2 The Dalles Daily Chronicle. , Published Dally, Sunday Excepted. BT THE CHRONICLE PUBLISHING CO. Corner Second and Washington 8trcets. Dalles, Oregon. The Terms of Subscription. Per Year '. 6 Per month, by carrier 50 Single copy STATE OFFICIALS. ' Governoi 8. Pcnnoyer Becretary of State. . .. G. W. McBride Treasurer Phillip Metxchan Sunt, of Public instruction E. B. McElroy . U. N. Dolph enat,,rH .J. H. Mitchell Congressman B. Hermann 8 tutu Printer Frank Baker COUNTY OFFICIALS. County Judge C. N. Thoratrary 8herllf D. L Cates Clerk J. B. Crossen "Treasurer Geo. Ruch , , IH' A. Leavens Commissioners Frank Kineaid Assessor . . . John E. Barnett Surveyor E. F. Sharp Superintendent of Public Schools . .Troy Shelley Coroner William Michel! The Chronicle is the Only Paper in The Dalles that Receives the Associated Press Dispatches. Oregon'lias produced, during the past twenty-one years; in the line of precious metals the snng sura of $66,231,787 while the wheat product . for the eame time amounts in value to the snm of $142, 653,627, or in the neighborhood of seven million dollars a year. INFORMATION WANTED. The CituoNicuc office sends with this issue of its weekly edition a slipcontain a list of questions for the farmers of this and adjoining counties. - Information is sought to be obtained as to the number of acres planted to cereals and other crops during the current year and the average amount per acre of the product. The information is intended to be used for the special benefit of Wasco, Sher man and Other adjoining counties. The kind compliance of all farmers in whose hands the list of questions may fall, will confer a favor on us and possibly benefit themselves. The answers may be re- , turned as soon as definite results are . obtained. A FOREIGN BIRTH NO DISHONOR. When the editor of the East Oregonian seriously advises his readers that it is wrong to kill bed bugs and lice, they may well laugh at his childishness. When he fills his editorial column with the crude fancies of a disordered imagi nation, they may smile at his folly. When he treats witn lofty scorn and hitter contempt every one who cannot , follow his mental vagaries but' who may be intellectually and educationally as much his superior as a giant is of a pigmy, men may contemn hisinordinate vanity ; but when he labels all who visits Europe in the character of tourists in the one category of "Snobs, idlers, ' parasites and slave owners;" when he solemnly advises the members of the Louisana legislature to vote for the accursed lottery swindle that has so long cast its withering blight over that state and has been a stench in the nostrils of all right minded . American citizens ; when he advocates a system of political economy that is subversive of human rights, destructive of human so society and human, government, men have a right to protest and it is the re tort of a dastardly poltroon, a retort that no man with the instincts of a gentle man would stoop to, to cast up to his as sailant the accident of his foreign birth or the fact that necessity may have com pelled him to accept, wages in an honest and honorable employment. If it were dishonorable to be born in a foreign country a residence of four and twenty years in the United States and a hearty adoption of American principles, Ameri can ideas, and American justice should shield one from this dishonor. But it Is no dishonor. The country that gave the writer birth gave thousands of her sons to defend with their life's blood the flag that the southern compeers of the editor of the Eaut Oregonian sought to ruth lessly trample in the dust, while in very field and bivouac in American history Irishmen have been first' to share the glory and the fight. No country ever yet dishonored the man who was born in it, and the man who, in the prime ' of intellectual and physicial manhood renounces his alleg iance to a foreign monarchy and adopts the principles and obligations of Ameri can citizenship, bus something to boast of that the degenerate scion of a south ern slave owner never knew. It is more honorable to be an Irishman, true as steel to 'the' Aiuurican government and American institutions, as Irishmen in .variably are, than to have the glory that attaches to u birth beneath the stars and stripe? and yet be the "defender and ad vocate of political anarchy and. social death. It is ten thousand times better to be an Irishman than to 'be a fool," BRIEF STATE NEWS. By tin; falling of a huge fir tree the new residence of Frank Bridgham, at Toledo. ' was completely demolished. None of the family were in the house at the time. . . . Great big,- fat, .luscious salmon -are plentiful in Yaquina bay and sloughs, and since the burning of the Baker can nery there is bnto:ie left, thatat Oneatta. Parker's which is not cunning this season. b'almon fishing lms just commenced at Tiliamook bay. The chinook salmon now invade the bay waters. They are not plentiful at present, but when the chinook give place to the silverside, a much larger number is expected. Emil Schuman, of the firm of Ingalls & Shuman, was seriously injured last Thursday while riding his horse to Clat sop. He was looking after some .cattle, and was thrown on the horn of the saddle in such a way as to cause internal injury. Another call has been issued by the property-owners of Astoria for a meet ing to consider the best manner of rais ing the land subsidy required to secure the immediate commencement and con struction of a railroad, standard gauge, from Astoria to transcontinental connec tion. Cyrus Landreth, an aged settler, died at his home on North Coos river August 19, after a brief illness. He was 74 years of age, having lived in this country for upwards of thirty years, and few men had less faults or more friends. He leaves a wife and seven grown sons and daugh ters. The destructive work of the lighting was felt Wednesday afternoon at Mon mouth, when it struck and set fire to a barn belonging to James Helmke. The lightning struck the building in the top, and in a few moments the entire struc ture was in flames. The mow contained forty tons of hay, which was consumed, with all other contents of the building. OUR W. C. T. U. COLUMN- Some Interesting Gossip Gathered From . Various Sources. THE DRUNKARD'S BARREL. A barrel of headaches, of heartaches, of woes: A barrel of curses, a barrel of blows ; A barrel of tears from a world-weary wife; A barrel of sorrows, a barrel of strife; A barrel of oil-unavailing regret; A barrel of cares and a barrel of debt; A barrel of crime and a barrel of pain; A barrel of hopes ever blasted and vain ; A barrel of falsehoods, a barrel of cries That fall from the maniac's lips as he dies, A barrel of poison of this nearly full ; A barrel of poverty, ruin and blight; A barrel of terrors that grow with the night; A barrel of hunger, a barrel of groans; A barrel of orphans' most pitiful moans; A barrel of serpents that hiss as they pass From the bead on the liquor that glows in the glass. ' At a recent meeting in Chicago Mr. Powderly said : "I believe in Sunday rest. So do the Knights of Labor. I believe the time will come when enough can be done in five days to give the laboring man two days in the week one for God and one for humanity. Disconnect me from all organizations ; consider me as an Ameri can citizen, and I have to say, speaking for myself, that I have fault to find with the saloons. Against the mere useless thing I have nothing to say, but when the saloon, is open on Sunday, some workingmen's homes are closed: The dry goods man closes his place, hut on the door of, the saloon which has its curtain down and the front entrance shut, you will find a legend directing you to the door that is open. If the dry goods man is compelled to close on Sun clay, the saloon ought to be closed. I believe that in five years the sun will shine on a country whose saloons are closed on Sunday. If I had my way the saloons would be closed until the next Sunday." , Mrs. Margaret Bottome, who, in con nection with 'Mrs. Mary Lowe Dickin son, founded the order of King's Daugh ters, is an imposing-looking woman, with handsome gray hair, strong features and beautiful expression. For many years she has given bible readings or talks in parlors of her friends in New York and Brooklyn. These are always crowded by women, though they are given in the morning. In Brooklyn, especially, it has been found that no drawing-room is large enough to hold the throngs that wish to hear her, and this season, for the first time, the talks are given in chapels and lecture-rooms of the largest churches in different parts of the city, and even with these increased accommodations many ladies are not able to get seats, but stand throughout the execrcises. The King's Daughters now number over two hundred thousand. Z. Y. Sweensy, of Indiana, United States consul- general at Constantinople, has just returned to his home to spend his leave of absence. Ha talks very in terestingly of the Turks, their customs and religion. He says they are a nation of teetotalers and truthtellers. Con stantinople basfitty newspapers of which nineteen are dailies, five are Turkish, seven American, eight greek, six French, two French and English, one Italian, two . Hebrew, two Bulgarian, one Arabian, one Persian, one German. San Francisco has 4500 saloons or places where liquor is sold at ret-iil. i One saloon to every seventy-three per sons or one to every fourteen voters. Doctor Your arm is broken and you j will have to carry -it in a sling. Old taper Wouldn't it do just as well if I ! earned the sling in rav stomachY Temperance Arithmetic. , Tom smokes 3 cigars and his father smokes 5 each day, for which they pay 60 cents a dozen. His father drinks 3 f srlasses of beer a dav at 5 cents a elass f'i'om's mother buys three loaves of bread a day at 5 cents a loaf, and 2 rolls of but ter a" week at 50 cents a roll ; at the end of the year how much more do the cigars and beer cost than the bread and butter. i ... The annual liquor bill for the United Slates is $l,4S4,000,00O, and the amount ; paid for tobacco is three-fourths as j much ; how much is . expended for tobacco? " " . . " ' ! ". A poor man, 70 years of age, was sent ' to an :iimsliou-e. Had -.he saved the ' money spent for touacop since he was 2t years of age, providing be spent $30 a year, how much would he have had? There are 10,000 saloons in New York City. If formed into a street with saloons on each side, allowing 20 feet to each saloon, what would be the length of the street? ; ---. (a) If the 175.000 saloons of the United States be formed into a'etreet with saloons on each side, allowing 2o feet for each, how many - miles long would the street be? (6; If the 175,000 saloonkeepers be formed into a proces sion, marching 4 abreast, allowing each set 3 feet, what would be the length -of the procession r . .. (a) In early times, Scoharie county, N. Y., was bought of an Indian' chief for a barrel of whisky. If the Indian drank a pint a day, how long did it take him to swallow the whole county? (6) As the county contains 256,000 acres, and the whisky was valued at $1 a gallon, what was the price paid per acre? - 8tru( Spirit Manifestations. One of the best authenticated . in stances of ghostly visitation is connected with Dr. Kerner's so called Seeressof Pro vost. Dr. Kerner for many years con ducted an asylum for the insane at Weinsburg, in Southern Germany. There came to him for treatment a Mrs. Hauffe, a lady in delicate health, of great nervous irritability, and with a mind which was, to say the least, not too well balanced. Wherever this afflicted woman went, and Dr. Justinus Kerner is authority, she was pursued by a variety of strange noises. China ware and glassware, tables and chairs were mysteriously moved in the presence of witnesses. A medicine vial rose slowly into the air and had to be brought back by one of the bystanders. On several occasions an easy chair was lifted up to the ceiling by unseen power and then returned slowly to the floor. On one occasion the great skeptic. Dr. Strausz, was one of her visitors, and during his stay Mrs. Hauffe fell asleep on her sofa when there immediately arose long, fearful groanings close by the doctor's side and in the vicinity of bis amiable but remarkable hostess. The strange suffering woman was the only one who knew the cause of these phenomena. She ascribed them all to a dark spirit who appeared to her as a black column of smoke with a hide ous head, whose unseen approach op pressed even the bystanders. Dr. Kerner relates countless mysteri ous phenomena which occurred in this patient's bedroom. He beheld Mrs. Hauffe's shoes pulled off by invisible hands while she was lying almost inani mate in a trance on her bed. She re vealed seorets which, upon writing to utterly unknown persons at a great dis tance, Dr. Kerner proved to be correctly stated. Philadelphia Press. Helping; the Maids. During the War of the Revolution, while the American and British armies were contending' in Pennsylvania, Gen? era! Washington was in the neighbor hood of Marietta, Lancaster county. General Lee, with two or three aides-de-camp, rode in advance, and' stopping at a wayside inn, informed the landlord that General Washington and his staff officers would quarter at his house for the night. This news, of course, caused great con fusion among the inmates of the estab lishment. They wanted to do honor to the beloved commander, and bustled about to have all things in readiness upon his arrival. "Here, you," said the genius who presided in the kitchen to General Lee, ignorant of his rank in the army, "just go out to that woodpile and split an armful for me, I must hurry up this fixe, or I cannot get a good supper for General Washington." The officer, enjoying the joke, obedi ently took up the ax, and soon the chips were flying in all directions. He was busily working away when Washington and his staff rode up to the tavern. - "Why, General Lee," said the commander-in-chief, "what in the world are you doing?" "Oh," replied Lee, lifting his head, "I am helping the maids in the kitchen. General Washington and his officers are coming here for supper to-Bight." Both generals burst into a hearty laugh, in which their companions joined; and even the landlady, who had set- the general at work, enjoyed the joke after she had recovered somewhat from her mortification. Youth's Companion. The .Bridegroom Had a Dog- License People wbo have lived in cities where marriage licenses are required often have great difficulty in understanding the system in vogue here. They cannot realize that the services of a minister or alderman are all that is necessary when the parties have reached the proper age. A German whose knowledge of the Eng lish language is limited wished to get married not long ago, and being under the impression that a license was neces sary he started out to secure one. He wandered around the postoffi.ee and the various municipal and county buildings for an hour or two, unable to find- the place where licenses were to be had. Finally he managed to explain to a policeman that he wanted a license, al though he was unable to make it clear what kind of a one he was after. The officer directed him to the place where dog licenses are issued, and the happy suitor paid his fee and received the precious paper. - That evening the German and his blushing affianced went to the house of a minister to have the Gordian knot tied. When the bridegroom proudly handed over his dog license the worthy pastor could hardly perform the ceremony for suppressed laughter. The couple, how ever, were none tho less firmly married because the paper allowed the husband to keep a dog instead of to wed a wife. New York Tribune. ' ' t ' A comparison. ' Jack I have come to believe , that there's a good deal of similarity between a car porter and Cupid's arrows. .Nellie Gracious! that out? How do you make Jack Well, neither is effective unless tipped with gold' or" silver. Pittsburg Bulletin. The work on the rortaee road at the Cascade Locks has been done in a very substantial manner. The ties are laid for a standard gauge road, and the iron is heavy enough for the same purpose. Should it prove desirable to make the change, it can be done at trifling cost and at short notice. Mr. Farlev ha-5 shown that he was the right man for the place, and has astonished the public by building the road inside of the appro- nriation. Tho rngi) nrtll Vu oas4 (.. x .wmm ..... jv icouj . 1U( business in a few weeks, certainly by iud uiuo mo xieguiaior is nnisnea. xne public are getting quite interested in the new boat and await anxiously the exper iment of reaching the world with their products over the new route.-r-Crtacteri How many cylindrical tanks 8 feet in diameter and 15 feet deep would it take w cuuuuu ine zz,uuu,uuu gallons ot liquor consumed in the United States in one vear? SOCIETIES. ASSEMBLY NO. 4827, K. OP L. Meets in K. of P. hall on first and third Sundays at 3 o clock p. m. 1 WASCO LODGE, NO. 15, A. F. fc A. M Meets first and third Monday of each month at 7 p. K. DALLES ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER NO. 6. Meets in Masonic Hall the third Wednesday of each month at 7 P. M. MODERN WOODMEN OF THE WORLD. Mt. Hood Camp No. 59, Meets Tuesday even ing of each week in I. O. O. V. Hall, at 7:30 P. x. COLUMBIA LODGE, NO. S, I. O. O. F. Meets every Friday evening at 7:30 o'clock, in Odd Fellows hall. Second street, between Federal and Washington. Sojourning brothers are welcome. H. A. Bills, Sec'y R. G. Clostkr, N. G. FRIENDSHIP LODGE, NO. 9., K. of P. Meets every juonuay evening at 7:ssu O'clock, In Schanno's building, corner of Court and Second streets. Sojourning members are cordially in vited, gbo. T. Thompson, D. W. Vausx, Sec'y. C. C. WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN TEMPERENCE UNION will meet every Friday afternoon tt S o'clock at the reading room. A 11 are invited. TEMPLE LODGE NO. 8, A. O. V. W. Meets at K. of P. Hall, Corner Second and Court Streets, Thursday evenings at 7:30. - John Filloon, W. S Myers, Financier. M. W. J.M.HITINGTON(SCO, ABSTRACTERS, Heal Estate and Inswanee Agents. Complete Abstract of Titles for Wasco County. Opera House Block, The Dalles, Or. Phil Willig, 124 tJNION 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 "-' trarcliasing elsewhere. The Dalles GicjaP : paetopy, FIEST STBEET. FACTORY NO. 105. fT?J A T Q of the Best Brands VXVXx3l.X0 manufactured, and orders from all parts of the country filled on the shortest notice. The reputation of THE DALLES CI GAR has become firmly established, and the demand for the home manufactured article is increasing every day. A. ULR1CH & SON. Chas. Stubling, PROPRIETOR OP THK New Vogt Block, Second St WHOLESALE AND RETAIL Liquor v Dealer, . MILWAUKEE BEER ON DRAUGHT. Health is Wealth ! Dr. e. c. West's. Nkrte anb Brain Trbat ment, tt guaranteed specific for Hysteria, Dizzi ness, Convulsions, Vita, Nervous Neuralgia, Headache, Nervous Prostration caused by the use of alcohol'or tobacco, Wakefulness, Slcntul De pression, Softening of the Brain, resulting in in sanity and lending to misery, decay and death, Premature Old Age, Barrenness,1 Loss of Power in either sex, Involuntary Losses and Spermat orrhoea caused by over exertion of the brain, self abuse or over indulgence. Each box contains one month's treatment. $1.00 a box, or six boxes for $5.00, sent by mail prepaid on receipt of price. TVE GUARANTEE SIX BOXES To euro any case. With ach order received by us for six boxes, accompanied by $5.00, we will send the purchaser our written guarantee to re fund the money if the treatment does not effect a cure. Guarantees issued only by , UlAKEIKI & HOUGHTOS, Prescription Druggists, 175 Second St.- ; i : . The Dalles, Or. " 'V--,ri 1 - ORAL' SUMMER GOODS Of Every Description -will be Sold at 51. jli 15 Pf FOR THE NEXT THIRTY DAYS. Call Early and Get Some of Our Gen uine Bargains. - . ,,: - H. Herbring. J. H. CROSS -DEALER IN- Hay, Gri, M il Hour. HEADQUARTERS FOR POTATOES. Cash Paid for Eggs and Chickens. AH Goods Delivered Free and Prompflj TERMS STRICTLY CKSH. Cor. Second & Union Sts., The Dalles Mercantile Co., 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 Kates. Free Delivery to Boat and Curs and all parts of the City. 390 and 394 NEW FIRM! toseoe & -DEALERS IK- CHOICE V STAPLE V AND V FANCY V GROCERIES, ' Canned oods, Preserves, Pickles, Etc. Country Produce Bought and Sold. Goods delivered Free to any part of the City. IVIasonic Block, Comer Third and E. Jacobsen & Co., WHOLESALE AND RETAIL R00KSELLERS AND .STATIONERS. . . Pianos and Organs - Sold cm EASY INSTALLMENTS. Notions, Toys, Fancy Groods and Musical Instru ments of aU Kinds. 3VTaX Order Pillod Xanoaxxitly-. 162 SECOND STREET, A NEW PRINZ & NITSCHKE. ; . DEALERS IN Furniture and Xarpets. We have- added to our business a rv-im t-1 a I 1 nloftoVinfr VataWSnVimOnt and as we are in no" way - connected with . t tt i i i trt . :i! me unaerianers rnsi onr prices- win be low accordingly. Remember our place on Second street, next to Moody's bank. . ' 20 REWARD. TTILL BE HAu EOR ANY INFORMATION T leading to the conviction of parties cutting e ropes or in any way interfering: with the vir- poles o- lamps of The Elicibic Light Co. - H. GLENN. Manager FLOURING MILL TO LEASE. THE OLD DALLES MILL AND WATER Company's Hour Mill will be leased to re sponsible parties. For information apply to tho - .- WATER COMMISSIONERS, The Dalles, Oregon. Dndertaking Establishment ! Second Street NEW STORE' Gibons, Court Streets, The Dalles, Oregon. THE DALLES, OREGON.. JAMES WHITE, Has Opened a XiiixloIx Ooxinter, In Connection With hia Fruit Stand and Will Serre Hot Coffee, Ham Santfoich, Pigs' Feet, and Fresh Oysters. Convenient to the Passenger, .. Depbt; vita's -:.''. On Second St., near corner of IaHon. Also a "': Branch Bakery, California Orange Cider, and, .tin? : , Best Apple Cider. If you want a good lunch, give me a calf. Open all Night ccci 111 1 1 j t A mrTTTiiC i9 now running a steam t. U. fcVrlflO Ferry between Hood Kiver nnd White biumon. L-nargea