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The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-04-18
BEARS IN EUROPE.
They Plague the i1erdsnen by Raidins
Their FIoeks.

tueJ FIa9uO tne F1eroSmen by HaldInQ
Their FIoeks.
Although the last bear was shot
in Germany in 1885 near Traun-
stein, in Bavaria, bear hunting and
trapping still go on in the very
heart of Europe. In Pennsylvania,
Hungary, Bosnia and Croatia, all
mountainous regions, there are hun
dreds of bears, and scores of them
are killed and caught every year.
They are the plague of the shep-
herds and cattle herders who pas
ture their focks among the hills.
They seem to fear neither dogs nor
men and boldly carry off sheep and
calves into the woods before the
eyes of the watchers. .-
The peasantry retaliate by using
the stolen animals as bait for the
robbers. The bear seldom consumes
the entire carcass at one meal. He
either buries the rest or hides it
with leaves to serve another time.
The country people know this, and
they follow the bears trail to the
place of concealment. When this is
found they determine the direction
in which he departed from his prey,
knowing he will return when he is
hungry by the same path.
The trap is placed in this line
about yard from the hidden car
cass. 1t is carefully concealed with
leaves and grass, and bruin cannot
help stepping on it with either his
fore or hind paws. When he is Sc
curely caught the herdsmen, who
are mortally afraid OF him, appear
and kill him at leisure and in per-
feet safety.
OF course the landowners and
sporting class generally do not get
their bear in this cowardly way.
They hunt with dogs and shoot the
game when it is run down.
But this is not easy work. AL
though there are plenty Of bears in
a mountain region, it is not uncom-
mon for hunting party to travel a
whole day without getting shot at
one.-Exchange.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-04-18
FRENCH UNDERGRADS.
They Take Very Serious View Of
Their College Career.


Whoever has had much to do
with American students must agree,
/ think, that their abundant energy
is apt to exert itself in other fields
than those where they are brought
into professional contact with their
teachers. French students seem of
a different stripe. They are alertly
intelligent, serious to a degree
which shames you into conscious
ness Of comparative frivolity, intel
lectually energetic beyond reproach.
But somehow when YOU have been
habituated to academic intercourse
at home they seem a shade inhu-
man One can soon see why. 1t is
not that they lack humanity. In
private life they are said to main
tain the convivial tradition of an
cestral France. But humanity and
work are separate things, and to
them university work is really
critical matter. They are not play
ing through three or four years
which shall ripen them into some
thing swceter than they might grow
to be without this happy interval
between the drudgery of school and
the strife of responsible existence.
They are assiduously preparing
themselves for a career of intense
competition. Their spirit seems
quite to lack the amateurish grace
SO engagingly characteristic of I'M
dergraduate life in America. In
contrast, they seem intensely, star
tlingly professional.
In the best sense of this absurd
term, no doubt. 1t is not that
French students impress you as
disposed to trickery or subterfuge.
1t is only that in their whole rela-
lion to university work they take
Tor granted that they are occupied
not In the acquisition of that vague
thing which we call Couture" but
IN a very palatable phase of the
struggle for existence. Their bust
ness as students is to inform them
selves as widely and as accurately
as possible, and, above all, to gather
their information in some compre-
hensive and comprehensive system
That is why they are at the univer-
s!ty. And they are enrolled under
the faculty of letters because they
aspire in due time to become mem
6ers of such a faculty, if possible
ultimately in Paris. So far as my
observation went there is nothing
lay any French university which
Fakes the place Of undergraduate
lie in England or in America
Pcribner's Magazine. uHung
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-04-18
FLINT AND FRICTION.
Methods by Which Primitive Man Pro-
cured His Fire.

cured His Fire.
Doubtless the production of fire
by sparks from the flint was follow
ed by the discovery that friction
would produce a flame. In regions
where suitable stone was not easily
found the inventive aborigine de-
vised the whirling stick, or fire drill.
This was a stick. of hard wood with
J. its lower end set in a hole in a
block of very soft, dry wood.
The stick was held upright be-
tween the hands and whirled by
rubbing the palms first one way and
then the other. A moderate down
ward pressure was exerted, and as
the hands worked down on the stick
they were occasionally shifted to a
higher hold.
An improvement on the hand
whirIed drill was the application of
bow for rotating it! The first
man to make a bow drill is entitled
to fame as the first inventor Of "A
machine, for he combined several
working pieces in one apparatus for
accomplishing d desired end.
This father of inventors must
have conceived the idea that if he
should make turn of his bow
string around stick and fix the
two ends of the stick in holes he
could rotate the stick much more
easily and rapidly than was possible
| with the hands, producing great
friction and heat much quicker and
with much less exertion. We can
imagine vc see him-a great,
brawny, hairy man. with bit of a
goatsEin for clotheS-sittinv cross
le~G"l at the mouth of his Gaze and
rigging up to first operative ma
ch:l:o that was TO prodlcc fire.
He must have proc"red a large
p,ccn Of soft and dry dead wood and
ho!!owcl a spot for the lower end
Of the, stick. Then putting this un-
der Il slanting rock he must have
wedged another block of soft wood
above the stick.
Having fixed them soidly in place
by piling stones around them, he
would then take turn of his bow
string around the stick and draw
it back and forth rapidly, securing a
blaze in a short time.
With what triumph he must have
viewed his work when the first jet
of flame burst from the smoking,
charred mass that he had coaxed
into fiery existence! 1t is easy to
picture him calling his family or
followers about him to see his first
machine, perhaps half consumed in
the fire it had made, and explaining
its operations with enthusiasm. :
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-04-18
Her Clever Device.

Two stylishly costumed young
women entered a standing room
only" car, CHANGING along the lines
of seated passengers, the prettier of
the pair bowed formally, but sweet
ly, to young man.
The young man, across whose
face a puzzled expression fitted,
Immediately raised his hat and a
moment later rose and rendered his
seat to the lady.
"Who is that?" the latter's COM
panion asked as he left the car
soon afterward.
Haven't the faintest idea," was
the reply.
'But you bowed to him."
Certainly. That's a rule I've
adopted when / need a seat. You
see, he believes we must have met,
and of course he must be polite.
Try the scheme. 1t always works.
Columbus Dispatch.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-04-18

has been IN the millinery or dress
making business for several years
she ceases to take much interest in
the public appearance of the women
who wear her creations, but the
younger girls have a great desire to
see customer fully dressed for
some occasion for which they have
hurried to finish her clothes. From
long experience l can pick out these
curious, clever little artists, and
whenever | wear an especially nice
dress to place open to the public
| send tickets of admission to the
girls who have worked hardest to
make my costume success. New
York Sun.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-04-18
MuddIed Memories,

Among the gems of collection
of schoolboy 'howlers" are the fol-
lowing: w.
Charon was a man who fried soles
over the sticks. -.-~s tss.
The heart is over the ribs in the
midst of the borax.
A thermometer is an instrument
for measuring temperance.
The snow line stretches from the
north pole to the south pole, and
where it crosses the Alps and the
Himalayas it is many thousand feet
high in the air.
"Honi soft qui NAL y pense" (''Let
him be honored who thinks evil").
A toga is sort of naval officer
usually found in China and Japan.
Contralto is low sort of music
which only ladies sing. = Kansas
City Journal.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-04-18
From the Outside.

Jenkins was half frantic with
toothache, and as he stood before
the glass examining the offending
molar he was really quite startled
at his enormously large mouth. 1t
was so big that it positively fright
ened him. He thought the best
thing he could do would be to swal-
low himself and so put an end to his
pain. On calmer reflection he de-
termined to visit the dentist. When
he was in the fatal chair and the
dentist had his forceps and hammer
in his hand panic seized poor Jen-
kins. He began to twist, stretch
and move his enormous mouth
about in such a frightening way
that the operator became alarmed.
Don't trouble to open your
mouth any WIDER" he said kindly
81 intend to stand outside"
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-04-18
St. EImo's Light.

St. Elmo's light or fire is the
name which has been given pbe-
nomenon often seen at sea during
thunderstorms. 1t appears in the
shape of brush or star, seldom
round or square, usually at the tips
of the masts or, if on land, at the
points Of gables1or spires. 1t is oc-
casionally accompanied by Kissing
noise and on this account is be-
leyed to. be an electrical manifesto
ton. The old time mariners be-
lieyed the light to be the spirits of
Castor and Pollux, who were sup
posed to watch over men who ego
down to the sea in ships" they al
ways regarding the "fire" as sign
that the force of the storm had
been spent
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-04-18
Her Probable Requirements.

Mr.. Hilliker had promised his
wife that he would give her birth
day present of something useful
this time, and in pursuance of the
promise he called at large depart
ment store.
"What have you got" he asked,
Gin the way of attractive furnish
ings for parlor that would be like
ly to please a woman :"
'"Everything," answered the sales
man, from an ornamental match
box to grand piano"
Mr.. Hilliker heaved profound
sigh: -
sWell," he said, Il think that's
what she'll want" -To1tl's Com
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-04-18
A Judqe Of Music,

A concert was given at a Ger
man court in honor of some foreign
prince. At its close the illustrious
guest asked for a repetition Of the
first item on the programme. The
first piece was accordingly played
over again, but the visitor failed to
recognize it as the one he had liked
best. Suddenly the musicians fell
to tuning their instruments, during
which process all the company stop
ped their ears with the exception of
the foreign monarch, who exclaim-
ed in rapture Of delight, ''That is
my fayorite piece!" - Fliegende
Batter.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-04-18
Ono Of nyron's Eeeentrieities.

With reference to the story of
Byron's first invitation to dinner at
the house of the poet Rogers, in st.
James place, which we quoted the
other day, a correspondent reminds
US that it had a sequel. Byron, it
will be remembered, refused every
dish, saying he took nothing but
biscuits and soda water and made
his meal of mashed potatoes drench-
ed with vinegar. Rogers completes
the story in his table talk. "Some
days after, meeting Hobhouse, l
said to him, How long will Byron
persevere in his present diet?' He
replied, Just so long as you con-
tinue to notice it, ! did not then
know what / now know to be a fact
that Byron, after leaving my
house, had gone to a club in st.
James street and eaten a hearty
meat per."-London Globe.
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-04-18
Fine Essthsr. and Gratitude.

The well dressed woman slipped
two theater tickets into an envelope,
which she proceeded to address to
a girl employed by fashionable
dressmaker.
THAT" she explained, sis IA
vor that many women with good
clothes confer upon the girls who
are responsible for their fine feath-
ers. In bestowing it we are not
actuated by vanity, but by a desire
to give pleasure. After a woman
The Marietta journal. [volume] (Marietta, Ga.) 1866-1909, 1907-04-18
Truly Feminine.

81 am awfully lonely without
you," the woman wrote to the girl
who had gone to the country, "but
there's one good thing. When I
put my things away now, they stay
where l put them, and know
where to find them again."
And the girl wrote back:
'Tt's the same with me-"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-09
is Hartman a Dictatorp

Chicago, Jan. 9.Investigation OF
the Hartman interests as the power
controlling the railroads of the United
States was resumed today.
Examination of men close to the
railroad king, for the purpose of OBJ
ta,u'ng knowledge of the inside rela =
tions Of the road, is the plan put into
operation by the attorneys for the
government. and ], c. Stubbs, traffic
director Of the Hartman lines and NJ.
C. Markham, traffic manager of the
Missouri Pacific are the witnesses.
The government attorney ascertain
od from Stuhhs that Hartman directs
the operation Of all the principal
roads of the country from his New
York office. and Markham thought he
knows more about the adjustment of
the rat" fthe Sunset. Union Pacific
an6 GoTl6 reads than any other man.
In nope If learning something from
No khan To force Stubbs to make
disclosures, he was put on the stand.
Miller, an attorney for the Standard,
is rr, sent at the hearing, giving color
to TIE report that Hartman is backed
by Rockefeller. His testimony de-
veloped little of interest.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-09

St Louis, Jan. 9.-Suits to dissolve
the alleged merger of the Wabash,
Missouri Pacific and Iron Mountain
railroad companies, and the Pacific
Express company, American Refrig-
orator Transit company, Western Coal
& Mining company, Rich Hill Mining
company and the Kansas Missouri
Elevator company, were filed in the
supreme court today by Attorney Cen
eral Hadley.
The petitions allege the stocks of
the companies named arc owned by
the same interests, the Goulds, in vi
oletion of the constitution and laws
Of Missouri.
At the conclusion of the morning
hearing John n. Baldwin, general So
licitor for the Union Pacific at Oma =
ha said: Owe don't see how this hear
ing can lnjure the Union Pacific unless
something Is done to impair the char
ter powers of the company. 1t is a
Utah corporation and can own other
companies. OF course there is always
the danger Of some revolutionary
MEASURES which might limit the prop
erty rights of the company"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-09
BAKER WAS WORTH
ABOUT s250,000
FORMER STATE PRINTER
MADE POLITICS PAY.
Only Few Years Ago Penniless
Printer and at Time of His Death
Was Worth Quarter of Million
Many Bequests Made to Charity in
Case Daughter Dies Childless-Liv-
ing Relatives Provided.

That politics may be made a profit
able business If it is followed assidu-
ously is shown by the last will and
testament of Frank C. Baker, former
state printer, and one of the leading
republican politicians of the state.
who died last week in Portland.
Only few years ago Mr.. Baker was
a penniless printer and by his will.
which was filed in Portland yesterday,
il is shown that he was worth about
a quarter of a million dollars at the
time of his death. The Oregon Daily
Journal says of the matter:
The will of Frank c, Baker, dis
posing of property valued at s25O,00O,
was admitted to probate in the county
court this morning. Under the will,
the widow, Mrs. Margaret Baker. and
her daughter, are the principal bene-
ficiaries.
w. w. Baker father of the de-
ceased. receives S25OO, and 5000 a
month during his lifetime. To a
brother. ]. w. Baker. a half brother.
Charles Baker of Honolulu and a
cousin. Joseph Hackney are left
S2500 each. The widow. who is named
eXeCutriX. receives life interest i'm all
the remainder Of the estate. unless
she remarries. At her death or re-
marriage it goes to the daughter.
Frances Mary Baker.
Numerous bequests to the city of
Portland are provided i'm case the
daughter dies without children,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-09
Jctty Not Damaged.

Portland. Jan 9.-Colonel s. w.
Roessler. ir charge of the United
States engineers office in this city,
returned this morning from Fort
Stevens, where he went to inspect the
Columbia river jetty. He found that
the storms had partly wrecked about
5000 feet Of trestle, and that new tres
tie work must he built before further
worl. on the jetty can proceed. The
cost will be about $4,000. A month
ago storms damaged 300 feet of the
outer end of the trestle, which is now
going to pieces. The jetty, however
is uniaiured.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-09
GOING TO SALT LAKE CITY
To tht Annual WoolGrowcrs' Meet on
January II. rs. 10.

Several OF the Umatilla county
sheepmen are now planning to attend
the annual convention or the National
Woolgrowers' association, which will
meet at Salt Lake on January II, is
and 49, The regularly appointed del
egates from this state are II. c.
Rooper of Antelope, and Douglas
Belts of Pilot Rock. However, the
latter may not be able to attend, in
which case an alternative will go.
President Burgess and Secretary Dan
Smythe OF the state association, are
also both intending TO go, as will
Monte Il. Gwinn and others.
While away attending the conven-
tion Mr. Smythe will also meet with
the executive committee of the Idaho
wOolgrowers at Boise, for the purpose
of negotiating with them upon the
salt question. The Idaho association
owns a salt plant in Utah, and II is
believed arrangements can be made
whereby the Oregon men can secure
their salt of them at greatly re-
duced price.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-09

Washington, Jan. $50 startling
have teen the facts elected by the
interstate commerce commission re-
garding the ineffective operation of
the block system it has been determin-
ed to rake general investigation of
the subject throughout the country
along the lines developed in the in
c,.iry into the wreck of the Baltimore
& Ohio at Terra Gotta, d. c.
Monday the commission will begin
investigation of the wreck at Law
yers, Va, Thanksgiving, in which
President Spencer, of the Southern
railway, was killed.
The commission learned there is a
general disregard Of the principles of
the block system as originally devised.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-09
LEAVES FOR SALEM.
Mr.. Siushcr Takes With Him Copy Of
WOOlorOWers' Bill.

William Slusher, joint representa-
tive, will leave tonight for Portland
and Salem, going down for the purpose
Of preparing for the coming session
Of the legislature. His colleagues i'm
the house. Messrs. Barrett and Steen.
are now already upon the scene of
action and are reported as having at
tended the meeting of the Davey
forces in the Imperial hotel yester-
dav.
Representative Slusher will take
with him the woclgrowers' bill Just
drafted under the auspices of COM
mittee from the state association and
published in this paper yestrday. The
ineasur" will he introduced in the
house by Representative Slusher, who
hopes to have the bill transformed
into law.
Senators Smith and Cole will not
leave the city until Saturday.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-09
pENDIEroN, OREGON WEDNESDAY. JANUARY 9, 1907.
FAVORs A PRIMARY LAW.
Governor Gooding Also Recommends
Employers Liability.

Boise idaho, Jan. 9.--In his mes
sage to the legislature today Cover
nor Gooding recommends a railroad
commission with power to fix rates
and regulate traffic. He urges the
enactment of a primary law, an en-
ployers' liability law. an eight-houi
law for mines and the employment OF
convicts on state works.
Much space is devoted to the assas
sination of Steunenberg and he urges
that provision be made to RELEASE
Canyon county from the expense o
the prosecution of Meyer, Haywood
and Pettibone.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-09
WILL SERVE YIME IN JAIL.
Penalty for Refusing TO Help Officer
In Free Fight.

For having refused to help Officer
Hi Waters during his fight in Cot
tonwood street crib several weeks
ago, Robert Lamont has been sentenc-
ed to pay fine of s25 by Judge Bean.
Since the bloody fight iN which Clarke
was shot by the officer, Lamont has
been held at the county Jail along
with the two other men. Yesterday
he was arraigned in the circuit court
upon the charge of having refused to
aid an officer when called upon. A
plea OF guilty was made and the above
fine imposed.
Thus far Lamont has not paid his
fine and is still i'm the jail. BY serv-
ing out IL days more he may escape
the payment.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-09
Six Feet of Snow on Cascades.

Everett, Jan. 9.-On account of the
recent heavy snowfall in the Cascades,
Great Northern traffic is badly de-
moralized. The condition is the worst
in three or four years. The snow is
six feet deep at the Cascade tunnel
and four feet deep at Leavenworth,
and it is still showing. Rotary snow
plows are hard at work trying to keep
the line open. All the transcontinen-
tai trains are from one to two days
late. Part of the delay is due to ex-
tremely bad weather in Montana.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-09
Brakeman Killed at Idaho Falks.

Charles Smith, n brakeman was in
stantly killed this morning by lean
ing too far from his train and striking
against bridge timbers. A woman was
accidentally locked in toilet room
and Smith was endearoring to get
her through the window when the
accident occurred. The body fell to
the ground below, but was picked up
and taken to ReXburg. He leaves a
wife and four chldren.---Idaho Falls
Times.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-09
HITCHCOCK DENOUNCED AND
THREATENED WITH IMPEACHMENT

Washington, Jan. 9.-Carter of
poets shortly to denounce on the floor
of the senate the order by Hitchcock
withdrawing certain public lands from
entry and presented resolution pro-
viding that no executive officer had
authority to forbid and prevent the
issuance and delivery of patents when
the requirements of the homestead
laws have been observed.
Hitchcock Is "grilled" by the spec
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-09
EXAMINING HARRY GIRsoN.
McBroom of the Golden Rule Hotel.
First on Stand.

At the court house this afternoon
Harry Gibson is being given an exam
ilation before Commissioner John
HALEY, jr. The session is being held
in the circuit court room and is being
attended by Deputies Bushee and
Foster, Agent Edwards, Harry Red
ford and others interested in reserva
ticn affairs The prisoner is being de-
Tended by 5. a. Ncwberry.
Shortly after the beginning of the
hearing at O'Clock, f.. L. McBroom
proprietor of the Golden Rule hotel
was placed on the stand and was ques
toned at length as To the claims
made TO him by Gibson.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1907-01-09

ial senate committee which has been
investigating the affairs of the five
civilized tribes. The committee is
curious to know by what authority
the secretary acted in withdrawing
the lands from entry. Hitchcock said
that If congress took no positive stand
toward revoking his order, II would
stand.
Clark of Wyoming, chairman,
threatens the Impeachment of Hitch
cock.