The Dalles Daily Chronicle.
THE DALLES -.:
OREGON.
Entered at the Pots to Bice at The Dalles, Oregon,
as second-clans matter.
STATE OFFICIALS.
Governoi 8. Pennoyer
Secretary of State. . G. W. McBride
Treasurer Phillip Metschan
Bupt, of Public Instruction. . : E. B. McElroy
enatora J. H. Mitchell
3ongre8gman B. Hermann
State Printer Frank Baker
COUNTY OFFICIALS.
County Judge. C. N. Thornbury
Sheriff D. L. Cates
Clerk J. B. Crossen
Treasurer Geo. Ruch
Commissioner..... J SLtkKtaSfd
Assessor John E. Barnett
Surveyor. E. F. Sharp
Superintendent of Public Schools. . .Troy Shelley
Coroner William MicheU
The Chronicle is the Only Paper in
The Dalles that Receives the Associated
Press Dispatches.
THE WIRE WORM.
Some time ago the editor of the
Chboniclb sent to Professor Washburn
the state eutomologist a few of the cut
worms that play such havoc on our
spring grain. A letter just received says,
"The worms you have just sent me are
'wire worms' or the larvae which will
produce the 'click beetles' or snapping
beetles, so called because if you place
tbem upon their backs they will throw
themselves over on their feet with a
clicking sound. They live in the larval
stage (i. e. as wire worms), for two
years. They abound in sod and clover
land and are pests not easy to get rid of.
The adult beetles lay their eggs some
time between March and September.
It is practically useless to sow a crop
after they have destroyed one. Burning
the stubble and destroying by burning
all rubbish stacks, etc., in a field in the
fall will doubtless destroy many eggs."
The professor advises the farmer to ex
amine a field in the spring before plant
ing it and if . worms are found there,
either to summer fallow or plant it in
crop distasteful to the worm. The
trouble with the first suggestion is that
summer fallowing does not seem to di
minish their numbers. A writer in the
. American Agriculturist recently said that
"you may summer fallow land for
twenty years and you won't destroy the
worm." For fields the professor has no
practical remedy suitable to the con
ditions prevailing in Eastern Oregon.
For gardens he suggests cutting potatoes
into pieces two inches square, and after
cutting out the eyes, sticking the pieces
of potatoes on small stinks, six inches
long and burying said pieces about two
inches below the surface, by the side of
the bean plant. By examining these
every other day a large number of them
might be captured.
Stanford's Chance.
Klamath County Starr
It looks as if a new and short route to
xne uanes was aoout to be opened, with
the Jine running through Klamath coun
ty. A route from the railroad through Link
ville to Williamston river and Klamath
marsh, thence on to Antelope, is said to
be very practicable. The first difiiculty
is between the railroad and Keno, .but
this can be easily "railroaded" by laying
the rails along the level river bank to
Jenny creek and then gradually ascend
ing the table land, which runs quite
evenly along to Keno, where the diffl
' culty ends. It is all prairie from Link
ville to the upper part of Klamath
marsh, with the exception of Modoc
point, a little prominence easy to deal
with, and from the marsh to Antelope,
Jive sixths of the way to The Dalles, the
impediments are said to be compai ative
ly slight.
It is just such a route as an enterpris
in railroad company would gladly select,
being freer from mountainous impedi
ments than any other route of equal
length in Oregon and opening a roadway
long the great Klamath Falls water
power and on through rich mineral,
Agricultural and timber lands in which
-are flourishing many industrious com
munities, and we have reason to suspect
that it has been selected.
A few weeks ago there appeared in
Xinkville a gentleman named Basset.
With him came several photographers.
Neither Basset nor the photo men would
give any satisfactory account of their in
tentions and they passed on, the photo
men going on the east side of the big
lake to Klamath marsh, and Basset tak
ing the west side to the same point.
How much further they went we have
not heard, but they returned together
and left as mysteriously as they came.
Several of our reliable old settlers say
that during the last thirty years Basset
has been one of Leland Stanford's ablest
-viewers. And the fact that a road in the
iirection viewed by them would pay
well is pretty good evidence that Stan
ford is about to take another iron grip on
a golden opportunity.
Anotdsr InTention by Edison.
At an interview at Boston the other
day Thomas A. Edison said: "I am at
work on an invention which I may now
say will be a success, and which, while
its commercial value will be very limited,
may recommend itself to my friends as
something curious. It is not yet com-
plete, but I am vain enough to believe
' it will surprise you. I hope to be able
to combine the phonograph and the
camera, and not only reproduce the
sounds accompanying any event, but
tne action of those taking part as well.
For instance, if Patti should be singing,
this invention will put her full length
picture upon canvas so that the express
ion of her face and pose of her body can
be seen while listening to the song she
has sung. The eye will be pleased as
-well as the ear. The invention has dem
onstrated its practicability at a prize
fight. I reproduced the ring, the two
principals, the crowd about them, the
intensely interested expressions of all,
the sound of blows, the cheers of en
couragement ' and the bowls of disap
pointment. My idea is that a man sit-
ting iu his library at home, may be able
to see reproduced on his wall the busi
ness of the stage as well as the lines of
the actor. .
How They Work It.
The Tacoma News' says that one
Washington firm of railroad contractors
has 1200 men at work building lines in
that state and mostly with Portland
capital. They are nearly all roads lead
ing from the great wheat regions of East
ern Washington and the Upper Colum
bia to the Sound. Washington is fairly
alive with railroad building, mainly ex
tensions of the Union and Northern
Pacific and the allied Gould interests.
President Oakes and all the officials of
these lines with headquarters at Port
land are desperately in love with Wash
ington. They see to it that all possible
extensions of railroads are made in the
interests of Puget Sound, and Major
Handbury sees to it that the appropria
tions for the opening of the Columbia
and Willamette rivers are sunk where
they will do the people of Oregon the
least good.
Every honest stroke expended toward
opening the rivers of Oregon to the com
merce of the world is a blow at the com
mercial supremacy of Portland and an
advancement of the prospects of Astoria.
Capital Journal.
Silver Was Honest Money Then.
Spokane Review.
At that time (1873) a silver dollar was
worth 103 cents in gold. According to
the single-standard reasoning.- It was
the gold dollar then that was dishonest.
If the double standard had been main
tained, as in the past, would silver have
fallen below a parity with gold? Our
criticism is that the gold men, who
were once such adorers of a dishonest
gold dollar worth only 97 cents, are now
thrown into a paroxysm of indignation
against a silver dollar that is worth 100
cents, and that they should so warmly
champion the act of demonetization and
justify an effort to get away from an
honest dollar worth 103 cents by strik
ing down its legal-tender qualities and
forcing the country to a 97-cent basis.
Don't Forget These Hints.
To extinguish kerosene flames, if no
cloth is at hand, throw flour on the
flames. Flour rapidly absorbs the fluid
and deadens the names.
If when cooking any bind of dried
fruit boiling water is poured on and the
fruit allowed to simmer it will be much
nicer than to use cold water.
Put camphor gum with your new
silverware and it will never tarnish as
long as the gum is there. Never wash
silver in soapsuds, as that gives it a
white appearance.
Honey should be kept in the dark or
it will granulate. The bees, knowing
this, work in dark hives.
Mr. W. T. Foster, of St. . Jo., Mo., a
meteorolgist of note, says : "In the last
twelve months I have certainly establish
ed the fact that the principal storm
waves cross the continent from west to
east in regular succession and in definite
periods. The next fact to be established
is that the force of these Storms depends
on the positions of the moon and plan
ets, and I expect that mv predictions of
very great storms in 1891 and 1892 will
convince the public that the planets do
have such influences. Very soon the
way win De open lor convincing tne pub
lic Limb civuLiiuty is mecaose oi ail mo
tion, the motive Dower of the universe.
the builder of the worlds, and the life
principle of the magnet, and of the veg
etable and animal kingdoms."
Several weeks aeo a vounir man in the
Sierras cautrht a butterfly, and sent it off
w tuc oiuibijBuiiiau. j.usLitution an a cur
iosity. He was overcome to receive in
return a check for $1 ,500, with a request,
to Send all he could find at that and of
that variety. The particular butterfly
utjiongs to tne tnoe oi tnat gauzy lam
ily long supposed to be extinct, and
great was the surprise in scientific cir
cles to see that one of the lost tribe had
been recently spreading its wings in
California.
In the comriftrativelv mnnll vmiitw
of Argentine Republic there are as
many .Italians as in tne entire united
States about 500,000 and they repre
sent a great, part of the wealth and in
dustry Tf the land.
PATRiUfS
WTKjbeHere In Ute perpetuation of
institutions and th observance of the
GOOD
Old Fashioned 4iii
in traditional style
Will Read with Interest
OUR '
Independence Day
Edition
Order Extra Copies How.
THE JYIOflOGlWI
Cigar Store.
Opera House Building, Washington 8t,
James McG-ill, Propf.
Keeps on hand a full line of
Fine Imported, Key West and
Domestic Cigars.
Also a full line nf Pnrlortr 1VTu.-
schaum and Brier Wood Pipes.
Wood' Stews. " .
We have all had our ' sympathies
aroused by tne statement that the natives
of northern Siberia are often, daring
famines, compelled to resort to wood for
food. The fact is that careless observ
ers have simply been imposed upon, or
they have jumped at conclusions with
out caring, or perhaps being able to
make inquiries, and because they thought
that a statement 'about being compelled
to use wood for food would make a heart
rending page for their books, and by in
ference show what a distressing time
they themselves must have had - among
such surroundings.
Wood in a certain form is a most com
mon and constant article of diet on the
Lena river, all along the north coast and
in the immediate neighborhood of Yak
utsk, in fact wherever the Yakut resides.
North of Verchoyansk, except in a few
sheltered valleys, it may be said there is
no other wood than the larch, and for
miles south of the tree limit absolutely
no other.
The natives eat it because they like it.
Even when fish are plentiful it usually
forms part of. the evening meal, as the
many cleanly stripped larch logs near
every hut testify.
These people know by experience that
the fact of their eating wood arouses the
sympathies of strangers, and shrewdly
use it to excite pity and to obtain a gift
of tea and tobacco. They scrape off the
thick layers immediately under the bark
of a log, and chopping it fine mix it with
snow. It is then boiled in a kettle. Some
times a little fish roe is mixed with it,
and further south cow's milk or butter.
"I have often," says William H.
Schuetze, "seen it eaten without any
thing additional, although, as in the
present instance, there was apparently
enough other food on hand." Youth's
Companion.
The Way of Old Time Boston.
Visiting in Boston seems in old times
to have been attended with some diffi
culties, and if the inferences which one
would naturally draw from certain en
tries in the old records are correct, the
authorities of the town were not accus
tomed to be overgiven to the encourage
ment of hospitality, whatever may have
been the case with individuals. For a
meeting of the, selectmen of the town
held on Nov. 19, 1740, for instance, the
record begins as follows:
"Mrs. Bebekah Young, Appearing In
forms that She with One Child is lately
come into this Town, from Harwich t.
Visit her Sister? that She intends to re
turn in the Spring, & that She hath
brought with her to the Value of Two
Hundred Pounds in Money and House
hold Goods.
"Liberty is Granted her to tarry un
til the Spring', and then to return to Har
wich with her Child or give security to
Indemnify the Town."
The good folk of Boston were in a per
petual panic in those days lest they
should get upon their hands to take care
of paupers that really belonged to some
other community, and it is very likely
that they had good reason for their fear
and their precautions. One would sup
pose, however, that a woman who could
bring with her a couple of hundred
pounds in gold and gear might be of suf
ficient importance to be spared the for
mality of appearing before the select
men of the town. It would be interest
ing to know how small an amount of be
longings would have admitted her to the
privilege of passing the winter with her
meter. .Boston tjouner.
Waco's Wonderful Hats.
Waco, Tex,, is infested with rata in
countless legions. They run. through
the streets, invade the stores and resi
dences, devour grain, flour and grocer
ies, and make themselves unmitigated
nuisances, which the application of ordi
nary and extraordinary remedies has
failed to remove. While they accept al
most anything that comes in their way
as ecu Die, tney nave a penchant for eggs,
and the way they convey them from the
nests to their holes is thus related bv
Sam Whaley, the jailer, who. has made
their habits a study:
"I set an old black hen right up there,"
ne said, pointing to the corner of the jail
yard where Sheriff Dan Ford's horses are
stabled, "and they carried off every egg
and Drose tne nen up. She went to lav
ing again in two weeks, and made her
nest m another stall. Two eggs were in
the nest, and these remained undis
turbed, but when the third was laid it
disappeared, two still remaining. I
watched and saw the rats come four of
them.
"The smallest of the quartet straddled
nis four legs over the egg, hugged it
tight, then rolled over on his back, hold
ing the egg tightly pressed against his
belly. One rat took the prostrate one by
tne ears just like a boy holding the han
dles of a wheelbarrow and kept him
steady, while the other two took him by
the tail, and away they went, pushing
and pulling until they got the egg to
their hole under the brick walL" Cor.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Mo Good Substitute for Tea.
There has never been discovered a good
substitute for tea. During the war of
the revolution our forefathers adopted a
"liberty tea," which was made from a
four leaved plant called "loose strife."
This plant was pulled up like flax; its
stalks, stripped of their leaves, were
boiled; the leaves were then put into an
iron kettle, and the liquor of the stalks
poured over them. After this process
the leaves were laid upon platters and
carefully dried in a brick oven heated
for the purpose.
Tea, flavored with vanilla and rum, is
a popular drink in Germany. Tue rum
prevents the tea drinker from lying
awake at night. Detroit Free Press.
In Greece there are 30,000 hives, pro
ducing 3,000,000 pounds of honey; in
Denmark 90,000, producing 2,000,000
pounds; in Russia 110,000, producing the
same; in Belgium 200,000, producing
5,000,000 pounds: in Holland 240,000,
producing 6,000,000 pounds; in France
950,000, producing 23,000,000 pounds; in
Germany 1,450,000, and in Austria 1,550,-
000, each producing 40,000,000 pounds of
noney. .
.S. L. YOUNG,
r (Successor to E. KKCK.i
-DEALER IN-
WATCHES, CLOCKS,
Jewelry, Diamonds,
SIIiVEHWAHE, : ETC
Watches, Clocks and Jewelry
Repaired and Warranted.
165 Second St.. The Dalles, Or.
The Dalles
Gigaf ; faetopy,
FIBST STEEET.
FACTORY NO. 105.
OTfJ. A DO of the Best Brands
VVAVJ Xl-llJ manufactured, and
orders from all parts of the country filled
uu mus Biiurrctjt notice. -
The renutation of THE TtATT.rr.fi rrr
GAR has become flrmlv atnhliiaH4 or, A
the demand for the home manufactured
article is increasing every day.
A. ULRICH & SON.
A NEW
a A a
PRINZ & NITSCHKE.
Since the first of June we have added
to our Furniture and Carpet business a
complete Undertaking Establishment,
and as we are in no way connected with
the Undertakers' Trust our prices will
be low accordingly .-
Remember our place on Second street,
hcai vj iiioooy 6 oanK.
R. B. Hood,
Livery, Feed and Sale
Horses Bought and Sold on
Commission and Money -,
Advanced on Horses
left For Sale.
JFFICE OF-
The Dalles and Goldendale Stage Line.
Stage Leaves The Dalles every morning;
at 7:30 and Goldendale at 7:30. All
freight must be left at K. B.
. Hood's office the evening;
before.
R. B. HOOD, Proprietor.
I. (J. flldELpEM,
DEALER IN
SCHOOL BOOKS,
STATIONERY,
ORGANS,
PIANOS,
WATCHES,
JEWELRY.
Cor. Third and Washington Sts.
John Pashek,
jnerGixaat Tailor.
Third Street, Opera Block.
r Madison's Latest System,
Used in cutting garments, and a fit
guaranteed each time.
Repairing and Cleaning
Neatly and Quickly Done.
Undertaking Establishment
S J
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Removal, Notice I
Herbring's
DRY GOODS STORE
Has removed to 177 Second street (French's Block) nearly :
opposite his former stand, where he will be pleased to see '
his former customers and friends. - He carries now a much
larger stock, than before and every Department is filled
with the Latest Novelties of the Season.
The Dalles Mercantile Co., p.
Successors to BROOKS & BEERS, Dealers in
General Merchandise,
Staple and Fancy Dry Goods,
Gents' Furnishing Goods, Boots, Shoes, Hats, Caps, etc.
Groceries, , Hardware,
Provisions, Flour, Bacon,
HAY, GRAIN AND PRODUCE
Of all Kinds at Lowest Market Rates.
Free Delivery to Boat and Curs and all parts of the City.
' 390 and 394 Second Street
JAMES WHITE,
Has Opened a
Xi-unoli Counter,
In Connection With his Fruit Stand
and Will Serve
Hot Coffee, Ham Sandwich, Pigs' Feet,
and Fresh Oysters.
Convenient to the Passenger
Depot.
On Second St., near corner of Madison.
Also a
Branch Bakery, California
Orange Cider, and the
Best Apple Cider.
If you want a good lunch, give me a call.
Open all Night
COLUMBIA .
Qapdy :-: paetory,
W. S. CRAM, Proprietor.
- (Successor to Cram & Corson.)
Manufacturer of the finest French and
Home Made
CADDIES,
East of Portland.
DEALERN
Tropical Fruits, Nuts, Cigars and Tobacco.
Can furnish anv of these eoods at Wholnub
or Retail
FESH OYSTEfS&"
In Every Style. .
104 Second Street, The Dalles, Or.
C. N. THORNBDRY, . T. A. HUDSON,
law oec. u . a. iana Omce. Notary Public
THORHBURY & HUDSON.
ROOMS 8 and 9 LAND OFFICE BUILDING,
rosiomce uox zo,
THE DALLES, OR.
Filings, Contests,
And all other Business in the D. S. Land Office
Promptly Attended to.
w e nave oraerea xsian&s lor f ilings.
.vuuw XtUtll Jtf-l
Lands under the recent Forfeiture Act,
which we will have, and advise the pub
lic at the earliest date when such entries
can be made. Look for advertisement
in this paper.
Thornbury & Hudson.
Wood Dealers Attention !
SEALED PROPOSAL8 WILL BE RECEIVED
at mV Office in Thn TknllM nr. til UnnHm-
July 6th, at 7:30 p. m., for S3 cords of good, dry
oak wood and 15 cords of good, dry, fir wood to
be delivered during the month of July at the
several school houses in School District No. 12,
Wasco countv, Oregon.
ny oraer oi tne directors.
ln5-12 School Clerk.
$20 REWARD.
WILL BE PaIjJ FOR ANY INFORMATION
leading to the conviction of parties cutting
he ropes or in anv nv interfering with the
wires, polea or lamps of Thb JElectbic Light
Co. H. GLENN.
Manager
J. M. HUNTINGTON & CO.
Abstracters,
Heal Estate and
Insoranee Agents.
Abstracts of, and Information Concern
ing Land Titles on Short Notice.
Land for Sale and Houses to Rent
Parties Looking for Homes in
COUNTRY OR CITY,
OR IN SEARCH OF
Bugiqe Location?,
Should Call on or Write to us.
Agents for a Full Line of
LeSiiii Fire Insurance Companies,
And Will Write Insurance for
On all
DESIBABIiB BISKa
Correspondence Solicited. All Letters
Promptly Answered. Call on or
Address,
J. M. HUNTINGTON & CO.
Opera House Block, The Dalles, Or.
- : ;
Phil Willig,
124 UNION ST., THE DALLES, OR.
Keeps on hand a full line of
MEN'S AND YOUTH'S
Ready Made Clothing.
Pants and Suits
MADE TO ORDER
On Reasonable Terms.
Call and see my Goods before
Purchasing elsewhere.
REMOVAL.
H. Glenn has lemoved his
office and the office of the
Electric light Co. to .72
Washingtou St.
$500 Reward!
We will pay the above reward for any case ef
Liver Complaint, Dyspepsia, Sick Headache, In
digestion, Constipation or Costlveneas we cannot
cure with West's vegetable Liver Pills, when the
directions are strictly complied with. They are
Surely vegetable, and never fail to give satisfac
on. Sugar Coated. Large boxes containing 80
Pills, 2b cents. Beware of counterfeits and imi
tations. The genuine manufactured only by
THE JOHN C. WFST COMPANY, CHICAGO,
ILLINOIS.
BLAKEIKT HOUGHTON,
Prescription Irngrists,
175 Second St. The Dalles, Or.
Steam Ferry,
f e T;TTTllC 9 now running a steam
1.U. EM HJlO Ferry between Hood
River and White Salmon. Charges
easonable. R. O. Evans, Prop.