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The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1896-06-16
S1Oo Reward 800.

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all it's stages, and
that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is
the only positive cure known to the
medical fraternity. Catarrh being a
constitutional disease, requires consti-
tutional treatment. HALLS Catarrh
Cnre is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces of
the system. thereby destroying the foun-
dation of the disease, and giving the
patient strength by building up the con-
stitution and assisting nature in doing
its work. The proprletors have so much
faith in its curative powers, that they
offer One Hundred Dollars for any case
that it fails to cure. Send for list of
testimonials. Address:
F. j. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, o.
e. Sold by Druggists, 75 cents.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1896-06-16
NOTICE.
20 az ,phom 4 man concern: !:

To all tohom IL may concern:
Notice is hereby given thatat the July 1896 term
of the County Court of the State of Oregon for
Wasco County. to-wit, on the Sth day of July,
1896, at the hour of two O'Clock p. m, at the
County Court Room in the Court House in Dalles
City, Oregon, the undersigned petitioners will
present the following petition and will apply to
the said County Court to grant to F. Erickson Il
Co., copartnership composed of +. Erickson
and @. f. Anderson, license to sell spirituous,
one gallon within Oak Grove precinct for the
term of one year from the granting of such IL
cense:
To the Honorable County Court Of Wasco County,
Oregon:
We, the undersigned, residents and legal voters
hereby petition your honorable body to grant to
F. Erickson d Company. a co-partnership com
posed of F. Erick son and G. F. Anderson, Ii
cense to sell spirituous, malt or vinous liquors
in less quantities than one gallon within said
precinct for the term of one year from the grant
Ing of such license:
NAMES. NAMES.
P Abbott o weberg
Turner NJ Delore
G A Ward F Cline FELTON,
Greaves Richard Boyd
Charles Buckham NJ Orwiler
r McLaren Nagle
Jones Peter Mcdonald
N Vogt John Green
G r Joynt l. Peterson
Robert Turey Peter Hansen
Burns August Finn
Nels Christensen Thomas Swartes
Chas Murray A Roberts
Lutey Thomas Durron
Joseph Batty G DaWprey
Mark Mal1oy Dillingham;
Graham w Il Flemmirg
c Henneghan John Burns
LraIlk Barton.
FM27-5t-W.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1896-06-16

Through trains on the o. R. & N will
run via Umatilla, Walla Walla and Pen
dleton. Through sleepers. first and sec
ond class will run in connection with the
Union Prcific, the same as heretofore.
A through first-class sleeper from Port
land to Spokane, connecting with the
6rst-class sleeper to st. Paul and a
through tourist sleeper from Portland to
st. Paul, will be run in connection with
the Great Northern railway.
E. E. LYTLE, Agent.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1896-06-16

GENTLEMEN, drop in and see
II. E. Balch, Merchant Tailor, 70 Sec
ond street, for SPRING and SUM
MER Suits. He shows the finest line
of foreign and domestic goods ever ex-
hibited in The Dalles, at Frisco prices.
Garments made on premises. Perect guaranteed
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-10-08

Here Is an unconscious exposure of o
trait Enthusiastically British by one
of The staff Of Black and White, an
English illustrated weekly. The writ
er inveighs against the railway com
panies for making excessive charges
On bicycles accompanying passengers.
He disposes of the argument that the
wheel tends to decrease railway travel
In this way: The man who Is in the
habit OF walking will go, say, twenty
miles by train and then walk home.
The same man, if he bicycled, would
60 fifty to a hundred miles from home
and then ride" The average American
who wants to take q ten-mile consti-
tutional walk would walk five miles
out and back, and If he wanted to make
q fifty mile bicycle run he would go a
distance Of twenty-five miles and back.
But the British idea Is to get away
the whole distance and walk or bike
back. Long before the bicycle it was
a common sight on holidays TO see
score Of young men take a train for a
point ten or a dozen miles out, any
where, it made no difference, and then
tramp back for the exercise. 1t Is an
old and well-established fad, but Amer
fcans will never understand the phi.
losophy Of it
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-10-08

of the West, because we like to speak
with pride of it. Its people cannot
differ so very much from us since half
Of the American West is really made up
Of Eastern folks. But yet we go on and
on, and everything in the West hat is
not TO our taste is the Western idea Of
things" y Surfeited with section
alisin, we are full of the notion that
one part of our country is superior to
another. We have still to learn and i'm
blbe h idea thar America Is America,
whether it be New York. Boston. Chi
cago, Denver or san Francisco. 81 y
We have 10 learn in this country to ac-
cept Il ma as an American whether he
hyes in Chicago or in Portland, in New
York or In Tacoma, He lives in Amer
lea, and that makes him not an Eastern
man., nor a Western man. nor Il South
crn man, but an American, living not
after an Eastern idea, n Western fash
lon, nor a Southern fancy, but under
one central American idea: equality
Ladies' Home Journal.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-10-08

When Blondin walked a rope owe
Niagara, thousands went to see him
who would hardly have walked a block
to see him walk the same rope stretched
twenty feet above terra irma. Why?
Manifestly because in the one case a
fall would have been a tr1fing affair,
and in the other he would have gone
down to sure death. Now a searcher
after glory and simoleOns announces
that he will ride cross Niagara on q
bicycle over a charged wire. OF course
thousands will so to see the wonderful
and idiotic feat. and II he goes down to
the whirlpool and rocks below there
will be the usual emotional effects, in
Guiding sobbing men and fainting wo
men, who ven there half expecting
Just such a tragedy.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-10-08

The man who risks his life In the in
terest of science and the welfare of
mankind is to be applauded. But para
chute leaps. dives from great heights
into nets, being shot from cannons, run
ming races on wheels with railroad
trains, and all the other sensational G
hibitions which cater to morbid minds,
achieve nothing, prove nothing Of
value, and at least call for official inter
vention to the extent of requiring ex
hibitors to furnish safeguards against
the slaughter of the performer. This
is done in some countries, and such per-
formanceS as are not susceptible TO
such safeguards are prohibited.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-10-08

written it. If you know nothing about
THE Search After Happiness" you
have no real idea how hull a play can
be. Four disconnected young ladies so
forth to seek 'Urania," whose wisdom
will teach them to be happy. They
meet "Florella," a virtuous shepherd
ess, who leads them 10 the grove where
Urania lives. Here they are kindly
received, and describe all their faults
at great length 10 their hostess, who
sends them brimful of good advice to
their respective homes. Think OF q lot
of real school girls acting such drama,
and speaking to each other in this se-
date and meritoriOus fashion,
with Yer new delight we now attend
The counsels of our fond maternal
friend"
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-10-08

The erudition OF the State Geologist
Of South Dakota will evolve probably
some scientific explanation Of the sub
terranean vagaries Of Mrs. Mary John
sons farm, but it will require also the
opinions Of meteorological and bicycle
experts to satisfy fully the curiosity
Of the public. From the details now
at hand one would hazard the opinion
that Mrs. Johnson has been living IN
fancied security owe a prehistoric bliZ-
Zard or tornado. Probably when this
ancient twister vas performing in the
reckless manner common to its kind
1t was caught unawares by a combina-
ton Of landslides and held in cap
tivity with its forces yet uneXpended.
1t is due to the happy thought Of Mrs.
johnson that she would like to have
d deep well that some expert drillers
reached this realistic cave Of the winds
and released enough Of the contents
of the pneumatic stratum of the farm
to indicate its ~boundless wind POSSIBLE
tiles. las SOC as the air cushion ia
reached" says the chronicler Of the
episode, "the wind rushes out with a
screech like a locomotive, and sixteen
pound sledges are tossed into the air
as lightly as feathers" A wind that
has been reposing in enforced mac
ton for decades and possibly centuries
and that on the slightest provocation
handles sixteen-pound sledges as if
they We're feathers and screeches like
a locomotive is a farm product that
must receive the most thorough investi-
cation from every possible point OF
vioW The meteorological and State &c
ologist may determine its status in the
flora and fauna Of the region, and
may issue wise and technical bulletin,
as to its past history and future posi-
bilities, but it is apparent more prac
teal minds must be brought TO bean
on the phenomenon to insure obtaining
the greatest measure of utility. A hi
cycliSt of experience would be able
to tell at q glance or two whether |,
from the farm to all parts Of the United
States as a supply agency for the infia
ton Of tires. 1t Is not impossible tina,
some similar plan could be devised sc
that the innnmerable windmills Of the
Nation would not be dependent Longer
on natures Intermittent supply, ant
yachtsmen certainly would welcome
such a stable force as a panacea fol
the vexatious calm that has been fount
SO troublesome In the management q
regattas.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-10-08
WITH BABIES FOR BAIT.
Hunters in Ceylon Lure CrOcodiles to
Their Death.

Ia JAo -"
Their Death.
The fondness Of crocodiles for babies
Is used by hunters in Ceylon to lure
the reptiles to death. A nice, fat baby
Is tied by the leg to a stake near some
pond or lagoon where ~crocodiles
abound. Soon the child begins crying
and the sound attracts the crocodiles
within hearing distance. They start
out Immediately for the wailing infant.
The hunter in the meantime conceals
himself in the bushes or swamp grass
near the baby. with a rifle in his han1
projecting out and almost over the
child. He remains perfectly quiet and
the reptile, intent on its prey, notices
nothing but the screaming and kicking
child. AS the monster approaches to
within a few feet of the bait the hunter
sends a bullet directly into the alliga-
tors eye, causing instant death. A miss
would mean death for the baby, but
the hunters are expert shots and at the
short distance at which they fire a miss
Is next to impossible. AS a rule the
sound Of the hrearm scares the baby
worse than the presence Of the croco
dies jaws and the rows Of sharp and
glistening teeth, but after being shot
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-10-08

The bike as an elOpement vehicle has
proved itself a success. The Lochin-
vars OF the period may pin their faith
to the wheel in confidence that the pur-
suing parent on horseback will be dis
tanced. Joseph Mechlin and Miss
Hannah Parsons, of New Brunswick,
N. j., have proved this. They hardly
got a good start before the young wO-
mans father mounted his f1eetest horse
and was in hot pursuit. But the elop-
erS were on a tandem bike and gave
him the merry ha ha as they easily
drew away They were in plenty Of
time to have the knot tied before he
arrived with his painting steed. He cut
the tire of the wheel and kicked out the
spokes 10 @ II his wrath, but that did
not unite the knot. and seeing that his
anger was impotent, he did the proper
thing and forgave the couple. Before
trusting implicitly in single wheels OF
tandems, however, young LOchinVarS
should make sur that there are nc
QuadS or S~eXtuplcts in the Immediately
vicinity. or they may be ~overtaken.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-10-08
A WHITE MAN AUCTiONeD.
A Kentucky VaYrant Sold to INC
Highest Bidder Under State Laws

Human slavery is not wholly aDoi
ished in the United States. Under tA'
laws of Kentucky a man VINO does n'
support himself-that is, a vagrah'-
can be sold at auction to the hisneS'
bidder, whereby he becomes a mee
chattel. For a certain time, depenoeD'
on the length of the sentence imposeu
by the court, his time and labor peoAN
to the man who buys him, and ne %
slave, virtually and in fact.
Recently a white man, La"Ien,'
Peak, was so disposed of at Eilzape'H'
town. Peak was duly convicted o. Va
grancy and found guilty, II the cou'
ordered him to be sold at auction lo' a
period Of three months. On the da! VI
the sale a crowd gathered at the cou'
house and the district attorney ~
as a%uctioneer. He detailed the age DIV
qualities Of the man and stated the p
Rod during which he would " -,
slave of the highest bidder. one u
lar WAS the fixed offer and the SUN az
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-10-08
1.-THE Western Idea"

1t seems just a bit strange and awk-
ward that as we grow older as a people
we cannot get away from this West
ern idea" this stigmatizing Il portion
Of our country because 1t is accom-
plishing with certain enterprising meth
DDS what could not possibly be accom-
plished by any other. 1t cannot be that
we are jealous in the East, because we
attach so much importance to the
West. 1t cannot be that we are ashamed
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-10-08

RICHARD DoRNEY. take her copno
instruction, and there the romanoo ,~
gan. Richard Dorney had marrad
widow with n daughter, who -,
thenceforward known as E.stelle hr
ney. In 1895 she fell in love vi,b
carpenter named George A. S,amAs
and they stole away and Mere marra
Estelle went home again ami kent no,
secret for two weeks. Then von,,
Stappers made 1t known. Mr. Stape,
furnished a fat for his son, who to,
his bride TO live in it. Her stepfa,ba,,
wrath grew continually, until one IA,
she went to dine with him. She novs.
went back to her husband, who was my
allowed TO see her. BY this time NN
DOrney had died. Estelie made an
affidavit that she had left her Husband
willingly, but she afterward denied l.
She grew i'll. and her mind began Z
fail. Then she vas removed 10 s,
Vincent's hospital, where Katlerip
Kelly was a nurse. Mr.. Dorney viste
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-10-08

Miss Agnes l;epplier writes Il little
sketch entitled AT School 4 Hundred
years Ago" for St. Nicholas. OF one
form OF diversion allowed the pupils,
Miss Repplier writes:
Few things more amusing than Miss
Witforl's Early Recollections'' have
ever been told in print. We know ev-
erybody in thatschoCl as intimately as
Mary Witford knew them in the year
1896. The English teacher who was
so welded to grammar and arithmetic
Mary hated to study; the French
teacher whom she both loved and fear
ed, who had a passion for neatness, and
used to hang around the children's
necks all their possessions found out Of
place, from dictionaries and sheets Of
music to skipping ropes and dilapidat-
ed dolls; the school girls who came
from every part of England AMI
France; above all. the school plays
.Ihe Search After Happiness" which
they were permitted to act as a great
treat, because Miss Hannah More had
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-10-08

his stepdaughter frequently, and met
Miss Kelly. His daughter was dying
There was only one hope for her, and
that was of the slenderest kind. II was
to send for her husband. Stappes
was summoned, and the poor girl tried
to throw her arms about his neck, but
they were powerless. She passed
away, and now her stepfather, who
would not let her live with a carpenter,
married a nurse.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-10-08
I'd quit her sure's yer born;

I'd quit her Sllres yer born;
I'd take her down 10 New Orleans
And trade ner off for corn.
That is what the negro r~oustabouts
on Ohio and Mississippi river steam
boats used to sing, and 10 doubt they
voiced the sentiments of many afflicted
husbands in other walks Of life. Men
with scOlding wives have whipped
them, scolded back, deserted them, in
extreme cases killed them. But 1t re-
NAMED for Robert Schwartz. a secre-
tary of the German consuls office In
New York, to devise a novel n OF
Kidding himself Of the company Of an
undesirable helpmeet without running
afoui Of the law for Furnishing or de-
sertinr her. Mr.. Schwartz left his wife
An Germany when he came over to at
tend to his Official duties. She followed
,dm. She was without OF sup
mort outside of her husband, 80 MI
Schwartz took advantage OF the immi-
grafton laws and calmly requested 'he
officials to detain her at Ellis islano
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-10-08

Anent the recent tragedy at b 81.
Louis County fair, when a young WON
an ballOonist fell from the clouds to
instant death, we are told with melting
pathos Of the heart-rending grief Of the
husband, and the emotions OF the spec
tators. of the women who tainted and
the strong men who sobbed aloud. The
from various standpoints, chiefly that
OF legal Intervention to prevent such
dangerous exhibitions. But another,
feature Is suggested by the description
OF the horror. Passing by comment
n what manner of material goes to
make up a man who will allow his wifs'
to risk her neck for a few dollars, is it
not true that the performance is attrac-
tive purely and simply because a ira
gedy is 4 possible climax? TO ascend
in a cap, ve balloon would be no at
traction at all, because the danger is
reduced to q minimum. Plain hot-airi
balloon ~aScenSions without a leap from
the clouds became too tame for the
same reason. Then came the parachute
leap with the present danger Of
the aeronaut being killed, and the pub
lie iocked to see the show. 1t would be
wrong to say that any one really ex-
poets an accident at such exhibitions,
but it is unQuestionably true that the
greater the danger of accident, the
greater Is the attraction.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-10-08

In some parts of Scotland It was Gus
tomary to carry Il newly born child
three times round the iron crook
which hangs in the middle of an old
fashioned chimney, and serves to sup
port c~ooKing-pots, the ceremony being
supposed to insure the infants future
prosperity. To double up the chain of
the crook at night prevents witches
coming down the chimney.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-10-08

and depert her on the next ship. As
there was az way Of making Mr..
Schwartz, a German subject attached
to a consulate. support his wife against
his will, the officials had no alternative
but to acquiesce, and Mrs. Schwartz
WAS sent back to the Fatherland. Nh
Schwartz has a great head on him.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-10-08

The woman who attempted suicide
because her husband laughed at a pair
Of trousers she was making for their
son should have devoted her time to
making trousers for the husband. Then,
It Is safe to say, he wouldn't have
aughnd
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-10-08

From the easy grace with which Ia
Hung Chang smokes cigarettes and he
weird effect Of his clothing one cannot
but think what a beautiful dude the
old viceroy would make If only he
would part his cue in the middle.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-10-08

over q few times the child takes the
shooting as a matter Of course and pays
little attention to it. So expert are
many Of the hunters that they do not
shoot the alligator until It has APP
preached to within a few feet of the
baby. Then. with but a few inches of
space between the muzzle Of the rife
and the eye of the alligator. the fatal
shot is fired.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-10-08

According to the enterprising foreign
correspondent, the Sultan is much per
turbed." He does not like the idea Of
foreign powers interfering with his I'M
perial prerogative to slaughter as many
of his subjects as he wants to.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-10-08
Sound Measurement.

A novelty in scientific r'search as.
means by which wind may DC - the
ured by it's sound. The whistiing =" uirb
wind as it crosses a wire varies '.ed
the velocity. and this can he coi'p in
from the pitch of the note o''sel' and
case of a given diameter OF WIRE
for a given air temperature.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-10-08
escape.

Notwithstanding he had a mandate
from his emperor to visit Cramps ship
yard, Philadelphia was toe much for
Ii Hung Chang, and he fell asleep and
slumbered until il vas too late to go.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-10-08

It is stated that the school census
shows that in Chicago Americans pure
and simple number only 332,SS3. How
nan Americans of the kind are there!
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-10-08

The young woman in Columbus, Ohio.
who was knocked down by a street car
and escaped injury on account Of her
Psyche knot certainly had a h~airbreath
occano
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-10-08

It Is highly desirable that the Sultan
Of Turkey be e%Xpunged from current
European history.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-10-08

and how every II is looking for o
chance to do it!
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-10-08

yanced until a saloonkeeper purch"
Peak for $12.75. Peak Will ha'e ,s
clothed and supported while WIN nar
new master, and the State VIII
the slave does his duty.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-10-08

years az, sud ~, ~
~ hFe n Bm,,,
There she wish.
some of he "a,
hospitals. and 4
became so NUN,
terestei u d,
work thar she no,
ed TO New Va,
city to learn to,'
trained nurse 81
went 70 ST. n
cents hospital
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1896-10-08
RICHARD OoRNEY's Rom,%,>
Marries the Woman Who ~.
Stepdaughter in a Ho.Nesed B

There is n curious romance
with the marriage recently %
York Of Richard Dorney. bux,np M
ager Of Days Theater there an
Katherine Kelly, the charmin,u Dig
daughter of a weli-to-do Irishn.'"' A'
ident in the old country. Miss u
came to this country seven NJ
Luxemburger gazette. [volume] (Dubuque, Iowa) 1871-1918, 1896-12-22

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