.WEDNESDAY, AUG. 11
THE MORNING AST0U1 AN, ASTORIA, OREGON.
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I llln
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It Was Worth Three Stars to the
' American Flag. ;
SAVED US VAST TERRITORY.
The Perilous Journey of Four 7ku:
and Mil Prom Oregon (o Washing
; ton Made by Bravo Man and thi
' fWsulU Whloh Followed In Ita Wake.
The rldo of Marcus Whitman was
ovor snow capped mountain and along
dark ravines, traveled oulv by enrage
mou. It wn a plunge through lev rlv
ors and across tricklo pralrlus,
rldo of 4,000 mllie across continent
la tho'dead of winter to save a mighty
territory to the Union. ' '
Compared with thU what was the
feat of Paul Revere, who rode eight
een utiles on a calm night In April to
arouse handful of sleeping patriot
and thereby aavo tho -powder at Con
cord! i '
Whitman's rldo saved three atara to
the American Aug. It win made In
In 1702, during tho first admiulstra
tlon of Washington, Captain Ilolwrt
, Gray, who had already carried the
American ring around the globe, die
covered tbo mouth of the Columbia
river. He nulled aovorol mile up the
great stream oud lauded and took m
el'on In the namo of tuu United
Stall's.
In 1HU5, under Joffcntoii'a atluiliilHtra
tlon, thin vunt territory, was ciplored
ly Cnptalua Lewi mid Clark, whoao
reports were populur rending for our
grandfather, but iho extunt and vulue
of thla dlxtunt pwwHlun were very
atlgbtly understood, and no attempt at
colonization wua made aave the eatub
IlMhment of the fur trading atatlou of
Astoria In 1S11.
strangely enough, England, too,
claimed thla aame territory by Tlrtue
of right ceded to it by Itunitln and
alo by tho Vancouver aurveya of 1792.
The UudMon'a Hay company establish
ed a nuiiJx-r of grading post and Oiled
the country with adventurous fur trad
ra, Bo here waa a vaat territory, aa
large aa New England and the atate of
Indiana combined, which seemed to be
without any positive owuerahtp. Dut
for Marcus Whitman It would have
been lout to the Union.
It waa In 1K10 that Dr. Whitman and
t man of the namo of Bpauldlng. with
their young wlvea, tho first white wo
men that ever croaaed the Itocky
mountalna, entered the valley of the
Columbia and founded a mliwlon of
the American board. They bad been
sent out to Christianize the Indiana,
but Whitman waa also to boNd atate.
He waa at thla time tbIfty-Ove year
old. In hl Journeys to and fro for
the mission ho soon aaw tho vaat pos
sibilities of the country, and be aaw,
too, that the Eiigllnh were already ap
. prised of thla and were rapidly pour
ing Into the territory. Under the terms
of the treatlea of 1819 and 1828 lt waa
the tacit belief that whlchovcr nation
ality , settled and organized the splen
did territory would hold it. If Eng
land and tho English fur traders hod
been successful In their ' plana, the
three great states of Washington, Ore
gon and Idaho would now constitute a
part of British Columbia. Dut It waa
not destined to be.
In the fall of 1812 it looked aa If
there wouiu be a great inpounng or
English into the territory, and Dr.
Whitman took tho alarm. There waa
no time to lose. Tho authorities at
Washington must bo warned, nastily
bidding bis wife adieu, Dr. Whitman
started on bla hazardous Journey. The
perils, hardships and delays ho en
countered, on the way we can but
faintly conceive. Ills feet were frozen,
be nearly starved, and once be came
very near to losing bla life. He kept
pushing right on, and at the end of
five terrible months he reached Wash
ington. He arrived there a worn, beardod,
strangely picturesque figure, clad en
tirely In buckskin and fur, a typical
man of tho prairies. Ho asked audi
ence of President Tyler and Secretary
' of State Webster, and It was accorded
him. All clad aa he was, with his
frozen limbs, Just in from his 4,000
mile ride, Whitman appeared before
the two great men to plead for Ore
gon. . .
Hla statement waa a revelation to
the administration. Previous to Whit
man's visit It waa the general Idea In
congress that Oregon was a barren,
worthless country, fit only for wild
beasts and wild mon. He opened the
eyes of the government to the limit
less wealth and splendid resources of
that western territory. He told them
of Its great rivers and fertile valleys,
Its mountains, covered with forests
and Its mines filled ' with precious
treasures. He showed them that It
was a country worth keeping and
that it must not fall Into the hands of
the English. He spoke as a man in
spired, and his words wero heeded.,
What followed the organization of
companies of emigrants, tbe rapid set
tlement of the territory and the treaty
made with Great Britain In .1840 by
which tho forty-ninth parallel was
made the boundary Hue west of the
Rocky mountains are matters of his
tory. "
Tbe foresight and the heroism of
one man and his gallant ride, hud
saved three great states to the Un
ion. Omaha World-Herald.
Two Ways.
Jack In tbe oriental world a girl
never sees tier tliterideii husband until
aha is married. Floss-How odd! In
this part of the world she seldom sets
him aftorward.-Now York Olobe.
V" WEST POINT RIOT.
' . J", ' Cadotshls of
ll Happomd During tn .
Jsfforion Davis,
CloNoly connected with Benny Ha
vana' was the great cadet riot of Christ'
u3, 182U, in the middle of Jefferson
Davis' third ;?,r. Before Christmas it
was rumored throngii Jho barracks
that Davis find other southern tipd
imithwostwrn cadets wero going to ex
plain to the other members of the
corps the mysteries of eggnog. Codot
Duvls, Tllghinan and Temple were to
got the necessaries from Benny's, but
It seems that something prevented, and
others had to got tbo materials. The
authorities wore auspicious and or
lered the inspectors to stay up all
sight to keep order. This angered the
eadeU, and the preparations for the
pffgnog wont on. In the dark of tbe
morning of Dec. 25 the Invitations
were went oat Robert E. Ijw and Jo
seph E. Johnston due-lined. J. B. Ma
gruder, Drayton, C. J. Wright and oth
era accepted. Davis waa oitendlng the
Invitations when be beard a rumor that
Captain Hitchcock .was! abroad. He
run back to No. 5 north barracks,
where the refreshments were collected,
called out, "Put away thnt grog, boys:
old II Itch Is emr.lng," and looked up to
And that Hitchcock was already In the
room. Dnvls was sent to his quarters
under arrest, fortunately, for him, for
after some hilarious noleo he went to
sleep and did not get Into the rlol
which then began, Tho Instructor
and officers were chased out of tbo
Imlls Into their own room and there
besieged. Tho cadets obtained arms
fttid organized the Helvetian league to
protect themselves against the bom
bardiers, who, they heard, were or
dered mi t to hu bd ue t he ra. 'Dnvls' room
mate, Walter II. (lulon of Mississippi.
wn the leader of the Helvetians. He
wured a pistol and tried to shoot
Captain Hitchcock. Borne of the ofll
cow Were -tmdly bruised with stove
wood that the cadets threw at them.
After an hour or two the riot wore
out. Later nineteen cadet, among
them Guton. were court martlaled and
dismissed. Davis, ' with, others, was
kept long under arrest and given de-morlts.-ProfAKor
W. L. Fleming in
Metropolitan Magazine.
NEW ENGLAND WITCHES.
A Small Record Compered With That
of Other Countries.
Yankees have ao long and so loudly
confessed their ancestral sins that the
facts In tbe ciim are little knows. F-
much la said about Salem that the t-rt-outlon
of witches In Pennsylvania I;'
overlooked. Tbi scant Bcore of personr
banged for witchcraft In New England
causes more comment than the many
thousands legally burned for thnt
crime In Europr.
In all New England, according to
Nathaniel Hatfthorne, nineteen per
sons were executed as witches. One
more waa accused of tho crime ami
for ref usol to plead was pressed to
death, after thi custom of tbo day.
Tho facts coM-erulng tho widespread
iH'llcf In witchcraft and the enormous
number of .witches killed may lw
found In any encyclopedia. Haydn's
Dictionary of Dates says: "More
than 100,000 perished, mostly by the
flames, In Gcmany." Chambers' En
cyclopedia say: "In England and Scot
land the witch mania was somewhat
later In scttlnc In than on the conti
nent, but whe-j It did so It was little
If at all less firulont, the reformation
notwithstanding" "The number of
victims In gcVland from flrst to Inst
has been est mated at upward of
4.000." Dr. Stronger In his "Life of
Mohammed" computes tho entire num
ber of persons who have been burned
aa witches dur'ng tho Christian epoch
at 0,000,000.
Witchcraft persecutions In New Enu
land took plnco In 1092. They were all
done In six months. In England they
contlnucd till woll Into the next cen
tury. In 1803 a reputed wizard was
drowned In a pond at llcdlngham, In
Essex. Soys Chambers, "It was con
sldered worth' of notice that nearly
all tbe sixty nr seventy persons con
cerned In the outrage wero of the small
tradesmen data, noue of the agricul
tural laborers being mixed up In the
affair." Sprlniflold Republican,
A Book Sho Wouldn't Rsad.
"There is or book of Mr. Steven
son's that I mrself have never rend,"
said Mrs. Stevenson once. "I refused
to read It and bold to my refusal. I
make it a rule never to read a novel
the scene of which is laid in a bygone
ago. The author always deems It bis
duty to make his characters talk tn
what he considers tho language of that
period, and 1 sm always sure that he
doesn't know positively how they did
talk, so I won't read such books. I
would never nod the 'Black Arrow,
nnd Mr. Steve iBon thought it such n
good Joke that he Insisted upon dedl-.
eating It to me "
Hfr Goodness.
Brldey My nlfe Is a very good cook.
Wise-Get out' Her mother told un
she wns Just ?aklng her flrst lessons
when you married her. Brldoy-Ex-actly.
She we.s good enougl uot to
continue hr lessons on me. Philadel
phia Press. ,
Mixed.
Mrs. Browne She's orever com
siululng, but I think she merely lacks
stamina. Mrs, Malaprop Oh, no; she's
got It; at any Me, that's what the doc
tor calls her dlsgase. She can't sleep, :
A FRIGHT IN MIDAIR
Going Up In a Balloon and Com
Ing Down In a Parachute, i
THE A 0F A F,RST TRIP
Experience and tarnations of an Ac
robat Who Took tho PTae4 cf Pro
fessional Aeronaut In an Emtrgonoy.
Tho Dash Tfcttugh Space.
1 once went up In a balloon and
came down In a parachute. Something
went wrong, and all the money In tbe
world doubled would not induce me to
make tbe experiment again.
One grows strangely accustomed to
dangers as an acrobat, and when It
was suggested that I should earn f 25
id aa many minutes by taking the place
of a parachutist who bad fallen 111 at
the last minute I Jumped at tho cbanco.
It was at a large country fair. Tbe
laughing crowd bad probably never
seen 4 balloon go up. As tbe great
silk bag gradually swelled a silence
fell upon tho onluokers.
Tbe sick parachutist's manager pat
ted me on the back and said It was
money easily earned. I agreed-then.
f'Keep cool," be said, "and, whatever
you do, don't look down except to
Judge your distance from the earth,
lou see that tower? It is about a
thousand yards away. When you are
that distance up pull the check string
and shut your eyes."
A dull murmur rose aa tho ropes were
cast off and I felt my feet leave the
ground. Tho upward movement was
gentle, and n great cheer came up to
me until the bund drowned It.
I hardly heard the cheering or the
band. The Involuntary murmur still
rang In my mii-, Perhaps my nerves
were upset, possibly It was. Intuition,
but fi'o: Hi" moment I was drawn up
froi.i the ground I felt the conviction
that wlui trouble lay ahead.
Ignoring the oft repeated Instruc
tions, I looked down. How slowly tbe
balloon went up! Could it be possible
that I bad not goue more than a hun
dred yards? The giant overhead bo
came a living thing. Intent on tortur
ing tbe puny mortal who bad trusted
his life to It I knew I dared not leap
before I waa high enough, for the par
achute takes 100 feet sometimes to
open.
I shut my eyes and tried to count to
kill time, bnt tbe figures became Jum
bled, and 1 looked down again. A
swallow akiramed past underneath.
Far below there waa a sea of upturned
faces, and the music floated up dis
tinctly. Tbe balloon seemed to have
topped rising, and for an eternity I
trNd to gauge the height
Again tbe bnnd stopped, and 1 was
In a silent world. Tbe crowd of
breathless specks far beneath was get
ting full Vilue for Its money. The
only noise I iSwrd was tbe beating of
the blood, through my bead. I. was
afraid. It was the lrst real fear I had
ever felt in my work. ,
When tbe supreme taoment came 1
pulled tbe string wltluvit realizing
what I was doing.
What years I lived In those next
few seconds. An appalling nautXa and
a wild desire to live came wltnthe
first terrible rush, and my heart stcNd
still as I looked eagerly aloft The'
ropes of tbe paraebnte had twisted,
and I was falling to Instant death.
Grasping the ropes in a clutch of
steel, I shook them frantically. Half
the huge parachute bellied out with a
noise like a pistol shot and tbe speed
of tbe full was lessened with a Jar.'
Again I shook tbe death trap. The
ropes were sliding at a snail's pace.
and bit by bit tbo parachute was open
ing. Still I fell far too fast I could
not breathe, and my hands seemed to
be refusing to hold on.
Bang! Tbe last fold had opened out
and I was saved. Dizzy and numb
with fear, I held on tightly, wonder
ing whether I should faint before I
touched the ground. That end that
only, was my thought as I sailed
through the space. I had almost lost
consciousness when my feet touched
the ground gently. And then I col
lapsed. Buffalo Times.
A Drawback.
"My!" exclaimed little Billy as be
gazed at the lithograph. "I'd like to
be a giraffe. Just think how easily
you could 'rubber' over the baseball
fence."
"That's all right" replied Tommy,
"but there is another time when you
wouldn't want to have a neck like a
giraffe." '
"When is that?"
"Why, in the mornings when your
ma begins to scrub your neck with
soap and wator."-Cbicago News.
Objectionable.
"I don't see why Goodley should be
so uupopular with you all He never
speaks ill of any one."
"No, but he's one of those very smug
fellows who can say 'Oh, yes, Jones
jeemed very happy when I saw him
last,' and say It in such a way as to
give the impression that Jones was
horribly drunk." Philadelphia Press.
A Spoiled Compliment.
Little Elmer Mamma says you are n
duck of a doctor. 1 Pompous M. D.
(greatly pleased) Indeed! How did
she come to say that? Little Elmer
Oh, she didn't say It Just that way,
but I heard her tell papa you were a
quack. Chicago News. '
Ruakln's lnlunctlon to his servants:
"Call mo from 'my study' whetfeTe'r
there Is a beautiful sunset r any un
usual appearance in the tkf or land
scape." ,
SCHNITZ UNO KLASE.
Treat tho Gods Mined, but Procurable
In tho Mohawk Valloy.
Something In the line of good things
to cat the gods never had; consequently
tbe gods missed a great treat And,
by the way, friend, have you ever
. -''"d up to a dlb of schnltz und
noiM.,,
klase? . ...
A XtougbUo. Fewl,velath
rimes, ami inose ttw nave urmt
fortunate buve Just cause to TKU
delicious morsel time can never erase
from tbe tablets of memory.
You can order schnltz und klase until
you faint famished, awaiting It You
will never get It in any public eating
place. It Isn't on the bill of fare and
never will 1.
The up to date chef would give you
the laugh if you asked him to concoct
It for you. Ten chances to one he'd not
understand what schnltz und klase
could possibly mean. Few know, but
those who do know It know It well.
A good big bam bone Is tbe central
portion, light dumplings and dried ap
ples. Anything else would spoil It
Tbe bum bone gives the dish a
smoky flavor, the dumplings give It
body, and the dried apples give It color
and tartuexs us well as sauce.
Put the Im.ii Ixiue In cold water and
open the flues and let the pot boll.
While the pot Jx getting Into good and
ready shape make your dumplings, and
make them us light as possible. .
Put the dried apples In a separate
dlsb and stew tbeiu down to a nicety.
When the pot with tbe bam bono bub
bles and froths drop In the dumplings
one by one. No; you do not stir toe
contents of tbe pot. That would spoil
tbe consistency of tbe dumplings and
make a metis.
Any one who has watched a pot boll
knows when dumplings are done to a
dot
Take a deep platter, fish out tbe
dumplings carefully with a drain spoon
and place tbem about the ham bone in
the ceuter of the platter. Looks dry.
but when you pour over all the dried
apples and their like sauce wowt
That's schnltz und klase as you may
have had It years ago when living
with a German family In the Mohawk
valley. You can eat it until your eyes
tart out and your waistband grips your
middle. It will stay by you through a
hard day's work, and If there Is any
left over you bit It again for supper
cold.
Ever try lt?-New York 8un.
ONLY A GUESS.
But It Mad Good Advance Inform
tion For tho Reporter.
Nells Olsen, who was for forty years
a trusted employee of the New York
Yacht club, was always courteous to
newspaper men and glad to give tbem
such Information as be could with
propriety make public. He was sorely
beset by news gatherers while the Dun-
raven trial was going on, and often
said to the reporters, with a smile, that
he regretted his "Ignorance." On the
evening of Feb. 27, 1890, when the
members of the club met at the old
clubhouse in Madison avenue, there
was much quiet excitement because, It
was well known that the question of
Dunraven's expulsion would come up.
An enterprising reporter stopped Olsen
as fee came through the door and asked:
"DVyou think they'll expel his lord
shlp?" Olsen ald, "How do I know?" and
then addeoV'DId you ever read this?"
nnu uauueu o uie jouug uiau a cup
ping from the Tribune which read:
For Dunravcn, luwer tumbling-, still la
grumbling, atiir-ts mumbling-,
In Ms lordly ancient at!es over on tho
distant ihore.
And his talks have all t.V seeming ot
daft and jealous aearnAn.
And the X rays through hfco streaming
show he' unfair at the core,
And because the Yacht club know him
knows he' unfair at the coriv
He will race here nevermore.
naif an hour later the meeting Vas
called to order, and within twenty
minutes a resolution was adopted
stripping Duuraven of his honorary
membership privileges. When the re
porter saw Olsen he said, "That was
good advance Information," to which
he replied, "I never give information;
that was a guess." New York Tribune.
Only tho Odd Ones,
Very few of the American tourists
who come to Vugland fall to visit
Westminster abbey. The long history
of the venerable pile appeals strongly
to our visitors from the other Bide of
the Atlantic. One lady student while
within the abbey looked about with
the particular object of Inspecting the
tomb of King Edward II. Falling to
discover it after patient search, she at
last asked the verger to direct her to
It. "I'm sorry, madam," replied the of:
fleer, with a tone of deep regret ."but
we 'aveu't Edward II. here, as we only
'ave the odd numbers." London Ex
press. Making a Show.
"A man has to draw it fine these
days."
"What do you mean?"
"Staying ten minutes after office
hours each dny will probably make a
good Impression, but staying fifteen Is
liable to excite suspicion that yon are
monkeying with your books." Kan
sas City Journal.
Cynical.
Tho Maid Do you believe it's un
lucky to get married on a Friday? The
Abominable Bachelor Certainly. Why
should Friday be an exception? Black
J. Q. A. BOWXBY, President
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