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How to CaU-.1i a Runaway Hon.
Most persona when trying to stop a
runaway horse merely adil to the panic
which has caused the beast to take, to his
Beels. Don't stand in the middle of tho
road and throw np yonr hands and shout.
No one ever saw a real runaway stopped,
by such tactics. Don't stand on the side
of the road and yell to the horse to stop.
That will merely canse him to be worse
frightened than before. ' As yon" see the
horse coming, start to ran as fast as yon
can in the same direction the horse is
taking; when he ' catches np with yon
and before - he paHse&r-horses. . don't go
with the rapidity of a bullet from a gun
even when running away jninp for his
bridle rein and hold to it, running along
all the while as fast as possible. The
check thus given by the pull on the bit
will alino always stop a 'runaway. ;. If
yon are pn horseback you can 'do,, this
with ease and.' with very, little danger,
for in this instance 'your horse is run
ning and yon, have all , your strength, to
give to the runaway. The mounted pc
licemen in Central park. New York, and
on the roads about,' catch runaway
horses with much neatness and dexterity,
and they have plenty of practice.
How to Preserve Ribbon and Silks.
They should always be laid - away for
keeping in brown paper, as the chemicals
nsed in white paper often combine .with
those in the material and produce dis
coloration.. A white satin dress, how
ever, is somewhat better preserved in'
blue paper, with brown paper outside.
How to Prepare Common Whitewash,
Take clean unslaked lime and pour
Oa warm water ju6t fast enough to keep
the lime 6laking without burning, but
not enough to drown it. It is desirable
to have it slake dry and then be mixed
with water to a thin wash, but not
pasty. If put on too thick it will not
take a firm hold and after a few coats
are applied it will flake off. : If the wall
ia very rough mix salt and ashes with the
first coating; if smooth, salt only, A
very little bluing in the last coating will
make it look a clear white.
How to Ureu (or Travelinc.
Any dark dress comfortably made will
do for traveling. Its texture should suit
the seasou, and the less it shows dust the
better looking its owner will arrivent.
her journey's end. (iood taste will, pre
vent any one from traveling in white or
light colored dresses. Garnet also is not
a good color to choose. The gown should
be made as plain as possible and is better
without jet or velvet trimming. Ruching
or collars finish the neck, but a silk ker
chief or lace scarf that can be wrapped
closely around in the cars will keep,
cinders from lodging in the neck. A
traveling hat that is small and light aud
not easily hurt will be found most com
fortable. 1,A.. dark petticoat is another
necessity, also high shoes, or if low ones
are worn, cloth gaiters. The handsunust
' be kept gloved constantly to retain any
. degree of cleanness, and of course the
car window will be kept closed during a
journey of any length . i.
How to Clean a Gold Clialu.
Pnt'the chain in a small bottle with
water, a little soap and tooth powder.
Cork and shake the bottle violently for
a minute or two. The soap and powder
will extract every particle of grease and
dirt from the minutest interstices of the
chain, while friction against the glass
will polish it. Rinse in clear cold water
and the polish will surprise you.
How to Use Term -at Compliment' aiid
llespect.
In official letters "Sir" should be used
and the writer should sign himself "Very
respectfully, your obedient servant." '. In
' business letters "Dear sir" should be
used, and this form of address should be
followed by "Respectfully yours." Where
some personal or social relationship en-
. ters into a business acquaintance "My
ileal cit.' ia u nmruiw f.-iwn P ...1.1 1
" and this should be followed by "Yours
truly" or "Yours faithfully." Where
the communication is entirely social the
address should be "Dear Mr. Smith" or
its equivalent, and this form of address
. should be followed by "Sincerely yours"
or "Yours very truly. " Where the so
cial relations are somewhat intimate the
form of address may very properly be
'-. "My dear Mr. Smith." In social letters
"Dear sir" should never be used, and if
a writer-objects to. the more intimate
forms of address, then the letter should
be written in the Old. fashioned forni of
the third person where "Mr. Brown pre
sents his compliments to Mr. Smith,
etc." "Gent" or "Gents" .should never
be used under any circumstance.. Never
even to one to whom you feel an enmity
should a letter be addressed "Mr. Smith'
without any further term of compliment
or respect.
How to Slake Ginger Beer. -
White sugar, five pounds; lemon juice,
quarter of a pint; honey, quarter of a
pound; ginger (bruised), five ounces; wa
ter, four gallons and a half. Boil the
ginger in three quarts of the watef for
half an hour, then add. the sugar,- lemon
' juice and honey with the remainder of
the water and strain through a cloth;
add a quarter of the white of an egg and
a small teaspoon ful of the essence of
- lemon; let the whole stand four' days
and bottle; it will keep for many months.
This receipt is given by Dr.vPereira in
bis celebrated workv on, diet,'', and he
recommends it as a most healthful bev
erage. '
1 How to Pour Hot Liquids.
The hottest liquids can be poured
without iear into ' glass or china recep
tacles if a metal" utensil, such as a silvei
or steel fork, knife or spoon, be pat in
first. This simple preventive is most
useful to .the housewife when canning
fruit, or to the hospitable hostess who
wishes to prepare "at table her cups of
cocoa by pouring' boiling water on the
powder in her dainty china cups.
!
ONG OF
Dome ont where the billows areoool aad deep.
Where the wares never rest and the wind
never sleep, . t. . - ,
Where plumed steeds- coarse the - ocean's
1 1 i v breast, i .. v ; v -' . " -. : , ,
Each flaunting a pennant of foam at his crest;
Where the zephyrs are practiced to try .their
wings, .
And the sea mew shrieks and the mermaid
sings "
When the moon is low. and, with shudder and
sigh. .
The tides are turned "neath her watchful eyel
Come down on the sands where the plaintive
i . snipe !. - . t -
Shrills a mem'ry of Pan and his reedy pipe.
Where the ripples that lap on the shelving
;-' beach
Seem to welcome a continent to their reach:
Where the great brown rocks in their trailing
weeds
Seem doing penance for guilty deees
Centuries Bince, when the pirate's sail
Drove a bark to seek help In the teeth of a gale.
Leave sorrow behind when you'd frolic with
me,
For there's never a grief that can sadden the
- - . sea,
And never a burden too heavy to throw
Away to be lost in the ebb and flow;
.Cope down to the marge of the seething earth
'And bathe in the surges, where Love had birth.
Where the fountain of youth in a crystal, cave
Plays, hidden for aye, 'neatlnt laughing wave.
.. - ( New York World.
i,. .HeBirjgiln," ' ',:''
The following true story is told in the
"Journal of Emily Shore:"
A little girl near us was one day play
ing before the house, when a woman ap
peared and begged a few pence. She
had a baby in her arms. And the child
was so delighted with the little thing
that she asked" the woman ' if she would
sell it to her. . . ' -
"What will you give for it, miss?" was
the counter question.
"Half a crown."
'Very well," said the woman; "let's
see the money." -
It was produced, and the sale made.
The little girl took the baby, carried it
np stairs and laid It on. her bed, and
after Hhe had fondled it "enough fori
once, scampered down stairs, calling
to her mother.
"Mamma,- mamma! I've got a live
doll! I always wanted one, and now
I've got it."
The baby was found, and the Btory
frankly told, but though the beggar
woman was sought all over the town,
no trace of her could be discovered.
Meanwhile the "baby's littje "owner"
begged so hard that it should be kept
that the parents yielded, and the living
doll became a household blessing.'"
Advice to Youig Authors.
Get originality into your work, my
friend. If your forte is writing articles
choose a new, bright, popular topic and
treat it freshly. Don't affect the dull
and stupid essay style. Use few words.
Make your sentences brief. Be crisp and
make your thoughts crackle. Tell the
public something it doesn't know and is
trying to find out. If you lean to fiction
tear away from old plots and take an in
cident that a reader will recognize at
once as being fresh. Make your dialogue
natural and bright; let your characters
move around : and have a . being. Stop
when your story is told; a lively story of
2,000 words, full of life and snap, has in
it more prospects of -success than a drawn
out tale of 5,000 words. If you feel poe
try to be your forte appeal to the heart
rather than the mind. Don't fail at blank
verse when you can succeed at popular
poetry. E. W. Bok in Ladies' Home
Journal.
Chinese Children.
The Chinese give their boy babies a
name in addition to their surnames,
and they must call themselves by these
names until they are twenty years old.
At that age the father gives his son a
new name. . '
The Chinese care so little for their girl
babies that they do not give them a
baby name, but just call them No. -1.
No. 2, No, 3, according to their;birth. '
" Boys are thought so .much more of in
China than girls are.-that if you ask a
Chinese father who has both a boy and
a girl how many children he has, he will
always reply, "Only one child." ;Cin
cinnati Commercial Gazette.
Some Feminine Advice.
This advice was given by an old lady
to a young wife going out to the colonies
and looking for a maid to accompany
her: "Take a pretty one. my dear." said
the old lady, "for, ugly or pretty, she
will have an offer of marriage before she
has been out a week., and while vour
og'y girt will say 'yes' to the first offer
she gets and leave you, your pretty one
will be harder to please and will say no'
several times before she consents." San
Francisco Argonaut.
Power, of Will.
Expectant Nephew How is my rich
uncle today?
Family Doctor Much better. His will
keeps him alive. - ......
Nephew (sadly) rin afraid that's so.
He made his will in . my favor twenty
years ago, and 1 don't believe hell die
while that will is in existence. Good
News.
It is not so hard as is supposed to pro
nounce the name of the queen of the
Sandwich; Islands... That ,n".hi-Lilruo-kalani
has the" value of a "w," and if one
says "Lileewoka-lanny" he will hit it
about right. ' ." " '' " . " '
What .was long supposed to be a wax
figure on a crucifix in the Burgos cathe
dral turns out to be a mummified human
body.; ; The church' record shows that It
has been In its present position since 1140
A. D. ; .
"In wuiteri" says YuanMei.'a Chinese
writer, "we should eat beef and mutton.
In summer, dried and "preserved meats.
As for condiments, mustard belongs spe
cially to summer; pepper, to winter."-, ;
A Vermont man claims to have a squash
vine, pn the end of one branch of which
grew a cluster of eighteen full grown
squashes, all well developed.. - '
The silk industry shows that a single
cocoon from a well fed silkworm will
often produce a continuous . fiber more
than 1,000 yards long.
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AS A
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JUSTICE.
As Aeeooat of. .' Remarkable Karriage'
Ceremony la s Wild Country. . '
I forgot' to say (hat the office of justice
of the peace was not a salaried one, but
dependent upon fees, the county furnish
ing only the copy of the revised statutes
and a woolsack, slightly and prematurely
bald. - So while I was called Judge Nye,
and frequently mentioned in the papers
with great, consideration, I was out of
coal about half the ttme, and once could
not mail my letters for three weeks be
cause I did not have the necessary post
age. Friends in the eastern states may
possibly recall the time when my corre
spondence, from some unknown cause,
seemed to flag. That was the time. - Of
course I could have borrowed the money,
but I had, and still have, a foolish horror
of borrowing money. I did not mind
running an account, but I hated to bor
row. The first business that I had was a
marriage ceremony. I met the groom on
the street. He asked me if I could marry
people. I said that I could to a limited
extent. ' He said that he -wanted to get
marriedr-. I asked him to 'secure "the vic
tim, and I would get the other 'ingredi
ents. He then wished" to. know. where
my office was. It occurred to me at that
moment that there was. no fire in the
stove; also, no coal; also; that the west
half of the stove had fallen in during
the night. So I said that I would marry
them at their home. He maintained
that his home was over eighty miles
away' and that it would consume too
much time to go there.
"Where are you stopping at? I in
quired using the Pike county style of
syntax in order to show that I was one
of the people.
"-' "Well, we met here, squire. She
come in on- the Last Chance stage, and
I'm camped up in Gov'ment canyon, not
fur from Soldier crick. We can go out
there, I reckon.
I did not mind the ride, so I locked my
office, secured a book of forms and meet
ing the.young people at the livery stable
went out with them and married them
in a. rambling, desultory sort of way.
The bride was a peri from Owl creek,
wearing moccasins of the pliocene age.
The rich Castilian blood of the cave
dwellers mantled in her cheek along
with the navy blue blood of Connecticut
on her father's side. Her hair was like
the wing of a raven, and she wore a
tiara of clam shells about her beetling
brow. Her bracelet was a costly string
of front teeth, selected from the early Set
tlers at the foot of Independence moun
tain. With the shrewdness of a Yankee
and the hautenr of the savage she com
bined the "grotesque grammar of Pike
county and the charming naivete of the
cow puncher. She was called Beautiful
Snow. But I think it was mostly in a
spirit of banter. She was also no longer
young. I asked her, with an air of bad
inage, if 6he ' remembered Pizarro, but
she replied that she . was away from
home when he came through. The cave
dwellers were a serious people. Their
plumbing was very poor indeed; so also
were their jokes.- Her features were
rather'- classic," however, and I " was
about to say clean cut, bub on more ma
ture thought' . I will not say that. " Her
nose was bright and piercing. " It resem
bled the'breastbone.of a sandhill crane.
The groom was a man of great cour
age and held human life at a very low
figure. That is why be married Beauti
ful Snowwithout any - flinching; also
why I have refrained from mentioning
his name; also why I kissed the bride. -1
did not yearn to kiss her. There were
others who had claims on me, but I did
not . wish to give needless pain to the
groom, and so 1 did it. He had no
money, but said that he had a saddle
which, if I could use,. I was welcome to.
I did not have anything to put the sad
dle on at home, but rather than return
empty handed I. took it. Bill Nye in
Centnry. '
Lore of Old England.
'. When Mr. Christie Murray started for
Australia the anchor of his vessel in
kPlymouth sound brought up a quantity
of Devon mud and ooze, which in the
course ofa day or two, nnder a summer
sun, baked into a stiffish earth. Half by
way of a sentimental joke and half seri
ously, he took a cubic inch or there
abouts of this English soil, placed it in
an envelope, and determined to carry
this morsel of old England with him on
his travels. . '
Many months afterward a pastoralist
up country, whose guest Mr. Murray
was, begged this bit of earth from him.
"You'll be going back there," he said,
"and . I never shall. . I've been ' away
from home for 'sixteen years - and I'd
value that bit of Old England more than
the Kohinoor." "When, next I 'passed
his way," says Mr. Murray,, "I found
that he had ridden sixty miles (out. and
home) to buy a little plush stand and a
glass shade for the precious trifle."
London News..
V Steel Divining Bods. : ;- .-.
A man in San Francisco has some
queer djyining rods. They are four
slender pieces of steel, tapering to a
point at one end and flattened ont at the
other, with 'notches iri the extremities
like the notches in an arrow. Two are
an inch shorter than the others. Two
persons use them, each taking hold of
one long and one short rod with the
thumb and forefinger and holding them
out horizontally with 'the 'hands close
together. The 'notches fre pressed to
gether. Jn a few minutes the rods move
from side to 'side, ot up and down", point
ing, it U said, to that part 'of hd Tfoom
where coins .or .' jewelry may bV conceal
ed. .Some . persona ' cannot nee he rods,
but those who can may easily find the
hiding place of any valuable! New York
Bun. nrtrif-T- A ..-.
v, Wortk Thinking Over.
"f Tpuhg Mr. Garter Is your sister in,
QtRv?v'' '7'KVf f tiff S.'1
Little Harry Clasp Yes. But she
isn't going to receive any gentlemen after
this unless he comes in a dress suit. "$ .
Mr. Garter Why? What brought her
to that decision? .
Harry I guess she must have found
out that you didn't have one. Clothier
and Furnisher.
BILL . NYE
, wse' rtrvs i: rHbUc.'isev--?-iy..'
: "A sailor on, a coasting- vessel .'which .
plies between Galveston ao4 porta on
the gulf has some very interesting spec
imens which he secured, while on the
coast of Yucatan.' Among them is.' a
large jar filled with . enormous spiders,'
which he 'says are. looked upon with
greatest fear by the Indians of the cen
tral portion of that country, and which
are undoubtedly the largest'ever seen.. ,
The body of ., the spider-is fully five
inches in diameter and the legs are
short and thick; being especially adapted
to running and climbing. They are
about two inches long and are as big
around as an ordinary Tead pencil. The
animal is of a grayish brown color, but
is most peculiarly 'marked by deep red
bands, which cross its' body," extending
clear around diagonally from shoulder
to hip, crossing each other at the' middle
of the back and the' center of the belly.'
' The fierceness Of the "insect and this
'marking on the back have, induced the
Indians to name it the "Devil's Soldier,"
and they say that it is undoubtedly the
worst foe to man in that -whole country,
making it almost impossible for- any one
to go into the interior, for ji abounds in
such numbers that no place is free .from
it, and its bite is'certaih "death '- " ' " 'r
Only one instance ?s known to Indians
where a man iias been 'bitten "and did
not die, and this man was. wildly insane
ever afterward! ' The ' spider ' makes its
home among the recks, and when 'any
thing approaches it rushes boldly out
and makes an" attack - so fiercely that it
is almost impossible . to escape it. It
runs with great rapidity and climbs
sticks and. trees as easily as if.it were on
the ground. Atlanta Constitution."
It ..is- forbidden . to . use . the words
"hunger" or "famine"" in Kazan,. Russia,
Nevertheless, the ""."-i.i .C1' ;i the "streets
would "draw tears fr.mi she manliest eye.
24.
In Just 21 hours 3. V. S. relieves constipation
and sick headaches. After it gels the system
under control an occasional dose prevents return.
We refer by permission to W. II. Marshall, Bruns
wick House, a F.; Geo. A. Werner, 531 California
Bt, 8. F.; Mrs. C. Melvin, 136 Kearny St., S. F.,
and many others who have found relief from
constipation and sick headaches. G.W. Vincent,
of 6 Terrence Court, S. F. writes: "I am 60 years
of age and have been troubled with constipation
for 25 years. . .I.was recently induced to try Joy's
Vegetable Earsaparilla. I recognized in it at
once an herb that tho Mexicans used to give us
In the early GO'S for bowel troubles. (I came to
California In 1889,) and I knew it would help me
and it has. For the first time in years I can sleep
well and my system Is regular and in splendid
condition. TheoldMexicanherbsinthisremedy
are a certain cure In constipation and bowel
troubles.". Ask for( . - ; . .
v Vegetable
w Sarsaparirla
For Sale by SNIPES KINERSLY
THE DALLES. OKEGOK.
OUH.EP
By usinir S. B. Headache and Liver Cure, and 8.
B. Cough Cure as directed for colds. They were
used two years apo during the La Grippe epi
demic, and very nattering testimonial) of their
power over that disease are at l and. Manufact
ured by the S. B. Medicine Mfg. Co., at Dufur,
Oregon. For sale by all dru ggists.
Severe Law.
The English peo
ple look more closely
to the gennineness-
of these staples than
we do. In fact, they
have, a law under
-'Which they make"
seizures and de
stroy adulterated
products that are .
Just
Joy
1-7 ;,.gjrii?,f?i
v at;.
not what they are represented to be.' Under
this stnMitr"housands of pounds of tea have
been burned because of their wholesale adul-'
teration. - ' . .
Tea, by the way, is one of the most notori
ously a-Jultcrated articles of commerce. Sot
. aioue are the bright, shiny green teas artifi
cially colored, but thcu-ands of pounds of
ruijtl.utei for tea leaves ra used fo swell
tbe bu'i of cheap tea:; a-h, sloe, aud willow
- lVfs be:n;r thos most commonly used.
Agai.i, fcwvepitig'i Ir-ra tea wareh'..u?a are ..
"coloredBnd scld as tra. Eveu exhausted tea
leaves gathered from the tea housere sept,
diied, and made over and find their way into
thechcap teas. - .
1 he Englinh government attempts to tiamp
his oui by co'.iilactli n; but uo tea is too
poo fi;r u--, s:-.d .the result i;. :hat j-roLably
the ocro t Washed by any nation are those
consumed In America. . . ... , . . .
. Leech's Tea is presented witb.'thVguar
. auty that it is uncolored and unadulterated;
In fact, the sun-enrea tea leaf pure and sim
ple.' Its purity lusurds 'superior" strength, ?
: about one third ley of it being' Required lot '
an infusion than of the n tillclalteAS, and Its
fragrance aud exquisite Savor is at. once ap
parent. I; will be a revelation to you. ; In
order that its purity and quality may be guar
anteed, it is sold only; in pound packages '
bearing this trademark :
'Pure As'ifrwhoodT
Frloe COo per pomnd.' For sale at : ;-' ';
Iieaile Sutler's,
THB DALLES, OKEGOK.
e Dalles
IS
Of the Leading City of Eastern Oregon.
During the little over a year of its existence it
has earnestly tried to fulfill 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 aui 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 ri 2 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
Thus both the weekly and daily editions contain
moie reading matter for less money than any paper
published in the county. ' -
GET YOUlt
DONE
THE CIIROHICLE JOB
B00K ai?d Job pripti
Done on
LIGHT BINDING
Address all Mail .Orders to
plibriicfle
THE DALLES,
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year) remains " the same.
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