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About Wallowa County chieftain. (Enterprise, Or.) 1909-1911 | View Entire Issue (July 21, 1910)
Saving Tim or Tim Tcbtee. To oiucU people. expei-UUy when tbey are on tor road, lime is money, bat time tables are out convertible Into rash. Id tae uticex of "TbruiiKb Sa age Europe" Harry I Wlndi Riven f it ill ti anri iiniiwlno at ndnuni . .n : Russian railway sonie years ao. Tbe patience of tbe KusHians In In marked contrast with the Imimtience ot Amer ican travelers. All Kiisslnn hare a rooted antipathy to fast railway travel. If ooe may judge from an lDfdeot which occurred um years ago when 1 was travelling across tbe Caucasus from Batoum to Baku. We bad reached 'a tunnel, at tbe entrance of which the train waited for at least twenty tnlnuteH "There hi something wrong." 1 re marked to a fellow passenger. "Oh. no," be replied: "we are only Disking up the Time. This tuuuel wan recently made to avoid a lone beud round a ranee of hills, and as it now cuts off 'several mllen a short delay la necessary so us to Ot in with tbe sched uled time." But sorely we should save time by imlng on." I urged. "Perhaps so." said myfriend. "But then, you see. tbey would have to alter all tbe time tables." Form of Divorce In Old Roma. In the earlier period ot tbe Ituinan republic divorces were quite unknowif and were, rare tight up to tbe time of the Sudan, wars. In tbe old daya tbe husband and wife wbo wished to sepa rate appeared for tbe last time before tbe common bearth. a priest and priestess being present. As on tbe day of marriage, a cake of wbeaten flour was presented to the husband and wife, but inHtead of sharing it be tween them they rejected It. Then. In st end of prayers, tbey pronounced formulas of a strange, severe, spiteful character, by which the wife renounc ed tbe worship and gods of tbe bus band. From tbut moment tbe religious bond was broken, and. tbe community of worship having ceased to exist, tbe marriage without fun her ado was for ever dissolved. New York American. Floral Etymology. "Primrose" Is one ot those words that have shown popular association to be stronger tban etymology. It bag no real connection with tbe rose, but is the old French "prlmerole" and. any bow. means only tbe "prime" or first flower (more or lessi of tbe year. Our langunge has insisted upon mak ing "roses" of all -sorts of flowers. We have tbe tuberose, which la only "tuberosa." tuberous, and the rose mury. which Is Tosniarluus," dew of tbe sea. On tbe other bund tbe "rose" has been dropped readily enough In eases where popular fancy could uot see tbe flower. Tbe alchemists called green vitriol "rose of copper." "cuprl rosa." In French tbis became coue rose." but English wore It down to tbe pointless "copperas." London Chron icle. The Dancing Mania. The "dancing mania" ot tbe middle ages came on the heels of tbe great plague known as tbe "black death." It was some sort of nervous disease and Is now supposed to have been what Is known as "St. Vitus' dance." It began In the year 1374 at Aix-ia-Cbapelle and spread all over Germany, tbe Netherlands aud Italy. Tbe dan cers formed circles band In baud and appearing to have lost all reason, con tinued dancing, regardless of tbe by standers, for bours together until In tbeir wild delirium tbey felt to the ground in sheer exhaustion. Panting aud foaming at the mouth, tbey would suddenly spring up and begin tbe dance again, to be again exhausted. and so on until tbey died. Tbe mania Involved mlllious of people. Ths Twelve Juryman. A prisoner is tried by twelve of his fellow countrymen. Tbis custom is thousand years old. and we get It from tbe vikings. Tbe vikings divided tbeir eountrv ui into cantons, which were subdivided into twelve portions, each nuder a chieftain. When a malefactor was brought to Justice it was usual for each chieftain to select a man from tbe district over which be ruled aud compel him to try tbe prisoner, the verdict of these twelve tneu being de clared by the judge to be final ' Made Her Mad. "1 thought I overbeard you and your wife quarreling a little while ago. What was tbe trouble?" -She brought borne a new bat. and after putting it on she turned to me and said she didn't believe It was be coming." "Welir "I agreed with ber.--Chicago Record-Herald. A One Sided Rule. Once when P. i'. Barnum was tak ing rickets at tbe entrance of bis cir cus a man asked bim If he could go In without paying. "You can pay without going In." said Barnum. "but you can't go In without paying. The rule doesn't work both ways." - v Not by Exclusion, He I bad a bard time getting a food wife. She Goodness! Have you been mar ried several times? "Ob. do. But I courted my present . six years-"- PbiUdelpnia Ledger. Usually the Way. Mamie She is trying to keep ner marriage a secret Muud-How do yon -know? "She told me so." tv. tnnit In snother Is more sublime tban to be faultless oneself. George Sand. ' Every man loyal terests of Oregon gives prefer- !ence to ( iregonltfe. ST FOR OREGONIANS Heme Cffice, Corbctt Elif., fiffli and Morf-so?, PortlasJ A. L Mills L Samuel Clarence S. Samuel PRESIDENT GEN. MANAGER There Should. Fritz, tbe gttruVuer. was a stolid Ger man wbo was in re I v moved to extraor dinary laugiiHge. Kven tbe most pro vocative occasions only caused biui-to remark mildly ou his ill luck. Not loua ago be came buck from the city iu Ibe lute evening after a bard day In the market place. He wus sleepy, and. the train being crowded, the baggageman gave him a chair In his roomy car. Finally tbe train reached BloomOeld, Fritz still slept as It pulled in. and his friend bad to shake blm-and tell him where he was. "I tanks you." said Fritz as be rose slowly to his feet. Tbe open door ot tbe car was directly in front of hlw. He walked straight out ot It. Tbe baggageiuuu sprang to look afV ar him. r ritz slowly picked himself np from tbe sand by tbe side of the track, looked up at tbe door and sab), with no w.ratb in his voice: "There should here be some steps Youth's Companion. A Wonderful Feat In Its review of Pierre de Vasslere's book "I Mort du Itoi" the Neueste Nachrlcbien dwells upon the account of tbe last seven minutes of Louis XVI. as described in tbe book. These were between 10:15. when the kiug ar rived at the foot of tbe guillotine, and 10:22. "when a shot bred at the eud of the Cbumps Elysees. no one knows by whom, gave notice that the bead bud fallen." The review calls attention to tbe statement by the author that the king's hands bud been pinioned be hind him by tbe executioner while Louis was -putting on tbe coat which he was to wear at tbe end and that ! when be reached tbe platform of the instrument of dentb be rushed unas sisted to the upright farthest from tbe stairway, "slapplug tbe face of one of tbe assistant executioners wbo tried to Btop him." With hands fastened at bis back, the reviewer asks. "How did tbe doomed monarch manage to .perform the operation T Etiquette by Precedent. For example of bow men may live and act according to precedent there can be no better .reference than to tbe lord chamberlain's office in London. There in quiet rooms day after day men learned iu state etiquette, court dress and royal fuuctlons reach down heavy volumes to see what was done on such aud such an occasion. Beau tiful pictures showing with minute ex actness the details of tbe court cos tume under various circumstances are ready to tbeir bauds. Is tbe sbub of Persia coming? Is tbe kniser soon to arrive? Is the king going to receive tbe monarch of Klum? Is one of tbe royal princesses to be married? When any of these events happens tbe offi cials at tbe lord chamberlain's office know exactly what to do. And if some point should crop up which bat not been raised for a century or mor tbey bure tbe faithful official record as to what was done on tbe last like occasion. Eccentricities In Palaces. Tbe Kussiau Empress Anne built a great palace of ice and ou occasions when tbe faucy seized her punished several of her dainty courtiers by com pelling them to puss tbe uigbt in tbis great chamber of state, where tbey were almost frozen to death. Tbe Czar Paul constructed a room formed eutlrely of huge mirrors where be spent bours walking to aud fro In full uniform a singular taste for the ugliest man In Itussiu. One of tbe native princes of Java cooled bis palace by making a stream fall In a cascade .over tbe gateway, and the' Indian desKit TIK Sahib placed beside bis dluner table a life size figure of a tiger devouring au Euglisb officer, tbe roar ot tbe beast And tbe shrieks of tbe victim being imitated by bidden machinery. ' The Rivsr Tinto. There is in Spain 'a river called tbe Tinto. which bus very extraordinary qualities. Its waters, which' are as yellow as a topaz, burden the sand and letrify it In a most surprising manner. If a stone falls iuto tbe river aud rests upon another tbey both become per fectiy united and conglutlnuted in a year. It withers all the plants ou Its banks as well as tbe roots of trees, which It dyes of tbe same hue aa Its waters. Nu Ush lire in iu stream. A Creature From the Firs. Aristotle believed (but some cres tures were capable of supporting life even though confined to tbe devouring element. He says: "In Cyprus, wheu tbe manufacturers of rbnlcitis (llmei burn It many days in the ore. a winged creature something larger tbun a great fly is seen emerging from tbe stone and leaping and walking about in tbe fire. These creatures perish immedi ately upon beiug removed from the furnace." I - to the best in j ASSISTANT MANAGER Strange Fishing Matches. In the oldeu lime In Eugland lords and ladles sometimes Invented queer amusements. They were always on tbe lookout for some novelty, and one of tbe strangest they discovered was shlng by a goose. A line with a bait ed hook attached having been fastened to tbe goose, tied to its leg. she was flung Into tbe water from the boat In which were all tbe gay lords and la dies. Then, when a pike caught tbe bait, she was sport Indeed, a royal bat tle between bird and Ash. and all tbe time, between tbe loud splasblngs. wheelings and flounderlngs. tbe on lookers in the boat glvlug vent to their feelings In cheers handclnpplngs and handkerchief waving. But the goose was usually tbe victor and ended the struggle by landing its prisoner on the shore, where fts qunck-quack as It cleared Itself from tbe line and wad dled away ended tbe scene. The lake of Monteltb, In the southwest of Perth shire, was often tbe seen of such an gllBg matches. Couldn't Hear Thsm. "I've been tt-orrlcd hImiui my bearing for some time." said a local bunker, wbo tells the storj nu himself, "aud dually tbe fear of gelling deaf became a sort of obsession to me, aud I de cided to go over to New York to con sult a specialist. I got over there and went to see the doctor, and he looked so grave I was more scared than ever, and I was feeling pretty blue as I walked down- Fifth aveuue with a friend. "Suddenly I saw two 'special trol- " street tilled with children waving flags aud appar ently having au awfully good time, but I couldn't bear a sound. In an In stant, without stopping to realize that I could bear all tbe other noises of the trafHe and my friend's voice, I turned around and seized him by the arm and shouted: "'Heavens. Jo. I'm deaf! 1 can't bear those children at all.'' 'Neither can l.s said my friend. wltb a roar of laughter. "They're mutes.' " Philadelphia Times. The Rod and ths Child. I do not believe In tbe government of tbe lash. If any oue of you ever ex pects to whip your children again I want you to have a photograph taken of yourself when you are In tbe act. with your face red with vulgar anger and tbe face of tbe little child, wltb eyes swimming in tears and the little chin dimpled with fear, like a piece of water struck by a sudden cold wind. Have tbe picture taken. If that little child should die I cannot think of a sweeter way to spend an autumn aft ernoon tban to go out to tbe cemetery when tbe maples are clod In tender gold and little scarlet runners are com ing, like poems of regret, from tbe sad heart of tbe earth and sit down upon the grove and look at that photograph and tblnk of tbe flesh, now dust, that you beat I tell you it Is wrong; it is no way to raise children. Wake your home happy. Be honest with them Divide fairly with them to everything. Robert U. IngersolL Realism. ' "When I was In London." said Miss Warner to tbe little group of friends rouud tbe dinner table wbo were lis tening to her account of some amus ing experiences sbe bad abroad last summer. "I tried to be aa British as I could, but I was constantly getting mixed in my English pbrases. "You knowVone of the underground railroads In 'London Is always spoken of as tbe tu'penny tube. so one day when I wished to he transported In a hurry from one side of tbe city to tbe other I astonished a big. pleasant faced bobby by asking where was the near est station of the 'twopenny tub.' " Every oue at the table laughed ex cept tbe young Scotch guest. He lean ed across tbe board and said, very se riously, "Ye kuow ye caan get a bawtb in Lunnou for tu'peoce."' The English Manor House Bathroom, A writer in the American Magazine gives tbe following directions by which a visitor may always And tbe house hold bathroom in an old English man or bouse: "Tbe household bathroom may be reached by descending tbe narrow stoue steps from t be second floor back of tbe uorth battlement. Follow tbe fall In a southeasterly direction until you come to tbe armor gallery, then turn sharply to tbe left and follow tbe corridor to tbe lop. Open tbe door at tbe end of this long ball and take a half flight of stone steps (Oliver Crom well once kissed a serving maid in tbis dark passage! on tbe right and pass Into tbe ox-n ball at tbe end. You will easily discover tbe bathroom, because It Is tbe fourth door from tbe mullioo window, a beautiful piece of glass of Charles It's time." TK Social Breakfast. A London newspaper wonders why we no longer luvile people to break fast. Tbe reason Is to be found in the state ot miud that usually Mwesscs the free and lmleieudeut clilzeu at that hour iu the morning, a state of tniud that makes him unbearable to himself aud to every one wbo cornea near hltu. Presumably It was not ever so, for Invitations to breakfast were once comuiou enough, and not so long ago either. Mr. Oludstone used to have guests to breakfast every Thurs day morning as recently s KSA. and It was thought sufficient to supply tea and coffee, eggs, bread and butter and perhaps some cold meat. But the really solid . breakfast had come into fashion loug before then, and It la said that tbe English learned the fash ion from the Scotch. Motley, when he was ambassador to England, found that the substantial breakfast whs grievously opposed to the simpler cus toms of his own country. He says. When I reflected that all these ieo- pie would lunch at 2 and dine at 8 I bowed my head In buinlllatlou, and the fork droi"d from my nerveless grasp." Argonaut, Big Clocks. The big clock of the Metropolitan tower at Madison square. New York, Is by long odds the costliest und most elaborate public timepiece ever con structed and is the ouly great clock lu the world operated wholly by electric ity without tbe touch of human bunds. Some of Its other wonders nre Its size being the largest four dial tower clock and the third largest clock of any size in tbe world, aud its altitude, which is the highest of any clock lu the world. It has also the biggest and heaviest striking bell. The other three lurgest clocks are the one face dial of the Colgate fac tory in Jersey City, which Is forty feet across, tbe next In size of mummoth public chronometers being tbe dial at St. Bombort's. in tbe old city of Ma- Hues. In Belgium, which Is thirty-nine feet across. St. Peter's of Zurich, Switzerland, has a dial face twenty- nine feet, aud then in order comes the Metropolitan tower clock, which Is twenty-six feet six Inches In diameter. Ths Origin of ths "Marseillaise." In the reign of terror under Freron and Barras. when hundreds of vic tims were carved by tbe guillotine aud the people rose against the aristocra cy, was born the hymn of Fruuce. composed by Kouget de I'Isle. He was an officer of engineers and at a banquet was asked to compose a war soug. lie wrote It in bis room that night before going to bed. and the next morning bis hostess, the wife of the mayor of Strassburg". tried It on a piauo. and in the afteruoou the orches tra of tbe theater played it lu the square of Strassburg, where It created much excitement and gathered many volunteers. Itouget called It a song for tbe Army of tbe Rhine, but subse quently It was sung by a reglmeut of volunteers, mostly assassins, wbo marched out of Marseilles to Paris, where It was appropriated by the cap ital and called the "Uymne des Marscl luls." But Joseph Itouget. the author, died In poverty. Deshler Welch lu Harper's Magazine. Westminster Hall. Westminster bull. England's old hall of the king's justice. Is one of the world's notable historical shrines. Built four centuries before Columbus sailed for America, burned, restored, remodeled, it has seen more history In the making than ierhups any oilier building west of Rome. Here some of tbe early parliaments met. und here the second Edward was expelled from his throne. Here Richard II. was de posed. Charles . condemned and Crom well balled as lord protector, whose bead. If the legend Is authentic, wus afterward exposed from oue of the hall's pinnacles. Westminster hall wus tbe scene of tbe trial of Wurren Hast ings. In It sentenc e of death was pro nounced on William Wallace. Sir Thom as More, Somerset. Essex, Strafford and Guy Fuwkes. New York World. Tried to Fly. John Milton in "Britain to the Con quest" says that tbe youth King II ur old. last of the Saxons, strangely as piring, bad made and fitted wings to bis bauds and feet. With these, ou the top of a tower, spread out to gut her tbe air, be flew more tban a furlong; but. the wind beiug too blgli. be came fluttering to tbe ground, maiming all his limbs, yet so conceited was be of bis art that Ibe cause of bis fall was attributed to the want of a tail, as birds have, which he forgot to make. His Recommendation. Tom Hello. BIIK 1 bear you hove a position with my frieuds Kklnner & Co.? Bill-Ob. i; I buve a position as collector ibere. Toin-That's flrxt rate. Who recommended you? Bill Ob. nobody. 1 told them that 1 once collected an account from you. and tbey instantly gave me the place. Firmnees of Purpose. Firmness of purpose is one of tbe most necessary sinews of character and one of the best iustruiimuts of success. Without it jrpulu wawtes its efforts iu a maze of inconsistencies. The Real Grievance. "Yon are always complaining. You ought to be satlwund wilb the money you've got." "1 am. it's with tbut which I haven't got that I am uot satisfied." A Reminder. "Since I've come buck I find that I'm forgotten by all my friends." "Why didn't you borrow niouey of them before you went away?" Judge's Library. - 5L 1 . J. Making Life Safer. Everywhere life is being mad more safe through the work ot Dr. King's New life Pills in constipa tion, biliousness, dyspepsia. Indiges tion, liver trouble, kidney dUeases and bowel disorders. They're easy, but sure, and perfectly bulkl up the health. i:c at all drueglsta. City aud County Brief News Items Rov. A. L, Howanta of Joseph was in Enterprise Friday. Doors and windows and all kinds of builders hardware at Keltners. Sheriff Marvin made an official business trip to Wallowa Friday. John Goble and daughter of Wal lowa visited Enterprise) Wednesday. Japalac, varnish stains, Rnseed oil t Burnaugtt Mayflald'a, Rev. W. H. Gibson and daughter Elena arrived In Enterprise from La (Jra:ide Thursday afternoon. Owen F. Stubblefleld returned Wed nesday evening from several point hi Idaho where ho visited frkxnds. - James, Clark and wife returned from Emmet and other Idaho points Wednesday evening. Mrs, Alfred Gardner passed through enterprise Wedne-nlay on hor way to Josephifrom KcnnewlcU, Wash, Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Funk leCt for Lost In e Friday where they will NEW YORK Insurance Company 346 and 348 Broadway, New Tar DARWIN P. KINGSLEY, Pres. Life LARGEST ASSET 3 OF ANY LIFE IN SURANCE COMPANY in the WORLD The expression for strength used to be: "Strong u the Bank of England." Today the expression is: "Strong as the New York Life." 4 ; The 65 Annual Statement, as of December 81, 1909, reveals the following facts: Largest Velum f Intaranc I Fore $2,002,809,227.00 Largest Annual Income 11 1,025,342.56 Largest Total Aststa. 599,708,285.97 The above certainly indicates that the New York Life is the preferred Life Insurance company of the world HAVE YOU SEEN THE 1910 TRUST fOLlCYT J. I. McKNELLY Special Representative HOTEL ENTERPRISE ENTERPRISE, OREGON MR. J. I. McKNELLY, Enterprise, Oregon: Dear Sir: What would be the cost for me to guarantee Mary $500 00 per annum during her life, after my death and in event of her deuth prior to receiving 20 payments of $500, to my children until at least $10,000,00 is paid. Money to be held in Trust by the New York Life and paid out only as designated by said Trust agreement? My age U years; Mary's age is years; my children's ages are . years. Enterprise Livery and Sales Stable BaKer ft Smith, Proprietors Fair treatment to everybody. Bus maets all trains 10 cts Commercial Trade a Spacialty. First Class Rigs. Phone Orders Carefully Followed Horses Bought and Sold Feed For Sale Open Day and Night , Pure Bred Black Percheron Stallion at this barn for service What Can You Expect? f What can you expect your business to amount to withe ut a Telephone? Do you suppose a customer will lose time running after you when you can call your compet itor by 'phone? , 1 Home Independent Telephone Co. We Do High-Class Job Printing Try Us We guarantee satisfaction v'ult relative and friends for a fortnight. Mr. and Xrs. Berland ot Joseph spent Vast Sunday In Enterprise, visiting the former' parents, Mr. and Mrs, L. Borland. Mr. and Mrs. Nea.1 Baker have re turned from an extended vtalt to Mrs. Baker's parents at Oregon City, Mr, and Mrs. Crater. 0. H. Brady ha moved? hi cabi net shop from the Rodger Brothers building to the rooms adjoining the Enterprise Press office, where he will engage In table and cabinet work. Fred Falconer left thl week for the summer Umber range north ot Enterprise where he has two largo bands of aheep graxlng. The "shrops," he steles, are unlike the mcruioa in that they do not herd .o gather so closely and thus require all .tho more watching. Fred 8. Ashley expects to occupy his new building now nearlug com pletion' some time next week. The new qtiantor will prove roomy, well lighted, and very accessible to tb trade, and the whole building will bo an up-to-date monument to the ready commodious business blocks la Enterprise, CANDIDATES ATTENTIONI Nominating petitions for county and district candidates before the primary September 24, for sale at this office. Nicely bound. Complete sets only $1 at office or by mall.