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Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-10-23
Conviction of Woman Criminals.

the world changing its attitude toward the woman Grim
nat Ii would appear from the recently passed
on two conyicts In Minnesota. Mrs Tanke, pronounced
guilty murder sentenced life imprisonment and to
hard labor In Kansas Miss Morrison guilty of like crime
is twenty years Imprisonment, practically
lifetime The Minnesota settled in trial The
Kansas crime rather followed the historic custom of enency
and only three trials the finally settled These
be taken evidence that begin
ming to be judged as criminal and not
Just what effect this will have the human is debaa
bic No attempt has been made deny that have
similar criminal instincts with but the position in which
she has been held has kept from visiting her the
penalty that he pronounced upon himself There have been
criminals from the beginning, since the nail of Sisera
since the poison OF the Borga But partly because of ideal
izinS and partly because did share the worlds
awnakng and therefore she held be of equal guilt
in the awbreakng woman has not often been found guilty
in any appreciable degree.
The aseXualzing of crime will be benefit the human
race Men and women different after ALL and
divide them into in the punishment fail in
the control of crime 1t is pleasant contemplate
future where the prisons filed with But these
in illustration the best preventve-St Paul
Dispatch.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-10-23
LATEST on EQUINE MILLINERY.


1t was very early in the morning and
all the horses in the boarding stable
were getting ready to 20 to business.
How do you like my new hatT'
asked Kitty Gray-horse, as she placed
a straw hat on her shapely head and
cleverly drew her ears through the esi.
holes.
Very stylish and becoming" said
Rosie Red-horse. "Pull it little more
over your forehead There! How yeg
becoming that scarlet trimming Is 70.
you. Now, can't wear scarlet at all,
| look like a fright in it."
You look like fright in anything,
mumbled Bessie Bay-horse, lll-natured.
ly, half under her breath.
whats thatT asked Rosie sharply
Some people haven't any more mar.
ners than to munich their words"
Did you happen to meet the dark
compleXioned horse that draws The
candy wagonY asked Kitty, pleas
antly.
NO; what kind Of a hat is she wear
ing this summer" asked Rosie.
The same one she wore last year
A great big hat with black velvet bows
and bunch of vlolets on II"
That old thing?" exclaimed Rosie
"She looked perfectly ridiculous in Il
last year. | don't think it at all suit
able for business, do yOu?"
NO, indeed" said Kitty. Il wlSn'
though, that we horses didn't have 10
20 to business. We'd be much nap
pier if we could all be one of palr'
and just draw carriage for pleas
ure."
Carriages and pairs are all gong
out" grumbled Bessie Bay-horse, sour
ly. ITS those old automobiles. Ine
shove us out of all the pleasant places
in life, but l notice, when 1t comes "
the pinch. we have to help them Ou'
And there's not one of them strOHs
enough to drag load of railroad Sleep
ers, or any other load that's anyways
heavy. They can supplant US II tns'
want to; the time will come when We
horses will strike, and only take 'ns ~,
easy positions, and then seelhOw tney
managed"
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-10-23
Who Goes to Law?

Deep is the confidence Of the Briton
in the law. 1t settles his quarrels and
he settles its charges or as much as he
can defray.
\ parliamentary return issued the
other day and dealing with the judicial
work of 1900 shows that during the
year mentioned there was, compared
with the preceding year, a slight de.
crease in appeals entered and an in.
crease in proceedings begun.
Compared with the average of the
preceding four years, the total of cases
begun and heard shows an increase
says the London Mail.
1t appears that of all the cases begun
considerably less than half come to
trial. The total of cases entered in all
courts was 1,310,6S0, and the number
heard and determined 420.41S. This
means that one case was begun for cv.
cry twenty-five members of the popu.
lation, while one for every seventy-five
was heard. Seeing that there are Il
plaintiff and defendant in each case il
follows that one person out of every
twelve and half began n legal action.
and one in every thirty-seven and half
brought an action to trial
The judicial committee heard fifty ap-
peals from India, thirty-three from the
colonies and sixteen from Australia.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-10-23
Abnormal DeyelODmept

Recently Paris psychologist an
nounced that he had conclusiyel,
proved that malformation of the bro II
produces intellectual brilliancy. Tn,
theory is that deformity, disease or ac
cident causes the abnormal develop
ment or some part of the brain, and tn,
result is genius. In support of thi.
several cases are mentioned. If /.
pointed out that Milton wrote his par
adise Lost" while he was blind, and 4
is said that the blindness confined hi,
mind to a certain scope in n manne,
that made it possible for him t,
evolve the great epic
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-10-23
The Business of EXECUTING.

I ENRI b. PLANT died in June 1899 leaving an est,to
valued at S1IOOOO0O. Among the executors was JnIgo
I l:ynde Harrison who recently resigned In submit.
ting to the New Haven. Conn., court his statement ne
trustee Judge lynde said that he had received a. nov
ment Tor ms services the of $61 62-ore than $50 Oo
year Each of the other executors had received n iI
q" iAe
nat pity 1t is that of tie American peonla Gamma.
be made executors by millonaires who are geng ro ~
DIE 1t is hne business this executing Where Is tho n
who wouldn't be willing to be an executor 10 b I, man nan
Sl6l62o for three years work at it? " No"'u get
ceeded the original executors and will bereoft INV sue
estate themselves 1T is not surprising since the 6pures b
ee maue pubic that they should the EXECUTING ;oh
in the famly-Chicago Record Herald ''ns JoDs
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-10-23
Portrait of a Queen.

Here is a portrait of Queen Alexandra
by an American girl in London. I've
don't 90 to the theater 10 witness Il
play, but to see the audience | thought
we We're going to be disappointed and
not see her at all, but just before the
curtain went up she and the king came
in with some other people. She is rather
tall and very sweet-looking but oh.
most awfully thin. She has lovely blut
eyes, with a shine in them, like Il
baby's, but | was disappointed a bit,
for thought she had golden hair To
be quite candid, her hair is of quite a
mahogany tint, but 1t was charmingly
coiffured, and showed off her diamonds
beautifully. She looked very
young and girlish, but think she has
the saddest face I've ever seen. She
listened very attentively, and when she
smiled you felt as though you wanted
to have good rousing cry. l don't
wonder one bit that people in England
love her, for they simply can't help it."
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-10-23

would be his great graft. You could
spit on him. and he would smile back
You can kicS him. and he would draw
more closely within himself and say
nothing. All he wants is to live. But
the successful man wants to worry and
he does. Worry is the best expression
of mental activity. 1t is the reflection
OF dissatisfaction of ones shortcom-
ingS or conditions. 1t is the first i'll
centive to improvement. 1t is the first
step toward resolve and effort. Wor-
rying over trifies is foolish. Worrying
other people with your worries is per-
nicious You can make life miserable
for yourself with the one. and for ev-
erybody who knows you with the other.
The man who never worries is moth
ing but an existence, unsatisfactory to
himself and disgusting to others. Don't
worry over worry. You need it.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-10-23
BEST sHoRT.sroRy wo,-
In This Field of Lit.ra,u

In This Field of Lit.r.
can. Are serasurs suerstu Aa..
In Harper's, Mr.. Alden, in A.,
ing the evolution of the sho,, ts.0 J.
maintains that in this field =, s'q
ture American writers are smut u'''
Until recently the shortest s.'
by English writers were Of ooSuas S'O1a
able length" says Mr.. Alden @ss sOuslos
how firmly established amoDa .'S !.
was the habit proper to the nov, @e'
best examples of the really brisf ' ~
story have been French and 49,.
The French takes naturanv
vivid and piquant sketch. ana
American readily adopts the cb.,...
istic national habit of telling li,,,a
ries-a habit firmly established g.
speech before it appeared in ON, ~
ature. The simple conditions of ~. I
American life gave the racv ana
and the narrative of adyentnro !.
primitive eminence. Our niopoo. y
not only cherished the storv.tsr,.
trait, but furnished material fo, :,
stories, often sOmber, If not tra,i.
more frequently humorous. II
TO see from what matrix sprop,
tales of the Elder Dana. of Hawtb,'
and of William Gilmore Sims-also -
productions of our long line of bnm.'
lists, down to Mark Twain, stoct,,,
and Bret Harte. Poe and Irving st.D,
in class not so sharply severed m,
European traditions; and we can rooa
ly understand why Dickens and O,h..
English writers to such degree a
miringly fellowshipped the latter On,
why in France the former received i,
Sular appreciation, being there the mi,
American writer famillarly known
THE art of short-story writing a,
represented by such authors as Mar.
passant and Gautier and Merims.
reached a higher point of excelleDc.
than that attained in the work N
their American contemporaries and
there have been very few of our writ.
ers who in this field have apprOaCbs
Turgeniff and Sienkiewicz. But fl,
English-speaking readers the field ba,
been most satisfactorily occupied and
almost monopolized by Americans. II
boldness of conception Though avoid.
ing moral risk, in sincerity of feeling.
and in humor they have surpassed al
Others"
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-10-23

Cases of somewhat differen+ n..,,..
Thon'no M Sno"E IN the elegant writings of
co,nr,a IS ue Qulncy and Samuel Taylor
Coieridge' both of whom had brains
III winch the excessive use of oninn,
nau , made havoc. De Quincy describes
ms horrible experience with oninn,
.aheil IN the form of laudanum in h,a
CONCESSIONS of an English Opium Eat
er' Byron's club foot is serionsIu I'd =, ;,
vanced as the cause of his lvrio @ au'
tar Snu Saa.. .ne point is made that Sir Wal.
. .e[ SCOTS most brilliant work was do 10
rateu from a sick bed. Mozart ona
wagner both had deformed brains %
saiu , 10 nave been due to disease ana
swers. ii eh'-An'
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-10-23
Money Made in Gambling.

ES there is money made in stock speculation in buying
" and selling grains and in playing the Yes mill
ions of dollars are made and thousands persons are
becoming the richer thereby. But the persons who are
making the fortunes not those who invest their
capita the winners the brokers bookmakers
Every time man deals in a stock bushe Of wheat he
pays certain per cent to the who orders
and whenever he bets horse he pays greater
per cent to the man who gives him odds These individuals
bound to be winners they have sure thing" ard
in the end they will get the cash
Of course some men have the luck heavily at both
stock gambling and playing the The names of those
always embazoned forth Nothing said of the multitude
who fail If who contemplate riskng their money
on either of these forms of gambling take pencil and
paper ana nsure the percentage against possible winning
nine-tenths would start bank and be satisfied with
the small but sure return their Post
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-10-23

Modern philanthropy is teaching us
many lessons. and none more important
than a greater facility in putting our
selves in the place of another. The
likeness of one man To another is even
more remarkable than his unlikeneSs-
although that is one of the most cX-
traordinary facts in this wonderful
world. In fact. many an apparent diff
ference becomes Il similarity when
viewed more closely. For example, we
have long been accustomed to think
that the poor and ignorant love Il
crowd, anu hate that solitude which
is the choicest pleasure and indeed the
necessity of the cultivated man. The
clever boy of the slum cannot be in
duced to enjoy the modern bathroom,
with its big. white tub full of clean
water, because Its awful lonesome" "
Shut the shrewd child up to a quiet
hour with book and his own thoughts,
AID he becomes wretched homesick
prisoner. But is he so different from
his more fortunate neighbor who loves
Just thinking?" What do you find
to talk about all day." said an Amer
lean lady to her Indian servant in Bonn
bay. Il simply can't bear such chat
ter outside my door from morning till
night" Il am sorry to disturb the
mem-sahib," replied the handsome, in
telligent fellow, but If | did not talk,
l should never know anything. The
mem-sahib reads books and writes let
ters and looks at pictures. l can only
talk, and it is needful not to be igno-
rant" So with the uneducated man
the world over; books, letters, pictures,
reflection
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-10-23

The turtle never worries. He lives
1t is said, in some parts of the earth
for thousand years, or very nearly
that long, and maybe longer. That
may be good thing for the turtle.
His only discovered purpose is to con-
tiHue to exist. But animals that wor-
ry live more in minute than the tur.
tie does in his thousand years. Worry
kills." they say. If it does, it is sim
ply because 1t stimulates the qualities
which are life, and in the degree that
there is stimulation there is wearing
cut which is death. But what man
weuid want to live the life of a tur-
tie? If there be any. he has nothing
in him that anybody can respect. There
is nothing in him that he can respect
himself. He might tolerate himself
He could tolerate anything. federation
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-10-23
II IlzEDITORIALSAE4


were German 50 3 were English T6432 Irish. 646Ol
were Swede 291O NorwegianS. 1l6lS Danes and lS55'
Scotch This total of 533l9 out of the 'oo9o- or
nearly 40 per cent and there large British immigration
from Canada besides At the time 40 per cent OF the
immigration from Italy Austria Hungary and Russia
The probable effect such change in character OF popu-
ation opens up wide field sociological speculation espe-
the larger cities of the country lhe IN
lection of comparatively large and element into the
muuicpa affairs of such cities as York Chicago Boston
Philadelphia which receive the greater share of lmmSra
on. is thing the results of which only be surmsed
In the meantime country will have problem in The
task assimiatng the elements which thus being
injected into the national ufe.-Denver Post.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-10-23

Archbishop Croke was born in Coun-
ty Cork, Ireland, in May, 1924. In
1879 he sprang into international prom
inence. In that year Michael Davitt
launched the Land League. Ireland
was then in a famine crisis and the
country was easily aroused. Parnell
Joined the movement. but before he
took that decisive step he sought Arch
bishop Croke and asked him to join in
the cause. The archbishop at first re-
fused, and then the cold, impressive
Parnell actually went on his knees and
implored the prelate to give his coun-
tenance to the cause of the Land
League. The archbishop who had al
ways been an intense patriot. even to
the extent of being revolutionary
sympathizer in 1913, yielded and threw
himself heart and soul into the fight
Fired by his example, the other bishops
and priests of Ireland Joined in the
movement until almost the entire pop-
ulation became unit in its demand
for remedial land legislation. The he
roic figure in that fight was the arch
bishop of Cashel. and Thurles, the arch
bishops seat, became the citadel of the
popular struggle.
When, however, the government sup
pressed the league and the Irish lead
ers, some of them In Jail, issued a
manifesto urging the tenants to pay no
rent, Archbishop CrOke immediately
broke with the Land League and de-
nounced the mo rent manifesto" as
immoral and unjustifiable. Later he
headed movement for a public testi-
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-10-23
That inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude

all these are comprised for him in hu.
man companionship. 1t would be exile
for cultivated man to be cut off from
them. No wonder that to the ignorant
a terror worse than that of cold or hun
ger is the dread of being lonesome"
A poet once wrote, although not in
verse, II wonder If it is on the surface
that we all differ, and whether if we
get in among the intricacies of the
mind we are all the same. AS if We
all lived around mountain, and we
take each other in through labyrinthlne
passages, dim vaults, hollow spaces of
shadow; and suddenly the open heart
of the mountain, lighted up and full of
music. This is my heart" why, this.
too, is mine" for the center was COM
mon to ALL"
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-10-23

Y YHEN should marry? The ambitious young
~ I person with an income of SIS n has been pro-
NJ " pounding this inquiry the puzzle editors of cur
leading dailies for years. He s enjoined TO be
deceived with that fatuouS mental arithmetic which
teaches that what is enough for is sufficient He
receives the impression from advisers that he should
have more than $40 week. and quite much SO
tie writes that the young his choice thinks SO is
too conservative and he is advised she be worthy
of such unselfh devotion his if she truly
AMY she would make the amount buy many automobile
coats possible.
In view Of the perpexed the public mind this
comes with authoritative force 1t marks boundaries
conditions of almony The Emperor has promulgated
to the effect that officer may marry unless
salary of Sll25 and is enjoyment an
Oh $50 more That if he wife
e can muster $1,000, the wedding may be
he hopes of the Sl5 cruelty dashed
VINO get no more than 500 year forbidden
slider the matrimonial contract.
Carpng critics may say that the whole
slphed by giving officer in his maesty's
least SloOO This would give the marrying the
herman army to that irresponsible little deity about
with gauze wings and shoots shafts with reckless
prOfusOn.
cupid not trusted in Germany there growing
"c OF confidence in him here The United an u-
written code with regard to the finance matrmony. a
young lieutenant in her spends his salary
uniforms and extra allowances the mess When he
NE must Of necessity have private income must
!u tne daughter OF magnae something
VIKING TO snare his lot and his glory until government
MS rank Sometimes the larger pay not come
uhti lie Is beyond the pale Of forty.-Harpers Weekly
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-10-23
Promising Candidates.

Civil service examinations are soiu'
times the source of no little amuse
ment. The New York Sun tells oi
test Of candidates for the position :.
park grass-cutter. The first paper w
examiner picked up contained 'n'
question and answer: !,
What are the cubical contents :,
room fifteen feet long, ten feel WI"
and eight feet high?"
Zone bedstead, bureau and "a'n
stand. If such room was a ki'on',
or parlor, it would be larger '''
contain more articles"
Here is another question and anS"',,
What Is the difference pet"eS
three feet square and three squ'-'
feet"
1T could not be-"
At this moment the examiner wa
interrupted in his work by DIG i,a'
who opened the office door ana saiu, =,
do you know anything about '
serviceT"
"A little" replied the examiner 9,
"Well," continued the visiloi,
want to know where Pat McoA'
stands on the old moving llst.
Third" said the examiner. :.
And how many are there aneau V
himT
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-10-23
The DANGERS of Ambition.

HERE is tendency of modern life to give too much rein
TO ambition The quality, if it may be called such nm
uuy exalted and some faults even held TO be
paated by the fact that ambition has prompted them
Inc chld schooed to things its present
spne ana while this is done there absolute omission f
as to the sweet od-fasioned virtue content
Ahlouon. reasonable and properly regulated should he
entertained ny an but to be reasonable must bear mod
crate proportion to the existing conditions of the ndiydnoI
me Inc intense purpose do we'll what lies before ono s
hoole' not SO commendabe out to acconlisb
Ver tasks tat do not distinctly naturally lie before ne
Many good things are done because the not wholly
moon which has moved certain persons to the doing
ei II is not consistent with the philosophy NJ ife
at we should be ever srainng Let dnv he dn
simply and thoroughly and there will be no need of WORRY
to the results ~ u "'ii9 Us
we hear much Of intense wilpower comprising eytroor
uhFy successes There is of intense voIiton
without the corresponding force that can alone give o
is absurd to will anything intensely which we are
oI accomplishing Yet that is what many thousands o
are dong and they commit the further folly of strv, ~
accomplish 1t against all probability success Tberp o
exceptions in which this striving may appear heroic bnt &
prove the rule. e' O"' 'he9
Excessive ambition is the ruin too MANY lives in o
grade OF society The advice ascrbed Cardinal Woo E
ohakspeare flng away ambition" is sweepnp. vet h
acuy OF moderang ambition to fit the talent or capocitv %
Is aNalaole for its service should be seduousv cnItyJ
Philadelphia Times '''"'cu'-
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-10-23

death of 1T. Rev.
Thomas w. Croke.
archbishop of Cash
ell. For many years
his name was Il
household word in
ireland, and TO most
American ncwspa-
per readers of Land
League days it was
familiar. for he was
a leading actor in
that powerful organ
iZation.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-10-23

1t is interesting to note that the close
of the war in South Africa and the ces-
sation of organized hostilities in the
Philippines leave the whole world as
nearly at peace as it ever is. To be
sure, there are the revolutions in Haiti
and Central and South America, but
most people class such affairs with
recreations, not with wars.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-10-23
New Problems of Immiuration.

e TATlSTlCS of immigration taken in conjunction
information furnished by agents in Europe indicatn
that the present year is to be recordbreaker in tb
recent history of this country. Last rr,
Der OF immigrants arriving in America was 4S79 915 Tb
year Is estimated the number will be than GOO
The most remarkable and interesting feature Of the noi
grafton movement however is the there dnd
change in the character and nationality people comng n
our Shores In lSS2 many 25OG3O the mm;grnntS
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-10-23

monial fund to Parnell and defended
.he Land League, or at least some of
its policies, before Leo Mi.
AFTER the breaking up of the Irish
parliamentary party, subsequent to
Parnelfs death, the archbishop took
little interest in politics. The present
movement, however, had his indorse.
ment and blessing.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-10-23

Nothing gives better conception of
the size of the United States than the
weather reports. While New England
was suffering from a drought, people
in the Southwest were sitting on the
roofs of their houses waiting to be
rescued from the floods; and while the
East was mopping the perspiration
from its brow, Leadville was playing
baseball in a snowstorm.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-10-23

We can well understand the alarm Of
Uncle Russell Sage at the encroach-
ments of the trusts. With only scant
S10O,OOO,OOO saved up as a provision
for his declining years the prospect of
becoming a public charge must be agon-
hing in the extreme.