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About Wallowa chieftain. (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 18, 1902)
ft h'CH ARE YOU ? II... I- r nnnnto ....V f to k r, . of people, no more. I say. ,t the sinner anJ saint, tor 'tis well und''r5t,,oJ yf jood sre half-bad, and the bad are )t the rich and the poor, for to count , niu' wealth But lirt know the state of hit con- wience and health. Ljt the humble and proud, for In life-! little siau kvio pun on vain airs is noi counted a I man. !jt the happy and sad, for the swift flvlnp -'-ars man - ... kj- the tvo .;:uus oi people on carta 1 U the who lift, and the people wnu . i. iTbereter yn go,- you will find the world's masses t ilways divided in just these two classes, jil oJJly enough, you will find, too. I ween, 71(re is only one lifter to twenty who lean. jij which rlns are you? Are you easing the loail u)( overtaxed utters wuo iun uunu me road: i, ire roll a leaner, who lets others bear Your portiou of labor and worry and cure? Ella Wheeler Wilcox. HEX energetic Mrs. John An drews, who had been unuui mourtly elected general wan aterof the rummage sale, came in the course of her canvassing to Miss Hunt er's house, she hesitated at the gate, and Anally walked slowly on. But she went only a few steps, then turned ab ruptly round, walked quickly back, opened the gate with a decided hand, mi, without giving herself time ' to change her mind, stepped firmly up the path and knocked sharply on the door. "Almlra Hunter has been let alone lon?er than Is good for anybody," she uid to herself. "She used to be real jctlve In church affairs, and there's do reason why she shouldn't be now. It's uncliristianllke to let her ostracize herself as she has done of late yenrs." Hiss Almlra looked not a little sur prised to see Mrs. Andrews, who had been one of her intimate friends In former years, standing once more on her doorstep, but she suld quite sim ply and cordially: why, Mary, how. do you do? It s long time since you've been to set me." "No longer than since you've been to me." chlded Mrs. Andrews gently, hen she was seated In the cozy din ing room. "But we sinmly cau't get lng without you any longer, Almlra. I'Tecome to get you to help us." "hen the explanation of the ruin- fflage sale was finished. Miss Hunter at silent in her chair, gazing relieet I'ely out across the meadows which wiled away to the south. 1 do not think I can come to help Jon sell the things, but I will 'rum- "age and send or bring you the NIs. Will that do?" And Mrs. Andrews was well coutent lth her partial victory. nen her visitor had cone. Miss Al mlra slowly climbed the stairs to her 'tic and reluctantly opened a trunk 'Men had long been closed. It cost f a pang to look again on these rel- or happier days. With reverent ers she took out one earment after Bother, examined and laid It aside. we was a dress of her mother's no, be could not give them that Here S the coat hor tnthar hnrl worn in the war every thread of It was dear to the Patriotism n-lthln her Here M a dress of her own vouth. a den ote sprigged muslin; how'wy she re membered the first time she had worn Caleb had admired It and that "'Sht as she stood a moment at the "e with him he had touched It tiui J' caressingly, and said: lou are prettier than ever to-night Mira." nat had come between them? Why . -' Hw happy she hod been when be Wrote asking her to be his wife! Ctl oue had tho lntfo btlll lolH nn-nr nong her most cherished possessions. t she never looked at It now; there u "o need; every word, even the ape,of every letter, was engraved "n her heart "Dear Mlra," (so the letter ran), "you wt know what I tried to find words Dot 0)6 la8t tIme we nlet 1 couldn t It as I wanted to then, and I can't ' I must Just tell you that I love - - -uira, darling. I love yon and illlllllM II I I I I I I j A Rummage Romance ;; "BCLICS OF HAPPIER DAYS." tnt you to be my wife. Will you 7 ; THE BIGGEST SAILING rteenthlnT I'"on. the first .even-masted schooner ever built, the first QnluTltZ tttthe the FoN River ShiD Dd EnKin Company at U .nil hi I' CStu " Si,0 o,),) d ner building occupied eight months. She ti l t! 'r'llC?,e beaded hy CaPt' John G- Crowley, and will be used first ient ,X Pbmp,reS"rrr'nS tradC' U " "peCted that Uter he m" b m!ehTblmnJi?n iSnth.e u'.0' Bn 'Dtir,'ly new yPe of ehooner; indeed, she "ly theZL ! C"! rd thf V,0a ot " new kind of merchantman. She i. not of Itl h,S7 Tessel ,n the w,,rld ""l I st American schooner built meS ,hl e firSt8a'lortobeal!0 quipped with steam as a means of cut nSfet tlnlTPl li0? ' .Steam ,reiKht carri"s- Tb "ew "l-ense has been h.nau thL y "lf bl the Introduction of ensines to manace all the sails, to electrrritv HT?" Tl "nd t0 do the "cvedore work. She is lighted by S v fT1 by 8team and 'nuipped with a telephone svstem. even " cll,d'11S captain, the engineers and the cook, will be the the f.u" comB'Pn,c"t. while a square-rigger of even less cargo capacity forty hands"1 tons-could not get along with fewer than thirty-five or nriTt!!eJ1rnai" W' LaW5on measures 403 feet over all. but her steel spike bow sprit is N tret long, and from its tip to the end of the aftermast boom is nearly I. , r,n , , , , t,he Taot:r line Ut'r ltDSth is 3tiS "-hl'c her beam measurement Is oO feet, her depth 34 feet 5 inches, and her loaded draft 20 feet. You will thing this a short, abrupt let ter, but when the heart would be most eloquent the tongue Is silent and the pen refuses to be fluent. Thus It is with my pen to-night It will write uothing but what has rung in my thoughts a long, long time; Mira, I love you, I love you, I love you, over and over again. Write to me, dear, and telt me, lf you can (and oh, I hope you can!), that I have not been deceived In thinking you not quite Indifferent to me. Yours, for life, death and for ever, Caleb Thomas." She had answered his letter. Yes, she had nnswered It with words that came straight from her heart, and told him of the love she bore him, and that she would be proud nnd happy to be his wife. And that was all. He had never written to her again, and , when he came back to Breutley they had met as though his letter had never been written and answered. She raised ber head wearily and con tinued her search. At last she found a coat that had belonged to her brother George (married now and living In a distant state), and several other gar ments with which she could part, and making them into a parcel seut them with one or two articles of furniture and various other things to the ball where the rummage sale was to be held. It was on the evening of this bright October day that the sale was to com mence. The town had been ransacked from end to end, a little judicious ad vertising done, all the articles collected and arranged, and now, with a sigh of relief and anticipation, the maids and matrons of Breutley stood and looked a moment on the work of their bauds ere they went home to snatch a hasty supper before returning for the open ing of the sale in the evening. Among those who dropped In that evening to "see how the women folks were getting along," was Caleb Thom as. He passed down the hall, exchang ing a pleusaut word with an ncqualnt auc3 here and there and amusedly In specting the heterogeneous conglom eration of donations, until he came to a eounter presided over by the daugh ter of uti old friend, who laughingly challenged him to pick from her stock In trade the style which suited him best She had charge of a part of the clothing and merrily exhibited her as sortment, commenting gaily on each. At Ust she held up a coat In the style of twenty years ago. "See;" shesaid gleefully, "Miss Almlra Hunter seut this In; how old-fashioned it Is! One would think It came over In the May flower and hadn't seen the light of day since; nnd. indeed, it must hnvt been laid away for ever so long, for she-" "I'll take It." Interrupted Caleb short ly. "How much Is itV" "Fifty cents." was the wondering answer. The girl watched him with perplexed, musing eyes as he threw the coat over his arm and made his way straight to the door. She wondered If there was any truth In the gossip she bad heard but hardly heeded, which called blm nn old lover of Miss Hunter's. Meanwhile Caleb Thomas took his way homeward, the coat pressed tight ly to his side. Once in a while be stroked It tenderly, almost timidly it was something Mira had touched. Arrived at his bachelor home, he spread his purchase on a chair and sat down facing it Somehow, nie sight of something connected with ber brought thronging back the old pain, the old question, "Why?" Why had she never broken ber proud silence? With the question still echoing In b'S heart he took the coat and slowly put It on. It fitted well. He remembered that her brother George had been about his size. He ran his baud over it In nn awkward masculine way, patting it abstractedly. Suddenly, near one of be pockets, something rustled. He felt in the pocket but there was noth ing there. Still the rustling continued when he touched that part of the coat It occurred to him that there must be something between the cloth and Ue Unlns and searching carefully he found a rip and drew out-, letter, sealed, stamped, but not postmarked S addressed to himself In a hand a. i nf . thrill along every nerve. S owly and wonderlngly be broke the .and glanced at the date. It wu seal and gl VESSEL AFLOAT. 1SS2. He rubbed his eyes as lf In a dream. What did It mean? Suddenly, like a flash of light It was all clear to blm. Here was the answer to the why, the long-delayed answer to his letter. She had given it to George to post and George (he was always a careless boy) had slipped it into his pocket and forgotten It, and it hnd worked its way through the rip and lain for twenty long yenrs between the cloth and lining. And, miracle of miracles! It had at Inst been deliv ered to Its rightful owner. He finished the letter, folded It care fully, and replacing It In Its envelope put It back In his pocket Forgetting that he still wore the old coat for now his only thought was to get to Mira, he strode out Into the night and hur ried, almost ran. down the village 6treet There was a light In Miss Hunter'a sitting room, where she sat trying to read. But she could not concentrate her thoughts upon her book; they would turning again and again to Ca leb Thomas. Suddenly there was a step at the outer door, the latch clicked sharply, and someone stepped toward the Inner room. Then Caleb Thomas stood be fore her. "Mira!" he said simply, "Mira!" Miss Hunter started to her feet, pale, trembling, speechless. Caleb fumbled In the pocket of the old coat and drew out the letter, ber letter, so old and yet so new. "See, dear," he said, "I found It In the coat you sent to the rummage sale and which I bought because you had touched It Oh, Mira, say that you mean It still. Say that you will" He stopped suddenly, for with a great cry of joy she swayed forward and would have fallen but for the hun gry arms which caught her and drew her home to -Us breast at last Farm and Home. EYE OF A HOUSE FLY. Here is u microscopic photograph ot the eyes of a common house fly. The microscope brings out many things which are unseen by the natural eye. The fly has large eye and a number of eyes In one eye, which make blm hard to catch. This picture not only shows the eyes, but the bead as well, enlarged many thousand times Its nat ural size. Tbe Kaiser Astonished. Philadelphia has been delighted with a story about a prominent citizen of bers whose name Is chiefly known In connection with tbe dry goods trade. During an expedition to Norway tbe German Emperor visited a 6blp of the Hamburg-American line, aboard which was John Wnuaiuakerv' He 'Svar -presented to tbe Kaiser aud at once grasp ed the Imperial band, exclaiming: ' "I am glad to meet such an-jnterprlsing young maii; that is Just the sort of thing we admire In America." The un conventional greeting seemed greatly to please the Emperor. Not Enjoyable. "Delighted to see you! How did you enjoy your visit to tbe Riviera?" "Oh, not very much. There wasn't a soul where I was staying except Intimate friends." Mobbed the Umpire First College Girl I hear yon glrbj mobbed the umpire at the class game? Second College Girl Yes; we called her "a mean old thing," and told her she was " 'perfectly horrid. " Puck. THE FORT HALL INDIAN RESERVATION $ rrpHE Fort Hall reservation Is not II able ground la the annals of the West Within what are Its present boundaries, Nathaniel J.Wyeth in lSi built the original Fort Hall, an Indian trading post, and on August 5 of that year, at sunrise, raised the United States flag over hit fort and stockade. Prior to this time Fort Leavenworth, on the Missouri river, had been the frontier post of the United States, and the building of a substantial fort midway between that r'.ace anc. the mouth of the Columbia river, was a most Important event It signified occupation. All that region was still debatable ground and this raising of the flag had an Im portant Influence In ultimately fix ing tbe dividing line between tbe do- RAISING THE FLAG millions of Great Britain and of the Uclted States In the Northwest The winter prior to the building of Fort Hall, Captain Bonneville and his coiiipany of trappers and hunters had camped on the Portneuf plains, near wheie Pocatello now stands, and bunt ed over a wide expanse of territory. The bold captain, however, was In truth only a bon vlvant and voluptuary In a coarse way and preferred to lord It In tbe wilderness with a troop of wbl'e and red savages at his heels and a new squaw to wife every fortnight, to submitting to the restraints of civ ilization. Wyeth, however, came Into the wil derness with serious purposes and picked the site for his trading post with care. The position for defense was admirable, the stream preventing epproach, practically on two sides, and the other sides being free from that cover c necessary to the Indian when pitted with his bow and arrow against the w hite man. In Wyetb's party were five mission aries, nu-ong them Jason Lee, later a giant figure 'In the early history of Oregon, and just prior to the comple tion of Fori Hall, on Sunday, July 27, he preached In tbe forest -adjacent to the fott This was tbe first Christian religious service performed within tbe limit' oT what Is now tbe State of Iduho. Tbe service seems to have had little prnctical result at that time, bow ever, fcr the journals of Its founder describes the dedication of Fort Hall as a day of debauchery, when red men and white got gloriously drunk togeth er and closed tbe day In drunken brawling. The remains of this old fort are still to be seek. They are locally known as "Tbe Dcbles." ' The only piece of Wyetb's work remaining to-day Is a chimney of adobes and, while It plain ly shows the ravages of time, bids fair to rear Its head for many years yet as a monument to the man who plnrted tbe United States flag In tbe heart of the continent and oa tbe Pa cific coast, and who, more directly TO CRAWL THROUGH Cut a playing card lengthwise In the middle, ss shown, In figure 1 of the Illustration. Bend it along the cut and make Incisions on both sides, as In figure 2. After unfolding the card you will have obtained a long band, wide enough to allow a person to crawl through. Notable Ground in the Annals X nt the Wit Pirtt fhi-lctl.n A Relitrious Service Conducted In What Is Now Idaho X tlian any other man. marked the way for tbe ox teams which so shortly aft erwards brought the restless tide of clv'llzation across the roadless conti nent Fort Hall soon became a cele brated station In the overland trail In the meantime the Indiana be came hostile and ninny outrages com mitted finally led to the establishment ot a mll'tary post by the United States near the site of the trading post In 1S41I. This, too. was known as Fort Hall, and Is the site of the present Fort Hall Indian school. For a time tbe Indians were easily overawed, but with the outbreak of the Civil war tbe troops were withdrawn from the West and during the five years between lSt3 and 1STS the Shoshooes maintained a constant warfare against miners, set- ON OLD FORT HALL. tiers and Immigrants. They were bold aud Insolent savages, fierce fighters and persistent thieves. They were fi nally completely subdued by General Crook In 1808. Then the Bannocks, and the Boise and Bruneau Shoshones were gathered and all settled at tbe samo reservation. Tbe same year, by the treaty of Fort Brldger, the Fort Hall reservation was set aside for the use of the tribes located on It It origi nally consisted of 1,500.0(10 acres. Some years ago 500.000 acres on the south ern part of the' reservation were sold to the government In 1800 the town site of Pocatello, then practically In the center of the reservation, was sold and now there have been sold 418.000 acres more the southern part again all of that part from a Hue six miles north of Pocatello to the southern lim its of the reservation. The Indians still retain .the balunce of the reserva tion. An Kx-King' Unbending. Julian Ralph, author and war corre spondent, tells a story of the late King Kalakaua, who on one occasion held a reception at the Windsor Hotel In New York. He stood In the parlor with the aldermaulc committee "doing the hon ors" as the people passed by to shake the swarthy monarch's baud. All at once a man reached the King's side In his regular turn, shot out of the Hue, gripped the King's band with a bearty grasp, aud fairly shouted, "Why, Dave, old man, how are you?" "Why, Billy," paid the King, "I'm very glad to see you!" "Put It there again!" said the man. "It's a good many years, Dave, since you and I ran to fires together In Honolulu, Isn't It?" And tbe King shook bis band again, smiling with de light at meeting a familiar face among such a multitude of strangers. About every so often a woman re members what the books say, and de cides to call "pride" to her rescue. A man seldom realizes bow few of bis remarks are worth repeating until he Uas convent sd wltb a deaf person. A PUYING CARD. RAM'S HORN CLASTS. Warning Notra Calling the Wicked te Repentance. rf T I lur:UAt' """i i A A tl,e l"'"t eermoa V's" lib rallty. K r") To 1,,,rT trxth ' K (V-TvX God's word ; wins Its own, Tlu n,,, orreot 1 WiT' of knowledge 1st VaSJ ,u consclousues VTyt''" S of Ignorance. VjVV. The edifice of character cau not be built without an architect. Men do not stumble on salvation. Moral exercise makes moral athletes. Regeneration docs more thnn, reform. Every moral Inheritance Is entailed. Hard living does tut make easy dy ing. All great work consists of small deeds. Boys have eyes like hawks for hypo crites. Blessing come In service as well as after It. Men are either moulders or are moulded. The heart makes a good engine, but a poor rudder. Growing and giving are the best evi dences of living. Sponges gather easily, but they are quickly wrung dry. The world does not need to make crosses for cowards. Yesterday's success niny bo the se cret of to-duy's failure. God cau give us patience, but He can not give us practice. It Is better to be saved lu a storm thnn drowned In a calm. Religious teachers count for more thnn religious teachings. We cau enslly bear nflllctlons when boruo up by His affection. GREAT LAKE CITIES. Iluilt from the luduatrlua of the Lake KruliuiD. "The story of the development of the Industries of the lake reglou and the growth of Interlnke commerce Is writ ten lu the histories of the great cities of commercial and manufacturing Im portance which Hue the American shore of all the lakes. "Chicago, the mistress of these In land seas, Is the food market of the world and the commercial center ot tbe American nation. "The Great Lukes have made Buffalo) the second city of Importance In the Empire State, the greatest point of ex change betweeu rail and water traf fic on the globe, and the fourth port of the world lu the volume of Its ton nage," says a writer In Alusleo's Mag azine. "They hare made Cleveland near the mlil shore of Lake Erie, an Iron and steel center of manufacture, secoud only to Pittsburg. "Detroit, the oldest city on the lakes, and most closely associated with their history, Is also the most beautiful. With nine miles of water frontage and a magnificent city park on one of the large Inlands In the river, It Is even more picturesque In Its approaches than Cleveland (m tlie-llHirfs. It has grown so steadily In commercial Im portance tlint Its bUMlnexs chorterls tics now possess a greater Interest thnn either Its scenic features or historic localities. "Milwaukee, the second city of Im portance on Lake Michigan, Is the brewing center of the world, but It manufactures more Iron than beer, and in-urly half as much flour, and does an Immense business lu meats aud leath er. "Duluth, the" commercial ruler of Lake Superior, has achieved a great ness almost equal to that predict)! In the hyperbolic ridicule of Proctor Knott "All of the cities of established com mercial ' Importance on the Great Lakes, except Duluth, have largo ship- ' yards, equipped for the construction of even the largest types of ocean ves sel, Buffalo, Cleveland, Toledo, Chi cago, Milwaukee and Bay City, at the bead of Saginaw Bay. "Just across tbe St. Louis river from Duluth, her sister city of West Supe rior also has (urge shipyards, and It la there that the whalebacks, the curious craft that look like a huge boiler afloat, are built." II unhand Management. There Is one secret, aud only one, which It Is allowable, even advlsalilo, for a wife to couceul from her hus bandthe secret that she manages blm; he must never know or suspect It; not one of their friends or ac quaintances must have an Inkling of it, says the Lady's Realm. A man managed publicly Is a.degraded specta cle; a dictatorial. order or a rude ss sumption of authority before even the nearest relative Is In abominable taste, aud the husband. If he have an ounce of spirit, will resent It. , Wrong Itelliiltluii. . "Love," said the poet, "Is a mystic Influence; it is a meftage and a re sponse, volublo In a llanh of thought; It conquers time and distance, aud Its exchange requires no medium for trans mission." "Tbut's not love." suld the practical man; "you're talking about wireless telegraphy now!" Tbe would-be humorist rulm It In on the mother-in-luw occasionally, but realizing which side of his butter the bread Is on, be lets the futlicr-in law religiously alone. With the exception of loveninklug, there are many new ways of doing old thlugs. r4, i li