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Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-08-21

own end For the woman who wishes
10 be agreeable TO society naturally
wishes To make society believe in her
Bu- when she SnubS any one whom she
considers beneath her she Is giving am
pie proof that either she oT her ancestors
have not been used To the grade Of society
in which she finds herself; and that she
is. therefore. not what she would have
others believe.
The woman who has a right 10 the So
cial position she occupies. and whose fam
lily for generations has been in the same
position. will find il necessary 10 snub
no one-neither those whom she meets
socially and whom she does not consider
her social equals. nor those in other walks
of life with whom she is brought into
casual contact.
GraciousnesS TO her friends and To her
servants. To her acquaintances and 10 her
sewing woman. 10 her children and to
every one asking n favor Of her. TO those
who are gentlewOmen and 70 those who
are not-that is the first rule Of conduct
for one who fultills her duty to society
by being agreeable.
The duty of making ones self agree
able to society means simply woman
duty to let her best impulses rule her all
the time. So this becomes a rule for gen.
eral conduct as well as for social inter.
COURSE
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-08-21
WAS A ROSY CHECKED GIRL
ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO.

This is a picture of Mrs. David b.
Stamp, of Finchville. Orange County,
y. Y. She is little, old. almost for
gotten woman, living in Il little, old,
almost forgotten town. You would
scarcely believe TO see her that she
was an old woman as long ago as the
outbreak of tn Civil War; you would
scarcely believe that one hundred
years ago she was plump, red-cheek-
ed girl playing on the shores of the
blue Hudson. and the prettiest girl,
at that, for many mile in all directions.
But that is exactly what she did do
and what she was, and now as she sits
among the gathering shadows of life's
twilight, waiting for the night TO fall,
she can look backward across the cen
tury and say that the world with all
its teeming millions has been born
again since that far distant time when
she was little girl at play.
Mrs Stamp was born on the shores
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-08-21
Buried American History.

Even in country so recently consc.
ious of the past as our own, there are
buried cities awaiting the pickax Of the
historian. OF these none is perhaps
more interesting, certainly none is
more picturesque, more colonial and
even to-day-more English than I'D
Williamsburg in Virginia-that mid
die plantation" which in 1852 was
laid out and paled,' TO become char
tered city, the capital Of great colony
under king and crown.
Its three streets of the reign OF VII
liam and Mary are its only thorough
fares and two "back" streets, hardly
more than grassgrown lanes of to-day
Duke Of Gloucester street, broad and
genially hospitable, stretches leisurely
from the foundations Of the ancient
capitol building on the east (of whose
wall not one brick is left nor one white
pillar Of its porticOes), to the iron turn
stile gates of William and Mary college
grounds at the western extremity Of
the town.
on the right. as one enters the college
gate, is a charming mansion, the resi-
dence of the president of William anu
Mary, and upon the left, across the
campus, stands the old Braifertol
building. the earliest school for the elu-
cation of Indians erected on American
soil In the time of Gov. SpotsWoOd'
says Country Life in America, 1t was
necessary to resort to strenuous ehor'S
to insure attendance. for the studehI'
were mainly hostages, the sons u
chiefs of neutral or friendly tribes duF'
ing Indian warfare.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-08-21
Gray Hair.

That there exists connection pe
tween gray hair and certain states VI
the nervous system there can De ~
doubt. Abnormal grayness is an III
fallible index of some defect In lne
nervous system. This statement
founded upon an examination Oh
large number of cases reported IN 'ne
Lancet, but what, II will be asked' =
abnormal grayness? We shall best an'
swer this question by enumeratlhg ln'
characters of normal grayness DC
tween the normal and the abnorniai
there is of course no sharp dividing iine
the one rrsia imperceptibly into 'ne
other-but. speaking generally, we lid,
say that the chief features OF noripai
grayness are-D 1t does not come W
before, say. the age of 80 years; C2) IL y
symmetricaE (3) it begins in certain
regions, preferentially the temples
spreading thence: a. the blancnins
progresses gradually; (5) the blancnlns
on the scalp does not proceed decldeu'
In advance of that on the face.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-08-21

people of the whole country 10 the same
extent as the railway. Great Britain
has retained possession of the oriental
trade for the reason that she furnishes
the lowest rates of transportation 10 and
from those countries. We are now pre-
pairing to challenge her for such share
of this business as can be furnished by
the manufacturers of the United States
In a country as large as ours, carrying
on enormous undertakings, large amounts
of capital are necessary, and this capital
can be more readily furnished 10y curpo-
rate ownership than in any other way.
The only serious objection to so-called
trusts has been the method of creating
them for the purpose of selling sheaves
of printed securities which represent
nothing more than good will and pros
pective profits to the promoters
If il is the desire of the government to
prevent the growth of such corporations,
il has always seemed to me that a sim
pie remedy was within its reach. Under
the constitutional provision allowing
Congress to regulate commerce between
States all companies desiring TO transact
business outside of the State in which
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-08-21

Every town occasionally puts on q
play for the editication of the public
which is not announced on the bill
boards. a village in New York renders
the following performance in which
the Baptist preacher and a jealous
young man play leading roles: The play
opens AT the church picnic. The min
lister, an unmarried man, is the vogue.
Moreover, he is susceptible. Captured
and cOrnered by the church orgauist.
he discOurses all the day long of loves
young dream. And now the villain ap.
pears. The Organist's steady company
shows up. He behaves rudely and his
wrath is as the wrath of Achilles. The
next act is brief but tragic. lit is on
the following Sunday. The Jealous
lover lays for the preacher and wallops
the eccleslastic sorely. Then comes the
curtain raiser in the police court with
the villain in the dock. The poDulace.
rent into opposing factions according
TO creed, ill and overflow the right and
left wings Of the stage. Here the teIe.
graph instrument stopped. But IL If
easy to guess the sequel. Questioned
by the judge, the prisoner glares at the
minister and the Organist and lowering
his voice TO the floor. huskily exclaims:
"Not guilty" Pursued by the mex,
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-08-21

Sir Wilfrid Laurier just prior 10 his
recent departure TO Europe spoke of
the Alaskan boundary question as Sc
riouS danger 10 British and American
relations and menace of open con-
tiict." IL need not become q menace.
however, unless the British government
seeks 10 make il such. Ii is Great Brit
ain, not the United States. which in this
instance is seeking 10 alter boundary
lines. Briefly stated. the British CON
Ientiun is that the boundary of south
eastern Alaska, instead of following a
line ten marine leagues lthirty.four and
one-haf statute miles from the coast
line proper, leaps from headland 10
headland at 4 distance of ten leagues
from the outlining capes and promon-
tories. Such q line would bring the
British boundary much nearer the Pa
cltic and would give Great Britain con-
trol OF important estuaries and fiords
leading 10 the sea. This claim, which
was never advanced until 1898. is not
supported either by the original trea-
lies, ny the maps and charts of cartOg-
raphers or by any argument recogniza-
bic 10 reason. The United States pos
sessions in this territory are precisely
what the Russian possessions We're
prior 10 their purchase and the mean
ing Of the original treaty negotiated
between Russia and Great Britain in
lS2o is unmistakable. II must be pat
ent TO the State department that there
can be no yielding of American rights
on this point. The boundary question,
II is said, is about 10 be brought I'D
again for final negotiations. Whatever
may be required 10 secure a common
survey of the boundary and a friendly
demarcation of the line with scientific
accuracy should be done: hut from the
essential point at issue there can be no
recession. The evidence in support of
the American claim is overwhelming.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-08-21

dent given on the authority of the Lon.
don Chronicle exhibits the manly sym.
pathy of the present sovereign of En-.
gland.
While the Prince walked back and
forth at intervals TO rest. the painter
worked at the background. never put
ting down his palette. The result was
that his thumb went TO sleep. Toward
the end of the sitting the painter was
pulling his thumb to get the blood into
circulation, when his royal sitter saw
and sympathlZed.
The next day, when the Prince came
for a second sitting. he said:
Il didn't sleep very well last night
and thought of you. was worrying
about your palette. Couldn't you have
the thumb-hole padded?"
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-08-21

A Wilmington, Del, belle is the
most talked-aDout woman of that city,
because she rode astride at the horse
show. Woman indeed remains in bar
barrie bondage So long as sine cannot dc
a sensible thing without being render
ed conspicuous. Health, safety and
good form all demand the abolisnment
Of the awkward and antiquated side
saddle. If riding is to increase with
the release of the horse from carriage
service. women everywhere ought II
revolt against the barbaric prejudice
which deprives them of the best en-
toyment and best benefits of this no
blest Of exercises.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-08-21
THOUGHT THE GUN sEwlrc-,-.
Old Negro Threw 1t Away and W.
Not Touch 1t Again "0ala

Old Negro Threw 1t Away and W..
Not Touch 1t Again. 0ls
A story is told Of Uncle Wasb,.-
Harris, one Of "Marse Clay's pi-s.1 ol
afore de war;" who remained es.s
plantation after lie was free u ls
considered power among the no,,'' "@
being somewhat of a local nroeas -
but he said. Use jist a exortiona1
'mongst de congregation"
Once when Uncle Wash" wos a.
Ortioning 'mOngst de congrego,,.ss
the Ku Klux came after him ana
the old man hurriedly beat an ar,.
through a window one of the Ku Eln
got the tail of his Prince Alhar, ~.
that ''Alarse Clay" had given him .rS
which the old darky was very prors
Of. From that time Uncle WASH =,
ways carried an old long-barreled sbo,
gun.
The neighbOrs were in the hoh, =,
meeting at night at bob" Claws conn
try store TO tell yarns and talk abor,
the crops. Uncle Wash" and sevs,,I
other old colOred men were alwsv,
present, sitting on nail kegs a resp4c,.
full distance behind de white folks !,
hear de yarns" On these occasion,
Uncle Wash" always left his gun IN
the rear of the store.
One night Buck" Allen, who nare,
was tired Of playing jokes on the ola
man, got his gun and, after DRAWING
the shot from It, loaded it with DOW.
der and phosphorus wood as waddnp
then another load of powder and more
phosphorus wood, repeating this in
there were several loads of powder
and wood in the gun, ramming down
the last charge of powder with an e1.
ira long piece of wood. Buck
dropped a coal on 1t and went back 70
his seat.
If PHOSPHORUS wood is lighted the
fire will eat very slowly through II and
act as n fuse. Uncle Wash" took I'd
his gun and started home, and was
several hundred yards from the store
when the spark reached the first
charge of powder and exploded II,
which greatly perplexed the old man,
hut he attributed 1t to an accident
When the second explosion occurred
he fell on his knees and prayed but
when the third came he threw the gun
from him into the bushes and ran for
dear life. AS Uncle Wash" burst in
the front door, TO the CONSERVATION Of
his wife, and fell sprawling on the
floor, Historically praying, he heard
the last charge explode.
Uncle Wash" never went back for
his gun, and could never be convinced
"sperrets" We're not in that "ole turkee
gun" and that it was not bewtched-
New York Tribune.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-08-21

1t is not shade alone that makes it
cooler under tree in summer. The
coOlness of the tree itself helps, for its
temperature is about 10 degrees Fab
renheit. at all times, as that of the hu-
man body is fraction more than IS
degrees. So a clump of trees cools the
air as piece of ice cools the water in
a pitcher. That is why the Legisla-
ture has authorized the park authori-
ties of New York City to plant trees
In the tenement districts. If the air
can be made cooler and purer by the
trees fewer children will die Of heat
ailments. As 1000 more children die
in New York during June, July, August
and September than in any other sim
liar period in the year, the importance
of adopting every known means TO save
life is undisputed
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-08-21

The great value of salt as an anti
septic and the fact that nature appears
to have made it an essential Ingredient
III the food of nearly all animals have
made the medical profession very hos.
pitaDle toward new theories or d!scoy.
cries regarding its therapeutic quail.
ties. The doctors in fact are never un-
prepared for the announcement of
some extraordinary cure effected bv
the use of this widely distributed com.
pound. That pneumonia can be cured
by pumping an per cent sodium
chlorlde solution at temperatures rang
ing from 12O TO l3O degrees Fahrenheit
into the lungs however, naturally tax
es the credulity of most physicians.
Ihls achievement was announced by
Or. W. Byron Coakley, of Chicago. in
a paper read by him before the Amer
lean Medical Association at the recent
convention al Saratoga. That such a
saline solution would be death TO all
bacteria and would also have an anti
septic effect upon diseased tissue will
be readily conceded. Ii is a question
Of getting the solution into the lungs
IN such a way that the patient could
stand the treatment, DR.. Coakley
claims TO have solved this problem bv
the use of an instrument invented by
himself, which introduces the solution
into the lungs through punctures made
by fine gold needle. After the salt
solution destroys the bacteria and cools
TO the temperature of the body il is
claimed that it is absorbed in the blood
and does not clog up the lungs. In
doing this 1t protects the red corpuscles
against destruction by the poisons of
pneumonia. Physicians are naturally
skeptical regarding the effectiveness of
this treatment, for the reason that in
the attempts that have been made to
wash out the lungs with salt solutions
the patients have been unable to stand
ii. The demonstrations before the as.
SociatiOn at Saratoga, however. are
claimed to have shown the Coaklev
method to be a success. If future tests
should more firmly establish the effect
iveness and practicability of his treat
ment DR.. COaklcy will have scored a
great advance in medical science and
will have conferred great boon upon
humanity.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-08-21

of the Hudson one hundred and eight
years ago. She spent her girlhGod
there and saw the trial trip of Robert
Buttons first steamboat. She remem-
bers when the country rang with the
praises of General Washington. She
remembers the day he died She re-
members the Marquis de Lafayette.
Andrew Jackson. the war of 1912, and
recalls most of tie principal events
that have taken place in her lifetime.
Mrs. Stamp spends most of her time
at her spinning wheel. which. like her
self. belongs 70 an almost forgotten
time. Every garment that she wears.
as well as nearly every piece of fabric
in her humble home, is homespun
goods. the work of her own hands.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-08-21

was used in carrying it through tho
p'eSs' Inc proofs We're not sent to the
author; they were given to the ed,tor
Mr' fleids, who forwarded them tn
WI nae 1t was desirable that the
story should stand in the name of Con
'''r s"In teuerlc lngham, of the navy
VINO purported to tell it. Unfortnnata
~ II happened to be published in -.
december number, which was +han
'he index number of the Atlantic m
person who made the index ,na,'.
Iron ,,o,i' Nr' Hale's handwriting thar he
l"u peeh the author of the story. and
80, IN spite of every precaution t' tho
authorship. ''iu tle
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-08-21

derhi!t. Neither of them at that period
had reached the SlO.OOO0O0 limit. There
We're not in the whole country twenty
people worth million dollars. To-day
there are more than one hundred in Pitts
burg alone who have passed that figure
These vast fortunes. themselves su con-
spicuOus, so almost incOmprehensible, are
AT present more matters of curiosity than
of antagonsm. Most Of the posseSsors
of them have shown Il wise generosity in
the distribution of their wealth. In ro
other country in the world. at no other
period. have the rich from their abun-
dance given so lavishly TO education. phi
lanthropy and patriotism. Last year the
known sums which were thus contributed
amounted TO the high figure of SlUT ,3GO,-
900.
The sudden acquisition of almost in
calculable riches 10y so many in the last
five years has produced many singular
results. The most ghastly misfortune
which can happen to a man who has been
successfully prosecuting and increasing
his business until he has passed middle
life is 10 be compelled to sell out and re-
tire. He may receive a sum far beyond
any value he ever placed upon his plant
and good will. Nevertheless. the sale is
generally accompanied by an obligation
not to resume and compete. Little cut
side the factory or office interests him
because the cells of his brain have be-
come. some of them. abnormally active.
aud others parayzed through disuse. lie
can think of nothing and lie cares for
nothing but the shop and its results.
Books. literature. lectures. travel. politics.
society, and play bore the life out of
him. know half hundred such men
who have come TO this condition within
the last few years.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-08-21

The sword swallower really does
swallow his sword, which rests inside
...m as showr in the cut. Long prac
tice enables him to do his feat in safe
". Sometimes a rubber tip is slipped
on the swords point before swallow
ing Accompanying cut is from the
Scientific American. and shows the po-
S ton of a swallowed sword
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-08-21
Fruitlcss Canton

One of the pleasant incidents con.
nected with the celebration of Edward
Everett Hale's eightieth birthday was
the reprinting of The Man Witnout a
Country" which helped to make him
famous. DR.. Hale wrote a preface fol
the book. and told not only how he
came to write it, but of the way in
which one well-laid plan came t.
naught.
When the story was published in the
Atlantic Monthly the utmost secrecy
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-08-21

swervingly to justice. | believe that this
country is commercial, that this is com
mercial age. that commercialism is pre-
dominant; but far from regretting, ! glory
in il.
The object of every war that was ever
waged, at least in the old world. was
plunder-that is to say, profit. Nanquish-
ed countries are despOled more scientiti-
cally. but more successfully. by tribute
Mlitarism is the pursuit of profit hy plum
der; commercalism is the pursuit OF
profit by industry. No fortune, however
great, but was produced by peaceful pur.
suits. America has given shining les.
son to all the world for tine benefit OF
all ages. 1t has taught that the pathway
to advantage is through honesty and jus.
tice and not through violence and plum.
der.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-08-21

they are Incorporated should be held 10
a uniform provision of federal laws. They
should satisfy a commission that then
cspital stock was actually paid up III
cash or in property. at a fair valuation.
just as the capital OF the national bank
is certified 10 he paid up. With that SIM
pie law the temptation 10 make companies
for the purpose OF selling prospective
proti,s would be at an end. AT the same
time no legitimate business would suffer-
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-08-21

Emperor William says that when
German can look into the eyes of the
empress he ought 10 have inspiration
enough TO las, him lifetime. How
nice it must be for her if the emperor
talks like that when company is not
present,
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-08-21

poor being the labOTers or coolies.
cut Of the population of 10000, near
" 10000 are Asiatic, 10000 being Jap
anese and 10000 Chinese. There are also
several thousand Porto Ricans. but they
are undesirable. as they would rather lie
in Jail all of the time than 20 TO work.
The land area of Hawaii is 4,OOOWO
acres. OF this area 2,OO0O00 acres are
in the hands of seventy men engaged IN
sugar raising and cattle ranging. The
other 2.OOU,OOO acres, which constitute
the government lands, are rented end
leased TO the sugar corporations, the
leases ranging from five 10 sixteen years.
These government lands want divided
up into hOmesteads to encourage Amerl-
can farmers To go 10 Hawaii. Instead of
dividing the government lands into home
steadS OF 100 acres. as in the United
States, the best lands could be divided
into twenty-acre homestcads and the pas
toral lands into eighty-acre homesteads,
either Of which would give the American
farmer fine homestead to support his
family all the year round.
To give an idea of how fertile the best
land is, the sugar corporations produce
an average Of ten tons of sugar to the
acre. The rice planters produce two
crops year. aGEregating between 1000
and G,0O0 pounds to the acre. The same
land planted with taro, a plant akin 10
elephants ears. which is the staple food
of the natives. will produce somewhere
between 10000 and 10000 pounds per
acre. and it sells at one cent a pound.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-08-21
New Brand.

SAY" called the hardware drummer
to the proprietor of the railway restau-
rant, there is something wrong with
this sandwich"
"Oh. | guess yes" said the traveller.
why, the blamed thing is so soft | can
actually bite a piece out Of it without
breaking my teeth"
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-08-21

Whenever the courts OF this country
shall administer justice with the same
promptness, certainty tearlessness and
with as little regard for persons as Is
the case in the courts of England after
which ours We're patterned, lynchlng
will cease in the United States, but
until then it will be a standing re-
proach to the people and their machin-
cry of Justice.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-08-21

The Sultan says Turkey has books
enough, for which reason he will not
permit the publication of any more IL
that country. 1t will now be neces-
sary for the Turkish poets to become
CAPTAINS of INDUSTRY.