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The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1899-01-16
to his normal condition. Doubtless he
Will not soon again roast hypnotists as
"faklrs. ."-Astorian.
IT is WORTH HEARINeg
Our Neighbors Say 1t 1s-Read wha
PendIeton says.

The only criterion to go by in deter{
mining whether play which is billed
to appear is worth hearing, is the opinion
of those who are considered good criticS
and have heard it in other places. There
fore, for the kbeneht of those who a4e
in doubt about tonight's play we agaln
quote from the East Oregonian:
ION the Suwanee River" the bill Iat
the Frazer Friday night, was one of the
best theatrical products of the seasonlin
Pendleton. In fact, it would not lie s4y-
ing too much to assert that there hdve
been no more than two, if there have
been two, attractions in this city si1ice
a better patronage.
''The piece is striking for the rematk-
ably clear construction of character, The
sharp outline of each character presented
by the lines and situations. It can eyen
be said to have considerable originality
of plot, a.thing most unusual nowadays.
The various component parts of drama
have been combined in so many ways
that originality comes as a surprise and
ae something we had not even thought
of demanding.
"One could go through tie cast and
justly praise. them ali. for the company
is we'll balanced. The Fountain City
male quartet, colored, were recalled in
the third act come half dozen times, ano
only ceased singing because they
absolutely refused to respond"
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1899-01-16

icle the death of our pioneer residents,
and realize that within few years the
last one will have passed away. Mr..
Brookhouse will be greatly missed, be-
ing one of those good-hearted, whole
souled men, who make the world hap
pier by their presence.
The funeral will take place from the
Catholic church at-9 o'clock Wednesday
morning. All friends are invited to be
present at the service.
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GROCERY DEPARTMENT SPECIAL

ddon special Grocery Prices of last week. add t
Macaron and Cheese Van Camps, 8 lb cans
Hominy, canned ID.
PineaPple scea, = 10 cans -
Flake Hominy .4c
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muster,ng ont.

Friday Representative Tongue saw AS
sistant Secretary Meikleiohn and asked
him if the recent turn of events in the
Philippines would mean thatth Oregon
volunteers would be retained in those
islands longer than was originally in
The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1899-01-16
In Olden Times

People overlooked the Importance of
permanently beneficial effects and were
satisfied with the transient action; but
now that it is generally known that
Syrup of Figs will permanently over
come habitual constipation, well IN
formed people will not buy other laxa-
tives, which act for time, but finally
injure the system. Buy the genuine,
made by the California Fig Syrup Co.
One Minute Cough Cure, cures.
That Is W ilnf il was made for
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TAKE NOTICE.
TO OUR ADVERTISERS /:

All Changes in Advertisements must
be handed in before 10 o'clock A. NJ, as
no changes will be accepted in the aft
ernOOn. This rule will be positive.
CHRONICLE PUBLISHING CO.
The DalIes, January 10, 1890.
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the markets affords at bedrock prices We have
Der 9c that is crackerjack for vaue also
There only few of these two lines Left bear this mind
should You think favoaby of them We will quote you
question
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1899-08-04
Origin of a Famous Phrase.

Going out to see a man. was the
invention of Artemus Ward. One
night in the winter of 1863. when the
humorist was about half through his
lecture. he paralyZed his audience
with the announcement that they
would have to take a recess of 10 min
utes, so as to enable him to go across
the street to "see a man." ii. r.
Tracy. the editor of the Washington
Republican. was in the audience, and
seeing an opportunity to improve up
on the joke, penciled these lines and
sent them to the platform:
Dear Artemus: If you will place
yourself under my guidance I'll take
you to see man without crossing
the street"
Artemus accepted the invitation.
continues the Louisville Courier Jour
nal, and while the great audience i'm
patiently. but with much amusement,
awaited the temperance of the hu-
moriSt, the latter was making the ac-
Quaintance of Aman, well-known
restaurant keeper at that time on
Ninth street and luXuriatiQg at a
Well-laden Tefreshment board. Of
course everybody Caught On to" the
phrase. and men became fORd of get
ting up between acts and going out
to see Aman. The restauraeur's bus
mess from that time forward doomed.
Men who would ordinarily hit quietly
through an entertainment and behave
themselves allowed themelsSes to be
Influenced by the contagiOn.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1899-08-04
Making Colored Soldiers.

In the early days of colored troops
in the regular army it was essential,
to get the best results, that they should
serve with white troops, so that disci-
pline could be enforced when neces-
sary. 1t was Il decidedly risky expert
ment to attempt making soldiers of
such people. They needed the object
lesson of contact with white troops.
Naturally of an initiative disposition,
the cOlored man took the white soldier
as his pattern, carefully watching
every gesture and movement with in
qusitive concern. Recruited from the
most dangerous and shiftless of the
freed negroes, they were naturally
lazy, and disinclined to do the work
required Of them. They spent all their
leisure time in gambling, drinking and
quarrelling. Every possible punish
ment employed I'm the discipline of
frontier posts was inflicted upon them.
They were stood on barrels. they were
"bucked" and gagged. they were
marched about the garrison with
heavy planks tied to their backs, hear
ing the word gambler" in chalk.
Everything was done to discipline
them. every means taken to make
soldiers of them.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1899-08-04

"What does lion weigh?" Ask that
question of any acquaintance and see
what he viii say. Those who know
the look of the king of beasts best.
and how small his 1.-THE body really is
will probably come furthest from the
truth About 300 to $50 pounds is a
usual estimate But this below the
mark. \ ull-grown lion will tip the
scale at no less than 500 pounds
Five hundred AMI forty pounds is the
record for an African lion. His bone
is solid and heavy as ivory.
The tiger runs the lion very close. A
Bengal tiger. killed by an English of
fcer, scaled go pounds. 4 tiger of
this size has. however. considerably
greater muscular strength than the
biggest lion. Few people know that
n grizzly bear can give points to any
other crrnivorOus animal i'm point of
strength. 4 grizzly bear weighing
just 100 weight has been watched car
rying n heifcr of more than two-thirds
its own weight for two miles up the
most steep and rugged mountain side.
And this without pausing one instant
for rest. The grizzly bear the largest
and most powerful of all the bear
tribe but his cousin, the cinnamon
bear. runs him very close. and the big
white polar bear, though not really 50
dangerous n customer, is capable of
performing the most extraordinary
foats of strength. \ polar bear has
been seen to move with his paws a
boulder siN men had with difficulty
put in position to guard cache of
provisions.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1899-08-04

1t costs S2J to call man liar in
Nebraskag according TO a recent court
decision In that state. Time has been
cost lives
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1899-08-04

The first smokeless powder that l
made in England was made i'm exactly
the same manner as the French. /
had obtained a quantity of true gun
cotton, that is. tri-nitro-cellulose
Cknown sometimes as insoluble gun
cotton, because it cannot be dissolved
in alcohol and ether like collodion cot
ton di-nitro-celluloseJ Some of this
powder, when freshly made produced
fairly good results. quite as good as
those produced by the French powder,
but upon keeping it a few months the
grains lost their transparency became
quite Opaque and fibrous, and it then
burned with great violence. Investi-
cation showed that about } to . per
cent. of the solvent was still in the
powder when the first tests were made,
whereas the drying out of this last
trace of solvent had compile tely chan
ged the character of the powder |
then added to this powder about , per
cent. Of castor OIL with the 'esult that
the castor oil remained afte' the solv-
ent had been completely removed, so
that the powder would keep any length
Of time; indeed, powder male at time
1850 is good to-day. Maxim.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1899-08-04

Dredging has been successfully re
sorted to i'm recovering valuable dia-
mond ring that was lost in Petaluma
creek. Recently the owner of the ring
was standing on a bridge just below
Petaluma, across an arm of the creek
when his diamond ring slipped from
his finger and fell through crack in
the bridge and into about eight feet of
water The stone in the ring cost
without the mounting, $500. The
owner hated to give it up. yet he did
not know how to 90 to work to get it
out In his perpleXity he applied to
Capt John Hackctt n man of expert
ence in dredging though on some
what larger scale than hunting for so
small n thing as n ring. The loser of
the ring had been thoughtful enough
to mark the place in the bridge where
the ring fell through. Hackett rugged
small clamshell bucket to be oper-
ated by hand. with a rope this was
dropped through the bridge at the
place marked. and a bucket of mud
was brought from the bottom of the
creek. 1t was taken to the bank and
washed out. 4 second and then Il third
was tried, and i'm the third was found
the ring. Stockton Independent
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1899-08-04

In ecclesiastical law a terrier Is a
book which is supposed TO be kept in
every parish and in which there is a
record of the sources of itg revenue,
and particularly Of its lands (terrae in
Latin, terres in French, whence the
word terrier OF course it is the duty
as well as the interest of every per-
son to see that the terrier of his par
lsh is well kept, but the duty is often
neglected During the early days of
the ircumbency of a parsOn who was
rather fond of sport he received from
bis bishop a formal letter of inquiry
on several matters, TO which he was
requested to give answer. When he
came to the question: do you keep a
terrier?" the good-natured parson re
piled: No; but l have two well-bred
pointers, and your lordship is welcome
TO one Of them if you care tc have it,"
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1899-08-04
CUTS LIKE CHEESE.
bermuda Stone whiHh Can he ouarrled
with n Rand Saw.

with Rand Saw.
Nature has made 1t easy to build
houses in Bermuda. The entire group
of islands is made up of coral rock,
so that every man can have a quarry
In his back yard if he cares to dig deep
enough. This stone, when first cut, Is
soft and white. so that it "cuts like
cheese like the wood of the famous
'One-hOss shay" and can be got out
in square blocks with an ordinary
handsaw. On exposure to the air,
however, It soon becomes dark and
hard enough to break the teeth out of
the saw that cut ii so easily from its
bed
As there is no lumber in Bermuda
except that which is brought from
Canada at considerable expense, stone
Is used for nearly the entire house
The walls are laid of blocks about
eight inches by six. and two feet in
length. Window sills and door jams
are also sawed out of stone in the pro
per shape, and even the roof is covered
with stone shingles, which are made
by simply setting a block of soft, fresh
stone on edge and saving it into thin
slabs. Both roof and walls have to be
kept whtewashed, or the stone would
crumble away. hard as it finally be-
comes; but with this precaution it
lasts long time. There is an old coral
stOne-house on Harrington Sound
which is considerably over 200 years
old.
Coral islands are formed by the coral
pOlyps, or insects, which build up reefs
to about the level of the sea and then
die. On the rough surface of these
reefs seaweed clings The wind and
the waves work together to grind up
their substance and pile it in heaps Of
sand, which finally soldifies into the
rock which can be cut so easily.
The freshly broken stone makes ad-
mirable road material Even the rub
Der tire of n bicyle will crush Il piece
of it fiat, and the rain soon solidifies
1t in that shape. so that the whole
roadbed, new stone and old together,
becomes like a smooth track cut in
solid rock.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1899-08-04
o. RAILROAD
TIM TABLE.
Corrected to Date.

Solid Pullman trains to Buffalo, Mag
ara Falls, Chautauqua Lake, Cleveland,
Chicago and Cincinnati.
Tickets on sale at Port Jervis to all
points i'm the West and Southwest at lower
rates than via any other iirst-class line.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1899-08-04
CRoToN BUG is A WONDER.
lie Has Potentialitiss That should Make
tho Public Respect Him.

lie Has Potentialitiss That should Make
tho Public Respect Him.
A Croton bugs mission in life seems
to consist In getting drowned in bath
tubs, eating pages of books. and even
clothing, and making an all around
useless nuisance of himself
But like lots of other seemingly use
less children of nature, the unlOvely
CrotOn bug has nos only his uses, but
that may raise him a bit in the public
mind.
In the first place. did you know that
he is an inveterate hunter? And that
his favorite prey and food is the bed
bug? But for the Croton bugs hunt
ing expeditions. there would be three
hcdbugS where nov there is one. Much
may he forgiven i'm the Croton bug for
this exploit alone.
Again; The losgest Croton bug
measures, perhaps half an inch. a
tall man may attn TO six feet in al
tltude The CrotCn bug is thus one
one-hundred and fourty-fourth the
size of the man. Had man the strength
proportionate to lis size which the
Croton hug possesses, here are a few
things q siX-footes could do:
lie could run the 1O0-yard dash in a
fraction less than iour-fifths of n sec
ond. He could. &t that rate. run a
mile in something like fourteen sec
Onds: and incidentally he could smash
every record ever dreamed of and
make the Empire State Express look
like 30 cents. This estimate is based
on the speed of a Croton bug which
was coorccd into cunning across n
desk three feet wire. The bug made
the yard Of distance, in just one second
Figure out the ratio Yourself.
Another thing .nan could do. were
he as powerful pr, portionately as the
Croton bug, is this: He could bite
through piece Of 10th eighteen inch
es thick. | have g.: coat one-eighth of
an inch thick liter lly riddled by Gro
ton bugs. Multiply by IA and there
you are,
Half dozen drops Of purple ink
spilled on n desk were eagerly alb
sorbcd by single Croton bug in five
minutes He wasn't out for n record.
either. He was sust thirsty. This
equals onc-eightietl! of an ounce. BY
this rule n normal man should be able
to toss down two ounces of purple ink
in the same time. and thrive on it.
4 Croton bug has been seen carry
ing from n drain-pipe masses of drain
age double his weight. He walked
away with his prize without apparent
effort. Thus a grown man should be able
to carry off on his shoulders from 300
to 500 pounds Of food without swear
ing AT the heavy weight
Figure all this M. remembering at
the same time that the CrotOn bug not
only eNtcrminateS the red rover of the
night, but also acts as scavenger for
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1899-08-04

One fine day n batch of tiny para
keets from neighborlng island ar
rived. and | congratulated myself on
having at last acquired some amiable
members of my bird community. Such
gentle creatures We're never seen. saws
the Cornhill Magazine. With their pale
green plumage and little gray hooded
heads which easily explained their
name of "capuchin." they made them
selves quite happy in one of the many
domes or cupolas of the Arab cage. In
few days, however, isfsIysterious all
ment broke out among all the other
birds. Nearly every other bird seemed
suddenly to prefer going about on one
leg At last it dawned on me that
many of the canaries had actually only
one leg. An hours careful watching
showed me parakeet siding up to a
canary, and after feigning to be deeply
absorbed in its own toilet. preening
each gay wing feather most carefully
the little wretch would give sudden
swift nip at the slender leg of its
neighbor, and absolutely bite It off
, then and there. OF course, immeda-
tely turned the capuchins out of the
cages with much obloquy, but too late
to save several of my poor little pets
| from a one-legged existence.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1899-08-04

If you want papers for placing un-
der carpets call at The Press office,
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1899-08-04
Concerning Insanity.

Lombroso, who can discern insanity
where even Max NOrdau can't see it.
and who is of opinion that most men
and all women are more or less crazy.
has been looking for the microbe Of
madness I'm the heroes Of contempor-
AIRY novels and plays, and has met
with glittering success, especially in
the work of Ibsen and Zola. He
says that fiction is keeping pace nice
ly with the march of mankind toward
general dementia, and predicts cheer
fully that the characters in fiction will
in the future show a steady increase
Of lunacy.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1899-08-04

ore is always learning. Did you ever
suspect that nature varnishes over
with wax not distinguishable from
that of the bee? She does this to pre-
vent chills, too quick evaporation, and
so to keep the blood thin enough to
run in and out of capillary arteries.
Alkalies and all cleansing ps de-
stroy this natural varnish. +. ,quent
warm baths are injurious, but cold
saltwater baths brace the skin. They
remove no impurity, but give func-
tlonal activity. The new doctrine is
that a healthy skin cleanses itself.
The best help to it is underclothes of
soft cotton, such as rAsiatles wear.
This soft raiment absorbs rapidly
what the epidermis throws on.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1899-08-04

Clean blood means a clean skin. No
beauty without it. Cascarets, Candy Cath9r-
tic clean your blood and keep It clean by
purities from the body. Begin to-day to
Danish pimpes, boils, blotches, blackheads,
and that siclIy bilious complexion by taking
Casearets,-beauty for ten cents, All drug
gists. satisfaction guaranteed, l0c, 25c, Soc
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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-07-03

vided, which is regarded as fortunate
thing by the men who run the bar,
otherwise the ball might terminate in
the conventional way. On several Oc-
casions Roosevelt has been on hand
the opening night, but as he is IA
miliar with the customs prevailing at
such affairs he never fingers more
than couple Of hours. Unless man
is looking for trouble it is wise to
depart early, and Mr.. Roosevelt is
wise.
Theodore Roosevelt is unique man.
People who read of the doings Of New
York are familiar with that fact, but
to appreciate it fully it is necessary
to see him here on his own ranch
Roosevelt is a millionaire several times
over; his family is one of the Oldest
in the country; he has been successful
in politics and literature; he is a
recognized authority on municipal gov
ernments; he is warm friend of the
Astors, the Vanderbilts and people of
that ilk; he can walk along a fowery
path of roses to the end of his day
il he so pleases, but out here he
spends sixteen hours day in the sad
die, sleeping on the floor of log hit
at night, eating food that a BoWery
bum might refuse to recognize and do
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-07-03
CHAPTER XIII.
A Shrewd Scheme.

There had been nothing very senti-
mental in the reconciliation between
parents and son. The earl and Lord
Chandos walked home through the
quiet streets Of Berlin, while my lady
drove. They smoked the cigar Of
peace, while Lord Chandos reported
his social triumphs to his father. No
more passed between them on the most
important of all subjects-his love, his
marriage, and the law suit; they spoke
of anything and everything else. The
only words which went from the heart
of the father to the heart of the son
were these:
IT am glad you haye made friends
with my lady, Lance. She has pinned
for you, and she is so proud. She
says nothing, but know that she has
felt the separation from you most
keenly. am glad it is all right; you
must not vex her again, Lance"
IT will not, if I can help it, replied
the young lord; and so the conversa-
ton ended.
Lord Chandos was a clever man, but
he was in the hands of a woman far
more clever. When a woman has !he
gift of strategy, she excels in it, and
the countess added this to her other
accomplishments. She was a magnifi-
cent strategist. Her maneuvers were
of the finest; quite beyond the power
of one less gifted to detect. A man
in her skillful hands was toy, to be
played with as she would The
strongest, the wisest, the most honest,
the best, were but wax in her hands :.
She did just as she would with them,
it was so cleverly done, so skillfully
managed, that they never had The
faintest idea my lady was twining
them around her little fingers. She
had two modes of strategy. One was
by grand moves, one alone of which
was enough to carry a nation. The
other means was by a series of finest
possible detailsof intrigue.
(To be continued.)
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-07-03
A MID LOVE
BERTHA NJ. CLAY.
BERTHA NJ. CLAY.
Continued.

Then May came-sO snort the time
was growing. Everything he had
spoken of was here-the green leaves,
the singing birds, the soaring lark, the
cooling wood-pigeOn. Only a few more
weeks now, and the girl grew more
beautiful every day as her hope grew
nearer it's fulfllment.
She was much struck by a CONVEX
sation she had one day with SignOr
Corli, her singing master. She had
sung, to his intense delight and salts
faction, one of the most difficult and
beautiful cayatinas from der Fret
schultz" and he marveled at her Won
derfuI voice and execution.
cit is ten thousand pities," ne said,
<'that you have a position which for
bids you to think Of the stage"
She laughed at Tine time.
"The stage?" she repeated. why,
signor?"
Because you have the genius which
would make you the finest dramatic
singer in the worl1," he replied; you
would be the very queen of song. I
repeat tit is ten thousand pihes you
have been placed in such a position
the stage could never attract you"
mo, it certainly will not" she said.
<'But do you think I nave really any
talent for it, signOr?"
mo, not talent" he replied, ''but
genius. Once in every hundred years
such a one is given to the world. If
you went on the stage I venture to
prophesy you would drive the world
mad"
She laughed.
cit is just as well, then, that the
world is saved from Madness she
said.
'It is not we'll for the world of art, +"
said SignOr Corli.
She smiled after he was gone, half
f1attered by his words, yet half
amazed. Could what he said be true?
Was this dramatic power, as he called
it, the power she had felt within her-
self which made her different from
others? Then she laughed again.
What did it matter to her-her life
would be spent under the shelter of
her husbands love-the husband who
was to claim her in June.