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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-03
SUBSTITUTES FOR TOBACCO.
Many Have Deleterious Effect Upon
Health Of Smokers.
From Health.

From Health.
How would you enjoy a pipeful Of wood
shavings saturated with a strong solution
of pepper as an after-dinner smoke?
Strange as this may seem for a substitute
for tobacco. 1t is. nevertheless. used as
such by Indians along the Alaskan coast.
Their mouths are often made raw by the
practice and the eyesight OF many is at
fected by the strong fumes.
1t is no uncommon practice among farm
farmers to smoke the leaves of the toma-
to and potato plants. While these plants
both contain a narcotic poison. the smok-
ing of leaves in moderation is harmless.
Excessive use, though, produces a heavy
stupor from which the smoker awakes
with q terrific headache and feeling Of
utter exhaustion. Insanity and suicide
have often been caused by the immoder-
ate use of these two weeds.
Rhubarb, beet and even garden sage
leaves are all smoked by farmers. but
are perhaps the least harmful of substi-
tutes for tobacco.
In Jamaica "ganjah,'' variety of In
dian hemp. is smoked by all classes with
terrible results. 1t is stated that it was
this weed that was used by the leaders
of the Indian mutiny to drive the Sepoys
into the passions Of raging mania which
they exhibited during the campaign.
"Coltsfoot tobacco" is smoked by the
rustics in small country places in Eng
land and is called by them ''the finest
remedy on earth for catarrh." 1t is SIM
ply a powdered form of the leaves of the
common coltsfoot. a plant found growing
wild in chalky soil. The smoke causes NO
terrible after effects. although some say
that it is injurious to the eyes. and /,
certainly does relieve difficult breathing
In Sweden a weed found growing in the
hills. known as mountain tobacco. Is
| smoked in great quantities. Like colts
| foot tobacco" it is powdered before using
and causes the smoker to become a men
tai and physical wreck. Dried holly
leaves. the bark of the willow tree and
| leaves of the stays horn sumach are all
| smoked by the American Indians and are
| the least harmful of the substituted to-
bacco.
Indian tobacco" or the leaf of a kind
of lobelia, is smoked extensively and is
Extremely poisonous. 'srombeld." an
other species of the lobelia largely used
| In Asia. is smoked in a water pipe and
produces decidedly unpleasant odor
| Those who smoke 1t regularly become in
| tensely nervous and are subject to Gu.
| riOus Authorizations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-03

an oove-ground cellar the coming spring.
Ventilation and temperature are much
more comfortable in such q building than
In the old fashioned underground cellar,
which obliges the housewife to use up 90
much strength in climbing stairs. Locate
1t convenient to the kitchen, with which
it can be connected in winter by an In
closed passageway. II a considerable
number of potatoes are stored in bins. q
little lime sprinkled among them will
help to prevent decay and early sprouting.
Watch that cellar. Remember the doc
tor who Immediately asked. when called
to treat case of typhoid fever. IL there
was decaying cabbage In the cellar.
There was. Keep the cellar sweet and
clean and see that it is frequently aired.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-03
The Thirsty Veteran.
From the Dundee Advertiser.

The pitiful poverty Of the army vet
Grams. on whose behalf Earl Roberts
makes an appeal. has developed in some
Of them a subtle keenness in securing
for themselves those little luxuries
which want Of money prevents them
from obtaining in the ordinary way. An
aged hero of the Crimean war and In
dian mutiny. who resided In remote
village in Scotland, was one day inter-
viewed by a party Of gentlemen on an
outing. They listened with interest to
the story Of the old mans share in the
aforementioned campaigns. and after
thanking him profusely were about to
depart, when the aged warrior suddenly
remarked:
''There's anither thing. gentlemen. that
I can recall to mind ''Ah. indeed!
What is that?" eagerly asked the tour
lists, expecting to hear a most interest
ing "reminiscences.
Gentlemen" said the veteran in i'm
pressive tones, II weel remember that
I was just as thirsty during the whole
of the battle of Inkerman as am now"
The party took the hint.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-03
Damage Of Suns Rays to Ships.
From the Detroit Free Press.

Did you ever wonder If there was
system in the way vessels are faced
when they are placed at the docks for
the winter?" asked A. A. Schantz, as he
stood at his ONCE window, looking out
at the winter fleet which shut OF the
view Of the river. you will notice."
he continued. that some Of the boats
face one way and some the other. from
which you would naturally infer that
there wasn't any method about it. but
II you had a picture Of the same boats
laid up last year you would invariably
discover that then they were turned the
other way. The vessels are reversed
from year to year for the reason that.
lying at the docks, one side is much
more exposed to the weather than the
other. not so much the wind and rain
as the sunlight reflected from the water.
A boat wintered always in one position
will require new bulwarks and decking
on the water side in just half the time
required to rot the timbers on the un-
exposed side When you consider that
the decking and bulwarks Of a ship must
be entirely renewed once every seven or
eight years the scheme Of reversing the
vessel really works great saving.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-03
Americans in Canada.
ON. the Manchester Guardian.

From the Manchester Guardian.
Next to the native Canadian the Ameri-
can is the salt of the northwest. The
conditions of life and Of production are
Identical with those he has just left. SO
that he does not come stranger. Cana :
dams can say of him all that was said In
praise Of the Athenians in the Lacede-
nomian council by their rivals of Cornish
The is .'quick to plan and perform. al
ways alive. counting what he gains a
mere installment, sanguine in difficulties.
ever ready to do a stroke of needful work
and deeming it misfortune to have to
undergo, not the toll of business, but the
listlessness- of repose."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-03
THE FOREIGN BANKS.

PARIS. May 2.-Three per cent rentes,
90 francs IS centimes for the account
Exchange on London, % francs 1ck CEN
times for checks.
BERLIN. May 2.-The weekly statement
of the Imperial Bank Of Germany shows
the following changes:
Cash in hand decreased Sc, ATS. 600 marks:
loans increased Is. 637 600 marks: discounts
increased 81. 287 900 marks: treasury bills
decreased 5.981 600 marks; notes in circu-
lation increased 0O.956. 900 marks; depos,
its increased 6,941 900 marks.
Exchange on London. 20 marks a. pfen.
nigs for checks. Discount rates-Short
bills. AZ per cent; three months bills. An
per cent 30
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-03
Gen. Palma q Teacher.
From the Baltimore American.

From the Balfimore American.
mot long since, while visiting in Cuba,
I had the pleasure of renewing an old
friendship with the former president OF
the island, Gen. T. Estrada Palma" said
Mr.. S. A. SEWER.
Gen. Palma is living a quiet. secluded
life on his unpretentious country estate
at Bayamo. He takes no interest in poll
tics, but devotes himself to the simple az
fairs of rural life. His chief pleasure Ii In
teaching a little band of his neighbors'
children to read and write. and he devotes
two or three hours a day to that task.
while at night he gives instruction to q
class composed of his farm laborers. He
was a school teacher for great part OF
his life and in his latter days finds sat.
isfaction in his old profession"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-03
In French History.
From p. r. o.

So far as France is concerned it is the
number fourteen that has played a con-
sp!cuous and portentous part In her
history On May IA, 1854, the Rue de la
Ferronniere was enlarged by order OF
Henri II. and four times fourteen years
later Henri Nv was assassinated there
by Ravaillac. namely, on May IA, 1910.
Henri had lived four times fourteen
years. fourteen weeks and four times
fourteen days, i.e.. fifty-six years and
five months. Then Henris son, Louis
XIII. died May ii. 1913 (the same day
and month as his father). And 1913
added together equals fourteen; Just as
1853 the year OF the birth Of Henri
IV) equals fourteen. Louis XIV ascend
ed the throne 1853, which. added to-
gether. equals fourteen. and cirniiarly
the year OF his death (t715l equals
foYrteens~ q
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-03
Council Tree Felled.

Warsaw Cor. Rochester Herald.
Walter Eagerly has just cut giant oak
tree on his farm. north of Perry. which
made sfxty-one cords OF wood. ItNwas
six and a half feet in diameter at the butt
and one limb made five and half cords.
This tree has been a prominent landmark
In North Perry for a century or more.
An expert woodman of that locality who
was present when the monarch of the for
est was felled to the ground stated that
the number of visible rings In the tree
showed that 1t was over 400 years old.
The oak was known as the Council
Tree" on account of the fact that history
credits Indian chiefs on the Gen-e-seo
with having held their tribal powwows
under its ample shade.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-03
Radical Ideas on Cellars.

From Subur00n Lie.
Underground cellars ought to be done
away with. They are relics OF dark
age. More sickness originates in them.
physicians claim, than anywhere else
about the place. They cannot be kept
in sanitary condition while vegetables are
constantly decayipg there. The place for
q cellar is above ground and outside the
dwelling. Leave the basement for the
furnace, the coal bin and a general store
room. An above-ground cellar is more
convenient in every way. Your vege-
tables can be stored with less than half
the labor when you do not have to go up
and down stairs with them. You can keep
an above-ground cellar clean with but
little trouble. while the underground one.
being difficult to get at, will be neglected
nine times out of ten and allowed to be-
come a source of infection to the family
above 1t. I hope the owners of homes in
the country will give some earnest
thought to this matter and decide to build
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-03
Misuse Of Telephone.
From the Gentlewoman.

Will there soon be reaction against
the ever ubiquitous telephone? 1t strikes
me there may. because I hear on all sides
complaints of its misuse. especially by
the younger members of the community
a lady of note, who is very good-natured
in having girls to stay with her In town.
was found complaining bitterly the other
day that she could never get near the in
strument herself because her young guests
were exchanging condolences al. day long
with their girl friends as to their frocks
and young men.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-03
Insurance Company suspends.

VICKSBURG, Miss. May 2.-The Mis-
sissippi Home Fire Insurance Company,
with paid capital of 500. 600 today filed
application before Chancellor Hicks for a
receiver and T. A. OHerin was named.
He will take charge to liquidate the
affairs on Monday. Harry K. johnson,
manager Of the company, says excessive
losses and inability to realize on assets
caused the suspension. The company was
organized In 1885 in Vicksburg.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-03
Best Limericks.
from the Western Mail.

am told by the conductor Of the larg-
est Limerick competitions that the best
Limericks came from Scotland. Ireland
and Wales. in that order. The Scotch.
he said, have a peculiar bent for neat and
apt rhymes. not 80 witty as the Irish, but
possessing a happier turn OF phrase. And
thus 1t was that q large portion Of the
prizes have gone north Of the Tweed. =.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-03
Ka6irs' Courtship.

UuUIey NIud IN WOfTu 3 W0fk.
The Kaffirs are a very. light-hearted
people, and do not worry about the fu-
ture. AS soon as the girls have finished
their work they may take up the igubu,
which is an elementary musical instru-
ment. consisting of a taut bow fixed to a
gourd. and march across country twang-
ing the string with a little piece of reed.
The instrument as a rule gives but one
note. but to the girls sweetheart such
music Is 1.-The food OF love-"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-03

Water Automatically Distributed Il
the Bristles Of the Broom.

the Bristles Of the Broom.
An up-to-date attachment. designed to
save the housewife considerable labor. 10
the broom moistener shown in the ac-
companying illustration. patented by a
Maine man. The nuisance OF first sprin-
king the floor before sweeping is un-
necessary with the moistener, but is done
automatically as the work is being done
The moistener is in. the form of a recep-
tacle, which is clamped to the handle
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-03

from the reservoirs is a discharge pipe
which is arranged on a curve. Perfora-
tons are placed in the sides of the pipe.
Water. oil or other liquid is placed in the
reservoir. being distributed in the center
of the broom through the curved pipe
and passing down the bristles. The tank.
being detachable. can be readily removed
from an old and worn broom and placed
on q new one.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-03

and Mr.: Payne made the point Of ne quo
rum. The doors were locked and tho
toll call proceeded. The bill was passed
by vote of 1o6 to 100.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-03

Mrs. Naggs treading)-In some part Of
Africa the more wives a man has the
greater his social Importance. Naggs-
Well. I suppose the people there admire
q brave mans-Chicago News.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-03
AMERICAN CLIPPERS"
DEMORALIZE EUROPE

Special Correspondents Of The Star.
LONDON, April -, 1908.
To tip or not to tip is the question con-
fronting all classes Of society in England
just at present. The habit of exacting
tips has grown so by what 1t fed upon
that now the givers Of tips are raising an
outcry against tip-grabbers throughout
Europe.
Travelling Americans are held to- be
directly responsible for this situation.
Their lavish expenditure in this direction
has simply demoralized Europe. In many
places millionaire Americans who desire
to demonstrate that they possess the
toriety to exceed their judgment. The
consequence is that. when the next per
son. more moderately endowed, makes his
appearance. he meets the contumely OF
the upturned nose and the reversed hand.
At railway stations. big hotels. restau-
rants and theaters the habit OF tipping IS
more or less an unassailable custom ana
though it has long been the custom Tor
tips to be freely overland more freely
expected. perhaps - at English country
mansions the domestic bandits have re-
Gently grown even more rapactous. II one
is invited for a weekend visit, 1t Is almost
as costly as putting up at a nrst-class
hotel Every servant-even though he only
hands you your cane or umbrella-expects
not less than s. on your departure. Re
Gently, at the end of a few days shooting
at a we'll known country house. the de-
parting guest offered the gamekeeper $40
In the form of two golden sovereigns. The
minion OF the gunroom turned his back on
the proffered gift with the cool remark:
''Sir, this is a paper housed" meaning that
nothing less than a five-pound note should
have been rendered.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-03
Walters Supported by Tips.

For this state Of affairs the manage
ment Of these places Is entirely to blame.
The walters have tc depend for their Iiv-
ing upon voluntary contributions" and
the consequence is that the public must
suffer from unreasonable exactions.
At railway stations the greatest Of
tenders in tip-dispensing are also Ameri-
cans. They hestow half crowns GEO cents)
where they should only give IL cents at
most. The consequence Is that Americans
are spotted" and sought after to the
neglect Of the steady-going Britfsher, who
ponders deeply before parting with q sill
yer sixpence (value IL cents).
1t IN q singular phenomenon that this
mania for tip-grabbing has followed
wealthy Americans all over Europe. Many
select continental resorts have been simply
ruined owing to the fact that few trav-
cling millionaires have passed through
and. by lavish tip-squandering. have
raised the hopes OF all who 'also serve"
by only standing and waiting for tips
upon which they expect to retire for the
rest of their days. There are now to be
found on the continent few UNEMPLOYED
resorts which have escaped the man who
seeks fame through the largeness of his
donations Wherever this class of per-
sons has been the general public who fol-
low is sure to suffer. Even in out-of-the-
way hooks and corners of Egypt one
meets with the trail Of the tipping mil
lionaire. The cry of ''backsheesh" is
heard today from the equator to the poles
Doubtless in the latter places the Esqui-
maux servants are demanding from arctic
explorers extra Wong tallow candles for
dinner.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-03

SAN JUAN. p. R.. May THE Porto
Rican board of health has adopted a reso-
luton to petition the federal authorities
to establish quarantine against Vene-
have not taken proper sanitary measures,
and also to furnish a naval vessel for the
purpose Of guarding the Islands ofVieques
and Culebra, where smuggling 10 frequent.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-03

NEW YORK. May 2-While endeavor-
ing to pawn $4,000 worth of jewelry,
which he had stolen from a house on West
56th street Charles Williams. a negro
was arrested today. Williams went to the
house early today and representing HIM
self as a window measurer was permitted
to 80 upstairs. where he made away with
a casket containing the jewelry.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-03
Chaufeurs Are Adopts.


like old-fashioned family coachmen. who
were satisfied with a modest reward for
such service. the chauffeur regards him
self in the light of a privileged function
airy. If you fail to tip him both going
and coming, he does not hesitate to let
the fact be known. Doubtless he regards
himself in the light Of a species of life
saver. and considers that he is entitled to
a reward for not running his car into an
obstruction.
The treatment of an invited guest at a
country mansion is governed by the
chauneur's manner toward you on arrival.
The other servants can tell at a glance
a way equal to expectation. If not: a
hundred and one embarrassing little
things are likely to happen before the end
Of your visit. and you can congratulate
own hot water in the morning.
It seems that there ia a tendency to re-
vert to the times Of old, when tipping IN
great houses almc st amounted to species
wants to line up" in the hall and expect
s. for every article handed to the de-
parting guest. On one occasion q man re-
fused to take his own gloves from the
slider them worth the price expected by
way of tip.
A few years ago it was usual at most Of
the better class restaurants to pay, by
way OF tip, 10 per cent or Whatever your
meal cost. But now all this is changed.
Walters expect not less than Is per cent.
and even 20 Is demanded at such resorts
as the Ritz and Carlton. In other places
the waiter commanders all the change
from banknote. even though it is q con-
siderable amount. There are many hotels
where walters make so much from tips
that they even pay for the positions they
hold. In such institutions, it is almost as
much as your life Is worth not to give an
adequate tip. Public Insult is melted out
to all such delinQuents. and an appeal to
the proprietor meets with scant sympathy,
naturally enough. as that dignitary shares
In the expected "sWaX."
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-01

Services at the Methodist church
Sunday, Oct. 4th. Sunday school,
10 a. m. Junior L, ,ague, 3 p. m.
Preaching, IL a. m. and 1880 p. m,
by the pastor, Walter l.. Airheart.
Subjects, morning sermon, "a
Confession of Faith.'-John iv,
80, Al, AZ, evening, "The DyDam-
les of Human Life."-1. Cor. l,
27, %.
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION


Department of the Interior,
L. s. Land Office at The Dales, Oregon,
July 70, 1905
N,tiCe is hereby given that Elisha J Catlett,
Condor, Oregon, who, on July 1905, made
imber and stone Application, No. 0lS, for 81
Wa, 81, SEA, Section 5, Township i, South
Rar ge 81, East Willamette Meridian, has filed
notice of intention to make final proof, to es-
tablish claim TO the land above described, before
Register and Receiver of the U. S. Land Once
at The Dalles. Oregon, on the 18th day of
October. 19Os.
Clsimsnt names as witnesses:
Albert Steers of Hardmsn, Oregon. Emery
Jones of Lost Valley, Oregon. iPercy Cstlett of
Condor, Oregon, and Frank NJ. Pliter of Con-
don, Oregon.
AugS-0csS CIV. MOORE, Register.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-01

In the District Court oi the United States for
the District of Oregon.
In the matt r of The Wise Furniture Co I'm
voluntary Bankrupt.
No,ice is hereby given that on the 2S day of
ptember, A. d. 10 s. The Wise Furniture Co
of Heppner, opegOn, was duly acjudica ed
bankru t; and q at the first meeting of Il e.r
creditors will be held at Rooms 2Ol-5 Fenton
Buining Portland, oregon. on the IL day of
October 1EOS. at 10 a. m, at which tina the
trautacf such otter business as may properly
come hafore such meeting.
Dated Sept. -, 10 s.
CHESTER G. MURPHY.
Referee in Bankr picy.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-01
Notice TO Creditors.

Notice is hereby given that the undersigned
has been appointed by the County Court OF
Morrow County, Oregon. a tminigtrator of the
estate of Isaac Ahalt, deceased and has quail
he'd for said trust. All persons having claims
against said estate are notified to present the
same to me duly verified wi h vouchers at the
flee OF Sam K. Van Vactor, at Heppner, Ore
gou. within six months from the date of the
trst publication Of this notice.
WE AHALT.
Administrator of the estate of Isaac AEalt, de-
ceased.
traitor
Dated and first published this Isl day of
October. A, D. 1903. Oct 1.29
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-01
Notice to Creditors.

Notice is hereby given that the undersigned
has bt en- ppoin'ed by tie County Court Of
Morrow county. Oregon. administrator OF the
estate OF Sarah A. Hughes. deceased, and has
qualified for said trust All persons having any
claims aga nst eaid estate are hereby notified to
presant the same TO me duly verifi with
vouchers at the Office of Sam 4. Van actor at
HeTpner Or gDn, within X months from the
date OF the fIs' publication of this notice.
MAJ II UGHES.
>, Admi~ istrator of the estate of sarah A.
Hughes deceased.
Sam Z. Van Vactor, attorney for the admins
traitor.
Dated and first published this first dav of
October, A. ID. 1909. Oct %
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-10-01
Reception and Donation.

The ladies and friends of the
M. L. church, South, will ten er a
public reception to their pastor,
Rev. W. A. Orr and his family, at
the church, on Friday ofthis week,
from 7:30 20 10 p. m. Members of
other churches and the general
public are cordially invited to be
present. Refreshments will be
served and a short program rem
dered. The culture of informal
Christian sociability shall be the
chief end of the occasion.