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Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1905-04-06
German Field Guns Unsatisfactory

Although adopted only few years
ago, the entire qnick. ing field artil ry
OF Germany ba' been condemn ed. and
it is to be repla led ~ field guns 81 mi ar
to those used by the panese. In the
selection of a family Medicine the pee
PIE of GU owD country have also M 'de
mistakes. They have bten de'eiv9 d
time and again into trying this or that
remedy IN the hope of obtaining cure
bat without success. Not SO. however,
with those who select Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters, for in it they found
good health and happiness. Better, by
far, than anything else for the cure OF
Indigestion, dyspepsia, constipation,
biliousness, ch,lls, colds, la grippe,
spring fever. impure blood, torpid liver
and female complaints. That's why so
many people stick to it so faithfully and
why we urge you again to try bottle
this spring.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1905-04-06

For this purpose an ingenious ar
rangement of colored balls and sticks
has been devised. by which the first
instincts of harmony are instilled into
children who have scarcely learned
their alpha bet AT the same time they
become acquainted with the artistic
arrangement of cOlOrs.
While certain sequences or COM
hinations of colors are being eXhib-
tied, sympathetic melodies and chords
are heard, and the little ones quickly
learn to associate the two. After
awhile they will sing tunes hitherto
unlearned or unheard by them, mere
ly following the exhibition of the diff
ferent colors, which to them have be-
come associated with and expressive
of tone. For instance, should the fol-
lowing sequence of colors appear:
Red, Red, Orange, Violet, hed, Orange.
Yellow, Yellow, Green, Yellow, Orange,
Red,
Orange, Red, Violet, Red,
they would instinctively recognize the
melody of ''My Country, 'Tis of Thee"
and heartily join in singing. To have
taught this by musical notation would
have been impossible.
When they have grown older the or
dinary method of musical tuition is
aided by the printing of each note in
it's corresponding color. This is
claimed to show the essential unity of
the scale in all its different positions
on the staff, to give pictorial repre-
sentation of the modulations from key
to key and greatly to simplify the
study of harmony by showing at
glance the reel character of the chord.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1905-04-06
An EditOr's Opinion of the Royal
Gorge.

Edyth Tozier Weatherred, in de-
scribing recent trip over the Denver
& Rio Grande Railroad, says in "The
Exposition:
cat last the goal OF the ambition of
years has been reached-marvelous,
wonderful, grand and inspiring Royal
Gorge is on either hand. The only dis
appointing thing i, you only have one
pair OF eyes, while the tram darts in and
out of the Tremendous chasm. If any
who h We never seen it are wondering
how it looks just 20 and see. Thous-
snds have tried to describe it, yet every
attempt falls short fgiving..the subject
ustice."
If you contemplate trip East, wrie
w. C. Mcbride, 124 Third street, Port
land. Ore., for booklets picturing Colo
RADIOS famous scenery. and any other
Information you may desire.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1905-04-06
SiO..1 OOpcKSIiTlON.
Still Rife in Rural Districts of England
and in Spanish Towns.

Stin Rife In Rural Districts of England
and in Spanish Towns.
In Somersetshire the peasants have
no doubt as to the play of malelicent
influences, says the Academy. The pig
that falls i'll and dies was ''overloollcd."
A murrain ''atf1icts q farmers cattle,
and off he goes to the white witch,
that is, to the old witch finder, to learn
who has Overlooked his things" and
to ascertain the best antidote, because
they there farriers can't do no good.
A child pines away with some mys-
terious, wasting sickness, which the
Tipperary peasants, as shown in the
recent falsely called witch burning"
case, believe to be the work of fairies
in substituting a ''changeling,' but
which the Somerset woman refers to
the action of witch who has cast a
fatal glance upon the victim.
Often she gives up not only hope, but
all effort to save the child, the conse-
quent neglect, of course, hastens the
expected result and then it is: 'Oh! l
know'd very well he wouldn't never
get no better. 'Tidn' no good for to
SCI1Nc NOT W ~ dBlu ~. 4uiS Is uO
fancy, no isolated case, but here in the
last decade of the nineteenth century
one of the commonest Of everyday
facts.
While in England the belief is mostly
confined to rural districts in more back
ward countries, as Spain and Italy, it
fourishes in the large towns. In Ma
pies the appearance of person having
the ill-repute of jettatore is the signal
for a general stampede, and Mr. FL
worthy amusingly relates the fright
which he unwittingly gave a second
hand bookseller in Venice when asking
about copy of Valletto's 'Cicalata
sui Fascino.' On hearing the last
words of the title ''the man actually
turned and bolted into his inner room,
leaving the customer in full possession
of his entire stock" Pho Mono was be-
ieved to have the iettatore and the
faithful, when seeking his blessing,
protectivcly pointed two fingers at him.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1905-04-06
CAPITALS OMNIBUSES GONE.
ohuy One of the GayIy Painted
Vehicles OF 1862 Extant in
Washington

IA great many people have asked
me what became of the old omni.
buses which, in the DAYS from 1852
to 1869, before Pennsylvania avenue
was paved, and prior to the advent
OF the horse car, used to haul a
monopoly of the passenger and trans
fer business at the capital" said
secondhand vehicle dealer, ACCORDING
to a Washington report "In those
days the city was as full of omni
buses as it is now of trolley cars. and
Did residents have often wondered
what became Of those ~audv. paylv
painted concerns, capable of holding
40 people. When the street cars took
their places they were torn up for
the material in them, until by 1sS.
there was Just one out of the several
hundred left standing in an old stable
outside the city. There it remained.
neglected and forgotten. until the
Spanish-American war, when a local
drayage and transfer firm heard of it,
and purchased it for a song
''The firm used it to carry passen-
gers, soldiers. officers and visitors be-
tween the city and Falls church and
Camp Alger. 1t was lucky hit. for
the old omnibus is to-day the largest
vehicle in the city, and will accommo-
date So people. Finding it of consid
cradle use, the firm, at the end of the
war with Spain. decided to keep it
and since then has used it for small
picnic parties. 1t is out every Deco
ration day. carrying passengers tc
Arlington, and reminding the old vet
Grams of the good old days of 1862. 1t
is the last relic of the omnibus period
of Washington civilization, and to-day
the largest thing on wheels in the
capital" IL .... -
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1905-04-06

The steamship British Princess
has arrived at New York with 5O,-
900 bushels of Oregon wheat
which is being reimported to meet
the demands of American mlllers,
who anticipate and are preparing
for shortage of wheat before the
1905 crop is harvested.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1905-04-06
State OF Ohio, County of Toledo ! "a

Frank ]. Cheney makes oath that he is senior
partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney Il Co., doing
business in the city of Toledo, county and state
aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum
of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and
every case of catarrh that cannot be cured by
the use of Halls Catarrh Cure.
FRANK J. CHENEY,
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence this 9th day OF December, A. 1896
[sEALl A. W. GLEASON.
Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally. and
acts directly OH the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system. Send for testimonials free.
f. J. CHENEY Il Co., Toledo, y
Sold by all drug .sts, &c.
Take Halls Family Pills for Constipation.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1905-04-06

The crown OF woManllood is motherhood
But uneasy lies tie head that wears the
crown or anticipates this coronation, when
there is lack of womanly strength to bear
the burdens of maternal dignity and duty
The reason why 50 many women sink under
the strain of motherhood is because they
are unprepared
III unhesitatingly advise expectant moth
ers to use DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescrip-
ton writes MIS- w. G. Stephens, of Mia,
Northumberland Co., Va. The reason for
this advice Is that Dr. Pierce's Favorite Pre-
scripuon IS the best preparative for the
maternal function. No matter how healthy
and strong woman may be, she cannot
use "Favorite Prescription" as a prepara-
tive for maternity without gain of health
and comfort. But it is the women who are
not strong who best appreciate the great
benefits received from the use of "Favorite
Prescription. For one thing its use makes
the baoy's advent practically painless. 1t
has III many cases reduced days of suffer
ing to a few brief hours. 1t has changed
the period of anxiety and struggle into
time of ease and comfort
Inc p1oprietors and makers of Doctor
pierce's Fayorite Prescription now feel
fully warranted in offering to pay $500 for
any case OF l.eucorhea, Female Weakness,
Frolapsus, or Failing of Womb, which they
cannot cure. All the Worlds Dispensary
Medica! Association, Propretors, of Buff
f'lo, =. Y. ask is fair and reasonable
iflal OF their means Of cure.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1905-04-06
1t Saved His Leg.

P. A. Danforth OF Lagrange, Co.,
suffered for six months with q frightful
running sore on bis leg; bat writes
that Bucklen's Arnlcs Salve wholly
cured it in five days. For Ulcers,
Wounds, Piles, it's tho best salve in the
world. Cure guaranteed. Only 25 cts.
Sold by Slocum Drug Co.,, Druggists.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1905-04-20
The czar's Grlsly Bodyguard.

The car" said Russian exile
has q bodyguard Of six mechanics
that accompany him on all his travels
Two are carpenters. two arc locl,
smiths and two are masons. Do you
know what their work Is?
well, their work Is TO go, like
hawks, like bloodhounds, like ferrets
over every inch OF each building the
car visits. They examine the walls.
the flooring. the chimneys. the locks,
THE chimneys In particular, on
gage the attention Of these men, for
every nue leading TO room where the
car IL TO sleep or cat has to be grated
and barred at top or bottom.
THE car is the only rcign!ng mon.
arch who can't get his life insured.
Poor czar! Poor, weak, uncertain
young man! His Is a wretched exits.
tence."
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1905-04-20

Queer Easter Customs.

\ native OF Nc. an Easter Is "a
curious exhibition OF ignorance and
superstition, The people delight in
professions and in weird ceremonies.
At various places they enact passion
plays which are very real To the In
dianS. The characters in the play
carry out their parts with great real.
ism. Until recently 1t was a common
occurrence for man to volunteer TO
be cruCifed and actually to allow his
bigoted c0untrymen TO perform the
awful act, The volunteer was a
criminal, who, If he came out of the
ordeal alive, received a full and free
pardon. 1t not infrequently happened
that the man was killed, for he was
made to ride with his face toward
the tail of a mule, while the bowling
mob was privileged TO beat him with
sticks and stones. From this exhibi-
ton of brutal violence the people went
to the church whore the "tenebrae"
was celebrated with loud cries of
grief Frequently dozens of people
tainted during the performance. Ma.
tive Indian women still do penance,
by wearing a crown OF thorns, and
kneeling among the people in expia-
ton of some crime. Undoubtedly,
however, the most curious custom
which survives in Mexico Is that OF
the hanging Of Judas. For days be.
fore Easter merchants display in the
streets small and large wooden images
Of the Iscariot. and these are bought
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1905-04-20
Three.

length Of path being thirty.fre klo'
meters (twenty.two miles,. N Touch
ct says:
"rhe obsery atIons brought 10 light
a curious fact, which does not accord
al all with the generally received Idea
that observations should be made
during a very brief time and after II
complete rest Of several hours, Not.
withstanding a fatiguing day and four
hours of uninterrupted observation
each night, the paths recorded at each
station toward the end OF the night
showed more precision than nj the be.
ginning; they We're also more concord.
ant on the second day than on the
first. IL thus seems that there was
sort OF progressive acquisition of
skill and that the quality OF the obaer
vations became better with time.
Shooting stars have been observed
from balloons, and we know that the
results obtained by this method have
not been very satisfactory which Is
not astonishing when we take into
consideration the mobility OF the aer.
ial station and the impossibility of de.
termining its exact location at every
instant We believe that automobiles.
on the contrary, are destined to ren.
der great service In the study Of met.
eors, whenever II Is necessary TO es,
tablish flying stations or TO cover the
vicinity Of a central observatory"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1905-04-20
A SONG FOR EASTER.

Q, yesterday. Queen of all days
Let all rejoice in songs of praise,
Let the sun dance, n early morn
The Lord is risen and night is gone,
We bursting buds, come forth today
And shine in all your bright array!
The Lord hath risen. and we shall rise,
For he hath opened Paradise!
Ye singing birds, pour forth your lay,
The Lord doth rise, this blessed day,
Sing songs of sweetest, highst praise
That all may hear the notes YOU raise.
Ye babbling brooks, flow on, flow on,
And dance and sparkle in the sun,
The Lord hath risen! glad the sound
Murmur it to your farthest bound,
Ye Christian children come and sing
That Christ, the Lord, your heavenly
King,
Has conquered death and risen today
And shout your purest, loUdest lay!
All We who mourn for those who've
gone,
Now sing your sweetest, highest song
Your prayers are heard, your dear ones
live,
Your Christ, your Lord, long life doth
give.
All We who worship God today
In churches near. or far away,
Bring lilies pure. sweet flowers you'll
need.-
The Lord is risen is risen indeed
Let angels hear the sound arise
And shout the news through Paradise
That man below is praisng God
For Christ, their Savior, risen Lord.
Frances Bookings.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1905-04-20
A little Too PreeoeIous.

Arson Phelps Stokes, Jr., the min
ionaire secretary Of Yale, takes pro
found interest in children Walking
with an Undergraduate. he said tho
other day:
Children should be modest. shy,
quiet. That type OF child Is apt 70
turn out better in the end than the
clever, laxative and precocious type.
II Is apt - have broader, nobler
mind The talkatiy" and precocion3
type Is apt TO be shallow.
For my part. should hesitate 10
promise much for the future Of so pre-.
coclous a y0ungster as one In Quincy
Adams that | heard OF last week
This Quincy Adams child, a little
girl Of or years, stood one day be-
fore a closed gate.
"A gentleman passed slowly. The
little girl turned and said to him.
VIII you please open this gate for
me?'
'rhe gentleman did 80. Then he
said kindly:
Why. my child. couldn't you open
the gate for yourself?'
Because said the little girl, the
paints not dry yet Look Mt your
hands
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1905-04-20

cealment or disguise, Ladies' in bril-
liant costumes grace the scene and
join in the gamble. The idea appears
TO he that the publicity robs the play
OF its immortality. Partly II does,
There Is no mystery. There Is no
drinking, no disorder. The rules are
rigid-the hours are fixed. As the
horses go around the track the little
ball goes around the bowl. To be sure
there is the essential difference that
whereas on the race course II Is many
starters toward a single destination.
at roulette II is single starter 20
any one OF thirty.seven destinations.
The little ball is inanimate. II Is
not saddled and bridlod and mounted.
II does not come prancng down the
paddock In advance, as II to say,
Look at me- Bet on me! I'm win.
nerl" Held between the thumb anJ
foreflnger of sinister person as
inanimate as itself--"faites yos jeu1.
messleurs"-it shoots thence on It's
way to a silent finish---no cheering or
enthusiasm OF any sort--until II stops
In the vestibue waiting to receive II
the vestibule OF the damd." as one
OF the losers described It.
II we must gamble, give US the
horse-race, though | have not seen a
horseraco In twenty years, and II Is
not for me 10 set up for patron OF
the turf.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1905-04-20

Easter Gossip.
AUTOMOBILES IN ASTRONOMY.
This Is Hitchng Wagon to a Star in
Real Earnest.

Real Earnest.
Literary Digest. The above title
reads like line IRON Alice in Won
derland, but II is perfectly serious. We
are told by Nj. Emile Ttouchet, adjunct
secretary of the Astronomical society
of France, who writes in La Nature
that automobiles have been lately used
by French astronomers to transports
observers and mateial to some point
where II Is desired TO take observu
tions during limited time, as In the
observation of shooting stars. In or.
der to calculate the height OF these
meteors and the length of their paths
they must be observed from al least
two points simultaneously. The mot.
or car thus used as temporary obser.
tory is fitted up specially for the pur
pose. NJ. Touchet writes
1t is easy to understand the diffi.
culties encountered in the practical
organization of system OF stations
for the study Of shooting stars. having
at once the proper conditions OF dis.
lance, orienation and comfort, espc.
cially as very often the observers, the
volunteers of science as MIR. Radau
very happily terms them, have occupa.
tons that require them to be absent
daily
1T may be seen thus why, In view Of
all these contradictory requirements
the plan was formed Of using, for the
organization Of temporary stations
automobiles in which could be quick.
lily transported to the proper localities
observers furnished with the neces
sary apparatus"
This plan was adopted, we are told,
in the neighborhood of Paris in 1903
when the November shower of meteors
took place in exceptionally fine wealth
er. Observers from the Chevreuse
Observatory we're sent by automobile
10 Authon-la- PLANE, about fifteen miles
distant. Eighty.five meteors were oh.
served at the two stations, Of which
twenty-five conceded and furnished
the bases of calculations Of height.
From these it was learned that the
meteors appeared at a mean height of
104 kilometers (sixty.four miles) and
disappeared al seyenty.six kilometers
(forty-seven miles,, the average
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1905-04-20

the former insisting on keeping Easter
he same day as the Jews kept their
Passover. Toward the end of the cen
tury the discussion became SO violent
hat Victor. the bishop OF Rome, is
sued an apostolic canon decreeing
that. III amy bishop, priest or deacon
celebrated the holy feast OF Easter be.
fore the vernal equinox, as the Jews
do, let him he deposed,'
In the fourth century matters had
gone TO such length that the Emper
or Constantine thought II his duty 10
allay the controversy, So he got an
ecclesiastical canon passed that Eas.
ter should be observed on one and the
same day, but the controversy continu
ed until A. d. 664. when Oswy. king
of Northumbria, determined to take
the matter in hand and called a con.
ference at which he himself presided,
Colman. bishop of I.indislane, repre-.
scented the British church, while Agil.
bert, bishop Of Dorchester, headed the
Romish party. After much discussion
the king finally decided the question
in favor Of the present existing meth,
Cd of keeping Easter and from that
day to this the date of Easter has de.
pended upon the moon changes.
All the movable feasts and fastS OF
the year depend upon Easter. The
nine Sundays before and the eight
after depend upon il, and form. as Il
We're, sort of body-guard 10 this
queen Of religious festivals.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1905-04-20
I'm Easter Controversy.

In the history OF the Christian
church there has never been any differ
ence OF opinion as 10 why Easter is
observed but there has been good
deal of controversy as to whN 1t
should be kept This was perhaps be.
cause Eoster is one OF the movable
feasts and not fixed 10 one particular
day like Christmas. Easter day moves
backward or forward according as the
full moon next after the vernal equi.
noN falls nearer or farther from the
equinox.
In the prayer book of the English
church the following is given as a rule
to find Easter: Easter day Is al
ways the first Sunday after the full
moon which happens upon or next af-
ter the 21st day of March, and II the
full moon happen upon a Sunday
Easter day is the Sunday after"
About the year A. d. 15S a contro-
yersy arose as to the date of Easter
which divided all Christendom This
difference arose originally between
the churches of Asia Minor and the
then so called churches of the west,
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1905-04-20
At The Boarding House.

Yes, Mr.. Jones al this Easter sea
son always provide for the inmates
Of my humble home diet largely of
eggs-not from motives of economy.
as you insinuatc, hut because of their
Appropriateness to the season"
You cant convince me madam, that
last Casters eggs are appropriate this
Easter's dinner. That's all I'm kick
ing about"