Tttt and Hands XJk m Daek.
A remarkable operation has just been
completed at the Pennsylvania hospital
in the case of Pedro Gal an, a Mexican
Bailor lad to whom nature has given
fingers and toes joined by a web similar
to that of a duck.
Galan is about eighteen years of age,
and last winter he arrived at this port as
a cabin boy, afflicted with his carious
deformity. At the time he suffered from
pneumonia and became at once an object
" of interest to the hospital doctors. It
was noticed that he had six fingers on
each hand, joined by a web, and seven
toes on his right foot and six toes on his
'. left foot, joined by a web. .
The nails of Galan's toes are decidedly
VecuUar. and at first sicrht he anneani to
have three distinct nails, as the nails of
' bis toes have three ridges. His large toe
on each foot is about two and a half
inches in width.
Such was the strange patient that en
listed, the sympathies of the doctors.
Oalan was the first to speak of his pecul
iarity, and he requested that he might
be operated -upon. His left' hand was
operated on in July last, and then Galan
pluckily requested that his right hand
should be attended to.
Dr. Morton went , to work, on the pa
tient's right hand, and on Wednesday
crit the web between the fingers and then
eewed up the ragged edges of the web.
It has not been determined to operate
upon Galan's feet at present and proba
bly when he does leave the hospital his
feet will remain in what assuredly is
their natural condition.
Galan will remain at the hospital some
time yet, and is a handy man . in the
wards. In appearance he resembles an
T .1 .1 ; . . ...
iuuuui, auu is very muca pieasea Wltn
his life in Pennsylvania so far. Already
photographs have been taken of his feet,
and the pictures have been viewed with
interest by the medical men to whom
they have been submitted. Washington
Star.
Redeeming; Destroyed Money.
Undoubtedly the redemption division
does sometimes get swindled, though not
often. The women experts employed to
examine the money sent in are wonder--fully
skillful. It is marvelous how deft
ly they will poke .over a few charred
fragments of notes and set an accurate
valuation upon them. The other day a
poor woman in Ohio sent a wee corner
of a twenty dollar bill, with a pitiful
story about her baby having burnt it.
Hardly more was left than a fragment
large enough to show the figures of the
denomination, but . she will get the
money back.
Mice are great destroyers of paper cur
rency, ana some or tne most bopeless ,
specimens that come in have been chewed
np for beds by those little rodents.
Sometimes a pillbox full of indistin-'
guishable ashes will arrive, accompanied
by a certificate stating the amount rep-
resented. Of course such a case is hope
less. Itris usually a kitchen stove catas
trophe. Washington Letter. . .
Library and Maunm of War Relic.
Plans have been drawn for the erec
tion in this city., by the Military Order
of the Loyal Legion; of a library and
tnuseuin of war relics, which, would in
time become a most valuable institution.
The history of the war has not yet been
written, and probably cannot be until
all who took part in the struggle have
passed away, and then it must be writ
ten by some patient, disinterested his
torian, who shall examine all the evi
dence on" disputed questions of fact,
"which he. can, do only by the aid of a
great reference library. The Loyal Le
gion is engaged in a national undertak
ing, but it is one of peculiar local inter
est to Philadelphia, where' it is proposed
to erect this grand memorial of the war.
Philadelphia Ledger.
An Original Scheme. ..
Captain J. S. Dunham, a vesselman on
the great lakes, has presented a scheme
by which the waters of the ' great inland
seas will be prevented from continuing
- - mvW4KU IV UCUUIUg.
His plan is a very "simple one. In the
Niagara river below Tonawanda, where
navigation ends, he would dump many
thousand boat loads of large stones. It
might be that some steel structure could
also be extended into the river from each
side to narrow the channel.' The result
would be to lesson the flow of water
from the lakes and thereby increase the
stage of water at all points. The pro
posed dam would be comparatively in
expensive. The question is largely an
engineering one. Toronto Globe.
Evangelism and Mustaches.
- It came near being a rule of the Evan
gelical association that mustaches must
go. The Rev. M. Pfitzinger introduced
a resolution to the effect that the minis-
ters of the Evangelical association should
not wear the fashionable mustache. . His
resolution, offered in a facetious way,
was put to a vote and came within a
few votes of passing. '
Bishop Esher favored the motion of
Mr. Pfitzinger and said that if mustach
es were worn at all they should be kept
short, especially for the receiving of the
holy sacrament. Indianapolis SentineL
This Hoy Met a Bean
Friday, as Charles Hoxie and T. W.
Ford were up in the woods near Ebeene
lake, hunting, .they separated to meet
later, when Hoxie, who is about seven
teen years old, came in contact with an
old bear and two cubs, and they made
for him. He, seeing it was useless to
run, stood his ground and discharged
his rifle, killing the old bear at the first
shot. Then with two shots more be
lolled one of the cubs, the other getting
away. ; Pretty good for a boy all alone
in the woods. Orneville Cor. Dexter
-05e.) Gazette. . ;.
Lifted 868 Pound and Died.
The remains of Adam Winter, of Bas
tress township, have reached Williams
port. Winter was only eighteen years
old, but a young giant. He lifted on a
wager a barrel and its contents, weigh
ing 865 pounds, recently in Detroit, from
the effects of which he died a few days
ago in a hospital there. Cor. Philadel
phia Telegraph. ' .
A Six-year-old Giant.
There is a remarkable speimen of a
boy in the New Jersey Reform school at
Jamesburg. ' : He has been made a ward
of the state because it is not considered
safe for him to be at large. He is only
six years old, bat has the manners and
the maturity of a young man of twenty
and the mustache of . a man much older.
He is called by the medical men who
have examined him a precocious baby
nd a wonder in - more ways than one.
His name is Herman Hoffer. He is more
than four feet in height, has a nicely
curled blond mustache and can Btrike
from the shoulder with the force of -a
sledgehammer. He can move a barrel
of flour and lift easily a 200 pound
weight. His parents have found it im
possible to control him.
The boy is not only the admiration of
his companions, but the terror of -the
neighborhood. He can whip any boy in
Trenton, and he occasionally amused
himself by playing David to the town
Philistines. The parents were forced to
appeal to Judge Robert S. Woodruff, of
the Mercer circuit court, to put him in
subjection. Ha was examined by Dr.
Horace G.-Wetherill, who pronounced
him a phenomenon and ; a remarkable
case. The boy is now at Jamesburg and
the wonder of the institution. He has
not yet made any trouble. He is too
deeply interested in his new- surround
ings. He is attending the school, but
the teachers have not yet reached a con
clusion as to the trend of his mind.
Exchange.
Snake In West Virginia.
It is evident that West Virginia does
not intend to be relegated to . the back
ground while the narration of snake
stories is going on, and she . relates
through the medium of a dispatch the
following bouncer: "While two-lumbermen
named McCray and Deuers were
felling timber near Cleveland, Webster
county, they cut down a large linn tree
which was literally alive with snakes of
a variety never before found in this vi
cinity. They were brown in color, large
in size having yellow jaws, from which
they continuously evicted a slimy mat
ter and were exceedingly vicious, at
tacking the men as soon' as the tree fell.
After killing a large number, McCray
and Deuers were obliged to retreat. Se
curing assistance, they returned to the
spot and a general slaughter took place,
not less than 500 reptiles being killed.
Investigation was then made and from
1,500 to 2,000 eggs were found in various
parts of the tree." .
Eating; Buckwheat Cake.
Savs a gentleman who attend rl m.
cent Methodist conference in Washing
ton: "I was amused at the way in which
a few English delegates conducted them
selves at the hotel. It reminded me of
the story told about Matthew Arnold nn
the occasion of his visit to this country.
w nen as Cleveland ne was generously
entertained. One moraine: his host rinfc
before him at the breakfast ah1.
other things, buckwheat cakes. For a
long time neither he nor his wife took
any cakes, but noticing that his Ameri
can friends ate them with a great ap
parent relish and gusto, he gingerly took
one on his plate and tasted it very crit
ically. . Then leaning over to his wife he
said, 'You'd better try one, deah, they
ah not 'alf so nawsty as they look. "
New York Tribune.
Japanese Cigarette In China,
During the month of May last the ex
port of Japanese cigarettes to Shanghai
aggregated 552,500, from which it may
be inferred that the foreign residents of
China are beginning to appreciate the
Japanese article. But unfortunately,-as
is usually the case with everything ex
ported from this country, the necessity
of keeping np the quality of the article
is not appreciated.
Adulteration with leaves of the lotus,
the goba and so forth, has been resorted
to, with the result of greatly injuring
the reputation which the cigarettes were
just beginning to earn. The Tokio news
agency addresses a word of timely warn
ing to the shortsighted manufacturers.
Japanese Mail. '
Cnt Off His Ten Foot Beard.
Mr. Phil Henson, the gentleman dis
tinguished for having produced the long
est beard in the world, found it so in
convenient and uncomfortable that he
was Induced to cut it off. A number of
his friends had planned to place him in
charge of the Mississippi department of
the World's exposition at Chicago, where
it was presumed his remarkable beard
would prove a striking feature in the
attractions, and much regret is felt that
he chose to relieve himself of that in
cumbrance. The beard was by actual
measurement about ten feet long.
Corinth Herald.
Sunday Labor In Maine.
A wealthy New York merchant hag
employed a minister to labor in rural
Maine for a year among the "un
churched." People who have not inves
tigated the matter have little idea of the
opportunities for such labor. On cross
roads within ten miles of Lewiston there
is absolutely no observance of the Sab
bath; Men were in the fields pulling
turnips and women were hanging out
washings last Sunday. Lewiston (Me.)
Journal.
A Queer Bird.
While a gentleman was out hunting
near Crawford villa last week he noticed
something curious swimming just under
the water. It didn't seem to be a fish
nor yet a bird. Presently it rose, shook
the water from its wings and started to
fly, when he shot it down. It had a head
like a turtle, wings like a bat and a tail
scaly like a carp. There were two feet
webbed like a goose. Atlanta Constitu
tion. The Lull In Europe Before the Storm.
In Europe 8,000,000 armed men are
sullenly facing each other, waiting only
for the word to spring at each other's
throats. War has long been thought of!
as imminent, and this state of things has
come to be regarded as normal. This,
anomalous condition is without a parallel :
in history. Forum. , -
The Blonkev Stole lh Aiml'i vi.
The first week of the circus closed with
an immense audience'. Whose liberal, ap
plause stimulated the performers to snr
Daes their usual excelle.nrw
The audience was treated to an entire-
ly new version of the "Dawn of Chris
tianity," the brilliant fiuale of the "Fall
of Rome," when Jocko, the dogfaced
baboon, took an unexpected part. Jocko
enjoys considerable f reeddm, and during
the .performance he slipped -unnoticed
from his perch in the dressing room and
emerged from a door in the heathen tem
ple into the glare of the lime lights while
Christianity was dawning. ' .
' Jocko recognized his dear friend Mme.
Bumond posing as an angel with glisten-,
ing wings, and in a mischievous spirit
he snatched the wings, then turned and
fled precipitously down the Appian Way.
Mme. Bumond pursued her departing
wings,. and the rest of the angels, con
vulsed with laughter, fled into the inte
rior city. Then the spectators applauded
the race between the baboon and the
wingless angel until they disappeared
within the iratea nf RnmA' TTar&af
rabcko will be obliged to confine his genius
I A . . . .... .
to ms own specialty, in wnicn ne is em
inently successful. Philadelphia Press.
An Indismant Justice. .
Justice Nichols, of Independence, is
threatening to sue for damages, a couple
who promised to be wedded in his court
because they were married in Justice
Prewitt's court. He claims it was a
breach of contract. r -' ;
On Tneadav Tiio-hr- an .TnRi : -MiT,rlc
says, he was approached by a gentleman
wno contracted ror nis services at a mar
riage to take place the next afternoon.
The time drew near and the justice sat
prim and neat waiting in his office for
the coming of the couple. He had filled
the abdication and had it rpuriv fnr ih
signature of the prospective groom. .The
appoimea nine came and passed, but the
couple that he waited for never came. .
.' Meantime, in the ofB. nf .Tnsf i TVs.nr-
itt, the couple were quietly married.
xuey received ineir cernncate and nap-,
pily returned home. The justice was
Still Waitini? exnflCtTir. whwrn infnniKul
that the couple had already been married
and returned home. He declared his in
.tention of bringing suit against the groom
ior uainages and oreacn or contract.
The justice is emnhatio in his rlofar.
initiation and says he will make it a test
case. Kansas City Times.
Payday Comes After Eighteen Tear.
Charles King, of Little Falls, has done
a very commendable thing by paying
$4,600 to the operators that worked in
the Saxony mill at the time of the fail
ure of A. & C. King, which oscurred in
T873, during a depression of the knit
goods trade. Mr. King was not obliged
to pay this money, but he always said
that the first time he controlled the
amount of capital that would pay off the
wages due at the time of their unfortu
nate failure he would meet all demands.
One hundred and three persons,' who
were working in the mill on the day of
suspension, have been made happy by re
ceiving checks for their back wages. A
few of the old employees have moved
away and some are dead. The heirs of
deceased operatives will be paid the
amount due them. Utica (N. Y.) Her
ald and Globe. .
-". The Heaviest Toko of Steers.
In ' a frftifrhr. train whin ' ' r
through Hannibal on the St. Louis, Keo-
kuk and JNort a western line from Bur
lington to St. Louis were the celebrated
Walker twin steers. These cattle were
registered at the Chicago exchange as
the largest in the world. They, were
raised in Jasper county, Mo., by Mr.
Walker. Mr. Walker values them very
highly, and will not ship them over a
railroad unless the railroad insures them.
The railroad company had them insured
for $10,000. They are 6 years of age, 12
feet 8 inches long, 14 feet around the
chest or heart, 3 feet 2 inches across the
hips. Their aggregate weight is 8,040
pounds. Cor. St. Louis Globe-Demo-crat.
The First Home of the Flag..
The little old building on Arch street,
above Second, where Betsey Ross made
the first flag of stars and stripes for the
United States army, is : likely to be re
moved bodily and taken to Chicago for
exhibition at the World's fair. The
building is owned by Mrs. Amelia Mund,
and she has been asked to name a price
for the property, the prospective pur
chaser being a western gentleman. The
Pennsylvania Historical society desires
to buy the house and remove it to the
park, alongside of Penn's house, but it
has not the money available. Mrs. Mund
would prefer that the old house remain
in Philadelphia. Philadelphia Record.
Two Heads for a Wife.
H. Q.'Matheson is an English engineer
who has been in the employ of the Chi
nese government for four years. "Some
months ago," said he, "there was a great
dear of trouble between the natives of
Formosa and the Chinese. The former
are savage fellows and object to the en
croachments ot the latter. There was,
and is yet for that matter, an unwritten
law among the natives of Formosa which
forbids any young man to marry until
he has cut .off two Chinese heads, and a
little anxiety to plunge into matrimony
rauses a reduction in the Chinese popu
lation. This was one cause of the trou
ble." San Francisco Call. .
No seed potatoes will be distributed
this year by the department of agricul
ture. The eyes which have been shipped
in past years were found too ierishable,
either rotting or freezing bfoie they
were planted, and whole potatoes are too
bulky to handle.
A sturgeon was recently caught on the
Fraser river, British Columbia, which
weighed 856 pounds. The monster meas
ured 12 feet 6 inches in lenorth and ft
2 inches in girth.
If a comrnirjv ran rrpt. rnnf-irvl f war..
power of 10,000 horse power at Barnett
enoais ii proposes to run by electricity
the machinery in every manufactory in
Q Id People.
- J. V. 8. Is the only Sanwparnia tha: old or
feeblq people should take, as the ininprnt ictanh
which is la every other Sarsapoi iiia that wctnoir
of, is under Certain conditions known to be
emaciating-. J." V. 8. on tho contrary is purely
vegetable and stimulates- digestion and create
new blood, tho very thing ior old, delicate or
broleji down people. It builds them tip and
prolongs their lives. A case in point:
Mrs. Bclden an estimable and elderly lady of
510 Mason St, S. F."was for months declining- so
rapidly as to seriously alarm her family. .It got
so bad that she was finally afflicted with fainting
pells. Ebe writes: " While in that dangerous
condition I saw some of tho testimonials con
cerning J. V. S. and sent for a bottle. That marked
the turning point. I regained my lost flesh and
strength and have not felt so well in. years."
That was two years ago and Mrs. Belden Is wen
and hearty today, and still taking J. V, S.
If you are old or feeble and wan t to be built up.
- Ask for :. - , ' : -
9q Vegetable
v Sarsaparilla
Most modern, most effective, largest ttk
Bame price, L00, six for 5. 00. -
For Sale by SNIPES & KINER SLY
-. THE DALLES. OREGON.
Health is Wealth!
Joy
' CMr .... .
Dr. E. C. West's Nerve asb Brain Tekai
Kent, 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,
Premature Old Age, Barrenness, Loss of Power
in either sex, Involuntary Losses and Spermat
orrhoea caused by over exertion of the brain, self
abuse or over indulgence.. Each box contains
one month's treatment. 11.00 a box, or six boxes
for (5.00, sent by mail prepaid on receipt of price.
TVE GUARANTEE SIX BOXES
To cure any case. With each order received by
us for six boxes, accompanied by 3.00, 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 ,
BLARELEI it HOUGHTON,
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 Merit wnx
Wis. All we ask is an honest tiial.
For sale by all druggists.
S. B. Medicine Mfg. Co.,
'' Dufur, Oregon.
$500' Keward!
We will pay the above reward for anj base ol
Liver Complaint, Dyspepsia, Sick Headache, In
digestion. Const! nation or Costiveness we nannnt
cure with West's Vegetable Liver Pills, when the
directions are strictly complied with. They are
purely vegeiaDie, ana never i ail 10 give saasiac
tion.. Sugar Coated. ' Large boxes containing 80
Pills, 25 cents. Beware of counterfeits and 1ml-
lhuoub. ine genuine manufactured only by
THE JOHN C. WFST COMPANY, CHIGAGO,
ILLINOIS. .
; BIAKXIET HOUGHTON, " ;
. Prescription Druggist, -76
Second St.- The Dalle, Or.
A- Revelation.
- Few people know Oat the .
bright bluish-green color of
the ordinary tea exposed in
the windows la not tbe not-.
oral color. ' Unpleasant as the
fact may be, it 1 nevertheless
artificial; mineral coloring
matter being ' used ; for this
pnrpoie. The' effect 1 two
fold. It not only makes tbe
tea a bright, shiny green, but also permits the
mae of off-color " and worthless teas, which,
once under tbe green cloak, are readily
worked off as a good qeality of tea.
. An eminent authority writes on this sub
ject: HTbe manipulation of poor teas, to give
thent alflner appearance, is carried on exten
: lively. Green teas, being in .this country
' especially popular, are produced to meet the
demand by coloring chca' cr black kinds by
gluing or facing with Prussian blue, tumeric,
gypsum, and indigo. . This method it to gem-.
era! that very little genuine tincolored green tea
i offered for tale."
1 - It was the knowledge of this condition of
affairs that prompted tbe placing of Beech'
Tea before the public. It 1 absolutely pure
and without color. Did yon ever See any
genuine nncolored Japan tea? Ask your
grocer to open package of Beech's, and yon
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 yon have
been accustomed to and the black teas.
It drawsadelightfni cauary color, and is so
fragrant that it will be a revelation to tea
drinkers. Its purity makes it also nor)
economical than the artificial teas, for lest
of it is required per cup. Sold only in pound
package bearing this trade-mark : ; .
BEECBE-;JEA-
Ture-As -Childhood:
If your grocer does not have it, he will gel
tt for too. Price fiOe per posad. for sal at
IjosIIo Sutler's,
THE DALLES, OREGON.
Still on Deek.
Phoenix lake has Arisen
From the Ashes!
JAMES WHITE,
, The Restauranteur Has Opened the
Baldoun - Hestaurant
-UN MAIN STREET
Where he will be glad to see any and all
. . of his old patrons. .
Open day and Night. First class, meals
twenty-five cents.
YOUR ATTEflTIOJl
Is called to the fact that
Dealer in Glass, lime, Plaster, Cement
and Building Material of all kinds.
-Carrie the Finest X.ine of
Picture piouiiigs
To be found in the City.
72 LUashington Street.
A NEW
Undertaking Estabbshment !
PRINZ & NITSCHKE,
DEALERS IN
Furniture and Carpets.
COmnlete TTndert.it.1rin or Fotshlinhmant
and as we are in no way connected with
tka TO 1- ...
be low accordingly.
Remember our place on Second street,
next to Moody's bank. ,
Hugh Glenn,
: DEALERS IN:
Siapls and Fancy
Say, Grain
Masonic Block, Corner. Third and
ffeu Qolumbia jlo tel,
THE DALLES, OREGON.
Best Dollar a Day
First-Class Meals, 25 Cents.
First Class Hotel in Every Respect. .
Wa shington 0f tl) DUBS, WashinSton
SITUATED AT THE HEAD OF NAVIGATION.
: Destined to be the Best
Manufacturing Center In
the Inland Empire.
For Further Information
Interstate Mestmeiit Go.,
0. DATAYLO RATHE DALLES.
JOHN PASHEK,
J - Tailor,
Next door to Wasco Sun.
Madison's Latest System used in cutting
garments, and a fit guaranteed
" each time.
impairing 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.
' St8rdTGltteEaIe?T3oIOTl1f,r
freight must be left atR. B.
Hood's office tbe eve-
ning before.
, R. B. HOOD, Proprietor.
Opposite old Stand. 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
DAMiES GITY,
At the Foot 6f the Cascade Locks.
For Passenger or Freight Rates, Apply
to Agent, or Purser on Board.
Office northeast corner of Court and Main street
, ' STOTICK.
R. E. French has for sale a number of.
improved ranches and unimproved
lands in the Grass Valley neighborhood
in Sherman county. They, will be sold
very cheap and on reasonable terms.
Mr. French can 1nra.tA Mr.r.lpTi nn onm
good unsettled claims in the same neigh-
Dornooa. His address is Urass valley,
Sherman county, Oregon.
Riles,
and Feed.
Court Streets, The Dalles.Oregon
House on the Coast!
flercuan
None but the Best 'of White Help Employed.
T. T. Nicholas, Pvop.
Best Selling Property of
the Season in the North
west, .
Call at the Office of
72 WASHINGTON ST., PORTLAND.