THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 20. 1897.
The Weekly Ctoniele.
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8TATB OFFICIALS.
aavernoi W. P. Lord
Secretary of State H R Kincald
Treasurer ..Phillip Metschan
lopLol PubUc Instruction. .......G. M. Irwin
Attorney-General C. M. IdJeman
- . . IG. W. McBride
v - J. H. Mitchell
i- i IB Hermann
-"'""-"' -- JW. K. EUia
Uto Printer W. H. Leeds
- COTJXTY OFFICIALS.
County Judge. Root. Mays
Baeriii..
.T. J. Driver
....A M. Kelsar
...C. I Phillips
ia. s. Blowers
ID. rt. Kimaey
Assessor W. H. Whipple
Burreror : J. B. ;oit
Superintendent of Public Schools. . .C. h. Gilbert
Croner W. H. Butts
Clerk
Treasurer
Commissioner.
CONTROL OF THE SENATE.
It might be well for the Kepubli
can contingent which refuses to or
ganize the legislature to consfder
caret oily what the result will be, and
to realize ' to what extent they are
playiDg into the hands of the Popu
lists and , Democrats. If a Republi
can senator is elected from Oregon,
the Republicans will have exactly
one-half the senate, and with the
ice-president, who only votes in
case pf a tie, they will have control
, of that body. If no senator is elect
ed from Oregon, the combination
opposed to Republican iieas will
have one majority. No tariff legis
lation . can be enacted, and the Re
publican party will be powerless to
- carry out its theories.
The majority of the legislature
want Mitchell, and certainly a large
majority of the people want him
The only question in the election of
a senator is, shall the majority select
the man for the position, or shall it
permit the minority to do so?
Oregon, after one of the hardest
fought politica.' battles it ever ex
perienced, was carried for Republi
can principles by a bare majority of
2,000. The fruits of that victory
are abont to be snatched from the
party by a few boss-ruled Republi
cans.
It is not only the interests of the
state that are being jeopardized, but
those of the nation. If the legisla
ture adjourns without electing
United States senator, the party will
not have control of the upper bouse
tive of annoyance is the communica
tions. A newsy letter from any lo
cality, or - a well-written and not too
long argument on some proposition,
even though ii is contrary to the
editor's opinions, is always accepta
ble, and is gladly given space. The
trouble is that so many with real, or
fancied grievances, want to air them
in the newspapers, and most of the
time at the editor's expense.
One half ' of such communications
are anonymous, and the other half
request the editor not to give away
the names, of the writers. If such
communications are printed, the poor
devil of an editor is immediately
jumped on, and if they are not, the
virtuous writers get indignant call
the paper a truckling prejudiced
affair, and the editor a fool. If he
printed one-half the stuff he rejects
he would be in the jail half the time
and the hospital the other half, urr
less, indeed, he presided at a funeral.
'The only thing to be done is the
thing he does shove the sorehead
communications into the waste bask
et, and take the chances.
SLIGHTLY SPECTACULAR.
a
of congress, and the blame for the
state of affairs must rest entirely on
Joe Simon and the small Republican
contingent of the Oregon legislature
thut he controls. The Oregonian
and Simon are willing to ruin the
party, state and national, in their
insane desire to down Mitchell, and
by the assistance of a few traitors,
they seem to be in a fair way to ac
complish that purpose.
A JUDICIAL FEAT.
The hanging of Duestrow at St.
Louis yesterday is, or was, in many
respects a very strange affair. It is
not at all surprising that a cold
blooded murderer should be hanged
for his crime, but it is something
entirely new under the sun that a
man with millions behind him should
suffer the death penalty in this coun
try. When one thinks of the com
bination necessary to bring about
this result, it becomes more and more
astonishing. - With unlimited money
he had the best of legal talent, and
An.-. U M t t
with bull dog pertinacity. The
power ofmoney was brought in to
assist the power of skill and of intel
ligence. . To accomplish the punish
ment of tie murderer required a'jury
of twelve men, none of whom could
be influenced by money or sophistry.
It required a judge of unimpeachable
integrity. ' It required a supreme
court that recognized the fact that
the possession of wealth was not an
excuse for crime, Vand a, governor
who had 'the courage to enforce the
law. against rich and poor alike.' ' -Missouri
is. a great state, and with
all her greatness she can point with
pride to -her judiciary, her governor
and her people as being the only
combination in America that ever
hanged a millionaire.
THE EDITOR'S LOT.
The lot of the editor of a country
newspapers is anything but a happy
ne.The one feature most produc-
An article on our local page gives
an account of the killing of two cats
by the Rev. W. L. Laufman in the
pulpit of his church, the killing bein
done to illustrate the effect of to
bacco. The cats were poisoned with
nicotine. We may be, and perhaps
are, a trine old -fashioned, but
strikes us that the killing of inoffen
sive animals in the pulpits oi our
churches is slightly out" of place.
The same preacher advertised that
on the next Sunday he would have
the stomach ot a drunkard on exhi
bition to illustrate the effects of al
cohol on the human system: It
might be better if the force ot the
lesson were increased -by removing
the stomach from the drunkard in
the presence of the congregation.
This might be a little tough on the
drunkard, but it would be a splendid
illustration for the congregation.
The article in, question says "the
church was packed." There might
be quite a sermon preached on the
above text, but it seems to us the
text needs no elaborating.
perhaps the most persistently stuck
to lie in that paper's vast repertoire
Ii knows the Benson house has done
everything in its power to . organize
the house, and it knows that it (the
Oreronian ; has done all it can to
prevent organization. -
It will be a relief to those who, in
order to get the associated press dis
patches, are compelled to buy the
Oregonian, when the legislature ad
journs. The Oregonian, by its per
sistent lying concerning the legislative
hold-up, bos lost what little respect
the people bad for it, and those who,
at one time, had faith in its state
ments, will believe it do more. It
has indorsed the action of Joe Simon
and his little coterie of .traitors, and
bas assisted in depriving the Repub
lican party of the majority iu the
United States senate, to which it is
entitled. It has done this to satisfy
the spleen of .its editor. Only that
THE PARTY DOWNED.
THEY SHOULD MARRY.
The New York Sun is raising the
question, "Should old bachelors
marry?" Certainly they should, and
the sooner the better. The best
thing in the world to any man of
soul is a good wife. A man can
scarcely be said to begin to live un
til he bas loved and married. Life
in old age is full of dreariness in
some upper room of a boarding
bouse. It is no use saying ''mar
riage is a lottery." There are mill
ions of good women in the land wait
ing to make homes of comfort and
peace and happiness for the millions
of bachelors who are hesitating.
There are good reasons why men and
many women do not marry, and they
are valid. But that does not change
the fact that there are multitudes of
single people who have no such rea
sons, who would do well to marry.
Chicago Inter-Ocean.
We clipped the above from the
Ei gene Guard, owned and edited by
Ira L. Campbell, erstwhile an intense
bachelor, but who about ten days
ago slipped his head into the matri
monial halter. Under the circum
stances the statement should be given
additional weight, for Campbell, when
he indorsed the sentiment, spoke by
card.
There can no longer be any excuse
for some of our bachelors continuing:
lives of single loneliness.
NOT APT.
The Oregonian today says:
It is a severe labor for Oregon to
be delivered of Mitchell and Mitch
eilism. But the state must take the
pains of the deliverance. Tbey will
soon be over. The period of the
gestation of this infamy has been
thirty years. The final delivery is
not to be effected, of course, without
rueful throes. But the state is now
to be delivered, at last.
The Oregonian's illustration is not
happy , one. Suppose the state is
delivered of Mitchell, will it be in
better condition with Joe Simon, the
Oregonian, Jonathan Bourne and
thirteen Populists in his place. What
pangs shall accompany the delivery
ol that litter?
The Oregonian today says "the
Benson house will do nothing to
bring about organization." This is
Today completes the forty since
the " legislature of . Oregon met at
Salem, but not at the capitol. At
midnight the forty days' expire, and
there is considerable speculation as
to what will be done. The joint
convention will meet at upon as
usual, and probably adjourn, over
until evening. Then if no election
of senator is possible, the Benson
house will adjourn permanently, and
the senate will of course have to fol
low suit.
This will end the farce, and will
leave the Uuited States senate in the
control of those opposed to Republi
can ideas. It i3 doubtful if any
tariff measure can be passed, and the
Republican party, instead of having
control of nil branches of the govern
ment, will be saddled with a senate
opposed to them. It seems hard
that the fruits of a national victory
must be snatched from the parly to
gratify the spleen of the Otegonian,
the avarice of joe Simon, and the
ambition of Jonathan Bourne; but
that is what will be accomplished by
failure to elect a Republican senator.
The situation requires no extended
comment. It speaks for itself. The
national Republican party has been
downed at the dictation ot these
three Multnomah county . puritans.
It's a very small object to produce so
grand results, but history only re
peats itself. It is well known that a
pig caused the adoption of the fed
eral constitution, for if a New Jersey
pig had not escaped from its pen and
caused its ownet to miss voting, a
delegate opposed to the constitution
would 'have been elected, and New
Jersey would have voted against the
constitution : and the hog was not as
well known 'as the Portland drove
either.
structionists in, the house will pass a
resolution declaring their seats va
cant, and then proceed in joint con
vention to cast their vote for senator.
Mitchell will receive a majority of
all votes so cast, and - will then trans
fer the fight to Washington. At
midnight, or as soon as the joint
convention adjourns, the Benson
bouse will adjourn; and thus will
end the session. "
Greece bas set . an . example the
larger governments of Europe might
follow with profit to themselves and
benefit to mankind. Little Greece
dared to defy the sultan and . de
fending the people of her religions
faith, helped herself to the island of
Crete. The powers would perhaps
follow her example if each were not
afraid the others would get the
largest slice of the Turkey. , Greece
has, helped herself, and has shown
the balance of the would that it was
a very every task to teach the Turk
a lesson- '.'".
One of Edison's best points is that
his inventions come up to his first
annouueement of them. The incan
descent lamp cost him a world of
trouble, but he stack to it until he
gave it commercial standing in the
world. He states now that he has
found a crystal that in connection
with, the X ray will disclose to the
eye of the surgeon the most delicate
tissues of the interior of the body.
It is safe to say that all he expects
will be realized from his new discov
ery. - . -
Two remarkable things are noted
in the dispatches yesterday. One
was the successful occupation of the
island of Crete by Greek troops, and
the tacit approval of the powers.
The other was the hanging of Dues
trow, the young millionaire who two
years ago murdered Ins wife and
child in St. Louis.
FOOTBALL AND BLOOMERS.
J
"Otis Patterson " is ' back from
Salem," says the Heppner Gazette.
"From his general appearance, they
didn't do a thing to him down there.
He complains that the climate is bad
and the water worse." We can un
derstand that Otis is familiar with
the Salem climate; but who the
dickens told him about the water?
A Tacoma lawyer named Thomas
sued for $10,000 for defamation of
character, and received judgment for
$500. There is really no telling
what will happen when a state goes
Populist. .
The President's Dally Itoutine.
A NEW BOAT.
While tbe nations of the world
have been spending fabulous sums in
building immense war vessels, an
American inventor has been perfect
ing a torpedo boat that bids fair to
revolutionize naval warfare. It is
known as the Holland torpedo boat,
the first of the type being about to
be launched at Baltimore. : It is
claimed that it will be able to remain
under water for three days at a time
without inconvenience. . It is 85 feet
long, cigar shaped, and costs $150,-
000. Its armament consists of five
torpedoes, each 1 1 feet long, and it
has a speed when submerged of eight
D'iles an ,hour. It works anywhere
from the 'surface tothe depth'of fif y
feet, and could, of ' course, go under
the largest war . vessel, attach torpe
does to her bottom, and blow her. up
without her preseuce being suspected.
This would tend to give a' pleasing
uncertainty to life on shipboard, and
would, in fact, render the present
costly battleships useless. "
If the boat is a success, America
will, for the second time, revolution
ize naval warfare.-
The immigration restriction bill,
that in nowise restricts, has been
passed by congress, and only awaits
the signature of the president to be
come a. law. The only thing on
earth it will accomplish is to furnish
place for a few more clerks in the
customs department.
What, the legislature will do be
tween now and midnight it, of course,
all guess work. It is probable,
though, that failing to get the ob-
Ex-President Harriscn -has written of
"A Day With the President -at His
Desk" for tbe March Ladies Home Jour
nal. Tfie article is eaid to be singularly
interesting in the detail with which it
describes the wearisome routine of the
president. ' It is eaid that General Har
rison,, in this article, has delivered him
self with great directness and vigor, rel
ative to the annoyances that are visited
npon a chief executive by persistent
office-seekers, and he -suggests a unique
plan by which' the president's, burdens
in that directions could be greatly light
ened, and he be enabled to devote more
attention to more important matters.'
A feature of the article that will have a
timely interest to those ambitions to
serve tbe country under the incoming
administration, describes very fully how
the president makes appointments to
office. "A Day With the President at
His Desk" is unique in being the first
time that tbe daily life of the president
has been described by one who filled the
exalted office. Articles npon the social
and domestic life of the president by
General Harrieon will follow in success
ive issues of the Journal.
College Girls Upset Vermont Propriety.
Shocked the Tillage.
One after another. the staid old New
England institution have fallen into
innocuous desuetude, and now a Ver
mont female seminary has been in
vaded by the bloomer and the football
St. Johnsbur' '' Vt, ia eminently re-
s nee table. .' . - -
So it was that the statement that a
member of the seminary's contingent
had looked seriously upon bloomers and
that talk of a football club had really
been heard created the same sort of an
atmosphere about the town that tbe
finding- of an old witch did in the old
days of Salem. It was all true, how
ever, both the statement and the look,
What ia more, a lootioau team wa
promptly organized and all of the mem
bers wore bloomers. Even worse than
that, the new organization actually se
lected a plot of laid back of the Fair
banks mansion to practice upon.
Here was absolute defiance of all ths
social and community ethics that could
be compiled in the bluest book that
ever St. Johnsbury heard of. It was
positively- awful. It was almost as bad
as. if somebody had said that Boston
was not classic or that the university
at Burlington was incapable of giving
a student, the .very highest education.
Gossip grew rife and the football girls
laughed at it. They were not old fogies,
they said. They knew a thing' or two
and were not at all ashamed of it. As
for the harm in blooniers, where was
it? And as to the football and kicks,
why, there . was nothing - indelicate
about that. One of the girls whose
lather lives over at Barre said that just
before she came to the school her father
told her she was the hardest kicker he
had ever heard of. Why, then, "should
they complain of her kicking a foot
ball?,
This was the burden of the song of.
the football girls. There was no song
among the townspeople, however; only
lamentations and dire forebodings.
Despite all this, the girls have, con
tinued to play ball in the Fairbanks
lot, and, so far as reported, not a single
window in the rear portion of the man
sion that ta the home of the grand
panjandrum of St. Johnsbury society
has been broken, for the girls are all
pretty and they don't kick their foot
ball in the direction of aristocracy's
josshouse.
Thus it is that the bloomer, the foot
ball and the female seminary form a
triumvirate which makes tne average
Vermonter stand aghast. Knowing all
f his, there can be realized in a small de
gree the heroism displayed by the girls
who kicked the football around the
Fairbanks lot. They formed a regular
eleven, and, of course,' m a very deli
cate way, they, fought over the ball in
regulation fashion. ; They play football
at v assar and the sport is not unknown
at Wellesley and Smith, but none of
them can kick that ball an v better than
the St. Johnsbury girls. X. Y. Herald
MOTHERS! M0TSERS1!
To know that a warm bath with
Cuticura Soap and a single appli
cation of Cuticura (ointment), the
great skin cure, will afford instant
relief, permit rest and sleep, and
point to a speedy, permanent, and
economical cure of the most tor
turing and disfiguring of itching,,
burning, and scaly humors, and r.bt
to use them without a rhoment's
delay is to fail in your duty. Cures
made in childhood are speedy, econ
omical, and permanent.
Bold thfouehout the world. Pttkr Troo
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. tnntlifr knew tho csmfort.
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AN IMPROVED WHITE HOUSE.
They
TINY
Are
LITTLE BRAINS.
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There have appeared in the : eolnmes
of this paper for several years the adver
tisements of Ely's Cream Balm, . re
medy for catarrh, cold in the bead, and
Hay Fever. It is with much pleasure
that we can call the particular attention
of our readers to the tact that this ar
ticle stands very high among remedies,
and particularly high as a catarrh medi
cine. . Ely Brothers, were are informed,
have bad long experience as druggists
and pharmacists, and a remedy coming
from such a source should have the con'.
fidence of those desiring a reliable pre
paration. One fact that should inspire
confidence of their "catarrh cure (Ely's
Cream Balm). is 'that they are willing to
have it put to test, and ' in order that
every one may try it they are ' now of
fering a generous trial size through the
druggists, or will mail It on receipt of 10
cents. The full' size is 50 cents, per
package. Ton need not hesitate to send
to them tor the remedy. Their address
is 66 Warren street, New York City. ;
- D alien-ftloro Stage
Leaves tbe Umatilla house 8 a. m.
Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdaye.
UOUGLAB AZXXX, rop.
Scattered Throughout
Human Body.
Dr. William A. Hammond, the cele
brated neurologist, says the ganglia,
which runs like little threads of silk
throughout the body, are tiny little
brains, largely made up of the same
kind of gray matter that composes the
thinking- part of the brain.' While the
sensitive ganglia send their little tend
rils into every portion of the body.
there is an especially large amount of
them .about the heart, and, really,
according to Dr. Hammond, the human
heart' actually thinks on account of
it. When we are frightened, the heart
almost stops beating.
How could it do it, unless it really
thought? It would be impossible.
The heart brains are the little gray
ganglia, end they recognize the emo
tions of joy, or pain or fright by sending
quick throbs and thrills, through the
heart, which Dr. Haanmond calls a sec
ondary brain. It is well known that the
ancients believed ' differentorgans. of
the body to be possessed of mental at
tributes, and this idea, has been handed
down to us in such expressions as a
"brave heart," a "ncble heart," a "sple
netic nature," and the like. .
Crossgrained people are said to hove
their spleens out of order, and the an
cients located anger, -resentment and
impatience in the spleen.
An immense amount of gray matter
or tissue runs back of the stomach, and
a heavy blow there will kill as quickly
as if the brain itself had been struck.
Wherever the ganglia congregate is
a. vital spot, and) instead of thinking'
solely with the gray matter that is with
in .our skulls, w think in every im
portant orgata and throughout every
prominent function within our bodies.
So says Dr. Hammond, and science
seems to agree with him. N. Y. Trib
une. .
Nest of Clock Springs.
In the Museum of Natural History at
Soleure, in Switzerland,' there is a bird's
nest made entirely of steel. There are
a number of clock-making shops . at
Soleure, and in the yards of these there
are often found lying disused or broken
springs of clocks. One day a clock
maker noticed in a tree in his yard a
bird's nest of peculiar appearance. Ex
amining it, he found that a pair of wag
tails had built a nest entirely of clock
springs. It was more than four inches
neross.-and perfectly comfortable' for
the birds; After the feathered, archi
tects had reared their brood, the nest
was taken to the museum, wh"re it is
preserved as a striking illustration of
the skill of birds in turning their sur
ioundings to advantage in -building
their nests.
The Presidential Family to Have Greater
Conveniences.
The residence of the president of the
United States ought to be worthy of
tbe office. The present white'house is
equal to all the requirements of such
a residence, so far as it goes.- It is it .
simple and dignified building, whose
beauty is a -constant delight to appre
ciative persons. It was conceived and
carried out by the architect who
planned it in the proper spirit, but it is
l.ot large enough for the uses to which
it is necessarily put. The country and
the city of Washington have grown, and
the president a house have not grown
with them- A large part of it is given
up to the business offices of the presi
dent, his private secretary, and his
clerks, and the, president's family aire
deprived of the use of another, large
part of the lower floor of the house be
cause it is necessarily on public view
most of the time. The family'is there
fore cramped for proper accommo
dations, and there arfi no rooms for the
entertainment of guests. Moreover,
the house is so badly arranged as to '
entrances, exits, and hallways that a '
state reception there is always an 'un
comfortable and dangerous jam, while
many oil invited guest, and many fu-
cers who attend certain functions under
orders, have been made seriously ill be
cause they have been compelled to
stand for hours in cold or stormy weath
er until they could gain admittance
through, the single door that can be ,
used for the purpose.
The deficiencies of the white house
are so thoroughly recognized in Wash
ington that for -many years efforts
have been making to secure worth
ier accommodations for the president.
Some of these efforts have been in the
wrong direction, because they have
cdntemplated other buildings, foreign .
to the intent and character of the white
house, within the same grounds. Other
efforts still are attempts of speculators 1
to move the site of the mansion to the
hills north of the city.
The white house, with all its charms
and memories, should be preserved, and
it should remain on its present beau- .
tiful and historic site, its fine grounds
uuencumberd by other structures. . In
furtherance of this idea, a plan pre
pared by Mr. Arthur J. Dillon shows
conclusively that the white house can
be made, not only abundantly spacious.
but even improved, while its architec
tural features will be at the same time
preserved. Harper's Weekly.
FROZEN MUTTON.
The White Feather. ,
The story runs that, during a war be
tween the backwoods settlers of North
America, and the natives, a Quaker
feasted the enemy and placed a white
feather over the door of his house as
a sign of amity. The token was re
spected. Hence the phrase: "Showing
the white feather," which has come to
mean cowardice.
Preparation of the New Zealand Product
for the Market.
The . reason why Argentine mutton
generally is pf inferior price to that of
New Zealand has a three-fold explana
tion. In the first place New Zealand
possesses to-day a mutton-producing .
breed superior to that known in -the
Plate. In the second, the New Zealand
eir feeds his stock during the winter
time with extra forage, while in the Ar
gentine the sheep are allowed to graze
upon the same bare pampa during .the
dead season.' The lesult of thisisfthat
the New Zealander produces an even,
well-grown carcass, while there is sent
home from the Plate one upon whiohav :
hasty covering -of fat has been put du- ',
mg the spring months of the year. . J.he .
difference between the two carcasses
will readily be noted by anyone who
pays a visit to the cattle market. Ihirrl-
ly, the freezer in New Zealand freezes
the mutton oh account oi the breeder; . J
and'in the Aia-ntine the freezer" buys .
from the breeder. "The disadvantage of
the latter system, so longas the breeder
has no knowledge of the requirements.,
of the market, is apparent. The Nesc
Zealand breeder selects -his ' wethers "
with care, rejecting any which will give
an inferior weight, or which are -in--sufficiently
fattened for the . butcher. .
He remits them in-small droves! tb:the
freezing establishments,, 'and ; takes '; "
every care that they shall arrive in pef
feet order.- The AI9iPe-$iederQU., '.
the other hand, make.a c"pnrtfit with '.' !
the representative of thejrii;sell
a given, number; and 'theTatt'.tonds .',1
rimself to remove themwit&S"certara
date. N. Y. Ledger. 4 - ';.Jt
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