THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE SATURDAY. MAY 15, 1897.
The Weekly Gtomiele.
COUNTY OFFICIALS.
County Judge.....
Sheriff.
Clerk
Treasurer
..Robt. Mays
T. J. Driver
A M. Keisay
.c L. rnimps
IA.S. Blowers
WHunussionera iD.u. Kimsev
jD. 8.
Assessor W. H. Whipple
Surveyor v J. B. lioit
Superintendent of Public Schools. . .C. L. Gilbert
Coroner W. U. Butts
STATE OFFICIALS.
SJvernoi.-. '.
Secretary of State
Treasurer..-
Bupt. of Public Instruction.
Attorney-General
Senators. .
Congressmen.. .
State Printer
........W. P. Lord
H R Kincaid
..Phillip Hetschan
ti. M. irwin
CM. Idleman
(G. W. McBride
" J.:H. Mitchell
I B Hermann
)W. K. Ellis
W. H. Leeds
Clubbing Bate.
: Chronicle and Oregonian . . . . . . . . . .$2 25
Chronicle and Examiner 2 25
Chronicle and Tribune. .. ; 1 75
Chronicle and N. Y. World. ....... 2 00
ERRORS IN HISTORY.
There is a great deal of rhetorical
fustian in newspaper editorials on
the present war between . Greece and
Turkey. The big daily at Portland,
in its disparaging comments on the
valor of the modern Greeks", should
adhere to facts, and not follow school
"histories" in exploiting its knowl
edge of the famous actions of an
tiquity. Some of its statements are
on a par with the one it recently
made that in French history "Water
loo is sometimes called the battle of
Quatre Bras." The Statesmen asked
for its authority, but no response has
yet been made.
Jo its paragraph on the war now
raging, the aforesaid daily slashes
right and left with perfect reckless
ness quoting from compilations of
ancient history, instead of going to
the fountain head for its facts. . It
says Xerxes led 1,000,000 Persians
into Greece in the " third invasion
(pray, what wa the first invasion?)
when the Father of History declares
positively that there were 2,641,610
Ughting men, 300.000 of whom were
"Greeks in the service of Persia, be
?sides as many more nbn combatants.
making a grand total of 5,283,220
men that Xerxes, son of Darius, led
to Thermopylae, exclusive of women
who made bread, and concubines
and other attendants, besides beasts
of burden and Indian dogs, which no
one could number.
The big daily also speaks of Leon
idas' "deathless 300." Had the
editor referred more carefully to bis
school history he would have found
the statement tLat the 300 all died,
including Leonidas himself. That
is also the opinion generally received
they all died, and were not V death
less.' The fact, however, is that
only 298 of the 300 actually fell in
the battle, as anyone will find by
consulting the only original author
ity. . Furthermore, they were not
buried on Mount Olympus, but were
entombed in the pass, near the hot
gates, where they fell.
. There is another glaring fiction of
history which the Oregonian editor
"unwittingly adopts, in common with
the great mass of loose writers and
declaimers. The battle of Thermop
ylae 13 never referred to without the
particular statement that there Leon-
. idas and his 300 Spartans died glori
ously while defending the liberties
of Greece 'against the Persian mill
ions, the mterence being that no
other Greeks fought and died there
The troth is, Herodotus, the only
contemporary authority, expressly
declares that after Leonidas had dis
missed U the Grecian troops except
his own, knowing, defeat was certain.
and tbpt he and the SpartaDS could
not honorably desert the post, 700
Thespians and 400 Thebans, from
two small cities of Bocotia, stayed
with him. The Thespians remained
willingly, for they refused to go
away and abandon Leonidas and
those with him, but.iemained and
died with them ; but the Thebans
were compelled to stay, as Leonidas
disticsted them, and after he was
killed those who were alive threw
down their arms and surrendered to
the Persians. The voluntary sacri
fice of the 700 Thespians in behalf of
Grecian liberty is seldom alluded to,
and is uncelebrated in song, but their
conduct was tenfold more glorious
than that of the Spartans, who re
mained and died in obedience to the
laws of their country. What school
boy u there who does not know of
Leonidas and his 300 Spat tans, but
never heard of the 700 Thespian who
voluntarily fought and died at Ther
mopylae? -: Demopbilus was their
glorious leader. Although about
seven thousand Greeks fought at
Thermopylae under Leoiiidas, a fair
deduction from the words of Herodo
tus shows that four thousand of them
were slain in the conflict. So much
for the mistakes of histories and en
cyclopedias, which lead astray so
many superficial writers, who in turn
mislead myriads of readers.
Statesman. -Salem
The teachers' examination, taking
place today, naturally suggests the
subject of the system under which
these examinations are made. At
the last quarterly examination two-
thirds of the applicants failed to pass,
the examination being a very diffl
cu.t one. 'In conversation with
prominent educator of the state since
that time he suggested that the ex
aminations were being made harder
steadily, not to increase the standard
of efficiency, but in the interests of
the normal schools. The normal
graduates do not have to pass the
state examination, and many of them
could not, yet they are allowed to
teach. They have a different exam
ination entirely, and a much easier
one . than that provided by the state
board. The examinations bein
much easier, those who feel some
doubt about passing the regular exr
amination are induced to take
normal course.
THE NEW DIVINITY.
The Greeks have already been
whipped to a standstill, and have
placed themselves in the bands of
the powers, expressing their willing-
ness to abide by whatever terms of
peace the latter may accept for them
There was a time when all Europe
would have gone to her aid in ber
fight against the Ishmaelites; but
that time is past. There was a time
when her soil produced heroes, when
valorous deeds were the theme for
minstrels singing ; but that was long
ago. The club of Hercules has
rotted ; the sword of Thesseus rusted
to decay ; Ajax and Ajax Telamon
sleep side by side; Ulysses, the wise
Jason, the bold, exist only in tradi
tion; Achilles no longer vulnerable
in the heel, dies iguobly from Eng
land's Hector thrust at his pockets,
It is heroic soil ; but heroes no longer
exist since the battle against the in
vincible and invisible power of the
money king is hopeless. V
It seems not so long ago when
Richard of the lion heart, gathered
his sturdy following of gallant
knights and swept down upon the
hosts of Islam. The cross and the
crescent met, and Jerusalem was
taken from the Turk. Those were
different days. The Turk was not
England's property then ; be is now,
Bonds know no religion : Debt has
no creed; Greed has no faith; Sel
fishness no sympathy. Religion has
been I weighed - in English - scales
against English gold, and it was
found wanting. What matter the
lives of a few thousand or a few bun
dred thousand ' Christians against
$800,000,000 in geld? These be
days when human life is cheap and
gold dear.
The power of the Turk is broken,
and the sword of Islam no longer
tnreatens Europe. The dog is
chained, and a few thousand Arme
neans are not considered too much
of a feed for him. The elorv of
Greece has departed. The sense of
shame is no longer known in Europe
The gallant people who for hundreds
of years beat the Moslem back and
saved Europe from Mphammedism,
are sacrificed upon the altar of Pounds,
Shillings and Pence.' These be the
modern trinity of England, and de
vout indeed be the worshippers.
A TIMELY SUGGESTION.
The Dalles is now the head of nav
igation on the lower Columbia, and
is in a position to command a large
trade with the country south and
east. The question is, "Is she going
to let this trade slip from her grasp,
or make an attempt to hold it?" - She
is in a position to hold it, but it will
require an effort on her part. To do
so she must increase her facL'ities for
reaching ' the country tributary to
her and that from location would
naturally trade here. The railroad
froin Biggs to Wasco seems to be as
sured, and that its completion will
do some injury to The Dalles is un
deniable. It may not b s much, but
we must not submit to any loss of
trade.
It has been suggested that a
railroad be built from this city to
the free; bridge on the Deschutes.
This would tap quite a large section
of the grain fields of.Shcrman county,
and would also settle the portage
railway matter as it could. easily be
carried to 1 the mouth . of the Des
chutes. We suggest to the Commer
cial Club the advisability of examin
ing into thevmatter, and that speed
ily. Eternal vigilance is the price of
liberty, and eternal energy, is the
price of success.
For genuine grit and determina
tion a woman can double-discount a
man every time especially if it is in
matters matrimonial that these traits
of character are called into use. Re
cently at Atchison a woman was
married to her second husband. She
asserts that while the ceremony was
being performed the ghost of her
first husband stood at her side and
shook his fist at her so vigorously
tht she was surprised that others in
the room did not bear his bones rat
tle. And yet, in the presence of this
ghastly visitor from the grave, she
retained ber grip on her husband-to-
be's hand and promised to love and
comfort him. It was a heroic act.
A man, under like circumstances,
would have .fled shrieking from the
second-handed spirit armed with a
ghostly broom and a sardonic grin on
her lower maxilla. He would have
abondoned all ideas of making a
seeond venture. The- woman was
braver, and as she probable didn't
care a cent for the old man while he
was still in the flesh, his bony frame
work had no terrors for her. In
deed, there are some women whose
cup of happiness would be fi'Ied to
overflowing, and who would be only
too happy to have the first husband
present in bis bones at her second
wedding.
It is astonishing how prone some
people are to reason in a circle and
arrive at conclusions satisfactory
to themselves on almost any given
proposition. We note an editorial
going the rounds showing that this
country is soon to have an immense
gold 'surplus because we are every
year taking such vast sums of it out
of the ground. Therefore, says the
philosopher who wrote the editorial.
as we cannot eat it or consume it, we
must soon accumulate a vast store of
it. He does not stop to consider
that this country has half a billion
dollars in gold, but . has produced
three billions. Nor does he reflect
that citizens of the United States
take to Europe and spend in travel,
hotel bills and amusements, more
gold every year than the whole con
tinent produces. There is no dan
ger of gold becoming so plentiful in
this country that we will have to
use it for paving our streets or any
thing of that kind. The production
of gold is increasing steadily and
will continue to increase indefinitely,
but there will always be plenty of
people to take it at par.
Recently at Tacoma and San Fran
cisco 315 Chinese were refused land
ing, they claiming they were on their
way to Nashville, Tennessee, where
they would open a theater. There
was no other excuse fot their being
landed, and the officials very proper-
refused them. Now the dis
patches state that "at the urgent re
quest of the superintendent of the
xposition" the secretary has consent
ed to their being landed, but em
phatically states that "no more will
be permitted to land on this account."
It strikes us the secretary has far ex
ceeded his authority, and has himself
violated the law just as much as the
gang who were engaged in importing
them from Victoria. The urgent
request of the superintendent of the
Nashville exposition is hardly suffi
cient to outweigh the act of con
gress. If it is sufficient, why should
not the urgent request of the rail
road magnates who want cheap labor,
or anyone else, .be also sufficient?
The southern Democrats who are
now favoring protection must have
been reading the remarks of John C.
Calhoun on the tariff of 1816, when he
said: "When our manufactures are
grown to a certain perfection, as
they will be under the fostering care
of the government,
the farmer will find a ready market
for his surplus products, and a cer
tain and cheap supply for all his
wants; prosperity; will diffuse itself
through all the country." Calhoun
only abandoned this theory when he
found that manufacturing industries
were not being established in the
South, to thus benefit the farmers of
that section. Now that manufact
ures are springing up in tne South,
the theory of protecting them and
thus aiding the agricultuust is again
taking possession of the southern
mind Astorian.
A perusal of Tolv Noltner's paper,
the Dispatch, shows that he is still
dumb on the subject of his visit to
Washington. One reason of this,
perhaps, is that he is drumming for
another class of goods. The last
heard of Tony he was perambulating
Eastern Oregon seeing bow many
legislators could be depended on to
vote against Mitchell, or at least this
is the occupation Madame Rumor
gives him. It is further stated that
if enough votes can be pulled away
from Mitchell to make his defeat
certain, a special session of the legis
lature will be called. It is unfortu
nate that this matter should also be
confined to Tony's hat, which, is al
ready the receptacle of that other
secret, Corbett's chances in Washing
ton. Unbosom yourself, Tony, and
tell us all.you know.
The sugar trust is in. evidence at
Washington, with plenty of money
to maintain a lively and energetic
lobby. The trust want the Hawaiian
treaty abrogated, so that its sugar
will not come in competition with
their product. The circumstances
also make them inimical to the an,
nexation of the ' islands. It remains
to be seen whether congress will look
after the country's interests by as
suming authority over Hawaii, or
whether the interest of Havemeyer
and his gang is to prevail.
NO DANGER IN GRAPE SEEDS.
Much Dreaded Apendlcltle Not to Be
, Caused by Them.
There is a popular and false notion
that apendicitis is caused by a grape
seed, an orange seed or some other for
eign substance getting into the vermi
form appendix. The. true cause is the
setting up of .inflammation and conse
quent gangrene in the tissue of the
appendix, usually due to insufficient
circulation of blood in the part
itself. In thousands of operations
which have taken place many in
time to save the life of the patient, and
many too late there is not one authen
ticated case of a foreign substance, such
aa a seed,- being found ia the appendix.
This will be more fully realized when
one has in mind that the interior of the
appendix is only big enough to admit
a medium-sized darning needle. Its
great liability to disease is due entirely
to its low order of vital resistance.
That is, it is an organ, which appears to'
have no actual use in the present ma
chinery of man, but in its earlier stages
o,f man's development it is believed to
have been a large pouch that played an
important part in the digestive opera
tions of the human system. By ages of
disuseithasgraduallyshrunktoits pres
ent dimensions, and is known to science
as a vestigial organ, one which is only
a remnant of its former self, and pos
sessing but -a vestige of its original
functions. .
This becomes clear if some other parts
of the body which now seem to have no
ttse are considered. . The tonsils are in
this class, and also the wisdom teeth, J
and both are peculiarly subject to dis
ease. X. Y. Journal. .
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"'Poor man! How did. you loae the
sig-ht of your eye?"
"Lookin' for work, mem!" Pick-Me-
Up. ' ,
i The Three-Year-Olds.
. Alas, poor infants, what an age
Of sorrow do you strike!
Too big for baby carriages; .
Too small, to ride a bike!
Washington Star.
Fiiroseen.
Airs. McSwatt Billiger.when I asked
you to get a book for a birthday pres
ent for brother John I supposed-vou
would select one that had at least :i
substantial binding.' This one will fall
to pieces before he has it six months.
Mr. McSwatt No it won't, Lobelia.
It will last that brother of yours 100
years, in any kind ot binding. Its
a. book on manners. Chicago Tribune
In the Hcejce Islands.
Wihat did you say the name of this
missionary was? ' asked Ring- Ktwapta,
"live ever, your highness," said the
trembling chief; "he said it was John
"Well, for a change" King Ktwapta
looked lovingly at Qiis toothpick "'let
us have a Jackpot-pie.'V-Town Topics.
Ills Vlem on Labor. .
First Tramp Do you b'lieve in keep-
-in out the pauper labor of Europe7
Second Tramp I don t mind the pau
per labor, but when it comes to let tin
in paupers what don't work, I'm afraid
they'll crowd us fellers into lookin' fer
a job. X. Y., World.
- His Offense.
"The New Woman's club will never
hire Tenor, the singer, again."
"Why so?"
"He was billed to sing four times at
their annual dinner, and each time he
warbled 'What Is Home Without a
Mother.' " N. Y. Truth.
An tlnfeelino; Comment.
"Willie Wishington," aaid the friend,
"is one of those people who tell every
thing they know.'1 -
"Yes, replied Miss Cayenne, wearily,
"and.he doesn't talk very much, eitiher."
Washington Star.
An Ominous Sign,
Adviser So you think that your wife
is dead in earnest in her demands?
Husband I certainly do. .
Adviser How do you know?
Husband She has become silent.
Up-to-Date. ...
A Bear in Her Path: '
"This baby carriage with a canopy
top is a ' good thing," said the early
spring nurse girl to the policeman in
the park. '
Then push it along," grimly ordered
the bobby. Detroit Free Press.
In Literature.
'Bridgemore tells me he is writing for
one of the magazines."
Well, he is. He writes the names of
the post offices on the packages for the
mails." Chicago Tribune.
The Brnte. .
Young Mother (on the train) Oh,
dear, I don't know what to do with you,
baby!
Kind Bachelor Shall I open the win
dow for you, madam ? N. Y. Journal.
The merchant who tells yon he has
something else aa good as Hoe Cake hoi p
is a good man to keep away from. a2-3tn
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sudden climatic changes.
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Stages leave The Dalles from VmatiUa House
at 7 a. m., also from Antelope at 7:30 a. ni. every
Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Connections
made at Antelope for Prineville, Mitchell and
points beyond. Close cciii.eciious made at The
Dalles with railways, trains and boats.
Stages from Antelope reach The Dalles Tues
days, Thursdays and Saturdays At 1:30 p. m.
RATES 0 FABC.
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aj plication. - .
Kates and tickets to Eastern points and En
rope. Also JAPAN, CHINA, HONOLULU and
AUSTRALIA, can be obtained irom ,
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Tkm..h TiotPt Office 134 Third street, where
through tickets to all points in the Eastern
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lowest rates from , i.
All above trains arrive at and depart from
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Patsenger Depot, foot of Jederson Btrcet.
Leave for OSWEGO, daily, except Sunday, at
7:20 a. m.; 12:15, 1:45, 5:25, 6:45, 8:05 p. m
(and 11:30 p. m. on Saturday only). Arrive at
Portland at 7:10 and 8;30 a.m.; and 1:30, 4:15,
6:35 and 7:55 p. m.
Leave for Sheridan, week days, st4:30p. m
Arrive at Portland, 9:30 a. m.
" Leave for ATE LIE on Monday, Wednesday and
Frioay at 9:40 a. m. Arrive at Portland, Tues
day, Thursday and Saturday at 3:05 p. m.
Sunday trains for OSWEGO leave at 8:40 a. m
and 12:15, 1:45, 3:30, 5:25 6:45and8 05 p. m. Ar '
rive at Portland at 8:30, 10:00 a. m.; 1:80, 4:15
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