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How to Prevent Moldiness.
Nearly all the essential oils tend to
prevent moldiness, such as oil of laven
der, tansy, cloves, peppermint, etc
Russia- leather is preserved by being
cented with the tar of the birch, tree
and it is so effective that books bonnd
with it often prevent moldiness in other
books placed next to them. .
Bow to Pronounce Some Ordinary Words.
Again a-gen, not as spelled. A'lien
ale-yen, i:ot a,-.ye-n. Apostle upos-el,
without the "t." Bade bad. Because
be-catrz, not he-cos. Been-i-bin.. Be
loved as a verb, he-luvd; as an adjecr
tive be-iui?-ed." (Blessed, cursed, etc., ate
subject to the same rule.) Beneath
with the th in breath, not with the th in
breathe. Bnoy bwoy, not boy. Ca-price-'-capreece.
Catch as spelled, not
ketch: Chaos ka-osa. Chasm kazm.
Chaste chasn. . Choir kwire. -'. :
How to Remove Freckle.
In these days when outdoor sports are
happily in- vogue for both men and
women young ladies do not have the
horror they formerly had of sunburn and
freckles. Sometimes, however, it js de
sirable to remove the freckles, and in
nch cases this wash will be found effi
cacious: Take one ounce of lemon
juice, a tjnarter of a drachm of powdered
borax and a half a .drachm of sugar;
mix and let the compound stand in a
, glass bottle for forty-eight hours. Then
rub it on the face occasionally, and lo!
the freckles are gone.
How the Turks Make Coffee.
The Turkish way of making coffee
' produces a very different result from
that to which we are' accustomed. A
email conical saucepan with a long han
dle and calculated to hold about two
tablespoouf als of water is the vessel used.
The fresh roasted berry is pounded, not
ground, and about a dessertspoonful is
put in the minute boiler; it is then nearly
filled with, water and thrust among the
embers. A few seconds suffice to make
it boil and the decoction, grounds and
all, is poured out into a small cup which
fits into a brass socket, much Jike. the
. cup of an acorn and holding the china
cup as that does the acorn itself. The
Turks Eeem to drink this decoction boil
ing aud swallow the grounds with the
liquid. It is always taken plain, as sug
ar or cream would be thought to spoil
it. Europeans after some practice pre
fer it to the clearer infusion made in
France. In every hut these coffee boil
ers may be seen' suspended, and the
means for pounding the roasted berry
are always ready at hand.
Bow to Prevent Doors from Creaking.
Take lard, soap and black lead iu equal
parts and apply to the hinges. Soap alone
is effective for a time; the other ingredi
ents make it more lasting.
Bow to Make Old Clothes Look New.
If a suit of clothes be of good materia'
wnd be well made it can be made to last
with some care a very long time and do
a great share of service. It is best when
' clothes are not in use to fold them care
fully and put them away where dust will
not get at them. Hanging clothes in a
wardrobe is not nearly so satisfactory.
At the end of u season when a man lays
aside an old suit he sees the shining
elbows and the bulging knees and the
grease spots here aud there, and says to
himself, Well, this is the end of them!"
Oo slow, good inuq, have a little patience.
Brush the old garments carefully; sponge
out the grease spots with n little . am
monia and then carefully fold up the old
"duds" and lay them away. When the
next seat-on comes take them out, send
them to be pressed and when they come
back ycjn will be surprised. The shining
elbows no longer glisten in the light
the knees are once more in shape and you
have a suit of clothes almost as good as
new better than new, in that they have
been tried and have been found trust
worthy, not so good as new because, alas,
you cannot go on performing this opera
tion indefinitely.
How to Grind Small Tools.
Use a large stone with plenty of water
and grind rather slowly. The street
knife grinder often seriously injurer.
cutlery by grinding rapidly with littlo
or no water. - " . V
How to Avoid Catching; Cold.
Accustom yourself to the use of
sponging with cold water every mora
ing on first getting out of bed. It should
be followed by a good deal of rubbing
with a wet towel. This has considerable
effect iu giving tone to the skin and
maintaining a proper, action in it, and
thus proves a safeguard to the injurious
influence of cold and sudden changes of
temperature. Sir Ashley Cooper, the
'celebrated English physiciani said: "The
methods by which I have preserved my
own health are temperance, early rising
and sponging the body with cold water
immediately after getting out of . bed, a
practice which I have adopted for thirty
years without ever having taken cold."
Bow to Keep Bedclothes Over Children.
Host restleea children fling the cloth
ing away from the head and shoulders
first. To meet this difficulty sew tapes
eight inches long on the upper corners
of sheets and coverlets, and fasten, after
the child is put to bed, to the slats of the
. upright sides of the crib. , If . fastening
is needed at the foot also, the outer cover
can be pinned securely after being folded
under the mattress: The tapes should
be doubled before being sewed, leaving
each string four inches in length. -
How to Restore the Color of Glass.
When long exposed to sun" and rain the
window glass takes on an opaque whitish
hue. Bub it with diluted muriatic acid
and then .clean with moistened whiting.
Glass of any kind that appears smoky
may be cleaned and restored at once by
applying diluted nitric acid. Water and
ammonia is also effective.
THIEVING ON TRAINS.; I
PEOPLE WHO; CROSS THE . BROOK
. UYN BRIDGE FOR : PROFIT.-
One Man Who Is Well Known and Is Con
stantly Watched His Specialty Is Um
brellas Record of One Day's Carelessi t
nest--Odd Thins; Left Behind.
. : A well dressed woman got into a bridge
car carrying a gold headed umbrella. A
moment later a fairly well attired man
came 'in, walking carelessly,- and sat
down beside her. " Had a careful ob
server noticed him when he entered he
would have seen him throw a quick
glance at the umbrella before sitting
down.
The train rumbled across. The lady
gazed at the bay, and watching the
swiftly moving craft fell into a dreamy
state of observation. When the guard
called, "Brooklyn; all out!" the lady got
np, with the far away look still .in her.
eyes, and walked, out, leaving the 'um
brella. The man beside her had ridden
across wi$h his eyes elosed," as- if fa
tigued. ' ' ; : -"'
When she had got out his hand fell
quickly on the umbrella, and he was
making off with it when the guard col
lared him. The fellow looked surprised
at finding the umbrella in his hand,
muttered something about '.'picking it
up unconsciously," shook off the guard's
hand and plunged into the crowd.
"That is the fifth time in a month I
have caught that fellow taking lost ar
ticles," said the trainman to a reporter.
"The bridge trains are a paradise for
such as he. There is a more miscel
laneous collection of lost articles gath
ered on these trains than in any other
place in America, I'll warrant."
HOW LOST ARTICLES ARE KEPT.
The' number of missing articles be
came so numerous, and so many claims
were . made by pretended owners, that
several years ago a system of checks was
put into use. Now anything found in
the cars by porters is taken by them to
the train dispatcher's office, where he
makes a "report of the article, giving the
train on which it was found and other
details. This is entered in a book "of
blanks having stubs. The trainman
then gets a receipt , for what he has
turned in. When the caller comes for
what he has lost he must thoroughly
identify the article before he can get it.
The stub of the trainman's receipt keeps
thus a. perpetual record of everything
found.
These stub books are filed away and
are never destroyed. A glance through
them reveals a bewildering variety of
lost goods. The stubs of 1889 are es
pecially prolific in curious cases. Here
are some of the things recorded: Pumice
stonediagram, two boxes of cigars, a
pocketbook containing fifty-two dollars,
a white apron, spool of cotton, pair of
rubbers, a picture, a waistcoat, a brace
let, some surcingles, several remnants,
piece of sheet iron, three sauce dishes
and a horsewhip.
On one Saturday the record for va
riety was eclipsed. That day the guards
gathered up these things:
Three pairs of stockings, a lady's veil,
a roll of sheet music, a teaspoon, a bot
tle of wine, gentleman's kid gloves, eye
glasses, porter's badge, a lunch, a gos
samer, a cranberry mold.
-, oxe month's record.
In one stretch from Sept. 12 to Nov.
23, 200 articles were reported. That was
the rainy seasou, and forgotten umbrel
las swelled the list. But taking the year
around umbrellas have the questionable
distinction of being the oftenest over
looked. Pocketbooks, however, singu
lar to say, are not far behind. A count
of fifty-six stubs selected at random gave
this tally: . :
Umbrellas 28 Canea... 2
Pocketbooks......... 17 Keys 3
Packages 7 Waiter's jacket 1
On an average three articles are found
a day. This makes nearly a hundred a
month. Some sneaks have long ago
found this out, and travel across often
each day -and run chance of picking up
something: of value. ' Even if t.hnv fail
j the low car fare does not leave them
mucn out or pocket. The guards have
"spotted" a number of these characters
and watch them closely. They cannot
be driven away by fearof arrest, for
they know very well that it is no easy
thing to make, a charge of stealing hold
against them. . . .
The trainmen .have decided that the
three classes mosf guilty of forgetting
are strangers to the city, absorbed in
everything but themselves; married wo
men, and gentlemen who have been "out
with the boys." Anybody who has
studied human' nature at all will under
stand why the trainmen have so decided.
New York World. .
. William the Conqueror Liked Oysters. '
In Denmark and the northern parts of
our island kitchen middens of the Stone
age yield oyster shells, and Professor
Forbes affected to pity "the enthusiastic
oyster eater, who can hardly gaze upon
the abundantly entombed remains of the
apparently well fed and elegantly shaped
oysters of our Eocene formation without
chasing a pearly tear away. "
We cannot believe that' oysters "ever
went out of fashion with our ancestors.
"Ostre" ' occurs . in :- Anglo-Saxon and
seems, to be connected' with "oet,' a
knot, a scale. " William the Conqueror
is said to have esteemed the English
oyster very highly, and it figures in the
menu of many mediaeval feasts, espe
cially in Lent. London Saturday Re
view., . ' " . . , : - ; . ', .- .
The Washerwoman's Revenge.
Mr. De Sharp (anxiously) I inadvert
ently sent my cuff buttons to the wash
last week. Did you find them?
1 Washerwoman Sure, Oi saw a couple
in th' tub, but I have no time to befishin
around fur brass cuff buttons, an Oi
t'rew thim away. - . : a "
Mr. Da Sham (in hnm-ifiWl
1 Threw them awayl Those buttons were
-Washerwoman Moy! moy! That's
too bad. Oi never thought a young man
wot was always beatin down a poor wash
erwoman's prices cud afford to wear
eonJd. New York Weekly. '
. ., '- Clever Stealing;. " . . "
An elegantly dressed woman lately en
tered a Paris jeweler's shop and asked to
see some valuable gold pins. While she
was examining them a man began play
ing a barrel organ before the door. The
music seemed to annoy the lady, .and
stepping to the door she threw a piece of
money to the man and ' told him to go
away, which, he did at Once.
On returning to. the counter she said
that none of the pins suited her, but that
as some compensation for the trouble she
had given, she would buy a brooch. She
accordingly chose one, paid ten francs
for it, and was leaving the shop when the
jeweler missed a diamond pin of great
value from among those she had been
examing. He accordingly stopped his
customer, who seemed highly indignant,
and insisted on the jeweler's wife search
ing her, which was done, but no pin was
found.
The jeweler sent his sister to watch
the woman, who was seen to enter an
other jeweler 8 shop, and was pretending
to make a purchase when the organ grind
er made his appearance. As soon as he
began playing she again threw him some
money and ordered him to move on, but
the person who was watching her per
ceived that with the money she had giv
en the man a piece of jewelry. This was
at once made known to the police, who
arrested both, and found on the man sev
eral articles of stolen jewelry. Paris
Figaro.
A Woman Buried by Two Husbands.
Some years since a young, woman
named Gardiner married in Scotland a
man named Zadrean They quarreled
and separated, and the woman afterward
married , a man named Smith. But a
short time elapsed before separation took
place in this case also, and a third mar
riage was contracted with a man named
Bowhill. The parties, however, did not
reside long together, the woman from
that time forward living alone. Tues
day she poisoned herself, the body being
found in bed the next morning.
At the coroner's inquest, when a ver
dict to that effect was returned, it was
stated that Zadreah had not been found,
but Smith and Bowhill were in attend
ance. The latter produced his certifi
cate of marriage and claimed the cer
tificate of death. After discussion a
compromise was arrived at, Smith tak
ing the coroner's certificate, and. the two
men agreeing to share the cost of the
funeral, while it was arranged to bury
the woman in he name of Zadrean,
alias Smith, 'alias Bowhill. London
Standard.
Buying Coal.
Householders . who may never have
acquired the habit of laying in a winter's
supply of coaL in summer or fall, and
whose regrets for failing to do so are
heard with the regularity of the annual
advent of cold weather, may stop repin
ing. It is trne economy to buy little
coaLat a time. Coal men will tell you
that this fuel rapidly 'loses in quality.
The gases pass oft by exposure or some
thing of that kind, and with them the
heating power diminishes. There is one
thing, however, that is a necessity in
making the most of this kind of thrift.
The coal bought in small quantities
should be taken from fresh shipments.
There is no profit in buying coal that
may have lain for weeks in a yard. It
should come fresh from the cars in order
to get the best service out of it. New
York Times.
. Glass Filling for Teeth.
Persons who object to the conspicuous-,
ness of gold filling when it is placed in
the front teeth may now have their den
tists use a substance which resembles
the teeth so closely in color that its pres
ence can be detected only by a close and
careful examination. This new filling is
a kind of glass and is the invention of a
German. It was put on the market only
a short time ago, but it has been used
enough to prove that the idea is a capi
tal one. The glass comes in the form of
a sand, "which is made of nine different
tints. These hues range from a bright
white through various yellows to a kind
of pale pink. Generally a set of teeth
will have about the color, of one of ten
kinds of sand, but to have the two ex
actly the same it may be necessary to
mix two shades. New York Tribune.
Damages Asked for Taking Cold.
John H. Taylor, of Nashville, Ind.,
while traveling on the Wabash railway
from St. Louis to Stanberry in October,
1889, contracted a cold through the negli
gence of the railroad company in not
having the' car properly heated... The
cold culminated in an attack of rheuma
tism, which has crippled him for life. For
this he brought suit against the com
pany for $10,000 damages. Judge Good
man, in .the circuit court, sustained a
demurrer -to the evidence of the plaintiff.
An appeal wilUbe taken to the supreme
court. Cor. St. Louis Republic.
Maine Is a Great State.
Down in Deer Isle the other evening
the village barber asked a young lady to
attend a hop with him. The young lady
very properly went to 'get her mother's
consent. Her mother took her one side
and told her she could go if she would
get the barber to agree to do her (the
young lady's) father's barbering this
winter free; We have not heard what
arrangement has been made, says the
correspondent who tells, the story, but
think everything was all right, for the
girl went. Bangor Commercial. -
October fairly outdid itself in the Ver
mont mountains. The crimson foliage,
the balmy temperature, the hazy atmos
phere, all have combined to make the
last three weeks of the month the most
delightful experienced there for many
years.
A recent eruption on the sun's face
was photographed and lasted for folly
fifteen minutes. - Its angular height
showed it to be a ' disturbance causing
the vapors to ascend fully 80,000 miles.
The youngest teacher on record is said
to be an eleven-year-old boy in Kansas,
who, it is claimed, has been recently
granted a certificate. ;
Valuable Deposit.
One of tiie most remarkable of all de
posits of silver is at the Broken Hill
mines in Australia. ' At that place the
precious metal is found lying in an enor
mous lode.
- it has been suggested by Mr. George
Sutherland that this great deposit of
silver was left by a large salt lake that
has now disappeared, but tracks of
whose former existence are clearly to be
seen." . ' -. - ' -
- According to this interesting theory,
the salt lake was formed of imprisoned
ocean water, a large quantity of which
was caught in a basin between ranges
of bills when Australia was lifted out of
the sea.' This water gradually leaked
and was evaporated away, leaving de
posits of the . mineral and other matter
that it had held in solution.
If this view is correct, the great store
of silver at Broken Hill is a rich gift be
stowed by the sea upon the land; but
man has discovered the precious deposit,
and seized it in his capacity of the lord
of the earth. Youth's Companion. ' - . ,
Why a Blue Rose Is Impossible.
A florist makes the. assertion that a
blue rose is. among the impossibilities,
but, while an explanation of this curi
ous fact may be equally impossible, ho
fails to mention a very interesting law
which, . governs the colorings of all
flowers. A knowledge of this law would
save many flower growers hours of un
availing and -foolish hope. The law is
simply this: The three colorsred, blue
and yellow never all appear in the same
species of flowers; any two may exist,
but never the third. Thus we have the
red and yellow roses, but no blue; red
and blue verbenas, but no yellow; yel
low and blue in the various members of
the viola family (as pansies. for in
stance), but no red; red and yellow
gladolii, but no blue, and so on.-
Just
24.
In just 24 hours J. V. S. relieves constipation
and sick headaches. After it gets the system
under coDtrol an occasional dose prevents-return.
We refer by permission to W. H. Marshall, Bruns
wick House, S. F.; Geo. A.Werner, 631 California
Bt,' 8. F.; Mrs. C. Mclvin, 136 Kearny St., S. F.,
and many others who have found relief from
constipation and sick headaches. U. W. Vincent,
of 6 Terrence Court, S. F. writes: "1 am 60 years
of age and have been troubled with constipation
for 25 years. I was recently Induced to try Joy's
Vegetable Sarsapariila. I recognized in it at
once an herb that the Mexicans used to give us
in the early SO'a for bowel troubles. (I came to
California in 1839,) and I knew it would help ma
and it has. For the first time in years I can sleep
well and my system is regular and in splendid
condition. The old Mexican herbs in this remedy
are a certain cure In constipation arid bowel
troubles." Ask for .
Joy'
q Vegetable
w Sarsapariila
For Sale by SNIPES KINERSLY
THE DALLES. OREGON.
GRI
- v OTJIIED
By using 8. B. Headache and Liver Cure, and S.
B. Ckmgh Cure as directed for colds. They were
STJCCESSFTTIjXi'V
used two years ago during the La Grippe epi
demic, and very flattering testimonial)) of their
power over that disease are ut hand. Manufact
ured by the 8. B. Medicine Mfg. Co., at Dufur,
Oregon. For sale by all druggists.
A Severe LawcN
. The English pec
pie look more closely
'to the genuineness
of these staples than
wdo. In fact, they
have a law under
which they make
seizures and de
stroy adulterated
- r products that are
oot what they are represented to be. Under
this statute thousands of pounds of tea hare
been burned because of their wholesale adul
teration. - ; : :-;';'
Tea, by the way, is one of the most notoii-
".ufly adulterated articles of commerce. Not
aioue are the bright, shiny green teas artifi
cial colored, but thf'Urands of pounds of
subxti utoi for tea leaves are used to swell
the bulk of cheap tea .; a.-h, sloe, and willow
leaves te!n-j those most commonly used.
AkhI.i, sweeping fr.ira tea warehouses are
colored and told as tea. Even exhausted tea
leaves gathered from the U-a-houses are kept,
dried, and made over nud find tbeirway into
the cheap teat.
The Eug'.it-h government at erupts to stamp .
this out by tonf.scti.i v.; but no tea Is too
poorer u -, and the result is, hat probably
the poorest teas used by any uation are those
Consumed iu America.
" Beech's Tea is presented with the guar
anty that it is uucolored and unadulterated;
in fact, the sun-rurea tea leaf pare and sua
pie. : Its purity insures superior strength,
about one third less of it being required fox
an infusion than of the o-iiflclal teas, and its
fragrance and exquisite flavor is at once ap
parent. It will be a revelation to you. In
order that Its purity aud quality may be guar
anteed, it is sold only in pound packages
- bearing this trade-mark :
BEECrM; TEA
'PureAsWdhood:
. Price 60c per pomnd. For sale at
Ijeslle Butler's,
THE DAILES, OREGON.
e Dalles
IS
Of .the Leading City
During the little over
-
TO
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
phenomenal support it has
expression of their approval. Independent in every
thing, neutral in nothing,
for what it believes to be just and rij ht.
Commencing with the first number of the second
vclume the weekly has been enlarged to eight pages
while the price ($1.5Q a year) remains the same.
Thus both the weekly and daily editions contain
moie reading matter for
published in the county.
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BooK apd Job pri9tir;2
Done on Short Notice.
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Address all Mail .Orders to
Chronicle
THE DALLES,
Cipqicle -
of Eastern Oregon.
a year of its existence it
before the people an-i the
received is accepted as the
it will live only to fight
less money than any paper
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AT
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OREGON.