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About Wallowa chieftain. (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909 | View Entire Issue (May 22, 1902)
THE LAST EQUALITY. ftf ru'h n,:in breathes the atmosphere the same as you or I ; He ra: "J s, e " ll',iu'r D,,le ,',au we do :n the sky: Hebi:.rs t!u' piping of-lhe birds a music vi'cl anJ clear p.. m,;Uv money-clinking dulls the muni- to lil car: Kii J '' 'Kls "lne pleasures that pos si a tempting guise pat hf l'.in't (iie auy elJer ,uan the jioor ninu dies. Tist Y h 11,1111 cannot p,,t niore than J, meal at a time. Mor Ui!f than 1 ,l'D pennies will cx rel the poor man's dime; One of clothes ls aUc'tuat may at oiiee his form adR, And J'"" ns hom'y as the poor nian. when he's horn; if truth is just as honest, and his false hoods are plain lies And he can't die any deader than the poor man dies. Xiim' tuny he some philosophy in lifting up a moan Because the rieh man rides the while the IHinr man walks alone; PeratiM' the rieh ninu has his gold to buy his goodly cheer Aid yet there'll come a time when he will have to leave it here. Old Death's a spirit level that will brook no compromise, Aad "o one dies any deader than the next man dies. -Baltimore American. THE PROFESSOR'S DAUGHTER t H-H-H' 1"1 ! p ! r 2"M T 1 H"H'$ - MOXC the sixty-three professors M with whom 1 inn acquainted. It "is natural to suppose a variety .if religious beliefs are to be found, and li will not, therefore, appear surpris inz If he should be a Buddlst, or, us his Irish servant expressed It, '"a blooming hooihs:. hegurra." of the bluest creed. Tbis was Professor Markmnu, iirofes or of Japanese literature, with whom circumstances threw me luto closest intimacy. Tie was not a man to thrust bis con victions on any one, but being sutur ated with the theories of Oriental speculation it came to the surface In '.anmneruhle expressions In every top ic of conversation. 1 see. now. the irofessor expressing i '! fix "I .'.U TIltKD OF THAT FAIBY TALE." his views, standing In bis beautifully inexpensively adorned iarlor, his daughter busy with some tasteful -work '.v the shaded light, and I comfortably lounging in n chair In the slindow. "The mind, the thought, and all the sondes are subject to the law of life and death. With knowledge of self and the laws of birth and death there i no grasping and no sense perception. Knowing one's self and knowing how tiie senses act, there is no room for the idea of 'I.' or the ground for framing h- The thought of 'self gives rise to all sorrows, binding the world as with fetters: but having found there ls no 'I' that mil be bound, then all these bonds are severed." "Vli: do you Bay to this. Fusa?" The ,. f,-ssor stamped his foot Im patien'.iy. "fu-a. how often must I warn you ajainjr n, danger of such medita tions?" The girl rose abruptly and left the rX'i". I suspected there jvere tears in her eves, and half xuessed the painful u!'je-t in dispu.e. The professor ires ently enlightened me. Throwing i:!tn elf into a chair, he said, with a sigh: "We are in a condition of antagon 'm, my daughter and I. I do not know lw It will end or, rather, 2 know too ell. One life will be cut short hers. The relation of 2nrent and child Is one f"r life; that of wife and husband, for o lives; that of master and servant, tot three lives. 2f I lose her I shall ve her from a worse fate. What has l'Mned? There is a young man here, master mechanic he calls himself, n metal worker, but a mechanic Just the froe. w ho wishes to" marry her. and 'usa ig wining to yield herself to him." "Who Is he?" JJarbraw. You know him?" "Yes. I remember seeing him at the boratory. A steady. Industrious fel w enough." "That may be. Jt Is likely he ls, for Is making his way. But what Is "ta way to the way I would have a hlld of mine follow? Why couldn't found one of his class to ask w in marriage?" 'Je Is not bad-looking." I returned. Not according to Western Ideas of fcauty," reiilied Markman. "But that joallty you admire, that evidence of ,orPe, power, is most detestable to me." "Do you wish Fusa to marry at all?" "Certainly, but not with such a brute Jarbraw will grow to be as any "n absorbed In mechanical pursuits ta ure to become. I will save her at y cost from the " degradation she ttedltatea. Why could she not nave attracted a man of whom I could an- ! lrove : 1 thought be looked at me meaning ly, but took no notice of It. "1 intend to take away her life. Do not shrink. She will live" again. I shall merely what you call hypnotize her for awhile," 2Ie rose to his feet, movim? toward the door. -Come, 1 wish you to witness my act. You understand my motives, whether you admit their just ness or not." We passed to his daughter's chamber. Fusa was reclining upon the bed. Iler father poured some liquid Into a cup and handed it to her. "Drink, sleep, nnd wake after a year, i w nen l or our friend here shall give the word." Fusa took the draft without other resistance than nn appealing glance at me. Then her head fell back upon the pillow and she lay rigid, motionless, with closed eyes, as one dead. Her death was announced In the usual form and the funeral took place In the regular way. A few months later Professor Mark man gave up his 2ositlon and went away, 2 understood, to Japan, though after this episode our Intimacy was lu terrupted. Jarbraw found another lady love, one of the class to which he Itelonged one who, It seemed to nie, was better fitted to be the wife of an artisan than Fusa would have been. The months flowe.l on. At Inst, one night the professor rapped at my win dow. "A year has passed. Shall we awak en Fusa?" "What answer shnll 2 give him?" 1 asked myself on rising. In telling this story I was accus tomed to pause here and look around the absorbed listening circle with au expression which I hoped would im ply my belief in some profound mys tery. Sometimes one of the audience would sny to my wife: "And so you were in a hypnotic sleep for n year?" To which the lady would reply de murely, with a glance from half-closeJ lids In my direction: "It appears so from the narrative." "And you did not know what trans pired during all that time?" "O, I had full 2"ssession of my senses, I heard all that was said in my presence " The professor would give a warning cough and turn the conversation. One day, when we were alone, Fusa said: "I am tired of that fairy tale. It seems to amuse you you always did love a jest and to carry It to an ex tremebut I do not, and I am going to put an end of It If you bring it up again." ' "Why, you do not mean to deny that you vanished from human sight for a year?" -Fiddlesticks!" "That you died and were Inclosed In a tomb?" "How do you escape the Imputation of conniving at a crime? Why did you not Inform against my father? What I shall say is this: 'I was a foolish young girl. Infatuated with .a man whom It would have brought me uu happiuess to marry. 2 would not be convinced by words, but ngreed to test his taithfuluess by going away for a year. He did not stand the test.' I should think you wuld be ashamed of jourself both of you! And 1 shall ex pose you If you do not stop It." We stopped it. Hut this only shows that Fusa is quite unaware that she did lie for a year iu a hypnotic sleep. Waverly. THE MODERNIZED MIKADO. lie Una Abandoned the Ultra Exclu aivenetxi of His Ancestors. The Mikado is the first Japanese sov ereign to emerge from the dignified re tirement Iu which his predecessors lived. This step has only iucreased the passionate loyalty of his subjects to ward him. and people are already com paring him with the Kaiser as regards the prominent public role he seems dis i i d to play. During the army maneuvers his MaJ esiy, who followed events with the greatest interest and enthusiasm, or dered two privates to be brought before him. and questioned them through the medium of his chief aide-de-camp. His questions were of the paternal kind, su h ns the following: How did they get on with the hard ships of barracks life? Did they long to go home whenever tbey thought of their nearest relatives? Did they not tiling their lot a hard one each time their thoughts wandered back to the ease and joys of their home? Were they not feeling the effects of their dally exertions in the maneuvers? Did not the exactions of the military service sometimes make them cry In secret? The young soldiers answered that they were quite happy In the -army, and that their only desire was to do their duty toward their beloved sover eign. A few days before the Mikado, while traveling by rail, was cheered by number of very old people at Shlraishl station. He sent them all presenti through the local government, an act of kindness which moved the old peo ple to tears of gratitude. Yokohama Correspondence London Mall. Slam's Progressive King King Khoulalonkorn of Siam la for an Asiatic monarch unusually ad vanced. His palace at Bangkok has been fitted up with electric light and all the newest Improvements'. He has even Imported a number of phono graphs, which delight his ear with choice musical selections. His majes ty can speak English aud several Con tinental languages with fluency. Sneers are the weapons of a hopelesi fool. rpHERE ls said to be In certain II parts of Southern Indiana an oath-lKniud mutual benefit so ciety wlilch has grown out of that fa mous and Infamous organization which in days gone by struck terror Into the hearts of all who came under Its ban the dreaded Whitecaps. The society has Its secret meeting pla.-es, its signs, grips, passwords, etc., and is a direct descendant of the or ganization which for years killed men and whipped women in Southern In diana and Ohio. It Is claimed that Its members elect men of their own stripe to all the Important offices, so great is the society's strength; that when a trial Is on In which any member is interested, his fellows are always placed on the jury; that it is a society formed for mutual protection In any way which may be Imagined, but es pecially when Its members are in trouble. Where the meeting places of the so ciety are, not one of them will tell. The organization's members are found in the political conventions of citv. HOT SIX If EN FBUM JHE CORNFIELD. township, county, district and State, though holding the Interests of Its members above the Interests of any politician. It never sells Its votes, but It has developed, has been many a time a 2ower which has turned the political -scale one way or the other, greatly to the Mystification of the bosses As a rule, though coming of an or ganization which was nothing unless a violator of the law, the present so ciety Is not composed of lawbreakers, it least in the oruinary sense. How ever, when one of Us members Is In trouble, his fellows stand by him until the last, a fact which has often been demonstrated In law courts. Frequent ly, In trials, It has been noticed that there was some mysterious influence at work on the Jury, but what It was could not be discovered. Origin of the White Caps. The beginning of the institution dates back many years to the early settle ment of Indiana, at a time when the State was overrun with desperate characters who had fled from Ohio aud Kentucky, the southern part, from Its contiguity to the Ohio, being especial ly the haunt of horse thieves, robbers and counterfeiters. In the river coun ties of Indiana there was for years a continuous reign of terror. When the residents of these counties finally band ed together for protection, the crim inals fled further to the uorth, where their advent was met with the organ ization of a baud of regulators, of which every decent citizen was a mem ber. There was little law In those days. Might made right and there was no one to gainsay the right of the reg ulators to take the law into their own hands. There are those yet living who have often seen men ride by at night with white tacks, in which were eye holes, over their heads. It was never known in one locality from what oth er locality these men came. It was only known that they were "on the march." but the next day a ghastly body hanging from a limb, or a shady character with his back slashed up with hickory gads, or the tale of some person missing would solve the mys tery. People who had no business out of doors stared Inside when the regu lators were out. No questions were asked and no comments were made. This was the original Wbltecap or ganization. It served Its purpose well and when the thieves and thugs were all driven out of Iadlana it ostensibly disbanded. It was In 1857 that the Whitecaps again became prominent, but their character was decidedly changed. Ed ward Bingham, a constable who bad In some way incurred the ill-will of the gang, was the first victim. Be was called out of his home at night, tied to a horse and carried into the woods, where he was stripped. He was then bound to a tree and each member of the gang took turns In ap plying hickory switches until he be came unconscious. Then the inaa was carried back to his home and thrown brutally over the fence into the yard. Bingham died next day and the com- THE I WHITE ! CAPS. I . t Old Organiza lion of Lynch- ers Has Given Place to a Mu- tual Benefit I Society. $ munlty arose in rage against his mur- derers. Indictments were brought against several men who were known to be iu the gang and three of them were sentenced to lninriRonment. The Whitecaps had such powerful Influ ence that the convicted men served but a small part of their sentences. From 1S."8 to 1S74, there were occa sional whippings of both nieu aud women, but nothing of a nature as to call for special action, but in the lat ter year a lynching by Whitecaps once more drew attention to the organiza tion. Fear of the gang was so great. however, that nothing was done. In 1S7C, the Whitecaps broke Into a Jail and lynched a man awaiting trial on charge of .nurder. of which his iuno- cence was later proven. i , In 18nJ a prominent farmer was ... , . , whiriped. He had the gang arrested, but the Jury disagreed nnd the meu i i- .... t escaped. I- rom that time on for many years Wliitecap outrages were fre- ,, ,F at last the people of both ludiaua aud Ohio were aroused nnd an attempt was made to root out the organization. Whipping and ta.-ring parties were of almost nightly occurrence, and the poo 2le were worked in a perfect freuzy of terror. Members of the original gang of Whitecaps were rarely arrested aud more rarely convicted. If a Whlte caiiper fell into the bauds of the law, it was almost invariably because of doing business Independent of the or iginal organization. It was In Harrison County, Ind., that Whltecaplsm, as such, sustained its death blow. In the hills near Corydon lived a family of poor whites from Kentucky father, mother, two sous and a daughter. One day the father was found dead In the woods and the sons were arrested on the charge of killing him. An examination showed their Innocence and tbey returned home. Soon came a warning telling the family that unless they left the county within ten days the Whitecaps would visit them. The warning was Ignored aud word was received that on a certain night the Whitecaps would make their appearance. The boys got several shotguns, loaded them heavily with slugs and hid In a corn patch near the bouse. The Wbitecnps came, aud while nine of them stood on the iorch, two others went into the house after the mother aud daugh ter. ItoiH's wera tied around their necks and when their screams told the boys what was golug on they opened fire at the ?aug on the orch. Six of the nine were killed aud two others were terribly wounded. The few re maining fled In terror. The boys fled to Kentucky and have never been mo lested. This lesson was a salutary one. Since THE WHIPPING Or B1NOI1AU. that time the Whltecaiis have done nothing but occasionally administer the gad to shady characters. Several damage suits have resulted, but In no Instance has a plaintiff obtained judg ment. The last suit, which, like the others, showed the mysterious hand of the gang, was tried In Brown Coun- history. Tn two fathers of the com ty. ! munlty act as cooks, and are 1'iiuc; The brotherhood tow in existence does not whip nor murder people. Some of its members may violate the law, but the organization does not, as an entirely. The knowledge of the ex istence of such an organization, how ever, has much effect on the morals of several communities, for there is really no telling when it might call a special session of the .court of Judge Lynch. Volcano Dweller. There is no more interesting or curi ous sight than that of the crater Aso San about 30 miles fxom the city of Kuma-moto, in Japan. The crater has long since ceased to belch forth cin ders and leva, and Is now inhabited by 20,000 people, who live and prosper within Its vertical walls, 800 feet high. The inhabitants rarely make a Journey int the outer world, but form, as It were, a little nation by themselves. Base Ingratitude. Auntie Do you like Uncle Harry to ride you on his back? Tommy Ob, well enough, but I had a ride on a real donkey yesterday 1 AN ESKIMO NURSE-MAID. ' Bronutit tn the Fnilc l States by VTlfa f Kxplorer lVory ( r.lcgtapliy is a ilepat tinettt of litera lure w hifh does not usually appeal to Ivaiieis at the jollier !oo.-e age. Nev ertheless, tiie biography of Miss Mario i Ahnigliito IVary, by lier mother. Is ' that of a tot for tots; mid the pleasure afforded their ciders is merely ineidcu- I tal. I Utile Miss IVary. born within the arctic circle- ns the long night was drawing on. was called the "snow baby" by her Eskimo friend, who wera not satisfied until they had touched the : warm skin of the newcomer that her I whiteness was not that of nn actual pluw In'nge. One of them, a little girl of twelve, called UUly-Hah. afterward I'oame her nurse maid, and returned '"n the IVary family to spend a year "'"U !lc wonders of civilization. The first of these was the ship; and It was on board the vessel that she learned to submit to although never to approve the Incomprehensible re quirement of her employers, that Re bathe and brush her hair ever? day. Se had never had a bath before The next was the railway station an igloo" so palatial that it was dillictilt to induce her to leave It. especially ns she (list rusted that appalling new draft- 11i1ihI the locomotive. She Inquired , nnxloiisly If it ate people; and when j ,llP ,nim un Xo ",ove Bl,t RUt rUl vriti bulging eyes, clutching the back 'of the seat In front of her ns the land- ... , . ., scape flew at miraculous speed past thu ; Wn,,nvs , . ' , , . , ,, To eat and sleep at regular times was I ... . . .. , . something quite new; so it was to have I . , , ., put things away In special places. It I took sad experience to teach her that ! playthings left trustfully anywhere on I the sidewalks of Washington could not ; be found again on the same spot when ' wanted. Billy-Hah's first Christmas celebra itlon was a great event, but Ignorant ns she was, she met it In the true Chrlst : mas spirit, for she was so delighted 'with little Marie Ahnlghlto's presents nnd her joy iu them that she scarcely noticed her own. It was not till after bedtime that Mrs. IVnry. seeing u light burning late nnd peeping into her room to see If anything was amiss, found her Boated on the floor among her many gifts, only just awakened to the rap ture of possessing them. . Billy-Bah went back to her own peo ple at the year's end. When Marie Ahnigliito was four she, too, returned north with her parents for a season and saw her faithful nursemaid once more. She had found Itilly-liali, men aged fifteen, a married lady and n per son of consequence, whose husband was proud of his traveled spouse nnd her superior accomplishments as a seamstress and liousekecer. Hut nlas! ltejolclng In "all the com forts of a home"' of her own, Hllly-Hah had decisively discarded the'discom forts of a civilized toilet; the sponge, the towel and the hair-brush knew her no more; they , had become mere mem ories of foreign travel, like t lie tele graph and the locomotive. Tramp Mourners. Tramps everywhere are wont to prize their boots above every oilier purl of their wardrobe, says Josluli Flyut in "Trumping with iraiiipH." In St. Petersburg, at 1'ust, there is good reason, although a si range one. The agencies which muniige funerals recruit from the tramp class a certain number of mourners for each funeral. The agencies furnish suitable clothes and pocket handkerchiefs everything, in fact, but the shoes, which the tramp must be able to show on bis feet, or he will not be hired. When there is" a funeral the tramps gather ut the Nlkolski Market, and are selected by un enqiloye of the agency. Those chosen are conducted to tile house of the deceased, ami tin-re. In a shed, or even In the court, ten to thirty I of them, according to the elaborateness of the funeral, undress themselves en 'tirely, eveu In the dead of winter, aud 'put on the mourner's garb. Their own j clothing is rolled up in a bundle and 'taken to the cemetery In a basket, (where, after the ceremony. It must hi? ' put on again. j The iiromised wage for this servic lis forty copecks a man; but with Hps it usually amounts to a ruble. A Monastery of Nobles. Hurled iu t lit. thickly wooded fast- . usses of Austrian Slyiin Is the ancient ! ""mastery of Sekkaii. famous for Its ilstory, and remarkable because of the rank of most of its liimnles. In this littcrcHt'iig place every monk is a member of the nobility, aud several of them bear names famous Iu ionium Edward of Schouburg-llarteustelu and 1'riuce Philip of Hoheulohe, both of whom were prominent In court cir cles. The iorter is one of the highest nobles of the irand Duchy of Itailen. Baron von Dials; and others enguged In the most servile work of (he mon astery are Baron von Sails, Baron von Oer, aud Count Hemptlnue, all of whom were high officers In the Saxon army. It Was 8o. He Your hat looks very well with that wing In it. She Yes, but it would look better with two wings. He Ob! that's just a matter of a pin Ion. Philadelphia Pi ess. Juat What He Wanted. Frank What! You going to propose to Miss Heartburn? Why, you're the last man In the world she'll engage bar self to! Harry I hope so, old fellow. Stray Stories. Opportunity takes a mean advantage of most people by going arouud dl-ubjed. RAM'S HORN BLASTS. Warning Notva Calling; the Wicked ttetK'Utanca KKKVEUENCH l 1 Jl -' brand of Ign nor- auce. It's au 111 will that speaks well of tin one. Where goes In, trouble goo over. T h e darkucft sL makes us prize the Km. "v r l& If Cod rbastlseth Ills chosen what will He do with His foes? Hot-headed sermons do not warm tho hearts of the saints. Better not write at all than writ that which is not right. The church that scatters its money will gather Its members. Meu will uudiM-siuud one another when they all know Cod. A religion iu spots will not keep you unspotted from the world. The top wave of excitement always has a battom of depression. The most valuable picture on earth Is that of a living holy family. They who march In faith pray better than they who kneel In fear. Men who are scooped Into the church are not safe Iu thu kingdom. .V man must be consistent with his present and not with his past. A steady shining though small Is bet ter than a great scintillation.' It Is easier for Cod to work ft won der than for us to comprehend It. The passenger is likely to make bct ter time In the car than in the cab. You cannot Increase your bank at count In heaven with blood-money. If you feel you have a call to ireach to the many, first test It on the few. Common sense Is a sort of sixth at tribute which will mistrust all th others. SELF-ACCUSED. The Judua Came in for a Large liar veat of Keca. (ieorgla has a stringent law forbid ding Its citizens to curry concealed weapons on pain of forfeiting the weapons and paying a line of ifliy dol lars or being Imprisoned for thirty days. Soon after thu passage of this stutule Judge Lester was holding court In a small town Iu the northern part of the State, when he suddenly suspended tho trial of u (aso and ordered the sheriff to lock the doors of the court house. The New York Press tells whut followed. "Centleinen," said the Judge, when the doors were closed, "I have Just seen a pistol on u man In this room, nnd I cannot reconcile it to my sense of duty to let such u violation of law pass unnoticed. I ought, perhaps, to go before tho grand Jury and Indict him, but If the man will walk up to this stand aud lay his pistol anil a line of one dollar down here 1 will let him off tills time." The Judge paused, nnd n lawyer sit ting Just before him got up, slipped Ids hand into a hip pocket, drew out u neat Ivory-hauilled six-shooter and laid It with a dollar upon tho stand. "This is ull right." said tho Judge, "but you uru not thu man 1 saw with the pistol." Vpon this another lawyer arose and laid down a revolver and ii dollar bill before the Judge. But the Judge mere ly repeated lis former statement. The iirocess went on until nineteen re volvers, varied In kind, size and shape, lay .upon the desk, and beside them nineteen dollars. The judge laughed as he compliment ed the nineteen (lellli(Uelits upon being honest meu, but added that the man whom he had seen with the pistol had not come up, and glancing at tho fur ther side of the room, he continued: "I will give him one minute to accept my proposition. If be fulls I shall bund li i 111 over to the sheriff." Immediately two men at the rear of the court-room rose and moved toward the bench. Once they stopped to look at each other, and then, coming slowly forward, laid down their pistols and their dollars. As they turned away the Judge suld: "The man with the black whiskers la the one that I meant Iu the first place." Dentint as a Detective. If Paris Is prolific In producing thieves, It also Is most fruitful In ex Iedle!iU for catching them. Dr. Ilous scau, a dentist living In the Hue des SI arty res, has adopted a novel and amusing method. Dr. Kousscau and his wife were walking on the boulevard a few days ago when a young inaa snatched a handbag containing money and Jewelry which madam was carry ing. Thedeutlst was unable to catch tb thief, but hud time to distinguish his features, though he never expected to see him again. By a curious coincidence, however, the thief came to the dentist's a day or two later to have his teeth attended to. Dr. Itousseau, concealing his astonish ment, asked him to take a seat, as it would be necessary to take an Impres sion of the Jaw, aud this he Immediate ly proceeded to do. When the dentist considered that the pluster was suffi ciently solid be calmly explained to that helpless thief that be was at his mercy and had better follow him quietly to the police station. The man wildly gesticulated, but, find ing that his wlde-oK'u mouth was im prisoned by a solid block of plaster of parts, be consented to go to prison. ' Germany's Wheat Crop. The last German wheat crop was It per cent below that of 1900. Jiff