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Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-04-15

Elias. are the glaciers beginning to ad-
vance In notable numbers. In the Alps
a general retreat OF the glaciers began
about 1881. At first 1t was rapid, but
the rate atterward slackened Toward
the end OF the nineteenth century a gla-
cier here and there slightly retraced its
steps, but the majority are still either
slowly shrinking or stationary.
The remarkable fact that the earliest
known ancestor. or primitive type, Of
the modern whale bore heavy armor on
its back, in the form OF strong, bony
plates has recently been set forth by
the German paleontologist, DIR. Abel.
The plates occasionally found assocl-
ated with the remains of the primeval
form of whale have generally been re-
garded as having belonged to gigantic
turtles, but the German investigations
show that they were part Of the skele-
ton itself. They resemble in their char
acter the impenetrable bony shells of
the huge glyptodonts that formerly In
habited South America. The suggestion
Is made that at the time when they
carried armor whales were amphibious
creatures. living on the coasts and
needing special protection from break.
ers and from sharks.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-04-15
A Boys, village.

In Westchester County. New YORK,
overlooking the Hudson river COL
ony OF 800 boys has been gathered
They are lads who have tripped OF
been tumbled into the rough places OF
the world: their sense of self-respec'
cruelty neglected amid dirty city streets
and all sorts OF misery. Put under
military discipline and given tasks OF
work and study. the boys are housed
clothed and fed in attractive, spacious
cottages. The grounds and buildings
cost over S1,5OO.OOO, and the boys vii
lage is a model place in every respect
So far as possible the young fellows
are given work that accords with their
tastes. Some work out Of doors In the
gardens and among the farm animals
while others learn trades in the shops
Each lad stays in the village until
he reaches the age of 81, when he Is
given $50 TO start him out In tht
world. equipped with knowledge en-
abling him to earn his livelihood. Ey'
cry effort is made TO inspire the boys
with hope, courage, integrity and
desire to win respected places In thu
towns and cities TO which they may go
Some of the graduates are now in thu
Western States, where they hay'
gained positions of public trust som'
of them admit that they are more for
tunate than they might have been ha'
they been born of rich parents
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-04-15
Growing Old q Habit.

Not long ago the former secretary
Of justice of the New York supreme
court committed suicide on his 10th
birthday.
"The Statute Of Limitations; Brief
Essay on the Osler Theory of Life"
was found beside the dead body. II
read, in part:
"Threescore and ten-this is the
Scriptural statute Of limitations. After
that, active work for man ceases; his
time on earth has expired.
Il am seventy-threescore and ten
and am fit only for the chimney cor.
ner
This man had dwelt so long on the
so-called Osler theory-that a man Is
practically useless and only a burden
to himself and the world after sixty
and the Biblical limitation Of life tc
threescore years and ten, that he made
up his mind he would end 1t oil on his
10th birthday.
Leaving aside DR.. Osler's theory
there is no doubt that the acceptance
In strictly literal sense of the BIblica
life limit has proved decided iniur,
to the race. We are powerfully inau
enced by our self-imposed Limitation,
and convictions, and it is well knowr
that many people die very near th,
limit they set for themselves. Ye
there is no probability that the Psalm
LIST had any idea Of setting a limit t,
the life period, or that he had an,
authority whatever for SO doing. Man,
Of the sayings in the Bible which peo
pie take so literally are merely figure
Of speech to illustrate an idea. So IA
as the Bible is concerned, there is ius
as much reason for setting the If
limit at one hundred and twenty q
even at Methuselah's age (nine hun
dred and sixty-nine) as at seventy O
eighty. There is no evidence in tn
Scriptures that even suggests the ex
istence Of an age limit beyond whlc]
man was not supposed or allowed I
pass. In fact, the whole spirit of III
Bible is to encourage long life throue
sane and healthful living.-Oriso
SWEET Marden. In Success Magazine
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-04-15

INCE tine earliest years
q the postage stamps OF
this country have varied
in design. Their use was
F5YcEl sanctioned by an act Of
NEHEf1l Congress March 8. 1S4I.
tentative issue had
been issued at the pOstoffice Of New
York and I'm ST. Louis two years before.
In 1916. and in Rhode Island in 1916.
The first stamps issued were for 3 and
10 cents and bore the portraits Of
Franklin and Washington. At various
times a complete series varying In
price from l TO 30 cents was issued.
The portraits used on the stamps were
those OF Franklin. cent; Jackson.
2-cent: Washington. Scent; Lincoln.
Scent: jefferson. 10-cent: Clay. 12-cent ;
Webster, 15-eent: Scott. 24-cent; Ham
llton. 3N-cent: Perry, 9O-cent and Stan
ton, T-cent Most of these portraits
were drawn from marbles, but Stanton
was reproduced from a photograph.
Rowland Hill Of England was found.
er Of the modern postal system. Eng
land. accepting his scheme NJ postal
reform. was the first country to intro
duce the system Of delivering prepaid
letters carrying postage stamps, A story
has II that Sir Rowland was staying
at an inn in northern England. While
there he saw the postman deliver tc
his hosts daughter a letter which she
returned unopened as she had not q
shilling 10 pay for its delivery. Moved
to compassion by the lingering fondnesS
with which she turned the letter over
In her hands, carefully studying every
mark on its exterior, Sir Rowland ten
dered shilling to the postman, who
left the letter Then the innkeeper's
daughter. embarrassed by his kindness
explained that II was unnecessary. Sh,
and her brother, unable to pay postage
had arranged code Of communication
While she handled the letter she ha,
learned what he wished her to know.
Whether this story be true or moi
Sir Rowland Hill, who was only Nj
Hill at the time. as he was knighte,
later, early realized the inadequacy o
the postal system of England and an
IDENTIFY advocated his system. unde
which postage should be prepaid.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-04-15
A Confession.

Dear little boy, with wondering eyes
That for the light of knowledge yearn,
Who have such faith that l am wise
And know the things that you would
learn,
Though oft | shake my head and smile
To hear your childish questions flow,
must not meet your faith with guile
/ cannot tell; do not know
Dear little boy, with eager heart,
Forever on the quest of truth,
Your riddles oft are past my art
To answer to your tender youth.
But some day you will understand
The things that now l cannot say,
When life shall take you by the hand
And lead you on its wondrous way.
Dear little boy, with hand in mine,
Together through the world we fare,
Where much that l would fain divine
have not yet the strength to bear.
There are many things l may not ask
Like you, hold another hand,
And haply, when do my task.
1, too. shall understand.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-04-15
May BE Read Both way,.

Palindromes are words or sentences
which read the same way, whether
they are spelled backwards or for
wards. Here are a number Of good ex-
amples of this curious orthographical
phenomenon
Madam I'm Adam (Adam introduces
himself to Eve).
Able was l ere saw Elba (Napo-
leon rejecting on his exile).
Name no one man.
Red root put up to order. (Sign for
drug store window. Reads the same
from the inside as from the outside. }
Draw pupils lip upward. Direction
to visiting school nurses)
No, 1t is opposition.
No, It is opposed; art sees trades
opposition. (Sentence from a debate. J
Yreka Bakery. (Sign over a bakers
shop in Yreka, CALI
In the Latin language paiindromes
are not infrequent. But If you believe
they occur often in English, try the
experiment see II you can discover any
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-04-15
Seeing and Listening.

Here's sort of queer thing" said
8 nearsighted man. II am very near
sighted. Strong glasses are indispensa-
Bile to me for ordinary, general seeing
In my goings about, but when sit
down to read | take of my glasses
and bring the print up to within the
natural focus Of the eye. 1t seems ia
me that reading with the natural eye |
can read with more intimate and a
clearer understanding.
$50 much for my reading without
spectacles, and now here is the thing
that is queer to me. If when / an
reading thus, with my glasses off
somebody comes along to speak to me
why, then, TO get a clear understand
ing of that question | must have or
my spectacles.
$50 say. or l would say IL this hap
pened at home where know the peo
pie, Wait minute till l get on my
spectacles,' and l would put them on
and then say, Now go ahead and real
ly. with my spectacles on, with my
power of seeing at It's best, with tn,
sharpest definition of things in genera
to the eye, get the clearest apprehen
sion of things said to me.
$50 in reading / do best with m,
glasses off, but in understanding thing
said to me, in listening, do best witt
my glasses on. There is one modifica
tion TO this-where there is no light, al
In a dark room, where can't see,
can understand equally well with O.
without glasses. New York Sun.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-04-15
why They wanted George,

The young wife answered the phone.
That's another call for George" she
said to her mother. Somebody wants
him to coms somewhere and play
bridge. iSs .ha .hird invitation he's
had this evening"
THAT would seem to indicate" said
the mother, "that George is very popu.
lar"
The young wife shifted.
at unquestionably indicates" she
said, "that George is an easy loser
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-04-15

at n health resort where there are
warm mineral springs. In the heart OF
the Jananese mountains. Patients at
this sanitarium often remain In the
water for month at a time. AT
night they put a stone on their laps
TO keep them from floating down
stream. And If it should be objected
that this is an unhealthy method OF
conducting a health resort, reference
has only To he made to the caretaker
Of the establishment. hearty old mar
over so years Of age. who frequently
remains in the bath all winter, direct
ing the business OF the place from
station waist-deep in the warm, How
ing water.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-04-15
NO SLEEP IN THE GRAVE.
Archdeaeon Colley Thinks the So
Called Dead Are Still Alive.

Called Dead Are stiI Alive.
OF humankind there are 10 dead.
says Archdeacon Colley, rector OF
Stockton, Rugby. England, in the De
lineator. Man is man because he Is,
as the Sanskrit mann" suggests, the
thinker" or one that has conscious
ness of his being, which consciousness
survives the change called death,
which is but as sleep TO wakefulness.
The worn physical Of this life ma
chine, the body. falls of, as in slumber.
from the psychical that indwells with
1t (bOdy 'abode) and keeps the wheel
work ("we are fearfully and wonder
fully made"l on the 20, and there Is
scarcely a moments hiatus as the
changing sentinels OF the oxygen and
hydrogen and carbon and other ele-
ments composing 1t. departing. whisper
the password to the even more volatile
arriving atoms of the soul. Hence. In
the falling In of the outer man upon
the inner and the blending Of the
twain, mortality is swallowed up Of life
with no jar, Jolt or any cessation of
being, since complete insenslbIllty or
unconsclousness has no part In the
transaction.
More alive, indeed. than ever Is the
condition Immediately consequent on
the failure Of the hearts systolic act
ions and the involutlons and convolu.
tions Of the gray matter of the
brain, no longer vibrant to the motions
Of thought playing its "reminiscences Of
earth memories now transposed to life's
higher clef and the beat of perfected
rhythmic harmonies.
For true is the Latin statement
mors janua vite, death is the gate Of
life. Hence continuous and immediate
and conscious being, with no sleeping
in the grave; for, as the burial service
Of the Church Of England says, "Tht
souls of the faithful after they are de
livered from the burden Of the fiesl
are in joy and felicity"
This know. not from credal or &c
clesiastical affirmation, or even from
logical induction of this life's being
hateful CHASTITY blunder, If not curse
but from the teachings Of many years
experience and close personal acquaint
ance with those who have lived in thl
world, now dead and buried as to thei
earthly body, returning time and agail
in a reconcreted, wonderfully abnormal
corporeal form to company with m
and others meeting together in tlomesti
worship with praise and prayer to Civ
them welcome back for an hour I
learn of the higher life they have al
tained. From whom. by many indi.
: putable proofs, visible, audible, tar
gible, and those with me have appr,
hended there can be no gainsaying tn
fact that the so-called dead" are aliy,
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-04-15
TacflenR.

Hes not what you call strictly hand
some," said the major, beaming through
his glasses on an utterly hideous baby
as 1t lay bowling in its mothers arms
but it's the kind Of face that grows
on you"
Its not the kind of face that ever
grew on you" was the unexpected re-
ply Of the indignant mother; YOU'D
be much better looking If it had?--
Detroit News-Tribune.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-04-15
Tanned.

Are you happier than you were BE-
fore you were married?"
Il can't answer that question"
"Why not?"
swell, you see, I've got so that
have to accept my wife's opinion on oil
subjects. And when you ask me about
this one, you put me in quandary.
can't very well put it to her, can II
And without asking her, / can't BE-
sure."-Cleveland Leader.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-04-15
sterner Measures. Necessary.

Really" said Nervey. II want you
TO be my wife. Come, now. don't say
No."
Mfr. Neryey.' replied the heiress. 81
wouldn't think of saying No to you"
"Ahw
ut wouldn't have any effect on you,
60 l think the best thing l can do is
to yell for the police."-The Catholic
Standard and Times.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-04-15

New 'Curate-Can any of you tell me
how much 1t costs to board an automo-
bile here?
Old Resident-About thirty dollars,
think
Young N. D.-But It only costs twen-
ty-five to board horse
Miss Stenographer-And It only costs
FIVE cents to board trolley.-Success
Magazine.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-04-15
Ignorant, but Careful.


Ignorance nearly always makes
fools Of u.s." said lecturer. Il r
member man, ignorant of etiquette
who once sat beside me at a puoic
dinner. / noticed that this man, |"
soon as he was seated, took up ons
by one the knives at the right OF DID
plate and began to try their edges on
his thumb. A waiter behind DIE
leaned forward and said in a huf'
tone:
80 The knives are all sharp, sir
THE point is,' said my neigno0l.
I'm looking for blunt one. Las
time i attended banquet here cu'
my mouth"
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-04-15
Baths at no Degrees,

The Japanese are fond of bathing In
extremely hot water. They are, IN
fact, the most cleanly, according to our
Western notion, of any Of the Eastern
peoples. Their bath is taken as fire.
quently as twice day. often at a tenn
perature Of about no degrees Fahren-
heit.
An odd description has been given OF
the amphibious lives, half In water and
half out, Like frogs, led BY the visitors
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-04-15

When man goes to town to visit
It is thought funny If he remains two
days but a woman is expected to re
main at least two months, and hav,
parties given in her honor.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-04-15
Horror. Of srin.trei.y.

Bones-AIistah Walkah, kin yo' tell ms
wy a waud caucus am like yalise?
Interlocutor-No. George; that's =
hard one. Why is a ward caucus like
valise?
Bones-'Cause yo' most jin'ly packs Il
afo' yo' carries it.
nterlocutor-Ladies and gentlemen,
Sig. Jarr de Roofoff, the eminent and
popular basso, will now sing the touch
ing ballad. "Think of the Microbes on
Street Car Strap Chicago Tribune.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-04-15
The Only One.

"You say your son is hard to manage.
Mr. Jims. Does he display any natural
bentY'
Yes, l think he is going to be a
crook. ."-Baltimor American.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-04-15
PLIES CUREp I'M 8 TO Ia DA

PAZo OINTMENT is guaranteed to cure any
case of Itching. Blind. Bleeding or Protruding
Piles in to II DAYS or money refunded. 5oc.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-04-15

The fools are not all dead yet, and,
what is more, they never will be.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-04-15

Mothers will find Mrs. winslow's Soothing
Syrup the best remedy to use for their childfsa
during the teething period.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-04-15
In Distress.

The beautiful maiden was sunenns
from loneliness. In voice scarcely aDo"
4 whisper she spoke through the 'aV
phone:
&c. Q. Dr.
Her Dearest understood.
He Came Quickly. Chicago Tribune'
The Washington herald., 1909-07-12
A FAMILY AFFAIR.

From the Geutleman's Journal
I think that one never fully realizes the
provinclalisIn. in it's social sense, Of course,
Of Philadelphia TIL one has been away
from II for a long time and then goes
back there 10 some social event, such as,
for instance. the horse show at St. Mar
tins. One sees exactly the same people.
sitting in the same boxes. or walking
around the edge Of the oval. that one saw
there five years before. The sons and
daughters are a little older, perhaps, but
IL Is the same 'close corporation" de-
Mghtfully aristocratic. as always Like
royalty, II intermarries, does this great
social family, and while In one year you
might 20 TO the horse show and see a
girl you know sitting in her fathers box.
the following year she viii have moved
along the horseshoe a little and be sit
ting IN that OF her father-in-law. There
Is little change in the personnel OF the
smart set IN the City Of Brotherly Love
I suppose that exactly the same condi-
tons do obtain In New York. but there
are so many OF US here. Personalities
come and 90. and there are always new
people 10 see The social family being
so small IN Philadelphia, one learns all
its members very quickly and notices but
few mutations. no matter how long a
time may eIapse between visits.
The Washington herald., 1909-07-12
Graduates of Apostolic HisSl0n
House Take Up Active Work

Graduates of Apostolic hiSSiOn
House Take Up Active Work
Rev. Walter Elliott. c. s p, Of the
Apostolic Mission House, is in New York
City. as delegate TO the General Chapter
OF Paulists now IN session 10 elect a
successor 10 Very Rev. George N. Searle.
who has completed his fve-year term as
superior general II is expected Father
Elliott Will conduct the clergy retreat
az Helena. Mont, later He has just
completed his translation or the life and
sermons OF John Tauler. and It Is now
ready for the press.
Other priests of the Apostolic Mission
House have also found congeniaI fields
Of work during the vacation Very Rec
A. 2. Doyle, vector Of the Apostolic Mis-
sion House. and Rev. Alvah DOran. OF
the Philadelphia Ap0stOlate. are now
touring the Northwest IN the church ex-
tension chapel car St Anthony. and
among other places viii give a mission
at PocateIlo. Idaho. the home OF Father
DOran's brother. VINO is stiu a com
munIcant Of the Anglican Church. Father
Doyle has been invited 20 make a tour
OF the Alaska coast missions and the
chapel car viii be on exhibition az the
Seattle Fair
Rev. D. ]. Mountain, one Of this year s
graduates Of the Apostolic Mission House.
Is spending the summer a s acting rector
Of Father Fenne's parish, Govanstown.
Nd, during the pastors absence in Eu-
rope Il IS expected that he viii head
the Buffalo Diocesan Mission Band in the
SaW
The Washington herald., 1909-07-12
CHEERFUL COMMENT.

Frum the Boston Herald.
The summer girl isn't half so brown
as she's painted.
Engagements on the sand are. OF
course. washed out when the tide comes
n.
Nearly every one takes his turn in
a power boat sooner or later.
VIII 1903 go down IN history as beiaS
the year when the peach crop wasn't
ruined2
Of course. most OF the youngsters viii
be too tired to 90 to meeting the night
before.
There won't always be q scarcity OF
wild game in this country II He keeps
sending them over.
It wouldn't be out OF place for canoe
lists to carry life presevers instead Of
so much needless stuff.
While the paragraphers are poking fun
at Indiana she IS getting material out of
II for future novels
BE sure you are right, then 60 ahead q"
Yes; but sometimes you can't 90 ahead
when you know you are eight
We are wondering If the Cape Cod
Canal VIII be utilized b. Goldfish that
hnd themselves pressed for time.
The fellow who has a motor cycle under
him has all the fireworks necessary for
his end Of the coming celebration.
The Washington herald., 1909-07-12
PROBLEMS FOR CLEANSING.

From the Philadelphia Bulletin
When using a cleaning fluid rub It
gently on the fabric with a clean cloth
It Is not necessary TO rub the material
roughly IN the hands.
yellow spots on clothing are often due
to acid Try immersing them in a weak
solution of ammonia and water.
To remove stains and discolorations
from tinware. try rubbing with a damp
cloth dipped into soda
A good way 10 bleach linen or lace Is
to put II in a bowl Of soapy water and
set il out in the strong sunlight II IL
viii be exposed thus 20 dust and dirt
place a piece Of glass over it,
II is said that tartaric acid may be
used TO remove iron rust.
To remove grass stains from children's 5
clothes. rub the spots thoroughly with a
little fresh lard a short time before wash
ing. Then wash as usual and the spots
should come out.
The Washington herald., 1909-07-12
COUNTRY GIRLS As GUESTS.

From Home Chat.
The country girl has In many ways a
decided advantage over her town-bred
cousin. AS a guest. the country girl gives
little or no trouble in the house.
No special dishes have TO be prepared 10
coax captlous appetite. for she enjoys
with a healthy relish everything that is
set before her. At breakfast she is al
ways fresh and amiable. while the town
girl is sieeplly toying with q mOrsel Of
toast
From mans point OF view, q country
cousin possesses many admirable traits
which he devOutly wishes the town-bred
girl would emulate. In the first place. she
can don her walking attire and be ready
10 accompany him for a stroll before the
girl from the city would have even de-
cided which hat she would wear for the
occasion.
The best type Of country girl makes
splendid wife. She is not used 10 being
pampered in every little whim. and the
man who wins her has a wife who will
face any trouble with him. be It great OF
small
The Washington herald., 1909-07-12

o co n trouble
natural and more or less excusaoe
To utter IL s
thing pleading
girl in needs
her n o girl
to keep your daughter needing you that
Withholding from her the divine
grown right becomeas far
oneca ecorne-
in the world vho self and self-relance
girl would do well TO
uxures order
her a gOOdly stock
twenty times miiOnare-per-
win selfreance and that is
o
thousand between yourself
standing
field
way 10 keep er L.
hOwln college
unwilling graduate
a
mot
mother umbes
birdie
The Is temporarily and thereby kind
her Is temporarily kiad and thereby cruel
RUTH CAMERON