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The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-04-29
An Elevator Ipeident.

In one of the elevators in a down town
building the other day an absent minded
man came near departing this life with
unbecoIning haste. He had stood close
by the door when the car stopped at his
floor and had allowed two or three other
passengers to brush by him. He had
made no signs of a desire to step out, but
when the elevator resumed its upward
course and the door was nearly closed he
gave a start and jumped forward until
his body projected out of the car and
prevented the door from closing. Luck
lily the conductor understood his bust
ness. With an instructive movement he
stopped the car in a few inches. Then
he drew back the door and released the
venturesome passenger, who walked
away without even looking back or say
ing word. The other passengers looked
on in silence.
Even the elevator man had nothing to
say for a minute, but when the next floor
was reached the whole affair seemed to
strike him in a new light. He didn't
think of the horror of life suddenly
taken away, of the sickening sight of a
crushed and mangled body. That's
what call a mean man." quoth he with
severity. WANT to have me sent to the
Tombs, ell? Cad. A man like that
ought to get hurt, he had New York
Times
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He Was Not to Blame.

One day on a railroad car lady al
lowed her little boy, who could barely
7tPeak distinctly, to play about the car.
and bye and bye, to the horror of all of
us, she discovered him complacently
sitting outside on the steps. She brought
him in, and although the punishment
inflicted was mild his little heart seemed
to be completely broken. When, pres
entity, the train stopped at a station
great choking sobs could be heard dis
slnctly all over the car, and suddenly
we were all convulsed by grieving, re-
proachful and utterly desolate little
voice exclaiming, Say, y,4mamma when
a-naughty old-traln1nan Ieaves-a
door wide open, how cana baby help
going out:"-West' Shore
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Bank Cars.

New Zealand has set an example
which might advantageously be follow
sed in certain parts of this country. In
the same way as we have cathedral
cars" it has travelling banks" clerk
representing the bank travels up and
down a railway line for the transaction
of the ordinary business of the bank
with those who have not sufficient facil-
Hies for coming into the city. Laden
with sachel containing his supply of
cash. and provided with a teller's usual
precautions against robbery. the clerk
makes the carriage his headquarters.
and there receives visits from customers
at the. way stations. changing checks or
taking deposits as occasion may require
This plan is said to prove profitable to
the bank and great convenience to the
settlers, who are saved all the trouble of
jOurneying to town to relieve themselves
of surplus money or to procure change
1t is not difficult, however. to see that
the New Zealanders are not properly ed
ncated in the matter of train robbery
New York Commercial Advertiser
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A Terrapin Farm.

OF late years a number of terrapiii
farms have been started along the Chesa-
peake. The biggest farm is on the Patux-
ent river, and it consists of. a large salt
water lake, which could accommodate
thousands of terrapin if they would
breed as rapidly as is desired. The
farmer has surrounded this lake with
board fences to keep out the muskrats
and foxes, which are the terrapin's enc
mics He has made hatcheries of boxes
partly filed with sand, and so arranged
that when the females enter them they
cannot get out until they are taken out.
He has nurseries for young terrapin, and
he keeps the little ones in here until they
are ten months old. in order to preserve
them from their fathers G. Car
penter In Pittsburg Dispatch.
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Mr.. BradIaurh.. windfa,1.

An interesting incident in the life of
the late Mr.. Bradlaugh, M. p. has es
capped notice in the many biographical
sketches. At time when Mr.. Brad
1angh was most in need of money he
narrowly escaped coming in for a wind
fall of over 100000. A Barnstaple gentle
man named Tuberville-a brother Of
Mr.. r. d. Blackmore, the famous a6thor
of Lorna Doone"-had such an admira-
ton for the Junior member for North
ampton that. after a very short acquaint-
zsnce, he executed will in his favor
Mr.. Tuberville died shortly afterward
at Yeovil under circumstances which
necessitated an inquest. and it then
transpired that another will in favor Of
- young lady had been made. The latter
will was disputed, and. eventually as
the result of compromise, Mr.. Brad
laugh obtained GO. .O0O.-London Tit Bits
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THE DALLES

The Gate City Of the Inland Empire is situated at
the head OF navigation on the Middle Columbia and
is a thriving, prosperous city.
ITS TERRITORY.
It is the supply city for extensive and rich agri
cultural grazing country, its trade reaching as
far south as Summer Lake, distance of over two
hundred miles.
THE LARGEST WOOL MARKET
The rich grazing country along the eastern slope
of the the Cascades furnishes pasture thousands
of sheep the wool from which finds market here
The Dalles is the largest original wool shipping
point In America, about 100000 pounds being
shipped last year.
ITS PRODUCTS
The salmon fisheries the finest on the Columbia
yielding this year Of $780, 900 which
and Will be more than doubled in the near future.
The products Of the beautiful K1ickita1 valley
market here and the country south and has this
year filed the warehouses and all available storage
places to overhowing with their products
ITS WEALTH
1t is the richest city of it's size the coast
money is scattered over and is being used develop
more farming country than is tributary any other
city in Eastern Oregon.
It's situation is unsurpassed! It's climate delight
full possibilities ncalculable! It's resources
limited! And on these corner stones she stands.
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Trumped His Partners Ace.

At "a social gathering a few evenings
age the conversation turning upon luck
"a gentleman remarked: :All this talk
, about thirteen being an unlucky mum
ber is sheer nonsense. What. for in
stance, is luckiei than holding thirteen
trulnps at whist :"
"Humph? replied another gentleman
Il held a thirteen trump hand once and
didn't make more than o1s> trick with
it,
''How cOuld.that be?'
We'll. you see, my partner was some
what hot tempered, and when tru1nped
ms ace he jumped up and threw me out
of the room. Boston Globe.
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BACK FROM TOWN.
a frinnds alIus is the hest.

Old friends allus is the best.
Halest like and heartiest:
kHowed us first. and don't allow
We're so blame much better nowi
They was standin' at the bars
When we grabbed 'the kivvered kyars~
And lit out fer town, to make
Money-and that old mistakei
We thought then the world we went
Into beat The settlement"
And the friends at we'd make there
Would beat any anywhere.
And they io-fer that's there biz:
They beat all the friends they is
Cept the raal old friends like vou
At staid home. like I'd ort tol
WY, of all the good things yit
! amt sher of, is to quit
Business, and git back to sheer
These old comforts waitin' here
These old friends; and these old hands
AT a feller understands:
These old winter nights, aud old
Young folks chased in out the coldl
Sing Hard Times IL come ag'in
No Moref' and neighbors all jine ini
Here's a feller come from town
Wants that air old fiddle down
From the clIimbleyi Git the floor
Cleared fer one cowtillion more!-
it's poke the-kitchen fire, says he,
And shake friendly leg with mel
Jemes Whitcomb Riley in Century
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Health is. Wealth !!

DIR. E. c. WEsT's NERVE ANp BRAIN TREAT
AENT, a guaranteed specific for Hysteria, Dizzi
ness, Commissions, Fits, Nervous Neuralgia
Headache, Nervous Prcstration caused by the use
OF alcohol or tobacco, Wakefulness, Mental De-
sanity and leading to misery, decay and DEATH
Premature Old Age Barrenness, Loss of Power
orrhda caused by over exertion of the brain, self
abuse or over indulgence. Each box contains
one months treatment. $1.0O box, or six boxes
for $500, sent by mail prepaid receipt of price
WE GUARANTEE SIX BOXES
To cure any case. With each order received by
us for six boxes, accompanied by $500, we will
send the purchaser our written guarantee to re-
fund the money If the treatment does not effect
cure. Guarantees issued only by
BLAKELEY q HOUGHTON,
= Prescription Druggists,
40 Second st. The DaIIes, Or.
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= Early Icehnns,.s.

In America icehouses have been known
for at least 200 years. They were at
1irst very primitive affairs, being moth
ing more than deep cellars. the flooring
zlseie of boards or stone, upon which
was placed a layer of straw or sawdust
The sides We're lined with boards set
about a foot from the wall, and this
space was filed in with sawdust, tanbark
-or straw. A rough, matched roof com
z1ieted the structure, which was then
filled with ice, between the layers of
which tanbark or sawdust was strewed.
Detroit Free Press.
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1ne cuRse OF SCOTLAND.

There Are Twenty-four Reasons why tho
Nine of Diamonds Is Called Unlueky.
Every reader has at some period of his
or her life heard of the nine of diamonds
referred to as ''the curse of Scotland -
but why, perhaps, you have never taken
the time or trouble to ascertain.
In my Repository Of the Rare and the
Wonderful / find no less than seventeen
explanations of the origin of the express
sion, while Southwick's 'tQuizzism and
Its Key" gives eleven, seven of which are
wholly different from the answers given
in the work above referred to. making in
all twenty-four different accounts of the
origin of the expression in the two WORKS
Southwick traces it back to 1745, men
tioning caricature of that date which
represents 1.-THE young chevalier,' at
tempting to lead herd of bulls laden
with papal curses across the Tweed river
with the nine of diamonds lying before
them.
Perhaps the most satisfactory explana-
ton of the enigma is that which refers
it to the massacre of Glencoe. The or
der for that cruel deed was signed by
the Earl of Stair, John Dalrymple, sec
retary of state for Scotland The coat
of arms of the Dalrymple family bears
nine lozenges, resembling diamonds, on
its shield. Thus it appears to have been
with reference to them that the nine
spot of diamonds was called ''the curse
of Scotland" The best and most likely
of the other reasons for the origin of the
expression are given below.
During the reign of Mary thief at
tempted to steal the crown from Eliza
beth castle, and succeeded in abstract
ing nine valuable diamonds from it. To
replace these heavy tax was laid on
the people of Scotland, which impover-
ished them to such An extent that nine
diamonds, whether on cloth, cards or
real jewels. were spoken of as "Albion's
curse"
In the game of Pope Joan the nine of
diamonds is the pope, whom the Scotch
Presbyterians consider a curse
1t is also said that the Duke of Cum
berland wrote his inhuman orders at
Culloden on the back of card, the front
of which was marked with nine dia-
monds.
The '-Oracle, or Resolver of Questions, y
printed in ITO, says that the crown of
Scotland had but nine diamonds, and
that the Scotch people were too poor to
add to the collection.-St. Louis Re
public
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Paving the Pfp.r.

Inquiring Boy Cooking up from book
does paying the piper mean? !.
Worried Father (absently)eTen him
10 call next week.
Il said the piper, pa"
well, if it's a plumber, he needn't
call for month. Good News.
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1t is easy enough to smile when you
tread upon rose leaves: but try ii when
each step leaves blood prints upon the
thcrns- Some of the lines in your face
may curve downward then.
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Scotch student had curious method
of studying. He spread out his books
where the hearth rug would naturally
have been, and lay there at full length
learning his task by the light of fire
1aade from roots of decayed trees which
he had dug in wood near Edinburgh
and carried to his lodgings.
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Sherwin, Williams Co.'S Paint.

For those wishing to see the quality
and color of the above paint we call their
attention to the residence of s. L, Brooks.
Judge Bennett, Smith French and others
painted by Paul Kreft
Snipes & Kinersly are agents for the
above paint for The Dalles, Or.
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Not in the Second Hand Business.

As Sheridan was entering court one
day carrying his books and briefs in
green bag, according to the custom of
the time, some of his brother barristers,
thinking to play joke on him, urged
sonne boys to ask him if he had old
clothes for sale in his green bag 'Oh.
mol" instantly replied Sheridan, they
are all new suits-r-San Francisco Ar
gonaut
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The Dalles CI)IODiCle

is here and has come to stay It hopes
to win it's way to public favor by ener-
gy, industry and merit and to this end
we ask that you give it fair trial, and
1t satisfied with it's course a generous
support.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-04-29

Now is the time to paint your hous
and if you wish to get the best qualit.
and fine color use the
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The Daily

four pages Of six columns each, will be
y issued every evening, except Sunday,
) and Will be delivered in the city or sent
by mail for the moderate sum Of fifty
e cents month
Telegram-herald., 1891-03-09
WILSON'S DEEALCArION.

The defalcation OF Hon. Thomas NJ.
Wilson, late clerk OF the Board of
State Auditors. Is a sad case. Not only
the party which trusted him so implc-
lily, but MS hundreds of friends
throughout the State will be panied
deeply at the disclosure which has
come so Unexpectedly upon them. He
has been for nearly forty years resi-
dent of Michigan, and has held many
responsible position. He was a men,
Der of the House of Representatives in
the famous War Legislature OF 1862,
and again in 1876. He went into the
State department. under the admins
tration OF Hon. +. G. ID. Holden, and has
been there ever since. Owing TO his
business training and habits, he has
been an excellent clerk of the Board of
State Auditors for years. No one
dreamed OF anything wrong in his adj
ministration, and hence il has easily
escaped notice. 1t is sad sight, when
an aged. trusted man like Mr.. Wilson
falls under temptation. HIS fall has
been caused, not by any desire to
squsnder money upon himself, for he
has always been plain and simple N his
personal habits, but for al anxiety to
DO for others more than be was able to
do. Those Who know him bcst, know
how TO pity him the most. even while
they blame him for hrs offense.
Telegram-herald., 1891-03-09

aaszs s1nasx.t TAI tasy we're Eet
grsseat ara asa asgk sose.
he nnsl vote "a tAs GnSsa { AZ ef
senator Msrss gas tsksn slgaoat L.
yeas s81 uAgs, zssAoaza Egatsaily ae-
alandsa aaass tas rules. beeA ase a solI
eal soa11 have ssssalsa tie lae2 Il 8
41oFua-
Contestants AoEros and FFsdlanaer
were Summoned - telegraph aad ~ess
ssora IA suTfsPtEeasly oy the Iiea.
tenant -GosernoE. although never before
las member OF a ed s.atise BODY ever
teen ssorn lnto once any -hsFe else
tnAB Ga Ene door 0f TIE House n aetaal
SESSION.
ihese are a. notorious facts. and the
transaction vas So shameless, that 4
~as dsaoaaeed ~ every newspaper Te-
porter prssenE, as a dlsggaeefai pgoeesd
ING
vii the Bee please add These s.mpls
facts % is statement. or q0it tuzzlng
about Michigan matters,
Telegram-herald., 1891-03-09
rHE JEWS fEafERANoE.

RABBI SCHNEIDER, OF boston, : Jew.
He = al honest. earnest. consistent.
learned Jew. he Is a sober. thinking,
reasoning Jew. One Of the subjects Of
much serious meditation with him 5
the temperance question. lie reeently
delivered al address Ia Boston IA
answer To the question; why are
there no drunkards among the Jews?'
Ia that lecture he made the statement
that one reason why they had absta!ned
from the immOderate Use or lntoneat-
ing drinks vas because such beverages
were never prohibited.
The following summary OF his ideas
is gwen by an exchange: There would
be less sln a the world and fewer SIN
ners If there were fewer rules, ordln-
ances and laws 10 pe transgre ssed. No
sooner Is thing prohibited than at
human mind. The second cause of
temperance among the Jews was the
care and attention given 10 food. The
rabbi thought that women who are
working against the evil OF intemper-
ance should devote half the time they
now give 10 public meetings and TO pre-
parlpg speeches to the study oil cook
books and to the preparation OF proper
food for their husbands, brothers aud
sons. The third cause why Jews have
remained temperate was their pleasant
family lie. and the fourth was the IN
culeatlon OF the Jewish religion that
man should rely upon himself, make
this world pleasant abode, and that
ne has and needs no mediator between
himself and hls God. RABBI SCHNEIDER
maintained that attention should be
gwen TO the Strengthening Of the will,
that the doctrine which teaches man to
rely upon others for aid. should be
changed for such as teach self-reliance,
that instead of telling the drunkard
that We pray for him and he should
look 10 a mediator TO remove tempta-
ton and destroy his vicious appetite.
we should make him realize that he
must master his appetite by his own
will power. The lecturer thought that
If civilization is TO be measured by the
temperate habits of people and by
mastery over appetites and passions,
the palm is due to the Jews who can
PRIDE themselves on having done, by
word and example, as much for hui
manity as those who persistently boast
of having caused this civilization.
Some of the religious ideas main
tanned by the Rabbi would not suit the
orthodox Christian, and his temperance
notions would not meet the approval
of the rabid Prohibltionlst. But the
candid man, nevertheless, Will find
some food for reflection in the Rabb's
argument.
Telegram-herald., 1891-03-09
No CONNECTION

In speaking Of the eabezzlement by
the late clerk OF the Board of State
Auditors, the Democrat ssys that. Il
the "ioose manner Of dong business,
or rather OF not doing business
be not reformed, the peo-
pie viii be more than ever persuaded
that the AUdltor-C4eneraI' Office ia a
eircumIocut.on office, The msjor part
% whose duties could be performed
better and more economically by local
county osicers" IF the Democrats :
loose manner & speaking Of state
Affairs be not reformed. the people viii
BE more than ever persuaded that that
psper knows more OF New York ard
Wisconsin tran & does Of Michigan.
As the Board cf State Auditors "a 10
part of the Auditor Generals DEPART
ment. snd the Aaditor-GeueraI = not a
mensher CT the Beard OF state
Auditors, tie connection found BE-
tween TIE two by tie Democrat 3 rot
very apparent
Telegram-herald., 1891-03-09
But Wen Get That Canal

Muskegan Chronicle:
Grand Rapids gets It's annexation bill
through, and now has room To grow.
Being i'll the growing line Itself Muske-
gon halls with delight Tips expansion
OF It's sister city. We pok} fun at the
ship canal sometimes but Ill the same
the Valley City Is our good neighbor
and friend. and If outsiders assall her
Muskegon viii be prompt to the rescue.
All we nave 10 do Is TO grow fastenough
and we shall some day grow together
like twin potatoes.
Telegram-herald., 1891-03-09

No matter what the school of physic,
They each can cure an ache or phthIsic
-At least It's said they can;
But as Science turns the wheel still
Faster,
And quacks and bigots meet disaster,
To Us there comes man
Whose merit hath won countless Zealots
Who use and praise his pleasant Pei
let's"
The Pleasant Purgatiye Pellets" of
DR.. Pierce, though gentle III action,
are thorough, and never fail to cure
biIllousness, diseased or torpid liver,
and constipation.
Telegram-herald., 1891-03-09

TFVF ttfs y - EEfEFt
Men0msnee Herald.

Menominee Herald:
The blll introduced by Doran into the
Legislature OF Michigan IA regard TO
taxing iron ore 20 cents per ton, II
passed, would kill business deader than
a door nail III the upper peninsula.
Such propositions "a these introduced
oy Democratic Senators. whose party
speakers posed dunng the campaign as
"Ihe laborlng mans friend" ought TO
open the eyes OF the blindcst laborer IN
the upper peninsula 10 the fact that
such party Is the exact opposite OF
what they pretend.
Telegram-herald., 1891-03-09
Not Killed by Mckinley.
Elgin News:

ElsIu NtN5.
Nation after nation is swinging into
line in determined movements to help
the worlds fair, and thereby assist
themselves. Cuba alone will be repre-.
sented by thirty commissioners and will
make an exhaustive EXHIBIT OF ner
grea. resources. Everything points TO
the grandest and most instructive of all
the so called worlds fairs. Americans
should show their originality by not
copying the foreign features.
Telegram-herald., 1891-03-09
Tna,'s IL. Record.

heed I-Iy IIaFI0E7
IL the Democratic parry wish - 90
before the people ~ Tie State oi Miehl-
gan At tie coming spring elseuon On
record OF stealing state oenstOrs aud OF
do-nothng policy, the Republicans
ought not 10 Otleet. Let the Democrats
alone, they are hanging themselves
every day, aud they ale killing them
selves before tie people OF the state.
Telegram-herald., 1891-03-09

Nsaseal8 herAs4
Tee ggoE~ssltlen 81 rA.se TIE salary of
Ess Ats9gu@s esSaerA4 81 tazs Stale -
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cam gpoa tAs treasury. Nuea tas
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staas9 lAss tai, shoaang. bslloS q : sn8
szssisz t1k al 81 fAyor 90 feicrs. zaa
4 reduction of tAS t2Kes - s2se tie
E-s.&vts 81 gae dear people from oeing
ioagsF plunasFea, ne aeseF s4sd ons
nVf1 zooQt tie saasll s4laFY Ua2i tie
AtsoEGSy Genera sss zStllpg.
Telegram-herald., 1891-03-09

HIS. Grs~tassS- Ml1st ksEs ycs -
iass ~ shAi Ea1Sslnys
MF 3Fe2Eksaa&-- hEa - draw Up >
laAg 81 < ncSakut4ezAS Ia p1.naos&s<sE
oaznphzaeHttG.s mr. bgAllhesds Srest e.n'
Sssk,cs a. = nszst.ef Il tbs ns~@Ed. sla-i
expressing oxsr taa@r11slE rexnog ~ losaAs
Als Iuysl1sbis All And counsel.
.'of AL tlAlagSl Way, wa ara1 the rest
have foua nght1ng faE Tie lssi thrc<
EL.a1Ets4s - ~ hlla ont ~ the board
YES, bat to-nignS hs rz>gnea salals-
Ialzls New iuTA Weekly
Telegram-herald., 1891-03-09
Painting IN Oil. A practical manuel

Painting IN OIL. practical manuel
for the use OF students. Square, II
months, cloth 81 Robert CLARK *
Company, publishers, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Miss Mclaughlin has written num-
ber OF art books, not the least valuable
of which IS the one bearing the above
title. She has clear direct style and
IN the present volume she gives lucid
statement OF the scientific theories and
facts relative 10 colors, treating the
whole subject broadly and technically.
Students VII find It helpful acquls.-
ton.
Telegram-herald., 1891-03-09
The Reaction.

Fort Wayne Gazette:
The "tidal wave" over which Demo-
Gratis were SO joyful last fall, seems TO
be receding. In New York, town elec-
tions have been held within the past few
days, and the Republicans have been
successful. Rome never had a Repub-
lican mayor until she elected one re-
Gently, and Elmira, the home of Gov
ernor Hill himself, has been carried by
the Republicans, the only time III
years.