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HEPPNER, MORROW COUNTY, OREGON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1895.
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Un.ted States Officials.
President G rover Cleveland
Vice-President Ad'ai Steven eon
tieoretary of State Walter Q. Greaham
Secretary of Treasury John G. Carlisle
ttecrntary or interior rintce mith
Hecretarv of War Daniel H. Laniont
Hecretary of Navy Hilary Afflerbert
Postmaster-General Wilson B. Binsel
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state of Oregon. Yet when approached
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town and you can't touch the land for
less than five hundred dollars an acre.
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sound and richer than Baldwin. It's a
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from anything on earth. Here the
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ground and r&ls live in trees that shed
their bark instead of their leaves.
See that orchard over there? Fifteen
years ago it was covered with sage
brush. Now there are eighteen thou
sand orange trees in that tract of land,
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would pave every road and path in
Golden Gate park. What do you
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they are in 'Frisco, eh? I will tell you
why. It's the climate. Up there they
have more moisture in the air and that
softens the complexion. Here it's dry
the year round and that is why the
faces of our women look harsher. But
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of a mountain. It is a land filled with
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A QUEER COMBINATION.
The Breakfast of a Rounder After
a Night Out
Aa Inatltatloa of Uncertain Origin Tot
Familiar to AU Walter. Opinions
of Physicians on the Try
Ins; Mlxturo.
Take six men of the world gentle
men, I mean, of an all round social ex
perience, who have been unfortunate
enough to stay too long with their
liquor once in awhile and probably
five of them will tell you what is meant
by the term "drunkard's breakfast,"
says the New York Herald.
For the enlightenment of the sixth
member it may be explained that a
"drunkard's breakfast," so called in
many swell clubs and restaurants, con
sists of a salt mackerel, boiled, not
broiled; a dish of milk toast, and a pot
of strong, hot tea. This is a repast
which is supposed to be peculiarly
adapted to the stomach of a man who
permitted himself to be tempted to look
too promiscuously upon the wine the
night before.
My wife's absence from home com
pelled me to take my meals at the
restaurants recently. For my first
breakfast I went to one of the fine
hotels in the immediate neighborhood.
The restaurant was chilly, and that,
added to a severe cold in my head,
must have given a watery appearance
to my eyes and a nervous tremor to
my hand as I took a seat and picked up
a bill of fare. An obsequious waiter
stood at hand to receive my order. I
ran over the list of meats a second
time, pausing, mentally, midway 'twix
a steak and a chop. The waiter,
noting my indecision, but utterly mis
taking the spirit behind it all, stepped
to my side and with perfect politeness
said: "Eef I may be permit, I recom
men' ze salt mackerel, wis ze meelk
toast and ze tea ver' nice. It eez ze
breakfast populair wis gentlemen after
ze excitement of ze long night."
The fellow had actuully recommend
ed a drunkard's breakfast for my con
dition, although as a matter of fact I
hadn't taken a drink in a year and a
half!
Next morning I went into another
restaurant near by not exactly a first
class place, but an extraordinarily
good second-class one where the busi
ness is enormous, the cooking excel
lent and the service generally satis
factory. My eyes were bloodshot and
watery still, the result of a neuralgic
attack. The waiter, a decorous, hand
some German-American, handed me
the bill of fare, eyed me suspiciously,
but not rudely, for an instant and
then remarked in an undertone: "How
would a nice 6alt mackerel, boiled, a
plate of milk toast and a pot of tea
suit you tins morning? That is what
many of our patrons order for break
fast after they have been out late.
Much better than cocktails, I assure
you."
There was no impertinence in the
man's voice or manner. He didn't
dream of being intrusive. He merely
thought he was doing me a friendly
service in suggesting a regular brac
ing "drunkard's breakfast."
The same suggestion will be offered
in many first-class restaurants to any
man whose appearance or manner in
any way excites the suspicion that he
drank too much the night before. The
hint is always offered politely and
quietly, and only after the waiter has
convinced himself that his purpose in
making the suggestion will not be mis
understood. And thus, in some mysterious way,
it has come to be believed among res
taurant waitu's that for a man who
has had a long drinking bout the cor
rect breakfast should consist of salt
mackerel, milk toast and tea! It is an
extraordinary combination, surely,
and why it is peculiarly adapted to
the condition of a man recovering
from a spree is as mysterious as the
identity of the genius who first pro
posed it.
A popul'ir physician who was spoken
to with i i.'ence to this fad said:
"Yon. 1 . inw what a 'drunkard's
breakfast is. but why any man suffer
ing fi'.i.i ..'fr-indulgence in drink
should i'.-.; iich a meal is more than I
can tell, . all mackerel is harsh, acrid,
hot and irritating to an already con
gested r trim.ioh. I can think of no
article of food more likely to increase
the digestive disorders due to drink
than salt mackerel."
Another physician of long practice
and wide observation said: "It would
be interesting to know how and with
whom the 'drunkard's breakfast' origi
nated. It is a ridiculous idea. None
but a normal stomach in healthy con
dition can digest a salt mackerel with
out discomfort, or at least unpleasant
reminders of its presence. It is a fish
that I am very fond of, but if I eat of
it even after drinking moderately it
causes an attack of indigestion. My
only theory of its supposed popularity
as a breakfast dish for one who has
taken a drop too much is this: Its salti
ness excites thirst for great quantities
of cold water, which is, in my opinion,
of real benefit to a stomach fevered
with alcoholic irritation. It enables
him to drink water copiously until the
stomach is cleaned and cooled, and the
alcohol in his tissues becomes so di
luted that it is the more easily elimi
nated from his system. As for its ali
mentary value in such cases, I can't
see that it has any. The milk toast
would be all right, but salt mackerel
and tea what an insult and crime it
is to force them upon a stomach al
ready smarting and burning under the
abuses of alcohol!"
Nevertheless the "drunkard's break
fast" is au institution and a fixture.
If you don't believe it just go into an
up-town restaurant some morning when
you do not feel on particularly good
terms with yourself and allow the
waiter to infer from your manner that
you were somewhat off the coast the
night before. If that waiter is up to
date and estimates you as one of kind
ly spirit, he will discreetly suggest a
breakfast consisting of salt mackerel,
milk toast and tea.
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A BARBER SHOP SURPRISE.
A Fashionably Dressed Young- Lady Non
ehalnntly Takes a Shave.
But one of the dozen chairs in a pop
ular Cincinnati barber shop was vacant
about ten o'clock the other morning,
when a fashionably dressed young
woman entered, removed her wrap,
veil and hat, handed them to the open
mouthed boy, walked to, the vacant
chair, sat down in it, threw her head
back on the padded rest, and placed
her daintily shod feet on the foot
bench.
"Bangs trimmed?" asked the bar
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posedly at the ceiling.
"Huh!" grunted the wonder-stricken
barber.
"Shave," she repeated, without wink
ing, "here and here," pointing to her
upper lip and to the skin in front of
her ears.
The barber, says the Tribune, keep
ing his eyes on her all the time, tucked
a towel under her chin, lathered the
places she had indicated, stropped the
razor and went to work. A few strokes
and it was over, and when her face
had been washed and powdered, she
left the chair, allowed the boy to put
on her wrap, adjusted her hat and veil
with much deliberation, and, throwing
a half dollar on the cashier's counter,
walked out.
The effect of this visit on the other
barbers and their victims was to cause
the barbers to forget, for the first time
in their lives, to tell the victims that
they needed shampoos, and the victims
to fail to notice the cuts in their faces
when the lady said "shave."
The barber who shaved the pretty
lady, when he recovered, said there
was a fine growth of hair on her face,
just enough when it got long to give
the skin a slightly dark hue.
"She'd been there before," he added.
A Shower of Feathers.
The eminent surgeon, Sir Astley
Cooper, was fond of a practical joke.
On one occasion ho ascended the
church tower of a village in Norfolk,
taking with him one of his mother's
pillows, and finding the wind blowing
directly to the next town, he let off
handfuls of feathers until he had
emptied the pillow. The local papers
reported this "remarkable shower" of
feathers, and offered various conject
ures to account for it, and the account
was copied into other papers, and was
probably received as a perfectly natural
occurrence.
LOSSES CAUSED BY LIGHTNING.
Some Interesting Figures Taken from a
Work Published by tha Government.
Science has been busy among the
cherished beliefs regarding everyday
phenomena of late years, and one by
one they have been demolished and the
list of vulgar errors grows smaller. An
exception to this, says tho Washington
News, is a little publication that has
made its appearance from the publish
ing house of Uncle Sam, compiled by
Alexander McAdie, of the weather
bureau, and containing some very in
teresting facts regarding lightning
and the damages and fatalities it
ciuses in this country. Its primary
object is to show the best methods of
protection by lightning rods, but inci
dentally it gives somo very unique fig
ures, and shows that a few at least of
the beliefs that are common to every
class are well founded. Tho number
of death-dealing lightning bolts that
find victims in this country yearly is
greater than is probably generally
believed. According to figures given
by Mr. McAdie there occurred in 18112
2.11 deaths by lightning, and in the
year following there were 309. The
statistics do not go further back than
1U90, but even this short space of time
has demonstrated that the danger
seems to be on the increase by extend
ing over a greater portion of the year
than formerly. In 1890 the months of '
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March, April, May, June, July and Au
fiusi alone chronicled fatalities. The
year following September was added,
and in 1892 every month from April
to December provided a victim to
heaven's fire. The average number of
persons killed yearly by lightning is
190. A glance at the table shows that
by far the greater number of fatalities
occurred in June, July and August.
In the eight years ending in 1893
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States due to lightning, causing a to
tal loss of 812,003,835. This is a rather
startling statement to those who are
inclined to scoff at the danger from
thunderstorms. Barns, stables and
granaries apparently had the greatest
attraction for lightning, for during the
nine years ending in 1892 2,335 build
ings of that class were struck, as
against 004 dwellings and 104 churches.
Electric light stations and telegraph
aud telephone offices seemed to have
enjoyed a comparative immunity from
danger from the element with which
they are pervaded. In certain states
there has been a marked increase in
the number of lightning strokes in the
past year, particularly in Connecticut,
Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mich
igan and New York.
One of the most interesting results of
the observations that have been made
of late years regarding lightning and
its freaks is that the geological as well
as the topographical conditions influ
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chalk formation is the least liable to
damaging lightning, while next in or
der of frequency come marl, clay, sand
and loam. With regard to trees the
oak is most frequently and the 'beech
tho least frequently struck. Neither
does it seem to have been the highest
or most exposed trees that were struck,
as the bolt hit in the most erratic and
unexpected manner. As regards the
superstitions or beliefs regarding the
safety or danger of certain localities
when the lightning is on the rampage,
Mr. McAdie states that it is not judi
cious to stand under trees, in the door
way of barns, close to cattle or near
chimneys and iireplaeos, which is a
scientific justification of the actions of
probably five persons out of six when a
storuf-is prevailing.
SLEEPLESS LARVAE.
Voracity of tho Young of Some of tho
Veffcliihle i''oednrs.
Pro Lintner, New York's state en
tomologist, is of the opinion that the
larvae stngo of many species of in
sects is one of the sleepless activity,
the grub feeding incessantly from the
"moment of Its birth." He says that
it is doubtful if some species ever sleep
or take a uoment's rest. Tho vora
ciousness and rapid growth of these
creatures may be bettur understood by
making a statement of two fucts: A
certain flesh-feeding larvae, (which
simply mams the infant state of a
carrion beetle whose scientific name
would be of no particular interest, says
the St. Louis Republic) will consume
in twenty-four hours two hundred
times his own weight a parallel to
which, in the human race, would he an
infant consuming one thousand five
hundred pounds of nutriment' on the
lirst day of its existence! There are
vegetable feeders caterpillurs-which,
during their progress to maturity, in
crease in size ten thousand during the
first thirty days of their liveB. To
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he states, and the result Is thai indigo
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