iMt RED CROSS IN JAPAN. I
BAVARIAN WOMEN VOTE.
All
Owin of Property flare
Privilege m4 Exercise It
br Proxy.
the
Women who own taxable property
are permitted to vote at municipal
' elections In Munich, the capital of Ba
varia, but they have never gone in per
son to the polls, sending instead male
proxies. At a recent election, however,
one courageous woman, who, by the
way, is president of a large philanthrop
ic association of women, appeared in
person to cast her vote. She pleaded
that it was not any more difficult to
cast a ballot than to instruct some man
how to do it, while the only way to be
sure that the right ballot was used was
to cast it herself. Her action caused
something of a sensation, but she was
not denied the privilege she asked for.
When it is remembered that until re
cently women in Germany wpre not al
lowed to attend political meetings or
to ally themselves with political par
ties, and that these laws are still in ef
fect in many parts of the empire, this
action of a woman voter, which passed
without protest from the men, indicates
a growing: sentiment in favor of im
proved conditions for women. The lib
eral party and the social democrats all
over Germany, wherever the laws are
not unfavorable, are inciting women to
join them. In Hamburg about 1,100
women belong to the social democratic
clubs, and are even represented on their
boards of directors.
WANT A MOURNING STAMP.
There Are Many Demand for Isaac of
Postage Stamp to Harmonise
with Black Border.
The post office department is con
stantly In receipt of requests for the
issue of a mourning stamp for use on
black-edged stationery. Persons In all
grades of life assert that there is no
harmony or appropriateness in an en
velope with a black edge, and a red
stamp in the corner, and they beg the
department to issue a black stamp, says
the Washington Post.
The department has given much con
sideration to the subject, but has been
unable to comply with the requests on
account of the rules of the Universal
Postal union, which prescribes that our
lowest value stamp shall be green; that
the stamp used for domestic use shall
be red, and the stamp carrying foreign
mail five cents shall be blue. In view
of these restrictions it has not appeared
possible to meet the requirements for
a mourning stamp, as the department
does not deem it advisable to print a
stamp in red and also in black.
However, the suggestion has been
made that the three-cent stamp, now
printed in purple, might be issued in
black, so t hat a person desiring to use a
biack stamp upon his mourning en
velope might do so by paying the addi
tional cent. The department may take
up this suggestion later and act upon it.
REINDEER AND PRAIRIE DOG.
One la Increasing and the Other Di
minish Ino; in Numbers at
a Rapid Rate.
The purchase and distribution by the
federal authorities of herds of Siberian
reindeer in Alaska have been already,
if official reports can be trusted, of no
inconsiderable benefit to natives who
have suffered privations from their own
recMess extermination of game in
earlier years.
The cynomis ludovicianus Is the long
scientific name of the short prairie dog,
which has been, over large areas of the
western country, more of a nuisance
than many people imagine. Until re
cently he spread over 68 counties in
Kansas, to say nothing of his occupancy
elsewhere, damaging local crops to an
extent not in keeping with his unobtru
sive dimensions. All kinds of poisons
were tried on him in vain till the recent
discover- of a new one, its constitu
ents not disclosed, which sweeps him off
the earth, root and branch, so to speak,
leaving of his hide and hair neither
bark nor animation; a good riddance of
this damaging marmot, which, with its
companion in ain, the pocket gopher,
has cost the western farmer no end of
money by its ravages.
Military Hospitals and Trained Vurse
ferric Is Thorough and,
Extensire.
The recent offer from America of a
corps of trained nurses who served In
American hospitals during the war with
Spain to come over and nurse sick and
wounded Japanese soldiers in the event
of war with Russia is highly appreciated
by the Japanese people as an evidence
of American sympathy. It would not be
possible, however, writes Eliza R. S,
Scidmore, in Chicago American, for for
aign nurses to be put to any use if they
vere on the spot, as, aside from their
certain ignorance of the Japanese lan
guage, Japan has the model field and
military hospital service of all modern
armies. It proved its efficiency and prac
tical superiority when working side by
side with the same service arms of the
American, English, French, Russian,
German, Austrian and Italian forces at
Tientsin and Peking in 1900. Enelish
and American official reports assigned
the Japanese the palm for thorough sys
tem and smooth working, perfection of
appointment and intelligent detail.
Their hospital and medical service was
as smooth wnrkine and efficient in the
campaign of lS94-'95. It did not break
down dur:r the rapid marches up the
Corean pcnim-ula and across Manchuria
to Port Arthur and Newchwang.
There are schools for trained nurses in
every large city in Japan, and in Tokio
the empress, as especial patroness of the
Red Cross hospital and school, always
presides at the annual meeting and gives
the diplomas to the white-capped gradu
ates. One of the imperial princesses has
taken the full course of training, and
other court ladies are as accomplished.
When the American minister suffered
a stroke of apoplexy and died at a hunt
ing party a year ago, there was no med
ical man within ten miles, but Baroness
Sannomya, wife of the grand master of
ceremonies, had had training at the Red
Cross classes and was able to take entire
and intelligent charge until a profes
sional arrived.
In the north China campaign of 1900
the Red Cross society was as active and
efficient, and every year some flood,
earthquake or disaster calls for the Red
Cross' prompt relief.
There are branch societies in each
province, andeach year the annual meet
ing is held at Tokio, where 10,000 mem
bers often gather at the great outdoor
session in Uj eno park. One sees the rib
bon and insignia of the order worn every
where these days, from Princesses Aris-
ugana and f ushuni, wno actively pre
side, down to the elderly matrons and
widows of the provinces, to whom the
function is an event comparable to the
Great Fortune) For Goms.
Aooording to the compilation of the
government officials diamonds and
other precious stones of a value ex
oeeaing fiJU.UOO.OOO were brought into
the United States last year. This
iBKen as an indication of the industrial
prosperity of our oountry. The best in
dicalion of the popularity of the famous
Hostetter's Stomaoh Bitters is the fact
that more people are taking it today
than ever before. Its great curative
properties are being reoognized more
and more every day by people who
been persuaded to try it, and as a re
sult thousands have been restored to
perfect health, many of them williDgly
testifying to the fact. If you suffer
from insomnia, poor appetite, indiges
tion, dyspepsia, liver or kidney ills, or
malaria, fever and agne, the Bitters
will sorely core yon. Try it and see
for yourself.
Are you lacking in strength and
vigor? Are yon weak? Are yon in
pain? Do voo feel all ran down? The
blessing of health and strength comes to
all who use Hollister's Rooky Moun
tain Tea. 35 cents. W. P. McMillan,
Lexington, Oregon.
Belvedere
FINEST WINES,
LIQUORS & CIGARS
One hundred empty barrels for
sale. Five hundred barrels of ex
tra fine cider vinegar on tap. . . .
RICE Best head rice 10c per pound
next grade 6J cents per pound.
SUGAR Cane granu'ated, best $6 50
per sack ; do 13 pounds $1.
&AL.1 coarse 75c per 100; $14.00
ton.
FLOUR $4 65$5 30 per barrel.
BACON 1520c per pound.
HAMS 1618c per pound.
UUAL, OIL $1 65$1 75 for 5 gal
Ions ; $3 25 per case.
VEGETABLES.
POTATOES New, 2$c p r pound.
CABBAGE 3 u per pound
ONIONS-3c per pound
APPLES Green 2c per pound.
FRUITS.
BANANAS 40c per dozen.
LEMONS 35c per dozen.
ORANGES 40c 60c per dozen.
LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY.
Prices paid bv dealer to the producer.
CHICKENS $3 50$4.00 per dozen
BUTTER-rnnnh, 50 and 60c per roll
EGGS 15c p,r ioz.
BEEF CATTLE, ETC.
COWS $1 75 per hundred.
S1SKRS 2 65 per hundred.
VEAL Dressed, 5c per pound.
SHEEP --$3 50$4 00.
HUljrb Live, 5c; dressed, 6 cents
7o per pound.
The Brick Saloon
We
cary in s'ock only
Vrij high grade of
HEPPNER,
ORE.
LOCAL MARKETS.
Heppner Quotations on Staolca
nought and Sold Here.
RETAIL GROCERY PRICES.
COFFEE Mocha and Jay a. best 50c
per pound ; next grade, 45c per pound ;
pacaage conee, Lion and Arbuckle, 2tc
ereat February sessions of the Daughters lb ; Colundies coffee, 6 packages for Ssl
oi nit Auiericuu nevuiuuua at wasu-
lngton.
It is a pleasure to see some of these
elderly women in their rich but severely
tinted crene kimonos and V-' v brocade
obis as they go about the cprital sight
seeing. Dazzling as th sffet scenes
may be to them, they obfrrvc u.cod form
and ride with the Jinril isha cover up
not out. In summer heat, autumn sun
shine, as In rain, the Japanese lady al
ways has the jinrikisha hood drawn to
shelter her from common gaze.
Barrel aod Bottled Goods
We carry tbe fad
ing brands of
FINE CIGARS
Draft and Bottled
Beer.
Giod advioe to women. If you want
a beantifnl complexion, clear pkin,
bright eyes, red lips, good health, take
Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea. There
is nothing like it. 35 cents, Tea or
Tablets. W. P. McMillan, LexingtoD,
Oregon.
AWVDfinV who uses arms anil Is equipped
nrtTDULM with the "STEVKNd"
has the assurance that his choice cannot be improved
upon. There is absolutely no guesswork about the
"NTEVENSl" they look right 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 to all others the world
around I
STEVLNS FIREARMS
are sold by all sporting goods and hardware dealers.
Ask them for our make insist on getting it. Don t be
put otf with something " Just as good ". The fact that
Stevens Anns are GUAR ANTE ED Pok quality
should prompt you to be sure to specify this time
honored brand.
Send two sc. stamps for Stevens Book and Rifle Puzzle.
J. STEVENS ARMS 6 TOOL CO.
P.O. Box 4092
Chlcopee Falls, Mass., U. S. A.
Vic Groshens
Finest Liauors and
Cigars
Underweis Beer
Draught
on
Heppner,
Oregon.
Hot and Cold Lunches
Heppner, Or.
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Morrow County, Oregon.
MOURNING ON MEN'S HATS.
Prevalence of the Caitom and Various
Degree of Grief Indicated.
The custom among me" of wearing
mourning upon the hat is increasing in
its observance rather than decreasing.
Crape, however, which was formerly
exclusively used for this purpose, has
now oeen almost entirely supplanted
ly bombazine. Years agj it was cus
tomaiy to sew on a row of tiny black
beads, set at a little distance apart,
3long the seam of the bnd where it
was joined at the side, but this is now
very rarely done. There Is now put on
around the hat over the lower edge of
the band, where it meet3 the brim, a
narrow silk ribbon to mal e a finish.
For loss of wife the band f mourn
'ug worn upon a silk hat is carried to
within an eighth of in inch of the top;
for the loss of a parent the band is car
ried to within tn inch of the top; for
i datives other than wife or parent, the
land ib worn three-quarters the height
of the hat.
The mourning band for a silk hat is
specially fitted to it and made for it;
for Ktraw hats and for oft hats an
KngHsh cloth band is provided, which
nn be slipped down over the crown of
lint.
Where lewipaprn Scarce.
In Paraguay there 1 a little com
munistic colony known ai the Cosmo
colony, which wai founded several
ye-nri ago by an enthusiastic band of
Australian socialists. After many
hardships and privation the colony is
now in such a flourishing condition
as to boast a n&wspaper of its own,
called the Cosmo Monthly. The man
ner in which news is dispensed to the
colonists is interesting. A horn is
blown, generally twice, with half an
hour's gathering time between. The
colonists assemble and the reader for
the occasion gives out his news, which
consists of interesting items selected
from the latest weekly papers and dis
patches from the Asuncion daily pa
per, which the colonist receive twice a
week.
(Urrsloss Exploit of a Pftw Deal
r la KuM-Ueed Dtefto-rv
BC Ho OrsBBM.
Morrow Coonty is anew country, and like all other new counties, is awaiting development.
Located in the Columbia river valley, and skirted on the 8onth with a spur of the Bine moan
Hi, within the boundaries of Morrow county is a territory 75 miles in length by 35 miles in width,
and containing 1,313,280 acres of land. Formerly etockraising was the principal industry, but lat
teily the fertility of the land is bringing agrioaltare to the front. Immense wheat crops ere grown
with iittle cultivation, the soil being mixed with a voloanlc ash which is very rich in wheat-producing
qualities. The 1904 crop will aggregate 1,400,000 bosbels, much of it from virgin soil.
Morrow county has thousands of head of sheep, horses and cattle. Tbe wool prodootien for
1904 was 2,500,000 pounds. Alfalfa and fruit growing are profitable industries, rapidly growing in
importance. The connty has also a great ooal field, soon to be developed.
The following notice, says the Imn&oa
Outlook, appears in the shop window of
a picture dealer in Munich:
'The exhibition of the paintings,
which to every exception, whose alone
property, and the possession of about
40,000 No. stitch t;f Kooper. cut of wood,
art of shave llefs. colour printings, era
sures, and ca. 6000 Portraits, also 10,000
sr.euhes in hand. Aquarelles of ger
man, english, dutch, bel&ian, Italian
and french masters of the latest four
centuries. Also an collection of minia
tures and many old books. Whlchee
complet collection are saleable. Mrs
Patrons you want Information about,
send yonr please a letter to the posses
sion J. Oernert. Bavariarlng 30-1 and
Karlsplatz 20-1 Munich. Catalogue of
the collection Is to preparation, and
send the catalogues every Patron which
to give his strict address."
This, says the correspondent who
kindly sends us the foregoing, rather
emphasises an experience of my own
In Munich, where a shopkeeper, trying
in English to excuse himself for not
having In stock an appliance I needed,
said: "I have not; I am very disagreeable."
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