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THE WEEKLY CHRONICLE. Narlgatloa ea the Columbia. . Portland, Dec 2. To thb Editor. Referring to your review of the transpor ; tation needs of the Northwest in today's Oregonian, I desire to submit the follow ing outline of a corporation which I think would afford the relief demanded, and at the same time be a good paying investment. I suggest the Portland Railway & Nav igation Company ; capital stock $5,000,- 140,000,000), Oregon & Transcontinental ($40,000,000), and Oregon Improvement Company ($lo,000,000), I see no reason why a perfectly feasible transportation company backed by business interests of Portland, and carrying with it an assur ance of economical management and freedom from stock jobbery, could not readily float bonds in New York to the amount of $4,000,000. In conclusion I would ask how much of the grain crop of Eastern Oregon and Washington would go to the Sound for shipment with WOMAN'S WORLD. YOUNG WOMEN AS TICKET AGENTS IN BROOKLYN. 000, divided into 50,000 shares of the par g(ch a 8vatem a8 ti,iH owned absolutely value of $100 each : head office Portland Or.; object to buy, lease, construct and operate railroads and telegraph lines in Oregon, Washington and Idaho, in con nection with a barge and steamboat sys tem nnon the Colembia. Snake and Willamette rivers. . To build grain elevators, wool and imtin warehouses and wharves, to be - operated in connection with said system, and to do a general warehouse business. To operate a line of steamships and other sea-going craft between Portland and San Francisco, Puget sound and other points on the Pacific coast. Tn mnHtmet . and ODerate for toll, a system of ship railways, locks, or such other methods of transportation as may l deemed best in overcoming the ob structions to navigation on said rivers To dispose of said locks or ship rail ways to the general government at any time In the future, upon payment of the nritrinal cost of said enterprises, and in terest to date of purchase, and to pro vide for the expenditure of said sum in railway extensions, in Portland? . T. Flynn in Oregonian. Getting Accurate "Information. Here is a slorv I heard a number of years aeo. In substance it ran as fol lows, for it was a swift story and traveled far and wide: Mr. Jenkins was in the habit of getting drunk now and then, lor in those days the people drank more or less. One day he had taken a little too uuch, and on the way home he got into a mud hole with it, and when lie got himself out he was very much disfigured with the mud that was on his clothes. He came on to ward home, and when he n eared his residence he saw his little boy playing in tne orchard. Wherefore he took it in his mind to fool the little Mr. Jenkins. He changed his voice and called to his little boy. The boy did not recognize his father, who was in a terrible rtliffht from having wallowed in the mud and n-qtpr "Whnt'a vnur father's name?" asked the proud sire. "His name is Mr. Jenkins, and mamma says he is a very bad man !" replied the little innocent, Major Handler's Will. - ' The last will and testament of lie late Daniel Handley was probated Monday, Dec. 1. in Judge Thorn bury s office. The will is dated April 8th, 1886, is wit nessed by William wney and oy its nmriainna tWl DM luff i( St PplPr'fl - ..... I IflWTJUIVJID ... v ' - " To purchase or lease, it possible, tne cnUrch to be used in building a new Oregon & Washington railway inunt system), making such extensions thereto as may be deemed advisable, and oper to thA name in connection with river and ocean service. THE ADVANTAGE OF 8CCH A 8Y8TESI First Absolute ownership in Portland, thereby insuring to this city at least a nt ittam nf the trade of Oregon, Wash- j""- ington and Idaho. Second Such a system, with its un limited carrying facilities, would relieve the present deplorable transportation church ; $500 to the St. Mary's academy, and $500 to the First Congregational church, the testator stating that this be quest was made through his esteem for the founder of the church, the Kev. Thos. J. Condon. It also provides for Edward J. Handley, his son who died two years ago. All other property is left to his widow for life, to revert to Edward J. Handley at her death. Mrs. Kate Handley. George Liebe and J. W, French are appointed executors without bonds. Wea't Sit In the Vroat Ho it For Rose fends mt Marriage Pretty Souvenirs. What Miss Potter Has Done Will Wo men, Combine Wedding: Gowns. The recent appointment of two wo men as ticket agents at the Boernm place station of the Kings County Ele vated railway has led others to apply for places. They are told there are no vacancies at present, but their names often are taken and reserved for future reference. In the absence of General Manager William T. Goundie a repre sentative of the company said recently that positively none of the men would be turned away to make room far women. 'Bat," it was asked, "is it to be, the nde hereafter that women will be ap pointed to fill vacancies as they may occur?" "There is no reason why women ahoold not be appointed," was the reply. "We believe they will prove honest and capable." The official, however, would not com mit himarff as to whether or not this was to be the future policy of the com pany. There are drawbacks to the em ployment of women. A ticket agent on the elevated roads, as everybody knows, baa often to deal with some pretty ngly customers. The two women who are now acting as ticket agents are not de terred by this consideration. Xf the two female ticket agents, one goes on duty at 5 a. in. and stays until 8 n. m. tea hours. She is relieved teen bv (he other, who remains until 1 o'clock the next morning ten hours. Tber will be expected to work seven days in the week, the same as the men. He aaid they understand this, and had offered no objection. It is said the road had economy in view when it introduced the innovation. The men are paid f 12 per week, whereas the women receive fa. A saving of $3 a week out of bach of tte eighty-eight ticket agents on the road would mean $264 a week for the owners. New York Sun. In September, 1890, two centuries will have elapsed since the first paper-mill I nwinriuf in 1 mnnoa - I It I u mill U'QQ . ,i I " tm dWlU 1JI Miuviuai aua auasa rt muddle and prevent its repetition m me buiit and operated by William Rittmg future. I huvsen, at Roxborough, near Philadel- Xhird This system, costing out aooui i pnia, and it is proposed mat tne oi-cen- one-eighth of that of the Oregon Railway tennial be bttingl v celebrated, ueo. . w . & Navigation, and being operated at a g,. Horatio Gates Jones desires correspondingly .low figure, would result correspondence with them as to the best in a reduction of at least 50 per cent, ot plan tor such celebration. The Oregon legislature meets January 5th, three weeks from next Monday. It will have an immense amount of business as the senatorial fight is on hand and there will, no doubt, be a big row over the assessment laws. The successful merchant is the one who watches the mar kets and buysto the bestadvan- tage. The most prosperous family is the one that takes advantage of low prices. the present rates. - - Fourth The assurance of cheap water rates would result in the immediate settlement and improvement of millions of acres of land in Eastern Oregon and Washington, the trade of which would be assured to Portland. Fifth Such a system being operated without any of the burdensome alliances ot great corporate expenses of its most formidable competitors would be able to withstand any opposition, and at the Bame time give to producers of the In land Empire the benefits of permanent . cheap water transportation. Sixth 1 or the purpose ot securing a carrying trade other than local, arrange ments might be made with the Great Northern and other roads approaching points on the Upper Columbia for the shipment of through freights and Qj.QQgj.jgg 31.(1 Pr0V.S.0nS Beventn a pro rata law such as is in force in the other states, might be adopted by the Oregon and Washington legislatures, compelling rival roads to receive and deliver freights at water con nections and forward the same for a reasonable amount of the whole haul, thus giving to all sections of Eastern Oregon and Washington the benefiits of water transportation. Eighth Such a system being operated by Oregon and Washington capital for i i . ' interest on the money actually invested, would be able to defeat any possible - railroad combinations detrimental to either the producing or industrial inter est'of Oregon or Washington. rtintn &ucn an enterprise would give cheaper lumber and coal, and bettet prices tor grain and wool to 'Eastern Oregon, and a valuable local market to Portland.' Tenth For the purpose of aiding the agricultural interests of the state.arrange ments could be made for the erection of grain warehouses on the Columbia where grain could be stored and advances made upon the same until such time as favor able foreign shipments were offered. COST OF SUCH AN EXTEBPBISK. Purch.se of Hunt system .!,000,000 1 Ship railway, Celilo, est U. S. engineers 1,250,000 Twenty steamboats, river service 300,000 Two steamships (San Francisco service) 500,000 irsin elevators, warehouses, etc 100,000 iiirUJCUUI BWlUlg IMltU, ni'....i UU,UUU BROOKS & BEERS - ill sell you ehoiee OF ALL KINDS, AND AT MOKE REA80NABLES RATES THAN ANY OTHER FLACK IN THE CITY. REMEMBER we deliver all pur- .... chases without charge. 390 C 394 Second St. - me GoiumDia PacKino Co.. PACKERS OF Pop k and Beef. MANUFACTURERS OF Fine : Lard : and : Saasaffes. Curers of BRAND Waa't 81t in the Front Row. The) custodian of the large ball in Cooper Union undertook to perform a gallant act on the occasion of the Munic ipal league mass meeting, and he is now m the ways of the fair sex than be Before the clamoring crowd in front of the building was admitted to the hall he told his assistants and the policemen on guard that he wanted the frtst row of seats reserved for ladies. Be was very particular on that point and admonished the police over and over again not to let any men occupy those front seats unless they escorted ladies. The wieldera of the persuasive night sticks said all right. Then the doors were opened and the rush came. Of coarse, every man and boy scurried down in front and swarmed over the front row of seats. Several seated themselves in that forbidden quarter, but they were unceremoniously expelled. It cost the police and the custodian and the custodian's assistants a great deal of trouble to keep that front row t, bat they succeeded. Several ladies entered the hall and were politely invited to "step right down in front. They were shown to the front row, but after glancing at the empty seats they turned back and found other places not to far forward. Not one woman could be- indneed to sit down in that front row. The gallant custodian was sorely puzzled, and finally he mustered suffi cient courage to ask one lady who de clined to accept his invitation to sit in the front row why she objected. "I don't want to sit there," she exclaimed impatiently, "because there is no place to pnt my feet" New York Times. tf.,000,000 - In summing up the probable cost of such a system, I have allowed $2,000,000 for the purchase of the Hunt system, but as he might not be disposed to sell at that or any other figure, and as. the same results could be had through a traffic agreement with him, that item might be stricken out. '.The estimated cost of a ship railway at Celilo is $1,250, 000. This is a work that ought to be undertaken oy the general government but for the purpose of giving the country the benefits of a speedy completion of : . : i. i . i i private corporation and allow the gov- eminent the right of purchase as soon as its feasibility and value to commerce was determined. - And the same might be said with reference to the Cascade locks. Thus the actual cost of an open river with an ample river and railway service attached would be about $2,000, 000, a very insignificant sum when the benefits to the country are considered, As Portland has already expressed a willingness to invest $2,000,0000, in the Hunt railroad, (a minority interest too) for the sole purpose of securing indepen dent connections with the "Inland Em pire,'-' I see no reason why it cannot take this matter up single-handed, and con duct a profitable transportation system just as well as Henry Villard, Elijah Smith or anybody else?" Ot the Bum necessary to carry out such an undertaking, not more than twenty per cent, of the capital stock need be paid, the balance being obtainable through the sale of bonds to run from twentymo fifty years. To prove that steamboating is not as unprofitable as he Oregon Railway & Navigation com pany would have us believe, it is only necessary for as to refer to the career of Captain U. B. Scott. "When it is consid ered that Portland's wealth and com mercial prestige, has made the forma tion of such companies possible, as the Oregon Railway & Navigation (capital His il rami, Dried Beef, Etc. Cor. Third and Court Sts.,The Dalles.Or. COLUMBIA j mm i lavenoer, were nneu wiin pa V3DdV k3GC0rV. I to triangular ' I J (heavy cardboard with bev W. S. CRAM, Proprietor. . (Successor to Craa k Corsoi.) Manufacturer of the finest French and Home Made O -A- 1ST DIE S East of Portland. . -DEALER IX- yufs, Cigars and Tobacco. Can furnish snv of these eoods at Wholesale or Kciau SFESH OYSTElS3- la Krery Style. 104 Second Street, The Dalles, Or. For Rosebuds af Marriage. Let me venture a few little points to those of my girls who since the summer have worn a bright ring on their third finger: - My dear, don't let the man to whom yon are engaged to be married pay any of the expenses of your living or trous seau, until you are his wife. A calico dress and contentment are much more to be desired than a fine silk one garnitured with scandal. Don't complain to the man to whom yon are engaged of the different mem ben of your own family; it is not a good preface to matrimonial bliss. Don t write silly letters to him, even if be is fond of affection given in that way. Let it be by word ot mouth rather than with pen and ink. Don 't expect mm to love yon as no man has ever loved before. The methods of loving are very much the same all the world over. Be satisfied if yon have got a good, honest love. Don t believe that he is a combination in beauty of all the ancient gods, of all the gallant knights and of all the great statesmen, but conclude that he is a gen tleman, and that should be your ideal. Don't believe that he is thinking of you every hour of his life. He is not; be satisfied if he is working away, with every now and then giving a thought to the girl for whom he is making a home over which he expecta her to preside as a loving, thoughtful wife. Ladies Home Journal. Pretty Souvenirs. ' A lady who has just returned from the seashore showed me some souvenirs of her vacation. Among them were several jewel receptacles made out of the shells of the sea nrchm. Three of these shells, about four inches across and of a delicate lavender, were lined with pale pink silk pieces of beveled edges, thus "notrinfr a dainty addition to a bu reau or toilet table. To prepare these the opening was made larger by carefully catting or breaking away the shell; then a small piece of cardboard was placed in the bottom of each, and 'the shells were fastened by a few stitches to the trian gular piece. Some delicate cotton was sprinkled with sachet powder and placed The revenue cutter Bush, late from a northern Pacific tour, brought home a walrus skin over fourteen feet long. It was captured by some junior officers on Walrus island, and will be sent to the Smithsoniau institution at Washington, where, after being properly prepared, it will form one of the Alitskan exhibits at the World's Fair. A Ghost Identified by a Photograph. What IB said to be a haunted house is situated at Andersonville, half a mile west of Scottdblc, Pa. The house is said to be visited by the ghost of its former owner, and for that reason a family has just vacated it. The house has been visited every night this week by many persons desirous of seeing the ghost. They say that in watching the residence about 13 o clock at night yoa will see carious light gleam forth from the up stairs window. Mrs. William Mier, who occupied the house until a few weeks ago and vacated it on account of the fear of the supposed ghost, relates a thrilling story of her adventure. She says that about a week ago, late at night, she went upstairs, and was horrified to see the face and hands of what she thought greatly resembled human being. It frightened her to such an extent that she tainted. When she related her story to her husband he laughed her to scorn, but a few dayB ago she induced him to go up stairs at a stated hour and see if he could see the supernatural being. He complied with her request, and was amazed to see the same face and hands, which had every indication of a human being. The supposed ghost resembled an old man, and as the house was owned and occupied by Jacob Anderson, who died a few years since, a great many people thought it was probably his ghost. Ac cordingly Mrs. Mier, who is a Btranger in this place, visited Mrs. John Golds borough, who is a daughter of the late Jacob Anderson. An album was given her containing Anderson's photograph, which she quickly recognized on sight Mrs. Mier never saw Anderson, and the moment she looked at his picture she recognized ft as being an exact likeness of the face sho saw in the old Anderson house. The people don't take much stock in spook business, but Mrs.' Mier's and other people's stories, who are accredit ed with seeing the one sposen or, . are certainly increasing the belief in this vicinity that there are such visitations. Mrs. Mier is an intelligent lady. Cor. Pittsburg Dispatch. The Watermelon Loaded with Wasps. There was a funny occurrence on Pratt street wharf Wednesday. A sailor on an oyster, pungy which had been cruising about the oyster grounds off Mogothy river landed with a dilapidated looking watermelon under his right arm. The mariner entered a nearby saloon and laid the piece of fruit down. It being a little late in the season for melons a crowd gathered around to look at the sailor's find, and several of them emphatically expressed donbts.as to the soundness of the melon. ' The sailor,- in nocent of what was inside of it, said to prove the 'melon was in good shape he would plug it before carrying it to his best girl, to whom he intended to pre sent it. He did so, and upon extracting a piece of the rind about 100. wasps flew out and made things lively about the place. It seems that the melon was somewhat overripe, and while lying neglected in its bed a family of wasps had bored a small hole in one end of it and taken np their abode therein. The man who brought it to town rushed out of the place with several of the insects settling down npoa his face, and in his hurry he knocked over an Italian fruit stand, fell on a cat, which was nearly crushed to death, and nearly knocked two police men into the dock. The restaurant man put out his gas and left his dogs to fight the wasps. Baltimore Herald. Speculation Over Balna. The strange story, told on good author ity, of the ruins of a great fortified city, built of dressed granite blocks, found on the Mashonaland plateau, in South Africa, has given rise to a great deal of curious speculation, for its history is wholly unknown. Many of the walls are completely covered by the dense jungle, and very old trees grow on the top of the nuns. If the city or fert was built by natives it must have been in remote periods of time, when there was a higher civilization than now, but it is just possible that the fort was con structed under the direction of early Portuguese explorers and by the aid of cheap slave labor. Only a superficial new has been made of the ruins, but light may be thrown on the mystery when the houses them selves have been explored. Light is be ing rapidly turned on the Dark Conti nent, and the stories that come from it are as interesting as those sent to Europe from this country 300. to 400 years ago. Then, however, the news was not wide ly disseminated. Now every one who chooses can learn from day to day what is going on in Africa as in other parts of the world. Exchange. Wonders Under a Marsh. A remarkable discovery was recently made in the town of Oneonta, where a company is engaged in digging phos phates from the depths of a swamp. In deptbof twelve feet by an impervious j smipaf. measure of independence ap- r i i Li. i Pears to be in the character of the Ital- Too Good to Sell. In his life of Horace Greeley, James Parton tells of an old newsdealer who could not be persuaded to sell the lass j copy of The Tribune remaining on his , stand until he had bad time to read it. "I found three successive and distinct eras I ian who trundles his fruit truck to the : FILLOON BROS. r a . Dealers in Farm Implements and Vehicles of forest growths. The bottom layer is ' of deciduous trees that grow only on np- j lands, such as beech, oak and maple. The second layer is of soft swamp woods. such as elder, basswood and dogwood. The upper layer is of coniferous trees, such as pine, hemlock and spruce. The puzzle to the naturalist is the finding of upland trees at the bottom of the marsh, with the trunks and larger limbs and abundant specimens of leaves and beech nuts in a good state of preservation. An other wonder nnearthod by the excava tions is the finding, at a point five feet below the surface and among the trunks of the coniferous trees, of a flat stone about five feet square which had been utilized as a fireplace. The blackened stone, the large collec tion of ashes and cinders, and the bits of crumbling bones of animals indicate that long ages ago somebody cooked food there. That somebody must have been man in the strictly primitive and savage state, for no trace of any utensil or tool, not even a sharpened flint, has been found among the debris of the fire. Al bany Journal. America the Bourne of the Emigrant. - The degree to which America offers prominent advantages to the emigrant is just now shown strikingly by the ex isting conditions in Iceland. It is said that that country is gradually becoming depopulated owing to the constant emi gration of its people to the shores of Canada and the United States. These emigrants send back such favorable ac counts of their new home that others quickly follow. It is estimated that 20, 000 'natives, nearly one-quarter of the whole population, have left the country in the last year. The emigrants are said to be chiefly from the northern and east ern districts, where labor is carried on only under great difficulties, besides which recent harvests have been very bad and have entailed much suffering. New York Commercial Advertiser. : f-pTrm T"1 A X .T .TT!.? ("5 TP. v. : , t- r mi,, t?.... ....... ' ---w-. , --w night. For a week or two he has been selling the California imitation of Tokay : grapes, and his boxes are emptied very ; soon after dark. The other evening three customers stood at the curb wait- i ing their turn. One asked for half a pound, and the Italian snipped a cluster in two and placed it in a brown paper ' horn which he rolled deftly over his hand. The second customer also took a half pound and got the Becond half of the : luster. That cleared the cart save for , one luscious, heavy cluster lying against j the back rail. It was perfect in form, richly ripe, and untouched by decay on j even a single grape. The third customer reached over and picked it up. He was j about to say "How much?" when the Italian angrily exclaimed: j "What are you doing with that? Put j it "down!" j As the customer was not speedy in ' 0?. !Plows, which are TTnecitialed in this market UNCLE SAM GANG PLOW. We call Special Attention to our Stock of Gang- Soli gently upon a piece of brown j Qn eaSy terms, and laid it paper. "But I want to buy it," protested the : Spot Cash Buyers, customer, feeling for his silver. j "You can't do it," said the Italian j bluntly. "Think I no want any grapes? : That's for me." And he pushed his truck j away from the curb and started down ! Park row toward Mulberry street. New i York Sun. ! a Liberal Discount given to. Call and Examine our Stock. FILLOON BROS. complete: stock of One Man Against a Pack of Wolves. Andrew Philhpot, a farmer living near Sallisaw, L T., set out to visit a sick neighbor half a mile distant Friday night, and while passing through a lone ly woods on his return home was at tacked by a pack of wolves. He was unarmed, but seized a large stick, and as the wolves came closer and closer he kept them at bay while he hallooed for help. A big wolf sprang at him, but he beat it off, wounding it, am made break for a tree. . The wolves followed, snarling and snapping at his heels. Again Phillipot drove them back , and ran to another tree. In this way he succeeded in getting in sight of his house, and his cries brought assistance.'. The rescue was timely, as Phillipot fainted from exhaustion just as help reached him. Cor. Dallas News. A. A. Brown, : Has opened a choice assortment ol Staple aod Fancy Groceries, Wood and Willow-Ware, Fruit Con- fectionery, etc., which he offers at iteasoiiafile-.-Pilces A Share of the Public Patronage is Kespecuuliy feolicitea. fJiekelsen's Block,? Cor. Third and Washington, Tne Dalles, Oregon. Por catarrh snuff up considerable salt and water from the hollow of the hand every morniug. Salt and water used as gargle j nst before going to bed strength ens the throat and helps to prevent bron chial troubles. It is 11I30 excellent for sore throat. A farmer in Vau I3uren, Fa., owns three apple orchards. On cue tree thie year were fifteen bushels. Ail the ctb- together bore not mere than a tr.ruei. The Philadelphia City Directory show? that more than 13,000 persons by the name of Smith reside within her limits. Of this number there are 250 full grown Johns and 820 Williams. "Better late than never" was used over 800 years ago by Thomas. Tucker, in his "Five Hundred Points- of Oood Hus- I bandry." Later on Bunyan used it in i hia "Pilgrim's Progress.' Wants His Presents Back. William Shoneman has applied to the police of Lincoln, Neb., for aid in re covering $45 worth of presents be had given Carrie Struber, his late betrothed. Hiss Struber is a tall, handsome young woman, who shoneman - says had agreed to meet him at the Burlington depot Thursday night and run off to Omaha to get married. He was there, but she wasn't, and he says refused to have -anything more to do with him. He therefore wants hia presents. Cor. Oma ha woria-Heraia. ' Female ArtUta in Paris. Mme. Leon Dcrtaux, president of the Association of Women w Painters, and Sculptors, supported by many men of note, is trying to obtain the admission of female students to the classes and privi leges of the Ecole des Beaux Arts, in Paris. Several of the members of the council of the school favor this enlarging of their borders, and the minister of fine arts has promised his consent, so that the famous museum is likely to echo to the footsteps of that pernicious sister hood which its founders counted it very strut o tne conscience to keep out. Pans Letter. Colors of Noted Writers. I notice that the majority of literary ladies seem to affect certain colors for their gowns. Mrs. EHa Dietz Qymer ia generally in Drowns, Airs, Mary Bryan in pink or black, Mrs. Hodgson Burnett often wears crimson, Mrs. Frank Leslie prefers handsome black costumes; Hiss Gilder, brown or gray; Mrs, Louise Chandler Moulton, a light gray, and Mrs. Rose Hawthorne Lathrop, block velvet. Probably they study what is suitable to their special style, for they always look becomingly dressed. New xorastar. - -v A frog Child. - A child T.-H8 born in Birmingham, England, cu Sept. SO, which bears a strong recmhlance to a frog. Its ptin is warty and cold and clammy to the touch: v.-hen it cries it mak-js an un earthly croal ing uoiss. There are three fingers on e.-ich hand nud four toes on each foot Besides the points enumer ated it has many other characteristics of a frog, even to huge, knotty looking, lid- less eyes. The parents are almosT dis tracted over the occurrence and hourly pray for it to die. There are two other "fros child" cases on record, one the offspring of a Piute squaw in Nevada, which was born about ten years since, the other a monstrosity which first saw the light of day at Goshen, Ind., in January, 1889. St. Liouis Kepublic. ( The Are of Indian Outbreaks Is Past. There is not the smallest danger of serious Indian outbreak in the north west. The conditions existing in this region have been entirely changed by the building of railroads and the estab lishment of means of rapid communica tion among posts. It is quite impossible to organize an Indian outbreak under the eye of the agent' on reservations without the conspiracy becoming known.. With existing means of communication and transit an outbreak could be crushed: in its incipiency by a rapid concentra tion of troops. There are elements which might once have been dangerous in the situation at Standing Rock a heaven' sent prophet and a meddling woman but the age of Indian outbreaks is past Portland Oregonian. Stoves, Ranges, Tinware, House Furnisning Goods, and Farmers' Tools, Fine Scissors, Razors, Pumps, Cotta Chimney, Builders' Hardware, Lanterns and Lamps. . SPECIAL MB EXCLUSIVE AGENTS FOR Queer Seed from a Crane's Craw. A truly wonderful plant is at the Alle-! gheny conservatory. No one knows to : Carpenters,' Blacksmiths' w tint Lias? ib Lrrjiuua v auj iixlu auuuk t it. it is the subject of much specula- j shelf Hardware, Cutlery, Shears, await the development of a bud that is ; Carvers and Table Ware, and Silverware. farming. Then, they say, they can i place the plant. The botanists have a ; pipe, Plumbers' and Steam Fitters Supplies, Pacx- suspicion that the plant is a tropical j , . . one. and superintendent Hamilton is; Building Paper, Sash, Doors, Shingles, Terra trail 1 1 1 T rn thut nnnnnoinnn I ' ' - . The history of the plant so far asj known is a unique one. During the 1 summer one- of a party of gunners I brought down a crane. It was a beauti ful specimen, and the taxidermist of the party set to work to mount it. In the bird's craw were found several seed. With a view to learning if the seed was killed by the bird eating it they were placed in water. In a few days the seeds sprouted. They were planted in loam and kept in a warm room. Ed ward V. McCandless took charge of it. The plant was an object of interest to. Mr. McCandless nnd his botanist friends, and its development was closely watched. Last week it was transferred to the con servatory. The leaves are long and broad and heavy, not unlike a species of palm. Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph. Bead in the Saddle. A special from Pay son, U. T., says I John Bolton accidentally killed himself i while going horseback from Payson to Salem. In the middle of the forenoon he left town to visit his sister in Salem, taking with him a double barreled shot gun, with which he shot himself. He was found on horseback with half the right side of his head blown off. He was Bitting in the saddle leaning' his, head over the horse's neck. Apparently the horse had not moved since the gun exploded. It is believed that he had been dead in the saddle two hours. Cor. San Francisco Chronicle, Three little boxes of Ceylon tea, each weighing five pounds, were sold by auc tion in London recently at the extraordi nary price of $7.62 per pound. It was a very rare variety known as "choicest golden tipped pekoe." The leaf , was small, but hterally blazed with golden tipping. - : Wade Wilfong, colored, thrashed a school teacher in Pasquotank county, N. C, in ante-bellum days, and had to skip out. He settled at Seel alia, Mo., later, and having since got rich is now on a visit to his old home to Duy the plantation on which he worked as a slave. A new material called rubber velvet is made by sprinkling powdered felt of any color over rubber cloth while the . latter is hot and soft. The result looks like felt cloth, but is elastic, waterproof and exceedingly light. . D&ugeroas Bags. I have noticed with some surprise the number of people who have been bitten recently by spiders, and the case of the death of a girl in Jersey City from this cause is fresh in mind. Within a week I have met three acquaintances suffer ing, as they told me, from spider bites, and one of them had a hand so badly in flamed that he was afterward obliged to have it lanced. In this connection a housekeeper has shown me two speci mens of "thousand legged" bugs that were found in his house. They were each over an inch in length and had twelve legs on a side and two long feelers. The body and feelers were striped, zebra like, in black and white. I suppose they will be given to some en tomologist for examination, and whiU these particular varieties may not be closely enough' related to centipedes to be poisonous they are at least unpleasant companions for a lady to find running about the house, and make her think she has seen a centipede or tarantula. New York Star. The Ballot Lw Helps the Printer. One of the most appreciable effects of the new Australian election law is the re markable boom it has given the job print ing business. Never before in the history of elections have the printers been called upon for such vast quantities and vari eties of campaign cards and campaign literature generally. Under the new system the personal canvass is the most likely to tell, and hence the use for cards of all dimensions. The confusion exist ing as to boundary lines of wards and districts has been of benefit to the printer in supplying cards with maps on the back, and best of all ia tho rage among the candidates to have their portraits printed on their cards. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Charter Oak Stoves and Ranges, Acorn Stoves and Ranges, Bellville Stoves and Ranges, Boyntn Furnaces, R. J. Roberts' "Warranted" Cutlory, Meriden Cutlery and Table Ware, The Grand Oil Stoves, Anti Rust Tinware. Goulds and Moline Power and Hand Pumps. All Tinning, Plumbing, Pipe Work and Repairing, Will be Done on Short Notice. ABRAMS & STEWART, 174, 176, 178, ISO. SECOND STREET'. Brooks & Beers, The Dalles, Or. JOBBERS .A-ISTD ZDIE.LIEIR.S IILT. STAPliE and F AIG V GROCERIES, Hardware, Flour, Bacon, Etc. Keep the back, especially between the shoulder blades, well covered; also the chest well protected. In sleeping: in a cold room establish the habit of breath ing the nose, and never with the mouth open. - - - Louis Fagan, master of prints In the British museum, is on his way to this country on a tour of the world. He will lecture on the treasures of .the British museums while on his travels. A tunnel to Prince Edward island across Northumberland straits, a dis tance of six and a half miles, is the next irreat enirineerinjz : feat talked of in Canada. . Mrs. Taaderbllt's Change of Heart. Mrs. Frederick Vanderbilt is credited with an effort to bring back summer country life in her world to the aimplic- A Joke Saves a IJfe. George Busch, of Newark, N J., was overcome by coal gas a few nights ago while in the cellar attending to a fur nace. Two friends who called at the house for him the next morning could not gain admittance. Thinking that he had overslept himself they concluded to get in the back way and play a joke upon him. . They opened a cellar win dow and discovered Busch lying in hia night clothes on the floor. He was re suscitated with difficulty. Philadelphia Ledger. Value of Cigar Ends. A man called Angus te, surname un known, has just died in Paris, leaving behind him the respectable sum of 100,- 000f., or 4,000, the whole of which com fortable peculium would appear to have been amassed from the profits earned by picking up cigar ends in the streets of the French metropolis. London Tele graph. . The Handy Man. Wife That pane of glass has been out all summer, and now a freezing cold day has come and we need it in. I ve told vou forty times to send a man here to fix it. Why in the world haven't you done it? Husband Because I can fix it myself. Good News. An Illuminated Fountain. The apparatus employed in the electric fountain in Lincoln park, Chicago, is quite simple. A number of arc lamps with horizontal carbons and each provid ity which means summer rest Last 1 with a parabolic reflector are located season at .Newport she wore cool and simple toilet with few ornaments, she turned her children out to play in the plainest and most serviceable garments, she invited guests to quiet pleasures, and set her whole life to the key of un ostentatious comfort and leisure,. It is said that her missionary labors resulted in some conversions from the painful worship of Mammon. Harper's Bazar. in a vault or cavern beneath the fountain pooL Openings covered by plate glass and inclosed by brick spouts, permit of the upward projection of the light into the streams of water and spray. By means of colored glass slides interposed between the lamp and the lower open ings in the sponts a great variety of beau tiful combination effects are secured. Western Electrician. ' - A Girl at the Throttle. - Hiss Nellie Tetreau, who resides at Lumpkin, has proved herself an expert at handling the lever on one of the im mense road engines used for hauling logs into the saw mills. Hiss Tetreau is not more than 14 years of age, and her courage in the line mentioned is something remarkable. She steered the mammoth engine and wagon through the woods and up and down the hills with a dexterous hand. She surprised the men at the mill with her aptness, and conducted the engin as well as any man conL Oroville (CaL) Mercury. Quinine is robbed of its bitter taste by combining it with sugar of milk and some bicarbonate of soda. Capsicum, ginger or other aromatics are also nsea in combination with quinine to prevent its disagreeable head symptoms and for other valuable improvement in its administration. Headquarters for T:as, Coffees, Dried Fruits" Canned Goods Etc. New -Brands of Choic9 Gro ceries Arriving Daily. . - . r Hay Grain and Produce Of all Kinds Bought, and Sold at Retail or in Car Load Lots, at Lowest Market Rates. Free deliv ery to Boats and Cars and all Parts of the City. " 30Oand394 seconp strhet. Snipes & Kinersly, Leading Druggists Dealers In Mis, Oils, 1 wire GIB, Pa,por,.' COAL and PINE TAR, .Artists Material, Imported Wegfi and Domeic ditja. 12 Second Street. Trie Dalles, OrttaoN. e. The STUBLING, POPHlETOf Germania Beetejlall, Keeps on Draught COLUMBIA BRGWERY B9ER, WINES, LIQUORS AND KEY WEST CIGARS. The badger is by no means unworthy of being taken as an emblem. He is a very plucky, persistent little animal not so industrious as the beaver, perhaps, bnt capable of a great deal of endurance, and sufficiently brave in his own defense, though ordinarily quiet and inoffensive. New - Umatilla House, THE DALLFS, OREGON. HANDLEY &. SINNOTT, PROP'S. THE LARGEST AND FINEST HOTEL IN 0RIG0N.'. Ticket and Baggage Oflic of the 0. K. A N. Company, and offica of tha Western.; Union Telegraph Office are in the Hotel. ' Fire-Proof Safe for the Safety of ail Valuables. S 1