vTalt Whitman la New York.
' Notwithstanding his residence in
Washington, his Btayin New; Orleans,
where he did some good' newspaper
work, and not counting his long vegeta
tion in Camden, N. J., Walt Whitman
is in every fiber a thorough New Yorker.
Why not? ' He was born; ' seventy-two
years, ago, in a little village,. ovej. on
long island, and, like most Long Island
ers, naturally drifted to this town. My
old journalistic friend Vemembers him
here thirty-five years ago, when he first
put out ' his "Leaves of Grass."! This
city was comparatively small then, and
Walt Whitman was as conspicuous a
citizen as any knew everybody and
very-Body tpw.ium. - He was a marked
, r 1 : 1 , .
uuio uu ijj oiu yny i muttL iimuiy man,
as vigorous and virile as his own poetry.
His very personality impressed itself
upon au passers by, ana men, and even
women, turned around, to look at him.
He was almost the fitst to make the now
fashionable fad of the flannel shirt in
summer his all the year round - conveni
ence and comfort, and the broad collar
was turned over a silk American- flair.
His ordinary wear was a neat suit of
.workingman s clothes. Whatever he
might be called, a Democrat or a Repub
lican, ne prided himself upon being
"one of the people." . Brady, then fa
mous as a photographer, was the first to
capture Whitman, and thereafter every
photographer in town displayed colored
pictures of Walt, especially to how his
American nag scarf.
There were omnibuses in those . days
r-T-8tages," they called them and every
anver Knew wait Whitman: and . up
na uown tsroauway the poet was promi
nent, often for hours, beside a driver on
the box. The lively street was his studio
in which he made his pictures of the
poople and his studies of humanity.
Jew voric cor. Brooklyn Times.
, The Development of Siaiu.
The Siamese sovereigns have usually
been men of considerable ability and in
energy and enlightenment are superior
to most Asiatic potentates. The, late
king of Siani and his successor have
done what they could to introduce the
forms of western civilization. Bangkok,
the capital, has the electric light, tram
cars and'government offices of European
architecture, and the present king has
also shown himself a reformer of abuses,
especially of the worst of Siamese social
evils, the universality of serfdom and
the prevalence of slavery.
Further and much needed reforms' are
expected from him, but even were .the
political and fiscal administration of the
kingdom very much better than it is the
Siamese, a lighthearted nation of Bud
dhists, fond of . amusement and accus
tomed to frequent holidays, are little
fitted to develop the great resources of
their country.
The internal trade is chiefly in the
hands of Chinamen, who. with the
.Malays, add some millions - more to the
estimated population of 6,000.000. Rail
ways are being constructed and Euro
jwsuis have been encouraged by the
policy of Siamese royalty to settle at
Bangkok and to develop the external
trade of Siam. St. Ixrais PostJDispatch.
Kxploslves In Mines.
It has been claimed that the use of
modern explosives in mines leads to the
production of such poisonous fumes that
a grave danger to the workmen is thus
incurred. A short time ago a commit
ee was appointed by the Durham Coal
Owners' association, consisting of repre
sentatives of both masters and men, to
consider this important question. Care
ful experiments having been made, the
committee, came to the conclusion that
the fumes produced are not more dan
gerous than those from gunpowder;
that carbon monoxide the irrespirable
gas which is produced by the combus
tion of charcoal, and which has led to
so many deaths is present only in
traces; that au interval, of five minutes
-should be allowed to elapse before the
men re-enter the gallery in which the
charge has been fired: and that as they
find a portion of the deleterious gases
are due to the fuse employed, the charges
should be invariably fired by electricity,
New York Telegram.
A l'niiue Social Organization.
The latest departure in clubdom is the
forjnation of the Annie Lynch Botta
Conversation .club, a purely social or
ganization of literary and artistic men
and women, founded in memory of Mrs,
Botta's famous Sunday evenings. The
topic of the evening's conversation is
known only to oue person, who selects
it but does not announce it until after the
company has assembled, which pre
cludes all possibility of preparation and
secures the charm of spontaneity to the
talk.
The person who selects the topic is
called the "director." and leads the con
versation. This office is not held by the
same person on consecutive evenings.
Membership to the club is obtained only
. through the medinm rr frlfmisii
those already admitted to its privileges.
New York Sun.
A Successful Drummer. v
A. H. Cummings. who was famous
in the gentlemen's furnishing trade
throughout the -country and was re
garded as in some respects the most
brilliant salesman in New York, is dead
-quite suddenly from an attack of the
grip- He was able to command a salary
of f 10,000, besides handsome commia
arans on his sales, and he earned more
money selling neckties than a majority
of the bank presidents receive in salary,
or nine-tenths of the lawyers here gain
in practice at the bar. New York Let
ter. .
On Tear's Patents.
soma montna urntha Amorioon nntnn,
office had its 100th birthday, and the
. last half of the century has witnessed
wonderful strides in that direction. In
the first fifty years only 12,412 patents
were issued, but last year there were 22.
80. ' ;
The variety of patented articles is
Teally wonderful, and American inge
nuity seems to be in no. danger of ex
hausting itself. Every year shows a
larger number of inventions than the
i ALii ABOUT G YPSIES.
THEIR ORIGIN, MANNERS, CUSTOMS
AND METHOD "OF ' LIVING.
The Geueral Impression Began! lug the
: I tare l Wronj-SIiint of Them Are In
dustrious I'm Their Own Way They lu
, . Nft Like Civilization. , .
. A reporter has had the novel pleasure
f passing an evening with a family of
genuine full blooded gypsies at . their
home in this city. . .
. To the average reader this statement
will not v appear particularly startling
nor interesting, for the average reader
is probably not sufficiently conversant
with gypsies and their ways to be inter
ested in a family of them which joume yed
across the water to make a new home 111
the United States. ; f 1
It is saf e' to say that the popular' idea
?' gypsies 'Is far from being correct. All
have seealour wandering nomads travel
ing along our '.highways or bivoncking
in their filthy tents and still more filthy
campsl Ask ten people what a gypsy is
and six of them will substantially say:
"People who travel about the country
and exist bv doinsr as little vrnrtr u ihur
can and by stealing all they can lay their
hands noon. '
This impression is all wrong and there
ure tew. very tew. genuine gypsies in
this country.'.
tlypsies are a distinct race and nation
ality in themselves: as distinct as the
Germans are from the Chinese or the
Russians from the Americans. They are
suppose to come, as their name indicates,
originally from Eg3-pt . They have a
language of . their own, the Roman ee
chick, or -Gypsy tongue," which is still
preserved and spoken almost as purely
as' it was centuries ago. It is made up
of the Egyptian, flindoostanee. Rouman
ian and other languages.
Gypsies are scattered over all Eurof
anid there are today over 70.000 of thein
on that continent. It is not known when
first they left their native country and
began to make' their appearance in En
rope. They entered German j' in 1 122
and as early as 1531 many or them were
in Scotland, following the occupation
of actors and' dancers and tinkers: They
are known to this 'day in Scotland ax
"tinklers." The better and more pro
gressive class of gypsies seem to have
adopted Great Britain as their home.
While the men have as a -rule followed
horse trading as a business, and the
women fortune telling and basket mak
ing, they have turned their hands to
nearly all trades and occupations.
NEITHER POOB NOR LAZY.
. Gypsies have figured as engravers,
metal and iron workers, actors, artists,
musicians, clergymen, evangelists, car
penters, physicians and so on.. Work
ing upon iron and metals appears to
have been their forte, however, next to
dealing in horses. In 172R t w .-n et
large bell at Edgebill, and at about the
same penoa iney practiced engraving
on pewter, lead and copper. Gypsies
also conducted an iron foundry near St.
Andrew's. In Hungary, in 1496. they
made bullets and cannon "n
No one should foe a mo-moTit v.?t,v
that gypsies are either poor, careless as
to their personal appearance or shunned
socially bv the nennl with
come in contact. Many gypsies are very
wen a sea financially, ana tew If any
in Europe or on the Continent are not
well supplied with all the necessaries of
life. They own valuable horses, fine
wagons and caravans. eomfnrtall tut
and furnishings. In return, they have
been entertained by kaiser and pope 011
the Continent, and by dukes and earls in
England.
One Charles Bosworth. a gypsy "king. '
lived and flourished at Rossingtou 111
Yorkshire in 1709. According to till ...
counts Charles was a roisterinir hu,l.
and enjoyed himself -to the " utmost.
nisrory iniorms us that he "was a mad
spark, uiishtv fine and brisk lrwin.
company with a great many geutlenien!
.mguiMuiu esquires. jaji idea of the
social standing of the gypsies can be
lornieu wnen in l D(i tne Prince and
Princess of Wales
to visit "Queen" Margaret.
Like the Jews, the
centuiies been a greatly oppressed race.
uu great injustice nas Deen done them.
As late as 1872 forty-seven of them were
arrested in Germany upon various
char ires and iimu-isrinwi Who,
came to. trial not one of the charges
i-ouiu De sustained and they were all re
leased. HOW THEY UVK,
As a rule the irvnsies am nnrmrinr ..
many of the people whose countries they
pass through. They are bright and ex
tremely courteous. , . - .
Tuey remain frequently several weeks
in one camp. Reaching a town they
hire a camping ground, which is usually
a larere fifeld affording mffiHpnt mstn,:
age for their horses and donkeys. .The
tents are pitcned, the camp made and
men ine men oegin to Buy and sell
horses this in Emrland-nnir KrWlanl
called "coping.'Vit being difficult to cope
wilii a gypsy on norse dealing and the
women devote their smrn timn tsi hiukat
making and fortune telling. There is a
wjjuug ui luuwrs aiwui meir camp tne
greater portion, of the time, and a tribe
usually takes more money ont nt u tnnm
than it brings in. '".' .' ",
Tne camp is a model of pictureeuue-
ness. The tents am small a(Fo,
grassy soil being the floor, generally cov-
wei wiin ory leaves gathered from the
neifrhbbrimr hedeerowa. ' In front fw,
a tripod hangs a large kettle, and the
women wearing ureases and shawls of
bright gay colors combine to make the
scene a most cheerv ima. Tha im.iu.
rf . .
are great tea drinkers and brew the ber -erage
in a way that would have delight
ed the heart of "Sairy Gamp. New
iora Recorder. .
- Benzine Takes Out Paiut.
To remove paint, fold some soft cloth
several times and lay the soiled article
on it. Wet the spots with benzine and
rub with a woolen cloth. Pour on more
benzine and rub again.' Repeat as often
as may be necessary. Good HouSekeep
A Move! Mesmeric Trial. -
Once more the Wolverhampton mag
istrates have adjourned the hearing of
the case against Harry Moores, alias
"Dr." Vint, the mesmerist. Moores gave
an exhibition in that town of his alleged
powers of hypnotizing, but, according to
the charge of the town clerk, who is
conducting the prosecution, the whole
business was a fraud concocted between
the accused and certain . confederates.
One of the hypnotist's subjects deposed
that he went every night and received
payment for his performances. A jour
nalist who was present deposed that he
saw hypnotized persons lying on the
floor who "winked at each other," and a
police constable stated that when he
proposed to stick a pin into one of these
supposed nuconscious persons "to see if
he was really in a mesmeric sleep," the
operator threatened "to have him locked
np."
On the' other hand, Dr. Vint's legal
adviser proposed, by way of a practical
test of his client's powers, to give an ex
hibition in court wifh one who had been
mesmerized before. When this was de
clined he offered thqp and there to mes
merize the magistrate's clerk a proposal
which, though it caused laughter, ap
pears to have been deemed equally
unacceptable. The case is exciting
ranch interest in the town on account of
its novelty". The town clerk himself has
observed that he did not know whether
there had ever been a similar case in a
court of justice, but Wolverhampton,
he added, is noted for legal precedents.
London News. .
Fell Seventy-five Feet and Lived.
When the Owl train on the West Penn
railroad left Blairsville Monday even
ing Conductor Jim McNulty had among
his passengers one Alfred Anderson,
who lives near Social Hall bridge, about
two and a half miles west of town.
When nearing the flag station at the
bridge Mr. Anderson - arose" from his
seat, went .to the. platform of the car
afcd stepped off before the' train had
come to a stop. The rear car had not
fully cleared the bridge, and when An
derson landed from the moving train he
could not recover from the impetus
given him and went over into the Cone
maugh river below, dropxring fully seventy-five
feet. '
Fortunately for him, the river at this
point is deep, there being about fifteen
feet of water. The trainmen and pas
sengers were horrified. Conductor Mc
Nulty and Brakemen Kelley and Beat
ty went back to look for him. Brake
man Charley Beatty held his lantern
aloft and called iato the darkness below,
not expecting to receive an answer. To
the surorise of evervliodv nmunit An
derson answered that he would .be all
right just "Us soon as he could swim ouk
He reached the shore and scrambled up
the bank, none the-worse except for a
slight scratch on one of his wrists. Indi
ana Gazette. ' , :
The 4ce Men. .
The wholesale dealers in ice are again
worried, as they have been off and on
for the past ten years. Their experience
of two years ago has taught them that
if ice does not make in the HnAann tvtr
the 1st of January it is not likely to
mase at au annng tne season. The
agents of these companies are wnnrirnt
the entire country to the far north of
fiew iotk ano JNew England and have
contracted for ice privileges on Sara
toga, Lake Champlain and Lake Georce.
and have been compelled to pay pretty
snit prices thereror. ; , .
Meanwhile the making of artificial ice
flourishes, and at the great hotels and
offices of the railroad companies, which
are beginning to use it, it is giving
trreater satisfaction than' natural it-o.
partly because there is less wastage,
partly because is comes in blocSs of as
certained weight and partly because it
is made of distilled water. Some of the
natural ice dealers are of the .opinion
that it will ultimately supplant natural
ice harvesting, and it is sure to do so if
the climatic change toward mildness of
season is to be regardfed as permanent.
New York Cor. Philadelphia Press.
Methods of London Thieves.
At the ntsxl assizes in London the trial
of a new kind of thieves promises to be
interesting. Their method was to visit
unoccupied houses in the outskirts of
the city in the daytime. They drove up
in an elegant carriage, and when they
found nobody at home the house was
marked. ' In the night they came in a
wagon, broke into the house and carted
off their booty. When it turned out that
they. were mistaken and that .parties
were in the house they simply offered to
sell photographs and albums. One of
the members rode a bicycle and J: 00k his.
notes of the houses that were good f or
robbing. Mr. and Mrs. Clarke were the
leaders of the gang. They lived in one
of the suburbs, were highly respected
by all their neighbors and were exten
sively invited to tea parties, dinners, etc."
London Letter.
- , Texaus Who Wear Big Hats.'
Speaking of the dress of congressmen
brings the reflection that the hats of the
Texas delegation are two sizes bigger
and broader than they were last session.
Grouped . together they would cover a
good sized lawn.'. The biggest hat of the
lot belongs to Mr. Bailey, a young giant
6 feet 2 inches tall whose jim swinger
coat reaches near to the top of his No. 11
gaiters Cor. Columbus (Cra.) Enquirer.
.'.. " .
Cure for Frost Uite.
If the feet becomes frost bitten, soak
them for one-half hour in a strong solu
tion xf alum water, and .if one applica
tion is not enough two will be a cure.
New York Journal. . .
One of the most interesting exhibits at
the World's fair will "be the models now
being made by the . Smithsonian institu
tion showing the various phases in seal
and walrus catching and killing in Alas
kan waters. :
Rubinstein lives in shabbily furnished
apartments in Dresden; but owns a
magnificent residence, which is entirely
given np to his wife andTOHs. He is
nearly blind from cataract. . ' -
THY WILL BE 'DONeT-'
Sot in dumb resignation ' '
We lift our bauds on high:
Not like the nerveless fatalist '
: Content to trout and die.' " --
Our faith springs like the eagle .
Who soars to meet the sun.
And cries exulting unto Thee. i
O Lord. Thy will be donel
When tyrant feet are trampling .
Upon the common weal.
Thou dost not bid us bend-and writhe
Beneath the iron heel.
In Thy name we assert our right
By sword or tonsrue or pen, ' .
And even the beadsman's as may flastr
Thy message umo men.
' Thy Willi It. bids the weak be strong: .
; .. It bids the strong be just;
No lip to fawn, no haod to beg. '
No brow to seek the dust.
Wherever man oppresses man
. Beneath Thy liberal sun.
O Lord, be there Thine arm made bare.
Thy righteous wiH be donel .
John Bay in Harper's.
The Jews on tha Malabar Coast.
The house of the British resident at
the Court .of Cochin stands on the Island
of Balghatty, in the midst of the lagoon,
and it is easy to visit from it both the
native and the British town. The most
curious thing in the former is the very
ancient Jewish settlement, which goes
back far beyond all authentic record,
and is in possession of a deed engraved
on metal which, may well be as old as
the Seventh century A. D.; much older,
that is, than any existing manuscript of
the Old Testament. H ow the J ews came
there is a mystery, but it is perfectly
possible nay, even probable that there
were commercial dealings between the
ports at the head of the Red sea and the
Malabar coast at an immensely remote
period.
The pepper trade, which has its main
center between Calicut and-Tellicherry,-rather
to the north, must be one of the
oldest In the world. M. E. Grant Duff
in Contemporary Review. .
CON
STIPATION.
. Afflicts half the American people yet there is
only one preparation of Sarsanarilla that acts on
the bowels and reaches this important trouble,
and that is Joy's Vegetable Sarsaparilla. It re
lieves it in 2 hours, and an occasional dose
prevents return. , "V e refer by permission to C. E.
Elkington, 125 Locust Avenue, Ban Francisco;
J. H. Brown, Petaluma; H. S. Wiun, Geary Court,
San Francisco, and hundreds of others who have
used it in constipation. One letter is a sample of
hundreds. Elkington, writes: "I have been for
years subject to bilious headaches and constipa
tion. Have been so bad for a yean back have
had to take a physio every other night or else I
would have a headache. After taking one bottle
of J. V. S., I am in splendid shape. It has dons
wonderful things for me. People similarly
troubled should try it and be convinced."
Joy's
Vegetable
Sarsaparilla
Most' modern,' wjst eCeutlre, laigest bottle.
Mae price, tl.00. si t for .oo.
For Sale by SNIPES & KINERSLY
THE DAIXE8. OREGON.
Lr7 GRIFE
. OTJRED
By using S. B. Headache and Liver Cure, and S.
B. Cough Cure as direuted for colds. . They were
8TJOOE8SI,TJIjIj"jr
used two years aeo during the La Grippe epi
demic, and very flattering testimonials of their
power over that disease are at hand. Manufact
ured by the 8. B. Medicine Mfg. Co., at Sufur,
Oregon. For sale by all druggists.
A Severe Law.
The English ceo-
ple look more closely
'to the genuineness
of these staples than
we do. " In fact, they
have s law under
which they make
- seizures and . de
stroy . adulterated
products -that mra
not what they are represented to be. Under '
this statute thousands of pounds of tea have
been burned because of their wholesale adul- -tcration.
!. Tea, by t he way, is one of the most notori
ouly adulterated articles of commerce. Not .
alone are the bright, shiny green teas artifl- .
. Cially colored, but thwands of pounds of
substitutes for tea leaves are used to swell
the bulk of cheap teat; afh, sloe, and willow
leaves being those mot commonly used. -Again,
sweeping fr.-.m tea warehouses are
colored and sold as t;-a- Eveu exhausted tea
leaves gathered from the tea-houses are kept,
dried, and ntadcoverand find their way into .
the cheep teas. -
The Euglioli government attempts to stamp
rhl out by M!i6:bni but no tea is too
poor lor u, and the result is, that probably
the poori? t tea ued by any ualion are those
consumed iu America. :
. r Beech's Tea Is presented wltb the guar
amy that it is uucolored and unadulterated;
In fact, the su n-curea tea leaf pure and sim
ple. Its purity insures superior' strength,"
about one third less of It being required for
an Infusion than of the a-tiflcial 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 to sold only in pound packages
bearing this trade-mark :
BEECBsi TEA
'Pure As -Cftildhoodr
mm-
Frio eoo per pound. Tot sale at
Zieslle I3ixtlor's,
THE DAILE8, C REGOJf. .
Tne Dalles
Oi the Leading City
During the little over a year of its existence it
has earnestly tried to ftdlfil 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 and .the
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 ris ht.
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Commencing -with the first number of the second
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while the price ($1.50 a year) remains the same.
Thus both the weekly and daily editions contain
more reading matter for less money than any paper
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