STONE FIGHTSr-lN COHSA.
Aa Orlantel Fascia That Mac B
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t.ndvd with Orras Dmngmr.
Kite flying, which is universal in this
oountry, ceases suddenly on the 15th of
the first Corean month, and the next day
stone fights take its place aa the chief
, pnblio amusement. In the eastern part
, of Seonl, the capital, there are large
open spaces that have not been built
upon, and here occur the most serious
- sind interesting fights. One section- of
the city is pitted against another, but
any one can take a hand on either side
at pleasure. There are no recognized
leaders, but the mass of fighters readily
follows the lead of any one .who shows
filmself to be a little more reckless than
the rest. '
Two mobs, consisting of fifty, seventy
or a hundred men each, are drawn up
against each other, with an interval of
perhaps fifty yards between them. There
is an incessant shower of 'stones, and
ach man's business is to bit as many
men as he can, and especially to avoid
all the stones directed at him. From
ten to twenty men on each side are
ruined with stont clubs and wear thick
wadded helmets. These form the skir
mishing line. They sally out from their
respective sides and, meeting in mid
career, strike out viciously at each
other's heads, each man holding up his
cloak with his left hand as a shield to
ward off the blows of his adversary. s .'.
' After the club fight has lasted about
thirty seconds one or the other begins
to give way, which is the signal for a
rush of the others. Almost invariably
the other side breaks and runs, .and
sometimes are chased into their houses,
but generally some of the pursuing
party press too closely on the fugitives.
Then the latter suddenly turn and deal
a few Etaggering blows, which check
the pursuers, and in a few seconds the
tables are turned, and those who a mo
ment ago are flushed with victory are
now in full flight with their enemies.
Thus the battle goes back and. forth
across the fields, while the neighboring
embankments are crowded with specta
tors. The effect of the thundering
cheers of the spectators upon the com
batants is marvelous.
They charge upon each other as if in
actual battle, and show what would be
bravery if exerted in some useful cause.
Near the river are numerous villages
numbering from 100 to 500 houses each.
They are situated along the banks at in
tervals of about half a mile. These keep
up a continual series of fights among
' themselves during the season, one vil
lage being arrayed against the other.
The defeated party fly across the marshy
field to their own village, followed by
their enemies, who enter after them,
seizing anything on which they can lay
their hands iron files, doors to mark
their victory. Then the whole village
rises against the invaders, and they fly,
glad, if they can get back without broken
heads.
The first stone fight of the season was
rather more disastrous than usual. It is
reported that six men were killed; but
this is probably an exaggeration. A
company of soldiers were ordered out to
stop it, which they found some difficulty
in doing with fixed bayonets. Japanese
Paper. '
lsefore Learning a Language.
Some students begin a language for
the mere love of knowing foreign
tongues; others acquire them either for
professional purposes or with the aim of
gaining access to foreign literatures.
But whatever be the motive it is well to
. set out with some knowledge of the
science of language some insight into
the relations of languages to each other
some grasp of the theories of modern
scholars about the origin and develop
ment of speech. To learn language
without knowing anything of the science
of language is like acquiring the art of
putting up electric fixtures without any
knowledge of the principles of electrical
science. .
To approach it, on the other hand,
from the standpoint of universal prin
ciples is to make the study of it easier
and progress in any particular tongue
much more rapid. By knowing, for ex
ample, the laws of consonantal inter
change, we may often discover the
meaning of words without being obliged
to refer for them to the dictionary. In
this way every ' new language- learned
makes more easy the acquirement of
other tongues of the same or of allied
stocks.' Boston Herald.
Tpnsafe Money to Carry.-'
My father was once with his ship at
Rangoon. One day during a heavy
thunderstorm he was driving in a cab to
his agents, when he saw a "coolie'
(porter) drop down in the street. He got
out of the cab at once and went to the.
man, but he was dead. There was a
burned patch in his waistcloth, on the
right side, and some blackened copper
"pice" lay on the ground. . The man had
just received them for carrying a load
and. as the clothes of the poorer natives
of India and Burmah have no pockets,
he had twisted them into his waistcloth
and this money must have attracted the
lightning. - But the most curious part of
it was that the queen's head on one of
the coins was clearly impressed on his
side, and even the words "Queen Vic
toria" were clearly defined. London Tit-
Bits.
A Booby Prise.
A very cute "booby" prize given at a
party was a cabbage, tied with a pink
ribbon. When it was untied the top
was lifted up and the inside contained
'fine candy. The center of the cabbage
had been hollowed out, theru lined with
tissue paper, filled with the wee ta, the
tonpnJL .backc.and,tied on. It created
much merriment. Ellye H. Glover in
Good Housekeeping .;
Telling- "fortune.
In England a ring, a button and
coin, arevof ten--placed ..in the wedding
cake. -She" who..secures;the ring is to be
the neatt brSi.lt?; the button,'-the old maid
"the coin' secures ;"a wealthy suitor. A
ring put in posset "infuses magic pow
er," and "will tell the fair if haply she
I Kb Plmoa far ZUtu.
i Until ten vears or mora aao the Texas
pn Handle, throuarh several months of
eaoh year, afforded pasturage for vast
herds of bison, commonly known as the
buffalo, an animal which, In Its wild
state, at least, has almost entirely van
ished. On a certain occasion two gen
tlemen, prominent in Texas politics, were
hunting in the buffalo region, and one of
them, getting within range of a herd
of the ruminants, brought down a large
bull.
Knife in hand, the hunter was ap
proaching his quarry, when all at once
it rose, bellowing and ready for busi
ness. -Since the gun was empty, flight
was the sportsman's only recourse, and
an instant later a wild eyed man was
seen tearing a way,, with a furious brute
closely following.
Hunter number two, meanwhile, was
watching the scene from a hilltop, too
far off to be of the slightest assistance to
his companion.
A tragic termination of the chase
seemed inevitable, for the fleeing gentle
man was a heavyweight, and already
the space between pursuer and pursued
began to diminish. Suddenly the fugi
tive was seen to strike off at an angle,
and the -breathless watcher ' heaved a
sigh of relief when his friend's objective
point was found to be a cave but a few
rods away.
- At the very entrance to this seeming
place of safety, however, the fleeing man
turned aside and dashed with such frantic
speed aeross the plain that a marked
gain was made upon his pursuer.
But this could not last long, and final
ly, the fugitive's strength utterly fail
ing him, he fell completely exhausted,
while the buffalo, faint from loss of
blood, dropped at almost the same in
stant and within less than a rod of the
prostrate man.
Hunter number two now came up, and
his first question was:
"Why didn't you run into the cave,
colonel? That would have shielded you
from the buffalo."
"Buffalo!" came the panting but con
temptuous response; "why, general,
there's a bear in that cave as big as two
buffalo!" Youth's Companion.
How a Coward Feels.
It is a humiliating confession to make,
but, physically speaking, I am an arrant
coward! And yet, so far as formation
of body goes, I ought not to fear to cope
with any ordinary being or danger.
I am young, tall, have a chest measure
ment of about thirty-nine inches, and
a in, I believe, thoroughly muscular.
How I have tried to overcome this
feeling of cowardice, but in vain! At
the first sign of my being involved in
danger I turn deathly pale, my heart
beats wildly, and I am seized with such
fit of trembling that my legs almost
give way beneath me. I am also ren
dered nearly speechless, for my voice
quavers to such an extent that I can
scarcely articulate worde.
And my friends actually wanted me
to join the army!
No, I said to myself, with a sickly
smile. " 'The pen is mightier than the
sword, so I'll stick to the pen."
What a noble soldier I should have
made! I am sure that, in the event of
being "ordered to the front," I should
have deserted at the first opportunity.
"A Coward"- in London Tit-Bits.
Sleeping Car Flotsam fend Jetsam.
. There are a great many articles left in
the cars of the Pullman company, bnt
the number of toothbrushes left far out
numbers any other article. A Pullman
porter said: "We are required to turn
every article we find in the cars over to
the company; These articles are labeled
and laid away in a building especially
constructed. There is hardly a trip that
I do not turn in at least two lost tooth
brushes. I suppose all other porters find
equally as many.' There is a simple
reason why toothbrushes are lost. ' -:
"When a person uses his brnsh he does
not like to put it back in the satchel
while it is wet, and therefore he lets it
remain out awhile to dry. Then he for
gets it, and, it falls into our hands. I
don't know what the company does with
the immense number of toothbrushes,
but I suppose they sell them to some
person who cleanses them and in ' turn
sells them to different drug stores."
Philadelphia Record.
Light Without Sight.
We can "perceive" light without the
smallest aid from the retina. If the
optic nerve is sufficiently excited to reach
the sensonum and create s disturbance
at that center of the brain where the
optic nerve terminates we shall then see
light and sparks. If, moreover, the optic
nerve is cut or mutilated in -any way we
should see a brilliant flash of light.
though without any sensation of pain.
And so it is with the other nerves; the
auditory nerve has only to be excited,
not necessarily by sound, so as to reach
its center, the brain, and we shall hear a
sound. How many ghosts might not be
destroyed in this way? Chambers' Jour
nal. Swallowed tho Button.
A Hannibal (Ho.) man bought two
pills and put them in his vest pocket.
He also bought a small nearl button and
put it in the same pocket. When it came
time to take a pill he opened his mouth,
shut his eyes and gulped one down. He
was relieved of his headache and went
on his wav rejoicing." Afterward, hav
ing use for the collar button, he felt in
his pocket and found two pills, but no
button. Chicago Herald. ;'
How the Chinese Boil Rice.
An ordinary Chinese cook will boil
rice extremely well. But he generally
puts into too much water; and then,
when the rice is cooked enough, he pours
off the excess, and replacing the pot
over the fire, shakes up the contents un
til sufficiently dried to allow the grains
to separate freely.1 Temple Bar..
Very Still.
"Is that man still at work in the cel
lar, Bridget?"
"That's phat be is. Too still at it. In
fact, mim, he's aslape." Harper's Ba
zar.' . . ;
Dimples.
The old Idea of 40 years ego was that facial
eruptions were doe to a "Wood humor," for
which they save potash. Thos all the old Saisa
parillas contain potash, a most objectionable and
drastic mineral, that instead of decreasing,
actually creates moro eruptions. , You have no
ticed this when taking other Earsaparillas than
Joy's. ' It is however now known that the stom
ach, the blood creating power. Is the seat of all
vitiating or cleansing operations. A stomach
clogged by indigestion or constipation, vitiates
tho blood, result pimples. - A clean stomach and
healthful digestion purines it and they disappear.
Thus Joy's Vegetable SarsaparUlft is compounded
after tho modern idea to regulate the bowels and
stimulate the digestion. y Jt'he effect is immediate
and most satisfactory. A short testimonial to
contrast tho action of the potash Sarsaparillas
and Joy' modem vcgetablo preparation.: lira.
C. D. Stuart, of 400 Hayes St., S. F., writes: ' I
hare for years had ir.tilscst'on, I tried a popular
Sarsapcrilla but it ecLur.ll laa-cd more pimples
to break out on my face. Hearing that Joy's was
a later, preparation and acted dilTcrcntly, I tried
It and the pimples Immediately disappeared."
Joy's
Vegetable
Sarsapariila
Largest bottle, most cCccUvc, same price,
For-Sale by SNIPES 8i KINERSLY.
. THE DALLES. OREGON. ......
Health is Wealth !
Dk. E..C. West's Ksbyb and Brain Tbbai
mekt, a guaranteed specific for Hysteria, Dizzi
ness, v. wit v umiwiin, x-aus, iiuiuuB ntumii (l.
Headache, Nervous Prostration caused by the use
oi aiconoi or toDacco, w aKeiuincss, mental re
pression, Softening of the Brain, resulting in in
sanity and leading to misery, decay and death,
Premature Old Age,' Barrenness, Loss of Powei
in either sex, Involuntary Ixisses aud Spermat
orrhoea caused by over exertion of the brain, self
abuse or over indulgence. Each box contain
one month's treatment. $1.00 a box, or six boxet
for 15.00, sent by mail prepaid on receipt of price.
WE GUARANTEE SIX BOXES
To cure any case. With each order received bj
ns 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 eff'ec'
a cure. Guarantees issued only by
HLAKKLKI t HOl'CHTOX,
Prescription Druggists,
175 Second St. ' The Dalles. Or.
REAL. MERIT
- PEOPLE
Say the S. B.' Cough Care is the best
thine they ever saw. We are not
flattered for we known Keai, Merit wili.
Win. All we ask is an honest tual. '
For sale by all druggists.
S. B. Medicine Mfg. Co.,
... -. Dufur, Oregon.
A Revelation.
Few people know that the
bright bluish-green color of
the ordinary teas exposed in
tho 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. Tho effect is two
fold. It not only makes the
tea a bright, shiny green, but also permits the '
mse of " off-color " and worthless teas, which, -once
nnder the green cloak, are readily
worked off as a good quality of tea.
An eminent authority writes on th!s sub
ject: "The manipulation of t-oor teai. to gl ve
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 chea cr b ack kl::dsby
glazing or facing with Fra-Mau blue, 1 11 ;neri c.
gypsum, and iodlgo. This method it to gen
eral that very little genuine uncolsred jreen tea
U offered Jot tale." .
It was the knowledge cl this cc.n'lllion cf
affairs that prompted the plae rig of beech's
Tea before the public It is abxoluvl? pure
and without color. Bid you tvvr s-o any
genuine uncolored Jo; an tea? Ark your
grocer to open a j ackage of Ucecli's, and y u
will see it, and probably for the very first
time. It will be fouud In co'.or to be J ist be
tween the artificial green tea that yo i have
been accustomed to ad the black Ivan.
-It drawsadelightful cuuary color, ar.d la so
fragrant that it wlil be a revelation to tea
drinkers. Its purity makes It also more
economical than the aniCcial teas, for leJt
of it is required per cup. Sold only iu pound
packages bearing this trade-mark:
BEEC
Ture'As 'Chndhood:
If row grocer does not have it, he will gel
It for too. FxieeOOo per pound. For sale at
Zjeslle 33ntlor's,
THE DALLE 8, ORFOON. .' ..
$500 Reward !
We will pay the above reward for an; case of
Liver Complaint, Dyspepsia, Sick Headache, In
digestion. Constipation or Costiveness we cannot
cure with West's Vegetable Liver Fills, when the
directions are strictly complied with. They are
pnrely vegetable, and never fail to give satisfac
tion. Sugnr Coated. Large boxes containing 80
rins, cents, seware oi oounienciia ana imi-
mrions. The genuine manufactured only
THE JOHN C. WF8T COMPANY, CHIGA
bv
ll.I.iNOlK.
IIIAKKLEV HOCGBrOS, ;
f'rncrltttlnn Zrugg1sts,
"""Wf- 1 " IMCHI I
TEA
an ic
Dalles, Peril and & Astoria!
NAVIGATION COMPANY'S
' ' Elegant Steamer " .
REGULATOR
Will leave the foot of Court Street
- every morning at 7 A M.
for
Portland and Way Points
DAIiliES GITYJsupport
At the Foot of the Cascade Locks:
For Passenger or Freight Bates, Apply
to Agent, or Purser on Board.
Office northeast corner of Court and Main street
R. B. HOOD,
Liven, Feed and Sale
Horses Bought and Sold on
Commission and Money
Advanced on Horses
Left for Sale,
OFFICE OF
The Dalfes and Goldendale Stage Line.
Stage Leaves The Dalles Every Morning '
at 7:30 and Goldendale at 7:30. All
freight must be left at E. B.'
Hood's office the eve
ning before.
R. B. HOOD,
Proprietor.
The Dalles, Or.
Opposite old Stand.
W.&T.lVteCpy,
BARBEE-S.
ffnt inn f nlri Rathe
LIUl UUU VU1U uailUi
HO SECOND STREET.
ANEW
DadertaMrig Establishment!
PRINZ & NITSCHKE.
DEALERS IN
Furniture and' Carpets, j
We have - added to onr business a
complete Undertaking Establishment,
and as we are in no way connected with
the undertakers' Trust our prices will
be low accordingly. ' .
Remember our place on Second street,
next to Moody's bank '
Pipe Work, Tin Repair-
ing and Roofing.
Leave orders at L. Butler s,
Grocery .Store.
JOHN PASHEK,
(IleicW - Tailor,
, ,' Uext door ito Wasco Sun. ,'
Madison's Latest System used in cutting
garments, and a nt guaranteed
each time.
fepaiiring and Cleaning
Neatly and Quickly Bone.
The Dalles
FIBST STBEBT.
FACTORY NO. 105.
njn A T O of the Beet Brands
VAjrx-JLjO manufactured, and
orders from all parts of the country filled
on the snortest notice, r
The reputation of THE DALLES CI
GAR has become firmly established, and
the demand for the borne manuiaciurea
article is increasing every day.
factory
a. ulrich & son.
THE DflliliES CHROMIGIiE
is here and has come
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
Its Objects
will be to advertise the resources of the
city, and adjacent country, to assist in
developing our industries, in extending
'trade, in securing an open river, and in
helping THE DALLES to take her prop
er position as the
Leading City of
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: DEALERS IN:
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First-Class Meals, 25 Cents.
First Class Hotel in Every Respect.
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Destined "to bo the Best
Manufacturing Center In
the Inland Empire.
For Further Information Call at tho Office of
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0. D.1TAYL0R, THE DALLES.
to stay. It hopes
course a s:enerous
Eastern Oregon.
'
each, will "be issued every
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and Feed.
Court Streets. The Dalies.Oregon
House on the Coast!
MOCK
None but the Best of White Help Employed.
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Dalles,
Washington
HEAD OF NAVIGATION.
Best Selling Property of
the Season In the North-
'.west..
72 WASHINGTON ST., PORTLAp
will wed." Cas6ell'8 Family Magazine,
.23iI0Hlff2
I 7 "i ,citul,Ht.
The Dalles, Or.
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