THE FLAQ. OF DISTRESS.
Over the Ocean of Being.
Till the wind falls.
Fast on their venturous voyage
Speed the white sailsl
Bat from the ships that have foundered,
Laboring slow,
Bardly abreast of the billows,
. The rough rafts go.
Thereon the stranded from shipwreck
Painfully lie.
Lead seems the water around them
Brazen the sky. .
Cruel the ships that in safety
Steadfastly speed,
Cruelest souls that aboard them
Reck not nor heed.
Nayl for across the wan water
No appeal fails!
Nayl for the tiniest signals
Stay the white sailsl
Some from the ship will come speeding
Eager to save.
Heirs to one glory of living.
Heirs to one grave.
But if the bearers of succor
Find not the track?
If to the hail of the helpers
Nothing come back?
What if the wash of the waters
Drown the heart throb?
If the wild winds in their courses
Stifle the sob?
Say, shall the true hearts of comrades
Vainly be stirred?
Thou who so sorrowest, answer?
Some one has heard!
L. M. Little in Academy.
The Sacred Books of Ceylon.
There are three boote regarded as 8a-"
cred by Buddhists of Ceylon. The first,
called the Mahavanso, is the most highly
venerated. It has been very carefully
handed down from generation to genera
tion, the most ancient copies not vary
ing in the least from those of modern
date.- The Mahavanso contains "The
Doctrine, Race and Lineage of Buddha,"
besides the authentic annals of Ceylon
ese Buddhism.
Next to the Mahavanso in . point of
veneration is the "Learned Priest's" his
tory of Buddha, called the Rajaratna
cari. This book also contains extracts
from other antique works, besides a
record of the erection of the various
temples and shrines of the island' and a
history of the kings from the year 040
B. C. The third of the Ceylonese sacred
books is called the Rajavali or "Light
Giver;" it is simply a modern supple
ment of the other two and brings the
records down to date. The main por
tion is given up to recording events in
Ceylonese history since the advent of the
the Dutch, especial attention being
given to that portion of the work which
tells of the expulsion of the Portuguese.
St. Louis Republic.
Silk Weaving by Electricity.
An interesting trial has been made in
Germany with silk weavers' . looms
worked by electricity. By a cable of
100 feet in length, a one horse power
electric shunt motor, with 100 volts and
four amperes, was put in motion, and
the transmission for the weavers' looms
was restricted by a communicator to
seventy-two revolutions. Two weavers'
looms were put in motion, the result be
ing that the working by electricity was
more satisfactory than that by means of
caloric engines or gas motors, and the
swinging masses, otherwise necessary
for the working on a small scale, can be
'dispensed with. .The German papers
think the results named show that house
industry could easily be made to flourish
by the transmission of electrio power,
and this all the more as electricity can
be transmitted, equally well tinder any
temperature. New York Telegram.
. . rmsa we aseporter.
A reporter in Sherman, Mich., pub
lished an item announcing an approach
ing wedding, and the next day was ac
costed by the gentleman named as bride
groom, who gravely, asked him on whose
authority he had made the announce
ment. Before the timid reporter could
reply the man groped for his pistol
pocket, and the reporter thought his
nour of doom had come. Imagine his
joy when, instead of a pistol, the man
produced a .pocketbook, from which he
extracted a five dollar bill. This he
.-thankf nllv sravn to thft rmwirter. an. vine
t O F " J O
that the marriage announcement had
. spared him the trouble of popping the
question. Exchange.
"Coat" aleaas "Iress" In Ireland
"Coat" is a word that has gained in
breadth of meaning. It is not simply
the outer covering of the upper part of
the' body of the male creature; women's
rights are -so far recognized in Ireland
that the' word applies as well to a femi-
' nine article of dress; but, indeed to the,
corresponding article to that worn by
the men that is, a jacket but it is
among the working classes (and to this
class alone what has been written ap
plies) the usual word for "dress." Lon
don Tit-Bits.
The Hums Voice.
An interesting incident showing at how
great a distance a conversation can be
carried on is related by Lieutenant Fos
ter, of the third Parry arctic expedition,
, in which he says that he conversed with a
man across the harbor of Port Bowers, a
mile and a quarter away,' and it has also
been asserted on good authority that at
Gibraltar the human voice has been dis
tinctly heard at a distance of ten miles.
Harper's Young People.
There was in London a few years ago a
lady who had the most intense abhor
rence of white loaf sugar. Did she hap
pen to come . into contact with that
innocent article, or were even a lump of
it brought into her presence, she would
be seized with a violent paroxysm of
rage.
A sagacious dog, which had been con
fined for a week . in a barn near Gibson,
made his escape finally by climbing the
weather boarding a distance of fifteen
feet and then jumping to the ground.
The revival of the popularity of brass
work has created a new industry and set
thousands of men at work making beau
tiful brass goods for domestic utensils,
fancy goods and ornamental work. " -
TKADES IN SKELETONS.
rV PHILADELPHIA FRENCH MAN'S GREW
SOME BUSINESS.
A Dealer Who Has Handled Over Five
Thousand Skeletons During His Lugu
brious Career Hideous Decorations of
a Bedroom -A Doing; That Troves Bones.
To deal in the bones of human beings
would be an occupation repugnant to
most men. . Yet in the vicinity of Sixth
and South streets lives an old French
man who finds more pleasure in this oc
cupation than anything else in his life.
His store is a veritable den of skeletons.
The weather beaten sign swinging over
the door, creaking dismally with every
gust of wind, bears this simple legend,
"M. de Robaire, Parfumene, from
which it is evident monsieur would have
the world believe that he deals almost
exclusively in those perfumed waters so
dear to the feminine heart. Every fam
ily has a skeleton in the closet, however,
and monsieur's family, which consists
only of himself, is no exception to the
general rule. He has his skeleton in
fact he has scores of them in closets
and otherwise, the majority otherwise.
The truth of, the matter is, the old
Frenchman deals in skeletons.
The second floor boasts of only two
small rooms, the rear one being used as
a workshop, while the other, directly
over the store and fronting en the street,
serves the double purpose of bedcham
ber and storeroom.
Such another bedchamber as the one
occupied by the old Frenchman prob
ably does not exist, and how monsieur
manages to sleep the sleep of the just
among such grewsome surroundings is
an insolvable rnystery to the- few who
have been admitted to it.
The walls of the small room are orna
mented with skulls and crossbones and
real life size skeletons, or rather death
size skeletons, in all sorts of grotesque
positions. Four hideous skulls grin from
their positions on top of the four posts
of the bed, and close to the sides of the
bed stands a skeleton with arms out
stretched doing duty as a clothes rack.
The whole is dimly lighted up by a faint
glimmer of light emanating from a lamp
made of a ghastly skull suspended from
the middle of the ceiling with thongs-of
tanned human hide.
THE SKELETON TRADE.
De Rebaire himself is an odd looking
man, and the resemblance between him
and one of Ids own skeletons is decidedly
striking. He has gaunt, wolflike fea
tures, his thin upper lip and bony chin
being adorned with an iron gray mous
tache and imperial.
For a score of years he has been carry
ing on his business in the old place, hav
ing emigrated from France in 1855,
coming direct to Philadelphia, where he
established himself in business. For a
time he had a hard struggle to keep body
and soul together, owing to the number
of competitors in the field, together with
the -dullness of business. It soon became
necessary for him, in addition to his
other trade,' to set himself up as a drug
gist, and he still runs his little shop.
though principally as a decoy.
Late in the sixties, when the Knights
of Pythias were organized in this state,
the demand for skeletons increased, as-
they were used to a great extent in the
lodgerooms. De Robaire prospered, as
a consequence, since most of his compet
itors had given up the business.
Off and on during the following twenty
years business was dull and brisk by
turns, but the old man bad amassed a
small fortune, and there is no reason
why he should longer continue in the
business except that he has taken a lik
ing to his work, such as every true artist
does. He is an artist in the full sense of
the word. There is undoubtedly no one
who can articulate a skeleton as neatly
as he, and it is no idle boast on his part
when be claims that with eyes blind
folded he can take a mass of bones repre
senting the human frame and build up
the skeleton as it was originally, with
out one bone out of place.
WHAT THE "DOCTOR" SATS.
The "doctor," while standing in his
workshop a few days ago with his sleeves
rolled up over .his skinny arms, thus held
forth on the subject nearest his heart
"This skeleton you see me operating on
I have imported from France. Yon will
notice the high polish on the bones, due
to a method of preparation practiced
only by the French. They clean the
bones by a process of maceration with
muriatio acid, the whole operation re
quiring two or three months' time, while
in this country the bones are hastily and
carelessly boiled and . come out rough
and dirty. . In all my twenty years serv
ice I have never come across a Chinese
skeleton. This is due to the fact that a
Chinaman believes . he will not reach
heaven unless his bones rest in the Flow
ery Kingdom. .
"The different prices of skeletons are
based upon their degrees of hardness
and whiteness, upon the development of
the bones and the amount of absence of
fat in their extremities. For this reason
the French article is decidedly of more
value than the American or German.
Up to this year over 3,600 skeletons have
been imported into this country, but
they have become scarce of late for
some reason, and to supply the demand
I find it necessary to manufacture them
of paper.
"Of coarse I have a stock of them in
my bedroom, but I would not part with
any of these. Mon Dieut I have come to
look upon them as dear friends and com
pardons. Here yon see my artificial skel
etons, made of papier mache, with arti
ficial teeth, and the whole covered with
a white polish which gives the appear
ance of the genuine article. I can make
three of these each week, and they bring
from ten to fifteen dollars, while the im
ported genuine article costs from thirty
to thirty-five dollars and the domestic
twenty dollars. But then the imitations
are bought only by secret societies.
"Yes, I have grown old in the busi
ness and love it. - I have articulated and
handled over 5,000 skeletons in my time.'
Philadelphia Record.
And This In Boston.
It was autumn. He - was a' Boston
book agent. The front door bell rang.
The kitchen girl answered the peaL
"Good morning, ma'am.
"Humph!" ; .
"Is the lady of the house in?"
"She is." .
"Can I see her?"
"You can."
Both stand in motionless silence ex
pectantly.
'You said I could see the lady of the
house?" -
"I did." .
"Well,- why don't I see the lady of the
house then?"
"You see her." . . . ,
Girl looks down frigidly.
Agent looks up paralyzed.
"Then I would like to see the person
age who owns the property."
At Lenox."
'Then I want to see the man, woman
or child, lady, gentleman, dowager, old
maid, bachelor or heir at law who rents
this property from the Lenox owner."
"Oh, you want to see the woman that
assists me with the work! Why didn't
you say so in the first place? This vul
gar carelessness of the use of the word
'lady is very aggravating."
"Yes. I expect so is she in?" -
"No.". ... .-: t .-.
"When will she be in?" . --', .
"Won't be in.". .. ..
"Why not? Where is she?"
"I gave her a week's vacation to spend
with her husband at Marblehead, so's
she could rest up ready for the fall house
cleaning. You didn't think I was going
to do it all myself, did your Boston
Globe.
His One Foolish Act.
The young woman had secured per
mission to speak to the good looking
young convict. It was just a feminine
fancy a desire to learn something of his
story.
"You don't look like a criminal," she
said abruptly.
He smiled at the rather uncertain com
pliment. -
"I never did but ope criminal thing in
my life," he said.
"Only one?" she 6aid, in rather a dis
appointed tone. She had expected to find
a man steeped in crime. . "Why, your
sentence is for ten yeairs, isn't it?"
"Yes, miss. I got it for that one crim
inal act. .
'What was the cause of that one?" she
inquired curiously.
" Just a whim, miss a youthful whim,'
he replied rather bitterly. "I thought it
manly to carry a revolver."
"And you were attacked some mgnt?"
she asked quickly. "And you"
He shook his head.
"And you're here just for that?" she
said. ' .
"Like others, j ust for that,? he returned
quietly.' ' "I quarreled with a friend, lost
my temper, and I'm here, miss. That's
all."' i
He suddenly turned away and went
back to his work. Cincinnati Commer
cial Gazette.
How Coeoanats Are Harvested.'
The lmsy season on acocoanut planta
tion is when the nuts ripen, which they
seem to do all at once, and every hand
is engaged in gathering and conveying
them with carts to the drying ground,
which is always in close proximity to
the bungalow, so as to be as much as
possible under the eye of the manager.
Here they are split in . half, longitudi
nally, with an ax a feat which is dexter
ously performed with one blow by tho
man appointed for this duty and then
spread out to dry. - The intense heat of
the Bun rapidly shrivels the kernel,
which curls up into a ball the size of
your fist and detaches itself from the
shell.
This is now what is called "copra,'"
and is shipped to the nearest point of
landing in sacks, where it is either trans
ported in bulk to Europe or more gen
erally made into oil, the refuse oil
cake or "poonak" being Bold locally for
feed for cattle." Frank Leslie's Monthly.
How They Learned to Make Perfumes
' What the French know about per
fume making is not all the result of
their own experience. The traditionary
history of the art is that the Hebrews
imparted the little they knew to their
captors, . the Egyptians, who in turn
gave their formulas to the Greeks and
Romans. Tire Moors then took a hand
at improving these crude efforts, and
when they invaded Europe left their art
in Spain, whence it soon reached France.
There it found its home and resting
place, and today no nation can compete
with France in the science and art of
perfume making. New York Evening
Sun. - . "- -
- "" - i . t 'i
The. Swamp Ang-el.
The Swamp Angel, was an 8-inch, 200
pounder Parrott rifled gun, mounted by
the Federal troops in a morass on Morris
island, Charleston harbor, in 1863. On
Ang. 22 and 23 the city of Charleston,
five and a half miles . distant, was
shelled, the gun bursting at the thirty-
sixth shot. - After the war the Swamp
Angel was sold for old metal and con
veyed, to Trenton, but having been
identified, it was set up on a granite ped
estal- at the corner of Perry and Clin
ton streets in that city. Detroit Free
kres8.
" .'". For Honest Men's Rlg-hta.
That is a rather fine point of law which
holds that a man with burglar's tools on
his person, who goe up the steps of a
a dwelling house where he has no law
ful business, has made an attempt to
commit burglary, but it is good law for
the protection of the community. The
steps of a dwelling are private property,
and one who trespasses upon them with
unlawful purpose has commited an un
lawful deed.: Philadelphia Ledger.
An Unusual Position. .
Photographer If youH hold your chin,
a little higher, sir, I can take a better
picture.
Mr. Henpeckj Hold my chin higher?
Why," man alive, I've been married
twenty years! Texas Sif tings.
G ON
STIPATION.
- Agitata half tho American coplc yet there is
only one proparntioii of Sarsaparilla that acts on
the lioweis aud reaches this important trouble,
and l!rat is Joy's Vegetable Sarsaparilla. It re
lieves it in 21 hours, aud an occasional doso
prevents return Vc refer by ixinnissioa to C. E.
Elklngtou, 125 Locust Avenue, San Francisco;
J. II. Brown, Fctalnma; H. S. Whin, Geary Court,
Ecu Fra.it-isco, and hundreds of others who have
used it i:i constipation. One letter is a samplo of
hundreds. Elkington, writes: - "I hare been fot
years subject to bilious headaches and constipa
tion. ;' Have been, so 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. 8., I am In splendid shape. It has done
wonderful things tor me. People similarly
troubled thould-try It and be convinced." '
Vegetable
b 'Sarsaparilla
' Most modern, m ml etTo-ti . largest bottle.'
same price, . L00.' i for to.00.
For Sale by SNIPES St KINERSLY
, THE DALLES. OREGON.
PAUL KREFT & CO.,
-DEALERS IN
Paints, Oils, Glass
And the Most Complete and the Latest
Patterns and Designs in
Practical Painters and Paper Hangers.. None
but the-best brands of the Sherwin-Williams
Paint-used in all our work, and none but the
most skilled workmen employed. All orders
promptly attended to ' 10-17-d
SHOP Adjoining- Red Front Grocery,
THIRD STREET.
YOUNG, KUSS SANDROCK, ,
BiacRsiaitu & wagoa sop
General Blacksmi thing and Work done
promptly, and all work
Guaranteed. . ,
Horse Shoeing a Speciality.
Third Street, opposite ttie old Lielie Stand.
MAIN TAPPING UNDER PRESSURE.
We have purchased a first class tap
ping machine and are now prepared to
do main tapping under pressure, thereby
savms; the expense and -annoyance to
our customers of shutting off water to
tap the. main. . Mays & Cbowe.
12-12-tf.
BCAL MERIT
PEOPLE
Say the S. B. Cough 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 English
pie look more closely
to the genuineness
of these staples than
we do. In (act, they
have a law under
which they make
seizures and de
stroy adulterated
"' . products that are
: not what they are represented to be. Under
: this -statute thousands of pounds of tea have
; been burned because of their wholesale adul
I teration.
Tea, by the way. Is one of the most notorl
' ously adulterated articles of commerce. Not
alone are the bright, shiny green teas artifl
; daily colored, but thousands of pounds of
substitute.! for tea leaves are used to swell
: the bulk of cheap tea'i; ash, sloe, and willow
'- leaves being those most commonly jised. .
Again, sweepings from tea warehouses are
colored and sold as tea. Even exhausted tea
leave gathered from the tea-houses are kept;
dried, and made over and find their way Into
the cheap teas.
- The English government At'cmpts to stamp
this out by confiscation; but no-tea is too
a poor for U', and the- result is, that probably
the poorest teas used by any nation are those
consumed lu America. ' .,
' Beech's Tea Is rrcscnted with the guar
au:y that it Is nncolorcd and unadulterated;
In fact, the sun-cured tea leaf pure and sim
ple. I'.s pnrlty insure superior strength,
alwut one third lets ol U being required for
- aa inf usiou thau of the at ifliial teas, and Its
fragrance and exquisite flavor is at once ap
parent. It "will be a-revelation to you. In
. order that its purity and quality may be guar
anteed, it la sold only in pound package
bearing this trade-mark :
BEECrM-TEA
fPureAs
lid hood 7
Price 60c per pound. For sale at
Xiosllo Butler'i
THE DA1LES, OREGON.
joy
g
Still on Deek.
Pkcenix Like has Arisen
Prom the Ashes!
JAMES WHITE,
The Reetauranteur Has Opened the
Balduiin - Hestaufanti
ON 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 ATTEflTIOIl
Is called to the fact that
Hugh Glenn,
Dealer in Glass, Lime, Plaster, Cement
and Building Material of all kinds.
-Carrie-the Finest L.ine of
Piciure Hoowings
To be found in the City.
72 LUashington Street.
A NEW
PRINZ & NITSCHKE.
DEALER8 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.
undertaking Establishment
: DEALERS IN:-
Staple and Fancy tones,
Hay, Grain and Feed.
fHasonic Block. Comer Third and
Jeu QDlumbia 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, Prop.
Washington fJOfth Dclll6S, "S10"
8ITUATED AT THE
Destined ta be the Best
Manufacturing Center in
the Inland Empire.
For Further Information Call at the Office of
Interstate Investment Go.,
0. D. TAYL0R.1HE DMLES.
JOHN PASHEK,
I - Tailor, 1
prep
Next door to Wasco Sun.
Madison's Latest System used in cutting
. garments, and a fit guaranteed
each time.
repaifing 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 Morning
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, 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 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 Locks.
For Passenger or Freight Rates, 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
Court Streets, The Dalles.Oregon
HEAD OF NAVIGATION.
. Best Selling Property of
the Season In the North
west. ' '
72 WASHINGTON ST., PORTLAND.