davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-01-02
Grounds for a Pass.


81 was down in Kentucky" said the
drummer at the Cadillac, as he slung his
foot over the writing table, s'and one
day was in the store of merchant,
who was also the secretary of the County
Fair association. Kentucky's a great
place for county fairs, you know. We
were sitting there, chinning about trade
and one thing another, when long
legged chap with a woman and six chill
dren at his heels filed in.
".Air you Mister Simpson? he asked,
coming up to the merchant.
Simpson nodded.
"'Don't you give out passes for the
county fair?'
"sNot very often replied Simpson,
hedging.
"'But you air the man that gives
them out when they air give out?'
''Cornered this time, the secretary had
to say yes.
"'Well, 1 want one for me and my
family here, and he threw his thumb
over his shoulder at the interesting
group at his heels.
"'On what grounds' inquired Mr..
Simpson, in businesslike way.
"sOn the fair grounds, in course ex-
claimed Mr.. Huckleberry, in such an
undisguised tone of innocent surprise
that Simpson forked over the tickets be-
fore he could recover his equanimity. -
Detroit Free Press.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-01-02
Where He Belonged.

A clergyman not long since observed a
horse jockey trying to take in simple
gentleman by imposing upon him a
broken winded horse for sound one.
The parson, taking the gentleman aside,
told him to be cautious of the person he
was dealing with. The gentleman de-
clined the purchase, and the jockey,
quite nettled, observed, ''Parson, had
much rather hear you preach than to see
you privately interfere in bargains be-
tween man and man in this way
'-Well. replied the parson, ''if you had
been wlsre you ought to have been
last Sunday you might have heard me
preach" Where was that?7 inquired
the jockey. ''In the state prison." re,
turned the clergyman.-San Francisco
ArQOnaut
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-01-02
one-tl,Ird of a Dollar.

Handed down for generations in the
family is a curious and valuable relic of
Colonial days now in possession of Mrs.
Lizzie b. Link, u niece of the late Judge
Sites and clerk in the general delivery
department of the postoffice On small
sheet of brown paper, by inches in
size, are the characters, which pronounce
it a legal tender for one-third of dollar.
One side bears the inscription, ''Accord-
ing to the resolution passed by congress
Feb. II, 1776," also dyspeptic looking
sun dial, beneath which is the terse ad-
monition, Mind your own business. -
On the reverse is a circle of thirteen
links, each representing one of the states
of the young Union, in the center of
which is the motto, 1--WE are one." 1t is
an Interesting and valuable relic of the
good old days of the forefathers. and
their fractional currency, some of which
would prove very convenient at the pres
emit day.-Louisville Commercial.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-01-02
A Blow to Enthusiasm.

The desire to volunteer evidenced dur
ing the Chiian excitement recalled the
story in a naval wardroom of certain
staff officer. He was in Europe when
the big Cuba trouble of>a dozen or fifteen
years ago broke out. Thirsty for battle
and glory, he cabled his services to the
proper authorities. He learned nothing
from his action till thenext pay day, when
he found that the amount of the cable toll,
which in his enthusiasm he had neglect
cd to pay, was deducted from his check.
New York Times.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-01-02
Something About Prices,

Here is one of the tricks of druggists
that their customers may well be on the
lookout for: A man went into a drug
store and asked the price of a certain
remedy of the class known as .spropri-
etary'' articles, .,'Forty-fve cents" was
the answer. "But," said the customer,
who was in the habit Of dealing with the
druggist to a considerable extent, 81
have never paid more than forty at
-" mentioning druggist in another
part of the city. "Well, now" said the
good natured druggist, 81 could let you
have it for forty, but like to act ON the
square, and shouldn't want to charge
you five cents extra the next time you or
some of your family come here to get a
prescription done up"
The man paid over forty five cents
and went out, wondering how many
times he and other men had been com-
PEELED to make up on one thing what
they had saved ON another. The Incl
dent is mentioned in the hope of putting
others on their guard against q neat lit
tie trick that would probably have never
been discovered had not the druggist in
question, in a moment of unconscious
frankness perhaps, given the thing away.
New York Tribune
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-01-02
Came Galore in Maine.

Moose are so very plentiful in north
ern Maine that, as a sportsman can
legally kill but one in season, it is
something of a disappointment to throw
away the only chance on an undersizsd
or lean animal, or one with poor antlers.
The boss hunter of Medway, Llewellyn
Powers, Is a man who wastes no powder
on inferior game, and when he started
out after his annual moose the other day
he was determined to get a good one.
He rolled his old slouch hat into a horn
and called moose to the water at Pock-
wockamos lake, but the bull did not suit.
being too lean and carrying small an
tiers.
Another and another came in re-
sponse of the hunters call, and finally
the ideal monarch of the woods ap-
peared. This bull fell before Powers
rifle. He weighed over a thousand
pounds and carried perfect set of
antlers that spread five feet. No fault
can be found with hunting ground
which affords such opportunities as this
for taking ones pick of big game. Al
most anybody can get a moose in the
upper Penobscot region. The other day
twelve-year-old boy named Hathaway
went into the woods alone, called a big
moose and dropped him at the first shot.
Louisville Courier journal.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-01-02
curiosities in Eggs.

We met our old friend, Mr. Jesse
Eaton, on the street the other day, and
he told us of a wonderful egg his daugh-
ter came across a short time ago. On
breaking it she discovered another per-
fectly formed egg with shell inside of
it. 1t was about the size of partridge
egg. Another gentleman standing by
told of a curiosity in the shape of a
double chicken that had been Matched
on his place. The backs of the twins
were united, and while one would be
standing on his feet the feet of the other
would be pointing upward. When
growing tired of this position it or they
would flop over and stand on the other
feet, the positions being reversed. He
said the chickens lived several days
Pennington (Mo.) Times.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-01-02
The Neglect of the Feet.

Far too little has ever been said or
written regarding the proper treatment
of the feet, when we consider the amount
of suffering that may be occasioned by
their abuse. AS the health of any and
all parts of the body depends upon the
care taken of each, either voluntarily or
unconsciously, it is marvel that the
feet are not even more frequently dis
figured by growths that injure the entire
system and, perhaps, permanently cripple
the limbs. Races that live in state of
nature have almost invariably Except in
case of accident or natural deformity)
shapely and serviceable feet in proportion
to their general comeliness and physical
perfection; therefore, it must be the COW
erings placed by civilized man upon his
pedal extrenities which cause all his de-
fects in this direction.
If our hands were thickly clad in firm,
tight fitting skins and fabrics for eight
cen hours in every twenty-four they
would soon become, to quote Rushin,
las ugly as the naked feet of prosperity -
When thus surrounded by coverings that
are well nigh impervious to the air, the
pores of the feet do not act properly
and become unhealthy, while the feet
themselves grow callous and develop
those i'll natured and wondrous painful
excrescences known as bunions and
corns.-Delineator.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-01-02
KEEPING RoARoERs.
The Boarding House Yoman's Side of =
Much Mooted Question.

Ine lSoardInE house Homan's Side OF .
Much Mooted Question.
a woman, driven by the vicissitudes of
life to throw her home open to boarders,
finds the experience, as most other wom-
en- who try it do, difficult, to say the least.
But she says philosophically: ST am
learning human nature. [ have discoY-
cred that the soft voiced, refined look
hrg woman often carries tigerish claws
beneath her velvet, and that the frank
looking, well dressed man may develop
into a .Meddlesome Matty' before my
eyes. 1 don't know why humanity should
become brutal when it essays boarding,
but it seems to. A woman called re-
Gently, liked my apartments, and re-
turned to the parlor to talk business as
she said, with an engaging smile.
"'Business' meant series of search
ing, relentless questions ami exactions
which set my cheeks afame and filled
my eyes with hot tears of modification.
Did l intend purchasing new carpet for
the parlor? Were my stairs and halls
usually kept somewhat cleaner than they
appeared that day? Were my beds clean9
Did have two kinds of meat for dinner?
Use homemade bread entirely, and, fin
ally, did maid open the front door as
rule? This was a gratuitous imperti-
nence.
II was taking the letters from the
postnan as she came up the steps, and
naturally received her And then she
went away, after taking three names as
references. 1 insisted in turn that she
should give me one, that of a former
landlady, and it was one of the small
compensations of my lot, when she wrote
me u week later that she found my refer
ences satisfactory and would take the
rooms, to reply that l had found her
reference most unsatisfactory and was
sure l could not tolerate her exactions.
"A man came to Inc the other night,
and after forcing my price down as low
as he could, asked me if my husband
was Il Christian, if my family attended
church and Sunday school, if my other
boarders were God fearing people, and if
Sunday was observed with religious
quiet by everybody in the house.
''People ask me to take them cheaply
because they are saving to buy a home
or because the husband has extra office
expenses or, as one gushing creature told
me, because we want to go to Europe
next summer The more they want the
less they want to pay. Look ut the ad-
vertisements for board wanted, every
thing unexceptionable,' and terms mod
crate
Would these people think of going
into u shop and saying, I want your
most expensive goods at low price?
Yet they do precisely that with me. Sur
roundings, appointments and service that
mean a serious outlay they demand and
are not willing to pay for. They cannot
afford to keep up an establishment TO
their liking, and they ask me to do it for
them without adequate compensation.
The average man or woman seems to
part with his courtesy, sense of Justice
and humanity when he starts out to be-
come a boarder. Her Point of View in
New York Times.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-01-02
Use and Fashion.

Use is hardly more than another name
for fashion. It is the mode of the day
that determines this. To wear the small
clothes and full bottomed wigs of our
grandfathers today would be most un-
grammatical, and yet in the old time it
would have been equally an error to ap-
pear without them. This is constantly
fuctuating rule of which it is true the
principle remains the same, but of which
the application varies constantly. Every
body recognizes it, and everybody is
more or less Influenced by it. It is need
less to point out that to be too far be-
hind or too much in advance of the
changing fashion is to be deplored, but
it is just here, it may be remarked, that
this principle passes into that of ele-
gance.-Boston Courier.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-01-02
A Typical New York a1lser.

A sunken eyed old man whom I meet
every night that I stroll up Fifth avenue
somewhere Between Washington square
and Twenty third street 1 must have
known good fifteen years. He lives in
n garret within a stones throw of the
square, and is the owner of much val
nable property. In the early days of
our acquaintanceship used to encounter
him strolling in the park munching a
French roll, crumb by cremb. This was
his breakfast. If he eats another meal
it is probably of the same order. His
dress is that of vagrant, but his con-
versation is that of an educated man.
BE is especially happy in recounting
"reminiscences of the New York of two
generations ago, and has travelled a
couple of miles at a time with me to
point out vanished landmarks in which
1 happened to be interested. won his
regard early by giving him car fare
after each of these jaunts. He pouched
the money and walked back. This man
is a true miser, but not beggar, though
he does not scruple to misappropriate
my car far.-New York Cor Pittsbure
Bulletin.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-01-02
Montana sannhires.

The only locality in Montana which
has been at all prolific of sapphires is the
six or seven miles of placer ground be-
tween Ruby and Eldorado bars on the
Missouri river, sixteen miles east of He
lena. Here sapphires are found in gla-
cial auriferous gravels while sluicing for
gold, and until now have been consid-
cred only by product. Up to the pres
ent time they have never been systemat-
ically mined. In 1889 one company took
the option on 1000 acres of the river
banks, and several smaller companies
have since been formed with view of
mining for these gems. alone or in con-
nection with gold.
The colors of the gems obtained, al
though beautiful and interesting, are not
the standard blue or red shades generally
demanded by the public. The stones
embrace a great variety of the lighter
shades of red, yellow, blue and green
The latter color is found quite pro-
nounced. being rather blue green than
an emerald green. Nearly all the stones,
when finely cut, have an apparent metal
lie luster which is strikingly peculiar to
those from this locality. Neither req
rubies nor true blue sapphires have yet
been found.-Omaha Bee.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-01-02
PARIS eATHcARTs.
Queer Way in which the Average French
man Makes His Additions.

Queer Way in which the Average French
man Makes His Additions.
An American familiar with the fact
that every house or apartment, renting
as low as $500 per year in the United
States, has its own bathtub, with hot
and cold water supply and waste to re-
move the contents of the tub, is amused,
if not amazed, when on visit to Paris
he gets an idea of the custom still pre-
vailing in that metropolis of luxury and
elegant buildings.
The large hotels, some very costly pri-
vate mansions and apartments, and the
public lighthouses have their bathrooms.
as is the custom in the United States,
though the French bathroom is really
much larger. and is elegantly furnished
with rugs, lounges, dressing tables, ETC.,
the idea being that if one takes bath
one must,lie down and take nap afterit.
People living in apartments costing as
high as $1,000 Il year, and in the new
quarter of~Paris in the neighborhood of
the Champs Elysees, when they wish to
bathe, other than take a sponge bath in
a small portable tub, either go to the
public bathing establishments or send
to them to have bath brought to their
apartments. Sunday morning one sees
strange looking two wheeled cart like
q very high dog cart, ON which there is
framework built over the wheels
This framework can hold three bath
tubs. They are made entirely of copper
and are about feet long, 20 inches deep
at the end and 1S inches on the side
The driver of this vehicle is perched
up high ON a small seat in front, is bare
headed and wears a blouse. On each
side of him an iron ring encircles cop
per colored vessel, holding about three
gallons of hot water, which rests on a
little shelf. He also carries supply of
dry towels and sheets. The bathing es-
Establishments have these carts, and when
u patron sends word that he wants hot
bath at certain hour the bath is put on
the cart, the kettle filled with hot water,
and the cart with its strange load is
rapidly driven to the building in which
the apartment is.
The driver carries the bathtub, as an
Adirondack guide carries a canoe, on
his head and shoulders, from the first to
the fifth floor, us the case may be, and
after spreading sheet to protect the
carpet, he spreads also a clean sheet in
side of the tub, so that the bather does
not touch the metal. Then he carries
/ mp the kettle of hot water which he has
brought from the main establishment.
The necessary cold water he gets on the
/ premises, either on the same floor with
the apartment, or in the courtyard.
! When the bather has had his bath, the
attendant removes the soiled water by
dipping it out, wipes out the tub and
carries it with his kettles and soiled
] towels down stairs TO his cart The
charge for all this is about sixty cents,
with the usual additional tip to the man.
Engineering Record.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-01-02
Excuses.

A man who attempted to raise some
money on a subscription paper for nee
essary church relates his experience
thus:
ssThe first man / went to said he was
very sorry, but the fact was he was so
involved in his business that he couldn't
give nything. Very sorry, but a man
in debt as he was owed his first duty to
his creditors
''He was smoking an expensive cigar,
and before left his store he bought of
peddler who came in pair of expensive
cuff buttons.
''The next man went to was young
clerk in banking establishment. He
read the paper over, acknowledged that
the church was needed, but said he was
owing for board, was badly in debt and
did not see how he could give anything.
ssThat afternoon as I went by the base
ball grounds saw this young man pay
fifty cents at the entrance to go in, and
saw him mount the grand stand where
special seats were sold for a quarter of a
dollar.
1.-THE third man to whom presented
the paper was farmer living near the
town. He also was sorry, but times
were hard, his crops had been a partial
failure, the mortgage on his farm was a
heavy load, the interest was coming due,
and he really could not see his way clear
to give to the church, although it was
just what the new town needed.
ga week from that time 1 saw that
same farmer drive into town with his
entire family and go to the circus, after
noon and night, at an expense of at least
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-01-02
The Way Tn I.aarn.

well, think that would sit there
deliberately, as you did, and say 1 didn't
know a simple thing like thati The
IDEAL It's perfectly ridiculousi" a would
be-smart young lady declared to a
matron with whom she was on very inti-
mate terms.
"What would you do, my dear?" said
the other.
.Do?" was the reply. 81 would keep
still if didn't know, and not frankly
confess my ignorance.
'sWel, that's where you and I differ" !"
said the elder lady. ''I never expect to
see the time when will be too old or too
wise to learn some new thing every day.
think, of all the follies in life, the most
foolish folly is to think one should know
everything. I have frequently heard
elderly men, with great reputation for
wisdom, declare that they often felt
humiliated when they realized how little
they knew. l assure you, my dear, that
If your life is spared until you are three
quarters of century old, you will often
lind yourself covered with humility at
the things you don't know The wisest
way is to learn early in life that no hd-
man being can know everything; there
fore, never be too silly or too proud to
ask what you wish to know, and frankly
to confess your ignorance of things with
which you are not familiar. No sensible
person will respect you less for it, and
wise people will value your opinion
much more when they find that your ut
teramces are based upon actual knowl-
edge, and that you are not afraid or
ashamed to admit that you do not know -
New York Ledger.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-01-02

Waters Denser Than the Dead Sea.
A wonderful lake named Ala Paakai
has been discovered ON the Hawaiian
islands. The waters are more salt than
those of the Dead sea. Samples of the
water have been analyzed in the labora-
tory of Oahu college, with results of pc
culiar as well as scientific Interest. The
water, which in dry weather deposits
salt abundantly, is of course saturated
brine, yet differs essentially from the
brine obtained by evaporation to satura-
ton of ordinary sea water. The differ
ence is strikingly shown by merely mix
ing the two clear fluids, when a copious
deposit Immediately forms of sulphurate
of lime, so that the mixture almost So
hdifies. The sea water contains sulphate
of magnesia in abundance, but scarcely
any lime, while the salt lake waters con-
tain chloride of calcium, lime salt, with
only trace of sulphate.
In composition the water of ALA ap-
proaches closely to that of the Dead sea.
The specific gravity of the water, even
at a temperature of so degs. Fahrenheit,
is 1856; at standard temperature it
would of course be higher. The water
of the Dead sea is considerably lighter,
its specific gravity having been found by
different observers to range from I. .13
Nynch) to 1.2400 Navoisier). The most
remarkable popularity of the water is
the excessive quantity of the lime it car
ries. This should give it peculiar med
ical virtues.-Cor. Cincinnati Times
Cfor
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-01-02
Product of cine Glove rree.

The limbs of the Glove tree being very
brittle, peculiar four sided ladder is
used. AS fast as the buds are collected
they are spread in the sun until they as
sumo brownish color, when they are
put into the storehouse ready for market
A ten-year-old plantation should pro-
duce twenty pounds of cloves to "a tree
Trees of twenty years frequently pro
duce upwards of one hundred pounds
each.-Exchange
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-01-02

Coffee was introduced into CONSTANT
nople in the early part of the Seventeenth
century, and writers of that time inform
us that the fnhabitan of that city drank
it as hot as could be endured, the decoc-
ton being as black as SCOT, as Purchos
puts it, mot much unlike it.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-01-02
How Indians Prepare Grasshoppers.

When grasshoppers are very album
dant and in prime condition the Indians
dig hole, build fire in the bottom of
it and drive the swarms of insects into
it from all directions. Then they cover
the opening with blankets. The hop
pers thus killed are taken out and put
into bags with salt Afterward they are
spread out to dry in the sun. The wings
and legs are removed before eating
Washington Star.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-01-02
Growing Celery.

There have been many ways suggested
for blanching. It is said that in the Old
World, where first class celery is de-
sired, instead of burying up the plant in
the earth they simply tie up the leaves
and then wrap them in coarse brown
paper. It is said that much better cell
cry can be obtained this way than by
any other method of blanching. Nee
hans Monthly.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-01-02

Mrs. De Fashion-Is Mrs. De Style at
home?
Servant-No, mum.
tsWin she be back soon, do you thinkr'
''eNo, mum; she'll be away all day, I'm
thin]kin. Ye see I've given her notice,
an, she's gone out ter find gurrel good
enough ter fill my place. Yez might
come in an rsst y'rself. There's none O.
tn family home to talk ye to DEATH
New York Weekly.