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I1EPPNER, MORROW COUNTY, OREGON, FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 28, 1894.
WKF.KLY NO. 003. J
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CPKCIAi EIEECTOET.
V lilted States Officials.
Piesident Grover Cleveland
Vice-President Ad ai Stevenson
Sec-etary of Slate Walter Q. (iresliam
Heereinvy of Treasury John U. Carlisle
Senrnlary of Interior Hoke Smith
Secretary of War Daniel S. Laniunt
Secrelary of Navy Hilary A. Herbert
Posliimster-deaeral Wilson 8. Unwell
AUnrnoy-Uoueral Hichard 8. Olney
Secretary of Agriculture J. Sterling Morton
State of Oregon.
Governor P.?nn,"',eI'
Secretary of State G. W. McHrule
Treasurer Phil. Metschan
Sunt, i'tiblic Instruction. .
Senators
.E. B. McElroy
( J. H. Mitohel
) J. N. Dolph
llinuer Hermann
W. li. Ellis
,. Frank 0. Baker
Congrosemen...
Printer
)r . A. Moore
W. P. Lord
li. S. Bean
Hnpremo.iuuses..
Seventh Judicial District.
i ,,ri W. Ii. Bradshaw
l'romuing Attorney A. A. Jayne
Morrow Comity Officials.
Joint Senator A. W. Gowan
Hooresentative J S. B,9"orf
I, Julius Keithlj
' Commissioners J.K.Howard
.J.M.Baker.
" Clerk J.W.Morrow
" Hheriif G. W. Harrington
" Treasurer Frank Uilliam
J. ('. Willi
' Hnmmr " Geo. Lord
" :a,.l,l WnT.'f. Anna Balsiger
Coroner T. W. AyerB, J r
. HEPPNBB TOWN OFFICERS.
Mavoi P- O. Borz
CouDc.umon.. O. Ji. Farusworth, M,
Liehtanttial, OtiB Patterson, Julias Koithly,
W. A. Johnston, J. h. Yeager. ,
Hecorder F. J. Hallock
lYnasiirer A. M. Gunu
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Justice of the Peace E. L. Freoland
Constable N. B. Whetstone
United States Land Officers.
THE DALLES, OR.
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The King of Liver Medicines.
" I have used yoursiinmons Liver Iteeu
lator and ran eonseiencioUKly say It is the
kinsr of all liver medicines, I consider it a
ini'dicine chest In Itself. Geo. W. Jack
son, Taconiu, Wusliington.
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NITRATE OF SODA AND C-!tALS..
The True Theory and Safe Itule fur Apply
ing a Yaluuble Fertilizer on Grain Crops.
Following the principle of obtaining
the greatest amount of anything for the
least cost, nitrate of soda is of the great
est use to farmers for their cereal crops,
affirms a correspondent of American Cul
tivator. It gives very unsatisfactory re
sults, however, unless properly used. If
applied in the spring in large quantities,
it naturally stimulates the growth of the
straw, so that tho grain does not have
much chance to develop. The nitrate of
soda applied v'ten the straw is growing
produces very luxuriant growtlis, and
another application given when the grain
is forming stimulates this part of the
plants iu the same way. If used for
wheat, about one-quarter of the amount
to be applied should be used in the fall.
This gives the plants a good start, and
during excessively dry falls it makes the
grain endure the drought better.
One-half of the remainder of the ni
trates should then be applied in the spring,
when the vegetation begins to start up
and grow. This will give it a good be
ginning and make the straw grow strong
and rapidly. But to avoid too luxuriant
growth the remainder of the nitrate must
be spread over the fields just before
blossoms appear. The grain is begin
ning to form heads then-, and the nitrate
will help forward the process. The true
theory and rule for using the nitrate of
soda on the cereal crops is never to let
the soil be lacking in potash and phos
phoric acid. These should be in abun
dance in the soil, and then the nitrate will
give results for all cereals that caimot
be surpassed by any other fertilizing
material.
l'oints in Butler Making.
During the hot weather butter makers
are greatly troubled with soft butter.
This is largely due in most cases to im
proper handling of the milk, cream and
butler. Where persons have spring
houses or refrigerators butter that is
soft when churned can soon he brought
into a firm, presentable appearance, but
it is far better that it chordd com from
the churn in the right condition. Crass
butter, mado from rich old pat ires
free from weeds, and from such varieties
as June or Kentucky blue grass, orchard
grass, red top, wire grass and white
clover, or from mixtures of some of
these sorts, if churned at a little below
60 deg.'i. and properly handled, should be
of a texture that will give little or no
cause for complaint. During the hot
spells, however, there is a tendency for
the butter to be soft, notwithstanding
any care which may be taken of it.
As the result of experiments made at
the Ontario (Canadian) experiment sta
tion to teat tiie effect of food on milk
and butter. Professor II. II. Dean re
ports t';:it tho addition of a small quan
tity of meal, especially cottonseed rur al,
to tho food Iiiih a tendency to make the
bni to r firmer and raise the melting point
from 1 to 4 degs. centigrade. During tho
last summer about one pound iier day of
cottonseed meal was fed to each cow at
pasture, mixed with bran or some grain
meal, ami not a churning of soft battel
occurred during the whole season.
Whether this was altogether due to the
cottonseed meal ho is not prepared to
i sav, but believes it had much to do
I with it. '
j -due "rent of Economy.
The fl'isba'!'! You're not economical.
The Wif-i-V,", :i. if you don't call a
woman ecotiou. if jl who saves her wed-
cing drew for a possible second marriage,
Td liketokcwwhat yon think wr"mw
J&Z&hl X?L and proven
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It c MitilC
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A MOTHER'S DEFENSE.
Dead! my wayward boy my own
Not the law'al but mine the good
God's free ift to me alone.
Sanetfied by motherhood.
"Bad." you say; well, who is not?
"Brutal!" "with a heart of stone"
And "red handed." Ah, the hot
Blood upon your own!
I come not with downward eyes
To plead for him shamedly:
God did not apolog-izo
When he gave the boy to me.
Simply. I make ready now
For bis verdict. You prepare
You have killed us both and how
WU1 you face us there?
James W'hitcomb Riley.
Collecting Chiiiese Coins.
"The earliest Chinese coins that 1 have
heard of," said Consul Beilloe, "date
from the dynasty which ruled from 255
to 207 B. C.
"From that time until today these use
ful little coins have been used by every
monarch, no matter whether he was an
emperor of the entire country or king of
one of the petty principalities into which
from time to time the Chinese empire was
broken. There have been over 1,200 oc
cupants of the various thrones, royal and
Imperial. In addition to these regular is
sues, if such they may be called, there
have been special issues from time to
time and also special local issues. A
wealthy mandarin in Canton is said to
have the finest collection extant, con
taining 25,000 specimens of different
kinds."
The cost increases as you go backward
in time. The cash of this century can
be secured at their nominal face value.
Those of the eighteenth and seventeenth
centuries bring from 1 cent to 10 cents
each. Those of the Han dynasties bring
100 each when in fine state of preserva
tion. Philadelphia Bulletin.
Artificial Maple Sugar.
Decoctions or extracts of the wood or
bark of trees are frequently used for
flavoring sirups or sugars. Different
extracts differ in taste. The hickory
tree, it is said, yields an extract that will
impart the flavor of the maple, and
Daily's method of producing artificial
maple sirup of sugar is as follows:
Make an extract of hickory bark or
wood by allowing water to percolate
through the same. The bark or wood
may be ground, or sawdust therefrom
used. Hot water may be used, or the
material boiled in water. The strength
of th extract may be increased by in
crease of the quantity of the wood or
bark. To one gallon of hot or boiling
sugar feirup add, say, three tablespoon
fuls of the hickory extract. It is said
the ef lot of the. xtract is to prod uce a
flavrr ithat renders the sirup indistin
guishable from genuine maple sugar. If
the sirup is boiled down, a sugar re
sembling maple sugar in taste is pro
duced. London Public Opinion.
Poverty and Clothes.
One marked difference between the
very poor in the English cities and the
corresponding class in American towns
is that the latter buy their clothing of
tailors and manufacturers, and therefore
get it new, while the English poor, and
particularly the English women of low
estate, prefer the castorf finery of "the
quality" that is sold at the secondhand
shops. The result is that the American
laborer and his wife make a better ap
pearance in their cheap but simple and
suitable garments than the London nav
vy or hawker, with a shiny, ill fitting
broadcloth, and his wife in a garish hat
with broken feathers and unfashionable,
not to say bedraggled, skirts. New York
Sun.
Thackeray In Conversation.
Mr. Sala says that when Thackeray
was not in "a tetchy temper caused by
extreme physical anguish" he was one
of the most delightful talkers it is possi
ble to imagine. "There were very few
subjects indeed on which he could not
talk and talk admirably. Ho was as
proficient in the French and in the Ger
man as in the English language. He
was never tired of discoursing about
books and bookmen, about pictures and
painters, about etchers and engraverB
and lithographers, and, moreover, he was
a born wit and a polished epigrammat
ist." New York Tribune.
An Anecdote of Ren Wade.
"Ill the early winter of 1801" bluff
Ben Wade, the Ohio senator, is credited
with saying, "When Chief Justice Taney
waB ill, I used to pray daily and earnest
ly that his life might be preserved until
the inauguration ( f President Lincoln,
who would appoint a lpublican chief
justice, but when J saw how complete
his recovery was ana how his life was
prolonged I began lo fear that I had
overdone the busii. !" Chittenden's
"Personal lteminisc( :iees."
Defining a Kli'iitomatiiae.
Teacher What is a kleptomaniac?
Pupil One who steals thingsfor wliich
he has no use.
Teacher Very good. Can you give
me an illustration?
Pupil Charley Jones says my sister
has stolen his heart, and Lil says she has
no use for it. Boston Transcript.
The habitual care of the hair should
include a thorough brushing as well as
combing. Much soap and water are not
needed. Combs which have teeth with
sharp or split edges should be avoided.
The temple of Diana at Ephesas was
425 feet long, 225 broad and with statues
and columns innumerable. Of this mag
nificent structure not a trace remains,
even of the foundations.
Man is marvelously made. Who is
eager to investigate the curious and won
derful works of omnipotent wisdom, let
! him not wander the wide world around
to seek them, but examine himself.
The motion of the earth around the
sun is 6h,305 miles an hour, over J .000
miles a niinute, or 18 miles a second.
Slave ants and working ants have lost
their wings through bouig kbpt eiitjrejv
to a Y.f'i rp thy jfrTlnd " ' '
TRANSPLANTING.
Bow and When to Do This Work Benefits
or Resetting to Mazy Tlants.
With the exception cf the grains, grass
es and potatoes a largo share of the labor
of tho agriculturist consists in tho trail1--
planting of plants from their cri.-jir.Ui
i seedbed to the places they are to occupy
I permanentlv. Iu most cases these re
movals if carefully performed are with
out injury to the plants concerned, and
in some cases with positive bent ft. W ltu
comparatively few exceptions, our pro
ducing fruit trees have all been trans-1
planted, and the 6ame is true of many
garden vegetables. To make the process
a safe one, the conditions of temperature i
and moisture should be carefully ob-!
served and the transplanting be done at
times when these aremost favorable. The
work must also be done at a tiino when
it is seasonable to the plant to be re
moved. Thus some may be best removed
after growth has ceased iu tho fall; oth
ers at the first indications of growth in
the spring; with many kinds of garden
plants sweet potato slips, etc. when
well leavened out, but the attempt to
transplant trees and shrubs when in full ,
loaf and summer vigor will be generally ,
disastrous. Much, however, depends on
the care with which it is performed and
the moisture existing in tho soil, or which
may be applied at critical times.
Since the establishment of the experi
ment L.ation system the effect of trans
planting on future growth and fruitf ul
ness has been noted iu a few instances,
that of the onion being one. In the case
of this vegetable the resnltsreported have
been favorable as regards early ripening
and an increase in yield. The tomato
may be said to be almost invariably
transplanted, and two or more resettings
before its final transplanting always leau
to stocky and vigorous plants.
Besides attention to the Beason and cli
matic conditions the manner of setting is
important. In most cases the rule, espe
cially with trees, is to set with the roots
spread out as nearly in the form in which
they grow as possible and with the crowns
at the same distance from the surface.
With most trees transplanting produces
a temporary shock, according to their
afrnandthe nruninirofrootsand branches
trrnv aiav have rpce verl. but if removed:
when comparatively young it is scarcely
noticeable. Trees which have boms fruit
are occasionally transplanted and live,
but such never fully recover.
In the case of nut bearing trees it is
best to plant the seeds where they are to
stand, when circumstances will admit.
If taken from the nursery, it should be
done when they are quite young and with
as little root mutilation as possible.
Evergreens are best transplanted in the
spring, and it is especially important that
their roots be kept moist until thoy are
again in the ground. Plants should only
be watered when more than usual
drought makes it necessary, and then in
early morning or lato evening, and with
water of much the same temperature as
the atmosphere.
To Carry Water Por Spraying.
As spraying is an entirely preventive
treatment, it must be commenced early,
and timely preparations snould be made
so that all the apparatus will be ready
for use. It is a hard task to carry water
for a hand sprayer. To rig a barrel on
wheels is no easy job without a deal of
blacksmith work, and then tho heavy
HANDY FOR HAULING THE 8PRAYRH.
casks of water will soon prove too much
for the wheels unless they aro new ones.
Again, nobody can afford to make a
horse of himself by hauling too much at
a load.
But The Farm Jom-nal suggests that a
pair of old wheels on an old axle can be
run over half of an old cider cask. This
can be swung upon the axle by bale wire
passing under it, and a handy thing, like
that in the cut, is quickly fixed without
cost. This apparatus will do a marvel
ous amount of work too. The pump
can be hooked to a staple in the bottom
of the tub, or to a platform screwed to
its top, or to the handles. A disk made
of boards cleated and fitting the top of
the tub loosely under the axle will keep
the water from slopping badly if it is al
lowed to float in it. Held in place above,
the water will gather force while being
shaken up and break loose and spill at
every open space.
heeure Kilos.
This statement is made in the Jersey
Bulletin: Silos may be made perfectly
secure with only one thickness of plank,
and if thoroughly painted on all sides
and the joinings laid in lead they will
last many years. The most fertile source
of decay in wooden silos is the alternate
wetting and drying of tho wood. Wood
kept either perfectly wet or perfectly
dry will last indefinitely.
In the Vegetable Garden.
Following are gleanings from The
Farm Journal:
Don't plant too many varieties of beets.
The old reliable sorts are best Egyptian
for very early and Eclipse for main crop.
All seedsmen keep these kinds,
! For tender lettuce I find the right way
j is to lay a board on each side of the row.
It keeps the earth cool and retains the i
; moisture a long time. Mine last year
was the marvel of the neighborhood. It j
! grow so freely through Hie dry, hot ;
1 weather.
j A common practice with market gar
! deners is to set out early cabbage in rows j
! 2 or 2J feet apart in April, and a month
Utter to plant the horseradith between i
I the rows of cabbage. The crbwn of the !
' Ret should be three or four inches below j
' the surf;ice, so it will not inte fere with
the cultivation of the cabbage until last j
J of June. Set plants 18 inches apart. !
Plant a few bush beans, if 'the family j
relishes them, a little later than tho peas.
! They will better eudure tUwttrui wvuth- I
' ;. juidKUiumcr ' '
Highest of all in Leavening Power.
MWIV Mi Mil iu ms
ABSOLUTELY PURE
REPRODUCED AT A RAPID RATE.
Prodigious Fecandlty of an Insect Which
Feeds on the Vlant Kingdom.
The aphis, which is known by the
common name of "plant louse," is an
entomological enigma as well as an
agricultural pest. The scientists do not
pretent to know just exactly how many
varieties of anhis browse on the green
tilings of nature, but some authorities i
estimate them them at 1,000. a large ,
proportion of that number having been :
named and classified. A single insect j
of any of these species of aphis may lie- i
come the progenitor or lmiions in
young, even during its own lifetime.
Latrielle, who is regarded by the St.
Louis Republic as an acknowledged
authority on this branch of entomol
ogy, makes some curious and interest
ing calculations: A female will pro
duce young at the rate of about twenty-five
a day during -the summer
months, and as each immediately be
comes the progenitor of others, one
aphis may possibly be the mother,
grandmother, great-grandmother, etc.,
et al. of the enormous number of 5,1)04,
500,000 individuals by the end of the
season. Yonganl and Morren, who are
equally as good authorities as Lat
rielle, extend this number into quin
tillions as being within the capabili
ties of a single mother's efforts. The
late Prof. Huxley once made a calcula
tion which affords some idea of what a
quintillion of aphides might mean: As
suming that an aphis will not weigh
more than the one-thousandth part of
a grain, and that a man must he very
heavy in order to weigh more" than
2.000,000 grains, the tenth brood ot up-
hides alone, without adding the prod
uei, oi uiium uiberiiieiimuu Krm-iuiiuna
(if all the members of this immense
family should survive the many dan
gers to which they are exposed), would
contain more ponderable substance
than 500,000,000 men. In other words,
they would outweigh tho entire popu
lation of China.
HOW OLD OAK IS MADE.
The Process by Wliicli Green Material Is
Made to Look Aged.
You will have to go a long way be
fore you find a body of men move
well, clever than those cabinet
makers who produce goods to satisfy
the desire of the public for furniture
made of old and fancy woods. They
can, says Wavcrly Magazine, trans
form white wood into all kinds of ex
otic woods by means of chemicals, and
a chemist would be surprised if he
were to have the run of one of those
factories for a day.
The manufacture of "old" oak is one
of their easiest processes. The boards,
moldings, panels or whatever pieces
are required are made of oak which
has just had time to dry sufficiently to
prevent excessive warping.
They li re then placed in a dark room,
on the floor of which, and quite close
to the furniture to be "aged," are
placed several bowls, plates, and so
forth, of liquid ammonia: the room is
len hermetically closed up and the
wood is left for a month or two, ac
cording to the age wliich is required.
The coloration will extend to a depth
of nearly a quarter of an inch if tho
room is kept closed for a few months.
That is why there is so much old oak
furniture about. Of course, a little re
flection would show that it could not
be genuine the forests of the middle
ages would not have furnished one
half of it; but people do not always re
flect. A CAMEL IN GRANITE. I
One to lie Found In Arizona That Is a
Perfect Likeness.
One of the must curious roek forma
tions in the world is to be seen in Ari
zona. It is a short distance eastof the
stage road between Tucson and Or
acle, and stands on a knoll several
feet above the surrounding sandhills.
When first seen the effect is startling,
and the mind bus 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 lire 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 fur an eyebrow. The
two humps are plainly to be seen, and
the neck is curved beautifully. The
roek is really a solid piece rising from
the ground, but the eifeet of legs is
produced by a clump of dark-colored
brush that grows beside the stone.
The white stone shows plainlyon both
sides of the brush, and the effect of
the legs is unmistakably produced.
The strangest part of it, is that it louts
like a eainel from all sides and at all
times of the day or night. There is no
disguising the resemblance.
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A Tvpleal Mlsixslppl Steamboat.
The Ciiy of Providence was one of a
long line of Husismppi boats edging the
broad, clean, sloping levee that fronts
busy St. Louis, fcihe was by far the
largest and handsomest of the packets,
but all are of one type, and that is
worth describing. They are, so far as I
remember, all painted white, and are
very broad and low,
Lach carries two
tall black funnels, capped with a bulging
ornamental top, and carrying on rods
swung between the funnels the trade
mark of the company cut out of sheet
iron, an anchor or an initial letter, a
fox or a swan, or whatever.
There are three or four stones to thesft
boats first the open main deck for
freight and for the boilers and engines,
then the walled in saloon deck, with a
row of windows and doors cut alternately
close beside one another and with pro
fuse ornamentation by means of ig saw
work wherever it can be put, and last
of all tho "Texas," or officers' quarters,
and tho "bureau," or negro passengers'
cabin, forming the third story.
Most of the largo boats have the big
square pilot house on top of the "Texas,"
but others carry it as part of the third
Btory in front of the "Texas." The pilot
house is always made to look graceful
by means of an upper fringe of jig saw
ornament, and usually carries a deer's
head or pair of antlers in front of it.
Julian Ralph in Harper's.
A Mania for Decorations.
There aro Frenchmen, according to M.
Simon, who collect decorations just as
others collect postage stamps. In cer
tain official positions it appears the one
thing is hardly more difficult than the
other. "I know," he says, "two publio
officials who had this inoffensive mania.
One was fat. The chain on which he
hung his medals spread across his ample
chest and struck downward and was lost
to viow in his waistcoat pocket, in the
interior of which the imagination pic
tured further honorary insignia. The
other wtis thin, to his great disgust, and
he could only exhibit some thirty deco
rations in a row. Some one advised him
lo wear a double line, just as unruly
convicts wear a double chain. He did
so, and he was quite right. His breast
was a collection of all the animals of
creation in gold, silver and enamel. It
amused people to look at all this while
ho was speaking, and they were very
glad of this little distraction, for he was
an ass." Loudon News.
The Shape of the Shoe.
Our Puritan fathers wore shoes mod
erately peaked. About KiSO square toes
made their appearance. In the reign of
Mary, who died in 1058, there was a
proclamation issued that no person
should wear shoes over two inches wide
at tho toes. Square toes began to lose
ftivor in 1T57. In our newspapers from
1710 to nti.) round toes became more
common, and peaked ones less, accord
ing to descriptions given of shoes on
runaway slaves and servants. From
17i7 shoe toes continued in a small pro
portion and became mostly pointed.
This shape lasted nearly a hundred
years. Square toes began again in 1825,
and in lHlill were succeeded by round
toes. Boston Herald.
A 'J rloll W 1 1 li I I gores.
Ask a friend to put down four figures,
which you are not supposed to see. Let
him adil these up and subtract the sum
from tho original figures. Then let him
strike out any figure in the result and
tell you the sum of the remaining fig
ures. You can instantly tell him what
iiguro ho struck out. The modus oper
andi is easy and depends on tho esoterio
qualities of 0. Ho puts down, say, 7,428.
Add up theso figures 21, which sub
tract and get 7,407. Cross out, say, 7.
This leaves the sum of the remaining
figures 11, which he announces. Mentally
subtract 11 from tho next highest mul
tiple of 9, which is 18, and you get 7,
which was tho figure crossed out. Phil
adelphia Times.
A Iteiiiarknble State of Allitlrs.
Ill one of the leading dry goods stores
recently it was proposed to reduce the
wageB of tho women in order that those
of the married men might be raised.
But investigation showed that the single
women were supporting more people
than the married men. and the proposed
change did not take place. Now York
Sun.
Things That Are Told.
A New York World correspondent
says: "I have found that frequent dress
ings during tho growing period of as
paragus are better than one heavy dress
ing. I havo had better success by this
pliin. Guano and salt mixed, and the
beds afterward irrigated, is an excellent
manure. With lalo asparagus moisture
is an important factor. My rule is a
good top dressing and then irrigation of
the bed."
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