cm;
; Mr. Cooa't Warm Drive.
"One hundred square miles of desola
Hon. Millions of acres of burned tim
ber land," is how C. H. Coon, of New
York, briefly describes, the burned dis
trict of Wisconsin. Mr. Coon has jusi
returned from the district recently de
vastated by tire, and he says a persoi
rho has not visited that part of tht
country since the flames swept over il
can form no conception of the desola
tion there. Mr. Coon was at Eagle rivei
when the fires started with a fishing
party, and remained in the country un
til last week. He tells of a narrow es
cape he had from perishing in the flames
When near Lake Content:
"We became so used to the fires and
smoke that not much attention wag
paid to the situation," said he. "We
went about our business just as if noth
ing unusual were going on. I was re
turning from the lake one day with a
fine Btring of walleyed pike when 1
found myself with my two ponies and
cart between two fires. The wind was
blowing a hurricane, and 1 thought my
time had come. I could not get back to
the lake, as escape that way was cut off,
My only chance was to get to the wide
creek, but in order to reach it I would
nave to drive through burning timber a
distance of 100 yards. I did not have
ranch time to debate the matter, and
was soon dashing through the flames,
applying the whip freely to the ponies.
"Unlike most horses they did not hesi
tate when the' burning underbrush was
reached,' but dashed madly on. I held my
handkerchief over my mouth and nos
trils, not daring to inhale the smoke and
heat. Fi pally the creek was reached
and the ponies plunged into the stream,
and as I was minus eyebrows, hair and
whiskers, and my clothing being on fire,
1, too, threw myself into the water. For
two hours the ponies and I remained in
the creek before it was safe to venture
out. During that time we were almost
suffocated with smoke and heat. Nearly
all the hair was burned off the horses,
and 'I was kept busy while in the creek
putting, out charred cinders that fell
upon the bodies of the ponies and into
the wagon." Chicago Tribune.
A Dancing Girl's Request.
Every year, when autumn approaches,
Queen Victoria has her trunks packed
and goes a pilgrimage to the shrine of
the late John Brown at Balmoral. The
quiet life which her majesty is generally
leading becomes then absolutely dull and
greatly exasperates her suite. From the
windows of her royal apartments the
queen can glance at the white marble
monument on dear John's tomb, and all
her time is devoted either to the mem
ory of the "ever lamented'! or the faithful
servant who managed to crawl up to
such a high place in her royal affections.
Once in a while, however, the dullest
of all the crowned-heads in Europe feels
dull herself. Last year the parson oi
Balmoral, who is a daily guest at the
royal table, seeing her majesty so bored,
and knowing her weakness for every
thing Scotch, spoke to her of one of her
tenant's daughters, who could dance the
reel better than any girl in Scotland.
The yonng lady was ordered to appear
before her majesty the following day.
When ushered into the queen's presence
her majesty said, "I hear you can dance
the reel well; dance."
There was nothing left for the young
lady to do but to dance and she did it so
gracefully that her majesty's severe face
almost took a pleasant expression.
After the performance was over she
asked the girl if the queen could do any
thing for her.
The yeung lady first hesitated, but
suddenly replied. "Indeed, your majesty,
you can."
, "What is ie?"
"Give me Mr. Gladstone's head on a
charger."
Casting a severe glance at the girl the
queen turned round and said: "Dear
ttld, I will willingly give you the
charger, but Mr. Gladstone's head I can
not. It is a long time ago he lost it."
New York World.
Columbia Binr Sainton.
The catch of salmon is still light, but
ia improving slightly, which is consid
ered a very good indication that there
are plenty of fish outside. The fish be
ing caught are unusually fine, averaging
thirty-five pounds in weight, and run-
ning nearly all of the same size. Fish
ermen say that as soon as the water in
the river begins to fall the fish will com
mence to pour in, and there is a cbance
that a heavy run may swell the pack to
at least somewhere near the usual pro
portions. Mr. James Hawthorn says he com
menced fishing last year on May 10, and
this j-ear he began on April 10, a month
earlier, and now he has only eighty-five
cases more than he had at this time last
year. While the salmon are swarming
at the mouth of the river the sea lions
and seals are having a picnic. Portland
Oregonian.
Library for Omaha. .
It ia gratifying. to learn-that no matter
what may be done in regard to a contest
of Byron Reed's will, his bequest to
Umana for a public library and museum
will probably be promptly carried into
effect by mutual agreement of ' all par
ties interested. The gift is a generous
one and possesses features of peculiar
value. The real estate alone ia probably
ot worth over $30,000, but the collec
tion of coins is rare and almost un
matched in this country. Certainly there
axe not more than two or three collec
tions in the United States that are more
perfect or more valuable. Fifty thou
sand dollars would be a moderate valua
tion to place on this result of years of
careful selection and thousands of dol
ars expended. Omaha World-Herald.
Salmon Plenty in the St. Cruix. ,
Sixteen salmon have been taken at the
Union Mills pools in Calais the past
week, and a greater number have been
hooked and lost. Those brought to the
gaff range in weight from nine to thir
teen pounds. The river is now full of
salmon. It is the greatest run' biuce
1885.- Any one who wishes to kill a
salmon With the rod can do so -now.
Banger (Me.) Commercial. ,
23111
Bow to Hang Small Pictures.
A novel way is to have the lower right
hand corner of the upper picture overlap
the upper left hand corner of the next
lower, and: so on for as many as you
wish to hang together. Three, however,
look better than more with this arrange
ment. The plan can be reversed, of
course, and the slant be toward the left
"and downward as well as to the right.
Naturally the space and adjoining ob
jects are to be considered.
How to Give a Dinner at a Restaurant.
First, friends, never ask your guests
"what they are going to have." Order
it yourself. You can, however, ask if
your guests have any preference; for in
stance, in ices. Endeavor to find out
before hand what they prefer, or if they
have any antipathies. Aim to order
those things that are peculiar to the sea
son. Never speak to the waiter in a loud
tone. Shellfish should be placed before
you alive before cooking for your inspec
tion. If the dinner is given in a large
dining room be careful to seat the ladies
so they will command a good view of the
room. A prevailing form of dinner at
the restaurant in New York during the
winter is (first) deviled crabs with olives
or celery, or both; (second), lobster, a la
Newburg, with potatoes au gratin; (third),
broiled chicken with one or two vege
tables; (fourth), a salad, lettuce preferred;
(fifth), ice cream, cake and small coffee.
How to Prevent Neuralgia. -
An excellent way to prevent neuralgia
is to plunge the sides of the head be
hind the ears in cold water immediate
ly on waking every morning. A great
number of nerves are concentrated at
those points, and the shock hardens
them, thus materially assisting the sys
tem in warding off neuralgic troubles.
This simple practice will save many an
hour's pain.
How to Behave in a Theater.
Do not crush at the box office window;
you will only disturb the temper of those
who are before you, and you cannot get
your ticket or tickets one second earlier.
Do not talk to your friend from the mo
ment the curtain is raised until it falls;
if you must say something make your
remarks in a Whisper. Do not quarrel
with a person if you find him occupying
your seat; endeavor to be polite and gen
tlemanly; if there is a mistake, the usher
will remedy it without attracting atten
tion. If you do not like the play or per
formance, do not mutter your displeas
ure aloud; leave the theater at the end
of the act; other people may enjoy what
you dislike. Always remember that
those who are sitting behind you desire
to witness the performance as well as
yourself.
How to Ask a Favor.
A favor should never be asked unless
securing it be an absolute necessity.
Never ask a favor from a stranger or an
acquaintance unless some business- or
other circumstance morally entitles you
to assume that you are justified. When
you really need a favor go to friends; if
they are true they will grant it Friends
are often proved in adversity. It is a
safe rule never to ask a favor unless you
believe you can, in sqme way, recipro
cate it. When you do ask do it confi
dently and fearlessly a faint heart usu
ally fails in this as ia other things.
How to Prevent Cabbage Odors.
. When you boil cabbage put a good
sized lump of stale bread in the water.
This will absorb the noxious gases and
prevent the offensive smell
How to Select Fish.
The simplest way to discover if fish is
in good condition and fresh is by the
color of the gills and smelL Fresh, sound
fish have bright red gills and smell sweet.
Stale fish, which are yet sound, have dull
colored gills, but smell all right. Un
sound fish always smell bad. In a sound
fish the, eyes are prominent and the fins
erect or stiff; in unsound fish the eyes are
sunken and the fins hang and are flabby.
It is always well to see that your fish is
perfectly fresh, for no food is so rich in
disease germs as unsound fish.
How to Preserve Fruit Trees.
Fruit growers are constantly annoyed
by the inroads of insects of one kind or
other, which destroy the fruit and injure
the tree.
Here is an excellent recipe for the pre
vention of the insect scourge and the pres
ervation of the trees: One pound each
of suet, quicklime, snuff and sulphur;
mix all well together and put them into
a vessel containing four gallons of soap
suds and wine. Let the mixture stand
for two or three days and then (in Feb
ruary each year) apply it to every part
of the trees with a paint brush. 1 This
not alone kills the insects' ggs -and pre
vents their attacking the trees, but
causes the trees .to loott particularly
green during the ensuing summer.
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How to Improve Mucilse.
Almost all mucilages become so dry
and hard after a time that ..papers, etc.,;
which have been cemented by them to
polished surfaces crack and fall off. To
prevent this dissolve a little brown sugar
in the mucilage. This will strengthen
the adhering qualities, of any mucilage,
as will also the addition of a drop or two
of glycerine. But care must be taken
not to add too much of the latter, as it
would prevent the mucilage drying suf
ficiently. .
; How. to. Remove Fish Odor.
' A difficulty is often" experienced by
housekeepers in removing the smell from
cooking utensils in which fish has been
fried or boiled. Place some redhot cin
ders in the pan or pot, upon them pour
some boiling water and move the cinders
around for a minute or two, when it will
be found that all smell or taint of fish
will have disappeared., '
Widowed Domestics.
The mania for getting married which
besets so many 'domestic servants often
results in their finding themselves either
widowed or deserted in the course of a
few years, with a number of young chil
dren to provide for. They are generally
both able and willing to return to domes
tic service, but that way of earning a liv
ing is barred to them by the necessity of
looking after their incumbrances at
home. Knowing of many such cases, a
benevolent gentleman down in. Lanca
shire proposes the establishment of homes
which would take care of the children,
the mothers contributing toward their
support in proportion to their own earn
ings. The author of this scheme of relief be
lieves that it would be gratefully ac
cepted by the mothers as a most wel
come change from the unceasing cares
which now. make up their daily lives.
At the same time' it Would benefit so
city by increasing the supply of women
servants, a want which becomes more
pressing every year. As a further help
toward that object it ia proposed that all
the girls admitted into the homes should
be specially trained for domestics service
in its several departments. This would
enable them to go out into the world at
a comparatively early age, and to help
their mothers instead of taxing their
scanty resources.
The main difficulty of realizing the
scheme, which certainly has a taking
look, is in raising the funds. In the na
ture of things the homes would not be
wholly self supporting, even if the ex
penses were cut down in all possible
ways. It would be necessary, therefore,
to supplement the income derived from
the mothers' contributions by subscrip
tions collected from the charitable pub
lic, and one hesitates to advocate another
appeal to that iucessantly solicited quar
ter. London Globe.
Child and Caterpillar.
It is a pretty illustration of the eternal
feminine to see little Herzchen, two
years old, over a caterpillar. The child
when she sees the caterpillar on the
walk straightens back her skirts with
her two hands, moves backward quick
ly a couple of steps and screams at the
top of her voice. Nobody pays .any at
tention to the scream, as it is recognized
as her peculiar way of announcing that
she has discovered a "yurm."
Having uttered this scream, Herzchen
advances a step, puts her hands on her
knees, and looks down earnestly at the
caterpillar. Then she screams again.
Then she bends over closer to the crawl
ing creature. Her eyes have perceived
beauty in it. She suddenly reaches
forward, picks it up, holds it on the
palm of one hand, and studies curiously.
th3 row of bright blue spots down each
of its sides and the golden yellow streak
along its back.
Beyond all doubt -. these caterpillars,
when fully grown, are beautifully robed
creatures. Herzchen brings the worm
nearer and nearer to her eyes, till it al
most touches her face, gloating over it
with a sort of curious fascination. Then
she lays it carefully down on the ground,
looks at it an instant longer, utters an
other scream, piercing, bloodcurdling,
and runs away. Boston Transcript
Baclteior. Life in Singapore.
Many of the white men in Singapore
keep bachelor quarters, and one descrip
tion of a bachelor's bungalow will suf
fice for all. Two young Englishmen have
a one story rambling house among some
cocoanut palms, covering a lot of ground
and open on every side. Enter in and 'sit
Leave your pith helmet at the door, and
one of the bachelors says: "Now,
wouldn't you take a gin fizz? It's very
nice." And before the visitor can answer
be calls out, "Boy!" when from some un
foreseen screen or crack a China boy ap
pears and gets the order.
In a few moments he returns with a
long glass filled with "gin fizz" and
powdered ice, and then the host goes on
aud asks the guest to take champagne
and port and sherry and cognac and a
julep, and I cau't go on. There were
more, but I really forget the names.
This is hospitality 4n the orient There
are sixteen servants for these two white
boya. and such attendance and obse
quiousness spoils them, let alone the
question of ruining their stomachs by so
many liquor concoctions. Toronto
Globe -
Ah Introduction to Samuel Rogers.
On a certain day we went to call at
Mrs. Procter's with our father. We
foundan old man standing in the middle
of the room, taking leave of his hostess.
nodding his head he was a little like a
Chinese mandarin with an ivory face.
His expression never changed, but seemed
quite fixed. He knew my father and
spoke to him and to us, too,' still in this
odd, fixed way. Then he looked at my
sister. . "My little girl." he said to her,
"will you come and livo with me?.-' You
shall be as happy as the"day is long, you
shall have a white pony to ride and feed
upon red currant jelly." This prospect
was so alarming and unexpected that the
poor little girl suddenly blushed up and
burst into tears. The old man was Mr.
Samuel Rogers, but happily he , did not
see her cry, for he was already on ' his
way to the door. Mrs. Ritchie in Mao
millan's Magazine.
A Narrow Escape.
. , A flash of lightning struck a beautiful
young lady at a southern watering place,
but. strange to say, without any disas
trous consequences: ' The lightning first
grazed - the well ' -padded bodice, of the
young lady, slipped over the upholstered
hips, tore off plait of false hair which
hung down lier back, entered the "im
prover'" and glided from the false calves
into the heels of her high boots, through
Whicb it passed into the ground. Thus
the fair maiden escaped all injury, and
only her artificial teeth chattered through
fright at the suddenness of the thing.
Berliner Tageblatt.
Storks never seem to have been com
mon in Italy. Apparently the two great
routes of migration are by Spain and
north Africa, or Turkey Asia Minor
and Palestine, and though a few travel
over Italy none stay there to nest
y ' Ginseng in Commerce.
The trade in-, ginseng is a revival of one
that formerly existed. In the autumn of
1718 Pere Joseph Francois Lafitan, a Jesuit
father, who had arrived in the country in
1713, and was stationed at the Sault, above
Montreal,: discovered the plant He had
been in Quebec in 1715, and there saw a
letter of Pere Jartoux, who had seen gin
seng in Tartary in 1709, and who gave a
description of it. Lafitan inquired . about
it from the Indians, and examined the
country to find it
At this time it was worth its weight in
gold at Pekin. A company was formed to
'export it to China, Japan and Tartary.
The price at Quebec was from thirty to
forty sous or cents per pound. At first
any one was allowed to sell it, but as its
value increased the company exercised its
monopoly rights, and in 1751 undertook to
exclude all others from the trade. As the
demand increased the care with which it
was obtained and prepared was relaxed.
It Was gathered out of season and imper
fectly dried in stove ovens. Even in this
state it brought twenty-five livres per
pound.
In 1752 ginseng of this character to the
value of 500,000 livres was exported. In
1754 the value of the export had fallen to
33,000 livres. A quantity sent to La Ro
chelle remained unsold, but finally found
its way to China, where its inferior quality
gave the Canadian article a bad reputa
tion; the demand fell off and the export
ceased. J. Jones Bell in Popular Science
Monthly.
A Gold Mine on a Roof.
Three thousand dollars for an old tin
roof would be a pretty steep price, but the
man who gets the battered roof : from the
old Tabernacle church at Broad street and
South Penn square, which is now being
torn away, for that sum will be in great
luck. Some years ago the paint was
scraped off the old roof and yielded $5,000
in fine gold. It is almost certain to yield
as much this time. The gold comes from
the mint.
When gold is being coined a consider
able quantity of it volatilizes with the
smoke through the chimney, and as soon
us it strikes the air it falls. Much of it falls
on the roof of the mint, so much of it that
tho officials save even the water that falls
upon it during a shower. All the drains
from the roof are connected with large vats
in the cellar of the mint. Before the water
finally gets to the sewer it is strained
through many blankets and sieves which
retain the gold.
Notwithstanding all these precautions
the gold that is annually washed into the
Delaware from the mint is worth thou
sands of dollars. Every particle of dirt
swept up about the mint is carefully stored
away with the washings from the roof,
and once every year it is sold to the high
est bidder, as it cannot be used at the mint
Philadelphia Record.
Hard on Boots.
WesteYn Shoemaker I don't see how
you wear but your boots so fast, consid
ering that most of the time you are on
horseback.
Cowboy Wall, I'm a light sleeper,
sort o' restless, you know, an . I guess I
kick around a good deal. Good News.
SIG
Head
Aches. .Sick-ln-adacues are the outward indications ot
derangements ot the stomach and bowels. Aa
Joy's Vegetable- Sarsaparilla is the only bowel
reg"ln!ltir preparation of Sarsaparilla, it is seen
why il Is the only appropriate Sarsaparilla in
Ifh-lipndaches.. It is not only appropriate; it is
un i-.!stiiii cure. After a course of it an occa
sional .kmo at intervals will forever after prevent
return.
.Iiio. M. Coi, of 735 Turk Street, Sau Francisco,
writes: " I bnvc been troubled with attacks of
Kiek-lieiidnelie for the last three years from one to
t'.irce times a week. Some time ago I bought two
bottles of Joy's Vegetable Sarsaparilla. and have
only huil one attack since and that was on the
second ilny after I begHti iixiug it."
miQ Vegetable
liy O Sarsaparilla
For Sale by SNIPES & KINERSLY.
THE DALLES, OREGON.
A Revelation.
Few people know that the
bright bluish-green color of
the ordinary teas exposed In
the windows is not the nat
ural color. Unpleasant as the
fact may be, it is nevertheless
artificial; mineral coloring
matter being used for this
purpose. The effect Is two
fold. It not only makes the
tea a bright, shiny green, but also permits the
use of " off-color " and worthless teas, which,
once under the green cloak, are readily
worked off as a good quality of tea.
An eminent authority writes on this sub
ject: "The manipulation of poor teas, to give
them a'flner appearance, is carried on exten-
' lively. Green teas, being in this country
especially popular, are produced to meet the
demand by coloring cheaper black kinds by
glazing or facing with Prussian blue, tumeric,
gypsum, and indigo. This method it so gen
eral that very little genuine uncolored green tea ;
it offered Jot tale."
It was the knowledge of this condition of '
affairs that prompted the placing of Beech's
Tea before the public. It is absolutely pure
and without color. Did yem ever see any
genuine uncolored Japan tea? Ak your
; grocer to open a package of Beech's, and yon
will see It, and probably for the very first
time. It will be found In color to be just be- :
tween the artificial green tea that you have .
been accustomed to and the black teas.
It draws, delightful canary color, and Is so
fragrant that it will be a revelation to tea
drinkers. Its purity makes it also more
economical than the artificial teas, for lesi ,
of Itis required per cup. . Sold only In pound :
packages bearing this trade-mark:
BEEC
7ijre-As:'CKiJdh6bd:
- If row grocer does not hare it, he will gel'
It for you. - Price 600 per pound. For sale al
Leslie Sutler's,
THE DALLES, OREGON. . "
m TEA
Tiic Dalles
is here and has come to stay. It hopes
to win its way to public favor by ener
gy, industry and merit; and to this end f
we ask that you give it a fair trial, and r
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 Objects
will be to advertise the resources of the
city, and adjacent country, to assist in
developing our industries, in extending
and opening up new channels for our
trade, in securing: an oren 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 enedavor to give all the lo-
cal hews, and we ask that vour 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
to make it the equal of the best. Ask
your Postmaster for a copy, or address.
THE CHRONICLE PUB. CO.
Office, N. W. Cor. Washington and Second. Sts
Health is Wealth !
Dr. E. C. West's Kbits akb Brain Treat
mknt, a guaranteed specific for Hysteria, Dizzi
ness, Convulsions, Fits, Nervous Neuralgia,
Headache, Nervous Prostration caused by 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 Powet
in either sex, Involuntary Losses and Spermat
orrhoea caused by over exertion of the brain, self
abuse or over indulgence. Each box contains
one month's treatment. fl.OO a box, or six boxet
for 15.00, sent by mail prepaid on receipt of price.
WE GUARANTEE SIX BOXES
To cure any case. With each order received b
us for six boxes, accompanied by $5.00, we "will
send the purchaser our written guarantee to re
fund the money if the treatment does not effec'
a cure. Guarantees issued only by
BLAKELEY & HOUGHTON, .
. Prescription Druggists,
175 Second St. The Dalles, Or.
Phil Willig,
124" UNION ST., THE DALLES, OR.
Keeps on hand a fall line of V
MEN'S AND YOUTH'S
Ready - Made Clothing.
Pants and Suits
MADE TO ORDER
On Reasonable Terms.
Call and see my Goods before
Durcliasing elsewhere. - '
Amide
Daily
S. B.
Cleveland, Wash.,
June 19th, 1891. f
S. B. Medicine Co.,
Gentlemen Your kind favor received,
and in reply would say that I am more
than pleased with the terms offered me
on the last shipment of your medicines.
There is nothing lite them ever intro-;
duced in this country, especially for La
grippe and kindred complaints. 1 have
had no complaints so far, and everyone
is ready with a word of praise for their
virtues. Yours, etc.,
M. F. Hackley.
The Dalles
FIEST STREET.
FACTORY NO. 105
PTP A PQ of the Best Brands
V'L VJTxA. XXO manufactured, and
orders from all parts of theuntry filli
r
on tne shortest notice. ,
.The reputation of THE DALLES CI
GAR has, become firmly established, and
the demand for the home, manufactured
article is increasing every day.-
A. ULRICH & SON.
GiqaF
Factory