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Mexico Missouri message., 1906-04-19
AN UGLY WHALE.
Excited by Attacks from a Whaling
Ship It Turns and Sinks De-
fenseless Ship.

Half a dozen years ago l was first
mate of a small English ship called
the White Cloud. We were of the
banks of Brazil; 1t was about ten
o'clock in the forenoon, and, the
weather being very fine and the wind
light, l had all the men on deck set
ting up the rigging, some Of which
had slackened away.
A man aloft suddenly hailed the
deck with the information that large
whale was bearing down upon the ship
head on. Ours was a merchant YES
sci, and the sight Of a whale had no
especial interest for u.s. We went on
with our work for three or four min
utes, when the man hailed me again
with:
III that fellow holds his course, sir.
he will be dead on us. He's a big fell
low, and coming like an iron steamer"
ran forward to get look, and the
sea was so smooth that l had no diff
Guilty in making out the whale. He
was still mile away, coming down at
about steamer speed, and holding a
course as straight as IL somebody
aboard of him was steering by COM
pass.
l was not a bit alarmed, expecting
to see him show fukes every minute;
but the captain came on deck and or
dered the man at the wheel to break
on two or three points. This brought
the whale on our port bow. AS 1 told
you, l expected to see him sound every
moment. 1t was astonishing that he
had not discovered us long before. 1
could scarcely believe my eyes as he
held on, and by and by we had him
alongside.
It's the solemn truth when say he
actually rubbed us as we passed each
other, and the odor Of him was so rank
that some of the men cried out in dis
gust. That whale was 80 feet long
If he was an inch, and he had a head
on him like brick wall. So far as
we could see, he was carrying no har-
poems, and had no fresh wound, but
he was moss-grown and barnacled as
II he had knocked about for a couple
OF hundred years. The fact of his
holding his own in such a bull-headed
way was alarming, and when we were
clear OF him we fell to congratulating
ourselves over the close shave.
We were perhaps mile apart when
the whale Slowed around. The mo-
ment we discovered what he was do.
ing we knew that he meant to attack,
The breeze had now died away until
we could not hope to dodge him, and
ne had not yet fairly turned when
we dropped the yawl from the davits,
running her along to the bow.
Two men were ordered to get water
and provisions into her and as the
whale headed up for us we went off be-
fore the light breeze to give him all
the room we could. Three or four min.
utes settled the question Of whether he
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-04-19

dunn 210 yards long. Then there's
baseball.
People have short memories. Who
remembers Henry Chadwick, the
father of the game? Who remembers
John Montgomery Ward? AS base.
balllst, that is? He was once the idol
Of New York, college graduate. law
student, husband Of popular actress
famed .short-stop. For a time New
York bowed low before Amos Russie
New idols rise. The IAN" who can
last like Pop" Arson in Chicago is
rare Baseball is a game fer young
men. You draw big money f,r few
years, then just as you beg.n to. feel
that you know the game, along about
% years OF age, people beg in to call
you a veteran" and the manager ''re-
leases" you to minor team or poor
er club in a smaller city, The famous
players over 30 years of age who hold
their own without a shadow of doubt
are mighty few. To compare unlike
things. John L. Sullivan was a wonder;
he was champ for ~ years before he
went down and out. But he became an
ex-"champ" at 80. That's cd, In the
ring or on the diamond Fitisimmons
is young man, compare iye'y, bu. In
the ring he's a marvel of survival, not
a champion. The most successful base.
ballists are the fellows that get plenty
OF fame and succeed in starting sport.
ing goods stores before they lose head.
way in the diamond. Baseball man.
ayers have hard-hearted way OF de-
manding results and the public is
tickle. Besides, business is business.
Suppose there should be long coal
mining strike and a bad crop and few
other tribes. Where would the base.
ball cash boxes be at the end OF the
season.
OWEN I,AN0DON
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-04-19
CAPTURED AN EAGLE.
TIE Exciting Time Two Ohio Boys
Had in Lassooing the Bird
of Freedom.

Two Ohio boys armed with a lasso
captured a golden eagle the other day
after an interesting struggle with the
bird. The boys are the sons of Ed
ward Franks, says the Cincinnati
Commercial Tribune. They were play
ing in the yard Of their home when
the great bird swooped down and
ligted on the back fance. A hurried
search for a gun was unfruitful, and
as the bird seemed disinclined to leave
other measures were employed by the
boys.
Somebody suggested a lasso, and
finally a moose of clothes line was cast
about the bird and he was captured
after a sharp battle.
1t is said that the eagle probablJ
few so high that he encountered ex.
IRENE cold and was unable TO resi- :
1t.
AS rule the eagle is hard to ap-
proach. 1t rarely comes near house,
unless in pursuit of game.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-04-19

hotel of his own under his own name,
name worth money.
An old-timer; yes. When he was
running the Grand Union hotel in Sar-
tago-capacity somewhere about 1900
he would meet the bus at the door
and greet every guest by name, that is
if he had but once seen the guest be-
fore. In the city he made the same
trait invaluable. OF late years, as the
number of impressions on his mental
photography increased beyond all rea-
son, he sometimes missed a name. A
genuine regard for the comfort of his
people went with his marvellous MEM
Dry. Nowadays the proprietor of great
hotel scarcely sees his guests. Usually
he is quite a different person from the
manager, anyhow. Boldt at the Wal
dorf-Astoria, Hahn, Muschenheim, are
Of the new type. They look after the
kitchen more than the front office, and
they are rather financiers than hosts.
oscar" is known to ten times as many
people by sight as Boldt. Nor is the
steward or head waiter a bad substi-
bNbO ia bOAlG ways 1lG Bblb a DiB bdA-
airy and a percentage on the business.
He is a diplomat, a tactician, an ex-
pert of cooking and service. Louis
Sherry was once head waiter or stew
ard, and so won favor in that place
that his rich patrons practically set
him up in business. But there is a
difference. The head waiter type, as
representing the hotel to the average
outsider, has at times the subtle air
of the turnkey. He is obsequious or
naughty as the case demands. The
old-time landlord was not much of an
expert on French cookery, and he did
not greatly study grace in ushering
people about. He was a free and equal
American citizen, too simple to DOW
low before wealth and too human to
snub any decent guest. 1t was the ho-
tel clerk, not the proprietor, who put
on airs. Now the clerk is an-humbled
and brought low; made the keeper and
the slave of all manner of electrical
contrivances, naughty only to the bell
boys.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-04-19
Knew Herself.

Stranger Cat the door)-I am try.
Ing to find lady whose married name
| have forgotten, but know she lives
In this neighborhood. She is wom-
an easily described, and perhaps you
know her--a singularly beautiful crea.
lure, with pink-and-white complexion,
Sea.shell ears, lovely eyes and hair
such us goddess might envy.
Scientifically, sir, don't know
Voice (from head of stairs)--
Jane, tell the gentleman I'll be down
in a minute.-N. Y. Weekly.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-04-19

stolen or taken as spoils of war by an
ancestor in Philadelphia 1870 years ago
1t was during the British occupation
OF Philadelphia that the picture disap.
peared, in spite of the usual rules
respecting private property; and dur.
ing at least 100 years of that time IL
has hung on the walls of the Grey an.
cestral home in Northumberland. ]
suspect that for about so years of the
century the Greys enjoyed having 1t
Now they are glad to send it back to
it's old home. On April 20 it is to be
restored to Philadelphia with a digni.
fed celebration. Philadelphia may be
slow about getting what is coming to
1t, but it is sure.
Even monarchies learn in time. They
send out different men to sit as figure.
heads over practically self-governing
colony now from 20 years ago, when
Durham could come over on the heels
of the Papineau rebellion, bring in his
train a group of drunken and rascally
ne'erdoweels, squander money like wa.
ter and in the end issue an illegal war.
rant banishing the rebels" under pain
of death If they returned to their ma.
tive land. In Dufferin and Grey and
Mimic the Canadians feel that they
have had the best the home country
could send them. suppose most Eng.
lishmen have by this time found out
that the Papineau rebellion-and for
that matter the much more recent Riel
attempt-bad at least the excuse OF
pretty substantial grievances.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-04-19

and rub your eyes; there away below
the fashionable center of the town are
q lot of real drummers, the kind you
used to see, and business men of all
sorts, sitting out on the sidewalk In
rocking chairs! And on Broadway! It's
below the theater quarter and there is
room enough after. the wholesale
houses close. Some Of the chairs are
even in the roadway. That is at riIly
Haines' Broadway Central hotel. There
are men who have stayed there at
times for a generation. The Fifth
Avenue has been of the same sort It
must go pretty soon--site too valuable
for five stories-but It has been notable
for generation. Tom Plat for years
lived there, and Republican politicians
naturally followed suit, but there were
plenty of non-political people who
learned to appreciate the delicate little
attentions, the extra treats at Sunday
night suppers and the like. Down in
CORTLAND street the old Merchants
was long the special resort Of Jersey
men. The Ashland House has scarce
Gy changed its character in a genera
ton, Southern men go there. Many
OF these also favor the Aston House,
the noisiest site in the city by day and
at night one Of the quietest. Sim Ford
of the Grand Union is famous for the
funny after-dinner speeches which he
began making a few years ago, after
having lived As years unheraIded.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-04-19

things go now. Yet the styles have
come round to 1t. Just such dining
rooms are being constructed to-day
noble Of proportions with their pilas.
ters.
Breslin had been connected with
some Is different hotels, but It was his
long stay in the Gilsey House thai
made him famous in New York. He
managed at times all three Coney
Island hotels. Guests followed hin
from the st. James, the st. Nicholas,
the Gilsey. People attended his fu.
neral who had from time to time oeeD
with him 40 years and more. Many
congressman knew him by his one
time lease OF the old Wizards IN
Washington.
Brooklyn is peculiar in being a city
OF more than million people all By
herself, without a single first-class no.
eel Of transient type. The family no.
tel, on the other hand, flourishef
nightly In Brooklyn. For some rea.
son this kind Of place never seems tc
need, or at any rate to get, landlord
The visible source of authority is Q
pale, nervous and overworked clerk
who Ill replaces the stout, dignified
well-poised, comfortable figure thai
old-fashioned people instinctively ex.
pect to meet in a landlord. BresliD
was that man to a dot. He could have
been put on the stage and played. The
Lelands were such men. Even the
name is almost forgotten.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-04-19
Keepinp It from Her.

Little Alice, much disturbed, begged
her mother not to let remarks be made
about her doll when it was present
because" she said, Il have been try.
ing all her life to keep Dollie from
knowing that she is not alive."-De-
troit Free Press.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-04-19
IN THE METROPOLIS
THE oLD-TIME HOTEL MAN
AND THE NEW.
AsToR HOUSE UNCHANGED
Earl Grey with Due Ceremony to Re
turn a Stolen Portrait--Mother
Country Now Sends
Good Men.

EW YoRK.-James
H. Breslin was an
old tim e hotel
man. He worked
from bellbOy to
propriet or, and
when he died in
the hotel Wolcott
he was one of the
best known men
in the business
had been president
of the local and
national associa-
lions, and had q
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-04-19
old-Fashioned Hotels.

} u read much
about the splendid
new caravanseries,
but there are still
m e Id fash
Toned hotels in
New York THAI in
any other Ameri-
can city; and they
get business. Walk
a o n g low e T
Broadway OF a
summer evening
about eight O'Clock
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-04-19
Caught Him.

Hello, old man. Can l lend you
some money to-day? Any amount"
"Why-no, thanks, old fellow. we
got plenty Of money to-day-more
than l need, in fact"
Say, lend me FIVE dollars, will you?"
Cleveland Leader.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-04-19
Loves Young Dream.

Little Girl lat schooD did the
teacher send you here for?
Little Boy-She said was bad, and
must come over and sit with the girls.
Il like you. Can you stay long?" IS
Guess not. wasn't very bad.
We'll, you be bladder next time
N. Y. Weekly.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-04-19
To Be Taken Into Consideration.

Il wonder why she married him?
And so soon after her first husbands
Heath, too! 1t seems to me she made
an awful mistake"
well, of course, you must remem-
Der that bis name begins with H, the
same as her other husbands did, so
It'll be handy about the monograms
IN the silver and linen and things
Chicago Record Herald.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-04-19
Couldn't Helm IT

Coroner-What makes you think he
killed himself?
Witness-Well, he took a morbid
view of life-was always gloomy.
Coroner-Had he had disappoint-
ment?
Witness-No, he was a Joke writer.
Cleveland Leader.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-04-19
Lookinr for tIiernrlunhics.

Mrs Hasher-Why are you examin.
ing that egg so critically, may I ask,
professor? Is there anything wrong
with it?
Prof. Boreder-Oh, mono. Merely
force OF habit, assure you. You see,
I'm an archaeologist, and was look
Ing for some cuneiform inscription
that might settle its era.-Cleveland
Leader.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-04-19

you some very thin wire hairpins for
this stand. Carefully press a little
dent or socket in the cardboard near
the end Of the tail 20 in Fig. p, and
rest the spiral on the knitting needle,
Place the snake on the radiator and
see the hot air make him wriggle and
twist.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-04-19
Unequal Advan taees.

"Do you think the orators of the
present day compare with those of past
generations?"
Certainly" answered the CHEEKY
modernist. "The only difficulty is that
our orators have not yet had chance
10 be advertised by getting into tia
school readers. Washington Star.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-04-19
Between Friends.

Playwright-Yes, my production had
wonderful first night. You should
have heard the thunderous applause.
Friend-Didn't have to hear it, old
man. see your hands are all bills.
tered.-Chicago Daily News.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-04-19
The PEOPLE.

There is the most homelike atmos-
! here in the Blanks house, and l
can't see why 1t is The furniture
isn't much"
"No; but the Blanks are."-De.
troit Free Press.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-04-19
Athletes own the Earth.

he whole world is
in g a thlet tie
crazy. George AIDE
finds England in
midwinter dahy
yer footban,
Down in Greece
they are getting
ready for the
Olympian games,
with athletes from
all the world tc
compete in a
white marble sta.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-04-19
The Limit.

Talking about college spirit" said
the first fair coed, Sophie Moore car
ries It to extremes"
"Really?"
Yes; she won't ever eat any ice
cream but strawberry and vanilla be-
cause red and white are the college
colors. philadelphia Press.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-04-19
Entitled to the Tin.

Diner-Is it customary to tip the
waiter in this restaurant"
Waiter hy-ah-yes, sir.
Then hand me a tip. I've waited
thTee-quarters Of an hour for that
steak ordered. "-Tit-Bits
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-04-19
THE TWISTING SNAKE.
Fashioned Toy Which IL Just AZ
Fascinating to the Children
as Ever.

Here is paper toy for nimbIe IN
gers to make. 1t is called the twist
ing snake-at least that's what our
grandfathers used to call It years ago.
ago.
To make 1t, cut a circular piece Of
cardboard about four inches across.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-04-19

mark off the dotted lines, as in Fig
1, with a pencil and cut along them
with a sharp scissors, says the New
York Herald. Fasten a knitting needle
or a stiff wire that looks like one to,
some kind of a standard that will hold
1t steady. Perhaps mother will give
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-04-19
A JINGLE.

When the sparrow has a tooth0che,
And the bluebird tears her gown,
And the robin falls to sobbin'
II q Chipmunk tumbles down
That day n mole and a bat may see
A cow jump over dried-apple tree.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-04-19
4 De oonaIgs nom 81 snenin.

Queenstown, April 16.-The ateamee
Campania. which sailed from herd
Sunday, for New York. has ON board,
what is said to be the largest consign-
ment Of specie ever sent across the At.
iantic on one vessel The total value
of the specie Il about S6,25O.eOO.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-04-19
Earl arey's franklin Portrait.

HE British cabinet
made a hit in
sending Earl Grey
over to Canada
At least they made
a hit in PhilaIel.
phia, New York
and Washington
1t isn't every Bri.
ton who could
come to this coun.
try bearing in his
boxes as a peace
offering a portrait
of Ren Franklin
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-04-19
Ata7y-oen. TIaaIey uett,,.

Jefferson City, Mo-, April 16.--Att'y-
Gen. Hadiey was reported better Sunday
evening In The afternoon his fever
came up again same as SATURDAY. Al
pix o'clock It had dlminiEbef and IL
pas resting easier.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-04-19
Whv Ia Wa plensnnt

Il shouldn't think you'd enjoy that
game. It's so much like work.
but you see, don't have to do Il
for a living. Chicago Record- Her.
aid.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-04-19

First old spOrt--In the spring. a
young mans fancy lightly turns to-
Second nitto-My boy, I've seen EN-
- a and come b last
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-04-19

A little boy, little bow.
Shooting a very little shaft
It's they that make the gray old world
Go round, and broke, and daft.
Puck.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-04-19

Hitherto Patient Boarder - Mrs.
Starvem, ] can stand having hash
every day in the week, but when on
Sunday you put raisins in it and call it
mtnce pie L draw the line.-London
Tatler.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-04-19
Fashions Come Round.

GOOD many OF the
old-time hotel men
fluid 1t policy to
change their
places as little as
possible. The class
Of patrons they
get care nothing
for gewgaws. In
that way a curious
thing has hap
pened to the Aston
House, It's interI-
or architecture has
scarcely b. en-
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-04-19

Il don't feel like myself to-day"
"Let me congratulate yOu."-ClSvss
land Leader.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-04-19

China and Japan have fewer foreign
residents than any OtbsF countries.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-04-19

changed for so years. II is stately,
digaiaed. classical. rather quiet as
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-04-19
FOUL BLOT upon
MISSOURI SHIELD
THREE NEGROES HANGED AMI
BURNED AT sPRINGFIELD.'
THE MOB SPIRIT RAMPANT
All Three of the Victims Were Ac
cuSed of Foul Grimes, hut In
Neither Case Had the Charges
Been Proven.

Springfield, Mo-, April 16.-At 2:b
O'Clock Sunday morning William Allen
a young negro, was taken from tn
county Jail here and lynched in the pub
lie square by the same mob that, tw,
hours earlier. had hanged Horace Dun
can and James Copeland. The body o:
Allen later was burned, as had beer
those of the other negroes, beneath the
spot where they had been lynched.
Mob Thirsted Tor More.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-04-19
Morbid RELIC Hunters.

Sunday souvenirs Of the night, con
sisting of button from the trousers o
one of the negroes, piece OF the hans
mans rope and other pieces OF relic
were eagerly bought by many amonl
the crowds that gathered at the scene.
The authorities assert that Copelan,
and Duncan, two Of the victims, wer
innocent. This is the general belief.
reaction has set in and most people ar
condemning the mob's work.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-12-21
essss Q . . . .
Both Legs Broken.

While preparing to wash a window
in the office of Faris & Kesl on the
second floor of the Soma building
about 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon,
Charles Let's fell to the sidewalk,
about 90 feet below on Ninth street.
Both legs were broken and he was
bruised about the head. Both frac-
lures were near the ankles and the
bone of one leg was protruding
through the flesh when Let's was
picked up. He was taken into the
Eastman-Teller hardware store and
later to st. Luke's hospital. The at
tending physician says the accident
will not result fatally.
Let's had Just finished washing the
windows in the front part Of the Of
flee and was getting into position on
the ledge below one OF the rear win
dows to wash II when he lost his bal
ance and with loud shrek, fell to
the ledge. The fracture of the bones
in both legs indicates that he struck
the hard cement walk on his feet
Boise Statesman.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-12-21
Yakima Valley Hay Market,

Alfalfa is not advancing in price as
rapidly as 1t did n few weeks ago.
Today the product is retailing at s14
per ton in this city. This would mean
that the farmer gets about $12 for
his product in the bale. Timothy hay
is worth about $50. 1t is reported
that hay is hard to secure at the above
figures. The price this year to the
Yakima grower Is bonanza. In
years past he has taken as low as SO
in the stack and sometimes he has
sold his baled product at So per ton.
It is not believed that the price will
go much higher for some time.
Everybody has laid In a good supply
for the winter. The trading mostly
done now Is to local users. The
greater part of the alfalfa grown in
Yakima this year is in the Sunnyside
district. There is good part of the
crop there yet in the hands Of the
growers.
The Seattle Times of Tuesday gives
the following hay prices prevailing in
that city: Eastern Washington timo-
thy, s24; alfalfa. s19; wheat hay,
s19.-Yakima Republic.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-12-21
Fuel Coming Into Yakima.

OF the Is cars of coal that arrived
yesterday scarcely any remains in the
hands Of the dealers. AS soon as the
announcement was made of the ar
rival OF the coal the Northwestern
Improvement company had big run
on the supply, and this morning the
coal had vanished like the snow be-
fore chinook wind.
About three weeks ago, when there
was such n coal famine In the city
and country all those who succeeded
in getting any coal at all had to be
content with one ton to the family.
This ton is now playing out. The
people are coming back for more
and the probabilities are the demand
for the next week will be strong.
II the weather continues mild,
however, It is not likely that the
emergency will develop serious
Yakima Republic.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1906-12-21

shot tore the outer and heavier door
from the safe when the inner door
was beaten down with the sledge.
Mr.. Troyer this morning stated that
his stock was heavier than usual and
that $500 would be a low estimate
on the jewelry missing. The safe is
ruined. Among the articles stolen
were watches, rings, diamonds and
silverware. Only s14 in cash was
obtained.
A reward of $500 has been offered
by the citizens of Tekoa for the cap
ture of the burglars.-Spokesma
Review (Tekoa Corres.)