Heppner gazette., August 10, 1905, Image 7

tDUCAIION OF 1 HE JAPS.
OoTernixMot and lfeval Official En-
tttted to Xuoh Credit in
1 the Work.
In no field of activity hag Japan
tone so much aa In that of education.
Thanks to the private and temple
schools, which ha ye been in existence
for centuries, at well as to the higher
ftate seminaries, popular education has
always been at a high level, says the
Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
It is greatly to the credit of the Jap
anese physicians that ever since the
middle of the 18th century they have
applied themselves to the study of the
Dutch language, thus opening a chan
nel which has enabled the Bcience of
Europe to effect an entry among them.
A.s early as 1857 Tokio saw the crea
tion of a sort of institute for foreign
science, in which instruction was given
at first In Dutch, then in English,
French, German and even Russian lan
guages. The chief achievement of this
seminary was the compilation of an
English-Japanese dictionary, while
in 1858 the first European
school of medicine was also es tablished
there. A quarter of a century Ego Ja
pan depended almost entirely upon
foreign countries for its supply of pro
fessors and teachers; now the recruits
are wholly drawn from native schol
ars. It scarcely requires to be shown
that this new syetam of public educa
tion proved in a comparatively short
time an effective means of transform
ing Japan in the progressive sense in
tended by the government, so that the
ministry of education may be said to
bave done most to weld the nation into
a harmonious whole. It may fairly be
Inferred that this wise and full devel
opment of Japan educationally is to be
ireditea largry with the. clever work
now being performed by the Japanese
naval commanders and povernment of
ficials, the similarly clover work of
Japan's army and navy in the Chino
Japanese war of 1894-65 and in the
march of the allied forcer, upon Peking.
When You Get Shaved.
"Very few men realize the manual
labor entailed in th& operation of
shaving, aside from the constant care
and skill that must be exercised," said
the handsome barber, as he paused to
strop his razor. "I didn't realize it
myself until the other d.V The man
I was shaving was a str.Kger to me
and he seemed a trifle nervous. When
I got through w!h him he said to
me: 'Do you know how many strokes
of the razor you used in shaving me?'
I looked up at the clock. It had taken
me nearly 20 minutes. 'I give it up,' 1
said. 'I never thought about it.' 'Well,'
said he, as he buttoned his collar, 'you
used just 459 strokes with the razor.
That's pretty fair for me, because I'm
nervous. I have frequently been up to
nearly COO. You see, I suffer from in
somnia, and the only way I can get to
sleep at nights is to lie in bed and
count. In that way I have got into the
habit of counting the razor strokes
while getting shaved, and I want to
tell you that 459 is a pretty good
record for me.' Say, do you believe
that?" Philadelphia Record.
Too Advanced.
Father You are very backward in
your arithmetic. When I was your age
I was doing cube root.
Boy--What's that?
"What? ou don't even know what
it is? D.-ar m that's terrible! Here,
give me your pencil. Now, we'll take,
say, 1, 2, 4. ar.rt find the cube root.
First you divide no; you let me see
urn yes no well, never mind
after all. perhaps you're too young- to
understand1 it." Stray Stories.
KEEPS THE BOYS AT HOME.
raroicra' AiiMlatloa Im ioutlieru 1111
aoU Hmm Tfcla OkfMt for Its
Frtarlpnl Aim.
The continual exodus of boys from the
farms of southern Illinois to the cities
is being combated In this section of
Egypt by a society bearing the name of
Farmers' Relief association. The asso
ciation Is the outgrowth of an idea
hatched In southern Illinois, and in the
seven countiea where the society is or
gani.v.d its effects are plainly seen, says
the Chicago Inter Ocean. The rush of
young men to St. Louis, Chicago and Cin
cinnati has been almost completely
stayed. The farmers' boys are them
selves members of the new organization,
which has in a manner furnished at
tractions to rural life which largely off
set the allurements of the city.
The Farmers' Relief association is
modeled somewhat upon the lines of the
trades union, and embodies some of the
best and moat reasonable features of
former ill-born farmers' societies. The
central idea of the association is to make
country life attractive. The founder,
James II. England, contended that If in
each school district the families could
be brought into closer social relations
and the life given some little variety
? problem would tie solved.
The school district was made the unit
in the plan. The prhool teacher was
ra'sed from mere pedagogue to social
arbiter. He is called the chairman of
the community committee, and he tees
that there is always "some sort of do
in's." as the people say. The Wagner
school district, a few miles south of Car
bordale. Is the best oreanired com-,,-,...;y
J-, v.'-j; r .;' :;.
pedagogue Invites every man. woman
and child. That means that there are
no feuds, no quarrels, no wrangling, in
the community, for all the people meet
in a social way.
The society has gone further than
this, and has Installed a school district
telephone system. An old lady who has
nothing to do but darn heavy home
knit socks or sew carpet rags is the
"hello girl." Each family in the district
pays five dollars annually for the use of
a telephone, and they use it. The young
men do their courting over the tele
phone when the weather is bad, and the
only complaint of the telephone serv
ice to be mads so far was that one rainy
night Cupid had connected so many
of the subscribers tl.-t a very sick la&n
"tould not get a mess - through to the
doctor in Carbondale. 1 lie man did not
Jie, however.
As soon as the telephone system was
:n working order the school teacher
irganized a string band. This country
-misieal organization furnished the
-nusic at the dances and the church so
iables. The baDd has a repertoire that
includes everything from "The Arkansas
Traveler' to "Comin Through the Rye,"
and there is hardly a night in a month
that it is not engaged.
The Home league, the twin sister to
th Farmers' isoiition. is th woman's
club of the country, ft is ror.diicir-d on
the sarce lice-?. '' flubs ir: ''; o o'llcs.
It cordiifr. civ-. ; i rTornFti'' r-cnr-e.
and doe-? it shnr.-j . f rnt?riinir.pr. The
two organization? combined have hit the
credit, or "on tick." fysterc a 1 nuckout
blow. If a mcmbfr iias anything to sell
he must demand cash for it. If he buys
he must pay cash.
HOTELS STARTED WRONG.
Alidlaara An tfaeh 1,1k Himi
Bainca, Phlloamkletf
Maw York Pollctmu.
Makes digestion andassimilatfon per
fect. Makes new red blood and bone.
Thai's what Hollister s Rooky Mountain
Tea will do. A tonio for tbe sick and
weak. 85 cents, Tea or Tablets. W. P.
McMillan, Lexington, Oregon.
The philanthropic policeman tipped
back the brim of his helmet, pulled
down hit; cuff and pointed to a brick
building painted white that stood on
the opposite corner, says the New York
Sun.
"1 don't think I'm a fatalist, if that's
what you call it," he said, "but I've had
opportunities in my business to see
that some people get started wrong
and never have a fair chance.
"It's the same thing with buildings.
They get a bad name in the beginning,
and that seenis to settle them.
"That hoiibe on the corner wm put
up aa a hotel nearly 30 years ago. It
was intended to be all right, but the
owner happened to lease it to the
wrong kind of a man, and within six
months after it was opened the police
were in the place. Practically they've
never been out ef it since that time.
"The building has been sold several
times anrl some of the owners have
tried to make it different. Putin one
way or another it always seemed to
drift back to its old character. If it
hadn't been for that wrong start in
the first place the old hotel might have
been all right.
"Almost the same fate overtook an
other hotel that used to be on my bent
uptown. Nobody ever knew why it
was a failure. It stood on a site that
gave light on four sides, occupying all
of a fcinsl! block. It utirrlit to bave
been crowded all the time but it was
rieurU a!!i;.s empty, and cue landlord
after ;moil cr can.e to grief there.
"After it was Mich a failure as n re
spectelilc hotel there was nntiirally
an attempt to carry it along on the
otherp'an. That prospered for awhile,
but there emit! net have been much
moiK'v even in tint.
"Landlords came ant! went. Half the
time t!.c Lc.iip was closed altogether,
and in 'pile of all its attractions the
building was a hoodoo. It will proba
bly remain one until it is pulled down
altogether.
"Now it is closed, half its windows
have been broken by the boys in the
streets, and "it is ripe for the wreck
ers to tear it down and make way for
some more fortunate st rue. tire. One
thing must have conipensa I ed the own
ers for their disappointments. The
site has increased enormously in value
since it wai bought 20 years ago, and
in spite of nil its vicissitudes the ho
tel may ultimately bring fortune to
the men who built it."
Russian scientists have lately been
studying the curious island of Kildjpe,
off tb? coast of Russian Lapland, atul
s'iarated from it by a narrow strait.
This island, says the New York Sun.
has a lake that has no visible connec
tion with the sea, but is affected with
tidal movements. To be sure, the tides
in the lake rise and fall only a few
inches, while those in the surround-in;?
sea rise and fall several feet. The peri
odicity of the lake tides makes it plain
that the lake has subterranean commu
nication with the sea.
The water on tbe island is of three
kinds, fresh water from rains and from
brooks at the highest points; a little
lower salt water like that of the sea;
at the lowest point sea water, sur
charged with free sulphuretted hydro
gen. The fresh water is inhabited by the
animal life usual in the fresh water of
that region. The salt water has sea
creatures, sponges and the like, while
the water surcharged with sulphuretted
hydrogen has neither vegetable nor
animal life. The phenomenon of this
sulphuretted hydrogen has its counter
part in the depths of the Black sea,
where the presence of the gas destroys
animal and vegetable life.
Weekly Oregonlan Heppner Gazette.
State of Ohio, County of Toledo)
Lucas County, ) ",
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is senior
partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney & Co., doing
business in the city of Toledo, county and state
aforesaid, and that said firm will pay tbe sum
of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and
every case of catarrh that cannot be cured by
the use of Hall's Catarrh Cure.
Frank J. Cheney,
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence this 6th day of December, A. D. 1x86.
seal A. W. Glkakon,
Notary Public.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and
acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system. Bend 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, to strength, do
appetite? Holli&ter'a Rooky Mountain
Tea will make you well and keep yon
well. 33 cents. Tea or Tablets. W. P.
McMillan, Lexington, Or.
The
Belvedere
FINEST WINES,
LIQUORS & CIGARS
One hundred empty barrels for
sale. Five hundred barrels of ex
tra fine cider vinegar on tap. . . .
RICE Best bead rice 10c per pound ;
next grade 6 cents per pound.
SUGAR Cane granulated, beat $6 50
per sack ; do 13 pounds $1.
SALT Coarse 75c per 100; $14.00
ton.
FLOUR $4 G5$5 30 per barrel.
BACON lo20c per pound.
HAMS 1618c per pound.
COAL OIL $1 65$1 75 for 5 gal
lons ; $3 25 per case.
VEGETABLES.
POTATOES-New, Jc ptr pound.
CABBAGE 3e per pound.
ONIONS 3 c per pound.
APPLES Green 2c per pound.
FRl'ITS.
BANANAS 40c per dozen.
LEMONS 35c per dozen.
ORANGES 40cG0c 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.
EGGS 15c p r doz.
BEEF CATTLE, ETC.
COWS $1 75 per bund ed
SIEKRS 2 Go per hundred.
VEAL Dressed, 5c per pound.
SHEEP--$3 50$4 00.
HOGS Live, 5c; dressed, 6 c.mts
7o per pound.
Cleanse your system of all impurities
tbismontb. Now is tbe time to take
Hollister'a Rocky Moan tain Tea. It
will keep you well all summer. 35-
Ofnis, Tea or Tablets. W. P. McMillan,
L?fington, Or.
AMVDAnV 'io mm firms anrl Is equipped
nliTDUUT uiti the tkvki"
has the assurance that his Lhoice cannot be improved
upon. 1 here is absolutely no jjuesswork about the
"KTH'KSHi" they look riht because
made right, and for their particular purposes are
positively unexcelled. No wonder, then, that
STEVENS RIFLES, PISTOLS
AND SHOTGUNS
have been adopted In preference toall others the world
around I
The Brick Saloon
We cp.rry in sfook only a
very bigti yrade of
Barrel and Bottled Goods
I. OCA I, HI AKUMTS.
Heppner Quotation! on Stapled
nought and Sold Here.
RETAIL GROCERY PRICES.
COFFEE Mocha and Java. beHt 50c
per pound ; next grade, 45c per pound ;
package coffee, Lion and Arbuckle, 2(fe
lb; Colundies coffee, 6 packages for$l
We carry tbe lead
ing brands of
FINE CIGARS
Draft and Bottled
Beer.
Heppner,
32S3E3Sm
Oregon.
STEVENS FIR.LAR.MS
are soM by all sporting1 poods and hardware dealers.
Abk them fur our make insist on (jetting it. Don tbe
put olf with something1 ' lust as tfood ". The fact that
Stevens Arms are GUAR ANTKEI) Foil vitality
should prompt you to be sure to specify this time
honored brand.
Send two 2c staimis for Stevens Book and Rifle Puzzle.
J. STEVENS ARMS 6 TOOL CO.
P. O. Box 4092
Chicopee Falls, Mass., U. S. A.
BOSHEHS & QGBDQH
Have jUHt opened a new
Phloou at the corner of
Eaiu nuJ May streets.
Finest Liquors and
Cigars
Pendleton Beer on
Draught
Hot and Cold Lunches
Heppner, Or.
Morrow County," Oregon.
Morrow County is a new country , and like all other new countries, is awaiting development.
Located in tbe Columbia river valley, and skirted on the Sooth with a spur of the Blue moun
tains, within the boundaries of Morrow oouuty is a territory 75 miles in length by 35 miles in width,
Hod confining 1,313,280 seres of land. Formerly etookraising was the principal industry, but lat
terly the fertility of the land is bringing agrioilture to the front. Immense wheat crops are grown
with iittle cultivation, the soil being mixed with a volcanic ash which is very rich in wheat-producing
qualities. The 1904 crop will aggregate 1,400,000 bushels, muoh of it from virgin soil.
Morrow county has thousnnds of head of sheep, horses and oattle. The wool prodootien for
1904 was 2,500,000 pounds. Alfalfa and frnit growing are profitable industries, rapidly growing in
importance. Tbe county has also a great ooal field, soon to be developed.
The Heppner Gazette
Is the best exponent of the industrial life of the
town and county. Keeps its readers thoroughly posted
as to their progress and development. A good medium
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and progressive,
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