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The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-05-26


'.He didn't deserve it, Jared he re-
piled. glumly picking cluster Of iichen
from the log.
And he is coming home to see you in
two weeks"
He saw the old man crush down his
pleasure and his effort in making the in
credulous response, Wen see him when
he comes"
He showed no curiosity to know how
the matter had been adjusted. and Jared
left him.
The two weeks brought the evening of
Joe's arrival. Jared met him at the lit
tie station and walked with him toward
home. They heard the rasping of the
saw from a distance, and as they went
nearer Joe's eagerDess to clasp his ia
theirs hand and enter upon closer re-
lation impelled him to start ahead
Jared quickly caught him by the
arm and said: Joe, wouldn't-say
anything to him about the money. A
word might ruin my hopes. just act as
if there had been no trouble
The father sat upon a log, and they
came quite near before he heard them.
He hastily arose. Joe sprang forward,
extended his hand and said:
'sFather, I've come back to be son
to you"
1t had been two years since they met,
and Jared, anxiously watching Gray
now, saw the old hardness come to his
face. But as the father looked upon his
boy he saw a manlier look than he had
seen before, and a look of regret and
hope as we'll
The hardness was driven from Gray's
face, and clasping his sons hand in his
he said, with tears starting, "Joe, Joe,
you're welcome home, and Pm your
father!''
Gray turned quickly and stopped the
saw. Then, hurrying to the end of the
mill, he called loudly, .'Motherl motherr
His wife soon appeared, hurrying as if
she feared an accident had taken place.
Joe was hiding behind Jared, but the
old father caught him by the arm and
asked joyfully:
Mother, who is this?'
-'Joer she cried; .smy sonr'
"And mine, mother; and all forgiven
and forgotten" -. ,.j ...l..3s.
They walked toward their little home
butJ AIRED said goodby very strangely, the
three thought, and turned away
He stopped after taking a few steps
and called Joe to him.:
81 wouldn't say anything until tomor-
row, my boy" he said in low tones. ..It
might spoil it all. It's glorious that this
has been brought about g.:,> 80
! aHe turned away, and the three, watch
ing him, thought he; had never looked
30 sad and lonely since he lost Sallie.2T
Next day Joe and his father went to
town to see Jared. Their rap at his cot
tage brought a stranger to the door.
'tJared HarpwickT', he replied. ""Why,
don't you know that he has sold his
place here and left this morning on the
early train? L thought every one knew
it here. But are you John Gray? Harp
wick left a note that he wanted me to
give you" so
he brought it, and the old man read:
DEARrJoHN-I have lost all my money ex-
cept a very little, and am, going far into the
west to! begin life again God bless you and
Joe. Always be kind to him. He is a good
boy at heart Goodby: -, : - JARED.
Father and son turned to each other.
knowing then how Jared had performed
his task.-H- NJ. Hoke in Youths Com
panion. -
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-05-26

Now is the time to paint your house
and if you wish to get the best quality
and fine color use the
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-05-26
THE DALI.ES

The Gate City of the Inland Empire is situated at
the head of navigation the Middle Columbia and
is thriving, prosperous city.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-05-26

'.Ah, little father, but you have had
meat to eat all your life. Boston
Courier
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-07
HE CHEATED HIMSELF.
Baron Won Fischer Fails to Beat the Hum
garian Government

Baron Won Fischer Fails to Beat the Hun
garian Government
Philadelphia Times.l
A funny story is told at the expense of
DIR. Wekerle, Hungarian Minister of
Finance. His E1cellency has q country
seat at Pills, near Buda Pesth, where he is
in the habit of spending his Sundays. His
only piece of luggage on these occasions
consists of small handbag, which never
contains anything else but the regulation
bottle, four handkerchiefs and travelling
cap. Returning on Monday to the capital,
the Minister met a friend, gentleman
named Won Fischer, who was carrying q
bag exactly the counterpart of His Excel
lency's valise. Herr Won Fischer smiled q
thoughtful smile as he noticed the similarity
of the bags and then he winked at the Min
lister.
"why, my dear Baron, what'sup?" queried
the Minister.
The Baron leaned forward and whispered,
"Why, my bag is filled with smuggled
Turkish tobacco You will be good enough
to shield me against the Custom House
spies, hope"
The Minister looked serious. 'T will do
nothing of the kind" he said, and when the
two gentlemen arrived at the Pesth depot,
the Minister beckoned to Custom House
official and said: ''My friend desires to pay
duty on lot of Turkish tobacco he has in
his bag"
"His Excellency is joking" cried the
Baron, who meantime had changed bags
with the Minister "See, have no contra
band articles about me-" and he opened the
bag in proof of what he said, The Minister
looked perplexed for moment, then he
resolutely grabbed his friends bag and said
to the official: "Well, assess me for the to-
bacco, but be quick about it. I have no
time to lose.
The official quickly acted on the sugges-
tion and the Minister paid florins and so
pfennigs into the treasury of his own de-
partment. Then he jumped. into the car
riage and drove off, shouting his thanks to
the Baron for his present Of 20 pounds Of
excellent tobacco.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-07
The Stranger Struck Bad Days.

1t was on the day which sorrowful1y
marked the freighters as being absent some
three weeks, that the stranger signed the
dog-eared account book which served as a
register and claimed the attention of the
o. K. hotel as its guest; and the table had
pined to beans and coffee. Cinnabar could
be depended on never to complain. 1t
realized the exigencies of trade conditions
and fully exonerated the o. K. hotel from
any attempt to put it to death by starving.
Not SO, the stranger. He knew nothing Of
the freighters to Tucson and was a-hungered.
81 don't like beans, and don't want any
coffee" said the stranger with a petulant
snap, as the viands described were placed in
his reach by Widow Briggs. "You can bring
me beefsteak and eggs and a cup of tea
with toast"
.tBeans an coffee, said the Widow Briggs,
regarding the stranger with cold and stony
eve, 'tis the last two chickens on the roost,
an you eats 'em or let's 'em alone, Jest as
you-all please"
The widow then made majestic exit from
the room in dignifed dismissal of the whole
matter Thereupon the stranger rallied.
.eWhatever is the matter with you all,
anyhow?" asked Texas Thomson, whose op-
posite the petulant stranger had the honor
to beRnd who addressed that parsonage in a
wronged and injured tone. "What YOU all
a-tryin'. to pull on trouble with them thar
friioles for3 Frioles is mighty succulent
food an your stomach Is a heap too lady
like when it getsto layin' back its years
that away at frijoles."
'cBut don't like beans" said the stran-
ger.
A Mistake About Not Liking Beans.
"Ohl you like 'em well enough" re-
snonded Thomson confidently. frYou
TEST thinks you don't like 'em. What
you all aims at in your proud an spirited
way, is to sorter lay back scornful of the
grub yere, an put it all over Cinnabar.
You Jest seizes on these yere frijoles as
mere excuse.
"Who are you?" asked the stranger in
mixture of wrath and uneasiness.
"Who be II" repeated Thomson in tones
of scof "Who bel? Partner, you hoomil-
iates me. I'm the man who killed Bronco
MCGEE; that's who be. An say, stranger;
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-07

amt sooperstitious, but I'd shorely like to
know whatever this short-horn comes
a-canterin' into camp for, anyhow"
"You jest takes notion agin him." said
Tutt, 'same as you says while back; that s
all
seNo, it amt no notion, neither" per-
sisted Rosewood Jim, still fumbling the
stack of blues. "It gist sorter weighs down
on me there's goin' to be some queer play
made round yere"
"Do you all know" said Jack Moore, who
had been lending his ear in silence, tthat's
the way it hits me the minute sees this
yere stranger. That's why make the talk
about rewards. 1t strikes me, somehow, he's
bein' trailed for something"
81 don't know what you all feels COM
in'," said Texas Thomson sourly, ''but you
can gamble he eats them beans three times
day while he stays. sees to that all per-
sonaL."
81 was playin' poker In the Full Blown
Rose last night an sees Jacks on eights out
three times" continued Rosewood, still as
sisting his musings with the soft clatter of
the chips as he sorted them between his ex-
perienced thumb and forefnger. 'That's
the hand the dead man held an Is alters a
warnin'."
Last Turn Of the Cards.
The morning dawned on a ripple of ex-
citement at the o. X. Hotel. The stranger
lay white and dead By his side; with an
arm across his face, was the beautiful, life
abandoned body of a woman. 1t was the
stranger in the dusk Of the night before.
Her hair was Jet, and her dark skin, in the
pallor of death, took the hue of cream. The
stranger had met death by the stiletto, and
the slender blade which wended him, thin
as paper, keen as biting frost, had then been
sheathed in the dark beauty torrid heart.
''This yere is murder" said Armstrong,
thoughtfully, as he gazed at the pair, ''an'
the first as Cinnabar sees. We has killin's
yere before, but no murders, which is differ
ent whole lot,"
81 shore hopes whar he now is the grub
beats beans point" said Texas Thomson.
DAN QUIN.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-07
MAIL OVER THE WIRE
Electricity Will Soon Be Carryin
Letters $50 Miles an Hour.
NEW WONDERS OF THE CURRENT
The Census Reports on the Cost Of Difereu
Street Railways.
POSSIBILITIES IN HOUSE HEATN
WRITTEN FoR THE DISPATCH. ]

WRITTEN Fos THE DIsPATcH.I
Much significance attaches to tie receu
trials of the protelectric mode rapi
freight transmission. This is an Ielectri
automatic system specially designed 70
carrying on and maintaining eommunics
tion between cities for the transmission
mail and express matter at high rate
speed, probably at about 15O miles an hou
Prof Dolbear's investigations show tina
the system is thoroughly practicable an
reliable, both as regards speed and stead
work. The actual cost of the electri
power required to propel the carrier at thi
rate is not more than cents per hors
power an hour, including cost of attend
ance at stations. The mere cost of powe
for propelling carrier from Boston to NeI
York would, therefore, not exceed Ia cent
per trip. Excessive estimates of ths5cost
double-track line, making liberal allow
ance for all contingencies, do not excee
S35, 900 per mile, or about 81, ZOO, 900 for,
line between Boston and New York.
The track consists of an upper and lowe
IdIl AbSIcuCu ny COuuJCI5uuk bcfeWS
stringers. The carrier is hollow cylindri
cal projectile of wrought iron with pointe.
ends. 1t is 10 feet in diameter and has a.
extreme length of II feet. 1t weighs abou
500 pounds and contains, say, 10000 letters
weighing about 175 pounds. 1t is provide
with two hanged wheels above and two uD
derneath, all of which, being fitted with bal
bearings, revolve with very slight friction
The prqpelling power is derived from
series OF hollow coils of wire of grea
strength, each of which eneircles the tracl
and carrier. A contact wheel mounted o.
the carrier and running in contact with tn
upper track rail (Which is divided into sec
tions and utilized as an electric conductor
connects the several coils in succession wit
the source of electricity as the carrier move
forward on the track.
Passenger rapid transit at $50 to 200 mile
an hour is close upon us. Telegraphin
without wires has been alreapy practiced
and Nikola Tesla convinees us that for Gel
tain descriptions of electric lighting wire
may ultimately be dispensed with alto
| gether. Little less wonderful than thes
marvels, from another standpoin4, is tn
| gun, exhibited in New York during the pas
| week, which fires with such astounding rapid
ity that by sufficiently elevating the muzzl
| the 600 cartridges which constitute on
charge can all be discharged before the bu
let from the first of them has fallen to tb
ground, and each cartridge is discharge
| singly.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-07
Funerals by the Electric Light.

The plea ofimparting an element ofcheer-
fulness to funeral is hardly in accordance
with the orthodox practice Of to-day, but in
Middlesex, England, the remains of mem
Der of county family were inferred in the
family vault in the quaint old church in
the grounds of Twyford Abbey, while the
vault was. brilliantly lighted with, incan-
descent lamps. The effect is said to have
been striking in the extreme; every screw
head and nal in the old oak cofhnG(s some Of
which are over 100 years old) oould be
easily distinguished, and 'the death chamber
seemed to look quite cheerful"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-07

I'll Jest confde in you 'cause thar's some
thing about you that drors me. If you
don't crawl outside them heans. F" and here
Mr.. Thomson's tones grew low and conf
DENTAL ssthis we're -fo'la Sm iom s;nmte we all
Is exchanpin' of our views in I'l shorely
leave YOU on both sides of The street"
Here Mr.. Thomson SLOWLY drew his large,
impressive six-shooter and laving it beside
his plate contemplated tba horror- stricken
stranger with great Interest
ceeded with his consumnt;or rf The distaste-
fui vegetable. To his comfort and assist
ance the ardent Mr.. THOMPSON also caused
to be puryeyed an allowance of whisky,
can bring in a lin on,, 700 % said Mr..
Tbomson P' WV
This was rece;vod h. A.. ,,ronoer and
ouaffed in silence and so-row. ,v after which
Mr.. Thompson fired his nistol few times
through the thin board walls of fhe room in
a vague and desultorv manner and came
away. leaving tba .troncar to roeditate on
tho oxnhe,oni oho-o".s sos ~ -. .,tsrta;n.
rns,,t NO. '' ''''i VI ni'
y, "oou =,
"Ohl wasn't aimin' to hit him none, :
said Texas Thomson, as Armstrong rebuked
him gently when thew met him a moment
later in the Gold Mine saloon I was lest
runnin' a little blazer onto him. an sorter
bangs away with my gun as an evidence OF
soU1 ssohi hIit th. h,o,o- ,o;d Avn,
.;t:oaTN~ "Srl: 81 60 tai-a,
sVionS, o,ieioaiiy' inis yere stfangei, .aAes
TO putin on uOg, an OF course S0meInlng
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-07
Paper Insulation for Electric Cables.

One of the most recent innovations in the
manufacture of insulated wires and cablet
is the use of paper as the insulator. The
paper is now made expressly for the pur-
pose, and has to be stored like wood, to be.
come duly seasoned 1t is made in rolls OF
half a mile to five miles long, and weighs
from 20 to 80 pounds per ream. It is cutup
into strips by circular shears, and these
strips are mounted on mandrels made to fit
the covering machines, which, revolving at
various speeds from so up to 800 turns per
minute, lay the paper on in overlapping
spirals. As each spiral is laid on, the cable
is passed through closely fitting dies and
the result is very hard, denses compact
and flexible covering. This insulation is
afterward subjected to treatment with a
compound, and then receives covering Of
lead. The cables are yielding remarkable
results, and thus paper has found another
use,
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-07

welcome, uncoupled with impertinent in
ouiries. Names were not asked nor histories
desired.
"This yere askin' Of strangers name is
onpolite as play an has its resks beside, J."
said Armstrong, who was the Chesterfield
of Cinnabar and an authority on etiquette
'It's as insultin' as gettin' curious over the
brand on mans hoss.
'That's whatever" assented Bill Tutt, II
knows party in Laredo who keeps pes
term round askin' of strangers name
an he gets that unpopular, the man wipes
him over the head with his six-shooter.
You bet, he was mighty displeased about 1t. !"
Would Make a Dog GrowL
No; Cinnabar thought was blue-eyed and
unsuspicious. Those who came were cheer
fully received and approved of or lynched
according to their after unfoldment. Jack
Moore, himself, was Of generous, health
full turn and ordinarily would never have
held the thought which appears In his in
terrogatory touching possible Eastern re-
suspicion. No one could tell how or why,
but there was that in his very atmosphere
which would make dog growL Old Monte
knew nothing about him.
'He takes the stage in Tucson," said that
worthy person as he removed his nose from
whisky glass for the purposes of fuller
converse. can no one knows nuthin' about
him, As he don't do nothin' q COM
in over, but lean back an cuss the world in
general an Arizona in pertic'ler, which,
while it's all right for pastime, after all
don't advance no facts, you can see shore
falls short of bein' fully informed of this
yere man, myself"
"Well, L don't anyhow like him none, "
said Rosewood Jim, refectively. "Of course
he amt earned no word from me, either
way an what says needn't go to his loss;
but shorely takes notion agin him, jest
the same"
How Il Afected Texas Thomson.
This appeared to represent the Cinnabar
feeling. Still it is probable that Cinnabar
would have thought and said no further,
were it not for subsequent happenings at
the O. K. Hotel. Cinnabar was at its ves-
Der drink, when the rapiG reports of pis-
tol coming from the hotel aforesaid, aroused
that mild interest which Cinnabar had
grown to bestow on such phenomena
'T wonder whoever gets it now?" said
Bill Iutt as ne repldceu MS uTalneu glass
on the Gold Mine bar. Curiosity, how
ever, was soon made easy when word came
over from the O. K Hotel that it was SIM
DIV Texas Thomson and that no one had
bled
"He's jest shootin' up the dinin' room,
some, on account of the stranger" said the
courier, who bore the news, San amt
meanin' nuthin' whatever"
The trouble came thus: The o. K, Hotel
was in conduct of wide and liberal man.
agement and its spirit was amply shown in
its motto: 'There's Nuthin' Too Rich fol
Cinnabar." But nevertheless its menu was
under the grinding control of circumstance.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-07
The Electrical Profession.

A graduate from a scientific school Il
likely to be somewhat disappointed. Tw,
young men, under about the same condi
tions, recently entered two different centra
stations. One put on his old clothes ant
overalls, worked right in with thesmen, die
not "know it all" but was anxious to learn
and did learn so well that in about a yea
he became the superintendent of the station
The other man 'tknew all about it from the
beginning, and finally drifted from his owl
station to that of the first mar, ,dEhere he
had to accept position inferior both il
rank and pay. Probably the best place fol
a man electrically inclined is in the labora-
tory of one of the great electric companies
1t is here that his talents find play in al
directions; inventing, designing, remodel
ing or experimenting. If he has had g
scientific education and backingf prac
tical experience, he is the man that the
heads Of laboratories want. If he is Especial
ist, 80 much the better rIsE'
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-07

larger than the kite and paste edges over
the string. Make small hole at the ends
of all the sticks, except at the lower
cross stick, for attachment of
strings, which must be on the on
posite side from the sticks. Put strings
loosely from A to F, from B to E, from c to
D. Make loop from E to F for fastening
the tail, which must be made of long,
slender piece of calico or muslin about one
inch wide and 15 feet long. with ten bobs
Attach your string where the strings cross
with loose knot. If the kite dives, put
more tail on. The kite without the tail
ought to weigh two ounces. The string
ought to be a fine cord. Fly the kite in q
moderate wind, not gale.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-07
Electric. Cable and Horse Railroads

The Census Department has issued 70
port on passenger traction, which covers
statistics of 30 lines, ten Of which are oper-
ated by cable, ten by electricity and 80 by
animal power. The cost per mile of road
and equipment for electricity, cable and
horse traction. respectively, was found to be
s36, ,O94, $1s4, ,275 and 81, ,2S3, the total op-
Grating expenses per car mile being 13 21
cents, IA, u cents and 1916 cents. It will
thus be seen that both the cable and cleo
tricity were more economical than the horse.
The cable lines however, were built at a
cost of over five times that of the electric
Lines. a
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-07
COAL FOR A NATION.
The Unknown Resources of the Queen Char
lotte Islands.

The Unknown Resources of the Queen Char
lotte Islands.
San Francisco Chronicle.1
1t is great comfort to write something
that nobody is in a position to contradict.
For this reason it is distinct pleasure to
write about the Queen Charlotte Islands.
Their literature is as scanty as Ewes gar
ments; and the half-do authorities hardly
venture, as yet, into the delightful fields Of
controversy, because they are conscientious
men, and gifted rather with wisdom than
with mere information.
Not many years ago the continent between
Iatitudes 48o and $40 was fringed with q
plain, of which Vancouver and Queen Char
1otte Islands are pageants. AT about the
close of the tertiary age there was vol
canic rupture of this plain along a.line rum
ming about 100 miles from the coast range.
This rupture developed the island range,
which is about 5000 feet high in Vancouver
and 1000 feet in the Queen Charlotte
Islands.
1t is possible that this rise corresponded
with a. rather sudden and violent depression
of the coast range, which turned its lateral
CANYONS into the marvellous fiords of the
present time. The rocks of the secondary
age, broken asunder by the eruption of the
island range, happened to be full of coal,
and to this slight circumstance we owe the
Nanaimo mines, from which California de-
riyes large part of her fuel supply. But
the discovery of six-foot veins on Vancou-
yer, and the development of population Of
1000 people therefrom, by no means aroused
the apathy of the sister islands to the north
ward.
True, an anthracite discovery was made,
and great deal of money spent in finding
out the fact that the seam was dislocated
and smashed to determination by heat and
pressure of the great upheaval, but it was
not until two or three years ago that an
enterRrising ProsgPeetor penetrated the he
two 20-foot seams of undisturbed bftumin-
GUS coal, and within three miles therefrom
discovered fine harbor distant four days
travel from San Francisco.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-07
Electric Lamp Holder.

A handy lamp holder has been devised,
whereby perfect comfort can be secured for
the eye, while bright light is maintained
The holder can be placed in any desired po-
sition, and by use of "half shade" the
light can be concentrated on any subject, a
desk, typewriter copy stand or "a piano,
and all strain on the eyesight is avoided.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-07
One Of Emperor wuliam,. waa,yI,.

The Kaiser has ia pleasant way ofaddress-
ing all the German Kinglets in the second
person, even in the semi-oficial sommuni-
cations which pass over the wires. In a
five-line telegram which His Majesty sent
to the Grand Duke of SAKE w elmer, after
reviewing the latter's Cuirsssier Regiment
in Cologne, the brotherly thou (adu'D oc-
ours no less than five times, intsfaingled
with five big 'T'a"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-06-07

about % inch thick
and u inch wide
two of them %
inches long, one17H
>inches long and the
other 1877 inches
long, and place them
as shown in the cut.
Tack firmly where
they cross; cut small
notches at the. ends
of the sticks and put
string around. Then
cut out a piece of
Thin aonor nv ,-al