"An Autumn Picture.
. Sow round red roofs stand russet stacks aronr;
Homeward from gleaning in the stubbly wheat,
Bigh overhead the harsn rook salleth slow.
And cupleas acorns crackle nesth your feet.
No breeze, no breath, veeretii the oasthouse
hoods.
Whence the faint smoke Heats fragrantly away;
And In the distance the half hazy woods
Glow with the barren glory of decay.
Vainly the bramble strives to drape the hedge.
Whose leafless gaps show many an empty nest;
The chill pool stagnates round the seeded sedge.
And as the sunset saddens in the west
Vnnereal mist comes creeping down the dole.
And widowed Autumn weeps behind her veil.
Alfred Austin in Saturday Review.
Two English. Authors.
I reached London just too late for the
nnnal authors' dinner, which is one of
the events - of the season there, and on
this account, and because my time was
almost entirely taken' np by the law
business about which I had gone.over, I
'.. did not meet as many of the literary
men aa I should have liked to meet. I
saw a good deal, however, of Edmund
Gosse, who is one of the most polished
and delightful of men, and has always
been very kind to me. . His house is a
sort of center, his Sunday evenings being
: delightful . occasions where one may
- meet a score of writers, sculptors and
painters.
Occasionally I met him at lunch at his
club, where he would get Austin Dob
eon, who is, like himself, in an official
. position in Whitehall, and obtains there
from the subs tan tials of life which ena
ble him to cultivate the muses on some-
thing a little better than "oaten reed."
Both Dobson and Gosse are directly in
line for the laureateship when it shall
fall vacant, though no one knows who
" will get it. I am indebted to both of
. them for much personal kindness. Gosse
is a good sized, handsome man, of the
blonde English type, with the cheeriest
face and voice, and wherever he goes it
grows warm and comfortable. Dobson
is somewhat older. Both of them strike
; me as Deing among the most cultured
men I ever met. They have English lit
: erature at their fingers' ends, and dwell
In au. atmosphere which is redolent of
!ie masteT&TbomaB Nelson Page in
; . stuje iubii inn m Mpisiwy.
That too ingenious person who stole
- bronze and marble busts, from the ceme
. tery of Hontparnasse, touched them "up
ana soia taem as emgies-of famous he
roes, statesmen or orators, has at last
met with the punishment which his
lugubrious labors deserved. Moreau,
-for so the new kind of "resurrection
man," to adopt the phrase of Dickens, is
called, came up before the eighth tri-
- bunal of police andwas soon sentenced
to three years' imprisonment,
Jjhe wngular thefts perpetrated by
: Moreauln the cemetery long passed un-
pereeived. He was accordingly able to
i X. 1. ; jtr i a -i '
plorable tran&Tgtkgis, and it is consid
ered probable that many of his tnms
. - -formed baste now adorn pot only the
humble homesteads of artianaTn Parw,
but also the libraries and museums of
noroe provincial towns. On one occa
'. 'sfflLV 'fmiy.' fray aotrhj effigy'of
""uworthy pWor of the SoTboSuSSk
that of a famoiis general of the revolu
tion, while on another he passed oft the
bronco presentment of departed grocer
fl that of a Drnosthen es. Paris Cor.
London TelegraphT'
T ' FvrUtode 1st a Doc. . -
" Many of the. sportsmen of Wilming
ton will perhaps remember Sailor,- the
fine winter dog of - Mr. J. A. Brown.- of
Viaaaooum. xxe was an extraordinary
banter and retriever, with almost hu
man tact, and hi owner valued him at
several hundred dollars. ' A few days
ago this fine dog was run over by the
tanw at Chadboqrn, and his left fore leg
was crnstaea on. tearing a piece or tti
r Mr.JBrown hated to kill his valuable
nd faithful dog, so he got Dr. A. Mo
. Kijmen to amputate the crushed tnem
- ber. When the operation was perform
ed Sailor obeyed the command to lie
'down, and never even gave a whimper
when the work was done. The poor ani
' xnal's muscles were contracted with
pain, but with a few sympathetic ca
resses from his master be lay perfectly
till until the amputation was perform-
d. Wilmington Messenger.
Full of KattrstiM.
- A boy with a mowing machine called
at a house on Second avenue the other
day, and asked the woman if she wanted
the grass cut.
"Mercy, no!" she replied. ''No one cuts
grans at this season." -
Til contract for next spring," con tin
ned the boy.
"But I may be dead by thai time."
"Then TO contract to see that your
ave is kept green!" Detroit .Free
. A search . for the' oldest clergyman in
'- England shows that the Rev. John Elli
ott, vicar of Randwick, will be 100 in
three months. He preached up to the
age of 95 regularly, and occasionally last
year. He goes to church now regularly
every Sunday, and occasionally visits
parishioners. .
The 5th of November, which, even in
. the memory of those who do not con
sider themselves old, was generally ob
served in England as "Gunpowder Day,"
is said to be now almost ignored, even in
. London. " -
After exhaustive experiments the
-' French posioffice has decided to substi-
tute a copper coated steel wire in place
. of the ordinary iron wire for telegraphic
and telephonic service.
: . The epoch of bigness has extended to
every phase of neckwear. . Some of the
drees bows- even are of unusual size,
. while the .big ascot butterflies simply
break the record. : ' .
-, Perique tobacco,; which, it is" said,
grows to perfection only in St. James"
parish, La., will be buta scant crop this
year, owing to the late floods. ;' .
i A Dojf 17 and aisirl
of 13 wftre mar
A Bcrance Water In Vienna. '
A curious wager is at present occupy
ing the attention of such widely sepa
rated classes as our young noblemen and
the Association of Hotel and Restaurant
Waiters in Vienna. Several of the
younger scions of the highest Austrian
aristocracy, who were accustomed to
dine in an old hotel of high repute in the
Karnthner strasse, took exception to the
practice of the waiters, most of whom
have seen twenty or thirty years' serv
ice, in dressing their mustaches in just
the same fashion as the 'noble swells'
they had to serve. One of the high born
customers accordingly laid a wager with
some of his friends, which was immedi
ately accepted, that within a given time
the objectionable adornment should dis
appear from the upper lips of the waiters
in all the fashionable hotels and restau
rants in Vienna, otherwise the proposer
himself was to shave off his own embel
lishment for a given period.
In order to effect his purpose the latter
commenced by trying to persuade the
hotel keeper in the Karnthner strasse to
forbid all his servants wearing mus
taches on penalty of losing his aristo
cratic customers. In this case he succeed
ed, but the waiters, who were mostly
married men, one after another gave
notice to leave their places. They were
at once replaced by younger men, who
for a consideration submitted to the im
posed humiliation. The same thing hap
pened in a number of other hotels and
restaurants, and the wager was nearly
won by the layer when the proprietor of
the Hotel Imperial, the first hotel in Vi
enna, flatly refused to comply with the
whim of the Vienna jeunesse doree,
whom he told outright that if they de
serted his house he should readily find
better customers.
The case was also taken up, "as mat
ter of right and honor,' by the Associa
tion of Waiters, which threatened to ex
pel from the society any member .degrad
ing himself by humoring aristocratic
caprice in this matter. Tbug the matter
stands at the present moment. The bet
appears likely to be lost, and then will
come the triumph of the waiters, who
expect soon to have the satisfaction of
seeing their would be dictator instead of
themselves going about with shaven lip.
Cor. London Standard.
One on Mr. Depew.
They say that when Mr. Depew came
recently from Europe the usual swarm
of yarn spinners gathered nightly in the
smoking room to tell stories and chat
about things in general.-. Every soul
save one in the party kept his end up.
The exceptional member of the party
did not laugh or indicate by even a
(twinkle of the eyes any interest in the
furmjjeet jokes, and was as silent as a
door knob at the best stories. This con
duct began itrngttle Mr. Depew and the
other spirits, and when the final seance
came around they had )j Ptlnce
with the reticpt and unresremsivftRtrfofr
gav Mfr Depew was selected to bring
him to terixuf They were all comfort
ably seated and in came the stranger,
"See here,-my dear sir," said Mf.De-
pew, 7won't yon tell a .story?" "f never
toiu 0119 in my uie. oing a songr
"Can't sing." 'Kno'w any jokes?" per
sisted Mr. Depew. "No." Ms. Depew
and all were prepared to give it up when
the stranger stammered and hesitated,
and. finally made it known that he knew
just one conundrum. "Give it to us,"
said' Mr. Depew and the others in chorus.'
"What is 'the difference between a tur
key and me?" solemnly a&ked the stranger,
"Give it up," said Qiairman Depew.
"The difference between a turkey. and
me," mildly - said the stranger, "is that
they usually stuff , the bird with chest
nuts affrpr dfovth, I am alive." HIus-
menc&a, '.' -
Dooblo GstMMd ttogjlUa.
At the Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western Railroad company's shops at
tJtica eighty men, mostly stalled me
chanics, are employed. At the present
time they are working on a peculiar
looomotive known as the culm borner.
The engine is queerly shaped, having
two cabs, one for the engineer and one
for the fireman. Under the boiler and
firebox the machine has six large driving
wheels. -' The weight of - these great
mogul engines is between thirty-five and
sixty -tons each. ' They are made to haul
heavy freight trains. The machinery is
so arranged that the steam is never ex
hausted. . They are valuable also for the
reason that their fuel is the refuse coal
from the mines: which could not other
wise be used without a great loss. Al
bany Argus.
A Queer Stark Going-.
A historical curiosity of the oldest
railway in Germany is about to be rele
gated to oblivion. When the Nurnberg
Furth line, the first railway on 'German
soil, replaced the old Thurn and Taxis
yellow post, a yellow stripe was painted
on every ,-car, and for fifty-five years it
has remained a unique reminder of the
ante-railway age. The Bavarian gov
ernment, however, has just ordered that
this stripe be painted out, in order that
the Nurnberg-Furth cars may conform
m appearance with all other railway
cars in Bavaria, Berlin Letter.
Left Hand Tnunder's Swell Wedding;.
A wedding that developed considera
ble interest among the Sioux took place
at Lower Brule agency Oct. 27. Chief
Left Hand Thunder and a belle of the
Sioux nation were united in marriage by
a white clergyman. Representatives of
various bands from all portions of the
big reservation were present, and the
feast given after the ceremony was the
grandest thing of the kind ever indulged
in by the noble red man. Left Hand
Thunder is wealthy, and entertained his
visitors royally. -Cor. St. Paul Globe.
Bird Dog and Bird Disappear.
; While some quail hunters were gun
ning near Edinburgh, Ind. , training some
young setter pups a large gray eagle
pounced down upon one of them, for
which the owner had paid $100, f asten-
jihg its talons in the dog's back and soar'
"ung away with i,ts prize. The owner
' t-xs. -.-.- -ol-H -' "npt'Hots at the
North Dalles to the Front.
The sale of lots continue to increase
each day as contracts are closed out for im
provements. In a few days active
work will begin towards erecting several
fine dwellings. Several prominent gen
tlemen of The Dalles and Portland will
erect residences at Nort h Dalles.
Mr. O. D. Taylor, President & General
Manager of the Interstate Investment
Co., with Mr. S. L. Skeels will leave for
the east in a few days, with a view of
meeting capitalists and closing out for
manufactories.
Two railroads are now headed .for
North Dalles and the coming spring will
make the Real Estate market in North
Dalles lots lively.
You will never again get lots as cheap
as you can for the next few davs, for the
demands aild the company will advance
them soon. We -would like to see every
one of our citizens make money in lots
at North Dalles.
Many letters continue to arrive from
the Sound making inquiries and in most
cases purchasing.
We confidently expect to see not less
than fifty houses underway by the be
ginning of the new year. Mark what
we say. Lots will advance rapidly at
North .Dalies.
For further information address O. D.
Taylor, President & General Manager of
the interstate investment Co., The
Dalles, Or.
Charles E. Dunham,
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Drugs, vJflBtficines,
CHEMICALS,
Fine Toilet Soaps,
Brushes, Combs,
Perfumery and Fancy Toilet Articles.
In Great Variety.
Pure Brandy, Wines and
, Liiquors for JVIediei"
nal Purposes.
Pliynicians' Precription Accurately
Compounded.
Cor. Union and Second Sts., The Dalles.
-TH1
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FRANK ROAQH, Propr.
The place to get the Best Brands of J I
WINES, LIQUOpS
AND CIGARS.
KEXI DOOR TO THE
Washington jaavkat, Saaond St.
Don't Forget the
isipsjiiji,
MacDonali Bros., Props. .
THE BEST OF
Wines, Liprs.ani Cigars
ALWAYS ON HAND.
0. K. Restaurant!
Next to Passenger Depot.
Day and Monthly Boarders.
LOUCH COUNTER AT NIGHT.
MEALS
25
CENTS.
Misses. NV-& XT. BTJTS
II. STONEMAN,
Next door to Columbia Candy Factory-
Boots and Shoes
Mude to Order, and
Satisfaction (guaranteed. Quick Work.
Prices Reasonable.
H." O. NIE
Clothier and Tailor,
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flbstrseters,
Heal Estate and
Insaranee, Agents.
Abstracts of, and Information Concern
ing Land Titles on Short Notice.
Land for Sale and Houses to Rent.
Parties Looking for Houses in
COUNTRY OR CITY,
OR IN SEARCH OF
Bn0iqe00 Locations,
Should Call on or Write to us.
. Agents for a Full Line of
LMiiir Fire Insurance Companies,
And Will Write Insurance for
on all
DESIRABLE RISKS.
Correspondence Solicited. All Letters
Promptly Answered. Call on or
Address,
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Opera House Block, The Dalles, Or.
"SAMPLE ROOluS,"
Corner Second and JL'nlon Streets.
CHIS BlLtliS, Piop.
The Best of Wines, Liquors and Cigars
ALWAYS ON SALE.
Mr. Bills will aim to supply his customers with
the bent in his line, both of imported and do
mestic goods.
JAMES WHITE,
. Has Opened a
pti'Vfx031- Ootuxter,
In Connection With his Fruit Stand
" and Will Serve
Hot Coffee, Ham Sandwich, Pigs' Feet,
Fresh Oysters.
Convenient to the Passenger
Depot.
On Second, St., near corner of Madison.
. Also a
Branch Bakery, California
Orange Cider, and ; the .
Best Apple Cider.
If you want a good lunch, give me a call.
Open all Night '
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Dr. E. C.iWkbt's Nerve anb Brain Treat
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send the nurehaser our written cnarantee to re
fund the money if the treatment does not effect
a cure, -unarantees issuea oniy oy
BLAKELEY & HOUGHTON,
Prescription Druggists,
175 Second St.
The Dalles, Or.
$500 Reward!
We will pay the above reward for any case of
Liver Complaint, Dyspepsia, Sick Headache, In
digestion, Constipation or Costiveness we cannot
cure with Wesfs Vegetable Liver Pills, when the
directions are strictly complied with. They are
tnirelv veeetable. and never fail to irive satfsfac
tion. Sugar Coated. Large boxes containing 30
Pills, 25 cents. Beware of counterfeits and imi
tations. The genuine manufactured tonly by
ILLINOIS. '
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Prescrintion Drnaretsts,
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city, and adjacent country, to assist in
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