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Barton County democrat., 1892-08-25
HINTS FOR SHOCKING.
How TO Do 1t PrettIIy and Effectively o

How to Do 1t Prettily and Effectively
Yousg Ladies' Garment
This form of decoration for yokes,
sleeves and general use on children's
and young ladies' garments. either Of
woolea, silk or cotton material, is very
effective when neatly done, but needs
special care in preparation. as uneven
shocking is worse than none at all
The process is very simple. First. fold
the material in 1engthwise accordion
plaits. being careful to lay them very
evenly, and crease or press them; then
fasten together the outer edges of the
plaits, at equal distances, making these
fastenings alike in every alternate row.
After having laid and pressed the
plaits, tack the edges OF the first and
second piaits together at the top, with
three stitches always on the right
side), and fasten the thread carefully.
Then tack the edges OF the same plaits,
at regular intervals, as far down as the
shocking is 20 be. Half way between
these tackings, tack the edges of the
second and third plaits: then tack the
third and fourth plaits, the same as the
first and second; and 50 on across the
piece. Do not fasten the plsits on the
wrong side, as 1t is the loose under part
which gives elasticity to the shocking
Another method of working is to be-
gin at the right side at the top, and
tack each succeeding two plaits to
gether; then, for the next row, al the
proper intervals, tack the two inter
mediate plaits together; for the third
row, tack the same plaits as in the first
row; and so on 10 the desired depth
Practice will develop the easiest meth
Cd for each individual The thread
may be passed from one -catch- to the
other, but great care must be taken
not to draw IL Always use silk for the
tacking in shocking. A pretty vsria-
ton is afforded by shocking with a
contrasting color; for example, a yoke
OF yellow silk fastened with white, o<
white fastened with yellow, or pink
fastened with white or bluA
For gingham or any light material
the piaits should be oHe-foH<th Of an
inch deep, and the tackings about half
an inch apart; but the spaces between
| the taclzings may be q little more than
| that in heavy silk or wool The best
way is to try a few inches. and decide
upon the size that Will Look best SILK
and wool are the best materials for
shocking, though it Is effective, but not
50 durable, on washable goods
When shocking forms yoaze, simply
| let the skirt Or waist material hang as
q continuation Of the shocking. and
under no circumstance RBish with q
| band OF feather-stitching; who're Il
poes into the shoulder seams, sews Ii
| In fat taking care that the plaits are
4 hatteped out regular1y--Demo9eSz
Barton County democrat., 1892-08-25

fire and fate lad finally given MIN al
opportunity TO make some return to
Miss Fairfellow.
Yelling Fire." and pounding at each
door as he passed, he few toward the
end Of the corridor, where he knew No.
8, Ter room, was located. The smoke
blinded and confused him, but he saw
bright tongues Of fame running round
the edges of door and his heart al
most stood still when the number
shone out at him from the tin tablet
In a second his vigorous kicks broke
open the door; a burst OF fire for an
instant drove him back; then lowering
his head he rushed madly in. A mo-
ment later he had seized senseIess
form in his powerful grasp and stag
gered triumphantly through the sheet
of flames. With his precious burden
he rushed back through the long hall,
now half-flled with terrified inmates,
down the stairs, and on reaching the
outer air fell insensible.
Yes! We ali know how this ought to
end; he should awake some three weeks
later, after a dangerous fever, and on
opening his eyes find her tender face
above him. He should say: Where
am -" And she should reply: ''You
are with those who love you, darling,
but you must not talk yet. The doc
| tor says you must keep very quiet 81
Then he should fall into q restful slum-
Der, with an iEdistinct feeling OF a soft
hand holding his fever~striclsen palm.
! But we regret TO state this did not
| happen. He came to himself in few
| moments and fond crowd of quaint
| " dressed individuals about the couch
on which they had laid him. In an
swer to his first inquiry: SIS she all
right?" they all talked at once; but he
| gathered the information that every
! body was all right, and the fire under
| control. He realized that he awolke to
find himself hero. -
His chief in njuries were in tho hands;
but these useful mem bers We're SO ar
| tistically bandaged that the next
morning, trying to cultivate 2 modest
air. he, in company with his faithful
dog, saun.ered out of the room. The
hrst thing he saw was Rover bounding
down the corridor and coming towards
his chamber, followed b. Miss Frank
with strange gentleman. She rushed
towards him with both hands out,
| stretched; but, seeing the condition OF
| his, She, without q seconds hesitation,
threw both arms around his neck and
burst into tears, IN the meantime struG
Cling to express her gratitude, while
the strange man tried to shake his
wrists in lieu OF the injured hands.
But he interrupted her overfovire
thanks, saying: Fate has simply beer
kind il allowing me the opportunity te
make some return for the times you
have saved a2y life"
But she sobbed, '.you-you have
done more than that for me! You have
saved Rob's life And you know II. ;
month he is to he my husband.''
Gradually, without disclosing his ig
norance, he discovered that he h &C
rushed into the wrong room arc
dragged Mr.. Robert Ainsworth from
the burning chamber. The loss CT :;
tack had saved Airsworths life. Ths
tin tablet on his door had borne tht
number 9. and when the upper tacl
fell out the figure had turned Upsid;
down, and transformed the 8 into {
6. For years after this Mrs. Robcc
Ainsworth wore golden tack as tai
isman.--WilI Phillip Hooper, in Dernor
| Ia
Barton County democrat., 1892-08-25
Aiunxs Cot Green

BanaDas are always cut greeo-nerer
allowed 90 ripen on the trees This Is
the one tropical fruit thee We N this
country get exactly IN tSe same ooDdi-
ton as the West Indian PLANTER gets It
As q banana tastes hers, 50 Il tastes in
Jamaica, In Cuba IN Costa Rico. <her-
ever Il is grown But IN those couD-
tries white people will not eat the laB9e
varieties; they prefer the small 6g ha-
nana, which has more de2iceee flavor.
-DearOit Free Press
Barton County democrat., 1892-08-25
a LOVER OF 1851.
Mournfui Confessions of One of Cupid
DasIif,<l Victims.

Mournfui Confessions of One of Cupid's
DasilfEl Victims.
My present suit and service is paid to
q certain lady. who is as fearful OF re-
ceiving any token of my affections as
am of offering them. l am only per-
mitted to admire her at 4 distance;
an ogie or leer are all the advances
dare make; if l move but finger it
puts her all in sweat; and, like the
sensitive plant, she would shrink and
die away at . touch. I also
once plucked up courage sufficient to
attempt squeezing her by the hand,
bat she resisted my attack by SO
close touch OF her fist that my grasp
was presented with nothing bu: sharp
pointed knuckles and long thumb
NAH, and / was directly after saluted
with violent stroke on my jawboEo.
If walk out with heS, rlSs all my en-
deavors 10 keep close to her side, but
she v.hisks away from me as though I
had some catching distsmper about
me. In short, sis, begin to
despair of ever coming Ia close contact
with her. But, what is still more pro-
voking. though shs keeps me ~ 50 re-
spectful distance, she tanely permits
strapping fellow Of the guards 30 pat
her on the cheea, play with her hand
and even approach her lips. and that,
TOO, in rny presence--Bonnel Thornton
Barton County democrat., 1892-08-25


it was necessary to rest a day or two.
So quarters were taken in the house
with his mountain friends, with feel
ing of despair that fate was determined
to load him down with weight OF obi
CATION to Miss Pairfellow.
How depressingiy unromantic ali this
was! If the situation could only have
been reversed-if his little terrier could
have rescued Miss Fairfellow's noble
Newfoundland from the jaws Of some
powerful massiff. how proud Danger
field wonld have felti Miss Fairfellow,
in her imported gowns, delicate shoes,
and artistic hat. seemed TO entirely lose
the masculine air which characterized
her in the mountain costume, and
when be saw her for the FIRST tials in
evening dress she looked so positively
radiant bhet he realized is would not be
difficult TO fall in love with such a girl
after all
Late that night. or rather early IN
the morning. hs was suddenly awak-
ened by his dogs cold nose against his
face. Pushing him from the bed he at
tempted to resume sleep; but finally
the degs restlessness thoroughly awolSe
him, and he gradually realized tkas
there wes an rnmhtakable smell Of
burning wood Appreciating the fact
that there were some hundred sleeping
guests IN the big, old-fashioned. wooden
hotel, he sFfsng 10 his feet, and il was
bas tie work Of moment to get into
his ctothee- Then rushing into the ball
ha found himself enveloped N q dense
cloud OF sitting smoke
His frst thought was TO find hcr room
u wes almost with feeling Of exufta-
ton tbet he realized tho house WIS oo
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snow .. Nsu orleans.

A fail of snow in New Orleans is an
astonishing event. Men would scarcely
be more excited If Clay statue were to
evolve into the crater of an eruptive
volcano. That snow is a most wonder
full intoxicant cannot be a matter of
doubt to any impartial or unprejudiced
observer of the antics of Orleanians the
other day. Foremost IN the ranks of
the snow drunk was the powerful small
boy-the Bobby of the mansion, the
Mickey of Bank alley. Bobby scraped
from rose bush, lawn and doorstep suf-
ficient snow to make his first SNOWFALL,
and peltsd Herewith nurse, coachman
and cook. Mickey scrambled with his
ragged fellows for the meager fall of
snow upon curbstone and pavement,
and as he waited with red shining nose
for the evening papers, he sent up many
a merry shout and SHE'D many q whiz-
zing ezowball.
As the fluffy shower began to freckle
the gloomy atmosphere about noon Pc
destrians stepped in their mad rush
along the thoroughfares to stand shiver-
ing beneath protecting sheds and gaze
curiously at the snow as thing rarely
seen. Clerks and shopgirls thronged
to windows and showcases and dattened
their noses against the panes to see the
fecks. Upon st. Charles avenue and
Prytania street one might have thought
from the number of ladies in shawls and
ulsters upon galleries and at windows
that some great procession was passing.
There was quite as much enthusiasm,
nervousness and color.
Not few of the schools and acad-
emies gave their pupils half holiday,
with instructions to see the snow and
take advantage Of the opportunity to
study the phenomena pertaining thereto.
There wassnot enough snow to cause
any fun about the exchange. Eleven
years ago, when the snow fell last, the
Cotton exchange men were like SO many
schoo1boys. They rubbed each others
faces with snow, they had SNOWFALL bat
ties, and the stately and bewhiskered
cotton king thought nothing Of being
shot through the ear with a globe of
snowfakes.-New Orleans Times-Demr
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Change of Business.

Having disposed of all our stock in
terest and good will in the business of
Orchard & Co., grocery, crockery and
glass ware, in The Dalles, Or. This is to
notify all parties concerned that the
firm of G. L. Richmond & Co., will con-
tinue in business at the old stand, who
will collect and pay all bills of the past
frB- We recommend our patrons to
continue business with the new firm as
above ORCHARD & Co.
Fhe Dalles,' Or, June 9Th 1892.
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The ice wagon of Gates & Allison is en-
the streets every morning from to 8
o'clock Any orders for ice left with
Will Vanbibber's express or at the store
of Chas. Las1er viii be promptly at
tended to. Gates & ALLISON.
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ICE. ICE, ICE.

Having on hand.a large supply of ice
ers with ice in any quantity at q reason
able rate. We guarantee we will supply
the demand without advancing prices
throughout the season. Leave orders at
G. F. Lauer's store, Second street.
5-2tf Gates, & ALLISON.
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Notice.

All persens indebted to the late
firm of Mr.. Farland and French will
please call at the old store, now Messrs.
Pease & Mays, where Mr. French will be
IN waiting that they may make i'm
mediate settlement of their notes and ac-
counts.
S. FRENCH,
s6-3-d&w1m For the company.
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For Sale Cheap.

Sewing machine, refrigerator, eight
loot extension table, beds, bedsteads,
stove, lounge, ETC., also an American
reprint of the Encyclopedias Britannica
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6-3-d&w1Ml
Building Material.

We offer to the building public a full
line of building material. We do not
resort to trickery to buy or sell any
lines handled by US.
Sole agents for the Oregon" lime and
Oregon sewer and chimney pipe. 5-7dtf
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Notice.

All persons knowing themselves in
debted to the late firm of Van Duyn *
Co., Tygh Valley, either by note or book
account, will please call at the old store
and make immediate settlement of the
same. c. j. VANDUYN,
'H&wlm For the company.
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NOTICE.

All Dalles City warrants registered
prior to October 1, 1890, will be paid if
presented at my Office. Interest ceases
from, and after this date.
Dated June 9Th, 1892.
D. kINERSLY,
If. Treas. Dalles City.
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If you want the news,
You want THE CHRONICLE.
If you are not subscriber, please read
E3lis and hand in Your name.
If you want a situation advertise in
The CHRONICLE.
If you want to rent house, advertise
In THE CHRONICLE.
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A New Kind of Insurance.

For twenty-five cents you can insure
yourself and family against any bad re-
suits from an attack of bowel complaint
during the summer. One or two doses
of Chamberlain's Collie. Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy will cure any ordi-
nary case. 1t never fails and is pleasant
and safe to take. No family can afford
to be without it. For sale at 25 and
50 cents per bottle by Blakeley & Hough-
ton, druggists. d&w
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Mr.. w. NJ. Terry, who has been in the
drug business at Elkton. KY, for the
past twelve years, says: Chamber
iain's Cough Remedy gives better salts
have ever sold.' There is good reason
for this. No other will cure a cold so
quickly; no other is so certain q pre-
ventive and cure for Group; no other
affords SO much relief in cases of wheop-
ing cough. For sale by Blakeley &
Houghton, druggists. d&w
A good gardener and farmer who well
understands everything of the kind. A
good head man. Wants place to work
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TABLES ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER NO. g.
- Meets in Masonic Hall the third Wednesday
of each month at P. NJ.
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WASCO LODGE, NO. 10, 4. F. q A. M.-Meets
w first and third Monday of each month at
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MODERN WOODMEN OF THE WORLD
WI Mt Hood Camp No. So, Meets Tuesday even
ing of each week in the K. OF p Hall, at $50
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A s. BENNETT, ATroRNEY-AT-LAw. Of
~ fee in Sebanno's building, up stairs. The
Da2les, Oregon.
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PkoFHss1oNAL CARDS.

nR ELIZA A INGALLS,, PHYSICIAN, SUE
IL GEoN and OCULIsT. Once: Rooms 20 and
AZ Chapman Block.
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XK7 H. wILSON-A11cRNKY-AT-r Rooms
w 80 and SO, New Vogt Block. Second Street.
rhe Dales, Oregon.
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COLUMBIA LODGE, NOS, / o. o. F.-Meets
~ every Friday evening at 80 O'Clock, in K.
OF P. hall, corner Second and Court streets
Sojourning brothers are welcome.
H. CLoUGH, Sec'y. H A. BILLs,N- G.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-06-03
Of seven pounds of wool per head. or in all
"a. ODO. 600 mounds. unWnShrd. Mora fhan

Of seven y pounds of wool per head. or in all
l75. 600 pounds. unwaslcd. More than
One-tcnth consists of ..hiplocksi' and
''breech'' wool. l7.5n0.OO0 pounds so coarse
and heavy. as to be lit only for carpets. and
it is i'll this wool that Ohio is directly
Interested in prcscrviog to the wool
growers of this country the whole of
the so-cailcd carpet wool production.
II imports are permitted they will be used
for the manufacture of clothing goods, and
better portions to mix with merino and
the long wool for the same purpose. 1t is
better to mix American third-class wool
rather than foreign. Capt. \. L. Shepard.
formerly president of the Texas Wool
Growels' Association, has testified before
the committee of ways and means in Con
gresS that Texas alone can produce all the
thlru-class wool. and under proper condi-
tions will do so. The able statistican of
the Department of Agriculture. Prof. j.
TX. Dodge. IN his monthly report for June,
1880, said: "So-called carpet worth from
3 to y cents per pound. used for the
cOarsest carpets and for the finest fabrics,
have been imported at II Discrimination
dow duty utterly trivial and Intellectual.
But for this American manufacturers
would consume very little except American
WOOI.S
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-06-03
M.n,.ry Men Of Fiction.

Armies in fiction are much more
interesting and consistent than they
are. in reality, the Listener thinks.
In the first place, officers of the same.
grade always have the same general
characteristics, so that one a see at:
a glance the part they are destined!
to play in a drama or story. Here,
for instance, is your general OBJECTION.
He is always very grand; hasn't very
much to say, and generally wears,
mustache and white side-whiskers. J
He is not, however, SO strongly indi-.
yidualizcd as your colonel. Acolonel
lin a story-is always very tall,
| spare, elderly; and generally stiff in,
the knee-joints. Sometimes he is ILL
natured, but is capable of great mag
nanimity and generosity. Always
bestows his blessing on young people
at the right place-and is frequent
ly imposed upon by them. He inva-
! riably has resources outside of his,
pay, and is never dissipated. Your
major of fiction, on the other hand
there arc no lieutenant colonies in
novcls-is Il bad egg in Il harmless
way. He.is much given to the flow
ing bowl, and always has a florid,
| ~countenance as a result. He is short,
of stature, and given to strutting. Is
| Il terrible talker, brags a good deal,.
and says "Egad.." on all occasions.
He fights, but in a comic way; he.
snccrs at civilians, and is always, in
need of money. Captains are of two
sorts, i'm novels. One sort is the
somewhat elderly captain, who does
not get on very we'll in the service.'
He is always bluff, generally good-i
looking and frequently dissatisfied!
with things. He is of medium stat
urc. The other kind of captain is al
dashing young fellow, a sort of glori-,
fled lieutenant. The rank of lieu.
tenant is the most important in fic-i
tion. Economically, h%eroically, the
lieutenant outranks the field mar.
shall. In point of physical beauty he;
surpasses all the rest of the army. In,
battle, the duty of "leading charges
falls upon him in a special way. He,
is generally poor, but always wears
good clothes, of course. In horse
manship and magnanimity he cXccls
all other grades in the service. Wom-
en- seldom fall in love with any officer
but Il lieutenant, though the major is
the prey Of designing widows. AS
for the non-commissioncd officers,
there 4 great differences between
sergeants and corporals. Sergeants
are thick-witted and solemn and cor
porals efficient and witty. Armies
could not get along at all without
corporalss One gets the impression
that they rather u things, and that
commissioned officers are merely for
social purposes and for leading
charges. Thus the army i'm novel
and drana-a pretty picture on the
whole
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-06-03
other Carnivorous Plants.

Among the other plants that catch
and digest insects are the pitcher
plants of the Sierra Nevadas, North
Carolina, and Borneo. The bladder
wort also catches insects, as does the,
sundew. The latter has long, sticky
leaves, of Il sweetish nature, which
curl slowly around the captive. If
the fly happens to light away from
the center of the leaf, the tentacle'
it touches bends over towards the
center, where all the ~tentacles grasp
and hold it while a sort of acid is
pe.lred over it, which dissolves the
food part. One full meal will last
the plant nearly a week, if the food
is of the right kind. DR.. Darwin.
fed a sundew on cheese, but it soon
became sickly and died. When milk
was given, the tentacles bent over to
absorb it, while the leaf itself be-
came more cup-shaped, Venus fly
trap is another example of carniyor.
Gus plants.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-06-03

uary 2, 1870, after 463 years haG
elapsed, and his body found to be al,
most perfect, the face even retaining
its expression.
Canute, the Dane, who crossed over
to England in 1917, was found In
1915 by the workmen who repaired
the Cathedral. His body had reposed
in the grave for nearly $50 years, but
was perfectly fresh and life-like.
In 1869, three Roman soldiers were
dug out of a peat bog in Ireland,
where they had in all probability lain
at least 1900 years, yet they were
perfectly preserved even to skin, hair,
eyes, and nails.
In the reign of James If. Of
England, the big church at Warwick
shire fell. In clearing away the de-
bris it became necessary to move the
tomb of Thomas Gray, at mi time
Marquis of Dorsetshire. When this
had been done it was found that the
body Of the Marquis was as fresh as
a corpse newly buried, the joints even
being pliable. This discovery was
made exactly seventy-eight years,
three months, and two days after the
burial, says the Philadelphia Press.
Robert Braybrook, who was bishop
of London in 1881. and died in l+O4,
was found to look perfectly natural
when removed from the tomb after
the great London fire of 1866: even
the color of the eyes could he dis.
tinguished.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1892-06-03
The Books Boys Read.

The truth is that it is not the boys
who read "bad books" who swell the
roll OF youthful criminality; it is, the.
boys who do not read anything. Let
any n look over the police. court of
a busy morning and he will see. that
the style of youth gathered there
nave not fallen into evil ways,through:
their depraved literary tendencies.
ihey were not brought there. by
books, but more probably by ignor-
ance OF books, combined with a genu-
Inc hatred of books of all kinds
There is not a more perfect picture of
Innocence in the world than a how
buried in his favorite book, oblivious
to all earthly sights and sounds.
scarcely breathing as he follows the
fortunes OF the heroes and heroines
OF the story.-Kansas City Star.