THe Uoi Bcmttored the Crowds. j
The circus gave Tecamseh, Ala.; ex
citement enough on Sunday to last it. for
a year. Forepaugh's show traveled' on
four trains. As it is against the Georgia
laws to run through this state on. San
day, it was decided to Btop at Tecamseh
and feed .- the animals and rest. At all
the stations there were large crowds,
and at Tecamseh there were several
hundred when the last train approached.
As it was slowing down one of the fero-.
cions lions managed to tear off the door
of its cage. Hector, which was the
brute's name, thrust its head but right
in the faces of a group of negroes who
were standing on the platform. They
could not have been worse scared if the
evil one had dropped down among them.
Hector made a leap, with open mouth,
into the crowd. . Such a scattering and
such yelling were never seen nor heard
in Alabama. Some of the negroes fell
down in abject fright, but the most of
them struck off for home on a hard run.
A dozen tried to climb telegraph poles.
One man sprang down a well. Hector
lit on his feet, but rolled over and over.
When he sot up there was hardly a
man, woman or child within fifty yards.
One woman though, who iiad fainted,
was lying near the lion. With one
bound he was on her. his nelv teeth
showing and his tongue rolling oat. The
people who were looking on were horri
fied. The tamer was a long way off,
and there was no one near with a pistol
or rifle. To attempt to rescue her would
be almost certain death.
To the astonishment of every one the
beast, instead of mangling the woman,
simply sniffed the body, turned it over
with his paws, and after eyeing it sus
piciously walked off leisurely. ' He
thought that the woman was dead.
Hector was recaptured and recaged
without trouble. Atlanta Constitution. .
Deatli of a Noted Negro Woman.
" Over the eastern branch of the Poto
mac, in Anacosta, better known as Union
town during the war, there wjis buried
recently a woman whose story did much
to stimulate the antislavery sentiment
in the north. She was a revelation of
the possibilities of patient negro ambi
tion. Born fifty-six years ago, in Prince
George county, Md., she was a little
slave girl of six when her owner put her
out to service in a Washington family.
At that age she began to hoard money to
buy her freedom. Year after year she
put by the pennies, for" nothing larger
fell to her in tips.
She had collected $100 in coppers when
the attention of some of the public men
of that day was called to her. Hannibal
Hamlin, then in congress but afterward
vice president, lecauie especially inter
ested. He told the story of Eineline
Belt with snch pathos that $230 was con
tributed by northern people. Then. a
series of entertainments was given to aid
her, and a few years before the war the
girl, grown to womanhood, was able to
hand over to her master $700 and receive
her freedom. Washington Cor. St. Louis
Globe-Democrat. , " ' -
Muhammed'i Birthday in Lonilou.
Mohammed's birthday has been duly
celebrated in the metropolis of the Brit
ish empire by the Anjuman-i-Islam,
London a society consisting of Indian
Vnoatllmon rratiflarnam Aci1in
land giving a dinner in honor of the
prophet in the Holborn restaurant.
A large .number of Mussulmans assisted
at the convivial assembly, at which Mr.
A. A. Husanally, president of the An-jnman-i-Islam,
was chairman. After
the healths of "the queen-empress," "the
Prince and Princess of Wales, and the
rest of the royal family," had been en
thusiastically honored, the chairman
proposed the toast of the evening,
"'Health to his imperial majesty Sultan
Abdul Hamid Khan, commander of the
faithful and guardian of the Kaaba!"
The toast was received with great cheer
ing. The proceedings were brought to
a close by Some recitations from the
Koran. London Telegraph.
. Love That Stood the Test.
Those who witnesseed the solemnizing
of the nuptials in which'' Miss Mary E.
Flynn and James A. Polk were made
life partners at Newport, Del., the other
day, recalled a frightful accident which
befell the couple one dark evening three
years ago. The young lovers were run
into by a fast express on the Philadel
phia, Wilmington and Baltimore . rail
road, and. hurled bleeding and uncon
scious to the ground. The horse was cut
to pieces and the vehicle wrecked. The
bride elect.ws hurt more seriously than
the groom, and her life was despaired of.
She recovered somewhat, but is a crip
ple for life. This frightful calamity did
not cool the ardor .of the lovers, and 'the
anniversary of the accident which near
ly killed both was celebrated by a mar-,riage.-HCor.
Baltimore American. '
f '. ' Why She Slopped the Car.' .
On Tuesday a broken trolley wire de
layed the - Western avenue street cars an
hour or more just at dinner time. When
the first west bound car passed Twelfth
street the conductor was awakened from
a reverie by a cry from within the car
to Btop, while a younger lady was seen
wildly gesticulating, apparently for his
benefit. The car was stopped. The
young woman, out of breath, Tan up to
within a few feet and shouted: "Ma,
your dinner's on the table in the dining
room. The cars - were late and I could
not wait.' "Ma" shook her head and
then the younger one turned and re
sumed her. journey cityward. Minneap
olis Tribune. -
After coolly throwing a sleeper's wood
ea leg out of the window, a Massachu
setts burglar, proceeded to plunder the
loom. When the movable valuables had
been gathered for transportation the
burglar left a note for the cripple, stat
ing where his artificial leg could be
found.
A new industry which promises to be
come of permanent value to persons liv
ing on the seacoast has been started in
Norway. This is the burning of sea
weed, which is found in great abundance
on the coast, and the preparation of kelp
for the manufacture of iodine.
Vacation Expeditions.
ft ia not a new thing for students in
vacation to make scientific expeditions
oa Iheir own account, combining camp
ing and "roughing it" with congenial
study, but an expedition iof the kind
which was successfully carrieS out dur
ing the vacation season of the present
yuar deserves to be noted as of especial
importance and significance.
A party consisting of a professor and
several students of Bowdoitt college, in
Maine, organized an expedition to Lab
rador to study the vegetable and animal
growths, and otherwise to gain a scien
tific knowledge of the co"hntry.
It was also planned, incidentally, ,to
ascend the Grand river to the great cata
ract. .The Grand river flows from the
high plateau of northern Labrador, and
the Calls by which it reaches the lower
level to flow into the Atlantic ocean are
among the grandest on the continent.
The Bowdoin college expedition was
fitted out at the expense of alumni and
friends of the college. ...
The, Grand river was ascended, the
great cataract viewed and photographed
and its height ascertained. The students
who succeeded in pushing as far hp as
the fall suffered many privations, but
won deserved honor in the successful
prosecution of their enterprise.
Their achievement .is a good example
for other American colleges and students.
Much important information remains to
be gathered about the less kno por
tions of our continent, and geological,
botanical and zoological researches, faith
fully carried on, may always be made
scientifically profitable and valuable,
even upon ground which has been cov
ered before. Youth's Companion.
Green Slollia.
The sloths at the Zoological gardens
are not quite so green as they were when
they first arrived. W e do. not refer to
tlreir growing recognition of the fact
that nuts aud buns are not suitable food
for an arboreal creature which subsists
upon leaves, but to a literal change of
color. It is a most remarkable fact that
the sloth has in the wild state greea hair,
Which causes it to resemble, as it clings
to a branch, an excrescence of that
branch covered with greenish gray li
chens. In this way the sloth may perhaps
sometimes escape the keen eye of a ja
guar. .
It is still more remarkable that the
green color is not resident in the hair it-st-lf,
but is due to the presence of quan
tities of minute green plants; and this-
explains how it is that in captivity the
sloth changes color; the plants, deprived
of the damp heat of their native forests,
die, and are not replaced, so the peculiar
gray green which in so characteristic of
the sloth is changed to a brownish gray.
London Graphic.
The Sailors' friend.
Mr. Samuel Pliinsoll still keeps to his
house in Park lane, and is far from well,
but he has sufficiently recovered himself
to be able to write a letter claiming 'one
result or rather the want of result of
the recent 'storm to legislation. Has
there ever been remembered, he asks, a
gale of equal suddenness, violence and
duration which 'was not. the cause of
very, very much greater loss of life than
that recorded of the gale which has re
cently passed away?
A j-ear and eight months ago, when he
was fervently urging the government to
assist in passing the load line bill, it was
shown that the deplorable loss of life at
sea from overloading was entirely pre
ventable,, and that the passing of the
bill wonld immediately check it, while,
when the act was steadily and uniformly
admiuiRtered, this head of loss would
disappear. He points triumphantly to
the recent gale for confirmation. Liver
pool (Eug.) Mercury.
Arrested Under a Queer Dakota Law.
Isaac Milliner, a rancher, from the
vicinity of Fort Mead, has been arrested
in Deadwood, S. D., on the charge of
offenn;.? beef for sale without exhibiting
the hide, an act prohibited by a law.
passed at the instance of cattlemen, by
the last legislature, and intended to pre
vent the sale of stolen . cattle. Mr. Mil
liner states that the beef offered for sale
was his property, and - that he has the
hide at his ranch, and will produce it to
prove that he has not committed a crim
inal act. This is the first arrest made
under the law, and it occasioned consid
erable surprise, as the peculiar provisions
of the law were not generally known;
There is ho doubt of Milliner's innocence,
but the arrest will serve to spread a
knowledge.of the strange law. Milliner
was released under $100 bonds.-r-Cor.
Omaha World-Herald.. .
Xutelllgent 3Xisslonary Effort.-.
The Rev. Dr. Stone, the president of
the American board of commissioners for
foreign missions, has good reasons for
felicitating himself on the result of his
conciliatory policy. The hoard's receipts
for this year. have been $690,921, against
$465,372 the previous twelve months.
To manage successfully a board which
has such interests - under its charge as
this "one, something . more, .is needed
than a determination to crush out all in
telligent dissent, and keep the vast ma
chine in operation along, lines not at all
adapted to increase the support of foreign
missions, even among those inclined in
their favor. : The Rev. Dr. Storrs, with
his broad outlook, has called a halt to
those elements which were reducing the
annual 'contributions for that object.
Boston Transcript.
Good Fishing- In Philadelphia.
By the grading of Ridge avenue for
the purpose of paving, a deep depression
extending two sduares has been made
below Shurs lane, Manayunk, and dur
ing a heavy rain recently a miniature
lake was formed. It was promptly
christened Lake Sundstrom, after the
district surveyor. The water has no
outlet except drainage through the soil.
A citizen whose property is damaged by
the change of grade began fishing from
the banks. Just as a loaded street car
came along he pulled np a mackerel,
much to the amusement of the passen-.
gers. aud succeeded in his attempt to
ridicule the board of survey. Philadel
phia Kerord. ' '
It Was Not a Man.
Officer O. O. White has lately been pat
on the Twenty-sixth street beat, which
includes Puyallup avenue. White is a
fearless officer, and the other night, as he
was making his beat along Puyallup ave
nue in a deep shade close to the side of a
building, he descried the form of what
he supposed to" be a hobo taking a snooze.
Of course that would never do, so with a
preliminary whirl of his club, a little
cough, and a perceptible heightening of
his stature he approached the hobo.
"Come alang out o that neow, will
oo?" he exclaimed.
The hobo moved not so much as a
muscle..
"j)'ye hear me? I sayed coom' alang
ouet o' that, will oo? Yez wont, eh? Wnll,
nishowyez."
With that White grabbed the supposed
hobo by the back of the neck. There
was a short, preliminary growl, the clank
ing of a chain, and then the fur fairly
flew. It was the pet black bear of the
Union club saloon that White had awak
ened. For about twenty-five minutes
there was a little the liveliest scrapping
match there or thereabouts that has ever
been known in police circles, and when
White got out of reach of the cub he was
mit is a brand new mackintosh, a five
dollar hat, the sleeves of his uniform and
his breath, and he was plus numerous
wounds and scratches, bruises and black
spots. And to cap .the climax, the young
bruiu stood guard over his handcuffs, his
gun and his clnb. Tacoma News.
Egyptian Statues Unearthed.
The correspondent- of the London
Times at Alexandria, Egypt, states that
three colossal statues, ten feet high, of
rose granite, have just been found at
Aboukir a few feet below the surface.
The discovery -was made from indica
tions furnished to the government bv a
local investigator, Dauinos Pasha. The
first two represent in one group Rameses
II and Queen Hentmara seated on the
came throne. This is unique among
Egyptian statues. ,
The third statue represents Rameses
standing upright in military attire, a
scepter in his hand and a crown upon
his head. Both bear hieroglyphic in
scriptions, and both have been thrown
from their pedestals face downward.
Their site is on the ancient Cape Zephyr
ium, near the remains of the temple of
Venus' and Arsinoe. Relics of the early
Christians have been found in the same
locality.
A Sleep Walker's Fearful Leap.
James S. Claque, a stock raiser of
Greeley, Colo. , walked into the police sta
tion at Burlington, la., recently, hatless,
coatless and generally bruised up, and
told a remarkable" story. He said he had
left his home to visit friends in Galva,
Ills., and had taken a sleeper at Denver.
The last thing he remembers was retir
ing to his coach. When he awoke he
as lying in the ditch at the side of the
track not far.-from Burlington, badly
bruised aiid half frozen. He walked to
the police station from there, i His theory
was that he hail jumped from the train
vhile asleep when it was running full
speed. An investigation by railroad
authorities proves the truth of the man's
assertion. He is now in the hospital
quite ill from his terrible exposure.
Cor. St. Louis Republic. '
. The Czar in Plain Clothes.
11.1 ... . . .
w uen me emperor or Knssia passed
privately through Berlin the other night
he was attired in plain clothes, and it
was the first time that he had ever ap
peared in public thus arrayed. The em
peror's towering figure was not displayed
to advantage in a loose snit of brown
tweed, especially when contrasted with
the splendid Russian uniform in which
Prince Frederick Leopold appeared, and
his majesty was the only personage in
plain clothes. The emperor, who stopped
for nearly an hour at the Stettin line
station, dined on sandwiches, which he
washed down with several bowls of tea,
which was made on th6 spot by his own
servants, with his own caravan tea.-?-.
London World. ...
Books in Russia.
-" It appears from the organ of the Rus
sian Association of Booksellers and Pub
lishers that the number of works pub
lished in that country last year was
4,358 and that the total number of copies
sold was not far short of 12,000,000.
Translations from foreign languages
counted for only 5J per cent. Of these
a little more than one-third were from
the French." Of one work by Zola 2,800
copies were sold. Next came Gaboriau,
Dandet, Hugo, Jules" Verne, Moliere,
Flaubert, Dumas. An edition of "Para
'dise Lost" sold 6,000 and one of "Ham
let'MO.000. London News. ..
Tlio First Thanksclvlnc. ' '
. On Nov. 9, 1620, the weary wave tossed
pilgrims ,on .board the brave little May-,
flower caught their first glimpse of the
New England coast. A year later Gov
ernor Bradford issued the first Thanks
giving proclamation, thus instituting- a
festival which, after being confined for
more than 200 years to New England, at
length became national in its character,
and is now observed on the last Thurs
day of each November throughout the
length and breadth of our land. Kirk
Mnnroe in Harper's Young People.
' Great as is the mass of silver at pres
ent in the "treasure houses" of the gov
ernment, it is being steadily increased by
the purchase of 54,000,000 additional
ounces every year, or at the rate of seven
tons for every working day of the year.
A Vermont court has just decided that
a man who hurts himself while hunting
on Sunday cannot recover on an accident
policy which he held, because he was
violating the law of the state in taunting
on that day. ' '
The work of excavating the ancient
ruins at Pompeii still continues, and five
more rooms containing many curiosi
: ties were recently opened near; the old
forum. '. -
- Twelve ground hogs, ten skunks, two
I swarms of bees and about fifty pounds
i of honey were found in . a huge hollow
tree near Forth. Randolph county. Mo.
Saw a Dog Headed Serpent.
For over a year there have been ru
mors regarding the existence of a large
serpent at Lake Kenosha, three miles
west of Danbury, but every one . who
heard the story received it with incredulity.-'
: But the rumor grew in spite
of skepticism, and the thoughtless were
forced finally to admit that perhaps there
was something in it.
Friday Edward M. Bald win and George
Downs were fishing in the lake. Both
are elderly business men and opposed to
notoriety in every way. They were en
gaged in hauling in fish, when suddenly
to the west of them a huge head poked
itself out of the water and contemplated
the fishermen. This was thirty feet away
from their boat. One of the men said it
was not unlike the head of a png dog,
but dark brown or black in color. Both
the fishermen lost interest in . their fish
ing and fastened their attention on the
serpent.
After viewing the fishermen for a few
minutes the serpent moved toward them
some ten feet, and his ' entire body was
seen on the surface of the water. It
was from fifteen to twenty feet long and
moved slowly and easily, in the manner
of a huge snake. It took a second view
of the fishermen for a few seconds and
then dived.
'The sight unnerved the fishermen at
first, but they resolved to get a nearer
look. They saw . the serpent perhaps
half a dozen times, bat were unable to
secure a closer inspection of it.
The story has been corroborated with
more particulars by John Clark, a hotel
proprietor, Theodore Clark, the big box
manufacturer, and many others who
have seen the serpent. ' These men say
the serpent is as thick as a dog's body.
Cor. Hartford Courant.
ST I PAT I ON.
A ::K:s:u!." t:ie A:n?.:rau i-coj.i.- yet then.-. is
oi.i..- o:e pr ; n:l.!o: of Pnrsn; ar"la Unit acts on
the I;--.ffls a.ij ica.'kis this i::: pc-iaui trouble,
aud tUnt is Joy's Vegetable Su:u;:a: ;!:u. It re
lieves it i!i 'Jl hours, aud r.u ocea.sioaal .doso
prevoMs return. Vc refer by jitruiissiou toC. E.
EikiDTluii. i'-" 1-orust Avenue, San i'raucisco;
J. II. I.r jT.-!i,Petalnma; II. S." Wiiiu, Geary Court,
Ecu "raavlsco, and hundreds of otliers wbolmvo
used 1 1 i :i const! pation. One letter is a sample of
bucilrods. Eltingtou, writes: "I bavebeejifoi
years subject to bilious aoadaches and coustipa
tiou. Have been eo bad lor a year back have
had o take a physic every other night or else I
wouii have a headache. After taking one bottle
of J. V. S. , I am in splendid-shape. It has done
wonderful things for me. People similarly
troubled should try ii and be convinced."
Vegetable
u iiarsaparilla
Most luifcicr::. m isi rlVueiiv. largest bottle,
same price, .0j. At ( .ai.
For Sale by SNIPES St KINERSLY
THE DALLES. OREGON.
SEAL MERIT
, PEOPLE
- Say the S. B. Cough Cnre 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 peo
ple look moreclosely
to the genuineness
of these staples than
we do. In fact, tbey
have a law uuder
'WpJ9 -'Which they nmke
tfrf , ,
J Jyr t troy . adulterated
" i ;- products that are
tirt. yhnt ibey are represented to be. .Unjier
.1:!.': -'..v.:ite thousands of pounds of tea have
t'.'cn buried because of their wholesale adul
iPtationv . u . ': . .
T&W y the way, Is one of the most -uotorl-.ii-!y'arliiltf
rated articles of commerce. Not
aiunq are the bripbt, shiny green teas artlfl-I'ia'.i.-
"co'nred, but thou nhd Of pounds of
ui.-ti.::tii. for tea leavt-s nro used to swell
tLRb.ucfcKi.-ap tea-; atb, sloe, aud wiHow
!-Kvc biti ihoss ino .t commonly used.
v,-tpi:igs fr.m tea warehcu'es are
colored and sold as tt-a. Even exhausted iea
leaven gathered from the tea-houses are Wept,
d.ied, and made over und find thvirv ay Into
the i licrp teas.
The L:i".;.di gov-rr.inp-jt attempts to stamp
hi cut by f o:iGs-t;i ui but no tea is too
poor f-ru', -d the renlt I", that pitln:bly
tlc ). ri-t icsuiscd by a:sy nation aru those
2uutr.i:ncd iu Americn.
- Ite?i b's Tea Is proertted with the guar
nuty that it is unct-lored and unadulterated;
iu fact, t jo 6iM-crcu ta leaf pure and sim
ple. Its putity ins res superior strength,
alu:it one third iut.i it bein required for
au Infusion than of the a-:;:k!ol teas, and its
, fragrance a:id exquisite flavor Is at once ap
parent. It will, be a revelation to yon. In
. order that its parity and quality may he guar
anteed, it is sold only in pound packages
faring this trade-mark : '
BEECim TEA
'PureAsWdhood:
- . r
ss
Price 60c per pound, for sale at
Xieslie Butler's,
THE DAlLES, ORFGO?f
Still " on Deek.
Phoenix Like has Arisen
From the Ashes!
JAMES WHITE,
The Restauranteur. Has Opened the
Baldwin - Hestaurant
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.
YOUB flTTEpTIOJl
Is called to the fact that
Dealer in Glass, Lime, Plaster, Cement
and Building Material of .all kinds.
Carries the Finest Line at .
To be found in the City.
72 LUashington Street.
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.
Kemember our place on beconu street,
next to Moody's bank.
Hugh
Glenn
Picture
piouldiQijsi
ANEW
Undertaking Establishment!
: DEALERS IN:
and Fancy km.
Hay, Grain and Feed.
Masonic Block, Comer Third and
Jtfeu Qolumbia otel,
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, Pvop.
florth
W ashington
SITUATED AT THE
Destined to be the Best
Manufacturing Center in
the Inland Empire.
For Further Information Call at the Office of
Interstate Investment Go.,
0. D. TAYlOR.iTHE DALLES.
JOHN PASHEK,
jnercftaiit - Tailor,
Hext 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 an d 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;S0. 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 SteMmer
HEGUliATOH
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
DAltliES CITY,
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 v 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.
e i
Court Streets, The Dalies, Oregon
Dalles,
Washington
HEAD OF NAVIGATION.
Best Selling Property of
the Season in the North
west. " -
12 WASHINGTON ST., POHTUKD.