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About The Oregon scout. (Union, Union County, Or.) 188?-1918 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 29, 1885)
i I i rxxsT kiss or z.ovr. When a youth and maid of demeanor gay, But still unversed in impassioned npcoch. Are seen to return from their ntroll hoiiio day With a gloriflod look in tlio faco of each A look of mingled lifo-tidoa sot lleneo ovonnoro to a common coal You may bo a tiro that their lips have met In that kisa which compassed! bouI with soul. To older faces the maskn of hearts That havo loveless throbbed until la to in lifo, It nono tho Ions a now lifo imparU, i 1.-1 1 H- v.. -L: r . i imiu ui uuui, mill iii'GjiuuQn liiu. And barren, indeed, must bo the breast, . Or fitted for colder worlds than this. That has novor in lifo's wldo swoop possessed xno-apmre ana joy pr Jyovo b nrsi kiss. Nathan D. Unsnn. FARM, FIELD AM FIRESIDE. Cookhiff Beclpes. Hero, from tho Ladies' Home Jour nal, is what is called n useful hint for giving n dchcato flavor to lamb to bo eaten cold: "Putin tho water in which it is boiled wliolo cloves and long sticks of cinnamon. To one leg of lamb allow ono very small handful of cloves and cinnamon. If tuo Iamb is to bo roasted boil tho cloves and cinnamon in water and basto tho lamb witli it." Potatoes should ahvavs bo cooked with their jackets on, says tho Caterer, Tho skin has been purposoly mado of a corky nature to retain tho juices and valuablo principles oi tho vegetable, and should carefully bo guarded from nny injury by cutting or scraping. chemical analysis shows that the water used to boil a pound of pooled potatoes contained afterward sovontccn grains of carbonato of potash. This is a foolish wasto. Moreover, baked potatoes aro prcfcrablo to boiled ones. A baked po into digests in two hours, while a pooled boiled potato takes throo aud n-half hours. Baiskd ConN Bhead. Tako equal parts of sifted corn and ryo moal, about ono quart of each, and a round tnblo spoonful of soda, n coffoo cup of mo- lassoBS, and a cup of good livoly yeast, and a pint of sifted pumpkin (or not,) mix it thoroughly and vory soft with warm wator, and lot it riso till vory liglit and crackly on top, then put it in tho oven at onco, which shoull bo hot enough to brown it over quick without scorching ; keep up tho heat for an hour, thou with a modorately slow 11 ro bako ono Hour more, and longor u tho ovon is only modorately wurni, but must not bo over-baked. w Sukt PunniNa. Ono cup of suot or butlor, chopped and rubbed into flour, ono cup of molasses, ono cup of swoct milk, ono bowl of currants and raisins, ono egg, ono tcaspoonful of saleratus, half a toaspoonful each of ginger, cinna mon, nutmeg and ground lomon pool. Put in enough sifted flour to mako a very btiff dougli and steam for throo hours. Eat with a sauce mado with ono cup of sugar, two tablospoonfuls of 1 1 - . i f .... 1 uiuuifiMUM mm nun u piui ui cuior oouou togothor. Thicken tho sauce by adding as it boils ono toaspoonful of corn starch dissolved in a littlo water. Hurtful Kendinar. A bad book, magazine, or nowspapcr is aa dangorous to your child as a vicious companion, and will us surely corrupt his morals and lead him away from tho patli of snfoty. Every parent should sot this thought oloarly boforo his mind and ponder it well. Look to what your children read, and especially tho kind of popors that get into tlioir hands, for thoro aro now published Bcores of wooklv papers, with attractive and sonsuous illustrations, that aro as hurtful to young and innocont souls as poison to a healthy body. Many of theso papers havo attained a wido circulation, and aro sowing broad cast tho seeds of vico and orimo. Trenching on the borders of imloconoy, thoy corrupt tho morals, taint tho imagination, and al lure tho weak and unguardod from tho paths of innocence. Tho dangers to young porsous from thij cause wore novor so groat ns at this timo, and ovory father and mother should bo on their guaid against an ouomy that is suro to Yncot their child. Look to it. then, that your ohildron aro kept as frco aa possiblo from this taint. Novor bring into youjr houso a paper or periodical that is not strictly pure. Soo to it that an abundanooof tho purest and health iost reading is placed boforo your ohil dron. Hungry lambs will oat poison, but if well fed on good foDd, thoy let tho poison alona. If you wish to Bavo your own children and tho children of others, do all you cun to sustain and oiroulato healthy moral literature. Wookly Gazette. Doughnuts "I should liko to try aomo doughnuts without eggs." Tho Amateur Cook said it inquiringly ( and I answerod, "Well, try." For eggs wero scareo, ond tho ohildron soemed to eat up all tho oiko ns fast as it was made. I novor allow them to eat rich confectionory or fruit cuke, but think that good, plain cako is wholesomo, if home-made, so wo tried doughnuts in this wise: Two quarts of ilmir, pint of milk, a cupful of sugar? and'n pioco of butter as largo as an egg. Scald tho mtlkj add the sugar, and halt a cup of yeast. Hub the butter into tho flour, and add half a cup of yeast (small measuro) and half a toaspoonful of soda. Muteo this into a sponge, and lot it mo well. Then uprinkloin somo spice; Viionil wtll. nrwl lot it risnnmiin. Avium w Aiit nitf f rti" frvtnnr nl. r in "lllllrt' HrilTlH ft fow minutes before being put into tho inrra 'in nmnirmi Hnia uinv wnrn vniT Rood, and 1 had to concede thnt, with out being rich, thin- were fitdatable itiid very economical. o I ' CUooslnff a. Haiba.nl. From the Homo Journal A girl, if sho cannot always choose, can always refuse; and generally her diftlnulty is this it is evident that this nan is making lovo to mo. I do not love him but I think I might do so if I cIioom; shall I ahooso or shall I for bear? It la here that the power of choice comes in ; and it is hero that tho voico of prudonco must bo heard, if it is heard at all. In such circumstances a girl will net wisely if sho pays consider able attention to tho general opinion which, in nine cases out of ton, is held of tho gentleman in question by his pro fessional brethren or his business ac quaintances. It is, in short, not tho uiiiu ii iiu ia uiitiiiiuiu uiiiuiifj ii vuiuti) but ho who u well knovh by his own sos, wiio is the man to choosers a hus band. There aro certain porsons, how ever, of tho opposito sex who nro almost as good judges of a man's disposition as thoso of his own, and thoy aro his sis ters. A girl can always toll how a man stands with his sisters, and if thoy aro really fond of him sho may feol almost suro that ho will mako a good husband. A mother, of course, always speaks well of liorson; it is not what she says of him, but his behavior to her, that is to bo looked to. Cultivation of Feat. From tho Household. Liberal cultivation given to tho peas, tho gardener of oxperionco is awaro that fow crops will givo more satisfactory results. Deep plowing, if the surface soil is not to shallow, with a heavy coat ing of well decayed compost well mixed into tho soil, will doublo your crop. I)ccp stirring of tho soil to almost any crop boforo sowing tho sood will double your yield. In dry wcathor the roots run deeper, rendering tho crop moro capable of sustaining moisturo, frequent stirrings of tho surfaco soil nro also a great boncfit. By deep stirring of tho soil I do not mean to throw your surfaco soil to tho bottom and tho poor subsoil to tho top, but stir it oightcon or twenty-four inches deep if you can, bring ing as littlo subsoil to tho surfaco as possible. In a garden it can bo dona with n digging fork or spado, or whero tho plow can bo used, lot a sub soil plow follow and loosen the under soil six to twelvo inches moro. farmers and gardonors who havo novor tried deep stirring of tho soil in this maunor, should set nsido a small pioco of land nnd try tho oxpori ment. You will be surprised at tho re sults in rotaining moisturo in dry weather besidos increasing your crop. Tho vines of peas contain a largo per cent, of phosphoric ncid, thorcforo guano and suporphosphato aro valuablo aids for top dressing. Experimenting with over thirty varieties of peas last, season. 1 should choose for a succession crop tho throo following varities. First, tho Excolsior proved tlio oarlicst oi thorn all, with largo, well filled pods, and fino sugar flavor, should chooso it for market or family uso for first early. Second, tho Tolonhono: no ono can bo disappointed with it, it produces such largo peas and pods of uncqualed fla vor. Third tlio Xs'ow Jcrpeluai, which was first to introduco in America last year from Europo, whero it has bson awarded sovoral llrst-class certifi cates, as in my opinion the best lato variety in tho" pea family, maturing just after tho Thelophono, growing and branching, yielding fino peas until cut by frost in October. Unshod Horses. Tho belief is gaining provalcnco among intelligent horsemen that if horses, and particularly farm horses, wero allowed to go unshod more, it would bo a gam for them. Indeed thoro aro not wanting advoeatos of tho plan f not shooing at all. It w maintained by such that when tho hoof is allowod to bo in its natural condition and unshod, it bocomcs hard enough to stand road wear as well as when shod, and bo at tho samo timo porfoctly sound, with much tho appoaranco of a colts foot. Hutu moan may bo struck botwoon tho prac tice of constant shooing and no shooing for farm horses, thatsoeuros, in a meas uro, tho advantages of both. After tho frost and ico of winter aro gono, let tho shoos bo removed, not to bo put on again during tho spring season of soft roads. During tho winter tho hoofs usually grow long and then need a good deal of trimming back in tho bpnng. Tako of tho shoes am', let this wear back naturally. Many ailments to hoofs ami legs may bo saved by this course. Killlnir Calves. No doubt thoro is great barbarity practiced in killing calves, llutchors tavo littlo morey in this respect if they think thoy get any advunloge. Thus calves are hung up by thoir hools and slowly bled to death to mako tho flesh white. They aro also stunned by a blow on tho head to make tho blood ing from tho throat slow for tho sumo supposed nurposo. It does not whit en tho flesh, becauso tho moro quickly tho blood is drawn tuo better this ofl'eot is producod. Tlio least painful mode of slaughtering a calf is to hoist it up by tho hind legs over a pulloy and then immediately cut the throat pith a sharp knife so as to sovor all tho veins and arteries at one stroko; this suddenly arrests all sonsation boeauso it stops tho supply of blood to the brain aud paralyv.es that organ: tho bloo.l oscapes vory quickly and tho flesh is drained completely, loaving it whito and clear. Th Qardan. If ft now plant ing of rhubarb is no oded make it early. Cut up old roots, secur- in tr n bud to each niece, and plant in highly manured soil, four feot apart each way. "When tho soil is in proper condition, sow seeds of beoO, early turnips, rad ishes, lettuce, cress, parsnips, spinach, salsify, and other hardy vegetables, in cluding peaa. Plants wintered in oold frames must o hardened by exposure ovory day, and at night also, if tho weather is not too Kovcro. They may bo sot out whenever tho ground ia ready. Do not try to grow egg plants if you cau buy tho plants. Tlio seod is vory hard to germinate, and the young plants require good care, but thoro is no garden tliut should omit tins excellent vege table. Celery is a moat healthful plant; it is antifovcr, known as an excellent ner vine, a quieter of disturbed nerves, and promoter of sound sleep; when eaten freely it preserves n good stomach and sweet breath. Most farmers do not raiso and uso ns much of it as it is for their ndvantago to. Tho leek is very hardy. Sow soeds in April in seed-beds in drills ono foot apart. When six inches high trans plant. Thoy should bo sot deep so that tho soil may" blanch thom. Or if set on tho surface, tho soil should bo hilled up about them, Largo Flag winter, Largo Houon "Winter, nnd Uarcnton Winter aro tho best kinds. Salsify should not bo forgotten or 'neglected. "When properly cooked it is ono of tho most palatable of winter vegetables. Tho long roots sliDUld bo sliced nnd boiled until tender, and then norved with drawn button Tho numo of vegetablo oystor is given to salsify, becauso when " fried and mashed it ro sembles tho oystor in flavor. Tho different varioties of strawber ries succeed upon a great variety of soils. On moist land tho berries aro goncrnlly larger, fewer in number, nnd of inferior quality, whilo on light land moro nnd sweeter berries aro produced, but thoy will bo smaller. To over como tho last difficulty heavy mulching or thorough irrigation must bo resorted to. All vegetables profor a light, sandy Joam, nnd melons, sweet potatoes, and root crops can bo grown on soils that nro extremely sandy; but such crops, while not partial to an excess of moist uro, do not thrivo in long continued droughts unless assisted by a light mulch. A scattering of straw nround tho trunks of tomatoes will materially assist in promoting growth, whilo tho moro cabbage is worked tho larger thoy grow. As tho spring begins to open, thoso wh6 who nro favored with tho posses sion of a garden will, as usual, endeavor to get tho seeds in tho ground as early as possible, but unless tho sou is dry and warm no advantago will bo secured by hasto. Tho most important matter is to spado or plow tho garden as deop as possible, manuro it well, and thor oughly incorporate tho manure and soil. Who scod-bod should bo very fino nnd frco of lumps, as tho seeds of noarly all vegetables aro small and will not gor minato quickly unless well favored with warmth, moisturo, and air. Aftcouso ' of the rnko in tho beginning will do moro for n crop of vegetables than doublo tho amount of labor after culti vation, ns tho preparation of tho soil is of moro importance than anything clso. It is imperative to thoroughly keep down tho grass and weeds, which pro cess of cultivation also renders tho soil always looso ond fino, theroby securing and retaining a greator supply of heat and moisturo. Good Farm Work Fays. A most instructive story comos from Ohio. A woll-known farmer in that state who makes a special business of growing fino potatoes, was taking a load of them to town to delivor thom to a. purchaser, who had bought all his prod uct over 51,000 bushels at a higher price than was current for ordinary qualities. On tho road ho mot another f.irnior returning with a load of poor scabby potatoos which ho was unablo to sell at auy prico, as thoro was no de mand for poor lots. Looking nt his neighbor's fino potatoes tho disappoint ed and perhaps envious man remarked : "You aro a lucky man." "No," roplied tho other, "thoro is no luck about it ; it is all hard work and good manage ment." This is nlways tho truth, and it applios to ovory kind of work. Only good work pays, and poor work is a wasto of labor and timo and good mate rial. Hut an enormous amount of poor work is done upon farms and in duiries. Wasto of Bullets in War. From tho Popular Sclonco Nows. Our rcodors may havo seen or heard tho statomont, that it tikes a soldier's weight of lead to kill him in battle, and thoy may havo considered it to bo mere ly a rhetorical hyporbole, suggested by tho obvious fact that comparatively fow out of tho whole number of shots in war tako ofl'eot. It sooms, howovor, that tho assertion, which originated with the famous Marshal Saxe, was pravod by Cassondi, after careful mathematical calculation, to bo no exaggeration; nnd, with all the improvements that hnvo boon mndo in muskets and in tho art of using thom efleotively, it is still not far from tho truth. At the battloof Solforino, a comparison of the number of shots ilrcd on tho Austrian sido with tho number killed and wouudod on tho part of tho enemy, shows that 700 bul lets wore oxpondod for each man wound ed, nnd -1,200 for crch ono killed. Now, as tho avorago weight of tho ball used was 2)0 grams, it must havo requirod at least 1120 kilograms, or about 227 pounds of lead to kill a win. In tho Ernnco-ltussian war the slaugh ter caused by tho needlo-gun among tho French shows how much superior that firearm was to tho Austrian carbifco; but about 1,1100 Bhota woro roquired then to accomplish tho destruction of a single soldier. It in found in practice that n groat majority of tho wasted bullets go over tho heads of tho enemy ; honco resort is somotimes had tft tho ex pedient of pressing down, by ifleans of A staff, the muskets of n platoon of men about to lire, n sergeant being) detailed ftir tho service. When the shots are aimed at an isolated soldier tho chances ngainst him aro, of course, greater; but oven then the wasto of lead is some thing enormous. In tho Franco-Prussian war, according to an olllcor who witnossod tho performance, a French company of chasseurs llre.l for a quarter of an hour at a Gorman mouutod sentry iiosted on a hillock about !100 yards oil', '"nil 400 shots wore fired beforo either man or horse was hit. A really export marksman would probably have picked off tho man at tho very first attempt, of certainly at the ucond. Mr. Gladison Fowler's Dislike of Some Simple Indian Customs. Arkannaw Traveller. Mr. Qladison Fowler has just re turned form tho In .linn Territory Tho account which ho gives of his so journ in that beautiful country throws mucn light on Indian institutions. "Oh, it is a grent undeveloped coun try," said ho, in reply to a question asked by a friend, "but do you know that I cannot approve of tho minor do tails of somo of their social customs It's a fact I don't. I visited old Lump- ty Turn. Ho is ono of tho wealthiest men in tho Territory. Tho old fellow treated mo with marked courtesy. It is an Indian custom that a guest shall not cat with tho family, but that las meals shall bo sorved to him in his room, and that ho shall bo waited upon by tho fa vorito daughter. Woll, whon my first meal wus brought, 1 took a good look at tho girl, hho was beautiful, but her father's monoy mado her faco strikingly attractive, Sho spoko English very well, and was not bashful as I had expected to find her. bho becamo moro and moro com municativo, and after awhilo, in viow of tho fact that 1 was out of employment, I decided to mako to her a proposition of marriage, bho told mo how to pro ceed. I must tako her by tho hand, lead her to Lumpty Turn nnd say, "Will you givo mo this maiden i I did so. Lumpty Tom reflected a moment and said: " 'You don't want her.' "Tho girl nudged mo nnd I know that this was another custom. " 'Yos, I do." ". 'AH right.' "Nothing moro was said. Tho next day wo wero married. I rushod up to Lumpty Turn and shook hands with him but when X called intn lather lio frowned iiipon mo, "'How is this?" I asked. " 'How is what?' " 'You do not nllow mo to call you fath er.' " 'No.' "'Why?' " 'Cause I ain't. " 'Didu't I mnrry your daughter ?' " 'No; married servant. Daughter away at school.' "So, you see," continued Mr. Glad ison Fowler. "I cannot npprovo tho minor details of some of tho Indian cus toms." Art in Now York. A correspondent of tho Boston Her ald, speaking of tho monoy invested in Now York in paintings, says thnt a club hero "holds a loan exhibition of ninety pictures, insured for over $500,000, in cluding an insurance of $350,000 on thirty-nino works lent by ono porson. Think of tho money locked up in tho Stewart, Vnnderbilt, Morgan, Sponsor, Belmont, Rockefcllor, nnd Astor gnl lerios. Tho 1807' cost Mr. Stewart $00,000; Vnndorliilt's Moissonior, 'Tho Arrival at tho Chateau,' cost him $-10,-000 in Paris; his best Millet, 'The Sow er,' cost him over $25,000; Mrs. Mor gan's 'Evening,' by lloussenu, cost hor $18,000, nnd Mr. Sonoy paid $20,000 for its companion, 'Morning on tho Biver Oise.' Mr. Sonoy dropped near ly throe-quarters of a million into tho pockets of dealers and a fow artists in less than live years. But tho nrtists got a very small share. Is it any wonder that New York dealers grow rich? Ono of thom carries an in surance of $800,000 upon his stock of paintings, and ho says that that doesn't cover tlio value. Tho other day ho showed mo in his privato rooms a group of pictures whoso prices ranged from $5,000 to $20,000. Mr. Cotilor, a con noisseur of oxquisito tasto, has that su porb Corot, tho 'Orpheus,' still hang ing in his gnllory. Somo time ago, I boliovo, its price was $25,000. Ho adds $1,000 to tho prico every yenr, and I prcsumo now $30,000 would not buy it. So tho money goes for picturos in Now York. Sometimes tho city suggests Bomo in hor days of luxury and deca dence Few peoplo rcalizo tho richness and costliness of Now York privato col lections. It would bo hard for Paris to surpass tho exhibition of modern French paintings which might bo mado hero in Now York." Youth of Ferdiuaud Word. From tho Caledonia, N. Y Advertiser. Strango things happen in thi3 world, but ono oi tho strangest in this century was tho manner of Gen. Grant's rnin and by such nn instrument aa Ferdi nand Ward. During tho lapso of timo botwoon 1801 nnd 1870, whilo Grant was winning world-wido famo ns n sol dier in tho fiold and as president of tho United States, tho porson that waa dos tinod to drag him in sorrow and misery to tho grnvo" was an unpromising Gone boo stripling, n youth without honor at homo nnd unknown outsido of tho vil lages limits in short, a good-for-nothing young bummer, apparently without a single qualification that would mark him ns ono likely to win in futuro life so much as a nod itf recognition ovon from tho mightiest soldier and most illustri ous citizen of tho United States of his day. Aud yet, if this young scalawag had been shot in one of his ribald sprocs or struck by lightning, Gen. Grant would in nil human probability havo boon rich and enjoying moderately good healtft to-day; for, however ob souro Ford. Ward was inj C boy, thoro was n certain devilish, latent talent thero for cunning and wild speculation possessed . porhaps, by no other human being, and, as it happened, thoso pecu lit? qualifications wero so directed ns not only to hoodwink, decoivo nnd ruin tho uutiuspectinn Grant, but men of ripo oxperiouce in financial aflairK. Had a soothsayer nppoared in Goneseo county twenty years ago and prodictod such n futuro for tho lad Ward, he would havo been sent to tho lanatio asylum as a dangerous character to bo at largo. Such aro tho mysterious ways of Providence in shaping our ends here below. The number of persons born in Germany and now residents of America is estimated at THE Union Milling Co.'s i i'iii. itoi,i.i:it riioru TAKES THE LEAD Wherever It has been fried. o For Sale by nil tlic Lending Dealers livery wli" rc. Gko. Whioiit, President. W. T. WllHllIT, I 'ushkT. UNION, OHEGOX. Does a General l!unkin Mushier,. Huys and Hells exchange, and discounts com mercial paper. Collections carefully attended to, mid promptly reported. -COMMERCIAL- Livery ai Feed Oitositi: Cknti:nni.u. Horm.. JOHN S. KLIOTT, - I'ltOPIilKTOU. HaviiiL' furnished this old and mmulnr hostelry with niniilo room, nlentv of feed. good hostlers and new busies, is better prepared man ever to accommodate cus toiners. My terms are reasonable. GOVE TANNERY. Adam Ciio.ssma.v, PitomiKTOir. Ifns now on hand and for sale the best of HAHNKSS, LADTGO, PPPKU and LACK LKATIIKH, SIIKKP SKIN'S, KTC. rtUTi,AM iicici:s raid for Hides and Pelts. "WALLA WALLA BEER DEPOT. Corner Main and A Streets, Union. K. MILLICK, - - - Proprietor. Keeps always on brim! the finest brands ot WLVIv, LIQUOHS. and C1GA1JS. The very best Lager and Hock Heer in the market, at lio cents n quart, lteernnd lunch UC cents. fine billiard table for the acroiumoda- tion of customers. Drop in and be socia ble. HAILKOAI) FEED AND LIVERY STABLE Near the Court House. A. F. IIknso.v, - - PitomtiKTon. I'liion, Oregon, Fine turnouts and first-class rigs for the accommodation of the liublic generally. Conveyances for commercial men a spe cialty. iJTlie accommodations for feed cannot be excelled in the valley. Terms reasonable. IJLU1C MOUNTAIN- Main Street, I'liion, Oregon. IIi:m(V Stiiiki:ii, - Piioimuktou. 2f "Orders from any part ot the valley will receive prompt attention. I bave on i i .!.,.. unci.' ni.'iMi ii .. mum nuiiiiT Hit, nut ijuv i. JM.r.ik. I'lifji in and sample it. NOHTII I'OWDKll Restau rant. PONY STHVKXS. PKOP. The traveling public will plense take no tice that, in addition to my saloon in North Powder, 1 hnvo opened a llt-st-class RESTAURANT, and respectfully sglicit u share ot the public patronage. The tables will always be supplied with the 11KST THK MARKET AFFORDS, and no pains will bo spared to make my patrons comlortaoie. I all on me, cat, iirmK nnu ie nappy. Tonsoi'ial Rooms Two ('9ors south of Jones llros.' store, I'nion, uregon. .1. M. Johnson, PltOlMtlKTOIt. Hair cutting, shaving and shampooing done neatly and in the best style. crrr : seat : market Main Street, Union, Oregon. RoillNS it ItKNSON, - PltOPlllKTOllS. Keep constantly on hand 11KEF, POltK, VEAL. MUTTON, SAU- ( j SAGE. HAMS. LARD. ETC. CENTENNIAL -:- HOTEL, Union, Oregon. Dan. V. Mooitu, Piioimuktoh. A well stocked bar in connection with the bouse, and none hut the best brands of liquors and cigars kept. LARGE SAMPLE ROOMS for the ac commodation ot commercial trarelern. HOWLAND & LLOYD, Manufacturers ot FURNITURE, Main Street. Union, Ore. Keep constantly on hand a large supply of Pnrlor and Red Room sets, Redding Desks, Ollico Furniture, etc. ' I'pliolMtcrliis Hone In the Hcm siylr. Lounges, Mnttreoses. and all kinds of Furniture made to order. PATRONAGE SOLICITED. J. H. XUIHNK, l'ltOl'ltlETOIf. All kinds of Rliicksniithing nnd Wagon work done in a good work manlike manner. The very best of workmen employed. HOUSE SHOEING A ND It EPA fit INtf DONE 0NSII0H7 NOTICE. &i.Shop opposite A. V. IJenson's Liverv Stable, Main street, Union, Oregon. MONEY TO LOAN. I am prepared to negotiate loan upon well improved farms, for a term of years. For particulars cull on K. O. HILLINGS, Loan Broker. At tho ollico of J. It. Critcs, Union, Oregon . Buy the i lay ward HAND GRENADE Fire. Extinguisher. Everybody should have thom. Men, women or children can uso them. Thou sands of dollars worth of property wived every dny. They don't freeze, are not in jurious to flesh or fabric, und nre alwavs ready. You cannot afford to be without them. G. J. Recht, Gen. Agent, 124 Market St., San Francisco, Cal. Cook D wight, Agts.. La Grande, Oregon. D. B. BEES. Notary Public -A Nil- Conveyancer. OFFICE State Land Ollico building, Union, Union County, Oregon. SMOKE OUH 66 PUNCH" Best Havana Filled 5 Five Cent Cigar. 5 Jones Bros., agents, Unioiii E. GOLLINSKY & CO. SMOKE THE "ESTRELLA" KEY WEST Imported Havana I igar. NONE BETTER. JONES BRO S, Corner of Main and 1$ street, Union. Dealers in- GROCERIES, VANNED GOODS, VARIETY AND FANCY GOODS, to ha ooo AND- (JIG A IIS,. WATCHES, CLOCKS, and JEWELBY,. Glassware, Musical Instruments, PictnrS- Frames nnd Pictures, Moulding, Rird Cngoa, Raby Car rinsy etc., Candies and Nuts, Stationary, School Rooks, Periodicals Novels, etc., of evury dusoriptloii. ALL KINDS OF KHESH FRUITS Always on hand. We keen constantly on hand overythinir usually kept in u tlrst claw variety store. -iiOrders 'rom nny part of the country -ill he promptly attended to. St 4 t