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The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-07-08
One wax to Break Glass.

It is scarcely credible, but it is a
fact, that glass can be broken by
the voice. If you strike thin wine
glass while you hold it by the stem.
it will emit certain note-in most
cases pretty. deep one. On ap
preaching the glass rapidly to your
mouth and shouting into it the same
note as loudly as possible, the vibra
tions of the glass being thereby ex
tended, it will be shivered into frag
ments. This used to be a favorite
experiment of Lablache, the re-
nowned basso, who, when in com
pany with his friends, thus broke
one after the other all the glasses
that were handed to him.-Exchange.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-07-08
For Endowing Daughters.

In Germany when a girl is born
her parents make her member. of a
marriage association. The premium
the father keeps up until the girl is
old enough to contribute, if neces-
sary. this premium out of her earn
ings. When she marries or comes of
age, she is entitled to draw the entire
amount of the premiums, with inter
est and any dividends that may have
accrued. In England and Ireland
the daughters dowry is not pre-
vailing custom In the middle class.
however, not infrequently the father
insures his life for the benefit of his
daughters severally. This sum they
may receive at his death, or by agree
ment when they come of age.
This form of insurance, it seems, is
an endowment for girls that will ap-
peal most readily to the American
mind. Here, as in Germany, the con-
tract made to run for limited time,
as when the girl marries or comes of
age, would put it into definite shape
and unlikely ever to become bur
den. The American girl in her pres.
ent alert state of mind and body
would in any emergency be equal to
keeping up the insurance if it should
be necessary for her own benefit.
Thus her father would be relieved of
the responsibility of her future, and
her husband, if she marries, one may
hazard the guess, would not think of
her the less for her prudent dowry.-
New York Evening Sun.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-07-08
Rust Preyenter.

A simple method of keeping iron
and steel from rusting is to coat them
with solution of rubber in benzol.
made about the consistency of cream.
It may be applied with a brush and
is easily rubbed off when desired A
coating of more use where the tooth
impaired by rubber would be disad
vantageous is prepared by dissolving
Q parts of crystals of chloride of iron
2 of antimony chloride and 1 of tan
min in of water. Apply with a
sponge Or rag and allow to dry. As
many coats can be given as are
deemed necessary. When dry, it is
again washed with water, again al
lowed to dry and polished with lin
seed oil The antimony solution
should be as nearly neutral as posi-
BILE. New York Telegram
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-07-08
The Deadly Cutlery Trade.

A foreign statistician has recently
compiled figures relating to the bane
full effect of the unavoidable inhala
ton of metallic dust by cutters and
file cutters. Assuming, he says, that
in the case of an ordinary active ex,
istence In healthy atmosphere the
numberofd deaths per 100, 600 artifcers
is 100, the figure of mortality result
ing from consumption and other lung
complaints among the first named
workmen would be 3s3, and among
file sharpeners 1896. The death rate
prevalent in the cutlery trade would,
it seems, be much heavier were it
not that the allied handle manufactur.
ing trade is included in the statistics.
Altogether the number of fatal ter
minations to pulmonary diseases
among cutters and file cutters is
nearly equivalent to the aggregate
deaths among fishermen from all
causes, including accidents, which are
numerous. s.-London Iron.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-07-08
Sound In Two Buildings.

The First Baptist church of New
bury Mass. structure some
200 years old, has a wainscoting ex-
tending entirely around it from the
choir loft to the opposite end of the
church, directly over the pulpit, and
by placing watch on the wainscot-
ing at either end it is possible to dis
tinctly hear its ticking at the other
end, distance of 210 feet. The Bee
hive mormon temple) at Salt Lake
City is exactly the shape of bee
hive, only elongated. Here also
one can distinctly hear an ordinary
whisper from one end to the other,
and Mime. Patti, who once sang there,
declared it to be the most perfect
building for singing in the world. In
this case, however, the peculiar shape
Of the roof explains the carrying of
the sounds so perfectly. but no such
explanation is present in the New
buryport case. Sylvester F. Deacon
in New York Sun.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-07-08

The "Changeabie Rose" OF Mongolia
One of the achievements of the
Chinese-the one on which they
pride themselves above all others,
unless it is the art of raising oaks in
thimbles-is the "changeable rose, :"
q real rose in everything except that
it is white when in the shade and
blood red as soon as the sunlight
strikes it. The words '.as soon" in
the last sentence above do not liter,
ally mean instantaneously, but one
thing is sure, the transformation is
rapid enough for the wondering eyes
that are allowed the rare pleasure OF
beholding such a wonderful sight.
After night, or when in a dark
room, this curiosity of the rose fam
lily is a pure, waxy white blossom,
the thick, succulent petals much re-
minding one of gigantic mandrake
flowers. with the exception that even
the stamens and pistils are of the
same immaculate color.
When transferred to open air, the
transformation Immediately sets in.
the time of the entire change of the
flower from ivid whiteness to the
most sanguine of all sanguine hues
depending on the degree of sunlight
and warmth. First the petals take
on kind of washed or faded blue
color which rapidly changes to very
faint blush of pink. The pink grad,
ually deepens in hue until you find
that your lily white rose of an hour
before is as red as the reddest peony
that ever bloomed. Louis Repub
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It discusses without bias or partisan zesl the liv-
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The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-07-08
A Holy Oil.

The love of the marvellous in the
thirteenth century was not less re
markable in this age than in those
which had preceded it. In the old
French account we read of new won
ders in Palestinenot mentioned be-
fore, and of the Sinai convent we
learn that 'there lies St. Catherine,
virgin and martyr, in very fair mar
BILE tomb, which tomb is SO holy that
a sort of oil from it heals many ills,
and the grace of God is shown, in
that many wild beasts. which are on
that mountain, live ON nothing save
by licking the tomb of my lady st.
Catherine and by the mamma which
falls on the mountain.
At Tortosa also was now shown St.
Luke's portrait of Our Lady, and at
Sardenai a Syriac monastery on
rock north of Damascus was the mi
raculous image of the Virgin, which
distilled oil from its breast. By spe-
cial treaty the Templars were allowed
to visit the shrine and collect the oil,
which was in high repute and sold
for a great price in Europe 1t is
often mentioned in the inventories of
churches in France as one of the
treasures of the church. Edinburgh
Review.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-07-08
Little Things That Bother.

Perhaps you do not want your pres
ence known and down goes your um-
brella, or, still better. your scissors
fall with a whackl Perhaps you
make beautiful cake and leave out
the eggs and flourl You accost a
stranger, mistaking him for friend.
You feel at peace with all mankind
and hand organ strikes up near by;
you try to sew and your thread
either has no knot or is all knots,
and your thimble is too large; you
stumble going up an aisle or ascend
ing platform; your hair comes out
of curl when you want to look your
best, and the terrible infant mentions
q few incontrovertlble but embarrass-
ing facts in company.-Boston Com
nOnwaa1tI
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TO THE BOYS.

Dear boys. want to give you
A motto safe and good;
Twill make your life successful
If you heed 1t as you should
Obey it In the letter
Don't say thing is good enough
Till it can be no better.
And whether at your lessons,
Or at daily work,
Don't be half way dahhlsr-
Don't slip and slide and shin6
And think It doesn't matter;
That such talk is trash" and stuff" :
For until your task is perfect
It is never good enough.
If your work Is in the schoolroom.
Make your lesson tell;
No matter what you mean to be,
Build your foundation well.
Every knotty point and problem
That you bravely master now
Will increase your skill to labor
With the pen or with the plow.
If you sweep store or stable.
Be sure you go behind
Every box and bale and counter;
1t will pay, you'll always find,
To be careful, patient, thorough,
Though the work be hard and rough.
And when you've done your very best
Twill then be good enough"
So you'd better take my motto
If you ever mean to work
To any station higher
Than stable boy or clerk.
It will make you independent;
It VII make you no mans debtor.
Then never say Its good enough"
Till it can be no better.
Golden Days
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What He Was.

The drummer sat down to the feed
on the table. at a hotel, and he did not
look as cheerful as some men look
who sit down to some tables. The
waiter brought in a glass of blue
milk and a piece of beefsteak that
looked like leather and set them
down before the guest. just then
another drummer came in and took
a place opposite the first one. They
had been working the town together
that day.
"By Jove, Jim," he exclaimed,
whats the matter with you2 You
look as if somebody had been impos-
ing on you2'
Jim gazed sadly at the feast spread
before him.
That's it, Charlie, " he murmured
''You see before you a man cowed by
a glass of milk and bullied by beef
steak" and Charlie ordered some
thing else and got the same. Detroit
Free Press.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-07-08
1t Fetched Him.

A down town lawyer borrowed a
book from a friend in the same office,
took it home and forgot to return it.
Several times he was reminded of
this by the owner of the book and
as many times forgot to put it in his
pocket when he left his house. At
length, stung to desperation by his
friends gibes, he sat down, and ad-
dressing postal card to himself at
his residence he wrote on the back of
it thus: IF you donot attend to that
matter within "a hours you may ex-
pect the worst" There" he said
grimly, IF that doesn't fetch me.
nothing will"
It did fetch him. It fetched him
out of a late sleep the next morning
Immediately after the postman's first
visit to explain to his white faced.
terrified wife that she was not likely
to be made widow. He offered ex
planations-and took the book back.
but he is not sure that his wife does
not believe that he has committed
some crime or in some way got into
the clutches of blackmailer.-New
York Times.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-07-08
The following are the comments of

The following are the comments of
an eastern exchange on the cowboy
race, which has just finished at Chi
cago: '.The facts as they stand are
that great cruelty has been inflicted
upon the horses that are now out of
the race, and that great hardships
have been undergone by those that re-
main in it. 1t goes without saying
that every mile henceforth travelled by
the jaded animals will add to the pain
felt by them, and to the probabilities
of a total breakdown of their systems
at the end of the race, if they are able
to endure to the end. The race is not
a trial Of racing skill on the part of
the riders nor of speed on the part of
the horses; it simply is trial of the
relative powers OF horses to resist pain
and weariness, and of ability on the
part of the riders to so distribute the
amount of torture as to prevent it
from breaking down the horses before
the goal is reached. 1t has nothing in
common with legitimate racing"
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-07-08
GOV. ALTeELDs ACTION.

The Inter Ocean is fair exponent
of the sentiments of Republicans in
Illinois, and especially of those in the
great city in Chicago. Az some Dem
ocratic exchanges have seen fit to
quote it as endorsing the pardon of the
anarchists by Gov Altgeld, we publish
the following from its columns of June
9th:
"Gov. Altgeld has pardoned the
three convicted anarchists, Schwab,
Flelden and Neebe. In doing so he
has exercised his constitutional right
to extend clemency, and even those
who deprecate his action must concede
that it was his duty to follow the die
tates of his own sense of right. But
he did not stop with the exercise of
his prerogative. He went out of his
way to criticise the judge who pre-
sided ever the trial court and the chief
detective who ferreted out the testi
mony in the case. This was without
excuse and positively outrageous.
Many who cordially approve the am
nesty will repudiate with indignation
the attack upon the court and the
prosecution.
"The awful crime occurred in May,
1886, more than seven years ago. The
trial was a long one, and on appeal
was carefully reviewed by the supreme
court of Illinois. The case was even
brought before the supreme court of
the United States. Neither of these
high courts found anything to criticise.
The trial was really monument of
justice and had the desired effect, for
there has been no attempt since then
to put anarcbistic ideas in practice.
1t is true that there has grown up in
the community strong feeling IN
favor of pardoning the convicted men,
but this was not due to dissatisfaction
with the original trial, but because of
the feeling that they had been suff-
ciently, punished aud that because OF
that trial and punishment there was
no longer any danger from the red flag |
aud the disorganizing sentiments 1t
represents.
eff anything could kindle anew the
flames of anarchy it would he the spec
tacle which the governor of Illinois
makes of himself in his arraignment
of Judge Gary and Detective Bonfeld.
The pardon is only a fulfillment of one
of the governors anti-electiom prom
ises, and perhaps few, if any, will be
surprised at it. The demagogical ar
gument, however, with which he pro-
mulgates the pardon to the world will
many, and while it may make
friends for the governor among pro-
anarchists it will not draw
friends either for anarchists or for the
governor from the rank and file Of the
American people, who love their coun
try and believe in law and order"
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-07-08
Negro Graves In the South.

Negro graves in the far south are
sometimes crriously garnished with
the bottles of medicine used by the
departed in their final illness, and the
duration of the malady is easily
guessed by the number Of bottles.
Often these are the only things to
mark the mound, and everything
about the graveyard bears the marks
of the haste characteristic of a super
stitious people in all matters concern
ing the dead. New York Press.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-07-08
Real Estate Transfers,

June 30-Samuel Brookhouse to Sarah
German; W hf Sc or sec %, tp 2 s, r l3 east
81
June 3O-United States to Samuel Brook
house; W hf Sc or sec %. tp IS, ID east;
homestead.
June 30-Charles d Wilson and wife TO
Geo Anderson; lots G, 81 and / hloch 81,
Fit Dailes military res -rvatlon; $3.50.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-07-08

The real balm of gilead is the
dried juice of low shrub, it is said,
which grows in Syria 1t is very val
liable and scarce, for the amount of
balm yielded by one shrub never ex-
ceeded go drops day. According to
Josephus, the balm or balsam of gil
cad was one of the presents given by
the queen of Sheba to King Solomon.
The ancient Jewish physicians pre-
scribed it evidently for dyspepsia and
melancholia. Philadelphia Ledger.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1893-07-08

Some one had blundered, and the
Victoria went down with Vice Admiral
Tryon and 400 of his brave crew. If
it were the vice admiral himself he
paid for bis error with his life; but if
Rear Admiral Markham, he must
stand his trial by court martial and
submit to the consequences. Brave
men are too scarce to be drowned by
mistakes of commanders, and some
one should be punished.
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
LAND oFF1cE AT THE DlLLEs. OREGON.
Irrr.

LAND OtkdON.
June z3, 1a93-
Notice is hereby given that the following named
settler has filed notice of his intention to make final
pruof In support of his calm and that said prouf
viii be made before The register and receiver at The
Dalles, tIr., on Wednesday, An gust 9, 1898, viz:
JOHN E. MCCORMICK, Of The Dalles;
Homestead Application No 26ll. for the E1z offs W
h and NW4 Of NEt aud NE4 of SCI, Of 5 IA, Tp
s. X IL E, w NJ.
He names the follow ny witnesses to prove his
land, viz:
joseph Means Peter Omeg, Il. L. Powell, George
D Martin, all of he Dalles postofice, Oregon.
jun24 JOHN W. LEWIS, Register
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mentioned, subscriptions will begin with the mum
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mail, postage paid, or EXPIRE s, free of i'ense
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nme}, for 81 per volume.
Cloth cases tor ench vo ume, suitable for binding,
will he sent by mail paid, receipt of 81 each
RemitS ,nces should made hy postcffiee money
rider or draft, to avoid ance of loss.
Newspapers not to copy this advertisement
Without the erpress order Of Harper Brothers
Address: HARPER BROTHERS, New York.
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A young man at Niagara, having
been crossed in love, walked out tc
the precipice, gave one lingering look
at the gulf beneath him and-went
home. His body was found next
morning In bed.
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

LAND OFFICE AT Tim DALLBs, OREGON,
June 81. 1893.
Notice is hereby given that the following named
settler has filed notice Of his intention to
make final proof in support of his claim, and
tia said proof will be made before the Register and
Receiver Of tne u. s. land office at The Dalles, Or.
On ednesdav, august 9. 1893, viz:
CHARLES KIRKHAM, of Dufur;
re emption D. y. No. 1899, for the N u OF Nw1z.
and SIX of NW4, of sec q, Tp1 5. x IA E, " NJ.
He names the following witnesses TO prove hIs
continuous resiuence upon and cultivation of said
land, viz:
J. W Montgomery, G.. W. Otey, hn Decker, l.
B. Humbert, all OF yd postofice, oregon.
jun24 JOHN W. LEWIS, Register.
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The suggestion is passed on thRf
books with white and very delicately
tinted bindings are cleaned in book
stores by rubbing the covers with
bit OF chamois dipped in powdered
puhnice stone.
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Wasco County Fruit.

In very interesting letter to the Orego
nian yesterday, by Hon. S. A. Clarke. of
Salem. we make some extracts regarding
the fruit prosaects of this vicinity:
''* l baye lately been In Southern
Oregon, in the best portions of the VILLAIN
ette valley, around Vancouver and the Co.
lumbia river, and nowhere have seen such
peach trees as grow below The Dalles.
There is no curl leaf, aud the trees are
great solid balls of heavy green foliage.
There the apples do not scab and ruin with
fungus; there are no disease, of the peach
and prune, and their orchards are more sure
to bear than in any other part of this state.
ut is astonishing to see the difference in
conditions that prevail in Western and
Eastern Oregon. In many respects our
Western Oregon country is incompatible.
But the region between the Cascade mount.
aims and the Deschutes river is sal qeneris
East of there, both soil and conditlons of
climate are less favorable for fruit, except
along the Columbia and Snake rivers, in the
canyons, where fruit does wonderfully, un-
less some severe winter finds depth of
cold that kills the fruit buds. and sometimes
the trees outright. This is true, once in a
great while, as to peaches, and The DaIles
occasionally suffers, as does Waila Walla
county, but otherwise each has safer re.
gion to grow fruit than Is often found in
Western Oregon.
81 was impressed with the usually good
GRIPS on all fruit trees around The Dalles
The same ia true of certain fruit farms on
or along the Columbia, below The Dalles
and at Hood River. One would naturally
think that as all the country east of the
Cascades is much colder than that west of
them. that they would have much more
frost there than here, hut E. Schsnno, of
The Dalles, tells me they never haye late
spring frosts there. while they do have
them here, and we all know that late rains
are very injurious here, while they seldom
occur there. There is more often want of
rains there than too much after bloom time.
"What the people of The Dalles lack in
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

LAND OFFICE AT vANoouvER, WASH,
May 20, 1893.
Notice is hereby given that the following named
settler has led notice nf his intention to make final
proof in support of his claim, and that said proof
will be made before w. r. Dunbar. Commissioner
Cnited States Cirruit Court district Washington
at his office ii. Goldendaie, Wash. on July 10th,
1898, VIZ:
JOHN C. CRAWFORD,
Purch Apple itirn No. 537, under Section g. For
ieItuie Act, sept. 20. l890f then rthwest quarter
Sec g. TIP 2 N, RIA, WIN.
He tn following W theses to prove his
claim ~ sa land viz rnon T. Cooke, Henry F.
Brune Levi r. Hieary, W liam ID. Gilmore, all Of
Grand Dales Postoftic., Washington.
my27 JOHN d. GE GHEGAN, Register.
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The injury done to vegetation by
pelting rains is incalculable, and
those who have watched the benefits
Of applying moisture only to the roots
can appreciate the difference.