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Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1905-01-05

No science has advanced so rapidly
during the past decade as that of heal
irg. The discoveries CT learned cheEl-
sts; the researches OF the worId'e
bot8niss aud the many mech anical and
electrical inventions, together with the
lessons learned by the wisest physicians
after years of study and experiment
have all gone TO modernize and perfect
this, the oldest profession existing
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1905-01-05

None Of the arts come nearer our
homes aud affections than does photo
Rraphy. By it's means the poor as we'll
as the rich are enabled to sdorn their
wells with pleasing reproductions Of the
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1905-10-19

In the days when facilities for keep
ing fish were not what they are now a
fish cart stood in the street at Shell
burne Falls, Mass. and Postmaster
Bowen, stepped out and purchased a
fish AS he could not leave his office
to take the fish home, he looked at
the men standing about and said:
Now, If | had some one to take it
home for me-
"I'll take it home for you" said a
Mr. Merrill.
"All right; thanks" and Mr.. Mer-
rill and the fish started.
When Postmaster Bowen went home
to dinner he looked for fish, and as
none came on he asked his wife il
Mr.. Merrill didn't bring fish to the
house. On getting a negative reply,
he lost no time in making his way in
to the Merrill house, and there, sure
enough, his fish was steaming on the
table, with the family just drawing up
around it. Mr.. Merrill treated him
cordially, and invited him to take din
ner, which he was quite willing to
do.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1905-10-19
WRONG SORT
Perhaps Plain Old Meat, Potatoes and
Bread may Be Against You for a
Time

A change to the right kind of food
can lift one from a sick bed A lady
In Weldon, ILL.,. says:
Last Spring became bed-fast with
severe stomach trouble accompanied
by sick headache. ! got worse and
worse until became SO low | could
scarcely retain any food at ALL al
though ! tried every kind. | had be-
come completely discouraged, had CIV
en- up all hope and thought | was
doomed TO starye to death, till one
day my husband trying TO find some
thing l could retain brought home
some Grape-Nuts.
ITO my surprise the food agreed
with me, digested perfectly and with
out distress ! began to gain strength
at once, my flesh (Which had been
habby) grew frmer, my health i'm
proved in every way and every day,
and in a very few weeks ! gained 20
pounds In weight liked Grape-Nuts
so well that for 4 months I ate no
other food, and always felt as well sat
isfled after eating as II had sat down
to a fine banquet.
Il had no return of the miserable
| sick stomach nor of the headaches,
that / used to have when | ate other
food. am now a we'll woman, doing
all my own work again, and feel that
life is worth living
"Grape-Nuts food has been a god
send TO my family; it surely saved my
life and my two little boys have thriv-
en- on II wonderfully" Name given
by Postum Co. Battle Creek, Mich.
There's a reason.
Get the little book. THE Road to
'Wsllyille," In each pkg.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1905-10-19
a Eather Soma.

Must all thy songs be mother songs,
My bonny baby boy?
DO poets write no other songs.
That fathers name employ
Why. then, I'll right the monstrous
wrong,
Come, boy. and hear thy daddy's song.
But first toss high in the air,
To hear his merry shout
And then a tickle here and there,
To bring the dmples out.
And then a romp upon the bed,
precious little touse head.
Now, then. wee barefoot boy, take carel
Run swiftly DER the floor.
And father'n be a bruin bear
And growl and bite and paw!
Why bless us, boy. what himsy stuff
Dads song is rag time sure enough.
There now of play we've had our fill;
It's cuddle time, | know.
(How very bright his eyes the stilD
Hush, baby mine, by-low!
Come, come. you little rascal, you,
Dads had enough of peek-a boo,
Hush. hush my boy. to sleep with thee!
U wish his mammyd comeD
Thy fatherll turn into a bee
Ii longer he must hum,
All. well, to lull a child to rest
A mother song perchance is best.
p. +. Camp in Boston Transcript
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1905-10-19
The Reason Why.

Drummond, Wis, Aug. 21st (Spe-
cial)-Whole families in Bayfield,
County are singing the praises OF
Dodd's Kidney Pills and the reason
why is given in experiences such as
that of Mr.. t. T. Void, a well-known
citizen here.
81 had such pains in my back that
did not know what to do" says Mr..
Void, land as came across an adver.
lisement of Dodds Kidney Pills,
sent for box. That one box reliev-
ed me of all my pains. My wife also
nsed them and found them just what
she needed. ! recommend Dodds Kid.
ney Pills as sure cure for Back
ache and other Kidney Troubles"
Backache is one of the earliest
symptoms Of Kidney Disease. Dodd's
Kidney Pills cure 1t promptly and per
manently and prevent 1t developing
into Rheumatism, Dropsy, Diabetes OIL
Bright's Disease.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1905-10-19
LEFT HENS ON NESTS.
Firemen Used Old System Rather
Than Disturb Them.

Firemen Used Old System Rather
Than Disturb Them.
There is a story of an old New
Hampshire doctor who. on taking out
a wagon that had not been used for
some time, found that hen was sit
ting in it, He merely 'harnessed up"
without disturbing her, and he and
biddy made a series of calls. The
Boston Herald offers this true story
of the town of Amesbury, which owns
a small fire apparatus;
Outside the fire limits is a small
community that, on petition, received
an appropriation for the purchase of
handful" It was installed in an
abandoned blacksmith shop, where it
remained for two years, used only for
decorative purposes in street parades.
Last summer a stroke of lightning
started small fire in a farm house
near by. The volunteer department
rallied at once, but when they arrived
at the engine house, the foreman stood
at the door
Don't touch her, boysi" cried he
1--WE got two hens settin' in the box
Let's use the buckets"
They agreed and the hens were al
lowed to pursue their incubating ways
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1905-10-19

Captious Critic-O. come now, you
don't mean to say seriously that is a
portrait of Gen Sir Timothy Hotspur,
VS., KCB?
Photographer-Tak from life
Il can't understand that. I've seen
Sir Timothy at the head of his brigade
many time, and he always had fire
eating expression which no one could
forget; but in the portrait he looks as
meek as a lamb.
But. my dear sir, he wasn't at the
head of his troops when he sat for
that picture
Well, I've seen him alone. too. and
his expression was just the same. He
was alone when he came here, sup.
pose?"
NO. not exactly; his wife was with
him. Stray Stories.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1905-10-19
SAW THE FEET OF CLAY.


1as a child Charlotte Bronts ndored
Thackeray, long before the author OF
Vanity Fair" became known to her
personally. At last the two met, and
here is Thackeray's version of that
memorable first meeting, as related
by one OF his bigraphers.
Behold a lion cometh up out of
the Northl" the girl quoted under
meath her breath, as Thackeray en-
tered the drawing-room. Some one re
peated it to him.
Good gracious!" said Thackeray
land | am nothing but poor speci-
men of an Englishman, ravenous for
my dinner"
At dinner Miss Bronte was placed
opposite Thackeray by her own re.
quest.
And had" said he, "the miserable
humiliation of seeing her ideal Of me
disappearing down my throat, as ev'
erything went into my throat and
nothing came out of it, until at last
as ! took my fifth potato, she leaned
across, with clasped hands and tears
in her eyes, and breathed imploring
ly:
"fOh, Mr. Thackerav. don't!'"
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1905-10-19
SALT RHEUM ON HAND6.
Suffered Agony and Had to Wsar
Bandsges All the Time-Another
Cure by Cuticura.

Another cure by Cuticura Is told of
by Mrs Caroline Cable, of Waupaca,
ter: my husband suffered agony
salt rheum on his hands, and | had
to keep them bandaged all the time.
We tried everything we could get, but
nothing helped him until he used Cuti-
cura. One set of Cuticura Soap, ONT
ment, and Pills cured him entirely,
and his hands have been as smooth
as possible ever since. l do hope this
letter will be the means of helping
some other sufferer"
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1905-10-19
IlIlteracv in scanolnavIa

Two men in thousand In Sweden
are illiterate, three in Norway, and
Denmark, seventy-eight in Russia, and
1875 in England
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1905-10-19

When Alexis Caswell was president
of Brown university a student by the
name of Betterly came TO him one
day. After conversiug with him 2
moment upon the object OF his visit
the president asked him his name and
upon being toll, said jovally: Your
name would be better without the
last syllable. wouldn't it?"
Yes" replied the student with
laugh. "and wouldn't yours be as vel
without the CO"
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1905-10-19
SOAKED SEED IN BRANDY.


WIN unexpected Results.
An item appeared in the Barre
Times one day early last week which
told how to raise lettuce in forty-eight
hours by soaking the seed in brandy
over night and planting 1t In sand
lime. One reader tried it. She soak
ed the seed and planted it. according
to directions. Then she watched for
it to come up. The item said 1t would
grow full-sized lettuce heads in forty
eight hours, but, this didn't come up
in that time.
The season being so backward, and
several attempts to persuade lettuce
to come up in the garden having fail
ed, the woman said she'd give it lit
tie more time. Twenty-four hours
were passed and it hadn't come
through the sand The woman began
to think she had been fooled. More
she thought about it the farther she
got from that serenity of temper
which is so admirable in woman, and
finally she threw the whole mess into
the chicken yard.
The chickens liked it. They thought
a special feast had been prepared for
them, and they greedily ate it until
it had all disappeared, and then hud-
died down in one corner Of the yard
to bask in the sun. But the sun had
bad effect on them; they grew dizzy
and were unable to move about with
out tumbling over each other. This
was too much for the good woman,
and that's how the Times came to
hear of it, When it was explained to
her that the chickens were not used
to brandy diet the receiver was hung
up with a bang Burlington Free
Press
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1905-10-19
Poets Claim to Generalization.

A Paris youth named Armand Gally
killed his sweetheart and attempted
to commit suicide. At his trial coun-
sci for the defense described the
youth as a poet, and read a pathetic
verse which he said he had written.
The jury was touched and acquitted
the prisoner. Now Viscount de Bor-
relli has written the papers: Here
is an exceedingly humorous business.
One Armand Gally kills a woman and
tries to kill himself, but of course
fails, as they always do. At the trial,
counsel reads, as being the work OF
his client, poem by myself, pub
lished some three years ago in the
Gaulois. And, of course, the jury ac-
quits him. 1t appears to me that |
deserve to be congratulated in this
matter"
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1905-10-19

A pleasant, personal kind of fan is
owned by an ingenious girl who cut
beads, faces and bits of landscape
from her Photographic prints and
pasted them tremendously on pretty
but inexpensive fan. Her people, her
intimate friends, her home, her favor
lite sport, her pet cat and dog and 9TH
er interesting things appear on this
fan each tiny print outlined with gilt
watercolor paint She has another
fan upon which she has pasted tiny
prints of her college class, outlining
them with the college colors and tying
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1905-10-19
Eickleness of Woman.

Gray-Hello, Smith. old boy! And
so you are married, Ell?
Smith-Thats what the parson told
me.
Gray-And of course, you are hap
Ply?
Smith-Well. | don't know about
that. To tell the plain, unvarnished
truth I'm just a little bit disap
pointed.
Gray-I'm sorry to hear that. What's
the trouble?
Smith Well, you see, during the
courtship stunt she used to tell me
how strenuously she loved me, but we
had no sooner got spliced than she
gave up her $40 a week job as type
writer thumper. That goes TO show
you how much you can bank on 3
woman's Chicago News
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1905-10-19
Mails SO Pounds of Tuhers.

John r. Dodson, an Alaska miner.
bought fifty pounds OF potatoes and or
dered them sent to Mastodon, Alaska,
by u. S. mail.
He paid $1,000 for the lot and for
their carriage by mail into the inte-
rlor of the northern territory, which
will make the "spuds" cost 21 cents
a pound laid down at their destination.
At that price he saved IA cents a
pound on the price in the markets
there.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1905-10-19
DESK USED BY LAFAYETTE.
Relic Now Owned BY Resident OF MO
dleboro, Mass.

relic of the visit of Gen. Lafayette
TO this country more than century
ago is TO be found in the residence OF
Leonidas Deane, Oak street, Mlddle-
boro. Mass. He prizes IL highly, IL IS
a desk which was used by the general
during his stay in America.
The ancestors of Mrs. Ellen ".
Frost, now a resident of San juan but
who formerly lived in Middleboro' Sc
cured this bit of antique furniture at
Elizabeth, N. j., and it was kept IN
that family for 100 years. Then MT.
Deane secured the prize.
When closed the desk forms a hne
table, being substantially built OF ma
hogany and highly polished. When the
cover is folded back fine writing sur
face is exposed. BY pressing a eaten
at the side of the desk swings Open
and person can step inside and SIT.
The validity of the claim that 1t was
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1905-10-19

"All the members of the Dutch cabi-
net have resigned" It takes some.
thing of that sort occasionally to re-
mind us that there is such a place as
Holland Richmond News-Leader.
And yet The Hague is there.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1905-10-19
Malls hx SkY-Rocket.

Perhaps the most unusual way oil
delivering mails is that adopted Tor
one of the islands of the Tonga group
in the Pacific, where the danger Of ap-
preaching inshore renders 1t neces-
sary for the mail steamer to use
sky-rocket as a postman.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1905-10-19
Do Il Now.

II you are about to make a trip any
where, let me know. Pleased to give
Tou full information as TO low rates
plenty Of 'em this summer-train ser
vice, etc. The Santa Fe" trade mark
Is the sign of safety. speed and ease.
G. +. WARREN,
Genl. Agt., A. T. & S. F. Ry., Salt Lake
City, Utah.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1905-10-19
Deacon Blimber Wants to Know.

There's one thing I've sort O
wanted some one to tell me the rea-
son fer, quite while back" said Dea-
con Blimber to the City Boarder, "and
that is, why is the Sc week the clerk
up yender in the dry goods store gifts
called salary, while the $40 week
the blacksmith gifts down to the shop
is only jest wages ?"-Browning's Mag
azine
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1905-10-19

A curious bit of English history Is
preserved in the word "tawdry." II
acquired its present meaning from
the phrase "tawdry laces" a corrup'
ton of "St. Audrey laces," sold at st.
Audreys fair, which was the same as
st. Ethelreda's fair. Ethelreda was
queen of Northumberland and abbess
of Ely and died in the year $40.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1905-10-19
noue the EmbIem Of love.

The Russian name for darling" is
my little dove" and this same idea
Of a cuddling, meek, and cooling crea'
ture as loves delight runs through ali
oriental poetry. Again and again II
recurs in the Song OF Solomon.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1905-10-19

Statistics show that only Is per cent
of the people who are run over by au-
tomobiles receive fatal injuries. Still,
the distinction of having been run
over by an automobile is hardly worth
even that risk
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1905-10-19
ExcLUslVENESS AS A FAULT.
Mans Weakness in Separation from
Rest of His Kind.

A man is but a cluster on the great
human grapevine. He begins to dry
up the moment he is cut off from his
fellows. Their is something in the
solidarity of the human race which
cannot be accounted for in the sum
total of all the individuals. Separa-
tion from the mass involves a mighty
loss of power in the individual, just
as there is loss Of cohesion and ad-
hesion involved In the separation Of
the molecules and atoms of the dia.
mond. The value of the gem is in the
close contact, the compactness, and
the concentration of the particles
which compose it. The moment they
are separated its value is gone. SO
a strong, effective man gets a large
part of his strength from the vital
connection with his fellows.-Success
Magazine
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1905-10-19

One ''V. r." writes to the New York
Times as follows: 1T is hard work
for an educated man trying to keep
tab on the inaccuracies of the press. "
His beautifully rounded statement is
evidence that he writes from personal
experience.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1905-10-19

Whatever the reason, there Is no
disputing that infants live after mis-
haps which would have meant certain
death to older folks. Whenever there
Is big accident which has involved
great loss of life, one nearly always
reads of the remarkable escape OF
many children.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1905-10-19

1t is something to the credit of Mr..
William Waldorf Astor that he was
the only man in the Vanderbilt and
Aston families that declined to be.
come a subscriber for the famous
"Fads and Fancies" book.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1905-10-19

the back, head
aches and attacks
of dizziness. My
e y e s gave out,
and with the Ian
guor and sleep.
lessness of the
disease upon me
| wasted from 1914
to 122 pounds. AT
the time | started
using Doan's Kid
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1905-10-19

It was the woman who dreamed
that her husband had given her the
goods for new gown who walked to
realizing sense Of what the poet
meant by the baseless fabric of this
vision"
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1905-10-19

Quite possibly 1t is wise provision
of nature that most millionaires are
disinclined TO work. If they we're
not we might be affected with billion
aires.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1905-10-19

The eight Pittsburg women who
were seriously hurt in a bargain coun-
ter rash for mems 10-cent overalls and
shirts were obviously influenced by
the unselfish desire that every woman
has to sacrifice herself for her hus-
bands sake
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1905-10-19

ney Pills an abscess was forming on
my right kidney. The trouble was
quickly checked however, and the
treatment cured me. SO that | have
been well since 1896 and weigh 1873
pounds"
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
For sale by all druggists Price, 90
cents per box.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1905-10-19

Handicapped as they are by being
called the senator's" how could any
body expect the members of the Wash
ington baseball club to put any ginger
into their playing.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1905-10-19

1t grows increasingly difficult to get
gasoline was almost an open sesame,
but now it is necessary to have been
mutilated in an automobile collision.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1905-10-19

e. H. Hartman says there are too
id many reporters" He is ehthusi-
astically supported in this opinion by
Nicholas Romanoff and Samuel w.
Pennypacker.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1905-10-19

Wizard Burbank says perfect men
may be produced in the same way
that he is producing superior fruit.
Evidently the wizard has never
tackled an unruly boy.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1905-10-19

Col. Mann says they sent all over
the world for hides to bind "Fads and
Fancies." How foolish! Why not use
the hides of the subscribers they
skinned?
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1905-10-19
sneed of Submarine Boats.

Submarines can travel seventy or
eighty miles at speed of eight or
nine miles an hour under water, can
regulate their position at any reason
able depth and can move or turn in
any direction.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1905-10-19

Gen. Chreschchatitzki will never get
himself mentioned often by the Eng
disappearing world, even if he does
prove a hero.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1905-10-19

Being an inland country saves Swift
zerland lot of trouble. She hasn't
even been invited to take part in the
Moroccan conference
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1905-10-19
Ask Your Dealer for Aliens rooi.Easa

A powder. 1t rests the feet. Cures Swollen,
Sore, Hot, Callous, Aching, Sweating Feet
and Ingrowing Nails. At all Druggists and
Shoe stores, 25 cents. Accept no substitute
Sample mailed FREE. Address, Allen S.
Olmsted, Leroy, N. Y.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1905-10-19

Unless the "Fads and Fancies" book
contains at least one chapter on mon
key dinners it cannot be considered a
really representative work.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1905-10-19
"Mark Twain's" Drydock Dehnitl

It is told of Mark Twain" that dur
ing a conversation with young LADY
Of his acquaintance he had occasion
to mention the word drydock What
is a drydock. Mr. Clemens?" she ask
ed. "a thirsty physician" replied the
humorist.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1905-10-19
EA

Almost nobody takes the
money;almost nobody wants
the money.
Your grocer returns money II you dom
like schillings Best.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1905-10-19

Most of the land on earth having
been apportioned, some of the powers
are now beginning to quarrel over
spheres of influence on the ocean.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1905-10-19

If we are to be given many such
plays as "Alice-sit-by-the-fr and
"All-of-a-sudden-P it will become
necessary to star the hyphen.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1905-10-19

Most housekeepers will look with
suspicion upon a hired girl that holds
stock in the newly formed pottery
trust
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1905-10-19
Use for Child Elocutionist.

ut is a great comfort to have
child about the house" said the man
of domestic tastes. YES" answered
the unfeeling wretch; when company
comes that you don't care for you can
make 1t recite. Exchange.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1905-10-19

Col. Mann has bounced his manag-
ing editor. Evidently the colonel had
reason to suspect that something was
the matter somewhere.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1905-10-19

New Jersey is making strenuous
war on mosquitoes, but there will be
enough of them left, undoubtedly, to
convey the idea.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1905-10-19

Although small nation, Holland
bears more than its share of the white
mans burden. A Dutch expedition
has just killed 260 natives of Celebes.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1905-10-19

A dealer says that more thermome-
tiers are sold in winter than in sum.
mer. How foolish people are!
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1905-10-19

That Massachusetts letter carrier
who has been in the service fifty years
has probably delivered love letters
enough to make a thousand cyclic
pedias.
The Oakley eagle. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1901-1908, 1905-10-19

Happiness is nothing more or less
than learning to enjoy your own So
ciety.