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The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-08-27
HOME OF THE CUCKOO CLOCK.


The Little Town of Viilingen. Located In,
the Black Forest of Germany.
Villingen is one of the centers for
the Black Forest clock industry. The
making of clocks in the Schwarzwald
dates from very old time, and the in
dastry has here attained some forms
which are to be found nowhere else,
says the Philadelphia Telegraph. It
is, perhaps, the most distinctive of all
the skilled trades of these clever peo-
pie. The inhabitants of the hills, from
the earliest time, in distinction from
the residents of the valleys, who pre-
ferred to farm, have shown love for
woodwork, and centuries ago trained
their hands to cut out various clever
untensils Their skill in this line took
the form of cloclmaking about 1850 or.
80. There were very rudimentary
ideas afloat concerning what constitu-
ted clock in those days At first
weight was used hung from a string.
Later the pendulum was introduced.
Then came the striking one-day clocks.
Again, a little later, the eight-day
clocks. By their own discoveries and
by the adoption of the inventions of
foreigners these people have thus
steadily kept themselves in the front
rank among the clock manufacturers
of the world. This section particularly
excels in making automatic clocks, and
clocks combined with musical boxes
and other novelties. The principal
thing in this line, however, is. the
cuckoo clock lin German kukuk). The
first cuckoo clock was put together
about one hundred and fifty years ago
by an inventive old Schwarzwalder,a and
~. - III IL
device continues without abatement.
The cuckoo is put up in every kind
of clock case and with every kind of
good, bad and Indifferent time-keeping
machinery. He may be had, works and
all, for one dollar, and SO on up. ac-
cording to the quality of his song and
other characteristics. His special Pc
culiarity, of course, is his regularity,
and this is what got him into trouble
in the United States. He has a small
cage up at the top of the clock, and when
ever the time comes for him to go
through his exhibition his door flies
open, he steps out in front, bows and
flaps his wings and sings his little song.
He has been criticised for his limited
repertory. Nature did this, and no
bird can improve on nature. The Pc
culiar sound is made by the use of
sort of double bellows, through which
the wind is forced at the proper inter
walls. If it is good clock the nlimicry
is perfect, 1t is an invGntion which
could have been made only here, in the
land of the cuckoo. At this time of
the year the bird can be heard see
saving away in every copse of. woods.
He has points of difference from the
American cuckoo. He does not lay his
egg in other birds nests, and seems, in
fact, to be a very decent kind of fowl.
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A CARGO OF WIVES.

How n Community of Hungarian Miners
Settled the Marriage Question.
ST think the most remarkable sight
ever witnessed" said Pueblo Coll J
man to st. Louis Globe-Democrat rep
resentative, was at a small mining
town in our state, where the majority
of the miners are Poles or Hungari;lns
or both. For some time a rufnor had
gone around that the bachelor mem
bers of the community had sent enough
money to the old country to secure a
delegation of unmarried females to
come out and share their good fortune
with them. The prospective bride
groomS drank more than usual as the
arrival of the peculiar cargo became
more certain, and when finally tele-
gram was received from New York that
these damsels had actually arrived and
were on board train, the men cele-
brated the last of their bachelor days
by a first-class drunk. They were
fairly sober on the morning the train
was to arrive, and putting on their best
clothes they arrived at the depot with
that peculiarly uncomfortable look
which miners are apt to assume when
dressed for meeting. About half the
town was at the depot as well, and
someone rather maliciously started a
cheer when the young ladies with their
huge bundles began to alight from the
cars. The crowd took up the idea and
a mighty cheer rang through the air
The miners took charge of their pro-
posed brides, and retired with them to
the house of married friend, where it
is to be presumed brides and bride
grooms were divided up so as to suit
Io -
ess did not take more than half an hour,
and within an hour of the arrival of
the train local justice of the peace
had securely tied the sundry and divers
knots necessary to complete the trans
action. No marriage bureau ever did
business in SO strictly regular and
satisfactory manner
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Legend Of the Daisy.

There is pretty legend connected
with the daisy, which is an Old World
flower Americanized. When the early
Christians of Britain were prosecuted
and put to death st. Bruon persuaded
his sister, ST. ole, to flee with her
maiden companions. After the perse-
cution ceased the bishop searched
fruitlessly for his sister until he noticed
that there sprung up in his pathway
little tufts of flowers with golden
hearts and starry rays of white He
took them for his guides, and following
their mute beckoning, after many days
they led him to desert place where,
in rocky hiding place, he found his
sister
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FORTUNE IN THE STREETS.
But Nobody Thus Tar Has Been Ingenious
Enough to Profit by 1t.

But Nobody Thus Tar Has Been Ingenious
Enough to Profit by 1t.
Would you believe it, sir,e said a
well-known Strand boot maker the
other day, 'that some three million of
people walk about the streets of Lon
don daily, and in doing so wear away a
ton of leather from their boots and
shoes.''
is that really fact?"
Really" was the emphatic reply
'tAnd the amount would be greater if
the streets were not so well paved and
attended to. The ton of leather L have
just spoken of would in a year form a
leather strip one inch wide and long
enough to extend from London to New
York
''And what would be its value?'
well, estimating the great amount
of disintegrated sole leather at sd. a
pound, what it costs consumers, its
value would be one hundred thousand
pounds. If it could be recovered from
the streets fortune might result to
somebody in the shoddy leather line.
But, unfortunately, there seems no
means of recovering all this valuable
leather, and SO no doubt it will ALWAYS
be swept up in the dust and dirt.
But, " he refectively added, s'if proc
ess by which this leather can be sep
arated from the dirt is discovered, the
inventor would be at once rich man.
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Plugging Ears to Induce Sleep.

In order to insure sound sleep Prof
Scripture, of Yale, has for years plugged
up his ears at night. He explains the
process as follows: 1.-The stick of wax
is warmed over the gas flame, and a
sufficient quantity is pressed off be-
tween the thumb and finger. This is
placed in the entrance of the external
meatus. In oSder to make such a fit
that no sensations of touch are pro-
duced when the head is placed on the
pillow, the tragus is placed over it for
an instant, and the end of the index
finger slightly loosens the top and the
bottom of the plug in the ear. Each
morning the antiphones are thrown
away"
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roo WARM FoR COMFORT.
A Spot In Persia Whore the Thermometer
shows $50 in the shade.

A Spot In Persia Whore the Thermomeeer
Shows $50 in the Shade.
The hottest region on the earth's sur
face is on the southwestern coast of
Persia, on the borders of the Persian
gulf. SAYS an exchange. For forty con-
secutive days in th&tmonths of July
and August the mercury has been
known to stand above one hundred de-
grees in the shade night and day. and
to run up as high as one hundred and
thirty degrees in the middle of the aft
ernoon. At Bahrin, in the center of
the most torrid part of this most torrid
belt, as though it was natures inten-
ton to make the place as unbearable
as possible, water from wells is some
thing unknown. Great shafts have
been sunk to depth of five hundred
feet, but always with the same result
mo water. Notwithstanding this
serious drawback, a numerous pop
ulation contrives to live there,
thanks to copious springs, which burst
forth from the bottom of the gulf more
than mile from the shore. The wa
ter from these springs is obtained in a
most curious and novel manner. Macha-
dores, whose sole occupation is that of
furnishing the people of Bahrin with
the life-giving fluid, repair to that por-
ton of the gulf where the springs are
situated, and bring away with them
hundreds of skin bags full of the water
each day. The water of the gulf where
the springs burst forth is nearly two
hundred feet deep, but the machadores
-divers--manage to fill their goat
skin sacks by diving to the bottom and
holding the mouths of the bags over the
fountain jets; this, too, without, allow
ing the salt water of the gulf to mix
with it. The source of these subma-
rine fountains is thought to be in the
hills of Osmond, five hundred miles
away. Being situated at the bottom of
the gulf, it is a mystery how they were
ever discovered, but the fact remains
that they have been known since the
dawn of history.
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A TRUE GHOST STORY.
The Request of the Apparition Was Cal
ried Out to the Letter.

The Request of the APparition Was Car
ried Out to the Letter.
Here is ghost story-one of large
class, and therefore perhaps more
likely to be veracious, especially as it
first saw the light in a London paper.
1t has an appearance of strict and even
tain Capt. Blomberg, of some regiment
unknown, on active service in America.
Five or six of his brother officers, he be-
ing engaged on duty two hundred miles
away, We're dining together. The door
was opened and Capt. Blomberg APP
peared, to every body's surprise With
out speaking, he walked in and sat
down in a vacant chair. They all
asked him how he came there.
To their questions he made no reply;
then one of them said: ''Blomberg, are
you mad?''
On this he rose and replied: when
you go back to London take my son to
the queen and beg her to be his pro-
tector.'
This said, he walked out of the room
as he had come in. A few days after
ward the news came that he had been
killed in action on the very day and
at the same hour of his appearance.
It is pleasing to record that the
queen, on whose favor the gallant Of
ficer may have had some claims, sdid
protect the son, VINO became chaplain
in-ordinary to his majesty, deputy clerk
of the kings closet, canon residentiary
of st. Paul's and vicar of ST. Giles, Grip
TIeoate
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Deafness Cannot be Cured

BY local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure Deafness,
and that is by constitutional remedies.
Deafness is caused by an inflamed con-
dition of the mucous lining of the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets
inflamed you have rumbling sound or
imperfect hearing, and when it is entirely
closed Deafness is the result. and unless
the Inflammation can be taken out and
this tube restored to its normal condi-
tion, hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases out of ten are caused by
catarrh. which is nothing but an in
famed condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of Deafness (caused by catarfh)
that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure. Send for circulars, free,
F. ]. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, O.
% Sold by Druggists, 75c.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-08-27
GOVERNMENTAL ECONOMY.
1t Is Being RigidIy Exercised in Mexi.
can Affairs.

1t Is Being Rigidly Exercised in NTexi-
Affairs.
Mexico" said an American resi-
dent of the City of Mexico to a Wash
ington Post representative, sis under
going crucial test, but it is standing
the ordeal bravely, and in the end viii
emerge with the prestige of sustained
credit and greater prosperity than it
has ever enjoyed. 1t has been a hard
matter to keep the ship of state afioat
in these times of extraordinary depres-
sion. A rigid policy of retrenchment
has been pursued. Salaries of public
officials have been cut, the army de-
creased, and additional taxes imposed
in order to meet the obligations of the
government. There is no system of di-
rect taxation down there, and all the
revenues from imports are collected in
silver. As silver has deprecated in
value the revenues have corresponding
ly diminished in volume, >, so that it was
a matter of necessity to increase the
taxes.
I'm spite of all these difficulties the
republic is gaining, and has splendid
future. The depression in mining is, I
think, a blessing in disguise. 1t will
tend to bring out the other great nat
ural resources of the country. Agri-
culture has never received in Mexico
the attention it deserves. We have as
fine coffee, sugar and tobacco lands as
there are on the globe, and the people
are at last waking up to the Importance
of their cultivation. In this neglected
source of wealth lies Mexico's fairest
promise of prosperity"
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] I. FORD. EYanrelist,

OF Des Moines, Iowa, writes under date Of
March %. 1898:
S. B. MED. MFG. Co.,
Dufur, Oregon.
Gentlemen
On arriving home last week, found
all well and anxiously awaiting. Our
little girl, eight and one-half years old,
who had wasted away to 3S pounds, is
now we'll, strong and vigorous, and well
tieshed up. s. B. Cough Cure has done
its work well. Both of the children like
it. Your s. B. Cough Cure has cured
and kept away all hoarseness from me.
So give it to every one, with greetings
for all. Wishing you prosperity, we are.
Yours, Mr.. & Mrs. J. F. FORD.
Iyou wish to feel fresh and cheerful, and ready
for the Springs work, cleanse your system with
the Headache and Liver Cure, by taking two OF
three doses each week.
Sold under positive guarantee.
so cents per bottle by all druggists.
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My boy was taken with a disease re-
sembling bloody fux. The first thing 1
thought of was Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy. Two
doses of it settled the matter and cured
him sound and well. I heartily recon-
mend this remedy to all persons suffer-
Ing from a like complaint. I will an
swer any inquiries regarding it when
stamp is inclosed. refer to any county
official as to my reliability. VIM. Roach,
J. P, Primroy, Campbell. Co., Tenn.
For sale by Blakely & Houghton drug
gist.
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and especially nursing mothers, need
she strengthening support and help
chat comes with DIR. Pierce's Fa-
vorite Prescription. 1t lessons the
pains and burdens of child-bearing,
insures healthy, vigorous offspring,
and promotes an abundant secretion
of nourishment on the part of the
mother. 1t is an invigorating tonic
made especially for women, per-
fectly harmless in any condition
of the female system, as it regu-
lates and promotes all the natural
functions and never conflicts with
them.
The Prescription builds up,
strengthens, and cures. In an the
chronic weaknesses and disorders
that affiiet women, it is guaranteed
to benefit or cure, or the money
is refunded.
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For every case of Catarrh which
they cannot cure, the proprietors of
DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy agree
to pay $500 in cash. You're cured
by its mild, soothing, cleansing, and
healing properties, or you're paid.
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Get Your Money.

All county warrants registered prior
to August 1, 1890, will be paid on pre-
sentation at my Office. Interest ceases
after July 18th. WM. MIoHELL,
County Treasurer.
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"And Skipley has really forgiven the
man that eloped with his wife2'' "What
else could he do? The fellow returned
the $6 umbrella they took. Inter
Ocean.
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"I know an old soldier who had
chronic diarrhoa OF long standing to
have been permanently cured by taking
Cham berlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy" says Edward Shum-
pix, prominent druggist of Minnea-
polls, MINI. ST have sold the remedy
in this city for seven years and consider
it superior to any other medicine now
on the market for bowel complaints. 3"
25 and so cent bottles of this remedy
for sale by Blakely & Houghton drug
gists.
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In parts of this country dogs are used
to drag around little milk kcarts. In con-
nection with this beverage there is little
harm in working the growler.-Phil-
adelphia Times.
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''Now, Maud" he said anxiously, as
they parted, "while you are away don't
forget our secret-that you are my
fiancee.'' ''No, George, won't forget it !;
and I'll never let any of the men even
suspect it. I'll behave like regular
summer girl. ."-Harper's Bazaar.
Kenneth Bazemore lad the good for
tune to receive a small bottle of Cham
berlain's Collie, Cholera, and Diarrhoa
Remedy when three members of his
family we're sick with dysentery. This
one small bottle cured them all and he
had some left which he gave to Geo. w.
Baker, a prominent merchant OF the
place, Lewiston. N. c., and it cured
him of the same complaint. When
troubled with dysentery, diarrhea, collie
or cholera morbus, give this remedy a
trial and you will be more than pleased
with the result. The praise that natur-
ally follows its introduction and use has
made it very popular. 25 and so cent
bottles for sale by Bakely & Houghton,
druggists.
English Lord assure you, madam,
can always tell at a single glance what
people think of me. American Host
-ess- 1t must often be very trying for
you, my lord!-Truth.
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Shipments for Portland received at
any time day or night. Shipments for
way landings must be delivered before
5 p. m. Live stock shipments solicited.
Call on or address,
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1894-05-11
They Want Names

The Russell Art Publishing Co, of 92s
Arch Street, Philadelphia desire the
names and address Of a few people in
every town who are interested in works
OF art, and to secure them they offer tc
send tree, Cupid Guides the Boat" q
superby executed water color picture
size 10 Ii inches, suitable for framing
and sixteen other pictures about same
size, IN colors, to any one sending them
at Gnce tile names of ten persons (ael-
msrers OF tine pictures together With six
two cent stamps to cover expense oi
mailing, elc he regular price Of these
pictures is S1.00, put they can all be
secured free by any person forwarding
The rames and the stamps promptly.
NOTE the editor OF this paper has
fttea y received copies OF above pictures
and considers them really Gems of Ar1. >
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1894-05-11
BLOOIEYVG VALLEY

May 10th. 1894.
Six schools are running in the town
ship.
Sam Sawns house was entirely des-
t:oyed by fire last week.
Mr. Jacob Schener is putting up a
large pasture fence and otherwise im.
proving his farm.
4 lew Of our farmers are still looking
for flax seed. II any parties. in other
parts OF the county have any TO sell on
time they can easily dispose OF it and
get good security.
Jacob Jacobson's house in the west
part Of the township burned down last
week. Mr. jacobson has a large family
ana as everything he had was a total loss
1t falls rather heavily upon him, how
ever the merchants in Waubay kindly
assisted him as also did his neighbors
The farmers Of this township are
adopting very sensible plan this year.
and that is dlversifying their crops
and doing their work we'll
CHAFr
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,,,. oonrade. remember the children o.

,,. oon,rada remember the children o.
today must in near future take y'u'
nlace. and upon you mainly depends
their proper education in those lessons Vi
pariotism and loyalty which are 'es-
sential to good citizenship.
V. Every Post Chaplain is nereoY en-
ioined 10 Immediately report TO the De
parrment Chaplain the manner IN "hlch
hi, Post observed Memorial Day, ana as
the Department Chaplain will have 40
time TO incorporate these reports IN his
annual report at the E.ncampment, each
Post Chaplain will place bis report III the
Posts delegate 10 the Department In.
campmaDt which will convene at lie
Smet on Tuesday of the week following
Memorial day, and the delegate Will de-
liver tie report to the Department
Chaplain. No particular torn need be
observed in making these reports. The
Post Chaplain may SIMPLY write out, II
narrative form, the way hls Post obserE
ed Memorial Day
Yours IN +. G. 4. H.,
OFFICIAL: \ (. NASH,
d. II HAwN Commander.
A. 4. c.
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W Il4NOT.

Wimot Reporter, May 5, 1894
Dr. Taplin informed us that the child
Of A, H STAY who has the scarlet fever
is improving.
Mr.. Rude. who is a student in Il semi
nary at Minneapolis arrived yesterday
lie will teach Norwegian schools in
Springdale Ind Lake townships
Mrs. Lockwood arrived on Monday
from Milbank with her stock OF millinery
goods, and has opened her store in the
Peek building, opposite the Reporter
Office
4 very pleasant social was enioyed
Thursday evening at the residence Of
Mr.. and Mrs Gable. Refreshments
We're served by the ladies of the Presbv-
ierian church and society Receipts OF
the evening, 81 90.
Special Agents Ilazen. Higbee and
Huntington, representing the various
fire insurance companies that do business
IN Sonth Dakota, were in town yesterday
and 1t is understood that they raised the
rates generally. II is probable that the
business men Of Wilmot will be forced
by the high rates 10 insure themselves.
and II is quite likely that large proper
'ion OF the policies now running will not
be renewed The intention il, it would
seem, 10 make South Dakota pay the
losses on eastern property.
A ire company has been organized in
Wllmor, consisting ot captain and
twelve men. Steps will be taken in the
near future to procure proper apparatus.
This is move in the right direction.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1894-05-11
Memorial Hay.
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF
SOITH DAKOTA. GRAND ARMY
OF TIE REpIRIIc.

ohsfs5 No. j. IL. nE0ERs CANTON, APR %, 1891
|. Memorial Day, Wednesday. Ma,
both, Should be observed by every Pos,
in this Department A sacred obligation
rests upon us, comrades, 10 see that thi.
day is httlngly observed in every com
munliy IN our state. Each year the
graves OF those who have answered the
last roll cal and have finally been
mustered out" are multiplying and the
comrades who are still at their posts mnst
do "double duty
Il On Sunday, May 27th, the Sunday
before Memorial Day, let each Post at
tend Divine services in body, ~ uni.
form 50 Tar as practicable and by prev.
lous arrangements let the service be an
propriate to the occasion. If a camn ~
Suns Of Veterans exists ia the tow,
where Post is located, invite tia Camn
10 act as escort on this occasion. Invite
the members If the w r. G. also to io,,
in this memorial service.
Ill. Not many years viii come and oa
ere the duty We 80 lovingly performed on
Memorial Day viii be performaa II,
other hands than ours, but while We ara
still "oo duty let Us reverenay ana
earnestly seek to impartu love for the
heroes who aaye died that Our eann,ry
night i've, which will ceastran genera
tons to come to cherish halloved men
ores OF those 10 whom duty and love for
our Hag WAS dearer than life
~ No POST in this Department
should tail 70 properly observe slenori,,
Day The manner of its observance will
oe 'eN 70 the sood sense q the members
OF each fos', but trust every Post viii
see 70 IT that the children be assigned
some prominent part in The exercises f,r