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Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-08-15

One Of the virtues of the modern
physician Is definiteness of direction.
To prescribe dose "once in so often
Is to leave a wide margin Of chance,
especially If the drug be n potent one.
Let it be hoped that the good man
whose prescription is quoted below was
not dealing In strychnin nor prussic
acid. The letter Is taken from "High-
ways and Byways in Sussex" by f. V.
Lucas, and was written by the doctor
in an English village a century ago.
Mr.. Andrews. l have sent you some
things which you may take in the man.
ner following, viz: of that In the bottle
marked with + you may take of the
quantity of a spoonful or so, now and
then, and at night take some of those
pills, drinking little warm beer after
It, and in the morning take spoonfulls
of that in the other bottle, fasting an
hour after it, and then you may eat
something, you may take also of the
first and every night pill and in the
morning.
| hope this will do you good which
IS the desire of him who is your loving
friend, William Benbrigg.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-08-15

How dear to my heart are the bucket
shop earnings,
When fond recollection presents them
to view;
The clerk, the mechanic, for wealth vain
ly yearnng,
And every one else I was able to do.
No longer they'll come with the bulk of
their wages,
And hand them to me, when for mar
gins l call;
No longer they'll find in the newspaper
pages
The news that bucket shops gone to
the wall:
The well-furnished bucket shop, swell
looking bucket shop,
The bucket shop ready to 60 to the
wall.
How oft have they stood by the ticker
and waited
To learn what their profits were going
to be!
How oft to their sorrow they've found
they were fated
To leave all their profits forever with
me.
Their coin! How I seized it with hands
that were glowing,
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-08-15
WHY FOOD FADDISTs THRIVE.
Enthusiastic Belief Adds Taste
that Insures Digestion.

Enthusiastic Belief Adds Taste
that Insures Digestion.
Much light has been thrown on the
process of digestion in the last few
years by the Investigations of Pavlov,
a Russian psychologist, and others.
These Investigations have changed
very materially our views of this proc
ess and have served to explain many
things relating to food, especially why
it Is that every food faddist thrives
upon his particular diet, although it
may differ in toto from that of his
neighbor who thrives equally on his
own regimen. Stories are told Of dys-
peptics, living for years on carefully
selected food of the blandest and
most easily dlgestible" sort, and suf-
ferlng misery, who suddenly conceived
longing for corned beef and cabbage
and surreptitiously devoured a meal
Of it. To their delight as much as to
their surprise, there was nothing to
pay for this yielding to the promptings
of nature; digestion was perfectly per-
'|'AAiNN ioi liiC III SL lIllc III years.
Such stories are not always apocry-
phal; they may be founded on fact,
and their explanation Is the same as
that Of the success Of the food faddist.
Pavlov found in experimenting on
dogs that an abundance of gastric
juice was secreted when they had food
that they liked. even though this food
was mechanically prevented from en-
tering the stomach; whereas, when
they were fed on things they did not
care for, but could eat only when half
starved, the secretions of gastric Juice
was very scanty. This he called the
appetite juice" the process In the
stomach being analogous to the famil-
lar phenomenon Of watering In the
mouth or increased salivary secre-
ton caused by the sight or smell of
savory food or even by the thought of
it. He found also that the compost
ton Of the digestive fluids varied with
the kind of food, each article swallow
ed calling forth, through some mysteri-
Gus signals transmitted to the stomach
from the tongue and palate as soon as
they had tasted the morsel placed in
the mouth, just the sort of fluid best
adapted to its digestion. The enthusi-
astic appreciation by the dietetic
crank Of the unsavory food which he
is persuaded will assure him strength
and long life gives him taste for 1t,
and so the motherly stomach provides
an abundance Of gastric juice Of the
proper composition and thereby saves
him from the otherwise Inevitable con-
sequences Of his folly.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-08-15
Nothing New.

Proof Is below that ladies criticized
each others clothes in the seventeenth
as we'll as In the twentieth century
and In "fonetik" spelling.
In 1856, May or June, Bridget Noel
wrote to her sister, the Countess Of
Rutland:
my Lady Gansbourer meet us at
Burley, but in sutch dres as never
saw without dlsput. Her jengan man.
to Is the worst of its kind, it Is pur-
pei, & a great dele Of green, & a letel
gould, & great flours ther Is some red
with the green, and noe lining, which
luks q bomenable."
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-08-15
NSzSSS& "a
-SM THE GIRL WITH >O-
". "A MILLION w
N~@--B BY d. G. Murray
- BY ID. G. Murray

"A delightful book" said O'Rourke.
"A lovely book. The author is dear
friend Of mine. He is staying at ia
nenne with his wife and their little boy.
| am going down there to pay them a
visit"
"Oh!" cried Mrs. Spry, clasping her
hands. "How delightful to know such
people! Oh, how l do envy you that
privilege !"
You will be bound to meet him"
O'Rourke said, "and sure to like him.
believe that Miss Butler and Mrs. Farley
are great friends"
Il shall be afraid of him, I'm sure"
cried the widow, hiding her face in her
hands, and surveying O'Rourke through
her fingers. II was afraid of you at
first" She blushed prodigiously at this
avowal, and dropping her hands before
her, she turned her head away. O'Rourke
caught her hands and held them for a
moment.
"Of me? he said, tenderly.
And here, since they were alone in the
carriage, and had still a good twenty
miles to go before they reached their first
stopping point, no man can say how rap
idly and how happily O'Rourke's fate
might have been decided, if only the ad-
venture had happened in England. where
the guards refrain from walking about
the outside of their trains during transit.
But at this instant the door swung open
and the ticket collector entered, and hav-
ing with perfect stony gravity punched
their tickets, swung himself out through
the door on the other side of the car
riage and went on his way with a broad
grin. O'Rourke saw the grin, and for a
moment, though he was a fairly good-tem
pered man as a general thing, felt venge-
full. The obvious impossibility of pur-
suing the ticket collector along the foot
board did nothing to assuage his anger for
the time.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-08-15

|
1t Is the custom whenever one goes
from northern regions to the tropics
to don white garments as a protection
against the heat of the sun; and
change from colored goods to white Is
made in our climate, also, In the sum-
ner.
The reason given for this resort to
white Is that ut reflects the heat in
stead Of absorbing IT." and If one
questions Its virtue answer Is always
made that the natives of tropical re-
gions wear white clothes, and they
ought to know what Is best.
| 1t Is true that the natives often wear
white, but they have dark skins by
which they are protected from the
chemical rays, the rays that are most
injurious to man, and that break down
his health, after a longer or shorter
residence in equatorial regions. The
white mans white clothes offer no
resistance to these injurious light rays,
although they give comfort by throw
ing back the heat rays.
If white clothes are worn externally,
the undergarments, so tropical hygien-
lists say, should be black, red or orange,
since these colors offer a screen to the
chemical rays. After dark, in tho
tropics as we'll as during the hot sum-
mer months In this country, black
clothes are the most sensible, since
they promote the radiation Of heat
from the body.
The head covering In summer should
be light In color as we'll as in weight
yellow or khaki color Is better than
whte-but should have a dark lining.
The practice of going bareheaded, es-
pecially In the case Of light haired or
bald persons, Is fraught with grave
perils. The notion that some bald
headed men have that exposure of the
head to the suns rays will promote the
growth Of the hair Is pernicious the
man who has tried 1t one summer will
not repeat 1t the next-if he Is alive.
In texture, summer clothing should
be light and porous. For men the outer
garments should be of wool, the under
clothing Of linen or cotton and wool.
This should be woven in mesh which,
by the air 1t contains, protects against
chill and which absorbs perspiration;
such material does not get the clam
my" feeling Of a closely woven cloth
when damp.
A night garment Of loosely woven
thin flannel Of dark color will be found
more comfortable than one Of cotton
or linen, and will also afford greater
protection against chill. Summer
colds" often follow chilling Of the
body toward morning when it Is en-
cased in a damp clinging linen night
dress. One who finds himself in such
a state in the early morning should
quickly take a warm bath, followed by
a cold sponge or shower, and a vlgor-
Gus rubbing with a coarse towel
Youths Companion.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-08-15

liphtfully temperate. Cattle Is one Of
the chief products, and, the corn and
fruit crops come next Many engage in
fishing, and In recent years the coal
and iron ore mining has grown to great
proportions. laundering is also carried
on TO a considerable extent.
But cattle raising and fruit farming
anpear to be the national occupations.
The inhabitants seem naturally adapt
ed TO such tasks, and they are surely
more picturesquely interesting to the
traveller when thus engaged. Dairy
nroducts cut no small figure in coun-
try where cattle raising is an import
ant industry, and the milk peddlers of
Belgium are without a doubt the most
interesting characters the traveller will
meet in any country in Europe. All
through Belgium you will meet the
milk peddler, whether on the city
streets, the villages and towns or the
country highways. And as general
thing they are the robust red checked
girls from the farms, with their milk
cans and jars loaded on carts In which
dogs are the motive power. The pic
ture with this article shows a milkmaid
with her cart and dog.
Milk and butter are ridiculously low
priced In Belgium, and the peddler has
got to make lot of sales before COL
lar is earned. However. the purchas-
ing power of a dollar is lot greater in
Belgium than it is In this country, so
things about even up. Next In import
ance to stock and fruit raising is agri-
culture, and, although Belgium Is not
large, IL excels most of Europe
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-08-15

And safe in my pockets 1t speedily
fell;
Alas! now my business they've been
overthrowng,
The bucket shop business that did 'em
up well.
The lucrative business, the get-rich-quick
business,
The bucket shop business that did 'em
up well.
Alone in my sorrow, scarce can be-
lieve it,
I'll profit no more as a bear or bull :;
My business is gone, and l ne'er can
retrieve it,
l find they have broken my wonderful
pull.
No longer III rake in their money and
spend it,
No longer be out when my customers
call;
The Legislature has passed bill that
will end it,
Forever the bucket shops gone to the
wall.
The old soakem bucket shop, cash-g getting
bucket shop,
The bucket shop now that has gone to
the wall.
Detroit Free Press.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-08-15
No Cause for Alarm.

The honeymoon had bumped the
bumps.
You know, john" said the young
wife, that l used to be your type
writer?"
"Um-yes," grunted John.
"Well," she continued, Il wish you
would discharge the girl you have now
and hire man in her place"
Huh !" rejoined hubby. 81 hope you
don't think | would make fool OF
myself twice in the same way."-Chi-
cago News.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-08-15
Only Explanation.
It was bargain day.

It was bargain day.
An excited man rushed into the
crowded dry goods emporium.
"Say, where will l find my wife?"
he aueried of the head floorwalking
gentleman
Really, l don't know, sir" replied
the party Of the fioorwalking part.
"She hasn't been here to-day"
Great Scott :" exclaimed the excited
man. Then l must hurry home at
once. She Is either dead or dying!"
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-08-15
"MILKMEN" OF BELGIUM.
Queer Rigs of MIX Peddlers Who
Are Mostly Girls.


There Is a land across the sea, sand
wiched In between Holland, Prussia
and France, that is more densely popu-
lated than any other country In the
world. 1t Is the kingdom Of Belgium,
where there are a little more than $50
inhabitants for every square mile of
territory. The inhabitants are or
French and German origin of about
equal proportions, are quite numerous
enough to engage in great manufacture
ing industries, but who are, neverthe-
less, pastoral in their pursuits and de-
pend on the soil for livelihood. Many
canals and a network of railroads
through the country enable the farmers
to transport their products to the mar
kets, and the climate in general is de-
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-08-15
Dreaming on Her Part.

Ned-Whenever Mr.. Hussle begins
thing practically there's no idle dream
ing about 1t, l tnll you.
Nell-Oh, don't know. May Yerner
told me he practically began proposal
to her once. I'll bet there was a good
deal Of idle dreaming about that.-PhiL
adelphia Press
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-08-15
Prophecy FULFILLED,

PATIENT have come to tell you,
doctor, that that young stock broker,
whom my daughter met at the sea four
months ago, has now proposed to her
and they are engaged"
Doctor-Now didn't l tell you that
you would benefit later by your change
-Meggendorfer Blatter.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-08-15
Six of One, Etc.

"Look at poor Mrs. Smith working
that heavy lawn mower. Isn't 1t q
shame"
"Yes, perhaps 1t Is; but listen to
poor Mr.. Smith putting the baby to
Sleep"
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-08-15

Somehow when girl appears on
the front porch and spreads out a
hammock, 1t suggests a spider, and
every one wonders If fly will come
along
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-08-15
Confeufnnenf.

"Dey say contentment Is better dan
riches" said Uncle Eben; "but mus
own up dat I'd kind o. like TO try both
an decide fob myself.
Star
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-08-15

John-Maria, what on alrth do ye
think7 That pesky 81 Smith we've been
quarrelin' with sez he's goln' to take
the matter inter the courts.
Maria-Oh, law baltimore Ameri-
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-08-15

Marriage is sometimes a failure be-
,ause a man is unable to think Of the
light excuse at the right time.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1907-08-15

To a man with little sense, prob
ably the greatest annoyance In the
world is q fool
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-11-06

subscribed. The proposed line will
u from Bozeman to the vicinity of
Salesville, a distance of As miles, and
will tap one Of the richest sections of
the entire county. 1t is expected tina
the new road will be in operation by
Ian. l. 1910. .
HELENA, Nov. A fire late to.
night, which threatened the destruc-
ton OF the Capital brewery, one Of
the largest establishments of it's kind
in the northwest. burned the warehouse
and ice house of the brewery. The
buildings were situated at the foot of
Mount Helena, at the head of Main
street, and the flames swept over the
mountain side. bnrning the dry bush.
es and grass, and made one of the
most picturesque fires that has ever
been witnessed in Helena.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-11-06
SUFFERED AGONY
WITH SALT RHEUM
On Hands, Arms, and Face for Three
years-Spent Hundreds Of Dollars
in Seeking a Cure-Hands Be-
came Solid Sheet ofSores - No
Rest from Awful itching Until
CUTICURA REMEDIES
EFFECTED A CURE

II had salt rheum for three years on
my hands, arms, and face and I thought
it would get all over me. 1 tried four
or five doctors but they failed and my
husband has spent hundreds of dollars
in trying everything we could hear of.
But l grew worse and worse, my hands
itched awfully and l could get no rest
at AN. l was just in agony all the time
because when they did not itch they
were so dry and crackly that l was mis-
cradle and when they cracked. they bled.
The nails of my finger and thumb began
to come off, and my hands were a solid
sheet of sores. Several of my friends
told me to try the Cuticura Remedies
SO l got a cake of Cuticura Soap and a
box Of Cuticura Ointment and from the
first my hands began to improve and
now they are well. and l think that the
Cuticura Remedies are worth their
weight in gold, and I advise every one
that has skin trouble to use them. Mrs.
Omie Patterson, 1859 18th Ave., Nash
vile, Tenn, Jan. %, Feb. IL, and Mar.
81, 1907"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-11-06

From Connecticut.
n addition to the expense and
deprivation of the fleet from
its regular target practice
and drills, which CANNOT BE
KEPT UP DURING THIS
TRIP, we have no means of re-
pairing the fleet and keeping it in
repair when it arrives in San Fran
cisco, as none Of these battleships
can get up to Mare Island navy
yard.
NO ONE CLAIMS OR HAS
CLAIMED THAT THERE - A
WARRANT FOR THE MOVE, THE
DISCLOSURE OF WHICH WOULD
De AGAINST PUBLIC WELFARE.
BY LEONIDAs r. LIVINGSTON. Repre-.
sentative From Georgia.
cannot see any good reason for
such a display of our fleet at this
time. Of course to those on the
inside there may be. THE EX-
|PENSE AND RISK WILL BE
VERY GREAT. The benefits
from any standpoint are not within
my comprehension now.
BY WILLIAM BOURKE COCHRAN. Rep
resentative From New York..
DO NOT FAVOR, BUT MOST
DEEPLY DEPLoRE, SENDING THE
NORTH ATLANTIC FLEET TO THE
PACIFIC THIS WINTER. At THE
SAME TIME, CAN UNDER
STAND WHY THE PROPOSAL
MAY APPEAR COMMEMORATE TO
ITS AUTHORS.
Having stopped to perpetrate
the COLOSSAL FOLLY of dissi-
pating %stupendous sums in con-
structing so many ships, useless for
any purpose except mischief, it is
entirely consistent with such a pol
icy-if not a necessary feature Of
it-that they should be sent to the
field of WIDEST POTENTIAL
MISCHIEF, where expenditure Of
money will certainly be heaviest
and where the maximum of i'll feel
ing is likely to be provoked.
BY WILLIAM RICHARDSON. Represent
alive From Alabama.
1t appears to me that the dis
patch of sixteen battleships to the
waters Of the Pacific would be in
effect PROVOCATIVE AND
AN UNBECOMING DISPOSE
TON TO EXPLOIT AND DIS
PLAY OUR POWER and
strength before a nation we are at
peace with.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-11-06
AFFINITY" Only a New
Word to Cloak Crime,

By Genera WILLIAM BOOTH. Head o. IN salvation Army.
F I had a wife I believe that nothing but death could part me
from her. l believe that divorce is allowable IN SOME
II CASES-that is, there are cases which do not require my con-
domination.
"Soul afinities" are something NEW to me. They have been in
vented, created, imagined or discovered since my last visit to America.
l am not competent, l fear. to discuss them.
The couple who have solved the problem of loving their neighbor
as themselves and who enjoy the PERFECT UNDERSTANDNG
that unites them so closely that differences of opinion do not suggest
the divorce court, would, l should think, be nea to what you Ameri
cans would term soul cainhies."
AS THE TERM SEEMS TO BE APPLIED OVER HERE, IT SEEMS
TO NE TO BE AN EXPRESSION USED TO COVER A MORE DIS
AGREEABLE WAY OF SPEAKING OF A CRIME AGAINST AU
MANITY.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-11-06
What of the Financial Future?

BY MELVILLE e. INGALLS,. resident Of he Merchants National Bank
Of Cincinnati
HE REAL QUESTION THAT TROUBLES US Is, WHAT OF
THE FUTURE7 AND HERE AN INCLINED TO BE OPT.
MYSTIC; NOT THAT THINK FOR AN INSTANT THAT
THE RATE OF INCREASE FOR THE PAST FIVE YEARS
CAN GO ON FOR THE NEXT FIVE YEARS; NEITHER
SHOULD WE WISH IT.
Then we must put in force ECONOMIES that will enable the
people to save and invest their surplus % a IS to absorb the large amount
of short term notes that have been put out. We must remember that
they have all been sold. 1t is only a question of placing them in the
form of a PERMANENT INVESTMENT and not providing new
funds.
The banks should set their face against loans for speculation or for
promotion of enterprises. LET THE NEW DEVELOPMENTS
WAIT A LITTLE. Let the business people learn that the eNtrava-
gance and wild speculation Of the last year o two must stop and
economy must be the rule.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-11-06
Should We SEND Cur
Fleet to the Pacific?

BY JOHN SHARP WILLIAMS. Repre-
sentative From Mississippi.
THINK sending our fleet
from the Atlantic to the Pa.
cifc is a VERY GOOD
WAY OF TRAINING OUR Ma
VAL OFFICERS AND SAIL
ORS to the work of handling ships
en- feet.
THEY MIGHT JUST As WELL
BE DOING THAT As DOING vIR-
TUALLY NOTHING.
Dy MARTIN D. MADDEN. Representa-
tive From Illinois.
I think there is just as much rea-
son why the north Atlantic feet
should be sent to the Pacific as that
the army should continue its ma
neuvers.
What we need in our navy is the
HIGHEST POSSIBLE DEGREE
OF EFFICIENCY, and if to OBJ
tain it we must send the fleet to the
Pacific I am in favor of it.
THE FACT THAT SOME ARE
LED TO BELIEVE THAT JAPAN
MAY CONSIDER THE MOVE A
HOSTILE ONE SHOULD NOT BE
GIVEN A MOMENTS THOUGHT.
tive From New Hampshire.
I wish we had three times as
many vessels to cruise in Pacific
waters. We should know whether
u so called battleships and cruis-
ers are cheeseboxes to be destroy
ed by our enemy or whether they
have CAPACITY AND D
ANCE to stand up against any
thing that floats.
THE CHILDISH TALK OF Ex-
PENsE IS DEVOID OF PATRIOT
ISM, NATIONAL PRIDE AND
DUTY. WE HAVE GREAT IN
TEREsT AND THE SAME RIGHTS
IN THE PACIFIC THAT WE HAVE
IN THE ATLANTIC.
BY JOHN r. LACEY. Representative From
Iowa.
CERTAINLY THE DEMONSTRA-
TON OF OUR NAVAL POWER
IN THE PACIFIC OCEAN COULD
NOT FAIL TO STRENGTHEN OUR
PRESTIGE THERE.
The most vital effect of sending
the feet there would be the dem
o%nstration Of OUR POWER TO
SPEEDILY TRANSFER OUR
NAVAL STRENGTH FROM
ONE OCEAN TO ANOTHER in
advance of the completion of the
Panama canal.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-11-06
Knew His Capacity.

WUe" TVS VHPacIty.
Stranger Ito waiter)-Isn't that man
named Meier who is paying his bill
over there?
Waiter-I don't know. I haven't
been long here.
S.-What has he had?
Wien glasses of beer and a bottle
Ct wine.
Sob, yes; it is he then.-Paris Rire.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-11-06

A pessimist Is a man who won't take
the one remaining seat in the car for
fear a oma will get on at the next
cOrner.-Dallas News.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-11-06

Sarcastic.
His Wife-You have been drinking
again. Haven't you, now? Her Hus-
band-M'dear, I cannot tell a lie
His Wife-You can't! Then you are
further gone than I thought!-Illus-
trated Bits.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1907-11-06
Two Failures.

Two Failures.
II married for beauty alone" said a
presumably happy benedict to an old
chum. "And vet you remind me Of a
friend Of mine who married for mon.
ey," was the rejoinder. Flows that?'
"He didn't get it." said the chum sar.
castically.