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NOBODY CARES!
M. wearily wan tittle face,
A feeble, forlorn little ami la.
Poor faltering feeu
That must pane tbeir beat
tar nuni and many a mile
star stealing oat in tbe d
A lamp that luridly flares.
In tbe wide city's whirl
JuKt a nameless girl
Nobndy cares!
A desolate, dearth stricken room,
A pillow pushed ap to the wall.
- A flicker that shows
A face tn repose.
Bileoce, and that Is all.
Save jnst on tbe woebegone cheek
That look which such raptneaa wears.
That li(ht an the brow
Alt, who shall say now,
"Nobody caresr"
CornbiU Magazine.
Be Traveled with the Uona.
I had an interesting experience," said
Mr. George Boniface, Jr. "I happened
1 ha pasmng one of the dime museums
when I noticed a large placard announc
mg the appearance of the elastic skin
mi. Having never seen this cariosity
I bought a ticket aud entered the uiu
wrun. I was startled by tbe resemblance
'which the elastic skin man bore to some
mm I had seen. I could not recall tbe
e, but the resemblance haunted me
like a dim ghost that had come ont of
long ago. While I stood wondering the
vnortAr for a nan-pr cam nn to in
terview the elastic skin man, and I heard
tbe elastic skin man say: 'My name is
IX. K Hnriroit. In I waa umnt fnr
isey & Newcomb s minstrels. Since
I have been idle.
In a few momenta," continued Mr.
ifaoe, "who should come along bnt
Vrthur Cambridge, Charley Griste and
i Pennoyer. They shook hands with
IKj 1 rufn r islHn man ami hAmtn callriliir
averr oia limes.
""Let's see. Charley,' asked the elastio
akin man, 'what show were yoa travel
ing with when 1 first met your
" 'Upon my word, 1 don't remember.'
aid Mr. Qriste. 'The first show I ever
traveled with was a den of performing
lions, run .by well, now. it's curious
that I can't recall the name!'
" 'Was it Van Amburgh? asked the
ia8tio 6 kin man. ,
" 'Bless your heart, no,' said Mr.
-Christe. 'Why, he taught Van Amburgh
the business. Fnnny I can't think of his
same. He was a great friend of old Bill
Coup's oh, yes, now I recall the name;
it was Daniel!" Eugene Field iu Chi
cago News.
Where Nobady Starves.
Within a hundred miles of the east
oast of Australia no native in an uncrip
pled condition has ever died from lack of
digestible food a rather comprehensive
term in a country where fern roots are
boiled like potatoes, and snails and grane
hoppera are considered tidbits. Strange
to say. tbe martyrs of that horrid diet
'get old, as a proof that freedom from
tmre is, after all, the main condition of
longevity. A similar phenomenon may
he observed in the villages of Central
Russia, where mental stagnation pre
ails in its ugliest forms, but whore
charity and parish poor laws protect
every native from the risk of actual star
vation. Professor Oswald in Good
Words. ' ... -
Two Fan-tana Men Converse.
A young woman was favored with a
hance to hear two famous poets con
'veraa. She was walking in Cambridge, ,
and saw Longfellow and Lowell strolling
little way ahead. Her quick step soon
brought her near them. She thonght to
herself. "Now I will get the freshest
SttnrATinpA nf t.wn imuit man " Jnat Ha.
.fore she overtook them she saw a pretty
child coming along, and about to meet
them. "What are little girls made of?"
aid one poet to the other. "Sugar and
pice and all that's nice, and that's what
'little girls are made of." Christian
Union.
Canned Fruits In PonpclL
A curious story is told of the origin of
canned fruits. Years ago, when the ex
cavations were beginning at Pompeii,
aome jars of preserved figs were found
in the pantry of one of the buried houses.
On being opened the fruit was found to
he fresh and good, thus showing that
centuries ago the art of preserving fruit
was practiced and that we are indebted
to the ancients for many a delicious dish
New York World.
The biggest natural beehive in the
world is that in Kentucky known as the
"Mammoth Beehive." It is in reality a
huge cave, tbe main compartment of
which is 150 feet high, and whose floor
covers ten acres in extent. The bee
hive is of solid rock, the roof of which
has been entirely honeycombed by bees.
A system of electric railway signaling
has appeared in England, in which, if
two engines come on the same section of
line, bells are automatically set ringing
m each engine by an electric current.
The same arrangement allows telephonic
communication, between the engineers
ana also with the signal men.
, One state of the Union, which derived
its usages from French and not from
English originals, has no counties at all.
In Louisiana these subdivisions of the
state are still called parishes, both offi
easily and - in ordinary speech, though
they are now divided into many real
parishes of the church.
Senator Peffer, of Kansas, has had
each of his eight children, three of whom
are girls, learn a trade. Typesetting
seems to have been most popular with
them, although one daughter has fitted
herself to become an amanuensis, and
i son is a locomotive engineer.
One of the largest dynamos in the
world is said to be in use in an alnmi
urn works in Switzerland. The com
mutator is made of copper, and weighs
ver six tons The machine has the ca-
padty of develdping 14.000 amperes at
thirty volts.
Algeria has now about 4,000,000 pop-
ion. . It la not consiaerea a colony.
however, .ut a detached part of France,
the French chambers alons have the
;bt of legislating for it
THE BELL NAPOLEON STOLE.
After a
Varied Career It Calls- Prntwutu
. Children to Their Studies.
When Napoleon, t in behalf of France
carried war to Switzerland he found
in one of the cantons there an ancient
convent. During the course of the war
this convent was destroyed, and the
bell .that hung in its tower was carried
off as a trophy by the conqueror. The
bell was at that time reputed to be sev
eral hundred years old. It was cast of
copper aud silver. The silver, according
to the custom of the times, was contrib
uted by the peasants of the canton, who
believed that their prayers and prospects
concerning worldly and heavenly affairs
would !e improved in accordance with
their sacrifices.
Napoleon carried the bell with him to
France, and retained it as a prized curi
osity until his downfall and banishment to
St. Helena, when he gave it to his broth- j
er, Joseph Bonaparte, who likewise be- j
ing banished brought the old relic to
America and hung it in a belfry at his
home in Bordentown. .
There it remained serving as a dinner
bell on the farm, its history remaining un
known until Joseph's recall from exile.
Then it was lost, sight of and for years
forgotten until one day some curiosity
seekers rummaging about in one of the
snbterraneau passages that honeycombed
the place came from all sections to visit
the so called catacombs and see the
historic bell. At that time tbe Cam- ;
den and A in boy railroad had just been
built, and the old bell was sold to the !
company, who placed it in their depot
at Bordentown to tell the arrival and
departure of trains. It hung there for
years, bnt finally, through some channel
or other, it fell into the bands of the
Paterson and Hudson River Railroad
company, and was destined to another
period of obscurity. At that time the
company operated its road by horses,
and the bell was hung in the Jersey City
station at the foot of Bergen Hill to an
swer the same pupose that it did, at Bor
dentown. When the great railroad revolution
took' place and steam cars were substi
tuted for the old horse cars the bell was
brought to this city. In those days the
terminus of the road was where St.
John's church uow stands. Two trains
were run each way daily. A small
branch manipulated by horse power,
however, ran from the main depot on
Market street at its conjunction with
Main street. Here the old bell was hung
on a post, and its duty was to ring tor
half an hour before the departure of
each train. Passengers could board the
horse cars without extra expense and
ride to the main depot, whence they
could take the train for New York.. As
time went on, however, improvements
developed in the railway service. The
Market street (it was then Congress
street) branch was abandoned and the
old post on which the bell hnng rotted
and fell down.
But Paterson was also beginning to
make great strides forward. Then the
only educational facilities were private
institutions and subscription schools.
The public spirited townsmen finally
concluded to erect a public school aud
selected the site. Here a building was
constructed and the old bell was placed
in its tower. In years gone by some of
our older citizens remember the peals ot
that bell. Then the pupils grew in num
bers and the old school grew too smalL
Another and more improved building
(now known as school No. 1 was erected,
and the ancient bell, whose mellow peals
echoing from the walls of the dizzy Alps
seven centuries ago called the bjamble
peasant to worship, now startles the
youths of Paterson . from their morning
beds. . Napoleon's voice may have made
the whole world tremble, but the voice
of the little Swiss bell rings further than
his. Paterson (N. J.) CalL
How Foolscap Was Named.
Everybody Knows what "foolscap pa- i
per is, bnt everybody does not know
how it came to bear that name.- In or
der to increase hiB revenues Charles 1
granted certain privileges, amounting to
monopolies, ana among these was the
manufacture ' of paper, the exclusive
right of which was sold to certain par
ties, who grew rich, and enriched the
government at the expense of those who
were obliged to use paper. At that time
all English paper bore the royal arms in
watermarks.
Thp parliament under Cromwell made
sport of this law in every possible man
ner, and among other indignities to the
memory of Charles it was ordered that
the royal arms be removed from the pa
per, and that the fooVs cap and bells
should be need as a substitute. When
the rump parliament was prorogued
these were also removed, bnt paper of
the size of the parliamentary journals,
which is usually about 17 by 14 inches,
still bears the name of "foolscap. " Har
per's Yonng People.
Proving; Polarisation.
The polarization of the human body
can be proved by allowing' a strong cur
rent to' flow through the body from one
end to the other, the hands being placed
in two basins connected with the poles.
The hands are then dried and placed in
two other basins of water, connected
with the wires of a delicate galvanome
ter. A current in the reverse direction
to the original one ia then found to flow
from the body. Boston Transcript.
Settled at
It has finally been settled in Scotland
that after a single man and woman have
kept company for fourteen years, and
have not denied to outsiders, that they
contemplated matrimony, that the man.
can be sued for breach of promise, and
that no further proof shall be needed by
the plaintiff. Detroit Free Press. .
A Thought. .
Lave np to the level of your best
thoughts; keep the line of your life tense
and true; it is but a thread, but it be
longs to the greet republican warp where
Time is weaving a nation. Yon cannot
alter its attachment yonder to the past
nor yonder to the unrolling years.
Thomas Hughes.
RELICS OF I) ARK AGES.
BARBARISM PRACTICED BY
CIVILIZED NATIONS,
MANY
T)m rinm la Custom of Tort
aers flesaa mt tbe Fearful Medea ia
Operation Hi Beaala aud Turkey Kne
iwt in IikWM bolTurka A r Warsaw
. The examination of accused persons by
torture is permitted today in only two
European states, Turkey and Russia.
The method in Russia is illustrated in
the experience of forty-six prisoners re
cently condemned on political charges
at Warsaw. The details may seem in- j
credible, bnt they are circumstantially :
given by a delegate from Poland to j
Western Europe, the accuracy' of whose i
statements there is no reason to doubt, i
The charge against the forty-six Poles j
was that of "belonging to a secret soci- j
ety which had for its object to alter, j
sooner or later, the existing form of gov-
eminent." This they were told verbally, !
no written document, .whatsoever being !
shown to them.
Political suspects
are not allowed to
any legal advice in self defense.
The investigation is managed not by
judges or lawyers, but by officers of the
gendarmerie. The gendarmes are paid
double sahiry whe engaged in poUtical
investigation, aud.it is therefore to their
interests to protract tbe process as much
as powiblo.
MAKfNO A PRISONER INSANB.
Among the accused was one Ladislas ,
Ouisbert. He was a private tutor of ,
good reputation. While in prison he fell
ill with a fever and became delirious.
Little or no care was taken of him, but :
on the contrary attempts were made to '
profit by the disturbed condition of his
mind to extort confessions from him. :
The gendarmes hit upon an ingenious de-
vice to weaken his mind by breaking up ;
his rest. Every half hour or so during the !
night they would enter his cell under the
pretext of attending to a small oil lamp.
They made such a noise and clatter i
that the prisoner awoke, and then the
gendarmes would question" him, think-
ing that in his half sleepy condition he
might make some imprudent answers.
Sometimes Colonel Bielanowski caused
this unfortunate man to be brought out
of his cell after midnight, so that he
might sign the minutes or protocol of
questions that had been put to him while
he was in bed.
. Snch treatment, inflicted at a moment
when the patient was buffering from
fever, so aggravated the delirium that
ultimately Ladislas Guisbert completely
lost his reason. . After a time he became
a raving lunatic and . was removed to a
madhouse. , ,;'.." !
Another prisoner, named Ferdinand !
Zalexki, was asked to give information '
about the propaganda carried on in the i .
factories of Warsaw and neighborhood, j
He refused to turn informer. Thereupon
the authorities gave orders that Zaleslq i
should be conveyed to another part of !
the prison and severely flogged. Colonel !
Bielanowski accompanied the prisoner '
and took his seat at a little table well I
provided with writing materials and
directed that the prisoner should be
questioned while being flogged.
. onb ham's torture.
The colonel was ready to take down
his answers, and doubtless had these
proved satisfactory the severity of the
flogging wonld have been mitigated.
Zaleski bravely endured the torture. He
did not answer a question or utter a
word. This man had been cruelly tor
tured because he would not say only
what the gendarmes supposed or guessed
he might know. The authorities, now
fearing that this modern revival, of the
old and barbaric custom of questioning
under torture might, if known, . cause
the outbreak of serious disturbances in
the town, determined to prevent all fur
ther communication between the pris
oners and their friends and relatives.
All permissions for interviews were
withdrawn, and it was only at the mo
ment the prisoners were about to leave
Warsaw that the authorities allowed
them to see their friends. At this in
terview the truth became known.'
In Turkey torture is a regular part of
the criminal process, and not, as in Rus
sia, comparatively exceptional. Foreign
ers, of course, are subject to the juris
diction of the diplomatic representatives
of their respective countries, but the na- i
tives, whether Christian or Turk, are at !
the mercy or tne sultan and bis agents.
Western forms, of trial, are .unknown,
and while imprisonment is the nominal
penalty for many crimes, Turkish im
prisonment is at lingering death. . Tbe
methods of extracting iniormn fioa from
accusmtfpmmaa? hr-Tmliey wowtd be al
moet incaW hjr-eiviliwed coon try.
TCUKKY ltVW WORSK THAW RUSSIA.
Tha bastinado is freely applied on sus
picion of the most trifling offences. It
is true that the beating often includes
the penalty of conviction. The magis
trate causes the prisoner to be thrashed
until be has confessed and then lets him
go as sufficiently punished. But sus
pected political offenders, who in Tur
key as in all despotic countries are con
sidered among the gravest, are dealt
with in ways that make the bastinado
seem a pleasant pastime.
' During the panic in Constantinople on
the subject of an Armenian insurrection
hundreds of Armenians were arrested
and thrown into prison. It has been
openly charged that several of them died
under tortures applied with a view of
Obtaining evidence of a conspiracy that
had no existence.. One man was laid in
the courtyard of the prison, in the glare
of the mm, bound hand and foot, and his
Xace beameufod with some sweet sub
stance to attract flies.
Another was hung np by ' hands and
feet, and still another was compelled to
walk np and down, pulled along by sol
diers, who relieved each other in detail,
never permitting their victim to rest a
moment. A number of the Armenians
perished in this way before the Turks
came to the conclusion that no insurrec
tion was thought of. Then the sultan
ordered the, wholesale' release of all that
remained. Chicago Herald.
Wholesale aid Betail Lraipts.
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and if you wish to get the be?t quality
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For those wishing to see the ouaiity
' an clr ot the above paint we call their
attention to the residence of S. L. Brooks,
j Judge Bennett, Smith French and others
! painted bv Paul Kreft.
j SmytKS & Kinerslv are agents for the
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send the purchaser our written guarantee to re
fund the money if the treatment dues not effect
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Prescription Druggists,
175 Second St. The Dalles, Or.
YOU
KKED BUT
ASK
UlDDLB Vaixky, Idaho, May 15, 1891.
Dr. Vandkrpool: Your 8. B. Headache and
Liver Cure sells well here. Everyone that tries
it comes for the second bottle. People are com
ing ten fm twelve miles to get a bottle to try it
and then the)
bottles at a tt
m tbcrcome back and take three or
r tour
bottles at a time. Thank you, or sending dup-
Ucate bill as mine n as di'
laced.
ully,
VL I BRAIN 1
yi. A. rXiKTUUEK.
For -eaJe by all Druggists.
Te Dalles
ixvit- caaaia aac.o Vywinc ijKj OMVy. : JL b IJAJJJoH 'T..
to win its way to public favor by ener- V
gy, industry and merit; and to this enC i
we ask that you give it a fair trial, and a
if satisfied with
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 -'fifty
cents a month. -
Its Objects
will be to advertise the resources of the
city, and adjacent
4.s V KSJ.VSJJJLQ J 14.X AAAU.HO LA ACE, 1X1 C.2L LUUUlIlg
and opening up new channels for oui
trade, in securing an open river, and in
helping THE DALLES to take her prop J
er position as tne
Leading City of
The paper, both daily and weekly, w
be independent in politics, and in
criticism of political matters, as in
handling of local aflairs, it will be
JUST, FAIR AND IMPARTIAL
"We will endeavor to give all the lj?
cal news, and we ask that your criticis,
of our object and course, be formed froia
the contents of the paper, and not froy
rash assertions of outside parties. . j
THE WEEKLY,
sent to any address for $1.50 per yes
It will contain from four to six . eigrV
column pages, and we shall endea
to make it the equal of the best. A
your Postmaster for a copy, or addres
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Office, N. W. Cor. Washington and Secon
THE DALLES.
The Grate City of the Inland Empire is situated a
the head of navigation on the Middle Columbia, ar .
ITS V TERRITORY. '
It is the supply city for an extensive and rich J
cultural an . grazing country, its trade reaching
far south as Summer Lake, a distance of over
nunarea males.
THE LARGEST
The rich grazing country along the. eastern sloptj
of the the Cascades , furnishes pasture for thousand j
of sheep, the "wool irom which finds market here.;',
The Dalles is the largest original -wool shipping
point in America, about 5,000,000 pounds taein?"
shipped last year.
ITS KUJJUUT.
The salmon fisheries are the finest on the Columb
yielding this year a revenue of $1,500,000 which ci )
and -will be more than doubled in the near future.
- The products of the beautiful Klickital valley finl
market here, and the country south and east has thif
year filled the warehouses,
places to overflowing with their products.
ITS WEALTH
It is the richest city of its size on the coast, and i
AU.UALC7JT AO EIbt-C7A(7lA UVW
TnAro fa vtyi -i r or AnntiT
AAAWAW AW 1 1 J WUUW AAAA AO VA A W IA WCvA Jf IAI CkAAJT Vl.'l
city in Eastern Oregon. J
, Its situation is unsurpassed! Its climate delighi
ful! -Its possibilities incalculable! - Its resources ur
limited! And on these corner stones she stands. ? !
course a generous
Daily
country, to assist in '
Eastern Oregon.
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