China Wakiug I p.
Penin, July 22. China has awaken,
siki if tie s'une ate read aiight, it i
the intention of the imperial govern
merit to eeiza the opportunity that the
termination ot the Kussian-Japauete
war presents and make gigantic efforts
to infuse up to dato ideas in its people
Sweeping reforms are to be ioauu
uratd and the initial step of the gov
ernment will be to Bond officials of the
war office to all parts of the world im
mediately after the termination of the
war to investigate all systems of consti
tutional government.
The viceroy of Yueushikal has drawn
ap a reform scheme which has bee:i
.submitted to the throne and there met
with approval. It provides, among
other things, for the relief of the poo ,
the universal educati n of all the sub
jects, the consci iption ol Chinese young
men for army ?ei vice, the enla ging f
the powers t.f the 1 cal authorities and
the strengthening of the ti-.'ancee of the
iVkin government by the gradual gath
ering in of funds from ail the p'ovi. ceo?.
The ofiicisds of the provinc of Anhu1
lijve held a great meeting at which it
was derided to construct a railway
throughout the whole territory under
f heir con I rot.
Hate o J' ru hie.
Sumpter, Ore., Julv 22 Quite
?uraber of gbeepmeu have driven th i
ri.ic ks n.l the Mum ter '"int. iit Ihic se - j
n, and ail s .:! that gr. ea conditions j
w le uev-'i h. tier tha:. i;t esent. A ;
i
snore peaceful i;iid- tand.ng seems to j
exist b.-twt:.- mine;;' : nd stock n. en as,
ess tinea!-) s e head aiuinst the latter j
than in former eason. Thi. id ac- J
counted 1 r f :om tie fjet that tire;
ranges a;- ii better condi inn and ht j
tliete is I 'oii.j feed to o around with- !
out sheepmen envoi
on the io-
tiiain of the minus. 'oicpoitd Me re
ceived that the sheep a e lein' tang-d
jii the ifovenmifnt reserve in this v.
ffiiity, atid the H'pei lnteiideiit of tie
"i-eive, S. S. Terrel, states that so far
'i e has not been compel ed to nee any
measures (o remove the herders.
Couldn't A K roe.
Votiluid, July -0 Af:e. t-iar-drg
ten to two in favr of conviction tor
forty-five hours, tie juy in the Wil
iaruson-Uesnei -Biggs cue, wa unable
to reach an ag'een.ent aid was dis
charged today. Aeco'tliiiL' to the liwn
iiiU Te'eg-ain, (.). II. i'kok, Ohih, a 1
J. O. Walker, of Walker. Lhdk rout ty,
favored aci;i!:u'. Jin or Cook, cf
Kugene. who, it was luuiured, was
fnnjiinj: t' e j ''v, it develop, was an
ardent adv. ewe iV ihe cm . id on . f a-
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.liiee lefenil..n!s lioia the !) irinuintr to
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f he e;.'l ol t':.e deliberations.
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Two huiulted md lifty hint of
good wheat land only rive ojiles
iiom Lexiogton with down hill
grade all the way to railroad sta
tion, seven mileK from Ueppner,
hM fenced, only $10 per acre. This
is a bargain that will soon be
taken up at this price. Call ou or
address Wells & Warnock for
turther description, Hcppoer, Or
s:orj. At Uiowneville the weather was
o hot one. day that the honey iu
1 stands of bees belonging to 1J.
S. Martin was all melted, ruining
the hives and damaging the bre-s
It took an expert to straighten
IbiugH out.
Fiendish Suffering j
isji.fii caused by sorer, ulcers find cut -,
t, that eat sway your skid. Woi. He
tiet, of Flat Rock. Mich., any: "I have j
used Uacklen'e Arnica aie, for Ucerr,
Sores and Cancers. It is the best teal-
iog dressing I ever found." Siothes j
ajjJ bea!s cats, burns end scalds. 'Z"o j
t riorum's drug store; guaraoteed. !
The Independence brickyard
ill make at least 300.000 brick. '
THE PLAINS OF YUHA
SOME OF THE CURIOSITIES OF THE
COLORADO DESERT.
GrnTea Each of Which Telia a Story
of a Traffedr of Heat, Thirst and
Death Odd Stonea and Sheila That
Strew the Barren Region.
There is a section of the Colorado
desert where nature has left some re
markable records. She has visited the
region alternately with fire and water
and has left it with neither. It is the
most desolate, wild, barren, forbidding
part of the desert, says the Los Ange
les Times, and it is shunned i. ice by
man and beast. That there is good
and sufficient reason for avoiding this
locality is attested by numbers of
graves, nameless for the most part,
found in the terrible region.
These graves are simple affairs,
merely mounds of earth with a border
of stoues about each and a pile of
rocks two or three feet high at the
head. Each tells the story of a
tragedy of heat, thirst and death.
Those items are about all that is ever
known of the stories of those who
perish. Their mummified bodies or
bleached bones are found long after
the struggle is over, and the tinder, re
specting the memory of the unknown,
scoops a hole in the earth, lays the
ghastly relic within and piles up the
only monument available in that wild
region.
The plain now lies nearly a hundred
feet below the level of the sea, and the
rocks of the plain and the bases of the
mountains are washed and eroded in a
wonderful maimer. Mingling witu me
hmut stones and volcanic debris are
Ax-ks worn by the waves and shaped
Into hundreds of fantastic forms. There
are many acres of these stone curiosi
ties, and certain sections of the held
seem devoted to certain shapes aud
figures.
For instance, one passes through a
region whL-h he at once names the cab
bage patch, for it presents the appear
ance of a field of those vegetables
which have turned to stone. The waves
have worn the rocks into round bowl
ders about the size of the vegetable
whieh they so much resemble and have
cut Into the globes, laminating them in
perfect imitation of the leafy layers of
the garden vegetable.
Another locality is devoted almost ex
clusively to dinner plates. Thousands
of rounded, thiu disks are scattered
over the plain or are piled scores deep
in singular piles, each piece shaped ex
actly like the crockery which adorns
our tables and quite as thiu and sym
metrical. Another section of this truly wonder
ful region is given almost wholly to
dumbbells. These vary in size from
pieces weighing one or two pounds up
to those seemingly calculated for exer
cising the muscles of a giant and
weighing thirty or forty pounds each.
In almost every instance these natural
dumbbells are well balanced, the balls
at either end of the connecting piece
being of the same size and weight.
There Is In this plain ftihrsenal also.
While guns and swords and bayonets
and powder were not there to be found,
there are thousands of cannon balls
varying in she from two aud three Inch
balls to those fit for the big thirteen
Inch guns of modern warfare. And all
! are of stone, all formed in nature s
I workshop.
There are other objects innumerable.
There are stone roses, stone" lilies, stone
tulips, stone leaves, stone birds, stone
nnlmalH, stone quoits, stone ornaments
, , , , , . . .
In varied and unique designs, stone
canes In fact, almost everything con-
eeivable In nature or art Imitated in
stone on the plain of Yuha.
In one portion of Yuha rise two hills
or small mountains. One might ml 1
take them in the distance for ancient j
craters, but when he approaches the j
monuments to nn ancient life the rec
ord h of species now extinct. They are
shell mountains, great beds of prehis
toric bivalves which were left stranded
when that ancient sea swept back from
uiw irgjoii aim itri i a ui uuu uenuiair
ISJld. i
One of the mountains, the large
one, is composed wholly of large rough
shells, much larger, but less elongated,
than the shells of the modern oyster,
which in some respects they so much
resemble to lead to the suspicion
that they are the remains of the ances
tors of our much prized bivalve.
The lesser hill is composed of tiny
shells of a prehistoric type of brachlo
poda. Like the larger shells, they are
found except on the surface in an un
disturbed state, both valves of nearly
every shell being found Mi position.
Although the mollusk dwellers of these
shells vanished several centuries ago,
so perfect are the shells one almost ex
pects when he opens the valve of the
shell to find the living creature within.
Retribution.
Millions- of years had passed.
Birds had succeeded to the suprema
cy formerly held by man;
"What ia that Ton are wearing on
your hat?" asked the flamingo.
"it's the scalp of an almost extinct
biped called a woman," replied the
egret "A few specimens of the crea
ture still exist, I am told. In the lnac-
ecMaelhla fact nanci.fi ef tli. T-crtrlo rda "
-Chicago Tribune.
Breaking- Kmmm For a Living.
A correspondent of a contemporary
who has been searching for the most
monotonous method of earning a living
decides In favor of that of cracking
eggs. "I wet a man who said he was
a biscuit manufacturer on a large scale
and was rather Inclined to boast about
the number of eggs continental eggs
which his firm bought In the course of
a year. Now, It seems that to avoid
calamity five eggs are broken Into a
bowl at a time before being added to
the common stock. There are men, he
told me, who do nothing else but crack
eggs. They become so expert that a
man can dispose of 1,000 an hour, or
10,000 a day." London Star.
Discouraged.
"Mamma," remarked Dottle, "If I get
married when I grow up will I have a
husband like papa?"
"I suppose so, dear," said mamma.
"An' if I don't get married I'll be a
old maid, like Cousin Charlotte, won't
I?"
"I guess you will, pet. Why?"
"Oh, nothin' only I wish I was a
boy!" Cleveland Leader.
The Bishop's Galtera.
An amusing story is told of Dr. Gore.
He was once walking In the street
when two little boys were attracted by
his black episcopal gaiters. "Wot's "e?"
asked one In surprise. "Oh, 'e 'e's a
Scotchman In mourning," was the re
ply. London M. A. P.
Final.
Mlstah Johnslng Can't yo' gib me
nn hone. Liza? Miss Jackson Once
j q, &u Mlstah Johnsing, I tells yo'
j , won.t be no man's cullud surmlenient
-Puck.
Willing hands will not remain long
Idle if wedded to thoughtful hearts and
observant eyes. H. W. Little.
A Dissembler.
"Leonidas," said Mr, Meekton's wife,
"look me in the eye and answer me one
question. Have you ever deceived me
about anything?"
"Well, Henrietta," he answered aft
er much hesitation, "I must confess
that I have not been altogether frank.
On numerous occasions I have dis
sembled to the extent of trying to ap
pear far more amiable than I really
felt." Washington Star.
Like a Whale.
"You cannot keep me down," shout
ed the great orator at a public meet
ing; "though I may be pressed below
the waves I rise again. You will find
that I come to the surface, gentlemen."
"Yes," said an old whaler in the au
dience, "you come to the surface to
blow."
Thin people should bathe as often as
possible In warm water. Warm water
Is absorbed by the skin more readily
than cold.
Getting n Pointer.
Bosky I say, doctor, I want you to
ltok at a horse up here at the stable i
and tell me honestly Just what you
think about him whether he is sound !
or unsound. Veterinary I always tell j
Just what I think. By the way, is It a ;
horse you think of buying or one you ;
have for sale? Boston Transcript. 1
Rare Insight. j
Jobson Miss Blank looks awfully .
frivolous to me. What makes you think :
she has so much hard sense? Robson j
I Just heard her refuse an invitation j
to a card party because she couldn't '
play cards. Detroit Free Press.
He who foresees calamities suffer;
them twice over-Porteous.
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Paradoxical. '
Smith You remember Muggins, who!
used to bore us with his long winded ,
stories? Jones Yes. What of hlni?;
Smith He was arrested yesterday for !
being short in hi accounts. Chicago
New. :
Wrlr
"Anyhow you enn't deny that Hewli
gus is a self made man. He worked
his way through college."
"lie certainly did. He worked near
ly every student in the institution."
Chicago Tribune.
Hi Floundering.
Isn't Mr. Teejus a deep thinker?"
"He must be," answered Miss Cay
enne. "I never heard him try to say
anything without getting beyond hi
depth." Washington Star.
Since knowledge Is but sorrow's spy
It is not safe to know. Davenant.
Filling; the Preacrlptton.
Judge What were you doing in the
benhouse, Sambo? Sambo Well er
Jedge, mah missus wan feelin' pohly,
en heh doctah declahed she must have
poached eggs. I wah Jes' poachin' a
few, Jedge, accordln' to odahs. New
York Times.
All the performances of human art at
which we look with praise or wonder
are Instan ?es of the resistless force of
perseverance. Johnson.
They Didn't Uhtc Time.
A short time ago some men were
engaged In putting up telegraph poles
on some land belonging to an old farm
er who disliked seeing his wheat
trampled down, according to the vera
cious Register of Great Bend, Kan.
The men produced a paper by which
they said they had leave to put the
poles where they pleased. The old
farmer went back and turned a large
made aft the men, and the oTd far
er, seeing them running from the field,
shouted at the top of his voice: "Show
him the paper! Show him the paper!"
Subtraction.
A teacher in a western public school
was giving her class the first lesson in
subtraction. "Now, In order to sub
tract," she explained, "things have to
be always of the same denomination.
For Instance, we couldn't take three
apples from four pears or sir horses
from nine dogs."
A hand went up in the back part of
the room.
"Teacher," shouted a small boy,
"can't you take four quarts of milk
from three cows?" Harper's Weekly.
With the nlnar on It.
Grayce Edythe is pretty foxy. She
won't say anything about her love af
fairs, but I have an Idea that she has
finally accepted young Sapleigh. Gladys
In that case she is apt to soon show
her hand. Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Kind You Have Always
in use for over 30 years,
All Counterfeits, Imitations and Just-as-good are hut
Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of
Infants and Children Experience against Experiment.
What is CASTORIA
Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare
goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant. It
contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic
substance, its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms
and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhoea aud Wind
Colic. It relieves Teething Troubles, cures Constipation
and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the
Stomach and Bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep.
The Children's Panacea The Mother's Friend.
GENUINE CASTORIA ALWAYS
Bears the
The KM You Have Always Bought
In Use For Over 30 Years.
piRST JaTIONAL gANK
OF HEPPNER.
RHEA President
HHEA Vio President
Transact a General Bankinq Business.
paid on Time Deposits.
EXCHANGE ON ALL PARTS OK
Collections made on all iointon reasonable
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The Man With a Ilohby.
Don't make fun of the man with a
hobby. It may be that that very hobby
will be the means of the world getting
something of great good. All people
that have contributed to the sum of
human knowledge bad a hobby. The
man who ranks as an inventor had a
hobby once; the minister who gets up
In his pulpit has his bobby; the man
who sells you goods has the same. In
fact, those that do anything at all have
a hobby. You may call it by some otb-
j er name, but the hobby is still there
Terrell Transcript.
JSo Return.
"Take my advice don't lend Bof
roughs any more money."
"I never did."
"Why, you used to, I'm sure, for I"
"No. I used to think I was lending it
to him, but I soon discovered It was
purely a gift." Catholic Standard and
Times.
Eaallr Underatood.
"And," said the Sunday school teach
er, "when Delilah cut Samson's hair h
became mild as a lamb. Can you un
derstand that?"
"Well, ma'am," replied Tommy, "It
does make yer feel shamed when a
woman cuts yer hair." Philadelphia
Ledger.
Coachlnar Her.
Manager You do not inject enough
joutempt, spite and venom Into that
word. Actress I can do no better.
Manager Nonsense! Speak it Just a
yi say "Plush I" when you meet a
rival In an imitation sealskin.
Bought, and which has been,
has home the signature of
and has heen made under his per
sonal supervision since its infancy.
Allow no one to deceive you in this.
Signature of
i orrv.
(I. W. CONSKR. .. Cssbier
E. Ii. FBEELAND. .AaMxtant Cashier
Four per cent.
THK WORLO HOt'WHT AM. SOI.P
ternii. Surpluand unlivt1ei profltf f:tceo.
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