CM!
9fk Kin Ideal' Photograph.
Apropos of boarded ' doora and win
dows, there is a romance attached to
one in Philadelphia. It seems that after
reaching Bar Harbor, Madame remem
bered something which had been left be
hind in that darkened house. She wanted
it, but her husband was traveling, so 6he
could not ask him to bo to the house for
it She had a nephew from the south
isiting her He offered to so to her
house and get it for her.
His aunt lived in one -of the rows in
which every house- is like its neighbor.
He had always recognized her's by its
double row of black tiling across the
house, and took but little notice of th
number.
Alas! when he reached Philadelphia
he had forgotten the number, and there
were two houses with painted bricks and
next bnt one to each other. Which was
the one for which he had the keys? He
finally decided on one his keys fitted,
so ho felt safe. He entered and went
immediately to the second floor. He
now discovered that he was not in the
right bouse- it being furnished in a style
entirely different from that which
tamped his aunt's apartments.
As he looked around his eyes rested
upon a portrait of a girl. He gazed fas
cinated: it was the face of his ideal
realized.. He took it up, studied it, held
it off at arm's length, drew it near and
at last took his unknown from the dainty
frame and swore ho would find the orig
inal. Luckily, he got out of the house and
no one saw him. Ho returned to Bar
Harbor, he could get no information
there: his aunt's neighbors were travel
ing in Europe but they had no daughter.
He sought for her at all the summer re
sorts: at last he found her, and well
the engagement is announced. Phita
delphia Music and Drama.
A Yuluahle Possession.
We can have no more valuable posses
sion than a good heredity an inherit
. ance of longevity, and if this has not de-
'scended to ns, it is generally because
ancestors, more or less ' remote, have
squandered it.
Such an inheritance gives constitu
tional vigor, keeps its possessor safe amid
almost every form of microbic disease,
secures the' needed recuperative energy
in case of attack, makes life worth liv
ing up to the normal end, renders old
age green and sunny and keeps up intel
lectual activity to the last. Mr. Glad
stone, in his ninth decade, is more than
a match for most men of fifty at their
best. No one would guess from the
latest products of Doctor Holmes' pen, or
from his genial spirit, that he had been
for two years an octogenarian.
After all, care is necessary to the pro
longation of life: not anxious care, bnt
care to avoid harmful transgression.
Mr. Gladstone still keeps up vigorous
exercise and Dr. Holmes uses his great
knowledge of the laws of health and life
to keep himself not merely alive, bat in
good working condition. Youth's Com
panion.
Men's Fabrics.
In the fine tailoring trade there is not
nearly the -demand for enormous lines of
fabrics that there once was. Given a
few good things in a moderate range of
really fine colorings and five times the
number of people seem to be satisfied
with them as was the case a few years
ago. A leading Hanover street tailor
said to me the other day, "It used to
seem as if every customer we served ex
pected we would have a special piece of
cloth woven for his suit alone and the
pattern destroyed afterward." This ma
nia for fexclusiveness is now far more
characteristic of cheap trade than it 13
of the best.
True swells go in for quality and fine
ness which the cheap trade cannot touch,
and there is now nothing about the pat
terns in vogue which the cheap trade
can easily imitate. It is the same in
neckwear fabrics. London Cor. Clothier
and Furnisher.
A Cat Kalscs Squirrels. -
Our fellow townsman, James H. Gal
loway, tells of a very peculiar way of
raising squirrels. About three weeks
ago Mr. Galloway's son, while out hunt
ing, found a nest of young squirrels
which were only a day or two old. .They
were brought to town.-bnt as they were
too young to be raised by hand it was
necessary to hnd them a mother. Mr.
Galloway had an old house cat, which
oaa young Kittens, ana as an experi
ment all the kittens were killed except
one, and the squirrels were put in their
places, and strange as it may. seem
tne olu inotner cat did not seem to no
tice the difference, bnt seemed to be
very fond of her adopted family, and is
raising them with the most motherly
care. Osceola (Mo.) Sun.
Horn and Married In 1'rlsou.
The body of Robert Western, who
was drowned at St. Louis, was buried
in Evergreen cemetery, in one respect
Robert Western was remarkable. He
Was born in jail, was married in prison
- and spent eleven years in the peniten
tiary, yet he and- his parents were emi
nently respectable people. Robert's fa
ther was keeper of the county jail here
at his birth.' For eleven years he drove
the prison carriage, and was tendered a
reception at his marriage, which took
place at the penitentiary. Chester (Ills.)
Cor. St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
A Great Comfort.
Friend 1 see your little boys have
their hair clipped close to their heads.
Mr. Baldhead Yes: I find the fashion
a great comfort.
"They are certainly cooler." "
'1 was not referring to them, but to
myself. When the boys are around the
flies sort o' divide themselves up and
give me some peace.' Good News.
A Bin Output of Flour.
The mills rolled np a big output for
the week ending Sept. 12. making 29,693
barreb daily. The ngffrejiate amount of
flour made was 178. 10 bnrrei. ;;g;iin8t
130,S6;5 barrels the :rfceding vce.e.k. 172,
000 barrels for t lie corresponding time
in 1S0O. and 141.9B0 barrels in I3S0.
Jliller ' .
WH Dela UensT '
Among the- passengers on the north
bound Richmond and Danville Air Line
train a few nights ago was an old darky
named Dangerfield Hampton, on his
way to the Old Dominion, after an ab
sence of about fifty years. When he was
sixteen years of age he was brought to
Georgia by Edward Locket, a negro
trader from Richmond, and was sold to
Mr. Wise Cousin, who lived near Madi
son, Ga., for $350. Hampton was a
native of King and Queen county, where
he left some relatives, whom he now de
sired to see. His Georgia master owned
about 200 darkeys, and made from 160 to
200 bales of cotton. -
The Georgia railroad had just been
completed to Madison when Cncle
Hamp landed at Madison. After the
war was over and he found himself free
he went to work in earnest and made
money right along. - He how owns 300
acres of land and made thirty-four bales
of cotton last year.
The old man was on bis way to the
scene of his childhood.
He spoke of having lost $1,100 by the
failure of a banking institution some
time ago.
The old man said, in a laughing way.
that he left eight hens and a rooster in
Virginia when he left there, and that he
was going there to look after them. He
thought that he cught to have a good
price for the chickens, and interest on
the amounts from the time he left until
now, which he thinks would be quite a
nice sum. Richmond State.
lanuge. for Trees Killed by Gas. -
- Suit has been entered in the common
pleas court by Susannah Kuch against
the city to recover $1,000 damages un
der an cnusual claim. She says that
she is the owner of property on the
northwest side of Leverington avenue.
Upon this ground, 6he says, there is
erected a handsome honse, in which she
makes her residence, and the beauty of
the premises, together with the value of
the house and grounds, was much in
creased by the presence of four hand
some Norway maple trees planted by the
plaintiff about twenty years ago.
Last fall the gaspipe along Levering-'
ton avenue commenced to leak, and
through the neglect of the city officials
this leak continued until last May, and
the soil of the street became permeated
with the gas, which caused the maple
trees to die and become worthless. The
plaintiff says that the value of her prop
erty has been greatly decreased by the
loss, and hence the suit. Philadelphia
Telegraph.
Had Not Met In Fifty Tears.
There was a meeting at Mascoutah,
Ms., Monday, between two brothers who
had not met before for upward of half a
century. A well dressed, aged couple
alighted from an evening train and in
quired for Squire E. E. Bagby, one of
the oldest citizens of the place. "He is
my brother." exclaimed the old gentle
man, "whom 1 have not seen for over
fifty years." The stranger was William
Bagby, a retired farmer, of Harris City,
White county. Ills. He left Mascoutah
about fifty years ago, and after travel
ing for some time he settled down on a
farm in White county and married.
During the war he lost track of his
brother and supposed he was dead. He
heard from him a short time ago and de
cided to visit him and his old home.
William Bagby is eighty-four years of
age and the squire is ten years his jun
ior. The aged wives of the brothers had
never met before Monday. Exchange.
Already a Giant and Still GrowlDf.
Allegany can boast of perhaps one of
the largest boys of his age to be found in
the state. His name is William M.
Wittig, and he resides with his parents
in Frostburg. He is a little over sixteen
years and eight months old. For the
past two years he has been growing at
the rate of one-half an inch per month.
His height is 6 feet 4 inches and he
weighs 186 pounds. He wears a No. 7i
hat and No. 11 shoe. He hand measures
134 inches around the knuckles when
closed. His chest measure is 44. and his
waist 41 inches. He has always enjoyed
excellent health, and possesses an appe
tite which would alarm most people, as
it calls for about what would satisfy
three ordinary laboring men at each
meaL He lifts 850 pounds with ease.
The young' giant is still growing.
Maryland Cor.- Baltimore Sun.
Getting Heady for Spring.
With the arrival of autumn Superin
tendent of Gardeners Woolson has begun
preparations for beautifying the New
York parks and squares next spring.
The gardeners are now setting out in
cold frames 250,000 pansies and daisies.
Nearly 90,000 tulips will be imported
from Holland, and there will be the
usual number of herbaceous plants. Mr.
Woolson means to try next spring the
use of young ailantus trees to obtain
subtropical shrubbery effects. The de
spised ailantus is, in its first few years,
more beautiful in color and form than
many a rare and highly prized shrub.
New York Sun.
Original Portieres.
We are told that bleached cowtails
are' the approved loops for heavy por
tieres, and that their festoons are ter
minated an naturel with tasseled ends.
This rather startling information comes
to us from an English paper, which, like
all journals of that stamp, is prolific in
bizarre schemes of action attributed
solely to American women. If the
Ameriean woman who has her portieres
looped with bleached cowtails would re
ceive her medal she must come to the
front. As yet her street and number
are unknown. New York Sun.
An old man was buried the other day
at St. Crepin, France, but was dug up
soon after, as one of the bearers jsaid he
thought he heard -a. movement in the
coffin. The bid man was found to have
moved his hands, and he was soon re
stored to consciousness and life.
. A very curious coincidence happened
at -Kawanda Falls, Pa. Five men, all
strangers, met, and on being introduced,
each was fouf.il to be J ohn A. Llbson..
Plans have been laid or the resent- i
tion at the Donglas county jail in a few
days of a drama of love and law, the
like of which has never been attempted,
with one exception, on the mimic stage
or in real life. The climax of the play
will be the marriage of a condemned
murderer and self confessed thief and
ex-convict to a woman frho has clung to
him through all his troubles and is will
ing to clasp his hand, red with the inno
cent blood of two helpless bid people, and
swear to love, honor and obey him until
death, directed by the strong arm of the
law, doth them part. 1
Ed. Neal, who is to be executed, is to
be married to a woman of the town
known as Josephine Clarke. The story
of their wooing is unequal ed in the an
nals of love. Shortly after his arrest
and return to this city, and after he was
confined in the county jail, she appeared
upon the scene. She talked with him
through the bars and offered words of
encouragement both to the accused and
his attorney t. Long before the case was
called for trial in the district court this
woman not only rendered valuable as
sistance in the way of looking up testi
mony, but even went further, and out
of her own earnings paid many of the
bills incident to the trial.
When the case was called each day
she was an interested spectator, occupy
ing a front seat within the bar and as
near the prisoner as possible. After
each session of the court she followed
him to the - jail door, and after the man
was locked in his cell she would stand
under his window for hours at a time
talking in a low tone of voice trying to
cheer him. - When he was convicted she
made several efforts to effect his escape.
Omaha Cor. St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Death of a Buffalo Bill Indian.
Paul Eagle Star, one of Colonel Cody's
Indians, has died at the Sheffield infirm
ary from an accident which befell him
while the vviia west show was on a
visit to that town. He and a number of
other Indians were riding in the arena,
when his horse swerved against u part of
the boarding. Eagle Star sustained a
compound fracture of his leg. one of the
fractures being close to the ankle. For
a time he made favorable progress, but
lockjaw set in. and from this he died.
Mr. Orager, Colonel Cody s chief in
terpreter, sat up with him the whole of
Sunday night, and he was visited also
by Short" Bull, - one of the Indian
chiefs. The deceased was a Brule Sioux
Indian, twenty-five years of age, and
was a prisoner of war, having taken part
in the last Indian rising. He was mar
ried. His wife and children are living
at the Rosebud agency. United States.
London News.
Fossil Footprints in Connecticut.
Several footprints of reptiles of various
dimensions have lately been discovered
about three miles ' from Holyoke. upon
the rock in G. L. Bosworth s quarry,
near the shore of the 'Connecticut river,
which have caused considerable excite
ment and elicited many inquiries.
These discoveries occur . not- infre
quently, mors than . 12,000 such foot
marks having already been brought to
light, and. in fact, it . is well known
throughout the scientific world that the
new red sandstone of the Connecticut
valley, which extends about 110 miles
from north to south and averages about
twenty miles in width from east to west.
is one of the most "prolific depositories of
fossil prints. Slabs of this stone, having
upon them the -.wonderful indentations.
can De rouna in almost all the museums
of this country and Europe. Springfield
Republican.
A Bit of Daman Nature. -
A grocer not far from iy place of
abode has been this year selling for
eighty cents the same sized basket of
peaches that he last year disposed of for
five dollars This is not at all singular
considering the profusion of the fruit
this year and the scarcity last.
"It's funny, though." as he told me,
that the people who took their high
priced baskets without a word are now
sending me complaint after complaint
because, they find a little poor fruit in
the basket. Why. last year they were
very bad.
It is odd until you come to think that
everybody thinks out of this year's abun
dance his grocer ought to select him a
perfect order. New York Herald.
' ' . M'lmt Is a Home? '
When the late Timothy Smith died he
left a will in which he directed his exec
utors to provide a "home" for his sister
during her life. The executors do not
construe the word "home" in the same
sense as does the sister, and Lawyer
Childs came before Judge Morton to ask
that a suit to have the court Bay what
the word means be set for a hearing.
Mr. Childs said that the executors hold
that the word "home"- means simply
"shelter." and consequently have given
the sister an empty honse. nothing mora
Boston Traveler
I lit! inn ms Weather Prophets.
The Indians of the Colorado desert
have an extraordinary way of forfeiting
the weather. They not only prognosti
cate for a few days, bnt for six months
and sometimes a year. .Liast fall they
told everybody that we should have a
cool summer in the desert and that the
fruit would be late. They were right.
The fruit .was very late this summer.
They declare that next year will be an
early summer, and that the fruit will
ripen early What they base their pre
diction npon is unknown Yankee
Blade.
svd by Austin Kidweli. "
Austin Bid well, the man who has al
ready suffered eighteen years', penal
servitude for participation in a fraud on
the Bank of England in 187:1. recently
saved a fellow prisoner from drowning
in the -river at Chatham, where they
were working. Mr. Matthews has ac
cordingly decided to rfinit eighteen
months of tbe twenty years, which, ex
cept in . tbe .case of murderers, usually
constitutes a "life" sentence. Bidwell
will therefore be liberated in about five
months timo.--rKll Mali tiiizHtta.
ST I PAT I ON.
A'tllots baU too Arac:':i:ln pcoj.lo yet tfcere Is
only '.;! prcjiaratluii of l-ursupa! i':la tl:at acts oa
the innn'l nml reaches this i-.n?Hrtaiit trouble,
sad that is Joy's VeeeraM:.' Sarssparilla. It re
lieve.! it in 21 hours, nail au c-caspnal doso
prevents return. "Ve refer by permission to C. K.
Elkinptton, 125 1-ocust Avenue, Sau Francisco;
11. Brown, I'etaluma; II. S. Wiuu, Geary Court.
Salt Fra:ie!seo, and hundreds cf others who havo
use-.! it in constipation. One letter is a sample of
hundreds. Elkington, writes: "I havo been lot
years subject to bilious headaches and constipa
tion. Havo been fo bad lor a year back have
had to take a physic every other night or else I
would havo a headache. After taking one bottle
of J. V. S. , I am in splendid shap;. It has done
wonderful things for mo. People similarly
troubled should try it and be convinced."
Vegetable
Sarsaparilla
Most wndi-rii.
liv. iiii-gest bottle.
same price, ?
For Sale by SNIPES: & KINERSLY.
THE DALLES. OREGOX.
Health is Wealth !
Dr. E. C. West's Nervk and Bbain Tkeai
hent, a guaranteed specitio for Hysteria, Dizzi
ness, Convulsions, Fits, Nervous Neuralgia,
Headache, Nervous Prostration caused by the use
of. olconoi or toDacco, waKeiuiness, Alentai ue
pression, Softening of the Brain, resulting in in
sanity and leading to mibery, decay and death
Premature Old Age, Barrenness, Loss of Powei
in eitner sex, involuntary .Losses ana upermai
orrhcea caused by over exertion of the brain, self
abuse or over indulgence. Each box contain
one month's treatment. 11.00 a box, or six boxe
or 5.W, sent Dy mall prepaid on receipt oi price.
WE GUARANTEE SIX BOXES
ny case. With each order received b'
us for six boxes, accompanied by $5.00. we wil
send the purchaser our written guarantee to re
rana tne money u tne treatment aoes not enec
a cure, (guarantees issued oniy Dy
KIAKELEV & HOUGHTON,
Prescription Druggists,
175 Second St. Tbe Dalles. Or.
KEAL MERIT
PEOPLE
Say the S. B. Cough Cure is the best
thing they ever saw. -We are not
nattered for we known Real Merit will
Win. All we ask is an honest tiial.
For sale. by all druggists.
8. B. Medicine Mfg. Co.
Dufur, Oregon
A Revelation.
Few people know that tbe
bright bluish-green color of
tbe 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 tbe
mse 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" finer appearance, is carried on exten
sively. Green teas, being in " this country
especially popular, are produced to meet the
demand by coloring cbea-er black kinds by
glaring or facing with Prussian blue, tumeric,
gypsum, and indigo. Thit method it so gen
eral that very little genuine uneolored green tea
is offered for tale."
It was the knowledge cf 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 see any
genuine ancolored Japan tea? Ask your
grocer 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 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 bo a revelation to tea-
drinkers. Its purity makes it also more
economical than the artificial teas, for ,Ie.
of it is required per cup. Sold only i n pound
packages bearing this trade-mark:
BEEC
Ture-AsWdhoodT
If your grocer does not have it, he will get
it far you. Price 0o per pound, For sale mi
Leslie ZQ-uitlex-'is,
THE DALLES, OKF.GON.
$500 Reward !
We will pay the above reward for any case of
Liver Complaint, Dyspepsia, Sick Headache, In
digestion, Constipation or Costiveness we cannot
cure with West's vegetable Liver Pills, when Hie
directions are strictly complied with. They are
purely vegetable, and never fail to give satisfac
tion. Sagar Coated. Large boxes containing 30
nils, cents. . Beware of counterfeits ana imi
tations. The genuine manufacture! only by
ILLINOIS. . ... -r.LAKELET
HOUGHTON, -.
s - rrecrIt'on Druggists,
H 9
Joys
i r 1 1 1
THE DAhliES
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.
Its Objects
will be to advertise the resources of the
city; and adjacent country, to assist in
developing our industries, m 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
four pages of siy columns each, will "be issued every
evening, except Sunday, and will "be delivered in the
city, or sent Dy mail for
cents a month.
JUST. FAIR AND IMPARTIAL
We will endeavor 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
irom rasn assertions of outside parties.
THE WEEK Y,
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contain from four to six eight column pages, and we
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RUCTION SHLE I
Dry Goods and Clothing at Your Own Price.
The entire stock of N. Harris, consisting of General Dry
Goods, Clothing, Boots and Shoes, Hats, Caps, and
Gents' Furnishing Goods will be sold at
Auction to the highest bidder for
' cash in hand.
Sales held'eveiry night commencing at 7 o'clock.
J. B. CROSSEN, Auctioneer.
flew . Qolumbia J-lotel,
THE DALLES, OREGON.
Best Dollar a Day House on the Coast!
First-Class Meals, 25 Cents.
First Class Hotel in Every Respect.
None but the Best of White Help Employed.
T. T. fiieholas, Prop.
Washington 0Pth DcIIIBS, Washi"gton
SITUATED AT THE
Destined to be the Best
Manufacturing Center in
(the Inland Empire.
For Further Information Call at the Office of
Interstate Investment Go.;
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the moderate sum of fifty
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