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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-01-13

was rescued when almost perish
ing.
syndicate which has been endeav-
orIng for several years to develop
the northern portion Of Lower Cal
Itornia has given up in despair and
will forfeit its concession. The
stockholders have lost an immense
amount of money.
COnvicts il the Little Rock, Ar
kansas State Prison are dying off
rapidly, and it is feared that the
disease is cholera. The typhus
fever has broken out in New York
and is raging in Mexico.
Mrs. Nellie Brundage, wife of a
prominent citizen of Seattle, COM
United suicide on account of her
connection with q scandal.
Tascott, the alleged murderer Of
millionaire Smell of Chicago, is
said to be in the mines of Alaska.
He was met there by an acquaint-
ance last fall.
The New Years call custom is
dead at Washington. For the first
time in the history of the Republic
the White House was closed on
New Years Day.
The San Juan mining camp has
been baptized in blood. In row
over a disputed claim 40 men did
battle and II were killed and many
wounded.
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is at the
mercy of a crazy fire bug. He has
destroyed millions of dollars worth
of property within the last few
weeks and can't be caught.
'Koresh" Teed," the great reli-
gious crank, has joined the Shakers
in the hopes of gaining control of
their immense wealth.
The Union Iron Works of this
city is intending to establish big
armor and gun plant, in order to
be able to compete with Eastern
firms for G0vernmet contracts to
war vessels.
A big Welsh tinplate manufac-
tory viii establish a branch at
Baltimore, in order to escape the
heavy duty.
The construction of line of
railway has been begun in San
Bernardino County, this State. 1t
is said to be intended to give the
Union Pacific an entrance to
Southern California.
Grover Cleveland has announced
that he cannot accept the invita-
ton of Californians to visit this
State at present, but hopes to at a
future date.
The big blizzard which struck
the prairie States a week ago, has
caused great suffering among set
tiers along the Cherokee strip.
Several were frozen to death, and
over fifty badly frost bitten.
The cornerstone Of the New
York Episcopal Cathedral has been
laid. 1t will cost ten million dol
lars, and twenty years will be re-
quired to build it.
After several years of fighting
with the Pope, Rev. DR.. McGlynn
has been restored to the priest
hood.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-01-13
The
Optical
Business

Having FIRST perfected myself by study
OF the eye and it's need; and further by a
scientific study in the use OF the latest
and most approved instruments for the
testing OF the eye; am ready to fit your
eyes with proper Glasses, correcting ALL
ERRORS OF REFRACTION, whether
simply NEAR or FAR sight, or the more
complicated SIMPLE or COMPOUND
ASTIGMATISI from which SO many
patients suffer. and which few Opticians
TREAT,
l feel that the public will appreciate
the above announcement as it has been
felt want here for years.
Ny intention is to give Optics large
share o: my attention, and each case
separately conscientious time and study,
so that the wearing Of Glasses will do
what they are intended for, relieve the
strain, and not to tire the eye.
Please bear in mind that there is NO
CHARGE for testing the eye, and that
my prices for all Glasses are the same as
in the States.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-01-13
SAN FRANCISCO LETTER
--latest News ddvices Per O. d. o
8. s. Oceanic, JaHuary 9Th.
From our San Francisco Correspondent

from our San Francisco Correspondent ]
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-06-03
ADapcer with a Rubber Foot.

''It is surprising how nicely a man
can walk with a rubber foot" re.
marked travelling man at the La.
.clede, around whom a group of lis
teners were sitting. Il attended a
ball last week in a town il Illinois
and was introduced to gentleman
from Ohio, who had for a partner the
prettiest lady in the ballroom. Dur
ing the evening had occasion to no
tice this couple, who were conceded
to be the most graceful dancers in the
hall. In all round dances they were
partners, and the most intricate fig
ures were executed with charming
ease and grace excelled by none, ex-
cept they be teachers of the poetry
of motion.
Next day, after 1 had waited upon
my customers and gone to the hotel,
in came my friend of the night be-
fore, walking on a pair of crutches
and one. leg off at the knee joint. 1
was surprised and remarked, You
certainly are not the gentleman l
met last night at the ball?' Most as
suredly am, but after dancing all
the evening my leg becomes wearied,
and to give it rest I leave my rub
ber foot at home the next day. l can
feel the sensation now as if my toes
were cramped by a pair of tight
shoes. Otherwise I feel no incon-
venience in the loss of my lower
limb. st. Louis Republic.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-06-03

ity to national treaties was an emphatic
point with Mr.. Whistler, and without this
no nation can be strong and respected
abroad. All international complications
should be settled by arbitration. and this
will lead to G lden era OF peace and good
will among men. In closing he made al
eloquent appeal for loyalty to God IN tenn
poral and spiritual things, impresslng. in the
most forclb!e language, the duty of every
American citizen IN this regard.
In this short synopsis of the able address
pur reporter has attempted to follow th'
thought without giving the language Every
sentence was listened to with marked atten
ton, and as the minister, In the course OF
his discourse, stepped from the pulpit and
grasped with his only hand the flag OF the
e. A. r thrill of admiration was visible
in every person in the audience. The ex-
ercrses throughout received axe closest at
tention, and all present appeared to be III
sympathy with the occasion.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-06-03
soNDAY INSTEAD OF SUNDAY.
A Proposition to Change the Name of tn,
First Day of the Week.


First Day of the Week.
The first day of the week should
be called Sonday in honor of him
in whose remembrance the day is
celebrated.
A large class of our fellow citizens
notably the Protestant Episcopa
ians, even now prefer to call it 1.-The
Lords day" rather than any other
name. and this is the shortest way
to express and utilize their prefer
ence. for the Son" is the Lord Jesus
Christ.
Our Lord said, For the Son of
Man is Lord also of the Sabbath. y
The Sabbath IS part of his heritage,
and therefore really is the Sons day.
The day used to be called this in
old English times, when the word
wasspelled 'Sonneday," and it was so
called In old German, where, ever
and anon. the day is found spelled
''Sohenday."
The Phenician origin of the usual
name of the day, as being appropri-
ated to the worship of the sun, as
Monday was that of the moon. has
been disputed in behalf of Persia,
where the fire god was also wor
SHIPPED, and also in behalf of other
countries and isles of the sea.
But in either case the name Sun
day is heather and ought not to be
tolerated in Christian lands.
It is true that Christ is the Sun
of Righteousness" according to the
prophet Malachi, but the reference
of the origin of the name of Sunday
to the worship of Bel, or Rah, or the
sun. is SO imbedded in the language
that an attempt to twist the name
Sunday into a reference to the Sun
of Righteousness" and thus make it
applicable to Messiah. would be a
hopeless task.
The calendar ought to be reformed
now no less than in Julius Caesars
time-reformed as to the daily no
menclature. SO that the weeks shall
no longer perpetuate the remem
brance and power of heathen deities
which are devils, but shall be made
to spread the knowledge and infiu
ence of the true religion of God.
Wedneday as souvenir of the wor
ship of Woden; Thursday of Thor;
Saturday of Saturn. and so on. Ali
these names ought to be consigned
to limbo, and other and appropriate
names should be given to each day
of the seven in useful attempt TO
unshackle mems minds from the
domination of false notions.
And yet the new names ought not
to be too great departure from the
present accepted nomenclature, for
the people could not easily learn and
adopt an entirely different set of
names.
It might encourage legitimate mar
riage and Gods benefcent institu-
ton of the family if Tuesday were
to be called Twosday, and if Wednes-
day were to be called Weddingsday.
Saturday should be changed to Sab
bathday.
But we are not now proposing an
improvement in the whole ist-per
haps some other hand will do this.
We are only proposing reform as
to one day which can be accom-
plished by the least amount of
change. It is simply to close the top
of the u The proposed change phil
ologically and etymologically only
amounts to a part of one vowel
making u into o-and yet, morally,
the change from sun to son is the
change from heathenism to Chris
tanlty.
We do not see that any really
good reason can be urged against
this change. New York Mail and
Express.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-06-03
Risen From the Sea.

Biologists have collected in Barba-
does and other islands in that region
some curious information, which they
publish as evidence that during the
pliocene period, when man is sup
posed to have made his advent, the
whole of the Caribbean region was
deeply submerged. They found plen-
ty Of earths not only in Barbados,
but also in Jamaica and Cuba, which
contain great quantities of the re-
mains of radiolaria. At present no
radiolarian ooze is found on the floor
of the Caribbean sea, although the
greater part of the sea is more than
1000 feet deep.
These earths must of course have
been deposited in the depths of the
sea, and it is inferred that in the
course Of time they were raised thou
sands of feet until they became a
part Of the land surface. Mr.. Jukes-
Brownies and Professor Harrison think
that the oceanic deposits of Barba-
does were formed at a depth of IL, 600
to 18, 900 feet below the sea level.
Professor Sollas says that it can no
longer be accepted as an assured fact
that deep sea deposits never enter
into the composition of land masses.
American Register.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-06-03
The -MOuntaineer
SATURDAY. JUNE 8. 1898
The failure Of ex-Secretary of the

The failure of ex-Secretary of the
Treasury Foster in his business enter
prise at Fostoria, Ohio, will be mat
ter of surprise and regret to his many
friends in the United States. His
misfortune was brought about by his
endorsement of other firms that have
recently assigned. The large hearted
and open handed men, who are willing
to pledge their credit for the benefit of
friends, are generally the ones who
fail, while the close listed and selfish
traders are usually the successful
Mr.. Foster was good fnancier as far
as knowledge Of principles was con-
cerned; but he was generous and en-
terprising. and these elements of char
acter caused his downfall. A business
man should have no friends but
twenty-dollar pieces, and the moving.
acting qualities of his character should
be governed only by the most convent
ent means of acquiring wealth.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-06-03
Mr.. Gladstone at Home.

When relieved from the affairs of
state, Mr.. Gladstone finds no pleas
ure so great as his home life at Ha-
warden. There his family are gath
cred together, and the great man
romps and plays with his grandchil-
dren as though he never knew what
it was to be blamed for everything
that went wrong in all Great Britain
and her colonies. Mr.. Gladstone is a
wonderful scholar, a busy writer and
speaker, but the little Gladstone chill
dren know him best as a good, kind
grandfather who is fond of fun. He,
too, would prefer to enjoy their COM
pany rather than to be surrounded
by England's great men at an all
night session of parliament.
His other recreations are walking
and-this is really very funny-chop-
ping down trees. Our great George
Washington, according to tradition,
had like fondness in his youth, but
by the time he became president he
had probably outgrown such fancies.
Mr.. Gladstone, however, is an expert
woodman, and though he doesn't de-
stroy valuable cherry trees he goes
out with his ak and takes the keen
est pleasure in telling trees in Ha-
warden park.-Harper's Young Peo-
nla
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-06-03
JONES, BABY CARRIAGE.

He Put It Together Himself and Then
Swore at the Firm That Sold It.
An important event had happened
In young Mr.. Jones household, and
he came to this city to buy a baby
carriage. Nothing was too good for
him, and he finally selected delicate
creation of wickerwork, with Russian
leather trimmings and pale blue silk
and lace. Jones lives in Jersey, half
an hours ride from this city.
The carriage arrived next day
boxed up with asmuch care as though
it had been crate of china or rae
ing bicycle. The wheels came in
separate box.
Mrs. Jones had always declared
that her husband was stupid in doing
work about the house. but she made
no remenstrance against her husband
putting the baby carnage together.
He succeeded finally in unpackng
the carriage and wheels, though in
doing so he nearly smashed his
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-06-03
ETIQUETTE OF DINNERS.

How the Various Dishes Should BE Served
and Eaten.
One may be refined and elegant,
yet unless continually given over to
a round of social entertaining may
find ones self at a loss when invited
to some swell dinner where the
latest fads are observed and more
ceremonious etiquette required than
for informal affairs just among the
family.
On elegant tables each plate is ac-
Dompanied by two large silver
knives, small silver knife and fork
for fish, a small fork for oysters, a
tablespoon for soup and three large
forks The napkin is folded in the
center with a piece of bread upon it.
AS the courses are served the knives
and forks and spoons that have been.
used are removed with the plate.
Fish should be eaten with a silver
fork, and if full of bones needs the
use of the knife as well. For sweet
breads, outlets, roast beef, etc., the
knife is also necessary, but for GRO
quettes, rissoles, bondies a La Refine,
timbales and dishes of that class the
fork is required.
When dessert isreached, everything
save the tablecloth and floral deco
rations is removed. A dessert plate
with a small silver spoon, dessert
spoon and fork and sometimes COM
bination fork and spoon for ices are
placed before each guest.
Pears and apples are peeled with
silver knife, cut in quarters and
eaten with the fingers. Grapes should
be eaten from behind the half closed
hand, the stones and skins falling
into the fingers unobserved and
thence to the plate. Oranges are
eaten with a spoon.
Salad is eaten with a fork, but
needs a knife to cut large leaves that
have not been divided before serv-
ing. Cheese is eaten with a fork,
though soft cheeses are spread on a
bit of cracker or bread and conveyed
to the mouth by the fingers.
Saltcellars are now placed at each
plate, and it is not improper to take
salt with the knife.
If sorbets are served before the
game. dessert spoon accompanies
them, but it is not among the origi-
nal number placed on the table.
The small after dinner coffee spoon
is used with the tiny cups of the
black beverage that concludes all
dinners.
The spoon is the most dangerous
of the dinner, SO far as
it's correct usage is concerned. Soup
is always taken taken from the side
and is eaten noiselessly. To push
the spoon into the mouth either end
first or otherwise is decidedly vul
Times.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-06-03
obano;no The state boundaries

Changing the state boundaries Of
Oregon and Washington is meeting
with general favor with the press Of
the northwest, and If the proper
course is adopted we believe 1t will be
successful. Eastern Oregon and East
ern Washington have the same inter
ests, and should be under one state
government, and so should Western
Oregon and Western Washington
Legislation in this direction would be
for the public good, and such is ex-
pected of government by the people
and for the people.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-06-03
Better Than the Egg Trick.

Something far better than the egg
trick was shown at card party in
Twenty eighth street night or two
ago. The exhibitor declared himself
to be reformed gambler. He had
made much money out of the trick
and did not mind letting a few
friends know the secret. He ar
ranged two whist hands from the
deck, in one of which there were six
trumps and in the other none. The
cards being spread out on the table,
face up, he bet 800 that he could
take either hand and beat any man
in the room holding the other. A
young whist player tried him with
the trump hand and lost. Then an
old fellow took the other hand,
which he said was the stronger, and
also lost. Others followed suit and
lost. 1t made no difference who had
the lead. Finally the old fellow
tried again and won. He had an
alyzed the play. 1t is not safe to bet
on the trick with first class player
more than once. With two players
evenly matched the trump hand will
always be beaten.-New York Trib-
lluo
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-06-03
To Catch Trout With Cabbage Leaf.

To Catch Trout With Cabbage Leaf
The time for this delightful sport
should be the height of summer Sc
lect trout pool and provide your
self with very large cabbage leaf,
which place on the bosom of the pool,
anchoring it by means of a string
and plug of lead close to the bank.
The trout in the pool are very fond
of sunshine. but they dread the July
heat.
Seeing, however. what appears to
be large translucent green umbrel-
la, MIR. and Mrs. Trout and Troutlings
come up to the surface and bask be-
meath the cabbage leaf. whereupon
you shoot them with a fowling piece,
being careful to use only No. shot,
in order not to lacerate the beauteous
skin of the fish. Have ready a bakers
peel, with a very long handle, to land
your trout. They only want broiling
at once and require no sauce except
hunger. -Sala's Journal.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-06-03

thumb with hammer. He screwed
on the wheels, and then setting the
carriage up examined his work with
a critical eye.
Certainly the vehicle had peculiar
appearance. Itseemed lopsided, hav-
ing a decided list to starboard. That
amt the one ordered" said Jones to
the nursegirl, who came in just then
and had fixed a pair of wondering
eyes on the carriage. 1.-THE one they
sold me was straight, and I'd like to
know what they take me for to send
a thing like this" Jones gave the
carriage vicious push and it wheeled
around in circle, as duck swlms
when one side is paralyzed by shot
Jones was mad clean through. He
had the carriage put in the cellar
and wrote to the firm from which he
had purchased it to send a man to
take their ''lopsided swindle" away.
Jones hadn't cooled off when a man
came to look at the carriage. The
man listened patiently to Jones
opinion of the firm while he was get
ting the carriage out of the cellar.
"Why, you blamed fool!" he re-
piled, however, when the vehicle
was finally submitted to him for in
spection. mo wonder its lopsided!
You've put both big wheels on one
side and both little ones on the
other"
Jones begged the man not to say
anything about it and gave him some
good cigars and opened bottle of
fine old Tokay. But the thing was
too good to keep. The man told one
of Jones' neighbors whom he met
outside the house, and so the story
spread. That's the reason people
look curiously at the carriage when
Jones takes the baby out, then at
Jones and then snicker.-New York
Horo III
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-06-03

At Roseburg, if they cannot secure
the location of the soldiers home, they
are working vigorously for railroad
down the Umpqua valley. There is
nothing like pluck, and it generally
succeeds. Our people might learn a
lesson from Roseburg in the event the
branch asylum is not located at this
poiD.. Build a railroad to Gillian
county, and it will more than REIN
burse the city for the loss of the asy-
linn.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-06-03

Nuggets of gold have been picked
up in Southern Oregon, and there is a
big strike of paying quartz in the
Okanogan country. Money should be
plentiful after while; but What have
we to exchange for itY is question
that strikes home. Times will never
be better until there are means of en-
ploymeut for laborers, and something
to send away to bring money here.
There is plenty of gold in the world If
you have something to give in *
chanaa.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-06-03
A singular Ansiction and Recovery


A remarkable instance of loss of a
faculty is that of physician, who in
boyhood found himself suddenly de-
prived of the power of speech. He
was a man of middle age and robust
appearance. His hearing was perfect,
and he could understand all that was
said, but his replies were always COM
municated by pencil and paper. One
day this physician announced that
the power of speech had returned as
suddenly as it had originally left him.
He added that he was entirely unable
to ascribe the recovery to any cause,
and Sir William Dalby confesses that
his experience does not enable him
to offer any explanation.-London
News
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-06-03
Highly Satisfactory

Jemima Ann-If you please, nom,
I've come in answer to the advertise
ment for cook.
Lady of Few Words-Yes. Char
acter all right2
Jemima Ann-As right as rain,
MON. If it hadn't "a bin suitable, I
shouldn't "a come. knows the last
three gals as had the place, an they
all gives you a very Ugh character
indeed Pick Me Up.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-06-03
For Diffusing Light Indoors.

A well known Boston investigator
in economics has been experiment
ing with various kinds of glass to as
certain the one best adapted for win
dows in laboratories, engraving
rooms, weaving rooms, etc. In these
places a strong light is desired,
which at the same time shall be free
from glare and shadow. Shades are
unsatisfactory at all times. The ex-
periments so far show that ribbed or
futed glass most nearly meets the
required conditions. About % flutes
to the inch are desirable. This kind
of glass absorbs much less outdoor
light than shaded window and not
much more than clear glass. Buffalo
News.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-06-03
A Dog That Pounds a Piano.

A Boston dog, a pug, sits upon a
piano stool and accompanies rather
irregular and spasmodic song of his
own with lively piano playing. He
hammers the keys loudly or softly
as bis master calls forte" or piano. ?"
This dogs performance. however,
is with direct reference to piece of
cake which his master holds in his
hand, and he seldom takes his eye
off the cake while he is singing and
playing. 1t is needless to say that
there is nothing melodious about this
performance. Youths Companion.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-06-03
keeping Up with the Times.

"Oh, mammal said a little girl. 81
singed in Sunday school today"
did you2" said her mamma.
Gould you keep up with the othersa
II dess l could l kept ahead OF
them all the way through"
That is about the way many of us
keep time as we go through life-a
little ahead of our fellows OF tagging
behind. Boston Commonwealth.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-06-03

There does not seem to be but little
improvement in money matters since
the change of administration in Wash.
lngton City. Perhaps the great ''re-
formers" will not inaugurate tie
"golden age" of the republic until
after the special session of congress re-
pcals the Mckinley bill. The realiza
tion of the most glorious dream of
Democracy will begin to be fulfilled
then, and utopia will be an actual re-
ality.