f
OF .
Eight
Pages.
Price 10 Cents.
EIGHTH YEAH.
HEPPNER, MORROW COUNT Y&t)REG ON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 8. 1891.
NO. 407.
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HE GAZETTE.
OTIS PATTMIWlN Proprietor.
VAWl'Ktt CiMWKOKD Bub. Mamujer-
A per enr. -4.2rf,
for t. ree mot-ms; ir' mlviinn
six months, $0.75
If nii-.d for nt the
end of six uini.ttis, i.fiii a y.-nr wil
he rhurHed.
AOVfiIlTj:Uy ItATf.S,
1 innh, Hini;la roftitint, per mioitii..
2 "
K - .
$ 1.50
2
fiOH
tt.fm
n.ou
$ S 00
JUKI
r. . H.5
ir.10
KhcIi suhse-
norm.K COLUMN.
a cilutnn.
I-m-al lulvcriit-ini.' tor Huh.
CP.S30IT oarr
v rnor ..
SfS tf 8tHU
f r'Hnurr
f-'iit. liint merit"' . . . . .
lirifriot il-ti'n..y . . .
Joint Hmirttiir...
frnnnt;il ive
' imiity Jtidun. ,
(-otmui'is.n! tm.
' VUrk
' HrWiff
" t'l-fviKiimr
S. p.-fiiiovpr
(i W. UrUriih'
l'lnl MfW-tmn
fc. S. JU-Kiroy
J. If. Hinl
W. H. Wil-on
COUNTY.
Hoiiry HKckimU
J . . I liornifHon
m. Mu
J. A. Thompson.
, J. V, Morntw,
den. iS
..J. W. MiitlK-k.
AhW'tumr .1. J. Mel
urvt.vr JuliiiH K tl
tIkI Snn't W. L.Sid
T 'r JimuM lf.-iiiliiirt;
n erTKru town ofpiuuks.
1miim..,. . llfim (iia-kmH
nuix'il-tttJii Nelson -I .1. W.
Murn.w. to. M;iihwtc. O. K. ParuHwuriJi
M ' tllnrv iud W.J. Mf-AI.M.
-. mii . ,.A. A. Robert.
r!..iiFci W.J. lipezcr
A) APMrmt . . ... J. V. Uhhiiiuh.
Dtini lMlsff N't. t K. of P. nuH'tH ev
en TiU'-'l.iN fvi'ninirai T.auo'clof.k in 1
O.it. i' ll.-tll. SijmninK brotltera cor-
(lutiiV li vilf.l Id iittt'inl.
,1. It. Htani.ey.C. C.
K. tt WINHITliNK. K. of K. A tf
HAWUINii euw.N ).si.
(J. A. It.
MwHjt at Itxinf?ton, Or., tlie lust Hatunlny of
am-h month All vntunins are invitcii to join.
ISA BltOWN. J. 8. HOOTHBY.
Adjulimf, if Coinmnndpr.
A. A. ROUICWTS,
5tvi Etittt9 uu -a.t.c:'. ai l Collect wn
OfUce in
I'OUNCIL CIIAMUKIiy,
Hcppner, tf - Oregon
4. N. BltOWN.
Attorney at. Law.
.IAS. D. HAMILTON.
Brown &c Hamil
ton
Practice in all eonrtHof tin state. Insurance,
ret rtsfto o !l;iti m a ul I i'i i tl- it-t-"
Prtmpt atl.mtion givon to all LinLiness entrust
ed to tin-in. i
Offionite Gazette Office, Heppver. tf
F. VAUGHAN.
K):
DENTIST.
1
I L;iTK WORK A SPKCIALTY
iTxtriu riui mxl Filti'jrbv the Latent
( Jtiicf .vi-r SUiouin't: Diustorf. tf.
E. T. GEAOHEGAN, M. I.,
F'hysician & Surgeon.
Office over Slocnm's
Drug Slo-e,
HEPPNER, 390 4rn. OREGON.
WHEN YOU WANT
uee mm
Is: inn nimjTiMJV
DON'T FORGET
That the bfst nl.iop tn Ket ir i nt thr
G--E523,I??X'I3 . HOP,
Heppner, : tf : Oregon.
First National Bank
OF HEITNEK-
C. A.
. UI1KA. FltANK KKLLOGO,
Pretiidont. Viee-t'rPBi.lent.
George Conner, Cashier.
Transiiots a Genern Bunking Business
On ali parts of the world
Bought
and Sol d,
Collections made at till points on Rea
sonable Terms.
NATIONAL BANK of HEPPXER.
l. P. THOMPSON.
President.
li BISHOP.
Cashier.
TRANSACTS A GENERAL BANKING BIS1NISS.
CO LL KOTIONS
Made on Favorable Terms.
HXt 11ANGH BOUGHT & SOLD.
HEPFXEK, tf OREGON.
L. D. BOYED,
CONTROR AND BUILDER.
Special Attention Given
to estimates on all
kinds of work.
PROPRIETOR OF HEITNER BRICK YARD
Office Lower M:tiu Street
Qudq's resitlence.
at A. M
389-tf.
HEPPNER, OREGON.
YOU CAN SUBSCRIBE FOH
ANY NEWSPAPER
Or- 1 1 ii c i i ' Yova Want
AT THE
GAZETTE SHOP."-
Columbia Brewery Depot,
GUST BTJCHLICR,
Pi'oprietor,
Of ilie Cohiitil.i.H Ilrwfry at The Dalle, would inform the cifizsns of -Morrow and surround!' g
couol i.-.i Unit . !, ImiI n .1 .lm H. Natt-r tie, -ity bVewery in Henna r, and has
e-l;,tliahe.l dej.ot at the wall known stand, for the sals of the best
:n r 'n tlia itci; or I) idhvi, wfrch
any q.iantity
The r
In: ftrt: iii riled to rail 'and examine ids stock with
usxnriiiiee fhnt theij
1ST Tli
fill
Miner !' ;"t i.l t" in c!u'je of .Mr. Dhd Oainera, wbn trill dire:
y supply 1 i
K. (J. Hi.orUM.
HEPPNER FURNITURE Co.,
De
:rs in ana
M ;ii tivserf.
A FCLb LINE OF
Lounge
' OAHKETS
11 mm if Wu
INQ A SPEOIALTY.
orrow Co.
I VI
At all Stations on
i (l " ' i1 M .'f 1
J.-
Anvl after Sept. loth will
ARMOUR'S
PA'KIG
viiilUi tney snip iluect m car
I ELY
JTHK83. M warr -A
, --3rri-i-- i-r t- sfe -
West Coush Modiuinp.
fam Cures whore ali else fails.
I 4 THE POS
?j uisia -uutiient,aiteitwunoutoi)jection. By druggists.
G. B. H ATT.
-PliOPRIETOKS OF
THE CPf Y BARBER SHOP,
Iu E. Minorn Building.
Thesf Ocntlprun are wp( kn.iwn h h tving Mas te red the
Tonstirinl Art in nil of its Important Felnres. Call on
tlieiu for h Good yiiiive or Hair Cut.
Sp!endid Bath Rooms in Connection.
MAN STREET, - - E. Mintir'a Building, - . HEPPNFR.
ayette
OF PAYETTE, IDAHO.
Largest General Nursery
stock in the Mountains.
The
125 ACRES. WHOLESjLE AND RETAIL
S
md for Cataloo;ue and Price List.
Address. PAYETTE NURSERY,
Pavette, Idaho.
93-Sra.
THE OREGON LAND CO. .
with its
Home Oftice at Salem. Or., (in the Stat 5 Insurance Building), and
Braiit-lj Offices iu Portia d, Astoria and Albany, has for sale a
large lot of Grain. Stock and Fruit Farms, also City
and Suburban Property.
'Ti-ISv OREGON CO.
Was specially organized for the purpose of buying and subdi
viding large tracts of laud, and has, during the past two years, bought
and subdivided over 3200 acres of laud into five to twenty acre
tracts. The success of this undertaking is shown in
the fact that out of 280 tracts of laud plac
ed iu the market, 225 have been
sold.
We cl.'iim tlitit t.'n screa cf ih''oe laml in fruit will yield a larger income than ltft
acres in w li. iit in tle Mississippi vnllpy.
Wr also mke vniu .1.1c improve ii-f nts in tiie nay (if rotda, fences, etc. We can
et l! a siDrii! tract ? Utul f..r tiie eaiue price per acre as ytu would have t
pay fur a lare farm.
Sand for pamphlet, maps and pr.oa list
r Beer and Porter.
ha wil! h plo-wed to supply cutitoninrsin
whoiealo and retail.
trill find it prst-elass.
E. II. KLOCUM.
mufacturers of
d and Olce Furniture
, Wall Paper and Carpets.
AND BURIAL, UOBES. UNDERTAK-
Land & Trust Go.
the Heppuer Branch.
supply the trade grjjy trith,
HOUSE SUPPLIES
lots, at lowest wholesale prices, tf
;ITIVE CURE.
BU New Yort. Price 10 eta.
tvi -ses
Rommmendpd bv Phvsioians.
Pleasant and agreeable to the
J.
H.
ROM IG.
nursery,
CONSUMPTION 1 or COLD
BRONCHITIS Throat Affection
SCROFULA I Wasting of Plesh
Or any Hisertse teliere the Throat and Zungs
are Inflame, Z.arJe of Strength or Aertv
Poioer, you can be relieved and Cured by
OP
PURE COD LIVER OIL
Wlta Hypaphonphites.
PALATA3LE A3 EV3sLrC,
Ash for Scott's Emu'sion, and let no ex
planation or solicitation induce yoil to
accept a sitbalitute.
Sold by all Druggists.
SCOTT & BOVVPdE, Chemists, N.Y
i
H
li
V3 lii bl
FOE?
TOO PSD L!V
A torpi! liver rtcraiig-ea
tie n-bolosys
Sick Headache,
Dyspepsia, Costivesiess, Rheu
matism, Sallow Skin and Files,
There is no better remedy fort ties
common JieH.seH than 'l'Uft L.iver
Pills, as u trtui wilE rve. i'rice.aoc.
Sold Svci.v;"-er
Coughs, Colds. Influenza, Bronchitis
Hoarseness. Whoooino Couah. Craun.
ore Throat, Asthma, and every affection of the
nroai. Lungs ana inesi. irwiuame uonaurnDtian.
rhis Tradfd
EifJark is on
Tie Best
Waterproof
-Coat
In the world.
I
J. Tower, Barton,
Will rn-'fy th BlDodt rwirals'eth
Llvrr and KlifitryB and Kmr th
Wane of Apietite. IndigSKtion.
reeling aofimuLeiTctireu. Bones,
muscles anil nerves rcc iv
n-force. Enlivfntthmtad
jtntt Batine8 Brain iowar.
I A W peculiar totheirsnx will finl
U S-3 1 ,3 In DR. BARTER'S IB OH
IONIC a caf itnd SDoeriy c rm. Oives a clear, bi-al.
thycomplecion. Frequent nttempts at counterfeit,
it - cnly h1I to the popularity or the original
ot-srerrnent sretthe 0KI6ir,L Dd BKisT.
RTER'S LITTLE LIVER P1LLSV
tipntion. Liver Com p taint and Su-k 4
S'impte Done and Dream Bnokif
-aipt of two cants in postage. W
MEDICINE CO., SLLouu. Xs
n
FOR THE CURE OF
34
VITALLY WEAK
Mart? bo Tt too cioe applicnti
flU-lM KY LUSSKSwhh KAKi-Y UK AY in Mil Ml nt.it MIR
0LK AG)- It; lac'n of vim, Viror. end onct.i.wilh eM;n! ori::iai
Bj)airerl mb wcukeni-i prpmatcriv m Hiiroueliii.e old age,
WHEN WE SAY CURgSfeTS
1
ou-Miit caes treated eii C. cor td :n ir.n tn ciVf years.
"TrTAs evMcnre of oi;r faith in Prff. TTamV
K -i50LTJBLE MEDICATED PASTILLES.
ZLLliAil men, vo:ine or olA. EtifleiiiiK rm thli
prevalent tr..;i!.U' nhoulr! scnrl tfeirm -.'-s so (Mtiti.riirnifb
luestion tobpsnin-crrd. thai w r.nv knew the true eotlition
afecehrase mid jpfiPi'&re nie!iirii t efcrl a prompt curs.
Located in Kew York (MKcr 12 ypnrs nl Pt. Louis ), wo offsr
ill a Chun cp tn lip Ciirpd hr the ccli-Kratp.i Pnst.51!.. Trj.iimi.-n.
THE HAffjlS REMEDY CO.. iVifji. Chemists,
99 EEEK-SAS STBFZT.
PJSIEEISLESP,
Chinese Laundry.
Washing soil Iroiif
NEATLY DONE.
Conrt Street,
Heppner, Or
MRS. J". 1ST. BROWN,
-T'ea.ciier C
MUSIC & ART
X3jstrvic-toLS la
Mano, Oriran a--d Harmony. Pain'ine Charcoa
and rrayuii. iwi:tl a t-t-tiuya given to
Portrait Work. .
Cor. Green and Center bta.. Hetpner Oregon,
EBB
URES
1 PACKAGE &
r.fj
THE NEW TAX LAW
Jp'rom the OreEonian.
CONTINUED FROM LAST WEEE.l
MAPS AND PI.ATS.
See. 52. Sh'tll Apply to Surveyor
General and LandoMce for Plats. It
shall be the duty of tbe several countv
assessors of ibis state, where the same
Iibs not been obtained, to apply to and
obtain from the office of snrveyor tren
eral, the local United States land offices.
where necessary, and the land depart
ment or tne state ot Uregon, plats of all
townships and parts of townships
their respective conuties. sliowinf th
connty lines, on h scale sufficiently I arize
to show the sections or parts of sections
oy nieir legal subdivisions, Bnd all lands
suojeci tn taxation at the time, with th
names of the gantees or donees of each
tract. Aud said connty assessors shall
procure and keep a tract book for their
respective counties.
Sec. 53. County Assessor The connty
assessor shall annuallv compare the
assessment lists with said plats, and may
sin kb irom said lists all lauds not found
on said plats, and place on said taxroll
all land found on said plats and not
the as&esment roll. It shall be the duty
or rue county assessor to enter annually
upon sncn maps ana plats such addition
at l-sts of lands subject to taxation as
may have become subjeot to taxation
dnrine the year next before the first dav
or April m each year.
SCHOOL TAX.
Sec. 54. It is hereby made the duty
ot eacii scuooi ciem m mis sta e to cer
tify to the oouiity olerk of his county
statement showing the number of milli
on each dollar of school taxes voted
the letal voters of his district at
ineeuuR legally convened tor tliat pu
pose, on or oeiore iuay 10 or eacu year.
Sec 55. Duty of County Assessor
to Sehool District Tax To Make School
District Plats and Mans and Assess
ment Ho ls. It is hereby made the dut
ot the county assessor, wnh the assist
ance of tbeconuty school snperinten
deut of each diinty. to make a com
plete map and plat of his oonntv. al:
lug the boiindry liues of eaoh and every
scliool district m his oouiity, aud th
relative lioundries of each precinct of
said tounty. It is further made the
duty of the county assessor, from tbe
assessment rolls and lists of the precinct
assessors made eaou year, to transcrib
at ine same nine as tne county assess
ment roil is transcribed, the assessment
of every person subject to taxation
eiich school district, and make a roll t
oe Kuown as the school district assess
ment roll, which shows the ainonn
and kind ot taxable property -each
every person may own or have iu each
school district subjeot to taxation, whicl
said r.,11 any county assessor shall turn
over to tue county ciern witn the general
aseessmen roll of his county ; provided.
however, that the school district roll
shall not be made for any district not
liaviug levied a tax prior to May 15 of
each year.
fcec. 00. lo Uarry Out J axes on
Poll and Deliver Roll to Sheriff With
Warrant to Collect Taxes.. The count.
cerk shall, after the county coift has
made the levy hereinafter provided. Dro-
ceed at once to carry out the tax of eaoh
pioperty owner, on the assessment roll
for that year in his possession into the
proper column, road tax and special levies
oy sehool districts e;icb in separate ool
umus from the geueral tax; and on or be-
tore tue nrst Monday in October nex
ronowing deliver said roll thus com
pleted to the taxcollector of the county
to wnicn snail oe attached a warrant, in
the name of tbe state of Oiegon, under
the hand of the couutv clerk, and ith
the seal ot the connty conrt thereto
uttacbed, commanding the said tax.nl
lector to collect taxes charged on said
roll, with power to cause a levy and sale
to be made ot goods and chattels of the
respective persons named iu such roll, if
uecessary.
OF THE EQUALIZATION OF ASSESSMENTS
oeo. 67. Meetina. and Dutv of
isuunbu uouri 10 vive ionce. The
county conrt, sitting for the transaation
of county business, must meet at the
room of the county court, in the court
house of each couuty, on the second
Monday in June of each year, for the
purpose of eqaliziug the values of all
taxable property wltlim such connty.
Iwo weeks' previous notice of the time.
place and purpose of such meeting shall
be given by the connty clerk in some
utwspaper of general circulation in the
county, or by notices, printed in larae.
plain type, posted in ten or more public
places in the countv, which said notice
shall be deemed sufficient authority for
slid court to execute the provisions of
this act, without any further or other
notice whatsoever.
Sec. 58. County Court Must Eaual-
izie Value of Property. It shall, be the
amy or said court at such meeting to
examine and compare the assessment of
property of the several precincts of tbe
the couuty, and proceed to equalize th
same; ao that each tract or lot of real
pro; erty, shall be entered on the
ment list at its true and full valne. sub
ject to tne rouowiug rules :
iirst I he connty court shall raise
the valuation of each tract or lot of real
property which, m its opinion, is re
turned below its true Bnd full value, to
such price as the court believes to be the
rue and full value thereof.
oecono xne couutv court shall re-
uce tbe valuation of each tract or lot
of Tt al property wbico, in its opinion, is
returned above its true and full value,
such price or sum a the court be
lieves to be the true and and full value
thereof.
Third Tbe countv court shall raise
the valuation of each class of personal
property, which, in its opinion, is re
turned below its true and full valne,
to such price or sum as the court believes
to be tbe true and full value thereof; and
the court shall raise the aggregate value
of the personal property of each individual
benever it believes that such aggregate
valuation is less than tbe true valuation
f the taxable personal property rjssess-
ed by s-.ch individual, to such sum or
amount as the court believes was the
true and full value thereof.
Fourth The countv court shall upon
complaint of any party aggrieved, reduce
the val nation of each item or class of
personal property assessed to him, which
in its opinion, is returned above its true
aud full value, to such price or sum as
tbe court believes to be its true and full
value theieof; and upon like o-molailit
the court shall reduce the aggregate
valuation of the persoual property of
such individual who, in its opinion, has
been assessed at too large a sum, to
such sum or amount aa the oourt believes
was the true and full value of his per
sonal property.
Fifth The county court shall oorreet
all errors, omissions or imperfections in
names, amounts or descriptions of any
nature or kind, and shall have power
and it is the dnty of the court to add to
said roll and assess on taxable property
omitted.
Sixth Before the oonrt grants th
applications or makes any reduction
applied for, it must first examine on
oath, the person or tbe agent making the
application, touching the valne of tbe
property of such person. No reduction
most be made unless suoh person or the
agent making the annlication atfonda
and answers all questions pertinent to
tue inquiry, upon tbe hearing of any
application tne court may subpoena such
witnesses, hear and take such evidence
in relation to the subjeot pending as in
its discretion it mav deem nrnnor
Sec. 59. Said court shall complete itB
lauors oy ine nrstjoay or Jane in each
year, and after the valuation of all the is
equalized, shall cause eaoh column to be
looted np, tbe totals of each page carried
uirwaro, ano a recapitulation, and aeon
rate totals of each column of the assess
men showing a grand total, to be made
in the back of the roll. The court ahull
cause two certified copies of the assess
ment roll, thus completed, under the
seal of the countv court, to be made, one
copy of whioh shall be transmited to the
secretary of state on or before the 25th
uay or jniy following, and the other
copy shall be bled in the office of the
couuty clerk, together with the school
district assessment roll.
bee. 60. Findings of Court Final
except tn Certain Cases. The county
clerk must record in a book, to he kept
for that purpose, all changes, corrections
and orders made hy the oourt, and note
the same on the assessment roll, and
also upon the sohool-district assessment
roll. The actions and conclusions of the
court in all matters pertaining to the
equalization of the values of taxable
property in its connty, for the purpose
of taxation, shall be final; provided.
that its action may be reviewe i on writ
of review issued out of the circuit oonrt
of tbe proper county, as is otherwise
provided by law.
STATU BOARD.
Sec. 61. WfcafConsftfnfes the Board.
The State Board of Equalization shall
consist of one member from eaoh judicial
distriot in tbe state, who shall be elected
as hereinafter provided.
OVJSR THE HILL.
From the Eagle.
Pry Wilson, of Monument, has 150
head ot cattle being driven to the Mal
heur county to winter.
The Masonic order of this place state
their intention, we are informed, of
commenciug toe erection of a hall in
the near futnre.
Wm. Rndio. acoomDanied bv his wife.
ueparteo Monday tor the old homestead
on the John Day river to be absent
ft.w davs.
Long Creek has her charter under
which she expeots to iiieornarate. duly
signed by her citizens and reBdy to re
oeive the attention of the next legisla
ture. Ben Case's wife and obildren came
over from Morrow couuty last week and
joined her husband who is employed in
tne jvteinEe blaoasmitb shop of this
plaoe. They will make Orant couuty
their future home.
Doc." Haskins. a voung lad about
eighteen years of age, was arrested last
week on the charge of horse stealing.
and being unable to give the bond re
quired by Justice Everts he was commit
ted to the Urant county jail, Saturday, to
await the act-ion ot the next grand jury.
About two weeks ago Wing Gee, the
Chiuaman shoemaker of this place, hired
young Haskins to take seveial bead of
horses to a ranch on the Middle Fork
of the John Day. After reaching Slide
creek, he conceived the idea of becoming
sole owner of one of the animals with
out decreasing the amonnt of his capital.
He made a trip to Baker City, riding the
animal, and during his absence Wing
Uee learned of his scheme and ordered
his return.
When you teel uncomfortable about
the stomach take Simmons Liver Reg
ulator.
SHE WAS PARTICULAR
From Detroit Free PresB.
A woman who had spent a full hour in
one of the stores yesterday "look ing for
si metiung tor her son," was finally asked
if she was not rather particular for a
wonld-be pnrobaser who had snoh a
choice of Christmas presenta.
why. yes, i suppose 1 am," she re
plied, "but I tell Jon I need to be."
"Iben vonr son is also particular?"
"I should say so! Hardest boy to suit
you ever saw. Why, he's turned me out
doors, bad a fight w'ith his father, set the
house on fire and taken tbe horse off and
sold it. And if I should get him any
thing he didn't happen to like he'd kick
all the furniture out of tbe windows, or
der his f Hther off tbe premises and nse
me for a toot-wiper. Oh. we know Tom
my from top to bottom, and we've got to
be very particular and consult his feel
mgs."
For a cut. bruise, bnrn or scald, there
is nothing equal to Chamberlain's Pain
Balm. It heals the parts more quickly
than any other application, and unless
the injury is very severe, no scar is left.
r or sale by Slocum-Jobnston Drug Co.
SHE WILL BE LEFT.
From Detroit Free Press.
Yesterday forenoon a mother and her
10-year-old son got into some sort of dis
pute in front of tbe City H ill, snd he
neeied aoout ana said to her :
'I won t do it, and yon bet I won't!"
Then take that!" Bhe exclaimed as
she fetched him a box on the ear and
walked off.
Tbe boy stood holding his ear when a
newsboy approached and asked:
"was it Jour mother.'"
'Yes "
"Hurt much?"
"Awful."
"Ooinp to give her anything for Chrst-
mas?"
'Not much. I was going to. but now
she can bang up her old stocking and be
hanged ! I ve got her a bankercbiet, a
paper of pins and four yards of calioo.
and got them bid in the woodshed, and
now 1 11 go home and trade off the outfit
for a peck of peanuts and eat svery one
of them myself;"
RflNCHE. IIHY, STOCK
Notes Gathered By Those Who
Are Progressive.
APPLICABLE TO OUR SECTION
And With a View of Benefitting the Stockman
Farmer, Horticulturist. Dairyman, Etc.
WORTH KNOWING.
Stockmen are well prepared for winter,
bnt from all appearances, not likely to
have any.
The introduction of impotted horses, a
few years ago, is beginning to tell
among the bands in Eastern Oregon and
Washington, and they now furnish as
good class of general purpose horses as
any oountry in the world.
From the English standpoint a con
temporary there says: When the sound
of the churn indicates that tbe bntter
has "come," let everything rest for about
ten minutes before drawing off the bntter
milk. The result will speak for itself.
Coffee was not known to the Greeks or
Romans, but in Abyssinia and Ethiopia
it has been used from time immemorial.
In 1690 it was carried by the Dutch from
Mocha to Java, where it was soon exten
sively raised, and youog plants were
afterwards sent to the botanioal garden
at Amsterdam.
Opium is got by cutting the cansnle
of the poppy flower with a notobed iron
instrument at sunrise, and by the next
m rning a drop or two has oozed out.
This is scraped off and saved by the
grower, and after he has a vessel full of
it. it is strained and dried. It takes a
great manv popples t.i make u ponud of
opium, and it goes through a number of
processes before it is ready for the mar
ket. A chemist dilates on the sanitary vir
rnea of apple-sanoe. He says the ohemi
cal composition of the apple consists of
vegetable fiber, albumen, sugar, gum,
chlorophyll, malic acid, lime and water.
German analyists also assert that the ap
ple ooub.ins a larger proporti .n of phos
phorns than any other fruit or vegetable,
and this phosphorus is of great use in
renewing the essential nervons matter
lethicin of the brain and spina) cord.
Probably not one in 1,000 of the many
persons who eat apple sauce with roast
goose or roast pork have any idea why
such condiment should be used in these
particular casea. Dut apple sauoe aids
tbe digestion, which, in the case of rich
meats with which it .s usually associated,
would be slnggisb.
CURE FOR DIPTHEKIA.
The Scientific American gives this
recipe, which the whole world ought to
know: At the first indication of diph
theria in the throat of a child make the
room close, then take a tin cup and pour
into it a quantity of tar and turpentine,
equal p..rts. Tnen hold tbe cup over the
fire, so as to fill the room with the fumes.
The patient on inhaling the fumes will
cough aud spit out the membranous mat
ter and diphtheria will pass off. The
fumes of tar and turpentine loosen tbe
matter in the thr at and thus afford the
relief that has baffled the skill of phys
icians. BAIN STORMS AND POUliTRJT.
Diseases that affect fowls in "inter are
more prevalent dnnng the continuance
t rainy weather than during a cold
period, says the Farm and Fireside.
Clear, or Id weather, when the air is dry,
seldom affects poultry unfavorably, and
at such times there is nothing to prevent
tnraiug the hens ontside, giving them
litter to scratch in and allowing them to
eep warm by healthy exercise: but
poultry of all , kinds suffer from some
one or more of the various ailments due
to exposure to damp weather. Roup is
a disease that seldom puts in an appear
anoe in dry weather. Tbe dampness is
also fatal to clucks daring the winter.
The best remedy is shelter, a warm,
tight bouse, and tbe fowls confined dur
ing damp days, or until the weather be
comes clear.
LABQEST FARM IN THE WORLD.
In the extreme southwest corner of
Louisiana lies the largest produoiug
farm in the word. Measuring 100 miles
north and south and 25 miles east and
west, it is owned and operated by a syn
dicate of Dortbern capitalists, says Spare
Homents. The 1,500.000 acres of the
tract were purchased in 1883 from tbe
state of Louisiana and from the United
States government.
At that time it was a vast grazing
land for tbe cattle of tbe few dealers of
tbe neighborhood, over 3d,000 head of
half-wild b'Tses and cattle being thereon.
Now this immense tract is divided into
convenient pasture wtations, or ranches,
existing every six miles. The fencing
alone cost in the neighborhood of 850,000.
The land is best adapted for rioe. sugar
corn and cotton. All cultivating, ditch
ing, tto., is done by steam power. A
tract, say half a mile wide, is taken and
an engine placed on each side. The en
gines are portable, and operate a cable
attached to fimr plows, and under this
arrangement thirty acres a day are gone
over with the labor of three men. Har
rowing, planting and other cultivation is
done in a like manner. There is not a
single draft horse ou the entire plaoe.
Of course horses are used for the herd
ers of oattle, of which there are 16,000
bead. The Southern Pacific railway
runs for thirty six miles through tbe
farm. The company has three steam
boats operating on the waters of its es
tates, of whioh there are 300 miles navi
gable. It has also an ice house, a bank,
a shipyard, and a rice-mill
A departure from the requirement of
unanimity in tbe verdiots of juries has
been made in Miunesota. Au amend
ment allowing ten members, or five-
sixtbs of a jury, to render a verdict in
civil cases was voted on at the recent
election, and appears to have been ear
ned. The adoption of tbe amendment
has ocoasioned some surprise in the
state The departure is, however, in a
direction which many thoughtful men
have pointed out bs the path of progress,
and expert opinion is on record to the
effect that the demand for such a change
will become greater as juries improve
and as the difficulty of securing conscien
tious unanimity increases. The oper
ation of the new system in Minnesota
ill be watohed with interest.