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EDUCATION IN THE COUNTRY.
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DlllTnlDiacud Cook
HWclluClU.
Practical -educatMii: is i needed in the
country as.weU-as am . the--city. There
has been ; too muote krain -culture in the
past, with ;too little :-8ense' development
and miiadf training. With all opportuni
ties for -objective, teaching -arid manual
training,! but little of it has come-to the
country, -And yet theixsys and irls there
need this : training? aa . much as . -children
in crowded .city tenements. ' Successful
experiments ia these .directions -are be
ing made in many rcountry neighbor
hoods. O roups of i ladies are inaugurat
ing cooking, carpentry, and clay, model
ing classes .and sending to the cities for
teachers.
In these (neighborhoods boys "rtio ex
pected 4o become Claris, and in.-conse-quence
-to leave i their homes for city
boarding1 houses, are becoming impressed
with the interest -.as .well -as -value of
tools. Girls -are . enjoying 'lessons in
hygiene and ; the-chemistry of food, as
well as practical demonstrations oft cook
ing. Sewing is also growing more and
- more interesting, .and the young girls
: appreciate, doing with cthe learning.
Take, .for 'example, two neighbor
hoods on the Hudson, -near New York.
- In one a Jibrary association was started
n faw voq ra -Anrrh.Viv.ju-.mA Inrl i A Trtfre
seemed but ifew -people around wJao
could or would utilize a library, or read
ing room, .but soon many men and boys
gathered nightly. .-A sewing school was
jjtarted for .Saturdays upon strict busi
" -aiees principles, .and .within a month was
overcrowded- It was hard to tell where
the hundred -or more girls came from,
but there they were, eager to learn. A
Iwm-,' nlaca f rtv m-ulolincr nnfl rnrrwnfrv
started, then a cooking class for girls,
and all were successful. Monthly enter
tainments were .held, when an. admission
fee of ten cents was charged, and the
rooms were crowded.
In the other neighborhood practical
classes have also started .and are all
crowded. In this -email settlement are
now being held (three weekly cooking
classes for different groups of girls, two
large sewing classes, a dressmaking
course and boys carpentry classes.
Village bands and choruses are valu
able. In one place a large group of boys
are kept interested y their weekly band
practice. A right leeling of pride is
aroused when they Are called upon to
lead local processions, to play at enter
tainments, etc. Here, also, the teacher
of the village school has started a gym
nasium, and is training boys and girls
alike in the Swedish movements. Coun
try children need to be physically devel
oped by training, and taught graceful
movements as well as city children.
Village volunteer companies of boys can
be organized and made a power by fur
nishing - practical outlets to energies,
physical as well as mental.
Interest in surroundings should be
roused. The country, with its woods,
rocks, trees and plants, should be studied
intimacy with the beautiful variety of
animal and insect life should be en-
. conraged. Through such channels homes
will be made brighter. Happiness means
,, contentment, and contentment comes
from health, occupation and interest.
xt. Country contentment will be the result
- when young people become stronger,
6, keep brain as well as hand busy, and are
. i interested in others. Grace Dodge in
j. , Ldppincott's.
One Salt for Six.
v Writing in Century Dr. C. B. Gillespie
relates this incident of a Sunday in Co-
foma, Cal., in '49:
;A group of half a dozen Indians espe
cially attracted my attention. They
were strutting about in all the glory of
newly acquired habiliments, but with
this distinction that one suit of clothes
was sufficient to dress the whole crowd.
The. largest and best looking Indian had
appropriated the hat and boots, and
without other apparel walked about as
proudly as any city clerk. Another was
tost in an immense pair of pantaloons.
A third sported nothing' but a white
shirt with ruffled bosom.
A fourth flaunted a blue swallow
tailed oat, bespangled with immense
brass buttons. A fifth was decked with
a flashy. vest, while the sixth hod noth
ing but -a red bandana, which was care-
fully wrapped around his neck. Thus
what would scarcely serve one white
man just, as effectually accommodated
six Indians.
The Deajfs In the "Berkeley School.
Each pupil in the Berkeley school will
.have, in the liew building, a desk of
polished hard wood and a chair upho'
'.'rBtered in leather. Whenever a boy is
perfect in!l,of his studies for a whole
-ryear he is to have his name neatly carved
on the lower ide of the lid of Jus desk.
This is an oW Rugby custom- Some
r time ago the Marquis of Bate offered
$80,000 for twelve of the old .desks in
Rugby school because of the .historic
names carved thereon. Among- the
, names were those of Robert Peel and
William E. Gladstone, rudely carved by
. themselves. Future generations may
find siime great names carved on the lids
. of the Berkeley school desks.. Dr. White
says that he has some good stock among
his pupils. New Yorfc Times.
A Valuable Cat.
Si W. Kimball, of Presque bio, has a
Maltese cat which is valsed as much as
. a horse and buggy. "Che other day,
.while Mr. Kimball was -pway, the cat
.came in from the barn and went to Mr.
Kimball's wife, and after "mewing
started to the barn agais. This the
feline repeated three rimes, .till at last,
to see what the cat wanted, 5,1 rs. Rim
ball followed it -Jto the barn so where a
.colt was hitched, and there tumid the
horse tied sc s&mrely that it: vould
..scarcely move, and where, if it ibsl re
.mained any great length of tn it
must have beep .severely hurt. :f sot
JdlleU. Lewistou itogrnaL
Mtsl. . Have lWe : Differently
Young MedicDP-Qf .cowae it will talc
fne a long time to get started
Eminent r Pli ysician diyjgfcter Oh.
yes; papa says even th !le.vej-e in the
-profession nre years buiUJj) a - prac
tice. New yprjf Time . .
MEXICAN ;DISCIPLINE.
tHoWA BRAVE YOUNG SOLDIER MET
-AsCRIMINAL'S DEATH.
?Vater. Popular Captain of Cavalry In.
Mexico Story-f the Execution and the
Cireaunatancea .That I lxl .Up to the
Shooting A-Powerful Pictnre.
Monterey, in' the state of Neuvo Leon,
has been the . theater of many military
tragedies, but -.the shooting of Savator
Estaperron, second lieutenant of the
Mexican cavalry, was the saddest that
has ever darkened the annals of the state.
A . brief history of the event which led
to this execution; w necessary to a proper
understanding of .the case.
A company of the Thirteenth regular
cavalry was ordered to do special duty
at Cadereyta, a small town on the Gulf
road. .The company was in command of
a first lieutenant and the deceased. A
dispute arose between the officers, and
Lieutenant Estuperron, fearing, as his
friends say, thatfhis . life was in danger,
drew his pistol, but did not shoot at his
superior. - It is claimed that he snapped
the pistol, but it .missed fire. For this
offense he was placed under ' arrest and
tried by a general -court martial and sen
tenced to death.
There were extenuating circumstances
admitted, and the .case was carried to
the highest federal courts. Pending a
decision the .first officer of .the company
was shot dead in the portals at Monterey
by one of his soldiers, and the soldier,
while yet the smoke was curling from
his weapon, was shot down by the cap
tain of the company.
Whether these deaths affected the par
doning power or not will never be known,
but the -finding of the court was ap
proved, and powerful personal appeals
by persons intimately associated .with
President Diaz were unavailing. The
death warrant was signed and .carried
into execution. That the officer was ad
mired by the people and dearly loved in
his regiment was well known by the
authorities, as precautions taken by the
commandant of the department were
ample proof.
THE DEATH SCENE.
The time of the shooting was kept a
profound secret. The cathedral clock
chimed 4. There was a sharp bugle
call, a hurrying of mustering feet, quick
commands and rapid evolutions, and in
a few moments the garrison fell into
line. The gate in the rear of the bar
racks was opened, and the Thirteenth
cavalry, in full marching order, on foot,
issued forth followed by their band,
with muffled instruments. "The Fifth
cavalry followed, and then the Fifth In
fantry. They formed a square, three
sides of which consisted of the respect
ive regiments. . The fourth was the wall
of the barracks. The general command
ing the department and staff took up a
position in the center. When the troops
halted the commanding officer called
"Attention V "Fix bayonets!" He then
announced the sentence, and added:
"If any man moves is -the ranks or
gives any expression of sympathy with
the prisoner or fault with the sentence
he shall be committed to prison from
one to five years, depending on the
gravity of the offense."
The silence as of death fell upon the
soldiers and the few spectators who were
allowed to be present. Afar off the
church bell tolled the knell for the dy
ing. The early sun just gilded the
mountain peaks that rise like giant sen
tinels around the historic city, and one's
thoughts went back to (the dull gray
morning, long ago, when an American
soldier knelt upon his coffin and met a
bloody death almost on the same spot.
Great white wreaths circled the higher
hills. It is now 4:45. From out the gate
issued a company of the Thirteenth, at
its head a prisoner, and by his side a
priest. With a firm tread and a proudly
lifted head he marched, never faltering
or halting, but with a bright smile upon
his face he looked the least concerned
of the party.
FACING DEATH BRAVELY.
He halted at a small marked elevation
twenty feet from the barracks walL His
company filed past and formed in front,
four files deep. Two lines advanced,
halted, and one still advanced. There
were six men in each line. The firing
party thus consisted of six men in the
front line within ten feet of the prisoner,
and the second line within - fifteen feet.
The other two lines formed a reserve.
The death knell tolled, and the clock
struck 5. The officer advanced to band
age the eyes of the prisoner, but the lat
ter waved the officer aside and said:
"I have looked too often in the face of
death to fear him now." ; .
"It shall be as yon wish," said the
captain as he took his place at the left of
the firing party. Taking off his hat 'the
prisoner surveyed the assembled troops,
looked once at the sun tipped hills, and
said to the firing party: "Shoot straight
for my heart, but do not strike my face.
Adieu." And bringing his hand to the
position of "Attention" he awaited the
end.
There was a slight flash of the cap
tain's sword. The guns came to.
"Ready!" Another flash. "Aim!" The
blade drops. Six sheets of flame dart to-
iward the prisoner, who sprang into the
.-air with three bullets in his heart. The
surgeon took his wrist. The captain
gave a quick command, a soldier stepped
from the ranks, and placing his rifle to
the jariscner's head, fired. In less than
fifty -seconds from the drop of the sword
Lieutenant Estuperron was dead.
. The ibvgles sounded. The troops filed
past the body: it was put into the coffin,
andthegrun tragedy was over: and as
brave a man as ever buckled on a sword
had crossed to the "bivouac of the
dead." CJoj-. St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
AImJ Too True
Teacher What can you tell me about
Julius Caesar? - , :
- Pupil He wrote books for the Jowei
onus in classics. Familienblatt. : :1
A Par Sighted Youth.
: KCn you afford to marry?"
- .' f think so. v I have a clergyman friend
wboTi jdtf. it cheap." New York Epoch.
GOULD'S READY MONEY.
Be
Can Create a .Panic Any
Tlmo by
Withdrawing ai2.00O.O0O..
How much is Jay Gould worth?
His contemporaries, associates and crit
ics put him down at about $150,000,000. I
suppose it is not much exaggerated. We
know, who are brokers and in the bank
ing business here, the 'influence of his
ready money He has got the best mon
ey in the country; -it is all liquid money.
What do you mean by liquid money?
Money which .flows like a liquid like
quicksilver, according to the inclina
tion, up or down. The As tors,- for ex
ample, do not have liquid money; their
money is in real estate, upon which they
could not realize in tight times as well
as in easy times. But Gould's money is
here in time of panic as readily as in
flush times.
Almost any .time he can withdraw
from the market $12,000,000, or can keep
-it loaned Now., the bank surplus is
only $10,000,000.' So you see the pro
digious power that money has in the
mere ebb and flow of it. When Mr.
Gould withdraws it, as he is said to do,
though I have no knowledge on the sub
ject, the times are terribly tight here.
Up goes the rate of interest. Men with
obligations are ready to pay almost any
thing. This money comes to him in the
nature of his property.
His property is always earning money
in cash. . If he resolves to purchase some
.costly piece of property, like the Union
Pacific railroad, he may put his money
out to let interest accumulate upon it.
He is not, however, a money lender in
the sense of Russell Sage, who lends
money to earn money. Mr. Gould lends
money with an object in view, in the
nature of a large merchant. Yet he is
without the conditions of such a man a
polite person.
A friend of mine not long ago bor
rowed $1,000,000 from him in the midst
of the panic. This man did not conceal
his temporary necessity, but said to Mr.
Gould, or rather wrote to him, that
whatever interest he was minded to ask
would be satisfactory. He says that
Gould said to him, "Go along until you
get through, and we will see about the
rate then." When they came to settle
all that Gould asked him was ordinary
interest 6 per cent. Such things he
does quietly without further remark,
and hence many persons who are not
very intimate with him, but have had
exchanges of that kind to take place,
think of him with' as much respect as
they speak of him.
It must be remembered, however, that
he has not lived this life and encountered
long hostility and abuse to become a
mere philanthropist. He is a gigantic
merchant in transportation. "Gath" in
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Climbing- the Alps.
The street between the wall and the
hotel was called the club room of Zer
matt, and it was there that my feelings
of respect for the cliffs and precipices of
the Matterhorn perished. For there I
heard the story of the fat German hauled
like a log up the peak by four guides, the
rope tied around his waist and fastened
to his feet with a slip knot, and he swing
ing from rock to rock, suspended thou
sands of feet in- the air and they never
bothering to look at him; and of the
Italian count who made the ascent with
seven guides in front, seven behind, and
one man to keep his legs straight -against
the rocks; and of the boy of fourteen fol
lowing in the train of the conqueror; and
of the woman reaching the top, and then,
as the guides literally ran her down,
quietly sleeping all the way back from
the lower hut until the bells of the little
church in Zermatt awoke her.
And yet even the cynics who laughed
at these tales could be stirred into a show
of enthusiasm, and more than once were
we roused from our first sleep by the
ringing cheers with which the men at
the Monte Rosa greeted the return of the
last hero of the Matterhorn. And, after
all," there are certain perils which the ex
ploiters of the Alps cannot wholly coun
teract. Century.
Ostentation at Funerals.
It is a sad coAimentary on a Christian
community, which takes that distinctive
title from a religion whose founder is
called the Consoler because his word
plucks the sting from death, that it sur
rounds death with every circumstance of
woe and gloom. The distinctive minis
try of the faith seems to fail at the very
point to which it is especially addressed
The natural Christian tone at the burial
of the dead would seem to be the cheer
that springs from the thought of immor
talitya sublime hope, a tender resigna
tion.
The Christian thought in that hour
should instinctively dwell upon the eonl,
not upon the body, and the simplest and
most unostentatious rite of burial would
seem to be the most truly Christian. But
the ostentation of Christian funerals has
become so great that burial reform asso
ciations are formed, both in this country
and in England, to relieve the poor of
the painful and needless cost which,
from mistaken respect for the dead, they
will not spare so long as ostentation is
the custom. George William Curtis in
Harper's.
The Large National Cemeteries.
The biggest of the eighty-two national
cemeteries are at Anderson ille, 6a.,
with 13,703 dead; Arlington, Va., with
16,350; Chalmette, La., with 12,620; Chat
tanooga, Tenn., with 13,033; Fredericks
burg. Va.. with 15,273; Jefferson Bar
racks, Mo., with 11,647; Antietam, Md,
with 12,139, Marietta, La., with 13,933;
Nashville, Tenn., with 16,537: Salisbury.
N. C, with 12,132. and Vicksburg, Miss.,
with 16,620. Of the 827,179 interred,
178,225 are known and 14S.954 unidenti
fied. , About 9,300 of the entire number
are Confederates. Washington Star.
I Diplomacy.
He I didn't get your last letter.
She (pouting) And I sent you a kiss in
it.
He How unbusinesslike you. are!
Don't you know that letters containing
valuables should be registered?
He was allowed to kiss away the pout.
Exchange,
A. Beat Summer Danger.
To talk of . guarding against cold in
summer seems absurd, and yet it is as
necessary as in winter. Where the cli
mate is changeable a hot day is often
followed by a cool evening, or a sudden
rain storm chills - the air, or a cold wind
springs up, grateful after the heat, but
dangerous to those who are thinly clad
unless they are protected from it by
proper covering. Cotton is a good con
ductor of heat and allows it to escape
rapidly from the surface of the body.
As soon as the surrounding air becomes!
cooler than the skin it steals the heat
which the body requires for its own,
needs. ; A fresh supply of heat must be
produced, and thus - the system is over'
taxed to supply the demands of the rob
ber. ' Flannel is a - bad conductor and
guards the tender body more faithfully,
retaining the heat. Elizabeth R. Scovil
in Ladies' Home Journal.
Finished Bla Story.
On Jan. 15 two laborers were at work
on a railroad running into Indianapolis.
One was telling a story, and while bend
ing over he was accidentally struck on
the head with a hammer by his compan
ion and his skull was fractured - He was
rendered unconscious, and remained in
a comatose condition until last Friday
night, when Dr. G. D. Sturtevant, of
Indianapolis, trepanned the skull, audi
immediately upon removing the pieced
of skull from against the brain the man
continued the story which was started!
five months before and had lain latent in
his brain during all this time. Cor. St.
Louis Globe-Democrat. :
Hair Turned by Lightning.
A curious instance of the blanching of
the hair was recently reported by the
Philadelphia Times. At Petersburg, in
the course of a thunder -storm, a laun
dress named Ellen Barnes stood watch
ing the storm from the door of her house,
when she was struck by the lightning
and knocked senseless. Though unable
to speak for hours after being resuscitated
she recovered and was apparently unhurt
by the shock, except that a part of her
hair was turned a dazzling white. The
line of demarkation separating the black
hair from the white extended about an
inch and a quarter to one side of the
middle of her head
Furniture, 50 Cents; Dogs, 811.
One of the assessors relates an odd ex
perience in Bucktown, near Indianapolis.
He called at the house of an old woman
whose furniture was valued at fifty cents.
Under the law he had to place the value
at one dollar, which would make her tax
a fraction over one cent. As he was
about to leave the house he discovered
that the old woman was the happy owner
of six dogs, on which she was assessed
$11. Chicago Mail
pimples.
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
parillas contain potash, a most objectionable and
drastic mineral, that Instead of decreasing,
actually creates more eruptions. You 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 scat 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 modem idea to regulate tho bowels and
stimulate tho digestion. The effect is immediate
and most satisfactory. A short testimonial to
contrast the action of tho potash Sarsaparillas
and Joy'x modern vegetable! preparation. Mrs.
C. D. Stuart., of 400 IIu;vs St., B. P., writes: " I
have for years !:al l'flii;j--.t!on, I tried a popular
SarsapariUa but it ac'ur!!-.- rmscd more pimples
to brcai out o:i my fi-.-e. !! that Joy's was
a later prcpa:-a'iiin and ni-tn.l diCcrcntly, I tried
It and the pimtile iin mediately disappeared."
Vegetable
SarsapariUa
Largest bottle, most eiV..-i-t.ivc, sumo price,
For Sale by SNIPES & KINERSLY.
THE DALLES, OREGON.
A Necessity.
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
JTi-tJ 1 who leave j Europe
ft ardent lovers of tea,
upon arriving in me
United States gradu
ally discontinue its use, and Anally, cease It
altogether. , .
This state of things Is due to the fact that
the Americans think so much 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 appreciate?
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 no
colored, unmanipulated, and of absolute
purity? We think there Is, and present
Beech's Tea. Its purity 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 yon will dis
cover the first time yon make it. Likewise,
the flavor is delightful, being the natural fla- ,
. tot of an unadulterated article.: It is a revela
tion to tea-drinkers. Bold only in packages .
bearing this mark:
rPurrAsCHi1dhood:
Friee 0e per pomnd. Forsaleat
Joys
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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 Daily
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 country, to assist in
developing 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 .Eastern Oregon.
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 ask that your criticism
of our object and course, be formed from
the contents of the paper, and not from
rash assertions of outside parties.
THE WEEKLY,
sent to any address for $1.50 per year.
It will contain from four to six eight
column pages, and we shall endeavor
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S. B. Medicine Co.,
Gentlemen Your kind favor received,
and in reply would eay that I am more
than pleased with the terms offered me
on the last shipment of your medicines.
There is nothing like them ever intro
duced in this country, especially for La-
grippe and kindred complaints. I have
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is ready with a word of- praise for their
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PAINT
Now is the time to paint your house
and if you wish to get the best quality
and a fine color use the
Sherwin, Williams Co.'s Paint
For those wishing to see the quality
and color of the above paint we call their
attention to the residence of S. L. Brooks,
Judge Bennett, Smith French and others
painted by Paul Kreft.
.- Snipes & Kinersly are agents for the
above paint for The Dalles. Or.
W. H. XTEABEAQK,
PROPRIETOR OF THE
Granger Feed Yard,
THIRD STREET1".
(At Grimes' old place of business.)
Horses fed to Hay or 'Oats at the lowest possi
ble -prices. Good care given to animals left in
my charge, as I have ample stable room. . Give
me. calf, and I will w$AC1r.. .
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