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Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-11-13
OUR ARMY SLANG.
Additions This War Has Made to Mill
tary Parlance."

New York Commercial Advertiser.
"How those boys have managed to
pick up such conglomeration of slang
terms in the few short months they
have been away passes my understand
Ing" said an army officer the other
day. He had been listening to couple
of returned soldiers who were swap
ping stories of the war, and was much
amused and apparently not little
perplexed by their language.
1T is certainly not Spanish" he
added but whatever 1t is is decidedly
Dutch to me. During the war-the
civil war, l mean-we have to distin-
guish our wars now-the boys added
a great many slang words to their vo
cabulary, but these young 'uns beat us
out of sight. 1t is sign of the times,
| suppose, but if they had stayed in
Cuba much longer they would have had
to bring back an interpreter with
them. | can't understand half they
say as it is"
AS the officer walked Off the two pri-
Yates looked at one another, winked
and commenced to laugh.
What was the boss-I mean the
captain-sayin' to your" asked one Of
the reporters.
Said you were talking so much slang
he couldn't understand you
Guess he wasn't in the south, then,
but We were pitching it rather fierce,
Ell, bunkie?" to his companion.
"Bunkie" didn't say anything, only
grinned.
But, say" continued the other.
You'd died to see bunkie here when
he came down to Cuba an heard the
men talk. Say, it was out O sight
He's no sWeet-tempered angel at the
best O. time, and he's been my bunkie
Chats my tent mate), an SO ! know.
He was one of the last recruits to reach
the island. We call the recruits rock
les now. At first they was new boys
but now they're rockies. The grub
boss-that's the quartermaster SER
geant-comes around next morning an
sees my bunkie sittin in front of his
tent Here, rookie he calls, tell your
bunkie to come and get his punk.
Punk means grub, bread, anything to
eat, you know Bunkie looks at him,
an then says: 'Aw, whatre givin' u.s.?
That's all right, rookie said the grub
boss, Jest you tell yer bunkie. That's
him in the tent there
Then bunkie got mad. Now, just
you look here, sergeant says he; Just
you mind who you're addressin'. See?
You amt the whole push cause you got
stripes on your arm Don't you call
me out O. my name, cause it don't CO.
see? I amt no bird, and l won't
stand for it. Gosh, he was mad! I
told him rookie was only slang for re-
cruit, but he said he didn't want any
slang in his. But you got used to it
fore long, didn't you, bunkie?"
The derivation of other expressions
is doubtful if not impossible to ascer-
tain. Most of them probably had: their
genesis in the fertile brain of, some
soldier who described fact in: terms
that amused his companions. Others
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-11-13
A STREET CAR INCIDENT.

A man with an insipient jag boarded
a Gilmore street ear this morning and
asked the conductor:
Does this car go to Highland
town."
The conductor did not hear the ques-
ton, and the man asked Indignantly.
u want to know, and know quick.
If this car goes to Highlandtown?p
The conductor answered that IL did
not and that the route mapped out by
the railway officials for him, and
which he would take. barring a COLI
sion, breakdown or running OF OF the
track, was by the Gilmore street way.
The dazed man asked In very in
jured tone: And don't this car go TO
Highlandtown?"
NO. sir, replied the conductor.
We'll" said the man, I'm glad 1t
don't l don't like Highlandtown. -
Baltimore News.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-11-13
CHAPTER II.
THE MAN WITH THE PALE EYES.

En- PEASANT, my eyes dwelt for an
instant upon a stout woman of GER
tain age, whose figure was encased in
a sort of armour of steel grey satin
and beads, and whose carefully ar
ranged head was adorned by a small
tiara of diamonds, but they found no
temptation for lengthy lingering.
One of the men was old, grey
bearded, and large of girth, with a
huge eXpanse of snowy shirt, and a
head guiltless of hair. The other was
comparatively young, not many years
past my own age, perhaps, and cur
ious thrill. which l could not myself
have explained, passed through me as
| looked, through half-shut eyes. at his
face. Where had l seen it before !?
Or did it bear out haunting resem-
blance to some other, painted on my
memory's retina in lurid, yet partial
" obliterated colors.
had no doubt which of the two was
Carson Wildred, Farnham's friend and
host. What he had said of the mans
personality assured me of his identity.
It was passing strange to me that I
should be so strongly impressed by the
feeling that l had seen the face be-
circumstances. and yet be unable to
identify it. Something seemed to be
lacking, or changed, which broke the
chain of evidence in my mind. Sure
ly I should have been able to remember
that peculiar nose, with the f1attened
bridge. now presented to me in profile.
1t would be sign of lacking bump
of observation to have forgotten the
angle of that protruding lower jaw,
and the strong contrast between the
almost copper-colored skin; Jet black
hair. and large. brilliant blue eyes
so light as to appear almost white.
1t was impossible. l told myself, that
I had met the man before. His re-
markable and uncommon cast of fea-
lures had no niche in my recollection
and yet knew that in some crucial
moment I had looked into those pale
and scintillating eyes.
A wave of repulsion swept over me.
l could not remember when had ex-
perienced two such keen emotions as
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-11-13
FINANCIALLY EMBARRAssED.

Madam, you've already overdrawn
your account"
Whats that?"
you haven't any more money in the
bank"
THE idea! A fine bank, I think, to
be out of money because Of the little
I've drawn. Well, I'll go somewhere
else Chicago Record.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-11-13

Tressidy to call on one Of her AT
Home" days.
Lady FRESHLY has said may come
and see her." yentured. Twill you
may / hope to find you with her?'
She looked up with sudden, illum-
lining smile that answered me- Come
soon," she returned. They were her
last words for me that night, and they
rang in my head as / left her. dizzy
with the memory of her loneliness.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-02-19
BLOWN INTO ATOMS.
The Battle-Ship Maine Destroyed in the
havana Harbor.
(SEecial Dispatch.)

HAVANA, Feb. 16.-Tte U. S. battle
ship Maine was blown to atoms in the
harbor here about 10 o'clock last night
and it is now believed at least 300 sail
ors lost their lives. All of the officers
are known to be saved except Jenkins
and Merritt, who are missing. So far
as can now be learned the explosion
took place in the magazine used for
storing gun cotton for torpedaes. The
explosion shook the city from one end
to the other and all electric lights
were put out. Fire engines rushed
about in every direction and no one
seemed to know from which direction
the explosion came.
Captain Sigsbee was on deck when
the explosion came. 1t was in the bow
of the vessel.
There were 354 officers and men on
board and az near as can be learned
less than one hundred were saved, and
many of them badly injured. The
wounded and dead were taken to
hospitals and on board the Spanish
man of war Alphonse III, which was
in harbor.
Captain General Blanco of Cuba
cabled authorities at Madrid saying
the disaster to the Maine was due to
accident.
Washington, Feb. 16.-Two members
of the cabinet who spent some time
with President Mckinley today state
everything so far received indicates
that the loss of the Maine is due to
accident.
Captain Sigsbee in a dispatch to
Secretary of Navy Long states he is
not prepared to express an opinion on
this point.
There was intense excitement
arc md the navy department early this
morning, and those who had friends
on board the Maine were eager for
the latest bulletin. The department
dispatched wreckirg vessels to the
scene at once and no expense will be
spared in caring for wounded.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-02-19
A New Heating System

]. P. Benton, of tie firm of Maier &
Benton, appears to have upset phil
osophy, at least that part pertaining
to hot water heating. The theory of
philosophy applied to heating with
water is that heated water rises, but
will not fall, hence all heating appar-
atus must be placed in the basement
in order to make a complete heater.
Mr.. Benton has demonstrated this
to be mistake. In the work room of
Maier & Benton's store he has
arranged heating system that is a
success, and he forces the bot water
down about three feet into a radiator.
He uses an International Domestic
heater on an ordinary stove, and
attached to it is feed pipe with about
six feet pressure. The radiator is in
an adjoining room, and circuit is
made with pipes, through which the
kot water is forced down three feet
into the radiator, and establishes a
complete system of heating. The
apparatus is an invention of Mr..
Benton's, and is especially adapted TO
heating dwellings.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-02-19

charged the full rate. This concer
will well be worth the price of admis
sion and the ladies in charge look fol
large attendance.
The Pacific Northwest Cattle Grow
ers' Association closed its first conven.
tion yesterday at Pendleton. The con-
Vention was success in every respect,
and will become permanency. Con
stitution and bylaws were adopted.
Grant Copeland, of Walla Walla, was
elected president: DR.. Withycombe,
vice president for Oregon: 7. P.
Blyth for Washington and G. W..
Pierce for Montana. The governor Of
Idaho was authorized to appoint the
vice-president for that state.
1t is expected the ball to be given at
White salmon on the evening of the
22d for the purpose of creating fund
to complete the dock will be largely
attended. and a considerable number
of Dalles people contemplate going.
To aid the White Salmon people in
their undertaking, the D. P. & A. N.
Co. will run a boat to White Salmon
that night and will honor the ball
tickets for fare. provided there is any
considerable number going from The
Dalles. That is ali parties holding
ball tickets will Re carried to White
Salmon and back free.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-02-19
Lif..s tourney Closed.

At 2:]0 of Thursday, February II,
Edith Schmidt closed her eyes to the
scenes of this world and passe to that
one beyond. Death came like the
fading of day, The transition from
twilight to night, pea ;efIl, calm and
apparently without rese tmen it was
as if the white-winged angels of saven
had closed their arms arc md pure
and loving soul and bore it o. to the
better life of the fIure.
Edith was the second daughter of
Mr.. and YRS. Charles L. Schmidt, and
was born in The Dalles, December 20.
1875. She was bright, lovable girl,
IA favorite with all her associates.
About three years ago it became evil
dent that he" lungs were affected, and
her parents sent her to Phoenix, Ari-
zona, with the hope that .he mild
climate of Arizona would prove bene-
fetal, but the germs of consumption
were deeply rooted, and permanent
cure was impossible. She returned
home about two years ago, and since
that time she has awaited the final
termination. Both her parents, one
sister and three btothers survive her.
The funeral will take place from the
family residence at 2 o'clock Sunday
afternoon.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-02-19
Old Folks Social.

Following is the program that l
be rendered at the Vogt on Tues6 ay
evening next:
Ye Old Folks at Home-All men and
women singers.
National Hymn, America-All men
and women singers.
Ye Maybe, Belinda Standish Cram
will come before ye people and sing
about Annie Laurie.
Four part song-By four youths.
Ye very worldly and sinful tune.
Merry, Merry are We-By eight DANES.
Ye pathetic tune. Last Rose of Sum-
mer-By Debora Dorcas Mccoy.
Sentimental song, Aunt Dina'5 3
Quilting Party-By Pitkins Pellet
Clarke and all singers.
Serious two part song, Oh, Restless
Sea-By Keturah Bountiful French
and Penlope Royal Huntington
Jonathan HeZekiah Landers. will
appear alone and sing Flow Gently,
Sweet Alton
Song of love, Meet Me by Moonlight
BY many women singers.
Rosanna Sophia Highiyer Michel
will sing Grandma's Advice.
Male quartette-tO be selected.
Dame Mehitablle Varney will sing a
serious one-part song.
Singing Master-Phineas Sebastian
Lundell, will sing Thy Sentinel Am l..
Ye reckless and worldly tune, Yam
kee Doodle-By John Gee Stuyvesant
Parrott and all ye Singers.
A song about Cousin Jedidiah-By
four singers.
Ye Maybe, Glory Ann Blossom
Cushing will sing Darby and Joan.
Auld Lang Syne-Arl We singers.
Frivolous song, Comm Through the
Rye-By Matilda Kent Sampson.
Four part Sung, When You and 1
Were Young. dag gie-Four singers.
Chorus, Whipporwlll-All singers.
All We men and women singers will
sing Home Sweet Home.
This is ye end.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-02-19
Rig hit, Still Wrong

Pacific Northwestern Woolgrowers
association hold their first annual con.
vention at The Dalles, March l, 2, 3.
They will eat mutton. talk wool and
drink champaign. as The Dalles Com
mercial Club is reputed to never do the
hospitality act in an inhospitable man.
ner. But they left off great Oregon
wool and sheep man - Hon. John
Mimic.
A wool convention with Uncle
John Mimic left out is like the play of
Hamlet with Ha.nlet left ou6.-SaIem
Journal.
TIE Journal is certainly right in
concluding that meeting of wool
growers in Oregon would be failure
without the presence of Uncle" John
Mimic, for he knows more about sheep
and wool than any other man in the
state. The promoters OF the Wool
growers Association fully realize this
fact, and expect Mr.. Mimic to be pres
ent on March ]. 2 and 3, to take part
in the deliberations of the convention.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-02-19
Good for Sore Ewes

Last Tuesday Messrs. Johu, George
and Fred Chambers. of Canyon City,
were here, returning from Portland,
and had some specimens of the yellow
metal that were convincing to all that
the gold miner need not look to Alaska
for field in which to operate. They
had specimens of ore from the Guker
mine near Canyon City that were worth
S52, 900 ton. The ore was solid
mass of wire gold, aud was a specimen
that would make anyone who saw it
wish to be the owner of the ledge
Besides they had a number of nuggets
from MIR. Guker's mine in which they
are interested. Ehey say Guker is
mrking from 800 to $3.50 day pan
ming out the decomposed quartz with
snow water, and if the mine holds out
he will make million before the
season ends,
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-02-19

Grand Jury Repor.. February Term.
We the grand jury hereby submit
the following as and for our final
report:
We have returned into court six
true bills and four not true bills of in
dictment in the four days we have
been in session. We have also ex-
amined the clerks, sheriff's 8, assessors 3
and treasurer's offices, and we find the
and papers therein well and correctly
Kept so far as we are able to judge in
the limited opportunity allowed US for
such examination.
We have also examined the
county Jail, and while we believe the
same is in as good condition as it can
be kept under the present conditions.
it is not properly constructed and not
capable of proper ventilation. We
recommend that a modern Jail be huilt
by the county, separate from the cnurt
house.
We have not v'eitrd the county poor
farm, but have had = FIJI and complete
statement of the county poor at said
farm from Hon r bert Mays. county
Judge, and are satisfied that the county
poor are we'll and properly cared for.
Therefore, having finished our
labors, we respectfully ask the court
to accept this our final report, and
that we may be dismissed.
R. BLACK.
Foreman.
The Dalles, Feb. II. 1898.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-02-19
Election of Omcers.

At the regular annual meeting of
the East End Hose Co. No. 3, held last
Wednesday, the following officers we're
elected for the ensuing year: President
q. L. Kuck, foreman, Joseph School
ing: 1st assistant foreman, E. j.. Col
Inns; Sd assistant foreman, Joe st.
Arnold; secretary L. S. Davis, treas
urer. Dan Baker, members OF the
board of fire delegates L. S. Dayis, R.
e. Saltmarshe and E. j. Collins.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-02-19
CATTLEMEN IN CONVENTION.
Pendleton Received Them With Commend.
able Hospitality.

The first convention of the Pacific
Northwest Cattlegrowers' Association
opened in Pendleton Tuesday and was
attended by some 200 delegates, repre-
senting all the different lines of the
cattle industry.
The delegates were met and well
coined by reception committee from
the Commercial Association. and each
was presented with handsome badge
as he subscribed his name to the roster
of the association. Governor Lord,
A. L. Mohler, president of the o. R.
6 N. Co.. Ben Campbell, traffic mana
ager, Harvey w. Scott, editor of the
Oregonian: and Henry Failing. of
Portland. We're among the guests.
The session was called to order at 2
O'Clock in the afternoon by President
T. G Taylor of the Commercial As
sociation. Judge Low-n welcomed
the cattlegrowers in behalf of the
Commercial Association, Mayor Smith
extended a welcome in the name of
the city of Pendleton, when Governor
Lord was introduced ann welcomed
the delrgat,s IL Il.e state. The
addresses were responded To by Prof.
Spillman, of the Nasi:In. ton agricut-
ural college.
Temporary organization of the as
sociation was effected by the election
of Prof. Spillman as temporary chair
man, and d. NJ. French, of The Dalles,
as temporary secretary.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-02-19

land, Oregon, did not pay in full the
amount of insurance on my dwelling
which was destroyed by fire in Septem
ber last, and which was insured in thai
Association for 5000, I hereby state
that such report is absolutely untrue
That said Association not only paid
the full amount of their policy on said
dwelling, but they paid $50 thereof
before the same was due, according to
the terms of their policy, in order to
accommodate me, and l would further
state that am entirely satisfied with
the treatment 1 have received from
that Association, and cheerfully rec
ommend them for the manner in which
they adjusted and settled my loss.
Mrs. ESTELLA LAWSON,
diva Grants Pass, Oregon.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-02-19
p1NGLEY,s Hat.
'SockIess" Jerry Caused Considerable Fun
by Referring to 1t.


A few days since Con gresham Jerr!
Simpson, he who acquired fame fol
refusing to wear wooden socks unit
the duty on them was removed, caused
considerable fun in the house by hi;
reference to Mr.. Dfngley's London
hat.
Taking tho floor ostensibly to
amend the forti6cation bill, the kan
sas populist moved to 'strike out the
last two words in certain section,
and then proceeded as follows:
| II have heard many regrets ex-
| pressed here today, and have to offer
some on my own account. l regret
the lack of harmony On the republican
| side upon this measure. | desire,
more especially, however, to cali the
attention of the house to the remark
able properties of the hat worn by the
| author of the great economic measure
known as the Dingley tariff. For
long time this hat has been q mystery
to all observers. During the extra
session if its owner laid it on the desk,
we all knew we were to take recess
for three days. If the hat retired to
the ciOakroom we knew we would be
permitted to remain in session.
During this session [ have watched
with equal interest the career of that
hat. 1t has been, to me. an indication
of whether or not there would be
harmony in the republican ranks. We
have all noted that when any question
requiring unity of the party arose,
republicans always have rallied around
the distinguished gentleman from
Maine; but if he went out he left his
hat, and so. in the absence of the
honorable gentleman, the hat was
rallied around, in order to uphold
republican supremacy.
~ have been wondering what potent
magic power was in the hat that it
had the same authority as It's owner
In passing it today it occurred to me
that the time had come to solve the
mystery. l gazed into it and saw
thereto the magic word London L
thought, can it be possible that the
istlnguished. d.chairman of the ways and
means, who was the father of the bill |
to promote American industry. is act
ually wearing hat of foreign manu-
facture? Can that be the hat we put |
on the free list in the Wilson bill and
that republicans rut under a small
duty of 10 per cent, and is the great
protectionist dep'iving American la
Dor of that small protection? Can it
be possible thai ht. brought this hat in
with tn" wool h has been charged |
with having iinnort.d while the tariff
bill was pending? cannot believe it.
"Another thing occurred TO me when
[ saw the word. 'Londun.' Perhaps
the distinguished owner of the hat
thought it right and onsitent to get
MS hats from the same source that he
yets his financial policies-from Lom-
bard and Threadneedle streets. Now,
The hat is before us today, and l hope
ny republican brethren will again
ally around it in protection of Amer
can industries"
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-02-19
UNION AGREED UPON.
UmatilIa Democrats and Populists Work
in Harmony.

| in H-rmony.
A conference committee of the dem.
ocratic and peoples parties met late
| Wednesday afternoon, Feb Is, at the
Office of r. NJ. Turner in Pendletou,
| and agreed harmoniously upon terms
of union. After the adoption of a set
of resolutions defining the principle OF
the combined forces, which are a
| declaration favoring the free coinage
of silver, for the repeal of the national
banking law, against government by
Injunction, for an income tax, for
direct legislation, the opening of the
Colum bia river to'navigation, and for
economical administration, county,
state and national.
The following resolutions were also
unanimously adopted:
I'VE recommend that each the peo-
ple's party convention and the demo-
cratic party convention for Umatiila
county meet on the 18th day of March,
a. D. 1898, and elect delegates to the
state convention: and then adjourn
and reassemble later, after the
meeting of the state convention, for
the nomination of county officers.
"We further Recommend that tie
delegates to the peoples party and
democratic county conventions meet in
separate conventions and nominate for
the offices assigned to each party, and
that each party in the county conven-
tion shall subsequently, ratify the NOM
nations made by the other party.
1--WE further recommend the repre-
sentation upon the ticket be accorded
to each party organization in the pro-
portion of the Dumber of electors of
each party as shown by the official
count of the ballots cast by each at the
last county election held in this county
the vote for congressman being
taken as the basis. And we invite the
co operation of the silver republicans
in the organization of a union of forces
and favor their having repr esentation
upon the ticket.
We recommend that the county
offices be diyided as follows: To the
peoples party shall pc assigned one
state senator and one representative,
the county clerk. assessor, school
and commissioner; and
that 10 the democratic party oe assign
ed two representatives, the sheriff,
recorder and surveyor; and
we further recommend that the peo-
ple's party and Democratic party of
Umatilla county do each nominate a
candidate for the Office of county cor
oner"