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The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-04-26
EvIL oMENs OF TnE sEA.
Some Things Which a Sailor breads t,
See While ON q VOYAGE.

Some Things Which a Sailor breads to
See While q Voyage.
A sailor always regards the pres
ence of a shark about a ship as a
most fatal omen to the sick on board.
The highest exultation ever witnessed
on q man-of-war, according to the Bos-
ton Transcript, was occasioned by
harpooning a shark that was hanging
about while a favorite was sick; but
the appearance of shark is often
fatal to the life of a bather in the
ocean as well as a sailor upon it, and
it is quite as much to be dreaded.
Ghosts of an sorts and kinds prefer
travelling by water to almost any other
mode, and our own Cotton Mather
tells us of specter that visited
colonial ship, carrying off in ghostly
canoe seven of crew at time. He
also says: MANY persons. who have
died at sea have been seen within a
day of their death by friends at home.''
As late as the seventeenth century
they tell story of ship about to sail
for England that had as passengers a
strange man and a girl of great beauty.
So mysterious We're their actions that
they were supposed to be demons. and
many feared to sail in the ship. The
vessel sailed on Friday and never
reached its destination. but appeared
as narrated. after storm that lasted
three days:
Nearer and nearer the ship came on
With all her broad sails spread:
The night grew thick, but phantom light
Around her path was shed,
And the waters shuddered as on she came.
For against the wind she sped.
Longfellow also tells similar story
in his phantom Ship" while all lovers
of good music will remember the story
of the opera THE Flying DutchmaIi''
There is a superstition that ship no
longer seaworthy, just before breaking
up between the strains of wind and
wave, has been known to give forth
wailing sounds like moaning. The
sailor cannot account for this, but he
knows too well its import and loses
heart at the melancholy sound. This
is also noticed by Cooper in his s'Red
Rover where one of the characters is
made to say: "a ship which is about to
sink makes her laraentatiens jrst like
y. '.l;.r,:fs. - =
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-04-26
Roth Were Dead shots.

MosELLA, Mex, April 25.-John Red
ding and David Harper, two wealthy
mining men. at the Dos Cabesas camp
met and quarreled over business mat
ter. They agreed to settle the affair
with revolvers. Both men fired at the
same time and both fell dead in their
tracks. They had been partners for
several years, and until their fatal quar-
rel had been fast friends. They were
we'll known in the western mining dis
tricts of the United States.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-04-26
An English. Opinion.

LONDON, April Recommending on
the Samoan question the. Globe says it
may be doubted whether the govern
>ment at Washington will raise much
objection to the annexation of Samoa by
Great Britain. According to the Globe,
the Hawaiian matter has shown public
opinion in the United States is greatly
opposed to mixing in Pacific politics.
The Globe says whatever course is event
ually taken it is absolutely essential for
it to have, the united sanction of the
three powers.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-04-26
AeRlcuLTuRAL INVENTIONS.

THE spade used by the Roman peas
ants during the empire was wooden
instrument tipped with iron
THE wheeled plow was known in an
cient Italy, and appears on many
Roman coins and inscriptions.
EARLY. New Zealand spades have
been found tipped with jade or other
stone, to give good digging point. Z
THIBTy-FoUR states and the District
OF Columbia have laws forbiddine the
sale of tobacco to all persons under six
teen
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Said by the Leaders.

ATLANTIC, Ia, April 25.-When told
of the fight at Billings, Kelly said:
''I fear our cause is ruined. We are
now reduced to the level of a mob. The
militia may be called out at any moment
to stop our progress. would give my
life to have this days work undone.'
THEY MADE NO COMMENT.
FREDERICK, Nd, April 25.-Coxey
and Brown were shown the dispatch
saying collision had occurred between
United States marshals' and Coxeyites
at Billings, Mont. Neither seemed sur
prised and made no expressions as to
the moral effect it would have on the
industrial movement.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-04-26
Town Destroyed By Fire.

SAN Francisco, April 25.-The town
of Floriston, Nevada county, was de-
stroyed by fire this morning, the prin-
cipal buildings being reduced to ashes.
Telegraph communication is inter-
rupted, and it is impossible now to OBJ
tain details. Floriston is town of 100
inhabitants, three miles east of Truckee.
1t has saw mill and lum ber-yard, and
has also large warehouse belonging to
the National Ice Company.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-04-26
A Popular Expedition SANS.

BERGEN, Norway, April 25.-The
Wellman polar expedition sailed yester-
day afternoon aboard the Ragnvald Jarl,
after the owner, HERR Kraassbye, had
formally committed the vessel to Mr..
Wellman's care. AS she departed, the
stars and stripes were hoisted to the
forepeak, salutes were fired, and the
great crowd that had assembled gave
hearty cheers for the explorers.
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spreading at conne11svi1le.

CoNNELLsvILLE, Pa, April 25.-The
strike is spreading. Almost every plant
has closed, and mobs are again march
ing through the region to intimidate the
workmen, but no violence has been COM
mitted. Many men were prevented
from going to work today by their wives,
who feared the vengeance of the strikers.
Serious trouble is expected.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-04-26
VIRGINIA CITY ON FIRE
The Entire Town Said to be in
! Flames.
TELEGRAPH WIRES ARE ALL DOWN
A Young Girl Shot and Killed by a
Priest--Fatal Quarrel Over
Business.

RENO, New, April 25.-Word has just
been received here that great FIRE is
raging in Virginia City. No details are
obtainable as telegraphic communication
is interrupted, but it is said the whole
town is ablaze. Every effort is being
made to learn the exact facts.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-04-26
In Case of an Attack

WASHINGTON, April 23.-Several stands
of small arms and repeating rifles were
delivered ut the treasury department to-
day The small arms were turned over
to Captain Putnam, of the treasury
watch, and the repeating rifles placed at
convenient points about the treasury
building.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-04-26
The strikers, First victory.

UNIoNTowN, Pa, April 25.-The
strikers. scored the first victory last
night, the Atlas Coke Company signing
the scale demanded by the Scottdale
convention.
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WANTED.

To exchange lots in the town of VIM
ans for a good, large team of horses, also
a good farm wagon, spring wagon, har-
ness, plow, and harrow. I will be in
The Dalles, Sat. April 2sth, address A.
Ross Winans, Hood River, Wasco Co.,
Or.
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what. Coxey Said.

NEW YORK, April 2S.-GeneraI Co&ey
tonight was shown a copy of the procla
nation issued by the district COM
missioners at Washington warning the
industrial army from invading the cap
ital, and having perused it carefully. he
said:
''My answer to it is this: The wicked
fee when no man pursueth."
When asked if the fear of possible
bloodshed would not deter him, he said +:
81 did not court resorting to arms,
but we will demand our rights, even if
it takes physical strength to prevail. I
shall not commit myself to that, but will
repeat my declaration to bring congress
to terms by besieging Washington until
justice is done. Should the unemployed
starve in the streets of Washington, the
stench of their ashes Wilt force congress
to give relief"
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AMONG THE STRIKERS.
President Hill Comforting With The
Strikers Committee.

Strikers' COmmittee.
ST. PAUL, April 25.-President ]. j..
Hill. of the Great Northern, has agreed
to meet the strikers conference COM
mittee at IL O'Clock, and settlement of
the strike or final decision in favor of ar
bitration will probably soon follow.
The committee continued in confer
ence with President Hill until II o'clock
when, no decision having been reached,
they adjourned until 2 O'Clock.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-04-26
Another Account Of the Fieht,

ST.. PAUL, April GA Miles City
special to the Dispatch says: The
Montana contingent of Coxey's army
will not go further east than Fort Keogh
The army is now at Billings, and dis
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-04-26
General niles is Not Apprehensive.

GeneraA miles Is mol tApprehens1vo.
SEATTLE, April 24.-General Nelson A.
Miles, of the United States army, said
in an interview today:
"There is no need for any apprehen-
sion of serious disorder anent this Coxey
movement, even though 1000, 900 of his
soldiers should march upon Washington
with the purpose of coercing congress,
for there are IL ,00O, 900 law-abiding citi-
zens who would not tolerate anything of
that sort, and who are determined to up
hold the character of our government
and maintain the freedom of it's legisla-
tive branch. AT present there is no
need for the national army to take any
steps in regard to this matter. That is
for the municipal authorities, and after
that then the. state authorities, and
lastly the president, who is our COM
mander. We are only the servants of
the executive branch of the govern
ment"
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-04-26

For the next sixty days 1 will make
my best SO per dozen cabinets at 81 per
doz-n at Chicago Gallery, opposite
Mays & Crowe's hardware store. on
Second street, The Dalles, Or. dat.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-04-26
The Samoan Matter.

LONDON, April 25.-Sir Thomas Es-
mond mas given notice that he will ask
the government in the house to give its
assent to the annexation of the Samoan
islands to New Zealand.
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BERLIN, April 25.-It is authoritatively
stated that Germany will not permit the
annexation of Samoa to New Zealand.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-04-26

Imperial bicycle, lightest and best to
date. See J. M. Huntington & Co.
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A Portrait of Robespierre.

went to the Carnavelet museum on 0
Thermidor to study, so far as is possible,
from pictures and relics, the personages of
the drama in which Robespierre fell and
Tallien, Barras and Bourbon came to the
top. Robespierre was jealous, and with
good reason, of the army. A few compa-
MES of gendarmes vanquished him. All
who could profit by the revival of fashion
and frivolity rejoiced at his downfall.
A portrait of Robespierre, done when he
was 90, gives one the impression of COM
monplace, Sinking provincial beau. He
had then pink and white complexion,
luscious rosy lips and was just the per-
son to write a poor sonnet in honor of
some lady's canary. His sister Charlotte
was as distingue rs he was the contrary.
To see her portrait is to be haunted by it
for days. She had physical beauty, grace,
graciousness and expression.
The wonderful difference between her
and her two brothers is explained in
letter from Robespierre jeune to Robe
spierre aine. There is not drop of our
blood in Charlotte's veins. A decided
course must be taken against her." She
knew there were bad marks against her
and retired abroad.
Your hatred, my dear brother" she
wrote, lis SO blind that I live in dread
lest it should fall on those who have be-
friended me. ''-London Truth.
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A Curious Collection.

A well known Leeds banker possesses
an immense number of different bank
notes issued at various times by banks
that have come to grievous smash and
which have involved thousands Of persons
in their ruin. Not alone are bank notes
included in this curious collection of rel
les of broken banks, which must start q
world of painful reflections in a CONNER
cial community, but also bonds relating
to celebrated undertakings which have
proved sources of immense loss to specu-
lators, these including scrip" of tho
South sea bubbles, of many of the schemes
of Hudson, the railway king, and Of the
Tichborne bond enterprise. So far as the
bank notes are concerned, it is astonishing
to see what large number Of establish
ments they refer to, and the whole collec-
ton represents the names of schemes
which have drained the investing public
of hundreds of millions sterling The col
lector relates that on several occasions Wis
itors who have seen the collection have,
on coming to some particular note, burst
into tears, for they have been directly con-
nected with the ruin wrought by the crash
indicated by that same note-Cornhill
Magazine.
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After a Night In India.

feel new flavor in the air and in
stinctively turn to the east. With a joy as
great as that Of the most ardent fire wor-
shipper, see pale gray light there. Thank
heaven, this dreadful night is over. In
stantly the teeming jungle life responds
to the suns message. The tiger, with
blood still dropping from his jaws, is now
skulking home. The jackal and hyena are
already wrangling over the remains of his
victim. From the ruined we'll the dove
sends forth her endless grooming lament,
an impudent hoopoe runs across the camp
in search Of the earliest and most iInpru-
dent worm, mynaS resume their gossip,
and overhead in the pepal tree the parrots
are bestirriDg themselves and croaking
gently to their wives that it is time to see
to the breakfast. The shrill scream Of the
peafowl comes clearly from tho opposite
bank. A monkey with a baby firmly
elutching her drops almost at my feet, and
selling a forgotten banana is up again in
the topmost branch before one can exclaim
at her audacity. By now long finger of
light has pierced the heavens, and almost
Immediately the great red rim heaves up,
and 1 stand facing that alternate curse
and blessing, the sun Of India.-S. G
Logan in Nineteenth Century.
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WON ON PURE NERVE.
How Bank Clcrk Labouchere Obtained q
Bride and a Partnership.

How Bank Clcrk LRbOuchere Obtained q
Bride and Partnership.
In 1929 Mr.. Labouchere relative Of
the present NJ. p. of that name, was a
clerk in the banking house of Hope of
Amsterdam. One day he was sent by his
patron to Mr.. Barring, the celebrated Lon
don banker, to negotiate loan. He dis
played in the affair SO much ability as to
entirely win the esteem and confidence Of
the English banker.
Faith" said Labouchere one day to
Barring, "your daughter is charming
creature. 1 wish I could persuade you to
give me her hand"
Young man, you are joking, for seri-
ously you must allow that Miss Barring
could never become the wife Of q simple
clerk"
But" said Labouchere, "if I were in
partnership with Mr.. Hope9"
"Oh, that would be quite a different
thing; that would entirely make up for
all other deficiencies"
Returned to Amsterdam, Labouchere
said to his patron:
You must take me into partnership ;"
"My young friend, how can you think
of such a thing3 1t is impossible. You
are without fortune, and"--
But if become the son-in-law of Mr..
Baring"
I'm that case the affair would soon be
settled, and so you have my word"
Fortified with these two promises Labou-
chere returned to England and two
months after married Miss Barring, because
Mr.. Hope had promised to take him into
partnership, and he became allied to the
house of Hope ON the strength of that
promise of marriage. Chicago Tribune.
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PRISONERS IN MARocco.
Row They Fare In That Land Of Almost
Incredible Barbarity.

Incredible Barbarity.
When the prisoner in Marocoo hears the
doors of the Jail close behind him, he
knows, If he be poor and without friends,
however trivial be the offense for which he
has been imprisoned, that he may possibly
not leave those walls alive. 1t is matter
Of indifference to the authorities how
many are imprisoned, for these wretched
Ue.l,.4v.J o..,--I ~--E,O-.-o 49,
state. The prisoners have to purchase
their own bread and water and to pay
some light debt, which he has long ago
discharged, is still detained because he is
unable to meet the debt he has contracted
toward his jailers and which his forced
captivity daily increases.
In some prisons they are only permitted
to receive a supply Of fresh water every
second day. What an amount of suffering
this means in an African climate and in
the fetid atmosphere Of dungeons such as
those to be found in Marocco it is difficult
for European to realize. In Moorish
prison the captives sleep half naked on tho
mud floor They are all huddled together
in one apartment without distinction as
regards crime or innocence, for many are
simply thrown into prison on account Of
their reputed wealth or prosperity by
avaricious officials, who, by prolonged i'm
prisonment and sometimes by torture,
hope to squeeze money out of them or dis
cover where they have hidden treasure.
OF an evening it is not unusual for the
prisoners to be all bound together by
chain passing through an iron collar, which
each captive wears, thus making it neces-
sary for all to rise or sit or lie down to-
gether. Open and uncleansed cesspools
within the prison add sometimes to the
Understandable horror and misery Of the
place. There is no inspection, no medical
attendance, no alienation in sickness. If
a man is i'll and unable to drag himself
to the hole in the wall through which tho
bread and water is passed, he must trust
to the mercy of his fellows to supply him
with food. Only when death overtakes the
poor miserable wretch do the guards be-
stir themselves in their own interest and
remove the tortured body, which at length
has found relief from its overwhelming
sufferings. When a prisoner is an abso-
lutte pauper and unable to purchase food,
the authorities give him daily small
piece of coarse bread, provided by religious
endowment, sufficient to prolong the ago.
MES of starvation.-Earl of Meath in Nine
teenth Century.
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DANGER IN A LoesrgRs CLAW.
twenty-five Pound Monsters Can Easily
Snap Mans Finger on.


A mature lobster is not small OF harm
less looking by any means. Without tho
claws an old fellow should measure from
/ to feet in length and will weigh alto
gether from 8 to Is pounds. Smaller ones
are caught more frequently than larger
ones, especially since the competition has
become SO fierce as to reduce the numbers
Occasionally an old timer is caught, one
that weighs as high as 20 pounds. Such
struggle is sometimes experienced before
the creature is landed safely.
The claws Of large lobster are power
full enough to crack the she'll of clam or
to snap off a mans finger. Instances are
on record where several fingers have been
thus nipped off and where severe injuries
have been inflicted on the hands and arms
The fishermen are consequently very eau
tious when they land a big lobster and
take particular pains to see that he Is
well secured before taking him out of the
trap. According to the fishermen Of New
buryport, Mass, the lobster sheds his shell
for the first time when he is about years
old, but no one seems able to tell how often
after that the shedding occurs.
The young Holsters few inches in
length have very little power to protect
themselves, and they generally seek refuge
under their mothers shell when danger
approaches If startled by enemies when
away from their mother, they will run into
conohshells or other places Of refuge The
parent lobster shows the same maternal
instinct noticeable in all living creatures.
If her young are pursued by enemies, she
is pretty sure to cntcr into the rer9 p1So
Her powers Of locomotion are pretty good
at such times and her fighting abilities OF
no mean order.
Very few fish or shell creatures can
withstand her onslaughts or give effective
battle with her. One stroke Of her power
full claws will suffice to destroy most enc
mics. The food of the Holsters consists for
the most part Of clans, mussels founders,
sculpin and other fish that get within
their reach. They seize these creatures
with their strong anterior claws and hold
them up to the mouth while the substance
is slowly sucked in.-Ncw York Post.
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A Queer Marriage Seal,

"Did you ever examine closely the seal
Probate Judge Wood affixes to all mar
riage licensesP inquired young man re-
Gently. All admitted they had not
well, shortly after our marriage" he
continued, ''my wife nearly had q fit
when one day she was looking at the H.
oense and her eyes fell on the seal. She
predicted that our pathway through life
was certain to see little sunshine and much
shadow, but we have had pleasant sailing
so far.
1.-The figures on the seal are unlike any
Ihave ever seen. Under weeping willow
tree by the side of a stream is lonely
grave, and above it on stone pedestal is
a broken shaft. In the distance is range
of mountains, and over the dreary land
scape somberness is cast by the setting
sun, less than half of which is visible be-
tween two lofty peaks. Tucson ca. T.
Star.
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Silenced.

Major A. has never tired of fighting
over the war, in which, it is whispered,
he took no active part-that is, he never
tired of it until the other night, when, in
local hotel rotunda, he was silenced by
a veteran Of the other side. The major
was detailing with great gusto circum-
stances alleged to have occurred during
the occupation by troops of a certain Dor
der city.
why" be said, striking the floor with
his cane, 81 saw those alleged heroes of
battle actually hold up passersby ON the
street and deliberately divest them of their
jewelry, even their watches and'-
Perfectly legitimate sir, broke in his
listener, perfectly legitimate strategic
movement, sirl Gaining time, sir, gain
ing time"
The major fed in disgust and has not
been seen since in his accustomed haunt.
st. Louis Post-Dispatch.