THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1893
The Weekly Chronicle.
OFFICIAL I'APEK OK WASCO COUNTY.
JUSTICE A.0 MERCY.
A husband and wifu were on trial in a
New York court the otlior day for aban
doning their child. The wretched father
and mother stolidly awaited the result,
the judge aud the bailiffs, the lawyers
and the jury, aud the spectators frowned
upon the miserable pair, wondering how
uch inhumanity could be possible. In
the nurse's arms the little victim a boy
eight weeks old lay gasping for breath.
Ilia pinched and pallid features stamped
him as a child of poverty aud misfortune.
The judge gazed npon the heartless
parents, and then upon the half-starved
infant. What sentence would tit the
case? How could it be framed so as to
measure out stern justice to the parents
and sweet mercy to their offspring? It
was a puzil-3 for a human judge aided
only by human wisdom and human laws.
But another judge was about to inter
fere. Suddenly the nurse gave a startled
cry. The court officers rushed to her
aide. The child was dead! While the
human judge had been wondering how
he could punish the parents and help
the little one, the decree of a higher
court solved the problem. The angel of
death gently glided down the aisle of the
gloomy old court room and lightly
touched the friendless babe. The suffer
er was rescued saved from the dangers
and trial ttut menaced it in the outer
world. The judge saw that the merciful
aide of the problem had been settled, and
that he could administer justice with
out fear of harming the innocent. A
child's white soul took its flight from
the dark court room and a little later the
guilty parents walked with downcast
heads to a prison cell. Justice and
mercy had claimed their own !
3.UOO,0. to packers and producers. barley. to ' J I' " tih"11
Minerals and timber, are within its ; ; ,,r
boundaries, but Fresno means rauui.. I .,,, ,!rim, llt
and a woman is the mother of thoni. r, M t t 1 . ior ton and $:s 7 i ivr lib!.
I Two-thirds of this crop now conn s irom lttii)l.
i this district, and verv soon, they say,' Hay Timothy
nine-tenths of it will be grown there.
hay ranges in pru-o
(from l"J IKI rr ton, iici'orilin;; to
iiiinlitv and condition. Wlnut buy it
1 in full' muck on n limit I demand at
There are tuanv things which might j s 00 to f 10 ui i.cr ton.
THE WHEAT OUTLOOK.
From Clapp &. Co.'s weekly market
letter of Oct. 6th we extract the fol
lowing :
Primary receipts Bince June 30th have
been about 61,000,000 bushels against
about 108,000,000 bushels (or 47,000,000
bushels less than last season, same
time), and an average of about 52,000,
000 bushels for the previous seven years,
from 18S7 to 1891 inclusive. The visible
supply seldom begins decreasing as late
as it did this season. It seldom ceases
to decrease or reaches the maximum
point before about January 8th. This
aeason the visible has decreased since
July 1st 1,780,000 bushels; last year it
increased 23,363,900 bushels. Weekly
exports from July 1st to September 21th
averaged over 5,C0O,000 bushels; last
week they were 3,500,000 bushels. This
week we think they will be about 3,000,
000 bushels. Last season the average
the first twelve weeks was 3,500,000
bushels; in 1891, same time, average
exports were about 5,500,000 bushels per
week, and for the five years ending
June 30th, 1891, they averaged about
3,000,000 bushels per week. The bears
claim the 35,000,000 bushels of the visi
ble in Chicago and this city is five
eights of the visible, and there is too
much wheat at speculative centers to
expect a great advance; that Minneapo
lis mills never ground as much flour or
old it as cheap in Great Britain ; that
until flour advances there is no good
reason to buy wheat; that the world's
wheat and rye crops this season more
than equal average seasons or average
yearly consumption ; that our govern
ment report has been underestimated at
least ten per cent, on all cereals grown ;
that prices are low enough, but that
while "the one man" assumes to dictate
what the people want rather than tee
that they are executed there is no good
in buying anything. The bulls say the
bread-loaf was never lower in London or
at consuming centers; that consump
tion is large; that the best statisticians
are foreigners and buyers of food, and
they admit the world's crop is about
100,000,000 bushels less than actual
needs; that Liverpool and other Euro
pean stocks and the amount afloat has
begun to Idecrease when ordinarily an
increase is customary; that farmers'
holdings March 1st, 1844, will likely
how less reserve per capita than ever
ahown ; that it is always true penty of
reasons appear when prices are very low
why they should be lower. The reverse
is true when they are high, therefore
copper public sentiment and the great
variety of reasoning whenever it gets all
on one side, and especially so on what,
which is now selling below cost of pro
duction, and below any known record
in the world's market. We think one-
half our surplus has gone forward.
lie taught in the public school of more
advantage to the future citizen than
Greek or Latin, and the science and use
of money is one of these. Of the work
ings of a great monetary system the ma
jority of people know nothing, either
theoretically or practically. They know
simply that their labor brings to them
money and that this money buys for
them certain necessities of life and so
much of its luxuries in proportion as
that labor is or is not iu demand. Be
yond that they have little thought, and
It is exceedingly difficult to interest peo
ple in the merits of a sound standard of
value. The argument of the working
man that a silver dollar is just as good
or better to him than a gold dollar in
that it will buy just as much bread, and
is perhaps easier to get, is loudly ap
plauded by his fellows and seems so
simple an answer to all other arguments
that all discussion must needs end right
there. It is useless to attempt to point
out to him the existing facts which by
their continuance may overthrow his
cherished idol and compel him to pay
two dollars for the bread for which he
now only pays one. Thus talks the Pa
cific Banker and Investor in an inter
esting article on finance.
A New York newspaper has attracted
passing attention by showing that a
professed "society leader of the me
tropolis derives an income from some
disgracefully kept tenements; but if the
matter were to be investigated it would
almost surely be found that even more
noted social personages could be put
under the same indictment, not only in
N.w York but in other large cities of
the world. Right here in Boston some
of the most unhealthy tenements have
been found to be the property of owners
who occupy high places in society. Bos-
tan Advertiser.
I'otatoks .lUV per 100 lbs.
Bcttkk Fresh roll 1'iitti r iit 50 to ,V
cents per roll, in brine or dry salt we
quote 30 to 40 cents er roll.
Kiius Good fresh raw sell at -0c.
Pori.TKV Chickens, are quoted at
J'.'.tH) to fci.lH). Old fowls ;i.00 per
dozen.
Bkek Mi'tton Beef cattle are In
letter demand at L2. per 100
weight gross to 'i.u0 lor extra good.
Mutton is now quoted at 'J5
per head. Pork offerings are light
and prices are nominal gross
weight and O1 cents dressed. Cured
hog meats are quoted at 1'." cents hog
round.
STAPLE OltOCKKIKlt.
Cokfek Costa Rica, is quoted at 24c
per lb., by the sack. Salvadore, 23'.jc.
Arbuckles', 25c.
Si-gar Golden C, in bbls or sack ,
$5 87; Kxtra C, 12; Drv granulated
f 8S In boxes, 1). G., in 30 lb Itoxes,
2 "5. Ex C, 2 26. GC T200.
Rick Japan rice, 6"vif7c; Island,
rice, 7 cts.
Beans Small whites, 4i1(ii5Sic;
Pink, be per 100 lls.
Salt LiveriMjol, 501b sk, 65c: 1001b
sk.l 00; 2001b fck, 2 00. Stock salt,
$13 50 per ton.
Puikd Fbuits Italian prunes, 12c per
lb, by box. Evaporated apples, 10(i'12l2
per lb. Dried graes, 7(tl0c per pound.
HIDES AND WHS.
Hides Are quoted as follows: Pry,
3S,c lb; green, IS,rf2a.
Siieep Pelts 25 to 50 ea. Deerskins,
20c lb for winter and 30c for summer.
Dressed, light $1 lb, heavv 75c lb. Bear
skins, $8i$12 ea; leaver, f.'l 50 lb;
otter, $5; tisher, (5 (iff 5 50: silver gray
fox, $l0o($2o; red fox, $1 25; grey fox,
2o0if$o: martin, $l(c$l 25: mink,
50c(i55c; coon, 50e; coyote, SOeoi 75c ;
badger, 25c; polecat, 25e(45c; com
mon house cat, 10c(f25c ea.
PIGEONS AND
Th
FALCONS.
Weight
Latter Van tarry Jrer
and Make Heller Tim.
Falconry may yet be restored, us It
seems, though not as a tqMrt, but u
part of the terribly mtiouh lusiues,
wur. A Russian ollleer, I'apt. HmoilitrT,
bus been turning faleoim to nerve us.
dipiiteh carriers. '1 he fulcou has sev
erul Hilvuutaires over thu currier
pigeon, bu.vu the Westminster -zette.
Not only is he a more warlike
bird than the meek cousin of the dove,
but he is swifter iu tlitfht and cupuhlo
of ereut euduruueo. The ereatest
swiftness ever known to be nt tallied
by the currier pigeon is fifteen (Ger
man) miles un hour, but this is the
rute of the ordinary flight of the fal
con. D'Aubusson, in his work on "The
Fulconry of the Middle Ages," telU
several anecdotes of the extruordinury
powers of the falcon and length and
swiftness of UUrht. For instance,
falcon which wus sent from the I'unary
islunds to the duke of l.ermu in Spain
made the return llitfht from Andalusia
to TenerittV in sixteen hours, which
was at the express speed of aixteen
(German) miles to the hour. A (ter
mini tuilo is not fur short of five Eng
lish miles, so that the speed of this
falcon must have lieen at the rate of
about seventy-live miles an hour. A
further advnntuge of the falcon over
the pigeon is the prcater weight which
it can carry. It is well known tliut a
very slipht burden is un oppression to
the poor pigeon, so that dis- 'ches are
reduced in size by photogru. .lie copies,
in order to reduce the weight for the
feeble little currier. Cupt. Smoiloff
says he has found that a falcon can
carry a weight of four Russian pounds,
or 1,040 grams (thirty grumes fro to our
ounce), without diminishing its power
or swiftness iu flying. Besides, the
currier pigeon may full a prey to the
falcon, while there is small duuger of
any other bird taking' the carrier fal
con a prisoner.
ODD AND CURIOUS WEIGHTS.
An adventuroustrip across the English
channel in a tiny collapsible lifeboat has
attracted much attention for Lieut.
Sayce. His small craft wai fitted with a
miniature foresail and still smaller
mizzen. while a double paddle was also
in requisition. The Midgeis eight and a
half feet long, with albeamjof 35 inches,
and weighs just under 35 pounds. She
is canvas-decked and inflated with air by
tubing to render her unsinkable.
THE MARKETS.
The Week Continues Hull. I'ertly Owing
to the Ul.trtct Fair.
Originally Fresno was one of the "cow
counties," says Kate Field'i paper in an
article on California, and cattle and
beep still form an important industry,
but its greatest wealth lies in raisins,
which may be called Its raiaon d' etre.
In 1889 the Income of its people
amounted to 110,000,000, $1,000,000 of
which came from cattle, wool and sheep
and $1,500,000 from raisins. Not more
than ten years ago Miss Austin, a New
England school teacher, transplanted to
Fresno, become possessed with the Idea
of turning Fresno grapes into raisins.
She lived long enough to carry out an
inspiration which baa to fructified that
today 440,000 acres are devoted to raise
grapes that this year will be worth
Friday, Oct. 13. This being fair week,
the attractions thitherward have done
much to check trade in general. Conse
quently a quietness prevails in the busy
part of the city. The afternoons are
noted for a complete cessation of trade
owing to the fact, that the business
houses closed their doors and put in
time at the grounds and pavilion. The
principal buisiness is in the provision
and grocery line and retailers are busy
in the fore part of the day, and late in
the evening. Prices continue steady.
excepting in eggs and potatoes. Eggs
are very scarce and firm ; 22'.,' cents per
doz in cash was paid yesterday. Potatoes
are arriving freely and have a downward
tendency; 50 to 60cents per sack of 100
lbs is the range of the market for spuds.
Cabbages are in fair supply at one cent
per pound. Other vegetables are plenti
ful and the market is quite easy and
prices are nominal.
Fruits are in abundance and the
market is steady. There is a demand
for peaches, but the supply is exhausted.
The poultry market situation is un
changed, although there is a better ar
rival and larger offerings.
The market for cereals is anything but
satisfactory. Oats and barley for feed,
there is a light offering in either. Bar
ley is more in request for chop at 85
cents per cental. The inquiry for oats
is limited and the market quite lifeless.
The movement in wheat tor storage is
increasing. Light sales of small lots are
noticed at 40 to 48 cents per bushel.
The market is really unsatisfactory, as
it depends on the Portland market for
governing quotations in purchases.
Eastern and foreign markets continue
quiet, with a shy disposition to reach
out for futures, although the bulls say
the "bread loaf" was never lower in
London or at consuming centers. Con
sumption is large, while the reserves
are diminishing, nd they admit the
world's crop is about 100,000,000 bushels
less than its actual need. Exports are
decreasing, partly owing to the money
stringency and partly to holdings. An
Eastern exchange says : "Had our
national congress taken hold of the
financial condition with a determination
to relieve the strained situation instead
of debating over political platform ideas,
the United States would have today
been in a state of prosperous activity
and the producers of the land would be
in an easy condition."
Wihat 45 to 48c per bn.
Babi.et Prices are np to 75 to 85c
cents per 100 lbs.
Oats The oat market is light at 80
to W cents per 100 lbs.
Mu.LsTurrs Bran and shorts are
quoted at $18 00 per ton. mid
dlings $22 50 to $23 00 per ton. Rolled I
THE WORD "ROORBACK."
Cnrlotu History of lt Introduction Into
Our Political Vocabulary.
The word "roorback," which boba
up toward the end of most political
campaigns in connection with the nnil
iufr of opposition lies, has a curious
origin. Nuthun Guilford, once a well
known citizen of Cincinnati, wus an
active whitf politician and editor of an
cnerpvtic whip pnper. (in April 1 of a
certain year he published a circum
stantial uccount of experiments by a
(iermun chemist named Roorback.
Roorbuck had been examining the
chemical constituents of n'pi o( differ
ent birds, supposing it mipht lie possi
ble at lust to compound a hutchuble
ccir. According1 to the story, after
putting many of his manufactured
etr;rs to the animul heat of different
putient mothers, he at last happily suc
ceeded in hutching one effp. und pro
duced a living bird. The story then
(,' ; on to (lescrilH- very minutely the
How the tliihltur of the Mnuila.il Hettle
Their I'urettaaea with Cioltl.
Money used by nutives in occidental
Soudan consists of small univalve
white shells culled cauries, derived
from the Muldives and Lnqucdivcs
islunds, and also from Zun.ibur. For
several centuries past ships huve
brought to the mouth of the NUrer or
to the Guinea coast, as fur as Lilieriu,
entire cargoes of these shells, the
value of which runs from twelve cents
to forty cents per thousand, according
to the part of Africa. Cauries ure uly
used in countries where poltl is scurce.
In the whole ureu between Kong, Ron
doukuu and the sea. cuuries Ure not
used; natives settle their purchases
with (fold dust or nuggets.
To weip h the (Told they use us cur
rency they employ small copcrscuic.
Weights arc extremely varied in shapes
and sizes. Most of them are iu brass.
Many of the weights exhibiting liumun
ligures.aniiuals, tools, ludicrous scenes.
etc. says the Jewelers' Circular.nre mod
elud with wax unci oust in brass. Afri
cans may huve learned this process from
buropeuns who visited their country,
but their art exhibits a native chur-
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THE I)iUS,0K
acter thoroughly novel. These bluok
stranp-e creature, nnutomicnlly, physi- . arti8t have evidently reproduced whut
oloifically, und every other way, imi- I thev saw or imairined. and thev huve
tatinj the scientific style u.sed in simi
lar cases. The story reud very well,
and was copied into mutiy other pa
pers, and after poinfr the round of the
press in nl' purtu of the t'nited States
it wus at last (after three or four
months) discovered to have been first
published on the 1st of April. The
Enquirer of that city immediately
ll.xed upon Father Guilford the name
of Koorhack, which was thereafter
held to mean a political liur. although
the story had nothing to do with poli
tics, licitu; well stuck to, the nume
became at last pretty well fixed, and
Mr. liuilford was for many yeurs well
known in the political held as Old
Koorback.
COURTESY IN A HOST.
He 8IiIik.iI Ilia liurat'c Khon Wben Ills
fcrant ltefuail.
The independence displayed by serv
ants in America invuriuhly forces it
self on the attention of visitors from
F.urope.
A well-known oflicial of the English
post office tells a very (rood storv on
this point, says the Hoston Traveller, j
Some years ajro he visited America on
business and while staying ut New
York he was the fruest of a prominent i
oflicerof the Western Union Telegraph !
company, a fcntlcman whose nume is
fumiliar to most Americans.
When the Englishman retired nt
nitrht he pluced his boots outside the
bedroom door, where they were duly
observed next morniiiL' bv his host.
who asked his wife to ,'et one of the
servants to clean them.
"Oh," replied the laiiy, "he must fret
them cleaned nt the corner of the
street, just as you do."
."No, my dear," remnrked her hus
band, "I can't ask Mr. to do that.
Just offer one of the servants hulf a
dollar to clean them."
"I have done ho," said the lady, "anil
they declare they won't."
"Well, if they won't I must." and
forthwith the Americun seized his
truest boots and polished them in a
hijrhly creditable style.
n the morning of the Englishman's
depiirture his friend accompanied him
to the steamer, and. just as the whistle
was blown to indicate thut all but pus
ncngcrs musltfo ,m B,rei whispered in
his ear:
"I'll tell you something that will
amuse you. I have cleaned your boots
all the while you have been in New
York."
I done it in a style of their own; the
works are peculiarly humorous and
funciful.
Euch native who hus a pair of scales
lias also sH'c ml weights which he uloiii!
understands how to use. lie knows
for Instance, that a giriifTe weighs ou
or two miiuuis or gum; tliut such a
weight in the shuiw of a bird repre
sents one-half or one-third mitkul of
gold, etc.
Niititia.
Notice is hereby given that the under
signed lias tteen duly appointed by the
Honorable Couutv Court of the stale of
; Orciron for Waco(0.,cuardian of thetwr
! son und estate of Edward Evans, insane
All persons having claims against said
i Edward Evans are hereby notified to
present the same duly verified to me at
i my residence, The lalles, useo county
Ureiron. uno. A. I.ikiik.
'Guardian of the person and estate of
I Edward Evans.
Dated iJalle City, July :11st, 1WK1.
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remedy is intended for use amoiiir chil
dren. I have know n of caes of croon
where I knnw the life of a little one wjiN
n.T'i "v ton !! OT lllllhir.r;tin S
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