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The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1892-04-22
The Tonnage Tax Law Excellent.


The Tonnage Tax Law Excellent.
There seems to be some concern on
the part of the farmers of this State in
regard to the suit just brought against
the department of agriculture by the
Patapsco guano company, to test the
constitutionality of the tonnage or tag
law on fertilizers. /: is rather a strange
coincidence that neither this company
nor the American fertilizer company
which brought suit some years ago,
have done much business in North
Carolina. 1t is a fact that $4,000
has been saved to the farmers of North
Carolina by the fertilizer laws during
the past fifteen years. This is deter.
mined by the high price of fertilizers
and the inferior quality of those upor
the market when the law was estab
lished. and comparing these with the
present low prices and the very supe
rior goods now upon the market
1t is found from the records in th,
office of the department of agricultur
that large number of the first-clas
guano manufacturers of the countr-
have expressed themselves as bein
t satisfied with the law, as it affords pre-
9 lection to them as well as to tn
g farmers. The present tonnage tax o
e tag law, according to the same record;
d is by far the best ever devised, as it
e purely ad valorum. Under the presen
n law 349 brands of fertilizers are sol
in the State, against 73 brands unde
the old law. Besides large numbe
of home manufacturers of fertilizer
5 have sprung up under the present la
q and which are doing fine business
S this and other States. 1t will be
= sad day for the farmers and manufa
turers of this State, if it ever shoul
!. come, when the police regulations
a the sale of fertilizers are done ava
i with. If this should ever be, any cor
o pany, no matter what it manufactur,
4 or what price it charged for worthle
v goods. would be found doing busine
: in North Carolina.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-02-20
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A SONG OF THE SEH.

Come out where the billoWs are cool and dsep.
Where the waves never rest and the winds
never sleep,
Where plumed steeds course the oceans
breast, NJ
Each Haunting pennant of foam at his crest;
Where the zephyrs are practiced to try their
wings,
And the sea NEW shrieks and the mermaid
When the moon is low. and. with shudder and
sigh.
The tides are turned meath her watchful esel
Come down on the sands where the plaintive
q snipe
Shrills a mem'ry of Pan and his reedy pipe,
Where the ripples that lap on the shelving
10 beach
Seem to welcome a continent to their reach;
Where the great brown rocks in their trailing
weeds
Seem doing penance for guilty deees
Centuries since, when the pirates sail
Drove a bark to seek help in the teeth of gale.
Leave sorrow behind when you'd frolic with
me,
For there's never a grief that can sadden the
e. SEA-
And never a burden too heavy to throw
Away to be lost in the ebb and flow;
Come down to the narge of the seething earth
And bathe in the surges. where Love had birth.
Where the fountain OF youth in crystal cave
Plays. hidden for aye. 'neathL laughing wave.
A.-A New York World.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-02-20
Her Bargain.

The following true story is told in the
journal of Emily Shore:"
A little girl near us was one day play
ing before the house, when a woman ap-
peared and begged few pence. She
had baby in her arms. And the child
was so delighted with the little thing
that she asked the woman if she would
sell it to her.
"What will you give for it, miss?" was
the counter question.
"Half a crown"
Every well,'' said the woman; ''let's
see the money"
1t was produced, and the sale made.
The little girl took the baby, carried it
up stairs and laid it on her bed, and
after she had fondled it enough for
once" scampered down stairs, calling
to her mother.
Mamma, mammal I've got a live
doll! 1 always wanted one, and now
I've got it,
The baby was found, and the story
frankly told, but though the beggar
woman was sought all over the town,
no trace of her could be discovered
Meanwhile the baby's little ''owner"
begged so hard that it should be kept
that the parents yielded, and the living
doll became household blessing.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-02-20
Advice to Young Authors.

Get originality into your work, my
friend. IF your forte is writing articles
choose new, bright, popular topic and
treat it freshly. Don't affect the dull
and stupid essay style. Use few words.
Make your sentences brief. BE crisp and
make your thoughts crackle. Tell the
public something it doesn't know and is
trying to find out. If youlean to fiction
tear away from old plots and take an in
cident that reader will recognize at
once as being fresh. Make your dialogue
natural and bright; let your characters
move around and have being. Stop
when your story is told; lively story Of
1000 words, full of life and snap, has in
it more prospects of success than drawn
out tale of 5000 words. If you feel poe
try to be your forte appeal to the heart
rather than the mind. Don't fail at blank
verse when you can succeed at popular
poetry.-E. w. Box in Ladies' Home
Journal
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-02-20

Any dark dress comfortably made viii
do for travelling. Its texture should suit
the season, and the less it shows dust the
better looking its owner will arrive. at
her journeys end. Good taste will pre-
vent any one from travelling in white or
light colored dresses. Garnet also is not
a good color to choose. The gown should
be made as plain as possible and is better
without jet or velvet trimming. Ruching
or collars finish the neck, but silk ker-
chief or lace scarf that can be wrapped
closely around in the cars will keep
cinders from lodging in the neck. A
travelling hat that is small and light and
not easily hurt will be found most com
Portable. A dark petticoat is another
necessity, also high shoes, or if low ones
are worn, cloth CATERS. The handsAmust
be kept gloved constantly to retain any
degree of cleanness, and of course the
car window will be kept closed during a
journey of any length.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-02-20
Love of old England.

When Mr.. Christie Murray started for
Australia the anchor of his vessel in
Plymouth sound brought up a quantity
of Devon mud and ooze, which in the
course of. a day or two, under summer
sun, baked into stiffish earth. Half by
way of a sentimental joke and half seri-
ously, he took a cubic inch or there
abouts of this English soil, placed it in
an envelope, and determined to carry
this morsel of old England with him on
his travels.
Many months afterward pastoralist
up country, whose guest Mr.. Murray
was, begged this bit of earth from him.
you'll be going back there" he said,
land 1 never shall. I've been away
from home for sixteen years and I'd
value that bit of Old England more than
the Kohinoor" ''When next l passed
his way" says Mr.. Murray, .I found
that he had ridden sixty miles (out and
home) to buy little plush stand and a
glass shade for the precious trifie."-
London News.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-02-20
How to Catch a Runaway Horse.

Most persons when trying to stop a
runaway horse merely add to the panic
which has caused the beast TO take to his
heels. Don't stand in the middle of the
road and throw up Your hands and shout.
No one ever saw real runaway stopped
by such tactics. Don't stand on the side
Of the road and yell to the horse to stop.
That will merely cause him to be worse
frightened than before. As you see the
horse coming, start to run as fast as you
can in the same direction the horse is
taking; when he catches up with you
and before he passes-horses don't go
with the rapidity of bullet from gun
even when running away-jump for his
bride rein and hold to it, running along
all the while as fast as possible. The
check thus given by the pull on the bit
will almost always stop a runaway. If
You are on horseback you can do, this
with ease and with very little danger,
for in this instance your horse is run
ming and you have, all your strength to
give to the runaway. The mounted pc
icemen in Central park, New York, and
on the roads about, catch runaway
horses with much neatness and dexterity.
and they have plenty of practice.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-02-20
Steel Divinine Rods.

A man in San Francisco has some
queer diyining rods. They are four
slender pieces of steel, tapering to a
point at one end and fattened out at the
other, with notches in the extremities
like the notches in an arrow. Two are
an inch shorter than the others. Two
persons use them, each taking hold Of
one long and one short rod with the
thumb and forefnger and holding them
out horizontally with the hands close
together. The notches Sfe pressed to-
gether In few minutes the rods move
from side to side. or up and down, point
ing, it is said, to that part of the room
where coins or jewelry may be conceal
ed. Some persons cannot use the rods,
but those who can may easily find the
hiding place Of any valuable.-New York
Sun. fsa-.ftstr.a ----aste
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-02-20
Chinese Children.

The Chinese give their boy babies
name in addition to their surnames,
and they must call themselves by these
names until they are twenty years old.
AT that age the father gives his son
new name.
The Chinese care SO little for their girl
babies that they do not give them "a
baby name. but jast call them No l.
No. 2, No.s3, according to their.birth.
Boys are thought SO much more of in
China than girls are. .-that if you ask a
Chinese father who has both a boy and
a girl how many children he has, he will
always reply, "Only one child. Gin
cinnati Commercial Gazette.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-02-20
How to Use Terms of Compliment and
Respect.

In official letters 'Sir" should be used
and the writer should sign himself Very
respectfully, your obedient servant In
business letters "Dear sir" should be
used, and this form of address should be
followed by Respectfully yours Where
some personal or social relationship en-
ters into business acquaintance "NIy
dear sir" is a proper form of address,
and this should be followed by yours
truly" or Yours faithfully" Where
the communication is entirely social the
address should be Dear Mr.. Smith or
its equivalent, and this form of address
should be followed by Sincerely yours
or yours very truly" Where the So
cial relations are somewhat intimate the
form of address may very properly be
my dear Mr.. Smith" In social letters
"Dear sir" should never be used, and if
writer objects to the more intimate
forms of address, then the letter should
be written in the old fashioned form of
the third person where .'Mr. Brown pre-
sents his compliments to Mr.. Smith,
ETC." Scent" or Gents should never
be used under any circumstance. Never
even to one to whom you feel an enmity
should a letter be addressed ''Mr. Smith"
without any further term of compliment
cr reSnact
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-02-20
How to Make Ginger Beer.

White sugar, five pounds; lemon juice,
quarter of a pint; honey, quarter of a
pound; ginger (bruised), five ounces; wa
ter, four gallons and half. Boil the
ginger in three quarts of the water for
half an hour, then add the sugar, lemon
juice and honey with the remainder of
the water and strain through cloth;
add quarter of the white Of an egg and
q small teaspoonful of the essence of
lemon; let the whole stand four days
and bottle; it will keep for many months.
This receipt is given by Dr. Pereira in
his celebrated work on, diet, and he
recommends it as a most healthful bev-
erage.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-02-20
Some Feminine advice.

This advice was given by an old lady
to a young wife going out to the colonies
and looking for maid to accompany
her: Take pretty one, my DEAR" said
the old lady, ''for, ugly or pretty, she
will have an offer of marriage before she
has been out week, and while your
ugly girl will say yes to the first offer
she gets and leave you, your pretty one
will be harder to please and will say mo
several times before she consents. San
Francisco Argonaut.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-02-20
How to Pour Hot Liouid..

The hottest liquids can be poured
without fear. into glass or china recep-
tacles if metal utensil, such as silver
or steel fork. knife or spoon, be put in
first. This simple preventive is most
useful to the housewife when canning
fruit, or to the hospitable hostess who
wishes to prepare at table her cups of
cocoa by pouring boiling water on the
powder in her dainty china cups.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-02-20
How to Preserve Ribbons and silks.

They should always be laid. away for
keeping in brown paper, as the chemicals
used in white paper often combine with
those in the material and produce dis
coloration. A white satin dress, how
ever, is somewhat better preserved in
blue paper. with brown paper outside
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-02-20
How to Prepa-e Common Whitewash.
Take clean unslaked lime and pour

ON warm water just fast enough to keep
the lime slaking without burning, but
not enough to drown it. 1t is desirable
to have it slalke dry and then be mixed
with water to thin wash, but not
pasty. If put on too thick it will not
take a firm hold and after few coats
are applied it will flake off. If the wall
is very rough mix salt and ashes with the
first coating; if smooth, salt only. A
very little bluing in the last coating will
make it look a clear white.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-02-20
rerribls lhseet.

A sailor on q ceasting vessel which
plies between Galveston and ports on
the gulf has some very interesting spec
linens which he secured while on the
coast of Yucatan. Among them is a
large jar filled with enormous spiders,
which he says are looked upon with
greatest fear by the Indians of the CEN
trail portion of that country, and which
are undoubtedly the largest ever seen.
The body of the spider is fully five
inches in diameter and the legs are
short and thick, being especially adapted
to running and climbing. They are
about two inches long and are as big
around as an ordinary lead pencil. The
animal is of grayish brown color, but
is most peculiarly marked by deep red
bands, which cross its body, extending
clear around diagonally from shoulder
to hip, crossing each other at the middle
of the back and the center of the belly.
The fierceness of the insect and the
marking on the back have induced the
Indians to name it the Devils Soldier" I"
and they say that it is undoubtedly the
worst foe to man in that whole country,
making it almost impossible for. any one
to go into the interior, for it abounds in
such numbers that no place is free from
it, and its bite is certain death. - @s@'
Only one instance is known to Indians
where man has been bitten and did
not die, and this man was wildly insane
ever afterward. The spider makes its
home among the rocks, and when any
thing approaches it rushes boldly OUT
and makes an attack SO fercely that it
is almost impossible to escape it. It
runs with great rapidity and climbs
sticks and. trees as easily as il. it were on
the ground. Atlanta Constitution.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-02-20

1t is not so hard as is supposed to pro.
nounce the name of the queen of the
Sandwich Islands. That s.un in Liliuo-
kalani has the value of "w," and if one
says "Lileewoka-lanny' he will hit it
about right.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-02-20
Power. of VIII.

Expectant Nephew-How is my rich
uncle today?
Family Doctor-Much better. His will
keeps him alive.
Nephew (sadly)ePm afraid that's So
He made his will in my favor twenty
years ago, and 1 don't believe he'll die
while that will is in existence.-Good
News.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-02-20
worth Thinlxinr over.

Z Young Mr.. Garter-Is your sister in,
Harry? sssEss fsksS
Little Harry Clasp-Yes. But she
isn't going to receive any gentlemen after
this unless he comes in a dress suit.
Mr.. Garter-Why? What brought her
to that decision2
Harry guess she must have found
out that you didn't have Clothier
and Furnisher.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-02-20

in w1nter," says Yuan Mel, a Chinese
writer, eve nhould eat beef and mutton.
In summer, dried and preserved meats
AS for condiments, mustard belongs spe-
cially to summer; pepper, to winter"
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-02-20
HOW to C1ean a cola chain.

Put the chain in small bottle with
water, little soap and tooth powder.
Cork and shake the bottle violently for
a minute or two. The soap and powder
win extract every particle of grease and
dirt from the minutest interstices of the
chain, while friction against the glass
will polish it. Rinse in clear cold water
and the polish will surprise you.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-02-20

What was long supposed to be wax
figure on crucifix in the Burgos cathe-
dral turns out to be mummified human
body. The church record shows that it
has been in its present position since 1140
A. ID.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-02-20

A Vermont man claims to have SQUASH
vine, on the end of one branch of which
grew a cluster of eighteen full grown
squashes, all well developed.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-02-20

The silk industry shows that single
cocoon from a well fed silkworm will
often produce continuous fiber more
than 1000 yards long.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-02-20

It is. forbidden to use the words
s.hunger'' or famine in Kazan, Russia.
Nevertheless, the 81: - IN the streets
would draw tears fra.il the manifest eye.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-02-20
Just
"a.

In just "a hours J. v. s. relieves constipation
and sick headaches, After it gets the system
under control an occasional dose prevents return.
We refer by permission to w. II. Marshall, Bruins
wick House, S. F.; Geo. AWerner, 5S1 California
St., s. F.; Mrs. c. Melvin, 136 Kearny St., S. F.,
and many others who have found relief from
constipation and sick headaches. CIV. Vincent,
of Terrence Court S. T. writes: II am 60 years
of age and have been troubled with constipation
for 25 years. Lwas recently induced TO try joys
Vegetable sarsaparilla. 1 recognized in it at
once an herb that the Mexicans used to give us
in the early SOS for bowel troubles. q came to
California in 1897 and knew it would help me
and it has For the first time in years can sleep
well and my system is regular and in splendid
condition. The old Mexican herbs in this remedy
are certain cure in constipation and bowel
troubles" Ask for
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-02-20

OF the Leading City Of Eastern Oregon.

During the little year of its existence it
has earnestly tried fulfill objects for which it
was founded, namely, to assist in developing our
industries to advertise the resources of the city and
adjacent country and to work for an open river to
the sea- Its record is before the people AMI the
phenomenal support it has accepted as the
expression of their approval Independent in every
thing neutral in nothing will live only to fight
for what it believes to be just and ri ht
Commencing with the first number of the second
VIC lume the weekly has been enlarged eight pages
while the price ($1.5o Year, remains the same
Thus both the weekly and daily editions contain
mole reading matter for Less money than any paper
published in the county.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-02-20
q Severe Law.

not what they are represented to be-. Under
this stattteFhousands of pounds of tea have
been burned because of their wholesale adul-
teration.
Tea, By the way, is one of the most notori-
oiisly a.iulterated articles of commerce. Not
alone are the bright, shiny green teas artih-
cially colored, but thcu ands of pounds of
suistI utei for tea leaves are used TO swell
the bu;& OF cheap tea, ash. sloe, aud willow
leaves being those most commonly used.
again, swsepings fr m tea warehouses are
colored and sold as tea. Even exhausted tea
Leaves gathered 'front.' the tea houses-sre Kept,
dried, and made over and find their way into
the cheap teas.
The English government attempts to stamp
this out By coIfscsti n; but tea is too
poor for u, G:;d the result i. ;hat probably
the pncre teas 1scd by any nation are those
consumed IN America sas-...,.s.
Eeech's Tea Is presented With the guar
anty that it is uncolored and unadulterated;
in fact, the snn-cureo tea leaf pure and sim
pie. It's purity insufes superior strength,
about one third less OF 1t being required for
an infnsion than Of the ffcial teas, and its
fragrance and exquisite favor is at once ap
parent It will be revelation to you. In
order that its purity aud quality may be guar
anteed, 1t is sold only in pound packages
bearing this trademark:
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-08-18

PoRT TOWNSEND. WASH, Aug l3-Ncws
has just been received here by the steamer
Bertha, from Onnaluska, stating that de.
tachmcnt of marines from the United
states steamship Yorktown fired several
vollcys Of rifle balls into the pilot house Of
the steamer Polar Bear, seriously wound
ing the chief engineer.
The Polar Bear is used as tender for
the Gamers ut Bristol bay and was return
Ing to Astra after last seasons work.
While passing the False Pass, a crowd OF
men armed with long-range rifles appeared
from behind the bluffs, and, without
warning fired on the steamer. She GOT
away finally, however. and left for Ouna.
laska, and reported the affair to the cap.
tain Of the United states steamship Adams,
who said the commander of the Yorktown
left a detachment Of marines at False Pass
with instructions to allow no vessels ia
pass by, and it was probable that tic
marines mistook the Polar Bear for 1
British poaching steamer.
The affair has created intense excite
mcnt at Ouualaska.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1892-08-18


The Democratic campaign in Illinois
vii br opened at Bloomington on August
9th when monster meeting will be adj
dressed BY General Stevenson, General
John NJ. Palmer and others.
EX-ConGrGssman John Finerty Mon
day addressed 4 large meeting under the
auspices of the United Irish societies OF
Chicago At Ogden Grove, near that city,
on the subject Of Home Rule for ireland.
Governor buchanan Of Tennessee, Mon
day published long card" nnnounc-
ing himself as an independent candidate
for reelection. lie says The loves the
Democracy but the citizens have called on
him 10 run and he will do So"
President J. S. Clarkson of the National
League Of Republican clubs, Monday
issued notice Of tic posiponement Of the
Republican National League convention,
called to meet in Buffalo, from September
lst until September 18TH
President Weihe Of the Analgamated
Association Of Iron and Steel Workers, ut
littsburg Monday, referring 20 his re-
ported candidacy for the Democratic nomi-
nation for Congress. said ~ will posi-.
lively not NEEDLE with politics. and would
not accept the nomination OIL any con.
dition.n