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erybody treats it as an achievement.
The most charming attribute OF
friendship is the right of candor."
THE AUTOGRAPHS COLLECTOR.
Walter Besant Encountered a Man Cul
ously Aniable and Obliging.

Walter Besant Encountered a Man Curl
ously Amiable and Obliging.
eve were talking of the autograph
collectors, writes Mr. Walter Besant,
land I told this story. A certain col
lector-a lady-asked me to get her
an autograph letter of Professor F.
g., friend of my own. I agreed to
ask him for his signature at least.
But the great man proved curiously
amiable. He very kindly said:
'''I will give you for your friend
not only my signature, but also an
autograph letter
He sat down and wrote that let
ter, which he gave me. read it, and
thanked him without smile. At
certain supreme moments one has
complete command of both muscles
and nerves. The letter ran as fol
lows:
I am pleased to be able to give
the applicant, named, believe, Wal
ter Besant, testimonial of personal
character. would give him many
testimonials if 1 could get a per-
manent income for a persistent bor-
rover. have known him for some
years. He is frequently sober, some
times respectful, well hammered
when he pleases, and has never been
found out, SO far as 1 know, in any
dishonesty How far he may be
trusted with other peoples money
those who know him better than
myself will be able to speak.
"'For my own part, I have never
trusted him farther than I could see
him. He is said to gamble habitual-
ly, but do not state this of personal
knowledge, because should decline
to play with him even if he were to
invite me. The little difficulty of
the right bower up his coat sleeve at
arecent race meeting was, he says,
satisfactorilydisposed of. He does not,
as a rule, spend more than twice his
wages-without counting the ticks,
which he never pays. l believe that
it is not true, as has been alleged,
that he has wife in every colonial
port. He cannot do anything prac-
tical or useful, but he has pretty
wit, and has lampooned several re-
spectacle gentlemen into the grave.
"'In blackmailing heis past mas
ter. 1t is not true that he has been
frequently horsewhipped, but l know
for fact that several persons who
at various times have set out for the
purpose of horsewhipping him have
returned on shutters. He is most
earnest, whole souled gentleman,
whose appointment to the post which
he seeks-that of window cleaner to
the workhouse-will give the great
est satisfaction to all those who at
present have to lend him half crowns
en- application to keep him going. ~
Pearson's Weekly.
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Holes In the Legs,

A scientist tells us that hogs legs
perform a function not known to any
other animal, and that is an escape
pipe or pipes for the discharge of
waste water or sweat not used in the
economy of the body. These escape
pipes are situated upon the inside of
the legs, above and below the knee
in the fore legs and above the gam
brel joints in the hind legs, but in
the latter they are very small and
functions light. Upon the inside of
the fore leg they are in the healthy
hog always active, so that moisture
is always there from about OF below
these orifces or ducts in the healthy
hog. The holes in the leg and
breathing in the hog are his princi-
pal and only means of ejecting an
excess of heat above the normal, and
when very warm the hog will open
the mouth and breathe through that
channel as well as the nostrils.
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was upon the lawn. Several of the pro-
fessors who had the misfortune to lose
gates were quite wrathy. As general
rule very few gates in the CITY were dis
turbed Mayor Friendly took the precau-
tion to haze the C ty patrolled by two horse
men, to see that no great damage was
DONE
The roads between Rockland aud Golden
dale, WASH, are in bad condition, on ac-
count OF the immense amount OF gram
hauled over il t. r..s Dallrs this season
This r.ty IS been the market for the
bulk OF the grain grown IN Klickitat county
this year, and will he because We can offer
higher price tor wheat than any other
point east of the Cascades.
Glacier: ]. N. Reynolds wtnt to Gas.
cade Locks Tuesday to work on the locks.
Two hundred men are working at the up
per part of the works and are making good
headway. The gates have all arrived and
will be put In as soon.as the masonry wo'
is completed. Arrangements have been
made tor keeping the masons at work until
high water again interferes.
There is expended annually in San Fran
cisco for street and sewer work 81 800 900,
and the aggregate amount already ex-
pended for this same purpose counts up the
enormous sum of $3l, ,O0O,OG0 The Cali
fornia Association of Civil Engineers has
put up candidate. member of that or
ganization, to replace eformerincumbents who
were not engineers but were elected super
intendtnts of streets.
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The Tragedy of Two Lives.

The life work of Farmer Millsap's
wife was over Like head of wheat
fully ripe, she was about to be gath
cred in by the grim harvester.
obadiah" she said in feeble voice
as the end drew near peacefully and
painlessly, you have been a good
husband to me-"
81 have tried to be, Lucindy, " re-
piled Farmer Millsap.
You have laid yourself out to
make things easy and comfortable
like for me-"
Il have always tried to do my
sheer, Lucindy."
Obadiah" she went on, "we've
lived together 55 years, hain't we9"
1--WE have"
"And ever since we were married
you've eat all the bread crusts, hain't
you2"
II won't deny it, Lucindy, I have. :"
you've eat the crusts for SIS years,
SOS l wouldn't have to eat them,
hain't you, Obadiaha"
81 don't deny it, Lucindy."
'Obadiah," said Farmer Millsap's
wife after pause, lit was very kind
of you. And now you won't mind
me telling you one thing, will you?"
mo. What is it, Lucindy?"
obadiah, T" and there was world
of self abnegation in her voice, II
always was fond of crusts. Chicago
Tribune.
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How Beetles Defend Themselves.

Beetles have other defenses than
their cuirass, such as nauseous or
caustic liquids. which they expel on
provocation, and, strange to say, Mr.
Cuenot has found that certain beetles
actually exude their blood, charged
with noxious products. So far he
finds the practice confined to the
chrysomelidfe, some of the timarch9
and adamonia, the coccinelid8 and
the meloida. The blood of the coc-
cinelid@ has strong disagreeable
odor like that of the whole insect.
That of the timarchR is odorless, but
has an astringent flavor, and in the
case of the Timarch@ primeliodes is
venomous. The blood of the meloida
contains much cantharidine. Lon
don Globe.
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anything for breeding purposes. "Well. "
said Rice, you can sell it to Mr.. Bonney.
and perhaps make $50 or $50 of IT." "AIl
right" said Gabel. Il will try" So he hunted
up Mr.. Bonuey, and described the buck as a
fine imported Shropshire and just what was
wanted to improve the wool of this region
After considerable "dickering" Bonney
agreed to take the buck for S25. and Gabel
was satisfied to take an order on Rice tor
the amount, which was made out and ac-
cepted. The next day Gabel met Rice and
told what good bargain he had made, and
said if he held out little while longer
he would have given him $50 for the scrub
sheep. Mr.. Rice says that Mr.. Gabel is
still ID blissful ignorance that he has sold
Mr.. Bonney his own buck for $25 tor which
he paid SIS. and also that he sold the buck
as Shropshire when in fact it was the
purest Delaine Merino breed.
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The New Wha1eback.

From Washington exchange we copy
the following in reference to the new whale.
back lately launched on the sound:
The whaleback steamer City oJ Eoerett,
which was launched at Everett Wednesday,
is 36l feet long. AZ feet beam, 26 feet deep,
with carrying capacity of $500 tons. Its
Launching weight represents about l,5OC
tons The model of the steamer is between
the Christopher Columbus and the freight
boats built at Superior. The City Of Ererett
complete will cost s375,OOO 1t will take
until Christmas to complete the boat. The
Ereyen is. the first work of the Pacific Coast
plant to replace the Charles W. Wetmore,
which was lost off Coos bay few years ago.
The new steamer is nearly 100 feet longer,
has more than double the horsepower and
] 100 more tonnage than the Wetmore. The
Eperett will probably 60 into the coal carry
ing trade between the sound and San
Francisco.
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COMMON couNCILl

The regular monthly meeting of the COM
mon council was held last Saturday even
ing in the council chambers.
Present, the mayor and full board OF
coubcimen, except G. G. Eshelman, who
was absent.
Minutes OF previous meetings read and
approved.
The petition of VIM. Glasius and others,
asking for sidewalk on south side of Ninth
street, from Liberty to Pentland, was read
and allowed.
The remonstrance of John Robinson and
others against the proposed improvement on
Union ,treet as asked for by Jesse Simonson
and others was read and Land on the table.
The summons in the case of w. Farrell
referred TO the Judiciary committee with
power to act.
The report'of the finance committee re-
gsrding the reduction of theatre license In
favor of The Dulles Orchestral Union was
read, and on motion it was ordered that IL
censs be reduced to SO per night for one
performance. and to $40 per week for con.
tinuons performances.
1t was ordered that an electric light be
placed at the intersection of Fourteenth and
Garrison streets.
The regular monthly reports of the re-
corder, treasurer, marshal and street com.
missioner were read, accepted and placed Oh
file.
The cl,lms were then read and all were
ordered pa d.
On mott on 1t was ordered that the Sisters
be allowed to put a crosswalk from the
Academy yard across the street to the Cath
Ollie church.
1t was ordered that a crosswalk be cou-
structed between Fulton and Washington
street.
There app caring no further business the
council adjourned.
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A Queer Bird.

Beaumont de Hohenzollern Jones,
French savant, claims to have dis
covered, in Patagonia, an amphibi-
GUS bird with four legs. Two of the
legs have web feet, and two are like
the feet of heron. The wings are
too short for flight and are used as
fans to keep off the flies. On the ap-
proach of M. Jones the strange crea-
ture whistled and waved its hind legs
III the air-New York Mail and Ex-
press.
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From Mondays Daily

Geo. c. Jones is up from White Salmon
Mr.. j.. c. FIeschhutz, of Portland, wa.
in this city yesterday.
Mr.. Mat Mosgrove, the popular travel
ing man, is IN the city.
MIR. and Mrs. D. Porter, OF Wasco, were
IN the city Saturday.
Rev. E. Van Deerln, returned to Port
and. this afternoon on the local.
VIM. Herrck, Manager of the new can
merry, came up on last nights train.
The deer killed by Mr. j. S. Fish and
party came up on the train last night.
Mr.. R. +. French and IL members of the
DR.. kyll and Mr.. Hyde Co., aie stopping
at the Umatilla.
Mr. A. TiIzer. formerly druggist with
BIakelv Houghton of this city, gave us ar
agreeable call today.
Mr.. C. w. Rice. for the Columbia Pack
ing Co. sold band of steers to Puget
sound firm that averaged in weight 1895
pounds.
There was one vagrant before the city re-
corder this morning, and he was fined s.
for this indiscretion. He will do work OIL
the city streets.
The residence property of Mrs. Mary L.
Booth was sold this afternoon by sheriff's
sale at the court house. 1t was knocked
down to Mrs. Mary ]. Suefert for $275O
The case was foreclosure of mortgage by
Dalles City.
On the Mexican pension roll there are the
names OF Is 2l5 survivors aud !, 1882 widows,
and something over 5000 cases were pend.
ing at latest reports. This makes total of
25 497, for several Thousand more men than
the United States had in Mexico at any one
time during the war.
The abstract os resources and liabilities
of the United States, October 2. 1894,
as given in reports to the comptroller of eur
rency, shows the aggregate amount of indi
vidual deposits at that date was 81 725, AIS
sig. against 81, ,45l. l24 $50 October 3, 1893.
Loans and discounts have increased during
that time over Sl6l, 900, COO The amount
of specie IN national hanks October 2, 1894.
was S237. $50. 634; legal terders, Sl2O, 644,-
O58.
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ia is a noticeable FACT that fine ne

q
ancholy individual who maintains
that life is not worth. living always
wears chest protector and goloshes.
Walter Besant's Cynical Views.
Novelist Walter Besant is credited
with the authorship of these some
what cynical views of life as it is
lived: ''Out of ten men nine are born
to work for the tenth. Resolve to
be the tenth. Without trampling
the cleverest cannot get rich. The
consolation of those who fail is to
depreciate those who succeed. The
greatest things are done by the great
est fools. Wise men never attempt
anything. When you lose leg, be-
gin at once to practice with wood
en- one., Mems motives are merci-
fully hidden by their shirt fronts.
Observe moderation in all things,
especially in virtues. The best way
to make man honest is to make
him ashamed of being found out.
There may be pride even in confess
ing mistakes. Everybody says that
gentle birth is an accident, and ey
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Its good Effect.


We have few practical jokers IN this
city, who are constantly playing pranks on
their associates. or any one else on whom
they can succeed. For the past two or three
weeks a sheep-herder has been on pro-
tracted spree in this city, and his employer
has frequently sent word to him to come
ont to the farm and go to work. These en-
treaties were unavailing, and finally the
'iokers" mentioned above thought they
would effectually cure him OIL his spreeing
and send him out to his sheep. Procuring
a pair of handouts they pretended an arrest
of the sheepherder. and was on the point cf
marching HIM to the county jail. when he
piteouslv begged for his liberty, and said if
they would give him his freedom he would
Immediately leave town for cne ranch He
was released from custody, and did not stay
upon the order of his going. but went at
once. BY this time he is happy with his
foeks, and no doubt feels under obligation
to the 'iokists" for removing him from
tenn ptatiop
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Fosters Weather Predict, ,ns.

Prof. Foster says the next storm wave
will reach the Pacific coast about Novepl-
ber 4, cross the western mountains by the
5th, the great central valleys from the 9th
to the 9Th, and the Eastern states about the
9th. The disturbance will be at its greatest
force in the Eastern States about the 9th,
and the cool wave will be most severe In
Mississippi valley about the same time.
Cool waves will cross the Western noun
taius about November l and Z, the great
central valleys from the Sd to 9th and the
Eastern states about the 9th and llth.
The first half of November will be generally
stormy with indications of an early winter
that will not be realized, for November
will average warm and dry.
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HCKINLEY AND HILL.

Senator David b. Hill is from the
opposite school of politics to Governor
Mckinley. Throughout the present
campaign the Ohio governor has ap-
pealed to the common sense of bis
hearers, while Mr.. Hill has attempted
to arouse dormant Democratic en-
thusiasm. Taking into consideration
the different styles Of the two men it was
not to be expected that Mr.. Hill would
he happy in his reply to Governor
McKinley's Albany speech, and that
particular expression Of Mckinley's
that "business is politics and politics
is business"
The New York senator came as near
making an open confession as he has
ever done since his position became
one of national prominence. He places
the lowest estimate on the meaning of
both business and politics, seeing in
McKinley's reference only that which
the ward politician understands, that
money can be made out of politics. 1t
lsinot alone Republican criticism on
senator Hill that he has held the least
exalted views on politics, and has
made it business by the aid of cor
rupt machine. This same criticism
has been time and again made by the
Democratic press and by many of the
ablest Democrats in the country. He
takes the same view of politics as does
Mayor Hopkins, of Chicago, and it is
quite natural that both gentlemen
from their training should find the
lowest porsible meaning in any refer
ence to a. combination of business and
politics
Senator Hill says: Business
should be business and politics
should be politics. There can be
no doubt about his sincerity in
that utterance. 1t was just such q
division that created Tammany, Boss
Croker, and David B. Hill. 1t was
such division by which business left
politics to machine men that gave
Chicago a mayor like John P. Hop
kins He is a better example of
what such division results In than
Senator Hill, because he has never
shown even the ability to rise higher
than machine politics.
The great majority of business men
and workingmen agree with Governor
Mckinley that business is politics and
politics is business. Only by comhln-
ing in one view the mans own-buslness
and the business of the public can we
have the same honesty in the latter as
men are compelled to show In the for
mer. In our great cities we have too
long followed Senator Hills plan of
business men paying attention to any
thing but their own business affairs
and leaving politics to the professional
politicians, who live and thrive by
their monopoly upon the business of
government. The voters have decided |
to reform even in New York and dis
possess Tammany. Of course Senator
Hill objects to the reformation, for
without Tammany New York would
soon be without Hill.
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AN OLD AMI WELL-TRIED REMEDY
Mrs. Wlnslows Soothing Syrup has been
used for over fifty year by millions OF
mothers Tor their children while teething
with perfect success. 1t soothes the child,
softens the gums, allays all pain, cures
wind colic, and is the best remedy for
diarrhea. Is pleasant to the taste.s Sold
by all druggists in every part of the world.
Twenty. five cents bottle. Its value is
incalculable. Be sure and ask tor Mrs.
Winslow's Soothing Syrup. and take no
other kind.
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tiabel and Che Ruok.

A good joke is told by Mr.. C. W. Rice
on Mr.. Frank Gabel, of this city. Some
time ago Mr.. A. A. Bonney purchased a
very fine imported Delaine Merino buck
from the east which he desired to mix with
his focks. Mr.. Rice, after having an un-
derstanding with Mr.. Bonney. saw Mr..
Gabel and said he had fine buck he wanted
Is sell him. Gabsl came and looked at the
animal and declared 1t "acrub"-not worth
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stock inspectors.

The following is the list of stock inspec-
tors for Wasco county:
T. Cartwright, The Dalles.
a. s. Roberts. Deschutes,
W. R. Cantrell, Dufur,
r. r. Hinton, Bakeoven,
Zach Taylor, Antelope,
]. III. Sherar, Sherar's Bridge.
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Free Water.

The free watering trough in the East
End, which was erected by the city for the
benefit of farmers and others, the water
commission charged S. month to supply.
As the council considered it benefit to the
public that body wisely refused to pay the
amount, and the commission proceeded TO
shut off the water; but Joles. Collins & Co.,
at the corner of whose store the trough is
situated, paid the amount charged, aod the
water trough will remain free to the public
as heretofore. JoLEs. COLLINS & Co.
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The Great Play.

The most popular play that has been
placed on the boards for number of years
is DR.. Jekyll and Mr.. Hyde, and this will
be produced at the Baldwin opera house to.
night, with Mr., R. E. French in the leading
part. Any one who has read the interest,"
ing work of Mr.. Stevenson's will be enter
tanned and pleased to see the drama.
The many thrilling incidents connected with
tine regular characters will be illustrated by
proper scenery, and the delineatIon of the
double characters will be fine piece of
acting
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his Name was An Right.

Il want you to publish these poems
In book form" said a seedy looking
man to New York publisher.
Publisher-I1l look over them, but
cannot promise to bring them out
unless you have well known name.
Poet-That's all right. My name is
known wherever the English Ian
guage is spoken.
"Ah, indeed. What is your nameG"
John Smith. White Plains
Weekly.
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Notice.

A resolution was adopted by the water
commission on October 3lst providing
that from and after Jan. l, 1895. water
rent will be collected from the owners of
buildings. instead of tenants. This in
cludes all occupances, stores, residences,
wash houses, shops, etc.
II. CHRIsMAN,
Secretary.
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Not AM AppetlzIng Topio.

1t would not be bad idea to circu.
late among a certain portion of the
smart set some simple treatise on the
subjects of conversation to be avoided
at the table. At a recent luncheon a
young matron regaled the company
with various methods of administer
ing castor oil to her children, which
she had tried with more or less sue
cess. However useful such informa-
ton may be, her fellow guests silent
ly agreed that the lunch table was
not the place to impart it, though no
one ventured upon an open protest
against the unappetizing topic. Kate
Fields Washington.
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Clubbing Rates.

The regular subscription price of the
TIMES. .MoUNTAINEER is 81. and the regular
subscription price of the weekly Oregonian
sl.50. Anyone So bscrlbiug for the weekly
TIMES. MoUNTAINEER and paying one year
in advance, can get both the TIMES.
MoUNTAINEER and the weekly Oregonian
for 81 so. All old subscribers paying their
subscriptions for one year IN advance will
be entitled to the same offer.
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A few davs ago sherman county farmer
drove Is hogs into Rufus which weighs d
1860 lbs, and eight of them weighed 500
ponds EACH For these he received
cents pound, and they we're fed on dam.
aged wheel that he could not sell at any
price. This Is very successful expert
ment of feeding grain to hogs. and one
that will pay better than selling wheat at
80 cents a bushel.
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1894.
Harper's Weekly.
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