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Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-09-04

There, is a hopeful movement among
American churches for concerted ac-
ton regarding divorce and remarriage
The Episcopal Church took the lead.
and invited the Presbyterians to act
with it. The Presbyterian General AS
sembly, at its meeting in New York.
appointed committee to confer ana
cooperate with the Episcopal commit
tee, and with such committees as
might be appointed by other churches
The special end in view is so to affect
public opinion as to secure more strict
divorce laws, and, if possible. uniform
laws in the various States. Were the
churches of this country to act togeth-
er with real earnestneSS to accomDlish
this reform, they would probably sue
ceed. The sacredness of marriage ana
the preservation of the family are re-
ligiOus and moral. as well as social
questions. Success would probably fol-
low united demand for better laws
from the moral and religious forces of
the community 1t must be remem-
Dered too, that the scandal of easy di-
Vorces and swift remarriages is not
wholly matter of legislation. The
churches and the clergy are not free
from blame. Divorce for trivial causes
or through collusion ought to carry
with 1t social and moral stigma. Par.
ties to such divorces should be unable
to find reputable clergyman to re-
marry them, yet often they have expe-
rienced little difficulty. In order to
produce the effect which is desired
upon public opinion and upon legisla-
ton, the churches must themselves
maintain a high standard.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-09-04

accounts for the enormous growth OF
newspapers and gives inyincible support
to the doctrine of the freedom OF the
press.
One of the greatest laments of read
ing civilization is that the worlds MS
tory hegun before the printing press was
invented and the reporter who interviews
got on the scene. How really satisfying
il would be even now to read the details
of the meeting between Satan and Eve
a stenographic report of their converSa-
ton and graphic interviews with adam
after he got fired from the Garden ol
Eden and with Noah after he ran
aground on Ararat.
Newspaper makers know human ma
ture better than amateur morallsts. lhey
do not find that news reports of crimes
breed crimes any more than news reports
of sermons breed conversions, or news
reports of gifts to charity set everybody
or many bodies crazy to make large dona-
tionS and get their names printed. Inc
real newspaper gives the news-the sto-
ries of the daily life of the world--the
good. the evil, the wise and the silly, De,
cause the public want to know 1t all anu
will be satisfied with nothing less. Inc
newspaper is printed for the nlnety-ahd'
nine that are wide awake, and not lot
the one who yearns for the miiiehhi"'
age.-Atlanta Constitution.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-09-04

recent novel represents a sweet
and gracious girl as concealing the eX-
istence of n will, in order that she may
herself inherit an estate. and thus pro
vide for sick and dependent mother
The author expects us to agree that
the girl is good girl, and that the gen
erous impulse justities itself in spite of
the crime. 1t is a testimony to the
healthy change of public sentiment in
the last hundred years that reviewers
and readers refuse to accept the au-
thor's dictum in the matter. When a
man does that sort of thing, we call
him a scoundrel. Why not Il woman?
The defaulting bank cashier, who gave
the proceeds of his first theft to the
support of foreign missions. went, and
deserved to go, to State prison. in spite
of his religious impulse. Education is
doing notable work for women in in
ducing them to assume certain burdens
which hitherto many of them have not
deemed obligatory. That which men
call business honor is one of these bur
dens. 1t is responsible possession. 1t
requires eternal vigilance. But it is
worth having and keeping, for women
as for men.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-09-04


Regent, for whom she has special
fondness, and on many occasions she
has had the King as her guest. She is
so popular among the elite of the king
dom that she has been called the Pearl
of Madrid
Nine. Patenotre's maiden name was
Eleanor Elverson. Her father was the
former publisher of the Philadelphia
Inquirer and one of the millonaires
of the Keystone STATE. She was edu.
Gated in Europe and on her return
home after a siX-years' absence she
was pronounced the most fascinating
woman in the Quaker City. Her facil-
ity for acquiring languages was re-
markable. She is proficient in German,
French and Russian, and had been liv-
ing in Madrid only six months before
she was able to speak the peculiar dia-
lect of that province with the ease
and fluency of a native In 1894 she
became the wife of Jules Patenotre,
then French Ambassador to Washing
ton. In 1897 he was transferred to
Madrid.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-09-04

One difference between a home and
an institution-that is, most institu-
tions-was indirectly brought out at Il
recent meeting of the ministerial league
in New England city. The league was
addressed by the president of Il wom-
ans union which has founded Il home
for working girls. That wise woman
told the assembled ministers that one
room in the new house is set apart for
sessions of cOurting," where the girls
are permitted to receive calls from men
friends. She reported that the court
ing room is often engaged for weeks
ahead. The ministers laughed, but they
also applauded this triumph of human
nature over old-fashioned institution
rule and routine,
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-09-04
SHE FOUND THE SPOOL.
A Tale Pointing Out the Danger o.
Too Much Haste.

A Tale Pointing Out the Danger
Too Much Haste.
One Washington household was
thrown into a state of confusion ODE
morning last week. Mrs. Blank Wa
seated at the sewing machine Dusl9
engaged in her work, but she fOlll
time to frequently shower her pei wv
Bruiser with endearing terms nav
ing just emptied spool, she threw =
to the dog at her feet. Bruiser gar
ed and, as his mistress thought guIe'
down the spool.
With a shrek, Mrs. Blank Sumn'r
ed the member of her househOld' IVY
found her seated in the middle Oi III
floor with the dog in her lap lrauUS
ally, but faithfully, trying to eAua.
the spool which she told them =
could plainly feel in the dog 'u'
what are you all standing u"
for?" she cried. Cant YOU 10 s'
thing? Won't you do somethlns'
the poor thing is choking 10 w"
Look at his eyes! Help! help!
Naturally everybody wanted 70 na
The neighbors by this time nau
pressed their willingness to assSs
when it came to the thing of a0, ~
passing her idol over to others
Blank refused. She would not lH.
her dogs life into other haha'
her own, so she continued the a"
with vigor which Bruiser en''
with phenomenal vitality. !.
Finally the little dog fell oVe' ~,
sheer exhaustion, which cslleu NJ NJ
more shrieks. For the first t'ms
Blanks eyes left the dogs ,.s, %
Looking around the room Id ue.S IN,
tion she saw the empty spoo-
had rolled into corner lps'''s -
Bruiser's throat. Her stare ne' ,
her whole attitude. in fact 'u''
tale, and Immediately the g'v"r
ployed means by which the ovs
resuscitated. Had Mrs. BlanA o,r.
tinued her hunt for the spool u
er's throat much longer the aOs Mn,
have been minus his larynx.-"'
ton Post.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-09-04

One of the marked tendencies of the
times in juvenile literature is the de-
crease in books written distinctively
for girls. OF books for the young there
is never-increasing number, but the
expansion is confined solely to boys
books or to volumes meant for both
boys and girls. Stories of the Robin
son Crusoe' type are multiplying from
year to year, while those of the Little
Women" type are becoming almost ex.
tinct There are at least five books
for boys to one for girls in every new
seasons list Yet girls probably do
more reading than boys. Why this
ungallant discrimination? The pub
fishers explain ii by saying that they
have better success with books meant
for both sexes, that books for boys
come next in demand, and that vol
umes labeled az girls literature are not
good sellers. The truth is that the
American girl spurns the tame and
namby- -pamby stories usually written
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-09-04
REACHING TO peKlN
The New Mongoiian Branch
Trans Siberian Ra;, vi u,

The New Monaghan BraroL
Trans-siberian RaiIroas VI th,
The report that the Russian.
cretly building railway from e V
on the trans-Manchoorian lima o,.p pOA'
the Russo-Chinese frontier 70 rs rs "
on the Great Wall, about 1o5 aS aa
from Pekin, has caused somotb,n. Iue r
futter IN England. The disos uAs
is said to have been made by q ,,s
eler who was making his wav tn. aa''
the country in disguise, and commui
Gated the intelligence to an Fna,,-'
newspaper. While at Kailar t"~
situated on the river of the sama NV" wv
about sixty-five miles from its ,unaa'
with the Argun, one of the nriro,''a
tributaries of the Amur, he saw ap'
struction train with laborers ana wv wv
way material moving away TO a.
south on a newly constructed a..
roughly laid track. He at once com.
to the conclusion that what bo s.~
had to do with a new and hltberto
heard of line of railway, and apns,,
to have obtained information cons-.
ing his conclusions. Should this no~.
prove to be correct, the fact that n,
Russian government has serlouslv \,
dertaken this work is of great poIitic,l
and military Significance.
1t was known at the time Of tbo a..
break In China, in 1899, that the Rn,
slams had exploring parties out cyan
lining the country between Kiakht, !,
the frontier line just south of Lab.
Balkal, and Kalgan, along the rppu,,
tea caravan track. Later 1t was m.
derstood that the route traced ont va,
not entirely satisfactory, and that
more easterly one was to be sought m
the western side of the Khlngan chain
of mountains, that divides MoppOlb
from Manchooria. Evidently such
route has been found. and the political
situation In the far East, together with
the military eXigencies arising out o.
it. has led the Russian government IA
hasten the construction of the railVar
which is to bring Pekin in direct Con-
nection with the Siberian line tbrOurb
Kalgan.
The building of this railway mass
kailar, where 1t starts from the main
Manchoorian line, n point of gat
strategic Importance, and we shall
probably learn in time that It has be
come one of Russia's principal mllihu
centers in Eastern Asia. From 4 /
troops can be sent at short notice sOud |
or southeast, or called for, and bOh
1t and the railway to Kalgan might |
be considered beyond danger of attad |
they being covered all along the eas
side by the Khingan mountains tht
passes over which will probably b
held by the Russians. The dlsane
from kailar to Kalgan is about 60
miles, at least 300 miles shorter thlD
the originally projected route from The
Siberian line east of Lake BaEil
through Kiakhta and Urga.
There is not likely to be any frichl
between Russia and England out
this action on the part Of Russia I'd
gland having divested herself Of any
right to protest by the AngloRuSan
convention of 1899 respecting all that
part of China north Of the great wall
Any trouble connected with II, II any,
would be with Japan. An effort will
be made to have the rails laid Tie
whole distance by the end of the con-
ing autumn.-New York Sun.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-09-04

Lone star They assisted Narclsco To-
pei with money and in othor ,,. ~
ai mnen ne invaded Cuba in 1851 anI
adopted the flag of the association ont
~ sratitude' When Cespedes began
,ne Revolutionary movement of 1855 no
nad another flag, but the naonIo ne ae
uerto frlncipe and of Santa clara
raised the present flag. which waa q
adopted as the Cuban nationo, aa@
when the first constituent assen,h,,' has
came together In 1850 iioiy
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-09-04
Edible Petroleum OIL.

Cottonseed oil, corn oil and linseed
oil, there is good reason to believe. will
probably have rival at a not distant
day in edible petroleum oil AS Il mat
ter of fact, petroleum has been success
fully desulphurized and demineralized
Certain other solids and ingredients
have been extracted from it and the
production of a fairly good edible oil
has already resulted
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-09-04
WALKING on THE DANUBE.

The intrepid Austrian water mar
vel" Captain Grossman, recently com
pleted Il walk on the treacherous Dan
ube from Vienna to Linz, Il distance of
nearly 100 miles. He towed his wife in
a small boat and accomplished the feat
without mishap. His boots for water
pedestrianism are five feet long and
are his own invention.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-09-04

1t consists of three cylinder pump.
mounted on truck and driven by a
petroleum motor. In case of an emer-
gency, the pump is ready at once, with
out loss of time in raising pressure with
a steam engine. Its efficiency is assured
through the numerous tests which have
been made particularly against fires in
highly intlammable materials.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-09-04

The scientists are all mixed up over
the causes for the Pelee eruption. But
as long as they can't prevent an erup-
ton what's the use of worrying over
the class it belongs in?
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-09-04

A Chicago judge thinks S15 a week
isn't enough for man who has a wife
and two children to support. 1t is like
ly, however, that Hetty Green and Rus
sell Sage would regard that as sutti-
cient to provide riotous luxury.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-09-04

of the French Am
bassador to the
court of Alfonso
Nil. During the
+ q cent coronation
festivities in the
Spanish c a p i t Il |
VI III e. Patenotre
was praised a II d
hattered and court
ed as was no other
woman in the king
dom. She is IA fa-
nj. q IL
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-09-04
Feminine 0verwOrk.

Now and then one hears the comment
that women never know when to stop and
take rest but persist in going on and on
until they are exhausted. The explana-
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-09-04

People who try to be elegant by call
ing them knee trousers" might as well
save energy by referring to them as
'pantS."
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-09-04
Stopped by Catern;,,

noa,. "A railway n, train was recently stopned
ne"r hhelins' France, by the numho.
vi ", caterpillars that fell ON the trao,,
ne rails grew too pasty and slinnarm
ror y. .a lhe wheels to adhere until cinders
were thrown on them ''iiuers
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-09-04

We are never so forcibly cos
that the farmer should not SUI j
lack of farm hands, If the laws ID ,Jsl
him, as when we see to"n al
loafing in a hammock with ~
week day.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-09-04

That Massachusetts lady who mur
dered thirty-one people isn't likely to
be used as an evidence of wOman's re-
timing influence upon man.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-09-04

Usually we feel all oppression ;,
cause OF a lot of little things we ha ue "o
neglected but which might have s hase
easily disposed of. '"'e oeen
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-09-04

The trouble with most of the in
ventors of air ships is that they leave
needy families behind them.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-09-04

81 like to see people econon'i' nj
marked Flimsicus, but "hen mdi
cuts his stogies in two In 'ne nts
and gets ten smokes for hve ' ns0r.
Tyte Phist does. | think, py ~
he's a little too penurious to Nv
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-09-04

for her She would rather read her
brothers books than her own. Stories
of daring fighting and adventure are
more interesting to her than tales of
meek and self-sacrificing misses who
act sedately and die young. The Amer
lean girl has as much red blood in her
veins as the American boy. There is
no such marked difference in the
tastes of boys and girls as the makers
of distinctively feminine stories We're
wont to suppose. They both like life
and action in their books, just as their
elders 60. and there is no reason why
the girls should not have it as much as
the boys. For wholesome and inter
esting books like Miss Alcott's there
will always be a demand. but girls
books as a separate class seem about
to become extinct. Nor is this a mat
ter for regret The present demand
of the publishers for juvenile books
written for both boys and girls afford
at least one instance in which com
mercial motives are in accord with
what is normal and wholesome.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-09-04

Perityphlitis appeass to be the thir-
ty-secOnd degree of appendicitis.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-09-04

Presently Illinois will advertise for
bids for puncture-proof antitrust
law.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-09-04

Some men are known by the com
pany they are unable to get into.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-09-04

When man sits in the shade and
watches those at work in the sun, he
prefers being called critic" to
"loafer."
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-09-04

onnortvn'. niah would be glad of the
opportunity or to chew all he could bIts @
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-09-04
"PEARL OF MADRID. "

This EndearinR Title l s Bestowed Upon
Former American Girl.
The most popular among the foreign
ladies resident in Madrid is former
American girl. Nine. Patenotre, wife
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-09-04

Reciprocity is a good W%u
want friends, reciprocate.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-09-04

Published Every Week
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-07-17

out OF state road fund for Nc
Alexander & Diam'd Prairie rd 400
Assessor Mccubbin was allowed 80
days further time to complete assess
ment.
State scalp bounty fund was trans
feared to General fund
road supervisors were ordered to
furnish complete statement of days.
dates, team hire, etc. when filing bill
for salary.
contract was made with Hattie
Lockwood to transcribe Surveyors
Field notes for D cents per folio.
george Spires was granite county
aid at rate Of rs per month.
jas Terry was appointed Stock In
spector for yeal 1T salary $500
WV willett's resignation as road
supervisor was accepted and w
Fleener appointed to fill yacancy.
Evening journal., 1902-06-14
Fashions for Young Girls

Bouh plain and figured ohallies are
lashlonable this season for young girls.
and even for quite young children. For
travelling frocks the dark blue either
PLAIN or with polka dot, are in style,
and especially when trimmed with
narrow lines Of white or with white
braid, and also the different shades
OF brown, while the fiured de-
signs, white ground with pale blue.
gem OF pink founced patterns, are used
for more elaborate frocks, and are
trimmed with either bias bands OF tat
feta or with narrow satin or moIre rib
bOns.
A serge frock is almost a necessity
in this climate, and red and blue serge
are greatly in demand, both the fine
and the coarse weaves. The severe
styles are considered the smartest, and
there is never much trimming used, only
braid or stitching. A wide collar with
cuffs to match OF a lighter color in silk
finished with openwork embroidery or
lace edge is quite the most fanciful
trimming that is permitted, and made
so that they can be taken OFF and clean
ed A tOudh of bright red is effective
and youthful ON blue serge, but a light
er blue is also attractive. Dead white
is too sharp contrast and makes the
gown look too old, unless il is used in
pique collar and GUNS, which are no
longer new. Tan and gray are fash
ionable colors for young girls TO wear
in veilings, challis or populin, but notin
serge. Covert coats are permitted, but
no entire cloth gowns of even that
shade of tan. The tan yelling and challis
frocks can be made to look youthful
with white trimmings or a touch Of
some color, but the same effect on cloth
or serge is most unsatisfactory.
Flowered muslins make the daintiesi
Of frocks for young girls and are by
far the cheapest of anything. 1t il
never well to buy too coarse materials
simply on account Of the price, but IL
is equally foolish to pay large sums foi
young girls to wear, now that such ex-
tremely pretty designs and attractive
colorings are to be found among the
low priced ones. There are inexpensive
laces and embrOideries also to be had
land a pretty muslin frocI can be turn
ed out for surprisingly little money
but there is ore drawback which is
that many Of these effective and cheaI
muslins will not launder well. so in
that respect the white frOcks are best
Evening journal., 1902-06-14

) Notes From WOman's Realm


used on dark gowns with very salts
factory results.
White mohair and serge gowns THAT
are braided with the two widths OF
braid are smarter than those made
with satin folds or trimmed with taf-
feta, and are newer and more expen-
sive-two attributes which entitle them
in these days of extravaganza to the
very front rank of the procession.
Braided piques are now classed under
the head of the embroidered muslins.
not for any reason excepting that the
same style Of embroidery ds used-a
much more elaborate one. that is. than
these two widths Of ordinary braid. A
very good pique gown has on effective
pattern in narrow sOutache. heading a
fiat braid OF double it's width: two
rows OF this braiding go around the
skirt and the same thing is repeated on
the revers of the long coat, for long
pique coats are now considered very
smart but must needs be finished to
look like the cloth gowns of the same
style.
Evening journal., 1902-06-14
On One Who Died in Nav

Why Death, what dost thou here,
This time o. year?
Peach-blow and pple-blossom;
Warm wind o. the West,
Grading the robins nest;
Young meadows hasting their green
laps to fill
With golden dandelion and daffodil;
These are fit sights for spring;
But oh, thou hateful thing,
What dOst thou here?
Why, Death, what dost thou here,
This time o. year?
Fair, at the old oaks knee,
The young anemone;
Fair Cne plash places set
With dog-tooth violet;
The first sloop-sail,
The shad-fiower pale;
Sweet are all sights,
Sweet are all sounds of spring;
But thou, thou ugly thing,
What dost thou here?
Dark Death let fall tear,
Why am l here?
Oh, heart ungratefull viii man never
know
! am his friend. nor ever was his foe?
Whose the sweet season, il it be moi
mine?
Mine, not the bobolinks, that sons
divine.
Chasing the shadows Ger the flying
wheat
'Tis a dead voice. not his, that sounds
so sweet
Whose passionate heart burns in this
flaming rose
But his whose passionate heart long
since lay still?
Whose wan hope pales this snowlikt
lily tail.
Beside the garden wall,
But his whose radiant eyes and lily
grace
Sleep in the grave that crowns yor
tufted hill?
All hope, all memory,
Have their deep springs in me;
And love that else might fade,
By me immortal made,
Spurns at the grave, leaps to the wei.
coming skies,
And burns a steadfast star to steadfast
eyes.
Clarence c. Cook.