O LOVE, RETURN.
) Totc, return t lirlnp to mo
Tlio linppy dreamful luy
IVhcn thou mid I on summer na
Sailed on the niornlns blaze 1
O Iovc, draw near I my life Is drenr,
.To ttico my prayer I raise.
O Love, return I ami brine apiln
nio nonio so swcci ami iair,
TVIili one whose eves were smiling then
Beneath her sunlit hair.
O come, and brinjj the olden ring
Or laugtcr In the air I
O Love, return I for I am lot
In the wilds of alien lands 1
Tlio' pride and fame mav be.the cost,
I yield to thv commands.
Jteturn, return 1 O l)ve, I vcarn
For touch of thy two hands I
Jltehanl Lae Daimon, in tht Current.
INDUSTRIAL TOPICS.
2t Is G-enerally Cheaper to Buy
.An Improved Farm Than
to Make One, Etc.
Huylne Improved, Fnrms.
' Persons who havo vory small moans
mnd who havo niado up llicir minds 'to
cngago In tho occupation of farming
mro almost certain to commenco on a
'place that is not improved, says The
Chicago Times. Tlio temptation hold
tout by tho homestead, preemption, and
timber-claim laws has induced very
many poor pcoplo to lako up land and
occupy it for a term of years so that
4hoy can secure a title to it without tho
payment of purchase money. Tho
agents of land-grant railway compa-
iiics havo attempted to show prospect
io sottlors how easy it is to buy a tract
of land for a farm and to mako tho pay
snonts for it out of monoy received for
crops. Their showings always "look
vrell on paper." In their calculations
jio allowances aro mado for bad sea
sons, tho depredations of insects, tho
losses by lire and Hood, or for sick
ness. A presentation is mado of tho
tho avorago yield of tho various Hold
crops raisod In tho vicinity, which, quite
likely, is truthful. Tho prospective
jMirchaasor, however, is not informed
that those yields havo boon obtained
only on farms that havo been under cul
tivation for several years, and that they
can .not bo expected on "new break
ing." Tho enthusiastic young fanner, es
pecially if ho lias had no experience on
ai now place, does not take into consid
eration all tho dlilicultioH ho will havo
to contend with. Ho overestimates his
crops and underestimates tlio money
nnd labor required to produce them.
Ho will not bo convinced till ho loams
hy oxpcrlenco that but little food for
JiTh family can bo produced from land
nvhoso sod has not boon subdued so that
It can bo pulverized by tho harrow.
Neither can ho bo convinced that tho
crops that ho can raiso on such land
will bring but a small price in tlio
market, for tho reason that tlioy will
Thj small in quantity and poor in quali
ty. With n favorable season, corn can
bo raised on sod turned the year break
ing is done, but the chances aro that
nono of it will bo lit to uso for human
food, and that none of it can bo sold
In tho general market. If cut up and
fed with tho stalks, cattle will dcrivo
bonolit from It, but tho average now
Kottlor has not stock enough to eat tho
liny ho can obtain for tho trouble of
cutting and curing. Tho crop of ilax
tioed raised on "now breaking" will or
dinarily pay tho cost of plowiug, seed
ing, harvesting and thrashing, but it
will rarely over do more than that ovon
if tho season is favorable and prices aro
good.
Ordinarily five years will bo required
to mako a now farm a paying institu
tion, if tho owner or occupier has no
outside funds to draw upon. It may
mipport iv man and small family, but
tho support will bo very poor. Tho
life led on such a placo will necessarily
bo hard. There can bo very fow pleas
urea or conveniences. Tlio prossing
want of money to pay taxes, to pur
chaso tools, to buy stock, and to 'pro
cure fuel and olotl'iing will bo constant
ly felt. Tho hopo of better t mcs in
tho ftituro may tend to mako tlio occu
pants contented witli their lot, but it
will not supply them with prosont
pleasures. Ah a rulo nono but persons
of fortitude, energy, and a largo stook
of patlenco and po'rsovoronoo oan eu
tluro the strain tho lack of comfort
nnd tho deprivations incident to getting
n now placo undor cultivation. Of
thoso who attempt it tho proportion
that fall is very largo. A protracted
sickness of a member of tlio family, a
disastrous drought, a visitation of de
structive insects, or u lire is quite cer
tain to result in absolute ruin. With
no serious misfortune making monuy
to pay for laud or to discharge obliga
tions with farm nroduots at tholr pres
ent prices la ordinarily out of the ques
tion. Tho chances for success on an Im
proved farm aro bettor than on 'a place
which at tho start is nothing but a wild
forest or prairie. It is true, that tho
Improved farm costs much more money,
but it is in a condition to make I initio
dlato roturns. There aro fences, budd
ings, nnd wells, ami thoso constitute
tho great Horn of expense In Improving
a now placo, it is also lkuly that thoro
aro soma trees for producing fruit, sup
plying shndo and anonling protection
against tho wind and snow. Thoso, by
promoting comfort, will ouablo tho oc
cupants of tho placo to do moro work
with less fatigue. Tho sod on a largo
proportion of the land will bo subdued
and in a condition to produce largo
crops of good quality. Tlio-family can
bo supplied with nearly all the food it
needs and tlio storo bills can bo
made very small. Comtnerolal farm
ing can bo engaged in at once. All tho
money realized from tho sale of crops
aad stocks, aside from what is reqiurcd
to support tho family, can bo devoted
to paying for tho place. Tho interest
lfd on h debt scoured by a mortgage
oh an Improved farm Is generally much
lower than that which one has to pay
h monoy borrowed and nooiired by a
chattel mortgage on stock and tools.
Tk farmer generally represents tho
lowest mid tho latter thu highest rate
for the most monoy,
OUwrvHtion In Jnrg towns ordinarily
i4ows that w house or storo can bo
bought for much loss tlmu it can bo
toUt, Xotfity b coiuUutly compell
ing pcoplo to part with buildings fot
less than it cost to build them. The
llko Is truo in regard to farm property.
Many persons fail for want of skill ot
judgment, become sick or dio just af
they got farms very well improvod anc
In a good condition to becomo paying
Eropcrty. Thcso farms can often be
ought for what tho improvements on
them cost, or for a trillo more. This U
not ho case in wealthy farming dis
tricts, in tho states that havo been set
tled for somo time, as thoro one is like
ly to pay for his share in costly public
buildings, roads and bridges, as well at
for educational, religious and social
advantages. In somo portions of Illi
nois, Michigan and other states land is
held for moro than it is worth for legit
imate farming purposes, lint this is
not tho case in most of tho states and
territories. In many of them farms in
a condition to pay haudsomo returns on
tho investment can bo bought for what
the improvements on thorn cost The
owners obtain tho land for nothing and
uro willing to sell it for tho samo price,
providing they can obtain compensa
tion for tho monoy and labor thoy have
expended on iU
'I'll In nine l'orcst Trees.
Thoro is, perhaps, no other branch
of moro itnportanco In tho suc
cessful rearing of timber trees for prolit,
says a writer in The Garden, than a
thorough knowledge of tho art of thin
ning, and, perhaps, thoro is no other
branch of tree culthro so littlo under
stood, or, at all events, that practical
men aro moro divided in their opinions
as to tho proper mode of carrying it
out. Somo say: "Do not thin at all;
loavo that to nature, and oho will do
tho work infinitely better than wo can
do." Thcso advisers generally com
monco' their argument by asking:
"Who thinned the natural forests tho
source from which wo derivo tho finest
and best quality of timber?" Now, at
first sight these arguments appear to bo
conclusive, and thoro can be no doubt
that by studying nature wo can learn
much; at tho samo time, when wo onco
become familiar with her ways wo can
somotimes find a favorable opportunity
of assisting her in her operations, and
by acquiring a knowledge of her econ
omy, and where nnd when to apply that
assistance, rests tho pivot of tho wholo
argument. As, for oxamplo, in thin
ning out a natural plantation of Scotch
fir, somo ycar3 ago, I found a patcli of
treos in ono portion of tho plantation
about thirty inches high and growing
nt a distance of somo ton or twelve
inches apart. These trees wore straight
and free from branches, with tho oxcop
tion of some small bushy tufts at their
fcummits. Now, had thoso trees been
thinned'ln early life, thoro can be no
doubt that thoy would havo attained tho.
sizo of useful timber, whoroas by leav
ing thoin to naturo thoy were only fit
for paling rails or otner similar purpo
ses. These trees, being all about ono
size, grew up liko a crop of coin or
wheat, but had thoy been of dill'eront
sizes tho result would havo been
widely di fie rent, as the jlargor troos
would then havo Killed their
weaker once, which is natures system
of thinning under ordinary circumstan
ces. This may bo taken as a fair illus
tration of the difference between natur
al forests and such as have been plant
ed." Tho trees In tho latter aro goner
ally ono sizo as regards hoiglit, except
in somo Isolated patches such as I have
referred to. Now, when tho larger
sizos of tlio trees in tho natural forest
kill their weaklings in their immediate
vicinity tho latter are novor removed,
at least as far as naturo is concerned,
so that thoy crumble away and fall to
tho ground by degrees; consequently no
sudden cllmatm change takes placo in
tho forest, as the work of pruning and
thinning irons on at such a slow pace
tiiat tho trees left never feel tho want
of such as havo boon killed, and tho
result Is that we never find any bark
bound trees in tho natural forest that
is, trocs whoso bark contracts and pre
vonts tiio free circulation of sap, such
as is caused by suddon exposure.
The forogol.ig is a brief description
of nature's system of thinning. 1 shall
now hastily glanco at tlio systom pur
sued by tho forester, ami in doing so I
think I should not bo far wrong in
stating that in too many eases planta
tions sutler considerably bofnro thinning
is commonced, tho trees become too
crowded. Care Is nocossary at all times,
nut more especially in easos wlioro
thinning lias been noglocted loo long,
not to admit to groat a current of fresh
a'r at onco into tho plantation, which
would have a very injurious effect upon
tlio health of tho trees and lay tho
foundation for a series of diseasos from
tile commencement. On exposed -situations
and under such conditions 1 havo
found it a good plan tostom-prunosuch
trees as were to bo removed by cutting
off two or threu tiers of tho lower
branches, by which moans the perma
nent treos uVo allowed room for devel
opment, and tho othors oan then be re
moved In duo course as required. This
system is moro in accordance with that
pursued by naturo, as tho temperature
of tho plantation undergoes less change
than would be the oaso wore tho trees
cut anil removed at onco. 1 havo praa
tlcud this system on exposed situations
for inanv years, and cannot reoommond
it with confidence under such circum
stances; nor do I romombcr soeing any
of the permanent trees so dealt with
become bark-bound, or fall In a state
of premature decline
Under such conditions it will bo soon
that thinning should bo carried on
gradually and conducted on rational
principles, special caro being taken
never to open up tho plantations too
much at ono time to admit the suddon
rush of air through the trees, other
wise thu lattor aro sure to suffer dam
ago to a serious extent. Trees growing
on different soils and situations show
considerable divorstty of sizo and
strength in a given period of time, so
that it is necessary to take all such cir
cumstances under consideration when
commonolng to thin. Thoso, ntraln,
on high exposed situations should bo
treated cautiously as regards till lining,
whoroas such as aro growuiglu shelter
ed situations in the interior of the
plantation may bo nllowod moro fpaeo
than tho former without risk of Injury.
Another point of much Importance in
roaring timber for utility, and onu
which should never bo lost sight of, Is
to romovo tho rrooked, weakly, in
ferior tree, and leave such as are
strong. -Hid healthy for tho permanent
crop. Sometim 's this system may in
terfere to u certain extent witii tho reg
ularity of tho trees left upon tho
groiind a regards their distance apart,
yet, althdtigh it may sometimes happen
that tho best tree is not in tho exact
spot whore it could bo wished, yet for
tho welfare and prospective valuo of
tiio plantation tlio best should bo re
tained. No douut u tno irecs m a
plantation were all equally robust and
hoalthv. then such should bo thinned to
a regular distanco apart, but it is sc!
dom that such is found to bo tho case,
and although trees may appear to bo
nearly uniform, yet tlio practiced eye
of tho forester can often detect adlfl'er
ence, when ho will select accordingly.
How to Ucgln the Year.
Stop writing it 188C.
Stop whistling airs from tho Mikado,
unless by special request.
Stop wearing giraffe bonnets in audi
ences.
Stop telling ultra-vcncrablo stories.
Stop telling fresh stories whoso point
can only bo apprehended by the aid of
a double convex lens.
Stop neglecting to return borrowed
books.
Stop indulging in moro than 100
pounds of self-conceit to tho square
inch.
Ston tarrvincr at tho flowinc bowl or
bthor flowing receptacle for alcoholic
stimulants.
Stop supposing that tho world could
not get along fair to middling without
you.
Stop fighting tlio moviUblo.
Stop looking at tho dark sido of life.
Stop giving away to fault-Iinding.
Stop furnishinir your friends witli the
minute particulars of your bodily ail
ments. Stop taking pessimisticvlcws of men,
things and tlio theory of the universe.
Stop working too hard.
Stop working not hard enough.
Stop going out between the acts for
tho aromatic clove.
Stop writing to famous pcordo for
thoir autographs.
Stop procrastinating.
Stop sending to newspapers "some
thing I'vo just dashed oil" and haven't
3toppod to correct."
Stop informing your conscience that
white lies or any lies that shades off
from blondo don't count.
Stop using language unfit for publi
cation to your telephone whon you aro
unabloto catch the other fellow.
Stop tolling a busy man "I know
you're busy, so I'll only kcop you a
minute," as a preludo to an hour and a
half's attempt to talk his arm off.
Stop being so engrossed in monody
making as to havo no timo to bo public
spirited. Stop investing your hard-earned sav
ings in another man's game.
Stop trying to earn your living by
the sweat of race horses, lottery tickets
or stock gambling.
Stop laying tlio unction to your soul
that you can brush your hair so tlio
'mid spot won't show.
Stop discussing Ilaiulot's madness
the personality of the XVII th Louis,
tiio difference betwoeu tlio old and now
school Presbyterian Church, the prob
able date of tlio arrival of the millen
nium, and tho best way to dress a let
tuce salad.
Stop casually reminding your wife of
your mother's method of making
ininco pies.
Stop entertaining tlio impression
that apples havon't the flavor thoy
used to havo.
Stop over eating and uudor-exorc'se.
Stop ontorta ning the impression
that any year of the past was a hotter
year than this year.
Stop envy, hatred, malico and all un
charitabloncss. Politeness Pays.
In an anc ont and very wealthy town
noar Philadelphia, live two brothers
who bogan life penniless, and aro botli
unbollovably illiterate for tholr age,
their locality and their llmo. Ono is a
uiastor mason, and ono a master car
penter, and thoy are botweou -10 and 50
years old. Of tho two, tho mason has
a decided advantage in person and sol
id souse, and he has had little trado
compotlton to Impodo him. Put poor
and struggling ho is,, and poor a:id
struggling! unless by miraclo, ho will
romain to tho end of tlio chapter, while
tho carpenter is the owner of several
houses that rout for a high price, and
might, if ho pleased, live henceforth at
his oaso in his own luxuriously equ p
pod houso. Tho wholo secret is in tlio
carpenter's scrupulously polito tnan
nor. No patron was too insignificant
for I dm to try to please. Whon sum
moned to a consultation his shoos wore
carefully scrubbed at tho door, his hat
camo off' his hoad tho instant ho was in
sido tlio house, and remainod off, and
ospoolaily if his employer wore femin
ine it was a treat to watch him receive
her instructions, listen defl'erontially to
hor suggestions, enter into her v ows
with rospootful appreciation, follow hor
about, measuring-rulo in hand, nnd
wait upon her indooisous as if time were
a valuloss detail, then set himself ar
dently to reduce hor sontowhat imprac
tical ideal to nossihll ty. Whon his
iiloroglyphlo bills eaino "in thoy wore
guessed at with shrieks of laughter.
They proved that If ho treated madam
like a duohess, and that every moinont
of his apparently spendthrift, timo had
been counted, but the thriftiest of lady
p:tronosses neither rebelled, nor called
In a rival workman. Such a carpenter
was luxury worth tho price.- iVoti
ience Journal.
Was All Hight.
Two friends discussing a recent oc
currence: "Tho fellow ought to be
sent to tho penitontiavy for slipping up
behind Thompson and knocking trim
down in that beastly manner. What
do yon suppose caused him to dolt?"
I think no was hired for money."
Oh, well. It's all r ght if ho got pay
for it. Didn't know but that ho knock
ed Thompson down because ho wus
mad ut him," Arkansaw Trawler.
i i
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purity, strength and wholesomcncss. Moro
economical than the ordinary kinds, and
cannot bs sold in competition with tho
multitude of low test, short weight nlum
or phosphnte powders. Sold only in cons.
Royal. IJikino Powduk Co., 100 Wall St.,
N. Y.
A. L. COBB, M. D.,
PHYSICIAN ADD SURGEON.
Harinc permanently located In Alder,
Union count, Orepon, will be found ready
to attend to calls in all tho various towns
and ssttlemcnta ol the Wallowa valley.
Chronic Dlncuscn a Specialty.
C3B-My motto is: "Livo and let live."
EPOT HOTEL
A. 0. CRAIG, - - Proprietor.
(Union Depot, Orejon.)
Splendid accommodations for commer
cial men. Tables nlwnys supplied with thi
best the market affords.
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KENTUCKY LIQUOR STORI
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Cor, Main and I Sts., - Union, Oregon.
SIIEKMAN A:nIiEV, Propii.
Manufacturers and dealers in Sodn
Water, Sarsaparilla, Ginger Alo, Cream
Soda and Champngno Cider, SyrupB, etc.
Orders promptly filled.
-COMMERCIAL
livery ai Feefl
OrrosiTB Centennial Hotel.
JOHN S. ELIOTT,
ritorniETOR.
naving furnished this old and popular
hostelry with nniplo room, plenty of feed,
good hostlers and new buggies, is bottr
prepared than ever to accommodate cus
tomers. My terms are reasonable.
GOVE TANNERY.
Adam Ckossman, rnorniKTon.
Has now on hand and for sulo the best of
HARNESS, LADIGO,
UPPEIt and
LACE LEATHER.
SnEEP SKIN'S, ETC.
rORTIjAXO PRICKS
raid for Hides nnd Telts.
SMOKE OUR
"PUWCM
Best Havana Filled
5 Five Cent Cigar. 5
Jones Bros., agents, Union.
E. GOLLINSKY & CO.
SPRING
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OTSl'ItrSIA bit men pecolUr cbirmrlsttei thu
nuooeua tnltuka (ti tutor of iht ."unlilnk
Iti rmi'tonn tru Mick lleiulucli.-, Nou- 4lon
ch,l.'ruclutton, Heartburn, W nler.truh,
I'onatlutlun, I'ulu In the Hliin unit Urk
BurnlJilf ttmiit!onattboI,ltol'theH.ieU,i
Lou of Appetite, etc. Tba nalurallj oecrtal
kreoinc Morons tod Deipondent, and :be it opr
bmnne Gloomy aud 8utplclotM life Is a alter ani
a burden, and yet la Ibe United Stales at )( two.
UUrds of the population are troubled wlUi Irupciwte
tai Llvar Comiualat, more or lea.
YOU OAK lJJBOtriUSrK.
Spring Blosiom Is Soli on Its Merit!
rjPTIUAt, SIZE, 10 CENT3.aa
Sold toy all I5iFvrgistai
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etn IHtiuuea, In tbetr myriad forms are al
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ly SO WUCU LB
iiiuIkn oa
lalles fact -but wbsa tbls ret
accvrdlnk to directions a care
fallow. Is !ot what la usually ot
in inape i iiuuh or x-
tedy ltirn
IU certainly
llrd a Itltteri
tba taking of wbtch. in many
only a pcete-.t for drtailDt bu
Alcoholic Bitmulanu. and 1 aa
Its rtsulii to an infant as to aa at
lustances, u
Is tree from
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ulU
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192-194 Front St, Portland, Oregon.
KIMBALL
Pianos
E. M. FURMAN, Agent.
WALLA WALLA,
HOWLAND
Munfacturora ol
P IT 3R.
Main Street, Union, Oregon.
Keep constantly on hand a largo supply of Parlor ami Bed Room Sots, Bed
ding, Desks, ODico Furniture, etc.
Upholstering Done in the Best Style.
Lounges, Mattresses, and all Kinds of Furniture mado to order. Your patron
age solicited.
Doaloro in
Orooeries, Tobaccos and Cigars
Vari6ty and Fancy Goods,
Watches, Clocks and Jewelry.
Musical Instruments, Picturo Frames, Bird Cages, Baby Carriages, Etc
l
Candles, Nuts and Fruits, Schsol Books, Stationer-, Periodicals, Novels,.
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Ordera from all parts of tho country promptly attended to.
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New Soenory and Accessories Just Received.
All Work Warranted to Give Satisfaction.
VIEWS OF RESIDENCES TAKEN ON APPLICATION.
of and Dealers In
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