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
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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.
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