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The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-12-25

JosIpI MASLEY, who probably
stands more closely, politically, to
Score ggy Blaine than any other man.
says that Mr. Blaine is in the race to
stay, in the sense that he will accept
the presidential nomination if it is
offered him There is hardly d ques-
tion but that it will be offered him if
he viii accept.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-12-25

1t isreported that Secretary Blaine
made the remark that there were no
oratorsin the present congress. This
viii be a hard blow to PfefTer and
Simpson
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-12-25

HERETOFORE when the Democratic
party obtained control Of the House 1t
used to be the ''solid south in the
saddle. The indications are that this
time it is Tammany.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-12-15
The Heaviest Yoke of steers.

In a freight train which passed
through Hannibal on the st. Louis, Keo-
kuk and Northwestern line from Bur
lington to ST. Louis were the celebrated
Walker twin steers. These cattle were
registered at the Chicago exchange as
the largest in the world. They were
raised in Jasper county, No., by Mr..
Walker. Mr.. Walker values them very
highly, and will not ship them over a
railroad unless the railroad insures them.
The railroad company had them insured
for $4,000. They are years of age, 10
feet inches long, IA feet around the
chest or heart. 8 feet Q inches across the
hips. Their aggregate weight is s,O40
pounds.-Cor. st. Louis Globe-Demo-
crat.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-12-15
An Indignant Justice.

Justice Nichols, of Independence, is
threatening to sue for damages, couple
who promised to be welded in his court
because they were married in Justice
Prewitt's court. He claims it was
breach of contract.
On Tuesday night, so Justice Nichols
says, he was approached by gentleman
who contracted for his services at a mar
riage to take place the next afternoon.
The time drew near and the justice sat
prim and neat waiting in his Office for
the coming of the couple. He had filed
the application and had it ready for the
signature of the prospective groom The
appointed time came and passed, but the
couple that he waited for never came.
Meantime, in the Office of Justice Prev
lit, the couple were quietly married.
They received their certificate and hap
PLY returned home. The justice was
still waiting expectant when informed
that the couple had already been married
and returned home. He declared his in
.tention of bringing suit against the groom
for damages and breach of contract.
The justice is emphatic in his deter
mination and says he will make it test
case.-Kansas City Times
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-12-15
Batting Ruckwheat cakes.

Says gentleman VINO attended the re-
cent Methodist conference in Washing
ton: 81 was amused at the way in which
a few English delegates conducted them
selves at the hotel. 1t reminded me of
the story told about Matthew Arnold on
the occasion of his visit to this country.
When at Cleveland he was generously
entertained. One morning his host put
before him at the breakfast table, among
other things, buckwheat cakes. For a
long time neither he nor his wife took
any cakes, but noticing that his Ameri-
can friends ate them with a great ap-
parent relish and gusto, he gingerly took
one on his plate and tasted it very crit
ically. Then leaning over to his wife he
said, You'd better try one, deah, they
ah not 'alf SO nawsty as they look. -
New York Tribune.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-12-15
Japanese clgarette. in chlna.

During the month of May last the ex-
port of Japanese cigarettes to Shanghai
aggregated 552, 500, from which it may
be inferred that the foreign residents of
China are beginning to appreciate the
japanese article. But unfortunately, as
is usually the case with everything ex-
ported from this country, the necessity
of keeping up the quality of the article
is not appreciated.
Adulteration with leaves of the lotus,
the goba and so forth, has been resorted
to, with the result of greatly injuring
the reputation which the cigarettes were
just beginning to earn. The Toxic news
agency addresses a word of timely warn
ing to the shortsighted manufacturers
japanese Mail
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-12-15
An Original scheme.

Captain ]. S. Dunham, a vesselman on
the great lakes, has presented a scheme
by which the waters of the great inland
seas will be prevented from continuing
to lower as they are reported to be doing.
HIS plan is very simple one. In the
Niagara river below Tonawanda, where
navigation ends, he would dump many
thousand boat loads of large stones. It
might be that some steel structure could
also be extended into the river from each
side to narrow the channel. The result
would be to lesson the flow of water
from the lakes and thereby increase the
stage of water at all points. The pro-
posed dam would be comparatively in
expensive. The question is largely an
engineering one.-Toronto Globe.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-12-15
The ,1onhey s.ole the Angsl,a wing.

The Monkey Stole the Angels Wings.
The first week of the circus closed with
an immense audience, whose liberal ap-
plause stimulated the performers to sur
pass their usual excellence.
The audience was treated to an entries
ly new version of the dawn of Chris
tianity," the brilliant finale of the ssFall
of Rome" when JocBo, the dogfaced
baboon, took an unexpected part Jocko
enjoys considerable freedom, and during
the performance he slipped unnoticed
from his perch in the dressing room and
emerged from door in the heather tenn
pie into the glare of the lime lights while
Christianity was dawning.
Jocko recognized his dear friend Nine.
Bumond posing as an angel with glisten-
ing wings, and in mischievous spirit
he snatched the wings, then turned and
fed precipitously down the Appian Way.
Nine. Bumond pursued her departing
wings, and the rest of the angels, CON
vulsed with laughter, fed into the inte-
rior city. Then the spectators applaudsd
the race between the baboon and the
wingless angel until they disappeared
within the gates of Rome. Hereafter
Jocko will be obliged to confine his genius
to his own speciality, in which he is en-
inently ful.-Philadelph Press.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-12-15
Snakes in west yireinia.

1t is evident that West Virginia does
not intend to be relegated to the back
ground while the narration of snake
stories is going ON, and she relates
through the medium of dispatch the
following bouncer: ''While two lumber
men named McCray and Deuers were
telling timber near Cleveland, Webster
county, they cut down large linn tree
which was literally alive with snakes Of
a variety never before found in this vi
cinity. They were brown in color, large
in size-having yellow jaws, from which
they continuously evicted Shiny mat
ter-and were exceedingly vicious, at
tacking the men as soon as the tree fell.
After killing a large number, McCray
and Deuers were obliged to retreat. Sc
curing assistance, they returned to the
spot and general slaughter took place,
not less than 500 reptiles being killed.
Investigation was then made and from
1,5OO to 1900 eggs were found in various
parts of the tree.'
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-12-15
Redeeminc Destroved money.

Undoubtedly the redemption division
does sometimes get swindled, though not
often. The women experts employed to
examine the money sent in are wonder
fully skillful. 1t is marvellous how deft-
ly they will poke over few charred
fragments of notes and set an accurate
valuation upon them. The other day a
poor woman in Ohio sent a wee corner
of twenty dollar bill, with a pitiful
story about her baby having burnt it.
Hardly more was left than fragment
large enough to show the figures of the
denomination, but. she will get the
money back.
Mice are great destroyers of paper cur
rency, and some of the most hopeless
specimens that come in have been chewed
up for beds by those little rodents.
Sometimes pillbox full of indistin-
guishable ashes will arrive, accompanied
by certificate stating the amount rep
resented. OF course such case is hope
less. tits usually kitchen stove catas-
trophe. Washington Letter
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-12-15
Cut or ais Ten Foot R..rd

Mr.. Phil Henson, the gentleman dis
tinguished for having produced the long
est beard in the world, found it so in
convenient and uncomfortable that he
was induced to cut it off. A number of
his friends had planned to place him in
charge of the Mississippi department of
the Worlds exposition at Chicago, where
it was presumed his remarkable beard
would prove striking feature in the
attractions. and much regret is felt that
he chose to relieve himself of that in
cumbrance. The beard was by actual
measurement about ten feet long
Corinth Herald
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-12-15
Feet and Hand. Liz. . Duck.

A remarkable operation has just been
completed at the Pennsylvania hospital
In the case of Pedro Galan, Mexican
sailor lad to whom nature has given
fingers and toes Joined by a web similar
to that of duck.
Galan is about eighteen years of age,
and last winter he arrived at this port as
cabin boy, afflicted with his curious
deformity. At the time he suffered from
pneumonia and became at once an object
of interest to the hospital doctors. It
was noticed that he had six fingers on
each hand, joined by a web, and seven
toes on his right foot and six toes on his
left foot, Joined by a web.
The nails of Galan's toes are decidedly
peculiar, and at first sight he appears to
have three distinct nails, as the nails Of
his toes have three ridges. His large toe
on each foot is about two and a half
inches in width.
Such was the strange patient that en-
listed the sympathies of the doctors.
Galan was the first to speak of his pecul-
aaT1ty, and he requested that he might
be operated upon. His left hand was
operated on in July last, and then Galan
pluckily requested that his right hand
should be attended to.
DR.. Morton went to work on the pa
tients right hand, and on Wednesday
cut the web between the fingers and then
sewed up the ragged edges of the web
1t has not been determined to operate
upon Galan's feet at present and proba-
bly, when he does leave the hospital his
feet will remain in what assuredly is
their natural condition.
Galan will remain at the hospital some
time yet, and is handy man in the
wards. In appearance he resembles an
Indian, and is very much pleased with
his life in Pennsylvania so far Already
photographs have been taken of his feet,
and the pictures have been viewed with
interest by the medical men to whom
they have been Washington
STAR
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-12-15
The First Home of the F1ae.

The little old building ON Arch street,
above Second, where Betsey Ross made
the first flag of stars and stripes for the
United States army, is likely to be re-
moved bodily and taken TO Chicago for
exhibition at the Worlds fair. The
building is owned by Mrs. Amelia Mund,
and she has been asked to name price
for the property, the prospective pur-
chaser being western gentleman. The
Pennsylvania Historical society desires
to buy the house and remove it to the
park, alongside of Penn's house, but it
has not the money available. Mrs. Mund
would prefer that the old house remain
in Philadelphia. Philadelphia Record.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-12-15
Two Heads for a WIG.

H. G. Matheson is an English engineer
who has been in the employ OF the Chi
nese government for four years. ssSome
months ago." said he, ''there was a great
deal of trouble between the natives of
Formosa and the Chinese. The former
are savage fellows and object to the en-
croachments OF the latter. There was,
and is yet for that matter, an unwritten
law among the natives of Formosa which
forbids any young man to marry until
he has cut off two Chinese heads, and a
little anxiety to plunge into matrimony
causes reduction in the Chinese popu-
lation. This was one cause of the trou-
BILE. San Francisco Call.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-12-15
A six-year-old Giant.

, There is a remarkable spesimen of q
boy in the New Jersey Reform school at
Jamesburg. He has been made ward
of the state because it is not considered
safe for him to be at large. He is only
six years old, but has the manners and
the maturity of a young man of twenty
and the mustache of a man much older.
He is called by the medical men who
have examined him a precocious baby
and wonder in more ways than one.
His name is Herman Hoffer. He is more
than four feet in height, has a nicely
curled blond mustache and can strike
from the shoulder with the force of
sledgehammer. He can move barrel
of -four and lift easily 200 pound
weight. His parents have found it i'm
possible to control him.
The boy is not only the admiration of
his companions, but the terror of the
neighborhood. He can whip any boy in
Trenton, and he occasionally amused
himself by playing David to the town
Philistines. The parents were forced to
appeal to Judge Robert S. Woodruff, of
the Mercer circuit court, to put him in
subsection. He was examined by DIR.
Horace G.. Wetherill, who pronounced
him a phenomenon and a remarkable
case. The boy is now at Jamesburg and
the wonder of the institution. He has
not yet made any trouble. He is too
deeply interested in his new surround
ings. He is attending the school, but
the teachers have not yet reached con-
clusion as to the trend of his mind
Exchange.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-12-15
Library and museum of War relic,

Plans have been drawn for the erec-
ton in this city, by the Military Order
of the Loyal Legion; of library and
museum of war relics. which would in
time become most valuable institution.
The history of the war has not yet been
written, and probably cannot be until
all who took part in the struggle have
passed away, and then it must be writ
ten by some patient, disinterested his
torian, who shall examine all the evi-
dence on disputed questions of fact,
which he can do only by the aid of .
great reference library. The Loyal Le-
gion is engaged in a national undertake
ing, but it is one of peculiar local inter
est to Philadelphia, where it is proposed
to erect this grand memorial of the war.
-Philadelphia Ledger.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-12-15
payday Comes After Elghteen Years.

Charles King, of Little Falls, has done
a very commendable thing by paying
81, 800 to the operators that worked in
the Saxony mill at the time of the fail
ure of A. & @. King, which occurred in
1878, during depression of the knit
goods trade. Mr.. King was not obliged
to pay this money, but he always said
that the first time he controlled the
amount of capital that would pay off the
wages due at the time of their unfortu-
nate failure he would meet all demands.
One hundred and three persons, who
were working in the mill on the day of
suspension, have been made happy by re-
ceiving checks for their back wages. A
few of the old employees have moved
away and some are dead. The heirs of
deceased operatives will be paid the
amount due them.-Utica IN. W Her
aid and Globe.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-12-15
Evangelism and nIustaches.

1t came near being a rule of the Evan
gelical association that mustaches must
go. The Rev. M. Pftzinger introduced
resolution to the effect that the minis
tiers of the Evangelical association should
not wear the fashionable mustache His
resolution, offered in facetious way,
was put TO vote and came within a
few votes of passing.
Bishop Esher favored the motion of
Mr.. Pftzinger and said that if mustach-
es were worn at all they should be kept
sshort, especially for the receiving of the
holy sacrament.-Indianapo Sentinel
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-12-15

Friday, as Charles Hoxie and T. w.
Ford were up in the woods near Ebeene
lake, hunting, they separated to meet
later, when Hoxie, who is about seven
teen years old, came in contact with an
old bear and two cubs, and they made
for him. he, seeing it was useless to
run, stood his ground and discharged
his rifle, killing the old bear at the first
shot. Then with two shots more he
killed one of the cubs, the other getting
away. Pretty good for a boy all alone
in the woods.-Orneville Cor. Dexter
(Me.) Gazette.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-12-15
Sunday Labor in Maine.

A wealthy New York merchant has
employed a minister to labor in rural
Maine for year among the sun
churched." People who have not inves-
tigated the matter have little idea of the
opportunities for such labor. On cross
roads within ten miles of Lewiston there
is absolutely no observance of the Sab
bath: Men were in the fields pulling
turnips and women were hanging out
washings last Sunday.-Lewiston (Me.)
Journal.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-12-15
A Queer Bird.

While gentleman was out hunting
near Crawfordville last week he noticed
something curious swimming just under
the water. 1t didn't seem to be a fish
nor yet bird. Presently it rose, shook
the water from its wings and started to
fly, when he shot it down. It had head
like turtle, wings like bat and a tail
scaly like carp. There were two feet
webbed like goose.-Atlanta Constitu-
ton
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-12-15
Lifted sss Pounds and Died.

The remains of Adam Winter, of Bas-
tress township, have reached williams.
port. Winter was only eighteen years
old, but young giant. He lifted on q
wager barrel and its contents. weigh
ing S65 pounds, recently in Detroit. from
the effects of which he died few days
ago in hospital THEREFOR. Philadel-
phia Telegraph
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-12-15

No seed potatoes will be distributed
this year by the department. of agricul-
ture. The eyes which have been shipped
In past years were found too perishable,
either rotting or freezing before they
were planted. and whole potatoes are too
bulky to handle.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-12-15
The LuIl i'm Europe Before the stor,

The Luil in Europe Before the Storm.
In Europe 5000, 900 armed men are
sullenly facing each other, waiting only
for the word to spring at each others
throats. War has long been thought of
as imminent, and this state of things has
come to be regarded as normal. This
anomalous condition is without parallel
in history. Forum.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-12-15

If company can get control of water
power of 10000 horse power at Barnett
shoals it proposes to run by electricity
the machinery in every manufactoryy in
Athens. Ga.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-12-15
Old People.

J. v. g. is the only sarsapar.lla thn. old or
feeble people should take, as the mineral pctash
which is in every other Sarsapaiiila that we know
of, is under certain conditions known 10 be
emaeieting. J.V. S. ON the contrary is purely
vegetable and stimulates. digestion and create.
new blood, the very thing Tor old, delicate or
brokep down people. 1t builds them up and
prolongs their lives. case in point:
Mrs. Bclden an estimable and elderly lady of
$40 Mason st, S. F. was for months declining SO
rapidly as to seriously alarm her family. 1t got
SO bad that she was finally afflicted with fainting
spells. She writes: 'fWhile in that dangerous
condition saw some of the testimonials con-
cerning Nv. s. and sent for bottle. That marked
the turning point. regained my lost flesh and
strength and have not felt SO well in years"
That was two years ago and Mrs. Belden is wen
and hearty to-day, and still taking J. VS..
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-12-15

a sturgeon was recently caught on the
Fraser river, British Columbia, which
weighed S56 pounds. The monster meas
ured IL feet 6 inches in, length and feet
Q inches in girth.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-12-15
Wa shington

Destined to be the Best
Manufacturing Center in
the Inland Empire.
Telegram-herald., 1891-10-25

We haze Just added a large line Of
nesO effects IN silks for e0en1ng aoeay,
eomb,zssug mary NoveAtaes and all the
latest shades. To more fully appreciate
the extent and beauty Of this assortment
ne snmte Everyone 10 9vsf omr silk de-
baytmenf, aohere an obhgzne force Of
statesmen 7UlN take pleasure IN shosovug
them.
SPRING & COMPANY.
Telegram-herald., 1891-10-25


Table etiquette will continue 10 be IN
favor among those who can afford it.
The souvenir spoon viii hold it place
for the winter. perhaps. but not longer.
Those who retain their faculties viii not
60 very largely into the purchase Of
spoons that are 80 heavily embossed and
oxvdized in the bowl that they injurs
the teeth and inHane the mouth.
The true gentlemen who remain seat
ed in the street car while elderly ladies
cling to the roof and stand mp in the
aisle. will continue 70 ostensibly slumber
or read the paper and TINS endear them
selves to the public.
The man with the vet umbrella, who
eats onions and then seeks b conceal
the fact by the use of stimnlants, will
still continue 10 frequent crowded cars
and rest has elbows on the boeoIa OF the
meek merchant from the country.
Broadway viii have cable cars run
ning in November. and il 10 20 b hoped
thai the first few trains viii b made OF
wrought iron with . cowcstcher IN front
in which mar b concealed . large car
srsize of dyaamise, % that The hend
who hN been in the habit Of driving his
truck over t-o o. tar-e chilarea pr asy
nasy he entirely oeliterats& the 6rss
week
Money WI - plenty this winter
among well 20 do people, IL is said. ssd
sAoala they fear temporary strfnceney
ire remedy is easy. for they viii only
have - SKI. dividend or two. pv~e-
tsce which j. ',@coIning mere and more
popu AT Among our foremost fnancieFa
Telegram-herald., 1891-10-25

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Telegram-herald., 1891-10-25
BILL NH SEES 1 PLAY
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