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About Wallowa chieftain. (Joseph, Union County, Or.) 1884-1909 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 4, 1902)
FRIENDSHIP. Wat b th beat a friend can b To any aoul, to yon or mo? jiot only ahelter, comfort, rest Inmost refreshment unexpressed. Jiot only a beloved guide To thread life's labyrinth at onr aide, Or with love's torch lead on before. Though these be much, there yet la more. The best friend ia an atmosphere Warm with all inspirations dear, Wherein we brenthe the large, free brenth Of life that hath no taint of death. Our friend ia an unconscious part Of every true beat of our heart; A strength, a growth, whence we derire God's health, that keeps the world alive. Lucy Lareom. Love's Reward. FHILIP had known her ever bo long, ever since she came here, a little, rose-lipped child. He drew her to school on Lis little cart, he taught her to ride when older, and when her favor was no longer to be won by snowy kittens or sugared sweetmeats he had laid at her feet a man's strong love, a heart that was brave and loyal and true as steel And she she thought of the face she had seen for the first time but one short month before, the dark, hand some face that had lighted into a look of Involuntary admiration at sight of her, the face of the wealthy city stran ger Edgar Reynolds. Only one month ago, and already the lustrous eyes had learned to watch for his coming, already the girlish heart lad learned to throb at his voice. And he? No wonder he was fasci nated by that fresh young face, and as the days went by he smiled to see how toe love of the woman crept Into the Innocence of the child. And so when Philip Howard asked her for her love she had no heart to give him. She told him so with womanly tenderness and pity, and he hnd left her presence a very sad, very silent man. The following day broke fair and bright, witu golden sunlight on the hill tops and June-time mists in the valley. Along the white, winding road lead ing to the village. In the coolness of the dewy morning, walked Florence Thome. The birds are singing their matins In the tree tops; the brook Is laughing as h ripples o'er its pebbly bed. In the midst of all this glorious sylvan beau ty the elasticity of youth reasserts It self, and the girl's step grows lighter. her heart hnppier, till she almost for gets her little troubles. In the village she posts her letters and turns to retrace her steps. Bhe meets many laborers on their way to work, and each man touches his bat and smiles pleasantly on seeing the bright, pretty fuce, for, young as she Is, she bus spent many hours helping with kindly offices and gentle pity their wives and little ones. Coming home, she passes a house that stands In its own grounds a louse with snowy curtains, stretching verandns and a well rolled tennis ground attached. It is far more pre tentious than her own cosy house. And well it may be, for it is the boarding louse of this rustic little village. It is filled with fashionables Just now who lave fled from the crush and heat of the city, and, among others, Edgar Reynolds. At the gate a sudden thought strikes ler. The housekeeper's little child is very ill. She will go in and Inquire for aer. No one save the servant can be tip yet She pushes open the gate and noiselessly flits up the garden path to the rear of the house. 8he accomplishes her mission and Is returning, when she sees fluttering on the path before her a sheet of creamy Sote paper. She- picks It up and glances around. It must have blown from a window left open on retiring. Yes. there Is one directly overhead. She is about to take it to the house keeper to return to its owner, when her yes chance to fall on two words writ ten In a firm, bold hand, "Florence Thome." It la but a short letter, and the girl, forgetting all honor In the in tensity of her surprise, reads every ord of It almost before she knows what she has done. It runs: "Dear Will Expect me back on , 'Hill-.,--! . I A .,,Dfn0,ltlff It ! -"uieunjr. All ureu vi i udhi-ij. would have been an unbearable bore ere It not for an awfully pretty girl, Urting with whom has helped to pass the time. She Is the daughter of Allen Thorne, the millionaire's brother, you know. Made a fool of himself by Carrying a school teacher's daughter lears ago. Florence Thorne Is a shy. wild rose poor, pretty and proud ns a frincess but I couldn't afford to ruin toy prospects for her, you know. Much I could do to keep from losing my keart in earnest Had half a mind to throw over Agatha Vere's thousands, nt pshaw, the bank account carries 'he day." There is little more relating to busl Bl matters, then the letter closes 'th the hastily scratched signature, 'Edgar Reynolds." The girl stands stiff and rigid in the JBht morning sunlight a great star led horror in her eyes. All the pretty, Hdlsh beauty dies in the strained ln ""ity of that gaze. Bark! To tv,t na onmlnir? , 111 u L dvilu i'i"- - e Or n a . i- it... . - knnil tn , UlUUll'UL IUC ILL IB IK 1 11 ti n ii i "T hpnri In a .r.f.,ar.A l.otntnaa WAV. "i n a wuiuacui 1 i j . - . Then. rniuUn. !. Iiittov Intn her ' uuiim 11. 1 11 1 -" om, she turns and flies fast as her den weighted fnet will bear her Pn the path, through the gate, along fr nl- i , t nt b. - came xo uer uu rcvci,' Hp Howard's letter, stating how 111 J as, hi lonely old heart warming to love toward his brother' orphan nS!rISll!!ffi mati4ur Oil cloth tifi .... v. .. "B e considered a cheap and sloppy substitute for the real thing, but if you will try them once when making bromide or velox prints you will contlnn. t 'or that purpose. Apart from the small which enable one to have as niany trays around as solutions used, there Is the cleanliness, stains on prints are common annoyances when one tray Is nsed for various purposes. Troeure a few rough wooden frames about three inches deep and as large m desired for the size you work, a yard or two of white oil cloth and a JtW took 18 aU that is necessary. Take a piece of the oil cloth four Inches larger each way than your frame and tack It around the outside one and a half Inches from the edge. The surface Is not so liable to scratch your prints, and It Is easy to clean when through with. In his sddresg before the convention of the Fhotographers' Association of America. Lucius W. Hitchcock said the following, which Is excellent advice for any amateur: "Get your Impressions from nature, and don't try to manufac ture them In cold blood. Art is largely a matter of seeing. It Is the same old story of a young student starting out with his sketching outfit and walking four miles to find something to paint and the master doing beautiful things In his back yard. Not that everything Is beautiful, and worth painting, for it isn't but there are lots of beautiful things that yon will pass every day because yon have not the eyes to see them. Keep on the alert for beautiful combinations and arrangements all the time. You are Just as apt to see them in the street cars as anywhere else, and if you store np a reserve of souvenirs of this sort you will do more original and better pictures. It Is far better than copying what another fellow sees and does before you." There Is a wide difference of opinion as to what Is the perfect negative. Of course, the experienced worker will mase a negative tor a certain paper and with a certain object In view, that KING'S ODD RIGHTS. EDWARD VII. RETAINS IMPOR TANT PREROGATIVES. Can Neither IU Nor Err la Not Sub ject to Law and la the Only Person in the Empire Who Cannot Arrest a Felon. The prerogatives of the king of Eng land, though considerably curtailed by a long series of enactments, are still of great extent and of vast Importance. The theory of English law, aa to the prerogatives of the monarch, is entlre- 't It suits his purpose Is a perfect nrg- ly inconsistent. The law recognises ative, although It may be useless fot him as au Irresponsible being, and yet other papers. But It Is to dispel the the same law dellnes his powers. In idea In the mind of the beginner, that consequence of this position, the courts a perfect negative must be crisp and have from time to time Interpreted clear, black and white. As most ama- what constitutes his prerogatives. For teurs make "snap shots" and these a clearer coueeptlou of these various are as a general rule under-exposed, "privileges," they have been divided they are especially liable to turn out Into four principal classes viz.. per- uiacs ana wnite negatives, more es-sonaL political, Judicial and eecleslus peclally If they use prepared develop- tloal. era, wmch are mostly hydroklnone, on However ludicrous It may appear to account of Its keeping qualities In solu- the untutored American, it la neverthe- non. ow hydroklnone Is a harsh de- less a fact (according to British stat temper ana only suitable for negatives utest that among the many rights mat nave received ample exposure, which have been taken from the sov Ortol is a good all around developer welgn are that he can neither die nor for snap shots, where pyro Is disliked, niake mistakes (?), but there mny be but with all its staining qualities, pyro demise of the crown, and thereby a can be excelled. Fvro and metol in transfer of authority. Neither can he combination Is a developer that can be l under age, and If so, a protector Is adapted easily to long or short expos- appointed for administrative purposes. ures by diluting the developer and a He Is personally Irresponsible for crime much under-exposed negative can be or tort, and should Injury be lufllcted made to yield a fair print by leaving nt the hands of the king it Is attributed It In a diluted pyro-metol developer to the blunders of his advisers. until well stained through the fllni. ' curious consequence of the entire Such a negative Is a disappointment to exemption of the monarch Is that he look at, but the print is better than Is the only person In the realm who can ordinary envelopes may be opened one by forcing the flap open with a thin metal blade, and the other by steam ing the envelope until the mucilage no longer holds the flap. In either case it la difficult for even the pvrson to whom the letter Is addressed to ascer tain whether the euveloin has been opened unless something has been ex tracted. The Improved envelope dif fers from the ordinary kind only In having a sheet of tissue paper attached to the flap and extending dowu Inside the pocket This sheet attaches Itself to the surface of the envelope with the sealing of the letter, and It la obvious that any attempt to force the flap would tear the tissue. In spite of the utmost caution, the torn tissue being plainly seen when the envelope was opened In the pro)Hr way. To detect any subjection to the steaming process the tissue Is secured to the flap by a colored mucilage, which llqultlea In stantly when brought Into the pres ence of the hot steam, daubing the In ner and outer surface of the letter until It plainly Indicates the use of Improper methods to ascertain the contents. the negative In detail and contrast The amber color of a pyro developed negative, although thin, makes it a slower printer than a much more dense, black and white negative devel oped In hydroklnone, metol, amidol or rodlnal In the perfect negative there should be only absolute opacity In the very highest lights, such as the glancing of the sun on the crest of the waves, and absolute transparency only where the lines require to be pure black. Between these two extremes these must be even gradations through all the tones and half tones. Over exposure tends to produce the middle tones at the expense of the lights and shadows. Under-exposure gives the extremes at the loss of the half tones. not under any circumstances whatever. nrrest a felon. The renson for this is that. If the prisoner were Innocent no action for false Imprisonment could be brought against the crowned head. The king Is also exempt from taxa tion, because, as the revenues Is one of his prerogatives, It would be useless for him to tax himself, yet the lands purchased from the privy purse are taxable. No matter what debts he may contract he can not be arrested or ills goods restrained or taken in exe cution. This privilege of being exempt from taxation applies to the palaces and all public buildings of state. No Ju dlclal process can be served In royal residences, but this Immunity does not extend to buildings when not used as NEW PIPES FOR SMOKERS. REACHES HIGHEST NOTE. Edith Helena Who 'la(i to F fhars In Altlsalmo. Edith ITelena sings to F sharp la tltlsslmo, the highest note ever reached by a soprauo singer, ror years, saya the New York World, Mine. Nila sou was queen of the upper regis ters ; then came) Pattl a note high er, to wrest hep laurels away. For years she held the scepter till Ellen Beach Yaw eclips ed her by another full note. But novr enmi itF.LFXA. M,M n,,,eim ht ecllpaed them all with consummate) ease. With all this remarkable range, Mlsa Helena's voice la peculiarly pure and bell like In quality. She can Imitate the tones of a violin and Its highest note with ease. She conies on the stage with a violin. The audience sees her go through the motions of playing the luterinexsxt from "Cavnllerla Uustlcana" upon a violin. She draws the bow with no un rcrtaln stroke across the strings and fingers them correctly. The audience) hears what sounds like a violin of flue tone well played. In reality no sound comes from the strings they and the bow hnve been well soaped and ar noiseless. The music has been made by the delicate strings In the throat of the lnger, who keeps her llpa nearly closed to heighten the illusion. pro r w-sr- rrr I r Thus in a known case of under-ex- a royal dwelling, such as Hampton posure the pyro developer by Its stain ' Court House, Holyrood House U still retards the printing and teuds to bring a sanctuary from civil process, out on the paper every bit of detail i The king Is the supreme executive that Is in the negative, while black ' and co-ordinate authority, and Is par and white negatives, although rapid ; amount to parliament which body he printers, do not do themselves Justice ! can dissolve or prorogue at his plens- on paper. Camera and Dark Room. child. As for Edgar Reynolds, he had heard of her Illness with his usual well bred indifference. "Poor little thing! Ferhnps it's the best way It could have ended after all," he said, and so, congratulating himself, he had gone back to town, while Philip Howard, far out on the broad Atlantic, a self-made exile from home and friends, carried In his heart of hearts the picture of a lovely, wist ful, girlish face, with shyest pansy pur ple eyes. Three years afterward James Thome's palace home Is a blaze of light und beauty. The massive doors are flung open; the perfume of the flowers floats out on the night air. The soft brilliant light from the chande liers, through curtains of amber satin and creamy lace, streams forth on the street below. She has received them all with a sweet imperious grace wholly her own, and is walking away, on a partner's arm, when she looks up and sees be fore' her a late arrival Edgar Reyn olds. The dark, debonair face is handsome as of yore, and it brightens as if with new life when he sees her. "Florence Miss Thorne!" He has sprung forward eagerly, und. regard less of the presence of others, held out both hands. Florence Thome looks up at him in calm surprise. She does not smile; she does not cry out No tinge of the rose .,h Hies from her face. The pansy purple eyes do not droop; the lily hands do not tremble. So she lays ber hand a moment In his. coldly, courteously. "Have you come back at last at yes we returned a fortnight ago." rings out the clear, silver voice. "Cap tain Arthur, will you take me to the b SheTws a trifle haughtily to Edgar Kevnolds. and leaves the drawing room on "her partner's arm. The night goes by with the ripple of laughter, the crash of music, the tread of dancing feet Everywhere admiring eyes follow Florence Thorne. and ber uncle looks fondly on and smiles to see the world bow down before his darling Such wit, such repartee, such match less grace!" they say. "She is the beauty of the season." "one dance, only one." pleads Edgar Kevnolds, "for the sake of old times She laughs, that clear, happy laugh of hers, and leaves him. He stands where she has left him and looks after her with hot angry C He has staid single and let Agatha Vere's bank account slip through his iaTds for the sake of this girl and James Thome's wealth. Oh! now-now for one hour of the old dominion. He sees a servant approach her In the crowd, sees her bend ber haughty bead aad follow him. ure, but be can not prolong the sessions I beyond seven years. In theory, parlia- meut exists only at the will of the sov 'I must have it out with her now," ereign, and a vote for a member Is he says, clutching his hands fiercely. I merely a franchise granted through the "I must awake the old love to-night If graclousness of the monarch, and is an Com from Philippines and Bom Use ful for War Clubs. The Increase in the number of tourists to the Philippine Islands has flooded New York with various styles of pipes that are new to local dealers. They are In the main unique and are more valu able as ornaments and additions to col lections than for the actual satisfaction obtained from smoking them. Yet pipe smokers who always are on the lookout for something novel have grabbed them up and wouldn't trade an old reed stem and coblike liowl for the Uncut meer schaum In town. The large Morro pipe, which is Intend ed to serve as a war club when not oth erwise in uso, Is by for the n.ost novel of the recent Importations 'rom the Philippines. It has an Immense stem, covered with short barbs, and the bowl Is of sufficient weight to make It a dan gerous weapwn when wielded by a na tive Filipino. There are sev ral of these Morro pipes In this city, and smokers The up-to-dnte advertiser not only have taken to them with alucrlty slm- studies methods of advertising, but ha ply because they are queer. mnkes a thorough study of human na One pipe smoker Is the owner of a ture as It exists In his constituency.. highly prized specimen that was carved ( Printer's Ink, out of a steer's horn. A bowl of briar was Inserted at the end and connected with a reed stem tipped with amber. He spends his evenings smoking his pipe and couldn't be induced to try any other. It is heavy and hard to handle, but he likes It, nevertheless. Some curious designs are to be found In the collections of pipe smokers who appreciate carving. One man who con sumes a pound of tobacco every week smokes from a snake's head Ingenious ly worked out of French briar. Another finds satisfaction in a bowl represent ing a dog's foot. The human skull has also been counterfeited to meet the fan cy of the pipe smoker. Philadelphia Ledger. n He follows her through the long, gas lit room till, parting the velvet cur tains at the end, she enters a cool, dim, shadowy alcove. He Is Just behind her, but draws back quickly in the shade of a tall, flower crowned pillar as be sees a man turn from the marble mnniel at the farther end of the room, against which he had been leaning a man bearded and bronzed and travel stained. "Oh, Philip!" j The girl sprang forward, a gleaming light In her eyes, a vivid color in her cheeks. kittle Flo!" he says softly. It was the old pet name for her when she was a little child. When she grew up a "fair girl graduate, with golden hair," she was "Miss Florence." Now the old name sprang first to his lips. Both her slender white hands rest in his own not reluctantly now. The man In the shadow of the velvet por tiere looks on with compressed lips. Ah, he recognizes him now his rustic rival of three years ago. "Little Flo," he says again, and this time his eyes are suspiciously -moist With a woman's quick perception she sees It and withdraws her hands. For a moment she Is a shy girl again, for she knows how, in spite of wealthy suitors and a countess' coronet, she has faithfully guarded the love awakened three years ago the true love that flourished when the false love died. "Have you no better welcome, Flor ence no gift of love? Have I loved and waited in vain? Ob, my darling!" "Silence! This lady Is my promised wife." It Is Edgar Reynolds, white with rage, who speaks, but Florence turns to him with her calmest sweetest smile. "You are mistaken, Mr. Reynolds. A pretty girl with whom you flirted three years ago helped to pass the time, but she was only a shy, wild rose, and you could not afford to ruin your prospects for her, you know." As she speaks she draws from her breast and hands him a sheet of crum pled paper. Then she turns to the lover of her childhood, girlhood, womanhood, and lays her bands In bis, and he clasps the figure In its trailing satin robes close In his strong arms as "little Flo" cries out in alarm: "Oh, Philip, you have crushed my flowers!" And Edgar Reynold goes forth from the room and forth from their lives, and for once true love has its royal re ward. Waverley. One of the mysteries of nature which we can't understand Is how such a deli cate, fragrant and attractive flower aa the apple blossom can become a hard little green thins which causes cholera morbus. inherent right of the subject The king can refuse to assent to a bill passed by parliament, though It can be said that this right has nVt been exercised since Queen Anne's reign, when that sovereHgn refused to sign the Scottish militia bill. The ruler U not bound by any act of parliament unless he Is named therein, and like wise, any proclamation issued by the king is only binding when founded upon and conforming to the common law; neither can he create any new offense. The right of the crown to grant let ters of denization has been preserved, as has also the valuable power to grant peerages at will, wheu not re strained by act of parliament The right of the king to have supreme com mand of the army and navy was con tested by the long parliament Parlia ment has not, as yet, sought to de prive the king of his commercial rights, which consist of the coining of money, regulating weights and measures, es tablishing markets, fairs and seamarks. He Is the sole power in constituting cor porations. Some of bis prerogatives, such as being the "parent of Infants, Idiots and lunatics," are exercised through ministers and a board of trade. His Judicial prerogatives proclaim him to be the "Fountain of Justice." A learned commentator has said that In being the "fountain of Justice" It Is not considered that the king ia the author, only the distributer "not the spring only the reservoir." As supreme Judge, the king can appoint all the Judi cial officials (except In certain lower courts) who act as bis deputies and, as "supreme conservator of the peace" through the lord lieutenant In coun ties and the lord chancellor In cities and boroughs. The king Is the head of the church. By virtue of this prerogative he con venes, dissolves convocation, nominates the bishoprics and other church pre ferments. He Is the supreme court In all ecclesiastical affairs, though this appellate court Is now vested In a Jud icial committee of the privy council with archbishops and bishops as as sessors. The dean and chapter of the cathedral cannot proceed to the elec tion of a bishop without the king's per mission to elect. When any benefi cence Is vacant by the promotion of the Incumbent to a bishopric, other than a colonial bishopric, the king has the privilege of appointing. Whenever a new bishopric Is created It Is under the power of an act of parliament It seems to be as head of the church, says a writer in the New York Times, that the king grants licenses to hold in mortmain, though the right now ex tends to lay aa well as to ecclesiastical affairs. HE GOT THE HALF-DOLLAR. One of the best dog stories which has been told in a long time 1b reluted In the Nashville Banner. The narrator of the uuecdote was driving In a town In Mis sissippi with the owner of the dog. To show the animal's cleverness he got out of the carriage, held his pocket book to the dog's nose, and then taking there from a hnlf-Uollur, hid It under a large rock. The men drove on for a half mile, and then the dog was commanded to fetch the half-dollar. The animal, without the least hesita tion, started back on a run, and my friend explained that as the rock win heavy the dog would be unable to turn It over, so would have to scratch under It to reach the piece of money, and It would naturally take him some time. It did, for he had not appeared when wo retired, about 10 o'clock. Early the next morning we heard a sharp bark at the door. When the door was opened In rnshed the dog, dragging with him a pair of trousers which he dropped on the floor. Of course we were mystified, but the explanation soon came In the shape of a aelgiilM- who lived several miles dis tant He rode up on a mule, and In quired If a dog with a pair of trousers In his mouth had come Into the house, jn.t then the pointer walked out on t An Increasing unmber of establish ments, says the Philadelphia Record, have adopted a rule of making spe cial efforts to stimulate trade In the) duller seasons of the year. One adver tiser said he could count on all the) business be could do at the holiday time, but what he wanted was to In duce people to buy at other times. He found It profitable to pay unusual at tention to his newspaper advertising In the summer months. A newspaper whose columns over flow with advertisements of business) men has more Influence In attracting at tention to build up a town than any oth er agency that can be employed. People) go where there Is business. Capital and labor go where there Is an enterprising communily. No power on earth Is so strong to build up a town so well as a pnper well patronized, and Its power should be appreciated. The man who overlooks his town paper Injures him self by injuring his town and towns men. Wunu maker. The first few advertisements may not bring many Inquiries, but like the foundations of a building, they are ful filling their purposes, even If they don't make much of a showing. Keep right on building, and you will have an edi fice of more or less value, according to the building done. Keep right on ad vertising. Don't be discouraged be cause the foundation doesn't show up very much compared with what yoi expect the ultimate result to be. If the advertising Is well done, and In the right medium, you are Just as sure of having a well built business as th builder Is sure of having bis house com pleted when the necessary expense) and work are put Into It FIR8T CUBAN MINISTER. Telltale Envelope. An envelope has been designed that mall thieves cannot tamper with un detected. There are two ways in which Bcnor Queaada Hepreaent New Repub lic at Washington. Senor Oonzalo de y Queaada Is th official representative of the Cuban re public at Washington. Senor Q u esada, who was the first m I nl s ter appointed by the new govern ment, U well known at the national capi tal. During the days before 1818 he was the secretary of the unrecognized I e g a tion from the then a t r U g g ling Island, I and at thut time was ataoa quKBAUA. made much of by society at the capital. Senor Quesada la descended from an old Spanish family. One of his ancest ors, Ooiisalea Quesada, was governor t Porto Itlco. The Quesadus held large estates In Cuba and before the up- Jislng were among the rich families of be Island. Ilia parents were suspected kit disloyalty to Spain and were expelled from the Island. Young Quesada, who la about thirty- five years of age, was educated In New York City and Is a graduate of the Col- ege of the City of New York. ft w 1 M7$tt HemoTing Adlpoae Tissue. Mr. Welghblgg Doctor, your anti- fat remedies are doing me a great deal of good. I'm losing flesh right along. But, seems to me, your charges art ruinously high. Doctor (calmly) That's part of treatment New York Weekly. th A Woman Watchmaker. Austria' first female watchmaker. Mlsa Glscla Elfrescblts, has Just been dmltted to the Vienna Watchmakeraf Build, i