The Dalles Daily Chronicle.
THE DALLKS - - - - - OREGON.
Entered at the Postofflce at The Dalles, Oregon,
as second-class matter.
. STATE OFFICIALS.
Governor . . ..S. Pennoyer
Secretary of State O. W. Mi-Bride
Treasurer Phillip Metschan
Supt. of Public Instruction E. B. McElroy
enators jj H Mitchell
Congressman : K. Hcnni.iin
State Printer . Frank Buker
COUNTY OFFICIALS.
County Judge C. N. Thornbury
Sheriff. U. I- rates
Clerk J. li. C'rossen
Treasurer eo. ltueh
. . ( IP A. lenvens
Commissioners j Frank Kincaid
Assessor John E. Burnett
Burvevor K. K. Sharp
Superintendent of Public Schools. . .Troy Shelley
Coroner William Michell
Now that the portage railroad question
is about settled we should take hold of
the Fossil railroad matter. The state
has sliown a disposition to help Eastern
Oregon and it sliould show its apprecia
tion by endeavoring to help itself. We
understand that Mr. Norton offers to
make the preliminary survey of the road
for $1,000. He is a competent engineer,
and is willing to contribute his labor,
only asking that the expenses, the
necessary outlay of money be put up,
and this he says will not exceed $1,000.
It is necessary before any capital can be
gotten to take hold of this road ami the
Fossil mines, that this preliminary sur
vey l)e made, and the fact established
that the road can be built. Upon the
completion of the survey a profile map
can be made, and a fair estimate of the
cost arrived at. Mr. Norton feels confi
dent that with this showing he can get
capital to build the road, and we should
ee that the survey is made.
There seems to be no doubt but that
the portage railroad bill will become a
law. If it does it should not take long to
construct and equip the road. This be
ing true the steamboat project should
not be allowed to cool. Arrangements
should be perfected immediately on the
passage of the bill for putting on the line
of boats and as the larger portion of the
money necessary to accomplish this has
been subscribed, it will be possible to
have the boat line in operation by the
time the railroad is completed. This
will be the beginning of a new era for
The Dalles, an era of prosperity and ad
vancement, and we believe that the con
struction of the portage railroad and
operating a line of steamers here will
lead to the building of the road to Fossil
within the next two years.
The Metcalfe investigation is about
completed, requiring only a liberal appli
cation of whitewash to finish it. The
committee have examined carefully into
the characters of Metcalfe and Clarke
and find that both are above reproach.
This, of course, settles it. If Metcalfe's
character is good of course he would not
accept a bribe, and if Clarke's character
is good, he, of course, would not offer
one. The committee is somewhat
hampered in its whitewashing job by the
fact that Metcalfe insists that he received
the bribe, and that Clarke gave it to him.
In the meanwhile Squire is "off to the
wars again" with a fat little six year
term in his pocket, and there is no in
vestigation of him.
The portage railroad bill will probably
be before the house today for final pass
age and there seems to be no doubt but
it will go through all right. We are ex
ceedingly glad of it, as we are tired of
writing concerning it, and our readers
are no doubt as weary of the subject as
we are. It is a matter in which we are
all vitally interested, hence the persist
ence with which we have kept the mat
ter agitated. " With the passage of this
bill settled we will devote our space to
-other matters of local importance, one
of which will be the surveying of the
railroad to the Fossil coal mines. The
.two enterprises, an open river and an
available coal field belong together and
with one gained we should not rest until
. the other is also assured.
The greatest outrage the Union Psu ific
was ever guilty of was the tying up of
the steamer Baker. The country along
the Washington side of the Columbia is
left without communication, with the
outside world except by using skiffs to
reach the railroad on this side. There
is no reason for drawing the boat off the
route except that it was not paying, and
surely this is not sufficient for a great
company like the Union Pacific. If it
would take its boats off entirely so that
some one would have a chance there
would be no kick coming, but it pursues
a dog in the manger policy, neither giv
ing that section service nor permitting
others to do so.
There was paid out by the coal com
pany at Koslyn, on the 27th inst., up
ward of $86,000 for labor alone. This is
the largest payroll that has v been wit
nessed since the .opening of the. mines
there. With the opening of the Fossil
coal mines the output will equal if not
surpass that of Koslyn and the charac
ter of the coal is far superior to the Kos
lyn article. With this amount of coal
finding market here, the result in our
trade can scarcely be imagined. The bus
iness arising from the handling of this
coal would be small, compared to that
arising from the manufactories which
will necessarily follow. '
The standard military pace is 2. feet.
On a double-quick retreat it is more.
The water commissioners have made
a sweeping reduction in water rates.
We think this action unwise to say the
least, as the income under the old rate
was only about $700, per month. . The
interest on the money borrowed is $600
per month and the operating expenses
and maintenance of the plant are cer
tainly more than $100. While it is
proper to keep the rate as low as possi
ble it should be kept at such a figure as
to at least keep from getting in debt.
But seventeen days remain for the,
legislature, two of which are Sundays,
so that but fifteen working days remain.
If the greater majority of the bills are
not to die of .inanition the legislators
will have to hustle and not adjourn until
Saturday night. The. proposed assess
ment law should be examined thoroughly
in all its details, and when finally passed
it sliould avoid the great list of evils of
the present law.
Socialism is making itself felt in
Kuropo, the dispatches showing that
Portugal had almost a revolution and the
troops in Belgium are disposed to defy
their officers and disobey their com
mands. Another decade or two .will
show quite a different state of affairs and
the number of republics will be largely
increased.
Senator Mitchell favors an amendment
to the constitution providing for the
election of United States senators by the
people. He is not afraid to take his
chances before the people.
The Behring Sea Trouble.
Washington, Jan. 29. Considerable
interest has been taken in. the Behring
sea arguments before the supreme court.
While Attorney-General Miller avoided
the question which the Canadains want
particularly to impress upon the court,
that of the interpretation of the statutes
merely, his argument is regarded as
strong in the main, and he has the ad
vantage of being ou the patrfotic side of
the case. From questions asked by the
best admiralty lawyers on the bench dur
ing the argument, it is generally inferred
that tha position of the United States
will be sustained. There may be two
opinions by the court.
For Coaling Station.
Washington. Jan. 29. Senator Dolph
today introduced an amendment to the
naval appropriation bill making an ap
propriation of $500,000 for the construe
tion of a coaling and supply station for
United States vessels upon Pearl harbor
on Oahu island, one of the Hawaiian
group, and the improvement of the en
trance to the harbor. The grant of the
use of this harbor was made to the United
States in the last treaty of the United
States with the kingdom of Hawaii
Senator Dolph says he considers the
privilege a valuable one and wants the
government to take advantage of it.
A Good Suggestion.
The Dayton Chronicle of recent date j
maKes tn eioiiowing pertinent seriocomic
suggestions :
It has been suggested that the obstruc
tions in the Columbia river be removed
by convict labor. The proposition is to
select an equal number of convicts from
the Oregon and Washington peniten
tiaries and put them at work on the
Cascsde locks. By this means both
states can secure cheap work and at the
same time remove convict labor from
competition with the various trades and
occupations of men where the peniten
tiaries are located. It is further sug
gested that the soldiers stationed at
Walla Walla -and Vancouver be em
ployed as guards. If the citizens of Ore
gon and Washington are anxious for the
opening of the Columbia river, there
seems to be no better method for its
ity accomplishment than the above
proposition. Our penitentiary is full to
overflowing and the population of that
is increasing every day. A large num
ber could be spared to work on the Col
umbia river locks and a sufficient num
ber retained to eneaere in the m ami fan.
ture of grain sacks. We further suggest
inai alter a sufficient number are put to
work on the obstructions in the river
ufacture of grain sacks, if there is still a
surplus, mat tney may De employed in
sinking a few artesian wells on the
Eureka Flat. Thev tyinlrl Hn rViia
they are resting.
The apportionment bill has now pasped
both houses and goes to the president for
nis signature, it creates a house of 356
members, giving two each to Oregon
and Washington. It is the same Dill
tnat was reported to the house last ses
sion, and was then analvzed in The Ore-
gonian with reference to its effect upon
political parties in the house and the
electoral college. The calculations then
made were a little upset by the subse
quent election. Oregonian.
Never speak ill of anybody ; you do
just as much execution with a shrug of
the shoulders or a significant look.
YOU NEED -BUT ASR
Thi S. B. Headache and Liver Cube taken
according to directions will keep your Blood,
Liver ana Kidneys In good order.
The 8. B. Cough Cube for Colds. Cr,,,
and Croup, in connection with the Headache
iure, is as near penecc as anyming Known.
The 8. B. Alpha Pain Curb for internal and
external use, in Neuralgia, Toothache, Cramp
Colic and Cholera Morbus, is unsurpassed. They
are well liked wherever known. Manufactured
uuiur, Oregon, r or sale Dy ail druggists.
AN ELEPHANT HUNT IN SUM.
A Country Where Nearly 800 of the Bis
Animab Are Captured at a Time. ;
One scorching morning in April, 1870,
small party of Europeans left the city
of Bangkok, the present capital of the
kingdom of Siam, for Ayuthia, the old
seat of government, sixty miles north
ward up the River Menam. A hunt had
been appointed by the king, and the ele
phants were to be brought in through
the country bordering the -ancient ruins.
On the second day we arrived at
Ayuthia, and set np our screens and
hung our mosquito bars in a sal a, or rest
house, by the river side.
The following morning the elephants
arrived. Just outside the city, and over
looking a plain extending to the horizon,
was a high platform, mounted by stone
steps and covered with a tiled roof sup
ported by pillars. On this, screened
from the sun, and with a broad outlook
over the rice fields that had lately been
shorn of their crop, sat a high official,
bis aids, a few native nobles and the
foreign guests.
The other spectators perched in trees
or found standing roam wherever the
view was most attractive. Immediately
before the platform was the stockade,
made by setting deep into the ground
teak logs two yards in girth and twenty
feet in length. These logs were so ar
ranged as to leave interspaces of about
one foot in width. They inclosed a half
acre of level ground, and extended out,
at the side opposite the platform, into
a funnel shaped entrance only wide
enough, where it joined the stockade, for
the passing of a single elephant.
Gazing far across the stubbly plain
we saw the troop of elephants, encom
passed by the many hunters who had
been sent months before into the wilder
ness to entice the wild animl toward a
rendezvous. The families, scattered in
the jungles, foraging among the luxuri
ant herbage, had been separately entered
by tame decoy elephants, under the di
rection of wily hunters, and one had fol
lowed another into captivity. Two hun
dred and eighty elephants had thus been
brought together. The sound of their
roaring was like that of distant thunder,
and as they approached the earth seemed
to shake under their tread.
By a skillful combination of leading
and driving they were slowly urged
along toward the stockade. Foremost
were the decoyers, trained to their work.
which they do with complacent discre
tion. They were ridden by experts in
elephant training, and followed by the
wild herds in which were elephants of
all ages. Hemming m the assemblage
on the sides and in the rear, many other
tamed elephants directed by their riders
urged on the laggards with their long
tusks and shouldered the stragglers into
place. '
Occasionally a huge fellow, becoming
conscious of being directed by a will not
his own, would rear, trumpet a protest.
bolt through the cordon of sentinels and
gallop toward the distant woods. But
these fugitives were quickly chased by
three or four trained beasts, and were
soon brought back to the ranks. , Only
one, a majestic creature with enormous
snowy tusks, distanced his pursuers and
regained freedom in the bush. St. Nich
olas. , -.
Sermons That Are Remembered.
I have listened to many eloquent,
many striking, many admirable ser
mons. I have forgotten, I suppose, some
nve or six thousand sermons forgotten
all about them so completely that they
nave not left a trace m the memory,
though at the time they may have had
their infinitesimal influence for good op
the life of every day. But of the re
mainder there were some which left
deeper and indeed lifelong impressions.
Of one of them, heard when I was a boy
of 14, 1 remember nothing but the man
ner in which for all time it impressed
the text itself upon my recollection.
The text was, "As the grass growing
upon the housetops, which withereth
afore it be plucked up, whereof the
mower filleth not his hand, neither he
that bindeth np the sheaves his bosom."
Perhaps a sermon can produce no better
effect than to burn into the brain the
force or the imagery of a particular
text. I remember bow much I longed,
after hearing that sermon, that my life
might never be represented by such an
image of utter nselessness the rank,
coarse grass upon the thatch, which the
mower and reaper alike despise Canon
Farrar in Forum.
Composition of an Average Man.
Huxley's table of the weights of the
different parts of the average human
body, often referred to as a most inter
esting compilation, has now been largely
superseded by a table prepared by a
French chemist, which gives the pounds,
ounces and grains of the different ele
ments in the human body of the average
of 154 pounds. It is as follows;
lbs. Oz. Grs.
Oxygen Ill 8 0
Hydrogen... 14 0
Carbon 81 0 - 0
Nitrogen ....... S 10 0
Phosphorus is 88
Calcium SO 0
Sulphur... 0 0 219
Chlorine 0 8 47
Sodium (salt).. 0 S 116
Iron 0 0 100
Potassium.. o A ggn
Magnesium 0 0 13
Silica 0 0
Total 154 0 0
When the total fails to balance in pounds it is
carried out in ounces and grains.
St. Louis Republic
A Peculiar Word.
Tie word "habit" is one of the most
peculiar in our language. If you take
off the first letter you still have "a bit."
If yon remove the second the word "bit"
is still on hand. Decapitate that by re
moving the "b" and it is stall a word.
Take off the "i" and you find the old
"habit" not "t" totally destroyed. St
Louis Republic
It is easy to correct vocal defects in a
child, and if the training be persisted in
for several years by those competent to
give instruction in the art a habit of
musical and ready speech- may be ac
quired which will serve one upon, any
occasion, either private or public
Notice to Fuel Consumers
MfIEI BEflTOfI,
. Have on hand a lot of
Fir and
Hard Wood.
Also a lot of
ORDERS FILLED PROMPTLY.
Office corner " , i
Third and Union Streets,
SNIPES & KHEtSIxY,
Wholesale and Retail Druggists.
Fine Imported, Key West and Domestic
CIGARS.
(AGENTS FOR
ESTD C2tf 1802.
d. L BiYAID (10.,
Heal Estate,
Insurance,
and Loan
AGENCY.
Opeira House Block, 3d St.
-FOR-
Garpets ami Furniture,
CO TO
PRINZ & NITSCHKE,
And be Satisfied as to
QUALITY AND PRICES.
W. E. GARRETSON,
Leatfii-- Jeweler.
SOXK AGENT FOB THE
All Watch Work Warranted.
Jewelry Made to Order.
138 Second St., The Dalles. Or.
REMOVAL.
H. Glenn has.removed his
office and the office of the
Electric Light Co. to 72
Washington St.
THE DALLES.
The Grate . City of the Inland Empire is situated at
the head of navigation on
is a thriving, prosperous
ITS TERRITORY.
It is the supply city for an extensive and rich agri
cultural and grazing country, its trade reaching as'
far south as Summer Lake, a distance of over two
hundred miles.
THE LARGEST WOOL MARKET.
The rich grazing country along the eastern slope
of the the Cascades furnishes pasture for thousands
of sheep, the wool from which finds market here.
The Dalles is the largest original wool shipping
point in America, about 5,000,000 pounds being
shipped this year. "
THE VINEYARD OF OREGON". .
The country near The Dalles produces splendid
crops of cereals, and its fruits cannot be excelled. It
is the vineyard of Oregon, its grapes equalling. Cali
fornia's best, and its other fruits, apples, pears,
prunes, cherries etc., are
ITS PRODUCTS.
The salmon fisheries are the finest on the Columbia
yielding this year a revenue of $1,500,000 which can
and will be more than doubled in the near future.
The products of the beautiful Klickital valley find
market here, and the country south and east has this
year filled the warehouses, and all available storage
places to overflowing with
ITS WEALTH
It is the richest city of its size on the coast, and its
money is scattered over and is being used to develop,
more farming, country than
city in Eastern Oregon.
Its situation is unsurpassed! Its climate delight
ful! Its possibilities incalculable! Its resources un
limited! And on these corner stones she stands.
: For the Best Brands and Purest Quality of Wines and Liquors, go to :
J. O. MKCK
Ul?ole5ale : Ijquor : Dealer,
171 SECOND STREET,
S. L. YOUNG,
(Successor to E. BECK.) .
-DEALER IN-
WATCHES, MRS,
Jewelry, Diamonds,
Watches, Clocks and Jewelry
. Repaired and Warranted.
165 Second St.. The Dalles, Or.
John Pashek,
percent Tailor.
Third Street, Opera Block.
Madison's Latest System,
Used in cutting garments, and a fit
guaranteed each time.
Repairing and Cleaning
Neatly and Quickly Done.
the Middle Columbia, and
city.
unsurpassed.
their products.
is tributary to any other
THE DALLES, OREGON.
The successful merchant is
the one who watches the mar
kets and buysto the bestadvan-
tage.
The most prosperous family is
the one that takes advantage of
low prices.
Ttie Dalles
MERCANTILE CO.,
Successor to
f
BROOKS & BEERS.
will sell you choice
Groceries and Provisions
OF AXL KINDS, AND
AT MOKE REASONABLES RATES
THAN ANY OTHER PLACE
IN THE CITT.
REMEMBER we deliver all pur
chases without charge.
390 AND 394 SECOND STREET
FINE FARM TO RENT.
THE FARM KNOWN AS THE "MVk
Farm" situated on Three Mile creek Vut
two and one-half miles from The DaU4, wiU be
leased for one or more years at a low rent to any
responsible tenant. This farm has upon it a
good dwelling house and necessary out build
ings, about two acres of orchard, about three
hundred ares under cultivation, a large portion
of the land will raise a good volun tee aflr heat
crop in 1891 with ordinarily favorable weather.
The farm is well watered. Fortermsand particu
lars enquire of Mrs. Sarah A. Moore or at the cilice
of Mays. Huntington Wilson, The Dalles, Or.
SARAH A. MOORE, Executrix.