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Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-07-10
Had 20 be a Candidate.

Apropos of a point he desired to
make Hamilton Mabie told this story
at the Aldlne Association the other
evening of an old negro who expert
enced religion and of his master, whose
conversion was punctuated with pro-
family. 1t was just after the Jivil
War. The negro had been the colo
nel's body servant as a slave and re-
maned In that capacity even after re
ceivlng his freedom. He Joined the
Presbyterian Church.
Look here, George" said the colo
mel, tell me about this predestlnatiOn
and the elect. You don't believe your
old master Is doomed to hell. do your
Don't you think he will go to heaven
with the electf"
Respect and love for the old swearing
master did not overcome the newly ac-
qulred religion, says the New York
Times, but there was cunning and dip
lomacy in his answer.
~ nevah heahed oh nobody" replied
George, who done got elected who
wuz not a candidate"
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-07-10
Ancient Illinois HosteIry.

Situated four and half miles west
of Danvers, on the old Goodenough
farm, is an old inn, or tavern, that fifty
years ago was the stopping place for
travellers between Bloomington and
Peoria in the days when the stage
coach was the only means Of public
travel. 1t was known as the Half
Way House." and is about mile and a
half west of Woodruff, toward Lilly.
1t is a large, old-fashioned house, In
quite good repair, and Is now owned
and occupied by Mr.. Christ Oesch, for.
merly of Roberts, Ford County. Horses
were changed here, and travellers were
given food. Meals were served for 1215
cents, which was also the price of Il
nights lodging.
All travel between Peoria and Bloom
ington was by stage. unless one had a
private vehicle of ones own and cared
to make so long a journey, which was
not light thing in those days, nor was
it undertaken without due preparation
and much consideration. This ancient
inn has stood where 1t now stands for
the past sixty-five years Bloomington
ILL.,, Paragraph.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-07-10
WINDS LIKE A WATCH.

In Santa Anna, Cal. Is man who
has built for his own use an automobile
that is certainly curiosity. 1t Is buirt
on the Waterbury watch idea. Its pro-
pelNng power comes from huge
spring. There are three other smaller
springs from which power is also OBJ
tanned 1t uses no fuel. and all that is
necessary to get II ready for the start
is to work a lever which winds up the
spring.
The Santa Anna man has made Du-
merous excursions on country roads
with his curious little machine, and
has never had breakdown. The en-
tire machine weight but 40 pounds.
and ii has attained speed Of fifteen
miles an hour on level road. 1t Is
not good at hill climbing.
The machine viii run under ordinary
circumstances about ten miles on one
winding. The inventor does not claim
that he has made any great discovery.
and does not propose to build machines
for the market. He built this one for
his own use and amusement.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-07-10

with solemn tread, the bivouac OF the
dead" stealthily a sea Of gore creeps
over the old battlehelds Blood red.
the poppies in waves and hillows hold
high carnival above the soil that COW
ers the slain. Lord Macaulay says ut
the battlefield OF Neerwinden: The
summer after the battle the soil, fertil-
lied by 10000 dead, broke forth into
millions OF blood.red poppies." The
traveller from ST. Cloud to Tirlemont
who saw that vast field of rich scarlet
stretching from Landen to Neerwinden
could hardly help fancying that the
tigurative description of the Hebrew
prophet was literally accomplished.
that The earth was disclosing her
blood and refusing to cover her slain.
Bayard Taylor, in The Lands of the
Saracen," says he contemplated, with
feelings he could not describe. "the old
battletields of Syria, densely covered
with blood-red poppies, blooming i'm
barbaric splendor, gloating ON the gore
of soldiers slain"
However interesting the poppy may
be to men of science and to lovers of
the beautiful. it is yet more so TO the
people of California. This beautiful,
weird, gold-colored flower of gossamer
texture belongs to California alone.
Nowhere else in the world has it ever
made its habitat. There 1t is naturally
so profuse that it is related as fact
that, coming on a turn full face upon
a blooming field of yellow poppies. daz-
zling in the sunshine, horses have been
put to flight, as from flames Of lire
Home and Flowers.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-07-10
Why He Roosted High.

A Broadway merchant vouches for
the following: Il was entertaining an
out-of-town customer the other day. He
hadn't much to say, so / kept him busy
with questions, in the effort to make
him think he was having a good time.
The Waldorf was his hotel; yes, he was
enjoying the trip; he had comfortable
accommodations at the hotel. 'The
rooms on the eighteenth floor, any
way he remarked.
"'Did you go so high because the
house was crowded?
"'No. picked out the room. You
see, 1 read about the subway explo
sions in the newspapers-how the effect
was not felt above the tenth floor OF
buildings near by. got above the dan
ger line New York Post.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-07-10

occasional letter from Helen, which
told of her interest in her studies and
friends. AS the end Of the second year
drew near, the doctor again requested
his mother to invite Miss Atwood to
their home to spend the summer vaca-
tion. And a second time was the son
refused, "for it would only turn out in
a love affair" thought this far-sighted
mother, "and want rich Wife for
my boy"
A few weeks later DR.. Cutter was
seated in the reception room of the
Young Ladies' Seminary of Westport'
anxiously awaiting Miss Atwood. AS
he heard soft footsteps approaching
and raised his eyes in eager expecta-
ton, there in the open doorway stood
Helen Atwood in all the beauty OF her
young womanhood. He saw smile
of welcome upon her lovely face as she
advanced to meet her old friend. And
there in the deepening shadows OF an
early twilight the old, old story was
once more gone over. Helen, darling
may take you home with me as my
treasured wife?" And as he stoopec
TO hear her softly answered Yes" ht
could not but see the love-light in hei
dear eyes.
In the morning a message flashed
over the wires, addressed to Mrs. Cut
ter. 1t read:
Ny wife and arrive on the y oclocf
express from Westport. Be prepared II
receive us. II. a. w '
And Mrs. Cutter in graceful manne
submitted to the inevitable.-Bostol
Post
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-07-10
IMPRESS In MARBLE
Memorial Sarcophagus TO he Placed
In the Church at Potsdam.

The memorable sarcophagus Of the
late Empress Frederick Of Germany,
which has been modelled In clay by the
celebrated artist. Reinhold Begas. is
now being reproduced in pure white
CarTara marble by sculptor Albert Ge-
ritz. and will in few weeks be placed
in position within the Frledens kirche
IT Potslam.
The figure OF the empress rests at
full length upon the SarcophaguS, her
head supported by two pillows. The
form is enveloped 10y Greek drapery.
the upper part Of which only is drawn
aside from the head. the face and the
bust.
The expression of the features, with
their half-open lips. vividly recalls the
countenance Of the empress to those
who knew her. From the head. upon
which a dladem shines. the hair is
drawn down over the bust. The right
arm is extended In repose; the left
hand rests over the region OF the heart.
The front of the sarcophagus carries
in bas-relief several emblematical and
pictorial designs. In the center Is a
medallion containing a Christ head
crowned with thorns The panels on
each side and at the ends represent the
chief events In the life of the late en-
press. On one she is represented as n
child receiving her first lessons; in AN
other she is depicted as an art student
drawing one of the ancient temples.
with the genius of art as her teacher;
still others show her engaged in WORKS
of charity and benevolence.
There are also designs which SYM
bolize the meeting of wife and husband
beyond the grave. where they are join
ed by the son who preceded them into
the other world. A setting sun sug-
gests the passage from this life; rain
bow tells of immortality.
The other features OF the sarcopha-
gus, says the Boston Herald, resent
ble those of the memorial modelled by
the same artist for the late Emperor
Frederick. The only inscription Is one
which contains the names and the
dates, "1S40- 1901"
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-07-10
The Czarina's Choice.

The Russian Empress seems to be
something Of an athlete. On one oc-
casion, while paying visit to an art
studio, the public congregated outside
IN large numbers in the hope of see
ing her as she came out. But their
curiosity was never satisfied, for the
Czarina asked one of the attendants il
there was an exit at the back Of the
house. To this he replied In the affirm
ative, but. added that the way was
stopped by a board. "That does not
matter" answered her majesty; "if
you get me ladder l will soon climb
over the plank" The ladder having
been placed in position. the Empress
of Russia climbed it, jumped over the
plank, and thus succeeded in avoiding
the unwelcome attentions of the over
enthusiastic populace.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-07-10
-,g posE LIGHT LINeERED.

so light fingered ~ the hill.
"a turned to wine the waters at our
feet.
were still.
This ID, how sweet!
,,,tfell down behind the crest
|TnTf,el dark a. inst the western sky,
u n stood brazen-lined. in azure drest,
Within my heafs''a cry.
,,-e her time. the silver moon
'r.ant sbyly. all ashamed, into the light.
F.. .,sr heyond the hills arose-too soon.
Then spread the Night.
-. coil OF mist to hide the deeps
'Tbst once were warm. Upon our spir-
its, too,
silence fell. cen as the cool air sleeps
The grass with dew.
esterday! So the ages roll
rrnmoved. And yet | learn that thou
shouldst know
tow fingers still thy presence in my
soul
An afterglow!
Winston Churchill in Century.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-07-10
In the Flowery Kingdom.

Henpecked husbands are common In
China, and Chinese literature abounds
with references to them. The following
is a sample story: Ten henpecked hus-
bands resolved to form a society to re-
sist the impositions Of their wives. The
ten wives heard of the plan. and while
the meeting for organization was In
progress entered In body. Nine Of the
rebelliOus husbands incontinently bolt
ed, but the tenth one retained his place,
quite unmoved by the frightful appari-
ton. The ten ladies, merely smiling
contemptuously on the one man left be-
hind, returned to their homes, satisfied
with the success of theirraid. The nine
husbands thereupon returned and re.
solved to make the heroic tenth the
president of the society. When they
went. however, to inform him Of the
honor It was found that he had died OF
fright.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-07-10
THE POPPY.
Golden Blossoms that Greeted the
California Pioneers.

Golden Blossoms that Greeted the
California Pioneers.
Far out at sea, cleaning sheets of
dazzling gold arrested the gaze of the
early explorers of California. Blazing
along the Pacific coast, embroidering
the green foothills of the snow capped
Sierra Madres. Transforming acres and
acres of treeless plains into royal cloth
of gold, millions of flowers of silky
texture and color of gold fascinated
the Spanish discoverers. An eminent
botanlst, Eachsholtz, at once classified
the plant, and his followers conferred
his name upon this. the only native
American papaver.
Dream-like In beauty, fascinating
from sheer loveliness. spreading its
soft undulations over the land, the
California poppy bloomed above the
richest views and arteries of gold the
world has ever known, all unsupported.
A Circe, with powers to please, dazzle
and charm by its entertainments, while
1t allures, lulls and mystifies, this flow
er of sleep seemed to draw by some
occult process from the earth the
elixir of gold, unfolding its blossoms OF
gold as beacons proclaiming: I'VE are
blooming above rich mines of gold"
There is never a mystery about the
poppy 1t is weird flower. 1t is al
| nots sentient, with life unknown TO
| human kind. while glory guards
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-07-10
CHRONOLOGY OF CUBA uBRE.

Spanish control of Cuba finally re-
linquished. Last troops left Havana;
Tenth infantry, U. S. A. took up
quarters in city. Dec. 81.
1899.
Provisional government by the
United States; work of cleaning, rem
ovating and restoring order.
1900.
Ditto, and taking census, prepara-
tory to holding elections.
1901.
Cuban constitutional convention as
sembled. January. Congress passed
Platt resolutions providing for Amer
lean suzerainty. March .. Cuban
constitutional convention accepted
Platt resolutions. June IL. Cuban
law promulgated by Gov. Gen. Wood
and elections held. Dec. 81.
1902.
Delegates ele,:ad at popular cleo
tions met and chose Gen. Estrada
Palma as first President of the re-
public of Cuba. Feb. "a.
President began preparation for for
mally turning over government to Gu
bans. March "a
American troops gradually with
drawn. March 24-May 10.
Fiestas and general celebration all
over island. May 1913.
Final transfer of government to
Cubans. May 20.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-07-10
COwper's Pets.

Cowper, the poet, was exceedingly
fond of pets, and had very charming
style of writing about them. II nave
n kitten, my dear" he says. In letter
to q friend, "the drollest of all crea-
tures that ever wore cats skin. In
noint of size she is likely to be KIT
ten always, being extremely small OF
her age; but time, | suppose, that
spoils everything, will make her, Also
a cat.
"You will see her, l hope, before
that melancholy period shall arrlVe'
for no wisdom she may gain by expe-
rience and reflection hereafter VIII com
nensate for the loss Of her present III
larity. She is dressed in tortoise smell
suit. and | know you will delight In
her."
He also had a dog which had lain
roo near the fire, and got the ha!r
singed from it's back, and nothing was
left of the tail but the gristle."
"Allowing for this" said his master
che Is really handsome; and when ma
tura shall have furnished him with
new coat he will be unrivalled In per
sonal endowments."
Again he concocted a letter purport
ing to be written by an owl.
"The nights" says the bird of WIS
dom. "being short at this time of the
wear. my epistle will probably be so
too; and 1t strains my eyes to write
when it is not 80 dark as pitch. l am
likewise much distressed for ink. the
blackberry juice l had bottled up hav
ing been all exhausted. A neighoor
ing physician, goat of great expert
ence. has attended me In violent III
of the pip. l must have shed almost
every feather in my tail, and must mo-
hone for a new pair of breeches I'll
next spring. So l shall think myself
very happy If l escape the chin-cougn
which is generally very rife in the
moulting season"
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-07-10
MEDICAL USES OF TUNNELS.
Mothers in London Believe the Foul
Air Remedy.

hOtners IN l<ouuOh bcitcNc shc II Oua
Air Remedy.
Quite a new use has been found for
the two-penny tube and the other un-
derground railways. In addition to be
ing methods OF quick locomotion, they
are Also in the opinion of many trust
ing mothers who have little faith In the
pharmacopeia, important sanatoria
warranted to cure many of childhood's
maladies. Tunnel air, 1t seems, Is good
for Group, also for whooping cough ana
various other ailments.
Let us hope the women Will not get
the idea into their heads that II Is a
substitute for vaccination, says the
London Telegraph. A doctor who was
travelling on a railway noticed that a
woman in the compartment almost
pulled down the window when they
entered tunnel, and held outside II
child whom she was carrying, so that
the youngster might get the full bene-
ft of the foul atmosphere; and when
he asked the reason of this extraordi'
nary performance she told him that
tunnel air" had been found to be a
complete cure for the Group. And the
other day an east end mother was dis
covered by guard on the Inner cir
cle," because she had been told by
herbalist and bonesetter that sui
phurous atmosphere was good for the
whooping cough.
Formerly the unfalling specific for
| the aforementioned disorder was visit
to a gas works, but owing, doubtless
to the advance of science, the under.
ground railway has taken the place of
the gaseous system of pathology. Thus
a new and beneficial era opens fol-
tubes and tunnels, and their sharehold
| ers.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-07-10
1895.

B 1S9S.
9 Battleship Maine blown IN in the
Z harbor of Havana, while there on n
B friendly visit. Feb. 10.
g Message sent by President McKin-
ley TO Congress in regard to blowing
3 up of the Maine. April IL.
z Congress passed resolutions recoc-
nizlng independence of Cuba and de-
G manding that Spain relinquish her
< authority. April 20.
3 President issued call for 125. 900
@ volunteers. April %.
3 Congress passed resolutions declar-
4? ing that state of war existed. April
@ %.
@ Dewey destroyed the Spanish fleet
x IN the harbor of Manila. May l.
8 Sampson bOmbarded the fortifica-
9 tions at San Juan. May II.
& Schley sailed with the flying squad
@ ron from Key West. May 13.
g Schley arrived at Santiago de Cuba.
K May %.
9 Army sailed from Key West for
< Cuba. June 10.
3 Landing and battle at Las Quasi
x Victory of Ell Caney and San Juan
3 hill. July 1-2.
& Gen. Shafter calls for REINFORCE
3 ments. July 3.
g Battle of Santiago. July 8.
x Shafter demands surrender of San
3 tiago. July 3.
& Truce declared. July IL.
3 Articles of capitulation at Santi-
9 ago approved. July 16.
z Surrender of Santiago. July II.
B Peace protocol. Aug. IL.
9 Peace commissioners sent to Paris.
K Oct. l.
3 Evacuation of Puerto Principe and
9 other provinces. Dec. 5.
K Provisional government proclaimed
B by Gen. Wood. Oct. 81.
g Treaty of Paris signed. Dec. 10
x S:45 p. m.
3 Gen. Garcia died in Washington,
& Dec. IL.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-07-10
Am AWKWARD Mistake.

A fine stone church was lately built
and upon the facade a stone-cutter was
ordered to cut the following inscription:
"My house shall be called the house OF
prayer" He was referred to the verse
of Scripture In which these words oc-
cur; but he transcribed the whole verse,
and the inscription read: "My house
shall be called the house of prayer, but
we have made 1t den Of thieves"
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-07-10
Favorable Argument.

"It looks like a poor automobile, "
complained the prospective customer.
"Why, the thing would break down be-
fore it ran a mile"
YES" agreed the dealer, "but look at
the advantage Of that. You would not
have to walk so far to get home as you
would If it would run as far as the
others before blowing ."-Baltimore
American.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-07-10
Cure for Faulty Speech.

The habit of stammering is one that
children easily acquire, but which Is
difticult to cure. So great has been the
recent ipetease in this fault or infirm-
ity. whichever it may be- in Germany
Tint in the schools throughout the en-
nire special course of instruction mas
been started for children so afflicted
In Berlin six specialists engaged by the
poord of Education devote twelve
hours week to this work. One and a
half per cent of all the school children
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-07-10
The Promise,

'"rhat the United States hereby dis
claims any disposition or intention TO
exercise sovereignty, jurisdiction, or
control over said island, except for
the pacifcation thereof, and asserts
its determination, when this is ac-
complished, to leave the government
and control OF the island to its peo-
pie. e.'-Section I'LL, resolutions passed
by Congress April 90 1898.
-Four years and twenty-five days
later the promise was fulfilled.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-07-10
Hitting Back.

you're not so much." said the man
who used the vernacular of the curb
stone.
WELL" said the other man, Il fancy
I'd have to be much less in order to
escape being much more than your
much developed lack of muchlness."-
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-07-10
Hazarding a Guess.

"They are all talking in Boston about
the greatest beauty at their horse
show"
"Some out-of-town girl, of course
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-07-10

Bizzer-Si -Simpkins has smart dog.
Buzzer-What does he do?
Bizzer-He doesn't do anything that
Simpkins tells him-that's what mean
when 1 say he's smart.-Ohio State
journal
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-07-10

Z. 1t is too bad that in this craze to beat
records man doesn't try to buy his
wife handsomer dresses than her faith
er ever gave her.
Wallowa chieftain. [volume] (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909, 1902-07-10

The less a man has to do the more
time he wants to do it in,
The Washington times., 1902-05-04
TRINITY CHURCHTOBE
CONSECRATED TODAY
QUEEN MARGHERITA TO BE
KNOWN AS LA O0l0RATA"
Has Sorrowed Since Assassination OF
King Of Italy, and Now Takes
the Veil.

Dowager Queen Margherita. who is re-
ported in recent dispatches from Rome
to be about 10 take the veil. may become
n religieuse more readily than the Royal
Princess Elizabeth of Prussia. aunt of the
Emperor William. who is about 10 go TO
Rome for confirmation by the Pope.
The former Queen of Italy has always
been a deyout member of the church. and
has been one OF the leaders in the move
ment for reconciliation between the
Vatican and the Quirnal. She has been
detected since her husbands assassina-
tion and IL was recently arranged that
she should visit the United States under
the incognito of Countess Slupinizzi. in
the hope that travel and change of scene
might cheer her up bit.
She is gifted woman, musician and
painter and is a noted collector of curios.
and is the possessor of the slippers OF
Mary Stuart worn on the scaffold, pairs
of gloves worn by Queen Elizabeth, the
Empress Josephine and Lucretia Borgia.
Queen Margherita's goodness and char
ity have made her a popular favorite in
Italy. She is frequently the chief pa
troness of fetes for the benefit of cbari-
table institutions. and makes regular
tours of the hospitals, cheering the suf-
fering ones. relieving misery personally,
ordering dolls and playthings for chill
dren when they care for them. and in
many most effective ways moderating dis
tress.
She was called "Tte Pearl of Savoy"
and "L'adorata" (the adored). but is now
known as La Dolorata" tthe mourner).