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The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1898-12-17
THE rlNIEsr OF WATCHES.

Most AIIunte Tirncpiece Now In Ex-
fstcncc.
The smallest watch in the world is
at present on exhibition in show win
dow in Berlin. 1t is the latest triumph
in the art of watchmaking-the art that
has made such wonderful progress
within the last decade.
The lilliputian timepiece was made in
Geneva. Following are given some OF
the tiny dimensions:
The diameter of the little watch is less
than half an inch. The exact measure
ment is 1912 millimeters, Or .4137 inch.
Its thickness is 3 millimeters, or .11s2
inch, being but little more than tenth
of an inch.
The length of the minute hand is
4-1o millimeters, or .o9456 inch. That
of the hour hand is 1 $40 millimeters,
or .O5122 inch.
The entire works of the tiny watch
comprise 95 individual pieces, and its
exact weight is 14.3499 grains, or, ac-
cording to the metric system, SO cent?
grammes-less than a, single grant
After having been wound up with the
diminutive key the watch will run for
IS hours. The handspring when run
down has a circumference of 1896
inch. Its weight is SO milligrammes, or
5000 grain.
The weight of the four main wheels,
with their springs, is AZ milligrammes,
or .6468 grain. There are 13 cogs on
the little cylinder wheel, which has a
circumference of millimeters, or .O7SS
inch, and weighs rs milligramme, or
.01155 grain.
The balance has a circumference of
3.57 millimeters, or .14O65S inch. In
one hour it completes 1852 revolutions,
travelling distance of 9,s42 feet 6
inches.
The most delicate tools and measur-
ing instruments were made specially
for the construction of this illiputian
watch. The preliminary work in the
making of the timepiece was very ex-
pensive, and the selling price of the
watch is comparatively low, being ST.
250.-N. Y. Herald.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1898-12-17
DOGS AT KNIGHTS FEET.
Why the Symbol Is a Far-ReachinE
One.


I noticed in one of the newspapers
that the king of Siam, during his 'tju-
bilee" visit to this country, went to
Westminster abbey and that, seeing
there the figure of some knight with
his dog at his feet, informed his suite
that in England 'favorite dogs were
buried with their masters" says Good
Words 1t was pity no one corrected
his majesty, for we may depend uponit
that our adherence to the abominable
custom-so common in. less civilized
countries, perhaps in Siam itself-of
putting to death the favorites of the
dead, will pass into Siamese history as a
fact. The dog in question was doubt
less greyhound.
As being prominently the knightly
dog it was privileged in life to a special
place behind its masters left hand at
table and, after death, in effgy, to
place at its masters feet upon the
tomb. Says Col. Hamilton Smith:
Hounds. shaped like the present, can
not be traced in the old Frankish and
Anglo-Saxon manuscripts; they are all
coursing greyhounds, and this char
acter is continued, with but few excep-
tions, as the emblem of fidelity or gen
tility, usually couched on monuments
at the feet of knights, to the last period
of the recumbent figure" But thesym-
boil is more far-reaching than this, for
the dog on the monuments of women
was the emblem of affectionate fidelity
to their husbands; on the monuments
of men of unquestioning faith in Provi-
dence-
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1898-12-17
TOLD HIS CLAM STORY.

How q Funny Detroit Man Won His
Case with the Jury.
Marshall P. Wilder, the funny little
man, is charged with. having with
malice aforethought and evil intent
sprung few of his tales on jury and
thereby turned their verdict in his di-
rection, says the Detroit Journal.
few weeks ago Marshall came to
town and in the circuit court sued DR..
Hercules Sanche on a promissory note
for $1,000. He won the case, and now
the counsel for the defense has applied
for new trial on the ground that the
jury was improperly influenced.
The lawyer says that during recess
Marshall went out into the hall and
told the jurymen lot of funny stories,
including that one about the New Jer-
sey' clam digger who fed his family en-
CLAIMS so long that their stomachs rose
and fell with the tide. That settled it,
the Sanche lawyer says, and the nan
who laughs was solid as a boarding
house biscuit with the jury. They went
into court, he says, and chuckled out
verdict in his favor.
The counsel for the defense saws
Wilder's jokes would win favorable
verdict from a jury of pine stumps,
hence the application for new trial.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1898-12-17
WENT TO JAIL FoR LOVE.
Woman Takes All the Blame for
Murder Her Fianee Committed.

Woman Takes All the Blame for q
Murder Her Ftanee Committed.
The supreme court of Mexico has
asked President Diaz to pardon Maria
Montesillos, who, some time ago, was
sentenced to 20 years Imprisonment
in Belem Jail for q murder she never
committed. The crime for which she is
suffering punishment was the killing
of Pascaul Montafio, in family quar-
rel. Miss Montesiilos' lover, Piquinto
Torres, was the real murderer, but be-
cause she loved him Maria was willing
to take the penalty. She took all the
blame for the murder and during the
preliminary inquiry by the third cEimi-
nal Judge, and afterward at the trial
by jury, stoutly maintained that she,
and she alone, was responsible for the
death of Montafio, whom she had killed,
she said, to free herself from his con-
slant courtship and dishonorable
propositions. Torres, therefore, got
off scot free, and the woman, as the
murder was considered to have been
committed under aggravated circum-
stances, was sentenced to 20 years in
prison, a sentence which she cheerfully
accepted. But Torres, when he got
out, was unfaithful, and jealousy then
proved too much for Maria when she
learned of this. She presented the
dearest proof that she was innocent
and Torres guilty, and showed letters
from him to that effect. Her first at
tempt to secure relief was made before
the superior tribunal and was unsuc-
,essful, but the supreme court has just
set aside that decision and asked Presi-
dent Diaz to grant her freedom.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1898-12-17
BOOK BuYERs.
Errors They Sometimes Make Arr
Quite Amusing.

Quite Amusing.
During the recent book sale in this
city, says the Chicago Chronicle, there
were many calls for Eenryx Sienlie-
wicz's ''Quo Vadis.'' One girl appeared
with card bearing this: ''Qwadiz," by
"Stinkwitz.'' Another reader asked for
1.-TWO Waders," by ''Sinkers,'' while
third demanded "That book by the man
whose name ends in itch"
while the sale was going on a wom-
an asked cash girl:
''Can you find David Copperfeld? p
'Tn sce,' said the girl, and disap-
peared. She presently returned and
said:
mo, mum. He don't work here no
more"
Another customer at the sale was a
woman who drove up in her carriage.
She explained to the clerk that she had
Just moved into her own house.
"The library" she said, ''is one by
twenty and the shelves run around the
whole shootin' match" She looked at
the stock of books and sweeping her
hand over a lot of shelving containing
about 1,5OO volumes, she said: ''Send
those books up" AS the assortment
contained broken sets, odd volumes,
duplicates and paper covered novels,
her 'library'' will be motley collec-
fiOp
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1898-12-17
When Royalty Travels.

Many women were called "cranl1s''
for objecting to occupying berths in
sleeping cars. However, q large num-
ber of maladies are propagated by
means of hotel mattresses, etc. Old
Emperor William of Germany and the
late czar, as well as his father, in
variably carried about with them on
their Journeys small, narrow iron camp
bedsteads, the mattresses and pillows
being thin and hard. Queen Victoria
travels about with her own bedstead, a
peculiar, old-fashioned, wooden affair,
and her mattress gives whole lot of
trouble, two domestics being assigned
to its care. Both Grand Duke Paul of
Russia and King Leopold of Belgium,
and likewise Prince Albert of Prussia,
the regent of Brunswick, carry their
bedsteads and their bedding about with
them in consequence of their huge
stature. They require beds eight feet
long.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1898-12-17
rELEoRAPHINe TO kLoNDKE.
The. Lines Were Laid There About
Thirty Years Ago.

When one considers the great primal
fact that Klondike is not in American
territory one can understand why GER
tain Americans are doing their best to
discredit this mighty gold-bearing dis
trict in the eyes of the world. But while
the discussion is going on the Canadian
government has lost no time in consid-
ering the project of telegraphic COM
munication with Klondike. This in
quiry brings out a strange fact-strange
in that everybody seems to have forgot
ter all about it-that there was once a
telegraph line to Klondike and far be-
yond. Mr.. c. R. Hosmer, the indefati-
gable manager of the C. P. R. telegraph
system. does we'll to call it romance.
RABBIT stopped Family Prayers.
"One Sunday we were all at regular
family prayer. A sporting friend was
visiting me, and he and I knelt, facing
a low window with our elbows upon the
sill. And from round corner, 10, there
came up on US coney, and he reared
up not two yards from us, and he hearl<-
ened unto the prayers, and he winked
his nose at US, till my friend forgot
himself and exclaimed: we kin catch
that devil!' I threw up the window so
hard that cracked pane, and out we
leaped in red-hot chase. And the dear
old archdeacon almost burst trying not
10 laugh, for he had seen the rabbit,
and was keen sportsman withal. We
ran that rabbit across four two-acre
lots as hard as we could split, and at
last we got him into deep snow, where
he gave up and was captured alive. And,
on looking back to the first fence we
had cleared, I saw fuzz of white whis-
l1ers above it, and heard a strong old
voice shout: 'They got him! they got
him!' '"-outing.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1898-12-17
Are You Interested?

The o. r. & N. Co.'s New Book
On the Resources of Oregon, Washing
readers are requested TO forward the
addresses of their Eastern friends and
acquaintances, and a copy of the work
will be sent them free. This is mat
ter all ehould be interested in, and we
would ask that everyone take an in.
terest and forward such addresses to w.
h. HURLBURT, General Passenger Agent,
o. R. & N. Co., Portland.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1898-12-17
WALKED 2o5, 1920 MILES.
Remarkable Record of a POstman
Who Has Just Retired.

Remarkable Record of a POstman
Who Has just Retired.
A Mr.. Roberts, for SO years postman
of Pilling in the Fylde, North Lanca-
shire, has just retired, reports the Lon
don Mail. For % years he walked from
Pilling to Fleetwood and back twice a
day, not to mention many perilous trips
in crossing the river Wyre during pc
riods of storm. A calculation of five
miles each way, four times a day lin
addition to his round at the village),
six days in the week, for % years, shows
that he walked 137,2s0 miles between
Pilling and Fleetwood in the fulfillment
of his duty. During this time he must
have crossed the river Wyre "a by no
means pleasant task in the winter time)
27,457 times. His duties were consid-
erably ightened when II years ago the
government decided to bring the mails
to Pilling by another route. Though
this did away with crossing the river it
did not reduce the distance Postman
Roberts had to walk very much. In
cluding the village delivery, he must
in his 33 years of service have walked
no less than 205,92O miles.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1898-12-17
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The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1898-12-17
Monkexs In Africa

Africa's monkeys are giving out. In
the neighborhoodc cf theGcld Coast they
have been exterminated, and last year
the colony could collect only 67,66O
monkey skins, whereas in 1894, 16s, ,4O5
skins, valued at $2O5, 900 were exported.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1898-12-17

Ga. WILLAMETTE RIVER. 4;so p.
rue, Thur, Portland to Corvallis, Tue, II
ana Sat. and Way-Landings. and s
Evening journal., 1898-06-08
Is TT COMING !?

THE POSSIBILITY OF a SUMMER
EPIDEMIC AND a FEW WORDS OF
WARNING.
Rumors OF yellow fever have already
been IT ported at Key West and two case
reached New York The quarantine au-
thoritl,s are exercising unusual care TO
prevent the coming Of cholera during the
Forthcoming Summer II Is hoped these
dreaded diseases will not visit US. but
even should they not there has been 50
much rain, and there Is so much poison in
the air and the water that tho greatest
care should be taken TO keep In perfect
health Most Summer diseases are dan
gerous and cannot easily be cured, but
nearly everyone Of them can be prevent
ed. But how? BY needing what the high
est known medical authorities emphati-
cally state. Prof Austin Flint. the lead
ing professor In Bellevue College, IA
writing on this subject, says;
The judicious use OF alcoholic stimu-
iants Is one OF the striking charaoteris-
cine during the last half-century."
|. The sentiment OF the medical editors
throughout the country ia I'M the Same d.
rection, and DR.. j. E Harper, editor Of
tho Western Medical Reporter, OF Chi
cago. says; when an alcoholic sumulant
Is needed Duffy's Pure Malt Whhkey
should bo given. II Is meeting with spe-
clai favor from physicians"
There are no higher authorities than
those above named. Dumys Pure Malt
Whlskey win absolutely prevent Summer
diseases; impure whiskey VIII not.
Evening journal., 1898-06-08
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

III
The Isaptists Of Great Britain have
2,Ooe churches. with a membership Of
364.77o.
The Y. NJ. c. a. of Dundee, Scotland,
has a Bible class with a membership Of
1000 young men.
St. Andrews university, Scotland,
will confer the degree Of IL. d. on J.
NJ. Barrie at the forthcoming gradua-
tion ceremonies,
Rev. Knox z. Taylor, Of Illinois, was
selected at the last general convention
of the Disciples Of Christ as national
Bible school superintendent.
OF the zoo scholars who attend the
Five Points mission schoolin New York
city one-third are Jews or of Jewish
extraction and one-third are Italians.
It IS stated that the Presbyterians Of
Ontario, Can, arc alarmed over the sue
cess which has attended the efforts Of
Mormon missionaries in that province.
When the books Of the Missionary
union were closed on the morning of
April ~ the deficit for the year was less
than $4,000. A conservative estimate
few weeks ago showed that a debt Of
100000 was threatened. There would
hove been no debt II 1t had not been for
the depressing conditions arising from
fear OF war.
The American Sunday school trans
portation committee has chartered the
Cunarder Catalonia for tha sole use OF
delegates attending the Worlds Sunday
school convention. TO be held In Lon.
don July lila The steamer will leave
Boston June 20 and reach London July
Q. The total cost Of the trip Is stated
to be'about 500 each.
Evening journal., 1898-06-08
HEARTLEss REPORTERS.
Rouscd Q Woman ana Told Her
RrutaIIR Of the Main6s neA
affuottOm

A painful Instance OF the methods
employed byasosne Warrington report
ers to gather information happened to
the wife Of acknowledgements
Wainwright, ths.exeoutive officer Of the
Maine, snys the Boston Herald. The
ship was destroyed early in the even
ING, and no person,in Washington Knew
OF st TIL several houTs later. Mrs. Vain
wright, who Is in delicate health, was
walked about four in the morning by
a violent knocking and pounding at the
door of her house, and imagining it
to be merely idle boys trying to be mis-
ollSevouA, she took no notice OF the
noise. But It increased 50 violently
that finally Mrs. Wainwright rose and
looked out Of the window. asking what
was the matter@
A voice called out: "AreSyoq the
wife of acknowledgements Vain
wTight9" Eyes. what DO you want?"
The Maine has been totally destroyed.
We Gre reporters and wish for some In
formation ebout Dfr. Wainwright"
0niy this and nothing moro. The shock
caused the poor lady TO fall In dead
faint, from which abe did not rally for
several hours, oni. fortunately tot her,
l II was then known her husband was
not among tbs lost The suspense Ton
other rnentkrV a tbs household may
be understood. And indignation az this
4 hoartless annoupoement Of the disaster
60 one 30 deeply interested has peer
freely expressed IN all circles % Wash
!. fwlofo, nocfo{u
Evening journal., 1898-06-08
A BALLOON TRIP.
Kari BIlndss Experience Akin 20 That
OF BEING Tempest Tossed
on Sea

Z masio an ascent Ii tho gigantic bal
loon which, toward Gho end OF tho COS,
hsa been broughtSoPer by plumber
os well-lxnown French AeroneUts,
Messrs. Yon, GODDARD. Mangin, Chayen-
her and T1ssandier. Ms. Glaisher. the
celebrSAted meteorologist, who in one
o. his aScents had attained the great
-, eight (seven miles), took tho d.
rS%H Of tha enormous airship on that
ocCVaon. Shortly before a balloon Of
moderate extent had been brought 10
England by Mr. Giffard. I was acci-
dentally prevented from accepting the
invitation 10 take part in the ascent.
On tho next day the balloon exploded
bhrough fiBa.
When wo ascended afterward In the
great captive balloon, tho volume Of
whiah was no less than $4,000 cubic
feet and its height 191 feet. during
suoh stormy weather that Mr.. Glaisher
tlrought ~ first the enterprise should
be given up on ulOt day. va had rather
a strange experience. AT great alti-
tsldo we wero bumped about so badly,
and al such suddenly changing and
precipitOua angles. that ooe ot the pos-
senFera near ma was seized with an
lnsAAe hDd of gldtnneSs. AL at COCO
be felt an irresistible impulse 10 throw
himself overheard into tho ocean ofthe
aIrl he was pulled down by those
sbsuS him. whereupon he sank SIDE
ways on his knees. his eyes being shui
In as by Bhnkers.
Thers wcrs DO sents in tina ooR We
soood like 30 many BOTTLES In the mar
row wicterworh riug, which only
reached 20 the lower part OF ono's
breast, and which was followed out in
the middle, so chat the eyer-shiftine
landscape could be seen through SO
rather a trying aspect for those given
10 sea sickness. The altitude reached
wus such tilat the manifold sounds be
low gradually merged into a music Of
the spheres, nad then into absolut,
stiffness. The jerky movements Of tn,
airshlp became at last 50 abrupt tha1
the dangcr signal had TO be hung out
The hideous part OF the voyage was
the coming down. II was effected IL
short but violent pushes. and one fel
evvr ana anon az II the bead wer,
ttbFuat f1to the stomach For all that
1 greatly enjoyed-tho trip.-Karl Blind
In North American Review.
Evening journal., 1898-06-08
cURLED HoRsEHAIR.
The Greatest Amount OF II IL OBJ
tanned from sOuth
America.

South America furnishes the greatest
amount aud best quality of curled horse
hair, used nor filing mattresses and
stufing furniture. On the wide pempa
many thousands of horses are bred es-
pecially for the hair q their names and
tails. These, between the round-ups,
which sometimes DO not occur In three
OF four seaeonA. grow 20 great length,
bot owing TO the lack q cnre and the
state OF the ~conpa." az the opea coun-
try Is called, the hair Is usually tangled
in what seems an ineKtricable Ibass- All
over the olmps grow many kinds Of
burrs and thistles, and ths animals as
they graze or roll themselves about be-
come covered with them. Their coats
are naturally rough, the hair growing
IN an uneven, shaggy way. Stuck all
over with burrs and With Ihans and tail
matted tnto nearly snwieldy masses,
the poor creatures present a comical
appearance. After they are shorn they
seem to delight In the freedom OF
cropped necks and short tails.
The hair when cut of is freed from
dirt and roughness of all kinds and
wound into ropes, by which means tits
made curly. It sells for 3S OF 4s cepts q
pound. The longest strands are KEPT
separated. and used for horse hair fur
Hiture, cloths, eto.
Evening journal., 1898-06-08
40 Firnt opern Glaasen.

The single opera glass was first used
In the time of Louis XIV; it became
the rage and everybody used one. The
double opera glass (Jumelle) was in
vented in 1925, but did not at first find
favor with women. A treatise was writ
ten in the eaEIy part Of this century
on Tart de lorgner, in which it was
shown that a woman with fine arms
would hold the glass with both hands
II she were blessed with fine hands she
would take off her gloves, II her neck
were long she would recline back in
her chair, and so on. It was quite Z
treatise on couuetry.
Evening journal., 1898-06-08
THE WAVE THSoRY.
As,It was Efucfdnted byt a lDihpious
Scientist and stnsnAs-i

It does not matter, 50 falas the true
science Of this chronicle is Iconcerpeai
whether the statesman mentioned here
in is a senator or mere representative,
or whether he halls from thelnear east
mr. the far west. Suffice it that he is in
learning much superior to has fellow
statesmen, and he is much more OF
scientist than he is q WARRIOR lie IS
also more.of a bibulist than he is tenn
perancist, and one particular friend OF
his is constantly on his trail with per-
suasions Of all kinds against this grow
ing habit. Not long ago the two men
we're at the statesman's apartments and
the host was expatiating on the wave
theory Of light, says the Washington
Star.
"Color, you know, my dear major"
he was saying, "is sensation produced
by the action Of very minute waves upon
tbe nervous substance of the retina,
When these waves have length OF
about 1-s0.Oooth of ap inch they pro
duoe the sensation which we cdl red
When they hove"
The statesmsn stopped IN the midst
of his remarks to see what his friend
wee doing OF going to DO with tape
measure he had taken from his pocket
SO on, don't mind me" expostulatec
the, friend. I'm just making httl'
ada calculation TO determine whether
the Bavee aren't about that size be
tween the end OF your nose and tn
northeast corner of tbs retina Of my
eve. Thsts all Go on with you
theory; I'm calculating on practice"
Evening journal., 1898-06-08
.EcAocu tn Mammoth cave.


Our guida asks US TO keep SILENT
thsp, lifting the heavy, broad paddle
With which be has been propelling our
boat, he strikes with all his strength
the hat side oa the surface of the water.
Instantly tho subterranean thunders
OF this underworld are let loose. From
all directions come rolling waves of
sound, multiplied thousandfold. re-
ceding, and again returning with in
creasing volume, lingering for many
seconds. and finally dying away In
sweet. far-away melodies. Then. when
the last faint sounds have ceased. he
agltates The wuteF with his paddle. and
asks 10 to listen. Tho reoeding waves,
reaching cavities In the sides of the
overhanging arches, breaks the stiffness
with sweet, bell-lilSe sounds. Some
notes, striking the keynote of the rocks,
multiply the musical melody; some
notes are soft and low; others are loud.
almostwitRan alarm-bell clangor. This
music, such as cannot be heard else
where on earth, gradually dies away in
reesding echoes, coming over the waters
from far-away hidden chambers. The
echo is not such as we hear above
ground or in buildings, but a succession
of receding waves of sound, lasting for
about 80 seconds, and adding an in
lescribable melody TO all sounds
whether from shouting OF from instru-
mental or vocal music.-John r. Proc
tor, In Century.