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GIRL'S - MINUTES. -What Is It That Va'ul Vbnin Dobat Compels Them to A,lway:"Bnsy7'' Does anybody know wliat becomes of girl's time? Was there ever a girl who' could tell what she did with it or where be put it, or account in any .reasonable way for its mysterious disappearance? Are the girls' minutes like the lost pins of which nobody ever finds a trace, though the factories have been - at work so. long that one would think that the dropped ones woum constitute in themselves an adequate source of supply? ' There are some things which have this capacity for utter annihilation. Wild ani mals are never found dead in the forests: watering place friendsniDS vanish into wind swept space; the hole, in the stocking speaks 01 a texture which once was there, but is there uo longer; yet these things get qui or mo wona no . more quietly and un accountably than the hours and minutes or a good proportion of young women. l nere is a theory, which is commonly accepted, tnat a girl's time is all spent upon dress. Certainly a little of it goes in mat way, out tbe amount must be snail. Older women, with many . social mad domestic cares, dress quite as well as young girls, and usually better. iney cannot give all tneir time, or even amy appreciable part of it, to the planning auu purciiasmg 01 tneir raiment, so there is eviueutiy a fallacy in the idea that femi aiae attire is capable of engrossing the en tire attention of a Woman. There is another. theory that a girl's time m spent m. entertaining members, of the other sex, but this is absolutely untenable. Kven the mildest of flirtation calls for two flirters, and, as the student of our social ayateni is never weary of. pointing out, we are no class of men whose time is their own. A girl may spend her evenings and Sun days in amusing the masculine half of cre ation, but business hours are sacred from iter invasion.) Her will might be good to so speuu the hours from sunrise till midniarht. sat in the nature .of .the case er;oppor- luuium nro unuiear ... Is it domestic cares which .are so absorb ing? The newspaper paragrapher .would ay not, ana l tninlc on .the whole he right. This is not because most girls' are nwiiung to snare toe Household responsi- taliUes, but because, during the . time of taeir education home life goes on without taeir assistance, .and once, out of school they find no place ready, made in which uey can be useful. . is auout as easy lor tne camel to go uirougn tne needle s eye as for thedaucrhtei of a well to do family to find any domestic duties worthy the name in her father's aoo.se. There are yet other ways in which it pupuiany supposed a girl's time is em ployed, such as study and correspondence. ut did you ever go to a morning class? If so you know perfectly well the formula: "1 was so busy I hadn't a minute to spare iot preparation!" nave you any women among your cor respondents, and did one of them ever write a letter without eXDlainintr how busy she was,, and had been for weeks past ana wouia oe lor weeks to come? . What ever the mysterious, grinding tasks which tate imposes upon the young women who kave apparently nothing to do, by their owa concession studying and writing are ot among the things sought. Perhaps the subject is worthy of scientific investigation. It would be as useful to the race as the discovery of the north pole; aa, though the inquiry might be as long tedious as an arctic exploration, it weald not be so dangerous. Industrially it might be of value. Here is a vast amount of labor which we know, on the testimony of every girl in the land, is put forth daily, yet without visible result, would not experiments to make it productive be as legitimate as those for the requotion of aluminium or the utilisation i the solar force?. Anthropologists might spare a little time iram tne study of cranial development and to.ro their attention to finding out what becomes of a girl's, time. It ought surely uuue. iot no otner reason than to fcnury tne dear girls themselves, who cer laiuiy are as much in the dark on this question as any one else. Kate Field's vrasiiingtoa. Imm lit the Ss the opinion is now expressed by what vousiuereu nign scientific authorities that the earth, and consequently its irou, at one time formed- part of the sun. th torn sun. as used in this ease, being under mwu 10 mciuue not only the sun nucleus, bet also the deep covering ot incandescent vapor which surrouuds it, which, for con venience, ia called it atmosphere. -The in- vewgMT.iousor chemists and scientists with MeKpeetroscope have revealed in the sun lewer Lilian twenty-five distinct ele teota, all of which are known among "w nwii, ana mere is every reason to believe that the remaining elements ftber existed at a former period or exist ww hi uia mi. . Among the metals discovered fct the aua's atmosphere is iron, and in conse- eoce ot tne enormous, beat it, aloog with the other metals, ia-lti a state of vapor. Not ouly is tlie presence of irou unmistak ably made out, but its position among ether metals is found, to be just where it sight be expected, haviug respect to grav ity and the atomic weights which these metal are known to iiossess on the earth. The Kttidy of other metals in the sun, as revealed by the spectroscope, also goes far tOKupport this hypothesis of the earth's solar system. New York Telegram. - t a "RttoB," u..., ; . A ration is Xle established day allow ance of food ifpr one. person.; J?ax the United States rmy it fr'npw-,pmpbsfed of the followigivTwelve Ttanefesfpork or bacon or canned beef (fresh or corned), or one pound and four ounces of fresh beef, or twenty-two ounces of salt beef; eighteen ounces of soft bread or flouxj prs.ixtdea wuuco vi imni ureaa, or one pound and four ounces of cornmeal. . . ... To every 100 rations, fifteen pounds of "beans or peas, or ten Dounds of rice or ngus pouns-oroasea'. coffee . or two, pounds of tea; fifteCn pounds of sugar, four quarts of vinegar,one pound eight ounces of star caudles, 'four poundsTof soap, four pounds of salt, four ounces of pepper and four ounces of yeast ponder to each- 100 rations of flour. St; Louis' Republic:' ' The Wax Palm. .' On, the high mountains of New Grenada, as high up as the lower limit of perpetual aaow, grows the wax palm.. Its tall trunk is covered with a thin coating of a whitish' waxy substance, giving it a marbled ap pearance, whS-iif serfage off form an article of co'iumerce' ' It consists "of two parts of resin and one of wax, and when mixed with one-third of tallow it makes very good candles. Washington SSnrt - la Cores sheets of paper pass for money, one sheet brings ooe jor of rice, or w ty sheets a piece f .. ml IT .iii; i i k Aim - How to Breathe Properly. The breathing should be slow and deep, ten breaths a minute being a safe average. There is a difference of opin ion, in regard to the relative value of ab dominal and chest breathing, and each system has its advantages. One of the best exercises for increasing the capacity of the lungs is to draw in a fall breath slowly and through the nose. Keep the lungs inflated as long as possible and then expel the air suddenly through the mouth and repeat the process. The pe riod of holding the breath should not be too long at the start - Ho to Malta Tomato Catsup. 'Cut half a bushel of tomatoes in pieces and boil them in their own juice until soft. Strain and press through a hair sieve to separate the skins and seeds. Then boil down to a thick palp, stirring all the tune. Add six ounces salt, six drams allspice, one ounce five and a half drains yellow mustard, three ounces black pepper, six drams clover, three drams mace, two drams cayenne pepper and one gallon of vinegar. The spices must be all ground fine. Let the mixture boil up twice and bottle when cooL How to Treat Children. . Children instinctively shrink from sour or evil tempered people. The old adage, "We must be cruel to be kind," does not hold in the proper training of children. We must only be firm. Kind ness and firmness are the two elements necessary in the treatment of the young. If it is desirable to refuse a child's re quest, do it firmly but kindly. When correction is needed be firm, but show' in your punishment that you are grieved for the necessity. ; Such training will make children love and honor you, and will instill in them the seeds of great ness. ' If you are cruel and stern, their young natures will resent it and their evil passions be aroused. How to Make Writing- Look Old. Take one drachm of saffron and infuse it into one-half pint of ink. Warm it over a gentle $re, and anything written with it will turn yellow and old looking. How to Keep Ilrass Bright.' ' To make brass rails, stair rods, door handles, etc.. clean and bright take one ounce of oxalic acid and one pint of soft water; mix well and apply to the brass with a piece of cloth Wipe dry, and then make a paste finely powdered rotten stone and turpentine, which can be applied with the hand or a niece of Old flanneL . Rub drv with a nhn.Tnnii leather and your brass will have lost all stains and look as bright and as new as when it was purchased. A solution of bichromate of potassa, sulphuric acid and water will also. brighten brass, but the former is the most reliable method.' How to Prevent Smoking Chimneys. Smoking chimneys are generallv canaad by the supply of cold air in the chimney being out of proportion to the ' heated i air, and, m consequence, the cold air de scends, bringing the smoke along with it. ii tne emmney is not high enoutrh or surrounded by buildings or hills, the best plan to prevent smoke is to contract the aperature near the stove. This will insure the air being effectually heated and cause it to rise rapidly. If the aper ture is. too large, the volume of air enter ing it is not sufficient! v warmed bv r.h fire to enable it to rise rapidly enough to carry off the smokeaud the cold air will invariably descend and press the smoke downward. In obstinate, cases a revolv ing cowl is necessary to create sufficient draft. 1 . How to Keep a Con from Rusting. Clean the barrel occasionally and nrntr the exposedjportions of the metal with a film of linseed oil.. For lubricating the lock" purified "olive or sperm oil is the best. It is also a good plan to give a gun an elevated position in the room where it is kept. This lessens thechance for rusting, as the atmosnbere is warmor and dryer at the top of the room. ... How to Cure Thirst. Simple thirst is a natural feeling, but immoderate thirst indicates the nresence of disease. Vegetable acids of any kind are tne most grateful palliatives of thirst. out. the .best thing to, allav excessive thirst is a decoction of : sorrel leaves, slightly thickened with gum arabic, sweetened to the taste. V How to-Make Horseradish Saoee. No condiment is more aDDetizincr or beneficial as a stomachic than good horse radish sauce. It is peculiarly relishable with roast beef. Grate a connle of trounces of horseradish fine; take two tea- spoouarul of cream, yne of olive -oiL two- oi powdered mustard and one tablespoon- iui or gooa vinegar; add a little salt and a.dash of cayenne rjenner. and mir an together;' and you have a royal sauce. Ho.w.t Porlfy Air ia Sleeping llooms. "An excellent plan is to keep an inch or two of the window onen from the ton. But ia many, .cases this is impracticable, and as an alternative it is wise to keep in the sleeping chamber a basin or open vessel of water. - Water absorb all th mpurities of the atmosphere and keena the air pure. Besides acting as a purifier of the atmosphere, it will absorb large quantities of coal or iUuminatmo- o-m should any escape, and thus render as phyxiation from that source less liable to occur. : , . How to "Clean Glassf .it often happeris-that glass vessfli be- rrtma tv ; -' vi-, - ' v.v. u uuaigui,ijr ue- poait or crust which is difficult to re move by rubbing- or scouring. The best way to remove, such stains " is to wash tho glasses with a little dilute muriatic add. This wm effectuafiy sraee the do poaitaod "brighten th glass. i ,. - Too Dnpo polar Halt. ' , V There is one unpopular coin issued by rjncle Sam.. It is the half dollar, and it has a tendency to work its way back into the treasury vaults, where it isn't wanted. As money nobody objects to the half, but the popular fancy is for the same value in another form. That is, the average citizen prefers to have two quarters. They are a trifle more con venient. If he wants to pay out half a dollar he can use the half or the two quarters with equal convenience,' but if twenty-five cents is to be paid out the quarter is far the handier coin. This may not seem to be a very im portant matter, but it counts in the long run. Little by little the halves' find their way back to the government vaults; and there they stay, like poor relations. In f.icti so far as coming home, in dis grace goes, the half dollar is the prodigal son of the mints. A very large proportion of the $20,000, 000 of fractional silver on hand at Wash ington is made np of halves. This is the lot which becretary Foster was so anx ious to get rid of, and about which he talked with tne New York bankers when he, made his .visit here.. Nobody then manifested any wild desire to take the secretary's load off his shoulders. It is probable that a good many of the halves stored up in Washington will be recoined into quarters and dimes.. In that way they will be more convenient for popular use. Of course lots of halves are used, and' will continue to be used. Their coinage will be kept up, and nobody will have any more difficulty in getting them than usual. But the-proportion of other coins will be increased because the people , like them better. . - ' The New York subtreasury has its share of halves on band, and the other day it tided to work off .some of them. It was a day when pension checks were being paid, and -nearly every one was cashed partly in halves. . ' Before the close of the day a good, many of the halves were back, in the subtreasury. And they are .there yet.--New York Times. ' . . .To Set Stray Letters' Aright. The dead letter office of the postoffice department has. just published a large volume of nearly 800 pages Which is ex pected ix: reduce the "number of letters which go to the dead letter office because of, imperfect addresses. The volume is entitled "A Street Directory of the Prin cipal Cities in the United States." A great deal of time and patient attention to details have been expended upon the collection and systematic arrangement of ,the contents of the book. - All the streets, avenues, squares, "lanes,? "roads," etc., of the same names in the nearly 500 free delivery offices of this country are grouped and so dis played as to facilitate. search. The high est and lowest numbers on each of these streets are given to assist postmasters in correcting imperfect addresses where the -street named is found in more than one town; This- directory , is furnished to postmasters at the free delivery offices for use in perfecting the addresses of such letters and parcels as may reach their offices, though manifestly intended for delivery . elsewhere. Washington Star. . . cr ; ; A Museum of Decorative Art. ., It is proposed to establish iii the lower part of New York city a museum of decorative art, where artisans and de signers for the various manufactures can find specimens of the best work of all ages, together with suggestive books, charts, designs, etc., that will help them to produce something out of the beaten track. It is proposed to connect with the museum a school that will teach drawing and give instructions by letters and recitations. Such a museum as this would contain models of the best work, goldsmith's work, enamels, ivory, leather, and wood carving, silverware, art work in iron, bronze, brass and other metals, ' fiottery, and. designs in silks, cretonnes and other textile fabrics, wall papers, painted tapestry, etc. in fact, examples of every possible form of art as applied to the industries. Speaking of industrial museums, we wish to note that a very, complete little museum of industrial art exists in the Pratt institute, Brooklyn, being created as a partof that beneficent enterprise. -Decorator and-Furnisher. I'roSts or rrult Caltura. ' . Few people are aware of the enormous profits realized by the . successf ul frnit growers of California, and yet fortunes are being made in. this industry. A notable example of this fact is A. T. Hatch, whose success has been lfttle short of the marvelous. On his frnit farm in Solano county he has 400 acres of full bearing trees and .400 acres of trees that are still too young to produce even a small yield. Last year from the 400 acres, after paying the expenses of the entire orchard, he realized a "net profit r 1 08,000. The cost of caring for thej J oung orcnara was nearly or quite f 10, 000,'. so- that his actual profits were a little more than $200. per acre. Prices were unusually high, but the yield xf this year is so- much greater that he ex- Tiects even ..larirer returns: San FranSi HscoCalL . . - . '-'f' The recen t improvements made in pho' tography and its use in astronomy has proved most ; valuable to thr.. study of that science. . A drv plate can be exnoaed ,for a suitable length of time in the tele scope, and the image thus obtained will contain the details of a nebula, even where the amount of light would be im-. perceptible to the naked eye, thus pro ducing an image far more useful and accurate than ,could"ever be obtained by, a drawinar. - J ',-" -- Slntulr Accident U Mare. ". A singular accident occurred to one of the equine species in Lake creek Thnrs day night., A. mare owned bv Q. W. i'Vw,r " corn from a- wood trough, m some way fastened her tongue in a crack. In her efforts to free herself she pulled her tongue out by the roots. She can still eat her food, and the pros pects are favorable for her to survive this K borotofpra unheard of accident. Ejyp- (Uia.) Presa. .... A Brave' Priest. ' IAbbe Mouly, the only priest who re ceived- tne decoration of the Legion of nonor oQ tne occasion of July 14, will cer- uuiuy iiuv ue gruagea tne distinction con ferred upon him even by the most hard ened enemy of the church. He is, in fact, one of those heroic, self sacrificing work ers whb in every natiqp and every clime earn the unbounded admiration and re, jspect of their fellow creatures. L'Abbe -Mouly, who is now in his fifty-fourth year. served for a long period as military chap lain in various French possessions. , The wortny priest was acting in this capacity at Guadeloupe during, the. -Mexican cam paign, and all the French transports toucneu mere on tneir way home from the seat oi war. A terrible epidemic of yellow fever broke out among the garrison of 800 men,, as many as twenty-nve and thirty, deaths oc curring aauy. All the doctors and the Sisters of Mercy were carried off by the pestilence, and for three weeks the heroic priest was alone in minis terine to the sick. In consequence of his meritorious conduct the abbe was recommended for the Legion of Honor, but his nomination was pre vented by the events of 1870. While at Guadeloupe he also distinguished himself by building on the lie des Saintes, assisted only by a few convicts, a chapel surmount ed by a lighthouse, which enables vessels to pass tnrougn a dangerous rocky chan nel in perfect safety. - . ' The abbe, who has waited so long for the well merited recognition of his services, has for ten years past occupied the post of cuapuun 10 me .national lunatic asylum ui vnarenrem. indon Telegraph. Washed Hla Greenbacks. .apeaiung oi money reminds me to ask if you have ever washed any filthy lucre. I never heard of such a thing until recent ly, wnen i nappened to be making a social caa at the home of a physician. Pausing a uiumcui, at tne open door or nis office. I noticed a row of "greenbacks'' hanging on n-'su-iug streccuea- irom' tne-'w&shstand to the chimney piece. : r . "I am 'just washing some- -monev." ha said. "I do it because I get money from au aunus oi people, ana it is often so hor ribly dirty that I know it is a breeding place for microbes. .1 wash every grimy and ragged bill that comes to me. Give me one of yours and . I wilt show you." With some misei vines I handed him Ai. lapidated .five dollar bill. , . . , The physician lathered its face generous ly wnn soap, ana began a- vigorous rub bing. Then rinsing it off in cold water, he squeezed it dry, and; smoothing, it? out again, hung it in the bright sunshine. To my surprise, in a few-momenta it. tmnma a clean, crisp and self respecting "product ui tne uuiuxi states treasury instead of the limp disgrace I had been carrying about. If you don't believe me, try it and tee. Hartford Courant. Last year the total receipts of the New xora:. postoffice were $6,386,530.24 and the total expenditures $2,476,358.61, in cluding $1,121,034.29 expended for free delivery service, giving a net revemje of $3,910,161.68, and exhibiting an inrretiBo in the total receipts of the oflWover the previous year of $359,688.13. Afflicts half the American people vt .there is only ofte preparation of SanAparitla that sets on the bow-I.ad reaeh.-s ibis important trouble, ttd-that is Joy's Vegetable Sanwpariila. It re lieves it in. 24 hours, and an occasional dose prevents return. . Ve refer by permission toC.E. ElMiigtoii, 125 least Avennc. San Francisco; J. IT. Urown, Petaluma; H. 8. Winn. Geary Court, w Kraiu lsra, aud hundreds 'of others who have nne.1 It iii x-oustipation, One letter is a sample of hundreds. ElkinRtou, writes: "I have been for years subject to bilioos (icadacbes and constipa tiort. Have been n bad for a year back have had to take a physic every other night or else I would have a headache. After taking one bottle of J. V. 8 , I sm in splendid shape. It has done wouderful -things for me. . People, similarly troubled should try it and be convinced." etable Sarsaparilla Host, modern, iu'frl'-tY', same price, tl.o.i. .Vr f,.vn: ikegvst. bottle. For Sale by SNIPES Si KINERSL.Y. THE DALLES, OREGON. ; A Revelation. - lew people know that toe bribt bloisb-rresn . eotor of the ordinary teas exposed ia the windows is not the nat anl color: Unplfnant as the fact may be, it is nevertheless, artificial; 'mineral; eolorinc matter, being msed for this pnrpote. The effect Is two fold.. It not only makes the tea a bright, shiny green, bat also permits the ase 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 allner appearance, is carried on exten sively. Green teas, being in -this country, especially popalar, are produced to meet the demand by coloring cheaper black kinds by Kissing or facing with Prussian bine, tumeric, gypsum, end indigo. .;.JTU met hod U so gen eral that very little genuine uneotored green tea H Offered for aaU.': -.- It Was the knowledge of this condition' of affairs that prompted the placing of Beech's Tea before the-pubUc' at absolutely pure . and without color. . IHd yoa ever see any genuine nneolored Japan teaT Ask your ' grocer to open a package of Beech's, and you ' will -tee It, and probably for the very first time. It will be found ia color to be just be- . tween the artificial green tea that you have been accustomed to and the black teas. It draws a delightful canary color, and is so fragrant that it will be a revelation to tea drinkers. Its purity makes it also, ran economical than the artificial teu, for lest of It is required per cup. Sold only in poand ' packages bearing this trade-mark: BEEEHSTEA PoroV?CldriD-od: - Urow8ooardoainothavsit,hewiU gel stavyoa. rsteeCta pa poaad. Dorsal at lieslio Butler's, TIFXTiaNl Joy . . , : ! Tie; 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 we asu tnat you give it a fair trial, and u oauaucu wim us 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. Obi will be to advertise city,, and adjacent country, to assist in developing our industries, in extending and opening up new channels for our trade, in securing? an onen river and in helping THE DALLES to take her prop er: position as tne City of Leading The paper,; both daily and weeklv will be independent in politics, and in its criticism of political matters, as in its handling of lpcal affairs, it will be JUST, FAIR AND IMPARTIAL We will enedavor to srive 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 eieht column pages, and we shall endeavor to make it the equal of the best. Ask your Postmaster for THE CHRONICLE PUB. CO. Office, N; Wa Cor. Washington and Second. Sts Health is Wealth ! 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Keeps on hand a full line of '' MEN'S AND YOUTH'S , Ready -Made Clothing. Pants and 'Suits r ' '. ' MADE TO ORDER ... . ; ..... ... .,- . .: v. On Reasonable Terms. : -1-? - - -;y . v t aad at tnj Goods before - - -' "iwiTabasing elaawhera. Dr. E. C 6 course a generous eets the resources of . Eastern Oregon. a copy, or address. Cleveland, Wash., i Jane 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 ia nothing like them ever intro duced in this country, especially for La grippe and kindred complaints. I have had no complaints so far, and everyone is ready with a word of praise for their virtues. Yours, etc., - . " M. F. Hackle v. The Dalles Gigap : faetopy FACTORY NO. 105. CMCr A T? al of the Best Brands V-IVJ XjlXVIO manufactured, antl orders from all parts of the country fillecV on the shortest notice. . ' - Daily s The reputation of THE DALLES CI GAR Iras become firmly .established, and the'demand for the home manufactured article ia increasing every day. ' : v'M :A; ULRICH & SON.