THJ5 iDALLES WjEEKLY CHROKICJLE, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1808.
Be Weekly Gtooniele.
OFFICIAL PAPER OF WASCO COUNTY.
. COUMTI OFFIC1AX8.
ou Judge..-
OTmlnnlooera.
Geo. C. Blaketey
...... T. A. Wirl
J. a. CroweD
....Win. HicheU
(Jas. Darnlelie
1 Frank Kincaid
..Joel W. KoonU
.E. F. Hnarp
Im , , n r E. r. onarp
nperintendeat of PubUo Schools. . .Troy Shelley
eSrnt-r N. Jt. Eastwood
THE AUSTRALIAN BALLOT.
Ben. Butler of Massachusetts, the
distinguished general, statesman, lawyer
-od politician, has been a little too
much inclined to favor reforms, no
bulled, and cranky isms; but when he
let9 them alone and comes down to legal
J" matters and i-oiumon sense, he hits the
mail on the head every time with sledge
lunmr force. Here is his opinion of
the latest "reform" out, and biggest
humbug of the age, "the Australian
ballot system :"
"The adoption of that system of bal
latinur ' wounds mv self-Dnde. We of
Massachusetts, at least, are free men,
oming from the Puritans who voted
with a kernel of corn for yes, and a bean
Jor no. We have been trying to improve
anr svstem of balloting for more than
twenty-five years by methods devised
with all our culture, aided especially by
Harvard college in getting the liest svs
tern by which a free, enlightened people
will express their decision upmi tin
aueasures and the men which govern
them. Throwing away all we had
. learned, we went to the south sens, to
an island settled by British felorm, ami
took their system, which was devised by
such a community to make them vote
.honestly, and imported it for our use,
thus acknowledging that it was neces
sary that a people should be convicted
and punished for at least one. felony in
rder to so quicken the inventive power
f a people as to frame the best system
1 balloting lor the people of the United
31 lutes of America. That buliot was
framed to in " a convict, if tie voted ut
a'l. keep it a secret from his keeper how
- he v'nted. The vote should be cast in
dependently, not sneakingly.
"This cros." hetween British aristoc
racy and ignorant savagery, tnis pro
d let of the i.ig end of creation, trainee I
by Engln-h snobs to hold down the ig
norant sln-ep herders, gold hunters,
varnish diggers, rover? and professional
robbers of Australia, who are very iir:le
better than the kangaroos and laughing
jackasses of the deserts, and who can
make a cross opposite a name but can
sot erase a name and write another in
place of it, v.as taken up by all the
cranks in the United States, a some
thing really smart, and has been adopted
by a numlicr of the states, inolndin
Oregon, without anylnxly knowing what
it was goj! for or what necessity there
was for putting intelligent, free Ameri
cans, who can read and write and pre
pare their own ballots, on a level with
he ignorant, half-savage herders of
Australia, penning them up in stalls,
ne at a time, like cattle at branding
time."
OUR ROAD AND CONVICT LABOR
'-. laws
The question ia being agitated through-,
out the state by the press on convict
labor laws. The subject of discussion is
worthy of a good deal of attention and
our people ought to wake up to the im
portance of the matter at once. We say
amen to the scheme of putting the con
vict labor on all public works and roads
within the state. As far as our present
road laws are concerned, they are a
farce. We have not a single road in the
state that is any credit to it save the
Tygh valley hill road. In this county,
the present system of road repairing
and building, as provided for by the
laws is a failure, and works out theprob
blem by only patching mud holes, and
making no decided improvement of the
highway, labor is brought into requisit
ion which is neither profitable or wise,
us the law is, the supervisor is required
to order out the laborer from his funu to
do road sdrvice within his district when
ever he sees tit, and what is the result?
The laborer fools away the time spinning
yarns and pet forming but little service
for the public, and the road gets a lick
mid a promise to have the same thing
over again next year.
In our opinion, there are but two ways
by which a remedy of this evil can be
had. The first is to pass a law by which
an additional levy of tax be put on the
assessed valuation within the several
road districts of two or three mills an
nually, an amount which shall be used
to build and keep up the roads, and to
create the office of road commissioner,
make it elective, and place the officer
under bonds heavy enough to compel bnu
to do his duty. Wasco county took the
initiative step a year and a half ago and
bnilt the Tygh valley hill road, on thic
plan and it was a success. The legisla
ture ought to make a general provision
for a law covering these points.
Another proposition iB to repeal the
convict contract clause, which is a stain
on oar statute books, and put its
laDoronall public works of the state,
and state and leading county roads. The
convict labor is the state labor, and has
no moral right to be expended on other
iian stale county works. The con
victs are a public charge. Kept at public
xpense, an ! their services in labor
should lie i ontributive to the public
nt, either ro public roads or public
woikf. iU- Dalles anil ceuio rortage
road could l-e Imiit with this labor if
he states finances were short. That is
not in the ores: ion. lhe present netM
n - he western part of the state, is better
roads, and the convict labor should h"
used in making them the same applies
to Eastern -Oregon.
We have no doubt but some will s;;;.
that our stove industry will get a IjUir:
eye if the convict labor is taken away.
If American labor cannot produce stove- '
on this coast at remunerative tmuri--where
there is an abundance of uiaturi-.i
and labor, thore ia something wrona
with the oianufacturer, and not witli
labor, the convict labor clause on onr
statutes ought to lie wiped out.
WHITNEY'S PLAN.
Whitney, who, aside from Villard,
exerts greater influence over Cleveland
.than any other man in the democratic
party, opposes the idea of an extra ses
sion. Mr. Whitney insists that the
democracy should go slow with the
tariff. Working, impliedly with the
approval of Cleveland, he is endeavor
ing to persuade the present republican
senate to give its assent to the appoint
ment of a tariff commission made np of
business men, to take testimony in all
parts of the country regarding the prob
able effect of the alteration of the Mc
Kinley bill. This commission would be
appointed bv Cleveland and would be
a very convenient "anchor to windward"
for the democracy. If the tariff changes
based upon its report should prove un
satisfactory, Mr. Cleveland could say
that he had acted upon the counsel of
the business interests of the country ;
and on the other hand if the changes
should meet with approval, the democ
racy could claim all the credit.
A prominent republican of New York,
to whom tho proposition was presented,
thus expresses his opinion :
I don't think the republican party
ought to go into the business of making
i peace for the democrats with the busi
ness interests of the country. Every
man with a dollar invested in industrial
enterprise was openly denounced and at
tacked as a corruptionist by democratic
orators, and the democratic platform ar
rayed oar-manufacturing interests as no
better. Sow, having iuflnmed the
masses, and thereby won the day, they
are ready to face about., I propose to let
them get out of the dilemma as best
they can. With the southern democrats
in the saddle tugging on one side and the
Whitney ivuiserviitivrs on the other.
Cleveland has no easy task. It is his
business to find a way out, though, and
neither the republican senate nor indi
vidual members of the party should of
fer bim advice. I am decidedly against
the proposition.
Of course this is the only view that
the republican senate should take of the
proposition. The republican party has
said tttaj i; ;. considered the McKinley hill
the correct, patriotic and scienti 'ia solu
tion of ..; ff. Ii the lie -.-icriicy
thiukS it has a better scheme let it
enact it. If it d.'--s o; know what it
Honu'i lutnty Underwear.
Just what sort of underwear to
is one question that troubles the average
woman very much. She doesnt want
to wear ao modi that- it will be bulky,
and an doesn't want to wear tao littla
for fear ana will catch cold. Sam triea
first one aad then another abavpsd gar
ment, and the wise woman is she wbe,
having at hmt bit npon that which ia
most comfortable, makes H moot dainty
and assumes it for good. Vary little
linen is need nowadays for ona'a lingeria,
the preference being given to cambric,
Victoria lawn, nainsook or percale. Th
last ia noted with tiny dots or wee Sow
ers in pink, bine or lavender npon tha
white ground. Then when the garment
is finished the edges have a triple scal
lop or a sharp point embroidered in cot
ton of the same color as the figure. This
material, with its simple finish, is liked
for sack shaped chemises, for night
dresses and for drawers, ft is seldom,
if ever, need for skirts.
The fancy for silk nightdresses still
exists, but as there always have been
women who would wear nothing but the
clear white lawn or nainsook, and as
these women are many, the makers of
underwear are specially catering to
them. Very much more fine work, that
is. handwork, can be put npon a nain
sook gown than npon a silk one. and the
needlewoman can make more fine tucks,
fancy stitches, gatherings, hemstitch
ing and drawing of threads than ever
would seem passible. 1tb. Malkra in
Ladies' Home Journal.
1 Dais' Clsiii St !
At 65 cts.
WOOL-FELT HATS
WORTH
sl't6"$1.50
At .$1.15.
and FUR FELT HATS
WORTH
$2 to $2.50
f(sB fr)t)a peter 8 ?o.
112 Second St., The Dalles, Or.
MIABR & BENTON
DEALERS IN
Cord Wonn KIR PlKE Ash
WWXVl V v UU1J AND crabApple
GROCERIES,
STOVES 4.
RANGES,
Thi Bayeox Tapestry.
Tapestry was brought into general ttsa
in western Europe, with many other
elegancies of life, by the Moors of Spain.
The oldest known specimen m the Bayeox
tapestry, an epic in embroidery, careful
ly treasured for centuries in the cathe
dral of Bayenx, and now preserved in
the hotel do ville of that place. Miss
Strickland says of this piece of work:
"It ia beyond all competition the
most wonderful achievement in the gen
tle craft of needlework that ever waa
executed by fair and royal hands."
-widt!1-6478 orders cor-Third and Union' orl33 Second st-
ladies of her court. It is a coarse linen
cloth, 214 feet long and 20 inches wida, i THE DALLES, OR.
on which is worked in woolen thread of (
various colors a representation of the ,
invasion and conquest of England bythe' r-K T m r . . , - .
Norman. h VC I 5 J .. I J ( HH T
TINNING AND PLUMBING
HARDWARE
A SPECIALTY.
wants let it
it caii. A
bueiness man's tariff commission could
throw no new light on the problem, and
would merely consume many month of
time.
The democracy talked during the riu;
puign as if nothing could be more in
famous or burdensome than tiie .resent
law. It now acts a? though it iius a
profound conviction that it has a hard
task befoiv it in finding Kuinethiug in
the way of an inprovement.
One who-appears to look upon the
Brussels conference with an eye of the
pessimist, who never sees anything but '
ruin ahead, speaking of Rothschild's plan
ays : "Rot schild's grandfather made
wore than Croesus u- m the wrec't-d
aobility during the Peninsular and Nap
oleonic wars. Then princes came to his ;
. 1 1,1 T I
inree uaue. now ne scorns any cus
tomer less than a king, an emperor or
a nation. In other words he is the
money power of the world. If the con
ference adopts his plan, the American
people will oiiey the money dictation of
JEurope. This nation will never obey
the money dictation of Europe. That
aas been thrice tried.
The proposition for this conference
had its origin with the United States
government. It may be set down as the
Tesult of party necessity auher than as a
disinterested public movement. The
ilver advocates were at the doors of
congress and npon the eteps of the white
house. The president was unable to
yield what they demanded. Very
There ha been more or lcs gowsip
concerning what President Harrison will
do after he retires fr Jin office March 4th.
It is well known tbut tiie president will
fir-st take a much-needed rest and recov
er some of h's lost, energies and recoper-
ate from the severe strain he has been
under for a vear past. Mr. Harrison
will leave the presidency in rather com
fortable circumstances ; probably worth
$150,00(1 or if 175,000. This amount in
vented in any ordinary way will yield
him sufficient income, so he need not be
is turbed us to the future.
The official examination into Prof.
Brings' alleged heretical utterances and
beliefs is quite as much uf a trial to the
public as t Dr. Briggs. Why not elec
trocute him at once and have done with
it? The charges fill up thirty-six pages
of closely printed matter. The writer
evidently was not a newspaper man.
The clmrges could be edited with a blue
pencil without any detriment evidently.
Sheriff Furnish, of Umatilla county,
was in Portland vesterdav after takine
adroitly he suggested, an international . to the penitentiary Charles Wjlde, sen
onference. Many obstacles lie in the i tenced to a year and a half for stealing
paui oi tne neie;ates irum the various
nations represented at Brussels
Xnmeroue plans are suggested whvreby
there may be a reiiionetizution of silver,
but they are for the imst part too fine'
spun and embody too manv conditions
to be successful. But if it does not.
reach a successful isvae the conference
will not be useless. It will disclose tiie
temper of the world townrd the minor
money metal i It is possible that enough
will be disclosed to teach the silver men
that their dreams are hopeless of reali
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xuuon ; or ii, may open tine wav tor a
broad international movement that will
eventually re-establish silver in its for
mer high position. The proceedings of
he conference are1 watched with deep
-interest, for its results may be far-reaching.
Speaking editorially of the monetary
onference, The London Times saya : "It
is not going too far to say the monetary
on'erence baa already resulted in a
"tailnre. Pro'-ifthlv thr will Ym a ahum
' i 77.,...,,
an overcoat, and V. Rupert, who gets
two years for stealing a horse. His
deputy brought him down another brace
of worthies. J. H. Anderson, who stole
a buggy and team, and William Blosg,
who was satisued with a horse. They
were taken to alem vesterdav.
There is a sort of trader wno ays "I
think it Ijetter not to advertise nntil
business picks up." When business
picks up the same trader '"invariably
says "I don't need any advertising
now." The man who waits for business
to pick u p always wears out the seat of
his pants first. You can tell him when
the wind is whispering around' his ( coat
tails and calling him a daisy.
How to get an office is now the idea
in the head of many good deui'MTMts
and the statesman is often asked the
best way to go about it. . It is something
of a secret, bat for the good of the liovs
we will tell them tht they must first
obtain their credentials and he qualified
to run the office they aspire to. They
the : must jet the h-ot of a mbbit killed
on the jirave of a coon when the nign is
in the heart in the dark of the moon in
the mouth of August. After tluit place
thejj endorsements in a burglar pro f
safe, and the less they bother the county
and state committees until after April
next, the ietter show they will have to
jiet something.
It contains the figures of about OSS
men, 300 horses, nfty-frre dogs, forty
ships and boats, besides a quantity of
quadrupeds, birds, trees, houses, castles
and churches, all executed in the proper
colors, with names and inscriptions over
them to elucidate the story. It is a
valuable historic document, as it gives a
correct and minnte portraiture of the
.N oimau costumes and their manners
and customs. Woman's Work.
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SKranfl, Propr.
The east has recently been chilled to
the marrow with ice and snow, while
California hits been tiie victim of a ter
rible mud storm, but Oregon has only
been bothered with the usual winter
rains nothing to slow business in any
way or to cause people to' suffer from
anv severe cold.
Ailment of the Eye.
No organ of the body is liable to a
greater variety of ailments than tiie eye.
Uore than forty such diseases are enu
merated in Eibdical works.
Some of these tend toward blindness,
partial or complete. Some are highly
contagious. Some are peenhar to the
earliest stages of infancy; some to old
age. Some are due to other diseases;
some originate with the eye itself; soiae
are the result of external wounds. Some
are brought on by the improper use of
the eye; some by the abuse of other or
gans. Some are partially or wholly
curable: others are not.
As we have two eyes, the loss of one
does not materially affect the other.
The double provision is a wide and be
nevolent one in the case of an organ ex
posed to so many accidents from with
out and so many diseases from within.
Youth's Companion.
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The Berlin correspondent of the Lon
don News h:is liNimed that the govern
ments of Ensl.iul. Germany and th
United States have agreed to a comnn.!;
action to retrore'erder in Samoa.
T!.e monetary eonfereavo is almost a
failure, and l-nticiputinu au outcome
iis deliberations, Senator Hill has in
troduced a bill for the repeal of tiie sil
ver purchase act.
, A LiiTer'i Awful Act.
Seattle, Dec. 5. The second awful
tragedy of the we-k, growing out of un
requited love, occurred at 11 o'clock to
ui;!itat 416 Marion street. Mrs. Maria
ti. Story, a beauttfu! and highly accom
plished woman and a leader in musicui
circles, was shot and instantiy killed 1 y
her discarded lover, Charles Roger
Moulton, who lay in umbuvh in her
boudoir when she returned from the
opera.
Governor Pennoyer's troubles are
doubled up on him of late. It now
turnB out that Governor' Ferry of Wash
ington, has declined to honor a requisi
tion for an .escaped criminal, which his
excellency issued recently. The gover-
pRSlCl
Laa
XBe fcarrat, Faatcat mni Flaeat la tie Worla
-- Pawuwer accomodation unexcelled.
EW YORK. LONDONDERRT AND 8LASG0W-
Brerr Saturday,
NBW YOBK, 6IBBALTEK and BAPIK,
....... Atreiralar interral.
SALOON, SECOND-CLASS AND STEERAGE
..fi " '""'"' terms to and from the principle
SCOTCH, XX9U98, ZSItS a ill, OOUTHTIHTaL fcctis
Bienraion tickets arai I able to return by either the pic
Jjireeiiue Clyde ft Korth of Ireland or Kaplea A Qlbra&ai
tafla tat Xcur (Wan far Any iamt at IrrMt btai
, Apply to any of our looal Amenta or to
UXXDXRaOil JSROTKBU, CklM(, Ui.
A ProfeaaloauU Haninrlimnr
A woman - in this city has a certain
uuniber of customers, all of whom are
persons of wealth and willing to pay her
well. She goes to the house of each
customer at stated periods and removes
all the furniture, curtains and pictures
from the drawing rooms. She then di
rects the cleaning of the rooms and the
furniture, taking care that the latter is
not scratched or injured in the handling,
and that all blemishes are removed by
careful oiling. . All the furnishings are
then replaced according to hor ideas. As
she has excellent titbte, she manages to
create a good impression each time, but
never duplicates a setting. She suggests
the removal of unnecessary pieces or the
addition of odd bits that will fill out her
plan, and keeps the customer informed
in regard to the changes of styles. New
York Sun.
Biiuini ami the Fountain of Youth.
Bimini was a fabulous island firmly
believed in by the Indians of the An
tilles, though they could give uo further
clew to its location than that it lay some
hundreds of leagues north of Hispauiola.
On this island was the famous foun
tain of youth which had the power of
restoring youth and giving perpetual
health and vigor. It was the search for
this fountain that led Ponce de Leon
and Hernando de Soto to Florida, on the
outskirts of which the island was gener
ally supposed to be situated. St. Louis
Republic.
The Ueurt Beats Elghi Bonn Erery Day.
That wonderful piece of mechanism,
the heart, appears to work continually
day and night, from birth to death, but
in reality there are short pauses or rests
between each beat, which, though mi
nute in themselves, mount np in the ag
gregate to eight hours out of every twenty-four,
'x hese short pauses enable the
heart to repair the waste which constant
work entails and without which rests it
would break down. Brooklyn Eagle.
Why the Wren la King.
Tho wren i chased every St. Stephen'
Day on account of it betraying the Sav
iour by chatMring in a clump of furze
where he was hiding. It ia called tho
'king of all birds.' became it concealed
itruf banaatfc the wing of the eagle whan
that aordly bird claimed saprwmac by
soaring hsghaac. "He 1 to," aand tho I
wraa, sai i abovo tho eagle's head
feu":o Qolumbia j-iotel,
THE DALLES, OREGON. .
3est Dollar a Day House on the Coast!
First-Class Meals, 25 Cents.
First Class Hotel in Every Respect.
None but the Pest of White Help Employed.
T. T. Nicholas, Prop.
NEPTUNE SHAVING PARLORS AND BATH ROOMS.
FRAZES & WYNDHAM, Proprietors.
At the old stand of K. Lusher,
no Front St, The Dalles, Oregon.
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