davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-03-23
How Swimmer. Drown.

The Northwestern Lancet offers a
new explanation of the sudden drown
ing of good swimmers, hitherto attrib-
uted to cramp. There is nothing in a
cramp in the leg to prevent an ordinary
swimmer supporting himself in the
water by his hands or on his back, nor
to cause him to throw up his hands
and sink once for all, like stone.
Such cases are attributed to perfora-
tion of the eardrum, through which
the excess of water pressure occasions
vertigo and unconsciousness, and a
practical caution results to persons
having such perforation to protect
their ears with a stopper of cotton when
bathing.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-03-23

Ten days loss of time on account of
sickness and doctor bill to pay, is any
thing but pleasant for a man of family
to contemplate, whether he is laborer,
mechanic, merchant or publisher. Jas.
o. Jones, publisher of the Leader,
Mexia, Texas, was sick IN bed for ten
days with the grip during its prevalence
a year or two ago. Later in the season
he had second attack. He says: SIN
the latter case l used Cham mberlain'e
Coheh Remedy with considerable sue
cess, 1 think. only being in bed a little
over two days. The second attack am
satisfied would have been equally as bad
as the first but for the use of theremedy."
1t should be borne in mind that the grip
is much the same as very severe cold
and requires precisely the same treat
ment. When you wish to cure cold
quickly and effectually give this remedy
trial. 25 and 90 cent bottles for sale
by Blakeley 6 Houghton. druggists.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-03-23
Republican County Convention

A Republican Convention for the County
Wasco, State of Oregon is called to meet
Dslles City, in said county, on Wednesday, ApTi
. 4th, 1895 at 10 o'clock A. NJ, for the purpose
nominating candidates for the following count
Offices: One County Commissioner, Count
Clerk, County Sheriff, County Treasurer, Count
Assessor, County School Superintendent, Count
Coroner and county Surveyors; and also precinc
officers for the several precincts, and eight dele
gates to the State Convention, and to transact
such other business as may properly come before
such conN ention. The iion will consist
of 81 delegates chosen by the several precincts,
and the several precincts of the county will be
entitled 10 representation III said convention IS
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-03-23

druggist for Woods Phosphodine; If he offers
worthless medicine in place Of this, leave his
dishonest store. inclose price in letter, and
we Will send by return mail. Price, one package,
81; six, S- Ono 1oia please, sLD 1oI cure Panaph-
let in plain sealed envelope, 2 cents postage.
Address Tho Wood Chemical Co.,
III Woodward avenue Detroit Mich
So ldin The Dalles by Snipes d Kinersly.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-03-23
rhe ChIidren OF Israel

Afghan chroniclers call their people
Bani-Israel, the Arab for children OF
Israel, and claim descent from Saul.
the first Israelitish- king
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-03-23
Beware of ointments for Catarrh that
Contain Mercury,

COhtaln HeTcury,
As mercury will surely destroy the sense
of smell and completely derange the
whole system when entering it through
the mucous surfaces. Such articles
should never be used except on pre-
scriptions from reputable physicians, as
the damage they will do is ten-fold to
the good you can possibly derive from
them. Halls Catarrh Cure, manufac-.
tured by F. j. Cheney 6 Co., Toledo, o.,
contains no mercury, and is taken in
ternally, acting directly upon the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system. In
buying Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you
get the genuine. It is taken internally,
and made in Toledo, Ohio, by F. J.
Cheney & Co. Testimonials free.
Co. Sold by druggists, price 75c. per
per bottle.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-03-23

A good milch COW, gentle and easy
mixer, also horse, buggy and harness,
good family horse and fine roadster.
Address C. j. CoATswoRTH,
Ivy City.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-03-23

! YOU NEED ANY JOB
PRINTING, NO MAT
TER HOW MUCH OR
HOW LITTLE, GIVE
THE CHRONICLE JOB
DEPARTMENT YOUR
PATRONAGE AND BE
HAPPY. YOU WILL
GET THE BEST, AND
THE BEST Is GOOD
ENOUGH FOR ANY
BODY. USE LOTS OF
PRINTERS INK AND
DE PROSPEROUS.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-03-23
ELEcTRIFIEo SEA WAFER.
1t Is Said to Be Working Wonders In
Purifying q French City.

Purifying French City.
The most wonderful stories are told
of the disinfecting power of sea water
after electrical treatment, as exhibit
ed at Havre, where experiments upon
very large scale have been made
under the direction of nj. Hermite, the
inventor of the system. The following
is an extract from the special corre-
spondence of the London Standard:
ga central station for the proper
electrolyzing of sea water had been es-
tablished at Havre, on Qui Lombardie,
near the Angouleme bridge, and pipes
in connection with it had been. laid
through all the streets of the st. Fran
co.'s quarter, inhabited by some twelve
thousand people of the poorest classes,
and formerly the hot-bed of every in
fectious disease. The electrolyzed sea
water forced through the pipes had.
however, effected a marvellous change.
The streets watered with the disinfect-
ing liquid. by means of hose connected
with the pipes, had lost. that putrid
odor which formerly made them not
only repugnant, but an ever-preSent
danger in the very center of the town.
In addition to this, two of the most
insalubrious houses in the district had
been chosen by NJ. David, the town
architect, for the application of the
Hermite system to dwellings. One of
them was situated at No: "a Rue de la
Fontaine, and the other at 35 Rue
d'Edreville. A large tank, connected
with the electrolyzed sea-water mains,
had been placed at the top of each of
these six-story buildings, and pipes
from the tank carried down to flush
the closets and sinks on the various
floors In the case of the house No. "a
Rue de la Fontaine, the now odorless
water from the !syphons of the closets
and sinks was conducted through pipes
to the street gutter, down which it ran
some distance before it ultimately fell
into the sewer. The object of this ar
rangement was to offer the public a
constant, visible and olfactory proof
of the purifying qualities of electro
lyzed sea water. The disinfecting
liquid, so to say, consumed the sewage
matter, as well as the microbes it con-
tanned, and in passing along the gut
ter and through the sewers it con-
tributed to the distinction of both of
them by the chlorine it still contained.
With the Hermite system all the sew
| age water could, without inconven-
| ience, be allowed to flow into the sea,
or even into rivers, for it purifies in
stead of communicating them.''
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-03-23

MANY people imagine that by blow
ing their breath on the blade of a knife
they can tell whether the blade is steel
or pot metal Now, persons breath
will adhere to pot-metal blade and
fade away the same as on steel, but
nine ont of ten men don't know this,
and that is the reason why SO many
people carry inferior pocket knives
Ask your dealer for Mexican Silver
Stove Polish.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-03-23
FRESH FACTS FROM EUROPE.

No LESS than 5000. 900, 600 gallons of
beer were iInbibed in Europe last year.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-03-23

Poison the squirrels. Sure Shot at
Snipes & Kinersly's.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-03-23
WOODS PHospHoD1rTE.

Promptly and permanently
cures all forms Of Nervous
weakness, Emissions. Sperm
atorrheG, Inlpotency and all
eTects of Abuse or Ercesses.
Been prescribed over S5
;yearsin thousands of cases;
is the only Reliable and Hon
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-03-23
]. 7. FORD, Evangelist,


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 had wasted away to SO pounds, is
heshed 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.
Ifyou wish to feel fresh and cheerful, and rssdy
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.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-03-23

a LAW has been enacted in Germany
which requires that all drugs intended
for internal use shall be put up in
round bottles, while those for external
use shall be put up in hexagonal bot
ties
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-03-23

The experience of Geo. a. Apgar, of
German Valley, N. j., is well worth re-
membering. He was troubled with
chronic diarrh@a and doctored for five
months and was treated by four differ
ent doctors without benefit. He then
began using Chamberlain's Collie, Chol-
era and Diarrhea Remedy, of which one
bottle effected complete cure. It is
for sale by Blakeley & Houghton, drug
erisfs
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-03-23

The same being one delegate atlarge from each
precinct and one delegate for every % votes, and
one for every fraction over one-half of % votes
cast for the Republican Legislative ticket at the
election in June, 1892.
Primaries TO elect the delegates in each of the
several precincts will be held on March 2S, 1891.
In East Dalles Precinct the polls will be located
at the Wasco Warehouse, and Frank Laughlin,
r Creighton and II. Roberts will act as judges
at said election; in Bigelow Precinct the polls
will be located at the office of VIM. Michel, and
Chas. Cooper C. ]. Crandan and Tom Joles will
act judges at said election; in Trevitt Iecinct
the polls will be located at the County Court
room in said precinct, and J. s. Fish, c. E. Bay
ard a. q. L. hillips wilt act as judges ssid
election; in West Dalles Precinct the polls will
be located at the City Mills. and J. W. Marquis,
T. A. Hudson and A. A. Urquhart will act
Judges at said election. The polls in each of
said four precincts win be kept open from u
O'Clock NJ. to O'Clock p NJ for the reception of
votes; the polls in each of the other precincts in
the couDt ty will be located at the usual place at
the hour OF O'Clock p. M, and will be conduct
ed in the usual manner for holding primary
elections. B. S. HUNTINGTON,
Chairman Republican County Committee.
JUDD s. FISH,
Secretary Republican County Committee.
feb24-td
The St. Johns herald., 1894-10-18
A Momentous ProceedInr.

In Mir. Montague's "Tales of a Nomad" he says that in the old days the Boer seldom used his pen, but when he did there was regular com motion in the house. Hush. Be quiet all of you. Drive out the ducks and the geese, and the pigs and the fowls. Father is going to write his name." And then the old gentleman, with el bows squared on the table, would seize the pen with flourish, and put ting on Q determined look, as if he were going to tackle an adversary, would bend down his head until it nearly touched his left arm, write his name with many splutter, and then, throwing down the pen and pushing the chair, would look round with an air of mingled pride and resignation and say: ''I have done it."
The St. Johns herald., 1894-10-18
TREE MINES.
A Curious Industry of Southern Asia
 Logs Excellent for Cofins.

Curious Industry of Southern Asia
 Logs Excellent for COffins.
 One of the most curious industries in the world is the business of mining for coffin blanks which is carried on in Upper Tonquin, portion of the French possessions in southeastern Asia. In a certain district in this province there exists a great underground deposit of logs, which were probably the trunks of trees engulfed by an earthquake or some other convulsion of nature at comparatively recent period.
 The trees, says the Youths Compan- ion. are a species of pine known to the natives, and also to some extent to Eu- ropean commerce, as nam-hou. The wood is almost imperishablc, and has the quality, either through its nature or as the result of its soujourn under ground, of resisting decay from damp. This quality makes it particularly val uable for the manufacture of collins, and for this purpose it is largely ex- ported to Europe.
 The trees are often yard in diame- ter. They are buried in sandy earth at depth of from two to eight yards, and are dug up by native labor as de- mand is made for them.
 Tn many other places in the world trees are found underground in Q very fair state of preservation. In Yer mont certain meadows, which now are cultivated every year, are known to be underlaid with great masses of logs which were brought down and deposited in great jams in floods within the rec ollection of living men, and left where they were. In the course of time the interstices between the logs filled up with earth and all were covered over evenly with more earth and vegetable growth.
 Whenever any of those buried logs are dug up they are found to be in surprisingly good state of preservation; but the business of mining" them has not yet become an industry.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-10-18
THE SNAKE CATCHER.
Odd Occupation of Mississippi House.
 boat Couple.

Odd Occupation of Mississippi House.
 boat Couple.
 The selling of snakes to scientific men, to manufacturers who use the skins and to museums is business which a man and his wife who live in a Mississippi houseboat engage in. The strange couple were interviewed the other day by the reporter for New Orleans paper. The man does most of the snake catching, and, although he has been bitten several times, he con siders the experience only trifling in- cident of his trade. "A rattlesnal1e, for instance, when pursued,' he says, 'coils and is ready to defend himself. I flip stone or small piece of stick at him; he uncoils and starts off, but be- fore he can again coil have him back of the neck. No, I use no stick-noth- ing but my bare hands. You may laugh, too, when I tell you that our snake lore teaches us not to hunt when the wind is in the northwest. If we do we find no snakes. The principal seasons of the year for us are spring and fall; the snakes are then fat and produce lots of oil.'' Of all the snakes in the United States only three families, he says, can be classed as deadly. ''But," he adds, ''these families comprise about thirty two species, distributed as follows: Rattlesnakes, seven; cotton-mouths, eight; copperheads, seventeen, the two latter being moccasins and dwellers in the swamps and low places" The snake catcher's method of treating bites is as follows: "When bitten inn mediately tie band above the wound, cutting the latter deeply in order to cause it to bleed freely, and to reach below the extremity pierced by the fang. The cut is then sucked, or warm, newly killed flesh is applied, and the remedies are then rubbed into the wound, neutralizing the poison"
The St. Johns herald., 1894-10-18
Death by Electricity.

The Digest gives an account of some experiments on the effect of alternat- ing electric currents on animal organ isms, described in a paper read before a recent medical congress at Rome, It. ally, and which corroborate the views of DAsonval, referred to recently. The current used was an alternating one, and it was found that animals sub jected to from fifteen hundred to two thousand volts were not easily killed, and that death resulted mostly from asphyxia caused by the sudden stop page of respiration. Frequently breath ing started again spontaneously, and the animal recovered completely. In no case was there any physiological change noted, though in few there were mechanical lesions, in themselves cause for death. This further confirm ation of D'Arsopval's formula, "A man shocked by electricity should be treat ed as if drowned" renders it still more important that the electrician should make himself acquainted with the prop CT means of resuscitation from the ef- fleets of electric shock.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-10-18
The Good That Remains.

How many are there who are valu- ing themselves by what they have, and not by what they are! What they may have be talent, or money, or position; it matters not what, but it is not their very selves. True worth cannot be separated from mans real self. Money, position, even intellect, may go; but the sterling, i. e., the moral, worth will remain. A sultan of Mo- rocco is said to have discovered that one of his viziers was becoming too powerful. He therefore summoned him to tea, and complimented him on his great wealth. The vizier becoming vain, boasted of the number of his houses, wives and slaves, and the sultan rebuked him saying that he was too rich. To show the man exact ly what he was worth, his majesty had him taken by the soldiers to the slave market, where he was put up for sale and received only one bid of eight pence. All his property was also taken from him. The price which we put upon ourselves and our fellow men put upon us are two very different things.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-10-18
AUSTRALIANS CLIMATES.
It Has . More Varied Assortment Thar
 Almost Any Other Land.

It Has . More Varied Assortment Than
 Almost Any Other Land.
 What is our idea of the Australian climate? It is most probably news to us to be told-perhaps we have never even thought of it-that in one colony of New South Wales, in parts, the in- habitants experience winter like Can ada and summer like Jamaica. In Kiandra, says All the Year Round, a mining town on the borderland be- tween New South Wales and Victoria, there is no communication with the outside world for four months in the year except by the use of snowshoes. Snowshoe races are organized, and the mail man has to use these means of To- comotion.
 At the same time in Queensland the sun will be pouring down in over towering strength, drying all before him and making water dearer than wine. To continue the tale of this di- versity of climate, in part of northern Queensland the rainfall and vegetation are not unlike those of Ceylon; in the northern rivers of New South Wales canebrakes flourish as moist and lux uriant as in Jamaica; in the west of the same colony long file of camels laden with merchandise has become a common object. And in Tasmania Assam hybrid tea plants grow side by side with barley, maise and potatoes.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-10-18
Surplus of Lawyers.

In 1850 the proportion of lawyers to the male population in this country was one in 404 and in 1880 it was one in 39s. The number of lawyers in legis- 1atures has always been greater than their proportion of the population would warrant. In Maine there has been on the average one lawyer for each ten members; in Vermont and Rhode Island, one for each twelve; in Connecticut and in New Hampshire, one in sixteen, and in Massachusetts. one in nine Of the entire number ot United States senators since 17s7, 2 2,O6S out of 3,122 have been lawyers. Of the twenty-four presidents of the United States nineteen have been law yers Seventeen of the twenty-three vice presidents and 21S of the 232 cab met officers have been members of the har
The St. Johns herald., 1894-10-18
TORTURING TURTLES.
How she Poor Reptiles Are Deprived Q
 Their Shells.

How she Poor Reptiles Are Deprived of
 Their Shells.
 T never see any of the pretty arti- cles made out of tortoise shell" said a citizen of Oakland, Cal, recently, without thinking of the probable torture the poor turtles had been sub jected to in order to procure the ma terial for their manufacture. The na- tives in the West Indies lie in wait for the turtles as they come to the shore to deposit their eggs, then they catch them and turn them over on their backs, so that they are absolutely help less. The operation of divesting these creatures of their shells is cruel in the extreme. The tortoise shell that we value is merely the scales that cover the bony shield of the turtle. These scales are thirteen in number, and large turtle will furnish about eight pounds In order to detach this shell from the living animal (for they don't want to kill them, as in that case they would be eXterminated in a few years) they fasten him down, and then put dry leaves and grass under his back, to which they set fire. The heat causes the scales to separate at the joints. They then insert large knife beneath them and lift the shell from the back. Many turtles die under the operation, but they have been known to be caught a second time with an outer coating reproduced, but in such cases there was only one piece, instead of fhirfaan
The St. Johns herald., 1894-10-18
LOST CARNOT'S HAT.
In the Excitement of the Moment Another
 Man Wore It Away.

A strange incident, by the way, marked the last days spent by Lime. Carnot in the palace which had been her home for seven anxious years. She desired to preserve as precious relics for her family all the articles of dress worn by her husband at the moment when he was struck down by the assas- sins hand. These were carefully col lected and sent to her, but the hat alone was missing, and it was supposed to have been lost in the confusion of that fatal drive. It appears, however, that among the first to offer medical help as the victim lay on his deathbed at the prefecture was Dr. Girard, the mayor of fCharbonnieres.
 When other surgeons took charge of the case this gentleman discreetly withdrew and was looking for his hat, whereupon Col. Chamoin handed one to him. He put it on and went home, thinking it was his own, for it fitted him exactly. Not until some days later he cast his eyes on this article of head gear as it hung in his hall, examined it more closely and found it marked in- side with ''C'' did he recognize his mistake. The lost hat was forthwith restored and Mime. Carnot acknowl- edged its receipt in a letter expressing her heartfelt thanks.
The St. Johns herald., 1894-10-18
HIS FRESH OLIVES.
How California Planter Amuses Himself at the Expense of Innocent Travellers.

How a California Planter Amuses Himself
 at the Expense of Innocent Travellers.
 Eastern visitors to California are al- ways much interested in the olive plan tations which in recent years have be- come a feature of the most southerly counties of the state. The lovers of the succulcnt fruit when pickled and bottled for sale in the east and north are always anxious to taste the olive fresh and ripe. There is popular i'm pression that it is sweet and delicious, but, like many other popular impress sionS, this is delusion and a snare.
 A few miles south of San Diego, says the New York Herald, where the rail- roa d makesa junction with a small one track road leading into Mexico, large planter has taken advantage of this de- fusion for his own amusement. On the arrival of each train from the north numerous travellers dismount to await the starting of the train across the Mexican border. For their benefit the planter has nailed box outside of his fence just across the way from the rail- road station which he keeps filled with nice, ripe olives. A placard invites vic tims in these words: