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AN UNDERTAKER'S DILEMMA.
H Wanted to Pawn a Casket to Bny
a Shrond.
1 "I have had many queer experiences
In my business," said a pawnbroker
tvhose three g-ilt balls hang in the vi
cinity of Twelfth- street and Columbia
avenue, says the Philadelphia Kecord,
"but I ran up against something1 the
other dtiy, that simply took my breath
away. " A man very shabbily dressed
in black, and looking1 like a broken
down, minister, came into the private
office and asked to see the proprietor.
I went out to him. 'I'm an undertaker,'
said he. 'and I want you to help me out
of a diflicultj-. You can do it without
any risk to yourself if you want to.
I may as well confess to you that busi
ness is pretty bad with me, but I've got
a case now which will pay me well, if.
I can only carry it through. I just need
a little money to do so. You see, I've
Jailed in my business several times,
and i.t's pretty hard for me to get credit,
but 'Well, well, hurry up,' I inter
rupted. 'What do you want ne to' do?'
'I'm coming to that now,' said he; 'I
was going to Eay that I managed to pre
vail on the cabinetmaker to give me a
casket on tiire. so I've got that all right.
But the relatives of the deceased re
fuse to advance me any money until
I've supplied the shroud. I haven't got
a cent, cud the funeral is fixed for to
day. Now, I want you to take the cas
ket with its silver trimmings as a
pledge, and give me enough money on
it to buy a shroud. Then, you eee, I
can get enough from the bereaved fami
ly to redeem the casket in time for the
funeral. What do you say?' I told him,
after I had recovered my breath, that
I couldn't think of such a thing, and he
went away very despondent. I don't
know how he got out of his difficulty,
or whether the deceased has " been
buried yet."-'
Feeds the . Mississippi.
" According to the calculations of Joha
Birkenbine, of Philadelphia, the drain
age area of the Mississippi river ia 1,
250,000 square miles, including nearly
all of the country from the Alleghenies
to the Rockies and from Canada to the
Oulf of Mexico. In his communication
to the Engineers' club, Mr. Birkenbine
estimates that one inch of rain falling
evenly' over this area would equal '21,
7S0,000,O00,O0O gallons of water. The
average yearly fall in the Mississippi
watershed averages from 20 - to 43
inches, according to locality. The river
has an average flow of 064,000 cubic feet
per second. Detroit Free Press.
The Quarrelsome Scorpion.
The scorpion is the- most quarrel
some creature in the world. Two
placed in the same box . will always
sting each other to death. Cincinnati
Enquirer.
A Valuable Prescription.
Editor Morrison of WorthinRton, Ind.,
"Sun,"" writes : "Yon have a valuable
prescription in Electric Bittere, and I
cin cheerfully recommend it for Consti
pation and Sick Headache, and as a gen
end system tonic it has no equal." Mrs.
Annie Stehle, 2025 Cottage Grove Ave.,
Chicago, was all run down, could not eat
iior'digest food, had a backache which
never left her and felt tired and weary,
bnt six bottles of Electric Bitters re
stored her health and renewed strength.
Prices 50 cents and $1.00. Get a Bottle
at Blakeley and Houghton's Drug Store.
(6)
Electric Bircers.
Electric Bitters is a medicine suited
for any season, but perhaps more gener
ally needed when the languid, exhausted
feeling prevails, when the liver is torpid
and sluggish and the need of a tonic and
and alterative is felt. A prompt use of
this medicine has often averted long and
perhape fatal bilious fevers. Xomedi
cine will act more snreiy counteracting
and freeing the system Ircra ;"ae malar
ial poison. Headache, Indigestion, Con
stipation, Dizziness yield to Electric Bit
ters. 50c and $1.00 per. bottle at Blake
ley & Houghton's drug store. ' 1
notice. .
I have a stray horse, a roan, 9 years
old, branded with a figure 2 on the right
hip, at my place on three mile. The
owner can have the same by paying the
cost of this advertisement and proving
property. Skth Morgan.
. , The Dalles. "
Cash In Voor Checks.
All county warrants registered prior
to Joly 7, 1893, will be paid at my
office. Interest ceases after Oct. 27th,
1897. C. L. Phillips,,
Countv Treaenrer.
. New line of carving sets just received
at Maier & Benton's. ll-4t
Emulsion?
It is a strengthening food and
tonic, remarkable in its flesh-forming-
properties. ; It contains Cod
Liver Oil emulsified or partially
digested, combined with the well
known and hig-hly prized Hypo
phosphites of Lime and . Soda, so
that their potency is materially
increased.
It will arrest loss of flesh and
restore to a normal condition the
infant, the child and the adult. It
will enrich the blood of the anemic;
will stop the cough, heal the irrita
tion of the throat and lung's, and
cure incipient consumption. "We
make this statement because the
experience of twenty-five years has
proven it in tens of thousands of
Cases. Be sure jro get SCOTT'S Emulsion.
50c. and $ l.oo, all druggists. '
SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists, New York.
OUR FIRST POSTAGE STAMPS.
"Josh BUHners' " Father Was the First
Purchaser, Jnit F"lf tr Years) Ago.
"Fifty years ago in July,; 1847
Uncle Sam issued his first postage
stamps," writes Fannie Mack Lothrop
in Ladies' Home Journal. "In Eng
land, seven .years before, Rowland
Hill, 'father of the penny post,' intro
duced the 'sticking- plasters, as the
stamps were contemptu6usly called.
John M. Niles, our postmaster-general
at that time, tried heroically, but in
vain, to move congress to authorize
stamps for this country. His successor,
Cave Johnson, was more fortunate, and
the bill desired was approved on, March
3,' 1S47, the stamps rw.it beings issued,
however, till August, though the time
appointed was July 1. .Only two-values
of the new stamps were introduced in
1S17 a five and ten-cent stamp, bear
ing, respectively, the portrait cf Frank
lin in a bronze tint and Washington in
black.
"The first purchaser of stamps in the
United States was Henry Shaw, the
father of Henry Wheeler Shaw (better
known as 'Josh Billirgs,' tin; humor
ist). Mr. Shaw was in the postmaster
general's office oa August G, 1317, when
Mr. Johnsorf entered with tho printer
from whom he had iust received sheets
of the new stamps. Mr. Johnson passed
a sheet to Mr. Shaw for inspection.
After giving the stamps a hasty glance
Mr. Shaw, perhaps with an eye to fu
ture fame, tcoic out his wallet, counted
out 15 cents and purclianed cue of each
variety. The 'five' he. kept r.s a curi
osity, the 'ten' he presented to Gov.
Briggs as an appropriate gift."
A QUAINT BIT OF GERMANY.
Region Just Oat of Berlin Tlcrnarka
Ijle for Its Old C'-antcJx.
The Spreewckl 13 the. subject of a
paper in Century. The writer sa3s:
Strange, indesd. that so near I?crlin so
old-time and curious a ( omrr.unity
could have remained reasonably uncon
I animated by the herdes of picnickers.
The Sproewald is too near a jrp-cnt cap
ital for foreigner" to hear much of it.
The museuma-ar.d palaces of Kerlin, the
palaces of Potsdr.m, ubr.crb all the
spare energy of foreign visitors. And
for convenient O'.itflights it is a little
too far for most burghers of Berlin.
Seme have country places in ar.d near
the Spreewald.V Muny vir.it it occasion
ally. It is a favorite place for people
from Dresden and Leipsie who can give
several days to exploring its watery
labyrinths. Kspecially for the teaching
guild is it a favorite resort. Every vil
lage has its inns, and at Burg, where
Vcndish services are held in the old
church and the costume remains " the
most antique, there are several famous
taverns. One is the bleachery where
Trederick the Great established a col
ony of dyers and weavers, who have dis
appeared, although the art is still prac
ticed by private means for personal use
in many farmhouses. But the fine
green, orange, pink and lilac headdress
es a.nd the turquoise. gTay and yellow
skirts are now bought at Cottbus or in
Beslin.
Stands at the Read.
Aug. J. Bogel, the leading druggist of
Shreveporf, La., says: "Dr. King's
New Discovery is the only thing that
cures my congh, and it is the best seller
I have." J. F. Campbell, merchant of
Ratford, Ariz., writes : VDr. King's New
Discovery is all that is claimed for it; it
never fails, and is a sure enre for -Consumption,
Coughs, and Colds! I cannot
say enough for its merits." Dr. King's
New ( Discovery for Consumption,
Coughs and Colds is not an experiment.
It has been tried for a quarter of a cen
tury , and today stands at the head. It
never disappoints.. Free trial bottles at
Blakeley & Hoogh ton's drug store. 1
Nebraska corn for sale at the Wasco
warehouse. Best feed on earth. m9-t
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subscribers, extending to every state and
territory of the Union and foreign coun
tries, will vouch for the acenracy and
fairness of its news columns.
It is splendidly illustrated, and among
its special features are a fine humor
page, exhaustive market reports, ail the
latest fashions for women and a Ion
series of stories by the greatest living
American and English authors.
Con an Doyle, Jerome K. Jerome,
Stanley Weyrnan.. Mary E. WilklDS
Anthony Hope, Bret H arte,
Brander Matthews, Etc.
We offer this nnequaled newspaper and
The Dalles Twice-a-Week Chronicle to
gether one year for $'-'-00. The regular
price of the two papers is $3.00. "
Harry Liebe,
PRACTICAL
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All work promptly attended to,
and warranted.
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NOTICE-SALE OF CITY LOTS.
Notice is hereby given that by au
thority of ordinance No. 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 15th dav of May, 1897,
sell at public auction, to the highest
bidder, all the following lots and parts
of lots in Gates addition to Dalles City,
Wasco county, Oregon, to-wit: .
Lots 9 and'10 jointly, in block 14; lots
7, 8, 9 and 10, jointly in block 15; lots
7, 8, 9, and 10, jointly in block 21,
known as butte; lots 10, 11 and 12, in
block 27 ; lot 9 in block 34 ; lots 2, 3, 4,
5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11, in block 35;
lots 2, 3, 4, 8, 9. 10, 11 aud 12, in block
36; lots 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. 8, 9. 10, 11 and
12, in block 37; lots 1. 2, 3, 4, 5, 0, 8,
9, 10, 11 and 12, in blork 42 ; lots 1, 2, 3,
4, 5 9, 10 and 11, in block 43; lots 1. 2,
3, l 10, 11 and 12, in bloc 41, and lots
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, in block 4b..
The reasonable value of sa.'J lots, for
less than which they will no. ie sold,
has been fixed and determine by the
Common Council of Dalles City as fol
lows, to-wit: '
Lots 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,
$200; lot 10, in block 27, $225; lot 11, in
block 27, $225; lot 12, in block 27, $300;
lot 9, in block 34, $100; lots 2, 3, 4, 5, 8,
9, 10 and 11, in block 35, each respect
ively $100 ; lots 6 and 7, in block 35,
each respectively $125 ; lots 2, 3. 4, 8, 9,
10 and 11, in block 36, each respectively
$100 ; lot 12, in block 36, $125 ; lots 3, 4,
5, 8, 9, 10 and 11, in block 37, each re
spectively $100; lots 6, 7 and 12, in
block 37, each respectively $125;
lots 2, 3, 10 and 11, in block
41, each respectively $100; lots 1,
7 and 12, in block 41. each respectively
$125: lots 3. 4, 5, 8, 9,a0 and 11, in
block 42, each respectively $100 ; lot a ,
6 and 12, in block 42, each respectively
$125; lots 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 sold upon
the lot respectively, and none of them
will be sold for a less sum than the value
thereof, as above stated.
One-fourth of the price bid on any of
said lots shall be paid in cash 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 centper
annum, 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 hoar of 2
o'clock p. m. of said day, and will 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.
Something- to Know.
It may be worth something to know
that the very best medicine for restoring
the tired out nervous system to a healthy
vigor is Electric Bitters. This medicine
is purely vegetable, acts, by giving" tone
to the nerve centres in the stomach,
gently stimulates the Liver and Kidneys,
and aids these organs in throwing eff
impurities in the blood. ' Electric Bit
ters improves the appetite, aids diges
tion and is pronounced by those "who
have tried it as the very beet blood puri
fier and nerve tonic. Try it." Sold for
50c or $1.00 per bottle at Blakeley &
Houghton's Drug Store. .'. ' (2)
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urdays at 6 :30 a. m.
Office in the Baldwin Bnilding, foot of
Union street. For freight rates, etc, call
on or address
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For fall details call on O. B & Co. 'a -Agent at
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TIME CARD.
- No. 4, to Spokane and Great Northern arrives
at5:25p. m., leaves at 5:80 p. m. No. 2, to Pendle
ton, Baiter City and Union Pacinc,arrlves at 12:45
a. m., departs at 12:50 a. m.
" No's, from Spokane and Great Northern, ar
rives at 9-20 a. m., departs at 9:25 a.m. No.. I,
from Baker City and Union Pacific, arrives at
8:20 a. m., departs at 8:80 a. m.
Nos. 23 and 24, moving east of The Dalles, will
carry - passengers. No. 23 arrives at 5 p. xa.
departs at 1:45 p. m.
Passengers for Heppner take No. 2, leaving
here at li :50 p. m.
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