OFFICIAL PAPER The... - HELPS THE WIDOWS 1 ias some 0 its oun. FOURTEENTH YEAR HEPPNER, MORROW COUNTY, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1897. WEEKLY rJO. 722) SEMI-WEEKLY SO 5071 The... NEVER ROBBED A Advertise in it and do - business. ' ,v- wr "w SEMI WEEKLY GAZETTE. rUBLISHID . Tuesdays and Fridays THE PATTERSON PUBLISHING COMPANK. OTIS PATTERSON, A. W. PATTERSON. . - - . Editor Business Manager At $1.S0 por year, $1.2.1 for six months, 75 ota. tot three monwa, strictly in advance. - . Advertising Rates . Made, Known on Application. THIS PAFKB is kept on file at E. C. Dake's Advertising Agenojr, B4 and 85 Merchants Exchange, Ban Frenoisoo, California, where cou TaoU f or advertising can be made f or it. 0. R. & N.-LOCAL CARD. Train leaves fleppnor 10:05 p. m. daily, except Sunday. Arrives 4:55 a. m. daily, except Mon- d$'est bound passenirer leaves Hcppner June Mnn 9'1lii in font bnnnd 12:51 a. m. Freisht trains leave Heppner Junction going east at 10:43 a. m. and 8:45 p. m. ; going west, 5:30 p. m. and 6.45 a. m. Timber Culture, Final Proof. Notice for Publication. TJhitbd States Land Offici, The Dalles, Oregon. Deo. 1, 1896. "VTOTIOE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT RICH- ard W. Kobison, of Eight Mile, Uregon, has filed notice of intention to make final proof before J. W. Morrow, county clerk, at his office in Heppner Oregon, on Saturday the Kith day of January, 1897, on timber culture application No. 2'65, for the N W J4 of section No. 25, in town ship No. 8 south, range No. 24 east He names as witnesses: John W. Allstntt, Charles Ingraham. John S. Ingraham, Aaron 8. Haines, all of Eight Mile, Oregon. 4tf8-6.il jab. jr. muukis, register. McClure's Magazine For 1897 SEVEN GREAT SERIALS Notice of Intention. rAND OFFICE AT THE DALLES, OREGON, J Dec. 3. 1896.. Notice is hereby given that the following named settler has filed no tice of his intention to make final proof in sup port of his claim, and that said proof will be made before Joseph L. Gibson, ll. S. Com., at Lexington, Oregon, on January 29, 1897, viz: JUSTUS A. MILLER, Hd . E. No. 6482. for the NE4 See 81. Tp 1 N, R 26 E, WM. He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon and cultivation of, said land, viz: OHn 8. Hodsdon, William Browning, Edward F. Browning, Jeff Evans, all of Lexington. Or. J AS. F. MOORE, 499-109 Register. Notice of Intention. QgTIOIA.Tj BIBBCTOBT. United States Officials. f resident Qrover Cleveland Vice-President Ad ai Btevenson Beoretarjr of State Biohard 8. Olney Secretary of Treasury John Q. Carlisle Secretary of Interior E. R. Francis ttocrelary of War Daniel 8. Laniont Secretary of Navy Hilary A. Herbert Postmaster-General William L. Wilson Attorney-General Ju.lson Harmon Secretary of Agriculture J. Sterling Morton State of Oregon. Movernor W. P. Lord Secretary of State H. R. Kinoald Treasurer Phil. Metschan Bnpt. Public Instruction t. M. Irwin Attorney General C. M. Mleman u . ( G. W. McBrirle Senators J H. Miihll t liinaer Hermann Congressmen w K- EUi Printer ....W. H. Leeds !K. 8. Bian, F. A. Moore, C. K. Wolverton Sixth Jndlelul District. Circuit Judge Stephen A. Lowell Prosecuting Attorney U. - Morrow Conuty Glacial. I AND OFFICE AT THE DALLES OREGON, J Dec. 17, 1896. Notice is hereby given that the following-named settler has filed notice of his intention to make final proof in support of his claim, and that said proof will be made before E. L. Freeland. U. S. Commissioner, at Heppner, Oregon, on February, 6th, 1897, viz: HARRISON CUMMINGS, Hd. E, No. 28fiS, for the NW1 NW)4 Sec 27, Ntt NE!4andSvU4NE4 8ec28, Tp5 8, R25E. He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon and cultivation of, said land, viz: Charles H. Bullls, Jamfcs H. Wyland, Joseph Bannister, Walter Bennett, all of Hardnian, Oregon. J AS. F. MOORE, 503-13. - Register. i A New Life of Grant by Hamlin Garland. The first authoritative and adequate Life of uraut ever puoiisiiea. (Begins in December.) Rudy&rd Kipling's first American serial, "Captains Courageous." (Begun In November.) Robert Louis Stevenson's "St. Ives.", The only novel of Stevenson's still unpublished (Begins in May.) Charles A. Dana. "Recollections of War Time." Mr. Dana was for three of the most critical years of the Civil War practically a member of Lincoln's Cabinet, and is probably better fitted than any other man living to give an authoritative hiBtoiy of this period from his recollections and correspondence. Portraits of Great Americans. Many of them unpublished. In connection with this series of portraits it is intended to publirh special biographical studies under the general title of MAKtti.3 ut run uimu;m irom waamagton to Lincoln. Pictures of Palestine. Specially taken under the editor's direction. Stories of Adventure. A serial by CONAN DOYLE, in which he will use his extraordinary uuei i ior mystery ana mgeuuity wnicu nave, in tne "aneriocK Holmes stories, given nim a place beside roe and Uabonau. TEN FAMOUS WRITERS IAN MACLAREN, All the fiction that he will write during the coming year, with the exception oi two contributions to another publication which were engaged from nun long ago, will appear in Mc'Clukk's Magazine. JOEL CHANDLER IIARRI3. A series of new animal stories lu the same field as the "Brer Rabbit" and the "Little Mr. Thlmbleflnger" stories. RUDYARD KIPLJNO. Besides "Captains Courageous." Kipling will contribute to McCWRK's an oi me snort stories ne win write miring tne coming year. OCTAVE THANET is preparing for the Maoazinb a series of short stories iu which the same characters win appear, altnougn eacn will be complete in itself. Anthony Hop Bret Hart Robert Barr Frank R. Stockton Stanley Weyman Clark Russell EXILES FH0AL RUSSIA. Remarkable Sucoosa of the nonites in Kansas. Men A 8elf-8usta!iilnr and Independent People Who Have Nothing to lo With the Outside World Save la a tom.iicrclal Way. yuick as are Americans to criticise the manners and customs of Russia, and inferior as the subjects of the czar are frequently considered, the settlers on the western prairies might well learn a lesson of the Russians who have their unique settlements among them, The Mennonites, exiled from southern Russia because, of their religion, made as systematic an exodus as did the Is raelites of old, says a Kansas corre spondent of the St. Louis Globe-Democrat. They sent out their agents to spy out the land, and purchased one hundred thousand acres of the Santa Pe and Kansas Pacific railways for Highest of all in Leavening Powr. Latest U. S. Gov't Report mm tr BOHEMIAN FELINES. Country Oats and Their Perlpa , tetlo Propensity.- They Pretend to Be Exclusively Somes to la Their Tendencies, But They Are Base Dutslniula- , tors. . All cats are more or less Bohemian, though many, owing to circumstances homes. Then the people packed up beyond their own control, are precluded Bret Hart Stanley Weyman will all have stories in McClure's for the coming year. Notice of Intention. t AND OFFICE AT THE DALLES. OREGON 1.J Dec. 21, lH'.Ki. Notice is hereby given that the following named settler has filed notice of his intention to make final proof in support of his claim, and that said proof will be made before i. W. Morrow, county clerk, at Heppner, Oregon, on teurnary i, imi. vis : DV.VID BAKER, Hd E. No. 5981, for the 8WU See VI, Tp 1 B, R W , W M. He names the following witnesses to prove I his continuous residence upon and cultivation of snld land, vis: Beniamln F. King, William T. King, James I M. Hamblct, Thomas . WUinelm, allot lone, Oregon. JAS. F. MIIIIKK, 503-13. Register. These are only a small fraction Of the great and Important features of McClukk's Magazine for 1897, the subscription priee of which is only One Dollar a Year The new volume begins with November. Subscriptions should start with this number. The S. S. McClure Co., New York. Joint Benntor Kcpresnntative. inoiity, lodge ' Commissioners., J. W. Beckett. " Clerk " Sheriff " Treaanrer A tWAflAOt" esse rJorTtiyor gohool Bup't... llurouer , A. W. (owan J. N. Brown .A. (J. Hart holomew J.U. Howard J. W. Morrow E. L. natlck , frank Uilliain .....J. f. Willis J. W. nornor , Jay W. Hhinloy 11. P. Vnnghan aiPMEB TOWN OFKTOMS. ,Uo Thos. Morgan n..u:i., - H. Horner. K. J. Slumo. r'nuik Rown. Ueo. Cooser, Frank fttlliam Arthnp Uinor. Hsconlw .r-.'M liool5 FruinM E. Lw Frwland Marshal ....i A. A. Bxiberta freeiacl OfBeer. Jnitlra nf tha Pan W. K. Kieharrlaon ConsUbU. N. 8. WlmUtone , Halted Nates Usd Offieers. m mi. i. an ok. 1. 1. Moor R-gialer A.B. Hucm lUoMver LA aSAMDSL OL O F Wll.n Roalater J. H. Kobliina Umivr N JUSTICE'S COURT FOR THE H1XTH Dis trict, State of Oregon, County of Morrow. Minor it Co., et al., l'laiutllls, vs. Ben Honnen. Defendant. To Ben Poppen, llefeudant: in me name oi me rinie oi reion. we com mand yon to appear before the undersigned, a I Justice of the l'eace In Heppner. in snld County I and rttaUt, on or before the atth day of December, I 1W. at the nour oi tzo ciocg in tne anernoon oi snld day, at my nltlce In the snld tow n to answer I the complaint nf Minor al.. founded on I express contracts and wherein they demand the I sum ol one Huimreo 1 w.niy sn ami lo-im uoi-1 lira, for which sum ludaineiit will be rendered iKnlnut von If tou fail so to appear and answer I sain roinpiaini. oiven miuer my nana mis i7in nay or nov. . P., 1 '.. . A. Kll llAKUKUW, 411.1.06. Justice of the l'cce. ssJDomjBT socximxa. KAWLIN8 POST, NO. IL 0. A. B. MwUatlsiintton.Orth Im Batordar ol ark month. AirveUnas are Invited to V. t;G. rVioti. Uso.V7.Bhit. Adiataot, tf Coalman' If, D. J. McFaul, M. D. At Mrs. H. Welch's Residence. Night telephone eonnortion with the i'atoo Uutel. E. L. FREELAND, -Ml? COLLECTIONS, w'Tia INSURANCE, wff ABSTRACTS. U. S. LAND COMMISSIONER. Land mingl and final Proofs Taken. STESOGRlim KOTIBY ITIHC national w oi Mm mn. PKKLAX0. tB. ft. ftllllOP. traslat. rankle. nuNsicn i GLvmi mm bcsimss COLL.KOTIONS MsvU oo Fsofl)l Trma. EXCHANGE BOUGHT & SOU n EITHER tf OKF-OON First National Bank Of !! KITS Ell C. A. "Ml, T. A. "Nil, GCO. W. CONtCR. S. W. SPIMCCN. SUMMONS. A Campaign Of Education How to Get it $ r aa For 4) J.UU their household goods and came to America. On the depot platforms they landed, wearing sheepskin coats, the woolly sido out, and black kerchiefs over their heads. They carried iron teakettles and regarded the gazing Americans with as much curiosity as they themselves attracted. They built their villages of yellow limestone, the houses having queer hip roofs, green bunds and double doors like those seen in a mill. Curious ovens in which prairie hay or straw could be burned overcame the lack of fuel, and a street looked for all the world as though it had dropped out of an illustration in a Siberian sketch. Such names as "Catlv from iriving free pluy to their propensv ties, which accordingly remain unde veloped all their lives. But country cats h ave every opportunity of Indulging their tastes for a more wild, irregular and lawless life than the domestic hearth affords, and not a few avail themselves freely of the chance. Of this class of cats there are several va rieties; but three are sufficient for the present purpose. There is, first of all, says the St James Gazette, the dissimulating cat, which pretends to be an exclusively domestic animal, lives a great deal in the parlor or drawing-room, and gener ally reminds one of the stories toia oi A BULLET-PROOF ERE ASTPLATfc Che Invention of a German Tailor to I Protect Soldiers. Frojectile makers in recent years , have expended much money, time and ' ingenuity in increasing the efficiency of the various missiles that come with in scope of their endeavors, and they have undoubtedly achieved some won derful results. But of what use is it all? No sooner is the projectile im proved to the extent of demolishing the likeliest object of its attack than some counter improvement is made to defeat the improved projectile. Armor plate is made too strong to be pene trated by missiles of the greatest known penetration, and then missiles are made to penetrate the armor, and stronger armor has to be made. So the inventors in the two lines keep playing seesaw with one another, now one up and now the other, until it seems as if their rival efforts must produce about the same result as if neither had ever begun, and as if the host way to end it all was to mutually agree to do noth ing. Here is a German tailor in Mann heim, for instance, says the London News, who had apparently defeated erine stadt," "Leberthal" and "Pfeif- burglars ana otner cnmma u the lately gained and much lauded in fer" grace their towns, and no man not posed before the world as exemplary A penetratiiig power of the Ger- QHPflBflLLELEQ 8 OIITJSl NOTICE OF INTENTION. f AND OFFICE AT THE IMLLKH, ORF.OON. I j Nov. HI. 1HUS. Notice la herely given that the followlni-iiamed settler has tiled notice of her Intention to make final proof in smort ol I hir claim, and that snld proof will he made I before J. W. Morrow, County Clerk, at llcppuer, I Oregon, on January '.'in, I.', vis: MARTHA C. F.MRY, ft Martha C. Hosklns, Hd. No. XW, lor the N W and N BW I. To li. R E. W M. he name trie following wimeaoa to prove i her continuous residence upou and oultlvatlon of, said land, vis: Nrlaon Complon, James H. Bmltn, K" inert Kntshtra. Weeley Comiwn. all of llardmaa, I "'"' 4' -06 Register. Notict of Intention. T AND OFFICE AT I.A ORASIiK. ORKOOM, I J lee. a. IKM. Notl.-e la hereby given thai tlx foliowlng nanied settler haa fllad nolle ol his Intention n make fliwl prip( m Siitn ol Ma claim, aol tnal aM proitl will n aaie tm lore County Clerk of Morrow ronntT. Oregon, at Ueppaer, Ornron, n January 1 WTJ, VU; THOMAS MrlSTlKK, H. R Ko. lor tb KEU fta 19, Tp I H, R IS K. W M. II name I he I.. Mowing wit neves to prove his eonllmiotis realdenr upon aad cultltalloD el, aald land, vis; Thomas illRllln, A let Cnrnett. Jama Me Inllre and Jama Johueun, all nf llepmier. Or. a. r. wiij!. loo 10, swetater To be educated one must read the beet literature. The best literature is expensive. Lsli'a llluatratad Wkly, Published at 110 Fifth Avenue, New York, Is full of the best things. Its illustrations are superb; its stories charming; and Its literary departments ere edited with eon- lummate skill. 8uch a paer is a great popular educator. It should be to every hmna. The sulwcrlptlon price ol Lsll'a Is (I per annum. Ws make lh uiiamllcled oiler ol a copy of Leslie's Illustrated Weekly and our Semi Weekly one year for only $5.00. No such offer was ever made U lore. No such offer will ever be mad again. These two papers make a moat acceptable Christmas or birthday (tit, and will be constant reminders of tb giver's kindness. Remit by postal order or check to the y Heppner, Orccon. WEEKLY The MONTHLY Outlook pwkllak tvery Saturday Vidftt VtM lUM Cat Am'I Cm ftTOCl BRAKtm. Wkll re aMO roar aabaeriptiu paid pr aakaav yur braol ia trt aftar. Itor. P. O , H.nar, Ov-H inns, Fltl Ufl hoahWi aUa. same n Ml kip. "lMt4. Hi lUMmaa. t.-Hwwat lmaM i am rivhl alo. i siu bedd hm am A law terande I I tm Ism nhl ihUlki aailia aaa brada riht aiwaldee, a4 1 o 4 rVsU aa. IWt. A f MIMfRnvM.aierWManl m. t aiUa. awaao nttl h oi a SMfB aunara ep mtl Ml a4 mki la rtakl. lawgWaa. W II .Oathm. OrTattU, IP" rlatil 'V mlnf"! la aart k i rsaa, A I) a Mt at. Fir Vs. rwUa. O -ReM brU4 Fi t a Ml lldaf. ssMli Saas mm MUip. hut Sm rvM . rvmL I. A n.rrav Os.-4'aMK LF wa rlM tsi iw f with kar aav rlM kwi4a. tnmmm, Warev, II . T H inn kr4a4 H I a tit left .i,.i.W eaiila beawt J tm enrM Mth mimm aaiiliil s MS . W s M f smt, Jnhe.. Petit. Ia. Oe W wis. eieetT m lart eitw- eattla m a eM kip, a4a kail I riaM aa atatt a Mt am Imsi.M ka. Hart, rn -ll.aaaj keaalal ftkl mm Mi kip aiMaMlai rup a Mt aan tnaa a rM IsatarlMVa sHias .-! L Hia a rn aM Mt aVtaa. rnllat Inr ka Is fl aar aad aaar M tm4 mmt, H-ieaam ea a Ian aswfcaw. kmsim uiwiaaaii aa aaliait. ai Ml 13 Astor Place New York Tru v1 I Crttrjl Mlsf Eiutta, EXCHANGE ra ail per mt i wi4 Bought and Sold. fataviva) a4 mm ail pat! parpiq aM k4l'l4t lt T , ait aaaaas ae r4 a as aaM M. M. l a ma la" at t n4ii aM a I da,vaaiilllll. ' an. IWMI: Tb Ontlooh will ba la K7, as II bs beeo during ob ol iU Iwentf atvea years, Uwtory of Oar O't Tim. I ila various diUrial dpf InieeU Tb Ooliiiok (I aooBpaot riw of tb rid' f rogTaas j follow iln ear all lb ItaporUat fbtlanlbroiylo tad la dost Hal movers a l of tb day; baa romplvt department of religion ns; deer.lM mark (par to lb tnlrtl al lb bona; rtis orranl llliiat; farkUb" tbswrtal Ubl-Ilk tbnat m d Ibtag: sod, la short, aim to air flesh Iol'.ftuatloo, original otawnratioa, aaj rtaaonaU anWHainm!. Regtftblog iib lb fifty fiiftb VoUm. tb pa par will asanas lb rf alar mga gin 'i wbieb will adJ (lt la It .tLit. aad aitrartiv, Tb m. . o.-a L mm W OalW 1 pt-llLJ vry HalarJay a4 asM.t mm MM aa. M- ' C ft y to iaenaa a ar. Ib Df si lasu lo eb asoalfe i an ItlatUaUd Mf ta KamWr, .aliblf bonl I In as many pa a lb ordinary e'ia, flbaf Mb somUf of putntrnm. Tb rritf Tl. Oitlwb I I bra dultar a yr ia a.lran, ut I Ihaa a rati! a day. Read lr Staxkavaa -py oJ i4r 4 pr(lo to Tb Oalbauk, II ' IW, K T-wb C'H. Tb la Is Tuar Opwrt unity On rreoiit of Utk rent, cab or aiana, a ienaroua aainpl mill b inailed of the ni'ml jmpular Cntnrrb and Hay Ksver Cur (Uv's Cnnni Iialm) anITieiaiit 14 nVuon- slral tb Rri rnerils if Ui retuwlj. lly i uonir.iis, CO Varrru t k, Kew York City, n.. T, I.- n.i.i i. .1 r:ua w.ii. Vf i raoniumeniled Kly's ( ream tlin lo m. I au in'i ajr n Utr cur llev. Kran UburUi, llubma, Aioiit r.Iy's Crenm Tn'm U U a4inn1dird run fur ra'orrn and ruatain no aaereury but as,y laJurXHts arvg. ATlaa, 61 naniieq r.tj m mm iaiin iu mm. i Jean acttlcr l.l aa.r b s a'auiuenl. "It I a posi. UnU(.,i to , r fur uiUrrli U BaeU aadiraoUd." .i . t nsnrl. W. l o.4e. l'astor Cssnlral I. ,. , POPULAR FALLACIES. U.1 e, J W Hrta CI . Haeaa ka4- I. aa a aa Ml eu4ari aaHai mmmm mm Ml kia. vauia ar tmm taa aula I hi - aflla. ttaalaflsliaslilw. . Wtta mt. o-N. Da I Maaa, a a Ml aval tat , J. W .. aakla. i I.ii.j U mm taf s"aei mlm mmm wa rtM k. ilna ia. II a .U.-Haeaa I F mm M aMMa. I .a- I M .!. n. -M-eaax. aa. aaMa . a. .a. m, aauia, aaa a M ks SaW . Waal . ft - P)- Mttiaiar. IWUa. ;a HM ka. I JO ai ,a t l ttn,a. It. - I .Hla t' a Mi fc-a as? mr t a"-t I Ml paa. I irr.'jea.L ! -"" --e i Mt a,,a w. n n n i .!-. j Taraa. a W iw-Waj -,ial t I , f( fill II I ,,, as aaa (Ma V.ea-e, P. " - W -aaaj iaa , Sag IK .Ua k ta (HBBa. Vanted-ln Ideascr -: ::r . , 'r.zzr-- sv:zz P 1 1 1 c H I W kna j 'imm m jttm G2Tv-77 a- aar t naa -a aewna fjwaea f w mm ' aa.A.at aat " - a all' eat a I Sm aa4 ata i . I - aew ' r--a aa -- as M.i.. aa. That a "h1 appttlt la always blia. Tn at It I wtirth ivhil iBAmertna' a BaWOftncL To AT trratlng on a velvet carpet dl fl lb anul. That ratllnr It a lanrUeati trill lm- pnr a Ixek ) ar.l. Tast Ui txaitio babit I anaboralna lin and a anar. That a taat fir liquor I on of lb ymptiBi tit f rniua. TuaT Il a ler U analyt a dud titan rarlxinlo-arUI a. TRAf n'jetn.ie knovIe.ig ran rmrrhaa a R-rrnl rlyar. TraT rat watt ! 1 aimnff rnrmgh to pr net rat a l-rlrk 11. TaT therv'a rti'r arienra In f- brvakliiir U'n Ihi-r I In ijiirr. TnT !). w '.H Iha rtMait Sprn- l ffMeVrine'.t U p lh lt tllll. TnT tl.. mn ! ar all pl. i are . U a(l lit Wal.ifn. - J '? . . , IN COLLICC ANO ttCr'COL. r.l Mliira I' J I'l'iu a I a.-.-i I r a tie lit ft a" a I l-r turrra. A elective .,i,r-' in v '.Mioii l.aa twutfj bat a it" t. I t . j iul..r at aaaar witn'Ht n fi,'n rr.iiHi in.1a"tr.-.t l.i.i . i. f h n r-tr ;.l.-ie. 111 l tla !- I t wwi'fM iv , ,, (l.ag ft f J'.f I V .. Al ( ".. . fth 1 I i ." r.. I I p )! .f . l'..t. An. '(i,.,U . ,,'lr died In K-- IJ . t t f 01 rf .il yt r I . . , t i 1 i. . i . SilI.U.iir !' ii't '.f lnlil k' 'a' ' tk I aiVa-l ktaW. i. Wot b d. of Mennonite persunsion is allowed in side the limits aa a resident, though risitors are cordially welcomed. The Menonnites number several thousand, but they are never heard of in politics. They are busy tilling their one hundred thousand acres, raising stock, planting orchards and piling up wealth. The wide-awake westerner, standing on the street corner explain ing the "contraction of the currency" to a knot of listeners, sees a half-dozen odd-looking wagons come toiling up the road. They are loaded with wheat and solemn-faced Mennonnites,' who guide the soberer teams, pocket the payment and trudge homeward. The orators hold forth in the country schoolhouse, and the eager real estata agent plats additions to the towns, but the Mennonites pay no attention to either. They keep on selling wheat and corn and cattle until they have become the richest class of farmers. probably, their number considered, that Kanaaa affords. They take few papers, they do not vote, they cara nothing whether the government is re publican or democratic in its manage ment. They are as isolated as though they were upon a sea island, except ai they bring their produce to the station. It is noticeable that nearly all the lands are in the much discussed "arid belt," yet the Mennonites never ask aid or seed wheat. They prosper every year, and their homes are veritable storehouses of garden and field prod ucts. To step into them ia like a visit to the land of Volga. Curious furni ture, strange garb and peculiar hab it impress one with the feeling that he Is in another land and another age. The house ar for the most part sur rounded by atone wall and old coun try fashion in fencing barns, and Im plements are everywhere apparent Thry have their own minister, their own church and their own school. When a "higher" education I desired (and tome of the young people are as forward In their ambition for learning a American youth) there I plenty of money in the village bank lo arnd them to Kurope or to some eastern col lege to acquire It During the last year, when common complaint of hard time went np from the dwellers on the plains, when seed wheat has been arnt by the thouaand bushels to Amer ican settler. Hi Kusaiana have con- thrive. Their old-fashioned re come regularly lo lh railroads, and ear-load after car-load of wheat ha been sent aaU Lumber dealer in the towns wlirr they do their buying aay that there lis been no diminution In their purrhaars, and that by far the largrr prtton of their yards' aalea bav gon lo their Kuaaiaa euatomrra, Tber I an Important lea aon in their uecra. Thry bav ahowa by their work what Industry and fra- gatlty ran accomplish upon the prai rie, and what can L done with lh rbbt bind of effort. Mill It I doubt ful If tb Amertraa aettler eotjhl bring almarlf ami bl family lo lb grinding sntium y of Lnrtipraa peasant III which lb Mennonllr bav lra MsaWd la their settlement. Re lealeruhk) Wkll Tra valla la aool thr, Tb Uaton l'ertfl system hU it train throagho! by learn heal from lh sogin. tbua mk leg tvery part of all It ear plal and omf or table, ll alao ligbt lis ear by lh MlehraUd l'lalanb LaaUl maklag IUm brllllMl at Bight ranfr rarrtrd daily on th fast malt, for laafieg ear rrvUaa, lirku, or I- formal k, rail rm or addr R W. lunar, 0a. At, IK Third bL. Port land, Oragoa. ! ....I a. 4eaMae Tit ili womf 1 1 of e ! v!lr Ibrtl litt leir l !.. fttot i:inif or a aleaini r ba li r awd "i itiui h with i Inrrvaaai In i;.c .f-. f lr that nvet Ut u.rii I, . le-en ina'U Into lha anl Jrel With h W tt ni.allfjlag lli lnnrnU in ranged ! rHKaan- ger. An 'J-f!ut baa leB ilrviaad f.i miiriritf '1 frf llr rlnf lh k l.rali.m A il th irU ga.ix-l with r : r i. and UtrmA li. vil.'at.' li I si Urn i,l.rv. In re.r l I oe tm m I 111 Urira fast snr rhBt ill mrntmr. i he ail Idea I Ibal Ibia ! i l' lo eti"B f l,e Jem. i "ul i , giif Tin. b.nar. a etn.iirt.il , f..r , imh found that l, it r I, iiU'i '.' !y l'i Ilia einiwm) al(tt the l.rtlt.l t ri'f revolwli.is. sf Ik f r'a tt.d lb BUBter f IW at'ea f lis akin. citizens for years, have perhaps been church wardens or elders, and all the time have been pursuing the most ne farious practices in secret A cat of this kind, however, is not, strictly speaking, a gypsy cat Iler domicile is always the same. She merely slips out on the sly to enjoy a little sport by niirht. while all her friends and rela tiona. that believe strictly In her vlnue. are sound asleep. She is out long enough, however, to do a good deal of mischief; and when she comes in with the milk looks as innocent as if she hod never heard of fur or feathers. She has probably had a game supper, which ac counts for the heavy sleep In which sh Indulges during th remainder of the day, and which Imposes on all but thos who are behind the scenes. These cats, if they have reputable be' lontrinffa, will not be deliberately shot by the neighboring game keepers; but their respect for Farmer So-an-So, or lor the clergyman or th doctor, will not prevent them from setting trap where kuch cat are likely to prowl, and if pusa walks into one they cannot help it. Some fine morning she is probably missed from the breakfast table; and when in lime it Becomes ev Ident that she will return no more th virtues of the deceased are extolled to the skies, and the wretch who would in jure so harmless and amiable a pet con' slimed to the bottomless pit. A more straightforward and Indepen dent cat ia the one that cares very little for the comfort of civilization and rarely sleeps in any human habitation. but divides it time between the woods and fields in fine weather anil barns. arables and outhouses which it fre quents in th winter. This cat, of coarse, la m systematic poacher, though It will take to rata and mice when ther la nothiuj betUr to b bad, while at the same time It keeps np connection with Bome eottaire or farmhouse to which it can fiy for refuge in emergencies. Thla cat will lie In the turnips like a hare ur rabbit aa long as it la dry weather, and when disturUHl will dart oft to the cot tage aforesalil, and, jumping upon some coign of vantage, will stand with lull erect, swearing in a moat prepoaU'rous fmhlon and making bellrve all the time that It bi the cat of the hoiia. This, we mean, Is what It will do if it eariipr with life from the shooting party who first roused ll; but, a It usually lias to run the ordeal of live or sis barrrls, th chance are considerable aginat it 'While it lives, however, the eat In question ba a pleaaunt and eomforta bl eiintrncw. In the aiiniiin r and early autumn It lie about In the c- , brilge-rows and standing corn, living delklouaty on young rabl.it, partriba, and whatever rise 11 ran catch of flesh or fowL A tb weather grow cooler It return to th anug winter quarter In the old barn or hayloft, whrre It nestle warmly In the straw, and whi n tin d of vermin fln.la a pleasing variety In the sparrow. TM rat ba hi regu lax wtutrr and sumimr hsatita, drpi l) rvatrsliiU of dtimaaiirkty. ami, aa Maeaaley l of lkyo and havagn, la aa Irreclaimable a th wild aa. Mill b la not altogether a wild eat II I on frb ndly term with U.o wagoner and thraebor, and on very cold night Will aotnrtlllir ron.h'errnd to li U f .r mttkg" Br. Hut them I BlMdher animal wlwiin e-mnlry awi1 grin-rally call a wild rat, ami who really ib - re th name, th-rtiifli riot U longing to th grnuin wlld-t eprrlr With tlwi abort, Stumpy tall, wlm h la now all but s tinrl In the aouUirru j.aru of lirwal LUiUln. .Raw I Cr all Rkl Masaaea HimpXf apply "risya' OlnlmflL, Ui latarnal mUnia rqairL ('ir tall, iimm, lleb, all vpimia o lh faa, baada, v. A., Ivlag lh sain bar, bibtaadbaaltby. It '! b.,l Mg sad srUv Oowar ar pMael by ao ciba rnidf. Ask year drug gist for Bwat't Oialnsact. man riflo bull. He has Invented or dis covered some substance which resists bullets in a way that greatly astonishes military men, and the army magnates are after his secret. Military commis sions have inado numerous tests and declared the results most satisfactory. The inventor has made the material into a sort of cuirass or breastplate in tended to be fastened to the uniform at the shoulders and the thighs and weighing only six pounds. The sur face of the breastplate is of ordinary military cloth, and the resisting sub stance is put underneath. Uf course it leaves the head, arms and legs ex posed. At one of the tests a life size dummy figure of a soldier was dressed up with one of the shields and set up to be fired at. Ptotoncof the bullets that struck tho figure went through the materiul. They were found Im bedded in the coat, all of them flat tened by the resistance oUcred. In or der to find the probable eiTectof the bullet'! upon a human body the dummy was covered wilh soft material under tho breastplute, and the effect upon it was but a slight ih-presMon, less than a tenth of mi inch liein-ath where the bullet struck. It seems likely, there foro, that a soldier wearing the itrnior would suffer some pitiu on being struck by a bullet, and lit a t.hort distance might even bo rendered Insensible, but It Is thought he could tmt be si-riously injured. SHE GAVE HIM THE GRIP. And Thereby Caused a I iiiiiiiiolloii In lh 1 healer. At the theater one night two g.Mitle ien sat In the trout row, next to the orchestra, liirm lly behind them sat a gentleman and his wife. A few Mo ments Ik-fore tho curtain vt cut up one of the gentlemen In the front row put his ami on the back of his companion's cat. While talking to bis friend he felt a slight pinch on the arm. On loolilng arutind he wiw that the lu.lv twhind him hud turiiud to look up I i Ihu bal cony, and In so iluln f ha I pl.i.-ed her hand on hU unti. Ki-ali.tiig Hint ah had done a-i unuoiiia ioiii.lv. lm did not move bis briti, an tUu lUx-lii-alrr I'nlon-Adverti.er. So. m, however, he felt a lu.r I plm lu Thinking that tint bent wny to rail th ludy'a attention to whttt she tvaa doing would In' to a k if anyihiiig u wunted, the gi-iitU'iuun turned and Bhlo-.l: What U II. nmdunir' "Mr?" wti.l th.. l.i.ly. and iiumrMliah. ly the liUhbulid bli .1 lip, "Wkul do you ini nn l y sin aUliig to tny wife?" ho iI.'iiihii'I. d. "Ikiu't nn-nn BiivtHing,n wasther ply, "but I would like to know what your w ifr tiiesna by pint hig my arinT Then Im.IIi iii.-ii I.Kikcl a I lint lady' ham!, whi. li i.l. II rv(rd on Hi arm. Itotli siinli-d. Im i hiiim a I. tMu m-rvou and x.hitl' d. I Miriiiir th rrsl of lh (rf..rmain the U ly kept bet hand In her tn'ifT. HOnT .NO 0VECT. Tai ala.otwi.unn lirlng fligktl feiU Bl bttliU rnl.lt t. A I ti hi Jiw d-e-a not always glv light to tlie roiintel ainr. Tsrrt.rat.f tl. f-ir Indian snj the r I n.lia'i w HI Ih blr of yon. As lihlo ;lil h f'.nr rve. 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