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The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1897-11-12

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German Miners superstitious.


Probably the most superstitious class
of men in the world, barring the sailors,
are mfners-those who delve in the
bowels of the earth for coal or min
erals. In Germany the mines are be-
lieved to be the abiding places of queer
little old men not over two feet high,
who ape in dress the ordinary miners
They vary in character; some are good,
some are bad. In Wales the miners are
haunted by goblin miners, known as
knockers. They make strange noises,
and the tapping of their picks can be
heard in ore bodies not yet reached by
the human workmen. The dreaded
Ladder Dwarf is malignant hunch-
back of frightful appearance, who
kicks out the rungs of ladders in mines
just before an accident occurs. Super
stition extends even to the vegetables
sometimes found growing in mines,
such growths having talismanic vir-
tues. In Sardinia an ancient lead mine
has been completely abandoned on ac-
count of prevailing dread among the
miners ora small and venomous spider
inhabiting it.-Chicago Chronicle.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1897-11-12
THE
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series OF stories by the greatest living
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We offer this unequaled newspaper and
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The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1897-11-12
This q 1our opportunitx.

On receipt of ten cents, cash or stamps,
q generous sample will be mailed of the
most popular Catarrh and Hay Fever Cure
(Ely's Cream BalmJ sufficient to demon
strate the great merits of the remedy.
ELY BROTHERS,
Sc Warren St.. New York City.
Rev. Johr Peid, Jr.. Of Great Falls, Mont,
recommended Ely's Cream Balm to me.
can emphasize his statement, sit is posi-
tive cure for catarrh if used as directed. -
Rev. Francis w. Poole, Pastor Central Pres.
Church, Helena, Mont
Ely's Cream Balm is the acknowledged
cure for catarrh and contains no mercury
no- any injurious drug Price. so cents.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1897-11-12
Atrsbip. In Germanx.

& The airship craze is said to be nearly
as strong in Germany as in this coun-
try. Prof. Hoffman, an imperial coun-
eilor, has invented a machine con-
structed on the principle of a dragon.
with steam propellers, which he is con-
fident will work all right.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1897-11-12
Indiana Crop Reports.

Reports on the Indian wheat crop
are beginning to come in. From the
central provinces we learn that the area
of wheat is only 1895, ,022 acres, as
compared with 2,714,454 acres for 1896,
and ten years average area exceeding
100000 acres. The estimated out-turn
is 324,475 tons, against 36s, 1893 for 1896,
and 7S4,sO2 as the ten-years' average.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1897-11-12
sentence OF Priests.

At Prague, in Bohemia, nine priests
have been sentenced to from Is days
to two months imprisonment and to
pay heavy fines for having acted iIle-
gally during the last elections. Sew
eral priests were arrested on the spot,
while those who took to flight were
pursued by socialists, who stormed
buildings in which they took refuge.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1897-11-12
couRIERs BACK NUMBERS.
No Longer Any Need to Go Through
Europe with Them

NO Longer Any Need to Go Through
Europe with Them.
Up to times within the memory of
living men, almost no one of means
travelled through Europe without a
courier. Before railroads were built
and before good guide books were print
ed, he was almost indispensable. His
tribe survives, writes Herbert Luce in
Going Abroad, but in greatly dimin-
ished numbers. To the self-reliant
traveller he is of no use whatever. In
deed, he is frequently positive in
cumbrance, and worse. To my mind,
one of the great pleasures of travel is
in learning to travel by myself. There
is satisfaction, pleasure and education
in planning routes, deciphering time
tables, making bargains, learning by
observation the lay of the land.
The time may have been when cour-
ier could save a traveller more than his
cost. Most certainly that is not the case
now. On the contrary, as he gets a per-
centage on every purchase his party
makes (Which, of course, comes out of
the purchaser in increased price,, ard
as it is often for his interest to advise
the more costly route. the more costly
hotel, or the more costly excursion, he
eats up much more than his wages,
while saving positively nothing Bean
declares that in a two, weeks trip in
southern Spain, which he made side by
side with a couple having a courier, he
invariably reached the hotel first, got
better rooms, saw all the sights to as
good advantage; yet the courier was
of his kind an expert. The fact is that
travel has become so general, tourist
companies, railroads andlandlords have
SO we'll studied its needs. books are so
plentiful, that you couldn't very well
get off the track or have mishap if you
tried
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1897-11-12
A. W, GLEASON.
NOTICE.

have stray horse. roam, years
old, branded with figure on the right
hip, at my place on three mile. The
owner can have the same by paying the
cost of this advertisement and proving
property. SETH MORGAN.
The Dalles.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1897-11-12
A POstmaster Who licked on stamps
When REQUESTED

The post Office at Grass Valley was
at the back end of a "generaF' store,
and the postmaster, who was also the
proprietor of the store, says the Detroit
Free Press, was weighing me out some
tobacco, when solid, middle-aged wom-
an came and slammed a two-cent piece
down on the counter and exclaimed:
Stamp
The postmaster handed her one, but
she waved it away and pitched letter
at his head and said:
s'Lic1 'er on"
He promptly and humbly obeyed,
and as the woman walked away, I
asked:
Don't people out this way lick on
their own postage stamps ?"
Yes, most of 'em, but that woman
is rather particular, and don't want
to take chances again
Chances on what?"
ssWel she came in here about six
months ago for the first time, and
bought stamp and commandedme to
lick. laid back on my dignity and
refused, and she turned around and
kicked the head out of bar'l of N. o.
molasses and 1 lost about $11 by the
operation. AS my salary as postmaster
is only s2S a year can't take no more
chances"
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1897-11-12
Found the Lone.

Egypt's pyramid builders were cam
nibals, according to Mr.. Flinders Pc
tries assertion. He has found bones,
picked clean and separately wrapped
mp. in many tombs
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1897-11-12
Caeh in Your Checka.

All county warrants registered prior
to July Z, 1898, will be paid at my
Office. Interest ceases after Ger 27th,
1897. @. L. PHILLIPS,
County Treasurer.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1897-11-12
sunrhine in snain.

other country IN Europe Ihe yearly
average in Spain is 5000 hours; that of
Italy, 1900; Germany, 1,7oO; England,
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1897-11-12
OCEAN STEAMERS Leave Portland
Every Five DAYS for
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.

Steamers monthly from Portland to
ern Pacific Steamship Co., in connection
with o. R. & N.
For full details call on o. & Co.'S Agent at
The Dalles. or address
w, H. HURLBURT, Gen. Pass. Agt
Portland. Oregon
TIME CARD.
No. 4, to Spokane and Great Northern arrives
at 5:25 p m. leaves at $50 m. No. . to Pendle
ton, Baker City and Union Paciic,arrives at 12:45
M, departs at u; so a. m
No 8, from Spokane and Great Northern, ar
rives at 9 90 q. M. departs at 9:25 m. No. l.,
from Baker City and Unioi. Pacific, arrives at
$40 a m, departs at S:S0.a. m.
Nos. % ana "a, moving east of The Dalles, will
carry passengers. No. % arrives at D.. m
departs at 1:45 p. m.
Passengers for Heppner take No ?, leaving
here at Il so D. m.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1897-11-12
American Pecann.

Eight million bushels of pecans are
estimated as an average years crop
in the United States.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1897-11-12
STATE OF ONO, City OF ToLEDol
LUCAS CoUNTY.

Frank j. Cheney makes oath that he
is the senior PARTNER OF the firm OF F. ].
Cheney & Co., doing business in the
City OF Toledo, County and state sfure-
said, and that said firm will pay the
sum OF One Hundred Dollars for each
and every case. of Cata' rh that cannot be
cured by The use of Halls Catarrh Cure.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in
my presence, this 9Th day of December.
A. d. 1896.
A. W. GLEASON.
IsEALl Notary Public
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internal
~ and acts directly on the blood and
mucuos surfaces of the system. SeLd
for testimonials, free.
F. J. CHENEY Co., Toledo, O.
EE Sold by Druggists, 75c No. s. IL
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1897-11-12
Bnoklen.s Ar1nca salve.

The best salve in the world Ior cuts,
bruises. sores, ulcers, salt rheum, fever
sores, letter, chapped hands, chilblains
corns. and al skin eruptions, and posi-
lively cui rs piles. or no pay required
It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfac-
ton. or money refunded. Price % cents
per box. For sale by Blakeley and
Honghton. druggists.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1897-11-12

THE CHRONICLE always gives the
latest news.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-08-03
Inhn Milton Badly Cut.

At 11:25 o'clock last night tele-
phone message was received at the
police Station from Oahu Jail TO the
effect that a row was in progress near
tho slaughter house in Iwilei. Captain
Renken and Lieutenant Dunbar, OF the
Mounted Patrol, went to the place, and
-eturned 90 minues later, bringing with
+bam a man by the name of John Mil
ION Who. on account of his intoxicated
oo,dition was unable to give any &C
count whatever of himself.
Milton was badly cut about the head
bis face was bruised and covered
;tb blood. When found at Iwilet
here Law at his side piece of 2x3 pine
tn'1- feet long, the club that had prob
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-08-03

The horse attached to Isakawis ex-
press. bolted and ran down King
street yesterday afternoon, running
into a tree in front Of the Chinese fruit
store. near Alakea street. The wagon
was overturned on the sidewalk, and
the horse broke loose and continued
rl1nninp
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-08-03
Want Another Tug.

1t is understood that the Portuguese
team is gathering in funds sufficient to
warrant their again challenging the
Foundry boys to another tug-of-war.
It seems that they feel confident that
something was the matter Saturday
night and are anxious for another tug
at the rope with the Foundry boys on
the other side They do not like the
.onnd of eWela ka hao," and would
like TO hear some Portuguese yell on
the streets. Up to last night, 1t is I'M
derstood. that $500 had been collected
and that the challenge to the Foundry
team would soon be forthcoming.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1897-08-03

ably been used on him. Milton was
only able to say that tom" was the
one who had assaulted him.
DR.. Emerson was sent for, and, ar
irving, had the man sent Immediately
to the hospital. Details of the row will
undoubtedly be forthcoming today.
The age-herald., 1897-09-24

Vocal N5lo-Afiss May Lyman ss-ne.
 Vocal solo-Mr Luman Handley.
 Recitation-Mszs Winfield Emiel Smith. of Birmingham seminary.
 Yccan solo-Mr. Fe-d Putnam
 Instrumental s5lo-Mrs. Robert Stone.
 Vocal solo-Miss Mabel Wheelock.
 Vocal solo-Mr sam Blake.
 The Alumrae association of the Pol lock-Stephems institute held a busins-s meeting at the institute Wednesday af- terno-m Sept 23, at o'clock. A consti- tuition was adopted and the following officers eaectsd: Honorary President, Mrs. D. T. Talfaferro Vice President. Miss Jamie McLester; Secretary and Treasurer, Miss Madge Smith. Various committees were appointed and matters of importance to the well-being of the association wers discussed and ac.ed upon
 On Tuesday, Sept 21, promptly at o'clock, p. m, at the home of the br.de's parents, Mr and Mrs Brett Randolph. near Eluurt Springs, Miss Tremleitte Randolph and Mir. Chester Francis Mat tison were married. Only a few invited friends and relatives were present. The lovely brids entered the rarlor. accompa- nied by her sister, Miss Fannie Ram dolph, where the groom and his best man, Mir. Charles D. Boyd. of Montgom- cry. awaited them. Rev Dr. Thomas J. Beard, of Birmingham. performed the marriage ceremony, according to the beautiful ritual of the Episcopal church. The bride wore a stylish and becoming
 tailor made gown with hat to mat<h After receiving hsarty congratulations,
 amid showers of rice, MT. and Mrs
 Mattiscn left on the afternoon train feu'
 Jacksonville, Ala, to visit the home of
 Mir. Mattison. yAfer a few days spent
 with friends and relatives thsre. they will go to Montgomery, where they will in future reside. Mir. and Mrs. Willis J. Miner and Mi s Mary Clare Milner have returned to the
 city aft-r several weeks spent at Fulton | Springs.
 Mrs. Macrln Sloss and Miss Mabsl.e Sloss are at hiome again from a pro- traoted stay with relatives in North Ala bama.
 Mir Thomas enners will leave Satur- day for Nashville where he will be mar
 ried on Monday to Miss Aileen Morris, | of that city.
 .. The Progress club will give am im- promptu dance at Lakeview tonight. Misses Mena and Florence Kaufman n have returned from a.. weeks visit to friends at PraItt City. 
 Miss Elizabeth SJwels many friends will rejoice to learn that she is slowly
 recovering from her recent critical ill- ness. Tapa Epworth league of the First AIeth-iist church gave very enjoyable social last evening in the church par Tors A delightful musical programme was rendered during the evening. Miss Rosa May Spiro has issued in vitations to her young friends for a re- ception Monday afternoon from to 6 o'clock at the home of her parents 1705 l Seventh avenue, in honor of her four ! teenth birthday.
The age-herald., 1897-09-24

 dian has a sting of gags on the new land of gold.
 Even that pernicious class of writers who i'll the dime novels with siush have taken up the Klondike and are spin ming out yards and yards of fabrica- tions, The people are surfeited with Klondike; it is like a popular song that has grown old.
 "A look at the display of a hotel news stand is disgusting, for every other pa per ie all about Alaska
 The negro Is born songster He sings at his work and sings all the time. The o.her day an old negro engaged with a number of others in putting sew craze Improvements on Twentieth street was heard ito warble: "If 'lig5on was a thing dat money could
 buy
 De rich would love and de DO would die. Every soul has got to repent for him
 self.'
 When he had disposed of this vsrsa to h.s Satisfaction, he took up one running something like thls: Al co.ored individuals bear the same
 resemblance to me; Old Marster tell me so when wuz under
 do tree;
 You kin be as black as midnighl kin be, BhEi in one eye and crippled in de knee. All colored individuals bear the s9me re- semb,ance to cne. Old MaT,ster tell me so when wuz
 : stlnin' under de tree;
 In Heaven dey aint no 'stinction. All colored individuals bear the same re-
 semblance to me"
The age-herald., 1897-09-24
GOSSIP OF THE STREET
 AND HOTEL HOBBIES

eve are having our share of troubles with the Chinamen,' said a quarantine officer. fI never knew before that thsy travelled about to such an extent, and they are very ltroublesome from the fact that they are always opposed to giving any information regarding themselves. They will not tell you their real names. To demonstrate this I will wager $5 hat lhat every washee ma r i-. this town is -y-orning under an assumed name. If they were to start home they would give the department officials very different cnes. Even che names they sign to leases and other legal documents are not their own.
 'I know of a case where an atto.ney was consulted by a celestial in regard to drawing up documsnt certifying ito the loss of registration papers by a China man who had left the Uri;ed States and was prohibited from returning because of the loss of his registration papers The attorney did so, witnessed the sig natures of the atuesting Chfnaman and
 
 forwarded tine document to the proper authorities to have duplicate papers is- sued. You; know one of the require ments is that each application must be accompanied by a picture of the China mann In this case 1t was accompanied by a picture of a Chinaman with a hat oal- Now, all Chfnamsn look alike to cnoat people when they have hats on. However, the Chinese inspectors get to be experts in detecting fraud. The papers came back in this instance With a foot ncte to the effect that the accom- panying picture was not eff the indtvid- ual the papers of registration were wanted for. In any event the Chfnaman reached this country latter on, by what route will never be known"
 "There is something very peculiar about yellow fever" said Samuel Tut Ter a New Orleans man, who fled from the Yellow Jack and has been away from infected points long enough to es- cape the quarantine regulations. 'I mean the plague is peculiar from the fact that it only spreads in certain To- calities. It prevails only on the At lantic side of the country, and is a per- feet stranger to cities on the Pacific coast.
 "On the Isthmus of Panama the dis ease is confined to the land near the Atlantic coast have never heard any one explain this, and I would like to know the reasons.
 "There is another thing. Negroes are not Immune from fever, although they are not near so likely to have the dis ease, especially those of pure African blood. With smallpox, it seems of late years that negroes are more subject to it than the whites. But you don't hear of many negroes having yellow fever" ;a''sThe Klondike talk has become abso- nutely nauseating." remarked Kirby Kelley, a travelling man, who can gen. erally stand a. fad as long as the next one. "rhe- fewsboys yell on the streets all about KlondilSe. and every come
The age-herald., 1897-09-24
QUEEN & CRESCENT ROUTE.
Shortest and Quickest Line New Or
 leans-Solid Vestibule Trains.

The Alabama Great Southern Railroad with its connections. formerly the Queen & Crescent Route, is the shortest and quickest fine from Birmingham to New Orleans. A solid vestibule train leaves Birmingham at 1925 night, arriving New Orleans 11:45 next morning. This train carries Pullman's handsomest drawing room Buffet Sleeping Cars, day coaches, baggage and express cars through with out change.
 The evening train leaving Birmingham at p. m.. carries elegant Pullman Union Sleeping Cars from Birmingham to New Orleans without change, arriving at New Orleans at 6:90 next morning, mak- ing connection with Southern Pacific for the west.
 For comfort and speed, travel via the Queen & Crescent Route.
 c. M. BILLHEIMER, Travelling Passenger Agent Alabama Great Southern Railway, No. North Twentieth St. Telephone S46.
The age-herald., 1897-09-24
Grant of Letters Testamentary
State of Alabama, Jefferson County

State of Alabama, Jefferson County. Adam Stass, deceased, Estate of.
 Letters testamentary upon the last will and testament of said decedent, having been granted to the undersigned, on the 2Sd day of September 1897, by the Honora- ble M. T. Porter, judge of the probate court of Jefferson county Notice is here by given. that all persons having claims against said estate, will be required to present the same within the time allowed by law, or that the same will be barred.
 ELIZABETH STASS, 9-24-oaw-3wlSs EXecutrix.
The age-herald., 1897-09-24

A psach cocktail sounds very innocent briiIt is not the gentle lshadon it's name implies, as peach brandy figures in it's concoction, and a very serous headache after It if due precautlon is not taken re- garding it's consumption.
The age-herald., 1897-09-24

What Hoods Sarsaparilla has done fol others 1t will do for you. Try it.
The age-herald., 1897-09-24

Advertising comes high, but it brings great returns.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-06-23
YET TO BE SEEN.

When the Illinois legislature passed the infamous Yerkes street car bill, giving Chicago over to a huge street car monopoly. the Kansas City Journal remarked:
 As the assembly has adjourned, the fate of the measure rests entirely with Governor Tanner Few new execu- tives have been given such an oppor- tunity to demonstrate personal cour- age and integrity. If he vetoes the Allen bills Governor Tanner will show that he can rise superior to all the powerful influences that interruptions capital can command in usurping the rights of the people. If he approves the action of the assembly he will live in public odium and fall into political obscurity.
 When the bill was presented to Governor Tanner he yielded to the influence of the corporation and signed it and now we will have chance to watch and see whether the Journals prediction will come true or not.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-06-23
A GREAT ROAD TO THE GULF.

The Des Moines Qowa) Daily News, recently referring to the extention of the Port Arthur Route to the north, says:
 The traffic agreements have all been agreed upon between the Kansas City, Pittsburg & Gulf, and the Keolxuk & Western, and the Minneapolis & St. Louis, whereby through train service will be inaugurated between St. Paul on the north and Port Arthur on the Gulf of Mexico on the south.
 As there are only two small pieces of line to be built to complete this system it is expected now that the new trunk line connecting the great lakes with the Gulf of Mexico will be opened for travel by September i.
 The new line means much for Des Moines as it puts the capitol city on one of the largest north and south roads ever constructed and passengers and freight traffic destined for the gnlf coast will pass through this city.
 The passenger servlce from St Paul to the Gulf will be record breaker as all of thls new line has been especially constructed for fast running and a schedule of forty-eight hours for the entire distance will be arranged for This will be much faster time than is now made by the Illinois Central on its New Orleans flyer.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-06-23
FIRST PLACE ONLY.

Port Arthur News: Our friends the St. Johns, of the Mena Star, have bought the name and good will of the New Era, of that place, and consolidated the two papers. This gives the Star the prestage of being the oldest paper, and having the largest list of any pa per published in that city. The Star can be counted on as the lead. ing paper of Mena so long as the St. Johns publish it. First place is the only position they will be content with.