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SIXTH YEAR.
HEPPNER, MORROW COUNTY, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1888.
NO. 291.
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THE GAZETTE
IBSDKD ETEBY THURSDAY APTEEKOOH. BY
OTIS PATTERSON,
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for ttires mouths; in advance. If paid for si tks
end of si inontlis, t'15U year will be eharged.
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Local adTerlbinir 10o per line, kach subse
quent insertion at half rates. Special rates will
he charged for personal di and political slash.
trovernor
beo. of State
'J rwiBurer
Rapt. Instruction
Judge Seventh District....
8. Pennoyer.
....a. W. McBride.
(J. W. Webb.
.. .15. B. MoElroy.
J. H. Bird.
W. K. Ellis.
llietnot Atwirney .
MOBKOW COUNTY.
Joint Senator Wer.
ItepreneAative Wm Mitclw 1
t ooiity Jndgo..... r umi i i
" Commissioners J. U. my, J. a.
. Thompson. r . .
Clerk ... C. I.. Andrews.
" Sheriff fl""'Sd-
" , Treasurer - vfJtn'
" Assessor...! 1.......J. J. MoGee.
Surveyor ..Julius Keithley.
" School Sup't J. H. Stanley.
" Comer A.J.Shobe.
HKPFKtoR TOWN OFFICERS.
M.,-r Henry Blackmail.
"oinoiimen.'.:'. E. B. Swinborne, Klli.
Minor, 8. P. Qarriinwe. George Noble, i. H.
Natter and W.J. McAtee. .
Recorder u ' n,llik-
Treasurer &
Marshal l.u, Locknans.
Doric Lodge No. 20 K. of P. meet. ev
ryTiieBdayeeningat7.S0o'clock in 1
O. O. F. Hall. Sojourning brothers cor.
"""" J. W. Morrow, C. C.
E. R. BWIHBCHSE, K. Of K. B.
. .... win. 1 No. M I. O. O. F.
SSffilSSESS; meets every Wednesday evening at
Jfeiew 8'oiock. Visiting brothers cordl-
aly welcomed. UKO. ami
V. W. Yoonoorkn. lies Seo'y. .
BansSonci KebeKah ueg. no. so i.
meets Becond and fourth Saturdays of each
i. iu...k....u ..r tlm iinirree cordially wel-
.....til
coined.
MB8. 11. K HlMTOl, N. tt.
Heppner Lodge, No. 6 .A. F. 4 A. M.
VV meets every nrst and tlnrd Saturdays of
V each month. Fbank GlIjLIA1I Mo.tor.
Will A. Kirk, Secretary.
Lone Balm Lodge No. IB, 1. 0. O. I . meet ev
ery Satarday eveniugai 7 o'clock at the usual
pKc. of meeting. Visiting J"1 o"
8. W. Miles. B. Bee.
Mistletoe Bebekah Degree Lodge No. 25. meets
first and third Wednesday of each mouth.
Carrie Stanley, . li.
. N. Hardinan. Soo.
PEOPBSBIOaAIi
... .uijmnyiy.fr j,i.W!riyinflftfr'"-fri"-v"-''
A. L. FOX, Fb. C. AND M. D.
Graduate of the I'uiversity of Michigan.
CLASS OF '69-70
Beeoial attention given to diseases of wmen
and children. Oihoe in P. O. Borg s building.
Gr. W. REA.
Atlornef-a t-Law,:
Notary Public and
stice of the Peace.
1 uviysPPNEH, OGN.
OFFICE OPEN AT ALL HOTJK8
GEO. WM. WEIGHT,
ATTORNEY AT LAW AND NOTARY PUBLIC.
Opposite Gazette Office, Heppner.
LAN F1L1NG8. Contesled Entries. Reliable
Insurance. Loans made and collections
promptly attended to.
W. B. ELLIS,
Attorn ey-at-Law
AND
Notary - - - Public,
HEPPNER, OREGON.
Proaecuting Attorney for Seventh Ju
dicial District.
Will give prompt attention to an J and
all business entrusted to him,
OFFICE on Main Street, over Liberty Mar
ket C&BFElTTSBa, ETC.
H. C. JOHNSON. W. M. HAUB1SUN.
lOHNHONAHAHRISON,
Contractors and
Builders.
Call on fhem at the Morrow Bnilding, Corner
Main and May streets, and get their figures on
building before contracting elsewhere.
E. NORDYKE,
THE WAGON AKTIST,
Announces that he is fully prepared to do Wag
on Work and all kinds of Wood Butchering in a
hruUclaBs manner at short notice. Otiice on
Main 8tret Heppner, opposite Leezer&Tnomp
on's hardware ntore.
MONEY SAVED!
By Getting your Painting and Papering Done by
R. A. FORD.
sign jg
tm r- PAINTING
A Speolatty Shop. First Doir South of Brewery
City Meat Market,
NORTH BIDE MAIN STREET HEPPNFB,
Ktapt on hand a full supply of Fr' th
mnd Corned Beef and Pork, Fresh Mut
ton, Sausage., Tripe, Etc.
C. E. HINTON, PROPRIETOR
LIBERTY
MEAT rVfARKET,
McATKB SPRAY, Proprietur.
VHE8H BEEF, MUTTON AND POBK COS
Jl stantly ou hand at reasonsbla prices; also
bolegna and pork sausage, head cheese, etc.
New Red Front, Main street, Heppner. 178
TOXTSOJRTAJLi.
CHA8. M. JONES'
Heppner Barber Shoo !
In the
Matlock Building. Main St., Heppner.
Is now turning out Shares, Shampoos and Hair,
cnts in the highest style of the art.
NOTICE OK INTENTION.
Land Office at The Dalles. Or.. Sept. 23, '88.
Notice is hereby given that the following named
settler hss nled notice of his intention to
mske final proof in support of his
cisim. and that said proof will be made before
the judge of Gilliam county, Or., at Arlington,
Or., on Nov. 10. 1S88, Tit:
H" m. M. Pierre,
Hd 2751. for the SK t Sec 14, Tp S. R a E. W.
M,
He Balnea the following witnesses to prove his
eonUssoos residence anon, ad cultivation of,
aid land. Tit
W. P. Leach, J. C. Coleman, C. Vanacort and
James Boras, all of Idea. Or.
r . a. aciNnua newiever.
' (TfWYAL UVSli Jk l
Absolutely Pure.
This nowder nerer rariea. A mnml nf nnpiiv
strength and wholesomouess. More economical
than the ordinary kinds, and cannot be sold in
competition with the multitude of tow test, short
weight, alum or phosphate powders. Sold onlt
IHOANB. BOVAL BAKING I'OWDKK CO..
aH-KKJ 106 Wall Street. N. Y.
First National Bank
OF HEPPNER,
O.A.RHEA, HUGH FIELDS,
President. Vice-President.
J. O. Maddoek, Cashier.
Transacts a General Banking Bnsinesi
EXCHANGE
On all parts of the world
Bought and Sold,
Collections made at all points on Rea
sonable Terms.
PETER O. BORG,
Heppkkb,
Oregon
-DKALKB IN
Watches and Clocks,
Jewelry, Etc.
GOLD PENS,
Amethyst, Cameo and Diamond
Oold Rings, Gold and Silver
Watches.
AND
All other artioles usually kept in a Jew
elry Store.
REPAIRING A SPECIALTY,
AND ALL WORK WAR.
RANTED.
BTOKE opposite Minor, DortRon & Co's May Ht.
COOPER'S
Sheep Dipping Powder
is USED ON
50 MILLION SHEEP ANNUALLY.
AND IS THE
Cheapest, Safest and
Best
CURE FOR SCAB.
It has been in use half a century
and applied to more sheep than
are now existing on the earth. ,
Snell, Heitshu fe Woodard,
Wholesale Agents, Portland, Or.
Koshland Bros., Portland.
Sold wholesale by Wasco Ware
house Co., The Dalles, Or., and
retailed by all merchants.
H. B. LE FEVRE,
Professional Herder of Bucks
and BillisQmts'
Lone Book, : : : Oregon.
Trades, sales and purchases negotiated at low
commission, and a general line of ram brokerage
transacted. Gathers from the ranges at shetring
time, takes no bucks that hare been exposed to
scab, dips, feeds salt and sulphur, pays for bucks
not accounted for, and makes general deliveries
at convenient plaoes between the middle and last
of October.
All for a Dollar and Ten Vents a Head.
California, Oregon and
rbno
STAGE COMPANY.
J. B. Keeney, Snpt.
Arlington Stage leaves Heppner, SJO A. M
' arrirea " 40 P. M.
Pendleton " leaves " 8 JO A. M
' arrives " 430 P. M.
Fare to Arlington, - 84 00.
Fare to Pendleton, - 5.00.
Freight 2 cents per pound.
ED. K. BISHOP, Ag't.,
Heppner, Ogn
NOTICE OF INTENTION.
Land Office at The Dalles. Or.. Sept. 10. 'S8.
Notice is hf-rebv given that the followingDamed
settler has tiled notice of his intention to make
final proof in support of his claim, and that said
preof will he ma-le before the judge of Morrow
ooontr. Or., at Heppner, Or., on Not 12, 1888.
Tlx:
William H. Robinson,
Hd VfA. for the 8K BW V, end 8W RF. of
8ee.andtheNe V NW V and NW Nit k of
Sec. S3. Tp 5 8, It 25 K, W M.
He names the following witnesses to nrore his
continuous residence upon, and cultivation of.
aaia lana. tit:
John A. Attains, tren, W . tliaptn. Benjamin
Lnelling and Wm, Loelling. aH of Hardman, Or.
S-l
r. A. MrIH.it.D. Register.
IT IS A
COLD WATCH DIP
BILL NYE AND THE PARSON
He Rebukes a Vermonter Who
Would be a Humorist
A Pulpit Educator Who is Afraid to
be Funny. A Few Speeimenn of
his Antique Wit A Few Ob
servations on Life.
The following, I regret to state, is a
bona fide letter, which, after consulta
tion with an eminent olergymau, nnd
his advioe by all means to print, I have
decided to give the publio, together
with a reply to the same:
Vehmont, Aug. 22.
Bill Nye, E6q. Dear Mil: I am a
smiill humorist in my own qniet, un
adorned way, but my position as a cler
gyman, makes it impossible for me to
realize on my talent. Seeing, moreover,
that present cash is more neoessary to
me than posthumous fame, I bad thought
that I might make an arrangement with
you that would be agreeable to ns both.
I give you what raw material I can and
you work it up into one of your beauti
ful textile fabrications, aud pay me any
thing yon think it is worth. A reten
tive memory has enabled me to keep
some thousands of reasonably rich and
racy faoetice and aotual occurrences
quite droll, aud whose publication I am
sure would fill a loug felt want. I am
sure they would if thty brought me any
money.
I think the present arrangement that
I suggest would be justified by my pov
erty and your prominence. If I hap
pened to send you a good thing your
publication of it would insure its very
widest circulation and highest possible
prioe, &a. Agaiu, fame as a humorist
wsuld be a bar to my success as a minis
ter. On the whole, I trust the idea will
commend itself to you. Fraternally,
Rev. , Bux .
P. S. I send you one or two "nug
gets." P. S. The proposition I make you,
Mr. Nye, is suob a novel one that you
may doubt my sincerity. To show you
that I am what I purport to be, aud
ootild not possibly, in my position, com
promise my prospects by attempting to
hoax you, I iuclose the following from
our looal paper here:
"A fair congregation attended the ser
vices in Holley Hall Snnday. The ser
mon by Mr. wbs a clear; foroible
argument and H as listened to with close
attention. Another meeting will be
held in the same plaoe on August 19."
Find stamp for reply. I am only 24
years old.
hcooet no. 1
I knew of a man who left Vermont and
went to the northern part of Dakota,
where he lived for several years. He
then returned to bis old home ou ac
count of the climate, which was very se
vere in winter. Some of his old neigh
bors asked him what the climate of Da
kota was like through the year, to
which he replied naively that (Acre they
had nine months of winter aud three
months of d d late in the fall.
This, I think is very rich, and if well
dressed up and written in extenso
would be very amusing. Of course the
joke hinges on the fact that he has real
ly given no time to spring or summer
whatever.
nugget no. 2.
Two men were engaged in conversa
tion relative to the inoidents in the Bi
ble, and they got to talking at lust about
John the Baptist. One said that he had
heard that John the Baptist was not
very well off. "Yes, I heard that, too,"
said the other, "but still he lived within
his means and also saved something, no
oording to the Scriptures."
"How was that?" exclaimed the first.
"Why, he was certainly one sent (cent)
ahead, was be not?"
This is a play upon words which is
very humorous and amusing, though
slightly Irreverent, perhaps, and so I
would rather you would use it and pay
me for the idea simply, using your own
language. Some of the nuggets of fun
which I would send you also have some
slight dashes of profanity in them, which
of course would not hurt your reputa
tion at all, but would be highly injuri
ous to me if I were to print them over
my own name. I will send some more
of these at once if we make a trade.
I do not give the name of the clergy
man, though I thought at first that I
would. He is only 21 years old, aud
so may yet look back with horror upon
this letter. Therefore I will not ex
pose him.
But how unjust be is and how selfish
withal. He can not bear the thought of
fathering the above "nuggets," and yet
he is willing to receive pay for them and
leave my reputation besmirched forever.
With a keen sense of the ridiculous and
a "retentive memory," which enables
him to remember jokes which extend
back to the time of Jubn the Baptist, he
asks me to knock the moths out of these
B. C. "Judas spirits" and divide with
him the price nf my disgrace.
He also alludes to my "beautiful tex
tile fabrications." He then intimate
that it would be uisastrons to his busi
ness to obtain a reputation as a humor
ist and liar, but that he is willing to re
reoeive a cbeok for bis share a a silent
partner.
This is the style of person whioh
makes the "green-goods" man thrive.
He would build a church with counter
feit money if he could do it with perfect
safety.
There ere two or three popular errors
regarding humorists, end I do not know
but this would be a good time to men
tion the matter. Having been a great
admirer and constant reader of Ameri
can humor for some years, I have been
thrown among humorists more ur less,
nnd 1 can truly say that they are fre
quently misunderstood.
In the first place, very few f them do
their literary under the influence of
liquor. Because two or three American
humorists were of a oonvivial turn of
mind, there is an impression in the
minds of some that all humorists are
born drunk and die drunk, depending
entirely upon the pleasing bnt delusive
exbiliaratk n of rum for their inspiration
This is vitally wrong, for many a joke
has sprung up from the low grounds of
sorrow, and hunger and poverty have
fostered some of the best humor of
w hich the world knows.
Since the world began, Punchinello
has been obliged to earn bis salary dur
iug office hours and cry over the grave
of his dear dead love after the day's
comedy was over. The musio baa jarred
upon his ears and 'he lights have sear
ed his eyesight, but at last came the
welcome night, the sympathizing stars
aud the luxury of laying aside the prop
erty s i ile, even though be did it to tr.ke
up his own and only private grief. There
is something pathetic about this, some
thing also of Christian fortitude, per.
haps, for sadness is even more sad when
to halt for a day to give it genuine ex
pression is impossible.
Still, there is something more pitiful
than all this, something which makes
other pathos lose its power. It is the
sight of a pious teacher, priest and
guide offering to enter into a secret
partnership with a literary clown; to
provide raw material for manufacture
into textile fabrications at moderate
prices: to ostensibly repair and save
souls while secretly ransacking the oata'
combs and crypts of loud smelling ages
for jokes: to kneel in supplication in the
attitude and guise of a pastor before the
people, while accepting the damnable
prioe of a humorist!
Wheu I pause to consider this I have
no time or pity left to bestow on my
on lost and undone oondition. I can
only stand uncovered in the preseaoe of
snob duplicity as this and cry out: "Sir;
I make no claims whatever. The large
frosted cake with raisins in it, voted to
the man with the best record for duplia
ity, is yours; yours to enjoy, yours to
perpetuate, yours to transmit.
Aud yet this pastor is young. There
is still hope for him. If I bad time I
would dearly love to snatch him as a
brand from the burning, I would like
to plaoe my hand on his shoulder to-day
if I could go to Vermont without impair
ing my business too much, aud say to
him: "Bear brother, do you know that
humor is something you oan not monkey
with? It may be alluring at first, but it
will at last win away from the paths of
rectitude and right your young, and I
was about to sy staiuless feet, but pos
sibly you wear blaok socks that would
not oraok on the best of feet. But what
it that compared with an uncrocked
soul? I tell you you oan not long nurse
a limburger obeese in your breast and
escape detection. It is so with humor,
yon can bust t .e old joke or pun if you
will, but the scant of the jokolet will
cliug round it still.
"Then be warned by one who has your
best interest at heart, and do not seek to
obtain wealth suddenly as a humorist.
Dig ginseng root, or trap muskrats, or
break steers, but do not seek to obtain
immediate fortune even as a humorous
fenoa,' for yon will regret it. Even
wealthy humorists are not always hap
py. I know of one who has more mon
ey than some farmers have hay, and yet
he is sometimes sad. Though he has
two pairs of trousers with creases down
the legs and pink shirts with maroon
collars to them, he often wishes he
could again be a poor clergyman preach
ing his old sermons over again as he
used to do, but free from care and per
fectly pure in heart. I know another
humorist who has shaken hands with
royalty, and who pays more for grocer
ies in a month than he used to get for a
year's bard work, and yet he feels just
as sorry when one of hischildren dies as
anybody else.
"Ah, life is a serious matter to one and
nil 1 We can not be constantly hnppy,
but let us seek to be consistent. Let ns
try to make others happy if we can, and
keep our sorrows to ourselves. That is
a good motto. It is only a little while
at best. Compared with eternity onr ca
reer extends over a time easily express
ed by the word 'soatP uttered in an or
dinary tone of voice. We art here to
day and to-morrow we are extremely
elsewhere. Like one of your 'nuggets,'
or any other tale that has been told, is
the history of man. Only a puny wnil,
n camel's hair mustaohe and a dying
groan, a ripple of childish laugh
ter, a cruel conflict and a grave in the
grateful shadow of the willow.
"That marks the life of man. Let us
therefore seek to work each in his ap
pointed fluid, to accomplish the greatest
good to the greatest nnmber. Let ns
not follow the false and deceptive life of
'faootiffi' or 'occurrences that are quite
droll,' nnless that seems to be our forte.
"You state that 'fame as a humorist
would be a bar to your suocess in the
ministry.' Is that all? Have you con
fided to me the only thing you have to
fear in your onward maroh towards suc
cess? If so, let me say in closing that
yon have what might be termed a walk
over. No man ever need be more confi
dent of winning a high place than you,
if fame as a humorist is all you have to
fear, for I know that if you take that in
time and throttle it to suob an extent
right now that its tongue will hang out
quite a long distance, you oan so over
come it that in ten years from now there
will not be a trace of humor in anything
yon say. I know you can live it down,
and I am sore that if you do as I say,
those who did not know you whea you
were young and coltish, facetious and
quite droll, would never suspect you at
all. ....
"I will add also that aside from pub
lishing your letters here, I have not
mentioned it to any one except my wife
and another man and bis wife, so you
can feel perfectly safe about it. I have
not sent check for the two nnggets uaed
above because I was afraid that a check
might compromise you if yim went to
get it cashed. Could, you not come on
to New York and receive the money? I
can meet you near the Fifth avenue en
trance on any day you may name, and
yon ean pick me oat easily, beoaase I
will be mowing grass there, which I do
through the summer under an assumed
name, partly for the view and partly for
the money." BILL NYE.
' NEWS IN GENERAL.
"The act of October 1, positively pro
hibits tba landing of Chinese laborers
who have departed from United States
territory. The Chinese per Auoon from
Alaska cannot land."
Adam GtieU, an old oitizen of Dan
ville, Ind., was killed at that place by
the cars on Sept. 23rd. Deceased was
supposed to. have been under the in
fluenou of liquor at the time.
A telegram was received at the treas
ury department on Oct. 10th, from the
oollector of customs at Port Townsend,
W. T., saying the steamer Anoon, from
Sitka, had landed a Chinaman at Vic
toria, B. C, on his way to Port Town
send, and asking whether he should be
allowed to land.. Seoretary Maynard re
plied to the telegram as follows:
A delegation of representative men of
Seattle, W. T., called upon Henry Vil-
lard7t Oct. 10. President Oakes and
d ttheKortherntPaoifio nffioials were
pt leer2ie Northern Pacific exten
sion or purchase by that oompany of the
Columbia & Piiget Sound railway which
runs from Stuck Junction to Seattle,
was urged by the delegation. Nothing
definite was done in the matter.
Th secretary of the treasury has ask
ed congress for an appropriation of
$50,000 to oarry the Chinese act into ef
fect. On Oct. 1, the secretary's letter
was read in the House and immediately
referred to the appropriations commit
tee. In less than 20 minutes the bill
was reported back appropriating $50-
000. Five minutes after the bill was
passed without a dissenting vote.
Marshal Robinson on Friday night
found a full kit of burglar tools in Frank
Orselli's grove in the lower part of town.
Investigation as to the ownership proved
mat a certain individual bad bad an
iron drill made at Fauoett's shop, 20
inahes in length and three-fourths of an
inch in diameter, just such an instru
ment as burglars use in opening a safe.
The man is known to the polioe and is
being kept in olose surveillance. W. W.
Union.
An Enoch Arden oase with a new
finale has just occurred in Bevier, Mo.
Years ago H. O. Cooley lived in Illinois
with his young wife. Times became
hard and be started east to procure work
taking passage as a sailor on a ship
bound for England. His wife heard
nothing of bim, and eight years after
his departure married Richard Dunker.
They moved to Bevier. Cooley returned
and learned of his wife's marriage, final
ly tracing her to Bevier. After an in
terview the wife agreed to accompany
husband No. 11 and they left Bevier for
Newton county. The deserted husband
Dupkard, felt very badly over the matter
but interposed no objections.
The Hendrioka County Republican
sara: W. li. Magill, of lork Uouuty.
formerly ettieerj of Hendrioka county,
Ind., was murdered at Indianapolis tws
weeks ago V a colored man, who has
since been arrested aud jailed. It seems
that Mr. Magill bad oome over from
Nebraska on the veterans' excursion and
while spending the night in Indianapolis
became involved in a quarrel wiih two
negro girls late at night whom be found
on the streets. The girls say their es
corts had stopped in a saloon, and one
of them cam out and struok Magill,
causing his death. The negro claims
that he did not mean to kill the man.
Magill had friends near Lizton.
Philadelphia has a new religious sect
whose title is fearfully and wonderfully
oonstruoted. It is "The Ecclesia of Is
rael; the Cyipz or Worshiping Congre
gation of Our Father's Kingdom on
Earth." They have revised the opening
sentences of the Lord's prayer, so that
they read: "Our father who art in
heaven; hallowed be thy name; thy hand
of power our souls do fear; thine tar of
love our prayers do hear; thy voice of
light illuminates our feet; unto tby
house our steps we bend, eternity with
thee to spend; tby kingdom has oome;
now let thy will be done on earth as it
is iu heaven."
Frank Elliott, who runs a restaurant
at Elliston, Mont., got into a row with
the bartendar at the Elliston hotel ou
the 9th inst. and pulled his revolver,
whereupon Mr. Strand, the proprietor,
interfered and received a shot in the left
side which is thought not to be fatal.
Elliott followed this up by three more
shots, one of which took effect in the
knee of a Swede by the name of Alex.
Folsom, who will likely lose his leg.
The oriminal made bis esoape and was
surrounded in a cabin, but as it was get
ting dusk he broke and ran and made
his escape again. The oitizeos of Ellis
ton organized a party and after a long
ohase captured bim. He is now in the
bauds of the sheriff.
The Empire, the chief organ in Can
ada, asks: "Has it ever happened in the
history of the world that one country
took suob liberty with the possessions of
another as the United States are taking
with Canada, without having first re
solved upon going too far with the in
sulted nation? And after a long argu
ment in the negative it says: "We are
five millions o! British subjects, and al
though in the past we have submitted
patieDtly to the United State's inter
ference by methods more offensive than
language can well express, the time has
at length arrived when, on both sides of
tbe international boundary, all fair
minded men mnst agree that the dignity
and honor of both countries call for the
abandonment of an attitude wbich con
veys a standing insult and a menace to
the Canadian dominion."
THE DICTIONARY IN THE SCHOOLROOM .
Being interested in all that pertains to
the success aud usefulness of our pub
lic schools, we would call the attention
of educators to tbe valne of early train
ing in tbe use of language and tbe need
of more thorough instruction in tbe
knowledge of irordj. We mean tbe
English language, and for tbe most
part, good old Anglo-Saxon words.
We are oonstrained to believe that in
far to many schools the ability to name
words rapidly as tby ooenr is the read
ing lesson, in the geography or the his
tory is allowed to suffice as the full
measure of instruction in the depart
ment of language, and the pupils thus
pass to other fields without the ability
to either correctly spell or properly pro
nounce the words they have used, and
with no knowledge at all of their true
signification or wealth of meaning.
The derivation or history of a word as
found in the dictionary often jjpens-tip
a most del'ghttal field for study and in
vestigation, and through this the learn
er's ambition to attain greater power
and fluency in the use of werds might
be incited. We believe that the learned
man is moat clearly distinguished from
the ignorant by his greater command of
language nnd wider knowledge of the
power of wordj. What better field onn
there be, then, for the developtn nt of a
greater usefulness on the part of our
public schools than through a larger and
more intelligent study of our own vo
cabulary? Fortunately we have a standard
authority for the meaning and use of
English words, a reooguized and uni
versally oonoeded court of last resort,
an open "Webster," where are reoordod
fur the use of all, the decisions of the
best writers and speakers upon the cor
rect usage of every item that gos to
make up the beautiful whole of our
mother tongue.
We believe that our publio sohools
will attain a greater usefulness, and be
more successful in teaobing language
just in the ratio that they seud'their
pupils to the dictionary with more fre
quency, teaohing them to study its
reoord more intelligently nnd abide by
its deoisious more steadfastly. It needs
no argument to prove that every school
room should be supplied with a oopy of
Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, as tbe
fouudation for improved language work.
As a further means to this desirable end,
we can make no better recommendation
than that every pupil should acquire the
habit of oonstant referenoe to authority
by having at his desk a oopy of an un
abridged edition of Webster, and that
every teacher should be competent to
give instruction in its proper use.
Without disparaging the othor abridg
ments, we regard Webster's Academic
Dictionary as the best of all for the
hourly use of pupils, and when it is re
membered that its usefulness will sur
vive the pupil's school days, and in the
absenco of the unabridged, become the
family diotionnry, it is not too much to
say that it should be found on the desk
of every pupil in our schools above the
most primary grades.
The Politisal Campaigner.
Campaigns oost money now, but it
isn't the oratory that costs. We pay
more for campaign bands now every
year than congress gets, aud the cam
paign expenses of both parties would
send Bibles aud bustles all over Africa.
Grown-up men olotue themselves iu tin
helmet and oil-olotu overcoats, holler all
night and go home at breakfast time
wikii their pocketn full of olam chowdei
mid two or three torchlight wicks in
their hats. We have found out that the
average man is only a big boy and fre
quently a lunkhead at that. He likes to
feel the gentle exoliration of martial
music anil rum tiring his veins and t,i
flatter himself t.iat it is heroism am:
valor. Stirred by the lascivious uleas-
ings of the buss drum he "alks 13 mile
in the ram and smokeo oigurs whic
would make the Chicago river tun
and run the other way. We have learn
ed that we do not need much money for
folks wno reau the papers ana flunk the
thoughts. The money goes mostly to
give the thirsty and ignorant a general
outing as I may say. The campaign
comes like a beuison to those who aside
from the Fourth of July, a publio bap
tism, or the funeral of a distant relative,
see very little to enjoy. Bill Nye.
3ACWM01
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Ho Delays, rantest lrainn. Low
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A. D. CHAKLTON,
AxsisUinr General Paiwenger Agent.
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Heppner City Brewery,
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Having purchased the latest Brewing Apparatus and
utensils, I am enabled with my cold soft-water spring,
my deep, cool stone cellar and the fresh, pure
atmosphere of the Heppner Hills, to offer
my customers a
SUPERIOR QUALITY OF BEER !
At reasonable wholesale and retail rate).
Lunches of all Kinds
AND THE
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Parties in the country must return empty kegs, or $G npiec
will be charged.
J. B. NATTER, Proprietor.
For Pure Drugs and
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Lexington,
Where you will find tbe finest stook of Drugs in Morrow county, oonsisting of
Fresh Stook of Drugs, Patent Medicines, Toilet Articles, Choice Perfumery, No
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A fine line ot Tobacco and Cigars.
The Finest Brands of Wines and Liquors for Medical Purposes, AU
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Physicians Prescriptions Compounded Day or Night.
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I J jriPPXI H, - - OREGON,
Capacity 70 Barrels ,
J, B. SPERRY, Proprietor.
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Flour from best Grades of Wheat, flour
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to suit purchasers.
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When You Come to Town by Putting Them in '
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unsaker
Opposite Natter's Browery,
Heppner, Ox'etron.
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tili IIcMtrrttMj it iy illicit !', VVeelt, or Month
All Stock Left in Their Care Will Receive the Best of Attention.
"Wood. Wood.
I am Prepared to Deliver WOOD to the
Denizens of Heppner and All Other Places
at Popular Prices. All Orders Attended, to
Promptly.
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spring n.
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USE
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