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LOCAL AND tKKBONAL.
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The other
engine from the - Coyote
wreck passed down this morning, look
- ing like a late salmon. . , ; '
Schools close for Christmas Wednes
day and will commence again January
5th. ;
Three cars of cattle from La Grand
were fed At the yards here, and shipped
on to Portland yesterday. . :
Filloon Bros, report their plow trade
excellent, which' indicates that plowing
is being carried on extensively.
Mr. W. R. Kirk of the Brownsville
woolen mills is in, the city, looking after
wool. He-has come to the right spot.
F. P. Taylor has a conple of Christmas
porkers at bis shop that will weigh
respectively 480 and 508 pounds.
The court house, which was damaged
by fire recently, is nearly repaired. We
are" pleased to note some changes in the
judge's desk.
The wheat shipments from this point
during the month of November amoun
ted to 2,623,370 pounds or 1312 tons.
The warehouses are still filled with it,
but nong is exposed to the weather.
The failure in Chicago of S. A. Kean,
doing business under the firm name of
8 A. Kean dfc Co., yesterday disclosed
liabilities to the amount of $1,400,000
with assets of $1,353,000.
Mr. C. G. Abbott, the fine stock man,
of Kingsley arrived here from' Portland,
yesterday with some fine blood mares
which he has had below during the
summer. - . ,
stable every morning except Sunday at
7 o'clock.
Miss Jessie McDonald, of Grant, came
down Saturday and -was the guest of
Mrs. Corson. .
Mr. A. C. Sheltpn has sold his inter
est in the drug business at Goldennale
to I C. Richards.
The total receipts at the recent church
fair were about $500, which means that
it was a magnificent success.
The physicians of the city complain
because it is distressingly heatthy, for
which everybody is thankful.
It is raining in the Willamette valley
and snowing on Mt. Hood. Strange
that every time the valley takes a bath
the old mountain puts on a white shirt.
The holidays seem to have stirred up
our secret societies, nearlv all of which
are increasing their membership. . We
understand a lodge of the A. E. O., will
bo organized here in a few days.
The outside of the court house is again
in good repair and the inside is getting a
general overhauling. The plastering in
the court room was ruined by the fire
.and is being replaced. The work will be
finished in a couple of weeks, at most.
The East Oregonian thinks theCHKON
icxe a venturesome youth to begin life In
The Dalles, and that judging from other
ventures in the newspaper line in these
parts tt will not get sufficient support
to keep it alive. We are glad to inform the
brother that it already has that, and it
has'nt began to canvass its territory yet.
Thank you brother, we are all right and
hope these few lines may find vou en-
The churches .;of the citv were well
filled yesterday.? At' the Congregational joying the same blessing, or words to
SundajShctol Prof. Barrett made some that effect. - .- -
liveli jremarkaVhick were well received ' The ehute. BrWe.
by the scholars and teachers. dUor of Chr(mic
The -Dalles Ire Company is the only What right or where is there a law
one so far that has put up-ice enough to giving Sherman county the privilege of
Won't Sit 1b the Front Bow For Rose
bud of Karrimfe 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 isoerum
place station of the Kings County Ele
vated railway has led others to apply
for places. They ore 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. Goundio a repre
sentative of the company said recently
that positively none of the men would
be turned away to make room . for
women.
"But," it was asked, "is it to be the
rule hereafter that women will be ap
pointed to fill vacancies as they may
occur?"
"There Is no reason why women
should not be appointed," was the reply,
'We believe they will prove honest and
capable."
The official, however, would not com
mit himself 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,
has -often to deal with some pretty ugly
customers. The two women who are
now actum as ticket asrents are not de
terred by ttiis consideration.
Of the two female ticket agents, one
goes on duty at 5 a. in. and stays until 3
p. m. ten hours. She is relieved then
by the other, who remains until 1
o'clock the next morning ten hours.
They will be expected to work seven
days in the week, the same as the men.
He said they understand this, and had
offered no objection. It is said the road
had economy in view when it introduced
flu, fnnAvafinn TVia -man Am na.id S112
per week, whereas the women receive
$9. A saving of $3 a week out of tiach
of the eighty-eight ticket agents on the
road would mean 364 a week for the
owners. New York Sun.
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ADMINISTRATORS.
supply all customers for the entire sea
son. The fact that it did this entitles it
to confidence. " ' "
The toboggan slide looks exceedingly
lonesome with the green grass growing
around it. ' It may have a season of use
fulness jet, but we are pleased to know
that it must necessarily be short.
The Diamond flouring mill was tem
porarily; closed down last Saturday,
on account of the head miller's sickness.
Mr. Curtiss expects to start up the mill
in a few days. He has a good supply of
flour and cracked wheat On hand.
The company's boats are still making
daily trips from . Portland to Bonneville,
so passengers? desiring to go by boat
through the grandest part of the Colum
bia canyon, can do so by transferring at
that point.
President Harrison has signed the to
bacco rebate bill which was omitted in
the McKinley bill by the enrolling clerk.
This will' be good news to the manufac
turers and dealers.
Mrs. George Stapleton, Mr. Shelton
and Mr. A. B. Leveratt came over from
Goldendale Monday, and went to Van
couver. , We understand Mr. Stapleton
has formed a partnership with Mr. Abe
Miller in the law business at Vancouver
and will make that his future home.
' A deed from the state of Oregon to
Hampton, Kelley for forty acres of school
land, the southeast quarter of the north
west quarter of section sixteen, township
. five, south of range ten, east, was filed
. this morning. . " ; : ! ' - ' '
We 'understand a proposition to locate
- a woolen mul here has been made by
v solid business parties in the East. They
ask that our citizens take stock to the
amount of half the cost of the plant.
The matter is before the Board of Trade
and we will give particulars as soon as
i is made public property.
. The subscriptions to the daily are
coming in so fast that it is almost im
possible for our . carrier to get his route
book in shape. vThis will be done In a
few days and then every paper will be
delivered, We ask bur patrons' induU
gence for; a short time until this can be
accomplished. ; . '
Cardinal i Gibbons has sent a letter of
sympathy on the persecution of the Rus
sian Jews for publication, and says:
"Friends of humanity must deplore
these persecutions. For my part I can
not connive how Christians can enter
tain other than kind sentiments toward
the Hebrew race when it is considered
how much we are indebted to them."
Some days ago the .Oregonian con
tained an article on Ghost dances and
the Messiah craze, in which the old
dreamer and medicine man, "Smohol
la," ws-called a Sioux Indian. Smo
holla was a Columbia river Indian, who
inhabited Jthe ..country around White
Bluffs, and was a man of great influence
as a dreamer.
A pleasant surprise party was given
Mr: and Mrs. si. i J. Wiley one evening
this week,' the occasion being the second
anniversery of their wedding. A large
number of their young friends called on
them taking them entirely' by surprise,
but they had a splendid time just the
Bame. ,
Prof. P. S. Barrett, at one time pro
fessor of our public schools, is in the city
visiting old-time friends. Prof. Barrett
hails from Baker City, Oregon. The
professor for the past few years has
. been living ia -Lincoln, Nebraska, but
his love for the genial climate of Oregon
overpowered him and he returned to
make this state his permanent home.
. The school exhibition at Hood River
is said to have been one of the finest
things of the kind ever given. Prof. P. A.
Snyder and Miss Cora Butler, in charge
of the school have done exceedingly
good work, and the way they trained the
children for the exhibition Bhowed deep
interest and much patience and hard
work. Their services are thororoughly
appreciated and Hood River will hardly
let them go. . , ;.
Who says Oregon is not a wonderful
country, especially its climate T We saw
on the Congregational church pulpit, yes
; terday, a beautiful boquet of roses, Jac
quiminot, Safrona and Mad Raduts,
which were plucked from the bushes out
of doors in one of our citizen's residence
grounds, they reminded us of springtime
when every: filing ie clad in robes of
beauty. -Just think .of it, in latitude
45 degree and 36 seconds and the mer
cury 60 degrees above zero on December
21st; while in the eastern states, old
Boreas and the fierce wintry storms are
stilling lifes blood. Who would not live
in Oregon? .
making the road to the free bridge across
the Deschutes river a toll road? Before
Sherman county was cut off the road
and bridge were built by Wasco county
funds and by the Board of Trade 'funds
of Dalles City. There is something
wrong somewhere ; there is an injustice
done to the people of both sections, and
should be remedied. Taxpayer. '
. Much complaint is being made con
cerning Sherman county's action in al
lowing toll to be collected on the road
leading to the new bridge across
the Deschutes. The road in this county
leading to the bridge and the bridge "are
free, but Sherman county allows a Mr.
Jones to collect toll on the road the
other' side of the bridge, presumably for
the purpose of keeping the road in re
pair. It looks like folly for Sherman
county having so valuable a piece of
road,' to allow it to be turned into a toll
road, thus compelling the people who
paid the taxes, and furnished the money
to build it, to pay tolls for using their
own property. It is unjust to her own
citizens and doubly unjust to citizens of
this county who keep their portion of
the road free. 1 In this connection we
would say that our portion of the road
leading to the bridge needs putting in
shape and needs it badly. .The atten
tion of the Board of Trade is called to
this matter and we hope they will ex
amine into it at their meeting to-night.
It assisted materially in building the
bridge and it is an entirely proper mat
ter for them to take cognizance of.
' WoaH 81t la the Front Bow.
The custodian of the large hall in
Cooper Union undertook to perform a
gallant act on the occasion of the Munic
ipal league mass meeting, and he is now
wiser in the ways of the fair sex than he
was. 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
front row of seats reserved for ladies.
He 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 wielders of the persuasive night
stacks said all right. Then the doors
were opened and the rush came. Of
course, 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
vacant, but 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
bo far forward. Not one woman could
be induced 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 put my feet." New York Times.
The Grange Store.
M. W. Freeman, one of the stockhol
ders of the grange store to be established
at The Dalles, gave us a call yesterday.
He is traveling in the interest of the
store soliciting stock. The company is
organizing with a stock of $4,000 the
greater part of which was taken by gran
gers in Wasco and Sherman counties.
The first day of Mr. Freeman's work
among us was not in vain, and there is
no doubt of his ability to get the requi
red amonnt subscribed. The stock
holders meet in The Dalles January 27,
to decide on their course of business.
The store is bound to be a success as it
will be the centre for about 1000 grangers
besides otners that will patronize it. If
the stock is not all taken we would ad
vise all brother grangers to take a share
immediately. Klickitat Leader.
The Missionary Concert.
" The Congregational chureh was well
filled Sunday night, it being the occa
sion of the home missionary concert.
The exercises were began by the rendi
tion of '-The Lord is my Shepherd," by
the choir consisting of Mrs. Bardon,
Mrs. B. S. Huntington, Miss Atwater
and Miss Crandall, with Mrs. Bonny as
me organist oi tne evening. . JSext in
order came the reading of an essay by
Miss Annie Roberts, in a well modulated
voice and a pleasing manner, entitled "A
Strange Personal Experience, or what I
give I keep, and what I keep I lose."
The essay was written by Mrs. P. G.
Barrett of Hood River and was the fea
ture of the evening. If space can be
found during the week in the columns
of the Chronicle the essay will appear.
Mrs. E. M, Wilson then took the plat
form to present the cause of the Congre
gational church at Condon and made a
spirited and interesting appeal for aid
which met with a generous response in
money by the audience. A hymn by
the choir was followed bv a short and
eloquent address by the pastor. The
exercises throughout the evening were
varied and interesting and we onlv re
gret that we have not more space for a
report. ,
Masonic Election. - '
At the regular communication of DaHes
Chapter of Royal Arch Mason No. 6 held
at Masonic hall Dec. 17th. the following
officers were elected to serve for the en
suing Masonic year.
R. F. Gibons, H. P; C. C. Hobert, K ;
E. Shannon, S ; Thos. Olsen, Cap. of H ;
W. S. Myers. P. S; John Marden, R. A.
Cap; 1. 1. Burget, G. M. of 3rd V; G. V.
Bolton, G. M. of 2nd V; D. L. Cates, G.
M. of 1st V ; G. A. Liebe, Treas; Geo.
Knaggs, Sec; R., G. Closter, Sentinel.
Installation Jan. 12th 1891.
For Rosebuds of Marriage.
Let me venture a few little points to
those of my girls who
tmnf& 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.
Dont complain to the man to whom
yon are engaged of the different mem
bers of your own family; it is not a good
preface to matrimonial blia.
Don't write silly letters to him, even if
he is fond of affection given in that way.
Let it be by word of month rather then
with pen and ink.
Don t expect mm- to love you 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.
Dont 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.
. Dont believe that he is thinking of
yon 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 expects 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 urchin. Three of these shells,
about four inches across and of a delicate
lavender, were lined with pale pink silk
and fastened to triangular pieces of
heavy cardboard with beveled edges,
thus TrjnVmg a dainty addition to a bu
reau or toilet table. To prepare these
the opening was made larger by carefully
cutting or breaking away the shell; then
a small piece of cardboard was placed iu
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
- - An Aiiauimaiod 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
ed with a parabolic reflector are located
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 oi colored glass slides interposed
Detween the lamp and the lower open
ings in the spouts a great variety of beau
tiful combination effects are secured.
Western Electrician. - '
Strange Searches tor Heirs to Lsrr
Fortunes In Brooklyn A Strange Dis
appearance The Fond la Charge of
the State Treasurer Keeps Xnereaslng.
Speaking roughly there is at the pres
ent time over $5,000,000 in hard cash in
the hands of the various state treasurers
in this country awaiting the claim of
legal heirs. This large amount has been
deposited with the treasurers from time
to time by public administrators. ' Of
this $5,000,000 the New York state treas
urer has about $250,000, and although
he pays out now and then certified claims
from the administrative fund it keeps
steadily increasing in a ratio with the
population of the state.
The public administrator of Brooklyn
furnishes the following cases from his
record books:
Thomas Wilson sold newspapers in
Brooklyn's Twentieth ward for a gener
ation. His route was an aristocratic
one, comprising such streets as Clinton
and Clermont avenues, in which are the
homes of millionaires. He peddled his
wares in all sorts of weather, appeared
on the streets in rain and shine every
day and far into the night, and even
made a feeble attempt to brave the fury
of the big buzzard of March 12, 1888.
He had no friends, no confidants, no as
sociations, and he lodged in the attic of
a miserable tenement house. One day
in the spring of 1889 his legs refused to
carry him along his route, and he went
for succor and shelter to the Brooklyn
hospital.
Here he was warned that he had but a
short time to live and was told to com
municate with his friends, if he had
any. Old Tom shook his head negatively
and died that night without making
sign. Five bank books were found under
his pillow, showing . three or four thou
sand dollars to his credit insdiffarent in
stitutions. The administrator could learn
nothing about him in the banks, where
he had told different stories about him
self. It is thought he was of Swedish
origin and that his real name was Nil-
son, not Wilson. ,
TBB CASE OF LANGZEB.
Then there was Joseph Langier,
same common enough in the south of
France, in Marseilles especially. Langier
was also a ' solitary man, living or.
rather, grubbing in an Atlantic avenue
garret.' He paid the janitor a dollar a
month for his miserable room. He went
out and he came in, spoke to nobody and
answered questions by phaiHng or nod
ding his head. . One day he went forth
for the last time staggered and fell at
the next corner, was taken into a saloon,
thence conveyed in an ambulance to
Long Island College hospital, where he
died after a few hours.
In the pockets of his coat were found
bonds, mortgages and bank books worth
$17,000 to the owner, also a will drawn
up in excellent legal phraseology and
written in a beautiful hand. His signa
ture was affixed to the will, but it lacked
the names of witnesses. So careful had
he been in preparing the instrument
that he affixed an explanatory . para
graph, underlined in red ink. In a codi
cil he revokes the will, so that he really
died intestate. Rumor says Langier's
heir is a nephew bring in Marseilles, a
Bister's son, whom, if the administrator
could locate, would inherit $17,000.
William Cato is another of the great
intestate for whose heirs the adminis
trator is looking. ' Cato was no tramp or
news vender: - He was a marine in the
service of the' United States, and had
been one for such a length of time, that
he had only a vague memory of what he
had been before. His comrades, had an
idea that he was Scotch, and that is all
they could tell about him. He died sud
denly while still in the service, leaving
$1,000 or so he had saved out of his small
pay. ......
Patrick Cresham uvea on Third ave
nue, near D arty-sixth street, aontb
Brooklyn, and was in good circum
stances. His wife died in the spring of
and the loss drove him crazy. A
week later he committed suicide. He
left a good deal of property to which his
little 4-year-old daughter was heiress.
His brother, a well to do New York car
riage builder, was the legal guardian of
the little girl, but there happened just
then to be in the house a sister of the
child's mother. She was on a visit from
Ireland, and had arrived just in time to
see her sister die. The night of the day
Cresham committed suicide the aunt
took the little girl stealthily out of her
bed and out of the house, went over to
New York, and on the morning follow
ing sailed for Queenstown in the Um
bria, Mr. Cresham, the uncle and legal
guardian, reported the theft to the pe
nce, and they cabled to Queenstown to
have the aunt arrested on her arrival in
that port. Now, it happened that owing
to a great storm the TJmbria could not
put in at Queenstown, and so went di
rectly on to Liverpool, where no police
were waiting for a handsome lady of the
name of Miss Crowe and her 4-year-old
niece. . Miss Crowe and the child are
still in Europe, and the legal fight has
not yet been decided. New Tk Tele
gram.
same color. Then he led them to a pool i
of water and bade them jump in and j
bathe. One of them, obeying at once,
leaped in in advance of his fellows, and 1
came out clean and white.
The other hesitated, but one soon fol-!
lowed the first. When he went in the j
water had become somewhat stained '
and he came out copper colored. j
Then the third man went in. By that
time the water of the pool had become
black, and he was consequently black ,
when he had bathed.
Thus it happens that there are white -men,
red men and black men in the '
world.
Then the Great Spirit laid down three
packages before the three men, which '
contained their future fate. Out of pity ;
for the black man he permitted him to ;
have his first choice of the parcels.
The black man, without hesitation,
took the largest of the parcels; the red j
man, whose turn was next, took the ,
next largest parcel, and the white man '
got the remaining one, which was very i
Then the men opened their packages.
That of the black man was found to j
contain shovels and other implements of '
labor; the red man's contained bows and !
arrows, and the white man's small par- j
eel consisted of pens, ink and tools for j
fine, light work. I
From that time on each man made !
use of the tools he had chosen. Cor.
Youth's Companion.
Kew York's Ink Industry.
New York is entitled to consideration
as the leading city of the Union in the
manufacture of ink. Fifteen years ago
English ink controlled the market. Since
then the American article has been
gradually pushing the British product
out of the market by its superiority and
excellence. There is a great difference
between the wholesale and retail price
of the fluid. A little bottle of ink con
taining two ounces, for which a person
pays five cents, costs at the factory one
cent. The bottles are really more valu
able than the ink they contain.
The best black ink is made from the
gall nut and iron. The gall nut is fouud
in Arabia, ' and is about the size of a
hickory nut and grows on a small, scrub
by oak. A large majority of the col
ored inks ure made from the extracts of
coal tar. " Tun most expensive colored completely cased in silver and the silver
life's monotone. ,
She learnta oft the ancient pOs
And psBssta by.
Yet I bare never seen her smfle,
Nor caught her eye.
Her bands are very white and small,
And those who know
Bay thja an Fever's brow they fall
Like flakes of snow.
They say her voice is soft and sweet
In Sorrow's ear,
Wooing the sool to Mary's feet
From doubt sod fesr. '
Ah, me! And yet her youthful face
dad though tt be
' In cold religion's saintly grace '
Is fair to see.
Her eyes, so modestly cast down.
So introspect,
. Could light a smile or arm a frown
With dire effect I
Tis just such orbs that steadiest burn
With passion's fire;
Can all the tears in Virtue's urn
Quite quench desiref
Her mouth is red, and shaped for bliss;
It seems a loss
That it should only kiss and Idea
Her rosary cross.
Oh, Little Nun! Tbou art too fair 1
It had sufficed
If one leas sensuously rare
Had wed thy Christ. ;''
The devil oft in form of saint ,
Entraps the eyes;
- - Thou art a soul without attaint
In devil's guise! .
George Horton in Chicago HerakL 4
The Decoration of Prayer Books.
The prayer book that the Vanderbiltej
the Astors and other families use for ev
ery day, that is to say every Sunday oc
casion, costs about $50 each. Mrs. An
son Phelps Stokes has just ordered two
$80 silver bound prayer books, and theae
will be given to her two daughters on
the occasion of her silTer wedding.
Prayer books are used now a great deal
for presents in society, and particularly
for wedding presents. The really cor
rect thing, it may be mentioned, is a
small prayer book bound in white moroc
co, with elaborate silver trimmings.
The resulting ornamentation is very rich
ana very nanasome. me -aesigns are
either flowers or allegorical figures that
have a quaint and mediaeval character.
The work is open work that shows the
cover of the book, and this supplies a
very effective groundwork.
In some cases, however, the book is
Fafffi Implements and Mieleso
THE DALLES, OR-
; UNCLE SAM GANG PLOW.
I We call Special Attention to our Stock of Gang
j Plows, which are Uneqrialed in this market. Sold
j on easy terms, and a Liberal Discount given to
Spot Cash Buyers. Call and Examine our Stock. , ;
FILLOON BROS.
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COMPLETE STOCK OF
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ink used for ruhBsr is carmine, made
from the cochinerj bug. The cocaineal
bug is raised v.-U'i much cars in Mexico.
The dye from th:s bug is worth V, a
pound. i.'iuce cochiufal dyo is becom
ing scarce ink lnuers are compelled to
use an inferior red color from coal tar.
The ten different colored inks are all
made from the extract of coal tar. White
ink is made for writing on black paper,
but the demand for it is not very great.
New York Telegram.
A Line Throwing Gun.
Another addition to the bat of recently
invented life saving devices is the shoul
der line throwing gun, invented by Capt.
IArcy-lrving, of the KngHsh royal navy.
The invention consists of a shoulder gun,
having the cop or coil of line, suspended
in a case, carried under the breech of the
gun. A rod is inserted in the barrel, the
fare end of the rod being connected with
the end of the line, which is in the center
of . the cop. The line is 144 yards long,
and the charge of powder used is two
drama. Upon the gun being fired at a
high elevation the rod is projected up
ward and forward, carrying the lwe trail
ing after it. The object is, of course, to
land the line over the ship or other object.
the rod dropping behind it. By this
means a rope can be made fast to the tail
end of the line by the succoring party, and
be hanlen on board by those in distress.
New York Commercial Advertiser.
is very "artistically worked. There is
still a slight demand for ivory covers,
but the demand is so slight it is scarcely
worth mentioning. The covers of the
prayer book are embellished with a silver
cross if the morocco is retained on one
side and the bride's initials on the other,
The books themselves are generally of
English make and what is known as the
Oxford edition. The type is beautiful
ami the binding is in the highest style
known to the art. ' ,
In the original covering the Bible or
prayer book is about the cheapest book
of its quality that can be found. After
its manipulation by a fashionable jew
eler it is about the dearest. A pretty
cook mars usually ' accompanies the
prayer book composed of three white
nbbons. They are marked with a heart,
a cross and an anchor, signifying, of
course, faith, hope and charity. New
York World.
An Ugly Habit.
I wonder -what saccharine or succulent
qualities inhere in wooden toothpicks
that so many persons cling so persistently
to those unlovely little instruments long
after they have performed the service for
which they were designed. ' On any ele
vated railway train ones sure to see one
or two men with toothpicks protruding
from their hps, as if to advertise to the
world a recent breakfast. Not all of
those who make this exhibition are ill
dressed or boorish, and one is left to con
jecture in vain why a particularly private
portion of the toilet is thus thrust upon
public attention. New York Star.
Call for Meeting.
All members of the Patrons of Hus
bandry, Farmers' Alliance and Knights
of labor are requested to attend a meet
ing at The Dalles, Tuesday, December
30, at 7:30 p. m., in the Knights of
Pythias hall. .' By order of
Joint Committee.
The revenue cutter Rush, 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
Smithsonian institution at Washington,
where, after being properly prepared, it
will form one of the Alaskan exhibits at
the World's Fair.
A Bridge to North Dalle.
There now seems no doubt but that
the great bridge which- is to cross the
Columbia river between North Dalles
and The Dalles will be built before high
water is again reached as most of the
money has been raised.
For catarrh snuff up considerable salt
and water from the hollow of the; hand
every morning. Salt and water nsed as
agargle just before going tobtd strength
ens the throat and helps to prevent bron
chial troubles. - It is alao excellent for
sore throat.
It Is Hard. '
'Why don't yon shave yourself and
save time and money .
'Because I cant bear to cut an old ac
quaintance. lafet .....
Mrs. Tanderbllt's Change of Heart.
Mrs. Frederick Vanderbilt is credited
with an effort to bring back summer
country life in her world to the simplic
ity which means summer rest. ' Last
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. '
...A Girl at the Throttle.
Miss 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.'' Miss 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 Tiillg
with a dexterous hand. She surprised
the men at the mill with her aptness,
and conducted the engine as well as any
man could. Oro villa (CaL) Mercury.
A Story of BehlUer.
A curious incident is handed down
from the boyish life of Schiller. One
day, in a tremendous thunderstorm, the
family gathered together in ill disguised
terror. But Fritz was missing, and the
father, alarmed fcr his safety, sought
farm in vain in all the rooms of the house.
He went outdoors to search for the
tenant, and to' his surprise found him
perched on a branch of a solitary tree,
eagerly watching the heavens and the
flashes which lighted np the gloom. He
was wholly indifferent to the rain, which
Lad wet him to the skin, and to the dan
ger be incurred. To the sharp reproof
of the father the boy replied with a
glowing face: '
"The lightning is so beautiful I wished
to see where it came from." Boston
Herald.
VThj Bojrs Are Fond of Nature.
I have often read in stories of boys who
were fond of nature, and loved her sub
limity beauty, but I do not believe
boys are ever naturally fond of nature.
They want to make use of the woods and
fields and rivers; and when they become
1 they find these aspects of nature
endeared to them by association, and so
they think they were dear for their own
sakea, but the taste for nature is as purely
acquired as the taste for poetry or the
taste . tor tomatoes. I have often seen
boys wondering at the rainbow, but it
'was wonder, not admiration, that moved
them; and I have seen them excited by a
storm, but because the Btorla was tre
mendous, not because it was beautiful.
W. V. UojveUs.
George William Curtis' Wife.
I very often see a matronly looking
woman with a bright, intellectual face
on Broadway, m the vicinity of Wash
ington square. Her manner is simple
ana uigninea, ana altogether she
handsome and agreeable. She is rather
old fashioned in her ideas of dress. Her
gowns have all the quaintness of twenty-
five or thirty years ago, and this rather
pleasing effect is heightened by the man
ner in which she wears her hair, pressed
flat on top and folded neatly down the
sides of her head. Who is she? The
wife of George William Curtis. She
was a Miss Shaw before her marriage to
the brilliant litterateur. .
Mrs. Curtis leads a remarkably simple
lite at her pleasant home on Staten Island.
The house is a neat frame cottage. It is
surrounded by spacious grounds4n which
are many fine old trees. A winding drive
leads np from the gate to the house. The
appointments of the interior betray at
once the literary man and cultured
scholar. The house is furnished in ex
treme good taste, and an air of refine
ment and culture is prevalent everywhere
within. Mrs. Curtis is not known in the
literary world except as the wife of Mr,
Curtis. She very rarely goes into society,
although she has friends by the score.
Mrs. Curtis' pleasant and genial appear
ance does not indicate that she has found
the companionship of a literary man irk
some or uncongenial. New York Cor.
Springfield (Mass.) Homestead.
Corporations Were Ever the Same.
'Horporations have nd souls" is a much
older expression than most people im
agine. It originated with Sir Edward
Coke, who in the Sixteenth century was
considered one of the best legal writers
of the age. He says, in one of his treat
ises, "Corporations cannot commit tres
pass, nor be outlawed, nor excommuni
cated, for they have no souls." Detroit
Free Jtress.
T.llllan Bnssell's Panghter.
Little Lillian Russell, aged 6, is a
miniature copy of her beautiful mother.
She has the same hair and eyes, but her
complexion is tanned by the jolly out
door life she has led. She was never
separated from her mother until the last
two years, and as a natural consequence
of her trips on "the road" she has strong
theatrical preferences.
She is now at the Sacred Heart acade
my, where her mother visits her every
week, and takes her home occasionally
for a few days. She considers life ' a
dreary waste unless she attends a mati
nee frequently, and her interest in the
play and criticism of the characters are
extremely refreshing. She is a warm
admirer of Little Lord Faun tleroy. New
xors. ljener.
Mourning Watches. ; -
Black onyx has lately been utilized in
making cases for mourning watches;
they are usually open faced. Chains
composed of oblong blocks of onyx
joined by slender golden links accom
pany the watches. Jewelers' Weekly.
. It is a curious and inexplicable thing
that a cigarette or a pipe will spoil the
flavor of the best cigar that was ever
made. All smokers are aware of this.
A man with a cigarette can spoil the
comfort of fifty cigar smokers, and a pipe
of strong tobacco will ruin the flavor of
every cigar within reach. '
Female Artists la Paris.
- Mme. Leon Bertaux, president of the
Association of Women 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
ran8. 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 Bister
hood which its founders counted it very
stun o the conscience to keep out.
Paris Letter. ,
Colors of Noted Writers.
I notice that the majority of literary
ladies seem to affect certain colors for
their gowns. Mrs. Ella Dietz Clymer is
generally in browns, Mrs. Mary Bryan
in pink or black, Mrs. Hodgson Burnett
often wears crimson, Mrs. Frank Leslie
prefers handsome black costumes; Miss
Gilder, v brown or gray; Mrs. Louise
Chandler Moulton, a light gray, and
Mrs. Bose Hawthorne Lathrop, black
velvet Probably they study what is
suitable to their special style, for they
always look becomingly dressed. New
x era star.
Germany employs 5,500,000 women in
industrial pursuits, England 4,000,000,
France 3,750,000 and Austro-Hungary
about the same number, and still women
are the weaker sex, the lesser half, the
clinging pensioners cn man's beneficence.
Sewer Gas in the Household.
It is a well known fact that many peo
ple, on their return to the city after
spending the grimmer in . the country,
are soon taken down with fever. Some
of the reasons for this are known to us,
but probably there are many yet to be
discovered. An unmistakable cause is
found in many city homes which are
shut up for months, during a portion of
which time they are filled with sewer
gas. Very few, indeed, have the traps
under their sinks sealed up when they
leave home, nor are they filled during
their absence. Of course the water in
inem soon evaporates, ana there is no
longer any obstruction against the free
passage through them of gas from the
sewer.
With this pervading a house there is
certainly a bad outlook for its returning
tenants. In such a condition it ought
to undergo fumigation; if that remedy is
not applied then all that is left is
thorough airing of all the rooms and
everything therein, with curtains up to
admit every possible ray of sunlight.
And the longer . the windows are kept
open the better. A house infected by
sewer gas is scarcely likely to be made
safe, even by thorough ventilation, un
less it is prolonged for days and days.
Boston Herald.
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