THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE,' WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 17. 1897. The Weekly GBroniele. coujttx officials. County Judge...... Sheriff. Clerk .Tremaorer . Commissioners Assessor... Surveyor. Robt. Mays T. J. Driver ;.'...A M. KelfBV ... C. L. Phillip (A. S. Blowers ID. 8. Kirosey , W. II. Whipple .j. a. i.ou Superintendent of Publia Schools. . .C. I., Wlbert coroner... Dul4a STATE OFFICIALS. . v 8 jvernoi ......... .w. P. Lord BecreUry of State H R Klncaid Treasurer Phillip Metschan Bupt. of Public Instruction G. M. Irwin Attorney-General..: CM. Idleman . . IG. W. McBride Senators , JJH. Mitchell (B Hermann Congressmen. . w K Emg State Printer. . . ... . .. . . .. ... W. H. Leeds THE COST OF PRODUCTION endless quantities reserve can be depleted at any time ova few rich snoeulators through .its manipulation, and, as Cleveland pointed out, they cat be worked' in a circle indefinitely. At few shrewd speculators could foa-e '.'the' gov ernment to sell bouds, and the only reason it is not done is through fear that another raid on the-treasury would cause a change of sentim .nt and bring about the demand to pny all , bonds in . either ; gold or silver. The agitation of the silver question has accomplished this much at least. There are endless quantities of . silver-bearing ores in the world There is no -reason to suppose that science has exhausted the possibil ties of cheap reduction. Already silver can--be produced by certain mines at a cost of twenty-five cents or less an ounce. The abundance of silver and the cheapness of its production make it more and more unlikely that anything like the anti quated ratio of 1C to 1 can be le- stored. Oiegonian. .' It the cost of production fixes the value, it might be claimed lhat "cer tain mines in Alaska can produce gold at one dollar per ounce, or even less, this being but four times the cost of the production of silver, the ratio should be 4 to 1. Up in Baker county gold can be produced in some places even cheaper than that. Many silver mines are c'osed down on ac count of the cheapness of silver. only those-that can produce at a cost of less than fifty cents per ounce be ing able to run. Cut the price of gold to $8 an ounce, and the production would fall off at least one half. The sound money Democrats, so called, are disgruntled at the action of the administration in not having called a special session of- congress for the purrose of passing such laws as would put the country solidly on a gold basis. They do not like the St. Louis platform, and are disap pointed because they read between the lines what was not there. They claim that Mckinley has erred just us Cleveland erred, asserting that Cleveland, who was elected on a tariff reform issue, convened congress in extra session, not to . reform the tariff, but to repeal the purchasing clause of the Sherman act, and that President McKinley, instead of con vening congress to act upon the fin ancial question, called it together to change the tariff laws. The tailing off of Republican majorities' in the recent elections as compared with the presidential election, it is claimed, is caused by the sound money Dem ocrats returning to their first -love, for the reason that they were disap pointed by the action of the presi dent, and see no prospect of any financial legislation. ' Philadelphia has always . been classed as a slow citv, but when it comes to an organized gaifgof bood Iers and niiblic plunderers, it need not tand back for New York or feel ashamed in the presence of the Tammany tiger. Recently the city council leased the gas works owned by the city and valued at $40,000, 000, to a company organized for the purpose, lne lease is ror luiny " . s J! years, ana wnue tue council was on cussing the proposition, a second company offered to lease the prop erly on the terms offered, and to pay beside to the city $10,000,000 there for, and 3-et the lease was let to the first company, and . the city was robbed of $10,000,000 and the in terest thereon for thirty years.-. FIFTEEN YEARS LATE. It is said an attempt will be made to make two states out of New York, the new state to be known as Man hattan. The new state would take fifteen, of the fifty nine counties, and would be the second state in popula tion, while the present state would UVW LU Vi Ull U .All VI VI I. I . IIS W VU IO the consent of the people of New York would first have to be obtained, and after that the consent, of the congress. This last could never, be 'gained. The people of the West will cot consent to an increase in the senatorial representation of the East uo. " matter what form it comes in. Besides this, there is a state pride that would prevent the citizens of the state coLsenling to division Such . a condition exists in Texas, where, at any time, witn tue consent of us people, three states might be formed yet, though this would give the south four additional votes in the senate. State - pride prevents the division. The opinion is general that we have enough small states (in population) vada, Wjoming, Utah, Oregon, Mon tana, etc., and it is not probable any of the present states will ever be re ' duced in area. If the gold standard is right, then Cleveland was right . in demanding the withdrawal of the greenback from circulation.' There can be no ques tion as to that. The promise to pay put out by the government is a threat and a danger at all times. The gold Sunday evening about 6:30 special train of two sleepers, a diner and the private car of the general manaser of the O. R. & N. arrived here on its way to Pomeroy, Spo kane. Baker City. Boise City and other inland points. On board were forty-five of Portland's business men, who go out to get acquainted with the people of the Inland Em pire, Nrho for forty years have dealt with them. No one here knew they were to come, and but few would know that they bad been here did the local press not so inform them. The tiain was side tracked near the Umatilla House, remaining for forty minutes. The curtains were pulled down, except here and there, and these disclosed a serious and de vout looking few engaged in playing cards or admiring one another. Five of . them got off the train, gazed a few moments and crowded back on again, Wiley B. Allen, the deals in musical instruments, being about the only one that had life enough to make an attempt' to get acquainted. The train pulled out amid a dull, sickening silence that had all the hi larity of a funeral. We regret this; we regret that this visit was not made fifteen j-ears ago, before the wall of prejudice- against Portland had become so high and so strong; we regret it the more be cause our interests are those of Port land, and those of Portland ours We have realized the truth of this proposition for forty years; Portland is only beginning to discover if, when, after years of neglect, the In land Empire, whose wealth has-been poured for more than thirty years into her lap, has found that Portland is far from being the only pebble on the beach, the only letter in the alphabet because she is a J, and has gone, or is going, elsewhere to trade. The feeling in Eastern Oregon towards Portland is peculiar. The business people have many warm personal friends in the city, and no especial dislike for an' of the citi zens of Portland. Individually there is no feeling against them, but against the city, unfortunately for all concerned, there is an extremelj bit ter feeling. It began over, Port land's neglect of her own interests, and ours; in doing nothing towards assisting us to an open river, i It grew through the actions ot the poli ticians, who looked upon the bunch grassers as their property, and has been emphasized by the arrogance of Portland's daily newspaper. , The Klondike excitement opened the eyes of the few still friendly to Portland to that city's metboJs and selfishness. Portland that bad for years paid no attention to Eastern Oregon, suddenly became alive to trade possibilities in the far north. She began to reach out after it, to spend her money to get it, to adver tise in every way for iL The Klon dike has so far produced a few mill ions, not $100,000 of which has ever reached Portland. On the other. hand, for rears Eastern Oregon has poured her untold millions into Port land's lap, and has received neglect. contempt and ingratitude in return Portland has done more in three months to catch the Klondike trade than she did in forty years to bold the trade of the Inland Empire. The result of her neglect she has felt in the past few years in decreased Busi ness and hard times. She did nst know what was the matter with her, but attributed it all to the general hard times. She did not know, noi does she now. that the trade that was once all her's, that .might still have been her's, has left her, perhaps for good..- She did : not know that the money of the Inland Empire now soes East for goods, or that Seattle is,-selling dollars' worth to her dimes. This is true, and yet not all the truth, for the half is not mentioned I his article js not wruten m a fault-finding or caiping spirit. -The writer realizes that it is a bad condi tion for all concerned ; that the way to build up our state is to patronize our' own people, and that it would be better for us, better for Portlacd, cculd the barrier between them be broken down. It will not be done by such advertising committees as passed through The Dalles last night; that pulled down the curtains on their cars as though fearful the pri vacy of their sanctuary might be in vaded by some uncouth bunchgrasser. It will not be done by visiting com mittees who rush by Portland'3 best patrons- to seek in the far-off Boise a new Held. It is not too late for Portland to regain her. lost trade, out she has created competition for herself, and that competition she must now meet and vanquish.-1 - .a tVORKIKG AT HIS TRADE ALTKOUBH E10KTY FIVE YEARS OLD. 5 children, some of them small edi tions of their lovely mother who will :-in turn become the bewitching American girl. The: Khedive might give his consent to bis brother's mar-i rying an American girl, but we fancy long before surrendering to the sad-! Mr. James IMillen, of Champaign, Has Followed the ShoBiTiakBr's d'e-colored scion of African ; royalty. Just imagine a down-sprouted angel in the shape of an American girl, baremized by a hawk-nosed, tan col- orea, polygamous eastern savage, 1 dressed in a tin ban and she-pants. Trade All His Life Every Day at His Bench Working with Appar ently the Same Vigor as a Young man A Sketch of His Life. From the Gazette Champaign,' 'HI. II is announced that Col. William Bailey of New Yoi k, who bought the Tacoma fc Lake Shore railroad, will extend : the ame across the mountains to this point' Thisnnay be true, but we are inclined to doubt it. In the first place there is ncth irtg to justify the building cf such a read, for from the time it left the Cowlitz until it struck the Columbia it would pass through a mountainous country furnishing nothing to main- tain a road unless coal was' found on the route. In the second place there is no pass on the proposed lino and the building of the road would be expensive and difficult. A road could be built up the Cowlitz and through the Cispus pass to Yakima, but from the Cowlitz to the Klicki tat the balloon route is the only prac tical one. The government has decided to again brand its horses. A few years ago the practice was discontinued on account of the demands of the hu mane societies, who pronounced it cruel. Humane faddists, like all SHOULD BE HEEDED. The East Oregonian touches up the promoters, and tritely exposes the schemes of the swindling gangs organized to catch all suckers who have the Klondike fever as follows; "The Klondike companies that are being widely advertised all over the country are stock jobbing schemes. They are after purchasers for their stock, small investors who will put in their little savings and lose tbem. If prospects of these companies were as bright as they are painted, there would be no scarcity of money for their operation and the little fellows would never be given an opportunity to share in the good fortune. But. as things are, the risks are too great for the big fellows to take, and so the little suckers are being solicited to furnish the paws to rakethe goldT en chestnuts, out of the fire. , "We read that Col. Soandso is the president of one company ; Major Verymuhalive of another; Banker Twopercent of another; Congress man Getthere of still another. The list of the companies is longer than a full grown arm and the greed behind them ravenous enough to take a widow's mite. ' Those who have" money had better invest it in local enterprises or loan it out at four per cent than trust it to the kind care of worthies who are bent Jon making a stake at other people's risk and ex pense. And there are any number of . such men in this country of the free. ' " , " ' - others, go to extremes, That the practice is, in a sense, cruel in that it inflicts pain , on dumb -animals, is admitted, but the applying of a brand is, after all, but a 'light affair.. It makes a small . blister that is well in a week, and is, as far as pain, is concerned, a mere -trifle , when com pared with the beatings animals are given every day, and which cause no comment. It is the only feasible plan known for identifying the ani mals, and sentimentality, must give way to necessity. At the advanced age of eighty-five years, James McMiHen, of 112 West Washington street, is one of the most active men in Cham paign, Illinois. Mr. McMiUen is a pioneer sitizen of the city, and his form is as familiar an the streets as that of any citizen of the town. All his life Mr. McMillen has fol lowed the trade of shoemaker, and every day finds him at his bench, bending over his work with apparently the same vigor he com manded when he was a young man. He has a little shop on North Wright street, In the vicinity of the University of Illinois, tnd he is the official shoemaker, as it were, for the students ot that institution. About a year ago Mr. McMillen was absent from his bench for several weeks, and his lamlliar form was missed along the streets. The local newspapers announced that he was dangerously ill. . For months he was a lufferer, but finally he appeared again at bis shop, and has lost but very few days linoe then and none, perhaps, on account of liokness. His friends were surprised to see him out again, and they were more surprised when he told them the cause of his recovery. There was no small amount of local inter est in his case, and a reporter visited him, to hare him relate the story.' - I feel," said the spry old- gentleman, "that I owe my life to Dr. Williams' Pink PUls for Pale People. Something like a fear ago it appeared to me that I was almost E physical wreck. I was suffering .from a isease of the kidneys. A thick scurf had nned on the bottoms of my feet and my inkles were terribly swollen and inflamed, n fact, they reached such a condition that I sould not walk, and it looked as though my lays were numbered. , . "I read in the newspaper testimonials from people who claimed to have been cured of kidney trouble by the use of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People, and thought that it would do me no harm to give them a trial. I bought a box of them at the drug store and began taking them according to directions. It may seem strange, but it is a fact that I felt the benefit of them almost as soon as I began to take them.- After I had taken a few pills my urinal discharges became almost as black as tar and I noticed at the same time that the pain and soreness were leav es ""j """"j . "A few days later the swelling began to go out qf my ankles,-and at the end of five weeks it had entirely disappeared, taking wi t U ii that fairrihl. ecu rf vliinh kail fnraiMI on the bottoms of my feet and caused me so much trouble. I continued to gather my lost strength, and at the end of six weeks I felt entirely recovered and resumed my work at the shop. I think I took from fonr to five . boxes of the pills and have taken none since.", Mr. McMillan's residence on West Wash ington street, is more than a mile distant ' from his shop, but nearly every day he walks the entire distance, morning and evening, and he could not do this if that swelling still existed. Mr. McMillen has no backwardness in talk ine of the merits of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People contain in a condensed form, all the elements necessary to give new life and richness to the U 1 1 A ..1 I. JX Ti . .. U Pills are sold by all dealers, or will be eent post paid on receipt of price, 50 cents a box, or six boxes for $2.50 (they are never sold in bulk or by the 100), by addressing Dr. Williams Medicine Company, Schenectady, N. Y. PERSONA i, MENTION Mr. Will River. Saturday's Pally. Isenberg is up from Hood . The- American girl is a combina tion of beauty, grace, intelligence, tact and witchery that is simply ir resistable. She is full-rigged, nicfele steel armored, the finest draft tlvH sails the sea of life, and when she hails a man or man-of-war he or it might as well haul down the flag and surrender unconditionally. Recent ly one of these dewy-eyed, tailor made damsels shot a glance or two at the brother of the Khedive of Egypt and he wilted like a stalk of Sherman county wheat in an east wind in July. In twelve hours be was infatuated, in double that time he was crazy, and. before the end of the second day he went to the Khe dive and offered to renounce all claim to the throne of the Pharoabs if he would be permitted to marry this fair goddess from the United States. .They come hih, but every body .wants one or more fjpd the foreign demand is increasing.. And yet the best place for the American girl is in America, and the best future she can have is one with an American husband and American Mies Grace A. Graham came up from Hood River last night. - Mr. M. F. Beriine was over from Gol- dendale yesterday, returning this morn ing. ' i. Dr. W. Y;' Younir of Boise. Idaho, ar rived this inornintr, and will take charge of Lr. Sutherland's office. Miss Ursula Ruch was a passenger on the boat this morning for Portland, where she will visit friends tor a few (lays. . - Mrs. Lena Bartow, whose home is in' San Fraucieco, came up on the boat last night, and is visiting her sister, Mrs. Mary French. " Hon. W. J. McConnell, at present in spector in the Indian service, is in the city, having just visited the Warm Spring's reservation. , ; Mies Clytie Jenkins came up from Hood River yesterday and went into the country today, having beeti engaged to take charge of one of : the public schools. Mr. Bert Phelps came down from Heppner yesterday- to attend the circuit court. He is highly pleased with his new home, and thinks - Heppner tbe best town in the country. t ' . - , Monday's Dally. ' . , Mr. T. J. Seufert went to Portland this morning. Mr.' W. S. Chipp left foi Portland to day. He will return to Alaska as soon as spring opens, . . . . Mr. aud Mrs.- L. . Crowe returned last night from Portland, where they have spent a week. , Mr. and Mrs. Frank Seufert left Sat urday night lor New York City, to be away a month or six weeks. Mr. Phillip MIchell came down from Columbus "this morning.' He reports Columbus as lively and free from rain. ' 1 'Miss Lizzie Holyersou,' who has Spent the past week in the; city, returned to Port'and today, wbere she will remain a few days before leaving for Salem. r MABBIED. ' At the Farmer's Hotel. Monday,' No vember 15,Mr. Rollih E. Jordan and Mies Ruth Pugb, both of Kingsley, Rev. J.H. Wood officiating. . Officers Coming;. and the officers and 'comrades of the local corps. Admission 10 cents. Saturday night Ensign and Mrs. Smith, now visiting near' town, will be present and lead the indoor meeting. Ensien Smith was formerly in command of Th Dailes crops and Mrs. Smith was a soldier. THe Adaptability of America Worn . en Aids Tbem Vastly. It is well understood; in Europe that i for various celebrated prize lig-hts and if a man marries into an untitled fam- after escorting- him thither would see ily it is better for him to marry an to it that he had plenty of lemon cream American, than a woman of any other , puffs to munch upon during-the inter- . HER SECRET. , Actions Speak (or Themselves He Was Willing; to Read Her Miad. For many years the young- woman had called upon Ulysses. She had brought him numberless packages of choice cigarettes, as -well as divers specimens, of the most expensive genu? cigar, :says the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. . She had repeatedly purchased tickets nationality, - for the same reason that Napoleon gave for making- choice of a Spaniard she had no family in France to be enriched and ennobled. Euro peans don't trouble themselves much about American, social distinctions and can't understand ' the difference ' be- vals of slugging. Many arid many an evening had she assisted him in increas ing the numerals upon his poor hard working mamma's ccal and gas bills, and she hud seen four several sets' of new springs added to the parlor sofa. But hitherto she had not stood up like fcween a fortune made in 1796 and one a er woman and boldly declared her made in the same way in 1897. Many of i love for him and requested to be al- the diplomatic corps have married Americans; there have been several marriages of Washington girls to sec retaries of legations and attaches with in the last year, and a large propor tion of them have, turned out well. American women are natural diplo mats. A European woman is born and bred in a certain, rank of life, and al though ehe may be transported to an other rank she takes with her the stamp of the grade to which she belongs. Xot so with an American, woman. As the wife of the premier of Great Britain she would put Lady Clare Vere de Verc to shame by her quick adoption of most it the characteristics of the daughters Df a hundred carls. There is less risk .n rn American girl marrying a diplo mat than any other sort of a foreignier, for a d'iplcmat is under bor.ds to be have himself. - But if she is ambitions and desires to make a reaKy brilliant match she ought to marry a citizen of the United' States. Illustrated American. lowed to pay all his expenses in the fu ture in consideration of his donning- her last name. '' But-upon this special evening in question Ulysses had her dead to rights. . It may have been the witching golf cos tume in old gold and baby blue that he wore or the shy grace with" which he placed his tiny palm in hers. However, . be this as jt may, she could no longer , restrain herself, but impulsively threw her arms abcut his frail, shrinking fig ure and drew him tenderly toward her. As her lips rose from his she lovingly murmured: "This kiss tells you my secret." And Ulysses, as he furtively removed some cut plug from his mouth, found an opportunity to observe: "Would you you mind saying it over' ac-ain?" J HOLD Drain A NET FOR A BEAR. How n Caterpillar Defends Itself. The' calcrjrinar cf the puss moth, quite a common insect in this country, has a most effective way cf defending itself, and. may prove. as"wc s-Iiall pres ently see, dan.crcus even to human be ings. This wcIl-prctcctctTi caterpillar is provided between its herd and fore legs with u cleft, frcm which it can pro trude an organ capable of pquirting out a quantify Cf very acitl fluid to a considerable. ?i.Ttance, and when alarmt-d1 it habitually makes use of this formidable weapon. In one of the en tomological majjazincEi e ccrrcspondent states that 'he was observing some of these caterpillars in- captivity when he happenedto disturb oni cm:?, it sud denly squirted cut a quantity of fluid Makes It Lively for a Coople of I'p-to-Datc Hunters. . The foliouing is vouched for by a re liable, citizcu of ihe locality where tie event occurred, near Disco, 12 miles from Black River Falls. Wis., says the Chicago Chronicle. The. farmers had' been annoyed by wolves and one of them found u den that he thought wojild hold a dozen or more.' Fouro them went- there wilh a-large fish net, a long tin lube and a double-barreled gun. They had heard of scaring ani mals, from lhcir den by putting a tube. I in the hole and then.shouting through, j the tube. Two of .tbem held the net j over the mouth of the den and another stood ready with the gun, while the fourth one managed the tube. - lie gave a fearful screech into a funnel fixed in the end of the tube and after an effort or two there was a rush and growl and ntit nnima n 1 n - lr raann ne thnnrrh Yvia in a let, which struck one. of his eye- i . - . , , ,, A. . , . , , . .,, i. 1 sessed of nine demons. balls, thouq-h his head at the time was quite two feet away from the insect. He rushed off in gren.t ngeny to a doc tor, who told him that the eyeball was in a very dangerous condition. ITis eye was totally blind for hours after the occurrence, and it was some days before he finally recovered. What the effect of this fluid must be upon smaller crea tures we leave our readers to imagine! Chambers' Journal. . . The. commander of the North Pacific forces, Salvation Army, Major Stephen Marshall, of Portland, accompanied by Miss Ensign Parks, the. divisional M. B. agent, will vi3tt The Dalles Thursday and Friday of this week. - A meeting will be held at the Methodist church Thursday evening at 8 o'clock, at which lime Major Marshall will speak on "Foil Salvation" and Ensign Parks will sing a solo and explain the M. B. scheme. .- : - Friday,night an old-time free and easy at the barracks on First street, led by Major Marshall, assisted' by Miss Parka Cowboys t tlio Asphalt. ' 'The cowboy and other dtishing plains riders lean far over i-i their raddles and pick up as they go c1r.sl-:r 'past, arti cles that they have tcp;:t:l upon the ground. So does the das-rg bicycle rider of the city. Tfot on the boulevard, perhaps, where ' the crowds would scarcely permit, but on some quiet, asphalt-paved blcck. There you may aee a skillful ami daring rider cast his cap upon the ground, and then you may see him as he sweeps past it on his wheel bend over and pick it up without paus ing in his flight. This before a small but appreciative audience of friends j and neighbors sitting on the doorsteps and such- passers-by as may happen that way. N. Y. Sun. . B 8 H0NTLNGTOE. ' H S WILSOS. HUNTINGTON fc WILSON, ATTOBNEYS AT LAW, THE DALLES, OREGON. Office over First Nat. Bank. BED. W. WILSON. ATTOAriEI AT LAW, THE DALLES. OREGON. umce over -x ust a at. isanx. Tie plunged- into the net and the two men and the bear, had a merry time. The man with the gun didn'tdare shoot, for he r-ould not. tell where there was the most liear and the least, of the men. The net broke and let his bearship . through and. he made for tall timber at a marvelous rate,"but the net men looked very discouraged and it will be. a cold day when they try it over again. The irfurmant was . very reticent about telling who the men were, but as he had a donb!c !imip, his facescratched and was in the city for a new suit oof everyday clothes it looked as though, he knew' who helped hold the net. TILLETT & GALLIGAN. WM. TILLETT. H. GALLIGAN. Solo Froprietots of the CELEBRATED , XAKIMA APPI.B. Hood River Nursery, TILLETT GALLIGAN, Propi. . J First-clasa Nursery Stock a Sjecialty.