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The: Oregon Scout.
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VOL, II.
UNION, OREGON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER o, 1885.
NO, 23.
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THE OREGON SCOUT.
Ah independent weekly Journal, Issued evo y
cuiuruny vy
JONES & CHANCEY,
Publishers and l'ropriotorx
A. K. Jonks 1
Kdltor. 1
. H. ClMNOK.V,
I J ort'imm.
ItAlT.S OK SniSnUI'TION:
One copy, one year $1 r,0
" " Six months 1 (W
" " 'Jlirco tnoiilns
Invariably cnsli In advance.
Kites of ndvcrtisltii.- made known on application.
Correspondence from nil parts of the county
Address all communications to A. K. Jones,
suitor urcsn fccout. Union, Or.
I.ixlse IJIreelory.
OltAXI) Hondb V.h.lkv Lodoe. No. fin. A. V.
and A. M. Meets on the second and fourth
Saturdays or each month.
O. F. Hem., V. M.
C. K. Davis, Secretary.
I'jilON LoiKir., No. I. O. O. F. Itcjnilar
meetlnifs on Friday evenlnirs of each weekul
their hall In Union. All brethren in uood
standing are Invited to attoud. liy order oi
the lodre. a. Xf. Lo.Ml, N. Q.
G. A. TiiOMrsos.Seey.
Cliurcli Directory.
M. 12. Chuhch DIvino service every Sunday
at 11 n. m and 7 n. in. Hundav scliool ut J !'.
in. Prayer mectlnp every Thursday evening
utusuu. KV. ANiiEiisoN, i-nsior.
PltEsnYTEiUAN Oilmen Hetrulnr church
services every Sabbnth moriiliigr ami evening.
j'rayer meeting oicn wcck on i ennesnay
evening. Sabbath school every Sabbath at
10 a. in. Hov. H. vkhnon Hick, I'nstor.
St. John's Episcopal Ciitntcn Service
every Sunday at n o ciocit n. m.
JIkv. XV. It. Powell, Hector.
County Officer.
Judpe A. C. Cralir
Sheriff A. I-. Saunders
Clerk II. K. Wilson
Treasurer A. F. Ilenson
Scliool Supuriutcndent J. L. HIndman
Surveyor K. Simonls
Coroner E. II. Lewis
COMMISSIONERS.
Geo. Ackles Jno. Stanley
State Senator I,. 11. lllnehurt
ItKI'HESENTATIVKS.
F.T.Dick E. E. Taylor
City OlHcer.
Jiuyor D. n. Hces
COCNCILMEP.
P. A. Pursol XV. D. Ile.'dleman
J.S. Elliott Willis Skltr
'J. II. Eaton G. A. Thompson
;Hccorder J. Ii. Thomson
Marshal J. A.Dennov
,Treasurcr J. I). Carroll
Street Commissioner Ii. Eaton
Departure of Train.
. Kcmilar east bound trains leavo at 0:30 a.
m. Vt est bound trains leuvo ut l-.a) p. m.
I'KOFUSSIOrVAL,.
J. K. CKl'I'ES,
ATl'OKXKV A'tt' H.AW.
Colloctlnir nnd probate nrnetico specialties
Olllce, two doors south of I'ostollice, Ui.lon,
uregon.
H.-EAKIN,
Altopcey at Law aod Notary Public.
Olllce, ono door south of J. II. Eaton's storo
Union, Oregon.
H. N. CROMWELL, M. D.,
Physician and Surgeon
Onice. ono door 60iith ot J. II. Eaton's storo,
Union, Oregon.
A. E. SCOTT, M. 1).,
Has permaDently located at North Powder,
wuerono win answer an cans.
T. II. CRAWFORD,
Greek Fire,
Thcro socuis to bo consulorablo un
certainty respecting the truo compos!
ttuu of tho inllaninisiblo umturiul call
cd "Greek lire." Tho n.mio is various
ly npplictl to a nuiubor of combtistibl
and iloslrtictivo coniponnds known to
and used by tho (. hmeso, tho Persians
tho Assyrians, and other eastorn na
tions, and later by tho Greeks and
other European nations in their wars
It is almost certain that tho compost
tion of tnese lniiamniaolo mixture
varied considerably. Tho "Encylo
panlia Rrittannica" is authority for
tho statement that Grock lire, proper
ly so caiioti, was used lor tho hrst
timo against tho Saracens in tho siejjro
of Constantinople (C7:(-G79), tho in
vontor uouijr a Syrian named Callimi
cus. The art of compounding this
nnxturo wasooncealed most jealously,
It is boliored to liavo been composed
ot tno gum ot tlio pino (turpentine)
and otnor resinous trees, iuoornoratei
with brimstone, naphtha, or bitumen
Many other mixtures aro given by
various authors. Tho authority above
named advances tho opinion that
naphtha othonviso petroleum, roel
oil, Rangoon, tar and sulphur, and
sometimes niter, wcro tho pnncipa
constituents of Greek firo: and eun
poses also that tho uso of theso ingredi
cuts, or two ot tnem, in varying
quantities in conjunction with tho
charcoal montioned by other writers
no doubt gavo birth to gunpowder.
concerning its olloctivencss as
destructive agent thoro would seom to
bo no room for doubt. Tho authority
to which wo iiavo referred above says
on this point: "Used clnolly at sieges
and in naval engagements, it was
poured from caldrons and ladies on
tho bosiosrers and their euirinos, or
vomitod through lour coppor tubes
from tho mouth of hideous hgurcs sot
in tho prows of ships. Somotimos
ilax was twisted and saturated with
the liquid, and tlion urod, and pro-
jected on arrows , lancos, and javelins
At sea it was olten llunr in pots and
vials. Tho heavy ballista, and other
military engines, wcro prossod into
tho sorvico in early times for scatter
ing this destructive compound in largo
uantitios often in barrels. Owinjr
io tho viscid nature of Greek lire, it
adhered to whatever it touched. It
is describod as producing a thick
smoke, a loud explosion, and a lierco
llamo, and as boing quickened by tho
cloment of water. Soa water is speci
ally montionod as intonsityinsr us in-
llamniability, ami whenovor it foil
among ignitablo materials terrible
havoo was created. Tho sight and
sound of tho oiijrino discharging tho
torrent of lire earned dismay into
many a warrior's breast. Tho devas-
tainr consequences pictured by earlv
writers aro probably ovordrawn, but
thoro can bo no doubt tiiat thoy were
formidable In 17f.0 two lTcnehnien,
Gaubert and Dupre, aro reported to
have rediscovered tho art of compound
ing Greek lire so artfully concealed
by tho Rvzantino Greoks, hut they
woro prohibited from making it known.
J-lio ingredients and relative propor
tions of tho composition aro not exact
Known, the socrot having been very
successfully preserved. ' Manujac-
Hirer ana hngtnccr.
'How
1'er-
.A'lTOISrVUY AX LAW,
Union,
Oregon.
D. Y. K. DEERING.
,IIij-KirIstn iiikI fsiiroon.
Union, Oregon.
Olllce, Main street, nextdoorto Jones Ilros.'
variety storo.
Hcsldouco, Main streot, second houso south
ui uuuri iitiuse.
Chronic diseases a specialty. ,
O. I'
Attorney
iti:D.i
and Counsellor at
Union, Ohegon.
Law,
Filling tho Churches,
Ono of tho puzzles of modern church
management is how to secure attend
ance on niinday ovoning. I he Row
Mr. Rakcr.of Lowell, Mass., has found
great success in giving a prolonged
course oi sermons to young women.
This brings not only tho young women,
but tlioir menus. J,ast bunday eve.
ning nearly 2,000 persons tried to get
into the church, which holds only 1,500.
At fair lluvon, Vt.,tho Rev. Mr. riajrir
crowds his church by a novel form of
hymn scrvico. Ho uses during tho
ovoning tho hvmns of ono ominont
writer, commonting on each one and
then giving a biographical sketch of
the iriun who wrote thorn, lu Jersey
City tho Roy. Dr. Suydam, formerly of
this city, has had exceptional success
on Sunday evenings for two or throe
years in a sorvico of song conducted
under tho leading of ono' of the host
trained choirs in the country. His
address is short and tho sorvieos are
such as to engago tho interest of tho
congregation iii attonding to re
sponses. Tho success of theso
churches and of others which , have
taken stops in tho same direction show
that peoplo will come out at night if
special attractions aro offered. Tho
"worldly shows" offer special at
tractions to induce patronage, and
why not tho churches? Thoro is an
immense variety of ways in which
ministers and choirs may attract peo
plo to church and give thorn something
worth coming for without resorting to
sensationalism or anything elso that is
objectionable. Philadelphia Ti
uncs.
Heal Estate, Law and Probato Practice will
receive special attention.
Ottlco on A street, rear of Stato Lund Office.
II. F. BURLEIGH,
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Attorney at I.nv, Itcul Intuit:
ami Cullt'ctiii: Afc't.
Land Oflico Business a Specialty.
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Omce at Alder, Union Co.,rf)rogon.
JESSE HAItllESTT,
J. V. PHKI.TO.V
SHELTON & HARDEST!,
AXTOKINHVN AT I.AH'.
Mill nractirn in Union. Tinker. Ornnt.
rmatilhi and Morrow Counth-H, alo in the
supreme Court oi Oregon, the Dmtrict.
Circuit and Buprcnio Courtn of the United
aimed.
Mining and Corporation business a pe.
icalty.
Office in Union, Oregon.
Ail Unjust Had Arrest.
"You aro charged with vagrancy,"
said tho justice to a prisoner at tho
bar; "havo you any ovidonco of your
tniinenni'n!'" '
Yes, your honor, I havo sonfu ovi
donco in my favor," replied thopris-
oner.
'Thon, sir, you may givo mo somo
ovidonco of your respootability."
'1 am tno financial becrotary oi tiiu
Chicago Order of Mugwumps.
"lour innocence is clearly estab
lished, sir. You aro discharged.
"Ihunk you, sir, replied tho pris
oner. "Had 1 been deemed guilty, J
would havo resigned my position lu
tho order and accented tho presidency
of tho ancient and bonovoleut order oi
mislita." National Weekly.
Ooe of the eelcg In Uio New York "Zoo
picks up lojf.of wood welRbloi; nlucty-sll
poundi and tl'ei arouud with It,
tho Birds Give- Color and
ltiine to Tropical Fruits.
Humming birds aro not by origin
honoy-suckers. Thoy aro in tho main
insect caters and spider hunters, and
thoy dive among tho ilowers, not in
search of tho nectar itself, but of tho
small Hies and other miscellaneous
insect rillYall' that tho honey attracts
into tho deep throated nectarines. At
least this was their early aboriginal
habit, for the humming'' bird is by
descent a tropical swift, a modified
form of tho dingy, black coated, swallow-like
creatures that hawk open
mouthed for moths and lly around our
own church steeples on calm August
evenings; and young humming birds,
in tho callow nestling stage, refuso to
this day tho ollered allurements of
sugary syrup and insist inllexiblv upon
their hereditary fare of plump insects
and well fattened spiders. Thoy re
main still at the swift level of humming
bird development. But tho adult
birds, accustomed always to find their
tood in full blown blossoms, intermix
ed with nectar, have como at lust to
regard the honoy as part of tlioir pro
per means of subsistence, and to do
main! it as regularly as civilized
humanity demands its beer with its
bread and beef
At lirst, no doubt, the primitivo
humming bird only went to look in
ilowers for insects because lie know ho
was sum of finding him there; but now
grown accustomed to taking ins moats
and sweets together, like currant
jolly with hare, ho is no longer satis
lied" with a purely carnivorous or in
sectivorous; diet, but requires to havo
it properly sweetened. Practically,
however, all theso llower hunting!
birds havo now acquired tho preciso
habits of bees or buttorilies ami there
aro many Initialling birds which it is
almost, if not quite, impossible to dis
tinguish . on tho wing from cortaiu
species of humming bird hawk moth.
Tho natives in somo parts of South
America havo a theory, indeed, that
tho moth is only, as it were, tho larva
of tho bird, and that as it grows older
it gradually acquires bones and boak,
just as a human infant progresses
slowly from tho soft and pulpy condi
tion of babyhood to tho angular
osteosity of maturor yoars.
While tho birds havo thus adapted
themselves to tho ilowers by acquiring
long and darting barbed tongues, tho
ilowers for their part havo, as usual,
repaid tho compliment by adapting
themselves in return to the habits of
the birds and acquiring correspond
ingly deep corollas. It is tho groat
object in life of every intelligent and
well-regulated plant species to .special
ize itself forsecuring the visits of somo
ono particular insect or bird visitor,
because by so doing it economizes tho
useless pilfering ot its hooey by stray
winged thieves, and gets its ombrvo
seeds properly fertilized by a creature
peculiarly adapted to perform that
Iriendlv olllce for itself alone. No
sooner did humming-birds and lories
begin to devote themselves exclusive
iy to ilowers man tno liowors nugan
to devote themselves exclusively to
tho humming-birds and lories. Thoy
lengthened moir tunes out ot all pro
portion to the tongues of nectar-suck-
ing insects, so that only tho favored
uinis uioinsoives could ontain access
to tho coveted honey with its accoin
panying swarm ot Hies and beetles,
M tlio same imio tuov bout their
stamens and instils into such forms
that I hoy camo into contact with tho
bird s bill, and enabled it to transfer
the pollen of ono ilowor to tho sensi
tive surface of the next visited, thoro
by impregnating tlio soeds in tho
ovary.
Uf course, birds uomgso much larg
er than bees, tho ilowers specially af
fected by them, such as tho Jiugo
tubular brugmannsias ot our gardens.
have to bo much bigger and handsome
tnan tiioso wnicn merely lay them
selves out or attract tlio notice of
minor insocts. In ovorv case tlio tube
of tho ilowor oxactly corresponds in
length to tho beak and tongue of tho
special humming bird or sun bird or
lory told oil to do duty in fertilizing
its seeds, -the broad mouth of tho
blossom in most of those specios is in
tended for tho bird to poiso in on its
vings and insort its head:
tho narrow pack in-which tho ilowor
ends below is intended to keep out in-
trusivo mollis ami ututorilyo not adapt
ed to the fertilization of tho particular
species.
ihore can bo littlo doubt that tho
superior richness and beauty of the
tropical blossoms is largely dopondont
upon tho slow but long-oxertod selec
tive action of tho humming birds, tho
loney sucKcrs and tlio llower-haunt-
ng parrots, liy always visiting and
fertilizing tho largest and handsomest
blossoms thoy havo oileclod at last tlio
wholo standard of tho equatorial flora.
Darting with the rapidity of lightning
from ilowor to ilower. whorovor a
great patch of crimson or orange at-
racts tneir Keen littlo oyos, thov aro
oally helping to porpotuato tho finest
and handsomest typos of ilowers. and
so maintaining and to some oxtont in
creasing tho marvelous beauty of tho
tropical vegetation. Pall Mall Ga-
Lzette.
A Practical Suitor.
Ho wan a chooky lawyor, nnd alio a
woman of property. Said ho:
"Do you lovo me?"
"Indeed, indeed J do," sho mur
mured. "Woll. ono Mood' will be quite
enough," ho said, "if you will put it
in my nnmo." New York Journal.
Oh ! For the
HIGGINSON & ROGERS
Holidays.
La G-rstncle,
Wo aro again to tho front with tho Unost assortmont of DRUGGISTS' SUNDRIES and CHRISTMAS
GOODS ovor soon in tho Valloy.
Evory porson buying ODE DOLLAR'S worth ol Goods from us during tho month of DocombDr will ro
oolvo a ohanoo in tho following baautiful and valuablo prosonts:
1st Prize Plnsii Cidi Dressmg-case.
2fl
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Heavy Silver-Platefl Cake Basket
Lane Wax Doll, over i feel Mil.
Ciear Stand .
Meerschaum Cigar Holder.
Plotoeai lira, Bronze and
Handsome WMsd Broom in Holder.
Bisp He.
Large Scrap-Boot
Christmas Cards,
Scrap Books,
Our slock Is
These Prizes will be drawn for on DECEMBER 31st, at SEVEN O'CLOCK.
We havo an elegant stock of
Celluloid Goods, Choice Perfumery,
Photo Albums, Autograph Albums,
too large to mention everything, hut conic ami see for
Dolls and Toys,
Cups and Saucers.
yourselves '
ieAmtrlean JfachlvUt snja elevator iccf
dent kill moru people ttiau boiler ciploiloiu
do, and cajlptfur more precautious In their'
irAOigeuieut.
Grande1, Roude Drugstore,
HIGGINSON & ROGERS, Props.,
- Oregon.
SANTA GLAUS' HEADQUARTERS
La Grande,
JONES BROS.
And KvtM'.v hotly is invilcd io cull mill examine (lioir compldo nnd elegant assort irnmt oi'
CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.
Rare Chance for Holiday Shoppers.
BEAD OUR 0PEER:
For every dollar's worth of goods bought of us during the month of December, our patrons will recoive a ticket
which will give them a chance to secure any or all of the following beautiful presents:
DRAWING TO TAKE PLAGE DEC 30, AT 7 0 CLOCK.
1st Prize. Kept Decorated Tea Set, 44 pieces.
2i Prize. Lane Pliotoppti Album.
3d Prize. Velvet Wall Pocket.
4th Prize. SpleBuii Oil Paintin size 24x30 inches.
5tli Prize. Decorated Toilet Set.
6ttt Prize. Lane Parlor Lamp.
7th Prize. Heavy Silver Plated Pickle Dish.
8th Prize. Walnnt Paper Holder.
9th Prize. Silver Plated Vase. "i
lOlhPrize. Lane Scrap Album.
DO NOT MISS THIS OLPORTUNiTY TO GET A VALUABLE ARTICLE FOR NOTHING?
tinilun our IinmeiiHO iiHHortinmit of Holiday (loodn, wo kui'ji loiiMtuntly on liand tlio
Choicest Family Groceries,
Gents" Furnishing Goods,
Variety and Fancy Goods,
Watches, Clocks and Jewelry.
JONES BROS., Cor. Main and C Sts., Union.