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Will I Mil 1 1 1 I I I I 111 I I HI 1 1 1 1 1 1 111 1 1 I I I Kl i 1 1 1 1 1 1 in i h r ; 9 & - i The persistent wooin lover j Is the one who gets the maid ; i 1 And the constant advertiser I I Gets the cream of all the trade, i I e SlMHHIIII 1 1 I.I in III 111.11.1:111 1 Mil 1 1 1 1 1 1 m.l 1 1.1 I.I M.l II "HI I IS OFFICIAL PAPER mini 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 rin ra 4 ! The man who tries to advertise With printer's ink consistent, I One word must learn nor from it torn, And that one word's persistent T3 : ! II II III! I 111 l. , llllllinill 1 1 HI I IU, ) im M3 THIRTEENTH YEAR HEPPNER, MORROW COUNTY, OREGON. FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 1895. WEEKLY NO. 656. 1 SEMI-W EEKLY NO. 316.1 Jit tlltf vP fc mi mm Br. El Br. SEMI WEEKLY GAZETTE. PUBLISHED Tuesdays and Fridays BY THE PATTERSON PUBLISHING COMPANY. At J '2. 50 per year, $1.25 for six months, 75 cts. or three mouens. Aduertising Rates Made Known on Application. The t.l," of Long Creek, Grant County, Oregon, is published by the same com pany every Friday morulas;. Subscription price, 2peryear. Foradvertistnerates.ariuresF o-kijst j. ATTEasoiT, Editor and Manager, Long Creek, Oregon, or "Gazette," ueppuer, uregon. THI8 P APE Bis kept on tile at E. C. Hake's Advertising Agency, 61 and 65 Merchant? ExchanRS, San Francisco, California, where cou- raots tor advertising can be made tor it. Union Pacfic Railway-Local card So, 10, mixd leaves Heppner 9 :45 p. m. daily .exoept Sunday ' 10, " ar. at Willows Jo. p.m. 9. " leaves " a. m. '" 9, " ar. at Heppner 5:00 a. m, dailj except Monday. East bound, main line ar. at Arlington l:?t) a. m West " '' "leaves " l:2ia. m West bound lotal fraitth lavs Arlington 8 -:W ia. m.. arrives at The Dillos l:li u. m. Local -passengnr leaves The Dalles at 2:0!) p. m. arrives at romand at i:uu p. m. OFFICIAL DinSCTOTTT. United States Olllcials. 'resident ,. Vice-President Bece'ary of State Secretary of Treasury Secretary of Interior.... Secretary of War -Secretary of Navy Postmaster-General Attorney-General , Secretary of Agriculture. ....Grovor Cleveland Adai Stevenwnn ... Walter Q GrAxhair John G. Curbs!" Hike Smith ....Duniel H. janiont Hilary A. llorbert ...William L. Wi son Richard 8. 01ne J. Sterling Mortot State of Oregon. Governor Secretary of State Treasurer Spt. Public Instruction. Attorney General Senators W. P. Lord H. It. Kineaid Phil. Jletwhw d. M. Iiwin C. M. Id'eman ( G. W. Jleldidf I J. H. Mitchell Congressmen.. Printer J Kincer Hermam. '" W. H. Ellis ....W. H. Leeds ( Tt. 8. B tan .. i F. A. Moo ( C. E. Woh Tt. 8. B .an. Hapreme Judges loo re, olverlon Seyenth Judicial UiHtrict. Cirouit Judge W. L. Brartshaw Prosecuting Attorney A. A. Jaync Morrow County Officials. Joint Senator... ....A. W. Gowar J. 8. Booths,; Johns Keithli J. H. Howarrl J. W. Morrow . G. W. Harnnetot .... Frank Gilliam J. i''. Willi. Geo. Lord Anna Iialsige ....T. W. Ayors, Ji Representative i Vmnty Judge " Commissioners J. M. Baker. " Clerk , " Sheriff " Treasurer ' Assessor ' Surveyor ' School Sup't " Coroner HKPPNEB TOWN OFFIOKItS. "ayoi Thos. Morgan C mncilmen O. E. Farnewnrth. M. Liohtenthal, Otis Pntterson, T. W. Aysrs.Jr.. S. H. Horner, E. J. Slocum. iReiorder F. J. Hallnck Troasurer E L. Frpelund Marshal N. 8. Whetstone Precinct Offlcerp. Justice of the Peace E. L. Freeland Constable N. 8. Whetstone United States Land Officers. THE DALLES, OR. J. F. Moore A. 8. Biggs LA GBANDE, OR, B. F, Wilson J. H. Kobbins .. Kepiftter .. Receiver ....Higitr ....Hdceiver SEOHET SOCIETIES KAWLIN8 POST, NO. 31. G. A. K. Meet at Lexington, Or., the last Saturday of ich month. All veterans are invited to Join. C C. Boon, Geo. W. Smith. Adjutant, tf Commander. LUMBER! TTtTK HAVE FOR SALE ALL KINDS OF UN TT dressed Lumber, 16 miles of Heppner, at what Is known a the SOOTV SAWMIIjIj. a2R 1,000 FEET, ROUGH, " " " CLEAR, flO 01' 17 SO IF DELIVERED IN HEPPNER, WILL ADD 15.00 per 1,000 feet, additional. L. HAMILTON, Prop. D.A.. Hamllton,MAn'er Thecomparativevalue of these twecardf Is known to most persons. They Illustrate that greater quantity is Not always most to be desired. These cards express the beneficial qual ity of RipansTabules As compared with any previously known DYSPEPSIA CURE .'. Ripans Tabules : Price, 50 cents a box, Of druggists, or by mail. . BIPAMS CHEMICAL CO., 1 0 Spruce St., N.T. f tnp-st. receiver. Compact, .','otst "toJero and progressive lor o;logu or lnfor.;.a write to Ke !"' Sow, i a klf i m & mm ra9afflrcsrassafl E. McNEILL, Receiver. TO TUB GIVES IHB CHOICE Of Two Transcontinental GREAT UNION NORTHERN Ky. PACIFIC RY. VIA VIA Spokane Denver MINNEAPOLIS OMAHA AND AND St. Paul Kansas City LOW RATES TO ALL EASTERN CITIES. Ocean Steamers Leaue Portland Every 5 Days For SAN FRANCISCO. For fall details oall on O. R. & N. t nt at Heppoer, r Bildress W. H. HTJRLBURT, Gen. Pass. Agt. POBTLAND, OBEOON. THE WISCONSIN CENTRAL LINES Run Two Fast fra:ns Dai Between St. Paul. Minneapolis, and Chicago Milwaukee and ad points In Wisconsin making connection In Chicago with all lines running East and South. Tickets sold and baggage checked through to ill points In tho United States and Canadian Provinces. For full information apply to your nearest tieket agent or JAS. C. POND. Gen. Pass, and I'm. Agt,, Milwaukee, Wis, Ut Bam of Mwi WM. PENLAND. ED. K. BISHOP, President. Cashier. FRANSACTS A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS COLLECTIONS Made on Favorable Terms. EXCHANGE BOUGHT & SOLI) 3EPPNER. tf OREGON C I HOO worth ot lovely Music iorr'Orty- OIL)'- Cen,1 consisting of 100 pigos T? 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It is very T''.ven''il, tun, ha' nib K. fiold for t'l.Oo a prck-a-aor pmkD'.;e3 lor i'l.OOtpluiri sealed boxer), v r.ttctt liii.iraniee p'wn v-s a, cure. If you buy -i?: k x''s itti-l aw i a :! 5y cnrid.oix more v. !'l be oer.t to ' on in e o:"nil cargi e. Sen If -r r-ir'-u a'-fit i ft-timoni'K A'll:e."3 OI'O'iO:, !:i:i.:.:. tSWtXjVi:, Jvutton ?'?" .:..r'n, ..! ::, : f,. l.Winfiu. h :n I ntm isi o. ,;il. COPYRIGHTS. CAV I OflTAIN A PA TENT f For a promtit answer and an boi et opinion, write to M 1 N S A: CO., who luive In d nearly lifly Jerrs' crririenee in the t'ltent busir 'si. run.mijr'f v t:ons strletly contdeiitini, A lliimlliooli of In. forrrafion cineerinng rnrcnl ornl how to rilw tain them sent free. Also a rntrlotfue of Qiecban lc.il and scientific hooks out t:eo. I'atetitB t.'ilten throneli innn ft Co. receive en'ciul notlcnlnthn Mi iontilic Alnel irnn. nod thus are tiron':ht wdeiy ben. re the puniic with, out cost to the fnvritor. 'Jhn snl"iil:d rarer, IssitPd wpeklv. elevsntly I llnstrn tpd. has by fat 1 1 e lar"st eirculntiou of nv k prtitic work la the world. ft: a Tear, t-ntnnip pfip'os sent free. fjiolaing KditioQ, monthly. SJ.fiOs year. Kindle eoji.es, centt. y very n,inti'r oontn.ns twi.u. tiful plates. In colors, and pl'otn.il of new bonnes, wtb T'". entiim nuiioers to show the lilt "It (lesiLO. pecure Cnntrnen, AdilresR IL'N.' 4 Co, Mctr k'ol.li, aui tuOJIWAr. ir ii g a sprain, strain, or u m f.n n h r WniCiir; It CJV'3revJ'V'fli);'' W'Pi';- r i r i j 1. 1 r.'i.tm i Si mm mm rrt.v ..(i. i t. V J T'J A - W. C. T. U. COLUMN. Fur God and Home and Every Land. Edited bu MRS. MAT TIE SMEAD, SI PT. OF PRESS WORK. HEPPNER, MARCH 6, 1S'J5. Better to weave in the web of life A bright and golden filling, And do nod's will with a cheerful heart, And hands that are ready and willing, Than to snap the delicate, minute thread Of our curious lives asunder, And then blame Heaven for tangled ends, And sit and grieve and wonder. Charles Mackey. We again glndly greet our friends through the medium of our own loved W. C. T. U. column. Our hearts beat hih with hope of what we may accomplish along all our Hues of work, if all interested will take their places, shoulder to shoulder, with those who are bearing the burden and heat oi tie day. It may seem that we have accotuDlish ed little, yet enough has been done to cause much condemnation from enemies and unkind criticism from supposed friends. The leaders in any reform work always feel that they are alone iu a great measure and it requires much personal sacrifloe to fit one for this work. It is not rare to see suoh workers socially tabooed. This is done through misapprehension or jeal ousy. Many earnest christians are de terred by these reasons from aotively en gaging in something for which tbey would find themselves speoially adapted. These trials are what we must expect to encounter and are to be considered as offsets to the momentum of our progress but if we have resolved that we are will ing to do anything In His Name we will bein a rigid self-examination, and this in turn will lead to prayer that we may beoome holy women, with a higher ideal than we have before known, and that our local union may become a oeater of spiritual power. Between right and wrong there is no ground save a battle ground. When a reformer grows popular he has missed bis mission aud made terms with the eoemy. The Women's Temperance Publishing Association printed over one hundred million pages of literature in t!.e past ear. The Pcbno! board of St. Joseph, Mo., have voted to expel any boy who smokes cigarettes, whether on or off the school ground. Total Hbstmeuoe anil prohibition, as principles, have been weighed in thebnl inces and tried iu the fires of science ttnd statesmanship, and have stood the test. They have nnme into the arena of logioBl debate, and do voice has been able to overthrow them. The only argument is that of appetite and selfiRhness, and the Nations choice for bloom or blight lies between these and the truth. An old time crusade lias stirred up Sinux City, Iowa, lately as nothing else has dooe since the murder o Haddook. Oue hundred women have visited the saloons singing and praying and reading to the keepers the seotion of law beiug violated Ty them, enduring contempt and cruelty in their determination to create a sentiment that shall lead to prosecutions of the violators of the law. It was deeoly regretted that the pub lic presentation of tbo Polyglot Petition 'n the United States government, which ooonrred on the evening of February 15, had to be made without the preseuoe of Miss Willnrd and Lady Henry Somerest, who were prevented by illness from reaching Washington in time. Miss Willard's address for the occasion ws read by Miss Annie Gorton, and bright addresses were made by Mrs. Clara C. 'loflroBU, Mrs. Ilelleo ML liarker, nation al officers, Miss Belle Kearney and Rev. Dr. Henry 8. Lunn. On February 1'), a deputation of W. C. T. U. offioers, head "d by Miss Willard and Lady Henry Somerest, oalled upon President Cleve- and i.t the executive mansion and there figuratively presented tho petition to him, if being too bulky to be presented otherwise. 1 lie committee was assured by the President that he regarded the objfet of the petition as one in which all good men and woioho should take un interest. Piles! Piles! Itching Piles, hvinpt'ims M'liHttirp; mteriSH itohiiig and stinging; most at night; worsn by scratching. If allowed to continue i tumors form, which often bWtl urni! niceratp, becoming very sore. Mwavne h j Ointment strips the itching and bleed. ! in, Lehls ulceration, and in most cns- ; removes the tumors, At druggists, or bv mail, for 50 cents. Ir. Swiiyiieci Son, t'hilailHlpliii., j W. D, Harlan, Washington, D. U., that an entry though improperly allo ed, fhould not be canceled without notice to the enfryman, and due oppor tunity to she CHOse why such action should not be taken. Settlers will please note. Bruise IMPLEMENTS OF GAMING. Curious Origin of Playing Cards, Dico and Dominoes. India and China the Source of These Pe culiar Playthings Some of tho Games I'lityed by the Mongolians. Who would suppose that playing cards were orig-innlly derived from the knuckle bones of sheep? Vet such is the fact. If you do not believe it, ask titewart Culin, othnoloirl-1,, attached to the University of l'uints.i Ivmia, who, according to the Washington .-Star, lias made the study of gantcs, from the scientific point of view, his specialty. The so-called knuckle bones are famil iar enough, being used to this day by children in various parts of the world. They are the ankle bones of the sheep, and are four-sided. It seems odd to find that dice in Arabic are culled by a name which means ankle bones. Xo body knows how long they were first employed for playing games. One day it occurred to somebody that a cube was butter adapted ,to the purpose. That must have happened in very an cient times, for the Komans of old had dice which were just like our own, even to the arrangement of the num bers on the faces i. e., the six opposit. the one, the five opposite the two, ana the four opposite the three. It will be observed that the sum of any two opposite numbers is always seven. This may have something to do with the fact that seven used to be regarded as a magical number, f )f the respect accorded to it there is evidence in many passages of the Bible. The most ancient cubical die known dates back to 000 B. C that is, twenty-live hundred years ago. It was found at Naucratus, a Greek colony in Iigypt. The earliest dice were made in pairs, right and left, like knuckle bones, one of which was always from tho right leg and the other from the left leg of the animal. Two dice were usually employed, because they were two knuckle bones. Mr. Culin says that dice probably originated in India. Prom that country they were carried to China, whence they have been dis tributed all over tho world. The Chi nese are great gamesters; they invent ed a modification of the dice, which is called the domino. Put two dice faces side by side aud you have the domino. Dominoes are said to have been, devised in the year 11:.'0 of the Chris tian era. by u Chine.se emperor for the amusement of Ids wives. It is tnoro likely, however, that they merely ob tained the imperial approval at that date. There are twenty-one possible throws with two dice, so twenty-onu dominoes may be regarded as natural dominoes. However the Chinese have doubled up some of the numbers so as to make a full set for playing thirty-two in all. All over eastern Asia the customary outfit of dominoes is thirty-two. Our dominoes, obtained by way of Europe, tire onlv twentv-ci'rht mil ore modified by the introduction of blanks. Tim domino game of Europe and America is the match game. It is played in China, but is an unimportant one tinning the many Chinese games of dominoes. The Chinese domino games are all of them dice games elaborated. Dominoes are also u:.ed in C'h'.ra, like dice, for for tune telling. That system of divina tion has an extensive literature of its own. The Chinese dominoes all have astrological names. In China cosmicai names aro given to the numbers on the dice. Six is the throw of heaven, ace is the throw of earth, four is the throw of man, while one and three are chosen to represent the harmony that unites heaven, earth and man. The throw of double five is ciiHod tin; "plum llowor," five and six is the "tio-t's head," four und six is "red-head ten." one and six is "long legged c.'veit." and one and five is "red mallet i . ' Those terms remind one of thoc ; . ii by negroes to various thro. :.i l in; game of "craps." On Chine e i' !!.n "one" and "four" are alwii; r v'iile the dots on the other face . : .Mr. Culin cannot as- fd,rn a. ", . . n for this with certainty. Tiii i i '. .: r.i to the : fleet that on oue i . :v. :n empemr of the Ming dyni. ,'y v.ts almost defeated in a game by his tju-eii. The only possibility for him to win vvum that the dice should turn up "fours." They did so, and he was so gratified that from that time forth the "fours" on all dice were marked in red. Take an ordinary domino of bone or wood, enlarge it, make it of paper, and it becomes a playing card. Mr. CuJin'a study of the subject has led him to t ie conclusion that this is the way in which the playing card was originally evolved. The evolution began with the knuckle bone, which became, a cul lieal die; the latter was transformed into a domino, and the domino, in its turn, was metamorphosed into a card. , A domino with two "lives'' on it repre sents the "tenspot" of the pack. The i origin of "king,'' "(juecn" and "jack" is unknown. Possibly a little light may be thrown upon the mystery by th! fact that the four sides of the knuckle bono are culled in Arabic the "shah," "vizier," "peasant" and "skive. ' The same names are given to the numbers on the cubical die, the six being the ":,h;:h." fine of the games played with dominoes in China is apparently tho prototype of whist. Nobody knows when dominoes and cards were introduced into liurope. We, in America, get all our games from Euro)x:; we invent no games. Poker is an old English raino modified. Mr. j Culin says that there a: 8 lo new i framo?.; those brought out from year to year are merely m-ylLlcritions of old ones. Games ar origiriate.d in prijai itiv sttjesof s.cial development. One would naturally supports that til" fpirmi:i" t'.i -.o; ',11 the "teetotern," must I e '( r'vi ! 'rim the. :.:.i.k; erig-in-il Miuree it . the c.ibici.l die. Appor t n'.ly t uch i, r. ,t the ear. Mr. Culin has trarel trie tc totem to Corca, v. lK-r.i li w-4.p;3 to Law. liuJ in U'g'.r,. , Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report tlJ B THE CHINESE LANGUAGE. It Is Not So Monosyllables as Is Commonly Supposed. Nor la It as Dllllcult to Learn as Ilear luif of It Would Lend One to Delleve Tho Method of Study. There arc about sixty thousand char acters in the Chinese language proper, but the average Chinaman no more learns all of these characters than the everyday American learns the one hundred thousand words in the Eng lish language. The Chinaman, howev er, learns on the average more than docs an American in a similar position in life. A Chinaman who can neither read nor write is a rarity, according to the New York Evening Post. Chinese is not a monosyllabic language, as many suppose, aud it is impossible to ittter in Chinese any but the shortest sentences in monosyllables. In writing the Chinaman makes oue complicated but integral character for each word, but. that word may be properly spoken in two, three or four syllables. His syllables are divided by no longer in tewuls than are his words, and that is what makes the language sound to a foreigner like a sing-song jargon. We do not know whether he is telling a story or attempting a song. The Chi nese perhaps thinks the same thing of an American who bites oif his words and swallows them or telescopes one into the other. Business men thrown in contact with Chinese merchants who speak pure Chinese say that it is not riflieult to learn. Instead of twenty-six letters, not including the useless &, the Chinese have five hun dred or six hundred syllables, and these are combined into various forms to make the sixty thousand words in their "dictionary." These syllables vary in meaning uecording to the tone hi which they are spoken er the strokes used in writing them. A Chinaman can unite any two of the six hundred syllables and make an intelligent word. This is not the case with the English language. This flexibility is perhaps owing to the shortness of their words (seldom more than three syllables) and the tone or strokes belonging to the syllables when spoken or written. A syllable may mean one of n hundred things, and its particular meaning is limited by placing another syllable of similar significance before or after it, using; its particular tone, or stroke when writ ing. Sometimes the syllables are uttered in such rapid succession that they seemingly form one word, but the trained Chinese ear notes the tones, and he is easily understood the marvelous subtleties of accent convey ing the expression to a nicetv. He does not have to state a proposition, and then, in order to make himself elear, restate it by the usual "or, in other words." There are no "other words" with the Chinese. The tone gives the meaning. The Chinese have a system of two hundred and fourteen radicals, having various strokes from one to seventeen, which are combined with the characters. IOach radical lias a separate meaning, generally denot ing1 the simplest object, as man, sky, earth, water, king. The student first learns these, which answer to the A II C; he next studies the syllables, or combinations, and thus he has learned to read and spell. (irottping the syllables into words depends upon his powers of speech or of composition in writing. What is popularly known as "slang" is not known to the Chinese. Their language is sufficiently copious without resorting to the brutal forms of speech. The most withering con tempt or the keenest of satire may be expressed in the politest terms. Domestic IHuleet. There are many wonderful dialects in existence, as readers of modern lit erature sti's Ilert'er's Magazine, have o Only SGc. Read This All Through. ? THTJV Newest Peslirns. Indltii Styles, Perfect Patterns n jr'J1- ff.r l.iwlli.ii ti.s..M anil , 'I.i 1.1 '.., , Ui. ,,,-!. 1 1 1..., I. .... Jf'$'t0t NiTSk. Va-hhin Notes. Health and iloiiuty. Fancy Work! ? A. 'trA-f:J X. .X IlcailUfilllv lllustrnMid Hua-trmtlons. HtorUw. .')IMn.n'a 8 FiW i kil for ill" only 60c. 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The same domestic, while cleaning up in a hallway adjoining the library in which her employer was engaged in writing, thinking that he might prefer not to witness the operation of polish ing up the fioor, entered the room and said: "Mr. J , do you want the door cluz or the curtains elrew?" DANGEROUS COASTING. ' A Funny Incident or n Trip Down a Nor way Mountain. The Norwegian kjoelkc are queer little carriages about six feet long, made for the descent of snow-clad mountains. They rarely exceed a foot in width, and are raised some eight or ten inches on runners. In his right hand tho rider carries a long pole, varying from twelve to eighteen feet iu length, with which he is able to steer. The author of "A Winter .Taunt to Norway" tells a true story of kjcelke coasting, which is always dangerous, but seldom as funny as in the present case. A gentleman was riding his kjcelke down from llolrnenkollen, and before him on the road he saw a lady and gentleman walking. lie called loudly to them to get, out of the way, but either they did not hear or his pace was too great, and they did not move aside. As he rushed madly on, his little kjrclke, beforo he knew what had hap pened, whipped up the lady, and there tihe was sitting in front of him. What was his astonishment to find that he was conveying an utter stranger down the mountain-side at this breakneck pace! He was loo busy and too breath less to speak, and they sped away. The lady knew that she must sit quite still, and after the first shock she tucked her feet away and remained in quiet bewilderment until they reached the bottom. There they stood aghast. Each bowed to the other. Each apologized, the one for being in the way, the other for bearing olT a lady so unceremoni ously. 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