The Weekly Ghroniele.
THI DALLES, ... - - OREGON
FRIDAY,
FEB. 6. 1891
LOCAL AND PERSONAL.
Hon. J. D. Lee is at Salem.
Frank Pike of Moro ia in the city.
Mr. Ray Davie, of Fossil, is in the city.
. The county jail has only two inmates.
Mr. C. J. Bright, an attorney
Wasco, ia in the city on business.
Mr. C. S. Miller, of Fossil, is in the
city and gave ns a pleasant call Monday.
A new post office in Ohio is called
Sodom. Oh, Gomorrah ! what a name,
E. C. Smith, of Lyle, Klickitat county
paid the Chronicle a pleasant visit
Saturday.
Up at Baker City they have just had
six inches of enow and everybody
sleigh riding.
A new company of state militia, will
be organized at Hood River next week
and will be connected with the Third
regiment.
B. S. Huntington, Esq.; was chosen to
represent The Dalles board of trade in
. . . the waterway convention which meets at
Walla Walla on the 5th prox.
When a silver dollar is only worth
eighty cents in gold, has silver depre
ciated or gold increased in value?
F. M. O'Holston, the pension forger.
was sentenced to hard lador in the pen
atentiary for a period of ten years.
The land office has received no orders
to accept filings on forfeited lands yet.
What causes the delay is not known.
Hon. Robert Mays and J: G. Farley,
Esq., returned from Salem this morning
where they have been for the past week
When the painters get through with
the outside of the court house it will be
improved fifty per cent, in appearance,
The ground is being cleared off for
new building on the corner of the old
mint property opposite Skibbe's block,
' Mr. C. E. Haight who has been at
tending the U. S. District Court in Port
land as juror, returned this morning to
remain for a few days.
Mr. George Krauss laid on our table
pea vines that are one foot in heighth,
having grown out doors without protec
tion from the elements.
The wife of Representative E. O. Mc
, Coy presented him wHh a fine boy last
night. A letter from the home at Grant's
says that the mother and child are doing
well.
The public schools under the manage
ment of Professor Smith with his splen
did corps of eleven teachers, are run
ning in fine style, and the work being
done in the several branches is of great
merit and is appreciated by the patrons,
Mr. A. S. Macallister returned from
Salem this morning, he reports every
thing in good shape at the capitol and
that Eastern Oregon's interests are
closely looked after.
. Rumor has it that a new time card
will be out in a few days, and that
another passenger train will be put on
the line. How about the steamer Baker
" that is tied np on account of ice"!
Company C, Third regiment, O. X. G
is in a very prosperous condition,
Within the last month 37 members have
. been added to the roll, and at the last
drill , meeting thirty responded to roll
- call. This bids fair to be the crack com
pany of the regiment.
Messrs. Gibons, Mcallister & Co. have
Bold an unusual number of plows this
season. The warm spring like weather
, that has prevailed all winter his given
our farmers an opportunity to carry on
their accustomed vocation without anv
interruption from the cold.
. Mr. J. W. Gilman, of Fossil, manager
of the Gilman-French Land & Live Stock
Co. is in the city en route to Portland
with seven car loads of beef in excellent
condition. This speaks volumns for
-' Eastern Oregon grass-fed beef in mid
winter.
The Chbonicle goes to press every
g afternoon at 4 o'clock and the big Cot
trell steam press is in operation until
nearly 5. Our friends and the public
generally are invited to drop in and wit
ness the printing of the paper. The
latch string is always out and all are
welcome.
We have been accused at times for the
past year of writing a certain series of
articles for one of the Goldendale papers.
... We wish to say once for all that we have
never .written a line for any Goldendale
paper since we quit the Tribune. We
had a sufficiency on that long-felt want,
to last anyone, not . an utter swine, a
lifetime.
A California syndicate has been
formed for the purpose of booming
Pasco. The company has purchased a
large body of land adjoining the city and
will expend a large sum in advertising
and working up the scheme. One argu
ment used in the enterprise will be the
opening of the river to navigation that
Pasco will be the head of stuamboat
traffic.
- A prominent physician and old army
surgeon in eastern Iowa, was called
away from homo for a few days ; during
his absence one of the children contracted
a severe cold and his wife bought a
bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
for it. They were so much pleased
with the remedy that they afterwards
used several bottles at various times,
He said, from his experience with it.
he regarded it as the most reliable pre
paration in use for colds and that it
. came the nearest being a specific of any
medicine he had ever seen. For sale by
Snipes & Kinersly.
Mrs. Mary Quinbey and child, pur
porting to have come from Tacoma,
where she has been living for some time,
called on our county judge for assistance
to enable her to reach Huntington where
she has relations. Upon ascertaining
that it was necessary to make a formal
application at the county clerk's office
for aid she repaired to that functionary
and made the required affidavit and
the sheriff was authorized to provide
hotel favors and transportation to her
friends which was done and she went on
her way rejoicing.
The trial of Stone and Hyde in the
United States Circuit ' court seems to
have been lost sight of entirely. We
see by the published docket that civil
cases are being tried daily, but the gay
members of the Washington and New
York Land company languish in jail
unable to get a trial. It is a matter of
considerable interest, as there are one or
two others that we know of who are in
the same boat as Stone, and if he is
guilty there will be other work for the
pjarsbal.
FORFEITED RAILROAD LAND.
Instruction From the CommiMloner of
the Land Office.
Register Apperaon, of the land office at
Oregon City, has received some fiither
instructions from the general land office
of the United States in regard to the
forfeited lands of the Northern Pacific
Railroad Company. The portion of the
limit established under the grant to the
Oregon & California Company is the land
lying south of the base line, Willamette
meridian, to section 7 south and east of
the road, to the end of the thirty-mile
limit, to where it crosses the land of the
Northern Pacific grant. This land lies
in the belt of country bounded by the
base line, the Oregon & California track,
to a point near Silverton, and thence
east to the end of the limit. Most of the
land in this section is now settled upon
but many pieces of it are valuable and
are unoccupied, settlers thinking it be
longed to the railroad companies. The
diagram referred to in the commissioner's
letter can be seen by parties Jinterested
upon application at the land office at
Oregon City :
Department of the Interior,
General Land Office,
Washington. D. C. Jan. 19, 189
Register and Receiver, Oregon City,
Oregon Sirs: By an act of congress ap
proved September 29, 1890, the grant by
act of July 2, 1864, for that portion of
the main line of the Northern Pacific
raiiroad lving between Wallula. Wash
ington and Portland, Oregon, was de-
clared forfeited, the same having been
unconstructed at that date, and the
lands within the limits of the withdrawal
therefor, which took effect .August 3,
1870, were, under the terms of the act,
resumed and restored to the public
domain, with the following exceptions,
viz : The lands lying within the limits
of the company's grant by resolution of
Mav 31. 1870. the road under which has
been constructed, and the rights of way
and riparian rights in the lands described
in section 5 of the act. as having been
attempted to be conveyed to the city of
r-orxianu Dy me junaem racuii: nau
road Comnanv and the Central Trust
Company, of New York, by deed of con
veyance dated August 8, 1886, said rights
i " i i' i i i 1 l
having been confirmed to
the city by
said section 5.
On the enclosed diagram the area in
eluded within the yellow lines, or limits,
between Portland and the eastern
boundary of your district, is the forfeited
poruon oi me gram, wnnin your junsuic-
STh. ""XrarSES
by resolution of May 31, 1870, aforesaid, about what the weather would be. Dur
the road under which has been con- ing certain climatic changes it seems im-
structed, and no lands lying within said
A rwirtion of the limit fstahlished tin-
der the grant to the Oregon & California
railroad company by act of July 2o, 1800,
talis within tne iorreited area, put tnis
department nas always neia mat, as tne
JNorthern racinc was tne prior grant,
the lands embraced within the legisla
tive withdrawal thereunder were ex
eluded from that to the Oregon & Cali
fornia company. It nas been urged that.
as the Northern Pacific road never defi
nitely located opposite these lands, they
could not be treated as granted lands ;
but the secretary of the interior, on De-
cember 4, 1890, decided that there was a
grant through that portion of the line
The restoration will not. therefore, -be
affected by the Oregon & California
grant. -
I also enclose, for vour information
and guidance, conies of the instructions
under the forfeiture act. which were
prepared with the approval of the secre-
tary of the interior, and nave to call
your attention particularly to that por
tion thereof relating to the second sec
tion, and defining who are entitled to a I
second homestead entry under its pro
visions. In order to carry the restoration into
effect, you will, at once, cause to be pub
lished, in some newspaper of general
circulation in your district, a notice that
the sections of land designated bv odd
numbers, lying within the forfeited lim-
its laid down on the diagram aforesaid,
have been restored to the public domain,
and will be opened to entry upon a day I
fixed bv you. not less than thirty days
from the date of the notice, and that all
persons who were actuel settlers in good
laitn upon any oi tne restored lanus on i
September 29, 1890, the date of the ap-
proval of the forfeiture act, and who are
otherwise qualified, will have a prefer-
ence rights of entrj lunder the homestead
law, to be exercised within six months
after such approval. I
There are pending in this office, on
appeal from your action reiectine them
for the reason that the lands were not, at
the time they were presented, subject to
disposal, a few applications for portions I
offthe forfeited and restored lands.
That the complications arising from
tne lormer practice oi inis omce in sub-
pending such applications may be ad-
justed, and that the provisions of the
forfeiture act in relation to actual set-
tiers mav be executed, without delay. I
have, with the approval of the honor-
able secretary of the interior, to direct
that in the notice of restoration under
the forfeiture, there be inserted a notice
to prior applicants for such lands that
their applications confer upon them no
right, and that, upon the date set by
you and stated in the notice, all the
lands included in the forfeiture will be
open to entry under the provisions of the
forfeiture act, without regard to such ap-
plications, which snail be held to be
rdjected by said notice
0 the end, however, that all such
applicants may have opportunity to pre
sent new applications under the for
feiture act, upon the restoration of the
lands to entry, you will at once notify
all parties shown by your records to
have pending application for such lands
of the rejection thereof and of the
restoration.
It is presumed vour records will show
all such applications, but in the event
they do not, you will so advise this office
that a list may be prepared for yonr in
formation.
You will promptly forward a copy of
the newspaper containing the "notice of
restoration for the information of this
office.
The receiver, as disbursing officer, will
pay the cost of the publication, and
should lorward a copy 01 the notice with
the proot 01 publication an his voucher
tor the disbursement,
Respectfully, W. M. Stone,
V Acting Commissioner.
For a lame baek, a pain in the side or
chest, or for tooth-ache or ear-ache
prompt relief may be had by using Cham
berlain's Pain Balm. It is reliable,
For sale by Snipes & Kinersly.
Farmers throughout the county are
very busy running their plow teams for
all they can stand and the coming sea
son promises to be a propitious one.
We are glad to learn Mr. J. L. Thomp
son who met with the accident of
breaking his leg some days ago is im
proving nicely and will be around on
crutches soon.
For a cut, bruise, burn or scald, there
is nothing equal to Chamberlain's Pain
Balm. It heals the parts more quickly
than any other application, and unless
tne miury is very severe, no scar is left.
For sale by Snipes & Kinersly.
A rumor has gone out that our wheat
merchants will not buy wheat at any
price, wh ich we are informed is incorrect.
They will buy all offered at the highest
cash market quotations.
The question has been asked, - "In
what respect are St. Patrick's Pills bet
ter than any other?" Try them, you will
find that they produce a pleasanter ca-
thartic effect, are more certain in their
action, and they not only physic but
cleanse the whole system "and regulate
the liver and bowels. , for sale at to
cents per box by Snipes 4 Kinersly,
SWEET SABBATH BELLS.
God never would send yon the darkness
If he thought you could benr the light,
Rut you would not cling to His guiding hand
If the way was always bright;
And you would not care to walk by faith
Could you al ways walk by sight
So be sends you the blinding darkness
And the furnace of seven-fold heat.
"Tin the only way, believe me
To keep you close to his feet:
For 'tis always m tatty to wander
When our lives are glad and sweet.
'Tis true he has many an anguish
For your sorrowful heart to bear.
And many a cruel thorn crown
For your tired head to wear;
But He knows how fnc would keep close to Him:
If pain did not guide them there.
Then nestle your hand in your Father's
And sing if you can as you go,
Your song may cheer someone behind you
Whose courage is sinking low;
And well, if your lipt do quiver
God will love yon better so.
Control Tonr Temper.
Ill temper is a symptom revealing an
unloving nature at the bottom ; it is the
intermittent fever which bespeaks inter
mittent disease within. Temper cannot
be changed but by a change of heart.
souls are sweetened, not bv taking tlie
acid fluids out, but by putting love in.
ll is Better noi to live man not to love.
Rain and Sunshine.
A Christian may enjoy a calm and
inward peace, while he sustains the
storms of outward trouble. If he enjoys
the former he mav expect the latter ; if
he suffers the latter he may expect the
former. There is no spring without its
fall : no summer without its winter.
Seeker.
Thorough Regeneration.
Scriptural repentance is that deep and
radical change, whereby a pinner turns
from the idols of sin and self unto Ood
and devotes every movement of the
inner and outer man to the captivity of
bis obedience.
RAZORS AS BAROMETERS.
Some Observations by a Bright Dalles
Barber.
It is singular but nevertheless true
that a razor is a very good weather
barometer. A reporter of the Chronicle
dropped into one of The Dalles palatial
shops yesterday and a bright barber
remarked that he could tell by the action
of his razor on the first morning customer
possible to get a razor to do good work
J l"ml",uuo ""
the instrument of torture "pulls," even
if his hide is as thick as a newspaper
m,n' Hr,niii,i Tw Tlpfnrp fln
par
ticular knight of the razor goes to work
in the morning as he comes down to the
shop he glances up at the weather signal
staff and if the blue flag is flying then
he knows he will have an extra hard
day's work, no matter how carefully he
may hone his tools, but if the white flag
is up then he knows his customers will
smile and be good natured all the day
through. Another thing about razors is
that they will get "cranky" and will not
work at times and nothing but a complete
rest and laying them away for a while
will do them any good. Surely there are
more things in heaven and earth than
our philosophy tells us.
SWEAR BY HUNT.
The Oregonian Thinks his Energy
will
Full him Through.
The Oregonian, voicing the sentiment
in Portland, has the following to say rela
tive to the attachment suits against G
W. Hunt : Friends of G. W. Hunt here
say they are convinced that he has at
last succeeded in getting arrangements
made by which he will be able to float
his bonds, and will soon return here with
the money to build the road from here
to Hunt's Junction. It is well known,
so his friends say, that he has been
opposed at every point by persons and
corporations mimical to ius scneme,
especially the Northern Pacific. The
fact that the Northern Pacific brought
suit against him lately is looked upon
by his friends here as evidence that he
is aDout to carry out nis scneme in spite
of its opposition, and these attachment
suits are the last trump the company
has to play in the game against him
The Northern Pacific cannot carry its
point by the means they are using," said
a friend of Hunt's yesterday. "Hunt
owes Wright and some of the Northern
racinc crowd some money, but they have
blwk. lur oeuuriiy, suu uii-v luuhi realize
on this stock before they can attach any
of his property. They see that Hunt is
getting away from them, and is going to
float his bonds, and the beginning of
those suits is an attempt to injure his
prospects, just as the suit started in New
xork some time ago for commissions
There was nothing in that, and the suit
brought in tins state and YY ashington
will not nave tne ettect intended." It is
now almost a year since Hunt floated $2,
000,000 01 his bonds here and started
east to float the rest. He has stuck to
his work with a perseverance that
deserves success, and the people of Port
land will rejoice to see nis triumph.
The Jury Xlst.
The following jurymen hye been
drawn to serve in the district court for
the February term :
A. C. Anderson, The Dalles.
H. W. Steel,
W. Tackman, "
J. McEachern, "
H. Harris,
E.M. Harreman, "
O. W. Cook,
Frank Graves, Kingsley.
Wm. Frizzell, Cascade.
Chas Ehrck, Hood Eiver.
W.J.Baker,
Pat Gorman, Kingsley.
L.
JJ. Crockett, Hood Kiver.
S. B. Fisher, Mosier.
B. U. McAtee, Tvgh Vallev
U. A. Heath, urass valley.
E. Frost, Dufur.
Jas. Donaldson, Kingslev.
Wilbur Atwell, Cascade Locks.
F. C. Secton, Dufur. .
Alike Glavy, Dufur.
Wm. E. Enn, Warnic.
K. H. Guthrie, Grass Vallev.
A. W. Quinn, Dufur.
A. M. Allen, The Dalles.
Geo. W. Rowland, The Dalles.
G. H. Crocker, Grass Valley.
H. M. Boorman, Hood River.
J. C. Baldwin, The Dalles.
Charles W. Haight, Bake Oven.
Good Acconnt of a Former Pastor.
Nearly every one in The Dalles will
recollect Rev. W. G.- Simpson formerly
pastor of the M. E. Church at this place,
with his estimable wife he is now loca
ted in Elizabeth, New Yersev. This
morning Mrs. Isaac Joles, and a number
of other friends received a card, from Mr.
Simpson announcing the birth of a boy
at the parsonage in New Jersey. Their
many friends here tender their con
gratulations. Real Estate Transactions.
The real estate transfers filed for
record at the court house are light and
are as follows :
J. A. Parish and wife to John R.
Harvey and wife, lot K, block 17 in
Dalles Military reservation, considera-
tion J300.
State of Oregon to Neal Vaneston,
SE, sec. 16, R 1 N, T 12 E, 40 acres,
consideration $50.
IDEAL.
I
Somewhere est in the great wide world
My km is waiting for me;
And I search through the eodleas throb of lite
For the face I at last shall see.
My heart whispers low, "I shall find her,"
And I feel no inward strife.
But calmly I wait for my own to corns,
For the fate of my strange tense life.
I shall know her, my bonnie darling.
By the soul like light in her eyes,
By the nobleness throned on the pure white brow.
Where the graoeof her beauty lies.
There will be no need of questions,
Nor of answers soft and low.
For we both have bided the weary time.
And the secret we both shall know.
I shall hold her hand in a firm, strong clasp,
I shall press her dose to my heart;
For all the long years of waiting are o'er,
And we wander no more apart.
Ida Estelle Crouch in Brooklyn Eagle.
A CLOSE CALL
The firm of which I was the junior
partner bought large quantities of wool.
I usually made the purchases, and at
times was obliged to travel far into the
Sierra Nevadas, taking with me several
thousand dollars upon each trip. To
carry this sum I used a pair of saddle
holsters with a receptacle for the money
and a place for a pair of pistols. The
latter were necessary; for much of my
way lay amid the wild and rugged mount
ains far from the main highways. When
1 halted at the wayside hotels x was
obliged to carry the money to the table
with me and keep it in my room at night,
for few of the stopping places had any
secure safes or vaults. Paper money was
not generally accepted by the owners of
wool, so the greater part of the money
was in gold. Two attempts had been
made to rob me, and I had become wary
and suspicious; yet the profits we made
were so good that I was unwilling to
give up the trips.
One day we received a telegram that
read: "Secure all the wool you can.
It
is sure to advance in price."
"That means a hard trip for me,"
said, glancing at the yellow slip, "but
the sooner I am off the more wool I can
get"
The telegram reached ns at 5 in the
afternoon. At 9 the next morning I was
on the road and had nearly $4,000 in
gold coin. ,
For the first three days I gradually
ascended the mountains, and by midday
of the fourth had reached the summit.
This did not mean a rapid descent upon
the opposite slope, but a journey for sev
eral daysover the ridges rising from this
central plateau. Some of these were
densely wooded with pine, spruce and
fix, while others were more open and
contained fine pastures for flocks and
herds.
I was desirous of reaching one man,
who kept his sheep during the summer
upon a high and rugged range some
miles from my usual route. I halted
for dinner at a small public house lately
built to accommodate teamsters engaged
in hauling lumber from a new sawmill.
The surroundings were not inviting, but
1 was accustomed to the poorest accom
modations while upon these mountain
trips. While a half breed Indian was
caring for my horse I inquired of the
landlord if he could direct me to Ruck-
er's sheep camp.
"Yes," was the reply, "but it's a hard
place to find," at the same time giving
me the directions as nearly as possible.
I shook my head as he ended, saying:
I could never find the place in a year's
time. Is there no one here acquainted
with the route who can go with me
He hesitated a moment, and then
said: "There's Bill, the half breed; he
knows the trail as well as old Rucker
himself. I reckon you can get Bill to go."
Bill was promptly interviewed. "You
pay me $2, and I take my horse and go,"
was the brief but satisfactory reply.
The required sum was promised, and
he at once prepared to accompany me.
The moment dinner was eaten we set
off. Instead of being sullen and morose,
like most half breeds, my guide was
talkative and intelligent fellow, and
gave me much information about the
surrounding region.
Upon reaching Ruckers camp we
found the owner absent, and it took us
an hour or more to find him and the
band of sheep he was herding. He de
tained us longer to tell about the bears
and panthers that annoyed his sheep
than the time consumed in bargaining
for his wool and making the necessary
arrangements for shipping it to ns.
When we got back to the public house
it was too late to go further that night,
unless I traveled after dark, and to this
I objected on 'account of the gold.
The landlord said he could give me a
straw bed, adding, "Yon see, the place
is new, and we have nothing better for
ourselves."
I was willing to take the bed, and so
turned my horse over to the half breed
to take care of for the night
Just before supper two more travelers
rode np and desired to stop.
Booms are pretty scarce, as yon can
see, but we can feed you as well as not,"
said the host.
The men, like myself, were not par
ticular as to beds, so remained for the
night They were rather talkative, and
I overheard ihem ask the landlord my
name and business. My suspicions were
easily aroused, and I noticed that they
seemed interested in me and the holsters
I guarded so closely. As we left the din
ing room one of them said, "Mighty
keerfnl of yer holsters, stranger. Yon
must have struck it rich in the dig
gin's?" I made some evasive reply. During
the evening Bill, the half breed, came
into the barroom two or three tunes,
and the last time I noticed that he
secretly beckoned to me to go out of
doors. Waiting till he left the room I
managed to follow him without attract
ing attention.
On reaching the middle of the wide,
dusty road he stopped, approached me
closely, and said, "You see two men
come on horseback?"
I nodded in reply.
He continued: "One a bad man; he
rob stage and go to prison. Now he
come back." '
A stage robber?" I echoed.
Yes," was the answer; "five years
ago he rob the stage and sent to prison.
Maybe he think no one know him. I re
member. I tell you and tell the boss
so you look out for him."
I thanked the fellow and rewarded
him in a substantial manner, for the
warning was of value to me.
On returning to the barroom I now
watched the two strangers with consider
able attention. There was nothing of
the ruffian about either, and I would
have thought nothing more about them
than any of the teamsters that stopped
at the hotel for the night had it not been
for the half breed's caution.
As the host lighted me to my room he
told me what the Indian had. said to
him, and warned me to be on my guard.
Determined to be on the safe side. I
pulled my bed against the door when I
retired for the night and securely fast
ened the only window.
I slept soundly till past midnight.
when I was awakened by a movement
of the bed. It appeared as though some
one was slowly opening the door and
causing the bed to move across the floor.
I reached under the pillow, firmly
grasped one of my pistols, and awaited
developments. Inch by inch I could
feel the bed move slowly over the floor.
My senses were stimulated by the ex
citement of the moment and I could
hear the breathing of the would-be rob
ber. The door was now sufficiently open
to admit the thief. Thinking to capture
him, I sat up in bed waiting for him to
approach.
It was too dark to distinguish his
form, but I could tell his position from
his deep breathing as he slowly and cau
tiously approached the head of the bed.
At that instant I raised my pistol and
cried, "Stop, or I will fire!"
Quick as a flash he sprang for the door,
and I fired at the same instant He gave
a cry of pain, but continued his flight
I jumped from my bed, rushed to the
door and shot again at the retreating
figure. The ball evidently missed him,
for it did not stop his mad race, and the
next moment we heard the swift gallop
ing of a couple of horses.
The house was in an instant uproar.
Men came rushing from their rooms,
each one crying aloud as to the cause of
the shooting. The explanation was brief,
but it took an hour or more to quell the
excitement, and I am certain but few
slept during the remainder of the night
It was plain that the two strangers
had made their preparations and had
their horses near by. Had they been
successful in obtaining my gold, they
would have disappeared in the night
When day gave us light, spots of blood
were visible upon the hall floor and on
the stairs, but a search for some distance
along the road revealed nothing of the
robbers, so it was evident that my shot
had not been a seriou3 one.
Trusting that I had seen the last of
my assailants, I mounted my horse after
breakfast and pursued my journey. My
route lay for some miles through a most
picturesque and scenic region. Volcanic
rocks rose abruptly from the hillsides,
assuming the forms of temples and tow
ers. Here 1 fancied 1 could trace a
ruined fortress, and there a moss cov
ered arch or massive gateway.
Absorbed in detecting these fancied
resemblances to the most noted creations
of man, had ridden for a mile or more
without seeing or hearing anything to
break the silence of my lonely ride when
a loud report rang out, my horse plunged
violently and a second later fell to the
ground, carrying me with him
"We have him!" shouted a voice that
I recognized as belonging to the man
who had asked me about tb holsters the
night before.
I lay upon my side, with my right leg
under the animal. The two men, each
with a gun in his hand, ran toward me
from behind a neighboring rock. My
situation was most critical. I was pinned
to the earth and unable to move. Luck
ily my hands were free and I could reach
one of the pistols in my holsters. De
termined to sell my life as dearly as pos
sible, I jerked the revolver loose, raised
myself slightly and fired at the robber
nearest to me.
The ball struck him in the hand and
caused him to drop the gun. With an
oath he sprang back, and the two sought
shelter behind a rock.
I was still in imminent danger, for they
could make a detour and approach me
in such a manner that I should be at
their mercy. Their advance and my
shot took but a fraction of a moment so
that both were over ere the death strug
gles of my animal ended. In these he
partly raised himself from my leg,
and as his body was between me and
the two assassins I crawled on my
hands and knees to a low rock within a
few feet of me. "We will see whether
yon get that gold or not," I muttered to
myself, as I rubbed my leg, bruised
from the f alL
The rock behind which I had sought
shelter extended several rods, rising in
places ten or twelve feet above the
ground. I climbed up a few feet, and
through a narrow crevice examined the
situation.
I saw the glimmer of a gun barrel be
hind a low rock, and was thus enabled
to locate at least one of my enemies.
Stooping down, I ran to the further end
of the ledge, hoping to get a shot at him.
I was disappointed, for he was still hid
den from sight I saw that by crawling
up the hill a short distance I could gain
the protection of a second rock. This I
instantly did, yet every moment fearing
they would make a dash for the gold,
which was still upon my horse.
They evidently did not realize that 1
had moved from the rock near the dead
animal and were afraid to venture.
Reaching the second ledge I found to
my annoyance that I could not yet see
the hidden robbers, but by pulling my
self along behind a fallen tree I was at
last within sight of them. They were
crouching on the ground behind a low
ledge, each peering around the end of
it, intently watching the spot where they
had seen roe disappear. Though it
seemed an age, it had really only been a
couple of minutes since their hrst Bhot
was fired at me, and they were evidently
waiting till they could tell whether I
was injured or not -
I now raised my pistol, took careful
aim and fired. The ball struck the man
who was holding the gun, Villing him
instantly. The other with a cry of rage
seized the rifle and fired three shots at
me in quick succession.
The bullets whistled near me, and one
of them struck the log behind which I
lay. This was so small that I dared not
raise my head to get a return shot I
therefore turned around, still keeping
flat on the ground, and crawled back
some distance.
The tree in falling had struck an old
log upon the ground and broken in two.
Where the two crossed each other was a
space under -the broken tree through
which I could see my adversary.
I rapidly cleared the earth away until
I could get a shot at him. He had run
tip some rods nearer, and now stood par
tially behind a small rock, intently
watching the point where he had last
seen me. Just as I reached the pistol
beneath the log he moved quickly, but I
fired, and knocked the gun from his
hands.
I instantly sprang np, crying, "An
other move and I will kill you."
He turned and attempted to gain the
protection of the . nearest ledge. . As
he whirled around I fired again and
he fell. I rushed upon him, but
he was on his feet at once and
caught the rifle. I fired once more,
breaking his wounded arm and causing
him to let fall the gun. I exclaimed,
'Stop, before I kill youP
Instead of complying he answered
fiercely, "I will cut your heart out,"
and sprang toward me with a bowie
knife in his right hand. By this time
he was within reach, and made a savage
thrust at me with the knife.
I sprang aside in time to avoid the
blow, and once more pulled the trigger.
No shot replied the pistol was empty!
My only chance was at close quarters,
and catching my revolver by the muz
zle I struck him a blow on the head, at
the same time receiving a slight cut in
the shoulder. He fell at my feet, and
before he could move I sprang upon
him, kicked the knife from his hand,
and caught up the rifle he had dropped
in the fight
He cried, "Hold! .. I give np; don't
murder me."
"Lie still, then," I said, "and don't
move." .
I now ran to my dead animal, pulled
the holsters from the saddle, pushed the
empty revolver into them, and took out
the loaded one. Then I said, "Get np,
now."
He was a pitiable looking object, and
weak from the loss of blood. He had
been twice wounded once in the hand
and again in the arm while my blow
on his head had cut an ugly gash from
which the blood trickled down over his
face. I took my handkerchief and made
a bandage for his arm, and by twisting
it tightly with a stick managed to stop
the blood.
I now bade the fellow go ahead, and,
taking my holsters in one hand and the
loaded pistol in the other, I obliged him
to walk in front of me back to the inn
where we had stopped the night before.
Of the excitement there caused by our
appearance I need not speak. . The near
est justice of the peace was sent for,
coroner's jury impaneled, and the state
ment of myself and the wounded robber
taken down. I was exonerated from all
blame, the body of the man I killed was
buried, and in the course of a few weeks
his wounded companion was sentenced
to a long term in prison. S. S. Boynton
in Overland.
DEATH COMES PAINLESSLY.
A Scientific Opinion That Will Be Con
soling to All Humanity.
The signs of impending death are
many and variable. No two instances
are precisely identical, yet several signs
are common to many cases. Shake
speare, who observed everything else.
observed and recorded some of the pre
monitory signs of death also. In the ac
count of the death of Falstaff the sharp
ness of the nose, the coldness of the feet
gradually extending upward, the pick
ing at the bedclothes, are accurately de
scribed.
For some time before death indica
tions of its approach become apparent.
Speech grows thick and labored, the
hands, if raised, fall instantly, the res
piration is difficult, the heart loses its
power to propel the blood to the extrem
ities, which consequently become cold
a clammy moisture oozes through the
pores of the skin, the voice grows weak
and husky or piping, the eyes begin
lose their luster.
to
In death at old age there is a gradual
dulling of all the bodily senses and of
many of the mental faculties; memory
fails, judgment wavers, imagination
goes out like a candle. The muscles
and tendons get stiff, the voice breaks,
the cords of the tabernacle are loosen
ing. Small noises irritate, sight becomes
dim, nutrition goes on feebly, digestion
is impaired, the secretions are insuffi
cient or vitiated or cease, capillary cir
culation is clogged. Finally the central
organ of the circulation comes to a stop,
a full stop, and this stoppage means
dissolution. This is the death of old
age, which few attain to.
Many people have an idea that death
is necessarily painful, even agonizing;
but there is no reason whatever to sup
pose that death is more painful than
birth. It is because in a certain propor
tion of cases dissolution is accompanied
by a visible spasm and distortion of the
countenance that the idea exists, but it
is nearly as certain as anything can be
that these distortions of the facial mus
cles ore not ouly painless, but take place
unconsciously, In many instances, too,
a comatose or Eemi-comatose state super
venes, and it is altogether probable that
more or less' complete unconsciousness
then prevails.
We have, too, abundant evidence of
people who have been nearly drowned
and resuscitated, and they all agree in
the statement that after a few moments
of painful struggling, fear and anxiety
pass away,, and a state of tranquillity
succeeds. They see the visions of green
fields, and in some cases hear pleasing
music, and, so far from being misera
ble, their sensations are delightful. But
where attempts at resuscitation are suc
cessful the resuscitated persons almost
invariably protest against being brought
back to life, and declare that resuscita
tion is accompanied by physical pain
and acute mental misery.
Death is a fact which every man must
personally experience, and consequently
is of universal interest; and as facts are
facta, the wiser course is to look them
squarely in the face, for necessity is coal
black and death keeps no calendar.
Medical Journal
She Caught the Car.
She was a very masculine looking
young woman, and 11 she bad not worn
a Psyche knot and skirts she might have
passed for a slim waisted youth, for she
wore a mans collar, a mans coat,
man's four-in-hand tie, and displayed on
her bust a longitudinal section of a man's
plaited shirt. She was waiting for
car in the storm the other evening. She
had not an umbrella, and was in the
shelter of a doorway. A car dashed by,
and she whistled for it to stop. The
driver paid no attention' to her signal,
and she gathered np her skirts, made ,a
dash out into the street ran sharply for
a moment, caught up with the rapidly
running car, caught the hand rail, and
swung on as nimbly as a college athlete.
What do you mean, sir, she exclaimed
to the conductor, "by not stopping when
I signaled?" The conductor tried to ex
plain, but she would not listen, and sat
down and looked indignant for ten min
utes. It takes a mannish looking young
woman to chase a car through the rain
and get aboard without stopping the
car. Boston Advertiser.
Ananias and His Deaf Father.
Danl was the biggest liar in town and
Dan'l always appealed to his father to
verify his fearful yarns. DanTs father
was old, a little deaf, and belonged to
the Methodist church. It was not to be
supposed that the old gentleman would
indorse lies, and thus the neighbors con
cluded. But here is how Danl got
around his poor old dad. "Went down
ter t' brook yesterday," Dan'l would re
late. "Caught tew hundred and four
pick'ril, say, didn't I, dad? And the old
man, benignantly listening, would hear
"four and meekly reply, "Yes, Dan L"
Then the able liar would edge around
"back to" his father, and with the edge
of his hand measure off the length of his
arm before the eyes of his astonished
guest. "Caught one pick'ril, a whop
per, longe'n that say, warn't he, dad?"
The old man would gaze upon the six
inches of scrawny wrist and forearm as
wily Danl whirled and measured for his
benefit, and humbly but firmly assert,
Yis, my son; sh'd say as how he was
summat longer." Lewiston Journal.
The World's Paper Mill.
The production of paper in the entire
world is estimated to be 3,000,000,000
pounds per year. There are 884 paper
mills and 1,106 paper machines in this
country. Germany has 809 mills and
891 machines: France, 420 mills and 523
machines: England, S61 mills and 541
machines; Scotland, 69 mills and 93 ma
chines; Ireland. 13 mills and 13 ma
chines; Russia, 133 mills and 137 ma
chines, and Austria 220 mills and S70
machines. Philadelphia Rscord.
Block Island's Turkey Ulury Gone.
: Block Island no longer; supplies the
markets with its old time quantity of
famous turkeys. Ten years ago the
Christmas shipment amounted to eight
een tons, but last year only three tons
were sent ont The people of the island
are depending more on the attractive
ness of the place for summer visitors,
and paying le3s attention to ' poultry
raising and vegetable growing. Boston
Herald. . .
flOtTH ' DflLiIiES; Wsish.
In the last two weeks
have been made at Portland, Tacoma, Forest in the West.
The New
Grove, McMinnville and The Dalles. All g0Qj. Sqq
are satisfied that FACTORY.
North Dalles
Is now the place for investment. New Man-
Chemical
ufactories are to be added and large improve- jyy gpJQ
ments made. The next 90 daj's will be im- several
portant ones for this new city.
Call at the office of the
Interstate Investment Co.,
Or 72 Washington St., PORTLAND, Or.
O. D. TAYLOR, THE DALLES, Or. ' ;
JOLES
: DEALERS IN :-
Qfnnffl nrirf' TTmrm flrnnnTinh
Hay, Grain
Cheap Express Wagons flos. 1 and 2.
Orders left at the Stcre will receive prompt attention. '
Trunks and Packages delivered to any part of the City. 5
Wagons always on hand when Trains or. Boat arrives.
No. 122 Cor. Washington and Third. Sts.
H. Herbring,
Dealer in '
Forei il Dneslie Dry Mis
fancy;goods and notions,
CLOTHING, HATS AND CAPS,
Boots and. Shoes eto.
PRICES LOW AND CASH ONLY,
FISH St BHRDON,
T5EALEHST1T
Stoves, Fufliaees, Ranqes,
GAS PIPES, PLUMBERS' GOODS, PDMPS; Sc.
"We are the Sole Agents for the Celebrated ,
Trinmpli : Baie ani ' Ramona . Coot stove, .
Which have no equals, and Warranted to
Corner SecoM and . asMnston
Cpandall
MANUFACTURERS
FURNITURE
Undertakers and Embalmers.
NO. 166 SECOND STREET.
C. NICKELSEN, &
-DEALER IN-
STATIONERY, jlOTIOfiS,
BOOKS AND MUSIC.
Cor. of TnM ' and f ashington Sts, The Dalies, Oregon.
D. W. EDWARDS,
DEALER IN
'aints, Oils, Glass, Wall Papers, Decora-
tions, Artists' Materials, OilFaMis, Clrois ani Steel Eiraviis.
Mouldings and Picture
Etc., Paper Trimmed Free.
Ploturo Framesi IVr.rte to Order.
276 and 278, Seoond Street. -
-: For the Best Brands and Purest Quality of Wines and Liquorsr.go to:
J, O. MKCK,
Jl?ole5ale : Ijcjuor : Dealer,
171 SECOND STREET, THE DALLES, OREGON.
large sales of lots
Thergest
TAMEHY
Fnraimre Ffj.
wire worts.
Fine Cottaps.
flew Railroad
BROS., '
and Feed.
giv e Entire Satisfaction or Money Refunded
Streets, Tne Dalles,. Oregon. .
& Barget,
AND DEALERS IN -
CARPETS.
Frames, Cornice Poles
- : . The Dallei, Or.