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CHI Bis SUsspfe Bnarrow Tray. Ttw crouds mgainst th,Bnglipaiw. torn is developing a marvelous mount of ingenuity. .A cheap, effective and unerring mehb)! ht kmiig; tid birds i the essential requisite to success in the new industry. ? M. - One little fellow on the south side has solved the problem, and. has-already J brought in over 100 heads. ' He explained hia system and the comparative merits of it and other systems to. Captain Hay wood. t Yon see," he8aid,2f I didn't have no gxm nor no money to buy one, an if I had the pliceman'd arrested me for shootin,' Aa me mother wouldn't let me poiaoa 'em. She said it was cruel. Any wayi'yoo' couldn't never -telf"-whether-r yoa got all the sparrers yon poisoned. So I just got up a scheme of my own inn u auuiqer iooy inufciiYeay-prj ta" ' street 1 do. -- A VJ' 2 ' "We made a lot of paper funnels out of writin paper 'bout half as long as a lead pencil, the top of ' 'ein just trig enough for a sparrer to get his head in. We put birdseed, in the bottom of 'em aa set en up in ;the alley back of our. boose' where lots of, the sparrers coma, Tha sparrers come; pevkin around an find the birdseed in tern, an I stick their heads In to get it. tvWell, it's down at the bottom, yon know, an so they just posh their heads right in, an then the funnels stick to their heads. They can't, fly, 'cause they1 "can't' 'see, an b'sides it' "prises "em, so they forget to fly. .-.Then' we come right up and catch 'em. It's lots of fun watchin 'em flutterin 'round tryin to get the funnel off. The other boy bad his ; funnels marked with his name, an 1 had mine marked with mine, so we'd know which "was mine and which was his." Chicago News. The Art of Cutting Clothes. -;--' t When wo read and listen to discus sions of comparative value of long1 or shoulder measures with those that are short and sectional, in which one or the other is denounced as unscientific or impracticable, our mind immediately dwells for a moment on a proverbially stupid animal with long ears. The fact is that many cutters are successful with the first, and just about as many with the others. Every man caunot become a good cut ter. ; Some. Vlp not seem to "catch on," as the saying is, and others who seem to do so are never ablo to produce any other results than such as "make old Natural ability and educatiaf.ad-, vantages " generally Insure success," bnt'1 years of work on the board, the ability even to make.., a good coat, is no guar- - antee pf,the;: possession of .that mental ' equipment vhich is necessary to make Tift goodcutier.rj f s 5 S s H E When it requires hours of ; labor ko fix? f ui nuiue one s uiiuu mo oinerence De-'-l tween one-third atad one-quarter of a size, how can such a one expect to suc ceed as a cutter? When a student is able to think quick- ly and .clearly,-we .confidently .expect him to become-'' a" skillful- cutter; even though he cannot make a coat so well as., many others. The fact is that to be successful in garment cutting, as in any other trade' or "profession, a man must have brains, know how to use them and I we them as 'he should. Tailoring Jonr-'T A Joke on the "Britisher." I had been traveling in a railway car riage in the south, in company with two very pleasant men who chanced to be seated opposite to me at the end of the crowded car," and had got Out to ','buy a lunch," as they say,' at a station, my two fellow passengers -having promised -. to keep my seat for me. When 1 returned to the car 1 found a tall, gaunt man, in a broad slouch hat, apparently about to take my seat.- bub-, yet not -actually tak- "git. .CriD? ' i i f s : ' j .- A glance at my acquaintances opposite showed me why he hesitated. Each of them was holding a cup of coffee to his mouth with his left hand, while his right, grasped a. revoiver covering the intruder. Time being short, they were drinking their coffee while they "kept the Britisher's seat." - The tall stranger politely retired on my appearing, the others put -their ; revolvers in their hip pockets without any remark and we re sumed our journey. What amused me most of all, though, was a' glimpse 1 got of a solemn looking old man about half way down the car, who had drawn out from somewhere an enormousantiquated, ivory handled six shooter, and was holding it up with his finger on the trigger, ready to take a hand in any little festivity that might arise. He looked so disappointed when it all ended in nothing that 1 felt quite orry for hfm. -Contemporary Review? L - A Boy' Method of Avoiding Bad Dreams. A friend has told us that during a long period"of "Lis childhood he"" 'maintained ' the habit of praying every night before going to sleep that no. bad dreams might trouble him,' acting In curious, unthink ing coincidence with good old Bishop . Ken, fKha; generations .ago resorted, to r the same; expedient.'-' To -' further; his prayers the little boy. in a spirit, of phU N. losophy beyond his years, would try to concentrate his ; ideas on. all the most humdrum things he could think of , his . thoughts usually settling on the figure of an old Welsh landlord, a small man with a brown wig, whom he had oc casionally visited with his father, and who, to his childish fancy, appeared the very personification of "commonplace. ".'Argosy.- . '.Silk Manufacture.. s . France exports silk goods to the value of 10,000,000, two-thirds of whioh are -taken by England and by the United ' -States. Swiss and German houses are serious rivals in point of. quantity of manufactured goods, but in quality the taste and skill of the French will long maintain supremacy. The United States are rapidly increasing their silk factories. Leisure Hour. Learning Rapidly. . Watchmaker What is the most essen tial feature of a cheap watch? Bright Apprentice Its resemblance to costly one. Exchange. Ui RUSTLER. SIZED UP AS H " Pro Ted" Quit" D ftrmleu, However, Notwithstanding His Appeanuuc (had pa cowboy's bat-f-be (had; loay. ?hair and fleroe black' eyesrrdieTel was a . claw from the foot of a grizzly bear dangling-- froni i his i watch chain. Vou could size him up only in one way ' he had' killed his man, or perhaps half a, dozen of them. If he hadn't fought Indians and ' stood' tip to the bad, bad men of the far west, then his looks be lied him. , He c was a quiet,, nnostenta tious ' man", as " all nervy ' men are.' He was reading a dime novel, as. all game men do .-when they travel. Now and then' he 'felt down the back of his neck to if --hibo wi. knif a- wascuddling . up to his spine in a proper manner, and now ands then he reached down to his boot JegBto see that his cargo of re glvevs hadtft 8hifte4.sJ Three or f our of us, after taking plenty of time to size him np, decided to ask him bow and where he got the wound which had left the scar clear across his left cheek. It looked like the work of Sitting" BuU'8 tomahawk, but we wanted the particulars. S0.it was agreed that J should work hiin up to eU hia. story; and 'after a quarter of an . hour of di plomacy I had shaped matters so I dared observe: " "-" " "That is a bad scar you have on you cheek, and there is no doubt a story con nected with ity- "Yes.'sir, there is.he replied. "We should like to hear the particu lars, if you have no objection." "Oh, the story don't amount to much," he modestly remarked. 'But you certainly had a close call., How many Indians were around you?" "Indians? I didn't see no Indians." "Oh! Perhaps you were in a western stage when it was held up, and you- got that scar in fighting off the road agents?" "Never saw a road agent in my life," he answered, "Tackled by a bad man perhaps?" "Never saw a bad man." " "Bnt you had a fight," 1 persisted. "No, I didn't." "Well, perhaps you'd be kind enough to explain how yon got that scar?" "I will. I went into a restaurant and ordered , a pumpkin pie. The waiter brought me a squash pie instead. I kicked. The owner: of the place, who was a woman, got mad "and slashed me with" ah old" case knife. "" t' afterward settled with her for three dollars in cash. That's the story, sir." J "But , why why are you Wearing that hat and other- things belonsrins to a western terror?" I asked. r '"These things? Oh, 1 got 'em of an actor for four dollars." He had to sell cjut or walk home, and as the walking wasn't goo4 he sold out,." fc J And may 1 !ask-who you are?! I ji , quireu, awm. ience reu upon our . ' f ri i v I . - t crowd. ' " ""Certainly- you can I've been work ing for a farmer near Monroe all sum mer for "leven dollars' a month and .found,, but 1 quit,. the other day and am going to Toledo, to get a stock of stomach .bitters to sell on the road. Needn't no body be afraid of me. 1 ain't loaded, and if I was I aint got the sand to go off. Never tackled but one man. and . 1 hain't , got through' Tunning away from him" "vet. ' '- --"i. . him yet.' .Then we went to the other end of the car and tried to. call the convention to order, and do some resolvine. but it was a failure. '!. Everybody seemed to want to sit and think. Detroit Free Press. The Sailor and His Pets. i Jack Is fond of ' pets, and when at sea w allowed to cultivate that fondness to a certain extent. - The most hard hearted shipowner does not object to having one or two stray dogs or cats provided with homes on his vessel. And Jack is very grateful for this indulgence. , It affords him deep pleasure, to hold ,.inhis loving though rough ' embrace ' the innocent creature who, either by a cheerful wag of the tail or a responsive purr, assures him that his attentions are appreciated, and that the fact of his being lacking ill personal attraction is not taken into consideration. . jacK loves tne poor creature just as r tenderly as if he were perfect. The ship's cat may be lean and uninviting in appearance, but this does not prevent Jack from petting it. Other pets are sometimes kept pn board ship.' It is not unusual for seamen- on vessels returning from tropical ports to have pet monkeys or parrots. The captain's wife, who has her own way sometimes, turns her cabin into an aviary. Single captains have been knowq to keep pets on, shipboard, although, as a rule, they,seem ashamed to display any weakness ofthis descrip tion. London Tit-Bits. "I A Jualnt Bit of Praise. - To be eulogized when j dead, is more often the lot of a man than to be praised in life, but surely a quainter compliment was never paid a dead, man., than was received by j Talleyrand -for 'when his demise 'was 'announced' to one of his acquaintances, the latter exclaimed, "He must, have; bad some ; good reason 'jfor dying I think I; wilL.be at least ill my self,'' -''and- f-forthwith i went to' i bed. Yet another compliment to a dead man was uttered by the Marchioness of ; , who, ' when1 ' told that the ' celebrated physician Borden had ' been found dead in bed, exclaimed, "Ahl Death was so afraid of him that he did not dare attack him - except when-he was asleep. T Lon don Standard. ." Famine Carried Off 9,500,000 People. The worst calamity from famine ever recorded took placein the years-1877 and 1878 in China.' Complete crop failures took place in all the northern provinces, and the number of those .who perished from want: of food was estimated at 9,500,000. As the internal communica tions of a country are improved the dan ger of wholesale starvation is. much les sened. Providence Journal. ;t;,' .' " " The Kew Tork Method. : i- 1 ' Cubbage 1 wonder;why they are pav ing this street.' Rubbage They probably intend to put a sewer down as soon as the paving i3 doe. New York Knoch. A LITTLE- FAMILY DIFFERENCE. Old LBdsaa Ztlffered Over's Small HsltavM the Elder Won. Up on tim Delaware and Hudson rail road the other day two nervous old ladies climbed on board the south bound train at Crown Point. They were of the same height, looked much alike and both of them wore gossamer rubber cloaks possibly under the vague impression that cinders melt. They fluttered into a seat near the door, evidently prepared for a long journey. . When the bird cage, two satchels and three shoe boxes of luncheon had been properly stowed away, the two ladies sat down in unison, "much as if pulled on one string. - - - Beyond a vigorous attack on the luncheon an hour later, they quietly de voted their attention to the scenery un til Albany was reached in the late after-, noon.. That being the terminus of the. road, the passengers started for the car door as the train stopped, but . there, seemed to be a blockade of some sort on the platform. It wasn't just exactly a blockade; it was the two old ladies from Crown Point. . i I Equipped with satchels, the bird cage and the luncheon (now reduced to one shoe box), they had led the procession to ' the door, but had succeeded in getting no farther, as the train had run into the station on a middle track, and they could not agree on which side of the car to get off. "I tell you. Janet," said the old lady with the bird cage, with much dignity, "that this is the proper side. It is nearer the depot, and no doubt our train is close by. Come, don't be obstinate, ". sister," she added persuasively. "I will not leave the car on that side," declared the other, holding up the shoe box and both satchels as if for a barri cade, which the impatient crowd within the car thought quite superfluous. "If you think I am going to career across three tracks," she continued emphatical ly, "in front of moving locomotives, and risk ourselves and that precious bird, then I say, Hannah, you have lost your senses; that's all." . "You seem to forget that I am older than you, Janet," rejoined the other with offended dignity. "That may all be, hut little good it's done. You would have scandalized the whole family at Cousin Maria Sopor's funeral up at the Corners if I had not insisted" ' .."Hey!" "What's the matter?" "Shake it up!" "Get off!" came in a chorus from the impatient throng inside. ;"Sakes alive!" ejaculated the beliger ent Janet, for the first time observing the crowd in waiting. "Come this way. Do come," pleaded the other. "I won't." .. ."You must; 1 insist," cried the elder sister, stepping hastily down to decide the,, matter. There was no further ; tuaiioj lor argument, .aireaay tne otner t - f . - passengers were pushing out. So, with an expression of annoyance and fright, the second, old lady tourist joined the other and the two rubber gossamers be gan their devious flight across the tracks and before waiting locomotives toward the station. They reached there . at length, but it was apparent that some thing had happened. "I told you so! I told you so!" almost screamed the younger sister as soon as she could catch her breath. "You say you dropped it?" asked the other in troubled tones. "Yes; that horrid engine let off steam and 1 jumped. I suppose I dropped it then. Why can't engines hold their steam till they get out in the country, Td like to know?" "Well, never mind, Janet, we can get along," said the other soothingly. "But I do mind. I suppose, TTn.nni) 1 ought to be thankful that you and the bird are safe; but just to think," she added, with almoet a sob, "the whole of Aunt Lucinda's sponge cake gone, and we've only got to Albany."- And sure enough, some distance up the second track, reposing peacefully on the off rail, lay the familiar green out line ' of the last shoe box. New York Tribune. Two Bold Compliments. - A ' bold stroke to obtain liberty by means of a compliment was that made by M. de Maupertius, who when a pris oner in Austria was presented to the empress, who said to him, "You know the queen of Sweden, sister to the king of Prussia?" "Yes, madame.". "I am told that she is the most beautiful princess in the world." "Madame," replied the cun ning prisoner, "I always thought so un til now." This was as diplomatic as the words and action of the Marquis Medina, a Spanish nobleman. -. - "Queen Elizabeth, who had been admir ing his elegance, and complimenting him on it, at the same time begged to know who possessed the heart of so ac complished a cavalier. . "Madame," said he, "a lover risks too much on such' an occasion; but your majesty's will is law. Excuse me,. however, if I fear to name her, but request your majesty's accept-" ance of her portrait." He -sent her 'a looking glass. London Standard. The Craa for Souvenirs. The popular craze for souvenirs which now prevails among' persons who have money to spend is -spreading in. various directions.. Formerly the silver spoon held undisputed sway, but now there are souvenir bracelets, souvenir ' napkin rings, souvenir buttons and souvenir fans.- The silversmiths are kept busy getting up new and novel designs, and each1 jewelry store of any importance has' its souvenir department. Spoons of course are still in the greatest demand. One young married woman in this town, who is an ardent collector of souvenirs, is the proud possessor of nearly 100 spoons, each representing a city or vil lage that she has ' visited. New York Times. : . . " . A Fins Word. The following' extraordinary word is given in Miss M. A. Courtney's "West Cornwall Dialect:" "Pednbokshrlost withel, spoken by fishermen in. describ ing the peculiar model of a boat; is said to mean 'cod's head and conger's tail,' " Notes and Queries. . -A Trick of the Taug Ma. There are tricks and tricks, and it is aid that all is fair in love and war, but here is sometning. that has a discrimina tion worthy of a better cause. ' A young man who sometimes calls at our house confessed it in a moment of confidence. All the girls know to their cost how easily a party fan. is broken, and each" girl will easily . recall the fact that she herself did not break her fan. It was in the hands of her escort, or a youth on dancing duty, who was twirling it while uttering soft nothings, and snap went a pearl stick! . Now I am told that this is always done on purpose. As soon as the fan is broken the young man is overcome with regret and insists on having it mended or replacing it. He may not do either, but he carries it off and calls with it when it is repaired, or to say that he, lost it, or that it was -stolen .from his pocket that' same even ing; but there it is, a door opening to the future. It forms a flimsy society tie but still a tie between him and a girl he adores, and whom he could not reach without this little passport. It is worth a dozen letters of introduction, because it places the girl under an apparent obligation at the start. But who would have believed there was so much decep tion in the other sex? Detroit Free Press. " ' ' ' - - ' . Life History In Hair. . A single hair is a sort of history of the physical condition of an individual during the time it has been growing, if one could read closely enough. Take a hair from the beard or from the head and scrutinize it and you will see that it shows some attenuated places, indicating that at some period of its growth the blood supply was deficient from over work, anxiety or underfeeding. Na tional Barter. Bad Blood. Impure or vitiated blood Is nine times oat of ten caused by some form of constipation or Indiges tion tbat clogs np the system, when tbe blood naturally be comes impregnated with the ef fete matter. ThcoidSarsaparillas attempt to reach this condition by attacking the blood with the drastic mineral " potash." The potash theory Is old and obsolete. Joy's Vegetable Sureaparilla Is moderu. It goes to tbe seat of the trouble. It arouses the liver, kidiicvs a.:d bowels to health ful action,. and invigorates the circulation, and tbe impurities are quickly, carried off through the uutural channels. Try it and uoto its delightful action. Chas. Lee, at Beamish'a Third and Market Streets, i."F writes: "I took it for vitiaied bloo- and while on the first bot tle became convinced of it.t mer its, for 1 could feel it was work ing a change, it I'leanw.l, puri fied and braced, inc up generally, and everything is now working full and rcgula Vegetable Sarsaparilla ale by SNIPES &. KINERSLY THE DALLES. OREGON. . , . - CUJHLED By using 8. B. Headache and Liver Cure, and fe. B. Cough Cure as directed for colds. They were STJOOXISSZ'TJXiZj'S' used two vears aeo durinar the 1a Grltme eni- demic, and very flattering testimonials of their power over that disease are at hand. Manufact ured by the 8. B. Medicine Mfg. Co., at Dufur, urcgon. or sale oy au arugglsts. A Severe Law. The EDglish peo ple look more closely the genuineness .X n t these staples than we do. In fact, they : have a law under vSSs'VSWfl " which they make 'f - r products that are not what they sire represented to be. Under this statute thousands of pounds of tea have 'been burned because of their wholesale adul teration. . Tea, by tbe way, is one of the most notorl ously adulterated articles of commerce. Not alone are tbe bright, shiny green teas artifi cially colored, but thousand of pounds of substitute for tea leaves ore used to swell the bulk of cheap tea,; ash, sloe, and willow leaves being those most commonly used. Again, sweepings from tea warehouses are colored and sold as tea. . Even exhausted tea leaves gathered from the tea-houses are kept, dried, and made over and find their way into the ebeap teas. The English government attempts to stamp this out by confiscation; but no tea is too poor for n. and the result is, that probably the poorest teas used by any nation are those consumed tu America.-. - Itecch'a Tea Is presented with the guar anty thai it Is ancolored and unadulterated; In fact, the snn-curea tea leaf pure and slm- ple. Its. parity insures superior strength, about one third less of it being required fox an Infusion than of the artificial 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 gmar anteed. It is sold only in pound packages bearing this trade-mark -. BEEGH&' TEA rPureAsl!hilclhood: Price eoo per pound. For sales.. ' Xieslle :&3-CL-tlox'0, JOLIS For S GRIPPE iUH Tne Dalles TPS TP Of the Leading City of Eastern Oregon. During the little over a year of its existence it has earnestly tried to fallfil the objects for which it was founded, namely, to assist in developing our 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 anl the phenomenal support it has received is accepted as the expression of their approval. Independent in every thing, neutral in nothing, for what it believes to be Commencing with the vclume the weekly has been enlarged to eight pages wliile the price ($1.50 a year) remains the same. Thus both the weekly and daily editions contain more reading matter for published in the county. GET YOUH DONE AT THE PflfllCli JO Done on A. LIGHT BINDING Address all Mail'Orders to Cht6riiele THE DALLES, cnioQiele it will live only to fight just and right. ' first number -of the second less money than any paper PlWTIflG Short Notice. NEATLY DONE, Pab. Co., OREGON, Room.