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The San Francisco call., 1904-06-18

to meet you. Mr.. Scott. My name is
Dave Barry"
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-18

BLEACHING HAIR-Minerva. City.
Preparations for bleaching the hair are
good for the purpose. but must be used
continually. for the bleaching material
discolors only to the surface. When the
hair grows out there is a line of de-
marcation which establishes the de-
ception. If you are intent upon bleach
ing your hair the best way to do is to
consult professional bleacher.
The San Francisco call., 1904-06-18

Henceforth whales are to be sacred
to the Norwegian fisherman. The Nor
wegian Parliament has passed a bill
prohibiting the catching and landing of
whales on the coast for the next ten
years.
Morris tribune., 1904-06-18
The disputed writing

in the terrors caused by the dread
event at the Moore house, which re.
called old tragedies and emphasized a
most unhappy family tradition"
The coroner paused a moment to lei
these words sink into the ears of the
jury, then plunged Immediately into
what might be called the offensive part
of his examination.
"Why, if your wife's death caused
you such intense grief, did you appear
SO relieved at receiving this by no
means consoling explanation"
At an implication so Enthusiastically
suggestive Of suspicion Mr.. Jeffrey
showed fire for the first time.
"Whose word have you for that? A
servants, so newly come into my house
that her very features are still strange
to me. You must acknowledge that a
person of such marked inexperience
can hardly be thought to know me or
to interpret rightly the feelings Of my
heart by any passing look she may
have surprised upon my face"
| This attitude Of defiance so suddenly
assumed had an effect he little realized.
Miss Tuttle stirred for the first time
behind her veil, and Uncle David, from
looking bored, became suddenly quite
attentive. These two but mirrored the
feelings of the general crowd, and mine
especially.
"We do not depend on her judgment
alone" the coroner now remarked.
tArba oboppo in uo,, woo opnorap+ fo
many others. This we can prove to
the jury If they require It."
But, no man lifting a voice from that
gravely attentive body, the coroner
proceeded to inquire II Mr.. Jeffrey felt
like volunteering any explanations on
this head. Receiving no answer from
him either, he dropped the suggestive
line Of inquiry and took up the consid-
Grafton Of facts. The first question he
now put was:
"Where did you find the slip Of pa
per containing these last words from
your wife"
Tn book picked out Of the book
shelf in our room upstairs. When Lo-
retta gave me my wife's message
knew that | should find some word
from her In the novel we had just been
reading. AS we had been interested in
but one book since our marriage, there
was no possibility Of my making any
mistake as to which one she referred"
"Will you give us the name Of this
novelw
Compensation
"And you found this book called
Compensation in your room upstairs?"
Eyes"
"On the bookshelfW
"Yes."
where does this bookshelf stand"
Mr.. Jeffrey looked up as much as to
Morris tribune., 1904-06-18

bled people an instructive
compassion arose in every breast a
sight of his face, which, if not open il
its expression, was at least surchargeG
with the deepest misery.
I pass over the preliminary examina
ton Of this important witness and pro
coed at once to the point when the
coroner, holding out the two or three
lines Of writing which Mr.. Jeffrey had
declared to have been left him by his
wife, asked:
"Are these words in your wifes
handwriting?
Mr.. jeffrey replied hastily and with
| just glance at the paper offered him
''They are"
The coroner pressed the slip upon
/ him.
Look at them carefully" he urged.
''The handwriting shows hurry and in
places is scarcely legible. Are you
ready to swear that these words were
written by your wife and by no
other?"
Mr.. jeffrey, with just a slight con-
traction of his brow expressive of an
noyance, did as he was bid. He scan
ned, or appeared to scan, the small
scrap of paper which he now took into
his own hand.
1T is my wife's writing" he impa-
tiently declared; written, as all can
see, under great agitation of mind, but
hers without any doubt
o1o rIe 20
our benefit?" asked the coroner.
The lines he was thus called upon to
read may bear repetition:
find that do not love you as
thought. 1 cannot live knowing this to be
so. Pray God you may forgive me!
VERONICA.
AS the last word fell with a little
tremble from Mr.. Jeffrey's lips the
coroner repeated:
"You still think these words were adj
dressed to you by your wife; that in
short they contain an explanation Of
her death?"
II do.'
There was sharpness in the tone. Mr..
jeffrey was feeling the prick. There
" 40 oSAIoIAOA Ill IL, wv oil dSltdLAOA
he was trying hard to keep down.
"You have reason, then" persisted
the coroner, "for accepting this pecul-
lar explanation of your wife's death,
a death which, in the judgment of most
people, was of nature to call for the
strongest provocation possible?
"My wife was not herself. Ny wife
condition. For one so nervously over
wrought many allowances must be
made. She may have been conscious
of not responding fully to my affec-
ton. That this feeling was strong
enough to induce her to take her life
is a source Of unspeakable grief to
me, but one for which you must find
explanation, as I have so often said,
Tka
Morris tribune., 1904-06-18

ceeded no better than before in getting
access to her sister, nor could Loretta
gain the least word from her mistress
till toward the latter part of the after
noon, when that lady, ringing her bell,
gave her first order.
"a substantial dinner!' she cried.
And when Loretta, greatly relieved
brought up the required meal she was
astonished to find the door open and
herself hidden to enter. The sight
which met her eyes staggered her.
From one end of the room to the other
were signs of great nervous unrest
and of terrible suffering. The chairs
were pushed into corners as if the
wretched bride had tramped the floor
in an agony of excitement. Curtains
were torn, and the piano cover was
hanging half on and half off the open
upright, as if she had clutched at it to
keep herself from falling. On the floor
beneath lay several pieces of broken
china-vases of whose value Mrs. JEFF
frey had often spoken, but which, jerked
off with the cover, had been left where
they fell-while Immediately in front
Of the fireplace lay one Of the rugs,
tossed into heap, as if she had rolled
in it on the floor or used it to smother
her cries of pain or anger.
So much for the state in which the
witness found the boudoir. The ad-
joining bedroom was not in much bet
ter case, though it was evident that the
bed itself had not been lain in since it
was made up the day before at break
fast time. By this TOKEN. Mrs Jeffrey
Morris tribune., 1904-06-18

had not slept the night before, or If she
had laid her head anywhere it had
been on the rug already spoken Of.
These signs Of extreme mental suf
fering, so much more extreme than any
Loretta had ever before witnessed
frightened her so that the tray shook
in her hand as she set it down on the
table among the countless objects Mrs
Jeffrey always had about her. The
noise seemed to startle her mistress,
who had walked to the window after
opening the door, for she wheeled i'm
petuously about and Loretta saw her
face. 1t was as if blight had passed
over it. Once gay and animated be-
yond the power Of any one to describe,
it had become in twenty-four hours a
ghosts face, with the glare Of some
awful resolve on it; or so it would
appear from the way Loretta describ-
81 it.
Loretta, who was evidently accus-
toned to seeing her mistress arrayed
in brilliant colors and much begem-
med, laid great stress on the fact that,
though it was on the verge Of evening
and she was evidently going out, she
was dressed in black cloth and with
out even a diamond or a flower to re-
lieve it's severe simplicity. Her hair,
too, which was always her pride, was
piled in careless mass upon her head
as if she had tried to arrange it her
self and had forgotten what she was
doing while her fingers were but half
through their work. There was a
cloak lying on chair near which she
was standing and she held hat in her
hand. but Loretta saw no gloves. AS
the maids glance and that Of her mis-
the effort she made in doing SO natu-
rally frightened the girl still more. II
am going out" were her words. 81
may not be home till late What are
you looking att"
Loretta declared that the words took
her by surprise and that she did not
know what to say, but managed to COW
er up her embarrassment by intimating
that if her mistress would let her
touch up her hair bit she would
make her look more natural.
At this suggestion Mrs. Jeffrey cast
a glance in the glass and impetuously
declared, ut doesn't matter" But she
seemed to think better Of it the next
minute; for, throwing herself in
chair, she babe the girl to bring
comb and sat quietly enough, though
evidently in a great tremor of haste
and impotence, while Loretta combed
her hair and put it up in the old way.
But the old way was not as becom-
Ing as usual, and Loretta was wonder
ing if she ought to call in Miss futile
when Mrs. Jeffrey jumped to her feet
and went over to the table and began
to eat with the feverish haste Of one
who forces herself to take food in
spite Of hurry and distaste.
This was the moment for Loretta to
leave the room, but she did not knew
Morris tribune., 1904-06-18
CHAP
MI.

WW YHEN Fran, > Jcttrrre~'. han
A@0 fell from his forehead ain
w he turned to face the assem-
" hlod x,oor,lo
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1904-06-30
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
p,,bJic land Sale (ISOldted Tract

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT IN
y nursuance of instructions from the Com
missioner of the General Land Office, under
authority vested in him by section 2i55. L. s.
rnrad February 26 1895 we will proceed to offer
at nnblic sale at this office, at the hour of 10
o'clock n. m. on July IS. 1904, the following
tract of land, tO-wit: >,,,, -
sec. Is and SEA NWl4 and NWA SWl4 OF sec.
81, to. ) s, T 26, e W M.
Anya and all persons claiming adversely the
above-d escribed lands are advised to hle thelr
claims i'm This office on or before the day above
deSigneted for the commencement of said sale,
otherwise their rights will be forfeited.
a6-1OI ANNE VI. LANG, Receiver,
MICHAEL T. NOLAN, Register.
L. Land Office, The Dalles, Oregon, June
lth 1904
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1904-06-30
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

RTMENT OF THE INTERIOR, LAND
l. Office at La Grande, Or, June 9, 1904.
Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice OF his intention
to make final proof in support OF his claim,
and that said proof will be made before VaWter
Crawford county clerk at Heppner oregon,
on July %, 1901, VIZ:
HORACE NJ. YOAKUM.
of Heppner, Oregon, H. f. No. 9910, for the se14
nwl4, e1a sw4 and swl4 seq of section q, tip
south, range 28 e M.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
of said land, viz
Lewis A. Florence, Sterling P. Florence, Wal
ter Crosby, and Sherman Shaw all of Heppner,
oregon.
95-lOO E.W. DAVIS Register.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1904-06-30
MULE ATE THE WAGON.
aAA 0orgsd HAAssA -
Death

s. A. Harris, a grocer Of Charlotte,
lost mule and the better part Of
a delivery wagon the other day. The
wagon body WAS made of poplar. The
male was made of just simply or
dinary everyday mule, says the
Charlotte On. c. Observer.
One night the mule got out of the
up the delivery wagon. He ate the
framework down to the floor and
might have finished the foor il he
hadn't stopped long enough to die.
Cam King, one Of the original two
orphans, was at the old courthouse
when he overheard Squire Maxwell
telling an Observer reporter about
the death of Sam Harris mule.
Il believe every word of it," spoke
up King, "and | will tell you why.
Mules will eat wood when they are
wanting forage and can't get it
(meaning no reflection on Sam.
AT Staunton, Va. during the war
I was in charge of the commissary
wagons. We had plenty of corn for
our mules. but for days they had had
no forage whatever. Well, one night
my mules ate out five spokes from a
wagon wheel to which they had been
tied.
THAT morning I got load Of
chestnut rails TO feed my mules on
and they ate every one Of them. Not
a mule died What caused the death
of Mr.. Harris mule l can't say, but
! do know that my army mules were
great wood eaters"
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1904-06-30
Startling Evide ence.

Fresh testimony in great quantity is
constantly coming in, declaring DR..
Kings New Discovery for Consumption,
Coughs and Colds to be unequalled. A
recent expression from 7. j. Mcfarland, ,
Bentorville, Va, server es example. He
writes 81 had bronchitis for three years
and dootored all the time without being
benefited. Then | began taking DR..
Kings New Discovery. and few bottles
wholly cursd me-" Eqaally effective in
curing ali Lung and Throat troubles.
Consum ption; Pneumonia and Grip.
Guaranteed by Slocum, Druggist. T'ial
bottles free, regular sizes SOC, aud Sl.0O
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1904-06-30
MENELEK AGAINST SLAVERY
AbysstUian King Forbtds His People
No Make slaves of the Gala
Natives.

A few weeks ago King Menelek OF
Abyssinia issued decree against the
slave trade 1t is couched in the Ian
guage of potentates who have unlim-
tied power to enforce laws of their
own making. The king says:
"By a letter forwarded some time
ago 10 all the provinces, forbade traffic
in men of the Galla tribe. | also init
mated that those guilty Of this Offense
would be communicated from the
Christian Church Of Abyssinia, but you
refuse to cease making slaves of the
Gala men.
Nov beware You who are taken in
the act Of enslaying the GaIlas will no
longer. as heretofore be fined or turned
out Of the church; but you VIII be pun
ished in your own persons, by which
I mean you will be subjected to the
penalty Of mutilation."
This, remarks the New York Sun,
is certainly one Of the most dras-
tic measures vet taken against slave
trading in Africa The Gallas are q fine
trib, widely spread over the country
south OF Abyssinia A large part of
their territory. by agreement between
MeneIek and Great Britain, now lies
within the kings domain.
The Abyssinians. with their guns and
superior military skill, have regarded
Gallalard as their poachirg ground and
have inflicted great hardships upon the
natives, whom they robbed frequently,
not only Of their produce, but also OF
their liberty
The evil has been increasing. Abys-
sinians have seemed to think that the
easiest way to acquire wealth was to
make q raid in Gallaland and carry
home a few scores of natives 10 sell as
slaves. The crimes committed against
this superior tribe have been the scan
dal of MeneleF's reign. The Gailas
have been p0werIess to make effective
defense, though they have lost no op-
portunity Of spearing individual Abys-
sinians or very small parties and speed
ily decamping to avoid detection.
Years ago the arabs were wont to in
wade the Gala country and take hun
=
cent years. however, the Abyssinians
have been the only oppressOrs.
The Injustice done them has been
the more pitiful because as agricultur
lists and herdsmen and in the industrial
arts they are more advanced than any
other pagan people in that part of
Africa They are famous for fidelity
and franlnass and are DISTINGUISHED by
intense love Of freedom and sef-gOv
eminent such is their horror Of cap
tivity that they no longer regard as
GaHas those Of their follows who are
dragged away into bondage.
In setting his face against the Gala
slave trade Menelak has hOnOred him
self, and the sympathy and interest
with which the world has been watch
ing his effort to consolidate and develop
his country will be intensified.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1904-06-30
MANY SOLDIERS MONUMENTS.
Being Built as q Result of aa Act
of the Pennsylvanla
LegislatuFe.

Under an act Of the legislature OF 1901
there rs quite an epidemic OF soldiers
monuments building throughout the
state The advantages offered by the
act are just beginning to be understood
and taken advantage or Every county
seat not now provided with suitable
soldiers monument is pretty certain tC
have one within few years. says the
Philadelphia Press.
The act in question was prompted by
the fact that in number OF counties the
effort to raise sufficient amount OF
money by private subscription to erect
memorials to the dead Of the war Of the
rebellion had failed Considerable
amounts had been contributed in some
instances, but not enough, as was the
case in Delaware county, where mOnu-
ment completed at the expense OF the
county was dedicated few weeks ago
The project had been in hand many
years, and it is doubtful If it would ever
have been finished if the county had not
been authorized to come to the rescue.
In other instances, soldiers memorials
have been incumbered, but the oblga-
tion can now be lifted by the county out
Of the county moneys, and has been in
several cases.
Under the terms of the act it Is neces-
sary for at least 50 citizens of the county
to petition the court Of quarter sessions
for the erection or completion of monu-
ment or to pay debts heretofore con-
tracted for the erection and construction
Of such monument By the court the
matter is laid before the grand jury, and
if approved by two successive grand
juries and the court the county commits
sioners shall be authorized to pay any
and all debts contracted for the erection
Of monument to complete ii or TO erect
new one, and maintain st the county
seat a suitable monument TO the soldiers
and sailors Of the rebellion. There Is nc
reason under such law why any cOun-
ty should long be without a proper
memorial to the patriotism and bravery
OF those who offered their lives for their
country.
Nor IS it likely any county which does
not now have a monument will fail tC
take advantage Of the opportunity Of
fered. II any has not already done SO, ii
Is because the enabling act has not be-
come well Unders+ cod. The finances OF
a county must be in desperate condition
indeed to compel the authorities TO re-
fuse an appeal from old soldiers for a
memorial to their departed comrades
It is doubtful if there is p county in the
commonwealth in any such straits, and
In every instance the expenditure Of
reasonable sum for such purpose would
certainly have popular approval.
All over the state the work is IN
progress and in a short time Ppnnsyl-
vania will have the distinction which no
other state enjoys, OF having 9 public
memorial to its soldiers and sailors at
every county seat These monuments
should be erected under intelligent and
artistic direction.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1904-06-30
TOMATOES IN WINTER.
In pennsylvania They Are Raised to
Perfection Under Glass and at
Good Profit.

"The tomato season is nearly over,
said a Washington market dealer, apOl
oaxing for the poor quality Of his to-
matoes, says the New York Times.
But it's just beginning in Philadel-
Dhia" said the customer.
81 always heard they were slow down
there" replied the dealer, resurrecting
the mOth-eaten joke
SLOW in some things said the for
mer Philadelphien, "but able to show
New York 4 thing or two in tomatoes.
Down there only the poor people eat
tomatoes in summer Then about
THANKSGIVING day the greenhouses Of
Chester and Delaware counties begin
to produce tomatoes such as you sell
dom see in this market.
They are fine, smooth, perfectly
rirened, and without any core. They
are raised under glass, with scientific
care Of the vines, all the superliuOus
leaves being plucked off so as to put
ali the strength OF the stalk into the
fruit
only two vines are allowed to grow
JTf5ll Il SiUSIc IOOI, dllA lilCf cAiS sup
ported on trellses The vines last
about six months. and sometimes reach
4 length OF 40 or 50 feet and become
as thick as grapevines. Branches are
plucked off. and they are kept bare of
leaves back of the point at which the
fruit is forming.
"The earth around the roots is re-
newed from time 10 time. and the vines
are so trained that the fruit is exposed
70 the sun. The result is the prOduc-
ton of tomatoes such as YOU don
dream Of here in New York, and the
supply is kept up until June. when the
outdoor crop begins to come in. and
people who appreciate really fine to-
natoes stop eating them.
Every day from November to June
these tomatoes come in car loads tC
the Philadelphia markets. and they are
all disposed Of there at moderate
prices. Twenty cents pound is the
prevailing cost.
These tomatoes never reach youl
New York commission houses. but YOU
best hotels and restaurants buy then
in Philadelphia and have them sent OF
by express.
your Long Island and New Jerse!
farmers will learn some day that ther'
= -orF ,-r-oT' 'u rqisirg t0ruatoo~ :
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1904-06-30
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Public Land Sale (Isolated Tract J

Notice is hereby given that in pursuance of
instructions from the Commissioner of the Gen
eral Land Office, under authority vested in him
by section 2455, u S. Rev STAT. as amended aty by
the act of Congress approved February g. 1895,
we will proceed to offer at public sale on
the 26th day of July 1904. at 10 o'clock
a. m at this Office the following tract OF landto-
wit:
Nwla neA sec. 49, ne4 sell, se4 swl4 sec. Il.
neA nwA and nwA ne4 sec. 20, A 25 W M.
Any and all persons claiming adversely the
above described lands are advised to file their
claims in this Office on or before the day above
designated for the commencement of said sale,
otherwise their rights will be forfeited.
U. s. Land Office, The Dalles, Oregon. June
4th, 1904. 9o-loo
MICHAEL It. NOLAN, Register.
ANNE NJ LANG, Receiver
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1904-06-30
A PERPETUAL PASSENGER.
Woman Utilizes Extraordinary Priv
ilege Accorded Her for
Brave Act

1t sometimes happens that trivial cir
cumstances lead to an entire change in
the course of ones life. In an article
describing some Of the queer things that
are done by persons to whom passes have
been given in return for valuable service
an eastern newspaper tells of a young
woman to whom such pass was in ef-
feet q means of gaining q living: "A
good many years ago there GWeit young
woman on the cOGet Of Erglacd not very
far from the mouth of the Mersey. She
was used 10 seeing the waves come comb
ing to the cliffs on which her home was
built and she was nos afraid Of the wa
ter On wintry night the storm howled
around the chimneys an0 size knew that
many poor sailor lad was in distress
far out al sea.
"Sne was of the plucky build who do
not fear the elements at their worst, and
so she eft her cOILage and watched.
Soon she observed he lights Cf q steamer
making for the shore, aIG ii the course
was continued she knew there would be
a bad wreck and probably many lives
lost So she fixed up ''fare"-which
at sea means any old sort of thing
which will attract attention by the blaze
it makes Her flare was seen and under
stood and the ship kept off the coast until
there was sufficient light to make the
mouth OF the river. The ship was
peninsuler and oriental boat making
Liverpool on a special trip. One Of the
directors Of the line heard the story and
became so interest ed that he visited the
girl In her cliff home. She would not &C
cept money for her act. but he finally
forced on her g life pass on the line Of
steamers which run so far to the east
that they meet themselves coming back.
She took the pass ard laid it away.
Some time elapsed and she did not
seem to be caught up by any likely young
man. She got 50 that II was necessary
to support herself. when she suddenly
remembered the pass. She put it into
effect at once THIS woman, no longer
a girl, now makes her home on the PENN
sular and oriental steamers and has
visited every port from Hakodate, in
Japan, 20 the Mersey mouth. She is the
only original globe trotter. for she is al
| ways moving and seeing queer haTbors.
/ The pass was given merely as an exhlbi-
tion Of good WILL but it proved life
eaver for her. She practically married
/