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The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-05-01
HELPING a LITTLE MOTHER.
Now York Shop Girls Interpret . Passage
OF Scripture Literally.

Now York Shop Girls Interpret = Passaes
or Scripture Literally.
It was cross street near Sixth ave-
nue. that one of the human race was strug-
Cling with bottomless courage against an
Overwhelmingly adverse Fate with a big
F. This member of the human race was
about three feet high and of the feminine
gender, and the fate took the form of a
great, fat two-year-old child dead asleep.
Where she had come from or how she
had ever gotten away from there is more
than can guess, but when first saw her
she was staggering across the street under
her impossible load, only to sink, help
lessly overcome, on the curbstone 1t was
dark, little after six in the evening, but
the young ones had chanced to tumble un-
der a gas lamp. Just then two Young
women came along; they had come out of
the back entrance of one of the great shops
on the avenue. Evidently they were shop
girls.
do see that poor young one with the
babyP' cried one, as her eyes fell on the
hapless pair. just then the unconquera-
BILE young one" struggled to her feet and
loaded up again.
81 say" said the same speaker, ''she
can't carry that child. Wait minute.
! sissy and the two hurried across the
street.
! 1t was easy in the gloom to keep in ear
shot, and if ever eavesdropping is justifia-
BILE is it not when it seems to promise a
chance to see a better side of human nat
ure than this sordid old world usually
brings to the surface?
"Where are you trying to goi"
"You can't carry that child to save your
| life" The two spoke together.
| I've carried him lots and lots of times -
declared the mite in a voice divided be-
| twets, defiance and misery.
Ill IL q
since last week by the look of him. and a
baby asleep like that always weighs a tom
Where do you liver
The mite murmured something about
Second avenue. One of the girls whistled.
1t was very unladylike, but l for one am
willing that she should whistle whenever
she pleases. She and the other one looked
at each other a minute.
It'll be nine before we get home, (" said she,
adding, unless we take the Twenty third
street car one way
I'VE can't afford it; you know we can't.
1t won't hurt us to lose our dinner. They'll
save us something to eat.''
The mite began trying to gather the
young Jumbo off the pavement again.
"Hullo-wait-we'n carry him for you ("
Both were speaking, and both leaned over
to pick him up.
"Let me take him first" said the girl
that whistled and that had first spied the
pair.
"Whew, what loadi You've no idea, -
said she. and the queer quartet started off.
the mite trotting along with a watchful
eye cooked on the baby, but entering now
into friendly explanations.
"He just would go to sleep all at once. ~
heard her say.
1 had not heard the Scripture about
bearing one another's burdens quoted dur
ing the whole episode, but some way felt
as if had been listening to a large and elo-
quent sermon thereon.-New York Herald
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-05-01

Now is the time to paint your house
and if you wish to get the best quality
and fine color use the
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THELATEST SCARr.

Living is already discouraging and dan- gerous work, but what 1t will be when all the discoveries are made we hesitate to think. We have long been surrounded by bacteria and other villains ready to bounce upon us when opportunity should offer, and we are now told that we mustn't get tired if we want to keep them off. Some ingenious experiments have been made be- fore the Paris Society of Biology with va rious animals subjected to fatigue by being placed in a squirrels cage so turned by wheel that they are forced to travel at a rate of nearly two miles an hour. Under this treatment guinea pigs and rabbits soon succumbed to vertigo, dogs and cats bore it better, while white rats proved the most en- during. But when twelve of these rodents which had best withstood the enforced fatigue of the whirling cage-were inocu- lated with twelve drops apiece of the at tenuated virus of bacilli of anthrax, an important discovery was made. Four of the twelve white rats, after receiving the injection, were left quietly alone, and they survived. The remaining eight, inoeu- lated exactly as the others, were subjected to overwork and fatigue in the squirrels cage, and seven of them died in less than three days.
 It is indeed strange that the harp of a thousand strings manages to keep in tune so long as it does. Almost every day there is new scare, and according to scientific calculations we all ought to have been dead some time ago. But let us be up and doing, especially as we must
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HEIGHTS.
Irip-I always pay as 1 go.

Grip-I always pay as I go.
 Sack-So do I. It's the only way I can get my baggage.-New York Sun.
 "What's the height of ironya" "Give it up." "Offer a man toothpick when he has swallowed an insult. Continent.
 "How did St. Agedore achieve his repu- tation for it9" 'By addressing his con- versation solely to girls with fine teeth" ."- St. Joseph News.
 A correspondent, who does not give his full name, sends us poem headed: "Are You Wearyg' We have read it sttentively and can truly say we are.-Buffalo Com mercial.
 Fond Father, to Bobby, aged fve)- Now, Bobby, what is the hardest stone in the worlda Bobby-Don't know. Fond Father-Can't you thinks Bobby-Yeth, Thir; but can't think hard enough Jewellers Weekly.
 Boarder (vainly struggling to carve a chicken)eThis bird appears to have been inoculated by Professor Koch. Mrs. Hash leigh-Pray what do you mean? Boarder It seems to be tolerably secure against consumption.-WestS Shore.
 Hostess-Miss Rackshaw, let me intro duce the Hon. MT. Goldmedal.
 Mir. Goldmedal Immature but rising -Howdy, Miss Rackshawi l believe I've been appointed by the-the per.-Chicago Tribune.
 "What office are you candidate for!" inquired the reporter, who was making his nasty rounds of the polling places. . "Me2" exclaimed the man leaning against the door frame. Thunder! l ain't run ming for anything. was born in this country. ."-Chicago Tribune
 Seth Green used to hold, and there are plenty of others of the same opinion, that a mans luck in fishing depends more upon a certain undefned magnetism than upon skill or bait. The chap who owns up that ing instead, will live longer and be hap pier.-Detroit Free Press.
 Ethel-Oh, at last. It has been years, Alphonse, since saw you. Alphonse- Oh, my own Ethel, it has been centuries. Ethers father (up in the library)-Mary Jane, who was that you just let in! Mary Jane-It was MT. Cumlots, sir. Ethers father-Great gunsi This is the ninth time he's been here this week. He might as we'll live here.-London Tid Bits.
 McPrune, the grocer, was never known to acknowledge that he was out of any ar ticle without calling attention to some oth- CT article that he did have. A bet was made by Johnson that he could ask McPrune a question that would cause him to omit the usual addendum.
 Said Johnson, as he entered the store where the boys had already gathered, ''Mack, do you think it will be Cleveland or Hill in '92?'
 Mack replied with some asperity. ''Oh, bother, I'm out of politics." Johnson was on the verge of giving vent to his delight, when Mack added, "But I've got some of the best cheese you ever put your teeth into. ."-Boston Transcript.
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THE MAN IN THE MOON.
What a Little Girl Sarv and Heard. rIrrn,,, tI.. A n,,iI NichnIas

"h at a L1ttle G1rf SaNg ana kteard.
 From the April St. Nicholas
 ''There's the home of the man in the Moon," said her guide.
 As they came near, she saw in front of a large hole in the side of a mountain, shaped like a door, an enormous man. Ellie thought he must be at least fifty feet high He was dressed in long, brown coat, which reached to his knees; on his legs were long blue stockings, and purple trunks; his cap was blue and cut to point in front while a long anber-colored feather which floated up fr"ia it showed that he was little bit vain of his personal appear ance His head r7as very, very large, form ing at least ne-third of his whole height. The face was round and full and very jolly looking, slight droop in his left eyelid giving his eyes such quaint, sly look that nobody who looked at him could possibly help laughing.
 He was sitting down on a great heap of cheese. having his dinner; and (to show you what a very extraordinary man he was) he was eating the front of his own house!
 'sHullo." he shouted, when he saw our little traveller, "hullo, What brings you heres It isn't often I have the pleasure of speaking to any Earth children Come here and let me shake hands with you-"
 He stopped down and took Elhe's hand in his mighty fist and shook it warmly. sSit down, sit down, little one; here is A nice seat. Ofcourse you wish to ask ques- tions. never knew an Earth-child who did not. Go right on, and I will tell you all YOU wish to know"
 Fife settled herself comfortably on the soft cheese seat, ready to enjoy herself
 ssIn the first place, she said 'tPd like to know about some of the things you have seen from here, and why do you look so jolly, please, I should have thought that you would feel more like crying all the time, flor you have to work so hard making the new moons. Then I have read and heard so much of misery that there is in the world, and which you must see every night. can't understand how you manage | to look so happy about it"
 While Fife spoke the man in the moon looked very serious, and as she finished he buried his face in his hands. When hs
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THE THIRTEENTH WEEK.

The State senate meets to-day and the house tomorrow. What the senate com mittee will report, if anything, is un- known. It was ordered to report to-day. It is sincerely hoped that it has or will come to some agreement, and that it's action will be approved by both branches of the legislature. The case is really not as complicated as it seems to be. There has been too much obstinacy and too much maneuvering on both sides. Neither side will withdraw it's claim. That would be too much to expect. But both sides can, if they will, stop fighting and consent, with out humiliation, to refer the matter to a fair tribunal, whose decision would com mand respect and assent. If this is not done those who refuse to do it will have to take the responsibility. The people are tired of the whole business, and if it is not settled soon and the important busi- ness of the State attended to they will be- gin to growl. They do not see any reason why the matter should not be treated fair ly and honestly. They want it so treated, without regard to party advantage.
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EDITORIAL NOTES.

The Albany Law Journal goes further than Professor Baldwin and says that Gov ernor Bulkeley is governor de jure. No body but Connecticut Democrat would ever have denied it.
 It is announced that John D. Rockefeller carries twenty-five cent cane. We sup pose that in order to be consistent he should carry a cane worth one hundred thousand dollars at the very least.
 The centennial of the patent office, which is to be celebrated in Washington on the 9th of April, is to be a unique affair. It will be both civil and military in it's char acter, and the addresses will almost have the nature of popular congress of in- ventors during the three days which will be devoted to the centenary. Representative men from all parts of the country will take part in these exercises, and the occa- sion promises to be brilliant and special in it's features.
 The London Economist calls attention to the fact that some foreign workmen, en- gagged in connection with the Chicago fair, have been discharged, and warns English exhibitors that they would do well to make sure that the contract-labor law of this country may not make it illegal to engage attendants abroad for the custody of their exhibits in Chicago. It is not at all prob able that any such interpretation of the law will be made.
 Probably the smallest salary in the world is that paid to the village watchman of Springstille, in Hessen. The amount of his daily income is four plennings, or less than one cent in our money. This is the same amount that was paid to the vil- 1age watchman in the last century. How tional allowance of thirty cents a month for clothing, etc, and is entitled to free board and lodging from the inhabitants of the, village. The present watchman, "Old Heinrich, /" is seventy years of age
 It seems to us that the county commits sioners might well proceed to the reap pOlAtAchL ol ltOoSSutlDS aItoiuCS 4NA1CSs in accordance with the original plan. We do not see that anything is to be gained by waiting until the gubernatorial muddle is cleared up. It may never be, and Mir. Niles has been too faithful and valuable a public officer to be made the victim of any | complication that can be avoided. The commissioners know his worth and intend to reappoint him. There is nothing to be gained by waiting, and we do not see that there is any important question of cour- tesy to someone who may never be ap- pointed judge.
 King Humbert of Italy has been award ed gold medal by state commission ''for civil valor," the occasion being the collapse of house in Rome last January His Majesty climbed down 8 rickety ladder into the cellar ahead of every one else and assisted in rescuing several persons who were badly injured from the ruins To one poor fellow that was pinned dowr for hours by heavy timbers he gave win, and verbal solace; and to another ma,
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Use Women Make of Their KnowI-
 edge.

ltrom Harper's BaZer.
 A Cambridge lady, residing with her husband in German university town, found herself the object of some distrust among the professors wives-frst, be- cause she had studied Latin, and second. because she knew how to cook. The first was criticism from the German point of view; the second, from the German con viction as the supposed American stand ard If she had learned Latin, she must be whimsical or "strong minded" if cook cry, she must be plebeian. ''Of course, y they reasoned, Eff you were a German you would know how to cook, but it is well known that in America all ladies of any social position sit in rocking chairs and read novels. If an American woman can cook it is because she belongs to the classes"
 It was only after long acquaintance that these solic;tudes could be dispelled; the cooking was more easily condoned than the Latin. It is comfort to know that it is by knowing too much that our sisters create suspicion in foreign lands. In this country the criticism upon them was for merly that they did not know enough, and now it is coming to be that they do not make sufficient use of what they know.
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uncovered it the smiling, happy look had

uncovered it the smiling, happy look had gone.
 My little girl, The said, 'tyou have asked me questions which would take me a life time to answer. This, though, 1 can say that I have seen great deal of trouble, misery and wretchedness down upon the earth, but I have also seen a great number of things to rejoice st, and to make me glad Long, long ago, found that 10 sit down and make myself miserable about things that could not help, did not help, did me no possible good: and that one who does so only cripple his powers for useful ness By being bright and cheerful have made many people happy, and kept my own heart young. Nou-and dothers-might re- member this.
 As for my working so hard making me cry, l can tell you that the very best help toward making a contented mind is to work-work-work. Not, certainly, tn toll on forever with no rests for piay or pleasure, but to do something every day. have always found that when sit down to rest with the knowledge that have sc- complished something, am always the happier for it and enjoy myself much bet ter.
 "And as for the things I have seen. could, as you may well believe, tell you more stories about the things that have happened under my light, that you could get into the biggest story-book that WAS ever written April St. Nicholas.
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RruufstuMs, Ec.

Ces dine Flakes for sale by all grocers. "The ege'iI of Cerealipe." illustrated with twelve lctuEes by II. r. Farny of which above is
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He Carried Fl,
From the New York Sun.

NcN OFA sun
 Three or four of us had closed OFF uln- brella and gathered under store awning at the lower end of Market street, Philadel- phia. to wait for grip car. Along came a colored man carry ng faded and rent old umbrella, and we all noticed that he car ried the shelter tipped forward at such an angle that his feet were protected at the expense of his back
 ''Stop, sir" shouted the man at my left, who had the look and bearing of 8 judge.
 ''Yes, sah-what's wanteds' queried the colored man.
 'tI want to show you how to carry an umbrella. Your toes are dry, while your back is all wet I don't believe that one person in sixty knows how to carry an um- brella so as to get the most protection out of it"
 ''Its an old one, sah''
 ''Yes, I see, but you don't grasp the han dle right Here-take mine"
 ''Yes, sah."
 Take the handle with your right hand, and carry it on line with your right shoulder. There-that's better"
 Sdn BlI AlOilS Wlu slcn slll9tSs, san
 "Yes, you can. Now you walk up to the corner and back. Hold the handle on a line with your shoulder That's it: 20 aheadn
 The negro marched of at a steady pace, and while he was stepping of the gentle man turned 10 us with:
 ''It's a knack to shelter yourself under an umbrella, particularly if il rains hard, and the want of this knack provolles me when see it''
 We agreed with him, and the minutes passed by and a car came down
 "Why, where did the nigger go to or'asked the owner of the umbrella.
 We looked up and down, but he had disappeared. The man ran up the street two squares, but there was no African car rying a fine silk umbrella with gold han dle-not as he could see. We started to rally him bit as we went up on inc cAI, but be checked us by saying:
 ''If any of you think can't lick you in one round, all you have to do is 10 step of the car. I won't detain you three min
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The Woman knIrter. Of shetland.

tCorrespondence of the Boston Transcript
 The hosiery and other knit woolens which come from the hands of Shetland women are famous. They are as ceGseless knitters as those of Connemara and Done gal in Ireland, and produce fabrics of won drous del;cary of texture. The prepara- ton of the yarn has much 10 do with the lightness and softness of their work. Pieces are never shorn. The cruel prac- tice of ''rueing," or removing the wool from sheep by pulling ii out by the roots in handfuls is still prevalent. The finest wool is thus procured, and the average weight of the most prized fieeces is but two pounds.
 The knit work of these nimble fingered women formerly consisted only of coarse woolen stuffs, and fine Shetland shawls did not become common until about ISz0- The finest collection of knit goods ever produced in the islands was presented to the Princess of Wales on her marriage in 1863. In 1860 large shawl was sold al Lerwick for seventy-five dollars. Ii only weighed two and fiye-eight ounces. and another which sold for forty five dollars weighed but two and one-half ounces. Some of the designs are marvelously beau tiful
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who feebly tried to thank him he
 answered: Don't talk now; it will make you worse" The only moment when he seemed to think of anything but the scene around him was when he ordered a mes sage to be sent to the Queen, who was awaiting luncheon for him, not to be un- easy, as he might not be able to return for some hours. The king did not leave the spot until all were brought out alive.
 The parliamentary returns of the owners of two and more licensed public houses shows that 172 members of the House of Lords own 1 ,539 licensed drink shops. Nineteen dukes hold 321, twelve marquesses hold 106, seventy-four earls own 645, seven viscounts hold 45, one Bishop holds 2, and sixty-nine barons hold 420. The Earl of Derby heads the list of peers with 72, the Duke of Bedford comes next with AS. and is closely followed by the Duke of Devon shire with A. The Earl of Cawdor has 39; the Duke of Rutland, 37; the Earls of Dudley and Fitzwilliam have each 35; the Duke of Northumberland, 34; the Duke of Portland, s. and Viscount Port man, 2S. The Bishop of Llandaff is the only Bishop in the list. The Duke of Westminster holds IS, and has recently allowed 37 licenses to lapse. Lady Henry Somerset President of the British Women's Temperance association, still holds two licensed houses; but it is understood the licenses will be cancelled as soon as the leases fall in. One hundred and twenty eight baronets and knight are the owners of two or more licensed houses.
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FEW POINTERS For This Week

We open on Monday, March 3Oth, a large line of 27 inch wide Satines in good dress styles, in black, navy, browns and garnet colorings, at Sc per yard.
 On Monday, March 30, we open 2,5OO yards Clo- yer Cloth Outing Flannels in a handsome line of styles for dresses, waists, l shirtings, etc., at 9 1-2c y'd; usual 12 1-2c quality.
 26 pieces Surah Silks in light and dark colorings at soc per yard. This is the quality that retails everywhere at 62 1-2c. Special Bargains in Fig ured Curtain Madras, 54 inches wide, at 33c yard. This is the 48c kind.
 Extraordinary bargains in Nottingham Lace Cur tains at 58c, 69c and 79c per pair.
 In our White Goods De- partment will be found a large assortment of Coin Spot White Mulls at 25c yard that are under price.
 Choice styles printed Hemstitched Lawns, AZ inches wide, at 35c yard. These goods will be found on Lace Counter. They are entirely new. Just look at them. .,. ..-~:,. ,....-.
 Black Surah Silks, in stripes and plaids, at CSC per yard; $1 is theregular price. Only 12 pieces in the lot.
 Silk Grenadines at all prices. Extra values just received at 95c, $1, $l.25 and $l.5O per yard.
 soc Dress Goods are moving lively. We call attention to our all wool Surah Twills in the new Tan and Mode Shades, just opened, at soc.
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