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The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-09
DRIVEN FIVE BLOCKS BY A CORPSE.
John Smith, While Dead, Sits Erect and
Holds His Reins Taut.


Holds His Reins Taut.
When John Smith. drive for Heis-
sler d Junge. bakers, was making de-
livery at Twenty-fourth and State
streets Monday afternoon, he met his
friend II. F. Mcdowell of the town of
Lake. Smith and Mcdowell stood talk
ing by the wagon, at the edge of the
sidewalk, when Smith suddenly CON-
planned of feeling i'll. He pressed his
hand to his breast and seemed for a
moment to have difficulty in breathing.
Then, saying he was better, but that he
ought to go home at once, he asked Nc
Dowell to jump in the wagon and ride
with him. Smiths house was at 4, 325
Atlantic street.
Smith got in with his usual agility,
and Mcdowell followed. Swinging his
horses heads around as he picked up
the lines and heading them south,
Smith chirruped and the wagon ratified
off at a lively pace. The bakery wagon
seat has bread box behind it, against
which the drivers head can lean in
practically upright position. Smith
got sick again as the team started and
was disinclined 10 talk. Near Thirty
fourth street he pulled his hat little
over his eyes, and getting the horses well
started again he relapsed into silence.
Not wishing to disturb his friend Nc
Dowell looked about as the wagon rat
tied on south at rapid pace. The
horses We're headed homeward, and Nc
Dowell thought it was their reckless
ness which caused the wagon to sway
two or three times and now and then
pass uncomfoTtably close to another We
hiCle's wheels. Smith held the reins
taut. He did not speak, but sat stiffly
with his head hard against the bread
box. From under his lowered hat his
eyes stared directly ahead. Dusk slight
ly yelled his features, and though Nc
Dowell thought several times that Smith
was entirely too Oblivious to danger he
did not speak to him until they reached
Thirty-nint street and Riverton ave-
nue..
Then he asked Smith how he felt.
There was no reply. Mcdowell shook
Smiths arm. Still the man did not
move. Mcdowell, still grasping the
arm, bent close to Smiths face and
gazed into the fixed eyes, but they did
not move. With a start he realized
that he had been driven five blocks by a
corpse.-Chicago Herald.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-09
COOL HEADS AND STOUT HEARTS.
Thrilling Rescue of Mother and Babe From
"A BIazinp Horse


Strangers helped in the rescue from
death of woman during fire in the
tenement house 46 Sheriff street the 9TH
er afternoon. Mrs. Sarah GOldstein,
who became d mother three days before.
was q cred out of sixth story Win
dow, lifted across an airshaft and taken
down over an iron picket fence on the
roof of the adjoining building.
1t was about 4:3O o'clock when the fire
broke out on the fifth floor. Instantly
there was panic. The occupants rushed
down stairs pellmell shouting Fire.
Mrs. Goldstein was III Oed with her
baby. To add to her terror smoke puffed
into her room, and clouds of it rolled up
in front of her window. Fortunately
her husband was home with her. She
herself was perfectly helpless.
There was no escape by the stairs.
The only way out Wa by the window
which overlooked the airsh2ft. While
Goldstein was gazing out Of it two men
VINO were strangers climbed ont Of the
window IN the hall, swung themselves
across the airshaft TO the iron picket
fence and clambered slowly along the
fence until they got near the window
where Goldstein was.
The men, who were clinging to the
picket fence, braced themselves ana
shouted to Goldstein TO hand his wife
out Goldstein lifted the helpless and
almost Unconscious woman over the
window sill and lowered her down until
the two men caught her and handed her
across the shaft. One false move and al
hands would have fallen into the shaft
were cool. however. and they lifted the
woman over the top of the fence and
finally to the roof. The baby WAS carried
out moment later.-New York Tribune.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-09
A Long Level Under the Pacific

Any persons interested in the work Of
the vessels which surveyed the cable
route between Hawaii and the Califor-
MIA coast who would like TO see the sur
vey made by the Thetis can inspect the
chart now in the Office of this paper
They would be surprised to see how very
level the ocean bed is-''so level, as one
of the officers remarked, that, if on dry
land, a railroad train could run over a
stretch of 800 miles of the bed at a speed
of 60 miles an hour without the grade
being altered anywhere. Pacific Com
mercial Advertiser.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-09
Chewing Gu,,n and Nal de Mer

An English woman has made dis
covery which she communicates to a
magazine as follows: Il wonder how
it is we know nothing of the wonderful
America chewing gum as remedy
against seasickness. The other day,
when crossing the terrible silver streak.
an American lady kindly offered me a
piece which she had obtained In New
York. 1t was of a wafery looking con-
sistency, favored with pepsin, and it
carried me safely over from Dover to
Calais with perfect comfort.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-09
Maori Women.

The Maori women are potent factor
in island life and must not be forgot
ten. Liquid dark eyes, soft voices, af-
fectionate and merry dispositions, light
brown skins OF ivory smoothness and
gIacefulness in every movement are
their most striking characteristics. Sell
dom are they TO be seen in a passion,
and not a single "cuss word for man
or woman is to be found in the voca bu-
larry Of this charming people. In the
most furious rage they can only call
each other cat, bullock, dog, goat. sheep
or pig. The most deadly is wild duck,
implying child whom nobody will
own.-FOrtuightly Review.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-09
TWILIGHT.

A clear, rale sky-serene and autumn cold.
Thin floats the buoyant crescent silver keen
Through luminous far drawn spaces family
green.
Save .or one long, low. lingering streak Of gold.
Blue mists the hUShed and supine land enfold
And dim the winding little rivers sheen,
Where, darkly clustered, shadOwy willows
lean.
And chill and heavy lie on plain and wold-
Now as the daylight's eager voices fade.
And life is narrowed TO a shrinking span.
Atwilight breath of calm and peace and shade
Now on the hot and restless heart of man.
From individual hopes and fears set free,
4 quiet touch from out the unknown is laid
The thought of comprising eternityl
-Cornhill Magazine.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-09
Now Try This.

It will cost you nothing and will surely
do you good. if you Lave a Cough. Cold,
or and trouble with Throat, Chest or
Lungs. Dr.. Kings New Discovery for
Consumption, Coughs and Colds is guar
aGtped TO give relief. or money will he
paid back Sufferers from La Grippe
found it just the thing and under its use
had speedy and perfect recovery. Try
a sample bottle at our expense and learn
for yourself just how goo,t q thing it is.
Trial bottles free az B a. Smiths drug
store. Large size SOC. and S1.OO.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-09
A Hnstling Postmaster.

The postmaster Of LecomptOn, Kan,
has unique letterhead on his station
cry. 1t reads: United States of Amer
lea, Postoffice department. W. S. Bissell.
postmaster general. Local headquarters.
Lecompton, Kan. w. r. Smith, post
master. Stamps sold good to carry mail
matter to all parts of the world. Prompt
attention given to all business intrusted
to me. Patronize home institutions" -
Kansas City Star.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-09
Shingle Money In the Corner state.

Shingle certificates operate as circu-
lating medium in Blaine. Wash. A GER
tihcate for $40 recently circulated until
it had paid nearly $500 in local debts be-
fore finally reaching the place whence it
started. The basis of the certificate was
shingles. and 1t would purchase -four,
meat. coffee. blankets, fuel. clothing for
the wife and babies. and perform all the
functions of a gold basis certificate
Portland Oregonian.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-09
His GeOgraDhY.

Teacher-In what state is Chicago?
Pupil-New Jersey.
Wrong. Where is the Hudson river?''
Crises III the Rocky mountains and
flows to the gulf of Mexico
My goodness, child, you must have
been reading London newspaper
Good News.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-09
Had 1t In For Him.

Poet-If ever catch the compositor
who ruined MY last poem, I'll be tempt
ed TO murder him. You see / wrote a
beautiful little gem about my prospec-
tive wife, and in it referred to her as "a
composite Of angels"
Friend-Wel?
Poet-And the thick headed printer
got it ''a composite of angles. Boston
Courier.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-09
AN ISLAND THAT GROWS.

Once Ii Belonged to Missouri, but Now 1t
Is Part of Kansas.
In the Missouri river, near Leaven-
worth, there is an island which has
furnished the land law officers of the
government novel problem. This is
land was ON the Missouri side when it
was surveyed in 1853. Now it is a le-
gal part of Kansas. But that is not the
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-09

Conductor James McEutee Of the On.
ion Pacific railroad claims 10 have las
soed deer with a bellcord. an expert
ence that is vouched for by the train
hands. The train was going at full
speed near Echo, L. T.. at the time.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-09

This is progressive age. The king
of Corea has purchased an electric light
plant il this country, which Will have
1900 incandeScent lamps and will illu-
inmate the king palace ana grounds.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1894-02-09

w. A. CAPwELL. Manager.
Interest paid on deposits subject to check a.
sight. l-2 per cent per anhum.
Deposits for savings received as low as 81 90.
Interest allowed on balance Of s3 and over, pay
able on March 18th and SeI tember 18th. Deposits
received before the 18th Of each month draw in
terest from the lst OF the month"; deposits received
after the 18th draw interest from the LIST of the
next month.
Last dividend was at the rate of i-2 per cent
per annum.
This department combines the security afo d
edby the capital stock Of the Company with the
advantages of a saving bank
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-06-02
LEGENDS ABOUT THE PorATo.
Queer Stories About Its introduction
Into Russia and England.

Queer Stories About Its Introduction
Into Russia and England.
When potatoes were first introduced
into Russia by Mr.. Rowland (the ex-
act date of the introduction of the
tuber into that benighted country being
q subject of controversy, but usually
set down at 1791) the people would
neither plant nor touch them. They
declared them to be the DEVILS fruit,
and that they were given to his Satanic
majesty on his complaint to God that
he had no fruit God told him to
search the earth for food Where
upon the poor devil fell to digging in
the earth and found potatoes growing
therein
A similar legend seems to have OBJ
tanned credit among the staid British
ers in Berwickshire England. In that
shire the introduction: of potatoes is
popularity attributed to Sir Michael
Scott, one known all over Europe as
1.-THE Wizard of the North According
to the stor< Michael and the devil
formed copartnership and took the
lease of farm on the Mertown estates,
called the 'Whltchouse." Michael was
to manage the farm; the devil the cap
ital; the produce was to be divided in
the following manner:
The first year Michael was to have all
that grew above the ground, and the
devil all that grew beneath the surface:
the second year shares We're, to be
divided in just the opposite way His
Satanic majesty, strange ta say. was
badly beaten by the willy Michael, fo1
that parsonage, with trnc Saattish fore
sight, sowed all the LAID = wacat the
first year and planted! 1t all in potatoes
the second So the poor devil got
nothing but wheat stubble and potato
tops. How these absurd Legend; orig.
mated no one seems to l1aoEs. but the
fact remains that tho pcasar ..,y OF both
Russia and Englanl even u this day
frequently allude opctatocs as devils
fruit"
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-06-02
PROTECTED BY A WOLF.
A Boys Singular Defender Against a Pack
OF Hungry Erutes.

A Boys Singular Defender Against n Pack
OF Hungry Erutes-
Sam Adams was killed by the In
dians near Johnstown, Pa, says Forest
and Stream. Ills brother John was
with him when he was killed They
were watching some cattle in swampy
place on the river, when thcy were sur
prised by The Indians. John was only
ten years old, but llc knew all about the
ways of the savagcs When he saw his
brother fall he lodged into the brush
like qIlail and ran till he got into the
dense laprcl that skirts the stream He
was thirty mites from tho settlement in
Bedford county. and whom night came
on he resolved to take tbs. woods for. it
and .cgoss the mountain. lie knew the
Indians w,,lti.i watch the road He was
barche.aticf ans l2-cfootcd and his feet
were hioc,l;,s.. l'l.e wolves followed
him, l.:.wii..- ,asi getting moro and
more iil,E5.ltie 1t lie dare not climb a
tree for f,ers.f being kept I'D till morn
ing al16i s,ein.c discovered by the red
skins. fl.i,. v-ols. I,lrlSIl larger than the
rest, c:tll:c very near him, SO near that
when Is sas.,ls his shaggy coat, wet
with the d:eH- the boy felt it splash in
his ftee ms o.lc appeared to fight
'v'7 no disposition
TO 90 narm. 1t was not long TIL the
rest of the pack dropped off and left
John alone with the big wolf, and they
journeyed on together till broad day.
When they reached the brow of the.
mountain and John could see the smoke
and clearings of the settlement they
separated. The wolf trotted off along
the ridge, stopped several times, and
looked back as though loath to leave
his companion. John lived to be very
old, but never harmed wolf in all his
life; and he firmly believed that his
friend had been sent to him by some un-
seen power to guide him through the
wilderness. He could never have found
the crossing without the aid of the
wolf, and would certainly have been
eaten up but for his protection.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-06-02
DETECTING SPURIOUS COINS.
A Treasury Expert Illustrates Sure
Method of Coming to Conclusion.

Method of Coming to a Conclusion.
Here's the way we test coins in the
treasury And the expert swiftly
poised the dollar piece horizon
tally on the tip of his fore
finger, holding the thumb a quarter
of an inch away from it, and gave it a
brisk tap with another coin. A clear,
silver ring sounded out. s'Good, but
here, listen,' and he repeated the opera
ton with another coin that gave out a
dull, heavy clinlS that ceased almost as
soon as it began. TYPE metal and
lead; nodded, too. That is wretched
counterfeit"
Glow do you tell that it was mold
ed?'' asked Springfield Republican
man.
He held the two coins SO that the light
struck on their edges. 'sJust compare
most people call it. In this genuine
the counterfeit it is coarse and dull.
I being stamped in cold metal like the
governme Mt coins"
S'Why do the counterfeiters not use
the same cold process?''
SIT costs too much and is too
noisy. With mold, you see, counter
feiter can carry on his work in garret,
and if a policeman comes in he can shy
his whole outfit out Of the window.
! But it takes great power to run die.
Still some highhying counterfeiters do
use them, and their work is usually
harder to detect, though it is never so
perfect as that of the government
mint
what is the surest test for counter
felt coin for popular use?"
'sThe looks of the reeding, as L was
telling you-the milling, by the way, is
on the face of the coin and not on the
edge, as most people think. That's the
surest and easiest thing, but of course,
other tests have to be used, especially
for weight and thickness A little scale
for weight and measure is the handiest
thing to settle that Then for plated
coin drop of acid spurted on the edge
where the plating wears most will chew
up the base metal in hurry"
What acid do you use?''
''For gold coin a mixture of strong
nitric acid, six and one-half drachms,
muriatic acid, fifteen drops, and water,
five drachms, is used. For silver, TWEEN
ty-four grains of nitrate of silver and
thirty drops of nitric acid with one
ounce of water. One drop is sufficient.
If the coin is heavily plated we scrape
it a little before putting on the acid.'
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-06-02
NATURES RENEFlcENT WORK.

It Is Doing wonders in the Famous Col
orado Desert.
When the water began to recede in
the SaltOn lake and in the streams
which fed it from the Colorado super
fetal observers declared that the over
flow of 1892 was going to be repeti-
ton of the overflow of 1852, and that
in a few years no traces of it would re-
main. But it seems they forgot that
the application of water to sand pro-
voBes vegetation. All through the dis
trict which was overhowed year ago,
and is now in large part dry, plants
have sprung up where plant life never
existed within the historical period,
and the desert is gridironed with
strings of bushes and grass. From
these plants moisture will evaporate,
and will return to the earth in the
shape of rain, extending the arabic
area.
Natures impulse is to turn the face
of the earth to account. says the San
Francisco Examiner. When it fails to
do so it is hindered by insuperable OBJ
stacles. In a desert where there is
neither soil nor moisture it is difficult
for anything to grow; but apply a lit
tie water to the sand and seeds carried
by the wind will germinate, plants will
flourish, and, dying, leave behind them
decayed vegetable matter which will
feed their progeny. Water is the best
of all fertilizers, though it has never
been patented. Down in Merced the
ingenious nurserymen located on sand
plains on which it was difficult to find
speck of loan or humus or al1uvium;
they irrigated the sand literally, and
now there rs hardly plant in the her
barium which they do not grow success
fully.
Another thing. Whatever has been
since the world took its present shape
may be again. Time was when the
Colorado desert contained c',ain of
lakes surrounded by forests. &C can
see the beach line of the lakes and the
trunks of the blasted trees. BY what
convulsion of nature in that volcanic
country these lakes We're .cut off from
their sources and evaporated science
has not formulated conjecture, but it is
rash to conclude that the old sources
will never be reopened and the lakes re-
stored. Had the people of Southern nCal-
ifornia displayed energy last year the
river mouth of Algodones would have
been kept open, and a steady flow of
water secured throughout the spring
and summer seasons. Some day that
may be done.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-06-02
NOTICE.
40 WHOM il Nay concsrn


Notice is hereby given that by order
of the common council made and en-
tered on the Srd day of May, 1894, / was
authorized and directed to advertise the
matters substantially contained in the
docket of city liens of the assessment of
property for the construction of an s.
inch terra Gotta sewer in Lincoln street
as provided by special ordinance No.
2S5, which passed the common council
of Dalles City March 18th, 1894, and
was approved by the mayor March 18th,
1884.
That the assessments which have not
been paid upon the property as now ap-
pears in said lien docket are as follows !:
Lots and 6, block Trevitt's Ad-
dition, Capt. McNulty ... $40 80
Lots 4. s and 6. block /, Trevitt's
Addition. Mrs. Mary Booth IS 95
Lot 8, block 1. Trevitt's Addition,
j. L. Thompson ~ "a IS
Lots and and. sx of 8, block 8
Treyitt's Addn Catholic church 12S 90
Lot 8, block 2, Trevitt's Addition
Mrs. T. w. Sparks. "a 65
Lot 4, block 4, Trevitt's Addition,
Mary Bonzey. .--...;. ..... "a 65
That unless within Eve days from the
final publication of this notice, to-wit,
Monday, May 28th, 1894, as required by
Sec. "a of the charter of Dalles City,
said sums above mentioned are not
wholly paid to the city treasurer and a
recorder of Dalles City, the council will
order warrant for the collection of the
same, to be issued by the recorder and
dir ected to the marshal
Dated at Dalles City, Oregon, this Sth
day of May, 1894.
DOUGLAS 8. DuFUR,
m8-l4t Recorder of Dalles City.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-06-02
Another Pair of siamese .rwins.

That strange freak of nature known
as ''the Siamese twins" has, it appears,
been repeated in Orissa. The "Orissa
twins are described as two little Uriya
girls of about five years old. When
last heard of, says the London News,
they were leaving by steamer for this
country on their way to the worlds fair
at Chicago, though they will first be
exhibited here. They are. it is stated,
firmly joined together and if one is fed
both are satisfied. When they were in
early infancy at Hoapara, in the inte-
rior, the native villagers looked upon
them as the incarnation of the devil,
and their parents We're boycotted by
their caste people. The story is that
the fathers first impulse was to sepa-
rate them by cutting the sac which
joins them together, and the mark
made in the attempt is still visible. A
wealthy tehsilder of the district, how
ever, interviewed. Ketter Naiclx, the
father of the twins, is reported to be
now steadily growing rich. The Siamese
twins, Chang and Eng, were, it will be
remembered, of the male sex. They
were born in 1911 and died in America,
within two hours of each other, in
January, 1874.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-06-02

MAKES ITSELF FELT.
the great, gripping, old-fash-
ioned pill. Not only when
you take it, but unpleasant,
from first to last, and it only
does a little temporary good.
The things to take its place
are DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Pei
lets. One of these at dose
will regulate the whole system
perfectly. They're tiny, sugar
coated granules, scarcely
larger than mustard seeds.
They act in Natures own
way. No reaction aterward.
Their help lasts and they do
permanent good. Constipa-
ton, Indigestion, Bilious At
tacks, Sick or Bilious Head
aches, and all arrangements
of the liver, stomach, and
bowels are prevented, re-
1ieved, and cured.
They're the cheapest, for
they're guaranteed to give
satisfaction or money is re-
turned. Nothing can be "just
as good"
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1894-06-02
[ HEDRL ES
Wasoo County,

w oSoo Oou0sy, O108oA,
The City of the Inland Empire had
Of navigation the Middle Columbia thriving psoa
porous city.
ITS TERRITORY.
1t is the supply city for agricultural
and grazing country its trade reaching
Lake. distance Of over two hundred miles
The Largest Wool Market.
The rich grazing country along the slope tho
cdes furnishes for thousands sheep the wool from
which market here.
The Dales the largest original shipping point
Ameroa about 5000, 600 pounds bens shpped Last year
IT'S PRODUCTS
The salmon fisheries the
this year of thousands of dollars which win be
than doubled In the future
The products OF the beautiful Kckat valley find
and the country south and Eed the
warehouses and all availabe places ovfowng with
their products.
ITS WEALTH.
the richest city tho money
being develop farming country
than is tributary other city in Eastern Oregon
unsurpassed It's climate delightful
sibiltes nc,lcuuae It's unlimited And these
orners stou,% sl,. st4rls