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3, 1879.
THURSDAY DECEMBER 28, 1905.
The Hindoo priests in India have
remarkabP memories, and it is said to
be easy to find one who can repeat
the 300,000 lines of the mahbharata
without a mistake.
i Bishop Mora, of Hidalgo, Mexico,
recently celebrated mass 1,500 feet
below the earth's surface, at the : bot
tom of a silver mine which has been
worked for centuries.
The' Milan exposition of 1906 to
celebrate the opening of the Simplon
tunnel will be in reality a world's fair.
The exhibition will be on grand scale
and will last from April to November.
The tallest soldier in the German
army, who was enlisted recently, is
seven feet ten inches in height and his
;weight is 225 pounds. He adorns the
ranks of the First Regiment of Foot
Guards.
Several schools in Nevada have
beem compelled to close because the
trustees have' found it impossible to
secure teachers. Almost as soon as
they arrive and take charge the resign
and marry.
Along the central . part c'f the Congo
river there are a number of salt mar
shes..',. The Africans dig shallow holes
in these, whence issue- streams of hot
water which, on being Evaporated,
leaves a residee "of salt. '.
The Boer families coming into this
country' from Mexico will fall into
American ways much quicker than
the Immigrants of some other nation
alities. Moreover, they will stay here
and add to the national wealth and
stability Instead of going horn when
they have amassed enough to live In
Idlenss.
New York experts, after testing the
so-called wines, whiskies and brandies
sold In that city, declare that 75 per
cent of them are fraudulent , adult
erations. The alleged wines have
never touched a grape and the whiskies
know nothing of the corn and rye from
which they are supposed to be produc
ed. The ingredients In these vile con
coctions are mostly harmful and many
of them absolutely poisonous.
A cow has been made to give
enough milk to make 1 ,000 pounds of
-TO-
Salt Lake, Denver, Kansas
City, Chicago, St- Louis,
New York.
Ocean Staameri for Sanrranclieo !
Portland at 8 P. M. wry fifth day.
Tlokti to and from all point of tka Unit
ed Statoi and JKuropo.
Trains Leave Lexington, Dally, ex
cept Sunday, - 9:25 A. M
Trains Arrive at Lexington, Dally, ex
cept Sunday - 5:10 r. M
Trains Connect at Heppner Junction
with Main Line trains for all
points East and West.
butter in a year, and a hen has been
made to lay 250 eggs In one. These
records mark the limit of productivenes.
Under natural conditions the cow
would give just enough milk to raise
her calf, while the hen. would lay but
one setting of eggs. The difference
marks what man has been able to do
with the cow and the hen. .
EQUAL SUFFRAGE.
Arrangements have been made with
the State Association to publish rhelr
communications on this' subject Ed.
In Mark Twain's "Following the
Equator" Is a couple of pages .devoted
to woman suffrage in Nlew Zealand in
which he gives the official figures show
ing that women vote in that country in
as great a proportion as do the men.
In the official Report he also found this
statement:" A feature of the election
was the orderliness and sobriety of the
people. Women were in no way mo
lested." In commenting upon this he
says:
" At home a standing argument a
gainst woman suffrage has always been
that woman could not go to the polls
without being insulted. The prophets
have been prophesying ever since the
woman's rights movement began in
1848 and in 47 years they never
scored a hit.
"Men ought to begin to feel a sort cf
respect for their mothers and wives
and sisters by this time. The women
deserve a chance of attitude like that,
for they wrought well. In forty-seven
years they have swept an . imposingly
large number of unfair from the statute
books of America. In that brief, time
these serfs have set themselves free
essentially. Men could not have done
so much for themselves in that time
without bloodshed at least they never
have. The women have accomplished
a peaceful revolution' and a very bene
fecient. one; and yet that has not con
vinced the average man that they are
intelligent and have courage and ener
gy and perseverance and fortitude. It
takes much to convince the average
man anything; and perhaps ncth'rg
can ever make him realize that he Is
the average woman's-Interior yet in
several Important details the evidences
seems to show that that Is what he is.
Man has ruled the human race ' from
the beginlng but he should remember
that up to the middle of the present
century it was a dull world, and ignor
ant and stu Id.' This Is woman's op
portunity she has none before. I
wonder where man will be In another
forty-seven years?"
SOUTH SPRING
S. J. Ritchie is digging a well on
his ranch. If all the farmers would do
likewise they would save time and
money
Nat Gray has some seeding yet td
do. -. " '
C. E. Musgrave made a flying visit
to Echo the other day. He says that
Echo is growing very fast, good water
works, no lights, no newspaper as yet,
but they told him they were looking for
an $8000 plant on every train.
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Have made a specialty of land con
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S. Land Office and Department of
the Interior for ten years. "
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I am now located in the C,
C. Boon proprty and am
prepared tp do all kinds of
f needle work" and Dress
making at reasonable char
ges. Will also call at your
house and sew by the day.
Mrs. Elisa totzauer ,
Lexington, Oregon, ,
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