The Scrap Book Just as Oood. Th C"iiiiii il in tli'li'tinllon to s llll illlllllfllll I'UllVl'llll'lll Nl ('tit rniin lik nlimu n lot iif IiuIk'. rni h orniiiiiriilitl ulili s wihhIimi nul iik'u. wiya the K.i I Mliln jf KvpiiIiiii I'imt. Tlif luiilitra oi ri' vi-rjr u:iilitr. Thw dVItt littirs fruiii iiilicr Hiiiiin lliiiiiiflu H a uri-tit J"kf In ni'iir m iii'iiiilhi' Cuiiiiii i lit wiuhIimi iiiiiiiii'U I'n-Hi'iiliy Hit Hutu who hml i Iimik" tif tin Itiuttfi-s Hint) Id Hl'llillnr Ill'illiilt'tft'P Mini kiiIiI; "Nt'iiitlur, tvf'ie In n tu. All mir wihiOi'II niiiini'u liitilvi-a nrt initio, mul 1hrv In "llll ii mi ni (li'iiiaiiil for tltiiti Vluit inn w tin?" "lii-i smut iimnv" "Hill Hump mi mi wtmilrn nillnii'S" 111 t'tilfituo Vt hml lu Iinvi tliiif vapwlnlly lunilt for u limit liuini'." "All right." itlrtxliMl NiihiIimiiii Urn nili'H" ' : "fa tluwn tn itnarrjr aturc unit liny 4m nr Kfl ivnl iitiimt-K mill stlrk ilM'tii tin tlir Iniilufn. TI117 H llfHT fcllOW III llllTfl'tllU'B." A 11 J llit-jr tlliln'l. . . Words of Strength, Tlfrtt r thro taamta I wiuilil writ. Tht-ra wniiU aa with turning pvit. In tracing of eternal llstit I'tMin Ui heurt ot mn. llttvs hrMs' ThniiKh clmiita environ nnw Ami tllantiaaa iii'leii hfr faca in aiorn, i'ut thou in ihmitiw from ttty blow. No night but lino lis morn. llavs faith! Wtim'n thy bark t drly. it Th culm's itlrt. the tump!' mlrlh Knnw this: Jo! rules tint busts ul besvsn, Tin Inhabitants 0t rlli. Ilav Inv! Nt luv ftlnn fir m. Hut man s nun thy brnther cull Anil aialtar Ilk Hi circling tun Thy chttrliiM on all. Thua grov the word a upon thy soul Jlopa. fttltlt and lov nu thou antilt nnd trangth whan Ufa's surges rtidaat roll, 1 Uglit whan thou la war blitni. -chiller. Too Hot to Put on Papr, Wbnn Mr, Cnmt-cl stnrtml In tit tw liusluttss h was rrsolvett to re luc tlis appalling m-cltlmits Incltlviitnl to tlx work. And ho was vers suc rouful In viiN'UtlitR this resolve. A la rt of lila success was due, no doubt to the blank slip that every foreman timt to nil up when on of his hands got burr. A certain workman had on day tho bad lurk to surfer alight ac cident. Ills foreman, an lllliermte but honest chap. Oiled nut promptly the lip which la now preserved it 8 It I bo. Tb slip ran: Iiate-iMan-b 5. . "Name Jnim Miles. "Nature of aerltlent-Toe crushed. "How causwl OxdottUt blow from letluo, "Itumarka These was awful. 1 will repel to clerk verbal." Miatsksn In th Book. A New York lawyer who employs colored help In his home tells Hill tory ou himself: On one orcusloo bis wife was suffer ing Intensely from a nervous headache, and. thinking prrhnpe his voice might ootho her to sleep, ahe asked him tu read aloud to her, w hich he did as the colored maid went back and forth about the room setting thlnga In order for the night. I'resviitly the maid quietly withdrew to the kltiiieu below, whero the old cook. Aunt Phyllis, was awaiting her. "Mr. Alex sho' la a good man," suid tho innld. "lie settlu' up ttitr rendln' lv lllblo to Miss Alice, an' ahc slrk." "Go 00, chile." answered Aunt I'liyl lis; "don' yo' know Mr. Alex ulu' read lu' no lllble? llo's a lawyurl" Thirsty and Disgustsd. On the line of tho Mlisuurl rnclflc rnllwity. Just over In Oklahoma from Coffeyvlllc, Kun., Is a small place cull ed Nowattn. A atnte law In K minus prohllilta the currying by the rnllronds -of public drinking cups ou truing. Not long ugo a fanner from Iowa, on a MlHttourl Tactile train In Kansas near i'offeyvlllc, wan led a drink of water. He did not know about the law. Uolng to the wntor cooler, be begun looking for the cup. When he fulled to II nil It he Bought the chair cur porter, a negro, and asked for It. "Law donu' 'low no public cups on dene heitb trains." snld the porter. The I own 11 whs deeply disgusted. He returned to his scut nnd grumbled until the train crossed the Oklahoma Kau nas line. Shortly after that the uegro jiorter stuck his bend In the dour. "Nowntta!" he called. That IncreiiKed the lownn's disgust. "Iu Kansas they don't have no drink In' cups," he Hiilil to the man In the next sent, "an" lu Oklahoma tio water on trains. Ihiuged If 1 don't slay In Iowny for the rest of my life. If I ever git back there without dryln' up of thirst." Denver Tltuc. A Psrsistsnt Office Ssnktr. Governor Stanley of Kansits was once ho pestered by ollice seekers that be found It necessary publicly to make llio statement that lu view of tho ex ceedingly numerous applications for ollice he had received through the malls he should bo unable tu give any Attention to them, much less afford nny hope of .success to the Tiirloun ap jillcunts. In the course of n few days after making the statement In question the governor received the following note: "My Uenr Governor I understand that you have said that you were go ing to tnke a week off to destroy the lle of letter asking for Jobs. If ev erything else Is gone, then, my denr governor. 1 should like the job of tear ing up tho letters." RUDE AMERICANS. Thay Laughed In the Paoe ef Wall Informsd Englishman. "Amerltstw are rutle. entremely so an Id the KiiKllnliiiinn Just four dnjrs over. 'They don't want to be told siiyililim; think they know It all. Vm ti'rilny three un-u who ant In dotiltle seals Willi me In itu eleviitt'd I nil 11 were Nik'Uliitf nviT lliiiin-r Hint Untie of thi'iti aiM'iniil to btive drdulta In f r 11 111 1 1 1 tl uit. It happened to be emtio tlilnK Hint I bud rend a lontf artlrle alHiut the nlb'lit In-fore, so I aike up ami mill t Item wbnt I knew. Now, In my t'tiiitiiry we would tbnnk a in" 11 who did Hml. but theae Amerli'iiua tllilu't Hiiink me. They IiiiikIiimI lit my fiH't': Unit la wluil they dlil." '"Unit la Kiruni'." an Id bia American fili'inl. " Anii'iliiiiia are uainilly very iiinii'fiil for every bit of liifnriiinHoii orfered llit'iii. What did you tell them, anyhow?" "Well, they were fiiaaluit about wlili li t'lty bud the II inn t tllninoud In be couiiiry. One snld riillndi'llila I1111I. umiihi-r Chli'itKo: the oilier attu k out for I'lttxlinrii I snld: i'nrdon m, tteiiitetiien. you are nil mlatiikeu. I'll t a hits the lineal tlliimond III the lliiltitl Klntea. I ri-nil nU.ilt It luxt nltlll. It welkin I foruet how ninny rnrnta and wns brouuhl from I.oiitlon by 11 Mrs. I'Hiteraon ntmiit a yenr ni;o.' "And then they lunched. Why. they actually roared. Very rude Auterlcaua are. 1 think. "-New York Times. A fatal Brsathtr. "Murk 'I wnln bitietl a gloomy man." Snld a New York rill I or. "Once, at a bnnquet, a gloomy man ant opposite him. This mini would not smile at the moat amusing Jokes. " 'Whnfa the niaiier with youf cried Murk Twain. The stories are all good. Why don't you IntiRbr "'Ah. sir,' anld the gloomy man. 'how ran I laugh when 1 remember that every time I breathe aoul passes Into the great beyond? " 'Oood gracious,' said the humorist, 'did you ever try cloveaf Hs Told Her. A young woman stenographer who does a big buslutw wlih the patrons of a busy hotel waa talking about the ptH'Ullnrltle of ber cllettta. 'W tint I call a man lit a hurry.'' ahe anld. "la a man who wtll hand me a card with an address on It and a few nolo of "lint he wanta aald and tell HMIMCD AND STKOLLXU AWAT. tue to wrlle the letter and mull It and hurry away. I have quite a number of those. "The uiost Interest lug 11111 11 I ever hail tvu one who stopped and guve me a visiting turd. Ills 111 lilies was en graved In the lower corner. He hand ed me a dollar with the card and snld. 'I'lease write a letter for ute.' "I said: 'Certainly. To whom?" " 'To my wife.' he answered. That Is my untile yuu huve ou the curd.' " I understand that.' I told him. 'but what shall I write aboul?" " 'Oh. w rite ttlsiut u page.' he replied as he smiled and strode awuy." Chi cago Tribune. . Rough on Irving. In the excitement of the moment public speakers often sny the opposite of nhnt they menu to convey, ami when Henry Irving gnve a rending In tho lister hall In ISTS. guys lira in sto ker tn "Personal ItemluUcenees of Henry Irving," one speaker made as pretty an Irish bull na could be found, though the bull Is generally supposed to belong to other provinces than the hard bended Ulster, lu descanting on the many virtues of the guest of the evening be mentioned the excellence of his morni nature and rectitude of his private life In these terms: "Mr. Ir ving, air. is a gentleman wbut leads life of tiubrokeu blemish." WanUd Good Odds. ia tno urst nays or James J. Hill's wonderful career as railroad builder and manager be and "Diamond Joo" Uulllday met 00 the levee lu St Paul one day when Jim was helping to start a freight train over the little up grade. the engine's horsepower requiring more or less human aid. Uill nnd bis friends had Just made the purchase of the St Paul nud Pacific, and "Diamond Joe's' fleet of Mississippi river stern whcel ent was then the dominant fnctor In transportation problems of tho now northwest. "Jim, I'll race one of my boats kgitlnst your train," "Diamond Joe" aid. "Don't know about thnt." Jim an Bwered. "Some of your boats are pret ty fast." "Race yon up stream: water high. current swift," Insisted Ilttllldny. "What!" exclaimed Iltll in surprise. "You mean that you would nice your boat In the water? Huh! Not much I'm willing to give you odds, but not that big. Turn her paddles on dry ground and I'll go you." Success Mag azine. FURNACE MANAGEMENT. ."tow te tseure Hst With a Minimum Consumption ef Coal, The old practice of slinking a fire down, removing the it she, filling up with cool sud turning ou all the damp- era Is one of the most wasteful Imag- liuibl", writes U. Iv W alsh In the Kiieu liiic Amt'i'e tut. Hllglit slinking several tlinin through the day, a few shovels of coal uppllisl every few hours and with ilinfta half o; 11, uieittis a Uul- form, nH'inly lire that will give the greniest ninoiiiit of lient at a minimum iiiNiiinplloii of coal, It I p issllile Willi skillful stoking nr firing of this mtiiiie to burn Roft coal lu many of our slovi-g and furnace without annulling Hie lumlncapo with soot and aiii'.ke. Get a good bed of hot coiila nud Hii'ii fid gradually and shake Huliilv. The result III combus tion Is uniform ami the beat nulls utilized greater than by any other method. If the chimney draft Is gissl uud the furnace well designed there hoillil be few ueruslons when all of the drafts will lie neisli-d If skillful stoking is uilophsl. There will also lie g complete risluetloii of Hie coal to soft ashes, leaving uo half burnt pieces, Poking will be unnecessary unless clinkers in ctimulatu In place to retitnl slinking dow n. This method of treating the furnuce bns la-en tried time and itgalti, with the result of a saving of from two to live Ions of coiil lu tho sttmu house lu a single winter. The Interior tem perature of the house was kept more uniform also hei-ituse of the more uni form heat maintained In the furnace. Try the method once and see tho dif ference. The chief thing Is alwaya to kct'P a uniform bed of hot coals In the furnace ami never wait until the fuel Is all burnt out In-fore adding new. fihitke file furnace down lightly every time fresh coal Is put ou, and keep the dnmH-r or draft only half or three qiutrters open. In very cold weather they tuny bnve to lie opened full, but Dot Very often or for very long. AUTOMATIC FLAGMAN. Warning Apparatus Dslgnd For Us on Elsetrio Rsilrosds, "Automatic flagmen" are being In stalled on the line of the Pacific Klecttic Hallway company of I.c An geles after a series of tests. Tho fea ture of the apparatus la a disk pen dulum which swings back and forth when a car approaches. The other warning Instruments provided are a trolley car Im-11 and two electric lights. About ll feet from the highway crossing thus protected a number of AITO5IAT10 WAltNUta PKVICE. six foot sections of contact rails are bolted to the regular tracks. To tbeso are connected stinting relays In such a manner that the trend of tho wheels makes a contact as the cur passes over, but there are uo moving parts. The passing of a cur over the contact mak ing device simply Btnrts the mechan ism actuating the pendulum and gong, which, liolng provided with a timing element, runs a given length of time before stopping, thus warning all who approach. Popular Mechanics. Origin of Oion. Ozone, which Is an allotroplc form of oxygen, has long beeu recognlxed as nn active purifying agent In the atmosphere owing to Its powerful oxi dizing qualities, but the question of Its origin hits beeu much disputed. The Investigations of Ileurlet, In France, navo led him to the conclusion that ozone forms In the upper regions of tho nir, probably under the Influence of tho ultra-violet radiations from the aim, nnd that It Is brought downward toward the surface of tho earth both by descending nlr currents and by drops of, rain. After a shower of ruin tho quantity of ozone In the nlr Is al ways found to have been Increased. An Ancient Ironmaster. Hogge's House nt Ituxted, Sussex, England, lu tho center of the old Iron district, was formerly the residence of nnlph Hogga, nn Ironmaster. He Is celebrated as having been tho first to cast a cannon lu one piece. This oc curred in 1543. Originally big guns were hooped nnd dangerous to manage. The worthy merchant's discovery revo lutionized the trade nnd brought him wealth nnd fame. Ills ancient home, embowered In trees. Is still In good condition, well worth seeing nnd quite closo to the church. Ou its facade is a hog In bas-relief. Work of th Waves. In twenty-live years the sea has washed away 419 acres of land from the Biitlsii Isles, but nt tho samo tlmo It has added 30,000 acres. The land taken, however, was much more valu able than that added. e., , 0 IF YOU INTEND TO BUY A Spring Wagon OR A HACK Splendid Line. Best Make in 1 1-8 and 1 1-4 Selling very lowthii month Collins W. Elkins The Brosius Bar Finest Brands of Wines, Liquors and Cigar. LAGER BEER ON DRAUGHT F. E. BROSIUS, Proprietor Millinery July Clearance Sale Prices on all kinds of Millinery greatly reduced after July 1st Mrs. Estes Millinery Parlors. PRINEVILLE, - - OREGON. " RECEPTION " Smith & Allingham, Props, f j Champ Smith's old stand. j Imported and Domestic l j Cigars Famous Whiskies f i Old Crow; Hermitage; Red 3 Top Rye; Yellow Stone; f i Canadian Club; Cream i Rye; James E. Pepper, i Moore's Malt. i Porter, Ale and Olympia 4 Draft Beer on Tap. i j Imported Wines and Liquors. i 4 I Administrator's Notice In tlie County Court of the State of Oregon (or the County of Crook, In the lUKttorof the estate of C. W. Clark, Notice la hereby given thnt the undersigned has been duty appointed administrator de bonis non of thf estate of 0, W. OUrK,!de eeusod.nnd any mul all persons having i l lni8 against said estate must present them to C, O'Nell at the cffl,of tho Pioneer Abstract Co., Frlni'VtlK Ortgon, within six months fi-om the dato of this 110U00, Dated August 18, lU. 0. C. O.NEIL, Administrator de bonis non of the eh ink' of U. W, Claik, deceased. 1 - tl:t'C-;'?:- it '!. I 1 i- A: . . , s---.. ,;, 1 The hunting season will soon be here and now is the time to have your guns put in order. We do work of that kind. CROOK COUNTY JEWELRY & SPORTING GOODS HOUSE L. KAMSTRA, Prop. A Gross Fraud Is alleged in the suit filed in Crook County Circuit Conrt Aug. 14. A widow sells ber farm a unincumbered Cur Ab stract reveals facte which develop the recordirg of an alleged fraudulent Mortgage Suit to cancel follows Result: hale delayed and poesioly lost. Better have yonr title looked after, before you are ready to sell, by tbe Company that pro tects your interest. PIONEER ABSTRACT COMPANY (Member Oregon Association of Title Men) 13 O. K. MARKET Stroud & Stroud, Proprietors Choice Beef, Veal Mutton and Pork A Fine Line of Sausage Telephone orders receive prompt attention Prineville Green House CHAS. W. SPRING, Prop. Prineville, - Oregon All kinds of vegetable and flower plants ready to transplant to the open ground at the proper season. All plants transplanted and well rooted. Pot-grown tomato and cucumber plants. Vegetables out ol season. We now have help in the work and some one will al ways be on hand to wait upon you, A good article at a reasonable price is our aim. No extra charge for packing and delivery at the stage office. While us your needs in the plant line. ' Tthaea The Supreme Excellence OLD "I. W HARPER" Among lovers of fin whiskey was not achieve! in a Amy nor in a jear. It is the result of nearly half a century's persistent effort and honest service. During all these years there has never been a time when HARPER wa not what ii claimed to he SIMPLY THE BEST, Sold By Silvertooth & Browder Shaniko, Oregon Butter and Eggs Country Produce Chas. W. Spring.