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About Wallowa chieftain. (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 28, 1902)
an J sway from the smoky town, " . ....... .M- U .u To tDe cvuuiij nucic ihc euriu bloom- fair; from the tii ry ways where the sua bests dowo. Far bracing run iu the open air. Spring into the saddle with feverish haste. Keen joy iu the heart and a laugh for care; Away where the branches are Interlaced With the glorious blue of the open air. The soul grows lean in the narrow alreets; Tie spirit hearkens to trrim despair; Awheel and away whore the rarest sweets Scent every breath of th open air. The oul shall expand and ti! heart grow light In the distant lane where the city's bis re i lost like a phantom of vanished night; Awheel and away to the open air. -Chicago Times-Hernld. The Broken Cloud i Hill I I I Ht't-H I I lllll ..t tpvEALLY, Gerald, the way you lrv 8I,euk t0 mc 18 unendurable! If V 1 were your slave you could not be more domineering!" exclaimed Mrs. Fenton, as she put the teapot violently B the table. "Take care the tempest does not ex plode the teapot, madam!" her busbnnd i retorted. "As if I hadn't a name!" she cried. And then followed angry words on both tides. They paid no attention to their Ht- I lie aaugnter, Ada, wno looked nrst at 5 one angry parent and then at the ot ti ler, until she Anally gobbed aloud. Eui-imle-Mrs. Fenton rose to soothe the j child, but tours are catching, and theirs mingled. Mr. Fenton meanwhile left the room, slamming tbe door after him, land went to his otlice as usual. "It's fortunate that the, new house keeper Is coming to-day," thought Em 3ule. "Now I can so and see Cousin Maggie, and get the cobwebs brushed away. It will do Gerald good to pass an evening without me." She Initiated Mrs. Maloy, when Bhe arrived, into the ways of her house hold, told her to prepare her husband's dinner, and left a message for him to the effect that she Intended returning by the late car. "Don't leave either house door open, for tramps come round sometimes," bhe Kautioned the woman, who replied: I "Sure and ain't I afeared enough o' I tramps to lock the doors?" I When Gerald came home toward atoning he rang tbe bell as usual, not Jbelug In the habit of carrying a latch fiiey. for Emmie liked to admit blm her--elf. I "Good-evening, Mrs. Maloy," he said. as ne ueard the latch click. The now housekeeper opened the door a little wuy, plnclng her strong foot firmly behind it. "Who are you?" she asked, giving slving him a suspicious look. "Aud jwhat may you be wanting?" to come in, of course," was the nat- liral answer. "Sure and ye don't!" was her reply. "Is Mrs. Fenton at home?" Gerald Jsked loudly. rue mistress Is out," she answered, "and the business Is none of yours." Uout you know I'm Mr. Fentou?" te began. But she Interrupted him with: "A mighty folne story to get an old woman to believe!" Gerald fairly gasped, while he won dered how much nf lila wlnn Mrs Mn- 5loy had Imbibed. What a mistake he kad made In this woman! Yet he had jdone the best he could. After Emmie's torrespundence with her, he had seen I'ier In his office, for was It not part of iis business as a lawyer to judge peo ple by their faces? No nonsense!" he commanded. "Let "ie In at once!" I Just won't, and so there!" she de- dared, as she slammed the door, in his ace with a great bung. He went round to the kitchen door, nd found that fast bolted. Should he fetch a policeman and force an en trance? The woman might have done ; J-nimle some mischief. Turning to go down street, be met a friend. "1 saw your wife nnd little girl start "5 to Deepdene this morning, Intend- !"g to come back on the 10 o'clock car," e said. Kesting on this Information, Gerald ''Pent the evening at his club, returning at 11. All was as still as the dead. His ,r'fe evidently remained for the night nt her cousin's and the old woman was f oubtless In a drunken stupor. His only i'fflouree was to go to a hotel. Atter a wakeful ulcht. the first por- oa Mr. Fenton met In the street was c"ent of his, who urged his going on mportant business to Chicago, and snton consented to start at once. His 'Ouse preserved tlio ulli-nro of thi nre- f ious evening; so, tearing a leaf from '18 POCketlinnL- l,n oll,l,ln,l rnviti It' Oft to Chloruro- ti m-111 utwlnratnnri f'Miec't me when vou see me. "GERALD FENTON." S'lpninc tlin nnnat' u ndah tlia flnnP lip hought, "This trip will give Emmie ltne to return to her former self." Then e "astened away, having barely time 'uicu the morning express. "lien did Mr. Fenton come back?" hlli wife's ... I., nt lllO pusekeeper on her return. 1 Suie and Mlsther Fenton's not flown himself inside the doorway since Sou went n way!" I ith a falling countenance Mrs. Fen- ." went nt. Uas no bne been here then?" & ou at all to come lu," the worn- THE TRAIN PHOTOGRAPHED ITSELF. By the use of the electric current a passenger train on the Chicago, Bur lington and Qulncy Railroad was re cently made to take Its own photo graph while going at the rate of near ly sixty miles an hour. A sharp, clear picture was obtained, Including even the smoke from the locomotive, while the engineer's features are clearly out lined. The camera was connected with the railroad track by an tlectrlc switch, the Idea of Mr. Ayrault Green, of Chi cago, after having made several at tempts to get a snap shot In the ordi nary way. Mr. Green's story of the way he carried out his plan is Interest ing. It is as follows: "Thinking this was a simple task, I set to work with my regular camera, but to my regret my first pictures were utter failures. After some study as to the speed of trains and shutters, I de termined these facts: Assuming the speed of the train to be sixty miles an hour, it Is plain that eighty-eight feet would be covered In one second; hence, with a shutter working at one-hundredth part of a second, the train would move about 10.6 inches during an assured ber. "One of them sus picloning gents came to tbe door last evening, as though it was the right that he had, but I gave him me mind on the subject, aud he took himself off. Never a spoon or a fork would ha' been left the day had he got in!" As she moved away from the door Mrs. Fenton caught sight of the folded piece of paper, which she hastily read. "What was the tramp like, Mrs. Ma loy?" she asked. " 'Dade and he was like any other member of the swell mob, as we call such in old Olreland. He had a false mustache to bis face, and a hat that came down over the eyes of him." "How was he dressed?" "Faith aud I couldn't tell you. I nev er take count of the clothes of tramps, for I know thoy nlver came Into them the right way," said the deep reason ing woman. Still uusatislied. Mrs. Fenton went to the house of ber nearest neighbor, and asked if she had seen ber husband pass by on the previous evening. "No," was the reply, "but I saw him this morning, walking hurriedly away from the house." On her return Emmie again ques tioned the housekeeper. "Do you think you could recognize Mr. Fenton from having seen him In his office?" "Sure and I could thnt." "Then you don't thiuk he was the gen tleman you took for a tramp?" "Do you suppose I don't know a tramp when I gets the sight of him me who was married to one ten years, till I couldn't stand his ways no long er?" Mrs. Fenton's state of mind was any thing but satisfactory. What should she do. She reckoned up the days, and concluded that her husband would be bnek from Chicago in a week's time. Should she write to him aud explain matters? No, It was for him to ex plain ho had been in the wrong. the days went slowly by, but the postman brought no letter from Ger ald. The time she set expired, and he had not returned. So she went to his office aud she learned that the English men who were negotiating for the pur chase of some mines Insisted on Mr. Fenton's going to England. Should she write to him now, and explain that an accident- prevented her return on that unlucky evening? No-the humil iation of getting the address from the office was too great. She again reck oned up the days, allowing three weeks for his return. The third came and went with no arrival and no tidings. She became a prey to the keenest anx iety, as well she might, for Gerald Fen ton 'was an inmate of a London hospi tal, having met with an accident. The weary weeks dragged on. There were times when Emmie left she must lose her reason. If her husband were only restored to her she never again would complain of his domineering ways. And on his side Gerald was thinking: "How could I have been so overbear ing? Emmie is my equal In all save my professional work and my superior In some ways. No wonder she resented my masterful airs! Well, hhe shall have no reason to complain In future." "Can I soon leave, doctor?" he in quired one morning, when the house surgeon came on his rounds. "You'll be ready to go In a day or two" was what be gladly beard, for he was all eagerness to commence his home life under a new aspect. He had written a few lines to his wife telling her what had befallen him ' adding, "I am longing to be at borne again that we may start a new the lnterva. of exposure, making a blur on the plate. "I finally succeeded In devising a shutter which worked at a speed of one-thousandth part of a second. This speed allowed the train to move only a fraction over one Inch, which would give quite a sharp picture, and on de creasing tbe angle at which the cam era was set the movement on the plate was constantly reduced. "After trusting to luck several times, and meeting with little success, I de cided to employ electricity In the scheme and finally completed a ma chine which was simple, yet very ef ficient The device comprises an elec tric switch communicated through a metallic circuit to a set of dry cells, and thence to a shutter release. One with a little knowledge of electricity can readily see that when the englna strikes the switch It closes the circuit an3 instantly the electricity communi cated with the high speed shutter and the picture Is correctly registered on the center of the plate. "Thus the Burlington train took Its own picture while running at full speed, and It may seem odd, yet It is true that a railroad locomotive has at last Joined the great army of amateur photographers." and a happier chapter together; one like the first of our series!" And what that letter meant to Em mie only a woman similarly placed can know. "Emmie, I'm still a bit of an Invalid V Gerald said on arriving at home. "You must be kind to me!" Emmie could not speak; but she kissed him, and the silence that fol lowed was eloquent. "How on earth did you get rid of that drunken old witch?" he Inquired pres ently. "Did you call In the police?" "You don't mean Mrs. Maloy, do you? Why, she's here still, aud is not a drink ing woman." "Well, 1 declare! I niUBt have it out with her before I'm an hour older, or she'll be for turning me away again," laughed Gerald. "Then you were the tramp, after nil! I thought so from the first!" cried Em mie. "1'oor Mrs. Maloy!'1 According to the proverb concerning "black augeis," the housekeeper ap peared at this moment with a cup of tea for the traveller. ''Do you know me this time, Mrs. Maloy," Gerald asked, "or do you still take me for a tramp?" "The saints preserve me!" was ber excited response, while the tea cup narrowly escaped a spill. "Every fiber o' me Is shaking with the sight! 'Twas the fairies that threw dust in me eyes! Twss the living with Maloy that put tramps on me brain. Rather than make the mistake to himself, I'd unbar the door to a whole rigiment of 'em, and die on the gallows!" "It's all rtg.u now, Mrs. Maloy; don't worry any more," said Gerald, and she retreated In tears to her kitchen. "All's well that euds well," added Gerald. "If Mrs. Maloy had not mistaken me for a tramp we both should have missed a lesson vie needed." And be drew his wife's face down to his and kissed It fondly. Awakened out of her sleep by her fa ther's voice, Ada jumped from her crib, rushed Into the sitting room and bound c . Into Gerald's arms. "I knew you'd come back, 'cause we all love you!" she cried. "Don't we, mummy?" "Better than life Itself!" fervently re plied Emmie. And Gerald felt that his matrimonial Infelicities were over. Waverley Magaxine. liapaus Linguae. Printer's errors are often amusing such as that by which "O temporal O mores!" was rendered "O Tennyson! O Mosis!" but just as amusing, though less frequently observed, are oral er rors. Here are two good examples. In a country church the old vicar read out. In the lesson for the day, that John the Baptist, In the Wilderness; fed on "locusts and wild beasts." The aston ishing fact is that apparently no one In the congregation noticed the slip. More generally enjoyed was the exquisitely funny allusion In a local wedding-sermon, when the quotation "Sweeter than honey or the honeycomb" was rendered, to the confusion of several, "Sweeter than honey or the honeymoon!" Long Postponed. Helen of Troy was admiring a new girdle given by her lover. "You don't think that horrid thing be coming?" asked one of ber maids; "It's not at all the style." "Oh, you're very much mistaken," re piled the beautiful princess, "this Is the latest thing from Paris!" So obtuse, however, was the Trojan mind that it failed to see the point, and the straight-front corset did not coaie Into vogue for 3,000 years. New York Sua. NOW A KING IN FACT. BUT THERE IS NO GOOD REASON TO ENVY ALFONSO. Threatening Political Situation Con fronts Spain's Young; Kuler His Mother's Strnitale in HiaHehalf-He la Neither Petted Nor Spoiled. The scepter to which be was born, but which has been withheld from lilm. has passed Into the hands of Alfonso XIII. of Spain. The lad whom the world has pitied, and Into whose future It may well look with deep concern, who was fatherless from birth, and whose courageous mother's regency has been full of troubles within and without, w ho has himself seen bis country lose 100.000 smiflt-e miles nf ter. ritory and 12.000.000 of population this Doy is now a rull-fledged monarch. He has been described as a physical weak ling, with corresponding mental Insuffi ciency. Those familiar with his train ing and acquainted with his nerannnl. Ity say this Is not true that he Is strong. or mi own and tils country s KING ALFONSO AND lake, It Is to be hoped that this Is true. No weakling can master the political situation which confronts Alfouso. The country Is barely recovering from the recent war with the United States. Discontent and trouble are rampant In every direction. Political strife of vari ous sorts threatens the public peace. In certain provinces socialism rears Its head, menacing tbe kingdom with dis integration. In practically all of them, labor and social difficulties have reach ed a degree of Intensity bordering revolution. Socialists, anarchists, re publicans and Carllsts are ready to seize the first opportunity to overthrow the reigning dynasty. Darker and more threatening than It has been in over a century is the political atmosphere lu Spain to-day. To fit the youth for his royal duties has been the work of the Queen Regent during the past sixteen years. It has been a gloomy epoch. During the time that Maria Christina has reigned on be half of ber son Spain has lost the last shreds of her once world-wide empire. Spanish military prestige has been de stroyed aud the burden of defeat weighs heavily upon the proud spirit of the nation. Yet In the midst of all these adverse circumstances the Queen has never for a moment lost sight of the great duty of educating her son for the grave responsibilities of kingship. Through sorrow aud uncertainty and In tbe midst of cruel vicissitudes, she has never flinched. She has rightfully earned the respect and admiration of (he whole world. During tde years f early childhood all sorts of rumors of the Infant King's weakness were cur rent. He was hardly expected to live, yet constant watchfulness pulled him through the dangerous years and un avoidable Illnesses to which children are subject. Little by little the people began to see that. In the struggle, the mother was bound to be triumphant. The boy grew dally stronger, and ihe fears, and to many tbe hopes, of hi early death began to disappear. Though born to the purple. King Al fonso XIII. was brought up as the THE PAPER FISH. Cut a small Gsh of stiff writing paper, as shown in figure. Cut round hole in the center and from there a narrow channel to the tail. Place the fish flat on the water, leaving the upper side dry. Our task is to make the fish swim without touching It or blowing at it. This is done by carefully pouring a drop of oil in the hole cut out of it center. The oil will try to spread oo the surface of the water, which it can do only by going through the channel. The pressure of the expansion will move the fish In the opposite direction, that Is, forward a motion lasting a considerable time child of middle class parents, mindful of his physical development, and sur rounded by all the healthful influence of home life. He was kept In tne oien air and made to exercise hlr body as much as bis years aud bis strength would permit His teachers, as such, had over him the authority that tea- ti ers have over the sou of any gentle man, and his kingly prerogative did not allow him to neglect his work or his studies. Horn to command, he vat! taught to obey, and this system has been followed. The King, besides Spanish, speak French, English and German fluently. He has had teachers of military scl ence. and in all departments of human knowledge Is as proficient as a boy of his years, subject to a most careful training and gifted with a clear Intelli gence, may be expected to be. II l mother ha neither petted nor spoiled him. There Is n- coronation In Spain. such a custom being foreign to the Institu tions of the country. The swearing In ceremony took place In the Chamber of Deputies, where the young King stood on a throne and altar and took the oath. This simple ceremony wa HIS MOTHER. followed by a reception at tbe palace, and In the evening there was a grand ball. 8U Lucia' Sulphur Mountain. Tbe Island of St. Lucia, not far from Martinique, has a volcano, until lately supposed to be extinct, that Is known as the Sulphur Mountain. It has an ele vation of 1.000 feet above sea level, while the crater covers about four acres of surface. The side of this volcano are barren of trees and herbs, and cov ered by thick deposits of sulphur. Formerly It belonged to France, and Louis XIV. built, at great expense, an Immense sanitarium around the boiling springs on its northern slope, the ruins of which are still standing. It was at the time believed that the waters had certain curative and medicinal quail ties, but afterward this was found to be untrue, and the sanitarium remained untenanted, nnd a monument to mis placed and mistaken judgment. What she Would May. They were seated on the sofa In the parlor. His false, curling mustache was very near to the painted roses on her cheeks. He was doubtful, after all, whether, notwithstanding tbe In numerable vow of undying devotion that bad passed between them, he real ly loved her with the 22 carat. 10 tun power that be ought to, If be wa to re gard ber as tils future wife, and he wondered how he could break the new gently. So In a very low voice be said: "What would you say, darling. If I should tell you that you can never be mine?" "I should say, pet," she answered, "that I've got a nice bundle of your letters that would help 'to make it ex pensive for you." Loudon Answer. Minnesota Miners. About 40 per cent of the men employ- I ed in the Minnesota mines are Fin landers, another 40 per cent Hunga rians, about 8 per cent Italians, aud tbe rest are divided among Americans, Germans, French, Scotch, Welsh and Cornish. She Is your knee tired. dearT n Oh. no. I caut feel It at all now. Life. "Dat's a queer boss-shoo over your door. Mr. Johnslng." "1 loss shoe la out of style; dat's a automobeel tire." Chicago News. Mrs. LHigan-Shure, 'tis a gra a te day fer us; me man Dlnnl I wur-r-klu' gin. Mrs. Hogau WhoT-Colorado Sprlugs Gazette. But ihe got there: "So he has at last led her to the altar?" "I don't know whether he led her or she pushed him." Indlanapoll Press. "I tell you what, there's a dark out look for that young man." "Whyl" "He has a night job In a signal tower." -Chicago Times Herald. Zenas The wallpaper In my room ha a design with streaks of lightning. How do you like It? Ephralm-It look uke thunder. Harvard I-ampooa. A Red-letter Day: The Stranger How long have you been civilised? Th Native Ever since my home wa burn ed to the ground, and my wife and children ahot, Life. Time for Consideration: Mis Lulu Flnnlgan I will give ye me answer In a month, Pat. Pat-That' right m darllnt; tek pllnty av tluie to think It over. But tell me wan thing now will it be ye or no? Judge. "My on, before you tudy history, you must understand tbe philosophy of It" "How 1 that attained?' "By practice. You must learn to discrimi nate between lies of doubtful origin, and those .which everybody has agreed to accept." Life. First Theatrical Manager-I thought you were going to put ou "The Winter' Tale," aud now you aro billing "Mid summer Night's Dream." Second Man agerYes; 1 didn't like the name of the ether piece. It sounded too much Ilka a frost Philadelphia Record. The professor' grauddaugbter wa looking at a half-tone portrait of Prlnc Albert of Flauder and the Ducbes Marie Gabrlelle of Bavaria. "Who are tuese people, grandfather?" she asked. "Those are the Belgian heirs," replied the professor. Chicago Tribune. A Sweeter Parting: "Bo you wUh to take my daughter away from me," re marked her doting father. "Well-an -that wasu't Just exactly my thought," stammered tbe nervous young suitor; "my folk could perhaps spare me with fewer pauga." Philadelphia Record. House-owner You didn't pay th rent last month. Tenant No? Well, 1 suppose you'll hold me to your agree ment Owner Agreement what agree ment? Teuant-Wby, when I rented, you said I must pay In advance or uot at all. Columbus (Ohio) State Jouraal. "D'ye notice onliy change since ye was here before, sor?" asked the native guide at the lakes of Klllarney. "How do 'you know I was ever here before?" asked the American tourist. "Faith, lor, no man ever comes here thot hasn't been here before." Philadelphia Rec ird. Teacher-Jimmy, If you found eigh teen pennies and another boy should lake two-third of them away, what would each of you have? J I in my I'd have six pennies an' he'd have a good thumpln' 'less he handed back the rest of 'em mighty quick. Glasgow Even lug News. A Literary Career: Friend "What 1 four son doing now?" Lady "He's writing for the papers." Friend "Oh, be Is doing literary work. Is he?" Lady -"I suppose so; he solicits subscriber, tnd when they pay him the money be Write for the paper they want" Detroit Free Press. He Knew: Sabbath School Teacher striving to luculcate a love of truth) Now. Willy, suppose you were to sroinlse your mother that you would :ome right straight home from Sunday cbool, and then did not do so, what would you be doing?" Willy Water "Goln a-swlminln', ma'am." Puck. "Well," exclaimed the persistent poet, upon opening his mall, "I call that en :ouraglng." "Have they accepted wmethlng?" asked bis wife. "No; but Instead of the printed rejection slip, the editor returns my quatrain with a criticism In hi own band." "What doe he say?" "He say: 'Herewith we return your quatrain; It I too long.' "-Ex. A short time ago, at a school In th North of England, during a lesson on Ihe animal kingdom, the teacher put the following question: "Can any boy name me an animal of tbe order eden tata; that Is, a toothless animal?" A boy, whose face beamed with pleasure at the prospect of a good mark, replied: "I can." "Well, what Is the animal?" "My grandmother," replied the boy, la great glee. Ex. Mr. G. Oruiandizer (struggling to carve tbe first turkey his wife has ever cooked) "Say, Mary, the bones In thl bird are thicker than a shad's just hear the knife grit." Mr. G. Orman dl.er (almost crying with anxiety) "You must be against tbe shells, John." Mr. G. Oruiandizer "Shells?" Mr. O. Ormandizer "Yes, John; don't you re member that you asked me to stuff the turkey with oysters?" Brooklyn Life. They were assured of a successful season of grand opera, at least from a financial standpoint. Accordingly, the manageY deferred to the two society women who had made this thing possi ble. "I prefer Italian opera," said one, -"the music Is so soft and low." "Ah, but Wagner Is my choice." "Yea, but the Italian Interferes but little with tbe conversation In the boxes." "True, but Wagner will give us an excuse for talk ag all tbe louder." Philadelphia Presa.