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How ancient Dyes Were secured.


Two kinds of boring sea snails sup
piled in ancient times the most famous
of all dyes, known as Tyrian purple,
which was considered too splendid to be
worn by any but kings and mobiles. One
pound of5wool dyed with it was worth
$175, the process by which it was ex-
tracted being very tedious and six
pounds of dye liquor being required for
staining a pound of wool The liquor
was procured by placing the very small
whelks in mortar and crushing them.
To this the animals extracted from the
larger shells were added, as web as GER
tain proportions of urine and water in
which the snails had been allowed to
putrefy. In the mixture thus COM
was soaked, being afterward exposed to
light. Chemists say that by this proc
ess there was effected a transformation
of uric acid into purpurate of ammonia,
termed for short ''murexide," because
one of the two species of snails used was
the murex. The other species was what
is known as the purpura.
The murex and purpura were mixed
in the process in the proportion of two
to one. Fabrics thus dyed kad very
surprising and beautiful effect of color,
presenting metallic green reflections
from one point of view and in others
showing brown and purple tints. Chem
lists for some time imagined that the
iridescence of the feathers of humming
birds and peacocks was caused by SUBJ
stance of the nature of murexide, but it
is known now that these brilliant hues
are ocSasioned by a structure of the
feathers which breaks up the light.
Murexide is now obtained from guano
as well as from mollusks. in
Washington Star.
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The Average Lie Is Thirty-eight Years

The Average LIE Is Thirty-eight Years.
The annual mortality of the entire
human race amounts, roughly speaking,
to SO, ,00O, 900 persons. This makes the
average deaths per day over 81 900, be-
ing at the rate Of 3,780 an hour, or
SO people every minute of the day and
night the year round. A fourth of the
race die before completing their eighth
year, and one-half before the end of the
seventeenth year, but the average dura-
ton of life is about thirty-eight years.
Not more than one person in 100. 900 lives
to be one hundred. d.-Exchange
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a Good lung Erercise.

Hold head up, shoulders back and
chest out; initiate the lungs slowly
through the nose until they are brimful:
hold until you have counted ten. with
out opening your lips; exhale quickly
till your lungs are assnearls, empty of
the bad air as it is possible to get them
Repeat same exercise, trying to hold the
lungs full while counting twenty Thy
itNagain and see if you can hold your
breath half minute. Finish with three
or four deep, long drawn Inspirations
Nature
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The WRONG Prexeriptlon.

A Connecticut woman sent her little
son to the drug store for paregoric and
hcorice. and the youngster somewhat
startled the clerk by requesting fifteen
cent pair of garters and a necklace. =
Pharmaceutical Era.
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First-class job work can be had at the
CHRONICLE job Office OIL short notice and
at reasonable prices. :
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Old papers, nice and clean, for sale at
this office. They are useful for many
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-04-29

Pabst's Milwaukee beer at the Una
tilla house at bit bottle. Free lunch
tonight at 8 o'clock.
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Miss Clara B. Story will instruct a
limited number of pupils in oil paint
ing, water colors, crayon, charcoal and
pastelle work and China painting.
Studio, room 8, over McInerny's dry
goods store. 2-3-tf
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Pure Yellow Dent Seed Corn, extra
early, for sale at Joles Bros. 4-2Od&w1Ot
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The best spring medicine is a dose or
two of st. Patrick's Fills. They not
only physic but cleanse the whole sys-
tenn and purify the blood. For sale by
Blakeley & Houghton, druggists. DIV
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A quantity of nice, clean rags wantec
at this office.
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You want THE CHRONICLE.
If you are not a subscriber, please read
this and hand in your name.
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FOR SALE.

AT bargain. A lot of store shelving.
Apply at this Office. 4-27dtf
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anted.

A girl to do general house work, apply
to Mrs. Hugh Fraser. --ys,e'
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BORN.

On Sunday, the oath inst, at Fairfield,
to the wife of D. l. Bolton, ten pound
boy. Mother and child doing WELL
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A travelling man who CHANGED 10 be
in the store of E. V. Wood, at McKees
Rocks, Pa; says while he was waiting
to see Mr.. Wood, little girl came in
with an empty bottle labeled Chamber
lain's Pain Balm and said. tMamma
wants another bottleSof that medicine !;
she says it is the best medicine for
rheumatism she ever used.' so cent
bottles for sale by Blakeley & Houghton,
druggists. d&w
Mr.. J. P. BIaize, an extensive real
estate dealer in Des Moines, Iowa, mar
rowly escaped one of the severest at
tacks OF pneumonia while in the north
ern part of that state during recent
blizzard, says the Saturday Review. Mr..
Blalze had !, occasion to drive several
miles during the storm and was so thor
oughly chilled that he was unable to
get warm, and inside of an hour after
his return he was threatened with a
severe case of pneumonia or lung fever.
Mr.. Blaize sent to the nearest drug store
and got bottle of Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy, of which he had often heard,
and took number of large doses. He
says the effect was wonderful and that
in short time he was breathing quite
easily. He kept on taking the medicine
and the next day was able to come to
Des Moines. Mr.. Blaize regards his
cure as simply wonderful. so cent
bottles for sale by Blakeley & Houghton,
druggists. d&w
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10 Cents per line for first insertion, and Cents
GER line for each subsequent insertion.
Special rates for long time notices.
All local notices received later than O'Clock
will appear the following day.
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TIME TABLES.
The Dalles, Portland 6 ASTORIA Nay. Co
sCHEDULE.

~ -"
The boats of The Dalles, Portland d Astoria
Navigation Co. will commence running on Mon
dhss hss ash schedue nefi
Steamer. "DALLES CITY" leaves
Wharf foot of Yamhill St, PORTLAND, daily
Except Sunday, at A. NJ:
Connecting with str Regulator at the cascades,
Arrives at The Dalles, p. m.
Steamer REGULATOR" leaves
Wharf foot of Union St, THE DALLEs. daily
Except Sunday, at 6 A. NJ;
Connecting with str. Dalles City at the cascades,
Arrives at Portland, 9 p. m.
B. F. LAUGHL1N, General Manager
Railroads.
EAST BOUND.
No. =, Arrives 1901 A. NJ. Departs 1906 A. NJ
s, ." II: 30 P. NJ '' II: SO P. NJ
WEST HOUND
No J. Arrives s:SS s:SSAM Departs a:SC :so N NJ
one for the west at ZOO A. M, and one for the
east at 9:15 A. NJ.
STAGES.
For Prineville, via Bake Oven, leave daily
FSr Antelope, Mitchell, Canyon City, leave
% SGr Dufur, 6sf II Kingsley, wamic, waptnitia, Warm
Springs end Tygh Valley, leave daily Except
sunday at 6 A. M.
week except Sunday at A. N.
Offices for all lines at the Umatilla House.
Post-Omce.
OFFICE HOURS
General Delivery Window. 8 q. m. to p. m.
Money oyder ".-..,......S s a. m. TO 4 p. m.
Sunday Il D "........... g a. m. to 10 a. m
CLOSING OF MAILS
BY trains going Eest m m snd and = m
stage for Goldendale. 7:30a. m.
".pnfuT and Warm Springs $50 50 a. a. m. m.
:. tLeaving for Lyle 4 Hartland $50 a. M
- s, q tAnteiope. ...-..- $3.50 a m
tTri-weekiy. Tuesday Thursday and Saturday.
az Monday Wednesday and Friday.
FRIDAY = APRIL 20, 1892
u s. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE,
WEATHER BUREAU.
THE DALLEs, Or, April 90, 1892.
Altitude l16 above sea level.
,iG::: iii: e.; ri. v::is:.
81: NJ ss7s ss7s; s. s. ss ss sy d u CLOUDY
Maximum temperature, 5s: minimum tenn
erature, Al.
Height of River, p. m. 80, 101 feet;
Change in past "a hours .............. 0.-3 foot.
Total precipitationfrom July 1st to date, 1854 i;
average precipitation from July 1st to date, 124
total deficiency from July 1st, 1891 to date, 192;
Anches. s.r--t
WEATHER PROBABILITIES.
SAN Francisco, Apr. 90, 1892.
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Adyertlsea Lerters.

Following is the list of letters remain
ing in the postoffice at The Dalles un-
called for, Friday, April 20, 1892,
Persons calling for same will give date
on which they were advertised
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The Da1les Daily Chronicle.
local Advertisinr.

Entered the Postofice at The Dalles, Oregon,
second-class matter
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SAN Francisco, Apr. 90, 1892.
RAIN Weather forecast till s p. M.
\ Friday; General rain, cooler.
FINLEY.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-07-02
Harvesting The nav Crop.

The value Of the nay crop depends so
largely upon its being harvested 1t the
right time, and especially upon its being
properly cured without damage from rains,
that the time Of the nay harvest is always
a season of anxiety. Clover and orchard
grass are the first crops to be made INTO
hay. From the briHleness of the cured
leaves OF clover and the coarseness OF
the stems it is much more difficult 10 cure
successfully than the smaller stalked grasses
which constitute the bulk Of the hay crop.
Clover should be cut for hay as soon as the
blossoms begin to turn slightly brown, for
the development and ripenInE Of the seed
Will make stems more woody and less nut
rluous. When mown the swatn should
lie in the sun until the upper portion is
partly cured, then turn II over ana gen
orally finish by placing into small cocks
until dry enough for the barn. The less
handling and stirring 1t receives while
being cured the better In "a season of
con lnued dry weather it may be hauled in
from the swath or winroe, If cured enough,
but clover will not shed rain IN an uncov-
cred cocks and Is damaged by a heavy
dew.
Timothy is the standard hay grass of
the country, and of the two is more risis-
tant TO injury from wet than clover. Nei-
ther one, however, should be allowed to
become wet from rain after it mas partly
dried when it is possible to prevent It.
When catching shOwery weather pre- vents,
partly cured hay should be placed into cocks
and covered with hap caps, of which every
farmer should have a supply. These map be
made from coarse, heavy muslin. two yards
wide, and if stretched evenly over the hay
cocks and fastened down viii in most
cases, be sufficiently protective without
being painted,
Care must be taken that "a, ley-cured
hay does not remain unopened in the cock
long enough to heat and mould. Farmers
differ somewhat In their ideas about the
proper stage Of growth in which timothy
should be mown. The most common prac-
tice is to cut after the seeds are fully deve-
lopad, but before they are so ripe as to
shell out while curing and handling the
hay.
As rule coarse grasses should be cut at
an early stage and before ripeniug OF the
seeds has made the stems dry and woody.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-07-02
FOREIGN

CoUEr HEaBERT BrsMAHE weds an
Austrian countess.
BUFFALO BILL will present the wild
west show before Q cen Victoria at Wind
sor.
EX PRESIDENT Palacio has reached the
Island OF Trinidad, on his way to Europe,
an exile from his native country.
TMoTHY HEALY was uobbed in the
streets Of Dublin. Friday, and had a mar
row escape from being seriously injured.
TIE Theaier Royal, at Birsenhead Eng
land, was destroyed by fire Friday night.
The audience had left the house before the
fire broke out
GRAND MASTER KANE, Of the Belfast
Orangeman, declared that General Lord
Wolsey will lead Ulster men against the
dlsmemberment Of the empire,
PREMIER HoNsTANToPOUIo announced
the resignation Of tue Greek cabiue. in
the chamber Monday.
The king and queen Of Italy arrived al
Berlin Monday aud received a cordial well
come from the emperor and empress of
Germany.
AMEDEE ERNEST BARrurLEsfY
MoUCHEz, the French naval officer. scien-
tlst and writer, is dead, aged seventy. one
years
PRINCEss MARGARET. sister of the
German Emperor, mas reen bctrotbed to
Prince Frederick Charles, eldest son of
the Lindgraye Of Hesse.
TIE police of Brussels, while trying TO
quiet "a body Of riotous Socialists, were
oyerpOwered by the iaiter and were COM
PEELED to call upon the military to restore
order
HENRY M STANLEY has been uumerci-
fully Chutfpd by nis audience in the course
o. his parliamentary canvass in North
Lambeth Mrs, Stanley is making
speeches in her husband behalf
rHE anri Puuelhtes have selected Tim
othy Healy to stand for North Langford,
which he now represents, and Hon. Ed
ward Blake Of Canada to be candidate for
South Lugford.
WHILE Mr.. Gladstone was ON his way
20 "A meeting of a liberal CLUB at Chester
Saturday, some one threw q stone at uim
which struck MIN in the eye The injury
was slight and did not prevent Mr. Clad
tone from attending the meeting
TUESDAY nearly every telegraph oper-
ator Ia Spain left his instrument an1 went
on a strike, being dissatisfied With she
hours of labor and wages The wires IN
Madrid were worked 10y the operators at
the military telegraph se-vice.
RAvAcuoL was found guilty bY the jury
after they had been ont but fifteen minutes
and he was sentenced to death. BeaH
and the woman, Soubere. who were re-
cused OF being RavachoI's accompices
IN the murder Of the hermit, Brunei, were
acquitted
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-07-02

for good many years. III health Wa.
the cause OF the suicide.
An unknown incendairy set FIRE TO the
residence Of g ID. Crocker, at Galesburg.
H., Monday morning The family, for
iunateiy, was aroused In time to subdue
the flames.
SUNDAY at Wakersville, H., Frank
Painter and Perry Johnson engaged In a
street duel with revoIvers. Fifteen shots
we're fired. Painter was slightly wounded.
and johnson fatally injured by a shot in
the abdomen.
ANOTHER Of the Hatfield. of Pike
county, Ky, has met a violent death. His
slayer was Henry StalIard, and the
tragedy occurred in a church Sunday.
when Hatfield reprovad Sallard for up-
seemiy conduct.
AT CobIeskiil, n Y, Tuesday, Melvin
Let's shot and killed Miss Swart. his
slster-in-law, at her residence and then
went to the barn and shot and kill him.
self. X Is thought that he was insane
Mrs. JAMES Bunch. of Cardonia. Ind.
placed dynamite cartridge beneath the
house Of A Handbook, and its explosion
wrecked thu biiding and injured Mr.
and Mrs. Handbook and )ne Of their
chiidred Mrs. Burch thought the house
was occupied by a family hamed Michn5t.
and thought her husband was there visit
ing Mrs. Michnnt.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-07-02
ms a MYSTERIOUS ISLAND.
It's Inhabitants Are skeletons and There
Are Many Houses


Are Many Houses.
Los ANGELES, June 18.--T The captain OF
q coasting vessel who arrived at Guayamas.
Mex recently, relis of strange discovery
made by himself during bis last trip. He
traded up and down the coast, doing bust.
ness among the inhabitants o- the island
and coast villages btweeu there and San
Diego. A heavy wind drove him far out
ut mis- way and when the storm abated he
found that ID vas so far out Of his usual
path that he bad lost mis- reckoning
He was our of sight OF shore, and when
be saw band bore down upon / and found
an island tuat was not down on any of the
charts. He sent the boat ashore, and the
men returned, saying no one lived there,
but tbaG there were many houses and evil
denc5s Of the place having at one time
been inhabited. The captain then went
and found that the island uad und5u htedlY
been swept oy scourgs OF some kind. There
were numerou, huts, tut NOT a living thing
was to be- found.
An examination revtrd the fact that the
former residents had died ia such number
that they aad not been buried. The -kele-
tons were lying around the island where
the people ere Wneu death overlook them.
Ina one but were found the remains of
seventeen people, while IN many others
were the bones Of great numbers. They
bad been dead for such time that the bou-s
were beginning to decay There was
little to be- found to show what hind Of
people they were, but it is suppo ga that
they belonged to one of tie island tribes
walch were so abundant in TINS part of tae
coast fifty years ago OtcUursp, there can
only be conjecture as 10 the gr5babD cause
of the wlplng out Of aa entire tribe, but
knowledge Of the fearful sweep OF scourges
on the islands leads TO the belief that q
pes,tleucs swept off tae inhabitants.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-07-02
FIRES AND CASUALTIES

MISS Lulu TRAvAeE was fatally hurt
IN runaway accident at Lima, o.
A RAILROAD collision near Saltwater.
MINI, kills one person and Injuries seven
others
Iowa had cyclone which did great
damage but killed nobody, though several
persons were injured.
OWEN KIRK, As years old. car in
spector for the Chicago and Alton rail-
way, was run over and killed bya train of
cars Monday afternoon
AT Newark, o., lightning struck two
sons Of Winfield Harlow while in each
other's arms in a swing Henry, aged s.,
was killed and the other badly Injured.
A HEAVY storm occurred near Cedar
Rapids, Iowa, Wednesday night Rail-
roads north, east and sonth were washed
ont and trains were all late.
An explosion os the Consumers lee
works in New Orleans, Saturday, killed
i've men. The proprietor, F. b. Lee, was
among the victims
TUESDAY morning Frederick Bressen.
employed as a lanit0r in the lroquois
CLUB. at Chicago, was caught between the
elevator car and the sixth floor aad in
silently killed.
FIFTEEN persons were killed by the
railroai accident at Hauisonburg, Pa.
Saturday morning telegraph operator
confesses responsibility for the disaster
and is arrested
PAUL PATILLo, well known in Canada
and Michigan as d prize fighter and
boxer, was killed FRIDAY by falling frou
the seventh story of Pingree & Smith s.
new building, He leaves a wife and two
children.
THE residence Of Chris johnson in
Stanton, Iowa, the finest house in the VII
lage, was struck 10y lightning Sunday
morning and wrecked Mr.. and YRS.
Gibson, guests for the day, were badly
hurt.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-07-02
THE LATEST NEWS.
GENERAL NOTES

GOLD in large quantities is ordered for
shipment TO Europe.
A LINZ Of steamers between Superior
and Montreal j. established.
PHILADELPHIA whol@ale grocers and
the sugar trust make a bargain
OS the Elgin board Of trake Monday,
2Il20 pounds Of butter were sold at l815
cents.
Mr. and Mrs. Blaine, Miss Harriet
Blaine and the Damroscus, have gone to
Bar Harbor, Ne
CORNELIUS N. Bliss, Of New York, is
.ald - be President Harrison S choice for
chairman Of the republican national com
mittee.
THE Red Cross steamer Miranda, which
goes 10 the relief Of Lieut. Perry Artic
expedition, sailed from Brooklyn Mon
day.
THERE are rumors that the Goshen
National bank OF Middleton NY, did not
open Monday morning w NJ. Murray,
cashier and county treasurer, is missing
THE Vermont republican convention
mas nominated Levi X Fuller for Cover.
nor The platform declares for con
tinua.lon OF the state pr0hi0itory liquor
law.
The fourth annual royal convention OF
the order of Scottish Clans of fhe United
States and Canada convened in New
Haven, Conn, Tuesday simm Clark, o.
Duluth presided
PROFESSOR BARNABAs COFFIN HOBBS.
the frat president of Earlham college "a
friends institUtioD) died at Blooming
date, Ind, Wednesday, aged n years.
GERTRUDE Bliss daughter OF Mrs S.
Bliss, of Worcester, Mass, has fallen heir
to So 600, 900 by the will Of Der intended
husband, Mr. Hartwell, Of Har,fort, who
recently died,
The frst exhibit to be taken into the
worlds fair mas been received at the
custom house ia Chicago. Ii consisted of
thirteen enormous logs, containing
L534 feet of lumber. They came from
Canada.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-07-02
ODDITIES.

Caller greatly like the tone of that
picture
Ms Shoajle-"Oa. wouldn't buy any
thing that wasn't high -toned.-Nsw York
Weekly.
Uncle john Have you learned to ride
your new bicycle yety'
Little Nephew NO, sir. not quite.
but We got So can fall off without get
tin killed. steel q Smith Good
News.
Didderau-"Did you attend The lecture
Of Prof Hariheal0n Grippe, r Mllad7
Of the Lmagination?"
Biddereau- 70 He d;j not lecture
.Wa1 u1ty
Down with the grippe.
Black How dye do, 9rte4Y m a.-
most a,aamai of myself FOR not calling
before Blt I've pus itcH aud put Il ",
aa.ll II dij @ ! never would call
Green "01nt mention ~ dear
fellow Ym varv sInj , a sure.
Bridget ines acquisition IN Boston
household l-D Is The mautel want g e
lu led mum ?"
Mrs Emerson I'D inmate objects aaa
na. want ant thing, BridEab h1 ! WISE
tHs man.e 6asted Pay be careful q tae
v3ases
Uncle F4sius anny sEa ties haa
aEIr Dent Bow cat tins '-5as.
Aifa WHAT ID the v 9rid oid you ae,
ieamest
Uncle FsIsins-Doq Left it burnin Of
course
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-07-02

fectlY true, and is certified to by all lapi-
DIARIES. The same thing has been re-
marked Of coral mot only do precious
stones he, says Jerome Cardan, "out
they ere liable To get SICK, to suffer from
the infrmities Of old age. and at last to
die "
The most precious of all stones, accord.
ing TO DR.. de Llgnieres, Is the JADE, on ac-
count of its rarity its extraordinary
qualities, and the mystery Of its cutting
1t was regarded as sacred stone, and no.
body had a right TO possess it except a
prince Of imperial blood Argeri S
Clutlus, famous physician in Amster.
dam at the tune of the renaissance. pub.
lished work on the jade, or nephrilc
stone, as 1t was then called, on account
of lbs ac-l0u on lhe rs1ta system a
the same period Italian authors spoke Of
the jade as Csiada, and diseased It's won
dertul powers fol- healing sciatca. The
legends surrounding this stone abound in
history. G0od specimens Of Jade are ex-
tremely rare, and the world is at a loss 10
know how the Chinese managed to cut it.
because it Is so extremely hard that moth
ing can make an Impression upon it.
Splendid spsciment of gray and green
jade can be seen in the museum OF The
frocadero.
Ia conclusion, Dr. de Lignieres admits
the possibility Of the soundness of the
theory that precious stones may have heat
ing properties High scientific authority
he says, has established beyond dispute
the reality Of an action Wis, virtus, or vita,
exercised by a great number of precious
stones, leaving out of the question the
influence Of imagination and the phenom-
ena Of auto suggestion.-Chicago Evening
Journal