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The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-12-24
Silk Weaving by Electricity.

An interesting trial has been made in
Germany with silk weavers' looms
worked by electricity. By cable of
100 feet in length, a one horse power
electric shunt motor, with 100 volts and
four amperes, was put in motion, and
the transmission for the weavers' looms
was restricted by a communication to
seventy-two revolutions. Two weavers'
looms were put in motion, the result be-
ing that the working by electricity was
more satisfactory than that by means of
caloric engines or gas motors, and the
swinging masses, otherwise necessary
for the working on a small scale, can be
dispensed with. The German papers
think the results named show that house
industry could easily be made to flourish
oy the transmission of electric power,
and this all the more as electricity can
be transmitted equally well under any
temperature.--New York Telegram.
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The Sacred Books of Ceylon.

There are three books regarded as sa-'
cred by Buddhists of Ceylon. The first,
called the Mahavanso, is the most highly
venerated. 1t has been very carefully
handed down from generation to genera
ton, the most ancient copies not vary
ing in the least from those of modern
date. The Mahavanso contains ''The
Doctrine, Race and Lineage of Buddha,"
besides the authentic annals of Ceylon-
ese Buddhism.
Next to the Mahavanso in point of
veneration is the Learned Priests" his
tory of Buddha, called the Rajaratna-
carl. This book also contains extracts
from other antique works, besides a
record of the erection of the various
temples and shrines of the island and q
history of the kings from the year $40
B. G. The third of the Ceylonese sacred
books is called the Rajavali or ''Light
Giver;" it is simply modern supple
ment of the other two and brings the
records down to date. The main por-
ton is given up to recording events in
Ceylonese history since the advent of the
the Dutch, especial attention being
given to that portion of the work which
tells of the expulsion of the Portuguese.
st. Louis Republic.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-12-24
How coooanuts Are harvested.

The llsy season on a cocoanut planta-
ton is when the nuts ripen, which they
seem to do all at once, and every hand
is engaged in gathering and conveying
them with carts to the drying ground,
which is always in close proximity to
the bungalow, 80 as to be as much as
possible under the eye of the manager.
Here they are split in half, Longitude
nally, with an AKA feat which is dexter
ously performed with one blow by the
man appointed for this duty-and then
spread out to dry. The intense heat of
the sun rapidly shrivels the kernel.
which curls up into a ball the size of
your fist and detaches itself from the
she'll
This is now what is called 'scopra,'
and is shipped to the nearest point of
landing in sacks, where it is either trans
ported in bulk to Europe or more gen.
orally made into oil, the refuse-oil
cake or "poonak"-being sold locally for
feed for cattle.-Frank Leslie's Monthly.
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His One Foolish Act.

The young woman had secured per-
mission to speak to the good looking
young convict. 1t was just a feminine
fancy-a desire to learn something of his
story.
'sYou don't look like criminal she
said abruptly.
He smiled at the rather uncertain COM
pliment.
81 never did but one criminal thing in
my life," he said.
''Only one?' she said, in rather dis
appointed tone. She had expected to find
a man STEPPED in crime. "Why, your
sentence is for ten years, isn't it?"
Eyes, miss got it for that one Grim
inal act''
What was the cause of that one?' she
inquired curiously.
t'Just whim, miss-a youthful whim, !"
he replied rather bitterly. 81 thought it
manly to carry revolver"
"And you were attacked some night?'
she asked quickly. ''And you
He shook his head.
.'And you're here just for that?'' she
said.
Like others, just for that" q" he returned
quietly. 81 quarreled with friend, Lost
my temper, and-Pm here, miss. That's
ALL"
He suddenly turned away and went
back to his swork.-Cincinnati CONNER
cial Gazette. K
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-12-24
The FLAG. OF DISTRESS.
Over the Ocean OF Being.

Over the Ocean of Being.
Till the wind fails.
Fast on their venturous voyage
Speed the white sailsi
But from the ships that have foundered.
Laboring slow,
Hardly abreast of the pillows,
The rough RATS go.
Thereon the stranded from shipwreck
Painfully lie,
Lead seems the water around them
Brazen the sky.
Cruel the ships that in safety
Steadfastly speed,
Cruelest souls that aboard them
Reck not nor heed.
Nayi for across the wan water
No.appeal failsi
NayI for the tiniest signals
Stay the white sailsl
Some from the ship will come speeding
Eager to save,
Heirs to one glory of living,
Heirs to one grave
But il the bearers of succor
Find not the track?
II to the hail of the helpers
Nothing come back?
What If the wash of the waters
Drown the heart throb?
II the wild winds in their courses
Stifie the sob2
Say, shall the true hearts of comrades
Vainly be stirred?
Thou who so sorrowest, answer?
Some one has heardl
Il. NJ. Little in Academy.
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Paia the Reporter.

A reporter in Sherman, Mich, pub
lished an item announcing an approach
ing wedding, and the next day was ac-
costed by the gentleman named as bride
groom, who gravely asked him on whose
authority he had made the announce
ment. Before the timid reporter could
reply the man groped for his pistol
pocket, and the reporter thought his
nour of doom had come. Imagine his
joy when, instead of a pistol, the man
produced .pocketbook, from which he
extracted five dollar bill. This he
thankfully gave to the reporter, saying
that the marriage announcement had
spared him the trouble of popping the
MISUNDERSTANDING
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-12-24
The swamp Angel.

The Swamp Angel was an s-inch, zoo
FOUNDER Parrott rified gun, mounted by
the Federal troops in a morass on Norris
island, Charleston harbor, in 1858. On
Aug. % and 90 the city of Charleston,
five and half miles distant, was
shelled, the gun bursting at the thirty
sixth shot. After the war the Swamp
Angel was sold for old metal and con-
veyed. to Trenton, but having been
identified, it was set up on a granite ped
estal at the corner of Perry and Clin-
ton streets in that city.-Detroit Free
Press
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How They Learned to Make Perfumes

What the French know about per-
fume making is not all the result of
their own experience. The traditions ary
history of the art is that the Hebrews
impaired the little they knew to their
captors, the Egyptians, who in turn
gave their formulas to the Greeks and
Romans. The Moors then took hand
at improving these crude efforts, and
when they invaded Europe left their art
in Spain, whence it soon reached France.
There it found its home and resting
place, and today no nation can compete
with France in the science and art of
perfume making.-New York Evening
Sum-
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-12-24
For Honest mems Rirht,.

That is rather fine point of law which
holds that man with burglars tools on
his person, who goes up the steps of a
q dwelling house where he has no law
full business. has made an attempt to
commit burglary, but it is good law for
the protection of the community. The
steps of a dwelling are private property.
and one who trespasses upon them with
unlawful purpose has committed an un-
lawful deed. Ledger.
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The Human Voice.

interesting incident showing at how
great distance a conversation can be
carried on is related by Lieutenant Fos-
ter, of the third Parry arctic expedition,
in which he says thathe conversed with a
man across the harbor of Port Bowers, a
mile and a quarter away, and it has also
been asserted on good authority that at
Gibraltar the human voice has been dis
dnctly heard at a distance of ten miles.
-Harper's Young People.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-12-24
Goat, Means ..Dress' in ireland

''Coat" is word that has gained in
breadth of meaning. It is not simply
the outer covering of the upper part Of
the body Of the male creature; women's
rights are so far recognized in Ireland
that the word applies as well to femi-
nine article of dress; but, indeed, to the
corresponding article to that worn by
the men-that is, a jacket-but it is
among the working classes (and to this
class alone what has been written ap-
plies) the usual word for ''dress. Lon
don Tit-Bits.
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And This In Boston.
It was autumn. He was a Boston
book agent. The front door bell rang.
The kitchen girl answered the peal
"Good morning, ma'am."
.sHumphr'
rs the lady of the house in?'
.sShe is.''
"Can see her?"
you can"
Both stand in motionless silence ex-
pectantly.
.sYou said l could see the lady of the
house?'
ssI did"
"Wen,, why don't see the lady of the
house them
.eYou see her"
Girl looks down frigidly.
Agent looks up paralyzed.
''Then would like bo see the person
age who owns the property"
cat Lenox."
'sThen I want to see the man, woman
or child, lady, gentleman, dowager, old
maid, bachelor or heir at law who rents
this property from the Lenox owner"
'sOh, you want to see the woman that
assists me with the work! Why didn't
you say SO in the first place? This vul-
gar carelessness of the use of the word
lady is very aggravating.
Eyes. expect so-is she inT"
mo"
when will she be in?'
won't be in sa.a q
"Why not? Where is she?"
81 gave her a week'syacation to spend
with her husband at Marblehead, SOS
she could rest up ready for the fall house
cleaning. You didn't think was going
to do it all myself, did you?"-Boston
Globe =
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There was in London q few years ago q
lady who had the most intense abhor-
renee of white loaf sugar. Did she hap
pen to come into contact with that
innocent article, or were even lump of
it brought into her presence, she would
be seized with violent paroxysm of
rage.
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A sagacious dog, which had been con-
fined for week in barn near Gibson,
made his escape finally by climbing the
weather boarding distance of fifteen
feet and then jumping to the ground.
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AN unusuaI Positio,.

Photographer-It you'll hold your chin
a little higher, sir, can take q better
picture.
Mr. Henpeck-Hold my chin higher2
Why, man alive, I've been married
twenty yearsl-Texas Siftings.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-12-24

The revival of the popularity of brass
work has created new industry and set
thousands of men at work making beau
tiful brass goods for domestic utensils,
fancy goods and ornamental work.
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GO N
STIPATION.

AG.icts half tho American people yet there is
only one prcIarntion OF sarsaparilla that acts on
the bowels and reaches this important trouble
and that is Joys Vegetable sarsaparilla 1t re-
licves it in "a hours, and All occasional dose
prevents return, Vcrefer by permission to c. L.
Ellington, 125 Locust Avenue, San Francisco;
J. II. Brown, Petaluma; H. s. winn, Geary Court,
San Francisco, and hundreds of others who have
used it il constipation. One letter is a sample of
hundreds. ELLINGTON, writes: 81 have been for
years subject to bilious headaches and constipa-
ton. Have been 80 bad for a year back have
had to take a physic every other night or else
would have headache. After taking one bottle
of J. " g., I am in splendid shape. It has done
wonderful things for me. People similarly
troubled shouldtry IL and be convinced"
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Third Street, opposite the old LiGbe Stand
MAIN TAPPING UNDER PRESSURE

We have purchased a first class tap
ping machine and are now prepared to
do main tapping under pressure, thereby
saving the expense and annoyance to
our customers of shutting off water to
tap the main. MAYS & GROVE.
12-l2-tf.
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carelessly boiled and come out rough
and dirty. In all my twenty years serv-
ice have never come across Chinese
skeleton. This is due to the fact that
Chinaman believes he will not reach
heaven unless his bones rest in the Flow
cry Kingdom.
"The different prices of skeletons are
based upon their degrees of hardness
and whiteness, upon the development of
the bones and the amount of absence of
fat in their extremities. For this reason
the French article is decidedly of more
value than the American or German.
Up to this year over {, 800 skeletons have
been imported into this country, but
they have become scarce of late for
some reason, and to supply the demand
find it necessary to manufacture them
of paper.
tOf course have q stock Of them in
my bedroom, but would not part with
any of these. Mon Dieui have come to
look upon them as dear friends and COM
panions. Here you see my artificial skel-
etons, made of papier mache, with arti-
fetal teeth, and the whole covered with
white polish which gives the appear
ance of the genuine article. can make
from ten to fifteen dollars, while the inn
ported genuine article costs from thirty
to thirty-fye dollars and the domestic
twenty dollars. But then the limitations
are bought only by secret societies.
'tYes, l have grown old in the busi-
ness and love it. 1 have articulated and
handled over &, 900 skeletons in my time" !"
-Philadelphia Record.
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THE A. 8. U. ".
The inetesnthi Annual Meeting at Detroit
Condition of the order.

The eNineteenth Annual Meeting at Detroit.
Condition Of the Order.
DETROIT, June 16.-The nineteenth
annual meeting Of the Supreme A. o. o.
w. opened at Clawson's hall this morn
ing. The reports Of officers were read
pending the reports OF committees. su-
preme Master Workman Wilson recon-
mends among other matters that the
maximum age limit be reduced to 45;
that January Is Of each year be set
apart as memorial day for deceased
members, the day chosen being the an
niversary Of the death of. ]. Upchurch,
the founder OF the order.
From the Supreme Recorders report
it was learned that on the first of the
present year there were 4,954 lodges, a
net increase for the year OF 1876, only
two having ceased to exist during the
period. The average membership OF
the lodges was 81, and the total p, 1892;
the limitations for the year were SS,SSl;
the suspensions were 1925, and deaths
2,496; net increase, 20,507. The re-
ceiver's report shows the receipts OF
the order for the year to have been S.
III, 1856 92, OF which 81 ,744,246 was from
assessments, and 1878, l59 20 from dues.
The expenditures were S., ,127, 1888 81, OF
which $4,762, ,157 90 was to pay death
losses and S365,673 81 for general ex-
penSes,
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WHY He Killed Himself.

vienna, June 18.-Advices received
here{rom Prizerend, a town of European
Turkey in Albania, state that the Aus
trian Consul at that place. Herr Pilins-
XII, has committed suicide. The cause
Of the consul's suicide is somewhat
peculiar. The foreign Office recently
ccnsured Herr PilinsA for being instrli-
mental in securing the abolition Of the
bells in the Roman Catholic Church at
Prizerend. The consul took this step In
order to please the Turkish inhabitants
OF that place, who objected to hearing
the bells tolled. The rebuke received
by Herr Pilinski so prayed upon his
mind that he took his own life.
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rmruprs, O., June l6.-This has been
mia day to the Republicans of Ohio.
N one can derive so much unalloyed
t.,nipess from the discussion OF politics
,ri nj ,bc dcnuuciation OF his political
.rcmv ~ the average citizen Of the
rr,kee State, and 1000 enthusiastic
r.,nbIians have to-day devoted them
..,,e,as,duously to the arraignment
q, he Democratic party and incident
.llrtothc nomination OF q State Repub-
lean ticket
To the CASUAL observer to-day the
oDcning scenes OF the convention pre-
Ented more the appearance OF a Blaine
Foraker ratification meeting than m
oniinary State convention. 1t is no
Ssret That Ex-Governor Foraker as.
bin. 10 succeed the Hon. John Sher.
man in the United States Senate, and
theyonng men, who are his followers,
dominated the convention. In a like
dfTee the young Republicans appeared
bb devoted to James G. Blaine, yet
he ovation which greeted the mention
1.-THE services OF the distinguished Sec
raryoi Stale was by no means confined
Dthe younger element. Old men for
nt their age to-day and joined in the
yild acclaim provoked by the name OF
Blaine and waved their hats joyously
Thile shouting over tho name OF the
popular leader.
Bat President Harrison and Senator
Sfman are still dear TO tho heart OF
he average "Ohio man," as the up
NIrious applause which greeted the
ntntion Of their names amplytestited.
Particularly was this true Of Senator
Sherman, who, however much Blaine
night have led Harrison in popular ap-
ENyl, shared almost equally with
Foraker the plaudits OF the Ohio Re-
IVblicans.
The enthusiasm OF the convention
tUad tnll vent in the ratification OF the
pani;an thrusts Of Chairman Nevin and
IPtcring his eulogy Of Republican
s4ier, Near the conclusion OF his ad-
dress Chairman Nevin said:
"Atthe right hand OF the President
Eaals a man, who for keen intellect,
bNai craftsmanship and devotion to
American interests and American pro.
pfpt lie tho T,nnr ~ oy,y ,t,nY1 ,1,hA IA q
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smile for a moment all over his blood
nkrnnl.nd fnnn

smile Tor moment all over MS p4oou-
streaked face.
Round S.-Slayin again led with two
heavy right-handors which missed the
mark and Jake went in for saving
clinch. Throughout the round the ref
cree was kept busy separating the
men. Jake once landed his left on
Slavin's head, but there was no force in
the blow. Slavin no longer had any
fear Of Jake, and was only angry with
himself for not being able to finish of
the helpless, though the plucky oppo-
nent who was evidently resolved to not
give in until knocked senseless.
No one could help being in sympathy
with the man who was dying so pluck
lily.
Round and last-Jake managed to
come to the scratch in pretty good
shape, but alter Slavin had landed
upon him one or two, or
three times, again a massS OF
blood. Jake, however, managed to get
in two good blows on Slayin's head,
though there was little force in them.
Slavin on the other hand, was hitting
as powerfully as ever. Finally Slayin
hit Jake q terrible left handler
on the neck and Jake went down US ii
shot. Still game, Jake slowly and pain
fully rose, reeled and as the gong
sounded had to be carried to his cor
nor, and Jere Dunn gave the fight to
Slavin, who forthwith stepped over to
his dazed opponents corner and shook
hands with him, and thus did Kilrain
practically meet his last Waterloo and
past into the ranks Of seconds OF
second class. men. The audience
hissed the referees decision, but that
did not affect Mr.. Dunn in the least.
He felt sure that Jake was beaten and
SO ruled in spite of all protest.
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ONO pemoorntlu cnll.


pltCtut Dl9llN'e't ~ tiS 4''tSftyt'Nt''
CoLUMBus, o., June 16.-The call for
meeting of the Democratic State Cen
tral Committee was Issued this utter
noon by Hon. ]. A. Norton, chairman,
and Charles @. Davis, secretary, as fol-
lows: "The Democratic State Central
Committee will meet in Columbus on
June "a, at p, m, for the purpose OF
determining the time and fixing the
place for the holding of tho Democratic
State convention, and for the considera-
ton of such other business rs may
properly come before the committee.
The committee will convene at the
headquarters of tho Ohio State Demo.
cratic Committee, rooms l and 2, 754
South High street."
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Special Dtspatea 70 lie Iatelligmor.

sptctd Otspdteh 70 Me 4RtGutgtHcT. -
Co1uMDus, o., June 16-The Supreme
Court tte,day' dad. doWn. q number of
decisions, the most important Of which
was that in the case of the State, OK rel,
John Gallagher vs.. James E. Campbell,
E. W. Poe and Daniel ]. Ryan, COM
posing the State senatorial apportion-
ment board. The suit was brought in
the interest of the Democratic party to
test the constitutionality of the appor-
tionment made by the Republican ma
jority OF the board. The court, by unani-
nous opinion, sustained the action of the
board, thus setting at rest all question
as to the validity Of the apportionment.
In the case OF the State Of Ohio, ex rel.
Henry w. MorRanthaler VS.. Cyrus D.
Critics, the motion Of plaintiff to make
the rule to answer for contempt reso-
lutte absolute, and that attachment issue,
was over ruled. This is the case where
in Morganthaler sought to compel
Cyrus D. Critics, Auditor of Allen
county, to place certain property OF
Calvin Brice on the tax list. a writ of
mandamus was issued to Critics, who
reported that he had obeyed the order.
Afterwards Morganthaler asked for a
rule to compel Critics to answer for con-
tempt, alleging that the defendant had
not legally obeyed the order.