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liness. Kate sometimes wondered if she she made no effort to regain her hold. She was unwontedly passive, as if she were drifting to some safe and sure fate MacMahon was not keen on analysis and it was only when Rates vacation was two months old and she was rather fretting to get back her old free sway in the kitchen that he was brought to full self-consciousness. He was going little later than usual, to the fathers kitchen, when as he neared the door, he heard Pasquale's voice in angry, intense Italian. Looking into the window as he passed he saw the man, evidently drunk, his blanched face full of hate, his teeth parted in snarling grin as he forced Blanca backward toward the stove Her face was terrified, her barred arms raised in appeal, her eyes fixed on her fathers right hand. As MacMahon dashed open the door Pasquale was hissing:
 He has not asked you yet?" We'll, I wait no longer I kill you now'
 MacMahon saw the flash of steel At the same moment Blanca swerved and then a ribbon of bright blood started upon her breast and arm. MacMahon threw himself upon Pasquale, who fell with a crash against the stove. At the noise Kate rushed into the kitchen followed by the little father. Kate lifted the faintng Blanca, while Father Kinsellagh cried:
 Lad, have you killed him?'
 Has he killed herr" asked MacMahon.
 He took Blanca from Kate, and carried her to the light, while the little father examined PaSQuale.
 "A nasty cut on the head" he said gravely. Maybe he is dying this time'
 "Then 'tis a good job he's right wid you, Father" said Kate with nervous flippancy. She was looking curiously at MacMahon's face. There was an ex- pression upon it which 1t had never worn for her.
 An hour later, when the doctor had gene, MacMahon went up stairs to ths room where Pasquale lay, Father Kinsel- lagh and Kate sitting by him.
 Well, Faather," said MacMahon, in an o6d, strained voice, sure, your Irish Italian alliance'll be bound wid wan goold ring, anyway"
 Think shame to yourself" said the It. tie father, In an angry whisper. a glad light on his face; you don't even ask is Pasquale alive"
 Sure, no jury'd decide agin me if he wasn't said MacMahon easily.
 Hell be dyin' a dozen times yet. Michael" said Kate softly.
 "Jist you yell in his ear I'm goin' to marry Blanca and he'll be well tomorra," said MacMahon. q left her on the softly down stairs, Faather."
 As he went out of the room the little father looked at Kate with sudden mis- giving.
 You'll never regret. Kate?" he asked enxiously. Sure, when l made this plan. I hoped 'twould see you two happy one way or another.'
 Kate looked at him with sudden tears
 "Oh Father agra" she whispered; ''how good you were to me when I was little motherless thing goin' to school in County Carlow. And cud I see you widout yur comforts among the haythens here? Tlf niver lave you"
 The father turned his back on Pasquale and bent toward her gently.
 Well, God bless you, anyway, Kate." he said
 COpyriRht
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stronger instead of weaker and poorer MT. John Dalzell will prove to you by rule and plummet that an adverse bal ance of trade is ruin-that to live the country must export more than it inn ports otherwise bankruptcy inevitably follows.
 To that might be opposed an idea drawn from Bastiat, the French gen. tlemen who taught MT. William Jennings Bryan what little the Peerless One knows about the tariff, though MT. Bryan did supplement Bastiat's political economp with Tom Moore's sentimental poetry which, I doubt not, inspired MT. Benton McMllin to adorn a tariff argument with this from Byron:
 Many vanished year and age, And tempest breath and battle rage Have swept OCT Corinth, yet she stands, fortress formed to Freedoms hands, The whirlwind's wrath, the earthquakes $
 shock,
 Have left untouched her hoary rock, The keystone of a land which still, Though fallen, looks proudly on that hill.
 Rather touching that, but not quite po- litical economy; not at all like Robert J. Walker, or James Guthrie, or John G. Carlisle, or Henry G. Turner, or William R. Morrison put it, for these plain folk dealt in homely speech and convincing logic.
 But to return to the Bastiat idea, which he applied to a cargo sent from Mar sailles, and which Frank Hurd adapted and sent ship out from Maine, wood
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en country, loaded with slaves and bound for Cuba. a sugar country. At Portland, the port of departure, the staves-for sugar hogsheads-were worth S5000. At Havana, the port of destination, the car go was worth $1O,000, and sugar was ex- changed for the slaves At Portland tha t sugar was appraised at $10,0OO, thus mak- ing the export $5000 and the import $10,000. an adverse balance of trade of $5O00. Mir. John Dalzell, Mir. Joseph B. Foraker, MT. Albert J. Hou1ins, MT. Julius c. Bur rows, MT. Eugene Hale. MT. Nelson w. Aldrich MT. William P. Hepburn, MT. Charles H. Grosvenor or any other pro- tectionist, will bring all the logic of ab- surdity-and show to you that few more transactions like that and Maine will be fit for nothing but the poorhouse. Meanwhile the fellow that turned the trick would be glad to do 1t twice over every day of the year, and is absurd enough to think he would get rich at 1t.
 How oft did that fine old man, Pig Iron Kelly, in eloquence more fit for stage tragedy than for Congress debate, prove that favorable balance of trade made impossible business prostration. We had that favorable balance last October. We have it now, some $500 000, 600, and yet there Is report of the soup house at man ufacturing centers, while Canada, with a frightful adverse balance Of trade, was never so prosperous. Heap of humbug in political economy.
 But what would follow if the teachings of the protectionists are sound and their objects attained? We would sell every
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In Spite of the Supreme Court,

From the Saturday Evening Post.
 Colonel Blank, police magistrate of Toronto, has a local reputation for dis pensing justice in his equity mill with no especial regard for the intricacies of tho law. The colonel Is highly respected in the community. Every man gets equal and exact justice in his court. Some times the lawyers appeal from his de- cisions. claiming. they are not based on the law as 1t stands on the books. The defense in a case of some moment ap- realed once. and kept on appealing until the court of last resort was reached The colonel came into his office one morning and was met by a legal friend.
 Good morning, colonel" said the friend. q must congratulate your lordship this morning"
 What is the provocationT'
 Haven't you see the morning papersf The supreme court, has confirmed your Judgment in the case of so-and-so." l. Well" the colohel replied. as he drew foff fis gloves, 'I/still believe I'm right"
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-05-21
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l483-Death of Edward w. of England.
1663-Drury Lane theater, London, first
opened.
16S2-La Sale descended the Mississippi
and took possession of Louisiana.
17S3-End of American Revolutionary
war proclaimed by Congress.
1795-Marriage of George ". of England
and Caroline of Brunswick.
179S-Mississipp territory established.
1SOS-Roman Catholic archdiocese Of
Baltimore established.
1814-Allied British and Spanish army
entered the city of Toulouse, France
....The English under Wellington
defeated the French under Soult at
Toulouse.
1S15-United States bank rechartered for
twenty years, with a capital of $36,
100000.
lS16-First A. NJ. r. church organized.
1S29-"GeneraP' William Booth, founder
of the Salvation army, born in Not
tingham.
l830-Mexico forbade further immigra-
tion from the United States.
l84S-Most Rev. Randall Thomas David
son, archbishop of Canterbury, born.
vessel Furious, with a Gag
of truce, fred on at Odessa, one Of
the first hostile acts of the Crimean
war.
1S61-Outbreak of the last great insur-
rection in Poland.
1S63-Federal forces attacked Fort SUM
ter.
1S65-Gen. Lee surrendered to Gen.
Grant at Appomattox Court House.
IS66-Civil Rights bill passed over Presi-
dent Johnson's veto.
l873-Gen. Edward r. s. Candy murder
ed by the Modoc Indians in northern
California.
the st. Clair tunnel
lS94-Bering sea procla amation issued BY
President Cleveland.
suspended the coinage Of sill
yer. War declared between Greece
and Turkey.
Mckinley sent mes
sage on Cuba to Congress. Battle
of the Atbara.
l0OO-Gen. Macarthur succeeded Gen.
Otis as commander in the Philip.
pines.
l9O3-King Alexander of Servia suspend
ed the constitution of that country
80. United States Court of Appeals
declared the Northern Securities
Company merger illegal.
l9OEMrs. Botkin convicted of murder
in San Francisco.
l9O5-Battleship Minnesota launched
at Newport News.
l9O7-Lord Cromer resigned as British
agent and consul general in Egypt.
United States Supreme Court decid
ed the Isle of Pines was not Ameri.
can territory.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-05-21

CUIlSIH LQUU has Ue- II-FANS OFF TfA 7.
signed the attachment for pitchforks
shown here. A transverse clearer bar
is arranged below the tines Of the fork
guides ON each end of the bar partly
encircling the end prongs, permitting
the bar to slide freely on the prongs
Pivoted on the handle Of the fork is a
bar which connects with other bars ex-
tending to the cleaning bar and to a
sleeve which slides on the handle. By
moving the sleeve on the handle the
cleaning bar slides over the prongs Of
the fork, removing anything adhering
to them.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-05-21
Cultivation of Potatoes.

Cultivation should commence just as
soon as the young plants begin to ap-
pear above the ground. The field may
be gone over with light harrow, or,
better still, with weeder. This Is q
cheap method Of cultivation, since a
wide space is covered. 1t is also effec-
tive in breaking any crust that may
have formed, in destroying small weeds
and leveling ridges left in planting.
As soon as the rows can be seen the
cultivator should be used. If the
ground has become packed the first
cultivation may be deep and close to
the plants. Subsequent cultivation
should be frequent. The conservation
of moisture by frequent tillage cannot
be too strongly enforced. The old no
tion that tillage must cease as soon as
the blossom appears Is wrong. 1t
should be continued as late in the sea-
son as the vines will permit. AS the
tops begin to spread out and cover the
space between the rows they partially
shade the soil and thus lessen the loss
Of moisture by evaporation.
The cultivator should be set as mar
row as the space between and keep 1t
covered with a loose mulch. Expert
ence and experiments favor nearly lev
el cultivation. Excessive hilling In
tensifies the injurious effects of dry
weather. The best cultivator is one
having a number of small teeth SO that
it will leave the soil fine and compara'
lively level.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-05-21

William II. Crane, the actor, tells
Of two impecunious players who,
during the period Of enforced "liber-
ty," were compelled to dine at cheap
table d'hote restaurants on the east
side. One evening during each course
of such dinner one If the actors kept
saying:
Honest. Frank, isn't this a good
dinner? Isn't 1t good? Did you ever
eat a better dinner in your life for 80
cents?"
Frank was silent until the end Of
the fifth course, when his friend re-
peated lis formula Then, with a COM
mendable affectation of enthusiasm,
Frank answered:
"a splendid dinner. old man! A
splendid dinner! Let's have another"
-Lippincotts.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-05-21
Drafting Methods.


Apple trees are usually propagated
IN the nursery either by budding or
root grating two-year-old seedlings.
Larger seedlings may be taken up and
the roots cut into a great number of
sections five or six inches long. Upon
these the scions of the desired varie-
ties should be grated by means of the
whip and tongue method Of grating,
as shown In the accompanying illus
trations. This grating does not re-
quire any wax, the parts being simply
held together by binding with twine or
raftia. Root grating Of this kind is
usually done during the winter time,
and the CRAFTS stored in moist sand or
soil until the ground is tit for plant
ing them outside in the spring. They
should then be planted in nursery rows,
and in two or three years should make
trees large enough to transplant to per-
manent positions.
Top grating is usually done by the
trations In this method the scions
are cut wedge shaped and fitted firmly
into the cleft made in the stock, which
is usually cut off squarely where the
branches are from one to two inches
in diameter, two scions being placed in
each stock. In this, as in all methods
Of grating, great care must be taken
to get the cambium layer, or inner
bark, Of the stock and scion in contact
in at least one side. for it is at this
point that union takes place. and any
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-05-21
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In two colleges serious riots have Oc-
Cured. At Ann Arbor the Michigan Uni
versity students subdued the local police
and wrecked a theater which had eject
ed one of their number. More than a
score of them later were arrested and
thrown into Jail. At Georgetown College.
Washington. d. c.. $50 students turned
the fire hose on one of the priests, smash
ed the crockery in the dining room and
marched in a body from the grounds be-
cause their request for a vacation on st.
Patrick's day had been refused.
President Jordan and the trustees Of
Stanford university have held their
ground against the recent student revolt
and the undergraduates as body are
again at work. The effort to get an
agreement to withdraw, signed by go
students, failed. although much bitter
feeling remains due to the action of the
faculty in suspending several students
concerned in the revolt. President Jor-
dan says that the present trouble arose
from the determination of the authorities
TO get rid of student drunkenness.
Beginning Oct. 1 this year, by an ar
rangement between the government OF
Prussia and the Carnegie Foundation for
the Advancement of Teaching. from twen-
tyfve to fifty American teachers who
have graduated at some college and taught
at least one year in a college or high
school may visit the schools of Prussia
with all expenses paid by the Prussian
government. Similarly. Prussian teachers
will visit American schools.
The trustees of the University of wv
oming have removed President f. NJ. Tis-
del on charges of maladministration, in
and untruthfulness. Tisdel
had charged the trustees with hurting
the university by political Vaccinations.
He is a nephew of United States Senator
Clark.
The board of managers of Swarthmors
college has declined to accept land and
coal property bequeathed to the institu-
tion by the late Anna T. Jeanes of Phil
on condition that all participa-
ton in intercollegiate athletic sports and
games cease
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-05-21

quiet now, Would yer then :" This last
at some specially energetic effort on the
part of the prisoner to recover his free
dom.
They'll get away I know they will y
Tom cried in despair, for both Ezra and
his companion, who was none other than
Burt. of African notoriety, had disappear
ed from his sight.
His fears proved to be only too well
founded, for when at last he succeeded in
wrestling himself from the constabes s
clutches he could find no trace of his enc
n'ies. dozen bystanders gave dozen
different accounts Of their movements. Ho
rushed from one platform to another over
all the great station. He could have torn
his hair at the thought of the way in
which he had allowed them to slip
through his fingers. II was fully an hour
before he finally abandoned the search,
and acknowledged to himself that he had
been hoodwinked for the third time, and
that long week would elapse before
he could have another chance of solving
the mystery.
He turned at last sadly and reluc-
tantly away from the station and walked
across to Waterloo bridge. 1t was some
consolation, however, that he had had one
fair crack at Ezra Girdlestone. He glanc-
ed down at his knuckles, which were raw
and bleeding, with mixture Of satisfac-
tion and disgust With half smile he
put his injured hand in his pocket, and
looking up once more became aware that
red-faced gentleman was approaching
him in highly excited manner.
1t could not be said that the red-faced
gentleman walked, neither could 1t be said
that the red-faced gentleman ran. His
made of progression might best be describ
ed as succession of short and unweldy
jumps, which, as he was rather stout
gentleman, appeared to indicate some very
urgent and pressing need for hurry. His
face was bathed in perspiration, and his
collar had become tlaccid and shapeless
from the same cause. 1t appeared to
Tom, as he gazed at those rubicund,
though anxious, features, that they should
be well known to him. That glossy hat,
those speckless CATERS, and the long frock
coat, surely they could belong to none
other than the gallant Major Tobias Clut-
terbuck, late of Her Majesty's 18th of
the Line
AS the old soldier approached Tom he
quickened his pace, SO that when he even
tually came up with him he could only
puff and pant and hold out soiled letter.
Read - he managed to calculate.
Tom opened the letter mad glanced his
eye over the contents, with face which
had turned as pale as the majors was
red. When he finished it he turned with
out word and began to run in the drec-
ton from which he had come, the major
following as quickly as his breath would
permit.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-05-21
Pig Pen Pointers.

When fed dry, shelled corn is more
economical than cornmeal to feed to
fattening hogs
The swine breeder Is responsible no,
only for the conditions he provides but
for those he permits.
The boy and the pig, generally speak.
ing, are the important factors on the
American stock farm.
Desirable breeding qualities In a
herd are fixed by a long line Of care
full selection and breeding
When an all-corn ration Is fed to
growing pigs the muscles Of the body
do not develop to their normal size.
To secure the best results care should
be taken to feed the hogs according to
age, conditions and time of marketing.
In selecting breeding stock 1t Is an
item to know they are from a family
noted for fertility, as this is an lnher-
tied quality.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-05-21
Poultry TIPS.

Eggs need to be turned In the incu.
bator Don't neglect it.
Make the nests handy not only to
clean out but to gather the eggs from
The wet grass is. no place for the
young chicks to run unless they are e1.
pected to die Of cramps.
Fowls like green food as well as an,
other class Of stock. They need 1t In
their business, So 1t is good policy to
keep them supplied.
A bushel Of grain a year for each
laying hen Is said to be the proper
amount to count on in estimating the
cost of keeping poultry.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-05-21
Dressing Chickens for Market,

Have them in proper flesh and keep
them from feed at least twenty four
hours before killing. Cut the throat so
they will bleed properly, leaving the
head on. Scald in water that Is not
too hot, in order to have the skin nice
and smooth when dressed. large
kettle with plenty of water Is much
better than a boiler or small kettle
Draw entrails from a small aperture,
crop end of wing bone over base Of
wing bone in front and back. When
they have become perfectly cold by
hanging by the feet, cut the head off
smoothly close to the ears, nearly, and
the skin will remain In place. This Is
better than cutting the head off with
hatchet or ak at killing, and tying skin
over end of neck.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-05-21
Vaccination of Hogs,

Secretary Wilson states in his annu-
al report that blood serum from hogs
which have been proved to be immune
to hog cholera has been used In vacci-
mating other hogs, which are thus pro-
tected from cholera for about three
weeks, as shown by experiments. If
blood from diseased hogs, however, is
injected with the serum the protection
is extended to about three and a half
montha
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-05-21

failure to connect the cambium layers
of stock and scion is sure to result In
failure Of the scions In top graft
ing, the wounded surfaces should be
covered with grating wax. A good
formula for this is: Four parts of res
In. two of beeswax and one Of tallow,
by weight, melted together. Top graft
ing should be done early In the spring,
before growth commences.
In all this propagation work great
care should be taken to select scions
from trees bearing the very best type
Of the varieties intended for propa
CATION. Nurserymen, as a rule, are not
careful enough in this respect and take
scions from any trees so long as it is
Of the desired variety.-H. L. H.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-05-21
Satisfaction,

well, my poor man, hope I've sat
isfed your hunger" said the good
housewife after handing out liberal
supply of victuals to Mr.. William
Wraggles, Esq, tramp, etc.
Yes, num-" returned that worthy,
IL must confess that as provider we
filled the Bill."-Toledo Blade
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-05-21

She-Are so many of the congress.
men named William?
He-Why do you ask snch a ques-
tlon?
She-Because I noticed that about
all they did when the session opened
was to introduce Bills. Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
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fork each time a
pile is lifted. In a
short while the
fork b e c o m e s
clogged and useless,
it being necessary
to remove each par
ticle by hand. In
der t b q t this
cleaning m ay be
done almost auto
matically, a Wis
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-05-21
In the Sheep Fold.

But don't neglect the old sheep Feed
them at the right time and in the right
place.
There is that sheep with hair In
place Of wool. Get her out of the flock
Wool is what we are after, not hair.
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-05-21
About Cow Testing.

Prof. Fraser Of the Illinois Expert
ment Station says that complete
knowledge and mastery of the dairy
business cannot be secured without
testing each COW. Many farmers and
dairymen think this testing of the cows
Is too much trouble, and do not want
to fuss" around with it, but II they
considered the profits to be realized
from a herd OF really good cows as
compared with one Of poor cows, or
even a mixed herd, they would soon see
that it really pays to fuss" around
with the scales and Babcock test.
Where one COW will give good returns
for her feed and care there may be
another in the stall next to her that is
not paying her board, but is eating up
the profits from the paying COW. But
how is the owner to know this if he
does not test them? A pair of scales
and tester do not cost much, but they
pay big profits on the investment
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-05-21
Pitch Fork Attach IN en- t..

In gathering up freshly cut grass or
hay, etc, with pitchfork small
quantity adheres to the prongs of the
Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1908-05-21
Agricultural Extension.

One method employed by the State
agricultural colleges of reaching the
farm boys and girls of the country is
through departments of agricultural ex-
tension. Such departments have been
established at most of the older col
leges and they are doing a vast amount
Of good. The extension department OF
Ohio is one worthy Of the attention of
the agricultural world, for through It's
monthly bulletins thousands of chill
dren and teachers in the State have
been interested in farm education who
would otherwise have never heard Of
the college and what it is doing.