THE DALLES WEEKLY CHKOTCCLE SATURDAY. JULY 17, 1897.
The Weekly Ghf oniele.
COUNT! OFFICIALS.
Ciumy Judge.
Robt. Mays
Saerilf. ...T. J. Driver
Clerk A if. Kelsay
Treasurer C. L Phillips
. . ia. 5. uiowera
Commissioners..... id. H. Kiinsey
Assessor W. H. Whipple
Surveyor J. B. toit
Superintendent of Public School.. .C. L. Gilbert
Coroner , . H. Butts
8TATK OFFICIALS.
Bjvernoi ..-..W. P. Lord
Secretary of State HE Kiucnid
Treasurer Phillip Metsehan
Bunt, of Public Instruction O. M. Irwin
Attnrnpv-ftoneral ....... C. M. Irtlcman
, IG. W. McBride
OIU.KII1.... w H- jiitcheU
IB Hermann
-jdiiSreHiucu. . jvV. R. Ellis
BUte Printer ....... ..W.H. Leeds
. Weekly Clubbing; Rates.
Chronicle and Oregonian . .2 25
Chronicle and Examiner 2 25
Chronicle and Tribune 1 75
Chronicle and N. Y. World 2 00
A PRISMATIC DREAM.
Debs is dreaming a .dream from
which he is destined to be rudely
awakened. In his fancy he sees
planted a colony of 300,000 persons,
each industrious, sober, happy, con
tented, having their thinking done by
Debs, and all the worry and ills of
life transferred from their shoulders
to his. Each family will Lave its
little cottage, where the honeysuckle
shall send its tendrils clinging around
the checkered lattice of the porch,
and whose bloom shall make the
summer air fragrant with its cloying
sweetness. The pink and red holly
hocks will bloom beside the path
that leads down to the gate, and
.1 . 1 1 , T 1 J Ml
mere me oia-iasuionea rcu roses win
delight the eyes and noses of all who
come within the gate. The little
gardens shall grow apace, and the
potato bug and cut worm shall know
them not. The broad fields of grain,
billowing beneath the kisses of the
wind, shall turn to gold untouched by
drouth or grasshopper. The Jersey
cows and the Ayreshires shall chew
their contented cuds mid fields of
fragrant clover, lulled to rest by
droning bees, laden with honey and
'wax, wending their heavy way Lome.
Fat horses shall munch their corn and
hay in well-kept stalls, and the proud
Plymouth Rock or Dorking cock
shall strut, the lord of an industrious
barcm. AH nature is going to smile,
and cockle burrs and thistle will re
fuse to grow. The spring frosts will
come early, and the fall variety late
and in mild form.
The 300,000 persons are to le of
one mind on every proposition, and
even, old married folks will agree.
None of the 300,000 will become
ambitious to be a Debs himself, and
everything will be lovely and the
goose honk so high that his call will
not be heard.
This is only a small portion of his
dream, but it suggests the balance.
"Will it come true ? Well, hardly.
It will fail from its own inherent
weakness. Because it is impossible
for finite man to find on the face of
the earth 300,000 angels; because
the devils of jealously and selfishness,
greed; envy and malice, deceit, false
hood and hate are not yet chained
and the millennium is not at hand ;
because oil and water will not mix;
because Industry and unthrift will
not travel yoke fellows ; because all
miuds are not of the same caliber,
and there must be the inevitable
clash in the struggle for the survival
of the fittest; because a thousand
other becauses, each of which, alone,
would burst the bubble of his dream
and leave nothing but the space it
occupied.
Mary Ellen Lease says, "The sil
ver issue is dead, and socialism is
the hope of the country," and Annie
Besant says, "Socialism is the ideal
state, but it can never be achieved
while man is so selfish." Perhaps
tbeosophy is Mrs. Besant's remedy
for all the evils flesh is heir to, but
tbeosophy is apparently, if the term
may be applied to things not appar
ent, too thin for every day use.
Bryan says 16 to 1 is the cure all ;
Weaver thinks, or thought, a cur
rency based upon the products of the
country, and issued by the govern
ment, would straighten out the tan
gle; Lubin thinks an export bounty
on wheat would make life a joyous
round of pleasure. Cleveland, in
life, said the gold standard would fix
things. McSnery of Louisville says
an increase of the tariff on sugar
would make the world wag its tail.
National arbitration as a patent nos-
trum is recommended by many as
liable to be beneficial, while other
many believe in venesection, and
think a' foreign war would stir up
business. The Oicgonian 'thinks if
people would work uioie and talk
less, there would be a decided im
provement. Now, gentle reader,
what do you think?
TO J VDGE THE USE L VES.
The parliamentary South African
commission, wnicu lias been icquir
ing into the Transvaal raid, has made
its report. Contrary to general ex
pectations, it lays the blame where it
belongs, on Cecil Rhodes, among
other things saying that he seriously
embarrassed both the imperial and
colonial governments; that the pro
ceedings resulted in an astonishing
breach of international comity ; that
he utilized hi." position and the great
interests he controlled to assist and
support revolution, and deceived the
high commissioner. The report
goes on to say that wnue ituoues
"may possibly have been influenced
to a certain extent by a vague and
hazy idea of a vast African federa
tion under the British flag, in which
he would plav the leading part; but
be was also influenced, and is influ
enced, by finnicial considerations."
The .report is certainly unique and
unexpected. In the light of that
arraignment of an Englishman by
Englishmen, it is high time to dig up
an arbitration treaty and meet the
brethren half way. That is the fair
est, squarest, and most truthful re
port ever signed by Englishmen, or
anybody else, and gives license to
the hope that our brethren across the
Atlantic are becoming civilized
enough to judge themselves.
The argument that Hawaii is too
far from our shores to warrant an
nexation shows a lack of familiarity
with geographical fact, says the
Globe-Democrat. Our Aleutian Isl
ands in Alaska are 28 degrees of lon
gitude further west. One of them,
Attu by name, is only 400 miles
from the coast of Japan, and it has
a good harbor, an important naval
item. In" Unalaska, which is 1000
miles nearer than Hawaii to Japan.
we own an excellent harbor. Over
half the Aleutians are geographically
in Asia. They have a population of
2000, and the natives are less intelli
gent than those of Hawaii. Holding
the ports of Alaska and Hawaii, our
navy would be in a position to de
fend our rights in the Pacific, acd to
restrain acts of aggression in that
quarter. It would be an assurance
of peaceful development for the
world understands that , this country
is not greedy for new territory.
Hawaii is a commanding point in re
lation to our coasts and to the com
merce of the Pacific, in which we
are deeply interested, and its offer
for annexation is a legitimate result
ot the situation. v
And so Mr. Bradbury is not going
to forgive his wife, after all. It's
really too bad, and yet we will risk
a big silver dollar on the hazard and
die of a wager, against a last year's
bird's nest, that, could the truth be
known, Mrs Bradbury had more to
forgive than her spouse. Mr. Brad
bury says he is tired of the whole
thing, and certainly the public are.
The family rvasli day has no inter
est for the public, ,
Seattle reports a strong demand
for laborers, saying the rush to
Alaska keeps the city depleted. The
report would be more easily believed
if it did not contain a statement that
a lot of longshoremen who were load
ing railroad iron on a steamer, and
doing the work for 15 cents an hour,
had struck for higher wages, and
that their places were -easily filled.
It is estimated that the water of
the 'oceans contains in volution 2,
000,000 tons of silver. The question
naturally arises as to the proportion
of gold. Has Nature desseminated
the two metals in the water at the
ratio of 16 to 1. There are whole
lots of people who won't sleep of
nights if they get to thinking on this
proposition.
We respectfully suggest as an ap
propriate, biief and expressive name
for those who ride bicycles the short
word "Quids," for the old Latin
motto says "Quid rides."
UIS OCCUPATION OONE.
Portland has established a mining
exchange, or to be more - exact, cer
tain persons have established ' a min
ing exchange in Portland. It is un
necessary to go into the matter of
the composition of the corporation
for the act that it is a mining ex
change is sufficient condemnation,
abundant criticism as to its compo
nent parts. It sounds all right, that
name ot mining exchange, but it
means the exchanging of something
for nothing, which this exchange im
mediately starts in to accomplish by
asking for u lot of free advertising
and tree samples of . ore (the richer
iho better) with costs of transporta
tion piepaid.
A mining exchange generally levies
tribute on all mines it can get hold
of, ties the prospector's property up,
and is not patronized by mining men
who want to invest, This particular
exchange may be different. We, in
fact, notice that it promises not to
be partial, not to buili up one min
ing region at the expense of another;
but, with a true Christian s hit that
is more than commendable in that it
is adorable, promises to give every
district in Oregon, Washington,
Idaho and British Columbia a show
for its white alley. This is real kind
of it, but still there is no immediate
danger of the members of the com
pany dying from enlargement of the
heart. True, this exchange offers to
show the samples sent it free of
charge, but this doesn't cost it much.
In San Francisco in stock booming
tunes those who had been bitten
were accustomed to paraphrase the
old assertion that "Death loves a
shining mark" in such a rude way
that it became "Death loves a min
ing shark." The statement, though,
remains unproven, for they are as
long lived as so many cats, indicat
ing that Death had no use for them.
and their principal patron, the prince
of sheol, wouldn't give them room
lest they get up a corner on his sul
phur diggings. Of course the Port
land mining exchange may be differ
ent, we can't say as tc that. Times
have changed since we had dealings
with that kind of institutions, and
the well-known names appended to
this company's circular letter ought
to be' sufficient guaranty as to their
character.
We are in a sense glad, however,
that this exchange has been opened,
for the countrj needs its mines de
veloped, opened, prospected, and all
that was needed was to have a min
ing exchange that can open the
whole job lot with a prospectus and
a box of specimens instead of picks,
drills and powder. It fills a long
felt want, and will make tbo life of
the hardy prospector one of Sybar
itic case. The historical societies
should at once secure specimens of
tbe genus prospector and his frugal
outfit ere the species become ex
tinct.
When one can sit in an office with
plate glass windows and smoke two
bit cigars, while developing the
country, who but a fool will turn his
back to the summer sun at high
noon on tbe south slope of a sbade-
less mountain? Tbe hardy pros
pector whose red flannel shirt crop
ped out like bull quartz from a por
phyry dyke, a plaything alike for the
zephyrs of summer and the Borean
blasts of cruel winter; the patient
and diminutive jackass, beating sto
ically all his master's burthens and
wealth; the conglomerate pack of
blankets, picks, shovels, drills, sledge,
grub, pots, pahs and dishes all these
will be no more. The hairy and
teated sow-belly, the sodden dough
god, the esthetic bean, the bloated
dried apple, will become a rapidly
glimmering reminiscence of a legend
ary age. I he camp tire will no more
send its gladsome rays through the
ragged curtains of the night, a greet
ing' and a benediction across .the
yawning canyon to some other grimy
seeker after the hidden wealth in the
bosom of Mother Earth. The odor
of bacon and coffee, saleratns and
burnt beans will no more mingle
with the mountain breezes, the voice
of the burro no longer awaken the
slumbering echoes, the camp fire no
more flirtatiously wink back at . the
twinkling" Btars that are making a
night of it, the solemn pines no
more whisper weird tales of wealth
into tbe ears of the miner until his
bearded lips part in a smile at the
visions woven into the warp of his
dreams; tbe brooks shall cease their
babbling tales of yellow stores hidden
beneath their mossy banks; forty-rod
whiskey shall no longer effervesce
through the internal stringers of that
same miner like sulphuric acid
through carbonate ores.
All! all! will be lost, superseded by
the modern and easy way of opening
mines with a barrel of printer's ink,
a box of cigars and a corkscrew.
Tbe following from nn eastern
journal is of interest in emphasizing
the statement that the depletion of
cattle upon our northwestern ranges
the present season will be found to
have been a costly error. In 1892
there were in the United States 37,.
651,000 cattle, not including milch
cows. Last y ear there were but 32,'
085,000, a decrease of 5,600,000, al
though the population of tbe coun
try in those five years had increased
not less than 6,000,000. The swine
of the country declined in the came
time from 52,398,000 to 42,824,000,
and the sheep from 44,938,000 to
38,298,000. i
The Oregonian yesterday did ftself
proud and surprised most of its read
ers by giviug Bryan's speeches, both
at Gladstone Park and Multnomah
field, in full. It was something de
sired by the reading public, no mat
ter what their political beliefs, for
most of them were unable to hear
Mr. Bryan and desired greatly to
know his line of argument. Thj Or
egonian has made this possib'e, and
deserves and has tbe thanks of the
people of Oregon for so doing.
Subjects Considered Yesterday.
Following is the proceedings of the
teacher's institute yesterday :
Grammar Kinds of sentences, and
diagraming.
English literature Franklin and bis
writings.
Composition Concord as treated by
Waddy.
Physiology completed analysis of
skeleton.
Arithmetic Problems in proportion
completed.
Bookkeeping Writing day book and
journal of wholesale grocery set.
Spelling Spelling of 50 test words.
Geography Circles, degrees, seasons.
General History Early history of
England.
Writing Blackboard exercises.
AFTERNOON.
General Discussion Duties of state
saperintendent. '
Theory Presentative powers of intel
lect. Physical Geography Causes of rains.
U. S. HistorySaromary of first
epoch, colonial Distory of Virginia. .
Algebra Factoring by completing
square and by converse of varions the
orems. It will be noticed that three more
classics, composition,' bookkeeping and
physical geography, are organized than
tbe publiebed programme indicated.
This was found necessary the first day
of the institute. W. H. Walker of Wa
mic, Maggie Merrill of Waeco, and H.
L. Howe of Hood River registered for
work daring the first of the week. Vis
itors, Mrs. Z. Donnell. B. Sterling, Alma
Taylor, Anna Flinn. -
Reasons Wk Chamberlain's ' Colic
Cholera and Diarrhoea Rem
edy Is the Best.
1. Because it affords almost instant
relief in case of pain in the stomach,
colic and cholera morbus.
2. " Because it is the only remedy that
never falls in tbe most severe cases of
dysentery and diarrhoea.'' -'
3. Because it is the only remedy that
will cure epidemical dysentery.
4. -Because it is tbe only remedy that
will prevent bilions colic.
5. Because it is the only remedy that
will cure chroic diarrhoea. '-
6. Because it ia tbe only remedy that
can always be depended npon in cases of
cholera infantum.- V 'v i 4 '. ...
7. Because ifcis the most prompt and
most reliable medicine in use for - bowel
complaints. , , ,
"8. 1 Because it produces no bad results.
9. Because it is pleasant and safe to
take. ; '' ; - -'
-. 10, Because it has saved the lives of
more people than any other medicine in
the world, t, .' . . '. ,..'
The 25 and 50c sizes for sale by
Blakeley & Houghton. '
t -7 " i).. : L'Lu
OH In Alaska.
What is said to be the greatest oil dis
covery ever made is reported from- Alas
ka. Some gold prospectors several
months ago ran across what seemed to
be a lake of oil. The lake was fed by in
numerable springs, and tbe surrounding
mountains 'were full of coal.-'-' They
brought samples to Seattle -and tests
proved it to be of as high grade as any
ever taken out of Pennsylvania wells.
A local company was formed and experts
sent up. They returned Saturday on
j the Topeka, and their report has more
than borne out tbe first reports. It is
s tid there is enough oil and coal in the
discovery to- supply the world. It is
close to the ocean ; in fact, the experts
say that the oil oozes ont into the salt
water. It is said that the Standard Oil
company has already made an offer for
the property. Tbe owner have filed on
8300 acres, and are naturally very much
ex Jted over their prospective fortune.
State of Ohio, City of Toledo)
Lucas Cousty, )
Frank J. Chenev makes oath that he
is the senior partner of tbe firm of F. J.
Cheney & Co., doing business in the
City of TMedo, County and state afore
said, and that said firm will pay the
snm of One Hundred Dollars for each
and every case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by the use of Hall's Catarrh Cure.
! Fbank J. Cheney.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in
my presence, this 6th day of December,
A. D. 1896.
.A. W. Gleason,
seal Notary Public.
Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internal
ly and acts directly on tbe blood and
mucuos surfaces of the system. Send
for testimonials, free.
f . J. Cheney Co., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, 75c. No. 3-11
Signs ot Prosperity.
If the ability of a people to meet their
pecuniary obligations is any evidence of
their financial condition the predicted
wave of prosperity has surely struck
Tbe Dalles with the force of a cyclone.
Wool raieers are selling their clips freely
at 10 to 12) cents a pound, whereas 12
months ago the same wool was scarcely
considered sufficient security for the
freight and advance charges necessary to
carry it to Boston. Rumor has it that
60 cents a bushel is offered for wheat, to
be delivered after threshing, with few or
no takers. Said a leading banker of this
city at the close of yesterday's business :
"Our bank, during the eight banking
hours of today, took in more money on
old collections than we have taken for
the entire two years previous. In fact,
money is piling up in the bank to such
an extent that it won't be long till we
won't know what to do with it."
The Mount Lebanon Shakers have re
cently perfected an ingenious cure for
dyspepsia. Their Digestive Cordial con
sists of a food already digested and a
digester of foods happily combined.
The importance of this invention will
be appreciated when we realize what a
proportion of tbe community are victims
of some ' form of stomach troubles.
Thousands of pale thin, people "have
little inclination to eat, and what they
do eat causes tbem pain and distress.
This Digestive Cordial of tbe Shakers
corrects any stomach derangement at
once. It makes thin people plump.
F.very one would be greatly interested to
read the little book which has been plac
ed in the bund of druggists for free dis
tribution. . "
What is Laxol ? Nothing but Castor
Oil made as palatable as honey. Chil
dren like it.
Wild West Tournament.
Mr. Harry Heikes, who was with Buf
falo Bill for 10 years, is in the city and
arranging for a wild west tournament, to
be given at the fair grounds one week
from Saturday. The entertainment is
to include a parade in which there will
be 300 Indians and cowboys,', many
Warm Springs and Yakimas having vol
unteered to take part. Several of the
Indians who were with tbe Buffalo Bill
wild west show are here and will take
part. Among other things on the pro
gramme will be the celebrated scene of
an attack on a stage coach, the riding of
bucking horses, Indian dances and
games, an illustration of the rush to
Oklahoma, and dozens of other things of
this kind.
There Is Nothing Bo Oood.
There is nothing just as good as Dr.
King's New Discovery for Consumption,
Coughs and Colds, so demand it and do
not permit the dealer to sell yon some
substitute. He will not claim there is
anything better, but in order to make
more profit be may claim something else
to be just as good. You want Dr. King's
New Discovery because you know it to
be safe and reliable, and guaranteed to
do good or money refunded. For Coughs,
Colds, Consumption and for all affec- j
tion s of Throat. Cheat and Longs, there
is nothing so good as is Dr. King's New
Discovery. Trial bottle free at Blakeley
& Houghton's Drug Store. Begular size
50 cents and $1.00. ;3)
"Last summer one of our grand
chidren was sick with a severe bowel
trouble," says Mrs. E. G. Gregory, , of
Frederickstown, Mo. "Our doctor's
remedy bad failed, then we tried Cham
berlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy which gave very speedy relief."
For sale by Blakeley and Houghton.
Notice to Water Consnmers.
The hours for irrigating are. from 6 to
8 a. m. and 6 to 8 p. m. every even day
under the bluff and every odd day on
the bluff. I ask every water consumer
to strictly observe these rules from
now on. I. J. NoBMAtr,
jy7-lw - Supt.
Hundreds of thtaiands have been in
duced to try Chamberlain's Cough Bern
edy by reading what it has done for
others, and having tested its merits for
themselves are today its warmest friends.
For sale by Blakeley & Houghton.
THE PRISONER'S FRIEND.
Benlflcent Results or . a Little Girl's 11a.
man, Act.
Thirty-eight years ago a. little girl,
named Linda Gilbert., 'bog-ap a thought
ful and most useful4vork, where such
work had not been done by other and
older people. Her father's house was
in Chicago opposite to what was then
the old brick prison. On her way to and
from school she passed directly beneath
the grated windows of the city prison.
Many were the .rude faces she saw peer
ing out of these windows as she hurried
by. One morning1 an old man who was
serving' a. sentence in t'lie prison, and
w.ho had noticed the child passing daily,
spoke to her through the bars or iron.
"Won't you bring me something to
read, my dear?" he asked, plaintively.
"1 am very lonesome here, and have
notJiing to do. Bring me any kind of
book, that's a good girl."
No prisoner had ever spoken to the
ten-year-old child before, and half
inteirestcd, she hurried home and told
her father the incident. He immediately
geve her a book from his library to take
to the prisoner. In a short time the lit
tle messenger had made friends with
the c!d man, who seemed to be touched
for the first time'in his life. Every Sun
day after that the child carried a book
to the prison, asked for the man who
talked to her through h'.s grated win
dow, and gave him a new book to read.
Several months later, the prisoner be
came -mortally ill and sent for his little
benefactor. Before she went away the
dying man said:
"Promise me, child.you'll do as much
for- ny comrades in prison as you've
done for me."
"I will," said Linda, solemnly.
She kep her word, and for a long time
confined her labors to prisoners in her
own state. Hundreds of discharged con
victs came to her. She had been their
prison friend, and was their only hope
when they were released. No one went
away- without assistance. To some she
gave moticy; to others clothes and shel
ter and employment.
The first, county jail library in Chicago
was established by her. Soon she
reached out into other states. She in
terested her friends in the work and
gave a library of 2,000 volumes to the .
county jail in St. Louis. Thousands of
books began to be sent to her from peo
ple all over the country, and these she
distributed to many prisons. Now she
began to be known throughout the west
as "The Prisoner's Friend." '
Ludlow -street jail, the tombs, the
house of detention, in New York, have
each libraries due to Miss Cilbert-s ef
forts. It is impossible to estimate the
far-reaching influence over depraved
people that this consecrated woman ex
erted; and when she died in October.
1S95, the prisoners of the country
mourned the Joss of their best friend.
The resolve of a child produced this
wonderful result. Youth's Companion.
CATARRH
is a
LOCAL DISEASE
and is the result of colds and
sudden climatic changes.
For your Protection
we positively state that this
remedy does not contain
mercury or any other injur
ious drug.
Ely's Cream Balm
18 BCKnowieagea 10 in wio wu wiwwukm ouic 1ot
Nasal Catarrh, Cold in Bead and Bay Fever of all
remedies. It opens sun cleanses the nasal passages.
allays pain and inflammation, heals the sores, pro
tects the membrane from corns, restores toe senees
colds, r
of taste ansmelL PrlceBOc.atDmggistaorbymail.
ELY BKOTHEBS. M Warren Street. New York.
Regulator Line
Tie Dalles. Portlani ai Astoria
Navigation Co.'
strs. Regulator & Dall City
FREIGHT AND PASSENGER LINE
BETWEEN
The Dalles, Hood River, Cascade Locks and Port
land dally, except Sunday.
GOOD SERVICE. LOWEST RATES
DOWN. THE YALLEI
OR TO
EASTERN OREGON ?
Are you going
If so, save money and enjoy a beantlfal trip on
the Columbia. The west-bound train arrives at
The Dalles in ample time lor passengers to take
the steamer, arriving In Portland in time for the
outgoing Southern and Northern trains; East
bonnd passengers arriving in The Dales in time
to take the East-bound train.
For further information apply to '
J. N. HARNEY, Agent,
Oak Street Dock. Portland, Oregon,
OrW.C. ALLAWAYGen. Agt.,
The Dalles. Oregon
DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP.
Notice is hereby given tbat the un
dersigned, J. . Baroett and Dinsmore
Parish, beretotore doinfr business as
Barnett & Parish, have this day, by
mutual consent, dissolved.
All accounts against said firm should
be presented to J. . Barnett, and said
J. E. Barnett is to' collect all accounts,
notes and evidences of indebtedness ow
ing to said firm.
Dated at Dalles City, Wasco CJounty,
Oregon, this 17tb day of June, 1897.
DIN8MOEB Pabish,
jun25-4t J. E. Babnett.