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sLAvIN AND Sullivan MEET.
The Australian Personally Asks the
Champion for IA Fight.

ST. LOUIS. April 27.-Frank Slavin
travelled as far as st. Louis alone to
meet Sullivan and went to the Southern
hotel with the offer of a match Sulli-
van said he was retired and taking
Slavin by the hand he wished HIM all
the luck in the world and declared him
self glad to meet him. ''You are the
only man who ever came to me to ask
for fight" said Sullivan. 1.-THE Others
like to talk three thousand miles away
l congratulate you" Slavin said: 81
stand on my reputation and want no
mans, and Pm open to fight any man
in the world" The, meeting was a
friendly one
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-04-29
Wheat Turnlng YelIou

Topeka, Kan, April 27.-The secre-
tary of agriculture has received a letter
from Russell county stating that the
wheat there is turning yellow and ap-
pears to be dying. A small greenish in
sect has been found, which is undoubt-
edly the cause of the blight Similar
reports have been received from Rich
county, and the secretary has ordered
an investigation.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-04-29
WIN Apply civil service Rifles.

New York, April 29.-The New York
central management has decided on a
civil service reform among its employees.
Examinations will be held of the men
connected with the operating and motor
department. The company hopes by
this course to secure intelligent. capable
and careful men,
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-04-29
Denies the Sale to the Rothchilds.

SAN FRANoIsCo, April 29.-Irwin c.
Stump, manager of the estate of the late
senator George Hearst, who owned large
interests in the Anaconda mines, denies
all knowledge of the reported sale of the
mines to the Rothchilds
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-04-29
Jack the Ripper Supposed to b.
Caught.

JERSEY City, April 29.-The police OF
this city have arrested man wanted in
New York in connection with "Jack the
Ripper" murder of last week. He is
supposed to be sailor and is known as
"Frenchy."
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-04-29
chicago wheat Market.

CH,cAeo, H., April 2s.-aose
wheat steady, cash and May, 1.O61S
July, l.04ss.
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DUE TO THE ICE AND THE BAKER

The u. p. Roads Loss Due to- the In
creased Operating Expenses.
BosToN, April 29.-The Union Pacific
railroad issued its annual report today.
1t is not as unfavorable as expected, the
deficit for the whole system being only
$275, 900. This loss President Dillon
says is due to the large increase in
operating expenses.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-04-29
An Old Firm Dissolved.

BosToN, April 29.-The official an
nouncement has been made of the dis
solution of the firm of Kidder, Peabody
< Co., April 80.
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TINE TABLES.


TINE TABLES.
Railroads.
EAST BOUND.
sc 3 Arrives - l2:524M Departs d 1:eS O.
WEST BOUND
No. /, Arrives 4:4o AN. Departs 4:5O A. NJ
9" 2, 5:15 NJ. $50 p
Two local freights that carry passengers leave
for west and east at S A. NJ.
STAGES.
For Prineyille, via Bake Oven, leave daily
(exeept Sunday ut A. M
For Antelope, Mitchell, Canyon City, leave
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 6 A. M
For Dufur, Kingsley and Tygh Valley, leave
daily Except Sunday at A. NJ
For Goldendale, Wash, leave every day OF the
week except Sunday at A. N.
Offices for all lines at the Umatilla House.
POst-Office.
OFFICE HOURS
General Delivery Window s a m. to p. IN.
Money Order ''...---... g a. m. to p. m.
Sunday G. d. ''...--.....9 g a. m. to 10a m.
CLOSING NAILS
By trains going East. 9 p. m and IL As a m.
, "+Stage for Goldendale. .-.-........ 73O a. m
90 "~Prineyille .......... $50 a. m
" % ''+Dufur and Warm Springs. $50 a. m.
"a leaving for Lyle 4 Hartland. $50 a. m
" 90 tAntelope. ....... 80 a. m
Except Sunday
tTri-weekly. Tuesday Thursday and Saturday.
Monday Wednesday and Friday.
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A Prominent Mexican mead.

CRY OF Mexico, April 2e.-General
Mejia, ex-minister of war and a mem
ber of the Pan-American congress is
dead.
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Sam Francisco a1arkes.

SAN FRANcIsco, April 29.-wheat,
buyer 'sl, l.7oK; season, 1.6es4.
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An artificial ice factory is being erected
in Eugene City.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-04-29
Rome Won't Howl Thursday.

ROME, April 29.-Owing to strike of
the printers, none OF the papers will be
published Thursday.
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He CouIdn't Sing
Lckport JournnI.

Reginald" exclaimed an uptown
bride of two months as she returned from
shopping, 81 saw the loveliest diamond
necklace imaginable today and so cheap,
too it can he bought for a mere song"
Then she paused to hear what remark
Reginald would make.
My darling quoth he, you know
how gladly VI ould grant you every wish
but ] grieve to say that in this case am
unable to do so. Nature has not endowed
me with the power of producing vocal
melody. / could not sing though 1
should be promised solitaire for every
note"
The human body is really a tight.little
portable furnace. The fuel goes in at
fire; no fire, no play. 1t is a concise
of expressing the beating capacity of
these walking crematories to say that
one of them generates enough heat dur
ing the day to melt forty pounds of ice
and raise it to the boiling point. Every
thing we eat, even ice-cream, produces
heat. In fact we eat to heat.
Queen Victoria has just presented a
magnificent elephant to the Emperor of
Morocco. 1t is a handsome animal and
was rugged up in the best style of howdah
and gold trappings. But a gift-horse
that consumes a ton of hay per day, and
hay $40 ton, is dubious prize any way
you may look at him, in the mouth or
otherwise-that is from Buffalo point
of view.
Slate has been found in Josephine
cOaDfy
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Slate has been found in Josephine
county.
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planned to him the EMPLOYMENT of these
ANIMALS on farms; Nanteitei hired ont his
wives to do mason work. Husbands. at
least when of high rank, had the power of
life and death. Even whites seemed to
have possessed it, and their wives. when
they had transgressed beyond for
giveness. made haste to pronounce the
formula OF depreciation: II Kama Kim. >,
This form OF words had so much virtue
that condemned criminal, repeating il
on particular day to the king who had
condemned him. must be instantly re-
leased. 1t is an offer of abasement, and
strangely enough, the reverse-the invi-
tation-is common, vulgar insult to
Great Britain to this day. | give a scene
between trader and his Gilbert Island
wife. as 1t was told me by the husband,
now one OF the oldest residents, but then a
freshman in the group.
10 and light nre," said the trader.
'and when have brought this oil | will
COOK some fish,
The woman grunted at him, island
fashion.
II am not pig that you should grunt
at me" said he.
Il know you are not pig" said the
woman, neither am your slave"
10 be sure you are not my slave, and if
you do not care to stop with me you had
better go home TO your people," said he.
But IN the meantime go and light the
hre, and when 1 have brought this oil I
will cook some fish,"
She went as if to obey, and presently
when tho trader looked she had built a ii re
so big that the cookhouse was catching in
flames.
Il Kama Kim" she cried as she saw him
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just hanged himself before his moth
ers eyes, In despair at a well-mer tied
rebuke. Perhaps she had never been beau
tifui, but her face was full of character,
her eye of somber fire. She was a high
chief woman, but by strange exception
Tor person OF her rank was small, spare
and sinewy, with lean small hands and
corded neck. Her full dress of an even
ing was invariably white chemise, and
Tor adornment, green leaves Tor sometimes
white blossoms) stuck in her hair and
thrust through her huge ear holes. The
husband, on the contrary. changed to view
like kaleidoscope. Whatever pretty
thing my wife might have given to Nei
.Takauti-a string of beads, ribbon,
piece of bright fabric-appeared the
next evening on the person of Nan
Tok'. 1t was plain he was clothes-horse;
that he wore livery: that, in a word, he
was his wife's wife. They reversed the
parts indeed, down to the least particu-
lar. 1t was the husband who showed HIM
pain, while the wife displayed the apathy
and heartlessness of the proverbial man.
When Nei Takauti had headache, Nan
T0k' was full of attention and concern.
When the husband had cold and racking
toothache, the wife needed not except to
leer. 1t is always the woman's part to fill
and light the pipe. Nei Takauti handed
hers in silence to the welded page; but
she carried it herself, as though the page
were not entirely trusted. Thus she kept
the money, but it was he who ran the
errands, anxiously sedulous. cloud on
her face dimmed instantly his beaming
looks; on an early visit to the moniap
my wife saw he had cause to be wary
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and wager were not yet clear of the
compound before they were sure they
had decided wrong. Another time they
had each liberal cup of coffee, and
Nan Tok', with diffieu ty and disaffec-
ton, made an end of his. Nei Takauti
had taken some, she had no mind for
more, plainly conceived it would be a
breach of manners TO set down the cup I'M
finished and ordered her welded retainer
TO dispose of what was left. II have swal-
lowed all | can; cannot swallow more;
it is physical impossihiGty," he seemed
TO saw, and his stern officer reiterated her
commands with secret imperative signals.
Luckless dogl But in mere humanity We
came to the rescue and removed the cup.
| cannot but smile over this funny
household; yet | remember the good souls
with affection and respect. Their atten-
ton to ourselves was surprising. The gar
lands are much esteemed, the blossoms
must be sought far and wide; and though
they had many retainers to call TO their
aid, we often saw themselves passing a
field after the blossoms, and the wife en-
gagged with her own hands in putting
them together. 1t was no want OF heart,
only that disregard so incident TO hus-
bands, that made Nei Takauti de-
pise the suffer ngs OF Nan Tok'.
When my wife was unwell, she
proved kind and diligent nurse; and the
pair. TO the extreme embarrassment of the
sufferer, became fixtures in the sick room.
This rugged. capable, imperious old dame,
with the wild ewes. had deep and tender
qualities; her pride in her young husband,
il seemed that she dissembled, fearing pos
sibly TO spoil him; and when she spoke of
her dead son there came something tragic
In her face. RoBERT Louis STEVENSON.
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Nan Tok' had friend with him, giddy
young thing of his own age and sex; and
they had worked themselves into that
stage of popularity, when consequences are
too often disregarded. Nei Takauti men,
toned her own name. Instantly Nan Tok'
held up two fingers, his friend did like
wise, both in an ecstasy of slyness 1t
was plain the lady had too names; and
from the nature of their merriment and
the wrath that gathered on her brow, there
must be something ticklish in the second
The husband pronounced it; well-di-
rected cocoanut from the hand of his wife
caught him on the side of the head, and
the voices and the mirth of those inds-
Greet young gentlemen ceased for the day
The people of Eastern Polynesia are
never at loss; their etiquette is absolute
and plenary; in every circumstance it tells
them what TO do and how to do it. The
Gllbertines are seemingly more free, and
pay for their freedom like ourselves) in
frequent perplexity. This was often the
case with the topsy-turvy couple. We had
once supplied them during visit with a
pipe and tobacco, and when they had
smoked and were about to leave.
they found themselves confronted
with a problem; should they take
or leave what remained of the
tobacco. The piece of plug was taken up.
it was laid down again, it was handed
back and forth, and argued over till the
wife began to look haggard and the hus-
band elderly. They ended by taking it,
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coming; but he rocked not and hit
her with a cooking pot. The leg
pierced her skull, blood spouted, it
was thought she was dead woman, and
the natives surrounded the house in men,
acing expectation. Another white was
present, man of older experience. "You
will have US both killed if you go on like
this" he Grid. 'She had said Kama
Kimf If she had not said Kama Kim
he might have struck her with a caidron.
1t was not the blow that made the crime,
but the disregard of an accepted formula.
Polygamy, the particular sacredness of
wives, their semi-servile state, their Sc
clusion in kings harems, even their
privilege of biting all would seem to in
dictate Mohammedan society and the
opinion of the soullessness of women.
Not so in the least. 1t is a mere appear
ance. After you have studied these ex-
tremes in one house, you may go to the
next and find all reversed-the woman
the mistress, the man only the first of
her thralls. The authority is not with
the husband as such nor the wife as such.
1t resides in the chief or the chief woman !;
he or she who has inherited the lands of
the clan and stands to the clansman in
the place of parent. exacting their
service, answerable for their lines. There
is but one source of power and the one
ground ofdignity-rank. The king married
chief woman. she became his menial and
must work with her hands on Messrs.
Wightman's pier. The king divorced her,
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she regained at once her former state and
power. She married the Hawaiian sailor,
and behold the man is her turnkey and
can be shown the door at pleasure. Nay,
such low-born lords are even corrected
physically. and like grown but dutiful
children, must endure the discipline.
We were intimate in one such house
hold. that of Nei Takauti and Nan Tok'; 1
put the lady first of necessity. During
our week of fools paradise Mrs. Steven
son had gone alone TO the sea side of the
island after shells. | am very sure the
proceeding was unsafe, and she soon per-
ceived man and woman watching her
Do what she would her guardians held
her steadily in view. and when the after
noon began to fall, and they thought she
had stayed long enough, took her IN
charge, and, by signs and broken English,
ordered her home. On the way the Iady
drew from her earring hole clay pipe, the
husband lighted it, and II was
handed 10 my unfortunate wIe,
who knew not how to refuse the
incommodious favor; and when they
were all come to our house, the pair sat
down beside her on the floor and improved
the occasion with prayer. From that day
they were our family friends, bringing
thrice day the beautiful island garlands
of white flowers, visiting us in the even
ing. ana frequently carrying us down 10
their own moniap' in return, the woman
leading Mrs. Stevenson by the hand like
one child with another.
Nan Tok', the husband, was young. ex-
tremely handsome, of the most approved
good humor. and suffering in his precAri-
Gus station from suppressed high spirits.
Nei Takauti, the wife, was getting Old;
her grown son by former marriage, had
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to allow a nice new hospital to remain
vacant so long as he can disemboWel his
foot with an axe and then get nursed back
to health again.
The broad spirit of kindliness and gen.
crosby shown in the construction of these
and many other institutions in Philadel-
phia Is manifest everywhere, and TO be
called the City of Brotherly Love is an
ambition which is laudable TO degree. |
do not know what it is to be laudable to a
degree, but the expression occurs IN book
which am now reading, and l thought /
would use 1t.
Sometimes we find charity and toler-
ance where we would least expect it. and
vice versa. In North Carolina, where /
may now be regarded as a summer
resident, taxpayer and fellow-citizen,
there is, in some parts of the state,
a strong religious sentiment which must
be extremely gratifying 10 a fractional
deity. | do not know, of course, how a
PRAYER is received at the Throne of
Grace which is ticketed as coming from
the Reformed or Established or Fees
tablished Observation-Disclosures Church
South, or the Hardshell Aquatic church
looking northwest. The committee on
credentials must be pretty busy some
times settling the question of whether
rain prayed for by the high church shall
be supplied or the cessation of rain be re-
euested by the low church, or whether
good times with unlimited coinage shall
be gwen by request Of the Up-and-com-
ing Church South or good times with a
restricted currency be sent TO the coun-
try in answer 10 the requests of the Up
and-coming Church North.
4 man teacher, who is q pronounced
Episcopalian, and who is jealous, as all
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of kicking away a -four barrel by means
of rude hand is original with me.)
Well, to make long story short, another
hymn followed, and then a prayer that
left the Throne of Grace fully informed re-
garding the record of the man teacher. 1t
referred to him as the child of hell and
heir presumptive of that low, malariaI
piece of property. 1t was prayer that
would peel the varnish off an ordinary
pulpit and scorch the fringe on the altar
, cloth. 1t w.~vrsnleta with sensational in
formation and crisp editorial comment.
1t had hard words in it, and was highly
Favored with references to hell as rail-
road center and general Quitting point
for people who toyed with brands which
others were in the act of snatching from
the burning.
The result was that in the back part of
the sanctuary a feeling was created to that
extent that in fifteen minutes the man
teacher fled, followed by a mob one or
two of whom he saw pulling their knives
as they came. The mother ran one way
and the man teacher the other. He did
not dare to return to his boarding place fof
two weeks, and when he did he was arr
rested for disturbing religious worship.
i saw him after he had been in the
forest two or three weeks as a result of
this "doctrinal difference, as he called
it. He was in need of repairs. He told
his story with some feeling, and said
dangerous man. l do not think he was.
He meant well, I am sure, but he said he
never had to sit by before and listen to
such an abusive PRAYER.
He is below the medium height, and
does not strike one as being at all danger
aut to human life. He Is man with a
slight physique, but otherwise very well.
His legs are short and his whiskers grow
very rank, and are faded at the edges, like
the tail of red setter. He is certainly Q
well meaning man, and lives almost ex-
clusively on thin cruel and a well-to-do
widow woman of advanced thought.
/ give his story as he tells it himself,
and it is not sensational story, but comes
from a man who says that he is convinced
now that MS zeal took him too far. At
another time he would be more conserva-
tive and take his meals in the house. He
SAYS that he would not again place himself
where he would become the topic of such a
seathing prayer for the best pair of steers
in Henderson county. He contemplates
doing religious and possibly pastoral work
in the future, but will guard against
awakening a spirit of offensive prayer and
will see in the future that when approach
ing the Throne of Grace he will avoid jost.
ling those who are armed.
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CUTREY-CORN.

Willie and Bess George and May
Once, as these children were hard at play,
An old man, hoary aud tottering, came
And watched them playing their pretty game.
He seemed TO wonder, while standing there,
What the meaning thereof could be-
Aha, but the old man yearned TO share
OF the little cnildfen's innocent glee
AS they eirced around with laugh aud shout
And told this rhyme al counting outs
"Intry -mintry, cutrey-coIn,
Apple seed and apple thorn;
Wire, brier, Timber, lock,
Twelve geese in u flock;
Some flew east, some new west,
Some flew over the cUekoo's nestl"
Willie and Bess, George and May
All, the mirth OF that summer day
Twas Father Time who mad come 10 share
The innocent joy OF those children there
He learned Detimes the game they played
And into their sport with them went he
How could the children have been afraid,
Since little they recked VINO he might %
They laughed 10 hear old Father time
Mumbling that curious nonsense rhyme
OF ''IUtfy- Fnintry, eutrey-coIn,
Apple seed aud apple thOra;
Wire. bFier, Timber, lock,
Twelve geese in h0ek;
Some few east, some few west,
some flew over the cuckoo's nestP'
Willie and Bess, George and May,
And joy OF summer-where are they?
The grim Old man still standetn near
Grooming the song of a far-oT year;
RAnd into the winter como alone,
Cheered by that m0urnlui requiem,
soothed by the doloTous fnonotcne
That shall count me OF a. IL counted them
The solemn voice Of old Father Tine
Chanting the hoIneiy nursery rhyme
lie learned OF the children summer morn
When, with s.apple seed and apple thOrn,
Life was full OF the dulcet cheer
That brlngeth the grace OF heaven anear--
The sound OF the little ones nard az play
Willie and Bessie, George and May.
-EugeRe FgSgd