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self there was no cheating, he turned to
me and told me that had played we'll.
In reward of my good playing was to
have my liberty, along with the remain.
ing white chess-men on the board. These
consisted of the queen, Jacks wife, and
three English soldiers.
"The Rajah was true to his word, and
that afternoon We were conducted out Of
the Rajah's territory, and started safely
on our way to Calcutta. The rebellion
had been quelled there, and the English
were again in power. When we reached
the city We had no difficulty in finding
Jack, who was nearly desperate over the
loss of his wife.
"You can easily imagine the meeting
that took place between them; and it is
needless to say that I was their ideal
hero ever afterwards. They heaped all
sorts of kindness upon me, and made Inc
really ashamed of myself. Every Christ
mas am now reminded of that game
with living chessmen and of Jack and his
wife, by receiving some elaborate present
from India. The present, though, that
1 value the most highly, is small ivory
chcssboard with pieces in exact imitation
of those living chcssmen who played in
that memorable game. Whenever play
with it think of that critical time in
my life when there was only straw
between me and death. ."-Den,orest
Nn1a:ine.
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A Homing Race by Bees.

How insects, especially bees and ants,
find their way back home is one of the
marvels of natural history. My wife
keeps bees and my little boy has taste
for entomology and is always making ex-
periments of one kind or another with
them and other insects. He has beoa
trying to find out how far away bee can
be taker and not get lost, but has not
yet succeeded. I live in the country,
fourteen miles from the court house, and
during the summer that boy has been in
town with me dozen times, and on each
occasion he brought some bees along in
little tin box. He colored their wings
with violet ink, so that he would know
the insects again, and let them go in the
heart of the city. The first time he did
it he released six bees at the Biddle street
market and I believe they got home be-
fore we did, because they were all on
hand attending to business the next
morning, just as though they took a
fourteen mile journey every day. Oc-
casionally bee fails to come back, but
in nearly every instance they return in q
few hours. Once he let five, whose
wings had been colored red, out of their
box at s o'clock in the morning, on the
corner of Fourth and Biddle, while his
little sister watched the hive at home.
One arrived. tired almost to death, and
dropped at the door of the hive little
before 2, and three more came before 5
in the evening, all apparently much
fatigued. His experiments with a nest
of large black ants have been equally
satisfactory, for some marked ants have
found their way home after being re.
leased more than a mile distant from the
hollow tree in which they lived. How
they do it is question, but they gerer.
ally do, and so it is likely the travels of
both ants and bees are much wider than
is generally supposed.-S. Louis Globe
Democrat.
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Making Canes and Umbrella Handle.

The art of making walking sticks and
umbrella handles has been greatly devel'
oped during the last forty years. Form.
erly, only few native woods and some
foreign species were used for these pur-
poses. There is now hardly any limit to
the material that can be turned to ac-
count for the purpose under considera-
ton, and manufacturers keep keen
lookout for new sources of material and
novelties in sticks and fashion. The cul-
tivation of sticks for the market has
been taken up as business at some
places in continental Europe, and special
attention is often paid to making the
roots grow into shapely forms for the
handles. A London manufacturing es-
ta5lishment, the floor space of which
nearly covers an acre, have extensive
storehouses filled with native and foreign
sticks, from which stock is drawn as it
is wanted, for the shops. These, as they
grow, are often very crooked, and have
to be Strengthened. A heap of sand is
provided on the top of very hot stove,
into which TIE sticks are plunged, and
kept till they have become pliable. "The
workman then takes the crooked stick
while it is still hot and inserts it in
notch cut in stout board, placed at an
angle inclined from him." where he
bends and strains it. When it has be-
come perfectly straight it is thrown down
to cool, after which it becomes rigid and
permanent in its lines. Heat is an i'm
portant element in this matter, and pro-
duces different effects on the several
kinds of wood, the degree of heat neces-
sary to straighten one kind of stick bsing
often sufficient to spoil another kind.
The same power which makes crooked
stick straight is applied to make a
straight one crooked; so we find that the
rigid stems of bamboos, partridge canes,
and all the various kind of sticks that
are required to be curled or twisted, are
by the application of heat made to as
sumo almost any kind of shape or form.
Thus we often see ladies' sun-shade han
dies twisted and even tied into double
knots. By far the largest number of
sticks used are those krown as natural
sticks-that is, saplings of trees or
climbing plants, when the roots have
sufficient character to form handles or
knots. These are always more in demand
than sticks cut from solid wood. The
finished canes are sometimes mounted
with precious metals, stores such as onyx,
jasper, marbles, even precious stones,
ivory, and horns of oil kinds.-Pepular
Science Monthly.
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Cougar Fights.

have often wondered what hiadered
the cougars from being very plentiful.
They are monarchs of the woods, and are
very sly, with plenty of game and cattle
to live on. This spring I was talking
with an old cruiser "a man who hunts for
timber and good land claims), who had
followed the business for the last twenty
years in Oregon. He never takes gun,
but carries only blanket and small
axe. He related that one night when he
was camping in the head OF raylne
about dark he heard cougar scream on
one of tie ridges, and this one was an
swercd by another on the opposite ridge.
They kept working toward the head,
until finally they came together some 3oo
Yards above him in some quaking aspen,
and such q row and racket as they made
he had never heard before. They rolled
down within 100 yards of him, and he
says he was pretty we'll scared, but he
kept up big fire and stayed behind that.
They Quoted down in couple of hours,
and the next morning, when it was light
enough, he went on to the battle-ground.
He found one of them lying there dead,
all cut and torn to pieces. 1t was very
large one.
Four days afterward, as he was coming
back the same way, some 500 yards from
where he had found the first one, he
stumbled upon the other one, dead.
This, too, was all cut and torn as the first
had been. At another time lie heard q
big fight going on, but did not go to see
the results. lie was stopping one night
with an old Indian, who had hunted and
trapped all his life, and was telling him
about the fight, when the Indian said
that that was the way when two old
males met; one or the other was killed,
and very often both; and that whenever
the male would find the young ones and
the mother absent lie would kill the last
one of them, but if the mother were with
them she would keep him of. That must
be the reason that the mother goes with
the young until they arc nearly two years
old. They say that all the cat kind will
kill their young. We know that this IS
so with the domestic cat.-FTest ana
Stream.
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HAPPINESS.

'Thou shalt bo happy" So 1 told my hear
One summer morning many year ago,
L"Thou shalt be happy; thou shalt have thy
z part
! Of mirth and feastings in the great world:
sS' show;
Thou shalt have health and wealth, higt
Z: fame and praise;
p Thypisce shall be with those who sit above
Thou shalt have sunshine on the dulest days
+! And, best of oil, my heart, thou shalt have
love"
Thus, in the morning Of my days, spake
= Unto my heart, and gladly it replied:
''The world is all before us; we can make
Joy for ourselves a never-ebbiug tide"
So we set out my heart and l, in 1nirth,
To seek for happiness-upon the earth.
God gave US health and wealth; and We were
!. glad
Thus, for season, waiting joys to como,
God gave us fame aud praise; little sad
We were, my heart and l. amid the hum
Of voices lauding us, till one, more dear
Than all the rest, spake gentle words and
SwSct.
Then We grew jubiiant with right good cheer;
And happiness came on with flying feet,
Drew near-but passed. Alas! my heart
and I.
We could not hold the radiant wanderer
fast,
One rose-touch of her lips in fleeting by
Was ours--one precious look-the FIRST,
the last
She will return, we said, with loves new
birth;
There must be happiness Tor US on earth.
We lost fair health, my heart and I, and fell
Sore sick; were sorrowful, found dreary
ways.
We lost our wealth, and none drew near to
OF comfort waiting us in better days.
But where is happiness? Alacx! we find
She is not ours to becSon as we list;
We hare no magic spell wherewith to bind
This rare, bright visitant to earth. We
missed
The royal road to happiness; but 10!
Something is saved US from the wreck Of
all;
Wehave content, though doubtful blessings
so,
And peace entwines our crosses great and
small.
VIC learn, my heart and I, the worlds true
worth,
And seek for happiness-but not on earth.
ALI the Year Round.
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The Phantom Tumor.

A curious phenomenon which is some
times met with is the so-callcd tumor.
1t appears in the abdomen and feels
under the hand exactly like true alb.
dominal tumor. This occurs almost cx-
clusively in very nervous, hystcrical wo-
men and is the result of muscular spasm
of the abdominal walls, and possibly the
intcstines. In some cases it persists for
q long time, in others it remains only for
a short time, then disappears, very likely
to return again. Washington Star.
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The First TrOtting Races.

Tho Greeks were the first to establish
trotting races, says FieM and Farm.
Pausanius, in his Subscription of
Greece" shows that the Greeks did this
at their celebrated Olympian, games rs
early as the scventy-frst Olympian, con-
tinuing them to the cighty-fourth-
44O to 492-a period of fifty-two years.
Pausanius hourished ia years after
Christ, travelled throughout Greece and
wrote minute account of all he saw.
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TT we can believe a Nova Scotia s

If we can believe Nova Scotia sea
captain, the sea serpent, or at least q
sea serpent, is dead. The captain
AYERS that ho saw the carcass OF the
monster floating on the water, and he
gave q minute description OF him.
Granting thu. The captain is not ro'
manoing, he neglected q great oppor-
tun;.y to make a great name for him.
self, to get much money and to do an
incalcnlable service 10 science. Ho
should have towsd the dead monster
into Aarbor, and thus he would have
been tho ccE:er of tho mcrine ssIsa-
tiou Of the sel.o,. !
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soldiers were traitors condemned to
death, and that the English soldiers had
likewise been sentenced to execution, I
partly recovered my composure.
"The game then proceeded. The
white queen of the Rajah soon began to
make great havoc with my black men,
and it seemed necessary to take her if l
intended to WIN. Then the terrible
thought that if I took her she would be
executed the same as the rest of the liv-
ing chess-men made the cold sweat stand
out on my forehead. I could not SEN
tence Jacks wife to the eyecutioner's
sword, not even if I lost the game and
my life with it. The Rajah seemed to
understand this, and he moved his queen
around recklessly among my men, taking
pawn after pawn. The game became
doubly difficult, for I felt that I could
rot take the Rajah's strongest piece.
"I bent my whole mind to the game,
and tried to lay some trap for the Rajah's
men. After little maneuvering Sue
ccelcd in taking two of his bishops, one
castle, ind both of Ills knights; but the
reckless queen was still hedging me in
on every side, putting herself in positions
where could easily have taken her if
it had not been q question of life
or death with her. Evelyn's face was
pale and anxious as she watched me play,
and tried to give her rcassuring smile
now and then. But she saw how difficult
it was for me to avoid taking her of the
chess board and having her executed Sc
that 1 coull win tic game and thus save
my own life.
"Thc Rajah, seeing my difficulty, soon
became reckless in his playing with his
other pieces. I studied to take advan-
tage Of his folly. 1 suddenly saw an ad.
vantage that his reckless playing had
given me, and worked it up carefully.
! made a move: he fell into the trap with
the very next move. Two or three swift
moves followed ,and the Rajah's king was
checkmatcd.
sIt so astonished the native Prince
that he jumped to his feet and made
circle or two around his head with ,
heavy sword. But he was man of hi
word; and after looking at the chess
board minute or two tc convince him
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1890-07-12
The Fourth of July at Dufur.

The celebration was held in beautiful
grove in Hon. A. ]. Dufur's field, about
quarter of mile below the town of Dufur.
The music furnished by the brass band was
excellent. as was also the singing by the
GIee club. After the reading of the DecIar-
alton of Independence by Hon. A. j. Brig
ham, the orator of the day, Col. E. W.
Nevius, of The Dalles, was introduced. and
in his usual clear and happy manner held
the close attention of the audience for fifty
minutes. After which was more music,
and then the basket dinner.
After dinner several toasts and responses
were given, and then the young folk en-
gagged themselves in the various sports. as
per programme.
In the evening, everybody and his best
girl went to the Odd Fellows hall where
they tripped the light fantastic, to the
music of the Dufur string band, until the
1--WE sma" hours, when all went home,
thinking that it was one of the most enjoy
able Fourths they bad ever experienced.
The committee of arrangements deserve
great credit for their efforts to make every
thing pass off pleasantly for the people of
Dufur and their visitors.
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The British Census.
Omaha Bee,

Following IN our wake, the British
government is enga ged in making prepa-
rstions for the next decennial census,
which is to be taken throughout the en-
pire 10 months hence The colossal
nature of the work may be estimated from
the fact that the census of 1881 showed q
total population of 253,000,000. 1t mas
been decided to greatly reduce the num-
Der of questions on which information is
demanded and to make the undertaking
as simple and consequently as popular as
possible. No inquiries will be made as
to religious faith or creed, and the ques-
tions dealing with the occupations OF the
people will be either entirely omitted or
much generallzed. These latter consti-
tu:ed the most laborious, costly and least
satisfactory part of the last census. Many
of the terms used in defining the nature
of the occupations of the persons enumer-
ated were very perplexing. What, for
instance, was to be understood by ''doc-
tor MAKER" "blabber," an s'iron bolster
MAKER" "bulidog burner" and an "all-
rounder?" Although the entire work of
enumeration will be performed as usual
within the space of "a hours, the cost will
be far below the $4,000 900 or $7,OO0,0O
which we are devotiDg to our own stock
taking now in progress. In the British
census of 1881 the cost did not exceed
$31 per 1000 of the population, rate
which, ifapplicable to this country, would
enable US to number our population at
just one third of the estimated expense.
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Body Pound.
From Saturdays Daily


THIS morning at about o'clock the men
at the wharf boat in this city saw something
floating down the river which had the ap-
pearance of being COW. Upon closer in
vestigation it proved to be the body of a
man. They caught it with boat hooks as it
was going by, and secured it with a rope.
The body was in decomposed state and
from appearances must have been in the
water about month. Coroner Michel
was at once summoned. who took charge of
the body and had it buried as soon as possl-
BILE, ON account Of its decayed condition.
Following is the verdict OF the jury:
We, the jury duly sworn and empanelled,
are satisfied that the body now before us
was a white man, and came to his death by
drowning.
B. N. THUKsroN,
JAS. brennan,
SAM. THIRMAN,
JAS. FERGUsEN,
w. A. MCFARLAND,
j. DoHRRrY.
This man was about s feet 10 inches high,
and must have weighed from l60 to $50
pounds, and about 35 or 40 years old.
VIM. MICHEL, Coroner.
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OROP-WEATHER BULLETIN NO. II

Oregon State Heather Bureau in ce-opera.
tion NTH U. s. Signal Service, centraI office,
Portland, Oregon. For ,oeek. ending July
5. 1880:
The fore part Of the week was extremely
warm; latter part cool and cloudy. With
local rains to-day.
The temperature ranged from 80 to 10S
degrees on June Both and July lst in all
parts of the state, except along the coast.
Local thunder showers prevailed on the last
two days Of June and first day of July. On
June 29th very severe thunder storm,
accompanied with RAIN and hail, was expe-
rienced few miles north of Grants Pass,
Josephine county.
The extreme heat of the fore part of the
week did very little injury to crops. The
weather during latter part of week was
very beneficial to the growing crops. Fall
wheat is now generally past the. point that
the weather could iniure it. Spring wheat
is doing remarkably well, and if no unfor-
seen causes interfere the yield will be much
greater than anticipated. The warm
weather was beneficial to corn which is
growing well.
Columbia county reports hay far crop;
on uplands very good. In Washington
county hay is an average crop. In Clacka-
mas county fall wheat will be ready to cut
inside of two weeks; crop will be an average
uhaa ~
well. In Yamhill, Polk, Marion, Benton
and Lane wheat outlook is very promising;
spring wheat will make more than..wa ex-
pected; corn, oats, hops and hay will aver
age well. Goblin moth doing some damage.
Fall wheat will soon be ready to cat, heads
are well filled. In Douglas county good
crops are now assured. Josephine and
jackson counties will have fau cereal crop.
Fruit crop will b, large, except peaches;
melons promise to be plentiful; berries are
in abundance. Clatsop, Tillamook, Coos
and Curry counties will have very good
crops, fully up to the average.
Hay is quite generally reported to be
short In Western Oregon and reported to be
an average crop In Eastern Oregon. Wasco
county has indications of a better wheat
crop than for years; the same for Morrow
county. Sherman and Gillian counties re-
port average crops. In Umatllla and Union
counties reports indicate yield of from 80
to 80 bushels per acre. WalIowa, Baker,
Crook, Grant and interior counties bid fair
to make average or more than average
yields. The present outlook is most en-
couraging for a fine harvest throughout.
B. s. PAGUE,
Observer U. s. Signal Service.
Asst. Director Oregon w. B.
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wnich protraeted meetings were being held,
coiiaPseu. ABOUT ZoO people were unaer IL
at tne time' put all managed by nveiy
scra,hoInR 10 escape with the exception OF
alaay named Mrs. Barnes A piece OF tent
she was otherwise bruised and injured. At
last accounts her condition was considered
very critical.
NH, A.,
hep"olcM: ABOUT TWO hunorea new
uouses are peing puti' IN rocateiio TINS sea-
s son as Is an NECESSITY 70 supply nolnes
w, Wll Uno laii,oau e.Pioyes anu new co'hers'
work IN al departments IS ac'lye ana me-
a;.0 onno: arI ~ e1Tu ue'aanu hocai pros
perry Is wha' VIII start the Doom In ldaho.
Weary Neaiy every Town ane INNING camp Us
looking orienter, ana IL tne people only
huew, iuano Is 'o-aay one ci the % most pros
fact.
>,
Mda Idaho now STANDS third IN the lists
OF states anc territories In the production OF
precious metals, ana II the preoictions OF
secretary Ourus DC correct' sne Will TINS
year CHINO 10 the proper position OF hrst
place, Inc secretary thinks the silver out
pue Vi I9ano tnis year VIII reach Soo,ooO,-
ooo' ana that the output OF gold Will be
from S!Z'oVo,ooo TO Sl6,ooO,OOO and bases
MS opinion on 1acts. Last year Montana
headed the list and produced 81, ,OOO, 600;
Colorado was second and produced S2S,-
ooO;OOO; Idaho was third with production
OF SlI,OVO,OOO.
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Recreation Necessary.
The DALLEs, July 7, 1890.
Editor TIMEs-MoUSTAINEER:


In Saturdays TINES -MouNTAINEBR
notice an article from swell Wisher", pro.
testing against anything like a literary en-
tertainment at the close of term of school.
He says 'there is feeling among parents
that these entertainments are against the
general interest of the SCHOOL,; and remarks
that ''such things are good in their proper
place" If the school is not the proper
place will "Well Wisher" please name the
proper place. knowledge is the result of
earnest endeavor and practical experience,
and this branch of education should not be
neglected. Teachers of experience have in
formed me that the pupil is not disturbed
in his regular studies but works and pre-.
pares during his leisure hours, and, CT
course, this sometimes breaks into the cal.
culations of a few dollar blind parents.
Probably, "Well Wisher," we had better
do away with the few minutes Of recreation
given to children during the day, as it
breaks into the Irregular work of the school,
according to the interest they take in their
play" Yes. there are scattering few who
believe in nothing but goading with no per-
suasion, who seem to know only this pour
ing in process never seeking to draw out
They would lead their little Children to that
little old barn Of school house that stands
at the bottom of hollow, between two
frowning hills, where the big sun cannot be
seen to rise or set. and jam them down upon
rude bench with neither foot or arm rest,
place book before them, hire tyrant to
stand over them, and virtually shut out all
sunshine. They would make the school
solemn place, rendering its very existence
irksome, and thing to be detested by the
pupil.
Says "Well Wisher" ''our hope is in the
rising generation, and we wish for it the
best advantages our laws afford" 1 sup.
pose he meant to have added provided it
don't ''encroach upon the regular work of
the school," "Well Wisher," our laws are
narrow enough now; let us by all means
make them broader and do more to make
the school a cheerful place, and our hope of
the next generation will be realized in ten |
fold measure, even If we do encroach upon |
the Irregular work Of the school" by spicing |
the children's happiness with a WELL
managed entertainment now and then.
CHILDREN's FRIEND.