, .THE MEEXiY. COiaCJIiE, FmDAY, MAROT il, 1692.
The Weekly Ghroniele.
OFFICIAL PAPER OF WA8CO COUNTY.
Entered at the Poetnffire at. The Dalles, Oregon,
as seoond-clasa matter.
, SUBSCRIPTION RATES.
BY MAIL (FODTAGC PREPAID) IN ADVANCE.
Weekly, 1 year. J 5
" 6 months. 0 5
u g 0 SO
Dally, 1 year. J
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per " - 50
Address all communication to " THE CHRON-(
ICUE," The Dalles, Oregon.
. The Australian sys:em of registering
. titles to land, when it becomes better
known, is likely to become as popular as
the Australian system of voting. It is
itopularlv known as the Torrens system,
from its author Sir Robert Torrens who
introduced it into South Australia in
1858. The system gives, tire purchaser
of real estate absolute protection while
the transfer is as simple and inexpen
sive as the transfer of shares of bank or
railway stock. The state' guarantees
the title of every piece of real estate ac
cepted for registration, first determining
the ownership and thereafter permitting j
it in nasa from hand to hand With all !
the facilitv attending the transfer of a
horse or a carriage. The owner of real
estate is at liberty to cling to the old
system if he so wills.but so advantageous
is the plan that iu those countries where
it baa been adopted not one transfer in
a thousand is made under the old system.
The Albany Democrat undoubtedly
voices the sentiments of a large number
f of persons in the democratic party when
it says : "It is possible, but not certain,
that the raid now made on the democ
racy by Senator Hill for a presidential
nomination mav defeat the selection of
Mr. Cleveland as a candidate ; but there
is no possible contingency in which Hill
could effect his. own .nomination. The
'democrats of the nation are not prepared
to enter one of the most important con
tests in our political history with a can
didate who symbolizes the purpose to
nationalize saloon politics, with political
theft as one of the jewels of the new po
litical constellation."
The Astoria Herald says: , The secret
of the beginning of the foundation bf the
Vanderbilt fortune is out at last. The
old Commodore was a shrewd boy and
speculated in oysters when he was very
young. He would buy them at whole
sale of owners of oyster beds and then
lure boys to sell the oysters by peddling
la New York city. Young Vanderbilt
lived at that time across the bay oh
taten Island. After paying his bey
peddlers their wages he'would sit down
with them in a game of "shoemaker's
loo" and win all he had paid them.
Ex-Senator Blair, self-sacrificing old
soul that he is, has written a letter an
nouncing that he is a candidate for the
presidency. Just whv modesty forbade
him to announce himself a candidate
. also for the throne of England or the
kingdom of heaven does not appear, but
he ia as fairly in line for the succession
to one position as the other. Blair is as
insuppressible as he is insupportable.
Editor Jackson of the Eaxt Oregonion
vigorously denies that he is a candidate for
congress. In connection with his dennu
he has given to the world another of his
famous philosophic aphorisms that will
surely cause his name to go thundering
down the ages. Here it is, "To seek
greatness is strong evidence of small
iieesand inferiority." So Mr. Jackson,
to the great grief of Eastern Oregon, re
fuses to be small or inferior. He would
rather be a great editor than a small
congressman.
State Fruit Inspector D. M. Jesse re
ports that Goldendale orchards are ruin
ed by scale having attacked the trees
and killed many of them, others being
in a bad fix. The orchardists, however,
have taken the matter in hand and are
earnestly trying to kill off the pest.
Pendleton has decided that the city is
in need of good roads, and a local paper
suggests work to procure them. It says :
"Let's have all roads lead to Pendleton,
as they did to Eome, in the days when
she was the greatest" city on earth."
The Southern Pacific company will not
submit to the new schedule of the Ore
gon railroad commissioners, but will
carry the fight to the highest court.
The submission of the Union Pacific to
the rates fixed by the commission will
effect an estimated saving to the people
f Oregon, on grain and stock alone, of
45,000.
.The East Oreqonian says : "An open
river will increase the value of the pro
ductions of the inland. Empire without
in the least increasing the cost of living
to the consumers." That's the right kind
of progress. If the result were to be
otherwise, an open river would not be
needed.
- The Salem Journal still has hopes that
Governor Pennoyer will throw political
ambitions to the winds, call the legisla
ture together and secure for Eastern
Oregon the building of the second port-ra"ws-
f jr !!;' cr: .
HERMANN ; ENDORSED.
The Chrosiclb heartily believes that
it would be nothing lees than a calamity
and loss to the whole state of Oregon it
the office seekers and their strikers
should be successful, and Binger Her
mann should not be re-elected to the
position he has so long filled, with honor
to himself and advantage to the whole
state. No candidate has been yet named
to succeed Mr. Hermann who is in any
wav to be com Dared with him. We
therefore most sincerely endorse the fol
lowing extract, from a strictly private
letter, written to a gentlemanv of this
city, by one who has the best possible
opportunities of knowing the work and
worth of our representative at the r
tional capitol. While we, eastf the
mountains, have no longer any direct
voice in the election of a representative
from the first congressional district we
have an abiding interest in the election
of any officer who may represent the
state at the National capitol, and our
only regret is that we are deprived of an
opportunity of showing, by our votes,
how, sincerely we appreciate the ser
vices of one who has served us. in the
past so faithfully and well.
Perhaps I have expressed m-yself to
! you upon this subject, at less or greater
length, heretofore, bnt the time appears
j propitious to a re-aseertion of a few ideas
i emeriaineu oy your huuiukj v
j on one phase of congressional representa-
tion. It is the right of many and the
duty of but few to seek distinction in
candidacy for pnblic place. As a rule
the office should seek the man although
we must not be too severe upon any
brother who does not try to hide himself
from the people when nominating con
ventions are doling out the honors.
In certain persons are iound .faculties
desirable in an executive, others are en
dowed with qualification for administra-1
j tive officrr The gift8 o men are various,
of ench and such an individual we hear,
now and again, "He has a judicial," or,
"He has a legal mind." Occasionally
one appears equipped with all the essen
tials of a legislator.
Of the numbers who seek and gain
congressional honors comparatively few
are entitled to be rated successful, .men
of mark ; for there is, perhaps, no such
place as a legislative body to test a man's
capacity and ability. The number of
short lived fone term) representatives
and senators is legion, and this not only
because the people refuse to return
them ; but, in very many instances, the
once coveted distinction has proved a
sad disappointment. Behind the glam
our of the honors there is a world of con
stant care, anxiety and unrequited toil.
It seems to me that the fortunate repre
sentative of the people, like the poet, is
born, not made.
I have no time to rehearse, in detail,
what I deem necessary qualifications for
a member of congress, but it is my be
lief that Binger Hermann is gifted with
many of them. During the years he
has served bis district; bounded only by
the limits of the state ; he has proved a
faithful, fearless representative of the
welfare of Oregon. "Nor have his eer
services been wanting in the advance
ment of the interests of the entire
Pacific slope. Beyond state and section
his consideration and treatment of
national questions has also been marked
by broad and liberal views." He is a
fluent speaker and, whenever he desires,
can command the respectful attention of
the house. He is, however, not fre
quently conspicuous upon the floor, but in
committee is an acknowledged power,
because of his vigorous and untiring
industry.
Originally possessed of many qualifi
cations essential to a successful career at
Washington, years of education and ex
perience have developed those natural
abilities and he has become thoroughly
versed in all honorable, irjethoi'.s of deal
ing with public men and measures.
. The people of his district cannot do
better, by themselves, than return him
as his own successor. It would be a seri
ous mistake on the part of his constit
uency should they consent to relegate
him to private life, or impair bis useful
ness, by preferring him to any other
place of honor, so long as he consents to
represent them at the Nati&nal capitol.
Change may, be useful or unavoidable ;
but, in itself, or of itself, it simply re
sults in a change whicIT may be for the
worse. : '
- The translation of representative Mc
Eenna, of California, to the ranks of the
judiciary leaves Mr. Hermann, in length
of service (in the house), senior member
from the Pacific coast States. ' That dis
tinction is not to be under valued, or re
garded as unimportant. ' " His position
in this congress, as fixed but the pres
tige of five consecutive re-elections, will
endow him with greater potency for' the
benefit of our state hereafter. .In. the
organisation of the fifty-third congress
our present representative, if returned,
will have gained a position of great ad
vantage. Two years ago an Astoria
paper published the following, or a sim
ilar, sentence : "Heiniann can get any
thing he wants in Washington." When
the record of this session of congress is
completed you need not be surprised to
learn that this same man has secured
Oregon's fair proportion of appropria
tions, even nnder the niggardly condi
tions of Holman'a drastic application of
rTjomjr. . Yonrs truly,
A NEW ASSESSMENT LAW.
Last year the Oregon State Grange ap
pointed a committee to draught a new
assessment law to be presented to the
next legislature. ' The committee con
sisting of E. P. Boise, J. Voorhees and
E. A. Irvine have finished their labors
and submitted an advance copy of the
bill to the Salem Journal. It provides :
First. For precinct assessors.
Second. By more clearly defining the
duties and responsibilities of assessors
and requiring of them that they nse
greater dilligence in discovering property
subject to taxation and . also that all
property be assessed at its true value in
money.
Third. By requiring taxpayers to
make to assessors more fall and perfect
lists of their property subject to taxa
tion, and providing-adequate penalties
for their neglect or refusal to make such
lists.
Fourth. By providing that all prop
erty shall be assessed to the person, com
pany or corporation who shall be the
owner thereof at 6 o'clock, a. m. of the
first day of April of each year.
Fifth. By making more ample pro
visions for the taxation of foreign cor
porations doing business in this stale.
Sixth. By limiting the amount of de
ductions of indebtedness of taxpayers.
.On the subject of deductions of indebt
edness the committee say :
"Bona fide indebtedness (which al
ways has a corresponding credit,) could
be justly deducted if both the credit and
. 1 j l . 1 T . I.
ueuil couiu ue atcerwineii uy iuc
assessor. Yet it is shown by our assess
ment rolls that the amount of indebted
ness deducted greatly exceeds tne
amount of credits taxed. And it is be
lieved that the privilege given the tax
payer to deduct all indebtedness has
been fraudulently taken advautage of by
many taxpayers who have created in
debtedness for .the sole purpose of de-
ducting the same, in
order to escape
public burden."
'their just share of the
MARKET REVIEW.
Thursday, March 10, 1X92.
Commonly speaking business has been
quiet during'the week in all linesof .trade
unless it is in tbe grocery and provision
branches. Our dealers are receiving large
invoices of merchandise by the Regula
tor constantly, and "at the "present time
stocks are well sorted up. "Prices are
without change in all lines of staples.
In the produce market there are some
changes. For instance, potatoes are dull
sale at 50 c. per 100 lbs., and large quan
tities are offering. Good cabbage is in
demand at a slight advance, Other gar
den vegetables are in goqd supply at reg
ular quotations. Poultry is very scarce,
and find ready sale at $4.00 to 4.50 per
dozen. Turkeys and. ducks are out of
the market, consequently there are no
quotations.
The egg market is not too well sup
plied, as the supply does not keep np
with the demand, although prices are on
last weeks' quotations. In Portland
eggs are quoted at 18 c, eastern 16 c.
In dried fruits prices are low, and the
market is well stocked up with a general
assortment. Gretn apples are in good
demand at an advanced price per box.
The grain market is just as in active
as it has been for the past month. In
Portland prices remain quite steady, but
throughout the interior prices have de
clined. In Europe the markets or de
mand for arrivalsis anything but en
couraging for the shippers. Prices are
fluctuating, and give no confidence for
futures. In New York and Chicago May
and July deliveries have a downward
tendency. - '
The former quote yesterday 96,Va for
May, and 96 for July.
The latter quote. 88a' for May, and
does not enter the field for the new crop,
as yet fearing still lower prices. The
condition of things in Europe is set forth
in the following: ' . '
Chicago, March 9. The London cor
respondent of the Northwestern Miller,
says that stocks of grain in United King
dom ports, gradually diminishing, now
amounts to 2,725,000 quarters, against
3,000,000 quarters January 1 and 1,200,
000 quarters September 1 last year.
Some English authorities, who are in
position to know better, persist in stat
ing that the United Kingdom port stocks
of wheat and flour amount to about
3,500,000 quarters. Now the actual return-
from seventeen ports January 1
only showed 2,500,000 quarters of wheat
and flour, and it is quite certain that
tbe remaining few minor ports did not
contain 300,000 quarters, which made a
total of 2,800,000 quarters, while since
January 1 the actual, imports have been
about 200,000 quarters below require
ments. If the -present quantity afloat,
which is 2,945,000 quarters, be added, it
will be seen that tbe United Kingdom
trade has in sight 5,670,000 quarters,,
against 3,700,000- quarters last year.
At least 500,000 quarters of the present
quantity afloat for the United Kingdom
will be diverted to the Continent, so
that the United Kingdom has not much
more than 5,000,000 quarters afloat and
in store, of which 1,500,000 may be called
the normal stock. Therefore, out of 6.-
000,000 quarters required by the United
Kingdom from now. to August 31, about
3,500,000 quarters are assured, leaving
5,500,000 quarters still to.be bought.
An almost equal quantity remains to be
obtained for France. Those bears who
talk so glibly of the European wants for
the season being already -satisfied will
find ere long how wrong their premises
are. The trade, nevertheless, . is .sufferT
ing from the fear of overwhelming sup
plies from America, and especially from
cheap American flour. The latter is
probably, the most serious obstacle to
aBy immediate improvement.
The wool situations - remain un
changed. The earlinees of the season
precludes the establishing of any figures
for tbe new clip. IU is however con
cluded that prices will be. lower than
those of last year.
The Dalles markets remain steady at
last weeks quotations with but little
doing as there is nothing coming in at
present.
Wheat We quote 75 to 80 cents
per bushel. Seed wheat finds ready sale
at $1.00 per bushel.
Oats The oat market is short of sup
ply.. We quote . 1.20 cents to $1.25 per
cental. -7
Bablev The barley supply is fairly
good with a limited inquiry. Brewing
$1.00 per cental. Feed barley at 80
to 90 cents per cental.
Flour Local brands wholesale, $4.50
per barrel at the mills $5.00 retail.
Millstuffs We quote bran at $20.00
per ton. Retail $1.00 per 10011.8.
Shorts and middlings, $22.50(2 $25.00
per ton.
Hay Timothy hay is in good supply
at quotations $15.00 to $17.00. Wheat
hay is in market at $10.00 per ton loose,
and I2.oO(?$lJ.UU per ton, and scarce,
baled. Wild hay is quoted at $14.00
per ton. Alfalfa $12.00 baled. Oat
hay $13.00.
Potatoes Abundant at 50 to 55
cents a sack and demand limited.
Butter We quote A 1 .60(53. 65 cents
per roll, and more plentiful!..
Egos Are not coming in freely and the
market strong, we quote 14 to 16j cents.
Poultry Old fowls are in less sup
ply at $4.00 to $4.50 per dozen.
Hides Prime dry hides are quoted at
.06 per pound. Culls .0405. Green .02
.03. Salt .03K-04. Sheep pelts
1.00 to $1.75 ; - butchered, 75 to cents ;
bear skins $6 to $8; coyote .60; mink 50
tents each ; martin $1.00 ; beaver, $1.75
3.00 per lb. ; otter, $2.005.00 each
for Al ; coon, .30 each ; badger, .25 each ;
fisher, $2.50 to $4.00 each-; Red Fox,
$10.00; Dilon gray, $25.00; Black Fox,
$25.00; Pole cat, $.25 ; Wildcat, $.50;
Hedghog, $1.00 to $3.00.
Beef Beef on foot clean and prime
02, ordinary and firm.
Mutton Choice weathers $3.25; 4
per tt in carcas.
Hogs Live heavy, .05. Dressed
.06.
Country bacon in round lots . 10.
Lard 51b cans A2K; 10&
40& .08j.09W. ' "
Lumber The supply is fairly good.
We quote No. 1 flooring and rustic
$26.00. No." 2 do. $21.00. No. 3 do
$16.50. Rough lumber $9. to: $12. No.
1 cedar shingles $2.50$2.00. Lath $2.85.
Lime $I.65$1.75 per bbl. Cement
$4.50 per bbl. .
STAPLE GROCERIES. .
Coffee Costa Rica is quoted at 23
cents by the sack ;'
Sugars Chinese in lOOtb . mats, Dry
Granulated, $6.,'4; Extra C, 5 cents
C, bi cents.
American sugars Dry Granulated ia
barrels or sacks, 6 events ; Extra C, in
do., 5Ji cents ; C, b4 cents. w !
Sugars in 30 tb boxes are quoted:
Golden C $1.80; Extra C, $2.10; Drv
Granulated $2.25.
Syrup $2.25 to (2.75 $ -can, kegs 1.90
to $200 keg.
Rice Japan rice, OJ-gej- cents ; Is
land rice, 7 cents.
Beaks Small white, 4(55 cents u
link, 4J3,4 cents by the lOOlbs.
Stock Salt Is quoted at $17.50 per
ton. Liverpool, 501b sack. 70 cents
100 Ibsack, $1.25 : 2001b sack, $2.25.
Apples 1.00 3i.lBil.50 box and scarce.
Vegetables Cabbage, turnips, carrots
ana onions, 1 cent per pound.
A Prosperous Firm.
lesterday a Cueoxiclb representa
tive visited the store of the new firm of
Byrne; Floyd and Co., successors to C
E. Dunham and found it chock full of
new goods and every clerk busily era-
ployed waiting on customers. From an
interview with Mr. Byrne, the head of
the firm, we learned that notwithstand'
ing the proverbial dull times their busl
ness for the month of February was over
25 per cent, greater than for the previous
month. Two registered pharmacists are
kept busy almost night and day filling
prescriptions and in every line of their
business tbey were' meeting 'with most
encouraging success. "Here is some
thing we are selling in large quantities'
said air.- Byrne, as ne handed, the re
porter,' a bottle of liquid labeled
"Byrne's Magic Clothes Cleaner." "We
warrant 'this. prescription to be the best
in the world for removing grease from
silk or woolen goods, withdnt injury to
the finest fabric or the most delicate
colors!" "Here is something else, we
sell in large quantities"' said the same
gentleman, as he handed the reporter
another bottle labeled "Best Tonic."
"This is a concentrated extract of malt
and bops. It is a specific for loss of ap
petite, indigestion, dyspepsia, sleepless
ness, for nursing mothers, and as a bev
erage. It is manufactured by the Pabst
Brewing company, of Milwaukee, Wis.,
one of the largest brewing concerns on
the American continent. Every bottle
baa their label which- is a guarantee
that the -article is all that it is claimed
to be. We make a specialty too" said
Mr. Byrne, "of toilet soaps, of which we
keep as fine a - variety as one can find
anywhere. We have just received a
large invoice of trusses at prices greatly
below former ones. We have in fact
everything to be found in any first class
drug store and we have a line of cigars
ranging in price from 5 cents to the best
made, that cannot be excelled for the
money anywhere.'". The attention of
the reporter was then called to a hand
some line of clocks, watches and jewelry
presided over by the junior member of
the firm, Mr. Stacy Shown. This new
branch of the business bids fair to be-
come popular and prosperous. The line
of watches, clocks, watch chains, rings,
charms, brooches, etc., showed evidence
of fine taste, in their selection and com
prised a little of everything usually
found in a first class jewelry store. The
prosperity of the watch repairing and
cleaning department may be referred
from the fact that 46 watches were
found hanging- on books awaiting the
skilful manipulation of Mr. Shown.
The bonded debt of the United States
has been reduced $259 ,000,000 during the
present administration and the people
are at the same time relieved of taxa
tion to the amount of $60,000,000 a year.
The cheapest tax dodge scheme on rec
ord is that of a churchman in Lincoln
county, Maine, who has organized a
bogus religious and charitable society,
has made himself treasurer, and has
turned all his personal property over to
the treasury of this non taxable corpora
tion. ... He defies the assessors and tbey
don't see bow they can get at him.
The friends of W..B. Ellis, says the
Heppner Gazette, consider his chances
for nomination much brighter now than
ever before. There is one thing sure, he
is the choice of tbe Eastern Oregon re
publicans, if the majority may be al
lowed to select. The western part of the
district will, without doubt, endorse the
selection of Eastern Oregon.
Arlington will shortly invite members
of town councils, boards of trade, etc.,
from the counties of Morrow, Sherman,
Klickitat and Oilman to confer with
them to organize a district board of
trade for the purpose of inducing immi
gration and to bring about, as soon as
possible, an "open river."
Danger In Decayed Teeth.
If the teeth are allowed to decay until
the attention required will permit of no
further delay, and it is then desired to
preserve them for further usefulness,
much that could have been avoided by
early care must now be submitted to,
the time occupied in the dental chair is
greatly lengthened, more of the natural
tooth is sacrificed (to be replaced by arti
ficial material) and increased pain and
discomfort usually attend tbe operation,
while not the least weighty among other
considerations is the additional expense
incurred.
Neglected teeth are not only unsightly
and offensive to others, but frequently
occasion painful nerve complications,
distressing nenralgiaa, (secondarily injure
the eyesight, induce deafness, while
cases of resulting insanity are well
authenticated. Then the effluvia arising
from decaying teeth is not only unen
durable, but the air taken into the deli
cate Inng strnctnre (over 20,000 respira
tions each twenty-fonr hours) is affected
by it, and in time surely has a dele
terious effect on the health. B. C Corn
wen, D. D. 8., in Philadelphia Press. ..
ArgumpuU for anil Against SuflTrag-e.
Once a year in Massachusetts women
have the opportunity to take part in a
very limited way in the ordering of pub
Uo affairs by voting, if they choose to do
so, for members of the school committee
in their respective towns or cities. ' Once
a year, with equal regularity, the legis
lature is asked to extend this privilege
by giving women the right either to vote
for all elective local or municipal officers
or to take part in general elections with
the same powers as men.
The extent to which the women avail
themselves of the limited privilege which
they now have is often made the basis of
argument for or against an exteusion of
the suffrage, while, on the other hand,
the advocates of frill suffrage for women
claim it aS a right founded on the broad
est principles of natural justice and not
to be iuiaired by any considerations of
our artificial society. Boston Common
wealth LIUI Maueatera.
There are other fishes which will at
tack man besides sharks, the worst of
Which are not more ferocious than a
small South American fish . found in the
waters of the Orinoco river. It is a lit
tle creature, only six or eight inches in
length, but in schools it will attack hu
man beings and eat them up alive if it
gets a chance. When you go fishing in
that river these fierce pigmies will take
bites out of the fish you catch as you are
hauling them in and yon will do well
not to fall out of the boat if you wish to
escape being mutilated. Washington
Star. '
Low Insurance la Sweden.
In the Swedish cities fire insurance is
a bagatelle. In Stockholm Mr. Thomas
paid a premium of one-twentieth of 1
per cent. Think of that. American in
surers! Stockholm has an excellent fire
department and system of water works,
but so have most American cities, ine
difference lies in the methods of - build
ing, and herein consists a first class ob
ject lesson. New York Tribune.
Qniek Wltted.
An actor, now famous, made his first
appearance on the stage in a provincial
city where theater goers were accustom
ed to make their disapproval felt when
an entertainer did not succeed in pleas
ing them. He was young and nervous
and failed dismally in the part he was
endeavoring to piesent, aad soon found
hirno'f the target for an assortment of
objectionable bric-a-brac When the
uproar was at its highest one or bis dis
gusted auditors flung a cabbage head at
him, As it fell on the stage the actor
picked it np and stepped forward to the
footlights. , He raised his hand to com
mand silence, and when his tormentor!
paused to hear what he had to say, ex
claimed, pointing to the cabbage head
"Ladies and gentlemen, 1 expected to
please yon with my acting, but 1 confess
did not expect that any one in tne
audience would lose his head over it."
He was allowed to proceed without
further molestation. P. McArthnr In
Harper's.
Wtn'u a Companion This VeAK ' . 1"
,The "Hermit of the Sonnblick, Peter
Lechner, who last year passed the win- '
tor months in the observatory on the
Summit of that lonely peak, now de
clares that be will not stay there an
other winter uulesH he has a companion
with him. He would, he says, prefer a
wife, if he could find one. Otherwise
he will be content with a male compan- .
ion, who could take turns with him in
his constant task of reading the scien
tific instruments. This decision on the
part of the "Hermit of the Sonnblick"
really threatens the further existence of
the highest observatory in Europe. For
the Austrian Meteorological institute
lacks the funds to support a companion
for Lechner, and the small ram, about
100 a year, that is wanted for the pur
pose is not forthcoming from priv&to,
aonrces.
It is behoved that the real explanation
of the discontent of Heir Lechner is that
he is annoyed at being forgotten by the
public, who have neither sent him
Christmas presents nor published lauda
tory paragraphs about him in the news-.
papers of late. Three years back he
said be wanted a wife, and hundreds of
offers at once poured in from all quar
ters, including several rich and many
good looking women, bnt he then
laughed at the idea, and continued to
-prefer the state of single blessedness. It
would be a distinct lom to rneteorologi
cal and physical science if tbe Sonnblick
observatory were to be closed, but some -means
will probably be found of recon
ciling Herr Peter to bis lonely but lofty
labors for another winter. Vienna Cor.
London Standard.
Tlthr and the Price of Grain.
Tho "difference between the method of
paying the clergy of the Church of Eng
land, who receive the tithe as their liv- .
ing, and the clergy of the Church of
Scotland, who enjoy what are known in
the north as tiends, will be very appar
ent in this year. On both sides of th
Tweed grain prices are higher for the
year, but in England the clergy' will re
ceive little immediate benefit from the
rise, locause by the seven years' average
it is spread over so long a time that the
most that can be hoped far from the
good .prices of 1891 is to stop the fall
which has ' been going on every year
without a break since 1878, a longer
period of successive annual declines in
the value of the tithe than has ever be
fore occurred.
Bnt in Scotland the tiend is calculated
on the grain prices of each year, so that
the parish ministers who have endured
the discomforts which low prices brought
with them when grain was cheap will
now have directly the advantages of
higher prices when grain has risen. In
England both the rise and the fall are
retarded by the seven years' average.
Iu Scotland the full effects of either the
one or the other are directly experienced
in every year. London Graphic.
Human Being's In the Mammoth Age.
Near Brnnn, the capital of Moravia,
important discoveries of prehistoric
mains hare been made which are likely '
to attract the attention of palaeontolo
gists all over tbe globe. As a canal was
being ,dng 4J skulls were brought to
light of dolicho-cephalous (long headed)
character and of an exceedingly low
stage of development. The same place
contained bones and teeth of mammoth
rhinoceros and reindeer.
Close to the skulls lay more than 50O
fossil snails, several calcinous stones,
with holes iu the middle, a rude figure
cut out of a mammoth's tooth, with a
hole running through the middle. This
discovery is the firsof the kind in
Austria and is highly important from
being a proof that there were- human
beings in the mammoth period. Vienna
Cor. London Standard.
Spurious Shawls.
A good deal of indignation has been
excited by a discovery recently made by
tbe Calcutta customs of a trade in spu
rious Cashmere shawls. It appears that
laru quantities of shawls have been im
ported into India from Germany, with
imitation Cashmere marks on them.
On arrival in Calcutta the shawls are
treated by some peculiar process and
then sent" into the interior and sold
there as real Cashmere productions.
Their actual cost in Calcutta is about
$5, and they fetch when sold about $-S5.
Exchange.
" ' A Winter Charaa. "
A Wilmington uiau carries in his vest
pocket a piece of skin that was taken
from a man's neck and then tanned. He
the Wilmington man, not the other
man claims that the possession of that
piece of tanned -skin will keep him from
slipping on the ice. The boys in the
neighborhood are watching him' now
to see what virtue there is in the odd
charm. The owner of the piece of akin
argues that if its possession does not pre
vent him from falling it . will, at least,
not can.-w him to falL Wilmington
News.
In Charge of One Family Forty Year.
The postofflce at South Deerfield, K.
H., has been in charge of one family for
over forty years, e. J. White was ap
pointed postmaster by President Pierce
and held the office for thirty-five years.
At the time of his death his son,
Charles E., was appointed and held the
position until 1888, when another son,
W. R. White jvaa appointed, which po
sition he held until the first of the pres
ent year. Exeter Letter. '
Supporting the Principle.
Last June a young man was arrested j
in Natick, Mass., because be would not
nav his boll tax. amounting to two dol
lars, and he has been keptin jail ever
since at an expense to the taxpayers of
11.75 per week. The town is losing
money on the transaction, bnt it is vin-1
dicaung an eternal principle with great I
success. New York Tribune.
Government Control of Tplvpliouea.
At the end of next year the Telephone I
Company of Austria will cease to exist,
the government assuming control of all I
the telephone lines In the kingdom.
New York Journal. '