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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-02

ing looked upon as diet rather for a fas-
tidious appetite than for a woman IN good
health.
The longest distance that a shot has
been fired is a few yards over fifteen miles.
which was the range OF krupp's 13O-ton
steel gun. firing a shot weighing 2,b00
pounds. The Hilton Armstrong gun has an
extreme range of fourteen miles. firing a
shot weighing l,SN pounds. and requiring
$50 pounds of powder.
Reports from various sources indicate
that the demand for bicycles in England
and the other European countries is fully
equal to the home demand. The inability
OF English and other dealers TO meet the
demand Is opening up a market for Amer
lean wheels. and as they are superior in
weight. strength and appearance the de-
mand for them is increasing.
a New York man fell overheard the other
day and was with difficulty rescued. Then
he discovered that his hat was yet in the
water On his rescuers refusing TO get il he
jumped into the river himself for ii and
was nearly drowned before he was pulled
out the second time. The extra labor made
his rescuers angry and they had him ar
rested, and the magistrate fined him $40.
The voracity of the eagle and similar
birds of prey is well known, but the con-
tents of a nest which was recently discov-
cred in the Alp by n Swiss hunter shows
the following remarkable variety in the
daily menu: "A hare, twenty-seven hanoi
feet, four pigeons feet thirty pheasants'
feet. eleven heads of fowls, eighteen heads
of grouse and the remains of a number Of
rabbits, marmots and squirrels.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-02
OFFERINGS OF THE POETS.



When babes hair clirgS
In a thousand rings
or rich nut brown with i CLINT OF gold.
Then the mammals eyes
Look weathcr-wise.
For this is the story the curls have told:
Twill soon he vet. and you'd better get
The clothes all in and the windows down"
'Tis the rain in the air that curled babes hair
And gave the darling a golden crown.
When babes hair swings
In a hundred strings
or plain brown wisps without the gold.
There's. never a fear
That the Storm Kings near.
For another story that hair has told:
Tho the clouds float by. they are all stone-dry
The rain won't come when the hair dom
curl"
And many a kiss has this dainty miss
Because she is mamma's m girl.
Richmond. Ind. S. w. Gillian
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-02

o rose OF the world. a nightingale,
a bird Of the world. am /,
| have loved all the world and sung all the world
But l come to your side to die.
Tired of the world, as the world of me,
j plead for your quiet breast;
l have loved all the world and sung all the
world
But-where is the nightingale's nest?
In a hundred gardens 1 sung the rose,
Rose of the world. / confess
But for every rose / have sung before
1 love YOU the more, not less.
Perfect IL grew by each rose that died,
Each rose that died for you,
The song that / sing-yea, it's no new song,
1t is tried-and so ii is true.
Petal or thorn, yea, 1 have no care,
So that / here abide.
Pierce me, ny love. or kiss me, my love,
But keep me close to your side.
/ know not your kiss from your scorn. my love.
Your breast from your thorn. my rose;
And IL you must kill me. well, kill me-. my love
But-say twas the death l chose.
Richard lie Gallienne.
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Condolences.
Detroit Free Press.

DctTOlt ETte ITtaS-
A Detroit man recently Fought himself
one of the suits OF tow which have gained
a great deal of popularity for summer
wear. The colored man who does odd
chores around his home looked at il.
turned his head away and heaved a tre-
mendous sigh.
What's the matter. Augustus? Don't
you approve of this OUTFIT"
Tain fob me ter 'spress no 'pinion. But
/ wants ter say dat ef de wus comes ter
de wus. Use ready ter stick by de family
eben ef ! has ter take less wages"
..You seem to think this suit is connect
ed with hard times"
''Yasslr. But / didn't imagine dey was ez
hahd ez all dis. Hit doan' mex so much
difference ter cullod folks. Wen I wah
Twin dow Souf is raised whole families
OBJ Dickaninnies dat nd take er coffee sack
an cut holes fob dah arms an mex IL pass
fob coat. vest an breeches. But much eZ
I've hyurd bout desc hahd times. | nebber
didn' speck ter see cr sho nun white gen.
leman have ter go 'roun in Jute clothes"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-02
Ebb Tide.

If God should draw life's yelling food away
what sights the human beach could show the
day!
What doubts. what creeping aims. what dreams
long drowned,
What hopes, like fallen stars. would there he
found:
What wreckage where the surface calmly sleeps
what swallows where we most had looked for
deeps.
Strange rocks Of cruelty that lie concealed
Cad in pale weeds OF vice, might rise revealed
Where monster habits in their Shiny pride
Through falsehood's clinging brine securely glide
God pity all; oh. may His own grace hide
And save our secret souls from such ebb tide,
Martha Gilbert Dickinson. in the Independent.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-02
My Treasure Hous,

Time takes not ali for his; It's mine 10 own
Treasures he may not touch, that secret lie
And save their beauty for the inward eve.
AS prisoned light that lives within the stone
In governed mine. or when il decks a throne.
SO garnered in the store of memory
Lie hidden beauties of the earth and sky.
These wait my time. when. turning from the
crowd
To things that were, in place OF those that be,
MY memory shows me, through her open
door.
The timid flush Of dawn. soft sweep of cloud.
The purpling mountain, and gray stretch of sea
Ihese are my peaceful spoil, my precious
store.
C. Harrison Townsend. in the Indenendent
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-02
An Uunnswerablc Argument.

Mrs. Nocash-I don't see why you can't
be more careful. You might save a good
deal out of your income if you'd try.
Mr. Nocash-Huh, Look at LiShthead.
Ee saved up $1,000 and went to a horse
race yesterday. bet on the wrong horse,
and lost every cent of il. Now he's dead
killed himself. / was there with him and
lost all ] had, too. but IL wasn't enough TO
bother about.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-02
A Question.

When all the overwork of life
Is finished once, and. fast asleep,
We swerve no more beneath the knife,
But taste that silence cool and deep,
Forgetful of the highways rough,
Forgetful of the thorny scourge,
Forgetful OF the. tossing surge.
Then shall We find Ii is enough?
How can we say enough on earth
Enough with such a craving heart?
i have not found IL since my birth.
But still have bartered part for part.
1 have not held and Rugged the whole,
But paid the old TO gain the new:
Much have I paid. yet much is due.
Till l am beggared sense and soul.
Christina Rossetti.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-02
An Inconvenient Growth.

Dusty Rhodes-Say. lady, will yer kindly
lend me yer sickle or yer lawn mower?
Lady-What do you want it for?
Dusty RhodeS%Why. last spring a Teller
threw some grass seed on me, and de grass
is gettin' so long dat it gives me some con-
siderable annoyance.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-02
A Gentle Hint.
New York Weekly.

Paterfamilias (serenely)-There was a
young gentleman with you in the parlor
last night?
Sweet Girl (gently)-Yes. pa-Mr. Slayer?
And II was after IL o'clock before he
went home. miss. I'd like to know what
kept him so late
well. pa. you looked so angrily at me
when you came in and saw him that /
guess he thought j needed a protector, and
so he stayed until he thought you were
axleeD."
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Literal, but S1anEy.
Puck.

viii some little scholar please tell what
happened after the children of Israel had
marched ssven days around the walls OF
Jericho. blowing their hornsg' asked the
Sunday school teacher. Tommy Taddells,
you may answer.
Please, ma'am.' replied Tommy, "they
tumbled to the racket"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-02
"A Question of Degree.

"A man who is versed in theology gets
the degree of d. D.. does he not?'
Il think he does. a great legal light
gets an Ii. D."
And what degree do they confer on a
great musician"
."I dom know. Fiddle Dee Dee. I guess"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-02
Brutes of Men


New York Weekly.
Professor-Do you know, madam, there
was a time when men wore corsets: but
they found they were injurious to health
and So
Mrs. Wrongrighter-Yes, and so they
gave them to their poor. weak, helpless
wives and DAUGHTERS.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-02
Sanctum Mysteries.
New York Weekly.

Humorist's Wife-What in the world are
you sending all these mother-in-law and
plumber jokes to the Daily BIowhard for?
They are as old as the hills.
Humorist-Yes, my dear; bit the editor
who selects the humorist matter for that
paper is a young fellow just out of COL
lege, and they'll all be new to him.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-02
Knew letter.
Detroit Free Press.

Detroit Free PreSS.
Miss Kissam-You seem depressed to-
night, Mr.. Dexter.
Mr.. D~eXter-YeS, ] am. I went TO q for
tune-teller to-day To find out my fate and
was told that the girl l loved would not
marry me.
Miss Kissam-But. Mr.. Dexter. no for
tune-teller is authorized to speak for me.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-02

New York Evening Sun.

New York Evening sun.
A little Office boy was asked whether he
would rather take his weeks vacation all
together. in "A lump. or I'm separate days.
"AlI together replied the office boy.
promptly. II kin get sick. you know, any
time and get a day on"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-02

time for US TO pay more attention TO. our
system of education. which in so many
cases edxcates pupils 10 be more ignorant
than they were before. because IL imparts
10 them facts without traininc their minds
10 retain and use those facts in their right
rela tionS
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-02
As to Her Fiance.
Puck.

He-Dat fellah what she's engaged to am
de wuss crank | ebbah did see.
She-Yo' doan' say so?
He-'Deed he am, He doan' keer To-
chickings, an he doan' keer TO watah-
melon, an he nebbah played policy in his
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-02
Their Trouble.
Puck.

May-I understand that they are very
much disappointed over the result of their
e~lopement.
Belle-Why, did not her father send his
forgiveness?
May-Yes-that is all he did send.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-02
An Attempt to Define.
Puck.

Johnny-Papa. what is meant by "a per-
son of sanguine temperament"
Papa-It means - a 1t means q per-
son who expects a good many things that
do not happen.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-02
A Fresh-Afr Fiend.
New York Press.

NeW~YOrk Press.
II believe" said the manly youth, that
your bicycle tires need more air."
"Oh, dear cried the sweet. young thing.
land just to think 1 left it outdoors all
night last night"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-02
The Silence of Love.

oh. inexpressible as sweet,
Love takes my voice away:
i cannot tell thee. when we meet,
What most l long to say.
But hadst thou hearing in thy heart
To know what beats in mine,
Then shouldst thou walk, where'er thou art.
In melodies divine.
So warbling birds lift higher notes
Than to our ears belong;
The music fills their throbbing threats.
But silence steals the song.
George L. Woodbury.. In the Canturv
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-02
HUMO OF TIE DAY.
Great Help.

DO you think it's all right to go to
church on a wheel?'
Why, yes. They say it's always better
to have an objective point"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-02
Proof Against Temptation

Mrs. Brown-Mrs. Smith is a woman of
remarkable strength of mind.
Mrs. Jones-Is she?
Yes: she never buys anything she
doesn't want"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1896-08-02

MISS FAIRFAX wedding took place in the
autumn Contrary too all expectation. il
was a very quiet affair, only Immediate
relations or intimate friends being invited.
After a short tour abroad. Lord and Lady
Avoncourt went TO Greylands. their coun-
try seat. for the shooting season. Lord
Avoncourt had retired from the diplomatic
service just before his marriage.
Dorothy was sitting alone one December
evening waiting for her husbands return.
He had been out shooting all day. She was
not exactly lonely. but the country was be-
ginning to bore her.
He came in about ) o'clock. with a couple
of dogs at his heels. All three were very
muddy.
Have some tea?" said Dorothy.
He sat down and held his hands to the
blaze. by the way" he went on. "who do
to-day?'
II am sure don't know." said his wife.
Marchant-you remember Eric lie
Marchant? He and his wife are stopping
there. / asked them to come over and dine
here Tuesday"
Il had much rather they did not come"
she said rather hurriedly.
Il thought you liked lie Marchant." said
Avoncourt. He's a very clever man."
o the contrary" she said. Il dislike
him very much 1 don't want them to
Surely. dear. this is unreasocable"'
somehow
She locked UP rather patheticallv.
Lately she had so seldom evilced any
decided opinions that he was surprised at
her sudden opposition TO lis wishes. He
could not quite understand it.
She ooked very white. md there was
a troubled look in her eyes.
Very We'll" he said. you must do lust
as you like about it,"
You must say you are called svay
somewhere on Tuesday. Don ( say any
thing about me-they might suspect L don't
want them"
I'm going 10 shoot there Igail to-mor-
row, so I'll explain to lie Marchant. Will
that do D~orethy?"
He Touched her hand tie fo,-r .v.rla
a smile. and he felt rewarded.
No one quite knew how IL happened.
Certainly young Carlton shot Very reck-
lessiy all day. but for the sake OF their
host-his father-the guests RETAINED from
abiding TO the fact. The only certainty i'm
the case was that Eric lie Iarcaunt vas
found lying under "A hedge. n sires M of
blood flowing from his side. darKening the
turf on which he lay.
Lord Avoncourt unbuttoned his coat and
loosened the collar. vainly trying to
staunch the blood with his own handker-
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-05-02
Death of Samuel IL. nriser.

Mr.. Samuel NJ. Driver died at the
home of his son, Henry Driver, in
Wamic at 5 o'clock Friday after.
noon, aged 81 years, after an illness OF
two weeks with pneumonia, surrounded
by all of his children, except one son,
Edward, who resides in Malheur
county.
Mr.. Driver was one of those sturdy
pioneers who braved the dangers of
crossing the 'plains'' at an early day,
having come to Oregon in 1852 and
settled in Douglas county, where he
reared family of eight sons and two
daughters, six of whom are respected
citizens of this county.
Thirty years ago Mr.. Drivers wife
died, and since then he has made his
home with some of his sons, and has
resided in Wasco county the past
fifteen years. Twenty-eight years ago
he lost his sight, and since then has
been totally blind, but during all that
time he has retained his mental facul-
ties, which were unusually bright,
and he has kept fully apace with current
events, being fully conversant with all
events of the present. Mr.. Driver
leaves one brother, the Rev. 1. D.
Driver of Eugene, and seven sons, his
sister, both his daughters and one son
having passed to the beyond before
him.
The funeral was conducted at the
residence of Henry Driver in Wamic
Sunday, and by request of the family
the funeral address was delivered at
the grave by Mr.. Hugh Gourlay.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-05-02
A WEB OF EVIDENCE.
Officers Weaving One About Isaac Rud-
dock, the Alleged Robber.

The officers of the law are slowly
weaving about Isaac Ruddock web
of eliminating evidence and as point
after point comes out it becomes more
and more likely that he robbed the
Pendleton postoffice. At least, so say
the people concerned, and they give it
out that the government has little
short of "cinch" on Ruddock.
Among other Interesting facts bearing
on the affair is the allegation made in
an indefinite way that the very day on
which the Pendleton postotfice was
robbed and Postmaster johnson strug-
gled with his highwayman robber,
Ruddock was under the charge of be-
ing short in his accounts with his
school districta at his home in the noun
tains and that his arrest was about de-
cided on. This, so say some, estab-
iished motive on RuGdock's part for
obtaining money with which to cover
the shortage. 1t is also said Ruddock
is perfectly familiar with the workings
of postoffice and would know just
where to make postofice attache look
to ferret out all the funds on hand, as
Postmaster johnson said his robher
caller made him do when he held up
the Office. Postmaster johnson had
fearful struggle with the robber and
found him a powerful man and able TO
handle himself like a practiced athlete.
At the time, Mr.. Johnson thought
he recognized the robbers voice and
Low is certain it was Ruddock's.
When the robber was standing over
the postmaster with loaded pistol in
hend, he asked Mr.. johnson if he knew
who was before him Fortunately for
Mr.. Johnston, he replied no, else he
might now be suffering from severe
attack of death, as the robber no doubt
would have shot him had he supposed
himself recognized. Any further
points are not to be obtained today,
but the trial at Portland will bring out
some intensely interesting testimony.
East Oregonian.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-05-02
sHEsIFFs COLLECT NO FEES.
A Portland Judge Says 1t Is Contrary to
the Salary Law.

A Portland Judge Says 1t Is Contrary to
the Salary Law.
An important decision was made by
Judge Shattuck, of the circuit court at
Portland. that, in conformity with the
decision of the supreme court in the suit
of the Northern Counties Investment
Company VS.. Sheriff Sears, according
to the act of 1898 sheriffs are not en-
titled to collect any fees, and have not
been so authorized sinJe July 2, 1894,
when the salary law went into effect.
The sheriffs were supposed to collect
fees under the salary law, as before,
under the act of 1892, and pay them
into the county treasury. Judge Shat
tuck held yesterday that according to
the language of the supreme court IN
the Northern Investment Company
suit, the act of 1892 placing sheriffs
under a salary system had abolished
fees entirely. The case before Judge
Shattuck was one of E. Mclean VS..
Sheriff Sears, to recover fees paid
amounting to about $40. Mclean has
been buying up the receipts of attor-
neys for fees paid to the sheriff prior to
the rendering of the decision of the
supreme court in the Northern Count
les Investment Company suit. Nc
Lean brought the $40 action as test
case, and has since sued Sheriff Sears
for fees collected by him in 270 suits.
The fees in these 270 suits amount to
81, 1,099S5.
If the decision of the supreme court
is intended to cover all of the fees
which Sheriff Sears has collected dur
ing his present term of office, either
the sheriff or the county, to whom he
has paid them. will have eventually to
return all this money to the litigants,
attorneys or their assignees, as the
case may be, if legal steps ore taken to
compel their return. Thisapplies also
to all Of the sheriffs and counties of
the stata
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-05-02

J. w. Strange, of Juniper Flat,
Wasco county, was in town during the
week getting signatures for a new
county road from some point on Trout
creek, thence north across the Des-
chutes above Shearer's bridge and
then in the most practicable manner to
The Dalles. 1t is claimed that the
proposed route will be Is miles shorter
than the present road. The intention
is to make it free road and bridge.
This is move which the people of
this county ought to indorse.-Prine-
vile Review.
1t is a move which The Dalles should
also endorse with substantial financial
aid, for the prestige which this place
now holds as the distributing point
for productive county to the south
can only be retained by affording the
producers of that section with good
and free roads over which to convey
their products. Eugene and Albany
are bidding for the trade of Central
Eastern Oregon, and will be successful
in diverting much of it across the
Cascade mountains if they can offer
the inducement of free roads. People
will not pay toll in order to reach
market if they can get to it over free
roads.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-05-02
THE BLIND ORATOR.
Mr. st. Lawrence Addressed a Large Aud
ience in This City.


Saturday evening the circuit court
room of the court house was comfort
ably filed with mixed audience OF
ladies and gentlemen to listen to Hon.
J. H. st. Lawrence, the blind orator
of the populist party, discuss political
issues as viewed form a populistic
standpoint. Mr.. St. Lawrence was in
troduced by Judge Story, of this city,
who in his remarks endorsed some of
the popullstic ideas as enunciated in
the Omaha platform, among them
being free silver and the theory of mi
tiative and referendum.
Mr.. ST. Lawrence entertained his
audience for short time by singing a
couple of songs, then entered into d
discussion lasting two hours, of the
evils which he believes threaten the
government, aud suggesting remedies
therefor. The speaker took the posi-
tion that the people of America are
abject slaves to the money power, the
result of the decentralization of silver
in 1873, and as remedy he proposes
the remOnitization OF silver and the
submission of all direct legislation to
the people for ratification. He did not
believe either of the old parties could
ever be freed from the influence of the
money power, and that the only sure
means of emancingtin n o. the DaODle from
their bondage was through d new
party, and that party was the populist.
While not convincing speaker, Mr.,
St. Lawrence succeeds in holding the
attention of his hearers, and entertain
ing them, though it is not likely he
will make converts to the cause he es-
,,orCac
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-05-02
From Tuesdays Daily.

Mr.. J. T. Peters went to Sprague
this morning.
Mr.. George Earnest Stewart is home
from visit to the metropolis.
Mr.. J. M. Power, the Mosier mer-
chant, was in the city today.
Messrs. F. ]. Myer and John Unger
went to Lyle on the Regulator this
morning.
Miss Lulu McAtee arrived last night
from Portland and is visiting friends
in the city.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. Dufur went to
Portland this morning to spend few
weeks visiting in that city.
Messrs. r. N. Snover and D. S. Dun
bar, of Goldendale, were passengers on
the Regulator this morqing.
In the east it is now conceded that it
is not sin to go to church on bicy
Gle. That's another step forward.
Mrs. Wilson, who has been visiting
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. 1. N. Sargent
in this city, left this morning for her
home at Nansene.
DeWitt's Sarsaparilla is prepared for
cleansing the blood. 1t builds up and
strengthens constitutions impaired by
disease. Snipes & Kinersly Drug Co.
It's all the same, a slight cold, con-
gested lungs or severe cough. One
Minute Cough Cure banishes them.
Snipes & Kinersly Drug Co.
Messrs. D. L. Gates and " C. Lewis,
of Cascade Locks, spent last night in
the city and returned on the Regulator
this morning to their home.
Last Saturday Mr.. 8. B. Adams COM
pleted the road leading from the East
end to Three-Mile. The new road Is