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HAD TO HUSTLE FOR SUCCESS.
Man Who Became Rich BucISIed to
work When He Was Young.

It was Marshall 0. Roberts who. accord
ing TO Spare Moments, originated the
idea of giving his store an air Of pros
perity by filing his counters with the
appearance goods, when he could not
afford the actual stock.
In 1885 young Roberts had managed to
scrape together a few hundred dollars,
the result OF many years close saving
though he was only twenty-one at the
time. He had decided 20 try his hand at
the hardware and shipping supply bust
ness.
The first thing was to find a suitable
building in a suitable location. But the
two requirements could not be found to-
gether. so he was finally compelled 10
take a large building, in which his small
stock OF goods seemed completely lost
After arranging his shelves in every
possible way TO make them appear TO
good advantage, he gave up IN disgust.
They look like so many samples" he
complained and. it is said. Immediately
went out and ordered a load OF bricks
sent to the store.
These he took one by one and neatly
wrapped, tying a sample OF a nau or a
screw or a rivet TO the end that would be
visible. The bricks were about the size
Of many OF his boxes, and when the
shelves were filed with them, his store
10 be exceedingly well stocked.
Naturally customers were drawn ta khA
nrm that kept the largest stes<s
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The outgoing OF the toothsome shad
marks The incoming Of tha delicate soft
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IN AND ABOUT THE CITY OF WASHINGTON

| The woods and fields come so close to
| the boundaries of Washington that il is
but step from the city 70 the country.
Consequently. there will be a procession
out into the woods this afternoon, and
as the sun goes down the throng win
turn homeward laden with the spoils of
spring,
Notwithstanding the late season, Rock
Creek Park is a veritable flower garden,
and the children can pick ell the blossoms
they desire. This permission does not,
Of course, extend to the dogwood and
other trees, nor to the shrubbery.
The violets. however. are innumerable,
and in the deeper recesses. are the curious
orchids known as Jack-in-the-pulpit, the
white and yellow 'Dutchman's Breeches. b"
the death-like Indian pipe. and the anem-
ones There is one particular Hill in the
park which is the home OF the winter
green, plant otherwise quite scarce in
this locality. Out in the northern end Of
the park, near the District line. there is
an enormous field of wild pansies which
is worth travelling some distance TO see.
Scientists say that the instinct which
eViiNS tilS Clliufeh into the woods is but
a revival OF the ancient savagery Of the
human race-the ever insistent call of
the wild. Il is not a bad instinct TO
cultivate in these artificial days.
Speaking Of Rock Greek Park. there
are a few men in Washington who fully
appreciate how close its development was
to the heart of Engineer Commissioner
BiddIe. These are the men who on Sun
daymorDing used to rendezvous at Pierce's
Mn on horseback and gallop together
until late in the afternoon. Col. Bjddla
who was constant member OF the party.
planned many bride paths and hurdles.
and day after day experimental with the
best jumps, and mapped out the most
attractive drives, Col. Biddle is a splen-
did horsenan and held his own with the
best riders IN the District
A few days ago. these enthusiastic
hOrseman corralied Col. Biddle at luncheon
and presented him with a handsome silver
cup as a token OF their appreciation. It
was deserved tribute. Capt. Kelly. the
new assistant engineer commissioner. is
another splendid rider and has a couple
Of ponies that are worth their weight in |
gold.
Commissioner Morrow is a lover OF out |
doors. but he does not ride horseback /
His favorite sport is golf. although he /
vas one OF the crack baseball players at
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shell crab. The crab is the sulnler. sea
! food lie thrives in Chesapeake Bav.
where thousands Of persons make a good
living by catching his manny-legged mai
esty and supplying Washington and other
markets. The number Of erustaeeans in
| Chesapeake Bay is beyond conception
Every year witnesses the capture of
hundreds of thousands, and yet the sup
ply does not seem to diminish. Even the
establishment of numerous canning fac
tories has no apparent effect. The time
must come. however. when the crab will
be appreciably scarcer, and then the
Fish Commission viii have TO come to
the rescue.
II It were not for the work Of the Fish
Commission the shad would long since
have disappeared. Bountiful as nature
is, it cannot keep pace with the depletion
caused by the ravages OF the food-seeker.
In the case of the shad, the supply is
maintained by artificial Matching. One Of
the best equipped stations is on the
Potomac River, a few miles below Wash
ingtOn, at place called Bryan's Point.
Here the Fish Commission sends its shads-
Matching experts every spring. and for
several weeks there are busy times. Mil
lions OF young shad are hatched in glass
jars and are reared with tender care
until they are large enough TO be thrown
overheard and able to shift for them
selves. The work has now passed the
experimental stage and is one Of the most
practical and beneficial industries I'm
which the government IS engaged.
It is tradition among fishermen that
shad always return from the sea to the
identical river in which they were born
when the spawning season arrives. There
seems TO be some foundation for the
belief.
Col. Archibald Hopkins, the well-known |
lawyer is known among his friends as
one OF the best story teliers in the city. /
He has a keen sense Of humor, as eyi- !
denced by this latest addition to his rep
ertoire.
Mary, said a young man to the girl /
to WHOM, ne had just become engaged, /
1 have still something to tell you"
What is it. John?" said she.
do not like TO say
Mary urged him 10 make confession.
Wei. said he. finally. and after much
nc station, 7 am a contortionist"
Never mind, John," said the gir., II
would just as leave so to that chHch
As any other!"
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West Point, and also can play football 10
/ perfection He never misses the ARMY
/ Navy football contest. and views it with
the eye of an expert. He follows the
baseball games with great fidelity and
i can come pretty near 10 predicting, even
at this early date. the position Of the
several clubs at the end Of the season.
Capt MoFrows greatest recreation
however, is IN playing bridge He is an
accurate and careful player, with re-
markable memory for every card. He is
an earnest advocate Of the defensive
spade make. and keeps a record of games
that have been lost because the player
persisted In passing a hopeless hand in
stead Of making it an original spade.
There IS no question but that he has a
large amount OF evidence in his favor.
but his disciples are not numerous. This
IS due. he says, to the fact that the
human race is naturally and proverbially
perverse.
Justice Stafford. Of the District bench.
is so modest and retiring that one has
to know him almost intimately to dis
cover what a fund of general information
he possesses. He is wonderful talker,
even when his audience consists OF
few friends. while his prepared speeches
are marvels of rich rhetoric. He has
fine imagination and much genius for
versificatton. His memory is something
remarkable. Some one who heard him a
few nights ago was surprised to find
that he could repeat poem after poem
written by John Greenleaf Whittier. JUS
tice Stafford is a great admirer of Whit
tier and has had q most extensive rer-
ertoire OF that poets works. He reeites
poem after poem without the slightest
hesitation, and. in addition. not only
knows its date. but can describe the
circumstances under which it was writ
ten.
Justice Wright one Of Justice Stafford S
is not as literary. but more
athletic. He can tramp over the fields
all day with a gun. enjoys a good game
Of ball. and is especially adept in the
water. II was Justice Wright who made
a trip from Washington to Ocean City.
Md, Ia a little sail boat OF his own
and came back with a mar
rative Of adventure that would have made |
Robert Louis Stevenson turn pale with !
envy.
The outgoing OF the toothsome shad /
marks The incoming Of the delicate soft
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fiated prices; still worse, shop keepers
and artisans who own no land and pur-
chase none, are now wroth 20 find that
even their taxes are increased to make
up deficits in the greatest act of the
century.
Among Irish-Americaus recently much
has been spoken Of and many inquiries
made upon the international exhibition
which is being held this summer in Dub
lin. So industrious have the originators
OF this exhibition been IN booming Il in
America that they have actually con
vinced many serious minded Irish people
there that it was going to be a great
exhibition, and a wonderful boon to Ire
land. The cold facts are that in the first
place It will be a very poor exhibition,
and in the next place that il is anti
Irish. run by ant-Irish people, who would
gladly see ireland damned tomorrow, and
that # it had any effect upon Ireland. it
would set back our industrial progress.
The exhibition has been organized by a
pitiable handful Of these creators. who
take pride in styling themselves the
bench garrison in ireland, and It was
their anxious desire TO have the King of
England open the exhibition. Honors and
titles would then accrue 10 them
During the past twelve years the Gaelic
League, and their industrious workers in
Ireland have been trying 70 make our
people realize that Ireland is to be saved
from starvation, and the Irish nation
from extinction, by the people learning
TO support their own country's Industries.
These workers have been pointing out 10
the Irish people that while our boys and
girls in hundreds Of thousands were rush
ing TO the earth's ends to look for the
work ana the wages which they could
not find at home, We We're annually send
ing out of the country for foreign manu-
facturers' goods, the enormous sum of
&l4W9 900 ($.0000. .G9)l. a tremendous loss. a
greater portion of which could very
easily have been kept in the country and
turned into Irish pockets, holding at home
hGndI eds Of thousands of Irish boys and |
girls, where these Irish boys and girls |
would be stay and a support TO the ma |
tioa and the nations pride.
This preaching is taking effect and our 4
Irish people year by year patrOnize more 1
and more the things made at home and
send out less money TO the foreigners. /
At a critical iuncture. the handful of /
lnternationalists in Dublin conceived the |
idea of advertising the goods of the for 1
signers, hence, the International Exhibi- /
has been condemned by every /
irish league in Ireland, half the Gaelic
League by the National Council, by the 4
IRISH parliamentary party, by the United
lrish League, and the Ancient order of /
ttibernians. A brave struggle against the
International Exhibition has been put I'D
3Y all the good Irish workers in Dublin. /
1t is sincerely TO be hoped that every
single Irish-American who loves Ireland,
viii not IN any way patronize, or even
90 TO see this anti-Irish International Ex-
libition.
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CHANGESIN IRELAND
WORK OF THE GAELIC LEAGUE.
BY SEUMAS MacMANUS

heaVen-sent statesmen. In agreeing to
the details OF the bill. they did not see
forward much farther than their nose,
and III order 10 be able to say that they
had carried a land purchase act, that
on behalf Of the tenants-farmers and
people Of Ireland-agreed 10 some OF
the most foolish and some OF the most
unjust stipulati0ns. All landlords who
have sold cut under the land purchase
act,'wrung from the tenants an absurd
" high price for the land-frOm 25 10
80 l-S per cent more than was Just. IN
addition TO this. these landlords got
from the government a bonus of 12K
per cent Of the purchase price. as an
inducement 10 them TO accept from
the tenants far more than the land was
worth. Our members Of Parliament
readily agreed to this bonus being
given the landlords, and chuckled. for
II was bleeding of the government
They were sorry statesmen. indeed. who
could not first ask themselves whether
the government procured its money
of the thorn bushes-or dipped its
hand into the pockets OF our Irish
member constituents to get this money
The befooled tenants now awoke to
realization Of the fact that they first
had 10 pay the landlord direct one and
one-third times the price OF the land,
and IN addition pay the landlords
through the medium of the govern
ment. bonus Of one-eighth Of the In
hated prices; still worse, shop keepers
and artisans who own no land and pur-
chase none, are now wroth 20 find that
even their taxes are increased to make
up deficits in the greatest act OF the
century.
The Washington herald., 1907-05-12

The Gaelic League in Ireland still
continues its wonderful progress, and
the cause of the revival of the Irish
language goes ahead with rapid strides
One good thing regarding the Gaelic
League-one thing which, unfortunate
~. cannot be said of many other
leagues in ireland, is that Il has
brought into its ranks nationalized
host of nOn-CathOEc Irishmen Mr.
Lindsay Crawford. the leader OF the In
dependent Order Of Orangemen in Ire
land. has become a convert 10 the
Gaelic League cause. But a few years
ago, and Lindsay Crawford was bitterly
denouncing the league. To-day he is
praising it, speaking publicly in its
favor, and urging, his Protestant coun-
trymen TO join IN the great and good
work which the league is doing for the
revival Of our ancient and beautiful
language. and for Matchmaking and re-
generating Ireland.
On last St Patrick's Day. services in
Irish were conducted IN two Protestant
churches in Dublin. viz: St Patriek's
Cathedral and St Keven's Church. and
sermons in Irish were preached by the
Rev. Mr. Miller Dunmanway In the lat |
ter church
II ten years ago any one in ireland |
had prophesied that services in Irish
would be conducted IN Protestant /
churches in Dublin, the prophet would /
have been laughed to scorn.
The Gaelic League has wrought !
mighty changes in ireland. we con-
noentIy believe that it viii yet work
greater and stranger changes.
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Commissioner Morrow is lover Of out
doors, but he does not ride horseback.
His favorite sport is golf. although ne
was one Of the crack baseball players at
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RY sEUNIAs NIAC1IANUs.


! Since referring In my last weeks letter
to the question of wages in Ireland, I
have seen that Lloyd George. member Of
the British government. has been giving
statistics 10 Parliament on the subject Of
wages OF agricultural labor in the three
kingdoms.
According to his statistics. the highest
! average wages paid IN England is 22s and
I'd $3.50, in Durham. The lowest average
English wages was 14s Cd IN Oxfordshire.
Ia Wales the highest average Of agricuI-
tural wages is 2ls and Cd, in Glamorgan,
and the lowest 15s Sd in Cardigan The
average highest agriculture wages paid
in Scotland is 22s I'd, in Renfrew. and the
lowest l3s I'd. IN the northern islands in
Ireland the highest average Of agricul-
tural wages is 14s, in Down. and the low
est 9s in Mayo.
OF course, the reason why q much
higher wage is paid agricultural laborers
IN England, Scotland, and Wales than in
Ireland is because the manufacturers and
the mine owners in these countries. com
pete with the farmers for the possession
Of the laboring man.
In ireland we have not yet sufficient
demand for labor in factories and mines
to raise the agricultural wage; yet even
at its present rate the Irish farmer com
plains that he cannot work hts land with
profit. and thousands Of acres Of Irish
land that mad been titled have been al
lowed for years past TO lie in grass, be-
cause the farmer says 1t does not pay to
till at the present rate of wages With
improved methods OF tiilage, however
tillage should be remunerative IN Ireland
at even higher wage even though the
rate Of wage should amount stlu higher
The land act Of 1903. which. by over
enthusiastic Irish politicians, was hailed
with a great burst OF enthusiasm, styled
can act for the rec0nquest Of the sOilC0f
Ireland. and which ITish-Americans were
led TO believe was one OF the greatest
hO0ns bestowed upon Ireland In a hun
dred years, is rapidly falling into dis
favor with farmers artisans. and shop
keepers in Ireland.
That inflated greatness Of the bill got
a puncture the other day when It was
announced that farmers. shopkeepers. and
artisans OF Ireland would have been
taxed, or an extra tax OF eT3.2Is for the
purposes Of rec0uping the losses Of the
government in administering. The County
Kildare suffered most heavily, ard is
taxed upwards Of $500. or an increased
taxation Of sd in the pound It is said
that heavy loss in Kildare was chiefly
caused by the Inflated prices which the
tenants had to pay TO the Duke OF Lem
ster for their property.
County R0sc0mm0n is taxed almost
5000, Sligo losses sl,j00, Mayo 21200 /
Leitrim ESQ, and so on.
Now IN Roscommon the great King
Harman estate was bought by the ten
ants at the great price of twenty-seven /
and one-half years-which is largely I
responsible for the heavenly pre-emi- /
nence OF that country. Our members /
OF Parliament, who helped 10 engineer
this bill are not, IL must be confessed. /
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PLANT 4 Big SUCCESS
President r. n. Harper Proud
Of New Enterprise.
SEES GREATER WASHINGTON

Head OF Seyv Chamber of Commerce
p Says Boys Rnee-pantz Fact0ry
Proves Manufacturing VIII Pay in
Capital Cify-schefman Bros. & Ep-
man to Locate Permanently.
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HOTEL MEN COMING
Merry BOnifaces to Hold An
nual Convention.
BIG BANQUET TO BE FEATURE

Hosts at All Other Times VIII Be
Guests of Honor ON This Occasion.
Ella b0rate Programme Arranged
for Fonr Days Meeting-Reception
by President Included.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-12-26

"All we can afford to give you, miss, y
said the Trustee Of School District No.
16 to the young woman who applied
for the position of teacher, "is SIS a
month"
"At that figure, Of course, you
wouldn't expect me to teach any fads2''
she said.
"Fads" echoed the Trustee, taken
slightly aback; 'why-h'm-yes, II
you can teach it We'll want that, too"
"But if it isn't in the curriculum"
"You may as we'll understand, miss,
that we amt THROWN any money
away. The $40 a month is to pay for
the whole thing-fads, crickalum and
everything else that's goin'."-Chicago
Tribune.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-12-26
Wheat in tho Cotton Belt.

The first week in November Is early
enough to sow wheat throughout the
middle portion Of the cotton belt. This
crop often succeeds we'll sown as late
as Dec. /, provided the conditions shall
be favorable for termination for two
weeks after sowing (not too cold and
wet). Land covered with a thick
growth Of grass or other vegetation Is
not considered the best condition for
wheat, for the reason that wheat likes
a compact, smooth surface soil. Turn
your land well, then harrow, then roll
with heavy roller, then SOW the seed
A one or one and half ton roller run
over a freshly plowed surface once or
twice will compact the three or four
inches of surface soil. The wheat seed
should then be put in with a regular
wheat drill, says Southern authority.
I would not apply less than 400 pounds
of fertilizer per acre and would prefer
500 to 600 pounds unless the land be
already rich. I recommend this for
mula: Two hundred pounds acid phos-
phate, 400 pounds Of cottonseed meal
and so pounds of muriate OF potash
per acre, supplemented with top
dressing Of so to Is pounds of nitrate
of soda in March if the appearance OF
the plants seem to indicate the need
Of more nitrogen.-Exchange.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-12-26
CHAPTER NIII.-(Continued.)

CHAPTER Continued
And during the vacations, where must
abe go them" Guy asked.
go where she peases of course AS
Jessie is so fond of her, and they are
much like sisters, it will not be improper
for her to come here, as | see, provided
Agnes is here" Mrs. Noah replied, while
Guy continued:
Il know you are right; that is. | do
not wish to do Msddy a harm by placing
temptation in her way, neither will l
have everybody meddling with my busi-
hess. | tell you l won't. | don't mean
you, for you have a right to say what no
one else has" and he glanced half angrily
At Mrs. Noah. PITY if | can't take an
interest In a girl, because l once injured
her, without every old woman in Chris
tendon thinking she must needs fall IN
love with me, and so be ruined for life.
Maddy Clyde has too good sense for that,
Or will have when | tell her about Lucy
And you will do so?" Mrs. Noah said.
''Of course | will, and write to Lucy,
too, telling her how you talked, and how
I care no more for Maddy than | do for
Jessie"
asked.
Guy could not look her fully in the face
then, so he kicked the CRATE until the
concusson sent the red-hot Goals out upon
the carpet as he replied
True? Yes, every word of it,"
Mrs. Noah noted all this, and think
Ing:
II ought to have took him in hand long
ago," she came up to him and said kind
iy, soothingly: I'VE shall all miss Maddy
I as much as anyone but l do think it
best for her to 60 to school and so, after
tea, I'll manage to keep Jessie with me,
and send Maddy to you, while you tell her
about Lucy and the plan
Guy nodded little perking kind OF
nod, and then Mrs. Noah, as she turned
to leave the room, gave vent to the fol-
lowing;
"You know, Guy, as we'll as l, that
pretty and smart as she is, Maddy is real
ly beneath you, and no kind of match,
even if you wasn't as good as married,
which you be-"
Mrs. Noahs last remark awakened in
Guy a singular train of thought. les,
Maddy was his inferior as the world saw
matters and settling himself in the chair
he tried to fancy what that same world
would say if he should make Maddy his
wife OF course he had no such intention,
he was just imagining something which
never could possibly happen. because in
the first place he wouldn't marry Maddy
CLYDE If he could, and he couldn't If he
would.
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Spraying Potatoes.

Careful potato growers can no longer
doubt the advantages Of spraying in
blight" years; but some doubt whether
the practice is profitable year after
year. Tests along this line have been
continued for Ave years by the Expert
ment Station at Geneva; and the evi.
dence presented In Bulletin No. 200,
giving details Of the ffth years test
and summaries of preceding ones. seems
conclusive in favor Of the practice
The gain each year has been profitable: /:
and there is already much more than
enough excess Of gain over cost to pay
for spraying five years more. Similar
gains, though not quite SO great were
obtained by farmers under tests care
fully checked by the station and by
much larger number Of farmers who
sprayed independently.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-12-26
No Room.

It had been a most delightful picnic,
but 1t occurred to Bobby as he watched
the elders of the party clearing aw-
the remnants of the feast that he had
eaten great deal-perhaps a trifie
too much for comfort.
would you like another piece Of
this cake, Bobby" asked kindly dis
posed person, surprising what she took
to be a wistful look In the little boys
eyes.
"No'1n, thank YOU" said Bobby. 81
think perhaps l could chew 1t, but l
know | couldn't swallow It."
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-12-26
TwiH Dfaeaaea.

1t may not be generally known. but
many twig diseases of trees are spread
by the pruning tools. One very sue
cessful nurseryman dips his pruning
knives and saws In solution
Of carbollc acid before beginning to
prune another tree, so If any germs
are on the tool this treatment will de-
stroy them. AS soon as wound Is
made 1t Is a good idea to disInfect and
paint 1t to keep out the moisture. There
Is danger Of trees contracting disease.
as the germs enter the wounds and dis
eased places result, or the exposed parts
will begin to decay as soon as the mois.
ture gets hold.-Apple Specialist