.. Whera Oongreas met arid Freedom flnng
IU starry banner to the breexe,
Xxoltingly its iron tongue "- : . s .-" ,."..
AJU thro that summer morning song " '
Our new born liberties.
Ittold tie ending of the nigh I,"
The happy dawn of freedom's day, '
And overland there flashed a light
Of brotherhood and human right.
The end of kingly sway. '
- Oh. how the good old bell sang oat
Of liberty and freedom's birth!
From east to west, from north to sooth '
,- The message of its metal month
Roiled all around the earth!
It told the birthright of the race.
The glory of the brave and free.
And pealing from its sacred place
It set the whole wide world ablaze
With dreams of liberty,
Alas, it utters now no sound,
But yet Its echoes ring sublime. ' - "--
lis resting place is noiy ground.
Where Freedom stalks in solemn "round
Until the end of time
Louis Sverre Auionsnn In Philadelphia
-tiedger. .' . -. . -. ... ' -.
Inflammable Gowlit. -"My
business liere is to sell things,"
remarked a midjlle aged salesman to his
friend, as he made a memorandum of a
cash sale in his book; "and of coarse t
expect to sell whatever goods people ask
for, if I have them in stock. Brit-1 do
wish,ttiey wouldn't come here and- buy
-Canton flannel for curtains and draper
ies. ' There is nothing that I sell that
makes me so uncomfortable as this. I
lave had some frightful experiences
-with these goods, which 1 suppose have
made me unusually nervous about them.
There is nothing in the whole range of
dry goods so inflammable as the fine
. grades of Canton flannel, i have had
the house set on fire, repeatedly because
some one lighted a lamp in the vicinity
- of a Canton flannel drapery. J used to
be very fond of this sort of goods, but
there is nothing that would induce me
bow to pnt up a yard of it in my house.
.If you want to understand the occasion
of my fears,-ju8t take a bit of the stuff
and hold it - near the flame of a lamp.
The blaze will travel over it faster than
a prairie fire. 1 have sometimes thought
I would positively refuse to sell the
goods, but people want them; and I 6up--poee
no one would thank me for advice
OA t hp KllhlPf't Virlr T crtr
- Sparrows and Blackbirds.
Birds, notwithstanding their attract
iveness in plumage and sweetness in
song, are many of them great thieves.
When nest building they will steal the
feathers out of the nests of other birds.
and are often much inclined to drive off
other birds from a feeding ground even
where there is abundance. This is espe
cially true of one of our greatest-favorites;
the robin redbreast, who will peck
and run after and drive away birds
much bigger than himself.
Very different asrthe robin and the
sparrow are in other things, they re
semble each other in this. On an - early
spring morning, when a little touch of
frost still made the surface of the earth
hard, 1 have seen a blackbird on a lawn
at last after great efforts extract a worm.
and this was the signal for a crowd of
parrows, who,' by dint ' of numbers,
managed to drive away the blackbird
and carry off the worm, to feed their own
young ones, no doubt. CasselVs Maga
zine. .. ,. , .... . . . ,
descendants of Some Noted Men.
It is noteworthy what a number of
xaen eminent in the era 1861-C5 are now
"represented only in the female' line of
descent. Neither Abraham Lincoln nor
Jefferson Davis has a living grandson.
Keither has Andrew Jackson, Thurlow
Weed nor Horace Greeley. General
Hancock's one son left behind him only
small daughter. There is no represent
tetive of General Scott's name. -A sin
gular parallel runs betwixt two Confed
erate generals. Stonewall -Jackson - and
John Morgan, prince of raiders. .- Each
died before the war ended, leaving one
fair dancrhter. Th r.wn mrli imm nn
o e'"
lamed happily, bore each a daughter
and died- soon after giving birth to a
second child. New York Press.
' - I'liogphoresceut Infection.
The curious discovery has beenmade
that the, phosphorescence frequently ex
hibited by many species of the Crustacea
is infectious. A French naturalist, M.
Giard, has traced the phosphorescent
light in Talitrus to bacteria in the mus
cles, these muscles always showing
signs or disease, un modulating healthy
individuals the same luminous appear
ance was produced. Each and every in
oculated specimen, however, died within
seventy-two hoursv St. Louis Republic.
. College Girls After a Great Game.
The Smith college girls were different
ly affected by Yale's victory over Har
vard t the annual football game. Some
draped their rooms in black and went to
the church the next day dressed in deep
mourning, and one fated all day Sun
day. Those who bet on Yale gave a
banquet, where the dishes were blue, all
the table decorations blue and the wall
. paper one of solid blue, bought and put
np purposely for the occasion. Boston
A Custom Very Like American. -According
to Colonel Rockill, the
devils are driven out Of the. towns in
uorea on Hew Year a eve by firing off
guns and crackers. This is a curious
parallel, if not an explanation,, of Use
ffnfitrtm if rmf mm Van, Von'a nlmnfn
" W.M V M ..VTT A VtU O O.
Why the Sky Is Mat, , ;
1 The apparent flattening of the vault
of the heavens has been found to" have
an annual period, and to depend on
loads. It seems least flat with a misty
horizon, and less by night than by day.
New York "Journal. .
Semiannual Experience. '
Wife (after' house cleaning) It takes
a woman to bring order out of chaos.
Husband (rushing wildly around after
sua uetongings; n Taaea a woman to
mska a nhiuw- that trwfeo. IiIta r,Wlav .
New York Weekly.'-
A physician says: "All emotions are
capable of being propagated from per--on
to person, so as to assume an epi
demic form. Almost every age has
witnessed such epidemics." -
A COUNTRY JN ; WHICH RELIGIOUS
-rFERVOR IS STRONG.
......... '.i r. . . . .
Delicate ' Women Have" Been, Known to
Crawl on 'Their Hands' and' "Knees to
. Place uf Worship Four anil Rich Bow
Together In Devotional Exercise.
-' No people in the work!- are more de
vout than those of Chili, and " surely if
self inflicted punishments, fasting, con
fessions and donations will take one to
heaven, a vast -throng "tthough -mostly
women) will go up from that little re
public, ft is uo uncommon thing for
delicate females to go to the shrine of
worship upon their knees, over the flinty
stones that - tear the flesh, and then beat
themselves with leather straps tipped
with nails. - The, bodies are- -often thus
punished until the blood runs profusely
and when the .poor creatures can do no
more they deposit all the money and
trinkets of value upon the altar and go
home liappy. though suffering.
A few years ago no 'man dare ride
through the streets of any Chilian city
on Good Friday.' Even the cars Were
not allowed . to run; all business -was
stopped aud no sound' of wheel or ham
mer or human labor disturbed the. reli
gious silence. In these days of liberal
ism, although' the people still dress in
deepest mourning and most of the shops
are shnt. the cars and public carriages
go about as nxnal and some business may
be transacted. - -
The strangest and most impressive
part of holy week came on the night of
(Jood Friday, when a long line of female
worshipers, led by the dignitaries of the
church and joined by a very few men.
crept :to the cross on their knees.' They
first knelt in the front yard of the church
and slowly crawled on their knees
through the gravelly courts, up through
the long hall, until they reached the im
age of the crucified, and . each in turn
kissed the wounded foot.'
So solemn was the scene that many
Protestants and persons of no particular
religions belief, who came merely to
look, joined "in the worship. It brought
rich and poor, aristocratic and plebeian,
on the same level servants and ladies
of high degree, both wrapped in mantas.
side by side.
CKI.F.BBATINQ KOtfV WEEK. ""
Later, there was a weird torchlight
procession, led T by the chanting priests
in Diack robes, followed by a concourse
of people who bore in the midst npon
their shoulders a "company of life size
imageB representing all the saints, each
clothed in flowing velvet robes. Among
them was the blessed Virgin, arrayed in
white tarlatan, attended by four- living
maids of honor little girls with long
curls, artificial wings ou.their shoulders,
and garlands of flowers upon their heads
The holy sepulcher was represented by
a large box draped in white mnslin, half
revealing a recumbent figure. All these
were surrounded by devotees -with lan
terns and candles, and follovigd by an
nn wholesome rabble, running, jostling
and poshing oa every side. - ' - .
On Saturay morning, the last of holy
week, especial services were' again held
iu all the churches, which were' still
gloomily draped in black. The priests
entered 'in procession, and there was a
great deal of extinguishing and lighting
of candles, tinkling of bells and other
ceremonies whose import we did not
comprehend, until 10 o'clock, when sud
denly the black veils which slirouded
the altars were drawn aside, displaying
the shrines ablaze with candlesticks afid
abloom with flowers: a peal of trium
phant music, burst from choir, organ,
band and bells, and the glad cry arose.
"Christ is risen."
The cannon of the fort thundered the
joyful tidings and the national ships-of-"
war re-echoed the sound, v Closed doors
flew open, vehicles once more thronged
the streets and business was resumed
with Its accustomed noise, while the ex
cited populace, as if the tragedy of
nearly .1,900 years ago were just enacted,
ventral their pious rage npon efligies of
Judas l.scariot. Poor Judas -was made
to suffer, every punishment that,human
ingeuuity could invent he was drowned
in the sea. dragged through the streets,
burned at corners, hanged, impaled and
torn piecemeal on the hillsides.
; vows OF enthusiasts.; "
Many devout Chilians take a vowthat
if the Virgin will do certain things for
thein such, for example, as to restore a
sick friend to health they will perform,
this or that ceremony, or dress them
selves or their children in a certain color
for a certain length of time. One day 1
met in the streets of Santiago a hand
some, middle aged lady, dressed . entire
ly in white woolen, and upon expressing
a surprise at her unsuitable choice of
color was -informed, in a tone of pro
fouudest respect for the matron in ques
tion, that she was the wife -of a well
known wealthy citizen, . who, " having
lost several'children, vowtfd that if her
last babe was spared she would dress
not only it,-but herself, in nothing but
white for ten! years. The child lived
and the vow is being religiously ful
filled. . . -' - .
; There ' are many" other : pious observ
ances in Chili that attract, the foreign
ers attention." "There are hundreds of
good people who have a cnstAn of expi
ating their . Bins for a whole year by a
nine days' period ' of penance ' during
Lent!" . In every town there is a house
provided expressly for the purpose" and
in charge of priests, where -the penitent
spend their nights alternately praying
and thrashing one another, Those who
are too infirin to use the, scourge punish
themselves by reciprocal piuchings.
The lights -are extinguished, and at a
signal fr6mthe 'priest the' penitents
change places and begin scourging the
nearest sinner with a vim .'that cannot
leave any doubt of the sincerity of "their
contrition. New York Advertiser. ..
A Moment of Candor.
Mrs. Speakermind (at a chrysanthe
mum show) Why ts there 6uch a furor
over such' a commonplace flower as the
chrysanthemum?
Everybody Else-That's just what we
came to find out. New York Weekly.
T' -:-'-Nothing- Now.: .--- ' 7.'
In -the immense parlor of a Fifth
avenue house vast as a desert, where he
roic tapestries, gilded candelabra, furni
ture covered- with antique damask, por
traits of captains In- white cravats, and
of austere ladies with scarfs -of flowers,
evoke vanished epochs, the grandfather,
whose hair is white as snow, declaimed,
as is his custom every Sunday since "the
time when Polk was president. "Noth
ing ever happens," he said. "I mean
nothing having an absolute, character
istic, for the man who was run over " in
Seventh avenue yesterday at 3 o'clock
might as .well have lived 2,000 years
ago and been run over in a street of
Nineveh under the" reign of Nebuchadnezzar.-
: It is not the newspapers, but the
newspaper men that I ftm interested in.
Aren't you dazed by them?
"Every morning; without a sign of
fatigue, they serve the public with the
sublime, the' ironical, the gay and' the
farcicak They have charming and en
thusiastic phrases, irresistible . argu
ments, and, like a pianist with long fin
gers of quicksilver, they make the en
, tire gamut laugh. " murmur, sing j and
thunder endlessly. The things that they
ignore they - are bound to" know, and
they know them; the things that they,
could not do, they do; from their exr
hausted minds they draw inexhaustible
inventions. . They put their hands in
their empty pockets and withdraw them
filled with gold. They have not the time
to dream, and they are compelled to be
universal." New York Times.
, ' -.' A Family Tree. -
A pretty custom which was at one
time' common in some parts of New
England was the setting apart of a "fam
ily tree." This tree was not of a dry,
genealogical kind, but was always one
of the finest-in the orchard, . selected
with a view to its apple bearing abilities
and its beauty.'
' In one little village many of the or
chards have trees of this description, and
the older inhabitants can refresh their
memories as to the number of children
in - the families which have occumed
farms at different times, provided the J
period: or occupancy was long "enough to
make the setting up of a "family tree"
worthwhile. - - ' .' ...
. On one farm there is a large old tree
which bears seven different varieties of
apples: Baldwins. Jeremiahs, summer
sweetings," winter pippins. 'Astrakhans,
russets and gillyflowers-. The grafts on
i this tree were made, not one - at the
uirtn or eacu cuiu or . tne nousehom, as
was" -sometimes the"' custom, but wjien
each boy or girl grew old enough to
choose his or her"special favorite among
apples. .
The tree is now more than sixty years
old, and its present owner shows it with
great pride, and gives samples -of its
fruit to the children of the neighbor
hood with a free hand. Youth's Com-
panion. .- . - . : . . .
j . Well Disciplined Ducks.'
During our stay at Hankow we visited
a duck farm. The process of keeping
the ducks - is 'very' simple. ' . A' large
wooden shed stands near the edge of the
river, where the owner pf the farm ' or
an employee spends the night with his
feathered " friends. ' There ' must ' have'
been several thousands of ducks in the'
farm we visited. . Before ' sunrise the
door of the shed was opened, and out
run the ducks, scrambling one oyer the
other into the river, where they spend
the -day feeding.
As soon as sunset approaches, from all
parts of the river they come, for they
wander far among the rushes and islands
during the day. and there is still more
hurry and scurry to get into the shed
than there was to get out at dawn. The
reason is simple. Immovable by the
door sits the Chinaman, a long cane in
his hand, and woe betide the last duck "
to enter. or down on its back comes the
long bamboo with a pain inflicting thud.
In thisway punctuality is insured among
the ducks.
- Children " could "hardly have learned
their lesson better thau the ducks.
Blackwood's Magazine.
How Man Sleeps. - '
I aquu man is, i oeneve, tne only ani
mal who ever elects to sleep npon his
back. Some of the lower savages seem
to sleep comfortably on occasion in a'
crouching position, with the head bent
down upon the kneea, just -ns well as
the common - tribes of monkeys do.
Among the quadrumana it - is not ' until
we come to the platform building an
thropoid types that we find a recumbent
position habitually takeu iluring: sleep.
The young orangs. and chimpanzees that '
they have had at the zoological gardens
slept with the body semi prone and with
the limbs, or all except one arm, which
was used as a pillow, curled under them.
This 'is exactly the position voluntarily
adopted by 80 per cent, of . children
between ten and-twenty months " old
which 1 have had opportunities of
Watching." 1 was fold by the" attendants
at the zoological gardens that no ape
will sleep flat on his back as adult man'
often does. Nineteenth Century.
' Sun. Moou and Earth. " '
When the earth was young; . says Dr.
Ball, astronomer royal for Ireland.it
spun around at such a rate that the' day
was only three hours long: . The earth
was liquid then, and as it revolved at
that fearful speed the sun caused ever
increasing tides upon its surface until
at. last it burst in two. The smaller
part became the moon,, which has !been
going around the earth ever since at an
increasing distance. " The" influence of
the moon now raises tides on the earth,
and while there was any. liquicL to
'operate on . in the moon the earth
heaped up much greater lunar tides.
New York. Journal.
-J A' Remarkable Medal.
A gentleman of Canajoharie, N. Y.,
has a remarkably fine brass medal from
an Indian grave there. - It is about an
inch to length, and has on one sidethe
head of Christ, with the words "Salvator
Mundi." On the other side is the Virgin
Mary, with . the words "Regina Coeli."
The engraving is bold and the medal is
in a fine state of preservation. Phila
delphia Ledger. ,'
; " ! T'-.V' " Mnsleal 'Sljrnalins;. z "
It is a theory which-eems to have
been confirmed by practical experiment
that a pure tone of voice, such as . that
sued. :in' -singing, penetrates -.to a much
greater distance than mere noise. - This
idea - has given rise to a new system of
marine signaling, to be used neither at
night or in foggy weather, and based entirely-?
upon- -the action of successive
musieal tone - -j .-. s "j- . - -r:.- : ;
A limited number of combinations of
notes can be made to carry on -all the
conversation- ' necessary-between ap
proaching' vessels to avoid . collision, or
between, lighthouses and dangerous
points of the coast, in order to prevent
wrecks.... h ;: ;:''' -- : - '.-: iV -: :-
Four notes, for example serve to ask,
'V Which way are you heading?" and two
others mean; "I am steering southeast,"
- 'The system can be employed on a large
scale by means of machinery, consisting
of a keyboard, on which .the -Operator
would play, and "speaking apparatus. "
It-is expected, that -by such apparatus
communication may be established, at a
distance ;of : two miles. .-The invention
can be adapted to the. Morse eode of sig
nals when it becomes necessary to spell
Out names and words. Youth's Com
panion. . r ......... .
.'V' :." Cleanhas: Streets by Klectrioltx. 1
An 'electric snow plow1 has been- -de-1
signed -.with-a thirty horse power motor
for propelling the -car and independent
reversible ' motors? -for running : the
ur-iishes. It is intended for use on street
railways.-r-New York Journal. -.- .
' j . Knew About Servants.' :
Little,girl to her nurse, who has told
her the Btory of Adam T and Eve's dis
missal from the garden of Eden 1 sup
pose they wore both sent- away without
a cltaracter. London Tfutbv-'; r-
women.
: The'eonuiioji afflictions of wdnicu iirusrck-hcnd-acliosr
f:i2:gc&tro!i a:T nc-ryOiis lro;:blpsu VIk-jt
arise largely irora tt:nl;ich disontc-rs. As Joy's
Vocable KarsairtiriDa Is .tho- Onry bowel rcgu
laiji:g preparatlou,.ou-au sec v.bylit s lucre
plt;ctive than any otlicr Eurniurilla Iti those
IrocblosL jt is daily relieving Uundreilsi - The
aotio;i is inilU,' direct aud "ciToctlve, ' We have
ecbres of IctlorHjrom grateful women.
Wo refer lo a few: .- . , " . -
Xeryoiis debility, Mrs. J. Barruu, 1 ;2 Ttli fet., S. F.
Nerv&ua Oc biiity, Mrs. Fred. I -oy, 827 Ellis St.', S.F.
General debility, Mrs. Be'lden, "510 riosou St, &F,
Ken-ens (iebllity, Mrs. J. Laniphere, 730 Turk 6t,
s- ' " , - i
Nervous debility, Miss K. Rosciiblum. 222 17tn'
Kt.t.S. V.
Stoinaoh troubles', Mr3. R. ll Wbeutou, 701 Post
St., S. F. - . - - . - . -
Sick headaches, Mr. M. B- Price, 16 Prospect
Pliurc, b. l-
8ict headaches; Mrs. M . 'Fowler, 327 Ellis St.,8.F.
Indigestion, Mrs. C. D. Stuart, 1221 Mission St,
S. F. .-.--'.'".
Cctistipati6n, M"a. C. Melviu, 126 Kearny St.. S.F.
Vegetable
Sarsaparilla
-'Most modern, most effective, largest bottle.
Bame price, fl.00 or 6 for V5.00.
For Sale by SNIPES Sc KINERSLV
THE DALLES. OEEGON.
By using 8. B. Headache" and Liver Cure, and 8.
B. Cough Cure as directed for colds. They were
STJOOESSjj'TJIjIjTr
used two years ago during the La Grippe epi
demic, and very (latceriug - teMtimonials of their
power over that disease are at hand. Manufact
ured by the 8,. B. Medicine Mfg. fo.,-at Du fur,
Oregon. For sale by all druggists.
A Severe Law.
- Tho EDglish 'peo
ple look more closely
'to the genuineness -
' of these staples than
we do.- In fact, they
- Lave a law under
'Which they make
seizures and de
stroy adulterated
products that are
not what the are' represented to be. Under
this statute thousands of pounds of tea hare 1
. been' burned b-- caase of their wholesale adul
teration. - , .. . ..
Tea, by the way, is one of tho most iiotorl- ?
. ou?ly adulterated articles of commerce. . Not'
aioue are the bright, shiny green teas artifi
cially colored, but thousands of pounds of
jmbstiiutci for tea leaves aro used to swell
the bulk of ch-.-a tea ; ash, sloe, aud willow
leaves beint; thosa niOit commonly useL
. Agl;i, sweeping frc m tea warehouses are
colored and sold as tea. -Even exhausted tea
leaves gatheied from the tea-houses are kept,
dried, and madeoverucd find their way into
tbehcnp teas.
The Eugliah govrruTnent allesupts to stamp
Ihin out by ro:iflscatLn; but no tea is too
poor fur u , a:id flie 'result is, bat probably
- the"pouri;.t toa used by any nation are those
. consumed fu America. ' ' 1 .""' -' '-t-".-"
Beech's Tea Is "presented" witb the guar
anty that' It is uiicolored and unadulterated;
In fact, the siin-curea tea leaf pare and sim
ple. Its" purity insures snperior; 'strength,
about one third less of It being required for ;
" an iufusion than of the aiifiolal teas, and Its
fraTance and exquisite flavor is atonce ap- -'
; parent It -will be a revelation to yon. In '
order that iu purity aud quality may be guar- '
an teed, it is sold only in poand package
bearing this trado-mark;:-
"Pore AsGhildhoodr
Joy's
OTJHK30
18 ,.J
SUN
File 60o per poand. For sale at
Loslio 3T3LtX0X,,l
. THE DAILE8, ORFGOI.
! J'.i
tie Dalles
If
Of the Iaxling Oty of Eastern Oregon. ;
During the iittle over a year of its existence it
has earnestly tried to fallfil the objects for which it
was founded, namely, to
industries, ta advertise the resources of the city and
adjacent country and to work ' for an open f iver to
the sea. Its record is
phenomenal support it has received is accepted as the
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 rijht.
. Commencing with the first number, of the second
vclume 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.
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