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THE "riAiCLES WEEKLY CHRONICliE, FRIDAY, AUGUST 5, 1892.
The Weekly GhFooiele!
TBI DALLIES, .
OR BOOM
IAC.AJ. ASI PERSONAL.
From the Dally Chronicle, Tuesday.
IX H. Ordway of Chcnoweth, is at the
Umatilla bouse.
A 'Bus line will be established to the that city.
?Mr. Wendell Hall, of -Spokane,' who
has been attending the examination of
Bergfeld, expects to return home today.
A limited quantity of potatoes,, wheat,
or wood will be taken in payment for
photos by D. O. Herrin, photographer,
near poetomee.
From -the Buffalo Courier we learn
that Rev; O. D . Taylor officiated on the
31st in Rev. G. R. Burneide'a church in
fair grounds soon.
" J. O. Mack is home again, l and is act
. ively preparing for the coming fair.
Senator O. N. Denny of Multnomah,
is a guest of the Umatilla boose today.
x Charles Dretzel was taken suddenly
: HI last evening; with; hemmorrh age of
the lungs.. . " '
Prof. Mann arrived from Tiffin, Ohio,
Hugh Smith, of Canyon City, left The
Dalles with a band of horses, Tuesday,
which be bad sold to deliver at Kalama,
at a very fair rate.
Tax Chbostcxb force was placed un
der obligation to Mrs. C. Covington this
morning for-a box of' fine plums. They
I are greatly relished. ' Thanks.
One real estate transaction- of $1,500,
and proceeded to Warm Springs agency jtxmveylng ai'tract of Jand from Frank
tkifl mbrnine. ' ' j York and wife to Richard Fenton, was
The boys have at last struck it. Their filod for yesterday,
swimming place is at the Baker landing,
below the Umatilla house. . .
The Columbia is gradually getting
down to-its normal condition. It has
17 feet to fall to sera, which means fifty
feet above sea level at The Dalles. . .
L'. W. Fletcher and family, of Golden
dale, P. W. Knowles, J. M. Davis and
wife, of Wamie, and D. Bridgefarmer of
La Camas, are registered at the New
Columbia today. ,
Mr. and Mrs. 8. L. Brooks, Miss Iva
Brooks, Mrs. L. W. Heppner and family
leave for a two . weeks outing tomorrow.
They will be located near the cascades
of the Columbia.
'.' Fire on the mountain side, about Van
Bibbers place last night, furnished The
Dalles people a great pyrotechnic : dis
play. . Mr. Van saved part of a etubble
field by plowing around it in the right
time.
Dr. N. 6. Blalock, J C. Blalock, B,
W. Griffin, Rev. H. W. Eagan, J. M.,
Wm., H. N. and J. V. McKinney, all of talented author.
Walla Walla, Bialocks and Umatilla,
were in The Dalles yesterday relieving
Uncle Samuel of some of bis surplus
public domain: '
July preyaricatkn6 were eomewhat
rich and racy. " Col. Slnnott has stored
away several new productions in bis
. memory chest, but 'retired from the
field when a guest related how a' farmer
in Marion connty profited by a
Mr. H, p, Nielsen: and family left for
the beach yesterday morning;- Their
camp will be near sea land, en the line
of the railway, at Ocean Park.
Thanks to Mr. O. J. Mack, for a copy
of the premium list for the. 4th annual
exhibit of the district fair, to be held in
The Dalles, October 11th, 1892.
At the chapel on 9th street, there will
be German Evangelical Lutheran ser
vices next 8unday, 10:30 a. m., and 8
o'clock p. m. Everybody heartily wel
come.
Another outing party left Wednesday
for Salis creek to be gone- three weeks.
The party consists of LeoSchanno, Wm.
Fredden, Fred Weigels and last, but not
least, Joe Bonn,
' Gem Xew Wallace, the. author of Ben
Hot, will make a lecturing -tour of the
Pacific coast next winter and his mana-
ger it trying to arrange a date for The
Dalles. It seems as if this city could
TRK CITY FATHERS.
An Appeal for a Non-Caw Ordlance
Respect of Persona.
The regular monthly meeting -of the
city -council was held last evening.
Present: Mayor - MayB and a .full
council. -
' Petition of A. H. Cnrtis for correction
of assessments was granted
The member of the party who tries to Pacific coasts In 1 London English I TOWERS RICHLY LINED WITH GOLD,
a "i" " '"wujing a wneaisarein tavor oi buyers. There
deefcot cards is generally the one who are prospects of good crops, although
ujiuo uiuiwii in utjui wnen me nmo tbe hinMt i niu u ili. i w. i.i.
foreign wheats are quiet but steady
liuur arm,
examination. of Teachers.
.Notice is hereby given that for
making an
the
examination of
thifl ivinnti Kn im....... U 1
The fellow who has done the least, all tendent thereof will hold a public exam
breaks up
V hen you take back a borrowed tent
the man always finds that some damage
has been done to it.
xou never pic up old- bottles, pipes purpose of
Petition of Geo. W. Roland and others and csxrie 80 "JQickly as when the girls all persons who may offer themselves as
fnr onnBtrnMinn oi,Wfiiir ' -o. pay an unexpected visit to the camn. - canuiuates ior icacners ot tne schools of
ferrod to committee on streets and
public property.
On motion it was ordered that when
the council adjourn it be to August 24th.
Appeal of E. P. Fitzgerald on taxes
was referred to a special committee.
A communication from the chief sur
geon of the U. P. R. Co., relative to car
ing small pox patients that might be
brought to the city was read.
Councilman Haigbt spoke upon the
matter, and it was finally decided that
in case the Union Pacific company
should leave any case of small pox in tbo
city, the -ci
day insiets -on monopolizing the ham
mock all the evening.
The night you are. very tired is the one
the snake select? to be caught in- the
tent. -.'-. '
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Never indulge in gratituitoue insults.
so don't ask the fellow who has . been
lett in camp to da the cooking if he bag
j enjoyed himself.-'
ination at his office in The Dalles, be
ginning Wednesday, August 10th. 1892.
at one o'clock p. m. All teachers eligible j
for State Certificates, State Diplomas
biiu Lire xsipiomas must make applica
tion at tna quartern examinations,
Dated this' Aug 3d, 1892 '..
Tnnv Sbim.it.
County School Superintendent of Wasco
.county, uregon. ; 8-ld4wtd
What!
Weal til tm the Old Chimney Where the
Bonanza Ores Were Beflned. '
For nearly a quarter of a century two
tall towers have stood at the foot ot
Hyde street, near Leavenworth, almost
on the edge of the beach. One rises to a
height of 110 feet and the other reaches
more than fifty feet in the. air. They
are both very broad and thick, and they
have brick enough in them to construct
several buildings.
They are relics of the flush old days
of the Corns tock mining era, when
Flood, O'Brien, Fair and others banded
together and erected the famous Selby
Smelting and Refining works. There,
from the bonanza days of 1860 to aa lata
as'-1885, " the .-great-" chimneys belched
forth fire and smoke. .They never stop
ped. Wreaths of flame and volumes of
soot circled in the air over the domes at
sight- time, while - hundreds of men
toiled in and about the works, cutting
and shoveling ore and slag, moldinir
bars of bullion and refining it to pure
On r Mitt, wmT1 Ion. - m-. : n -J
tv would ImniedifttaW h . . uc
" J tAvminruf fA v. - a.
quarantined and the company would not t; vm -
v'n j i i " keeping the boiler of the only steam fire
TheTa. engine in the city" under live steam
powered to take action relative to the
impounding of cattle running at largo in
the city, especially cows with bells on
them.
James McCoy was politely informed
that he must repair his sidewalks, or
stand the additional expense of having
it done by the city. '
ah ordinance iransienng certain un
expended balances from the. special sew
er fund to the general fund, was enacted
A report of the fire and water com
mittee .waa read and adopted with the
exception of the recommendation In re
gard to the sale of the engine house lot,
and building of a fire engine house.
Mt. Hood hose company's petition
was referred to the committee on lire
stand the amount necessary to hear this I and water,
Tery unwise move. This city has a very
large precentaga , of wooden buildings,
and the prevailing chinook winds render
it most desirable that strong streams of
water be qnickly had at the outbreak of
any fire. Cold water in the boiler of our
steamer when called into action - means
a delay of probably five minutes cr
more, The expense of fuel per year for
carrying live Steam, on the said boiler Is
piobably" about - f 100.00. Any : person
who is familiar with the fire of Sept. 2d,
last year, will understand "what might
have been" accomplished if One or two
strong streams could have been had at
its commencement. ' The writer served
nine years in .the Buffalo, N. Y., fire
department and understands full well
i t a i . . . . , . .
mib vmuu ui lirat witter at me start ot a
What Sh Saw While In m Trnntt.
A full revelation of her experience
while in a trance has been made by Mrs. I silver, gold, lead and copper,
W. M. Barber, of Freedom, Pa. 8he In 1885 the Selby company concluded
claims to nave been with Qod and ex- to move its works. It was known that
pects to receive many future revelations I the old underground Sue that connected
and declares she will shortly begin to I the furnaces with the chimneys, as well
work miracles. Mrs. Barber's statement, I as -considerable of the ground all abont,
made to a reporter, was as follows: I was permeated with gold and silver set-
All that I saw and learned while my I tlings and solid metal. On the advice
ABOUT CeW8 AT 't A BOB.
Bra. and ulneproltr finnoa fho a;nn aI
W . I J!. . .1 ' " u
B .uCrcx ... payraens oi the citT counc,t w5n Kg recommPnpJ
'V. Bet.
that had swallowed his clock. The
snake was captured, and nntil the clock
run down its striking was regular and
its ticking could be heard.' A short time
ago the farmer fonnd some eggs that bad ,
A Petition Which Breathes the Vox
Popular Sentiment in The Dalles.
io tne uor. tne mayor and common
council of The Dalles City, Oregon.
uenuenien : ine undersigned, re-
specuujiy represents that ne is a resi-
enake I dent of Dalles' City, out of jail and a tax-
claims as follows
F. Mencfee, recorder $ 100.00
Dan Maloney, marshal 87.00
R.'V. Giboris.v 13.00
J. t . Btaniels, street com ... 75.00
WHEAT IS KING.
payer thereof, under protest.
: -That your petitioner resides upon the j
bluff in said city, the headquarters of
the champion hose team and of the fes
tive bovine as hereinafter stated, that i
Geo. J. Brown, engineer ... 80.00
J. S. Fish, fire warden ..... . . 12.00
E. Jacobson & Co. j mdse. :v. : . . 1.25
Water works, water rent ; 32.00
pipe for hydrant. . 200.00
John Blaser, labor - 6.50
Maicrx lienton, one cord oak
WOOd...';-. 1, . J.2fi
Ike Perry, labor '. , 1.50
Farley & Frank, mdse. . ... ..... . . . 3.15
vv. V an Dibber, liauling 2.25
been deposited in hole by the reptile the time was, not long ago, when the James Crate, labor. ............ 1.50
and on-breaking them open found that
ach contained an open faced watch in
first class, running order. : He Bold the
watches at a big profit and has now giv
en the spake a post auger in the hope
that it.will produce enough corkscrews
to enable him to start a wholesale drug
store. '
From the bally Chronicle, Wednesday.
Leslie Butler has been appointed ad
ministrator of the eBtateof Anene Byere; Crf Riant in.
. . . I v "wv vn.
stAMfllUUl I
Now, alas and alack, that important
Eleven car-loads of sheep, and five car personage, the poundmaster is no more :
; loads of cattle, passed through at noon to- the town cow with a seven by nine smile,
flay ior the Portland and Victoria mark- tbat once knew him, knows him not at
impressible ponnd master was abroad in
the city, and peace and harmony reigned
supreme in the bail wick of your truly,
Then, the birds twittered, the - grass
grew, the flowers :bootned, the waters
laughed, the gentle zephrys whispered
and the lads and. lasses strolled in the
shadows and In the gloaming and talked
and laughed and billed and coored and
thought of nanght else but loss, heaven,
appiness and the most approved brand
Geo. J. Brown, cash paid eaw-
me wood " 75
J. J. Malonev. labor .v. 1.50
II. H. Andrews, hauling hose cart '2.50
A. M. Williams & Co.. mdse 1.50
tred Williams, hauling engine. 5.00
Dalles Electric Co,, lights fire d. 4.35
" " lighting sts. 270.00
" . v mar
shars office l fin
J. W. Jamison, repairing jail.v . 4.50
Dr. O. D. Doane, med.attendance 2.50
J . W. Blakenev. special police. 2.25
Jt,. u. jonnson, " " .. 6.00
J. K. Page, . " 2.50
W. Hill. " " .. 2.K0
iu. Haitrlit. feedini? prisoners in ftn
J. P.'McInery, mdse " .60
Con. Howe, night watchman: .. , "75.00
G.C.Bills, " . : . ... '62.00
li. ju. lood, nauling -., . 2.00
A few Bemarks ' on Comioe Events.
Clean Wheat Sella Best.
A gentleman who has been in the
wheat shipping business for a number of
years, and wIiobo experience fits him to
give an opinion or offer a suggestion, in
a conversation with a representative of
The Chboniclr today said :
"Now that the whirr of the thresher
is again heard in the land, you ought to
speak to the farmers about the advan
tages to them of clean wheat." ,
"What shall, we say??', was the. .ques
tion. V' . ', - - i:
You may say. that from the introduc
tion of foreign wheat, into this part of
the Inland Empire, considerable wild
oats has made its appearance ; and as
there are no elevators here to. clean- the
wheat, it should' be cleaned by the
thresher, whenever possible to do so, or
by the use of fanning mills."
Vhat is the loss to the farmer from
shipping foul wheat?"
"But very little ot the wheat which
comes to The Dalles finds a market here.
It is shipped to Portland, for export 6r
milling, and the buyer in either event
body lay helpless I do not remember. It
will come back to me as I erow stromrer.
and I shall also receive more light, and
m future trances, or by some other
meana, I know the Lord will reveal
much more to me. I do not know where
I was, but I was not in heaven nor in
helL J caught a glimpse of heaven.
though, and saw God. I cannot describe
him except to say that he appeared , all
light : All the time of my seeming un
consciousness he was making things
heavenly known to me. It seemed a
long period i of : time that I held this
spiritual discourse with him. Hell I did
not see,, except that it appeared as it were
on one aide of me blackness and smoke.
- J saw my dead mother. She appeared
as in life, even to her clothing. I could
not reach her nor speak to her. The Al
mighty seemed to stand between us, but
1 Know tnat before my death I shall
clasp hands with her in the spirit land.
I saw also and recognized' my little
brother, who died before I was born. I
did not see my father, but I expect to
learn before long whether or not he is
saved. 1 saw no other persons than my
two relatives. Tne angels and saints
were not visible, but I shall grow in
taitn until .1 see them and until I can
walk upon the water. St. Louis Globe-
Pemocrat
Two Kinds oi Courage.
: In some of- the everyday occurrences of
life women exhibit much more moral
courage than men. You can see that on
the .L" cars if yon use your eyes. When
a man retains bis seat while a woman
endeavors to maintain her balance by
nanging to a strap in front or him, he
generally makes a pretense of not seeins
her. - If he has a paper with him be will
appear to be absorbed in its perusal. If
he cannot avail himself of that conven
ient screen, he will pretend to be en
gaged in such deep meditation as to be
oblivious to all that is going on around
him, In one way or another he" will be
tray the fact that bis conscience is mak
ing a coward of him and that he is try
ing to cneat it . - - -
It is very different with the average
woman. Who that travels mnch in the
"L" cars basnt seen her often drop her
cnild into a seat that has fust been va
cated, while women in various stages of
weariness are standing up all around
her? She has paid uo fare for tho child:
she could very well continue to hold it
te. I this time. Gone is the herbasre. th
The methodist prayer meeting will be their songs, youth, beauty, 12" takes advantage of the condiUon of the ww'SI Zli SLif
held at 8 p. m. tomorrow, at the pastor's -met' Pace' barmony forever gone and Geo. W. Johnson & SonVLanriil ' wheat 89 he find8 Rejected wheat is I gome woman stand' v,hn wni,i tw
r " ... - in thai. eAn J ..... J I M U.'nnH...l.J .' I '
residence, corner ot iMghth and Liberty oicau uvc piarea lanumera- i im giepa ya.oo ulPWUUI-t;a iromo to iu cent per oU
iV ,4! , -; .w ids., wnicn is really more than is neces-
i.cr a ronton, muse. .70 garv but ther is to .nHmn
I - w fnVTVU- 'KMV
i9nj B7 1 discount. If the wheat comes clean, in
L. Korden. treasurer.' 25.0ft
of a skilled European expert the com
pany dug np tho ruins as well as a largo
amount of soil to the depth of five or six
feet and transferred it by tons to the
new works at Port Costa. There thv
6tuff was run through tho works, and it
is said realized not loss than $500,000.
belby & Co. did not dream that in the '
towers which were left ntanding aud in
the million tons of slair and mineral
permeated soil umch wealth remained.
The gronnd was sold and nothing was
thought about it for a long time.
borne time ago W. B. Uluff. the w 11 :
known men-hunt and imlitR-ian of this
city, acquired tho :rronnl on which the
old works and the present klag pile mid
chimneys remain. It consist of live
fifty-vara lots, or 3'4 acres. Meantime
he had several experts niako examina
tion of tho brick tower and the snr- .
roundings. They reported that th
metal nnd blai: dust of the t veru was
a veritable mine of wes.th, an4 that tln
grimy matter that filled the' interstii.-..
and in one form nr another jienncatod
the brick recked with valuable minerals. '
Also that the rray slagr whi:h hiul been
carted away froai the blazing furnaces
in primitive days outainod lararo ouan-'
titius-of gold and f ilirer and should 1m
worked over. .-Promptly thereupon Mr. ,-
Clnff secured the silver and gold lined
towers and tho debris. Lie is said to
have paid $40,000 for the chimneys alona. .
ills object m to work them up and zot
the money ont of them.
"I do not think I will have any troublo
in getting the gold, silver and other
mineral out," he said yesterday. "It
was on the advice of an English exuert
that Selby & Co. took a lot of the debris
to PortJosta, and I am informed they
pot over $500,000 out of that. Several
skilled mining men have come to me
lately and offered to bny me ont or work
the chimneys, slag and soil on a per
centage. I have not closed with any
body and do not think I shall. There is -
an immense amount of slag there. In '
some places it is 200 feet deep. It ull
contains gold, silver and lead, with some
copper. I have had the ground assayed
around there, too, and it all shows np
well. In some places it is very rich."
Mr; duff's intention is to tear down "'
the great towers, which have so long
been landmarks in the history of the
city, and which can be seen for miles out
at sea and in other directions, and wrest
from them their gold and silver lining.
San Francisco Examiner.
streets.
The Dalles bar-keepers home mutual
protective amalgamation association are
to meet tonight at 8 :30 sharp In Wise
mans front room,. Second and Court sts.
No excuses for non-attendance will be
accepted, by Owen Williams, president.
ble cattle of high and low- degree, sand
dimes and general desolation. The air
is filled with the lowing of heards, the
tintintambnlation of divers and sundry
discordant bells, broken gates, fluttering
mgbt shirts, cobble stones and profanity
against the peace and dignity of the un
dersigned and fliffainnt'thn
T , . il
japaneee reiugees wno were ordered the citv in such cases ma.d
away from Nampa have also been re- vided wherefore
Mt, . t T,-f . . i---?"
-juvdku , ,0 lrulu .Doim:, wnere tnartbe city provide itself with a pound
they took temporary shelter. Fear of master, whose duty it shall be to wrestle
Bm..pox wnicn nroKe out among with these innumerable bulls of Baehan
tbem at Nampa is the chief cause for that the ordi
rmA I . '
Swine in the vicinity of Pasco have
been attacked by some disease which is
baffling the skill of farmers in that
neigborhood. A number of dnjves have
aireaay euccomed to it. It is said, to
Jjong & facott, supplies for fire
department (kin fin
C. E. Haight, cash advanced.'.'.- 2.95
aiax voet & uo. rent of . hose -.
house ...i. 16,00
HAVING AM OPTIifO.
the even tenor of his way without
molestation. Respectfully Submitted. '
Geo. Watkins.
Upper Columbia Steamers.
Scraps of Incidents Picked an ' Here
and There From ie Camp.
In summer woods lt nice to camp ' ..
And eat out-ide, no trouble brooking;
i, wvu uuru an uo cures 10 aamp,
hew sacks, well filled and sewed, the
farmer makes money by it.' Clean wheat
in second-banded Backs has a judgement
against it; hence clean new sacks, well- j
ulled, and securely sewed up, pay the
best in all cases. .. n
What is yonr opinion with respect to
the average of this years crop?"
1 am satisfied that wo never had "a
better berry in this market than tie
present crop shows; and we rejoice with
the farmers tbat the average yield will
nearly be realized. Klickitat, Dufur.
Wapinitia, Kingsley, Nansene, and other
wise get a seat. But is she abashed?
Does she act as if she were ashamed of
herself? . Does she seek to avoid the
glances that are bestowed upon heV by
in ding uer face bemnd a newspaper!
Not a bit of it. . She doesn't let ber con
science make a coward of her. She
looks the people abont her square in the
eyes without-flinching. She says, or
rather seems to say, "Well, I know that
yon don't like it; but what are you go
ing to do about it?"
If this isnt moral courage what would
you call it? New York Herald.
There is quite a fleet of steamboats
'resemble cholera, bat whether it is this now plying on the Upper Columbia, in
(disease or not it is not definitely known, the Big Bend . country. . A visitor to
Dave McConnell, a 13-year-old boy Wenatchee recently witnessed the arri-
who has been left homeless nn rvnviTifr I vfll tbere of tUe xixon 4 dvs from
ftA domestic trouble between bis parents. Pbco. P through Priest, Rock Island
as found in the lock up this morning. ana " rapids. 185 miles, which
Y"UB oiaiteiey ana mayor Mays Inter
ested tnemselves in behalf of the vonth.
ind ne was
eent to the boys' and eirls'
lome in Portland, this afternoon.
From the Daily Chronicle, Thursday.
juiius i-isner has returned from bis
arm..
Mfg. Fitzgerald and children returned
om their visit up Mill Creek yesterday.
1
waa consiaerea a very quick passage
wnen tne swift current and powerful
rapids are taken into consideration. The
Ellensburgh came down the same even
ing at the rate of twentyfive miles an
hour, true, she had a very swift current
to assist her. The -distance from Port
Columbia to Wenatchee is about one
hundred miles, which she makes in four
hours. She is a powerful little boat 120
Mr. Dietzel is pretty weak from loss of feet ia len8tn ?2 feet beam, five foot
hold, is handsomely furnished, has 18
berths and sets an excellent table at 50
cents a meal. She is in command of
Capt. M. 8. Danaher. From ber deck a
grand panorama of . lovely -scenery .is
constantly viewed. Huge mountains,
masses of rocks and perpendicular cliffs
towerinc hnndrerls nf foot . M
fPure bred silver spancled Hamburg nlwnvs in o;ri,f Thotn'ntn r.
I - . . - "I ' "'f iWk
HBscrs ior sale ov u. V. Herrin the nmMa ia r.nJ tn
" . - - - i vwe aU gitiuu cauva vJa.Vll;alJICs
otographer. -";'' '
Beginning with Aug. 1st I will give a
1 VI. e
hnks of Thb Chronicle for many val- va'uaDle Pmium to every person who
li.i : orders one dmpn . nViint nUnna
Photos to be as srood aa the verv Msf
the first shipment of green corn from Premium on exhibition after Friday
cranes, was made to the Portland n.-st." Call and see them: CinW vnnA
Irket on Monday last. for rt f. , w dava. Hnnt. thp r,ktMrni,
. 1 - i "j".. .
food, but is otherwise improved today.
Wheat will soon be coming into the
jarehouses. . Wool has abont all been
sipped.
Jnd. 8. Fish has tendered hia realena-
5n as chief engineer of Dalles City fire
partment.
There's one thing, it makes man content
- mm ma tot, ,
When he looks at tho tl hrooH in i. n
He'd bo willing to give quite a sum on the spot
tor a batch of his young wife's tea buscuit.
- ... - . Butler.
rpt i . - -
. .uu KicKer never naa a word to say
when the old farmer. comes down- and
reads the riot act about trespassing on
nis property.
When a fellow starts out to supply the
camp with fish, if you are onlv careful
to fill his flask ho is sure to brine home a
load.
' A FrUkjr Kitten.
Sunday morning churchgoers on Reid
avenue saw a crowd of boys surrounding
the windows of the grocery store on up
per tteid avenuer Impelled by curiosity
to RAA whftt Vflfl (miner mt ftinoA a
BootJj. I localities, tributary to The Dallee, have proached the window witnessed within
as fine crops aa I have ever seen in my I ft scene of devastation. One large win
life, acd The Dalles feels justly happy
that the 'former is so successful. The
prosperity of tkp grain farmer is much
more to the dvairt3f?e - of The Dalles
than the prosperity of tiie wool grower,
though I would not discount ihe latter,
. The difference between the estimated
expenses and the, actual .outlay makes
one believe that figures sometimes lie.
Unless you know a man pretty well.
never play poker with him by the light
oi a lantern.
From the way the snake-bite remedv
disappears it would seem tbat the boys
Deiieve that prevention is better than
cure.
Lion t look for perfect seclusion. The
summer girl in the country can ferret
out a man in the densest forest.
The man who makes a failure of it is
the one who afterward writes a book on
camping out.
Because the rain comes in a water
proof tent is no sign that there is a hole
in it. - -
You will find it cheaper in the end to
have an experienced man to put up your
tent.
dow of the store was filled with lamps,-
vases ana crockery of every description.
which are given away to purchasers of
tea ana ptner , articles .in the store. In
this window the pedestrians saw a small
kitten. He had been locked in the store
over night, and had made his way into
because their, trade is large and rncreaa-1 the window filled with crockery. It was
Inc. but in nrnnnrflnn na tlin onll io filtaj
so m proportion does the country grow.'
Another gentleman whose experience
in the wheat .businees enables him to
furnish intelligent information, was
shown the above notes, and he agreed
fully in the statements, adding that if
we had believed all the discouraging re
ports of two months ago, from the' most
unreliable sources, we should not have,
now, enough wheat for seed. Ho was
glad to know that this was one of the
most prosperous years to the farmer
generally in the history of eastern Ore
gon.
Concerning prices he said it was hope
ful for the farmer. There is a large fleet
of vessels en route for the surnlns:
which, if it could be delivered at Astoria
from The Dalles, would save the pro
ducer ten cents a bushel. The pilotage
question he considered a cloak to hide a
steal. Do away with that and the far
mer stood tome show along with the
speculator. Barges can carry every
pound of wheat from the Inland Empire
at what it costs for the storage, loss nnd
handling in Portland.
Prices are today jrepor ted weak on the
terrible to behold the damage which had
-bfipn done there. The boys outside -had
succeeded in making the kitten frolic
around iftsido, and at each turn he made
some article 0 crockery would fall with
a Crash.
' Handsome lamps, Y&ses, pitchers and
numerous articles were broken to pieces
by the antics of tho frolicsonte kitten,
who seemed to be chuckling to himself
at tne damage be had done. When,
nnaiiy, about three-quarters of the
crockery in the window had been utter
ly destroyed, a policeman straved alone?.
ana uie ciwva oi . ooys were dispersed,
ine kitten then ; settled down in the
midst'of a mass of broken crockery aud
was soon asloep. Brooklyn Standard-
uniua.
Young Trout III Pcnnoylv.iuia. -
. The Pennsylvania commissioners of
fisheries are now prepared to receive ap
plications for trout fry. .. Ono can, con
taining 2,000 young trout, will- be sent,
free of expense, to the nearest railroad
station or each applicant. Applications
for trout fry should be made to tho fol
lowing commissioners; Henry C. Ford
1883 -Vine' street. Philadelphia: V I.
Puwell. Harrisburg; II. a Demuth. Lan
caster; a. U. Stillwell, Scranton: LojI
A Judge's Joeosa Betort.
"1 think the late Judge Devens." sard '
Mr. Arthur Macy to me the other ' day.
was tne greatest after dinner speaker I
ever heard, i remember a striking in
stance of bis readiness in jocose retort.
He mtde a five minnto speech at a club
dinner; and in the course of his remarks
he established his claim to his place' at '
the dinner by instancing his authorship -
of a large volume that was made up of
tragedy and comedy and of manv start- -
ling phases some dramatic, some ludi
crous, some pathetic of human life and
nature.
The book was the 143d volume of
Massachusetts laws. Iminediatelv a '
member wm on his fnet and tliauking
tho judge. He had been on a jnry once,
and tho justice who was trying tho case-. .
said tliat a verdict should be. rendered
unhesitatingly in accordance with a de
cision that was coutained in that very
volume of which the judgo had just
spoken. The verdict was rendered im- ;
mediately and ' the juryman secured a '
good night's . rest, for which he was
thankful to Judge Devens and his book.
-."Without a moment's hesitation.
Judge Deveiw replied, If the gentle
man will imitate the example of the jus
tice of whom he speaks, and peruse the--'
entire volume that J have spoken of. I
assure him that he will secure many .a
good night's rest." Boston Globe.
"-- wviaiiiiiHi, a-JlV.! 1 i " - ' " - - -
Strenlvr. Erie. O. II Welshons. Pitt o: : t-.ijl :ul I;i.tliv
burst. Philadelphia Ledger J tho :...ir. ?'tisl-ur.r Dii
A-Klcb bat Unapproachable Conntrjr.
There are said to be five counties in
Missouri and eleven in Arkansas, com-
prising a strip of country 130 miles
; uare, that have no railroad commnni-
catksji with the outside worldj and are-,
yet wOKjerfully rich in zinc pro. This :
section of lie country lies south ami
west of tho MeiUfiis railroad, north and
west of the Iron 5wuutain, south and '
east of tho St. I.jiiis aiii 4Sn Francisco
and north of the ArkansasNcjver. The
zinc carbmatos of this region yifld &
per cent, and thi j irk" v r con'h-f
pure zinc ore.
A traveler. Mr. W. li. W:-ner, r
Kansas City, s.yst that he i'onud iu the
mountain a r ;ve oveu larger tho
Mammoth cat-,'. Tli? manner of life of
tho people is .vtrurn !; iiriuuliv.-. They
live ui Io. !i m m wii'inut windows,
tticon is their mii i Liile of dit and
tobacco tlit-ir o:ly . .TIny xeldom
s i I,' i ; .. ; ta-y h ivt f..i;l and to-
i'i l-i. ! J.W.1. i;..r I.k-v are virtn-
difposed to -
spatch.