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-
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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
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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.
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Everywhere life is being mad
more safe through the work ot Dr.
King's New life Pills in constipa
tion, biliousness, dyspepsia. Indiges
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and bowel disorders. They're easy,
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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
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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
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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
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