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i'nere m never a time in the hislor;
of !" jODtry when the deamnd f"'
inventions and improvements in the art.
and aoienoea generally was bo great a
now. The conveniences of dip jkind in
the factory and workshop j household
and on the farm, an wll in offieia)
life, require oo' fuai ncctBs ong to tb
appnrtenauce aud implimeuts of eacL
in order to save labor, tiiueiiud expense.
The politioal ohange in the adminiBtra
on government does not affect the
progress of the American inventor, who
being on the alert, and ready to per
ceive the existing deficiencies, does not
permit the uffitirs of government to dn
ter him from quickly ciuoeiviug th.
rem to overcome ens' i.g dihorepuu
oiee To xreat mi- auuot be eift
e'a d in oLo. 'ig a co i-peteut and skill'
'.i attorney to prepare and proseoute
an application for patent. Valuable in
terests have been lost and destroyed iu
Innumerable instances by the employ
ment of incompetent counsel, and es
pecially is this advioe applicable to
those who adopt the "No patent, no
pay" a J stem. Inventors who' entrust
tbeir business to this olass of attorneys
do 10 at imminent risk, as the breadth
and strength of the patent is never con
sidered in view of a quick endeavor to
get an allowance and obtain the fee.
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THORN OF GLASTONBURY.
Ulraculoua Htnrlos Told of the Tra
AVhlt-h llloonta on I'hrlatluas.
At Olnstonlmry Abbey, in Somerset
shire, England, onee btootla thorn tree
which, it issiiiil, bloomed every Christ
mas inorninfT. The first authentic ac
count of it ever written wns in 1772 by
a visitor who tells of it in the account
of his visit to the abbey.
The keeper assured him that St.
Joseph of Arimtithea landed not far
from the town, at a place where there
was formerly an oak that had been
planted to his memory; that he and his
companions marched to a hill aud
rested themselves, and that Joseph
tuck his staff on the ground. Now this
staff was a common dry hawthorn stick,
but it prew and first came into full
flower on Christmas day. Afterward
tho tree, which hud thus prown and
budded like Aaron's rod, always
bloomed on the day of our Lord's na
tivity and upon no other day, the
flower, like those of the nip;ht-b loom
ing cereus, lastinc; but a few hours.
Many queer stories have been told of
the "Miraculous Thorn of Glaston
bury." It was said that if the chips
from it were planted they would sprout
ami prow like potatoes; that the leaves
cured all inllammations, swellings, etc.,
and that "rods" cut from it would
never leave marks on the children cor
rected by their use.
Tha Mail I)i(.
There are a preat mauy mistakes cur
rent as to tho nature and symptoms ot
hydrophobia. It does not occur most
frequently in the summer, but in the
6prin, nor has the rabid do, as a rule,
a dread of water, nor does he refuse to
drink. On tho contrary, even after
the disease is fully established, the
mad doff often tries his best to drink,
sometimes plunffitij? his nose deeply
under water in his effort to swallow,
but is unable to do so on account of
spasms which affect his throat. Kab
1C8 is a disease the course and symp
toms of which are as well known as
any other. The ttrst symptoms are a
restlessness and uneasiness on the part
of the dop;; then he begins to have hal
lucinations; ho will run to a particu
lar spot as though he saw some one
there; ho will turn his head and snap
:md bark in one direction at an Invisi
ble enemy. A well-marked symptom
is his tendency to fruaw ami swallow
'mrd objects, bits of wood, stones and
uch like, lint the bark of a rabid do?
;s a tiling which once heard can never
u iovotten; it is impossible to mis
:ike it' and if th doir tJives no other
.yniptum than u hoaisc, tuullled bark,
lolloweil by three or four e;iu:jlin$r
efforts from tho bottom of his throat,
there can be. no uncertainty after that
. LONGEST 0SWNQ SPANS.
That 5pw BHS Constructed at Omaha
tWU Measure A3u Feet.
A bridge Is now in course of erco
tion across the Missouri river, between
East Omaha and Council Bluffs, which
will be remarkable when completed as
possessing the longest swinfr span In 1
the world five hundred and twenty
feet being fifteen foot longer than the
swing span of the bridge over the
Thames river, in Connecticut. The
structure has been designed by Prof. . practiced by the Inhabitants. Brig
J. A. I. Waddell, of Kansas City. The ndage Is the general profession.
construction of the pier of this swing
span was completed a few months ago
and presented many features of inter
est to engineers. From a long article
in Engineering News it appears that
the work was begun by sinking a
steel caisson for a foundation, much as
A. P. Holler started work on the
swing span of the large bridge in New
York city a year ago. - The outer shell
of the caisson is forty feet in diameter
and the inner twenty feet, the latter
spreading out at the base to join the
former and thus give a cutting edge.
Iloth shells are made of half-inch steel,
reenforced at the lower edge, where
they meet, by two bands of inch stuel,
one inside and the other outside. The
two shells were kept in their proper
relative positions by braces running
between them, of which there were
twenty in all, made of half
inch plates. The caisson proper is six
teen feet high. Above this the two
steel cylinders extend to a height of one
hundred feet, making a total of one
hundred and sixteen feet from the cut
ting edge to the top of the cylinder.
Above the caisson the plates are re
duced in thickness to three-eighths of
an inch and are braced by bars and
rods rather than the heavier and more
costly plates required in the lower
part. The friction of the earth against
such a long cylinder is very great, and
to reduce it a number of pipes run down
the whole length of the caisson and
shell. These open at the bottom of
the caisson and at intervals of ten feet
above, so that by forcing water
through them it was possible to di
minsh the hold of the surrounding
earth on the steel. The space between
the two shells was filled with rubble
concrete. The sinking progressed
with no more than the usual delays;
as the shells went down under the
weight of the concrete placed between
them, aided by the removal of the
earth within by means of bucket
dredges, plates were added to the top
until the whole was at the required
depth. The masonry pier built on top
of thiB cylinder is of limestone backed
by concrete. It is thirty-eight feet in
diameter and eighteen and one-half
feet high.
FAME OF FRENCH ARTISTS.
It la iucreaaed hy the Reproduction of
Tholr Fulntlnir..
The proportion of artists in France
Of Wide lame, WtlOse WOrlC IS irequcnt-
)y seen in print, is undoubtedly greater
than in any other country; and one of
many good reasons for this is certainly
the excentional sitm ana experience 01
the French in their use ot reproductive
processes, aud especially those which
not only translate the form of the orig
inal, but the color at well, says Scrib
ner's Magazine. These color reproduc
tions,' printed from metal relief plates
and not from lithographic stones the
method usually resorted to by the rest
of the world are unique. The secret
of securing, with but few impressions,
tlie marvelous combinations of color,
the effects of washes, tones and lines,
combined with a verve and character
quite inuescrioaoie, isoueoi wmuuuu.y th(J bod SQ far as the face
the French printer artist s complete I Th(J man waa apparently deadi and
master. Just across the border the his face was almost black; but pjesent
Uerman printer has developed litho- ly he came to, and was little the worse,
graphy with sometlnngof the same en- whie g himse,(i in turDi fainted
thusiasm which the h renchman has de- frQm th(J in jurie8 Ue had receiTed, and
voted to the relief plate, each practi- was aid iot sU weeks be(or(J he
cally making few excursions into the covered-
otner s momous 01 accuuipusmng me
same thing
A still further reason for this great 1
superiority is the Innate artistic sense
of the French printer, or, more prop
erly, the pressman. In other countries,
where engraver and printer are looked
upon by tho illustrator as his natural ,
enemies, into whose hands a drawing
is given grudgingly, the statement,
which is not infrequently made by the
French artist, that the reproduction or
translation of the original into printed
form is as effective in its way as the
drawing itself, calculated to excite de
rision. ATHLtllU tXtnUlSES.
The Afea at Which tn lies: In and Leave
Off Fhjrairal Training-.
There is an error in the commence
ment and the ending of the athletic
life that should be remedied, says a
writer in Longman's Magazine. It
should not be begun at too youthful a
period; it should not be continued to
too late a period. I have put it from
eighteen to thirty-six years of age, and
that, 1 ain convinced, is a very just
limitation for all except those who are
obliged to follow it, as in the acrobat
way, during a life of toil devoted to
the amusements of the people..
At eighteen the organs of the body
have fairly developed aud yet are not
so matured as to have lost any degree
of their elasticity, powes and fuoility
for affording graceful and powerful
movements. The nervous Bystem has
Itewrnc well developed and the senses
have reached to good a hd healthy ac
tion. At thirty-six the organs have
ceased to increase naturally and all
parts have entered into a maturity
which stands in the way of
new activity of a permunent char
acter. Hy this time the body
begins to feel concussions and vibra
tions, which, exalted, pass easily into
shocks affecting the elastic substance,
especially the elastic arteries and all
structures that require to be cushioned
by the elastic element
If clastic tissue grows in the body in
youth and adolescence there comes an
early period when it fails to grow,
and, as occurs in a piece of India rub
ber, there comes another poriod when
It begins to lose its elasticity. Then
any new exercise of an extreme kind
becomes a mechanical injury, which
soon shows itself in the fact that the
man once so successful is forced,
nolens volens, to admit that he is
beaten by younger competitors. Here
are disadvantages of a striking kind. 1
have seen them. I have seen many
youths Injured by too early competi
tion. I have over and over ss'uin seen
mature men vitally injured by too pro
longed a competition. It is hard to
kuow and feel all this, but It is accord'
ing to our mistress. Nature, and she is
go strong and so determined a jade
that she will give nothing beyond
what she has given. Nobody says no
and means it with so inexorable a de-
Wrmiuatiou as Mistress Nature. A man
had better be obedient to her than to
Mb wife, or a woman to her husband,
MONCOUS OF K9-KQ NQR,
PrlgaDilaao it tbe Oeneral frofenloa ot
AmbitiouN Young Men,
Our road first lay through the dis
trict inhabited by the agricultural
tribes on the frontier. Then we en
tered the country occupied by the
Mongols of the Ko-ko Nor, says a i
writer in the ational Review. The
pasture there was the richest I hare
ever seen in any part of Thibet; but
an idyllic pastoral life is by no means
The young men spend their time either
in making raids on travelers and on
encampments of their tribes, by which
means they mostly acquire their cher
ished horses, or in practicing the art
of warfare. I witnessed a military
tournament, at which some riders at
full gallop fired one after another at a j
small given mark.
These Mongols are tall and fierce look
ing, though they proved amiable when
friendly. The men shave their heads.
Both men and women dress in a gown
of sheeptikin. girded round the waist,
high boots of felt and skin, bound be
low the knee with a leathern strap or
cotton garter, and long white felt
coats, which they wear over the sheep
skin when it rains. Their summer hat
is of white felt, in shape something
like the top hat worn by the old
Welch market women. The cap they
wear in winter is of white astrakhan,
shaped like a sugar loaf, with ared and
green cotton brim.
The women dress their hair in little
plaits, more than a hundred, caught
together at the ends with a wide band
3t colored cloth, which is embroidered
with gay silks and gold thread, and
studded with coral and torquoise,
silver coins and brass buttons, which
they get from Lhassa. The tents are
round; the Inner sides of trellis-work,
the top of wooden ribs, giving an um
brella shape, and the whole covered
with white felt, with an aperture for
a small door of wood, and a hole in the
roof to let out the smoke.
TREACHEROUS SNOW.
Dangers to Which the Chamois Hunter
Subjocta llimiell.
One of the perils which the chamois
huntor must face is that which lurks
in the snow. Mr. Buxton, in his Short
Stalks, tells the story of llcrr S s
adventure, which graphically illus
trates this danger. lie was following
with one companion, in the depth of
winter, the trail of a wounded cha
mois. The track led them across a
steep couloir filled with deep, loose
snow, into which they plunged up to
their middles.
When half way across this the mass
parted just above them, and moved
downwards with ever-accelerating
speed, sometimes covering them deep
with a surging mass, and then again
tossing them Into the air.
At last 8 felt himself suddenly
.H :llv arrester! bv anmn nrn.
trmXillg 8Ubstance, which afterwards
proved to be a broken stump of a tree,
After a time he recovered conscious-
d sueceedcd in shakine- him-
The first thought was for his friend,
of whom nothing waB to be seen. Hut
as he gazed over the waste of snow be
saw at a distance a twig, which had
been pressed downwards, recover itself
and spring up.
I Thinking it might be the sign of
some life he made his way to the spot,
and close by it found a boot protrud-
j ing from the surface. Scraping the
suow away as uesv 11c uuum wmi ma
nnlmrl Vinrtrla ha ftf lwncrt.h iincnirarnH
COST OF BRITISH DEFENSE.
The Immenae Expense Incurred br Eng
land's Military Operations.
The British empire spends as a rule
upon defense from 'J50,000,000 to $380.
000,000 a year, of which the military ex
penditure of India, with the indirect
expenditure for the sake of India on
the mobile land forces at home, forms
the largest item, says Sir C. W. Dilke,
in North American Review. Almost
the whole of this vast sura is expended
out of British loans or taxes under the
control of the parliament of the United
Kingdom, and out of India taxes under
the indirect control of the house of
commons through the secretary of
state, who is a member of the govern
ment of the day. This expenditure,
although vast, although open to the re
proach that it docs not do more than
maintain a fleet slightly superior to
that of France, and an army of very
small numbers, is a fleabite as com
pared (in its ill effect upon the wealth
of the nation) with the military ex-i
pendituro of Italy, or, in a less degree,
with that of other continental powers. I
The evidences of the overpressure of k
taxation in India itself, many as they I
are, are slight in comparison with
those which are present in the case of
Italy; and it may be assumed therefore ,
that, while the taxpayers of the United I
Kingdom and of India may make their
voices heard in insisting upon better
value for their money, the expenditure
will not in Itself be brought to an end
by bankruptcy. ;
A CAMEL IN GRANITE. 1
Ono to Bo round tn Arlsona Toot la a
Terfect UkeneMe.
One of the most curious rock forma
tions in the world Is to be seen in Ari
zona. It is a short distance cast of the
stage road between Tucson and Or
acle, and stands on a knoll several
feet above the surrounding Bandhills.
When first seen the effect is startling,
and the mind baa to get over a shock
before the peculiar object can be com
prehended. It is a most perfect rep
resentation of a camel, and is formed
of one piece of granite.
This curiosity, says the Pittsburgh
Dispatch, is of colossal size, but per
fectly proportioned. It is about sixty
feet high and very wide and smooth.
There are very few fissures on the sur
face, and they, strangely, are in the
proper places to form features. The
only real projection from the surface
is exactly placed for an eyebrow. The
two humps are plainly to be seen, and
the neck is curved beautifully. The
rook is really a solid piece rising from
the ground, but the effect of legs is
I produced by a clump of dark-colored
brush that grows beside the stone.
The white stone shows plainly on both
sides of the brush? and the effect of
: the legs is unmistakably produced.
The strangest part of it is that it looks
like a camel from all sides and at all
tinies of the day or night. There is no
disguising the resemblance.
t
LIT PY SAU.00N3.-
Aerlat Hfctpi wl'U Meeitlo Lbthta Will
Illuminate a Ctv,
A balloon with electric lights at
tached to it for lighting cities is the
latest idea of turning the "light of
lighti" to a practical use. This idea
may seem very visionary, but C. A.
Smith, of No. 112 Orova street, oue ot
San Francisco's inventors, has suQ :ient
confidence in the scheme to commence
operations of constructing a balloon
for that purpose, says the Call of that
city.
This balloon will not be of the ordinary
silk bag pattern, but will be made of
aluminium and in the shape of a cigar,
point! at both ends. It will be about,
forty teet long and fifteen feet in diam
eter at iu largest point, and will con
tain cuClcient gas to sustain it in the
roughest kind of weather, l'ans will
be constructed so as to hold it piint up to
the wind and help it from dipping, and
In calm weather it will be so balanced
that It will remain perfectly level.
A cable containing the electric wires
will hold it at a sufficient elevation, so
that the light will be spread over the
area to be illuminated to the best ad
vantage. The balloon will sustain six arc
lights, or it can be so made as to be cov
ered with incandescent lights, each one
of which will be inclosed with a re
flector, so as to concentrate the rays
of the light and throw them downward.
An appliance will be provided for
hauling the balloon to the earth for
trimming the light or making any re
pairs that might become necessary, or
raising or lowering it so that the light
may be advantageously distributed.
The inventor claims that, counting
the first cost of the balloons and their
maintenance, the total cost of lighting
THE 8KY LiOIJT FOIt ILIUMIXATING A
CITY.
a city the size of San Francisco will be
reduced considerably, as one balloon
will suffice for from four to six blocks.
At the same time the tangle of deadly
and unsightly wires from the streets
will be removed and danger from fires
reduced.
Mr. Smith, in addition to the lights,
has invented an arrangement of mir
rors, which will be placed on the under
side of the balloon, so that a person on
one street can see what is transpiring
on the next, even though blocks of
buildings intervene, and this mirror ar
rangement, the inventor says, will be of
great service to the fire department, as
the location of flames can be easily as
certained should they break out from a
building.
"Perhaps the best use to which this
system of lighting would be turned
would be to harbors," said Mr. Smith.
"Three or four of these balloons placed
over San Francisco bay would make the
harbor as light as day.
"The members of the San Francisco
Electric association have discussed my
scheme pretty thoroughly, and they
claim that it is not only possible, but
one that would bo very useful as a sys
tem of city lighting."
SLOl irmistiMtS.
One ol the Moat Novel of Them Ta Tea
Thousand YeHM Old.
Probably one of the latest appliances
of the principle governing the opera
tion of the slot machine is found in
the hot water fountains which have
been brought out in France, says Cas
sier's Magazine.
These fountains are put up in the
public street and afford the conven
ience of supplying at any hour of the
day or night a certain quantity of hot
water in return for a coin of certain
value, which is dropped into the slot
in the now so familiar way. The
dropping of the coin automatically
governs the flow of water from the
street mains through a small boiler,
heated by a series of gas jets, and sim
ilarly regulates the quantity of gas
which is admitted, and which islighted
by means of a small, constantly main
tained ignited jet.
The French hot water machine
brings back to mind very strikingly
the apparatus designed more than two
thousand years ago by Hero, of Alex
andria, which furnishes one of many
similar illustrations of the extent to
which the ancients made use of what
are often supposed to be entirely mod
ern ideas.
Curiously enough, Hero's machine, it
may here be repeated, was operated by
a coin representing five drachmas.
The coin, in falling, st uck a lever,
opened a valve and let out a small
quantity of holy water. When the
coin fell off the lever the valve was
closed.
Hero went still further, however, by
inventing an automatic bartender on
the coin-in-the-slot principle. This
was a vase containing three kinds of
liquor in different compartments, with
a faucet arranged so as to be opened
part of the way by one coin, still fur
ther yet by a larger or heavier coin,
and then still further by a still larger
or heavier coin.
The extent to which the faucet was
opened determined which chamber
should communicate with it, and hence
which of the three liquors should be
allowed to escape. This machine, ap
parently, has not yet been rf invented.
CHARACTER AND PHYSIQUE.
Red Hair Waa Sngitrded with Ulafavor by
the ftemane.
Judging character by phvsical indi
cations was practiced by the ancients
as well as more occult arts of divina'
tion, the quality and color of hair be
ing especially a 6ubiect of theory
; Straight, lank hair was regarded as in
dicative of pusillanimity and coward'
ice. Napoleon was only the exception
that proved the rule, for his hair wai
as straight as an Indian's. Frizzly hair
was supposed to accompany coarsenes.'
of nature and clumsiness of manner
The compromise between these twr
types was considered most desirable
that is, straight hair, ending in softh
turned rings. Achilles and Ajax Tela
mon had this sort of hair and sucl
also were the locks of Tlmon, tin
misanthropic Athenian. In color au
burn or light brown hair was consid
ered the most beautiful, as well rs in
dicative of intelligence, amiability, in
. dustry and extreme susceptibility U
the charms of the opposite sex. Hlacl
hair was regarded with disfavor by th
Konians, but red was an object of ex
treme aversion, a prejudice carried tc
such an extreme that even donkeys
suffered from it. according to the prov
erb; "As wicked as a red ass." Among
the Copts a red donkey was every year
orificd by hurling it from high
wall
A Centleman
Who formerly resided Id Connecticut, but
who now resides in Honolulu, writes : "For
20 years past, my wife
and 1 have used Ayer'e
Hair Vigor, aud we
attribute lu it the dark
hulr which she and I
now have, while hun
dreds uf our acquaint
ances, ten or a dozen
years younger than we.
are either gray-ueuded,
white, or buld. When
asked how our hair baa
retained Its color and
fullness, we reply, ' By
the use of Ayer'a Hair
Vigor nothing else.' "
"la 1868, my affianced
was nearly bald, aud
mm
PSSSII the hair
J KaSLiSBSS'' ! "tit
aay. i
induced
her to use
Ayer'a Hair Vigor, and very soon, it not
only checked any further loss of hair, but
produced an entirely new growth, which has
remained luxuriant and glossy to this day.
I can recommend this preparation to all In
need of a genuine hair-restorer. It is all
that it is claimed to be." Antonio Alarruu,
Bastrop, Tex.
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STOCK BRANDS.
White von koenyour subscription void no yen
can keep your brand in free of charge.
Allvn. T. J., lone. Or. Horeea Gtt on left
shoulder; cattle same on left hip, undnr bit on
right ear, ami upper bit on tne lett; range, Mur
row county.
Armstrong1, J. t, Alpino, Or. T with bar nn
ler ii on left shoulder of horses; cattle same
nn lefi hip.
Alllnnn. O. D.. Eiirht Mile. Or. Oattln brRtid
OUon left hip and horses same brand on right
shoulder. Kange, Eight Mile.
Adkins, J. J., Heppner, Or. Homes, J A con
nected on lei t flank; cattle, same on left hip.
Rnrtholnmpw. A. G,. AInine. Or. HornpH
branded 7 E on either shonlder. Kange in Mot
row oountv
Bleoknaan. Geo., Hardman, Or. Horses, a fla
tit Iff t shoulder: cattle name on right shoulder.
hannister, J. W., Hanlman, Or. Cattle braud
d K on left hip and thigh; split in each ear.
branded P B on left shoulder. Cattle same on
fht siae.
(nrke. M St C. Lone Creek. Or On cattle.
MAY connected on left hm. ciod off left ear. un
der half crop off right. Horses, same brand on
let it shoulder, twinge in urant ana ilorrow
eonnty.
Hrusman. Jerrv. Lena. Or. Horses branded 9
un right shoulder; cattle U on the left side.
Ijeit ear nan crop na ngnt ear upper slope.
Barton, Wm.. H ppner, Or. -Horses, J Ron
right thign. cattle, same on right hiD; split in
tach ear.
Krown, Isa, Iexington, Or. Horses IB on the
right stifle; cattle same on right hip; range, Mor
row county.
brown, J. C, Meppner. ur. Horses, circle
with dot in ne ter on Ifft hip; cattle, same.
over it, on the left shoulder. Cattle same on left
lit.
Boyer, W. G., Hepper, Or. Horses, box
brand on ngb hip oat lie, same, with split in
each ear.
Bom. r. O.. HeDDner. Or. Horses. F B on left
shoulder: emtio, same on left hip.
Brnwnlee. W.J.. rox.Or attle. JB connected
un left side; crop on left ear and two splits and
middle piece cot out on right ear; on horses same
brand on the left thigh: Kange in Fox valley.
Grant county.
t arsnei- Warren, Wagner, Or. Horse brand
ed O on right stifle; cattle z (three bare) on
right ribs, crop and split in each ear. Kange in
Grant and Morrow counties.
Cain.E., Caleb.Or. Y li on horses on left stifle
U with quarter circle over it, on left shoulder
and on left stifle on all colts order 5 years; on
left shoulder only on all horses over 5 years. All
range in Grant county.
Clark, Wm. H., Lei a. Or. Horse WHO con
nected, on left shoulder: cattle same on right
hip. Bai ge Morrow and Umatilla counties.
Cate, Chas. K Vinson or Lena, Or. Horses
H C on right shoulder; cattle same on right hip.
Itange Morrow and Umatilla counties.
Cecil, W m., Douglas, Or,; horses JO on lef
shoulder; catle same on left hip, waddles on
each jaw and two bite in the right ear.
Curl, T. U John iJay, Or. Double cross on
each hip on cattle, swallow fork and under bit
in right ear, split in left ear. Kange in Grant
coumy. On sheep, inverted A and spear point
on shonlder. Kar markoti ewes, crop on left ear
pouched upper bit in right. Wethers, crop in
right and under half crop in left ear. All rang
in Graut couut v.
Cook. A. J. ,Lena,Or. Horses. BO on right shoal
der Cattle, same on right hip: ear mark square
crop un iwiv auu spin m rigHt.
Curtan.it. Currintmlie, Or. -Horses, on
left sUne.
Cox Ed. H.. Hardman, Or. Cattle, C with
i iti center: horses. CE on left 'lip.
Cochran, H. E Monument, Grant Co, Or.
Horses branded circle with bai beneath, on ltft
shoulder; cattle same brand on both hips, mark
under elope both ears and dewlap.
ChaniT. H.. Uurdman. Or. Horses branded
on right hip. attle brauded the same. Alio
brniids (1 ou horses right thigh; cate s.ie
biand on right shouldur, i,d out off end oi
right ear
Idckfns, Ebb Horses brai ded with three
line! forh on li-n etine i auiesa-ne on left side,
Douglass, W. M .Galloway. Or. t attle, ri D un
right side, swh low-fork in each ear; horses, K I)
uu left hip.
Dougla. O. T.. Douglas, Or H or tea TD un
the tight stifle; cattle same on right hip.
El, J. B. A tkms, Douglas, Or Hon brand
ed LL oneft shoulder, cattle same on left
hip. hole iv right ear.
Elliott. Wash., Heppner, Or. Diamond on
right shoulder.
Emeiy, I . Hardman, Or. Horses branded
0- reversed C with tail on left shoulder; cat
tle Munv ou tin hi hip. Hange in Morrow coantv.
Eleek. Jackson, Heppuer, Or. HortH, IE
connected uii right shoulder; cattle same on
right nip- Earmark, hole in right and crop
UU 101L.
Florence. L. A.. Heuuner, Or. Cuttle. LF
right hip; nurseti F with bar under os right
nuiuuer.
Florence. B. P. Heppner, Or Horses, F on
right shoi Idei ; cattle, t on right hip or thigh.
Trench. George. Heppner. Or. Cattle branded
WF, with bar over it, on left side; crop off left
ear. Horses, same orana on ifft nip.
Gay, Henry, Heppner, Or. GAIT on left
Shoulder.
Oilman-French, Land and Live Stock Cc, Foe.
ail. Or. Horses, anchor fci on left shoulder; vent,
Ban eon left stine. Cattle, same on both hips
ear marks, onto off rich I esx and underbit in left
j Range in Giiluun, Grant, Crook and Morrow
counties
Gentry, Elmer, Echo, Or.-Hordes branded H.
6. with a quarter cmle over it. un left stifle
! Kange in Morrow and Lniatillaconnttee.
f haes. Geo., i-ena. Or, Brand JH connected
with quarter circt- over it, on lf I snouider.
Hiali A, 11.. iUdtie. Or. Cattle, round-ton K
with quarter cii-ele under it on th right hip.
lisrge in .nomim aim c wniiiut itJumie.
Hm ton A Jenks. Hamilton, lr t at tie. two ban
! on either hip; crop iu rigut mr and split in left.
1 Hursea, 4 on ngni ungu. iiange m ti rant county
H uhes. Htuael. Wwr, Or- J" (T F I
con ntvtedi on right thou 'der on horses; on cattle.
. on right hip and on left side, swallow fork in
I right ear and slit in left. Range is Haystaok
district. Morrow eouttr.
f4
Hide. Milton, Whi.ir, Or. Hun' branded
' V (-.ircl tthJi parallel tails) uu let shtitilder,
same un left hip alto large circle on left
' Mall Edwin, John Day.Or. Cattle E Hon right
hori"s Maine on right shoulder. l an gain
.mill county.
Howard. J L, alloway. Or. Hordes, (cross
.villi bar above It) on right shoulder; cattle
HUieon le it side. Kange in Morrow aud D ins
ula counties.
Hughes. Mat, Heppner, Or. Horses, shaded
ittart on the left shoulder. Kange Morrow o.
Hunsaker, B . Wagner. Or. Horses, tl on left
houlder; ca tie. f) on lft hip.
Hardisty, Albert, Nye. Oregon Bo rues, A H
connected, on left shoulder; Cattle un the left
hip, crop off left oar,
Humphreys, J M. Hardman, Or. Horses. H ou
lef Hank
Hayes, J. M., Heppner. Or. Horses, wineglass
on left shonlder cattle, same on right hip.
Hnston. Luther. Eight Mile, Or. Horee H ou
the left shoulder and heart on the left stifle Cat.
'le HHmf i left hip. Katun in Morrow county,
Iv. Alfred. Long Creek. Or -Cattle 1 Don
-iiriit hip. erop or) Itdttiat tuidbii ih right. Horses
run tn aud on li-ft houidet Iiange n Grant
j .ijnti
,1 r. llnrrv. llcppn r Or Hois s t-r.ndod
"I J "ii i lie left shoulder: celtle tiaamled J on
right hip, hIho under bit iu It It eur. luutge in
ilorrow ceuiity.
Junkin. H. M.. Heppner, Or. Horses, horse.
shoe J on left shoulder. Cattle, the aama.
Kange on Eight ftlue.
Johnson, lelix, Lena. Or. Horses, circleT ou
left stibe: cattle, same on right hip. under half
crop in right and solit in left ear
JenkniB, l) W.,oit. Venmn.ur. J on horses on
twft shoulder; on cattle, J on left hip and two
smooth crops on both ears. Kange in Fox and
'ear vull.tja
Kenny, Alike. Heppner, Or. Horses branded
..NY on lefi hip cattle same and crop otf left
n : under ho oti Thn right
Kirk J. T., Heppner. Or. Horses 69 ou left
l.oulder; cattle, ou loft hip.
Him. J 0, Heppner. Or. Horses. 17 on either
iar.k rattle 11 tin riht side.
Kirk, J.se, Heppner, Or.; horse 11 on left
Redder; cattle ouiue on i ight side, underbit on
lghl eir.
Kuuibei'land.W.G.. Mount Vernon. Or. I L on
attle on right and left sides, ewailow fork in It ft
-ar and under ciop in right ear. Horses same
rand ou left shoulder. Kange in Grant countv.
Loften, Stepnen, fox, Or. (S L on left hip
n cattle, crop and split on right ear. Horses
ame brand on left shoulder. Kange Urant
uuntv.
Lieuallen, John W., L"H -' Or. Horses
irauded half-onole JL connected on left shoal
Cattle, samt on left bio, Kange, near Lex.
ington
volley, J. W. Heppner Or- Horses branded
u auu A ou left shoulder; cettle same on left
hip, waitle over rifcht ye, three slits iu right
ear.
Lord, George, Heppner. Or. norses brauded
double H coi.necu Sometimes called
swing H, on left shoulder.
Murkham, A. M., Heppner. Or. Cattle large
M on left side both eurs cropped, and split in
both. Horses M on loft hiu. Kange. Clark's
can you.
Minor, Oscar, rieppner. Or. rattle, M. D on
right hip; horse. Mon left shoulder.
Morgan, ti. N.. Heppner. Or. Horses, M)
on lefi shonldei cattle same on left hip.
MoCumber, Jas A, Echo, Or. Horses, M with
bar over on right shoulder.
Morgan. Thus., Heppner, Or. Horses, circlo
T on left shouJdor and left Hugh; oatrJe, L oa
right thigh,
Mitchell. Oscar, lone, Or. Homos, 77 on right
hip; cattle, 77 on right side.
McClaren, D. G., lirownsville. Or, Horsea,
Fimire 5 on each shoulder; cattle. Mtt on hip
McCarty. David H. Echo Or. Horses branded
D"il connected, on the left shoulder; cat! to same
on hip and Bide.
McGirr, Frank, Fox Valloy, Or. Mule shoe
with toe-cork on cattle on ribs aitd under in
each ear; horses same brand ou left stine,
McHahjy, w. ., nauniion, Or. On Horse. H
with half circle under on left shoulder; on Cuttle,
four bars connected on top on the right side
Kange in Grant County.
.Seal, Andrew. lone liock.Or. Horses A N con
nected OU left Blionillur: nnttn nam a un hsith hi..u
n.. oiivBnon, -r. Morses, circle i on
left tlugt ; cm tie. name ou loft hip.
Oliver. Joseiih. Cud von I itv ( lr. A arm itu
on left hip; on horsea, Hiiuie o'u left Uiiiih. KAnw
in Grant county
Oiler. Pern. Lexhinton. Or. P o Ii.fi
shomdm.
Olp, Herman, 1'inirie City, Or. On cattle, O
LP connected ou left Kin: hnrauut on tuft- ut i na
and wartie on nose. Kange in Grant county,
Pearson, Oluve. Eiaht IWile. Or. Horse:, nnii-
ier circle shield on left shoulder and 24 ou left
nip. catue, lora in lot: ear, right cropped. 24
on left hip. Iiange on Eight Mile.
I'arKer a uieason, ile.rdman.Or, Horses IP on
I ft shoulder.
Piper, Eme-t, Lexington. Or. Hordes brand
e WE (L E conneoiedj oi lett shoulder ; cattle
f nieon right hip. Kange, Slur row count.
1-iper, J.H., Lexington, or. -Horses. JE con
nected ui left shoulder; cattle, same on left hip,
under oil in each ear.
Pettys, A. C, lone, Or,; horses diamond P ou
shoulder; cattle, J li J connected, ou the
left hip, upper slope in left ear and slip in the
right.
Powell, John T., Day ville. Or Horses, J P oon
nec ed on left slioulder. Cattle OK couneoted ou
left hip, two under half crops, oUe on each ear,
wattle unuer throat. Kai ge iu Grant couuty.
Hood. Andrew, Hardman, Or. Horses, square
crone with quarter-circle over it on loft stifle.
Keninger, Chris, Heppner, Or, Horses, 0 K on
left slu-mldei .
Bice, Dan, Hardman, Or.; horses, three panel
worm fence ou left shoulder; cattle, DAN on
right Bhuulder. Kange near Hardman.
Hoyse, Aaron, Heppuer, Or Horses, plain V on
left shoulder; cattle, same brand reversed on
right hip and crop off right ear. Kange in Mor
row county.
Rush Bros., Heppner, Or. Horses branded S
un the right shoulder; cattle, IX on the left nip,
crop oft left ear and dewlap on neck. Itange in
Morrow and adjoining counties.
KuBt, William, Kidge, Or. Jforsee H on
Left shoulder; cattle, it on left hip, crop ofl
right ear, underbit on left ear. tfheep, It on
weathers, round crop oil righ ear. Kange Uma
tilla and Morrow c i unties.
Keauey, Andrew, Lexington, Or. Horse
branded A K on right shoulder, vent quarter
circle over brand; cattle same on right hip.
Kange Morrow oounty.
Koyee, Wm. 11, Dairyville, Or HB connected
with quarter circle over top on cattle on right hip
and crop off right ear aud split in left. Horses
same brand on left shoulder, Kange in Morrow
Grant and Gilliam counties.
Hector, J, W., Heppner, Or. Horses, JO os
lef t shuuider. Cattle, Qou right hip.
Spick nail, J. W., Gooseberry, Or. Horses
branded tfl on left shoulder; range in Morrow
county.
Bailing, C C Heppner, Or Horses branded
on left shoulder; cattle same on left hip.
Bwaggart, B. E., Lexington, Or. Horses
with dash under it on left stifle, cattle H with
dash nnder it on right hip, crop off right ear and
waddled on right hind feg. Kange in Morrow,
Gilliam and Umatilla counties.
rjwHggart, A. L., Athena. Or. Horses branded 3
on lett shoulder; cettle same on left hip. Crop
on ear, wattle on left bind leg,
btraight W. E., Heppner, Or. Horses shaded
J B ou lei. stifle; cattle J Bon left hip, swallow
fork in right ear, underbit in left.
bapp, luos., Ueppuer, Or. Horses, S A P on
left nip; cattit same on left hip,
bhnerjohn, Fox, Or. tii connected on
horses on right hip; catue, same on right hip,
crop oft rigUt ear and under bit iu left ear. Kange
in urant couutv.
Bmith Bros., Busmmlle, Or, Horses, branded
H. Z, on shoulder; cattle, ameonleft shoulder.
Bquires, James, Arlington, Or,; horses branded
JBunleft shoulder; catile the same, also nose
waudie. Kange in Morrow and Gilliam ouauties.
Stephens, V. A., Hardman, Or-j nurses Btioa
right stifle; cattle horizontal L on the t ight side
bteveuson, Mrs A. J., Heppner, Or. Cattle, H
on right hij ; swailow-fuik in left ear.
Bwaggart, G. W., Heppner, Or. Horses, 44 on
left sliuuidei ; cattle, 44 on left hip.
Bperry, E. G., Heppuer, Or. Cattle V7 C on
lett inp, crop off ngut and underbit in left year,
dewlap; nurses W C on left shoulder.
Ihuuipson, J. A., Heppner. Or. Horses, Z on
left stiuuiu. r; cattle, i un left shoulder.
lippeUj.b.X.,Enierpris.Ur. Hurtjee. C-on left
shoulder.
'luruerK. W., Heppner, Or. -SmaH capital X
lett shoulder, horses; cattle same on left hip
wuh split in botn ears.
Ihorutou, H. M., lone. Or. Horses branded
K 1 connected: on left stifle; ehep same brand.
Vanderpoul, H.T.. Lena, Or; Horses HV con
nected on right ehoulder .cattle, same ou right
hiij
Walbridge, Wm.. Heppner. Or. Horses, U. L.
on the lefi shoulder; cuttie same on lighi hip.
crop urt left ear and right ear looped.
Wilson, Jonn Q., tSaiein or nppner, Or.
Horses brauded J q un the left shoulder. Kuuge
Morrow county.
W arren, W B, ( 'aleb, Or Cattle W with quarter
circle over it, ou left Bide, split in ngni ear.
Horses wane braui oQ left shoulder. Kanm
Graut couuty.
Wright, biias A. Heppner, Or. Cattle branded
a W on the right hip. square crop ott right ear
and split in lett.
Waue, Henry, Heppner. Or. Horses brunded
ace ot spade on iu shoulder and left hii
Cattle braudeo same on left side and loft hip.
Wells. A. is., Heppner, Or. Horses, aw on lef
shoulder' can mmnip
Wolluiger, John, John Day City, Or On horses
three parallel bars on left shonlder; 7 on stieep,
bit in both ears, Kange in Grant and Malhuer
counties.
Woodward. John, Heppner, Or. Hones UP
oonnectod on lef t shuuider.
W atkma, Lisne. Heppner, Or.-Horses branded
UE oonneuteo on left sutle.
Wallace, Chaxlea, Portland, Or. Cattle, W on
right thigh, huit in left ear; horses, W on right
shuulaer. sow same un left shoulder.
Whittier ftroe numuigiun. Baker Co.. Or. -Horxes
branded W B uouuuctod on left thouldev
Williams. Vasco, Hamilton, Or. Quarter cir
cle over i thre bars uu left hip, bulb cattle and
horses. lum Grant oounty.
Williams, j O. LongCreek. Or Horses, uaar
ter cirtie over three bars ou left hip: esttJa sam
anil sat in earn ear. Bang in Gran! county
Wren. A. A., heppner, Or. Horses runningA A
on BhouWr; Catue. same tin r.gjn mp.
Walker Elizabeth & 8ons, Hardman Or
aule branded K W counevted) EW on left
side hnn same on right shoulder. J. W
W. Iker s cat'K same on lelt hip. horsea samw
ou left shouldor. All range la Morrow counto
tIZ'SJl' GafiWf7' Or.-Ho braadW
Ta on ska tight eaouio-.