LOCAX. AND FKBSONAI..
' Captain Edersby of Eight-mile was in
. the city Friday.
. C. W. and Mrs. VanDuyn of Tygh
Valley.were in the city Friday,
' Mr. Silas Beezley is going to Burnt
. Ranch on a visit to his neice who is re
siding there. .
Mr. and Mrs. John Roth of Kingsley
and their daughter Mrs. H. Fargher
came into town Friday.
The state of Pennsylvania has 1145
persons to the square mile and Oregon
has in the neighborhood of two.
V(m. Bird was in the city Saturday
- transacting business at the land office in
regard to his timber culture claim,
The Chbonicli is pleased to hear that
- Miss Lois Dufur, of Dufur, is getting
. well of her late dangerous sickness,
, A car load of cattle and one of hogs
.were fed at the stock yards Friday and'
one car of Wasco county sheep was ship
. ped this morning by Jack Anderson to
Victoria, B. C.
; Henry C. Coe and wife, of Hood River,
" have given a bond for a deed in the sum
' of f 1200, for lots three and four in section
' ' A, town of Waco ma, to J. E. Rand, of
Hood River. '
Guesses are now in order as to whom
the governor will appoint to succeed
Judge Bird. It is expected the mantle
will fall on some Dalles man.
The friends of the Chboniclx will be
pleased to learn that the circulation of
; the weekly' edition has nearly doubled
' within the past two months,
? Long Ward solemnly avers that he
remembers the time when schools of
. whales peed to come up the river in the
spring time and lay their eggs in the
sand back of the Umatilla House.
,. Mr.McGowan, of the Buchheit Pack-
Ing company, of Lower Cascades, was in
the city... He reports that, a few salmon
above in the columns of the Blade and it
so thoroughly amused us that we have
not had time till now to assure our con
temporary that proud as we are of our
"good taste" his remarks are entirely
too flattering. -Anything that the Blade
produces is so far above the known ability
of the Chronicle that if stolen for our
use the theft would be detected at once.
No, when we adopt this form of piracy
we shall steal from some one near our
own size. The Blade is mistaken. The
Cheoniclk is young and tender and has
not yet fallen into the ways of such
papers as the Blade, which would steal
and then own up to it.
From oar Wrote Correspondent.
Wamic, Or. April 14, 1891.
Editor Chronicle : As items of in
terest are very scarce now I will cut my
correspondence short this time by saying
that a daughter was born to the wife of
A. C. Sanford on the 9th inst. and both
mother and child are doing well, and A.
C: is the proudest man you ever saw.
And also, born to the wife of Orange
Brittian a daughterron the 14th inst.
Grain is nearly all sowed and sheep-
shearers ae preparing to start out in a
few days. The ground is getting almost
dry and some have stopped plowing for
that reason.
The ' Norton surveying . party have
reached upper Tygh creek and the
smoke from their camp can be plainly
seen from Tygh store. We wish them
success and will give them a hearty
welcome, with the pledge we will do all
we can to support them. Very respect
fully yours. Ought.
m n mi' t itMilnii'mu' lul ljnMni'3 'Malt l.lng
Seen the walls of wondrous blue
Break, revealing all the beauty
- That within its silence grew. ' -
I have heard the wondrons story
Of Saviour crucified,
;: How for us he suffered torture,
How for us he lived and died.
How the angel came from Heaven
Clothed in robes of dazzling light
Bore Him back to God who gave Him
Wearing crown and robe of while.
And they tell me bud and blossom.
Egg and bird, but symbolize
How our lives from grave and silence
Into fuller beauty rise.
When they hid my little sister
In the grave so dark and cold.
Then they said that God would keep her
As an angel in His fold.
And I wondered, as an angel
Would her face be still more fair,
Would he eyes hold more of sunshine.
Or more gleams her golden hair?
Mamma tells me she is happy
With the good God up above.
That Bhe plays all day with angels
Sings with them their songs of love.
little sister, up in Heaven
When the angels came for you
Tears and earth dust dimmed our vision
Hid thy glory from our views
But I know you were not frightened
Heaven to you was real and true
A nd I think sometimes the angels
Must have whispered words to you.
For you said in faith unquestioned
Two dear Fathers have been given,
I will love and trust them ever
One on earth and one in Heaven.
life and death and resurrection
God and Heaven and angels bright
All seems dark, I'll trust to Jesus
He will lead me to the light. .
Norton's Survey.
We give the following extract from a
letter received from Mr. Norton in re
gard to the survey of The Dalles and
Fossil road:
The above verses which were written
by Mrs. Prof. Smith, of this city, and
recited by Miss Patty Baldwin at the
Easter exercises of the Congregational
Sunday school, touched the hearts of all
who were present, and at the request of
several who heard them the author has
assented to their publication. They are
certainly worthy of being preserved in
print. xi.
A JOLLV TIMS.
The Tonnr People of The Dalles Visit
Hood Kiver.
Last evening a party of our young
'We are getting along nicely, but have people were entertained at the residence
hH Rome ronrii conntrv to no over the l tion. u. omun, at noou civer.
past five days. Our heaviest grade from Excursion rates were granted by the
The Dalles to the summit is sixty-five Union Pacific and the party left on the
4 are beln eaneht at his Dlace and at the feet to the mile, and from the summit :3U passenger, arriving at nooa mver
rapids of the Cascades. - to Tygh, seventy-five feet, which is
The first horse show ever given by the mmjh leM than I expected. I am going
to make an enort to get tDrougn Dy May
1st but cannot tell yet."
Gilliam County v Horse Improvement
association was held at Fossil last Satur
day. It was thoroughly successful, fully
$20,000 worth of animals being present.
Henry Hudson started Friday morning
. with 8000 lbs. of freight for Dayville.
; The people out that way must take
' their'n pretty straight as the load in one
wagon was two sacks of flour to one bar
rel of whisky. That's too much flour:
' In the first base ball game of the sea
son the Portland won against the .Spok-
and by a score of five to three. Yester-
. day the spokanea were saved from a
whitewash at Portland by a rainstorm
. which , broke up the game. The score
. stood Portland 7, Spokane 0. when the
. rain drove them from the grounds.
John Anthony, late of this city but
' now of La Grande, stopped off at The
Dalles today on his way to Portland to
lay in supplies and fixtures for going in'
to the wholesale and retail candy bust
ness. The people of La Grande ought
to treat John kindly for he is a good
body, and has many a friend, in The
" Dalles who would gladly welcome him
back.
The great special train of Russel & Co.,
of Massolin, Ohio, consisting of twenty
five cars loaded with Cyclone threshers
' and engines and drawn by two locomo
tives, passed through the city Friday
en route to Portland. Each car . bore
the legend: "For Portland, Oregon'
and the' whole was a very imposing sight
and must have been a big advertisement,
. not only to the company but for Oregon.
An administrator's sale of the effects
of the late J. G. Staats of. Dufur was
conducted by auctioneer Butts of this
city on last Wednesday at the residence
of the deceased. There was a good
crowd, all things considered, and every'
thing brought a fair price. A. J. Wall,
of Eight Mile bought a handsome, car
riage which he intends to use in break
ing his black calf. It cost him the sum
of $00000.25.
Mr. . B. Dufur is just in from Dufur
and Tygh Valley and reports that Mr.
' Norton is getting along finely with his
.iuivey. i'A good grade, easy of construe
- tkra, has been found from this city to the
divide. The people are much pleased to
find that the route wiQ be so easy for a
railroads , They are all giving Mr. Norton
a pleasant reception. Mr. Dufur says
the farmers of that part of the country
are all pleased with the outlook for crops
the coming season.
Advertised Letter.
Following is a list of unclaimed letters
remaining in the poatoffice at The Dalles
Oregon, April 17, 1891. Persons calling
for same will please say "Advertised."
Batch. CW Clark, Walter F
Johnson, Charles Fillet, Mr John
Murphy, W m Morrison, L, a
Smith, 8 C Stafford, S S
Vaunoy, Mrs Katie Tapp, Bink
Chapman, Mrs Moine rz)
M. T. Nolan, P,
M.
Articles Filed.
The articles of incorporation of The
Dalles Portage Railway company was
filed in the county clerk's office today.
The articles are for $500,000 with D. .
French, Robert Mays, Max Vogt, A. S.
Macallister, Hugh Glenn, Joseph T.
Peters and B. F. Laughlin as incorpor
ators. The objects are to build a road
from The Dalles to a point above Hell
Gate in Sherman county.
New Comers.
Two families from Missouri and three
from Nebraska have' arrived in The
Dalles'this week and all express them
selves pleased with the looks of things
here and will in all probability make
their borne with us.
The Best Cough Medicine.
"One of my customers came in today
and asked for the best cough medicine I
bad," say Lew Young, a prominent drug-
F'st of Newman Grove,- Neb. "Of course
showed him Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy and he did not ask to see any
other. I have never yet sold a medicine
that would loosen and relieve a . severe
cold so quickly as that does. I have sold
four dozen of it within the last sixty days
and do not know of a single case where
it failed to give the mos periect satisfac
tion." Fifty cent bottles for sale by
bninea t Kinerslv. arnirffifrts.
Forfeited Kail road Lands
we are now ready to prepare papers
for the filing and entry of Railroad
Lands. We also attend to business be
fore the TJ. 8. Land Office and Secretary
oi the interior. Jfersons tor whom we
nave prepared papers and who are re
quired .to renew their .applications, will
not be charged additional for such papers.
THORNBUBT & HUDSON,
Rooms 8 and 9, Land Office building,
ine uaiies, uregon.
-
NOTICK.
about 6 :45.
The evening was perfect and before
entering upon the indoor sports the way
was led across the point by the new road
to where Mt. Hood can be seen in all its
glory of ice and snow with the graceful
river bearing its name, winding down
through the great canyon hundreds of
feet below, in the foreground. From
this scene of wild grandeur the party
turned reluctantly and wandered back
through the woods to the residence of
Mr. Smith.
The guests were then ushered into the
parlors, made doubly attractive by the
f owers and evergreens, that were used
profusely in decorating, filling all the
place with beauty and fragrance. . Music
and games were the order of the evening,
and after partaking of an elegant repast,
served in the spacious dining room, the
party reluctantly broke up, after having
spent a most delightful time, which will
long be remembered by all who Were
present.
From The Dalles there were present :
Misses Jeanette Williams, Maie Williams,
Minnie Michell, Rose Michell, Annette
Michell, Lizzie FitzGerald, ' Virginia
Marden, Matilda Hollister, Ursula Ruch,
Louise Ruch, Gertrude Meyers, Flora
Mulligan. ' Messrs. I. N. Campbell, S.
Campbell, S. D. Ainsworth, E.Williams',
Griff Williams, N. C. Wilson, Joe Fitz
Gerald, J. S. Booth, F. Faulkner, J. F,
Hampshire, Mrs. and Mrs. Blakeley
From Hood River Mrs. and Mrs. Heald,
Miss Anna Roberts and Mr. Rand.
R. E. French has for sale a number of
improved ranches and unimproved
lands in the Grass Valley neighborhood
in Sherman county. They will be sold
very cheap and on reasonable terms,
nr. rv-nt. i .i
- xc" ucujuw iu oi nnsettled rlftims in th xnmo nrfah.
wbat is involved in the expression, "An borhood. His address is Grass Vallev,
inch of rain." , It may aid such to fol
low this' curious calculation : An acre
is equal to 6,272,640 square inches; an
inch deep on this area will be as many
cubic inches of water, which at 227 to
the gallon, is 22,000 gallons. This im
mense qnantdty of water will weigh 222,
000 pounds, or 100 tons. One hundredth
of an inch " alone is equal to one ton of
water to the acre.
Wednesday afternoon Mr. and Mrs. T.
W. Sparks left this city to make Portland
Sherman county, Oregon.
FOR SALE.
a cnoice lot ot brood mares ; also a
number of geldings and fillies bv "Rock-
wood Jr.," "Planter." "Oresron Wilkes.'
and "Idaho Chief," same standard bred.
Also three fine young stallions . by
"KOCKwood jr." out ot nrst class mares.
For prices and terms call on or address
either J. W. Condon, or J. H. Larsen,'
xne uaiies, uregon.
An Open River. '
.ditob Evening Telegram: 1 en
dorse all you say about the necessity for
an open river, but if tbe river is opened,
fll -A A- - 1 1 .1 L 1 i
will it ue uwu uy mts Brc&uiiKJKt com.
names T will not tbe railroads at once
put down the fares so as to make it un
profitable for tbe boats l What is the
use of opening - the river, if not . to be
made available for steamboating? -
AN VLD KIVKK MAN.
Astoria, April 16.
brant all you say, and yet the money
expended in opening the river will be
wisely expended.
An open nver means a treigbt rate
regulator.
The fact that the river is there and
open to navigation will be a check on
tbe railroads. Whenever - tbey impose
extortionate rates, that moment tbe
steamboats will, begin to work the river
trade. The knowledge of this fact will
keep railroad charges down to the min
imum.
But it does not necessarily follow that
the railroads win be able to drive tbe
steamboats out of business on the Col
umbia river. With a railroad running
down each side of the river, still the
steamboats would find a carrying trade
bteam cannot compete with water, either
in manufacturing or transportation.
JeUgram
H. H. Wheeler, of Gird creek, paid
Fossil the first visit since the town was
located, last Wednesday. He has been
here, however, before tbe town was. For
seven years, in the sixties, when Canyon
City was a great mining camp, and the
country between was full of treacherous
Indian savages, Mr.: Wheeler stocked
and ran a stage between The Dalles and
uanyon tjity. jar. w heeler's staee stock-
were frequently stolen. He was seriously
wounded on .bridge creek during the
outbreak by old Paulina's band. We
would like to see a history of this country
Merino Sheep for Sale,
I have a fine band of thorough bred drinng those perilous times written by
ran oUaa c7 v i I Mr. Wheeler. Ha von rpcrarrleH hw the
uur iui.uro uuiuc . xuo pwupie oi ine about 340 ewes and about 200 young eany settlers as one ot the bravest men,
, Dalles very much regret their departure lambs, which I will sell at a low price and S001 Indian fighter. Fontil Jour-
and wish them . both many happy and
prosperous days in the city of their
adoption. They will be followed, how
ever by one faithful companion, coun
selor and friend who will speak to them
in times of loneliness and home-sickness
with the familiar tones they have learned
to love so well The Chbonicli
. Tbe Warm Spring Indian commission
consisting of Mark FuIlerton of Colfax,
Wash., J. F. Payne, of Alma, N. C, and
W. H. H. Dufur, of Dufur, Or., which
was appointed to locate the northern
boundary of the Warm Spring reserva
tion and which has been at work since
the 20th of January . last, has just com
pleted its mission. The commissioners
now go to the Colville reservation to make
arrangement for the cession of a portion
and upon easy
terms. Address,
D. M. French,
The Dalles, Or.
On Hand.
J. M. Huntmtrton & (Jo. announce
that they are prepared to make out the
necessary papers for . parties wishing
to nie on so called railroad land. appu.
cants should have their papers all ready
before going to the land office so as to
avoid the rush and save time. Their
office is in Opera H"se Block next to
main entrance.
Stock Strayed.
Three 3-year-old fillies (2 sorrels and
one bay,) two 2-year-olds (both bavs) all
branded A on the left shoulder. I will
give $5 apiece for the recovery of tbe
same. J. W. Rooibs.
. Boyd, Or.
Notice to tax. Payers.
, .. , - . . . All ObBUC UU WUUfcY MACS,
of its lands to the end that they may be delinquent April 1st. Taxpayers are here
thrown open for public settlement. In by requested to pay the same before that
the matter of the Warm Spring boundary date in order to avoid going on the de-
tbe commissioners have taken the depo- i Anecounty 5.urt J?"
Si. , , . ... ordered the sale of all property in which
Biuoae oi nearly au xnuians ana Detween the taxes have not been raid
20 and 30 whites The report has not as
yet been made out but it ia believed that
the commission see their duty so clearly
that the report Will be Unanimous. We I Horsemen Attention.
sincerely hope it will be in favor of the The spring rodero for horses will meet
whites as we have always believed that " wven on lnn1 OI
I.JaI. -J. t i- I . JaWVCT,
ucy uma uio ngni nue oi me question Cha w Haight.
..111 - I -
oa ueuey e so sun. - 1 - J. x. pCBOsss,
nal.
Heppner neoDle are said to be much
excited over the discovery of artesian
water at the Butter creek coal mines, and
will renew the effort to find it near their
city. .Water often shoots some twenty
feet into tbe air from the drill-hole at
the coal mine. The flow is prevented by
means of a stop-valve while drilling ' is
progressing, it is tnougnt it will not in-
teriere witn mining operations in case a
drill is struck. Eatt Oregonian.
Members of the farmers' alliance have
organized a company at Helix to handle
and. ship their own grain in order to
make all the profit possible out of the
product ot their farms. Tbe company
has secured the Reese & Redman and
Kobley platforms, and is making prepar
ations to nanaie a large amount ol grain,
Eatt Oregonian.
Dr. Tarmac Prssrhas a ForesM ZMaw
eususu WUek Will Apply Equally Well
In Coon try and City "He Shall HotSvzn
ly Ma," Satan Told Eve, and Ho Uad.
Nsrw York, March 23. "The Plague of
Lies" was selected by Dr. Tatmage for tbe
abject of the fifth of his discourses on
"The Plagues of These-Three Gties" which
he preached today. Both at the morning
service in Brooklyn and at the evening
service under the auspices of The Christian
Herald in New York tbe vast buildings
were not large enough to hold more than
one-half the crowd who came to bear the
sermon. His text was Genesis iii.4, "Ye
shall not sorely die."
That was a point blank lie. Satan told
it to Kve to induce her to put her semicir
cle of white, beautiful teeth into a forbid
den apricot or plum or peach or apple.
He practically said to her, "Oh, Eve, ' just
take a bite of this and you will be omnipo
tent and omniscient. You shall be as
gods." , Just opposite was the result. It
was tbe first lie that was ever told in our
world. It opened the gate for all the false
hoods that have ever alighted on this
planet. It introduced a plague that covers
all nations, the plague of lies, ifar worse
than tbe plagues of Egypt, for they were
on tbe banks of the Nile, but this on the
banks of the Hudson, oa the banks of the
East river, on the banks of the Ohio, and
the Mississippi, and the Thames, and the
Rhine, and the Tiber, and on both sides of
all rivers. The Egyptian plagues
only a few' weeks, but for six thousand
years has raged this plague of lies.
There area hand red ways ol telling a
lie. A man's entire life may be a false
hood, while with his lips he may not ones
directly falsify. There are those who stats
what is positively untrue, but afterward
say "may be" softly. These departures
from the truth are called "white lies;' but
there is really no such thing as a white he.
A US MAT B8 TOLD IK MANY WATS.
The whitest lie that was ever told waa as
black as perdition. No inventory of pub-
lie crimes will be sufficient that omits this
gigantic abomination. There
high in church and state actually useful.
self denying and honest in many things,
who, upon certain subjects and in certain
spheres, are not at all to be depended upon
for veracity. . Indeed, there are many men
and women who have their notions of
truthfulness so thoroughly perverted that
they do not know when they are lying.
With many it is a cultivated sin: with
some it seems a natural infirmity. I have
known people who seemed to have been
born liars. The falsehoods of their lives
extended from cradle to grave. Prevari
cations, misrepresentation and dishonesty
of speech appeared in their first utter
ances, and were as natural to them as any
of their infantile diseases, and were a sort
of moral croup or spiritual "'"
But many have been placed In circum
stances where this tendency has day by
day and hour by hour been called to
larger development. They have gone from
attainment to attainment and from class
to class until they have become regularly
graduated liars.
The air of tbe city la filled wita false
hoods. Tbey hang - pendent from the
chandeliers of our finest residences tbey
crowd the shelves of some of our merchant
princes; tbey fill the sidewalk from curb-'
stone to brown stone facing; tbey cluster
around the mechanic's hammer, and blos
som from the end of the merchant's yard
stick, and sit in the doors of churches.
Some call tbem "iicuon." Some style them
"fabrication." You might say that, they
were subterfuge, disguised,, delusion, ro
mance, evasion, pretense, fable, deception.
misrepr-sentstion; but, as I am ignorant
of anytldng to be gained by the hiding of
God defying outrage Under a lexicog
rapher's blanket, 1 Khali call them what
my father taught me to call them lies.
VAKXOUS SORTS OF LIBS.
I shall divide them into agriculturaL
mercantile, mechanical, ecclesiastical and
social lies.
First, then, I will speak of those that are
more particularly agricultural. There is
something in the perpetual presence of
natural objects to make a man pure. The
trees never issue "false stock." Wheat
fields are always honest. Rye and oats
never move out in the night, not paying
for the place they have occupied. Corn
shocks : never, make - false - assignments.
Mountain brooks are always current.
The gold on the grain is never counterfeit.
The sunrise never flaunts in fatee colors.
The dew sports only genuine diamonds.
Taking farmers as a class, I believe they
are truthful aiid fair in . dealing and kind
hearted. But the regions surrounding our
cities do not always send this sort of men
to onr markets. - Day by day there creak
through our streets and about the market
houses farm wagons that have not
honest spoke in their wheels or a truthful
rivet from tongue to tailboard.
During tbe last few years there have
been times when domestic economy has
foundered on the farmer's firkin. Neither
high taxes, nor the high price of dry goods,
nor the exorbitancy of labor, could ex
cuse much that the city has witnessed in
the behavior of the . yeomanry. By the
quiet firesides In Westchester and Orange
counties I hope there may be seasons of
deep reflection and hearty repentance.,
Rural districts are accustomed to rail at
great cities as given np to fraud and every'
form of unrighteousness, but our cities do
not absorb all the abominations. Our dtd
sens have learned the importance of not
always trusting to the size and style of ap
ples in the top of a farmer's barrel as an
indication of wbat may be found farther
down. Many of our people are accustomed
to watch and see how correctly a bushel of
beets is measured, and there are not many
honest milk cans.
Deceptions do not all cluster round city
halls. When our cities sit down and weep
over their sins, all the surrounding coun
tries ought to come in and weep with them.
There is often hostility on the part of pro
ducers against traders, as though tbe man
who raises the corn was necessarily more
honorable than the grain dealer who poors
it into his mammoth bin. There ought to
be no such hostility. Yet producers often
think it no wrong to snatch away from the
trader; and they say to the bargain maker,
Yon get your money easy." Do tbey get
it easy f Let those who in the quiet field
and barn get their living exchange places
with those who stand today amid the ex-'
citements of commercial , life and see if
they find it so very easy.- v .
While tbe farmer goes to sleep with the
assurance that his corn and barley will be
growing all the night, moment by moment
adding to his revenue, the merchant tries
to go to sleep conscious that that moment
his cargo may be broken on the rocks or
damaged by tbe wave that sweeps dear
across the hurricane deck, or that reckless
speculators may that very hour be plotting
some monetary revolution, or tbe burglars
untQ, getting up on one elbow, he should
shriek out, "Who's there r"
One Sabbath night, in the vestibule of
my church after service, a woman fell in
convulsions. The doctor said she needed
medicine not so much as something to eat.
As she began to revive in her delirium, she
said gaspingly: "Eight cents! Eight cental
Eight cents! I wish I could get it done; I
am so tired! I wish I could get some sleep,
but I must get it done! Eight cents! Eight
cental" We found afterward she was mak
ing garments for eight cents apiece, and
that she could make but three of tbem in
a day! Three times eight are twenty-four!
Hear it, men and women who have com
fortable homes!
Some of the worst villains of the city are
the employers of these women. They beat
them down to the last penny, and try to
cheat them out of that. The woman must
deposit a dollar or two before she gets the
garments to work on. When the work is
done it is sharply inspected, the most in
significant flaws picked out, and the wages
refused, and sometimes the dollar deposited
not given back. The Women's Protective
union reports a case where one of these.
the taxes have not been paid. Please
call and settle before the time mentioned
and save costs. D. I Catks,
Sheriff of Wasco County.
N
be prying open his safe, or his debtors flee
ing the town, or his landlord ratstng tbe
rent, or tbe fires kindling on the block that
contains all his estate.. Easy! Is rtf God
help tbe merchants! It is bard to have tbe
palms of the hands blistered with outdoor
work, but a more dreadful process when
through mercantile anxieties tbe brain is
consumed.
MKBCANTTLK LIES. .
In the next place we notice nsweaatila
lies, those before the counter and behind
the counter. I will not attempt to specify
the different forms. .of commercial false
hood. There are merchants who excuse
themselves for deviation from truthful
ness because of what they call eomnkercial
no. M m Tn 1.. .1 :
Freight rates from" Portland to HeDDner tin. .a n;ii, ,T7Z7l
are 44 to 58 cents per hundred less than I virtue. There have been large fortunes
VUOMOT BUU UU IXJBUJ leSS IO nihmri vfcjtM wa n
ship wool from Heppner, the greater unrequited toil in the wine; not one spark
portion of the business from this section of bed temper flashing from the bronze
during the wool season is via the former bracket; not one drop of needle woman's
town. Grant County Newt.
MissOUie Smith, of The Dalles, took
charge of the school in district number
nineteen last Monday. The directors
are J. R. Belchee, A. D. McDonald, and
Daniel McLachlan, Clerk, J. R. Morri
son. Watco Obterver.
Mr. W. E. Bunnell left for his
in Prineville this morning.
home
heart blood in the crimson ptnsh, while
there are other great TrrtsMinhrrrrntn in
which there is not one door knob, not one
brick, not one trinket, -not one thread of
lace but has upon it the mark of dishonor.
What wonder if. some dav a hand of toil
that had been wrung and worn out and
blistered until the akin came off should be
placed against the elegant wall paper,
seartng its mark of blood four fingers and
a mo cctfca mm da& WBikin the
poor souls, finding a place where she could
get more wages, resolved to change em
ployers, and went to get her pay for work
done. The employer says, "I hear you are
going to leave me." "Yes," she said, "and
I am come to get what you owe me." He
made no answer. She said, "Are you not
going to pay mef" "Yes," he said, "I will
pay you;" and he kicked her down the
stairs.
There are thousands of fortunes made in
commercial spheres that are throughout
righteous. God will let his favor rest upon
every scroll, every pictured wall, every
trace ried window, and the joy that flashes
from the lights, and showers from the mu
sic and nances in the children's quick feet.
pattering through the hall, will utter the
congratulation of men and the approval of
God.
THKRK IS HO NEED OF FALSEHOOD.
A merchant can, to the last item, be
thoroughly honest. There is never any
need of falsehood. Yet how many, will.
day by day, hour by hour, utter what they
know to be wrong. You say that you are
selling at less than cost. If so, then it is
right to say it. But did that cost you less
than what you ask for it? If not, then you
have falsified. You say that that article
cost you twenty-five dollars. Did it? If
so, then all right. If it did not, then you
have falsified.
Suppose you are a 'purchaser. You are
"beating down" the goods. You say that
that article for which five dollars is charged
is not worth more than four. Is it worth
no more than four dollars? Then all right.
If it be worth more, and for the sake of
getting it for less than its value, you wil
fully depreciate it, you have falsified. You
may call it a sharp trade. The recording
angel writes it down on the ponderous
tomes of eternity, -"Mr. So-and-so, mer
chant on Water street or in Eighth street
or in State street, or Mrs. So-and-so, keep
ing bouse on Beacon street or on Madison
avenue or Rittenhouse square or Brook
lyn Heights or Brooklyn Hill, told one
falsehood." You may consider it insignifi
cant because relating to an insignificant
purchase. You would despise the man
who would falsify in regard to some great
matter in which the city or the whole
country was concerned; but this is only a
box of' buttons, or a row of pins, or a case
of needles. Be not deceived. The article
purchased may be so small you can put it
in your vest pocket, but tbe sin was bigger
than the Pyramids, and tbe echo of the
dishonor will reverberate through all the
mountains of eternity.
You throw on your counter some speci
mens of handkerchiefs. lour customer
i: "Is that all silk? No cotton in it?"
You answer, "It is all silk." Was it all
silk? If so, all right. But was it partly
cotton? Then you have falsified. More
over, you lost by the falsehood. Tbe custo
mer, though he may live at Lynn or Doy les
town or Poughkeepsie, will find out that
you have defrauded him, and next spring
when he again comes shopping he will
look at your sign and say: I will not try
there!. That is the place where I got that
handkerchief." So that by that one dis
honest bargain you picked your own
pocket and insulted the Almighty.
Would you dare to make an estimate of
how many falsehoods in trade were yester
day told by hardware men and clothiers
and fruit dealers and dry goods establish
ments and importers and jewelers and
lumbermen and coal merchants and sta
tioners and tobacconists? Lies shout sad
dles, about buckles, about ribbons, about
carpets, about gloves, about coats, about
shoes, about hats, about watches, about
carriages, about books about everything.
In the name of tbe Lord Almighty, I ar
raign commercial falsehoods as one of the
greatest plagues in city and town.
- - itECHAHICAL LTXS.
In the next place I notice mechanical
lies. There is no class of men who admin
ister more to She welfare of the city than
artisans. T9 their hand we must look for
the building that shelters us, for the gar
ments that clothe us, for the car that car
ries us. ' They wield a widespread influ
ence. There is much derision of what is
called "Muscular Christianity," but in the
latter day of the world's prosperity I think
that the Christian will be muscular. We
have a right to expect of those stalwart
men of toil the highest possible integrity
Many of them answer all our expectations,
and stand at tbe front of religious and
philanthropic enterprises. But this
like the others that I have named, has in
It these who lack in the element of verac
ity.' They cannot all be trusted. In
tunes when the demand for labor is great
it is impossible to meet the demands of tbe
public, or do work with that promptness
and perfection that would at other tunes
be possible.
But there are mechanics whose word
cannot be trusted at any time. No man
has a right to promise more work than he
can do. There are mechanics who say that
they will come on Monday, but the- do
not come until Wednesday. You put work
in their hands that they tell you shall be
completed in ten days, but it is thirty.
There have been bouses buiit of which it
might be said that every nail driven, every
foot of plastering put 00, every yard of
pipe hud, every shingle hammered, every
brick mortared, could tell of falsehood con
nected therewith. There are men attempt
ing to do ten or fifteen pieces of work who
have not the time or strength to do more
than five or six pieces, but by promises
never fulfilled keep all the undertakings
within their own grasp. This is what they
call "nursing" the job.
How much wrong to his soul and insult
to God a mechanic would save if he prom
ised only so mnah as he expected to be able
to do. Society has no right to ask of you
impossibilities. Y on - cannot always cal
culate correctly, and you may fail because
you cannot get the help that you antici
pate. But now I am speaking of the wil
ful making of promises that you know yon
cannot keep. Did you say that that shoe
should be mended, that coat repaired, those
bricks laid, that harness sewed, that door
grained, that spout fixed or- that window
glazed by Saturday, knowing that you
would neither be able to do it yourself nor
get any one else to do it? Then, before
God and man you are a liar. You may say
that it makes no particular difference, and
that if yon had told the truth you would
have lost the job, and that people expect
to be disappointed, but that excuse will
not answer. There is a voice of thunder
rolling among the' drills and planes and
shoe lasts and shears which says, "All liars
shall have their part in the lake that burn
etii with fire and brimstone."
ECCLESIASTICAL LIES.
I next notice ecclesiastical lies that is,
falsehoods told for the purpose of advanc
ing churches and sects, or for tbe purpose
of depleting them. There is no use in
asking many a Calvinist what an Arminian
believes, for he will be apt to tell you that
tbe Arminian believes that a man can con
vert himself; or to ask tbe Arminian what
the Calvinist believes, for he will tell you
that the Calvinist believes that God made
some men just to damn them. There is no
need in asking a paedo-Baptist what a Bap
tist believes, for be will be apt to say that
the Baptist believes immersion to be posi
tively necessary to salvation. It is almost
Impossible for one denomination of Chris
tiana, without prejudice or misrepresen ta
li is strange, also, how individual
churches will sometimes make misstate
ments about other individual churches. It
Is especially so in regard to falsehoods told
with reference to prosperous enterprises.
As long asa church is feeble, and tbe sing
ing is discordant, and the minister, through
the poverty of the church, must go with a
threadbare coat, and here and there a wor
shiper sits in tbe end of a pew, having all
the seat to himself, religious sympathizers
of other churches will say, "What a pity!"
But let a great day of prosperity come, and
even ministers of the Gospel, who ought to
be rejoiced at the largeness and extent of
the work, denounce and misrepresent and
falsify, startfng the suspicion in regard to
themselves that the reason tbey do not
like the corn is because it is not ground in
their own mill. How long before we shall
learn to be fair in our religions criticisms!
The keenest jealousies on earth are church
jealousies. The field of Christian work is
so large that there is no need that our hoe
handles hit.
SOCIAL LIES.
. Next I speak of social lies. This evil
makes much of society insincere. You
know not wbat to believe. When people
ask you to come you do not know whether
or not tbey want you to come. When they
send their regards you do not know
whether it is an expression of their heart
or an external civility. We have learned
to take almost everything at a discount.
Word is sent "Not at home," when they
are only too lazy to dress themselves.
They say, "The furnace has just gone out,"
when in truth they have had no fire in it
all winter. They apologize for the un
usual barrenness of their table when they
never live any better. They decry their
most luxurious entertainments to win a
shower of approval. They apologize for
their appearance, as though it were un
usual, when always at home they look
just so. Tbey would make you believe that
some nice sketch on the wall was the work
of a master painter. "It was an heirloom,
and once hung on the walls of a castle,
and a duke gave it to their grandfather."
When the fact is that painting was made
by a man- "down east," and baked so as
to make it look old. and sold with others
for ten dollars a dozen. People who will
lie about nothing else will lie about a pict
ure. On a small income we must make
the world believe that we are fflwntL and
our life becomes a cheat, a counterfeit and
a sham.
Few persons are really natural. When I
say this I do not mean to slur cultured
manners.. It is right that we should have
more admiration for tbe sculptured marble
than for the unknown block of the quarry.
From many circles in life insincerity has
driven out vivacity and enthusiasm. A
frozen dignity instead floats about the
room, and iceberg grinds against iceberg.
You must not laugh outright; it is vulgar.
You must smile. You must not dash rapid
ly across the room; you must glide. There
is a round of bows and grins and flatteries
and ohs! and ahs! and simpering and
nambypauibyism a world of which is not
worth one good, round, honest peal of
laughter. From such a hollow round the
tortured guest retires at the c&sse of the
evening and assures his host that he has
enjoyed himself!
What a round of insincerities many peo
ple run in order to win the favor of the
world! Their life is a sham and their death
an unspeakable sadness. Alas for the poor
butterflies when the frost strikes tbem!
A COMPARISON OF LIVES.
Compare tbe life and death of such a one
with that of some Christian aunt who was
once a blessing to your household. I do
not know that she was. ever offered the
hand in marriage. She lived single, that
untrammeled she might be everybody's
blessing. Whenever the sick were to be
visited, or the poor to be provided with
bread, she went with a blessing. She
could pray, or sing "Rock of Ages" for any
sick pauper who asked her.- As she got
older there were days when she was a lit
tle sharp, but for tbe most part auntie was
sunbeam just the one lor Christmas
eve. bhe Knew better than any one else
how to fix things. Her every prayer.
God beard it, was full of everybody who
had tronlte. The brightest things ra all
the house dropped from her fingers. She
had peculiar notions, but tbe grandest no
tion she ever bad was to make you happy.
She dressed well auntie always dressed
well; but her highest adornment was that
of a meek and quiet spirit, which, in the
sight of God, is of great price. Whan she
died you all gathered lovingly about, her;
and as you carried her out to rest the Sun
day school class almost covered the coffin
with japonicas, and the poor people stood
at the end of the alley, with their aprons
to their eyes, sobbing bitterly; and the
man of the world .said, with Solomon,
"Her price was' above rubies," and Jesus,
as unto the maiden in JuSea commanded,
"I say unto thee, arise!
But to many,- through insincerity, this
life is a masquerade ball. - As at such en
tertainments gentlemen and- ladies appeal
In the dress of kings or queens, mountain
bandits or clowns, and at the close of the
dance throw off their disguises, so in this
dissipated life all unclean passions move
in mask. . Across the floor they tnp mer
rily. The lights sparkle along the wall or
drop from the ceiling a. cohort of fire!
Tbe music charms. The diamonds glitter.
The feet bound. Gemmed hands stretched
out clasp gemmed hands. Dancing feet
respond to dancing feet. , fHeammg brow
bends to gleaming brow. On with the
dance! Flash and rustle and laughter and
Immeasurable merry making! But the
languor of death comes oyer the limbs and
blurs the sight. -
Lights lower! Floor hollow with sepul
chral echo. Music saddens into a wail.
Lights lower! The maskers can hardly
now be seen. Flowers exchange their fra
grance for a sickening odor, such as eomes.
from garlands that have lain in vaults of
cemeteries. Lights lower! Mists fill the
room.. Glasses rattle as though shaken by
sullen thunder. Sighs seem caught among
the curtains. Scarf falls from the shoulder
of beauty a shroud! Lights lower! Over
the slippery boards, in dance of death,
glide jealousies, disappointments, lust, de
spair. Torn leaves and withered garlands
only naif hide the ulcered feet. . Tbe stench
of smoking lamp wicks almost quenched.
Choking damps. - Chilliness. Feet still,
Hands folded. Eyes shut. Voices hushed.
Lights outl '
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H. Her bring's
DRY GOODS STORE
Has removed to 177 Second street (French's Block) nearly
opposite his former stand, where he will be pleased to see
his former customers and friends. He carries now a much
larger stock than before and every Department is filled
with the Latest Novelties of the Season.
Minnesota Thresher Mfg. Go.,
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-Manufacturers and Dealers in-
Minnesota Chief Separators,
; Grand & Stilwells Plain and Traction Engines,-
"CHIEF' Farm Wagons.
Stationary Engines and Boilers of all sizes. ' '
Saw Mills and Fixtures, "Wood-Working Machinery, Wood
Split Pullies, Oils, Lace Belts and Belting.'
Minnesota Thresher Mfg. Co.
Get our Prices before Purchasing. ; -V
267 Front Street, PORTLAND, OREGON.
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DEALERS XIST
Stoves, faFJiaees,
flanges,
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Corner Second and Washington Streets, The Dalles, Oregon. ;
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MANUFACTURERS AND DKALERS IN
FURNITURE CARPETS.
Undertakers and Embalmers.
NO: 166 SECOND STREET. ,
r40lTH DflLiliES, Wash.
Situated at the Head of Navigation
Destined, to be '
Best ahuf acturing Center
j In the Inland Empire.
Best
Selling- Property of the Season
: in the Northwest.
Tor farther information call at the office of
Interstate Investment Co.,
Or ; 72 Washington St., PORTLAND, Or.
O. D.. TAYLOR, THE DALLES, Or.
I. C. NICKELS EN,
-DEALER IN-
Uaming la m Cemetery.
A cemetery seems a queer place in which
to set up a gambling bell, but those who
woo fortune at Squirrel Hill. Pa., evident
ly care little for their surroundings At
any rate Robert Walters, sexton of tbe
German Evangelical Lutheran Cemetery.
is in jail for the offense of maintaining a
gambling bouse in the graveyard. Walters
lives in the dwelling at the cemetery gate.
For months past be has been using his
house as a resort, permitting such
as faro, poker and a strictly German pas
time styled nip. " He was paid a percent
age of the money handled, and in addition.
it is alleged, disposed of strong liquid re
freshments to his guests. Often there
were a score or more of players in the
house.
The existence of the "game" was discov
ered in a peculiar manner. One Sunday
there was a dispute and some of Walters
customers bought their own supply of
beer, and taking up a place on t he cemetery
property proceeded to have a good time.
w alters called the police, who arrested the
men. Upon bein; arraigned ttiev were
fined and overheard to remark that if
Walter's didn't pay their fines they would
tell something to his disadvantage. The
officers kept quiet until Walters came for
ward and settled. He was arrested, and
in default stood committed.
School Books,
Stationery,
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Organs, Pianos,
Watehes, Jewelry.
; Cor. of Third and Washington Sts, Tee Dalles, Oregon.
E. W. EDWARDS,
DEALER IN
Paints, Oils, Glass, Wall Papers, Decora
tions, Artists Materials, I PaMnjrs, Qnimosafli Steel EDiraTiiip.
Mouldings and Picture Frames, Cornice Poles
Etc., Paper Trimmed Free.
- Pioturo Frmxies 3VXa.c3.e to Ordor
276 and 278, Second Street.
The Dalles, Or.
Cost of a Man' Oatflt. -
"What does it cost to fit a maa out now f "
I asked of a dealer in gentlemen's furnish
ing goods.
V ell, that is bard to say. A man who
buys a fine necktie may like cheap sus
penders, and another will like something
else cheap. TLnt is the way it is with most
purchasers. A man who wants to stock
bis wardrobe just before . he eets married
spends anywhere between $G5 and t ISO and
more. - A man of the ultra elite may repre
sent eighteen dollars' worth of gentlemen's
furnishing goods from his hosiery to bis
collar." ixnusvuie .Post
: DEALERS IN
Staple and Fancy Ginies,
Hay, Grain and Feed.
No. 122 Cor. Washington and Third. Sts.
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