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The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-11-20
NOTICE.

r. E. French has for sale number of
improved ranches and unimproved
lands in the Grass Valley neighborhood
in Sherman county. They will be sold
very cheap and on reasonable terms.
Mr.. French can locate settlers on some
good unsettled claims in the same neigh
borhood. His address is Grass Valley,
Sherman county, Oregon.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-11-20
Alaskan Explorer returns.

DEs MONIES, Iowa, Nov. 20.-Lieuten-
ant F. Schwatka, the Alaskan explorer,
has returned from his recent trip to the
interor of that country.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-11-20
STATE OFFICIALS.

The Chronicle is the Only Paper in
The Dalles that Receives the Associated
Press Dispatches.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-11-20
roR SALE.

Four lots with good house on them,
all on the bluff above the brewery which
will be sold cheap or trade for cattle.
Address J. L. KELLY,
9-11-tf The Dalles.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-11-20

Stacy Shown having left my employ I
will not be responsible for any debts he
may contract nor any business he may
transact. w. E. GARRETsoN
1l-l6-tf
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-11-20
FIGURING MILL TO LEASE.

T,HE OLD DALLES MILL AND WATER
j Companys Flour Mill viii be leased to re-
sponsible parties. For Information apply to the
WATER COMMISSIONERS,
4 he Dalles. Oregon.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-11-20
NOTICE.

All city warrants registered prior to
February l, 1890, will be paid if pre-
sented at my office. Interest ceases from
and after this date.
The Dalles, Or, Novdmber 6, 1891
o. KINsLEY,
11-6tf. City Treasurer.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-02-26
She Had to Wash the Pets.

A curious case of special interest to
elderly spinsters and lovers of house pets
is shortly to come before the Berlin
courts. A young woman was engaged as
companion to an old lady at stated wages,
but ran away from her place two days
after entering service.
Her mistress procured her arrest under
the law that a servant must give due no.
tice before leaving her situation, but the
police, after hearing the girls statement,
told the lady that she could not compel
the girl to return, and could only claiIr
damages in the civil court.
For the girl stated, and her statements
have been proved true, that on entering
the ladys fiat four immense dogs jump
ed at her, although they did not do her
any harm. In the next room another
big dog, with litter of pups, met her
gaze, while the third room was tenanted
by at least three dozen different varieties
of birds.
The kitchen of the old lady Was given
over to cats, and the girls sleeping room
was converted into temporary hospital
for invalid members of the animal world.
"The old lady" said the girl, "was
very kind to me, but as my duties con.
sisted in washing all the dogs daily, and
had to share my bed with half dozen
dogs and cats, was obliged to run away
to avoid sickness. London Telegraph.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-02-26
An Immense Shark.

While native fishermen were out fish.
ing with nets at NVaialua, on the other
side of Oahu, q monster shark got en-.
tangled in one of the nets and was
hauled ashore on the beach. Ain - the
whole village went down and killed the
monster with axes. The shark meas.
ured eighteen feet in length. When cut
up into pieces two good sized turtles,
one of which was still living, were found
in the stomach. The turtles measured
eighteen inches across. Other things Of
q varied nature were also found in the
stomach. The jawbones were brought
to Honolulu by the steamer G. r. Bishop
and placed on exhibition. The jaws
have seven rows of teeth and measure
twenty-five inches when fully extended.
The natives stated that the mate of the
uetlu oLcsrh l--e..4ots,eu 10 eSCape.-nonu-
lulu Times.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-02-26
THE HOUSEHOLD.
A GOOD NIGHT WISH.

For thee and thy dear ones till morning-light
May the Angels that guard the orbs OF night
Trim their tall tapsrs more goldenly bright:
And Peace and Content lilies twain, with the sun
Blossom newly and bless the days journeys begun
Thro' the womans- tasks that are "neyer done. .
Sunday Inter Ocean.
Whatever else may be wrong, it must
be right to be pure, to be just, and tender,
and merciful, and honest.
The joyful note III life is not adequately
recognized. Each day is new day-all
aglOw with new hopes and fairer possibll-
tiles. Every morning draws on a new
world.
To be full of goodness. full of cheerful
ness, full of sympathy and helpful hope,
Causes man to carry blessing of which he
is himself as unconscious as lamp Is OF It's
own shining-Henry Ward Beecher.
Wondrous is the strength of cheerful
ness. altogether past calculation It's powers
of endurance. Efforts to be permanently
useful-uniformly joyous-a spirit all sun
shine graceful from every gladness, beauti-
full because brignt.-Carlyle.
Sowing and reaping are not processes
that ale sure to be separated by an inter
vening season; but in the mental and NOR
a. world 1t Otter the case Cnah sowing l.
reaping. He who sows the seeds of truth
in another's mind reaps the result of hi-
sowing while he sows. He knows more
than he knew before He who sows the
seed of kindly thought and speech in con-
versstion with another reaps the harvest
Of it in his own looks, as well as in his
own spirit. while he speaks. And as it is
with good seed. so it is. with bad; what
soever man sovetb that shall he also
reap"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-02-26
AN OLD TINE INDIAN TERROR.
An AGED Indian Who for Ten Years Ter
rorizcd the Settlers of Arizona.

An AGed Indian Who for Ten Years Ter
rorizcd the Settlers of Arizona.
They were talking about Indian out
breaks when one of the party, who had
been for many years resident of Ari-
iona territory, remarked:
l tell you, gentlemen, that this Indian
business is pretty serious. Why, down
in Arizona we lived for fifteen years in a
state of terror on account of Claraud-
ing band of Apaches that had things
pretty much their own way all this time,
in spite of all tho government troops
could do to keep them in check
I call to mind particularly Old Vic
torio. There was warrior for you. He
commanded band Of some 200 bucks.
They were the Chiracahua Apaches, and
the murders, robberies and depredations
committed by that band during those
ten years in which they were On the
warpath are almost Incredible.
Old Victoria was nearly 90 years of
age when the troubles began. He ruled
those redskins with a rod Of iron in
spite Of his years. And he was para
lyzed, too, completely paralyzed. He
was only able to use his left arm little,
just enough to lift a cigarette to his
mouth.
He was constantly in the saddle, and
had to be strapped on like a bale Of
goods. His band had the finest ponies
to be found anywhere. They would
sometimes appear at one place, and in
less than twenty-four hours you would
hear of them some place 100 miles dis
tant. All throughout southern Arizona
and northern Mexico old Victoria con-
tinCed his raids until the settlers finally
gave up in despair. The government
troops appeared to be utterly powerless
in the matter.
Why, that band of redskins would
sometimes plumber wagon train righE
under the noses Of the troopers, and by
the time the latter We're mounted and
ready to start in pursuit they would be
out Of sight. The next day, perhaps, the
wires would tell of some fresh depreda-
ton committed by the same band in a
section of the country over 100 miles
away.
This old war dog, however, was
finally rounded up and shot. lie died in
the saddle, fighting to the last, and his
band, what was left of it, dispersed. OF
course the settlers heard OF it and were
delighted. Dismay followed, however,
when Cochise took the field This In
dian ran things pretty much the same
way for five years, and then came old
Geronimo.-New York Herald
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-02-26
What Sir Edwin Thinks of Chopsticks.

Chopsticks, far from being awkward,
are the most convenient as we'll az the
cleanest table utensils, once the secret OF
their use is learned. 1t cannot be taught
in words. There is an indescribable knack
of fixing one stick firmly, and Ringing the
other with the first and second finger, so as
to play exactly upon the fixed stick, which
renders the little implements perfect for
everything, except, of course, juice or
gravy and soup. You can even cut
with them by inserting the points close
toe ether, and then forcibly separating
them; and as for hardness and precision
of grasp, in little wager at this very
restaurant, even | myself picked up with
the hashi twenty two single grains of rice
in one minute from a lacquered tray,
being beaten by Japanese lady, whose
swift skill dexterously conveyed as many
as forty-nine.-From "Japonica-Third
Paper" by Sir Edward Arnold, In Febru-
airy Scribner.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-02-26
ANOTHER MYTH yEGEO
Rouget de L'Isle Did Not Write the Music
of the "MarseilIaise"

Yet another tradition disproved and
grace legend upset and discredited Every
one knows who wrote the music of the
'Marseillaise, and how Rouget de l'Isle
lying in prison in Paris, heard tle troop
marching from the south sing the famous
war song which he had composed to cheer
the conscripts at Strasbrg.
The troops were coming from Marseilles;
Rouget de l'Isle hymn was hencefcrth
called the "Marseillaise, and in 1880 its
composer was poisoned by Louis Philippe.
Well, Rouget did not write the music at
all.
There lived at st. Omer, in the depart
ment of Balais, modest old chapelmaster,
who had controlled the music of the
cathedral and believed himself to be
composer. He wrote hymns and anthems
and prices during the years of his Office,
which began in ITS and ended in 1887.
He even wrote an Oratorio, taking the
choruses from Racine's Esther" for his
libretto, and calling his nlagnum opus by
that name.
When he retired from his peaceful office,
two Years before the taking of the Bastile,
he drew drew up an inventory of all his
works and deposited it and his manuscripts
in the archives of the tower. There they
bad remained, cared for, certainly, as the
old organlst would have wished, but also
wholly undisturbed. In the introduction
to the oratorio WAS that very hymn to
which, two wears after the choirmaster,s
retirement, Rouget de Isle set his famous
words. The manuscript has lately been
brought from obscurity and the air dis
covered in the composer autograph.
This is even something stranger. The
battle hymn, as Rouget wrote it, had GER
tain foird passages which he judged in
accord with martial music. Subsequent
arrangements by more skilled composers
have reduced or emitted these, and in so
doing have left the comp position exactly as
it appears in the old chapelmaster's auto
graph score-Pall Mall Gazette.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-02-26
Ito be continued.l
The EXTINCTION of Animals.

A startling publication on the rapid ex-
tinction of the aboriginal animals of
this continent is about being issued
by the Smithsonian Institute at Washing
ton.
The buffalo has already become practi-
cally extinct within the present genera
ton It was only few years ago that
the passenger pigeon" few by millions
in the Ohio valley, but there are now but
few of them left, and they will soon be
extinct. Demonstration has alone saved
the native American turkey from utter ex-
tinction.
The great arctic sea COW, which was
found IN great numbers by Behring's ex-
petition In l74l, is no more. Only 60
years ago that proud seabird, the Ans RI
can aux, flew in countless numbers off the
coast of Newfoundland A single shell
of one of these birds was lately sold at
auction for $3.50. The last member of
this once prolific tribe has failed under
the hunters rifle. The beautiful Labra-
dor duck is no more also, the last speci-
men Of it having been seen in 1870.
OF the few aboriginal animals that still
survive it is only a question of compare
lively short time befo they will be ex-
tinct. That the seal is doomed is well
understood. Last year $4,000 hair seals
were slaughtered for leather and all in
Behring sea. Even the alligators are not
spared. They too, must soon disappear
and the increasing demand for reticules,
pocketbooks and other fancy articles.
Meanwhile a Jealous chase is kept up for
the birds of the air and every creeping
thing thing can be made to adorn fashion
and luxury.
The same mania is rampant all over the
world for the determination of the animal
tribes. The elephant is being killed in
Africa for It's ivory at rate which will
soon exterminate him. Before half CEN
tuary has passed the huntsman will stand
alone over the complete exthemination,
with nothing to shoot at but the human
race.
There is something sad in all this. sHalf
the fascination of books of travel will de-
part when the wild bills and forest and
the ruggud coasts sit cold in their desola-
ton, with no living thing to animate
them. And what is it all for? Largely
to crafty idle fashion. the vanity or orna-
ment, and the wanton passion of the
huntsman for killing.
It is high time that congress should
step in and erect some barrier against I'M
reasoning greed and the wanton slaughter
of the few native animals that still sur
vive. 1t will soon be too late.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-02-26
The ALASKAN Turkish Gath.

The Alaskans, as rule, are not par
ticularly found Of bathing, bat some of
them like occasionally to indulge in a
sort of Turkish bath of a primitive char.
acter. For this purpose a number of
long sticks are driven into the ground in
circle four feet in diameter, being
thereupon drawn together and tied at a
point six feet from the bottom. A small
fire of wood, with stones, is lighted in
the middle, and the heat is kept in with
blankets spread over the framework.
When only the cinders are left, and the
stones arc well heated, the bather takes
seat inside and proceeds to perspire.-
Washington Star.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-02-26
FARM, HOME AND GARDEN.
C. c. LORD.

The days grow longer and their prospects cheer
The dropping heart, for now the sun reviews
His ancient course; the cycle of the years
He fam takes up, and all his work Tenews,
The frost is hoar and every breeze is chill,e
But expectation halls he warmth to come,
W hen birds Will wake, buds open, ard blossoms
The air with fragrance to the wild bees hum.
Kind march of sunshine on the path of snow,
To kindle hope, and animate the bIeasti
The morn of promise turns the night of woes,
And homeward feet approach the boundless
rest
Reflect my soul, and tell the passing hours
So many weeks and then the gladstone spring;
The bli>sful end, forsooth, the thought empow-
With present joys that CLEANS prophetic brig
He who has wis 7om trembles not for shade,
Nor faints for cold: his faith commands the
That solves and melts the doubt that makes
afraid,
And trains the eye the ransomed time to see.
Frown, wintry clouds, and rage ye snowy
blasts!
Exult We ICY hosts! thy feeble line
Runs to It's early close: thy year outlasts
Thy mad career and proves the arm divine.
The faithless world, submlss, supine and pale,
Counts yesterday, today, tomorrow, bold
In gloom alone; but pat ence cannot fall
WLo bids moment waits the ;eon old.
The days grow longer, and sweet love doth read
The hOrOcOpe eternal. till the breath
OF winds celestial natures grief shall heed,
Give winter spring, and life aDso.Ye from
death.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-02-26

images. Here and there q Snow-wnI1e
limestone tower or crag to bring out more
wildly the deep rich tints of red and
brown, surmounted by the sapphire blue
of the heavens above. Under foot the
smooth level surface of the valley is car
peted with equally rich tints, made brill
liant by mingled green and gray of brass
and moses. And, towering over all, not
far away, see the snow clad summit of
Pixies Peak 1t rears its lofty form, a fit
ting background for this pantomime in
nature." said Melvorne, moved to elo-
quence by the grandeur of the scene.
Then for time we all felt the influence
of the awful mystery that surrounds this
weird and sacred place. With bowed
heads All deTouc hearts We e2ca achnoUl-
edged that we were III the presence Of the
Go1 of Naturei
] com tie Garden of the Gods we went
o,..hward over beautiful level road ne
tween huCe bluffs and crags on either side
We drove into the mouth or opening in
the mountain called Cheyenne Canyon
This cash il the giant mountain walls
seems like roadway cut into a deep snow
drift, which has become q solid mountain
and defies the power of man to move it;
While down its farther side comes q dash
ing, rushing, foaming and roaring water
fall. From the nearly level valley down
which the stream flows with gentle move
ment we can see but three Of the seven
falls that drop the water from the melted
snow into the granite well at the head of
the narrow gorge. Going up the gorge to
the well is not very difficult.
1.-THE water falls five hundred feet in
seven leaps" said Lollard, as we still
stood at the mouth of the deep cash in the
mountain side.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-02-26
THE MIL AGE TICKET.
Dilemma of the Holder, Who Had Forgot
ten What Name to Sign

Here is what the conductor says about
it: 1t is milage one and the holder of it
might have got through all right but for
his part. He had all the appearance of a
business man, and would ave passed for
drummer at meeting of the American
travelling Mems Mutual Benefit Associa-
ton. Something about the ticket aroused
the conductor suspicion, and. stretching
the slip he was about to tear off across the
back of the book ne asked the holder to
sign his name.
But l haven't got pencil" was the
reply.
'.Oh, here is a pencil all right; no
toube about that.
He grabbed for the pencil and made a
motion to sign his name, when suddenly
the pencil dropped from his grasp and he
exclaimed: "Oh! l cannot sign
my name. cannot rold the pencil. |
have got d sore finger.
well, that is strange. It did not ap
pear to be sore when you reached for the
pencil just now. 1t looked all right just
then. What is your name, anyway
well, | guess you have one On me this
time, anyhow, Gi7e me back that book
and | will pay my fare. y
The trouble was the man had forgot
ten what name was on the book and he
knew if he signed any other it would give
him away, so he thought it better to throw
up his hands and own up
''Oh no! | cannot give you the book.
1t it mine now"
But paid for it.
Il have no doubt you did, but it was to
a man who had no right to sell it. You
can settle with him about it if you like.
but am going to keep it now and 1 want
your fare
THE fare was paid and the m ileage
book was con6scated and there it al
safe and sound, | do not think it vii
make any more trouble now"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-02-26

near to it that health is much impaired by
sleeping in them. The poorest economy
Is to have large, dry parlors; and small,
ill-ventilated bedrooms; and yet nothing
is more common In the bedroom we
spend from seven to eight consecutive
hours-on an average one third part of
our lives. A person goes into one of these
rooms with the door closed. How long
will this air last him? Even if we sap
pose the sleeping room TO contain one
thousand cubic feet, it would last its oc-
cupant two hours and half What is hs
10 breathe the other FIVE or six hours?
Corbonic-acid gas-in other words,
deadly poison. Though people do not die
from tins cause, yet many cf them are
suffering with dizziness. headache, dys-
pepsia, and host of kindred diseases in
duced by sleeping in such contracted and
ill-ventilated rooms.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-02-26
Value of Oats.

Oats are grain more widely cultivated
than any other, and one which will sue
coed under conditions that would be i'm
possible for wheat or barley or even corn.
In both value and acreage this crop stood
third in the list of cereals in this country.
Last year the oat crop was poor over a
large extent of the country, and the high
price of this grain now shows how difficult
it is to fill its place. Oats exhaust the
soil more than any other grains, and are us
much benefited by phosphates as the wheat
CROP. As the crop often, and indeed u.s.
ualIy. brings as much per pound as wheat,
it will pay equally we'll for commercial
fertilizers. Seed cats will be high next
spring, and it is. therefore. more import
ant to put the crop in under conditions of
success.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-02-26
A Reporter on Beets.

Some joker has deem guying market
reporter for one of the Chicago daily pa
pers. The intelligent youth therefore
threw the following copy at the faithful
compositor:
cit is said that some buyers prefer old
beets to new. because the latter sometimes
are pale to white inside after being boiled
and cut. The old, on the other hand, are
of deep red when served, and this is
deemed preferable.
This will indeed be news to the grower,
who we'll knows that the color of beet is
determined by the variety. The blood
beets are red, some much deeper in color
than others, according to the variety, the
Egyptian blood being one of the darkest.
The roots do not get darker with age, but
some of the earliest ripening varieties are
white and striped red. These do not get
darker with age. The finer varieties of
sugar beets are white, both as to the skin
and flesh, others are of all colors from
white and yellow to red.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-02-26
Purity of Gold Tested.

The purity of gold is estimated by
Abyssinian weight called car lara
ian quirrat, bean. the fruit of the caro-
trce), which is subdivided into four part
called grains. The term carat when ap-
piled to gold and silver is not weight
unit, but the mode of expressing the
purity or fneness of the metal in twenty
fourths. Thus, eighteen "arat gold is
metal in which eighteen parts out of
twent, -four Tor three-fourths) are pure
gold. The method of estimating ineness
is traceable from the marc of Europe hay-
ing been divided into twentv-four real
carats or actual weight units. The pres
ent method is to estimate fneness in
thousands, i. e.. gold $50 fine has $50
parts alloy. and corresponds to eighteen
carat gold, three quarters of the metal
being pure gold in each case. Our gold
coins are 10 carats.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-02-26
Dreams,

Psychologists theOrize good deal about
dreams. but really tell US little more abont
them than does The little east London girl
who writes this quaint essay:
Dreams are those queer, short tales
which come into your head when you are
asleep. They are not true. IF you have
had a good supper they are rather longer
and not quite so true. Meat or fried fish
make them very long.
When you have had no supper al all you
either do not dream, or else you car t re-
member them. We generally dream some
dreams over and over again
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1891-02-26
Care of Young Heifers.

If you want the young heifer to de-
velop into good mixer, feed we'll and
milk carefully from the beginning. Do
not expect as much or as rich milk from a
young animal as from one that is fully
matured; and even if the results should be
a little below your expectations at first, let
that be all the more reason for trying what
can be accomplished by intelligent man
agement.