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How the Indian Prays.

prayer is the souls sincere desire,
unuttered or expressed And the man
ner of expressing desire may differ wide
ly. The Indian may be as religious as is
the Presbyterian, yet he never kneels
when he prays. He never addresses the
deity by word of mouth at all. Yet he
asks for the blessings he needs, and asks
for them with as much faith and as
much reverence as does his whittier broth
er. They want a good corn crop and
they gather handful of green twigs or
grasses, bind them together with rev.
erent faith that the deity is willing and
able to help them; they lay the emblems
or hang them in a place where the sun
will shine upon them and leave, assured
that their prayer has been heard.
1t may not be answered. The corr
may not prosper right away. but they
are in no wise discouraged. They bind
together another emblem and offer it In
another place. Some places have partic
ular favor. 1t is believed the deity see.
them place them there better than il
some other places. 1t is simply th'
Christians idea of sanctuary in anothe1
form.-Chicago Herald.
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Blunders of the reachers.

A friend, himself for many years u
teacher, writes: ''The blunders of teach
ers of English literature are sometimes
more amazing than any that are told of
their pupils. / heard the other day of a
woman at the west who, when class
was reading Tennyson's Day Dream,
explained to them that the happy priu-
cess, in following her lover deep into
the dying day. went to Americai The
laureate would be tickled to know of
this. A year or more ago there was a
discussion in leading educational jour
nal as to the persons meant in Longfel-
lows lines TO the River Charles where
he says:
sMore than this s-thy name reminds me
OF three friends, all true and tried. etc.
lone writer suggested that they were
Professor Cornelius G. Fulton, Nathaniel
Hawthorne and Charles Sumner. An
other thought that Louis Agassiz's name
should stand in the place of Haw-
thorne's, and this was finally accepted
by all concerned. Neither the editor mol
any of his correspondents or readers ap
peared to see the absurdity of making
the name of the river suggest friends
whose names were other than Charles.
Critic.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-01-05
a rremendou. RarIex Farm.

"We have now secured $4,000 acres
of land in North Dakota for barley
farms, and next spring we will send
thousands of German enigrants to that
state from Ohio, West Virginia and In
diana," said Colonel o. NJ. Towner as
he discussed the future of this great
northern state. Colonel Towner is man
ager of what is best known as the Barley
syndicate of Chicago. During the last
two or three months the company has
succeeded in securing $50, 900 acres of
land in North Dakota, ON which 1t is
proposed to place German farmers to
raise barley for malt purposes. These
lands have been purchased in Nelson,
Norman, Towner, Ramsey, Steele and
Bottineau counties.
1t is the opinion of the managers of
this company that barley can be most
successfully grown in that state, and
they have the conviction of their belief
sufficiently to purchase these lands and
| to send out emigrants from other states.
! The Germans are chosen on account of
their knowledge of barley culture fol
! this purpose. These emigrants Will moi
| be tenants, but owners of the land, il
/ being sold to them on easy terms. The
crops will be bought by the company
and shipped to all points where there is
| demand for barley.-St. Paul Pioneer
/ Press
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A Much Travelled Volume.

In opening package Of books wrapped
in tin, the custom house inspectors cut
with knife the binding, by Ruban, of a
Poor Richard Almanack." The import
er made no claim for damage from the
government, paid the duty, returned the
book to Paris to be rebound and wrote
an ode to Diana of Poitiers, goddess of
book lovers, in gratitude for the miracu-
lous escape of the text of his Almanack.
The book, rebound, came back fifteen
days ago. The owner supposes that it is
intact, but he does not know, and he
cannot learn even by paying the duty
again, for the official wants a new in
voice, and the importer is naive enough
to think that he can persuade the official
that the first invoice, which is fled at
the custom house, accurately describes
the book on its fourth voyage across the
Atlantic. York Times.
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To Celebrate the Narsefllaise.

Another effort is being made by the
inhabitants of Choisy-le-Roi, outside of
Paris, to observe with much solemnity
and ceremonial what is vaguely called
the Centenary of the Marseinaise. :"
Choisy-le-Roi claims to possess the dust
of Rouget de PIsle-the composer of the
hymn-who was buried there in 1885,
his birthplace being Lons-le-Saulnier, in
the department of the Jura. On this ac-
count the members of the borough coun-
Gil consider that they have the right to
take the initiative in organizing Right
Republican festival this year, as the Mar
seillase, under the title Of ''Chant de
Guerre de rArmee du Rhin," was first
heard in 1892.
President Carnot is to be asked to be-
come honorary president of the commit.
tee of the fete, and appeals for funds
will be made to all the cities, and also
to communes which possess more than
1000 inhabitants. No date as yet ha:
been fixed for the celebration of the cen
tenary, to which it is presumed thai
every patriotic Frenchman will give hil
sentimental and sympathetic-if no
practical and pecuniary-support
Paris Cor. London Telegraph
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A chance for a Fortune.

There survive in this city few hand
cork cutters who still contrive to make
sort of living in competition with the
cork cutting machines and the peasants
of Catalonia. One of these men hangs
out a curious sign in an east side street.
1t is a glass case containing the model of
house all of cork. 1t is possibly the
house that Jack built, for there are bits
of cork to simulate bags of grain. The
factory is shed in the rear of an ordi-
nary dwelling house. Here, with the
aid of some simple machinery, the cork
cutter manages to eke out an existence.
His chief grievances are the competition
of machinery and the problem of dispos-
ing of the waste.
Light as cork is, tons of clippings ac-
cumulate, and although various uses
have been discovered for this refuse, it
brings little or nothing when sold, and
constantly accumulates to the embar-
rassment of the corkcutter. There is u
| comfortable little fortune for the man
who shall devise some really profitable
use for cork clippings.-New York Sun.
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,Iakinr the Right shade.

Those who have sought in vain for
laces to, match the color of silk on lamp
shades and other decorative articles may
be able to produce the right shade by
using some of the French tapestry dyes.
One should experiment. on a bit of lace.
first to see if the dyes are properly
thinned, so as to get the desired shade.
Amy of the thin laces in silk or cotton
take the dyes nicely. Point d'Esprit and
German valenciennes looking very well
when treated with the yellow shades.
In the Valenciennes several delicate tints
may be used on the light and the heavy
part of the lace, bringing out the design
with excellent effect. In preparing lace
for the dye. brush and press it carefully,
then stretch it upon q board, laying sew.
eral thicknesses of paper underneath
Dip small bristle brush in the dye and
lay it on freely. When nearly dry, lay
the lace on padded board and pres.
with a hot iron.-New York Post.
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How They Got Along.

A Nantucket woman tells of the an
noyance to which the Mitchell household
was subjected, after its daughter, Maria
Mitchell, became famous, at the hands
of two importunate tourists. Its privacy
was SO persistently and unwarrantably
invaded that its members felt occasion
ally that politeness ceased to be a virtue.
One persistent woman, who got herself
admitted on shabby pretext, so wearied
sister of Miss Mitchell, into whose
hands she fell, that when the woman
after a series of searching questions
wound up with, '"And what do you do
in this dull town after the tourists are
gomez" the other replied, with a drawl
natural to her, "Oh, we cut off our cou-
pons. Exchange.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-01-05
UNCLE WILLIAMS PICTURE.

Uncle William, last July,
Had his picture took.
"Have it done, of course" saysL
jess the way You lookr'
(Al dressed up. he was, fer the
Barbecue and jubilee
The Old Settlers helt) So he
Last he had it took.
Lide she'd coaxed and begged and plead,
Sence her mother went;
But he'd cough and shake his head
At all argument;
Mebby clear his throat and say
"What's my likeness mount to, hey,
Now, with mother gone away
From us, like she went?"
But we'd projick'd round, tell we
Got it figgered down
How we'd git him, Lide and me,
Drivin into to town:
Dragged how well he looked, and heshed
Up around the face, and freshed
With the morning air; and breshed
His coat collar down.
All SO providentiali Why,
Now he's dead and gone,
Picture pears so lifelike
Want to start him on
Them old tales he ust to tell,
And old talks, SO sociable,
And old songs he sung SO we'll
Fore his voice was gone!
Face is sad to Lide, and they's
Sorrow in the eyes
Kisses it sometimes, and lays
1t away and cries;
smooth down her hair, and low
He is happy, anyhow.
Bein there with mother now
Smile and wipe my eyes.
James Whitcomb Riley.
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Coolnes. IN : mixed college.

There is coolness between the boys
and the girls of the Stanford university.
1t all came about from question of pro-
priety. The boys gave ball in their
dormitory hall on Monday night, to
which they invited all the girl students,
as well as the professors. Elaborate
preparations were made, and the young
men anticipated an evening of enjoy
ment They hired band, and had the
dormitory beautifully decorated.
One or two of the more modest and re-
tiring of the maidens in the girls dormi-
tory were shocked at the avowed inten-
ton of some of the girls to attend the
ball, and called a meeting of the girls. at
which there was a long discussion of the
affair.
Many of the fair students said they
could see no harm in going to the ball as
long as the professors were willing, but
the more prudish damsels read a strong
lecture on the evils of such doings, and,
on a vote, there was majority in favor
of not attending the ball. So none OF
them went.
The boys waited long for the coming
of the fair ones, but they came not. Al
first the collegians were very angry
Then they took the dancing floor them
selves and made ''stag" party of it
! They say, however, that for future fes
! tivities they will send no invitations t.
! the girl students This suits the ultra
modest among the latter, but the sociabl
girls feel crushed.-San Francisco
Z Chronicle.
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A Story from the American Indian

n Story from the American Indians.
Many years ago boy found beauti-
full snake, so an Indian legend runs. He
kept it in a bowl of water and took no
tice that small feathers dropped into the
receptacle became living beings. He
experimental and discovered that what
ever he put into the water became alive.
He rubbed some of this snake water on
his eyes and found that he could see
things that were actually hidden in the
ground. Concluding that he would
make the liquid more powerful by put
ting more snakes into it, he hung up a
number of serpents SO that their oil
dropped into the water. By putting
some of the solution thus obtained into
his mouth he could breathe fire, and by
placing some of it in his eyes he could
see in the dark.
| At will he could transform himself
into serpent, could become invisible
and could travel at an incredible rate OF
speed. An arrow dipped into the liquid
and shot at any living being, even if il
did not hit its object, would neverthe
less kill it. A feather dipped into thi.
snake water and pointed at any game
would Immediately start for the latte,
and slay it. This boy became in thi
manner a great Washington
Star
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why Sunsets are Red.

A shower of remarkable character
occurred in Sicily on April "a, 1881. Ou
the morning of that day every exposed
place within an extensive district was
found covered with a gray water, which
being evaporated left deposit nearly a
quarter of an inch in thickness. 1t was
determined that this solid matter must
have come from Mount Atna. 1t is eer-
tain that vast quantities of solid sub
stances are constantly afioat in the at
mosphere. The sunsets all over the
world are redder to this day on account
of the dust from the mighty eruption II
the Straits of Sunda years ago, which
has not yet entirely settled.-Washing
ton Star
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-01-05
Proceeds of a Jackknife.

The champion horse jockey belongs in
Belfast in the person of Lie Walker.
just to give his boy an idea how to get
along in the world Lie started away
nom home one day on foot and nothing
in his pockets but a jackknife. He was
absent just one week and returned driy-
ing a pair Of horses harnessed into top
buggy. Hitched to the rear axle was
another horse and COW, while ahead
was dog. ..See how your pap doesi it, y
said Lie to his son, as he gazed at the
time of day from handsome watch.
For fact he had got the whole turnout
for his jackknife, and swapping the pro
ceeds into one thing and another, Bel
fast (Me.) Mail.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-01-05

A Harvard student told me an anus
ihg story about himself the other day.
It seems that recently his mother had a
young lady guest at their home on the
Back Bay, and when he came from col
lege in the afternoon he was introduced
to her. At dinner also she sat opposite
him at the table. He paid little atten-
ton to the fair visitor, as his mind was
engrossed with problem in his lessons.
However, his brothers were as assiduous
as possible in entert ining her. AS it
happened, the latter had engagements
out that evening, and, as Mrs. A. had
promised Miss B. to have one of her sons
take her to the theater, it fell to the lot
of my friend George, the Harvard man.
He accepted the situation gracefully,
and in due time the young couple set off
for the theatre. Arriving, George left
his companion at one side of the lobby
while he stepped up to the box Office and
purchased the tickets; then, turning
about, he looked toward the place where
he had parted from the young lady, and
was surprised to see half dozen there,
and-ye gods! is it possible?-he could
not tell which was his precious charge
Here was dilemma.
George said he Immediately decided
that, rather than risk speaking to the
wrong person, he would stand still til
the young lady spoke to him. So he
gazed at his tickets for what seemed te
him an age, but was probably only {
minute, when Miss B. came up and said
II fear you did not recognize me-" s'Oh
yes-yes-" stammered George, equivo
cating-'yes, did; thought they hat
not given me the seats asked for, ani
was considering what was best to do il
the NATTER Boston Herald.
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French Bread LAWS.

The French baker is not only required
to conform to laws regarding weight.
but he is also told at what price he must
sell his bread. He is further required to
deposit certain sum of money in the
hands of the municipal authorities as a
surety of good behavior. In the large
fortified cities he has to keep specified
quantity of flour on hand to provide for
warlike emergencies.
In Germany laws of similar import are
in existence, and are enforced with such
severity that no baker ever dreams of de-
flying them.-Baker's Helper. ~
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-01-05
Russo-Chinese RAILWAY,

A Russo Chinese railway is reported
as the objective point of negotiations
now going ON between Russian and
Chinese representatives. Russia wants
the right to build railway from Vladi-
vostock, the Pacific terminal of the pro-
posed Siberian railway, across the north
ern boundary of Corea to Tien-Tsin, and
thence to Shanghai. The alleged OBJ
ject is quick transit of Chinese tea and
silk to Europe. The Chinese, however
are very jealous of Russian influence
in the east, and will probably declin'
Russian aid in railway building.-En
gineering News.
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COmm merciat w omen
There are a number of commercial
women travelling with their husbands,
most of them for Chicago business firms,
although few represent houses in this
city and Boston. The lines of goods
they carry vary from stationery and
maps to hardware and jewelry. One
couple are travelling through the coun-
try with horse and wagon, dealing in
sewing machines, while another couple
are employing the same method to carry
lines of gloves, mittens, etc. One wom-
an said that the number of women who
had taken to commercial travelling with
in the last year was four times as great
as in the previous year.
"And why shouldn't women go into
this business as well 90 any other7. sbe
demanded. And why shouldn't they
New York Tribune.
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HeIpinr One Another.

A seventh ward man rises in the early
dawn of Monday morning and does the
family washing, because his wife has an
organic heart trouble. After he goes to
bis daily toll, with the consciousness of
having performed his duty, she goes over
and does the washing for the minister's
family.-Springfeld Homestead.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-01-05
A HalIoween Exveriment.

Halloween is sometimes called nut
crack night" because nuts have always
taken a conspicuous part in its observ-
ance. Two nuts placed in the fire OIL
Halloween are named for two lovers.
Should they lie together and burn to-
gether, John and Tillie will be happy
husband and wife, but should the nuts
bounce and fly asunder, the sign is a
bad one-New York Herald.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-01-05

When Chinese compositor sets type
he places them in a wooden frame twen-
ty-two by fifteen inches. This frame has
twenty-nine grooves, each for line of
type, and the type rests in clay to the
depth of quarter of an inch. The types
are of wood. perfectly square, and the
compositor handles them with pincers.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-01-05
Young Dinlomnt

Mrs. Brown-rm afraid to let you have
bicycle.
Little Johnnie-Don't feel that way,
ma. Even if it did kill me, remember
that it would be the last thing ever
asked you for.-New York Epoch.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1892-01-05

Delicacy of feeling is not confined to
gentle people, commonly SO called. 1t
is well known, for example, by those
who have to do with men confined in
prison, that such convicts never speak
the hated word ''prison," but invariably
use some euphemistic substitute, this
institution" being perhaps the one of.
tenest adopted.
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not what they are represented to be. Under
tht, >,atute thousands OF pounds of tea have
bees: burned because of their wholesale adul-
te:ation.
Tea, by the way, is one of the most roiori-
yai::i:erated articles of commerce. Not
acne are the bright, shiny green teas artin-
ciaIiv coiored, but thea ands Of pounds OF
subs ;it., for tea leaves are used to swell
tie l,.I..,.. OF cheap tea ash, sioe. and willow
leaves being those most commonly used.
AS.;i, swcepings from tea wareh uses are
colored and sold as tea. Even exhausted tea
leaves GO ed from he tca-houses are kept,
died, and made over AID fiEd their way into
the heap teas.
Tic English government attempts to stamp
this oet ly coAnscsti II; but no tea 500
poor for ", and the result is, that probably
The raore t teas used by any nation are th,se
Consumed III America.
I:eech's Tea is presented with the guar
any that it is uncolored and unadulterated; /;
infact. the sun-curea. .ea leaf pure and sim
pie. Its purity ENSURES superior strenE-
about one third less OF it being requiredN
an Infusion than of the artificial teas, and its
fragrapce and exquisite flavor is at once ap-
parent 1t will be revelation to you In
order that its purity and quality may be guar
anteed, it is sold only in pound packages
bearing this Trademark:
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An immense fiume is. being construct
ed near Fresno, Cal, which VIII not
only furnish water for irrigating pur-
poses, but will be used to transport lum-
ber needed by farmers living near by.
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The first electric telegraph at all de-
serving the name was invented by
Messrs Cooke and Wheatstone, and was
laid ON the London and Blackwell rail-
way in June, 1887, ~
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one Little Thing,

Its little things that count. . said
Hicks.
.eYe-es,'' returned Mawson .Butvery
inaccnrately. My boy can't count eleven
without making about forty mistakes.
-Harper's Bazaar.
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DIR. John Piente, the amateur telescope
maker, is now finishing BOZ inch silver
on glass mirror for Allegheny college,
which, when mounted, will give that In
stitution the largest rejecting telescope
in this country
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It is pretty hard to be told at the be-
ginning of a long, cold winter that gold
table services are coming in. 1t was
hoped that they had gone out to stay.
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M
6, 8 IPATION .

4 a1s :;.: the iI:": .c:tn people !ct ;heac *
o. Ifri.r.':e' "i si:siperi'a iia.it on
til" t,y!s ai .rit'llrS BIS iinp~i;i:li tr,s:blc,
ard i.iat is Io.'s Negeta35:,. s.;>ap.g;in. It.
hevcs it i'll - hours, ar,; occasional dose
prevents return Ierc.or - permission 10 C. L.
f. ,;i.-;-'3, - Locust Avenue, San frnucisco;
J. il. i."pwn, PctalInla; II. s. Winn. Gcary Court,
San r;;."is o, ant! Hundreds OF otiiers WHO have
use Il "a constipation. One letter is u sample of
hundreds. ELLINGTON writes: y have been for
years subject 10 bilious headaches and constipa-
tio:,. Have been SO bad for year back have
had to take physic every other night or else
would have headache. After taking one bottle
of J. V. s., am in splendid shape. 1t has done
wonderful things for me. People similarly
troubled should try l. and be convinced"
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q Severe Law.
REORLE

The English peo-
pie look more closely
to the genuineDess
OF these staples than
&c do In fac-, they
have a law under
> which they make
seizures and de-
stroy adulterated
products that aye
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Io.,'a Vegetable
JUy = 1;sarsapariIIa

Most modern, -. e:c. t,-. largest bottle
same price, $1.0a. -; iT s501.
For Sale by SNIPES g. KINERSLY
THE DALLES. OREGON.