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Poor mtrU
Void bar hands, era hor fast,
bmv bar to her (lamber sweete
Bba hath earnod It wetL
Krery day (or many years
Oaaaa bad aha for Utter tnn, -.
' And thar daily felL
ea Um tiollowa In bar cheek, -Marks
of woe be could not epiailr.
flea ber annkea eye.
Worn and wasted is ber frame,
Kona too soon her slumber cam.
Touch ber tenderly
Bard aa Iron was her fate;
Life for ber waa desolate.
Full of yearnings Tain.
j Bytapathy and tarring- care
Fell not to poor Mary's share.
Wake her not again.
All aha trusted faithless preyed.
Ktctt creature that she lored
Ahortly changed, or died.
Seed it la for her to rest.
Seldom, sura, was human breast
More severely tried.
-Often has she slept before, '
Dreaming woe was hers no mora,
Ufa and sorrow past;
-Bat from snch delusive sleep
Brer mora she woke to weep
Peace is hers at last. .
Kirll
True and tender hearted onet
Hard it was that death alone
Comfort had for her.
Fold her bands, cross ber feet, "
Lay ber, robed all white and sweet.
In the' sepulchre.
Moore in New York Mail and Kxriiw
Thought Be Knew Every One.
Tom Fletcher had the good fortune to
'he born in Cormty Kildare. Ireland, and
. ! emigrate to New York at ten years of
age. At twenty-five he bad attained a
aix foot physiqtie. a big black beard and
m clerkship in "uptown postoffice sta
tion : Looking through the little brass bars
af the 'general delivery one day he saw
approaching Mr.. Barney McGuflin, a
tee old Oiriah gentleman he had known
in boyhood. The old man was un
changed, bnt the boy had outgrown Mr
JfcGnffin's remembrance.
"I dnnno. is it too late for t' atamer
th day? said the old man as he poked a
letter through the bars for "The Widow
OTJrien, Curragh of Kildare. Kildare
county, Ireland..
"An' is this to de Widde O'Brien that
Uvea on d' Bally wink road?" said Tom
la bis best brogue.
"An' how the divil did yon know she
lived on d' Ballywink road
"Phat would Oi be doin in de post
arias af Oi didn't know the Widde
O'Brien lived on d' Ballywink road?
Git away from d' winddy now: you've
had y r toime.
And the old man was frequently seen
to stop on the sidewalk and gaze with
awe and wonder at the man "what
knowed iverybody in Oireland." Dry
Ooods Chronicle.
The Poet Riley sod Mrs. Wilcox. .
"Can yon recall more than a single In
stance of a man of letters marrying a
literary wife?" askec" a Chicago writer
the other day. "Browning? Yea.
know another instance wnioa comes
pretty near it. I do not think the fact
ia generally known, but James Whit-
comb Riley, in the earlier days of his
literary career, was a most ardent ad
mirer of Ella Wheeler, the poetess of
passion, and a favored suitor for ber
hand.
"Both the young people were poor,
however, and neither had attained a na-.
tional reputation at that time, although
both had written some very charming
specimens of verse. I do not know
whether Ella ever intended to marry the
young Hoosier poet or not, but 1 do know
that young Riley was nearly heartbroken
when their cordial relations were sun
dered." Chicago Mail
Bleb Sheriff Benjamin Disraeli.
An Irish antiquarian has discovered
that the "Benjamin D' Israeli, Esq.," who
was high sheriff of the county of Carlow
in 1810 was an uncle of Lord Beacons-
field. He is buried in St. Peter's church.
Dublin, haviug died in 1814, aged forty
ight. This Benjamin, of whom none
f the writers on Lord Beaconsfield ap
pears to have known anything whatever,
left a large fortune, and his will, which
fa preserved in the Dublin record office,
is signed "Benjamin D'lsraeli." Lord
Beaconsfield once wrote asking for a
tsopy of his uncle's will, but neither his
name nor his father's appears in the
document. Benjamin D' Israeli the elder
was only the half brother of the author
of the "Curiosities of Literature. Lon
don Truth.
A Freacb Stale.
Every householder in the capital of
France is called upon to fill out a paper
upon which there are questions regard
ing some of the internal machinery of
the menage. -The name of every person
. who has spent the night in the house
"fcas to be written out, and another point
"mentioned is the number of windows of
which the house is possessed. It seems
that the Elysee, the house of President
Carnot, has 114, and the number of do
mestics .- employed twenty-six. New
York Evening Sun.
Animal Life at the Surface of the Sea.
, The surface of the sea is alive with
vast swarms of minute organisms, both
plants and animals, and the Challenger
investigations have shown conclusively
that showers of these keep dropping day
and night like a constant ran toward
the ooze of the bottom. Current Litera
ture. ; : ' ; ' : s ;
Every heart knoweth -its own bitter
ness. It is one of the extraordinary.de-
velopments of hanian nature, that while
men can sympathize with each ' other,
condole with each other, each individual
suffers his own pangs and distress, and
suffers them alone.
The sea urchin has five teeth in five
jaws one in each jaw all the five im
mediately surrounding the ' stomach.
The jaws have , a peculiar centralized
motion, all turning inward and down
ward, so that they also act as feeders.
Beautiful meteorological ' photographs
of clonds and tbe aspect of the sky have
Jbeen taken by reflecting- the object in a
mirror of black glass placed in front of
' the object glass of tbe camera.
LAWYERS AND LAW FIRMS.
Developments la tate ' U
. Praetiee of the Metropolis.
The practice of. law in New York is
not only a profession but a businewi.'
Many urn" '1 factories occupy lees room
and em pi. . fewer people than some of
the great law firms of .this city. Law
partnerships have always existed here,
but the large law firm with half a dozen
partners, a host of clerks and a corps of
office boys, ail occupying a large suite of
apartments in a tail office building, Is a
thing of comparatively recent growth.
The office rent alone of snch a firm would
have been a handsome income for any
but the most sncoessful lawyers of fif r,y
years ago.
The law firm that acts as counsel for
a great local corporation employs forty
clerks, all of them lawyers, graduates in
law or law students, eight or ten "ex
aminers" to collect evidence, four or five
stenographers, from six to ten type
writers, four or five proofreaders, a
cashier, a man in . charge of documents
and half a dozen office boys. - The pay
roll of such a firm must foot np $800 a
week. Law t-lerks are paid from $500 to
$3,000 a' year: stenographers from $750
to $1,000: typewriters from $600 to $900
and office boys from $300 to $400. . The
office rent of such a firm is not likely to
be less than $4,000 a year. Many smaller
firms pay out $3,000 a year in salaries.
One effect of this development in the
practice of law is the lessening of buai
ness for beginners. When a law firm
has half a dozen salaried lawyers at its
call, even small cases are not despised.
Many a suit involving less than $100 is
placed in the hands of law firms whose
annual transactions may involve - mil
lions. The clerk that is set at snch
minor tasks may be a graduate of the
best law school in .the land or a lawyer
ten years at the bar. Many a well edu
cated and capable lawyer is unable to
build np a practice in New York, and if
nothing else presents itself such "a man
gladly accepts one of the -better paid
clerkships in a large office. He may
know vastly more law than some mem
bers of the employing firm, for great
law firms are not- composed exclusively
of great lawyers. '-'.'
The important thing is that a man
may be able to attract clients, and t hip
he may do in a dozen ways not involving
a knowledge of law. One man was ad
mitted to partnership in an important
New York law firm because it was
known that he could bring a single $15.
000 fee to the office. Such a case, how
ever, is rare.
The great law firms of New York do
not attempt to maintain large private
libraries. The libraries of the Law In
stitute in the postoffice building and of
the Bar association in Twenty-ninth
street, near Fifth avenue, furnish facil
ities that make large office libraries no
longer a necessity. - When an important I
question involving an examination of
authorities is to be looked np, a clerk is
dispatched to the Law Institute, where
he has ample opportunities to commit
whatever book he may need.
Some of the most famous lawyers in
town pass whole days in the library of
the Bar. association, Attendants are
ready at a signal of an electric bell to
bring whatever book may be needed.
The place is absolutely free from noise
and from the intrusion of clients. Some
of the most famous cases of recent times
have been prepared in this library. It
is a favorite workshop at night and on
eunaay. o liquors or cigars are sola j pipes, an official from the water com
upon the premises, but smoking is per- j pany puts in au appearance, after a day
mitted in the parlor. In fact, the Bar I ar two. and has an annamtns fixed into
association .affords many of the comforts
but few of the privileges of a club.
Now York Recorder.
He Finally Reached School.
An amusing story is told of a pretty
little Stockton schoolboy who makes it ;
the rale to get to school rather late in the
morning. The kind teacher, who had too
much regard for the little fellow to pun- i
ish him harshly, resorted to sharp lec- j.
tnres for his tardiness, but tbe whole ',
some advice did no good, so she wrote a
note to the little scholar's mother, tell-
ing of his shortcomings, and asking the ;
parent if he could not be made to come j
to school early, as he was always tardy, i
The next day the mother had her son j
np bright, and early and started him to j
school early enough for him to make' the (
round trip before school time. When the ;
luncheon hour came the little chap ar- j
rived home happy and very hungry. But I
the first question put to him by bis fond !
'mother was: -"My son. did yon get to i
school in time this morning? "Ob, yes.
ma," said he. "1 got to school early to-
day 1 got there in time for recess! j
Cor. San Francisco Bulletin. j
Pitying an Official.
When M." Thiers, once president of the
French republic, revisited bis native
town he found one or two old men who
had been the companions of bis boyhood
some sixty years ago, and whom he had
not seen since.
He asked one of them what he had
been doing, to which the old man replied,
with evident satisfaction, that he had"
been driving a flourishing trade in the
boot and shoe line.
"And what have yon been about?' he .
in his turn asked of M. Thiers.
.' The latter explained that he was the
ex-president of the republic
. "What," ejaculated his companion.
"Are you that Thiers?. My poor friend,
how 1 pity you!" Mew York World.
. . An aesthetic Heat Man..
There is one practical soul just around
tbe corner in the Rue des Petits Champs
who points with pride to the crowds
who gather round his. establishment,
drawn thither by the symphony in filets
of beef, chops en papillotes and legs' of
lamb dreamily interspersed with palms
and drooping pots of mimosa. Paris
Letter. , I1L
She Knew Him.
rd be glad to 'have you marry Har
old, my dear," said Ethel's father, grave
ly, "if I thought he was a young man of
pertinacity. 1 do not think be has what
we call stickatitiveness."
"Oh, yes, he has. He proposed nine
times before t accepted him." returned
Ethel. Harper's Bazar:
LONDON WATER PIPES.
THEY ARE NEAR THE SURFACE AND
.... THE WATER FREEZES.
Toe People of the City and Suburbs
Have Been Troubled with Froaen Water
Plpea for Generations, bnt she Pipes
Will Never Be Plaeed Deeper.
if it were not for the inconvenience
pad discomfort of the thing the plight
in which London 'finds itself .with its
water supply frozen would be comical
to a practiced Yankee. The water pipts
are frozen simply because the Briton has
never profited by his experience of his
native winters . Year after year they
have freezing weather' in London, and
year after year London's water ' pipes
freeze, burst, and there cpmeth, a water
famine.
. The Londoners' water pipes freeze not
because the weather is intensely cold, but
because the pipes are insufficiently pro
tected.' - Too often they are left exposed
to all the winds that blow. -'
Entire districts . in London, ; square
miles, districts as large as many good
sized American cities, had their water
supply entirely stopped one winter. Im
agine the inconvenience, even the dis
tress and danger, attending - such a con-
. dition of thing! . Bat the fault has been
with the Londoner, and not with the
weather. 1 passed through a district
thus afflicted one dismal - day, and saw f
the workmen digging np the road to get
at the pipes j
In the street where these operations j
were going on the supply pipes for all
the houses (the pipes running in from,
the water mains) were all laid within a
foot of the surface of the ground. The
water was frozen in all the pipes. Eight
een inches below', the surface the frost
had not penetrated. But the English- j
man deliberately puts his supply pipes !
within reach of the frost
A PRIMITIVE SYSTEM
The pipes would never freeze if they
were put a few feet under ground, for
the frost in London rarely penetrates the.
earth more than a foot or two. . Bnt the
Londoner does worse than this he often
runs the water pipe up the outside wall
of his dwelling, without protection of
any sort. He has another cheerful habit.
Which is fast becoming the fashion, and
which is now pnt in practice in all the
better class bouses.
The drain pipes, at any rate those from
the sinks and bathtubs, are carried down
the outside walls, with a break at every
story, where another inlet or ontlet is
made into a small open trough, from
Which another pipe leads down another
story, and so on to the bottom, where
the water flows into a gutter and thence
into the sewer. The system fully ac-
complishes.its object sewer ventilation, j
bnt this could be equally well secured by I
a less primitive arrangement, and with j
one that would, not freeze in the winter
and cover the side of your houses with
dirty ice.
. When I said that the Londoner is not
prepared for the annual freezing of his
water pipes I did not adhere strictly to
the truth. For the good gentleman is
prepared in a certain way, or perhaps 1
should say that tbe water companies are
prepared. And the preparation is pecu
liarly British, as yon will see. When
your street freezes np that is to say.
when it freezes down a dozen inches be-
(ow the surface and blocks all the supply
a little hydrant close by the curbstone.
The apparatus constats either of a
wooden or an iron pipe, its the case may
be. which- stands upright above the
ground, ' and which has au inch faucet
affixed to it. To this fount tbe entire
neighborhood must come, with pails and
pans and cans and jugs and mugs, and
carry away the precious fluid.
WHY THE BRITON BEARS IT.
' The water companies keep these prim
itive plugs in stock, some thousands of
them, but it never occurs to anybody to
place the supply pipes deeper in the
ground and thus prevent freezing. This,
then, is the way the Londoner, or. bie
water company, prepares for the annual
visit of Jack Frost. - But the preparation
is effective only when the water mains
are laid well below the surface. When
they are not there is a water famine
throughout -extensive districts, as at
Brixton, at Bampstead and other places
in London town.
Why not lay the water pipes deep
enough?
If yon had ever lived among these
droll people yon would not ask that ques
tion. The pipes have never been laid
deep enough, and therefore never will
be not this side of the millennium. .
The water supply of London is bad
! enough at its best. At its worst, in the
winter, it is too bad tor worus. nobody
but these droll . people would submit,
year after year, to the ridiculous system
of supply and the outrageous . charges.
Bnt the Briton is a patient soul. . He be
lieves that whatever he has is the best of
its kind, and he resents any suggestion
to the contrary, . A . water Bupply that
was good enough for his. grandfather is
good enough for' him; moreover, it is
good enough for you. There's the rub
of the argument. "It's good enongh for
yon." Why, in the name or ' justice,
should you, a foreigner, complain? Out
upon yon for an nngratefnl alien. ' .
Nevertheless, one has to suffer from
this drollery. When he does not suffer
he can smile. ' But that is the utmost he
can do. You cannot change the habits
of a nation.. And you cannot induce
6,000,000 people to put their, water pipes'
five feet under ground if they think five
inches sufficient, and if they have had
them five inches under ground for. gen
erations. Boston Herald. ' .
- A CbJvalrooa Lad. ,
Mamma," said Willie, ''that little
Susie Jlarkina called me a donkey to
day."" . : ' ' .-
"What did you dor" -
"Well, of course l eonldht slap a lib
tie girl, so 1, told Sister Mary, and she
just scratched Susie out of sight."
Harper's Basar.
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Now is' the time to paint yonr house
and if you wish to get the best quality
and a fine color use the
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" For those - wishinjr to see the qnalitv
and color of the above paint' we call their
attention to the residence of 8. L. Brooks,
Jndge Bennett, Smith French and others
pamted by Paul kreft.
Snipes A Kinersly Are ugen'te for the
above paint for The Dalles. Or. '-
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send the purchaser our written guarantee to re
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a cure. Guarantees issued only by
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is a sure cure. - -
The 4th of July !
If yon need the Blood and Liver
cleansed- you will find the 8. B. Head
ache and liver Cure a perfect remedy
Foe sale by all druggists. .
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paormETOB op the
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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 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 tlie
city, and adjacent country, to assist in
developing, our industries, in extending
and opening up new channels for bur
trade, in 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 weekly, will
be independent in politics, and in its
criticism of political matters, as in its
handling of local affairs, it will be
JUST, FAIR AND IMPARTIAL
We will endeavor to give all the lo
cal news, and we as that your criticism
6f our object and course, be formed from
the contents of the paper, and not from
rash assertions ol outside parties. v
THE WEEKLY,
sent to any address for $1.50 per vear.
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. DO. i
r-vr: ' ' k.i nr " i w i
wince, in. yv. oor. wasnmgxon ana oeconu ois.
THE DALLES.
The Grate City of the Inland Empire is situated at
the head of navigation on the Middle Colum'bia, 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 aa'
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 Klickital valley find
market here, and the country south and east has ths
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
Its situation is unsurpassecu xis ciimaw uouguv
ful! Its possibilities, incalculable! Its resources un
limited! And on these corner stones she stands.
Daily
eets
Eastern Oregon.
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