ugi
old lady. Charmed to meet you,
murmured Mr.. Jarr. $50 o FIN
: New York different from Boston,"
: Boston nuthin'. I'm from Chicag,
and II Louisa Stryver don't stop per
tending TO be what l amt n wins
she amt I'll pack up my buds and q
baokl We're from Chicago. and m
husband made his money in hogs. an
he's lead. and 7 ain't ashamed of hir
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Letters From the People

chased for. II has to be taken as the
cost per cent. plus the gain per cent.
Example: An article purchased for so
cents Is sold for rs cents; cost, so cents
II 100 per cent; gain, difference be-
tween cos and selling price, is .5
cents. which is one-half OF the cost
or % per cent; therefore the selling
price IL $50 per cent.
IL. r. DIS statement In egard 10 30
cents cost and 81 selling price, thai
the gain Is 30 per cent, Is easily
proven Incorrect. II is evident that
a gain OF 80 cents was made. nov
he state that the glin is so por cent =.
so per cent. OF the cost should give the
gain. " gives rs cents, whereas /,
should be so cents 100 per cent. of the
cost IN 80 cents, which is the gain
therefore 100 per cent. must be cor
rect.
Any book on commercial arithmetic
will give ", II. ID. the above informL
tion and IA lot more that II would 40
him good 10 know. TIP =
The evening world., 1916-10-18
Lives That Prove Democracy
By Nixola Greeley.Smith
No. VI.%odn Of Arc.

old. Joan. guided by the voioss. apursA
TO the Governor Of VGucouieurs Tar -
escort 10 take her to the Dauphin. n
was not until February OF the follow
ing. year that her e~ntreaties pro-
vailed over the Goveruor's very ~
urai incredulity. and. accomnanied
oy an escort he provided, she sst cut
70 meet the Deuphin. who was 81
The Dauphin's fortunes we're saI>u
u their iowest abb. But svso tie
most superstiuous among his follow
ers wero not inclined to believe tAss
help could come to him from - Oponk.
Drained peasant girl who had sssu q
vision" II was after many rabuffS
hat Joan wal admitted TO the pros-
ence ofths Dauphin. whom she rsooe.
nizcd at onos. though he had sousht
to confuse her by standing WITH a
group OF courtiers. Following thu IN
cident law schools and eoclesisstIcs
were called uDon 10 dec'te whcthsr
Joan's mission was from heaven Or
from the devil.
Bring mo to Orleans ana yeu ALI
see" she said over and over.
Finally her prayer was granted, she
mander and a special suit OF srmor
was made for her. II had bean 8
vealed to her that q sword would Be
found by sending to q church At
Fferbois. This was done, and TIE
sword discovered. Toward the end Of
April Joan of Arc and Z few follow
ers entered the besieged city secretly.
by water. The peasaat sri. who had
exchanged a shepherds crook for q
sword. announced her arrival 20 the
English by a herald calling upon
them TO begone or she. La Puoails
1.-THE maid). would slay them.
The French garrison, led By Joan.
drove the English back. The victory
at Orleans was followed by another
at Troyes. and three months latar
Charles VII. was crowned King 10
Rheims Cathedral, and France, Loaf
by Isabel Of Bavaria, was saved By
O virgin from Lorraine.
II Is said that Joan. knowing that
the prophecy had been fulfilled,
wished to return to her sheep. UhN
was not permitted 20 do 20. Her
father. jacques D'Arc. was onnoblsd
and the family land declared free OF
all taxes forever.
Joan continued at the head Of the
Kings armies. But her star had
waned. Fortune no longer crowned
her banner. and she was captured by
the Burgundians In 1890 and sold BY
them to the English. The King OF
England authorized her trial for sor-
Gerry, and she was convicted and con =
demned to be burned at the stake In
! Rouen. On May 80. 1881. this hort.
BILE sentence was carried out,
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by civil war. which ragged abou the
Dauphin. who afterward became
Charles VII. In that day the King
was not equally sovereign over all
France. Powerful dukes disputed his
right to rule them. and when Joan
Jaw the vision which called her TO
lead tho armies OF the Dauphin the
c~ontending factions were known 90
the Armasnacs and the Rurgundians.
the Armagnacs fighting for Charles.
Each side In turn called upon the
armie, Of England to night Its bat
ties. and Henry V. Of England-biun
Prince Hal-took advantage OF the
warning dukes OF Orleans and Bur
gundy TO conquer tho country for
Meantime n slender. blue-eyed little
girl. tending her fathers sheep on
The hillsiGes of Lorraine. "A little girl
who could neither read nor write,
pondered, her rough hands caresslns
the neyy-born lambs, the words OF a
prophecy which she heard her peas
| ant father and mother discuss
"Erance, lost by a woman, shall be
saved by a virgin from the frontiers
| of Lorraine" When she was thirteen
' wears old, Joan OF Arc saw her mrs.
vision. II was followed at intervals
by Others. And finally she heard a
voice. promising her the projection
| OF Heaven and calling upon her tc
take up arms. drive the foe before
her and crown the Dauphin King OF
France. In the Rheims Cathedral.
Now, in one way or another, al
human beings called to great deeds
see visions and hear voices. unseen
unheard OF common men. There are
persons who believe that the visions
OF Joan OF Arc were merely TN
haIl,lcinations of a hysterical girl
There are others who see in her thu
,nsniration OF God. Whatever th'
source of her vision, It armed an init
crate peasant girl with power ant
leadership.
The evening world., 1916-10-18
The Birth of the
Printing Press

A S to ths exact period Of tho origin
~ OF printing there 10 consider
able doubt. the photographers.
who never by any chance asree upon
anything under the sum-. being, as
usual. hopelessiy uncertain on this
subject. There Is but little question.
however, that the Chinese, pre-em-
nent among all other ancient peoples
In inventive genius. had produced
for several centuries before II was
known in Europe.
Block typing begins with an enter
prislng and resourceful gentleman
named Foong Taing. sometime during
the tenth century. the methods worked
out and put into effect by him being
| almost Identical with that used down
to the present time. The Chinese ap-
| pear to have carried the art of print
ing from the block to movable types
| during the thirteenth century. the
museums at Cairo and Alexandria
containing Corean books printed In
1917 from movable clay nv wooden
types. Yet the Chinaman, inventive
| but lacking in oil ages the faculty of
| progression, clung to the original
! block printing. metal types being used
mainly for translation of the Bible
and for newspapers.
Up to 1893 II was unanimously be-
iieved that Typography had been In
: vented at Strasburg by Gutenberg,
/ from whose press at Mainx emanated
! the famous Mazarin Bible printed in
Latin aud owned by Cardinal Ma
xarin. But In that year was pub
lished in the Cologne Chronicle a
| chapter on printing In which the
writer, while admitting that the art
was discovered at Mainz. Germany,
stated that the first preflguration be-
lonsed 10 Holland. Adraien de
Jonghe Of Antwerp, writing In 1888
tells how Lourenz Hanzoon or Coster
who in il4O vas living at Harlem,
took a walk through a park and cut
letters In the bark or a tree; that he
printed those letters on paper toi
the amusement OF children; hat he
subsequently, invented a printing ink
and began to print whole sheets, ht'
inventive genius carrying him or
first to leaden and then TO tin letters,
that among his workmen was on,
Johannes, who stole the type and es
capped to Mainz. where In lt4i IL
opened q workshop and published
with Coster's types the Doctrinate o
Gallus the Tractatus of Hispauis
For more than three centuries TIL
battle between the supporters of Cos
tsr, the Dutchman. and Gutenberg
the German. has waged with miol
bitterness and animus.
In 1852 the city OF Mainz wa
sacked, most OF the printers, In
GLIDING Gutenberg's stan. fleeing l.
other countries. BY the end Of tn
fifteenth century the bushes
founded by Gutenberg was carrie,
on In sixty places In Northern
Europe. twenty-one In the Neither
lands. thirty-one In italy. thirty on
In France, twenty-five in Spain an,
Portugal and two In England. tn
irst printing press in England wa
set up In lt77 by William Caxtor
The earliest press In North Americi
was In 1898 brought over TO Harvar
College. the first press In Philadel
phis being set ND In 1855, and In Net
Xork IN 1893.
The evening world., 1916-10-18
THE WHITMAN FAILURE.

O EEKING to parry Judge scaburyis thrusts at the extravaganza
Of the Whitman administration, the Governor declares:
We ar spending more money o u school children per
are getting returns We re spending more money on sgricuL
turo per capita than any other State. but . q result New
York 10 to-day the first agricultural State"
Good. But when did the Whitman administration insugurate
for the State Of New York the wise policy Of looking after its school
children or in what sense did the Whitman administration lay the
foundations Of the States agricultural pre- commence.
What have either Of these things to do with more immediate and
relevant facts-the fact, for instance, that Mr.. whitmans administra-
ton made q hopeless mess Of its first budget and saddled the State
with a needless 100000 900 direct State tar which proved a fitting
accompaniment Of legislative waste and extravaganza? And is not the
latter q more pertinent fact to consider at q moment when the tar
payers and voters Of the State are asked whether they mean to retain
st Albany . Governor who went there admitting he knew nothing
about State finances and who has found out little enough about them
Gness
when Gov. Whitman ran for Governor" declares Judge sesbury.
ne promised to do many things. Now that his administration is
nearly over we are aware that his administration Is responsible for no
great achievements, but on the contrary has been incompetent and
wssteful."
That is the way a constantly increasing number Of voters, ire
spsctve of party, have come to feel. Mr.. Whitman had a great chance
to be a Governor. He turned out to be only a politically ambitious
manipulator Of party forces working from the vantage point Of the
Governors office.
Albany has not improved, il, not likely to improve MI. Whit
man.. 1t would be in all why's against the interest of the State to
keep him there.
The evening world., 1916-10-18
AZ Arithmetic Lesso".

10 the Editor Of Ti,s Esenlns World
In reply TO II. II. D.'s statement In
The Evening World that II II mathe-
matioally impossible 10 make 100 per
cent. profit. I wish 10 say that be ~
on ON his arithmetic. A few rules
will show why.
Profit is the difference between the
cost and the selling price, as he statsa.
The per cent. OF profit Is always es-
timated On the cost. The cost Is taken
as 100 per cent.
IL an article is purchased for so
cents and sold for 81 II Is sold Cor
twice the cost. or 200 per cen. OF the
cost. The cost n 100 per cent the
selling price 200 per cent. the differ
euce. 100 per cent. represents the
profit. OF 10 cents Is the profit. &c
cents the cost, 90 plus 80 equals 100,
which Is 100 per cent.
The selling price IL never taken IA
10 per cent. except where an artic.s
- cold for the same amount ns pur.
The evening world., 1916-10-18
The First American M. ID.

governor OF South Carolina, q pon-
ton he retained until the Revoiutioa.
he accompanied the British troops
to England, where no resided dur
ing the remainder Of his life. Law
renee Bohum was the first physioian
In the English Colonies Of Amsrsoa,
arriving in 1910. and holding the post
ton OF physician general Of the COL
ony of Virginia for one year. HIS
SUCCESSOR. John Pot. was the 6vut
ns!neneat sssidsat HhyAalAa ~ -
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harder than ever.
S~146O00,O00 worth Of leather was exported from the United
States in the year ending last June Is against S57,OOO,00O in 1914.
Among our 1916 leather customers is new one, Italy, which has. taken
~s14,oooooo worth. ~20,oOO,O0O pairs of shoes have been shipped IRON
this country this year for the use Of the armies in Europe. The De-
partment Of Commerce report from which these figures are taken
notes also that the Chinese are giving up sandals and have bought
from us three times as many shoes this year as last.
Here it is again. While emergency prices can he counted on
abroad the claim Of the American consumer to the manufactured prod
ucts of his own country comes second. II there are shoes left or il
there is time to make more after foreign contracts have been tiled
American customers may have them-at continually advanced prices
Nor is it shoes alone. We should like to see American producers
in more than one class lined up and tested for their patriotism. With
how many Of them is it "Ameriea first? With how many; profit
first of alpp
The evening world., 1916-10-18
Fifty Boy and Girls
Famous in History
By Albert Payson Terhune

oswAa is - ne Ps PssaAas o. crs nv Ya rr~s WssO.
No. ALADY JANE GREY. The Little Girl Who Wac Queen.
HIS 10 the story Of Q helpless little girl who was used 10 Q pawn
In the Iron game Of statesmsnshp; and who. for ten bnsf days.
was Queen Of England.
King Of England; and she was daughter of the Duke Of Suffolk, Q con-
sdenceless old politician. Her father and pother felt no great interest
scarcely spoke TO her. and they made her treat them with humble rsvsr-
sce II such rare times as she chancsd to be in their presence.
Jane was affcctionste and gentle Her parents conusss out her ~
the heart To console herself she threw her whole energy into her studies
She had . wonderful mind. In q century when the average woman could
not read OF write. she was looked upon as q prodigy. The line Of study
that constituted higher education" in those days 70 shown By our
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The evening world., 1916-10-18

Joan OF Arc.
the peasan I
Strl who made
France a nation.
and whose name
oven to- day Is a
railying cry for
tho soldiers of
France. was born
at Domremy. In
Lorraine. IN iil..
She grew UP In
N country torn
The evening world., 1916-10-18
HE nrst native Of Ensn

-HE nrst native Of English
speaking America to receive the
degrees Of Doctor Of Medicine
was William Bull. who died In Lon
don Just q century and a quarter ago.
lie was born in South Carolina In
l7i0. and in his young manhood went
to Europe to study medicine. recsiv-
ing his M. ID. degree at Leyden.
He practiced his profession with
considerable ucces in his native
soiony. and In ifSa became iisuteuAnt
The evening world., 1916-10-18
Days Anniversary

MONG the hundreds OF Catholic


A MONG the hundreds OF Catholic
"A missionaries who persisted In
the wildernesses OF North
AmericR-many of whom suffered
martyrdom at the hands OF savasss
--one Is at last TO be honored by
Rome with the ceremony OF beatiaca-
tlon. according to report.
1t Is probable that Father Isaac
Jogues. when the process by which
he became Blessed Isaac Jogues has
been completed. will be accorded the
eighteenth of october in the Catholic
calendar. II was on that date. just
27O years g to-day. that he was put
to death by his redskin captors. At
Aurissville, ". Y, on the site where
the Mohawks carried out tho death
sentence upon the Jesuit missionary, a
shrine now stands which IL annually
visited by thousands OF pilgrims.
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Reflections of a Bachelor Girl
BY Helen Rowland

cmrs% ihS % ms Pres Pubu-hhs d. Ts rt E"enns wobp.
MAN Is perfectly satisfied with q photograph which does hin
justice"-but what q woman is looking for In a photograph is no
= justice but mercy
The evening world., 1916-10-18

FOUNTAIN pen caps have a way
of baking that often Is annoy
ing. The next time that hap
pens nut a rubber band around the
cap ana get a good hold. II Will turn
aASfiy.
The evening world., 1916-10-18

One consolation In marrying a bachelor v forty is that he has
fought so long and SO hard to escape the hook that by the time he is
caught thereis no more fight left In him.
Every bride fancies that she has married the original cave man
until she tries to persuade him to go out and argue with the furniture
movers.
After a few years in the trenches OF a foolish marriage, even a coward
rushes gladly to the hrngLnne of divorce.
A man goes through life searching for the woman who will be the
greatest inspiration to htm-and ends by marrying the one who is the
greatest enigma TO him. r.
Tho beauty specialist says. "Many a womans orowniug glory is an
other woman's hair"
Moderation Is the slken string running through the pear! chain OF
all pirtnes-BISHOPH HALL.
The evening world., 1916-10-18

Tho man with savoir faire may scintillate In a
crowd. but II takes a "bashful man to shine in a dim
coy corner, dearie.
After a few years in the rarined atmosphere Of q
%highbrow. It's swfully comforting to meet a man who
believes that a "picture' is anything In q frame. that
music is anything that Is played on a monograph.
but that q good dinner is a work Of art"
--
Nowadays Irritation Is merely the 'red-tape'
through which a man has to 90 before kissing a girl.
The evening world., 1916-10-18
WHY SHOES COST MORE.

re BEGIN to see why the price of shoe leather in this countl
w is rising TO heights that keep American families figurir
harder than ever.
The evening world., 1916-10-18
The J arr
Family
BY Roy l.. NIcCardell.

Copyright. 1919. By III. Press Publishing Co.
The New iork Etening WordD
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-01-13
ACID IN STOMACH
SOURS THE FOOD
SAYS EXCESS or HYDROCHLORlt
NCID IS CAUSE OF I\Dl-
GFSTION.

4 well-known authority states that
stomach trouble and Indigestion Is
nearly always due To acldity-aeii
stomach-and not as most folks he.
Feve. from a lack OF digestive juices.
He states that an excess of hydro
chluric acid in the stomach retaris
digestion and starts food fermentl-
tion, then our meals sour like gar
hage in can, frming acrid fluids
and gases which initiate the stmaCh
like toy balloon We then get that
heavy. lumpy feeling IN the chest we
cructate sour food, heich gas n
have heartburn. flatuleuce, water
hrash. or nausea.
He tells us to lay aside all digestive
aids and instead, get from any phar-
macy four ounces of iad salts and
take a tablespoOnfu IN glass Of
water before breakfast while it is ef-
fervescing and furthermore, to con
tinue this for one week While re-
lief follows the first dose. it is i'm
portant to neturalize the acidity. re-
move the gas-making mass, start the
liver stimulate the kidneys and thus
promote free flow or pure digestive
juices.
lad salts is inexpensive and is made
from the acid OF grapes and lemon
juice. combined with lithia and sodi-
nm phosphate. This harmless salts
Is used by thousands Of people for
stomach trouble with excellent re-
suits
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1916-01-13
IN OUND.

The following described animal has
been taken up by the marshal OF the
City of Pendleton, to-wit:
One white horse, two or three blue.
ish spots on him. Very old No
brand visible
II said animal is not claimed By the
owners or those entitled to the pos
session Of it, costs and expenses
against it paid and It taken away
within ten days from the date here
of, then at 2 o'clock p. m. Of the 18th
day of January. 1916, the said ami
NAL will be sold TO the highest bid
der, at public auction for cash, at
the city pound, on Cottonwood street.
in said city of Pendleton, the pro-
eeeds Of such sale to be applied to
the payment Of such costs and ex-
penses of making safe
Dated this 5th day OF January,
1915. ALEX MANNING.
City Marshal