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The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-06-22
Hats and Heads,

& 1t has been noticed by Mr. Henry
Heath. who sends hats all over.the world,
from Calcutta to Peru, that different ma
tionalities, possess heads of distinctive
sizes and shapes. For instance; Germans
have very round heads, a peculiarly
shared by our own royal family. The
average English head is what hatters call
A, good shape that is, rather long, The
Scotch, one is not surprised to learn, are
very long headed. Canadians are dis
tinguished by exceptionally large heads
South Americans by very small ones.
Australians, again, have rather small
heads. The subject is an interesting one.
and worth, pursuing further if space al
lowed. The heads of individuals also
vary good deal from time to time,
shrinking during illness or mental worry.
and generally becoming smaller with ad-
vancing years. As to shape, there is
such thing as fashion, but it only affects
mashers; men stick to much the same
shape year after year.-Pall Mall Ga
Zette.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-06-22
Mail in Early California Days.

A Californian tells this story of boom
times in San Diego. 4 The general deliv-
cry window of the postoffice was always
crowded. One week the mails were gde-
layed for several days, and when they
were at last distributed the line of IL
quirers at the general delveryiwindow
of the postoffice extended, for. six, blocks
A man who fell in line in the early
morning got to the window and received
his mail about 8 o'clock in the evening.
y One old lady who had plenty of ttime
On her hands, took, with her q campstool
and her lunch basket, and camped right
there on the lne.., She received no let
her, and turned away apparently happy
although she waited in line for seven
hours. When this mail accumulated the
postmaster made no attempt to distribute
the newspapers. Theyywere simply piled
Upin one corner, and finally q wagon
lead of newspaper mail was carted away
from the postofice.r To, be distributedp
Oh. no; to be dumped into San Diego
bay.-Exchange. A Cnf5E rs n 3
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-06-22
How the People of sangir Keep Time.

The people of Sangir, an island of the
Malay Archipelago, keep time by the. aid
of an hour glass formed by arranging
two bottles neck to neck. The sand runs
out in. half an hour, when the bottles
Fare reversed. Close by them line is
stretched, on which hang twelve sticks
marked with notches from one to twelve,
with a hooked stick, which is placed be-
tween the hour last struck and the, next
one One of these glasses keeps the time
for each village, for which purpose the
hours are sounded on gong by keeper
London Tit-Bits
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-06-22

have seen it stated over and over
again that ..'falP-autumn-i is an Amer
icanismg'lI am not sure that have ever
seen it tcontradicted. myself learned long
ago that to Dorset rustic ''fall' was
the word of native speech, ca'tumnS al
mere high polite exotic. Qs it SO still, /
wonder. in this day of board 4schoolsT
However, here is a passage from book
OF the Seventeenth century, in which
spring and fallrare spoken of as Dor
set man might speak; al = i go
And this doe, not SO verie expreslie,
by occasion of my contingent health,
though still, if secure not from some
decades this spring, may chance do it
lesse happilie in the fall. Notes and
Queries
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He Gently but Firmly refused.

Reginald exclaimed an up town
bride of two months, as she returned
from a shopping tour II saw the love-
hest diamond necklace imaginable to-
day; and so cheap, too; it can be bought
Tor mere song" Then she paused to
hear what remark Reginald would make.
MY darling" quoth he, ''you know how
gladly | would grant you every wish:
but grieve to say that in this case l. am
unable to do so. Nature has not en-
dowed me with the power of producing
vocal melody. Icould not sing though I
should be promised solitaire for every
note "-Lockport Journal.
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Health is Wealth !!

..sDR. E. CIV WEsT's. NERVE AND BRAIN;TREAr-
ness, Commissions, FITS Nervous Neuralgia
l Headache, Nervous Prostration caused by the use
preston, softening OF the Brain, resulting in in
sanity and leading to misery, decay and death,
Premature Old Age, Barrenness, Loss of Power
in either sex, Involuntary Losses and Spermat-
orrhoea caused by over exertion of the brain, self
abuse or over, indulgence Each box, contains
one months treatment 81 90 a box or six boxes
for $500, sent by mail prepaid receipt of price
81 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
a cure Guarantees issued only by 80
- BLAKELEY g &HOUGHT0N.
.gat ~ Prescription Druggists,
It's Second St.. The DalIes, Or.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-06-22

In case of person choking from some
thing sticking in the throat or windpipe,
try and dislodge it. with the fingers, or a
blunt pointed scissors may be used. A
hairpin with loop on its end is also
useful Holding the person with the
heels in the air and vigorous humping
on the back is also of frequent service.
When children swallow marbles or coins
it is mistake to give purgative. The
strange matter will find an escapement
without effort -e's7,--- - =
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-06-22

The newspaper requires the very best
of the brains and Drawn of its followers
The newspaper man is a soldier in a
great army. Always ready must be his
motto. It is not for him to reason why.
1t Is for him to obey-to do or die. And
who ever knew him to hesitate2
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-06-22
A Lucky BOY.

A Lad at Annapolis was lying on
lounge reading a-novel, when bullet,
fred a quarter of q mile away, came
through door, fell upon his chest and
slipped down into his vest pocket, where
he found it half an hour later. He
thought his brother had hit him with a
spool Detroit Free Press. 4
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-06-22

, In Corea every unmarried man is con-
sidered a boy, though he should live to
be 400. No matter what his age, he fol-
lows in position the youngest of the
married men, despite the fact perhaps of
having lived years enough to be their
father. -..
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THE DALI ES.

The Gate City of the Inland Empire is situated at
is thriving, prosperous city, a. .l.a
ITS TERRITORY
1t is the supply city for extensive and rich ar
cultural an grazing country, its trade reaching
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 s, 900 900 pounds being
shipped last year. sstlgs eeso0f skfst
sau.os siss5 i. i - ITS PRODUCTS.
The salmon fisheries the finest the Columbia,
yielding this year revenue OF $15oOOoO which can
and Will be more than doubled the future
The products Of the beautiful Klickital valley find
market here and the country south and east has this
yeaI-hled the warehouses and all available storage
places to overfowing with their products
s s 5ssa * -sg @ @ @ ITS WEALTH
It's the richest city of it's size the coast
is scattered over and is being used to develop
farming country than is tributary to any other
city in Eastern Oregon. ~: S.
Its situation is unsurpassed It's climate delight
full Its possibilities incalculable
limited! And on these corner stones she stands.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-06-22
Doesn't Pessimism Pax9

z She-It's disgusting to see people so
demonstrative in public places. a Who's
that man across the street who kisses
his wife and baby on the doorstep when
he leaves every morning? iliais s3Szi G.
He That's Dodsen, who writes Gym
ical paragraphs on matrimony. Epoch
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rAe-e,AAsr-~auass-caAe..

He Climbs Cocoanut Trees and Cracks the
Nuts Against Steness
In the mining bureau may be seen u
very fine specimen of the remarkable
large land crab known as the purse crab,
or Birgus latro, which is well preserved
In a glass jar. This one of the largest
species of land crab Enown It is some
times found from 1S TO "a inches in
length when fully stretched out, and is
capable of erecting itself to the height
of nearly foot from the ground, which
it readily does if irritated, retreating and
exhibiting to the utmost it's powers of
offense and defense.
1t is somewhat allied to the hermit
crab, but having. the abdomen or tail
shorter, yet very large, on the under side
of which it carries its eggs in immense
quantities. Its under side is soft and
membranous, its. upper surface covered
with strong plates, which overlap one
another as in Holsters. The first pair of
legs have large and powerful pincers:
the second and third pairs of legs are
terminated by-a single nail; the pair next
to them are a little smaller, with small
pincers: the pair-of legs nearest to the
abdomen are very small, but terminated
by rudimentary pincers. E~pa
When teased this crab is so powerful
in.its firsticlaws andlegs as to be able to
cling to a stick, and can hold it's own
weight to be carried for over half hour
before letting go, = 1t can travel about as
fast backward as forward if pursued. 1t
is generally of a yellowish brown color !,
its imbssebeings however, covered with
little blacksh projections.
-. 1t is never found far from the sea, to
which it is said to pay visits in order to
moisten its gills, but it always resides on
land, and is generally found in holes un7
der the roots of trees, especially of cocoa
nut trees. which it prefers, and where it
accumulates great quantities of the ibers
of the cocoanut husks, as if to keep itself
warm or for a. soft bed. As general
thing the purse crab stays in these holes
during the daytime and comes out at
night q
I It's food generally consists of cocoa
nuts, also the nuts of species of palm
known as Pandanus odorotismus, and
other nuts, which it climbs the trees to
procure, cutting the cocoanut from the
tree with its heavy claws, and after it
has cut down two or three it descends
and commences to pull the husk from
them. rrF rf
- ~ b .
In its manner of dealing with cocoa
nuts it exhibits remarkable instinct, as
it always begins tostear off the husk at
the endNwhere the eyes are. 1t then
makes, a hole through the eye, from
which the nut would germinate. This
is done by striking the fruit with its
heavy claw and breaking it sufficiently
to admit one of the small legs, by which
it scoops ont the nut with its small, pin
GERS Sometimes it seizes the nut by
one fits great pincers and breaks it
against a store.S YvNt9 rrt<s4 Il 2 !
The purse crab is found in the mount /
aims and in the more eastern islands of
the Indian ocean, as well as on some of
the islands of the South Pacific, more es-
peciaiiy in the Caroline islands, which
are a low coral group.-San Francisco
Chronicle. As@i = SNl
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-06-22

Lord Aberdeen is one of the most pop
ular noblemen in Great Britain. He is
democrat by sympathy as well as
principle, and has been known to ride
down to his club in a milk wagon when
cab was not handy. He is much sought
after in Edinburgh society.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-06-22
FORTUNES FOR MANY

To the question whether he was look
ing for capital or a purchaser, Mr.. Mont
gomery returns an emphatic negative.
The mines, he lays, are the richest he
ever saw. and he is satisfied that he can
realize a fortune by working them.
There ought to be plenty of placer gold
in the gulches leading from the ledges
that have been discovered, but no effort
has been made to find any. All the
miners yet in the camp are busy on the
quartz claims they have located. On one
claim taken up by Montgomery a cross
cut has been pushed for twenty feet
across the vein without striking the
hanging wall. and it is free milling ore
all the way. .i sfseI as3
Besides the deposits of gold, some rich
silver veins have been found, assays from
which run over hundred ounces to the
ton. Lead and copper also abound, but
at present gold is the sole object Of
search,
There is plenty of mesquite wood for
fuel in the valley within three Cor four
miles of the newly discovered camp,
while in the mountains, fifteen miles
away, are forests which afford album
dance of timbering material Water can
be had at moderate depth in Pahrump
valley, while at Ash Meadows, fifteen
miles away, are streams which could be
utilized for power. :;'' siE1.3j :
!, In any event the Breyfogle mystery
seems to have been solved, and perhaps
this fact viii give another. stimulus to
the search for the Gunsight and the Peg
leg mines San Francisco T.efter.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-06-22
The Prevailing Ennui.

'eYou look tired"
81 am.
.'Too many social dissipationsY'
mo. Not enough. Puck.
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GOLD DUG OUT BY HAND.
DISCOVERY OF eREYFoeLE's MINE
BY A PRosPEcToR.

Many Lives Have Been Lost in the searcl,
There on the Surface in Lumps Like
Plums In a Pudding.
There is not a miner or old settler in
the southern part of California who is
not familiar with the story of the famous
Breyfogle mine. It ranks with the Gun
sight, the Pegleg and the Lost Cabin
legends. Like them it has cost dozens
of lives, and so unsuccessful and fatal
have been the many expeditions made
IN search of the mine that it has come
to be regarded by many as myth.
Briefly, for the information of those
who have never heard the tale, the story
goes that away back in the early fifties
a party, in which was a man named
.Bre5fog1e, set out for California by way
of the southern Utah road, route which
lay through the southern portions of
Utah and Nevada, skirted Death valley.
traversed the Mojaye desert and finally
terminated in either the San Bernardino
or Los Angeles valley,
.r Breyfog1e was something of miner
In his, way, and while prospecting in a
wild and forbidding region he found a
, kA<1N0 ~ AOAOr AOfOO4A0 44bCI1l1y 01kf RI6<4G
nuggets of gold out of the decomposed
quartz or cement. as he called it, with
his knife As he. described the place,
there was large deposit of an exceed
ingly rich character enough to- make
the whole party wealthy. He. returned
to camp, but the travellers were short of
provisions and water, the Indians were
troublesome and there was no time to
waste in mining. ie
= They pushed on toward their destina-
ton, but between the Indians and thirst
only few of them ever reached civiliza-
ton. Breyfogle told his story, exhibited
the nuggets he had dug out and careful
~ preserved, and then spent the rest of
his life in a fruitless search for the de-
posits Others who heard the story fol-
lowed his example, and for upward of
forty years the Breyfogle mine has been
veritable will-o'-the-wisp, Turing men
to destruction lin the terrible deserts of
southeastern California and southwest
ern Nevada. :, .t.i .v:s. a
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-06-22
A LUCKY STRIKE.


George Montgomery, an experienced
miner well known in the Wood river re-
g1on OF Idaho, was on a prospecting trip
in the, region to the southeastward of
Death valley. It should be promised
b that the old Utah road after leaving San
4Bernardino city turns through the Cajon
pass and then strikes off in q northeast
erfy direction across the Mojave desert,
passing Resting Springs, the Kingston
mountains and then traversing the Pahr-
ump valley. This valley lies Just on the
boundary line between California and
Nevada and has a general northwest
erly and southeasterly course, the Kings
ton mountains lying to the west and the
Pahrump range to the east.
While prospecting in the mountains
last named and at the upper end of the
valley Montgomery made a discovery
which bears every indication of being
the long sought Breyfogle mine, or at
least one exactly simiiar. ~ But tthe. loca-
tion answersito; that tgiyen. n.bynBreyfogle
while the, gold hasgbeen found just as he
.said-so, plentiful that, it could be dug
out in nuggets with knife.
One ledge located by Montgomery is
eight feet wide, and has been traced by
feet. In the decomposed surface rock
the gold is found almost. like plums in a
pudding Pieces of quartz picked out
are from q quarter to half bright yellow
gold. while with a hand mortar the
lucky discoverer pounded out in short
time yeast powder can full of. nuggets
of various sizes. !, All along the ledge
free gold is found in quantities that as
Z stonish the Oldest prospectors and which
seem scarcely credible! M ~ A
making. several locations Mont
gomery spead the news of his discovery,
the result being that some thirty or forty
miners are at work in the valley. Mont
gomery himself packed up as large a
quantity of the richest specimens, as he
could carry and made his way across the
desert to Daggett, the nearest railroad
point, 100 miles away. From there he
came to San Francisco.
~ pOpTUynJrzcl -rH(,r, Nj
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-06-22

Now is the time to paint your house
and if you wish to get the best quality
and fine color use the
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-02
Charity Appreciated.

A benevolent old lady who lives in q
fashionable London suburb started a
soup kitchen on a small scale, with the
object of alternating the distress of which
she had read so much. Only eight per-
sons applied for relief One, crippled
woman, continued as constant visitor.
-Four of the applicants did not like soup
Two others did not return with the jugs
lent to them. The eighth was a small
boy who was punctual in his attend
ance, and evidently, as she believed APP
preciated the soup. There was some
thing in his manner that aroused the
sympathy of the old lady, SO she inter-
rogated him.
He was crossing street sweeper in a
grand square close by. He confessed
that his earnings amounted to sixteen
shllhngs -four dollars) week, while his
mother could earn two slillings and six
pence day by charing. The old lady,
who was taken aback, asked. And do
You think you ought to come here for
soup:" With that frankness which is SO
charming in the small boy, he replied:
well, no, don't, and that's a fact,
ma'am, but if you'll only give me a
penny every time you walk over my
crossing you can eat your soup yourself"
Toronto Globe
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-02
s.. Iou,. to COLORADO n. w,en,...

Commencing Sunday, July 1880. the
Missouri Pacific railway will run through
sleeping cars from st. Louis via Pleasant
Hill, Rich Hill, Fort Scott and Wichita to
Geneseo and from thence to Pueblo. Colo
RADIO Springs and Denver. This change
was made on account Ok . great many peo-
pie from the east going to Colorado being
DESTROYS of going via Wichita The train
will stop here two hours, giving all q
chance to view the Fearless Princess" and
still land passengers in Colorado same
time as if they had gone via Kansas City
1t also gives the citizens Of Wichita sleep
ing car service from here to Colorado. Re
turning, it gives us through sleeping car
service Wichita toSt. Louis, and gives the
Colorado people a chance to 60 east via
Wichita. This change will undoubtedly
be appreciated by the travelling pubic, ana
especially by the citizens OF Wichita Ii
you are going east or west 60 via the pop
ular new through route. Through char
and sleeping car service. New route Just
completed between Fort Scott and Rich
Hill goes through the finest mineral and
agricultural country in the west Don't
forget the new short line to st. Louis or
Colorado.
City ticket Office, 100 North Main street.
Wichita, Kansas
46-tf E. E. BLECKLKY. P. e. 7. A
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-02
Are You Going to Washington Territory

Parties emigrating TO the north ives
Will ind II to their interest by calling a
the Rock Island ticket office for informs
ton regarding rates, routes and accommo
dnoons via this line. Do not not be de
ceived by agents OF other lines as 10 this
route, You are invited to call at the Office
and be convinced as 70 the superiority Of
the Great Rock Island route over all
others By patronizing this line you can
have the choice of four different routes
west of Denver For speed, safety and
comfort the Rock Island leads the process
sion. w. II. WIsHART. Ticket Agent
Office 100 East Douglas avenue. ceorner
Main street c69-tf
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-02
Personal Note by Editor.

We have Travelled few miles in our life
time, and know what it is to be uncom-
fortably housed in a poorly upholstered
car and rudely tossed up and down on old
iron rails that are laid on dirt road bed.
We have been there; but it was always on
other roads than the Santa Fee Their main
line between Chicago and Denver is hard
to beat. The rails are of heavy steel, the
track smooth and rock-ballasted; and the
through "Cannonb alP' train that flies at
a fifty miles per hour speed over this ele-
CANT roadway is as pretty bit OF work
manship as Messrs. Pullman ever turned
out. Each vestibule sleeper is model Of
luxury, and As easy as cradle. Chair
cars. library cars, and day coaches are AS
carefully adapted to the travellers ever
want. The Santa Fe is rightly nam
the most comfortably line"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-02
Incersoll on California.

In a recent magazine article Mr.. Ernest
Ingersoll, the noted writer, says:
1.-The climate of Southern California in
winter closely resembles that of Egypt.
It's equability is constant, and its dryness
is proverbial. The only complaint made is
that it is too nearly perfect. Residents
bred in the eastern states confess now and
then that rousing storm would give them
a grateful sensation. But this sentiment
meets with no favor from the man Who has
just fled from a superfuity of wetness and
seems perpetual paradise. and to the in
valid dreading the advance of disease, the
STILL arid atmosphere is as the breath of
life"
The most com Portable way to reach the
Pacific coast is via Santa Fe Route.
Weekly excursions in Pullman tourist
sleepers at low rates. Apply to G. L.
Nicholson, G. P. & L. A, Topeka, Kan,
for folder. SO
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-02
G. A. r. Encampment.

The encampment of the G. A. r. Of the
state of Kansas will be held at Hutchin-
son. The Missouri Pacific railway is the
only line by which you can reach Hutch
inson without change of cars.
Train leaves Wichita at $40 a. NJ, ar
rives at Hutchinson at 9:55 a. m. Return
ing, leaves Hutchinson at Ais p. NJ,
arriving at Wichita at 6:25 p. N.
There is another train for Hutchinson.
leaving Wichita at 5:35 p. NJ. and one re-
turning at 11:20 a. m.
The Missouri Pacific railway will sell
excursion tickets for this occasion at one
fare for the round trip. Sale commencing
on April Goth. giving a final return limit
to May 1st.
For further information call at city
ticket Office, No. 100 n. Main. or depot
corner Wichita and Second streets.
dbl 1T E. Z. BLECKLEY, 2. & 7. A.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1891-05-02

California, Washington and Oregon are
having boom" On solid basis this year.
The country is fast filling up with farmers.
happen to be one of the many who are
thinking of taking trip to the Pacific
coast, for pleasure or business, write to G.
T. Nicholson, G. P. and T. A, A. I. & S.
F. r. r., Topeka, Kan, for Pacific coast
literature; or apply to local agent Santa Fe
route, 122 North Main street. or Union pas
senger station, corner Douglas and Fifth,
and learn all particulars about personally
conducted parties. 139 If