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(1AHMINCITA, tin Spanish Dancer, Z fADLHEWSKI, the Oreat Pianist, 5 AOL LI HA PATTI and t ST: MINNIE SELIdMAN CUTTING. J KDOREM ALL DKUEHI TO - z THE NEW YORK MUSICAL ECHO C0. UronUway Theatre HU., New York City. e CANVASSERS WANTED. S HOTEL, HERMITS. Sinn Who 1'liul Sollloilo lii dir. Very On. tl'ra of I.lvellll.HH. One of tlin limst. intdi'pstiiio; ntudips in hnmnn nittnri iibtnit tlto city is tho man who lives in hotnls. I do not monn the eouimurr.ial travolnr or tho irrnn who is eiiKfigetl in businrss of tiny kiml, hut the miin who has nothing to do but to look around him aixl on.joy liimsolf. He may actually enjoy himself, too, for all I know. I hope ho does. Il is interest ing as an illustration of what some men call enjoyment. The fashionable hotels of New York and unfashionable hotels for that mat ter aro tho shelter of ninny men who are not in business other than the busi ness of looking pretty and observing the rest of tho world move. I do not sny they nro tho homes of such men they merely shelter and feed them. In many instances this life is that of a hermit. Possibly a man accustomed to tho wild, hilarious career offered by a country hotel may cavil at the expres sion in this connection, but it is because such a man docs not understand city ways. A year or two ago a well to do gen tleman died in a New York hotel. He bad lived in tho hostelry for years, and yet not a soul if I may use tho word soul in speaking of a hotel corporation know him personally or anything about hiui beyond tho fact that Uo paid his bills promptly and regularly, lie chose to mako uo acquaintances nnd was satis fied to appear to tho hotel managers aa "No. (It, K.," or by whatever number his room was designated. The hotel man agement had changed several times, but he lived ou there, a calm, unnilllcd ex istence. As a guest such a man is a jewel, and as may reasonably bo supposed he was not likely to bo harassed hy unnecessary attentions. When he died and it was found that be was a gentleman of inde pendent fortune the newspapers, of course, making the discovery some peo ple marvoled for a day or two nnd then forgot him. I recall the incident now only to illustrate that in a great city like this what npiHars to bo the most public life may be in reality the most exclusive. Thero are plenty of men living hermit lives In New York hotels as much sons if they occupied u poor hovel in the soli tary fastnesses of the wilderness. I know men who reside at swell hotels who do not seek to avoid their fellows, out wno imgnt as well te contmiM in the penitentiary or lie dead, so far ns their usefulness to society is concerned. They remind me of couvicta so appar ently listless, aimless nnd inert their ex istence. They eat, drink and sleep. Life holds no more inviting cup for tliem than that offered by tho hotel corridor. They have exhausted what men call pleasure or are beyond the ago of phys ical enjoyment, with no reserve capacity for mental pleasure. To a man of some temperaments such ft life would be a liv ing deathy w Ybrk Cor. Pittsburg LwutucU Bmcterls In Tobacco. There seems to be no end to the dis coveries that await ns concerning bac teria, and the relations of those micro Bcopio organisms to the well being of man. Who would ever have thought that the peculiar flavors which charac terize different kinds or brands of tobac co are due to the presence of bacteriat Yet that is the conclusion to which in vestigations by a German botanist lead. In curing tobacco, or preparing the raw, green leaf for use, a fermentative process called sweating is gone through with. It has been supposed that the chemical changes induced by this process were the eource of the peculiar qualities possessed by the cured tobacco. But, according to Suchsland's experiments, it appears that micro-organisms may be the real cause of the changes. He has examined tobacco from all parts of the world which had been cured and has found in it an ubumlance of micro-organisms, and upon cultivating the bacteria from a particular kind of tobac co and then inoculating another kind with this culture ho has produced in it the taste and aroma of the original. This discovery has led to the sugges tion that the quality of tobacco grown in any country may be improved by sim ply inoculating it with bacteria from some finer flavored leaf growing else where. Wines have already been im proved by a similar process. Youth's Companion. A Keffro Woman's Wonderful Hair. Hearing the statement made in Holly Springs that a remarkable negro woman freak lived only a few miles from this town, your correspondent determined to obtain the facts in the case. A middle aged negress greeted the visit or. The woman is quite dark, of a pro nounced African type of physiognomy, 6 feet 8 inches tall, and in fair health, but has never had any children. She wore a white cotton turban tied about her head and tucked in at the back to support the immense weight of her hair. This she re moved and laid upon the table and un wound the braids of her wonderful hair, which went many times around her head and dropped upon the floor. It was indeed an amazing sight. Three braids almost as thick as a man's arm close to the head, but tapering to the thickness of a finger at the ends, closely plaited and measuring 8 feet 0 inches, braided as it is, in length. It looks a good deal like Spanish moss, but is dark er, crinkled and grizzled, coarse and al most repulsive to the touch, suggesting ghastly stories of the abnormal growth of hair after death. Mississippi Cor, New Orloans Times-Democrat. Saved by a Thoughtful Dug;. One evening Mr. W. J. Wilson of King was leaving Tottenham by the road lead ing to the west. lie must needs, there fore, cross the railroad. In doing so the horse shied, and Mr. Wilson was thrown across the track so violently that he was stunned. Old Rover, owned by Mr. John Wil son, bailiff, was making one of his noc turnal perambulations through the town about 1 o'clock no doubt doing duty ns night watchman. Crossing the track, he noticed the unfortunate individual and Immediately set out to alarm Mr. G. A. Nolan, who resides in the nearest house to the track. Hero he barked and whined until Mrs. Nolan arose to chase him away, but he only returned to continue his bowlings. Mr. Nolan then conceived the idea that something might probably be wrong about the mill, as Rover often visited them there during the day and was well acquainted with the premises. He immediately dressed, went outside and found the dog ready to lead toward the mill. Their way led across the track, but when they got that far Rover's course was directed up tho track to whore the unconscious man lay. When Mr. Nolan arrived on the scene, he saw the cause of the dog's trouble and took the unfortunate man to his house, where, with good care and proper attention, he revived. In half an hour a freight train went thundering by .Cor. Toronto Mail. A Remarkable Htatue. Some years ago a melodrama was be ing performed in a country theater, the chief actor in which had made himself, from his haughty and overbearing con duct, dislikod by all. In the last scene he was supposed to visit tho tombs of his ancestors. In Uie center of the stage npon a marble pedestal stood the statue of his father. A heavy fold of drapery covered the figure. Eutor Albert, who thus addressed the statue: "lamhore once again to gaze upon those features which in life so often looked on me with tenderest affection. Father, thy mourning boh now comes to pay thee adoration. Let mo remove the veil which from the vulgar gaze shields the beloved imago of a once dear parent !" Off went tho drapery and, behold! the father stood upon his head! The effect cannot be described. It was electric. The shouts of laughter which followed the mistako of tho super effectually put an end to tho scene, which changed to the next as quickly as possible, amid the jeers of the audience, tho anger of the manager and the uncontrollable rage of tho actor. London Tit-llits. Trouble Wltn a sworo. A Lewiston young man who was in Portland Saturday night found some antique Turkish swords in a window ou Congress street, ami haviug a love for art boucht one for nvnumanfnl purposes and asked that tho clerk do It up in paper. Before he had gone half a block the paper came off. Tho young man was waiting for tho Boston boat to tart. He carried the sword about the streets till people begau to comment ; npon it. I hen ho hid it under his ulster and was standing on the corner talking when it slipped down, striking on his too with the sharp point. Ho picked it up again and hid it under his cent. When he got into the theater, he was about to be seated when he thought of the sword under his coat. Ho could not sit down until that sword came out, so unbuttoning the coat bo hcl the sword in his lap all the evening. At midnight when ho went on board the boat one of tho officers saw the sword and said, "You may leave your valuables with the purs er." Bangor Commercial. tleea atul l-'rutt. At the recent meeting of California beekeepers the much vexed questiou of bees and fruit came up for discussion. Tho ground was taken that bees will not puncture fruit, but will clean it up thor oughly when it is previously puuetured by birds or wasps. The question of hives was also considered, and preference was for a large hive for extracted honey, while a hive with a small brood chamber was desired for comb uoucy. Advertising psy iu the Uasctte. AMERICAN SHIPS CROWDED OUT. Fruit Carried from Cuba to New Terk by European VeweU Entirely. A large fleet of small steamers, prin cipally of English build, and sailing under the Norwegian flag, have worked a revolution in the Cuban fruit trade at New York, says the Tribune. Only a few years ago American schooners, small, graceful craft, went down to Baracoa, (iibara and other ports, load ed with anything which would pay freight rate; and usually in about a j month or five weeks they would come I backs with holds full of bananas or oranges or pineapples. With the de lays incident to all sailing craft, it was no uncommon circumstance for them to land their perishable cargoes in a more or less damaged condition, ami "wind and weather permitting" was a qualification to an agreement respect ing delivery. While the passing of the fichooner may be regretted, it is a fact that the service is greatly improved, and the business has increased enor mously; and this state of affairs would be an unmixed blessing were it not that foreign capital and labor have reaped a large part of the reward. The little steamers are run at small ex pense, the ship's company making wages on which American seamen could not support their families. They will make a round trip in fifteen or eighteen days, and deliver their car goes in good order. The fruit can be picked much riper than before, as it is reasonably sure that it will be deliv ered in New York in a week; and as it is landed direct into the cars on floats alongside the steamer, it is for sale in inland cities in less than half the time formerly required to reach port. The quickness with which one of these steamers will get out of port after arriving here is a constant sur prise. It is not an uncommon occur rence when the "rush" season is on for one to come sneaking up New York bay with the first sign of daylight and warp in at her pier. Off come the hatches and the top layer of hay is pitched out; this has prevented the fruit from being bruised by the pitch ing and rolling of the steamer. The "handlers" begin their work of lifting out the fruit. Meanwhile, the captain has had his breakfast. He goes ashore, the vessel's manifest is entered and she is "cleared" for her return. Con signees come to the pier for their share of the cargo, and while bananas are going out on one side coal is coming in on the other, and by the time the hold is empty the bunkers are full. A stray scorpion or tarantula may linger around, but no attention is paid to it. The water tanks are filled, the same crew signs over again and by three o'clock in the afternoon the sharp steel nose of the alien craft is cutting through the waters of the bay, bound for Cuba and more bananas. Italian venders, British shipbuilders and Nor wegian owners and Spanish growers make good livings, and, in many cases, snug fortunes; and the ambitious Yankee, neglecting the day of little things, lets them do so, and is appar ently content with the cheap fruit, while South street is fringed with idle kailormen. DANCE OF TH GRIZZLIES. An Interesting Event In a Canyon of the 111k lloru Mountains Col. Jack Reynold s, of the Big Horn country, was in Washington recently, says the Star. This is his first trip to the east since he went west in the infancy of that section, and is his first visit to Washington. "What is the most interesting Mon tana subject," said the reporter, "poli tics or bears?" "We still talk silver a good deal, and i the tariff comes in for a share of no- tice, but a bear story can get the floor from a political story any day in the week. We have one of tine most pe- j culiar bear countries in the world. We have in the Big Horn mountains, just twenty-five miles fro'n the monument which stands on the hogback where the Custer massacre took place, what is called the Black canyon. This is the most remarkable canyon in the west. Mo man has been known to pass through it. Several have entered it with the 'intention of traveling j through, but they are now numbered with the missing. The canyon is lit-' tie more than a groat fissure, so deep that at noonday the stars shine into it as at midnight. It is a very gloomy place and it is pretty well wooded with pines. In the fall of the year this is the resort of the griz zly, ami each fall they hold, away up about midway between the ends of the fissure, what is called the bear dance. Just before goiug into winter quarters about all the grizzlies in the Big Horn mountains, and -there are plenty of them, meet in this gulch. ' They have done it every year, and for so many years that the memory of man runneth not to the contrary. It usually happens about the end of September. The bears begin their festivities about eleven o'clock at night, and continue them till perhaps three o'olock in the morn ing. They chase each other in great glee, play tag. box, will tzand give vent to queer sounds, which very likely in dicate bear joy. It is a great carnival. A few grunts from the prominent ani mals announce the end and the partici- j pants break away, and go no one knows where. They are not seen till j the next spring. In the winter you can walk through the worst bear country , in those great mountains without a gun and see no bear. In the spring nnd summer it is different. As a rule, the bears are not interrupted in their an nual sport because man does not like to be in the Black canyon after night fall, and there are so many bears that it would bo exceedingly venturesome fun." A SOMBurt oiljih LUUEND. The btory nr a Human lteliift- AMUtulng the Mtapo of a Wolf. The werewolf legend constitutes one of the most somber of the traditionary beliefs existing in French Canada. The story of a human being assuming a wolf's shape is certainly one of the most gum rally diffused throughout the world and the werewolf story comes down to us from wld Roman times. The French Canadian believes thnt if a per son does not partake of the sacrament for seven years he will turn into a loup garou a shapeless animal without head or limbs; the loup-garou might also appropriate the form of a wildcat, a hare, a fox or even a black hen, but at night he was obliged to range through woods and desert places. At dead of night the loup-garou steals from his bed; climbing the highest tree in the neighborhood, he hides in I its branches, and is instantly trans- j formed into bestial shape, lie is en-1 dowed with supernatural speed and strength. A fierce creature, with ap poV.tes exaegcratiug thrVse of the ani mal he resembles, his especial delight is in slaughtering and devouring little children. When he returns to human semblance he may be recognized by his excessive leanness, wild eyes and hag gard countenance. In order to regain his estate of humanity it is necessary that the blood of the monster should be shed. This kindly office being per formed by a friend a complete restora tion results. In many parts of the country cats of three colors were con sidered lucky, therefore the fortunate possessor of a puss mottled with black, white and gray, should preserve the animal carefully. When a Canadian lumberman is sufficiently fortunate to shoot a deer he wraps himself at night in the skin, in order to keep off witch es. The souls of the lost, or spirits in purgatory, naturally occupied a prom inent position in Canadian folklore. The dead frequently returned to the world; among old-fashioned persons there were few who had not held con verse with a spirit or revenant. In punishment for sin the dead were often detained on the scene of their past mis deeds. One dead person could not help or relieve another; the wrong commit ted on earth could only be righted by the intervention of a living being. The evil spirits were unable to cross the blessed waters of the River St. Law reace without the help of a Christian. These haunting spirits were numerous and of various descriptions, nvn i H SMALLEST HANDS. American Women Take the Lead, Fol lowed by Their Sisters of Austria. The women of North America have the smallest hands in the world, and next to them come the Austrian, Span ish, French and Italian ladies. Those of the fair Spaniard, according to the New York Tribune, are often spoiled by coarse fingers, rounded at the tips. Russians have long, but beautifully formed hands. The hands of English women of rank are aristocratically shaped, but they are long and some times too dry. The French grande dame takes the best care of her hands all the world over. Germans are gen erally endowed with large and fiat ones with enormous fingers. A typical beautiful hand is that of Buchesse de Mouchy (nee Anna Murat); it is very small, delicately formed, with taper fingers curved a little at the ex tremities, and almond nails. The hand of Vicomtesse de (lalard is exquisite. It recalls Canova's statues, of which the hands are smaller and more aris tocratic than those of the famous Greek models. Two of the Austrian archduchesses aro noted for their lovely hands, Archduchess Eliza beth, mother of Queen Christina of Spain, and Archduchess Maria Theresa, sister-in-law of Emperor Francis Joseph. Of fair Frenchwomen who can boast of a charming hand the duchesses of Ayen and Mouchy are among the best known; also Princess de la Tour d'Auvergne and Princess de Wagram, Duchess de Luynes and Princess de Poix, Mines. Yturbe and de Mieri, though Spaniards, have hands as perfect as their feet, and Duchess de Morny is anofher of the peninsular beauties whose hands are good. A charming specimen of the Russian hand is that of Duchess de Sesto long, but superbly made, while those of Duchess de la Rouchefoucauld and of Lady Randolph Churchill, nee Jerome, afford illustrations of the lovely little hand of tho North American woman. Most Parisiennes wear 6i or )" gloves. These are not the smalles sizes for a pretty hand, but are those worn by many of the fairest of the sex, nevertheless: for a tight glove is a por fect abomination. It makes the hand look larger instead of smaller. KiMlUnia Of THE URN. Sissy )Ien with a Uenlus for Doylies, China and Velvet lings. As a contrast to the masculine girl and her swagger it might be pertinent to present the sissy man and his affec tations. You see this rare exotic in full bloom at those essentially feminine ceremonies known as five-o'clock teas, where nothing sweetened and tied up with a bow furnishes the repast, where soft light filters through rose-hued shades over fair faces and sesthetieism revels in daintiness galore. The sissy man has his prototype in Paris and in London, anil one of his chief character istics is his devotion to the married wom en, particularly if she has a monster of a husband that can't understand Brown ing and had rather shovel coal than read Rossetti. The sissy makes it a point to calmly ignore the husband, who would kick him out for his imper tinence only that he knows what a harmless little lamb he is and thinks it would be needlessly cruel. He knows, according to the New York Sun, more about the code of can dy giving and the etiquette of flowers than he does about the constitution .of the United States. He has his sweet apartments, where the foot sinks noiselessly into velvet rugs and the walls are draped with sigh-away tints and hung with pre Kaphaelite etchings. He gives his dear little teas, where the china is exquisite, the appointments elaborate and beau tiful. He is up on doylies, and knows all about linen and silver. He per suades his married divinity to preside at the urn and gives himself up to the perfect ecstasy of adoring ami serving her. A nice old lady who was invited to one of these teas, and went early be cause she thought the poor fellow wouldn't have enough spoons and nap kins, or think to dust the glassware, and would be terribly upset and flus trated, looked on in amazement while the host made delicious cream things in a silver chafing dish and apologized for the stupidity of his servant, who gave some one a chocolate spoon with a tea eup. And when he began telling how he had a dinner served for four every night whether he invited any guests or not, and that there was the same order of service and quite as elaborate a menu when he diued quite alone as when his most honored guests were at the feast, because that was the proper way to train servants and manage a household, the old lady said it positively made her feel profane, like going to an Ingersoll lecture and having the Bible ridiculed, it was so opposed to all Christian cus toms and practices. Those owing ns must do n little of what the Gazette has a great deal to oc cupy its time just now. Every little hel, and money we must have. Green Mathews, east side of Main street, has a neat barber shop and does work st popular prices, '25 cent shave or hair out. These have been his charg es for months. Don't forget him. Singe leaves for Eoho Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, returning on Tuesdays, Thnrsdsvs and Saturdays. H. Wade, Prop. T. W. AyfenJf,, ijsnt. Only the Scars Remain. "Among the many testimonials which I see in regard to certain medicines perform ing cures, cleansing the blood, etc.," writes Henry Hudson, of the James Smith Woolen Machinery Co., I'lilladelphia, Pa., "none impress me more than my own case. Twenty years ago, at the age of 18 years, I had swellings come on my legs, which broke and became runnlns; sores. Hft Our family physician could do me uo good, and it was feared that the bones would be affected. At last, my good old mother urged me to try Ayer's Sarsaparilla. I took three bottles, the sores healed, and I have not been troubled since. Only the scars remain, and the memory of the past, to remind me of the good Ayer's Sarsaparilla has done me. 1 now weigh two hundred and twenty pounds, and am in the best of health. I have been on the road for the past twelve years, have noticed Ayer's Sarsaparilla advertised In all parts of the United States, and always take pleas ure in telling what good It did for me." For the cure of all diseases originating In Impure blood, the best remedy is AYER'S Sarsaparilla Prepared by Dr. J. C. Ayer&Co., Lowell, Mass. Curesothers, will cure you WANTED. tIK A WCFIf AK" LAI)Y employed or unemployed , w(JnfVkl.i can iTiketliUftra ffw hour, work each day. Salary or pommfusion. 10 i tuples fret Addresi Dp. Hash's Belts StEp An eleclro-ff;' h ttfry em SB Bolts, finnpri ' ' fTmm iml Applianc , 'JF'SA ",Al Supporters., Vents. Aafea Drawers, Oliicu Caps, Cures Rheumatism, iLivcr and Kidney Joinplaintn, Dyspepsia, Krrors of Youth, jost Manhood, Nervousness, Sexual Weak .ess, and all Troubles in Male or J 'emale. 'uestiou Iflaiik mid Book free Call or Trite. Vo!!a-Medica Appliance Co., .33 Pino Street. - ST. LOUIS, UO, Foot-Prints on tlie Path to Health. Everyone needing a doctor's advice should read one of Dr. Foote's dime pamphlets on "Old Eyes," "Oronp," ,'Rupture," "Phimosis," "Varicocele," Disease of men, Disease of Women, and learn the beat means of self-core. M. Hill Pub. Co., 129 East 28th St., New York. STOCK BRANDS. While yon kep yonr subscription paid ud rco can keep your brand in free of charge. Allvn. T. J.. lone. Or. Horses GG on loft shoulder; cattle same on left hip, nnderbfton riKht ear, ana upper bit on the lert; range, Mor row county. der it on lult shoulder of horses; oattle same on tert nip. Allison. O. D.. Eiarht Mile. Or. Cattle hmnrt. O D on left, hip and horses same brand on right shoulder. Kane, Eiirht Mile. Adkina. J. J., Hennner. Or. Horses. JA con nected on left flank: cattle, same on left hip. Bartholamew, A. G., Alpine, Or. Horses branded 7 E un either shoulder. Range in Mor row oountv Blenkman. Goo.. Hardman. Or. Hnrnns. n flno on left shoulder; oaf tie same on rierht Rhoulder, hanniHter. J. W.. Harnman. Or. Lattle brand. ed H on left hip and thisrh; spiit in eaoh ear. Hrenner, reter, (iooseoerry ureiron Horses branded P B on left shoulder, ('attle same on richt side. Inrke. M Wt V. ljtma Ureek. Or )n cattle. MAY connected on loft hin. cion off left esr. nn. dnr half crop off riht. Horses, same brand on lettt shoulder, nanga in ttrunt and Morrow eonnty. Hrosman. Jerry, iiena. ur. Horses branded 7 on riffht shoulder; oattle B on the left side. Left ear half crop - nn right ear npner slope. Barton. Win.. Hennner. Or. -Horses. J R on right thigh; cattle, same on ripht hip; split in eaoh ear. Brown. Isa. Lexington, Or. Horses IB on the right stifle; cattle same on right hip; range, Mor row county. Brown, J. C, Heppner. Or. Horses, circle P with dot in mi ter on left hip; cattle, same. Brown, W. J., Lena, Oregon. Horses W. bar over it, on the left shoulder. Cattle same on left hip. Boyer, W. G., Heppner, Or. Horses, box brand on right hip cattle, same, with Bplit in each ear. Bore. P. O.. Hemvner. Or. Horses. P B on loft shoulder: entile, same on left hin. lirownlee. W. J.. rox.Or lattle. .TB connectori on left side; crop on left ear and two splits and middle piece cat out on right ear; on horseB same hrand on the left thigh; Bange in Fox valley, Grant county, Carsner Warren, Wagner, Or. Horses brand ed O on right stifle; caltle (three bars) on right ribs, crop and split in each ear. Hange in Grant and Morrow counties. l ain.h.. ( a eb.Or. i 1) on horseR on left stifle U with Quarter circle over it. on left shoulder and on left stifle on all colts nnder B years; on left shoulder only on all horses over 5 years. All range in Grant county. Clark. Wm. K.. Le-a. Or. Horses WHO oon- nerted, on left shoulder: cattle same on right nip. im-'KW morrow hiui uuiHiuia counties. t,ate. (;haB. B.. Vinson or Lena. Or. Homes H C on ritxht shoulder; cattle same on right hip. Hanee Morrow and Umatilla counties. Cecil, Wm., Douglas, Or.: horses JO on lef' shoulder: cs'tle same on left hin. waddles on each jaw and two bits in the right ear. i;nn, i. n,, .onn iav, or. Double cross on each hip on cattle, swallow fork and under bit in rurht ear, split in lef t ear. Range in Grant conmy. On sheep, inverted Aand spear point on shoulder. Ear markou ewes, crop on left ear pouched unner bit in right. Wethere, crop in right and under bulf crop in left ear. All rang in Grant conntv. t ook, A. J..Lena.Or. Horses. OOon rttrhtshnn. der. Cattle, same on right hip: ear mark Bquare onp off left and split in right, Currin. It. Y., fmrinsville, Or. -Horses. o on left t-title. Cox Ed. 8., Hardman, Or. Caitlo, C with E in center; horses. OK on left Cochran, B. E.. Monument. Grant Co, Or. Horses branded circle with bar beneath, on left Bhonlder; cattle same brand on both hips, mark under slope both esrs and dewlap. Chapin, H., Hardman, Or. Horses branded on right hip. Cattle brauded the same. Also brands CI on hordes right thigh; cattle same brand on right ehoulder, and cut off end of right ar. Dickens, Ebb Horses branded with three tined fork on left stifle. Cattle sane on left side. Douglass, W. M .Galloway. Or. Cattle, K L on right aide, swadow-fork in each ear; horses, B D on left hip. Douglas. O. T., Douglas, Or Horees TD on the right stil'.e; cuttle samo on right hip. Ely. J, B. A Hons, Donglae, Or. Horses brand, ed ELY on left shoulder, cattle same on left hip. hole in right ear. Elliott. Wash., Heppner, Or. Diamond on right shoulder. Emery, C. H.. Hardman, Or. Horses branded reversed C with tail on left shoutder ; cat tle wime on ruTht hip. Barge in Morrow county. Fleek, Jackson, 'Heppner, Or. Horses, 7F connected ou right shoulder; cattle, same on right hip. Earmark, hole in right and crop off left. Florence, L. A., Heppner, Or. Cattle, LF on right hip; horse F with bar under on right shoulder. Florence, 8. P. Heprner, Or. Horses, F on right shorldei : cattle, F on right hip or thigh. French, George, Heppner. Or. Cattle branded WF, with bar over it, on left side; crop off left ear. Horses, same brand on left hip. Gay, Henry, Heppner, Or. GAX on left shoulder. Gilman-French, Land and Live Stock Co., Foe sil. Or. Horses, anchor 8 on left shoulder; vent BHUie on left stifle. Cattle, same on both hips ear marks, crop off right ear and nnderbit in left Kange in Gilliam, Grant, Crook and Morrow counties Gentry, Elmer. Echo, Or. Horses brsnded H. 8. with a quarter circle over it, on left stifle. Kange in Morrow and Umatilla connties. Hayes. Geo., Lena. Or, Brand JH connected wirh quarter circl over it, on left shoulder. Hiatt A. B., Bidge, Or. Cattle, round-top K with quarter circle under it on the right hip. KAntcein Morrow and Umatilla connties. Hin top A Jenks. Hamilton. Or t attle. two oats ffi, either hip: crop in right ear ana split in iett. irses, J on right thigh. Kange in Grant county Haghes. Samuel. Wamer. Or (T F L connected! on right shonlder on horses: or cattle, on right hip and on left iirie, swallow fork in right ear and siit in left. Rang iu Sajstatk dirirt. Morrow ciTity. ' En i EM i&3 gen H rUfflllllinsk 1 IIW Hale. Milton, Wwnir, Or. Horww branded -O- (circle with parallel tails) on left shoulder Cnttle same on left hip also large circle on left side. Hall. Edwin, John Day,Or.-'attle E Hon right hip; horses same on right shoulder, hange in Grant oounty. Howard, JL, 6 allowar. Or. Homes, (crosa with bar above it) on right shoulder; cattl Mime on left side. Range in Morrow and Uma tilla connties. Hughes, Mat, Heppner, Or. Horses, shaded heart on the left shoulder. Kange Morrow Co. Hunsaker, B A. Wagner. Or. Horses, 0 on left shoulder: cat tie. S on left hip. Hardistv, Albert, Nye. Oregon Horses.A H connected, on left shoulder; Cattle on the left hip, crop off left ear. Humphreys, J M. Hardman. Or. Horses, H on lef' flank Hayes, J. M., Heppner. Or, Horses, wineglass on left shoulder oattle. same on right hip, Huston. Luther, Eight Mile, Or. Horse H on the left shoulder and heart on the left Btitie Cat. tie same on left hip. Kange in Morrow eonnty. Ivy. Alfred, Long Creek, Or Cattle 1 D on right hip, crop off left ear and bit in right, Horses name brand on left shoulder Ranjce n Grant oonutv Jones, Harry, Heppner, Or Horses branded R J on the left shoulder: cattle baanded J on right hip, slso underbit in left ear. Kange in Morrow ceunty. Junkin, rj, M., Heppner, Or. Horses, horse, shoe J on left shoulder. Cattle, the earns. Kange on Kight Mile. Johnson. Felix, Lena, Or. Horses. oircleT on left stifle; oattle, same on right hip, under half orop in right and sttlit in left ear Jenkins, D W.,Mt. Vernon.Or. J on horeeson left shoulder; on oattle, J on left hip and two .mooth orops on both ears. Kange in Fox and Rear vatleyf Kenny, Mike, Heppner, Or. Horses branded RNY on left hip. cattle same and crop off left ear: nuder slope on the right Kirk, J. T., Heppner, Or. Horses 89 on left shonlder; cattle, ti9 on left hip. Kirk. J O, Heppner. Or. Horses, 17 on either flank' oattle 17 on right side. Kirk. Jesse, Heppner, Or.; horses 11 on left shoulder; cattle same on right Bide, underbit on right ear. Kumherland.W. 0.. Monnt Vernon. Or. I L on cattle on right and left sides, swallow fork in left ear and under cion in right ear. Horses same brand on left shoulder. Kange in Grant cnuntv. Loften, Htephen, Fox. Or. H L on left hip on cattle, orop and split on right ear. Horses same brand on left shoulder. Kange tirant oountv. Lieuallen, John W., Leiriii Or. Horses branded half-cirole JL connected on left shoul der. Cattle, same on left hip. Kange, near Lex ington Leahey, J. W. Heppner Or.-Horses branded L and A on loft shoulder; cettle same on left hip, wattle over right eye, three slits in right ear. B Lord, George, Heppner. Or. Horses branded double a coi.neott'' Sometimes called a swng H, on left Bhonlder, Markham, A. M., Hoppner, Or.-Cattle large m on left side both ears cropped, and split in both. Horses M on left hip. Kange, Clark's canyon. Minor, Oscar, neppner. Or. rattle, M D on right hip; horse. M on lef t Bhoulder. Morgan, 8. N., Heppner, Or. Horses, M ) on left shonldet cattle same on left hip. MoCumber, Jae A, Koho, Or, Horses, M with bar over on right shoulder. Morgan. Thos., Heppner, Or. Horses, circle ?n loftBhoulder and left thigh; cattle, Z on right thigh, Mitchell, Oscar, lone, Or. Horses, 77 on right hin: cattle, 77 on right side. MoClaren, D. ., Brownsville. Or.-Horses. Figure 5 on eaoh shonlder; oattle. M2 nn hi o McUarty. David H. Koho Or. Horses branded DM connected, on the left shoulder; oattle same on nip and side. McHirr, Frank, Fox Valley, Or.-Muleshoe with toe-cork on cattle on ribs ad under in saoh ear; horses same brand on left stifie. HcHaley. . ,., naulllton, Or. un Horses. M with half circle under on left shoulder; un cattle, ronr bars oonneoted on top on the right side Kange in Grant County. Nenl.Andrew. Lone Kock.Or. Horses A N con nneted nn left Bhonlder: oattle same on both hips. Nnrrtvke, E.. Hilverton. Or.-Horses, oirole 7 on left thigh: cattle, name on loft hip. Oliver. Joseph, Canyon City, Or. A 3 on oattle on left hip: on horses, same on left thigh, Kange in Grant county. Oiler, Perry, Lexington, Or. P O on left shou,dpr. (lip, Herman, Piairie City, Or.-On cattle, O LP connected on left hip; horses on left stifie and wartle on nose. Ranee in Grant oounty. Pearson, Olavo, Eight Mile. Or. Homes, quar ter oirole shield on left shoulder snd 24 on left hip. (attle, fork in left ear, right oropped. 24 on left hip. Range on Eight Mile. Parker it Gleason. Hardman.Or, Horses IP on left, shoulder. Fi??r;,K,r.ne''t' Lexington. Or.-Hon.es brand, e H (L fc oenneoted) on left shoulder; oattle me on right hip. Range, Slorrow oonntu. Piper. J. H., Lexington. Or.-Horses, JE con nected on eft shoulder; oattle, same on left hip. under bit in each ear. Pettys, A. C., lone, Or.: horses diamond P on -shonlder; cattle, J H J oonneoted, on the left hip, epper elope in left ear and slip in the right. Powell, John T., Dayvillo, Or Horses, JP con. Jlected ou left shoulder. Cattle OK connected on left hip, two under helf crops, one on each ear. WRttle under throat. Rai.ge in Grant county. Rood. Andrew, Hardman, Or. Horses, ennaro orpss with quarter-circle over it on left stifle. Kemnger, Chris, Heppner, Or.-Horaes, C R on left sh'iulder. Kice. Dan, Hardman. Or.; horses, three panel worm fence on loft shoulder; cattle, DAN on right shoulder. Range near Hardman. RoyBe, Aaron, Heppner, Or Horses, plain V on left shonlder: cattle, same brand reversed oi right hip and crop off right ear. Kange in Mor row county. Rueh Bros., Hennner, Or. Horses branded 3 on the right shoulder; cattle, IX on the left hip, crop otf left ear and dewlap on neck. Kange in Morrow end adjoining oounties. Rnst, William, Kidge, Or.-Horses K on left shoulder; cattle, R on left hip, orop off right ear, underbit on left ear. Hheep, R on weathers, ronnd orop off righ oar. Range TJma tillaand Morrow ounties. Iteaney Andrew, Lexington, Or. Horse, branded A R on right shoulder, vent Quarter oirole over brand; cattle same on right hip. Range Morrow oounty. Riiyss, Wm. H. Dairyville, Or HR oonnectec with quarter circle over top on cattle ou right hip and crop off right ear and split in loft. Horse, same brand on left shoulder. Kange in Morrow Grant and Gilliam counties. Hector. J. W.. Hoppner, Or.-Horses. JO ol left shoulder. Cattle, O on right hip. Spicktiall. J. W., "Gooseberry, Or. Horse branded 81 on left shoulder; range in Mom eonnty. Sailing, C 0 Heppner, Or Horses branded on left Bhoulder; cattle same on left hip. Hwaggart, H. F Lexington, Or.-Horses with dash nnder it on left stifle: cattle H with dash nnder it on right hip, crop off right ear nnd waddled on right hind leg. Range iu Morrow, G illiam and Dmati I la counties. Swnggart. A. L.,Athena. Or Horees hranderi J on left Bhonlder: cettle flame on left hip. Crop nn ear, wattle on left hind leg. Straight W. E., Henpner. Or.-Horses shaded J S on left stifle; oattle J S on left hip, swallow fork in right ear. nnderbit in left. Sapp. Thos., Heppner, Or.-Horses, 8 A Poo left hip: cattle same on left hip. Hhrier.John, Fox, Or. NC connected on horfleB on right hip: cattie, same on right hip crop ,,ff right ear and nnder bit in left ear. Kange' in Grant county. Smith Bros.. Sussnville, Or. Horses, branded H. i. on Bhoulder; cattle, aine on left shonlder. Hanires, James Arlington, Or,; horses branded .18 era left shoulder: cattle the same, elao nose wsddle. Range in Morrow and Gilliam counties. Stephens, V. A., Hardman. Or-; horses 8S on right stifle; cattle horizontal L on the right side Stevenson, Mrs A. J.. Heppner. Or Cattle H on right hit : swallow-fork in left ear. ' Hwaggart. G. W. Henpner, Or.-Horeee, 41 on left shoulder ; cattle, 44 on left hip Rnerry, E. G.. Hennner, Or. Cattle W C on left hip, crop off right nnd underbit in left year, dewlap; horses W C on left Bhonlder. Thompson, J. A.. Heppner. Or. Horses, e on left shonlder: cattle, 2 on left shonlder Tinnetfl.S.T.,Enterprise,Or.-Horses. C-on left shoulder. Turner R W.. Heppner. Or.-SmaH capital T left shonlder. horees; cattle same on left Md with split in both ears. " Thornton, H. M.. lone, Or.-Horses branded HI connected on loft etifle; sheep same brand. Vanderpool. H. T., Iiena. OrHnrsee H V con. nected on right shonlder;cattle. same on right Walbridge, Wm.. Hoppner. Or. Horses. TJ. L on the left shoulder; cattle same on right hip. crop off left ear and right ear iopned. Wilson. John O., Salem or Henpner, Or. Horses branded 3q on the left shoulder. Range Morrow eonnty. Warren, W H, Caleb, Or-Cattle W with quarter circle over it. ou left side, split in right ear. Horses same brand on left shoulder. Range in Grant oouuty. Wright, Silas A. Heppner, Or. Cattle hranded 8 W on the right hip. square orop off right ear and snlit in left. Wade, Henry, Heppner. Or. Horses hranded ace of spades on left shoulder and oft hip Cattle branded name on left side and left hip. Wells. A. 8., Henpner, Or.-Horses, o0 on lef shonlder catt'e same Wolflnger, John, John Day City. Or On horses three parallel bars on left shoulder; 7 on sheep bit in both ears. Range in Grant and Maihiier connties. Woodward, John. Heppner, Or. Horaes, UP connected on left shoulder. Watkins. Lishe. Heppner, Or. Horses branded TJE connected on left stifle. Wallace. Chnrles, Portland. Or. Cattle W on nghtthurti. hole in left ear: horses, W on' right shoidoer eoru same on left shoulder. Whittier nro... nnnuogion. Faker Co Or -Horse, branded W B connected on left shoulder Williams, vneoo. Hamilton, dr. Qnarter cir cle over three bars on left hip, both cattle and horfles. Range Grant coontj. William.. J O. Lone Creek. Or-Horsee, qnar ter circle over three bars on left hip: cattle same nd .lit ,n each ear Rang, in Grant conrtv Wrn, A. A.. Henpner. Or.-tlorwe mnnicgA A on .hnnlder: Cuttle, same or righ- hit, "Kn a rW.?""'ir FjlTJh f', Hsrdmsn Or.- j v hran"ed (t W connected) FW on left side hones same on i-ght shrvlder. J. W- ric"Vj,s n??c"' left hin, hones tn on left shoulder. All rang. 1 ymr0w vTmuty rnniw. J. S., Goneei-srry, f b-sj J TP on ti. right .h.niW- m