To Protect Lives of Railroad Han.
An ingenious and simple instrument
has been devised for the protection of
eurface men at work on the railways.
The inventor, Sir William Arrol, was
led to apply his mind to this matter in
consequence of the numerous fatalities
which have lately occurred among that
class of railway servants in England.
The instrument consists of a steel spring
connected with a portable electric bat
tery, and bell by a coil of wire two or
three hundred yards long. When the
spring has been bolted into position on
the inner side of the rail and almost flush
with the top of the rail the battery is
carried to the neighborhood of where
the workmen are engaged, the connec
tion being kept up by the coil of " wire,
which- is unwound to the necessary
length.
When a train comes along the spring
is' depressed by the flanges of the wheel
as they pass over and two metallic but
tons, one on the under side of the spring
and the other on the upper side of the
sole plate, are brought into contact and
complete an . electric circuit supplied
from the battery, ringing the bell at the
battery and thus warning the workmen
of the approaching train. The instru
ments are to be kept at the signal boxes
along the line so as to be readily avail
able by the workmen. Sir William Arrol
does not intend to patent the invention.
His sole desire is to render the surface
man's life a less dangerous one and he
gives all railway companies permission
to manufacture as many as they please.
Chicago Newss
Big Gun In China.
The Pekin Gazette contains a curious
memorial from the viceroy of Canton re
specting 103 7i-centimeter guns manu
factured by Krupp on the order of Chang
Chihtung, the late viceroy of the prov
ince. The viceroy says the guns are
excellent in every respect, but they do
not suit the fortifications for which they
were intended. The damp climate of
the province and the white ants, "which
eat anything and everything," would
destroy them; the district is so hilly that
they could not be moved, the coast is
composed of wet sand, in which the
wheels would get fixed immediately; the
guns are too long for the embankment
on which they were to be placed and
could not be turned around; there are no
horses in the province to drag them, and
if there were there is no forage for them;
finally, the horses in the adjacent prov
inces are so small that if they were im
ported they could not drag such heavy
guns. The obstacles being so numerous
and insurmountable, the memorialist
asks that he may be allowed to transfer
the guns to his brother, Li Hung Chang,
for use in the north, payment to be made
for them when he can. Should he re
ceive any money from his brother on
this account, the memorialist promises
to report the fact. The emperor author
ises this course to be followed.
-'. Death Above Her and Death Below.
Clinging for her life to a rough beam
while a flying express train thundered
and swayed above her head! Swinging
in midair, with death above and below
her, until almost exhausted by fatigue
from the terrible strain!
This was the dire predicament in
which Miss Norah Oldham, of Nashville,
was placed, and it was only due to her
cool judgment and calm presence of
mind that she was saved from . death.
In attempting to cross the railroad
trestle which extends from Cedar street
to beyond Line, she was rnn down by an
express train, the engineer of which,
Dickson, was trying to enter the Union
depot on time and had been running un
usually fast for some minutes. . She was
compelled to let herself down on the
outside of the track and hang on until
she was rescued. Memphis Appeal
Avalanche. Kept Money In the Parlor Stove.
One of our well known school teachers
and her mother met with quite a loss re
cently, and a novel though costly one it
was. They had saved some money dur
ing the summer, and had placed it for
safe keeping in the parlor stove, this
stove being unused, of course, during the
summer. With the coming of the cold
snap a fire was . lighted, the money for
the time -being forgotten. When the
parse was thought of.it had been en
tirely consumed. The ladies' lost fifty
dollars. They had used the stove be
fore for a saving place, but everything
bad turned out well. Lawrence Amer
ican. - -, :
A Curious Orange Tree.
EL H. McClure has produced a curios
ity in the shape of an orange tree, which
in all probability is not exceeded by
anything of its kind in this or any other
country. Mr. McClure calls it his
World's Fair Tree," and intends, if
possible, to place it on exhibition at
Chicago. The tree is budded with no
less than thirty-one different varieties of
citrus fruits, including lemons, shad
docks and most of the fine varieties of
oranges. The buds on the tree are only
two years old, yet many of them are
fruiting. Apopka (Fla.) Advertiser.
To win a bet of $1,000, Baron Paul de
Side, a young French nobleman, shipped
as a common sailor on the Bed Star
steamer Noordland during her last trip
from Antwerp to New York. He says
be wouldn't try it again for ten times
the sum, as he was very severely worked
during the voyage.
The new Maxim flying machine will
be propelled by a light screw making
2,600 revolutions per minute.' Its sus
pending power will be a kite 110 feet
long by 40 feet wide. The motive power
will be a petroleum condensing en gin a
Five century plants, all in bloom, is
the interesting and very rare sights now
to be seen in Los Angeles in the garden
of the Church of Our. Lady of All Angels.
They are said to be growing about a foot
day. . -
A gentleman at Eastman, Ga., a day
or two ago on opening a freight car dis
covered a hen hatching a nest of eggs
-which she had laid during a long rail
road journey from another state.
- . Dr. Taltnace'a Athletic Son.
r . Mr. Edward T. H. Talmage, the sec
ond son of Dr. John F. Talmage, was
born twenty-four years ago in the house
in which he 'now lives, at the corner of
Joralemon and Clinton streets. He was
educated at the Polytechnic institute,
afterward completing his studies under
private tutorship with Professor Caskie
Harrison at the latter's sohool on Mon
tague street. At the age of nineteen
Mr. Talmage entered, the offices of the
Delaware, Lackawanna and Western,
railroad, where he remained for some
time. His health , becoming somewhat
impaired, Mr. Talmage spent a year in
California, which he devoted to the out
door life of a sportsman, gaining much
benefit thereby. Two years ago, short
ly after his return from the west, he was
made a member of the New York Stock
exchange, being at the time of his ad
mission next to the youngest member on
the floor. . - .
Mr. Talmage is . a member of the
Crescent club, and is one of the financial
committee recently engaged in negotiat
ing the funds to carry through the
building of the Say Ridge house and
making other improvements contem
plated in connection therewith. He is a
member of the Hamilton club, and his
name has recently been added to the
membership list of the Riding and
Driving club. Mr. Talmage is an en
thusiastic lover of equestrian pastime,
and is a sportsman of considerable skill.
He is active in the social interests of the
Heights, and is a member of the Brook
lyn Heights assembly. Brooklyn Life.
Clement Seott Coming to America. -
A private letter from London brings
the information that Clement Scott, the
dramatic critic of the London Telegraph,
is to visit America this winter. Mr.
Scott is one of the best known first
nighters in the English capital. He is
stout, gray haired, has a gray mustache,
wears eyeglasses and is rated the best
authority on the drama in England. He
has many friends, but an army of en
emies. He has made and unmade many
playrights and actors. His dramatic
column is still regarded as the standard
authority, and his article is nervously
awaited after the performance of a new
play. His judgment is usually good. He
finds a good 'deal of fault, but is lavish
in praise for good work.
A nice paragraph from him will some
times mean five pounds more a week on
the salary of some deserving actor or
actress who is little known and not ap
preciated, and his condemnation of a
new play is usually the end of the ven-.
ture. Taken all in all, he is regarded as
eminently fair and just. He has never
used his position to injure any one.
What he has done has been from con
scientious motives.
Mr. Scott is a patient student of the
drama. He has the best theatrical
library in England. He will be warmly
welcomed in America, for he has been
particularly agreeable to , American
actors and actresses, and many dinners
and receptions will be given in his
honor. Foster Coates in New York Mail
and Express.
A Chinese Governor.
Tshang Yao, the governor of the pro
vince of Shantung,' who died recently,
was one of the highest dignitaries of the
Celestial empire. He had a highly ad
venturous career. Born in lowly posi
tion, he was obliged to flee in his yonth
on account of having murdered the tor
mentor of an old man. He became a
robber and soon stood at the head of all
the brigands who made the province of
Hunan unsafe. When, during the re
bellion, the chief town of the province
was threatened, the governor issued a
proclamation in which he promised the
hand of his daughter to the man who
would save the town from the enemy.
At the head of 000 bandits, Tshang
beat off the attack of the rebels, and led
home on the next day, as a reward for
his bravery, the almond eyed beauty.
Then he made rapid progress. He was
not able to read or write, but was of
great integrity, and died poor as he was
born. He was called by his people, on
account of his charity, Tshang, "the
blue sky." It is said, however, that he
was not always just toward Europeans,
and especially the missionaries. London
News. v ,
'' A Snake Attacks a Wagon.
. The following snake story is evolved
from a Texas exchange: Thursday even
ing last while Judge A. McFarland and
his son Guy were driving homeward they
saw a large snake lying in the road. The
judge attempted to kill the snake by
cruening it witn tne wheel of his gig,
but instead of "bruising the serpent's
head"-the judge's 'wheel passed over its
tail. Instantly the .snake coiled, itself
around a spoke, and at every turn of the
swiftly revolving wheel made vicious
strikes at Guy's face. Guy's only means
of escape was a backward tumble from
the gig, which he took, falling into a
pool of dirty water. Then there was a
mad boy as well as an angry snake.
Strange to relate the snake freed itself
from the wheel and attacked Guy. in the
pool. A shower of stones from Guy's
hand finished the snake.
A Turtle's Unavoidable Delay.
During a windstorm in the early days
of last Jane a tree on the farm of Mor
timer Hamilton, in Jackson county,
Ind., was blown down, and in falling a
limb struck squarely across the back of
a large snapping turtle and forced it
down into the earth. A day or two
since the limb was cut away 'and the
snapper, released from its imprisonment,
trudged away, apparently uninjured,
from its prison, where it had lain im
movably fixed without food or water for
over four months. Cor. Chicago Trib
tine. -
. The damp weather at Lancaster, Kan.,
caused a package of 5,000 postage stamps
to become glued . together in a solid
block, making it necessary to return
them to Washington. ,
When Queen Victoria's head gardener
left her Bervice recently the queen pre
sented him with a superb silver tea serv
ice as a token of the esteem in which
she held him. .
Radical English Fashions Loat ot.
The , recent refusal to' sanction with
the customary, prompt enthusiasm sev
eral of the most radical changes in the
regime that have been made of late years
by London swells has had a decidedly
discomfiting effect upon our English
cousins. Their confidence of leadership
has received naturally a severe shock in
consequenceC'From all accounts the
London swell mob is passing through a
period of experimen talis in. . As a result
men's fashions abroad have not been so
unsettled in fifty years. , ,
The heavy swells continue groping
aimlessly after the elusive innovation.
For their independence . at this time,
therefore, Americans have cause for self
congratulation the more particularly
so on account of the very divergent
character of some of the foreign ultra
speculations. . Advanced copies of the
recent London fads in coats and top
coats, had they been tried - suddenly on
the New York-public, would have creat
ed almost a riot in the streets. The Eng
lish swell, be it known, can dress him
self up as his fancy dictates and (he
yeomanry makes no outcry. . -
Now that we have thrown off the
shackles of slavish emulation and blithe
ly accept or reject what we want, or
what does not appeal to the sense of the
fitness of things,; the English fashion
framer will come down from his oracu
lar eminence and in the future pose with
ameliorated despotism in the light of
guide, philosopher and friend. I am
aware that the sentiments above set
forth would have been regarded a few
yeara ago as rank heresy, bht they veri
fy the .aphorism of Brer Rabbit that
"the world do move." Clothier and
Furnisher.
An Ingenious Prisoner..
It is seldom that a convict turns the.
hours of hi3 enforced confinement to such
good purpose as an inmate of a Maryland
prison. His term of imprisonment is
thirteen years, on a conviction of horse
stealing, of which he insists he. was in
nocent. By working overtime he has
earned such sums of money as to enable
him to purchase books, of which his cell
contains over 200. A short time ago,
when electric light wires were being
placed in the - prison, he became inter
ested in electricity and bought some
standard works on the subject. The re
sult was the construction of half a dozen
different electrical appliances, including
a burglar alarm, which he has just com
pleted for the bedroom of the warden of
the prison.
Another result of his industry is a lock
which is so arranged that hammering on
it drives the bolts deeper into their fas
tening. He exhibited a model of this
lock to the warden, who was so pleased
with it that it was at once adopted for
use in the prison. Castings for the locks
were made in the prison foundry, a lathe
was set up in the prisoner's cell and he
was relieved of all other tasks so that his
entire time could be devoted to the man
ufacture of his locks, with which in a
short time all the dormitories of the
prison will be provided. Exchange.
Against the Insurance Company : i
A merchant who was a member of a
mutual accident . insurance association
was killed, while hunting for recreation,
from an accidental shot. The associa
tion provided for the payment of sums
ranging from $5,000 to $500, according
to the occupation of the member. Mer
chants' certificates call for $3,000; but
the company paid the beneficiaries of
the man in question only $300, on the
strength of a provision that any member
receiving an injury while engaged tem
porarily in another occupation more
hazardous than the one given in his cer
tificate, he shall be entitled only to such
sum us provided for in the occupation in
in which be is engaged at the time of
injury.
The Illinois supreme court held' that
the beneficiaries were entitled to the
whole $5,000, as the word "occupation"
in the bylaw has reference to trade, vo
cation or profession, and does not pre
clude a member from the performance
of acts which are simply incidents con-'
nected with the daily life of men in all
pursuits. St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
. Amusement for the Baby.
Mr, Waldrige surprised his baby Sun
day night.' He didn't intend to surprise
it; he intended to amuse. He had been
to church, and on reaching home drew
his revolver from his pocket to put it
away. Baby reached for the weapon.
If baby wanted it, baby must have it, so
papa took out the cartridges every one
of them and then to show baby how to
operate the toy, he pulled the trigger.
That was where the baby was surprised!
It would surprise any baby . to see its
papa shoot the cook stove on a quiet
Sunday night with an unloaded revolver,
when the cook stove was quietly pursu
ing its vocation and digesting hard wood
at the rate of an armful an hour.
Myrtle Point West Oregonian ..;
- It Was Hot.
Some wretch, who evidently delights
to see mankind sweltering in . perspira
tion, nlaved a rascal lv nrm-tira.! infra nn
about two hundred passengers who were
in tne waiting room or tne Staten Island
ferry.- For some reason, the arrival of
the long expected boat was delayed; the
crowd was therefore large, and as the
night was intensely warm, the atmos
phere in that close room was not only
enervating, but distressing. The weather
was unanimously voted to be the warm
est of the season hot enough to parboil
a Hottentot. It was then discovered
that the Turkish bath temperature had
been caused by a practical joker, who
had unfeelingly turned on the : steam
heat. Yankee Blade. '
The Potato with the Iron Stask.
J. T. Choate, Esq., showed us this
morning a veritable curiosity taken from
the ground by his father while digging
potatoes on his place. It was a heel
iron from a lady's boot, through the cen
ter hole of which had grown a potato.
The iron was nearly in the center, and
on each side was a growth nearly large
enough to hide the iron, which formed a
metallic collar around the center of it.
Amesbury Cor. Newburyport News.
Climbing Mountains In Iceland.
The highest mountain in Iceland was
ascended last summer for the first time.
The successful mountaineer was Mr. F.
W. W. Howell, who was encouraged
when he started for Iceland by informa
tion from the- Royal Geographical so
ciety that the difficulties in the way of
climbing the Oroef a Jokull were sup
posed to be insuperable. " The mountain
is near the southeast coast, and is an im
posing sight from the sea. ,,. Mr. Howell
made an attempt in 1890 to climb the
mountain, but was defeated by the
weather. '
On Aug. 17 last he left Sandfell, a
little settlement on the coast near the
base of the moon tain, at 4 a. m., when
of course it was broad daylight in that
latitude? He was accompanied by two
Icelanders as porters. He struck the
snow slopes at 10 a. m., and it took him
nine hours and a half to reach the top of
the mountain whose sides are quite steep
and covered with ice and snow.
Though this mountain is the highest
in Iceland, its elevation was found by
Mr. Howell to be only 6,550 feet, but
owing to the latitude the phenomena of
the snow slopes compare most favorably
with those of mountains 10,000 feet high
in Switzerland. Mr. Howell says the
icicle galleries in the upper crevasses are
particularly fine. This is undoubtedly
one of the most, successful feats of
mountain climbing of the year, for the
mountain presents as many difficulties
as any of the Alps, with two or three' ex
ceptions. It is comparatively easy to as
cend Mount Hecla, and the climb is
made.every once in a while by one or
more tourists. New York Sun.
After many trials it is now shown
that color can be given to cotton while
growing, and a beautiful red variety of
this article is now being raised in
Georsria.
ST I PAT I
Ai :U-M half the American jicople yet there is
only u-.ie preparation of SarFiipariilu that acts on
the hoivcls and reaches this i.-iiwi-Lint trouble,
and lliat is Joy's Vegetable Sarsuparilla. It re
lieves it ia 2i hours, aaU ca occasional doso
prevents return. . "Vereferhr wnntalnn me v
ElkJnstou, 125 Locust Avenue, San Francisco;
j. ii. i.rowu, i-euuuina; 1J. s. Winn. Geary Court,
Sun Francisco, and hundreds of othmvhnhara
used it i! constipation. One letter is a samplo of
iiuuurcus. jiiKingtoD, writes: "I have been for
years subject to bilious headaches and constipa
tion. Have been ro bad for a year back have
had to take a physio every other night or else I
would have a headache. After taking one bottle
of J. V. S. , I am in splendid shane. Tt hu rinna
wonderful things for me. People similarly
troubled should try ii and be convinced."
Joys
Vegetable
Jarsaparilla
Most modern, iniKt efTectivj, largest bottle.
Borne price, 1.0 ). si ; for S3.00.
For Sale by SNIPES & KINERSLY
THE DALLES. OKEGON.
RE A Li MERIT
PEOPLE
Sav the S. B. Coueh Cure is the best
thing they ever saw. . We are not
flattered for we known Real Merit will
Win. All we ask is an honest tiial.
For sale by all druggists.
S. B. Medicine Mfg. Co.,
. : Dufur, Oregon.
A Severe Law.
The EDglish peo
ple look more closely
'to the genuineness
of these staples thaa
we do. In fac, they
have a law under
which . they make
seizures and de
stroy adulterated
products that ore
not what they are represented to be. Under -this
statute thousands of pounds of tea have
been burned because of their wholesale adul
teration. Tea, by the way. Is one of the most notori
ously adulterated articles of commerce. Not
alone are the bright, shiny green teas artifi
cially colored, but thournnda of pounds of
substitute! for tea leaves ore used to swell
the bulk of cheap tea ; ash, sloe, and willow
eaves being thoso most commonly used.
Again, sweepings from tea wareh. uses are
: colored and sold as tea. Even exhausted tea
leaves gathered from the tea-house are V ept,
dried, and madeovernnd find their way into
the cheap teas.
The EngiUh government at'umpts to ktamp
this out by ronCscetiou; but no tea is too
poor for u , and the rextilt is, lhat pnbcbly
the poorest icfeUMnl by any l.ation are Ihuse
consumed iu Anier'cc.
Leech's Tea Is t-reenlcd with the guer
ai:y tlial it is rruolored and unadulteiaied;,
, in fact, the sn:i-cu;c i tea leaf pure and sim
ple. I:s purity -!i..-irs superior strength,
alKjut or.e third less tl ii. k-jlag required for
as infusion than of the a 1il':cisl teas, and its
fragrance and exquUi;e flavor is at once ap
parent. It will be a revelation to yon. In
order that its purity and quality may be guar
anteed, it is sold only in pound packages
bearing this trade-mark: , .-
BEELm TEA
rPureAsTdhood;
ON.
1
i 1 iMssLr
SUN '
Price 60c per pound. For sale at
Xiosilo Butler's,
THE DALLES, OREGON.
Still on Deek.
PhcBnix ' Like has Arisen
From the Ashes! ;
ES WHITE,
The Restauranteur Has Opened the
' " ' '"- ' -
Baldwin - Restaurant
OK 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.
YOUft flTTEJlTIOJl
Is called to the fact that
Dealer in Glass, Lime, Plaster, Cement
arid Building Material of all kinds.
Carries the Finest Line of
Piciure
To be found in the City.
72 UJashington Stfcet.
ANEW
Undertaking Establishment !
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.
JOLES
Hugh
Glenn
Uouiflifigs
iva.ii Jin f
: DEALERS IN:
Staple and Fancy liioceiies,
Hay, Grain and Feed.
Masonic Block, Corner Third and
flew .o. 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. Nicholas, Pfop.
Washington QFth DllSS, Washn6ton
' li
SITUATED AT THE
Destined to be the Best
Manufacturing Center In
the Inland Empire.
For Further Information Call at the Office of
Interstate Mestment Go.,
JOHN PASHEK,
t - Tailor,
Next door to Wasco Sun.
Madison's LatestSystem used in cutting
. garments, aha a fit guaranteed
fepaliring 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 r ' '
The Dalles and Goldendale Stage Line.
Stage lves The Dalles Every Morning
at 7:30 and Goldendale at 7;30 All
freight must be leit at K. B.
Hood's office the eve
ning before.
R. B. HOOD, Proprietor.
Opposite old Stand. The Dalles, Or.
THE
Dalles, Portland & Astoria
NAVIGATION COMPANY'S
Elegant Steamer
REGULATOR
Will leave the foot of Court Street
every ururuiug at a. ai.
for
Portland and Way Points
Connections Will be Made with the
Fast Steamer
DflliliES GITY,
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
NOTICE.
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 locate settlers --on some
good unsettled claims in the same neigh
borhood. His address is Grass Valley,
Sherman county, Oregon.
BROS.,
Court Streets. The Dalles.Oregon.
HEAD OF NAVIGATION.
Best Selling Property of
the Season In the North
- west. : . . ...
mercnan
o. d. taylor; the dalles.
72 WASHINGTON ST., PORTLAND.