o The Dalles Daily Chroniele. SATURDAY, JAN. 31, 1891 METEOROLOGICAL EEPOET. . Pacific H ReU- D.fr a State Coaxt bar. tive of 2. of Time. Hum Wind - Weather. 8 A. M 29.88 S8 88 8W Cloudy JP.M 29.81 41 82 " " - "Maximum temperature, 45; minimum tem perature, 34. Total precipitation from July up to date, 3. 49; veraKe precipitation from July to date, 8.C6; average deUlciency from July lat to date, 5.17. ftKATHEK PROBABILITIES. Thk Dalles, Jan. 31, 1801. RAIN Weather forecast till IS m., Sunday, ram and snow tn the mountains. Slightly cooler. LOCAL BREVITIES. Mr. Ray Davis, of Fossil, is in the city. A number of the Salem legislators came up on the train this morning. ' A new post office in Ohio is called Sodom. Oh, Gomorrah ! what a name. Hon. George Watkins came home this morning and will return to the capitol . Monday. " , E. C. Smith, of Lyle, Klickitat county, paid the Chronicle a pleasant visit Saturday. Up at Baker City they have just had wix inches of snow and everybody is sleigh riding. Toboggan stock is at bedrock and still going down, but the toboggans are not built that way. Mr. J. C. Olliphant of this city has 550ne to Portland to work for the rail road company there. The dead journalist W. A. McPherson was buried at Portland yesterday. His , funeral was well attended. Six new pupils have entered the Wasco Academy recently, and a number of others are expected soon. When a silver dollar is only worth eighty cents in gold, has silver depre ciated or gold increased in value? Hon! Robert Mays and J. F. Farley, Esq., returned from Salem this morning where they have been for the past week. When the painters get through with the outside of the court house it will be Improved fifty per cent, in appearance. The board of trade will meet this even ing. . A . full attendance is desired as business of importance is to be con sidered. Messrs. Saltmarshe & Co., fed and shipped to Portland last night four cars of beef cattle for Mr. Swisher, of Payette, Idaho. A new company of state militia, will be organized at Hood River next week and will be connected with the Third regiment. Mr. C. L. Richmond who has had a seige of fever is able to be about the house and is expected to be at his busi ness in a few days. Farmers throughout the county are very busy running their plow teams for all they can stand and the coming sea son promises to be a propitious one. The Chronicle considers items from the Hood River Glaziev proper plunder. The editor of that sheet dare not "kick" if we do steal things without proper credit.- We are glad to learn Mr. J. L. Thomp" son who met with the accident of breaking his leg some days ago is im proving nicely and will be around on crutches soon. A special meeting of the Board of Trade will be held at the board ' rooms tonight at 7 :30, as very important business is to be transacted. A full attendance of the board is urged. . A rumor has gone out that our wheat merchants will not buy wheat at any price, wh ich we are informed is incorrect. They will buy all offered at the highest cash market quotations. The Wasco academy began its third term last Monday with a fair attendance. This institution is doing good work, and our people feel proud of the fact that our young people are availing themselves of the opportunity of being fitted for a useful life. Students after graduating can en . ter state universities on the academy's diplomas. We have been accused at times for the past year of writing a certain series of articles for one of the' Goldendale papers. We wish to say once for all that we have never written a line for any Goldendale paper since we quit the Tribune. We had a sufficiency on that long-felt want, to last anyone, not an utter swine, a lifetime. A California syndicate has been formed for the purpose of booming Pasco. The company has purchased a large body of land adjoining the city and . will expend a large sum in advertising and working up the scheme. One argu ment used in the enterprise will be the opening of the river to navigation that Paeco will be the head of stuamboat traffic. " The Dalles is to have a new grocery , store. Mr. R. A. Roscoe and George Gibons have rented the' building on . Court and Third streets, formerly occu pied by Leslie Butler and are fitting it up as a grocery store. The gentlemen will open the new establishment in fine style next week and intend to carry as good and choice a stock as any store in town. They are both well known and respected among The Dalles people and we feel sure they will succeed. SWEET SABBATH BELLS.., A Few Gems of Pertinent Poetry .--Some Sabbath Thoughts. Tomorrow's JExerciaes. . . Ood never would send you the darkness If he thought you could bear the light. But you would not cling to His guiding hand If the way was always bright; And you would not care to walk by faith Could you always walk bysight. Bo he sends you the blinding darkness And the furnace of seven-fold heat, 'Tis the only way, believe me To keep you close to his feet; For 'tis always to easy to wander When our lives are glad and sweet. 'Tis true he has many an anguish For your sorrowful heart to bear, And many a cruel thorn crown For your tired head to wear ; But He knows how few would keep close to Him; If pain did not guide them there. Then nestle your hand in your Father's And sing if you can as you go, Your song may cneer someone behind you Whose courage is sinking low; And well, if your lip do quiver God will love you better so. Control Your Temper. Ill temper is a symptom revealing an unloving nature at the bottom ; it is the intermittent fever which bespeaks inter mittent disease within. Temper cannot be changed but by a change of heart. Souls are sweetened, not by taking the acid fluids out, but by putting love in. It is better not to live than not to love. Rain and Sunshine. A'Christian may enjoy a calm and inward peace, while he sustains the storms of outward trouble. If he enjoys the former he may expect the latter ; if he suffers the latter he may expect the former. There is no spring without its fall ; no summer without its winter. Seeker. Thorough Regeneration. Scriptural repentance is that, deep and radical change, whereby a sinner turns from the idols of sin and self unto God, and devotes every movement of the inner and outer man to the captivity of his obedience. Aood Account of a Former Pastor. Nearly every one in The Dalles will recollect Rev. W. G. Simpson formerly pastor of the M. E. Church at this place, with his estimable wife he is now loca ted in Elizabeth, New Yersey. This morning Mrs. Isaac Joles, and a number of other friends received a card, from Mr. Simpson announcing the birth of a boy at the parsonage in New Jersey. Their many friends here tender their con gratulations. , At the Congregational Church. The morning service tomorrow will be conducted by the pastor Rev. W. C. Curtis. His subject will be : "Two men one refusing the conditions of blessing, the other supplying them." , Sunday school immediately after the morning service. Young Peoples " Society of Christian Endeavor will meet in the vestry at 6 o'clock. In the evening at 7 o'clock there will be a Union Service, .at this church, at which Major Scott will address the as sembly. Come one, come all. At the M. E. Church Tomorrow. The pastor, Rev. Brown, will preach at 11 o'clock on "Taxation of Church Property," and hereby extends to all a cordial invitation to attend. RAZORS AS BAROMETERS. Some Observations by a Bright Dalles Barber. It is singular but nevertheless true that a razor is a very good weather barometer. A reporter of the Chbo.niclb dropped into one of The Dalles palatial shops yesterday and a bright barber remarked that he could tell by the action of his razor on the first morningcustomer about what the weather would be. Dur ing certain climatic changes it seems im possible to get a razor to do good work and the victim always complains that the instrument of torture "pulls," even if his hide is as thick as a newspaper man's should be. Before the par ticular knjght of the razor goes to work in the morning as he comes down to the shop he glances up at the weather signal staff and if the blue flag is flying then he knows he will have an extra hard day's work, no matter how carefully he may hone his tools, but if the white flag is up then he knows his customers will smile and be good natured all the day through. Another thing about razors is that they will get "cranky" and will not work at times and nothing but a complete rest and laying them away for a while will do them any good. Surely there are more tilings in heaven and earth than our philosophy tells us. Real Estate Transaetions. The real estate transfers filed for record at the court house are light and are as follows : . J. A. Parish and wife to John R. Harvey and wife, lot K, block 17 in Dalles Military reservation, considera tion $300. State of Oregon to Neal Vanes ton, SE, sec. 16, R 1 N, T 12 E, 40 acres, consideration $50. Mr. George P. Morgan and Col. E. W. Nevius, ex-clerks of the U. S. land office have joined forces, and will prepare all kinds of ' land papers, contests and appeals. Plats made and every sort of business connected with land matters attended to. . Special attention given to preparing papers under the forfeiture bill, which will soon again be in opera tion. Office next door to Bettingen's hardware store, Second street. Wanted. Board in a private family for three, or furnished rooms for light house keeping. References ' given. ' Inquire Chronicle Office. MAJOR SCOTT'S LECTURE. The Most Successful of His Course Thus Far. " " . A speaker never had a more .appre ciative audience than the one that assembled in the Congregational church last night to hear Major Scott. Whether in pathos, or wit, or the more serious line of argument, from the first to the last word of the lecture the audience was held as in a vise. People may not agree with Mr. Scott but he has the gift of holding and interesting an opponent to a remarkable degree. He acts as if he had somothing to say and he says it. But he is not personal or offensive, neither does he make rash statements, he backs up assertions with evidence ; a fact is nothing until proven. His cita tions of proof are apparently indisput able. Major Scott said: We believe the drink traffic a wrong to the individual, a curse to society, and a sin against God. We are not alone iu this opinion. The conferences, synods, associations, general assemblies, and even the plenary council of the Catholic Church, are unanimous in a similar belief, as their deliverances testify. He incidentally alluded to Cardinal Manning of England who were in the button hole of his coat, a little knot of blue ribbon as a badge of his total abstinance principles. Mr. Scott then dealt with statistics, and showed that there is annually ex pended in this conntry the sum of $944, 000,000 for alcoholic beverages. He gave the number of saloons by the amount of revenue received by the gov ernment as the saloons have to pay each a tax of $25. If the amount spent on each bar averages $15 per day then the aggregate equals the sum named. He said : "A dollar spent for drink a dollar means $1.00 less for the necessaries of life. Three-fifths of the money thus spent is by those who can least afford it, the wage-workers and the bread winners. Stand in front of a saloon one day and see who frequent the bar-room and then tell me if this is not the truth. Prosperous and successful men, as a rule, are not the patrons of the saloon." He then took up in a masterly man ner the oft-mooted question of sumptu ary law and vested rights. The applause he received showed how the audience appreciated and agreed with him. Mr. Scott referring to high license said: "If you ask me how high to place the license fee I reply 'Whatever your boy's soul is worth.' The prohibition of the drink traffic will divert capital to pro ductive employments. No license means to your city increased protection because it means increased sobriety." Tomorrow night Major Scott delivers his famous" address ' 'Our Country and Its Homes," at the' Congregational church. It will be a union meeting. Mrs. Scott will also have something to sav. CHRONICLE SHORT STOPS. For coughs and colds use 2379. Lard in balk at Central Market. Does S. B. get there? "I should smile." S. B. Oregon Star brand of hams at the Cen tral Market at 15 cents. C. E. Dunham will cure your head ache, cough or pain for. 50 cenls, S. B. Big bargains in real estate at 116 Court St. First come, first served. Get your land papers prepared by J. M. Huntington & Co. Opera House Block, Washington St. x Sliced hams, boneless hams, ham sau sage and dried fish at Central Market. .. The best, fitting pantaloons of the latest style are made dv John Pashek in Opera House block on Third street. 2379 is the cough syrup for children. Get me a cigar from that fine case at Snipes & Kinersley's. Joles Bros.' is the boss place to buy groceries. You need not cough! Blakeley & Houghton will cure it for 50 cents. S. B. The finest stock of silverware ever brought to The Dalles at W. E. Garret sons, Second street. Snipes & Kinersly are anxious to cure your headache for 50 cents. S. B. The Baldwin Resturant under the management of Mr. Wm. S.' Graham is bound to come up again and you can do no better than to go there tomorrow for your Sunday dinner. Billy won't give us his bill of fare but says he will nave one of his old time Sunday dinners. For a lame back, a pain in the side or cheat; or for toot ache or earache, prompt relief may be had bv using Chamber lain's Pain Balm. It is reliable. For sale by Snipes & Kinersly. ' - Those easy chairs made by Livermore & Andrews are the neatest thing of the kind ever made. They are just the thing for your porch or lawn in the summer, and are . as comfortable and easy as an old shoe. Call and see them at 77 Court street. - For a cut, bruise, burn or scald, there is nothing equal to Chamberlin's Paint Balm. It heals the parts more quickly than any other application, and unless the injury is very severe, no scar is left. For sale by Snipes & Kinersly. NOTICE. ' All county warrants registered prior to September 13, 1887, will be paid if pre sented at my office. Interest ceases from and after this date. Geo. Ruch, . Treas. Wasco Co., Or. Jan. 13, 1890. 4t ' On Hand. J. M. Huntington & Co. announce that they are prepared to make out the necessary papers for parties wishing to file on so called railroad land. Appli.. cants should have their papers all ready before going to the land office so as to avoid the rush and save time. Their office is in Opera House Block next to main entrance. W. DEATH COMES . PAINLESSLY..,. A Scientific Opinion That Will Be Con soling to All Humanity. - ?- The sign of . impending death are many and variable. No two instances are precisely identical, . yet several signs are. common to many cases. Shake speare, ; who observed everything else, observed and recorded some of the pre monitory signs of death, also. In the ac count of the death of Falstaff the sharp ness.of the nose, the coldness of the feet, gradually extending upward, the pick ing at the bedclothes, are accurately de scribed. For some time before death indica tions of its approach become apparent. Speech grows thick and . labored, the hands, if raised, fall instantly, the res piration is difficult, the heart loses its power to propel the blood to the extrem ities, which consequently become cold; a clammy moisture oozes through the pores of the skin, the voice grows weak and husky or piping, the eyes begin to lose their luster. In death at old age there is a gradual dulling of all the bodily senses and of many of the mental faculties; memory fails, judgment wavers, imagination goes out like a candle. The muscles and tendons get stiff, the voice breaks, the cords of the tabernacle are loosen ing. Small noises irritate, sight becomes dim, nutrition goes on feebly, digestion is impaired, the secretions are insuffi cient or vitiated or cease, capillary cir culation is clogged. Finally the central organ of the circulation comes to a stop, a full stop, and this stoppage means a dissolution. This is the death of old age, which few attain to. Many people have an idea that death is necessarily painful, even agonizing; but there is no reason whatever, to sup pose that death is more painful than birth. It is because in a certain propor tion of cases dissolution is accompanied by a visible spasm and distortion of the countenance that the idea exists, but it is nearly as certain as anything can be that these distortions of the facial mus cles are not only painless, but take place unconsaionsly,. In many instances, too, a comatose or semi-comatose state super venes, and it is altogether probable that more or less complete unconsciousness then prevails. We have, too, abundant evidence of people who have been nearly drowned and resuscitated, and they all agree in the statement that after a few moments of painful struggling, fear and anxiety pass away, and a state of tranquillity succeeds. They Bee the visions of green fields, and in some cases hear pleasing music, and, so far from being misera ble, their sensations are delightful. But where attempts at resuscitation are suc cessful the resuscitated persons almost invariably protest against being brought back to life, and declare that resuscita-, tion is accompanied by physical pain and acute mental misery. Death is a fact which every man must personally experience, and consequently is of universal interest; and as facts are facts, the wiser course is to look them squarely in the face, for necessity is coal black and death keeps no calendar. Medical Journal. , She Caught the Car. She was a very masculine looking young woman, and if she had not worn a Psyche knot and skirts she might have passed for a slim waisted youth, for she wore a man's -collar, a man's coat, a man's four-in-hand ti$, and displayed on her bust a longitudinal section of a man's plaited shirt. She was waiting for a car in the storm the other evening. She had not an umbrella, and was in the shelter of a doorway. A car dashed by, and she whistled for it to stop. The driver paid no attention to her signal, and she gathered up her skirts, made a dash out into the street, ran sharply for a moment, caught up with the rapidly running car, caught the hand rail, and Bwung on as nimbly as a college athlete. "What do you mean, sir," she exclaimed to the conductor, "by not stopping when I signaled?" The conductor tried to ex plain, but she would not listen, and sat down and looked indignant for ten min utes. It takes a mannish looking young woman to chase a car through the rain and get aboard without stopping the car. Boston Advertiser. ' Ananias and His Deaf Father. Danl was the biggest liar in town and Danl always appealed to his father to verify his fearful yarns. Dan'L's father was old, a little deaf, and belonged to the Methodist church. It was not to be supposed that the old gentleman would indorse lies, and thus the neighbors con cluded. But here is how Dan'l . got around his poor old dad. "Went down ter f brook yesterday," Dan'l would re late. "Caught tew hundred and four pickril, say, didn't I, dad?" And the old man, benignantly listening, would hear "four" and meekly reply, "Yes, Dan'l." - Then the able liar would edge around "back to" his father, and with the edge of his hand measure off the length of his arm before the eyes of his astonished gaest. "Cciught one pick'ril, a whop per, longe'n that, say, warn't he, dad?" The old man would -gaze upon the six inches of scrawny wrist and forearm as wily Danl whirled and measured for his benefit, and humbly but firmly assert, " Yis, my son; sh'd say as how be was summat longer." Lewiston Journal. The World's Paper Mills. The production of paper in the entire world is estimated to be 3,000,000,000 pounds per year. There are 884 paper mills and 1,106 paper machines in this country. ' Germany has 809 mills and 891 machines; France, 420 mills and 625 machines; England, 361 mills and 541 machines; Scotland, 69 mills and 98 ma chines; Ireland, 13 mills and 13 ma chines; Russia, 133 mills and 137 ma chines, and Austria 220 mills and 270 machines.- Philadelphia Record. . Got What They Wanted. Sunday School Teacher Why were only Noah and his family saved in the ark? Small Boy 'Cause Noah was good and didn't ask nothin'. The rest wanted the earth, an' they got it. Good News. HO$Tfi DflLiLiES, Wash. In the last two weeks . large sales of lots TAflilBFv' have been made at Portland, Tacoma, Forest in the w.es Grove, McMinnville and The Dalles. All vIaZu are satisfied that fIc North Dalles Is. now the place for investment. New Man- Chemical ' ufactories are to be added and large improve- NFW Sn?' ments made. The next 90 days will be im- Several portant ones for this new city. Mll6 C(lttcl6S. Call at the office of the . jleiU fellPOad Interstate Or 72 VV fl rVi i n O. D. TAYLOR, THE -: DEALERS IX Siapie and Fancy Groceries, Hay, Grain and Feed. Gheap Express Wagons flos. 1 and 2. Orders left at the Store willreceive prompt Trunks andJPackages delivered to any part of the City. Wagons always on hand when Trains or Boat arrives. No. 122 Cor. Washington and Third. Sts. Grandall MANUFACTURERS FURNITURE Undertakers and Embalmers. NO. 166 SECOND STREET. H- R- GLKSIER, DEALER IN pine Cigars and Tobacco Pipes, Cigarettes and Smokers' Notions. GO TO THE SMOKER'S EMPORIUM. 109 Second. St., The Dalles. H. C. NIELS6N, Glothiei and Tailotv G-exvts' Furn 1 fTi xigr O-oods, tyats aijd Qap5, JriiT) ilalises, IBoota And Slioea, 33"to. CORNER OF SECOND AND WASHINGTON STS., THE DALLE!, OREGON. 31. O. NICKELSEN, DEALER IN STftTIONEPY, BOOKS AND MUSIC. Cor. of Thirl an! Washington Sts, The Dalles, Oregon. -: For the Best Brands and Purest J. O. Ur;ole5ale : Ijquor : Dealer, 117 SECOND STREET, THE DALLES, OREGON. Furniture My, Wire Works. In vest m t. nn crn-n 53 TarvDnriT A --rr- DALLES, Or. attention. & Budget, AND DEALERS IN & CARPETS. Quality of Wines and liquors, fro to : NOTIONS