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SUED ARTAXERXES FOR LIBEL P m Record of Babylonian Court Shows That Xenophon Was Peeved Over Published Article. We hasten to announce that Xeno phon. sued Artaxerxes for libel 5,000 years nco, alleging his good name had been damaged to the tune of 00 talents of silver by the publication of a de famatory article. The Minneapolis Tiilmne's reporter fell down woefully nn this story, that newspaper admits, and says: For the "scoop" we are In debted to nn Oxford professor, who got it from the records On an ancient tub let In the possession of the University of Pennsylvania. How the records came to be abstract ed from the Babylonian court files we have no opinion. We only surmise that the clerk may have been a ben com panion of Artaxerxes or that the man aging editor of the Babylonian, being the presiding genius over a yellow sheet, Instructed his courthouse man to filch the tablet In order to beat the Tidings to the story. Whether the defendant was a fore bear of I.ongimanus Artaxerxes, or Mnenon Artaxerxes or Ochus Ar taxerxes, the Persian kings who reigned from the fifth to the third utiiry beforo the Christian era, the tablet dole not Indicate, as It appears nly to hear the praecipe. Nor Is the Identity of the complainant clear. Ho couldn't have been the Greek chap who wrote the "Anabasis" because that Xenophon, If the histories are correct, was born about 2,W)0 years after this suit was filed. Yes, It must have been in the stone age that this bit of litigation was Mailed. If Artaxerxes settled out of court, or Xenophon had the suit dis missed on bis own account, the case was quite simple, but If It went to I rial before a jury, the licensed dray men of Babylon must have hail a busy Week hauling evidence around. Fancy counsel for (be prosecution having his henchmen move ten tons of stone to prove up on a dinky little point In tiie evidence I stur displayed the keenest interest. "That's fine," he enthused. "What Is It, Joey, a boy or a girl?" "Aw, gee," Joey returned with a contemptuous snicker, "they don't know yet. It only came last night." Little Russia, or Ukraine. Little Bnssla, or Ukraine, Is the re gion of the middle Dnieper valley, from the marshes of Plnsk to the cataracts below Ekaterlnoslav. It was con quered In the fourteenth century by Lithuania, and was long disputed be tween this power, Russia and Turkey. Between 1654 and 1686 all the Ukraine east of the Dnieper, and In 1703 the portion west of the river, passed under the rule of the czars. The population Is chiefly Little Russian, with a con siderable number of Moldavians. The Little Russians are of the Slavonic stock, but many years ago underwent a mixture with Turkish tribes. The Russian language belongs to the eastern branch of the Slavonic family. There are many dialects, but the pre dominant literary language is that of Moscow. The Naive Indexer. The librarian who Indexed Wilde's "Importance of Being Earnest" as the ology must hove been kin to the libra rlan of a public library In a certain Cornish town who Indexed Borrow "Bible In Spuln" under the same UmS lug. But he excelled himself when he Included In his cutalogue Besant's "Golden Butterfly" as entomology, and a book on American drinks as educa tional. However, librarians are not the only people who Increase the hu mor of nations by their Indexing. Kven the Index of the Encyclopedia Brltnnnlcn used to rend: Art, Art Squares, Art Teaching, "Art Thou Weary?" London Dally Chronicle. MOVE FAMOUS CHESS GAME 1 AIDS IN PARCHMENT F.EADINS ? Club Where Leading French Players Have Gathered 8lnca 16S1 la Now lit New Oaartara. The Cafa de la Rcgence na longer abetters the chess players whose tem ple It has been since 1854. The play ers now make their headquarters at the Cafe de l'Unlverse, facing the The ater rrancalse, says New York Herald. The Cafe die la Regeace has been la Its present site In Rue Saint Hon ore since the early years of the second empire. Before that It was at tha angle of the Palais Royal square, where the Hotel du Louvre now is, and In that locality It operated from 1681 until It was expropriated In 1854. In the eighteenth century the Cafe de la Regence was frequented by the encyclopedists; Diderot, Grimm, Mar montel, even Voltaire and later Robes pierre were habitues of the place. It Is said that Napoleon gave a chess party In the old cafe. The cafe charged by the hours for the use of Its chessboards and an extra charge was made at the night games to pay for the two candles which each pair of players used. La Bourdonnnls, fa mous chessmaster of the Restoration, played there and after him Alfred da Musset, Salnt-Amand, Rosenthal, de Bonder and other celebrities of litem tare and chess. POETS AND THEIR MESSAGE Writer ThlnkB Women Would Benefit by Learning a Few Lines of Poetry Every Day. Mothers cannot live nn bread alone; It takes more than furniture to com plete n home. A house may be well appointed In Its every detail, but It lines not truly become a home utilil love and beauty have entered Into Its makeup, Amid our dally distractions lind concerns poetry goes far toward lightening the burdens and allevlllllng the discords. It Is a dally refuge from the petty worries and nn inspiration for spiritual growth. Learn u few lines of poetry each day while you work. You will he sur prised how It will brighten the duy. By the light of the poet's message nothing will appear common or Insig nificant, hut all things will be touched With finer and deeper mean ings. Every heartache and regret, ev- pry hope and aspiration, you will find expressed by some one of our magic singers, All mothers are poets at heart, and In true reality belong to the BTnnt fellowship of singers who are keeping messages of beauty and love ullve. Royal Dixon In The Mother's Magazine. Safety In Natlanal Resevreea, The Transvaal mines, In Sontb Af- rica, are producing about siuu.muu.ouo In gold each year. The British gov ernment controls this supply and sets It for use In Its business. This helps as security for government notes la sued nt home and as bracers of Brit ish credit In foreign countries. No country makes a mistake In public pol icy when It adds to Its own natural re- sources. The gold, the mineral ores, i the oils, nil count for red blood in the ttuumMu ejsleuj wnen a uav or trouoie Charm af OK San Antenle. The charm of an old city lies chiefly around the historic spots and buildings In which the romance of Its early his tory Is centered. Rarely do we enter a city that can boast of ancient edi fices and haloed ground the history of which I known the eauatry aver. lUr r asm la tha aeewanaMy whasa alnt bulldiags, picturesque scenes and ro mantic atmosphere are Its mala at tract! eat, luring thousands te Its gatea each year. Such, however. Is the boast of 8an Antonio, Tex., one of the quaint est and most Interesting- cities la the United States, says Architecture. No where else may you And a greater ap peal to the romantic and the pic turesque and have such hospitable welcome extended you; nowhere wtU you find such a blending of the ancient with the modern as In this delightful city ef our own Southwest, -The Qugle Quul- Summons all the forces and resources of the Republic to the defense of Freedom THE OREGON AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE which the United States authorities have ranked as one of the fifteen distinguished institutions of the country for excellence in military training, has responded to the call. Hie College it distinguished not only for its military instruction, but DltTWCUISllCD ALSO FOR Its strong industrial courses for men and for women: In Auric nit uie. Comment, Enginctriag, FonHry Home Economics, Minim. FhMPuvsy, m4 Vocational Education. Its wholesome, purposeful student life. Its democratic college spirit. Its successful graduates. Students enrolled last year, 453; stars on its service flags, 1258, over forty percent representing officers. College opens September 23, 1918 For ctulog, new IlluilutcJ Booklet, and other information write to the Reftiitrar, Corvtllt., Oregon Too Soon to Tell. A certain motion picture star, who hits 11 wnrra spot in his heart for chil dren mid makes n great pot of n gold-yn-halrcd youngster who playi in out of ills pictures, quizzes the little fellow every day about Ms life nt home, try ing to learn how closely the child, who is not yet five yearj old, observes what is happening, one rooming recently the youngster arrived nt the studios , with ids mother and dashed for the s tnr'l dressing room, lie was fairly trembling with excitement. "Say," he iclalmed breathlessly, "the family nexl doer to 11s hns R new bttbj? I" 'I'he 50 Tractors Entered IN THE BIG DEMONSTRATION ON THE COTTON, RUEOO AND PHENIX RANCHES Portland, Oregon September 5, 6 and 7, 1918 Reached by the Gresham Electric Railway. Paved cAuto road to the grounds. Estimated attendance Fifty to Sixty Thousand. ATJ&YST CLEAN-UP SALE THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE This Great Sale Closes Saturday, August 31st, and it offers you the best opportun ity to economize on needed merchandise that you'll have until after the war is over-if ever. We Are Selling Goods now for much less than we can buy them on the present market, and they are advancing almost daily. You Haven't Seen Real high prices yet they'U be double what we are asking now. Don't Walt, profect yourselves now. Come to this sale and buy what you'll neod for months to come Remember, Saturday is the last day. LJ mm PENDLETON'S GREATEST DEPARTMENT STORE the Peoples Warehouse WHERE IT PAYS TO fRADE Camera Used Successfully in Preserv lag Old Writing Now Barely DlseerniM.. Before the days of boolce parchments Decease so costly that economical schol ar eneetl more or less perfectly what had been written and used them a sec ond time. In this manner some highly IntereaUaf and valuable manuscripts hare been lost to the world, sayi New York Herald. But In many cases the ancient characters are still visi ble. It was not long- ago that photography was first successfully applied for this work. The color of the faded Ink of the elder writing on a palimpsest is yellow. A photograph of such a man uscript was made through a yellow screen. The result was a negative on which the old writing was barely dis cernible, being a little darker than the background, while the later black writing appeared distinctly as white letters. Next an ordinary negative on a bro mide plate was made and from this was produced a transparent positive on which both writings appeared dark and about equally distinct. Then the trans parency was superposed on the first negative so that the dark letters of tha latar wrMaf covered the light let ters, representing toe saute writing in the ntflativ. They were thus elimi nated, being Indlstlegulshably merged with the general dark background pro duced by the combination of positive and negative. But the earlier charac ters, since they were dark in both cases, appeared In tht combination in tensely black and distinct. ROOM FOR MORE DEMOCRACY Writer of Opinion That Parents Gov ern Ta Much by Mandate or by Exhortation. The typical parent Is not democrat ic la the treatment of his children. He likes to govern by mandate or ex hortation. He dogmatically asserts his views on every question that arises, aid Insists that he knows more than his children, and he has no re spect for their "notions." One can listen to a parent telling his thirteen-year-old boy what kind of a cap he must wear and how and when he mast wear It, though the boy says "the boys will snicker" at him, and he does not want to be "the goat" of the crowd. But the parent will listen to no argu ment; he says he knows better than the boy what tha latter ought to do, sb h does sot care what tha boys think. Mnrh of the conflict between par ents and children Is doe to the fact that the former do not raeofnlze the right of the latter to express opin ions contrary to those of tha parent on any eoaetion. or proMem whatso ever. Or can hear such parent say : T, will teach you to obey. When your opinions are wanted, I will ask for them," and so on. A parent who Is a bully never can get an Insight into his children's thoughts about conduct and so he can never know what sport Is to be a parent. U. V. O'Shea In The Mother's Magazine. Just Suppose These Things. Light travels at the rate of 180,000 miles per second. As everyone knows, we are now looking at some stars with lights that left them centuries ago. Suppose that you could be shot Into space at a velocity greater than that of light. And suppose that you were armed with a telescope bo powerful that you could see everything that hap pened on this earth. A time would come when history would unfold Itself before your astonished eyes. Too would see Napoleon losing the battle of Waterloo; you would sea Benjamin Franklin and all the other signers of the Declaration of Independence vow ing that they would be hanged rath er than endure British oppression any longer ; you would see the surrender a! Torktown, the battle of New Orleani and the naval fight off Santiago ; you would see the death of Julius Caesar, and then Mark Antony making love to Cleopatra on the Nile. If you like, yon could Juggle yourself back and forth so that you could see the snmn event over and over again and make n spe cial study of It Popular Science, Monthly. POINTS OUT WRONG NOTIONS Harvard Professor Corrects Impres sions of the Peoples of Hlstorlo Land of the East "To speak of th pure old Egyptian type Is as Incorrect as to assert that the old type of the Pharaohs Is ex tinct today." said Prof. W. Max Mul ler of Harvard In an address on "The Origin of the Ancient Egyptians" In the University of Pennsylvania Arch eologlcal museum. 'The admixture of negro blood, due to Intermarriage with alaves, was as popular in Bible times as now." The speaker corrected many popular misconceptions about tho historic lands. "You apply the term Hamltlc to all blocks," he continued. " 'Sons of Ham' to the discriminating scholar of African conditions means whit people, not black. African residents do not begin to call a man black un til he Is chocolate or copper colored. "Tha degrees range all tha way down to dull coal black. All shades lighter than copper, such as the tun of the American mulatto, are called white. The yellow girl Is the compli mentary woy to address or to paint a lady over on the Nile. 'The handsomest people In the world are the Abyssinian, slender, hlgh-browed, copper-hucd these peo ple who have reduced stealing to a sci ence and begging to a fine art. Tho color of the healthy man Is a black and greenish bronxe hue, of a shads often aeen In statues, but generally believed not to be found In real life. "These men, by. tha way, have the must luxuriant hair In the world, and yet they never can grow more than tho scantiest, scrawniest beards." Vast Sum Eluded Morgan. Tn th mountain behind a Cuban city, w are told, is still burled a great amount at treasure, bidden there 850 MB uo, wJiea. sen rasa, ft ja i " ittlCSC bv Si? the pirate honored by an English king for his onslaughts upon the Spaniard. Most of tha defender were killed, and the spoils were never found. Morgan was outwitted again at Panama, and at the bottom of the harbor there lie today, lome have estimated, 180,000. 000 worth of gold and silver. When he attacked Panama the treas ure was hidden under th plankings of the ships at the wharves. The city was captured before the vessels could make their escape, but a long saarcb failed to unearth the spoils, so all rae craft were sunk In revenge by the pirate and hi men. Source ef Loyalty. There Is a loyalty which spring from affection that we bear to our na tive solL This we bare a strong as any people. But It Is not the soli alone, nor yet the soil beneath our feet and the skle over our heads, that constitute our country. "It la it freedom, equality, Justice, greatness and glory. Who among us Is so low as to be Insensible of an In terest In themT Four hundred thou sand natives of other lands every year voluntarily renounce their own sovereigns and twesr fealty to our own. Who ha ever known an Ameri can to transfer hi allegiance nerm neatly to a foreign ferrerf-WiUUta Henry Seward, Bute of Ohio. City of Toledo, Lucas County. . Frank J. Cheney make oath that he la senior partner of the firm of P. 3. Cheney A Co., doing business In the City of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of HALL'S CATARRH MEDICINE. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed In my presence, tbia 6th day of December, A. D. 1888. A. W. GLEASON, (Seal) Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh Medicine Is taken In ternally and acts through the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces of the System. Send for testimonials, free. F. J. CHENEY ft CO., Toledo. O. Sold by all druggists, 75c. Hall's Family Pills for constlcatloi SUMMONS. In the Circuit Court of the State of Oregon for Umatilla County. Maxine W. Wallet,, Plaintiff, vs. Claude E. Wallan, Defendant. To Claude E. Wallan, Defendant above named: In the name of the State of Oregon, you are required to appear and answer the complaint of the plaintiff filed against you in the above entitled suit on or before Saturday the 5th day of October, 1918, which said date is six weeks from tha date of the first pub lication of the summons, and you will take notice that if you fail to appear and answer the said complaint or otherwise plead thereto within said time the plaintiff for want thereof will apply to the court for the relief prayed for in her said complaint on file herein, to-wit, for a decree of the court dissolving the bonds of matri mony now and heretofore existing be tween plaintiff and defendant, for an apsolute divorce from the defendant, for the change of plaintiff's name and the restoration of her maiden name to her. This summons is published pursuant to an order made by the Honorable Gilbert W. Phelps, Judge of the above entitled court, on the 19th day of Au gust. 1918. The first publication hereof will bo made on Friday the 2!)rd day of Au gust, 1918, and the last publication on Friday 4th day of October, 1918. Dated this the 19th day of August, 1918. Will M. Peterson, Attorney for Plaintiff, Residence and postoflicc, Pendleton, Oregon. Notice to Creditors. In the County Court of the State of Oregon, for Umatilla County. In the Matter of the Estate of Jacob Federer, Deceased. Notice is hereby given to all persons whom it may concern that Lena Feder er has been appointed administratrix of the estate of Jacob Federer, de ceased, and she has qualified as such. All persons having claims against the estate are required to present them with proper vouchers as required by law, within six months from date hereof to the eaid administratrix at the law office of Will M. Peterson in the Smith-Crawford Building at Pen dleton, Oregon, one of her attorneys in the administration of the estate. Dated this the 30th day of August, 1918. Lena Fedeier, Administratrix. 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Your grocer sells the famous American Beauty Flour Merchant Millers & Grain Buyers Vthena, Oregon. Waitsburg, Wash. itiiMiiiiiiiniinnimiiiiiiiiimmimmnin In the County Court of the State of Oregon for Umatilla County. In the Matter of the Estate of Jos. Anton Federer, Deceased. Notice is hereby given to all persons whom it may concern that Lena Fed trnr han heen annointed administratrix of the estate of Jos. Anton Federer, deceased, and Bhe has qualified as such. All persons having claims against the estate are required to present them, with the proper vouchers as required by law, within six months from date hereof to the said administratrix at the law office of Will M. Peterson, in the Smith-Crawford Building, Pendle ton, Oregon, one of her attorneys in the administration of the estate. Dated this the 30th day of August, 1918, Lena Federer, Adminstratrix. Will M. Peterson, William S. Naeb, Attorneys for Administratrix. Notice of Final Account In the County Court of the State of Oregon for Umatilla county. In the Matter of the Estate of Thnm L. Price. Deceased. Notice is hereby given to all persons whom it may concern that Mary E. Price, administratrix of the estate of Thomas L. Pries, deceased, has died her final account and report in the ad ministration of said estate; Jthat the County Judge by order duly made and ..t.r..,i has unnninted Monday the 30th day of September, 1918, at the hour of ten a. m., as the time ami ine i oumy Court House at Pendleton, Umatilla County, Oregon, as the place where all objections and exceptions to the said final account and report will be heard and a settlement thereot made. Dated this 23rd day of August. 1918. Mary E. Price, Administratrix. Will M. Peterson. Attorney (ox AtoioisU&Uij. I II VHE UNIVEflSAL CAR 1 1 If you think you will be in'need of a Ford Roust' i aabout Car for this season, we would adviaejyou to it! 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