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MISLEADING TELEGRAMS.
Efforts Mt Brev!ty Often Result In Ridic-
ulOus Observation-Disclosures.

Efforts mt Brev!ty Often Result In Ridic-
ulOus MISUNDERSTANDING.
A very ludicrous incident occurred al
Vienna some time ago, when Max Hal
be, the successful playwright, who had
come to close contract with the man
ayers Of a Vienna playhouse for the per-
formanCe Of one of his dramas, found
that his shoes had been stolen during
the night just preceding his return
home.
In Vienna hotels it is the custom to
place ones shoes in front of the bed
room door before retiring. The hotel
porter calls for them, cleans them and
replaces them. On that particular day
some sneak thief had entered the hotel
and walked away with half a dozen
pairs of shoes, among them Halbe's.
In Munich, Halbe's wife was anxious
ly awaiting his return, and, to quiet her
fears, since he could not arrive on time,
Halbe sent her the following dispatch
Gould not leave hotel; stole shoes
Max. " An hour and half later tele-
grams began pouring into Vienna to
Halbe's friends, to the manager Of the
theater where he had just concluded
arrangements to have his play pro-
duced and to the chief of police, with
the request to help Mr.. Halbe at once
and to get him good lawyer.
The wife of Mr.. Halbe had misunder-
stood her husbands telegram and be-
lieved that he could not leave Vienna
for having stolen shoes. Although she
could not possibly understand why he
should steal shoes, the poor woman be-
ieved that he had had fit Of klepto-
mania and had been caught in the act.
After another exchange of kilograms the
misunderstanding was explained away.
st. Louis Globe Democrat.
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IN DANGER FROM UNDERTow
How q Quick witted Bostonian Save,
4ua.

HOW q Quick Witted Bostonian Saved
Three Lives.
Here is story which is too much 20
the credit Of two ladies and gentle
man to be wholly suppressed. They are
all strong swimmers and can battle
with the waves in valiant fashion.
They CHANGED to be in the sea at one
time and on a shore where the under
tow is irresistible a short distance out.
The man suddenly felt himself in that
strong, terrible, outward pull of the wa
ters Of the mighty deep. He understood
Immediately that he and his oompan-
ions would shortly be no more unless
by tremendous, instant, individual exer-
tion they pulled for the shore. In that
treacherous current not one could help
another. How to get "these girls''
ashore without terrifying them and put
ting them in still greater danger
through their fears was the problem Of
that terrible moment.
The man solved it like hero He
made sign, a sound Of personal dis
tress and began swimming inshore.
His companions in the waves heard and
saw his white face. Both believed, as
he meant them to, that he was threat
ened with cramps and swan inshore,
too, calling out cheerful, encouraging
words to him as they pulled for the
shore, assuring him that he would soon
be all right; that they could get him in
safely If he really should give out, and
other words to that effect. 1t was not
long before this man of mortal courage
stood upon the beach in safety, and
those he had thus rescued from death
stood on either side of him and heard
what it would have meant for them all
to have spent another moment in that
outrushing tide.
1t was noncomb mbatant in the strife
for life who remarked: ''That fellow
was great philosopher. He knew how
to appeal to the new woman when swim
ming her strongest against the old Or
der Of things. He only offered his plea
to the eternal womanly,' to woman's
maternal need Of taking care Of the sick
or the helpless. Those girls will prob
ably always think it was their own phys
ical strength and powers that rescued
them from death by drowning, but it
was really the eternal womanly, bent
upon helping one they believed in dan
ger and need. Boston Transcript.
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MARYLAND ITEnS.

The biggist hog ever seen in Sails
bury, was slaughtered last week, and
he weighed 1850 pounds.
EastOn business men have contracted
for a telephone system in their town.
The contract embraces the immediate
installation of sixty telephones, and the
wiring for thirty additional subscribers.
County Commissioner John E.
George, of Sudlersville, raised this
year 1177t bushels of corn on ten acres
of land. This is the heaviest crop
probably ever raised in this county
CentreUilLe Observer.
The Town Commissioners of Cen
treville have arranged for the hanging
of a clock in the water-works depart
ment equipped for the registering of
most accurate time. Guided by the
clock the water-wOrks whistle will
blow precisely at noon every day.
Miss Emma Warbnrton, aged about
10 years, only daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. William 7. Warburton, a prOmi-
nent lawyer and president of the Sec
Ond National Bank of Elkton, died
Wednesday afternoon, after several
weeks Illness from typhoid fever. She
was a student at the Woman's College
in Baltimore when taken i'll.
Burglars Friday night broke into
the storehouse of E. Hicks & Bro, at
Principle, Cecil county, and stole a
considerable quantity Of goods, princi-
pally tobacco and cigars. This they
loaded on a wagon stolen from the
stable of the same firm, drove off and
disappeared. The horse and wagon
have since been found in the woods
near that place.
A BIG PoRKER. VIM. II. Travers,
of Cabin Greek, Dorchester county,
has slaughtered his big hog, believed
to be the biggest in America for its age
eighteen months, and which, it is esti-
mated, fully 5000 people went to see,
some riding as far as 25 miles to see
it. 1t drew the attention of many of
Talbot's people, and some bettings on
his weight was done. The animal was
killed on the 7th of December. Hung
up the hog measured in length 8 feet 8!
inches and weighed dressed 947
pounds.
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WANAMAKER1S.
PHILADELpHIA, Monday. De-. u. 1sps.

PHILADELPHIA, Monday, Dec. Il, 1885,
Each weekday night until Christ
mas the store will be open until 10
P. M.
HALL STORE attractions
Merrie murphy
Christmas! seen Sc l1'' the oe''?sPn Santa "a
Claus of long ago, aided by his will
ing gnomes, and then a series of
tableaux showing the busy Santa
Claus of today, with his Sprightly
Brownie helpers, and the time-sav-
ing telephone, typewriter and other
labor-Saving machinery.
The story of Cinderella-told in
tableauX-Second floor, Thirteenth
and Market-will interest thou
sands.
Christmas in the Wildwood
second floor, fifth skylight north
shows Santa Claus surrounded by
the forest dwellers in fancy cos
tunes. From the wise old owl to
the most timid animaI-all are maxi
ing merry for the children's dear old
friend.
What if we do have to add an
other dynamo to furnish the almost
a-thouSand extra electric lights that
add to the beauty the store? tits for
Our Public'S enjoyment-a length
ening of ChiStmas happiness by
starting the holiday gladness a few
days before time.
And still, this is just a store
with its mission of buying and SELL
ing. A helpful store, because it
Smyrna times., 1896-12-16

Mr.. T. F. O'Donnell, a well-known
druggist of Parsons, Pa, in speaking
of Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy says: Several
times in the last few years when suf-
fering with cramp or diarrhoea / have
made a personal test of the value of
this remedy. The effect in each in
stance was almost immediate relief.
For sale by Clifton & Raymond.
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Pennsylvania Railroad To Ts-
sue Clerical Orders.

The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
announces that for 1897 it will issue
clerical orders to regularly ordained
clergymen in charge of churches To-
Gated on or near its lines east of Pitts
burg and Erie. To secure these or
ders clergymen should make applica-
tion to the nearest ticket agent as soon
as possible, as it is desired that all ap-
plications reach the General Office by
December 10.
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A nan or ADnIIy.

Tomson-Johnson has no ability Of
any kind.
jackson - No ability? Nonsense.
Why, he can ask you for loan in such
way that you thank your lucky stars
Tor the opportunity to accommodate
him. London Fun.
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English Versus German Universities.

English Versus German Universities.
If the tree is to be judged by its
fruits, we shall find it difficult to dis
pute the proposition that university
education, at all events in so far as it
bears upon the physical sciences, is
somehow more satisfactorily managed
IN Germany than in England. The the
oretical and technical output of Ger
many is far larger, more regular and
of better quality for practical purposes
than our own, the proof being that Ger
many is rapidly monopolizing the high
er and more lucrative branches Of man
ufacture, and in addition is exporting
large numbers of technical experts
London Times.
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WANAMAKER,S. %.

EurS FvRS at their intrinsic value
are good to have, and this
newly-better way of selling fur gar
mentS has made them more than
ever desirable for holiday giving.
The fur store is full of suggestions.
Four price hints
S16.5O-Canada Seal ColIaretteS, with
edging of natural lynx; high storm COL
lar; full sweep and lined with fancy
cOlored taffeta silk.
S20-New style Electric Seal CollaretteS,
trimmed with twenty-five full tails;
high storm collar; lined with fancy
taffeta silk.
S23-Neck ScarfS of genuine stone mar
ten, with all its natural beauty; fin
iShed with heads and full cluster of
tails. A beautiful rich gift.
SIS and S30-CollaretteS of rich black
marten, with high collar; finished with
clusters Of tails and beautiful silk lin
ingS
ShawIs FIRST comprehensive
IOI OllIe Hughes & Co. stock
of ShaWls. The collection is large
and wonderfully complete, but, as
with other goods that came to us in
the New York purchase, they are
offered
at an average half price
India Chudda Shawls, square and
long, $3.50 and SIS. Values $18
to $35.
Imported Wrapping Shawls-s5
and $6 kinds at $3.50. Six patterns.
Velvet Shawls, 81 and SIS, in
stead of $8 to S11.
Wool Shawls, square, black,
$3.50.
Berlin Honeycomb Zephyr
Shawls, 75c. Colors and black.
Zephyr ShawlS for SOC.
Hand HANDKERCHIEF store
kerchiefs is fully twice its u.s.
MI NiiiOi0 ual size-had to be to
hold the nearly three thousand
styles of Handkerchiefs we gathered
for holiday selling.
And not a Handkerchief in the lot
that is less good than pure linen or
silk.
For WOMEN
soc doz.-Plain white hemstitehed Hand
kerchiefs, pure linen.
81 a doz-White hemStitched H.nLay-
chiefs, fairly good quality.
25c each - HemStitched Handkerchiefs
with neatly embroidered initial in script.
SILK HANDKERCHIFS-
&c each-l500 Japanese Silk Handker-
chiefs, embroidered corner and scalloped
edgeS. They should go in day
SIC each-Soft well-made China Silk
HandkerchiefS, unhenmed, large size
for men,
oOe each ch-Extra quality Japanese Silk
AandkerchiefS, all white, eIaborately
embroidered initial. 2SOO Of these came.
Mems PASSING all holiday
Slippers Tfoe@f records To,th in the shoe, shoe
why if you look around. We have
no real competition as shoe sellers
the Wanamaker shoe store is
alone at the top. And the stocks
of hOliday-time footwear were gath
cred with the skill and thorough
ness that characterizes the whole
business.
Mems low-cut opera Slippers start at
Sl.So and by easy steps the price goes
So
Of course, plenty of the high-cut
Slippers, tOo-Plenty of all wanted
kinds. The feathers
Russia calfskin
goatSkin
kidSkin
patent
the colors-black, brown, choco-
lAte, oX-blOod.
Felt Shoes, warm and easy. Mems, 75c
to S..
JOHN WANAMAKER.
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To cure all old sores, to heal an indolent
ulcer, or to speedily cure piles, Won need
simply apply DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve
according to directions. Its magic-like ac-
ton will surprise you. Clifton and Ray
mond.
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WHY NOT Have you a
gift to buy
SOMETHING for man or
boy? Suit,
USEFUL? Overcoat,
Refer,
Storm Coat, Ulster, Smok-
ing Jacket, House Coat,
B a t h Robe, Dressing
Gown, Cane, Umbrella,
Neckwear, Hosiery, Hand
kerchiefs, Suspenders, Col
l:r' and Cuffs, Mackin-
toshes, Slippers, Shoes,
Leggins, Hat, Cap, Toque,
and in fact anything that
a man or boy of any size
and of any age wears.
Special preparations all
over the store and in every
department. for holiday
trade. and an assortment
of reliable qualities at
most moderate prices that
will please you in every
way. Exchanges willing
ly made for anything that
does not suit or fit.
Open every evening un-
til Christmas.
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7 Will Guarantee
HERE ARE SOME ARTICLES

Glove Hooks, Nail Files, Paper Cut
ters, Erasers, Hat Pins, Pen Wipers,
Key Rings, Umbrella Tags, Desk
Knives, Embroidery and Manicure
Scissors, Shoe Horns, Velvet Brush
es, BlOtters, Clothes Brushes. EN-
cries, Whist Brooms, Salve Boxes,
Atomizers, Tooth Brushes, Hand
Brushes, Purses, Calling Card Cases.
. Remember we have an immense sto
Men, Women and Children.
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Closing OF Mails.

ioing North, $50, 9.25 a. m, 800. ASS m.
Going South 900 a. m, and 500 p m.
Mail for Delaware & Chesapeake road ana
baltimore q Delaware Bay will close at $40 a, m
nd $40 p. m.
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FOR RENT.

STORE ROOM AT KENTON, DEL.
Possession March 1st, 1896. The best bus
mess stand in the town. Address,
]. B. NESSICK
IA Middletown,
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WANTED.

SALESMAN AND COLLECTOR,
Must furnish horse and wagon. Good
money and steady employment to the
right man. For particulars address
At II, care this Office.
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Wanted-An Idea Z Y: ::s: e .!ssI:: %:

Protect your IDEAS; they may bring yoa waaith
Write JOHN WkDDKEBURM a CO., Patent Attor
n nsys wassh,instpn: d g. for thes 800 prise osl
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Opening of Malls.

From North, 7.IO. 800 a. m, 600 and S25 p. IN
Wilmington only.
From South, 7.40, IO.l5 a. NJ. APO PM
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Stamp Boxes, Dresden Clocks, Bon
Bon Spoons and Tongs, Lock Brace
lets, Neck Chains, Lorgnette Chains,
Stick Pins, Chatelaines, Earrings,
Cuff Pins, Chased, Plain or Set Fin
ger Rings, Gold Watches, Diamond
Rings, and hundred other articles
which we will gladly show you if
you will favor us with a call.
of Christmns Goods for D. Ill
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at an aVeraQe half price
Hand
kerChiefs

hold the nearly three thousand
styles of Handkerchiefs we gathered
for holiday selling.
And not Handkerchief in the lot
that is less good than pure linen or
silk.
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PantaIoons.

Any style, quality or size You
may call for yOu
A well made, serviceable
Working Pant at SO cents
Lhen comes 75-cent, S1.OO
$l,25, $3.50, S1.75, 50 90 90 so SO
$500, $3.50, S4.OO, 81 So * S00' no
up to $3.50 "O'O0'
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I3a
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Big PreparatiOns--a Selection that's not Limited

It's the same way with the price. Yc
you desire to pay, let it be little or much.
sells as cheap as this; and it's getting to |
reliable article when you go to WALLS. &.
Useful things that are sure to int
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Shirts.
Underwear.

The best Undershirt and Draw.
ers you ever saw for so small q
prlce-25 cents.
Regular 5O-cent garment
white or gray, for 80 cents
White red and Natural Wool
'5c, Sl.OO, S1.95, 81. so and 90 on
per garment, ''''
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1896-11-16

the black basaltic bowlder, and
shiver itself into a million crystalline
splinters, into a hundred million
atoms of diamond, that blush up to
the sun in rainbow at their own
mad wantonpess. Panic stricken it
fees away with a rush and roar.
and the Naiads shrek from very ex-
uberance of joy and fly away with
the swirling foam, finging their
white arms up through the spray,
riding the foam-fecked race, as the
spirits from out the cave of the
winds go forth with whip and scourge
on the hurricane. Then In a mo-
ment 1t gathers again and rushes
away down twixt the mountains that
lift their heads mile or more above
it, down ever down, home ever home,
to lose itself in the bosom OF It's
mother, the sea.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1896-11-16
Advertising Rates.
EDITORIAL MUSINGS.

THE DRIPPING RAIN.
never see a summer shower
Bnt memory brings again
A scene, a dream OF long ago,
Mixed with the falling rain.
1 see the gnaried apple tree,
Its pink-white petals wet,
And under its protecting leaves
Ny boyhood's Vio'et.
1 see her wistful eyes OF blue
Uplift to gaze in mine;
feel her arms-two links of love
My bending neck entwine;
I feel the kiss upon my lips
By trusting girlhood given;
The first, the last, the only taste,
1 ever hope, of heaven.
1 feel her heart throb next to him;
"Good bye!" hear her say,
And through tie softly falling rain
1 sadly ride away.
She stands beneath the apple tree,
1 turn, and turn again,
Until the picture fades from view,
Dimmed by the dripping rain.
Ali That was thirty years ago,
And all these passing years
Have left their scars of venal sins,
A heritage of tears.
But memory of that long ago
Comes mingling with the rain
To lift my heart from sinfulness
And bid me hore again.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1896-11-16
Administrators Sale.

Notice is hereby given that in pursuance of an
order made and eutered in the County Court of
matter of the estate of Phoebe NJ. Dunham, de-
ceased, directing me to sell the real property
belonging to said estate to satisfy the unpaid
expenses of administration and claims against
the estate, will. on the 10th day of October,
1896, at the hour of o'clock p m. at the court
house door in Dalles City, Oregon, sell to the
highest bidder for cash in hand, that certain
parcel of land described as follows: 33% feet
wide and 100 feet long off the side of lot IL
in block of Laughlin's Addition to Dalles City,
Oregon. A. R. THOMPSON
Administrator of estate of Phoebe NJ. Dunham
deceased. scptl2-ii
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1896-11-16

Go out on the farthest point at
the head of the rapids and watch the
great flood as 1t gathers itself for the
will IL dash over the rocky barriers.
See! There by the island the cur
rent sweeps silent and swift power
full majestic! restless! See the tide
glide ever faster and faster, its blue
surface spotted with bubbles of foam,
until, as you watch, 1t seems the
rush of a mighty leopard swift in
pursuit of IFS prey. There, but
little further. the white foam breaks
up in feathery streaks, darting in and
out and across, hither and yon, as
though all the Naiads were plying
their shuttles and weaving their
bridal laces of delicate spume.
Fiercer and more resistless grows the
sweep of the azure tide, and now it
is no longer leopard, but royal
tiger, showing the milk of it's teeth
twixt its teeth all a-wr1nkle. Silent
still, yet with a sensate desire in each
throbbiDg drop to outdo its fellow, it
heaps itself, arching its spine, and
just there where yon Titanic bowlder
of basalt lifts its head in sullen and
stubborn defiance, it gathers its su-
perb strength, the blue foam.fecked
wave lifts itself for the leap, and as
it springs you see the blue change to
green to yellow, then to the glow of
an opal, and with one mad dash pour
its whole mighty torrent down onto
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1896-11-16

The beauties of the grand canyon
of the Columbia, where it cuts it's
way through the mighty mountain
chain of the Cascades, await the
coming of some poetic soul to drink
them in and tell them in the flowing
measures of noble verse. Th me the
grand bluffs on the Oregon side, ex-
tending from Eagle gorge to where
Multnomah pours its billows of lace
a thousand feet down over their
majestic battlements, are simply
Overpowering. The bold head-lands,
the towering preciplces, the castel-
lated peaks, built by Titan hands and
fashioned by Nature in her grandest
mood, fill the soul with awe and the
heart with wonder at Natures handi-
work. But awe inspiring, magnifi-
cent as they are in their towering
and silent grandeur, the great Col
umbia, flowing at their feet, chal-
lenges them in its majesty and
strength. The one stands the grim,
silent emblem of eternity; the other
moves, the swift, no1seless, unswerv-
ing rush of Time.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1896-11-16

The company's elegant steames give
daily service Sundays excepted) between
The Dalles and Portland.
Steamer Regulator leaves The Dalles
on Monday, Wednesday and Friday at
z 80 a. M, arriving in Portland at D.
m. Returning leaves Oak-street dock
on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at
80 a. m., arriving in The Dalles at
p. m.
Steamer "Dalles City" leaves The
Dalles on Tuesday, Thursday and Satur-
day at Z 30 a. m, arriving in Portland
at p. m. Returning leaves Oak-street
dock on Monday, Wednesday and Friday
at 8 30 a. M, arriving in The Dalles at
p. m.
PASSENGER RATES:
One way 50 90
Round trip .... ...... 8 90
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Hot clam broth every day at noon at
Ad Kellar's. If
Rodhuggeren. [volume] (Fergus Falls, Minn. ;) 1893-1898, 1896-04-07
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baarlise @eie os ruitet geir, par Mpbet
minore 9obt beipst, men pt par bog II
interesiereue Eeriener.
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tet 1om bros. Det bleo beitemt, at Yom=
niteen ffulbe foriterfes meb tonpe Meo>
lemmer, iaa beu beitaar nu af fem.
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os ienbte fin Nnlssnins ON 8labs for
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faar 2sfte af Sernbane Roupau,et pda
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inbtalbe bore gcbototun til at beltage
meb os ! l1blnsset af Torreiair9en, %
nil be lite bet, iaa 9oar bet aot allioez
bel.
Gor Rampasne 2iteratur bites iusen
Snteresie % ben blep la8t paa Borbet.
Mngaaenbe gouatYetS gnbetsmenbs
2gnn.nser bleo beiluttet: "st Dlafs
Gelteparti 9isa pil uotale iom fin Me<
ming, at ben onler pore @mbebsrenbs
.2bnninser inben Gountpet for fore i
Torbolb til glftaitniusen al be anbre
garinsspete, % anmober andre 5Oltee
parti 2isaer at uotale iis berom.
D1af 8. Binie.
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