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water rhat Flows 1.to tn. E.r.h.

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There is, an interesting instance of
water flowing inland from the sea- tits
found on the island of Cephalonia, in the
Ionian sea, west OF, Greece. The phe-
nomenen occurs on the. southwest side
of the island, near the small town and
port of Argostoi. Two streams flow at
a short distance from one, straight from
the sea for a few yards, and then follow
different courses One turns at right
angles, and runs for some ways parallel
with the shore and close to it. Then if
turns again toward the sea, and run
ming. of course, deeper and deeper,
doubles completely under ITSELF, thus
formscs a loop. and finally passes out of
sight deep down in a landward direction
In, it's course it turns two, flour mills,
which will give an idea of the strength
of the current There is no tide IN the
sea here, and the flow of the salt water
brook is perfectly steady and. continuous.
The, other stream disappears in the
ground in similar way.
This curious phenomenon has not at
tracted much, attention because Argos
toll Is not on one of the regular tourist
routes. No one knows what becomes OF
this water. but it probably flows to. some
subterranean reservoir, and it may have
something to do with the earthquakes
that occur in that neighborhood once in
a long while, or possibly it feeds some
distant volcano, for, as is well known,
the, most generally accepted theory OF
the cause of volcanic eruptions is that
they are due to steam generated from
water admitted through cracks in, the
earth's crust or in some other way
Goldwaite's Magazine
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Before plunging into housekeeping,
consider well the point of attack.
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Adxertised Letters.

The following is the list of letters re-
manning in The Dalles postoffice, un-
called for Friday, May 8, 1891. Per-
sons calling for these letters will please
give date on which they were adver-
tised:
Baker, B Bowers, George
Bryant, III M Chittenden, w E =
Estes, James, (2) Fair, M D
Getse, Frank Guyton, A H
Gun, Jas K Hayden, Mr. BLACK
Jackson, W>R smith)
Martin, ] b Speakman, John
Steiner, Jacob Smith, Mrs Ella
Smith, G E Thomas Ben
Thompson, Jas Warner, Wm(2)
Ward Harry, Wright, B D (4)
Winters, Mrs Samantha
M. T. NOLAN, P. M
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All of them, sir.
This Is a meohanioal Ace.

Mrs. Brown (at Mrs. Smiths tea)-Oh
dear, that dreadful Miss Smith is sing
ing again. 1 Iwonder what started her.
Tom Brown (aged seven)I dropped a
penny down her back when she wasn't
looking. London Tit-Bits.
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Red Tape.

A distinguished general IN, command
Of one of the military districts of the
United Kingdom gave. instructions to
an officer serving under him, who had
special, qualifications for, the work, to
prepare a scheme of defense for one oi
the most important ports under his com
mand. This officer, whose zeal was
above suspicious prepared a very elab.
crate report, entering into :. the most
minute details, which he, forwarded ac-
icording to his orders He heard nothing
further about it for several months, until
at, length it was returned, when be
eagerly looked to see what remarks the
general had made upon his work. To
his disgust he found nothing until he
arrived at the last page of the report.
where was written, "You should have
used a wider margin."-Vanity Fair
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Another Faraday Wanted.

The steam engine returns. in power
scarcely more than ten per cent. of the
theoretical energy of the coal burned,
and the most important problem on
which Edison and others are now work
ing is the direct conversion of heat into
electricity, by which much of the loss of
energy might be avoided. But it almost
seems, Prof.. Elihu Thomson, declares,
that we must wait for another Faraday
to come forward and show us principles
that are not now known, some relation
between electric energy and heat energy
whereby we can convert even 80 to 40
per cent. OF the heat energy into electric
energy. 'Look what it means, should
such a thing come about The steam
engine would disappear. The steam
locomotive would disappear. The appa-
ratus to propel the steamship would not
be steam engine with its reciprocating
motions and racking strain. but would
have that quiet rotary motion which
characterizes the modern electric motor. ("
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Henry Peters, a subject of the German
empire, and Charles and John Meal
lister, former subjects of Great Britain
and Ireland, have declared their inten-
ton to become citizens of the United
States.
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From New York to London in six days
and twenty hours. This is the astonish-
ing quick time made by the new twin
screw mail steamers, the Colum bia,
Augusta, Victoria, Normannia and
Fuerst Bismark. Apply for tickeUs to i.
G. Nickelsen, agent in this city. Par
cells and money forwarded to all parts of
Europe by Globe express.
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The county court is in session with
full attendance.
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The Chronicle is the Only Paper in
The Dalles that Receives the Associated
Press Dispatches.
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rh. Ro.nanc. Of wa.tinr.


It is wonderful now every little duty
and necessity of every day life is sur
rounded with halo OF charm and Legend
airy lore. Some things seem SO simple,
and practical thatgwe imagine that noth-,
ing of weird description can possibly
be associated with them. yet in Inanyin-
stances the simpler the operation the
greater the affinity it appears to have
for things supernatural. A
Offhand, we should say that washing
cannot be invested with any romance,
but old wives will tell us otherwise.
Woe betide the person that dares to wash
his or her hands in the same basin OF
water that has been or will be used by
another individual! They will be sure
to quarrel. Or, again, if you wipe your
hands upon the same towel and at the
same time with another person, you and
that person will at some period of your
lifetime go begging together.
The late Cuthbert Bede, however, tells
us that he was informed in Ruthland-
shire that these dreadful things would not
happen provided you first made the sign
of the cross over the water. Another
curious thing. too. in connection with
this is that the quarrel only supervened
when basin of water. was used. You
might wash together in running stream
as often as You pleased and NO ill effect
would come of it.lChambers' Journal.
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Ancient American CIoths.

The Mexicans spun and wove cotton,
and the Peruvians both cotton and wool,
into fabrics which the Spaniards found
in every way equal to anything they
had known at home. The Peruvians,
in particular, were adopts in the art.
When Pizarro made the conquest of
their country in 1898, he found in the
empire of the Incas four species of an
imals little different from each other,
which he called the sheep of the country
(carneros de Ia terra), because of their
general resemblance to the Spanish
sheep, and the similar utilization of its
fiber.
Two of the species, the llama and
alpaca. had been in state of domestica-
ton from time immemorial, the remain
ing varieties. the vicuna and the guam
aca, living in wild state in the fast
nesses of the Andes. From variety oil
sources we are able to obtain minute de
tails of the Importance which the gov
ernment attached to these animals, an6
the large part which they played il
the domestic economy of the country
S. N. D. North in Popular Science
Monthly
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Poison of the Centipede.

The centipede is popularly supposed to
carry sting on each foot. but have
several times handled them-after their
heads were removed-without the claws
producing any result. 1t is the first pair
of claws only that are venomous, being
hollow and provided with poison bags
like snakes fang. The largest l ever
saw was eleven inches in length, grew
some creature. A bite from one of this
size would most likely have been fatal
to u man in weak health. The tarantula,
though mis- powers of offense are nothing
like those of the scorpion or centipede,
is. somehow, more unpopular charac-
ter than either. The horror of these
large spiders entertained by many peo-
pie is curious and unaccountable. l have
seen Austrian bushmen, who in every
day life scarcely seemed to understand
danger, turn white as sheet at the
sight of small ''triantelope," as they
called it.-Chambers' Journal.
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Revenge After Death.

The wife of wealthy but careful
American gentleman objected to ask for
the housekeeping money as it was re-
quired, in small sums, on the ground
that it was a waste of time and deroga-
tory to her She demanded banking
account, and finally, by her persistence.
obtained one. But her husband had his
revenge. At his death he left her all he
possessed on this condition:
The amount, over million dollars, was
to be handed to her, personally, at his
lawyers Office. at the rate of 800 an hour
during twelve hours of each day. Thus
was she, in the avent of failure to set
the condition aside, condemned to spend
over 10000 hours at or near the abode OF
the man of law. or nearly two years and
quarter, reckoning twelve hours to the
day.-London Iit-Bits.
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An EXPLANATION.

The editor of the CHRONICLE regrets
the necessity that compels him to dis
avow the authorship of an article that
appeared in these columns yesterday
evening, rejecting Oh the conduct of
certain officers of the Sd regiment dur
ing their encampment at this place.
The article in question was never seen
by him till it appeared in print, and no
one can regret more deeply than himself
that it should have appeared under the
quasi sanction of the editorial 1--WE"
We desire that it should be distinctly
understoodrthat I'VE offer, at this time,
no opinion, (nor have we any as to the
truth or falsity of the charges, nor have
we any intention to justify drunkenness
and revelry, or to screen the wrong doer
from his just deserts; but we refuse to
appear before the public in the character
of a judge, passing upon evidence that
has never been submitted except in the
form of conflicting and contradictory
rumor. In word we hadS determined
to treat both officers and men with the
strictest fairness and impartiality until
the evidence had been submitted to the
court of public opinion and then, but
not till then, pronounce Il judgment.
We regret the article all the more be-
cause of the marked courtesy and respect
with which both the officers and men of
our two home companies always treated
us on every occasion of our visit to the
camp and, while these visits have some
- Al
night, we are prepared to testify before
any competent tribunal that we have
never seen the sign of liquor on any OF
them. What may have occurred at
other times we know not, but we dis
tinctly hold that no. man ought to be
condemned till he has an opportunity
of being heard in his own defense. Fol
ourselves we seriously question the
propriety of dragging the scandals of the
comp before the public. No body ol
men, as large as the third regin rent
however well disciplined, are likely tc
remain in camp for period of six days
without some of them being guilty o.
improprieties which the mantle of char.
ity had just as well cover over. If these
improprieties should extend to positive
breach of the military, law the proper
tribunal before which to try them is the
court marshal. On the other hand VIZ
believe that Colonel Houghton owes i
to himself, to the committee of tn,
fourth of July celebration, and to th,
people of The Dalles to explain why HI
did not carry that part of the pro
gramme that embraced a sham battl
by the members of the third regiment
and the columns of the CHRONICLE ar
open to him for this purpose.
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A VERY SAD AFFAIR.
A Young Man Goes Away from Home
and Finds His Wife Dead ON His
Return.
WAsco, Or, july 6, 1891

WAsCo, Or, July 6, 1891.
EDITOR CHRONICLE: A very sad affair
occurred near Grass Valley on July 4th.
Mr.. Roy French left his wife at home on
the morning of the 4th and attended the
celebration at Grass Valley and played
at the dance on the same evening and
returned home on Sunday morning and
found his wife living on the bed with her
hands folded on her breast, dead. An
inquest was held last night by w. II.
Williams, j. P, of Moro and DIR. Rol-
Inns of Grass Valley. The verdict given
by the coroner's jury stated that she
came to her death by poison, either by
her own hands or other parties. The
evidence of witnesses failed to find any
thing positive in the matter
There seems to be no doubt but that
the young couple..always lived happily
and she would have no cause to commit
the act herself. The general opinion is
that she was affe tied with heart disease
or something of the kind. The mystery
will probably never be solved. They
have been married about eight months.
The writer was not present but got his
information from one that was there SC
the above must be about correct.
REPORTER.
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Queen victoria's Special Edition.

\ Aroyal edition of The Daily Telegraph
is prepared and issued daily for the
queens special sight. This has been the
case ever since the death of the prince
consort, ON which occasion The Tele-
graph obituary notice SO. pleased the
queen that she ordered copy of the
paper to be sent to each of her palaces
daily. Since then twenty copies of
the newspaper have been issued on the
best of paper III truly royal style; so that
if her majesty should take a fancy to
glance down the columns of this widely
circulated daily she has the. privilege
of knowing that she reads an edition
expressly prepared for herself. Irish
Times
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The Towers of silence.

In Persia stand two towers called by
the Parsee the Towers of Silence Ac-
cording TO the religion they never bury
their dead. but have the body exposed
on the top of one of these towers until
the sun and the rain and the fowls of the
air have cleaned the bones of all flesh.
The bones are then collected and placed
in the other tower. These Parsees, who
are followers of Zoroaster, and very
devout, have almost disappeared as q
people, there being only about 5000 OF
them at the present time.-Detroit Free
Press
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needed and desired. Haying operations
are in full sway. Wheat, oats and rye
are heading in excellent shape. There
has been an absence of the hot drying
winds and the previous excellent wheat
prospects continue. Spring wheat had
especially made vast improvement. On
July 1st the first Oregon peaches were
ripe and shipped from The Dalles.
Cherries are ripe in Grant county.
Throughout the entire section the pres
ent prospects are most hattering Tor a
successful harvest. B. S. PAGUE,
Observer U. s. Weather Bureau.
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A slieht misunderstanding.

Irate individually What did you mean
by telling Smith that had been in jail:
Calm Individual did not tell Smith
you had been in jail l simply said yon
ought to be in jail
Irate Individual calming down)-I beg
your pardon. must have misunder-
stood him.-Texas Siftings.
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A Ready Debater.

Fond Uncle-Jack, You extravagant
rascal, I'll cut you off without a shilling.
Jack (the incorrigi giblel-All the more
reason for letting me have the FIVE hun
dred now.-M M1nsey's Weekly.
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FIGURING MILL TO LEASE.

THE OLD DALLEs MILL AND WATER
i Company's Flour Mill will be leased to re-
sponsible parties. For information apply TO the
WATER COMMISSIONERS,
The Dalles. OREGON.
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Lost, on the streets OF The DalIes last
Saturday a gunny sack containing a
horse sponge, quarter boots and towel.
Finder will be rewarded by leaving the
same at this office.
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$500 Reward!

We will pay the above reward for any case of
Liver Complaint, Dyspepsia, Sick Headache, In.
digestion, Constipation or Costiveness we cannot
cure with Vests Vegetable Liver Pills, when the
directions are strictly complied with. They are
purely vegetable, and never fail to give satisfac
lion. Sugar Coated. Large boxes containing 80
Pills, 25 cents. Beware of counterfeits and imi-
tations. The genuine manufactured only by
THE JOHN G. WEST COMPANY, CHICAGO,
ILLINOIS.
BLAKELEY s. HOUGHTON,
Prescription Druggists,
175 Second st. The Dalles. Or.
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$40 REV ARD.

WILL BE PAID FOR ANY INFORMATION
w leading to the conviction OF parties cutting
rope or in any way interfering with the
wiz poles or lamps of THE ELEcrRIc LIGHT
Co II. GLENN.
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CRoP-wEArHER BULLETIN NO. L,
Report for the Week Ending Saturday
July 4, 1891.
EASTERN OREGON.

Warmer, and generally cloudless
weather has prevailed. No rain has
fallen. On June 10Th and 3Oth, July 1st,
I'd and Sd were very warm, the tempera-
ture in the heat of the day ranging from
So to 95 degrees, except of course in the
more mountainous regions and higher
elevations where it was cooler.
CROPS, i.s. =,
The weather has been just what was
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STATE OFFICIALS.

The Chronicle is the Only Paper in
The Dalles that Receives the Associated
Press Dispatches.
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He who follows good example sets
one.
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EsTRAY NOTICE.

A RED COW WITH WHITE SPOTS, SwAIr
IA low fork in each ear but no brand, is in my
w. BIRGFELD.
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stands by the colonel.

HOOP RIVER, Or, July 6, 1891. -
EDITOR CHRONICLE: If you will kindly
grant space in your paper wish to cor
rect an unjust, and untrue, statement
made tperhaps) through some misappre-
hensive of the facts in the case, by your
local correspondent to the Daily Oregon
ian and published in today's paper
wherein he states that at the last moment
Col. Houghton refused to allow the men
to fire after The Dalles had subscribed
1900 to assist in carrying out the pro-
gramme of sham battle and that the
colonel was being severely censured
therefor, now wish to say that no
colonel, or general on the face ef the
globe could conduct a sham battle in the
face of the binding sand storm that was
raging at the fair grounds all the after
noon of July 4th, an order could not be
heard ten feet away and had it been un-
dertaken it would have been a total fail
ure with a great manv chances for accl-
dents, for which the colonel would and
should have been severely censured, but
in the face of all this / know Col.
Houghton did everything in his power
to get the men together for the firing
after dinner but the men had scattered
(knowing that it could not come off in
the gale then blowing) and could not be
assembled. / think instead of censur-
ing the colonel the people should give
him nothing but the highest praise, fo1
| he has received censure enough outside
t for bringing the encampment to The
Dalles. Now, if after receiving all the
benefits financially, amounting to thous.
ands of dollars the people then go bach
on such gentleman as l know Col
Houghton to be, think the ones who
do it are guilty of base ingratitude to say
the least. This places our colonel be
tween two fires but believe his week:
experience in camp has fitted him fol
almost anything. 1 also believe his un
wavering honesty and fairness at al
times is worthy of comment and praise
and the regiment should feel proud o
their colonel. Company D of Hoot
River, stands by him.
A. s. BLOWERS,
Capt. Company d, Sd Reg. o. n. G.
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For sale, due east of the fair grounds,
eight and a half lots, containing good
dwelling-house, barn, and other build
ings. The grounds are all set out in
choice-bearing fruit trees, grapes and
berries. Will be sold at bargain il
bought within the next two weeks, as /
desire to leave the city.
j. w. ELTON.
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The following statement from Mr.. w.
B. Denny, a well known dairyman of
New Lexington, Ohio; will be of interest
to persons troubled with Rheumatism.
He says: 81 have used Chamberlain g
Pain Balm for nearly two years, four
bottles in all, and there is nothing have
ever used that gave me as much relief
for rheumatism. Wealways keep bot
tie of it in the house." For sale by
Snipes & kinersly.
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Capt. Company D, Sd Reg. o. n. G


All the real estate belonging to the
estate Of Terence Quinn, deceased. com
prising the farm of about 354 acres oi
good arabic and pasture lands, and ali
Improvements thereon, at Quinn's sta
ton, Gillian county, Oregon.
For particulars apply to
VIM. FOLEY,
Attorney for Executor,
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The weather. has been just what was
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1891-07-25
Slim Prospect.

The Homecoming Star prefers to
"shut UPON all its contentious, in
Guiding the 1898. 80 1t owes the jour
NAL, its second-town fad and sugar as
as IL noun in the plural number.
1t 'shuts up" and says, like the
elders old gray mare, "fare YOU well,
brother Cratford ~
Nevertheless, it will
not hesitate to chastse the JOURNAL
whenever we deem it for that papers good.
When Joker Jay accomplishe that he
will be the lonesomest man in all
Maryland.
And Homecoming will be first place.
But the Taxpayers ?-Thcy are All
Right.
The papers that failed to get the
Levy list seem to be in hopeless state
of irrecovery.
They connot understand 1t at all.
They are not even well enough from
the jostle of the wreck to move for a
post m0rtem inquiry.
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John Winfield Scott Cochrane of the In
dependent secured one half the money paid for
the publication Of these laws, for his paper
at the expense Of tie OIgan of the Democratic
party.-Cumberland Times, April 2S 1891.
The Homecoming Star, one of the
cats used by the Times to pull its
chestnuts out of the fire, has held that
giving public work to new papers
without further burden to the tax
payers is at no cost 10 the established
papers.
The Times, which is the Stars
monkey in the case. disagrees with its
protege. The Times says the independent
cost it in 1888 somewhere between 5000
and $500 in the matter of State adver-
Using, and, naturally enough, the
Independent was very much disesteemed
by the Times. 1t was regarded i'm
pliedly as taking something from the
Times which did not belong to it.
But the independent, if the JOURNALS
memory be good, rejoined in the
language Of the heavy villain Of re-
cent play in Frostburg:
Why, l amt a robber I'm democrat