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The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-09-17
A WISE ROBIN.
The Little Bird Got Drink in a Very
Clever Manner.

Clever Manner.
That was a charming object lesson
which was noticed in the yard at the
''Hiczories." up Windsor avenue, in
Hartford, and it was an instruc-
tive lesson in helping oneself uas
well. Midway between the house and
barn is located large casl1 as drink
ing place for the horses.
Usually, of course, this tub is nearly
full, but at the time referred to, the
water lacked quite little of reaching
the top. Along came a robin, spinning
over the ground like mad, only stop
ping for a moment, as is his wont, to
listen. Reaching the tub he quickly
vaulted to the edge. A look of disap-
pointment was visible when he arched
his pretty neck so that one eye could
look down at the water. 1t was too
far away and the bird trotted around
quite i'll at ease. The faucet was leak
ing just trif1e-only a drop at time
drop, drop, drop-and the robins eye
finally caught the crystals and the lit
tie fellow almost shouted for joy as he
danced around to that side of the tub
Placing himself directly underneath
the outlet, he threw back his head,
opened his beak, and thereafter each
drop landed in his parched throat.
More than a dozen drops disappeared
down the narrow channel; then the
robin bowed his head just a little, so
that the cooling drops landed on the
top of it, and triclzled DOWN on either
side. Then it flew away to a neighbor-
ing tree, as content and happy as if at
peace with all the world.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-09-17
Too Good a Joke.

Lord Bowen, an English Judge, was
once tempted to sum up ironically. 1t
was the case of a burglar who had
been caught, having entered from the
roof and taken the precaution to leave
his boots on top. His defense was that
he was in the habit of taking midnight
strolls on the roofs of houses, and that
he was tempted by curiosity to have
look at one of the interiors. Lord
Bowen said, sarcastically: ''If, gentle
men of the jury, you think it probable
that the prisoner considered the roofs
of the houses a salubrious place for an
evening walk; if you suppose that the
temptation to inspect the interior of
the houses beneath him was the out
come of a natural and .pardonable curl
osity, in that case, of course, you will
acquit him, and regard him as a
thoughtful and considerate man, who
would naturally remove his boots be-
fore entering the house, and take
every precaution not to disturb his
neighbors." !" To the judges amazement,
the jury took him at his word and ac-
quilted the prisoner. Lord Bowen
never attempted to joke with a jury
again.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-09-17
BABIES OF THE YEAR.
Their Cradles Would Form Line Aroun,
the World.

Their Cradles Would Form q Line Around
the World.
Could the infants of year be ranged
in cradles, says statistician, the era
dies would extend round the globe.
The same writer looks at the matter in
a more picturesque light. He imagines
the babies being carried past a given
point in their mothers arms, one by
one, and the procession being kept up
night and day until the last hour in the
twelve months had passed by.
A sufficiently liberal rate is allowed,
but even in the going past at the rate
of twenty a minute, twelve hundred an
hour, during the entire year, the re-
viewer at his post would only have
seen the sixth part of the infantile host.
In other words, the babe that had to
be carried when the tramp began, would
be able to walk when but mere fraction
of its comrades had reached the re-
viewers post, and when the years sup
ply of babies was drawing to a close
there would be rear guard, not of in
fants, but of romping six-year-old boys
and girls. This will be rather a start
ling calculation to the many who do
not dabble in figures
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-09-17
UNCLE SAM, JUNK DEALER.
He Has Price List of the Old Trumpery
He DIsposes OF.

He Has q Price List of the Old Trumpery
He DIsposes OF.
Uncle Sam is sort of secondhand
dealer and runs good-sized junk shop
on his own hook. Not only that, says
the New York Advertiser, but he sends
out circulars to those of inquiring turn
of mind, with descriptions and price
lists of his wares, just as a secondhand
book dealer or postage stamp or coin
collector would do.
If a grand army post should conclude
to festoon the rafters of its armory
with old muskets and antique scab-
bards it will find Uncle Sam right on
hand, for, though he has disposed of
all his heavy arms, he has innumerable
old pistols, muskets, bayonets and
sabers which he is not averse to dis
posing of at fair price, and he will
promptly forward printed price list
showing the comparative newness or
antiquity of his secondhand wares and
warranting the articles to be exactly
as represented and to fill the bill pre-
cisely for decorative purposes. And
they are offered very cheap, too. One
can buy an old sword, blood-stained
and full of memories of furious charges
and well-sustained assaults, for TWEEN
ty-6ve cents, horse pistol for a dime
or Spencer breech-loader for seven
dollars, other articles varying to suit.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-09-17
Came1s as praught Anlma1s.

A substitution Of camels as working
animals for horses and oxen has been
going on for few years past in sew
eral provinces of Russia, and they are
now common on many large estates
and on smaller properties. They per-
form all the work in farming for which
horses and oxen are used, as well as
being efficient in transportation. A
camel market has grown up at Oren-
burg, and the animals bring sixty or
seventy roubles, or about thirty-fve
dollars, delivered at Kiev.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-09-17
HOW sniders Work.

Mr.. II. II. Dixon has been studying
1ocomotion of insects and spiders by
means of instantaneous photographs.
He finds, says Nature, that the limbs
move together in diagonals. In insects
the first and third legs on one side move
with the second on the other, the an
tennae moving with the first leg on the
same side. In the case of spiders,
which have eight legs, the first and
third on one side move with the second
and fourth on the other. .
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-09-17
FRENCH SOIL IN GERMANY.
Historic Spots That Did Not 60 with Al
SAGE and Lorraine.

SAGE and Lorraine.
It is not generally known that the
French still retain two little pieces of
German soil-one in Alsace itself and
the other in Baden. The monument
which Napoleon created in 1900 in
honor of Gen. Desaix, who fell at Ma
rengo, stands in a small garden near
the bridge of boats over the Rhine at
Kehl. Desaix had defended the bridge
with great bravery against the Aus
trians. The monument and Garden
were declared by the peace of Frank
fort to be French property, and they
remain unto this day.
Till eleven years ago, says the Pitts
burgh Dispatch, this little piece of
French soil regularly had French vet
eran as sentinel, who lived in a little
house in the well-kept grounds; but at
that time the German government of
fered to take charge of this piece of
France, and the offer was accepted by
the French government. The place is
now prettily laid out and is guarded
by sentinel from the garrison at
Strasburg.
The property of the French republic
in the duchy of Baden lies in the par
ish of Achern, which has station on
GAe Ddueh oCdGe railway IL Is Une SlUe
of the Turenne monument, a granite
obelislz, with medallion and inscrip-
tion. The land on which the monu-
ment stands has been French property
since 1875 till the present day, and it is
still guarded by French military pen
sioner, who lives upon the spot.
At the beginning of the Franco-Ger-
man war in 1870, a party of Baden fire
eaters proposed to reclaim this small
piece of land, but the Baden govern
ment, with chivalrous international
loyalty, put stop to the attempt.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-09-17
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 inflaned con-
dition of the mucous lining of the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube gets
infamed 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
%bis tube restored to its normal condi-
Sion, hearing will be destroyed forever !;
nine cases out of ten are caused by
'catarrh. which is nothing but an in
Aamed condition of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for
any case of Deafness (caused by catar1hl
that cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh
Cure. Send for circulars, free.
F. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
EE3 Sold by Druggists, 75c.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-09-17

1t is said that Lord Campbell was
often overbearing and irritable. A
lawyer who had long struggled against
the chief Justices criticisms finally
folded up his brief and remarked: ''I
will retire, my lord, and no longer tres
pass on your lordship's impatience."
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-09-17

IF we can't cure your Catarrh,
no matter how bad your case or of
how long standing, we'll pay you
$500 in cash" That is what is
promised by the proprietors of DIR.
Sage's Catarrh Remedy. Doesn't it
prove, better than any words could,
that this is remedy that cures
Catarrh ? Costs only SO cents.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-09-17

Oliver Wendell Holmes has not hesi-
tated to express his pride in the fact
that the year of his birth gave to the
world four of its great men-Tennyson,
Darwin and Gladstone in England, and
Abraham Lincoln in this country. And
when his own name was added to the
list the doctor modestly added: ''Oh, I
sneaked in, as it were.''
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-09-17
Rucklen,s Ar,nea salxe.

The best salve in the world for cuts,
bruises. sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
Sores, letter, chapped hands, chilblains,
eorns, and all skin eruptions, and posi-
lively cures piles, or no pay required
1t is guaranteed to give perfect satisfac-
tion. or money refunded. Price % cents
per box. For sale by Snipes & Kin
RrslV
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-09-17
] 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, 1 found
all well and anxiously awaiting. Our
little girl, eight and one-half years old,
who had wasted away to SO pounds, is
now well, strong and vigorous, and well
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.. C Mrs. ]. F. FORD.
Ifyou 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.
50 cents per bottle by all druggists.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-09-17
Annther Call.

All county warrants registered prior
30 January l, 1891, will be paid on pre-
sentation at my Office. Interest ceases
after Sept. 10th. VIM. MICHEL,
County Treasurer.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-09-17

Natural Science: Teacher-When
water becomes ice what great change
takes placer Pupil-The change in the
Price.-Harlem Life.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-09-17

For Rent.
The Union street lodging house. For
terms apply to Geo. Williams, admin
istrator of the estate of John Michel
bach. I'm.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-09-17

Clwyd, the archdruid and bard of
Wales, was stricken with paralysis in
Denbigh on August "a, and at last ac-
counts was still unconscious. He is "a
-oo-roIJ
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-09-17

While in Chicago, Mr.. Charles l..
Kahler, a prominent shoe merchant of
Des Moinee, Iowa, had quite serious
lime of it. He took such severe cold
that he could hardly talk or navigate,
but the prompt use of Chamberlain's g
Cough Remedy cured him SO quickly
shat others at the hotel who had bad
colds followed his example and half a
dozen persons ordered it from the near
est drug store. They were profuse in
their thanks to Mr.. Kahler for telling
them how to cure bad cold go quickly.
For sale byBlakeley & Houghton Drug
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-09-17
LOOK AT TlHE SIZE

AOOA AT IIzE SIZE
of the ordinary pill. Think of all
the trouble and disturbance it causes
you. Wouldn't you welcome some
thing easier to take, and easier in
It's ways, if at the same time it did
you more geodP That is the case
with DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets.
They're the smallest in size, the
mildest in action, but the most
thorough and far reaching in re-
suits. They follow natures meth
DDS, and they give help that lasts.
Constipation, Indigestion, Bilious
Attacks, Sick and Bilious Head
aches, and all arrangements of the
liver, stomach and bowels are
promptly relieved and permanently
cured.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-09-17

Archbishop Vilatte, the head of the
new Polish Catholic church, is about 40
years of age, land was for time clergy
man of the Episcopal church.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-09-17
a Million Friends.
wears old

4 friend in need is friend indeed
and not less than one million people
have found just such friend in DR..
Kings New Discovery for Consumption,
Coughs, and Colds.-If you have never
used this Great Cough Medicine, one
trial will convince You that it has
wonderful curative powers in all
diseases of Throat, Chest and Lungs.
Each bottle is guaranteed to do all that
is claimed or money will be refunded.
Trial bottles free at Snipes & Kinersly's
drug store. Large bottles SOC and 81.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-09-17

1t is not generally known that Wis
count Wolseley lost the sight of one eye
in the Crimea while leading an attack on
the Redan.
Democratic messenger., 1894-02-17
FRIENDSHIP.

The roads are in bad condition
We have the worse roads from this
place to Berlin, distance OF three
miles, that know of in the county.
Where are the commissioners do
they not know that the road is II
perfect ditch? When we have to 60 TO
Berlin we have to go by water. We
>ay taxes for the roads and 60 in the
water This can be removed by Il little
work. The roads ought TO be worked
in the spring and let the summer suns
dry them. We hope Messrs. Editors
that you will present this in the
MESSENGER for the people to see. and
| know it can be remedicd We have
enough to contend with the hard times
that we cannot help. but hope the
commissioners will help Us with our
roads.
Mrs. Sarah Powell and Mr.. Potts
are both sick with La Grippe
Miss Susie Cropper. of Taylorsville.
is visiting her sister. Mrs. 5 I. Jones.
Miss Adelia Powell, who is now
teaching the school near Campbell
was home on Il visit to her parents
last Saturday and Sunday.
Sorry the girls got disappointed
last Monday evening.
Democratic messenger., 1894-02-17
Free School Book =.

President John Walter Smith, of the
Senate, declares that his bill to pro
vide the public schools with textbooks
free of charge is plain business prop
osition. lie points out the fact that
the cost OF books in the school of BoS
ton has been as low as 40 cts. Il wear
for each scholar. and in Baltimore il
is less than 81 per capita on the aver
age enrolment. We now spend an
nually in Maryland. says Mr.. Smith,
Sll.SS to educate each child, and we
do not get the full advantage of the
expenditure for lack of an additional
appropriation of less than one dollar
each. Furnishing books free in all
places where it has been tried has
been followed by an increased attend
ancc and by more efficient schools.
Educating the people is not throwing
money away nor spending it in charity.
Ii is a business proposition. Not only
ought citizens to he intelligent for the
common veal, but il is fact that in
communities where educated people
live property is always more valuable
than among the illiterate. Increased
intelligence, therefore, means increased
wealth and production, and it means
decrea >ed crime and taxation.
Democratic messenger., 1894-02-17
NEWARK

Squire Geo. I. Richardson has been
quite sick this week with la grip.
Mr.. James Townsend of Baltimore
spent last Sunday here. He is son
Of Mr.. Samuel W. Townsend Of Hous-
ton. Del.
Geo. .J.Powell Jr. has some splendid
oysters which owing to their superior
quality are in great demand by our
people.
Mrs. James :. Taylor paid last
week a short and pleasant visit To her
daughter Mrs. Horace T.. Truitt of
Spence.
Mrs. Robert NJ. Powell still contin-
ucs to be sufferer from inhammatnry
rheumatism. We hope She may soon
recover.
We are sorry Ia learn that Mr.
Dan. T. Jones. the efficient Postmaster
at Spence, has been recently quite
poorly in health. We trust he will
be restored.
Rev. james Il. Campbell will preach
tomorrow in the VI. +. Church OF
this place at 1890 a. m. and : p. N.
At Wesley at 80 p. m. the Sacra-
meut of the Lords Supper will bc adj
mini>tercd
Democratic messenger., 1894-02-17
a Historic Mansion.

The show place of the Eastern
Shore was for many years Old West
over near Princess Anne. Somerset
county. IL was built by Col. Wilson,
in old Colonial style. having a mag
niiicent ball room, where the youth
and beauty Of the neighborhood fire.
quently met. and were entertained in
royal style by the Colonel. Fox hunt
ing was iavorite sport i'll those days.
Later on Capt. Purnell of Berlin.
Worcester county, bought the historic
Mansion and grounds and presented
it to his son a> wedding gift On
the death of its owner it passed into
other hands. Coyne Fletcher, author
ess of "Me and Chummy" laid the
scene of her interesting novel at
Westover. the old Mansion being
described as the Manor. built in the
early days of the colony. presents an
appearance in lis solitary grandeur
not ,lissimilar to a castle in the middle
ages. The MryIond Earmtr
Democratic messenger., 1894-02-17
PERSONALITIES.

Miss Jennie White, of Baltimore
is the guest Of Mrs. George Moore.
%. ID. Collins. Esq. who has been
quite sick with the grip. is much better.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lemuel Harris, oi
Onancock. Va, are visiting friends in
Snow Hill
Misses Blanche and Fannie Trav-
ers spent part of this week with Mrs.
Wm +. Laws.
Mr.. George Bishop, who has been
in Philadelphia for several months, is
home on visit.
Mr.. William +. Bratten has been
confined to his home with severe at
tack of the grip.
Miss Dennis OF Pittsville, was the
guest of Miss Jennie Purnell. on Park
Row this week.
Mrs. Mary Bailey and daughter
Miss Edith. are the guest of Mr.. and
Mrs. Solon Powell, they ere from near
West, Postofiice
Mrs Ida q Williams and Miss
Nellie Dennis, of Pittsville, have been
visiting the family of Mr.. Stephen l..
Purnell this week.
Miss Lille Duffy teacher oi the
st. Martins school paid her father n
visit on Saturday She returned to
her duties on Monday.
Mrs. Annie Sharpley. Miss Sadie
Hammond and little Florence Marshall
Of Stockton were the guests Of Miss
Annie Lewis on Saturday
-Rev. {. \. Grice, of Georgetown,
Del . was Il visitor To our town OH
Tuesday and while here called on the
editors of the MESSENGER.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Gray and
Thomas Gray. Jr.. drove down Ia
Snow Hill on Sunday To spend the day
with Mr.. and Mrs. G. L. Vincent.
Capt. :. II. Wilson, after spend
ing several days with friends in town
this week, returned to Baltimore on
Thursday. We are advised that Capt
Wilson and family are desirous oi
moving back to Snow Hill but cannot
get a house
Mr.. and Mrs. X. W. Birmingham
accompanied by Mrs Birmingham:
mother, Of Wilmington, Del. are visit.
ing Mrs. u. II. Sturgis at her home
"RocheSter" near Snow Hill We are
glad TO welcome Mrs. Birmingham in
our midst once more aud to know that
she has recovered from recent severe
illness Of typhoid fever.
Democratic messenger., 1894-02-17
Another Town Meeting.

In accordance with a petition signed
by twenty-iour of our citizens, which
was published in the MESSENGER OF
last week. another citizens meeting was
held in McAllcn's Hall Wednesday
evening. As on the night OF the pre-
vious meeting il was raining and many
were thereby prevented from attending
Those who signed the petition wer,
out in force and organized by electing
DR. John :. Aydelotte chairman and
Charles T.. Parker. Secretary. No,
belng present III person, and the state
ment Of those present for and against
water works being directly contradic
tory. we cannot report any satisfactory
result of the meeting. Tie only question
discussed. as we are informed. wa,
whether or not the question of water
works should he submitted to the peo
pie at Il special election. To u motion
that this question should he submitted
an amendment was offered or motion
made Ia table the same, which it i.
claimed by those tavoring water works
was carried bv Il vote of twenty-five Il
nineteen. and by those opposing water
works that il was defeated by the same
vote. \ motion for recount wa.
urged by those iavoring water works
but was refused.
\ vote on submitting question t,
people was then taken, twenty-nin,
votes being counted for. aud non,
against, it was declared carried. Those
favoring water works refused Ia vote
on this question, giving as their reason
that it had already been laid on the
table by a majority of three votes The
meeting then adjourned.
We are sorry that anyone should
ohie ct TO this, tho first town improve
ment proposed, but we believe large
majority of our people want water
works. us evidenced by the numerously
signed petition published last week. the
effort of which has not been counter
acted by those opposing them.
Democratic messenger., 1894-02-17
Bits of Information.

The President salary is $4,000 a
year, and the Vice Presidents is SIS,
900. The chief Justice of the L. :.
Supreme court gets $4,000 a year,
and the eight Associate Justices get
$4,000. The United States Senate
is composed eighty eight members,
salary. $4,000 each and mileage The
Vice President Of the United States is
the President of the Senate. The
House of Representatives is composed
Of 3356 members. salary, $4,000 each
and mileage. The Speaker gets sS,
600 a year.
Below We give the names of the
State officials of Maryland. and the
salaries of each officer, and informa-
ton:
Governor. Frank Brown, salary 81.
500; Term, four years. Term will
expire January. 1896. Comptroller,
Marion DeK. Smith. salary, $500;
Treasurer. Spencer &. Jones salary.
$1,000; Attorney General, John L.
Poe, salary. $4,000; Secretary of State
VIM. +. Brantley. salary. $4,000;
Land Commissioner, Philip ID. Laird,
salary. 81 800: Librarian, Luther III.
Gadd, salary. $1,000, Industrial
Bureau. \. b. Howard, Jr.. salary
50, 800; Tax commissioners. DIR.
Frank +. Shaw salary. $1,000;
commander of the Fishery Force.
Thomas r Il. Howard, salary. 81 800
The Fishery Force consists Of two
steamers and eleven sailing vessels
that are continually on duty, and SIX
local sailing boats that are on duty
for six months only of the oyster
season.
The Maryland Legislature meets
every two years. and consists of Sen
ate 26 members. House of Delegates,
~ members Pay. 81 per day for
term of 30 DAYS President of the
Senate and Speaker of the House get
$40 per diem.