Good Bowii.
' The movement which has been well
"begftra in many parts of the country to
reform the wagon roads,. which have to
great eitenV fallen Into a sad state of
neglect, is likely to be forwarded by the
action taken by several ;!t,Ticultural col
leges, and particnla " Cornell ani-
versity, in giving con. f instruction
in roadniaking. . '
.Very often bad roats exist because no
ne in their vicinity knows how to con-'
(tmct a road. . The people often do the
best they can;' but roadmaking is a
science in itself, belonging properly to
the civil engineer's profession. .
In Cornell university the professor of
civil engineering, the professor of agri
culture and the professor of horticulture
have been directed to prepare a plaa for
putting the roads of the university prop
erty into the best possible condition; and
when the road has been completed an
inscription is to be put upon it, stating
how much it cost, what materials were
used, and what methods were employed
in its construction.
In several agricultural colleges, courses
of lectures are given by practical men
upon roadmaking. Farmers' institutes
are taking the matter up, and the people
everywhere are learning that much bet
ter 'methods of roadmaking exist than
the old one of heaping up lirt in the
middle. of the driveway, to be worked
into ruts and washed into the ditches
again in the course of a year. Youth's
Companion. .
Gukl Chain in a Lamp of Coal.
A curious find has been brought to
light by Mrs. S. W. Culp. As she was
breaking a lump of coal preparatory to
putting it in the scuttle she discovered,
as the lump fell apart, imbedded in a cir
cular shape, a small gold chain about
ten inches i n length of antique and quaint
workmanship. At first Mrs. Culp thought
the chain had been dropped accidentally
in the coal, bat as she undertook to lift
the chain up the idea of its having been
recently dropped was at once, made fal
lacious, for as the lump of coal broke it
separated almost in the middle, and the
ircular position of the chain placed the
two ends near to each other. As the
lump separated the middle of the chain
became loosened; while each end re
mained fastened to the coal.
' This is a study for the students of
archaeology who love to puzzle their
brains over the geological 'construction
of the earth, from whose depths the cu
rious is always cropping out. The lump
of coal from which this chain was taken
is supposed to come from the Taylor
vilie or Pana mines, and it almost hushes
one's breath with mystery when it is
thought for how many long ages the
earth has been forming strata after
strata which hid the golden links from
view. The chain was of eight carat
gold and weighed -eight pennyweights.
Morrisonville (Ills.4 Times.
A Landlady' Bill.
In the house of a lady in the Kurforst
enstrasse, Berlin, an Englishman took a
furnished room and agreed to pay thirty
three marks a month for it At the end
of that time he asked for the bill, when
to his surprise he found the thirty-three
marks had risen to eighty for his apart
ment. Among other peculiar items in
the bill were: "For using the carpet,
four marks; for use of knife and fork,
four marks; for putting the room in or
der, ten marks; for use of a chair on the
occasion of a visit from your brother,
four marks." The lodger considered this
reckoning preposterous, and refused to
.pay, so the lady detained his box, which
contained a large sum of money. The
Englishman has sought the aid of the
law In revising the bill of the specula
tive hostess. London News.
Two Mew Spoons.
The latest outbreak of the souvenir
spoon mania is a "love spoon.'" The
bowl is heart shaped and of bright gold,
or, cynical suggestion, of gilt. The
handle is a silver arrow, its barbed point
piercing the center of the heart and its
shaft entwined with forgetmenots. The
spoon is intended primarily for an en
gagement token, but it can be inflicted,
in one dozen lots, on a bride, or used as
pledge of affection on any suitable
provocation. Another new souvenir freak
is the -old oaken bucket"' spoon, a "sou
venir of childhood." The bowl depicts
the bottom of the well, with the bucket
floating on the water. The chain runs
up through the mouth of the well, at
the shoulder of the' spoon, and up the
handle to an oak tree at the top. New
York Sun.
. SUaved Wn.Ua Asleep.
The Bath (Me.) Times says a young
man visiting that city takes the prize for
the queerest" somnambulistic feat 6n
record. He went to bed with the idea
of arising early and shaving. In the
night he found himself on the floor. The
next morning he went to the looking
glass 'and prepared to shave, when ' he
discovered that his beard had been re
moved as clean and nice as a barber
would have done it.
Thought TUey Were St-iend.
' A big leopard eeal came up in the
midst of a lot of bathers at Santa Bar
bara. Cal., causing a good deal of alarm,
at first, as some thought the creature a
shark or sea serpent. Some .of the boys
, barked tike a seal and the visitor seemed
for'a time to think it was among friends
of its own kind and kept coming closer,
until finally, taking in the .situation, it
turned tail and fled out. to sea again.
Pittsburg Dispatch.
. The Sixth of November.
There are some peculiar coincidents in
thefamily history of Uncle John Threl-
, keld, of ': the Bohon neighborhood.''. ; Hf
jwill.be eighty-seven years ofd on the 6th
of November;.' his mother -was -'born otfi
the Cth of November and died, -ob the OOi
of November, and he had three sisters,
. all of whom 'were bora on the Cth of No
vember. tlarrodsburg (Ky.) Sayings.
. Like ftlauy Other Signs.
'Keep off the grass," reads a sign ori
the court house grounds at Hillsdale.
Jnst ive: spears Tf grass are visible by
actual count. Detroit News. .
THE DOGS A NUISANCE
THE MOST - NOTICEABLE FEATURE
OF CONSTANTINOPLE. .
Ton . Can Scarcely Stir a Yard Without
Encountering a Pack of Hungry bnt
Cowardly Canines How They Continue
, to IJve Is a Mystery.' ;..'.' ''."'"'.".
If we had in the streets of New York
one-tenth - the dogs .they have in Con
stantinople what a row we should make
about it.' How the public would rise and
rage, what fault everybody would find,
what leading articles would he written
on the subject, how the board of health
would . be buried under an avalanche of
complaints and what eloquence and reso
lutions would be poured out at public
meetings to denounce the canine nui
sance. ,r
.' There would of course be much said
on the other side, also, and a new energy
would be shown in : the philanthropic
spirit that organizes societies for the
protection of unpopular things. .
It is just possible that if we had in
herited a million street dogs as an insti
tution; if we had grown up with tnein
all around us and were as much used to
them as we are to peanut stands and
lampposts; if we could revere them as
the dogs of our daddies," we might
stand them, for hardly any people takes
with more grace than we do the nui
sances to which we are accustomed. .
AIDS TO STREET CLEANING.
Perhaps, also, a million street dogs
would have some influential friends in
and near the city hall, for they would
solve the great garbage problem. One
thousand cartloads a day of garbage
that has to be carried away and dumped
makes a big hole in the money voted for
the commissioner of street cleaning, and
if there were a system by which all that
garbage could "be converted into yellow
dog on the spot, and could trot Off wag
ging its tail, not costing the commis
sioner a cent, it is evident that that hon
orable gentleman would be worse than
a heathen if he did not come out strong
in defense of "this noble and useful ani
mal." I say that the garbage might trot off
wagging its tail, speaking after the
manner of those accustomed to the dog
as we know him. But the dog of Con
stantinople does not wag his tail Either
that expression of canine satisfaction is
unknown in his latitude, or life is too
serious for indulgence in such triviali
ties. The dog has a good tail, but its re
lation to happy moods of dog life is un
known mainly, perhaps, because there
are no such moods.
One of the common lines in the daily
reports touches things in sight "cotton
in sight," "silver in sight," etc. If any
reporter should be required to give an
account of the "dogs in sight" in Con
stantinople at any given' moment his
troubles Would begin. Naturally, it is a
movable quantity, and, as with a very
tall column of figures, you get a differ
ent result every time you add it up.
Stop in the street anywhere, and at any
moment, and the number will never be
less than a dozen and may be twenty
They are nearly all asleep. Four or five
are on th sidewalk on each side the
way. Some stowed close up by the wall,
some anywhere along the middle, and
others are in the roadway, others in the
gutters, which are dry, or else fairly in
the middle ju6t where the carts, cabs or
other vehicles may rattle along at any
instant. Here and there half a dozen
may be on foot, bnt never on the alert,
for even those that are awake and are so
presumably under the influence of hun
ger stand around with a lazy, listless,
sluggish air of total dissatisfaction or
at least of supreme indifference to all
the incidents of life.
These dogs are permanently in a state
of starvation. Nobody feeds them, and
there is marvelonsly little waste from
the kitchens of the people, so that the
refuse that goes into the street is mostly
very bare bones or the other inedible ele
ments of food. Upon this the multitude
of dogs must live, and the stealthy avid
ity with which they will rush to lick np
even a grease spot on the pavement where
some little shopkeeper's soup, cooking in
front of his door, has boiled over, tells
vividly the rage of hunger from which
they are always suffering. These packs
of dogs thus starved would eat the peo
ple themselves if they had the courage
of any good canine race.
' THEIR IMPLACABLE FOE.
- The dogs seem to have one recognized
enemy this is the fwo footed scavenger
who goes about with a basket and a long
iron hook gathering bones, etc. They
see to understand that he divides with
them the treasures of the garbage heap,
and they set up a general howl of rage
when he . comes near. But they keep
well out of reach of his long iron hook.
Him they detest as a rival and a robber,
but they have not the courage' of their
detestation. . " 1 never saw them look
even with rage upon any other human
creature, bnt they are afaaid of him. all
the same. . : -
' Their general condition is bad enough,
but to see them upon a cold, rainy day is
ft pitiable picture. ;- From whatever dry
or warm corners they may find for them
selves they are forced by hunger, and
the poor result of their hunt for a bone
does not help to keep them warm, and
with the. misery of wet and cold added
to that of starvation they return to find
their warm places taken by others who
were before without even that little com
fort Only a stolid, heartless, brutal peo
ple would consent to see so much misery
around and about them at all times.
The dog of Constantinople is what we
should call "a yaller dog." The preva
lent color is a tawny, dull yellow, rather
lighter.; than the tan in our black and.
tan dogs. He has long hair, but it is
not'', long enough to give him a rough or
shaggy coat. His nose is sharp, his tail
is bushy and he is about the size of a
coyote. His aspect is at once wicked and
mean, and his general expression touches
any and every point between the look of
a fox and a wolf, but never has the
frank, open, pleasant confidence of the
dog as we know him. He would be fe
rocious if he had the courage, bnt he is
rather- a stealthy sneak than a bold
tramp. Cor. New York World
HE WORE A GOWN TO BREAKFAST.
How a Jolly' Visitor Turned the Tables
n Some Practical Jokers.'
:"Who do you ' think is coming to
night, girls?" said a pretty young hostess
of a house party of young people who
were passing a week of never to be for
gotten fun and merriment in a. spacious
old country house on the beautiful bor
ders of Lake M. "Mamma has had a
letter this morning from- Johnnie S
inviting himself for a few days. I am
glad-he is coming, for he. is such fun;
but he did such outrageous tmngs when
he was here last that the mater declared
he should never be asked to the house
again. , I wish yon could have seen her
face when she received his wheedling,
funny letter just now.
"She had to laugh in spite of herself,
and finally she said. 'Well, 1 suppose he
will have to come, and I only hope ne
will have learned a lesson and - will be
have himself.' I must say 1 think it was
rather cheeky to ask for an invitation
when he must have known the house
was full but since he will come, let us
give him a warm welcome." And there
upon after much consultation and sup
pressed laughter a programme was ar
ranged for the entertainment of the bold
man who presented himself uninvited
a programme that might well have ap-'
palled the expected guest had he known
of their intentions. r.
Nothing in the cordial and ladylike
welcome given to him by the young
maidens could have prepared' him for
the lively reception he found awaiting
him when he retired to his own room.
All the practical jokes that could "be
thought of had been brought together
for his edification. His bed had been
arranged on the most scientific prin
ciples of making it utterly impossible to
sleep in any position without making it
entirely over; his drinking water was
salted; the sleeve and neck opening of
his robe de nuit were run together with
the sewing machine; a land turtle was
found lying in his bag, and a cat sprang
out of the closet when he opened the
door. But his final discomfiture and
utter overthrow had been planned for
the morning, when he was to find his
evening clothes the only ones left to
put on for breakfast. The next morning
a merry party waited expectantly in
the dining room for his advent, nor
were they kept long in suspense.
A short time after breakfast had been
announced and every one else had as
sembled, the door was flung open, and
the most extraordinary figure that had
ever been seen in that stately room
marched in. The apparition whioh
struck them all dumb was Johnny S
arrayed in one of Mrs. A s most gor
geons dinner gowns the low necked
waist and short sleeves showing his any
thing but scant proportions to the great
est advantage.
With stately step he walked into the
room, and with a perfect seriousness ad
dressed the company. "How fortunate,
ladies and gentlemen," he said, as soon
as he could make himself heard for the
shouts of laughter, "that I found the re
quirements suited' to my needs in the
fine old fashioned wardrobe "which
stands in my apartment. . Some frivolous
persons," he continued, turning severely
to .the , gigglijjg maidens," having -removed
my garments. I felt myself fortu
nate indeed in being able to replace them
with this comfortable and appropriate
raiment."
So saying, with great aplomb he dis
cussed a most excellent breakfast, rising
to supply his needs from the sideboard
amid the continued titters of the com
pany and to the utter amazement and"
hopeless indignation of the dignified
owner of the dress. "1 suppose I will
find what is needful for a change in my
room after breakfast?" he asked his
hostess with the greatest politeness.
New York Tribune.
Derivation of 'Several Words. .
Canter is an abbreviated form of Can
terbury gallop, so called because pilgrims
to Canterbury rode at the pace of a
moderate gallop. A grocer, so says the
dictionary, was originally one who sold
by the gross. A "grenade" derives its
name from its shape, which resembles a
pomegranate. A "biscuit" means "twice
bakad," because, according to military
practice, the bread or biscuits of the
Romans were twice prepared in the
ovens. Did yon ever notice the leaves
of the dandelion? They are said to re
semble, in form and size, the tooth of
the lion, and so the French call it the
dent de lion and we "the dandelion." "
The pope was formerly called "the
pape." which means the same as "papa,f
or father. Vinegar came from two Latin
words, vih and acer, meaning "vine" and
sour." These are only a few jof the
many curious and interesting things 1
found in my. afternoon's search in the
old dictionary. When you are at a loss
for something to do follow my example,
and yoa will be surprised at the many
bits of information you can pick up in a
little time. Omaha World-Herald.
Cuxt of Collection Plates. .
Collection plates of metal are usually
made of brass or bronze. Brass plates
range in price from five dollars upward.
They are eleven inches in diameter, 1J
inches in the rim and 13 inches deep.
They are inscribed with texts and are
stamper or embossed in a variety of de
signs. The metal plates are used either
with or without a mat. ' "
Bronze plates cost twenty-five dollars
and upward.-; Metal receiving basins of
brass or bronze cost from ' twenty-five
dollars upward. More expensive metal
plates are made to' order. Some are of
solid silver. , The cost of a silver plate
depends on its wei.ut and the Work upon
it; fifty dollars would be about the low;
est price. New York Sun. '
Wheat Goes Down.
De Broker Hear about De Curbb? .
De Ledger No. What's happened to
hiui? . , v .
"Knocked flat." .'
-You don't say so Was he caught by
the drop in wheat?" .
"Well, yes, something like that. A
barrel of flour fell on him." New York
Weekly
'i,. Waffle Hsu.
' A man "with a "tray of 'hot' waffles
stands in City Hall park almost every
night from about 6 to 8 o'clock. : . He
seldom says a word to the passers by.
Any person with a fondness for waffles
can procure one by putting a nickel on
the tray.. . The queer- old t peddler was
quite crusty a few nights ago because a
customer asked him for change out of a
quarter of a dollar. Looking fiercely at
the owner of the quarter, the waffle man
said, "There's change on the tray. Help
yourself." New York Times. ";, . : -;',,--
The Eiffel Tower in Graveyard.
A good grocer of Damery, in the de
partment of the Marne, has astonished
his fellow townsmen by erecting .inline
local cemetery a family mausoleum of
cut stone shaped like the Eiffel tower.
This is certainly the first time the tower
built for the exhibition has been copied
for a churchyard monument. Pall Mall
,'jQl'd People,
If. V. 8." is the only Sarreparllia that old or
feeble people should lake, as (lie mineral potash
which Is In every other Snrsauai ilia tiiat ro knoTr
of, is under certain conditions known to be
emaciating. " J. v. S. on the coutraiy is purely
vegetable and stimulates li;;esticii and creates
new blood, the very thing for old, delicate or
broken don-n people. It builds them up and
prolongs their lives. A case In point:
Mrs. Belden on estimable and elderly lady of
BIO Mason Bt.rS. V. was for months declining so
rapidly as to seriously alarm her family. It got
so bad that she was finally afflicted with fainting
spells. Sho writes: "While In that dangerous
condition I saw some of the testimonials con
cerning J.V. 8. and sent for a bottle. That marked
the turning point. I regained my lost flesh and
strength and have not felt so well In years."
That was two years ago nnd Mrs. Belden is well
and hearty to-day, and still taking J.V.8.
If yon are old or feeble and want to be built up.
.' 'Ask for "i :
Joy's
Vegetable
Sarsaparilla
MoBt modern, most effective, largest bottle
Same price, $1-00, six for $5.00.
For Sale by SNIPES & KINERSL.Y.
THE DALLES, OREGON.
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Dr. E. C. Wkst'b Nievk ikb Bbaik Trkai
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ness, Convulsions, Fits, Nervous Neuralgia,
Headache, Nervous Prostration caused by the use
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pression, Softening of the Brain, resulting in in
sanity and leading to misery, decay and death,
Premature Old Age, Barrenness, Loss of Power
in either sex, Involuntary Losses and Spermat
orrhoea caused by over exertion of the brain, sell
abuse or over indulgence. Each box contains
one month's treatment. 11.00 a box, or six boxes
for $5.00, sent by mail prepaid on receipt of price,
"WK GUAKAJfTJSK SIX BOXES
To cure any case. With each order received by
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 effect
a cure. Guarantees Issued only by
BLAKE1EI A HOVGETON, .
Prescription Druggists,
178 Second St. - -t The Dalles. Or.
: ; Cleveland, Wash., )
June 19th, 1891. J
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 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., v '
' . . r 9l. F. Hacklby.
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, tt is nevertheless
artificial; mineral coloring
matter befog used' for this '
" fold. It not onlv Itinkea tha
tea a bright, shiny green, but also permits the
Bae of " off-color " and worthless teas, which,
once under the green cloak, -axe readily
worked off as a good quality of tea. .
An eminent authority writes on this, sub
ject: "The manipulation of poor teas, tnijlve
them a'flner appearance, is carried on exten
sively. Green teas, being in this country .
especially popular, are produced to meet the
demand by coloring cheaper black kinds by
glaxing or facing with Prussian blue, tumeric,
gypsum, and indigo. This method it to gen
eral that very little genuine uncolored green tea
it offered for tale."
. It was the knowledge of this condition rf
affairs that prompted the placing of Beech's
Tea before the public. It is absolutely pure
and without color. Did you ever seo any
genuine uncolored Japan tea? Ask your
grocer to open a package of Beech's; and yea
will see It, and probably for" the very first
time. It will be found in co'.ot to be Just be
tween the artificial green tea that you have
been accustomed to and the black tens. .
It drawsadelightful canary colnr, and la so
fragrant that It will be a revelation to tea
drinkers. Its purity makes It also .more
economical than the artificial inza, for l3?
of it is required per cup. Sold only in pound
- packages bearing this trade-mark; .. ,
Pure-AsiiTdhood:
S. B
If your grocer does not have it, he will gel
tt for yon. Price oOo per pounS, For sale at
THE DA1LES, OEFGON.
THE DAMS GHMiltE
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 ask that you give it a fair trial, and
if satisfied with its course a generous
support. ; r
The
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 open river, and in
helping THE DALLES to take her proper position
as tne .
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 open river, and in
helping THE DALLES to take her prop
er position as the
Leading City of Eastern Oregon.
four pages of siy 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.
JUST, FAIR AND IMPARTIAL
Wejwill endeavcr to give all the local news, and
we ask that your criticism of out 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 forj$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.
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The entire stock of N. HarrisJJ consisting of General Dry
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' - Gents' Furnishing Goods will be sold at
Auction to the highest bidder for
cash in hand. :
Sales held eveiy night eoflnmeneing at 7 o'eloek.
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