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The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-02-03
A Prize for . Model nusband.. wis...

A Prize for q Model Husbands Wf6s.s y
The $100 prize has been awarded to
Mrs. G. &. Hood, of Brooklyn.
The thousands of letters which were
received in the contest were carefully
read, and the judges, consisting of Mrs
Roger A. Pryor, Mrs. Chauncey M. De-
pew and Mrs. William G. Whitney, after
careful examination, unanimously de-
clded in favor of the following:
Free from all manly C) vices, per-
sonally clean and orderly, into our ut
most privacy he brings the tender
courtesies of a gentleman. Our home
making is a delightful partnership, one
supplementing the other with every as
sistahce, he always considerate of the
wo1naIl's responsibilities, but leaving at
his office the annoyances of business
man. In sickness or health there is al
ways the responsive throb of single
interest. Perfect love casteth out fear,
and our freedom of speech and action
leaves no occasion for any petty tricks
OF deception, alas! SO common
Above this is his high ideal of woman
that helps me produce something better
than before recognized in myself. Re
cept1ve to my aspirations, no new
thought or culture is attempted but
meets his approval and encouragement,
while a noble spiritual atmosphere lifts
my daily life from common routine
into loving pleasure. Taking my face
IN his hands he has lovingly said,
Would had wealth that could place
you queen among womenr With such
a king for husband, am not walking
in a queens garden?''
Neither of the judges knew the name
of the writer of either letter, and the
prize was awarded wholly upon merit
New York World.
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To Protect Lamp Chimn.v,.

The season is just on us when lamp
ehimneys break in spite of all precau-
hons, and cause people to use bad Ian
guage who are usually above such weak
ness. The usual remedy or preventive
recommended is to chip a fragment out
of the glass to allow for expansion. Nine
times out of ten the glass is cracked by
the process and destruction expedited.
If the chi mney is washed in coal oil and
never even wiped with a damp cloth it
will be practically indestructible, and
will smoke jet black before it will crack.
have recommended this remedy to Gus
toners for years, and have never heard
of its failing in ST. Louis
Globe e-Democrat.
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Mrs. Palmer. Presiden..


In electing Mrs. Potter Palmer presi-
dent of the lady managers OF the Chicago
Worlds fair the right person was put in
the right place.
. AS Is well known, Mrs. Palmer was a
Miss Honore, a member of a distin-
guished southern family and a sister of
the beautiful wife of Col Fred Grant,
the eldest son of Gen. Grant, and our
present minister to Austria Mrs. Palm
er's husband, who is a millionaire, built
the Palmer house, of Chicago. The
Paimers live in one of the north side
palaces of Chicago, facing the lake.
Their house is a copy of an English
castle, and is sconsidered one of the finest
residences in America. Mrs. Palmer
makes annual trips to Europe, and has
purchased some of the finest and rarest
tapestries, statuary and bric-a-brac, to
say nothing of valuable paintings.
Mrs. Palmer is even more beautiful
than her sister, Mrs. Grant. She has
dark hair and eyes, is tall and slight,
with an air of elegance that is most at
tractive. She talks with remarkable
grace and ease. She seems to under
stand parliamentary rules thoroughly.
for she presides with great ability and
dignity.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-02-03
A Most Remarkable Woman.

One of the most remarkable women
that America has produced was the late
Miss Emma Willard. For many years
at the head of the Willard Female semi
nary in Troy, N. Y, she was a noted
writer, the author of several popular his
tories, and enjoyed the warm friendship
of number of eminent men and wo-
men, including several presidents, from
the time of Monroe up to the beginning
of the War of the Rebellion. She died
in 1870, and number of her former
pupils and friends have set about the
work of collecting $3.50 for the pur-
pose of erecting a monument to her
memory. 1t viii be the first public
statue erected in America for the honor
of woman's work in the elevation of her
sex. The president of the association
having the matter in charge is Mrs. G..
L. Macarthur, wife of the we'll known
editor of The Troy Northern Budget,
and the corresponding secretary is Mrs.
William S. Kennedy. These, as well as
the treasurer, Mr.. Francis M. Mann, Jr.,
reside in Troy.-Frank Leslie's News
paper.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-02-03
Eclipsea in 1891.

This years eclipses will be somewhat
beyond the average. On the evening of
May % the moon will rise in eclipse at
five minutes to 8, but the shadow will
for the greater part have already passed
AWAY, and it Is only in eastern countries
and at the antipodes that her face that
evening will be seen wholly obscured.
1t will be otherwise with the total
eclipse of our satellite, which will begin
at thirty-five minutes past 10 on Nov Is
next. This, as the almaIlacs tell US, will
be entirely visible at Greenwich" T"
whittier, no doubt, the legendary cock
ney will once more betake himself in
time to witness the phenomenon.
There will be two solar eclipses-one
annular, and visible in this country as "a
partial eclipse on the upper limb, begin
ming at two minutes past on June 6; the
other partial eclipse on Dec. 1, which
VIII be visible chiefly in the South Pacific.
Besides these there will be, on May 10, a
transit of Mercury over the suns disk.
which will be only partially visible in
this part OF the globe.-Science Notes.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-02-03
Imagination's utmost stretch
In wonder dies away.



You can tell the new Chinaman in
New York by his headgear. He wears
little black skull cap of silk, whereas
his fellow Chinaman of long residence
in the country invariably wears a low
crowned, black felt hat, with a medium
brim, which is manufactured somewhere
in Connecticut especially for the Chinese
American trade and sold at dollar
apiece. 1t is curious to notice the be-
wildered air of the newly arrived China
man as he goes about the city under the
escort of two or three of his country
men. l saw group of four Cinnamon
in an art gallery the other day, and i'm
medlately discerned that one was new
conner. The other three were showing
him the sights.
The pictures in the gallery were all
imported, and l noticed that the new
Ch1naman was constantly looking at the
figures in the pictures and then looking
around at the people in the gallery,
seemingly trying to compare the details
of garments. Of course they were total
ly different, and his COMPANIONS went
through vast amount of talk to explain
to him that we do not make many pict-
ures in this country compared with
what we buy abroad. One of them with
whom struck up a conversation said to
me, 'tHim not belly well understand
why Mclean man no makee himself on
painting" 1t was something of a poser
New York Press
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-02-03
Electrical Reporting.

Electric Power describes a new sys-
tenn of reporting baseball and other
games by means of an ingenious cleo
rical apparatus. The special object of
tho apparatus is to enable full report
1of games TO be made in sight of large
number of people and at the same time
b dispense with one or more Of the
assistants now required in reporting
snch games. This device is intended
not only to Indicate the progress of dis
taHt games, but actually to be used at
the opposite end of the ball field from
the grand stand, in order to enlighten
the spectators ON many points on which
they are liable to be momentarily in
doubt. Spectators coming in late are
often unable to ascertain the number of
innings played, the striker at the bat,
the number of balls and strikes called,
ETC., and even those already ON the
ground sometimes find it difficult to de-
termine whether the umpire has called
strike or a ball. All these weighty
issues, upon which the baseball enthusi-
asst expends such intense solicitude, can
now be clearly and reliably recorded,
and all anxiety and uncertainty can be
removed by glance at the exhibition
board placed in sight of the spectators,
the indicators on which are electrically
controlled and operated by an expert
onced person located close to the dia-
Tnoud
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-02-03
Hours Tor Eating in Eng1and.

In England, down to the days of
"Good Queen Bess," it was the custom
to Hospitality entertain all strangers and
visitors at any hour of the day with free
fare-bread, beef and beer. This was
observed at every table in the land, from
that of the freeholder to the baron's and
abbey's. At a later day the upper classes
became more luxurious in their tastes
and habits. AS consequence the hours
for meals were very much modified and
have remained SO until this day.
Breakfast is now usually taken be-
tween 8 and 10 a. M, and the present
usage for dinner among the wealthier
classes Is from to s p. m. A luncheon
"a rather substantial meal, by the way,
consisting of cold game, roast beef and
the ike-is often INDUCED in between
breakfast and dinner. The meal denom-
mated supper in this country is com
paratively unknown quantity in Eng
land, that known as tea forming in real
ity part of dinner.-Louis T. Peale in
Detroit Free Press.
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ThOrnburV & Hudson.
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cure. Guarantees issued only by
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Prescription Druggists,
115 Second st. The DaIles, Or.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-02-03
Odd Journey of a Tree.

A stately elm tree is being moved sew
eral miles to Graceland cemetery. and
since it began its travels, which are
about half over, it has killed one man
and slightly injured several others. The
tree grew about three miles from Crosse
Point, and is destined to adorn a lot
where Mr.. Lathrop is buried. 1t was
dug up about a month ago, the earth
around its roots boxed up, and it was
placed in standing position upon plat
form moving upon rollers. The plat
form is pulled along by horses. During
the process of changing the supports the
other day laborer was crushed to
death under falling beam. 1t is esti-
mated that when placed in the cemetery
the tree will have cost not less than
2.500.-Chicago Tribune
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-02-03
The Gas Company Pays Damages.

In the case of Gertrude M. McNeal
against the Boston Gas Light company,
which has been on trial in the second
session of the superior court, and in
which the plaintiff claimed $50, 900 for
personal injuries, a jury awarded her
damages in the sum of $4,000. Miss Nc
Neal was employed in store, and an en-
ploye of the company, in testing me-
ter, left trap door open, through which
Miss McNeal fell Her injuries are of a
permanent nature, as testified to by sew
eral well known physicians, and the
defense, while not attempting to contra
dict that evidence, claimed that the sur
roundings of the plaintiff were not of
that qCiet nature which person in her
condition ought to have Before the
trial began an offer of $1,000 was made
by the defendant in settlement.-Bos
Journal
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-02-03
Equal to the Occasion.

A woman who was passing up Gratiot
avenue the other day lost fur collar off
her neck without seeming to notice the
fact, and a boy ran after her and
shouted:
Hey, lady, you have dropped your
muskrat collarI'
He held it out to her, and three or
four pedestrians came to a halt. She
was equal to the occasion. Drawing
herself up, and assuming all the dignity
of a queen, she waved the boy aside and
said:
''Thank you, little boy, but some poor
woman probably dropped it. My seal
skin collar is safe at homer'-Detroit
Free Press.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-02-03

a Walk In the winter Greenw0od.
Tho warm Or wood is dark and low
Within . sheltered valley deep;
When DER the hills the night winds blow,
They rock its happy tribes to sleep.
A thousand tiny tracks are made
Upon It's carpet soft and white,
And through its thick and fragrant shade
Brisk bird wings glance in sudden flight
Hero feasts are spread and mouths arc fed
Where seeds and buds are scattered vida
And many warm and cozy bed
Is heaped where dreaming sleepers hide.
Sometimes golden sunbeam strays
Within to light tho green and white;
Sometimes at night the full moons rays
EM these dim aisles with silver light
But we are interiopers here!
Our steps are strange, our voices new,
The dwellers shy look forth in fear
And vanish with q swift adieu-
Portland Transcript.
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About Opening safes.

As a matter of fact you can't open a
safe lock by listening to the click of the
tumbler. They do not click. They are
immovable in their places and do not
drop. Consequently, when read of an
inexperienced plumber boy who opens
combinations at will it fatigues me-
Now I have the reputation of being able
to open almost any safe, but if the safe
is locked can't do it. can go to the
safe, as it stands unlocked, and can gem
tly turn the combination until the re-
sistance warns me that have reacted a
tumbler. note the number and pro-
ceed in like manner with all the tu1n-
blers. Then the owner can lock his
safe, and I being in possession of this
combination can unlock it without diff
Guilty.
Had 1 been placed before the same
safe while locked, might turn until
doomsday without success. Now the
various makers invariably send out their
safes set on certain numbers. 1, know
ing these numbers, can unlock any one
of them before the owner has adopted
his own peculiar combination. Ny safes
go out each with separate number, of
which keep careful record, so that l
can open them in case am called upon
to do SO. have a safe now which is
locked, and the combination lost
am just as unable to open that
safe as you, although know every de-
tail in the locks construction. There it
stands until see fit to drill it open. A
safe with two tumblers is susceptible of
10000 changes; with three tumblers,
100000 changes; with four, 100, ,0O0,-
600, and SO on in regular Formulation.
But give me as a clew one number of
the combination employing two tum-
blers, and 1 will have to make but 100
combinations from 1 to 100 in order to
open the safe in from two to five min
utes' time. The only absolutely burglar
Proof safe is the one employing screw
door with time lock attachment on the
inside.-Interview in st. Louis Globe
Democrat
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-02-03
Outrage Reported at Leviston.

A man who signed himself Citizen, ="
and who is way off on spelling, writes
the Lewiston city marshal that he has
been hit by two snOwballs thus far this
season, which he thinks We're malicious
ly aimed at him by some bad boys. He
notifies the ciiy marshal that this throw
ing of snowballs at him must cease at
once, or there will be trouble in the An
Siroscoggin valley il the very near fut-
ure.-Lewiston Journal
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-02-03
women Fake Up Timber claims.

No less than $50 young women, it is
said, have taken up timber claims in
western Washington during the past six
months, and in eastern Washington
probably 100 others have located lands.
The lands that can now be had are main
ly in outlying sections somewhat remote
from railways, and can be reached only
with some difficulty. As new wagon
roads and railroads are being pushed all
the time, however, the opportunities are
still good.-Philadelphia Ledger.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-02-03
win PAY His Respect-

Napoleon Mcdaniel, noted train rob-
Der, recently convicted at Texarkana.
Tex, and sentenced to life Imprisonment
IN thepenitentiary, has escaped from jail
Two eminent criminal lawyers who UNI
successfully defended him are now living
IN daily dread, having received mes
sage from Mcdaniel that he intends to
kill them because they did not do
their best in his defense. Philadelphia
Ledger.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-02-03
Paws Innocence.

Old Gentleman-There goes young
Broxhall. His father was very erni-
nent man, but 1 see no hope for the son.
He appears to have inherited none of
the elements of greatness.
Young Gent-Why, Paw: 1t isn't a
week since he was acknowledged the
News.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-02-03
Foolish Extrarasanca.

Mr.. De Style-My dear, 1 have en-
gagged box at the opera tonight.
Mrs. De Style-The ideal You know
I'm SO hoarse that can't speak above a
whisper. New York Weekly.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-02-03
Facts and Fancies.

When we attempt to show how far
matter can be divided the brain refuses
to grasp the infinity. A pins head is a
small object, but it is gigantic compared
to some animals of which millions would
occupy space no larger than the head
of pin. These tiny animals must con-
tain organs and veins, ETC., and those
veins are full of blood globules. Pro
fessor Tyndan informs us that drop of
blood contains 5000, 900 red globules.
So these infnitesimally small animals
must have millions of globules in their
blood also. Thus we see to what an ex-
tent, far beyond our senses power to
grasp, matter can be divided.
But there is something even more
astonishing than this. It is stated that
there are more animals in the milt of a
single Goldfish than there are men in the
world, and that one grain of sand is
larger than 1000, 900 of these animals.
each of which must be possessed of life
germs of an equal amount, which would
grow up as it grew to maturity. This
carries us back again, and
Imagination's utmost stretch
In wonder dies away.
Or take other interesting facts: One
hundred threads of the si1kworm must
be placed side by side to make mp the
thickness of q line about one twenty-fifth
of an inch, and metals can be drawn out
to such exceeding fneness that 200 of
the fine wires will occupy only the space
of 100 silk worms threads Montreal
Star
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support.
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It's Objects

city, and adjacent country, to assist in
developing our industries, in extending
and opening up new channels for our
trade, in securing an open river, and in
helping THE DALLES to take her prop
Ter position as the
Leading City Of Eastern Oregon. ]
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