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German Miner Snperatttlana. '
Probably the most superstitious class
of men in the world, barring the sailors,
are miners those who delve in the
bowels of the earth for coal or min
erals. In Germany the mines are be
lieved o be the abiding places of queer
little old men not over two feet high,
who ape in dress, the ordinary miners.
They vary in character; some are good,
some are bad. In Wales the miners are
haunted by goblin miners, known as
knockers. .They make strange noises,
and the tapping of -their picks can be
heard in ore (bodies not yet reached by
the human workmen. The dreaded
Ladder Jwarf is a malignant hunch
back of frightful . appearance, who
kicks out the rungs of ladders in mines .
just before an accident occurs. Super
stition extends even to the vegetables
sometimes found growing in mines,
such growths having talismanic vir-.
tues.' In Sardinia an ancient lead mine
has been completely abandoned on ac
count of a prevailing dread among the
miners ofia small and venomous spider
inhabiting it. Chicago Chronicle.
Indiana Crop Reports.
He-ports on the Indian wheat crop
are 'beginning to come in. From the
central provinces we learn that the area
of wheat , is only 1.898,022 acres,' as
compared with 2,714.454 acres for 1896,
and a ten years' average area exceeding
4,000,000 acres. The estimated out-turn
is 324,475 tons, against 368,338 for 1S96,
and 784,802 as the ten-years" average.
Sunshine In Spain.
Spain has more sunshine than any
other country in Europe. The yearly
average in Spain is 3,000 hours; that of
Italy, 2,300; Germany, 1,700; England,
1,400. . .
Alranlpa In Germany
The airship craze is said to be nettrly;
as strong in Germany as in this coun
try. Prof. Hoffman, an imperial coun
cilor, has invented e, machine con
structed on the principle of a dragon,
with et earn propellers, which he is con-
fident will work all right.
American Pecana.
Eight million bushels of pecans are
estimated as en average year's crop
in the United States.,
Sentence of Prleata. '
At Prague, in Bohemia, nine priests
have been sentenced to from 15 days'
to two months' imprisonment and to
pay heavy fines for having acted ille
gally during the last elections. Sev
eral priests were arrested on the spot,
while those who took to flight were
pursued by socialists, who 6tormed
buildings in which they took refuge. -
; ' Found the Bonea.
' Egypt's pyramid builders were can
nibals, according to Mr. Flinders Pe
tri e's assertion. He has found, bones,
picked clean and separately wrapped
up, "in many tombs.
' K'Ti ( '::.- -.
As ha liniihtvl i':'. ' r.-- ! ."-'a he
laid his hnr.:V. i:;t:. f ; : i:i n:i
unobtrusive- 1 t" ar!cn.: "I
suppose thin ii
"Yes,'" said Hi:." Oi'uv. j . : h:- ;
der the counter for u.'""ist-:'; ";;;o .
this."
"The. money' yor.rt-," :c "ii::!:
cr, throwing down :i rtlra?. Bcrton
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state op Ohio, City of Toledo
Lucas County. j"
Frank . I. Chenev makes oath that he
is ihe senior j-artntr of the Arm of F. .1.
Chnt-y & Co., doiii business in ihe
City of Toledo, Comity and state afore
said, and that eaid firm will pay the
sum of One Hundred Dollars fur earl:
and every case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by ihe uae of Hall's Catarrh Cure.
Fkank J. Cheney.
Sworn to tw-fore me and subscribed in
my presence, this 6th day of December,
A. D. 1896. - . .
A. VV. Gleasor, '
Jseal Notary Public
Hall's Catarrh Cure U takn internal
ly and acts directly on the hlnod and
roucuos surfaces of the system. Sei.d
for testimonials, free.
F. 4. Cheney Co., Tuledn, O.
lECySold by Druggists, 75c. No. 3-li
' NOTICE. '
I have a stray horse, a man, 9 yearg
old, branded with a figure 2 on the rijiht
hip, at my place on three mile. The
owner can have the same by paying the
cost of this advertisement and proving
property. ' - Seth Mokoax.
The Dalles.
Cash in Your check.
All conntv warrants registered prior
to July 7, 1893, will be paid at my
office. Interest reason after Oct. 27tb",
1897. C. L. Phillips, v
'' Count v Treasurer.
W AMERICAN TEA CULTURE. .3 ,
Bl(hnt Grades of the Plant Am CV
id
tivated la toe imiea
Most people will be surprised to learn
that tea growing is a successful indus
try in this country, and that the nign
est prices are being paid for the Amer
ican product of this popular beverage.
Secretary Wilson, of the department
of agriculture, lately requested William
Saunders, the veteran horticulturist of
his department, to visit the tea farm of
Charles W. Shepard at Summerville, S.
C, and report upon what he should see
there. Seventeen years ago Mr. Saun
ders prepared an article on "Tea Cul
ture as a Probable American Industry,"
which was mainly intended to answer
requests coming from all parts of the
country as to the status of tea culture
in the United States. For 20 years
previous tea plants had been annually
distributed in varied quantities, the
only purpose at that time being to en
courage the culture of tea plants for
domestic purposes in a limited way.
The cost of labor and deficiency of rain
fall were the main obstacles in the way
of making tea culture successful com
mercially. .
The tea farm visited by Mr. Saunders
is gently undulating and the soil is
mainly a sandy loam, and he found that
farm to be' under perfect cultivation.
The labor question had been settled by
Dr. Shepard y building a schoolhouse
on the farm, inviting the people- of the
surrounding country to send their
children there for instruction, and in
the intervals of the school term he em
ploys the scholars, under pay, to pick
tea. Dr. Shepard has procured tea
plants from all quarters of the globe,
has experimented extensively . with
them and has been so greatly encour
aged that he declared that were he 20
years younger he would plant 50 acres
as rapidly as he could procure the
plants. His experiments with the tea
plant have been so thorough and suc
cessful .that some arrangement should
be made where bj- he could impart his
knowledge to others, and for. this pur
pose "he advises the establishment cf a
school where the veteran tea grower
could instruct young men so that they
might undertake, the wcrk of develop
ing the tea industry in this country.
The tea from Dr. Shcpard's farm sells
for one dollar per pound, is of ii high
quality, and it is believed that hi3 suc
cess establishes the fact that tea can be
grown in this country so as to be commercially-
successful. Washington
Star.
t COURIERS BACK NUMBERS.
So Longer Any ecd to Go Through
Europe with Them.
Up to times within the memory of
. living men, almost no one of means
traveled through Europe' without a
courier. Before railroads were built
j and before good guide books were print
j ed, he was almost indispensable. His
tribe survives, writes Herbert Luce in
Going Abroad, but in greatly dimin
ished numbers. To , the self-reliant
I traveler he is of no use whatever. In--deed,
he is frequently a positive incumbrance,-
and worse. . To my mind,
one of the great pleasures of travel is
in learning to -travel by myself. There
is satisfaction, pleasure and education
in planning routes, deciphering time
tables, making bargains,, learning by
observation the lay of the land'.
The time may have been when a cour
ier could save a traveler more than his
cost. Most certainly that i6 not-the case
now. On the contrary,"as he gets a per
centage on every purchase 'his party
makes (which, of course, comes out of
the purchaser in. increased- price), and
as it is often for his interest to advise
the more costly route, the more costly
hotel, or the more costly excursion, he
eats Tip much more than his wages,
while saving positively nothing. Bean
declares that n a two weeks' trip in
southern Spain, which he made side by
side with a couple having a courier, he
invariably reached ithe hotel first, got
better rooms, saw all the sights to as
good advantage; yet the courier was
of his kind an expert. The fact is that
travel has become so general, tourist
comnanies. railmarlflndiljinfnotvfsa Vinvp
so w-ell studSed its needs, books are so
plentiful, that you couldn't very well
get off the track or have a mishap if you
tried.
A Foatmaater Who ticked on Stamp
When Requeated.
The post office at Grass Valley was
at the bac end of a "general" store,
and the postmaster, who 'was also the
proprietor of the store, says the Detroit
Free Press, was weighing me out some
j tobacco, when a solid, middle-aged wom
i an came and slammed a two-cent piece
1 down on' the counter and exclaimed:
"Stamp two-center!" '
The postmaster handed her one, but
she waved it away and pitched a letter
at his head and said:
"Lick er on." ' . .
He promptly and humbly obeyed,
and as the woman walked away, I
asked:
"Don't people out this way lick on
their own postage stamps?" -
"Yes, most of 'em, but that woman
is rather particular,, and I don't want
to take chances again." . - :
, "Chances on what?" -
"Well she came in here about six
months ago for the .first time, and
bought a stamp and commanded-me to
lick. I laid back on my dignity and -
refused, and she turned around and
kicked the head out of a bar'l of N. O.
molasses and I lost about $11 by the
operation. As my salary as postmaster
is only $33 a year I can't take no more
chances." .
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NOTICE-SALE OF CITY LOTS.
Notice is hereby given that by - au
thority of ordinance : fo. 292, which
passed the Common Council of Dalles
City April 10th, 1897, entitled, "An or
dinance to provide for the ale of certain
lots belonging to Dalles City," I will, on
Saturday, the 15lh dav of May, 1897,
sell at public auction, to the highest
bidder, all the following lots and parts
of lots in dates addition to Dalles City,
Wa6co countv, Oregon, to-wit: - ' -
Lots 9 and 10 jointly, in block 14; lots
7, , y and 10, jointly in Mock id; lots
7, 8, 9, and 10, jointly in block 21,
known as butte; lots 10, 11 and 12, in
olock 27 ; lot 9 in block 34 ; lots 2, 3, 4,
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11, in block 35;
lota 2, 3, 4, 8, 9,10, 11 and 12, in block
36; lota 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. 8, 9. 10, 11 and
12, in block- 37; lots 1. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8,
9, 10, 11 and 12. in block 42 ; lots 1, 2, 3,
4, 5. 9, 10 and 11, in block 43; lots 1. 2,
3, 7, 10, 11 and 12, in bloc' 41, and lots
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, in block 4b. -.
The reasonable value of ea.'i lots, for
less than which they will no. 1 eold,
has been fixed and determined, by the
Common Council of Dalles City as fol
lows, to-wit:
Lota 9 and 10, in block 14, $150; lots
7, 8, 9 and 10, jointly in block 15, $200;
lots 7, 8, 9 and 10, jointly in block 21,
f200; lot 10, in block 27, $225; lot 11, in
block 27, $225; lot 12, in block 27, $300 ;
lot 9, in block 34, $100; lota 2, 3, 4, 5, 8,
9, 10 and 11, in block 35, each respect
ively $100 ; lota 6 and 7, in block 35,
each respectively $125 ; lots - 2, 3, 4, 8, 9,.
1U and 11, in block do, each respectively
$100; lot 12, in block 36, $125; lota 3, 4,
5, 8, 9, 10 and 11, in block 37, each re
flectively $100; lots 6, 7 and 12,' in
block 37, each respectively $125 ;
lota 2, 3, 10 and 11, in block
41, esch respectively $100; luts 1,
7 and 12, in block 41. "each respectively
$125: ota 3, 4, 5,8,9, 10 and 11, in
block 42, each respectively $100;. lot e ,
6 and 12, in block 42,- each respectively
$125; lota 2, 3,4, 5,9, 10 and 11, in
block 43, each respectively $100; lot 1,
in block 43, $125; lots 2, 3, 4 and 5, in
block 46, each respectively $100; lots 1
and 6, in block 46, each respectively
$125.
Each of these lots will be eold upon
the lot respectively, and none of them
will be sold for a less sum than the value
thereof, aa above stated.
One-fourth of the price bid on any of
said lots shall be paid in caatj at the
time of sale, and the remainder in three
equal payments on or before, one, two
and three years from the date of said
sale, with interest on such deferred pay
ments at the rate of 10 per cent per
annum,1 payable annually ; provided
that the payment may be made in full
at any time at the option of the pur
chaser.
The said sale will begin on ' the 15th
day of May, 1897, at the hour of 2
o':ock p. m. of said day, and- wilt con
tinue from time to time until all. of said
lots shall be sold.
Dated this 13th day of April, 1897.
Roger B. Sinnott,
Recorder of. Dalles City.
. This la Tour Opportunity.
On receipt of ten cents, cash or stamps,
generous sample will be mailed of the
most popular Catarrh and Hay Fever Cure
(Ely's Cream Balm) sufficient to demon
strate the great merits of the remedy.
ELY BROTHERS,
66 Warren St. New xork City.
Hev. Johr Paid, Jr.. of Great Falls, Mont',
recommended Ely's Cream Balm to me. I
can emphasize his statement, "It is a posi
tive cure for catarrh if used as directed."
Rev. Francis W. Poole, Pastor Central Pre.
Church, Helena, Mont '
Ely's Cream Balm is the acknowledged
cure for catarrh and contains no mercury
nor any injurious drug. Price, 50 cents.
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