Heppner gazette. [volume] (Heppner, Morrow County, Or.) 1892-1912, 1909-12-30
SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY


Nineteen States have naval militia.
England sends many OF her orphan
and deserted children to Canada
Within five years Uruguay will have
100000 olive trees, capable Of produc'
ing two million pounds Of olives and
fifty thousand gallons of OIL
District after district in China Is
raising money toward the endowment
fund Of Hong-Kong University. Can.
ton district has given $43.750.
The new bridge over the Ganges
River at Sara, India. for the Eastern
Bengal Railway. Is to cost $1,000, 900.
1t will be over mile long.
In eighteen months there will be
direct railway communication between
Buenos Aires and Asuncion. the cap
ital Of Paraguay The railway has al
ready reached the Bolivian frontier.
BY traveller In Italy the Rubicon,
the famous river crossed by Julius
Caesar Is described as the merest
trtckle Of a stream, In which 1t would
be quite impossible for a man to drown
himself"
Great Britain sent Canada 00,129
immigrants in the twelve months end
ed July, 1909, decrease Of 25,809
from 1908 and of 1859 from 1907. 1t
is the lowest record since 1904. About
three-fourths were English and Scotch.
Only 3,799 were Irish.
Two children, age about six and
eight, wandered into the receiving
ward at a London hospital. The elder
handed the doctor In charge the fol-
lowing note from Its mother: They
have awful cauf | think it Is whoop.
ing cauf. You wait mint and hear
them cauf." She was right.
In Alexandra Bisson's new play.
which will be performed at Paris for
the first time next week, an additional
scene has been created in order to in
.roduce two police dogs. They chase
the villain up and down. across and
under the stage and finally capture
the bad man. The dogs enter 80 heart
lily into what they seem to consider
great lark that the unfortunate villain
has expressed the hope that the play
may be short-lived.
The temperance OF Halley's comet
has revised the old calumny that Pope
Calixtus Ill. launched a bull against
the comet in his day. Historical facts
in this case show that he ordered pub
lie prayers that, II evils were impend-
ing, God would turn all upon the
Turks, then fighting the Christian
armies. No bull of exorcism Is men.
toned against either the comet or the
Turks in authentic documents Of the
period od.-Catholic Truth.
It is expected that aluminium coins
of low value will be in circulation In
France by the end Of this year 1t is
to note, In this connection,
that the adoption of M. Naquet's prop.
osition for an aluminium coinage In
1871 would have resulted in heavy
loss to the French treasury. Although
experts declared it to be impossible
that the value Of the metal should de-
crease, 1t has now fallen to nearly half
the price ruling at that time.
Maisie, a poor young woman Of Lon
don, was being entertained by pa
troness." During tea the girl led the
into personal channels.
"Is your husband in work. she asked
her hostess Yes and raised her
eyebrows. How many children have
you?" Two and an astonished
smile. Does your husband drink"
"Why, my dear, what put all this into
vour head?" Mother said I was to
talk like a lady, and that's how they
talk to her.
Cor victs who are sent to the French
penal colony in French Guiana are
punished in exactly inverse ratio to
their crimes. The murderers and the
most dangerous convicts are sent to
the Island OF Salvation, where they
lead lazy and healthy lives, but the
men convicted OF lesser offenses work
and die In a terrible climate on the
coast. II the settlement Of st. Jean
de Maroni the mortality Is from 40 to
80 per cent The average life Of
convict is two years.
Princes Patricia of Connaught, who
has been exhibiting some Of her artis-
tic work at the East Berks art exhibl-
ton. is one OF the most versatile Of
Europe's royal ladies, and, besides pe-
ing a painter of great merit, is
noted sportsw oman, being almost
proficient in tennis. hockey,
golf and horseriding. One OF her IA
vorite hobbies is the collection of un-
cut gems, of which she has a magnif-
cent assortment. The princess Is very
democratic In her ideas, and she once
to a friend: Mamma says
that we can forget about the royalty
~ we only remember that we are la
dies."-M. A. P.
The English courts are taking strong
action to catch and send up rascally
bird dealers who for years have been
binding song birds
which they put on the market under
the popular impression that blind
birds sing best. The fearfully painful
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