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The Weekly Ghroniele.
THI DALLES, - - - - - OBICOS.
FRIDAY, - - - - JAN. 23, 1891
LOCAL AMD PEBSONAL.
1 Grant Maya, who has been in Portland
for several weeks, returned Friday last.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire
men, will give a ball early in February.
Mr. Pieper is making needed and im
portant improvements in front of his
property.
The water commission are busily en
gaged in making rates so that charges
will be equalized.
Jndee Lionel Webster of the first dis
trict will hold court here commencing
on February 9th, and will remain two
weeks.
The question of sewerage is being ag
itated. A good system is needed, but it
does not look as though the financial
condition would justify it ust now.
Th steamer Baker has met with no
accidents yet and it is probable she will
. get through the winter safely, if she does
not rot.
Mr. J. F. Payne, of North Carolina
nn of the commissioners appointed t
determine the north boundary of the
Warm Spring Indian reservation is
this city.
Ed. Sham has just finished filing
bonds for several townships of timber
lands; and William Campbell is filing
bonds to-day for surveying sevaral town
ships in the Cascade range.
t? TumV a nnin in the side
i - tnr tWh-arhe or ear-ache
prompt relief may be had by using Cham
berlam's Pain Balm. It is reliable
For sale by Snipes & Kinersly.
M, Hinhard Barker of Nansene is in
the city, he informs us that but little
rain has fallen in that neignDornoou,
not enough to make plowing possible.
Tho miuiT friends of Mrs. Lulu D,
, Sampson will be pleased to learn that
she has been appointed cierK oi we
senate committee on commerce.
A Leader reporter visited The Dalles
Chbonicl office Monday evening and
f i 4k Koot uminnMl office east of
the mountains. Cradlebaugh is making
a success out of the new paper. Aitcei
' tat Leader.
Jackson Engine Company give their
grand masquerade ball to-night, uur
well feel an honest pride in
the old company and will no doubt do
thrir dntv bv patronizing me ooys
liberally.
The company has decided to land its
boats at the foot of Court street n we
same is practicable. This will avoid the
miserable and dangerous incline, and
will prove a great convenience.
-CV.- . Vniiiii tmm nr nrairi. there
is nothing equal to Chamberlain's Pain
Balm. It neais tne pans more Hum;.ij
a il 11 XT nn nnlooa
man any oiner appwaiuuu, n.
the injury is verv severe, no wr u icn.
For, sale by Snipes & Kinersly. .
. Work on the reservoir is progressing
rapidly and It will be finished inside of
fonr months. The citv engineer is giv
ing the work his closest attention, and
when the work is completed it will be
done in the very best manner.
Mm. Henrmer returned from Chey
enne, accompanied byher brother this
morninir. Mrs. Heppner is an old resi
den of The Dalles who has been residing
. at Cheyenne for some time, but like all
others who have lived here once, was
' bound to come back.
The agents and operators on the Chic
ago, Milwaukee and St. Paul, have gone
on a strike, on account of a reduction of
wages, of 15 percent. Their wages were
at hed rock before, and they will not
stand the reduction.
A number of our citizens are talking of
having Eighth street opened, from Union
to Garrison, a distance of four blocks. It
would not be a very expensive job and
n-nnld nrove a ereat convenience to
property owners.
When Joe Simmon's election was an
nounced it is said he reached in his breast
Docket and drawing therefrom a man a
script, he proceeded to read the names
of the standing committees. Joe goes
' , loaded, all the time.
Mr. H. A. Moss, at one time resident
agent of the O. R. A N. Co., at Port
land, and now manager for a large com
rjanv at Coos bay. is in the city. Mr,
Moss came over to be present at the
-marriage of Miss Nellie Lusher, his
wife's sister.
But few people are aware that to send
a remittance to a lottery company is a
misdemeanor, and that the person so
sending is liable to a fine of $200 or a
; vears imprisonment, or both. Such,
however, is declared to'be the case, and
, postmasters are required to report all
such letters.
Up to date no ice has been put up in
Eastern Oregon and in fact none of any
conseanence formed. Hood River has
about 4000 tons left over from last win
' ter'fl pack and can snap her fingers at the
weather clerk. There is plenty of time
yet, and it. is possible the harvest in Feb
ruary may be abundant.
The street commissioner is finishing
up work on Ninth street from Union to
Pentland. and the citizens are many of
them getting rock from the cuts made to
fill and improve the streets adjoining
their property These improvements
are badly needed, and will add largely
to property values as well as making
their property approachable.
A prominent physician and old army
Burgeon in eastern iow, wan rancu
away from home for a few days ; during
his absence one of the children contracted
n. vere cold and his wife bought a
bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
for it. They were so much pleased
with the remedy that they afterwards
used several bottles at various times,
Ua B.iil fft-m Vi ia ATnanpnna Wl t Vl it.
Ha Moowlnl if aa Hip TYinnt reliable pre
paration in use for colds and that it
i T ' 11 I
came tne nearest ueing a epeciuc oi nuy
medicine he had ever seen. For sale by
Snipes & Kinersly. "
The East Oregonian says there is a
rumor in circulation at Pendleton, that
Sanallv Hook will be made the end of a
division. This would necessarily take
it away from here. It may be possible
this will be done, as Gould seems de
termined to get as long runs and much
work out of his employes as possible
We can whisper one piece of advice in
his cunning little pink ear, and that is
not to monkey with the trainmen. If
they want to make the run from Port
land to Squally Hook the change can be
made, if they do not the little wizard
had better take a dose of his own oil be
fore he tries to make them do so.
CAPITAL NOTES.
Salem, Jan. 15, 1891.
Both houses adiourned this forenoon
to meet on Mondav next at 2 P. M. They
had got so far ahead of the state printer
that no bills were ready for their action,
and then they were tired, poor fellows,
after the arduous labors of fifteen or six
teen hours in four days. Most of them
have left for Portland or home and the
capitol is only disturbed by the disconso
late tread of would-be clerks or the
ubiquitous presence of the members of
the third house. The Dalles has con
tributed its full quora of visitors. Ex-
Governor Moody is here, and his honor,
the mayor paid us a flying visit.
Mrs. Lulu Sampson is visiting witn
Gov. Moody. Mr. A. G. Johnson ar
rived to-day only to find both houses
adjourned, when he returned to Port
land. Hon. C. M. Cartwright and W.
McD. Lewis also left for home.
Ex-Senator Biees is here from Sher
man to fight Representative McCoy's
bill for another slice off Wasco.
Mr. Heath is here too. with a pocket
fall of petitions in favor of the McCoy
bill but the wily ex-senator is too smart
tin
for them, for he informs me tnat tne oiu
fa killed alreadv. It is simply wonder
ful the influence that some of those old
ex-members wield.
Mr. H. C. Coe from Hood River ar
rived this morning. He is loaded with
petitions in favor of Cascade county,
and assures the members whom he has
seen that there is not the slightest oppo
sition to the project. Poor old vvasco!
One bv one her children leave her and
set up housekeeping on their own ac-
mnnt. I would not be surprised u itep-
reaentative Johnson should introduce a
bill to annex what is left of Wasco after
the sheers get done with her, to Dufur,
or Senator Watkins a measure for an
nexation to North Dalles.
The eovernor's message was a boom-
at leant the trovernor thought SO.
- c J o
He is as proud of it as a child with a new
rattle. I saw him shortly after fie nad
read it. and his first word was, "what do
you think of my message?" I told him
I thontrht he was hard on . astern ur
ecmn. He disapproved of the pittance
of $1500 each given to two Eastern Or
o
egon district fairs while we nad long
paid our quota without a grumble to
snnnort a state fair that, separated. as
rs -
we are bv distance and physical oDstruc
tion from the place where it is held, is of
no earthly benefit to nineteen out oi
every twenty of the people of Eastern
Oregon.
The message is generally thought to
out-Pennoyer Pennoyer. Although the
utterance of a Democratic governor, it is
not Democratic. He adopts every an
cient and modern remedy in the pharma
copoeia of the inflationist, and every fad
of the most ultra of modern reforms, and
it is all in the message too tariff for
revenue only, the sub-treasury schemes
for two per cent, loans to farmers,
anti-chinese legislation, a graduated in-a-r
rmrtial orwemment control of
telegraph lines, abolition of federal in
ferior courts, tree coinage oi suver, re
peal of national banking law, the issu- j
nniv nf mnnpv hv the irovernment.
direct to the people, etc., etc. So you
see it is not simpiy a niessugv, n
platform, and one wide enough to hold
all modern reformers, and Sylvester
Pennoyer, stands on this platform, a
candidate for the presidency in 1892.
So mote it be. Nemo.
Concerning the Boat Line.
The people of The Dalles and vicinity
are incorporating a company to put
boats on the Columbia river between
The Dalles and Portland, in order that
all kinds of freight may be transported
much cheaper than it now is.
Therefore the farmers and producers
of all the tributary country to Dalles
city, are earnestly requested to assist in
this matter, by subscribing as stock to
this company, a sum at least to amount
to as much as one half of the present
rate of freight on the probable amount
of wheat, wool, etc., that they will pro
duce next summer. Or from $25 to $200.
Said shares to be paid (or so much
thereof as may be necessary) when said
produce is delivered in Dalles city, or
say as soon as the first of October, 1891.
And in order that all may know
just what they are 'doing, let the
people who subscribe' stock in this
company require the man who has
the stock book, to hold said books until
every man who has subscribed, has seen
the by-laws of said corporation, and are
satisfied that they are all right and just.
For as soon as one-half or more is sub
scribed, a meeting of the stock holders
will be called and published, that all
may know and assist in adopting the
articles of incorporations. Nemo.
Important Letter.
The following letter was received here
Tuesday and speaks for itself. There
has been no official statement as above
but the writer is well informed on all
matters of the deparment and is no
doubt correct:
Washington, D. C, Jan, 9, 1891.
Thornb.ry & Hudson, The Dalle, Or.
Gentlemen The long expected in
structions nnder the Forfeiture Bill
have at length appeared and no provis
ion is made for a special blank to be
used in entries under the same. As cir
cumstances vary so much in different
cases it is impossible to get up a blank
that would cover all cases. Each settler
will be required to get up an affidavit to
ht bis own case.
Very respectfully,
Henry N. Copp.
MARRIED
At the residence of the bride's parents
in this city, January 17th, Miss Nellie
Lusher, daughter of Mrs. Rudolph
Lusher of this city to Mr. George St
John, of Tacoma. The bride is a native
of The Dalles and one of its most charm
ing young ladies. Mr; St. John carry
ing away one of one of our brightest
girls, brings to mind forcibly those lines
of Hood's :
"Were there no beauteous dames at home
And no true lorera here,
That he should come so far to win
The dearest of the dear."
We join a host of friends in wishing
the young couple unbounded prosperity
and a long and happy life. They left for
their future home, Tacoma, this morn
ing. 1
A Business Change.
Mr. Robert Mays has purchased the
stock and business of the firm of Abrams
& Stewart, one of the largest and best
equipped hardware firms in Eastern
Oregon. An inventory of stock is now
being taken and as soon as this can be
completed which will be probably about
the 1st of February, Mr. Mays will take
possession. .
, BORN. -
In this city Friday, Jan. 16., to the
wife of H. Herbring, a daughter.
OREGON LEGISLATURE.
Standing
Committees of the Senate
Other Matters.
President Joseph Simon has announ
ced the following standing committees of
the senate :
Judiciary Tongue, Moore, Fullerton,
Watkins, Cogswell.
Ways and Means Carson, Moore,
Eakin, Fullerton, Raley.
Elections Cross, Willis, W eatherford.
Claims Cresno, Camerhn, Myers.
Corporations Eskin, Pod son, Black-
man.
Public Lands Fullerton, Walkins,
Fulton, Willis, Cogswell.
Mines Cameron, Dodson, Myere.
Printing Sinclair, Mackay, Cogswell.
Federal Relations Willis, Tongue,
Weatherford.
Railroads Msckay, Sinclair, Norval,
Hatch, Matlock.
Public Lands Hirsch, Hilton, Car
son.
Roads and Highway Wait, Tongue,
Cross, Looney, Veatch.
Counties Norval, Eakin, Matlock.
Military Affairs Gates, Cross, Veatch.
Commerce Hilton, Fulton, Black-
man.
Education Hatch, Crosue,
man.
Engrossed Bills Dodson,
Meyers.
Enrolled Bills Watkins,
Black
Carson, Hirsch,
Weatherford.
Assessments Moore, Hilton,
Wait,
Cameron, Raley.
Agriculture Looney, Norval, Veatch.
Fishery Industries Fulton Watkins,
Sinclair, Gates, Raley.
The house committees have not been
appointed yet, and probably will not be
before Monday.
Senator Hirsch's bill to complete the
state capitol according to the original
plans, which includes a magnificent
dome, provides for an appropriation of
$91,000. If the support of the Marion
county delegation can be traded for that
of each and every wagon road bill intro
duced, it will be sure to pass.
The question has been asked, "In
what resnect are St. Patrick's Pills bet
ter than any other?" Try them you will
findT that thev produce a pleasanter ca
thartic effect, are more certain in their
action, and they not only physic but
cleanse the whole system and regulate
the liver and bowels. J? or sale at zo
cents per box by Snipes & Kinersla.
Real Estate Transactions.
Joseph Beezley to Mary J. Beezeley
his wife, tract in Dalles City, adjoining
Geo. W. Rowland's tract, also lot 1 of
block 11, Laughlin's addition to Dalles
Citv. also the west half of xthe northwest
quarter, the southeast quarter of the
northwest quarter, and the northwest
quarter of the southwest quarter, section
12, in township 2 south of range 13 east.
Also the east half of the southwest
quarter and the southwest quarter of the
southeast quarter and the southwest
quarter of the southwest quarter and the
east half of the east half of said section
12, consideration $7872. i
THEY ASK FOR PEACE.
Hostile Brnles Dramatically Make
Promises.
Pink Ridge, Jan. 17, A council be
tween the friendly and hostile Indians
has tended to quiet the anxiety of many
white people, and assure the Indians
that their fear of being massacred by
soldiers is without foundation. Every
body to-day seems to feel that the trouble
has been brought to a close. Up to noon
seventy-one guns had been turned in by
the hostiles,
To-day an order was issued directing
the Seventh infantry, Colonel Mermiam,
which has been serving in Cherry creek
and Lower Chyenne river, near the
Standing Rock agency, to return to its
post at Fort Logan. Rodney's battery
has been ordered back to Fort Riley,
Colonel Summers command, comprising
the Eighth cavalry and Third infantry,
has been ordered to return to Fort Meade.
It has also been decided that tbe Sixth
cavalry, comprising nine troops of 500
men, will hereafter be located in the de
partment of the Platte, with headquar
ters at Fort Niobrara. The cavalry force
at Fort Robinson will also be increased,
and it is expected the new order of af
fairs will tend to- the rehabilitation of
Fort McKinney, at which there are now
only two troops of the Ninth cavalry,
under Colonel Henry. This strengthen
ing of the force of cavalry along the re
serration is intended as a safeguard and
to revive the confidence of the people,
who have long been in danger from an out
break. The question is now being dis
cussed of allowing members of the First
infantry, under Colonel Shafter, who
feels so disposed to remain in this de
partment.
At noon to-day General Mille sent
message to the hostile camp, asking for
a conference with the principal chiefs,
There was an immediate response. The
council lasted half an hour. The chiefs
were Brnles, and when the subject of
returning to Rosebud was broached they
said they were in favor of returning if
military men should be placed over
them as agents and hoped Captain Lee,
of the Ninth infantry, would be ap
pointed, as Captain Pierce was here.
After a little more parleying Big Road
stood up and solemnly and dramatically
proclaimed himself as in favor of peace ;
at the same time he asked those who
wished to join him in restoring peace
and working for the prosperity of their
people to raise their right hands toward
heaven. Immediately every right band
in the gathering was raised, and with
general shaking of hands the conference
came to a close. There are no lights in
the hostile camp, tonight. Everything
is quiet, and the Indians seem to be in
favor of redeeming the pledges they gave
to General Miles.
There was a big council held in the
Indian camp this afternoon. The Brules
and Ogallalas were represented by their
chief orators, who spoke in a pacific way
about the adjustment of grievances,
The Brules still hold out for their trans
fer to Pine Ridge, claiming that they
had been robbed and impoverished at
Rosebud agency. Captain Price, the
new agent, has requested that the mili
tary be withdrawn. The situation is
still critical, but General Miles thinks
there will be no further trouble.
National Bank Trouble.'
Kansas City, Mo., Jan. 19. The
national bank examiners for Missouri
took charge of the American National
Bank of this citv this mcrnin'e. The
capital stock of the bank was $125,000,
No statement of liabilities or assets can
be obtained.
THE SECRET MOURNER.
They bore him on to bis grsTe in the heart of the
bosy town;
And with fmtfre footsteps following- I watched
them lav him down:
The mum lias, many and sad though they wept
. uicn) una uu ou,
Thl tears that fell were as naught to mine, that
could not fall.
We loved each other dearly, in a day that is dis-
taut now.
But something got to his ear, and he suddenly
changed somehow
A something got to his ear, I never could gather
And he kept away from thence, and his love for
me was not.
Ihidmygrief in my heart, and bore it as best I
nuebt:
There was never darkness yet but had some re-
lierine Ueht:
And I found a balm In the thought that, although
his love was rone.
I could follow him secretly, snd In secret still
love on.
And this Tve done through the years that hare
come and gone since then
(So far the love of women surpasses the love of
men);
Pro hung on his track to the last, for I only
ceased today.
And from his grave in the town I turned In my
woe away.
Earth now looks lone In my eyes, yet I am not all
cast down:
I have firm faith that at last I shall somewhere
srssn Love's crown I
That when the end shall have come, whatever
Is good and true
Will receive its Just reward, and a love like mine
its due.
James Dawson.
Glycerine as a Wool Preservative.
In order to make wool tissues water
proof manufacturers have to expose the
fabric to temperatures as high as 266 to
284 degs. Fahrenheit, and it has been
found that the tissue thus treated loses
all its resistance. Up to 230 degs. there
is no change in wool or woolen goods,
but when heated to 266 degs. or above
both turn yellow and show evidences of
combustion. By a series of experiments
Mr. J. Perzog, an eminent French an
alytical chemist, has discovered a new
process by means of wnicn wool tnreads
and fabrics may be made to retain 1 '.eir
durability and. original resistance nrder
high temperature during the process of
manufacture.
Acting upon the established fact that
glycerine greatly prevents evaporation
of humidity, Mr. Perzog saturated some
woolen fabrics with a solution contain-1
lug 10 per cent of glycerine, and ex-1
posed them to high temperatures. The
fabrics thus treated showed not the,
slightest change under a temperature of
284 degs. Fahrenheit, and they retained j
13 per cent, of the glycerine. The dis-!
coveryof this simple principle removes
one of the greatest dimcumes witn
which manufacturers of waterproof
fabrics have had to contend. Philadel
phia Record.
A boat Torpedo Boats.
The next most important thing to
speed in a torpedo boat is the quick
turning, and for this purpose the larger
Normand, Schicau and Yarrow boats
have two rudders, one in the usual place
at the stern and one under the bow.
Mr. Thornycroft has another device.
He puts two curved rudders near the
stern and the propeller is between them,
so that when the rudders are turned to
gether, the water which the propeller is
driving astern is turned a little to one
side and helps to push around the boat.
The latest idea in torpedo boats is to
have their launching tubes mounted on
turn tables on deck instead of being
fixed in the bow. With this improve
ment a boat will not have to steam
straight at her .enemy, stop, launch its
torpedo and then turn to run away; but
it can train its tube on the big ship as if
the tube were a gun, and launch the tor
pedo while rushing past at full speed.
This would be less dangerous for the
torpedo boat, for it would not afford the
men on the ship a good aim at ner.
John M. Ellicott, U. S. N., in St Nich
olas. An Odd Coincidence.
An old friend (call him W.) relates
how, while he was in Florida, his watch
stopped. Since it was a very good
watch and had never stopped before,
and had been duly wound the evening
before, W. was much surprised that it
wouldn't go. By and by the head of the
house (call him Bi) came in. "Will you
please give me the time?" said W. "Cer
tainly," said B., and pulled out his
watch, B. had a timepiece which was
entirely trustworthy, not given to irreg
ularities of any kind. He pulled it out
of his pocket "By Jove f" he exclaimed,
"my watch is stopped; that's queer."
They compared the two watches, and
they had stopped at the same hour and
at the same minute, and why they had
topped neither man was able to discov
er. Boston Transcript
A Cle-ver Youngster. -
Little Kitty Clover is the most brazen
of beggars.
"Grandma, will you please lend me
your gold beads?" she asked, for perhaps
the seventh time that week.
Grandma patiently took them from
the drawer, and said, with her usual
miifrneaa, as she gave them to the child:
"Try not to ask for them any oftener
than you can help. Kitty.
"No'm," said Kitty, adding, as a
clever solution of the difficulty occurred
to her. "If you don't like to lend 'em,
grandma, you could give 'em to me and
then I needn't ask!" Youth's Com
panion. - '
Kedaeks at a Railroad Wreck.
Superintendent Hosted, of the Cincin
nati, Hamilton and Dayton, doesn't like
the kodak, and bis experience of the
last few days does not lessen hia dislike.
When the wreck occurred at Oxford the
"kodak fiends" were out in force to
make sketches of the scene. As a busi
ness proposition Mr. Husted objected to
photography of the affair being sent
broadcast over the country, and many of
the kodak manipulators consented to
his request and left the place. One chap
with a fine instrument would not listen
to anything and insisted on taking a
picture. At last the superintendent told
hfm he was trespassing on the company's
grounds, and the man with the kodak
remarked that he would goto an adjoin-
iriij field and secure a new.
- The superintendent told him that he
-would be trespassing there also. This
made tne chap angry. Mr. Husted is an
exceedingly mild mannered man, but he
grew warm under the collar. "I have
tried to treat you as a gentleman,'' ex
claimed he, "and you wont let me.
Now, I'll treat you like a tough. If you
attempt to make a picture of this wreck
HI smash that kodak over your tnfarnal
bead." The kodak fiend evidently be
lieved that Husted wouldmake has word
good, for he went back to Oxford on a
work train.
While Superintendent Husted was
thus engaged Chief Engineftr Porter and
his assistants were Paging kodak fiends
over the mi'r""T"1T'g country with clubs.
The wary men with the cameras didnt
hold choice points of view, bat if s fair
to guess that they are loadtsd with snap
shots at that wreck. Indianapolis News.
A Story of S.OOO Uaasserlpta.
I know an editor who is at the head of
a popular periodical which, from its pe
culiar character, invites and recehras
probably more manuscripts in a single
year than such magazines as The Cent
ury, Scribnere or Harper's. This year
he has already exhausted two manu
script record books, each holding 2,000
entries, and the third is already half
fiQedT . lix other words, ne nas received
in ten months more than 5,000 m&nu
Bcrxpts. I had the curiosity to look into
the figures last week which this enor
mous deluge of manuscripts told, and
they were interesting. There had been
received, for example, a trifle more than
600 short stories, yet only 11 of these
had been accepted, less than 2 per cent!
Of over 1,500 poems a few over 30 had
been accepted, a little better than 2 per
cent! and yet every manuscript had been
carefully read, and the position, of the
magazine ia such that it is in a way of
getting much good material. Edward
W. Bolt's Letter.
Epidemics Among Animals.
The epidemics which show themselves
at certain intervals in cattle and other
domesticated animals have recently been
the subjects of many reports and discus
sions. Among these diseases none has at
tracted more attention than that which
has recently decimated canaries and-other
cage birds. Not very long ago upward
of 1,800 canaries died in one year at Nor
wich, England, and occasioned a loss to
the owners estimated at about $5,000. A
medical man is now stated to be hard at
work inquiring as to the true cause of
the disease, which at present is thought
to partake of the character of diphtheria.
The subject is an important one, as the
transmission of diphtheria to children
from domestic aTimala has come to be
not only frequent but occasionally most
serious in effects. New York Commer
cial Advertiser.
Educating Farmers' Children.
A movement is on foot in Denmark,
corresponding with the needlework in
dustries of England and Ireland, to ad
vance the farming and dairy interests
for the benefit of women. Little girls
are being trained to raise paltry, make
cheese and butter, and branu them with
the badge of excellence. The agricult
ural, industrial and scientific worlds are
levied upon for improved machinery and
appliances. Not only are the cattle fed
in Danish fashion, but by the use of spe
cial methods 10 per cent more butter is
extracted from a gallon of mug. than
ever before. These fancy products are
put in the highest markets and yield a
revenue not to be approacned Dy the old
system of women's work. London Let
ter. Checks Found In a Dump.
Two checks for quite a large amount
recently sent by a Shco. Me., man to a
Portland firm have had quite an inter
esting history. As the Portland firm at
first denied having received them, is was
at first thought that they had been
stolen, but it v.'iis ct last concluded that
they had found their way to the waste
basket by """" This supposition
was louowea up, ana xour men were
kept at work all day Sunday turning
over with pitchforks tie dump heap on
one of the Portland wharves. It was
like hunting for a needle in a haystack.
but the search was successful, and the
two checks were at last recovered.
Philadelphia Ledger.
While Mr. Williams, of Montezuma,
Qa., was driving under an oak tree at
dusk the other day he was amazed to
find his horse leave the ground and re
main in the air. investigation provea
that the affair was not snrjernatural, as
the aT""il got caught in a swing hang
ing from a bough of the tree.
Among the latest disinfectants is
lysol," which appears to be very much
Eke carbolic add. The emulsifying
agent is resin or fat soap, tar acid being
incorporated with the soap at the mo
ment of saponification.
!
It has been proposed to make the up
per half of war balloons of very thin
steel and the lower portion of ordinary
KaTirv-.n material, the whole so construct
ed as to bold hydrogen instead of or
dinary gas.
Blackening the nose and cheeks under
the eyes has been found an effectual pre
ventive of snow, blindness, or the injuri
ous effect of the glare from illuminated
now upon eyes unaccustomed to it
AT FIVE O'CLOCK.
And so the day is over.
And it's time for a cup of tea;
I feel like the veriest rover
Who returns successfully!
I shopped to such satisfaction;
My new hat is so neat;
Hy gown will spread distraction
Among the girls I meet.
I found tbe loveliest notions
For making Christmas things;
m return all Tom's devotions
With cote embroiderings.
Ah, if only that ring were Anna!
Just the friend I long to see;
I shall tell her in what manner '
I discouraged Dudie Leigh.
Oh. aren't you a perfect treasure
To think of me at five?
The hour of coziest leisure
Human can contrirei
How merrfly burns the fire '
, Behind its glittering dogsl
How the kettle's steam mounts higher
Like Narragansett fogsl
Shall I brew the flowers of Pekoe,
Or the wayward caravan?
For my daintiest cup IH seek ok.
Here It is, dear Rani
Tea, this ring mm mi that it's Tom, dean
He will be here right away. .
Of aQ toy comings home, dear.
The happiest came today.
Saw Hawthorne Lathrop in Harper's Basar
The Dumb Book Agent.
a woman has hit upon a deceptive de
rice so original that it ought to be sus
ceptible of protection by patent, for it
invariably secures interested attention
to a book agent It is true that its orig
inator and operator is an exceedingly
pretty young woman, demure of aspect
and modest in dress; but hard hearted
man has learned to withstand the ordi
nary charms of the gentle sex when they
are -applied to the arts of canvassing,
and the most beautiful specimen is just
about as quickly repulsed as the ugliest
one. But this genius enters an office,
sQently approaches the object 'upon
whom she proposes to operate, lays a
neat little slate before him and writes on
it:
"I am dumb."
A book agent who can't talk! The
wonder of it compels attention at once.
The winsome creature can hear well
enough (and it is hardly a secret that
she can talk, too, when she wishes to)
and to the questions of the man she
writes quaint little replies on her slate,
incidental to a display of the book which
she is selling, and in nineteen cases out
of twenty she gets a cash order. Of
course her harvest may be brief, for she
can reap the field but once, but it is a
rich one. New York Sun.
Transplanted Britons.
Transplanted to new countries, such
as Australia, the British race becomes
very much more vigorous and of better
physique. Yet in Australia, strange to
say, the children of British emigrants
are more likely to have decayed teeth or
to lose them earlier than their parents.
Probably the soft foods requiring little
mastication with which we are pam
pered in modern times is one of the rea
sons far dental decay. London Tit-Bits.
In "the debate on the navy estimates in
the French chamber M. Baspoli stated
that France had fewer fighting ships
than in 1871, although between then and
now she had expended on the navy $200,
000,000 in excess of that spent by the
powers of the triple alliance.
Father's Way.
(To W Uson Barrett.
Hy father was no ptwunjst; he loved tbe things
Its cheerfulness and sunshine, its mosie and its
mirth;
He never sighed or moped around eutmnor
thincs went wrens;
I warrant me he'd mocked at fate with some de
fiant song.
Bat, being he warat much on tune, whenever
times were blue.
He'd whistle softly to himself this only tune be
knew:
Now mother, when she learned that tune which
father whistled so.
Would say: "There's something wrong today with
Ephraim, I know;
He never tries to make believe he's happy that
ere way
Bat that I'm certain as can be some trouble is to
payr
And so, betimes, quite natural like, to us observant
yonta
There seemed suggestion in that tune of deep pa
thetic truth.
When Brother William joined the war a lot of us
went down
To see the gallant soldier boys right gayly out of
town;
A-eomin' home, poor mother cried as if her heart
would break
And all ns children, too for hers, and not for
William's sake!
But father, trudgra' on ahead, his hands behind
him so.
Kept whistlia' to himself, so sort of solemn like
and low.
And when my eldest sister Sue was married and
went west.
Seemed like it took the tuck right out of mother
and the rest;
She was the sunlight in our home why, father
used to say
It wouklnt seem like home at all if Sue should go
awayl
Yet when she went, a-leavur us all sorrow and
all tears.
Poor father whistled lonesome like, and went to
feed the steers.
When crops were bad, and other ills befell oar
homely lot.
He'd set around and try to act as if he minded
not:
And when came death and bore away the one he
worshiped so.
How vainly did his lips belie the heart benumbed
with woel
You see the telltale whistle told a mood he'd not
admit
He'd always quit his whistlin' when he thought
- we noticed it I
I'd like to see that stooping form and hoary head
again
To see the honest, hearty smile that cheered his
fellow men;
Oh, could I kiss the kindly Hps that spake no
creature wrong.
And share the rapture of that heart that over
flowed with song;
Oh, could I hear the little tune he whistled long
aso.
When he did battle with the griefs he would not
have us know.
London, Oct. SS, 1890. Eugene Field.
Let Christmas Stand for PI
Christmas is the preacher who empha
sizes the fact that the religion which it
celebrates is adapted to human nature.
Horace is called the laureate of the
worldly, of the epicurean, of the pagan
who would eat and drink in view of to
morrow. The gay adage dum vivimus
ia cited with a shudder as the gospel of
pleasure. Christmas was hunted in the
Puritan parliament as a kind of god of
pleasure who was only a masked devil.
It was confounded by Governor Brad
ford with the Belly god. But why, said
Charles Wesley, as he sweetly sang
why give all the good tunes to Satan?
The sweet singer might have enlarged
his view and his question. Why give
Satan any of the good things?. Why,
above all, let him have Christmas, as
Andromeda was abandoned to the drag
on of the sea? Let Christmas stand for
pleasure and for the reason that it is es
necially the Christian day. Then Chris
tianity drops her weeds and smiles.
Harper a. -
An Impostor Who Made Meetey.
One of the men who made a fortune
out of the Cardiff giant humbug nearly
twenty years ago died in New York re
cently. His- name was Ueorge ituu.
He was formerly a tobacconist in Bing
ham ton. and was the author of the
fraud, which he engaged an Italian
stonecutter of Chicago to carry out.
A large gypsum slab was obtained in
Iowa and cut into the form of a gigantic
man. The stone was artificially colored,
to give the appearance of great age, and
then buried in the vicinity of Cardiff,
where it was accidentally (of course)
discovered and exhumed, and exhibited
about the country as a prehistoric figure.
The imposition was so clever that many
scientific men were deceived Dy it.
Chicago Herald.
A Remarkable Poem.
The following poem of three stanzas
of four lines each has often been alluded
to as one of the most unique of literary
curiosities. Each stanza contains every
letter in the alphabet except tbe letter
'e," which all printers will tell you ia
one of the most indispensable of the let
ters, its relative proportion of use being
120 times to j 4, k 8, g 17 and 1 4a The
one coming next to "e" in number of
times of use is "a." which is used 80
times while the letter in question is be
ing used 120 times.
The poem which has 'caused the above
digression is entitled
THE FATE Of NASSAU.
Bold Nassau quits his caravan,
A hazy mountain grot to scan;
Climbs Jaggy rocks to spy his way.
Doth tax his sight, but far doth stray.
Not work of man nor sport of child
Finds Nassau in that mazy wild;
Lax srows his Joints, limbs toil in
Poor wight! Why didst thou quit that plalnf
Vainly for succor Nassau calls.
Knows Zillah that thy Nassau fails;
But prowling wolf and fox may joy
To quarry on thy Arab boy.
St. Lonis Republic.
A Statue for Washington Irving.
It is mere than probable that Mr.
George William Curtis' suggestion that
a statue of Washington Irving be erected
in Central park will soon be acted on in
a very practical way. Two or three
members cf the chamber of commerce
have interested themselves in the mat
ter, and they have the means and the in
fluence to make any enterprise that they
may take hold of successful. It is prob
able that a committee will soon be organ
ized to give the project definite form,
and there is scarcely a doubt that a fund
of 30,000 or $40,000 will be raised in
short order among the members of the
chamber of commerce. The great statue
of vvashineton in front of tne suo-
treasury was paid for and erected by
members of the chamber of commerce,
who raised $33,000 without an effort In
fact, one man and he is now interested
in the proposed Irving statue Wanted to
pay the whole bill, but his fellow mem
bers would not allow him to do so.
New York Times.
Induction.
Two Detroiter? t-ere closing a large
land deal tbe other day by telephone
when there came a "rip!" and a female
voice inquired:
"Is Mrs. Jones home?"
"No," answered another.
"So sorry! Well, just the minute she
comes do you tell her to come right up
here."
"Sickness?"
"No. All my canned peaches have
begun to worlt and must be scalded over
again!" Detroit Free Press. -
Electricity has not been practically
applied in tho art of music heretofore,
except, perhaps, in tae operating mecha
of church organs. George Breed,
of the United Sfcite3 navy, has devised a
method by which ths passajo of a brok
en current over :t conductor in a mag
netic field produces musical notes of
varying pitch and volume.
riOTH DflLtLtES, -WashiCf
In the last two weeks large sales of lots xflflNEftYO
have been made at Portland.
Grove, McMinnville and The
are satisfied that
North Dalles
Is now the place for investment. New Man- Tg,nwtnrf '
ufactories are to be added and large improve- jyy gpjjQ
ments made. The next 90 da3Ts will be im- Several
portant ones for this new cit'.
Call at the office of the
Interstate
Or 72 Washington St., PORTLAND. Or.
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-.DEALERS IN :-
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Hay, Grain
Gheap Express Wagons flos. i and 2.
Orders left at the Stcre willjreceive prompt
Trunks and Packages delivered to any part of the City.
Wagons always on hand when Trains or Boat arrives.
No. 122 Cor. Washington and Third. Sts.
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MANUFACTURERS
FURNITURE
Undertakers and Embalmers.
NO. 166 SECOND STREET.
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Boots and Slioes etc.
PRICES LOW AND CASH ONLY.
Ot'l.'C NICKELSEN.4
-DEALER IN-
StftTIONEHY, HOTIOHS,
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DEALER IN
Paints, Oils, Glass, Wall Papers, Decora-
ttas, ArM Materials, Oil Paintiiiiis, caromos an Steel EnsraTiEp.
Mouldings and Picture Frames, Cornice Poles
Etc., Paper Trimmed Free.
Picture Frame Made to Oxe!.xv
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Stoves,
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' Corner Second an! fashinston Streets, The Dalles, Oregon.
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Tacoma, Forest in the West. .
The New
Dalles. AH gootandShoe
factory.
Fnniitnrg Ifj.
Wire Works.
Fine Cottages.
Jleca Railroad
Investment Co.,
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and Feed.
attention.
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is Dry Goofs,
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