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The record-union. [volume] (Sacramento, Calif.) 1891-1903, 1893-04-25
BELFAST RIOTS.
The Home Secretary Questioned In. the
Commons as to Their Cause

OOWhOns as TO IheIr Cause.
LONDON: April 24.-Thomas Sexton,
anti-Parnellite, in the Commons to-day
questioned Asquith, Home Secretary, re-
gardlng the Belfast riots. In reply AS
qulth read the official report of the riot
ing IN Belfast yesterday and Saturday.
AS regards the speeches of eminent poll
tlclans, Sexton designated Balfour and
Lord Randolph Churchill. Asquith ex-
pressed the opinion that they had in
Cured very heavy responsibility by
using Incorporate language directly cal
cuIated to incite the bitterest party strife.
The Government had taken every posi-
Die step, he said, to prevent recurrence
OF the deplorable demonstrations.
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THE RIoTING CONTINUES.

LONDON, April 24.-The conflict be-
tween Orangemen and Nationalist in
belfast proceeds intermittently. More
than 5000 Orangemen have been march
ing about in procession threatening to
attack the Nationalist. Carrick Hill is
held by an equally strong force of
Natlonalists. The military has been
kept between the two mobs, and will
probably prevent their meeting tonight.
Several fights between less considerable
bodies have been stopped by the police.
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Ralxarsfiald CnJjfc

Bakersfield Californian: 'An exchange
says: People may laugh if you pitch
into'' the editor of some other paper. and
speak of him as the sleepy old fossiI.n
"the conceited crank" etc., but those
who enjoy that kind of journalism like
to see bar-room fight; decent people
will be disguised. There's nothing in
it,. There is world of gospel truth in
this. The sole excuse for the existence
of some papers seems to be the BULLYING
and belittling of their contemporaries.
and while engaged in this work thew are
not only injuring themselves, but the
communities which support them, for
it is accepted as a fact that none but
blackguard communities will support a
Bakersfield, and the press here, there is
little if any of this kind of thing INDUCED
in, and our papers have SO much to do
in giving the news and writing I'D the
material interests of the county, that they
have neither the time nor the inclination
to heap billingsgate upon each other"
Oakland Times: "The most recent re-
form proposed by the reform administra-
ton Of this city is the issuance by the
Mayor of burglar permits. 1t must not
be understood that the reformers have de-
cided to issue permits for the commission
of burglary-that is a reform TOO radi-
cal even for the present intent of the
Municipal League-the class of permits
which it is proposed to issue merely
covers the privilege of carrying burglars,
tools, concealed or otherwise. Competi-
ton in the burgling industry has grown
so keen in Oakland that there is yery lit
tie profit in the business"
Oroville Mercury "The Kelley cure
has been adopted by the Police Courts of
st. Lemars, Iowa. The second time that
a drunk is brought before him, the
Mayor gives him the choice of ten DAYS
in Jail and the chaingang or a course of
the gold cure. While it seems strange
that there should be any occasion for a
gold cure establishment in a prohibition
State, this method of treating drunks
seems more sensible than sending them
to Jail. Fit should only cure one out of
ten, it would certainly do more than the
Jail, for experience has proved that the
jail as reformer of drunkards is a total
failure"
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1893-06-19
sEABROOKE ON FUN.
The Comedian Talks Pleasantly
About His Trade.
He Thinks That Laughter Is Infectious,
or Contagious, and Cites Funny In
cident in support of His
Novel Theory

Did it ever strike you, as it often has
me, that the word s'fun' is in itself
funny? asks Thomas @. Seabroolxe-
the comic opera fun maker, in the
Chicago Post In fact, to me, he con-
continues, the word and its derivatives
are the funniest things about it. We
often hear of comedians who are 'sfune-
really funny'-and to own the truth, /
am much afraid 1 shall be checked up
in that class, should this article appear
| IN cold type-but it is really funny that
that same dismal word would be ssfun-
Greatly if we but changed the division
of It's syllables.
The old dictionaries set down ''fun''
as "a low word" and its definition as
vulgar merriment;'' bnt think modern
merry makers have reformed all that.
1t is . long exploded notion that in or
der to be funny one must be Indecent.
To define fun is most difficult. and
when am asked to do SO / feel like
quoting Emerson: IF you ask me how
dare say SO, Or why it is so, am the
most helpless of mortal men,
Fun embraces the entire range of wit
and humor. 1 believe all perfect hui
manity enjoys a joke, but as regards
that which seems most conaical to one
another may not be able to see any
thing humorous in it whatever. Hurnor.
that is to say the juxtaposition OF the
incongruous, is nearly if not always RI
diculous, and at the ludicrous we laugh.
1t has been said that we laugh at hurnor,
but not at wit This is hardly true,
although the amount of laughter in
cited by refined wit is vastly different
from that which broad humor compels.
1t is question in my mind whether
or Hot laughter is always caused by
merriment. have known persons who
laughed most when they were very an
cry. While crossing one of Chicago's
crowded thoroughfares during the past
week there was a terrific explosion
within ten feet OF me, and the cover of
a man-hole went careening toward
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the top of a sky-scraper. 1 ducked
my head, lodged, then ran for
my life. A pair of white horses
attached to a blue cab ran into
me, knocked off my hat and was be-
spa0tered with mud. The spectators
laughed; L laughed too: this proves
that laughter is infectious, or con-
tagious, or whatever you like. There
was certainly nothing very amusing in
the situation to me, and yet laughed
with the crowd. / remembered that
had been struggling for years to have
people laugh at me, and so thought
best to be gay, and thereupon 1 stopped
blithely, picked up my wounded hat
and walked merrily away.
''It's enough to make horse laugh
is common expression which we NAV
suppose arose from the usually accepted
fact that horses never do laugh. The
ability to enjoy wit and hRnor is one of
the noblcr instincts of mankind, and in
proof OF this the fact is cited that brutes
do not possess this faculty. 1t is, how
ever, u mistake to say that dogs, for in
stance, do not have a realization of a
sense of fun, and in this they are shown
to be superior to all other members of
the animal kingdom. knew a Skye
terrier who would actually weep and
laugh upon provocation. Many time
have I seen the tears streaming from
his eyes. and when he was ticlzled 1
have noticed broad grin upon his face
1t is an axiom that we judge of peo-
pie better by their popular songs than
by their sermons, and think all will
agree that the world is brighter and
better for its laughter.
'aThey cannot be complete in aught
Who are not humorously prone:
A man without merry thought
Could hardly have funny bone. T"
Trite but true is the oft quoted
Laugh and the world laughs with you,
weep and you weep alone;'' so let us
laugh As to what we shall laugh at is
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It Should Be in Every House

]. B. Wilson, 81 Clay St., Sharps-
burg, Pa, says he will not be without
DIR. Kings New Discovery for consump-
ton, coughs and colds, that it cured his
wife who was threatened with pneumonia
after an attack of "la grippe" when
various other remedies and several ply
sicians had done her no good. Robert
Barber, of Cooksport, Pa, claims DIR.
Kings New Discovery has done him
more good than anything he ever used
for lung trouble. Nothing like it. Try
it. Free trial bottles at Snipes & Kin
ersly's. Large bottles, SOC. and 81 90.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1893-06-19
ELECTRIC FLASHES.
Chief Justice Fuller hasydecided.in
610 Fourth st.

Chief Justice Fuller hasgdecided:in an
open fair, which. settles the. long contro-
versy.
Returns show that out of 10000
Chinese in the United States 1899 reg
istered.
The German elections show that ITO
will vote for the army bill and ia
against.
Lizzie Borden will probably be ac-
quilted. Suspicion now points to the
adopted son of Lizzie Borden's uncle,
who has not been heard of since the
murder.
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Slippery steps.
PoRr1AND, Or, Dec. Z, 1892.

PORTLAND, Or, Dec. z, 1892.
Messrs. o. W. R. Mfg. Co., 325 Front
St., city:
DEAR SIRs-Owing to the heavy frost
on the night of Dec. 9TH, sustained a
severe fall when leaving my residence
yesterday morning. falling the entire
length of the front steps. 1 had to be
assisted into the house, and upon exam
ination found a severe bruise upon my
left hip. Hearing of Congo Oil sent
Tor bottle, and am happy to state that
three applications removed the soreness
and today I feel all right. Itis>truly
wonderful healer. Yours truly,
]. G. Paul,
610 Fourth st.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1893-06-19
THE VIKING SHIP.
welcomed with Booming Cannon,
Screaming whistles, Etc.

Welcomed With Booming Cannon,
Screaming whistles, Etc.
NEW York, June l7.-Those hardy
Norseman, Captain Anderson and crew,
sailed into the port of New York today
with the counterpart of the Viking ship
of old, and were given a reception far
different from what their ancestors re-
ceived 400 years before Columbus landed
on the shores of the new world. The
Viking came down from New London,
Conn.,, in tow. She was met by steam
barge with a committee of reception on
board. There was a great blowing of
whistles and dipping of flags, and the
band played the Viking march. When
the Viking passed Uncle Sam's crack
Monitor Miantonomah had hardly
ceased booming her guns before sound
like a big fire-cracker came across the
water. The Norseman was answering
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1893-06-19
THE PoPULIsTs IN KANSAS.
To Educate the People into This Method
OF Raising Revenues.

Topeka, Kan, June 17.-Lieutenant-
Governor Daniels will at once enter into
the organization of graduated estate
clubs for the purpose of educating the
people into this method of raising reve-
nues, and at the same time strike q
blow at concentrated wealth. He pro-
poses to levy a tax upon all incomes as
follows: One per cent on incomes of
100000 to $2,OO0,OOO, per cent on
$2,000,0o0 to $4,000, 900. per cent on
$s,oOO,0OO to $4,000, 900, and 10 per cent
on all over $10.OoO.OO0. He estimates
that such tax will create revenue of
about $4,000, 1000, and thus reduce
the taxation now indirectly paid by the
poor people. Clubs will be formed in
New York and Pennsylvania by the
committee. 1t is alleged that they will
get aid in the campaigns of those states.
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Women Prepgring for a Campaign.

Topeka, Kan, June 1.-THE presi-
dent of the Kansas Equal Suffrage Asso-
citation yesterday issued an address an
nouncing the opening of the suffrage
campaign, which will begin in Septem-
ber- She appeals to those favoring this
move to do such work as will carry the
amendment in this state. The success,
she says, will carry the reform from
ocean to ocean, while defeat will give
the movement a setback which will
take long time to recover from. The
national organization will assist in this
campaign, directing the speakers as well
as giving money. The campaign will be
a vigorous one. The women are deter
mined to carry the state, and will use
every means known to politics.
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the salute from six little cannon. The
Viking dropped anchor alongside the
Miantonomah. Captain Sicard, of the
Miantonomah, paid an official visit.
Then the crew were taken on board the
Laura M. Starin, where they were well
coined to America by committee and
many of their countrymen who live
here
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Twill furnish ice to any and all patrons
at 25 cents per 100 pounds. Leave or
ders at g. F. Lauer's, or on the wagon.
c. E. ALLISON u
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TIME TABLES.
Railroads.

Railroads.
EAST BOUND.
40 }. Arrives 11:45 P. NJ. Departs IL: so P M.
" ., 1:U5 NJ. Z" 1:25 P. NJ.
WEST BOUND
No. 1, Arrives 3:O5 A. NJ. Departs 3:1O A. NJ.
" z, 4:22 p. M. =" 4:27 P. u.
Two locaa freights that carry passengers leave
one for the west at 700 A.. M, and one for the
east at OILS A. II.
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CHRISTIAN CHURCH-REv j. W. JENKINS
~ Pastor. Preaching in the Congregational
Church each Lords Day at P. NJ All are
cordially invited
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Evang- lutheran church, Ninth street, Rev A.
Horn, pastor. Services at 1850 a. m. Sunday
school at 2:30 p. m. A cordial welcome to every
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1893-06-19
STAGES.

STAGES.
For Prinevile, via. Bake Oven, leave daily
at A. NJ.
For Antelope Mitchell, Canyon City, leave
daily at A. NJ.
For Dufur, Kingsley, Wamic, Wapinitia, Warm
Springs End Tygh Valley, leave daily Except
Sunday at H. NJ.
For Gioldendale, WASH, leave every. day of the
week except Sunday at z A. NJ.
Offices for all lines at the Umatilla House
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FRENCH & CO.,
BANKERS.
TRANSACT A eENERALBANKINe BUSINESS
Letters of Credit issued available in he
Eastern States.

Sight Exchange and Telegraphic
Transfers sold on New York, Chicago, ST.
Louis, San Francisco, Portland Oregon,
Seattle Wash, and various points in Or
egon and Washington.
Collections made at all points on fav-
orable terms.
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MI Services every Sunday morning at II a m
Sunday School at 12:2O O'Clock NJ Epworth
league at $3.50 P. NJ. Prayer meeting every
Thursday evening at 7:30 o'clock. a cordial IN;
vitation is extended by both pastor and people
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~ CURTIS, Pastor. Services every Sunday at IL
A. N: and P. N. Sunday School after morning
service. Strangers cordially invited. Seats free.
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EIRsT BAPTIST CHURCH-Rev. o. D. TAY-
Il LoR, Pastor. Morning services every Sab
bath at the academy at IL A. NJ. Sabbath
School Immediately after morning services.
frayer meeting Friday evening at PASTORS resi-
den,e. Union services in the court house at z
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THE CHURCHES.

CT. PAULS CHURCH -U1ion Street, opposite
- Fifth. Rev. Eli D. Sutciffe Rector. Services
every Sunday at IL A. NJ. and 7:30 P. NJ. Sunday
schoole:45 A. NJ Evening Prayer on Friday al
z:SO
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PROFESSIONAL.

L. B. DUFUR. FRANK MEEEFEE.
nUFUR, u MENEFEE ATTORNEYS AT
II LAw-Rooms AZ and As, over Post
Office Building, Entrance Washington Street
The Dalles, oregon.
The morning call., 1893-06-04
Complicated.

Some singular complications arise in the
settlement of death losses among the fra
ternal cooperative orders One Is at
present before the courts in Brooklyn,
\. Y. Beneficiary certificates in these
orders are generally made payable to wife.
or wife and children. In this instance it
was made payable to the wife of the mem
Der. the law is that if beneficiary GER
tifcate is made payable to any person and
that person dies before the men,
Der whose life is insured, the in
terest in such certificate or policy
reverts back 10 the member; and If said
member should die without making new
directions for the payment of the benefi-
ciary moneys, the claim would come from
his heirs and not from the heirs of tile
party originally named (who had died be-
fore the member), but in the case now in
court the beneficiary certificate was made
payable to the wife by the husband, and
both husband and wife were simultane-
ously and instantly killed at a railway
crossing. If the husband died first the
heirs OF the wife are entitled. If the wife
died first, the heirs of the husband have
the valid claim. The mother of the wife
has sued for the money, but the court has
held that the man being stronger. it is pre-
sumable he died last, and the claimant
must prove otherwise, W hieh makes q COM
pliCated case.
The morning call., 1893-06-04
ONE ON THE ELDER PASTOR.
A Contest in Extempore Preaching
Which Had Unexpected Result.

Boston Courier.
Two ministers were once conversing on
extemporaneous preaching.
"Well," said the elder of the two, waxing
warm. you are running yourself by writing
your sermons and reading them off. Your
congregation cannot become in terested In
your preaching, and if you were called
upon to preach Unexpectedly, unless you
could get hold of an old sermon, you would
be completely confused"
The young divine used all his eloquence,
but in vain, to convince his brother that
the written sermon expressed his own
thoughts and feelings, and if called upon
he could preach extemporaneously.
"As we are of the same faith" said he,
suppose you try me next Sunday m orning.
On ascending the pulpit You can hand me
text from any part Of the Bible. and l will
convince you that | can preach without
having looked at the text before stood up.
Likewise, l must be allowed the same
privilege with you. and we will then see
who will make the best of IT,"
The idea seemed to delight the elder
preacher and it was Immediately agreed
upon. The following Sabbath, on mount.
ing the pulpit. the senior brother handed
the youngster slip, on which was writ
ten: And the ass opened his mouth and
spoke. from which the young divine
preached gloriously good sermon, chain
ing the attention of his delighted hearers
and charming his Old friends with his elo-
quence. For the afternoon the young
minister handed slip to the elder.
After rising and opening the Bible the
old man glanced at the slip and then In a
doleful voice he read aloud, Am | not
thire ass?" Pausnga few moments, he
ran his fingers through his hair, straight
ered his collar. blew his nose in nervous.
in (
thine ass ?" Another pause. during which
deadly silence reigned. and again the old
divine read in solemn tones, Am not
thine ass?' Then. glancing at his friend,
who sat directly behind him. he said in a
sad voice: Il think | am, brother"
The morning call., 1893-06-04
AN IRON MAN.
Continuance of a Canadian to Initiate
the Human Pedestrian.
Scientific American.

Scientific American.
Professor George Moore. Can adian,
has made a man of iron who walks by
steam. He not only moves with firm
and steady gait, but also eXerts consider a.
BILE tractive power. In operation the
action is quite natural. the hip, knee and
ankle m ovements being successfully imi-
tated. 1t moves along at a brisk walk and
can cover about four or five miles an hour.
The iron man is about six feet in height,
and when in full operation, 1t is said, can
not be held back By two men. The mech
anlsm is simple.
The engine, situated on the hips. runs at
30uO reyo buttons per minute and exerts
half horse power. The fuel is gasoline.
The heels of the figure are armed with
calks or spurs, which catch on the surface
on which it is walking and give it the
power. The steam man is connected to
the end Of n horizontal bar about waist
high, which fastened to vertical
standard in the center of the track. Thus
supported, the man walks round in circle
at quite rapid rate of progress.
For eight years past the same inventor
has been engaged in the construction of a
much larger steam man, and 1t is now said
that within the present year the machine
will be ready to be placed on exhibition.
The new figure is designed for use in the
streets, and will be powerful enough TO
draw wagon containing as many as ten
men.
The morning call., 1893-06-04

five miles from Aguas Calientas. which is
In the Catalina Mountains, about sixteen
miles from a railroad.
The barrel is one of those peculiar rock
formations and is about 200 feet high, and
the top of it is at least 1000 feet above the
valley. 1t can be seen for miles before
the traveller gets to it, and its appearance
is most deceivlng. 1t requires no effort of
the imagination to see the large utensil of
Baechus perched on its peak with a glass
under faucet as if ready to be filled. A
large assure in a certain spot forms a
bunGhoe. It does not look like barrel
unless seen from the plain; on all other
sides it is simply rugged rock.
1t is soft granite formation of volcanic
origin and is crumbling to pieces all the
time. 1t is so soft that half dozen men
with picks could knock it to pieces in a
few days. But IL has had its present form
for centuries and will no doubt zeep it
until all who can now see it have passed
away
The morning call., 1893-06-04
WON'T ACCEPT ANY SALARY.
An Honest Kentucky Mayor Who
Has Held Office Fourteen Years.

IItlSOur5 FreSS.
state of affairs exists in the little
city of Nicholasville, Ky, that for good
sense and unselfishness does credit to the
wisdom alike of the man who caused it and
the people who made it possible.
The population of Nicholasyille is 5000.
As to the growth and prosperity, social,
moral and financial. it is about on a level
with the average good county seats In the
north central States. The annual NUM-
cipal revenues are $1,000, which amount
proves ample for all necessities. This
sum is raised by tax of so cents on the
$780, By comparing 1t with other inland
towns and cities this tax is surprisingly low
icing about 81 90 per capita of the whole
pppu lati0n.
NichOlasville has its full share of poor
whites and poorer negroes. yet its small
revenue is easily raised. That it is cheaply
dIsbnrsed is obvious. 1t has a full and
complete supply of pure water. good fire
protection and from 600 10 500 children,
white and black, in its public schools. Few
towns or cities pay municipal tax of less
than SO per capita, and most OF them are
very much higher. Lexington, for in
stance. its neighbor-in the same State
paying nearly SIS. With ten times he
population of this city it pays tifty-fve
times its tax, or 1882 600 to NicholasyiIle's
of what other communities have to pay for
the fun of being Incorporated.
John 5. Bronaugh is Mayor of Nicholas
vile, and 10 him and his influence is due
largely the wisdom and man agement which
has resulted SO happily for his felow-cit
Zen5. There are some remarkable facts
connected with his public history that
ought TO be rmblazoued in gold on the walls
OF every Mayors Office in America.
Mr.. Bronaugh is now serving his
fourteenth term as Mayor of this city. he
has not in that whole time, does not now,
and will not take Que dollar of pay for his
services. He not only refuses all salary,
but he will not accept a gilt from the city
or the people for fear it should have been
suggested by his services as Mayor. Be-
sides this, he furnishes the Mayors office,
its fixtures and expenses free of charge, az
also the council chamber and office for the
clerk. all In his large private offices. Nor
is this the full measure of his services to
the people. In assuming the office as
Mayor he found heavy public debt. This
has long been paid off, large improvements
made and the annual expense of the city
reduced as above stated. All this has been
due to Mr.. Bronaugh. The people of
Nlcholasville are not half of them aware
OF the real valu. of his labors to them.
They take it as matter of course; their
acquaintance with the outside world is too
slender to know that such things can only
happen once each 566 years, especially in
America.