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MOW THEY VOTE IN JAPAN.
Toll TU Vrwut m Striking Oontnul
to Oar in This Country.
The polls had opened at 8 o'clock, and
one by one the farmers had come strag
gling in from the surrounding country.
The greater number gathered . in the
small meeting hall just outside the poll
ing room, whence arose a quiet buzzing, i
It was a reminder of the gathering in the
churchyard on Sunday, in old times, be
tween the morning and the. afternoon
services.
There was little laughter, less loud
argument and no angry disputing. Ev
ery now and then, like' bees leaving a
hive, a figure was seen to separate from
: . the rest and move off toward the polling
room, and anon another returned. . One
saw among them here and there the
modern Japanese, with his imitation of
foreign garments, in appearance" seldom
elegant, often awkward, and generally
out of harmony with the surroundings.
But chiefly there came the old fash
ioned rustic, in his best silk robes, with
square shaven crown and short queue
caught up and tied perhaps wearing
the hakaina, or divided skirt, of the old
samurai. A gentleman in every act, he
bows as he enters to the official at the
door, carefully writes his ballot and
affixes his seal, then with great delibera
tion folds it and places it in the oblong
official envelope. For some of the voters
it is necessary to seek the assistance of a
special clerk in writing their ballots. It
is not that they cannot write; for every
body knows the plebeian kana or sylla
bic writinpr. They prefer to see their
ballots inscribed with the more elegant
Chinese characters; and chen, too, the
kana is sometimes ambiguous (for some
words have a dozen different meanings),
and there is a natural perturbation and
a desire to have their meaning clearly
-and correctly conveyed. When the
writing is finished the long sleeved voter
walks over to the tachiainin, or inspec
tors. Here further effusions of polite
ness take place, while the voter gives
his name, number and address, and is
checked off on the register. Then, with
another gesture of courtesy, he turns to
the ballot box, and with a bow, perhaps
in duplicate, to the kind old mayor, who
sits behind the box, he carefully deposits
his ballot and quietly retires by another
door. J. H. Wigmore in Scribner s.
Used to Heine Married That Way.
A wedding ceremony . occurred some
years ago of a then United States sena
tor, who, a widower twice over, had for
the third time succumbed to Cupid's
wiles. At his first and second marriage
the ceremony had been performed by an
Episcopal clergyman, and hence the sen
ator was quite familiar with the Episco
pal marriage form.
But the beautiful woman who had
captured his affections the third time
was a devout Presbyterian, and naturally
wished the connubial knot to be tied by
a minister of her own church, and ac
cording to its simple service. To this
"the statesman lover made no objection,
The character of the service was of
small account to him so long as it served
to unite him to the object of his adora
tion, and the thought that he' might
blunder in the course of it never dis
turbed for a moment the serenity of his
mind.
But, standing beside his bride to be,
, stage fright, as it might be called, seized
him. In the excitement he began to
marry himself, as it were, by the Episco
pal service, repeating glibly: "I, ,
take thee, , to be my wedded wife,''
and he would probably have gone on to
the end if the astonished Presbyterian
minister, who immediately appreciated
. the situation, had not interposed, and,
interrupting the bridegroom, performed
the ceremony with the brevity of the
Presbyterian form.
At the point where the perturbed
groom seemed bent on doing the business
for himself a distinguished brother sen-
-ator present drew near to a lady, an
other guest, a close friend of his own
, and of the bridal pair, and .whispered in
a pitying tone:
"Poor . He's used to being mar
ried by the other service." Washington
Post.
Fallacy of Fish and Brain.
One popular fallacy in -connection with
fish may be noticed, namely, the oft re
peated assertion that the eating of that
particular food increases brain power.
No one who lias studied the subject can
possibly believe the assertion. A man
might eat a huge portion of fish every
day of his life, and on the day of his
death, if the -quantity of phosphorus (the
brain invigorator) consumed were to be
come visible, it would not amount to
more than might probably trainee to tip
a couple of lacifer marches.
Communities have existed that lived
almost solely on fish, but these ichthy
ophagists were certainly not famous for
intellectual attainments. Nor are our
fisher villages, in many of which much
fish is presumably consumed, the seats
-of any great amount of brain power.
None of our fisherfolks are remarkable
for genius, or even what is called com
mon sense, their views of life and its re
sponsibilities being shrouded in a haze of
superstition, which they lack sufficient
strength of mind to see through.
No fishing community, so far as is
known to the writer, has gi rca to the
worlds a great man. Men of mark
poets, preachers, lawyers, philosophers,
warriors and physicians have eraa
jiated, in Scotland at any rate, from all
classes except the fishing class. Temple
.Bar. .
, Wasting His Br-eatU.
Out at the ' ball grounds a small boy
whoocenpied a pew in the bleachers said
a funny thing. One of the Albany play
ers wa at the bat, and after a eouple of
balls And a 6trike had . been called on
him he bit a long foul to right field. He
: at once started, for. first base, and with
; head down plunged along -. in , the same
way that a steer is supposed to ran
throngh the corn. The small boy over
in the bleachers watched him for a mln
nte and then yelled out at the top of a
very shrill and squeaky voice: - "Say,
cully, come back,. You're working over
tiine." Bocbester Democrat.
COOPER AND SPIRITS.
WAS THE NOVELIST CONVERTED
BY THE FOX SISTERST
A Seance In Dr. Griswold's Office at
' , Which Noted Men Were Present An
swers Through "Spirit Baps" Which
Blade a Profound Impression.
The statement by one of the "Fox J
girls," of Rochester rappings fame, de
claring that all the spirit sounds and
noises were caused by the cracking of
her toe joints, leads me to give an ac
count of a remarkable seance with these
three girls at the time, they paid their
first visit to New York. After perusing
it I think the reason will be satisfied,
whatever of. deception may have been
practiced, that the toe joint story is an
ineffable humbug.
It was in 1850 that the Fox girls came
to New York, astounding reports having
preceded them of the noisy visitation of
the spirits which had literally compelled
them to leave their home. Dr. Bufus
W. Oriswold, the author and critic, oc
cupied rooms at that time in Broadway,
between Bleecker and Houston streets.
These were on the first floor and held
his large and valuable library.
He was an unbeliever in regard to the
"rappings," not only so far as any spirit
ual influences prevailed, but with respect
to the production of the sounds them
selves, which he pronounced "all trick."
It was proposed to invite these girls
to meet a number of gentlemen at Dr.
Griswold's rooms, where it was expected
the "spirits" would be present, when we
felt confident of exposing the humbug.
AN INTELLIGENT AUDIENCE,
The invitation was accepted. At the
appointed hour the following gentlemen
met in Dr. Griswold's apartments: J.
Fenimore Cooper, George Bancroft, W.
C. Bryant, the Rev. Dr. Hawkes, Dr.
John W. Francis, Dr. E. E. Marcy, John
Bigelow and myself. The three Fox
girls came promptly. They were seated
by a table, but not near enough to touch
it. The company made a large circle
around it, and we all impatiently waited
for the performance to begin. Utter in
credulity pervaded our little assembly.
A half hour passed and the spirits
made no sign. The girls were repeatedly
asked how soon they would begin to
demonstrate. They replied gravely that
the spirits were not under their control;
that they had intimated they would be
present that was all they could say.
At length rap3 began to be heard,
sounding like slight shocks' from an elec
tric battery. Questions were at once in
order, and Dr. Francis took the floor.
His interrogatories were leading ones,
and at the end of a few minutes he re
signed in favor of Dr. Hawkes, the Fox
girls getting the best of it With Dr.
Hawkes, who had been . bred a lawyer,
things did not flow so smoothly with
them, but there were several answers
which excited surprise.
I was seated next to Mr. Cooper, and I
perceived he exhibited much impatience
while the questioning was going on.
When Dr. Hawkes mushed, Cooper ex
claimed, "Let me have hold of them."
He began accordingly. Here are the
questions and answers: .
"Some years ago 1 lost a near relative.
Was it a male or a female
"A female."
'By a natural death or otherwise?'
'Otherwise. ' , '
"Please rap the number of years since
the person' .died."
INDISPUTABLE EVIDENCE.
The rappings began. We all listened
attentively, counting the number. As
it ran from twenty to thirty, from thirty
to forty, from forty to fifty, we began to
hold our breath. The rappings stopped
at fifty-eight. There was some discussion
whether it was fifty-seven or fifty-eight,
and it was rapped over again at fifty
eight. 1 had watched Cooper narrowly. As
the raps proceeded he became deadly
pale. At the conclusion all eyes were
turned on him.
"Gentlemen," said he, "when 1 was
about two years old my sister was killed
by being thrown from her horse. The
years since then have been correctly
rapped." '
I saw that Cooper was profoundly af
fected. Tula did not, however, stop the
proceedings. Mr. Bancroft suggested
that the rappings should be transferred
to the door, he being on one side and
Bryant on the other. No questions were
asked, but the raps came out strong.
After some further experiments we ad
journed with the feeling that we had not
succeeded in "confounding the Fox
girls," and we agreed that the least said
about it the better.
Fenimore Cooper died about eighteen
months after this occurrence. Two or
three -years later I was dining with Mr.
Phinney of the book firm of Ivison &
Phinney, and a near connection of Mr.
Cooper's. .In the course of conversation
be a&ked me if 1 knew Cooper hsd be
come a .confirmed spiritualist before his
death. -1 said I did not. He assured me
of the fact, but could not account for it.
2 told him I believed I could account for
it, and I repeated to him what I have
now recorded here. Richard B. Kimball
in New York Times.
An We -Physically Ada!neT
Edward Atkinson has examined the
records of hundreds of ready made cloth
ing establishments to discover whether
the white man of the United States is
deteriorating in size And weight As the
general result it was found that the av
erage height of the New Englander is S
feet 84 inches and of the southerner 5
feet 10 inches. ' The average weight of
the American of today is between 155
and 160 pounds. Mr. Atkinson discov
ered that the average height and weight
of men in this country has perceptibly
increased since the war of 1861-5. and
that we are slowly increasing rather than
decreasing in size ..and. strength. fat.
Louis Republic.
.... Apropos of Chappie.
"You broke that poor boy all up."
'No harm done. He is so simple it
won't be hard to put him together
again." New York Epoch. w .
FAMINE OF THE FUTURE.
Possibilities of the Extinction of tho
... -Human Race by Starvation.' -
Mr.- Ravenstein, a member of -the
British association for the advancement
of science, has been computing the
probable increase of the human race on
the earth. He arrives at the startling
conclusion that in 182 years the density
of population upon the globe will be such
that the means of subsistence Will be in
adequate to its support'';. He estimates
the population of the world of the pres
ent year at 1,468,000,000., . He finds that
the average increase every ten years is
about 8 per cent :b .- .
The section of the country still open to
colonization comprises parts of Africa,'
North and South America, Australia,
some outlying islands, the steppes and
deserts. The total area of all the habit
able lands in the world is over 46,000,000
of square miles. Of this area the fertile
or comparatively fertile lands are over
28,000,000 of square miles, the bare grass
lands or steppes-14,000,000, and the bare
deserts 4,000,180 square miles... : -
To the steppes he allocates a popula
tion of ten to the square mile, and to the
desert regions one to the . square mile.
The bulk of the population would, there
fore, have to subsist on the 28,000,000
square miles of fertile lands. Compar
ing the density of population in India
175 to the square mile, in China 295 to
the square mile and in Japan -264 to the
square mile he arrives at the conclu
sion that a world population of 207 to
the square mile in the cultivable regions
would be a fair estimate.
This 207 persons to the square mile
will be reached in 182 years at the pres
ent rate of increase, when the total pop
ulation of the cultivable area vould be
5,850,700,000, and the total number the
earth would feed 5,994,000,000.
Any further increase of population
must either be provided for by a diminu
tion of subsistence to each individual or
by some improved mode of production,
or by keeping down the future birth rate
below the death rate. Mr. Ravenstein's
statistics do hot concern us of the pres
ent generation -very vitally. We can
leave the solution to our great-grandchildren.
; We have increased and mul
tiplied very comfortably in spite of the
lugubrious warnings of Mr. Malthus,
and perhaps they also will multiply and
increase in spite of Mr. Ravenstein.
If any race, must go to the wall, it may
be confidently predicted it will not be
the white race. There will be a Dar
winian survival of the fittest. The weak
er races will disappear before the
stronger. The Indian will ultimately
vanish from this continent, and the Afri
can in his native land bids fair to be
decimated. .
The tendency of population to the cities
must also be taken into account in any
comparison of people to areas of reason
able subsistence. Concentration in large
towns always tends to increased produc
tion within a wide circuit around them,
especially in the line of fruits and vege
tables. Two hundred years hence the
desert lands which Mr. Ravenstein re
gards as incapable of cultivation may
blossom as the rose. Already irrigation
is working wonders in the unpromising
soil in some of our western states. Mod
ern science will teach many, ways of in
creasing the food supply.
. Mr. Kavenstem s speculations are
plausible and his statistics suggestive
enough, but the figures of today may be
utterly falsified by the figures of 200
years hence. . Many things may inter
vene in the meantime to keep down pop
ulation or increase the food supply. The
extinction or tne race ty starvation is a
very remote contingency indeed, and
Mr. Ravenstein's 183 years bid fair to
stretch out indefinitely before that con
tingency occurs. Baltimore Sun.
Oil from the Porpoise.
The porpoises killed in winter are the
fattest and produce most oil. The largest
size measure about seven feet in length,
five feet in girth and weigh about 800
pounds. Such a porpoise yields from six
to seven gallons of oil. The blubber of a
big porpoise weighs about 100 pounds
and is one and a half inches thick in
summer and two in winter.
The jaws of the porpoise yield a su
perior quality of oil. When hung up in
the sun it readily drips away into cans
provided for the purpose, the quantity of
oil thus procured, however, being not
more than half a pint to the jaw. The
oil from the blubber gives an excellent
light and is in demand along the coast
for lighthouse use. It has no offensive
odor.
Porpoise shooting is followed at all
seasons and in all kinds of weather. On
a calm summer's day the porpoise may
be heard blowing a mile or two away,
If you worfel a porpoise,- and there are
any sharks around, the shark is very apt
to share your booty with you even if he
doesn't devour it in toto. New York
Recorder.-
-A Sweeping; Charge. "-
- -: Nine men out of every ten one meets,
if the possessor of a watch, can safely be
put down as carrying a cheap, unreliable
combination of works and case some un
principled tradesman has palmed off on
him as a good-watch and timekeeper.
The tenth man, if he has purchased
really good watch and timekeeper from
some reliable jeweler, has paid about 500
per cent more for if than he should have
done, and this is the very reason why the
other nine men carry such remarkably
bad timepieces. They cannot afford to
pay the extra 500 per cent heretofore nec
essary to secure good works and a war
ranted case, and are therefore swindled.
New York Truth.
" If Your Shoes Are Wet.
When you' come home with wet feet.
don't throw aside your boots to get hard
and moldy. Stand them up. put them
in shape, and then fill them ' with oats,
such as they feed to horses. -- This will,
in a few hours, draw all the moisture
out of the leather, keeping the boot in
shape meanwhile, . and leaving it soft
and pliable. The oats ca;i be used again
and again.. This is a relic of the days
when no railroads exlsteu, and traveling
was done under difnculties and in weath
er the present generation lias no concep
tion or. indies- ttoine journal. -
Found In tho Stomach of an Aral. , .
The London Lancet has just recorded'.
a remarkable case, which adds one more
to the list 'of those rwhich ""nave been;
placed on record to show. what, a man
will eat in order to satisfy the . cravings
of his stomach and the .pain , he suffers
when he is starving.. . .-, ... V-".
The body of an Arab, who was a stow
away on a ship which had just arrived,
was found .in the hold, and -was con
veyed to the Seaman's hospital at Green
wich, where a post mortem was made.
The physicians noticed that the , body.
was greatly, emaciated, and ' on opening
it several. hard bodies were observed in
the intestines.. The - alimentary canal
was thereupon opened, and in it , they
found the following objects, which prac
tically turned the man's intestines into a
sort of museum. ; ".. :';; .v., ;
The articles . were: .. Twenty, trousers-
buttons, three cog wheels, apparently
portions of a watch; a 2-mch screw,
which was bent double; - a : 1-inch
screw, six pieces of a lock, the largest
being half an inch long and half an inch.
broad; a circular piece of brass, several.
nionoa nt- imn want (jimfl Vii tta ft ViT-n Qfl
and lead and two key tallies on a xinzj
an inch long. The weight of these vari
ous articles in mass amounted to exactly
half a pound. ,
. Persevering; Sparrows. '
The time of one housekeeper has been
pretty well occupied this season trying'
to break up the business of a pair of
sparrows who have determined that they
are going to raise a family in a particu
lar spot under the roof of her side piazza.
The first nest . was removed and some
wire screen drawn across the opening.
but the birds picked and ' pulled away
enough of it to wriggle their little bodies
through sideways, and built again. She
swashed them out this time with the
garden hose, but in a little while another
nest was located and four eggs deposited
in it
The drowning out scheme was tried
once more, but the birds didn't seem to
mind, and investigation showed that
they had roofed the nest over so that it
shed rain like an umbrella, and only
little hole was left under one side for
them to crawl into. With the persever
ance of her sex the lady pulled the nest
down for the third time, and this week
the birds . began cheerfully on nest No.
4. It is pretty hard work to discourage
an English sparrow. Springfield Home
stead. ' :'
The jewels of . that ill fated queen-
Marie Antoinette, whose tragic death
glorifies a frivolous life, are nsw on salej
in London. The price of a single pair of
earrings is $65,000, but the stones are of
wonderful brilliancy. A large pointed
drop, cut in. facets like the pendants oi
chandeliers, is suspended from a large)
circular diamond by - a tiny silver pin,
diamond headed. .
imples.
The old Idea of 40 years ago was that facial
eruptions were due to a "blood humor," for
which they gave potash. Thus all the old Sarsa
parillos contain potash, a most objectionable and
drastic mineral, that Instead of decreasing,
actually creates more eruptions. Yon have no
ticed this when taking other Earsaparillas than
Joy's. It is however now known that tho stom
ach, the blood creating power, is the seat of all
vitiating or cleansing operations. A stomach
clogged by indigestion or constipation, vitiates
the blood, result pimples. A clean stomach and
healthful digestion purifies it and they disappear.
Thus Joy's Vegetable Sarsaparilla is compounded
after tho modern idea to regulate the bowels and
stimulate tho digestion. - The effect is immediate
and most satisfactory. A short testimonial to
contrast tho action of tho potash Sarsaparillos
aud Joy's modern vegetable preparation. -Mrs.
C. D. Stuart, of 400 Hnycs St, 8. F., rn-Ites:; "I
have for years had- Indigestion, I tried a popular
Sorsaparilla bat It acu:ill can.-cd more pimples
to break oat o:i my face. - Iluarin.-j that Joy's was
a later prepare: Ion and acted differently, I tried
It and the pimples immediately disappeared."
Vegetable -Sai'saparilla
Largest bottle, most effective, same price,
For Sale by SNIPES & KINERSLY.
THE DALLES, OREGON.
A ftBecessity.
The consumption
of tea largely in
creases every year in
England, Russia, and
. the principal Euro
pean tea-drinking
' countries. But it
does not grow . in
America. And not
alone that, but thou- -sands
of Europeans
who leave Europe
ardent lovers of tea,
upon arriving in the
United States ' gradu
ally discontinue its use, and finally, cease It
altogether. '
This state of things is due to the fact that
' the Americans 'think so mnch of business
and so little of their palates that they permit
China and Japan to ship them their cheapest
and most worthless teas. Between the
wealthy classes of China and Japan and the
exacting and cultivated - tea-drinkers of
Europe, the finer teas find a ready market.
The balance of the crop comes to America.
Is there any wonder, then, that our taste for
tea does not appreciated
In view of these facts, Is there not an Im
mediate .demand for the Importation of a
brand of tea that Is guaranteed to be un
colored, unmanipulated, and of absolute
' purityT ; We think there Is, and present
Beech's Tea. - Its parity, is guaranteed in
every respect." It has, therefore, more in
herent strength than the cheap teas you have
been drinking, fully one third-' less being re-
; quired for an Infusion. This you will dis
cover the first time you make it. Likewise,
- -the flavor is delightful, being the natural fla
vor of an unadulterated article. It is a revela
tion to tea-drinkers. Bold only in packages
bearing this mark: ; -7 '
BEEC
?ure Affilclhbbd:
sum Vr '
Price 60c per poand. For sale at
Leslie ZOxi-fclor's,
. THE DALLES, OREGON. -
Tne Danes
is here and has come to stay. It hope
to win its way, to public favor by ene
gy, industry and merit; and to this en
we ask that you give it a fair trial, an
ix saiisnea witn its
support.
The
four pages of six columns each, will m
issued every evening, except Sunday
and will be delivered m the city, or sen
by mail for the moderate sum of fiftjl
cents a month.
Its
Obi
will be to advertise the resources of. the
city, and adjacent country, to assist ir
developing our industries, in extending
ana opening up new cnanneis ior oub
trade, in securing
helping THE DALLES to take her prop
er position as the
leading City of
The paper, both daily and weekly, wil
be independent in
criticism of political matters, as in its
handling of local affairs, it will be
JUSTr FAIR
We will endeavor to give all the lo
cal news, and we ask that your criticism
of our object and course, be formed from
the contents of the
rash assertions of
THE WEEKLY,
sent to any address for $1.50 per
It will contain from four to six
column pages, and
to make it the equal of the best. Ask
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and in reply would say that I am more
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on the last shipment of yonr medicines,
There is nothing like them ever intro
duced in this country, especially for La
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PAINT
Now is the time to paint your house
and if you wish tx get the best quality
and a fine color use the
Sherwin, Williams Cos 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 othera
painted by Paul Kref t.
Snipes & Kinersly are agents for the
above paint for The Dalles. Or.
W. H. NEABEACK,
PROPRIETOR OF THE
Daily
Granger Feed Yard,
THIRD STREET.
' (At Grimes' old place of business.)
Horses fed to Hay or Oats at the lowest .possi
ble prices. Good care given to animals left in
my charge, as I have ample stable room. Give
me a call, and I will guarantee satisfaction.
W. H. NEABEACK.