II 1 1 frlil I Ml I HI 1 1 HI I HI I II 1 1 1 1 M I Ml Ml 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 Ml I M ; : IF YO U DON T RE A D THE GAZETTE j I Yuo don't get the news.: S.lM M ! 1 1 1 :i Mil I'M II i 1 1 1 1 1 1, 1 1 l 1 1,, ,i vhm ,i OFFICIAL PAPER HI IH I II 1 1 It'll mt 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 UK I III tit 1 1 1 M 1 1 m i z KEEP YOUR EYE ON j THE GAZETTE j Tbe paper of the people. ; 3-im hi it ii 1 1 n 1 1 rr,inirrii irtKiwi it 1 1 1 i 1 1 im tin TWELFTH YEAR HEPPNER. MORROW COUNTY, OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1894. WEEKLY r(0. I, I SEMI-WEEKLY K0.27.'.l . vr rs.. SEMI WEEKLY GAZETTE. Tuesdays and Fridays BY THE PATTERSON PUBLISHING COMPANY. At $3.50 per year, $1.25 for six monthi, 7S ota. for three mon oris. Advertising Rates Made Known on Application. THIB PAPKR ifl kept on tile at K. C. Dake'e AdTertiaius Agency, tt4 and 65 Merchants Kichangi, Han Francisco, California, where cou- raote for advertising oan be made for It. Union Pacfig Railway-Local card, No, 10, mixed leaves Heppner 9:45 p. m. daily except ounaay ' 10, " ar. at Willowe Jo. p.m. fi. 1 wives ' a. m. " 9, " ar. at Heppner 5:00 a. m, daily except monaay. East bound, main line ar. at Arlington 1 :26 a West " leave " 1:26 a. m, Weet bound local freight leaves Arlinton 8:35 a. m., arrives at The Dalles 1:1 fS p. m. Local paHsenfier leaves The Dalles at 2:00 p. m. arrives at roriiana at mj p. m. United States Officials. President Grover Cleveland Vioe-rreeldent Adiai btovenson Weoretnrv of Htate Walter Q. irenham (Secretary of Treasury Juhn G. Carlisle Secretary of Interior Hoke Smith Seoretary of War Daniel 8. Lamont Secretary of Navy Hilary A. Herbert Postmaster-General Wilson S. Biseell Attorney-General Richard 8. Olney bee rotary of Agriculture a . oterung Jttorton State of Oregon. Governor S. Pennoyer Secretary of State G. W. McBnde Treiunrer .Phil. Motmihan 8upt, Public Instruction K. H. 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And receive (post paid) ONK PIECE OF MUSIC, ot yonr own choice, named below, or TH RKE o Q ZD o o pieceo for 60 cents, or H1X pieces for tl.00. Remit postal note or one and two cent stamps, This Coupon not good after December iiist, 1894. The Latest Music VOCAL Wkddko Aptiir th Bll. By Barney Fa- nan 40 cts Most poptilar Waltz Song of the (lay. Dedicated to Mr. c. K. Hariri, author of "After the Ball." A Dream of Akcadia, Waltz soug, Inyon.5C cts Adelina Tatti. Moonlk; hi on the Laooon, by Geo. Uchlelftarth flu cts latest popular success by this noted composer. THREK SOUTHERN SONGS : "I'nci.b Dan," "Aust riis Tab," "Wheh Mv Honby Slbrpb," complete 75 cts Three charming, plaintive anil charac teristic Southern bongH, written by Col. Will L. Visscher, and arranged bv W. Hubert Lanyou. INSTRUMENTAL. At Eventide, Nocturne for piano, Mar cus.. tio cts A very brilliant Nocturne, about grade 4-5. In Klow'ky Gbovis, reverie for piano. Marcus so cts Beautiful reverie, original, and sure to plpase. fWThe above are all fine editions of val aTile courriifhts. and r.nnnot he had iiil!HKAP FORM. Coupons must accompany the order to secure the reductions named. RAW OYSTERS. A Mora Relished Preprandial Dlah of she Athenian, and Romans. Raw oysters were eaten at Athens and Rome as a predrandial whet. The Romans coated their oysters with honey und kept them until they were slightly putrid. The simple and clumsy methodsof Apieius.the third celebrated glutton of the name, for preserving oysters was to wash them in vinegar and pack them in vessels coated with pitch. The oysters thus prepared, says the National Grocer, were sent from Britain to Kmperor Trajan when in rarthia were considered "fresh" and have been suflk-ient to entitle this man's name to be handed down through twenty centuries. If he is to be emed famous in direct proportion to the Hastiness of his invention, he should be famous' indeed. Jlrillat Sa varin s preprandial whet consisted of three or four dozen ov iters. Sieui Laderte. whom he used to entertain tete-u-U-te at dinner, is aaid to have complained because he could not (fet his fiil of oyst-r.;. Savarin l.-t.-rmined to u-i liim :.nt!sfaetion in this re -pect, and IVt nt.ii ;.'. to ins tinny -eond dozen, when l,u;eru! turned bi atten tion t tlie tliriiier with piwera uucm barrassrd by hi" pridu ie. 5 IUMLY1V1 far BEFORE THE BU03SC In the tassel time of spring Love's tlie only song to sing: ' Ere the ranks of solid shade -Hide the blnebird's flitting wing. While in open forest glade No mysterious sound or thing Haunt of green has found or mad, Love's the only song to slug. Though iu May each bush be dressed Like a bride, and every nest Learn Love's Joyous repetend. Vet the half told talc is beat At the budding-with Its ead Much too secret to be guessed. And Its fancies that attend April's pasaion unexpressed. Love and Nature communing Gave as A ready, tjtlli ring Vales across and groves among Wlstfnl memories, echoing fan's faroff and fluty song. Poet, nothing harsher sing; be, like Love and Nature, young In the tasseltime of spring. Robert N. Johnson. A STRUGGLE CIIIEL. It's aboot my ainsel', when I was yet ! me tUe diamond 1 ha(i , ! anld Dunblane Fayther's wee bit tf j But juist here my ain fayther stepped a cottage was by the noo famous cathe- oot. "Was it the pebble you lied to me dral ruins that are visited by tourists ' aboot, Jock?" frae a' parts. Some auld beeches pro-; An 1 had to admit that it was. Oh, tected us frae the simmer's heat an win-' tbe shame an sorrow o' w'at wad other ter's cauld, an we were vera hoppy the-, wise lute bin the proodest minute o mj gither afore oor separation. But we i life. were sue pair i' those far back daysl j "It was a sair temptation," said gnde Mother wore the same inanteele year Laird Kinross. "Dinna be haul on the after year, an fayther's claes an mine Ho is as honest as you an his mither were always o' raploch, a vera coarse I would wish him, an I hae come to tak' cloth. Yet oor chimla lug was a warm j him awa' to Edinburgh, wi' your con spot an I hae na seen its equal sin'. Far-' Bent." ther was simply unlucky, an mither an me offen suffered i consequence. 8ae little o' beuk learnin full to my share, nor did I blame my parents fcr'it. But 1 had my ain way to mak'. an I sune re solved that I wad gae to Edinburgh to i mak' it. But puir mither wasna willin. "Better bide at hamo, laddie," she wad whisper again an again. "Stay wi' fay ther an mo, an dinna fret." But we'll a' be starvin ." I wad a.rm. i' turn. "Better let me gang awa' i' search o' siller." No, Jockie! Dinna think aboot it! Edinburgh is a braw town an a wicked one! Dunblane an the Allan aro far better." Sae, though 1 Becretly rebelled. I still staid i' the auld home, wi' little to eat save waterbrose, which mither made o" meal an water, wi'oot the pleasant addi tion o' milk an butter. An then cam' the struggle of which 1 maun tell, recht there i' Dunblane. I warked wi' fayther at any day's labor that cam' to his diligent hand, an one au tumn moruin it chanced to be oot Kip penross .way. We walked alang the Allan i' silence, niver ance lookin up at the grand auld beeches owreheid, for we were baith thinkin an thinkin hard. My een were on the groun, or I wadna hae foun w'at I did. It was something brecht an shinin directly i' mv nath. an I stoopt an'pockited it i' a flash. "W at was it? askt fayther carelessly. "A braw bit o' a pebble." I answered. "It can gae on mither's shelf." An wi' that we hurried on to the wark that waited us. But mony times that day I drew forth the stane an leukt it owre. That it was mair than a pebble I had kenned at first glance. If it was really a diamond, who was its owner? There were lairdB an ladies na sue far awa', an they often com' to walk alang thebonnie Allan. Perhans a hue and cry wad be raised aboot the lost jewel. Or it might hae lain for weeks, juist where I foun it, and there wad be na further question. I the latter case I could gae to Edinburgh an sell mv lucky nnd. an sae get a start i' life, such as I had lang hoped for. I didna stop to think how wrang it wad a' be, for I had but my ain selfish advancemen' in view. "Where's the pebble vou foun for mither, Jock?" askt fayther that nicht. l maun hae lost it again." I stam mered, for it was my first lie to either him or mither. I wanted to tell them the trowth then an' there, bnt yet I kep' it back because I was sae plackless, for they wad baith say, "Your pebble may prove a diamond, an yon maun find its rightm owner, .lockie Blacklock!" But that wasna at a' to my notion, an I stole out nuder the moon an stars instead. to be alane wi' my struggle 'tween recht and wrang. An ivry ance an awhile I I wad leuk the stane in my pockit owre, w ata sparkle it had! Perhaps it was worth a hundred pounds or mair! An whose was itf Weel. ( honed then that I might never ken. But the vera next nicht. as 1 cam' slow from work along the Allsn, I saw man l a braw velvet plaid seerchin' the spot where I had foun my stane. ne nad a blackthorn stick i' his han. an he was scatterin the beech leaves recht an lef. A second glance tauld me it was auld Laird Kinross, o' Edin burgh, who had a shootvn box near by. He didna leuk np ut mv approach, an I juist stood an watched hira i' silence. 1 wanted to pass on. but somehow I couldna do it. for the brecht thing he seercht for was iu my pockit. Conscience whisper. "Lie honest an true, Jock Blacklock!" But satan shontit: "Keep the auld laird's stane! lie has many anither. an this ane will gie you a stert i' Edinburgh." Bae I hesitated for a spell. Bnt Laird Kinroas leukt up at las'. "My gude lad," he said kindly, "I hae lost a diamond o' mooch value. It was yestermorn when we cam' through to the hunt, an it was recht here by the Allan. Perhans vou hae heard o' its findin." An the gude buu ulwu .uU tne strength to answer, "I hae, my laird." His keen gray een quickly leukt me owre. "You may hae foun it your ain sel'." An I answered again: "I did that, my laird, an here is your precious stane. It has been a load on my heart an con science, though licht as a bit feather 1 my pockit." "You wanted to keep it?" he speirt as he tuj it frae my tremblin han." "Yes, my laird." "But yon hao been an honest lad for a' that, an I shall reward you as you de serve. Wat is your name?" "Jock Llucklock, my laird." "Aye, mayhap a detjdant ' the puir I poet Bums' gud6 friend, Dr. JJiokloeK. "I uinua ken. I fear na," I returned. ; "I am juifit the son o' my faytlier, James ; Blacklock. mi ho is Dunblane born." "How wad you like to gae to Edin ! burgh?'' ho Kpeirt neit. My heert gied a meat boun. "It's the ! ane wish o' my life!" I cried, i The old laird smiled. "Ane o' my j friens there is a banker. Ho needs an honest lad o' yonr ain age, an yon shall ' hae the place as sune as yon wish." I fail on my knees i' gratitude, but he bid me rise at ance. "Hae you a mither, i joch.' ne speirt again. "Aye, my laird." "Then tak' me to her an we'll arrange sboot the Edinburgh matter." I led the way to oor cottage wi' falter I ing footstep. I hud lied to fayther aboot ; the "pebble," an how could I confess it a' to mither? She met ns at the door stane wi' wouii'rin een, courtesyin low, as was her humble fashion. "1 am Laird Kinross," the auld noble ; man began. "Your son Jock foun an re- J Fayther leukt at mither, mither lonkt at fayther. an then they baith leukt at Laird Kinross. But I couldna leuk ane o' them i" the een. because o' yestreen's falsehood. "Ye want Jock?" he stammered. "Oor puir, weak Jock. Ye wad trust him ! nifter a'?' Yes," said Laird Kinross, "a eude place i an ttdin burgh hank awaits him if he will but talc' it, wi' your permis sion. "Oh, Jockie! Bighed mither, "I wad hao staked my ain life on your trowth, out noo "He shall mak' a fresh startP pit i'the guile auld laird. "An you maim trust him again for his youth s sake!" "That we will, mither!" cried fayther. "Jock's a steady goin lad, but the findin o' the diamond turned his heid. It was his first lie, an" "It shall be my las'!" I cried, wi' burst o' tears. Mither kissed me then, an Laird Kin ross tuk frae his pockit a heavy purse. also pittin a ban fu' o' gowd on the ha' table. , "It's for Jock's ootfit an his find- in o' my diamond," he said. "Dinna te- mse hi tne laocne deserves it a i an on the morrow he shall gae wi' me to Edin burgh." Sae fayther an mither thanked him heartily, but I couldna say a word. Laird Kinross pit his ungloved han on 1 my worthless held at parting "Puir laddie," he said. "It will be a gude les son to you, an one you will niver forget. Ood keep you a till the morrow!" An wi' that he ganged awa', his braw plaid nyin paca on tne stirt mornin breeze, Then I turned me quick to dear fay- tner an runner, "rorgie! 1 cried. hae deceived you baith! But it shall na occur again 1 I promise to be true an honest to the day o' my death an ne'er disgrace the name you hae given mo!" "You hae our blessing to tak' wi' yoa to Ldinlmrgh," said fayther. "Mither an me will forgie an try to forget if we can. but it was a lie you told me, Jock; always remember that. When you are tempted again say to yoursel', 'I told fayther my first and las' lie. I canua tell anither!'" "Nor will I," I cried sadly, as mither kinst mo ance mair. ' I went to Edinburgh the next day wi' Laird Kinross, as agreed upon. Mr. Brayham, the banker, proved a gude maister. My position at the first was a lowly ane, but step by step I rose, as any ither laddie can an will. Laird Kinross' generous handfu' o' gowd kopt fayther and mither free frae want till I was' able to help them my ainsel'. I cam' to America ot las', and they didna hesitate to come wi' me. I prospered nt!re olso an oin noo called a mon o' means. But tho foundation o' my suc cess was laid the autumn mornin I re stored to Laird Kinross his braw dia mond against my own selfish desire. Fayther and mither died five years apart, an they baith died blessing me. "You have been a gude son," they said i' tnrn, "honest on truo, as you pro.nist. God keep you, Jockie, to the end!" An their loving blessing follows me still like a constant benediction. Surely they are watchin and waitin aboon. An I maun meet them there. Mrs. Finley Braden ia New York Observer. Proper Ventllivtlon ot Rooms. There aro various, contrivances foi ventilating rooms, all of which are more w less expensive and a large majority of 'hem quite worthless. The best way to ventilate a room is by means of open Tires. However, open fires are not suf .iciently wisrm in winter, and there are few houses that are provided with the ideal hejiting arrangement of modified steam heat with grates. Lacking this and indeed under any circumstances, a deeping rm or a sitting room should be, so to put it, washed out with pure air every d-.y- Whatever the temperature outside, evury window should be opened, and the outer air allowed to pour tlirough it from W to twenty minutes each day. As u rule rooms are kcirt too warm. No roi.m should 1 kept heated beyond a teiiiper. tr.re of fiS des. The system of a person living in a superheated atmos-p:n- Itfcjiiie so vitiated that it Bhivers at the K!ightf!t chunge and takes cold on the least provocation. New York Tele gram. Cowley, who died in 107, made a re mark applicable to new as well as old England ithont his surprise "to see ladies Wear hm-'u high shoes that they cannot walk in without one to lead them." Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report ABSOWTCCV pure A Ternblr Habit. "Were you ever troubled with the thought while you walked along Borne. street, said Uharlos Ebert. "that some. how you ought not to step on the cracks that separate the flagstones of the pave ment or the boards of the walk? You have been th well, then you know, That is the meanest habit to form. Cigarette smoking is bad, and cigars are expensive and so bad also. Tobacco chewing is abominable and drinking Is killing, but the crack dodging habit is the worst of all. If I could exchange this miserable feeling that possesses me when I walk along the streets for any one of those habits providing I didn't possess all of them already I would do it instantly. "I will start out of a morning for A pleasant stroll, just to see the beauty of nature, and unconsciously I will begin to step over all cracks. Then I will ac cidentally step on one, and all my pros pective pleasure Is gone simply dis pelled and driven away by that one mis erable thought of utter uselessness that I have stepped on a crack. I have start ed for home of a nighttime fairly tired and conscious of duties well done, pur posing to enloy a long, sound sleep. Agiin I fall iuto the desire to avoid step ping on those miserable partition lines. "If I succeed in avoiding aU of them, I rest beautifully, but if not then I go nome and have a restless, nervous sleep in which there is no satisfaction what ever. Of all the diabolical mental in ventions that go to break up a man's happiness and peace of mind this one mental status of avoiding cracks is the most consummate that any evil genius could afflict a mon with." St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Bandwleh Islanders and Tbelr Ills. When a Kanaka feels a bit out of sorts he imagines that he has not been diligent enougn m ms devotions to some partieu lor god. He immediately procures i bunch of awa or something in the nature of a comforting drink, and after a short prayer to his mountain or river deity he murmurs apologetically, "Heres Tour food" or "Here's your drink," as the case may be. Then he devours the sol Ids or liquids himself. If the Kanaka's health improves, the god Is appeased. If sickness still creeps over him, he turns to the Kahuna. One of the guild is im mediately hunted up and opproached with a bunch of awa or a pig. Then the Konaka dilates upon his infirmities, and the Kahuno begins preparing to drive out the sickness or the evil spirit. The patient is stripped and laid flat, and with a bunch of ti leaves the Ka huna rubs him oil over, murmuring meaningless words the whilo. If the Kanaka ge ts well, the Kahuna's influ ence is increased. If the Kanaka dies, he was a doomed man anyhow, and the Ka huna did his best, finch of the Kanakas as patronize a Kahuna nowadays do it covertly, and the Kahunas keep under cover. Honolulu Cor. Chicago Tribune. An Kagllah Duke Receives a Tip. The English journals mention an amusing epilogue of a pilgrimage to Borne. Just after the last train which brought the pilgrims back to London had entered the Victoria station on old lady bnrdened with packages was with difficulty trying to find a carriage when a middle aged man, simply dressed, ap proached and offered his services. Thinking she had to do with one of the employes, the good woman gave him her bundles, which the obliging man carried to the end of the station and then, hailing a cab, placed the old lady and her impedimenta within, and giving the driver the address she had indicated. called to him to drive on. As the car riage was about to roll off the woman placed a fee of twopence in tbe hand of the man who had rendered her the serv ice. He was simply th Duke of Norfolk. The duke pocketed the twopence, think ing the adventure very original. More over, it was the first time in his life that he had ever earned any money by his own labor. Model City to Be Balls. A "City of the Future," such as Bel lamy dreamed of, will be shown at the World's fair of Paris, which is planned for the year 1900. The Inventions Nouvelles proposes a departure from the usual toy arrange ment of miniature models, Eiffel towers, etc., and advocates the erection of a city on a site sufficiently lorge to illustrate practically all the most prominent new Inventions, as well as the fruits of mod ern electro technique. The cost of erect ing this future model city is to be cov ered by renting out the bouses, hotels, etc., as well as all the stores to the ex hibitors. At the close of the exposition the entire site, with buildings, etc., will be utilized as the nucleus for a new i quarter oi ine city oi runs. 1'liuaclel- phia Record. On the Subject of iiress. I have not much time to think of dress," said Mrs. Bentham Edwards in an interview, "and I was greatly amused by the remark of a former old landlady. who, anxious that I should look my best at some social gathering, remarked aus terely to tne, 'Really, madam, you do not dress according to your talentsP Upon which I replied, 'My good woman. if all folks dressed according to their talents, two-thirds, I fear, would go but scantily clothed,'" ' Books un love and the relation of the sexes, whether from the standpoint of a ninn or a woman, are generally excess ively stlpid and exasperating. Baking Powder KNOCKED THE BRIDE SENSELESS Only an Unfortunate Incident Growing; Out of a Bridal Cuatoui. A well-known New York drummer returning from a southern trip relates the following story as of actual oc currence at a negro wedding in Char leston, S. C: After the ceremony had been con cluded in the most approved style th groom, who was employed at one oE the phosphate mines, a few miles from the city, bundled his bride into a rude cart, loaded some household effects into it and prepared, among salvos of cheers and best wishes, to take her home. At this stage in the proceedings ono darky, who had traveled and been present as a waiter at the wedding o some white folks, suggested that tha proper thing to do was to throw shoes after the departing couple as they drove away. The idea took immensely, and sucli a scrambling as followed when the col ored belles and beaux began to divest, their feet of boots and shoes of various sizes and weights! Many of the meu had no stockings on beneath their shoes, but that made no difference. They all hung back, suppressing" their enthusiasm until the happy groom brought a bale stick down on the back of the mule and started his bridal trip. Then with a howl of joy the guests burst forth and began a ' fusillade which was by no means rel ished by the happy pair. The air waB filled with flying mis- ' siles. One gigantic boot struck the groom in the small of the back and drew from him a wild yell of agony. Another hurtling through the air with unerring aim struck the bride full oa the head and knocked her senseless. This was too much for the groom. Leaping from' his cart, with his bale, stick in hand, he set about to thrash every one of the guests. As might be inferred, a wild riot ensued, or was abont to, when a policeman came up and put a stop to it. Nothing, how ever, could appease the dusky groom, until the officer assured him that hu was not the victim of an indignity, but merely the object of a bridal custom such as white folks always observed. i IGNORANT SPIRITS. They Had Kot Kept l p with the Latest Obituary News. A friend relates to me an Incident. that occurred on tho evening of the, day when the news of the doiith of Preston S. Brooks came to .Massa chusetts, says the Hostoti Herald. It was at a spiritualistic exhibition held the town of North Uridgcwuter, now the city of Drockton. A com mittee of citizens had been chosen from the audience to sit at the table on the platform with the medium to ask questions and otherwise represent the audience in the interest of candid investigation. Jacob VV. Crosbv. a. well-known citizen, was one of tho committee, lie was to do the question-: ing. After a few introductory in-' quirics, to which replies were made by the regulation one, two y three nips, mr. iTonny astounded the snirit, word by the query: "Is the spirit of Prustou S. Brooks present?" There was no reply and the question was repeated. Then there were some hesitating raps at the table, but it could not be determined whether the answer was in the aftirinotive or tho negative. Vou know that he is dead, don't you?" shouted tho committeeman. .Tho answer by raps was now dis tinctly "no." 'Well, he is, thank God!" veiled "Uncle Jake," who was wrought up to great excitement, as he struck tho table with his ponderous fist; "and you had better make a note of It." HER BEST. Pathetic Instances of the Child's Inatlaet for Pun. Mrs. Molesworth, who writes'a mov ing article in Woman's Work, concern ing the necessity of obtaining "fun. food and fresh air" for all classes of children, says that there are amour London's poor thousands of little ones who never had a toy. Yet still the child's instinct to "make believe'' surmounts every practical ob stacle, and there is a true story of one little sufferer from a chronic disease whose only plaything were the spots of damp on the wall beside her bed. Hhe ployed they were real and alive; she gave them names and Imaginary qualities. Another true story showed how far tho little candle of a wise and loving word may throw its beams. A teacher at a Hunday school for London's poor was trying to Impress upon her little pupils some idea of the real meaning of giving. "Whatever it may be," she said, "our offering todod should be of our best, of what we prize most." In one baby heart her words found ready response. Next day a little creature confided her offering to the teacher; it was a carefully tied pack age, containing a few grains of rice. This was her most precious and per haps her only treasure, A plook of geese is used by Dr. Me Itride, of Orange, Va., as a team. In winter they are attached to an ice boat and draw him over the ice at a speed of a mile in forty-eight seconds. Tub condor soars higher than any other known species of bird, spend ing nine-tenths of its life floating' above the roritied atmosphere at a height of over three miles above , level of the sea.