THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1896.
The Weekly Ghroniele.
NOTICE.
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referred to our representative, Mr. E.
Kaiz. 230 234 Temple Court, New York
City. Eastern advertising mast be con
tracted through him.
STATE OFFICIAI.B.
Jjvernor ' W. P. Lord
Secretary of State H R Kincuid
Treasurer Phillip Metscbm)
Bapt. of Public Instruction... G. M. Irwin
Attorney-General C. M. Idleman
a.f. X (G. W. McBride
Braators . jj H Mitchell
(B Hermann
Congressmen.... w Ellis
State Printer '. W. H. Leeds
COUNTY OFFICIALS.
County Judge. Robt. Mays
bicrln l. J. inver
Clerk A M. Kelsav
Treasurer C. L. Hhillips
Commissioners Id.'s! Kimsy
. W. 11. Whipple
...J. M. iOU
with sleeves larger than ever, a skirt the minority wing of the dominant
with godet plaits, a jaunty yachting party. Still politics furnishes some
cap, but no veil." And then we remarkable paradoxes, and Jonathan
ffazed out of the window at the is somewhat or a bust'er.
snowy streets ana railing n-.iKes, anu
our heart was moved to pity for that
summer damsel. She should be
gathered to the fireside by herrela-tives.
SPANISH THREATS.
We are not disposed to find fault,
but it does seem strange that the
locks cannot be operated on a legal
oliday. It takes but ten or fifteen
minutes at most to pass a boat
through, and as there are only two
boats to pass daily, it should not be
considered an extravagant demand
to ask that now the river is open it
shonld be kept open all the time.
BULLET-PEOOF S0LD1EKS.
Conditions Which Would Necessi
tate New Engines of War.
Tbe Invention of Hcrr Dowe Would Tend
to Bring: Oat tho Athletic Force of
Ken In Battle If Put Into
Practical Use.
Assessor
Snrvevor
Superintendent of Public Schools. . .C. L. Gilbert
C jrotier W. H. Butts
IF SO, WHYt
A few 3-ears ago the growth of the
"West, in population was marvelous
and the most common theme of ora
tors. But the westward march of
empire has come to a pause, if it has
not retrograded. Since .1890 Massa
chusetts has cained nearly twelve
per cent, in population and New Jer
sey nearly sixteen per cent. Iowa
has gained seven and a half per cent.
and Oregon about the same. Kansas
has fewer inhabitants today than six
years ago. These western states
planned for constant and increasing
growth: They laid out cities, erect
ed public building, organized col
leges and churches to provide for the
incoming millions. The millions
have not come the loss is great, the
disappointment deep, and piide aa
well as pockets suffer. The East has
furnished a large part ot the - capital
invested to take advantage of this
growth which has not materialized
capital much of which has disap
peared and more of which is yielding
no return. It is not strange that
each section should find a good deal
of fault with the other, and propose
experiments in logisbtion to gel
prosperity. But let us have patience.
The natural resources of the West
are as great today as ever. They
will be developed more cautiously
and wisely, but their worth will be
realized. Capital will again flow
into the West, its vast wealth will be
utilized and prosperity will return.
Let us not waste in fault-finding the
strength needed to take advantage of
new and better conditions. Congre
gationalist.
' Senor Canovas, the gieat Spanish
secretary, talks in an extremely
boisterous manner, about thrashing
the United States' whenever the
handful of Cubans whale Weyler. The Oiegonian and the Salem
The last disoatches show that Wev- Statesman are having a discussion
ler must have been worse whipped janent the retiring of the greenbacks
than usual, since Crnovas is extraor- Hurry the matter along, gentlemen,
dinarilv ansrv. He blames the and let us have it settled before con-
United States for the whole war, and gress meets, or it Is liable to hang on
says "if Spain loses Cuba the United all winter.
States will have to pay every cent it
is worth." It does not seem to
strike Canovas that the 70,000,000
people in this country are not going
to get badly frightened at a threat
of war with a government that can
not subdue a few thousand of its
own people.
With 1G0.000 troops in the field
against possibly 15,000 and a whal
ing the result of every conflict, the
calculation as to what
It seems quite probable that an ex
tra session of congress will be called
soon after President McKinley takes
his seat. Something must be done
to provide revenue, and it is not now
expected the Dingley bill can be
passed.
And now comes the report that
Portland is to have another morning
paper, with full press reports, etc,
Spain would This rumor has grown decideJly an
do with this country becomes a ques- tique, and Oregonians will bel'eve it
Hon of mathematics of microscopical when they see it, but not before.
If this government did
importance.
not patrol the ocean in the interest
of Spain, she would have lost Cuba
long ago, and it is not becoming in
Canovas to be making threats against
us. If Spain ever attacks Uncle
Sara and he finds it out, the old man
will be mad sure.
And still that proposition to pur
chase a diamond drill and test our
coal fields remains unsettled. Gen
tlemen, let's get a move on, and by
the time spring arrives have the coal
question settled.
The Weather Clerk's Negligence.
The La Grande people are making
a vigorous and determined effort to
have a beet sugar factory started in
their town. The Commercial Club
that hr.s the matter in charge, seems
The weather clerk was evidently in
vited out to dinner yesturdity, and it is
aUo evident that h accepted the invita
tion, and went off without leaving any
one in charge of the office. As a re-ult,
the weather went on a spree, kicked out
hopeful of securing the subsidy re- of the traces and remarking "It is a cold
quired, and in a recent report day e ,eft" Prded tPP
tlia airlaicallra hnrat (ha orator r rag
l 1 U-. I - l. J 1 I " """" - " ,
.tuuguuU frnBt. ,h window n.np.. t hnm.nit.
made toward the desired end. It is
panes,
stamping its feet and Mowing it collect
to be hoped our energetic neighbors ive nose, start the oldest inhabitant
may accomplish the good work, and tongue wagging about the winter of
Omvnn I l4y- ana the unaccountable freaks ol
I r Ki o irippmnmarop ainno timr iima ThA
wheat," cattle and wool are not l creaked umler foot ag ,
its only possible productions. Ave were alive, and the stars in the evening
would like much to sample some La came out bright, twinkling, cold and
Grande sugar, and hope we may distant, as a best g.rl to the wrong fel
COATS OF MAIL.
And now it is stated that our
American millionaires are going back
to the ages of chivalry, and are wear
ing coals and vests made of light
eteel chain mail. Just why any citi
zen of this great republic should
want a suit of boiler plate clothes
is a mystery. Our millionaires must
be beginning to think that they
really ougnt to oe killed, and are
protecting themselves from what
they feel ought to happen, an attack
on themselves. The practice is ut
terly silly, for while every American
desires to get rich, and naturally
9eIs",enviou8 to some degree of those
- who have already accomplished their
desires in that matter, there is not
now any intent to take theii wealth
fiom them by force. The ridicu
lousness of the whole affair is dis
closed in tbe statement given below,
It was a wise writer who stated these
" coals of mail would "turn a sword or
dagger driven at long range.'
Among other things the article says
While these coats will not turn a
bullet, nor prevent the penetration
of a dagger driven at short range,
they are sufficiently strong to turn
ither a sword or a dagger driven at
long range. A spent bullet will not
affect them in tbe slightest degree.
The same manufacturer says that in
last five years his firm has re
the
ceived more
light armor.
than 900 orders for
Someone defined dirt as being
"something out of place," aud while
this definition may not be technically
coriect, it is undoubtedly true that
things out of season become notica
ble by contrast with the natural and
existing order of things: Our eagle
eye, in fact both our eagle eyes, for
we have two, noted in glancing over
nu exchange this morning an adver
tisement of "Shark's Tea," done, up
in local form. It began, "The sum
mer girl is wearing a blouse waist
have some in our tea next fall, as we
face tfie East ,and say "Here's to
yon."
The Weekly Democrat of Baker
City has completed its 26th year,
and justly feels proud of the fact wood dealer has a smile as bit? as a
that it is the third oldest paper in the Bryan dollar and the haugnty plumber
low. About 11 o'clock the moon sailed
up the eastern sky. lying flat on her
back, evidently knocked out by the
cold, while the old bachelor who lives
up there with hr, had his legs doubled
up like a jack knife and his whickers
covered with frost. ' This morning ti e
is easily distinguished by bis kindly
bearing, and tbe homage done, by meek
and humble citizens with "busted"
water pipes and flooded basfm-Mits. It
is to be hoped tbe weather clerk mar
return to his job soon, filled with good
Mav its things, and consequently in good humor,
I onrl thof Via mill a-vi ito na a rv aplSnla n(
field of usefulness enlarge, and may I weafj,er gted to the season, instead of
it live to celebrate its anniversary a this mid-January qnalitv.
hundred years hence, and we be still
state. The Democrat has always
ranked well up in the front of Ore
gon newspapers, ana lias done a
great deal more than it will ever be I
given credit for in aiding the devel
opment of Eastern Oregon.
around to swipe some of its bright
things with our keen perception and
greedy shears.
The Ideal Panacea.
James L. Fraucix, Alderman, Chicago.
9avs: 1 regard Dr. King's .New Dis
covery as an Ideal Panacea for toughs,
colds and Lung Complaints, having used
The senatorial election, to come it in my family for the last five years,
off next January, is troubling some to tne exclusion or physician 's presenp-
Ttfnfw.rWand- "on8 or ou,er Preparation-
people considerably.
ing Senator Mitchell's speech at the
Hirsch banquet, there are those who
still insist on the senator outlining his
position on the silver question. We
Rev. John Burgus, Keokuk, Iowa,
writes: 1 have been a Minister of the
Methodist Episcopal church for 50 vears
or more, and have never found anythii g
so benenciai, or that gave me such speedy
relief as Dr. Kind's New Discovery. "
Trv thin Trlenl Hnnirh Rmpdv nnv. Trial
do not even pretend to guess whom littles free at Blakeley & Houghton's,
the legislature will elect, but it urngbtore,
strikes us that Senator Mitchell's
position was sufficiently outlired in
the recent campaign that any one
might understand it. Mitchell is a
bimelalist, but not without it being
made an international matter.
Ca-h la Your Cheeks.
All county warrants registered prior
to July 11, 1892, will be paid at my
office. Interest ceases after Oct. 20-
1896. C. L. Phillips,
County Treasnrer.
For Sale.
One span draft horses, one set of har
ness and a wagon, for sale at a bargain.
Address box 429, Tbe Dalles. Or.
oct28-diwlm
The scientists are daily discover
ing some new microbe, bacteria or
pest of some kind. The latest noted
' I Anyone desiring their chimnevs
Oregon experiment station, of a but- cleaned can have it done bv calling upon
ter fungus. The butter turns blue or addressing Mr. Ike Peary or James
or black, and is affected with a regu
lar butter mold (no joke). Mr.
Shaw is confident he has discovered
a new and genuine butter disease, and
that the mold on the samples exam
ined was not due to age or inanition,
It would be nothing short of a na-
Mogan, The Dalles or telephone to No.
89. ol7-tf
CATARRH
is a
LOCAL DISEASE
and is the result of colds and
sudden climatic chanae.
tional calamity if butter is to acquire For your Protection
j.v,u u t. w Positively state that this
c&ujr xiiuio umnuaung tuau i u uaa. I remedy aoes not contain
mercury or any ouiw injur
ious drot
Jonathan JjQurne is said to be a
candidate for the position of speaker
in the next legislature. It strikes us
that Jonathan has aspirations that are
doomed to defeat, as he stands with
Ely's Cream Balm
sffA
If we are right in onr reasoning', and
if, again, there is not some latent but
fatal defect in Herr Dowe's system, the
result on warfare will be a very re
markable one. Since the object of war
is to kill "to place hors de combat" is
only a less crude way of patting1 the
fact new ways of killing infantry and
cavalry will have to be devised. The
chances of hitting men in the face at
long1 distances with rifle fire, says the
London Spectator, will not be good
enough. But the only ways of killing
effectively that will remain open will
be artillery fire, close combat with
boyonet aDd clubbed rifle preferably
the latter, as the cuirass will make the
bayonet difficult to nse with effect
and riding' men down by cavalry
charges. The first of these, artillery
fire, has hitherto been regarded as of
comparatively little importance in the
matter of killing. It is often declared.
indeed, that the chief effect produced
by the guns is the moral effect. Though
not many are killed, men do not like
to be within range of artillery. Pos
bibly, however, the effect of artillery
nre could be increased. In any case,
and since everything is relative, the
fact of the falling off of efficiency in
rifle fire must increase the importance
of artillery fire.
It is obvious, however, that the chief
effect of bullet-proof soldiers on the
circumstances of a battle would be to
increase enormously the amount of
hand-to-hand fighting. But hand-to-hand
fighting means an advantage to
the strongest and most athletic force.
Now it will be seen from the bare enu
meration of the changes which seem
likely to follow bullet-proof soldiers
that a great advantage will be given to
Jbngland. Bullet-proof cuirasses will
give an advantage to the nation which
can only bring a small number of troops
into the field. But that nation is Eng
land. It will increase the importance
of artillery. But this should be in
favor of England, for though we have
not the conscription, and so cannot get
men in large quantities, we can manu
facture as many guns as we choose.
Next, the revival of close combat
ought to be in our favcr, for English
men are certainly bettor at the rough-and-tumble
of close fighting than their
neighbors. Tho infantry are naturally
more handy and more athletic, and the
cavalry are, if not theoretically bet
ter riders, more capable horsemen. An
Englishman is more likely to get his
horse to do the impossible than a
Frenchman or a German. If. then.
llerr Dowe's invention enters the
region of practical warfare, the change
will be in England's favor. ' It will
give us a chance to escape being
pressed to the ground by hostile mil
lions. In the navy, no less than in the army;
the cuirass should be of enormous im
portance. During a sea fight a great
many things will want doing under a
storm of rifle fire, but will hardly be
done except in one of Herr Dowe's
jackets. A few bullet-proof sailors
would be a godsend to a captain when
he was fighting his ship against heavy
odds. In the field, too, the cuirass
would be of great use to artillerymen.
Since they do not have to march, but
either ride or sit on the gun carriages,
there is no reason why the gunners
should not be very elaborately pro
tected by means of llerr Dowe's patent
material. But if they are they will be
able to work their guns in the open and
at close quarters in a way which is now
often impossible owing to the fire of
sharpshooters. In truth, there are a
hundred points on which the bullet
proof clothing alters all the conditions
of war. It will alter, too, some of the
conditions of civil life. Insurrection
against invulnerable men will become
even more impossible than it is now.
Again, the result on small bodies of
men traveling in savage counties will
be very marked. When the savage
cannot wound his white foe, even men
so brave as the Matabeles will find re
sistance hopeless. ,
Possibly, however, all we have writ
ten is destined to be quite beside the
mark, not because of any flaw in Herr
Dowe's system, but for a totally differ
ent reason. Suppose that the gun
smiths retaliate on Herr Dowe by mak
ing a gun that will send a bullet
through his cuirass? In that case, the
present conditions will remain. We
do not say that they will, but undoubt
edly they will try. Meanwhile, all we
can say is that, in the great duel be
tween attack and defense, the latter,
after lying hopelessly beaten for two
centuries, has revived, and appears to
have given her antagonist a heavy
blow. Time will show whether we
have to wait fifty years or only six
months for counter-stroke.
m Mi tin
A Veteran of the Latp War Adds One More Name
to the List of Striking Cures by Pink
Pills iiTMichigan.
IN OLD-raoe, LARGE FAMILY OF THIRTEEN CHILDREN.
From the Oourier-Berald, Saginaw, ilich.
A tew yrs ago a wave of La Grippe
swept over the land and brought thousands
of its victims to the grave. Others who es
caped the fate lived on in sorrow and suffer
ing, broken in hen it & ana spirit.
Terrible as was the disease, its after effects
were jet more appalling, as it sought out the
weaknesses of the constitution and left thou
sands shattered wrecks of their former selves.
A few days aco a Courier-Herald repr
tative, while at the thriving little town of
Alcron. Alien- met John L. smith, a veteran
of tbe industrial army, on whose aped head
tne disease naa lauen, ana ne neara nun ten
how be had suffered and what had given
mm renei.
We can do no better than quote his own
words, which are as follows: "About
seven years ago I was taken down with the
' Grip, ' and it fastened on me very hard.
For about half the winter I was so bad that I
could not leave the house. I was chilly all
the time, and could not get warm. I felt as
if I was frozen solid, and could only breathe
witn great cutncuity.
' i nis condition alternated witn sweating
spells of great violence. There was an al
most continuous pain, and it would shoot
from one part of my body to another, with
great suddenness, and cause me intense suf
fering. Sometimes it was in my hips, then
in my legs, ana again it would go to mj
head and pain me in the eyes. It was so hi'
tense that it even affected mv sieht
"I called in medical assistance, but this
was fruitless, as l received no benefit from
physicians. From then on I tried various
preparations that were recommended to me,
but they did me no good, and my condition
was as bad and painiul as it was before 1
tried them.
" Finally,. I saw an advertisement of Dr.
Williams' rink Pills for Pale PeoDle. and I
read with much interest of the wonderful
cures that they had effected in so many
cases, i nad tried so many proprietary prep
arations that I had no faith in it. but tried
it, as I had so many other things, to see if
tney were oi any use.
" One day when I was feeling as bad as
usual, I got a box of Pink Pills, and shortly
before going to bed I took one pill. I cannot
tell you what a surprised man I was next
morning. Then 1 pnt on my shoes with ease,
a thing that I.had not done for forty years.
A little while after this I was so well that I
drove to Bay City, Michigan, a distance of
twenty-three miles, and was not at all tired
wnen i got were.
" I am now seventy-six years of age and
unusually active for a man of my years. I
work on my forty-acre farm and experience
no trouble from the work. I want to say a
good word tor llnK falls, as they helped me
where all else did no good whatever. Since
my illness and cure a number of my neigh
bors have used them, and say that they have
been greatly benefited."
Mrs. Smith, the veteran's wife, who sat
near by, confirmed the words that her hus
. band had spoken and added her testimony
to the good that the pills had been to the
family. The worthy couple are old and re
spected residents of Tuscola County, where
they have lived for thirty years. Mr. Smith
is a sturdy pioneer, and cleared up a 200
aore farm near Akron. He yet lives there,
surrounded by twelve of his thirteen chil
dren. Thanks to Pink Pills, he has pros
pect of many years of usefulness.
Another sufferer with the same malady was
Neil Raymond, a prosperous and leading
farmer, residing near Columbiaville, Lapeer
Co.. Mich igan. Speaking to a representative
of The Courier-Herald, Mr. Raymond said :
" Three years ago last Jnne. one night I suf
fered an attack of paralysis, brought on, I
think, by overwork and as an after effect of
la grippe. After a week my condition was
so bad that I summoned a physician and
doctored for about six months, with but little
relief. For some time I had seen in the
papers reported cures of cases similar to
mine effected by Dr. Williams' Pink Pilla
and thought I would try them. 1 bought a
box and continued their use with good re
sults. I soon began to gain in strength and
health and felt the good effect of the Pills.
" They were the first tilings that had been
able to give me relief. They have been of
great benefit to me and I can strongly recom
mend them to anyone suffering from
paralysis."
The case of another veteran has come to
the attention of this paper and it is here gi ven:
When, in 1861, the fate of our Union hung
trembling in the balance, and President
Lincoln issued his famous call for volun
teers to go to the front and fight for its pres
ervation, an immediate response swept over
the North like a tidal wave, and regiment
after regiment of brave boys in blue quickly
sprang up from every quarter. Unmindful
of the privations of a soldier's life, and the
horrors of war, they shouldered their
muskets and marched to the front to battle
for their country.
Among the first to answer the call was E.
G. Matthews, who enlisted as a member of
Company D, 103d Ohio Infantry, and who
fought bravely until the close of the rmt
struggle. Mr. Matthews now livea with bis
wife and family of six children and grand
children on his farm near Akron, Tuscola
County. Michigan. While in the ranks ha
contracted inflammatory rheumatism and
tnis developed into a trouble that remained
with him for over thirty years. He finrlly
became cured of it and to a reDresentativa
of the Courier-Herald he spoke of his case
as follows:
" During the late war I was a member of
Company D, 103d Ohio Infantry, and per
formed all the duties incident to a soldier's
life from 1802 to 1865. While at tha front
owing to the privations of our soldier life, I
contracted inflammatory rheumatism, and
this finally developed into a permanent form,
of rheumatism, that has always troubled me
since that time. When I was mustered out
in 1865 I went back to Ohio to tha place
where I enlisted and was laid np there in
bed for 12 weeks. I then cot out for a short
time and was again laid op for a long spelL
Since then I have been a victim of these at
tacks and they have laid me up for much of
tne time.
My case was also complicated b y seyere
ley troubles and other diseases that baf
fled the best medical skill. I have tried
many physicians and also proprietary arti
cles of all kinds that were said to be good for
such troubles as mine. In my search for
health I spent hundreds of dollars, but ft
seemed to be all in vain, and nothing seemed
ve me relief.
vised me to try
to reach my trouble and
igo a
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, and although I
About a year ag
friend
a
had no faith in them. I bought a box and be
gan to take them. After I had begun on the
third box a great change in my condition be
gan to appear, and my trouble for over thirty
years' standing began to be cured. I took
four boxes more and then felt so well that I .
discontinued their use.
I am now able to work on my farm anrl
have no fear of the old trouble coming back
as long as I can get a box of Pink Pills. Mv
case was a particularly deep seated one. of
long standing, and so I want to let others
vlin ara affliMMf T wno t..ll.. I. I
that these Pink PiUs for Pale People have
been to me."
Dr. Williams' rink Pills for Pale Peonle
are now given to the public as an unfailing
blood builder and nerve restorer, curing
forms of weakness arising from a water
condition of the blood or shattered nerve.
The pills are sold by all dealers, or will be
sent post paid on receipt of price, 60 cents a
box or six boxes for $2.50 (they are never
sold in bulk or by the 100), by addressing
Dr. Williams Med. Co., Schenectady. X.Y.
lew York Weekly Tribune
is acknowledged to be the most thorough cure for j
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remedies. It opens and cleanses the nasal passages,,
allays pain and inflammation, heals the sores, pro
tects the membrane from colds, restores the senses I
of taste and smell. Price 60c at Druggists or by mail.
LY BitOTHEHS, 6 Warren Bueet, Kew York.
State of Ohio, City of Toledo)
Lucas County, J
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he
is thrt pernor partner of tbe firm of F. J.
Cheney & Co., doing business in the
Ci'y of TiUdo, Connty and ftate afore
said, and that paid firm will piy the
sum of One Hundred Dollars for each
and every case of Ca'arrti that cannot be
cared by the pee of Hall's Catnrrh Cure.
' Frank J. Chkney.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in
! my presence, this 6lh day of December,
A. D. 1896.
A. W. Glkason,
seal ,' - Notary Public.
Hall'x Catarrh Core is taken internal
ly and acts directly on the blood and
mncnoB surfaces of tbe system. Send
for testimonial?, free.
F. .T. Cheney 4 Co., Toledo, O.
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