NIGHT IN THE COUNTRY.
Oh, bird that lingers In the bnsh
Of twilight as it fallelh.
Saturn ye now onto your nest;
List bow yoar sweet mate e&llethl
Oh, lowing cows, haste to your fold.
Or you will be belated -Xm
now the milkmaid loudly calls.
Too long for yon she has waited
Trom yonder charch the chiming bells
Ring for the Angelns sweet,
-And pious souls, with bended heads,
The evening prayer repeat. . -TftKt
locusts with discordant notes
A merry concert hold.
As though the coming on of night
Made their small hearts more bold.
11m Jasmine vine that shades the porch
Breaks out in sweetest scent.
And waftings from the lily bed
Are with its odors blentl
The low of kine and notes of birds
Grow fainter and more faint.
Xven the tireless katydids
Have hushed their loud complaint.
The glimmering lights begin to shine
From many a window pane.
And mothers rock their babes and sing
A sweet good night refrain.
To all there comes a country peace.
The quiet of a night
That is removed from out the world,
Far from the city's sight!
Kate A. Carrington In New Orleans Pica-
A Very Close Call.
A tall, squarely built and athletic man
rf thirty-five or thereabouts walked into
h California hotel and registered "John
Kelly, Jr., Bodie." He is superintendent
-of the Bulwer, Bodie and Mono mines,
'located at Bodie, and he became involved
in a dispute with a miner named J. C.
"-Grant. The result was that the ' two
men met on the street in Bodie, and
when within a few feet of each other
Grant drew a 45-caliber revolver, and
without warning fired point blank at
-Kelly. The latter threw np his left arm,
and as he did so the ballet passed down
the inside of his coat sleeve -without
scratching the skin and made its exit at
the elbow.
They then clinched, but Grant kept
firing, and the second shot struck the
collar button in the back of Kelly's shirt,
carried it away and plowed up the lining
of his coat without doing other damage.
The third and fourth shots went through
Kelly's coat, which was unbuttoned, but
the fifth struck him in the chin. When
it struck the bone, however, it was de
flected, and. after tearing its way along
the jaw, came out 'just in front of the
ear. Kelly then wrenched the pistol
from the other's hand and with it beat
Mm into insensibility. The former keeps
the coat and shirt that he wore at the
time as a memento of his marvelous es--ape.
San Francisco CalL
Monkeys That Fight with Stones.
The Oelada baboons sometimes have
battles with the Hamadryads, especially
when the two species have a mind to rob
thi same field, and if fighting in the hills,
will roll stones on to their enemies. Not
long ago a colony of Gelada baboons,
which had been fired at by some black
soldiers attending a duke of Coburg
Ootha on a hunting expedition on the
borders of Abyssinia, blocked a pass for
some days by rolling rocks on all comers.
This seems to give some-support to a cu
rious objection raised by a Chinese local
governor in a report to his superior on
the difficulties in the way of opening
to steamers the waters of the upper
Yang-tee. The report, after noting that
the inhabitants on the upper waters were
ignorant men who might quarrel with
strangers, went on to allege that mon
keys, which inhabited the banks, would
roll down stones on the steamers. "The
two last facts," the report added,
."would lead to complaint from the En
glish and embroil the Celestials with
them, especially if the men or the mon
keys kill any English." Spectator.
He Is Against Cremation.
"Don't you favor this idea of crema
tion?' asked the old gentleman in the
horse car of the man who sat next to
"him. :
- "No, sir, 1 don't," said the other man
emphatically. "Cremation and crime
are synonymous terms with me. I have
'been in the gravestone business long
enough to know that the old fashioned
method of burial is in every way the
beet-" Somerville Journal.
Most birds are stoics compared to owls,
and those who cultivate their acquaint
ance know that they have no time
wherein to make their poetical com
plaints to the moon. Poets should not
meddle with owls. Shakespeare and
Wordsworth alone have understood
them by most others they have been
idalously libeled.
The most ancient description, we have
of a water pump is by Hero of Alexan
dre. There is no authentic account of
she general use of the pump in Germany
.'previous to the beginning of the Six
teenth century. At about that time the
endless chain and bucket works for rais
ing water from mines began to be re
placed by pumps.
The Ionian isles produce a loose lace,
unique rather than handsome. It was
used at first mainly in the churches and
tombs. As antiquity more than doubles
the price the Bhrewd natives blacken
: and mildew their work before offering
-it to the tourists, who take dirt as a
voucher for age.
Americans are the greatest newspaper
"readers in the world. There are 17,000
newspapers published in the United
Stat. It is said that a new publica
tion is born every four hours and forty
eight minutes day and night; but fort
mately or unfortunately the death rate
is very high.
A new system of house wiring for eleo-
trio lighting consists of fitting the build
ing with continuous tubes of insulating
material, through which the wires are
drawn. The tubes are made of paper
oaked in a hot bath of bituminous ma
. teriaL -and are said to be hard, strong
and tough.
Judge E. R. Hoar, the senator's broth
er, is the leader of the Boston bar. He
is past seventy, but still carries himself
-with erectness, and his step is elastic
He is the father of young Congressman
JSoar.
AN AMERICAN STEAMSHIP IJNE.
Something About the Famous Steamers.
That Flourished Before the War.
The most important American rival
which foreign corporations have en
countered in transatlantic steam naviga
tion was the famous Collins line. Mr. E.
K. Collins had grown np in the freight
and passenger business between New
York and Liverpool, and in 1847 he began
to interest New York merchants in a
plan to establish a new steamship line.
Two years later a company which he had
organized launched four vessels the At
lantic, Pacific, Arctic and Baltic.
They were liberally subsidized, the
government paying the company $858,000
yearly for carrying the mails; conditions
imposed being that the vessels should
make twenty-six voyages every year, and
that the passage from port to port should
be better in point of time than that made
by the Cunarders. The Collins line met
the conditions successfully, its vessels
making westward trips that averaged
eleven days, ten hours and twenty-one
minutes, as compared with twelve days,
nineteen hours and twenty-six minutes
by the British steamships. '
The vessels of the Collins line cost up
ward of $700,000 each. This was a great
deal of money to put into a steamship in
those days, and as the largest of the
fleet was considerably smaller than the
smallest of the steamships that now ply
between New York, and European ports,
there was naturally a good percentage
of cost in the appointments for the com
fort of the passengers. Many features
that have since come to be regarded as
indispensable on board ship were intro
duced by the Collins vessels.
Among them none attracted more
comment when the Atlantic arrived at
Liverpool, at the end of her first voyage.
May 10, 1819, than the barber shop. En
glish visitors to the vessel, as she lay at
anchpr in the Mersey, saw for the first
time the comfortable chair, with its
movable head rest and foot rest, in which
Americans are accustomed to recline
while undergoing shaving. Another
novelty was a smoking room in a house
on the afterpart of the deck. John H.
Gould in Scribner's.
In Two Countries.
In America my neighbor can own a
piece of land adjoining my house, and
can, after long years, build on his land
in such a way as to take the light away
from every window in my house which
overlooks his lot. In England, after a
man has had the uninterrupted use of
light and air for sixty years he acquires
an easement, which is one "of Judge
Blackstone's "incorporeal heredita
ments," and this has to be respected by
the owner of adjacent land, who, ac
cording to English, and, for the matter
of that, Roman law, must so enjoy his
own rights and property as not to inter
fere with the established right and prop
erties of others.
In England if my neighbor sees me
building a house with windows over
looking his property, and in such a man
ner as to tend to preclude him from
building himself at some future time, he
at once sets to work to put up an obstruc
tion against my windows, which forces
me to come to terms with him. This
may be arranged by payment of a small,
in fact, entirely nominal, annual rent of
a few cents in recognition of his rights,
and this will prevent my acquiring an
easement over his land. Which of the
two systems is the more equitable I will
not venture an opinion, but leave the
reader to judge. Detroit News.
Serving Early Writs.
It was not the easiest thing in the
world to bring malefactors to justice in
the early administration of the law in
Virginia, as the following returns, made
to executions, will illustrate. The ex
tract is from the "History of Augusta
County.
"In the case of Johnson vs. Brown
(1751), 'Not executed by reason there is
no road to the place where he (Brown)
lives.' "
Again: "Not executed by reason of ex
cess of weather."
"November, 1753 'Not executed by
reason of an ax' (the ax being in the
hands of defendant, uplifted, no doubt,
to cleave the officer's skull).
"Not executed because the defendant's
horse was faster than mine."
"Not executed, by reason of a gun."
"Emlen vs. Miller 'Keplj off from
Miller with a club, etc.; Miller not found
by Humphrey Marshall. "
"Not executed, because the defendant
got into deep water out of my reach."
"November, 1754 'Executed on the
within, John Warwick, and he is not the
man." "
"August, 1755--Eorty-nine executions
returned 'Not executed, by reason of the
disturbance of the Indians.' "
Electric Car Heaters. .
In many places where electric rail
ways are in operation the temperature
falls so low in winter as to render the
cars quife uncomfortable. Why not,
under this condition of affairs, devote a
portion of the current used to propel the
cars to heating them ag well? The ordi
nary car stove is open to so many objec
tions that its use is practically precluded
from the majority of roads. Electric
heaters, however, can be placed under
neath the seats so that a unifcorm tem
perature can be given to the entire car.
Electric heaters have been made and
have met with some adoption. Whether
they would prove too expensive for the
purpose is a question yet to be solved.
They certainly, however, offer advan
tages over any method of car heating
yet employed. New York Telegram
A If ew Fat Cure. '
St. Agedore It is the easiest thing in
the world.
De Mascus What, to reduce a manV
weight?
"Yes, to reduce a man's wait. The
one thing needful always be punctual."
: St. Joseph News. " .
If the pies eaten every day were heap? "
one on top of another they would m;i"c
tower thirty-seven miles high. If 1..M
out in aline they would reach from Ke
York to Boston.
MUTILATION FOR CASH.
HANDS AND FEET CUT OFF TO
GET ACCIDENT INSURANCE.
Extraordinary. Attempts at Fraud by
Men In Pecuniary Distress or Too Iaxy
to Work The Left Hand Is the Most
Frequently Severed One Man's Claim.
Everybody has read in the newspapers
from time to time of the many alleged
frauds attempted upon the life insurance
companies, but few, probably, are aware
of the claim which is made by the acci
dent companies .that the fraudulent
claims against them, in proportion to the
number of persons insured, outnumber
those against the life companies ten to
one.
Recently there was held a meeting of
the representatives of some of the lead
ing companies doing an accident busi
ness for the purpose of devising means of
relief in the matter.
Some insurance men advocated the
strict enforcement of the law punishing
self mutilation, while others say that
legislation - could be enacted against the
companies, who, in their eagerness to
get business, invite fraud by the large
indemnities offered and the liberal time
limit given. In 1889 the accident com
panies issued policies giving $2,500 for
the loss of a leg, arm, foot or hand.
This has been worked, it is claimed, so
extensively by persons who did not mind
maiming themselves in order to secure
the insurance money that it has become
one of the greatest evils in the business.
LOSS OF HANDS AND FEET.
'We found," said A. N. Lock-wood,
president of the Accident Insurance
Provident Fund society, to a reporter,
"that in every single claim received by
us the indemnity asked for was for the
maiming or loss of the left hand. This
naturally excited our suspicion. The
claimants were all found to be persons
pecuniarily embarrassed, such as men
out of work, men who, rather than work,,
preferred losing their left hand for $2,500,
and men who had seen better days and'
who had large families to provide for.
We reduced the indemnity for a hand to
$1,250, since which time we have not had
one claim for the loss of a hand. '
"This, however, did not end our
troubles, for immediately claims for
'foot indemnities,' which had remained
at $2,500, grew more numerous. Other
companies have had the same experi
ence. A president of one of the accident
companies told me yesterday that he was
satisfied that not one claim had been
genuine in all the claims presented
against his company in a year. As a
rule, the other companies pay $2,500 for
the loss of either a hand or foot, and the
number of people who are willing to lose
a hand or foot for that much . money is
astounding, and there are more fraudu
lent insurance cripples in he United
States today than war cripples. Why,
you have no idea of the business of self
mutilation that is being carried on for
the purpose of beating insurance com
panies.
"There is a case before the courts
which is exciting the interest of every
accident company doing business in this
city. It is the case of a professional
man who, it is believed, maimed himself
deliberately to recover $32,500 insurance.
HORRIBLE NERVE.
"He was insured in thirteen .different
companies. He intended making a trip
west, taking his fowling piece with him,
and on the day before he proposed start
ing on the journey he let his gun fall and
shot off one of his great toes. The com
panies hearing of the accident, sent their
best doctors to his assistance. They
think they have evidence to show that
the man intended to have the foot ampu
tated to avoid blood poisoning and col
lect the $32,500 indemnities.
"Another case is that of a man who
lives in Broome county, this state, who
was known to have deliberately chopped
off his left hand with a hatchet, striking
it two blows. The man's explanation was
that he bad been attacked by two thieves,
and that while holding one of them in
the grip of his left hand the other sev
ered his hand with a hatchet. The wood
upon which the hand rested when chop
ped off showed plainly the marks of the
center of the blade only, proving that the
hatchet had been brought down straight
and deliberately.
"Cases like this are coming up right
along. A man recently lost a foot on a
railroad. He claimed that he had fallen
off the train and had got his foot caught
under the wheels. He was subsequently
found sitting beside the track with his
hat on. There was nothing to indicate
that there had been an accident except
the loss of the foot. His clothing was
free from dirt or grease, and there was
testimony to show that he had walked
up to the train and thrust his foot under
the wheels.'
"There is no doubt," said Richard M.
Johnson, agent of the Travelers' Acci
dent Insurance company, "that since the
accident companies offered an indem
nity of $2,500 for the loss of a hand or a
foot, there has been a great increase iu
the number of accidents to the left
hand, and it was found that people were
maiming themselves to get the insur
ance.. In the preferred class of risks,
though, these cases are extremely rare.
There have also been cases where people
with shriveled feet and hands in which
there was no life or feeling have chopped
them off to get the insurance." New
York World.
According to Herr Blattner the optical
effect of incandescent lamps, increases
with the temperature of the-filament,
which can be raised so as to make 10 par
cent, of the whole electric energy of the
lamp take the form of light. Ordinarily,
however, in a lamp of sixteen candles
the optical effect does not exceed 5 to 6
per cent.
There is one applicant for a pension
Who deserves to have her claim pushed
to the front. This is Mary E. Dewey, of
Qoehen, Ind., who served through the
civil war disguised as a man in the
Twenty-sixth Ohio regiment under the
alias of Charles Dewey. She now ap
plies for a pension under her real name.
SjllPES & Kill
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PAINT
Now is the time, to paint your house
and if you wish to get the best quality
and a fine color use the
Sherwin, Williams Co.'s Paint
For those wishing to see the quality
and color of the above paint we call their
attention to the residence of S. L. Brooks,
Judge Bennett, Smith French and others
painted by Paul Kreft.
Snipes & Kinersly are agents for the
above paint for The Dalles, Or.
Don't Forget the
T EJID SPOJl
MacDonali Bros., Props.
THE BEST OF
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; WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
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kent, a guaranteed specific for Hysteria. Dizzi
ness, Convulsions. Fits, Nervous Keurakrla.
Headache, Nerv ous Prostration caused by the use
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Premature Old Age, Barrenness, Loss of Power
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we guarantee: six boxes
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send the' purchaser our written guarantee to re
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. BLAKELET A HOUGHTON.
Prescription Druggists,
175 Second St.
The Dalles, Or,
YOU NJflED BUT ASK
Middle Valley. Idaho. May is. 1891.
Dr. Vanderpool: 3four B. B. Headache and
Liver Cure sells well here. Everyone that tries
it comes for the second bottle. People are com
ing ten to twelve miles to get a bottle to try it
and then they come back and take three or four
bottles at a time. Thank you, 'or sending dup
5 siimiSSfij
licate Din as mine n as aispiaeea.
Respectfully,
M. ,A. FLETCHER.
For sale by all Druggists.
The Dalles
is here and has come to stay. It hopes
to win its way to public favor by ener
ffv. industrv and merit: and to this md
we ask that you give it a fair trial, and
ix saxisnea witn its
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 fiftv
cents a month.
Its Objects
will be to advertise the resources of the
city, and adjacent country, to assist in
developing our industries, in extending?
and opening up new channels for our
trade, m securing an open river, and in
helping THE DALLES to take her prop
er position as the
Leading City of
The paper, both daily and weeklv, will
be independent in
criticism of political
handling of local affairs, it will be
JUST, FAIR AND IMPARTIAL
We will endeavor to give all the lo
cal news, and we ask that vour criticism
of our object and course, be formed from
the contents of the paper, and not from
rash assertions of outside parties.
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. Ask
your Postmaster for a copy, or address.
THE CHRONICLE PUB. CO.
Office, N. W. Cor. Washington and Second Sts.
THE DALLES.
The Grate City of the Inland Empire is situated at
the head of navigation on the Middle Columbia, and
is a thriving, prosperous city.
ITS TERRITORY.
. It is the supply city for an extensive and rich agri
cultural an . grazing country, its trade reaching as
far south as Summer Lake, a distance of over twe
hundred miles..
THE LARGEST WOOL MARKET.
The rich grazing country along the eastern slope
of the the Cascades furnishes pasture for thousands
of sheep, the -wool from -which finds market here.
The Dalles is the largest original wool shipping
point in America, about 5,000,000 pounds being
shipped last year.
ITS PRODUCTS.
The salmon fisheries are the finest on the Columbia,
yielding this year a revenue of $1,500,000 which can
and will be more than doubled in the near future.
The products of the beautiful IQickital valley find
market here, and the country south and east has this
year filled the warehouses, and all available storage
places to overflowing with their products.
ITS WEALTH
It is the richest city of its size on the coast, and its
money is scattered over and is being used to develop,
more farming country than is tributary to any other
city in Eastern Oregon.
Its situation is unsurpassed! Its climate delight
ful! Its possibilities incalculable! Its resources un
limited! And on these corner stones she stands.
course a generous
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Daily
Eastern Oregon.
politics, and in its
matters, as in its