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The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-02-20
Short Names.

An English clergyman, DR.. Frederick
Lee, had a prejudice against long
string of Christian names. and held
that IL such names were proposed the
clergyman should alter them at bap-
tism, whether the parents were willing
or not. 1t was said of him that he
chrlstened all the boys Frederick after
himself, and all the girls Mary after
the Virgin. The author Of "The Life
OF Walter Pater" gives Doctor Lees
method Of christening as follows:
Name this child" he would say In
his authoritative voice.
Archibald Cholmondeley Constan-
tine Ferdinand" perhaps the mother
would whisper.
Frederick" she would hear, to her
amazement, and then would follow the
usual formula OF baptism.
In the vestry, OF course, there would
be objection.
This child" Doctor Lee would ne
ply, will have to get his living in the
world, and what do you want to hand
leap him with Archibald Campbell
Cholmondeley and all the rest of them
for2 Anyhow. It's done now. and can't
be altered"
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-02-20
TO LIMIT IMMIGRATION.
Japanese and American Officials Out
line Plan at Toxic.

There Is reason to believe that the
entire question of emigration of the
Japanese to America has been satlsfac-
torily settled, at least for the present.
after series of conferences between
United States Ambassador O'Brien and
Minister of Foreign Affairs Hayashi in
Toxic.
1t Is understood that at their last
meeting, the representatives of the jap
anese government outlined a plan by
which 1t is agreed to limit emigration
to students and commercial men hav-
ing means OF support, and entirely to
prevent japanese laborers from going
to America. This arrangement will en-
tall the closest supervision on the part
of the japanese authorities As the
agreement is verbal, Ambassador
O'Brien accepted 1t Professionally, but
that any violation of its
terms would seriously embarrass a,
friendly government. 1t is said that
Foreign Minister Hayashi win exercise
absolute control.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-02-20

The report of the commissioner of inter
nal revenue shows that since the passae 90
of the free denatured alcohol bill only ten
mills have been set up for turning ont
this product, notwithstanding the fact
that the Treasury Department has semi
out pamphlets instructing the farmers
how to manufacture the spirits. While
the distilleries are permitted to use any
material whatever in producing this spirit
the product so far has been mainly from
corn. 1t is said that in Germany there
are about 10000 farm distilleries produc-
ing Industrial alcohol. which is sold TO
consumers for about 81 cents a gallon
while In this country the average price in
barrel lots Is SO cents a gallon
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-02-20
TOLD IN A FEW LINES

A Greek, bound to fatherland too,
wrong train out of Chicago and went +,
San Francisco. '
The Russian war department has or
dered the formation of military auto
mobile corps, to be based on the Garr,o,
model ''''''
Pierre Jules Cesar Jansen. the cela
DRAFTED French scientist and director NJ
the Meubon observatory, is dead in poris
He was born in 1924
William Crosby, a publisher of po.
ton, who died the other day at the 400 -,
~ years, once refused poems that vor,
offered by Longfellow.
Col. Goethals and ex-senator RIoo,,
burn have returned from Panama ona
tell President Roosevelt work on canal ;s
progressing satisfactorily. IS
Gov. Harris of Ohio pardoned Viuou
Eouck, serving life sentence on conr;a
tion oil the murder of Mrs. Sarah Hess. nj
Bladensburg, Knox county.
w. III. Williams, member of the boo,
of review of Columbus, Ohio. died of
stroke of paralysis. He was one of ~
best known Democratic politicians in
Ohio. III
Thomas w. Lawson of Boston ~,
nounces that he is going to start a nn,r
political party and run RooseveIt fo'
President and Gov. John \. johnson .,
Minnesota for Vice President.
The National Red Cross Society has he
gun an active campaign for new memb,D.
Circulars and application blanks are hains
sent out in large numbers. The nationaf
body possesses more than 10000 members
but it is hoped to greatly enlarge th;s
Elinor Glyn, the English writer who's,
book. Three Weeks was the carsa
her being snubbed by the Pilgrim Moth
srs in New York. calls the mothers II -
interview. IAN aggregation of dosSa
'rumps and tabhy cats--a lot Of brooas
ess, slab-hipped, pancake-footed fright,
" things"
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-02-20

Lincoln's stories grow better and
better as he grew older, One of tbe
best was told to a visitor, who congrat-
ulated him on the almost certain pur.
pose on the part of the people to re-
elect him for another term of four
years.
Mr., Lincoln replied that he had been
told this frequently before, and that
when II was first mentioned to him hs
was reminded OF a farmer In Illinois
who determined to try his own hand At
blasting.
After successfully boring and filling
'p with powder, he failed In his EFFORT
to- make the powder go of; and aftsr
discussing the cause with looker.on
and falling to detect anything wrong
In the powder, the farmer sudden,v
came to the conclusion that It would
not so or because It had been shot be-
fore. ~
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-02-20

Ponce de Leon, even though be did
NOT discover the spring of perpetual
youth In Florida, will find his final
resting place there, If the Florida log.
siature mas Its way. That body has
faken steps to secure removal of the
remains OF the adventurous explorer
from the Church of San Jose. in San
Juan Porto Rico, to the United States
Ihe governor of the State has asked
'he governor OF Porto Rico to cooper.
ate with the committee which is to 20
10 San Juan after the coffin.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-02-20

one OF the most successful of modern
| techers writes, "For ages people have
realized that the boy has a mind ia
educate. Only recently have we awak-
ened to the fact that he has a body to
develop and character to form. A
nne mind In puny body is a deplora-
Die combination: When 1t Is allied to
a weak or unprincipled character the
situation Is far worse; and no plan of
education is complete which does not
seek persistently and systematically to
develop In every boy character and
health as well as mental power" No
one can dispute the truth of these
words. But we have not yet learned ull
the conclusions they involve. They abb
solve the teacher from the final re-
sponsibility, and thrust 1t into the often
reluctant hands of the father and
mother. Health and character are i'm
mensely dependent on conditions in the
home. The school may keep the. child
In the most desirable surroundings for
six hours days; but the other eight
cen hours are passed under the order
OF the home. Sleeping and eating are
far more determining factors In the
life Of the boy than studying A boy
overfed or a girl underfed can no more
respond to the call Of an inspiring
teacher than an engine can move when
Its fire box is choked with cinders or
empty Of coal. Bad air In a sleeping
room can vitiate the moral teaching o.
the schools. Tight clothing may stran-
gle In girl talent for music or a
owe of poetry. So we arrive at another
parents and teachers
must work together IL the children are
o do well. The aid of modern science
must serve in home as In school. So
he wise home making and the affec-
ionate companionship Of the father
md mother may supplant the infor-
nation and the discipline which the
eacher brings. Out of the combination
ONES the happy family.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-02-20

kings English with case and accuracy.
Is possession which lends a grace to
the most humble. Ever since the trib-
ute of poor, distracted Lear to his dead
Cordelia, the voice soft, gentle and
low" has been esteemed ian excellent
thing In woman" and to-day there ,is
/ especial tlmellness in a plea for fhe
refined voice, not only in women of
gentle breeding, but in those who. far
and wide in this great land-behind
counter and In kitchen and on the
street-shriek and yell at a helpless,
suffering public. There is often. If not
always, some sort of an examination
by which 1t is sought to test the fitness
of girls who wish to be clerks or wait.
resses; but no one ever thinks. to ask
one question which ought to be asked:
is 1t pleasant to hear you speak"
A certain girl who sells stockings in a
big city store sets forth their merits
In a voice so pleasing that her custom
ers are sure to buy more than they
need. But only few steps from her
counter, the ticket seller at subway
station keeps crying, zone dollar! !"
twenty-five cents !" "Fifty cents" in
voice so nasal, harsh and penetrating
that 1t offends every sensitive ear and
afronts every patron of gentle spirit.
For any public servant-whether man
or woman-a gentle voice and gra-
cious manner are worth advancement
The tone and air which give uncon-
scious pleasure are all too rare among
hurrying Americans; but where they
DO exist they are precious possession.
A waitress In a railroad restaurant,
being praised for her kindly attentive
ness and refinement, replied, 81 always
think that there is one thing 1 can do
like the finest lady in the land. 1 can
speak like heri"
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-02-20
MINERS ENTOMBED FOR WEEKS.
Three Men Buried Thousand Feet
Underground in Nevada.

One morning early in December q
sudden crash of timbers, mufled
clatter of rock and cloud of dust told
the engineer of the Alpha mine, near
ELY, New, that the five men he had
just sent down in the cage were buried.
lie gave the alarm and thousand
men, eager to be of service, gathered
ABOUT the shaft. Supt. Gallagher care
fully picked the men he wanted, noti-
ned others that he might call upon
them later and at once began efforts to
communicate with the entombed men,
hoping some might have escaped death,
Before nightfall he learned that two
creeks were caught in the cave-in and
buried alive, but that the three Ameri-
cans, Bradley, Brown and Mcdonald.
were In no immediate danger. A six
men pipe runs from the mouth of the
smart to the bottom and by removing
the cap from its base the imprisoned
men managed to talk with Gallagher
They told him they had little food
and water enough for two or three
days.
With rubber devices Gallagher passed
food and liquids down the pipe and
was soon able to supply the men. He
started drift toward them and ut
hrst 1t SEEMED probable that he would
reach them in week. Before that
time the unforeseen happened and the |
rescuers were compelled to make new |
plans. 1t was then announced that ten |
days would be sufficient to get to the |
but fresh accidents beyond the
pale of prevention delayed the work
ars. Now Gallagher declines to make
and simply says that he
Will continue his effort as long as he
has strength to direct 1t. The men
AN be saved, he declares, and he will
ave them.
The entombed miners spend their
ong days far more cheerfully than
night be expected in such circum-
tances. To safeguard them I'm case
he rescue party is delayed Supt. Gal
agher has supplied them with enough
provisions to last three weeks. They
eceive cooked food, eggs, milk, and
obacco by means of a six-lnch pine
unning down the shaft. They have
onnected the mine telephone with an
lectric cable, and are able to talk daily
nth their families and friends. They
re well supplied with news, and have
hown much interest in the Goldfield
risis. They have plenty OF light and
Dom to move about, so that if they
an endure the long delay they can
ait for rescue with confidence and
comfort. Ii
The rescue party itself has dangers
face A cave-in below the tempo
lry platform OF timbers upon which II .
working might precipitate 1t hun
reds OF feet Each man works with 4
rope about his waist, so that II all I
iddenly find themselves without anv {
'oting they can be hauled to safety.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-02-20

rastnet Rock, OF the southwest COAST
oi Ireland is now marked by a power.
fui Hght In new stone lighthouse ro
Gently completed. 1t takes the nlaca
OF cast-iron tower stationed on tbs
summit OF the rock, rising one hundred
ana seventy-threc feet above mean low
water The storms beat upon tho
rock with such fury that the old towor
was considered as unsafe. On ono "a
casion a cup Of coffee standing ON .
table In the top room was knocked 10
the moor when heavy wave sinh.
merged the tower. The new lighthouse
rests on the rock near the water level
For the frst forty-elght feet II ia
solid mass of granite built up of heavy
stones dovetailed together. The unner
courses are also held together by toprne
and groove, 80 that II Is Impossible for
the waves to dlslodge any stone. Tho
iightest block OF granite used weighs
nearly two tons. This beacon OF safe.
~ Tor the mariners lies nearly five
miles from land, and is kept by four
men, who are relieved every two weeks
80 lonely is the location that a plumb
er who was sent out to put the mining
M the new tower begged plteously 10
be taken back to land after he haa
worked one day, and he had to be re.
placed by less tlmid man.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-02-20

II we come down to the pb,losonhv
OF the thing. we are confronted VIII
'he phenomenon that virtually all the
people In the world are engaged in the
eternal amusement Of sloughIng Off
'heir inherited and familiar language
ana learning to speak another. No
spoken language, anywhere ON earth
mas ever been the same thing for a
hundred years. Slang is sweet In al
mouths because 1t is new. BY and bv
slang becomes idlom; people weary Of
II oecarse 1t is traditional. and adont
new phrases. The English in this ra.
spect are quite as bad as we; Won shall
near a cinch" spoken OF any day in
oxford or Cambridge or Belgravia..
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-02-20

Nearly ten thousand people visited
ene home of Longfellow last year This
does not necessarily indicate an inter.
es' on the part Of the American people
IN poetry. A good many of the visitors
may nave thought when they started
Tor his home that Longfellow was a
-aee horse.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-02-20

rhis bank was talked to DEATH"
saio the president of Kansas Clty's
mrsest financial institution as he
closed Its doors Next to a woman,s
reputation that Of bank suffers the
most from talk.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-02-20

Congress doesn't understand the
money question:" says Senator Bailey
OF Texas. Still. things wouldn't be SO
bad If the money question were the
only one Congress didn't understand.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-02-20

Every once in a while Cuba thinks
"at she would be happier If she was
managing her own affairs again, well
knowing at the same time that she can
moi manage chem half as well as we
ean.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-02-20

The California gentleman who is try
ing the experiment of living on cactus
leaves can later add to his fame by
giving the nutrltlve qualities of old
ShoeB a fair trial.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-02-20

Among other prosperous conditions
mentioned by Secretary Wilson, Of the
agricultural department, Is that of
everfiowlng schools That isn't the ay-
%sage small boys Idea Of good times.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-02-20

An exchange remarks that mo pinch
hurts like a money squeeze" The writ
er has evidently never been In the
hands Of the police.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-02-20

Naturally, when an English imposter
showed up In Plttsburg 1t was the wife
or steel manufacturer who swallowed
the hook with the bait.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-02-20

An Eastern physician claims to have
attended 100000 lectures in his life
time. The figures must include those
delivered by his wife.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-02-20

Fine words butter no parsn,ps ="
runs an old saying but one may oues.
Non whether 1t is as true as II is old.
A wall-modulated voice. speaking the
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-02-20

The ornlthologlst who thought he
saw snow goose in New York is in
formed 1t was snow goose
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-02-20

1t appears that n balloon can, travel
IN any direction it desires If It finds
an accommodating wind blowing that
WAY
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-02-20

Before giving some one a piece of
your mind 1t is always best to select
piece that you will not be ashamed of
later.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-02-20

Let the bride get as many pretty
things as possible when she is married
us a rule. she never gets any after
she Is married.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-02-20
surgery for INSANITY.

DIR. N. NJ. Owensby of Baltimore has
created something of a stir in medical
circles by asserting that demontia pree-
cox, or precocious insanity. had been
cured in recent cases by the use of the
knife to relieve the thyroid gland of an
excess of certain chemicals in the blood
or the secretions. Out of five cases so
treated, all but one are said to have re
covered. whereas the disease has gener.
ally been regarded as incurable. DIR.
Spitzka of the jefferson Medical College.
says that the theory on which
operated has not been proved.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-02-20

Now that King Oscar of Sweden ls
dead the world is learning how really
great and good man he was.
The news=record. [volume] (Enterprise, Wallowa County, Oregon) 1907-1910, 1908-02-20
Issued Each Thursday

1t Is the car tanning the duma, in
stead Of the new duma tanning the czar.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-05-06

FOR SALE-New 1905 wheels and sun
dries. Elmer Smith, 400 Main.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-05-06
SHERIFF SAYS
TWENTY-FIVE
ARE VICTIMS
q ate Special)

LapOrte, Ind, May 6.-Immcdiately
after midnight an autopsy on the bod
les which were unearthed yesterday,
revealed evidence of violent deaths.
Sheriff Smulzer and Coroner Mack
and his corps of assistants began a
vigorous examination in the house
of death" ana its surroundings. At
daylight they had discovered numer-
Gus soft spots and began digging.
They soon unearthed the body of a
man buried two feet below
the surface. This was soon followed
by discovery of two additional bodies
and a quantity of ribs and other bones
until the authorities figure they have
the remains of at least nine bodies in
addition to the Guinness family of four
discovered just after the fire last week.
This afternoon in the basement was
discovered the room where Mrs, Gun
mes slaughtered. dismembered and
sew GU III sunny SCNAS lIIt DoN1Co VI l4CL
victims 1t is now believed she had
an accomplice. y hired man claims
that he heard struggles of the victims
while partly under the influence Of
chlOrofOrm and heard the noise of
knives, saws. etc. and saw the remains
of torches used while burying the bod
les at night.
Ills suspicious had been satisfied
with her subsequent explanations
The premises are sWaIning with cur
ious from all sections. seeking grue,
some mementOes. information is in
hand that Mrs. Guinness collected
more than $500 in insurance. Late
this afternoon the sheriff predicts
that the total victims VIII reach
twenty-five. Lamphere cannot be in
duced to confess. He admits that
many persons came to the farm who
never departed, Excavation of one
soft place brought to light four bod
les young person, middle aged per
son and two children.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-05-06
EDISON THE VICTOR.
He Humbled the Pride Of the Fast
Telegrs phi Operator.

Edison made his first record as
telegraph operator in Memphis. A con
temporary says he came walking into
the Office one morning looking Ike
veritable hayseed. He wanted a Job,
and, although his appearance was not
prepOssessing, the Office was short
handed, and he was assigned desk at
the st. Louis wire. the hardest In the
Office. LAT the end Of the line was an
operator who was chain lightning and
knew it," says Francis Arthur Jones
Life OF Edison"
Edison had hardly got seated before
st. Louis called. The newcomer re-
sponded, and ST. Louis started on 4
long report which he pumped in like
q house aAre. Edison threw his leg
over the arm OF his chair. Ieisurely
transferred q wad Of spruce gum from
his pocket TO his mouth. took up a
pen. examined it critically and started
in about fifty words behind. He didn' :
stay there long. though. S.. Louis let
out another link Of speed and still an
other, and the instrument on Edison $
table hummed Ike an Old style Singer
sewing machine. Eve-y man in the
ONCE left his desk and gathered around
the Jay to see what he was doing with
that electric cyclone.
Wei. sir. he was right on the word
and taking 1t down in the prettiest cop
perp,ate hand you ever saw. even
crossing his IS and dottlng his IS
and puuctuatlng with as much care as
man editing telegraph for printers.
St Louis got tired by and by and be-
gan to Sow down. Then Edison open
ed the key and said:
Hello. there. When are you going
to get q hustle on: This IS no primer
class
We'll. sir" said the gentleman in
conclU-ion. that broke st. Louis all
up. He had been rawhiding Memphis
for a long time, and we were terribly
sore. and to have a man in orr Office
who could walk all over him made US
feel like a man whose horse had won
the Derby
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-05-06
WAY TO DISPOSE
OF COUNTY BONDS
Many Must Be Issued for the
Construction of Town.
ship Roads.
AGENT GIVES PROMISE.
INDIANAPOLIS MAN SAYS HIS
COMPANY WILL BUY ALL
BONDS AT SENT
LAW is SAID TO BE DEFECTIVE.

1t is probable a way will be found
for this county to dispose of the bonds
that must be issued to pay for the i'm
prOvement of township roads under the
new laws. An agent of an IndianapO-
lis firm Of brokers has stated that his
company will buy all such bonds at a
margin. This will necessitate the
contractors making a discount. This
method is being followed all over the
state. It is believed that the next leg
islature will amend the road law so
that the bonds will bear 81. per cent
interest and be taxable or only 4 per
cent and not be taxable. At present
they only bear 4 per cent and are tax
able in addition. This places a handi-
cap on them that is hard to overcome.
1t is believed that contractors will be
willing TO permit a discount in order
to obtain their money for the work
done as soon as 1t is completed. 9th
erwise a road may be completed and
if the county be unable to dispose of
the bonds, the contractor must wait
an indefinite length OF time for his
money. The contractor will be will
ling to accept 800 for a bond worth
500 if he obtains the first named sum
without delay rather than wait several
years to gain the latter. The con
tractors even up by taking this matter
into consideration when making their
bids. They place the figures higher
than would be done otherwise, in order
that the county must bear the cost of
discount rather than they.