Hw Co Rcdun KufrllKli Fonndi to Their
Kiact Equivalent in American .Dollars.
Multiply by 4.8683 and point off fonr
places for cents imd fractions (hereof.
Thus 13 13x4.8605, that is $03.26 and
5-100 of a cent. But for sterling ex
change multiply by $ 4.84 in an ordinary
New York market.
flw to Pronounce Words wltH Certaiu
Teruiinala.7 " ;.
Foil value tshould be given' to most of
the terminals o word in the English
language, but there are exceptions.
Careless speakers who would speak more
correctly may find the following rules of
value:
Pronounce words terminating iu
i spelled, :not inn, furnace, not furnfss.
suelled. not Mere, as cabbaere. couraee.
postafte, village, etc- -
-not iu. aaoertmn,oerturi, not certtx.
spelled, not it, oa moderate, not mod-
spelled, riot cu wpecf, not anper,- sub
ject, not Htibjec.
d as spelled, not id or. ud, as wicked, not
wickuiiir wicktid.
spelled, not . as nov-et. not nov, mod-el.
not raodf.
spelleil. not it, as suddeit, not sudd it.
Burden, Hun hen, garden, lengthen, seven,
ntrengtheu, uften and a few other words
have the e nilent. - .
as spelled, not uuce, as influence, not
lunu-Miur. .
i spelled, not (, as plea, not pleasuc
Oa should lx pniiionacml tt, a ferti', not
fertile, in all words except camomile,
' exile. Kentiie. infantile, reconcile and
. senile, in which, the full value should -be
given to t he Uc- --.-..-in
as spelled, not n, as Latin, not Latu.
ad with full value, as h unhand, not huaban;
thousand, not thonsau.
Bess as spelled, not oiss, as carefulness, not
carefulnus.
DC sot n, as slnginff, not slngfn; speaking-, not
speak in.
actb not nth, as strength, not stretifft. . '
am the o should be silent, as in treason: trc-zn,
not t re-Mtni.
' tel uut tlf, as capiiti, not capifte; metal, not
mettle.' mortut, not niorttc,- periodical, not
periodic. -Jit
not x, as ne t t, uot uex.
t .How to Save a Broom,
Dip in boiling suds once a week; ' The
straw h will become at once- tough and
more pliable, lasting longer and not cut
ting the carpet so much. ' :
How to Ascertain the State of the I.uiit.
Persons who wish to ascertain the true
state of their lungs are directed to draw
iu as lunch breath as they couveuiently
can. They ure tlieu to count as far as
they are able, in u slow and audible voice,
without drawing in more breatli. The
number of seconds they can continue
counting must bo carefully observed. 'A
person with consumption cannot count
more than ten seconds and frequently
after eix is exhausted. , In pleurisy and
pneumonia it ranges from nine to four
seconds. When the lungs are in a sound
condition the time will vary from twenty
to thirty-five seconds. :
Mow and When to Wear a Scarfplu.
' A scarfpin should never be worn
merely as an ornament. When it does
not serve a useful purpose it should be
ieft ia the pin cushion at home. . For
instance, a properly, made sailorVknot
stays in place by itself, and. a scarfpin
should never be worn with it. With the
made - up . scarfs Jn imitation of the
bailor's knot a pin should never be used.
Indeed, made up scarfs are not consid
ered good form by men who are particu
lar as to dress. There is only one cravat
in which a scarfpin- should - be worn.
This cravat ia called by various names,
but is probably better known now as
the four-in-haud. It is really a scarf.' 4
itsiiouiu be tied in one hard knot and
then the ends folded over in front and
fastened together with the scarfpin,
"which should be run through the cravat
twice so that half an inch or so of the
pin itself will show in the cravat. Its
purpose is thus made manifest. A man
should never wear anything which does
not serve a useful purpose.
How to .Make a Feather Brush. .
Boil the wing feathers of a turkey or
chicken for tive or ten minutes,' then
rinse them in tepid water, dry and tie
. np in a bunch suitable to use in greas
ing pans or brushing egg over tarts or
pastry.
Row to Treat for an Overdose of Opium
or I.uiidiiu ni.
Give any quick emetic " you have at
hand. If there is none, tickle the roof of
the tongue and throat with finger or
feather till the patient vomits. Then
pour in hot strong eoffee as long as the
patient can be made to swallow it. .This
should be done from the first, without
waiting for the vomiting, if the latter be
delayed more than two or three minutes.
Keep the patient moving and sweating.
If necessary to the latter, place the feet
in hot water or hot cloths. Of course
a physician should be sent for whileIl
this is going on. . Opiates are uot taken
up by the stomach as rapidly as is gen
erally supposed, and life may often be
saved long after the poison is swallowed.
' How to Prevent Bleeding.
- ; Put a little sugar in .the linen cloth
: rosed for. a bandage,, moisten sugar with
saliva and lay directly vover the cut,
binding as tightly as possible. The
agar will quickly .'stanch the flow of
blood.
' ' .
A r. . w tw.Glve Medicine.-- i ' v "
-. t, .Medicines .should be "given. in such a
. manner , that the effect of . the first dose
' shall not have ceased when the next dose
is given, therefore the intervals between
the doseoshonld.be regulated according
ly. It .is well also to remember that
fluids act quicker than powders and pow
ders sooner than pills. " ' :
Mow to Make Wainscot for the Hall of
. a Country House, -,
A striking and beautiful wainscot .for
any hall where it can be suitably placed
is made by fastening dry cornstalks side
by side in an upright position against
the wall. They should be cut off slant
ingly at about the height of a wainscot
from the floor, and when all is in place
varnished.
ri v Matte oaaarts.
Soon after Fitz-Greene Halleck h&4
published bis stirring VHaf co Eorzaris,"
he repeated, the poem to a lady, an inti
mate mend of his. She expressed great
admiration . of the beautiful lines, but
when he was in full enjoyment of what
he considered; her perfect appreciation
she surprised him by the innocent query: .
"Well," said Mr. Halleck, despondent
ly, "what's the use of becoming martyrs
for liberty or of poets celebrating heroes
if ladies won't even inform themselves
about the events of the day?"
The remembrance of another incident
connected with the poem never failed to
elicit a' groan from its author.
-At a certain dinner party, at which he
was present, it' was expected that each
man should sing a song or make a speech. -
Among the guests was a Dutch Jew,
whose. English.. was execrable, "and he
had been previously persuaded by a joker
to commit the whole of Marco Bozzaris
to memory that he might recite it for the
gratification of the poet and the' poet's
friends. . . -
... The day came and the Dutchman was
called upon to speak. . '
"Shentlemans," said he rising, "I can
neither make de speech nor sing de song,
but I vill deliver von grand poem.M
This he proceeded .relentlessly to do,
and Halleck,. when he heard his harmo
nious measures delivered in a mixture
of English and Dutch, was divided be
tween the temptation to laugh and cry.'
Youth's Companion. ,
He Reckoned He Would Run. .
Oue of the nioet interesting character!
in American history is General Zachary
Taylor, "Old Rough and Ready," hero of
Buena Vista, father-in-law of Jefferson
Davis and twelfth president of the United
States.-. We all recollect how Daniel
Webster sneered at him, before he us
nominated, as a "backwoods colonel,
and refused to let his friends put him on
the ticket for vice president with Taylor
for first place, thereby missing his bast
and, as thj sequel showed, best chance
of beccukins president. Millard Fill
more, of New York, took the despised
second place and thereby had nearly
three years in the White House.
' General Sherman used to tell an amus
ing little story of Taylor anent his nomi
nation for the presidency. At that time
General Taylor was stationed at New Or
leans. He was a Kentuckian and the
Kentuckians were very properly proud of
him. ' One day shortly before the conven
tion met at Baltimore he was approached
at New Orleans by an old Kentucky
friend, who said:
"General, we want you to run for presi
dent." -.. . .
"Who wants me to run?" asked Gener
al Taylor seriously. :
"Why; we do all your xold neigh
bors." .
"Well, then, if that's the case," replied
the old hero, without changing the ex
pression of his face, "I reckon Til have
to run." Detroit Free Press.
' Finding His Bride,
In one part of the Canton of Ticino a
very quaint marriage ceremony prevails.
The bridegroom dreSses in his "Sunday
best," and accompanied by as many
friends and relatives as he can muster
for the fete goes to claim his bride. (
Finding the door lacked he demands
admittance; the inmates ask birri his
business, and in reply he solicits the
hand of his nlin.vn Timid aw t
If his answer be deemed satisfactorv ,
ne is successively introduced to a nuni- ;
ber of matrons and maids,' some perhaps
aerormed and others old and ugly. Then
he is presented to some large dolls, all
of which he rejects, with scorn, amid
general merriment. The bewildered
bridegroom, whose impetuosity .and
temper are now sorely tried, is then in
formed that his lady love is absent and ;
invited in to see for himself. "j
He rushes into the house and searches
from room to room until he finds her in
her bridal dress, ready to go to church. !
Then are his troubles over and his state
as a benedict assured., SwissJRepublic. !
Trying to Buj Back His Own Body.
This queer story comes from Massachusetts!-
A man who lives in a suburb
of Lowell is seeking to have a deed given
by him twenty years ago recovered. The
deed conveyed his body to a surgeon now
practicing in Great Falls, N. H., for the
sum of ten dollars and other considera
tions, possession to be taken on his death.
Since -the deed was made- the giver has
made a fortune in South America and
has decided that he would like a Chris
tian burial. The deed provides that the
body shall be dissected and the skeleton
articulated and presented to a medical
university. , The laaByers . have decided
that the deed holds good and that the
only alternative is to buy off the doctor.
The giver of the deed has "made a big
offer, but "it has been refused- Hartford
Cburanfe. J .- ' -. ,
Instinct of the Messenger Pigeon.
Upon what the messenger pigeon's
wonderful faculty of finding its way
homeward over great distances depends,
opinions differ. Some ascribe it to an
exercise of highly developed intelligence,
others to an : almost inconceivable per
fection of sight and; yet - others to . in
stinct or intuition. The fact of the
matter is, it is one of those mysteries of
nature that perhaps will never be reveal
ed, and stands side by side with the ac
tion of the; grilseor young salmon, which
jfindsy tajwj4back .unerringly to the
same stream that it left 'nearly three
years before as a tiny par. Denver Re
publican
.''U'i.o'-.i.j.cisTBirs a, raat tan.J
The largest cigar actually smoked is
by the better class of the Philippine Is
landers, especially at Lozon a place not
ed for the universal habit of smoking,
practiced by all classes, ages and sexes.
It is no uncommon thing to meet re
spectable islanders puffing away at cig
ars a foot in length and thick in propor
tion. Boston Globe. --.
One Thfng That Kill. ,
. The thing that really kills a great many
people is laziness, though the doctors
generally manage to find a more respect-S
able name for it. Ram's Horn.
J The Progress of Tolapak. .
- 'It is 8 Very interesting fact that the
world ' language, - Volapuk,. is , not . only
coming to be spoken conversationally by
its -enthusiastic votaries, '-"trot is "toVbe
made a medium of interlingual commu
nication at the World's Columbian, fair.
A complete record of progress .made in
spreading Volapuk since- ihat delightful
held in .Boston, considerably more than
a year ago, would astonish, all but the
few who keep closest watch on themove
ment.:'.Bignificant circumstance is
that recently the Young People's Society
of Christian Endeavor of the People's
church, Boston, formally adopted Vola
puk as a study for that organization,
and a class of forty members (expected
to double shortly) was formed, to meet
each Monday evening -in the church's
reading room for instruction.
Other noteworthy instances are as fol
lows: The people of Newton, quite at
their own request, are to have a lecture
on Volapnk under the auspices of a
ladies' association there. Salem and
Gloucester are to have lectures in Janu
ary, and t the interest all over the conn
try is similarly manifested, y Newspaper
lessons, published ; simultaneously all
over the maritime provinces, "Canada
and the United States, have been given
weekly since Oct. 10. Th Btudenta
write ont the exercises of the lessons and
send them to convenient points, as desig-
natea, tor annotation, and immense
numbers of young and old of both sexes
are following the lessons. Boston Ad
vertiser. Area of the Canadian bomlDlon.
In the last issue of the Statisti
cal Year BooK of Canada, com
piled by Mr. Sydney C. D. Roper
of the statistics, branch., of,, the de
partment t of, agriculture, we find that
the total area, of the dominion is com
puted to be 8,456,383 square miles. . In
this, estimate 140,736 square miles are
assigned' to water and 3,515, 047 to land
surface. . : The . table .which yields . this
total is said to be an entirely new one,
having been specially prepared at the
request of the compiler of the Year
Book by the Topographical Survey
branch of the department of the in
terior. ...
"The measures have all," we are told,
"been made anew and checked, and
may be depended on, in so far as war
ranted by the . present geographical
knowledge of the country. No change
will be made in these figures unless
based upon new information." As this
is a question on which there has been a
good deal of discussion and much differ
ence of -opinion, it is satisfactory to
receive this assurance from what we
may regard as the highest official and
professional authority. Montreal Ga
zette. ' -
Dr. Talma;e'i New Year's Maxims.
Make it the best year of all your life
the brightest; the happiest and the best.
Imbue your heart with the freshness of
; the morning, your soul with the sparkle
of the dawn. -Resolve 'by good -deeds
ana thoughts to make this the most tri
umphant year of your life. As a series
of . short minims - to carry with . yon
through this jear, let me give yon these:
Make every day begin and end with
God .. t . ; . -
.: Be content with.what you have. .
Have a hearty, joyful family altar in
your domestic circle.
Fill your home with as much trood
reading and briSnt music as your means
will allow.
Think ill of none, but well of all.
! If fortune favors you. think of others.
.. Don't sham; be real. -i
Keep busy and' you will keep healthy.
Respect all sacred things.
; Love God. Dr. Ta Image in Ladies'
i Home Joamal.
Something That ' Has Been Needed
, For some time past the public have
been looking for an adjustable grille,
with shelf attachment, upon which to
place bric-a-brac, the whole to be ar
ranged over windows or doorways to re
lieve thi3 portion of a room, which is
usually dependent upon a curtain pole.
The great trouble has always been that
they had to be made to order, as win
dows and doors vary in width. Now,
however, a device is made narrow enough
to go into the narrowest doorway.- It is
in two sections, running upon a sliding
top bar. ' By drawing these pieces apart
Uthey can be extended . to the width of
the door, and the open place left in the
center of them is furnished with a short
drapery. Philadelphia Upholsterer.
The Boys Did the Job.
. " An East Dover (Me.) farmer had a
mare something over 20 years old, and
not thinking it advisable to winter
her, spoke to some boys to take her but,
shoot ber and bury her for a money cbn-
i sideration. Boys-No. 1 . and 2 did the
job all right, but No. 3, not knowing the
mare had been killed, went the follow
ing day to the farmer's barn,, and find
ing an animal in the stable, took him
out.; and led" him down . to a( piece of
woods, shot and buried him. Imagine
the farmer's surprise on coming home to
find that boy No. 3 had shot and .buried
a nice 5-year-old, worth in the'neighbor
hood of $300. Boston Transcript.
: " '.S-rt ' i .
Big Coon.. Big Tree, Small Man. '. -:
A party consisting of D. M. Rawlins,
H. C. Brown and .others., of .Brown's
Mill, went out - coon hunting the other
night and caught the largest, coon and
cut down -die largest tree yet on, record.
The coon weighed twenty-seven, pounds
and the tree-was nearly fifteen, feet
across' the.'stuinp. ;The tree, was-very
hollow, and Mr. NathaU Singletaryj who
is not .a very large, man. went into the
hollow of 'the tree "and came ont .at a
knot hole. -v-Cor. Atlanta Constitution.
. iJolng Penance.
u -
An old woman has taken up her abode
in a wood on Lord Annaly's estate at
Kildysart. She has made a bed of fern
leaves between the trunks of trees, sticks
and ferns forming a rude thatch. : The
only article of furniture is a crucifix.
She subsists on bread and water, and
says she has resorted to this wretched
mode of existence as a penance. Lon-
don Letter.
.TeaebeifA of the F!-enf:u'c?orirvat;ire. :
j. The piano 'playing of, the French '"W
tion has been : ably educated " by that
noble institution the Conservatoire'' of
Paris, which - was Jfounded during the
great revolution. "The first teacher was
Adam,; father of .the composer of ithe
"Postilion . de Lonjumeau;" , his pupil,
Zimmerjniann, long occupied the leading
place in Paris musical circles; it was : at
his salons . that-Moscheles and Thalberg
first made their bow to a Parisian audi
ence. . " Kalkbreiiner continued the great
traditions of the past; his contemporaries
speak of him in the most glowing terms,
"and his favorite pupil, Stamaty, had. the
. . -1 1 1 , .
gooa rortune oi guuung tne musical ;
genius of Gotfechalk. Music.
. Manufacture of Toothpicks.
. . Toothpicks are made ' of the 'wood ' of .
the spindle tree' (Ehbnym'us 'Europaens)
'm'Gennan'vThis manufacture' is .said
'to employ large numbers ef the peasants
in the Grand Duchy of Hesse during, the
Vrinter evenings.'-.-.. Tbere are four . kinds
.made-No. 6' selling at 2s. per thousand,
jNo. atSs., No lO at W andNb. ,15 at
,4s., 6dVi 'Parietos,.6r toothpicks of willow
'wood '. of iiice ' finish-especially ' those
' called Flor du Parletos are sold in Por
'tngal at prices ranging from 5d.'to 4s.
per thousand Chambers'' Journal.
. , -n, Aristocratic Grain.
.Could plants lay claim to aristocratic
position, as" representing an old 'family,
rice' might safely claim to be of the most
ancient pedigree.- It is the earliest cereal
known.- Originally a native of. India, it
has crossed the oceau.and lnake n home
for itself .'where, heat -and ..moist, soil
could be found... -It grows in all - warm
portions of the globe, and furnishes the
principal fooQ'of nearly one-third of the
, human 'ace. GoosT Housekeeping!
STIPATION.
Afflicts half the Amerkau people yet there is
only one preparation of Sarsaparilla that acts on
the bowels and reaches this important trouble,
and that 1 Joy's Vegetable Sarsaparilla. It re
lieves it la 24 hours, and au occasional dose
prevents return. "Ve refer by permission to C. E.
Elkington, 125 Locust .A venae, Ban Francisco;
J. H. Brown, Petaluma; n. S. Winn, Geary Coart,
San Francisco," and hundreds of others who have
used it In constipation. One letter is a sample of
hundreds. Elkington, writes: " "I.bave been foi
years subject to bilious headaches and constipa
tion. Have been o bad for a year back have
had to take a physic every other night or else I
would have a headache. After taking one bottle
of J. V. 8., I am in splendid shape. - It has dona
wonderful things ,Jor. me. People similarly
doubled should try It and. be oon vinced.'.
Sarsaparilfa
Most inoilcr:!, ,:m v-t verpH, iurgest bottle,
(me price, $1.0.3, sU Xms jiOD. .- t , , .,
For Sate by SNIPES & K1NERSLY
. THE DALLE?. OREGOV. '
OUKED
By using 8. B. Headache and Liver Cure, and S.
B. Cough Cure as directed for colds. They were
STTCOXlSSFTTXjri-'Sr
used two years ago during- the La Grippe epi
demic, and very fluttering testimonials of their
power over that disease are at r-and. Manuf act
uredbytheS. B. Medicine Mfg. Co., at Dufur,
Oregon. . For sale by all dru ggists. -
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
seiznres ' and da- ,
ftroy adulterated
products that are
t bt what they are represented to be. Under
this statute thousands of pounds of tea have
been burned b cause of their wholesale adul
teration. .. r :
'Tea.bytfie way, is one of the most. uotori
. ously adulterated articles of commerce.. Not
. aioue are the bright, shiny green teas artlrl
. cialfy colored, but thnufands of pounds of
. snbstliutoi for tea leaves are used to swell
, the bulk of cheap tea;; ash, nloe, and willow
( leaves TLei . those mo-tt commonly used. ;
; Agl:i, sweepings fr..m tea waroh. uses are -"
colored and sold as tea.' Even exhausted tea
leaves gathered from I ho tea-houses are kept,
- dried, and modeoverund find their way Into
the chenp teas. '
- The Eugiish gcvcrniiMirjt at'empts to stamp:
. i (hl. out ,by-,co:iCscatJ ..n;, but no .tea is too
JPorfp u..."J?4 .the result .1?, that prtbably
, the poorest teas used iiy auy nation are (hose
. cousumed in, America. ' "! ',J T' 'J , '
I..C.. Beech's Tea ls. ?presented:Sirlttt;tne:guai
" uty that it is uncolored and nrjadul tars ted;
. in fact, the suu-curea tea leaf para aJtd sim
ple. ; Its purity Insures svperiarastrength, '
'- about on third less oi It being required for "
art infusion than of Jhea-Uflcial teiSiand Its '
fragrance and exquisite flavor is at, once ap
parent It will be a revelation to"'ybti t In
Older that its purity and quality may be guar- -
- anteed. It 1 sold, jmly ia poandpackages
'.hesririgthls trsjOfirnMKrk:, fT '
BEECI
si
'Pure AsWdhodd:
Joys
rrfoaeooper pomnd. Tor sal at '.
Zieslie Sixtlec'i
THE DALLES, OREGON.
The Deiies
Of the Leading City ol' Eastern Oregon.
During the -little orer 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 ani. 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 j ust and rij ht.
-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
more reading matter for less money than any paper
published in the county.
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BooK 3T)6 Job prirtip
Done on Short Notice.
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Address all-Mail drderg to
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OREGON,
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