"T V
,i is-;,-
. THC . EMPTY HOU3C
' Tb rain een heavily bat nigbt
I ! across tbe tragi in vain,'
- Mad hope, to see your fUckering Ught
' Bhinatia tbe kMMlr roam agaia.
A tnsnpeet shook the house last night.
The torrents beat against yonr room:
And not a star peeped from the height; -Tour
koum was silent as the tomb,
I wept the hours away last night, -
O night more wretebed than the dayU . i
Xotdonbtiiig but with morning light
To-aee your face across toe way.
The curtain was not drawn aside
' No face leant smiling on the aOl;
The rain still fell, the bleak winds sighed,
. Yearbouse waa desolate and still.
New York Tribune.
THE NEW TYPEWRITER
. Mr. Bulles. the broker, had a newrtype--writer.
Hevmade his head clerk try the dif-
ferent applicants and test their skill and
-engage the best one. - The one the head
-3rk engaged was a large, impress re
looking svornan of much beaaty and with
' thehaughtdnees of adneheaB. She dressed
well and richly, and her manner when
sitting before her machine was that of a
grand woman ' of society' who'' conde
scended to play' occasionally on the piano.
She had mneh the air of a woman who
"was employing the men in the offioe to
-take care of her millions and make out
her accounts. Mr. Bulles always felt as
though be ought to ask her permission
to smoke, and was almost afraid to ask
her to take down any of his correspond?
mice. "What work he dared to giye her
he did as well as it could be done, so he '
had nothing against her except her pride.
He determined finally to break down her
pride. He had been uncomfortably im
pressed with her dignity; now she should
learn what it was to feel that way toward
him. '"'
So the next morning he called her in,
and after dictating a few business letters
he said: "Now, on the smaller paper,
please. Are you ready? Let me see.""
He mused as he bit carelessly at the top
of his cigar and gazed out of the win
alow: "Dear Jim," he began. "Thanks very
aaoch, but it will be quite impossible.
I have positively refused to go - into
political life in any capacity, and though
the position of minister, to so important
a city as St Petersburg ; to succeed
-Smith is highly complimentary, I could
not leave New York and my work.
' Tell the president in the proper official
language that he is very good, but that
he must look for some one else. Give
' . -my best love to Mrs. : Blaine,' and accept
my condolences at the loss of your house.
Yours, .7
"The Hon. James CJ. Blaine, Washmg-
ton, D. Cf- ;;';!;:
. The typewriter girl took this down
with a calm, unruffled countenance;her
severity of demeanor was absolutely -unchanged.
"Is that mill"' she asked.
"Yea," said Bulles weakly yes, I be
lieve that is all." He was not to be put
down by a little thing like that, and called
-'- her in again during the afternoon and
dictated the following note: - .
"DKUioiaoo's: Will you reserve one
"of the largest private dining rooms for
an this evening and prepare supper for
' MOP I find my rooms are too small,' and
will have to have one of yours. Serve
the same supper as ordered and prepare
Soar for dancing, t Yoa can go to any
feogth in the matter of decoration, but
keep the cost of the flowers down to
91,000. "Yours truly."
The other note was: .
"DBA Old Mar: 1 should be very
xfctd to accept, but Tuxedo never did
agree with my digestion. Certainly, you
ean have all the horses you want. The
two leaders are in town, but I will have
then sent out to you. I think the price
wa offer for the coach is reasonable,
and I will let yon have it for that, as I
am going to give up ooaching and get a
yacht. Yours."
The third note was: v . . f jj,;;.,r ...
"Dkab Kb. Bubobsb: The designs ar
xived yesterday and were beauties. I
sure, if looks go for anything, that
she should beat anything afloat. I hope
yoa are right in what yoa say about her
being a better boat than the Mayflower,
id I will certainly follow your sugges
tion and enter her when completed for
the cup. '. Yours truly."
Mr. Bulles said:' "That win do. ( When
they are finished let me see them." He
thought he detected a slight unbending
in the superior manner of the young
woman, but be was not too hopeful. "If
those dont impress her," he , said, "Til
write a letter of regret to the queen to
morrow, and one to Gladstone, telling
him I can't come over this summer to
vpend August with him." When the
girl brought in the letters, finished and
ready for his signature, he tossed -them
carelessly aside and said: "I will sign
them later, and 111 post them myself."
lie signed them and slipped them in their
envelopes under his other papers, where
the clerks might not see them, and
planned more for the future. On the
day following he refused three invita
tions to dine with distinguished people,
- -ordered an architect to call and see him
. about building a country house at New
port, and wrote to order a diamond neck-
. lace. - - ''
The. typewriter girl .began to take., a
little more interest, and said "Yes, sir,"
instead of simply "Yes," which was
something. He felt that be was getting
on. "- f
But on the fourth day she appeared
with even a colder and more haughty
. air, and laid three letters down upon his
desk, bne always opened his mail for
him, and divided the private notes from
the business letters. "Here," she said,
"are three notes which I did not know
whether to hand to you or to the clerk."
. Bulles glanced at the bottom of one of
them and read the name "Charles Bur
gess." . The note ran: .
"Hkkbt Bulles Dear Sir: I am in
-. receipt of a note signed by you and
bearing the number of your office, which
refers to a yacht and an imaginary cor
respondence which has passed between
ns on the subject of such a yacht. As I do
not know yoa or anything of any such
, yacht I can only imagine that some one
is imposing upon you, and return you
. t yonr letter. Yours truly,
"Charles Burgess."
Mr. Bulles grew exceedingly red and
dared not look up. . He .wondered bow
far the girl had read. The seoond note
said:,.' ; - .;.,'-.;..,,'; .(;
"The private-dining room and supper
ordered by. yoa for -Tuesday evening
were prepared and in readiness for you as
directed, but no one appeared. ' Are we
to understand that there has been a mis
take,, or is your Jotter, which we have re
tained, to be considered in the nature of
a hoax, or has some one ' forged your
name? Awaiting your reply, etc.,
"DKLlfONJOO'S."
Mr. Bulles sank still farther into , his
chair: ; He opened the last letter with a
trembling hand. The girl, still towered
above him like an avenging spirit.
- The letter was from a friend and con
tained a clipping from a newspaper.
. VDear , Hen,". , the ' note ran. "Have
you seen this Associated Press clipping,
and what in Heaven's name does it mean?
Some one ha -evidently been playing a
practical joke-on yoa, and one that must
strike you as a most unpleasant one."
The clipping read as follows: ;
18 HENRY BULLES INSANE f
TBS WBLXMISK KBW VOBK BROKU SIVBS BIS
.WHtKMOa OBMAT COHCUUf.
WaSMUHrrua, . C-. s-The secretary of state
M In receipt of a most remarkable comimmioatioo
from Henry Bailee, the New York broker, in
which that gentleman refuses to act' an minister
to St. Petersburg; with much haughtiness. He is
quite Unknown o either the- president or Mr.
Blaine, and it is supposed here that bis mind is
unsettled or that be is the victim of a pracycal
Joke. -' ( J''i- !': '. - :
; Mr. Bulles laid the clipping down and
gased desperately at the typewriter girl.
"Did you post those letters"1., he, asked.
" ' "Yes," said the duchess severely. "1
found them on your . desk after you had
left, and supposed you had forgotten
them, so I posted them myself. Wasn't
thai right?"
"I guess," said Mr. Bulles, "that 1
won't need you any longer. You know
too much."
.. "That," said the typewriter girl calm
ly, "strikes me as the very reason why 1
should remain." Don't yoa think so? You
can say you have been made the victim
of a practical joke bat if I lost my posi
tion I might say you had not. Don't you
think yoa had better raise my salary a
little and let me stay?"
. Mr, Bulles gazed gloomily at the news-,
paper clipping on the desk before him.
"Yes," he said grimly, "you had better
stay." New York Evening Sun.
Peculiarities af the Golf Stream.
This river is very warm because it
comes from the Gulf .of Mexico and the
Caribbean sea, where ' the sun has been
heating it for, a long time. Of course
after it has left its southern home, and
is making its journey across the Atlan
tic, it is gradually becoming cooler,, but,
nevertheless, it maintains to .the shores
of Europe, : even well . up toward . the
Arctic .regions, a much higher tem
perature than that of the surrounding
air or water. '
" It has its own . finny inhabitants and
other animal life; curious little fish and
crabs that make nests in the floating sea
weed; beautiful little jelly fish called
thimble fish, floating or swimming near
its surface in such countless numbers
that at times the waters are brown with
them; and the graceful flying neh, which
dart out of the water in schools; and
countless myriads of minute animal life
floating about, so that when the Bun is
shining high in the heavens, the water
seems to be filled with motes. These
little things, dying, sink to the bottom,
and their diminutive skeletons or shells
go to form an ooze, which, if exposed to
the air and to pressure, resembles chalk,
-..This ocean river is quite unlike -the
rivers of the land in point of size. The
Mississippi,, at a , point .below its lowest
tributary, is about 2,000 feet wide and
100 feet deep. At places it is wider than
this," but there it is shallower. The Gulf
stream, at its narrowest point in the
Strait of Florida, is more than 2,000 feet
deep and over 40 miles wide. Lieut.
J. E. Pillsbury. - ; v ' . a.
Counterfeit Currency. ' '.-"More-counterfeit
money is in actual
circulation than people in general be
lieve," remarked a teller , .in one of Chi
cago's, leading , banks recently. "Of
course only the better class of counter
feits remain, in carrailation, and,. even"
then do not pass undetected- long. The
detection of a counterfeit bUl however,
does not retire it from circulation by
any means. A grocer, for instance, who
finds a five dollar counterfeit bill in his
money drawer at night, is liable to argue
that he cannot ' well . afford to. lose the
amoonV and also that a 'counterfeit
which was good enough to deceive him
is good enough to deceive some one else.
"The next day some customer gets it
in ... change,, and ten to one it is passed
through a dozen hands before the' dis
covery is again, made that it is bogus.
But its mission does not end here. - Per
haps the last holder of the bill can tell
who - paid it -to him. If so the counter
feit starts to retrace its course, but it
rarely goes very far before it stops, and
the whole scheme is worked over again.
We frequently have counterfeit money
offered , for. deposit. A merchant may
bring in 'several hundred dollars, and
among the bills is a single counterfeit.
Of course it is thrown out as soon as it is
discovered. But where does it go? Into
the hands of the man that brought it in.
Does he destroy it? Perhaps, if he is
a scrupulously honest man." Chicago
Mail.
','-.' . ; Old Kn ;l lh, Customs.
Bail way ticket offices still retain the
old name of ''booking office," which was
appropriate enough in the coaching
days, when the names of intending pas
sengers were literally booked.
Another curious survival is the prac
tice of eating game and venison "high."
-We never eat poultry or beef and mut
ton "high," but game and venison used
to be sent long distances and be a con
siderable time on the road, so that they
could not . be received in a fresh state.
Hence it became , customary and even
fashionable to eat them "high," and the
practice has endured to the present day.
Then there is the old fashioned greet
ing, "God be with ye." Perhaps not all
know that the meaningless words "good
by" are a compression of the above pious
wish. London Tit-Bits.
'-- Thsatrlsal rns
The business, of. the theatrical press
-agents has been so .anhoyingiy overdone
In uus city tnat tne boomers are under
taboo in the newspaper offices, -and the
critics of several of the greater Journals
-deny themselves absolutely, to these vis
itors.. When it is considered that, even
after the destruction by fire of the, Fifth
Avenue, - we have thirty-five dramatic
theatres in New York and, the suburbs,
besides . almost -as many more variety
-shows, concert halls and other places of
amusement, it is clear that the small
Army of stalwart boomers would become
intolerable , if permitted. ' ' The conse-
quenee is that most of the local manag
ers have abandoned the practice of send
ing solicitors to the newspaper offices,
but instead; mail the particulars of their
plans and such other matter as they wish
to have published.'. . . i ..
This material is treated differently by
the dramatic .editors,, according to the
asagea of the various offices. The situa
tion is sometimes a puzzle to the press
agents of the traveling companies that
come into town. . .The majority of these
energetic gentlemen intermit their la
bors largely upon being informed that
they are likely to do more harm than
good, but the" minority do. not take a va
cation so lazily.. ; One of these , workers
has this week poetized his usually prosa
ic efforts. He has sent to each important
journal an original and exclusive poem
in praise of an actress who employs him.
The verses are smoothly rhymed and
metred and they extol the lady's beauty
and ability with all the enthusiasm" of a
knight of old exuberant over his lad
love. None of these effusions, however,
has yet gained publication. New York
Cor. Washington Star. .
- ' Bad Luek at the Funeral. -The
funeral of the late Ephraim Geis
singer, of near Blue Church, Upper
Saucon township, was held with. con
siderable . difficulty. ; At 'the home of
the deceased's parents, about two miles
from the church, elaborate preparations
were made all day Tuesday for the din
ner which was to be served at the con
clusion of the obsequies. ' -A ; calf was
killed and set aside to await the roasting
process. When the hour arrived for this
oh Wednesday the matrons having the
affair in charge were greatly surprised to
una - tnat during the night some person
had stolen the. calf , together with other
of the funeral meats. . .. ,
The excitement created by -this an
nouncement had scarcely subsided ere
one of the horses attached to the hearse
of Undertaker Thomas Schaffer, of Lime-
port, 'while being driven into the yard.
stepped into a. hole from which a post
bad been removed and broken his leg.
The poor animal had to be shot on the
spot. The hearse was also caught by a
wash line and dismantled of its plumes
AUentown (Pa.) Chronicle.
Tbat Hallo KxpedtUoau - Xi ,
. A correspondent asks, "What time is
the ; balloon - expedition to -start, for the
north pole?,v : , ...
'There is some doubt now felt as to
whether it will start at all. The men
who intended to go are, French men, bat
the French Aeronautic ' society, which
has been considering the matter, think
that no good could possibly be accom
plished, even if the voyagers were able to
pass over the pole and get back alive.
The present programme is that they will
send op pilot balloons next summer from
Spitsbergen, and if these show the direc
tion and force of. winds to be favorable
to. the scheme the expedition will start in
the summer of 1892. St. Louis Globe
Democrat. "' ' .--. --.'.-.-.
Oo incidences svt-sm Astntveraary.
The golden wedding of & N. Ksk and
wife, a highly respected couple, . was re
cently observed at their home in Brain
tree, Mass. A singular- feature -of the
occasion was the faot -that the services
connected with the affair were held in
the same bouse and the same room of
the' house, and the venerable' couple oc
cupied .the., same- place in the room as
when married fifty years, before. , There
was the same carpet on the floor and the
same paper on the wall as. when the orig
inal .wedding took place. Springfield
Republican.
, I r Valiuhl Omn ii
The census bureau, with all the rest of
ita workbas been attempting . to., asoer
tauvtbe valne of the carpi which have
been introduced into American waters.
One man to whom a schedule was sub
mitted replied that the : carp in has pond
had been worth $1,000 to him in the past
six months. His wife had been sick and
he had fed her exclusively upon carp, to
't.She ' was . worth $1,000 at .least, and
tnererore ne estimated his gain on his in
vestment at that sum. Boston Tran
script. -:
.' : ' 1 r n - , .
' i 5,lo Wnttlnc h Track.- .; ;
: One Maine railroad finds that the
practice of walking on the track in the
winter time may cause a partial sus
pension of its operations. '' People tread
the snow so hard upon the;,tracks of, the
Monson railroad that the 'company an
nounces that it win be unable to keep its
branches open . this ..winter, unless the
practice ceases. . This .appeal ought to
bring about the resultmost to be desired.
Bangor (Me.) Commercial. t-
A Prudent Kan,
An EBkton (Md.) man -feared that he
might be buried before he was really
dead, 'and he therefore directed ..in his
will that his body should be kept for
forty days in a shed built for the pur
pose. He wanted a bottle of water be
side him, a -latch on -the inside of the
door and a roof slanting to the west. He
is now lying in the shed. Detroit Free
Press."- ' ' '
YVPresenea of Mind. -
' Dr. Tremblay, of Quebec, swallowed
by mistake the other day a quantity of
aconite.- Realizing that:.'' the-: poison
would cause his speedy death he hasten
ed to a priest's house and received the
sacraments. Returning home he made
his will, and very soon died in the pres
ence of his young wife and three chil
dren. Toronto Letter. -, .
J. M. HUNTINGTON & GO.
flbstraeters, ;
Heal Estate and
v Itwanee Agents.
Abstracts of. and Information Concern-
ingJLand Titles on Short Notice.
Land for Sale and Houses, to Rent
Parties Looking for Homes in '
COUNTRY OR CITY,
OR IN SEARCH OF
BuiiiBg Location,
, Should Call on or Write to us.
. ( Agents for a Full Line of .. .
Leasing Fire Insurance Companies,
.And Will Write Insurance for
on all - .
DESIEABIiE laiSIECS.
Correspondence Solicited. All Letters
. Promptly Answered. Call on or
Address, '
J. M. HUNTINGTON & CO.
Opera House Block, The Dalles, Or.
JAMES WHITE,
Has Opened a i
ZjuhoIi Oounter,
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.
.--.- ' 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
C. N. THORNBURY, T. A. HtJDBOX.
Late Rec. U. 8. Land Office. . , Nptary JP ublie.
POSOjl.
ROOMS 8 and 9 LAND OFFICE BUILDING,
' Postolnca B 35, v
THE DALLES, OR.
Filings, Contests,
And alltther BasSess in the D. S. Land Office
Promptly Attended U.
We have -ordered Blanks for Filings,
Entries and, the purchase of Railroad
Lands under the recent Forfeiture Act,
which we will have, and advise the pub
lic at the earliest date when such entries
can be made. Look for advertisement
in this paper. u '- .
Thornburv & Hudson.
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ment, a guaranteed specific for Hysteria, Dizzi
ness, Convnlnione, Fit, Nervous Nenralfria,
Headache, Nervous Prostration caused by the use
of alcohol or tobacco. Wakefulness, Mental De
pression, Softening of the Brain, resulting in In
sanity and leading to misery, decay and death,
Premature Old Aire, Barrenness, Loss of Power
In either sex. Involuntary Losses and Spermat
orrhoea caused by over exertion of the brain, self
abuse or over Indulgence. Each box contains
one month's treatment.- f 1.00 a box, or six boxes
for 5.00, sent by mail prepaid on receipt of price.
WJC OFAKANTKE SIX BOXES
To cure any case. With each order received by
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 by
BLAKELEY HOUGHIOS,
Prescription Druggists,
175 Second St. - ; , ,, The Dalles, Or.
No. 114 Washington Street.
BILLS 4 WHYERS, Proprietors.
The Best of Wines, liquors and Cigars
.' ALWAT8 OK SALE.
They will aim to supply their customers with
the best in their line, both of m ported and do
mestic goods.
. . , ! , - . ;
... i.t i Jl.-fl 1. '
Opera '.' Exchange,
S i - i J X ?
.1 i-3tr.!.. z.i
is here and has come to stay. It hppek
to win its way to public favor by enerA
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 in the city, or sent
by mail for the moderate sum of fifty
cents a month.
Its
obi
will be to advertise the resources of the
city, and adjacent country, to assist in
developing pur industries, in extending
and opening up new channels for our
trade, in securing an open river, and in
helping THE DALLES to take her prop
er position as the
,vfii.vtv;. y-?;
Leading City of Eastern Oregon.
The paper, both daily and weekly, will
be independent in politics, and in its
criticism of political matters, as in its
handling of local affairs, it will be
it ili i,- i ,
JUST, FAIR AND IMPARTIAL
, y?e will endeavor to give all the lo
cal news, and we ask that your criticism
of pur 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 issue about 2,000
copies for free distribution, . and shall
print from time to time extra editions,
so that the paper will reach every citi
zen of Wasco and adjacent counties.
.'' .- .. j ;.'"L. ' - - ' - '';,.-
THE WEEKLY,
sent to any address for $1.50 per year.
It will contain from four to six eight
column pages, and we shall endeavor
to make it the equal of the best, AO
your Postmaster for a copy, or addres.
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Office, N. W. Cor. Washington and Second Sts-
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