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UNDER
LAURELl
WiLLOW.
Undep the laurel and willow,
: Under tbestors and the dov,
Bastintc from conflict and danger.
Slumber the Gray and the Bine.
Shadows and sunbeams entangle.
Birds trill their moiody gay. .
Zephyrs sigh roqolem solemn '-
Over the Bine and the Gray.
Bases and dark gleaming cypress.
Tender white lilies and rue,
8un kiaaed or rain dashed, are bend ins
Over the Gray and the Blue. - -Clusters
of somber eyed blossoms.
Garlands of splendid display,
IJe ia th daisies and grasses.
Over tho Blue and the Gray.
Out of the heart of Uie nation.
Up on the pinfona of day, v v
Clatter, in tremulous whinners.
Prayers o'er the Blue and the Gray.
Down on the flower wreathed hillocks.
Wet with thorrain-or the dew, .
: Falls a tear for the gray coated sleepers,
.j A tear for theeleepers in blue. '
Claudia Thar In In Good Housekeeping.
A Valuable Invention.
A gentleman who has made several
-important mechanical inventions aud
has been for some time engaged in per
fecting ' a- new ' journal, bearing for rail-,
way cars which shall prevent the danger
of fire from overheating of the axle that
is, from what is technically known as a
"hot box" had not long (since an inter-
' with an official of a company which
i to take utrthe invention.
The interview took place at the home
4jt' the inventor, and his -daughter, a
yonng lady well on in her teens, eat in
am adjoining room, where she overheard
- all that was Baid. -
. Althoughshe listened intently she did
mot understand-all .the details .of . the
mvexsi.ion, but that she was much im
pressed by -what she did hear was shown,
by the fact that the next day she con
fided to an aunt that the. family, was on
the eve of a great success.'
VI Jieard papa telling Mr., Blank all
about his new invention last night," she
.explained,'- "and . Mr. Blank said there
was a fortune in it." . '
VButwhat-6ort of an invention is it?"
'her aunt' inquired. ':'
. The girl put her head thoughtfully on
one side for a moment.
"1 am not quite sure," she answered,
trying to recall the talk which she had
averheard the day ' before, .'.'but I think
that papa has in vented a new kind of hot
box." Youth's Companion.
i
References K,Good. ..- ; . .!
, "New York references -.are ': no good,"
aid the attorney for a collection agency.
"We never take them. When a note is
doe we just crack ahead and bring suit.
Then the man must pay costs - besides.
. That is the way we get our living. ' We
rarely ever counsel extensions. line
cases out of ten, if a man wants four or
five days and gets it he'll . never .pay at
all, and the advantage arising from un
osediate suit is lo6t. - All a notary has. to
do in case of a note is to call at a man's
residence or place of business. He
doesn't have to present the note for pay
ment. If the man isn't there a snit
can be begun at once without further
notice. It is a legal refusal to pay if the
anan isn t thereto receive the notary.
That is the way we do business. Our
Itnsiness is to get the money for our
.clients. The creditor must look out for
.himself. J wouldn't give the snap of my
finger for the best reference in New
"York." New York Herald.
Wanted to Go t the Game.
The other day a couple of gentlemen
were lunching rather elaborately at a
imminent cat" e. One of them . sighed
frequently and looked at his watch and
inveighed against the necessity for
work. ' :. ;
"tfcia: exclaimed. His companion, "you
would not know what to do with your-
-elf. You thrive upon an active life.
Besides you have been everywhere and
eeu everything, and if you' had five
millions tomorrow you couldn't enjoy it.
No, sir. Now, look here, old man, what
mm your idea of pleasure? What would
yon do right now if you had a million?
Slight off hand, now what would you
"rd knock off this lunch and go out
-and see the ball game, for the first thing.
-u aoout a minute) tion t see any
thing so awfully funny about that!"
New York Herald.
' ' .l. -A. Forgotten Fortune.-' . :"J
Matching the stories of valuable and
appreciated oil paintings sold for
ong is one concerning a miraculous
transaction in Chevres china. Early in
-the past century a gentleman presented
-a reverend friend with two vases as
wedding present. These vases stood for
more than forty years on a cabinet in
Somersetshire rectory without attract
ing any particular notice, nntil a sale
took place after their owner's death, at
which they were bought for two guineas
hy tradesman in Bath. Within a few
weeks they resold for 600 guineas to
Bond street dealer, who speedily disposed
-of them to the late Lord Derby for 4,000
-guineas. New York Home Journal.
The great university being erected by
Mr. and Mrs. Leland Stanford in memory
of their son at Palo Alto, is arranged
admit men and women on an equal foot
ing. ' One hundred dollars a year covers
the snm of maintenance for eactt pupil.
although everything is as complete
equipment about the institution as mod-
n invention can design.
Baron - Hirsch's - fortune is variously
-estimated from 30,000,000 to30,000000
H
Bis father was a Bavarian banker. The
: J foundation of his fortune was a railway
contract with the ,Tur kiwi government.
It has since been enlarged by other rail
way maneuvers in'" eastern Europe and
y speculations on the fans bourse.
, The amount .of . coloring matter stored
fn coal is such that one pound of the
mineral - yields .magenta ..Knffjqient.to
olor 600 yards of flannel, aurine forJ20
''yards, vermilion for 2,560 yards, and
mT.za.rine. for 55 yards of Turkey -red
Oloth.
Ancient writers make frequent
men-
tion of earrings, and state that. Au jeartx
ays they-, were worn by both
From the very earliest fiates 1 the male
4ohabitanta of Asia wore them.
k DOtf Til at (Jot Prize
HE WASN'T ENTERED IN THE SHOW
BUT WAS GIVEN AN AWARD.
Re- Was a Homely Brtodle Cot of tin
Streets and He Saved , His Little Osmli
Muter frotn a Watery Death The Faith
ful Dob Reeelves Dae Credit.
There was a bench show of dogs in thi
Central rink, and all the pugs, and terri
era, and mastiffs, and St. Bernards.' anc
bulldogs, and all the other high brea
dogs who were sure to what class thej
belonged and whose owner could prow
their. right to be. sa classed were th-re
People were coming and going, and t he
papers -had been full of descriptions of
the. affair; Jill nitrated tjy wood cuts, of
some of the finest animals.
Oyer on another street of the same city I
was quitea different scene, in a narrow
court near the river lay a shiveriug.
white . faced? ,little-ehaveri. whose clothes
dripped water. Over him bent another
boy with a quart of steaming hot liquid
in his hand.
Drink this here hot coffee, Jim." be
aid. "Bill's gone for to hunt up some dry
dnds. and maybe we can get ; yer inter
that engine room ter dry. Don't yer go
ter gettin" faint nor nothitr" now Want
yer head raised a bit?" ; .1'',:
But the boy raised himself on his elbow
and looked around him."' Be took a drink
of the coffee, and seeming to get strength
said. '-'-I i :'; '.-'
-Where's Buster?". ; ,,,
'HJh', he's around somewhere ; Buster's
all right. . There comes the boys with the
duds, and well have you all right, too. in
minute -. Don't feel dizzy or nothin'
do yer?'.,-,,..... .'. :.y,l :,
'I'm beginning to feel first rateagain-
Where's. Buster? ',: Some of you whistle;
1 ain't got thei wind.?. .! -i i u. , -
But at that moment a bob tailed brindle
dog came around the corner, closely pur
sued by a conple of boys. , . ; , v. ;
"Let Buster alone! What are you chas
ing Buster for?" demanded the prostrate
boy. . T '---ii.- o.
"Why, yer see," explained the others
till keeping - up the chase," there wam a
man. said if-, we could, get him around to
the dog. sliow they'd give him a prize for
pulling you out of the river, and be won't
let ns catch him.
.-. LOOKING FOR A PRIZE.
Wot sort of a prize is it?" demanded
the wet boy . ..
Money, you woodenhead, you. They're
all swells down there, and he said there's '
uiixc lui iiuo ucai uug trtxai DaTcra a
feller's life.'' - I -j
This was enough to satisfy the inqui
ties of the smaller boy, and to excite the
best effqrtp.of the others to capture the
dog. but for some, reasons be eluded
them. Perhaps he had good reasons for
being suspicious .of boys who were too
friendly Anyway, he dodged and kept
out of their way. almost causing one oi
them to be crushed under the wheels of
a cable car, when the wet boy gave a low
whistle and ordered the dog to "come
ere." - '""..' .. .. -
The animal' obeyed without a whine.
:Now lay down!" The dog got do wn and
put his nose between his paws "You've
got to go and get that there prize, and
I'm going too."- m -
It wasdonbtrulat first if the. boy would
be able to keep his word, but by the help
of; the others, who had taken off his wet
clothing and wrapped him up in some
thing drier, he managed to go
When he saw his master going the dog
followed, and tbey soon stood before the
bulletin board in front, of the rink, an
nouncing the bench show and the terms
of admittance. -
There was some consultation, and then
while four of them stayed, with ; the boy
who had been in. the water, one of the
largest took the dog by the strap around
his neck, and, paying the admission fee
with the combined wealth of the com
pany, undertook to drag the dog in with
him. j
Here! leave that dog outside,." com
manded the doorkeeper- "Yon can't take
that dog in with you. I say.
"What's the reason? Ain't 1 taking
him in to get the prize?"
-What prize? - There is no prize for
such curs as that Turn him out. I tell
you." .. ,
('--,. i APPRIZE WaS.OrvEN., -;: :.v
"'Yea, there is a prize. Wot are you
grvtn us? Didn t a man tell me so? tie
ain't going to eat up none of your fine
haired pups, but he's goin' to get that
prize.". f
; There plight have ' been a fracas - and
an arrest, for the boy who had paid his
knoney was positive and determined, but
just then a gentleman chanced to step to
the door and asked what was the matter.
"Oh, he's got a fool notion about a
prize for brindle pups," explained the
jgatekeepert "and is maJring a fuss about
his dog going in."
' ' "There isn't such a prize offered. I am
positive," said the man ,'1 am one of
the judges."
"What sort of a show ia this here,
then?" .
A dog show, of course. " ' ' ,
And no prize for the best dog?"
j "It is for a certain kind of dogs--those
that cost a great deal of money.r.i,-4 -.;
! "And not for the kind that jumps into
the ice and drags a boy outen the river?",
i Did your dog do that?"
'Yea; and that there's the 'uoy he did
Hto. -
I: The gentleman looked incredulous, but
just then a newspaper-reporter who bad
been watching the boys from the street
stepped up and corroborated the state-
xnent.
! - "Wait here a minute,; said the gentle
man; and he 'disappeared within and
Went briskly to where a groan of this
friends .'were talking. In a minute he
came back .with. ometb4ng iu his hand,
and followed by several others.
; Weiuve-decid be said, that
ihere ought to ie. A prize for that kind
of a dog, and here is a five dollar gold
piece fox the owner jpfthe dog. 3 and at
the 'same Mme he stepped forward and
tied a knot of blue ribbon to the strap
around Jie .dog's neck.
' ' A prouder lot of boys were never seen
.than those street- waifs as they ..led the
dog away. Our Dumb Animals
STREETS. :
it Has tta -lellc.ts and lMfflcuHlee ana
It Jrodaees Oo4 .Players,.,,
With the. boys', games I am more at
home. Let us see whether you will not
learn from .these boys some . games to
take to your friends out of town.
First and foremost comes baseball. If
any one doubts the universal ' popularity
of this game, one afternoon upon the
street will convince him that the Ameri
can boys' love of baseball has become
hereditary.' It seems almost as if these
boys no sooner left the cradle than a base
ball found its way into their hands. They
commence to play as soon as they can
roll a. ball across the pavement. -From
a real . game, with nine I'men" on a side
and three bases, we shall see- everything
in ball playing,- down- to the - solitary
younster who rolls the. ball up ah awn
ing and catches it as it returns to. mm.
And these boys can play baseball too.
I
hesitate to admit it, for I was a .country
boy; but Til warrant you that' from the
inhabitants of a block I can' select nine
boys, none of whom shall' be oyer'ten
years of age, . who ' can defeat the best
nine of ' thirteen-year-old fellows yom
village can produce... . .
They play in the streets; they play on
the sidewalk;; and. they go at it with a
vim and earnestness one grows " enthusi
astic in watching. : They pitch "curves,"
and why their catchers' intent and mask
less little faces are not more - frequently
damaged by the bat they.Vcatcb on!" of,
no one can say. All this, remember on
the cobblestones, with slippery car tracks
dividing the 'field," and wagons, drays
and cars constantly passing.
V On any field a quick and practiced eye
Is' required : to measure the arc of a "fly
ball,' and to select the 'spot from which
it may be captured; but when the ground
is a .crowded street, and there is added
the moire or less rapidly, passing vehicle,
the chanpes are even that the fielder may
get under, a horse's hoofs and. the de
scending I'fly" at the same time. : Many
narrow escapes have I seen, but some
how the active little bodies always man
age to be missed. .
. But the cars and wagons and , pedes
trians are as nothing;, the players. look
out for the . former two, the last must
care for themselves if they .wish tq, avoid
a batted; ball or a runner making a fran
tic dash for "first.? . What these-boys
really mind, because' it is- an effectual
preventive of ball- playing, is the blue
coated policeman,' known by the boys as
a "cop," an abbreviation of "copper,
the origin of which name is uncertain.
. Here is a game in active progress;, there
is intense excitement; shouts of encour
agement tui tne air. Turn away your
head for an instant. Now .look again.
Where are our players? Not one of them
to be seen ; only a few boys strolling along
the sidewalk: not a bat nor ball in sight.
What does it all mean? Truly, you have
never seen sq abrupt an ending to a game
of balL , But look;- coming up the street,
a block op more away, in all tne. stateli-
ness of blue uniform ' and brass buttons.
idly twirling- his club, comes tne awe
inspiring "copper." r .-' "
nor vou must remember that It is
illegal to play baseball in the street, and
evecy player is liable to imprisonment.
How would you like to have, que of, your
games so interrupted? Is the game ended?
By no means; wait a moment, this is
only "time." Slowly the retreating blue-
coat fades- in the - distance; then like
magic each player resumes his place, and
the game w. resumed jyith.allits.former
ardor. Frank M. Chapman in St. Nich
olas. ."J-.
A ftef .and..Pnrab Policeman,
There are many positions that a deaf
mute can 611 as well as a man in posses
sion of all of his faculties,: but patroling
a beat as a policeman .ia about the least
likely occupation, in . whichuA ,,4eaf and
dumb man might be expected. Cleve
land. O., however, has, or -had not long
ago, a deaf and dumb policeman, who
has walked a beat for, years and never
given occasion for complaint. : It is said
he lost the power of hearing and speech
by a stroke of paralysis, but recovered
his health without regaining all his fac
ulties. . He was on the force at the time
and begged to be retained. ',".", .'; .'.,
The authorities were loth to discbarge
him, so gave hin a trial.. , He proved as
efficient as - the others, and so held his
position. He wore a ' badge, "Deaf and
Dumb . Policeman,? . but answered in
; writing .any questions that were , asked
him as intelligently as any one..: Aa he
cannot hear a sound, he is obliged to be
more than usually watchful; his eyes are
always on the piove, and he sees every
thing that occurs in his vicinity, Inter
view in St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Wiublnc; Away tbe; Eartli.
. A French qologist has made a. careful
calculation piihe amount of solid mat
ter yearly carried off into : the ocean by
the action of the rivers of the world, and
other causes. He estimates that the re
duction of the average height of the sur
face of the solid land is 0.006 inches each
year. Making allowance for the corre
sponding rise in the bed of the ocean, and
taking no accountof the occurrence of
volcanic and other exceptional phenome-na-r-tbe
general tendency of. which is to
hasten the process of disintegration the
period at .which the solid, land will have
ceased to exist and the surface.. of the
earth will be covered with water has
been estimated..' :,As, , however, ..that
period is 4,600,009 years diiant,,the pre
diction need cause no immediate dis
quietude. Pittsburg Dispatch. ' . ' .
,v.i.4i.Aylea.to Women.
. A good piece of advice floating about
now in the magazine .world is: "If you
wish to, be i agreeable, fa society,; ,you
must . be "content . to- be taught inany
things 'which you know 'already." . . It
inight be well ix add that .you must be
more interested in i.other.people'a good
stories than in your own, in their afflic
tions than- yours, and be careful not to
far outdo -them in dress -or- entertain
ment, and if you -rare a woman don't be
too pretty. Exchange. - - -.
: It is estimated that the wealth of the
United States now exceeds th.e wealtjhbf
the whole world at any period prior to
the middle of the Eighteenth century.
BASEBALL IN CITY:
Wholesale and Betail Drtiists.
-DEALERS 1N-
Fine Imported, Key West and Domestic
GICShA-IRS.
Now is the time to paint your house
and if yon 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 8. L. Brooks,
Judge Bennett, Smith French and others
painted by Paul Kreft.
Snipes & Kinersly are agents for the
above paint for The Dalles. Or. .
Health is Wealth !
De. E. C. Wisi'6 Nkkvr and Bbaim Treat
ment, a guaranteed specific for Hysteria, Dizzi
ness, convulsions, fits, raervous - neuralgia,
Headache. Nervous ProKtration caused bv 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 Age, Barrenness, Loss of Power
In either sex, Involuntary Losses and Spermat
orrhoea caused by over exertion of the brain, selfr
abuse or over indulgence.' Eacn box contains
one month's treatment.- 1 1.00 a box, or six boxes
for 1 5.00, sent by mail prepaid on receipt of price.
..W GUARANTEE SIX BOXES , ,
To core any cose. With'- each -order received by
us for six boxes, accompanied by $5.00, we will
send the purchaser our written guarantee to' re-
tuna tne money u me treatment aoes not enect
a cure. Guarantees issued only by
BLAKELBY A HOUGHTON,
Prescription Druggists,
175 Second St. The Dalles, Or.
-DEALER IN-
SCHOOL BOOKS,
STATIONERY,
ORGANS,
PIANOS,
WATCHES,
JEWELRY.
Cor. Third and Washington Sts. -
(J.E.
Estate,
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Iiban
AGENCY.
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Opera House 13loekt3d St.
Cleveland, Wash., )
..' v - June 19th, 189I.J
S. Ji,. Medicine Co., t-.
. , Gentlemkn Your kind favor received
and in reply would say that I am more
than pleased with the terms offered me
on tbe last shipment of your medicines.
There-is .nothing like them ever intro
duced in this country, especially for La-
grippe and kindred complaints,: I bave
had no complaints so far, and everyone
is ready with a word of praise for their
virtues. Yours, etc.,. . . .
. M. F. Hackxey.
Chas. Stublihgy
rxoriuiTos or .the ,
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ock, Second St
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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 m the city, or sent
by mail for the moderate sum of fifty
cents a month.
will be to advertise
citv. and adiacent
" . '
Its
3velopmg our industries, in extending
and opening up hew channels for our
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
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
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of our object and course, be formed from
tut? uujj. LtJii ls ui tut;
THE WEEKLY,
sent to any address
It will contain irom four to six eisrht
column pages, and we shall endeavor
to make it the equal of the best. Asik
your Postmaster for a copy, or address.
Mm
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THE
' The Grate City of the Inland flSmpire is situatecl at
the head of nayigation on the Middle Columhia, and
is a thriving, prosperoti
ITS TERRITORY. :
., . ....... j: 1 -?
It is the supply city for an extensive and rich agri-
ctiltTiral an . grazing country, its trade reaching, as
far south as Summer Lake, a distance "of over twe
hundred miles.. r -
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
poiijt : i?i America, alaout 5,000,000 pounds "being
shipped last year.1 : ' ' .
-Iits;. products. , . '
' The "salmon fisheries are; Jth6f finest oh the 0oluinbiia4
yielding this yeara revenue of $I500,q;Q0 hiph'caii
and vrHl "be more than doubled in. the nesx futur,e. -
j'The producits pf thej beautiful Xlickital: valley find
market here, M the. ponntry south and east has this
year; filled the warehouses, and all available '; storage
places to overflowing -with their products. '
: v ,' ; ; its wealth ,,.4 ':.JV
It is the Kch?st;!cityli6f its size on the coast, and, its
money is scattered over and is being .used to develop,
more farming country than is tributary to ahy ohel'
city in Eastern Oregon. i ,' ., '...",;'..,'
Its isituatioa is surpassedj,! fts..; clanaa$9 delightr
ful! Its pbssibiHties incalculabler Its resources un
limited! And on these corner stones she stands.
Daily
Objeets
the resources of the
countrv. to assist in"
V ' . I ....
Eastern Oregon.
politics, and in its
ptiptJi, tiuu iiul iruxn
for $1.50 per year.
city. . - .
BALLES