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IBE DALLES
OBKGON
THE PARASOL ANT.
Oo the Industrious Insect Acquired Ita
Queer Name.
The fact that the "parasol ant" of
the West Indies has grown to be such
a pest that the government of Trinidad
lias had to adopt appropriate legisla
tion against its ravages draws atten
tion to the remarkable . habits of the
little creature. It has been definitely
determined that they do not cut the
circular bite out of the leaves that
they bear away so like a parasol over
their heads, for ' the purpose of eating
them,-or for nest lining, as has been
suggested. These bits of leaves are
simply wanted as the soil on which to
cultivate a certain sort of fungus that
they feed upon; and the ants are as
expert in its culture as any market
g-ardener of Paris in the growing of
his beloved mushrooms. A nest of
these tiny agriculturists has thus been
described by the director of public
works of Trinidad, who has had them
on his study table: "Each forager
dropped his portion of leaf, in the nest,
and it was taken up by a small worker
and carried to a clear space to
be cleaned. It was then taken
in hand by the large workers, which,
after licking it with their tongues, re
duced it to a small, black ball of pulp.
These balls were built on the edge of
the already forjned fungus bed, and
slightly smoothed down. The new
surface was then planted with portions
of the fungus brought from other
parts of the nest. Each piece is put in
separately, and the ants know exactly
how far apart the plants should be. It
sometimes looks as if the bits of fun
gris had been put in too scantily in
places, yet in about forty hours (if the
humidity has been properly regulated)
it is all evenly covered with a mantle
as of very fine saow." When it is re
membered that most persons who have
tried the cultivation of edible fungi
have failed, because of the difficulties
. arising from the handling of the spores
and the maintenance of the needed
humidity, it almost seems that we
must concede to these tiny creatures a
greater degree of agricultural skill
than is possessed by the average
farmer.
Dogs In Railroad Cars.
TJelgium leads the way in the im
portance which it accords to dogs. Ac
cording to a decision just issued by the
government, which controls all the
railroads of the kingdom, a dog is just
as much entitled to a seat in a railroad
compartment as its owner, providing
the latter has purchased a ticket for
the animal, and when a compartment
made to hold ten persons contains
eight human beings and two dogs, the
compartment is henceforth to be re
garded as full. It is to be hoped, how-
ever, that on busy days the dog passen-
: ger will be willing to stand to oblige a
lady, though to judge from the favor
which canine pets appear to enjoy in
Belgium it seems more likely that la
dies will be requested to give up their
seats to does.
T ' Orphans in Auntralla.
According to the Medical Times of
Philadelphia Australia is a country
without an orphan asylum. Every
' where local committees keep record of
families with which a destitute child
may be placed, and the children's com
mittee of the destitute board selects a
home suitable for each child that comes
under its care. On an average one dol
lar and twenty-live cents a week is al
lowed for board and clothing, but in
no case are foster parents selected who
.are so poor that the adopted child will
suffer hardship. It must be sent to
school regularly until the age of four
teen years, when it is put to work,
The local committee watches over each
adopted child and sees that the condi
tions are all fulfilled. The earnings of
-i boy of that class from fourteen to
eighteen are put in the postal savings
bank, and at the latter age he can be
gin his career with a little ready
money. As a result the state has
raised a citizen at a cost of seventy
dollars a year and saved no end of
outlay for courts, prisons and reforma
tories. A
A Leader.
Since its first introduction, electric
bitters has gained rapidly in popular
favor, until now it is clearly in the lead
among pure medicinal tonics and alter
atives containing nothing which per
mits its use as a beverage or intoxicant,
it is recognized as the best and purest
medicine for all ailments of stomach,
liver or kidneys.. It will cure sick head
ache, indigestion, constipation ana drive
materia from the system. Satisfaction
guaranteed with each bottle or the
money will be refunded. Price only 50c.
. per bottle. Sold by Snipes & Kinersly,
NORWEGIAN SUPERSTITIONS.
Men of Strong Nerves and the Beings of
the Spirit World.
The simple faith of the Norwegian
peasants is that the seeing or not see
ing of beings of the other world is a
mere question of strong or weak
nerves. . Only reversing, says All the
Year Hound, the g-enerally accepted
belief, it is the Northman of strong
nerves who has power to see the un
seen. And he who sees it fears it not.
If you have the gift," says my in
formant, "you may see dozens and
scores of forms pass your door, .but
you know not what it is to feel alarm."
vThere s a ghost on every ship,
says the same authority. "My own
uncle, who saw the unseen plain from
his childhood, was married to a woman
who could not believe in spirits. He
had a fishing smack of his own, and
saw strange things of nights. One
night he asked her to go out with him,
and she went. Tf I see anything I
will call for you, he said, and she
agreed to it. In "the dark middle of
the night he could see three men come
walking on the water toward the little
vessel. He went and called his wife,
"Daring the epidemic of la grippe
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy took the
lead here and was much better liked
than any other medicine." H. M. Bangs,
druggist, ChatBWOrth, HI. The grip is
much the same as a very severe cold and
requires precisely the same treatment.
This remedy is prompt and effectual and
will prevent any tendency of the disease
towards pneumonia. For sale by Blake
ley & Houghton, druggists.
Ask your dealer
Stove Polish.
for Mexican Silver
Look Over Tour County Warrants.
All county warrants' registered prior
to January 16th, 1890, will be paid if
presented at my office, corner of Third
and Washington . streets. Interest
ceases on and after this date.
Wm. Michell,
Treasurer Wasco County.
October 21et, 1893. tf
saying:
" 'Look
ing?
out now; do you'see noth-
'No,' said the wife. 'I see nothing
but the water and the darkness.'
" 'Well,' said he, 'there are three
men there, plain to be seen, and now
I'll go and get up the nets, for a storm
is surely coming.'
"Two o'clock was the wonted hour
for getting up the nets, but wait he
would not, in spite of all his wife could
say to him.
hen two o'clock came the nets of
all the other fishermen were lost and
their boats nearly wrecked in a sudden
great storm that rose, but my uncle
was well out cf it, and anchored in
safety, because he could read the
signs they were all blind to.
CHEAP RENTS.
How the Railroads Have Affected Branches
of Old Mobile's Business.
A portion of the glory of Mobile,.
Ala., departed when, after years of la
bor, the railroads from the north were
able to surmount the difficulties pre
sented by marshland and bayou and
continue their lines to New Orleans.
This affected certain branches of the
busiaess of the city materially, prac
tically ruining the heavy trade in re-
shipping merchandise at Mobile to
New Orleans, leaving giant warehouses
tenantless and docks to rOt and become
grass grown.
The extent of the depreciation in
value of some of the shipping property
can be inferred from the following ob
servations of a recently returned com
mercial traveler.
In walking through one' of the old
streets recently ho saw on the ground
floor of a huge five-story warehouse the
striped pole and the sign of ' a barber
shop and boot blacking establishment.
Walking in to have his shoes polished
he inquired of the proprietor how much
of the building he rented.
"All of it," replied the man. .
"What, all ot this immense build
ing?" asked the drummer in surprise.
"Why, how can you afford it? What
do you pay for it?"
"Fifteen dollars a month," was the
answer. "I use only what I want of
it, but my lease covers the whole property."
Inquiry from merchants of the city
confirmed the man's statement. The
class of property had become absolute
ly useless by the altered conditions;
enabling the barber to secure for fif
teen dollars a month a building which
formerly rented for thirtj'-five hundred
or four thousand dollars a year.
ONLY A FEW OF TH EM LEFT.
Xiphioid Whales Which Belong to Lone
Past Geological Ages.
Prior to 1883 the naturalists of Amer
ica knew nothing of xiphioid whales
except from comparisons and the fossil
records of the geological ages. During
the year mentioned, however, one of
these queer cretaceans was stranded
upon the sands at Darnegat City, N. J.
J. H. Ridgeway and his assistants
managed to save the specimen, and im
mediately telegraphed for the officials
of the National museum of Washing
ton. They went, of course, and took
all the apparatus necessary for preserv
ing such a unique curiosity. Among
these Smithsonian worthies were sci
entists of international reputation, yet
the creature before them could not be
assigned to its proper class until after
the brain was critically and scientific
ally examined this on account of its
great rarity. Before removing the
flesh preparatory to "making a skele
ton" of the great creature's bones a
plaster cast of the exterior was made.
After this operation had been finished
in all its ;minute details the meat was
cut away and the bones carefully artic
ulated. A scientific report of the inci
dent, quoted by the St. Louis Republic,
closes as follows: "The xiphioid
whales have a most interesting his
tory. They really belong to
the geological ages, and perhaps only
a few stragglers are now lef tin remote
quarters ol tne globe. It would seem
that they are but the surviving relics
of a great race, which declined long
ages before man appeared upon the
earth."
National Peculiarities.'
It takes seven days after death, ac
cording to Siamese belief, for the soul
to reach Heaven, and prayers are kept
up during that period to help it on its
way,. .
xn uuren uuiana tne women carry
upon their persons all the family sav
ings m the shape of heavy bracelets
anklets, necklaces and even crowns of
gold and 3ilver. .
The Spaniard, however courteous he
may be, never invites a guest to din
ner. In Italy, too, the privacy of the
family is seldom invaded at the dinner
hour. The members eat in silence. .
The king of. Assam has two hundred
wives, who are cuviaea into nine
grades. When one of them dies her
body is lowered from the roof of the
palace to be buried; the law in Assam
prohibits the carrying of a corpse
through the doors.
When the Train stops at THE DALLES, get off on the South Side
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and is prepared to furnish the Best Accommodations of any
House iu the city, and at the low rate of
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Office far all Stage tines leaving; The Dalles for all
points In Eastern Oregon and Jfantern Washington,
, In this Hotel.
Corner of Front and Union Sts.
T. T. NICHOLAS, Propr.
THE CHRONICLE was established for the ex
press purpose of faithfully representing The Dalles
and the surrounding country, and the satisfying ,
effect of its mission is everywhere apparent. It
now leads all other publications in Wasco, Sher
man, Gilliam, a large part of Crook, Morrow and
Grant counties, as well as Klickitat and other re-
gions north of The Dalles, hence it is the best
medium for advertisers in the Inland Empire.
The Daily Chronicle is published every eve
ning in the week -Sundays excepted at $6.00 per
annum. The Weekly Chronicle on Fridays of
each week at $1.50 per annum.
For advertising rates, subscriptions, etc., address
THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING CO.,
Tlao Dalles, Oregon. .
H.H.CKMPBELL,
Successor to LESLIE BUTLER,
( Will constantly keep on hand a complete liue of
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Rl not smith frm
"There is a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at its flood
leads on to fortune."
The poet unquestionably had reference to the
fflsii-OM Sale il l
Firiiilire &
Carpts
at CRANDALL & BURGET'S,
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We shall make a specialty of the ' prosecution of Claims and Contests
before the Unitep States Land Office. ' ;
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