THE DALLES WEEKLY CHJIONICLE. WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER 5. 1900.
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SUSPESSI0X OF VA1LY
M0CSTA1SEER.
TIMES-
Witb last night' issue, November
30th, the Daily Times-Mountaineer
suspended publication - until ruth
time as the business and population
of The Dalles shall, in the opinion of
the publisher, justify resumption
Mr. Douthit gives as his reason for
suspension the fact that for some
years he has been running the daily
at a loss, l tie announcement is no
surprise to those who are in any
measure familiar with the cost of
getting out u daily paper in a town
of four to five thousand inhabitants,
where the metropolitan papers are
received a few hours after their pub
lication and where the ' field is di
vided between two rivals.
Were The Dalles situated a hun
dred or a hundred and fifty miles
further from the metropolis the situ
atton- would be materially different,
'but even then two daily papers
could only with great difficulty be
made to pay. As It is, and bus been
during all the years of the existence
of two daily papers in this citv,
neither of theoi could have kept its
head above water for a month if it
had been compelled to subsist on its
own income. Each had to draw its
hfe-blood from the income of the
weekly or job office, and not in
frequently the necessities of the daily
absorbed all that was derived from
the two other sources. Even with
the entire field left as it now is to the
Daily Chronici.k, its circulation and
income will have to increase ma
terially before it can be considered
an independent paying proposition.
This is not said in any spirit of
.complaining but as a justification of
the wisdom of Mr. Douthit's move-
mcnt. One daily paper may be
made to pay in The Dalles; two
never could.
The Daily Cukomcle will do its
best to cover that part of the field
- that hns been abandoned by the sus
pension of the Daily Times-Mountaineer.
It will make no change in
the generous treatment hitherto ac
corded to its patrons, and will tuke
no undue advantage of its having
the whole field to itself.
PUES1 OENTIA L S UCCESSIOX.
Referring again to the dilemma
which the country would be in were
the president-elect and the vice
president-elect to die between the
time of their election in the electoral
college and the time for inauguration,
a friend has made a suggestion that
would avoid all difficulty and be di
rectly in line with the theory and
genius of our institutions, says the
Salt Lake Tribune.
It would be simply to make the
term of the electors four years, then
in case of the death of the president
or vice president to have these
electors convene and elect a new
vice president. What would tDere
be wrong or inconsistent about that?
The president dies, the vice president
becomes president; why should not
the men who, upon the authority of
the people, elected the first vice
president elrct another?
It may be said th:it a dozen or
score or even a majority of states
might in that time change their senti
ments and so might the electors.
Very well, then; the vote of the
electors would tie up to date. AVe
see no fault in the plan, only there
should be a provision to guard
against a temporary intctim in case
both president ond vice president
should be taken off together.
EMMA AS I) 11 EH RIDE.
The paying of fool election bets is
hardly yet over. However, the one
that Mi"S Emma Worlnez, of Penn
sylvania, Las just paid has about
made it all over with Emms. If
McKlnley were elected, the festive
and sportive Emma agreed with
another equally as festive and sporty
young lady lLat she would ride a
bull down the turnpike amid the
plaudits of the public. Vhen the
election returns came in and it was
evident that Emma had the bad end
of the argrcement, the did not roar,
but on the contrary told her friends
to produce the bull and bhe would
do the tiding act. The affair came
off according to schedule with a few
slips. After the bull had covered
about forty rods, snorting like a
compound engine drawing eight cars
Of COal over the Cascades, ho made a I former city bearing a name more fum
wild lunge and Stopped short. Em-!' than that of it author, and priced
, " . ... .t,!at ten time the amount for which he
ma, however, was so busy that she L(J olJ .f
didn't notice that the bull had
stopped, and so wcul right on. A
rock in the road, however, reminded
her of the fact. Three days later
she came to. Six doctors set her
two legs and took a few hundred
stitches in her muchly carved anat
omy. The bull died.
In this connection we are in a way
reminded of a little piece of Alfred
Austin's regal poetry, which runs
like this:
"There was a young woman of Niger,
Who smiled as the rode on a tUer.
When they came from a ride, the girl
was inside,
And the smile on the face of the tiger."
There are several morals to be
drawn from the wild ride of Emma
of Pennsylvania. Don't make fool
election bets. Don't ride ou strange
animals, but if you do ride on strange
animals when they stop, stop with
them. Don't think you arc a flying
machine and keep right on.
SOON BE WITHOUT A PARTY.
The Fossil Journal hits off
our
fellow-townsman, Judge Bennett, in
the following handsome fashion:
In a letter in last Monday's Ore
gon Lin Judge Icnnett, of The
Dalles, says: "The democratic party
is essentially a poor man's party."
This may be so, but if it is it strikes
us our friend Bennett will soon find
himself in the wrong pew, for his re
markable legal ability is fast making
him rich. He is usually the first
attorney sought in important Eastern
Oregon cases, seldom loses a case,
and gets bis own price. Judging
from his own statement, Mr. Bennett
will soon either have to 'join the re
publican ranks or be a man without
a party.
A Washington dispatch to the
Oregonian announces that Represen
tative Moody was the only member
of the Oregon delegation that
answered to the roll call in either
house yesterday. Senator McBride
and Representative Tongue, however,
arrived in the afternoon but Senator
Simon, it is announced, is not ex
pected to arrive until after the holi
days. The dispatch gives no cause
for the senator's neglect of duty, but
The CiutoMfLK has received a dis
patch by the grape-vine route that
intimates that it is related in some
way to the deep and abiding interest
the senator has in the defeat of Mc
Bride and the election of Corbctt.
Mrs. Mary Ellen Lease has begun
suit for t'ivorce against her husband,
Charles Lease, at Wichita, Kansas.
This may be a happy re-Leose for
him, because he says he was getting
tired of being referred to as the
"husband of Mrs. Lease." He said
that she was a very bright woman,
so far as learning went, but that she
was no kind of a wife for him. They
have been married twent -seven
years.
To M horn It May Ctncein,
It having; come to my knnwlido that
parties, presumably Interested, are
claiming that when I told out my retail
interest at 173, Second street, Fiench's
block, I contracted to not open any re
tail business in the city of Tho IUIles.
I beg to say that I sold my I'ght not to
open any retail business between Fed
eral and VYatliing'on strccta, on Sicocd
street, and have and intend to cmforin
to my contract. My plac? at thci Unk
Cafe is in no (Hi:u in violation of tie
contract.
dl-tf C. J. Sri-Hi.iNc
fur Kent or aaln.
The Sain Wilkinson warehouse, on
First street, is for rent or sale. It is a
three-story, corrugated iron liillinp,
110x33 feet, with water elevator. Apply
to Sam Wilkinson, The Dalles. nllG-tf
llon't Hub 11 Id,
Just wet the a foe ted part freely with
Mysterious Tain Cure, a Sootch remedy,
and the pain I (rone. Sold by Clarke &
Falk.
Why pay f 1.75 per gallon f jr interior
paints when yoa can buy James E.
Patton's ran proof paints for $ 1.50 per
jrallon, guaranteed for 5 years. Clark A
ra.k, agents. ml
BOGUS OLD MASTERS.
Man? Coaatrfll Worka of Art Mad
la (or Vial tor to Paris
Tbl Year.
There i no doubt that the counter
friter of paintings by well-known art
ful are hard at work in ant iriation of
the rush of half-informed picture-buyer
to the Pari exposition.
One well-known picture dealer in
form us, K.-na Art Amateur, that
Urutxt-U ami Amsterdam are full of
gpuriou old masters, and he instance
the caw of a picture sold by him about
a v:ir nirn ulnrh hit tiimri tin l ri the
From another source we learn that
two of the mast famous falsifiers of
pictures in Europe are rushed with or
der for their specialties.
The London picture factories are
turning out old Knjjliah paintings by
the dozen, :uid the unscrupulous buyer
may obtain Sir Joshuas, Gainsborough
and Komneys for $5(1 to $H)0 apiece.
An expert appraiser at the New York
ciixtom house tell us that he saw- there
lately three dozen false Monticellis and
other pictures on the same day.
These false pictures are not sold
through the regular dealers. They are
peddled about by irresponsible, but
glib and well-dressed persons, w ho al
ways tell tl. same story. The pic
ture belongs to some private owner
w ho is pressed for money, but who de
sires to. avoid publicity. For this reason
his name cannot be given.
lie could sell to a dealer, but the
dealer would want to make too much
profit. He would want to pay $3,000,
and charge $15,000. The owner pre
fers to sell to a collector of taste and
judgment for $10,000. He will even, be
i n tr in straits for cash, take $8,000.
Finally, after much parley, the picture
is sold for $6,000, and the new owner
congratulates himself on having ob
tained a masterpiece by a famous
painter for one-third its value. .
It is easy to give a painting- the
look of age. It is only to mix dirt with
the paints and with the varnish. Bad
varnish dried quickly produces deep
cracks, and these can be made to ap
pear old cracks by putting another
coat of varnish over them.
Durban a Winter Reaort.
Durham, South Africa, has become
a winter resort, and contains1 some
of the finest residences in the world.
They ore surrounded by tropical trees,
flowers and fruits. N. Y. Sun.
CHINESE ARE EARLY RISERS.
Their Sleeptnar Apartment Contain
Few Inducement to Morn.
Ids Nap,
The Chinese are noted as early risers,
a fact that may be accounted for by
the statement that their sleeping1
apartments are, as described by a re
cent visitor to Shanghai, "models of
discomfort." These rooms, even in
the homes of the wealthy, are usually
dark and poorly ventilated, and are
like inside cupboards. The bed is usu
ally a canopied, elaborate affair, heavy
and beautifully carved, and this piece
of furniture is often handed down from
father to 6on through many genera
tions. But there is nothing elaborate
about thebed covering. In place of a
mattress there is a mat, and the cover
ing is the occupant's clothing, or possi
bly a wadded quilt. Extra clothing is
provided for cold weather, and in the
north where the weather is extreme
ly cold, the carved wood bedstead is not
used. There, in the house of every
well to do citizen, and in the inns, there
are divans of masonry beneath which
there are fireplaces, and on these divans
the people sJeep, and the Are is utilized
for cooking purposes.
There are no pillows In Chinese beds.
They have instead hollow square
frames of rattan or bamboo, or blocks
of wood fashioned so that they fit the
nape of the neck and support the head
when lying on the side. People who
have used these substitutes for pillows
say they are much more comfortable
than soft, hot feather pillows, especial
ly in hot weather. These substitutes
for pillows are used even by those ppo
ple who have rooms furnished with
modern tables and other European
furniture.
The Chinese hnve no use for bath
rooms or bathing paraphernalia,
Xaatlcal Mile anil Knot.
Nautical miles and knots are again
in a fctate of confusion. This is the
natural result of the shattering of the
maiden record by the rtonmer lleutsch
lnnd. We are told that she steamed
3.044 knots, when, us a matter of fact,
she traversed that number of nautical
miles. A nautical mile ix not a knot.
The latter is the mark put on a log
lino to s.how the rate of speed at
which the ves.iel in proceeding. When
n certain number of knots run out
i on the line in 2H seconds it demon
! strates that Ihf vrsi-cl is mill, int. .hnt
many miles an hour. The knot is pro
portional to the mile, but it is not a
mile. It is 47 feet and a fraction. No
sailor uwin would speak of a vessel
IrnM-Iiiip; so ninny kiiolw. though he
would speak of h r Riling at the rate
of so iiintiy knots an hour. This Is one
of the little things that betray the
difference between the seaman nnd
the landsman. N. Y. Times.
Hard to Suit.
"I'igsby went up to see the Thou
sand islands on a special rate excur
sion ticket."
"How did lie enjoy the trip?"
"lie came back threatening to sue
the railroad company."
"What for?"
"He couldn't count but 83 islands."
-Cleveland Plain Denier.
Floral lotion will cure wind chapping
and sunburn. Manufactured by Carte
& Falk.
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.
The polar bears of Kodii.li island
weigh from 2.30'J to 3,000 Munda, and
none of them has ever been caught
alive.
There are 20 large oyster packing
establishments in .Norfolk', Va., and it
Us estimated that they handle J,5W.-
( bushels annually, representing a
vulue of $i,00-),i)00.
Mount Kdg.-conilie, In Alaska, has
one of the largest craters in the
world, bring- five miles in diameter,
which is filled with di use forests 2,000
feet below the rim.
A mnn who ou ns u i-ocranut grove
in Venezuela is iriiUqwnilent. hs the
fruit continues ti ripen all the year
ami brings a good price. Kach tree
averaires an annual income of five
shillings.
Saddles, in some form, are of the
greatest antiquity. I'nder Tiglath
l'ilcser III. the Assyrian cavalry were
provided with them, and the early Ko
maiist usl a covering of cloth, hide or
skin, which was no doubt very simi
lar. The public buildings of the I'nited
States have cost, since the foundation
of the government, exclusive of the
buildings in Washington and those em
ployed by the army and navy, $154,
77j.1H4. Of this the sites have cost
$i2,755,lf7, and there remains $23,843,
574 to be expended on these buildings
before they are completed.
The increasing dearth of women
servants was instanced1 by Canon
Duckworth at a recent meeting of the
Society for Promoting the Employ
ment of Women in London. The other
day, he said, a j-oung woman who had
advertised for a situation as house
maid on the morning after the adver
tisement received HO letters, three
telegrams, nnd three personal visits
from ladies anxious to engage her.
A marvelous top, capable of spin
ning 431, minutes, and then remain
ing erect and still, has been construct
ed by Prof. Charles Jacobus, for many
years superintendent of the New
Urunswiek (X. J.) public schools, but
now of Springfield, Muss. The inven
tor of the top guards it carefully, and
never allows it to pass out of his
hands. He lias spun it scores of
times before scientists in New York,
Philadelphia and other cities.
The l'ortags Hallway.
The Central Navigation & Construc
tion Company's managers have fonnd
one uioie question which will have to
be solved before they can expect to get
their road into running order. This is
the question of raising the $25,000 to
pay ths lien tiled on the road by
Winters & Chapman. This firm are the
contractors who did considerable of the
grading on the road and they are now
preparing to foreclose their lien, and
unlees the full amount is paid by the
company in a comparatively short time
it may be too late. The lien was filed
several weeks ago when it first came to
light that the Central Navigation &
Construction Company was not on a
very sound basis.
It is reported that the company that
is constructing the road, when it reor
ganizes, which will be in the near future,
wjjl take in some new eastern capital
and pay off the heavy debt which now
bangs over the system. It was reported
for a time that it wonld secure another
large loan from the same company
which advanced the first loan, but as to
definite action the officers at the present
time Will have nothing to say, As
torian. Advertised Letter.
Following is the list of letters remain
ing in the postoffice at The Dalles un
called for November SO, 1900. Persons
calling for the same will give date on
which they were advertised :
Beverly, Mettle
Biroo, George
Casteel, Fred J
Crear, Oliie
Fair, W II
Ford, J M
Heberenv, J
Hughes, P 8
Moore, Mrs W
Martiu, Mr John
Brown, H B
Bnisden, F. J
Chamberlain, Mr
Amanda
Dans, Emmeline
Foster, Will -Gwan,
Capt
Hurst, Mrs Malind
Hnret, Benjamin
Murphy, Margaret 2
Oabourne, Willard
Mowery, A
Rjbertson, Arthur Patterson. O It (3)
Sumner, Joe F Kiney, Miss (initio
Walker, Mrs M E Sparks, Prof J W
Sunderland, Mrs Wieee, ChasA
Wilson, Archie ' Wherrv, H A
Willson, E B'
PACKAGES,
Granger, Lei Patfee, Mrs W E
Hnrlburt, W B Smith, Mrs Ml c ie I
Leist, J fceotl, D
Mnlkey, P W Witherow, A II
Houthern C'allfurnla,
Notable among the pleasures afforded
by the Shaeta Itoute it tho winter trip
to Southern California and Arizona.
Renewed acquaintance with this eectiou
will ever develop fresh points of interest
added sources of enjoyment, under its
sunny skiea, In the variety of its Indus
trie, in its prolific vegetation and among
its numberless r-eorts of inountuin,
shore, valley and plttin.
The two ditily Simula trains from
Portland to California have been re
cently equipped with the most approved
pattern of standard and tonrht sleeping
cars, but the lo tMei of faro will still
continue in effect.
Illustrated guides to the winter resorts
of California and Arizona may te had
cn application to
C. II. Mabkiiam, G. P. A.,
Portland. Oregon.
Wanted Men and women of good
character and references, to represent an
established house, splended opportunity
for advancement. Address P. O. Bos
IW, I'ortland, Oregon.
novtj-lmo
W 1 - - : For Infants anrin,!!.
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PSAS
Avfrgelable Preparation for As
similating ihcFoixlandBcgula
LngtheS loinactis aMLBoweb of.
Promotes Digcstion,CheerFuf-
ness and Kcst.toniains miner
Opium.Morphine norHiiiExaL
Not Narcotic.
.tape tfoUDrSAKmmCiaR
jkwm .font -
Hi tamMJU
IroM-
Aperfecl Remedy forConslipa
Tion, Sour Stomach.Diarrhoea
Worms .Convulsions ,Fe verish
ness and Loss OF SLEEP.
Facsimile Signature of
NEW YORK.
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exact copy or wrapper.
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L. Y. Hons, Prop'r.
first-Class in Every Respect
MKALS AT A LI, HOIKS.
Oysters Served in an j Style.
87 Second bt., The Dalles, Or.
Stylish
Dressed
Men....
Are those who wear clothes thai are up-to-date
in fit, workmaiiHhip iumI quality.
My line ot samples cover all the latest
designs for fall and winter, the price is
right, and 1 cau guarantee a perfect fit.
Suits to Order, $lO.0O.
John Pashek, The Tailor.
MATT SHOREN,
General Blacksmith
and Horsesboep.
All kinds of hlacksmithing will receive
prompt attention aud will be executed
in first-clats shape. Give him a call.
Richardson's Old Stand,
Third St., near Federal, The Dalles, Or.
Laillr!
I make big wages at home, and want
all to have the same opportunity. The
work is very pleasant and will easily
pay $18 weekly. This is no deception.
I want no money and will gladly send
full particulars to all sending stamp.
Mrh. II. A. Wiot.ixs, Benton Harbqr,
Mich. Dec 1-3
A BIG SALE OF
t For tho next thirty davs we are Roinif to o(Tr the
gams in Grimlinif MiM.inir nirura,i in n, state of Oreir m.
fanner to have a KUr Fee'! Mill. W.ni
Ul-n .n.. l! 1. . II . . .
Jim uiini it, win iiihkp your oiil
cr rnou gram for her chicken; and thi
lnW9 are positive! eoint( to close out the
A change in the hninn compuls n t'
reap the benefit. Kor further particulars
HUDSON & BROWNHILL,
For Infants andm,
The Kind You Have
Always Bought
Bears the
Signature
of
For Over
Thirty Years
tmi itu aHiir, Htw rom em.
Chictea Lies Ciipnl. I
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Carbolineun; :
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Avenarius
Th mrwt efficient Wnod I'rewrltn
. I'Hliit. lo a Kucliosl Kemcdr anmM
Chicken Lie. lis Hvpli'-tition t id-
klrtc wll!i ul poultry bouwn will per- I
maiii'iilly externiiimte ail Hm. Rf. i
.tilth liealtliy ehlrkeim, iit ol J
eKM. M rite for rlrculura anil prion f
Mention tliia pcr. 4
Jos.T. Peters & Co., j
THE 1 ll.l.M, OKirOON.
T. A. Van Nordea
Keep constantly on hind lrp; nd
line of all that la Ix-ft hi WatcliM, JmiT
Clock, tipeotiiclea, Hclrt (ilta,Hllvrmie,t
t price tliHt defy competition. Mall '
tcniliil In with proiupiui'te and d!f- "
grnviug- neatly done. "t3
. WM. MICHELL,
Undertaker and Embalms
Cor. Third and Washington Stt.
All orders attended to promptly- h
distance phone iSi. Lots'. m-
1. 1. MCoat.
lot'1
MOORE & GAVIN,
ATTO R S K YS AT I.AW
Kooia ami to. nn-r U. SJUodOT
KaKisisniiKrriK
D
Physician and Surgeon,
BpocUl attention given tovw
el. UH
Koomi 11 uJ tl.
STAR FEED MILLS
it will help to l'HV '""r
.in in .- - ... .if
horso liner; u win ; ,Hi,r'J
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Is a aure way ol lr'''"
mills now mi hnml ' M . '
il l tlii, and now is tho n
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