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Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1904-07-15
OLD CJRNER STONES
sARsAR DIS CUSTOM THAT ONCE
PREVAILED.
Living Human Beings Walled into
Masonry by Builders OF Otd-Tine
CastIes-How Inhuman Mother SIX
rificed Ch!u for Gold

Very terrible in its sinister s.gri,
fcance is the custom Of putting COINS
under the foundation stone Of a build
ing about to be erected.
For these pieces of gold and silver
and bronze are the latter day equEa-
Tents OF the human beings that would
once have been inundated there and
ransom for blood that by rights
should be shed. but is not
This latter terrible use was at one
time Well-nigh universal, and traces
% it survive almost everywhere Ia
many parts of Europe, for instance
when the hole is dug to receive this
same foundation stone the masons will
entice to the spot some stranger Then
while one engages him in conversat lion
another viii creep behind and meas
ure his shadow. t. measure stick be-
ing afterWard buried and mortar
stamped down on top Of it. Or they
prepare a tiny coffin. inside which is
doll for use in the same way or
rude images Of babies in swaddling
clothes are similarly injured
And in not few out-of-the- way
parts Of the world, whose inhabitants
stand psychically about where we did
twenty centuries ago, the original Gus
tom still prevails In all its primitive
hideousness. Only last year at Mosdok
in the Caucasus, three builders were
arrested for KIDNAPPING and numbering
lad, whose body they aIterWard built
into the foundations Of over they
were erecting
In 1865 two e5ilGren. a boy and a
girl. We're similar consigned TO a liv-
ing grave by Sotae iaborers working
on a blockhousa at Duga, in Asiatic
Turkey.
house that was being built at
Scutari became shaky. wise man"
whose advice was sought decreed that
the defect would increase unless a hu-
man victim were walled into the
foundations. So the three brothers
who were working at it agreed among
themselves to immediate and immune
the first Of their wives who came to
the place to bring them food
Similar instances might be multi
piled indefinitely. In 1885, when Hols.
worthy church in Devonshire, Eng
land, was being restored a skeleton
with mass of mortar plastered over
the mouth was found imbedded in an
angle OF the building
That the castle of I.iebenstein mivht
stand impregnable a child was bought
for hard cash Il it's peasant mother
and walled into the donjon tower.
A roll was given the little one to
eat while the masons were at work
and the unnatural parent stood by to
quiet it in case it cried out Mother.
can see you laughed the child when
the wall was breast high Mother
see little Of you still" Then, wall.
ingly; Mother. | see nothing of you
now"
In the museum at Algiers is a plas-
ter cast of the mold left by the body
or one Geronimo, who was built into
a block of concrete in the angle Of the
fort in the sixteenth century,-St.
Louis Globe Democrat
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1904-07-15
STATESMEN OF SIMILAR NAMES
Odd Coincidence Makes Trouble for
Representatives.


representatives..
Alfred s. Hall answers twice to the
roll call of the Massachusetts house
Of representatives, there being two
members Of that body bearing that
name-one froi-. Revere and the other
from Winchester He Of Revere, who
is the younger. lately married a Win
chester young lady, and he of Winches-
ter, who is a WidOWer, got most of the
congratulations, his fellow members
thinking it must be he that was the
bridegroom. the bride being from his
town. There is no end of bother in
sorting out their correspondence. II
is the first time in the history OF Mas
sachuSetts that two members of the
same branch Of the legislature have
borne the same name.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1904-07-15
CREDENTIALS A WORK OF ART.
Senator Hanna's Said to Be the Finest
on Record.


on Record.
Nothing so elegant in the way Of
credentials ever appeared in the sen
ate as those Of Senator Hanna. which
Mr. Foraker handed up to the clerk S
desk one day last week That is what
The veteran employees of the clerk s
afIice say Written on the finest parch-
ment, these credentials are bound be.
tween full morocco covers, labeled in
girt letters, Credentials of Senator
Marcus A Hanna" and tied with
dainty bows Of red ribbon nice enough
Tor any boudor. Besides the usual GER
iificate OF the governor as to the action
Of the state legislature, there are Gle
CANT inscriptions on the parchment
leaves telling what the vote was by
which Mr. Hanna was returned for a
ziX-year term.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1904-07-15

The average stepmothers left cal
must burn all the time.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1904-07-15
Dry Goods Dept.

Social Inducements in al! Sal1lf-.ac
ep3#ts Is tnaIe. r9au=ioc 81 ctr i-.s:lt
aaH Winter STOCK.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1904-07-15

7 Archer of Hot Springs is here on
business today.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1904-07-21
TOO MUCH LATIN AND GREEK.
Talk of ,. Man Who Gave Sixty PEI
Cent. OF HIS study to Dead
Languages.

Il tell you. professor, would be bet
ter OF all around II had small Latin
and less Greek as was said of Shake
speare," remarked one man to another
as he took seat in q WeStpOrt car, relates
the New York Sun. "Do you know that
l have figured that I have put in 60 per
cent. OF my study time and mental ef-
fort on Greek and Latin, and what have
acquired from them IN knowledge and
mental discipline has been OF precious
little use TO me from any point OF
view
II really believe that I would be bet
ter fitted for my basiness, for citizen
ship, and every relation that now enjoy,
II had cut that so per cent down to ten.
and given 30 to a closer study OF the SCI
ences and English litera tyre, which
should have included Blackstone and
Kent. as we'll as Bacon. Macaulay, Car
lyle and the rest OF those chaps.
1T all OF the men who are now helping
to boost along this busy and progressive
world had had to expend so per cent.
OF their young mental effort on Latin and
Greek, we might have civilization OF
mummies, who would present fine
appearance in their ancient cerements.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1904-07-21
Cinnabar, tthe source of quick
silver, has been discovered in
British Columbia-the first ever
found in the dominion.
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

United States Land Office, The Dalles, Oregon,
July Is, 1884,
Notice is hereby given that in compliance with
the provisions of the act of Congress OF June 8,
1878, entitled IAN act for the sale of timber
lands in the States of California Oregon, Ne
vada, aud Washington Territory" as extended to
all the public land states by act of August 4,
1892,
Corda B. Sailing,
of Smile County of Morrow, State Of Ore
gon has on July l, 1904, filed in this Office his
sworn statement No. 237O, for the purchase of
the s1a se14, neh se4 and eeA neA of sec
tion 2S township 5 s. range 26 east W M and will
offer proof to show that the land sought is more
valuable for its t,mber stone than for a ri
cultural purposes, and to establish his claim to
said land before VAwter Crawford. County
Clerk, at his office at Heppner, Oregon, on
the 2Sth day of S aptember 1904,
He names as witnesses:
Alexander Warren, of Smile, Oregon; Albert
a. Allen, Stacy Roberts, and N. ii. Leathefs, all
of Hardman, Or
Any and all persons claiming adversely the
above described lands are requested to file their
claims in this office on or before said 2Sth day of
September, 1904.
.l@sM MICHAEL I. NOLAN.
SlOO-9 EEA . ,,..., Register.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1904-07-21
SHERIFF'S SALE.

BY virtue of an execution and order of sale
duly issued by the CleIk of the Circuit Court of
the county of Morrow, state of Oregon, dated the
18th day of July, 1904. in certt,n action in the
Circuit Court for said county and state, wherein
the Washington National Building, Loan and
Investment Association, a corporation, Plant
iff, recovered judgment against Johanna Abra-
hamsck, Antoine Abrahamsick, Elsie Myers,
William Berger, J. p. Williams, as administra-
tor of the estate of Antone Abrahamsick, de-
ceased and J. p. Williams as administrator of
the the estate of Hermine Abrahamsick, de-
ceased, for the sum of fifteen hundred ninety
two and 39-nO (S1592.39) dollars, with interest
thereon at the rate of per cent per annum, on
the 10Th day of May, 1904.
Notice is hereby given that l will, on Satur-
day. the 18th day of August, 1904. at 10 O'Clock
a. m. of said day, at the front door of the court
house in HepIner, Morrow county, Oregon.
sell at public auction to the highest bidder for
cash in hand the following described property
tO-wit. Beginning at the northeast corner of
lot ten (0) in block five (5) in the town of
Heppner, running thence south seventy (70)
feet, thence west thirty (30) feet, thence north
seventy 70) feet, thence east thirty 800 feet to
the place of beginning, according to the plat of
the said town of Heppner, as the same appears
Of record in and for the county of Morrow,
taken and levied upon as the property OF the
said defendants, or so much thereof may be
necessary to satisfy the SAID judgment in favor
of said Plaintiff and against said Defendants,
together with all costs and disbursements that
have or may accrue. - -
f. NJ. SHUT, Sheriff.
By w. 0. HILL, Deputy.
Dated at Heppner, Or. July 13, 1904. T99-4
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1904-07-21
EDUCATION IN ENGLAND.
ASnaon Journal Says 1t Is the Worst
of Any HighIy-Ctvtlfsed
Country.

Whatever the explanation may be,
there is unfortunately a contempt Tor
education throughout all classes in this
country. Naturally, therefore, our edu-
cation is the worst of any highly-civil-
lied country says the London Statist
And because it is SO we are gradually
losing ground and our competitors are
forging ahead of US. We are losing
ground, not alone in trade and manufac-
lures, but in every department OF life.
Our whole government system is inetfi-
eient to a surprising degree. What our
army is We saw in South Africa. What
our administrative departments are We
have had Of late several disconcertlng
illustrations.
II, then, we are to recover our old
place in the world it is in the highest de-
gree desirable that we should reform
our system Of education and supply all
classes from the highest to the lowest
with a real and scientific mental train
ing. In order TO oppose logically Mr..
Chamberlain s proposals there Is no
need to deny that this country does not
hold now the position Of preeminence
which it held formerly. Indeed, we ven
ture 10 think that reasonable and
thoughtful men like Lord Rosebery
rather injure the cause they have at
heart than promote it by making such
4 denial
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1904-07-21
LARGEST BOTTLE BLOWN.
One in New York City That Holds
Sixty-Five Gallons, Five
Feet High.

The largest blown glass bottle In the
United States, or in the world, so far as
the makers know, is on exhibition in a
window in Barclay street, just above
Greenwich. 1t holds 65 gallons and 1s
shaped something like baby'S nursing
bottle-narroW at the bottom, bulging
1t the midle, with a small neck and
mouth The bottle is trihe less than
five feet high, and is about four feet in
circumference at its widest part, reports
the New York Times.
The man who blew it at the factory
in New Jersey is just about as tall as the
bottle. If he could manage to squeeze
through it's neck, he could sleep very
comfortably inside OF it. If the surface
area Of the glass blown into the bot
tie were spun silk, it would make a
gown for a moderately large sized wom-
an. Although blowing by guesswork,
tempered with long experience. the man
exceeded by only half an ounce his in
structions as to the size of the bottle
65 gallons.
The firm read in a western newspa-
per of a hitherto mplished feat"
as alleged, of blown bottle holding 40
gallons. The Barclay street makers
sent one of that size to the Philadelphia
Centennial, more than 25 years ago.
Just to show that it was still in the ring,
this 65-gallon bottle was made. The
manager says that he could blow hun
dredgallOn bottle if he had place to
pat it in his window.
Pinned to a card at the base OF the
big bottle Is the smallest bottle in the
world, its appropriate running mate. 1t
holds just four drops, and must be filled
with a hypodermic syringe. 1t is SO
small that it has to be fastened against
a jet-black background in order that
persons looking in at the window can
see it. More time was deQuired to make
the four-drop bottle than the 65-gallon
one.
The substitution of machinery for
human labor in glass bottle factories is
not making much headway. For the
finer grades of work machinery is no
good at all Skilled mechanics are at
work improving it all the time, and
they promise to succeed some day, just
as they did with the typesetting ma
chimes. Meanwhile the efficient glass
blower has the call. There is great
deal Of boy labor in the factories, which
are scattered throughout New York,
New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Illinois,
Ohio and Indiana. Each blower re-
quires from two to three boys to carry
bottles from the molder to the anneal-
ing oven. In some factories the blow
ers are required to furnish their own
boys.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1904-07-21
The BULL-FIGHTER'S GRIT.
Wonderful Display of Nerve aAd
Pride of skin In the Span
ish Arena.

The recent death Of the famous Span
ish toreador Reverte recalls one Of the
most thrilling incidents ever witnessed
IN the arena 1t was at Bayonne, says
the London Globe. After disposing Of
TWO bulls Reverte had twice plunged his
sword into third, Of great strength and
ter0city, and as the beast continued
eareering wildly the spectators began to
hiss Reverte for bungling. Wounded to
the quick Of his pride, the Spaniard
shouted: The bull is slain," and
throwing aside his sword. sank on one
knee, with folded arms, in the middle
of the ring
He was right, but he had not allowed
FOR the margin Of accident The wound
ed beast charged full upon him. but the
Iatador, splendid to the last. knelt mo-
tiOnless as statue, while the bull liter
ally bounded al him. end as he sprang he
sank in death. with his last effort Civ
Ing one fesrlul .unEe Of the head that
drove horn into the thigh CT the kneel-
ing man and laid hare the bone from the
knee to the tcirt Still Reverte never
f4l,hed, but remained kneeling, exult-
ant in victory. but calmly contemptuous
Of applause, Till he was carried away to
heal his wound
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1904-07-21
ON RUSSIAN RAILWAYS,
There Are More Accidents Than on
Amy other Continental
System.

Although railway travelling in Rus
sla is slower than in any other country
Of Europe, there are more accidents on
The Russian than on any other CONT
renta system. SAYS an Odessa COrrespon-
Geut ol the London Times. The aver
age speed Of a passenger train is So miles
al hour, and that Of the so-called fast
expresses" 70 miles Approximately
speaking. there are now about $4,000
miles Of railway in European Russia.
According TO an Othcial return lately
published the number Of accidents last
yea~ amounted to $500 OF these PIP
were collisions. and l ,521 derailments.
One Thousand five hundred and twen-
ty-nine persons were killed, and 1908
injured. The damage done to railway
sock was estimated at 100000 rubles,
a paltry sum as compared with the ter
i0lo less of life and the number Of peo-
pie injured
The greater part Of the permanent way
in this country is laid without either
chairs or fsh-plates the old and insecure
r1ethO3 of riyets staples being still
IL vogue, fact which largely accounts
for the enormous number Of accidents.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1904-07-21
RELICS POUND IN PARIS.
FOSSIL Remains Unearthed I'm Excn-
waiting for an Underground
Railroad.

Geologists, naturalists and paleontolo-
gists have been supplied with new doc
uments by the excavations and subter-
ranean galleries made during the con-
struction OF the Paris Metropolitan un-
derground railroad, which is rapidly
converting the SubsOil OF the capital
into sort of gigantic rabbit warren.
With commendable foresight NJ. Blen-
venu, the engineer in charge OF the
work, has given Instructions to all la
bOrers under his orders TO report at
once any relics, bones, animal or Vegeta-
BILE remains, they may discover, says
Paris correspondent OF the New York
Times.
The underground operations OF the
Metropolitan system are as yet not half
completed, but already seven or eight
hundred interesting objects have been
ur rearthed, and scientists are employed
by the city to collect and classify them.
Teeth OF the squat have been dug up be-
meath the Place de IOpera and in
stratum of the chalk heights OF Mont
martre a gang OF workmen found the
ohClCNoi anu " Ill "a a lhciIhiioeA' ~As
Grenelle couple Of laborers discovered
the skeleton Of mammoth mixed up
with those of a rhinoceros, hippopota-
mus and An antediluvian bull. Sharks
teeth are found In profusion.
At Moulineaux the bones OF huge
tapir and ossary fragments that seem
to have formed part OF the skeleton OF
gigantic bird have been brought to
light. Beneath the Place de la Bastile
layers Of barnacles and mussels have
been discovered Embedded in silex. Vast
deposits Of gypsum have also been dis
covered, and the geological formation
Of the beds is such as to lead scientists
to the conclusion that Paris was once
perforated with thermal springs like
the geysers OF Iceland.
No vestiges Of antediluvian man have
yet been discovered, such as were found
some years ago In the caves near Men
ton, but the French geOlogists are
keenly alive to the opportunities afford
ed by the excavations Of the MetropOl-
ttan railway, and hope to find human re-
mains Of the tertiary period Special
instructions have been given to the
wOrkmen to look out not only for bones
and relics, but also for traces or I'M
prints on rocks OF any animals, for M.
Berthelot, the eminent chemist, who
eagerly follows the progress OF the ex-
cavations from scientific standpoint,
declares that, owing to the radioactive
ity of certain bodies, 1t would by no
me.ne be improbable to discover In the
subterranean strata OF Paris images
a sort OF natural cliches, as IT wers-ot
anteciluvian life traced upon walls OF
rock
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1904-07-21
Office.

United States Land Office, LaGrande, oregon,
June 25 1904
Pursuant to instructions from the Honorable
Commissioner of the General Land Office, no.
postoffce address is Heppner, Or did on the
26th day of March, 1900 make application to Sc
lect, under the act of June 4, 1897 go Stat 36)
the following described traet of land, towit:
The ne4 seA Sec. 10, Tp s, range 20 e W M :,
40 acres in La Grande, Or, land district.
That the purpose of this notice is to allow all
persons claiming the selected lands under the
mining laws, or desiring to show it to be min
eral in character, an opportunity to file obJec-
tions to such selection with the officers of the
United States Land Office. at La Grande,
Oregon, within 80 days after the first publica-
ton hereof, so AS to establish their interests
therein or the mineral character thereof.
First publication July II, l90la
99-4 +. w. DAVIS, Register.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1904-07-21
Timber Land, Act June 3, 1878
NOTICE FOR TION
TINTED STATES LAND OFFICE, THE
u Dalles, Oregon, June II, 1904.

TINTED STATES LAND OFFICE, THE
u Dalles, Oregon June II, 1904
Notice is hereby given that in compliance
with the provisions of the act of Congress of
June 8. 1878, entitled "An act for the sale of
timber lands in the states of California, Oregon,
Nevada and Washington Territory" as extended
to all the Public Land States by act of August
4, 1892,
James w. Stevens,
OF Ha1dman, county of Morrow, state of Ore
gon, has on June Sd, 1903, filed in this office
his sworn statement No. 1911, for the purchase
of So sell of sec "a in township S % east W :.
M, and will offer proof to show that the land
sought is more valuable for its timber or stone
than for agricultural purposes, and to estaDllsh
his claim to said land before the county clerk
of Morrew county, at Heppner, Or, on Wednes-
day, the 2lst day of September, 1904.
He names as witnesses:
David H. Jenkins Edwin S. Cox, George W.
Chaplin and Allen Roberts. ali Of Hardman, or.
ANY and all persons claiming adversely the
above descr, bed lands requested to file their
claims in this Office on or before said 2lst day
of September, 1904.
jul 14-sepl5 MICHAEL t. NOLAN, Register
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1904-07-21
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
P,,bIic T,0nd Sale (TSOi0ted Iruct.

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN THAT IN
missioner of the General Land Office, under
authority vested in him by section 2i55, U. s.
Rev Stat, as amended by act OF congress ap-
proved February 26 1895, we will proceed to offer
at public sale at this office, at the hour of 10
o'clock a. M. on July 2S, 1904, the following
tract of land, to-wit: .
The SEA SEA sec. 21, S4NWA and NE4SEA
sec 2S and SEA NW14 and NWA SWA of sec.
q, tp. IS, 26, W Al.
Any and all persons claiming adversely the
abovedescrib bed lands are advised to file their
claims in this office OH or before the day above
designated for the commencement of said SALE
otherwise their rights will be forfeited.
g6-1Ol ANNE NJ. Lang Receiver.
MICHAEL T. NOLAN, Register
Z. S Land Office, he Oales, Oregon, June
jth, 1904.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1904-07-21
Administrators Notice.

In the County Court of the State of Oregon,
for Morrow County.
In the matter of the estate of NJ. NJ. Lichten-
thai, deceased.
Notice is hereby given that the undersigned
has been duly appointed administrator of the
estate of NJ. VI. Lchtenthal, deceased. by the
County Court of Morrow County, oregon.
All persons having claims against the said
estate will present them to the undersigned at
the law office of ReGfeld Il Van Vactor in
Heppner, Morrow County, Oregon with proper
vouchers attached within six months from the
date OF the first publication OF this notice.
First publication July p, 1904.
GEO. CONSER,
Administrator of the estate of NJ. VI. Lichten-
thai, deceased.
Rediield & Van Vactor attorneys for admin
istrator. loOl
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1904-07-21
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Public Land Sale Isolated Tract. }

Public Land Sale (Isolated Tract.)
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 by
the act of Congress approved February 26, 1895,
we will proceed to offer st public sale on
the 26th day of July 1904. at 10 O'Clock
a N. at this Office, the following tract Of landto-
wit:
NwA neli sec. 10, neA sell seH sw4 sec. y.
ne4 nw4 and nwA neA sec. ~, 70 e w MI.
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 tn cir rights will be forfeited.
U. S. Land Office. The Dalles, Oregon, June
4th, 1904. 95.lOo
MICHAEL IT. NOLAN, Register.
ANNE NJ. LANG, Receiver