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Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-03-04

seed, and, standing Off from your au-
dience, hold the cups so that they can
see they are empty, but don't allow any
one to approach you.
Now take one cup and dip 1t into
the bag OF seed, but instead of filling
it turn 1t upside down, so that when
you take 1t out the seed glued to the
bottom will show, and everyone will
think 1t is full.
Place the apparently full cup Of seed
under hat, but in doing so dexter
ously turn it so that the empty cup is
upright and the glued seed at the bot
tom. Don't let your audience see this
turn.
Now take the other cup, which is
empty, and let them see you put 1t
under another hat. but also turn this
one 30 that they do not see you do 1t.
This brings the seed to the top and
looks as If the cup were full, and when
you remove the hat, after pronouncing
some magic words, 1t will look as II
the cups had changed places.
Remove the cups before anyone has
chance to examine them.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-03-04
IT LOOKED LIKE FATE.
Badly Written Figure 8 the Cause
of n Mans Death.

Badly Written Figure the Cause
of Mans Death.
Something happened In front of my
house recently that set me to think
ing" said a New York man Of business
the other day to Sun reporter.
Il rent and occupy home on Sth
street The front yard is inclosed by
an iron fence with an iron gate which
had been broken and not yet repaired.
Going home to lunch one day was
surprised to find workman engaged
in repairing the gate. AS l had not
notified the owner was somewhat sur
prised at his unwonted zeal In making
unsolicited repairs. I asked the work
man who sent him to do the work and
he replied:
"'Mr. Brown, who owns the house
But said l. he doesn't own It. 1t
Is owned by Mr.. Smith, and rent II
OF him
"'Oh, nor said he, Mr.. Brown owns
the house. He owns lot of houses
and | do all his iron work. Here Is
a postal he sent me telling me to go
and repair a broken iron gate at No.
- Sth street There can't be any
mistake
Il examined the card carefully. The
number of the house was the same as
mine and at first glance the street ap-
peared TO be Sth street, but upon closer
scrutiny | saw that 1t was 9TH street.
Il explained the matter to the work
men. but rs he had half-completed the
job | told him to go ahead and finish
II and | would pay him. He did SO
and went away.
I'm the course of his work he had
been obliged to take up some of the
bricks in the walk, and when he relald
them there was half brick left over
and not needed. This he had tossed
into the street.
THAT evening two boys came racing
down the street on bicycles. They were
moving at a rapid rate. Simultaneous
ly the clergyman Of nearby church
started to cross the street
when he was halfway across and
In front of my house he saw the boys
bearing down upon him like a whirl-
wind. He did what any person OF good
Judgment and strong nerve would do.
He stopped and waited for them to
pass.
"As they approached they divided,
one going little to the right and the
other little to the left Just as they
were directly opposite him the bicycle
Of one Of the boys struck the piece OF
brick the workman had tossed Into the
street and the boy was thrown upon
the clergyman with such force as TO
knock the latter down. His skull was
fractured and he was dead before he
could be removed to his home.
"As have said, the affair set me
to thinking. Here was man brought
to an untimely death because some
other man whom he had never seen
and Of whom he had never heard In
writing the figure - made 1t look like
the figure 81 And wondered II there
might not be somewhere in the world
some unknown one who held my fate
In his hands and who even then with
a stroke Of his pen might not be sign
Ing my death warrant.
1T made me feel real creepy for sew
eraI days"
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-03-04
you should have seen her stare.


"'Am to understand. Maria she
asked. fixing poor mother with here
eye, that this child has visitors from
whose company her parents and her
brothers and sisters are barredT
"'Times have changed. Nancy said
dad. looking silly"
And Aunt Nancy?' prompted the
bosom friend.
Ain my time said Aunt Nancy, IT
was our greatest pleasure to have our
parents and all the family enter into
our enjoyments and help in the en-
tertainment of our friends Hospitality
meant something then. and | believe
our guests enjoyed themselves. 1t
seems to me anything but dignified for
parents to be excluded. or for any room
in their house to be shut away from
them"
"weil. / declared" said the bosom
friend.
Now, do you wonder that I was
frightened at the idea of Charles meet
ing herr" asked Nannette. But |
haven't told you the worst" with
gloomy emphasis. II slipped away
while she was still holding forth, hop
ing that she would forget all about
it. But l couldn't shake of my fore
bodings and the conversation tagged.
Nothing unusual in that, is there?'
wickedly interposed the bosom friend.
Charles actually began to look
bored" continued Nannette. "and then
we both had such a shockl If you
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-03-04
A Tin Cup Trick.

This little trick, performed in a par
lor, will make you appear quite a ma
gician.
Get beforehand two perfectly plain
tin cups, without handles and with the
bottoms sunk about quarter of an
inch, and straight sides. On the sunk
bottom of each put some glue, and over
1t drop some birds seed, so that it looks
as if the cup were full, whereas 1t is
really standing upside down and the
layer Of seed is glued to the outside
bottom.
When you are ready to perform the
trick have bag Of the same kind of
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-03-04
VIA sACRA-

Slowly along the crowded street go,
Marking with reverent look each passer's
face;
Seeking. and not in vain. In each to trace
That primal soul whereof he is the show.
For here still move, by many eyes un-
seen,
The blessed gods that erst Olympus kept
Through every guise these lofty forms
serene
Declare the all-holding life hath never
slept,
But known each thrill that in mans heart
hath been
And every tear that his sad eyes have
wept,
Alas for us the heavenly visitants-
We greet them still as most unwelcome
guests,
Answering their smile with hateful looks
askance,
Their sacred speech with foolish bitter
jests;
But oh. what is II to imperial Jove
That this poor world refuses all his love
Charles A. Dana.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-03-04
watching the Spider.

A man who is interested in spiders
saw one crawling up his coat-sleeve one
day, and he watched to see what 1t was
going to do. When 1t reached the high
est attainable point. 1t raised its spin
naret and threw out a thread. Gradu-
ally the thread grew longer, and as II
grew, it floated straight up In the air,
which showed. of course, that It was
lighter than the air. The thread con-
tinued to get longer and longer, or
rather higher and higher. until II rose
to height of about three feet. And
what do you suppose happened theni
The little worker, after running short
distance up the thread that he himself
had spun--it reminds one of mans
lifting himself by his bootstraps-sailed
away through the air as easily and
gracefully as you please.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-03-04

will believe me, who should come
marching into the room but"
Aunt NancyT breathlessly inter
rrpted the bosom friend.
Aunt Nancy" repeated Nanette.
wasn't It awful? l had been 30
afraid of something Of the kind She
planted herself In the only straight.
backed chair in the room and. sitting
bolt upright, gave me my orders:
".Now. Nancy, introduce to me your
friend
.Charles had been lounging In bis
chair and ! assure you, Isabel. that
the way she looked him over through
her spectacles made him straighten up
in short order.
II felt as II should sink through
the floor when she came In wearing her
plain black dress and white collar and
cuffs, her hair parted in the middle
and pIastered down on each side, look
ing the world as If 1t had been var
nished, she had brushed it 80 smooth.
You know how stylish and exclusive
Charles people are?
"well. before knew It. they were
talking together In the most animated
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-03-04

amethyst-are pure alumina. col.
ored by the rust Of different metals
The opal, the red amethysts and the
agates are silica. Among the agates
are Included the carnellan. he chal
cedony. the onyx. the sardonyv and shs
oloodstone. The true emerald and the
true topaz, which are different from
the oriental emerald and the oriental
topaz, are formed partly Of alumina
aud partly OF silica. The term "ori-
entail as applied to precious stones,
does not refer to the east. but is only
technical word, meaning 'very fine. :
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-03-04
Cnmel ana rohnccn smo,..

A newspaper correspondent made
curious discovery about camels during
the Soudan campaign. several years
ago. He was In the habit of going into
the enclosure where the beasts were
kept at night, his object being to make
a study Of their habits. He was a
great smoker. and he soon found that
the camels were very fond OF the smoke
from his pipe. One old member Of the
herd seemed to like 1t particularly well.
The correspondent noticed that the
camel approached him the minute he
entered the enclosure provided he was
smoking, and he usually was-and al
ways put its nose close to the pipe so
as to inhale the fumes. When It had
taken a good whiff 1t would throw back
Its head, turn up its eyes, and swallow
the smoke with great sigh Of delight.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-03-04

manner. / don't know when have
seen Charles so interested. 1t was
strange talk to me. too. for, as dad
says, l have neglected to cultivate my
mind.
They talked about literature. art,
politics, and even science, and l had
to sit there like dummy and listen
to them. Even while he was holding
my hand TO say good night he was
looking at and talking to Aunt Nancy.
"Now what do you think OF that?
Il think you're lucky that your Aunt
Nancy is too old for Charles to marry
said the bosom friend.-Ch Chicago Daily
News.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-03-04
The value of Gems.

There Is a popular belief that the
diamond is the most valuable OF pre-
cious stones, but the belief Us a mis-
taken one, under ordinary circum-
stances. The relative commercial value
of the finer stones Is about as follows
Rating an emerald Of certain size as
worth 800, diamond of the same size
would be worth $780, sapphire $500
and a ruby $3.50. You see, therefore,
that the sapphire and the ruby are both
more valuable than the diamond. Per-
haps 1t might interest the boys and
girls to know Of what the principal pre-
cious stones are composed The dia-
mond, as they already know, Is pure
carbon, crystallized. sapphircs which
term includes the true sapphire and
the oriental ruby, emerald, topaz and
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-03-04
Answered the Requirements.

Il want to give her useful pres
ent that costs enough to make 1t seem
worth while" be said to the obligins
salesman Of the great department
store.
what do you say to a dozen strict
Iy fresh eggsT the salesman obliging.
ly suggested. Cleveland Leader.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-03-04
just the Thing.

Leading Man--This is tough luck, old
man. We ordered cut-up paper for the
snow scene, and here they have made
mistake and sent up black paper.
Manager-Oh, don't let that worry
YOU. sport. Wen just bill 1t as snow
scene In Pittsburg.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-03-04

North Dakota Democratic leaders. Al
meeting in Fargo, voted to leave ths
matter Of appointments entirely to Gov,
Burke, unhampered by any suggestions
from the meeting s
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-03-04

In sending the appointments Of Hunt.
ington Wilson as Third Assistant Secre.
tary Of State and Daniel J. Keefe az
Commissioner General Of Immigration to
a committee, Senators expressed the opin-
ion that Roosevelt should leave thess ~,
pointments to Taft
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-03-04

President Roosevelt smphatically told
a delegation Of West Virginia Congress-
men and friends that they were wasting
time" to recommend to him the name Of
the brother Of Judge Peter Grosscup. Ia
be collector Of internal revenue for thaa
State.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1909-03-04
Nannette's Woe
-=.A.-

Aunt Nancy's come" NanDette an
bounced to her bosom friend In
chOked voice. land of all the frights u
What do you meanT asked her
bosom friend.
Well" hesitated Nannette, "of
course she's as neat as can be. but her
clothes look as if they were made for
Mrs. Methuselah."
If it's only her clothes. you needn't
worry" remarked the bosom friend
''You don't have to wear EN-"
"It's not only her clothes!" shrieked
Nannette. ITS her notionsl They are
simply appalling"
For instance?" suggested the bosom
friend. taking look at her back hair
in the mirror with the help Of hand
glass.
For one thing, she objects to my
name," explained Nannette, indignant
ly. "The very first thing she did
after taking comprehensive view Of
the family--was to start at me through
her acles-steel-rimmed ones. at
tidt-dnu dsk. 10 lille Ohc Nuhcy, my
godchildT
Dad, who is as proud as can be Of
his enormous family. looked little
sheepish at that.
"sY-y-yes,' he suffered We had
her christened Nancy, of course, but
she has taken a fancy to be called
er-Nannette'
-'Humphl" said Aunt Nancy"
Haven't always heard you speak
of your Aunt Nancy as paragonT
demanded the bosom friend. Haven't
you told me time and time again that
your father looks upon her as the salt
of the earth?"
He does" acknowledged Nannette.
'And 50 do ! at distance. But be-
cause she Is dads favorite sister why
must follow her old fogy notionsf
why she was perfectly scandalized
at the idea Of my entertaining Charles
all the evening without the assistance
OF the other members Of the family!
The idea!
.Of course when the bell rang at
the accustomed hour, that horrid Tom
had to below out, IT'S Mans Tuesday
night beau, Aunt Nancy. Parlors pre-
empted for the evening
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1909-05-28

The dedication exercises Of the
new brick school building at
Maiden was held last Wednesday
10th inst. the dedication address
being made by A. Ross Hill,
president Of the State University
at the graduation exercises there.
Prof. E. M. Carter, formerly Sup
erintendant here delivered the
High School entrance certificates
to the class, and Rabbi Leon Har-
rison who is to be here June and.
addressed the graduates. The
Maiden Merit of the 2tst inst.
speaks Of his address 90 follows;
Annual Address to graduates
"The Gospel Of Labor; What
H ard Work Does for Us."--
Rabbi Leon Harrison.
"This address was q fitting one
and presented in a forcefull and
convincing manner. Every ut
terance of the learned and elo-
quent Rabbi was listened to by
the graduates and intelligent au'
dience with marked attention.
His timely advice to the gradu-
ates who are just now entering
into the arena of real life was
full Of pathos and logical reason.
ing. Not only we're words Of adj
monition delivered to the gradu-
ates, but as we'll to the oongre-
cation at large. To better pre-
pare themselves 90 as to under-
stand the real thing OF life and
enjoy the knowledge In store for
all. To obtain ell that is good
and holy in life he advised read
ing Of good books, study and
originate noble ideas, and last
but moi, least do more hard work,
At the eonelasien.hs-paid-s . very
pretty tribute to our town and
school, stating, In part, that our
new school building was q beau
tiful home of learning Of which
the entire community should
justly feel proud OF.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1909-05-28
Corn Varieties for South
Missouri.

The Agricultural Experiment
Station has been conducting .
large number of corn variety
tests with farmers throughout
both north and south Missouri
during the past three years and
the results for 1908 haye just
bsen compiled. These results
agree very closely with those Of
previous years and demonstrate
the almost universal adaptibility
OF Boone County White Corn for
the bottom lands and rich ups
lands of this part OF the state.
Another white variety which has
very wide adaptability according
to these experiments is the st.
Charles White, which has given
good results on both bottom and
uplands. The best result on up-
lands, however. have been ss-
cured during the past season with
a variety known as Commercial
White. This variety Is 9 selec-
ton from the at. Charles White
and has been developed by q
man in Bates County. The aver
age this year including all the
tests in south Missouri 10 ten
bushels more corn per acre than
the farmers variety planted de.
rectly beside It for comparison.
OF yellow varieties the highest
yielding variety has been the,
Leaning first, Hildreth's Yellow.
Dent second, and st. Charlea
Yellow third. The first two Of
these varieties are better adapted
to the uplands than to the bottom
lands although they make fairly
good bottom land varieties. The
st. Charles Yellow 10 particularly
q bottom land corn.
The results of these experts
ments demonstrate thoroughly
the very great Importance OF
breeding and selecting corn va
rieties, and that there is just as
much to be gained in breeding
corn for high yield and quality
as there is in breeding live stock.
The Experiment Station keeps q
list of the farmers in south Miss
souri, who have seed corn of these
various varieties for sale and ID
will be sent on application. The
station does not make q practice
OF selling seed corn.
M. +. MILLER,
Agricultural College and Exper-
iment Station. Columbia, Mo.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1909-05-28

Here are some decent counties
in Missouri which during the last
two years. period has sent no
prisoners to the pen: BsntonA
Bollinger, Clark, Gasconade.
Harrison, Hickory, st. Clair and
st. Genevieye. Eight other
counties sent only one each.
Henry Jones Of Canton spank-
ed q nine year-old boy in fun one
day last week, but the lad was in-
suited and got q gun and killed
the man In the parlor of his home.
Jones was to have been married
last Saturday. The boy is now
saying that he did not know the
gun was loaded.
Mrs. FsFiols prsvsnatt Of Per-
ryville died from aecidently tak-
ing . dose Of poison, > rat and
roach paste which was in the
spoon which she tillsd with fruit
to take after some msdieine.
Medical attention was summoned
as soon as il was known, but Il
was too late to save her life.
! George @. Richardson oi
Kansas City owns an s00-scrs
fruit farm near TongAnoxis. Kaa.,
lon which he has more than S.
1000 fruit trees. he has bsen
] making . oloss inspection Of ths
large orchard 10 determias ths
damage done by he recent lroats
lin ; letter p his family rsosivsd
.lxssterdsy n. Richardson said
the irost killed only about % psl
losnt Of n appls crop. znd ~
ths yield Ehis go Eoa,a : i
he could hks care o. re IN.
1ee p cher fruit 4 b<sxiS<<
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1909-05-28

VIM. j. Bryan Will lecture at
the Cape Girardeau Normal, June
ID. A large crowd is expected.
A pet white rat bit the little
five weeks old girl Of ]. F. Beth.
el, Tuesday Of last week, in
Oran. The rat bit the second fin.
ger on the left hand 80 badlv =.
may have to be amputated. The
arm was also badly bitten. .--Cih-
zen.
Since his retirement from the
governors mansion at Jefferson
City, A. NJ. Dockery has been
serving his home town Of Gala
tin most Of the time as street
commissioner, and Is said to be
fixing up the streets in the best
condition ever.
Attorney General Elliott W.
Major holds that the S35, 900
bonds voted by Gallatin school
district cannot be registered by
the state, on grounds that two
propositions we're submitted
jointly, which is, In his opinion
unconstitutional.
According TO State Auditor
Gordon the assessed valuation oI
Gentry County is 81, ,148, $50
The value OF DsKalb County Il
90. t3s. .Oe5. Worth has the low
est valuation Of any county Ii
the third congressional district
Il being 90. .7s7, ,1t5.
"Do you know" said . travel
ling man In Fulton 9 few day
lago svhat last month st. Loui
lpeopla were eating genuine Trisl
potatoes, grown on the sod of oil
Irelande They are . little NOR
solid and have . rustier jacket
than our home product. Seem
> little queer that potatoes oaI
b shipped 5000 miles BY water
and 90 By rail. pay an ilnpoz
duty of twenty 1--WE cents ; bush
q and then underssll the HON
sloek, but this : done occasion
ALI ahsn local pEiees azs %
hiah. Looks Ike there L none
j II potatoes doeenst t.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1909-05-28
'ROUNDABOUTTHE STATE.
Cleaned from Exchanges--Made blythe Shears.
the Pencil and the Paste Pot--Some Orgi-
nal. Some Credited. and Some Stolen.
but Nearly All Interesting Reading.

The movement 10 organize Q
Missouri Saddle Horse Bresder's
Association has been started In
Mexico.
Missouri has more apple trees
than any state In the union, TO-.
900, 800. New York state has
l5.o54.ss3.
There should be q state law
prohibiting the sending OF 9
:.msrked copy which the send.
Of fergets to mark.
Charlottesville people are mak-
ing elaborate preparations to en-.
tertain the drummers at that
place on 81, % and 29th inst.
The Boonvills Advertiser ad-
yocstes q new reform. 1t thinks
that nowadays women in theaters
should remove their hair.
Circuit court ID IN session In
Scott County, with the modest
docket OF 1923 sesvmostly the
o,,tnnt Of the GRAND Jury of last
April.
Mercer County is still rich In
indian relics. Tomahawks,
arrow heads and numerous other
Indian relics have been found
there recently.
That the cattlemen as well %
the cattle may chew the cud Of
reflection. the Kingdom "a Gala
way has 5oined the list OF tobac-
eo-groylng oopntiest
s. r. johnson, Elmo's post-
master was married ednesdey to
Miss Olga Wood, daughter OF
the editor Of the Elmo Register,
the ceremony taking place in
Maryyille.
The Lamar Democrat believes
when man has learned to say
tha four little words 81 can't af-
ford it, "hrmly end without en-
barrassment, the greater part OF
bic real troubles are over.
Fulton will furnish her usual
quota Of American visitors to
Europe this summer no fewer
than nine having already arrang-
ed their trips, while others are
making plans for travels abroad
Come to Marysville and De-
Kalb County to live, says the
Democrat, where the Law is moi
violated in any manner. only one
conviction Tor the illegal sale oi
liquor has been made since Nay
: term. 1905. e
John A. Atwood, the D.mocra-
tic Kansas orator, 10 coming over
the river. He is associated with
James 4. Reeds Ksnsss City
law firm. The style Of the firrr
win be Reed, Atwood, Yates,
Mastin 4 Harvey,
The editor Of the Mound Cit,
Jsffersonian admits he is one o
those who "don't know green's. :
End says that every time he goe'
ont walking be is worried by III
thought that he may be trampini
pndsrfoot q good dinner.
Miss Nellie Lueky Of Joplin
seventeen years old, has sue
George White. = young nan o
Neosho, for $50. 600 damags to
alleged breach Of promise !.
marry her. White il the con Q
Thomas White : millionaire Q
Nsosho.
me proposition voted on !
Rock Port lsst ssek p issa
bonds Tor The sum Of SIC. 900 70
iInprovsnsnss q he schopl build
ine wss carried BIZ the three
lonrths nsiofit7 required By lax
ock Port stends By her school
- fhin reeult xas sxp1ctsa.
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