Nomad Mouth Organ Noatty After Crook Goddam Old Musical Device Sprtnf ÄonfÄ • t w j Thursday at Usr- OmatlTla County, Oregon by Crowdsr, M UIto r iterad aa second class matter, mtaer l # 0 t at the postoffles at nistoa, Oregon. BabycnpUon Rate« For O m Year . . . __________ F w Btx Months __________ Payable la Advance. •11.0» M ala, tbe Greek goddess for wheat the Romans named the lovely spring month, was the oldest of the Pleiads or seven daughters of Atlas and Oce- , , anld I ’lelone. She and her sister, who were born on Mount Cyllene In Area-1 dla, according to Greek mythology, are sometimes called the goddesses of the mountains. Original e t "Mother Goose" Very little U kuown «bout tbe j J origin of the Mother Goose rhymes. j ” The name "Mother Goose" is sup- | J The probable ancestor of the mouth organ was the Greek syrinx, one of posed to have had Its origin In French g the most ancient of musical Instru- folklore. Queen Goosefoot, mothyr of , f l «>eots. I t was formed of a number Charlemagne, was regarded as the j ■ j ot ghort holl„ w reedg of graduated special patron of children and her fes- ) B length«, fixed together by wax T he • ,,val *• gtui celebrated. Though the i 1 |ower ends were closed and the upper j oan,e orl«l»«led In France the rhymes ’ ! onea open aDd on a ,pvel ao , ha, , bg 1 are English. New rhymes have been i lips could paaa frora ,)De’ hB•’ the " rl«f°» l Mother ! | ba , ear 1830. The factory that he Gooae was 8 Mrs. Goose who lived In founded still gives employment to Bo* ,on- As early as 1628 Charles 5,000 workers, not counting 3,000 home l> rr 8 u “ published a book in Englan.l workers in the town. Messner got the en,1,led the ‘Tales of Mother Goose." after bUylng a child's trumpet Many ” " o f * the rhymes were probably old then.— Pathfinder Magazine. at a fair, to place a number of train Mala became tbe mother of Mercury, and was greatly loved by the old Ho- mana, who, on tlie first day of May. made sacrifices In her nggie. In Ita ly TPhouaands o f Year» she was known as Maa Ila pest a, the j o f P ra z y e r/ A n sw e re d g e v e n i n g , you w ill see the six stars In the Alps on the Great Saint Ber | which form the Pleiades. Tbe old nsrd. about ten miles from the top j Greeks believed that Jupiter placed pets side by side, each giving a d if­ of the pass. llc re 1 found mj Mala and her six sisters together In ferent sound. H e jim duced a piece Invented in a Dream tall old monk. As I joined the group the sky, and that they formed for a of wood with breathing holes in It, to "dream Invention," making pos- around him 1 heard him say to one of , long time a group of seven. One day which was fixed a lead plate with slide moving picture shows In brand ! them : Myaope married a mortal named Slsy- brass tongues. daylight. Is claimed by a young book- How much finer and better It Is to phus, who In some way displeased the From Trusslngen the industry spread blD(kr ,n Budapest, according to a cross the range up here by the Puss gods. For punishment he was con to other plates In Germany, notably dispatch from that city than to go through the smoky tunnel detuned to spend eternity rolling a Kllngenthal In Saxony. During the Tbe ,nventor proJectg plctnrpg below. And even In snowstorms row-storms notv now stone uphill, so that Myrope hid h er! World war attempts were made by ¿ 7 projects pictures not It I . safe. For you see that telephone f,„ e from her sisters In sorrow and I other countries such a . Japan and * m, 7 . ,e ‘ T ™ ' "o ', ‘ on the wall. The wire goes ,0 an Inn shame That Is why we see t u , six o, the t n h e d X i n3 gain . f m it lS X V d ’a 7 disk covered with rapidly rotating green and dark blue ten miles lower down the pass. Anti the daughters of Atlas shining In the |„ , h|, Industry, but Germany s o o n re paper, which radiate from the center. In times of storm, when a tra v e ler, sky; for ilyrope'a face Is still con- covered her trade. Skilled workers. The dlapatch say9 the |nventlon has leaves the Inn, they telephone up to cealed behind otye of her sister stars.— cheap production and an old estab been proved a complete success by ex­ us here and one of us goes down with Chicago D ally News. llslied Industry give the German fac­ periments and Is already patented. the dogs. So we reach him before he i _______________ _ tories the advantage. The inventor says the Idea came to la overcome." • » zv z» him In a dream and he Is unable to “But are no lives lost In winter?” 1 S cottish C ity Coo» explain It. Inquired a young American. p a r B ach fa H fato ry ‘Flip-Jack»" Made No “No— not a life In muny years.” The A ppeal to Thia Poet The city of Glasgow, the metropolis tall old man was silent a moment Then In a reverent tone he said, "For of Scotland, had Its origin In the Sixth Taylor, tbe poet who lived and wrote , , ,. „ . . . . . over a thousand years, my son, we century, when St. Kentlgern founded , n ln ‘ he Seventeenth century, eyi- have prayed for the safety of travel- “ 8U,U|> religious establishment on the dently failed to fully appreciate the ers here. And He has answered our 1 ,,nnli8 of a tiny stream which flows Shrove Tuesday pancake, or flip-jacks. prayers at last.” ,u‘ ° ‘ he Clyde at a point where the Dealing with the pancake custom he The smart young American asked. Sc"i“ l8h city now stands. - T ’o i o . e" r " ” B: C’2!e? “O r was It the telephone?" Christianity was then unknown In the Pancake Bell, «the sound of which The old mountain climber turned and th,l‘ purt of Scotland, and Kentlgern makes thousands of people distracted, looked at the Yankee with quiet eyes. WB8 ,he flr8‘ to Introduce the faith and forgetful either of manners or hu- "Yes, my s on _th at Is how God an ani"n8 the rode people Inhabiting that m anlty; and then there is a thing swered our prayers."— Ernest Poole In •ectlon. Beside the clearing in the called wbeaten Hour, which the cooks H earst’s International Cosmopolitan. forest where he built his home he do mingle with water, eggs, spice, and ______ __________ hung on a tree a bell which was rung other tragical and mugical enchant­ . Io summon the savage Inhabitants to ments; and then they put It by little Tribute» G enius H a» Worship, and thus It came about that aud little Into a frying pun of boiling suet, where It mukes a confined dls- Paid to Human Voice ' V X Z ' be" “ PPear8 ' be mal hissing, like the I.etheur snakes In Shakespeare says: The saint had trouble later 00 with ' the reeds of Acheron, Styx, or Phlege- “H e r voice was ever soft, gentle the king of the Strathclyde Briton* and thon, until nt Inst, by the skill of Later he re­ the cook, It Is transformed Into the and low; an excellent thing In woman." had to flee to Wales. Charles Lamb says: turned, and a fte r his death, at an ad­ form of a flip-jack, called a pancake, “How often you are drawn Irre­ vanced age, was buried at the spot which, with ominous incantations, the sistibly to a plain, unassuming woman, where now stands the greut cathedral ignorant people do devour very whose soft, silvery tones render her bearing his nunte. greedily." positively attractive! Ip the social circle, bow pleasant It Is to hear a A» "Will" Would Say It Melanchthon woman talk in that low key which al- Jones and Jenks were arguing about T he original nume of Philip Me­ way» characterizes the true lady. In Jones contended the lanchthon was Philip Schwartzered. the sanctuary of home, how such a Shakespeure. voice soothes the fretfu l child and hard was u genius, and Jenks scoffed He whs born In 1407 and died In 1560. at It. “Genius, nothing," he said. He was a German Reformer. In early cheers the weary husbuudl” "All he had was a big vocabulary. manhood he was professor of Greek Longfellow says: An, one that applied himself to It at Wittenberg university, hut became “How wonderful Is the human voice! I t Is Indeed tbe organ of the soul! could duplicate Shakespeare's stuff. 1 a fellow-worker with M artin Luther. T he Intellect of man sits enthroned could do It myself." At that moment He drew up the Augsburg confession, visibly upon his forehead and In his two very bow-legged men turned the and mannged with consummate skill eye; and the heart of man Is written corner and wulked toward the dispu­ the conference with the opponents of upon his countenance. But the soul tants. "Here's a chance to show how the reformed religion held at Worms “How and Ratlsbon. By his skill and wis­ reveals Itself In the voice only, as God good you are,” said Jones. revealed Him self to the prophet of old, would you describe those two fel­ dom he did much to save the Refor­ "T h a t’s easy," suld Jenks. mation from excesses. On the death in ‘the still, small voice,’ and In a lows?" “T here’s only one way to describe of Luther he became the leader of voice from the burning bush. The aoul o f man Is audible not visible. A them, Shakespeare himself couldn’t the Lutherans. His most popular pub­ sound alone betrays the flowing of the say anything but ‘Here come two bow- lication was a book thHt is regarded legged m en.'” It was what Jones as the first great Protestant work on eternul fountuln, Invisible to m an!” was waiting for. “He couldn't, eh? theology. Shakespeare would have said: 'H o ! Famou» French Palace What manner of m >n are these, with The Objective Mind The Louvre Is a famous palace In legi that ciatld serve ns parentheses* I" Cnn you bring all your faculties to Paris originally the resilience o f the front, like n house with many French kings, hut since the French Famou» Roman City faces at the doors and windows; or revolution used as 11 museum of nrt The name “ Hadrian's V illa" la given do you live retired within yourself, and antiquities. The Louvre derives to a great number of superb struc­ shut up In your own meditations? Its name from an ancient hunting chateau that stood on the site of the tures, now In ruins, erected at Tivoli, The thinker puts all tlie powers of 18 miles east o f Rome, by the Emperor his mind in reflection; the observer present palace, In the midst of a fin­ llailrlan (117-138 A. D .), who wished puts all the powers of Ills mind in est Infested with wolvep and known Io reproduce the most striking objects perception; every faculty Is directed as the Louverle. It Is said to have he had met w ith In Ills extensive trav­ outw ard; the whole mind sees through been a royal residence In the time of els. According to antlquarlnns, the the eye and hears through the ear. Dagobert (028). The foundation of space enclosed In tills way whs about He has an objective turn of mind as the present building was laid by Fran­ eight or ten miles In circumference opposed to a subjective. A person cis I In I M I , and the structure was When, about 70 years a fter the time with the latter turn of mind sees lit­ enlarged and adorned by successive of Hadrian, the Emperor Caracalla tle. If you are occupied with your kings, particularly Henry IV noil Louis built at Rome the celebrated baths own thoughts, you tray go through a X IV , the Intter being the Inst king io that hear hla name, the famous build­ museum of curiosities and observe live In It. The work of uniting the ings of Hndrlsn's villa were rifled of nothing.—John Burroughs. Louvre and the T nllerle* In one struc­ I heir superb marbles for purposes of ture was completed In 18.17; and the decoration.— Kansas City Star. combined Louvre and Tullerles covers Boiling Water in Bag an area of 48 acres. —Kansas City Here Is one from Australia on a Times. Odd Entriea Into Life novel way to holl water. The old Many babies are born at sea, but It fishermun Is speaking: “I left ray Is doubtful If any entered ouch a trou­ wllllani-rnn at home one day. The Recognized Joke» blous world as a Gentian baby girl born prospect of dinner without tea did The Scuta are making an effort to In mid-Atlantic during a recent ter­ not oppenl to me. Fishing In the •top the hoary old Joke that they rible storm. Steerage babies often tucker hag, I found a sound paper never spend any money. Scientists provide an event for passengers to ling. Making a tire, I propped the who have gone Inti« the antiquity of talk about. A subscription list Is al­ bag, full of water, near It. By con Jokes and made a study of the sub­ ways opened, with the result that the stantly pouring w ater Into the hag. ject say that there are only about six baby receives a substantial start-dff the top of it was prevented from burn original example* and that all humor In lire. Ing. The w ater boiled, the tea was ts based on them. Old Jokes come The record In strange birthday sur­ made and there was no prouder man back Into style or else appear wearing roundings Is surely held by the baby In nil the land than I." T ry this some new habiliments. Excursions Into new hoy who was born 0,600 feet up In time when you haien't anything else fields sometimes are dangerous and un­ the air. Ills mother was traveling by to do. profitable, T lie plumber Joke may not airplane from Budapest to Naples have been one of tlie early sextet, Init when the event took place. It has been a favorite not only with Japaneae Constitution the almanacs, but with the comic The constitution of Japan was not «trippers and the higher class weekly Ocean Area patterned nfter that of any other funny magazines. I f the plumber Joke The oceans of the world have sn country. It was promulgated In 1880 has to go, the Joke writers merely area of about l.'til.OOO.OOO square and was formulated by Prince Ito, w ill understand that they have one miles and their combined volume Is who, a fte r Investigating the constitu­ less subject upon which to work. about 302.000,000 cubic utiles. The tions of the various nations, modeled average depth Is two miles and the the constitution of Japan largely after deepest known depth Is five miles. A the Prussian. It Is divided into 76 V a lu e o f C o u rte iy gallon of ordinary sea w ater contains articles Hnd provides for a law-making Courtesy Is the one medium of ex­ about one-qnarter pojind of «alt. From body of two chnnihers, the house of change linn Is alwa.t.1 accepted at par a study of the bells of rock salt un­ peers and the house of representatives ^hy the people of every country on the i derlying Strsssfort. Germany, New The emperor convokes, opens and “fclolie. C o u r te s y r a d ia te s a spirit of York state, Ohio, Michigan and Kan­ closes the diet, has all executive au- wl feeling and suggests that we are j sas, snd Cheshire, England, It Is sup­ thorjty, and all laws are submit I cd to working entirely for the material returns of work, but for the friendly j p o se d these areas are all drled-ap him for sanction. Inland seas. human associations as well. Life is ( not too short, and we are n e\e r too : Rough on the Preacher Real Sportsmen busy to lie courteous. The Bunday school girl» of a certain On the fishing stream a man Is pa­ Courtesy Is the outward expression church put flowers In front of the and an Inward consideration for oth- ! tience personified. He waits hours for pul|dt each Sunday. a nibble and congratulates himself ers Is always un effective Inhrtrant Olte «as asked by an elderly per­ thst smooths business and social re­ when he finally secures one. Why son what they did with the flo«ers lationships, eliminating friction.— ! can't he he as food a sportsman In a fter the service. Ills home or place of business? If Philadelphia Public Ledger. "Oh, we take them to people who lie's s real sportsman he will be.— are sick nfter the sermon,” was the Squirrel Pest Despite hla pretty ap|iearsnce and amusing way«, the common red squir­ rel la said to be one of the most de­ structive pests found In the woods to­ day. Ornithologists claim that his depredations among birds rank second only to those o f tlie hunting cat, anil that he not only kills young birds, as does the cat. bnt he w ill destroy the eggs before they are hatched. Arournl farm buildings he Is considered a nol same because of hla |>rii|ien-lty for chewing a hole through acme building which he baa selected «« a likely idace It» »tore hl» wiBter's/supiily of food. __ _____ Oscar Wilde Sarcastic 1 , An American publisher once wrote OsPar W1|(,p „ „ „ ordprpd g of 100|000 wor(Jg.. for which hp Qf. fpred t0 pgy , gpp(.,fl(. pricp T ,|p ,dpa of havlng hlg warpg nieasurpd „„ „ "y “ yard stick offended the poet's sen- sltive gou, A fpw d ,atpr hp back ,o Npw Y ()rk . .«r)par 8Jr; , rece,Ted your cbarmlng Iptter and hav# gppn, two or (hrpp „ |n dp_ | ,lgbtfu, contemplation. I should like to w rite the story, hut I do not see how I can do so. Unfortunately, there are not 160 000 words in the English language.” A storia— C ity has foray In d u s tria l plants, employs 5 ,0 0 0 people, an- 1 nttal p ayroll Is « 3 ,500,000, and year- ly o utput Is w orth «15,000,000. Exclusive Representatives of National Builder« Bureau — R EA D T IIE W A N T A D3— A : «.. - 100 . 200 300 500 for for for for $1.25 $2.00 $2.60 $3.75 Many are buying them in the larger quan- tities, but we are here to serve you all. If you want only a few we have them with­ out the name. These we sell as follows— ANNOUNCEMENT 12 30 62 100 for for for for 10 25 50 80 cents cents cents cents We wish to announce the Opening “ The Home of Good Printing” MORLAN’S 5cto$l STORE Main Street, Hermiston, Oregon Saturday, July 11 SPECIAL One window Tinware and Enamel- ware. Choice any piece, 15c. SPECIAL T h e C h ris tia n Science services »re held In rooms next to the A u d ito riu m | every Sunday at 11 o'c'ock. Bunday school a t 1 0 :lS . A ll are cordially In v ite d to attend. Wednesday eve­ n in g m eeting firs t Wednesday each m onth. HER A Lb ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■i Have learned that The Herald prints the best butter wrappers. We have the large size, 9 by 12 inches. 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