I
Plenty of Game. '
Now that the gamo law is our
woods will swarm with hunters of all
descriptions, from the "cockney" sports
'xnan down (or up) to ' the professional
hunter. There are generally four trant
ers to one bird, and we have known men
tramping all day and bringing home two
or three little chirping birds. It is this
class of hunters who do the most damage,
as they are not capable of shooting game
birds, and pepper away at any and every
little bird they see, till there are hardly
any left. Onr local hunters say that there
will be plenty of game thiB season. Gen
erally speaking we have a fair, mild win
ter, very little crust on the snow and but
few ice storms. . - 1 ,'
The severe ice storms destroy more
quail than the hunters kill, because quail
generally roost together on the ground,
and if snow falls during the' night and
crusts over, it simply smothers them.
Hunters have found whole flocks of
them lying close together, having been
unable to penetrate, through the crust.
..There were taiever so many flocks of quail
around as at present. Go where you
will you will find them. A large flock
passed over the fair ground ' Wednesday
afternoon while the trotting - took place,
which made some of our hunters' mouths
' water. .' "'
Partridges are also very plenty, and,
what is still better, they are full grown
; and plump. Of woodcock we have seen
but a few. Years ago they were plenty
every season in our swamps, but the
summer shooting has killed them off,
' and but very few breed in our swamps
now. The fall flight generally brings a
few scattering ones, bat as they are a
migratory bird and fly principally dur
ing the nighttime, we get but now and
then a chance to shoot at them. There
are also plenty of foxes, -and our hunters
don't need to go very far to find them if
they only know how, as Reynard is a
cunning and sly chap. Watertown (N.
Y.) Cor. Waterbury American.
'ew shakes on Mars.
There is one point of view from which
the formation of a new lake in southern
California by the overflowing of a sandy
desert with water from the Colorado
river possesses peculiar interest. It may
throw light upon some of the mysterious
changes that have occurred upon the
planet Mars. Near the equator of Mars
there is a region which has been believed
to be part of the dry land of that planet,
and which has beennamed Lybia by the
Italian astronomer Schiaparelli.
But a few rears ago a change occurred
in the color of "Lybia," and some of the
observers thought that it must have
been suddenly overflowed with water,
since it had assumed the color charac
teristic of the other regions of Mars' that
are supposed to be water covered.
Other similar changes have been seen
by telescopists on Mars.
Now that a new lake has actually been
formed on the earth by the unexpected
filling up with water of a depressed area
of dry land, those who believe that a
similar occurrence, on a larger scale, has
taken place on Mars will probably be
strengthened in that interesting opinion.
Youth's Companion.
Snibbline Beans.
Snibbling beans is at this season of
the year an evening occupation for Ger
man housewives. They are the common
"string beans, which can be bought by
the bag, about two bushels. They are
washed and strung, and then, with a
very sharp knife or special" implement,
they are cut into very thin slibes and
packed in layers in an earthen 'crock.
On each layer of beans is spread a layer
of salt, and when the crock is almost
full a large plate covers the whole, and
is held down by a weight, generally a
brick. If brine does not collect suf
ficiently to cover the layers, a little
water is added, and the beans are ready
for use in the winter. Tho salt that is
absorbed must be removed by soaking
the beans . overnight, when they are
ready to be cooked. It is not unusual
for housewives to have snibbling par
ties, at which their friends and relatives
assist in the slicing, refreshments being
secondary features of the occasions.
New York Sun.
'A Spanish. Burs Mlssoorlan.
James Ryan, better known as Uncle
Jiinmie, is now eighty-six years of age.
He has never lived Outside of what are
now the confines of the state of Missouri.
Yet he was born a subject of Spain.
When this territory was ceded to France
Uncle Jimmie became a Frenchman.
Afterward the territory was purchased
by the United States, and so today Mr.
Ryan is. an American citizen. : His has
been an eventful life, as he remarked at
the old settlers' meeting, but the even
ing of his days is peaceful and his heart
ia as young now as when he was a
Spaniard eighty-five years ago. Nevada
(Mo.) Democrat.
A. Banana Tree That Bears.'
Mr. L. Gillen' has a genuine curiosity
. in the form of a banana tree, ten feet
tall, bearing one bunch of bananas. He
has a number of other banana trees, but
none bearing fruit save this one. ". The
leaves are long and slender, and the mo
tion of the wind causes the leaf to cut in
two like ribbons. Until the sun s rays
cause the bud to open it much resembles
a large red water lily bud tightly closed.
This covering drops off in time, leaving
the fruit lying closely side . by side to
ripen. Lexington (Mo.) News. ;
Plenty of Toons; Vipers.
.While Theodore Burns was cutting hay
on a farm near Hunter the sickle cut
spotted viper into four pieces. It was
four feet long and within it were found
eighty -five little yipers, four to six intihes
long. The snake literature or JSussourt-
this season is unusually prolific and vari
egated. Fulton (Mo.) Sun..
: A Small One.
A Connecticut couple have a child
seven weeks old who weighs less than a
pound. The infant enjoys good health
and will probably live. Its waist is the
bizo of a small child's wrist and its legs
about as large as u lead pencil. Spring-
field Republican.
' "Work of School Childns.
As the school season - advances, the.
subject of mental overpressure becomes
important enough- not only for parental
consideration, but for scientific investi
gation. The capacity of the child, the
number' and ' nature of the studies, and
especially the length of the recitations,'
are features which ought not to be over-'
looked or be left to the direction of edu
cators. That much can be gained by
experimental 6tudy of overpressure, is
Shown by'a paper read by Dr." Burgen-
etein, of Vienna, before the congress of
hygiene in London, upon "The Working
Curve of an Hour." The writer had for
his object the study of the mental power
of children, and he arranged his experi
ments with a view to demonstrating the
fluctuations of brain power in children
during one hour's occupation with a fa
miliar subject. '- ' ' -
Simple - addition and multiplication
sums were given to two classes of girls,
of an average age of eleven years and
eleven years and ten months, and two
classes of boys of ' the average age of
twelve years and two months and thir
teen .years and one month. After ten
minutes' work the sums were taken away
from the children.- After a pause of ten
minutes the work was resumed, the al
ternation continuing for an hour, so
that there were three periods of work.
The' results were interesting. During
the whole experiment the 163 children
worked out 135,010 figures, making 0,504
mistakes. It was found that the num
ber of mistakes increased in the differ
ent periods, and that during the third
period the quality of work was at the
lowest. Boston Journal.
Photography and Crime.
The exhibition of the Photographic So
ciety of Great Britain is of great inter
est, both from the artistic and the scien
tific point of : view. Dr.. P. Jeserich, a
German, has devoted his attention to
the development of photography as a
means of assisting the administration of
the law. . The screen which cantains Dr.
Jeserich's plates is one of the chief curi
osities of the exhibition. He has shown,
by enlarging photographs taken upon
sensitized plates, that it is' possible to
detect certain kinds of forgery in the
most unimpeachable way; for example,
where a figure or a word has been al
tered and this is one of the commonest
kinds of forgery the different inks em
ployed appear in the plate in quite dif
ferent colors.
Similarly, where a name has first been
written in pencil and then traced over in
ink, however carefully the pencil marks
have been erased, some faint traces of
ti:e plumbago are sure to remain in the
interstices of the paper, and these are
revealed in the magnified photograph.
Dr. Jeserich's photographs of hair and
of pure and impure blood, before and
after treatment with reducing agents.
are also most curious, and several stories
are told of the use that has been made
of them in murder trials in Germany.
London Times.
Lost Ills Leg- in a Bear Fight.
Two of the crew of the schooner Mar
guerite, of Seattle, met with a severe
accident at Port Muller, on the north
side of the Alaskan peninsula. Their
names are Thomas Boswell and J. Schief
felin, and they were ashore prospecting
for coal. Both were armed with rifles.
They came across a bear and both fired
Though badly wounded the animal made
a rush at the men, and in the excitement
Boswell got a cartridge jammed in his
gun. Before Schieffelin could reload, the
bear was upon them and knocked them
down, one after the other, with a blow
from its paw. Boswell tried to get to
his feet, but the bear seized him by the
leg and crushed it from the knee down.
The animal then ran away, but returned
about ten minutes later, when. Schieffe
lin, who had recovered consciousness,
shot it The two men got back to the
schooner and the captain made sail for
Oonalaska. It took eight days to get
there and then Surgeon Berry Hill, of
the Marion, amputated Boswell's leg.
San' Francisco Report. .
A Wonderful Dakota Rainbow.
: Dr. McVean has arrived in the city
after a tour of the country. . The doctor
resides at Armour, S. D., and has much
to tell about that region. :-' "A" few days
ago," he said, "the' people, among the
number myself, witnessed one of the
most remarkable phenomena seen in
that or any other portion of the United
States. The phenomenon consisted of
the appearance of the' northern lights
under remarkable circumstances. The
lights formed a regular rainbow and ap
peared at night. The bow extended the
whole length of the 'horizon and was
thirty feet wide. Everything was seen
on the broad prairie just as if it had
been lit up by electricity. The old set
tiers claim that such a thing was noticed
in 1862, but not since.-St. Louis Globe
Democrat. A Sail on His Laws Mower.
One of our neighbors had a sail on his
lawn mower one day last week.' At any
rate it looked like a sail, for he had sev
eral square feet of canvas r attached to
the back side of the machine, and -people
thought he was trying to have a regatta
all to himself. However, closer investi
gation showed that his sail was simply a
large bag into which the cut grass was
thrown instead of falling on to the
ground. ' He was quite happy over bis
contrivance, because he didn't have to
'rake his lawn after he had cut the grass.-
Ashland Cor.. .Framingham (Mass.)
Tribune.
A charitably disposed gentleman is to
erect a home for newspaper men in
Washington city. Nothing could be
more desirable or display a larger meas
ure of generosity toward a needy class.
It is to cost $3,000,000 and will afford a
hospitable shelter for worthy members
of the profession.
"' The most powerful telescope yet made
has just been finished in Munich. Its
ordinary power is 11,000, which can be
increased to 16,000. An electric lamp
of minute type is used in it, and a spe
cial device which sprays minute particles
of liquid carbonic acid is used to keep it
cool.
''' ' Fair Warning lroni Uurglar.' '
'-.- ;Robert C, White, of Georgetown, Del.,
has' received a letter from a party call
ing himself a professional burglar, who
signifies his intention of entering the at
torney's house six months from date and
carrying off what valuables he can safe
ly take.. He says his intentions are
merely burglary, and that' no1 arson,
murder or other crime will ba attempted.
The burglar coolly admits in his lengthy
epistle that it is not customary with him
to notify subscribers of his actions. He
says he knows that if be is caught it
may be three years, to stand one hour in
the pillory and receive twenty lashes, as
did John Cnmmins, the Baltimore bur
glar. The writer continues: "1 saw John
Cummins whipped at New Castle yes
terday with twenty lashes. It is a , very
barbarous institution, and I can;, defy
such a barbarism and likewise your law.
I want to make a daring burglary in
this State, and show you you are power
less to arrest a burglar of first class. I
am leaving Wilmington for the .west,
and will return by the line Of Delmar
and Georgetown. So I select your city
as the first place to operate. I will show
the people -of Delaware that there is no
danger of arrest as long as the police of.
Paris, London, Chicago and Baltimore
could not arrest me. I mean to carry
my word; and my stake is a big one. I
confess I have not. the least ambition to
the pillory or whipping post. If you can
pull me in I agree to receive ten lashes
more. - I will walk to the pillory and
whipping post barefooted, but I would
advise you not to anticipate such a
pleasure." Cor. Baltimore American.
What They Did in Vacation.
The pupils in a Berlin girls' school re
ceived instructions from their teachers
to give an account of some incident dur
ing their holidays in the form of a let
ter. A ten-year-old child wrote: "My
mother gave a poor wanderer a cup of
coffee. : He asked me to obtain for him
some food and' gave me his last ten
pfennige." Another wrote: "My hat
was so plain that I cut some flowers in
the garden to decorate it, and hid it
away. My.mother has not seen it yet;
but I am very anxious about it." This
girl received a caution as to her wrong
doing, f
. There is some humor in the following:
"My mother desired me to make a pan
cake, and I fetched some flour and
made it. It was so light that it broke
in two and fell upon the sanded floor. I
took it up and remodelled it. My
mother pronounced it gritty; but noth
ing further was said." Among a num
ber of other letters was this: "My
father told me to capture some- large
yellow flies and take them to an apothe
cary, who would buy them. We.caught
a whole boxful and I took them to an
apothecary, but he did not want any. I
incautiously opened the lid of the box
and the flies flew all over the shop."
Exchange. " . .
A Curious Union.
The news comes to us of the celebra
tion of a marriage 'contract between
Lieutenant . Francis Brant, one of the
heroes of the Zulu war, with the daught
er of King Massirrie, of Umbongavatos,"
a portion of the territory of : Africa.
True, the lady, his bride, is a kinky
headed Africander; and by reason of the
marriage of Lieutenant Brant he be
comes possessed of a mining and trading
concession worth 350,000, and he is now
the royal consort of a lady who is des
tined to be queen of an empire 3,500 miles
in length by 3,400 miles in width a
territory larger in extent than the United
States of America of innumerable re
sources and delightful climate, and bear
ing most abundantly all agricultural
products and abounding in mineral
wealth. Prince Umbongavato expects
to become king when Massirrie dies and
rule over the Umbongavatos. He is
commander in chief of the king's army
of 250,000 soldiers, and he is also judge
of all cases before the king where pen
alty is not death. San Francisco Argo
naut. Water at Fifty Cents a Drink In Maine.
A Lewiston gentleman driving in the
country found the watering places by
the roadside dry as herring bones. See-,
ing a farmer ia a yard by the. roadside
he drove up to the door and asked for
water for his horse. The man looked at
him interrogatively and said:
"Water? I should say not. ,1 shouldn't
agree to give yonr horse what water he
might want under half a dollar. ' It's
worth that."
The Lewiston gentleman paid it and
the horse was watered, and the farmer
said in explanation that all the water
they had was brought .a long -distance '
laboriously, by hand, and that-it cost
nearly that amount in time and hard
work to get it. Water at fifty cents a
bucket in Maine is a novelty. Lewiston
Journal. , -
No Choice.
"Sure, Mrs. McCarty, an it's meself
would have loiked to have been a birrnd
on St. Valentoine's Day.
."An.for why? It's only a sorry lookin
birrud you would be. to my thinkinV'
Mrs. Mahouey." .
"Same to yerself, and thank -ye,
ma'am; but on the day of St. Valentoine
riat his sowl ivery birrud could choose
his mate, an it's not meself that can do
that, for all the fresh mate OiVe had
this blissed winter has been a bit of ba
con ivery day,? an it's toired of it indade
Oi am.'' Texas.Sif tings.
-'An interesting old couple dwell, in
Knoxville, Tenn. , They are Mr. and
Mrs. Stephen Osborne, aged respectively
one hundred and - one and - ninety-two
years. ' They were married . seventy-two
years ago. '' . .- v
In twenty-five life insurance compa-
nies doing business in Massachusetts to
day there were in force at the close of
last year. 1,213,442 policies, and the nnm-
'4-ber4s ihcreUying at the rate of 120,000 a
year., .' " ;-" '
The ormoln effects' which are shown
upon the high class French furniture of
the Seventeenth century are now being
imitated in wood and plaster gilding.
The tonun.-Ji aSiictior.s of n-omcti arc s.'i k-hecd-ache:;,
ludigtstioa c:nl ncrvoi;a troubles. Tlicy
arise lirgely l;,om ttjjnc.-i clsorCers." As Joy's (
Wgcttiblo farsaparflln ij the enly bowel rfjm
larjug ircjvratlo:i, you caa sec jvby. it ia niuro
cCective tb.nu any oiicr Eurscparllla in thoee
tronb'.ci It is Caily relieving hundreds. . The
action is mild, direct and cficetire. We' bov;
icores of kitcr ; from grateful v. onsen,
.We rule! lo a few; ' -
Nervous debility, Mrs, J, BaFfcIi, ii2 Tth St., S.F.
Ken OU3 debility, Mrs-Frcd. 1-oy, 327 EllisSt.,S.F.
General Ccjility, Mrs. Kcldcn, 610 Mason fit., S.F,
Nervous debility. Mrs. J. Lampbere, 735 Turk 8t,
c. r.
Nervous debility. Miss R. Kosenblum. 232 17th
St., S. V.-
Stomach troubles, Mrs. It. L. Wheaton. 704 Post
St., a F. '
Sick liemlaclies Mrs. M. B. Price, 16 Prospect
... Place, S.F. ,. . . . . ;.7
8ick headaches, Mrs. M. Fowler, 827 Ellis St., 8.F.
Indigestion; Mrs. C. D: Stuart, 1221 Mission St.,
Coufitipatlon, Ms. C. Melvin, 128 Kearny St. S.F.,
Sarsaparilla
Most modern, most effective,, largest 1ottle,
Bame price, tl.00 or 6 lor $5.00.
For Sale Ty SNIPES &. KINERSLY,
., .: , THE DALLES. OREGON. ;
De. E. C. West's Nerve and Brain Treat
mint, a guaranteed specific for Hysteria.. Dizzl-
ne6. Convulsions, Fits, Nervous Neuralgia,
Headache, Nervous Prostration caused by the use
oi aiconoi or tooacco, tvajieiuuiess, .Mental lie-
pression, Hoitening ot the uraln, resulting in in
sanitv and lea dine to misery, decav and death.
Premature Old Age, Barrenness, Loss of Powei
in eitner sex, involuntary .Losses ana spermat
orrhoea caused by over exertion of the brain, self-
abuse or over indulgence. Each box contains
one month's treatment. 91-00 a box, or six boxes
for $5.00, sent by mail prepaid on receipt of price.
' WE GUARANTEE SIX BOXES . .
To cure any case. With each order received bv
us for six boxes, accompanied by 15.00, we will
send the purchaser our written guarantee to re
fund the money if the treatment does not effec'
a cure. Guarantees issued only by
eiAKEXEI & HOCOHTON,
Prescription Druggists,'
175 Second St. . The Dalles. Or.
REAL MERIT
PEOPLE
Say the S. B. Cough Cure is the best
thing they ever saw. We are not
flattered for we known Real Merittvill
Win. All we ask is an honest tiial.
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
the windows ia not the nat-'
ural color. Unpleasant as the
fact may be. it is nevertheless
artificial;, mineral coloring
matter being used for this
vurtiosc. The effect is two-
-r fold. It not only makes the
tea a bright, shiny green, but also permits the
as of " off-color " and worthless teas, which,
' once wider 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 en exten
sively.. Green teas, being in this country'
especially popular, are produced to meet the
demand by coloring cheaper black kinds by
,.; glazing ot facing with Prussian blue,. tumeric,
,i gypsum, and indigo. TMt method it so genr
' era! that eery little genuine uncolored green tea
t offered or 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 tee any
. genuine uncolored Japan tea? Ask. your
grocer to open a package of Beech's, and yon
. will see it, and probably for tho. very first
time. It will be found in color to be just be
tween the artificial green tee, 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 make it also more
economical than the artificial teas, for lesi
of It ia required per cup. . Sold only in pound
package bearing this trade-mark: '
BEEC
TuresfGKi1dhbod:
If your grocer doe not have it, he will get
it for you. Price 0e per pound. For sale at
Ijesliie 33"ta:-tXox'js,
THE DAILES,' ORFGON. .
$500 Reward!
We will pay the above reward for any caseol
directions are strictly complied: witn. a hey are
pusely vegetable, and never fail to give satisfac
tion. Sugar Coated. Large boxes containing 30
Pills, 25 cents.. Beware oi counterfeits and imi
tations. The genuine manufactured only by
THE JOHN C. WFST COMPANY, CHIGAGO,
lULlISOiB. -
, BIAKELET & HOUGHTON,
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m DKES GHRONICIiE
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to win its way to public favor by ener
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we ask that you give it a fair trial; and
if satisfied with its course a generous
support;
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
Lieading City of Eastern Oregon.
four pages of siy colximns
evening, except cranaay, ana -will De delivered in the
city, or sent "by mail for the moderate sum of fifty
cents a month.
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we ask that yonr criticism of ont object and course,
"be formed from the , contents of the rarer, and not
from rash assertions of outside parties.
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