Main Rvtrlon Where tit Inhabitants
Havt One Ler Louver Than
the Other.
There is a hilly and Indefinite locality
on the border land of Poland and Ray
mond known a3 the Blackcat. Tradi
tion says that this name was bestowed
on the locality because in prehistoric
times a wandering hunter from the coast
settlements came upon a gigantic black
wildcat ana had a terrinc battle with
him somr -where in these hills. In course
of time the country Dnoame settled, but
the recollection of this battle clung tu
the hills, and so we have the name of
Blackcat to this day, says the Portland
(Me.) Advertiser.
a man traveling tnis section a year
or two since observed that all the Inhab
itants were ltme, or seemed to be, and
even the cows had "a slouch in their
gait." This so impressed him that he
asked a native whom he met the cause of
It. . The native Icol.ed at the stranger
and then at the surrounding hills and
ana men answerea: -wan, you see,
ther folks hae ter work on er side hill
all ther life. They begin when they're
chil'un and pick berries an' keep it up
when they grow olc!er an' plant taters
an' cut hoop-poles on Hit hills. Yer
see, one leg has ter kir!er stretch down
ter git er footin' an tother kinder shrinks
up to 'commodate the first un, so, yer
, it's nat'ral ter go onesided .'
" Wlirie Wm Excused.
The following note was recently
received by a Iligginsville (Kan.)
school teacher: "Respected Miss:
please excuse Willie for absents. He
fell downstairs just before school
time and we feered his internal in
sides was hurt at first, but they ain't.
The doctor says that no part of his
anattomy was hurt, but the brewz
lng of the eppytlermis of the outside
hie" ard also hU hipp hurt some.
But he narrowly escaped fatal death.
60 kindly excuse."
MOSQUITO IN WINTER.
Jnat Sleeps Awhile and Cornea Oat
j Fresh for Daalneaa In Warm
i Weather. 1
TOOTH DRAWING.
Its Horrors Ameliorated Somewhat ly
the Use of Electricity.
If you like you can now have a tooth
pulled painlessly and without gas h
electricity. Instantaneous? Why, of
course; but the point is that there is
no pain. You need not bother with
nitrous-oxide gas, which is very distressing-
iu its effects upon seme people,
suya the Cincinnati Enquirer.
The up-to-date dentist has a very
simple apparatus, which consists most
importantly of a battery not much big
ger than a cigar box. The person in t lie
dentist's chair grasps two handles
which are, connected with the batten
by wires. At the same time the opera- j
iui jus loa-ceps, wiiicn likewise
are on the end of a wire proceeding
from the battery. He touches the tooth,
completing the circuit, and instantly
a local anaesthesia is produced. The
tooth and neighboring gum are ren
deredfor the moment insensible to pain,
and out comes the offending molar or
incisor with a dexterous twist. Before
the patient has had time to realize what
has happened he is gleefully pa vine the
fee.
WAN In, D- 'Ladies and Gentlemen
in this and adjoining territories, to
represent and advertise the Wholesale
and Educational Denartinent of an eld
established house of solid financial
standing. Salary f:5.50 per day with
Expenses advanced each Monday by
check direct from headquarters. Horse
and buggv lurnished when necessary;
position permanent. Address, Blew
Bros. & Co., Dept. 4, Monon Bldg.,
Chicago, 111.
LOCAL MARKETS.
mm
aeppiier uuotatloiia oil Staples
uouglit and Sold Here.
Some Odd Mrknfltnea.
Nearly every prominent man of title
in England has a nickname and some
of these cognomens are a trifle odd,
For instance, Sir Michael Herbert,
British minister to Washington, Is
known as "Mungo," just why does
not seem to be clearly known; the
duke of Westminster is called "Bend-
Or," which was a Derby winnei
owned by his grandfather; the duke
of Marlborough is "Sunny," from
Sunderland, one of his many second
titles, and Lord Granville Gordon hai
his life answered to the name oi
"Granny."
DROLL SORT OF DUEL. '
I
' A fresh contribution to mosquito lit
erature is a pamphlet issued by the
board of health of Belmont, Mass., for
.'he instruction of the people of that
town in dealing. with the nuisance. It
is written by William Lyman Under
wood, lecturer in the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology. The pamphlet
advises the use of kerosene on all wa
ter where the mosquitoes may breed
and of pyre-thrum powder In the house
to kill or stupefy the adult mosquito.
Prof. Underwood says:
"It is very generally believed that
mosquitoes bite but once and then die.
This is bometimes so; but unless they
:.r: MV.cJ !r: ih? act of bltirgthcy usual
ly live to bite again. The female mos
quito (for it is only the female that
attacks human beings) bites many times.
It is owing to this fact that they are
able to convey the germs of malarial
lever fror:". person to person.
"The vest majority of mosquitoes
never get human blood for food. In its
absence they live upon the bloods of
birds and either animals, and, when they
are not to be found, upon the juice of
young and tender plants.
"It is not known just how long mos
quitoes can live, but their average life
is much longer than is ordinarily sup-
DOGS NOT WELCOME.
flow a French "Sparrow" Foutrht with a
"Itlackhlrd" Up a Tree.
One day the famous duelitst, Pierrot.
d Isaac, went to see his friend. Mar-
rjuis Merle de Sainte-Marie, pays the
M, Loins Mirror, it should be ex
plained that in French pierrot means
sparrow and merle means blaekbm.
"Marquis," nid d'Lsaaes, ''1 am a Bona-
part 1st and you are a royalist. More
over, I aia the sparrow and you are
be hlae!:l-ird. Doesn't it strike you
that there is one bird of us too many?"
'It precis; ly does," said the marquis;
"my cho!:e i.s pistols, and, a.s is ap
propriate for birds of our species, let
us light in the trees." As if it were
not a uuilk-i-ently ridiculous thing that
one man f-h 011 Id challenge another be
cause his mare was Sparrow and the
other Blackbird, the. duel was actually
fought from trees, the seconds standing
"n the gicuml below. The pistols were
fired at the signal. There was a rust
ling among the Ijeiaves of one erf the
chestnut, trees. It was Pierrot dT.-nacs
who. wounded severely in one log. came
tumbling to the ground. At this point
the marquis begun tochirptriumphant
ly, imitating the song of the blackbird.
This was a fresh insult, to be atomeel
in only one way, and d'lsaacs waited
ftr his wound to ret-over to challenge
Sainte-Marje for the chirp.- This time
the duel was fought with sword.s, and
Sainte-Marie was badly wounded the
sparrow h;ul avenged himself on the
blackbird.
RETAIL GROCERY PRICES,
COFFEE Mocha and Jay a, best 50c
per pound; next grade, 45c per pound;
package coffee, Lion and Arbuckle, 20c
lb; Colundies coffee, 6 packages for $1.
RICE Best head rice 10c per pound ;
next grade 6)4 cents per pound.
SUGAR Cane granulated, best $6 85
per sack ; do 13 pounds $1.
SALT Coarse 75c per 100; $15.00
ton.
FLOUR .f 4 63 $5 00 per barrel.
BACON 15 20c per pound.
HAMS lG18c per pound.
COAL OIL $1 45$1 75 for 5 gal
Ions; $3 25 per case.
VEGETABLES.
POTATOES lc pi r pound.
"CABBAGE 4c per pound.
ONIONS- -3c per pound.
FRl'ITS.
APPLES Green 2c per pound.
BANANAS 40c per dozen.
LEMONS 30c per dozen.
ORANGES 40cG0c per dozen.
LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY.
Prices paid by dea'er to the producer.
CHICKENS $3 50($4.00 per dozen.
BUTTER--rancb, 50 and GOo per roll.
EGGS 25c per doz.
BEEF CATTLE, ETC.
COWS $2 50(32 00 per hundred.
S1EKUS 3 502 75 per hundred.
VEAL Dressed. Go per pound.
SHEEP $3 50$4 00.
HOGS Live, 51ac(a5c; dressed, 6c
(?7o per pound.
HEROISM IN ANIMALS.
UlaMritted hy a Ram That Defender
a Flock of Sheep.
A writer on natural history com
plains that men are prone to regard
masculine courage in defense of others
as a virtue purely human. In reality.
self sacrificing for the female sex or
for the young is part of the scheme of
nature, and every male thing is strong
and splendid in appearance because
he is the descendant of those who have
proudly held and guirded "the privi
lege of death." Another writer tells a
story which illustrates this point. Two
entomologists, hunting at night, clam
liered over a gate with their, swinging
lanterns and found themselves in a
field filled with sheep. The result of
their coming was panic and a furious
stampede. The sheep charged belter
skelter away from the lanterns and
huddled together at the far end of the
field. But there was a ram among
them, and as the flock scurried away
this creature stood firm, covering the
retreat. Then, steadily and majestical
ly, the huge ram advanced with lower
ed head toward the mysterious lights
and pressed them back to the gate.
This Is only one graphic story of many
that might be told of masculine cour
age throughout nature. Man has some
virtues which animals, so far as we
can judge, know nothing about, but
heroism the pride of affording protec
tion to the weak and daring death for
the security of the flock is not a hu
man attribute alone any more than is
maternal affection.
CleaDse your system of all icoLuritita
this month. Now is the time to take
Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea. It
will seep yoa well all summer. 35
oenis, Tea or Tablets. W. P. McMillaD,
LexingtoD, Or.
The Brick Saloon
CBr y iu s'ock only a
vpry high grade of
Barrel and Bottled Goods
We carry the lead
ing brands of
FINE CIGARS
Draft and Bottled
Beer.
J
A GOOD EYE, A STEADY HAND AND A
aievens mile, Pistol or Shotgun
mMn a S'.icressM sh. t every time. "Stevens'- arms are
reliable under a,l cun.liti..ns. Ktery trim th.it leave onr
........ . ... ...v,. ami yuarumcetl l' be a;:;o- j
lutelyperfeu ,,,.,, sen , , I
Aik your deaier, and insist i I Instrate.U. it.iK.tr. It is a
on our jjooils. If you can- '"'"' "f remly r.-ferenre,
no, obtain then,. wU.shi,, fc'l'Vi'
express prepaid, upon re- sixat of s)m.tiiiir. Mailed
ceipt of price. f'M cents in srimps to pay
postage. l'u.le I reel
J. STEVENS ARMS TOOL CO.
I. O. Box 4093
CIHCOPEE FALLS, MASS., U.S. A. 5
MR k GORDON
Have just opened a new
saloon at theoorner of
Eiin anj May streets,
Finest Liquors
Cigars
and
on
SBSBSBiSSSEt
Just ttt l'resent Tliry Are I'npopular at
Leicester.
It will le remembered that the poor
Indian, Uxjii whose untutored mind the
poet condescendingly comments, is ex
hibited to us ius being under the erro
neous hnpretdou that, when he shall
be promoted to an equal sky, his faith
ful dog will bear him company, says the
Pidl Mall (iazcttc. The most sophisti
cated mind of the average l?riton docs
not, jHrhajvs, carry the conception so
far; still, that Briton's idea undoubted
ly is that where he goes his dog, at his
charges, ma.y go too. It would be well,
tnerefore, to point out at any rate
just at present he and his dog w ould not
go to Leicester, because, though the
Leicester hotel keepers would be quite
ready and w illing to receive him, they
would in all prolxibility absolutely de
cline to receive or, in legal phrase, to
liarlor his canine companion.
The reason for their declining to do
s-u lies in the fact that a Leicester ho
tel kecjH'r has recently, in the opinion
of the lord chief justice and Mr. Justice
Wright, harbored a visitor's dog once
tinj often. This particular dog ih
longed to A.; It., another visitor, at the
same hotel, must needs take the dog
for a drive in a cab. The dog may have
been dissatisfied with the turnout, or
lit might have had private ends of his
own to gain; but, anyhow, he bit the
cab horse. The driver proceeded for
compensation not against IL, through
whow instrumentality the dog had
"been put. in the way of biting the horse,
iior against. A., who, as owner, might
hate Ix-en considered responsible for
the dog's actions. The driver knew his
dog owner's act (15), section 2. Wtter
than that. He proceeded against the
occupier of the house or premises where
Iie dog was permitted to live the luv
tel keejer, to wit. and he triumphed.
That is w hy Iiciccster hotel keepers de
cline to harlor dogs just now.
Th news of toom nemlspliere m Th
Weekly Oregon'-an. , .
The problem of naval success in war
is a problem of coal. A ileet cannot op
erate with success if it must limit it self
to defensive operations with a home
base; it must be ready to strike of
fensively mi the sjot where the stroke
will be the most effective, and to do
this it must have access to ctal supply
at widely dist rihut-cd points.
The report of Admiral Bradford,
chief of the equipment bureau of the
navy, shows how we are progressing
toward a provision of sources of ooa-1
supply. The progrs is slow, but a
gain is being made. We are as yet
without a proper equipment of coaling
station on our owji const; and while
we now have coaling stations on Mex
ican and Japanese territory, we have
Don in Cuba, and none in the direction
of Europe. In the Pacific and in Phil
ippine waters w shall soon be so well
equipped in this line that ym shall not
be at a disadvantage in the far east.
An immense sum has properly been
spent in the lst fiscal year to deposit
American coal at these widely scat
tered stations from Pichilinque, Mex
ico, through Hawaii, Tut uila and Guam
to Japan and the Philippine. Another
war would not see our navy so nearly
paralyzed by a coal famine, says th
Black Diamond, nor so dependent on
the friendly, oflices of another power,
as it was in the Spanish war.
Heppner,
Obegon.
Pendleton Beer
Draught
Hot and Cold Lunches
Heppner, Or.
3 J32
Tbe
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FINEST WINES,
LIQUORS & CIGARS
One hundred empty barrels for
sale. Five hundred barrels of ex
tra fine cider vinegar on tap. . . .
Morrow County, Oregon.
Morrow County is a new country , and like all other new countries, is awaiting development.
Located in tbe Columbia river valiey, and Bkirted on the South with a spur of the Blue moun
tain?, within the boundaries of Morrow oouuty is a territory 73 miles iu length by 35 miles in width,
and containing 1,313,280 acres of land. Formerly etockraising was the principal industry, but lat
terly the fertility of the land is bringing agrioilture to the front. Immense wheat crops are grown
with iiltle cultivation, the soil being mixed with a voloanic ash wbioh is very rich in wheat-producing
qualities. The 1901 crop will aggregate 1,100,000 bushels, muoh of it from virgin soil.
Morrow county has thousnnds of head of sheep, horses and cattle. Tbe wool production for
1!104 was 2,500,000 pounds. Alfalfa and fruit growing are profitable industries, rapidly growing in
importance. The county has also a great coal field, soon to be developed.
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ORE.
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