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Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-01-09

1t is rather edifying to learn that
with all his keenness in laying bare the
foib,es and vanities Of other people, Ib-
sen is himself a great deal of dandy.
He is always to be seen on fine days in
the fashionable promenade OF Chris
and immaculate linen and wearing the
latest fad in gloves or neckties. while
about him there is the conscious air
of being somebody" The great play
wright is not an Adonis. however. He
is too short and thickset for that. but
there is an appearance of power in him
as he walks.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-01-09

mechanism. Tourists say he ruined
about dozen watches and alarm clocks,
taking them apart and trying to put
them together again. He became. at
last, however, quite proficient watch
tinkerer.
Several years ago Mr.. Chefneux took
the king as present from the French
government a mitrailleuse. For con-
venience Of carrying it had been taken
to pieces and compactly packed. The
weapon reached the king several days
before the traveller did, and, very much
to Mr. Chefneux's establishment, he
found the weapon properly put together
and mounted. The king had made a
careful study of the mechanism Of fire.
arms, and, with the aid of picture of a
mitrailleuse, he had prepared this lit
tie surprise for the white man.
The king was gentle and amiable to
those who had his friendship, but he
was guilty OF acts Of gross cruelty and
injustice to conquered enemies. He
largely widened the boundaries OF Shoa
by conquering the fierce Gala tribes
around him. He was distinguished
aDUNS al HIS duVlSGTS IOr his IdlIu III
the advantage Of drawing useful les
sons from civilized countries. He did
not like missionaries, however. In 1885
he kept two Swedish missionaries prac-
tically prisoners in his chief town for
ten months, and then sent them back
to the coast. Since then he has ex-
PEELED all the French Catholic and Ger
man missionaries from his country.
The king was very angry at the de-
cision OF the great powers to forbid the
Importation of firearms and gunpowder
into the interior OF Africa. He was,
however, in a measure Independent, as
he made his own gunpowder and had a
great number of improved firearms.
In 1879 he introduced some Swiss en-
gineers, carpenters and machinists into
Shea for the purpose of carrying out
various works. Among their undertake
inss vas the building Of some stone
houses. and rs there were neither stone
masons nor carpenters in the country
the handful Of white men made slow
progress. Nobody volunteered to take
up the stone hammer and chisel.
The king thereupon decided to set
his subjects good example. He put
on working clothes. and with hammer
In hand toiled for several days by the
side of the Swiss while his subjects
looked on in blank amazement. Then.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-01-09

practical politics. One woman has dem
onstrated, however. that she has very
clear conception Of what politics means.
She is a Miss Helen Varick Boswell.
who made before the Republican
League convention at Binghamton the
first speech on practical politics ever
made before New York State political
convention by a woman. The speech
was a good one, too. and showed that
Miss Boswell had made a close study
of the subject and had formed her own
opinions of certain phases of the politi.
cal situation.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-01-09
MlleS AS n Clerk.

There are still current in Boston
some entertaining anecdotes of the ex-
periences as a clerk of General Nelson
A. Miles. Miles arrived in Boston from
the country town of his nativity clad in
a green Jacket, short trousers, and green
tarpaulin hat-a style of attire that ex-
cited the hilarity of the city boys. He
found employment in crockery store.
and after the outbreak, Of the war. when
his name began to be mentioned in the
dispatches, his old employer is said to
have remarked that IF Nelson Miles
could kill rebels as easily as he could
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-01-09
Resemble. . Cowboy.

Charles F. Lummis, who writes SO en-
tertainingly of life in the far Southwest
life tinctured with Spanish, Aztec and
Indian color-is young man of thirty
five, who lives nowadays In Los AngeleA
His old home was in the East. A
chance acquaintance might mistake MIN
for Mexican cowboy, for he wears
brown corduroy suit with an enormous
sombrero Of the same color. and about
his waist is a red sash, the product OF
a Pueblo Indian loom. For long TINA
he lived in an Indian village. where No
had zone to recruit his shattered health.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-01-09

Times. of the World. or of the Tribune.
Mr.. Howard's personality. however. al
ways accompanies his work, and Il Is
perhaps no exaggeration to say that he
has either written for or been quoted In
every newspaper in the United States.
He Is certainly an unique figure In
American journalism, and best charac-
teriZed as an "all-around newspaper
man."
Sixty-two years old. Joe Howard II to
all intents and purposes boy among
boys. man among men. and littbra-
teur among those who look to styl6 a.
the saving grace. He has manner
which suggests that he has said to him
self at odd times: "They thing I'm bet
ter natured than am, and I'm darned
II I'll allow the impression to prevail"
tyro might enter his office Mt the
Times building and PROFOUND the most
boresome questions imaginable. and
Joe would explode. with the intention
OF soaring him--but he wouldn't. That
tyro would stay right there. He would
see ia the kindly eyes confronting him
an intention ito help the young fellow
| out" And he wouldn't be mistaken
for Joe Howard has soft spot In his
heart for young and ambitious fellows
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-01-09
Last DAYS of Leo.

Cardinal Gibbons has given graph
ic description of the pope, who. now. in
his eighty-sixth year, Is pale and ema-
ciated, with pallor almost of death
by the white ecclesiastical garments he
habitually wears. His body Is consid-
erably bent with age. but his eye Is
bright, his mind clear and luminous
and his power Of physical endurance
astonishing.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-01-09
Bart Kennedy In London.

Bart Kennedy, who has contributed to
the columns Of Leslie's Weekly. is now
located in London, where he seems to
be making his way successfully. His
portrait, with two column sketch and
interview, appears in the London Amer
lean, and the Sun has published several
stories from his pen.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-01-09

thirty feet. There will be twenty-five
locks, with fall from twenty to sixty
feet. In order to avoid delays and give
ample space for navigation, there will
be. at intervals of about eight miles,
sidings three-quartcrs of mile long.
The locks will be eighty feet wide and
six hundred and flfty-live feet long. The
craft using this canal will be towed by
fixed engines. The cost of the canal Is
estimated at one hundred and fifty mil.
lions of dollars
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-01-09
E<Rs.arfeHfaj

eSllnS anu import
ant native ruler in Africa. He was king
of Shoa. south of Abyssinia, long before
he ascendcd the throne Of the larger
kingdom. His people are OF the same
race, and speak the same language as
the Abyssilians. Their country is sim
ply part Of Abyssinia whose chief be-
came powerful enough to be practically
independent of the ruler further north.
When King John was killed by the
Mahdists in 1889 it was known to be his
wish that his nephew should succeed
him. Menelek, however proclaimed him.
self king Of A byssinia, and no faction
was strong enough to oppose him eX-
cept that Tigre, the most northern pro-
vince, Was very slow in yielding ale
glance.
About fifty-five years ago King Haze
lou. ruler of Shoa, heard one day that a
woman Of striking beauty was seeking
aims at the doors of the palace. He
sent for her, and was so greatly i'm
pressed with her charms that he intro
duced her among the women of his
establishment. When little boy was
born the king said he would not recog-
nize him as his son unless in the course
OF years he showed a striking resem-
blance to his majesty. AS the boy grew
up he came to look very much like his
royal father, and the king named him as
his heir. though he had other sons who
thought they had better right to the
throne The boy was Menelek. The
leading native ruler in Africa, there
fore, was the son of beggar, as we'll as
of king. 1t was his ancient lineage,
however, Of which be was chiefly proud.
1t was his boast that he was lineal de-
scendant of King Solomon and the
Queen Of Sheba.
Physically the king was not an i'm
pressive person. He was almost coal
black, short and dumpy. Unlike his
uncle, Ras Darghe. and others among
his chief advisers, he was very friendly
to Europeans until his recent trouble
with Italy, and wanted to introduce
their arts in his country. He had re-
mcrkahle fondness for machinery and
Implements OF all sorts, and his great
est delight was to examine their
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-01-09

BY actual measurement OF fifty skele-
tons the right arm and left leg have
been found to be longer in twenty
three, the left arm and right leg in six.
the limbs on the right side longer than
those on the left in four, and in the re-
mainder the inequality of the limbs was
varied. Only seven out OF seventy
skeletons measured. or ten per cent,
had limbs of equal length.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-01-09

point, and that is that the great relig-
ious teachers were men who had
reached perfection through having lived
many lives on earth, and that they CON
stitute secret brotherhood. from
which members are sent at intervals to
teach humanity. AS Mrs. Besant Is said
to contemplate a third visit to the
United States in the near future, 1t may
be expected that the agitation Of this
peculiar religious theory will soon take
on new life.
Viewed from any aspect Mrs. Annie
Besant is a strangely strong woman.
Born in England, of Irish parents, her
childhood was spent in an atmosphere
Of pure religion, and, upon attaining the
age of young womanhood. she was of an
exceedingly devotional nature. With a
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-01-09

A ship canal from Bordeaux to Mar
Bonnie, connecting the Atlantic and the
Mediterranean. is one Of the coming
public enterprises. The distance Is
three hundred and twenty miles. and
the breadth is to be one hundred and
forty-four feet at the narrowest and two
hundred and fifteen feet at the widest
points. with an average depth of about
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-01-09

tiny recently. signs Of age are becoming
manifest in General James Longstreet.
the last of the Confederate corps COM
manders. 1t Is not only in his thin
white hair and white whiskers. but in
the stoop of his shoulders, his slowness
Of step. and the lack of fire in his eye.
His deafness is worse. General Long
street is very unlike a military man in
his attire. for he affects clothes of sober
black, not too well made. and 1t is al
legged that a stranger might mistake
him for a preacher.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-01-09
Oil In WaAhluEtan State.

A flowing well of petroleum was dis
covered in the Olympic mountains in
Washington last week. The oil is said
to be identical in character with that
OF the eastern wells.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-01-09
BRAVE MRS. BESANT.
THE THEOSOPHIST LEADER is
COMING HERE AGAIN.
Story OF Her Life from the Time of
Her Marriage to the Present Day
A Glance at the Religion She IL
Advocating.

INCE the death of
Nine. Blavatsky.
Mrs. Annie Besant
has been the ac-
knowledged head
and front of the
theosophists. The
theosophist may be-
lieve anything with
regard to religion,
but the vast mass OF
<hA-n o~rnA nm nyV n
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-01-09
IS A CLEVER WRITER.
JOE HOWARD A PAST MASTER
IN JOURNALISM.
Has Occupied Every Position from Once
BOY Up to Edttor--Ile Wrote tho
Procla nation for President Lincoln
During the War.

N every place in
America W h err Q
newspapers arc
published the name
Of Joseph Howard
is known. Editors
of the great metro
politan dailies are
heralded with their
official title only
and are heard Of as
the editor Of the
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-01-09
KING OF ABYSSINIA.
MENELEE. THE SECOND, HAS
PASSED AWAY.
Was the Most Picturesque Figure
Among the Native Rulers OF Africa
He Was Progressive ana Made Many
Improvements.
mai HE DON CHISCI-

he DUN CHlSC l.
cite Della Mancia
OF Rome announces
that the report that
King Menelek of
AbysS.nia has been
killed by a stroke
of lightning is off,
cially confirmed.
King Menelek ii.
was the most inter-
esting and import
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1896-06-24
NOTICE.
10 az auhom Il nlau corlcern: !:

To all IUItom it 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 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 &
Co., copartnership com mposed of F. Erickson
and c. F. Anderson, license to sell spirituous,
malt or vinous liquors in less quantities than
one gallon within Oak Grove precinct for the
term of one year from the granting of such Ii
cense:
Oregon:
We, the undersigned, residents and legal voters
hereby petition your honorable body to grant to
F. Erickson q Company. co-partnership com
posed of F. Erickson and c. F. Anderson, Ii
cense to sell spirituous, malt or vinous liquors
in less quantities than one gallon within said
precinc1 for the term of one year from the grant
ing of such license:
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1896-06-24
Artesias water in Kl,ckItat.

It has been proven beyond a doubt
that artesian water can be had in
Klickitat by going to nominal depths
Messrs. Taplin & Phillips have just
finished the boring of well for Mr.. R.
G. Ferguson, who resides about nine
miles east of town. At the depth of
about sixty feet an excellent stream of
water was encountered. While it does
not come out with great force, there is a
continual flow from the we'll. 1t is evil
dent from this that artesian water can
be had in this vicinity by going to the
proper depth.-Sentinel.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1896-06-24
Is Second Street.

is estimated that the ST. Louis and
Chicago meetings will cost in round
numbers $s,OO0,OO0. This would
go long ways towards the interest
on the Cleveland bonds. On the
other hand the spending of SO large
an amount by people who presuma-
bly, are able to pay is of benefit in
giving employment to thousands of
men and in putting into circulation
capital that might otherwise be dor
mant.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1896-06-24
NOW THEY SELL WOOL.

Here is the testimony which the
East Oregonian proffers as to the
successful results of the venture
which brought the wool securing
mill to Pendleton. We wish we
could say the same words for The
Dalles:
Pendleton is the only point in the
state where any wool has been sold
SO far this year. It seems that the
East Oregonian was right when it
declared the wool securing mills to
be most important to Pendleton and
made the fight to secure them in the
face of the strongest kind of opposi-
tion. Now those who opposed the
mills are reaping the benefits along
with others who favored them, and
all Is well. Earnest, aggressive OPP
position is never to be deplored in
anything.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1896-06-24
NEEDED LEGISLATION.

The legislature of Oregon at its
session next winter will be called
upon to enact much needed legisla-
tion. The failure of the preceding
Legislature to do anything but wran-
gle over the election of senator
and pass appropriation bills, has left
to its successor work in addition to
what naturally would belong to it.
The abolishment of useless, money
wasting commissions will be among
the first duties of the session; but of
equal Importance, and more so from
the standpoint of patriotism, is the
necessity OF passing a registry law,
which will complete the usefulness of
the Australian ballot system and
raise our elections to plane of
greater purity, making them the ex-
preston of the wish of an intelligent
people.
The enactment of the Australian
system was a great advance in the
direction of good government. In
telligence is a necessary element in
the process of voting, which was ia,
from being the case under the old
procedure. Men who have dabbled
in politics of the grosser sort have
coon tho affaotc Of fbic Io,1 in mo Iyi,,o,
the vote of the ignorant uncertain,
and thus lessening the amount of
money illegitimately spent at gen.
eral elections. Political ingenuity
has, however, so disciplined by Or
ganization the ignorant voting class
that the influence of the politician
has to a greater or less extent been
made to extend to the voting booth.
Especially is this so when, through
the lack of a registration law, voters
can be imported from outside places
and more than that, can be made 10
vote several times at the same cleo
ton by appearing. in different wards.
A law which would compel all voters
to be registered ten days OR two
weeks before election, would In a
measure put an end to the iniquitous
practice of trading in votes.
This subject has already received
some agitation through the press of
the state, and the sentiment is
strongly expressed in favo" of such
legislation. The CHRONICLE hastens
to join in the demand for registry
law, and feels safe in saying that the
members of the legislature from
Wasco county will be found work
ing to such an end.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1896-06-24
These MUSE 60 at Once.

A home with lot, worth 5000; $3.50
takes it. Owner leaving city, and must
sell. Three lots only five blocks from
Court house. Lay in fair shape; $3.50
for the three. One fine business lot in
heart of city; $500. Among a multitude
of offerings, these three are the very
best. Match them # you can.
FRED ID. HILL,
Real Estate & Fire Insurance. Room
II. Chapman Block. may1-tf
Fourth of July Rates.
For the Fourth of July the o. R. & N.
Co. will sell excursion tickets to any
rail station within 800 miles of The
Dalles at rate of one fare for the round
trip. Tickets to be sold July I'd, Sd and
4th; good up to and including July 9Th.
jel9td E. E. LYTLE, Agent.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1896-06-24

Also agents for the Cele-
brated Cleveland Bicycle.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1896-06-24
Reduced Rates.

Effective March 22d. The o. R. & N.
Co. will reduce their round trip rates
between Portland and The Dalles as fol-
lows: Two day rate, good going Satur-
day and returning Monday night, So.
Ten day tickets $3.50. Good on all
trains. E. E. LYTLE,
m24-ddwtf Agent
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1896-06-24
50 HORSES Wanted
FOR THE CAVALRY.

Bays, Grays and Sorrels, from 4 to 8
years old, 15 hands and 1 inch high !;
must be sound, clean-lim bed and IN good
condition; also gentle under saddle.
Will purchase horses at Ward, Kerns
& Robertson's stable, The Dalles, Ore
gon, on July 22d and 23d, 1896.
jun24 2w VIM. FRAZIER.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1896-06-24
Gentlemen
of The Dalles

We showing splended line of Spring and Summer
Sungs lower prices than be obtained elsewhere
No need to patronze foreign firms employing Chinese
labor Our garments made the premises by
skilled workmen
H. E. BALCH,
erfect Fit Guaranteed ssecon
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1896-06-24
For Rent

Two furnished bedrooms in good local
ity. For rates apply at this office.
jel9 2w*
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1896-06-24

An argument in favor of less fire
quent elections is found in the cost
of holding national conventions. It
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-09-17

It was year afterward that Felicia
sat one night in the refulgent NOON
light of the high prairie after day Of
heat, tempered by the high gulf breeze
over 300 miles of flowers.
Are you sorry l cameY she asked.
Are youI"
DO you know it seems to me pre-
cisely as if we were living on the out
skirt of the Holy Land, with flocks
and herds and the fig and pomegranite
and the tender grape giving good
smell?" she said.
Are you sure you never regret?' he
asked.
Regret Well, | confess. | should
like to have heard Bah read out our
marriage notice at breakfast-and Bah
so bitter the day before for fear of it!
But regret those days of !ittleness and
idleness and gossip, the combining
clothes and cramping life"
'I-I-miss my father" she said,
presently, and her lip quivered.
But even," she said presently, "if
he never fOrgives us, or comes to see
us, and If poor Bah should never come
down here and learn what it is to
live, l shall be sure, my dear, that
love is best. Louisville Courier-Jour-
nal.
Hutchinson gazette. [volume] (Hutchinson, Kan.) 1895-1902, 1896-09-17

bowed upon his arms as they lay along
the table, in an attitude of utter de-
lection. He did not look up when the
door opened and closed. But the girl
crossed the room quickly, and standing
behind him, stopped with her arm laid
across his shoulder.
81 am not a dream, jack she said,
bending lower, her soft, cold cheek
touching him. II am Felicia"
For one moment there was silence
and rapture here. And then the trans
fer men came for the luggage.
"And this parcel, too" said Felicia.
"Feliciar he exclaimed.
"This parcel" she repeated. You
know | cannot go back after coming
here" she said, when they were alone
again. 81 have burned my ships be-
hind me-"
DO YOU mean it?" he exclaimed, joy
ously. And then his tone fell. Il
thought-O, yes, certainly; must take
you home before my train leaves"
"You will take me home? My home
is with you, Jack"
"YOu don't know what you say" he
answered her "0h, no; cannot accept
the sacrifice" the eager CLEAN of his
eyes belying his words.
Jack" she murmured, ''the sacrifice
In my coming here unasked."
Don't make it so hard for me!' he
exclaimed. IAN hour ago 1t was the
darkness of despair. l was going to
bury myself in the ranch, as if it were
a grave. Now shall go out into that
new life. radiant with the happy
knowledge and my hope. And even If
/ should never prosper enough to come
for YOU" he said. after a moment, TAX
ing step toward her, "if you should
weary in the long waiting and give
some other man the love l have won
well, ! could bear it, perhaps, re-
Numbering and living again in this
nights JOY"
"Some other man" she exclaimed.
unclasping his arms and looking for
the hat and jacket that had been cast
aside. II am going with you, Jack.
If you can live, summer and winter, in
a tent in Texas, l can, too. have the
fit clothes in that parcel. l have my
Jewels here. They were my mothers,
and are mine, and l have the right to
take them, and their price will hinder
my being a burden