THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1897.
-The Weekly GhroMele.
tBK.DALLXS, . -- - UASSUK
Monday's Daily.
. Mr. Donthit, of the Mountaineer, vis
ited Portland today.
Mrs. C. J. Reed of Portland and her
two children are visiting Mrs. Lang and
ber daughters.
Mrs. Nancy Blakeney has been spend
ing a few days with ber eons in this
city, she will return to Jfloeier tomor
, row. - V
Mrs. J. B. Hanna of Bovd was a vis
itor at the Chronicle office todav. Mrs,
HanDn is a daughter of J. H. Moore
-who died at ber home at Boyd last week.
Tuesday's Dally.
- Mr. Dom. Zan of Portland was in the
city yesterday,
Captain Sherman was in the city last
night, coming np on tne itegniator.
' Mrs. Henry Fowler is in the city from
Portland visiting relatives.
Mrs. J. T. Peters was a passenger from
Portland on the Regulator last night,
Mr. M. H. Nickelsen and daughter
Maggie came up from Hood River last
mghi.
Mr. C. F. Overhaugh, who was for
tnerly a Dalleaite, was in the city last
'.. night meeting old friends.
Among the Portland visitors yesterday
we noted the manly and angUHt form of
the Otgenian s old standby , Jerry Cald
well.
Wni-stT Holmes,' one of Salem's
liritii.'t-i. young attorneys, came np on
the "oat last night to attend to some le
gal business.
Mrs. W. H. Moody and two children
lelt this morning for Salem. Mr. Moody
will join tiiem. later, and they will spend
Ibauksgiving witn his parents.
JOHNSON'S YOUTH,
Bow the President Besran Life 1b
Sooth Carolina Tailor's Shop,
Three-quarters of a century ago in
the little village of Laurens, in the state
ot South Carolina, there lived and I
bored at the tailor's trade a young man
who was destined to play an important
- part in the affairs of the nation. Of
humble origin, and having had prac
tically no educational advantages, he
bad in his character the elements of
true manhood and by force of brain
power and ability attained the highest
position of honor and trust in the re
public. x
. Andrew Johnson left his home in
North. , Carolina by reason of trouble
with his employer, and went to the
then ultra-exclusive and aristocratic
village of Laurens. He had no influen-
. tial family connections, and was as
poor as the traditional church mouse,
bis worldly possessions consisting only
of the clothes he wore. To one ac
quainted with the social conditions of
the ante-bellum south, the difficulties
incident to obtaining recognition by a
man handicapped as Johnson was can
readily be imagined. The sterling
worth of the young tailor, however,
made itself felt, and demanded the ad
miration and respect soon accorded
him even by those who were wont to
consider one not to the manner born de
serving of but condescending notice.
Soon after reaching Laurens Johnson
secured a position in a tailoring estab
lishment, and this he held with perfect
satisfaction to his employers until his
return to his North Carolina home. He
was a ' painstaking laborer, and took
- commendable pride in doing his work
as perfectly as possible. A coat cut, fit
ted and made by Johnson is still in ex
istence. It was made for Col. Henry C.
Young, a prominent lawyer and poli
tician of upper .California, and is now
' treasured by his descendants as one of
their most precious possessions. The
fact that the coat is still in a good state
- of preservation may possibly be taken
as an evidence of the excellency and
durability of the work.
. Johnson's stay at Laurens, brief as it
was, marked a very important epoch in
his life. It was there that he met his
first love, Miss Sarah Word, a charming
young woman of education and refine
ment, who saw in the modest and re
tiring young journeyman tailor a man
of character and strength and promise.
Johnson's regard for Miss Word was re
ciprocated, and the young people en
tered into an engagement to marry.
They were thrown constantly into each
other's society, and the future presi
dent of the United States once assist-
ed . his fiance in laying, stuffing and
quilting a quilt. This quilt is nov
owned by Mrs. J. F. Bolt, of Laurens,
granddaughter of Miss Word, who sub
sequently married William Hance. On
either side of the quilt are Miss Word's
initials, "S. W.," which were made,
stuffed and quilted by Johnson, unas
sisted. ' The enthusiastic young Jover
was very desirous of placing his own in
itials beside those of his sweetheart,
but this Miss Word would not permit, j
The quilt was on exhibition at the At
lantic exposition last fall and attracted
much attention. National Magazine.
; . Feed the Mississippi.
! According to the calculations of John.
Birkenbine, of Philadelphia, the drain
age area of the Mississippi river ia 1,
50,000 square miles, including nearly
all of the country from the Alleghenies
to the Rockies and from Canada to the
Gulf of Mexico. In his communication
to the Engineers' club, Mr. Birkenbine
estimates that one inch of rain falling
evenly over this area would equal 21,
780,000,000,000 gallons of water. The
average yearly fall in the Mississippi
watershed .averages from 20 to 43
Inches, according to locality. The river
has an average flow of 664,000 cubic feet
per second. Detroit Free Press. ,
The Quarrelsome Scorpion. - .
- The scorpion is the most quarrel
some creature in the world. . Two
placed in the same box will always
sting each other to death. -Cincinnati
Enquirer. . .
- SAN DIEGO OARSWOMEN. T
Fomr Girls Blake a Record tor Saviaa:
! Twenty XI ves. ;
la February ,1891, four girls of San
Diego, Cal., formed a boat club, and
borrowing a butcher's bumboat started
merrily off to race with . the well
equipped rowing clubs that practice all
the summer through upon the sapphire
crescent that curves toward Coronado's
golden beach.
At first people smiled a little at the
idea of four young girls going ia for
the muscular exercise, but now that
these. young women have made a record
by saving 20 lives the Zlacclub is recog
nized everywhere in southern Califor
nia. The name means nothing, but the
girlish whim of the oarswomen, Zulette
Lamb and Lena Polbemus with her two
sisters, Agnes and Carrie, for it is
formed of the first letters of theirChris
tian names', but the club has come to
stand for something on the coast and its
members wear decorations more hon
orable than medals for race winning.
After the club was formed a rigid set
of rules and regulations, were framed
and constitution adopted. Every can
didate for membership was required to
pass a severe phycical examination, in
which a swimming contest was a con'
spicuous feature. Other clauses were
unique, and one of the "shall note" has
necessitated a revision of the member
ship roll, as it prohibits marriage or
matrimonial intentions among the
crew.
The San Diega Rowing club, one of
the leading organizations of the coast,
tendered the Zincs the use of a six-oar
single-scull barge, in which they be-j
came very proficient, racing fcgainst
time on Ladies' day, July 5, 1894, and
breaking all previous coast records. On
that day the Zlacs also distinguished
themselves by saving four of the crew
of the yawl Teaser, which capsized dur
ing the regetta. The club records show
that since then more than SO persons
have been rescued from, drowning by
the Zlacs, and it is a notable fact that
there never has been ;the slightest a
cident to mar the other side of the
ledger. The Zlacs after a time decided
to build their own barge. The splendid
eight-cared racing barge Zlac was
launched August 3, 1896. It cost $600
complete, and was all paid for by the
girls, none of whom Is wealthy.
On August 7 the Zlacs raced the
Nereid crew of eight, beating them over
a mile course by one boat's length, and
on September 13 a second victory was
recorded against a picked erew from all
the clubs, the prize being a splendid
French mirror now in use in the Zlac
clubhouse. On March 25 of this year
occurred the great race between the
Zlacs and Columbias for the pennant of
the United States coast defense vessel
Monterey and the championship of the
coast. Both, crews rowed six-oar
barges over a course of 6,000 yards
straight down the bay. The presence
in the harbor of six of Uncle Sam s big
war ships, commanded by Rear Admiral
Beardslee, and a whole ballroom full
of gallant naval officers, lent an added
interest to the occasion. Chicago
Journal.
VICTORIA'S REGAL RIGHT.
Why the Niece of William IV. Was
Called to the Throne. a
Several newspapers, in explaining
to their readers how Queen Victoria
came to suceceed William IV., say it was
because she was his niece. That is the
truth, but only half the truth, for Wil
liam IV . had nephews and other nieces.
George M.', first, second, third and
fourth sons were respectively the prince
of Wales, afterwards George IV., who
died childless in 1830; Frederick, duke
of York, who died in 1827, also without
children; William, duke of Clarence,
who died, William IV., June 20, 1837,
without lawful issue, and Edward, duke
of Kent and Strathearn, and earl of
Dublin, who died January 23, 1820, aged
63, leaving as the sole issue of his mar
riage with Princess Victoria of Lein-
ingen a baby daughter, now Queen Vic
toria. The queen succeeded William
IV- not simply because she was his
niece, but because she was the only
child of the brother next to him in
the order of succession. Had Queen
Victoria had a brother, she would in
all probability not have been a person
age of historical celebrity, save in the
contingency of succeeding him. Her
rights were those that devolved on her
from her father. At the time she suc
ceeded to the throne her uncles the
dukes of Cumberland, of Sussex and
Cambridge were ' living, younger
brothers of her father and junior to
him in the line of succession in the or
der named. The duke of Cumberland
(who became Icing of Hanover on the
death of William IV.) was a man of
such despotic temper and principles
that all England cherished the Princess
ictoria as standing between it and
his succession to the throne. He had
lawful issue, as had the duke of Cam
bridge. The duke of Sussex, a most
estimable man, married twice, but
these unions being repugnant to the
provisions of the royal marriage act,
his children were barred from the line
of succession. From the revolution of
1688 rose the Jacobite party, made up
of -those who supported the cause of
James II., his ' sons and descendants.
The picturesque modern Jaccfoites do
not recognize Queen Victoria, despite
the fact that her succession is due tc
her Stuart blood, for she is a direct
descendant of Elizabeth, daughter of
James L, to whose heirs the title to
the throne devolved by the act of set
tlement on the death of Anne. Boston
Transcript.
, ; DialnfectfKcr Streets.
' The streets of Brussels are now
sprinkled with a diluted disinfectant,
and it is believed in Belgium that its
use thus far prevented an outbreak in
that community of a disease now epi
demic among the cattle of Holland.
The disinfectant is contained in a little
cylindrical reservoir, which is attached
to the ordinary watering apparatus.
TO MINIMIZE LOSS. ,
New Rules of the Bo ad for Ships
Under Way. .
The Leading Nations of the WiM to
Be Governed on the Rea-nlattons
Greater Safety to Bo
Insured. : '
The new rules of the road at sea have
just gone into effect among the leading
countries of the world, and there is
little doubt that their strict enforce
ment will greatly enhance the safety
of the mariner and the charges placed
within his keeping. The already great
and rapidly-increasing intercourse be
tween nation and nation demands that
every precaution against the dangers
of the sea and every safeguard possible
for the safety of human life shall be
provided. The spoken languages of the
world may continue to be many, but
necessity commands that the unspoken
language of the deep shall be one. That
language must needs be as universal
as the needs of man for commerce and
intercourse with, his fellow man.
Away back at the beginning of the
present century a system of signaling
for vessels by means of flags was de
vised for the British merchant service,
and 50 years later at least ten sys
tems were in vogue. The result was
a Babel of bunting, and all the sys
tems were rendered ineffective, for the
reason that those using one were un
able to decipher the others. So it has
been with rules of the road on the deep,
and the bottom of every sea, lake and
river is dotted with crumbling wrecks
and moldering skeletons as the result
of fatal misunderstanding. In 1855 it
was realized that an international code
of signals was an imperative necessity,
and a year later one was adopted.
Since that time ships of all nations
have been enable to converse one with
the other, irrespective of the language
spoken by their crews, and great good
has resulted to all concerned.
. When the question of means of com
munication was being considered, the
more important question of a universal
rule of navigation was neglected, and
it was not until 1889 that the Wash
ington marine conference was held.
After a series of discussions, which
lasted until the last day pf 1890, the new
rules were adopted.
The new rules are strict in their pro
visions, and will be rigidly enforced, j
The regulations regarding the carry
ing of lights on vessels at night are
very conciBe, and no excuses that they
were being trimmed, that the night was
moonlight, that it was only a .short
time after sunset, vaill be taken. Pro
vision is made for all classes of ves
sels to carry lights after dark, and even
the smallest craft must exhibit a lan
tern with red and green slides when
approaching another vessel. Even row
boats are required to carry a light.' A
system of lights will show whether a
vessel is towing and the character of
her tow, whether she is disabled, wheth
er she is laying or picking up cable,
and a thousand and one other things of
use in avoiding collisions.
Signals for fogs are the subject of a
lengthy article in the new rules, and
they differ considerably from the old
rules. Two additional rules are intro
duced, arranging for two prolonged
blasts to be given by steam vessels un
der way but not moving through the
water; and, second, for a long blast,
followed by two short blasts, to be given
by , vessels towed and towing, vessels
not under command, vessels not able
to maneuver as required by these new
rules, and vessels at work on telegraph
cable.
The steering rules for sailing vessels,
the overtaking rule and the rule for
sound signals for vessels in sight of
one another are very complete and do
not show wide or strongly-pronounced
divergence from the old rules. j
The merit of -the rules lies largely
in the fact of their international recog-'
mzance. Baltimore Bun. .'
German Klnera Superstitions.
Probably the most superstitious class
tf men in the world, barring the sailors,
are miners those who delve in the
bowels of the earth for coal' or min
erals. In Germany the mines are be
lieved to be the abiding places of queer
little old men not over two feet high,
who ape in dress the ordinary miners.
They vary in character; some are good,
some are bad. In Wales the miners are
haunted by goblin miners, known as
knockers. They make strange noises,
and the tapping of their picks can be
heard in ore bodies not yet reached by
,the human workmen. The dreaded
Ladder Dwarf is a -malignant hunch
back of frightful appearance, who.
kicks out the rungs of ladders in mines
just before an accident occurs. Super
stition extends even to the vegetables
sometimes found growing in mines,
such growths having talismanic vir
tues. In Sardinia an ancient lead mine
has been completely abandoned on ac
count of a prevailing dread among the
miners oft a small and venomous spider
inhabiting it. Chicago Chronicle.
Fight for Their Wives.
A Zulu youth cannot marry a girl un
til he has whipped all her brothers and
given her father a fall, if 'demanded, in
addition. This makes a courtship more
exciting than chocolate caramels and
gumdrops; but the Zulu maiden who
has four brothers weighing 180 pounds
each and measuring SO inches around
the waist generally dies an old maid,
while the girl whose brothers are weak
and sickly and whose parent has broken
his leg at a primary is overrun with
proposals. - It is a queer custom, and if
it were in vogue in this country a girl
who is an only child and a half-orphan
on her father's side would be at a
premium. Chicago Journal.
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No. 4. to Srjokane and Great Northern arrives
at 5:25 p. m., leaves at 6:30 p. m. No. 2, to Pendle
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Nos. 23 and 24, moving east of The Dalles, will
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Passengers for Heppner take No. . 2, leaving
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Direct connection at tian Francisco with Occi
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Kates and tickets to Eastern points and Eu
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Through Ticket Office, 134 Third street, where
through tickets to all points in the Eastern
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Arrive at Portland, 9 : 30 a. m. .
Leave for AIRLIE on Monday, Wednesday and
rnnay at:ia.m. Arrive at r-OTtiana, xu
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