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The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1898-12-21
PuNeENr PARAGRAPHS.

Lady lin general store)-"H Have you
any powder?" New Clerk-'Y Yes'm.
What kind-gun, baking or face?''-
Chicago News.
Out Sleigh Riding. Why, Jennie,
your cheeks are blue with cold" said
Reginald. NO; I'm blushing," said
Jennie; 'sthat's my blue blood ''-.aar-
lem Life.
-''Pride," said Uncle Eben, ..am eI
good ting in its place. But er country
or er citizen is in hahd luck when he
aim got muffin much 'ceppin' is pride
ter be proud Washington Star.
Pat All Right.-''Out of work again,
Pat? thought that Old Skinfint gave
you a job2" "He did, sor, but Oil be
kilt afore Oil starve to death for the
sake of kapin' aloive, sor."-Detroit
Free Press.
-''Why do you call it a South Da-
kota novel?'' Because it is thoroughly
up-to-date and ends with the state
nent: And so they were divorced and
lived happily ever afterward.' Chi
cago Evening Post.
-''I noticed in those lines you wrote
in Miss Skimp's album that you said a
smile sailed DER her face serene' +"
'WeIl, what of it?'' ''It was easy navi-
CATION, that's ALL" easy navigation ?''
eyes, plain sailing. .''-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Useless do you think OF
that bill have prepared to introduce?''
inquired one member of the Legislature.
cit is a sheer waste of time replied
the other. ct isn't practical enough
to become law, nor foolish enough to
get your name into the newspapers"
Washington Star.
On the Stump.-"In the days of the
wings 1 was tory; in the days of the
liberals I am conservative. I have
always been consistent" said the politi-
cal candidate. "You have, indeed -
said his rival. ''But, gentlemen he
added, 81 have been equally consistent,
though I am not conservatory" And
then he wondered why everybody
smiled.-Harlem Life.
Shifting the Responsibility.-''I
has been proved by half a dozen wit
nesses," said the police magistrate,
''that you are selling bread under
weight. Have you any explanation to
offer?" ''The fiour's so bad these days,
your honor" replied the honest baker,
looking the magistrate fearlessly in the
eye, ''that my conscience won't let me
sell it to the people in greater quanti-
ties than I can nhelp."-Cleveland Lead
er.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1898-12-21
TELEeRAPHINe TO KLoNDIKE
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
telegraph line to Klondike and far be-
yond. Mr.. C. r. Hosmer, the indefati-
gable manager of the c. P. r. telegraph
svstem. does well to call it a romance.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1898-12-21
ELEPHANT CURIOSITY,
Ap Animal Which Stands with Its
Feet Imbedded in Rocks.

Feet Imbedded in Rocks.
On the Miles Wilbur farm, less than
Two miles from Palmyra, Wis, nearly
midway between Bald bluff and the
Curelian spring, on wild, rocky hill
side of the Kettle range of bluffs, may
be found a huge rock known far and
near as the "stone elephant" says the
Boston Transcript.
1t is annually visited by large num-
bers of people, some of whom pronounce
it petrified elephant of monster size,
but the theory most generally believed
is that it was hewed out of the solid
rock in which it seemed imbedded CEN
turies ago by some prehistoric race.
AS if to substantiate this latter
theory, from time to time many val
liable tools, relics and implements un-
known to the people of this age have
been found about it's base and in that
immediate vicinity. The elephant is
about 20 feet long, six or eight feet
high, of a dark gray color and weighs
hundreds of tons. The body only is
above the level of the ground, its legs
being deeply sunk below, holding it
firmly in a standing position.
A tradition believed by many is that
around this huge stone the Indians
gathered to offer sacrifices to the great
spirit and burn their prisoners at the
take, or make them the victims OF
ow torture known only to the In
ians. It is long established and gen
orally believed theory that in this i'm
mediate vicinity and about Bald bluff
and the Big springs were some of their
most famous battle fields and hunting
grounds.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1898-12-21
German Monastery DevOtees-They
Are Born in the Purple.

The pope has received in private audi
ence the able of the famous Abbey of
Benzon, at Seckau, in Germany, one of
the best known and celebrated monas-
teries, especially because of the high
station of the monks who are gathered
there. The able spoke separately and
in detail of each of his dependent broth
er monks, and Leo XIII. heard with in
terest of their welfare. The monks of
the abbey include Prince Philip of
Hohenlohe, who has hidden a definite
adieu to the world; Father Charles, un-
der which name is concealed the iden-
tity of a brilliant ex-cavalry officer, be-
longing to an illustrious house; Prince
Edward Schonburg-Hartenst and
Father Benedict, Father Sebastian, once
a major in the Saxon army, bearing the
name of Baron Won Ger; Father John,
who was Baron Won Drais, and ran
away from the court of Baden to en-
brace this career; Father Nicholas, who
was Baron Won Salis-Soglio; Father
Hildebrand, who before assuming the
cowl and gown was a brave captain, by
name of Count de Memptinne, and many
others too numerous to mention.
The Abbey Seckau is situated among
the mountains of Steiermark, in a thick,
wild forest, and in 80 years has united
together Benedictine monks belonging
to the best known families, celebrated
for nobility or riches or distinguished
in the arts. This monastery, where the
rules are most rigorous, was founded
over 80 years ago by two brothers, Maui
rus and Placidus Wolter og Cologne,
two learned monks sent by Plus TX. to
Prussia to reorganize the monasteries
there, which were degenerating. The
pious Princess Catherine of Hohenzol-
Iern offered them the ancient Abbey of
Benzon to establish new house, which
came into existence in 1868. Around
the two brothers there soon gathered
literary men and artists, especially
from Dusseldorf, in love with the splen-
1ors of the Black Forest, who there
continued their work, so that there is
now an artistic school of Benzon, which
may be said to rival the famous one of
the Italian Abbey of Monte Casino.
But at Benzon they not only go in for
he higher arts, but they make and pro-
ride everything for themselves.-Pau
Hall Gazette.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1898-12-21
Are You Interested?

The o. r. & N. Co.'S New Book
On the Resources of Oregon, Washing
ton and Idaho is being distributed. Our
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, 1898-12-21
Experiment with a sleeper.

Prof. Mosso, the italian Psychologist,
constructed a couch so arranged that
it could be accurately balanced in the
middle when the slightest change of
weight would make either end incline.
A man was laid upon it, balanced in a
horizontal position. AS he went to
sleep his head rose and his feet sank.
As he awoke the opposite occurred,
proving that the blood left the head in
one condition and returned to it in the
other.-Chicago Chronicle.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1898-12-21

yer driv1n' at, an I reckon L desarve
it, but jest don't go on ter day. I
feel kinder played out ter-day."
He pointed to the cabin with his open
knife. Yer see,'' he said, my old
woman is in there, dead!"
When I looked back at the turn of
the road he was sitting on the broken
chair and one of the hounds had its
head in his lap, and he had his face
buried in the soft hide of the hounds
ncck.-Ellis Parker Butler, in the Yel-
low Book.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1898-12-21
THE TINIEsT OF WATCHES.
Most Miunte TImepiece Now in Ex-
istence.

Most Miunte Timepiece Now in Ex-
istence.
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 millimeters, or .11s2
inch, being but little more than tenth
of an inch.
The length of the minute hand is
3 40 millimeters, OF .O9456 inch. That
of the hour hand is 1 3-1O millimeters,
or .05122 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, 90 cent?
grammes-less than a single gram!
After having been wound up with the
diminutive key the watch will run for
rs hours. The handspring when run
down has a circumference of 1896
inch. Its weight is 3s milligrammes, or
1902 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 .O788
inch, and weighs rs milligramme, or
.O1155 grain.
The balance has 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 lilliputian
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 81
25O.-N. Y. Herald.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1898-12-21
A KNOWING DOG.
He Had u Glass Eye and Never
Rubbed 1t Out.

He Had = Glass Eye and Never
Rubbed 1t Out.
Marmaduke is dead. He was only a
Blenheim spaniel, but he was wonder
full in his way, for he had glass eye.
He was bred by the duchess of Marl-
borough, who takes a great interest
in the famous kennel. AS will oeca-
sionally happen to small dogs, he tried
to show his superiority over the feline
race; but on one occasion a pugnacious
cat declined to take orders from Mar
maduke, and enforced its refusal by
giving Marmaduke lone in the eye"
with its claws. The result was that
Marmaduke's eye was destroyed. The
duchess then sent the spaniel to a
veterinary surgeon, to be fitted to a
glass eye, as she was especially fond
of the little fellow, and the sight of the
empty socket was repugnant. After he
was sent back with his new eye, her
grace was made nervous by seeing his
staring artificial eye, it being just a
little previous to visit of the earl of
Blandford, and so home was sought
for the unfortunate little blue blood,
which was found with Miss E. L. Moore,
of Denmark Hill, near Woodstock. The
glass eye is the right one, and is ex-
actly matched to the other brown, an
imated one. Marmaduke never tried
to scratch or rub out the eye, but
seemed to understand why it was there.
He was run over by a van.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1898-12-21
In the Arcttca.

Wslrus Bill-Klondike Ike's wife
didn't know him when he got home
from our little swarray this morning.
Sealsldn Sam-How could you expect
her to, after he had been out all night
and grown beard six months old?-
indianapolis Journal.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1898-12-21
The Wine Drurrint

Youth would-er-like bottle of
some-er-good hair restorer.
Druggist-Want it for your mus
tache, suppose?
"Er-yes.''
81 guess it's hair originator you
want. Evening News.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1898-12-21
AN ARKANSAS BASIL.
A Word Picture with a Very Pa
thotic TOning.

a word Picture with q very Pa
thctic TOning.
He sat on a backless wooden chair
in front of his little cabin, idly cutting
''yaller" pine stick with his big jack
knife. The poorly-cu1tivated corn was
dry and yellow, but he had evidently
not touched it. He was characteristic
specimen of the men of the section,
tall, gaunt, ragged and yellow.
Eight or ten hounds lay around on
the dusty soil near him.
L drew up my horse.
"Hello!" said; 1--WE need rain"
''Mebby," he said.
You have a pretty good stand of
corn there L said.
yep" he said, languidly.
about time you were getting it in,
don't you think?'' asked.
"Mebby."
''When do you think you will harvest
it2 You couldn't have better weather."
Dunno
''Now, look here" I said. 'You have
a fair crop of corn there. Why don't
you get to work and take it in. sup
pose, like all the, rest of you, you will
let your wife do 'it?''
Nope"
''Well, it is a wonder. And you don't
know when you will go to work at it ?"
Nope"
"And you are not going to make your
wife do it?''
Nope"
''Well, I'm glad to hear that anyway
never saw people who were as will
ing to let their wives do all the hard
work as you men out here. You make
their lives one long worry and sor-
row"
and leaned his arms on it. The eight
or ten dogs followed him.
Miss" he said, slowly, ''yer mean
all right. I calkerlate know what
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1898-12-21
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

--Weber's ''Freyschutz" has just been
performed for the six hundredth time
1T the Berlin royal opera.
-"Panhyperprotoseb sebastohypertatos''
as title for the German kaiser feebly
expresses one Englishman's rage.
Vienna is going to turn moral, too.
The ballet corps at the Imperial opera
house has received orders to wear
''roomy white silk stockings" over its
tights henceforth.
"A telegraph line recently run to
Coomassie from the coast is highly ap-
preciated by the Ashanti natives. They
cut off the wire in suitable lengths to
make armlets.
-Vaticana is the name given to one
of the latest asteroids discovered, No.
416, in honor of Father Boccardi, of the
vatican observatory, who has computed
its course.
Lord Alfred Rothschild sent brace
of pheasants to every one of the 5000
drivers and conductors of the omnibus
company in which he is interested as a
Christmas present.
Herr Dieden, the senior member of
the German reichstag, is 81 years of age
and has sat in every session since the
empire was constituted He has also
been a member of the Prussian landtag
continuously since 1854.
-Siegfried Wagner is in Rome at
work on comic opera, the book being
on a story of the Thirty Years war. His
music is said to be not of the school of
his father, but of that of Humperdinck,
the composer of ''Hansel und Gretel."
Paris police is trying to discourage
murder as business by showing that
IL does not pay. Out of 81 recent MUIR
ders the average profit to each assassin
was $16.37, and in many of these cases
the murderer was caught and executed.
Princes Theresa of Bavaria, daugh-
ter of the prince regent, has been made
an honorary doctor of philosophy by the
University of Munich. She is also a
member of the Royal Academy of
Sciences, is 4s years of age and spin
Ster.
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1898-12-21
Monkeys tn Africa.

Africa's monkeys are giving out. In
the neighborhood CT theGcid Coast they
have been eSterminatcd, AID last year
the colony could col.ect only 67,66o
monkey skins, whereas in 1894, 1Gs, ,405
skins. valued at S2O5, 5,c0O We're exported.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-08-09

a day for the hearing of cases ar
ranged outside the Court to suit
private persons conveniences and
ignoring the Court, the police de-
partment, the prosecuting officers,
and all persons connected with the
cases which came before the Magis-
trate. When case is called it is
for the judge to say when he will
try it and not for the "We, Us a.
Co." with a pull to dictate to the
Court when the case is to go to trial.
The Judge limited that Mr.. Lowrie
very likely could make the district
magistrate in Eva consider first and
foremost the convenience of the
great manager of the great planta-
ton, but the "pull" won't work in
the district court OF Honolulu, 1t
was a beautiful and deserved "roast-
ing" the only pity being that the
great manager was not there to get
the dressing down.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-08-09
Dissertation of the Flag.

1t is to be regretted that no action
was taken by Congress before ad-
journment to prevent the desecra-
ton of the American flag by the
placing Of inscriptions upon it. At
present there is a question in the
minds OF many as to the propriety
OF the manner in which people are
showing their patriotism in the dis
play of the national colors. They
are used as neckties and waist belts,
handkerchiefs, hat bands and nap
kins. 1t is all we'll enough to wear
a small flag or piece of bunting, but
is it not going too far to put the
national colors to the uses enumer-
ated above7 The flag is the emblem
of this country and as such should
be respected and loved. The very
sight OF it streaming in the breeze
should call up within us feelings OF
Difference, and it should be looked
upon with nothing but the most
hallowed reverence, The uses to
which it is now being put will not
tend to promote such feelings, but
rather the opposite.-TNe Stationer
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-08-09
HIGH PRICES
win as usual BE the result of
This Cruel War
THEREFORE,, COOPERATE.

Attention is called to the benefits en-
joyed by subscribers to the PALAM A CO
groceries at little advance ON San Fran
cisco prices, credit to subscribers to the
amount of shares held, profit OF the bust
ness returned to subscribers every q months
probable increase in value of shares, with
a liberal discount Off monthly bills. And
now what are the risks. We answer none,
because subscribers can either sell their
shares or take groceries to their amount,
il you want to withdraw or go away.
Please consider the above and call or
address, Palama Cooperative Grocery Co.,
I'D, for share or for fur her information,
Par value of shares $25, or $3.50 only
being required to become a subscriber.
Telephone 755. 920-h
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-08-09
TO LET OR LEASE.

A COTTAGE WITH 8 a .cgs
N rooms, recently occu- k$S sfs ;a,,A..
pied by Il. b McClananhan, al aS9f EXCL
adjoining the Honolulu 49, SEE ~
Sanitariim premises. King Street. Kula-
okahua, with stable and servants room in
the rear of the premises. Artesian water
laid on. Rent reasonable. Possession
given Immediately. Apply to
ABRAHAM FERNANDEZ,
Telephone $50, or to
n. FERNANDEZ, at his office,
POS Merchant Street, Campbell Block.
932-tf
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-08-09

Before peace negotiations oct veen
the United States and Spain will
have been concluded, it is safe to
expect that a conference between
the warning parties and the coAcert
of Europe will be held. "To the vic.
tors belong the spells" is an old
adage but it seems to be rather out
OF date, if we judge from the atti-
tude of the concert after the
Turkish Russian war, the Japan
China war and the Greece. Turkey
sparring match. None of the victors
in these wars got what they wanted.
The concert" is very unwilling to
see the "other" fellows getting an
additional slice to their present ter-
ritories. When a victorious member
of the concert is in question, he
looks at the matter from very
different point of view, and then,
be "hollers" that "to the victors be-
long the spoils."
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-08-09

The Evening Bulletin cannot un-
derstand Why the Hawaiiana have
entered a final protest again the
stealing OF their country. 1t may
be true that the protest will have
no immediate results but it will
some day prove in the pages OF
history that until the very a. did
the Hawaiian nation struagr for
their independence aud their flag
and that it was simply through con
quest that they unwillipHly saw
their country embodied IN the
United States OF America.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-08-09
FOR LEASE.

nor A LONG TERN OF YEARS.
Il The Desirable Pauoa Pasture Land,
comprising about 400 Acres. About y
Acres fenced level land on good road
suitable for Dairy House and Sorghum.
The only Ranch Land adjoining Honolulu.
Reasonable Terms to responsible party
Inspection solicited Inquire Of
G, W. BOOTH,
gl7-u Telephone 4a4'
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-08-09

The morning paper publishes
very sensational story about a pro-
posed monster strike by Japanese
field laborers on all plantations in
the islands. There has at no time
been any concerted action ON behalf
of the Japanese. 1t has been ar
ranged that a demand for higher
wages will be made on some planta-
tions on Oahu by contract laborers.
1t is presumed that the demand will
be refused, and one or two laborers
will refuse to work and be impri-
soned, Then, test case will be
carried to the Supreme Court of the
United States to see whether the
present contracts with the penal
clause will hold good under the con-
stitution of the United States. The
money necessary to carry the case
to the highest tribunal will be sub.
scribed by the whole Japanese CO.
lony. The leaders among the Japa-
nese deny that there has at any time
been talk of general strike or Of
riots and disturbances,
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-08-09

Deputy Marshal Hitchcock left
by the Mauna Loa this morning to
carry instructions to the sheriffs on
the other islands in regard to the
transfer OF the country to the United
States, The Deputy Marshal will
return next Tuesday.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-08-09

Judge Kalua has politely, but
firmly declined to participate in the
lowering of his country's flag. Prince
Albert Kunuiakea and family will
also be absent from town on that
day, and no money offers, it is said,
are large enough to induce Hawaiian
maidsns to assist at the function
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-08-09
TOPICS OF TIE DAY.

There are many complaints over
the raising the dust" every morn
ing by the road departments men
OF the streets Of the city. Before the
water carts have been around the
streets, the men sweep and scrape
the streets covering the people with
dust and filling the stores with dirt.
The water carts should sprinkle the
streets before the sweepers appear.
We hope that a better system will
be adopted in the interest of cleanli.
ness and hygiene.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-08-09

Capt. P. M. Lydig, chief commits
sary and purchasing agent for the
U. S. A. here, has rented Mignon
Cottage on Beretania street. His
first official advertisements for sup.
plies have appeared.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-08-09

The bargains at l.. B. Kerrs are
attracting crowd of ladies and they
all make large purchases. 1t looks
now as il the special lines would be
all sold out in a week.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-08-09

Admiral Miller is sojourning at
the residence OF Mr.. S. M. Damon,
Nuuanu Valley.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-08-09

The kindly hearted and conserva-
tive element have apparently down
ed the unfeeling jingoes in the
matter of the function of the flag
raising on Friday.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-08-09

A young Portuguese hoodlum who
had acted in vile and disgraceful
manner towards two young ladies
on public road was sent to the reef
for one month by Judge Wilcox.
The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1898-08-09

Target shooting by the Citizens
Guards will continue as usual at the
Makiki and Twilei butts.