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About The Dalles daily chronicle. (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 28, 1891)
.,... .....Maklne M Hot for a Lovsr. :.; ... An advertisement for a wife brought several answers to the advertiser, a young gentleman "of Tarentnm;- Pa. " Among them was one signed "Cora," of Spring ' dale. The writer's' sentiments and chi . rography seemed to indicate a young lady of " refinement regular .correspondence followed, and then the young man agreed to go to Springdale and meet bis ideaL They met at the railroad station and -started off together. Then a procession f 200 waga of the place followed the couple,, and paralyzed the young Lo thario by stepping up in turn ' and ': in quiring about the health of the bewitch ing "Cora. .jr..-:"...' , : .; . , , It should here be stated that 'Cera' was personated by a smooth faced young man, arrayed in his mother's toggery.. Lothario soon realized that he was the victim of a practical joke, and deserting the giggling 'Cora" he hurried to the train and started homeward. ,. - A. tele graph operator had prepared for his re ception in Tarentum by sending a tele gram thither; and when Lothario arrived there the whole town; had turned out in a body to make exasperating inquiries about his conquest of "Cora." Yankee Blade. ' "That I Love. In a small watering place in western Prussia a rich lady with her daughter, nineteen years old, hired a' cottage for the whole summer season.. . But the two ladies had not been six weeks in the place when they suddenly 'departed. The reason for this abrupt ending of their pleasure trip was a love affair between the young lady and a spruce fisherman, . which the . mother crushed in the bud. ..With this, how ever, the story, does not end. The inhabitants of the place, fearing that some more young ladies might fall in love with the nice fisherman, which would consequently lead to more abrupt departures, resolved to prevent such oc currences in future. -- - - They held a meeting and decided that the fisherman should be punished se verely for his imprudence in allowing himself to be the object of love for young ladies. A committee took- the culprit to an open place and flogged him so unmercifully that the poor fellow had to lie in bed for several days. Boston Globe.., .. r --- -" - ' , . j Th Price f Col. .t . A gentleman whq has "given much thought to the price of coal said to me: "The owners of anthracite coal hope that when householders return to town in Oc tober they will lay in their full supply of coal f6r the winter. ., Now,, if household ers do this, they will simply play info the hands of the coal barons and make the price of coal higher. The sensible thing to do is to purchase from hand to mouth instead of filling their cellars. "That would result in the large com panies being compelled to carry along great quantities of coal nnd would gradu ally reduce the price of this much needed article. The earnings and the income of people nowadays are on the decrease,', and an excellent way to .curtail -household expenses is to force down the price of coal to the level it ought to reach. " New York Epoch.' ' ' - A Long Island Ghost. A house on 'Long Island that long pos sessed the reputation of being haunted was rented by a man who had no fear of ghosts, and who. was determined- if any existed there to meet them. He sue ceeded, but the ghosts weren't : of the kind we see represented in pictures. He heard a strange noise late one night and located it on the roof .Tf Accordingly he armed himself with clubs-and repaired to the roof. His coming did not cause the mysterious ., sounds .to. cease, and so he gradually crept along until he came down on. the "ghost." It was a large vase that was being rocked by the high winds, causing the unearthly noises. He pitched the ghost to tlie ground, smash ing it into a thousand piece? and " then returned to bed. New York Letter. Tha Trouble 'mm Umbrella Caused. ' "An overturned umbrella blown from a room in the Hotel Ryan, at St. Paul, caused a peculiar ' flood recently," said H.C Calkins. ' ,;J.. :;j.X "The umbrella blew so as to obstruct the corner catchbasin during a terrific rain. Down came the flood, and the . gutters became swelled ' into young creeks. Slowly the water in the ditches increased, until it ran over and flooded the basements of the neighboring mer chants, who. found, gallons of water in their cellars, and hundreds of dollars' worth of goods were destroyed, all be cause of an upturned .umbrella." Chi cago News. Hi Hat Saved the Trestle. .. Saturday evening Ben- Rivera, of J ack sonville. Fla., while .walking the,. West ern railroad; track discovered that the trestle over Highland branch . was on fire. He sent in an alarm to the officials, and remained to fight the fire as best he could.' The "jowly mater to be obtained was from the branch, and Rivera carried it steadily in his hat for hours until as sistance arrived from town in the shape of a locomotive loaded with employees. The opportune aid of Rivers undoubted ly 6aved the trestle from destruction.- iixenange. g 5 ,;- H; ;j .; i '' 1: ; The show Of lotus in the lake on the west 6ide of Central park near One Hun dredth street. New York, continues, and there are thousands of seed vessels, full blown blossoms and 'buds! A young woman has been sketching the scene daily for some time past. The impish lads that infest the park stand "upon th edge of the lake und lasso the blosaoros., ' Including approaches, the new London Tower bridge will be more than half a mile long, and S0.000 tons of stone. 20.000 touS of 'temieiity; 11,000 tons ot steel jmtl iron unit, $1.O0, toiisi.of vbrieTc will 'sentex into ft ctjjjipsitjoiui J 'I 3 3 J t f f ?, fiJii o b) - ... " $. 1 .Eight ' thousand 'Jewish resident of Odessa are under notice of, expulsion. The majority of these peoi ov?ii "rel estate in and about the i-ity. n:rl nearly all are engaged in business. .', An Interesting. Tennis. Kuttl. There is something superb about the loftiness or, tne average British army officer when in the presence of "civil iams." . In the recent tennis tournament for. the championship of the maritime provinces of Canada, Halifax sent .the flower of her majesty's officers to com pete for tennis . laurels. V The military men poopoohed the idea that the "civil ians" had of making a fight worth talk ing about with British redcoats. . "Now, if yon had any military men here," said ane,; ' "it might , be different." They stalked around with a majestic army stride before the tourney began. - Then two young men, hardly more than boys, who had heard the talk about the "civil ians," tightened their belts and went for the whole British army. They defeated all her majesty's players save two, the "crack" pair of Halifax, and when their turn to meet came the humiliated officers leaned back - and smiled once more in a superior way. "Now let these youngsters beat them, if they can," they said. And the youngsters did beat them. They played tennis that made the officers sliiver, and thrashed them beautifully. The military men couldn't explain it, but the boys could. "I would rather have beaten those fel lows than the best player in the world," said one of them, and the young "civil ian" shut his teeth, "and I'd like to do it again." New York Tribune. " Demand for Heavy JSnsines. At no time in history of railroads have the efforts to improve the work of engines received more attention than at the pres ent. Mechanics are attempting to de termine the most perfect combinations of speed and strength, and at the same time economize in the use of fuel. . Each year the standard of locomotives in this country is raised higher,; and the engines of the present time are a great improve ment on those of even ten years ago. Some master mechanics are of the opinion that the heaviest locomotive now built is as : heavy as it is practicable to build one, while others predict that still heavier passenger and freight engines will be 1 built and the roadbeds of the country so improved as to admit of high speed with safety, even if an engine weighs one-third more than the ten wheel passenger engines now in use. What the future of mechanism Will bring forth to increase the speed and power of engines, is a problem of interest to others than mechanics -New York Telegram. A Hard Joke on a Bashful Couple. A pretty girl from ,out ; of town had been staying for some time with a young lady friend in Buffalo, and as the time for her departure drew nigh a young man from out of town' turned up and volunteered to attend the young girl on her homeward journey. The hostess put up a liberal lunch for the travelers, and then, filled in all the crevices with rice.; She also put some in the young man's coat pockets, slid some into the young ladyVparasol, and likewise deposited some in the depths of - the V young man's umbrella.; v Both boarded the train with out noticing these suggestive additions to their traps. The result is not yet ; known, but as the young man is slightly . bashful, and the young lady is known to blush on slight" provocation,' the 'consequences, when the rice fell all over the car floor, can be imagined. Buffalo Enquirer. -:.iA Good Day 'for Bean, -i i James E. Cliff, of hii city, who is en joying a vacation by hunting in the vicinity of Canaan, Vt., met quite a sur prise Sundayi1 While walking along in the woods in Pittsburg, N. H., he sud denly became aware that three bears were very near him and his gun was out of order. ' .Time was precious; however, and fearing he would lose his chance he fired,, and ' fortunately ' ; captured the largest of the three. A second and third shot brought down the other two. He sold the pelts of two of - the animals- for twenty dollars. and as ... there was a bounty, of ten dollars on bears in that state he made on the whole -transaction about fifty dollars. The third bear Mr. Cliff will stuff and mount. New Bed ford Standard. . ; ;; , ; i- : ' Ruts Good Etlotr ' '""' It is reported that a negro employed in one of the warehouses at Americas has been in thft habit of supplying dressed squirrels to' the good people of Americas. Nothing was known: about him and it was supposed that he was a huntsman, but some one grew suspicious, and invea-' tigations followed. It was discovered that the fellow had been killing the great rats : that infest the warehouse, dressing and selling them' as squirrels. Indigna tion does not express the feelings of the negro's customers when they learned of the fraud that had been perpetrated upou. them. Savannah News. ,-. , . An Enormous Toad Stool. . A huge toadstool has appeared every fall for the last ten .years on a low branch of an elm tree, near Wold eck park, Ber lin. It stands about twenty-five inches high and has a cap almost two feet in diameter. Two years ago a policeman picked it. cooked it, and ate, and suf fered no bad resnljts from the meal.'. On -" Sept. 3 the big toadstool sprouted for the eleventh time; Paris Letter. " ' f-. '''"No Obstacle. 'Objectionable Wooer (effusively) I as sure you that if you are not kinder I shall take the next steamer and visit friends in-Germany. m'I ;ii ".":';; J ; 1 X.i- ?',Y Fair One (calmly) Do; there is now no reason why vou shouldn't. O. .W." What do you mean? i : O.-r-sThere are ho longer restrictions j upon American pfcrlc fittsbnrg Bulle tin. . ,,4-V Letter That Came at Last. .'.Dory Coal, r-u farmer of Saunders county, came to .'the city Wednesday, after his mail; "and one: of the Jetfers handed-him was; from his former sweet heart. Miss Harris, written at Port Bryan, Ills.. May 8, 1875. It was six teen, years, four .-months and thirteen days reaching its'dostination. Nebraska !. StateJournaL -..;., Fb That Shoot flies. .., There is a.curious fish of the Indian ocean, to which; although "it" has long been known to naturalists, attention has recently been called on account of some new observations of its peculiarities. ' It is flat and chubby, not unlike the ordi nary sun fish, and seldom exceeds seven or eight inches in length. ; , ; - .' It is furnished with a short snout or muzzle, which, as we shall see, serves very much the purpose of a sportsman's gun. It is fond of insects, and its method of capturing them has suggested its name of the archer. ; h Swimming close beneath ' the surface it watches the brilliant flies flitting ' above, and, having selected one to its fancy, suddenly thrusts its muzzle out. and with almost unerring marksman ship discharges several drops of -water at its victim. - :: - ; 'Confused by the watery projectiles. ' and with its ; wings entangled and ren dered, temporarily useless. the insect falls apon the surface of the sea, and is im-' mediately seized by its voracious enemy. The fish is said to be able to bring down a fly in this manner from a height of two or three feet. Some of the inhabitants of Java keep these little fish in captivity for the sake of watching them practice their archery upon flies and ants suspended above them. Youth's Companion. Disillusions. During his days of. youthful enthusi asm every man promises himself a career of perfect happiness of stainless re spectability of. matchless honor. We natter ourselves that the world will re form itself for our sake. We anticipate a faultless partner in our future- bride, and cheat ourselves with the expectation that the even current of destinies will flow over sands of gold. Alas! the first self deception we are compelled to resign becomes a bitter trial to our fortitude; but, one. after another, we see these cherished visions fade away -we Inure ourselves to the degree of . mediocrity which is our allotted portion and final ly learn to be contented with such scraps as the charity of fortune throws in our way. New York Ledger.' " " " ' "' ' Killed a Deer with a Pocketknlfe. One morning about three weeksago George Phaup, of Chesterfield,. Va., heard two hounds running- a .. deer, but as this wa; no unusual occurrence in his neighborhood he paid no attention to it. Later in the day, while about to , cross the Appomattox river bridge below his house, he was surprised to recognize the voices of the same two hounds he had heard in the morning, and this time they were baying something in a slash on the low grounds, which, on investigation, proved to be an enormous buck that had got hung in such a manner that despite his frantic efforts he could . not release himself. .-, .', ;..' , . . .' ... ,t .. , Mr. Phanp had 'no weapon other than, a pocketknife, but he attacked the ani- mal with that, and succeeded after" a' desperate struggle with the thoroughly enraged bhek in cutting his throat. The final and most difficult task was getting his prize on the horse, but he soon ac complished . this, and your humble serv ant had a piece of the venison for break fast the next morning. Cor. American Field. - : - -.; . ........ : '. '' .., '. ' .. .', .-J.;,.- : Saturn's Rings Disappear. V , 7 - - 1 : According tfProf essor George C. Com etock, of the Washburn : observatory, Madison.' Wis.,' the phenomenon of the disappearance of the. rings of Saturn' has just occurred: Once in fifteen -years the earth in its motion about the sun passes through the plane of the rings of Saturn, so that they are turned edgewise toward the earth. . The rings are so thin that they '. then disappear altogether. from sight in an ordinary telescope, while in the more powerful ones the planet ap pears to have a fine needle thrust through it. The appearance of the rings at the times of disappearance and reappearance is of special interest to astronomers, since it furnishes information with regard to the nature of these appendages not other wise attainable. Philadelphia Ledger. School Savings Banks in Eugland. '. ,'. There has been -a large increase of the number of scholars in the schools of England since Sept. 1, when the free ed ucation act went into force.' The man agers of schools advised the parents of the scholars to put into savings banks for the benefit of their children the three pence per week that had previously been paid for the education of each child, and school savings banks were established to receive these deposits. This advice Was followed by large numbers of parents in various parts of England, and the banks have already been of service. In the city of Manchester, for example, more than 5,000 new accounts have been opened in them the first month. ; i : The small; funds thus deposited will be useful to the chil dren hereafter. London Letter. ' Cheap Chest Protectors.. At this season of the. year so many people are caught unawares at a distance from their hearth and home and warm clothes that it is a good time to mention the great value of newspapers as chest protectors. . ? Let the ; papers be firmly dried and then folded into several thick nesses and placed across the chest. If they are also wrapped in strips around the arms it will be found that they exert a beneficial influence.' . : ; . : : : i ; Professional economists who utilize everything, even to old tin cans and shoe tops, are quite unstinted in their .praises of old' newspapers, and use them for linings for quilts, stuffing, for beds, pil lows, dress linings and sole protectors. Neyf .!Yor c Commercial Advertiser. The Thonderbolt and the Bar!ed Wire. A wicked Connecticut thunderbolt got hold of ;a: Tartar at the Cheney farm at North Haven I a few days ago .when it tackled a barbed wire fence that encir-Z cles a big lot belonging to Mr.. Cheney. The bolt ! hit the fence near ithe house, split itself in two. and the divided bolt went entirely around .the field in oppov site directions at the same time. The wires jingled like a cotton spindle, but held their own pretty well, though the bolt yanked out of the ground eleven posts that carried the wires. New York Sun. ' -" - ' r:- - A stout Indian " woman' whose weight is over 800 pounds, fell through a wooden sidewalk in Bath, Me. The injury to the walk so annoyed the street commis sioner that he told the woman that here-, after she must walk in the middle of the street. ' '' 1;: . The recent heavy crops of. - wheat and corn are already showing their effect upon the stocks and markets. Wall street is more active than it has been for years, and the return flow of gold from Europe has already reached over $1,000, 000. , : - .; - A laborer, while at work, on -a sewer in Sedalia, Mo., recently, was approach ed by a young man inquiring for Work' who turned out to be his son who- had run away from home ten years before when the family 'lived in St. Louis.,: J: V. H. Is tlio only SrEair:i!a '.hat Via cV feeble people should take, in fh raii'terr.l rr-f:nY which io la every other Sarna waii ! !. i hut t d kr.or. of,- is under certain iconditions ,twit to be emaciating. J. V. 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Tke D olios. tr.f , Ci,BVEiyASDj Wash., ) June 19tb, 1891.) Medicine Co., ' . . i '.. .4 S. B. . Gkntlemek 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.i, . . y .,,..,' : '. ! i -i ' if . F. HACKLEY. A Revelation. Few people know that the bright bluish-green color of the ordinary teas exposed in tne windows is not the nat ural color. ' Unpleasant as the fact may be, it is nevertheless P'f artificial; mineral coloring matter ' being used for this purpose. The effect Is two fold. It not only mokes the tea a bright, shiny green, but also permits the ue of " off-color " and worthless teas, which, -r once under the green cloak, , are readily -', worked off as a good quality of tea. - An eminent authority writes on this luth ject: The manipulation of poor teas, to give, .; them a'finer appearance, is carried on csteu-.,. sively. - Green teas, Teing In ' tbls country especially popular, are produced to meet the'? demand by coloring eheapcr bJack kinds by i glaring or facing with Prussian blue, tumeric, gypsum, and indigo. Thi method it so gen- eral that very little genuine ttneotorcd green tea it offered for 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 you ever seo any ' genuine uncolored Japan tea ? Ask your;! grocea to open a package of Beech's, and you ' ' will see it, and probably for the very first, time. It will be found in color to be jast 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 bo a revelation to tea- f drinkers.. ' Its purity makes ; It ols more : ' . economical than the artlflcial tens, for lest -of it Is required per cup. Sold only in pound packagesbearing this trade-mark: . - u ; If your grocer does not have it, he will get It for you. Price 60c per pound. . For sale at Xjeslld ,"STLi.i;Xx,,jE3, : .THE DAlLES, oarr.oN. THE DAIiliES GHRONICliE 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. , jyi will be to advertiee the resonrces of the city, and adjacent country, to assist in developing ; our industries, m extending and opening np new channels lor onr rade; in securing an open river, and in helping THE . DALLES to take her proper positioS Its Obi 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 flftv cents a month. -; . r ; ;; -S just;; fair s and impartial ;iWeXw-aiendeaycri the 'local news, and we ask that your criticism of out object and course be formed ; from the nnntflnts nraa 1 irom rash assertions of outside parties. .i ; ; ! v i ; V V";-'' 1 -r- .'i sent to anv address fo-r : contain from four to six eight column pages, and we' shaU endeavor to make it the equal of the best. Ask your Postmaster for a copy, or address. ; THE CHRONICLE PUB; M '.V Office, N . W. 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