THIEVING ON TRAINS.
PEOPLE WHO CROSS THE BROOK
LYN BRIDGE FOR PROFIT.
Om Man Who I Well Known and Is Con
' Ktmntly Watched His Specialty- Is Um-
brellas-Beeord of One Daj'a Careless:.
., ness Odd Things Left Behind.
A well dressed woman got into a bridge
car carrying a gold headed umbrella. A
moment later a fairly well attired man
came in, walking carelessly, and. sat
down beside her. Had - a careful ob
server noticed him when he entered he
Would have seen him throw a quick
glance ' at the umbrella before sitting
down.
The train rambled across. The lady
gazed ' at the bay, and watching' the
swiftly moving craft fell into a dreamy
state of observation. When the guard
" called, "Brooklyn; all out!" the lady got
tip, with the far away look still in her
eyes, and walked out, leaving the um
brella. The man beside her had ridden
across with his eyes closed,, as if fa
tigued. When she had got out his hand fell
quickly on the umbrella, and he was
making off with it when the guard col
lared him. The fellow looked surprised
at finding the umbrella in his hand,
muttered something about "picking it
. up unconsciously," shook off the guard's
' hand and plunged into the crowd.
"That is the fifth time in a month I
have caught that fellow taking lost ar
ticles," said the trainman to a reporter.
."The bridge trains are a paradise for
such as he. There is. a more miscel
laneous collection of lost articles gath
ered, on these trains than in any other
place in America, 111 warrant."
-HOW LOST ARTICLES ARE KEPT.
"' "The number of missing articles be
came so numerous, and so many claims
were made by pretended owners, that
- several years ago a system of checks was
put into use. Now anything found in
the cars by porters is taken by them to
the train dispatcher's office, where he
makes a report of thearticle, giving the
"train on which it was found and other
details. This is entered in a book of
blanks having stubs. The trainman
then gets a receipt for what he has
turned in. When the caller comes for
what he has lost he must thoroughly
identify the article before he can get it.
The stub of the trainman's receipt keeps
thus a perpetual record of everything
found.
These stub books are filed away and
are never destroyed. A glance, through,
them reveals a bewildering variety of
lost goods. The stubs of 1889 are. es
pecially proline in curious cases. ' Here
are some of the things recorded: Pumice
stone, diagram, two boxes of cigars, a
, pocketbook containing fifty-two dollars,
a white apron, spool of cotton, pair of
rubbers, a picture, a waistcoat, a brace
let, some surcingles, several remnants,
piece of sheet iron, three sauce dishes
and a horsewhip. - ': ' t,
On one Saturday the record for va
riety was eclipsed. That day the guards
gathered up these things:
Three pairs of stocSings, a lady's veil,
roll of sheet music, a teaspoon, a bot
tle of wine, gentleman's kid gloves, eye
glasses, porter's badgp, a lunch, a gos
samer, a cranberry mold.
ONE MONTH'S RECORD.' " " ; .
In one stretch from Sept. 12 to Nov,
22, 200 articles were reported. That was
the rainy season, and forgotten umbrel-
' las 8 welled the list. - But taking the year
around umbrellas have the questionable
distinction of being the oftenest over
looked. Pocketbooks, however, singu
lar to say, are not far behind. A count
of fifty-six stubs selected at random gave
this tally:
Umbrellas......!.... 28 Canes... .............
Pocketbooks......... 17 .Keys.... 3
Packages 7 Waiter's jacket. .
On an average three articles are found
a day. This makes nearly a hundred a
month. - Some sneaks have long ago
found this out, and travel across often
each day and run chance of picking up
something of value. Even if they fail
the low car fare does not leave them
much out of pocket. The guards have
"spotted" a number of these characters
and watch them closely. They cannot
be driven away by fear of arrest, for
they know very well that it is no easy
thing to make a charge of stealing hold
. against them.
The trainmen have decided that the
three classes most guilty of forgetting
are strangers to the city, absorbed in
everything but themselves; married wo
men, and gentlemen who have been "out
with the boys." Anybody who has
studied human nature at all will under
stand why the trainmen have so decided.
-New York World.
' William the Conqueror XJIted Oysters.
In Denmark and the northern parts of
our island kitchen middens of the Stone
age yield oyster shells, and Professor
Forbes affected to pity "the enthusiastic
oyster eater, who can hardly gaze upon
the abundantly entombed remains of the
apparently well fed and elegantly shaped
oysters of our Eocene formation without
chasing 'a pearly tear away. "
We cannot believe that oysters ever
went out of fashion with our ancestors.
"Ostre" occurs - in "Anglo-Saxon and
seems to be connected with "ost,"
knot, a scale. . William the Conqueror
is said to have esteemed the . English
oyster very highly, and it figures in' the
menu of many mediaeval feasts, espe
cially in Lent. London .Saturday Re
view. , : - -
The Washerwoman's Revenge.
Mr. De Sharp (anxiously1! inadvert
ently sent my cuff buttons to the wash
last week. Did you find them?
Washerwoman Sure, Oi saw a coupl
in th' tub, but I have no time to be fishin
around fur brass cuff buttons, an Oi
t'rew thim away.
Mr. De Sharp (in horrified accents)
Threw them'away! Those buttons were
pure gold.
Washerwoman Moy! moy! That's
too bad. Oi never thought a young man
wot was always beatin down a poor wash
erwoman's prices cud afford to wear
g-oold. New Fork Weekly.
When the "Hunchback" Was First Given. '
When Sheridan Knowles, offered Mr.
Charles Kemble the; "Hunchback" for
Covent Garden theater" it was immedi-
kately' accepted. Fannie Kemble, then
in her twentieth year, has recorded her
first impressions of the comedy. "After
my riding lesson," she writes, "I went
and sat in the library to hear Sheridan
Knowles' play of the 'Hunchback.' - He
read it himself to us. A real ' play, with
real characters, individuals, human be
ings. It is a good deal after the fashion
of our old playwrights, and does not dis
grace its models. I was delighted with
it. It is full of life and originality; a
little long, but that's a trifle. I.like the
woman's part exceedingly, but am
afraid I shall find it very difficult to act."
She was cast for Julia, her representa
tion of wnich Knowles subsequently ac
knowledged , far outstripped his' most
sanguine hopes. -' The- author enacted
the part 'of Master Walter. The play1
was produced on April 5, 1832. The
crowded house which assembled to wit
ness its performance was unanimous in
its appreciation,' and during the latter
scenes between Julia, Clifford and Mas
ter Walter, "the audience was over
whelmed with tears." .
. When the curtain fell, The Morning
Chronicle states, "the applause), wad. tu
multuous, and a general call was made
for Knowles. . He was confused by- the
novelty of his situation, and exclaimed
that, 'conscious of his own nn worthi
ness, he presumed the audience was ap
plauding their own kindness.'" The
comedy ran to the close of the season,
being only interrupted by a few benefit
nights. Chambers' Journal.
Personal Appearance of St,
Panl.
The following fragment of early Chris
tian literature is unquestionably of great
antiquity, some of the foremost writers
on Christianity having gone so far as to
attribute it to St. Paul himself. The
copy from which it was taken is in
Greek, and is now reposing in the
Bodleian library, Oxford, England:
When Paul was going up -to Iconram,
as he fled from. Antioch, he was accom
panied by Hermogenes and Pemas, men
full of great hypocrisy. But Paul, in
tent only on the goodness of God, sus
pected no evil of them, loving them ex
ceedingly, making the Gospel of Christ
pleasant unto them, and discoursing to
them of the .knowledge of Christ as it
had been revealed to him.
Bat a certain man named Onesiphor-
ous, and his wire L-ectra, and their chil
dren, Simmia and Zeno, hearing that
Paul was coming to Iconium, went
forth to meet him, that they might
receive him into their house, for Ti
tus had informed them of the personal
appearance of Paul, but as yet they had
not known him in the flesh. , Walking,
therefore, in the king's highway, which
leads toward Lystra, they waited, ex
pecting to receive him.' Not long after
they saw Paul coming toward them. He
was small of stature, bald, his legs, dis
torted, his eyebrows knit- together,' his
nose aqueline, but was in all a man
manifestly full of the grace of God, his
countenance being sometimes like that
of a man and then again like that of an
angel. St. Louis Republic.
Elderly Men and Exercise.
While the elderly man has less capac
ity for some forms of. exercise than the
younger adult, he has no less need than
the other of the general and local exer
cise. It is in the earliest 'period of
mature age that the most characteristic
manifestations of defects of nutrition
obesity, gout and diabetes, in which lack
of exercise plays an important part are
produced; and the treatment of them de
mands imperiously a stirring up of the
vital combustion. Placed between a
conviction that exercise is necessary, and
a , fear of .the dangers of exercise, the
mature man ought therefore to proceed
with the strictest method in the applica
tion of this powerful modifier of nutri
tion. .
It is impossible, however, to trace
methodically a single rule for all men of
the same age, for all do not offer the
same degree of preservation. We might,
perhaps, find a general formula for the
age at which the muscles and bones have
retained all their power of resistance,
and at which the heart and vessels begin
to lose some of their capacity to perform
their functions. The mature man can
safely brave all exercises that bring on
muscular fatigue, but he must approach
with great care . those which provoke
shortness of breath. Popular Science
Monthly. ; .
Humorous Toasts. ;'
A publisher once gave the following:
"Woman, the fairest work in all crea
tion. The edition is large and no man
should be without a" copy."
This is fairly seconded by a youth
who, giving his distant sweetheart, said,
"Delectable dear, so sweet that honey
would blush in her presence, and treacle
stand appalled." ' .,. - . . . - ; ;
Further, in regard to the' fair sex, .we
have: "Woman, she needs no eulogy,
she speaks for herself." . "Woman, the
bitter half of man." ' .
In regard to matrimony some bachelor
once gave, "Marriage, the gate through
which the happy lover leaves his en
chanted ground and returns to earth."
At the 'marriage of a deaf and dumb
couple some wit wished them "Unspeak
able bliss." . "1
. At a supper given to a writerof come
dies a wag said:- "The writeryVery good
-health. May he live to be as old as his
jokes." ; . -.-
. From a law critic: "The bench an
Jhe bar. If it were not for the bar,
there would be little use for the bench."
A shoemaker gave, "May we have all the
women to shoe, and all the men to boot. "
London Tit-Bits.
Qerman Easier Tban French to Acquire.
. German is on the whole easier than
French; its character is in accordance
with the genius of the English language,
and, if it has retained inflection of the
sentence, making it necessary to put-the
verb at the end of every subordinate
clause, this peculiarity does not consti
tute any special obstacle in the way of
progress. Boston Heral
'"''.lis ipse for Honest Met.
'The National Weighing Machine com
pany' has, it is said,' just bought the right
to use a certain lock on the money
pouches of their -machines, - for which
they will pay the inventor the sum of
$50,000. - This is a safety lock-, and its
purpose is to prevent robbery of the ma
chine by the ' employees who "are en
trusted with collecting the earnings of
the silent money makers daily. There
are 20,000 of these machines now. in use
in the United States, and the company is
getting ready to put 10,000 more on, the
market. When a penny is dropped' in
the slot it will roll into a little- iron box
and there remain until the collector calls
during the day
The collector will be furnished with
a seamless bag, the metal mouth of
which he will insert into an orifice in
the cash box. There is a registering
lock in the mouth of this bag, the' reg
istered number of which is recorded in
the company's office before the collector
receives it. Inserting the bag properly,
he turns the key which he has just one
quarter turn. This releases ' a concealed
key in the bag; which is : guided into a
keyhole in the cash box. A second quar
ter turn unlocks the cash box, and the
money rolls . into the collector's pouch
without his being able to touch it. .. A
third quarter turn ' withdraws the con
cealed key, and the lost turn releases the
pouch, with the contents of the cash box
intact. Boston Transcript. '
'. . ':. Aiaont Side by Side.
Two sailing vessels recently lay in the
Mersey that had left Liverpool on the
same day last year, and after voyages of
nearly 80,000 miles for each returned to
port at Liverpool almost side by side.
They left Oct. 5 for Astoria, Ore., and
arrived there March 1 or 2, having been
in company with each other for a large
portion of the voyage. They were ' in
sight'for forty days. Both captains had
their wives on board, and during the
forty days of proximity one of the cap
tains and his wife enjoyed a Sunday
dinner on the other vessel, the compli
ment being returned the following Sun
day by the other captain.
Both Vessels left Astoria April 8, but
this time one vessel sailed for Dunkirk
and the other for Havre. They left
these porta at nearly the same time, and
entered the Mersey within hailing dis
tance after a voyage of 342 days. Lon
don Letter. ..,
... - - , t
A Suake Swallows Five Turkeys.
The two Shaf er brothers, who live on
the( east side of the Osage river and
come distance below Castle Rock, had
an adventure with a blacksnake the
ether day. A dog had chased a rabbit
in a hollow log, and one of the brothers
reached in the hole a littie way, when
he was instantly bitten on the; hand.
Fearing that a snake had inflicted the
wound, the other brother hastened to
house and returned with a bucket of
fresh milk and an ax, the former to be
used to counteract the poison and the
latter as a means of investigating the in
terior of the log. After some work the
log was split open and a huge black
snake measuring over nine feet emerged.
-The serpent was soon killed, and after
ward cut open: .' His stomach contained
five young turkeys and seven turkey
eggs. " The brother who was bitten- ex
perienced no serious results from the
wound. Jefferson City Tribune. j
Infringlue; on an. Ancient Idea. .
- "There is no new thing under the
sun." Messrs, Roberson, of Long Acre,
in the course of their business of supply
ing artists with pigments, become pos
sessed from time to time of remains of
the gre::t Egyptians, to be in due course
ground up by them and sold in tubes as
"mumiuy" paint. The firm recently
lent a piece of the beautifully woven and
preserved linen bandages in wnicn. a
high priest and keeper of the baths . had
been preserved to be shown at some con
versazione or lecture in the Midlands.
The texture and quality excited great
admiration among the audience, which
culminated in something like astonish
ment upon the declaration of a manu
facturer that this fabric, woven perhaps
by a contemporary of Moses, contained
the same disposition' of threads which he
had independently invented and patented,
only a year ago. Pall Mall Gazette.
Baron Von Pasteur, -
M. -Pasteur is. now entitled to style
himself Baron von Pasteur, the emperor
of Austria having sent him the Order of
the Iron Crown. There are some doctors:
and savants who have a right to wear it.
The Paris Liberte is curious to see
whether M. Pasteur will cause himself
to be announced as M. le Baron de Pas
teur when he goes to dine at great houses.
There is practically no hindrance to
Frenchmen in France going by foreign
titles or wearing foreign orders.: London
Star. ' ' '
Shot Dead by His Male, f - .
C. .N.- Hammond, living .two miles
south of Jackson, heard a noise at his
barn, and, thinking that a thief was
about, took his pistol and went out. It
is thought he went near a mule, which
kicked' him, causing the pistol to go off.
The ball passed through his body. He
lived but a few hours and died without
ever speaking. Cor-' Memphis Appeal
Avalanche. , '
A. new kind of a school is about to be
started. The - University of Pennsylva
nia has received $700,000 in gifts to- be
used for founding a school of American
history and institutions. ,
The new tunnel of the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad, tinder the city of Balti
more, will cost upward of $6,000,000.
It is being pushed night and day, fully
1,000 men being at work upon it. :
A recent importation of orange trees
into California from Tahiti showed them
to -be infested by a new insect, and the
authorities will not allow them to be
landed. -
- The bicycle has become almost as pop
ular in Germany as it is in the United
Sfates. ;The German Union of Bicy
clists now has over 1,400 members.
'"-"r Pound Dead in -His'. Bed;1'::": T.;:
Windsok, Nt., Dec. 10. Charles B.
Evarts, son of Hon. William Evarts,
was found dead in bed this, morning.
The farmers' ' alliance, of Marion
county and the grange last Saturday
endorsed the Oregon railroad commis
sion in its fight, to enforce the state laws
regulating freight rates on the railroads.
This is a. proper thing for all such or
ganizations to do, because being of a non
partisan order, they are able to give the
commission their moral support withdut
raising , partisan feeling. The railroad
commission cannot' become a partisan
body, ,, It is by its nature a- board of
public prosecutors. - .The railroad com
mission is showing great nerve and
backbone ' in doing its duty fearlessly.
It deserves to be sustained by the peo
ple. It is fighting the people's battles
against the millionaires, and the people
should sustain it.-r-Saltm Journal- .
omen'.
The ocniinoii aUc:.k;;s of women arc sick'licfuit,
cbea,. Uis'jci:o.i auvl nervous Iroublei. : TIkj
arjac Jjrsely f.pjji ttqiuai-U Cieorcers. As Joy's
Vegetable arsaparili ia Hie only bowel rvpi
lati::r; ireiirntIo'., you can ece nhs it U more
effective tlinn aay ottier Euriapasiila In those
troubles. It is daily n-ileylng hundreds. The
action is mild, direct and cSectiye. We have
scores of tetters Irora crateul women. . -.
Wc refer to a few: .:''
Nervous debility. Mrs. J. Barron, 142 7lh St., S. F.
Kcrvcus debility, Mrs. Fred. Loy, S27 Ellis St.,S.F.
General Mobility, Mrs. Eelden, 610 Mason St, S.F,
Nervous debility, Mrs. J. Lamphero, 735 Turk fit,
S..F. -. . .
reryou3 Cebillty, Miss K. Eoscnblum. 232 17th
St., S. F.
Stomach troubles, Mrs. E. L. Whcaton, 704 Post
St., S. F. -
Sick headaches,' Mrs. M. B. Price, 16 Prospect
riace, S. 1 . . . . . . .
Sick headaches, Mrs. M. Fowler, 827 Ellis St, 8.F.
Indigestion, Mrs. C. D. Stuart, 1221 Mission St.,
, 8. F. "
Constipation, Mrs.-C. Melvln. 126 Kearny St. S.F.
inil'o Vegetable
wuya Sarsaparilla
Most modern, most effectiTe, largest bottle.
Same price, 1 1.00 or 6 for 15.00.
For
Sale by SNIPES & K1NERSLY,
THE D AXLES, OREGON.
Health is Wealth 1
SRAUl
Dr. E. C. West' -Nebvb ano Brain Tbbat
mekt, a guaranteed specific for Hysteria, Dizzi
ness, Convulsions, Fits, Nervous Neuralgia;
Headache, Nervous Prostration caused by the use
of alcohol or tobacco. Wakefulness, Mental De
pression, Softening of the Brain, resulting in in
sanity and leading to misery, decay and death,
rremamre uiu Age, Barrenness, iamb ex ruwei
in either sex. Involuntary Losses and Spermat
orrhoea caused by over exertion of the brain, sell
aDuse or over indulgence, r-acn dox contains
one month's treatment. 1.00 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 $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
. BliAKELET & HOBGHTOS,
Prescription Druggists,
175 Second St. . The Dalles. Or.
It HAL MEKIT
PEOPLE ,v':';
Sav the S. B. Coach Cure' is the best
thing they . ever . saw. We r are not
flattered for we known Real Merit wiil
Win. All we ask is an honest tuaU, .-
For sale by all druggists - , . ,
-'" - . 8. B. Medicine Mfg. Co.,
Dufur, Oregon.
T. A. VAtf JiORDEN,
Watchmaker I Jeweler,
':':.- HAS LOCATED AT -, ., "
106 Second St.; ; The Dalles, Of.
And is prepared to do any and all kinds
oi wore in uib noe, ueing & practi
cal workman for a period of
over thirty years, and has -
'.. repaired over four thous- .
and watches in Las-' :
sen County, Cal.
All work from the Country promptly
attended to, and on reasonable terms.
GIVE ME A TRIAL AND BE CONVINCED
$500 -Itewafd!
We will pay the above reward for any case of
liver Complaint, Dyspepsia, Sick Headache, In
digestion, Constipation or Costiveness we cannot
piitb with West's Vegetable Liver Pills, when the
directions are strictly complied with. They are
purely vegetable, and never tall to give satisfac
tion, bugar coated. Large ooxes con mining
Pills. 25 cents. Beware of counterfeits and imi
tations. The genuine manufactured only by
THIS JOHN C. , H 81, tUMfAK 1 , UHlUAdU
ILLINOIS.. : r: T . ; j . .;' i.' '", 0
BlAKitlET & HOUGHTON, '
"Prescription Druggists,
7R Second St.
The Dalles, Or.
.3
FiLCBnix Xike has Arisen
From the AsTies! s ;; ;
JAMES WH
-The Restauranteur Has. Opened the
" " "HN MAIN STREET
Where he will be glad to see any and all
'' '' of his old patrons. : . ', ; a
Open day and Night. ; First class meals
!;.,--, - ',;. twenty -five cents. :
YOUR UTTEHTIOJl
Is called to the fact that
Dealer in Glass, Lime, Plaster, Cement
and Building Material of all kinds.
Carries the Finest Xne of
To be found in the City.
72 Washington Stfeet.
A N E W
PRINZ & NITSCHKE.
DEALERS IN
Furniture and Carpets.
We have added to our' 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. -. -.
Hugh
Glenn
Picture
ndertaW
-: DEALERS IN:
Staple and
Hay, Grain and Feed.
Masonic Block, Corner Third and
flew
Columbia
THE. DALLES, OREGON.
Best Dollar a Day House on the Coast!
First-CIass Meals, 25 Cents.
First Class Hotel in Every Respect. ' ,
' . : None but the Best of Vhite'Help Employed:
i T. T. Nicholas, Prop.
Washington Qttll DqIIBS;, Wi!!f
SITUATED AT THE
Destined to be the Best
Manufacturing Center In
the Inland Empire.
, ' For Further Inforfnatlon Call at the Office of
0. DATWlORTliE OAllES. 72 WASHINGTON ST., PORTIA!!!
JOHN
PASHEK.
Next door to Wasco Sun.
Madison's Latest System used in cutting
garments, and a fit guaranteed ,
each time.
repairing and Cleaning
Neatly and Quickly Done.
R. B. HOOD,
Livery, Feed and Sale
Horses Bought; and Sold on
Commission and Money
Advanced on Horses
Left for , Sale.
-OFFICE OF-
The Dalles and Goldendale Stage Line.
Stage Leaves The Dalles Every Mornine
at 7:30 and Goldendale at 7;30. All
freight must be left at R. B.
Hood's office the eve
ning before.
R. B. HOOD,
Opposite old Stand.
Proprietor:
The Dalles, Or.
THE
Dalles, Portland & Astoria
' NAVIGATION COMPANY'S
Elegant Steamer
REGUMTOR
Will leave the foot of Court Street .
every morning at 7 A. M.
- for
Portland and Way Points'
Connections Will be Made with the
Fast Steamer
DAIiliES GITY,
At the Foot of the Cascade Locke.
For Passenger or Freight Rates, Apply
' to Agent, or Purser on Board. .
Office northeast corner of Conrt and Main street
JiOTICB.
R. E. French has for sale a number of
improved ranches - and"' unimproved
lands in the Grass Vallev neighborhood
in Sherman county. They will be sold
very cheap and on reasonable terms.
Mr. French can locate settlers on some
rood unsettled claims in the same neigh-
rborhood. His address is Grass Valley.
Sherman county, Oregon. -
Court Streets, The Dalles.Oregon
J-iotel,
O
HEAD OF NAVIGATION.
Best Selling Property of
the Season in the Northwest.
uiocGiies,