Two Thanksg-l-rins.
9te Hghta shine out withio the casus haH,
The sound of niusio echoes through the night.
And waxen topers, clustered on the wail,
Glimmer above the banquet table bright;
Tor, year by year, fair youth and beauty meet
To Jest and dance to strains of music sweet.
Through waning hours around the banquet, then
They revel in the gay and festal scene;
Yet on those lovely faces, unaware,
Bests oftentiuie a discontented mien:
Kor all this life of ease and pleasure's sense
They give no thanks, no worthy recompense.
Adown the winding road beside, the brook
A vine clad cottage stands upon the green;
Full many years within this humble nook
An honest yeoman and his wife have been
A still, sweet hamlet, where the even flow
Of winter days and summer come and go.
A grassy strip of fruitful garden plot
The narrow limits of their circle bound;
A life of toil and labor is their lot.
Yet, year by year, the family gathers round,
And tho' one sunny child is missing, there
The father calmly bows his head in prayer.
Mabel Hayden in JennesB-Miller Mgiiw.
A Hera of s Practical Joke.
A young man of about 25 is just now
the hero of a select circle of friends in
the southern section of the city, and in
view of his peculiar history he quite de
serves to he lionized. Five years ago he
was a clerk in a bank on a meager sal
ary, and one time some of the same de
voted friends of these days thought it
would be a good joke to pretend the
bank had been robbed, and warn him
that he was suspected. This a number
did, only they called him up about mid
night, so as to give the joke a more
natural appearance. - After telling him
that two. hours before burglars had
stolen $50,000 in bank notes, they added
that the police were now on the way to
arrest him as a suspect.
It bo happened that he had but two
hours before been in the vicinity of the
bank, and fearful of not being able to
prove an alibi, he gathered his available
belongings together and caught an early
morning train for the north. Of course
there was a big row in the vicinity of
the young fellow's home and his funny
friends had to leave town. Fortunately
the young fellow was a bachelor, and he
was not hunted up. Recently he wrote
to an old acquaintance here from Can
ada, and the latter in replying to the
long lost youth told him the truth about
the bank joke. Then the young fellow
came back, but not as he went away,
fie rode in a parlor car and swelled
around in a hack. He had gone to Mon
treal and after the first shock had settled
down to work and gradually by lucky
speculation had grown rich. Philadel
phia Enquirer. . -.K .
Graves In the Crimen.
Some interesting results were obtained
from the archaeological explorations car
ried on in the Crimea during last sum
mer. Professor Vesselovski found paint
ed human bones in two graves six skel
etons in one grave and one in another.
The well known archaeologist Professor
Grempler, of lireslau, who was present
last year at the congress of archaeolo
gists at Moscow, is of opinion that these
graves belonged to tho original inhabi
tants of the Crimea, the Cimmerians of
Herodotus. It was a usage with them
to lay their dead on elevated spots so
that the birds might consume the flesh.
When quite bleached they painted the
skeletons with some mineral pigment.
Graves con tainingsuch painted skeletons
have been found in. Central Asia, but
only in a few instances. Only three such
graves had been previously found in the
Crimea. Professor Grempler proposes to
take the skeletons with him to Paris,
and exhibit them at the congress of an-
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autumn. Boston Transcript.
Damages for a belayed Message.
The state supreme court of North
Carolina has confirmed the action of the
lower, court which awarded to J. T.
Young, of Craven county. N. C, $10;000
damages against the Western Union
Telegraph company. It is represented
that last year "Young's wife was taken
very ill in Columbia, S. C. Mr. Young
was at New Berne, N. C and his wife
telegraphed him that she was sick, and
requested him to come to her at once.
He did not get the message until six
days later, and in the meantime Mrs.
Young died and was buried, Young not
.knowing of either fact till all was over."
Philadelphia Ledger.
A Fascinating Painting.
A Russian artist, Nicolai, has set Ber
lin agog by exhibiting his painting of
Christ before Pilate. It is said to be
horribly fascinating, and the salon where
it is displayed is crowded to suffocation.
Critics agree that it is vastly inferior to
Munkacsy'8 painting of the same title,
so far as art is concerned, but they ad
mit that it has power. Kate Field's
Washington.
As the neck dressings grow larger,
richer, showier in texture and more ver
satile in, form, the scarf pins, as if regu
lated by a temporizing hand, become
more chastely simple in design. A plain
old gold ball of the circumference of a
nve cent silver piece, stuaaea witn tur
quoise a revived pattern is very dis
tingue. Pipes are coming into fashion again,
but only in offices and out of sight of the
public. Possibly the time will come
when a man will feel justified in pro
ducing a pipe in the smoking compart
ment of a car here, or in stalking along
the street with one, after the fashion of
the young clerks in England. .......
The French minister of war lately of
fered a prize for the swiftest bird in a
flight from Perigueux to Paris, 310 miles.
There were 2,746 entries, and the winner
did the distance in seven hours and
thirty-four minutes.
The greatest height in the atmosphere
at which the sound of cannon has been
beard was 20,000 feet, when Mr. Glaisher
at that height over Birmingham heard
the firing of the guns being proved there.
- An Old Slave's Romance. S .
A colored woman, bent nearly double
with eighty years and a heavy bundle,
was seen to board the Cincinnati Mail
line packet yesterday afternoon. - Ap
proaching the clerk of the boat she slow
ly untied a knot in the corner of her red
bandana handkerchief and produced
enough cash to purchase a deck ticket
for Cincinnati. The wrinkled and feeble
old negress is the heroine of a romance.
In ante-bellum days she was a slave, and
was owned by a planter near Asheville,
N. C. At an early age she was married
to a slave of the same master. By him
she had several children. Over half a
century ago her husband was taken
from her and her children, and was sold
to another planter. The woman con
tinued to work on the North Carolina
plantation, and in a short time was
again married.' Her whole family was
then sold to a Virginia man.
When the emancipation proclamation
was promulgated the family took ad
vantage of their freedom and journeyed
northward, finally taking up their home
in Louisville. ' The husband died after
the close of the war, and the children
one by one left their mother to seek their
fortunes elsewhere. The mother toiled
and labored to make a livelihood. She
heard nothing of her first husband until
about a month ago, when one of her sods
found that the old man was living in
Newport. Ky. The old negress jour
neyed thither and found the husband of
her youth. He had also been married
the second time, and had several chil
dren by the second wife. - The latter was
dead, however, and the reunited couple
decided to again live together. The wom
an returned to Louisville, disposed of
her effects, and yesterday af ternoon com
pleted the romance of fifty years by re
turning to her husband. Louisville Post.
The Dangers of Railroading.
"There is no branch of railroading
that is safe," is a saying among men who
make their living on the iron rails, and
a man's xong service and skillful knowl
edge do not throw absolute safeguards
about him. Poor Martin Ryan, who
had the science of railroading down to
the finest notch, was killed by his own
train after eighteen years of service.
Hubert Graham, a yard man of Rich
mond, who worked for the.Pennsylvania
company twenty-five years, was struck
by a pony engine a few days ago. . Sam
uel Morgan's body was brought here
last night. Morgan was an engineer on
the Jeffersonville, Madison "and Indian
apolis for. thirty years. Advancing age
incapacitated him from running an en
gine, and he was given charge of a wa
ter station at Marshfield, near Scotts
burg. Night before last he was run
down by a freight , train . and killed.
"Did you notice that six out of ten rail
road men die violent deaths if they con
tinue in the business?" said a conductor
last evening. "If they don't it's because
they leave the railroad service." Indian
apolis News.
. Tokens of Esteem for the Pope.
The sisters cf Notre Dame convent, at
Cincinnati, are sending ' to Rome for
presentation to the pope a white vellum
manuscript of fifty pages, elaborately
illuminated and bound in covers, with
designs by one of the nuns. The pages
are painted by seven sisters chosen for
the purpose from the thirty-seven houses
of the order in the United States. .There
are three addresses one to Leo XIII,
one to Cardinal Gibbons and a third to
Archbishop Fader, a portrait accompany
ing each dedication. There is a sketch
of tho American branch of the order
since its foundation in 1840, a poem by a
nun, with 'illustrations; views of the
mother house at Namur, Belgium, and
of the Ohio house, bits of landscape and
decorative fancies. Philadelphia Tele
graph.
Fourteen Cents Capital.
The possession of how much money
does it require to save a man from the
charge of being a pauper? Lately a ship
load of C25 Italians was landed at New
York city, and the cash capital they
brought with them averaged just four
teen cents each. A man in a strange
land and unacquainted with the language
of the country, who possesses fourteen
cents, may not be a pauper, but, unless
he is willing to work and hustles to se
cure employment, he is likely to become
one very shortly after his arrival. Pitta
burg Chronicle.
Her Trial.
Mrs. Bingo What do you expect to
give your husband for Christmas?
Mrs. Honeymoon I told him the other
day I thought I should give him some
neckties.
Mrs. Bingo And I heard him tell my
husband afterward that he wouldn't
wear them.
Mrs. Honeymoon That's the worst of
it. John thinks so much of the things I
give him, and is so careful of them, that
I have the hardest kind of work to get
them on him. Clothier and Furnisher-
Unlncky Number Vlneteen.
A peculiar coincidence connected with
the last primary for the legislature has
just come to light. It will be remem
bered that Mr. Cobb was defeated by
nineteen votes. Since then it has been
remembered that his father was defeated
by nineteen votes and his grandfather by
the same number. . We do not know
whether Mr. Cobb is twice 19 years old,
but to complete the coincidence he ought
to be. Athens (Ga.) Banner.
A. Light Voter.
Deer Isle claims the "lightest" voter
at the last electionJohn O. Robbins.
who weighs but 29 pounds. 'Owing to
his diminutive size Robbins was lifted
to the ballot box by Mr. J. W. Green,
and much interest was manifested in the
little fellow's movements. He is 25 years
old. Portland (Me.) Press.
' Nortli 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 North 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. - . .- i-
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 and 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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In Great Variety. ' .
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Physicians' Prescriptions Accurately
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Cor. Union and Second Sts., The Dalles.
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FRANK ROACH, Propr,
The place to get the Best Brands of
wines. Liquors
AND CIGARS.
KEXT DOOR TO THE
Washington Jflorket, Second St.
Don?t Forget the
MacDonaW Bros., Props.
THE BEST OF
Wines, Lipors and Cigars
ALWAYS ON HAND.
0. K. Restaurant!
Next to Passenger Depot.
Day and Monthly Boarders.
LCNCa COUNTER AT NIGHT.
MEALS 25 CENTS.
Misses. N". & N". BUTS.
II. STONEMAN,
Next door to Columbia Candy Factory. -
Boots and Shoes
Made to Order, and
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Prices Reasonable. ,
Bines,
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Abstracters, '
JReal Estate and
Insurance Agents,
Abstracts of, and Information Concern
ing Land Titles on Short Notice.
Land for Sale and Houses to Rent.
Parties Looking for Homes in
COUNTRY OR CITY,
OR IN SEARCH OF
Bugiqe Locations,
Should Call on or Write to us.
Agents for a Full Line of
Leaning Fire Insurance Companies,
And .Will Write Insurance for
on all
DESIBABLE RISKS.
Correspondence Solicited. ' All Letters
Promptly Answered. Call on or
Address,
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Opera House Block, The Dalles, Or.
"SAMPLE KOOJHS,"
Comer Second and Union Streets.
CHIS filliliS, Prop.
The Best of Wines, Liquors and Cigars
Mr. Bills will aim to supply his customers with
the best in his line, both of imported and do
mestic gooas.
JAMES WHITE,
Has Opened a ' " !
jLunoli Counter,
In Connection With his Fruit Stand
and Will Serve
Hot Coffee, Ham Sandwich, Pigs' Feet,
and Fresh Oysters.
Convenient to the Passenger
Depot.
On Second St., near corner of Madison.
- i
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
Health is Wealth !
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ment, a guaranteed1 specific for Hysteria, Dizziness-.
Convulsions, Fits, Nervous Neuralgia,
Headache, Nervous Prostration caused by the use
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pression, Softening of the Brain, resulting in in
sanity and leading to misery, decay and death.
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in either sex, Involuntary Losses and Spermat
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To cure any case. With each order received bv
us for six boxes, accompanied by $5.00, we will
send the purchaser our written guarantee to re
fund the money if the treatment does not effect
a cure, guarantees issued only oy
BLAKELEI t HOCGHTON,
Prescription Druggists,
175 Second St.
The Dalles, Or.
$500 Reward!
We will pay. the above reward for any case of
Liver Comnlaint. DvsDensia. Sick Headache. In
digestion, Constipation or Costiveness we cannot
cure with West's vegetable Liver Pills, when the
directions are strictly complied with. They are
purely vegetable, and never fail to give satisfac
tion. Sugar Coated. Large boxes containing 30
i-iiis, zo cents, jaeware ot counteneits ana imi
tations. The genuine manufactured onlv bv
THE JOHN C. WFST COMPANY, CHIGAUO,
11J.U1S.
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Prescription Druggists,
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to win its way to public favor by ener
gy, industry and merit; and to this end ;
we ask that you give it a fair trial, and )
if satisfied with its course a generous.
support.
The
four pages of six columns each, will be
issued every evening, except Sunday,
and will be delivered
by mail for the moderate sum of fifty
cents a month.
its Objects
will be to advertise
city, and adjacent country, to assist in
developing our industries, in extending
and opening up new channels for our
trade, in securing
helping THE DALLES to take her prop
er position as the
Leading City of
The paper, both daily and weekly, will
be independent in politics, and in its
criticism of political
handling of local affairs, it will be
JUST. FAIR AND IMPARTIAL
W,e will endeavor to give all the lo
cal news, and we ask that your criticism
of our object and course, be formed from
the contents of the paper, and not from
rash assertions of outside parties.
For the benefit of our advertisers we
shall print the first
copies for free distribution, and shall
print from time to
so that the paper will reach every citi
zen of Wasco and adjacent counties.
THE WEEKLY,
sent to any address for $1.50 per yeaiv
It will contain from four to six eight
column pages, and we shall endeavor
to make it the equal of the best. Ask
your Postmaster for a copy, or address.
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