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Barbour County index., 1910-04-20

called in to see me before died. Diff
ferent parts of my body were badly
swollen and was told 1 had dropsy.
Doan's Kidney Pills saved my life, and
made it worth living"
Remember the name-Doan's. For
sale by all dealers. SO cents box.
Foster-Milburn Co, Buffalo, N. Y.
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The Marine Naturalist.

The Ancient Mariner told of shoot
ing the albatross
Were you photographed in the act,
and did you save the bullet?" asked
the wedding guests.
Sadly the old tar realized that he
was out of date.
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Melody is the golden thread run
ming through the maze of tones by
which the ear is guided and the heart
reached-Christiani
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UnQenerous Lavishness.

"Your former husband never COM
planned about the alimony!"
NO" answered Mrs. Flimgilt. ''he
was brute enough to say his motto
was Freedom at any cost!'"
Barbour County index., 1910-04-20

It is always a shock to a man to dis
cover that woman knows her own
mind" when he marries her under the
impression that she hasn't any.
Barbour County index., 1910-04-20

Clear white clothes are a sign that the
housekeeper uses Red Cross Ball Blue
Large OF. package, 5 cents.
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DeceltfuI Man.

"Yo, don't love me as you said you
did" pouts the fair young blonde.
"Why, 1 dol" protests the earnest
swain.
Then why do you smoke such dark
cigars? You told me you did not like
brunettes."
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Foolish Loiterers.

People who sit and wait for great
moments miss many wonderful small
moments, and they are to be pitied.
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EoiIed.

The fierce mosquito on her cheek
Was bumped up like a camel,
For her complexion bent his beak-
You see, 1t was enamel
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We would willingly have others
perfect, and yet We amend not ouI
Vwn faults.-Thomas a Kempis.
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WORTH
MOUNTAINS
OF GOLD
During Change of Life,
says Mrs. ChaS. Barclay

Graniteville, vt. -"I was passing
through the Change of Life and suffered
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Do you remember sight unseen"-the
way we used to trade
For knives that had the handle split, or
else broken blade?
Or marbles that were sadly nicked or
some poor treasure-thing
Such a boy would value much-a bit
of linen string
Or any bauble that he thought might
Justify a trade?
And sight unseen'-that was the rule by
which our deals we made!
Oh. barefoot boys of long ago, of freckled
hands and face,
Ungainly as to arms and legs, and all de-
void of gracei
The leaves of memory turn back through
page and page of life
To trade for marbles tops and balls, and
bent and battered knife
And somehow back of all of 1t, behind
your close-clutched hands
I see the olden forests and the olden
meadow lands.
I see the sunshine glinting on the ripples
of the brook,
I see the shadows swaying in the mystic
forest nook,
I hear the rain come down again upon
the attic roof
But it is through a subtle haze that holds
them all aloof;
! see the roses blaze along the roads
used to know
And hear the echo of a song we sung
long, long ago.
And-"Sight unseen" I whisper it deep
down within my heart,
And look from out the window on the
turmoil of the mart.
And see the ceaseless rush for gain. the
endless task of toll,
The ever unwon battle of the ones that
serve and spoil;
I dream of bygone yesterdays. of mead
ows fair and free,
And of the light and laughter of the days
that used to be.
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The woman who loses her hearing
may be thankful it wasn't her voice.
Barbour County index., 1910-04-20

Lewis Single Binder sc cigar equal
IN quality most l0c cigars.
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Men astonish themselves far more
than they astonish their friends
John Oliver Hobbies.
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DELAY IS DANGEROUS.

When the kidneys are sick, the
whole body is weakened. Aches and
Barbour County index., 1910-04-20

A good many things are important,
If true.
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All, "sight unseen we've traded them:
we've traded them for this
Without a thought of all the joy and
gladness we should miss;
We traded smiles for sorrow and we
traded songs for sighs
And never saw the summing that was
dark in Fortunes eyes;
And now our hearts leap back across the
reaching years between
And throb in tune with all the things we
traded sight unseen"
Barbour County index., 1910-04-20
DOCTOR YOURSEIF

when you feel cold coming on by taking few dose.
of Perry Darts Pdinkiter 1t is better than Ouinine
and safer. The large SOC bottles the cheapest.
Barbour County index., 1910-04-20

A wolf in sleeps clothing some
times gets fleeced just the same.
Barbour County index., 1910-04-20

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup.
ForchiIdren teethng softens the gums, reduces In
hammation. .allays pain. cures wind collie Sc bottle
Barbour County index., 1910-04-20

Money cannot make a man good,
but it can give him the conditions Of
a good life.-William Smart.
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Nte4~01as>G1
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-07-21
Couldn't Hear Them.

I've been worried about my bearing
for some time" said local banker.
who Tells the story on himself. "and
finally the fear "f getting deaf beca me-
u sort of obsessiUn To me. and | de-
cided to go over TO New York 10 con-
suit specialist ! got over there and
went TO see the doctor. and he looked
so grave was more scared than ever,
and ! WAS feeling pretty blue as
walked down. Fifth avenue with
friend.
suddenly ! saw two special troll
leys' coming down cross street tlled
with children waving hags and appar-
emily having an awfully good time.
but couldn't hear sound. In an in
slant. without stopping TO realize that
could hear all the other noises of the
ira tfic aud my friends voice. turned
around aud seized him by the arm and
shouted:
Heavens. Jo. I'm deaf. can't
hear those children at all
Neither can L. said my friend.
With roar of laughter. They re
mutes "-Philadelphia Times.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-07-21
A Wonderful Feat.

In its review of Pierre de vassiere's
book lie Mort du Roi' the Neuestp
Nachrichlen dwells upon the account
of the last seven minutes of Louis
XVI. as described In the book. These
were between 1915. when the king ar
rived at the foot of the guillotine. and
10:22. when a shot fired at the end of
the Champs Elysees. no one knows by
whom. gave notice that the head had
fallen" The review calls attention TO
the statement by the author that the
kings hands had been pinioned be-
hind him by the executioner while
Louis was putting op the coat which
he was to wear at the end and that
when be reached the platform of the
instrument of death he rushed unas-
sisted to the upright farthest from the
stairway. ''slapping the face of one Of
the assistant executioners who tried to
stop him" With hands fastened at his
back. the reviewer asks. How did the
doomed monarch manage to perform
the operation!"
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-07-21
Westminster Hall.

Westminster hall. England's old hall
Of the kings justice. is one of the
worlds notable historical shrines.
Built four centuries before Columbus
sailed for America. burned. restored.
remodeled. 1t has seen more history
In the making than perhaps any other
building west OF Rome. Here some of
the early parliaments met. and here
the second Edward was expelled from
his throne. Here Richard II. was de-
posed, Charles I. condemned and Crom-
well hailed as lord protector. whose
head. IL the legend IL authentic. was
afterward exposed from one Of the
halls pinnacles. Westminster hall was
the scene of the trial of Warren Hast
ings. In ii sentence of death was pro.
nounced on William Wallace. Sir Thorn
as More. Somerset. Essex. Strafford
and Guy Fawkes. New York World.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-07-21
Eocsntricities In Palaces.

The Russian Empress Anne built a
great palace Of ice and on occasions
when the fancy seized her punished
several of her dainty courtiers by COM
pelling them to pass the night In this
great chamber of state. where they
were almost frozen to death.
The Gar Paul constructed a room
formed entirely OF huge mirrors where
he spent hours walking to and fro In
full uniform-a singular taste for the
ugliest man In Russia.
One of the native princes Of Java
cooled his palace by making stream
fall In a cascade over the gateway,
and the Indian despot Tippo Sahib
placed beside his dinner table life
size figure of tiger devouring an
English officer. he roar OF the beast
and the shrieks of the victim being
initiated by hidden machinery.
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Realism.

when was In London" said Miss
Warner to the little group of friends
round the dinner table who were lis
teniDg to her account of some anus
ing experiences she had abroad last
summer. II tried to be as British as |
could. but ! was constantly getting
mixed in my English phrases.
You know one Of the underground
railroads In London Is always spoken
Of as the tu'penny tube SO one day
when wished TO be- transported In u
hurry from one side of the city to the
other astonished big. pleasant faced
bobby by asking where was the near
est stafioD of the 'twopenny rub.
Every one at the table laughed ex-
cept the young Scotch guest. He lean
ed across the board and said. very Sc
riously. "Ye know ye caan get bawth
In Lunnon for tu'pence."
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-07-21

Fritz. the gardener. was a stolid Ger.
man who was rarely moved 10 extraor-
binary laIguage Even the most pro-
vocative occasions only caused him, 10
remark mildly on his III luck. Not long
ago he came back from the city In the
late evening after a hard day In the
market place. de was sleepy. and. the
train being crowded the baggageman
gave him chair in his roomy car
Finally rhe train reached Bloomfield,
Fritz still slept as II pulled in. aud his
friend had To shake him and tell him
where he was.
Il tanks you" said Fritz as he rose
slowly to his feet. The open door OF
the car was directly in front Of him.
He walked straight out of II.
The baggageman sprang TO look aft,
er him. Fritz slowly picked himself
up from the sand by the side Of the
track. looked up at the door and said
with no wrath in his voice:
There should here be some steps
Youths Companion.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-07-21
Etiquette by Precedent.

For example of how men may live
and act according to precedent there
can be no better reference than to the
lord chamberlain's Office In London.
There in quiet rooms day after day
men learned in state etiquette. court
dress and royal functions reach down
heavy volumes to see what was done
on such and such an occasion. Beau
tiful pictures showing with minute ex-
actness the details of the court cos
tume under various circumstances are
ready 10 their hands. Is the shah of
Persia coming! Is the kaiser soon to
arrive? Is the king going to receive
the monarch of Siam: Is one Of the
royal princesses to be married? When
any of these events happens the Off
cials at the lord chamberlain's Office
know exactly what 10 do. And II
some point should crop up which has
not been raised for century or NOR
they have the faithful official record
as to what was done on the last like
occasion.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-07-21
Tn, Social Breakfast.

A London newspaper wonders why
we no louger invite people to break
fast. The reason is 10 be found in the
state OF mind that usually possesses
the free and independent citizen at
that hour in the morning. Il state OF
mind that makes him unbearable TO
himself and TO every one who comes
near him. Presumably II was not ever
so. for Invitations to breakfast were
once common enough. and not so long
ago either. Mr.. Gladstone used TO
have guests to breakfast every Thurs
day morning as recently as 1854. and
It was thought sufficient TO supply tea
aud coffee. eggs. bread and butter aud
perhaps some cold meat, But the
really solid breakfast had come into
fashion long before then. and Il Is
said that the English learned the fash
ion from the Scotch. Motley. when he
was ambassador TO England. found
that the substantial breakfast was
grievously opposed to the simpler Gus
toms OF his own country. He says.
when ] reflected that all these peo-
pie would lunch at ? aud dine at 3
bowed my head In humiliation. and the
fork dropped from my nerveless
grasp."-Argonaut.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-07-21
The Origin of the "Marseillsiso."

In the reign of terror under Freron
and Barras. when hundreds of VIC
tins were carved by the guillotine aud
the people rose against the aristocra-
cy. was born the hymn of France.
composed by Rouget de Plsle. He
was an officer Of engineers and at n
banquet was asked to compose a war
song. He wrote II In his room that
night before going to bed. and the
next morning his hostess. the wife of
the mayor of Strassburg. tried it on a
piano. and in the afternoon the orches-
ira Of the theater played 1t in the
square of Strassburg. where 1t created
much excitement and gathered many
volunteers. Rouget called it a song
for the Army Of the Rhine. but subse-
quently II was sung by regiment of
volunteers. mostly assassins. who
marched out of Marseilles to Paris.
where 1t was appropriated by the cap
ital and called the "Hymne des Marsel-
lais." But Joseph Rouget the author.
died In poverty. = Deshler Welch In
Harper's Magazine.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-07-21

do not believe In the government
Of the lash II any one of you ever ex-
poets 10 whip your children again |
want you to have photograph taken
of yourself when you are In the act.
with your face red with vulgar anger
and the face Of the little child. with
eyes swimming in tears and the little
chin dimped with fear. like piece of
water struck by a sudden cold wind.
Have the picture taken. II that little
child should die ] cannot think Of a
sweeter way to spend an autumn aft
ernoon than to go out to the cemetery
when the naples are clad In tender
gold and little scarlet runners are CON-
ing. like poems Of regret. from the sad
heart Of the earth and sit down upon
the grave and look at that photograph
and think of the flesh. now dust. that
you beat ] tell you II is wrong: II is
no way to raise children. Make your
home happy. BE honest with them
Divide fairly with them 10 everything
Robert q. lngersoll.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-07-21
Floral EtNmoloux.

primrose" is one OF those words
thar have shown popular association
to be stronger than etymology. Ii has
no real connection with the rose. but
is the old French ''primerole" and.
anyhow. means only the prime" or
first flower tmore or less, of the year.
Our language has insisted upon max
ing ''roses' of all sorts Of flowers.
We have the tuberose. which Is only
''tuberosa." tuberous. and the rose
mury. which is ''rosmarinus," dew of
the sea. On the other hand the rose
has been dropped readily enough in
cases where popular fancy could not
see the flower The alchemists called
green vitriol rose of copper" ''cupri.
rosa" In French this became coupe
rose" but English wore II down to the
pointless "copperas."-London Chron-
icle
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-07-21
The River Tinto.

There is in Spain river called the
Tlnto. which has very extraordinary
qualities. Its waters. which are as
yellow as topaz. harden the sand and
petrify Il 10 a most surprising manner
If stone falls into the river and rests
upon another they both become per
fectly united and conglutinafed In y
year. Ii withers all The plants ON it,
banks as well as the roots of trees
which II dyes of the same hue as its
waters No fish live In its stream.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-07-21
The DANCING Mania,

The dancing mania" OF the middle
ages came on the heels of the great
plague known as the BLACK death"
Ii was some sort of nervous disease
and is now supposed TO have been
what Is known as st. Vitus' dance"
II began in the year 1874 at Aix-la-
Chapelle and spread all over Germany.
the Netherlands and Italy. The dan
GERS formed circles hand in hand and
appearing to have lost all reason. con-
tinued dancing. regardless of the by
ISLANDERS. for hours together until in
their wild delirium they fell to the
ground in sheer exhaustion. Painting
and foaming at the mouth. they would
suddenly spring up and begin the
dance again. 10 be again exhausted.
and so on until they died The mania
involved millions Of people.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-07-21
Strange Fishing Matches.

In the oldeu time in England lords
and ladies' sometimes invented queer
amusements They were always on
the lookout for some novelty, and one
Of the strangest they discovered was
bshing by goose. A line with a bait
ed hook attached having been fastened
TO the goose. tied to its leg. she was
dung into the water from the boat in
which were all the gay lords and la
dies. Then. when pike caught the
bait she was sport indeed. royal bat
tie between bird and fish. and all the
time. between the loud splashlngs.
wheelings and f1ounderings. the on
lockers in the boat giving vent TO their
feelings In cheers handclappings and
handkerchief waving. But the goose
was usually the victor and ended the
struggle by landing Its prisoner on the
shore. where its quack-quack as it
cleared itself from the line and wad-
died away ended the scene The lake
Of Monteith. in the south west of Perth
shire. was often the scene Of such an
CLING matches.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-07-21
Bio Clocks.

The big clock of the Metropolitan
tower at Madison square. New York
Is by long odds the costliest and most
elaborate public timepiece ever con.
structed and is the only great clock In
the world operated wholly by electric
lty without the touch of human hands
Some of its other wonders are Its size
being the largest four dial tower clock
and the third largest clock of any size
in the world. and its altitude. which
is the highest OF any clock In the
world. Ii has also the biggest and
heaviest striking bell.
The other three largest clocks are
the one face dial of the Colgate fac
tory in Jersey City, which is forty feet
across, the next In size of mammoth
public chronometers being the dial al
st. Bombort's. in the old city of Ma
lines. in Belgium. which is thirty nine
feet across. st. Peters of Zurich
Switzerland. has a dial face twenty
nine feet. and then in order comes the
Metropolitan tower clock. which is
twenty-six feet six inches in diameter
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-07-21
City and County
Brief News Items

Rev. A. l.. Howarth of Joseph
was in Enterprise Friday.
Doors and windows and all kinds
Of builders hardware at Keltner's.
Sheriff Marvin made an official
business trip to Wallowa Friday.
John Goble and daughter OF Wal
Iowa visited Enterprise Wednesday.
Iapalac. varnish stains. nnseed oil
At Burnaugh q Mayfieid's.
Rev. W. II. Gibson and daughter
Elena arrived in Enterprise from La
Grande Thursday afternoon.
owen F. Stubblefield returned Wed
nesday evening from several points
in Idaho where he visited friends.
James, Clark and wife returned
from Emmet and other Idaho points
Wednesday evening.
Mrs. Alfred Gardner passed through
Enterprise Wednesday on her way to
Joseph from Kennewick, Wash.
MIR. and Mrs. w. J. Funk left for
Lostine Friday where they will
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-07-21
Form Of pivoro. In Old Rome,

In the earlier period OF the Roman
republic divorces were quite unknown
and were. rare right up to the time of
the Sultan. wars. In the old days the
husband and wife who wished to sepa-
rate appeared for the last time before
the common hearth. priest ana
priestess being present As on the day
OF marriage. cake of wheaton -four
was presented TO the husband and
wife but instead of sharing 1t be-
tween them they rejected IL Then. in
stead of prayers. they pronounced
formulas of a strange. severe, spiteful
character. by which the wife renounc-
ed the worship and gods of the hus-
band From that moment the religious
bond was broken. and. the community
of worship having ceased 10 exist. the
marriage without further ado was for
ever dissolved.-New York American.
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-07-21
Tho English Manor Hou.. Bathroom.

A writer In The American Magazine
gives the following directions by which
visitor may always find the house.
bold bathroom iD an old English man
or house:
The household bathroom may be
reached by descending the narrow
stone steps from be sesond foor back
Of the north battiement. Follow the
fall iD souiheasterly direction until
you come to the armor gallery. then
turn sharply to the left and follow the
corridor to the top. Open the door at
the end of this long hail and take a
half flight OF stone steps tOliver Crom-
we'll once kissed a serving maid In this
dark passageI on the right and pass
into the open hall at the end. You will
easily discover tbe bathroom. because
II Is the fourth door from the mulIioD
window. beautiful piece of glass of
Charles lis time"
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-07-21
Saving Tim. or Tim. T.bl...


To most people. especially when they
are on the road. time Is money, but
time tables are nOI convertible into
cash. In the pages of Through Saw
age Europe" Harry DE WindI gives a
curious and amusing experience ON a
Russian railway some years ago The
patience of the Russians Is In marked
contrast with the impatience of Amer.
lean travellers. All Russians have a
rooted antipathy To fast railway travel.
if one may judge from an incjdent
which occurred some years ago when
] was travelling across the Caucasus
from Batoum TO Baku. We had
reached a tunnel. at the entrance of
which the train waited for at least
twenty minutes.
There Is something wrong" | re
marked To a fellow passenger.
''Oh. no." be replied: I'VE are only
making up the time. This tunuel was
recently made TO avoid a long bend
round a range of hills. and as il now
cuts on several miles short delay Is
necessary so us TO tit In with the sched
uled time"
"But surely we should save time by
going on" ! urged.
Perhaps So" said my friend. "Bu,
then. you see. they would have to altel
all the time tables"
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-07-21
The Twelve Jurymen.

A prisoner Is tried by twelve OF his
fellow countrymen. This custom Is a
thousand years old. and We get 1t from
the vikings. The vikings divided their
country up into cantons. which were
subdivided into twelve portions. each
under chieftain. When malefactor
was brought 10 justice 1t was usual
for each chieftain to select man from
the district over which be ruled and
compel him to try the prisoner. the
verdict OF these twelve men being de
clared by the judge TO be final
Wallowa County chieftain. [volume] (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911, 1910-07-21

visit relatives and friends for a
fortnight.
Mr.. and Mrs. Berland OF Joseph
spent last Sunday in Enterprise.
visiting the formers parents. Mr..
and Mrs. l.. Berland.
Mr.. and Mrs. Neal Baker have re-
turned from an extended visit TO
Mrs. Bakers parents at Oregon city,
Mr.. and Mrs. Grader.
o. II. Brady has moved his cabi-
net shop from the Rodgers Brothers
building TO the rooms adjoining the
Enterprise Press office. where he
will engage in table and cabinet
work.
Fred Falconer left this week for
the summer timber range north OF
Enterprise where he has two large
bands OF sheep grazing. The
"shrops," he states, are unlike the
merinos In that they do not herd 20
gother 50 closely and thus require
all the more watching.
Fred s. Ashley expects to occupy
his new building now nearing COM
pletion some time next week. The
new quarters will prove roomy. we'll
lighted. and very accessible to the
trade. and the whole building will be
an up-to-date monument to the al
ready commoaious business blocks
in Enterprise.