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Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-10-09
A Night in a Haunted Room

A contemporary tells a very allu''-0
story of a well-known man aDoul 'O"
who was recently spending weeA,enI ~
in the country. The house being iu
he was offered the haunted r"OD'
and about midnight he retired u w.
among the ghosts quite con'eii'eu.
But at breakfast next morning ne
fain to confess that the splri's uas .
shamefully misused him by reliiO'D,
all the bedclothes.. Most pecuii" =,
all, the blankets had vanished INTO 'u'a 49,,
air. Presently the son-in-law u II
house put in an appearance anu IA
reply to the question how ne nI
slept, made answer: Very weii U~s e,
it was so cold that, knowing you n'
put any one in the haunted room,
braved the ghosts in the small w. w.
and trotted in there to gather up 80
blanket l could find. Truth tO
/ hurried away. for | had no nia's sa.,
with me, but l could distinctl!
some one breathing in the roon'
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-10-09

An attempt TO climb the highest Him
alayas will he made this year by a
party consisting of three Englishmen.
two Austrians and q Swiss. They are
accompanied by Swiss guides They
will begin with the Goodwin Austen.
2s.250 feet high. and ,Dapsang. 2s,GG5
feet high. If they are successful they
will then try Mount Everest. the high
est mountain in the world. $4,000 feet
high. The Himalaya record is held by
Sir Martin Conway. who climbed the
Pioneer peak, 21,O0O feet high, ten
years ago.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-10-09
RECENT JUDICIAL DscIslovs

An assessment upon abuttinp p,
ty Of the cost Of a street improvsnH-'
is held, in King VS.. Portland Core1 =
l.. r. A. S12, to be properly rrt MI -
whenever 1t is not patent and obr,4-
that the plan or method adopted has
suited in imposing a burden in snhS,.s
tial excess of the benefits or dis
pOrtionate within the district as ~
tween owners.
The rights of a purchaser Of -.
ented machine are held. in GoOdro.
Shoe Manufacturing Company vs. Lao
son &C. c. A. 1st c., 50 L. r. A 800
TO extend TO repairing or restorin, :
after decay. injury or partial des,,,,.
tion, but not to complete reconstructio,
or production over again of the pa,or,
ed article as whole, after II has m,
filed It's purpose and has been A
stroyed.
A stepping-stone to facilitate acco,.
to carriages, placed near the edge =,
sidewalk, which does not iuterfers
in the least with the use of the mad
way. is held, In Robert VS.. Powell NJ
Y. 30 L. r. A. 775, not to be n nul
sance. so as to give foot passeugs,.
injured by stumbling over it in attemn,.
ing TO cross the street at a time when !,
is plainly visible a right of action
against the owner.
To maintain an action against an IN.
FAINT for the value of food and lodpip,
furnished to it, it is held, in Goodman ys
Alexander On. ". 50 L. r. A, ISL. not
TO be necessary TO state in the declsrs.
ton that defendant had no father or
other person standing in loco PARENTS
who could support it, either at common
law or under a statute requiring ths
complaint TO contain a plain and con.
else statement Of the facts constituting
the cause of action.
Under constitutional power to dlsap
prove Of any item or items of an apprO.
priation bill, the executive is held, in
Commonwealth cx rel. VS.. Barnett (Pal
80 l.. r. Il. $50, TO have the right TO
disapprove one or more of the subdiy
sions of clause making appropriations
/ for schools, by which the amount is dis
uibuted among separate designated
schools or. educational interests, either
as to the beneficiary or as to the
amount, and approve the residue. With
this case is a note as to the power to
veto part only Of statute.
The power TO revise, without repub.
lication, code of civil procedure to the
extent of amending over 400 sections,
repeating nearly 100, adding many new
ones and changing section numbers and
headings, is denied in Lewis vs. dunno
! Call, 55 I. K. A. 1888, where the Con.
stitution provides that no law shall be
revised or amended by reference to its
title, but in such case the act revised
shall be re-enacted and published at
| length as revised or amended With
this case is note revising the authOrl.
ties on the power Of the Legislature to
enact a code or compilation of laws or
amend many or undesignated sections
thereof by single statute.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-10-09
Marriage Not a Failure.

Is marriage a failure? The answer is
in the wide-staring eyes of that dimpled
bundle in the cradle. Marriage A fail
ure: Ask that young mother as she
croons over her frstborn. Ask the white
faced little woman in black over there
as she kisses the cheeks OF her stalwart
son. and sends him into the world 20 con.
quer. "Al! is lost but you, Mary" chokes
out the Gray-bearded victim OF a busi.
ness collapse. An arm steals about his
neck, and a wrinkled hand strokes his
brow and the sweetest lips he ever knew
Whisper words of soulful sympathy and
courage in his ear. Ask him about mar.
riage.-Cincinnati Post.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-10-09

Among the apotheSms recently deliy-
cred by Mrs. Carrie Nation 10 the ad-
miring populace was this pearl Of
thought: Il would just as soon kiss a
spittoon as a man who smokes" As a
spittoon is a non-resisting, inanimate
object, no protest may be looked for
from that quarter, but as men and
brethren and not spittoons-Mrs. Ma
ton having been carefully inspected
We may say that her decision is receiv-
ed in masculine circles with general
cheerfulness. Some women seem TO en-
terrain the impression that only the fair
sex is TO be consulted in the matter of
OSCILLATION. This is altogether wrong.
for as we journey down the vale OF
life we find that a good many men are
trifie particular in the reception as
well as the distribution Of chaste sa-
lutes, and there are not few times in
every mans life. however loveless.
when he feels that it would please him
II the lady would work of her friendly
greeting on a cuspidor or any other
ornamental piece of .brac. accord
mig 10 her taste and fancy. AS for Mrs.
Nation, We can only repeat that We
bow with alacrity to her sovereign will.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-10-09

city hyd-ant. The city Of Chicago rcn.
dered q bill for S65. the COS; OF new
hydrant. A few days following Comm!s-
soner OF Public Works Block received
a reply.
The Burlington road held that the valne
Of the scrap iron should be deducted from
the bill-that scrap iron was worth TWO
cents a pound Deputy Commissioner
Brennan figured that 4 hydTant sold toT
scrap iron would bring about Sl.Si. 20
this amount was deducted from the bill.
You would scarcely expect great cor
poration 10 be so particular about the
pennies. But watching the pennies makes
dividends possible. Big concerns pay hlgn
salaries 10 men who can save more than
their salaries by keeping an eye on the
little leaks. Great industrial enterprises
are conducted with success by making
their entire profits from the utilization Of
what was formerly waste.
Take care OF the pennies. The dollars
will take care OF themselves. lnd!vld-
uals as well as corporations must learn
this lesson. Most men fail because they
have never learned the old-fashioned les
son OF economy. There is 8 big differ
ence between stingincss and economy.
The manager OF business who can make
the distinction. the manager who can run
the line between thriftiness and nigsa-d-
illness is the manager who succeeds.
large volume Of business on small mar
gin OF profit with somebody TO look after
the eakage-that is modern business
ST. Louis Chronicle.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-10-09
Men with Small Capital.

Ii has been objected by some that tech
nical education should not be fOstered
with public funds because the fields for
its employment are being rapidly pre-
empted by the trusts and gigantic COM
binatiOns OF capital in manufacturing and
other productive technical industries.
Frequently we are told that the man
who has only skill and small capital is
being put out OF the way OF business and
success by the Ovcrshadowing combines.
Yet it should be plain to any observer
that there are hundreds OF profitable tech
nical industries that the trusts have not
captured and, in the nature OF things.
could not consolidate and control The
profit 10 be made from them in any given
locality is too small to engage the Gu
pidity OF a trust and yet is sufficient TO
amply repay the enterprise and industry
OF small operator. Now inventions are
creating new industries almost daily and
in the exploiting Of these the man with
technical education and small capital
finds plentiful opportunities for steady
occupation and satisfactory returns.
We find from the census that in 1890
there We're 9.9TT manufacturing estab-
lishments in the city OF Chicago. There
were l9.203 in 1900. or an increase of
nearly 100 per cent. But the average
amount Of capital to the establishment
was 20 per cent less in 1900 than in
1890. which shows that plenty of men
found chances 10 invest their brains. skill
and small capital in good enterprises.
The trusts do not own all those nearly
twenty thousand factories in Chicago. Ior
the majority in ST. Louis. Cincinnati or
Atlanta. The truth is that the argument
for giving varied technical instruction to
the youth OF the land was never stronger
than to-day.-Atlanta Constitution.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-10-09

The German Crown Prince has
reached the stage that all Crown
Princes, however doclle and sedate,
reach sooner or later. A woman is the
chief factor in the affair, and the young
man, feeling that the demands Of the
prepared TO renounce his rank and his
claim 10 the throne. We predict, all the
same, that he will be kept Oh the royal
and imperial track, and that the crown
will in due course find its place on his
royal and imperial head.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-10-09
Not Worry, but Slumber.

They We're discussing suicides and
the proneness Of different peoples 10
depart il that way. when one Of those
engaged in the conversation turned to
a colored man and asked: why is
II that so few Of your people take their
own liyesT'
After scratching his head a moment
the person addressed responded
We'll, tell you. boss. when a nigger
sits down he don't worry, but goes 10
sleep."-New York Times.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-10-09

Alice" aged 16, who has invested in
a dream book, wants TO know if the
editor believes in signs and Omens 2"
Certainly. For instance: II Is an III
omen when you note the propinuuity
OF live electric wire, TO come into too
close touch with IL Failing in front of
an approaching automobile is a sure
indication Of bad luck. An accident is
almost certain 10 follow. Ii is a well.
known fact that persons who have
swallowed poison have premonitions Of
approaching disaster. AN accident OF
this kind may be taken as a bal sign
II you have ever met bull in the mid
die Of ten-acre pasture and that with
out previous Introduction, put 1t down
that you are shortly 10 sustain a per
ceprible rise in the world Should you
unfortunately break limb the doctor
Is likely 10 make you call that day.
Jumping from an express train going al
the rate Of sixty miles an hour is an un-
falling hint OF subsequent trouble
Should you by any means monkey with
the buzz saw. il is q portentous omen
Of unexpected misfortune Ii also au-
gurs III TO be brought into close ac-
quaintanceship with the business end
Of q mule. o. yes. Alice, we believe IN
signs and omens. But they must be
well authenticated and OF such a char
acter as to preclude reasonable hope
Of disappointment.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-10-09

Perhaps the cure of what has been
called Americanitis-the neEyous eX-
haustiOn arising from Overwork and
overhaste-iS to he found not III recre-
alton. but in change of work and
change of methods. Every worker
should have some hobby or light EN-
ployment to serve as a relief from the
daily routine. II our work could be
varied SO as to give employment TO all
the faculties perhaps we should not
need any very elaborate apparatus for
play.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-10-09
ORIGIN OF JOHN W. GATES.
Made Fortune by Legitimate Cuisines:
Qualities, Judgment and Industry.

bN
Qualities, Judgment and Industry.
Mr. Gates is now the most spectacu-
lar figure in the financial landscape.
Wall street. that roaring furnace fed
with life and hope" is gazing at him
In open -mouthed wonder. There is a
boldness about him that all admire.
The story of his rise is an interesting
one. and so far as ii shows how legiti-
mate success in business Is achieved.
profitable one. One % his earliest busi-
ness positions was that Of travelling
salesman. and the rise Of his income
from a modest salary to an almost fab
ulous amount. is an account, not of sue
cessful speculation. but OF the results
Of common sense and hard work
AS a young man. Gates was selling
hardware for Isaac L. ElwoOd, when
barbed wire was just beginning to be
used for fencing; and he erected the
first corral in the State Of Texas. He
soon decided that there was more
money TO be made in the manufacture
Of wire than by selling ii on a salary.
and with some friends bought three
barbed wire machines and started a
factory on a total investment of less
than 5000. The business proved very
probable and they soon started another
small factory. Here they made 50
much money that they declared divi-
dends Of about 80 per cent per week.
Gates seemed TO be the entire workin
force. He travelled. sold the wire. came
back. invoiced II. billed II. painted 1t.
marketed II. and collected the money.
AS he was doing all the work. he final
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-10-09
What English viii no

a report IN Missouri paper is ouot.
ed by the Chicago Chronicle as an er
ample OF what queer tricks the Eng.
ilsh language will play on one who
does not master il. "o
r,aa. a. recent church entertainment the
master OF ceremonies announced:
MISS Bates will sing. oh! That +,
had wings like dove, for tho.
would dy away and be at rest e oa
companied by the minister ac-
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-10-09

ly arranged TO buy out all the partners
bur Mr. Clifford. He and Clifford in
corporaied the Southern Wire Com
pany: and so he pressed from one en-
terprise into another. always enlarg-
ing the field of his activities.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-10-09

There does not seem TO be any ques-
ton about the Americanizing Of the
Philippines. The newspapers over
there are already being sued for libel.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-10-09

II you see a couple walking along the
street and the man goes on while the
woman pauses TO look in at the shop
windows it's sure sign they are mar.
ried.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-10-09

II might surprise Uncle sam 10 learn
how many Cubans are ready TO enter
tain s proposition for annexaIion-Io
England.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-10-09

The Moore brothers and Gates must
often wonder why some men are willing
TO work along and be satisfied with only
S7OO.O0O a year apiece.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-10-09
y. I)I ! DpIALSAaZ! =!
G. ~ 1-.e1S A "A ~ x-S111 80 go


. he has rabies. This would often secure
persons who may have been bitten
against death from fright.-Philadelphia
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-10-09

A1rLi-a, Dewey says he IS no- s poll
ticIau The public found that OuJ some
time ago.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-10-09

every now and then we see p,cturo
OF an actress who looks as IL She wa.
refined too high. There ought 70 h. 90 =
Jaw against photographers m.kin-
women carry their heads so far bscr
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-10-09

A Rochester contemporary has an ar.
ticle on The Peril OF Lynching." The
peril is q real one. The victim nearly
always gets hurt.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-10-09

An exchange says Pierpont Morgan
combines all the American character
istics" Yes. and he combines about
everything eies American that is loose
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-10-09

Is il any wonder that some men
learn TO MAKE money faster than 9TH
e-s, considering the wives they have
70 support:
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-10-09
Lnnd.lides Are Feared.

A portion Of the cone Of Mount vesu-
vius has fallen in and precautions are
being taken against possible landslides.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-10-09

SJOgie manufacturers have formed e
trust Doubtless il viii be q great
success Il il is as strong as thei- prod
uC-
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-10-09

A woman : seldom IN position 10
ise 70 obey.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-10-09

L IS easier 10 get s man 70 tel you
how q thing should be done than i
Is 70 get man 70 do il
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-10-09
Railroad teaches q Lesson,

A few weeks ago one Of the engines Of
the Chicago. Burlington and Quincy Rail-
road jumped the track and demolished a
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-10-09

For the amount OF outlay IN nerve
and enterprise this Jrain--obbery bus
!nesS appears 10 lie rather Improbable.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-10-09

One need not be a psychologist, q
pedagogist or the parent Of seventeen
children 20 agree with DR.. G. Stanley
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-10-09

No matter how tight girls shoes a. a.
she never likes to Acknowledge
corn.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-10-09

Nothing makes a bride so angry 's sst..
be told that she might have do'e "
ter.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-11-12

Even women do not escape. Mrs
Anne O'Mahony, proprietress of wa
terford newspaper has just been sent
to Jail to serve two months sentence
for refusing to give bail for good be-
havior. She must live on bread and
water, and sleep on the prison hunks OF
wood as an ordinary criminal, but mel
sentence does not include hard labor
She was shown this much mercy.
1t is useless to talk of a united king
dom while Ireland is in a state of yelled
rebellion. Two thirds of the country
is now held only by armed force. Trial
by jury is suspended and all the people
put outside the constitution.
The police are charged with manu-
featuring evidence to send the anti
government leaders and organizers OF
the United Irish league to Jail. These
claims are proved in the notorious
cases of Sergeants Sullivan and Sheri-
dan at Sligo. The latter was allowed
by the government to leave the country
The other is still kept in the service OF
the British government. Proof was
brought forward that Sullivan and
Sheridan had forged the letters used by
the castle authorities in the effort to
clinch the charge of conspiracy against
the Irish leaders and thus stir the peo-
pie to logged resistance.
Public discussion of political issues
in Ireland is carried on at the imminent
risk of imprisonment at hard labor
Instead of trial by jury tribunal is
set up by the crown. which sends its
own magistrates to the proclaimed dis
tricts. These magistrates not only con-
duct the prosecutions but in many cases
provide the evidence.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-11-12

county, Iowa, the service entirely COW
ers one of the most populous counties,
where seven routes only were in oper-
alton before the establishment of full
county service was taken up. Forty
routes now cover an area of 73S square
miles. furnishing daily service to 15,ooO
people on the various routes estab-
lished. More than 1900 daily papers
have been subscribed for as the result
of the establishment Of this service
which starts from Is post offices. AS
a result of it's Inauguration 10 post
offices, 10 star routes, and one messen-
ger service have been discontinued
The cost of this superseded service
is saved to the postoffice department
in it's general account, but can not be
credited on the auditors books to. rural
free delivery.
The counties of Des Moines, Buchan-
an, and Blackhawk, also in Iowa, have
been entirely covered by this system
In each of these counties partial SER
vice had been in previous operation
In the REIMBURSEMENT of existing routes
and establishment of routes in Della
ware county, Iowa, "a carriers serve
the county over an aggregate length
of route of SCI miles, meeting thu
wants of 10000 people living along the
routes. FRANK j. STILLMAN.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-11-12
LONG SLEEP ENDS IN DEATH.
PuzzIine Case of Nellie corcoran IL
New York City.

PuzzIng Case of Nellie Corcoran in
New York City.
New York, Nov. 10.---Nellie Corcoran,
who for twenty days lay in a mysteri-
Gus state of coma in ST. Vincents hos
pital died Saturday. Her case was an
extremely puzzling one to medical prac-
titioners thruout the city.
The girl fell into her state of uneon-
seriousness on Oct. IA at the house
where she was employed as a servant.
At the hospital where she was taken
heroic efforts to determine the cause of
her condition met with little success.
Hundreds of physicians examined her,
and every known method was tried TO
awaken her, but without success. Two
or three times she was aroused ana
spoke few words, saying she was
sleepy, and again became unconscious.
Electricity was applied, and in hard
doses, but ineffectiveiy. Neurologists
and pathologists tried to diagnose the
girls condition, but could not. Special
lists of nearly every medical field We're
called in, but they arrived at no conclu-
sions as to the cause of the coma or It's
proper diagonists. 1t was even sug-
gested that some one had hypnotized
her and efforts to throw off such spell
were made, but to no purpose. Her
Temperature increased rapidly, she be-
came enaciated, and finally stopped
breathing after having slept continu-
ously twenty days.
An autopsy will be performed by one
of the citys leading physicians in an
effort to solve the mysterious cause OF
the girls death.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-11-12
MAscAGNI WILL RESUME TOUR
Troubles With Managers Are Patched
lln in Boston Conferences.

Boston, Nov. 1O.-Mascagni's troubles
are ended for the present Since he was
saved from going to Jail under an at
tachment writ sworn out by the Nit
tenthals there have been number OF
conferences and many messages be-
tween here and New York. Last night
Manager Samuel Kronberg said that
peace had been restored among the
three factions in the company, that 1T
would be brought together again and
the tour resumed. The first perform
ance of the company will be in Sym
phony Hall, Boston. next Wednesday.
Money will be found by Samuel Kron-
berg to start the company again, and
after it's engagement in Boston the
composer and his band will go to De-
troit and Chicago.
John Snyder, an express messenger
of Plattsburg, Va, was killed In
collision on the Norfolk and Western
Road near Williamson, w. Va.