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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-10-27

A FOOLS Errand' By One of the Fools.
A Novel. by Albion W. Tourgee. (New
York: For DIS. Howard & Hurlburt;
Portlan d: Loring, Short & Harmon y
This edition of Mr.. Tourgee's well know
novel is of convenient size, printed on
clear type and attractively bound. The
price is S1.25. A FOOLS Errand, though
novel founded on the events of the
reconstruction period, which has long
since passed away, has lost none of it's
interest.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-10-27
THE PRESS.
TWELVE PAGES.
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 81.

On the twelfth page of this issue the
story is told of one of the stirring cpl
sodes of the war-one that excited Port
land for the time being more than any
other-the capture of the Caleb Gushing
by a rebel privareer. The story has
been told many times, but this is the
first time it has been told in print by
any of the confederates who were corr
cerned in the affair.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1894-10-27
Portraits of
Famous Musicians.

The series will be complete in IS parts,
making volume of over 500 pages,
complete encyclopedia of the great songs
OF the world. All are now ready
The price is 10 cents each, in connection
with the coupon offer.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-07-05
DIR. Sage's Catarrh Remedy
cures Catarrh in the Head
He Could Throw some.

Several years ago. remarked citi-
zen of New Haven. Conn, recently, II
knew man who lived on the outskirts
of my town who could throw stone
with more accuracy of aim than is dis
played by most sportsmen with arifle.
The man was perfect giant physical
1y. He was good deal of hunter.
using stones as his only weapon to
bring down the game. He had large
leather pouch attached to one side of
his coat, in which he always carried
good supply of carefully selected mis-
siles. With these he bagged every year
no small quantity of game, such as
quail, rabbits and squirrels. He could
kill bird on the wing or rabbit at
full speed almost as easily as at rest
One of his favorite methods for display
ing his skill was to set up scythe
blade with the edge toward him at a
distance of about one hundred feet, and
by throwing potatoes against the edge
cut them in half. He could almost ex-
actly halve two out of every three pota-
toes he threw
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-07-05
Deafness Cannot he 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
infamed you have a 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-
ton, 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 catarlh)
that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure. Send for circulars, free.N
F. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
% Sold by Druggists, 75c.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-07-05
THE HOUSE OF LORDS.

Personnel and Powers of Great Britain'H
unpopular Legislative Branch.
The English house of lords Tor peers)
consists of the whole peerage of Eng
land and of certain representatives of
the peerages of Scotland and Ireland;
but, according to the st. Louis POST
Dispatch, many of these last have also
English titles which give them seats in
the house. As, for instance, the duke of
Buccleuch. Scotch peer, sits as earl
of Doncaster, and the duke of Leinster,
an Irish peer, as Viscount Leinster.
According to the latest official list, eX-
elusive of twelve minors and one baron,
whose claim is not established, the
present house of lords is composed as
follows: Five princes of the blood, two
archbishops, twenty-one dukes, twen-
ty-two marquises, one hundred and
fifteen earls, twenty-five viscounts,
twenty-four bishops, three hun
dred and four barons, sixteen Scot
tish representative peers elected for
each parliament, and twenty-eight
Irish representative peers elected for
life. In all, five hundred and sixty.
All peerages are now hereditary, but
until 1856 there were occasional crea-
tions of life peerages. In that year.
however, 1t was decided tha1 such peers
could not sit in the house, and since
then none have been made. PeerGges
are lost by attainder for high treason,
and an attainted peerage can only be
restored by act of parliament-not by
the crown The house of lords may
originate legislation of all kinds ex-
cept money bills, which must come
from the house of commons. The for
mer has also a veto power upon the
legislation of the latter, and can throw
out any bill from the lower house, no
matter how large majority it has re-
ceived there. 1t is this veto power
which. more than any and everything
else, makes the house of lords unpopu--
lar with the great mass of voters.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-07-05
sLEEPLEss LARVAE.

VOracity OF the Young OF Some of the
Vegetable Feeders.
Prof. Lintner. New Yorlx's state en-
tomologist, is of the opinion that the
larvae stage of many species of in
sects is one of the sleepless activity,
the grub feeding necessarily from the
moment of its birth. . He says. that
it is doubtful if some species ever sleep
or take moments rest. The vora-
ciousness and rapid growth of these
creatures may be better understood by
making statement of two facts: A
certain hesh-feeding larvae. (Which
simply means the infant state of a
carrion beetle whose scientific name
would be of nc particular interest, says
the st. Louis Republic) will consume
in twenty-four hours two hundred
times his own weight-a parallel to
which, in the human race, would be an
infant consuming one thousand five
hundred pounds of nutriment on the
first day of its existence! There are
vegetable feeders rpillars-which.
during their progress to maturity, in
crease in size ten thousand during the
first thirty days of their lives To
equal this remarkable growth a ma
ture man would weigh scarcely less
than fifty tonsI
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-07-05
STRANGE DISCOVERY IN AFRICA

Balzac's Dressing Gown in the Wardrobe
OF the King of Dahomey.
Unloolxed-for things have been found
in unlikely places, says the Illustrated
London News. but there has probably
been no discovery more remarkable
than that of Balzac's dressing gown in
the possession of the king of Dahomey
Monarchs are rarely literary, and his
duslzy majesty, one would think, was
the very last of them to have set much
value upon the personal relic of nov
elist, however distinguished. Never
theless. the French found it in the
royal apartment at Abomey. There
were some ingenious theories founded
upon this circumstance. One of the
amazons, it was thought, might have
been novel reader, and had sent to
Paris to secure the interesting memen-
to, and, on the affair coming to the
knowledge of her sovereign, had
FASTENED to say she had purchased it
for his own shoulders For, indeed, he
always wore it upon state occasions. 1t
was not dressing gown, such as
literary persons in this country are
won't to wear (of second-class flannel
worn at the edges), but of purple vel
vet embroidered with gold. AS mat
ter of fact. it had been given to I}alzac
by some of his ADMIRERS and after his
death had bee bought by dealer in
curiosities, who had placed it, with
other snowy articles, on the West
African market 1t is sad to think how
Il plain tale viii put down''-that is,
destroy the materials of fine ro7
nance
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-07-05
STOPPED THE DUEL.
The Cool Man objected to Being RiddIed
with Oae Bullet.

The Cool Man Objected to Being RiddIed
with Oae Bullet.
Down in my neighborhood. once upon
a time" said Congressman John Allen,
of Mississippi. recently, there was bad
feeling between two lawyers. A chal-
lenge was sent and duly acknowledged.
The hour was appointed and the two
men met in a secluded spot. One of
them was a great sufferer from st.
Vitus' dance, the other was cool and
collected. AS they faced each other,
the afflicted man began to tremble
from head to foot, while his pistol de-
scribed an arc with varying up and
down strokes. His opponent stood firm
as rock, waiting for the signal to fire.
Before it came, however, he laid his pis-
tol on the ground, walked into thewoods
and cut limb of tree, with a fork
in the end of it. This he brought back
and stuck in the ground in front of his
antagonist. Then, turning to the sec
ond, he said: i must request you to
ask your principal to rest his pistol in
that fork What for?' asked his op-
ponent's second. WELL replied the
other, I have no objection to running
the risk of one shot, but certainly do
decline having one bullet make hon
eycomb of me. If that man was to
shoot while his hand is shaking the
way it is now, he would fill me full of
holes at his first. shot This was too
much for the seconds, and, by mutual
agreement, a truce was patched up
and no shots were exchanged
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-07-05
B1okIen's Arlnca sa1ve.

The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises. sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, letter, chapped hands, chilblains,
corns, and all skin eruptions, and posi-
lively cures piles, or no pay required
It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfac-
ton. or money refunded. Price % cents
per box. For sale by Snipes & Kin
eralV.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-07-05
Notice.

All city warrants registered prior to
December 5, 1891, are now due and pay
able at my Office. Interest ceases after
this date. I. I. BURGET, City Treas.
Dated Dalles City, May 10, 1894.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-07-05
Interest Ceases.

All warrants registered prior to May
1st, 1890, will be paid on presentation at
my Office. This is the second call for
these warrants. Interest stopped May
2lst. VIM. MICHEL, Treasurer
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-07-05
ouenched rheIr Araor.

A fire engine was recently the means
of putting a sudden stop to duel in
Germany. Two physicians quarreled
and arranged for a meeting with
pistols. The village chief magistrate
heard of the proposed duel. He in
formed the firemen, and together,
drawing machine, they proceeded 20
the scene of the encounter. Just as
the seconds had stepped off the dis
stance q heavy stream of water struck
one of the physicians, and a moment
later the second doctor wa GlsS
drenched to the skin. The would-be
fighters, in their dripping clothes,
looked so ridiculous that they both
burst out laughing, shook hands and
returned to their homes, thanking the
ingenious mayor for his Intervention.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-07-05
ITS WEALTH.
]. T. FORD, Evangelist,
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 38 pounds, ie
now well, strong and vigorous, and well
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. ]. F. FORD.
Iyou wish to feel fresh and cheerful, and ready
for the Spring work, cleanse your system with
the Headache and Liver Cure, by taking two OF
three doses each week.
Sold under positive guarantee.
sc cents per bottle by all druggists
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-07-05

SOME of the women of Glasgow have
gone into the barber business, and
thus contrive to scrape together fair
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-07-05

JACOB LINN. of Cleveland, has sued
the Pfaelzer Unterstuetgunsvere for
only ten thousand dollars damages
NIAGARA county, N. Y, has a school
commissioner named Arch c. Scoby.
but his name and fame are not to be
compared with Col. Abe Slupslxy.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-07-05
| THEDHLIES
Wasco County,

WaSco county, oregon,
The Gate City of the Inland Empire is situated
of navigation the Middle Columbia thriving, pros
porous city.
ITS TERRITORY
1t the supply city and agricultural
grazing country, its reaching
Lake, distance of over two hundred miles
The Largest Wool Market.
The rich grazing country along the slope of the Cas-
ads furnishes pasture for thousands of sheep the wool from
which finds market
The Daes the largest original shipping point
America, about 100000 pounds being shipped last year
ITS PRODUCTS.
The Columbia, yielding
this year thousands dollars which viii be
than doubled in the
The products of the beautiful Kickat valley find
country year filed
Warehouses; all available places overHowing
their products
ITS WEALTH
the richest city its IN the money
being develop farming country
than is tributary other city in Eastern Oregon.
$ climate delightful.
sIiities us7-,,ftl- unimi+ed And
.,rnnr stut..> r -tet
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-03-29

OF the canal company. with n capital stock
Of one million shares OF 800 each for the
issuance OF bonds. the payment OF which
shall be guaranteed by the National Treas
ury. and for the cancellation OF the stock
OF the old company. and prescribcs the
method Of procedure under the reorgani-
cation act.
II is not supposed that the bill will 20
through without opposition. Senator
Davis opposed the bill In the Senate be-
fore he became member OF the COM
mittce. on the ground that the frequency
OF earthquakes In the isthmus would prob
ably interfere with the usefulness for
commercial purposes. There are other
members OF the committee who are not
committed 10 the enterprise. and several
senators not members OF the committee
are inimical TO II, and many have an
influence with the committee against X.
There is, however thought to be safe
majority FOR the bin In committee, and
there ia little doubt that the bill viii 20
on the calendar with a favorable report.
The friends OF the bill assert That the
scheme for building canal across the
isthmus, under the auspices OF the United
states. has made material progress IN the
public estimation within the past few
years, and attention was called 10 the
fact by a member Of the committee that
the President had changed from the atti-
tude Of hostility which he occupied nine
years ago TO one Of open advocacy, and
that the legislatures Of various States
and the chambers Of commerce Of several
large cities had memOrialiZcd Congress
in the interest Of the enterprise. advO-
eating the building Of the canal by the
Government or with its support. II IL
also asserted that the House committee,
which originally opposed the measure,
has changed In sentiment. and IS now In
a fair way 10 report a bill similar 10 the
Morgan bill.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-03-29
FINANCE AND COMMERCE
THE CLOSING COTATIOSS of
MONTY
Offerings and Sales st the Richmord To-
basco Exchange-Internai Revenue
Coilections-foreign Advic.

NEW YORK. March 2s.-London de-
terinincd the course OF our market ~
day, English orders for fully 2J,VJ shade7
OF Union Paclnc, louisville ana NhsnNiIe,
ana other international stocks haFlhs
been executed. rumOr reached mere
idte IN the day hat the fnal settlement
OF the Bdrng difficulties had at last Detn
accomplished. AZ this be 50, no otheI
reason Is required for the recent Duylh
Oh American securities. Union faciAv
was the favOrite among lntefnat.oHdl
STOCKS, and rose from 1911 70 us u.
transactions OF only s.IUO shares. IL
was stated that the Work OF reOrgahiIa-
ing the company mad made material pio-
Bit-a ana mat the Dll for the stlue-
ment tf the company debt on : per
cent. basis viii be introduced early next
week. Louisville and Nashville mOFtu
up IA, Atchison q. Northern faclhc
preferred =. Erie =, and Norfolk ana
Western preferred "a This completes
the loss OF stocks bought for foreign
account. Delaware and Hudson jumped
nearly ( points to l3VA. The directors
at their meeting decided to issue S5,OJO,vo
new stocks at par TO the stockholders
TO retire maturing bonds. The Changers
were In brisk demand. st. PAU rising
10 G35k, Northwestern TO 1884 ROCK
Island to 1Oik. eX-dividend Burlington
and Quincy TO S3+s, and Omaha 10 80.
Reading first declined 10 1914 and later
rose TO and closed at 2lN. The feature
Of the lndustrals was the activity ana
Improvement in Lead stocks, based on
reports that the business Of the company
shows an increase over last year. The
common rose from 81 10 3Sis and pre-
ferred from lDss to s5fs. Cotton
OH advanced rs to 3lh. and pre-
ferred ~ to ia. Whisky was quiet.
Sugar fell ~ 10 SSA and recovered 10
90 The decline was due to the shutting
down OF certain OF the concerns re-
nneries. due TO lack Of orders The mar
ket closed strong and lHuS3s per cent.
higher on the day. the Industrials lead
ing The transactions ia bonds to-day
reached the heavy total Of S2,yI3,OoO. The
inquiry was not confined to local opera
tors by any means, London and the
Continent having taken round amounts
OF the low priced issues. Gilt-edSed
MORTGAGES are not obtainable at hgufes
that yield a fair income, and buyers
are compelled TO take up bonds selling
IN the neiehbOrhoOd OF par and below
the figure named which are reasonably
certain Of meeting interest charges
Sales-Listed stocks, 900 shares; I'M
listed, 2GOOO shares.
Treasury Balances-COin, SlOf92y,Vn,
currency $4J,J26 900.
Money on call easy at per cent, last
loan III ] per cent. and closing o1efed
at 1 per cent. prime mercantile paper,
:IhQfb Der cent. bar silver. 1lis. Sterling
exchange easy, with actual business IN
banl,ers' bills at Is6isN4Syi for sixty
DAYS and 1SI2t04SS for demand; posted
rates. 4s1i5N4,g; commercial bills. 1864
1861 for sixty days and 4SiHh4oft2 Tor
demand Government bonds strong
stale bonds higher. Railroad oonds ac-
tive. Silver at the board was neglected.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-03-29

The Reading Times and Dispatch says:
"The concert by the University of Penn
svlvania Glee. Banjo and Mandolin Clubs
last evening was one worthy of "a better
PATRONAGE than 80 received. The young
men composing the clubs were under
sknful direction. were nicely balanced,
and PLAYED and sang with the grace
and expression of vrtuosos. The ban
ieaurines were up-tO-date performers,
and I'm some instances could give points
TO professionals. We do not remember 10
have heard the equal Of Paul Emo among
the banjo celebrities that have Travelled
this way i'm recent years. Mr. W. ).
Miller and another whose name was
not on the programme acquitted them
selves creditahly as vocal soloists. The
Gloe Club made a number OF hits in their
humorous college songs. The audience
enc0red every number Scattered through
out the auditorium were many promi-
nent society people In full dress, who
lent eclat TO the occasion"
This club appears at the Academy to-
morrow night.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-03-29
BONDS
LONDON BAR SILVER MARKET.
LONDON. March 2S-Bar silver -.
pence per ounce.
DAILY COTTON LETTER

Following is the daily cotton letter Of
Atwood, Violet & Co, Of New York, by
private wire TO &. W. Branch a Co.
Liverpool futures opened this morning
with sales OF 10000 bales of spots ana
futures / 10 points higher. closing
steady our opening was at an advance
of 1 20 . points. with light demand, clos
ing steady at about opening prices.
Liverpool was as about expected. but
very dull. The inactivity in that mar
ket was reflected in this, which mas
been dull and spiritless, though very
steady The trading has been largely
of the nature of exchanging April for
other months, this being notice day.
There is absolutely no feature OF in
terest. The port receipts are not dis
turbing. as they are largely drawn from
interior stocks, which will show a large
decrease this week Memphis alone losing
10000 bales up TO this day. There rs
no pressure 10 sell cotton in this market.
but in the absence OF speculative support.
bears can easily check any attempted
advance without adding much 10 their
short lines. Thus we have fallen into a
rut. out OF which We will probably come
when there are no fears of adverse leelg-
latiOn IN Washington Estimated re-
ceipts IN New Orleans tomorrow. =. gp
bales, against 3l'3 bales last year. Port
receipts to-day, 6.3OS bales against \. ~
bales last year Exports to-day are
lo3si bales, while receipts are only GOO
bales. Spot cotton quiet and unchanged.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-03-29

JONES Died, at her home, In Powha-
tan county. Va. March y. 1894. at 3.tO
A. NJ. OCTAVIA JARVIS JONES. widow
OF Burwell Jones. for many years mer-
chant Of this city She leaves four sons
and two daughters
Her remains will reach this city To-
DAY. March y. 1894. Funeral services at
2 o'clock -. NJ. az the grave. Shockoe
Hill Cemetery. Friends respectfully IN
vited 10 attend.
McINTOSH-Died. at Granite, Chester
field county. March 18th, MARY, daughter
OF .John and Annie Mcintosh, aged SIX
wears and four months.
The funeral viii take place from .he
residence Manchester, Chesterfield couH-
~ TO-DAY at 3 o'clock. FRIENDS ana
aeouaintances invited 70 attend.
vrcK-Died wednesday. March 2s 1891
at The residence OF his father-in-lay j. l..
o. .S2 south Laurel street, after a lin
earine illness. Mr.. SIDNEY l.. WICK,
AGED thirty-One years
Funeral notice hereafter.
Franklin and Norfolk papers please
COPY.
MURPHY Died, az the residence OF
her husband No. 1sN east Marshall
street Mrs. MARY r.. MURPHY, wife
of James L.. Murphy.
The deceased leaves husband ana nine
children 10 mourn their loss.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-03-29
NEW YORK PRODUCE MARKET.

NEW YORK. March 2s.-Fiour active:
winter wheat. low srades, S2uDu2. ~:
+ Minnesota clear. S21t-.gv patent, s3.DG
40: low extras. s-o1a-. -. southern
-four ouiet. common 10 far extras. 500
$500: good TO cnOice 90, 50 lU94.2O
Wheat duu. No. red store and ele-
vator C4t.c.; ahOat 0t9sc Options ac-
tive. excited, and irregular with the
opening strong, ana c cold ,ns -sc, on
ana dan,ae,o "a crop with western parties
free buveTs and closed firm at &c over
yesterday; No. red, March, o3lsc; May,
Cilsc.; June, 64S+c. .-. ~, % ,-1,,,.-
eievator ael,i7r options advanced 4.li
i.c vim wheat. and the West closed
firm: March. 4y.c.. April, f5lsc., May
oats active and stronger March, 35ssc.
Anrii a-stc MAY. 3J.c. Spot-NO. 2
white 3ai2c mixed western, 36431c.
Hay qufet: sprng Gq65c.; good to
' Wool steady steady; domestic 2oa25c. pulled
Feet dull and steady; family. sl20oa
IA 40. beef hams quiet at Sl6.OOdl6 30:
tierced beef dull, city extra, INDIA mess,
SlS 00l,o0 O0. cut meats dun; picked bel
lies. SGs7b: do. shoulders, $50; hams,
Lard higher. western steam, S1.GO; city.
& mn Redned frmer; Continent, SSO6;
South America. $50, compound Sol-1a.
Butter weak. western dairy, lll2Ql4c.;
Elgins. PIC. e
pc bid: yellow, Jlc.
Petroleum dull. ,,,-.,,-.
Rosin-strained, Sll24all7R.
Turpentlne unchane d.
Rice in fair demand; domestic, 33sQ
5Hc.
MoIasses nominaly unchanged.
Peanuts steady.
Coffee OptiOns steady at 10 10 II points
up: April. Sl6lO. June. SlJ7j; August,
$3.50; December SlL2o Spot Rio quiet;
No Z. S1762k.
Sugar-Raw dull and unchanged. Re-
fined duh and UNCHANGED
Fre.ghts 10 Liverpool dull; cotton,
9-G4d.; grain. 2hd. asked.