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Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-01-30
WillinZ To Obey

The proprietor Of a department store
told this anecdote recently of himself
and one Of his employees. a man Of 40:
Philip is sort Of factotum around
here and l pay him SIG a week. One
Of his duties is tG sweep out the space.
behind the counters three or four times
a day. and he never objected to doing
this until lately. Recently the newspa-
pers gave him some fame on account Of
the delicate wood carving that he does
at home in the evening. and the noto-
Iiety swelled his head little. He came
10 me the other day and said:
Boss. | don't mind sweeping out
early in the morning or late in the
evening. when the stores empty. but
| think it doesn't look Just right for me
to be seen doing that menial kind Of
work by big crowds Of people. | am
not ashamed to do IL. only I'm pretty
well known as an artistic person. and
it looks undignified for an artist to be
seen with a broom in public. Can't |
have a boyT
Il laughed and replied:
Philip. your point is well taken.
Hereafter. only sweep out when the
store IS empty. When the store is full
and sweeping is necessary you just
come and tell me and I'll take the
broom and do the work for you my
self"
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-01-30

Edward Fisher. Of Rockford, H., was
eating peanuts when one Of them To-
Gated in his windpipe, choking him to
death.
Joseph Carter hit Edward Campbell
over the heart with his fist in friendly
scutfie and he died instantly. This oc-
Cured in Baltimore.
In South Chicago the other day the
axle of a baby carriage suddenly broke
while Mrs. Mary Moran. of SS52 Buff
falo avenue, was out wheeling her IL
months-old boy. The collapse was so
sudden that the mother could not save
the child. which was thrown to the
pavement. fracturing its skull. Ordi-
narily, such an accident scarcely would
make a healthy baby cry.
Charles II. Ormond. of Milwaukee.
was treating a horse that was in agony
and In leaning over the animal TO ad-
just a rope around Its hoof, the touch
of the dector's hand caused the nerv-
GUS animal to strike out with its hOof.
striking the man In the forehead, kill
ing him almost instantly.
David Gregg, of Salt Lake City, al
most bled to death the other evening
without knowing 1t. He accidentally
thrust both hands through plate glass
window, but did not mind it. Later he
felt stinging sensation in his hands
and tainted. 1t was found that two
arteries had been severed, one requiring
nine stitches and the other six, before
the flow of blood could be checked. In
these last few days, however, no other
class of accidents has compared in
fatalities to the accidents in the hunt
ing fields. Scores of men have been
killed or injured while deer hunting.
When one also considers the large
number of sick people who have taken
poison for medicine In dark rooms the
list of these peculiar fatalities will be
greatly swelled.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-01-30

West End. and. retiring TO his bed
room, emptied the money bags into his
bed. Thither he promptly followed the
sovereigns, among which. having for q
time rolled and tumbled. he ultimately
fell asleep.
For his novel. Les Memories du Dia-
BILE Frederic Soulie received from his
publishers 10000 francs in gold. Over.
toyed at his good fortune he hurried
home, and pouring the louis dor into
a tootbath plunged his feet into the
glittering treasure, where he kept them
for over half an hour, smoking the
while Gargantuan cigar and building
castles in the air.
Madame du Barry. when at the ze-
NTH Of her power. had a bath so con-
structed that on touching a tap a cas-
cade Of golden louis-from a reservoir
that was always kept well filIed-min-
gled with the flow Of scented water.
This device was fashioned. it is said.
TO represent the legend of Danae.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-01-30
Duke of ConnauRnt.

The Duke Of Connaught, although
over 80 years Of age, alone Of all the
royal family of Great Britain looks
really in vigorous health. 1t is prob
ably due to the open-alr life he leads
and his love of sport and exercise.
Court and society had few attractions
for the godson of the Duke OF yelling
ton. The Duke of Connaught Is ex-
ceedingly popular with the army and Is
regarded as the best-looking of the sons
of Queen Victoria. His marked fea-
lures are distinguished by virillty, He
and the Duke Of Cambridge are, 1t is
believed, the only living members OF
the English royal family who have ever
been under fire.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-01-30
A Forgotten Craft.

1t was probably known to nearly
every Roman citizen how the mortar
which cemented the stones OF their
buildings was made-just as it is
known to the majority of people that
the principal ingredient Of English
mortar is street scrapings. But, the
knowledge being general, nobody wrote
it down, and in time, as the Romans
shifted their building upon slaves and
foreigners. the recipe Of their mortar
was lost So far it has not been dis
covered, though the secret Of it would
be immensely valuable for the cement
outlasts the very stones which 1t joins.
London Mail.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-01-30

grind" melons The melons are
hauled to the threSher. and scooped into
the cylinder. which contains two roll
ers close enough together TO crush the
rind. vet not injure the seed. The
crushed mass then slides into a reel.
which is & cylindrical-Shaped frame
about twelve feet long. covered with
wire Ietting. with meshes large enough
to let the seed and pulp through L,
slopes TO the rear and is constantly
turning. The crushed melons are car
ried halfway up the side. then drop
and gradually work back and fall out
ar the lower end. but not before the
seed has been thrown through the
screen The seed and the pulp run out
al the side into a vat built in the
ground: there the mass lies until the
pulp rots, when il is taken to the river
in barrels 10 be washed.
The washing apparatus is a screen
about twesye feet long. that can be sub
merged. The barrels are emptied into
it. and by stirring the pulp is separated
from the seeds, floats on the top. leav-
ing the clean white seed below. Next
the seeds are spread on canvas racks 70
dry: when dry they are delivered to the
wholesale house.
The work Of preparing them for mar
ker is only half done Next comes the
milling. that separates the light seed
and particles OF the rind or hulls that
may have remained After this comes
grading or separating. The seeds are
doated over a screen. the smaller or sec
Ond-clsss seeds falling through. the
larger being carried on. and lastly
comes the hand-p.cking. as shown in
the picture. This is facilitated by a sim
pie contrivance, worked by a treadle
The seeds are put in a hopper and run
over a small shaker in the bottom
which scatters them on an endless can.
vas belt, about one and one-half feet
long and six inches wide, run on two
rollers The good seeds drop from this
into a basket; the bad and different
varieties are picked out and put into
pockets on both sides Of the belt and
run into a sack. The seeds are then
ready for shipment.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-01-30

infant which is theKATE GREENAwAY.
delight of the books Miss Greenaway
has illuminated with the fire Of her
genius. This genuine artist was educat-
ed at the kensiDgton school, at Heath
ersley's and at the Slade school. She
studied Reynolds and Romney, but she
did not win her greatest success until
1879, when she published her remark
able volume, Under the Window" The
sale was enormous approaching the
success of Alice in Wonderland" In
1850 appeared her Birthday Book for
Children" upward of 10000 of which
have been sold in Great Britain. Many
Of her best paintings were owned by
the late John Ruskin. Her home was in
Hampstead, London.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-01-30

GS HE different manners by which
people meet death are peculiar.
When an engine boiler blows up
without scratching the engineer, and
when the prick from a needle causes
death in few days, one has reason to
wonder
Blanche Young. of Wabash, Ind, was
the victim of needle point. In sewing
she stuck the point deep In her finger,
but continued with her work. The poi
sonous fabrics caused the injured mem
Der to swell terribly. Blood poison de
veloped and she died in agony.
Edgar Z, Seeger. Chicago travelling
man, careleSsly picked a pimple. which
appeared on his face, with a pin at
Ithaca, n. Y, and died shortly from
blood poison.
Within week the dentists chair cost
three lives in more or less direct way,
At Sioux City, Iowa. the filling of a
tooth caused stroke of apoplexy TO
DR.. Adelaide Z. Kilbourne. and she
died as she was leaving the chair. Al
Loyal, Wis, an aching tooth drove Kim
bal j. Berry to dentist. 1t was mo
lar, far back in the jaw, and was 50
firmly rooted that in the pulling of 1t
the jaw bone was fractured. Blood poi
son set in, killing the patient in a few
days. In Chicago the other day Miss
Mamie Ferry, of Oak Park. died from
fear of the dentists chair, to which she
was going.
Little Barbara Bothman, of Jackson
Miss, was the victim of the acorn. She
complained of pains in her side and
was obliged to submit TO an operation
In the appendix the acorn was found
much enlarged from the heat and moist
ure. The child swallowed it at play
She died from the operation.
Lloyd Rogers, of Galesburg. H., got
grain of corn in his trachea and wa.
seized with violent fit of coughins
from which he died
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-01-30
GIANTS AMONG THE SEALS.
Habits Of an Interestinx Group of A M
phiba of the south PACT fic.

phiba of the South Pac fic.
Professor c. Chun, a German scien-
tist, has begun making study of the
sea elephants, the gigantic seals found
In many portions Of the South Pacific
ocean. He has been assisted In his
work by Robert Hall, learned natur-
allst, and the two investigators have
CLEANED many new facts relative to
their habits and life.
These interesting seals are only found
In the southern sea, and mainly in the
vicinity of the Kergueles Islands,
where they go in August for the pur-
pose Of pairing. They remain there un-
til February or March. During the win
ter they are very dull and apathetic,
but as spring approaches they become
more lively. OF human beings they
are not In the least afraid. Mr. Hall
says that he went several times through
herd of forty or fifty animals while
they were doing, and only a few were
disturbed by him.
These seals live in communities, and
in single bay may often be seen from
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-01-30
He EneW Better.

At a school in Kent an inspector was
examining a class Of children in arith-
metic, when the inspector asked the fol-
lowing question:
Now, John, suppOsing | gave you
two rabbits and another kind friend
gave you one more. how many would
you hayef"
JOhn-FOur, sir.
InspectOr-No. my boy, two and one
don't make four.
John (quicklyj-Plesse, sir, I've got
one old lop-eared 'en at hOme.-London
Spare Moments.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-01-30
Bathed in Gold.

On the occasion Of giving a concert
Madame Sala engaged Paganini at a
fee o. 80 guineas. says the Golden
Pehny. The next day she repaired to
the viOIinist's house. and handed him
the sum in gold. the sight Of which
filed the great player with such violent
emotion that ne plunged his fingers
among the bright pieces, which he
poured over mis- arms and hands as
though they were water. Despite this
display Of ayarice. however. he return
ed the fee 10 Madame Sala.
When he received 1900 in gold as
the price OF some shares. the late Lit
tIeton Holt, the proprietor Of the Iron
Times, FASTENED to his hotel in the
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-01-30

Thousands Of acres OF land in Douglas
county, Nebraska. are devoted TO the
raiSinS Of garden and field seeds of
many kinds, and the chief industry Of
the busy town Of Waterloo consists in
hnally preparing. asserting. packing
and shipping hundreds Of tons OF seeds
annually. Shipments are made to all
parts Of the United States. 10 Canada
and Mexico.
Thirty years ago the lands now de
voted TO seed culture could be bought
Tor s. an acre- II is situated in the
valley Of the Platte. between the Elk
horn and Platte Rivers. was covered
with rank vegetation. and not deemed
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-01-30

n for grazing. About ten years ago
some tracts were cleared and drained.
and il was found that the soil. rich
dark lOam with sand, was ideal ground
for the raising Of many sorts Of seeds
The industry has developed. and now
these garden lands sell AZ from S45 10
Sl0o an acre, and rent for from 81 TO SIS
an acre annually.
The pictures here shown are from
photographs made on one Of the J. c.
Robinson seed farms and in the ware
house OF that gentleman, who is at the
head Of one Of the great business inter-
ests Of that part Of Nebraska. The
seed threshing machine is loaded TO
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-01-30

PROF PlChERlNG. pOSeu. Anu slaIt-
lingrevelation is the fact that the photo
graphs Of the spectrum Of a streak
Of lightning. showing that it is
made up Of lines belonging to chemical
elements which seem 10 be split up into
still more elementary substances. pre-
SentS remarkable resemblance with
the spectrum OF Nova. the new star in
Perseus. There. too, the spectral lines
Of hydrogen appear curiouSly different
from their ordinary appearance, and
both in intensity and position bear a
close resemblance to what they show
In the spectrum of lightning. What re-
lation can there be between the vast
glowing air of that distant star. too dis
tant TO be measured. presumably ablaze
from center to circumference with in
tense heat-a cOnhagration extensive
ours in destruction-and the cool air
that enwraps our little planet and carries
the clouds and rains that make the
earth inhabitable. Nova was discovered
only a year ago. and the mightiest ex-
plosion of lightning is Insignificant as
compared with an outburst such as that
which produces a new star. and yet
both phenomena-the lightning from a
summer cloud and the gigantic out
break of power that caused an extin-
guished sun in Perseus TO burst again
into fiame-produce a similar effect.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-01-30
WHILE THE wokLo GOES ON

H. hearse Was white that yesterday
S-7o5 for = while before a door:
r. box was light sad Smsu that they
Who were his little plsymstes bore;
H. world goes ,On-Csy lovers sing.
r. shouts q Il tpy children ring
Occ gladly as they did before.
A.. yeS, The world keeps going on.
AMI people plan and children play.
Is. some ones dearest hopes are gone,
And some ones heart Is torn to-day.
a heavy silence fingers where
Esy laughter used 10 ring. and there
Are useless TOYS 70 put away.
weep aot for the little one
Whose sialess hesrt shah know nO
carr
NJ ta- The child whose shoutins's done.
Around whose brow the curls are fair
BIZ al ny grieVous tears shall De
r. them. alone, tEat have 70 see
The hi-h-chsir st.nding empty there.
-CAczso Record herald.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-01-30
GIRLS IN LONDON.

Managers Say They Give Better Serv-
ice than Boys.
There is new kind of messenger
boy in London. The new messenger
boy does not smoke cigarettes, or loiter,
or swear. or fight. The new messenger
boy Is always neat and tidy, never i'm
pudent or unruly. This is because the
new messenger boy is girl. Reuters
Telegraph Company. in London, has
lately tried the experiment of employ
ing girls as well as boys for messenger
work. The experiment has been more
than successful. and twenty-fOur girls
are now in the employ of Reuters, and
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-01-30
Imperial BaptismaI Font.

Babies Of the Russian imperial family
are usually christened in the winter
palace at St Petersburg, where tourists
can see the baptismal font, piece Of
pure, solid crystal, 24x22x1S inches in
size. with a basin chiseled in the center
and heavily embossed on the outside
with gold filagree representing lilies
and olive leaves.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-01-30
Cows.

New York State has more cows than
Pennsylvania and New Jersey com
bined, and more than any other one
State in the Union, Iowa being second.
Illinois third, and Wisconsin fourth.
The entire number Of cows in the States
and Territories is 1G,292, 800, with
total valuation Of SjI4,sI2.IO6
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-01-30

tiful illustrations of
children's b 90 k 5,
and for the keen in
terest she has taken
in reforming t h e
dress of children. 1t
was her mission TO
transform the over
dre s s e d. I ig h t
WASTED Britt S b
baby into the free
and fiowing-robed
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-01-30
Female Prisoners in EnoIand

Between 1000 aud $1,000 women
pass annually through the prisons Of
England and Wales. Taking the figures
for last year it appears that ~ per
cent had been previously convicted.
AZ per cent five times and more, and
Is per cent-about 1000 women-twen-
ty times or more.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-01-30
Longest Railway Runs.

England holds the record for the long
est railway runs without stop This
is Paddington to Exeter-194 miles.
France comes next, with Paris 10 Calais
-1S51a miles. Americas longest run
is New York to Troy-14S miles.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-01-30
KATE GREENAWAY.

Noted Reformer and Painter Who Died
Recently.
Miss Kate Greenaway. the noted
British artist who has passed away in
london. is best known for her beau
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-01-30
Russia's Asiatic Possessions.

Russia's Asiatic possessions are three
times as large as the British but have
only 25,0OO,00O people. as compared
with 297, 100000 under British rule.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-01-30

ing lightning with
the SpectroScope.
The analysis proves
that the element
hydrogen is a COM
pound substance.
perhaps the basis
of all other ele
ments, instea d
of a single indivis-
ible element. as
chemists have sup
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-01-30

Someone asks what is nervousness.
1t is the feeling you experience when
there is boy coming down hill behind
you on a sled.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-01-30
PHOTOGRAPHS LIGHTNING.
Professor Pickering Has Made Won.
derful discovery.

Prof Edward c. Pickering. OF Har,
ward Observatory. has startled the
world OF science hy successfully analyz-
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-12-11
School Fund OF State.

The common school fund Of the state
including the congressional fund.
now amounts to SO, 400, 600, which is
loaned out by the county auditors at
6 per cent interest. producing annual
income of about 800, 600, which is pro-
rated among the counties for school
purposes. An addition Of $3.50, 900 90
this fund will make it in round amount
81, 000. 600 producing an income of
about $500. 900, or about what a 5
cent state levy would produce. The
permanent school fund can never grow
less, the counties being made respon-
sible for the payment of the interest
on the fund in their hands, whether
they actually receive the interest or
NOT
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-12-11
MORTUARY
Mrs. Harry B. Reeves.

Mrs. Minerva Reeves, widow of the
late Harry B. Reeves, died at her
home in ST. Joseph, Michigan, Thurs
day, December 1, 1902, aged 90 years
and 3 months.
She was born in Seneca county,
Ohio, came to Plymouth IN 1869 with
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Witwer
Price, and in the fJllowing year was
united in marriage with Harry B.
Reeves.
To this union three children were
born-James A, Bessie and Fitch-all
of whom, with her mother, three Sis
tiers and I'VE brothers, survive to
mourn her death.
The family resided in Plymouth un-
til four years ago, and deceased vas
known here during a residence of al
most thirty years, as a kind wife,
friend and neighbVr
The remains were brought to Plym-
outh on Saturday and taken to
the home of Mrs. Henry Reynolds,
where funeral services were conducted
by Rev. A. 2. belong of the NJ. E.
church of which deceased had been a
consistent member for thirty-tour
years.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-12-11
Blue Button Army.

A number of young people met at
the hall at Twin Lakes last Thursday
evening to organize a company of the
Interstate Blue Button Army.
The object Of this army is to save
the young men and women from the
evils of intemperance.
Nineteen poung men and women
signed the muster-roll and will sign
the total abstinence pledge at the
next meeting.
A corps of efficient officers were Sc
lected who will have control of the
company. Capt. Floyd Holem is an
enthusiastic leader in the military
dill. Drilling, singing rousing tenn
perance songs and striving to help one
another are the main features of their
program.
ALI who are interested in temper
ance work will be cordially welcomed
at the hall at Twin Lakes. Thursday
evening, December IL, 1902.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-12-11
The Shifting Sand.

Great ridges of sand, slowly moving
inland, from Lake Michigan, threaten
to overwhelm Allegan county. Michi-
gan. says a dispatch. The extraordi-
nary conditions existing there have
been made the subject of a report by
the agricultural department. Experts
sent out by the department to make
an examination state that Singapore,
a small village at the mouth of the
Kalamazoo river, has been almost en-
tirely buried by the shifting sand. On
the leeward side of some ridges, large
trees have been almost completely GOV
cred. Frequently only the tips of
trees remain exposed. These ridges,
or dunes, now extend a little more
than a mile from the shore of the lake.
In height they range from 20 To lis
feet. Their formation has been due
to wind action and the line of their
advancement inland is sharply defined.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-12-11
FOUR WRECKS CD THE RAIL
Re~presentive and Rabbi Help Take Care
of the Hurt-Three Is the Total
of the Killed.

Kansas City, Dec. 9.-The east
bound limited passenger train on the
Santa Fe was wrecked at Rothville,
Mo-, shortly after noon yesterday,
causing the death of Engineer Samuel
Wise, of Argentine, Kan. and his
fireman. Alexander Haevelin, Repre-
sentative-Elect Loud. of Michigan. and
Rabbi Hirsch, of Chicag go, were among
the passengers and helped to care for
the injured.
st. Paul. Dee. 9.-An Omaha engine
overturned on the tracks near the up
per levee bridge late yesterday. The
firman-Nincent Strommer-was un-
able TO jump and vas buried beneath
a hugh locomotive.
Youngstown. o.. Dec. 1.-TWO train
men were killed and two injured by a
head-on collision between a passenger
train and local freight On the Penn
sylvania road in the western part of
Dilmer, engineer, and Frank Smith,
brakeman. of the passenger train,
both of Ashtabula.
Bemidji, Mimi, Dec. 9.-The chair
car on the north-bound passenger train
of the Minnesota and International
railway left the track in the yards at
South Bemidji yesterday and rolled
down an embankment. None of the
passengers was killed, but nearly every
occupant of the car was more or less
injured. the worst cases being broken
limbs, of which there were few.