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'" ProMl mt th Climate . ! Cbcusin John and bis wife were visit- ! Ins relatives in the west. -: It was their first trip to that part of the country, and i .they listened respectfully and admiring- ! ly to the descriptions of the climate i given by their western host. -' There's nothing like it hi the.vworld. i Why, we have days and weeks here ' without any moisture at night; We Bit Tight out on our lawn until 10 o'clock and never think of taking cold. ' We don't have fog in the morning the way yon do back in New England, either. Clear, bracing air and dry for" an hour before sunrise. And then people talk about the wind in some parts. of the west. 1 never saw any wind to com pare with the east wind on Boston Com mon.' The beauty of this climate, though, is its dry, cool, bracing atmos phere. It-beats the world. .. " Yes, sir," this is the paradise for. people suffering from lung or throat trouble." - - - The next morning the visitors awoke and looked out of their window. A fog, r something very much like a fog, such as they were familiar with "down east," held possession- of the country, and they could see nothing of the scenery. ; They went down to breakfast, and the hot apologized for. the weather: it was ' the first' fog he had seen for two years, be assured them, and it would lift in an hour or two. Sure enough, it did lift, and before night it was blowing a gale. The sever est -wind that the "oldest inhabitant" could recollect set in and lasted three days. Several houses were unroofed and considerable damage was done to grow ing crops. . During the visitors' stay several very severe rainstorms occurred. Only one iw two evenings were dry enough to per mit sitting "on the lawn." Cousin John . was. afflicted nearly the whole time with a hacking congh, and his wife caught cold in the head from sitting on the veranda after sunset. . . " The host was disgusted. "Catch me - bragging again about the climate! It's as dangerous as trying to have a child "show off.' It's sure to do just what you don't want it to. After this 1 don't say anything about our weather!" Youth's Companion. Self Puttttued. - Two ladies and an invalid boy who was carried' on a stretcher were the last passengers on the gang pjank of a river steamer. The boy and one of the ladies were successfully embarked, and the other lady was crossing the plank, which was loose and partially drawn in, when'it tipped and plunged her into the river. Several young men on the boat hastily removed their coats and wera ; jnsj ready to leap into the water, when fclio came up smiling, holding fast !to her bag and umbrella. ' ' ! i''N6w don't any oue jump in after me," she called to -the excited passen gers; "I'm all right, and will float until my clothes become soaked with w.ater. .Just throw me a rope. There's no ne cessity for any one else to get wet." . . The rope was thrown to her and she grasped it with one hand and was drawn to the side of the steamer, when she said: " ,- "Now some one lie flat on the deck and reach down and take my bag and umbrella, and then help me out." A young man followed her instruc tions and she was soon standing safe on the deck. - Requesting a porter to take her trunk fmmuliat.l r n n 1. -.4.- .3 J W C DMIW1W1U, BWJ AOIITOU, and in a few minutes returned dry clad ' and cheerful to receive the congratula tions of her fellow passengers, and to re lieve the alarm of her lady friend, who had promptly fainted at sight of the ac cident. Washington Republic. Polly's Command to Her Father. The followiug extract from "Madame Knight's . Journal," writteu ; in 1725, shows that children were much the same at that time as they are now: Thursday, about- 3 in the afternoon, I set forward with neighbor Polly, a . girl about eighteen years, who- , her fa- iner saui ne Htm been to fetch out of the Narragansetts, and said they had rode ; thirty, miles that day on a sorry lean horse with only a Baiijr under hei for a pillion, which the poor Girl often com plained of. ' " Abftut 7 that eveniug we came to - New London Ferry. Here, by reasoa of - a very high wind, we mett with great difficulty in getting over; The boat tost exceedingly, and our Horses cappered at a very Surprising rate, and set via all in a fright, especially poor Polly, who desired her father to say "So Jack" to the horse to make him stand. But the careless parent, taking no notice of her repeated desires, She Rored out in a Passionate manner, "Pray, Suth, father, Are you deaf? Say 'So Jack' to the horse I tell yon." The Dutiful Parent obeyed saying "So Jack, So Jack," as gravely as if he had bin saying Chatchise after young Miss, who with her frightJook't all the Colours of ye Rainbow. ' Working for a Wife. An infinite amount of trouble has a youth of the Philippines ere he is allowed to take a wife to his bosom. After the parents on both sides have come to terms the young gentleman has to work for his intended father-in-law for a certain time, "' very often for four years, and sometimes longer. During this time he must mind his p's and q's, for if he does anything wrong he is instantly discarded. Very , frequently unscrupulous fathers make a - practice of dismissing their daughters' young men on the merest pretense, thus enriching themselves )py their gratuitous labor. San Francisco Examiner. . Wnat Makes Hair Cnrly. The difference between straight and curly hair is very apparent on a micro scopical examination. A hair is a hollow tube, and a straight hair is as round as a reed, while a curly hair is always flattened on both sides and curls toward one of the flat sides, never toward the edge. It is a curious and little known fact that the hair of women is coarser than that of men, as well as thicker on the scalp. National Barber. CO-OPERATIVE YACHTING. An Eng-iub Method or ntiin( witnoet Baying an Expensive Boat." It is becoming more and more popular every year- in England for steamers to go out with passengers bound on a regu- lar yachting -cruise. . .In summerthey go cruising up among the fiords of Norway and visit the North cape.. In winter they go to the Mediteranean or the West Indies.. Adot of .people on pleasure bent engage passage and have all the pleasure f a cruise on a steam yacht without the trouble" and expense of owning one. Richard J. Goodwin, a retired mer chant of this city, who has made a trip en one of these vessels to the North cape, said in conversation with a reporter re cently: "I was delighted with my'iex perience, and don't know of a better way to spend an outing.' Captain R. D. LrrrK ham was the pioneer in this service. He commanded the British steamer Ceylon, and ran her with great success on various pleasure cruises to Norway, the Baltic and the Mediterranean. He then pur chased the . steamer Victoria. She is a beautiful -vessel-of over 1,800 tons and fitted up like the most luxurious of pri vate yachts. " Her saloons are -paneled in different -colored marbles, and she is lighted with? electric lights. In'- fact nothing could exceed the beauty and elegance of the Victoria's fittings. I was so much pleased with her when I went on board to inspect her that I engaged passage at once. "There were sixty-eight passengers on board when we left the Tilbury docks, below London, for our twenty-five days' cruise to Norwegian fiords and the Cape of the Midnight Sun. Nearly all of the passengers were English, but we had three of four from Brooklyn and New York. We left the Thames on June 27, and at 6 o'clock that night had cleared the Nore and stood out into the North sea. The wind and sea increased and shook ns up somewhat, and the next day it blew almost a gale. Most of the pas sengers put in an " appearance at the breakfast table, however. As the day wore on the sea and wind continued to increase, and many of the passengers sought the seclusion which their state rooms granted. By noon of June 29 we ran into smooth water again and were able to make an acquaintance with each i other. A pleasant party it proved to be. j " We reached the Norwegian coast that j day at the little village of Scudesnaes, a j quaint old Norwegian place, where a government officer came on board and j remained with us for the rest of the"! cruise, which was through sheltered ! passages up the coast. After leaving Scudesnaes we eutered the Fiord Har danger, and by 0 o'clock the next rnorn ing anchored -in the charming bay of Odde, surrounded' with snow capped hills. "We remained here thirty-six hours,' our steani laiieich making frequent trips to the shore, so we had a chance thor oughly to iuspeet the town. "From Odde we ran up through a lonir ! line of fiords, seeing on every hand the grand Norwegian scenery, until we fin ally arrived at the North cape,- and from its stern heights beheld the midnight sun. It was a trip I never can forget, and one of the most satisfactory in every respect which I ever made. .- It was not an expensive trip either. In fact, I re gard such a trip as the perfection of eco nomical enjoyment. "The expense of such a trip as I have de scribed is about ten dollars a day, which cannot be considered large considering the accommodations offered and the lux ury in which one travels." New York Tribune. - Slur Found Him Out. j A couple of Erin's sons were taking ! their noonday rest on Court street Fri j day, and 1 heard one of them ask - his j companion: ' j "How is it, Mike, that yez don't spend j the money that yez used t' ?" ; Mike ejected about a quart of tobacco jni-e from- between his lips and replied; "Well, Denny. I'll tell yez. Ya sees, I got me sixteen dollars ivery week, an, 1 used to tell the old lady that . I was only gettin tin dollars. 1 usty put tin dollars in wan pocket for the old lady an the other six in me other pocket for meself, J... -j ixr-.ii -i i. i. - , ecr i eu, nuuui mree weens ago, sure. 1 forgot to separate the money, an when 1 got home I handed the old lady the whole sixteen dollars. A little whoile after she sez t me: " 'How much did yez make this week, Moike?" . " 'Tin tlollars,' sez Oi. " 'Th six dollars,' sez she. "An thin it kem t' me all in a minute, an I sez: "Oil, he must ha' med a mistake an given me some wan else's money. Give it here ,'t me ah H tek it back t' him agin.' But the divil a penny would she gimme, an the very next day she kim down t see th boss. Of course she found out that I was makin me sixteen dollars a week, an now 1 have to give her ivery cent." . And then the boss came along and or dered them to go to work before Denny had a chance to convey his sympathy. Brooklyn Citizen. v Abbreviations In Letter. Emerson said that "in a letter any ex pressions may be abbreviated rather than those of respect and kindness;' never write 'Yours affly.' " But, be it said with all respect, this smacks of ped antry. The close of a letter is mere for mula, and is precisely that part which, in writing to a friend, may without risk of misunderstanding be cut short or dis pensed with. But no haste or degree of familiarity excuses careless expressions in the letter itself. Written words stand" by themselves; the tone of the voice and the glance of the eye. which often con vey more than half the meaning, are not there as footnotes; many and many an unintentional sting has been planted by a clumsy phrase-or halting expression. The same principle holds good in con versation. Blackwood's Magazine. - - He Wanted to Keep Sunday. Mrs. Gazzam (as she came in from church) Sometimes it is very hard work to listen to Dr. Thirdly's sermons. Gazzam That's the reason I don't gc to church. - I don't believe in working on Sunday. --Harper's Bazar. - A; BRAZEN DEADHEAD. As Es(llikmM Seem-ed . a .Box In b Tn eaten but Did Not See the Show. . ' Soon . after, the doors opened a good looking young " fellow in evening dress came up to me as I was standing in the lobby and" asked me what box had been reserved for him, : I said -I did not know him who was he? ' He said he had met the manager of tho theater that after noon, and he had been, told to come to the theater and his name would be left for a box. : .-, . " ; '-' Unfortunately - he entered too much into details. He told me that his name was Leslie, and he was a leader writer and subeditor of The Morning Wire. As I knew my manager was rather in the habit of giving these somewhat vague invitations to the theater, I thought it better to err on the side of politeness, so I gave Mr, Leslie the ticket for the box, and he thanked me and said he would go to a'' neighboring restaurant where his friends were dining and bring them on to the theater. - . '--.-.:. ....... 1 As the principal piece was commenc ing! saw Mr. Leslie enter the theater and go to his box accompanied by a .well dressed party two ladies and a gentleman. I thought nothing more of this, but about 10 o'clock who: should come into my room but the son of the proprietor of The Morning Wire on his way from the office. Of an evening he sometimes used to drop into my room and have a chat with me. While talk ing with him 1 suddenly thought of Mr. Leslie up in a box, so I asked my friend if he knew the leader writer and subed itor. 1 was rather astonished when 1 heard there was no such name on The Morning. Wire, but to make assurance doubly sure 1 took my friend into the theater and pointed Mr. Leslie out to him. All knowledge of Mr. Leslie was denied, and "my friend wanted to" give the impostor in charge at once, but I asked him to be quiet and sit still in my room while I sent a note up to. Mr. Lea-" lie, asking him to come and have'a cig arette. - After the curtain was down Mr. Leslie walked in as bold as brass, lighted a cigarette, and prepared for a chat; my friend 1 could see was being consumed by inward temper, but luckily held his tongue. After some general conversa tion I asked him how the proprietor of The Morning Wire was, and after other questions 1 asked him if he knew his son (my friend sitting fuming in an arm chair). . "Oh, yes," said Mr. Leslie; -"great pal of mine; often dine with him; only left him about an hour ago." "You liar! you swindler!" shouted my friend, unable to resist . the temptation. He could keep quiet no longer; he flew into the most violent temper, calling Mr. Leslie every name he could lay his tongue to, and wanting to give him in charge at once. To see 'Leslie cower down, beg, pray, offer every apology, was indeed a sad sight. After we had kept him in agony some time I gave directions that he should not be allowed to return to his box, but po litely and firmly shown out of the theater. It seemed that he was the son of a doc tor m very fair practice in the south of London, and he confessed that he had been successful at several theaters, but after the shock we gave him I do not think it at all likely he ever tried again to get a box "on the cheap." Interview in London Tit-Bits. Japanese Doctors. A Japanese doctor never dreams of asking a poor patient for a fee. There is a proverb among the medical frater nity of Japan, "When the twin enemies, poverty and disease, invade a home, then he who takes aught from that home, even thongh it be given him, is a rob ber." ' "Often," said Dr. Matsumoto, "a doc tor will not only give his. time and his medicines freely to the sufferer, but he will also give him money to tide over his dire necessities. Every physician has hid own dispensary, and there are very few apothecary shops in the empire. "When a rich man calls in a physi cian he does not expect to be presented with a bill for medical services. - In fact, no such thing as a doctor's bill is known in Japan, although nearly all the other modern practices are in vogue there. The doctor never asks for his fee. " - . . "The strict honesty of tile people makes this unnecessary. When he is through with a patient a present is made to him of whatever sum the pa tient Or his friends may deem to be just compensation. The doctor is supposed to smile, take the fee, bow and thank his' patron." San Francisco Chronicle. . Mistaken Identity. A man who had evidently arrived by I the train walked into a boarding house in a Texas town and asked: - "Is Mr. Day in?' - " "What Day, sah?" asked the porter. "What do 1 know about him? Do I look like a detective? If Mr. Day isn't in, tell Mr. Week to step out here." "What week do you refer to, sah?" "Oh, last week or week before Christ mas I Do you take me for an almanac? Who runs this shebang, anyhow?" "De Widow Flapjack, sah." "Well, then, you tell her to take down : her sign. I read on the sign out there, 'Boarding by Day or Week,' and pow it seems that both of 'em lit out. That sign is put up there to deceive the trav eling public, i don't believe there are any such people living," and he picked np his gripsack and swung himself on board of a street car. Texas Sif tings. ' Literature Didn't Start Them. Eastern Man Yes, sir, it's a shame the way this sensational juvenile litera ture is turning the heads of boys and sending them west to fight Indians. Western Man Did you ever meet any Indian fighters? ' - "No. Why?" . "Nothing. Only most of them can't read." Good News. ' Baron Arthur Rothschild, a nephew of the head of the great financial house, is serving his twelve months in the French army as a private soldier. . - - Lived In a Crypt Tweoty-elj-ht Years. " Robert Davidson,' who - for- twenty-' eight years lived in the crypt of the Westminster . Presbyterian church, at Baltimore, is dead. . He , was born in Ireland in 1811, and came to' America early in life. Some years before the war he became sexton of Westminster church. " He fitted up a - room in a humble way among the ' graves and tombs beneath the church, and since 1863 he lived there in a hermitlike way. He was extremely reticent in regard to his. history, and would, never give any explanation as to how he .came to choose such a place as a dwelling place. Phila delphia Ledger.' " - . - ,' Shot tho Dummy.' , - James Toles.-a well to do colored man, near Plain City, O., was awakened a few nights ago by the unusual barking and snarling of his dog, and going to the door with his shotgun fired at the figure of a man standing near one of several apple trees on Which Ms Thanksgiving turkeys were roosting. The figure fell to the ground, and Toles, cautiously go ing forward, found it to. be a dummy, made with old clothes stuffed with straw. In the meantime thieves had carried away seven fat gobblers. Exchange. . :" Discing- for Buried Treasure. A tradition exists about English, InrL, that the Wyandottes buried treasures of gold and silver which they stole from the early-missionaries and other parties in that neighborhood, and occasionally the treasure hunters become a plague. One of these fevers is now "on," and as the country is underlaid with iron, the divining rods are leading the owners to dig, until some of the fields look like newly planted ' graveyards. Philadel phia Ledger. " SICK Head Aches. . SieU-heudiicihes are the outuarj Indications ol tl.Tiuu'-Mncnts of the stomach and bowels. As Jyn Vegetablo Sarsaparilla Is the only bowel re;; l.-uing preparation of Sarsaparilla, it Is seen y.-hy it is tho only appropriate Sarsaparilla in ;'!:-. :rudaehcs.-. Ic Is not only appropriate; it Is iri i:!j.-iV.ite cure.- After a course of it an occa- so:til fluent intervals will forever after prevent return. -.'"-,.' .hut. -ft. Cox, of 73o Turk Street, Snu Francisco, write: " I liuvc teen troubled with attacks of tii-k-hcailaebc for the last three years from one to threetimes a week. Some lime ago I bought two bottles f Joy's Vegetable ireaparilla and have iinly l;ul one ultuek since and that was on the oi-ou I 'day after I beja'i le-ing it." Jnu'Q Vegetable Uy w Sarsaparilla For Sale by SNIPES &. KINERSLY THE DALLES, OKKOON. - - By using S. B. Headache and Liver Cure, and 8. B. Cough Cure as directed for colds. They were STJOCZ:SSX,TJXjjS' used two years ago during the La Grippe epi demic, and very nattering testimonials of their power over that disease are at band. Manufact ured by the 8. B. Medicine 51 fg. Co., at Dufur, Oregon. For sale by all druggists. A Severe Law. ' The English peo ple look more closely 'to the genuineness of these staples than we do. In fact, they have a law under 'which they make seizure and de stroy adulterated products that are not what they are represented to be. Under this statute thousands of pounds of tea have "been burned because of their wholesale adul teratlon. . - Tea, by the way, is one of the most notori ously adulterated articles of commerce. Not . alone are the bright, shiny green teas artifl- dally colored, but thousands of pounds of ubstl:ute for tea leaves are used to swell . the bulk of cheap teas; ash, sloe and willow leaves belnir those most commonly used. Agaiit, sweepings from tea warehouses are colored and sold as t-.-a. Even exhausted tea -leaves gathered from I hctcn-hausea are kept, dried, and made over and find their way into tuechcap leas. " ' . - . ' . Tho English government af.einpts to stamp -this out by roufisrati.m; but rfr tea is too poor lor ur, and the result i, that probably the poorest teas used by any nation are those -Consumed iu America. Beech's Tea Is presented with the guar anty that It is uucolored and unadulterated; - in fact, the sun-eurea tea leaf pare and sim ple. Its purity insures .superior strength, about one third less of it being required foi an Infusion than of thea-tifieial teas, and Its fragrance and exquisite flavor Is at once ap parent. It will be a revelation to you. In order that its purity and quality may be guar anteed, it is sold only in pound package 'bearing' this trade-mark : BEEC I-K GRIPPE 5 - cnxizro SUM TarcAsWdhood: . Price 0o par pound. For sale at . Zieslle Butler's, THJt DAILES, ORSaOK. Dalles Qf4he Leading City During the little over The has earnestly tried to fullfil 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 an the phenomenal support it has received is accented as tha expression of their approval. Independent in every thing, neutral in nothing, it will live only to fight for what it believes to be just and ri j ht. . Commencing with the first number of the second vc lume the weekly has been enlarged to eight pages while the price ($1.50 a year) remains the same. Thus both the weekly and daily editions contain moie reading matter for less money than any paper published in the county.. GET YOUH DONE AT THE CWIICLE JOB B0BD. 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