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The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-07-10
SOME QUEER CUSTOMS.
Mining Camp Dishyvashing and Tory
Island Tcnmaking.

Island TC1m0 king.
An old camrcr-out once related to a
mortified housekecper his experience of
dishwashing il miners camp. 1t did
not take much tine, though the COM
pany was numerous, and the utensils
of the kitchen were in constant use.
The reason why it took but little time
he sufficiently indicated by the state
ment that the cook pot was not cleaned
till it became leo small to hold a pud-
ding of reasonable size. Then some
body got hammer and knocked off the
hardened accretions from its interior
till it was restored nearly enough to it's
original capacity to render further serv-
ice.
On Tory island, an out of the way
bit of an Irish isiet, the natives are not
much more dainty in their living, and
their habit OF letting the grounds re-
main indefinitely i'm their teapots has
disastrous consequences.
Every day and all day long," says a
recent writer, "the teapot sits stewing
in the embers OF the hearth and at each
successive brew fresh tea is thrown in,
but the old is T.ever thrown out until the
pot is choked." The result is an unusual
and excessive rate of insanity. Little
wonder, when a Tory island boy who
was questioned as to his usual meals
could reply:
"Stirabout for breakfast and tay for
dinner; tay, CT coorse, at taytime and
stirabout for supper; whiles we have
tay for breakfast instead, and stirabout
for our dinner, and then another sup of
tay before bedtime"
However, this diet, injurious as it is to
the nerves, does not seem to affect the
muscles. The Tory islanders are ro-
bust and vigorous race, the men aver
aging six feet in height and the women
unusually tall and strong. The women,
indeed, have need of all their physical
strength, since it is thy who do the bulk
of the outdoor work, while the men stay
at home and spin and weave.
"At Anagry strand on Sunday morn
ing" says the same observer, lone may
witness a strange sight. At low tide
more than a mile of roundabout
is saved by wading across a
narrow bay. The men include
in their Sundays wardrobe shoes and
stockings. The women, by courtesy and
custom, wear 'martyeens'-footless
stockings with loop passing over the
toe. Each good wife takes her good
man upon her shoulders and the heroes
across dry shod. d."-Youth's
Companion
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-07-10
The aHeathen Chinee. ~

The Chinese are not always honora-
BILE in their dealings with foreigners.
Col. Jefferds, of Texas, who has recent
ly returned from China, and is now in
Washington, tells remarkable story
of the manner in which he lost big
contract through the duplicity of Mr..
Sheng, and number of other gentle
men-English, Germans and Ameri-
cans-are complaining of unjust treat
ment. The heather Chinee" can be
depended upon to look after his own
interests and take advantage of the in
nocence and trustfulness of others.
People who engage in trade with him
must keep their eyes open, for he has
learned a lot of tricks from Christians
of Europe, and has retentive memory.
Chicago Record.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-07-10
MARRIED BY PROXY.
No Less Than Three Queens Have
Thus Acquired Their Titles.

No Less Than Three Queens Have
Thus Acquired Their Titles.
One of the queerest features of court
life in Europe is the marriage by proxy
of royal personages. There are at the
present moment no less than three
royal ladies who have been thus welded
the queen regent of Spain, the dow
ager queen of Portugal and the ex-
queen of Naples.
Kings and reigning sovereigns are
held to be too important personages to
be married anywhere else than in their
own dominions. On the other hand,
it is held to be mira dignitate for a
spinster princess of the blood, who is
about to blossom forth into a full
aedged queen or empress, to travel
abroad in quest of a consort.
In order to meet this difficulty the
royal or imperial bridegroom delegates
one of the principal mobiles of therealm,
who goes through the religious and civil
portion of the wedding ceremony. in the
capital of the brides country on behalf
of his master, making thelresponses for
him and rendering his hand, as well as
the ring, at the prescribed points of the
ceremony. He then accompanies her
to his masters dominions, acting as her
chief escort. >. -.
According to the ideas of the Roman
Catholic church, ceremony of this
kind is sufficiently binding upon the
bride and upon the royal bridegroom to
render any further ceremony, ecclesi-
astical or civil, superfuous, and when
any additional religious function takes
place it usually assumes the form of a
"'Te Deum" and a solemn benediction, au-
tended by both husband and wife i'm
mediately on the arrival of the latter in
the capital of her adopted country
San Francisco Argonaut
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-07-10
vICTORIA'S ANCESTRY.
Generations That Connect Her with
William the Conqueror.

Generations That Connect Her with
William the Conqueror.
Queen Victoria, who has been 60 years
on the throne of Great Britain, is the
niece of William w., who was the
brother of George w., who was the
son of George I'LL, who was the grand
son of George IL, who was the son of
George l., who was the cousin of Anne,
who was the sister-in-law of William
Ill, who was the son-in-law of James
H., who was the brother of Charles H..
who was the son of Charles l., who was
the son Of James l., who was the cousin
of Elizabeth, who was the sister of
Mary, who was the sister of Edward
VI, who was the son of Henry VIII,
who was the son of Henry VII, who
was the cousin Of Richard Ill, who was
the uncle Of Edward w., who was the
cousin of Henry VI, who was the son
OF Henry ~, who was the cousin of
Richard H., who was the grandson of
Edward Ill, who was the son of Ed
ward H., who was the son of Edward L,
who was the son of Henry Ill, who was
the son of John, who was the brother of
Richard l., who was the son of Henry
H., who was the cousin of Stephen, who
was the cousin of Henry l., who was
the brother of William Rufus, who was
the son of William the Conqueror, 800
years ago.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-07-10
IMPERIAL PAWNSHoP.

Austria Conducts the Pawnbroking
Business for Her Poor.
Austria has an imperial pawn shop.
It was established in Vienna in 1707,
when there was great distress among
the poor in the southern part of the en-
pire. 1t was designed as way to secure
to the starving some means of immedi-
ate relief, and by putting the rate of in
terest as low as possible, and embody-
ing in the system every advantage that
could be given to those who sought to
make loans, it was found to be so eff
fective that it soon gained the imperial
sanction, and it was not long until its
managers were made public officials
the interior. This is substantially the
status of the institution at this time.
The rates are so low that the business
done on the cheap goods and chattels
of the poor could not possibly make the
establishment self-sustaining; but peo-
pie who have been suddenly reduced
in circumstances or who are temporarily
embarrassed, keep the margins on the
right side and enable the institution to
keep open without the aid of subsidy.
In the year 1893 total of S66,015 ar
ticles were pledged, and of these s4S,-
562 were redeemed, remarkable re-
demption as compared with the proper
tions of the average pawnshop. The
unredeemed pledges were sold by pub
lie auction and whenever they brought
more than the face of the pledge the
balance was set to the account of the
pledger, to be refunded any time with
in three wears
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-07-10
Cowboys of the A.phaIt.

The cowboy and other dhshing plains
riders lean far over in their saddles and
pick up, as they go dashing past, arti-
cles that they have dropped upon the
ground. So does the dashing bicycle
rider of the city. Not on the boulevard,
perhaps, where the crowds would
scarcely permit, but on some quiet,
asphalt-paved block. There you may
see slSillful and daring rider cast his
cap upon the ground, and then you may
see him as he sweeps past it on his wheel
bend over and pick it up without paus-
ing in his fight. This before a small
but appreciative audience of friends
and neighbors sitting on the doorsteps
and such passers-by as may happen
that way.-N. Y. Sun.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-07-10
ANGRY FOR THIRTY YEARS.
Because His Wife Sewed the Wrong
Button on His Vest.

Button on His Vest.
Because Mrs. Marion w. Hattnn threw
stool at him and sewed pants button
on his vest nearly 30 years ago, Theo-
dore Hatton wants an absolute divorce,
says the Syracuse IN. " Herald. The
action is brought in the state of Illinois,
and evidence is being taken in this city,
both for the plaintiff and thedefendaut.
The parties are well advanced down the
toboggan of time, the defendant being
upward of so years old and the plaintiff
at least as aged.
There are some interesting things
about the case. Until about 1872 the
Hattons lived near Amboy, supposedly
happy, as all married people are to be
considered until they reach the courts.
One day the plaintiff, after a quarrel
with his wife, which neither claim was
regarded more than a trivial matter, left
his home and went west. He was heard
from at various times, but no contribu-
tions to the support of his wife and
child were received.
A short time ago Mrs. Hatton heard
that her husband had brought suit for
divorce, and that judgment was about
to be entered by default. The matter
looked irregular, rs Mrs. Hatton had
never, she says, received service of the
papers or an intimation of the litiga-
ton until informed by an acquaintance.
An answer was put in denying the
charges made and alleging the facts as
Mrs. Hatton and the people about Am
boy remember them. 1t is said that
Hatton, since living in Chicago, his
present residence, has accumulated
some property.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-07-10
How "A Caterpillar Defends Itself.

How a Caterpillar Defends Itself.
The caterpillar of the puss moth,
quite a common insect in this country,
has most effective way of defending
itself, and may prove, as we shall pres
emily see, dangerous even to human be-
ings. This well-protected caterpillar
is provided between its head and fore
legs with cleft, from which it can pro-
trude an organ capable of squirting
out a quantity of very acid fluid TO a
considerable distance, and when
alarmed it habitually makes use of this
formidable weapon. In one of the en-
tomological magazines correspondent
states that he was observing some of
these caterpillars in captivity when
he happened to disturb one, and, it sud-
denly squirted out a quantity of fluid
in a jet, which struck one of his eye
balls, though his head at the time was
quite two feet away from the insect.
He rushed off in great agony to doc
tor, who told him that the eyeball was
in a very dangerous condition. His eye
was totally blind for hours after the
occurrence, andit was some days before
he finally recovered. What the effect of
this fluid must be upon smaller crea-
lures we leave our readers TO imagine!
Chambers Journal
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-07-10
MARRYING FOR TITLES.
The AdaptabiIity of American Won
en- Aids Them Vastly.


en- Aids Them Vastly.
1t is well understood in Europe that
if a man marries into an untitled FAM
lily it is better for him to marry an
American than woman of any other
nationality, for the same reason that
Napoleon gave for making choice of
Spaniard-she had no family in France
to be enriched and ennobled. Euro
peans don't trouble themselves much
about American social distinctions and
can't understand the difference be-
tween a fortune made in 1796 and one
made in the same way in 1897 Many of
the diplomatic corps have married
Americans; there have been several
marriages of Washington girls to Sec
retaries of legations and attaches with
in the last year, and a large proper
ton of them have turned out well.
American women are natural diplo-
mats. A European woman is born and
bred in a certain rank of life, and al
though she may be transported to an
other rank she takes with her the stamp
of the grade TO which she belongs. Not
SO with an American, woman. As the
wife of the premier of Great Britain
she would put Lady Clare We're de We're
to shame by her quick adoption of most
of the characteristics of the daughters
of a hundred earls. There is less risk
in an American girl marrying diplo-
mat than any other sort of foreigner,
for diplomat is under bonds to be-
have himself. But if she is ambitions
and desires to make really brilliant
match she ought to marry citizen of
the United States.-Illustrated Ameri-
can
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-07-10
GREAT UMBRELLA AT OMAHA,
Novel Mechanical Device at the
Transmississippi Exposition.

Novel Mechanical Device at the
Transmississippi Exposition.
The last Paris exposition had it's Eiffe1
tower, Chicago had its Ferris wheel,
Nashville has its gigantic seesaw. The
department of concessions of the Omaha
trans-Mississippi exposition of 1898 has
also received application for space for
the erection of novel mechanical de-
vice. 1t resembles the framework of a
gigantic umbrella more, than anything
else which might be mentioned. The
part corresponding to the stick of the
umbrella in an immense cylinder, 30
feet in diameter, constructed of steel
plates firmly riveted, making stand
pipe which rears it's head $50 feet above
the level of the ground. AT the extreme
top of this cylinder are fastened IL
long arms, resembling the ribs of an
umbrella. These are steel trusses,
reaching almost to the ground. At the
lower end of each of these ribs is sus-
pended car for carrying passengers,
each car having a capacity for 20 per-
sons.
These monster ribs are raised by hy-
draul1c power, acting by means OF
steel cables operating through the cyl
inder, aided by a mechanism greatly
resembling that portion of an umbrella
which comes into action when the UNI
brella is opened. By means of this
mechanism the gigantic arms are raised
until they are horizontal, the cars in
the meanwhile being carried outward
and upward until they reach point
$50 feet above the ground. The diane
ter of the huge circle formed by the
suspended cars is also $50 feet. When
the highest point has been reached
another mechanism comes into play
and the suspended cars are swung
slowly around in circle, after which
they are lowered to the ground. The
sides of the cars are of glass, so that
the passengers may secure an extern
sive view of the surrounding country.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-07-10

John Allen N Il of sec II tp 10 s5.. .-s1slo 90
John Singleton Est NE u of Sc 4 Of sec
% tp 7r 80. 6............-.....--.. aooo w
s Baker Est E Il Of Sc 4 Of sec "a tp
8r 81. ........---.----.-.-.... soo w
David Turner NV 4 of Sc 4 of sec IA
tp 81 ~. ....-.....--...-..... lVo w
Mary A Barnett lot q block Bryant's
addition to walla walla. ............. 40 90
II Parker lots & OF block Shauble's
addition to walla walla. ............. $50 90
Il Parker lot block 5 original city of
Walla Walla. 46O W
First National Bank Walla Walla VIZ
of NV u of block Reeds addition
to walla Walla. a....................... 625 90
1t is further ordered by the board that the
value Of all property not hereinbefore specifi-
cally mentioned shall remain as fixed by the
assessor.
The minutes of the foregoing proceedings
were read and approved.
Whereupon the board adjourned sine die.
[Seal.l FRANK NALDER,
Chairman Of the Board of Equalization for the
year 1897 in and for walla walla County,
Washington.
STATE OF WASHINGTON, !
County of Walla Walla,
1, G. A. Mcclure, Auditor of walla walla
County, State of Washington, do hereby GER
tify that as Clerk of the Board of Equalization
of said county, have kept true and correct
minutes of all acts of the Board relating to al
terations in the assessment rolls for the year
1897. and all alterations agreed TO or directed to
be made by the Board have been made and en-
tered in said rolls, and that no changes or al
terations have been made thereon except those
authorized by the Board.
In witness whereof have hereunto set my
hand and affixed the official seal of said Board
this the 10th day of August. A. D. 1897.
lseal.] G.. A. MCGUIRE,
County Auditor and Clerk of the Board of
Equalization for the year A. D. 1897, in and
for walla walla County, Wash.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-07-10
william Goe. Armed.

The German emperor invariably car
fies with him wherever he goes a small
revolver. His majesty is a skillful shot,
and the chasseur who accompanies him
everywhere has received orders to in
spect this weapon every morning to as
sure the fact of its being in working or
der.-Chicago Tmes-Herald.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-07-10

A projectile from the new wire gun
in recent trial completely penetrated
an 1s-inch steel-faced compound armor
plate backed by six-inch wrought
iron plate, by eight feet of solid oak
and three inches of iron and was found
imbedded in clay bank IS yards be-
hind the target.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-07-10
"A Clever Rinse.

It was an ingenious ruse that pris-
oner who escaped from South Carolina
prison recently hit upon to throw blood
hounds off his track. The convict was
tracked by the dog to farmhouse,
where he had begged breakfast. He
stole pepperbox, and after leaving the
house peppered his tracks. The dog al
most died from the effects of the pepper
and had to be called off.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-07-10

Telephone "A or 20 for load of
good wood. Chamberlain has plenty
and 1t is for sale. aug21d8t
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-01-23

China and Japan" 1t is manufactured
entirely by manual labor. No machinery
whatever is employed, For the better
grades the bark Of the Broussonetia papy-
rifera is used. This is gathered in the
spring OF the year. 1t is placed in water,
mixed with wood ashes and is then beaten
until it is reduced to a thick pulp, which
is dipped out in good sized ladies and
spread out in thin sheets upon bamboo
frames. A different grade of paper is made
from fragments of bark, which are trodden
under foot in a manner similar to that en-
ployed in the grape presses in some coun-
tries This process of making the pulp is
very tedious, but it possesses the great
merit of preserving the tibers intact and
not breaking them, as is done when ma
chinery is used. The pulp is then meta
mcrphosed into paper, and the sheets are
stacked up in piles six feet high aad cut
into pieces. Then the piles of paper are
compressed by the stamping feet. The
roots aud seeds of plant called tackpau
are added to the pulp when grade pos
sessing greater tenacity and toughness is
desired Philadelphia Record
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-01-23
CHECKING THE WITNESS.

The young lawyer was determined that
if vigilance could accomplish anything the
case should be decided in favor of his client,
and so when the careful old man went
upon the stand for the defence, the attorney
leaned forward, prepared to fight every
inch of the way.
"Mr. johnson, the plaintiff" said the
careful old man, "said that if | would buy
the house he would get Mr.. Gimpson to
relinquish his release. He said he thought
Mr.. Gimpson would agree to 90.
guess"
'NeYer mind what you guess We don't
want any hearsay or guessing. Your
Honor to the court 81 object to this
witness testimony. He is guessing at
what he says. We want facts"
Excuse me, 4" said the old man, 81 was
about to say guess at nothing, and insisted
on the understanding being established in
my presence. So the two men got together,
with me on hand to listen to what they
said. | understand"
''Obiected to as incompetent. Your
Honor, we don't want to know what this
man understands was done. We want
what he knows was done We want"
"One moment" said the careful old
man 81 was about to say that under
stand ordinary conversation with some
difficulty, and so that there might be 10
error, insisted that they yell out their
propositions in loud tones which they did
until you could hear them in the middle of
the town. | am informed"
''Your Honor" cried the Young attor-
ney, lis our time to be taken up listening
to hearsay evidence? He does not know.
He was informed that such and such was
40 and so. What we must have is what he
knows about the trade, and whether or not
he
81 am informed ON real estate values
having beena real estate agent all my life"
the old man said, "and knew what the
worth of that lease was to the holder of it.
Knowing the facts, / would fix his damages
at seventy-eight dollars and thirty-two
cents. believe"
Objected to as conclusion and as in
competent. What any man believes is not
necessarily good proof. I don't want to
know what you believe but what you
know We must insist on your telling
what you know and not what you surmise,
or what you conjecture, or what you think,
or what you imagine. A court room is not
place for exploiting what man believes,
but what he is sure Of | think the court
will support me in saying that we don't
want to know what this man believes"
And the young lawyer looked confidently
at the justice.
II was going to say, r." said the witness,
that | believe that is all"
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1897-01-23
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