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About Wallowa chieftain. (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 23, 1902)
iLONG the way to meetin sundered if the world so wide had lu.iril my hi-iirt a-lntin', (jj jially walkin' at my vide alow; the way to meet in" KeincJ to time my ovtry Ktep-jpst keepin' time noordiu', ,' sarin': "There's n rent fer you 'cept t'other side of Jordan!" ,j in 'tried to ay "the word," n-iih natientest eudcavor Lrwnrd that might, or mightn't, wake I her heart my own rorever; .jt asmehow. when it reached my lips. it hcciiicii too mueu 10 uttor, jdi my P""r heart a-kecpin' up tliat rrerlastiu' flutter! Twin nhnrp nlT tribulation day close by I hit side to view her '5pnll the wild (lowers by the way, an' then not (live 'em to her! lit, sudden eome this word from her 'twit like a benediction: fa thinkin', John, this meetin' day you re under deep conviction; is' then, I up an' told her all my heart, m sore atlhcted; foved her more than all the world that's how I Htood ronvicted! L' then, as close she come to me, with sweeter looks an fonder. rend niy sliinin' titles' clear to earth an' over yonder! Atlanta Constitution. FARMER DALE'S MISTAKE J IWAS on a wheeling tour find stop ped for supper and nil night at a forlorn-looking farmhouse. I was fcnrprlspd to see no womnn about, all the work being done by the owner of Ithe plaee, Ezra Dale. After supper 1 lljhted a pipe and sat on the porch booking. Dale came aud sat beside 'Yon have finished your evening Mores early," I said. "When my wife hi without n servant, she never gets ibe dishes washed before 0 o'clock." Waal, ye see, I don't do It that way. I wash dishes oneet a week. Then I put 'em all on ter the wagon, Hr!ve 'cm Inter the creek, take a mop, sa' when I get through they shine like pewter." 'Don't you think a wife would be handy? She could do your mending." "Don't need no wife. I got needles in' thread nil' buttons. There's my kit." And he handed me a case con taining the articles mentioned and no more. "Where's your thimble?" I asked. "Don't need no thimble. I tried one inert nn couldn't use It. It's handler Kit the head of the needle ag'ln the wall ninl drive It through that n-wny." "Did you never have a love affair?" "Yes, tmcet. It was when I was a young feller very young an' very men. 1 used to look on a gul as a heathen would look on a sacred Im age. There was a little one llvln' across the creek,' Farmer Owens' daughter Daisy. Turfy? Ye bet, an' ftentle as a kitten. She took a shine to me. I was a falr-lookin' young feller then, straight un' slim an' light on niy feet. One evenln' I was a-passiu' Fanner Owens', and Daisy come run- nlu' out with her finger a-bleedln' nn' asked me ter tie It up fur her. I had ter pit her arm under mine somehow, an' hold on ter her hand an' wrap the linen strip an' wind the string an' a lot of things all at the same time. While I was a-doin' of it her hair got ag'ln my elieek, an' waal, I lost my bend it turnin', put nn arm around her an' Mused her. "Do ye know, stranger, I've since made up my mind she done it all a-pur-Po I b'lieve She cut her finger on tentlonally. I tell ye, women folks Is tricky." "I think that was a very nice femi nise way of catching your attention," I remarked. "(Jo on." "That's list what I did do. I went on from day ter day, week ter week, till it wenied ter me If anything happened be tween imp nn' that gal I'd collapse. Joniethin' did happen. Farmer Owens hit a farm hnn' fur the haylu', an' what did Daisy do but take hiin out in w buggy that her father bought fur her at lirlstuiaa nn' drive right by that house .i-purpose ter show him off ter " 1 tell ye, stranger, she had the wickedest eye in her ye ever see." "Another feminine trait," I observed. ""Jilss Daisy was evidently a woman." "She was a-womnn, stranger, an' the orst kind of a one." Dale went" on hignbrlously. ' "She broke me all up. I j!t rented this farm an' went away. I didn't come bnck fur ten years. Then I made up my mind that women folks wasn't wuth worryln' about, an' I tuk farm ag'ln an' began ter work It. Thp fust time I went by Farmer Owens' Daisy come out she had grown ter be - flne-lookln' young womnn of 26 an' what do ye suppose she did?" "I can't Imagine." "Asked me If I wouln't tie up a cut finger. She had the same wicked look in her eye she had when she drove that opslded farm han' by my house ten Jears afore. Women Is the perslstenest fitters I ever see. I Jlst squared off an' wid: 'Ye don't git me that a-way ag'ln. e done It oncet, an that's enough.' But, do ye know, stranger, she was so lick about it that In five minutes I had mT arm about her an' she was a-restln' h head on my shoulder. She was -cryin, too eryin' crockerdile tears, o doubt. "Waal, we was engaged, but It didn't 'as' long. The question come up as ter whether we'd be married by a justice or a parson. I don't like parsons my elf, an' I wanted a Justice. Daisy wanted a parson, an' she was so blame t about It that I reckoned If she wns obstinate about a small matter like "at she'd be wantln' ter run the farm, "H-HH ! THE GREAT LAKES ARE OF HE conditions which iim.nh.i Jj the laws that govern, and the markets which dent t-iii. on Inland bodies of water, are con stantly the subject of many changes. -Many legislatures grapple with fish Kiiiue problems during each win ter, and In the snrlnir both t,i.0 seekers and those who follow fishing as an Industry must acquaint them selves with the new legislation If they are to avoid the clutches of the lnw. The Great Lakes furnish the world wun tne greatest amount of fresh water fish. Last season there was no nntrni on that most Important fishing ground, A LIFT OF TROUT AND WHITEF1SH WEIGHING A TON. Lake Erie. In fact It la not very long since there was considerable opposition to the plan to build and operate one on account of the expense In connec tion therewith. The spring found the new patrol boat built by the State of Ohio ready for service, and the Cana dian fishermen who have been tres passing on the United States side of the line hud to look out. Fishermen believe that they have at last received Justice in tills matter. It will be re- S11C1I1UA.N BTATK 1IHU HATCUEUV. membered that, while in the past tho Canadian government constantly oper ated the tug Petrel In Lake Erie cap turing the fishermen from across the water and confiscating their property when found slightly over In Canadian waters, the Canadian fishermen could not be thus watched. It will also be recnlled that American fishermpn could not accurately determine when they were over the middle line, they having so I called the thing off, ou' I've been livin' alone her ever since." mw. ti" t Kiiid. "vou have mls- ..11. - - v takn imtural rpuimine iraus ..Hnl j.iiuunilm.Qa ' gen- "That's what they Is, I tell ye, stra 11 u- ger. Ye don t uiiuersuiuu. Vr.ii linvn declined to give UD that ...i.i .i. ... ., ..-.ilium la a urcut deal, w vhlle im-u m ii to vou It Is uothiug. Miss Owens w ... . , i...i i... as right to insist ou oeing uiurneu v parson, and you were ungenerous to re- . v.n- lot me elve VOU a bit of advice. Miss Owens is still single? ... .. . i i ...n 1..... i iint- Yes. Well, go to iier Hu when yon first met her you were a blundering Idiot and that later you were an obstinate brute. Say that If she will overlook your past errors you will spend your life in doing penance." "Why. stranger, if I was ter do that I'd never have my own way about any thing afterward." -It Is the only way to have your own way about everything with a woman. Toss it all iuto her hands, and she'll toss It right back to you. More than that she'll expect you to lead, and If vou don't lead she'll not respect you." ' "Ye don't mean it: Say, stranger, what sort of a makeup do ye call that anyway?" The next summer I rode past farmer Dale's place. It was the trimmest-looking farm in the country. After supper the farmer told me how much better contented be was while Mrs. Dale was washing the dishes.-Indianapolis Sun. "value : "ofsleep. Ability to Heat One of Napoleon Source of Power. One great secret of Napoleon's pow er was his ability to sleep. If he had but nn hour for sleep he slept an hour, even though the fate of an army m of an empire hung in the balance while he slept. Gen. Grant was another ereat example of this ability to lay Lde work at quitting time. Even In the Wilderness campaign, when the re sponsibility of the movement of the nation's armies, stretched out In bat tle line a thousand miles long, lay on Z Xuluers; when his good-nigbt commands involved all-night marching Tgl.ti.ig of his army of the Poto " mid his waking orders might " e n victory or defeat, the killing or T saving of a thousand n.en-under nU be. lav don and dropied to ,uml riW s 1"ieki.v .vou or I X, we rend ourselves sleepy over an Tld storr book. Grant had what a great ter has called a "frlctlouless BrBtTUP'-S"T-- W'tVTTTTtv-HWt FISHERIES VAST IMPORTANCE ! to be guided by an estimation of the miles they were from shore, based on the number of miles per hour which their fish tugs made. Among the legislative measures ef fecting the fishing Interests of Lake Erie during the last session of the Ohio Legislature, was the Guerin bill. Ac cording to this bill the tonnage tax on fish was reduced from "5 cents to EO cents. The same bill contained many provisions looking toward a more strin gent protection of Lake Erie fish, and It seems to have met with general ap probation from the leading fishermen, the Fish Culture Commission having Indorsed It. In general more Is probably known of lower lake fisheries than those about Lake Huron, Lake Superior, St. Marys River and the Immediate vicinity of the American and Canadian Soos. The upper lake regions comprise a new country, and will .be more to the fu ture than they have been to the past. As a fishing ground, St. Marys River annually yields some handsome lifts. Whitefish and trout, when caught by net, have been known to yield a ton at a haul. Mlchlgnn Is tnking a de cided Interest In her fisheries. The Michigan hatchery Is one of the finest in the country, and Is situnted so near the great canals as to be an object ol considerable Interest to tourists in that section. This hatchery, It is snid, places in Michigan wuters, annually 30,RK).0(K) white fish, 1,500,0(10 lake trout, and 1,000.000 brook trout. Of the five Great Lakes, Loke Erie furnishes the world with more fresh j water fish than any other body of wa ter. The Lake Erie fisheries employ In the neighborhood of 4,000 men. Fish ing compauies often operate fifteen to twenty tugs. These tugs or boats each set ninny nets with a capacity of 400 to COO pounds each. The nets are set from five to US or 30 miles out in tho lake. The value of each net is 53. At the wharfs fish are removed from the tug decks to the packing houses In boxes. Here they ure prepared for shipment to distant points, they ofton going even to the ocean ports. mind." He saved for the wear of work what others throw away ou the tear of worry. Here Is a sample of the other ex treme. Said a Minneapolis lawyer to me to-day: "When I began the prac tice of law I always lost two nights before I had a case In court, tossing about and combating every thinkable standpoint of my opponent. And I lost as much sleep afterward upbraiding myself for not having tfiought of cer tain mints at certain pat occasions In the progress of the case." Of what value were these night thoughts to this young attorney? About as much value as night sweats to a consumptive! I venture to sny that all the business planning a man does in life while ly ing ou his back at night Isn't worth an hour's good thinking on his feet on one June morning. As compared with the sleep It displaces, such night think ing Isn't worth forty winks after din ner. Burning the candle at both ends sometimes makes a fine bonfire. But It always makes a bad grease spot of a good caudle. Commercial West. A Palatial Ixig Cabin. On Warren's Island, off the coast of Maine, Is beiug erected what Is prop erly described as "a palatial log cab in." It Is composed of spruce logs, aud cost the tidy little sum of 175,000. The eutlre Island on which this summer palace Is erected was purchased by the late William H. Folwell, of Philadel phia. Mr. Folwell died before the com pletion of the ' house. The work Is now superintended by his son, Wil liam II. Folwell, Jr. Some idea or the size of the "cabin" may be gained from consideration of the fact that there are twenty-two sleeping rooms on the second floor. The Serious-Minded Jap. A Japanese review recently Invited Its readers to name those European au thors whose works they more espe cially appreciated. The following hag been the result of the referendum, the authors coming out of the voting In the following order: Darwin, Herbert Silencer, Schopenhauer, Goethe and Tolstoi. London Globe. A man U well enough trained by his wife If he passes the breast of the chicken to the preacher, and looks pleasant with the backbone on his own plate. No one Ilk to be reminded that there la auothe.r eide to the story. NEBRASKA RELIGIOUS FANATICS. The "Ficuitcs" an Addition to the ' Various 'Holineiii" Societies. Nebraska h:is a !ded another to the various 'holiness" societies with whi-'h ; the land is already overrun. The "Fiu'a- ites, as they c.-ul themselves, from the name of their leader, Louis Figs, are a lot of relig ious enthusiasts who have banded themselves togeth er and live In a swamp near Gret na, not so very far from Omaha. Peo ple In their neigh- lxnis noo. borhood have tar red and feathered the leaders, hare threatened worse things, and have hauled thein Into court time and again with little result, except di vorces. The Flggltes say the Holy Ghost watches over them and tells them what to do and assert that the whole world Is not able to turn thera from what they regard as their plain duty. They consider themselves to be the chosen of the Lord, and condemn all other persons and sects to everlast ing damnation. In spite of the fact that the law Is continually after th'ni, the society Is growing and may soon be compelled to seek larger quarters. They do absolutely nothing unless directed by the "voice," and consider themselves as being the very acme of perfection. The Figgs lived at Gretna some years ago, and had money and a good home. What started them on this fanatically religious turn Is not exactly known, but It Is a fact that suddenly both Flgg and his wife showed signs of the "spirit" and their house became the rendezvous of many Impressionable women who developed Into enthusiasts as great as the Flggs themselves. There were peo ple In Gretna, however, who did not think much of their doings, and booted them out. A couple of years ago there was considerable whltecapping and af ter a dose of tar and feathers Figg gathered up bis female adherents and fled to a swamp, where he built a rough shack, in which the crowd still lives. Strange to say, there are still found women enough to keep the colony In a state of healthy growth. They leave good homes to go with Flgg to his mis erable shanty, which contains but four rooms, two below aud two upstairs, where they slug and shout and conduct their fanatical ceremonies with less regard for the proprieties than Is called for In a strict interpretation of the rules of law and order. These four rooms are crowded always, no men be ing among the enthusiasts except Figg and his two grown sodb. The first principle of the Flgg relig ion Is regeneration by the Holy Ghost. When that Is accomplished, the whole life of the devotee hangs on the "voice." The "voice," which Is supposed to come from the Holy Spirit, directs every move of their dally lives, and whatever the "voice" directs them to do. Is done without question. The Flggltes believe that all creeds and forms of worship are wrong, as well as any set way of meeting. They have a way of working themselves Into a high state of excitement, when the "voice"' will command one of their number to go and stir up a meeting be ing held In some church near by. There is usually something doing of very warm character when the fanatic shows up and begins to denounce the congregation. NEW LOGGING METHODS. Steam and Klectrlc Machine Uaed to Haul Loss in Maine Forests. A few years ago, when some one sug gested an electric railway from Moose head lake up the valley of the Alle gash river, In the very heart of the northern Maine woods, the project was ridiculed on every hand as Impossible of execution in such a rough country, even If there would be any business for the road when It should have been constructed. Now, however, a trolley system Is In successful operation In the Dead river region In the roughest part of Somerset County and Is engaged in hauling heavy loads of spruce logs a greater burden than any ordinary elec tric line has to carry, writes a Kangot correspondent of the New York Trlb nne. The electric log-hauler Is the Inven tion of A. O. lA)inlai-d, of Watervllle, who Is a mechanical genius and hss made a fortune from various Inven tions In the last ten years. Some years go Mr. Lombard conceived the Idea of building a steam log-hauler and madf a careful Investigation of the subject U'fore lie begun work upon the machine that be had in mind. He found that more than fifty years agu a Maine man had built a steam log-hauler, hut that It had failed to work on account of some manifest faults In Its construc tion. This first steam log-hauler had n boiler and engine mounted upon a set of driving wheels Ave feet In diameter, with spikes In the rims of the wheels to prevent them from slipping, but when the machine was hitched to a load of logs the bearing of weight was on so small a portion of the rims that the wheels whirred around like those of a locomotive on a wet rail, while the spikes would dig so deeply Into the snow that the machine would become stalled in hollows of Its own making and be unable to move Its own weight, not to speak of a load of logs. To obviate this difficulty Mr. Lom bard provided his machine with a sort of self -laying rail a set of endless lags, carried on ball bearings which, while preventing the wheels from dig ging Into the snow, affords them- a fric tion hold, giving traction power snffi clent to draw loads of logs aggregating 60,000 feet. The forward end of the hauler Is carried by a sled, to which la attached a pole. A pair of horses Is i3l hitched to this pole and driven nhend to guide the machine, but the horses do no hauling. COUNTESS I.N MISFORTUNE. Kiuanci.il Keveres of 1..k1t Pndlcr. a Noled Kuelish lienutr. Reckless extravagance, whih nn In come of $."iihi.()(H1 a year could not sat isfy. Iirs led to the financial ru'.n of Georginna. Countess of Dudley, who for a score of years has been consid ered otie of England's most beautiful women. Ijidy Dudley hss sold her magnificent home In Iondon. which cost nearly $'JOO,tH0 to decorate, to J. Plerpont Morgan, and only a short time since was compelled to dispose of her famous jewels, they bringing $150,(100 at auction. Her husband, the late Earl of Dudley, who was Insane, had a passion for beautiful Jewelry, and at one time he had one of the finest collections of precious stones In the world. He was Immensely wealthy, his Income being about f'J.Ooo.OOO a year. Ills son. the present earl, fell heir to this vast estate, but squander ed much of It In extravagant living. Lady Dudley had been a leader In Iin- GEOROIANA, COUNTKSS OF DUllLEY. don's exclusive society for many years, Bnd there were many brilliant social functions at her home. When her son married, her Income of $r00,000 was cut down to a tenth of that sum, not nearly enough to maintain her In the way she wus accustomed to live. At one time It was snld that she was en gaged to marry Dr. Jameson, and there Is no doubt that the Inte Cecil Rhodes once was a suitor for her hand. THAT WORD "LOAFER." Question as to the Derivation Hecom inn Acute in London. The question as to the derivation of that word "loafer," which Mr. Rhodes' will Is likely to elevate from the slang dictionary, Is already getting acute, says tho London Chronicle. Despite "Notes and Queries," and the deriva tion, through Hans Kreitmann, from "that lofer (lover) of yours always hanging around here," the word Is Spanish, and, like galoot aud others, came from Mexico, through Texas to the States. It is the Anglicized or Americanized form of galloferro, "an idle, lazy vagabond," passing, as any student of Bartlett knows, through glofero, and glofer. to lofer, aud end ing up with the pretense of having something English or American about It, as "loafer," a man who has no casual connection with the loaf he does not earn. Of the loafer. Josh Billings has given In his "Almlmix" a description which would have gone to Cecil Rhodes' heart, as of the type of man who was not to Inherit Dnl hnui, or any other property that was his, If he could help it: "The loafer Is a thing who Is willing to lie de spised for the privilege of abusing others. He occupies all grades In so ciety, from the Judge on the bench clear down to the ragged creature who leans against lamp poftts and fights files In August. lie has no pride that Is worthy and no delicacy with not more than four years impris onment. , Most men who pass a fresh paint sign, touch the paint to see If It Is still fresh, and If some one has not care lessly left the sign hang since yesterday. -r-r4--Mr- OLD FAVORITES On the Chores of Tennessee. "More my armchair, faithful Pompey, In the sunshine, bright and utroniE. For this world is failiuc, Pouipey Mh won't He with joii lone: And I fain mould hear the smith wind Bring once more the sound to me Of the wavelets softly breaking On the shores of Tennessee. "Mournful thonch the ripples uiurmnr As they still the story tell. How no vessels Host the banner (That I've loved so lonn and well; I slis.ll listen to their music. Dreaming that attain I see Stars and Striws on sloop snd shallop Sailing up the Tennessee. "And. Pompey. while old m Anna's waiting For Death's last dispatch to come. If that exiled starry bauner Should come proudly nailing home, You shall greet It. slave no longer; Voice and hand shall lioth Ih free That shout and point to Union colors On the waves of Tennessee." "Mama's berry kind to Pompey, But ole darkey's happy here. Where he's tended com and cotton For dese many a lonic-gnne year. Over yonder missis' sleeping- No one tends her grave like me; Mcbbe she would miss the flowers She used to love in Tennessee. " 'Pears like she was watching tiiassa If Pompey should beside hiin stay Melihe she'd remember better How for him she used to pray Telling him that 'way up yonder White as snow his soul would bt Ransomed by the Iird of heaven, Out of life in Tennessee." Silently the tears were rolling Down the poor old dusky fare, As he Ntepped behind his master. In his long-accustomed place. Then a silence fell around tlieui As they gaxed on rock and tree, Pictured in the placid waters Of the rolling Tennessee. Mastpr dreaming of the battle, Where he fought by Marion's side, Where hp hid the haughty Tarleton Stoop his lordly crest of pride; Man remembering how yon sleeper Once he held upon his knee, Ere slip loved the gallant Roldipr, Ralph Vervain, of Tennessee. Still the south wind fondly lingers 'Mid the veteran's silver luilr: Still the bondman, close heslde him, Stands behind the old armchair; Wilh his dark-lined hand uplifted Shading eyes, he bends to see Where the woodland, boldly jutting Turns aside the Tennessee. Thus he watches; cloud-liorn shadow Glide from tree to mountain crest; Softly creeping, aye and ever. To the river's yielding breast. Ha! above the foliage yonder Something flutters wild and freel "Massa! Massa! Hallelujah! The Auk's come back to Tcnnessecf "Pompey, hold me on your shoulder, 11 'Ip me stand on foot once more, That I may salute the colors As they pass my cabin door: Here's the paper signed that frees you (live a freeman's shout with me! 'God and Union!' lie our watchword Evermore In Tennessee!" Then the trembling voice grew fainter Ami the limbs refused to stand; One prayer to Jesus and the soldier Glided to that better land. When the flag went down the river Man and master both were free. While the ring-dove's note was mingled With the rippling Tennessee. -Ethelinda K. Beers. All the News tn.tliei Head. "I suppose our western country haa furnished more funny things In the epi taph Hue than all the rest of the world," remarked x-Congressman Lafe Pence of Colorado at the Rlgca House. "I remember one that adorned the cemetery at Leadvllle In the pulroy days of that great mining camp. It seems that In the course of a bar room broil one J I in O'Brien, a well known character, had his existence ter minated prematurely. He was a good fellow In the main ami not without friends. One of the deud man's asso ciates. In deep grief over his demise, erected a wooden slab over his grave, on which be had written In large let ters: "'Jim O'Brien departed for heaven at 9:30 a. ni.' "A local humorist happened along soon afterward aud appended the fol lowing: " Heaven, 4:20 p. m., O'Brien not yet arrived. Intense excitement. The. worst Is feared.' "Washington Post- J Pet 'Word In Literature. There are pet words In literature words which become the fashion for a time and then take rank again In ob scurity. -Thus In the eighteenth cen tury we find such words as "vastly," "hugely," "the quality," "gented," etc. "Elegant" still lingers conspicuously la America and In England at the present time especial favor seems to he shown to "convincing." "weird" and "strenu ous." The Camera In liusincss. The camera promises to become as In dispensable in business affairs as the typewriter. It Is now being used In the reproduction of documents, statis tical tables and others papers whose duplication by band would be laborious and expensive. It can usually be depended upon that a man who Is long on hair is short oa something else.