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About Wallowa chieftain. (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 3, 1902)
rflS IS HOW YOU SEE Dr' gyivestre, wbo nam baa flash- U ironud tbe world aa tbe Inventor rf , wonderful device by which you fOBd only bear by telephone, but see -phone as well, baa allowed several trtior to Je made of tbe visual tbonK- machine, although be will (X as ye! -how Ita working fully, be nae far 0' to see It la ao almple i uiii- could go away and make hiDi-c:- So until tbe machine la E,tCffOl ''. ' : c riruvu KUiefUUirai ror lOHu.tXH). 111 price he wanta, the doc- t will noi exhibit tbe device. The Illustrations show the different rirtt of tl,e Invention, and something ,.' in working. It consists of a email "Wtilar mirror, with a bole in the -owr. to which la screwed a tiny elec c light of a little more than one .indie power. Tbe mirror la fixed to : niUTophonic plate of the telephone PRUDENCE. P rue for Prudence la her name, Bow It does belie her! For in foolish madcap pranks No girl can outvie her. Always In iomt mischief new, 8ek some new folly, Often to be monrned next day In deepest melancholy. Alwirs thoughtless when she acta, Xeier once malicious, Foreier getting Into scrapes To nie she is delicious! Prudence! What a name for her! How it does belle her! let in witching charm for me N'o srirl can ontrie her! -Somerrille Journal. THE STRAWS OF DEATH. fHE regiment waa settling down for the nlgbt with some grum bling and much profane Jesting, ' Western volunteers possess a sense humor superior to the most trying seditions. Somewhere In tbe dark- in front, tbe Filipinos were taking W bota between their cigarettes, aa occasional leu! attested. There go tbe typewriters," cried a Wong private. "Firing at fireflies, as al No sleep to-night" Typewriters" was a contemptuous PNlatlon given to the Fourteenth "'Pilars, because the popping of their "Uazine guns in the distance slightly Ambled the noise of tbe machine of I'm your mouth on the aaf etv notch." i.vl ti, enptain from the right of CMui.ar.y. "They're sending out the ""lost.-, i rCt their bearings, so that V can siic.ot around them If tbe ball Two ini-n '.cere receiving final instruc- fro: . he colonel previous to ven- ''"Bf inu he hostile country In front. ak 01. t about two hundred yards, 'tiered tLe officer, "aud lie low. If you ny signs of an attack, try to get and warn us. If you can't get you must warn us somehow, and Jour chances. No need to tell you to 1 careful. You hold the lives of -nT men In i r. n rl a CitM-tA lliek. nta sort of work Is called Cossack '-tpost duty, and men detailed upon it not be men of family or nerves. A few nights previously two nervous ere detailed upon it One of fired at a white pariah dog. Tbe caused the Filipinos to concentrate lea of volleya lasting thirty min In the direction of the outposts. V Americans awakened from a sound P and let go several unauthorized ""era. Consequently tbe two nervous n, beinr Lat. . rA. 7 with two kinds of ammunition. The two men detailed for this even s' Work VPKI r.t JHfTarant moffls 'ortturi to with a reckless laugh. With the Nonchalance of veterans they gave rlflft a n 1 ... - . . . . . . ! A MAN AT THE 'PHONE. i Jt. T ' T Uttle brass Pcn n. necta tbe current and the apparatus. ,' . ' ,my;teriou ,O0l"nK hood two elds mix drop b, drop, and out of a pout come. . phosphorescent vapor, filling on the mirror. If. when tele! Placed in front of the mirror, tbe room from where the person la telephoning may plainly be seen, and also tbe per- Pr. 8ylvester waa sitting In bla labo ratory In tbe dark one night aome weeks ago, awaiting the slow working of some chemical process. He has in bis laboratory a theater 'phone. He was listening to the opera, when sud denly on the white wall of his labora tory be saw tbe stage scene from the theater, colors and all. Investigation revealed to bim tbe secret He has made half a doien tests that have cou- PARENT TAPER Oi wniCH THE -piCT APPEALS MM WITTER T I DR. BYLVESTRE'S METHOD OF PICTORIAL TRANSMISSION. top of the trench, disappeared Into the night "There go two good men," observed the colonel. The two men tiptoed across the dry rice paddles, each holding his rifle at the readv. There was no sound ex cept the occasional hiss of a random bullet or tbe faint and distant pop of a rifle. "Guess this is far enough," said one of the men, at length; "here is a little hollow. Why, It is almost as safe as the trench. The other acquiesced with a faint murmur, and they sprawled up on the ground facing the enemy's ter ritory. "It's a queer freak of fate that we two should be detailed on this togeth er," observed the shorter of the two, "after avoiding each other so success fully." "It's very queer, Osbourne," returned the other, "but we'll have to stand it." "It is not that I would want a better man for a tight place, Wade," said Os bourne; "but there Is that one thing." "Yes, I know," wearily; "that's the trouble. If you were not as good or a better man than I, there would be no danger of Helen Bartlett caring for you." "We were friends In the old days, Bil ly," said Osbourne, huskily; "if one of ns only loved her a little less." "No go, Tom," replied the other. "It Is either her or hell for me. Our friend ship was a holy thing, but she Is above that Would you" "No, you are right It's no thorough fare. My God! I wish it were ended, one way or the other." What can we do?" queried Wade, with studied composure. "We can't gouge each other with bayonets out here, and Springfields at two yards Is a bit too unique." Osbourne laughed harshly. "We might draw straws, the loser speedily to meet an accidental death." No, thanks," replied Wade. "I ani willing to take my bullet if It comes, but not that way. One of us might get it decently at any time. "You're right Wade," said Osbourne, "You're a good fellow." "Same to you," returned Wade. "Let's quit chattering and attend to our work." t 4 , For some time they lay silent, staring Into the darkness for things they could not see. even bad they been there. Only the Intermittent popping of musketry and the occasional seu! of a Mauser bul let broke the silence. Now and then they could see through the blackness a falut, momentary red flnre. -Confound them," observed Os bourne "the Filipinos can smoke, any how. I'm dying for a cigarette." If you light a match here," said Wade, "we'll be targets for about four thousand rifles." That's true enough," agreed Os bourne, with a soft chuckle; e rather expensive out here." Anotb er period of silence followed. Wade." inquired Osbourne, audden ir "ore you willing to try a wild scheme for settling this matter forever? '""Anything fair and reasonable "? re- .ltw1 the other. "What's your plan 7 pl.'Sraw sSW" Bald Osbourne, brief- fl 3. fl. vinced him that the Tisual telephone Is practicable, although at first sight be admits It seemed to him as It may have Impressed others when they first heard of It-incredlbly phenomenal. Suggestive. "Many happy returns of tbe day. grandpal And mother says If you give us each sixpence we mustn't lose it!" Contradictory. It Is said that men In savage state never have toothache. It Is also said that there was never a man with tooth ache who was not in a aavage state. Investigation will reveal that every successful man gets down to work early. ly, "the man who gets the short one to stand up and light a match, and go to bis fathers." Wade caught his breath and remained mute for some time, considering. "Not so bad," be observed, after a time; "but we are on duty now." "Oh, the devil!" said Osbourne, light ly; "the Filipinos wouldn't attack for all the loot of Manila. An outpost here Is merely a matter of form. Besides, one of us will be left" "That's so," returned Wade, "and 1 see no objection." "You fix the straws, then," said Os bourne, quickly. "I'll draw." He be gan to whistle softly In a nervous fash Ion, as men do when they are close to death. Wade fumbled silently with some fragments of rice straw. His movements were slow and mechanical. Some men are constituted that way. "Here, Tom," he said, stretching out his right fist. "May tbe better man get It" Osbourne extended a band that trem bled slightly and fingered the disclosed ends of straw for a brief time. Sud denly be clutched one and pulled It out At the same Instant there was a strange, soft thud, and Wade fell upon his faca His limbs moved convulsive ly for a moment; then he lay motion less. "For God's sake, Billy, what's up?" cried Osbourne, In an agonized whis per. He laid his hand on the man's face, but Jerked It away horrified, for It touched something warm and wet "She's mine!" he muttered, with fierce triumph; then, "Poor Billy." A thought came that caused him to gasp and shiver. He hesitated, reached for tbe dead man's hand and loosened It? clnsp from the other straw. It wan several inches longer than the one he had drawn. "What shall I do?" he moaned. "Oh, Hilly!" be cried, shaking tbe dead man's shoulder as if to rouse him. "What shall I do?" Only the far-off popping of the rifles broke the oppressive still ness. "What would you have done?" , he asked, In the same strain. "By God!' suddenly, "you were a good man. You would have kept the compact. I lost fairly. Bear witness, Billy, I am as good a man as you." He laid his hand for an Instant on the dead man's forehead. Then he rose slowly and fumbled In his pocket At length he found a match. For a mo j ment he stood Irresolute, Inhaling I strong breaths of air. Already he had ! begun to feel theTiorror of being shut out from It forever. It was hard to give the signal for his own death. His teeth came together with a click, and, scratching the match on bis shoe, be held the iflame before his breast Tbe Argouaut Georgia Builds Ltaaterns. The big lantern to be used In tbe government lighthouse at Scotch Cape, Alaska, has Just been finished by an Atlanta, Ga., manufacturing plant Good Use for the Money. The Baron de Hlrsch school fund In Galacla maintains fifty schools.' Tbe number of teachers amounts to 247, and there are 6,634 pupils. RECENT JUDICIAL DECISIONS. Tbe owner of land on which surras ! water has collected In a pond Is held, ' : In Brandeuberg vs. Zelgler (S. C, 63 L. B, A. 414, to have no right, by cut- j ting tbe natural rim of the basin, to drflln th wstitr iinnn nolr-hh.i nvn. ' I ' - vtr ri i j iv uib injury. An action for libel against a corpora tion, which abates by the expiration of the corporate charter, Is held. In Shayn vs. Evening Post Pub. Co. (N. Y.l. 55 L. R, A. 777, to be properly revived against the trustees of the dissolved cor poration In oSice at the time of disso lution. No liability In favor of a bona fide purchaser of a negotiable paper Is held, in Salley vs. Terrill (Me.), M I U, A. 730, to attach to tbe maker, where It was drawn and signed but not deliv ered or Intended to be delivered, but was obtained by the payee by theft without gross carelessness or reckless ness on the part of the maker. A simple contract creditor, who has do lien on the property, Is held. In Flour noy vs. Champion (N. M.l, 55 L. R. A. 745, to have no right to Intervene In a suit In equity for tbe appointment of a receiver of partnership property and secure a Judgment against the partner ship and one of Its members, but Is rel egated to an action at law, the defend ants being entitled to a trial by Jury. That an assault committed by a dog In Jumping upon a stranger and Injur ing him resulted merely from its mis chievous or playful propensity Is held, In Crowley vs. Groonell (Vt), 55 L. It A. 876, not to absolve the owner from liability, If he knew of Its disposition to commit such Injuries, or knew enough of Its habits to convince a man of ordi nary prudence of Its Inclination to com mit them. A peace officer attempting to make an arrest for unlawfully enrrylug arms Is held, in Montgomery vs. State (Tex. Chim. App.), 55 L. R, A. 8(kl. to be bound to make known to accused uudcr what authority the arrest Is made, al though by statute be has power to make the arrest without warrant, where he Is by statute required In ex ecuting warrants to make known bis authority. Land within the boundaries of a street as shown on a plat filed In the clerk's office under tbe provisions of the law Incorporating a town, which declares that the plat shall be conclusive evi dence of tbe street boundaries In all future suits and contests that may arise concerning them, is held, In Mo Clellan vs. Weston (W. Va.), 55 L. R. A. 898, not to be subject to adverse posses sion as against tbe town. A Judgment for alimony In favor of a wife, the right to which becomes vest ed by force of statute upon a decree of divorce for tbe fault of the husband, Is held. In Coffman vs. Finney (Ohio), 55 L. R. A. 794, to be a debt against tbe husband, subject only to variation In amount In case of appeal, which, upon tbe death of both parties pending ap peal, will survive in favor of the per sonal representative of tbe wife, and against tbe personal representative of tbe husband. Under a statute providing that all wills shall be in writing and be signed by the testator, which signature shall be made by tbe testator, or tbe muklng thereof acknowledged by him aud the writing declared to be his last will, In the presence of two witnesses present at tbe same time, who shall subscribe their names thereto as witnesses In tbe presence of tbe testator. It Is held, in Lacey vs. Dobbs (N. J.), 55 L. R. A. 580, that it Is essential to validity that everything required to be done by the testator shall precede In point of time the subscription of the witnesses. The Insertion In a statute tbe ob vious Intent of which Is to tax every interest, present or future, passing by will to persons not exempt, of provi sions that the tax shall be due and pay able within two years after tbe execu tor's qualification and that suit shall be brought In six mouths after It Is due, is held in Howe vs. Howe (Mass.), 55 L. R. A. G'!6, not to prevent tbe taxa tion of future contingent Interests which do not vest within such time, where the statute also provides that the Probate Court may extend tbe time when tbe tax Is payable, whenever the circumstances of tbe case may require. Alien and the Stranger. "Private" John Allen was strolling down Pennsylvania avenue tbe other day, when he passed a lamp post to which was attached p person who bad Imbibed not wisely but too well. The man was Itowed over and holding on with both bands. If he had stepped a little nearer be could have leaned bis body against It, but apparently be did not dare make tbe step for fear of los ing his balance. As Mr. Allen ap proached, tbe stranger mistily made him out and hailed bim. Mr. Allen stopped. "M' fren'," said the afflicted one, with difficulty, "c'n you Jell hie poor In valid wbere B. & O. depot is?" "It to right over in that direction," said Mr. Allen, pointing, "about ten minutes' walk." "Temmlnts walk?" repeated tbe suf ferer. "Yes." "D'you mean," inquired tbe man, "for hie for you or for me?" Wash ington Times. Hot weather Is a breeder of suicides. More people takes their lives when tbe mercury Is high In the thermometer than they do when tbe heat of tbe sun Is tempered by frigid conditions. Heat Is a disturber of the human vitality, and causes despondency and a form of melancholy which temporarily deprives them of reason. It takes only one vote to pass rgood resolution. !,, M I I OLD FAVORITES i r I I 1 I II I I I h MM Rattle Hymn of the Republic. Mine ryes have seen the glory of the coming of the Iorl, lie ia tramping out the viiitage where the grapes of wrath are stored ; He hath limited the fateful lightnings of his ti-rrililr, swift sword; His truth is marching on. I have seen him in the watch-fires of a hundred circling ramps; iney nnve Mi ikied him an altar In the evening dews and damps; I can rend his righteous sentence by the dim and flaring lamps. His day is marching on. I have read a fiery gospel, writ In bur nished rows of steel; As you deal with my contemners, so with you my grace shall deal; Let tbe hero, born of woman, crush the serpent with his heel, Since God la niarchiug on. tie has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat; lit Is sifting out the hearts of men be fore his judgment seat; O, be swift, my soul, to answer him! be jubilant, my feet! Our God U marching on. In the beauty of the lilies, Christ was born across the sea, With a glory in His bosom, that trans figures you and nie; As he died to make uieu holy, let us die to make men free, While God is marching on. Julia Ward Howe. Illitlilnnd Mar;, Y'e banks, and braes, aud streams around The castle o' Montgomery, Green be your woods, aud fair your flow ers, Y'our waters never drumlie! There simmer first mifaiild her robes, And there the langest tarry! For there I took the last fareweel O my sweet Highland Mary. How sweetly bloomed the gay green birk, How rich the hawthorn's blossom, As underneath their fragrant shad I clasped ber to my bosom! The golden hours on angel wings Flew o'er me and my dearie; For dear to me as light and lift Was my sweet Highland Mary. Wl' monie a vow and locked embrace Our parting was fu' tender; And, pledging aft to meet again, We tore ourselves asunder; But O! fell death's untimely frost That nipped my flower sae earlyl Now green's the sod, and cauld's the clay, That wraps my Highland Mary. O pale, pale now those rosy Hps I aft bae kissed sas fondly 1 And closed for aye the sparkling glance That dwelt on me sae kindly! And mould'ring now In silent dust That heart that lo'ed me dearly! But still within my bosom's core Shall live my Highland Mary. Robert Burns. J TRAINING COLLEGE CREWS. "A fellow doesn't care to do much but He around and rest when be rows sixteen miles every day," said the oarsman. "You see, the 'varsity rowa eight miles In the morning and eight miles in the afternoon. It's pretty hard work. When the morning work Is over we are glad to loaf a while, and after the row at night we are ready to sleep." Nevertheless, every precaution was taken that there be no violation of dis cipline. After "taps" the captain reg ulurly made the rounds of tbe bed rooms to see that all bis men were there. It was well understood that If a man broke training be would be tak en from the crew, reduced from a po sition wbicb he bad worked bard to attain, lie forever disgraced, and an other man put In his place. But the college pride of the men, their loyalty to their friends, their determination to win, were stronger forces than all the threats In the world In urging them to do their best. "I give them all they want to eat," said Ellis Ward, the famous old cooch of Pennsylvania. "They get plain, sub stantial food meat three times a dny If they want It chops, stenk, roast beef, and plenty of good vegetables, but no pastry, pies, or the like, and not too much sweet stuff. We aren't trou bled with sickness. Last year one of our boys had a sprained ankle. He was In too much of a hurry, and jumped out of tbe wagon before It stopped when we reached training quarters. But he rowed In the race just the same, aud did his work. The best way to keep them from breaking training Is to give them plenty to do." Leslie's weekly. BRITISH INDUSTRIES DECLINE. Trad Victories of Americana Da to Slowness of the Kngliab, It Is shown by Col. M. R. Jefferds In the London Financial News that from 1870 to 1890 tbe New York Central Railroad reduced Its worklug expenses per ton mile by more than 52 per cent, while wages were Increasing, and since 1890 by 40 per cent while tbe English companies have made practically no re duction in the thirty yea 9s. Tbe cost for Instance, of moving a ton of freight one mile on the London and Northwestern Road is 1.38 cents as against .235 of a cent on the New York Central, and only .485 of a cent on the Great Northern Road, which runs through the tblnly settled North west The New York Central freight charge per ton mile In 1870 was 1.88 cents, and in 1900 only .78 of a cent. In other words, the rate to tbe public on the New York Central Is only about half the cost to tbe English company moving a ton one mile. The rat charged on the Umlon and Northwest ern lu 1900 was i!.31 ceuts per ton per uille. Inasmuch as the wages are much higher on the American roads, the com parative charges and expenses are a slgultlcant commentary on the differ ence In effectiveness of management. This condition la duplicated to greater or less extent In a very large number of English manufacturing Industries. There are many morals to a tale of this kind, says Clinton's Magaalne, but the present purpose is to suggest only one. It HI becomes English manufac turers and theoretical economists to charge upon trade unions a decline which Is so obviously tbe result of an tiquated Industrial management The trade union movement is almost :it thoroughly established In the l'nlte-1 States as In England, yet we are out stripping them at nearly every olnt The trouble Is In the failure of English mnuufneturers and Industrial mana gers to keep up with the march of economic progress. No sympathy need be wasted on their complaints of trade union hampering until British capital ists can do something better to justify their own economic function lu the. community. ART OF KEEPING COOL. Common 8enae Gives Immunity from Heat Kzliauntion. With the Bumuicr comes the annual ly recurring warning from health boards, cold blooded scientific, societies and Independent order of tiever-sweuts against tbe folly of courting beat pros tration. Reduced to Its elements, tho advice of theso wise men ns to tbe con duct of life during tho heated term Is simple aud Intelligible. Keep cool; don't get excited; don't cut anything that Is beating; don't drink anything thut Is cooling; wcur chiefly a. broad Binllo and a wet sponge on the bead; don't move nor breathe except when absolutely necessary such are a few of the minor muxiius of but ulr philosophy dished up from year to year for the consumption of sweltering iiiuhhcb In tho greut cities. Of all cunts that are canted during the silly season, surely the cunt of keeping cool Is the most ag gravating. There Is really uo mystery In tho mat ter, little occasion for promulgation of wise saws and modern Instances, uo consuming public desire for dependence UM)u anything but native horse sense for Immunity from beat exhaustion and . sunstroke. A reasonable degree of pre caution, such as would occur naturally to every citizen oppressed by undue ex cess of temperature, may be depended upon to tide over the brief emergency without Intermission of accustomed physical nourishment and solace. The llfe-glvlug sun Is humanity's greatest boon and most faithful sustalner, event when pouring a superabundance of beat rays from the zenith. Dealing with estlval temperature Is, after all, largely an affair of temper ament and locality, to be adjusted from day to day In accordance with ever changing and rarely repeated condi tions. A simple and sane philosophy of common sense Is tbe surest refuge when the mercury mounts Into the nineties, no less than In graver exigen cies on tills mundane sphere. Philadel phia Record. Hhe Knew Iletter. "Here Is a man," said the defend ant's counsel, with a tremulous voice, "here Is a man handicapped at the very beginning of bis life. From the time be lay a helpless Infant In tbe cradle to this day, when be sits helpless under the pressure of years and attllctlon, he has labored under tbe name of lshmael Ahlnadnb Watts." He whs about to say more when tbe plaintiff rose from ber seat and shook a work-worn finger lu his direction. "I expected I was going to bear strange things In this courtroom," she cried, with shrill Indignntlon, "but I didn't ral'lato on secli foolish talk as thut! There never' been a day In bla life that Ahlnudab's lubored, nor thought of ln!'. rln He's the most shlf'less, luzy " But here she resumed ber seat, owing to sudden pressure from ber relatives In the rear, and the counsel, a lit t lo flushed, went on In a somewhat differ ent strain. Youth's Companion. Itulneil liy Aeronautics. Count Von Zeppelin, who has the distinction of having built the largest of all airships, bus been financially rnliifil by his aeronautical experiment. L'lMhlo tu obtain means fur carrying out his new projects, he Is now break ing up the old framework of his air ships In order to sell the aluminum of which they are composed. Zeppelin la 07 years of age. He was a military at tache of the German embassy In the United States during the civil war, and made several balloon ascensions from battlefields of the South In 1S;3. Ho was the leader of the famous cavalry raid In France In 1870 w hich marked the commencement of hostilities of the great Frunco-Prusslun war. The Sexton's Itetort. Tbe village sexton, In addition to be ing grave-digger, acted as a stone-cutter, house-repairer, aud furniture-remover. Tbe local doctor, having ob tained a more lucrative appointment lu another county, employed tbe sexton, to assist In bis removal. When It came to settling up accounts, the doctor de ducted an old contra account due by. the sexton. He wrote at the same time, objecting to the charge made for re moving bis furniture "If this was steady, it would pay much better than grave-digging?" The sexton replied: "Indade, OI wud be glad ave a steady job; grave-dlggln' Is very slack sine j you leftl" iuie, ana, aiming over mc