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The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-09-30
Experiments i'm Growing sponxes.

Experiments in Growing sponees.
It was fumored in the sponge trade on
Saturday that a company had been
formed with 800, 900 capital to under
take experiments at sponge growing on
the ocean shore of Long Island, opposite
the Shinnecock hills. The story caused
considerable amusement among practical
men in the business.
'sIt will be waste of time and money" !"
one of them said, "to try to grow sponge
in northern waters. Sponges will not
grow in a cold climate. We have grade
of sponges known in the trade as Long
Island grass sponges. They are of a
cheap quality, and do not come from our
Long Island across the river. They are
from the south"
Several attempts have been made to
grow sponges in this section during the
past ten years. ga firm in Cedar street
were interested in sponge raising
scheme down at Patchogue five years
ago." a dealer said. 'eThey started in,
if my memory serves me right, by MAX
ing an artificial bottom of coral, prac-
tically the same substance on which the
sponge grows in the Mediterranean.
Then vessel load of sponges was sunk
on the coral bed. After time several
sponge fishers of wide experience were
sent out to the bed to gather the first
crop. They found the seed sponges
rotted and there was not the slightest
evidence of a new crop. Another effort
to grow sponges was subsequently made
down the New Jersey shore, and, like
the Long Island experiments, nothing
came of it."-New York Sun.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-09-30
Ineeet Pla<ue..

Cold weather evidently fails to affect
the vitality of insect eggs. In spite of
the exceptional rigor Of the last winter
all northern Prussia and Silesia is suffer
ing from the ravages of a beetle known
as the Mai-kafer May bug'0. and the
south coasts Of the Mediterranean have
been visited by portentous locust swarms
In Sicily the public schools of several
villages have been closed to enlist the
youngsters IN the warfare against the
common enemy, and in Algiers dis
trict of twenty square miles has been
covered with locust stratum of three
to fye inches. Philadelphia Times.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-09-30
A millionaire Buys a Hat.

Isidor Wormser was acknowledged the
other day to be the greatest economist of
Wall street. A peddler's wagon was an
chored in New street, fifteen feet from the
Stock exchange and close to Delmonico's.
He peddled straw hats. Many looked at
the hats, and yet few purchased until
Mr.. Wormser ambled along. He wanted
a straw hat. He tried several
He has a colossal head, and only one
hat fitted, and that was misfit until
Mr.. Wormser manipulated it. He first
swelled the circumference by jamming
his knee into it, and even then it was a
little tight. AS last resource, at his
suggestion, the peddler ripped out the
lining.
"How Inuch?' he asked of the peddler
''Thirty-6ve cents" replied the itener-
ant merchant, and Mr.. Wormser paid
the price without a lnurmur. New York
Sun
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-09-30
One Of Colonel IneersoiI,s stories.

They tell story of Mrs. Jones, of Chi
cago, who visited Rome and while there
was shown some of the great marble
masterpieces OF the world, among others
the Apollo Belvidere. They pointed it out
to her as being the most perfect form of
man that had ever been conceived by the
brain of an artist, and the old woman
walked all around it, looked at it from ey-
cry point of rev, and she says:
That's the Apollo Belvidere. is itz-
Yes
Well. g7re me Jones. HeseDa hide
ps0denk.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-09-30
ODDS AND ENDS.
Men sometimes try to build with untem
pered mortar, but God never does.

Men sometimes try to build with untem-
pered mortar, but God never does.
The output of gold and silver in Aus
tralla In 1880 90amounted to about SEC, ,OOO, 600
The cheeks are pierced by some Eskimos,
who wear little stud buttons in the holes.
When impudence dons the mask of rep
-artee 1t is time for the company to'disperse
for the night.
The peach was. originally yery poison
GUS fruit, but by cultivation the poison
has diappeared.
The manufacture of false teeth for horses
Is a new industry just opened in Paris with
a capital of 1900, 900 francs.
When you go out for an all day tramp
don't eat up all your lunch at 10 O'Clock
You will feel starved by 2 if you do so.
Max O'Rell's next lecturing tour will be
through Australia, and he will be accom-
panied by his wife, Nine. Paul Blouet.
At Lowell, Ark, lightning struck and
killed two-year-old baby at play in the
mothers arms. The mother was not hurt.
Dates are quite another article when cut
in two, the stones removed and the fruit
soaked in boiling milk with some shreds of
lemon peel.
The sturgeon is toothless and draws in
its food by suction, but the shark has hun
dreds of teeth set in rows that sometimes
number ten.
1t is no good asking-a favor of any one
with whom you are on such terms of in
timacy that he can refuse it without en-
barrassment.
A collector of Bombay has among his
curiosities a Chinese god marked ''Heathen
IDOL" and next to it is gold piece marked
Christian IDOL"
A Maine farmer who believes in a strict
observance of the Sabbath went out and
killed lamb which persisted in bleating
on recent Sunday afternoon.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-09-30
An Error Healed Their Dlnsreuees.

Even the Intelligent compositor''
sometimes proves to be the instrument
of great good. For example, on Satur-
day an indignant husband wrote and
gave to a Brooklyn newspaper am adver-
tisement in which he gave notice that he
would not be responsible for any debts
contracted by his wife. He wished it to
be inserted twice, and somewhere in the
copy of the advertisement he wrote tho
words '.for two days" These the ''in-
telligent compositor" interpreted so that
when the notice appeared it read as fol-
lows: t'For two days after date I will
not be responsible for any debts CON
tracted by my wife, The separated
couple both saw the absurdity of the
thing and concluded to take the compos-
itor's view of the case. They are now
among the happiest persons in Brooklyn.
Newark On. J.) Advertiser.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-09-30
CON
STIPATION.

.Afiiicts half4the Amerieat, people yet there is
only one preparation of Sarsaparlln that acts OH
the bowels and reaches this important trouble
and that is joys Vegetable sarsapar;lla 1t re-
heyes it in "a hours, and an occasional dose
prevents return We refer by permission to c. E.
Ellington, 125 Locust Avenue San Francisco.
j. IL Brown, Petaluma; II. S. winn, Geary Court,
San Francisco, and hundreds OF others who have
used it in constipation One letter is a sample of
hundreds. Ellington, writes: sI have been for
years subject to bilious headaches and constipa.
ton Have been so bad for year back have
had to take physic every other night or else
would have headache After taking one bottle
OF J. " s., I am in splendid shape. 1t has done
wonderful things for me. People similarly
troubled should try it and be convinced"
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S. E.
CLEVELAND, Wash, !
June 10Th, 1891. {

UIIO IOUHJ IOOA.J
S. B. Medicine Co.,
. GENTLEMEN-Your kind favor received,
and in reply would say that L am more
than pleased with the terms offered me
on the last shipment of your medicines.
There is nothing like them ever intro
duced in this country, especially for La
grippe and kindred complaints. I have
had no complaints so far, and everyone
is ready with word of praise for their
virtues. Yours, ETC.,
NJ F. HAcKLEY.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-09-30
A Book AGENTS Suit.

Charles w. Dumont, the general agent
for the Encyclopedia Britannica, com
menced suit against Joseph M. Haw-
thorne, the West side attorney, to re-
cover $1,000 damages for an alleged il
legal restraint of liberty. It seems that
Mr.. Dumont sold set of the Encyclo-
paedia to an attorney who has desk room
in Mr.. Hawthorne's Office The paw
ments not being made Mr.. Dumont went
after the books, but vas informed by
Mr.. Hawthorne that the attorney owed
him, and he intended to keeE The books
to secure himself When Mr.. Dumont
undertook to leave the room the door was
locked. Mr.. Dumont thereupon fred
the books through an open transom and
squeezed himself through after them.
Hence the suit.-St. Paul Pioneer Press.
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Nathaniel Leavitt, farmer of st.
George, Me, put away in . canvas purse
money to pay . mortgage due last month.
Upon going after the purse he found
that mioe had totally destmgsd every
M = -
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-09-30

Don't persist in repeating .'Phew, how
hot it isF Everybody, including your
self. is aware of the fact, and you should
avoid trite utterances which are inevita-
bly, boresome, besides being indications
of narrow range of intellect.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-09-30

tea q bright. shiny green, but also permits the
use of :" offcolor " and worthless teas. which,
once under the green cloak, are readily
worked on as good quality of tea
An eminent authority writes on this sub
ject: " The manipulation of poor teas, to give
them s.fner appearance, is carried on extern
sively. Green teas, being in this country
especially popular, are produced to meet the
demand by coloring chcarer black kinds by
glazing or facing with Prussian blue, tumeric,
gypsum, and indigo. This method is so gen
erdz that very Ifttse oenufne anchored green tea
Is offered for sale
1t was the knowledge of this condition of
affairs that prompted the placing of Beech's
Tea before the public. 1t is absolutely pure
and without color. Did you ever see any
genuine unco1oned Japan tea? Ask your
grocer to open package of Beech's, and you
win see #. and probably for the very frst
time. 1twill be found In color to bo Just be-
tween the artihcisl green tea that you have
been accustomed to and the black teas.
It draws . delightful canary color, and Is 50
fragrant that it will be q revelation to tea
drinkers III parity makes It also more
economical than the artificial teas, for less
OF It fs required per cup. Sold only In pound
packages bearing this trademark:
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Health is Wealth !!

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in either sex, Involuntary Losses and Spermat-
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abuse or over indulgence Each box contains
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for $500, sent by mail prepaid receipt of price
WE GUARANTEE SIX BOXES
To cure any case. With each order received by
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send the purchaser our written guarantee to re-
fund the money If the treatment does not effect
cure. Guarantees issued only by
f BLAKELEY & HoUGHToN,
Prescription Druggists,
175 Second St. The DalIes. Or.
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is here and has come to stay It hopes
to win it's way to public favor by ener-
Igy, industry and merit; and to this end
we ask that you give it a fair trial and
It satisfied with it's course generous
support.
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A Revelation.

Few people know that the
bright bluish-green color of
the ordinary teas exposed in
the windows is not the nat
ural color. Unpleasant as the
fact may be, it is nevertheless
ARTIFICIAL: mineral coloring
matter being used for this
purpose. The effect Is two
fold. 1t not only makes the
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-09
EVENING RESORTS.

AT recent temperance meeting in
this city one of the speakers made the
statement that on his arrival in st. Paul
he spent some hours in looking about
the streets for chance for warmth and
comfort without going into a saloon. If
he meant to be taken literally, he ut
tered an absurdity, of course. There
are few cities that have more people
alert to take in the stranger on hu-
name principles. Probably no city has
exhausted its opportunities to provide
pleasant and innocuous evening resorts
for men who have no family, or little to
attract them at any stopping place. A
bill in the New York legislature author
ICES the authorities in New York city to
set apart two rooms in each of ten of
the public school houses III the poorer
parts of the city as an evening resort
for boys and men, one of the rooms to
be used as a library and the other for
games. Possibly the time may come in
smaller cities when some provisions of
this kind will be desirable.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-09
A BUTTER DANGER.

The dairy interests and friends of
honest butter have growing fight on
hand with oleomargarine and those
who persist in its unconstrained way.
This is largely Sc ctional contest. The
manufacturing states, which consume
more Of the lubricant Of viandS than
they manufacture, persist in demand
ing that they shall have chance to use
the impertinent substitute If they see
fit, without oppressive burdens upon it.
For instance, Pittsburg paper says
that the great mining and iron districts
have an Unsuitable craving for oleomar-
garine in place of butter. The chief
Incentive is its cheapnesS, of course;
but this authority alleges that
when properly manufactured it is
healthful and clearly and does more
satisfactory duty than the average but
ter of that section. There is no com
pliment in the statement to the Pennsyl-
vania buttermakers. The classes that
use the substitute there may have little
familiarity with good butter, but the
same queer craving is found in the
cities of Massachusetts. where the nor
NAL article should be no stranger. They
have been strong enough in the Iegisla-
ture to prevent the farmers from OBJ
tanning their restrictive legislation. In
Pennsylvania the law prohibits the
manufacture or sale of oleomargarine,
but the receipts at Pittsburg are given
as $4,000 pounds per week. 1t is mostly
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-09
A POssIRLE COMPLICATION.

The point raised by Senator CARLISLE
in relation 10 the operation Of the new
apportionment did not touch the ques-
ton as to the added congressman being
chosen at the next election. The act
provides that after March 4, 1898, con-
greSs shall consist of 356 members, the
present number being 332. These must
be elected in November, 1892 But the
congress already elected. and which
commences its legal existence next
month, will continue to March 4, 1898.
1t will have but 49, members. The
constitution requires that the number
Of presidential electors shall be the
same as the membership of the TWO
houses of congress. The electors
will be chosen by the states in
November, 1892, and they will
elect the president in February, 1893,
before the congress elected under the
new apportionment has commenced its
legal existence. The point then made
by Mr.. CARLISLE is that the number of
electors shall conform to the member
ship of the congress then in session,
and not the one soon to follow. The
circumstances have been the same at
the presidential elections once in every
twenty years, and the number of elect
tors has been that of the incoming, not
the existing, congress. The conStitu-
h0nal question has not been raised be-
cause the result has not been affected
by the difference in the numbers. But
it is easy to see that it might involve a
very serious complication. For in
stance, this state and Nebraska
have five additional members. The
result might be SO close that these
states being carried by the Farmers
Alliance would prevent choice by the
people. Or the twentyfour votes added
by the appOrtionment might elect the
Republican or Democratic candidates.
The two houses of congress are opposed
politically. One would, perhaps, insist
upon following the language of the
constitution, and the other would en-
trench itself in the presidents. Who
would determine the contention? There
is room for serious complication. Fort
unately, however, the prospect is that
the Democrats will have so large a ma
jority as not to make the question ma
terial to the result
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-09
General Understanding That
Everything Else Is to Be
Sidetpacked.
The Silver Spook Likely to
Bob Up as a Rider on a
Money Bill.
Gen. New Likely to Become
Secretary Of the Treas
ury.

WASHINGTON, Feb. S.-The two
branches OF congress have made rapid
progress during the last week III the
transaction of public business. but there
is general disposition at the capitol TO
do even more work daily henceforward.
The frightening of the legislative day
In the senate is expected to result in
final action before the 4th of March, not
only upon all the annual appropriation
bills, but also upon the regular long list
of measures selected by the Republican
caucus for advancement because of
their public Importance. So the week
in the senate will probably be devoted
to the consideration of the approprla-
ton bills made ready in time for action.
and such measures upon the caucus
programme as can be reached. The
naval appropriation bill, it is said,
will be called up tomorrow after final
action is reached on the eight-hour bill,
and the District of Columbia and diplo-
matte and consular appropriation bills
will be reported from committee during
the week. The other measures that will
probably intervene are the copyright
bill, the Indian depreGations bill and
the Nicaragua canal bill 1t is within
the bounds of possibility that an effort
will be made to attach free silver coin
age rider to one of the appropriation
bills, in which case some delay in car
rying out the remainder of the pro-
gramme may result. The appropriation
bills will probably continue to absorb
nearly all the time of the house for
some days to come, and the prospect for
any general legislation during this week
is not bright. The District of Columbia
committee. under the rules, is entitled
to the floor tomorrow, and is making
an earnest effort to secure the day for
local legislation, but Mr.. Cannon does
not intend TO permit anything to in
tervunce while the sundry civil bill
is pending in the house if he can pre-
vent it. The other appropriation bills
are on the calendar awaiting action, and
it is likely that their consideration will
consume practically the whole week.
There are number Of other matters.
including the shipping bill and sundry
election contests, on which action by
the house is very earnestly desired but
! 1T is the understanding among the Re-
| publicans that the appropriation bills
shall have right of way at all times.
The silver bill and the report of the
Raum investigating committee are sub
jects which may be precipitated upon
the house during the week, but IN what
| form it is impossible TO predict.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-02-09
THE STREET CAR SERVICE.


The street railway law wilt come up
again for consideration i'll committee
Tuesday evening next, but it is doubt
full whether it will finally be enacted.
There has been so much improvement
in the last few years in the matter of
transportation in st. Paul and Mime
apollS that the public is not inclined to
shoot the piano player, because it be-
lieves he is doing his best. The stand
ard with which the present system is
compared was a pretty low one, and
everythingdeSired has not been secured.
But there has been progress, The lines
in general probably do not pay very well
as yet. but this is because the service has
been so poor that MI. LOWRY has edu-
Gated our people to walk instead of ride.
There has been practically no short dis
lance travel heretofore, because if a
man had only few blocks to go, he
could cover the ground and return i'll
the time he would have waited tor car
to come by. There is nothing which is
so dependent on good service for sue
cess as a street car system. If people
feel that they can rely on it, that there
will be frequent cars and quick trans
portation, they will Datronize it. If they
cannot do this, they will walk or ride in
other vehicles.
There is great deal of we'll founded
complaint about the infrequency of the
cars on the West st. Paul routes at all
hours of the day. and the Selby avenue
Ia &c do al
at night and in the morning. A cable
train has seating capacity of probably
in the neighborhood OF SO, but as many
as 40 passengers have been carried at
one time. This will result sooner or
later in terrible accident, and Mr..
Lowry has no right to compel men to
risk their lives in order to get to their
places of business. Trains ought to
follow each other at the shortest inter
walls between the hours Of and half
past 9 in the morning and between
and in the evening. 1t would pay to
have it so, and it is due to the public.
The conductors, too, are singularly
inattentive in looking out for people
who want to get on. The gripmeu PROT
UUIN nave " w W OllfC lilC
trains, and the conductors seem to keep
their ears muffied and their eyes
straight ahead in way which is very
aggravating. Unless one is promptly
Oh the corner as train comes. no effort
will help him to oyertalle it. He might
shout loud enough to be heard in Chi
cago, but the conductor will not notice
it. We rode from Harrington avenue to
Victoria street the other evening and
our conductor never stood on the plat
form, except when another train was
passing. People who wanted to ride
had to scramble Oh as best they could
while we went grandly on in proud I'M
concern. This is all wrong. The con-
ductor should be on the platform at
every street crossing. and should lock
in all directions to see if there are peo-
pie signaling or approaching. he can
collect his fares between streets, but
we shall never have satisfactory accom-
modationS unless there are more cars
and more alert conductors.