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The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1899-10-11
Double Train Service to Portland.

A press dispatch dated Omaha, Octo.
Der 1 says: Incident TO the establish.
ment Of a third through train between
Chicago and San Francisco by way Of
the Union Pacific. Northwestern route and
like increase In service by the Burling.
ton and Denver X Rio Grande, comes the
announcement that the Union Pacific will
double It's train service to Portland at the
same time. At present from Ogden there
is double daily service over the Oregon
Short line to Butte, which only carries It
rs far west rs Pocatello, however. From
there to Portland there is but one train
each way daily. BY the new arrangement
the double daily service is to be carried on
west to the coast over the Oregon Short
Line and the Oregon Railway X Navi.
cation company lines, which are now
really but pieces OF the Union Pacific.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1899-10-11

THE commission appointed some time
ago to consider the feasibility Of eonstruc.
ton Of mountain railroad to the top Of
Mount Blanc has made favorable report,
aud II is psssibe that the enterprise will
be carried out. II so, the line will start
from Chamounix and extend almost to
the apex Of the great mountain, a length
OF six and One.fOurth miles.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1899-10-11

ON THE opening day Of the Spokane
exposition 10000 people were In attend.
ance; 8,273 paid at the gates.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1899-10-11

DOUBTLESS entirely unintentionally,
but Dewey Is worrying the politicians
just the same. In this connection there
seems to be possibility Of repetition Of
that peculiar incident In political annals
found In the case Of the first President
Harrison; who expected the nomination
from one party, received II from the other
and was elected, after the most spirited
campaign In the history Of this great re.
public.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1899-10-11

u. s. WOOLEY, recently convicted at
Idaho City for violating n law passed by
the last legislature Of that state, requiring
the posting Of notices on mines setting
forth the conditions under which they are
worked, was last week released. Judge
Mayhem rendered mn interesting decision
on the case, stating that though he be.
lieved the law TO be unconstitutional, he
would not so officially declare Il. Wooley
was released on technical flaws.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1899-10-11

KEEP your eye on Pierre" was the
campaign cry when the capital fight was
being waged In South Dakota. keep
your eye on Pasco" was the borrowed
advertising catch line expression used BY
the boomers when they were endeavo voring
to intice settlers into that land OF sage
brush and sand hills. keep your eve on
Sumpter" is the sage advice which Mr..
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1899-10-11

suits. To snarl at and object TO such
movements, Is what has won Tor the sup.
posed typical old time Oregonian the
Soubriluct Of "mossback"--and the ridi.
cule Of the world. But the people Of this
section are not, as a class, composed Of
these back numbers, such representation
Of the east Oregonian Is libel. As a gen.
eral thing, he Is man Of enlightenment,
who welcomes those who come here to
engage In any legitimate enterprise.
Here In Sumpter, particularly, there is no
dividing line between the pioneer and the
recent arrival; all are working together
for the good Of the town and the district.
The old timer Is rs keen on the scent Of a
good thing In the way OF town lot or a
mine rs the hardened operator from
Puget Sound, Spokane, British Columbia
or Montana. And because this is fact,
is one Of the potent reasons why Sumpter
is going to grow and thrive, why the
Sumpter mining district Is going to be
rapidly developed aud produce more gold
In the next five years than II has done
In the last quarter OF u century.
Morris tribune., 1899-01-07
Going without Sleep,

1t is an interesting question to st6di-
GUS people how long a man can go
without sleep. A physician asserts that
no healthy man can overwork because
eventually nature will compel him to
fall asleep at his task. A journalist re-
Gently claimed to have worked 70 hours
without sleeping Humboldt said that
when j young man he required only
two hours sleep each night, but that in
his old age he found he really needed
as many as three or four. Victims sub
jected to the Chinese torture of being
kept continually awake die on or before
the fifth day. By far the most inspiring
example, however, is that of one of the
saints, who is related to have lived 10
years without sleep and to have remain
ed standing large portion of that time.
San Francisco Argonaut.
Morris tribune., 1899-01-07
Fish In 1cebound waters.

Fish do not breathe air, but the life
supporting constituent Of air-oxygen
gas-which is soluble in water to the
extent of three volumes in 100 at ordi-
nary temperatures and four in 100 at
freezing point.
The water containing the dissolved
oxygen is made to pass over the gills,
where it is separated from the blood
only by very thin membrane, through
which the gas is able to pass.
Fish in icebound rivers have to de-
pend entirely upon this storeof oxygen
for their respiration, and if it becomes
exhausted they are suffocated, just as
we should be if deprived of oxygen.
1t rarely happens, however, that any
considerable area of water is entirely
covered with ice, especially in the case
of rivers. Holes and cracks are almost
sure to occur here ard there, by which
the oxygen of the air can reach the wa
ter and become dissolved in it. During
a long frost fish may always be found
congregated beneath air holes in large
numbers. They are there to breathe
Exchange
Morris tribune., 1899-01-07
Telling Him the Truth,

II think Willie is learning to smoke, "
said his mother. II wish you to speak
to him about it. "
"What shall I say to him?" asked his
father.
"Why, tell him the truth, of course. .
And so Willie was duly called up,
and his father put on a severe look and
said:
Willie, I understand you are learn
ing to smoke. Now, before it goes any
further, want to tell you what the re-
suit may be. You may die in year,
and then again you may live to be 100
years old. "
why. John. " expostulated the boy s
mother.
''You told me to tell him the truth, -
returned the father, land there's hard
~ week goes by that don't hear of
some one close to the century mark who
has smoked ever since he was IA years
old, while people who never smoked at
all die in infancy with great frequency. .
1t is sometimes difficult to get man
who smokes to look at the subject from
the right point of view.-Chicago Post
Morris tribune., 1899-01-07

Cheese is very rich and valuable
food, ikely'to form very large con-
stituent in the future and, especially
for the workingman, to be very extern
sively used. There is difference in
stomachs in their ability to digest this
article.
The writer is able to make an entire
meal of cheese, with very little bread,
and digest it more easily than rice or
oatmeal, BUT in most stomachs it is less
digestible, in some extremely so. Each
person must learn for himsetlf. 1t is a
convenient form of animal food and,
when good, particularly agreeable.
There is a great difference in the COM
position of cheese both in it's water, fat
and heterogeneous matter In general,
however, it may be remarked that
every variety contains large amount
of heterogeneous matter, and it is for this
that it is especially useful as food
Skimmilk cheese is especially rich in
this constituent, but less rich in fat
Those who abstain from flesh food will
find in cheese abundance of heterogeneous
matter to take the place of that found
in f1esh.-LOndon Family Doctor
Morris tribune., 1899-01-07
books Rather Than Food.

Success gives an interesting anecdote
told by Agassiz of his visit when a
young man to the great German nat
uralist, Professor Lorenz Oxen.
The professor received his guest with
warm enthusiasm, but apparent embar-
rassment. He showed his visitor the
laboratory and the students at work,
also his cabinet, and lastly his splendid
library of books pertaining to geological
science, collection worth some 81, 900,
and we'll deserving the glow of pride
which the owner manifested as he ex-
plated on it's excellence The dinner
hour came, and then the embarrassment
of the great German reached its maxi
mum point. I'M. Agassiz," he said,
with perturbation, ''to gather and keep
up this library exacts the utmost hus-
bandry of my pecuniary means. To &C
complish this allow myself no luxury
whatever. Hence my table is restricted
to the plainest fare. Thrice week our
table boasts of meat, the other days we
have only potatoes and salt. very
much regret that your visit has occurred
upon potato day." And so the splen-
did Switzer and the great German, with
his students. dined together on potatoes
and salt. And what must those students
have enjoyed in the conversation Of
those remarkable meni
Morris tribune., 1899-01-07
A very Prudent Young Man.

Of William and John Scott, after
ward Lord Stowell and Lord Elton,
Lord John Russell used to tell this
story: When they were young men at
the bar, having had stroke of profess
sional luck, they determined to cele-
brate the occasion by having dinner
at the tavern and going to the play.
When it was time to call for the reck-
oning William Scott dropped a guinea.
He and his brother searched for it in
vain and came to the conclusion that it
had fallen between the boards of the
uncarpeted floor.
"This is a bad job, +" said William,
1--WE must give up the play"
''Stop bit, said John. Il know a
trick worth two of that, " and he called
a waitress.
Betty" said he, we've dropped Q
guineas. See if you can find them. I"
Betty went down on her hands and
knees and found the guinea, which had
rolled under the fender.
"That's a very good girl, Betty,
said John Scott, pocketing the coin,
land when you find the other you can
keep it for your trouble" And the pru-
dent brothers went with light hearts to
the play and so eventually to the bench
and the woolsack.
Morris tribune., 1899-01-07

Senator PETER is fond of telling how
he once duped the managers of a Kansas
county fair. "On examination of the
sweet potatoes exhibited, he says, II
saw that the size of the specimens was
nothing to brag Of, and sent out to a
grocery store and purchased bushel of
fine ones; took the small ones out for
home use, carried the rest to the fair
grounds, entered them in my own name
and drew the premium for the best
specimen of sweet potatoes grown in
Wilson county.
Morris tribune., 1899-01-07

It takes clever man to find good
word to say on every occasion. 1t is said
OF Thomas Bailey Aldrich that he once
received letter from his friend, Pro-
lessor Edward s. Morse, and found the
handwriting wholly illegible. Mr.. AL
drioh was not at loss for an answer.
In due time there came to Mr.. Morse
the following reply:
My dear Morse, it was very pleasant
to receive letter from You the other
day. Perhaps should have found it
pleasanter if had been able to decipher
it. I don't think mastered anything
beyond the date, which knew, and the
signature, atywhich guessed.
There is a singular and perpetual
charm in letter of yours-it never
grows old, and it never loses it's novelty
One can say every morning as one looks
at it: Here's letter of Morse's !
haven't read yet. think / shall take
another shy at it today, and maybe I
shall be able in the course of few
years to make out what he means by
those It's that lock like WIS and those is
that haven't any eyebrows
Other letters are read and thrown
away and forgotten, but yours are kept
forever-unread. One of them will last
a reasonable man lifetime.-Y Youth s
Companion.
Morris tribune., 1899-01-07
A Convincing Argument.

A correspondent sends US the follow
ing story from Mississippi: Counsel for
the defense was addressing country J.
p of the ''old school" Said he: 81
realize that stand in the presence of a
descendant of the grand old Huguenot
family that emigrated from France to
escape from religious intolerance Many
able jurists have sprung from that fam
lily and embellished the bench and bar
of the Union. Their watchwords are
honor, truth and justice, and their
names are spoken in every home. The
law is so plain in this case that 'he who
runs may read. Shall insult the in
telligence of this court by reiterating a
proposition so simple? Need | say
more''- mo-" interrupted the Judge,
faint necessary. I'll give you a
Judgment. Counsel sat down while the
judge, with emphasis, knocked the ashes
from his cob pipe, and counsel for plain
tiff began: MAY it please the court"
esquire, what are you fxin to do?"
asked the judge. 81 have the closing
argument, :" was the reply. "Well, you
jes' as well set down. I done got my
mind sot ON the other side Judgment
for defendant. Law Notes.
Morris tribune., 1899-01-07
How bismarck Could Drink.

Count Andrassy's story OF an Inter.
view he had with Bismarck is as fol-
lows:
Bismarck had two immense mugs
of beer brought to us. He took one of
them and showed the other over to me-
I remarked that | drank only water.
He looked at me in silence, curiously
and almost suspiciously for a minute
and then proceeded with the subject
under discussion. The more interested
he became in our conversation the more
frequently and copiously he drank.
After finishing his own mug he appro-
priated mine without word and put
down it's contents in three or four ire
mendous drafts. Then be had servant
fetch and fill two enormous pipes.
When he offered me one of them, ex-
planned that never smoked.
'WhatP he cried, neither drink
nor smoke? What kind of a supernatural
man are you anyway
st was mercy to both of us, how
ever, that did not accept the pipe, for
Bismarck smoked so necessarily that
within 10 minutes the air in the room
was dense: When l rose at the end of
the evening from the table at which we
were sitting, the smoke was so thick
that could hardly see the ohanoellor's
face. "
Morris tribune., 1899-01-07
OtheIlo whttewashed.

OthelIo is the latest historic disrepu-
table to have good character establish
ed. Italian papers claim certain manu-
scripts concerning the Moor have been
found in the archives Of convent in
Venice. They are notes taken in 1912
by Cretan diplomat sent OIL mission
to the republic of Venice. The writer
knew Othello we'll and vouches for the
fact that the lady was never killed at
all. In fact, she survived Othello, died
a natural death and gave the coroner no
trouble at all So that there never was
tragedy of the moor of Venice
Morris tribune., 1899-01-07
CHOKIO S0UIBs,
What! Did YOU swear off

Dan Donavan was called to Barry BY
sickness of his father the early part Of this
week.
H.A. Morrill, attended to legal business
here Thursday.
Lumber is being hauled for Reker's
new butcher shop and building will be
commenced as soon as possible.
Lawyer Shelley represented the John
Grove Land Co. here this week.
Orrin Brooks is to replace the building
hich he lost by fire some time age.
Mrs F. E. Baldwin is visiting in Belling-
h am.
Louis, son of Franz Marty, died Decem-
Der % of pneumonia
w. III. Reker did land business in town
Thursday.
An addition to the postoffice which all
most doubles it's capacity, and the en-
rollrnent of Chokio on the list of domestic
money order offices are in keeping with
the promise of material advancement and
prosperity 1899 brings to us.
John E. Lee, one of Chokio's most pop1,~
ular young men spent his holiday vaca-
ton very pleasantly and profitable, by
getting married. The ceremony took
place Dec. 18th in Madison, S. d. The
other contracting party was Miss Maud
Matheny, an amiable and accomplished
young lady, in whose presence among us
Madison S. D., loses what Chokio gains.
The friends of the newly welded twain
unite in wishing them all the happiness
of that felicitious state of states, matri-
mony.
Our council is talking water works with
an earnestness that bespeaks a material
ization into tangebilities for the near flu
ture.
Born Jan. 4th at the home of Mr.. 7. Man
keny baby boy
The glove contest advertised to occur at
Graceville, but afterwaId sequestrated to
Chokio was somewhat on the gaseous
order. Tue unknown from GracevilIe
proved to be man of more than usual
celebrity and as it was claimed that the
change of place of meeting invalidated
the articles of agreement and RENTED
the forfeit money. The affair ended in an
oratorial contest, no one being out but
those who drove fourteen or fifteen miles
for their heolth.
Morris tribune., 1899-01-07
The Philosophical Tailor.

How often have | taken away gar
ment for fault which did not exist
and which of course never intended to
reetify. How often have l taken back
the same garment without it ever hay.
ing been unfolded and been commended
for the alteration which had not been
made, and then been reprehended for
not having done what was right at first.
A man to be good tailor should be
either philosopher or mean, cring-
ing slave whose feelings had never
been excited to the pitch of manhood.
-''Life of Francis Place.
Morris tribune., 1899-01-07
EARLY Use of Tobacco.

I have heard my grandfather say that
one pipe was handed from man to man
round about the table. They had first
silver pipes the ordinary sort made use
of walnut she'll and straw. Tobacco
was sold then for it's weight in silver.
I have heard some of our old yeomen
neighbors say that when they went to
Malmesbury or Chippenham market
they culled out their biggest shillings
to lay in the scales against the tobacco.
Sir w R., standing in a stand at Sir
Robert Poyntz' s park at Acton, took
pipe Of tobacco, which made the ladies
quit it until he had done. Sc Brief Lines
Set Down by John Aubrey 1669-96
Morris tribune., 1899-01-07
IraacihIe CARLYLE.

A lady who lived near Thomas Car
lyle kept Cochin China fowls, and their
Growing was such a nuisance that the
philosopher sent complaint to her.
The owner was indignant upon hearing
the appeal
why, said she, "they crow only
four times day, and how can Mr..
Carlyle be seriously annoyed at that?"
Upon hearing of her attitude upon
the subject, Carlyle replied, 1.-The lady
forgets the pain suffer in waiting for
those four crows -
Morris tribune., 1899-01-07
The Antiquity of GLASS.

Glass has been employed. we know,
10Th for decorative and domestic pur-
noses since the dawn of civilization.
The earliest remains date from Egypt
1904 B. G. and are preserved IN the
british museum 1t is an amulet, In the
form of lion's head, of OPAQUE blue
nclor, with hieroglyphics that determine
Its date On the rock cut tombs or the
necropolis Ct Memphis glass blowers
were depicted as early as 5000 b. Y.
Stories are told by Pliny, Josephus and
other writers to account for It's dlscoV-
cry, bs.s these are very doubtful, so that
ave have only to rely upon facts attested
by actl;l remains.
The discovery was doubtless fortuls
fous. such lucky finds are often the
work q chance. When it occurred, we
canno, determines; but, so far as we
know, Egypt, as she was the germ OF
all civ zaEion. was also the mother OF
this art, which she applied to multi
fude Il purposes, strangely excepting
that Y. -liCh we deem most necessary
namely. to admit light into buildings.
The jewellers by the Nile handed
down the art to the Ph@nicians, who
an / k manner bequeathed it to the AS
Eyri0u> Then. it was passed along to
the Psgsians and the Greeks, then to
the lso, ans and the Byzantines, who
in tarn comm unicated it to the Vene-
tians The monks of the middle ages
appcnnr!ated it to beautify their Gothic
tenlr!cs and so it came down the centu-
ries n modern times. Frank II. Vize-
tell II Woman's Home Companion.
Morris tribune., 1899-01-07
TO CALIFORNIA WITHOUT CHANGE
Via 1.-The Milwaukee,"

On every Saturday during the win
ter an elegant Pullman Tourist Sleep
er will leave Minneapolis (8:25), St.
Paul (8:35 A. N. and arrive Los An
gelos, California, at 9:25 A. M. follow
ing Wednesday.
Via "THE MILwAUKEE's" famous
"Hedrick Route" to Kansas CITY,
thence via the A., T. & S. F. Ry.
through Southern California.
A most delihhtful winter route to
the coast.
Quicker time is made via this route
between St. Paul and Minneapolis
and California than via any other line.
Rate per double birth, $500 through
from St. Paul and Minneapolis.
Leave st. Paul and Minneapolis
every Saturday morning, arriving Los
Angeles every Wednesday morning.
For berths, complete information,
and lowest rates, apply to 'THE MIL
WAUKEE" agents, St. Paul or Mime
apolis, or address
J. I. CoNLEY.
Asst Gen'l Pass. Agt.,
St. Paul, MINI.
Morris tribune., 1899-01-07
Rather Mean,

Did the old skinf1int give you a re-
ward for returning his pocketbook?
asked the policeman of the little news
boy who helps support his mother
Nav, he tried ter make me pay fur
de advertiser cause l didn' return de
stuff fore knowed who it belonged
ter - Detroit Free Press.
Morris tribune., 1899-01-07
Ca.tiIian Cuisine.

Oil and pepper are the two things
that especially characterize the Castlllan
cuisine. One of the favorite dishes in
Cuba is 'tasajo, which is simply dried
meat, cooked with tomatoes red pep
pers and onions. "Tripa la Andaluza" "
is another preparation frequently seen.
As the name indicates, the basis is
boiled tripe, which is cooked with beans
and potatoes, and always served with
the small red Spanish sausage known
as "Butafarra Catalina. A similar
sausage, only black, is known as "Buta-
farra Astoriana.
''Chile con carne, which everybody
eats, is nothing more than a thick stew
of beef (carne) and beans seasoned with
chiles. Spanish ''tortillas" are corn
cakes favored with red peppers, and
differ from the Mexican tortilla in that
the latter, when properly made, are
rolled in chopped vegetables. A salad
a Ia Espanola is prepared of lettuce
and celery, with few sliced tomatoes
and peppers Served with French dress
ing it is very good.
Au0 CpouAoA soups oAO az ~A0 =" AAO'
tie too heavy for the American taste,
which runs more toward the consomme
They are thick decoctions, full of vege-
tables, and look frightfully greasy
Soup, however, does not have the i'm
portant role among the Spaniards that
it plays in French domestic economy,
and is an article of secondary impor-
lance The dishes named are pretty apt
to appear ere long on home menus, and
it is interesting to know in advance
what they are composed of.-New Or
leans Times-Democrat
Morris tribune., 1899-01-07
It is possible to 90 round the world

1t is possible to go round the world
and touch on British territory all
the way-viz., from England to
Halifax, across Canada to Vancou-
yer, across the Pacific to Hongkong,
thence to Singapore, Penang, Maui
ritius, Cape Town, St. Helena and
England, OF from Penang to Ceylon,
Bombay, Alden, Perrin, Malta, Glib
raltar and home.
Morris tribune., 1899-01-07
Literary PnrSuit

Fynshly-What is Wally doing now
Harrison-W ell, when | last saw him
he was engaged in literary pursuit
Fynshly-Indeed! l didn't think he
had enough brain to write.
Harrison-He wasn't writing. He
was chasing newspaper that the wind
had blown away.-London Fun.
Morris tribune., 1899-01-07

= Scr'tlsh paper tells story Of an
old s. fish woman who was ''unoo'
xlrortL,- " without the money to buy
"a ga lie. " "Lassie, she said to her
aitt!, &nddaughter, gang round to
Dnrssla !cCalyum and bring me gill.
Tel! h, I'll pay him i the morning. ;
kac.: ame the child with refusal.
Do Ill, eclined to part with his whisky
~sTitEout the cash. Eager and irritated,
the OF woman cast about for some
means raising the wind, - and her
ssye lei. upon the family Bible. Here,
aass'e she said, ''gie him this and
tell hi: co keepit until bring him the
siIler Of went the little girl, but she
s0ofl ro:~rtled, still carrying the Bible.
Dou4ld was obdurate.
''ETe says he maun haze the baubees
first. granny.
in anger the disappointed grandmoth-
er threw up her hands and exclaimed:
'Losh. did onybody ever hear the like
O. that The man will neither tax my
word n0r the word O. God for gill O.
W4auSky'"
Morris tribune., 1899-01-07

"There is an old woman, says a
London paper. "who has a milk stand
in st. James park, who has stood at it
for So years. Her mother kept it before
her and her grandmother before that,
the latter having been IN possession for
20 years.