' THE AMATEUR GARDENER.
An IllnatrtlT sample at What H
Doh Mot Know About
I ardanaliiff.
One of the recently married eou
' pies rented a house In the suburbs
and started to housekeeping on their
own account, relates the Memphis
Bcimnar.
They planted a garden.
Recently the husband was looking
over ine new vegetables as they were
bursting through the ground, and
with his wife was discussing the
.appearance of the different plants
as they appeared above the ground,
most of which were new to them.
They came to the row of beans
which were just shooting their heads
into the air and marveled that the
seed should be thus thrust up. It
appeared to the husband that the or
der of their appearance was re
versed. lie pondered the matter over and,
a ter giving it due consideration,
d ided that it would be a pity to
have the beans ruined through their
ignorance of the proper manner of
coming through the ground.
To save them this catastrophe, he
pulled them all up, and reset them
with the sed underneath, where he
thought a good seed should be.
"When the Southdown drummer re
turned to the city the other day from
his regular run over the Illinois circuit,
says the Chicago Inter Ocean, it was
evidence that he had run across a "new
one" during the week. Being an un
usually acute observer, he rarely lets
anything go by him, and, therefore,
the Iea;;-year doings down in the corn
b'-1' have not ?. oti. tin noticed.
" v Ml. sir. it's a fact." he said in
to!'!n.' of the trip, "that the matri
monii business has fallen of? about 50
P r cent, thronr-bout the rtrit?. I hv-.-e
be-. n in half a tlozt n county seals dr
jritr the p.t wrcV, and the county
clerVs swear the marmpe license busi
ngs has dropped off in an amazing
tv ' 'vr. Lost year at this ti.ie and in
or' rr years, tft- business was brisk,
bn this, ?.3 the e'erUs say is leip year,
and as a rule, y(.irir nif.n prefer r.ot
to I)" married during ' - year. They
r-v "i o have th" ;d--a ihar their friends
v;'! 1.- lieve that U-r voting women did
t! courting, and tueir conceit com) els
tlKm to fight shy of matrimony dining
the year.
"If you think this leap yep.r business
doesn't have the effect of brjrsrinr;
abrut a slump In matrimony, jus, go
with me on one of my jaunts and you'll
find that leap year Is the poorest of all
years for Mr. Cupid and his sneaking
tricks."
DIDN'T LIKE THE EAST ROOM.
Womi YlaJtor at the Whit How
Wm Hot Favorablr opmm4
with Faralahlaaa.
"Is it soUd gold?"
The eager questioner was a country
woman, a member of a large party
which a railroad agent was piloting
through the East room at the white
house. She pointed to the piano with
the gold-leaf coating aa she asked the
question.
The guide attempted to evade the
woman's question by referring to the
seals of the 13 original states which
adorn the hides of the instrument, and
explained that it is the one hundred
thousandth piano manufactured by a
prominent American firm, says the
Washington Times.
Is it solid gold?" the woman inter
posed.
Still the guide did not answer. "You
will notice that there are 13 settees in
this room, one for eaeh of the original
states," he continued.
ut l want to know whether the
piano is solid gold," the woman in
si6ted.
"No, madam, it is not solid jrold."the
guide remarked, with a slight display
oi temper.
iiun: the woman retorted. "I've
seen calliopes that looked better and
m nopen mat it had value to recom
mend it. When there's only one real
piece of furniture in a room of this
size a person sort of expects that it'll
oe worth while cominerto see. I can't
find anything fine about this room but
the view you sret from the south win
dows."
A TERRIBLE PENALTY.
Makes digestion sod aeeimilatfon per
feet. Makes new red Dlood and bone
Thai's what Hollieter's Kooky Mountain
lea will do. A lonio for (be sick and
weak. 85 cents, Tea or Tablets.- W. P,
McMillan, Lexington, Oregon.
Prisoners Sntenoed to Solitary Con
finement In France Not Allowed
to Speu-lt, tiLeud or Work.
SHAVED THACKERAY'S BUST.
Imtrloi Collector Didn't Like th
WhUkeri and Had Them
Taken OsT.
The bust of Thackeray in Westmin
ster abbey had several years ago upon
its cheeks thote ptndant whiskers
that are called "weepers" from their
resemblance to the foliage of the wil
low. To-day the whisker are no
longer there, says n Lon!n paper.
Their destruction wr due to YVi'ilimM
H. bainbert. of riii!.':i'eiphia. the great
est collector f Ttisrkeif.yana in this
country, who has many portraits in
oil and mmv in inl. pencil and v.nsli
sketches of Tliaclf r?iy, and heree
should know how the novelist loikcd
at every stage of his life. Mr. Lambert
is sure that Thackeray never wore
"weepers," and. therefore, he volun
teered not long sir.ee to stand the ex
pense of the removal of the objection
able whiskers from the otherwise ac
curate and spirited Mnrochetti bust.
Mrs. Thackeray Ritchie arranged the
matter; the bust was taken for a brief
space out of Westminster and the
whiskers were trimmed down to the
proper length. Mr. Lambert was per-
mi Med to have a repllea made of the
Westminster bust, and 14 now stands
on one of the landings of the stairway
of his house in Qermaniown.
The Law Times makes the following
comment on the sentences passed on
the Humberts, the notorious French
swindlers: "Some of the comments in
the press on the sentence paaaed on
Mme. Humbert and her husband (the
other pair of culprits cane off more
lightly) betray a very imerftct appre
ciation of its nature. Five years' re
clusion, or solitary confinement as it
is understood in France, is not only a
rigorous but a terrible penalty. Our
own code orfars no parallel to it and it
is prolnide that a life sentence of penal
servitude in ibis country would bo far
more easily endured. The solitude of
the prisoner In reclnsion In all but ab
solute. The strictest, silence is enforced.
Presumably ths consolations of religion
whatever that may amount to in so
dreadful a situation are not entirely
withheld; otherwise the prisoner is for
bidden to speak, even to his gu&rdiAn.
Rooks are dtnied and (which must be
almost the worst infliction of all) the
most complete idleness is .'.!; rctJ; no
employment of any desTir,Ucu may
mitigate the appalling va ancy of days,
weeks and years. Half an ho-ir'a ex
ercise is allowed dally, in a hood which
covers everything except the eye?. This
horrible life In death may end in the
tomb, but it is more likely to end in
the padded cell of the maniac."
ss.
State of Ohio, County of Toledo;
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is senior
partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney & Co., doing
Dusiness in ine city of Toledo, county and state
aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum
of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and
every case of catarrh that canuot be cured by
me useoi nan a uatarrn (Jure.
v Fbank J. Chkney.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence inis otn aay oi .December, A. D. 1886.
8AtJ A. W. Qleason,
Notary Public.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and
acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system. Send for testimonials free.
F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, O.
Sold by all druggists, 75c.
Take Hall's Family Pills for Constipation.
Why suffer with spring tiredness,
mean, cross feeling, tio strength, no
appetite? HolliBter'a Rocky Mountain
Ten will make you well and Keep yoa
well. 35 cents. Tea or Tablets. W. P.
McMillan, Lexington, Or.
Belvedere
KlOh Best head rice 10c Der oound ;
next grade 6 cents per pound. Cleanse your system of all imparities
SUGAR-Cane granulated, best $6 85 this month. Now is the time to take
per sack ; do 13 pounds $1.
juoarse 75c per 100; $15.00
ton.
FLOUR $4 G5$5 00 per barrel.
BACON 1520a per pound.
HAMS 1618c per pound.
uuaj. 45$1 75 for 5 gal
lons; $3 25 per case.
VEGETABLES.
POTATOES-lc ptr pound.
CABBAGE 4c per pound.
ONIONS 3c ner pound.
FRUITS.
APPLES Green 2c per pound.
BANANAS 40c per dozen.
LEMONS 30c per dozen.
ORANGES 40c60c per dozen.
LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY.
Prices paid bv dealer to the producer
CHICKENS $3 50$4.00 per dozen
BUTTER ranch, 50 and 60c per roll.
XiUbo 2oc per doz.
BEEF CATTLE, ETC.
COWS $2 50$2 00 per hundred.
S15EKS 13 502 75 per hundred.
VEAL Dressed, 6c per pound.
SHEEP $3 50T4 00.
HOGS Live, 5c(35c; dressed. 6(
7o per pound.
Hollister's Rooky Mountain Tea. II
will seep yoa well all summer. 35
omiR, Tea or Tablets. W. P. McMillan,
Lexington, Or.
ANVRfinV who " and I equipped
fUlIDUUI with the STKVUVST"
lias the assurance that his choice cannot be improved
U'1'I,J 2.hCTe ls absolutely no guesswork about the
"MTEVKNMt" they look rlht becauae
made right, and for their particular purposes ue
positively unexcelled. No wonder, then, that
STEVENS EIPLES, PISTOLS
AND SHOTGUNS
have been adopted in preference to all others the world
round!
I
FINEST WINES,
LIQUORS & CIGARS
One hundred empty barrels for
sale. Five hundred barrels of ex
tra fine cider vinegar on tap. . . .
STEVENS FIREARMS
are sold by all sporting (roods and hardware dealers.
Ask then for our make Insist on retting it. Doa't be
nut off with something Just as good ". The fact that
Stevens Arms are GUARANTEED POR QOALmr
Should ProiUDt vou to be sure to tnn iv thia time.
honored brand.
Send two ac sumps for Stevens Book and Rile Puzzle.
J.STEVENS ARMS d TOOL CO.
P. O. Box 4092
Chicopee Falls, Mass., 17. S. A.
The Brick Saloon
mm .ram
We
curry in sfook only a
very high grade of
Barrel aid JJottled Good
HEPPNER, - ORE.
local zmauk:ts.
Ilrppairr (uof atioits on Miinltx
fioiiglil and Sold Hiiro.
KKTAII. GROCERY PRICKS.
COFFEE Mocha and Java, best 50c
per pound ; next grade, 45c per pound ;
package coffee, Lion and Arbnckle, 2'c
b; Colundies coffee, 6 packages for $1.
We carry tie lead
iug brands of
FINE CIGARS
Draft and Bottled
Beer.
Beppkeb,
Oregon.
Ilava just opened a new
HKlnorj at the oorner of
Eaiu :d Y,iiy utreetp.
nest Liquors and
Cigars
Pendleton Beer on
Draught
Hot and Cold Lunches
Heppner, Or.
FRBE SMOKES POR SINNERS.
Tobi
tma Vm4 tm Prtanoa Deat Mot Pr
tWeia4 Rollac
CodtIcU terTinfr terms In the various
prison of the country hve one privilege
people outai1e the walls do cot enjoy.
The commissioner cf Internal revenue
has decided that it Is permissible for
state prisons to manufacture tobacco or
cigars for its own inn?1?R without pay
ing Ucenee. The comn.isinnor pays:
"I would say that upon careful consid
eration of the question involved. It ls
held that a charitable or other Institu
tion conducted by the stale and under
state authority, with its own operatives,
has the right to manufacture tobacco,
cigars, or any other tobacco product
without the payment of tax when all
puch manufactured tobacco is used ex
clusively within the stat Institution.
'The tobacco must, ticwcvc r. be manu
factured within the limits of the stato
Institution, and no portion of It be re
moved therefrom. If any portion of
such manufactured tobacco is found out
side of the limits of the institution, it
will be liable to seizure and forfeiture,
the 6ame as any other unstamped manu
factured tobacco w hich niieht be found
upon the mar' et."
MINING AT GREAT DEPTHS.
Ooppar 9 aft In Lake Superior R.
Son Bartnda NMarljr a MUe
Under Grouad.
In no other district In the world
are active mining operations earried
on at such depth as in the Lake Su
perior copper region, says the Chi
cago Chronicle. The No. 5 shaft of
the Tamari'ii mine is the deepest
in the world, having attained a verti
cle depth of -l.SMO ftet. nearly a mile.
Not far behind it is the lied Jacket
shaft of the Calumet A Hecla, which
is down 4.C20 feet. Another deep
shaft of the Calumet & Herds ie the
No 4 of the Calumet branch of the
property. This in down 7,800 feet
on an incline of a mile and a half.
In view of the marvelous efficiency
of the modern hoisting engine no
considerations of a mechanical na
ture need limit the proapective depth
of shafts.
The greatest obstacle to deep min
ing is the proportionate increase in
temperature. In the Lake Superior
copper district State Geologist Lake
has ascrrtained vhat the temperature
in the mine varies one degree for
every 110 feet. The temperature in
the deepest ahnfta at the Tamarack
and Calumet & lleola varies between
S5 and Xx degrees, and in view of
these conditions it is evident that
considerable depths ean yet be at
tained in this section.
Brewer DUa't Kaow Htft,
Congressman Ruppert, of New
Yrk, is one of the best known brew
ers in that city. It is of this same
brewer thst a story is told which is
worth repcati.
He was traveling in the upper part
of New York state along the line of
the New York Central railroad, when
he noticed some vines growing in
great profusion.
"What kind of vines are those, con
ductor?" afked Mr. Ruppert. "I no
tice a great" many of them along the
railroad here."
"Those," said the conductor,
Lops." Washington Post.
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m"m", v ithiu the boundaries of Morrow oonuty is a territory 75 miles in length by 35 milea in width,
and continuing 1,313,280 acre cf land. Formerly etookraising was loe principal industry, bui lat
t rly the fertility of the Ian' ie bringing agrioaltnre to the front. Inmense wheat crops are grown
with iittle cultivation, the soil bmg mixd with a voloanic ash whioh is very riob in wheat-producing
qualities. The 1904 crop will aggregate 1,400,000 bushels, much of it from virgin eoil.
Morrow county be.s thousands of head of sheep, horses and cattle. The wool prodootien for
1904 was 2,500,000 pounds. Alfalfa and fruit growing are profitable industries, rapidly growing in
importance. The county hup al.o s grent coal fild, soon to be developed.
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