THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 9. 1896.
The Weekly Ghronicle.
NOTIOB.
All eastern oreien advertisers are
refrrpii to onr reDresentative. Mr. e.
Katz, 230-234 Temple Coart, New York
City. Eastern advertising must be con
tracted through him.
BTATK OFFICIALS.
governor . ........W.P Lord
Beoretary of State H R Klncaid
Treasurer Phillip Metschan
Buptof Public Instruction G. M. Irwin
Attorney-General C. M. Jdleman
IG. W. McBride
Senators - jj. h. Mitchell
IB Hermann
Congressmen V. R. Ellis
State Printer W. H. Leeds
COUNTY OFFICIALS.
County Judge. Robt. Mays
Sheriff. T. J. Driver
Clerk A M. Kelsay
Treasurer C.L. Phillips
, . (A. S. Blowers
Commissioners )D. 8. Kimsey
Assessor W. H. Whipple
Surveyor B;'iolf
Superintendent of Public Schools. . .C. L. Gilbert
Coroner W. H. Butts
THE DEPTH SOUNDED.
And now comes the Ex-Slaves
Pension Association of the Uaited
States and seeks to be tied up to the
government rsorncrib. The associa
tlon held its first convention at Bir
mingham, Alabama, beginning Dec.
1st and lasting three days. A peti
tion to congress was drawn up urging
the passage of a bill introduced in
the senate by Senator Thurston last
December, and providing that the
ex-slaves should be pensioned, be
cause tbej' helped to develop the
wealth of the country and also to
fight its battles.
Why Senator Thurston should in
troduce such a bill is beycnd the
ken of mortals, unless be had some po
litical chestnuts to rake out of the fire
through negro votes. Why congress
should be asked to entertain such .a
proposition is equally mysterious.
The idea seems to be gaining ground
that the government can support the
people instead of the people support
ing the government. That idea oc
cupies a large space in the Popu
lists' theory, and is as untenable as a
ghost's clothing. The plain fact
hat the government cannot give un
til the government gets, seems never
to have enlered into the brains of
that class of people who believe in
.-governmental paternalism. Those
-who must provide the means, the
'itaxpayess, for meeting the govern
ment's obligations probably did as
much towaids "developing the wealth
of the country" as the former slaves
who now petition to be pensioned.
chase of a diamond drill. The com
rolttee will begin its work early next
week and interview our business
men and property owners.
;The committee, after examining
closely into the matter, ore t-.-inguine
of good results, Mr. Nicholas, Will
Moodv. Al Bettingen and others
have spent several thousand dollars
in the attempt to demonstrate the ex
istence of coal here, and have only
halted now on account of the large
expense necessary before anything
further can be dene. The commit
tee know that the coal indications
here are good, but deem it best to
assist Mr. Nicholas and his associates
for several reasons, the most cogent
of these being that they will put up
half, or more than half, the cost of
the drill, and will pay all expenses of
running it.
Mr. Nicholas is an old coal miner,
undei stands the business, and has
given up his hotel interests that he
may devote his time to the work of
development of the coal fields here.
By assisting them the cost of the en
tire experiment, as far as the commu
nity is. concerned, is $500. Any
other plan would cost a much larger
amount.
The importance of the matter can
not be over-estimated, for if success
ful it will mean larger and more
valuable shipments from here every
year than all our wool, stock, grain
fruit and fish. The amount required
if small, and if every business man
and property owner would contribute
it would be but a trifle each, hardly
the price of a half a dozen cigars.
We hope eveiy citizen will re
spond to the call of the committee and
get the matter tested and settled by
the opening of spring.
induce in each state in which there
arc seacoast defensive works the
designation of a regiment or of cer
tain companies of state troops as
heavy artillery, . without abandon
ment necessarily of their, instructions
m geneial as infantry. General Ru-
gcr adds : "Fraclice nas oeen naa
by some, and is in progress by
others, of the garrisons of heavy ar
tillery with the new high-power guns
and mortars at the stations where
they are in position. Such practice
has been generally satisfactorily in
result. It has demonstrated that
facility in operating the appliances
for use of such guns is readily ac
quired b3- the men of the batteries,
when intelligently directed." These
suggestions are practical and worthy
of the attention of the military au
thorities of states having seacoast
defenses. From present indications
Oregon will in due time be one of
these, the preliminary work on the
fortifications at Fort Stevens beicg
now in progress.
APPLES TO THE FRONT.
PROHIBIT SHODDY.
Again, it would strike a fair
minded observer that the very name
of the association should suggest to
its members that they have already
been pretty well treated by the government-
Think of it! a vast horde
of people doomed to life-long slavery
suddenly given the greatest gift pos
sible, their freedom, asking to be
pensioned for receiving the gift, and
for assisting in a small way towards
its accomplishment. For every two
slaves freed, a freeman and a white
man died. For every slave thas
set free, this government, be
sides the lives of its citizens, spent
more than a thousand dollars, and as
the South sacrificed its all, it is safe
to say that the cost to the country in
treasure, not counting the blood and
tears and broken hearts, the' vacant
firesides the mourning mothers, the
wail of orphans or . the tears of wid-
fiwa ft nrirolaaa Anrrifira woa ronvo
than $2,000 for every slave freed,
Think of it! The slave with the
RhftfcTsOC efflinlr frnm riio limKo otanrl
ing on the graves of those who sac-.
rificed their lives on his account
and asking that the descendants, of
those who set him free be taxed for
his support. The lowest depths of
the deepest ocean of ingratitude have
been sounded, and the foul muck of
its oottom brought to the surface in
the gathering of the Ex-Slaves Pen
sion Association at Birmingham,
Alabama.
Whatever else may be done with
the tariff question at the session of
congress beginning, the first thin
should be the amending of the pres
sent law so that the importation of
shoddy and rags will be absolutely
prohibited. This, even without
tariff on wool, would be of great
benefit, enhancing the value of wool,
and at the same time giving the peo
ple better clothing.
Coupled with this, should be an
other law, compelling all goods con
taining shoddy to be plainly marked.
both while in the bolt and after be
ing made up into clothing. The
people have a right to know what
they are buying. If to these laws
can be added a reasonable tariff on
wool, it would be of immense bene
fit to that industry.
mom present appearances it is
not probable, however, that anything
will be done at this session of con
gress. It seems to be considered
certain by leading politicians that
McKiuley will call an extra session
of congress soon after his inaugura
tion, for the purpose of revising the
tariff, and until that time there is
but little prospect of any change in
the tariff laws.
MISSED A BARGAIN.
COAL COMMITTEE AT WORK.
The committee on manufactures
of the Commercial Club has taken
up the matter of. assisting in pros
pecting our coal fields, and has
made a favorable report to the trust
ees of the club. . The board of trust
ees, after considering the matter,
authorized the committee to acf as a
special committee to solicit subscrip
tions for the purpose of raising $500
to. be nsed in ! assisting in the pur-
According to the latest Cuba dis
patches, Weyler has at last' found
Maceo, his army being surrounded
by that of the insurgents. Of courst
the next thing in order for the
doughty captain-general to do is to
present Maceo with that mortal blow
he has been carrying concealed about
his person so long. Beinforcements
are being sent from Havana, but in
the meanwhile the insuigents are
making it so interesting for that city
that but little aid from it can be ex
pected by Weyler or anybody else
It has plenty of work to do in keep
ing the insuigents out of its suburbs.
It seems probable that Spain will
take, and be glad to take, less than
the $ 100,000,000 offered her for
Cuba, and that before long Cuba
will be, so to speak, among the rem
nants on that government's bargain
counter. Spain missed a. splendid
bargain. , .
General Euger, of the department
of the East, says in his annual report
that the present military force of the
nation is inadequate as a reliable
basis in the event of war with a mari
time power, and ' he deems it especi
ally desirable that state artillery or
ganizations should be drilled for sea
coast defensive purposes. His
suggestion is that action be had to
There are few, even of our own
people, who realize the magDlficent
proportions our fruit industry is
about to assume. The yield of ber
ries and small fruits has made Wasco
county famous, Hood River taking
the lead of all other sections in
strawberries, but there being a large
amount shipped from Mosier and
The Dalles. But it is not to the
small fruits that Wasco county looks
for future fame and finances, how-
Mesaba district can be landed from
the : lake vessels right . at the plant,
and fuel is both cheap and conven
ient. It will be some time, of course,
before Rockefeller's plant will be
ready for work, and in the mean
while it is not necessary to congratu
late ourselves on getting cheaper
iron or steel. There still remains
for both Carnegie and Rockefeller
that mutual protective plan of form
ing a combination or trust. It may
be possible that some means may be
found by which the operation of
trusts may be overcome, but so far j
the laws seem to be insufficient to
cope with. them. Mr. Rockefeller
does not have the reputation of being
in business for his health, and it is
quite probable his plant will not fur
nish steel to the public any cheaper
than those already running. If he
can manufacture more cheaply, his
profits will be that much greater.
Mr. Rockefeller will get the benefit
instead of the public. It is only a
human attribute to acquire more
than one needs, but it being human,
humanity has no kick coming, no
matter how much Mr. Rockefeller
makes, so long as be does not make
an unholy alliance with other manu
facturers to cinch the public.
BESULTS OF MLMIIL
MP TYPHOID FEVERS.
A Case Cited in Three Oaks, Michigan, that will
Interest Delicate Women.
The effects of the Fever Were Felt in the Weakest
Spots.
A WARNING TO MOTHERS.
It has been suggested that Oregon
adopt the system in vogue in Wash
ington and some other states con
cerning the payment of taxes. The
system is based upon the theory that
by dividing the debt it becomes
ever valuable they may be, but to easier t0 PaJ and hence the law has
the king of fruits, the first mentioned
in sacred history, the luscious tempt
ing apple. Commencing at Hood
River valley and bearing around by
Mosier on to The Dalles and then
south to Dufur extends the finest
body ot orchard lands in the state.
It has not become famous for the
quantify of its fruits, for that it has
not, but the quality is of the very
best. The quantity will come and
it will come shortly. . That is the
part that even our own people are
most of them ignorant about. In
the district named a quarter of a mill
ion young fruit trees are growing,
many ot them just coming into bear
ing. Within a tew years tuey win
all be furnishing fruit for shipment,
and at one bushel to the tree, which
is a modest estimate for trees in the
second year of bearing, the grand
total would be 250,000 bushels of
apples. . '
In the meanwhile on every hand
ground is being cleared and trees set
out. What the result will be can
easily be seen. In five jears from
now Wasco county will ship more
bushels of apples than it does now
bushels of wheat, and in that time
the fruit industry will jump from al
most the lowest place in our list of
exports to the first place. It is as
tonishing in view of the vast possi-r
bilities of fruit growing, that so
many of onr own citizens have neg
lected the opportunity -to acquire
fruit lands,' and are still letting the
golden hours pass by. People from
the East are availing themselves of
the opportunities we are neglecting,
and are laying the foundations of
future wealth.
There is no branch of agriculture
so pleasant as that of fruit growing,
and none so profitable, and when in
& few years from now the trains and
Doats taKe out ball a. million to a
million dollars' worth of fruit each
year, there will be many a person
now living" here who will regret the
opportunities lost. There is plenty
of land yet, but our more energetic
and thrifty neighbors of the East are
rapidly acquiring it.
in those states provided that half the
taxes may be paid in the spring and
half in the fall. We believe the sjs
tern is a good one, and that the de
linquent roll would be much smaller
if the taxes could be paid in install
ments. Wherever the system has
been adopted it has produced good
results,' and there is no reason why it
should not have-the same result here.
Jrt-om the Fret, Three Oak, Mich.
What eaa b more distressing than to Bee
a girl drooping and fading in the spring time
of youth t Instead of bright eyes, glowing,
rosy cheeks, and an elastic step, there
are dull eyes, pale, sallow, or greenish com
plexion, and a languidness of step that be
speak disease and an early death if proper
treatment is not promptly resorted to and
persisted in until the impoverished blood is
enriched, and the functions of life become
regular. Upon parents rests a great re
sponsibility at the time their daughters are
budding into womanhood. If your daughter
is pale, complains of weakness, is "tired
out " upon the slightest exertion, if she is
troubled with headache, backache, or
pain in the side, if her temper is fitful
and her appetite poor, she is in a con
dition of extreme peril, a tit subject
for the derelopment of that most dreaded
of all diseases Consumption. If you
notice any of these symptoms lose no
time in procuring something that will as
sist the patient to develop properly and re
gularly; that will enrich the blood, and re
store health's roses to the cheeks; bright
eyes and a lightness of step so that danger
t
pain
of consumption and premature death will
be averted. Wise and prudent mothers will
upon the approach of the
rty, and thus avoid all
AN IMMENSE PLANT.
In keen competition between man
ufacturers lies the realization of low
prices to the consumers. It has been
truly said that competition is the life
of trade. It is of importance-to the
public then that there should be keen
and sharp competition in all branches
of business. In this connection we
note that John D. Rockefeller has
purchased a site at Chicago and will
erect mammoth iron rolling mills.
which it is said will cost $10,000,000.
It is claimed that he will be able to
undersell Carnegie . or any of : the
other rolling mills in' this country.
The inexhaustible iron ores ot the ;
Quite a number of our exchanges
do not seem to realize that the elec
tion is over, but keep whacking awav
at Brj'an as though he was still in
sight. As a matter of fact he is
buried under an avalanche of nearly
a million votes, and his political re
mains, just now could not be reached
with a dynamite gun. The country
has had Its fill of elections for a
while, and will appreciate a rest.
Married at 8aiem.
The Statesman has the following ac
count of the marriage of our prosperous
young townsman. He has just whole lots
of friends here, who congratulate him on
hie winning fio fair a bride, and whose
best wishes accompany him and hie in
their matrimonial voyage:
At the home of the bride's mother,
No. 00 High street, Salem, Oregon, at
high noon, on Monday, December 7,
1896, Miss Lillian Bernardi to John C.
Hertz, Rev. J. S. White, pastor of St.
Joseph's Catholic church, officiating.
The bride is the youngest daughter of
Mrs.' Rosa Bernardi and a native daugh
ter of Oregon and the Capital City. She
is one of the moat popular young ladieB
in the city. The groom is a prosperous
young merchant of The Dalles, standing
high in the social and commercial world
of his trans-mountain borne whither be
and bis charming bride went on the 2 :20
local train yesterday afternoon. Only
the intimate family and a friend or two
of the bride were present at the function.
Miss Arlena Bier served the bride as
maid while . Jaeobson, of The Dalles,
did the customary duties of the groom.
A. delightful wedding breakfast was
served before the depa-tare of the train.
Mrs. Hertz carries with her the ear
nest wishes of a large coterie of friendB
for a bright and happy future.
These Mem Really Flaw.
insist on thi
period of pul
chances of disease or early decay.
At Three Oaks, Michigan, there lives a
woman with a most remarkable history.
The following story is given in her own
words.
Or. Williams' Medicine Co.,
Schenectady, N. Y.
Gentlemen" There is so much to say
about my case I hardly know which would
be thought the most important. Seven years
ago I had an attnek of malarial fever, which
turned to the typhoid. After that I never
telt as well my nervous system was com'
pletely unstrung, rive years ago last March
l felt the first symptoms of rheumatism.
The next March I had la grippe, which left
A special to the Post Intelligencer
from Prairie, Skagit county, says that
on the night of December 4th an attempt
was made there to blow up with dyna
mite three men who were stopping in
the same building. The men were J. C
and C. L. LaPlant, owners of a shingle
mill, and L. D. Walthers, their engineer.
About 2 o'clock in the morning they
awoke, to find themselves being lifted
into the air. . A moment later ttey
came down and went through the floor
with the beds in which they had been
sleeping, and the debris of the building
fell on top of them. The men were
partially stunned, put the pulled them
selves out and made their way to a
neighbor's house, a quarter of a mile
distant. The bouse was completely
wrecked, with its contents, the timbers
being smashed to kindling wood, and
the bedding being torn to shreds. Un
der the floor wasx a large hole in the
ground, caused by the explosion,, and
the supposition is that the dynamite
was placed in a bag, poked under the
house and then fired. It was a miracle
that the men escaped, everything else
being utterly destroyed.
me with what the doctor pronounced mnseu
lar rheumatism. I became better, but in
November had another severe attack. It
settled in my back and right hip, and was
then called sciatica. I was blistered several
times wit hout any relief. I spent all of that
winter in bed. The next spring I was able
to be out a little, but in August had an
other attack and was blistered again. This
time they kept the blisters sore for over two
weeKs, out l received no benefit,
" After this I had sixteen boils, or some
thing similar, on the right side. I com
menced to get crooked and had to use a cane
when I walked. I again got a little better,
bnt in February became worse, and my
back gave out completely so that I could not
straighten. The doctor said it was Vie
breaking down of the bone structure of the
vertebra. I was nearly double. When I
became able to walk I was so bent over that
I had to walk by pushing a chair, as I could
not straighten. I could not sit and lean
back in a rocker. There was a large bunch
about half-way down on my back 'which, at
times, pained me terribly.
"That fcP I took two boxes of Pink
Pills, but because they did not help me at
once I stopped taking them. The next win
ter I was in bed, completely helpless. I
finally got so I could not sit up long enongh
to have my bed made. 1 had chills every
night and my hands and feet were like ice
all the time. At last I lost all control of my
nerves and if I commenced to laugh or cry
could not stop.
i" I was also subject to severe pains in my
head and back which made me nearly wild,
and would have spells when it seemed as if
I were falling and would become uncon
scious. The nights were the worst,
could not sleep. I was in so much
that they cave me anti-tain powders, and I
had to take four or five at night as I would
awake nearly every hour in terrible pain.
" A year ago last May I again commenced
taking Pink Pills. I could only lie -on my
right side and was so helpless that I could
not turn or get up without being lifted.
After I had taken four or five boxes I could
turn over on my left side. I then com
menced to have some faith in the medicine,
and began to take three pills after each
meal. 1 did not have chills any more and
my circulation was better.
"After I had taken seven boxes I could
sit up. I gained right along after this,
walked with the assistance of a cane, and in
September threw that aside and have not
used it since. I am not strong enough to do
hard work, but can do light housework.
" I had also been a sufferer for sixteen
years with painful menstruation. Every
time I would have to lie down most of the
time, as it was impossible for me to stand.
At last they nearly disappeared. Every
time they should come I would cramp and
would have to use hot applications, and
would take hot slings, teas and every known
remedy, but of no avail. After using Pink
Pills two months they came on without any
pain whatever. It had been two years since
there had been any color. The doctor said
it might be the turn of life; but as I was too
young, only thirty-three, he thought it
strange if it was. Now I am just as anyone
should be at those times.
"Another trouble I had was a weak stom.
ach from a child . Every little while I would
have bad vomiting spells, conseauentlr inn
doctors found me a very hard patient to
treat. My physician said he had spent more
time in studying my case than that of any
patient he ever had. Several physicians ad
vised me to use an electric battery. We cot
one and I used it for some time before I
commenced using the pills, and continued it
for awhile after Ibeean usintr them, but I
found out I could get along as well without
it and just depended on the pills.
" When I commenced usine them I was
so discouraged that I had given up the
thought of ever being any better, as after
every attack i was so much weaker ana
more helpless. It seems almost a miracle to
me that after trying so many remedies that
your medicine should have helped me so
much. I can now walk quite a distance
without getting very tired, and the bunch
on my back is much smaller than it was.
" I can furnish plenty of proof that these
statements are all true from friends who have
seen me sutler and know just how helpless
I was when I commenced using your medi
cine. I have used in all thirty-two boxes.
I am perfectly willing to tell what has
helped me and have recommended vnnr
pills to several persons who are now using
mem. i ao not oeueve j. wouia nave oeen
alive now had it not been for Dr. Williams'
Pink Pille, and am very thankful that there
is such a medicine, for they have helped ma
when everything else failed."
Respectfully,
Mrs. J. S. Flowers.
Sworn and subscribed to before me this
19th day ot October, A. D., 1895.
. D wight Warren, Notary Public,
Berrien County, Michigan.
Pr. Williams' Pink Pills contain all the
elements necessary to give new life and
richness to the blood and restore shattered
nerves, lhey are sold in boxes (never , in
loose form, by the dozea or hundred) at CO
Schenectady, N. Y.
Wholesale.
VrflLtT MQUOftS,
XHines and Cigars.
THE CELEBRATED.
ANHEUSER-BUSCH and
HOP GOLD BEER and in oottles.
Anneuser-Busch Malt Nutrine, a non-alcoholic
beverage, uneqtialed as a tonic.
STUBLING & WILLIAMS.
BLAKELEY & HOUGHTON
DRUGGISTS,
175 Second Street,
The Dalles, Oregon
ARTISTS MATERIALS.
B7"Country and Mail Orders will receive prompt attention.
"There is a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at its flood
leads on to fortune?
The poet unquestionably had reference to the
Closing Out Sale of Furniture and Carpets
at CRANDALL & BURGET'S,
Who are selling those goods out at greatly-reduced rates
MICHELBACH BRIOK. - - TJNIGi. ST.