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THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, .WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 1. 1897.
The Weekly Gbroniele.
COUNT! OFFICIALS.
Conncy Judge..
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Assessor.......
Robt. Mays
T. J. Driver
....A M. Keliuty
...C. L. Phillips
i A. s. Blowers
ID. H. Kimsey
. W. H. Whipple
Surveyor.:.
J. IS. HOK
Superintendent of Public Bohools...C. L. Gilbert
Coroner... , w.m.jbuhs
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........W. P. Lord
HRKincaid
..Phillip Metscban
fcr. M. irwin
...CM. Idleman
IG. W. McBride
" f J. H. Mitchell
Congressmen.... .....
State Printer.... ..
I B Hermann
- J W. K. Ellis
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Weekly Clubbing- Hates.
Chronicle and Oregonian .$2 25
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Chronicle and Tribune". 1 75
Chronicle and N: Y. World 2 00
WOOL MARKET CONTINGENCY.
It is an old saying that tal sirns
fail in dry .weather, which may be
changed to rean, so far as the wool
market is concerned, all signs' fail in
unseasonable weather. : The . month
of October witnessed a striking fall,
ing off in the transactions in the
wool market, occasioned by the ne-
. cessity of a breathing spell. The
import price of wool has not yet been
; reached, and the expectation of the
majority of the trade will not be sat
isfied . until that has - been accom
lished. The late advance in
prices, ' however, ' was much
more' fsnid than nnv nne find
- anticipated, and ' more' progress was
made in a given time towards offset
ting the full duty imposed by the
Dingley law than any one had a
recent decline in activity, after the
. enormous transactions previously re
corded, did not come as a disagreea
ble surprise. All are probably
agreed that had it not come, a very
disagreeable state of affairs later on
might reasonably have been pre
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But though the activity has been
retarded, says the Globe-Democrat,
the general expectation is that the
jretardatio will be but temporary,
'The heavy. weight season in goods
r-sbould open not long hence, and it is
-commonly assumed that the manu
facturers will not be in a position to
satisfy a normal demand' without
; greatly increasing , their purchases of
'the raw material. In short, the open-
... . .... ...
nug in ueavy weigu. is renetl upon
to start another movement similar to
that in, the midst of which the wool
market found itself not so many
weeks ago,
If, it is argued, the manufacturers
'bought so large an amount of raw
material to fill their light-weight or
ders, and if, as is generally believed,
they have only a limited 9upply of
wool on hand now, may it not be
taken for granted, always remem-
beiing that heavy weights use up
more stock than light weights, that
41,. m A r - . l r .1
future will exceed even that wit
. nessed during the summer and early
fall? This reasoning is, of course,
based on the supposition that the
demand for heavy-weight goods will
be proportionately as large as was
that for light weights. The revival
of prosperity which has been so gen-
- erally noted since spring, has satis-
nea most persons that this is a safe
supposition to work on.
Safe enough but for one reason.
Up to the ' present moment no one
seems to have allowed much of a
place in his calculations for unsea-'
sonable weather. Even though re
viving prosperity bad struck the
mass of consumers much more pow
erfully than has been the case, it
would be unsafe to predict anythmg
like a normal business in wool manu
factures in the face of an open win
ter. , So lor.g a period of unseasona
ble weather as has recently been
witnessed is, we suppose, bound to
excite a fear that conditions during
the next few months may not be all
that is hoped. It would be rash, of
course, to indulge in predictions.
The long delay in the advent of
bracing weather may mean absolute
ly nothing as regards the intensity
and duration of the cold which will
intervene between now and the
, balmy days, which' are . supposed, to
characterize spring. Nevertheless,
the contingency of an open winter
IS Calculated -to make itself felt at
this time. Should t'ie intensely cold
weather delay its coming too long,
there would very likely be a disposiT
tion on ' the part of a great many
persons to get through the rest of the
winter with as small an "exitenditure
as possible. - -' - ,
Now . that the wool market has
J fallen upon dull times ence more,
the trade have leisure to indulge in
such reflections as the above. It is
hard to figure any but a strong sta
tistical position for wool in the long
run (confining that expression to the
next, two or three years), but so
great is the impatience of our wool
growers and wool dealers to make I
good the losses of the last few yenrs
that even a set-back of a few months
would be a most unwelcome event.
THE SITUATION IN 'A USTRIA.
Reports of exciting times come
from Austria. The bitter discussions
and riotous manifestations in the
reichstrath have continued till the
scenes partake more of the football
field than legislative councils. . A
proposal by the German opposition
to impeach the ministers for violat
ing their powers by the issuance of
the decree authorizing the official
use of the Czech language in Bobe
inia, failed by the very narrow vote
of 177 to 171, In. sjjeaking upon
this proposal, the prime minister,
Count Bodeni, against whom the bit
terest feeling is manifest, announced
that the cabinet would not retire,
even it the impeachment resolutions
were passed.
The situation is made the more
serious by the intense- interest taken
in the matter by the Germans across
the border. Most violent speeches
have been made and letters written
affirming that the matter is one affect
ing the whole German people, and
that Austria, being historically
German power, and its constitution
having been based on the assumption
that the prime influence would 'con
tinue to be German, for such i
change to be made as would imply
the effacing of German influence was
a matter to call for the most serious
attention of all Germans. '
. It is also stated that there is quite
a strong movement in Austria for a
reunion of German-Austria with
Germanj in case the increased influ
ence of the Czechs continues.
In order to understand the situa
tion it is to be remembered that the
Germans of Austria form only about
one-third of the entire population of
the empire. Of the nearly 24,000.
000 inhabitants, 8,500,000 are Ger
mans, 5,500,000 Czechs, 3,700,000
Poles, 3,100,000 Ruthenians (Little
Russians), 1,800,000' Slovenes, Croa-
tians and Servians, while 675,000 are
Italians. The Czechs, Ruthenians,
Siovenes, etc., "ie all Slavic by race,
but not so closely united as to make
them a compact body. The Czechs
alone have been able to present a
united political front. . The German
element is chiefly in Tyrol, Styria,
upper Austria on the borders of Ba
varia, and lower Austria, in the vi
cinity of Vienna, although there is a
considerable element throughout
Bohemia and Moravia. There the
Czechs are predominant, and it is
there that the special difficulty arises.
The Germans look upon all Slavs and
speak of them as barbarians, and
hence arises the bitterness of the con
test. Hungary is somewhat more
favorably situated. The Magyars,
numbering 7,500,000 out of 17,500,-
000, are compact, but are surrounded
by a fringe of Germans, Ruthenians,
Croalians 'and Rumanians. These
latter, in close sympathy with their
fellows of Bumama proper, watch
with great interest any national de
velopments in the empire.
The peculiar government must
also be kept in mind. Francis Joseph
is emperor of Austria and king of
Hungary. Austria has its parliament
or reichstrath ; 'Hungary its parlia
ment or reichstag ; while each prov
ince has its one local landtag. For
imperial interests, as foieign affairs,
war, finance, there is another parlia
ment called the delegations. : Each
parliament has its own - ministry.
The head Of the delegations is Count
Goluchowsky, minister of foreign
affairs. Count Badeni is prime min
ister ofj Austria, and Count Banffy
prime minister of Hungary. The
imperial expenses are apportioned
between the two sections by the Aus-
gleich, an agreement which 1 runsjfor
periods of ten years. The present
Ausgleich terminates in December of
this year, and the question of its re
newal is being used by the Germans
ta .force the Austrian ministry to
withdraw from the position taken in
regard to the use of the Czech lan
guage in Bohemia..-
INTERESTS: OF THE ARMY.
Military . affairs, apart from the
doings of the local militia, usually
command little attention in this
country. People know there is-a
standing arm', of course, just as they
know there i3 an Akhoond of Swat,
but they seldom have any more prac
tical reminder of the existence of the
one than of the other. They see a
few army officers on ceremonial oc
casions and hear of the work of the
troops now and then in the repression
of Apaches or Debsites. But that is
about all. The army is of as much
real value as the navy, yet the latter
has in recent years attracted proba
bly ten times as much popular atten
tion as the former. Thejdevelop
ment of coast and harbor defences
has now, however, says the Tribune,
begun to set people to thinking more
about the army, and may well move
the government itself . to adopt a
more liberal policy toward that im
portant branch of the public service.
The annual report of the secretary
of war and the letter from the major
general commanding the army, just
made public, make clear two salient
facts. One is that the construction
of coast and harbor defences is being
pushed to excellent effect. The pub
lie has probably little idea how well
this harbor and other impoitant
points on the coast are ' already de
fended. It is within bounds to say
that when the works now in hand
are completed New York will be
practically .impregnable to any hos
tile fleet that might be sent against
it, and so. will the other great ports
of both coasts. Large sums are
asked for the completion of these
works. But in comparison with the
interests at stake they are mere trifles.
AH that is asked for the insuring of
New York against invasion is not a
tithe of what auy prudent business
man would pay for insurance against
fire or other disaster.'
This refers, however, solely to t!ie
material equipment. The still more
important personal factor is another
matter, and these same documents
make, it equally plain that it is sorely
deficient. Individual writers and
speakers, and so important a body as
the chamber of commerce of , New
York, have called attention to the
need of more skilled soldiers to man
the fortifications. ' Now the 'same
need is officially emphasized by the
highest military authority in the land.
A modern - fort, with- its elaborate
mechanism, is an establishment that
cannot be manned by raw recruits,
no matter how brave and willing they
may be, any more than the engine
room of a great steamship could be
taken in charge by a Gloucester fish
erman. Trained mathematicians and
engineers are needed, and of such
there are not now in the whole army
enough to man the guns already in
place. : It is evident that all the fort
ifications in the world will offer the
coast and harbors no protection un
less there are competent men at hand
to work the guns. It is equally evi
dent that to build elaborate fortifica
tions and leave them without such
men would be as senseless as to build
fine ships and provide no engineers
to navigate them.'
The commanding general asks, and
the secretary approves the request,
for two more regiments of artillery.
The request is a modest one, and
may well be granted at' once. If it
is not, tbe construction of fortinca
tions may as well be abandoned.
Better have fewer forts and guns and
all of them properly manned, than a.
great and costly array of them and
not enough men to keep . them in
working order. Nor are the requests
for other enlargement of the army
to be considered extravagant. The
army is now notoriously overworked,
and the opening up of Alaska and
other enterprises are constantly mak
ing new calls upon it. '
The army is at present so small as
to be insignificant If increased to
the maximum suggested by General
Miles, it would still be a mere hand
ful. One soldier to every two thous
and of population would not be too
forge a national police force for the
service required of it. One soldier
to every one thousand of population
would be no menace to free institu
tions nor the slightest approach to a
military despotism.
One theory advanced in regard to
foot-ball is that the students need
just such a sport to discipline their
animal spirits, and that formerly
many found a safety valve, in chop
ping wood and gardening to pay ex
penses at college." But it do.js not
appear that the old-lime students
flourished the ax and boe so vigor
ously a- to produce fatal results. ,
The best thing raised in the South
lately is the quarantines.. Active
sanitary r work this winter will pre
vent the return of the epidemic next
year. ' ' - "' . ' '-' ..
A TRUE HELPMATE.
Congressman's Wife's Scheme
to
Gain Fopnlaritr.
Great successes often, depend upon
small considerations, and the wife f a
member of congress, a statesman to
whom his constituents are wont to point
as a man of the people whom flattery
cannot divert from his old custom and
associations, fully realizes this fact, says
the Washington Star. A school friend
who had not seen her since girlhood
surprised and delighted her with a visit
not long since.
.How industrious you are! ex
claimed the visitor. . .
"In what way?" ' " '
- "I don't know. I suppose it is fancy
work. I know that you used to have a
great aversion to plain sewing. But you
must be very diligent indeed to have
your work basket in this room."
"Would you like to know what I am at
work on?" .
"Certainy." -
"You shall see for yourself. Here it
is." And she held up to view a half-knit
sock of old-fashioned blue yarn.
"You you don't mean to say that
your husband wears things like that?'
"Oh, no. He wouldn't think of wear
ing them. I ha ve a whole lot that I will
give away to anybody who will use
them." .
"Do you do this for pleasure?"
"No. It isn't at all for pleasure. It's
business and I never occupy myself in
that' way except when it is absolutely
necessary. - But I always keep the work
handy, and whenever, one of the old
fashioned, rural voters of ay hus
band's district comes to make him a call
and you have no idea how many honor
us with that attention 1 get it out and
knit away for dear life. It is a good deal
of bother, but it's worth it, for you reaU
ly can't imagine how it pleases them!"
GETTING REVENGE.' .
A Little Girl's Resentment Toward an
Aching; Molar. , . ,
Jfc is claimed that this story originated
in Cleveland, a claim which- may very
well be vtrue. because Cleveland and
especially the east end has more pre
cocious children to the acre than Bos
ton could boast of in her palmiest days,
says the Cleveland Plain Dealer. This
particular precocious infant lives on
a pretty cross street in that faoreu
locality. Not long ago she was troubled
with an annoying and persistent tooth
ache. Finally her mamma took her to
i dentist and the dentist interviewed
the troublesome tooth. After examin
ing it he told her that the best thing
to do under -the circumstances was to
have the tooth extracted, as it contained
a very large cavity and this was the
seat of the trouble. Braciug. herself
firmly, in the: chair she. bade him go
ahead and remove the achcr. After
the operation, was over she carefully
wrapped the' tooth in paper and de-
ilared she would take it borne.
Next day her mamma noticed that
she was- an unusually good girl, and,
upon looking around. located her in a
window seat industriously poking su
yar into the cavity of the extracted
tooth. Her mother demanded the cause
ot this strange proceeding.
'Why, she said, "I'm pokm sugar
in the old thing just to see it ache!"
CEDERSON CASE FINISHED. .
Goes to the Jury Today After a Bard
Fight.
The case of the administrators of the
estate of William Cederson vs. the O. R.
A N, Co", went to the jury today at 12 :30,
after a trial lasting over four days. Hon.
A. S. Bennett appeared for the plaintiff,
while Mr. Minor served for ' the de
fendant. ''
This ia a case that arose from a wreck
which occurred at Seufert's fishery over
a year ago, in which William Cederson,
on a of Seufert's employes, was killed.
It was caused by a broken wheel on a
Great Northern car,' which allowed tbe
same to leave the track. Cederson was
walking along the wagon road between
the track and a high' bluff, and was
caught under the derailed cars . and
killed.- . " '
In this case tbe plaintiff claims that
the defendant was negligent in giving
tbe cars the necessary inspection and al
lowing a defective wheel to remain on the
car ; aleo that negligence was shown by
the train hands not discovering sooner
that the car bad left the track, The de
fendant denies that the wheels were de
fective, that any negligence was shown,
and that Cederson had any right in be
ing where he was, alongside of the O. R.
it N. track at the time of the accident.
At 2 :30 the jury was still out, and the
a Ussaa mml
A CASE OF inTEBEST
70 EVERY VOC.IAH.
Mrs. Henry Younghans Tells a Story of Suffering
and How She' Was Cured. . -
From the Evening
' Mrs. Henry Younghans, of Detroit, Mich.,
who resides at 1003 Grand River Avenue,
said : ' Ever since our lost little one came I
was an invalid. For years I have 'had the
most painful experience and would have to
lie down most of tlie time. After the last
baby was born- I was unable to attend to my
nouseworK. 1 could hardly stand un-and
had dizzy spells. I wanted to sleep all the
time and was treated oy several of the best
physicians. I would have the most fearful
cramp, for which hot applications were used.
I used these hot applications until I blist
ered myself severely.
" Before our child was born I had been a
strong, healthy woman and was scarcely ever
Sick.. After he was born I grew weak and
thin, and received scarcely any help from
the medicine left' by the doctors. They said
I was not properly cared for and that the
baby was too strong for me. My back seemed
to be breaking and 4 was scarcely ever with
out a - severe headache. Could not tell yon
how many different nrescrintions I have taken.
but every doctor had a different plan of treat
in? my case. I wore supports and laid for
weeks with my limbs elevated, but without
avail. One di r my husband suggested that
I try Dr. Willi- is' Pink Pills for Pale People,
its he had rea several articles in the paper
about women rho bad been helped by them.
I was discouraged and thought I must always
be an invalid, but said I would try them
r-fter I had taken the bottle of medicine I
was then using. ,"
"jLfevr days after he brought me in a box
probabilities are that it will take some
time for them to decide on the amount
of damages, if anv damages are given.'
' MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. 7
The Maxim gun has only one bar
rel, yet it can discharge 600 shots in one
minute. . . 1 1 . - -;
- A pet catjbit the finger of a little
boy in Jasper county, Mo., and he died
ten days later of blood poisoning. "j
" Lightning struck two hoes that a
nefrro in Millincrton.' Md.. was carryine
! over his shoulders, and instantly killed
him. '' - '" .
"Endless leather belts, 'acting as
moving staircases, convey the patrons
of the large Parisian department stores
from one floor to another. '
'.' Four thousand thieves were arrest
ed in Paris during the past 12 months,
and. among them were a princess, a
duchess, and a countess.
;' ' Eli Becker, of Cotton Hills, N. Yl,
became demented by religious zeal, and
tore out both his eyes,' saying that the
Lord had commanded him to do so.
Wesley Donohue, aged 13, of Louis
ville, Ky., had brown hair just before
he fell 14 feet from a- ladder. The only
injury he' received from the fall was
that his hair has turned perfectly gray.
A loving husband in Vienna com
mitted suicide by hanging himself. In
his pocket was a letter in which he left
all his property the rope with which
he had hanged , himself to his wife,
from whom he had been divorced ten
years.
'A certain Boston dentist is such a
shrewd ' business man that he in
sists on receiving payment in advance
from customers who require the ad
ministration of anaesthetics. This is
to guard against the possibility of their
dying in the chair.
- A CO-pound turtle clutched a boy's
foot as he was adjusting a seine in the
Ohio canal near Warren. Two men res
cued the lad from drowning, with the
turtle still clinging to him. The rep
tile's head had to be cut off before its
jaws could be relaxed.
With the intention to poison mice,
a man in the City of Mexico sprinkled
str.-chninc cn a banana skin, and put
it where the mice would be likely to get
it. A. cat dropped the skin into the
y.ater jur, a.-l tbe entire family was
poisoned, but found, relief in the stom
ach pump.
Tfo Worse Than Nice.
The attacks upon the morality of
Monte Carlo are made by its rivals for
popular favor, if we may believe Henry
Labouchere. The English radical Fays:
"Every year the number of visitors to
Monte Carlo increases and every year
more desperate efforts are made by its
rivals along the Riviera to prejudice the
place with the British, public. That
Monte Carlo is a .paradise in a moral
sense I am not going to suggest. Every
man of the world knows that, like other
places entirely ' devoted to luxury and
pleasure, society there is not exacfly
an assembly of saints. But that Monte
Carlo is any worse than other pleasure
resorts of a similar character I . em
phatically deny.' As to the results of
the gambling everyone "who has beeu
behind the scenes knows that infinitely
more mischief is done in the gambling
hells of Nice every .season than 2t the
tables of Monte Carlo, and ' I - doubt
whether even Nice, v.'fch is in many
respects a sink of iniquity, is any worse
than Os,tend has been during the last
few seasons."
, - Protection Agntnst Loafers.
One woman residing in a Maine vil
lage has been so much annoyed by loaf
ers leaning against her fence that she
now keeps it freshly painted. '
Intoxicating Tree Saps. -
Intoxicating liquors have been made
from the sap of the birch, the willow,
tts poplar and the sycamore. " - '
Dnath of Mrs. Catharine ' Smith. .
Mrs. Catharine Smith, wife of J. N.
Smith, died at her home on Mill creek
Friday, Nov. 27th, ot diabetes. '
' Mrs. Smith was 63 years of age, and
has been a reeident of The Dalles, or
Newt, Detroit, Mich.
and asked me to give them a trial. I started
taking Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale
People that day and put the other medicine
away, thinking it would please him if I tried
the pills. Before I had taken one box I ielt
better. My husband noticed the improve
ment and bought two more boxes. I kept
on using them until I had taken four boxes,
and I was entirely cured. '
"I keep them in the house now and use
them occasionally, as they are a great help
to all women. . You would not have known
me two years aeo. What I am to-day la
owing to Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale
People."
(Signed) . Mm. H. Yotoghans.
Mrs. H. Younghans, being duly sworn,
states ihat she has read the above and that
it is true in everyparticular.
Robert E. Hull, Jk., Notary Public.
Wayne County, Michigan.
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale Peonle
contain in a condensed form, all the elements
necessary to give new life and richness to the
blood and restore shattered nerves. They are
also a specific for troubles peculiar to females,
such as suppressions, irregularities and all
forms of weakness. They build np the blood,
anu restore tne glow ot neaitn to pale ana sallow
cheeks. In men they effect a radical' cure
in all cases arising from mental worry, over
work or excesses of whatever natnre. Pink
Pills are sold in boxes (never in loose bulk)
at 50 cents a box or six boxes for $2.50, and
may be had of all druggists, or Srect by
mail from Dr. Williams' Medicine Company, "
Schenectady, N. Y. v"
near this city for many years. During'
air of theee years those who have been
fortunate enough to call her "friend;'
know just to what an extent true friend
ship can benefit th'oBe npon whom it is
bestowed, for this kindly soul was al
ways on hand in time of need.
She leaves, besides her husband, eight
children Mrs. Thos. Burgess, Bake
oven ; W. H. Smith and George Smith,
Portland ; Mrs. Lem Burgess, Balreoveh;
Mrs. Eva Morgan,' James Smith and
Edward Smith, The Dalles; Tbos.
Smith, Waggoner, Grant county.
On account of waiting for members of
the family to arrive,-the date of the
funeral has not been fixed.' '
LESSENING STATURE IN EUROPE
One of the Chief Contributing Causes
Is tlie Military Service Eincted. .
This relation between stature and
health is brought to concrete expres
sion in the armies of Europe-through, a
rejection of all recruits for service who .
fall below a certain minimum standard
of height, generally about five feet, says
Popular Science Monthly. The re
sult of this is to preclude the possibility
of marriage ior all the fully developed ;
mea during Iheir three years in the
barracks, while tbe undersized indi
viduals, exempted from service on this
account, ore left free to propagate the
fcpecics meanwhile. Is it not apparent
i hat the effect of this artificial selection
id ta put a distinct premium upon in
feriority of stature in so far as future ,
generations are concerned? This en
forced postponement of marriage for
the norm'al man implies not merely that
the children of normal families are
born later in life that would hot be of ,
great moment in itself it means far
more than this. The majority of chil
dren arc more often born in the earlier .
Half of married life, before the age of
35. Kcnce n postponement dl matri-.
mony means not only later children,
but fewer children. Herein lies the
great significance of the phenomenon
for us. Standing armies tend in this
respect to overload succeeding genera
tions with inferior types of men.
Circuit Court Notes.
. The following cases have been dis
posed of in the circuit court during the
weekV ' . '.
Oregon Wholesale Nursery Co vs Wm
Tillett, set for trial on second day of
next term.
E Beck vs W H, Cook, default and
judgment.
Venz Bauer vs Antone Bauer, settled
and dismissed. ! ,
C C Maling vs Z Taylor, settled and
dismissed. , .
John Carey vs Elizabeth Carey, decree
and divorce.
M J Hendrickson vs L AHendrickson,
referred to. Chas . Shutz to . take testi
mony. ' '. ;
C E Bayard et al vs Standard Oil Co,
plaintiff allowed until Jnne 10th to file
bill of exceptions. ;'"'. ..' -.
F C Brosius vs Wm Rodenhiser, judg
ment for want of answer. .
A R Florer vs James M Florer, decree
and divorce.'
TILLETT & GALLIGAH,
WM. TILLETT.
H. GALLIGAN.
Sole Froprietots of the CELEBRATED
. XAHIMA APPLE,
Hood River Nursery,
TILLETT & GALLIGAN, Props.
First-class Nursery Stock a Specialty