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Queer supersti.1ons About stones.

The most wonderful properties were
ascribed to the chiinerical stones which
many creatures were supposed to carry
in their heads. Most readers nave no
doubt heard of the precious jewel which
the toad carries IN his brain box, and so
called toad stones, which We're in reality
the teeth of fossil fish. We're formerly
worn in finger rings as D. protection
against poisons, at the presence of which
they were supposed to change color. 1t
was thought that the best stones We're
those voluntarily elected by the living
toads, hut as the latter were not addict
ed to freely giving up their treasures in
that way, it was necessary to procure
the coveted articles by other ',eans. and
the recognized method was 10 decapitate
the hapless batrachian at the instant he
swallowed his breath.
The feat naturally demanded consid-
erable CELEBRITY, such rs ccIIld only have
been acquired by constant practice; and
it is not unreasonable. therefore, TO as
sumo that although the endeavors 10
gain possession of the Jewels were per
haps numerous, they must invariably
have been unsa 5sf&ctory. especially to
toads. The eagle stone was considered
an excellent thing to wear during preg
nancy. and The swallow carried in its
stomach stores of great medicinal value.
Chambers Journal.
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WANT FIAT" MONEY.
Senator Pfeffer Promises the Farmers
Lots of Cheap MOney---His Party
to Elect the Next President
A Man Kills Himself in the Interest of
Science = Fifty Thousand Dollar
Express Package Stolen.

SULPKUR SPRINGS, July Ex-senator
Pfeffar was the orator at the farmers en-
campment last night. More than 40C0
people were present to hear the Kansas
senator. He wanted the government to
loan the people money at one per cent.
to lift nine million dollars of mortgages,
mouth of the great red dragon in Wall
street. He proposed to do this with fat
money issued directly to the people who
had nIortgaged their homes. His speech
lasted two hours and he closed by say
ing that the peoples party would finally
elect a president, congress and senate
and if the supreme court was not. with
them they would make another.
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The chief of Paris detectives says:
Men, as rule. are not us close observers
and do not give what l call detective de
scriptions of people | remember trying
to catch ii woman counterfeiter once who
had been described to me by several
men. found half dozen women who
would answer to her description. Finally
a woman who had seen her gave me a
description of her with one strong de-
tective point-the way she did up her
hair-and on that description livery soon
arrested the right woman.-Boston
Herald
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SOCIETIES..

A SSEMBLY NO. 1927, X. OF L.-Meets in K.
N of p. hall on first and third Sundays at
O'Clock p. IN.
"AsCO LODGE, no. Is, A. +. " A. M.-Meets
w first and third Monday of each month at
p.
nALLES ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER NO. g.
IL Meets in Masonic Hall the third Wednesday
of each month ut p. u.
MODERN woODMEN OF THE WORLD
NJ Mt. Hood Camp No. 59 Meets Tuesday even
ing of each week in l. o. o. +. Hall, at 7:3O P. M.
COLUMBIA LODGE, NO. 5, L o: o. F.-Meets
~ every Friday evening at 7:30 O'Clock in Odd
Fellows hall, Second street, between Federal and
Washington. Sojourning brothers are welcome.
H. A. BILLS, Sec'y X. G. CLoSTER, N. &.
FRIENDSHIP LODGE, NO. O., K. of Meets
Il every Monday evening at 7:30 o'clock, in
Schanno's building, corner OF Court and Second
streets. SOjourning members are cordially in
vited. GEO T. THOMPSON,
d. w. VAUsE, Sec'y. c.
UTOMEN'S CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE
w UNION will meet every Friday afternoon
at O'Clock at the reading ROOM All are invited.
T>EMPLE LODGE NO. 3, A. o. U. W.-Meets
i at K. of P. Hall, Corner Second and Court
Streets, Thursday evenings at 80.
W. MYERS, Financier. NJ. W.
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cold SHIPMENTS .Abrund.

New YORK. July PA broker is quot
ed as saying:
The banks OF England, France and
Germany have increased their stock of
gold since April, overs 80 100000. These
banks We're able to supply the demands
of their Gus toners then, hence it seems
re;iscna bic Z, suppose they could allow
something ike :5o,C0c, 600 in gold TO
seriously disturbing the foreign money
markets. A large proportion.of the gold
we have sent abroad has gone to the
bapk Of France, and from $40 100000 to
$-0,O00,0 COO of the amount, we know, has
gone under an stgretsiii ent to be returned
when wanted
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POLITICS AND POLITICIANS.
Ex-President Cleveland Says He VIII
Not Take the Stump in Ohio
Elsewhere.

BosToN, July 27.-To representative
of the Herald at Buzzard bay, Ex-Presi-
dent Cleveland said today in reply to in
quiries concerning the report that he
was to go soon on speech making trip
in Ohio: 81 do not expect to take part
in the campaign there. nor in any other
state, and have never given the slight
est intimation of an intention to do so.
/ am convinced that Governor Campbell
and all other fair minded political
friends will decline tn go upon the
stump. There are perfectly good and
valid reasons for my action, entirely
consistent with the most earnest desire
for the success of all the democratic can
didates in Ohio and elsewhere. Oh
course I anticipate cry will be raised
In certain quarters, if such request is
made and declined. that ] am selfish
and Indifferent to the success of the
nominees of my party, but such ill-nat
ured accusations do not expect to es
cape in any event."
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THE GERMAN EMBARGO.
ArmOur's Efforts to Have American Hog
Products Received in Germany.

CHICAGO, July 26.-The Journal
speaking of the incorporation of the Toll
eston Stock Yards company says that
while Mr.. Armour has been i'll Europe,
ostensibly on vacation, he has been IL
constant communication with Gel nam
officials relative to raising the embargo
on the American hog. Armour has sub
stantially agreed in case the embargo is
raised, to establish a plant at Toies; on.
Ind. which in point of cleanliness can
not be surpassed. He will pay the sal
AIRY of an inspector to be appointed by
the German government, and in order
to avoid any danger Of contamination
will ship the products to Germany in a
special line of steamers. In order to do
this it will be necessary to widen the
Welland canal or some other communi-
catioa with the seaboard. The JournaPs
informant asserts that the money for
such a project would be forthcoming
| Immediately upon the raising of the
embargo 1t is understood the report of
the inspector lately sent over by Ger
many was against the possibility of per-
feet cleanliness from German stand
point, SO lo:g as the stock-yards remain
as they are.
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The Erect of Mrs. sear,ss, Death.

MEMO PARK, July 27.-Senator Stan
ford said tonight that the death of Mrs.
Hopkins-Searles would have no effect
upon the existing status of Pacific coast
railroad affairs. He further said:
MRS. Searles certainly owred very
large interest in the Southern Pacific.
but her death will have no more effect
on the management of the road than
the death of any other stockholder
would have. She did not have and her
estate will not have controlling interest
in the Southern Pacific. Of course no.
body without a. controlling interest
could expect to make any changes in
the management. 1 know there has
been some talk about the removal of
Mr.. Towne and other changes, but it
was only newspaper talk. There was
nothing more in it so far as know.
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A monster Funeral Procession.

PARIS, July 29.-Crowds of people, es-
timated at 25,OoO, gathered this after
noon at st. Maude to witness the funeral
of the victims of the railroad disaster of
Sunday. There were twenty-four hears
es in line. The air was filled with the
wailing and crying of relatives and
friends of the dead. Many women
reached such pitch of excitement that
they went into Mysteries, while others
tainted.
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The Omaha bridge Struggle.

OMAHA, Neb., July 29.-Justice Brew
er this morning refused to grant the ap-
plication of the Union Pacific for super
ssdes in the bridge case. This after
noon he will pass upon the application
of the Rock Island to run it's trains
across the bridge under the present
rules of the Union Pacific and will en-
ter decree which will probably demand
immediate. compliance with the terms
of the contract.
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Collector Earhardt resigns.

New YORK, July 29.-Collector Joel B..
Earhardt this morning announced that
he had rendered his resignation as COL
lector of the port of New York. The
collector refused to give any reasons for
his action. The resignation will take
effect on the 1st of August. The resig-
nation has been in the hands of the
president for several weeks but he has
taken no official action on it.
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Defnition of a Bore.
What is

'sYou call So-and-so bore What is
'boreY asks Bishop Selwyn. cit is a
man who will persist in talking about
himself when you want to talk about
yourself ''-or, we may add, in telling
stories when you want to be telling
them. Coleridge says he used to be
much amused with Tobin and Goodwin.
"Tobin would poster me with stories of
Godwin's dullness, and upon his depar-
ture Goodwin would drop in just to say
that Tobin was more dull than ever. -
Exchange.
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THEY WERE FROM OREGON.
Three Strangers Fired Upon While
Asleep in a California Town.

Three Strangers Fired Upon While
Asleep in a California Town.
FRESNO, CAL, July 27.-Last Saturday
evening three men from Oregon regis
tered at the Hotel de France, in Sanger,
and requested rooms. They retired, but
finding the rooms close and warm, re-
moved their beds to the roof of the
veranda in front of the building. About
1 O'Clock Sunday morning parties sitting
on porch across the way saw an ui-
known man with shotgun creep along
the veranda roof and fire two loads of
buckshot at the strangers. One man
was dangerously wounded, one seriously
and the other slightly injured. No
gollo, proprietor of the hotel, is under
arrest charged with the attempted mur-
der He is out on $4,000 bail.
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THE CHURCHES.

THIRST BAPTIST CHURCH-Rev. o. ID. TAY
II LoR, Pastor. Services every Sabbath mt II
A. NJ. and 7:30 P. NJ. Sabbath School at II NJ.
PRAYER meeting every Thursday evening at 2
O'clock
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH-Rev. W. 9.
~ CURTIS, Pastor. Services every Sunday at IL
A. M and p M Sunday school after morning
service. Strangers cordially invited. Seats free
NJ E. CHURCH-Rev H BROWN, Pastor.
NJ. Services every Sunday morning and even
ing. Sunday School mt 12l% O'Clock NJ. A cordial
invitation is extended by both pastor and people
to all.
CT PAUL,S CHURCH-Union Street. opposite
- Fifth. Rev. Eli ID. Sutcliffe Rector. Services
every Sunday ut IL A. NJ and 80 P. Sunday
school $50 P. M. Evening Prayer on Friday at
7:30
CT. PETERS CHCRCH-Rev. Father BRoNs-
= GEEsT Pastor. Low Mass every Sunday at
IA. NJ. High Mass at 1890 A. NJ. Vespers at
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ENGLISH SOCIAL SCANDALS.
Printed Interview With the President
"f the Wesleyan Conference.

'i INV w Htsieyan
LONDON, july ;27-!The president OF
the Wesleyan conference today made an
authoritative statement OF the views of
the church on the recent social scandals.
He condemned the doctrine that, while
cheating was wrong, gambling was right
The Weslevans, he said, held the wrong
began with gambling, in aristocratic
houses, on the stock exchange Or in
commercial circles. Ene churches ought
to cnite aHI obtain Legislation to check
the evil. The president also suggested
among the means TO i,e taken to prevent
ga i'iinp il that ii preventing the news
papers from printing a,Nertissments di-
rectly lending to prom te gambling. In
conclusion. the president id many
thousands of Christian voters who are
determined at the coming general cleo
tion TO put moral questions Il bove party
considerations would return the man
free from moral stain.
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Treaty with san Domingo.

WAsIuNGToN, July 19.-An Important
reciprocity treaty under the terms of the
Mckinley law has been concluded with
the republic of San Domingo. fhe
terms Of the treaty are very similar to
those in connection with Brazil
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PIrTsBuRG, July 29.-The pudding
of the Frankston mill on
Second avenue' collapsed this morning,
killing four men and injuring eight
others. The men were engaged in erect
ing building when the supports gave
way and the entire structure came down
with a crash.
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A $50, 900 Package Missing.

HoUsroN, Tex, July 29.-The officials
of Wells & Fargo's Express Co., admit
that a money package is missing at
Kauntz, but decline to give the amount
of the loss. 1t is believed to be soc, 900
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Died Saving Her cniIdren.

BAKEHsFTELD. Gail. July 27.-Mrs.
Jonathan Curnold. who was so fearfulIy
r.rncri, but put cut the fire in the house
where her little ones were. died in great
ar"ny, having inhaled flame as well as
being literally roasted.
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The law connecting temperature and
maximum amount of water vapor is
such that hot and cold body Of air.
neither of which is saturated, or con-
ing in state of vapor. may, when
mixed, become more than saturated. SO
that some of the vapor is condensed and
rain falls
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rhe cho1era,s pendly wnrk.

LoNDeN, July "a dispatch from
Mecca states that the death rate from
Cholera is 140 per day 1T that place and
thirty daily at DJeddab.
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PoRTLAND.s July 29.-John Lemue
Scott. an Oregon pioneer died at his
home in East Portland this morning,
aged SO. He formerly lived in Yamhil
county.
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SAN FRANcIsco, July 29.-Forecast fo
Oregon and Washington, light rains ex
cept in Sourh- western Oregon.
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Two Thousand Men Thrown out of En-,
DION ent.

QUINCY, Mass, July 2o.-By strike
OF the treers in the boot and shoe factory
of John f. Drake, two thousand hand;
have been thrown out of employment
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Railroads.
EAST BOUND.
No. 2, Arrives i2:45 A. NJ Departs I2:55 A M
s, 4" II: 10 p. NJ. II: 81 p NJ.
WEST BOUND.
No. /, Arrives 4:40 A. NJ. Departs 1850 A. N.
Z, '' 5:15 P. $3.50 p. =.
Two locaA freights that carry passengers leave
one for the west at :45 a. M, and one for the
east at 8 A. M.
STAGES.
For Prineville, via. Bake Oven, leave daily
except Sunday Mt i A. NJ
For Antelope,> Mitchell Canyon City, leave
Mondays, Wednesdays aud Fridays, at a. N:
For Dufur, Kingsley, Wamie, Wapinttia, Warm
Springs end Tygh Valley, leave daily Except
Sunday at a. NJ.
For Cioldendale, WASH, leave every day of the
week except Sunday at A. VI.
Offices for all lines at the Umatilla House.
Post-O fiice.
OFFICE HOURS
General Delivery Window. $ a. m. to p. M
Money Order - ......... g a m. to p. IN.
Sunday u D. "........ g n. m. to 10 a. m.
CLOSING OF MAILS
BY trains going East 20 p m and II AS a m
d" West. % p. m. and 4:45 p. m.
%Stage for Goldendnle. .-.-.....-...- 80 a. M
"+Prineville. 2:5O a. N.
's*Dufur and Warm Springs. $50 a. m.
80 fLeaving for Lyle " Hartland. .5:30 a. M
4" " tAntelope. $3.50 a. IN
Except Sunday.
tTri-weellly. Tuesday Thursday and saturday
'' Monday Wednesday and Friday
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Persons leaving the city for summer
outing can have the CHRoNIcLE sent to
them without extra charge.
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Chicago wheat Market.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, July 2e.-Wheat,
weak, cash $1,000; September, Sis.
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san Francisco Market.
The weather.

SAN Francisco, July 20. - Wheat
buyer '91, l.63H.
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FRENCH & co.
BANKERS.
TRANSACT A AeENERALBANKINe BUSHES
Letters of Credit issued available in the
Eastern States.

Sight Exchange and Teleraphic
Louis, San Francisco, Portland Oregon,
Seattle WASH, and various points in Or
egon and Washington.
Collections made at all points ON fav-
orable terms.
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or more.


New York, July 29.-James Gordon
Bennett has been indicted for publishing
an account of the Sing Sing electrocution.
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NJ Meeting of National Republican Central
Committee.

WASHINGTON, July 29.--The National
Republican Executive committee met
this afternoon. As far as can be gather
ed from the utterance of mem bers the
principal business will be the determi-
nation of the time and place for the
meeting of the National Republican
committee which is to fix the time and
place for holding the National conven-
ton. Every effort is being made by
Chairman Quay's fellow members to
induce him to refrain from presenting
his resignation today.
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DIED FOR SCIENCE.

An Gid Man Kills Himself to Prove a
Theory.
WEBB CIrY, Mo-. July 29.-John
Thomas, an eccentric old man who had
devoted some time to the study of cleo
tricity has been found dead in his work
shop, having killed himself in order to
test the correctness of his theory OF cleo
trocution. His theory was to place an
electrode over the pit of his stomach and
another at his back, passing the current
through the great ganglion or pneumo-
gastric nerve causing instant paralysis
of the heart and lungs. When found,
he had constructed an ingenious appar
atus and the strength of the current was
shown to be only 1900 vols. There was
no burn or blister on the body.
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.

DR o. D. DoANE-PHYs1c1AN AND SUR
IL GE0N. Office; rooms 5 and Chapman
Block. Residence over Mcfarland d French's
store. Office hours to Il A. NJ, to and to
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s. BENNETT, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW Of
IA fee IN Schanno's building, up stairs. The
Oa1Ios Orepon
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The Da1les Daily Chronicle.

Published Daily, Sunday Excepted.
BY
THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING co.
Corner second and Washington streets, The
Dalles. Oregon.
Terms of Subscription.
Per Year ...-.-...... ...... r.......... SO 90
Per month, by carrier. 80
Single copy ....-.--.....-.-. ...-...-...-....
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~ SIDDALL- DENTIST. Gas given for the
Os painless extraction of teeth. Also teeth
set on flowed aluminium plate Rooms: Sign of
the Golden Tooth, Second Street.
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A r. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
.kAs in Opera House Block, Washington Street,
The Dalles, Oregon
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y. P. MAYS. B.. s. HUNTINGTON. II. s. WILSON.
MAYS, HUNTINGTON K WILSON L. ATToR-
Nj NEYs-AT-LAw.-Ofices, French's block over
First National Bank, The Dalles, Oregon.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-09-28

be polite. They seem to have formed a
kind of trades union in this direction
not Knights of Labor, but knights of
repose, and, if the poor little pun may be
pardoned, they extend the night of re-
pose through the whole day, and never
seem ready to wake up and take little
trouble for somebody else.
But when man is found who either
from profound study of his own best
bid for popular favor, or from natural
chivalry, or from really good heart and
amiable disposition, pursues the oppo-
site course, is ready to oblige everybody,
offers to go and find the carriage in
rainy night, takes the poorest seat that
he may give the better one to some un-
attractive woman, hunts up the train
you want, and if need be secures the
tickets beforehand, takes pains to secure
the earliest violets or, if he lives in the
country, spends hours in hunting for
some rare blossoms which some friend
desires to obtain-the man, in fact, who
shows himself ready to please and serve
others at his own expense and without
the thought of reward. this man will be
called an agreeable man by all classes of
his friends, even though he be neither
wise nor witty nor brilliant in any re-
spect L.
Los Angeles herald., 1891-09-28


persons of known soundness of mind and
firmness of nerves, asking for personal
experiences in these lines.
The object is apparent. The society
wants to take the testimony of the world
and see if it does or does not prove the
fact that invisible beings communicate
with man. Professor Henry Sidgwick,
of Cambridge, acting for England, has
received 6,4S1 answers, of which about
nine-t -tenths are plain negatives. But 6O9
women and 21S men reply that they
have had "experiences." In several cases
facts were communicated concerning an
absent friend to three or four persons in
different places at the same time. There
are 6 cases of apparitions seen, 56 Of per-
sons touched by unseen hands and 2l9
of voices without visible agency.
Mr.. B. o. Flower, editor of The Arena,
Boston, is deeply interested in the sub
ject and is collecting facts for the United
States. Mr.. Flower is ardent, enthu-
siastic and progressive, but his opinions
have not yet crystallized into any deli
mite form of politics or religion. His
mind is equally open on the subject
ghosts-that is, he sees no reason why
men should not believe in ghosts just as
much as in anything else, if their exist
ence is proved. Professor William James,
of Harvard, will supply the blank ques-
ton forms to any one who desires to
take a local census on the matter, and at
their meeting in 1899 the inquirers ex-
pect to have at least $4,000 answers.