THE MOUNTAINS.
.AH thronuh the frozen land we sped, '
Through cuttings white and marshes
drear;
Tbrongh black plantations, grim and dead,
' And forest giants darkly sere.
i -
He landscape fled and passed below, .
And tracing still, we aavr no more -Tbu
one sreat cheerless waste of snow, -
ju ocean wan no tanner shore:
Until the mountains rose around, ,
80 sternly from the Icy earth,
And beauty, though rejected, found
A home in her own very dearth.
-. 5old they were, 'pride intensified
In every line so gannt and grim
A mantle and a pall of pride.
That lingered when all else grew dim.
Tbe rocky heads all powdered o'er.
And in the valley far below
A forest tangle, and once more
A long and stainless slope of snow.
They seemed as mourning for the past.
In hopeless mourning for an age
Ua distant now, its records cast
But mystery on earth's dim page.
They seemed as frowning on the eye
That arrogantly dared -to read
The secret thoughts they laid so by.
And to such silence had decreed.
Tuy seemed as wrapped In voiceless scorn
Too passionless to stop to hate.
That anything of mortal born - '
Should dare one thought to penetrate.
1 net them, and I left them so. '
Still watching from their fortress white.
aaelr cold, vast citadel of snow.
To see the first approach of night
longing to feel its shadows glide.
And veil their grief and hide their pain.
"With eager longing, even pride.
Though measureless, could not restrain.
TJiisn Wlnstanley in Chambers' Journal.
Wants to Be Saved from His Friends.
""Why do I keep my proposed trip to
Europe so secret?" repeated a man whose
circle of friends is larger than common
to person who had asked him the ques
tion. Wellk to tell the truth, because
I want to escape being made a purchas
ing agent for a dozen or two of people
whom I know. Whenever they learn
xhat I am about to go abroad they over
whelm me with commissions of . all
kinds. One man wants a photograph of
certain tower of the castle at Heidel
berg: another wants a peculiar kind of a
"match-safe, which may be bought at a
"certain shop in Pans; still a third is anx
ious to have a few London neckties, and
others want umbrellas, sticks, opera
glasses, cigar holders, jewels or some
thing else.
"It's a nuisance in the first place to
Voy these things, especially as yon are
Likely to be in a hurry at times. Then
when yon arrive back in New York yon
are likely to have trouble with the cus
toms officials, because your friends al
ways expect you to get their articles in
lnty free. Besides, no one ever pays
you in advance, and you have to go
around dunning the people. To cap the
rJimax, yon often buy things that do not
nxt the persons who have asked the fa
tot of you, and their disappointed looks
r words make you feel unpleasant, to
aay the least. Consequently, having
, been through these experiences several
'times, I now keep my intended depart
ure as secret as possible." New York
Tribune.
Preference of Cannibals for Chinamen.
The black cannibals of northern
Queensland are exceedingly partial to
Chinamen. The reason is said to be that
the flesh of the Chinese is peculiarly
tender and palatable, owing to rice being
their staple article of diet. ' There is now
a numerous Chinese population in the
north of Australia, and scores of them
who have ventured beyond the confines
of civilization have been captured and
devoured by the natives. This explains
the nonchalance with which the northern
Queensland surveyor recently reported
4a these terms to the government: "The
Macks have stolen all my provisions and
"sampled" two of my Chinamen." Lon
don Tit-Bits.
Fate of the Turkeys.
A certain parish not a thousand miles
from Portland devotes one Sunday even
ing each month to what they term a
"missionary concert," it being the duty
of some of the church to keep posted on
the progress of mission work in the dif
ferent countries and report the same at
these meetings. A certain active worker
whose study was the land of the sultan
electrified the audience by announcing
one evening that "his was a sorrowful
eport," adding, in all seriousness, "that
the Turkeys had all bad their crops cut
off." Lewiston Journal. '
Catarrh of the ears and catarrh of the
.Eustachian tubes often cause deafness.
Catarrh of the stomach loads the stomach
with tough phlegm and interferes with
digestion. Catarrh of the gallbladder
obstructs the outflow of the bile, which
' is absorbed into the circulation, and thus
gives rise to jaundice. Catarrh of the
bladder is a dangerous disease, from the
-difficulty of getting rid of the mucus.
Weldless steel chains are being experi
mented with in England. The chains
are cut from a blank after the same gen
eral methods employed in cutting out &
chain from a single piece of wood. As
steel is used, it is asserted that the weight
can be reduced one-third from what
was necessary in old chains of imiiftr
strength.
The largest yawl on the Atlantic coast
is said to be the Whitecap, eighty-three
feet over all, owned by Dr. J. T. Both-"
rock, of Philadelphia. The Whitecap is
well known in Massachusetts bay, hav
ing been formerly owned by D. H. Bice,
of the Hull Yacht club. She was built
in Essex, and rigged first as a schooner. .
Of the 1 1,000,000 square miles of Africa,
cnly about 4,500,000 remain which have
not been claimed by some European
power,. and more than half of this area
lies within the desert of Sahara.
The word muslin comes from Mosul,
in Asiatic Turkey, where it was at one
time largely manufactured, just as at a
later date cambric received its name from
Cambray. in France.
The following states have no state
motto: Indiana, Mississippi, New Hamp
shire, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio
and Texas.
I OLD LONDON PICTURED.
COMPARED WITH THE CITY OF
' TODAY. TWAS A SORRY SIGHT
Its Houses Were Dwarfy. Squalid Struct
area and Kiwily Pulled Dawn The Cli
mate Then Was Colder and More Un
bearableFamine and Pestilence.
Who can rebuild before the eye of the
mind a single ordinary dwelling of the
vanished London of the middle of the
Thirteenth century? It was a dwarfitih.
squalid strnctnre of such crazy unsub
stantiality that, with a stout -iron crook
and two strong cords, provided by the
ward, it tnigh be pulled down and
dragged off speedily in case of fire: a
structure of one story jutting over a
low ground floor, with another jut of
eaves above, its roof perchance engrailed
with gables, its front bearing an odd re
semblance to the back of jl- couple of
huge stairs, and the. whole a most rick
ety, tumbledown, top heavy, fantastical
thing Chimneys were fairly in vogue
then, so it had them squat, square,
wide mouthed, faced with white plaster
red tiles or gray pebble work. .
Red tiles covered , its roof. Its walls
were rough planed planks or a wooden
framework filled with a composite of
straw and clay, buttressed with ports
and crossed this way and that with sup
porting beams, the whole daubed over
with whitewash, of which the weather
Boon made graywash. , In front was a
Ktairway sometimes covered, sometimes
not or a stepladder set slantwise against
the "wall for an entrance to the npper
story.
The doorways were narrow and low.
the windows also, and the latter, dark
ened with overbrows of wooden shut
ters, propped up from beneath and
sticking out like long.- slender .awnings,
were further darkened by. sashes of
parchment, linen or' thin, shaved horn,
for glass came from Flanders, and was
costly and rare.
BOMAXTIO BUILDING.
Snch. joint and seam and tile being
loosened into crack and cranny and crev
ice everywhere, was the dwelling of the
London citizen as the eye might see it in
the middle of the Thirteenth century.
Multiply that dwelling into a tortuous
and broken perspective of like buildings,
some joined by party walls, some with
spaces between, all pent roofed or gable
peaked, heavy eaved. stub chimneyed,
narrow latticed, awning shuttered, stair
cased, post buttressed, beam crossed,
dusky red roofed, dingy white walled,
and lo.w under the overhanging vastness
of the sky. and you have an ancient Lon
don street, which shall be foul, and nar
row, with open drains, footways roughly
flagged and horseway deep with slushy
mire, overstrewn with ashes, shards and
offal, and smelling abominably.
There were indeed at that period,
thinly interspersed here and there,
houses of somewhat better description,
solidly built of stone and timber, though
at best strangely deficient in comfort
and convenience, according to the fash
ion of that most inconvenient and un
comfortable age. Here and there, too,
for those were the times of the feudal
soldier and priest, 'rose in dreadful beau
teous contrast with the squalid city
the architectural' grandeur of church
and cathedral, or the stately house or
palace of bishop or earL But all around
stretched dwellings .which our poorest
modern bouse excels, and on those
dwellings all evils and discomforts that
can befall had' their quarry.
Light came dim and sunshine dimly
glimmering into their darkened rooms.
Summer heats made ovens of them. The
old gray family of London fogs rose
from the marshes north of the city walls,
from the city's intersecting rivulets,
from the Thames below, and crept in at
every opening to make all dark 'and chill
within. Down their squat chimneys
swept the smoke. Choking and blinding.
Rams BUch as even rainy England knows
not now soaked them through for weeks
together.
A TERRIBLE PICTURE.
Cold such as English winters have for
gotten now pierced with griping blast
and silent . sifting snow to their shiver
ing inmates. Foul exhalations from the
filthy streets ; hung around them an air
of poison, or rising from the cesspools,
of which every house had one within,
discharged themselves in deadly mala
dies. Lightnings stabbed their roofs or
rent their walls, bunting for those they
sheltered. Conflagration, lurking in a
spark, upspread in dragoonish flame and
roared 'through them devouring.
Whirlwind swept through them howl
ing, and tossed them down by fifties..
Pestilence breathed through them in re
curring seasons, and left their rooms
aghast with corpses. Civic right or in
testine war stormed often near them and
brought them death and sorrow. Fam
ine arose eyery few years and walked
through them on his way to England,
leaving their tenants lean and pale, or
lifeless. Often into them broke the
midnight robber. singly or in gangs;
often to them dune the gatherer- of
taxes or of tithes; upon them hung per
petually all the bloodsuckers, every
vampire which an age of ignorance and
tyranny could . spawn, and in them
herded fiendish bigotries, crazy super
stitions, brutish illiteracy, and all that
darkens and depraves the soul
For that was the mournful midnight
of our mortal life, centuries ago. The
old, sad stars that governed our con
ditions still kept their forceful station
above the brawl of brutal and internal
dreams: and one alone, now risen from
Geber's east, hung dewy bright with the
world's hope and promise, while science,
builder of life that is holy, beautiful
and gay. was but a wondrous new born
child in Roger Bacon's cell, dreaming of
things to come. Atlantic Monthly.
lira wins the Line.
; A native New Zealander was induced
to wear a shirt, a paper collar, shoes and
a hat. and he almost concluded to eat
with a knife and embrace Christianity
Then they asked turn to wear suspenders.
and he went ont and banged himself. It
was pushing civilization too fast. De
troit Free Press.
Bow to Drive Flies from a Stable.
Chloride of lime scattered on a board
in the stable will clear it of all kinds of
flies.
-
How the Point of Break in an Oeean
Cable Is Discovered. ,
If the metallic conductor is broken,
the surrounding insulation remaining
perfect, the electrostatic charge of the
cable, or the amount of electricity which
it absorbs in becoming charged, is elec
trically weighed by building up an arti
ficial line until the current flows equally
into the cable and such artificial line,
if the insulating covering of the wire is
broken the current will flow freely from
the conductor to the surrounding water,
and its strength, if the power of the bat
tery be known, definitely measures the
electrical resistance, and consequently
the length, of the conductor. In other
words, the battery power, divided by
the indicated current strength, gives the
line's resistance, and therefore its length.'
Bow to Dye Dress Goods Bed.
Boil the goods ten minutes in one
ounce of cochineal, one ounce of muriate
of tin and a little cream of tartar for
each pound of goods, dissolved in enough
water to cover them Hang up to dry.
How to Clean Balr.
Wash well with a mixture of soft
water, one pint, sal soda, one ounce, and
cream of tartar, one-quarter ounce.
How Ships "Speak" Each Other at Sea.
-Communications are made from ship
to ship by means of an international
code of signal flags. A number of flags
of various designs and colors are hoisted
one under another, each symbol or com
bination having an arbitrary conven
tional meaning attached to it. Owing
to the difficulty of distinguishing blue,
red and black, or telling yellow from
white, the tendency is to reduce ' all
signs to black and white, singly or in
combination, trusting to shape for dif
ferent signals. , ."v '
How to Hake Sandpaper.
Powder common window glass that
having a green tint is best and sift
through sieves of varying fineness, for
coarse ana fine sandpaper. Cover any
coarse paper with thin glue and sift the
powdered glass upon it. Let it stand a
day or two. when the refuse - sand is
shaken off and the paper is ready for use
Bow to Make Family Wines from Frnits.
Take ripe fruit, crushed, twenty-four
pounds, soft water, one gallon; loaf
sugar, four pounds; cream of tartar, 1
ounces, brandy, one .quart Dissolve
the cream of tartar in water, mix all the
ingredients, and let them stand one week
before drawing off.
' Bow to Destroy Acid on Clothes. '
As soon as possible after exposure to
the acid dampen with spirits of ammo
nia, which will destroy the effect of the
add immediately "
Bow to Test Steel.
Good tool steel will fall to pieces with
a white heat: with bright red beat it
crumbles under the hammer; with mid
dling heat it may be drawn to a needle
point. To test hardening qualities, draw
under a low heat to a gradually tapered
square point and plunge into cold water.
If broken point will scratch glass the
quality is good. To test tenacity, a
hardened piece will be driven into cast
iron by a hardened hammer; if poor it
will be crumbled. Soft steel of good
quality gives a curved line fracture and
uniform gray texture.
Bow to Engrave on Eggs.
. Write upon the egg shell with wax or
varnish, or with tallow, and then im
merse the egg in some weak acid, snch
as vinegar or etching liquor Wherever
the varnish or wax has not protected the
shell the lime of the latter is decomposed
and dissolved in the'acid, and the writ
ing or drawing remains in relief.
' . How to Make Liquid Glue.
Take soft water, one quart; best pale
glue, two pounds; dissolve in a covered
vessel over a water bath or in a vessel
immersed in boiling water; cooL and
and add gradually of nitric acid (specific
gravity) 1.835 ounces, when cold put it
into bottles. It is very strong and does
not gelatinize.
Bow to Enter and Leave i
Never open the door of a private room
without knocking no matter upon what
terms of intimacy yon are with the oc
cupant. Always remove your hat be
fore entering it is an insult to your
host to remain covered, even for an in
stant, in bis or ber apartment. This is
especially the case when ladies are pres
ent. When leaving do not replace your
hat until you nave crossed the thresh
old. '
How to Preserve Insects.
Persons who wish to make a collection
of insects, butterflies, etc., can do so
easily, and preserve their colors by im
mersing them in a weak solution of cor
rosive sublimate. As a matter of fact,
stuffed birds and other products of the
taxidermist can be insured from de
cay by soaking the animals in this solu
tion. Bow to Eat Grapes.
. Grapes have a dual medicinal quality
which ' is almost unknown in this conn
try As a matter of fact, nature has pro
vided in the grape a sovereign remedy
for all minor disarrangements of the
stomach. In northern 'and central It
aly, when the bowels become lax, the
natives eat quantities of grapes, includ
ing the skin. When they need a slight
purgative they eat a number of grapes,
discarding the skins and only using the
flesh. The tannic acid contained in the
skins is sufficiently astringent to arrest
incipient dysentery
SJIIPES & KIJIERSLY,
i Wlolesale and Retail Broiists.
-DEALERS IN-
Fine Imported, Key West and Domestic
PAINT
Now is the time to paint your house
and if you wish to get the bejt 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
EflST EP S0LOOJI,
MacBonalJ Bros., Props.
THE BEST OF
Wines, Lipors and Cigars
ALWAYS ON HAND.
C. E. BtflKgp (JO.,
Real Estate, .'.
; Insaranee,
and Loan
AGENCY.
Opera House Bloek,3d St.
Chas. Stubling,
PBOPBIITOB OF THE
iEwi(ip;
New Vogt Block, Second St. .
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL-
Liquor v Dealer,
MILWAUKEE BEER ON DRAUGHT.
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ness, Convulsions, Fits, Nervous Neuralgia,
Headache, Nervous Prostration caused by the use
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sanity and leading to miserv, decay and death,
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for 15.00, sent by mall prepaid ou receipt of price.
"WE GCARAKTEE SIX BOXES
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us for six boxes, accompanied by 15.00, 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 A HOUGHTON,
Prescription Druggists,
178 Second St. The Dalles, Or.
YOU NiSED BUT ASK .
Middle Vaixev, Idaho, May 15, 1891.
DR. VaNDERPOOT.: Ynnr H R HpuHacha mil
Liver Cure sells well here. Everyone that tries
it comes for the second bottle. People are com
ing ten to twelve miles tn n.t a Witt I., t.. trv it.
and then they come back and take three or four
bottles at a time. Thank you, or Bending dup
licate bill as mine as displaced.
Respectfully,
M. A. FLETCHER.
For sale by all Druggists.
Dales
36
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we ask that you give it a fair trial, and
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support.
The
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THE DALLES.
The Grate CitV Of the Inland "Rmnirfl is sitnn eH a
the head Of navigation On
is a thriving, prosperous
ITS TERRITORY.
It is the SUPtJlv CitV for an ex-tensive nr1 -rinTrt norri-
cultural an grazing country, its trade reaching as
far south as Summer Lake: a distance of
hundred miles.
THE LARGEST WOOL MARKET.
The rich grazing conntrv alone the easte-m si one
of the -'the Cascades furnishes nastnre fo-p t.h on sarin's
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
snipped lasx year.,
ITS PRODUCTS. .
The salmon fisheries are the finest, on tnerWInmTvio
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 Klickital valley find
market here, and the countrv south and east. ha thie
year filled the warehouses,
places to overflowing' with
ITS WEALTH
It is the richest citv of its size on the ooast and it
money Is scattered over and is beinr nsed to develon
more farming country than
in .eastern vregon. .
ItS Situation is Unsumassed! Its nlimate delio'Vn-.
ful! Its possibilities incalculable! Its. resources un
limited! And on these corner stones she stands.
Daily
naner. and not fro
outside parties.
for $1.50 per year.
the MirldlA nnlnmln's anrl
city.
and all available st.OTn ta
their products.
is tributary to any other