DARINGJAIL BREAKING.! DAVE PADDOCK'S REMARKABLE CAPE FROM JOLIET. km AlnioKt Superliumaii Display of In genuity Kxercised by a Convict to Get Out of Prlsonr-VVorklns; Few Minutes t a Tiino for Over Two Years. - A section of iron bar was cut from the cell door of Dave Paddock by that re 'doobtable knight of the dark" lantern and "jimmy" on the occasion of bis sen sational escape from Joliet. For over two years Paddock has schemed and worked to effect his purpose. He was uUt r T 1 r..i 1 . : t one . of the shoeshops, . "where during eyery minute of the working hours in ! the shop he was constantly under the j watchf ul eye of his keeper. There was i not tbe least chance to plan an escape from the shoi. But, not daunted at this, he determined to find some meansi of getting out of his cell at night. , To fully appreciate the difficulty of catting out of a cell it must be remem bered that three times every hour during the night, at irregular intervals, a guard "wearing padded slippers called "Eneak shoes" by the convicts makes his rounds, . peering into each cell to make sure that all are secure and in bed. Paddock first appropriated a couple of thin bladed shoe knives from his shop, and, concealing ' them from the guard, took them to his - oell, where, by using one as . a file, he converted tbe other into a fine steel saw. Then by slow degrees he collected a large amount of shoe thread from the same shop, with which he, braided the rope. . All this required months of etealthfnl work, but in the course of time he had a slender, strong rope, fully fifty feet in length. This he kept carefully hidden in "the mattress of his bed. Next he began sawing the bars on his door a little at a time. Night after night he watched for the passing of .the guard, and as soon as that official was beyond bearing distance he would cut a little and then fill up the space with, black. wax, which ire had also obtained from the shoeshop, so that the prying eyes of the guard could not discover by daylight that the door had been tampered "witlj..' . When the bar had been cut through he carefully wedged it back into place with .. ii ; ... , 1 T -1 i i vfumi iron suipies auu uns oi leau. KEMAltKABLE CLEVERNESS. He could now get outside of his cell, bat the hardest work was yet to be done. His cell was .located high up on the third tier, some sixty feet-away from . the tower door through which he hoped, to mane ins way. Watching Ins chance. when the light guard was on the op posite side of the block of cells, he re moved, the bar from' his door, crawled through the opening, and, with ,all the agility of a bat climbed down the facing from tier to tier, ran across the corridor to the tower door, and, with a piece of shoemaker's wax, took an impression of -.the lock, regaining bis. cell before the guard appeared on that side of the cell bouse.' , , . '. " i 'V''-. .. By caref ul working he made a key out of lead pipe that a plumber bad dropped near his workbench, in., the sljop. ... Sev eral trips fromrfeiaell to-the tower door . were made during , the next few weeks before bis key would fit, and' then, it took him some time to get together enough material td make a "dummy" to put in his bed to prevent his absence 'toeing discovered before be could get be yond Twcn : On ' the;vry day that he Intended to make his escape, while re turning from the shop to his cell, he . slipped upon an icy-stairway and badly sprained his ankle. TThiS almost dis couraged him. His months of anxious toil had come to naught His scheme, would surely be discovered.' After three - weeks in the prison hospital be was sent " back to work, and, when be reached bis oell that evening was , overjoyed to find -that his rope, key and "dummy' were still safely . concealed in the mattress, and everything as he had left it. ESCAPE AND CAPTURE. Another week elapsed before his ankle -would permit his making the attempt. The night came, however, and, along . . about midnight, be was safe inside the tower. A single iron bar still stood.,, be?, tween him and freedom, and it would take long hours of hard work to cut through it. Just as daylight. began to 1. 1 1 . . : mi came into good use, and with its aid be' slipped down upon the prison lawn and harried away to the vpods that line the bluffs east of 'the prison. Here be found a thicket or underbrush where he lay bid , all that day, and when darkness eame again he got away. His absence was not. discovered from prison until the guard went to unlock tii 4-1. m.i - .' oat doubt the cleverest escape , that had .' taken place at Joliet, and stamped Pad Extraordinary effortaldown,a11 leave8 nPn the tracks. The dock as a genius. were made for his recapture. Large , rewards were offered, and his descrip tion was ca.it broadcast. A year later it - was discovered that Paddock had a mis- ' tress in Chicago. A watch was set on her bon for aVAr1 alr n A r, enough one. night Paddock put in an ap- pearance. .Captain Simon O'Donnell, of -the police department, had the place -surrounded And the daring convict was -again in the toils. ; He was taken back to bis old quarters at the prison, where be finally completed his sentence, not, however, until he had tried several other - schemes for .escape, bat' he . was too closely watched to .ever again .succeed. -Johet (Ills.) Letter. Osa for an Uld rasUoatd Caster. . ' xIf you happen to have among the f am ily silver an oi l fashioned .caster, don't frown at it uncompromisingly Mid won der if it "can't be melted up Into some' . thing nsefnl." Take it down, from its out of the way nook -and unscrew the long handle which holds the cruet frame. This will leave when taken out as hand some a table jardiniere for ferns and flowers as your soul can desire, with the trifling addition of a tin basin, which any tinsmith will fit inside. New York Times. Mulf linHlins in Oh lea c"-' 1 Sont'ti Side citizens had an exciting cliase after a . wolr yesterday morning. Just, where the'animal came from is not I known, but he was evidently new. to I city lrfe. The first intimation tlwt the-.f residents of that portion of the citv "had of the arrival of the stranger in their -j midst was tlia sight cfji strange looking oia'lrupedrsomething like a dog. worry ing a Final I dog near Indiana avenue nud. Twenty-fifth street. Something in the j savage manner in which the animal ! snarled and showed its teeth at the ap proach of a xedestriaii warned those whose cnrionity prompted tliem to try to investigate not to venture too hear, and they quickly retired, to watch develop- i incuts from tne shelter and safety of ad- Sncli was the fitate of affairs when at 10:0 o'clock the dogcatchers' . wagon came in sight. Louis Schlcsser triel to throw a noose around the supposed dog's iicck, but it leaped to one side in time to 4 avoid the snare, and started down lpd .ana ' avenue, . closely pursued 'by the crowd, with Officer John Joindt and tbe dogcatcher well in the lead; - "" -. Wlien Thirtieth street was reached the wolf sought to evade the shower of mis cellaneous missiles thrown at him from, every side by turning the corner. Dnwn Twenty-fifth street the chase was con- tinned to Cottage wove avenue, down Cottage O-rove avenue to Twenty-sixth" ftrf et 1 lien through alleyways and va cant lots to Lake avenue. Then across the Illinois Central railway tracks to the hike shore, where the wolf took shelter iii a deep bole just behind the breakwa ter. The wolf was finally captured and taken to the dog pound, where he 'was accommodated with a compartment all to himself. He is of a grayish color and the size of a large mastiff dog. Chicago Tribune ' .-. . TheCfrt" Weak Poiut. The township commissioners iu Look ing Glass township, Ills., are being sued by a lumber firm for the small stun of $2.48. Two trials have been held before justices of the peace, aud the' case has now beeu taken to the county court. -Mucisill feeling has been engendered, and tlvt costs are assuming large propor tions. The first trial was called' before a German country justice of the peace. After the evidence -was all in, and the eloquence of the attorneys employed in tlieoaHe . had subsided, the honorable court arose and delivered the decision: ' ".Slientlema'ns','1 vas in a pox. I pe lieve . you both Vos right. Von of yon show all your poqks nnd prove -it vo.i dot. "The other von show all his pooks and prove it vos not dot. The lawyers' mule poth goot speeches, und tarn me if the court knows how to decide." .. After a moment's-silence the judge's face brightened rp and he continued: , "Shentleinans, I dismiss this., case Squire Dniicau, as fie knows more Eng lish as I do.'--Cor. St. Lonis Republic. l'opular Colors This Winter. In colors this season the blues are rather gray in hue, , while tbe grays either have a tinge of lavender or lilac, o? else show, a greenish - hue, deepening into mignonet or sage. The heliotropes are more, than ever snited to those bra- neUXb have a.fleaf. complexion, but the woeaan whtt is -unfortunate ..enough to be sallow should. never wear or per--nit to-be near her any shade of the deli cate hue. But the glaring emerald green is not only at once trying; but loud, and cannot be. commended even for the much quoted, lady who has the skin of a peach., The, poniUarity of, black i"very great The soft wools or mixtures of silk and wool being shown especial favor.., A black wool gown is 'always refined and ladylike. Soehewbocan get only one gowuwill.be wise m choosing that it shall be entirely in the fashion by, being black: Ladies' Home Journal. ..-' T) Ice; Crop.' Threatened. " Maine's ice crop is seriously threatened by droughts ' The water supply has been gradually falling, until now the small riyers are nearly dry and the larger ones are lower than for years. ' In the Kenne bec the water has- not been so low for years. At Augusta one can easily wade across, : The Audroscogginis practically without water,, and the mills at Lewis ton would be shut down were it not for the fact that the lakes have been tapped and a supply thus obtained. 'But. the lakes are several feet lower than for years. In the Penobscot the water is so low that, the current i not powerful enough to keep- back . the' tide, ,and the water accordingly is so salt that, should winter set in suddenly, the ice would be entirely unfit , for consumption. Boston Transcript-. - ' ' ' ; . -.. Trains Delayed by Anturan Leaves. ' Engineers on the railroads in several parts of the state have experienced mnch difficulty in running their trains, on time during the past week owing to the large uvuoaHiuw -. iiMu , Quuerai .- UlUBfc through tbe long stretches of. woodland which the road passes. ,' It has been im possible for the section hands on the dif ferent divisions to keep the tracks - free ttfroo them. The result is that when the wheels, of the locomotive pass over them the. sap from the leaves makes the rails slippery and the obstruction is. as bad as hail, snow or ice. It is even worse, as the leaves refuse to melt or ' freeze, but stick to the rails - until dried, up. New London (Conn.) Day. ... . ... A Famous Tree Destroyed. The famous oak under which Tasso is supposed to have spent the' greater part of -the day daring the-last. year of his life, when he had retired tqjthe convent of Sant QiiofVio, was biOWn down, it is said.'dnring a violent gale recently. The tree, which alt visito'rg to Borne used to Visit, was kept standing , for years '. by supports ; of fii:asonryoti all sides. . The trunk,' it i3 reportedV'will lie kept as a relic in the convent of Sant Onofrii). Philadelphia Ledger. . ; " 'A Volume iu u Word. ' Friend What became of that youug juan you were engaged to last summer? Miss Cathem (innocentl v) Which one? ! New York Weekly. - - . Across tbe Continue; Harry and Didn't. . ..Settle contains -today.a ..disappointed young couple who . believe not that mar- "fS 18 u v1? be a failure, !rhA.man18 Basil Suporiska and the girl w Miss Florence B. Bathrick, of DeKalb, His. They became acquainted through correspondence resulting from thd an swering of an advertisement in a Chicago paper, and the acquaintance' finally, re sulted in an agreement-to marry if upon meeting each was satisfied. Miss Bath rick came out here, her eager lover met her at Puyallup, but the wedding has not' taken place and will not. Miss Bathrick says: - . ... . . ."I came out here to marry Basil Supo riska, but have found that he is not the man I thought he was; I was led to be lieve that be owned about half of Seattle and was a capitalist I think I'll go back home, for there are plenty of men there that ' I can marry. . Indeed, I've just had a telegram from a fellow who has wanted to marry me aU along, and I will go back and take my old bean. I have some money,' and I think that is what Suporiska is after, but luckily I did not bring the money with me, but left orders to have the check-sent to me after I was married."-: . :-, ; jiss Bathrick brought a large trous seau, including a white wedding dress with a train eight feet long, white hat and gloves.-Cor. Chicago Herald. Hot Watv foot Warmers. A commission sent by the directors of the French railways to England and German v to report upon 'the means adopted in those countries for warming railway carriages during the' winter finds that France has nothing to learn from ber neighbors in this respect, hoi water foot warmers similar to those in use on French railways being employed almost everywhere. On the Northern of France railway, however, an import ant experiment is about to be tried on a large scale. " , -'".... . All carriages, even ou short distance trains, are to be warmed, and the warmth is to be produced by means of boxes of acetate of soda. The chemical is put in a solid state into the boxes, and these are then plunged into hot water about 1 00 degs. The effect is that the soda be comes liqnid. On being taken out of the water the boxes are wiped dry and are put into the carriages. By degrees the soda solidifies, and as long as the operation lasts thatJs, for about five or six" hours it gradually gives off the heat it has absorbed in the melting pro cess. London News. A Mighty O an tec's Triumph. , "There was one-incident in the woods this season," said a North woods guide, "which was amusing, to say .the least A wealthy Albanian, . who spends his summers in the vicinity of Lake George, and who, by the way, enjoys a military title, came into the woods with. -great pomp when deer was in season, and re quested that a deer be captured, for him. This was done and the animal tied to a tree. Then the military gentleman, who is a member of . a society for the protec tion of fish and game, brought his gnu up and blazed away at the tethered Ani mal, it required six shots from the. gum of the Albanian to mortally woani- the deer. VWbat do you think of , that. ot hunting? . The guides in thewoQd.?fhen they beard of -.the : affair .yowed they would lynch the man if he came -np there again." Albany Journal. . v . ; " ; v , Sarprlse at at Sarprlse Party. A surprise party was given J. .O'Don nell and - wife, of Beaver. Falls, by a lot of bis. neighbors. , Mra. Bridget Dona Van was. one : of the - guests.;,. She weighs about ax ponnds, and when she essayed a skirt dance it truly -. was a surprise party. The floor was weak, Mrs. Dona van was heavy, and in the middle of la difficult figure the. floor gave way, and the fair dancer disappeared into the eel-' lar along .with: the kitchen stove.. She was quickly extracted, f rohi her perilous position by the men. of .the party, by. the aid of. levers and ropes, and. was found to be but little injured. The -stove, fortunately; contained no fire,-and did hot fall "upon her. Cor. Pittsburg Dis patch. - . - - A Canine Hero. . . ". A case illustrating - the sagacity of the canine, race has ooenrred at Jackson, Miss. Several negro children were play ing on the banks of Pearl river, near the bridge, when one of them, Robert Jack son, a boy, about seven .years old, slipped and f elf into the water. He was being borne rapidly away by the current when his dog, a little black setter? plruiged into the. river, and, seizing the child by the clothing, swam safely to shore with its heavy burden. The boy was pretty full of water, bt't soon recovered and ran home with his dog following, at his heels. Cor. New Orleans Times-Democrat. - - Better Than a Gold Mine. " - The steamer San Jose, f rom . Panama, brought the report of . the discovery of an important deposit of that rare metal known as vanadium in the province of Mendoza, ""Argentine Republic.1 This . metal is one of the rarest and most valu able known, and is used for setting dyes in silks, ribbons, hosiery and other fine goods... The principal source of supply; until recently, has been a small deposit in the Ural mountains, and it - has been held as high aS $1,500 per ounce; This deposit in Mendoza will therefore be recognized as of great importance. San Francisco Examiner. In the pockets of clothing discarded by a burglar at Crawfordsville, Ind., was found a translation from Caesar's Com-, mentaries and an example in algebra, in dicating, that 'the-night prcwlerwas a student. : ' The Duke of Westminster has again this year given to the Chester infirmary, the sum of $3,500, being the proceeds of the shillings charged upon visitors for admission to Eaton hall and gardens. - Miss Maggie Donger, of Shelbyrille, Ind., began a unique course of treatment for consumption last week. Under the advice of her doctor she uses a diet made op exclusively of young dog flesh. Blown Oat of Hla 'Ottee. : - Mr. Nathaniel Paige, the lawyer, had a remarkable experience during the re cent storm. .. He was sitting at tne desk in his office on the second floor of the Corcoran building, and at the southwest corner when the storm broke. The door opening into the main hall was open, but the door connecting with a small anteroom' was closed.-' The upper part was of glass. The strength of the wind .broke in the corner windows, and, pick ing Mr. Paige up bodily, carried him through the door, and with the frame hanging around him deposited him out in the main ball, fifteen feet, distant. He was not cut by the broken glass nor hurt in any way. -W ashington Star. Was This' Parrot a Bad Friend? A friend of mine once had a gorgeous African parrot, a bird so handsome And bo accomplished that everybody petted him, but so 6ure as we held ; Out a lump of sugar, a bit of fruit or candy with "Here, Polly! Pretty Polly? want some sweeties!" he would dart his head aside and savagely nip not the lump of sugar but the fingers that held it. It seemed to rouse all his worst temper to feel that he was obliged to receive the gift from one who had the power 'to withhold it I have often, fancied that if reincarna tion is a possibility, that parrot , had been one of . the jealous and venal souls some poor - innocent .had taken for a friend, and from .whom a wound had been received not in the fingers, but in the heart-i-Mrs. Frank Leslie. . i Fisherman's Lock. No sooner had the disappointed herring fleet sailed away from Biddeford pool, with empty barrels, than a- wonderfully big school of the fish struck in. : Nobody's there to catch em, ana they're having a great frolic. Lewiston Journal. fa just 2k horns J. V. 6. relieves conttipaUon and sick headaches. After it sets the Bystem under control an occasional dose prevents return. We refer by permission to W. II. Marshall, Bruns wick House, 8. F.; Geo. A. Werner, 531 California StT a V.; Mrs., a Melvin, 136 Kearny St, & P., and many others who have found relief from constipation and sick headaches. G.W. Vincent, of 6 Terrenes Court, 8. F. Writes: "1 am 60 years of age and have been troubled with constipation for 25 years.- I was recently induoed to try Joy's Vegetable Sarsapariila. I recognized in it at ouco an herb that the Mexicans used to giwns in the early ISO's forjsowel troubles. (I came to California in 1839,) and 1 knew it would help me and it has. For the first time is years I can sleep well and my system is regular and in splendid condition: The old Mexican herbs in thUremcdy are a certain, cure In constipation and bowel troubles." Ask for - ., , ..; wSaraa par i I la For Sal by. SNIPES & KINERSLY THE DAU.E8. OREGON Say theS. JS'.,CoHsix axe is- the best thing they.. ever Lsaw.". - -, We . are hot nattered for we. k now n Ks al Mzeit wilt Win. All we ask is an honest tual. ' For sale by all druggists, --; ' t. . - . S. -B. MEDicixsvMrG. Co., ', , - v v Dnfur. Oregon. Severe Law. Tbe. English pie look soe closely 'to the (enaiDeness . of these staples than we do. In fsct. they Have a -lw under ' Which they .'make ' seizarer - and" . da. stror adulterated' products that sr - not what they are represented to fce. - Under ' this itstute thousands of ponndsxtf tea hare -beea burned beranse of jheh-wboleasJe adB teratiou. . , ..- w Tea, by the war, i one of the most-notort ously adulterated- articles of commerce. Not . . alone are the bright, fchiny green, teas irttS- cially. colored, but thouands of pounds .'of & s'ubstisutcs for tea leaves are used to swell tbe bulk ot cheap teav, ash, sloe, and willow : ' leaves bclns -those' inoat ' commonly -used. , ' Agaiuv sweepings, from tern . warehouses are colored and sold as tea. - Even exhausted tea -leaves gathered from the tea-house are kept, dried, and made over nd find their way into tbe client p teas.. - . i ' The English government, attempts to stamp this out by coufixeatiun; but no tea is too poor far u-, nnd tbe result is, that 'probably ; the purest teas iised by any nation are those; . consumed iu-America. .. . ' .:' llcech's Tea is presented with the goar au'.y that it is uncolored and unadulterated; In fact, the snn-curca tea leaf pare and aim . pie. Its purity insures - superior strength, atiotit one third-loss ot it being required tor an Infusion than of the a,iilIal teas, and its fragrance and exquisite flavor is at once ap parent. It wilt be a revelation to you. In order that its purity and quality may be guar-. anteed,' It la sold only rn pound packages bearing this trade-rnark': BEECHvE TEA rPureAsWdhood3 Price SOo per pound. . For sals at Xteslle Btitlor's, Just Joy .C-:'.s'.wsiAiiiiitte'.-..-. . . . A g Dalles IS v -- i.. 3 " Of thelLeading City of Eastern Oregon. During the little oyer a year of its existence it has earnestly tried to fallfil the objects for which it was founded, namely, to assist in developing 6ir industries, to advertise the resources of the city and adjacent country and to work for an open river to the sea. Its record is before the people and the Phenomenal support it has received is accepted as the expression of their approval. Independent in every thing, neutral in nothing, -. 1 - for what it believes to be Commencing with the vclume the weekly has been enlarged to eight pages while the price . ($1.50 Thus both the weekly ; ' more reading matter for published in-the county. iti 10M DONE AT THE; CURD Bbbf( apd Job priptipri Done on LIGHT BINDING Addreors J1 HailfOrders to (awjironiole TH E DALLES, l!ioi)lGlB it will live only to fight - just and ri ht. first number of the second a year) remains the same. and daily editions contain ..' .- .... less money than any jpaper PRI11TII1G Iffi JOB lOPl: Short notice. NEATLY DONE Pab. Co. , a THIS i)AJLt,VKruun.